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[dramatic music playing]

[Rick] It's been a tough
couple years,

and as the season goes on,

I've been getting
my confidence back a lot.

I learn everyday out here,
and that's for damn sure.

[narrator] Forty-two-year-old
gold miner, Rick Ness,

is in danger of stalling out
his comeback mission.

[Rick] We're looking for
1,000 ounces this year,

that's what I will need to be
able to keep coming back.

The crew's running
the Bacon Strip,

and gold's not great.

They are gonna fast run out.

[narrator] Rick's current cut,
the Bacon Strip,

is nearly tapped out.

And the only other cut
he has open

is Rally Valley.

I need to get back
at Rally Valley,

that's where I know
the best gold is.

But it's just still
a little too early

to get in there,
it's a little too dangerous,

the walls are still
shedding rocks.

[narrator] With no options
left for a quick score,

Rick's season now rides
on him finding a new spot

to mine on his notoriously
streaky Duncan Creek claim.

To get on the gold,

he's using some
insider information.

[Rick] Troy Taylor,
whose family

mined this before I did,

they had really
good luck up here.

They said that they mined
in this one particular spot

and, uh, got 400 ounces.

There's no reason that
there couldn't be

another one of them
days up here.

So, I am excited
about this spot, this area.

What we're looking for here
is a bench on top

when the creek ran
at one time.

[narrator]
Thousands of years ago,

an ancient river
carrying gold

flowed over Rick's claim.

Over time,
it eroded the ground,

cutting a valley and leaving
gold deposits in the benches.

Rick's already hit
one of these hotspots

in Rally Valley.

Now, he's looking
to hit it big

on the other side
of the creek.

-[Rick] Hey, Troy.
-[Troy] Hey, Rick.

[Rick] How you doin'?

[narrator] Sixteen years ago,

Rick's landlord, Troy Taylor,

found one of these
bench paystreaks.

Now Rick,
hopes to pick up the trail.

I'm definitely on bedrock,

but I don't see a whole
lot of gravel.

[Troy] Yeah. It doesn't
look too good, eh?

-[Rick] No.
-[Troy laughs]

I think we're maybe just
a little too low

is where we had mining.

Just over there,
there's a nice

-bedrock channel...
-[Rick] Yeah.

and it's at a higher
elevation...

-[Rick] I see.
-Like, if we were
a little higher,

we'd probably tap into that.

Okay. So this is...

This is the section
that you guys did?

[Troy] Yeah.

This is where we got
a 450-ounce cleanup.

[Rick] Yeah.

[narrator] If Rick can find
the same paystreak,

it could deliver
a game-changing gold bonanza.

[Troy] We did find a 1-ounce
nugget up here.

[Rick] Okay.

My main focus would
be going this way...

Yeah.

follow this as far as you can.

Yeah. And can you see
pretty easily

-where you left off...
-[Troy] Mmm-hmm.

and that's an easy spot for me

-to get the excavator there...
-[Troy] Yeah.

and then see if this channel
continues in there.

[Troy] I just gotta be
totally honest,

I just can't guarantee you

that it's gonna
stay this good.

We do remember
it's very spotty.

[Rick] Yeah.

[Troy] The question is,

is there enough pay up here

to make it worth your while?

[Rick] Uh, thanks
for coming up here today.

-It should be good, hopefully.
-Hopefully good, yeah.

-All right.
-All right. Thanks, bud.

[dramatic music playing]

Troy showed me exactly
where they left off,

and then the channel
I did mine previous

is actually visible.

So I can dig straight
down right here.

Looks like it might
be hidden down

the gravel area down there.

So that would be a good sign.

It's definitely undisturbed
gravel, that's for sure.

I'm gonna grab a pan

and take it down
the creek with me,

see what we got in here.

[dramatic music playing]

It's a bit exciting
just because it's, uh,

you know, it's a new area.

I don't know what to expect.

You know what I mean?
It's... I'm...

You're always waiting
for that one time,

you know, you pull a pan
and it's just...

The whole bottom's
covered in gold.

It's never happened yet to me.

There's always that chance.

Hey.

Ooh. You got some dirt?

-[Rick] Hey, Buzz.
-[woman] Looks like dirt.

