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Hey, man,
what's going on?
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All right, Dave,
I got all the guys together.
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You wanted
to talk to us, so...
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What's going on, man?
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I was supposed to fly back,
see you guys, but...
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I tested positive for Covid.
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- Oh.
- Ah.
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It's real.
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It's hit and miss, guys.
I don't know when I'll be back.
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You guys are going to be on
your own until I fight this, kick it,
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and I'm allowed
to travel again, so...
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Dave, we're not worried
about our situation right here.
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We're worried about you, man.
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- Yeah.
- We got this handled.
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It's you that we got
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to worry about now.
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I hate to spring this
on you, too, but...
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you know that prospect
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that Lance and I went on?
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I'd like Nathan to go with Lance
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and do that prospect.
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We've got the Beetle and we do a
bulk sample. I mean, there's 4000 acres.
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Jason, I'd like you
to keep things moving.
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I have confidence you
guys will, you know, forge on.
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Hey, go get some rest, man.
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Take care of yourself
and get better, okay?
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I trust you guys.
I love you guys.
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Alright, man. Bye.
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Dave is fit as a fiddle.
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He'd outrun my ass any day
of the week through these hills.
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But with Covid,
it doesn't matter.
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But the big boss
and Shelly's gone?
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I don't know what to tell
any of the guys.
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If we don't get to the gold,
we don't get to the gold.
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*GOLD RUSH DAVE TURNIS LOST TIME*
Season 04 Episode 13
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Episode Title: "On the Gold Again"
Aired on: August 19, 2022.
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I'm at war with myself
right now.
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I mean, all the prospects I've
been on have been with Dave.
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No, you're not gonna
screw anything up.
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I could. I mean, honestly.
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But you're not gonna.
You know how to pan.
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As long as you pan the dirt,
you will be fine.
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****
****
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We're getting close
to the end of the season
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and this prospect
could be our future.
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But also I'm jeopardizing
with these guys here
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if something breaks
and they're down.
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And if I'm over there and don't
find nothing, guess what? It's on me.
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He wants you to go.
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We're going to be
with five people.
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We'll make do.
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One way or the other,
if something breaks,
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I'm sure if we put our heads
together, we'll get it going.
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If something breaks down here
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he's far more beneficial here,
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but on the same token,
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him and Lance together,
if something breaks down there
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he can fix it there because
Dave's not gonna be there.
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This is gonna be
the biggest week of struggle
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that we may have
to come up against
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because it's going
to be a fight to get everything
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back up and
going without Nathan.
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Let her warm up
for just a little bit.
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When Nathan leaves the site...
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You just don't want to hit
hydraulics right away, mess things up.
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It falls on rookie
miner, Andrew Stefalo,
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to maintain the
$500,000 eagle.
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I'm not expecting you
to be perfect. No one is.
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So, just know that.
Don't... stuff happens.
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You know, just try to figure
it out. That's all you can do.
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I'm not confident
I know the machine very good.
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I got a crash course on it.
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Things are gonna
go wrong this week
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and there's gonna be
things I don't know.
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It's a stressful situation
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but there's still four more start-ups
and five more shut-downs to do
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and everything
in between that.
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He's done a crash course
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but that doesn't make him
a mechanic overnight.
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You know if something happens
we're not looking to him to fix it.
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We're short-handed
and we're short a leader.
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There's not
many leaders like Dave
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but we'll keep it going.
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Hopefully it goes
somewhat smooth, anyway.
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In the gold room...
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I don't understand why the
gold's not there. This is a weird deposit.
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After a disappointing
25 ounces last week
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from the Cottonwood cut,
Jason inspects the concentrate.
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What the heck you got here?
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That's a lot of iron.
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And when I say iron, I
mean old iron that I'm finding.
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It's not normal.
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Whether you're chasing
old timers or virgin ground,
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you're not gonna
get into any scrap iron
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until you get to some place
that they did work.
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You know, whether it was
digging, sluicing, whatever.
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A lot of this is ours.
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It's coming off of the bucket when I'm
scraping in on the rocks and what not.
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You know, it's still shiny,
it still looks pretty fresh.
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But the amount of old iron
that I'm finding
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tells a story that old
timers did a little bit of work.
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But the only problem is
it wasn't done by hand.
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There's no way.
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It was done by
a piece of equipment
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and I think more than
we anticipated.
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Two weeks ago...
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What the hell is that?
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Dave and Jason
discovered an old ground sluice
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in the Cottonwood cut.
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I think it was just somebody came
in here, tried to get a quick buck,
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put that old piece of pipe in
here and, you know, tried it.
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When we found that
ground sluice down there...
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we realized we're definitely
where old timers have been.
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I just don't think we realized to what
degree and how much work they actually did.
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So much iron in the ground
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points to
a mechanical operation.
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It kind of explains the value
of these top gravels here.
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We're dealing with
a tailing scenario, I think.
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It would be nice to get
somebody that knows this area.
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Maybe see what we can learn.
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Trying to figure out what
has been hit and what hasn't.
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As much as I love history, you
can't make a living off of history.
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We got to have gold here too.
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We got the Beetle
from the lower 48 from my buddy.
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We got it picked up and now I'm
going to meet Lance at the claim.
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Nathan drives seven
hours north-west of Glacier Creek
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into the Alaskan wilderness to a
4000-acre property at Stevensville.
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He's meeting with Dave's
business partner, Lance Baller.
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I'm going to be the mechanic
slash prospector slash steerer,
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and I don't like
being all that.
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But we don't know exactly what
Glacier Creek's going to really do.
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You know, we've been
having some ups and downs
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but right now
we just don't know.
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We got to keep looking
for future ground.
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- Found ya.
- How ya doing, Nathan?
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So, I just talked to the other
claim owner over here.
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Gave us some ideas.
We'll meet him a little bit later
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but we got to find the gold.
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Once we find the gold, then
we'll bring the Beetle in, set it up,
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and see if we can make the
same recovery on the bulk sample.
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- Cool.
- So, follow me. We'll see what we can do.
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So,
we're doing this without Dave.
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He's given us areas
we're to do.
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But we're looking
for the next big one
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that could be a 30-year mine
is what we're looking for.
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Last week, Dave and
Lance found signs of good gold
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on these lower benches to the
north-east of the 4000-acre property.
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But before Lance and Nate begin
bulk sampling with the Beetle...
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This time, Dave wants them to run further
hand tests in the north of the property
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on benches around the
confluence of two historic creeks,
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increasing the chances
of richer alluvial gold.
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And it's going to take all of Nate's
limited prospecting experience.
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This ain't no rookie 10-acre
prospect. This is 4000 acres.
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That's the real **** deal.
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This one actually
has me stressed out
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and I don't get
**** stressed out.
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It takes a lot to make me
second guess myself
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and right now
I'm second guessing myself.
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Let's dig here.
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So, this is one of the
spots Dave wanted us to check
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up here on this bench.
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What we're hoping is these
glaciers came down this valley
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and they deposited as the
glaciers were going over the top.
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So right here at the end,
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the other thing is on each
of the outside of the benches.
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They're small cobbles.
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You know,
small little gravels.
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- They're getting bigger.
- Yeah.
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I'm starting to get some bigger
cobbles now but not anything significant.
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Oh, yeah, check it. So I'm assuming
we'd find some bigger cobbles,
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these river gravels,
but river gravels pay, so...
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This looks a little different.
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I mean, that's clay right
there. I mean, look at that.
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- Look at it forming in my bucket.
- It's still casting.
