1 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:15,880 The season right now is just flying by, 2 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:17,760 and we're so far behind. 3 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:22,816 I've been struggling with my health, trying to get 4 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:24,240 my sleep apnea under control. 5 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:25,720 We've had a stop-work order on us. 6 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:28,600 We can't touch any high walls, 7 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:30,440 but we did get the go-ahead to start mining. 8 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:33,720 Five weeks into the season, 9 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,240 Rick Ness has been thrown a lifeline. 10 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,160 After authorities banned him from mining 11 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,040 his hazardous high-wall pits, 12 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,880 he finally has permission to mine shallow ground, 13 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:48,960 if he can find it. 14 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:51,696 We're running out of time, and we've already sluiced 15 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:53,440 last year's stockpile. 16 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,400 We were hoping for around 100 ounces out of it, 17 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:56,960 and it gave us a little over 30, 18 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,480 which kind of sucks. Now we need more. 19 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,240 There's a piece of ground down at the bottom of my claims 20 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:04,760 that I've been holding on to that... 21 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:06,680 I know is shallow. 22 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,360 - Good to see ya! - Good, yeah, it's been a while. 23 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:22,800 Yeah, no kidding. 24 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:24,256 When's the last time you were down here? 25 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,120 God, I don't even know. 26 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,440 I think it was when I was showing you around years ago. 27 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:31,296 Didn't you call it, like the retirement plan 28 00:01:31,320 --> 00:01:34,240 - or something? - Yeah, easy money here. 29 00:01:34,320 --> 00:01:35,720 - Easy money, yeah. - Yeah. 30 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:41,080 Just to be clear, our deal is 31 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,440 - 10% for 100-ounce minimum. - Yeah. 32 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:49,720 For six years, Rick's been acquiring land 33 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:51,960 owned by Troy Taylor... 34 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:53,360 I think we can manage it. 35 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:57,000 Thanks a lot, Troy. 36 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:01,880 Eventually, buying 1,700 acres of Duncan Creek ground 37 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,040 for $1.4 million. 38 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:06,640 Got some gold for ya. 39 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,760 Well, there's 250 ounces. 40 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:12,800 Figured I'd come and make the final payment and be done. 41 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:17,120 When that ground proved out, Rick continued to put his faith 42 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,080 in Troy's local knowledge... 43 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:20,520 Well, what was the gold like? 44 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:24,160 - I mean, is it decent or? - The gold is good here. 45 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,480 There's about five feet of muck and sand. 46 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:31,720 Eventually buying another 1,600 acres at Lightning Creek. 47 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,640 Troy, he always seems to have the answers when I don't. 48 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:43,920 Now Rick's hoping Troy has another honey hole 49 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:45,480 up his sleeve. 50 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:46,640 I hope you got good boots, 51 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:48,280 because it's pretty gnarly down there. 52 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,120 Serious bushwhacking. 53 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:59,440 Troy believes their best shot lies in a 32-acre chunk of land 54 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,200 two miles south of Rick's main operation. 55 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,160 We should be able to find a trail that I made. 56 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:12,440 Oh, jeez. 57 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:16,240 You can see the sample pile. 58 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:21,000 And yeah, about 20 or 30 years of vegetation. 59 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,040 I'm just surprised it's still visible. 60 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:27,560 See the size of the boulders though? 61 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,480 Like we see boulders, we get encouraged by that. 62 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:33,400 Kind of see what we're dealing with here. 63 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,520 This is one of our test holes we did right over there. 64 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:42,160 We're talking three-to six-feet maximum. 65 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,240 It's mine able ground from what I remember. 66 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,000 We were panning, just my father and I, and we were getting 67 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:50,400 black sand and some gold. 68 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,360 So, that could be, like, a game-changer down here. 69 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:54,480 Yep. 70 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:58,720 Well, we should be able to tell once the bigger boulders 71 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:00,560 are popping up. 72 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:01,960 Yeah. 73 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:03,976 Well, just come get me if you have any more questions. 74 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:05,056 I will. Thanks again, Troy. 75 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:06,080 Talk to you later. 76 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:13,360 Water-worn boulders are a promising sign that this area 77 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,120 could be rich with gold. 78 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:21,920 Over 150,000 years ago, a giant glacier eroded gold 79 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:24,240 from the Mount Hinton motherlode. 80 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:28,000 The massive ice sheet ground its way down the mountain, 81 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,680 past Rally Valley and Vegas Valley, 82 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,680 ripping up everything in its path. 83 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:35,480 When the ice melted, 84 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,040 boulders and other heavy materials settled, 85 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:42,880 potentially leaving pockets of gold scattered downstream. 