Hey.

Fairly nice season going here.

[dramatic music playing]

[woman] Well, for such a big
guy, you're just so gentle.

[Rick] You're killin' me.

[woman chuckles]

[dramatic music playing]

[woman] See any colors?

-Yeah, look at that.
-[Rick] Gold, gold, gold.

Gold, gold.

[woman] That's awesome.

[Rick] It's pretty small.

Small flecks,

but might have just missed
the big pieces.

[woman] Mmm-hmm.

We're in the spot
to go for gold,

I think this might be it.

[narrator] Rick could have
found the bench pay streak

that will turbocharge
his season.

Now, he needs to open
a new cut

and get down to paydirt all

before the Bacon Strip
runs dry

and his money runs out.

-Little [indistinct]
-[Rick] Yeah.

[woman] Mmm-hmm.

[Rick]
As a show of good faith,

I'll give it back
to the earth.

Bring us more! Bingo.

Sweet.

[Buzz] I love it.

[dramatic music playing]

[Tony speaking]

[narrator] 100 miles west.

[Tony speaking]

[narrator]
King of the Klondike,

Tony Beets, is struggling...

[Tony speaking]

[narrator] having banked just
182 ounces of gold this year.

[Tony speaking]

[narrator]
Tony is now scrambling

to get his Paradise Hill
operation on the gold,

praying he can still hit
his 6,000 ounce gold.

He's clearing
his old boneyard

where he's going to set up
and run paydirt

from the super pit
through the repaired trommel

for the rest of the season.

[Tony speaking]

T Beets on the hill,

and I'm in the Indian.

We are all hands on deck.

[narrator]
With no gold coming in yet

at Paradise Hill,

40 miles south

at the Beets'
Indian River claim,

responsibility for keeping
the family business afloat

rests on daughter,
Monica's shoulders.

[Monica] We've been sluicing
in the Indian

for a little while now.

We've had a couple
of [bleep] ups,

but we are getting gold,

which is better than the hill.

Not that Tony's not crying,

but it's taking a lot
to get going over there.

Having the trommel
taken apart

and moving to a new spot,

nothing seems to be going
as fast as we want,

and Tony's gung ho on getting
this 6,000-ounce goal.

We have to do
what needs to be done.

Monica's doing
a really great job

of taking care of everything,

the plant's running smoothly.

[narrator] Experienced
operator, Ruby Mahoney,

loads paydirt for Monica
to haul to the plant.

She's a great boss,
and, you know,

I might be a little bias,
she's my best friend,

but I love working
with Monica.

It's nice to...
What the [bleep]?

What the [bleep] is going on?

[tense music playing]

Where is all this [bleep]
water coming from?

Monica, do you copy, Monica?

Yeah, Ruby. What's up?

[Ruby] There is water
flooding in.

I don't know where the [bleep]
it's coming from.

Okay. On my way.

What the [bleep] is going on?

Check this out!

Holy [bleep].

I don't know where
this water's coming from,

but we're gonna lose
this [bleep] culvert.

[narrator] A flash flood

has burst the banks
of the creek

that runs through the claim,

threatening to wash out
Monica's operation.

This road is our way
to the plant,

to our cuts, to everything.

Being washed out like this
[bleep] us right up.

[dramatic music playing]

[Monica] Holy [bleep].

[narrator] On Indian River...

Chelsea, I need your
[bleep] loader.

You shut the plant down,
I'll grab the loader.

[narrator]
Monica Beets is racing

to save her operation

from a mystery flood.

[Monica] This is [bleep].

There's water everywhere,

our culvert's trying
to escape.

Better put some more
material on there.

I'll get the loader
from the plant

and I'll get this fixed quick

so we're not down
for too long.

[narrator] A creek runs
through neighboring mines,

onto the Beets'
Indian River claim.

A culvert channels it under
the only access road

connecting Tony's camp
to his cuts.

But a flash flood
from upstream

is surging down the creek,

overwhelming the culvert

and washing away
part of the road.

To save it,
Monica will pile dirt

onto the culvert
to secure it in place

before rebuilding
the vital access road.

[Monica] The water's come up.

I don't know where
the [bleep] it's coming from.

