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King of the klondike,
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Tony beets' fastest ever start
to a season is starting to stall.
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Tony's early blitz has pulled
in 2,600 ounces of gold,
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but it's wreaked havoc on his
two Indian river wash plants.
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The shaker deck needs major repairs,
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and now sluice-a-lot is
also down for maintenance,
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leaving only one claim
bringing in the gold.
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40 miles north at paradise hill.
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Rock truck drivers, rock truck drivers.
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I have Troy watering the road
so you don't dust each other out.
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The pressure is on
Tony's youngest son, Mike,
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to keep their only running
wash plant sluicing.
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I do enjoy being in charge.
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I'm not trying to do what my dad wants,
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I'm trying to do it the way I want.
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Sometimes you just need
someone to make a decision.
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Do it. Don't and er.
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Don't get stuck in
limbo, make a decision.
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It's very simple like that.
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Mike is running the super pit's
gold-rich white channel pay dirt
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through Tony's main moneymaker,
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the 35-year-old trommel.
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What's going on?
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I don't like the sound of that generator.
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Do you think we might
have another one?
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I doubt it.
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The transfer pump on the generator is.
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It means my generator is surging
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'cause it's not getting
enough consistent fuel.
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It causes a lot of issues down the line.
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It could fry electronics, it could force
something to accidentally shut off.
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It can do a whole whack
load of that's just not nice.
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If the generator sends too
much power to the trommel...
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Shut it off!
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It could blow the motors
that spin the trommel,
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shutting it down for weeks.
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In five to ten minutes, I'm gonna let
you know if we're working today or not.
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It's just not... Yeah, I'm gonna call.
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My generator's surging.
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The transfer pump is
not working very well.
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Exactly what I thought,
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cause that's just asking for trouble.
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I'm just letting you know,
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but I might be sending my guys home.
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Okay, then I'll talk to you later, dad.
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Okay, bye.
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Boys and girls, gather around!
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Close it up, we're not sluicing today.
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All right, we're gonna
be hauling pay today.
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We're gonna be stacking it,
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and we're gonna go have a
nice, lovely day of moving pay.
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Mike sends his entire crew
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to the super pit half a mile away...
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Pull ahead, come straight back.
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To dig out pay dirt, haul it back
to stockpile near the trommel,
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ready to run once the surging
generator has been fixed.
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Yeah, this ground right now is a bit soft,
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but I think it's still workable.
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It's very frustrating.
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All my stuff is real old.
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It's been old and decrepit
from when I was young,
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so now it's real old and decrepit.
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I got the only plant that was running,
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so I'd better get this going again
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'cause otherwise we
ain't making no money.
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My generator's decided
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it doesn't wanna exist no more.
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I'd greatly appreciate it
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'cause I ain't got nothing
here working that I know of.
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Perfect.
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They're working in the cuts for now,
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hauling pay and maybe a bit of stripping.
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I know.
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Tony, you got a copy, Tony?
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The excavator in the super pit's stuck.
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The one Braeden's in.
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I was trying to clear out
some of the black muck
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on top of the pay.
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There was a bit of a soft spot,
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and the front of my track sank.
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I am now stuck.
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21-year-old Braeden Miller
has sunk his 48-ton excavator,
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bringing Mike's stripping
operation to a halt.
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'Cause people don't listen.
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You should've felt it was too soft
the moment you got over there.
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Hey, dad, if I dig out
a bit more over there,
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do you think you'd be
able to spin this way?
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'Cause then I can grab ya.
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Maybe.
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That's a pain in the ass, but we
got it done. That's all that matters.
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On the bright side, at least we managed
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to get 'em out pretty successfully.
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Oof, put your biceps away.
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Someone's gotta have guns on site.
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Okay.
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Beautiful, baby. Yes.
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40 miles south,
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it's a monumental day for
Tony's eldest son, Kevin.
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That's working beautiful.
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After months of breakdowns,
fights, and delays,
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Kevin's finally ready to
fire up his wash plant...
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Boom!
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And catch his first gold
as his own mine boss.
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I didn't start my summer
with a wash plant ready to go,
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so it's only natural that we're
a little slower getting going.
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Who do you think set up all the plants?
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Who do you think set up Mike's plant?
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You think set up Monica's plant?
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Yeah, it wasn't them, it was me.
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The only difference, really,
at the end of the day now
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is that I get to keep all the shiny yellow
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as opposed to handing
it off to somebody else.
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Little bit, little bit.
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Little bit.
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Slide horizontally, 4 inches.
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Right there. That looks pretty deadly.
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Deadly, cousin!
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So far, this year, it has really
felt, like, problem after problem,
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but we've been making it work.
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We got our super stacker in place,
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we have the feeder and water lines.
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The goal is definitely to get running.
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The bills are piling up and we
gotta get some gold in the box.
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It's about time.
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Chasing an ambitious
1,000-ounce target,
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Kevin has got his wash plant all set up.
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And a mountain of lynx
cut pay ready to run.
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All he needs now is power.
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We're gonna be bringing
in a new power source
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that, to my knowledge, nobody
else in the Yukon is using.
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Tony's not using it, Parker's not using it.
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Nobody is, so I'm
excited for that to show up.
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Kevin's investing over
$100,000 of his life savings
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on a new generator fueled by two
1,000-gallon liquid propane tanks.
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We have this lovely
120-kilowatt propane generator
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that will run everything that we
need to run. It's gonna be nice.
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The big benefit for propane
is it burns cleaner than diesel.
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So right off the bat, it's
better for the environment
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and, well, it's cheaper.
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Diesel these days is expensive.
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On the other side, liquid
propane is much more flammable.
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We do not need a ka-boom on site.
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Let's go to your plant.
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Hauling in the propane tanks,
beets veteran, len hoekstra.