86 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:47,000 And Rick hopes it's shallow and rich enough to mine. 87 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,040 Troy left a pile of dirt out of his sample hole, 88 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:52,160 so I'm gonna use it to... 89 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:54,800 double-check his results, why not? 90 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:03,120 All right, let's get this to the river. 91 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,200 My feet are gonna get wet. No getting around that. 92 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:09,336 I really just like to see some gold in here. 93 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:10,760 I mean, I don't really know what... 94 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:13,360 won't make me happy. 95 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,120 This is a five or six, you know, good-sized pieces 96 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,840 you can pick out and count, and then a bunch of fine powder 97 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:29,320 along the edge. 98 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:31,640 But that's just one pan, and that adds up fast. 99 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,080 As far as I'm concerned, that is a good pan. 100 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:37,800 That spot's mine able, no doubt. 101 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:40,800 Yeah, I like that. I like that a lot. 102 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,400 100 miles west... 103 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,800 Klondike Kingpin Tony Beets' season is finally 104 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:18,080 picking up steam. 105 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,400 In the Midas Cut, after a late start, 106 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:27,040 wash plant Sluice-A-Lot has produced 800 ounces of gold 107 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:30,240 towards Tony's 13,000-ounce target. 108 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:36,240 And last week, he fired up his second wash plant, 109 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:37,320 Find-A-Lot. 110 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,000 Hey, Len, we leave it like this, OK? 111 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:16,120 Yeah. 112 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,840 I think we're pushing quite a bit of yardage through 113 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:20,480 - there already. - Yes, all right. 114 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:27,000 For the rest of the week, younger brother Nick Beets 115 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:31,440 needs to keep both wash plants running if Tony has any chance 116 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:35,280 of hitting his biggest gold haul of the season. 117 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,216 We're doing good, the rocks are coming out clean. 118 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:39,120 - Yeah. - The belt is always full. 119 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:43,200 Overseeing Find-A-Lot is Nick's second-in-command, 120 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:45,360 Irishman Andrew Moran. 121 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:47,920 This loader is like literally 122 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:50,040 the worst loader we have on site. 123 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,360 I'm not too sure why they have me doing it with this one. 124 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,360 In her first year on the Beets claim, 125 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,280 operator Jasmine Gatensby 126 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,560 has been tasked with loading pay dirt. 127 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:11,840 Jasmine, Jasmine, Jasmine. 128 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:15,360 Go ahead. 129 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:17,680 There's no dirt in the plant, put dirt in the box. 130 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:23,240 What the is going on with this clutch brake? 131 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:25,520 This loader is a piece of. 132 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,440 This loader is a piece of. 133 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:30,040 Jasmine, do you copy? Jasmine? 134 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,560 The pay is getting caught up on the grizzly. 135 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:39,720 I don't know if you can hear me or not. 136 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,400 Wait, I don't understand. 137 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:44,640 Me. 138 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:46,000 Put dirt in the box. 139 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,240 Jasmine. 140 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,360 Oh my, man. 141 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:54,640 Put dirt in the box. 142 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,120 Off, Irish! 143 00:08:58,440 --> 00:08:59,920 Hey, you want to do something 144 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,520 with her attitude in there? 145 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:03,720 Shouting and roaring back at me, the stupid. 146 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,880 - Put dirt in the box. - What's wrong? 147 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:07,560 I'm telling her to put dirt in the box, 148 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:09,136 and she's screaming and roaring out the cabin. 149 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:11,136 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 150 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:12,840 Hey, have a look. 151 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,480 Too many rocks stuck in the grizzly. 152 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,040 So, the material didn't fall through. 153 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,040 That's OK, Jasmine. 154 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,000 I'll try to lift the grizzly now. 155 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:32,520 So it should be lifting it up right now, right? 156 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:34,000 Yes, correct. 157 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:35,920 I think there is too much weight on there now. 158 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:40,160 Find-A-Lot's grizzly bars are blocked, 159 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:41,840 backing up the pay dirt 160 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:44,600 and stopping it reaching the plant. 161 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:46,600 Just shut her down, shut her down. 162 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:54,520 Look, the size of the rocks. 163 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,600 A lot of these rocks still should be able to run 164 00:09:57,680 --> 00:09:58,880 through the plant. 165 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:02,080 - Them grizzlies are way too close together. - All right. 166 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,400 You know, so I think what we should do, 167 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:11,000 it's a job I know, but you know, we have to create 168 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,520 - some more room in between the grizzlies. - Yeah. 169 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:18,160 Find-A-Lot's hydraulic grizzly bars protect the plant 170 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:20,440 from being damaged by large rocks. 171 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,680 But the bars are trapping too much material, 172 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:27,720 overloading the hydraulics and choking off 173 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:28,920 the supply of pay. 174 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:34,360 Nick plans to widen the gaps to let mid-sized rocks through, 175 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:36,560 reducing the load on the system. 