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We're off to a bit of a rocky start.
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There's a lot of frozen
pay, lot of confusing gravel.
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It's gonna be a steep learning curve.
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Gold miner Parker schnabel's plans
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for a record-breaking
season are in trouble.
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Three weeks in, he's mined just 36
ounces of his 10,000-ounce target.
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I mean, the numbers are terrible.
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That's a bit scary.
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Long road to 10,000.
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Most of the company is just
stripping at the bridge cut.
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It's gonna be a lot of stripping there.
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Lots of work to do, not a
whole lot of time to do it in.
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To catch up, Parker has split his crew.
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Half for stripping the bridge cut,
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but won't be down to pay dirt for weeks.
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The other half are working the long cut,
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which has delivered
problem after problem.
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Parker's only source of pay dirt
being run through wash plant Roxanne
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is from the ditches
surrounding the long cut,
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and that's about to run out.
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Mitch is hopefully gonna
get a handle on the long cut
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and then just start hammering payout.
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We have a lot of ounces due every week,
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and we've got a lot of bills to pay.
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So we'll give her the old college try.
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Come on.
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So the big battle of the long cut
here is we gotta chase the pay.
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But as you can see here,
the ground's still frozen.
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Mitch has stripped 4 acres of
the long cut down to frozen pay,
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which needs to thaw
before it can be sluiced.
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And now, there's another problem.
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As I'm working my way up
here, we started losing pay dirt.
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Now what I'm seeing
is a bunch of material
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that looks like it needs
to be going to a waste site.
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And so it's really tough to tell
exactly where we're at in this cut.
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Mitch has uncovered 4 acres of
frozen pay in the 20-acre long cut,
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but he's now hit overburden
that shouldn't be there.
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Mitch believes the gold pay layer
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has dropped in the rest of the cut,
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sinking lower as the heavy gold
settles on the earth's bedrock.
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If the pay layer has dropped too deep,
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the frozen dirt won't fall
in time to mine this season.
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A disaster for Parker.
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Are we 25 feet off? Are we 15 feet off?
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And really, we need to make
sure that we have, you know,
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absolutely no more than
about 15 feet of waste left,
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because if it's thicker than that,
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it's just not gonna thaw in time.
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What are you thinking?
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We had really good-looking
material and we had bedrock.
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But further we work our way upstream,
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we've lost pay, we've lost bedrock.
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And the problem is
everything is frozen up here,
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so I'm trying to dig down to see
where we're at and I can't get down.
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So we might be 8 inches,
we might be 18 feet.
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We could be a long ways away here.
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That's not good.
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And you can't dig any
holes to find anything else...
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And I can't dig any holes.
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Okay, so the best thing to do
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is just have the driller come in
here and just drill a couple holes.
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Dude, that'd be awesome.
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Because then you'll know
exactly where you're at.
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'Cause if there's 25 feet
left, we have problems.
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If there's like 15 or 10, then we're okay.
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Well, we need some X-ray
vision here, and that's gonna be it.
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At the cost of $20,000 a day,
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Parker calls in the Sonic drill
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to test how deep the
long cut's pay layer is.
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Some of this gravel
doesn't thaw very fast,
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and if it's like 20 feet or
more that we have to thaw,
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it's very difficult.
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Sometimes you have to spend some money,
like drilling or whatever, to be efficient.
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It'd be nice to dig a hole through this,
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but pretty tough when it's all frozen.
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But that drill doesn't have
any trouble getting through it.
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Yeah, definitely.
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Here comes the first sample now.
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Hopefully that's bedrock right
there. I mean, that would be awesome.
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If the drilling reveals the
pay is more than 20 feet down,
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it may not thaw in time
to be sluiced this season.
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Well, how'd we do?
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The deepest was 16.5 feet.
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- That was the deepest?
- Deepest.
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So from 15 was the shallowest to 16.5.
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- Wow. So very consistent then.
- Yeah.
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What did you find?
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15 foot to bedrock.
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Money! 15 feet. Yeah.
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If it's 15 feet the whole way, that's good.
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I was really worried it
was gonna be 20 or 25.
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With the depth of pay layer located,
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Mitch can get back to work,
clearing the 15 foot of waste
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on top of the pay in the long cut.
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You know, there's still a lot of work
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that needs to happen
out here in the long cut.
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And you know, right now we know
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there's a lot of material
that's got to get out of this cut.
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It is doable to get it mined this season,
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but we've got to do things right here.
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So we're down, but we're not out.
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10 miles southwest at Indian river,
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king of the klondike, Tony
beets, has hit the ground running,
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banking a record 849 ounces
of gold in just three weeks.
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Chelsea, how much
pay dirt you got up there?
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Still got a pretty good mountain here,
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and the trucks are still hauling to me.
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Off limits for years,
Tony's Indian river claim
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offers some of the most
consistent gold yields in the klondike.
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But right now, he only
has one plant banking gold
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from the comeback cut, sluice-a-lot.
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To keep up momentum, he
wants his second wash plant,
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the shaker deck, back up and running
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to chew through as
much ground as possible.
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Last week, Tony's two-plant
plan hit a stumbling block
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when his 30-year-old shaker
deck shook itself to pieces.
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Haul her down.
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- Tony's plan?
- Remove the 7 ton broken screen deck,
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then armor up the new
screen deck with steel plates.
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Next, haul the 50-ton plant
200 feet to a new pay pile,
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then place the new reinforced
screen deck back on the plant
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and finally add a
conveyor ready for fire up.
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So we're getting rid of
the whole shaker deck here
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'cause we have a brand
new one sitting in the yard.
