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Well, what have we got there?
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Those aren't our trucks.
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Looks like old Tony
must be back in town.
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Wonderful.
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That's the boundary,
as far as I can tell online.
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I went and measured everything
and mapped it.
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I just knew that you had
two-and-a-half of the thing,
so I just put--
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took two-and-a-half lf down.
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Mm-hmm.
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Did I up?
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After more than
two years,
King of the Klondike,
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Tony Beets, is moving back
to the Indian River.
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His first order
of business,
re-establish boundaries.
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All right, yeah,
'cause I do want
to make sure that
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before we start here that
that ditch is in
the right spot, I think it is.
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So if you think it's not,
then...
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If you feel like
that's in the wrong spot,
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then let's have that
conversation.
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The problem is that
we're running
out of ground to mine.
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Twenty-six-year-old
Parker Schnabel
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started the season
in a race to find new ground,
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but the only Klondike claim
he could lease is deeper than
any he's ever mined before.
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Five weeks in
and over a million dollars
in the hole,
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he's not even halfway down
to pay dirt.
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The big push right now
is Mud Mountain
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and I'm a little nervous
if this cut doesn't go well
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just 'cause
it's going to be
a very expensive one,
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but there's a lot going on.
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We could have like
50 people working right now
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and we would still be,
I think.
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And so Mitch is scrambling
to get some more ground
opened up at the airstrip.
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One mile
to the northwest,
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Parker's tasked foreman
Mitch Blaschke to keep
the gold
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coming in to pay
for his gamble
on Mud Mountain
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by mining the last 22 acres
of the airstrip cut
leased from Tony Beets.
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Yeah.
Hey, man.
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How's it going?
- Good. How are you?
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Not bad.
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Look like,
with Slucifer being
the only plant
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that's making any money
right now,
I don't want you
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to get spread too thin,
so I'll handle the stripping
at Mud Mountain
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and dealing with those guys.
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Um, if you want to just take
on the airstrip
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and try your best to keep
the plant running 24/7
and gold coming in,
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you've got a lot of bills
to pay
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and I've got a lot of money
to spend stripping.
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I mean, Mud Mountain's
a huge project
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and definitely worth spending
some money, so we'll try
and make some here.
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Yeah, you're the
only one getting any
bills paid. No pressure.
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All right. Sounds good.
Thanks, dude.
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The airstrip produced
quite a bit of gold for us
last season,
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and with all the money
that's getting dumped
into Mud Mountain,
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Parker was thinking,
"Hey, this is gonna
be a pretty easy, uh,
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way to make a quick buck."
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Hey, Tyson, you got a copy?
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Go ahead.
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Things don't seem to be
getting any easier
around here.
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I don't even think the
Yukon knows
what it's going to do
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when it comes to weather,
it, like, decides
minute by minute.
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It's the same saying
we have in Vancouver.
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If you don't like the weather,
wait five minutes.
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I walked outside
my trailer this morning
and saw the snow falling,
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uh, definitely not
what we need right now.
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We had an extremely
cold winter in the Yukon
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and actually had
a hundred-year-record snowfall
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and it looks like that's not
giving up just yet.
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After the spring thaw,
the temperature has again
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dropped below freezing.
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We're trying to keep up
with Slucifer.
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Right now, it's going through
three thousand yards of
material per 12-hour shift.
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We've got to get a stockpile,
so we have enough pay dirt
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to keep running
24 hours a day.
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So Tyson and I are both
running excavators here,
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baling material
as fast as we can.
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But, obviously, not having
Brennan here this year
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is put a lot of stress
on everybody.
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At the start
of the season,
Mitch's co-foreman,
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Brennan Ruautt, jumped ship
to team up with Rick Ness.
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Now, wash plant boss,
Tyson Lee, is Mitch's
right-hand man.
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I've told you
not to do it that way.
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But last season,
they locked horns.
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If you're telling me
you're cool with that setup
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right there, you need
to rethink
your game, man.
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Brennan and Mitch work
hand-in-hand with each other,
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so, so definitely... put a
lot more pressure
on me this year.
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Hey, Tyson, hopefully,
we'll have enough
to keep this wash plant going
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because it's definitely
getting a little skinny
over here.
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We're going about
scoop for scoop for a bath.
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Don't say that too loudly,
Mitch, the wash plant
might hear you.
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Mitch and Tyson
are making the piles,
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and I'm scooping
and bringing them back
to the feeder.
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Operator Tatiana Costa,
in the loader,
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feeds 220 yards
of pay dirt an hour.
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Every day
we're just spending
just trying to get pay
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and start getting the gold out
and get money,
money in the pocket.
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You see that smoke
coming off the teeth,
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that's the frost right there
that we're fighting.
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Frozen stiff,
my friend.
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Nothing's thawing out today,
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if anything, it's getting
more froze.
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It's definitely a struggle.
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Just trying to keep up here,
but the stockpiles,
they're pretty much all gone.
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We're not producing
enough material here
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to keep up
with the wash plant.
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The frozen pay
is a challenge to dig out
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and then needs to thaw
before it can be
run through the plant.
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Hey, Mitch, so I'm probably
just going to leave this
right here
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and let it thaw
a little longer
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because I'm not getting
all the pay on it here.
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I see you still got some
froze up
low spots there, too, huh?
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Yeah, this whole piece
needs to be gone over again.
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Yeah.
Land of frost out here.
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This isn't working.
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Hey, Tatiana,
you got a copy?
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What up?
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Yeah, hey,
that's going to be
the last scoop.
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We got to get some material
stockpiled here,
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so let's go ahead
and I'm going to turn off
the shaker deck
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as soon as it clears.
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That's the last one.
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Okay.
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It's crazy to be
thinking that
this is what normally
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shuts us down at the end
of the season,
not the beginning.
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Slucifer is Parker's
only working wash plant.
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Every hour it's down costs
almost $4000 in unmined gold.
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Look at the weather here,
it's cold,
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the ground isn't thawing
like we need it to.
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We just don't have enough
thawed pay to be able to
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keep things running here
24 hours a day.
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So we're just going to run it
on a night shift.
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During the day, we're going
to remove every bit
of thaw that we can,
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stockpile it, so we can try
and get enough material
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to be able to run this thing,
24 hours a day again.