176 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:42,000 The dangerous larger rocks will be held back and cleared by 177 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,520 the hydraulics, allowing Find-A-Lot to fire up 178 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:47,360 and get back on the gold. 179 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:51,000 Well, that's stupid. 180 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:52,976 Like if we do widen it, then there is a chance that 181 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,016 one, like those big ones that got caught in that chute 182 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:56,200 - the other day. - Yeah. 183 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,240 They're like that thin, but they're that big. 184 00:10:58,320 --> 00:10:59,800 - Yeah, yeah. - You know what I mean? 185 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:01,120 OK, get going. 186 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:04,160 All these big rocks here, 187 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:05,640 if a big enough one goes in there, 188 00:11:05,680 --> 00:11:07,280 it's gonna shake the out of shaker deck, 189 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,680 and then we have to replace screens, we're gonna have to 190 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,120 replace the shaker deck if it comes to it. 191 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:15,280 But I just work here, 192 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:17,160 I don't make the calls, so I don't... 193 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:19,880 Andrew, Jasmine can go back there 194 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:21,640 - and you guys work on this? - Yeah. 195 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:23,920 - Yeah? - Hell. 196 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:25,000 Hey! 197 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:28,520 Listen, that kind of attitude, 198 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:30,296 - I don't like that. - What, I don't have... 199 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:31,960 If you don't like to be in here, 200 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:33,280 then you might as well off. 201 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,080 So, please try to put some effort in there... 202 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:38,280 OK. 203 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:39,480 And behave yourself. 204 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:43,800 It's my fault. Everything's always my fault. 205 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,360 Keep my mouth shut and keep working. 206 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:49,680 It's not our call at the end of the day. 207 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:55,080 If Andrew doesn't agree with me, well, 208 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:56,720 too bad for him. Him. 209 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:00,160 You know, I'm in charge right now while Tony is not here, 210 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,400 so they better listen to me. 211 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:06,040 If they don't like it, well, you know, 'em. 212 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:07,480 They can go. 213 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:20,800 You think you can slide them by hand? 214 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:23,360 - Oh, there you go. - There we go. 215 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:24,816 You had your breakfast this morning? 216 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:26,200 Yes. 217 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:30,920 At the Midas Cut, wash plant Find-A-Lot is shut down 218 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:34,320 with problems with its hopper feeder. 219 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:37,360 With Tony absent, his brother Nick has made 220 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:38,920 a bold call. 221 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:43,480 Len and Andrew are moving the grizzly bars more apart, 222 00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:48,000 and then that lets room bigger rocks, but still, 223 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:51,800 we catch the biggest rocks that we don't want in there. 224 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:54,200 I hope this works out. 225 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:00,280 - How you making out, Len? - Good. 226 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,680 - Yeah. - Only I need a couple of bolts. 227 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,720 Now it's time to see if Nick's grizzly bar gamble 228 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:11,080 will pay off. 229 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:15,520 Just wanted to say sorry for shouting at you earlier on. 230 00:13:15,560 --> 00:13:16,856 - There's a lot going on. - It's OK. 231 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:17,936 We need to get this thing going. 232 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:19,696 - Yeah. - There was no dirt in the box, so... 233 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:21,056 - I get it, I get it. - I apologize. 234 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:22,080 - It's fine. - All right. 235 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,040 Yeah, you just have to admit when you're wrong, 236 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:28,640 and you have to see when you're wrong, 237 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,200 and Jasmine's OK, so it's all good. 238 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:32,640 You want to hear that, Nick? 239 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:34,640 - I apologized. - You apologized? 240 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:36,480 - I apologized. - Yeah. 241 00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:38,680 You're an Irishman with a temper. 242 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:40,360 - Very short one, yeah. - Yeah? 243 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,280 So I think you did the right thing. 244 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:43,920 Yeah. 245 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:46,880 - So, we're ready to go, right? - Yeah. 246 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:48,720 OK. Fire up the plant. 247 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:55,000 I have good hope for it. We'll see how it goes. 248 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:58,760 First bucket is in there. 249 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,560 Material is going nicely through there now. 250 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:16,920 Yes! I knew it was going to work! 251 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:18,040 - Yes! - We made it! 252 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:22,440 All because of you, Nick! All because of you! 253 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:24,880 The grizzly bars is working a lot better now. 254 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:27,240 Yeah, I feel a little bit stupid, but it is what it is. 255 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:28,736 You have to learn from your mistakes. 256 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:29,760 So, it's all good. 257 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:33,280 I think we're doing all right. 258 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:34,920 So, soon as Tony is back, he should be 259 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,520 - very proud of us, right? - Do you think he will be? 260 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:39,800 - I don't know. - No, I don't think so. 261 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,320 I'm proud of myself and that's more important, right? 