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We just hit the clay layer
down there so we pulled it up.
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The bucket,
you saw the clay drop off.
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So that's where gold should go
down to the clay and above right there.
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Anything?
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There's three pieces.
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12 microns.
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- Nothing big though.
- No, nothing big.
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I mean, it's the first haul
on 4000 acres.
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Let's go over on the bench and
we'll go see what that looks like
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- and go from there.
- Okay.
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I'm a mechanic,
not a prospector.
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It's a big property
to go out here and prospect.
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I really want to,
but at the same time is
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we got an operation back up
out east we got to take care of.
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It's stressful but here I am.
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We're concerned to gain some confiidence
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with this machine.
But still stress...
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Too hard to brush the chian
and keep this piece running
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Only way we'are gainers
to get fifty ounce gold
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if its running in.
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I shall hope we're worth
at the end of the week we'are back home.
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The thing is still we start baby.
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Andrew's forced to
shut down Eagle
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and the crew must collectively
diagnose the problem
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It appears these belts...
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It might have been tght.
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This belt has...
half side?
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_ ...early.
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We're gonna try
and get the belt track
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into the center of this...
pulling
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Cold... cold...
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_
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- Pretty loose.
- Yeah.
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See. This... one
scored up full by the week end.
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That should be our plan.
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Yep. Let me button
this back-up.
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Ready. Fire up Andrew.
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Yes.
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Right now, the belt tightened.
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For the belt its slow
takes warm.
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Several revolutions all the way round
before it starts really make movement.
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So this's going to be the most weight,
he's gonna pretty much to bill it.
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So, this'll give us
our best view...
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If it slip it, what?
It should have been tightened.
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Good job done.
Good eyes. Good.
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I think, it should go.
Guys, I'll be behind...
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Guys, you're doing a great job.
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I mean, we're mechanics,
but collectively
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we can work
and... it out.
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We got some heavy snow
starting on the top of the mountains,
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so winter's definitely
banging on our door right now.
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It could work out for us or it could
be a massive mistake. I don't know.
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Guess we're
hoping for the best.
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Dave?
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- Nice to meet you, Dave. I'm Jason.
- Pleased to meet ya.
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Jason calls in
a local miner, Dave Strom,
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to shine a light on the mining
history of the Cottonwood Cut.
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So, I've been told you've got a
little bit of knowledge of this area.
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I kept track of this trail for quite
a while ever since high school.
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So from high school till now, you've
been walking these hills and mountains?
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I claimed three claims
down the creek here,
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down to about the depth
that we could handle mining.
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Well, throughout time have you have
heard of or even noticed larger gold?
238
00:14:23,731 --> 00:14:27,373
Now, well, I know that the
mine here had some nice gold.
239
00:14:27,458 --> 00:14:30,403
That must be the gentleman
that was before the???
240
00:14:30,488 --> 00:14:31,825
- Yeah.
- Okay.
241
00:14:31,910 --> 00:14:34,223
Do you know, by any chance,
how deep they were going?
242
00:14:34,323 --> 00:14:37,239
I think they had a couple of
front-end loaders in there.
243
00:14:37,535 --> 00:14:39,118
I'll be damned.
244
00:14:39,265 --> 00:14:41,048
That would explain
during our clean-ups
245
00:14:41,132 --> 00:14:44,748
the amount of old little
chunks of iron that I'm finding
246
00:14:44,832 --> 00:14:46,935
definitely says
there was equipment working.
247
00:14:47,020 --> 00:14:52,124
I know that??? Averaged
40 pounds a month cleanup.
248
00:14:53,145 --> 00:14:55,965
Well they didn't leave much here.
249
00:14:56,050 --> 00:14:57,575
At least, not yet.
250
00:14:58,732 --> 00:15:03,918
Initially, Dave panned
promising gold in the Cottonwood Cut
251
00:15:04,003 --> 00:15:07,893
so he directed Jason to run
it all the way down to bedrock.
252
00:15:07,980 --> 00:15:13,229
But now, Jason's discovery that
old timers used front-end loaders
253
00:15:13,313 --> 00:15:16,535
to scoop up the first
four feet of gold-rich pay,
254
00:15:16,620 --> 00:15:19,566
depositing a layer
of tailings in its place,
255
00:15:19,651 --> 00:15:24,768
leaves the crew facing a thick
layer of previously mined ground.
256
00:15:24,853 --> 00:15:27,816
I do believe that it's got to get
better somewhere down here
257
00:15:27,901 --> 00:15:29,785
and, from what
that gentleman was saying,
258
00:15:29,869 --> 00:15:30,941
I'm all for it.
259
00:15:31,026 --> 00:15:33,011
I'm still on
that hunt for the gold.
260
00:15:33,917 --> 00:15:36,833
Now, it's on Jason
to make a tough call.
261
00:15:37,073 --> 00:15:41,682
Go against Dave's plan and
discard the top four feet of pay.
262
00:15:41,767 --> 00:15:44,517
The way I'm looking at it,
Case, is those last two cleanups,
263
00:15:44,602 --> 00:15:46,650
- they were horrible.
- Yeah.
264
00:15:46,788 --> 00:15:50,405
Before, Dave wanted to run it
all but I can't keep sending that.
265
00:15:50,604 --> 00:15:55,394
So if you get that dozer and take
off four feet or so of top gravels
266
00:15:55,479 --> 00:15:59,159
and get it pushed off, that would
help cut off some of that dilution.
267
00:15:59,409 --> 00:16:01,154
If that will bring us
some better gold.
268
00:16:05,995 --> 00:16:10,246
There is gold in this but not
enough to send to the plant.
269
00:16:10,448 --> 00:16:13,325
Bottom line is do the volume
and hope for the best, but...
270
00:16:13,409 --> 00:16:17,218
We don't have time
to settle on low grade pay.
271
00:16:18,937 --> 00:16:21,157
When Dave's gone,
you know,
272
00:16:21,242 --> 00:16:23,516
he leaves me to, kind
of, make the decisions,
273
00:16:23,601 --> 00:16:25,993
especially
as far as the ground.
274
00:16:26,132 --> 00:16:30,921
If Dave was here right now, I think
he'd have made the same decision.
275
00:16:41,430 --> 00:16:43,412
The guys, they're
worried about my health,
276
00:16:43,496 --> 00:16:45,346
whether I'm gonna bounce back.
277
00:16:45,430 --> 00:16:48,513
And the same with Shelly
and I, I mean the rest of this is...
278
00:16:48,597 --> 00:16:54,476
It's of no consequence.
The mining, the, you know...
279
00:16:55,562 --> 00:16:58,844
The company doesn't mean
anything if you don't have your health,
280
00:16:58,929 --> 00:16:59,860
so, you know,
281
00:16:59,945 --> 00:17:00,962
without me being there,
282
00:17:01,047 --> 00:17:04,430
without the leader being
there things can go wrong.
283
00:17:04,514 --> 00:17:08,656
So I hope and pray that
they can keep it together.
284
00:17:22,750 --> 00:17:24,666
Place it in, buddy.
285
00:17:24,750 --> 00:17:28,562
Morning, just
outside Denali National Park.
286
00:17:28,656 --> 00:17:32,632
Nathan, why don't you follow
this layer? We'll find the exact spot.
287
00:17:33,039 --> 00:17:34,860
Yeah. Ten-four, buddy.
288
00:17:34,945 --> 00:17:38,333
After their
first test toll was a bust...
289
00:17:38,781 --> 00:17:44,875
Nate and Lance head to a spot on the south
of the claim with local miner, Tod Bauer.