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Yeah, I have a little
bit of hard time to get in.
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The moment I straight
out my truck with my hood,
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I will be in the bushes.
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So right now, this approach
is not exactly in a good spot.
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Whichever direction len keeps
coming from he ends up jackknife,
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so trailer, truck, and pushing
into trees and into dirt piles.
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This is not good.
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I got a little bit problem.
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Back, I try it again.
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We need a little bit
more room over there.
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Let me try.
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There, now he's got a chance.
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Perfect.
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Not a lot of room, but we got it.
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Pretty good though.
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The branches are in the way now.
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It looks really good.
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Yeah. It looks real nice, honestly.
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Well, now hopefully it'll fire
up and actually get first test run.
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Once we get the water running,
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we'll throw a load of dirt through,
and that'll be your test run.
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Let's just hope it all
goes off without a hitch.
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It's time to make up for lost time
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from now until the snow flies.
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- Seven!
- -Are you still at seven?
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- Yep.
- Okay.
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Now this is the power cable
for the actual wash plant itself.
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Let's plug the wires
in and get them going.
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I really hope it goes well, after all the
nights and days that have gone into this.
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So my fingers are crossed,
my toes are crossed.
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If I could, I'd cross my tongue.
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150 pounds psi.
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It's good to press the "on" button finally.
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Natural gas pressure, low.
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Probably needs some time to warm up.
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- Hey, I feel way better.
- Yay!
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- Everybody clear?
- Yeah.
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Screen deck. Three
months in the making.
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Three, two, one.
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Holy, that's violent.
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Whoo! Yeah!
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That scared me for a sec.
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A little terrifying.
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- Want me to hit the water now, kev?
- -Yeah.
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All right, I'm gonna open her up!
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There we go.
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Looking pretty good.
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We're spending so much time
making sure that everything's gonna run
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before we put actual
pay through the plant.
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It's a lot more work, but we're
gonna save time down the line.
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Do we run the loader?
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Yeah, I'll throw him in the truck.
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Go on, bud. Go on.
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Put the dirt in the hopper and
hopefully I don't bump the hopper.
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First load, in we go.
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Thumbs up, kev. Beautiful.
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This is rolling and the dirt's going up.
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Three months into the season,
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the first-time mine boss
is finally running pay dirt.
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We really want to do
something different than Tony,
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we don't wanna be as chaotic.
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We wanna do it once and do
it right and just be done with it.
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So that's how we're gonna run it.
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A bunch of it's falling
off, you better hit stop.
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It's all falling off before the pre-wash.
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We didn't have a lot of
water up there, you think?
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I don't know.
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Just moments after Kevin's
first ever fire-up as mine boss,
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his wash plant is already shut down.
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I'm trying to see what is causing
it to build up in the back there.
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The conveyor belt, it looked
like it was spinning fast,
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and down below, it's just not
going far enough into the pre-wash,
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so the water isn't taking it away.
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I think we're too far back.
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Do you think that the conveyor
is too far back, though?
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I think so.
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I'm betting if we dropped it in a
bit higher, we'd be doing good.
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Conveyor wasn't putting the dirt
far enough ahead in the pre-wash,
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causing it to pile up.
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So right now we're putting
it in position, raising it up,
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and in a sec, we'll send it out.
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And then we'll play and see
how far the dirt gets down.
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Yeah, have to go up a
few more inches there, kev.
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Well, keep going a
little more, a little more.
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Let's try that.
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So it's sitting a bit higher.
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That gives it more room to throw the dirt.
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This is just so that the material
actually falls where the water is.
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That's going to help force
everything into the shaker deck itself.
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I just hope that when it fires up,
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there is no pissing
around anymore after this.
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This thing should be
washing rocks by now.
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Hey, Brennan, got a copy?
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I'm clear.
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Screen deck is coming on. Watch yours.
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So now hopefully it'll
actually get to sluicing, finally.
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I'm gonna turn on the conveyor,
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we're gonna see how the dirt falls.
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Here we go!
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Dead center of whirl plane.
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That's pretty good.
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Yeah!
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Let there be gold.
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Exciting day. This is a long time coming.
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Feels good to see it running.
250
00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,130
Looking good.
251
00:19:28,900 --> 00:19:31,700
Sounds like great news so far.
252
00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:37,730
It's looking really nice, kev.
253
00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:39,530
So excited, bud.
254
00:19:40,360 --> 00:19:42,336
Yes, finally!
255
00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:44,976
I'm currently relieved.
256
00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,236
I'll give you a hug for this one.
257
00:19:46,260 --> 00:19:48,000
Nice work keeping her going.
258
00:19:48,260 --> 00:19:49,276
Finally.
259
00:19:49,300 --> 00:19:51,636
Time to rest those old
bones for a few days?
260
00:19:51,660 --> 00:19:53,000
Tell me about it.
261
00:19:58,260 --> 00:20:01,000
It's a relief to actually
get to this point.
262
00:20:01,860 --> 00:20:02,976
It's a good feeling.
263
00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,830
Yeah, overall, I think
it's a pretty good day.
264
00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:32,436
Rally valley was the best
pay that we've ever run.
265
00:20:32,460 --> 00:20:35,630
We just did 900 ounces in three weeks.
266
00:20:36,060 --> 00:20:38,036
That's no small feat.
267
00:20:38,060 --> 00:20:41,376
Duncan creek's new
landowner, Rick ness,
268
00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,536
hit the jackpot in rally valley.
269
00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:50,300
Now that it's mined out, he's on the
hunt for his next mammoth payday.
270
00:20:51,360 --> 00:20:53,876
We own this ground
now, and there's a ton of it.
271
00:20:53,900 --> 00:20:56,336
I know the gold's here,
we all know the gold's here.