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Tony tasks his nephew, cousin Mike,
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to get the shaker deck
running by the end of the week.
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First up, remove the
old broken screen deck.
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That's one job done. On to the next one.
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Next, Tony's crew reinforce the new
screen deck and hopper with steel plates.
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Tony changed the plan
that we put a steel plate
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1-inch thick for protecting
the new polydeck,
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and then we can put it
on the shaker deck plant,
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and then we got two
plants going, hopefully.
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That's the goal.
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Before fitting the new screen,
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cousin Mike hauls the plant 200
feet to the other side of the pay pile.
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This year, with eldest son Kevin
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no longer working
for the family business,
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Tony's promoted cousin
Mike to Indian river foreman.
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So Kevin is not here,
that makes a spot for me.
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Now I got this responsibility. I
hope I'll do a good job this year.
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For me, it's a big challenge.
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And yeah, if Kevin
would have been here,
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maybe I wouldn't have that opportunity.
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All right.
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Conveyor belt showed
up from paradise hill.
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'Cause that's got to
go in front of the plant.
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Darren, do you copy? Stop it.
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Stop. Darren, stop it.
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I don't think it hurt anything, but...
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We'll see.
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Tony, do you copy? Tony?
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Could you come to the screen deck?
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We have some damage here.
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At Indian river, the conveyor has
smashed into the hopper feeder
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on rookie foreman cousin Mike's watch.
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We got some damage here
on the end I have to weld.
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So yeah, that will slow
us down a couple of hours.
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And I'm the only welder here right now.
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Okay.
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So now they are around.
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I just wanna make a plan,
stick to the plan, and get it done.
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Let's do the thing, chicken wings.
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3 miles east at scribner creek,
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after 22 years of working for Tony,
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Kevin beets is now his own mine boss.
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Hi, everybody.
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Today, he and partner, faith,
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are calling their first crew
meeting with their new recruits.
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So we're starting a new mine,
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and I'm really hoping to
run it a little bit different
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than what we've had
to deal with in the past.
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You don't gotta like it, but I
really don't want you to dread it.
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And we have Brennan who
will be overseeing the cut.
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And hunter and chase, you
guys will be running the rock truck.
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And Matt, you'll be running
the excavator, loading the truck.
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And if you guys do see something
that looks off, let me know.
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We don't have spares,
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so it's not like we can just
throw you in different rock trucks.
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So please take care of your equipment.
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Our goal this year is 1,000 ounces.
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A thousand ounces.
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All right, well, we all got to
do and dirt to move, so let's go.
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I am so excited to get started mining.
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Get to see our piece of
land, get to do some work.
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Like, honestly
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I gotta go! I gotta go do some work.
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Go move some dirt.
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Roger that, boss.
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Exciting.
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These are the first bits of
iron to go down to the cut
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to get started on stripping.
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So at least we're finally making progress.
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On my way!
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Hopefully, I don't get lost.
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Joking.
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This is what I thought being
a mine boss would be like.
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It's the exact same as Tony's.
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I just don't have anybody I
gotta go double check with.
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Kevin's tasked the team
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with stripping the first
three acres of his links cut
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down to pay dirt by the end of the week
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using old equipment he
borrowed from dad Tony.
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I was hoping we'd get a little
bit more reliable equipment.
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We've had a lot of delays and we really
can't afford too many more at this point.
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We really need to get
sluicing as soon as possible.
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Then we can see some gold.
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We have a lot to do with our first season
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with green people,
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and, you know, I want to
get as much gold as possible
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by the time the snow starts flying.
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In charge of the cut in the 700 excavator,
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foreman Brennan ruault.
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When that call came
in Kevin and faith asked
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if I would like to be the foreman.
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You know, it lifted my spirits up.
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I wanna move up the ladder,
and they seemed right on board
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with offering me that opportunity.
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Working alongside Brennan in the 480,
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operator Matt kiefer.
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We've been trying to do this for years,
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come up and work with Brennan.
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He basically gave us a call and was like,
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"hey, would you like to come up?"
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Yeah, it's just awesome
to be moving dirt again.
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Hopefully there's a boatload
of gold underneath this.
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Frick yeah, I'm in the rock
truck working my butt off.
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Trucking the waste
overburden out of the cut,
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gold mining rookie, hunter canning.
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Well, it was a fricking cool opportunity
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that landed in my hands.
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When faith and Kevin find your TikTok,
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and all of a sudden you're in the Yukon.
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And now everybody's like, "you're
crazy, you left your government job."
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But I'm pretty used to this environment.
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I'm building my house in
the woods, so this is perfect.
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My truck is having a hard
time already backing up this.
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Man, I can't get up this hill.
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I'm spinning out. Like, I can't
get up this hill whatsoever.
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I'm gonna burn it.
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Come on, you dirty.
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Me sideways!
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00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:24,900
I think I hear something.
244
00:18:27,860 --> 00:18:29,436
Matt, you got a copy?
245
00:18:29,460 --> 00:18:31,636
Hey, I hear some air leaking noises
246
00:18:31,660 --> 00:18:33,236
from underneath the truck here.
247
00:18:33,260 --> 00:18:35,176
My diff lock's not working.
248
00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,036
We're gonna have to call Kevin.
249
00:18:37,060 --> 00:18:39,230
Hopefully it's not a really bad fix.
250
00:18:42,460 --> 00:18:46,676
The diff or differential
lock locks the axles
251
00:18:46,700 --> 00:18:50,076
so the truck's wheels
turn at the same speed,
252
00:18:50,100 --> 00:18:53,136
improving traction in muddy conditions.