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And, uh, you know, we're not
going to have as much gold
at the end of the week.
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We need sunshine
and warm days here,
thaw out some of this ground.
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For almost 40 years,
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Tony Beets has been
snatching up
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gold rich claims
in the Klondike,
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the Indian River is amongst
the most profitable.
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The king has more
than 350 claims,
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but before he can
cash in at the Indian,
he needs a water license.
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Tony's only working
wash plant
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is at the Nugget Cut
on Paradise Hill.
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Lot of dirt to be moved.
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The final decision
on Indian River
is due in four days.
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To get a jump
on the new operation,
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Tony is moving his
biggest machines
to the Indian,
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starting with a $1.1 million
950 excavator,
the biggest in the Yukon.
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To move
his equipment,
Tony's dropped 100,000
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on a unique rear steer
Columbia lowboy.
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The 950 excavator
weighs a 100 tons
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and is way too wide
for a standard lowboy.
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It turns three-day operation
into a one-day one.
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Tony taps his
two heavy load specialists,
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youngest son Mike Beets
and old hand Len Hoekstra,
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to figure out how to drive
the rear steer.
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Unlike a standard lowboy,
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the Columbia has steering
at the front and rear.
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Powered by a hydraulic motor
and manually operated
by levers,
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it makes the lowboy
more maneuverable
than a fixed axle rig
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on the mountain roads.
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It needs precise coordination
between the drivers.
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You gotta
slow down.
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Len, slow down!
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Slow down!
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Len, slow the down!
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I can't adjust that fast.
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Stop! Stop! Stop!
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He's going, like,
fast
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I can barely adjust in time.
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Yeah.
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Oh, yeah.
If I have time to adjust,
it's not bad,
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but when he's going 30, 40,
I cannot keep up.
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Slow the down!
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He keeps going way too fast.
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I cannot adjust fast enough.
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- Stop, stop, stop, stop.
Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa.
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Stop, stop, stop.
Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa.
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He has a bad habit
of kicking up speed.
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No [bleep], Len.
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No communication!
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drives like an idiot.
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pisses me off.
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On Paradise Hill,
Tony Beets is preparing
to move
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millions of dollars
of new equipment.
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- Yeah.
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Yeah, I thought
you were playing around
a little bit,
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- see how would that
go over
I couldn't keep up.
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Then I saw that you were...
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Looking a bit,
a little bit scared,
so I thought...
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I'm not scared.
I'm holding on like,
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- Yeah.
- Just remember, no barking.
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- Okay.
- Well, it's, uh...
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It's time to put
the 56-year-old Columbia
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to the test
with the 100 ton 950.
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- You guys ready back there?
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Well, she's a heavy pull.
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Yeah, yeah.
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They also create
a hell of a lot of drag.
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There's so much that needs
to be done right now.
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Ex-special forces
medic Fred Lewis has gambled
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everything he owns
on setting up a new operation
in the Yukon wilderness,
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40 miles from Dawson City
at California Creek.
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My job today is going to be
removing this overburden,
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trying to get down to that,
uh, pay gravel
so we can get to mining.
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Four weeks
into the season,
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Fred's mined less than
two ounces, and he recently
received the news
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that most of his trusted crew
from last season
won't be joining.
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Pretty big bombshell
dropped by my guys, you know.
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I knew that a few of them
wouldn't make it
up here this season
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because the Yukon
is a huge commitment,
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but most of my team is out
and now the ones
that are coming aren't here.
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It's just me and JB,
two Green Berets,
and JB is not a minor.
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So far, Fred
only has one member
of the crew on site,
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his new mechanic,
ex-Green Beret, JB Mayor.
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Hey, JB.
JB, do you copy?
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Hey, Fred, it's JB.
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I'm just getting ready
to get this hole
punched down to bedrock
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and just can't help
but think about the fact
that we're out here
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running this mine
by ourselves, man.
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Yeah, it's just
the two of us, isn't it?
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The two of us have got
to figure out right now
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how to get this mine site up
and running
as quick as possible,
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so we're pulling in gold...
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here and get moving.
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Right now, though, we're going
to have to make-do with it
and get this done.
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Tests show
the best pay is on the
north side of the claim,
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but it's underneath
a 60-foot pile of overburden.
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I've got this
massive pile that has to go.
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00:20:46,967 --> 00:20:49,834
Last year,
Fred's neighbors stripped
overburden
231
00:20:49,867 --> 00:20:53,667
from the south side of the cut
to the north,
232
00:20:53,700 --> 00:20:58,166
leaving a 50-foot pile
of worthless dirt
on the part of the cut
233
00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,367
Fred believes,
is rich in gold.
234
00:21:01,500 --> 00:21:04,567
He must now get the excavator
on top of the pile
235
00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:08,967
to pull the overburden
out of the cut
and expose the pay beneath.
236
00:21:13,367 --> 00:21:16,500
Oh, holy
It looks even worse
from up here.
237
00:21:16,533 --> 00:21:18,000
This terrifies me.
238
00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:21,634
But, uh, JB, you used
to drive tank.
239
00:21:21,667 --> 00:21:23,200
It's more challenging
than it looks.
240
00:21:23,233 --> 00:21:25,967
Well, don't take this
the wrong way,
I don't want to watch.
241
00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000
Now, as long as I don't
turn these tracks sideways
242
00:21:28,033 --> 00:21:29,700
- and start doing that
over there.
- I don't wanna...
243
00:21:29,734 --> 00:21:31,133
- I don't even want to know.
- I'm good.
244
00:21:31,166 --> 00:21:33,400
- Sliding it straight down
was all right.
- I don't even want to know.
245
00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:35,834
Good luck.
246
00:21:41,867 --> 00:21:44,100
The issue is all thisoverburden that was pushed up
247
00:21:44,133 --> 00:21:45,667
wasn't pushed
far enough apart.
248
00:21:45,700 --> 00:21:47,500
So we're losing
a lot of our pay,
249
00:21:47,533 --> 00:21:49,800
so all this soil needs to be
pushed up.
250
00:21:49,834 --> 00:21:52,166
In order for that to happen,
he's going to have to get
251
00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:55,200
the excavator up on top
and start pulling it up.