It's gonna [bleep] me up

'cause this is our
only access road.

The plant's that way.
The cuts are that way.

All my people are that way.

[whirring]

So I need to get this water
to come down now.

[Tony speaking]

[narrator] Tony is heading
to Indian River

to check out the state
of his claim.

[Monica]
What are you doing here?

Well, as soon as
I get this culvert covered

I'll come and talk to you.

What the [bleep]
every time something breaks

Tony shows up.

Got a [bleep] nose for it,
I swear.

Somebody give me a [bleep]
truck over here, please,

at the culvert.

Well, it's not [bleep]
pretty but hopefully it holds.

The water's come down
quite a bit.

I was wondering
where all the water came from.

Yup.

[Monica] Tony has a hard time
giving up the control.

He's the micromanager.

He's always been that way.
He'll always be that way.

[suspenseful music playing]

And we have like 20 something
million yards of dirt

to move here over the next
however many years.

[narrator]
Mine boss Parker Schnabel

may have bitten off
more than he can chew.

[Parker] So these problems
stem from buying Dominion

or kind of strapped for cash.

I don't like that too much.

Um, we're obviously
in a bunch now.

Like we needed a year's worth
of ground and we got 10.

And it just leaves us
really spread out.

I don't really know
what the solution is.

[narrator] To pay
for his Dominion Creek claim

and bank as much gold
as possible,

Parker's over committed
his crew

across three locations.

In the money pit
he's joined the crew

prepping the site
to run pay dirt in a week.

[Parker]
We just definitely need
a lot more money coming in

so it'd be nice to get
sluicing at Dominion.

[narrator] 10 miles southwest
on Kennan Stewart's ground,

Tyson Lee is sluicing
the El Dorado cut.

[Tyson] So I'm just trying
to focus on getting pave

through the plant.

[whirring]

[narrator] 7 miles east
on Parker's new operation

Australia Creek,

Foreman Mitch Blaschke

is opening up an 11-acre cut.

And needs 2 more acres
down to pave

by the end of the week.

But he's struggling
with limited resources.

Parker's only given me
the smallest dozer

that we have in the fleet.

Trying to open a cut
like this this time of year

definitely not gonna get
very far very fast.

If we got any chance
of getting through this
this season,

we're gonna need
some big machines up here
to do it.

I gotta go talk to Parker

and see if we got
some bigger dozers

that we can get out here.

[car engine revving]

Now, I'm hoping Parker
sees this the same way I do.

We got a mountain
of mud to move.

If we don't do
something about it

and get on it and stay on it,

we're certainly
not gonna be sluicing

this ground this season.

Oh, this is looking
pretty good.

[Parker] Yeah, it is.
It's going good.

We're getting
somewhere anyway.

[Mitch] I was really hoping
you're gonna be at a spot

where, uh, I could grab
this dozer from you

and grab the other 11, too,

and take 'em up
to Australia Creek.

I don't see us
getting through the dirt

without the big dozer.

[Parker] Yeah, me neither.

Like, we've paid royalties
on the pits.

We have to get the pits done.

[Mitch] We're gonna need
something with a big blade

and a bunch of horsepower
to move all that material.

[Parker] And one 11's free.

But this is spoken
for [bleep].

The one that's in the yard,

I don't think it's ever even
been ran here.

We should go talk to Bill
and Jordan about

what needs to happen to it.

-The other one
that's apart down there?
-[Parker] Yup.

Maybe they can rob
enough parts off

the one on stands
and make one out of the two?

Yeah. Well, we also have
a third one that's on stands.

So we have three donors
and we need one alive.

Well, man I'll go talk
to those guys

and see what they think.

[Parker]
All right, see you, mate.

Cool, man. Thanks.

I don't like sending junk
out into the swamp

but that might
be what we have to do.

[narrator]
Chief Mechanic Jordan Sands

now faces a daunting task,

resurrect a dead D11 dozer.

This machine was bought
by the owner of Dominion Gold

weeks before the sale
went through.

So it was hauled in
and put on stands

'cause it's in very,
very poor shape.

[narrator] Only the core
of the Dominion dozer
remains intact.

Everything else
needs to be salvaged

from other junkyard D11s.