253
00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:56,936
No, a lot of this is just Tony's not fixing it.
254
00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:02,136
So when it finally gets to me and
it grenades, it's now my problem.
255
00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:03,976
So it's Tony's sloppy seconds?
256
00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,230
Not even sloppy
seconds. From the trash.
257
00:19:10,300 --> 00:19:14,200
We have some lines that have
busted, so it's a nice quick fix.
258
00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:21,276
Airlines send pressurized
air to the diff lock,
259
00:19:21,300 --> 00:19:23,436
switching it on and off.
260
00:19:23,460 --> 00:19:27,830
To engage the diff lock,
Kevin replaces the broken hose.
261
00:19:28,660 --> 00:19:30,276
Luckily, this one is a quick fix,
262
00:19:30,300 --> 00:19:34,100
but this is just Tony's not doing.
263
00:19:34,700 --> 00:19:37,036
So that's not frustrating in the least.
264
00:19:37,060 --> 00:19:39,176
All right, when you're ready, hunter.
265
00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:44,076
Put it all the way down.
266
00:19:44,100 --> 00:19:45,600
Job is done.
267
00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,800
Finito. Back to moving dirt.
268
00:19:50,660 --> 00:19:52,636
Yeah, buddy.
269
00:19:52,660 --> 00:19:55,436
I know Tony didn't want to
give me, like, his best equipment,
270
00:19:55,460 --> 00:19:57,800
but this is a little ridiculous.
271
00:19:59,860 --> 00:20:02,500
Not a great start to
my morning. Not at all.
272
00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:19,530
We've hired the drillers to
know exactly where bedrock is.
273
00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,076
But the first hole was 15 feet to bedrock,
274
00:20:23,100 --> 00:20:28,200
which is good in terms of how
much waste we still have in the cut.
275
00:20:30,260 --> 00:20:33,336
After finding the pay layer in the long cut,
276
00:20:33,360 --> 00:20:38,736
Parker's crew is back to clearing
the remaining 16 acres of overburden
277
00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:40,430
to get to pay.
278
00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,136
Now after having the
drilling done out here,
279
00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,976
it looks like we've got about
15 to 16 feet to bedrock,
280
00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,236
and that means that we still have
281
00:20:52,260 --> 00:20:54,900
several feet of waste
here that needs to leave.
282
00:20:56,260 --> 00:20:59,676
To speed up removing
the excess overburden,
283
00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:04,076
Mitch has brought in the
150-foot-long super conveyor
284
00:21:04,100 --> 00:21:05,700
to take it out of the cut.
285
00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:08,536
This conveyor is getting rid of the dirt
286
00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,900
as fast as I can scoop
it up and dump it in here.
287
00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:14,630
It is working very well.
288
00:21:26,360 --> 00:21:28,000
Why are you piling up?
289
00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:35,900
You gotta be kidding me.
290
00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,736
Hey, bill, you got a copy?
291
00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:44,136
Yeah, go ahead, Mitch.
292
00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:47,336
Hey, man, I need you to get down
here to long cut as soon as you can.
293
00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:50,336
The excavator conveyor
just broke the hopper.
294
00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:51,636
Yeah, 10-4.
295
00:21:51,660 --> 00:21:53,336
Right now, the dirt from the hopper
296
00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:55,976
can't get on the main
belt to get out of the cut.
297
00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,936
And what that means is this conveyor is
not moving any more dirt right now, so...
298
00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:02,530
It was going good till it wasn't.
299
00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:19,236
Let's have a look here
and see what we can find.
300
00:22:19,260 --> 00:22:24,236
At dominion creek, Parker's
super conveyor is broken,
301
00:22:24,260 --> 00:22:29,700
bringing his plan to get the long
cut's remaining 16 acres down to pay
302
00:22:30,360 --> 00:22:31,736
to a standstill.
303
00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:39,576
So, motor's intact, but holy.
304
00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:43,676
It snapped the shaft right off. Wow.
305
00:22:43,700 --> 00:22:45,536
It's been through some abuse.
306
00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:47,376
Yeah, the sprockets are cooked as well.
307
00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,476
You can see now it's a lot bigger job.
308
00:22:49,500 --> 00:22:50,936
Which is a no bueno rubber ducky.
309
00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:54,500
Well, we may as well get right at it,
'cause I know they need this thing.
310
00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:04,306
Whoo!
311
00:23:04,330 --> 00:23:10,436
The custom built super conveyor's
hopper belt is turned by a drive shaft.
312
00:23:10,460 --> 00:23:14,776
As the drive shaft rotates,
it turns the sprockets,
313
00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:18,736
which connect to the chains
that drive the motion of the belt
314
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,136
inside the hopper feeder.
315
00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,476
The drive shaft has snapped,
316
00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:25,836
which has cracked both of the sprockets
317
00:23:25,860 --> 00:23:28,436
and disengaged one of the chains.
318
00:23:28,460 --> 00:23:31,836
Bill must replace the broken shaft,
319
00:23:31,860 --> 00:23:36,509
fit new perfectly-aligned
sprockets and reconnect the chains.
320
00:23:36,533 --> 00:23:37,533
34
321
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:40,736
Now, it's shaft time.
322
00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:42,400
Slide it in.
323
00:23:44,860 --> 00:23:48,576
Okay. Just tap your coupler
where the shaft is going in.
324
00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:49,976
Okay.
325
00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,000
Harder.
326
00:23:53,500 --> 00:23:54,500
There you go.
327
00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:56,976
How does that look? Pretty good?
328
00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,376
Looks real good.
329
00:23:58,400 --> 00:23:59,900
We'll put our sprockets on.
