1 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:13,679 Well, I really thought that we'd have a thousand ounces 2 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:15,759 at this point in the season and we're, like, 3 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:17,719 I think a fifth of that or something. 4 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:21,079 Gold production has just been basically zero. 5 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:24,359 10,000 ounces is not looking very good right now, 6 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:26,759 not gonna lie. 7 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:30,759 Parker Schnabel is in uncharted territory. 8 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:35,159 He's off to his worst start to a season in 10 years. 9 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:36,999 Seven weeks in, 10 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,559 he has just 364 ounces 11 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:42,799 of his 10,000 ounce gold. 12 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,439 There's just a mountain of problems 13 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:47,039 and zero revenue 14 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,240 and money going out the door like crazy. 15 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:52,640 I really don't know how to un [bleep] this. 16 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,599 Parker is chasing a potential 17 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:00,559 $200 million in gold at Dominion. 18 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:04,399 But decoding the 7,500-acre claim 19 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:06,759 is proving tougher than expected. 20 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:12,319 Right now, we're dealing 21 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:14,039 with a whole bunch of teething issues. 22 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:15,919 And basically, 23 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:20,359 Dominion has been sort of kicking our ass. 24 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,760 We need to figure out the ground. 25 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:25,319 Parker is throwing 26 00:01:25,320 --> 00:01:27,399 a quarter of a million dollars a week 27 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,319 into finding Dominion's best gold 28 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:32,439 and needs to bring in 100 ounces a week 29 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:35,319 just to keep the lights on. 30 00:01:35,320 --> 00:01:38,199 The one cut he's sluicing, the long cut, 31 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,279 is paying out poorly, 32 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,840 so he's feverishly stripping two more cuts. 33 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,439 The bridge pit is nearly ready. 34 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:52,479 And Ken and Stuart's is nowhere near ready. 35 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,439 Two to three weeks most likely. 36 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,999 With only one option available, 37 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,919 Parker plans to sluice the Bridge Cut next, 38 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,279 which he's praying will deliver better gold. 39 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,679 I am gonna go straight to Tyson and Mitch. 40 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:09,519 They're the ones that are the best at getting plants 41 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,359 up and rolling and, you know, get them fired up 42 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:13,719 and keep them fired up 43 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:15,640 and get some gold coming in. 44 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:21,919 Parker's want to hit that 10,000 ounces. 45 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:23,159 A lot's gotta happen here 46 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,159 in a very short period of time. 47 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:26,959 Foreman Mitch Blaschke 48 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,359 is running pay from the long cut 49 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,760 through wash plant Roxanne. 50 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,239 The long cut has been very difficult 51 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,119 when you look at the sluicing sampling of it 52 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,759 because it's so narrow and so long. 53 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:41,959 It's definitely not the way we like to do cuts. 54 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:43,839 You know, it was great when we were stripping the ground 55 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:48,080 but, you know, not so much now that we've gotta sluice it. 56 00:02:58,360 --> 00:02:59,679 We have a mountain of work to do. 57 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:01,079 - Time to make some money. - Yeah. 58 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:02,159 - You're telling me. - Yeah. 59 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:03,079 That's part of the reason 60 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:04,079 why I wanna come talk to you. 61 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,399 So Big Red needs to fire up. 62 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,119 But, like, there's good material 63 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:09,959 coming out of the ditches and the Bridge Cut, 64 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:11,959 and that all needs to go to Big Red. 65 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:13,679 The Bridge Cut now needs 66 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:15,839 a spot for a plant pad figured out. 67 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:17,759 And I really think the best thing is 68 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,359 for one of you two 69 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:20,879 - to spin out of here... - Yeah. 70 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:23,159 and build the plant pad and the Bridge Cut. 71 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,159 - Do you have a preference? - I don't care what I do. 72 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,919 I mean, Tyson really likes setting up the plant, so. 73 00:03:27,920 --> 00:03:29,599 It should be Tyson then, right? 74 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:31,680 Yeah. 75 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:36,559 4,000 feet away from the 20-acre long cut 76 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:41,199 sits Parker's 114-acre Bridge Cut. 77 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,279 Parker wants to truck ditch dirt 78 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,439 from the Bridge Cut to Big Red's current location 79 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:50,359 one mile away and sluice immediately. 80 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:51,999 At the same time, 81 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,599 Tyson will build a new 60-foot high pad 82 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:58,280 for Big Red nearer to the Bridge Cut pay. 83 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,919 Once the pad's completed, Tyson must drag Big Red 84 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,839 from its old pad to its new location 85 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,600 and be sluicing by the end of the week. 86 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:12,599 I mean, it's crunch time right now. 87 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,719 Parker wants to get sluicing and have some money coming in 88 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:17,439 that's not just from the long cut. 89 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,439 So we're out here truckin' 90 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,560 ditch material all the way to Big Red. 91 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:23,999 Earlier in the season, 92 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,479 Parker ran long cut ditch dirt for a week. 93 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,159 They delivered a pathetic 30 ounces. 94 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,919 Now, he's praying for a better result 95 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:34,920 from the Bridge Cut. 96 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:38,959 In previous years, 97 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,559 we have sent a lot more ditch material out of the cut 98 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,039 just because it didn't have enough gold in it 99 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:45,560 to make it worth runnin'. 100 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,839 But since the high gold prices this year, 101 00:04:49,840 --> 00:04:51,719 might as well take a chance at some ditch material 102 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:53,639 that we don't know what's in it 103 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:55,120 and hope for the best. 104 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,640 Do I remember how to start this? 105 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,519 Yes, that's on. 106 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:05,559 In charge of firing up 107 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:10,320 and feeding Big Red, the ditch pay, Tatiana Costa. 108 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:12,759 Ready to fire up? 109 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:14,800 Let's do it. Okay. 110 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,079 So let's fire it up. 111 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,599 So here we are at Bridge Cut. 112 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:38,559 I'm just about to throw the first bucket of Big Red. 113 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,319 We are now sluicing two plants. 114 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,119 Big Red has to be moved to the Bridge Cut. 115 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,399 If we don't finish this pay pile 116 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,599 before Tyson's ready for us, 117 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,839 it's just gonna be left here and it'll be a waste of pay, 118 00:05:58,840 --> 00:06:00,719 and we can't really afford that. 119 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:24,520 there's something really... 120 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,279 Something really wrong with the plant. 121 00:06:27,280 --> 00:06:30,439 Hey, Alec, you got a copy, Alec? 122 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,159 The plant's making a really weird noise. 