252
00:22:00,967 --> 00:22:03,300
Oh! Come on, baby.
253
00:22:04,100 --> 00:22:05,533
Come on,
let me climb this hill.
254
00:22:07,066 --> 00:22:11,834
M1 Abrams,
armored personnel carriers,
M88, recovery,
255
00:22:11,867 --> 00:22:17,166
all of them track-operated,
that was, uh, what I did for
several years.
256
00:22:19,834 --> 00:22:21,433
Come on, baby.
257
00:22:21,467 --> 00:22:23,800
This is what happens
when you tell a Green Beret
to get to the top of the hill.
258
00:22:23,834 --> 00:22:26,133
He's going to get
to the top of the hill.
259
00:22:26,166 --> 00:22:27,967
I don't know
if I would do this.
260
00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,300
I'm getting it
so doggone close.
261
00:22:35,133 --> 00:22:36,867
Holy
262
00:22:36,900 --> 00:22:39,767
Ah, come on,
don't slide, don't slide.
263
00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,367
Reach out far,
reach out far. Yeah, yeah.
264
00:22:44,367 --> 00:22:46,500
Quickly, you're starting
to slide, get it down.
265
00:22:47,934 --> 00:22:49,867
There we go.
There we go.
266
00:22:52,066 --> 00:22:53,700
Damn it!
267
00:22:56,166 --> 00:22:58,000
Oh...
268
00:23:03,533 --> 00:23:05,233
Damn it!
269
00:23:07,433 --> 00:23:09,000
Oh...
270
00:23:09,033 --> 00:23:10,100
Hoo-hoo!
271
00:23:14,634 --> 00:23:16,000
Come on, baby.
272
00:23:16,033 --> 00:23:17,567
We're going to get this
doggone thing.
273
00:23:19,100 --> 00:23:23,300
At Fred's
California Creek claim,
operator JB
274
00:23:23,333 --> 00:23:27,667
battles to get the 28-ton
excavator up a steep bank.
275
00:23:27,700 --> 00:23:29,133
We got to get
the excavator up here
276
00:23:29,166 --> 00:23:31,033
so we can start doing
his work.
277
00:23:31,066 --> 00:23:32,400
Green Berets never quit.
278
00:23:33,133 --> 00:23:34,600
Roger that.
279
00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,467
That's got
a good grip right there.
280
00:23:39,500 --> 00:23:41,066
Yes.
281
00:23:41,100 --> 00:23:43,233
Oh, yes! Yes!
282
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,100
Whoo-hoo-hoo!
283
00:23:46,133 --> 00:23:48,100
Oh, baby!
Come on, baby!
284
00:23:48,133 --> 00:23:49,400
You're almost there, buddy.
285
00:23:49,433 --> 00:23:50,533
Don't lose it.
286
00:23:50,567 --> 00:23:52,600
Whoa, baby.
Come on, we got it, we got it.
287
00:23:52,634 --> 00:23:55,233
There we go.
There we go.
You're so close, dude.
288
00:23:55,266 --> 00:23:56,767
I think I'm down.
289
00:23:59,367 --> 00:24:01,133
Oh, yeah baby.
290
00:24:01,166 --> 00:24:03,066
- Whoo!
Whoo!
291
00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:04,934
All right, JB.
You did it, man.
292
00:24:04,967 --> 00:24:06,767
I thought you were
going to kill yourself.
293
00:24:09,100 --> 00:24:10,967
Holy
294
00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,600
Oh, my goodness.
295
00:24:12,634 --> 00:24:14,767
That was a wild ride.
296
00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:16,333
I need a break.
297
00:24:16,367 --> 00:24:17,800
I got to get my heart rate
down.
298
00:24:17,834 --> 00:24:19,600
I'm proud, dude. That...
that... that took a lot.
299
00:24:19,634 --> 00:24:21,133
That was pretty good
operating right there.
300
00:24:21,166 --> 00:24:22,367
That was cool, man.
301
00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,100
- I'm going to let you
get to work.
- Yeah, sounds good.
302
00:24:24,133 --> 00:24:25,967
Let's do it.
All right, brother.
303
00:24:40,333 --> 00:24:41,567
Okay, buddy.
304
00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,166
That's your last scoop there,
we're going to shut her down.
305
00:24:46,100 --> 00:24:48,433
Well, the night shift's over.
306
00:24:48,467 --> 00:24:51,567
Just about 7:00 a.m.,
we were running
for the last 12 hours
307
00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,200
and we're pretty much
out of pay.
308
00:24:54,233 --> 00:24:56,734
On Parker
Schnabel's airstrip cut,
309
00:24:56,767 --> 00:25:00,500
wash plant Slucifer is running
at half capacity.
310
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:03,533
I wish I had enough dirt
right now that
311
00:25:03,567 --> 00:25:05,500
I can have this plant
running 24/7,
312
00:25:05,533 --> 00:25:07,834
but that's just not
in the cards yet.
313
00:25:07,867 --> 00:25:11,967
Three days ago,
foreman Mitch Blaschke
was forced to shut down
314
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,800
the day shift when he ran out
of thawed ground.
315
00:25:15,834 --> 00:25:22,600
The shutdown has already cost
Parker over $140,000
in lost gold.
316
00:25:24,333 --> 00:25:25,600
What's happening, Tyson?
317
00:25:25,634 --> 00:25:26,834
How's it going, Mitch?
318
00:25:26,867 --> 00:25:29,233
Oh, it's a fight
down here, I'll tell you what.
319
00:25:29,266 --> 00:25:31,433
Yeah, man, we have
to figure something out.
320
00:25:31,467 --> 00:25:35,266
They need
the ground to thaw
before they can mine it.
321
00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:37,767
Yeah, I know we can't keep up
with it right now.
322
00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:41,367
So Parker's made it
really clear he doesn't
want to turn it off.
323
00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,700
I mean, the only thing
we can do here is
324
00:25:43,734 --> 00:25:46,533
kind of totally change our
mining game plan.
325
00:25:46,567 --> 00:25:50,533
You know, we were originally
going to do this in,
in three setups, right?
326
00:25:50,567 --> 00:25:51,767
Yeah.
