1 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:16,040 Just doing a little preventative maintenance 2 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:17,280 on the trucks, grease them up. 3 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,239 Kind of expected Ryan to show up any time now. 4 00:00:21,240 --> 00:00:23,679 There you go. 5 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:25,400 It is ridiculous to be here without a mechanic. 6 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:30,520 Oh, look at that. There he is. 7 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,920 - Look at this guy. - My man. 8 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:38,759 - Fresh off the road? - Come on, buddy. 9 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:40,200 That drive never gets shorter. 10 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:41,920 What is that, 50? 11 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:43,999 It's about 56, 57 hours. 12 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,960 Jeez. 13 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:51,480 Rick Ness is ready to mine some gold and has called in 14 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:55,200 critical crew mechanic Ryan Kent. 15 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:56,599 So you're ready for work? 16 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:58,439 Yeah, yeah, let's go. 17 00:00:58,440 --> 00:00:59,719 Sorry I'm late. 18 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:01,640 No, with all the unknowns up here, it didn't make any sense 19 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:03,159 for you to rush up here. 20 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:04,359 I think there's opportunities here. 21 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:06,279 There's a lot of ground to explore, 22 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:07,319 but we can check it out. 23 00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:08,800 - Show me now. - Yep. 24 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:16,840 Rick spent 200 ounces of gold to buy a new opportunity, 25 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:18,080 Lightning Creek. 26 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,080 He paid half up front, but needs to pay the second 27 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:29,879 100 ounces to seller Troy Taylor in two weeks' time. 28 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:33,080 The claim covers more than 1,600 acres. 29 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,519 And after a quick prospect, Rick rolled the dice 30 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:38,840 and decided where to mine. 31 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:42,999 This is the Diamond Cut here. 32 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:44,520 So the good news is, it's already down to pay. 33 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:47,360 The bad news is, we're not sluicing. 34 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:52,240 - What's the season total? - 1,800. 35 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:54,199 Is that going to be a stretch down here? 36 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:55,760 I've been talking to Troy about it. 37 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,040 I think we can pull it off. 38 00:01:58,160 --> 00:01:59,640 And I assume they gave you all the drill results 39 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:00,880 for everything that they've done here? 40 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,600 Yeah, yeah. There is some drilling. 41 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,120 It's not-- that had a ton of mining on it. 42 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:06,520 Are you happy with the test results? 43 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,439 If we could actually get the ground here to stay 44 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,160 consistent with the test that we got, it'd be good. 45 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:13,479 You know, an ounce per 100 yards 46 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:14,559 is what we're looking for. 47 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:15,959 And with gold prices the way they are, 48 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:17,800 like, holy [bleep], man! 49 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:20,120 To me, you're taking a pretty big gamble buying another piece 50 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,160 of ground that's, you know, only thing that's 51 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:24,599 been tested is by word of mouth from somebody else. 52 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:25,839 Yeah... 53 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:27,640 And you just spend a [bleep] ton of money to buy out 54 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:30,240 the ground that you're on. - It is... You're right. 55 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:31,600 It was the last thing I wanted to do. 56 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,720 And I don't know. I probably did jump the gun. 57 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,920 You know, my family relies heavily on how we do here. 58 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:41,879 You know, I'm nervous as hell. 59 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:43,920 The bottom line is, we've got ground. 60 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:45,359 We've got a water license. 61 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:46,759 We need to get the gold coming in now. 62 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,359 Looks like we need to get a plant ready then. 63 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:49,680 Yeah. 64 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:52,959 Hey, guys. Come on down to 750. 65 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:54,959 We got a visitor. 66 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:56,400 You finally show up. 67 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:58,199 And it's the Yukon's best dirt mover. 68 00:02:58,200 --> 00:02:59,959 - Hey, buddy. - How you doing, man? 69 00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:01,159 Yeah, looks like you've been busy. 70 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:02,240 Our new employee. 71 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:03,999 What's up, buddy? Hey, Kai, this is Ryan. 72 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,440 - Hey, Ryan, nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, man. 73 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,200 We tried to set the plant up, but there's just 74 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:08,600 not lot of room down here. 75 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,039 And I just, I didn't like the looks of it. 76 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:12,039 There wasn't enough space. 77 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:13,639 The bank was starting to erode right away. 78 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:21,080 Last week, Rick's crew fired up washplant Rocky 79 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:23,320 for the first time this season... 80 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,399 We got water. Woo! Woo! 81 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:27,920 ...when disaster struck. 