123 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:35,839 I need you to come here right now. 124 00:06:52,280 --> 00:06:54,440 We have no time to be stopping right now. 125 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:00,040 Okay. Let's take a look at this. 126 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,240 What the hell? The spring broke. 127 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,439 We need to have this deck shaking evenly 128 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,119 across all four corners. 129 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,599 And if we've got a dead spring on one side, 130 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,119 we effectively got a dead corner, 131 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:17,239 and then one side of the deck sitting down, 132 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,359 the other deck springs break in turn 133 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:21,439 and sort of a chain reaction. 134 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:25,599 Big Red's shaker deck sits on eight springs. 135 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:29,239 One has broken, triggering an imbalance, 136 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:33,080 putting Big Red at risk of shaking itself apart. 137 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:38,319 We got a new spring here 138 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:40,279 that I'm just fitting in to the shaker, 139 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:43,200 then we'll be back online once this is installed. 140 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:45,399 Okay. 141 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:47,879 Gotten this new spring in. 142 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:49,120 Get out of here. 143 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:53,399 Come on. 144 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:57,559 There we go. Boom. 145 00:07:57,560 --> 00:07:59,959 New springs installed. 146 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:01,640 Let's take the jack out here. 147 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:04,440 Like that. 148 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:09,480 Woo-hoo. And firing back up. 149 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:12,839 All right, Tatiana. 150 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:14,239 Everything looks good, back online. 151 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:16,479 Awesome, Alec. Thank you very much. 152 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:18,440 Get the shaker spinnin'. 153 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:23,159 We're back on the sluice. 154 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:24,919 Back on the gold. 155 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,599 After just two hours of downtime, 156 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,120 Big Red is back, washing ditch dirt. 157 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,959 We're ready to finish this pay pile. 158 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:39,279 While Tyson works on the Bridge Cut's new pad. 159 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:42,079 We just gotta get Big Red moved up here 160 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:45,239 onto this pad, get pay stockpiled. 161 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,960 So the fire is officially lit under my ass right now. 162 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,559 Rally Valley has been fighting us tooth and nail, 163 00:09:05,560 --> 00:09:07,159 but we finally got dirt out of it, you know, 164 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:09,039 Monster Red's up and [bleep] running. 165 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,119 We just did, you know, over a 300-ounce cleanup 166 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:13,279 by the first run which is amazing. 167 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:15,600 And, you know, this is what we've been waiting for. 168 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:18,680 Just always gotta keep it running, keep it going, 169 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:21,959 get [bleep] gold coming in. 170 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:25,719 Rick Ness is racing to mine out Rally Valley, 171 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:29,519 which holds the richest pay of his career. 172 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:31,239 Three days of sluicing 173 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,399 has paid out 318 ounces of gold, 174 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:38,199 a fifth of his 1,500-ounce target. 175 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,639 I knew the dirt was good but, you know, 176 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:42,079 until you see it, there's always that feeling 177 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:43,679 of, you know, "Is it there? Is it not?" 178 00:09:43,680 --> 00:09:45,119 It took us a while to get here 179 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:46,239 but everybody's fought hard for it, 180 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:47,319 everybody's worked hard, 181 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:48,439 and that's where we're at now. 182 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:50,279 Now we just start watching the fruits of our labor 183 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:52,079 add up in the jar. 184 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,159 But Rick needs more big paydays 185 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:56,919 as water license problems 186 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:58,559 mean it could be his last season 187 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:00,719 at Duncan Creek. 188 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:01,919 To make matters worse, 189 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:03,399 the clock is ticking 190 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,519 on Rally Valley's gold, 191 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,399 as groundwater gradually seeps into the cut, 192 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,159 threatening to flood it out. 193 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:12,959 We've been busy slamming the dirt 194 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:14,239 through this plant. 195 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:16,920 Really nice getting some gold in the box for Rick. 196 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:20,119 Everyone's happy. 197 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,399 Rick's got a smile on his face again, 198 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:24,320 so we're all glad to see that. 199 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:29,559 I know our goal of 1,500 ounces 200 00:10:29,560 --> 00:10:31,879 is definitely achievable if this ground 201 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:35,119 is as rich as Rick thinks it is. 202 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:39,800 Chasing a big reward comes with a big risk. 203 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:44,159 Rick's crew is 160 feet down, 204 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,960 deeper than they've ever been before. 205 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:50,359 So, like, when I'm digging into it, 206 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:53,079 you know, I'm not gonna dig the harder material there, 207 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:55,639 just take away the fluffier stuff from it. 208 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:57,639 I don't want to undermine the bank here 209 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:00,519 and then have a cave in, so it's just, you know, 210 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,879 take what's slid in and that's it. 211 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:05,479 Now we're holing out of this corner 212 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:06,999 where there's been a lot of slides right now, 213 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,799 so it's important we get it out 214 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:10,239 because we need to get the gold that's underneath it 215 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,159 but it's also one hell of a sketchy area. 216 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,159 Yeah, go for Rick. 217 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:37,479 What are you talking about? 218 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:42,879 All right. 219 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:44,319 Stay safe, get the [bleep] out of there. 220 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:45,680 I'll be right over. 221 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,519 this is not good. 222 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,679 Holy [bleep] man. That is a lot of water. 223 00:12:10,680 --> 00:12:12,999 At his Duncan Creek claim, 224 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,079 Rick Ness is battling a flood 225 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,199 in his gold-rich Rally Valley. 226 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:20,839 Hey, guys. You got a copy? 227 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:22,439 Let's shut down Monster Red right away. 228 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:24,039 Yup. On it. 229 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:31,959 Uh, Rick wants to shut the plant down, 230 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:33,319 so we better shut down 231 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,000 and figure out what the problem is. 232 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,319 So yeah, we got a major problem. 233 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,759 All of our sluice water is backing up 234 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:42,999 and seeping right back into Rally Valley. 235 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,159 Oh. 236 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:45,639 And it's flooding fast. 237 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:47,439 And if it just keeps filling up like that, 238 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:48,839 we're gonna lose the rest of the pay down in Rally Valley. 