327
00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:56,033
And we've got it
split through here,
this is one,
328
00:25:56,066 --> 00:25:58,033
this was going to be two.
329
00:25:58,066 --> 00:26:01,667
And then number three
is all back in here.
330
00:26:03,333 --> 00:26:05,300
I really think if he wants
to keep it running,
331
00:26:05,333 --> 00:26:08,734
the only thing we can do
is come in here
to cut two
332
00:26:08,767 --> 00:26:11,967
and start trucking strips off,
I mean, just all the way
around the outside
333
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,800
and probably, we have
to come across the whole floor
334
00:26:13,834 --> 00:26:15,634
depending on how much
thaw there is
335
00:26:15,667 --> 00:26:18,567
and just start hauling that
over to set up one.
336
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:21,200
So instead of taking it
in three bites,
we're pretty much going to be
337
00:26:21,233 --> 00:26:23,300
making zone one
and two one zone?
338
00:26:23,333 --> 00:26:24,967
I mean, we just need
more surface area, right?
339
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:26,333
Yeah.
340
00:26:26,367 --> 00:26:29,066
Because if we're only getting
a couple of inches
of thaw a day
341
00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:32,467
and this isn't enough, this is
going to double the amount.
342
00:26:34,533 --> 00:26:38,200
Mitch has divided
the airstrip cut
into three zones.
343
00:26:40,266 --> 00:26:44,500
Each has been stripped
of overburden, and as they
mine each one out,
344
00:26:44,533 --> 00:26:49,367
they plan to move
the wash plant
to keep it close to the pay.
345
00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:56,166
Because zone one is frozen,
he can only remove one inch
of pay per day as it thaws,
346
00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:59,200
so he must also open up
zone two
347
00:26:59,233 --> 00:27:04,500
to expose more ground
to the sun to get enough
thawed pay to the plant.
348
00:27:04,533 --> 00:27:07,300
But this means he will have
to truck pay twice
349
00:27:07,333 --> 00:27:11,533
as far wasting time
and doubling his fuel bill.
350
00:27:14,834 --> 00:27:17,600
- Parker doesn't want to wait.
- Yeah.
351
00:27:17,634 --> 00:27:20,567
So if you just want
to start, let's start pulling
material off cut two.
352
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:22,233
We'll get the trucks
down there
353
00:27:22,266 --> 00:27:24,166
and we'll just
start trucking it over
354
00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,433
and hopefully, we can get
enough dirt to keep
Slucifer running.
355
00:27:27,467 --> 00:27:29,767
Other than that,
it's sit and wait.
356
00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:33,600
And you and I both know that,
that doesn't work for Parker.
357
00:27:33,634 --> 00:27:36,700
It's up to us to put some gold
on the table.
358
00:27:36,734 --> 00:27:38,934
- Sounds good. Thanks, man.
Yeah.
359
00:27:43,567 --> 00:27:46,900
We've got all hands on deck
down here
at the airstrip today.
360
00:27:46,934 --> 00:27:48,333
And when I say that,
I mean it.
361
00:27:48,367 --> 00:27:51,767
We've even got Parker Schnabel
himself in a rock truck
out here
362
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,333
and moving material
and trying to get ahead
of this thing down here.
363
00:28:06,367 --> 00:28:09,100
You know, I think
one of the toughest things
about mining
364
00:28:09,133 --> 00:28:10,867
is definitely just being
away from home.
365
00:28:10,900 --> 00:28:14,266
My daughter
is a year-and-a-half now,
366
00:28:14,300 --> 00:28:19,400
and you know, the only time
I get to see her is about
right before she goes to bed
367
00:28:19,433 --> 00:28:23,333
is when I get back
to the yard,
get some reception there
368
00:28:23,367 --> 00:28:24,800
and then I'm able
make a phone call.
369
00:28:24,834 --> 00:28:28,500
So, it's definitely
not the same as,
you know, being...
370
00:28:28,533 --> 00:28:30,233
being together.
371
00:28:30,266 --> 00:28:32,066
Quicker we get through
all this ground means
372
00:28:32,100 --> 00:28:34,700
the sooner I can get home,
uh, to my wife and daughter.
373
00:28:44,467 --> 00:28:46,400
We've been scratching around
all morning
374
00:28:46,433 --> 00:28:48,433
and we've been able to pull
some thawed pay.
375
00:28:48,467 --> 00:28:49,700
We've got a stockpile here,
376
00:28:49,734 --> 00:28:51,667
we're ready to fire
Slucifer back up.
377
00:28:58,834 --> 00:29:01,567
The crew now has
enough dirt stockpiled
378
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,567
to run Slucifer
24 hours a day.
379
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:07,300
And we worked on getting
all the frozen areas exposed
380
00:29:07,333 --> 00:29:09,967
so we can get this
ground thawed and get it
through the wash plant.
381
00:29:11,767 --> 00:29:13,800
Tell you what,
it's a good feeling
to be washing rocks
382
00:29:13,834 --> 00:29:16,433
and making some money.
383
00:29:16,467 --> 00:29:19,300
We need everyone on the
same page and everyone
working as a team,
384
00:29:19,333 --> 00:29:22,266
and that's exactly
what we're doing right now.
385
00:29:22,300 --> 00:29:23,900
Get that gold in the jar.
386
00:29:38,767 --> 00:29:39,800
Hey, Fred.
387
00:29:39,834 --> 00:29:41,467
I'm thinking, by Friday
we can have...
388
00:29:41,500 --> 00:29:43,266
most of this is
going to be done.
389
00:29:43,300 --> 00:29:45,767
We just need to go
full steam ahead
and push as hard as we can.
390
00:29:47,333 --> 00:29:52,333
Fred Lewis
and Green Beret JB Mayor
are clearing overburden
391
00:29:52,367 --> 00:29:56,500
to get down to pay dirt
on Fred's 92 acre claim.
392
00:29:56,533 --> 00:29:58,700
JB and I are just
going to have to
tag team off each other
393
00:29:58,734 --> 00:30:01,000
and get this done.
394
00:30:01,033 --> 00:30:04,600
After three days,
they've stripped
half of the area.
395
00:30:04,634 --> 00:30:06,834
Tests showed
it had the best gold.