330
00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:04,176
If I don't get this exact center,
331
00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:05,736
the chain is gonna run crooked.
332
00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:09,376
We're gonna end up breaking
another shaft or something else.
333
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,830
It's all riding on, me
getting this right here.
334
00:24:14,460 --> 00:24:17,276
So, Liam, I'm gonna run this tape across.
335
00:24:17,300 --> 00:24:18,936
Yup.
336
00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:23,676
And you should be able to put the inside
of your sprocket right up against my tape.
337
00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:24,976
I'm ready. Where do you like it?
338
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,330
Right there.
339
00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:28,930
We are bang on.
340
00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:31,476
Wow. Lock it.
341
00:24:31,500 --> 00:24:32,876
We'll take that win.
342
00:24:32,900 --> 00:24:34,800
And let's get this chain in here.
343
00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,976
Bill and Liam reattach the chain
344
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,900
that connects the drive shaft to the belt.
345
00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:47,700
I think we've got to go
one over, one under.
346
00:24:50,100 --> 00:24:51,476
Gentlemen.
347
00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:53,276
Hey. How are you doing?
348
00:24:53,300 --> 00:24:54,476
Nice, Liam.
349
00:24:54,500 --> 00:24:55,800
Butterfingers.
350
00:24:56,860 --> 00:24:58,976
I have that effect on some people.
351
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,336
- Everything was so tight.
- What happened?
352
00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:02,776
The shaft snapped right off.
353
00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:03,836
Oof.
354
00:25:03,860 --> 00:25:05,536
So we put a new shaft in.
355
00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:07,736
Dude, those things have some power?
356
00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:08,976
- Yeah.
- That's crazy.
357
00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,336
- We just gotta get this little bit.
- -Right.
358
00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:12,536
We need this thing in the pit,
359
00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:13,736
so thank you guys for doing this.
360
00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:15,300
- No worries.
- Yeah.
361
00:25:19,860 --> 00:25:20,936
Damn!
362
00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:23,376
Let's fire this up.
363
00:25:24,030 --> 00:25:26,000
Here we go. Try it out.
364
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,476
Look at that.
365
00:25:32,500 --> 00:25:33,636
It's working!
366
00:25:33,660 --> 00:25:34,736
Yeah!
367
00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:35,976
Wow, look at the roll on that.
368
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:36,777
Look at it go.
369
00:25:36,801 --> 00:25:38,500
That's a thing of beauty right there.
370
00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:49,436
After six hours, the
super conveyor is back,
371
00:25:49,460 --> 00:25:52,230
removing the long cut's overburden.
372
00:25:53,660 --> 00:25:56,636
That was definitely a big break
there on that super conveyor.
373
00:25:56,660 --> 00:25:58,636
And I'm glad bill's got
her back up and going.
374
00:25:58,660 --> 00:26:02,676
That means we can finally get
the rest of this cut down to pay here.
375
00:26:02,700 --> 00:26:03,537
And that's a damn good feeling
376
00:26:03,561 --> 00:26:05,230
after all the work that's gone into it.
377
00:26:19,860 --> 00:26:22,830
A gorgeous day in the Yukon.
378
00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:28,036
Ten miles south, at Indian river,
379
00:26:28,060 --> 00:26:33,336
Tony beets' wash plant
sluice-a-lot is running full throttle.
380
00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:36,736
While rookie foreman
cousin Mike races to fix.
381
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:40,976
Tony's second wash
plant, the shaker deck.
382
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:42,636
The truck driver, he
drove the conveyor belt
383
00:26:42,660 --> 00:26:44,730
into the feeder that was sitting there.
384
00:26:45,460 --> 00:26:47,000
So, that wasn't very good.
385
00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:04,736
Repairs to the shaker's
hopper feeder complete,
386
00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,236
cousin Mike now needs to install
387
00:27:07,260 --> 00:27:10,336
the new reinforced screen deck,
388
00:27:10,360 --> 00:27:12,476
followed by the spray bar deck,
389
00:27:12,500 --> 00:27:15,000
and finally, the conveyors.
390
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,276
Youngest son, Mike,
391
00:27:26,300 --> 00:27:28,730
is Tony's heavy-equipment specialist.
392
00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:33,036
- Hey, cousin.
- Favorite cousin.
393
00:27:33,060 --> 00:27:35,476
- How's it going?
- Good. Yourself?
394
00:27:35,500 --> 00:27:36,676
Yeah, not too bad.
395
00:27:36,700 --> 00:27:38,981
Trying to figure out how to
put the shaker back together.
396
00:27:39,460 --> 00:27:40,676
It's generally pretty easy
397
00:27:40,700 --> 00:27:42,700
- once you get the on the Springs.
- -Yeah.
398
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:29,500
Mike lowers the 30-foot-long
screen deck onto eight Springs.
399
00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,100
That way?
400
00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:01,000
The deck won't slot on to the Springs.
401
00:29:51,260 --> 00:29:52,500
That's one.
402
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:54,800
Yeah, we're in.
403
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,836
After two days of moving equipment,
404
00:30:16,860 --> 00:30:19,976
fixes and reassembling the shaker deck,
405
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:24,636
cousin Mike is finally ready
to fire up the second plant.
406
00:30:24,660 --> 00:30:25,976
All right.
407
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,300
Now, let's see if everything works.
408
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:33,476
Shaker deck runs very smooth.
409
00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:37,476
The belt conveyor seems to work fine.
410
00:30:37,500 --> 00:30:39,336
It looks good enough
to run some dirt on it.
411
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:41,276
- Good?
- Yeah.
412
00:30:41,300 --> 00:30:42,500
Okay, open it up.