272
00:20:56,360 --> 00:20:58,636
We just gotta figure out
where the right spot is.
273
00:20:58,660 --> 00:21:00,976
To keep the gold rolling in,
274
00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:04,576
last week, Rick opened
up the new crew cut,
275
00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:07,300
but so far, it's looking bleak.
276
00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:12,436
We went from 400
ounces in a week to 10.
277
00:21:12,460 --> 00:21:15,836
But buzz is convinced that he
can find some better gold over there.
278
00:21:15,860 --> 00:21:19,230
He knows what he's doing, so
I'm gonna give him one more week.
279
00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,936
Foreman buzz legault
280
00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:42,400
believes he's hit a richer
pay streak in the crew cut.
281
00:22:09,060 --> 00:22:11,336
Yeah, just another day
here at rocky, you know,
282
00:22:11,360 --> 00:22:14,230
everything seems like it's
running pretty smoothly here.
283
00:22:15,300 --> 00:22:18,976
700 feet away, operator Bailey car ten
284
00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:24,236
feeds 100 yards-an-hour of crew
cut pay through wash plant rocky,
285
00:22:24,260 --> 00:22:27,900
while Kyle Lawson,
clears the waste tailings.
286
00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:31,736
Pay pile's kind of
building up a little bit.
287
00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,676
Hopefully, you know,
this cleanup's gonna look
288
00:22:34,700 --> 00:22:36,976
a little bit better than the last one.
289
00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:40,000
Just gets us closer and
closer to that 1,500-ounce goal.
290
00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:43,576
My number one priority right now,
291
00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:46,736
keeping these tailings down for Bailey.
292
00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:50,376
We're spending all this money on
fuel right now, running this ground.
293
00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:51,700
Hopefully it pays off.
294
00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,700
Truck can't go forward or...
295
00:23:10,900 --> 00:23:13,700
The parking brake's not coming off.
296
00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,200
It won't let us drive
this machine right now.
297
00:23:21,660 --> 00:23:23,376
Wonder what the Kyle's doing.
298
00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,036
He's been sitting there for a while.
299
00:23:26,060 --> 00:23:27,940
I'm gonna have to call
Ryan, get him down here.
300
00:23:30,060 --> 00:23:33,400
Hey, Ryan, I can't get this
parking brake to come off.
301
00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:35,200
Yeah.
302
00:23:38,660 --> 00:23:39,830
Okay.
303
00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,776
So Ryan's gonna bring
me the other loader.
304
00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,730
And hopefully we can
figure this out quick.
305
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,900
Couldn't have parked it in a worse spot.
306
00:23:53,260 --> 00:23:57,400
If they keep building up and we don't have
a loader, we're gonna have to shut down.
307
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,336
You know, we've got a half an hour
308
00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:11,636
before the tails completely
get built up too quick.
309
00:24:11,660 --> 00:24:13,930
And we'll have to shut down the plant.
310
00:24:15,860 --> 00:24:17,736
At Duncan creek,
311
00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,636
a broken loader is
threatening to shut down
312
00:24:20,660 --> 00:24:23,400
the ness crew's only running wash plant.
313
00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:26,536
Heading down to rocky right now.
314
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,436
Kyle, he's got a battery light on.
315
00:24:29,460 --> 00:24:30,976
The parking brake switch won't come off.
316
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,836
It could be ac compressor locked up,
317
00:24:33,860 --> 00:24:35,076
it could be alternator locked up.
318
00:24:35,100 --> 00:24:36,876
I got to take it apart and figure it out.
319
00:24:36,900 --> 00:24:38,576
But he's parked right
in front of the plant,
320
00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,830
so kind of a spot for him to be.
321
00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:49,100
I wonder if something got wet.
322
00:24:57,860 --> 00:24:58,837
It's fired up right now.
323
00:24:58,861 --> 00:25:00,276
But it's throwing a
bunch of electrical codes.
324
00:25:00,300 --> 00:25:02,100
Won't let him come out of park.
325
00:25:04,260 --> 00:25:05,137
Brakes.
326
00:25:05,161 --> 00:25:06,630
It's part of it.
327
00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:11,900
Just blew a belt.
328
00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:18,636
Blew an accessory drive belt.
329
00:25:18,660 --> 00:25:21,476
This belt basically goes
around the air compressor.
330
00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:22,536
Goes around the alternator,
331
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:23,576
which is the most important thing.
332
00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,336
When that alternator is not turning,
333
00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:26,476
batteries aren't charging.
334
00:25:26,500 --> 00:25:29,176
Starts acting weird on that, loader, so...
335
00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:30,336
Do we have extras?
336
00:25:30,360 --> 00:25:32,336
I know we don't have one.
337
00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:33,237
Bailey, you got a copy?
338
00:25:33,261 --> 00:25:34,736
We're gonna have to shut the plant off.
339
00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:36,476
Shut her down.
340
00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:38,660
Shut her down, baby.
341
00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,136
I just heard on the radio Bailey
saying, "shut the wash plant down."
342
00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:46,236
So, I'm heading down there right
now to see what the is going on.
343
00:25:46,260 --> 00:25:47,237
And if the plant's not running,
344
00:25:47,261 --> 00:25:48,630
we're not getting any gold.
345
00:25:50,700 --> 00:25:51,537
Hey, Rick.
346
00:25:51,561 --> 00:25:53,600
What's this?
347
00:25:54,700 --> 00:25:56,236
- Right in front of the plant?
- -Yeah.
348
00:25:56,260 --> 00:25:58,636
Problem is there's no air in the tank,
349
00:25:58,660 --> 00:26:01,176
and parking brake, air powered.
350
00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:02,177
So to release that parking brake,
351
00:26:02,201 --> 00:26:03,376
we need to have air in it, so...