290
00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:46,962
So, this should be the stuff
right here, right?
291
00:17:47,047 --> 00:17:49,368
Yeah, this is the stuff
that hasn't been mined.
292
00:17:49,453 --> 00:17:52,360
A miner
in this region for 40 years...
293
00:17:52,445 --> 00:17:54,055
There's definitely gold here.
294
00:17:54,140 --> 00:17:56,394
A lot of ground
that hasn't been mined.
295
00:17:56,478 --> 00:17:57,950
And even, like,
some of the ground
296
00:17:58,035 --> 00:18:00,193
that has been mined,
you can re-mine it
297
00:18:00,861 --> 00:18:02,382
and still do good on it.
298
00:18:06,664 --> 00:18:09,959
Are we gonna hit a
bedrock or what are we gonna hit?
299
00:18:10,319 --> 00:18:14,272
I think we're gonna be about
15 feet before we hit the bottom.
300
00:18:14,429 --> 00:18:16,962
- Okay.
- The way it's been looking so far.
301
00:18:17,047 --> 00:18:19,731
And you just
run all this stuff?
302
00:18:19,815 --> 00:18:22,797
Yeah, but the smaller
stuff on the top and the...
303
00:18:23,054 --> 00:18:25,607
Look at that **** there.
See, that's a different layer, right?
304
00:18:25,691 --> 00:18:27,375
I did not see that.
305
00:18:27,709 --> 00:18:31,172
Okay, Nate, you come down
grab your pan, let's go do it.
306
00:18:31,681 --> 00:18:34,203
- Yeah, that's good ****.
- Yeah.
307
00:18:34,945 --> 00:18:36,657
Finally, virgin crap though.
308
00:18:36,742 --> 00:18:40,672
You know, my ambition is to
learn the gold mining from front to back.
309
00:18:40,781 --> 00:18:43,953
Getting out front, these
prospects is what I really wanna do.
310
00:18:44,046 --> 00:18:45,998
I wanna know
this side of the business.
311
00:18:46,083 --> 00:18:48,899
And I always wanted to
prospect, but with Dave,
312
00:18:48,983 --> 00:18:50,766
not by myself or Lance.
313
00:18:50,850 --> 00:18:52,332
It smells like it, too.
314
00:18:52,416 --> 00:18:53,899
- Does it?
- Yeah.
315
00:18:53,983 --> 00:18:57,934
- Are you a snake smeller too?
- Yeah. When it has that, like, fishy type smell
316
00:18:58,019 --> 00:18:59,978
it's usually the good stuff.
317
00:19:12,137 --> 00:19:14,058
I do not like this pan.
318
00:19:16,358 --> 00:19:18,108
I don't see anything here.
319
00:19:18,366 --> 00:19:19,957
No, I don't.
320
00:19:23,515 --> 00:19:25,663
That's astonishing.
321
00:19:25,748 --> 00:19:28,418
What do you have, Nathan?
I have one color.
322
00:19:29,373 --> 00:19:30,898
A couple of microns.
323
00:19:32,871 --> 00:19:36,887
I can't justify turning the
Beetle on for a couple of microns.
324
00:19:37,066 --> 00:19:38,818
You know, I'm worried
I'll let the guys down,
325
00:19:38,902 --> 00:19:42,365
but facts are we ain't
finding nothing right now.
326
00:19:42,450 --> 00:19:44,145
We got an operation
back up out east.
327
00:19:44,230 --> 00:19:46,867
I hope the guys can make it
happen and keep on mining,
328
00:19:47,105 --> 00:19:49,840
but this week might be
a whole, total waste.
329
00:19:59,825 --> 00:20:02,387
180 miles southeast...
330
00:20:02,519 --> 00:20:04,450
This place
is a volume game.
331
00:20:04,535 --> 00:20:07,255
But sometimes
you're getting gold and
332
00:20:07,340 --> 00:20:11,794
you're not seeing any of it
in a sluice box, I don't know.
333
00:20:11,879 --> 00:20:16,544
I can't make heads or tails,
it's so damn sporadic.
334
00:20:16,629 --> 00:20:19,794
After removing top
gravels from the Cottonwood cut,
335
00:20:19,879 --> 00:20:22,255
the five-men crew
hits full speed
336
00:20:22,340 --> 00:20:24,902
as it runs the deeper layers
of pay dirt.
337
00:20:24,996 --> 00:20:27,535
You're in ****
ground with **** gold
338
00:20:27,793 --> 00:20:29,567
becomes a lot harder
than it should
339
00:20:29,652 --> 00:20:34,154
because you're feeling
beaten up just by the ground.
340
00:20:34,239 --> 00:20:38,122
So, hopefully, this gold's
a little better down here.
341
00:20:38,206 --> 00:20:39,918
It'll keep the morale up.
342
00:20:42,926 --> 00:20:47,798
- Hey, Chris, do you have copy?
- Yeah. Go ahead.
343
00:20:48,639 --> 00:20:52,121
We have a hole
in the upper screen
344
00:20:52,262 --> 00:20:56,288
because we're starting to get a little
bit bigger material in the small tailings.
345
00:20:56,771 --> 00:20:58,086
Really?
346
00:20:58,403 --> 00:21:00,039
I'll come down and look at it.
347
00:21:00,124 --> 00:21:01,950
We may shut down
and patch her.
348
00:21:13,270 --> 00:21:15,195
See, this is our problem
right here.
349
00:21:16,937 --> 00:21:19,231
It's letting big rock through.
350
00:21:19,316 --> 00:21:22,685
And that big rock will beat the
ever-living hell out of that three eights,
351
00:21:22,770 --> 00:21:24,443
and we've already got holes
in the three eights.
352
00:21:24,527 --> 00:21:28,019
We don't need to add any more. We're gonna
have to patch up the screen right here.
353
00:21:28,103 --> 00:21:31,691
So let's go ahead and put a
little plate here. We'll just bolt it in.
354
00:21:32,504 --> 00:21:35,864
The Eagle houses
two levels of steel screens.
355
00:21:35,949 --> 00:21:39,223
Rocky pay dirt constantly beats
the top screen
356
00:21:39,308 --> 00:21:42,161
and eventually punches holes
in the steel
357
00:21:42,246 --> 00:21:46,535
so bigger rocks slip through and
break the weaker lower screen,
358
00:21:46,699 --> 00:21:51,262
carrying some through the plant
that end up packing the sluice box,
359
00:21:51,347 --> 00:21:54,308
leaving no room
for gold to settle.
360
00:21:55,715 --> 00:22:01,677
With new screens seven days off
and mechanic, Nate, 180 miles away,
361
00:22:01,762 --> 00:22:04,950
Jason and Andrew must
attempt to patch the holes
362
00:22:05,035 --> 00:22:09,177
using any materials
they can find on the site.
363
00:22:09,262 --> 00:22:12,480
Andrew's definitely doing
a good job looking at the plant.
364
00:22:12,566 --> 00:22:19,114
He caught a hole in the top screen
deck, which is your bigger rock.
365
00:22:19,199 --> 00:22:22,981
And the last thing you want is
that bigger rock to go through
366
00:22:23,066 --> 00:22:26,261
'cause it'll beat the hell out of that
three eight screen on the bottom
367
00:22:26,347 --> 00:22:27,972
and then we'll be down
two screens.
