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We're over halfway
through the season right now.
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Started off with a bang.
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Rally valley was amazing.
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You know, we got over
900 ounces out of it,
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but since then, things
have kind of stalled out.
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You know, we've got three cuts fail.
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And we're kind of just having a
tough time, figuring things out.
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After a hot start to his season,
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Rick ness has hit a wall.
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He's struggling to mine,
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and he's burning through his profits.
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Scratching around,
trying to make things work,
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but, you know, 10 ounces a week,
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we're... we're definitely not gonna
get to our 1,500-ounce goal like that.
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Over the last six weeks,
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Rick has struck out on multiple new cuts.
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2.59.
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That was the worst
one by far I've ever had.
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We need to find better ground fast.
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We have to move forward.
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You know, we have to
find where the gold is,
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and we have to go get it.
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With no other easy options,
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Rick's turning to ground
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he previously thought too risky to mine.
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So, right in here where we're at...
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With my drilling report,
the channel from rally valley
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comes all the way down the valley,
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all the way down here.
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There's a good drill hole here.
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You might actually even be able to see
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the edge of the wall here.
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Yeah, right here.
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This is an extension of rally valley.
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Except we're a half mile away from it.
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That's how long this channel is,
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and we know it's there,
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you know, we have the drill results.
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We've got resistivity lines along it
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that proves it's there.
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It's right below my feet.
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This is the kind of gold, you know,
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that we're pulling out of rally valley.
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This is where I wanna
mine, but it's very deep.
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I mean, it's 210 feet to bedrock.
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Pay layer is probably
40, almost 60 feet thick.
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But that still means that we're still
160 feet overburden away from it.
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I did the calculations on
it, it was gonna take us
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seven to eight weeks to strip it.
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And if we were lucky,
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we're gonna get two weeks
of sluicing right at the end.
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If I spend a million dollars stripping it
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and I don't get any gold out of it,
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I... I can't absorb
that cost, I just can't.
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The risk's high. It's so deep.
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Over 150,000 years ago,
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a huge glacier eroded
gold from the mother lode.
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When it melted, it left
massive gold deposits
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in an ancient riverbed,
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which, over the years, was covered
by nearly 200 feet of overburden
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at rally valley.
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Rick now wants to follow the
same gold-rich pay channel
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half a mile downstream and
open up a new 3-acre cut.
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The problem is, the pay
layer here is even deeper.
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To get to the gold, Rick
must move a mountain
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and shift over 1 million
yards of overburden
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to dig 160 feet down to hit pay dirt.
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Then sluice as much as possible
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before winter shuts him down.
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Guys.
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We gotta have to talk.
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Obviously, you guys have
seen the last few gold weighs.
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You've seen what we're
going through right now,
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and I don't think any of
us are happy about it, right?
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An idea that I kind of had
shoved out of my mind,
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which was going back to
rally valley has now resurfaced.
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And I think we should do it.
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Not the original rally valley,
but the end of the channel.
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All right, where... Another spot
where we know that channel is.
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And that's where we're sitting right now.
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This is it, right here.
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We don't have a whole lot of time left.
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It's deep.
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But it's got the kind of gold
that we're used to, right?
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The problem is, is that there's
real consequences of that, right?
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And don't get mad at me,
but I wanted to show you.
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In actuality...
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There's well over a million
dollars' worth of gold right there.
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You guys' gold bonuses are in
that jar with all that gold, right?
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I mean, that's expenses and stuff.
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We could blow that
whole container of gold...
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Moving overburden, trying to
get to the bottom of rally valley.
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And if we don't get there
by the end of the year,
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then all that gold is
gonna be gone, right?
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There's been a lot of
tough decisions this year
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because of all this...
This water license stuff,
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but I don't think any
of us are gonna settle
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for what we've, been
getting the last few weeks.
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That's what's at stake. I
need you on board for this.
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And I need you to understand that
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I mean, a lot of this risk is mine,
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but you guys are in on it, too.
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I know.
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You're digging deeper, you're
going in further, what's your plan?
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You can see this bank go
straight up right behind it,
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and we're gonna have
to move some of that
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if we wanna get down to this good gold.
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The mountain of ground
that we have to move,
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or a whole lot of gold we can take
with us, you know what I mean?
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Yeah, it's not a joke,
because, dude, if we don't hit,
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we all just came up here for nothing.
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I don't want any of us walking out of here
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without, you know,
something to show for it.
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That's why it's a gamble, right?
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You know, the fact
that we could lose it all,
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it's a fact that we could double it, too.
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It could be really good, or it
could turn into a big soup kitchen.
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, I'm in.
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We, you know, we have your back.
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Good. I like that.
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You guys wanna see this,
right here? Look at this.
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So, when we start here,
we'll get the pump over here.
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We'll drain this water out,
and then we'll just follow
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that bedrock right into our wall, right?
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And then we'll start up top.
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We'll start moving overburden,
the drill holes are showing
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between $200,000 and $250,000 a day.
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If we get to the end and we
get 10 days of sluicing out of it,
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I think we're gonna be laughing.
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So, we don't need too many
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- of those days at the end to add up.
- -No.
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That's why I think it's a good gamble.
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Yeah, all right, -yeah.
All right, let's go.
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All right. Yeah.
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Well, Rick's taking
this gamble on this cut,
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and he believes it's a
part of the rally valley vein,
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and we got tons of
cubic yardage to move.
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All that gold bonus
right now is being spent
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instead of going in our pockets,
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so we all hope that there's
gold in the bottom of that.
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You know, we all didn't
come up here to just be happy
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with the bare minimum.
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It's gonna be a battle to the end.
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I know we're all hoping,
not as much as me,
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that this is... The gold here
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is as good as rally valley,
but we're gonna find out.
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Well, it's another day
in the long cut here.
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You know, last season,
we had great results
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with the gold that we saw coming off
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the dominion property.
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This season, it's definitely
been coming in a lot slower.
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Parker's looking for
some quick gold right now.
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Unfortunately, on this property,
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there's just not a lot of that to be found.
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Mistakes and setbacks have derailed.
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Parker schnabel's
massively ambitious plan
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for a 10,000-ounce
season at dominion creek.
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Two-thirds of the way
through the season,
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he's banked less than 3,000 ounces.