262 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:01,120 They've got a problem. 263 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,280 I bought a feeder and it got stuck up at Sulphur 264 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,720 and we've got to get it down. Can you organize that for me? 265 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:12,200 I don't know what the road's like, but it's not my problem, 266 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:13,280 it's yours now. 267 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:16,640 I want it running in a week, OK? 268 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:26,720 Buzz Legault has been hired by a new gold mine investor, 269 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,800 successful hard-rock miner Greg Gibson. 270 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:32,680 I'm leaving for a week. 271 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:34,320 I've got some business elsewhere. 272 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,760 I've picked up an awful lot of ground. 273 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:39,560 We're up at Toronto Creek, we're at Ready Bullion. 274 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:43,200 We've picked up chunks of property in the area. 275 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,000 When I get back, I want a stockpile 276 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:48,240 in front of it and I want to be running. 277 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:53,040 Greg and Buzz recently ran a 300-yard test 278 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:56,720 on the white channel pay in the higher-level benches, 279 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:00,120 recovering more than 2.5 ounces of gold. 280 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,720 The 300-yard test tells us we picked the right place. 281 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:06,720 We know that the bench is gonna pay us. 282 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:12,400 With promising test results, Greg is upping the ante, 283 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:16,400 giving Buzz the equipment he needs to ramp up production. 284 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:12,560 At the bottom of Sulphur lies Greg's stranded 15-ton feeder. 285 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:16,480 Buzz's rescue mission means hauling it 40 miles 286 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:18,560 over two mountain passes, 287 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:23,680 the highest rising more than 3,800 feet. 288 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,040 The treacherous route then snakes down 289 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:29,080 the narrow Hunker Road, where steep drops 290 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:33,520 and tight hairpin turns leave little room for error 291 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:37,040 before the feeder finally reaches Trail Hill. 292 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:12,720 Truck driver Steve Lafreniere 293 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:16,360 has been stuck here overnight waiting for rescue. 294 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,760 Basically, I can't climb the hills because all 295 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:23,960 the weight is on the back. It's lifting weight 296 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,560 off my drives, so I got zero traction, 297 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,440 so I need him to pull me up these hills. 298 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:40,160 OK, you just want to go ahead and tighten your cable there? 299 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:41,520 Yeah, copy that. Starting now. 300 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:49,880 All righty, let's go. 301 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:55,560 Little bit faster if you can. 302 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:10,600 We're at the base of the hill. 303 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,680 Now we'll see how good your loader can pull here. 304 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:20,320 Is it going all right back there? 305 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,800 Yeah, you betcha. I don't want to go any faster than that. 306 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:03,280 I think we can almost disconnect right here. 307 00:20:03,360 --> 00:20:05,960 I think we're finished climbing some of these hills here. 308 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:07,040 OK. 309 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:25,640 Yeah. 310 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:43,560 What? Oh, no. 311 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:47,360 This is a major problem. 312 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:54,120 The entire conveyor's weight is now held by cables at 313 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:57,760 the top and a single bolt at the bottom. 314 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,760 If the bolt fails, it will all crash onto the road, 315 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:03,600 jeopardizing their season. 316 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,320 We couldn't just steal one of these? 317 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,280 Put it in there. It's about three inch. 318 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:13,400 Yeah. 319 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,480 Look at that, one bolt just solved 320 00:21:58,560 --> 00:21:59,760 five to six hours. 321 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:40,800 You betcha. 322 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:07,640 I've got a plan together, happy about that. 323 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:11,080 It's time to go to work. It's a long time coming. 324 00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:15,320 Rick Ness believes he's found the ground 325 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,400 that can turn his season around. 326 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,880 Now he's ready to make up for lost time. 327 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:23,480 Now I'm just putting together a crew. 328 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:25,800 I found a mechanic. His name is Curtis. 329 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:27,696 He's got a good reputation. He's good at what he does. 330 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,080 And so that's a score right there. 331 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,600 And I actually asked Bailey to return, too. 332 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:35,160 For the last couple years, he's worked for me. 333 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:36,656 He's good, and that's... I mean, he's really good. 334 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:37,680 As soon as he gets here, 335 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,160 I'll just get everyone together, 336 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:41,600 talk over the plan. 337 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:50,416 - Look at this guy. - What's going on, Ricky Bobby? 338 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:52,760 - He's already ready for work. - Hey, man. 339 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:54,016 - How you been, bud? - Good to see you. 340 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:55,720 - How you been, man? - I've been all right. 341 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,120 Look who I found. 342 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:01,720 A mustache. 343 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:03,960 - Taking a highway patrol job? - Yep. 344 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:07,920 Rick's small crew is starting to come together. 