396
00:30:09,767 --> 00:30:11,967
Damn it!
397
00:30:14,066 --> 00:30:17,233
Holy
This entire ground
is frozen.
398
00:30:18,667 --> 00:30:20,066
This is going
to take me forever.
399
00:30:20,100 --> 00:30:21,600
This is gonna
the entire season.
400
00:30:21,634 --> 00:30:26,166
I'm going to have to do this
to every piece of
ground I have.
401
00:30:28,100 --> 00:30:29,667
If I go a little deeper...
402
00:30:31,867 --> 00:30:33,000
Nah!
403
00:30:34,900 --> 00:30:36,066
Nope.
404
00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:38,066
All right.
405
00:30:38,100 --> 00:30:41,700
Hey, JB, uh, I need you
to come over here,
we got a major issue.
406
00:30:42,900 --> 00:30:44,734
Roger that,
Fred. I'm en route.
407
00:30:44,767 --> 00:30:45,834
Dude.
408
00:30:45,867 --> 00:30:47,033
Man, oh, man.
409
00:30:47,066 --> 00:30:49,100
Check this out.
This is permafrost.
410
00:30:49,133 --> 00:30:51,100
This is definitely not frost.
411
00:30:51,133 --> 00:30:53,867
Well, the biggest problem
is the 220.
412
00:30:53,900 --> 00:30:56,400
- This is to feed our
wash plant.
Yeah.
413
00:30:56,433 --> 00:30:58,533
It doesn't, it doesn't have
the power to get through
this ice.
414
00:30:58,567 --> 00:30:59,800
Wow.
415
00:30:59,834 --> 00:31:02,467
And my thought was,
we just get all this
overburden out,
416
00:31:02,500 --> 00:31:04,533
but it's taken me so long.
417
00:31:04,567 --> 00:31:06,767
- I mean, it's solid ice, dude.
- Look at that.
418
00:31:07,500 --> 00:31:09,100
Holy cow.
419
00:31:10,300 --> 00:31:11,934
This is the enemy
right now.
420
00:31:11,967 --> 00:31:13,133
Wow.
421
00:31:13,166 --> 00:31:14,700
I mean,
this ain't frost, bro.
422
00:31:14,734 --> 00:31:16,700
This is like three feet
of ice.
423
00:31:16,734 --> 00:31:18,400
- Yeah.
- This is permafrost.
424
00:31:22,667 --> 00:31:25,433
I'm looking at this right now
like a bank vault
that we have to crack.
425
00:31:25,467 --> 00:31:27,300
It's all over
and we can't get it to
any of the gold.
426
00:31:27,333 --> 00:31:29,800
I'm not kidding.
I could hear you just
slamming that ice, man.
427
00:31:29,834 --> 00:31:31,333
That's incredible.
428
00:31:32,667 --> 00:31:34,066
I mean, we need a dozer.
429
00:31:34,100 --> 00:31:36,800
And the only thing I can
think of is Brendan
has a dozer.
430
00:31:36,834 --> 00:31:39,133
I think we're going to have
to go meet the neighbors, man.
431
00:31:39,166 --> 00:31:41,667
Maybe convince him
to let us borrow it.
432
00:31:41,700 --> 00:31:43,066
Yeah, sounds good.
433
00:31:43,100 --> 00:31:45,033
- We'll make it happen.
- You got it, dude.
434
00:31:45,066 --> 00:31:46,900
ground.
435
00:31:46,934 --> 00:31:49,266
You know, I'm not going to lie
right now,
I'm pretty pissed off.
436
00:31:49,300 --> 00:31:52,166
Uh, we don't have
the right tools
to hit this creek
437
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,800
and I've got to crawl to
the neighbors and hopefully,
438
00:31:54,834 --> 00:31:56,433
win over some hearts
and minds.
439
00:31:56,467 --> 00:31:58,033
But at this point,
this is my only option.
440
00:31:58,066 --> 00:32:02,667
I'm not letting this ground
declare war on me
and not fighting back.
441
00:32:10,166 --> 00:32:11,734
How's it going?
442
00:32:11,767 --> 00:32:13,133
- Hey.
- Hey.
443
00:32:13,166 --> 00:32:16,767
22-year-old
Brendan Clayton has mined
the ground
444
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,967
next door to Fred's claim
for the last five years.
445
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,133
- Maybe you could
help me out a little bit.
- Yeah, shoot it away.
446
00:32:22,166 --> 00:32:25,233
Right now, the big question
I have is permafrost.
447
00:32:25,266 --> 00:32:26,700
Okay.
448
00:32:26,734 --> 00:32:29,467
- Seems to me that that place
is completely frozen.
- You're froze out.
449
00:32:29,500 --> 00:32:31,867
It's not happening.
But I see you have a dozer.
450
00:32:31,900 --> 00:32:34,300
I do. I do have a dozer. Yes.
451
00:32:34,333 --> 00:32:37,600
So, um, I hate to be
the neighbor that comes
452
00:32:37,634 --> 00:32:39,467
and ask for a favor right
off the bat,
453
00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:43,100
but maybe you guys
would let us borrow it.
454
00:32:45,100 --> 00:32:47,900
- Now, I don't have
a good budget...
- Right.
455
00:32:47,934 --> 00:32:50,867
I don't want to be
a freeloader,
so I'm kind of along the lines
456
00:32:50,900 --> 00:32:52,467
of thinking of
a bartering system
457
00:32:52,500 --> 00:32:54,500
or something I can help
you guys out with.
458
00:32:57,433 --> 00:32:59,767
Well, I could use your
rock truck probably here,
459
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:02,266
and maybe we could do some
trading and figure it out.
460
00:33:02,300 --> 00:33:04,033
Okay, yeah.
I could definitely offer
my rock truck
461
00:33:04,066 --> 00:33:05,533
if you could let me
use your dozer.
462
00:33:05,567 --> 00:33:08,033
I'll help you out if you
help me out, that's perfect.
463
00:33:08,066 --> 00:33:10,500
- Sounds like a deal to me.
Sounds like a deal.
- Appreciate it, brother.
464
00:33:10,533 --> 00:33:12,300
- Well, can we look
at your dozer?