368
00:22:28,792 --> 00:22:30,988
So what Andrew and I
came up with
369
00:22:31,073 --> 00:22:34,530
is to just sandwich
these two pieces of iron
370
00:22:34,614 --> 00:22:36,064
one on the top part
of the screen,
371
00:22:36,148 --> 00:22:38,130
the other on the bottom
part of the screen.
372
00:22:38,441 --> 00:22:41,745
Bolt this. Just plug
in those larger holes.
373
00:22:46,144 --> 00:22:47,897
Oh, that will work.
374
00:22:48,558 --> 00:22:51,003
It's a good thing we're not
getting judged on the beauty.
375
00:22:51,378 --> 00:22:55,144
That's some ugly-ass cutting.
376
00:22:55,288 --> 00:22:57,625
- Yeah, there we go.
- That works.
377
00:22:57,710 --> 00:22:59,901
- Yeah.
- Got her.
378
00:23:00,105 --> 00:23:02,026
The problem is that you're
gonna have to hold that up.
379
00:23:02,110 --> 00:23:03,626
Okay, I'm on it.
380
00:23:04,011 --> 00:23:06,528
Okay, I'm not going to torque
it up till we get the other ones.
381
00:23:06,621 --> 00:23:08,269
Give me a nut.
382
00:23:10,554 --> 00:23:11,779
Yup.
383
00:23:11,864 --> 00:23:13,089
She's taut.
384
00:23:13,910 --> 00:23:16,019
Good? Happy with it?
385
00:23:17,597 --> 00:23:20,549
I'd genuinely like
to have more bolts in it,
386
00:23:20,634 --> 00:23:22,759
but fire it up
and see what's up.
387
00:23:26,013 --> 00:23:28,753
All right, Jason,
they're coming up.
388
00:23:31,463 --> 00:23:36,551
We're rocking the box. That's
what's up! Good job, Andrew.
389
00:23:36,636 --> 00:23:38,708
Snow's coming quick.
390
00:23:38,793 --> 00:23:41,738
That's why any downtime sucks
this time of year
391
00:23:41,823 --> 00:23:43,395
'cause we're trying
to make a good push
392
00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:46,208
to get as much gold out
as possible.
393
00:23:46,441 --> 00:23:49,265
When we shut down
we're not making gold, so...
394
00:23:49,350 --> 00:23:51,808
Hopefully it gets us by
for a little while.
395
00:24:03,297 --> 00:24:05,812
You know, right now, Stevensville
is not working out.
396
00:24:05,897 --> 00:24:10,975
We're digging fine enough. These old timers
are good. They miss very, very little.
397
00:24:11,060 --> 00:24:13,511
They could have washed this whole
freakin' hillside down, for all we know.
398
00:24:13,595 --> 00:24:14,744
We don't know.
399
00:24:14,829 --> 00:24:18,191
So, we're gonna meet Michelle.
She has lots of information.
400
00:24:18,276 --> 00:24:20,160
And, you know, the
more information we get,
401
00:24:20,245 --> 00:24:22,409
the more clues we get to
finding where the gold's at.
402
00:24:22,493 --> 00:24:25,776
After striking out
in two locations,
403
00:24:26,187 --> 00:24:29,183
Nate and Lance
head to Dave's final spot
404
00:24:29,269 --> 00:24:31,722
to meet with landowner,
Michele Stevens.
405
00:24:31,836 --> 00:24:33,362
Yep, here she comes.
406
00:24:34,941 --> 00:24:38,348
- Hello.
- I'm wondering what the hell you're doing on my land,
407
00:24:38,433 --> 00:24:39,750
digging.
408
00:24:39,834 --> 00:24:41,149
You must be Michele, then.
409
00:24:41,233 --> 00:24:42,660
- Hi.
- I'm Nathan.
410
00:24:42,745 --> 00:24:44,217
- It's a pleasure to meet you.
- Pleased to meet you.
411
00:24:44,301 --> 00:24:47,985
Yeah. Davis would've been here.
He's down with covid rigt now.
412
00:24:48,177 --> 00:24:49,540
- Too bad.
- Yes.
413
00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:51,836
He asked me
if I come out here and help now.
414
00:24:51,966 --> 00:24:55,954
Um. You know this's a huge area.
4000 acres.
415
00:24:56,053 --> 00:24:57,663
Yeah. It' big.
416
00:24:57,934 --> 00:25:00,124
Oh. How long you've been here?
417
00:25:00,231 --> 00:25:02,741
I've been on this creek
for the 28 years now.
418
00:25:02,831 --> 00:25:04,709
Wow!
Oh wow!
419
00:25:04,794 --> 00:25:08,515
So, personal mind you're here'
or you're coming here mind some...?
420
00:25:08,606 --> 00:25:13,538
I had people coming in mind.
I helped them personally mind.
421
00:25:13,700 --> 00:25:17,413
I've got 28 years
in operating engineering as
422
00:25:17,512 --> 00:25:19,835
operator.
So I operate equipments.
423
00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:21,920
And I got experience for Mining.
424
00:25:22,005 --> 00:25:24,436
So years, you're here
all the way then
425
00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:25,171
Oh yeah.
426
00:25:25,255 --> 00:25:26,835
- Oh...
- All my life...
427
00:25:26,926 --> 00:25:29,170
My mother was a miner before me.
428
00:25:29,385 --> 00:25:32,288
My father, my step-father they had
429
00:25:32,410 --> 00:25:35,163
claims on the other side
of the valley there.
430
00:25:35,248 --> 00:25:37,248
And they are all, um...
431
00:25:37,333 --> 00:25:39,626
I guess... the minings since...
432
00:25:39,748 --> 00:25:41,748
Wow! Awesome!
433
00:25:41,839 --> 00:25:45,856
So, the history of this place, what
actually brought people here to gold mine?
434
00:25:45,941 --> 00:25:48,932
I think in the early 1900s,
Henry Peters
435
00:25:49,024 --> 00:25:52,223
discovered one of these
creeks out here.
436
00:25:52,308 --> 00:25:56,524
As the gold got known,
other people came in
437
00:25:56,608 --> 00:26:00,624
and more women have owned my
mining claims and leases than men.
438
00:26:00,708 --> 00:26:02,132
That's phenomenal.
439
00:26:03,266 --> 00:26:04,915
The Klondike Gold Rush
440
00:26:05,007 --> 00:26:09,628
saw a handful of pioneering
women take to the tundra.
441
00:26:09,714 --> 00:26:13,120
One of the most successful
was Ethel Berry.
442
00:26:13,323 --> 00:26:15,762
Known as
the Bride of the Klondike,
443
00:26:15,847 --> 00:26:20,816
Ethel spent her honeymoon travelling
through the treacherous Chilkoot pass
444
00:26:20,901 --> 00:26:25,870
and made a fortune by staking
and mining claims in the Klondike.
445
00:26:26,003 --> 00:26:31,129
By the 1900s, she became one
of the region's first millionaires.
446
00:26:31,214 --> 00:26:32,731
And by the time of her death,
447
00:26:32,838 --> 00:26:37,682
she'd earned, in today's
money, over $100 million.
448
00:26:37,767 --> 00:26:39,816
Now, we don't have a whole
big window
449
00:26:39,901 --> 00:26:41,901
to search, we can't afford...
450
00:26:41,986 --> 00:26:44,734
It's-It's massive and the history
shows us here
451
00:26:44,826 --> 00:26:48,039
I men, ...reports and some are of charts...
452
00:26:48,231 --> 00:26:52,155
and you know we..
There's no GPS codes.
453
00:26:52,248 --> 00:26:55,133
...gives you a drawing and your eye.