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Well, if we've got any shot of
getting 10,000 ounces this season,
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it all revolves around having ground open
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that you can sluice.
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And that's what we're
trying to do right now.
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We've got so many cuts,
so there's so much going on.
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And then on top of all that,
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you know, he goes and
buys another mining operation.
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Doesn't matter how many we have,
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Parker's always gonna wanna
try and do a little bit more.
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We just picked up a couple
of new pieces of ground.
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Kind of a bad time to be
spending lots of money,
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but gold price is good,
and we need to just
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keep wash plants fed
and keep the monster alive.
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While continuing to churn
through dominion's cuts,
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last week, Parker took a huge gamble.
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He bought a mining
company for $2.5 million
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that includes the sulphur creek
claim, with ground ready to sluice.
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There's lots of work to do and...
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Not a lot of season left to do it in.
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It's a smash-and-grab play
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to bring in a fast 1,000 ounces
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and get his season back on track.
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I felt like it needed to be done.
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Unfortunately, it just means saddling up
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on some more debt, and then
pour money into the property.
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I know some of the crew
is very hesitant on sulphur,
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but there's a pit that's stripped there,
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and then some other very
shallow thawed ground.
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It's a nice way of doing things.
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When you have a big, you know,
200-plus-yard-an-hour plant going,
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you would hope to be able
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to get at least a couple ounces an hour.
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Hopefully, that, like, calms
everybody down, including myself,
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and we get some gold coming in,
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and, things are okay.
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A 25-mile drive away at sulphur creek...
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We are gonna frickin' do everything
we can to keep those plants fed.
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Damien browne and his skeleton crew
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are running wash plant, Bob.
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Now, in their first full week of running,
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the crew will find out if
the gamble was worth it.
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I mean, Parker has put
a hell of a lot of pressure
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on us down at sulphur here.
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And, like, with the people we have
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and the resources we
have, it's next to impossible.
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What the?
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The feeder has stopped
feeding, and it's plugging up.
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I just wanna see what
the hell is going on.
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It just stopped right now with a full
hopper of dirt. It is not a simple fix.
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You can't have downtime like this.
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Bill, have you got a copy? Bill?
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Yeah, go ahead.
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Would you or Justin be able
to come out here to sulphur?
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The prewash on Bob
is after... jamming up.
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Okay. 10-4.
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Me and Justin will be on our way.
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Perfect. Thank you.
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Father and son
mechanics, bill and Justin,
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cover all three of Parker's claims,
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an area that now
covers 100 square miles.
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Right now, we got one down.
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So, even though we have
other projects on the go,
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we gotta drop everything,
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get to Bob, get it up and running
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so Damien can get pay going here again.
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So, I'll get to see the
lay of the land here
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and see exactly what's going on.
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I don't see any water running,
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so they must assume it's pretty serious.
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Let's see what we got on the go here.
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It's time for you to work your magic.
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Let's get to her.
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If we were to grab a three-quarter
ratchet, we can pull this apart.
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We've got some play in our chain there,
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which probably means
the shaft has slid back.
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That is our issue.
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Wash plant Bob's prewash
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moves pay dirt along a conveyor belt,
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powered from beneath by a drive shaft,
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sprocket, and chain system.
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Justin thinks that the
shaft is no longer aligned,
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bringing the belt to a standstill.
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To fix it, he plans to cut the drive chain,
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replace any broken parts,
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then move the drive
shaft back into position,
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get the chain rotating again,
246
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powering up the belt.
247
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Once we get the sprockets off
248
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and the bearing off to try
to get this shaft out of here,
249
00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,800
hopefully, we don't have
to pull the hopper all apart.
250
00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:56,436
These are the old sprockets.
251
00:12:56,460 --> 00:12:59,076
They're supposed to be the
same shape on both sides.
252
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This is the wore side.
253
00:13:00,500 --> 00:13:01,976
You can see the hook that's in it.
254
00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:03,800
And so that's how much it wore out.
255
00:13:04,860 --> 00:13:06,576
You know, it's a little bit
longer than we anticipated,
256
00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,700
but now, finally, we're just
getting to see the shaft here, so...
257
00:13:11,100 --> 00:13:13,006
For... What do you got, buddy?
258
00:13:13,030 --> 00:13:15,476
- There's pieces everywhere.
- What?
259
00:13:15,500 --> 00:13:17,436
And, obviously, that shaft is destroyed.
260
00:13:17,460 --> 00:13:20,076
But the ends are right out of it. Look.
261
00:13:20,100 --> 00:13:22,400
Yeah, the races are gone.
262
00:13:23,500 --> 00:13:25,536
Holy.
263
00:13:25,560 --> 00:13:27,600
- Yeah.
- Look at that.
264
00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:31,436
The shaft is definitely toast.
265
00:13:31,460 --> 00:13:34,676
I've never seen a bearing
that, that destroyed.
266
00:13:34,700 --> 00:13:38,030
Yeah, I don't even know how that
this thing was still turning like that.
267
00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,400
That is one wasted piece of steel.
268
00:13:42,060 --> 00:13:43,136
Okay, I'll jump out here.
269
00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:44,536
You can pass it to me.
270
00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:46,236
We got some time to
make up here, buddy.
271
00:13:46,260 --> 00:13:48,230
We are way behind.
272
00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,230
That is an absolute disaster.
273
00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,076
King of the klondike, Tony beets' season
274
00:14:24,100 --> 00:14:25,836
is stalling out,
275
00:14:25,860 --> 00:14:30,130
with only one of his three
wash plants sluicing for gold.
276
00:14:43,860 --> 00:14:45,636
Tony's already mined
277
00:14:45,660 --> 00:14:51,336
nearly 3,500 of his
5,000-ounce season goal.
278
00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:56,076
But with gold prices
hitting $2,500 an ounce,
279
00:14:56,100 --> 00:14:58,100
he wants even more.
280
00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:12,376
Tony, do you copy, Tony?
281
00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:15,600
Can you come down to the
hester and see me, please?
282
00:15:21,860 --> 00:15:23,636
Everybody else has a claim.
283
00:15:23,660 --> 00:15:25,836
And Tony said this one
was going to be mine.
