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Narrator "Gold rush"...

We got water Coming over the top.

Hit the water line.

I thought you knew What you were doing.

Rick That's what I call dumb.

If these problems Keep happening,

Then it costs us money.

I don't give much slack To guys.

That want more responsibility.

Hey, shut it off!

These fine tailings, They're gonna back right up.

Parker comes here and sees this, He's gonna lose his mind.

What the.

This isn't really how We do things here.

Come up with another Solution, brennan.

Sakes.

Man Holy.

Whoa, whoa, stop!

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Parker This season's Been pretty manic.

We're just over halfway Through the year,

And everything's Been a mess, a fight,

And we're still trying Hard to get to 6,000 ounces.

Narrator Parker schnabel is.

Chasing a colossal $7.2 million goal.

He's mined just Over $3.7 million,

But he's struggling To keep up the pace.

Yeah, we're pretty short-staffed At the moment,

But these plants have to run.

Crank it up.

Narrator At one end of his 61-acre cut,

Foreman dean is throwing All available resources.

At running sluicifer.

Dean Get it done with And get sluicing.

Parker It pretty much Leaves brennan alone.

Down at big red, which is A pretty big challenge,

But he'll just have To make it work.

Narrator Brennan, recently put in charge.

At big red, is keeping The plant running.

By hot-seating between the Rock truck and the excavator.

Brennan Hot-seating the yukon crossfit.

Whoo.

That's exactly what the hell I'm doing right now.

Narrator While his only crew Member, bree, feeds the plant.

Pitbull, smokes, let's go.

Well, I don't run Truck very often,

But when I do, I'll make Sure I give it a workout.

Hey, bree, give me One of your smokes.

Bree Off!

I really enjoy Working with brennan.

Play jokes on each other, Give each other.

But we're friends And we get along.

Brennan Parker's already Threatened to throw me back.

In the hose seat If I can't hold up my word.

On this gold that we've set.

I've had enough loading trucks, It's not what I want to do.

Aw.

Hey, brennan, Can you come over here?

These fine tailings come up Another 6 inches,

They're gonna back right up This run.

When that happens,

The gold shoots right off The end of this.

Parker comes here and sees this,

He's gonna Lose his mind.

I've got to get the loader.

Narrator Big red's pad was Originally 80 feet high,

But the tailings have built up.

And have now reached The sluice runs.

Brennan I got to keep digging Us out, digging us out,

Digging us out.

It slows me down.

I can't go down and dig out The pay I need to.

Narrator If the fine tailings Back up into the sluice boxes,

They will clog the riffles.

And gold will pour out Into the tailings.

Brennan's solution... Use the loader to clear.

The tailings from the bottom Of the sluices.

Brennan Every time I'm told I'm gonna get some trucks,

They never show up.

So, here I am stuck In a loader,

Not doing what I need to do.

I'm getting a little bit Pissed off here.

Here's Parker right now.

I have no idea what he wants, But I'm preparing.

Myself for an ear Full of right now.

What the?

What's going on here?

Fighting These fine tailings.

This isn't really how We do things here.

The reason we put all These conveyors in,

Is that one loader Runs the plant.

I know we've sat in this Spot for quite some time,

Sluicing, but you got To get creative with.

Where you're Putting tailings.

And try to avoid this As much as possible.

Like, you need to be Doing other.

Well, I'm trying my Hardest here, you know,

I'm short-staffed And I want to make.

This run like A well-oiled machine.

You say that a lot, you Say I'll get it done,

You say, "I'll make a plan," And here we are.

You have to come up with Another solution, brennan.

I'll take matters in my own Hands and figure something out.

This is Frustrating for me, too.

Sakes!

Narrator Tony beets has been running.

Dredge one and Monica's wash plant.

So when you're bringing Pay right up here,

Line up and then Go straight back.

But he's only mined 2,400 ounces...

Way behind his rival parker In their race to 6,000 ounces.

What's going on, What's happening?