352
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,206
- You got a plan?
- -I've got a little adapt or.
353
00:26:05,230 --> 00:26:06,990
I'll force air through
here, out of my tank,
354
00:26:07,014 --> 00:26:08,676
into there, build up enough air pressure.
355
00:26:08,700 --> 00:26:10,376
Should be able to release the brakes
356
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,320
and at least get us over
here by the fuel truck.
357
00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:15,636
Yeah, right now, any kind of downtime
358
00:26:15,660 --> 00:26:16,537
is going to put us behind, right?
359
00:26:16,561 --> 00:26:18,436
So we need to get this loader fired up,
360
00:26:18,460 --> 00:26:20,200
and we need to get out of the way.
361
00:26:21,360 --> 00:26:25,136
Rick's 220 loader is stuck in park.
362
00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:28,836
It's accessory drive belt
transmits drive energy
363
00:26:28,860 --> 00:26:31,776
to the alternator and air compressor.
364
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,476
But it snapped.
365
00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:36,976
With no belt, the air
compressor won't work,
366
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,076
and the parking brakes locked on.
367
00:26:40,100 --> 00:26:43,836
Ryan's quick fix, use
his truck's air compressor
368
00:26:43,860 --> 00:26:46,636
to disengage the parking brakes.
369
00:26:46,660 --> 00:26:49,436
Move the stricken loader
away from the plant,
370
00:26:49,460 --> 00:26:51,536
then bring in the spare loader
371
00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:53,600
to clear the tailings pile.
372
00:26:56,060 --> 00:26:57,736
Once the brakes release,
373
00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,776
- you'll hear the air dryer go off.
- Yeah.
374
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:01,036
Just take it easy
375
00:27:01,060 --> 00:27:03,036
- because we're gonna leave that hood open.
- -Yeah.
376
00:27:03,060 --> 00:27:04,660
Now, just crank it and pump the gas out.
377
00:27:06,660 --> 00:27:08,300
Do that right now.
378
00:27:12,060 --> 00:27:14,230
I'll hand you this hose here in a second.
379
00:27:15,260 --> 00:27:17,800
- About ready.
- Lift that bucket up.
380
00:27:20,860 --> 00:27:22,330
Go ahead. Good.
381
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:38,276
- You guys ready?
- Let's do it.
382
00:27:38,300 --> 00:27:39,376
All right, let's do it.
383
00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:41,536
No, that's it. That's all
we had to do right there.
384
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:42,676
Just get the thing out of the way
385
00:27:42,700 --> 00:27:43,477
so we can get back to sluicing.
386
00:27:43,501 --> 00:27:45,400
We'll worry about fixing it later.
387
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,800
Well, at least we got rocky running.
388
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:55,930
The plant's going.
389
00:27:56,660 --> 00:27:58,536
Luckily, Rick's got the
second loader over there.
390
00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:00,736
We never really used it at all last year.
391
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,300
This year, it's unbelievably
coming in handy.
392
00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:08,600
Kyle, that is deep.
393
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:11,700
Can you see how deep that hole is?
394
00:28:27,100 --> 00:28:28,376
For sake.
395
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:32,076
Lost the tilt link. Clean break.
396
00:28:32,100 --> 00:28:35,730
Rick's spare loader's tilt
link has snapped in half.
397
00:28:36,460 --> 00:28:38,936
With no loader to clear tailings,
398
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,976
Rick's only source of gold production
399
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,536
must once again shut down.
400
00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:48,136
Wild to see that break like that.
401
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:52,076
Just had the other loader go down with
something simple and then no linkage here.
402
00:28:52,100 --> 00:28:54,076
That's not something simple to replace.
403
00:28:54,100 --> 00:28:56,330
- And we don't have.
- Yeah.
404
00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:58,700
So we're kind of.
405
00:29:21,900 --> 00:29:23,436
I'll get Steve to drive forward.
406
00:29:23,460 --> 00:29:25,236
I'll hook it up, you swing it over.
407
00:29:25,260 --> 00:29:28,376
- I will.
- Okay.
408
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:32,076
The beets' only
moneymaker is at a standstill
409
00:29:32,100 --> 00:29:34,900
after Mike's generator broke down.
410
00:29:36,100 --> 00:29:39,236
Now, his cousin, Mike,
is helping him swap it out
411
00:29:39,260 --> 00:29:43,076
for another old genset
from the Indian river.
412
00:29:43,100 --> 00:29:44,736
It's busy. Just arrived here.
413
00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:46,976
And, we'll bring in the generator,
414
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,600
and then this plant
will be back to sluicing.
415
00:29:53,700 --> 00:29:56,076
So we're gonna get this
one all set up, all hooked up.
416
00:29:56,100 --> 00:29:58,630
We should be able to start
sluicing either tonight or tomorrow.
417
00:30:03,700 --> 00:30:06,130
Give it a little bit more.
418
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,500
Pull it this way. See
if it'll stay straight.
419
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,500
Take them off, please.
420
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:19,736
She's pretty low.
421
00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:21,336
Just topping off the oil.
422
00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:24,000
Now we're gonna fire it
up and run with it, so...
423
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:40,900
Are you ready?
424
00:30:41,460 --> 00:30:42,900
Yeah, I'm ready. Let's go.
425
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:07,936
What the is that?
426
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:09,976
Hold it. Stop feeding. Stop feeding.
427
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,436
Trevor, you go off the water again.
428
00:31:12,460 --> 00:31:14,030
I'm gonna shut it off.
429
00:31:17,860 --> 00:31:20,100
I don't like how the belt's dropping dirt.
430
00:31:21,660 --> 00:31:22,876
The belt's not sitting in the right place.