413
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,136
Let's see what she does now.
414
00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:46,536
It's coming.
415
00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:48,530
I don't see any water yet.
416
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:52,300
There's our water.
417
00:30:57,300 --> 00:30:58,900
Michael.
418
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,436
Michael, you gotta slow it down.
419
00:31:02,460 --> 00:31:04,076
What the hell is going on?
420
00:31:04,100 --> 00:31:06,530
I have to have a look at
what the water is doing.
421
00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:13,000
Shut it off. Shut the plant off.
422
00:31:20,100 --> 00:31:22,430
Shut it off. Shut the plant off.
423
00:31:26,700 --> 00:31:31,030
At Indian river, Tony's push
to get two plants running
424
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,960
is not going to plan.
425
00:31:45,100 --> 00:31:49,276
We weld the one-inch
thick plate of steel in there.
426
00:31:49,300 --> 00:31:50,736
The water was hitting the plate of steel,
427
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:52,076
so water everywhere.
428
00:31:52,100 --> 00:31:53,376
There has to be some welding.
429
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:54,936
But I'm the only welder right now,
430
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,176
and I have lots of things to do beside it.
431
00:32:04,900 --> 00:32:06,560
Yeah.
432
00:32:11,060 --> 00:32:15,176
The steel plates Tony had
his crew weld on the plant
433
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:16,836
are diverting the water
434
00:32:16,860 --> 00:32:20,136
before it can wash the gold from the dirt,
435
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:25,836
rendering the plant useless
until cousin Mike can fix it.
436
00:32:25,860 --> 00:32:27,476
I've been doing all kinds of things,
437
00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:29,236
but the plant is still not going.
438
00:32:29,260 --> 00:32:30,830
Starting to get pissed off.
439
00:32:47,900 --> 00:32:50,636
Gold mining is just, right up my alley.
440
00:32:50,660 --> 00:32:52,530
I like it. I like it a lot, so...
441
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,336
Over on Kevin beets' claim,
442
00:32:56,360 --> 00:33:00,676
his crew is rushing to get
down to pay dirt in the lynx cut
443
00:33:00,700 --> 00:33:03,236
before the end of the week.
444
00:33:03,260 --> 00:33:05,536
I wouldn't mind catching some
gold and bringing some back.
445
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:07,436
It's a bit of a dream of mine.
446
00:33:07,460 --> 00:33:11,130
So, I want to move out of my
parents' basement at some point, so...
447
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:13,836
New hire chase dreger
448
00:33:13,860 --> 00:33:18,700
worked at a gravel pit before
responding to Kevin's job posting.
449
00:33:24,460 --> 00:33:27,130
Something doesn't
feel right with this truck.
450
00:33:28,260 --> 00:33:29,630
Hey, Kevin, you got a copy?
451
00:33:30,260 --> 00:33:31,207
Go for Kevin.
452
00:33:31,231 --> 00:33:32,706
Something's not right with my truck.
453
00:33:32,730 --> 00:33:33,227
All right.
454
00:33:33,251 --> 00:33:35,336
See if you can limp
that thing up to the yard.
455
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:36,836
I'll meet you up there.
456
00:33:36,860 --> 00:33:38,736
All right.
457
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:39,737
What a start.
458
00:33:39,761 --> 00:33:42,000
Finally get going, and
I'm already broken down.
459
00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,536
Another rock truck breakdown
460
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:50,330
is bad news for Kevin's stripping plan.
461
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,900
That's not good.
462
00:33:58,060 --> 00:33:59,900
I think I found part of the problem.
463
00:34:01,860 --> 00:34:05,276
This piece is chewed up.
464
00:34:05,300 --> 00:34:06,476
Not great.
465
00:34:06,500 --> 00:34:08,736
It's part of the rocker arm assembly.
466
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:11,336
Also, there's supposed to
be a nut on the top of this.
467
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:13,730
Where did it go?
468
00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:17,736
The broken rocker arm
469
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:19,876
will prevent the engine's valves
470
00:34:19,900 --> 00:34:22,536
from opening and
closing at the right time
471
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:24,476
and shut it down.
472
00:34:24,500 --> 00:34:27,376
With a spare part, it's a quick fix.
473
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:31,136
But a missing nut is a
much bigger problem.
474
00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:33,136
If the nut got into the wrong spot,
475
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:35,236
in between one of
these things that move,
476
00:34:35,260 --> 00:34:38,136
pretty big engine failure possibility.
477
00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:41,176
I don't think it's going to get
up and running right away.
478
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:42,600
I'm very certain of that.
479
00:34:45,260 --> 00:34:49,036
Kevin is down to just one rock truck
480
00:34:49,060 --> 00:34:51,700
hauling dirt in the lynx cut.
481
00:34:53,460 --> 00:34:56,376
I'm starting to get extremely
frustrated, you know, looking around.
482
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:57,736
Matt's got his bucket in the air
483
00:34:57,760 --> 00:34:59,836
half the day, waiting
for these rock trucks.
484
00:34:59,860 --> 00:35:03,076
Breakdown after
breakdown after breakdown,
485
00:35:03,100 --> 00:35:04,700
and, this is killing us.
486
00:35:05,700 --> 00:35:08,076
Hey, Kevin, buddy, you mind
coming down to the cut here?
487
00:35:08,100 --> 00:35:10,136
Can do. I'll, wander over.
488
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:11,600
Yeah. Thanks, man.
489
00:35:17,060 --> 00:35:18,076
How's she going?
490
00:35:18,100 --> 00:35:19,876
All these breakdowns are killing us.