284
00:15:25,860 --> 00:15:27,436
I would like to get going on it.
285
00:15:27,460 --> 00:15:29,976
Until I get t beets to talk to me,
286
00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,400
I can't really put a plan in place.
287
00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:38,200
Been a hot minute since
you've been down here.
288
00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:43,536
Yeah, actually, quite
a bit of water in there.
289
00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,400
Yeah, it's a nice lake
for that boat you've got.
290
00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:49,800
I'd rather drain the water
out and start sluicing.
291
00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:51,500
Yep.
292
00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,836
You told me this cut was gonna be mine.
293
00:15:56,860 --> 00:15:59,076
Mike's got his setup on the hill.
294
00:15:59,100 --> 00:16:01,576
Kevin's got his own setup on scribner.
295
00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:04,136
You even gave cousin
Mike more responsibility,
296
00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,036
watching the plants
out in the Indian river.,
297
00:16:06,060 --> 00:16:08,236
but it would be nice
298
00:16:08,260 --> 00:16:11,636
if I could oversee this business
299
00:16:11,660 --> 00:16:13,500
and be in charge.
300
00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:17,500
Four years ago...
301
00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:20,436
Clearly from a dredge.
302
00:16:20,460 --> 00:16:23,136
Tony discovered a pocket of ground
303
00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:25,460
missed by the old-timers.
304
00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:28,130
He drilled it...
305
00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:30,636
That looks like virgin ground to me.
306
00:16:30,660 --> 00:16:32,776
And found good gold.
307
00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:33,800
We found you some money.
308
00:16:36,260 --> 00:16:39,630
Tony opened up a 1.5-acre cut.
309
00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,600
But so far, has never mined it.
310
00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:56,136
As long as we can make a plan,
311
00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,436
you know, start working on these things.
312
00:16:58,460 --> 00:17:00,976
We need to get that moose
creek trommel to the welder,
313
00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,836
get everything fixed up, get me a pump.
314
00:17:03,860 --> 00:17:05,876
In theory, we should be able to do it.
315
00:17:05,900 --> 00:17:06,877
It'll just be a little bit tight.
316
00:17:06,901 --> 00:17:09,376
We gotta put a nugget trap on there.
317
00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,136
It's... you're gonna need that welded on.
318
00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,076
I got my guy up there, so I'll... I
319
00:17:13,100 --> 00:17:14,876
we'll pull it into place, get it there,
320
00:17:14,900 --> 00:17:16,100
get him working on it.
321
00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:19,300
Yeah.
322
00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:20,800
Okay.
323
00:17:39,060 --> 00:17:42,936
Monica plans to use Tony's 33-year-old
324
00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,336
moose creek trommel
to sluice the hester cut.
325
00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:48,776
I appreciate everything
you're doing to help me.
326
00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:50,106
Anything for family, Monica.
327
00:17:50,130 --> 00:17:52,260
So, should we go
take a look at the thing?
328
00:17:52,284 --> 00:17:52,676
Yeah.
329
00:17:52,700 --> 00:17:54,200
It's gonna be your headache soon.
330
00:17:54,700 --> 00:17:56,076
To get it running,
331
00:17:56,100 --> 00:17:59,436
Mike will drag the 35-ton wash plant
332
00:17:59,460 --> 00:18:04,000
that sat idle for two years
over to the yard for repairs.
333
00:18:05,100 --> 00:18:05,937
No joy.
334
00:18:05,961 --> 00:18:07,936
Well, it's a little, sunk in there.
335
00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:10,136
What's your plan? You wanna
drag it out so they can pump it up?
336
00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:11,230
I'm gonna pull it out.
337
00:18:17,660 --> 00:18:18,976
Ready?
338
00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,060
This tire is a little low,
but it should be fine.
339
00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:38,830
It looks pretty good, Michael.
340
00:18:52,100 --> 00:18:56,700
It's really nice to see the moose
creek trommel start moving.
341
00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:02,336
But now, hopefully, this gets
fixed up, we drain that cut,
342
00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:05,900
and then we can start getting some gold.
343
00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:09,530
Looks like Mario kart.
344
00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:18,176
I like gold mining.
345
00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,100
I like being a part of all these things.
346
00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:23,836
So, I'm really excited to see
347
00:19:23,860 --> 00:19:26,130
what kind of gold we get out of here.
348
00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:35,937
Ha-ha!
349
00:19:35,961 --> 00:19:39,036
Monica's trommel reaches the yard
350
00:19:39,060 --> 00:19:43,030
where Mike's welders will
get to work repairing the plant.
351
00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,280
Yeah, I'll be there in a
sec. Gotta go, Monica.
352
00:19:53,260 --> 00:19:54,600
He-he.
353
00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:56,706
He the man with the plan,
354
00:19:56,730 --> 00:20:00,300
and the employee has just
took off to fix his own things.
355
00:20:17,260 --> 00:20:20,136
Okay, shut off the
water, shut off the water.
356
00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:22,536
Shut off the distributor,
and shut off the sluice box
357
00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:23,700
here in a second.
358
00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:28,936
I mean, it really sucks.
359
00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:30,236
It's about right
360
00:20:30,260 --> 00:20:33,276
that every time we start new projects...
361
00:20:33,300 --> 00:20:34,936
That we have to stop it
362
00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:37,500
to go fix or finish a different project.
363
00:20:41,730 --> 00:20:44,536
Holier than the Roman catholic church.
364
00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:46,236
I got a bunch of holes in my distributor.
365
00:20:46,260 --> 00:20:47,676
'Cause it's leaking through over here.
366
00:20:47,700 --> 00:20:51,276
On the other side, there's a massive
chunk missing of the centerpiece.
367
00:20:51,300 --> 00:20:53,636
The trommel's distributor box
368
00:20:53,660 --> 00:20:56,176
is losing water and gold
369
00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,800
just before it hits the sluice runs.
370
00:20:59,860 --> 00:21:02,200
Unfortunately, dad, it's
gonna take a day or two.
371
00:21:08,660 --> 00:21:10,176
All of the beets' welding crew
372
00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:14,336
are now needed to get the
trommel back on the gold...
373
00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:17,500
Leaving Monica's
project on the back burner.
374
00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,176
It will never be top priority.