345 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:12,080 Longtime mine manager Jason Folster 346 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:14,200 and his wife Heather, 347 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,240 excavator operator Bailey Carten 348 00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:19,720 and new mechanic Curtis Demeyer. 349 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:22,680 Starting to put a crew together. 350 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,480 Does that mean we also have ground to mine? 351 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:26,880 Yeah, we got ground to mine. 352 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,000 It's shallow, I mean, it's gonna be a quick strike, 353 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:32,120 low overburden, easy stripping, and you guys know we need to 354 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:33,360 - get gold coming in. - Yeah. 355 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:34,976 This ground that you're talking about, that's... 356 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,880 it's not stripped, there's no ponds, 357 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:38,360 no infrastructure in place yet? 358 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:39,720 - Nothing there? - No. 359 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:41,856 Troy Taylor didn't... Taylors didn't leave anything there? 360 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:43,736 No, it's completely virgin ground, there's nothing, 361 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:45,240 there's nothing there but a trail in. 362 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,840 But I think the payoff is our best bet. 363 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:52,416 You know with this late start that we're getting, 364 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:53,520 if this doesn't work out, 365 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:55,240 there's probably no second chance, right? 366 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,280 I mean, we could go home broke. 367 00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:01,000 I didn't come here for nothing. 368 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,240 I know I just got here, but why wouldn't we just go to. 369 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,520 Lightning and start biting there a little bit? 370 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,240 I mean, yeah, there's some stripped ground. 371 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:09,520 It was decent, but... 372 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:11,640 You're just not happy with the results that we got? 373 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,960 Last season, Rick bought a second claim 374 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:18,680 at Lightning Creek. 375 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:20,000 That's with the gold in it. 376 00:25:20,120 --> 00:25:21,400 That looks good. 377 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:22,656 That whole floor down there, that's the payday 378 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:23,720 we're looking for. 379 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:26,840 The early gold numbers weren't great. 380 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:28,600 It's a big waste of time is what that is. 381 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,480 - That's terrible. - Yeah. 382 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:33,680 Here we go. 383 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,280 But results eventually improved. 384 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:40,240 50... 50.4. 385 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:41,600 Yeah, that's not bad. 386 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:43,056 Yeah, that's way better than last time. 387 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,040 Yeah. 388 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,880 Ultimately, Rick made the decision to chase 389 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:49,880 bigger gold at Vegas Valley. 390 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,600 But that is not an option this season. 391 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:58,000 You know, it's reasonable last year. 392 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,320 It's not, you know, good as Vegas Valley or anything like 393 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:04,680 that, but plant's there, set up, ground's mostly stripped off. 394 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:06,080 Like, why wouldn't we do that? 395 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:07,560 I think we can do better, you know? 396 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:09,560 I mean, 50 ounces a week is what we got, 397 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:11,920 you know, our final week, but I don't know if we could 398 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:13,200 rely on that every week. 399 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:15,560 I have a really good feeling about this ground. 400 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,240 I think it's looking really good. 401 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:18,816 I think it's going to be our best option. 402 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:20,560 You had a good feeling about Lightning, too. 403 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:24,560 And we're not going back there. 404 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,000 Are you gonna at least do some testing down there? 405 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:34,280 You know, we gotta figure out at least if it's worth it. 406 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:36,216 You know, I did a pan there. 407 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,480 Troy did a bunch of test holes... just to see if 408 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,560 - he was, you know... - Telling the truth? 409 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:41,896 Yeah, not that I don't trust him, but... 410 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:42,976 - Yeah, yeah. - I don't really trust... 411 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:44,056 You know, you don't really trust... 412 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:45,080 Can't trust anyone. 413 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:52,800 I got a really good pan out of it. 414 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:53,960 You know, and... 415 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,280 I think one way or another we should definitely see 416 00:26:56,360 --> 00:26:58,440 a little bit more testing or something. 417 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,360 Just to, you know, make all our minds at ease 418 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:02,960 knowing that it is fully worth it. 419 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,296 Maybe I talk to Troy about borrowing his test plant. 420 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:17,360 We haul that thing in there and do a couple 421 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,240 of small bulk tests in a couple spots. 422 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:23,320 I don't see any reason we can't, you know, 423 00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:25,320 be producing over an ounce per hundred down there. 424 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,080 If you can do that, it'll save us. 425 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,080 We'll definitely break even and then some. 426 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,360 I think, yeah, I think we put money in the bank at that. 427 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:35,400 Is everybody on board with it? 428 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:38,816 But I'm convinced that this is gonna beat Lightning Creek. 