82 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:30,560 The bank's eroding way too fast. 83 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,560 Shut her off! It's already gone too [bleep] far. 84 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:35,600 [bleep] [bleep]! 85 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:40,599 Rick moved Rocky off the pad, rebuilt the foundation, 86 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:42,839 and is finally ready to run again. 87 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:48,119 Yep, I'm going to stand away. 88 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:49,239 Yeah. 89 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,599 Once that's in, then we'll get the water and the pumps 90 00:03:58,600 --> 00:03:59,800 and the generator all hooked up. 91 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:09,559 I think that's good. 92 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:10,720 That's nuts on level. 93 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:13,040 Next! 94 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,080 That's the gen-shack right here, and that's what provides 95 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:20,360 the power for our plant. 96 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:29,999 Got the generator over here. 97 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,760 We're gonna get the water pump next. 98 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:39,560 Good? 99 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:40,600 Looks pretty level to me, don't you? 100 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:41,720 Yeah. 101 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,039 Very nice to see this come together. 102 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:49,840 By the end of the day, we might even see some gold. 103 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:51,319 Let me rephrase that. 104 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,919 By the end of the day, we better see some [bleep] gold. 105 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:55,080 Clear? 106 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:00,920 Whoo! 107 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,160 - Clear? - Yep. 108 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,839 Like we never shut it off. 109 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:11,760 - Makes the same noise. - There's nothing in it. 110 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:12,880 Get the water going. 111 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:20,120 There she goes. 112 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,919 I'm super excited to see my first bucket put 113 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:26,160 in the plant. 114 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,920 - A little shake, a little bang! - Whoo! 115 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:35,119 There we go. 116 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:37,599 First bucket, 2025. 117 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:38,680 Oh, listen to that. 118 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:45,159 I say it every year, it's just some dirt, 119 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:46,920 just some rocks, just some steel, 120 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:49,080 all rattling together. 121 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:51,320 But it sounds like gold to me. 122 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,040 You can see the excitement in every one of these guys 123 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:58,480 right now, finally getting to see some gold 124 00:05:58,600 --> 00:05:59,879 go through the box. 125 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:01,120 1,800 ounces isn't going to come easy. 126 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:03,920 So we definitely got to stay at it, keep the equipment good, 127 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:05,200 and get to work. 128 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:08,960 It was always overwhelming amount of work to be done 129 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,240 to get to this point, and when you finally do, 130 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,800 you really got to take the time to celebrate it. 131 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:16,960 But there's going to be someone sitting in this seat now 132 00:06:18,840 --> 00:06:21,359 every hour of every day for the next five months 133 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:22,999 until we get out of here. 134 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,439 You know, we'll push as hard as we can, maybe get 120 yards 135 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:26,879 an hour out of it, and we're going 136 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:28,440 to make it work. 137 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,040 You know, hopefully this right now is the start to one 138 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:32,679 hell of a season. 139 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:18,799 King of the Klondike Tony Beets has mined 1,400 ounces 140 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:24,840 of his 6,500 ounce target, all of it from his Early Bird Cut 141 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,480 using one washplant, Sluice-A-Lot. 142 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,879 Tony's doubling down on his fast start by opening 143 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:49,360 new ground he prospected last year. 144 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:18,880 A mile east of the Early Bird Cuts, the massive 46 acre 145 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,240 Corner Cut will be Tony's biggest cut to date. 146 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:28,959 He needs to strip a 10 acre section of overburden 10 feet 147 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:34,160 deep to reach pay, and he wants it done in just seven days. 148 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,200 So we got to strip like crazy, 149 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,439 so that means lots of new people. 150 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:44,440 Tony has a big plan. 151 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:46,919 Shut up and learn. That's how that works here. 152 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,519 But nearly a month on the job, 153 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:52,920 some of the greenhorns are still struggling. 154 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,439 I learned more in this last month than I feel that I've 155 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,120 known in my whole life, to be honest with you. 156 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,319 Tony, as a boss, is the most straightforward man 157 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:23,880 I've ever met. 158 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,880 He lets you know where you lie, for sure. 159 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,320 It can get a little crazy when Tony shows up. 160 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:32,200 We usually get a lot of stuff done, so that's... 161 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:33,519 always good. 162 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:35,800 Tony is a great boss. 163 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,000 He tells you what to do, and he's pretty hands-off 164 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:39,839 if you do it right. 