375
00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:26,130
Tony beets will only ever think
what he is doing is important.
376
00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,236
He is hyper-focused on what he is doing
377
00:21:30,260 --> 00:21:32,536
and not focusing on anybody else.
378
00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:36,330
Eventually, I'd like to make
it off the bottom of the list.
379
00:21:38,260 --> 00:21:41,176
Doesn't really matter what anybody
else wants or anybody else thinks.
380
00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:42,900
Tony likes to say...
381
00:21:44,260 --> 00:21:45,636
"It's Tony beets first,
382
00:21:45,660 --> 00:21:46,637
then it's Tony beets again,
383
00:21:46,661 --> 00:21:49,300
then it's still not your turn, so..."
384
00:22:19,500 --> 00:22:21,036
At Duncan creek,
385
00:22:21,060 --> 00:22:25,836
Rick ness' crew are all in,
putting their gold bonuses
386
00:22:25,860 --> 00:22:29,136
on the line to move a mountain.
387
00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:33,436
They need to remove 1
million yards of dirt to hit pay
388
00:22:33,460 --> 00:22:35,900
all before winter freezes them out.
389
00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,136
Now, the guys got a
good start on this already.
390
00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,360
It's only been a couple
days, they moved a lot of dirt.
391
00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:46,136
When we get down to the bottom,
392
00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,200
I... I don't know, but we're
sure as hell gonna give it a try.
393
00:22:50,860 --> 00:22:52,836
We're gonna start shelfing our way down
394
00:22:52,860 --> 00:22:53,707
like a staircase,
395
00:22:53,731 --> 00:22:55,936
working our way down to, the level
396
00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:57,636
that Rick wants to completely take out,
397
00:22:57,660 --> 00:23:00,600
and, you know, down
to the pay part, so...
398
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,776
Operator Bailey car ten
is using the 750 excavator
399
00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:10,276
to load dirt into three rock trucks.
400
00:23:10,300 --> 00:23:13,436
It's gonna be a lot of trucking
of overburden out of here
401
00:23:13,460 --> 00:23:15,230
to even get down to it.
402
00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:21,236
Up until now, it's just been
kind of clearing sections.
403
00:23:21,260 --> 00:23:25,776
But now we can actually
start hauling stuff, which is nice.
404
00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:31,276
The rock trucks then haul the
43-ton loads down a 400-yard road...
405
00:23:31,300 --> 00:23:33,000
To dump in a waste pile.
406
00:23:34,460 --> 00:23:36,436
How many truckloads is this gonna take?
407
00:23:36,460 --> 00:23:38,900
It's gonna take all the truckloads.
408
00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:45,536
And now we're all kind of stretched out.
409
00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:48,636
You know, we've got,
both the 700 and the 750
410
00:23:48,660 --> 00:23:50,736
up on the cut right now, loading trucks.
411
00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:52,076
And these trucks are
bringing overburden.
412
00:23:52,100 --> 00:23:53,736
We're dumping it over the edge
413
00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:55,076
exactly like rally valley.
414
00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:56,936
You know, we're putting
all the cards on the table
415
00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:59,636
to hope that what happens here
416
00:23:59,660 --> 00:24:01,236
is exactly what we
pulled out of rally valley.
417
00:24:01,260 --> 00:24:04,430
Because, if not, we just lost our asses.
418
00:24:26,700 --> 00:24:28,500
Yeah, there's something
on the road there.
419
00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,836
It looks like one of the
hinge pins out of the...
420
00:24:37,860 --> 00:24:39,436
Out of the rock truck.
421
00:24:39,460 --> 00:24:40,736
Hey, Heather, you got a copy?
422
00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:43,436
Looks like you lost your
back hinge pin there.
423
00:24:43,460 --> 00:24:45,736
Just tell her to stop.
424
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:50,076
The hinge pins connect
the dump box to the truck,
425
00:24:50,100 --> 00:24:52,476
allowing it to tip backwards.
426
00:24:52,500 --> 00:24:54,376
Good thing we noticed
before I tried to dump.
427
00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:55,736
Yeah.
428
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,436
I mean, that road's pretty rough, so...
429
00:24:58,460 --> 00:25:01,176
Rattled that nut... or
that bolt out of there.
430
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:02,776
- All right.
- I think Ryan's down in the yard there.
431
00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,576
- He'll...
- I'll take this down to him.
432
00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,900
There are two hinge pins
in the back of these trucks.
433
00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:10,236
That one fell out.
434
00:25:10,260 --> 00:25:13,136
She possibly could have
dumped and that whole box
435
00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,876
would have went all cockeyed,
probably rolled that truck.
436
00:25:15,900 --> 00:25:19,000
So at least, we seen it here on the road.
437
00:25:25,700 --> 00:25:27,576
Ryan, I have a heavy gift for you.
438
00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:29,576
Sweet.
439
00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,136
Well, I thought we were
running too efficiently.
440
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:33,536
Thank you. I appreciate that.
441
00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:34,976
I try. I try.
442
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,736
I've never seen that happen before.
443
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:38,636
There's a keeper that
holds the pin in place.
444
00:25:38,660 --> 00:25:39,577
That probably fell out,
445
00:25:39,601 --> 00:25:41,730
and that's what allowed
the pin to come out.
446
00:25:43,260 --> 00:25:45,900
It's just it had to walk out a long ways.
447
00:25:46,460 --> 00:25:47,277
What would have happened?
448
00:25:47,301 --> 00:25:49,236
- What?
- If she would've dumped that?
449
00:25:49,260 --> 00:25:51,876
All your pressure is
gonna be on that cylinder,
450
00:25:51,900 --> 00:25:53,560
which is 14 grand.
451
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,230
We got lucky.
452
00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,336
All we did is we lost two bolts,
453
00:25:59,360 --> 00:26:01,030
lost a retainer plate,
454
00:26:01,460 --> 00:26:04,300
lost our pin, and almost lost our driver.
455
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:10,177
Yeah. You're gonna have to lift.
456
00:26:10,201 --> 00:26:12,636
She must have hit
the... it bounced just right.
457
00:26:12,660 --> 00:26:15,336
We need to lift it,
beat out the out of 'em,
458
00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:16,836
and put the new ones in.