431
00:31:22,900 --> 00:31:25,730
It leaves a massive
gap for dirt to fall out.
432
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:30,236
It's got to come about
two more inches this way.
433
00:31:30,260 --> 00:31:34,200
Otherwise, I'll need a guy
over there shoveling all day.
434
00:31:35,500 --> 00:31:37,500
And he'd have a hard time keeping up.
435
00:31:39,500 --> 00:31:41,236
Might want to shut it down just to fix it.
436
00:31:41,260 --> 00:31:43,830
But the problem is, I
want to also run the sluice.
437
00:31:45,100 --> 00:31:48,100
Why are you tracking
over all of a sudden?
438
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,500
You were good for a while.
439
00:31:55,460 --> 00:31:56,237
There's a bolt on the other side.
440
00:31:56,261 --> 00:31:57,776
You might have to loosen some more.
441
00:31:57,800 --> 00:31:59,336
Okay.
442
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:00,506
You're good to stop.
443
00:32:00,530 --> 00:32:03,676
We're gonna see if he
can, adjust it on his end.
444
00:32:03,700 --> 00:32:05,476
To recenter the conveyor belt,
445
00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:10,600
Mike tries to adjust the rods
that align the belt's guide roller.
446
00:32:13,060 --> 00:32:15,100
There's a lot of squealing
so bad right now.
447
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:18,576
And where is it squealing?
448
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,576
There's a lot of dust coming down, too.
449
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,236
I swear, every time we get sluicing,
450
00:32:23,260 --> 00:32:26,436
some new shows up.
451
00:32:26,460 --> 00:32:28,536
Hey, Braeden, can you
go shut off the conveyor?
452
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:30,230
Shut off the conveyor.
453
00:32:32,300 --> 00:32:33,600
Shut it off!
454
00:32:44,660 --> 00:32:47,236
It looks like the
conveyor is sitting like this.
455
00:32:47,260 --> 00:32:49,336
Can you go get my level, please?
456
00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:54,776
At paradise hill, the trommel's
conveyor belt is running crooked...
457
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:56,136
How does that look to you, man?
458
00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:59,800
Shutting down Tony's
only working wash plant.
459
00:33:00,660 --> 00:33:01,876
Now, you have a half inch
460
00:33:01,900 --> 00:33:03,936
that has to go up on your side.
461
00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,336
One of you hop up
top, find somewhere flat
462
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,030
and tell me how off it is.
463
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,136
This side has to come up,
464
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:12,936
like, a quarter inch or something.
465
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:14,300
- That side?
- Yeah.
466
00:33:15,100 --> 00:33:18,630
My conveyor is all twisted out of shape.
467
00:33:19,460 --> 00:33:21,136
And no matter how
much I try to adjust it,
468
00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:22,976
I can't get her to move the way I want.
469
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,800
My brother did a job setting it up.
470
00:33:27,100 --> 00:33:28,800
I'm just trying to fix it.
471
00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:32,376
Last season...
472
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,236
Yes, that's good. That's far enough.
473
00:33:34,260 --> 00:33:35,976
Mike's brother, Kevin...
474
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:36,836
Yeah, just hit the piping now.
475
00:33:36,860 --> 00:33:37,707
Let's see what that does.
476
00:33:37,731 --> 00:33:41,576
Bush fixed the worn out conveyor...
477
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:46,436
The issue is when these
holes line up, these don't line up.
478
00:33:46,460 --> 00:33:50,160
Cutting the struts from
their cross-beams
479
00:33:52,700 --> 00:33:55,200
to realign the conveyor belt.
480
00:33:56,060 --> 00:33:57,836
Perfect.
481
00:33:57,860 --> 00:33:59,430
I think we're pretty happy right there.
482
00:34:01,060 --> 00:34:02,976
But it looks as if Kevin's fix
483
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,630
has created another problem.
484
00:34:07,100 --> 00:34:09,436
My rollers are not sitting right.
485
00:34:09,460 --> 00:34:11,236
- That roller underneath?
- Yeah.
486
00:34:11,260 --> 00:34:13,436
This roller right there.
487
00:34:13,460 --> 00:34:16,276
We got to figure out a way to
force that belt back that way.
488
00:34:16,300 --> 00:34:20,636
And if that requires taking
out this, we'll take this out.
489
00:34:20,660 --> 00:34:23,736
The 35-year-old trommel's conveyor belt
490
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,836
runs on guide rollers
mounted on a frame,
491
00:34:26,860 --> 00:34:29,000
allowing it to move smoothly.
492
00:34:30,100 --> 00:34:33,376
Kevin's previous fix twisted the frame,
493
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:36,636
causing one of the rollers to lie crooked.
494
00:34:36,660 --> 00:34:41,500
Pushing the belt off center, spilling
gold-bearing pay over the side.
495
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:43,736
Mike's quick fix,
496
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:45,976
simply remove the crooked roller
497
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,776
and let the belt hang more freely.
498
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:53,576
If it works, the belt should
recenter on the twisted frame
499
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:55,530
and not lose any gold.
500
00:35:00,260 --> 00:35:02,376
No, grab the canned one.
501
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,076
Swing over, hook. Swing over, hook.
502
00:35:05,100 --> 00:35:06,077
That way it lifts the belt
503
00:35:06,101 --> 00:35:08,100
because that's how we
got it on the first time.
504
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:10,500
No.
505
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:15,300
It's got to go up because
we're trying to pull the thing up.
506
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:17,076
I keep my mouth shut.
507
00:35:17,100 --> 00:35:18,630
This is not my...
508
00:35:19,300 --> 00:35:20,700
My business.
509
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:24,236
Here. Take that chain off now.
510
00:35:24,260 --> 00:35:25,676
Take that off for now.