239 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:49,999 Yeah. 240 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,399 I've got to get that water directed to a safe spot. 241 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,279 - Yeah. - And we've got to get our pump down there 242 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:54,839 because it's filling up fast. 243 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:56,839 And we've got to get that [bleep] drained out. 244 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:58,119 - All right. Cool. - We'll see. 245 00:12:58,120 --> 00:12:59,800 Thanks guys. 246 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:03,159 Wash plant Monster Red 247 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,999 sits above the east side of Rally Valley, 248 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,439 300 feet away from the edge of the pit's wall. 249 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:13,359 Sluice water from the plant has traveled down the valley, 250 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:15,199 seeped into the wall, 251 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:19,240 collapsing it, and flooding the cut. 252 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,199 Rick's plan? 253 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,439 Move his only working pump, 254 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,639 currently feeding sluice water to Monster Red 255 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:29,839 1,000 feet to Rally Valley. 256 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:31,639 Drain the cut of all the water 257 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:34,519 down to the remaining 10 feet of pay, 258 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:38,159 then haul out and stockpile all the remaining pay 259 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:39,679 down the bedrock 260 00:13:39,680 --> 00:13:42,639 before he's able to start sluicing again. 261 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:52,759 Let's go. 262 00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:01,559 Yeah. I mean, we're trying to cut a step. 263 00:14:01,560 --> 00:14:02,719 We didn't wanna take the suction line off. 264 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:04,880 So yeah, there's some weight and stress on that bar. 265 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:08,680 Sure it'll be a little nerve-wracking 266 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:11,079 on the way down as it is 267 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:13,720 the only pump we actually have right now. 268 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:20,640 Watch your heads. 269 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:23,240 Look at that. 270 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,200 Pump her up, buddy. 271 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,599 The 8-inch pump 272 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,359 drains 3,000 gallons of water a minute. 273 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,879 Within 24 hours, 274 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:39,279 Rick should be back on his best ever goal. 275 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:41,279 Well, we got the pump going, which is good. 276 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:42,879 We got to get the rest of the pay out of Rally Valley, 277 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:44,399 but I'm feeling the stress right now. 278 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:45,479 I mean, we need that pay. 279 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:47,039 We got to get it out before it's unsafe. 280 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:48,319 And we just got to get a [bleep] move on. 281 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:49,639 We got to go. 282 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,720 Our goal is you get 1,000 ounces. 283 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:08,119 We are making progress there. 284 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,039 We're just nowhere near where I would like to be. 285 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:12,279 We still have a lot of ground to open up. 286 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:14,759 We still gotta get the plant over. 287 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:16,159 We still have to get the equipment 288 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:17,679 so it will run consistently. 289 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,319 Like, there's a lot of 290 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,240 we've got to deal with right now. 291 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,159 Even after his dad, Tony, 292 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:29,279 set him up with leased ground and free equipment, 293 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:31,559 rookie mine boss, Kevin Beets, 294 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:33,999 is still not on the gold 295 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,920 and quickly burning through his life savings. 296 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,839 It's always stressful when you're spending money 297 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:43,559 after, you know, nothing coming in 298 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:45,239 and you know there's a lot of big bills coming up. 299 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:46,799 But I can't let that get to me. 300 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,119 Otherwise, I'll spend more time worrying 301 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:50,920 than dealing with it. 302 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:55,839 The goal this week is we wanna get down to a pay. 303 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:58,319 That is where we wanna be end of the week. 304 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:01,479 Kevin wanted to be washing pay two weeks ago, 305 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:04,360 but has been battling delays. 306 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:08,719 In his Lynx cut, 307 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:13,959 it has taken six weeks of ripping and stripping 308 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:17,319 to remove only 20 feet of overburden 309 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:20,799 in just 3 acres of the cut. 310 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:25,279 Kevin's crew still has 2 feet to clear before they hit pay, 311 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,719 and he wants it done by the end of the week 312 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:30,320 so they can finally start sluicing. 313 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:35,759 What's been keeping me up lately 314 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:37,799 is the struggle to try and reach 1,000-ounce goal 315 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:39,079 on the first season 316 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,079 with a small crew and old equipment. 317 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,119 And it is gonna be a feat to get there, 318 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,519 so I had Matt and Ashley get on. 319 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:48,079 I worked with them last year up here. 320 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,680 We were mining at another mine site. 321 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:54,559 I've just shown up 322 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:56,199 and I'm excited to go move some dirt 323 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:57,519 and get us closer to getting some gold. 324 00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:59,480 So it's gonna be a good day. 325 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:03,039 To get on the gold faster, 326 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:05,119 Foreman Brennan Ruault 327 00:17:05,120 --> 00:17:08,239 has enlisted Matt Kiefer's fiancee, 328 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,840 experienced operator, Ash Phillips. 329 00:17:12,360 --> 00:17:14,239 I can't wait until we get that first gold 330 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,119 out of the ground. 331 00:17:16,120 --> 00:17:17,919 Like, you've put in all the hard work 332 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:19,679 and then you see that gold for the first time. 333 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:22,640 It's like, "Okay. It was worth it." 334 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:26,519 This is my first year with Kevin, obviously, 335 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:29,040 but this is my fifth year in the Yukon. 336 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,199 Brennan called me. 337 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:32,399 He needed a set of hands 338 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:33,839 to help out Kevin and Faith 339 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:35,719 and I figured it was a good time 340 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:37,199 to get on the road 341 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,319 and come see my fiance, Matthew, 342 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:41,440 who's been up here for quite a while. 343 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:45,599 Fancy seeing you up here. 344 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:46,879 Do you come up here often? 345 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:50,079 Like to see you more often. 346 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:51,799 Gold mining, I find, isn't for anyone, 347 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,000 but if you take the good with the bad... 348 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,039 It's one of the greatest careers 349 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:00,520 you could ever have. 350 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:05,719 I'm, like, trying to get better 351 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:07,359 at not letting stress eat me alive 352 00:18:07,360 --> 00:18:09,319 because that's not good for anybody. 353 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:11,599 It is pretty intense at times 354 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:13,359 especially when you got breakdown after breakdown 355 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:16,520 and on top of all that and a small crew. 356 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:19,759 The sun is thawing stuff out 357 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:21,799 and making a sloppy mess 358 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:23,919 that we're having a hard time getting through. 359 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:28,039 20-year-old operator Hunter Canning 360 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:30,359 has been trucking overburden out of the Lynx cut 361 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:32,680 for the last four weeks. 362 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,679 This truck is really not in good shape. 363 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:38,159 It's struggling. 