459
00:26:16,860 --> 00:26:19,836
To slot the pin back into the hinge,
460
00:26:19,860 --> 00:26:21,676
Rick uses an excavator
461
00:26:21,700 --> 00:26:24,600
to precision lift the truck's box.
462
00:26:29,860 --> 00:26:31,600
Let it down a hair.
463
00:26:37,860 --> 00:26:39,400
Let me give it a tap.
464
00:26:39,860 --> 00:26:41,230
- Ready?
- Yep.
465
00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:42,600
Good?
466
00:26:54,660 --> 00:26:57,830
Easy. Anything's easy
with a 20-pound sledge.
467
00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:02,830
It's always good to have a quick fix.
468
00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:06,836
Especially... When we're
this late in the season
469
00:27:06,860 --> 00:27:08,400
and trying to do such a big cut.
470
00:27:09,100 --> 00:27:10,430
Perfect.
471
00:27:11,100 --> 00:27:13,436
That's it. You're done.
472
00:27:13,460 --> 00:27:14,936
Ooh! She's back in business?
473
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:16,136
Go make Bailey happy.
474
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:16,977
Yeah!
475
00:27:17,001 --> 00:27:18,930
Great. I'll get it back to work now.
476
00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:27,136
And, honestly, it's a good
thing Kyle was paying attention
477
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,376
because you go
dumping that without a pin
478
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,236
when we've got 25,
28 yards of sand or dirt
479
00:27:32,260 --> 00:27:34,076
or rock on that thing and, I mean,
480
00:27:34,100 --> 00:27:36,060
screw the money, at least
Heather didn't go over.
481
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,630
Realistically, it could
have been really bad.
482
00:27:40,700 --> 00:27:43,676
I'm definitely relieved Kyle found the pin.
483
00:27:43,700 --> 00:27:44,736
You know, it's hammer time right now.
484
00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:46,636
We're gonna be pushing
these machines every day.
485
00:27:46,660 --> 00:27:48,836
If we can keep on top
of it and fix things like that
486
00:27:48,860 --> 00:27:50,900
before it gets too
severe, we'll be all right.
487
00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,036
Now that Bob's broke down,
it's a real pain in the ass
488
00:28:09,060 --> 00:28:11,430
because everything's so far away.
489
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,276
It's definitely a pain with
how spread out we are.
490
00:28:15,300 --> 00:28:19,776
Everybody just lives in their vehicle,
491
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,330
trying to get to where
the broke-down junk is.
492
00:28:24,660 --> 00:28:27,976
Parker is expecting a hell of a lot.
493
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,136
Just the thought of Bob
being down right now
494
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,636
is pretty bloody frustrating.
495
00:28:33,660 --> 00:28:36,076
And I'm just waiting
for a good ass-chewing.
496
00:28:36,100 --> 00:28:39,636
Yeah, we just need this
wash plant up and running.
497
00:28:39,660 --> 00:28:43,876
Parker is looking for his
new sulphur creek operation
498
00:28:43,900 --> 00:28:46,336
to deliver 1,000 ounces.
499
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,976
But in its first full week of running,
500
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,336
wash plant Bob is down
501
00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,700
with a broken prewash conveyor.
502
00:28:55,260 --> 00:28:58,036
I mean, everything
was running so smooth,
503
00:28:58,060 --> 00:28:59,636
and then just something simple
504
00:28:59,660 --> 00:29:02,200
shuts the whole operation down.
505
00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:07,136
We're way behind schedule,
so we got to really make it up
506
00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:09,130
here in this back half of this course.
507
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:11,936
To get it back running,
508
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,136
father-and-son
mechanics, bill and Justin,
509
00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:18,730
must first replace the
conveyor's broken drive shaft.
510
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,230
Finally got this thing out.
511
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:26,400
Okay. In.
512
00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:32,736
The shaft that we got is way too long.
513
00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:34,436
The key way is not the same here, either.
514
00:29:34,460 --> 00:29:36,100
Man.
515
00:29:38,700 --> 00:29:42,676
The keys are not lined
up for the key ways here.
516
00:29:42,700 --> 00:29:44,330
Yeah, that key way's too short.
517
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:48,036
A driveshaft's key way grooves
518
00:29:48,060 --> 00:29:51,736
slot into the conveyor's
bearings and sprockets.
519
00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:53,236
If they don't line up,
520
00:29:53,260 --> 00:29:56,176
the replacement drive shaft is useless.
521
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,376
I don't know what my next step is.
522
00:29:58,400 --> 00:29:59,530
I really don't.
523
00:30:01,260 --> 00:30:02,976
We cannot go back to the yard
524
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:06,230
and tell Parker we
don't have the right stuff.
525
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,376
I don't know how we
ended up in this situation,
526
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,330
but all we can do is fix it.
527
00:30:12,500 --> 00:30:14,336
You know, wait a second here.
528
00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,700
Can you pick that one
out and turn it around?
529
00:30:19,300 --> 00:30:21,600
If we can get that set back in the truck...
530
00:30:24,300 --> 00:30:25,776
So that lines up with that key way.
531
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:26,806
Yes, it does.
532
00:30:26,830 --> 00:30:29,276
And this key way lines
up with this key way.
533
00:30:29,300 --> 00:30:31,736
So if we were to chop
this off right here...
534
00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:33,830
Yeah, we would have
our proper key ways.
535
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:39,236
The replacement drive
shaft is 1.5 feet too long,
536
00:30:39,260 --> 00:30:42,776
and its key way too short at one end.
537
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:45,676
Bill and Justin's improvised fix,
538
00:30:45,700 --> 00:30:48,836
flip the drive shaft, cut it to length,
539
00:30:48,860 --> 00:30:53,276
then grind out the key way
to match the broken shaft.
540
00:30:53,300 --> 00:30:57,736
Next, fit the bearings and
mount into the prewash
541
00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:01,436
before adding the sprockets
that slot onto the chain
542
00:31:01,460 --> 00:31:03,336
and turn the conveyor.
543
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:07,436
If the key way doesn't fit
the drive shaft precisely,
544
00:31:07,460 --> 00:31:10,176
the chain will quickly track out of line,
545
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,030
shutting down the conveyor once again.
546
00:31:18,260 --> 00:31:19,630
So there's our Mark.