If you're sure.

Here we go again.

Kevin What the hell?

Are you serious?

I remember feeding it on A hill with the buggies.

Ngngngng!

Yeah.

Well, we have it.

Yeah.

Narrator The pearson box is old school.

There are no moving parts.

Instead the monster's Spray bars pound 9,000 gallons.

Of water a minute Onto the pay dirt.

The water separates Off the worthless rocks.

Through this center chute.

And sends the gold-rich Material down.

Through the screen deck,

Where the gold settles In the sluices.

The pearson box hasn't been used In 15 years.

And is locked to the ground.

Tony's plan... Pull it onto the trailer.

Using the winches On the oshkosh.

Then take it 2 miles west,

To where tony has an already Stripped 10-acre cut.

Mike It's as high as it goes.

This is not good.

Narrator Tony will use the 245 excavator.

To lift the base Of the pearson box...

Hold it.

While the winches Pull the top.

Easy.

Holy Pull out, stop!

Narrator Tony beets is Attempting to resuscitate.

A 40-year-old wash plant.

Man Holy Pull out!

Got it!

Tony uses his 8-wheel, 18-ton oshkosh...

To haul the pearson box.

To an existing cut Near the indian river.

Tony needs to set the box At a precise 5.8-degree angle.

Yeah.

It's perfect.

I don't think you can Get it much better.

Hey, guys, I've seen terry.

He takes a lot of leaks,

And he really doesn't Have any privacy about it.

Terry, you got a copy?

He makes sure that Everyone sees his manhood.

Why are we discussing This.

Can we talk about mining?

Narrator Two thirds of the way through.

His rookie mining season, Rick ness is 300 ounces.

From his 1,000-ounce, $1.2-million season goal.

I feel like everybody's got.

Their eyes on the prize Out here.

I want to do better.

My first year in the klondike Than parker did, todd did.

I want to prove that I'm better than them.

But we've got to keep our Foot on the gas at this point.

There's no guarantee We're gonna hit our goal.

The setup we have means

I have to just feather An even flow of dirt.

To the plant, Not to overwhelm it.

Just keep a steady pace.

Narrator Rick's pushing his Wash plant, durt reynolds,

To the limit, running 160 Yards of pay dirt an hour.

Zee

Rick, do you got a copy?

We got water coming over The top at the bypass.

The whole prewash was just full.

I mean, every one Of these problems

I have to shut down for Is costing us money.

I'll jump in.

Zee Problem is, Some of the materials,

It doesn't break apart That well,

And all it's doing is Sticking to the metal.

On the inside of the prewash and Then just causing havoc.

Definitely can't go the rest of The season working like this.

Narrator Every hour That durt reynolds is down.

Costs rick $1,000 in lost gold.

Yup, that will work.

Fire it up.

Zee Just gets Frustrating.

Rick This is crap!

Sweet, you're both here. Yeah, hey, man.

So I've been thinking... Feathering the dirt.

Into this wash plant With the loader.

Just isn't working Anymore.

Freddy Good. Right now, you get Those clumps of material.

That fall in there.

Then you got to slow down And wait for it to clear out.

And the guys are climbing Up and fishing around.

In there And getting frustrated.

So I had the thought For quite a while.

About a hopper feeder.

That would help - yes!

I think that's about The last thing you can do.

For this season to make That more efficient.

But the biggest thing is where Are you gonna find one?

I looked at a couple Earlier this year,

But they are just too Expensive, you know.

Yeah.

But there is a guy I know. He's over by parker's.

And he said he'd lease me His for 10 grand a month.

I love your idea, rick. Go for it.

Thanks, buddy. Good luck, rick.

Narrator The pad behind durt reynolds.

Is set up for the loader to Feed directly into the prewash.

Rick needs to drop it By 3 feet.

Rick Just a little bit of dirt Work to get it prepared,

Dig a big section out, Because that feeder

I want it to sit lower, that'll Feed right into the prewash.