454
00:26:55,442 --> 00:26:58,048
- What the hell that...
- Yeah. Ther're some 70s,
455
00:26:58,133 --> 00:27:00,627
you've to actually
navigate the land.
456
00:27:00,726 --> 00:27:03,187
As this whole... is used to be glaciers
457
00:27:03,272 --> 00:27:05,306
So, you look for the glaciers...
458
00:27:05,398 --> 00:27:07,983
and now you'll see lots
of gold on the ground
459
00:27:08,068 --> 00:27:12,305
But you get things...
glacier channel.
460
00:27:12,909 --> 00:27:14,584
Where do you think
we should start at?
461
00:27:14,669 --> 00:27:18,231
I'd like to find a place here
about 50 feet off the creek,
462
00:27:18,316 --> 00:27:20,613
and dig a hole,
and see what we get.
463
00:27:20,698 --> 00:27:22,977
All right, let's go find some holes
and get some gold in the pan.
464
00:27:23,061 --> 00:27:24,286
Let's dig.
465
00:27:26,597 --> 00:27:28,714
You know, Michele knows
this area better than everybody.
466
00:27:28,798 --> 00:27:31,331
She's been here for 30 years.
She's an Alaskan woman.
467
00:27:31,416 --> 00:27:33,012
She's lived out here.
She's an old biller.
468
00:27:33,096 --> 00:27:34,279
I mean, you name it,
she's done it.
469
00:27:34,363 --> 00:27:35,822
She's a rough-ass woman.
470
00:27:37,664 --> 00:27:38,981
Right there.
471
00:27:39,175 --> 00:27:41,651
In the
Northern area of the claim,
472
00:27:41,855 --> 00:27:46,465
Michelle points Nate to a spot
50 feet off the edge of the creek.
473
00:27:46,550 --> 00:27:50,323
Oh! That's
some mucky stuff with clay.
474
00:27:50,407 --> 00:27:52,493
You know, the
ground looks a little bit different
475
00:27:52,577 --> 00:27:54,832
than the ground
we have punched holes in.
476
00:27:54,917 --> 00:27:57,341
It's got a lot more
different makeup.
477
00:27:57,426 --> 00:28:00,699
It's got a really reddish
material across the top
478
00:28:00,784 --> 00:28:03,348
and that could be, actually,
freakin' pay dirt there.
479
00:28:03,433 --> 00:28:06,730
Nathan, can you wait a
second? I'm coming up on the pile.
480
00:28:06,855 --> 00:28:09,404
- Michele, where do you want me to grab?
- Right there.
481
00:28:09,488 --> 00:28:11,370
- Okay, right here?
- Yes.
482
00:28:11,688 --> 00:28:13,535
You know, right now,
we haven't seen anything.
483
00:28:13,620 --> 00:28:15,121
We really wanna see
something good.
484
00:28:15,206 --> 00:28:17,074
But, we gotta find
that gold first.
485
00:28:17,159 --> 00:28:20,105
If this is gonna be a bust
we've got to move on.
486
00:28:20,815 --> 00:28:22,714
What do you got, Nate?
487
00:28:26,574 --> 00:28:28,223
We got gold everywhere.
488
00:28:28,307 --> 00:28:30,757
Good particle size,
small particle size.
489
00:28:30,966 --> 00:28:34,189
This is **** good mine.
That's very encouraging.
490
00:28:34,610 --> 00:28:35,902
Whoo-hoo!
491
00:28:38,042 --> 00:28:40,388
You know what, we've
finally found something, thank God.
492
00:28:40,472 --> 00:28:42,862
Let's get the Beetle fired up
and let's get going.
493
00:28:51,785 --> 00:28:53,010
Oh!
494
00:28:53,585 --> 00:28:55,379
Water's glacier cold.
495
00:28:55,464 --> 00:28:59,348
With half a day's run
time lost to patching the screens,
496
00:28:59,433 --> 00:29:03,520
Team Turin pushes towards
it's weekly gold of 55 ounces.
497
00:29:03,605 --> 00:29:08,050
The Eagle's not in
perfect working condition right now.
498
00:29:08,191 --> 00:29:11,554
The top screen has a hole
but we're getting by,
499
00:29:11,639 --> 00:29:14,456
and it's running,
and we're still getting gold.
500
00:29:15,754 --> 00:29:18,202
We're the reason why
the screens are going out.
501
00:29:18,286 --> 00:29:23,169
We can be faster, but we're
damaging our screens faster.
502
00:29:23,433 --> 00:29:27,145
You know,
it's a real delicate dance. And...
503
00:29:28,705 --> 00:29:31,534
You know, it takes a while
to find the rhythm.
504
00:29:33,269 --> 00:29:37,801
This spot we cut
is way different than that papicut.
505
00:29:37,886 --> 00:29:39,823
And it's consistent, man.
506
00:29:40,355 --> 00:29:43,340
There's a lot going on right now,
lot of **** isn't working right,
507
00:29:43,425 --> 00:29:45,974
there seems to be
a little something everyday.
508
00:29:46,058 --> 00:29:48,847
But the one thing
is the team...
509
00:29:50,127 --> 00:29:52,987
handling it like superstars.
510
00:29:53,159 --> 00:29:56,753
Just breezing through it, going
through it with stride, you know?
511
00:30:01,003 --> 00:30:02,467
Chris to Jason.
512
00:30:02,574 --> 00:30:05,565
Sluice boxes give me
big rock sitting on 'em.
513
00:30:05,976 --> 00:30:07,492
Ten-four.
514
00:30:07,675 --> 00:30:10,979
So I'll meet you at the
sluice box, brother. We'll go from there.
515
00:30:21,608 --> 00:30:23,151
That is really bad.
516
00:30:23,300 --> 00:30:26,161
That big rock that's coming
through that damn screen,
517
00:30:26,246 --> 00:30:28,862
jacking up our sluice boxes.
518
00:30:29,026 --> 00:30:31,183
These gon' pack up
in the sluice box
519
00:30:31,745 --> 00:30:33,263
and they'll hold more,
and more, and more,
520
00:30:33,347 --> 00:30:38,206
and then it redirects the water
and it makes a dead zone.
521
00:30:38,964 --> 00:30:40,925
So this fills up.
522
00:30:41,087 --> 00:30:44,347
Essentially, the ripples down
this side are doing nothing.
523
00:30:44,878 --> 00:30:48,238
We're gonna shut down
'cause this is not gonna be good.
524
00:30:48,323 --> 00:30:50,881
- I don't wanna waste the ground.
- Yeah.
525
00:31:01,003 --> 00:31:07,175
This and that,
that's not a box recovering.
526
00:31:07,267 --> 00:31:08,317
No.
527
00:31:08,447 --> 00:31:12,494
Now, everything close
will be recovered,
528
00:31:12,918 --> 00:31:16,454
but once it splashes up and
gone, I mean, this is the particle size
529
00:31:16,539 --> 00:31:19,167
that's already down here
and it hasn't even dried yet.
530
00:31:20,219 --> 00:31:23,074
Oh! Come bring
your knife down here, Jason.
531
00:31:23,159 --> 00:31:25,084
Got more for you
right here, brother.
532
00:31:25,667 --> 00:31:28,800
Oh, dude, did you see... did
you see the size right here?
533
00:31:29,065 --> 00:31:31,182
- Look at this.
- Oh! **** gold.
534
00:31:31,267 --> 00:31:34,214
We're packed with gold on
the very, very bottom of the box.
535
00:31:34,456 --> 00:31:38,620
We can't keep doing this once,
you know, the rocks get like this.