547
00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:34,236
All right, you young little pup,
548
00:31:34,260 --> 00:31:36,736
fire that up there and put it in place.
549
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:37,876
Up, up and away.
550
00:31:37,900 --> 00:31:39,836
- Yeah. Okay?
- I got it.
551
00:31:39,860 --> 00:31:41,076
This is a trust moment.
552
00:31:41,100 --> 00:31:42,500
Yeah. I
553
00:31:43,300 --> 00:31:45,036
wanna try that bearing on there now?
554
00:31:45,060 --> 00:31:46,360
Yeah.
555
00:31:49,860 --> 00:31:52,400
All right, guys, let's get
this mounted in here.
556
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,136
This key way's lined up.
557
00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:57,536
Like, how much longer are you thinking?
558
00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:59,436
Like, Parker is breathing down my throat.
559
00:31:59,460 --> 00:32:01,460
All right, let's get some
sprockets on this thing.
560
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:06,830
Okay.
561
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:14,230
We are spot-on.
562
00:32:14,860 --> 00:32:16,600
Moment of truth here, boys.
563
00:32:17,860 --> 00:32:19,200
Time to fire it up?
564
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,176
- Time to fire it up?
- Time to fire it up.
565
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:33,276
At sulphur creek, it's time to see
566
00:32:33,300 --> 00:32:37,776
if bill and Justin's prewash
conveyor makeshift fix
567
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:40,976
will get wash plant Bob back on the gold.
568
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:42,130
It's about time!
569
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:00,500
Yeah! Yeah!
570
00:33:01,100 --> 00:33:02,500
There we go, boys.
571
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:04,337
- Thank you.
- Thank you!
572
00:33:04,361 --> 00:33:05,536
Thanks for your help, Jacob.
573
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:07,676
- Thanks, guys.
- Thanks, buddy.
574
00:33:07,700 --> 00:33:09,930
Now let's feed some dirt through it.
575
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,236
Wash plant Bob up and running,
576
00:33:15,260 --> 00:33:19,076
Parker's crew get back to
washing sulphur's pay dirt
577
00:33:19,100 --> 00:33:21,836
and are one step closer to finding out
578
00:33:21,860 --> 00:33:26,600
if his $2.5 million gamble will pay off.
579
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,036
Try and make a dent in this pile
580
00:33:29,060 --> 00:33:30,076
before the end of the week.
581
00:33:30,100 --> 00:33:33,376
We'll do everything we
can to keep Bob sluicing.
582
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:35,130
So far...
583
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,930
It's lookin' bloody good.
584
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,136
My boys here are
doing a good fabrication.
585
00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:51,336
There ain't no quick fix here
586
00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:53,230
because it was too worn for that.
587
00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:54,606
This is done.
588
00:33:54,630 --> 00:33:57,776
After two days of nonstop welding...
589
00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:59,176
Yeah. Fire it up.
590
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,576
The beets' only working wash plant
591
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:05,300
is back sluicing for gold.
592
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:10,336
This area's now patched.
593
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:11,936
Hopefully it lasts a while,
594
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:15,336
but knowing how this works, it won't.
595
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:18,436
But, for now, it's got me sluicing again,
596
00:34:18,460 --> 00:34:19,900
and that's good enough.
597
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:25,936
Mike's welding crew can now get back
598
00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,736
to fixing the moose creek trommel.
599
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,476
But to get the hester cut operational,
600
00:34:31,500 --> 00:34:34,876
Monica must first drain it.
601
00:34:34,900 --> 00:34:37,736
It would be nice to see
what comes out of that cut,
602
00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:40,436
and we cannot do that until...
603
00:34:40,460 --> 00:34:43,336
The pump is down
there drying out that cut
604
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:44,900
and the trommel's down there.
605
00:34:46,500 --> 00:34:50,336
To dewater the cut, Tony
and Mike will pull a pump
606
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:53,000
from a mined-out corner of the super pit.
607
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:37,400
Yes.
608
00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:15,800
Yes.
609
00:36:26,460 --> 00:36:28,576
What's up with me? What's up with you?
610
00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:30,400
I thought I was getting a pump today.
611
00:36:37,660 --> 00:36:39,436
That's always been this place.
612
00:36:39,460 --> 00:36:41,030
Careful, dad. She will kick.
613
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:13,336
So how do you know
that my cut down there
614
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:15,700
isn't just as nice as this cut up here?
615
00:37:24,860 --> 00:37:26,330
Feeling a little shafted.
616
00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:28,500
Yeah.
617
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:41,236
Once again,
618
00:37:41,260 --> 00:37:45,976
Monica's plan for the
hester cut is put on hold.
619
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:48,536
Sure as shouldn't talk to me that way.
620
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:50,036
And it sucks, kind of being pushed back
621
00:37:50,060 --> 00:37:51,076
to the bottom of the list.
622
00:37:51,100 --> 00:37:52,676
I get it. Happens.
623
00:37:52,700 --> 00:37:54,736
You can't leave the gold in the cut,
624
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,730
but, it still kind of sucks.
625
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:22,076
So I try really hard to
have Tony be Tony at work.
626
00:38:22,100 --> 00:38:24,036
And, you know, like if we're in Mexico
627
00:38:24,060 --> 00:38:26,336
or we're traveling, or dad, or whatever.
628
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,676
- But at work, he's Tony beets.
- He's my boss.
629
00:38:28,700 --> 00:38:31,076
I think Tony beets
wakes up in the morning
630
00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:32,236
"and goes,"
631
00:38:32,260 --> 00:38:37,336
"whose life can I disrupt today
by making the most chaos?"
632
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:38,406
He up our day,
633
00:38:38,430 --> 00:38:41,476
but usually with a plan in
action that he's changed
634
00:38:41,500 --> 00:38:43,436
at least a dozen times
635
00:38:43,460 --> 00:38:45,076
between waking up in the morning
636
00:38:45,100 --> 00:38:46,100
and going out the door.
637
00:38:48,500 --> 00:38:50,036
That I get to see progress happening,
638
00:38:50,060 --> 00:38:50,907
you get to have a plan,
639
00:38:50,931 --> 00:38:53,436
that you move forward with something,
640
00:38:53,460 --> 00:38:58,176
if my mental health was
deteriorating because of work,
641
00:38:58,200 --> 00:38:59,400
I would go somewhere else.
