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in the frozen north seven down on their luck miners are back for a second gold mining season
this year it's make or break we need six figures out of this season we'll do good we don't i'm done
they are back bigger and better than ever just as they got started they had to leave the claim
i own porcupine creek but even without a claim to mine they refuse to give up their
dream followed me and my dad at the end of the earth we'll get the gold now the hoffmans are
playing catch-up they need a new gold claim and fast we don't get land we're gonna have mutants
it's time to pack up and go as the hoffmans hunt new land fred rips their old claim apart and just
across porcupine creek 16 year old parker schno puts his elders to shame in the quest to strike it rich
today was a good day
in porcupine creek southeast alaska
the new claim owner gets to work 10 days into the 150 day mining season
woohoo
let the game begin
that's the kota boys against the hoffmans
24 hours after taking over porcupine creek from the hoffmans dakota fred fills in their holding
pond
Tight game, folks.
But the Dakota mine wins.
Yeah!
To strike it rich at Porcupine Creek,
Fred plans on doing things very differently this season.
Last year, Todd and Jack disagreed on how to mine Porcupine Creek.
Todd planned to dig for a pastry.
On this claim, there's a pastry cagoule.
Until Jack convinced him to dig for nuggets
at the bottom of an ancient waterfall called a glory hole.
I know what I'm doing.
But in one season, they found just 14 ounces of gold worth a measly $20,000.
This year, Fred's going back to Todd's original plan.
This is the glory hole from this vantage point.
We intend to move that out about another 75 feet or so.
The way Jack dug to get down as deep as possible, totally wrong.
Instead of digging down to bedrock like Jack did last year,
Fred will dig horizontally, clearing the first 20 feet of dirt.
He can then process the gold-rich pastry
he thinks runs across the entire claim.
To move this much pay dirt, Fred needs a new road.
He'll build one right over the Hoffman's old holding pond.
Fred is gambling that his radical claim will pay off, big time.
I'd be highly embarrassed, highly embarrassed
that I don't wind up with at least 100 ounces of gold out of this place.
Meanwhile, after a 600-mile drive from Porcupine Creek,
the Hoffmans and their crew arrive in Dawson City.
They have no claim to mine 10 days into the season.
If they can't find land in the gold-rich Klondike soon,
their second mining season could be their last.
Oh, what a day, you know?
Yeah, we're finally here.
It's like midnight, and it's still bright out.
That's how far north we are, man.
We're way north. We're up in the Klondike now.
So this is sweet.
Last time I was here, it was all snowy.
This is not the first time the Hoffmans have been to Dawson City.
They're back for a reason.
Back in the off-season,
the Hoffmans ventured north into the Klondike.
This is double or nothing.
They got lucky and found virgin ground
in one of the richest gold fields in the world.
This is drop-dead killer claim.
To mine it, they spent $40,000
on the only wash plant they could find,
a machine that separates gold from dirt.
Well, that's it, huh, Wayne?
It looks like it's in pretty decent shape.
At the last minute, they lost the Klondike claim,
but not their new wash plant.
Four months after buying it,
they're back at Wayne Fisher's yard,
desperate to set up for this season.
I think we did good.
Piece of cake, yeah.
It'll work.
Those have pretty decent belts on them.
Can we start it and stop it real quick?
Okay.
All right.
We'll know.
The Hoffmans set to fire up the wash plant
for the first time in a long time.
This has sat there six years in one place,
so nothing's been ran in at least that long,
maybe even longer.
Todd needs to salvage their second mining season.
To keep the dream alive,
the wash plant has to work.
We'll find out.
Just real quick.
Tanker, start.
Shut it down!
After running for just seconds,
it's clear Todd's new wash plant
needs a major overhaul.
One of the motors might not be hooked up right.
I'm trying to figure it out.
Unfortunately for the crew,
the broken motor is not the only thing wrong.
A working wash plant separates the gold from the dirt.
Todd's has a conveyor belt
that feeds gold-bearing material into the wash plant,
but it needs a new belt and replacement rollers.
After leaving the conveyor,
the material falls onto screens where it is washed.
But the plant's water pump and pipes are broken.
Finally, any gold is caught in trays of hydraulic riffles.
Todd's riffles are in bad need of repair.
For crew mechanic James Harness,
it's not a quick fix.
There's a lot of bad welds,
a lot of rusty parts that are ready to fall apart.