364 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:39,719 Hopefully we just get dry weather 365 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:43,720 and it stays like that, so it's not so brutal. 366 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,559 Matt and I got hired out to get the dirt moved 367 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,359 and the sooner we get sluicing, 368 00:18:50,360 --> 00:18:51,720 the happier we'll all be. 369 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:02,639 I have to watch out for the other operators. 370 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:05,239 The main thing here is not beating the iron up, 371 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:07,160 so we can keep running it. 372 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,559 of the gears. 373 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:17,400 We really gotta be gentle with them. 374 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:26,280 That really pissed me off. 375 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:29,639 What's up? 376 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:32,519 So do you know why you're having such a hard time? 377 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:33,759 - Where? - Do you... Do you know? 378 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:35,079 I'm asking you. 379 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:39,719 Oh, it is [bleep] like 380 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:40,759 they're waiting for 381 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:41,879 No, but I asked you 382 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:42,999 and you didn't know the answer. 383 00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:50,480 I'm trying to help you here and you're talking over me. 384 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:55,799 - as adults... - Yeah. 385 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:57,359 I'm gonna get irritated, okay? 386 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,559 Literally disrespectful as hell. 387 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:10,280 It's not fun to work with whatsoever. 388 00:20:12,360 --> 00:20:13,799 What the is going on? 389 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:15,919 over the radio and nobody getting along? 390 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:17,279 Seriously, let me speak. 391 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:18,519 When is she gonna get reprimanded 392 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:19,919 for her bull [bleep]? 393 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:21,159 You're gonna get reprimanded for your [bleep]... 394 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:22,599 I haven't done anything. 395 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:23,719 yelling and screaming to other people. 396 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:25,119 I was nothing but polite. Honestly, Brennan, 397 00:20:25,120 --> 00:20:26,439 I was talking to her exactly 398 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:27,639 like I'm talking to you right now. 399 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:28,759 And I was just like, "Hey sister, 400 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:29,759 I'm trying to help you." 401 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:31,199 You don't even understand. 402 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,119 Like honestly, to paint that out to be like 403 00:20:33,120 --> 00:20:35,239 I was being a absolutely just untrue. 404 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:37,839 I'm the one that has to figure this out, 405 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:39,079 deal with it because... 406 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:40,759 I think you have enough on your plate. 407 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:42,039 And so, I just really feel bad for you. 408 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:43,159 I appreciate that, 409 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,119 but I need to deal with this, nobody else. 410 00:20:45,120 --> 00:20:47,119 Okay? I've had people feel unwanted, 411 00:20:47,120 --> 00:20:49,079 then their work quality turns [bleep]. 412 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:50,879 I've seen it all, I've been there, 413 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:52,879 I've done that, and I don't want to deal with it. 414 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:55,680 I want this [bleep] squashed right [bleep] now. 415 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:16,439 Every season, I go through a little phase of panic. 416 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:18,879 It's always kind of the same circumstance 417 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:20,879 where you have a whole bunch of projects 418 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:22,639 that are kind of halfway done. 419 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:26,639 And we're just coming into panic season for me. 420 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:29,560 It's a big machine that needs a lot of fuel. 421 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:33,359 Fuel being money. 422 00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:35,319 On Dominion, 423 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,839 Parker's battling to rescue his season. 424 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:41,519 Roxanne is running pay dirt from the long cut, 425 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,039 desperate for some income 426 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:47,639 and with gold prices at an all-time high, 427 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,399 Parker's sluicing low-grade ditch pay 428 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,679 from the Bridge Cut trucked to Big Red. 429 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:55,399 You know, we just finished off 430 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,120 your wash plant pad and so we got to move Big Red. 431 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:03,519 Tyson can finally move Big Red to the Bridge Cut. 432 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,919 So right now, we're gonna have to shut the plant down, 433 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:10,560 but this is the blast scoop here at Big Red. 434 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:14,800 No time like the present, eh? 435 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:18,599 We need to get the sluice box cleaned up, 436 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,479 emptied out so Tyson can move it, 437 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,079 get it down to the new site, 438 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,639 so we can put it back together again. 439 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,160 So everybody's in a bit of a hustle right now. 440 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:33,679 At the Bridge Cut, Tyson spent two days 441 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,319 building Big Red's new plant pad. 442 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:39,719 All right, Tyson. You're all set, buddy. 443 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:41,199 - All righty. - Get her done, young man. 444 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:42,280 Thanks. 445 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:44,519 This is gonna be damn near 446 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,119 one of the fastest plant moves we've ever done. 447 00:22:47,120 --> 00:22:48,680 If we can get it done. 448 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:54,759 You know, we have a lot to do. Moving Big Red. 449 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:56,519 It's not moving a short distance. 450 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:58,599 Everything's got to line up perfectly today 451 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,199 or we're not gonna be sluicing. 452 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,639 So Tyson called me and basically said, 453 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:06,759 "Get up here. We're moving Big Red and we're in a panic 454 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:08,439 and we're short guys." 455 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:09,999 So here I am and him and I work well together. 456 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:14,079 So we got today to move it. 457 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,719 To help, Tyson's called in 458 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,440 his old boss and mentor, Mike Tupper. 459 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:22,799 Tyson had a dream of going gold mining 460 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,399 and here he is and now, I guess he's the boss 461 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,400 and I'm his little kid. 462 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:33,040 So just swing straight this way. 463 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:35,440 Lift up. 464 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:41,360 And now, we're just lifting the sluice runs away from Big Red. 465 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:45,999 Once the Kenworth can back under them, drop them down. 466 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,159 We'll chain it down. 467 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:48,359 Then Tupper will go, 468 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:49,399 hook up to the plant. 469 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:50,639 He'll drag the plant. 470 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:51,959 Once we get the plant in, 471 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:53,159 the sluice runs in, 472 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:54,919 we'll come back for the feeder. 473 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,279 And then we'll play reassembly up there. 474 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:01,439 Big Red needs to be moved in three pieces, 475 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,599 one mile across the Bridge Cut 476 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,999 to the top of its new plant pad. 477 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:11,560 Then assembled and fired up by the end of the day. 478 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:17,879 Don't break it. 479 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:19,279 All right. Here we go. 480 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,159 To save time, 481 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:25,799 Tyson sends the sluice runs on a lowboy to the pad, 482 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,640 while Tupper drags Big Red in the 750. 483 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:32,520 Right now we have Big Red on the move. 484 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,440 Turn to your right now, Tupper, hard right. 