- She's over there.
465
00:33:12,333 --> 00:33:13,900
- Let's go have a look.
- Yeah, yeah.
466
00:33:13,934 --> 00:33:15,166
How old is it?
467
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:17,967
Uh, 2008.
468
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:19,600
Oh, yeah.
469
00:33:19,634 --> 00:33:20,967
She's a beast.
470
00:33:25,500 --> 00:33:27,133
Here we go.
471
00:33:30,033 --> 00:33:33,767
All right, pretty cool.
This is pretty much, uh,
saving my day right now.
472
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:37,033
The D8 has
a five-foot ripper shank
473
00:33:37,066 --> 00:33:39,467
designed to tear
through concrete.
474
00:33:40,900 --> 00:33:42,533
Coming home, JB.
475
00:33:47,767 --> 00:33:49,467
- Hey, I see you.
- Yeah.
476
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,634
Look what I got.
- Whoo-hoo!
477
00:33:54,667 --> 00:33:56,533
He's letting us borrow it.
478
00:33:56,567 --> 00:33:58,233
We're going to owe him
some stuff in return.
479
00:33:58,266 --> 00:33:59,333
That's a beast.
480
00:33:59,367 --> 00:34:01,667
We only have it for
a few days, so you and me...
481
00:34:01,700 --> 00:34:03,834
Let's make it happen.
-...we're going to be
working nonstop.
482
00:34:03,867 --> 00:34:05,667
We've got 24 hours
of daylight, so.
483
00:34:05,700 --> 00:34:06,867
- Exactly.
- Yeah.
484
00:34:06,900 --> 00:34:08,700
I'm going to
get to work.
- All right. Right-o.
485
00:34:18,100 --> 00:34:20,734
Right now,
we're severely shorthanded.
486
00:34:20,767 --> 00:34:23,233
A mine site is not meant to be
run by two dudes.
487
00:34:23,266 --> 00:34:24,900
We can't do this all alone.
488
00:34:24,934 --> 00:34:26,266
We need the extra guys
up here,
489
00:34:26,300 --> 00:34:29,166
but trying to throw
a quick right hook
with this permafrost.
490
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:30,700
We're coming back swinging.
491
00:34:30,734 --> 00:34:32,567
Round two's going to us,
492
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:36,300
and we're going to keep
throwing punches, so we're
pretty stoked to be out here
493
00:34:36,333 --> 00:34:38,567
right now with my boy, JB,
two Green Berets
494
00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:41,233
running a mine site,
no big deal.
495
00:34:41,266 --> 00:34:42,967
This is how
it's supposed to be.
496
00:35:01,066 --> 00:35:05,033
Preparation for--
everything goes to Scribner,
to the engine.
497
00:35:08,467 --> 00:35:10,667
Tony Beets
is on the brink of
498
00:35:10,700 --> 00:35:14,266
reopening his
Indian River operation,
a move that could
499
00:35:14,300 --> 00:35:18,033
earn him almost
ten million dollars
this season.
500
00:35:18,066 --> 00:35:22,200
In anticipation of his
water permit
being issued today,
501
00:35:22,233 --> 00:35:25,233
Tony's sending truckloads
of equipment to the claim.
502
00:35:25,266 --> 00:35:26,734
Right in the sand, eh?
503
00:35:26,767 --> 00:35:28,300
Couldn't have done it
any better.
504
00:35:30,567 --> 00:35:34,333
I don't know how much piece of
equipment we're going to move.
505
00:35:34,367 --> 00:35:39,300
We already got three holes
in Indian,
there are three rock trucks
506
00:35:39,333 --> 00:35:43,967
already in the Indian,
so it keeps adding up
and adding up
507
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:45,533
till Tony says it's enough.
508
00:35:51,166 --> 00:35:52,533
Tony, do you copy?
509
00:35:56,700 --> 00:35:58,500
Hey, you want to come
to the office,
510
00:35:58,533 --> 00:36:00,133
we need to call
the water board.
511
00:36:03,967 --> 00:36:08,233
After two years
of waiting for his
license to be approved,
512
00:36:08,266 --> 00:36:09,834
it's the moment of truth.
513
00:36:51,433 --> 00:36:52,600
What did they say?
514
00:36:56,033 --> 00:36:57,233
Oh, lord.
515
00:37:12,867 --> 00:37:14,900
And you're moving all the...
the equipment as well.
516
00:37:16,433 --> 00:37:17,533
No.
517
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:23,133
Well...
518
00:37:25,734 --> 00:37:27,367
I know.
519
00:37:29,634 --> 00:37:32,300
Yeah. I know.
520
00:37:32,333 --> 00:37:34,100
Well, I'll talk to the kids.
521
00:37:34,133 --> 00:37:36,100
I mean, they're going to be
disappointed as well.
522
00:37:43,967 --> 00:37:45,333
Yeah.
523
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:50,967
Bye.
524
00:38:06,767 --> 00:38:09,233
Just hours ago,
the King of the Klondike
525
00:38:09,266 --> 00:38:11,867
was poised
for a record season,
526
00:38:11,900 --> 00:38:14,934
now, his plans have been
blown apart.
527
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:34,300
Well, yes.
528
00:39:53,333 --> 00:39:54,934
Come on, internet.
529
00:39:54,967 --> 00:39:56,333
Hi.
530
00:39:56,367 --> 00:39:58,266
What's going on, chiggy?
531
00:39:59,734 --> 00:40:00,800
Is that dad?
532
00:40:02,133 --> 00:40:04,700
Man, she looks like
she's getting bigger
every day.
533
00:40:04,734 --> 00:40:05,867
She is.
534
00:40:05,900 --> 00:40:07,233
It is so crazy.
535
00:40:07,266 --> 00:40:08,333
Yeah.
536
00:40:08,367 --> 00:40:09,934
She learns new things
every day.
537
00:40:09,967 --> 00:40:11,667
Well, I wish I was there,
babe.
538
00:40:11,700 --> 00:40:14,300
I know.
I'm glad
we're able to FaceTime.
539
00:40:14,333 --> 00:40:15,533
We miss you a lot.
540
00:40:16,867 --> 00:40:19,500
Yeah, she definitely
doesn't like to sit still.