165 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:41,760 Well, you know, if you do it wrong, then you're going 166 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,239 to hear about it. 167 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:47,840 Tony is keeping a close eye on his rookie crew. 168 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:17,200 Two greenhorns are driving through a waterlogged section 169 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:20,839 of the cut, taking unnecessary risks 170 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,640 with Tony's expensive rock trucks. 171 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:00,480 Tony spots another rookie mishandling his rock truck 172 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:03,479 across the cut at the dump site. 173 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:29,200 There are ten rock truck drivers now. 174 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,480 But soon, there might be eight... 175 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,360 At Indian River, Tony's on the hunt 176 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:12,160 for two rock truck drivers 177 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:15,199 who ignored his instruction to stop 178 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,400 and wait for him in the Corner Cut. 179 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:30,479 I'm back in the cut now. 180 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:31,840 I managed to make it up the hill and dump 181 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:33,280 the load I had. 182 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:49,960 Yes, sir. 183 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:56,960 I'm not sure who was behind me, sir. 184 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:28,439 The second driver has gotten away with disobeying Tony... 185 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:30,200 ...for now. 186 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:31,799 Tony is driving around like a madman. 187 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,040 He scared me to death. 188 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,840 Tony has been on a bit of a firing spree. 189 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:37,600 I'm not gonna say anything. 190 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:39,840 Best I can do is just keep my head down 191 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,919 and hope everything else goes OK, 192 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:44,560 hope he forgot all about it. 193 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:04,080 We have a big goal this year, 2,000 ounces. 194 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:08,400 So the plant looks really nice sitting up on the waste site. 195 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,600 Pretty happy with our massive pay pile, 196 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:12,920 which is excellent. 197 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,720 Second-year mine boss, Kevin Beets, has banked 198 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:21,359 162 ounces of gold. 199 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:25,719 For the last week and a half, he's been stockpiling pay from 200 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:30,040 his newly opened Pyramid Cut and repairing his washplant. 201 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:34,039 We'll take our time, we're gonna do it right, 202 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:35,600 do it once, and then when we get 203 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:37,960 sluicing, we never have to turn the [bleep] off. 204 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,479 With Brennan gone, we're down a foreman, and with Kayden 205 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:43,439 leaving as well, I'm now down a mechanic. 206 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:45,279 Thankfully, Buzz has been able to take a lot 207 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:49,840 of the welding-related projects, which has been a great help. 208 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:52,280 Now, I don't think Tony would really take as much time to get 209 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,479 sluicing as we are. 210 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,240 He'd probably ram it through as quickly as [bleep] possible. 211 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:05,160 Well, first we have to find him. 212 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:11,200 While making his rounds, Tony brings wife Minnie 213 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:13,840 to check in on their eldest son's operation. 214 00:17:17,360 --> 00:17:18,800 I see his plant. 215 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:20,440 What in the heck is he doing with it? 216 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:29,400 We have to park it before I can jump out. 217 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:32,680 Ooh. 218 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:34,000 Hello. 219 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:36,999 As you can see we got the plant moved. 220 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,160 - Yeah. - Nice and high. 221 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,559 No, I've been down for about a week and a half, I'd say so. 222 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:51,279 You have to make money. 223 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:52,400 - Yep. - You know? 224 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:53,680 Very much, very much. 225 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,480 Instead of spending all your savings. 226 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:57,600 Yeah, yeah. 227 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:00,679 But we're getting repairs done, 228 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:02,559 so hopefully we won't have to fix [bleep] 229 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:03,960 for a good [bleep] amount of time. 230 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:08,120 And get running next week. 231 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:11,560 No, you don't. 232 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:12,880 Get going. 233 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,160 Uh, we'll get going today, tomorrow. 234 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:26,960 We'll come and check out on our royalties. 235 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:43,720 Kevin always has been a bit of a perfectionist. 236 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:46,319 He was like that when he was young too. 237 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:48,440 Then it's like, you kind of go, "really, dude?" 238 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:52,639 So you think he'd be on it? 239 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:54,000 Yeah. 240 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:58,240 Still money going out. 241 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:22,440 To get his washplant running, Kevin has tasked expectant 242 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:25,000 father, Buzz Legault, with the repairs. 