485 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,279 All right. I'm through the cut 486 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,320 and I'm just coming up upon the ramp. 487 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:50,479 This ramp's really narrow. 488 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:51,680 I got to stay right in the center. 489 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:57,080 Oh, [bleep]. 490 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:07,360 Here we go. Here we go. 491 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:10,719 That was close. 492 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,280 I thought I was going over for sure. 493 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:16,719 - See you when. - Hey. 494 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:23,759 Tyson's just checking right now 495 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,600 to see if this plant is level. 496 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,999 Done? Bingo, first shot, love it. 497 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:32,519 The wash plant's level, 498 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:34,999 now we got the sluice runs in place. 499 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,359 So we're gonna go work on the feeder. 500 00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:39,199 The last piece to be hauled in, 501 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,679 the hopper feeder on a lowboy. 502 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:43,999 So right now we're trying to get the hopper out 503 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,399 and it's pretty stuck. 504 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,119 Roll excavators are way too far away 505 00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:49,879 and we gotta get this thing moved and running. 506 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:52,119 The hopper's 80-ton lowboy 507 00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:54,519 is stuck in the soft mud. 508 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:57,159 To free it and get it moving, 509 00:25:57,160 --> 00:26:01,080 Tyson attaches a chain to his loader to tow it out. 510 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,199 One, two, three. 511 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:17,479 piece of junk. 512 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,079 Just broke one chain. 513 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,719 I got a plan here. 514 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,200 Two half-inch chains both sides. 515 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:29,799 So right now, I really don't have time for this [bleep]. 516 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,279 We need to be up at the wash plant, 517 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:34,600 not trying to get a [bleep] feeder unstuck. 518 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,199 - Are you ready, Tupp? - Go for it. 519 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,759 One, two, three. 520 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:46,400 There we go. 521 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,720 Slow, looking good, keep going. 522 00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:55,439 Go, go, go. 523 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,519 That's good. Right there, right there. 524 00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:59,319 Feeder free, 525 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,719 Tupper speeds to Big Red's new plant pad 526 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:04,400 in the Bridge Cut. 527 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:09,840 Start cutting. 528 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,439 Okay. Whoa, whoa, whoa. 529 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:18,600 That's good. 530 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,519 All right. Thanks for your help, Tupp. 531 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:26,679 Couldn't have done it without you. 532 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:27,760 All right. Good, man. 533 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,119 Well, you know, we just got 534 00:27:31,120 --> 00:27:32,880 pretty much everything done here. 535 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,560 Tyson fires up Big Red. 536 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:41,559 This is nice, eh? 537 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,679 And Parker's crew 538 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,560 are now sluicing pay from two cuts. 539 00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:54,040 [bleep] yeah. 540 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:09,879 Yeah, guys, just do what you got to do 541 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:11,079 to get out of there as quick as possible. 542 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,399 Get the rest of that pay, stay away from that wall, 543 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:15,480 and just get the hell out of there as quick as you can. 544 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:17,959 At Rally Valley, 545 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:19,759 Rick's crew are in a rush 546 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:21,719 to dig down to bedrock 547 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,399 and stockpile all of its gold-rich pay 548 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:28,160 before the cut floods again. 549 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:31,319 Finally got the water down again 550 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,519 starting to hold pay at the Rally Valley. 551 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:34,599 We're trying to get as fast as we can 552 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:35,680 and get all this pay out. 553 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:38,439 It's probably one of the hardest cuts 554 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:39,759 that I've ever done. 555 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,039 You know, this thing just keeps throwing curveballs. 556 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:44,799 It's definitely getting a little bit unsafe every day 557 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:46,360 more and more we're down here. 558 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:53,119 We've got a small crew 559 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:54,399 but the small crew that we have, 560 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,119 they bust their ass. 561 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,359 But yeah, today it's everybody's hands on board. 562 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:07,919 I manage Rick's mine. 563 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:09,919 I do everything from paying the bills, 564 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:12,719 the payroll, fuel, logistics, 565 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:15,039 every aspect of the mining operation 566 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:17,600 except for digging the actual pay. 567 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:20,679 With Rick's best pay at risk 568 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:23,279 of another landslide or flood, 569 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:26,919 he's brought in logistics manager Jason Folster 570 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:30,039 to drive one of his three rock trucks 571 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:32,440 and get to the pay faster. 572 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:34,999 The mining lifestyle, 573 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:36,439 it was just something that fit. 574 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:38,079 For me, doing this work 575 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:39,519 doesn't even feel like a job. 576 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:41,000 It's just... It's just a way of life for me. 577 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,680 Oh, [bleep] my gosh. 578 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:47,360 Oh, [bleep]. 579 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,039 [bleep] my gosh. 580 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:06,880 Damn it. 581 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,359 Ryan, we got a tire blown here. 582 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:11,560 I'm gonna need a help. 583 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:13,919 At Rally Valley, 584 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,119 Rick is down a rock truck 585 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:19,319 in the race to haul out gold-rich pay. 586 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:21,079 Park it right there. 587 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:23,799 It's a costly loss. 588 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,040 Should've stayed in the office. 589 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:30,039 Yeah. So right now, we've got a flat tire and a rock truck 590 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:31,679 terrible timing because we're trying to get 591 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:32,759 all the pay out of Rally Valley. 592 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:33,959 The walls are coming down. 593 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:35,119 If we don't get it all out of there 594 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:36,359 before it comes really unsafe, 595 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:38,600 then we're not gonna get it and we can't have that happen. 596 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:42,119 Let's get it up. 597 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:43,479 I don't wanna have to take the wheel off. 598 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:45,079 - So if we can get it up... - Yeah, that's what you 599 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:47,159 Let's just pop this [bleep] out. 600 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:56,920 Basically that tire, it's gonna come off. 601 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:00,280 Yeah. 602 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:02,799 Slide the new one on, 603 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:04,239 lube the [bleep] out of it with WD-40, 604 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:05,440 - anything you can get. - Yeah. 605 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:10,679 Boss, you wanna bring the 700 over 606 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:12,080 so we can yank it off? 607 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:15,199 The 700 excavator 608 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,479 has a pull force of 350 tons. 609 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:25,160 Where's that beauty? 