541
00:40:19,533 --> 00:40:21,634
All right, babe.
Well, I can tell
you got your hands full.
542
00:40:21,667 --> 00:40:23,200
We miss you.
543
00:40:23,233 --> 00:40:24,333
I miss you, too.
544
00:40:24,367 --> 00:40:26,400
Can you wave bye?
545
00:40:26,433 --> 00:40:28,100
Oh, yeah.
There we go.
546
00:40:28,133 --> 00:40:29,467
- Bye.
- We love you.
547
00:40:33,133 --> 00:40:36,200
Well, you know, it's not much,
it's a blurry, you know,
video chat,
548
00:40:36,233 --> 00:40:39,266
but it's definitely
a whole lot better than
not seeing them.
549
00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:41,233
And, you know, we got
a lot of work to do here,
550
00:40:41,266 --> 00:40:43,834
uh, but it's nice to know
everything is going good
at home
551
00:40:43,867 --> 00:40:46,066
and, uh, just can't wait
to get home and,
552
00:40:46,100 --> 00:40:47,367
and see my wife
and my daughter.
553
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:48,533
We're one day closer.
554
00:41:02,700 --> 00:41:04,800
Whoo-hoo!
I'm gonna do some donuts.
555
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:12,467
We've broken up
all the permafrost we need,
556
00:41:12,500 --> 00:41:15,033
that's no longer an issue,
which is fantastic.
557
00:41:17,367 --> 00:41:20,967
Three days ago,
Fred Lewis
and his one-man crew
558
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:25,600
hit permafrost and borrowed
a dozer from his neighbor
to rip it,
559
00:41:25,634 --> 00:41:29,233
now, four acres of pay
is almost ready to run.
560
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,200
This is really great
of Brandon to let me use it.
561
00:41:33,233 --> 00:41:36,000
Definitely was not expecting
to get this much work done
562
00:41:36,033 --> 00:41:37,800
in this short period of time
with this dozer.
563
00:41:37,834 --> 00:41:40,800
So this is an absolute
game changer
564
00:41:40,834 --> 00:41:44,133
and, uh, I'm not going to lie,
it's pretty much saved
our season.
565
00:41:44,900 --> 00:41:46,266
Job done.
566
00:41:46,300 --> 00:41:47,400
Whoo!
567
00:41:51,433 --> 00:41:52,500
What's up?
568
00:41:52,533 --> 00:41:54,066
What is up, JB?
569
00:41:54,100 --> 00:41:55,467
We're getting it done, man.
570
00:41:55,500 --> 00:41:56,700
How fun is this, huh?
571
00:41:56,734 --> 00:41:58,834
- Man, it's great.
- Two dudes in a mine,
all by ourselves.
572
00:41:58,867 --> 00:42:00,533
- Man, it's awesome.
- Yeah, yeah.
573
00:42:00,567 --> 00:42:03,233
But I think, like, we've...
we've definitely gotten
a good handle of this,
574
00:42:03,266 --> 00:42:04,867
- but we need more men.
- Yeah.
575
00:42:04,900 --> 00:42:07,266
I've got... I've got two guys
I'm working on
getting up here.
576
00:42:07,300 --> 00:42:09,333
Um, I don't know
if you remember Stuart
from last season.
577
00:42:09,367 --> 00:42:11,600
Yeah, yeah.
Pretty much the only guy
that's coming back this year.
578
00:42:11,634 --> 00:42:13,300
Okay. Yeah.
579
00:42:13,333 --> 00:42:16,600
Uh, he's a really great dude,
probably one of my most
loyal friends, hard worker.
580
00:42:16,634 --> 00:42:17,700
Yeah.
581
00:42:17,734 --> 00:42:19,300
Um, then I'm bringing
my son up, Christopher.
582
00:42:19,333 --> 00:42:21,667
He's... he's 21,
just got out of the army.
583
00:42:21,700 --> 00:42:23,333
Kind of has a chip
on his shoulder.
584
00:42:23,367 --> 00:42:24,834
He's a hard worker.
585
00:42:24,867 --> 00:42:27,066
- Yeah, he just got
a lot to learn.
- Can he take orders from you?
586
00:42:27,100 --> 00:42:28,433
That's the question.
587
00:42:28,467 --> 00:42:30,500
Yeah, I don't know,
but I feel like, uh,
push him a little bit,
588
00:42:30,533 --> 00:42:33,000
give him some
leadership skills,
and give us a chance
589
00:42:33,033 --> 00:42:35,066
to work as a family, too,
it'd be kind of cool, but...
590
00:42:35,100 --> 00:42:37,400
- Yeah, I look forward
to meeting him.
- Oh, you're going to like him.
591
00:42:37,433 --> 00:42:39,767
You're going to like him,
but I'm going to try
to mobilize these guys
592
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:42,100
and get them up here
as soon as possible,
because...
593
00:42:42,133 --> 00:42:43,667
Sounds good. Yeah.
Good deal.
594
00:42:55,066 --> 00:42:56,600
Hey, Dozer.
595
00:42:56,634 --> 00:42:58,100
Are you on a golf ball hunt?
596
00:42:59,834 --> 00:43:01,133
How are you doing, young man?
597
00:43:01,166 --> 00:43:03,300
Fine.
598
00:43:03,333 --> 00:43:05,400
There's Dozer
on a golf ball hunt.
599
00:43:05,433 --> 00:43:07,567
You might as well
hit him a ball, huh?
600
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:11,700
At Scribner Creek,
the Schnabel crew gathers
for the weekly gold weigh.
601
00:43:13,834 --> 00:43:15,233
What's happening,
boys?
602
00:43:15,266 --> 00:43:16,800
Hey, Mitchell.
- Howdy?
603
00:43:16,834 --> 00:43:18,100
How's it going?
604
00:43:18,133 --> 00:43:21,200
I guess it all depends on
how much gold
you tell me we have.
605
00:43:21,233 --> 00:43:22,967
That's going to depend on
how good we're doing.
606
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:24,400
Yeah.
607
00:43:24,433 --> 00:43:25,634
Let's go weigh some gold.
608
00:43:25,667 --> 00:43:26,867
Sounds good.