243 00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:46,120 Buzz has been able to take a lot off my plate, but I know 244 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:47,720 he's going to have to head off. 245 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:49,560 I got to go talk to Buzz so we can get 246 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,159 sluicing again, so... 247 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:53,560 see what we can make [bleep] work. 248 00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:04,239 Hey, Buzz. 249 00:20:06,120 --> 00:20:07,400 Ready to [bleep] go? 250 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:14,440 OK, [bleep]...Uh... 251 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:16,680 So Tony and Minnie stopped by. 252 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:22,120 But they really, really do want to get sluicing ASAP. 253 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:28,920 OK. 254 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:33,600 I would like to get sluicing as soon as you [bleep] can. 255 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,520 Well, like you said, "make it [bleep] happen." 256 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:43,840 The pressure is on, but you got a couple of days. 257 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:49,880 Best of luck. 258 00:21:19,120 --> 00:21:21,640 Buzz is on the plant, so we have a couple of days. 259 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:24,560 He's going to have his work cut out for him. 260 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,800 We've got a lot of hurdles here, and, you know, if this 261 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,320 one's going to be a success, it's going to be hard-fought, 262 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:48,720 but, [bleep] yeah, we're going to deserve it. 263 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,000 I gave Troy a down-payment, and I told him I'd have him 264 00:21:54,120 --> 00:21:55,200 another 100 ounces. 265 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:57,880 You know, I'm betting our future on this. 266 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:05,919 Rick Ness is finally on the gold, with washplant Rocky 267 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,840 churning through 120 yards of pay an hour. 268 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:15,319 Now it's business as usual. 269 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:17,720 Now it's like, we keep that plant running 270 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:19,400 like it's our [bleep] job. 271 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,120 Right now, that's Kyle's job, so we're leaving him here 272 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:22,519 to do it. 273 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:25,559 By the end of the week, Rick and his crew will know 274 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:31,200 whether his $700,000 gamble on Lightning Creek will pay out. 275 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:36,000 We're not really going to know for sure what's in there. 276 00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:38,880 It's going to be our second full day of running Rocky here. 277 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:55,720 [bleep] sakes! 278 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:56,960 That don't look good. 279 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:02,680 That end spray bar is not doing [bleep]. 280 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,799 There's way too much water coming over the ass end of that. 281 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,920 We're losing material out the side, and there could be 282 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:12,040 gold in it. 283 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:17,759 I think the pump's just too high. 284 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:18,960 All right, I got a walkie now. 285 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:20,279 We're going to go there and check. 286 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:22,560 OK. 287 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,279 Yeah, that's as low as she goes. 288 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:25,840 I'm going to jump in up there and look real quick. 289 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,919 - That's as low as it goes? - That's it, man. 290 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,439 All the water pressure's getting backed up and going up 291 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,599 through the pre-wash instead. 292 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:41,400 Yeah, there's one up here and nothing's even 293 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:42,679 coming out of it. 294 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:43,919 We got to shut it down. 295 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:45,040 All right, let me go get the pump. 296 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:49,919 To shut down when we're trying 297 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,559 to get 1,800 ounces is not ideal. 298 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:54,760 No, Rick won't like that. 299 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,079 Right now, we're not really washing anything going across 300 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:58,120 that shaker deck. 301 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,279 Yeah, a bunch of [bleep] stuck in it. 302 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:12,560 We're sucking in a bunch of rocks. 303 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,079 And that's blocking the water flow back to, you know, 304 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,520 there's a lot of pressure left on it, so the pressure has 305 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:22,519 nowhere else to go but back up to the spray bars. 306 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,160 I mean, we cannot afford this downtime. 307 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:28,079 We're going to go widen out the nozzle tips a little bit. 308 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:29,560 That way, if we get any little bit of rock, 309 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:30,920 it still shoots through. 310 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:36,999 Water from the nearby creek is pumped to washplant Rocky 311 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,959 and fed into two spray bars that wash the pay. 312 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:44,640 But small rocks from the creek have blocked the plant's 313 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:48,599 nozzles on one side, raising the water pressure 314 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:54,080 in the pre-wash spray bars, blasting pay out of the plant. 315 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:55,920 Ryan's simple fix... 316 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,519 widen the shaker deck spray bar nozzles, 317 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:03,479 so the rocks can pass through and the gold-rich pay 318 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,120 can be cleaned properly. 