[Jordan] So basically
in the state this thing
was in,

things that were
supposed to be full of oil,

were full of mud.

Last I checked,
that's a very poor lubricant.

And this thing
has been through a lot.

[narrator] To bring the 115
ton monster back to life,

Jordan must take the body
of one D11

and fit it to the 15-foot
track frames

of another dozer.

Wrap the tracks
and finally walk it

onto the 20 ton blade
of a third

to create one giant
Franken-Dozer.

[man] So here we go setting
on the crack frame.

I just follow Bill's direction
and all goes well.

They just slip right on.

There we go.

[Bill] We're gonna,
uh, wrap these tracks,

see if we can get this thing
on its feet.

As you can see these are used
rails going back on it

for our Frankenstein
assembly here.

We're gonna pull 'em up,

put the cat in reverse,

suck the tracks over the back.

Tighten the tracks.

It'll be good.

Oh, good.

[man] This blade is the last
piece of the puzzle here.

Not bad, it won't be moved.

[engine revving]

[man] Goodness gracious.

[Bill] Come on, come on,
come on. You [bleep].

[man] [bleep] yeah.

[whirring]

[Bill] We never thought
we'd see it together.

It's as good a shape as it is.

A brand new one is 2 million

so we saved a lot of money
by this one here for sure.

[woman]
Really [bleep] a dozer.

[laughs] [bleep].

[man] Who knew, right?

[Parker] So how is this thing?

[man] It looks like
a normal cat inside.

-[Parker] Oh, yeah?
-[man] Waiting for a stereo
to show up.

-[Parker] Oh, you got a dash?
-[man] Oh, yeah.

-Everything works?
-[Parker] Oh, yeah.

Dude, this thing's sweet.

[narrator]
The resurrected Franken-Dozer

is now ready
for its first challenge

getting Australia Creek
down to pay dirt.

[Parker] We got a tractor.

Yeah.

[Parker] I mean I shouldn't
speak too soon.

-It's not in the dirt pushing.
-Yeah.

[Ruby] I'm building up
the last bit of the road

so that hopefully
this doesn't happen again.

[narrator]
Before the Beets crew

can get back to sluicing
at Indian River,

they must finish repairs
on their flooded access road.

[Ruby]
It's costing us huge downtime.

We had to shut down the plant
so that we could fix the road.

Without that road
we don't have any access

to the plant
so we have to fix it.

[Monica] Thanks, Ruby.

Glad we could fix this
pretty quick.

Time to get this loader back
so we can get sluicing.

[Tony speaking]

[narrator] Tony believes
an unknown miner

settling pod burst its dam,

causing a flash flood
onto his property.

To avoid further flooding,

Tony wants the creek
to be diverted

before it enters his claim.

But under his restricted
water license,

he can't move creeks.

So he needs
to call in a favor

from his next door neighbor,

whose license does allow it.

[Tony speaking]

[narrator] Five years ago,

Parker asked Tony
for permission

to draw water from his land.

So I'm not gonna get
your permission

to pull water
from your property?

[Tony speaking]

[Parker] What you're
telling me right now

is to end my mining season.

[Tony speaking]

[narrator] Now the balance
of power has shifted.

[Tony speaking]

Y'all can't move creeks?

[Tony speaking]

Well, that's where it's been
flowing for a decade.

[Tony speaking]

You just don't want it
to be your problem.

[Tony speaking]

Yeah.

[tense music playing]

[Tony speaking]

Tony has a creek right here

that flows onto his side.

So he wants me
to move it over here

but I am not associated

with any of this [bleep]

and he wants me
to eat all the water

and I'm not...
I'm not thirsty.

This time, sucks to be him.

[tense music playing]

[Rick]
I gotta stay in the game.

I gotta be up here stripping.

I really need
to get this opened up quick.

[narrator] Rick Ness
is on a one-man mission

to strip the bench cut

before the bacon strip
runs out.

I've got several days
of stripping here

easily before we can start
hauling out.

So we've got minimal
equipment,

minimal food.

I really needed
some new people here

just to pick up the slack
so I can get ahead of things.

The new guy starting today,
his name is Bailey.

I think he'll be
a good asset here.