429 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:40,080 This is the way to go. It is. 430 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,640 - Let's give her a try. - Let's do it. 431 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:56,720 Hell yeah. 432 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:58,120 When they push back, I like it 433 00:27:58,200 --> 00:27:59,536 because it means they're thinking. 434 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:01,240 You know, are they questioning my judgment? 435 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:02,536 I make mistakes, I've made mistakes, 436 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,240 and they've seen it, so... 437 00:28:04,360 --> 00:28:05,640 We're going to this new ground. 438 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,320 They're hesitant, but some testing will prove it 439 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,680 for them, and then away we go. We're on the gold then. 440 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:13,000 I know it's going to work out. 441 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:31,160 It's quite a challenge. 442 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:34,720 Tony is not here at the moment, so I'm in charge. 443 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:40,440 And yeah, I'll try to do the best I can. 444 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:46,360 At the Midas Cut, Nick is overseeing two wash plants 445 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,440 running at full capacity, trying to deliver 446 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:51,760 the biggest gold weigh of the season. 447 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,880 As soon as Tony is gone, some people think they can 448 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,800 relax or whatever. 449 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:01,240 So then you have to light the fire again 450 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:02,440 and get them going. 451 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:07,800 For the past day, operator Jasmine has been left 452 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:11,720 in charge of keeping Find-A-Lot fed and running. 453 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,960 I had a few rough days just getting to know 454 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:18,600 how everything works. 455 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:20,960 I had to learn really fast or else I don't think that 456 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,640 I would have made the cut. 457 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,360 Me and Andrew get along great. 458 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,160 People get flustered and scream at each other 459 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:29,400 and tell each other to off, 460 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:31,280 and then five minutes later, everything's OK. 461 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,280 Every time I come around, I check the hopper, 462 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:38,880 make sure there's still material coming off the end 463 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:40,120 of the conveyor belt. 464 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,400 I think it looks like it's getting built up. 465 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,560 Andrew, I'm gonna have to shut this plant down. 466 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,280 It was building up on the right side of the pre-wash. 467 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,840 So, I shut this down, shut the shaker deck off, 468 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:07,080 and then I hit the bypass. 469 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,480 You need a track shovel or something? 470 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:31,240 Here. 471 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:36,440 Ready to go? 472 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:47,120 All the way. 473 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:57,320 Sake. 474 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:11,200 Sake. 475 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:17,240 At the Midas Cut, 476 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:20,600 wash plant Find-A-Lot's main water intake hose 477 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:23,080 has blown loose during a start-up. 478 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:26,856 The main water pipe for our wash plant is having 479 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,560 a burst in because 480 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:32,520 both of our bypasses were closed, so everything built up 481 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,160 in here and she blew up over there. 482 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:37,640 What did you touch this one for? 483 00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:41,800 - That's what Len told me to do! - No! 484 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:44,600 - Do not touch this one. - OK. 485 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:45,840 - Not this one. - OK. 486 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:47,120 Not this one. 487 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,176 I swear that Len told me to turn this one this way. 488 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:50,640 This is the only one that you touch. 489 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:55,480 Nick or Len, Nick or Len, do you copy, Nick or Len? 490 00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:58,680 I closed the wrong valve and opened the wrong one, 491 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,280 but that's the one I was told to close yesterday. 492 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:04,200 - Cody, do you copy, Cody? - Copy. 493 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:05,920 Turn the pump off for Find-A-Lot, 494 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:07,600 turn the pump off. 495 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:10,640 The wash plant is down now until we get that pipe back on 496 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:12,160 and we get this problem sorted out. 497 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:21,400 What happened? 498 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:22,800 She closed both valves. 499 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:24,360 Why did she do that? 500 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,000 I don't know, because we didn't do 501 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:29,680 a proper shutdown with her. 502 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,080 - It's not fixable? - I don't think so. 503 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,040 - Just take it apart, yeah? - Yeah. 504 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,920 And I'll go see if I can find another hose, OK? 505 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:38,520 - OK. - OK, do it. 506 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:55,520 Nick plans to replace the damaged section of hose 507 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:58,320 if he can find a new one. 508 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:01,440 We don't like to have that plant stopped. 509 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:04,600 So, if the plant is stopped, we are pissed off. 510 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:07,080 Tony, me, you know, we don't like to see that. 511 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:19,800 Well, that pipe is of that flexible hose, 512 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:23,800 and luckily Tony did some shopping last winter, 513 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:28,240 so I have one, two, three laying here, so we're good. 514 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:30,440 Get somebody to help you pull it out, 515 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:32,160 - and then I go to the cut, OK? - OK. 516 00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:44,440 Have this new pipe, we're gonna stick it in there. 