319 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:08,400 Yeah, because there's some big ones in there. 320 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,199 There's our problem. 321 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:13,999 We got a pry bar stuck in there. 322 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,160 Hey, where'd that come from? 323 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:17,359 Yeah, that's better. 324 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:19,600 So we're going from that... to that. 325 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:20,920 Yeah. 326 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:23,880 I'll get them clipped on. 327 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:25,479 We'll fire up the water, but... 328 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:27,520 down time is kind of kicking our ass, but... 329 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:29,879 - We'll get her fixed... - We'll get her fixed up. 330 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:31,760 - All right! - I like it. 331 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:34,480 Well, I got a shaker deck... 332 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,360 Yeah, I'll go ahead and get the pump fired up when you give 333 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:37,480 a thumbs up. - Great. 334 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,239 After a 30-minute shutdown, 335 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,440 Rick's crew are back on the gold. 336 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:05,320 Now that we got those rocks cleared out of those spray bars, 337 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,519 the water pressure seems-- it's nice and even now, 338 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:09,960 looks better, it's running better. 339 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,520 Luckily, it wasn't for that long. 340 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:16,160 Success! 341 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:18,360 Yeah, no, the water looks a lot better. 342 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:20,999 It's not blasting over the backside anymore. 343 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,039 I don't want to shut down again. 344 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:23,160 Rick don't want us to shut down again. 345 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:38,680 We're moving a lot of dirt. 346 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,080 We're moving more dirt than we ever have before. 347 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,200 We got to stay ahead stripping-wise. 348 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:55,839 At Indian River, Tony is pushing foreman Cousin Mike 349 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,200 and his crew to open up a 10-acre section 350 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:01,640 of the Corner Cut by the end of the week. 351 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:30,040 Tony's watching his crew like a hawk after a rock truck 352 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,920 driver disobeyed him earlier in the week. 353 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:42,400 The [bleep] you doing? 354 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:45,800 Where's this truck going? 355 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:00,040 You having troubles? 356 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:05,360 No answer. 357 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,640 Ah, ah... Ah, for [bleep] sakes. 358 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,240 I've seen a couple weird behaviors from him. 359 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,080 Oh, I think he's drinking on the job. 360 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,920 I'm pretty sure Jarrod's [bleep] at work. 361 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,160 He can't be having that around here. 362 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,040 He's going to hurt himself or hurt somebody else. 363 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,400 [bleep] me. 364 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,319 Hey, I don't know what's going on with Jarrod, but I think 365 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:05,560 he's drunk or something. 366 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:21,640 There he is. 367 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:28,560 Jarrod. 368 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:31,720 You drunk or something? 369 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:34,719 Look at me. 370 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:35,680 You drunk? 371 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:38,959 I don't think you're fine. 372 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:40,560 Here, stop the truck. Stop the truck. 373 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:42,959 Yeah, stop it. 374 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:44,760 Park it. Get out. 375 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:46,800 You in the truck! 376 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:50,560 In the truck. 377 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:55,880 Jarrod, you drunk? 378 00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:58,680 Hey, look at me. 379 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:06,959 You drunk? 380 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:08,600 You're being goofy all day. 381 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:09,960 Hey, look at me. 382 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:15,919 You can't even look at me straight. 383 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:19,319 You're driving like an idiot, honking like you're not right 384 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:21,400 in the head. You smell like alcohol, too. 385 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:24,720 I'll, uh... 386 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:26,680 get you to camp. 387 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:28,920 Grab your [bleep]. 388 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:34,560 At Indian River, Beets foreman cousin Mike has pulled rock 389 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,200 truck driver Jarrod off the job. 390 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:38,680 I think this guy is drunk. 391 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:47,719 You going to be a lippy with me? 392 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:49,480 Because then you're gone, guaranteed. 393 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,320 I don't give a [bleep]. 394 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:54,840 Yeah. 395 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:05,800 Oh, I... We gotta see 396 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:08,000 Because I think you're drunk right now. 397 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,160 Take your bag. 398 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:20,360 Tony, do you copy? 399 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:26,239 I have someone here. I think he's drunk. 