It needs to be gone through,
not only just for safety,
but so we don't have to fix it every day.
Season's short.
We want to get going as fast as we can,
so the issue is time.
Todd heads into town,
leaving the crew behind to start the repairs
and to question their future.
Right now, we don't have a claim to mine at.
We're fixing this up.
We may be fixing it up for nothing
unless Todd finds a claim.
I'm just kind of watching my clock here,
waiting and hoping that he's coming back
with some good news for this team.
Already 10 days into the 150-day mining season,
the Hoffmans have to act fast to find a claim,
or their dream of striking it rich will die.
After losing Porcupine to Dakota Fred,
Todd spent the 24-hour journey up to the Klondike
on the phone with claim owners.
I need any mine owner that wants to do a 10% lease.
All right, man, thanks.
Say a little prayer that we can find a home.
Copy that.
I will find us a place.
Now, Todd follows up leads in Dawson City.
Hello?
My name's Todd Hoffman.
I wanted to know if you had a claim
that you might not be mining yourself.
But finding a good claim up here is not easy.
Gold is more valuable than ever,
and there's a full-fledged gold rush in the Klondike.
Last year, $52 million in gold
was pulled from the ground here.
The competition for good claims on virgin ground is fierce.
14 phone calls later, Todd finally gets a break.
That's a good sign.
All right, man, we'll look at it and talk terms.
Thank you.
It sounds like we got something here
that is definitely worth looking at.
600 miles south, on the road to Porcupine Creek,
a young miner is on his way to an important meeting.
I'm on my way to go see Fred.
I think that this visit will kind of set the stage for the summer.
You know, I'm hopeful that we can be on good terms all summer.
Last summer, 16-year-old Parker Schnabel
worked with his 91-year-old grandfather
at the Big Nugget Mine,
just across the creek from Porcupine.
But this season, John Schnabel is retiring.
I've been doing it for 45 years.
Parker will take over as the new boss of Big Nugget.
Ten days into the season,
John is de-winterized
and the mine is ready for his grandson.
Parker is just finishing up 11th grade.
Pretty excited to get out of here.
On his way to his claim,
he drops by Porcupine Creek.
Not too much.
Getting through school.
All right, you just got done with school?
Yeah.
I hear rumors you're going to play over here
with your grandpa's mind.
Yeah.
So what are you going to do about gold this year?
I'm going to find it.
Is that all?
How much?
You don't have any idea?
Wow.
Fred, you need to be a little more diplomatic.
Sometimes I just say what I feel.
Sometimes that gets you in trouble.
We'll see you later.
You got a good plan there.
Good luck, young man.
We'll see, huh?
I'm not going to say to Fred,
I think I'm going to get more gold than you.
But I think we both kind of take it
as a challenge to beat each other, you know?
Back up in Dawson City,
the Hoffmans head out to check an available claim.
I just hope this is it
because the guys are really apprehensive,
you know?
Yeah, I know.
And I don't blame them.
This is the end of the road.
We don't make it here.
We don't make it.
Oh, my God.
We're done.
Back in town,
the crew discusses the situation.
Porcupine's gone,
and we're up here with nothing.
I don't know what to do.
I just wondered what Todd was thinking
when he brought us up here.
What was I thinking by following him?
We're working on a piece of equipment,
and we have nowhere to go.
I'm afraid we're wasting our time.
I tell you what,
I can't stick around here much longer, though.
This is getting ridiculous.
Well, crap, we don't even know where we're going.
I mean, I'm kind of thinking we give him a time limit.
If he can't find a place,
it's time to pack up and go.
Coming up, reinforcements arrive,
giving Dakota Fred a big boost.
Goldzilla, man.
And for the Hoffman crew,
it's decision time.
Gamble on a claim in the Klondike,
or quit and go home.
I'm asking you guys to trust me again.
Did they show you any gold?
Their mining season hangs in the balance.
Oh, crap!
11 days into the mining season,
the Hoffman crew still has no gold claim.
Instead of making money every day,
they're losing it.
If Todd doesn't come back with a claim,
I think that's when we would just turn around and go home.
But 30 miles away,
Todd and Jack Hoffman are on their way
to check out some promising land.
Holy crap!
This is the big leagues here.
Oh, my God.
Look at that.
Oh, yeah?
Grilling rig.
They're getting prepped.
They're about ready to sluice.