First time ever
on the gold mine, first day.

So far so good.

I'm really enjoying it.

[narrator] 500 feet away
in the valley below,

Rick's new recruit,
25-year-old Bailey Carten

keeps wash plant rocky fed
with 100 yards

of bacon strip paydirt
an hour.

[Bailey] I've always wanted
to go gold mining

and I saw Rick put out
an advertisement up online

for operators
and I jumped on it.

Rick said that
he'll work with me

and teach me all the stuff
that I need to know.

I can't wait
to find this gold

and actually see it
and maybe hold it in my hand,

like, I think that would be
the coolest thing.

[Trey] Bailey, you excited
to be out there, bud?

[Bailey] Buddy,
I'm taking [bleep] right now.

I'm [bleep] loving it.

[Trey] Well,
welcome to the team, buddy.

I'm sure
we'll get along just fine.

[Rick] Trey told me
that these channels up here,

you know,
they might be spotty.

But if it ends up
being some good ground

that we can mine,

well, then I'll be ahead
of the game.

Yes, it's a gamble
but this is pretty...

It's pretty low risk
at the moment, you know.

[machine cranks]

[bleep].

Through [bleep] track.

The track's right off
the [bleep]...

sitting [bleep] out here.

I've been pinned in mud.

[bleep].

Hey, Buzz, you gotta copy.

[Buzz] Go ahead, Rick.

[Rick] Can you bring
that 700 up?

I got bad track off
the 460 up here.

10-4, I'll be
right there, man.

We'll get it fixed.

In the end, it's just like
a [bleep] bicycle chain.

[Buzz speaking]

We got it all.

Yeah.

We got a lot of dirt to move,
a lot of gold to find.

It's just wasting
precious time.

[bleep].

[bleep].

There's no textbook
for putting track back on

on a bush like this.

Everyone's different.

Blow your away.

Oh [bleep] she's so close.

Hey, Rick.

Jump in, track that, and head.

That way?

[tense music playing]

[machine cranking]

[Rick] Now she's on.

[Buzz] [bleep] yeah.

That's a relief.

She's fixed.

A little bit
of delicate balance

between brute force
and finesse, I guess.

[bleep].

Is it off the sprocket?

Track is off.

[bleep].

[tense music playing]

[Buzz speaking]

Yeah, it's the worst
[bleep] spot there is.

[narrator]
Rick Ness's one-man mission

to strip the bench cut
is turning into a nightmare.

[Buzz speaking]

Yeah. Yeah.

[narrator] His 460 excavator
has popped its track

for a second time.

Oh, you [bleep].

Idler came out.

Yeah.

[dramatic music playing]

[Trey] I see Buzz and Rick
are having

a really tough time
with that track.

It looks like
it's completely off still.

Maybe we should shut
this plant down,

you know, see
if they need a hand, right?

Yeah, 100%.

Yeah, see if the young bucks

can help the old farts, eh?

We're gonna shut down
the plant now.

[narrator] What should've been
a simple fix

is now a full-scale
rescue operation,

costing Rick valuable gold.

[Trey] We're gonna go see
if Buzz and Rick need a hand.

That smaller hoe up there.

[bleep] you think everything.

So now, we just gotta slide
this piece in.

Okay. Let it down.

Buzz, we could pull it
on this side.

Watch yourself.

Just gonna pull it this way
a little bit.

[Buzz] Yup. Keep it going,
keep it going, keep it going.

Let a little slack.

All right.

Come on.
This way, this way, this way.

Locked.

[Trey] That was horrible.

Just gotta tighten her up,
bro.

Yeah.

Finally.

[Trey]
You don't need to say thanks.

Thanks for doing your jobs?

Yeah. [laughs]

[Rick] [bleep].

You're welcome.

[machine rattling]

[Rick] Everybody came together

and we all got it
back together

and a bunch of annoying
[bleep] got fixed.

Thankfully.

[narrator] Track fixed,

the crew can fire up
the plant,

and get back to chasing
bacon strip gold.

[man] I know everybody's
got stuck in

freaking kick some ass,
another day on the mine.

[dramatic music playing]

[Mitch] We've gotta do
what we can here.

Get this ground stripped

up here at Australia Creek.