491
00:35:19,900 --> 00:35:22,336
- Yes.
- -I need another truck.
492
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:24,436
I can't have him sit
there, not doing nothing.
493
00:35:24,460 --> 00:35:26,136
Like, 1,000 ounces is a big goal,
494
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:28,400
and it just keeps getting
farther away at this point.
495
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,536
Case in point, isn't it?
496
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,500
He's doing a lot more of that
than loading it seems like right now.
497
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:43,736
Well, I can't rely on
Tony for any equipment
498
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,236
because that keeps biting me in the butt.
499
00:35:46,260 --> 00:35:48,536
So do you have a line on
anything for us here, buddy?
500
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:50,236
Well, we talked to Parker
501
00:35:50,260 --> 00:35:52,450
because he did have
that lineup of rock trucks.
502
00:35:52,474 --> 00:35:52,836
Right.
503
00:35:52,860 --> 00:35:55,076
And he mentioned
that those were for sale.
504
00:35:55,100 --> 00:35:56,436
We've got to spend
money to make money.
505
00:35:56,460 --> 00:35:59,030
And I might as well at this
point be spending it on my own.
506
00:36:00,060 --> 00:36:02,236
At least that way, at the
end of the day, it's still mine.
507
00:36:02,260 --> 00:36:03,400
I get to keep it.
508
00:36:05,900 --> 00:36:07,430
We definitely need a new truck.
509
00:36:08,260 --> 00:36:10,376
I'm spending quite a
bit of cash right now,
510
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:12,236
and there's nothing coming in yet.
511
00:36:12,260 --> 00:36:14,336
The piggy bank is gonna run dry soon
512
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:15,636
if I keep going at this pace.
513
00:36:15,660 --> 00:36:18,730
So that is starting to get to me a little bit.
514
00:36:20,100 --> 00:36:23,236
Six miles north of Kevin's claim
515
00:36:23,260 --> 00:36:26,936
is his only hope of a working rock truck,
516
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,336
neighbor Parker schnabel.
517
00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:31,676
How much are you hoping
to spend on the rock truck?
518
00:36:31,700 --> 00:36:33,136
Hundred grand.
519
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,736
That's, kind of, like, what
I'm hoping to get away with.
520
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:39,436
I was hoping we would have
some gold coming in by now.
521
00:36:39,460 --> 00:36:42,436
Paying from the savings is kind of scary.
522
00:36:42,460 --> 00:36:45,830
I'm hoping that Parker will
allow us deferred payment.
523
00:36:47,500 --> 00:36:50,200
Let's, look at some trucks.
524
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:53,930
Come on, let's go.
525
00:36:56,860 --> 00:36:58,876
The engine's quite clean on this one.
526
00:36:58,900 --> 00:37:00,160
I wonder if it's new.
527
00:37:01,460 --> 00:37:04,836
Parker's trucks are old a40s,
528
00:37:04,860 --> 00:37:07,736
able to haul 40-ton loads.
529
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:11,400
A new model costs $300,000.
530
00:37:13,300 --> 00:37:15,736
I'm looking for anything that will tell me
531
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:18,636
that there is major issues.
532
00:37:18,660 --> 00:37:22,076
So, like, a little bit, of leaky stuff,
533
00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:23,536
like, that's, that's normal.
534
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:25,636
Manufacturing year, 2003.
535
00:37:25,660 --> 00:37:28,076
For 2024, that makes 21 years.
536
00:37:28,100 --> 00:37:29,536
It's old enough to drink.
537
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:32,136
Major components look
to be in good condition.
538
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:33,936
Yeah, compared to Tony's machines,
539
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:36,636
I have a bit more faith in these ones
540
00:37:36,660 --> 00:37:41,476
to run without needing
aggressive work right off the bat.
541
00:37:41,500 --> 00:37:42,776
And since these are a bit older,
542
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:44,700
maybe we can get a better deal.
543
00:37:47,860 --> 00:37:49,736
- Hey, Parker.
- Hello.
544
00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:51,576
You're here for a rock truck?
545
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:52,736
Here for a rock truck. Hopefully, yeah.
546
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:55,076
You can definitely buy the
547
00:37:55,100 --> 00:37:56,736
I've been looking at that one the hardest.
548
00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:58,836
Tires might need air and stuff.
549
00:37:58,860 --> 00:38:00,530
Price is the same.
550
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:02,276
Hundred?
551
00:38:02,300 --> 00:38:04,600
- And ten.
- 110.
552
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,936
- Go 105?
- I don't haggle.
553
00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:12,230
Buy it or don't buy it. I don't really care.
554
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,836
Feel free to fire it up.
Go through it. Whatever.
555
00:38:15,860 --> 00:38:17,030
I'll go find you some air.
556
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:24,836
It's a little more than I
wanted to pay, but it's here.
557
00:38:24,860 --> 00:38:26,636
And it's hard to negotiate from a position
558
00:38:26,660 --> 00:38:28,500
of well, we really need something.
559
00:38:33,860 --> 00:38:36,336
You should be doing this, not me, Kevin.
560
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:37,376
You're the mechanic.
561
00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:40,400
- Don't blow yourself up.
- Definitely won't.
562
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:45,436
Do you think there's some
wiggle room in pricing with Parker?
563
00:38:45,460 --> 00:38:48,076
He's kind of got all the
bargaining power right now...
564
00:38:48,100 --> 00:38:49,400
- Yeah.
- And he knows it.
565
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:55,376
You got it all aired up?
566
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:56,730
Got it all aired up.
567
00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,076
- 110 then?
- What?
568
00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:00,776
110?
569
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:02,636
Are you ready to commit?