The whole idea behind Putting this hopper feeder in.

Is to make things more Efficient and up the yardage.

So we're really hoping For at least another

20-yard-an-hour gain Out of this,

Maybe around 180-200 yards An hour would be nice.

I hit the water line.

Narrator Rick has ripped a 20-inch hole.

In the pipe that Feeds the wash plant.

Rick Damn it! Shut it down!

That's what I call dumb.

Sweet!

Once that feeder's in place, the Plant's gonna run more even.

Narrator Rick ness takes Delivery of a $10,000.

Hopper feeder that Could help him.

Mine an extra $7,200 Worth of gold every week.

Rick I really need to get up And start mining.

I'd imagine it's gonna take A few more hours.

To get it set up.

That's not counting the Break in the water line though.

Narrator But durt reynolds is shut down.

Till they repair the Water supply rick broke.

Rick I'm pissed at Myself right now that I hit it.

Just too much of A hurry.

Narrator Four hours later, The machine they need arrives.

I woke bart up... He's my night-shift guy...

Because I knew he Could get in contact.

With a guy who had That fuser machine.

He's a good guy to have around.

I'm glad rick did this And not one of us.

Narrator First, they remove The damaged section of the pipe.

To fuse the pipes Together, both ends.

Needs to be perfectly aligned.

Man on radio It's not gonna work.

Stick the whole up.

I thought you knew What you were doing.

Rick Four guys standing Around like idiots.

Ryan They say The definition of madness.

Is doing the same thing Over and over again.

And expecting A different result.

I'm just wondering if we take That hump that we moved over,

Put it straight, If we'd get enough.

Rick There should be Plenty right there.

Narrator Rick attempts to align the pipe.

By lifting it Further up the hill.

Whoa. Now we're getting somewhere!

With the water supply fixed,

Rick can bring in his New hopper feeder.

You ready, rick?

Let's give her hell. All right.

Narrator They need to align The 15-ton hopper feeder.

So the conveyor sits precisely Six inches above the prewash.

Go that way Just a hair, rick.

Yeah, that way, rick.

Perfect.

Good job, freddy.

- First shot. - -hey.

Freddy I love doing Like this, I do.

I love setting plants up, Doing different...

Well, I'm glad you Were here for this.

I'm glad I am here. I'm glad to be here for this.

Yeah, buddy.

What do you think, guys?

- I think it's awesome, man. - I want to see it work.

Yeah!

First bucket in the feeder, See how she works.

Yee-haw!

This hopper feeder is going To streamline everything.

It's gonna allow us to get.

Maximum yardage Out of our plant.

Rick's right. About 180 yards an hour.

Narrator If rick can keep The plant running.

At 180 yards an hour, His new hopper feeder.

Will net him an extra $7,000 every week.

- Nailed it. - Thanks for all your help.

One shot wonder. Working perfect.

We're gonna be good.

Hell.

Fine tailings are Building up like crazy.

It's just a nightmare.

Narrator If brennan can't fix The tailings problem.

At big red, Parker risks losing.

Tens of thousands of dollars.

Parker I don't give much slack to guys.

That want more responsibility.

You need to know What comes with that.

And that means me having pretty Damn high expectations of them.

Brennan As you can see, Our fine tailings.

Just won't stop building up.

So my plan is to cut a hole Through this road.

And send a moat in To that end of the cut.

Narrator The tailings pond is full.

Brennan plans to create An opening in the berm,

Allowing water and fine tailings To flow out into lower ground.

I just hope that parker sees That I took on a challenge.

To get it done And it's gonna work.

The reason why I asked For more responsibility.

Is to prove that I can do it.

This is gonna get Us one step closer.

To our 6,000-ounce goal That we set.

What the.

Smoke coming out of the pump.

Mitch, mitch, got a copy?

I think the pump's on fire, man.

You better get Down there quick.

Hey, shut it off!

Let's get out of the way. Turn the key off.

Whoo.