517 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:48,400 Water is gonna go through it into there, and gold is gonna 518 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:50,480 come out, and we're all gonna be very happy. 519 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:04,240 Put it down. 520 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:06,920 All good, Len? 521 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:10,880 Yeah, we're ready to fire her up. 522 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,680 - We've got a beautiful new hose. - Yeah, give her. 523 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:18,600 Yeah, we have water, we have water. 524 00:34:18,720 --> 00:34:20,720 Yep, fire it up again, I guess. 525 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:23,320 Try to make some money again. 526 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,000 Oh, we're running again. 527 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:37,440 Didn't take us too long to fix in that new hose. 528 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:39,320 I'm very happy how that turned out. 529 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,360 Looks good, works good, no leakage. 530 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:46,720 We're running again. So yeah, we're good. 531 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:49,960 After all, 13,000 ounces. That's all I can say. 532 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:22,880 Buzz Legault is pushing to start sluicing full throttle 533 00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:24,640 for the first time this season. 534 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:27,400 His final hurdle? 535 00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:31,040 Wrestle a 15-ton hopper conveyor into place 536 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:34,080 before firing up Hot Box. 537 00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:46,720 To get the job done, 538 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,840 Buzz has two of Greg's most trusted crew, 539 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:53,480 Neil Gauthier and excavator operator. 540 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:54,920 Pat Stewart. 541 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:14,520 The moment of truth. 542 00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:31,240 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 543 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:34,440 Hold on, Pat. 544 00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:36,160 You better stop. 545 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:37,280 Buzz! 546 00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:42,800 It's twisting too much with that one over there. 547 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,280 Like, every time you lift and he lift same time, 548 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,440 it wants to turn this way, not this way, 549 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,840 because it's just nose... heavy. 550 00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:55,480 Right? 551 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:08,280 I'll get the loader. 552 00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:16,520 Ready, Buzz? 553 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:21,080 Up, up, up, up! 554 00:37:31,720 --> 00:37:33,040 Whoa! 555 00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:43,360 Hold it! 556 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,000 Right there! Hold it! 557 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:54,800 I don't know, come have a look, Buzz. 558 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:03,360 Good. 559 00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:07,240 We got it in place. I have to hook it up now. 560 00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:10,840 Yeah. 561 00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:17,160 A lot more around than I wanted to do. 562 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:20,280 Well, let's get some muck going to it. 563 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:49,480 We don't have time to waste right now. 564 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:52,600 Hopefully, all the test holes that we dig, you know, 565 00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:54,080 turn out really good. 566 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:55,880 And, you know, we know we're a good area 567 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:57,480 that we're going to start at. 568 00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,520 We just want to get to the good stuff 569 00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:00,800 and hammer down here. 570 00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:03,320 Nearly six weeks into the season, 571 00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:06,760 Rick Ness's crew is finally mining. 572 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:09,360 Excavator operator Bailey Carten 573 00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:12,560 is clearing a path to a new spot 574 00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:15,480 that Rick's banking can deliver big gold. 575 00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:18,576 Bailey's good for the job. I'm glad to have him back. 576 00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:20,640 I need good people here, and that's what I got. 577 00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:23,120 I definitely can't do this alone. 578 00:39:23,240 --> 00:39:25,016 It's something that I don't ever take lightly. 579 00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:27,120 My decisions affect the people that work for me, 580 00:39:27,240 --> 00:39:30,000 and that's important to me. I've made mistakes, 581 00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:32,840 but nobody's ever gone home broke. 582 00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:34,240 We got a late start. 583 00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:36,040 We got a lot to do in a short amount of time 584 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:38,920 with less people, but I'll pull this off, too. 585 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:42,360 Before committing to Rick's new mining plan, 586 00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:45,480 his crew want Rick to test the ground. 587 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:48,760 Every time I've worked for Rick now, 588 00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:50,400 everything is just up in the air. 589 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,560 It's challenging knowing if the gold is going to be 590 00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:54,600 there or not. So, hopefully this works out 591 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:56,400 and Rick doesn't fail us. 592 00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:13,000 I don't know what the going on here, 593 00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:15,520 but in these tracks, they're definitely... 594 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:17,360 there's definitely something wrong with them. 595 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:20,400 That's not looking good. 596 00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:34,800 The link's ready to blow out of this. 597 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:36,880 , Rick's gonna have to come look at this. 598 00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:42,000 Bailey got a hold of me and said that something wrong 599 00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:45,880 with the 700, and he's got to have Curtis over there to 600 00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:48,960 look at it, so I hope it's nothing major. 601 00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:50,480 There's a lot riding on this ground. 