536
00:31:40,667 --> 00:31:42,572
Probably losing more
than we're putting in.
537
00:31:44,354 --> 00:31:47,528
Yeah! Well, we're not
trying to recreate a creek,
538
00:31:47,613 --> 00:31:49,949
but putting rocks
like that in there,
539
00:31:50,034 --> 00:31:51,729
guess we're
recreating a creek.
540
00:31:51,813 --> 00:31:53,183
Chris, before you do anything,
541
00:31:53,268 --> 00:31:54,596
- I want to show you something.
- You talking to me?
542
00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,440
Yeah. See in here?
543
00:31:59,190 --> 00:32:00,324
Yeah.
544
00:32:00,409 --> 00:32:02,668
Look. There's gold
all over the place in here.
545
00:32:02,862 --> 00:32:05,129
- Man!
- You see, it's all over the place.
546
00:32:05,214 --> 00:32:09,136
- We didn't lose it all.
- That's good.
547
00:32:09,494 --> 00:32:12,393
Just makes me more ****
off that we're shut down.
548
00:32:13,363 --> 00:32:14,871
Nature of the beast, you know?
549
00:32:14,956 --> 00:32:16,980
Some of the best gold
we've been on all season
550
00:32:17,065 --> 00:32:20,175
and we're shut down
because of a screen.
551
00:32:26,296 --> 00:32:29,082
- Hello?
- Hey, Dave.
552
00:32:29,167 --> 00:32:30,394
Hi, Jason.
553
00:32:30,479 --> 00:32:33,480
We're having hell with these
screens. They're only getting worse.
554
00:32:33,565 --> 00:32:38,028
Obviously, we were throwing
patches at it, but I really need screens.
555
00:32:38,113 --> 00:32:39,629
We're not gonna make it
through the week.
556
00:32:39,713 --> 00:32:43,051
- Oh, boy. That's no good.
- No, it's not.
557
00:32:43,136 --> 00:32:48,182
It's crazy that the patches are
what's helping that thing come apart.
558
00:32:48,323 --> 00:32:52,972
So I don't want you
to take a risk of, you know,
559
00:32:53,057 --> 00:32:56,121
ruining the structural
integrity of that screen.
560
00:32:56,213 --> 00:32:57,900
I-I get that.
561
00:32:58,792 --> 00:33:03,143
Gotta get it fixed
right and drive Nathan back.
562
00:33:03,550 --> 00:33:06,597
Are you sure you wanna
pull Nate off that prospect?
563
00:33:06,682 --> 00:33:09,909
Right now, we've gotta
finish the season strong.
564
00:33:10,464 --> 00:33:12,213
Get some gold.
565
00:33:12,456 --> 00:33:15,048
Okay. We're gonna
pull the screen.
566
00:33:15,339 --> 00:33:21,878
It's one hell of a setback and
it's just **** all the way around.
567
00:33:30,424 --> 00:33:33,573
Sure does get quiet when
everybody's panning.
568
00:33:33,704 --> 00:33:34,929
It does.
569
00:33:36,499 --> 00:33:38,143
Hey, Dave.
What's going on, man?
570
00:33:38,591 --> 00:33:40,407
Hey, Nate.
571
00:33:40,492 --> 00:33:44,401
- We got problems back at Valdez.
- ****
572
00:33:46,099 --> 00:33:47,815
Jason's kind of in trouble.
573
00:33:47,899 --> 00:33:52,982
He's got worn out screens
and I need you back there.
574
00:33:53,362 --> 00:33:56,238
Help Jason out at least
for getting gold at Valdez.
575
00:33:56,323 --> 00:34:00,514
So why don't you see if
you can wrap things up there
576
00:34:01,339 --> 00:34:04,526
- and head back as soon as you can?
- All right, man.
577
00:34:04,611 --> 00:34:06,324
I'm kind of worried
about leaving.
578
00:34:06,917 --> 00:34:08,536
We're not gonna be
down longer than we are.
579
00:34:08,620 --> 00:34:10,037
I mean,
they're down for a day.
580
00:34:10,121 --> 00:34:12,636
I mean, it's gonna take me a day
to get back. I mean, seven hours.
581
00:34:12,720 --> 00:34:14,279
It's time to get back
to Valdez.
582
00:34:15,103 --> 00:34:17,495
- Hey, Lance. You got a second?
- Yeah.
583
00:34:19,488 --> 00:34:22,204
- What's up?
- All right.
584
00:34:22,288 --> 00:34:25,089
- The guys need me back there at the site.
- What do they need you for?
585
00:34:27,951 --> 00:34:29,176
Freakin' plant.
586
00:34:29,261 --> 00:34:31,870
And we spent days doing this,
working our butt off,
587
00:34:31,955 --> 00:34:33,625
and right when we're
getting to the exciting stuff.
588
00:34:33,709 --> 00:34:34,699
- I know.
- Trust me.
589
00:34:34,784 --> 00:34:38,050
It tears me up to leave that
pan behind, not knowing what's there.
590
00:34:38,135 --> 00:34:41,351
But if we're gonna be down,
I gotta go figure something out.
591
00:34:41,554 --> 00:34:45,191
The whole thing about this
prospecting was to come with a yes or no.
592
00:34:45,276 --> 00:34:47,670
We don't have a yes.
We have a maybe.
593
00:34:47,754 --> 00:34:48,636
All right, buddy. See ya.
594
00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:49,903
If we had another week,
595
00:34:49,987 --> 00:34:52,719
we would just leave everything
here and come back here,
596
00:34:52,804 --> 00:34:54,229
but we don't have that luxury.
597
00:34:54,854 --> 00:34:56,848
No, it's just
irritating, you know?
598
00:34:56,933 --> 00:34:58,616
We got the Beetle
all the way here,
599
00:34:58,700 --> 00:35:00,549
you know, been
prospecting our asses off.
600
00:35:00,633 --> 00:35:03,066
Finally find a good spot
and what do we have to do?
601
00:35:03,151 --> 00:35:04,871
We have to pack it up
and head out of here.
602
00:35:04,956 --> 00:35:08,244
I mean, we really wanna prospect
this area. We already have a Plan B.
603
00:35:08,329 --> 00:35:11,382
But, you know, with Jason
saying how good the gold is,
604
00:35:11,466 --> 00:35:13,723
maybe this Plan B needs
to be put on a back burner.
605
00:35:13,808 --> 00:35:17,470
But, you know, our Plan A is
the operation and we're down.
606
00:35:37,017 --> 00:35:41,243
I hate the fact that we're
shut down. Hole in the screen.
607
00:35:41,588 --> 00:35:43,759
But we can't be
run into the ground.
608
00:35:43,853 --> 00:35:46,337
That's the best
we've had all season.
609
00:35:46,673 --> 00:35:49,306
This is getting stuck on
these bars. I gotta keep...
610
00:35:49,603 --> 00:35:51,260
Yeah, go ahead.
611
00:35:51,353 --> 00:35:54,477
Here you go. Wait.
Oh, you got it.
612
00:35:54,561 --> 00:35:55,665
What's going on?
613
00:35:55,750 --> 00:35:56,994
- Go, here.
- Okay.
614
00:35:59,530 --> 00:36:01,530
You go on.
615
00:36:04,847 --> 00:36:07,548
- We are here...
- Oh, Oh, Oh.
616
00:36:07,632 --> 00:36:08,938
Oh, Oh, Oh.
617
00:36:09,164 --> 00:36:12,078
- ...off.
- Release the tension.