Parker's got some bills that,
uh, gonna need to get paid.

[narrator] To get 2 acres
down to pay

by the end of the week,

Parker has sent two dozers
to Australia Creek.

Mitch leads the charge

with backup
from Damien Browne

in the newly assembled
110-ton Franken-Dozer.

This is my first day
down here in Australia Creek.

I've been sent down
to help Mitch out

obviously strip off
all of this mud.

There's no way in hell one cat
would keep up with this.

I knew it was going
to be a task,

but, man,
is it ever messy around here?

[rumbling]

Jordan and Bill
did such an awesome job,

uh, getting that old 11
back together.

It's helping us huge.

Pretty cool to see
something like that

out here whaling dirt.

[engine revving]

What the hell?

Mitch, have you got
a copy, Mitch?

Yeah, what's going on, man?

This cat is coming up

with a clogged filter
warning light.

Uh, that's not good.
It shouldn't be doing that.

[Damien] No.

I really don't want runners
with a filter block warning.

No.

All right.

Why don't you jump
in this cat

I'm running
and I'll switch you

I'll and take that thing
back over to the, uh,

pickup there

and we'll see if we can
figure out what's going on?

Okay. Perfect.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Mitch] So we've got
the pilot filter

just underneath
the floor here.

Pull it out and we'll see
what it's all about.

In we go.

All right.

[metal creaking]

And we're gonna look
in the bottom here

and see what we got.

What we're hoping for
is no metal.

So this is our filter here.

[narrator] If Mitch finds
metal in the filter,

it's a sure fire sign

that the hydraulic system
has a serious problem.

That would mean
the Franken-Dozer

will need to be
pulled apart again.

There's nothing in there.
It's all clean.

This is an aftermarket filter.

You know, it is a possibility
that it might be

causing the alarm
to think that hey,

there's something
blocking there.

I think this, uh, dozer
thinks it has a problem

when, uh,
I don't think it really does.

We're gonna go
grab the filter,
change it out

and see if that fixes it.

We're gonna put
this filter in,

fire this thing up

and see
if the alarm's still on

and hopefully it's good
to go back to work.

We're gonna tighten
this thing up.

All right.

And we're just gonna fire
this thing up.

[horn honks]

[engine revving]

[Mitch] Here on the dash,

we're just getting
our engine hours

and the engine speed
and no warning.

So, that's a good sign
that it's happy,

we're gonna go out
and move some mud,

hopefully it stays that way.

[intense music playing]

[narrator]
After a three-hour delay,

the Franken-Dozer
returns to the cut.

And with two dozers
working around the clock,

they're back in the race

to get 2 acres down to pay
by the end of the week.

[Mitch]
Well, it's a great deal

to finally get back out here
and move some dirt.

We've got Slucifer
running down at Ken's ground.

And then before too long,

hopefully we've got a plant
running here

out Australia Creek.

[Monica] Let's go.

So, I just got a radio call

that there was a mama moose
and a baby moose up river,

so maybe we'll sneak up
and see if we spot anything.

Oh, I think I see the mama
and the baby comin'.

People like to call
moose swamp donkeys

'cause I guess donkeys
are ugly

and I guess moose are ugly,

but I think moose
are cute, so gangly.

[narrator] Moose outnumber
miners in the Yukon,

one hundred
and thirty to one.

[Monica] I've been taught
a pretty good moose call,

if you are interested
in hearing it.

You put your hands together
and you go,

"Hey, moosey,
moosey, moosey, moosey."

Hey, moosey,
moosey, moosey, moosey.

I'm so sorry. [laughs]

[dramatic music playing]

What's up, jabronis?

Oh, howdy.

[Rick] Hey you, guys.

It's some gold there.

So what'd you think
of your first week anyway?

Oh, pretty good man.
I really enjoyed it.

Hopefully,
I did well for you, guys.

-You know?
-You didn't.

-Okay.
-[laughter]

That's fine.

-I'm still here so...
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm doing
something right then.

No, dude,
you're doing just great, man.

I... I'm glad
to have you here.

I'm glad you're happy here.

[laughs]

Anyways, should we see
what the bacon strip's

-giving us this week?
-[woman] Yeah.