609
00:43:26,900 --> 00:43:28,600
Let's see what you got.
610
00:43:28,634 --> 00:43:31,166
With Mud Mountain
still not stripped,
611
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:34,066
Parker is dependent
on the gold Mitch and Tyson
612
00:43:34,100 --> 00:43:37,900
mined out at the airstrip
cut to pay his bills.
613
00:43:37,934 --> 00:43:41,333
But the plant was down
for 36 hours.
614
00:43:41,367 --> 00:43:43,567
Let's go ahead
and count it out, Mitch.
615
00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:44,834
All right.
616
00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:49,367
So we're hoping for over
200 with our runtime.
617
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:50,433
Okay.
618
00:43:50,467 --> 00:43:53,867
All right, we got 20, 50,
619
00:43:54,767 --> 00:43:57,400
a 100, 120,
620
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:00,867
150, 180,
621
00:44:01,900 --> 00:44:04,100
200, 220,
622
00:44:06,233 --> 00:44:09,133
234.60.
623
00:44:09,166 --> 00:44:13,634
Worth over
$420,000,
624
00:44:13,667 --> 00:44:18,233
and beating the season average
by 23 ounces.
625
00:44:18,266 --> 00:44:20,634
Well, that's not bad,
especially, when you
take out in layers.
626
00:44:20,667 --> 00:44:22,600
I like it being
consistent, that's good.
627
00:44:22,634 --> 00:44:26,700
- Yeah.
- Exactly 2.2 ounces
an hour almost.
628
00:44:28,066 --> 00:44:30,166
And that's roughly
what we were doing last year.
629
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:31,400
Yeah.
630
00:44:31,433 --> 00:44:33,333
That's some
good-looking gold, Chris.
631
00:44:33,367 --> 00:44:36,266
- Very clean...
I did clean it.
632
00:44:36,300 --> 00:44:39,033
So another 230 ounces
in this clean up,
633
00:44:39,066 --> 00:44:40,367
what's that take us
to for the season?
634
00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:45,333
So we're about 656.45 ounces.
635
00:44:45,367 --> 00:44:46,467
Nice.
636
00:44:46,500 --> 00:44:47,800
We're getting there,
you know.
637
00:44:47,834 --> 00:44:49,600
If you guys can...
I know you're battling.
638
00:44:49,634 --> 00:44:52,567
I was trying to remember
when the last time
I sat in a rock truck was,
639
00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:56,367
and it made me, kind of,
it made me miss being
in machines a bit, but...
640
00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:59,333
That was pretty awesome
you jumped in there
and helped, man.
641
00:44:59,367 --> 00:45:00,500
- We needed it.
- Alrighty.
642
00:45:00,533 --> 00:45:02,100
- Let's put this away.
Thanks, guys.
643
00:45:02,133 --> 00:45:04,166
Thank you.
644
00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:07,967
You know, over 200 ounces
and now we had some
struggles this week,
645
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:10,266
lots of frozen ground,
we had all hands on deck.
646
00:45:10,300 --> 00:45:12,667
We even had Parker Schnabel
himself out in a rock truck.
647
00:45:12,700 --> 00:45:15,600
And if that's what it takes
to put gold on the table,
that's what we're going to do.
648
00:45:28,367 --> 00:45:30,433
So what's the news?
What's happening?
What's the latest?
649
00:45:37,433 --> 00:45:38,600
Seriously?
650
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:49,467
And nothing.
651
00:45:57,934 --> 00:46:00,600
- Well, it's meant to be.
I don't know.
- Yeah.
652
00:46:00,634 --> 00:46:02,700
Can we weigh
some gold, please?
653
00:46:02,734 --> 00:46:04,467
Yeah, this much.
654
00:46:07,033 --> 00:46:08,133
Yep.
655
00:46:08,166 --> 00:46:11,100
His 9000 ounce
goal is history.
656
00:46:11,133 --> 00:46:14,166
But just to pay for the
equipment he bought,
657
00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:17,166
Tony needs over
200 ounces a week.
658
00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:18,333
Y'all ready?
659
00:46:20,166 --> 00:46:21,500
Okay.
660
00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:28,133
10, 20,
661
00:46:28,166 --> 00:46:31,233
40, 50, 70, 80,
662
00:46:31,266 --> 00:46:33,266
90, 100,
663
00:46:33,300 --> 00:46:37,800
120, 130, 160,
664
00:46:37,834 --> 00:46:41,634
180, 190, 200,
665
00:46:41,667 --> 00:46:45,133
210, 220, 225,
666
00:46:46,433 --> 00:46:50,700
227.34 troy ounces.
667
00:46:50,734 --> 00:46:51,967
It's not too shabby.
668
00:46:53,266 --> 00:46:56,166
Worth over $400,000
669
00:46:57,934 --> 00:47:00,700
and a 100 ounces
more than last week.
670
00:47:02,433 --> 00:47:04,000
Like dad says,
better than nothing.
671
00:47:04,033 --> 00:47:06,967
- Well, it's not more
but it'll pay some bills.
672
00:47:11,433 --> 00:47:12,934
Yeah, I don't think
it makes a little dent.
673
00:47:24,066 --> 00:47:25,100
Yep.
674
00:47:32,767 --> 00:47:33,834
Make it happening?
675
00:47:37,634 --> 00:47:39,467
Okay,
we'll see you guys in...
676
00:47:41,266 --> 00:47:42,734
It sucks about the Indian,
though.
677
00:47:42,767 --> 00:47:44,100
At least,
the one good thing is
678
00:47:44,133 --> 00:47:46,467
the gold ain't
going anywhere.
679
00:47:46,500 --> 00:47:49,467
We will somehow make up here,
down the hill, I guess.
680
00:47:49,500 --> 00:47:52,433
Well, you don't have a choice,
you just keep
plowing through it.
681
00:47:52,467 --> 00:47:54,834
I'm not going to
lay awake from it,
let me put it to you.
682
00:47:54,867 --> 00:47:56,233
I know...
683
00:47:56,266 --> 00:47:58,166
I don't think
there's much
that'll keep you up at night.
684
00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:00,767
No, there's isn't very much
that does that to me anyway.
685
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:02,333
I could keep him up at night.
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