511
00:35:25,700 --> 00:35:27,100
Bring it up again.
512
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:29,136
Put it over this side.
513
00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:31,536
But the last time I did
this, it took us five minutes.
514
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:33,936
It seems to take longer when I explain.
515
00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:36,100
Yeah, just keep tightening it.
516
00:35:39,860 --> 00:35:42,400
Lift it. Let that sucker out.
517
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:45,800
Watch fingers.
518
00:35:46,300 --> 00:35:47,976
Got it.
519
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:51,776
The whole thing's got to
get pulled out and reset up.
520
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:54,436
That's going to be a couple
of weeks of work, where we
521
00:35:54,460 --> 00:35:55,836
where we want to just sluice.
522
00:35:55,860 --> 00:35:58,136
Looks like you got the
same problem as us.
523
00:35:58,160 --> 00:35:59,736
Never enough time to do it right.
524
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:02,030
Can you start the belt, please?
525
00:36:03,260 --> 00:36:05,936
You can already see it
starting to track over again.
526
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:07,976
I got two inches simply
from taking that roller out.
527
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,576
Let's start her up.
528
00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:10,876
Looks good to me.
529
00:36:10,900 --> 00:36:11,976
Do you want to do the honors?
530
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:13,076
You haven't done it in a while.
531
00:36:13,100 --> 00:36:14,100
Sure. Yeah.
532
00:36:30,700 --> 00:36:31,537
I have hardly any pay
533
00:36:31,561 --> 00:36:33,876
falling off the conveyor belt anymore.
534
00:36:33,900 --> 00:36:35,400
Now, it's perfect.
535
00:36:36,900 --> 00:36:39,200
It's looking good now.
536
00:36:40,300 --> 00:36:42,730
So I'm just gonna have
them keep running it.
537
00:36:52,700 --> 00:36:54,536
Got to grab this 460 real quick.
538
00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:57,236
Bailey's running the
plant. Tailings are piling up.
539
00:36:57,260 --> 00:36:59,076
And our only loader broke a tilt linkage.
540
00:36:59,100 --> 00:37:01,136
So right now, we're down two loaders.
541
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,830
And, unfortunately, this
is what we've got to use.
542
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,336
The only thing we've got
running right now is rocky.
543
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:11,336
And, you know, for us
to hit that season goal,
544
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:13,936
it's absolutely crucial for
us to keep rocky rolling.
545
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:15,576
Unfortunately, using
two pieces of equipment
546
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,700
to haul tailings out instead of one.
547
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:22,976
To get rocky back sluicing for gold,
548
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,936
Ryan's taking the 460
excavator and a rock truck
549
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:29,836
out of the crew cut for Kyle to run both
550
00:37:29,860 --> 00:37:32,330
and do the job of one loader.
551
00:37:37,460 --> 00:37:39,336
Now we've got our excavator up here
552
00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:41,336
and a rock truck self-loading,
553
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:42,636
so we can keep running at least.
554
00:37:42,660 --> 00:37:47,230
But definitely, need those
loaders fixed sooner than later.
555
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:53,836
It definitely sucks to
be using two machines,
556
00:37:53,860 --> 00:37:54,837
you know, instead of one.
557
00:37:54,861 --> 00:37:56,776
It's a lot more, fuel costing.
558
00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,176
It takes a lot longer to do now.
559
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:02,400
A lot of money is going out
just to run this little plant here.
560
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:08,500
What the is going on here?
561
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:13,976
What's going on?
562
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,736
- Yo.
- Holy.
563
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:17,236
Yeah.
564
00:38:17,260 --> 00:38:18,177
What happened here?
565
00:38:18,201 --> 00:38:21,036
We've lost a, tilt linkage.
566
00:38:21,060 --> 00:38:23,436
I've never seen one
of those snap like that.
567
00:38:23,460 --> 00:38:24,836
Then we got to looking closer.
568
00:38:24,860 --> 00:38:27,976
All these welds are broke
all the way around this thing.
569
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,336
I'd say this old girl's had a hard life.
570
00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:33,076
She's been completely welded
right there in the center section.
571
00:38:33,100 --> 00:38:34,336
Holy.
572
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:36,236
This thing was broken before.
573
00:38:36,260 --> 00:38:38,380
They did a good job of
hiding it when I looked at it.
574
00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:42,036
Obviously, this one's
gonna need some love,
575
00:38:42,060 --> 00:38:43,276
need some welding, need some time.
576
00:38:43,300 --> 00:38:44,376
Other one's down.
577
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:46,536
It's got a locked-up
compressor, which threw a belt.
578
00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:49,776
So why don't we just rip
off the belt that we need
579
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:51,536
to complete that one over there.
580
00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:53,976
That will at least free up
the 460 and the rock truck.
581
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:55,436
We can get done with using two.
582
00:38:55,460 --> 00:38:58,376
Yeah. I mean, I hate
robbing parts, but you're right.
583
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:00,036
I mean, this thing's
gonna be down for a while.
584
00:39:00,060 --> 00:39:01,636
All right. How long is it gonna take?
585
00:39:01,660 --> 00:39:03,336
Hour, hour and a half.
586
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:05,700
- Sweet. That's a good plan.
- All right. Let's go.
587
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:08,636
So we got everything ripped off the
588
00:39:08,660 --> 00:39:12,276
the 220 loader that had
the broken linkage on it.
589
00:39:12,300 --> 00:39:15,976
We're gonna transfer that
compressor belt over onto this one.
590
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,130
Let's see if we can knock
this out here pretty quick.
591
00:39:22,100 --> 00:39:23,936
This is our air compressor.
592
00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:26,900
This supplies air to the
tanks to release the brakes.
593
00:39:27,660 --> 00:39:28,976
This is what caused our belt to melt.