610 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:28,599 I believe we could get this tire changed in about an hour, 611 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:29,840 but that's still gonna hurt. 612 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:36,639 Do we have any of that tire lube? 613 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:38,799 No, but I would prefer dish soap. 614 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:40,840 That [bleep] slick as [bleep] with water. 615 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,000 - I'm gonna put some on there. - Yup. 616 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:48,679 That ought to be good. 617 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:51,079 Ryan, Jason, and Kyle 618 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:53,959 push the half ton new tire on. 619 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:55,959 - Keep going. Keep going. - [indistinct] get it. 620 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:57,400 She's on. 621 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,159 We're back. All of our rock trucks running, which is good. 622 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:04,399 We still got a lot of pay to get out of Rally Valley, 623 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:06,240 so we can't relax just yet. 624 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:20,879 We've had a lot of delays 625 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:22,559 and, uh, we really can't afford 626 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:24,519 too many more at this point. 627 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:27,599 Eventually that piggybank does run dry. 628 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:30,239 I'd like to see gold come in before that happens. 629 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:31,999 All these things are just delays. 630 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,399 We really need to get sluicing 631 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:35,879 as soon as [bleep] possible. 632 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:39,039 Kevin Beets is fixing up his wash plant 633 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,919 in preparation to run pay, 634 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:45,999 but his crew are at each other's throats. 635 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,999 I got ringed out my ass for... 636 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:57,199 From what I know nothing I'd done. 637 00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:01,199 She comes to me to try to somehow help me 638 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,200 when I didn't really need help. 639 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:05,719 I'm hoping it gets better 640 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:07,759 because I'm at the point right now 641 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:10,600 where it's a hostile environment. 642 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:13,799 I don't know why I'm being painted out 643 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,199 to be like a because believe me, 644 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:17,919 if I didn't have a cool head that day, 645 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:19,360 the world would have known about it. 646 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:24,639 It's very frustrating for me to deal with 647 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:27,279 because I have so many million things on my mind. 648 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:29,079 I want everybody to be professional, 649 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,079 not work against one another, you know? 650 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:33,959 That's what kills the morale in a crew immediately 651 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:35,799 is when people start working against each other. 652 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,239 She just stopped and then on her phone again or what? 653 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:07,799 You wanna get off that phone 654 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:10,559 and get that truck and gear, Hunter? 655 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:32,879 Kevin has heard enough 656 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,000 and calls in Brennan. 657 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:50,599 Kevin's operation 658 00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:53,400 has ground to a halt yet again. 659 00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:58,439 The game will be over if this keeps happening. 660 00:34:58,440 --> 00:34:59,519 I don't give a [bleep]. 661 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:01,559 I have to send everybody home or just one person 662 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:02,839 but I'm not [bleep] putting up 663 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:04,200 with this stupid anymore. 664 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:09,759 So what's the side of the story that I need to hear 665 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,159 because I've just had it. 666 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:13,559 I've had it too. I was not on my phone. 667 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:16,039 I did this and I was picking my nails 668 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:17,799 and he said he's seen me with a phone. 669 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:19,959 They're nitpicking everything I do, 670 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:21,239 trying to get me in trouble. 671 00:35:21,240 --> 00:35:22,359 We're not in high school. 672 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:23,599 I want a well-oiled team. 673 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:25,239 We're gonna solve this. We're gonna go down 674 00:35:25,240 --> 00:35:26,879 and we're gonna talk it out right now. 675 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:44,279 We aren't gonna get to 1,000 without everyone here. 676 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,879 So I've had a chance to let all you guys vent, 677 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,119 listen to every side of the story. 678 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:50,919 So if we can apologize to each other 679 00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:53,439 and try to say that we're gonna [bleep] move on. 680 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:55,439 The other day when I pulled you over, 681 00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:57,959 like I got to ask you, like, was I actually a 682 00:35:57,960 --> 00:35:59,359 because I thought I was very sweet. 683 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:01,719 - Yeah. You were very rude. - Well... 684 00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:03,399 it does get a little frustrating 685 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:04,879 when you do talk over me 686 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:06,159 because my intentions were good 687 00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:07,759 and with all due respect, Hunter-- 688 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:09,239 Yeah, 'cause everybody's seen that, 689 00:36:09,240 --> 00:36:10,239 you going off on me right out, right? 690 00:36:10,240 --> 00:36:11,279 I didn't go off. 691 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:12,559 Please, I asked 692 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:14,959 to not get fired up, right? 693 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:16,479 It's out in the air what's pissed everybody off. 694 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:17,719 - Am I right? - Yup. 695 00:36:17,720 --> 00:36:19,079 'Cause I don't want this [bleep] thing 696 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:20,119 to continue. 697 00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:21,599 We're gonna start this over 698 00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:23,240 as if it's a [bleep] new day right now. 699 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,839 Like I wanna squashed now. 700 00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:29,159 If we need to talk and there's a problem, come to me. 701 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:30,840 I will deal with it. 702 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:34,440 All I'm asking is if we can become a team again. 703 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:36,919 Can we just apologize? 704 00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:50,519 My intentions were good 705 00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:52,560 and I apologize if I came off wrong. 706 00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:57,239 Hunter, I'm sorry. 707 00:36:57,240 --> 00:36:59,399 And I'm never meant to be a [bleep]. 708 00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:01,159 I'm not trying to attack you, 709 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,239 but I'm trying to help you. 710 00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:05,359 And I know it didn't come across that way. 711 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,400 Well, I'm sorry for saying stop being a [bleep]. 712 00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:11,399 - Yeah. - You good? 713 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:12,639 Oh. 714 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:14,520 I thank you guys for apologizing to each other. 715 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:17,719 Okay. Let's go kick some ass. 716 00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:18,719 Hopefully, we'll get the gold. 717 00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:20,079 yeah. 718 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:37,759 What's the word? Get everyone sorted? 719 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:39,719 Yeah, I let everybody vent. We come down and said, 720 00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:41,039 "I want everybody to [bleep] apologize 721 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:42,279 and become a team again." 722 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,239 I said, "If there's any problems, you talk to me. 723 00:37:44,240 --> 00:37:45,879 You don't take it upon yourselves 724 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:47,319 - to bull this bull [bleep]." - Perfect. Perfect. 725 00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:48,679 And they said they all agreed to it. 726 00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:50,039 I feel that they got the point, 727 00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:51,639 but we'll just have to wait and see. 728 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:54,159 I think you handled that correctly. 729 00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:55,719 That's the whole point of having you there. 