We're going to have to up our game
a little bit more than where we're at.
The gold mines here are bigger
than anything the Hoffmans have ever seen.
Into the second week of the season,
these mines are already running,
churning out millions of dollars of gold.
Is that it?
That is it.
As I see here, though,
that is tailing.
Just tailing.
I don't know.
I hope not.
I didn't plan on tailings.
I thought we had some virgin ground.
There's no virgin ground in sight.
This claim is covered in tailings,
rocks left over from previous mining.
I don't want to mine right here.
Todd and Jack search out the claim owner.
I don't want to see you.
I don't want to see you.
I don't want to see you.
I don't wanna see you.
I don't want to see you.
Did you hear Greg?
Yes, Todd?
Hey, I'm Todd.
Entend it.
Hey, good to meet ya!
is this is it looks like I'm pretty much worked worked over huh I tell you
what if you guys got time we could just take a little walk and I can show you
do it yeah here on Quartz Creek yeah this is where I would go what I'm going
to show you Greg takes the Hoffman's away from the tailings to the other side
of his claim to Quartz Creek everything from this side in fact maybe even back
a few feet has never been touched by any kind of machine ever what yes never
urging ground all this in this side is virgin ground the dredge couldn't get it
and it's never had a machine on it sitting next to Quartz Creek is a giant
dredge that worked its way through this valley between 1935 and 1950 its
revolving chain of buckets scooped up seven million cubic yards of dirt into
its internal wash plant the dredge extracted gold worth over a billion
dollars today the tailings were left in its wake but at the edge of the valley
there's only a few feet of soil down to bedrock not enough dirt for the dredge
buckets to mine these strips of virgin ground called side pay may still hold
millions in gold claim owner Greg McNeil is offering this ground up for lease you
know the offer would be there ten percent off the top before any expenses any fuel
anything's paid
normally ground like this is tested before a lease is signed but with their season
slipping away and their crew ready to quit Todd and Jack are running out of options
you know I know that we were all screwed up last year if we don't get some land and I
mean quick the guys are gonna we're gonna have mutiny on the bounty we have no place
else to go but here yeah while the Hoffman's decide whether to risk their future on quartz creek
600 miles south at the big nugget mine 16 year old Parker Schnabel starts his first day as the man in
charge thanks grandpa Parker is now responsible for the mine his grandfather ran successfully for 25 years
but for the last three years the claim has barely broken even Parker's in a position now to where he has
to make the mind make a profit to stay in business so if he doesn't turn a profit this year we won't run
next year Parker has a plan to turn the mine around
my grandpa mine this bench up here he mined it 20 years earlier they've got about a hundred ounces in
just a couple of weeks this is all the tailings from that big two weeks Parker is confident that 20
years later his modern machinery can extract gold from the tailings his grandfather threw away decades
ago if their sluice box caught 50% of the gold and they got a hundred ounces then then there would
be another hundred ounces here so we're gonna give a crack at it today a hundred ounces of gold is worth
over a hundred and fifty thousand dollars Parker fires up the 330 excavator to begin clearing the
undergrowth next he stockpiles bucket loads of freshly dug tailings that then get dumped into the wash plan
material is washed off the rocks falling through the shaker while big boulders are discarded
the spinning trommel separates gold dirt under quarter of an inch from the remaining gravel
this gold bearing material then passes through the trommel screens into sluice boxes below because gold is
19 times heavier than water it sinks to the bottom of the sluice box but after only 30 minutes of running
right out that heavy
Parker's wash plant shuts down without warning
he checks the generator the source of power to the wash plant it's dead
there's nothing I can do up here really could talk to my grandpa
we shut down huh I guess we stopped luckily his grandfather has not yet left the mine Parker needs
his years of experience there's somewhere in the circuitry there's a bad terminal connection and we lose
the voltage I would order a new regulator we had this problem about 10 years ago what was it we put a new
regulator on it and it worked yeah been running for the last 10 years okay no problem I guess
the regulator maintains the right voltage coming out of the generator Parker heads into town to order a new
one it's a bad first day for the new boss of the big nugget mine first thing we're doing is losing
money and not running any dirt it could be a problem in July of 1897 boatloads of gold rich miners docked in
San Francisco over the next six months 100,000 men headed north in the Klondike gold rush many turned back or died on
the way only 40,000 completed the epic Trek North up in the Klondike the short mining season is already