594
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,736
And it is locked up and no good.
595
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:33,836
Now on with the new.
596
00:39:33,860 --> 00:39:35,400
New used.
597
00:39:40,460 --> 00:39:42,076
All right, compressor's mounted.
598
00:39:42,100 --> 00:39:43,136
Everything's back together.
599
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:44,500
It's time to put the belts on.
600
00:39:48,300 --> 00:39:49,300
Looks good.
601
00:39:50,500 --> 00:39:52,336
All right. This should be everything.
602
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:53,536
See if it'll start?
603
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:54,800
Yeah. Go ahead.
604
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,336
Make sure that belt is right in
the grooves it needs to be in.
605
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:02,736
None of them are walking.
Everything looks good.
606
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:05,736
That's it. Send it out.
607
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:07,076
Loader back in the game,
608
00:40:07,100 --> 00:40:12,600
Rick's crew are back to full
strength, chasing crew-cut gold.
609
00:40:14,700 --> 00:40:17,036
It's nice to have one
machine going again.
610
00:40:17,060 --> 00:40:18,776
It sucks we had to Rob
parts from one from another.
611
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:21,900
But at least we're not using
two machines to haul tailings.
612
00:40:38,100 --> 00:40:39,230
Thank you. Yeah.
613
00:40:39,900 --> 00:40:41,076
Not quite.
614
00:40:41,100 --> 00:40:42,930
Thirty-six.
615
00:40:47,260 --> 00:40:49,136
Do you remember what you
had for breakfast this morning?
616
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:50,500
He was a 36-year-old Romeo.
617
00:40:54,260 --> 00:40:55,636
Okay.
618
00:40:55,660 --> 00:40:58,236
Not bad.
619
00:40:58,260 --> 00:41:00,176
- I got like...
- I guess I was coming for birthday cake,
620
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:01,736
but you don't have any here, I assume.
621
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:04,736
Then again, I keep
forgetting it's my birthday.
622
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:07,076
Not too bad.
623
00:41:07,100 --> 00:41:09,036
We're finally sluicing.
624
00:41:09,060 --> 00:41:10,900
- Exciting.
- -Is it time already?
625
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:15,136
- Yeah.
- So
626
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:17,736
that's on the wish list down the line.
627
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:20,336
Let's go. He has to go to work.
628
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:21,836
All right. Thank you for the visit.
629
00:41:21,860 --> 00:41:24,476
Well, I would have
liked birthday cake really.
630
00:41:24,500 --> 00:41:25,500
Me as well.
631
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:28,900
- Kevin, talk to you later.
- Have a good one.
632
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:44,277
Is there gold in there?
633
00:41:44,301 --> 00:41:45,636
Yeah, it looks like there's gold.
634
00:41:45,660 --> 00:41:46,976
Wow. Wow.
635
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:48,136
Looks like a nugget.
636
00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:49,776
One of the fruits of your labor.
637
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:50,677
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
638
00:41:50,701 --> 00:41:52,036
Can I make an earring out of it?
639
00:41:52,060 --> 00:41:53,536
No. It's my earring.
640
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:54,576
"It's my earring"?
641
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:57,330
I think that's the biggest
piece I've ever seen.
642
00:41:58,860 --> 00:42:00,976
After 12 weeks of hard work,
643
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,436
it's Kevin's first chance to see
644
00:42:03,460 --> 00:42:06,736
if his gamble to strike out on his own
645
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:08,230
will pay off.
646
00:42:08,860 --> 00:42:10,276
Nice yellow pad.
647
00:42:10,300 --> 00:42:12,736
So I'll pan this
648
00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:14,400
so we have a better idea of what's in it.
649
00:42:15,300 --> 00:42:16,700
Here we go.
650
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:19,336
When you look through the
651
00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:20,736
look through here at the mats right now,
652
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:22,136
you can see gold very clear.
653
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:23,736
Getting a little late starting sluicing
654
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:24,876
is not gonna be the end of the world
655
00:42:24,900 --> 00:42:27,076
as long as the gold stays
good, and it looks like it.
656
00:42:27,100 --> 00:42:28,536
Like, look at that pocket right there.
657
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:30,076
That's what we want to see.
658
00:42:30,100 --> 00:42:32,836
If we can make up for the
lost time there this spring,
659
00:42:32,860 --> 00:42:34,076
that's all that's going to matter
660
00:42:34,100 --> 00:42:36,076
to, hit our 1,000-ounce goal,
661
00:42:36,100 --> 00:42:37,536
and that's what I want to see.
662
00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:39,636
Too much gold in that bucket, Kevin.
663
00:42:39,660 --> 00:42:41,030
- It's heavy.
- Nice.
664
00:42:42,900 --> 00:42:44,336
Not half bad.
665
00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:45,836
We can pay some bills with this.
666
00:42:45,860 --> 00:42:47,976
If everything else is half this good,
667
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,836
we should have a very
good first gold weigh.
668
00:42:50,860 --> 00:42:54,136
The next step is, put
everything back together
669
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:56,536
and, sluice some more.
670
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:58,376
Get some more of this.
671
00:42:58,400 --> 00:42:59,930
Is it
672
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:02,936
stop it.
673
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:04,976
Full steam ahead till the end of season.
674
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,136
Time to get some gold finally.
675
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:08,600
Yeah.
676
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:27,836
What happened to
those loaders this week?
677
00:43:27,860 --> 00:43:29,700
Kyle broke them both.
678
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:32,576
That's a hell of a fire you built.
679
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:34,076
Yeah. You like that?
680
00:43:34,100 --> 00:43:36,736
It's working just as
good as both our loaders.
681
00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:38,736
Despite the loader problems,
682
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:43,736
Rick's crew managed to run
crew-cut pay for nearly a full week.