At least we caught it before It did completely blow up.

- Whoa. - Yeah.

Brennan She was just Spitting everywhere.

We just got to see exactly What's causing this.

What'd you do?

Mitch Brennan definitely saved The pump today.

If it would have kept running,

It would have burnt To the ground.

What happened?

Started rolling coal, So they shut it down.

It was overheating.

The exhaust stacks vibrated And rolled over this way.

So then it was just with The intake being right here,

It just sucked right back in.

So that will definitely do it.

Can we just light everything On fire and walk away?

I think it was trying To do that on its own.

First thing we need to do is Get that exhaust straight up.

Get it back Where it belongs.

I think as long as this thing Will fire back up, it'll run.

That's why we love it!

Brennan Dude.

It's a good thing that brennan Caught that pump when he did.

Those are the little things That when you catch in time,

It's not too big of a deal.

But if he wouldn't have Caught that,

It probably would have lost A lot of time,

A lot of gold.

Fire it up!

Narrator Brennan has saved the pump.

Now he can get back to Opening his tailings channel.

When I was younger, I couldn't work under pressure.

For a second, I'd just Get way too flustered.

The older I got, the more I Learned to work under pressure.

And I love it because It makes me want to.

Go as hard as I can And do way better.

Whoo yeah!

It looks like it's flowing Pretty nice right now.

Looks like it should work.

Parker Brennan's had his Struggles down here.

But now he's dealt with His fine tailing problems.

And whatnot.

He's definitely stepping up At a time when we need it.

And doing a good job.

Narrator To keep his dream.

Of a 6,000-ounce Season goal alive,

Tony beets is resurrecting His 40-year-old pearson box.

I'm looking forward to Seeing the pearson box move.

It's almost idiot proof, almost.

Yep!

Yes, we do.

Broken clock is Right twice a day.

Kevin All right. We got the water going.

I haven't seen this thing Run in years.

Let's see what she does.

Y'all ready for this?

Narrator For the first time in 15 years,

The vintage pearson box is back, Running 250 yards an hour.

I haven't seen This thing go.

Since I was, like, 10 years old.

It's kind of cool.

Whoo!

Kevin I think tony is very happy.

To have this Going finally.

Great.

Kevin What was that?

About yea big and, Like, this skinny?

Yeah, I saw that one drop.

Our issue is that we have A giant hole in the hopper here.

Well, idiot proof, yes, Physics proof, no.

Narrator A large rock has Made a massive dent.

In the rusted base Of the old hopper.

Yep. Yep. We'll make it happen.

Put a new piece Of steel in there...

Narrator Two hours later...

Good, that should do it. Plate is in.

Narrator Between monica's wash plant,

Dredge one, and now The pearson box,

Tony's running over 500 Yards of pay dirt an hour.

You know, we kind of Might need this box.

We're two-thirds Into our season.

How many tonys Are around though?

Okay!

Narrator After a hard week For brennan at big red,

It's time for parker schnabel To weigh some gold.

So, brennan, you having Some fine tailings.

Problems down there?

Well, didn't you come And yell at me this week?

All right, let's Start with sluicifer.

"S" stands for

Mitch Here we go.

70, 150, 180,

200, 230, 250.

287.65.

Narrator $345,000.

- Nice job! - Hopefully that keeps up.

If it pays off like that,

We'll be hitting that 6,000 ounces, easy.

- Okay, brennan. - Get in there.

Narrator To keep parker on track,

Brennan needs to produce at Least 70 ounces from big red.

50, 80, 100, 120,

Buck fifty.

You gonna break 200?

It's gonna be close.

199.45.

That's a hell of a week.

Brennan's really been doing Great with that little plant.

This week, it gives us A 487-ounce week.

Nice.

Narrator Worth well over Half a million dollars.

Parker Good job, brennan.

Thank you for putting In a good, hard week.

When it comes down to it,

You look at what we put Our effort into.

And we have pretty damn Good follow-through, really.