12 days old the Hoffman crew overhauls their new wash plant while they wait for Todd and Jack to return
from their hunt for a new claim Todd and Jack are here
well guys hey what's up found it I cut a deal we got it we got ourselves a mine
really guys we got ourselves a virgin ground so Todd we went to porcupine believing there was gold I know there was gold but we didn't get any of it I know what's to say that this mine is going to pay
did they show you any gold I mean here's the deal taking his word for it my gut feeling is good that's where I'm going I've already shook on it that's our home I feel I feels right
I'm asking you guys to trust me again and you know what there's every possibility I can be wrong but I mean if at some point we got to trust somebody somewhere
we don't have much time
I think we can do it what do you guys think I haven't seen the lay of the land up there but right here we're running out of time already
the race is on to get to the gold
as the crew repairs the wash plants water pipes Dave Turin measures for the new conveyor belt that will feed dirt into the wash plant
we can build this to a certain extent and then we need the parts hopefully they'll be here tomorrow
the Hoffman crew is behind and losing money with every passing day
but now they have a real chance at striking it rich in the Klondike
600 miles south at Porcupine Creek
Dakota Fred is also scrambling to get mining
to build a new road over the Hoffman's old holding pond he moves tons of dirt
a lot of gold is going to come up this road probably going to be plated on the tracks by the time we get done
but Fred is doing the work of three men his crew hasn't arrived yet
they are still prepping their mining equipment down in North Dakota
with the road finished there is nothing else Fred can do
sometimes I do wish I had help
Fred's claim isn't the only one at a standstill
across the creek at the big nugget mine power is the problem
I was hoping to get up here and hit the ground running run the plant
but that's not quite happening
Parker Schnabel finally has the new regulator for his broken generator
it should get their wash plant up and running
but he needs his crew to install it
oh well we'll get going sometime today hopefully
Grandpa John has Parker's crew repairing the road to the claim
it's clear that Parker isn't really the boss of the big nugget mine just yet
I'm just confused because I thought last night I told
I thought I made it pretty clear that the plan was to run the plant
I thought Gary was going to meet me up here
everything's screwed up
I have to have this figured out this morning
like as in 20 minutes ago
I'll go get the man with the toolbox
relax
he's awful impatient
young people think that they can do everything in a big hurry
but you have to get older to slow down a little
in the Klondike
the Hoffman crew works tirelessly to replumb their wash plant
they need to hire a truck to haul their old 20,000 pound wash plant up to their new claim
the 45 mile road from Dawson City to Quartz Creek rises 4,000 feet over King Solomon's Dome
transporting a heavy load on this winding dirt road is treacherous
this is kind of a big deal
this is kind of a big deal
I'm heading over to see like the only trucker that will bring our equipment
over the pass and down into our gold mine
on the outskirts of Dawson City lives Tom Fenton
hey are you Tom?
yeah I am
you Tom? I'm Todd
how you all doing?
good
oh I'm hanging in there
oh
good
I got a question for you
you're the only guy that'll go up and down those big hills
I'm the only guy
you're the man huh?
no I'm just the only guy
okay
I have a list about as long as my arm of other people
the gold mining crews spread throughout the Klondike keep trucker Tom Fenton a busy man
do you want to do the plant on Monday?
Tom has only one free day to haul Todd's wash plant in the next two weeks
and uh if it's raining
I ain't going
Roger
no problem
alright man
thank you
see ya
Tom's limited availability means Todd's wash plant has to be ready in just two days
but it's still in pieces
all the other guys are up in the hills running right now
so
I want to go up there
I want to dig gold
the guys will be you know on my back
I don't care
I don't care
we need gold
we need to get it fast
so
wish me luck
Dawson City
the Klondike
the Hoffman crew has fitted their wash plant with a new screen to filter gold bearing material
and new water pipes
they have made good progress
but every day the Hoffman crew spends making fixes is another day lost
the wash plant has to be hauled to their new claim on Quartz Creek in just two days
you want to talk to me?
dude I know time is an issue and we're trying to get things done in a hurry but I just don't feel we're ready to take that thing up there
we have the shop here we've got tools we've got the things we need
once we get up there it's going to be twice as hard to work on
thing is I can only get this trucker a Monday so it's now or never
I don't want to take it up there in pieces because we'll lose half the stuff on the way up there
I booked them with this guy we got to go
can you live with that?