400 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:31,119 Jarrod, smell the alcohol here. 401 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,959 OK. 402 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,000 You stay here. 403 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:41,999 You're drunk? You have been drinking? 404 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:45,199 So you were lying, too? You're drunk and lying? 405 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:49,439 No, you told me you were hungover from last night. 406 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:58,480 No, no, no, no. That's not how that works. 407 00:32:58,600 --> 00:32:59,720 You don't make the call. 408 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:01,480 You [bleep] up, well, you got fired. 409 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:03,120 You got 30 minutes to get the [bleep] out of here. 410 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:06,679 You're trying to work with me being drunk? 411 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:08,799 You're running a piece of heavy equipment, 412 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:10,719 people around, and you're being drunk. 413 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:13,200 Like, give your head a shake. 414 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:14,439 I don't know how old you are. 415 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:15,600 We'll go to your room. 416 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:18,840 No, 30 minutes, you're out. 417 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:22,280 Yeah, 30 minutes. 418 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:21,639 I really, really do want to get sluicing ASAP. 419 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:23,799 The pressure is on to try and get as much as possible 420 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:25,240 this year, as fast as possible. 421 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:29,839 Perfectionist Kevin Beets is under pressure 422 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,999 from his landlord parents, Tony and Minnie, 423 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:36,080 to get sluicing and deliver their royalties. 424 00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:39,239 With the plant, there's a lot 425 00:34:39,240 --> 00:34:40,839 of just maintenance that we need to do. 426 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:44,880 Buzz has a whole [bleep] list that we just need to do so it 427 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,160 doesn't become big [bleep] off projects. 428 00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:58,360 Buzz is trying to complete Kevin's maintenance repairs. 429 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:35,320 - That's ready to rumble. - Yeah. 430 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:38,400 All righty. Loader's on the way. 431 00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,440 It's been a couple of weeks since we had gold coming in. 432 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:44,239 - Be nice to start paying bills. - That would be nice, yes. 433 00:35:44,240 --> 00:35:45,240 Yes. 434 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:47,879 Hey, Buzz. 435 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:49,880 - Hey, Buzz. - There she goes. 436 00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:55,599 Oh, Garry's here. Well, let's get her fired up. 437 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,560 Let's do it! 438 00:35:57,680 --> 00:36:01,439 Kevin is finally ready to start running his stockpile 439 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:03,040 of Pyramid Cut pay dirt. 440 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:14,719 Beauty. All right, now on switches. 441 00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:16,280 First things first, discharge conveyor! 442 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:21,719 On. 443 00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:22,720 There we go! 444 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,319 Huh, screen deck. 445 00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:31,640 We are shaking. 446 00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:36,239 OK, everybody's ready. 447 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:46,399 First bucket is on its [bleep] way. 448 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:47,840 First bucket in. 449 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:13,639 Faith! Faith! 450 00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:14,879 Kill the feeder! 451 00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:16,000 Kill the feeder. 452 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:17,639 Kill the feeder? 453 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:18,799 Thank you. 454 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:20,200 How did I kill the feeder again? I forgot. 455 00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:30,279 There was a pile of dirt left in the prewash from the-- 456 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:31,719 when we shut down. 457 00:37:31,720 --> 00:37:34,720 That is forming a pile, so it's not able to flow. 458 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:36,800 Can I get you to bring me one of those long shovels? 459 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:41,119 Failure to clean out the prewash 460 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,240 has left concrete-like dirt 461 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:46,759 that can't be broken down by the spray bars, 462 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:50,520 creating a blockage and causing the new pay to pile up. 463 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:53,880 So, fix this for good. 464 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:57,919 We're gonna have to shut down to clean out the pre-wash 465 00:37:57,920 --> 00:37:59,679 and have somebody in here for the shovel 466 00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:01,679 cleaning out the rocks. 467 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:06,560 But we need to get sluicing again, so we just need to do 468 00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:10,119 Tony's, "ah, [bleep] it, run it," mentality. 469 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:13,320 Fighting his perfectionist need to shut down, 470 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:16,240 Kevin's opting for a temporary fix. 471 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,640 So, rather than pile this dirt up 60 feet, 472 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:24,160 I have to shovel it. 473 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:30,600 Can someone go turn up the pump, please? 474 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,679 Can you get it up to 1600, please? 475 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:38,119 We're getting it! 476 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:40,960 Just a few minor adjustments. 477 00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:42,200 Gah! 478 00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:46,320 There we go. 479 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:50,360 Get this at least [bleep] moving. 480 00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:58,879 Ah, that's looking way [bleep] better! 481 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,439 Perfect! 