730 00:37:55,720 --> 00:37:57,479 Oh, yeah. But it's just irritating. 731 00:37:57,480 --> 00:37:59,599 Anyways, I got lots to do. Have a good day. 732 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:00,639 - You as well. - See you. 733 00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:01,599 Thank you, Brennan. 734 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,319 You betcha. 735 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,119 It's a [bleep] thing that Brennan had to go down 736 00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:06,999 and deal with that. 737 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:08,559 Yeah, and I didn't wanna go do it myself, 738 00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:09,959 because, well, I don't wanna jump on his toes, 739 00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:12,159 so I figured that's the best way. 740 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:13,799 But yeah, it's like, chain of command, 741 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,639 should be Brennan first before it comes to us. 742 00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:18,679 I know exactly how it is to be the [bleep] foreman 743 00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:21,239 and then have the boss come in and [bleep] up for you. 744 00:38:21,240 --> 00:38:22,719 Tony would have called everyone 745 00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:24,239 a dumb so-and-so, so-and-so 746 00:38:24,240 --> 00:38:26,079 over the [bleep] radio, 747 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:28,799 and they'll fire somebody right off the [bleep] bat. 748 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:30,479 I hope they can all be adults about it. 749 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:31,960 I agree. 750 00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:46,039 It's like my office in here. 751 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:48,559 Obviously, you know, sweep it out and take my boots off. 752 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,479 You know, you want it nice and cozy. 753 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:52,079 I don't like dirty cabs, 754 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:53,999 so, you know, might as well keep a new machine 755 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:55,399 clean and nice. 756 00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:57,359 On the Ness claim, 757 00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,359 Bailey Carten is still smitten 758 00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:02,359 with Rick's latest addition, 759 00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:05,000 the 750 excavator. 760 00:39:07,240 --> 00:39:09,239 Well, Bailey, should we have Rick order 761 00:39:09,240 --> 00:39:10,399 a second one of those? 762 00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:11,799 I mean, how you feeling in that thing? 763 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,399 Oh, man. I'm loving this machine right now. 764 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:16,359 It looks like a [bleep] beast. 765 00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:18,359 Oh, it's definitely a lot smoother, 766 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,639 a lot quicker than that 700. 767 00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:23,119 Yeah, I heard if you lick the joysticks, 768 00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:24,719 then you own the machine. 769 00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:26,399 If I lick the joysticks, 770 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:27,959 well, I guess I better do that quick 771 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:29,799 before Rick gets back down here. 772 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:33,320 Oh, [bleep]. 773 00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:48,760 But it's looking like we got some really nice pay gravel. 774 00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:51,119 Coffee there, Kev? 775 00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:53,159 Go for Kevin. Go for Kevin. 776 00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:54,959 Bring your gold pan down here, buddy. 777 00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:57,159 I think we're on the pay streak here. 778 00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:58,559 I'll be right down, 779 00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:00,399 - bring Faith with me. - Awesome. 780 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:02,239 After a difficult week 781 00:40:02,240 --> 00:40:05,199 dealing with crew fallouts, 782 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:08,040 Foreman Brennan is finally down to pay. 783 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:12,959 Got the yellow [bleep], Brennan? 784 00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:14,479 I don't know. That's why I brought you down. 785 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:15,799 I don't know how to pan very well. 786 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:17,079 But look at this, Kev. 787 00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:18,359 Like, look at the quartz in here. 788 00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:20,199 Yeah. 789 00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:22,519 I really hope there is actual gold in it. 790 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:24,319 Well, I sure hope we find a few flakes. 791 00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:26,599 I think that'll bring the morale up for everybody. 792 00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:28,359 The suspense is killing me, Kevin. 793 00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:30,599 Is there any gold? 794 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:32,239 There is a few garnets in there. 795 00:40:32,240 --> 00:40:34,599 Yeah. You know what's even better? 796 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:36,039 There is some yellow in here. 797 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:37,839 There's a yellow right there. 798 00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:39,159 Look at that bad [bleep]. 799 00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:40,279 - Yeah. - Yeah. 800 00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:41,639 What's wrong with you? 801 00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:43,639 Let me see that nice little chunky in there. 802 00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:45,679 - That's [bleep] awesome. - Oh, yeah. 803 00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:47,479 - Now, I'm super pumped now. - Oh, yeah. 804 00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:49,079 That's nice to have some confirmation, ain't it? 805 00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:50,999 - Oh, [bleep]. - Oh, yeah. 806 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:52,319 To know that we're on the right path 807 00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:53,599 is [bleep] awesome. 808 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:54,639 High five, guys. 809 00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:55,719 - yeah. - Woo. 810 00:40:55,720 --> 00:40:56,680 - Super pumped. - Yeah. 811 00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:03,959 Hey, everybody. Hey, everybody, 812 00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:05,199 if you wanna come to the deck, 813 00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,640 we got something to show you guys. 814 00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:15,759 You wanna see some yellow [bleep]? 815 00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:17,920 Guys, stop it. 816 00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:21,759 It's a nice big piece. - Oh, my [bleep]. 817 00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:23,199 - Holy smokes. - Oh, sweet. 818 00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:24,919 We actually got something. 819 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:26,999 There's actually in the ground, right? 820 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:28,319 Wow. 821 00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:29,919 This is awesome. This is the first time 822 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:33,039 I've ever actually seen gold up here. 823 00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:34,359 There's nothing like your first time, right? 824 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,439 I know, right? 825 00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:38,679 Well, as long as we stick together and work as a team, 826 00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:39,999 there's gonna be a hell of a lot more to that 827 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:41,279 to see the rest of the season, so... 828 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:43,720 - Absolutely. - Yeah. 829 00:41:58,240 --> 00:42:01,519 There it is, finally done Rally Valley. 830 00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:03,239 Hey, Rick, you got a copy, man? 831 00:42:03,240 --> 00:42:04,559 Yeah, go for Rick. 832 00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:06,399 That's the final load, man. 833 00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:07,799 We're right down to bedrock, 834 00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:09,759 so we're all done Rally Valley. 835 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:11,399 Nice [bleep] job, bud. 836 00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:14,439 After battling rock slides and floods, 837 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:19,360 Rick Ness is closing the book on his greatest cut ever. 838 00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:22,439 It's a hell of an accomplishment. 839 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:23,759 We started that hole four years ago. 840 00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:24,919 It's nice to finish something like that. 841 00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:26,079 But at the same time, 842 00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:27,879 we just had a huge gold weigh out of it. 843 00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:29,599 I hate to see that dirt go. 844 00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:32,079 But the good news is we still got some on the pad. 845 00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:33,199 We still got something to run. 846 00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:34,639 There's still a lot of gold to get out of it. 847 00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:36,719 But Rally Valley, that chapter's closed. 