570
00:39:02,660 --> 00:39:05,436
Are you okay to have a
payment later in the season?
571
00:39:05,460 --> 00:39:06,277
Is that good for you?
572
00:39:06,301 --> 00:39:08,236
I don't need to get paid right away,
573
00:39:08,260 --> 00:39:10,036
but I can't have you back out.
574
00:39:10,060 --> 00:39:12,076
That's the only thing.
575
00:39:12,100 --> 00:39:14,376
- You're paying whether it falls apart...
- -Yeah.
576
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:16,576
And is useless or whatever.
577
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:17,577
- It's all good.
- Okay.
578
00:39:17,601 --> 00:39:19,236
- So you're taking it?
- I'm taking it.
579
00:39:19,260 --> 00:39:20,976
- 110?
- 110.
580
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:22,330
All right. Congratulations.
581
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:27,900
Now just watch, it's not
going to fire up for us.
582
00:39:31,700 --> 00:39:33,476
Ka-boom.
583
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:36,400
It lives.
584
00:39:37,860 --> 00:39:39,676
The only saving grace for us
585
00:39:39,700 --> 00:39:40,507
is literally having to pay it later.
586
00:39:40,531 --> 00:39:43,736
But that later date has an end date.
587
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:47,436
So if we don't get gold in the
box soon, it's gonna bite us.
588
00:39:47,460 --> 00:39:48,936
I hope it works out.
589
00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:50,700
Let's get it back to camp and find out.
590
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:56,136
With the new truck,
591
00:39:56,160 --> 00:40:00,000
Kevin has a shot of
getting down to pay soon.
592
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:03,736
It just sounds really nice, honestly.
593
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:05,600
Like, you can hear that, like...
594
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:08,360
Sounds nice.
595
00:40:10,100 --> 00:40:11,976
Yeah, I think this really, kind of, shows
596
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,236
that I can make my own deals.
597
00:40:14,260 --> 00:40:17,176
I don't have to always rely on Tony.
598
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:18,836
Stepping out on our own,
599
00:40:18,860 --> 00:40:22,000
that is part of being
the boss of a company.
600
00:40:33,660 --> 00:40:35,736
When I started here,
I got a service truck,
601
00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:37,636
and all the tools that
were in it were yellow.
602
00:40:37,660 --> 00:40:41,536
So I am going to spray
my tools all yellow.
603
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:43,536
So then I will know who to shoot
604
00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:45,530
when, they take my tools.
605
00:40:48,300 --> 00:40:50,976
My first week, Tony put me on a dozer
606
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:52,336
because my dad used to do it,
607
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:54,976
and he wanted to try me
out, and it turned out good.
608
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:56,836
But at Indian river this year,
609
00:40:56,860 --> 00:41:00,436
Tony wants me to take care
of the plants and all the people.
610
00:41:00,460 --> 00:41:01,576
Did I think in the beginning
611
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:03,236
that I would be where I am now?
612
00:41:03,260 --> 00:41:04,436
No.
613
00:41:04,460 --> 00:41:08,776
But, here, when you work
hard for Tony, you can grow.
614
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:10,676
It gets appreciated.
615
00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:12,200
And I really like that.
616
00:41:12,900 --> 00:41:17,536
So the goal this year is,
to get some gold, of course,
617
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:18,537
keep equipment running.
618
00:41:18,561 --> 00:41:19,976
And for that, I need my tools.
619
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,576
So I hope no one will take my tools.
620
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:24,130
They better don't take my tools.
621
00:41:37,500 --> 00:41:40,976
I'd definitely say I'm happy with this.
622
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:48,000
Kevin beets has dropped
$110,000 on a 21-year-old rock truck.
623
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:51,876
What is this?
624
00:41:51,900 --> 00:41:53,276
Look at our shiny new whip.
625
00:41:53,300 --> 00:41:55,936
Not that shiny, but it's new to us.
626
00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:57,276
New-ish. Yeah.
627
00:41:57,300 --> 00:41:59,136
Forty ton, too. That's awesome.
628
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:00,536
Well, I wasn't expecting you guys
629
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:02,736
to go and come back the
same day with the truck.
630
00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:05,376
Well, we kind of got to if we
want to get the cuts down to pay.
631
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:06,776
Right on, guys. I'm happy.
632
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:08,376
This is great because
I'm sick of watching Matt
633
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:09,976
sit there with his boom in the air.
634
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:11,076
I'll tell you that. Awesome.
635
00:42:11,100 --> 00:42:12,836
High five. Appreciate it.
636
00:42:12,860 --> 00:42:13,936
Whoo!
637
00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:16,700
- Hoorah! Hoorah!
- Hoorah!
638
00:42:19,260 --> 00:42:24,836
Kevin's new a40 gets his
stripping operation back up to speed.
639
00:42:24,860 --> 00:42:27,236
But after another week of delays,
640
00:42:27,260 --> 00:42:30,830
his crew have missed
the deadline for hitting pay.
641
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:34,876
We wanted to get
sluicing end of the month.
642
00:42:34,900 --> 00:42:38,636
So the sooner we hit pay, the
sooner we approach that goal.
643
00:42:38,660 --> 00:42:40,736
Further behind than I would have liked.
644
00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:42,776
But we're just going to
keep on plugging away,
645
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:44,476
and, hopefully, we'll get it.
646
00:42:44,500 --> 00:42:46,730
Well, not hopefully, we're gonna get it.
647
00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:56,337
Hey, guys.
648
00:42:56,361 --> 00:42:57,976
Hello.