482 00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:03,719 OK, now we can turn on the feeder, but set it 483 00:39:03,720 --> 00:39:05,079 at three, please. 484 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,680 Kevin's efforts clear the blockage. 485 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:21,880 Well, good to be sluicing, guys. 486 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:23,999 Looks good, Buzz. 487 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:25,680 I think you did a good job getting it ready to run. 488 00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:31,440 That's all we can do. 489 00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:33,520 - Yeah. - Looking good. 490 00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:49,559 All the repairs seem to be holding, so yeah, 491 00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:50,920 it looks good. 492 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:53,800 Alright, gotta rip. 493 00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:00,200 So I am well aware of this tendency. 494 00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:02,520 I like to get everything just right. 495 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:06,799 And I guess Tony is right. 496 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:09,240 I've had to learn to be "good enough is good enough." 497 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:10,479 You know what I mean? 498 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:11,880 Instead of just, "it has to be right." 499 00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:28,519 It's the first mat pull of the season. 500 00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:30,119 Moment of truth, we'll pull the mats, and I'm gonna 501 00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:33,159 actually finally see if Diamond Cut's got any gold. 502 00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:34,560 What's going on? 503 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:37,080 First clean up, I figured it's your first time, so 504 00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:38,999 I might as well jump in the rock truck, give you a chance 505 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:40,559 to get over there, kind of see what it's like. 506 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:41,680 All right. 507 00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:45,640 Is it everything you imagined, Kai? 508 00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:48,799 It's glamour... and more. 509 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:50,160 These clean ups are on my shoulders, 510 00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:51,439 you know what I mean? 511 00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:52,639 I'm always worried about letting them down. 512 00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:54,439 It's one of the nice things about having a small crew. 513 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:56,999 It makes me feel like we're all in it together. 514 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,719 In my eyes, the absolute perfect team. 515 00:40:59,720 --> 00:41:01,720 You guys are the real gold. 516 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:03,720 Did you hear that, Kai? You're the real gold. 517 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:05,159 - Who? - You. 518 00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:06,320 What, I'm the real gold? 519 00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:08,079 You guys, you guys are the real gold out here. 520 00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:09,320 For me. 521 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:11,720 Oh, don't break my new expensive buckets! 522 00:41:13,240 --> 00:41:15,920 Are we buying buckets? We got that bucket money now? 523 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:30,280 It's looking pretty good. 524 00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:33,080 Water's doing what it's supposed to. 525 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:35,680 I'm just nice and consistent. 526 00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:39,080 I'm pretty happy that we got the plant going. 527 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:42,239 Takes a lot of stress off my mind. 528 00:41:42,240 --> 00:41:44,680 It has a whole different kind, but at least this stress 529 00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:45,999 makes money. 530 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:47,640 So it is a step in the right direction. 531 00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:52,200 Kevin's washplant is up and running. 532 00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:01,320 But he's losing another valuable crew member. 533 00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:09,760 Hey, Buzz. How's it going? 534 00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:13,600 So, yeah, it must be about time for you to get going, eh? 535 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:19,999 Yep, the real one. 536 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:21,640 Yeah, I just want to say thanks, Buzz, for all you've done. 537 00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:29,079 This thing has worked out, honestly, so... 538 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:31,120 We have a little bit of luck on our side. 539 00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:33,880 Found a bit of gold when we fired up runs. 540 00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:36,720 Right? 541 00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:38,719 You're coming back after, I assume, right? 542 00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:42,440 Safe travels. 543 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:43,599 And best of luck. 544 00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:44,599 Hope it all goes smooth for you. 545 00:42:57,920 --> 00:42:58,920 Hi, guys. 546 00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:03,920 No, we're just here to see you because we missed you 547 00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:05,280 so much, Dad. 548 00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:09,520 How is it in the Indian? 549 00:43:12,720 --> 00:43:14,120 So now you stole my people 550 00:43:14,240 --> 00:43:16,000 and you've been [bleep] hiring a lot. 551 00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:17,320 How's it going with all of them? 552 00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:32,519 We got some characters in the crowd, but you gotta 553 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:33,920 go through them. 554 00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:35,720 We had one driving around drunk, so that is... 555 00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:37,279 - What? - What? 556 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:38,760 And then you got a drunk idiot driving, 557 00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:40,319 with people walking around, and it's just... 558 00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:42,200 It's the people more so than anything else, 559 00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:43,960 because they hurt other people, right? 560 00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:45,759 Yeah, and it won't bother them, because they're 561 00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:47,719 in a rock truck. - Yeah. 562 00:43:47,720 --> 00:43:49,200 - That's scary. - It is. 563 00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:52,039 Yeah, you gotta go. It's serious stuff. 