602 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,760 Some bad news for you, man. 603 00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:02,200 That pin's ready to snap. 604 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,160 - Track links. - Yeah. 605 00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:08,280 So, what are you figuring we need to order right away? 606 00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:11,960 We'll need a couple links, three pins, bushings, seals, 607 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:15,320 - a master pin. - OK. 608 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:17,640 We'll have to get a pin press put together for this. 609 00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:20,040 Yeah, it ain't rolling. 610 00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:25,000 Yeah. All right. 611 00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:29,480 You know, we're already late in the season getting started. 612 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,240 And this machine, being here right now, broken down, 613 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:33,800 this is a lifeline machine. 614 00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:36,016 This is going to cost us a lot of time, a lot of money, 615 00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:37,600 and at the end of the day, 616 00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:40,200 looking at that, this hoe's pretty much done. 617 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:43,320 Track link on the 700. 618 00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:45,440 That's... what the next? 619 00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:47,880 Our 750's down because the depth pump's cracked, 620 00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:50,520 and I had no big machine to get started on the cut. 621 00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:53,560 You know, one thing after another. 622 00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:56,360 Mining. 623 00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:32,560 120 miles west, former Ness foreman Buzz Legault 624 00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:35,880 needs to get wash plant Hot Box up and running 625 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,440 before mine owner Greg returns. 626 00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:41,360 Starting up the water pump. 627 00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,480 Here we go. First bucket delivered. 628 00:42:58,920 --> 00:42:59,920 On with the season. 629 00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:42,720 I'll be... go to hell. Look at that. 630 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,320 Buzz's baby at work. 631 00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:48,760 You know what? It's running and it looks good. 632 00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:51,240 Isn't that something? Nice! 633 00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:54,800 And there's Buzz admiring his work. 634 00:43:56,480 --> 00:43:58,600 Look like an artist. You know, "Look what I did." 635 00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:06,280 Buzzard! Wow, well done. 636 00:44:12,080 --> 00:44:13,080 No way. 637 00:44:16,240 --> 00:44:17,240 Yeah? 638 00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:20,880 Wow. 639 00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:22,480 Well done, Buzz. Well done. 640 00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:26,480 OK, start of season. 641 00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:28,080 Showtime, folks. Let's go, Buzzard. 642 00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:05,360 - Those mats suck? - They're slippery. 643 00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:07,920 With Tony Beets due back any time now... 644 00:45:09,240 --> 00:45:10,520 You have another scraper? 645 00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:12,320 Matthew is going to grab more pails now. 646 00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:14,560 Daughter Monica is determined to collect 647 00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:16,600 every speck of gold 648 00:45:16,720 --> 00:45:20,400 and deliver the Beets family's biggest haul this year. 649 00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:23,360 Do I get to keep it now that I found it? 650 00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:24,960 Luck of the Irish? 651 00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:26,640 - Yeah. - No. 652 00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:28,400 Notice it goes in my pocket. 653 00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:30,840 It was a nice little nugget that Andrew just found. 654 00:45:32,240 --> 00:45:35,280 I have to call him eagle eyes if he's gonna start spotting 655 00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:37,840 them out of the dirt like that. 656 00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:41,240 This year, it seems like we are finding quite a few nuggets, 657 00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:42,760 and it's always nice to see. 658 00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:50,520 Hello. 659 00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:54,600 That was a pretty good auction, wasn't it? 660 00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:00,600 I was happier than a pig in. 661 00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:07,480 Well, the new feeders with the grizzly bars, 662 00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:11,720 they were a little bit too close together, so we had to 663 00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:14,760 spread them out and take a couple out. 664 00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:16,880 So after that, everything ran fine. 665 00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:20,960 Yeah, I think so, yeah. 666 00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:24,320 Yeah, yeah. 667 00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:27,000 That means we have gold weighs for both? 668 00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:28,120 Yep. 669 00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:34,240 First up is Sluice-A-Lot. 670 00:46:36,720 --> 00:46:40,880 There you go, that's 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 671 00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:46,120 90, 100, 110, 150, 160, 672 00:46:46,240 --> 00:46:51,200 170, 180, 200, 230, 260, 270, 280... 673 00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:52,360 Hold on. 674 00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:59,880 290, 300, 310, 320, 330, 380, 400. 675 00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:04,600 449.96. 676 00:47:04,720 --> 00:47:07,080 - That's quite a bit, isn't it? - Pretty damn good. 677 00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:12,480 Now, it's time to see how Find-A-Lot has delivered 678 00:47:12,600 --> 00:47:14,800 on its first run of the season. 679 00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:16,080 Ready? 680 00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:24,360 20, that is 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, to 100, 681 00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:30,760 170, 180, 190, 200, 210, 240, 682 00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:34,240 270, 280, 290, 340... 683 00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:38,880 350.50. 684 00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:40,440 Five days? 685 00:47:40,560 --> 00:47:41,816 - Yes. - Nothing wrong with that. 686 00:47:41,840 --> 00:47:45,000 Nick has delivered the biggest gold weigh of the season, 687 00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:50,040 an 800-ounce, $3.5 million payday. 688 00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:52,056 Actually, you did pretty good. Nick, we'll leave again. 689 00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:54,920 If that's what you can produce, yeah, bingo, we'll... 690 00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:56,920 I can't wait till you leave again. 691 00:47:57,040 --> 00:47:59,200 - Quiet? - Yeah, nice and quiet, right? 692 00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:00,680 Yeah, it's onwards and upwards. 693 00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:01,760 Yep.