Like, when we go into Something, we go hard.

- Good job, you guys. - Cheers!

Let's keep that up. All right, get out of here.

Narrator Parker's now mined.

Close to $4.5 million Worth of gold.

Brennan You know, a bit Of a tough week with big red.

Dealing with fine tailings.

And having to go down And hot seat everything,

But those kind of numbers are.

Gonna keep us on track For 6,000 ounces.

Parker Yeah, I mean that was A good week, like,

Definitely a lot Of gold came in.

If we can keep having Weeks like that,

We'll have a damn good season.

Karla ann Once this table is dialed in,

I kind of get a chance To walk away,

I can go take A two-minute break.

So I've got everything I need for this workout.

I've got some scrap Metal from over there.

I've got some gold concentrate Right here in my hands.

Keep a little pressure on myself.

And add a little bit of weight.

Get a little, couple Of squats in there.

Rick alert!

What are you doing?

I needed to take five To do a little workout.

Is that my gold?

Yeah, I like a challenge.

It shouldn't be a challenge.

To keep it in the tent Or in the safe.

You have to trust me!

She's out Of her damn mind.

Stay in there!

Narrator For the first time this season,

Tony's running Three wash plants.

Dredge one, monica's wash plant,

And the newly restored pearson Box could just help him catch

Parker and hit his 6,000-ounce goal.

Minnie Pretty good, I think.

Monica Yep. Pearson box, Dredge, and shaker deck.

Okay, well let's see what The pearson box is bringing.

- 10... - there we go.

20, 30, 50 Is a bit better.

61.94.

Narrator $75,000.

10, 20, 30...

50, 65, 70, 85,

91.14.

$110,000.

To stay on track,

Monica's wash plant needs to Deliver 293 ounces of gold.

100, 160, 190...

210, 220, 230...

231.26.

A hefty $280,000.

But still 60 ounces short Of what they needed.

Mike Hey, kevin, On the bright side,

At least you didn't triple Your number.

One for both y'all.

So, right now, our total is At 2,814 ounces and a bit,

So we're getting Closer to halfway.

Narrator But two-thirds of The way through the season,

They should have 4,000 ounces.

Narrator At quartz creek,

Rick ness and his Mom's dog, ruby...

Rick You finding gold? Is That where the gold is?

Are hoping his newly Leased hopper feeder.

Will increase the production.

Of his wash plant, Durt reynolds.

What's up, nerds?

- Hey. - Hey, richard!

- Ready for a gold weigh? - Yeah.

- Karla, you ready? - Yeah!

You got that?

Ooh, in a big pan.

Is it from croft And barrow?

Rick You guys don't hang Around the gold room much,

But this is what She dries it in.

Big, old specialty Gold cooking pan.

That I stole From the kitchen.

- Shall we weigh this up? - Yeah, let's do it.

All right.

Narrator To hit His 1,000-ounce season goal...

Let's do this.

Rick needs At least 37 ounces per week.

All right there, We're over 10...

20, 30, 40.

We're over 50, 60.

Get in there, all of ya.

65.5 ounces.

- That's not too bad. - Yeah!

- Yeah. - Yeah.

There's over 75 grand In that pan right there.

Another 65 ounces in The right direction.

Narrator And almost twice what he needs.

To stay on track.

Yeah, our grand total Is 766.87.

$920,000 worth of gold.

- Can't be upset about that. - No, not at all!

65.5 ounces, let's celebrate it.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

1, 2, 3.

All Ready!

Rick Well, I'm actually pretty happy.

We've got everything in place.

I mean, we've got A hopper feeder.

In front of our plant now.

And if we just keep Bullying our way through, man,

We're gonna hit that Gold, I know we are.

Narrator On the next "Gold rush"...

Why would you only Hook one leg up?

Put the other three on.

I'm not sure what's wrong, but I've got a pretty bad pain.

This is not the area Where you want to get sick.

Today is a celebration...

I now pronounce you married.