848 00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:37,839 Onto the next. 849 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:43,999 Boys. 850 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:45,439 - Fellas. - Hey, guys. 851 00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:46,999 - It's summertime. - Yeah, I know. 852 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:48,439 I don't know why I got a sweater on. 853 00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:50,399 Rick is on the richest pay 854 00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:51,799 of his life. 855 00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:54,559 His crew gather in anticipation 856 00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:58,320 of what Monster Red sluices have caught this week. 857 00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:02,519 Jason, you scared me when you drove by and blew a tire. 858 00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:04,679 I'd be lying if I said I didn't scare the [bleep] myself. 859 00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:06,519 That was like a cannon going off. 860 00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:08,399 - What's up, dudes? - What's up? 861 00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:10,919 - And lady. - I'll answer to any gender. 862 00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:13,759 Rally Valley this whole time is all [bleep] water going in there, right? 863 00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:15,479 Luckily, we got out of there unscathed. 864 00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:16,639 I think we're all happy to finally be 865 00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:17,959 at the bottom of it, but we're all sad 866 00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:20,999 that now you need to find a next spot. 867 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:22,079 Unfortunately, we have to move on, 868 00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:23,639 but we know that there's more ground like that. 869 00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:25,999 We're coming off a record gold weigh last week, 870 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:28,879 but we only had, you know, a couple of good, 871 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:30,439 solid days of running this week, 872 00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:32,679 but I see a pile of gold there. 873 00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:35,079 Should we weigh this up? 874 00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:38,879 So far, Rick's mined 316 875 00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:41,239 of his 1,500-ounce gold 876 00:43:41,240 --> 00:43:43,320 after just five days of sluicing. 877 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:48,839 This week, Monster Red only ran for two days 878 00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:51,839 before he had to move the pump. 879 00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:53,319 I'll tell you right now, 880 00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:55,399 that's on it, 100 ounces gold. 881 00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:57,239 - Beautiful stuff. - Gorgeous. 882 00:43:57,240 --> 00:43:59,719 Right here, yet to be seen. 883 00:43:59,720 --> 00:44:01,079 So, who's gonna count this for me? 884 00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:02,840 - Jason. - Jason. 885 00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:05,159 All right, out of Monster Red. 886 00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:06,879 We got 100 ounces in the jar, 887 00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:08,760 and we've got this to add to it. 888 00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:12,919 5, 10, 889 00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:15,999 18, 28, 890 00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:19,679 36, 50, 891 00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:20,960 69, 892 00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:24,799 81.87. 893 00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,199 All right, 181.87 ounces. 894 00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:29,599 - Woo! - right. 895 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:34,639 Worth $454,000. 896 00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:36,239 We're damn near 500 ounces in two cleanups 897 00:44:36,240 --> 00:44:37,759 on the season already. 898 00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:40,599 That's a third of the way to our 1,500-ounce goal. 899 00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:41,759 Pretty impressive. 900 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,159 We got 500 ounces on the table already. 901 00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:49,399 We got a full week next week of running Rally Valley dirt. 902 00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:51,680 I can't wait to see the total. 903 00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:06,639 - What's up, Chris? - Hey, hey. 904 00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:08,039 What's happening, guys? 905 00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:10,159 You've been a little busier, I hope. 906 00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:11,679 Yeah, real busy. 907 00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:13,759 Two wash plants running finally? 908 00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:15,879 Yeah. It feels kind of good, really. 909 00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:17,759 Finally sluicing in the Bridge Cut? 910 00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:18,959 Thanks for getting that plant set up. 911 00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:20,039 No worries, man. 912 00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:21,759 After a week of sluicing 913 00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:24,399 long cut pay through Roxanne 914 00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:26,999 and finally getting his second plant, 915 00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:29,559 Big Red operational, 916 00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:32,599 Parker's crew are ready to see some gold. 917 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:34,319 How did your plant move go? 918 00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:35,999 It was a good one, got it done, 919 00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:38,399 but not without any issues, of course. 920 00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:40,839 Hopefully, it produces some gold there. 921 00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:43,319 Do you wanna see what your sluice produced? 922 00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:45,479 Sure. Let's check it out. 923 00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:46,879 When Parker ran ditch dirt 924 00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:49,879 from the long cut earlier in the season, 925 00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:52,279 it delivered 30 ounces in a week. 926 00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:56,119 Big Red ran for two days in the Bridge Cut. 927 00:45:56,120 --> 00:45:58,200 - Here we go. - All righty. Here we go. 928 00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:00,479 5, 10, 929 00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:02,079 17, 930 00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:03,800 20, 931 00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:06,920 27, 29, 932 00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:10,319 30.45. 933 00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:14,159 Worth $76,000. 934 00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:15,319 It's not bad. 935 00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:17,959 I mean, 30 ounces of gold prices right now? 936 00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:20,319 I thought it would be worse than that, to be honest. 937 00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:21,759 Oh, good. 938 00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:22,879 My expectations are plummeting. 939 00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:27,199 The great reset. 940 00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:29,399 Aim low and avoid disappointment, right? 941 00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:33,399 Mitch, Roxanne did well this week. 942 00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:36,679 Last week, Roxanne in the long cut 943 00:46:36,680 --> 00:46:41,280 ran for two days producing 76 ounces of gold. 944 00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:45,799 Parker needs to see an improvement 945 00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:50,720 and needs 100 ounces a week just to cover costs. 946 00:46:51,560 --> 00:46:52,799 Well, let's see what we got. 947 00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:54,679 Let her rip. 948 00:46:54,680 --> 00:46:56,120 20, 949 00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:58,079 40, 950 00:46:58,080 --> 00:46:59,999 60, 70, 951 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:01,760 100, 952 00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:06,160 150, 953 00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:10,800 181.55. 954 00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:14,799 - Better. - We're getting there, right? 955 00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:17,239 Is that the best cleanup of the season so far? 956 00:47:17,240 --> 00:47:18,679 - Must be. - Yeah. 957 00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:20,439 - It's over 100. - It's like... 958 00:47:22,120 --> 00:47:25,999 But it also gives us 576 and a half ounces 959 00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:28,399 - for the season. - 9,500 more to go. 960 00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:30,599 Don't say that. We'll see where things end up. 961 00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:32,319 We'll see if we can get the Bridge Cut 962 00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:33,719 rocking and rolling. 963 00:47:33,720 --> 00:47:35,559 Nice clean work as always, Chris. 964 00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:36,919 Oh, thanks, young man. 965 00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:38,039 We're getting back at it. 966 00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:39,359 More sluicing. 967 00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:40,599 - Yeah. - See you, Doumitt. 968 00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:42,359 Yup. 969 00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:43,799 Not much to say about that 970 00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:45,399 other than we need a lot more gold. 971 00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:46,639 Fingers crossed, 972 00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:48,719 the Bridge Cut picks up for us. 973 00:47:48,720 --> 00:47:51,079 With two wash plants sluicing 974 00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:52,839 and the gold improving, 975 00:47:52,840 --> 00:47:55,159 Parker may finally have turned a corner 976 00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:59,919 in his quest to decode Dominion's ground. 977 00:47:59,920 --> 00:48:02,119 It's good to have Big Red running again. 978 00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:04,119 Who knows, maybe we'll get surprised.