618
00:36:12,443 --> 00:36:15,618
- Relase tension. Okay.
- I am.
619
00:36:17,364 --> 00:36:20,922
_
620
00:36:22,203 --> 00:36:23,421
There we go.
621
00:36:23,526 --> 00:36:25,655
- Ha, Hah.
- Slow.
622
00:36:25,886 --> 00:36:27,695
Ow and slow.
623
00:36:27,780 --> 00:36:29,075
_
624
00:36:29,159 --> 00:36:31,159
You got it.
You got it.
625
00:36:31,455 --> 00:36:34,521
Yeah, removing these screens
is the right thing to do, right?
626
00:36:34,606 --> 00:36:35,831
Only thing to do.
627
00:36:36,589 --> 00:36:39,540
Sucks 'cause the Eagle's
not running but...
628
00:36:40,422 --> 00:36:44,103
we're losing some gold at the
end of the sluice box at this point.
629
00:36:44,259 --> 00:36:48,329
- Is that it?
- Yeah. That's it. All the screens are out.
630
00:36:48,575 --> 00:36:49,800
Whoo.
631
00:37:11,489 --> 00:37:13,870
- Hey, J.
- What up, Nate?
632
00:37:13,955 --> 00:37:15,900
Holy ****.
They're beat to hell.
633
00:37:20,012 --> 00:37:22,669
The screens are shot.
Jason did what he can do.
634
00:37:22,754 --> 00:37:24,770
That's the thing is. He tried.
635
00:37:24,910 --> 00:37:28,653
We gotta patch 'em right way,
get 'em done right, and get up and going.
636
00:37:28,738 --> 00:37:31,395
We would basically
put screen material,
637
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:33,927
old screen material to
make it **** work from
638
00:37:34,012 --> 00:37:35,228
and put over the whole thing.
639
00:37:35,312 --> 00:37:36,828
Everything around
this is weak.
640
00:37:36,912 --> 00:37:39,061
So, you just put a patch here.
This is real thin.
641
00:37:39,145 --> 00:37:40,928
That's gonna
crack up and break.
642
00:37:41,012 --> 00:37:42,803
No, I get it
and it makes sense.
643
00:37:42,888 --> 00:37:45,184
This is why your happy ass
don't leave.
644
00:37:46,637 --> 00:37:49,402
As pay dirt eats
the screen,
645
00:37:49,488 --> 00:37:54,355
it places huge strain on Jason's
small sheet metal patches
646
00:37:54,465 --> 00:37:57,663
and stresses
the already weakened areas.
647
00:37:57,748 --> 00:37:59,331
Nate's Plan,
648
00:37:59,497 --> 00:38:03,942
patch each hole with a much
larger light weight piece of screen
649
00:38:04,027 --> 00:38:08,160
to increase the surface area
and spread the impact.
650
00:38:08,508 --> 00:38:10,730
Okay, Andrew,
lift that mat up.
651
00:38:10,815 --> 00:38:13,816
- You got it?
- I got it.
652
00:38:14,281 --> 00:38:15,699
You sure?
653
00:38:19,473 --> 00:38:23,543
The team must re-fit
both of the Eagle's screen layers.
654
00:38:23,773 --> 00:38:24,998
I'm on it.
655
00:38:32,282 --> 00:38:34,240
Yeah.
656
00:38:36,106 --> 00:38:37,723
You ready?
657
00:38:38,969 --> 00:38:40,194
Good.
658
00:38:41,273 --> 00:38:42,989
All the patches are on it.
659
00:38:43,074 --> 00:38:45,715
Just radio ahead
and see if we can fire it up.
660
00:38:45,801 --> 00:38:48,043
Get back to getting
some gold, dude.
661
00:38:48,637 --> 00:38:52,200
Well, between all of us, we got
her cinched up, tightened down,
662
00:38:52,285 --> 00:38:53,777
ready to turn and burn.
663
00:38:53,902 --> 00:38:56,145
- Turn it on.
- Good.
664
00:38:56,232 --> 00:38:57,850
- Let's run until she pukes, bro.
- Ready.
665
00:39:03,652 --> 00:39:05,958
- On the water.
- On the water.
666
00:39:06,043 --> 00:39:08,211
Full RPMs
whenever you're ready, Jason.
667
00:39:08,296 --> 00:39:10,254
We got a clean box
so we're ready to go.
668
00:39:11,961 --> 00:39:14,669
After losing
18 hours of running,
669
00:39:14,754 --> 00:39:17,770
the team finally
gets back to business.
670
00:39:18,339 --> 00:39:19,755
Let's do it, buddy.
671
00:39:19,848 --> 00:39:23,439
We're up and running
and that makes me happy.
672
00:39:36,096 --> 00:39:37,418
Looks good.
673
00:39:37,703 --> 00:39:39,819
This is all fine stuff.
674
00:39:39,904 --> 00:39:43,660
You don't see a bunch of big rocks
going down. It looks really good.
675
00:39:48,363 --> 00:39:52,247
All right, guys. We got a
mountain to pay, we got rocks in the box,
676
00:39:52,627 --> 00:39:55,262
and it's a damn good pay
going through.
677
00:39:56,106 --> 00:39:57,921
It's gold, baby.
678
00:39:58,005 --> 00:40:00,322
You know, it's probably
the right idea sending the prospectors
679
00:40:00,406 --> 00:40:02,122
driving right back here.
680
00:40:02,206 --> 00:40:04,123
I know care what ****
weather comes in.
681
00:40:04,208 --> 00:40:06,754
I could give a **** less
what Alaska has to throw at me.
682
00:40:06,934 --> 00:40:10,762
Plan A is paying out.
We gotta keep running.
683
00:40:16,309 --> 00:40:18,625
On days like this
that are beautiful and sunny,
684
00:40:18,848 --> 00:40:21,792
we gotta run this ****
like no other.
685
00:40:21,876 --> 00:40:25,525
Nate's been back
on the site for almost 24 hours,
686
00:40:25,609 --> 00:40:30,020
and the Eagle now runs
at 190 yards an hour.
687
00:40:31,949 --> 00:40:34,989
You know, I briefly looked
at those past streams this morning
688
00:40:35,074 --> 00:40:38,232
and that was
what Nate's been saying.
689
00:40:38,317 --> 00:40:41,044
And, well, it looks like it's
gonna make a couple of days
690
00:40:41,129 --> 00:40:43,802
to, you know,
carry us through.
691
00:40:43,887 --> 00:40:47,411
After deciding to discard
hundreds of tons of top gravel,
692
00:40:47,496 --> 00:40:51,012
Jason continues to dig deeper
into the Cottonwood Cut.
693
00:40:51,097 --> 00:40:52,746
We're on the best ground.
694
00:40:53,703 --> 00:40:56,480
We fought screens
like a son of a gun.
695
00:40:57,512 --> 00:41:01,597
You know, you just gotta take
every situation as it come.
696
00:41:04,348 --> 00:41:07,981
Very excited we're up
and running and Nate's back.
697
00:41:08,066 --> 00:41:12,091
He gets to have the
reins over the Eagle again.
698
00:41:12,176 --> 00:41:17,043
I'm happy to just go back to
my job and be back in Betty here.
699
00:41:20,355 --> 00:41:23,302
It's been running half a
day now and everything looks great.
700
00:41:23,387 --> 00:41:27,269
No oversized rocks
going in our small tailing.
701
00:41:27,353 --> 00:41:30,931
It takes some two days out of
our run time to fix this screens.