642
00:38:59,900 --> 00:39:00,936
Hello, sir.
643
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,500
I'm talking nothing but
bad things about you.
644
00:39:08,900 --> 00:39:10,300
Yeah.
645
00:39:19,300 --> 00:39:20,630
- Yo.
- What's going on?
646
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:22,836
At Duncan creek,
647
00:39:22,860 --> 00:39:25,836
the ness crew have
finished their first week
648
00:39:25,860 --> 00:39:27,530
digging out the new cut.
649
00:39:28,100 --> 00:39:29,736
This is impressive for a week.
650
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:31,976
Bailey delivers some
big loads with this thing.
651
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,076
We're averaging 90
loads a day per truck.
652
00:39:35,100 --> 00:39:36,037
We are weeks away, though.
653
00:39:36,061 --> 00:39:37,776
I mean, we've got a little dirt to move,
654
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:39,436
a lot of infrastructure
to build down there.
655
00:39:39,460 --> 00:39:41,136
- It's gonna take some time.
- Here we are,
656
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:42,436
gambling a ton of money,
657
00:39:42,460 --> 00:39:44,336
hoping we hit it big at
the bottom of this pile.
658
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:46,436
I mean, we're all affected by that.
659
00:39:46,460 --> 00:39:48,230
But you guys are all in.
660
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:50,900
I like to gamble.
661
00:39:52,260 --> 00:39:53,107
I mean, worst case.
662
00:39:53,131 --> 00:39:55,300
I'm gonna need a fuel card to get home.
663
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:58,636
We're gotta name this heap of dirt.
664
00:39:58,660 --> 00:40:00,130
Holly... Hollywood hill?
665
00:40:00,860 --> 00:40:01,936
That's a good one.
666
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:04,136
Hollywood hill is a good...
I do like Hollywood hill.
667
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:05,436
That's good.
668
00:40:05,460 --> 00:40:06,776
Hollywood boulevard.
669
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:07,537
I like that.
670
00:40:07,561 --> 00:40:09,636
I'll even cut out some letters.
671
00:40:09,660 --> 00:40:11,936
It's definitely a gamble
doing it this time of year.
672
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:13,230
We're rolling the dice.
673
00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:14,577
Vegas valley?
674
00:40:14,601 --> 00:40:16,800
- That's great.
- It's a gamble.
675
00:40:17,260 --> 00:40:18,336
Vegas valley.
676
00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:21,376
- Yep.
- Keep it up and it might pay off.
677
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:22,476
You like to gamble.
678
00:40:22,500 --> 00:40:24,236
I mean, we're definitely gambling here.
679
00:40:24,260 --> 00:40:25,836
We're gambling your bonuses,
680
00:40:25,860 --> 00:40:27,076
all the gold we've got already.
681
00:40:27,100 --> 00:40:29,236
So, you guys are doing a great job.
682
00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:30,836
I mean, this is impressive, you know,
683
00:40:30,860 --> 00:40:33,476
for the few people we
have. Just keep it up, man.
684
00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:34,377
We'll get there.
685
00:40:34,401 --> 00:40:35,600
Yep.
686
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,000
Hello.
687
00:40:51,660 --> 00:40:52,676
How are you guys?
688
00:40:52,700 --> 00:40:54,000
How are you?
689
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:04,036
Yeah... well, no, actually,
690
00:41:04,060 --> 00:41:06,636
because Mike's distributor went down
691
00:41:06,660 --> 00:41:08,530
and you guys found all that gold.
692
00:41:10,660 --> 00:41:12,000
The story of my life.
693
00:41:15,500 --> 00:41:17,336
It does kind of suck being
put on the back burner.
694
00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:19,036
I mean, I could just put all of your guys'
695
00:41:19,060 --> 00:41:20,400
on the back burner.
696
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:25,836
Yeah, well, get somebody else
697
00:41:25,860 --> 00:41:27,600
to do this part of the job.
698
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:30,400
No, it's not. Who are
you gonna get to do it?
699
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,100
Yeah? Are you gonna go bring it to town?
700
00:41:36,260 --> 00:41:37,276
Then he's gonna sit there.
701
00:41:37,300 --> 00:41:40,130
- Yeah, exactly.
- Not me. Not me.
702
00:41:44,100 --> 00:41:45,530
Yeah, right.
703
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:58,130
I think we should weigh what we have.
704
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:01,600
Give or take.
705
00:42:02,660 --> 00:42:04,336
Okay.
706
00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:08,376
To hit his 5,000 ounce season goal,
707
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:11,836
Tony needs 170 ounces a week.
708
00:42:11,860 --> 00:42:16,430
10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80
709
00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:22,530
90, 100... 140, 160
710
00:42:23,460 --> 00:42:29,836
180, 190, 203.32.
711
00:42:29,860 --> 00:42:32,836
Worth half a million dollars,
712
00:42:32,860 --> 00:42:38,900
taking their season
total to 3,695 ounces.
713
00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:41,436
Beautiful stuff, Michael.
714
00:42:41,460 --> 00:42:42,976
Actually nice-looking gold, by the way.
715
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:44,976
You're welcome.
716
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:47,676
I have.
717
00:42:47,700 --> 00:42:48,800
It's crazy, isn't it?
718
00:42:55,900 --> 00:42:56,960
Sayonara.
719
00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:00,800
Okay, we'll see you guys in a little bit.
720
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:07,736
She was a bit disappointed, but you got,
721
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:09,436
but you kind of got to go with the thing
722
00:43:09,460 --> 00:43:12,300
that you know for sure
than the unsure thing.
723
00:43:12,700 --> 00:43:13,776
Because you do
724
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,000
it costs money every time you do stuff.
725
00:43:21,860 --> 00:43:23,000
Yeah, I know.
726
00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:44,376
Well, where's that damn dog?
727
00:43:45,300 --> 00:43:46,500
Bosco!
728
00:43:47,300 --> 00:43:48,530
Bosco, come here.
729
00:43:49,500 --> 00:43:50,830
Hi.
730
00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:57,236
I swear it's like a 13-year-old kid.