683
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:49,500
Now, Rick wants to see if buzz
was able to find a good pay streak.
684
00:43:50,660 --> 00:43:51,507
We didn't have much downtime,
685
00:43:51,531 --> 00:43:52,736
but, yeah, the cost went up obviously.
686
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:55,800
I think 40 to 50 ounces
a week is what we need.
687
00:43:56,460 --> 00:43:58,636
All right, let's weigh this up.
688
00:43:58,660 --> 00:44:00,530
All right. Here we go. Let's get it done.
689
00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:04,776
Two, three four, five,
six, seven eight, nine.
690
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:06,836
Not even ten.
691
00:44:06,860 --> 00:44:08,436
9.28.
692
00:44:08,460 --> 00:44:12,776
Worth just over $23,000.
693
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:14,876
Well, that's horrible.
694
00:44:14,900 --> 00:44:16,000
Horrible.
695
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:18,336
I'll take the blame for that.
696
00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:19,430
That's on me.
697
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:22,236
Did that cover the parts, Jason?
698
00:44:22,260 --> 00:44:23,700
Not even close.
699
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:29,636
If we didn't have those
good cleanups at the start,
700
00:44:29,660 --> 00:44:31,036
and that's what we were getting,
701
00:44:31,060 --> 00:44:32,236
we'd be going home right now.
702
00:44:32,260 --> 00:44:33,930
I think we'd already be home.
703
00:44:35,260 --> 00:44:37,336
You know, we mined a lot of that ground.
704
00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:38,776
Some of it was good,
some of it leaned out.
705
00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:39,836
This was a lean spot.
706
00:44:39,860 --> 00:44:42,336
You know. It was a shot and a miss.
707
00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:45,536
So, nowadays, everything
is hit and miss, right?
708
00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:46,706
Crew cut's obviously over.
709
00:44:46,730 --> 00:44:49,436
- Yeah.
- We got to find some better ground,
710
00:44:49,460 --> 00:44:50,277
and we got to find it fast.
711
00:44:50,301 --> 00:44:52,636
So what's your plan?
712
00:44:52,660 --> 00:44:54,976
I mean, there's endless ground here.
713
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:56,936
I just gotta find the right piece, right?
714
00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:59,636
That puts us at, like,
nine... just shy of 950.
715
00:44:59,660 --> 00:45:02,336
But we do still have 550 ounces of gold.
716
00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:03,836
I'm not really sure where
it's gonna come from.
717
00:45:03,860 --> 00:45:05,236
At least we have that 900
718
00:45:05,260 --> 00:45:07,536
- until we find actually that good ground.
- Yeah. Yeah.
719
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:10,576
Ideally, I want to be back at monster red,
720
00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:11,876
back in rally valley.
721
00:45:11,900 --> 00:45:14,436
Unfortunately, that's not the
world we live in right now, so...
722
00:45:14,460 --> 00:45:15,976
We've got time left in the season.
723
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:18,136
But I mean, you guys
know as well as I do
724
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:20,230
it's going to start going fast, so...
725
00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:26,936
We spent a lot of time
out there at the crew cut.
726
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:27,877
It was a bust.
727
00:45:27,901 --> 00:45:29,376
It is what it is.
728
00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:31,700
We'll move on to bigger
and better things next time.
729
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:32,877
It's a bad week.
730
00:45:32,901 --> 00:45:34,136
We took a couple of stumbles.
731
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:35,336
We've still got time.
732
00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:37,576
But if I'm being honest, I'm
starting to feel the pressure.
733
00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:40,400
You know, we need good
ground, and we need it now.
734
00:45:48,500 --> 00:45:49,377
Hello.
735
00:45:49,401 --> 00:45:50,836
Hi, guys.
736
00:45:50,860 --> 00:45:52,060
How are you?
737
00:45:57,260 --> 00:45:59,260
What's been happening in the Indian?
738
00:46:06,460 --> 00:46:08,536
We had some generator
issues early in the week,
739
00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:11,100
so that, kind of, shut
us down for a day or two.
740
00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:15,760
Yep.
741
00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:18,830
It should be enough to pay for your bills.
742
00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:22,000
It's definitely not mine.
743
00:46:27,860 --> 00:46:29,576
You don't have to worry, dad.
744
00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:31,000
I got this.
745
00:46:34,860 --> 00:46:39,236
To be on track for
his 5,000-ounce target,
746
00:46:39,260 --> 00:46:42,500
Tony needs 200 ounces a week.
747
00:46:47,100 --> 00:46:53,576
40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 190, 200.
748
00:46:53,600 --> 00:47:00,436
210, 220, 230, 240,
290, 300, 310, 320, 3
749
00:47:00,460 --> 00:47:03,130
325.14.
750
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:07,136
Worth over $800,000.
751
00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:12,676
Bringing Tony's season
total to almost 3,000 ounces.
752
00:47:12,700 --> 00:47:14,700
That's not bad for five days.
753
00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:17,100
You've done good.
754
00:47:23,300 --> 00:47:24,300
Thanks, guys.
755
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:26,800
Okay.
756
00:47:37,660 --> 00:47:40,376
It would. Some things are
just out of your control, too.
757
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:42,636
- Yeah, yeah.
- Things break down and parts.
758
00:47:42,660 --> 00:47:43,163
It'll be
759
00:47:43,187 --> 00:47:45,536
I mean, it's not as simple
as it used to be, that's all.
760
00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:48,236
Anyway, we'll get all
three of them running.
761
00:47:48,260 --> 00:47:50,536
That 5,000 ounces will
come from somewhere.
762
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:52,376
You're gonna go back to work, too,
763
00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:54,136
so get the hell out of here.
764
00:47:54,160 --> 00:47:55,660
Sure.
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