564 00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:54,199 Hey, Monica, how's things going in the gold room? 565 00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:55,400 - Good. - Keeping busy? 566 00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:59,600 Please, Mike, you count, because I can't see. 567 00:43:59,720 --> 00:44:04,279 So far, the Early Bird Cut has produced a weekly average 568 00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:07,040 of 250 ounces of gold. 569 00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:11,160 Are you ready, Michael? 570 00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:15,159 60... 571 00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:16,720 70... 572 00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:18,520 100, 110, 120, 130, 573 00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:20,119 40, 50, 60, 70... 574 00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:28,160 190, 200, 220, 230, 240... 575 00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:33,040 250, 70, 80, 90, 300... 576 00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:37,240 310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360. 577 00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:44,919 4, 410, 420, 430, 440, 450, 460... 578 00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:49,560 467.8... 579 00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:52,920 467.8! 580 00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:57,599 Sluice-A-Lot's record-breaking weekly haul is worth over 581 00:44:57,600 --> 00:45:00,160 one and a half million dollars. 582 00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:06,000 - Yeah. - It's huge. 583 00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:09,039 OK, where are we going? 584 00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:11,119 - I'll book it right now. - No! Ho-ho-ho. 585 00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:26,320 Yeah, yeah! Rick, Rick, Rick, Rick! 586 00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:27,680 Oh, look at him. 587 00:45:35,720 --> 00:45:38,880 The Ness crew are waiting for their first gold weigh 588 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:43,640 of the season to see if Rick's Diamond Cut will pay out. 589 00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:45,240 This is a weird one, 590 00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:46,840 starting on new ground again. 591 00:45:46,960 --> 00:45:48,159 Yeah, yeah. 592 00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:49,560 We can't come on new ground and expect to hit 593 00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:51,279 Raleigh Valley, Vegas Valley kind of [bleep]. 594 00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:53,080 I mean, I know it's going to be a learning deal, but... 595 00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:55,120 Yeah, it's definitely still a risk. 596 00:45:55,240 --> 00:45:56,919 Speaking of that, shall we grab the gold and weigh it up? 597 00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:58,119 Let's see it. 598 00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:05,399 To be successful, Rick's crew need one ounce per 100 yards, 599 00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:08,240 so at least 40 ounces of gold. 600 00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:13,879 Four days running 100 yards an hour. 601 00:46:13,880 --> 00:46:15,480 - You want to count the numbers? - Sure. 602 00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:17,119 First one? We got it. 603 00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:18,120 Let's go. 604 00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:24,320 One, two... 605 00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:27,560 - Three, four, five, six, seven. - [bleep]. 606 00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:30,719 7.35. 607 00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:36,560 Worth just $25,000. 608 00:46:36,680 --> 00:46:39,359 I think that's a big waste of time, is what that is. 609 00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:41,199 That's... [bleep] terrible. 610 00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:43,080 Man... yep. 611 00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:44,240 Yeah, that's not, uh... 612 00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:45,639 Not even quite two ounces a day. 613 00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:46,640 [bleep]! 614 00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:48,639 That's a big waste of time right there, yep. 615 00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:50,080 Does that even pay for...? 616 00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:52,120 No, it doesn't even start-- 617 00:46:52,240 --> 00:46:53,360 Doesn't even start the list... 618 00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:55,960 of things that it has to pay for. 619 00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:58,520 I can't afford to be up here and not bring anything home. 620 00:46:58,640 --> 00:47:01,519 You know, part of me is, "yeah, that's some new ground," 621 00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:03,719 but the other part's like, "[bleep], dude, I hope you can 622 00:47:03,720 --> 00:47:06,320 figure it out, because if you go broke, I go broke." 623 00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:07,720 It hasn't happened yet. 624 00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:10,040 I don't intend it to happen this year. 625 00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:12,639 But, yeah, I mean, right now it's, yeah, I'm wondering, 626 00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:14,799 "Did I make the right decision, you know?" 627 00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:22,840 We've got over 100 claims on this bunch here, so, 628 00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:24,880 you know, that was obviously the wrong spot to start, 629 00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:26,040 but we can move on from that. 630 00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:27,639 OK, [bleep] it first gold weigh. 631 00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:28,720 We're done. [bleep] it. 632 00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:30,079 Yeah, let's go home. 633 00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:31,080 Woo! 634 00:47:32,880 --> 00:47:34,920 Lightning Creek was definitely a gamble. 635 00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:38,319 Seven ounces, that's not going to pay my bills nor his bills. 636 00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:39,840 So, hopefully... 637 00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:43,440 Rick finding a new spot, that will be the answer. 638 00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:48,079 So, unfortunately, the Diamond Cut, that's a fail. 639 00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:49,840 We'll see what happens next. 640 00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:51,880 We just got to find the gold because the Diamond Cut 641 00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:53,879 did not have it. 642 00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:55,680 We're running out of time to get 100 ounces for Troy. 643 00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:57,119 So we got to be ready to pivot. 644 00:47:57,120 --> 00:47:59,400 We got to go up the valley. We got to look for better gold.