731
00:43:57,260 --> 00:44:00,376
Like, "come here," like dragging his feet.
732
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:03,200
"I'll come, but it's gonna
take me ten minutes."
733
00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:06,176
Clean up your room.
734
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:07,900
Do I have to?
735
00:44:08,660 --> 00:44:10,236
So how was your guys' week?
736
00:44:10,260 --> 00:44:12,136
Damien had a fun one down there.
737
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:14,136
Yeah, it definitely sounds like it.
738
00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:16,076
Ol' Bob had some problems there.
739
00:44:16,100 --> 00:44:18,536
Yeah, the good old
feeder system on that.
740
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:21,636
Prewash was not, wanting to wash there.
741
00:44:21,660 --> 00:44:22,776
They got her back going.
742
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:24,476
Justin and bill did an awesome job.
743
00:44:24,500 --> 00:44:26,436
When you got wash
plants all over the place,
744
00:44:26,460 --> 00:44:27,736
and you know how that goes.
745
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:28,836
Spread out.
746
00:44:28,860 --> 00:44:29,777
Absolutely, yeah.
747
00:44:29,801 --> 00:44:31,736
But I think Damien was
supposed to be here,
748
00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:34,300
but I'm guessing there's
probably more problems.
749
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:37,636
So we'll do it without him.
750
00:44:37,660 --> 00:44:39,076
Do we want to see how big red did?
751
00:44:39,100 --> 00:44:39,977
Let's check it out.
752
00:44:40,001 --> 00:44:41,836
Old trusty top-gravel big red.
753
00:44:41,860 --> 00:44:44,236
- Yeah, ol' reliable.
- -Yeah, your top... your top guy.
754
00:44:44,260 --> 00:44:45,606
Big red.
755
00:44:45,630 --> 00:44:49,576
Big red has been running
top gravels in the bridge cut.
756
00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:53,300
Last week, it delivered 77 ounces.
757
00:44:54,300 --> 00:44:57,130
40, 60
758
00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:01,500
75, 90
759
00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:04,500
95
760
00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:09,376
98.5. Better than last week.
761
00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:12,176
That might be big red's
best cleanup of the year.
762
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:16,200
Worth around $250,000.
763
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:17,776
It's getting better.
764
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:19,900
It's like approaching an ounce an hour.
765
00:45:20,860 --> 00:45:22,036
Okay, Mitchell.
766
00:45:22,060 --> 00:45:23,836
Roxanne put in some work this week.
767
00:45:23,860 --> 00:45:25,976
- Yep.
- What have we got here?
768
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:31,476
Roxanne has been mining the
second half of the long cut all week,
769
00:45:31,500 --> 00:45:35,876
which, so far, has been
averaging 220 ounces.
770
00:45:35,900 --> 00:45:42,030
10, 30, 40, 60, 70
771
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:49,230
90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140...
772
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:52,836
- Keep it going. 160...
- 50, there we go.
773
00:45:52,860 --> 00:45:56,076
168.2.
774
00:45:56,100 --> 00:46:00,336
Worth over $420,000.
775
00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:02,636
I mean, that's a little less
than what we had last week,
776
00:46:02,660 --> 00:46:05,500
but it still... There's triple-digit.
777
00:46:06,700 --> 00:46:09,836
Better than a kick in the ass, I suppose.
778
00:46:09,860 --> 00:46:12,336
- How'd ol' Bob do here?
- The big Bob there.
779
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:15,476
Time to find out if the first full week
780
00:46:15,500 --> 00:46:18,436
of running at sulphur has paid off.
781
00:46:18,460 --> 00:46:22,400
Parker is looking for it
to deliver 300 ounces.
782
00:46:23,460 --> 00:46:25,236
Bob on sulphur.
783
00:46:25,260 --> 00:46:33,260
60, 70, 80, 100, 120,
140, 160, 170, 200, 220,
784
00:46:35,060 --> 00:46:40,200
240, 270, 280, 290
785
00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:43,476
299.0.
786
00:46:43,500 --> 00:46:48,176
Worth nearly three-quarters
of a million dollars.
787
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:50,376
There you go. You
almost had a 300-ouncer.
788
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:52,136
- Yeah.
- You're not gonna get no closer than that
789
00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:53,107
without breaking it.
790
00:46:53,131 --> 00:46:55,336
Yeah, it's nice-looking
gold over there, too.
791
00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:57,536
So what is that, like 550 for the week?
792
00:46:57,560 --> 00:47:00,236
That's going to put us
in the neighborhood of
793
00:47:00,260 --> 00:47:04,176
565.7 ounces for the week.
794
00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:08,836
Worth $1.4 million.
795
00:47:08,860 --> 00:47:13,500
The season now is 3,446.2.
796
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:16,400
A little over a third of the way there.
797
00:47:18,260 --> 00:47:20,876
With well over half
the season behind us.
798
00:47:20,900 --> 00:47:23,336
Started out slow, but
we're warmed up now.
799
00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:24,277
Just got to keep her going.
800
00:47:24,301 --> 00:47:26,036
- Yeah.
- All right.
801
00:47:26,060 --> 00:47:27,630
We've got to do.
802
00:47:28,060 --> 00:47:29,236
All right.
803
00:47:29,260 --> 00:47:30,776
- Thank... thank you.
- -All right, catch you later.
804
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:31,637
- Thank you, Chris.
- Catch you, guys.
805
00:47:31,661 --> 00:47:32,876
You betcha.
806
00:47:32,900 --> 00:47:34,300
Nice-looking gold.
807
00:47:36,700 --> 00:47:39,676
Parker pulled another parkerism.
808
00:47:39,700 --> 00:47:41,876
I love the way he approaches problems.
809
00:47:41,900 --> 00:47:43,036
He took a chance.
810
00:47:43,060 --> 00:47:47,236
It looks like sulphur is gonna
possibly save our season.
811
00:47:47,260 --> 00:47:49,136
It was another pretty good week.
812
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:50,576
At least good numbers are coming in
813
00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:52,636
and everybody's putting
a lot of heart into it.
814
00:47:52,660 --> 00:47:54,736
So that's good.
815
00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:56,000
Bosco, come!
816
00:47:56,600 --> 00:47:58,300
Hey, bosco!
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