649
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,936
Despite failing to get the shaker deck
650
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:03,136
running on the Indian river,
651
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:07,630
Tony's sluice-a-lot plant
ran non-stop for a week.
652
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:11,536
Well, I hope you can count that high.
653
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:14,336
He only has ten fingers.
654
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:18,430
So we've got sluice-a-lot,
but not the shaker deck.
655
00:43:22,100 --> 00:43:25,000
Ruby told me there was a bit
of excitement with the water.
656
00:43:30,660 --> 00:43:33,676
Anyways, I think we've got lots of
gold here that should be weighed up.
657
00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:40,136
The beets need 150 ounces
658
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:44,000
to break 1,000 for the season so far.
659
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:52,236
20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80.
660
00:43:52,260 --> 00:43:55,636
130, 140, 150, 160.
661
00:43:55,660 --> 00:44:01,000
200, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250.
662
00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:05,800
255.38.
663
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:11,136
Worth nearly $640,000.
664
00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:16,900
The beets season total
is now 1,105 ounces.
665
00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:23,300
- Yeah, it's decent.
- Yeah.
666
00:44:31,060 --> 00:44:33,660
I want to get my plant going
right away as soon as possible, too.
667
00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:37,277
You know.
668
00:44:37,301 --> 00:44:39,300
Don't ask questions, dad.
669
00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:44,236
Yeah.
670
00:44:44,260 --> 00:44:46,376
My back hurts.
671
00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:50,176
Make like a tree and get out here.
672
00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:51,936
Well, if we keep on going like this, babe,
673
00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:54,000
we might get to 5,000 and a bit.
674
00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:14,976
Well, I mean, hey, we spent some
money this week on some drilling...
675
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:16,676
- Yeah.
- But it was well worth it,
676
00:45:16,700 --> 00:45:17,976
to find out where that ground was.
677
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:22,936
It's been another a bad
week for Parker's crew.
678
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:26,776
The long cut has four acres of frozen pay
679
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:30,376
that needs to thaw
before it can be sluiced
680
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:36,136
and another 16 acres that needs
15 feet of overburden removed.
681
00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:38,036
Fifteen feet is a lot of dirt.
682
00:45:38,060 --> 00:45:41,300
Every foot is, like, 80,000 yards.
683
00:45:42,260 --> 00:45:44,036
- Seriously.
- Really.
684
00:45:44,060 --> 00:45:45,276
The pit's that big, yeah.
685
00:45:45,300 --> 00:45:46,406
And it's frozen, too.
686
00:45:46,430 --> 00:45:48,576
- Just to add a little insult to injury.
- Right. Yeah.
687
00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:50,336
Just need a lot of gold to pay for all that.
688
00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:51,536
Yeah, yeah.
689
00:45:51,560 --> 00:45:53,436
Did we find any this week, doumitt?
690
00:45:53,460 --> 00:45:55,076
All I can say is it's better than last week.
691
00:45:55,100 --> 00:45:57,436
That doesn't take much.
692
00:45:57,460 --> 00:46:01,836
Parker's crew has finished
sluicing the long cut's ditch pay,
693
00:46:01,860 --> 00:46:06,236
which, last week,
delivered just 30 ounces.
694
00:46:06,260 --> 00:46:08,636
Mitch, you've, kind of,
been busting your butt here.
695
00:46:08,660 --> 00:46:10,900
- Why don't you weigh the baby out?
- All right.
696
00:46:12,500 --> 00:46:13,900
Here we go.
697
00:46:15,700 --> 00:46:17,000
There's ten.
698
00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:19,936
There's 20.
699
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:23,800
There's 30, 40, 50, 60,
700
00:46:24,460 --> 00:46:28,900
70, 80, 90.
701
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:32,900
99.45.
702
00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:38,600
Just shy of a quarter of a million dollars.
703
00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:41,236
- 99.45?
- Yeah.
704
00:46:41,260 --> 00:46:42,976
- You didn't have another...
- I was digging around everywhere,
705
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:44,336
trying to come up with
another half ounce just to
706
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:46,630
you didn't have a half ounce
of gold anywhere in here?
707
00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:49,736
Could have got us into triple digits.
708
00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:51,776
Come on, Chris.
709
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:56,536
That's a lot of sluicing
for, you know, under 100.
710
00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:59,636
But it was a huge
boost to our season total.
711
00:46:59,660 --> 00:47:04,076
We are now up to 135.85 ounces.
712
00:47:04,100 --> 00:47:07,836
- We'll be at 10,000 next week.
- -Yeah.
713
00:47:07,860 --> 00:47:09,136
Well, it's going in the right direction.
714
00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:11,136
But, man, I mean,
that's like the old days.
715
00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:14,276
I remember when, you know,
it was a fight to get to 1,000.
716
00:47:14,300 --> 00:47:17,136
And man, it looks like we're...
717
00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:19,336
- It looks like it is again.
- Yeah.
718
00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:22,736
It's going to be a tough
one, but we'll get through it.
719
00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:24,636
It's just gonna be a while.
720
00:47:24,660 --> 00:47:26,836
- All right. Thanks, guys.
- All right. Yup.
721
00:47:26,860 --> 00:47:27,876
Have a good one.
722
00:47:27,900 --> 00:47:32,376
Remember, triple... triple it next week.
723
00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:37,130
The long cut, it's going to make
this season a little bit difficult.
724
00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:39,376
It's just deep.
725
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:41,336
And these problems we're
having with frost and whatnot
726
00:47:41,360 --> 00:47:44,230
are gonna tip the scales
into it losing money.
727
00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:48,030
We'll get through it.
728
00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:51,660
Yeah. We'll survive one way or another.
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