we don't have much choice
alright
stick with it
hauling a rickety old wash plant up to Quartz Creek
could end in disaster
the journey could lead to weeks of repairs
but like I said time is an enemy
we have to be out of here and not have this stuff up there
so I guess we have to roll with it
600 miles south at Porcupine Creek
Dakota Fred has finished his new road
it's day 14 of the mining season
but Fred can't begin to mine Porcupine his way
without his crew or his mining equipment
luckily Fred isn't alone for much longer
his crew winds their way up to the claim in an 18-wheeler loaded with supplies from North Dakota
oh y'all are a sight for sore eyes
good to see you man
take care
Paul is Fred's business partner
Dustin is Fred's son
and Darren is their truck driver and rigger
told you I'd get up here one way or another
what do they do hide you in a sleeper or something
put you in a cargo
put you in a little boxes for her man
stuck you in a box
what do y'all got on here
oh man I didn't even look
the crew has brand new mining equipment
including a container full of tools
a pump
and a new clean-out trommel to extract the gold
wow
goldzilla man
that's goldzilla
Dakota Fred and his crew
can finally get down to the business of pulling millions in gold
out of Porcupine Creek
what do y'all think
let's start mining
let's go
get the water coming
across the creek at Big Nugget Mine
Parker Schnabel's crew installs the new regulator on the wash plant's generator
those bolt
the bolt meter on the left there
when he turns the knob
we want that to adjust
see he's turning it down
it works
you turn the thing and the voltage
goes up and down
see it's holding steady at 484
and with the 480 volt system
so
with the generator up and running
they power up the wash plant
I think we should run about two hours
and if it's still running then
we'll probably be good
so
I'll go feed the plant
and we've got water
so
once again
the marker feeds his grandpa's 20 year old tailings
into the plant
you know we put the part in
I did everything I could
so
now you just gotta wait
it's tough
we got 20 minutes so far
so
in about 20 minutes we'll start getting a little more confident and about an hour after that we'll be pretty sure we fixed it
two weeks into the 150 day mining season
Parker Schnabel's mine is fully operational
hopefully there's a pile of gold sitting in there somewhere
at the big nugget mine in southeast Alaska
Parker Schnabel's generator is back up and running
then you turn it up and it goes up
15 days into the 150 day mining season
he is closing in on his first clean out
as the new boss of the big nugget mine
Parker is sitting on top of the world
he has visions that he's going to make thousands of dollars every day and I hope he's right
Parker shut down the wash plant
but leaves the water running to push any remaining gold through the machine and into the Schnabel's sluice box
it's the first clean out of dirt that I've picked out I guess
what he'll do now is work it around and get it down to about a pan full of dirt
as they work the water into the dirt the lighter material washes away
only the heaviest material including any gold stays in the sluice box
see those nuggets right there? wait
so there's a few nuggets sitting right up top there
the nuggets in the sluice box are an early indication that Parker's plan just might work
he won't know for sure if running his grandpa's discarded tailings has paid off
until he can pan all of the wash plant dirt
the reason I'm here is I ran this dirt a long time ago
with a real primitive system of sluice, just a sluice box
and we threw away lots of gold
he's trying to be conservative and say it's half time
we're hopefully as a thousand dollars
less than a half mile away at Porcupine Creek
Dakota Fred and his crew rush to unload their gold mining equipment
bring your bucket over here Fred
but a container weighing 25,000 pounds
forces them to think through their next move
I trust his abilities to run and operate machinery
on everything out here pretty much
so I have faith that he's not going to get me killed
one on each side, you got one right there, huh?
you alright?