[man] [bleep] yeah.

[narrator] Rick's only banked
170 of his 1,000 ounce goal.

And last week,

the bacon strip
delivered just 30.

It's 10, 14, 16, 18, 20...

24, 27, 28, 30,

and...

32.56.

[narrator] Worth over $65,000,

bringing his total
to 203 ounces.

Yeah. It's more
than last week.

[man] A little better.

-A little better.
-A little better.

-But...
-[man] Improvements are good.

-Mmm-hmm.
-Yeah, yeah.

Even if it's just
a little bit.

[Rick] I'm not mad at it,

but, you know,
it should be 60.

[man] Yeah.

[Rick] We're gonna need
to start getting totals

like that if we're gonna hit
1,000 ounces, so.

I really think
that this bench cut

has got a lot
more potential to it.

So, I'm excited to get there.

[woman] Yeah.

[country music playing]

-Hi.
-[Mike speaking]

Is it Tasty?

Uh-uh.

[Mike] No?

Well, why are you drinking it?

So did you have fun
with all that excitement

with all the water
come rushing down?

[Monica] Yeah.

Well, you get down there,

there's a river coming through
or there was a creek.

[Tony speaking]

Yeah.

[Mike] Catch it sooner,
a lot less work.

[Tony speaking]

Maybe we should see
how much we have.

[narrator] So far,
the Beets have mined

just 182 ounces of gold.

-Ready?
-Yeah.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Monica] 10, 20, 30, 90, 100,

110, 120, 130,

140, 150, 161.94.

[narrator] Despite nearly
doubling their season total,

the 343 ounces
they've now brought in

is less than 6%
of their 6,000 ounce

season target.

[dramatic music playing]

[Tony speaking]

[woman] I know.

[Tony speaking]

Maybe we should pack it up
and go back to work

and get some more.

[Tony speaking]

[Monica] Sounds good.
I'll head back to the Indian.

[country music playing]

[Mitch] What's going on, man?

The mechanics resurrected
a dozer for you.

[Mitch] Yeah, they did.

When everything is being used
and you have some old,

you know,
spares laying around,

well they're not spares
any longer,

couldn't have opened up
as much ground

as fast as we did without it.

We ended up getting
two 11s up there,

the one they resurrected
and, uh,

[bleep] those things
moved dirt.

-They're crazy.
-Yeah.

[Chris] And you had
a good week, Tyson?

[Tyson] You tell me.
Did we have a good week?

I know...

I know the plant ran,

but did we catch
any gold doing it?

Well, we got some.

[narrator] Parker's banked
just over 1,000

of his 5,000 ounce gold.

And with Dominion Creek gold
still a week away,

he needs Ken and Stewart's
El Dorado cut

to deliver to stay afloat.

So far, it's averaging
200 ounces a week.

[Chris]
Who wants the honors here?

[man] Well--

[Mitch] I think Tyson
should do that one.

[Chris] It's loose.
It's your machine.

[Tyson] Let's do it.

Is it pretty heavy doing it?

They all get heavy nowadays.

[Tyson] Here we go.

20, 40, 60,

80, 100, 140,

170...

200...

-[Mitch] Yeah.
-220,

230, 240.6.

[narrator]
Worth over $480,000.

-[Chris] Very nice.
-[Mitch] There you go.

[Tyson] It's not bad.

With the 240.6,

our season total is 1,274.55.

[Tyson] Not bad for one plant

and starting as late
as we did, right?

[Chris] Yeah.

[Parker] For sure.

It's been running
[indistinct] right?

And it's the only plant we got
running so keep it going.

-[Mitch] Yeah.
-[Tyson] Right.

[Parker]
I'm still just hope...

Really hoping
we made the right decision

with Australia Creek.

We're in it now.

[Parker] I know.

Like, I wonder if at the end
of the season we'll be like,

"Ah, [bleep]
we should have not done that."

There's a good chance.

[Chris] It'd be nice
to get Dominion going.

Start sluicing that.

[Parker] Yeah.

As long as there's gold
in the ground, we'll be fine.

I'mma bag this stuff up
and we'll get ready

for another week and...

-Sounds good.
-[Mitch] Yeah.

keep her running, T.