702
00:41:31,016 --> 00:41:34,472
I just hope the ground base
is good or gets better.
703
00:41:36,842 --> 00:41:39,227
All right, Chris,
go ahead and kill it, buddy.
704
00:41:44,023 --> 00:41:46,168
Come take a look.
Let's see what we got.
705
00:41:47,143 --> 00:41:49,801
Ah, there's little bit
of gold here.
706
00:41:51,963 --> 00:41:53,465
I see some.
707
00:41:54,769 --> 00:41:56,086
Is there anything
down at the bottom?
708
00:41:56,170 --> 00:41:56,935
Oh.
709
00:41:57,020 --> 00:41:58,933
No, I haven't seen
anything down at the bottom.
710
00:41:59,277 --> 00:42:01,739
But you never know.
711
00:42:08,308 --> 00:42:09,772
All this gold right here. Oh.
712
00:42:09,857 --> 00:42:12,208
Oh, oh, oh. Yeah.
713
00:42:12,293 --> 00:42:15,332
- Well, let's get to it.
- That's all for today, boys.
714
00:42:25,316 --> 00:42:29,747
With Dave's wife, Shelly,
away, Jason runs the concentrate.
715
00:42:29,832 --> 00:42:32,349
I'll be genuinely
happy if we can even reach
716
00:42:32,433 --> 00:42:34,515
what our normal goal
would have been.
717
00:42:34,967 --> 00:42:36,282
You know, that 40.
718
00:42:36,449 --> 00:42:39,793
Considering we were
short-handed and broke down.
719
00:42:40,394 --> 00:42:43,381
But to hit the 55,
that we actually need
720
00:42:43,894 --> 00:42:47,402
to get back on track, that
one's gonna be hard to hit.
721
00:42:48,162 --> 00:42:51,762
A plaster deposit
is never consistent.
722
00:42:52,522 --> 00:42:54,138
So you gotta enjoy the highs,
723
00:42:54,434 --> 00:42:57,058
'cause you gonna get smacked
upside the head by the lows.
724
00:43:19,176 --> 00:43:23,012
All right. You got some good
news for us, I hope?
725
00:43:23,676 --> 00:43:25,725
Well, let's take a look.
726
00:43:26,027 --> 00:43:29,724
- Y'all got to see our gold.
- All right.
727
00:43:30,066 --> 00:43:31,291
There's three.
728
00:43:32,805 --> 00:43:34,231
There's six.
729
00:43:35,233 --> 00:43:36,491
17.
730
00:43:37,255 --> 00:43:38,547
26.
731
00:43:39,647 --> 00:43:41,239
There's 32.
732
00:43:41,393 --> 00:43:44,316
Oh. 46.
733
00:43:44,509 --> 00:43:45,725
Come home.
734
00:43:46,660 --> 00:43:51,809
There we go. 53.4 ounces.
Oh, that's pretty good.
735
00:43:52,235 --> 00:43:53,184
That's worked on it.
736
00:43:53,269 --> 00:43:56,200
Almost a $100,000 in gold
737
00:43:56,285 --> 00:44:00,614
leaves them a 130 ounces
short of their season goal.
738
00:44:00,699 --> 00:44:02,427
I'm mean,
that's a lot of freakin' gold.
739
00:44:02,511 --> 00:44:03,591
- Good job, guys.
- Good job.
740
00:44:03,675 --> 00:44:05,707
- That's what I'm talking about right there.
- Oh.
741
00:44:05,792 --> 00:44:07,075
- Good job, guys.
- Good job.
742
00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:08,451
Hell, yeah.
743
00:44:11,106 --> 00:44:15,889
If the ground stays how it is,
and if the Eagle keeps running,
744
00:44:16,129 --> 00:44:19,661
450, we can hit it, and
maybe get a little bit more.
745
00:44:19,746 --> 00:44:22,731
The gold's getting better,
you know. And stuff like this
746
00:44:22,816 --> 00:44:24,356
makes it all worth
coming back.
747
00:44:24,441 --> 00:44:25,679
Hey, Dave.
748
00:44:26,012 --> 00:44:28,528
Hey, Jason.
How you doing?
749
00:44:28,644 --> 00:44:30,363
You know, we're doing.
750
00:44:30,543 --> 00:44:33,357
For being a short crew,
broke down,
751
00:44:33,442 --> 00:44:36,450
we did 53.4 ounces
for the week.
752
00:44:36,535 --> 00:44:40,857
Oh, my gosh.
Well, done. In four days?
753
00:44:40,942 --> 00:44:43,888
- Boy, we are on the gold at this rate.
- Yes, sir.
754
00:44:43,973 --> 00:44:45,027
Good job.
755
00:44:45,112 --> 00:44:48,785
Can you imagine firing on
all cylinders with all hands on deck?
756
00:44:48,873 --> 00:44:50,456
We can just be killing it...
757
00:44:50,540 --> 00:44:52,543
- Oh, we're gonna.
- with that kind of gold.
758
00:44:52,637 --> 00:44:54,390
We're gonna.
759
00:44:54,630 --> 00:44:59,652
Losing two key guys
and still pulling 53.4 ounces?
760
00:45:01,863 --> 00:45:04,403
It just feels good.
Gold makes everything better.
761
00:45:04,488 --> 00:45:06,824
We'll talk to you later
He sounded way better.
762
00:45:06,910 --> 00:45:08,145
Yeah. He's good.
763
00:45:08,230 --> 00:45:11,590
Yeah. Well, and then he sounded way
better after we gave him that number too.
764
00:45:11,675 --> 00:45:14,074
- After that one...
- Definitely.
765
00:45:14,699 --> 00:45:17,785
- One, two, three.
- All in.
766
00:45:18,129 --> 00:45:19,379
Let's go, boys.
767
00:45:19,486 --> 00:45:21,201
I wanna learn, I wanna grow.
768
00:45:21,286 --> 00:45:24,738
But there's a time to learn, a time
to grow. Having that kind of gold,
769
00:45:24,986 --> 00:45:26,235
I'm not leaving that plant.
770
00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:28,565
No matter what, we're
gonna beat the **** out of it.
771
00:45:28,650 --> 00:45:30,387
We're gonna get a lot of gold.
772
00:45:32,813 --> 00:45:35,160
What the **** is happening?
773
00:45:35,293 --> 00:45:36,841
On the next episode,
774
00:45:36,926 --> 00:45:39,145
the Eagle is pushed
past the brink.
775
00:45:39,230 --> 00:45:41,130
If I could jam it up
a little bit...
776
00:45:41,215 --> 00:45:43,083
It's had a lot of
wet material on it.
777
00:45:43,168 --> 00:45:44,295
- It's not the material.
- Yeah.
778
00:45:44,379 --> 00:45:47,247
And tensions rise
within the team.
779
00:45:47,332 --> 00:45:50,113
I mean, he might be right.
All I know is...
780
00:45:50,418 --> 00:45:52,434
I make calls all day.
They're just not heard.
781
00:45:52,518 --> 00:45:54,768
As Dave hits Montana...
782
00:45:54,852 --> 00:45:56,668
Feel like
I'm on sacred ground.
783
00:45:56,752 --> 00:45:58,501
Ground virtually gone.
784
00:45:58,585 --> 00:46:00,255
For the deal of a lifetime.
785
00:46:00,340 --> 00:46:01,801
They were
very apprehensive.
786
00:46:01,885 --> 00:46:03,180
You just can't trust
any miner.
787
00:46:03,265 --> 00:46:04,714
Oh, you son of a gun.
63903
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