yeah
Darren, the crew's rigger, takes the lead
we're going to walk around to the other side of the container in the trailer
and we're going to lift up on the bottom end over there
as soon as it clears the truck
I'm going to go ahead and pull out from underneath it
alright, step back folks, we got a turn here
Darren rigs one side of the container to the excavator
so that the truck can simply pull away
looks like that plan will work fine for me
looking good Fred
yay
so far so good
we got it down, no problems
15 days into the season
the Porcupine crew is ready to mine for gold
alright
meanwhile, just outside Dawson City
Tom Fenton arrives to haul the Hoffman's broken down wash plant
to their new claim
the crew has worked day and night
but the wash plant is far from finished
we'll have to take it up there in pieces
hope that it works, won't be able to test it
and it's a mess
with only one shot at the move
the Hoffman crew has no choice but to make the remaining fixes on the claim
45 miles out in the Yukon wilderness
it's a little premature but you know what
we booked the trucker, we're going
let's go get in the truck, let's load up
first, they have to get the 20,000 pound wash plant onto the trailer
the trailer
the trailer's up here
and this plant's down here
and all you're lifting it with is what they call a bra
and it's a cable
I hope he doesn't flip it over
Tom's winch drags the wash plant towards the low boy
but the old machine is aging
and not structurally sound
if it falls over
it could easily end the Hoffman's second season of mining
before it even starts
up in the Klondike
the Hoffman's wash plant is getting winched onto a trailer
it needs to make the trip to their new claim in Quartz Creek
but it weighs 20,000 pounds
if it fails
their mining season will be in jeopardy
easy, easy
enough
stop
ah
hold up Tom
did it make it?
oh and it rolled right over like that
how'd that other side look?
pretty good
yeah
he's got it on the trailer
it looked a little sketchy
but I mean oh my gosh
he got her on there
what can you do?
the wash plant is secure
for now
going around those corners
that's the thing that really scares me
Tom Fenton has 20,000 pounds of shaker
strapped to his trailer
and a treacherous journey ahead
we're following a trucker
with a top heavy wash plant
but that's it
you know we're moving in
we've got our wash plant
we're going in
the Hoffman's convoy
hits the road
to their new home
it's a 45 mile journey
from Dawson City
to their gold claim
it's like driving on a bunch of marbles
on a cookie sheet
they summit King Solomon's Dome
and head down into the Quartz Creek Valley
there's a mine right down there in that valley
alright let's go on into the promised land
with a 20,000 pound load behind him
Tom Fenton has to control his speed
where the top heavy wash plant
could fall off at any turn
this hill is basically straight down
I can hear his engine revving up
Tom's an experienced Klondike trucker
and uses a low gear to stay in control
he negotiates the 4,000 foot descent
to the claim with no problems
the Hoffman's new wash plant
survives the trip
meanwhile at the big nugget mine
Parker Schnabel weighs his first gold
to kick off the season
he made the risky decision
to run his grandpa's 20 year old tailings
I like my gold golden brown
now he finds out if it's paid off
see how fine that stuff is
weighing the gold has been his grandfather's
evening ritual for 25 years
now it's Parker's turn
it's a big day for me
I must be doing something right
for my grandpa to put this much faith in me
it's quite an honor
because he's an amazing man
really well he is a hero
but that's what he's always been
three-fifths of an ounce
which is about
eight
eight hundred dollars
we only ran four hours
so
I think we're gonna have a good week next week
if every day is as good as his first
Parker will make over $200,000
during the five month mining season
ten times what the Hoffman's made last year
and enough to keep his grandpa's mine in business
you know I'm in charge now
and he's not
I hope that he doesn't lose motivation to keep going
because that's the worst thing that could happen this summer
I could walk away from the mine in a heartbeat
if it meant keeping my grandpa around
At Quartz Creek
45 miles south of Dawson City
the Hoffman crew arrives at their new home
this is it guys
this is our claim right here
I guess this is home
it doesn't really look like it
but apparently it is
this is weird looking
I don't know
there is lots of tailings here
I think someone may have chocolate coated some dog poo here
no one likes what they see
but Todd quickly takes them over to see the virgin ground across Quartz Creek
those tailings that you saw
okay
those came from that old dredge right there
in the 1950s
the dredge mined what today would be over a billion dollars in gold out of this valley
if the ground across Quartz Creek was untouched by the dredge
their new claim could hold a fortune in gold
they never could get up to our claim
that virgin ground over there has never been touched
all through the gold rush all through all this time
we're gonna frickin do this
cuz we're gonna go right over there and we're gonna kick some straight butt
don't give up
okay
and I know we've had troubles
last year we had a horrible season
we've lost a lot of money
we've had blood sweat and tears into this
okay
if you guys got the cojones
let's team up again and really hit it hard 100%
we will not have another chance at this
we represent the best country in the world
that's where we live
that's where we were born
and people have died for the freedoms that we have
so who's with me
we can do it
my expectations just shot through the roof
this is cool
this is really exciting now
Todd came through once again
woo
here we are
all right
we gotta start
my guys have been kicked in the teeth
and they followed me and my dad to the ends of the earth
we'll get the gold
we just have to keep the faith
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