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We have very high expectations,
and people need to meet
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those expectations.
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So we need to recognize
that there's a certain portion
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of people that won't meet
those standards.
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And if we have people that are
dragging the team down then,
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like, that needs to be dealt
with, right?
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In his ruthless pursuit
of a record $35-million season,
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Parker Schnabel only wants
the best of the best,
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and one person is
lagging behind.
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It's never easy trying to let
somebody go,
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but everybody needs to be
a team player,
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and this guy is not.
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So we have no choice
but to say,
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"Sorry, you don't fit here.
You don't work."
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Hello, Tayvin.
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Before your shift starts
tonight, I was wondering
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if you wouldn't mind popping
to the office here.
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I'd like to see you.
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Yeah.
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OK, great.
Thanks.
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Bye bye.
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Parker's mine manager,
Nona Loveless, has called in
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Tayvin Peterson,
a loader-operator
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in his second year
at Dominion.
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Hello, how are you?
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Good.
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Yeah, unfortunately,
we're going to have
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to let you go, Tayvin.
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You just have a really
[bleep] attitude for this place.
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You just are very
much a know-it-all.
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When I asked you
to do something,
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you thought you were
doing it better.
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And that just doesn't work
around here.
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I've given you ample
weeks of opportunity to do
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what is asked of, and you still
do it Tayvin's way.
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And then you boast about
how many loads you can get
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in an hour.
Who does that?
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Tayvin, what am I telling you?
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See, right now, that's exactly
what you're doing.
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You're doing...
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No, no, but you're--
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No, but no, you're not,
because you're not listening
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to what I am saying.
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Well, you're not
thinking ahead, bud.
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You're not.
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You're falling behind
because you're not listening.
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So you can pack up...
and head on out.
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Thanks.
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Yeah, attitude just,
it doesn't fly around here.
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I mean...
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Yeah, well, I tried
telling you how many times?
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If my boss, my senior, tells me
to do something, guess what?
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See? See?
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You're still-- you're still--
I've let you go,
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and you're still telling me
that you're right.
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Get out of here!
Honestly, go!
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I don't even want--
I don't even want-- go!
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Go! Get out of here.
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I don't understand
the logic behind it.
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I think if they had the time
to sit down with me, and...
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understand or hear
my side out,
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that it would make a lot more
sense to them, but...
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This is sad.
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We've had a bit
of turnover this year.
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We've been hiring and firing.
Working here is not easy,
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and we have a lot to do,
and you know, you need
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good people
that you can count on.
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We're like, at a pretty decent
point in the season
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and starting
to pick up momentum.
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We've got four
washplants running.
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If we can keep the wheels
on the bus, you know,
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we're in a very good place,
but it's going to take
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a lot of effort and work
on everybody's part
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in order to make that happen.
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Halfway through the season,
Parker's already banked
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over $18 million
worth of gold.
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But recently, plant breakdowns
and spotty ground have seen
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his gold numbers slow down
to less than 500 ounces a week.
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The gold weighs
needs improvement.
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If it continues like this,
we're in real trouble.
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I trust all our managers.
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We have a really good group
of people.
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And at Dominion this year,
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Tyson is definitely doing
a really good job.
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I have
the three washplants moved
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and up and running here
at Dominion.
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It's wild because of how busy
this place is right now.
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There's a lot going on.
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We got all our stakes
in the fire right now, so...
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hopefully it doesn't
bite us in the ass.
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After Tayvin's firing,
Dominion's foreman, Tyson Lee,
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is down a loader-operator.
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Now he needs to train up a
new hire to feed washplant Bob.
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I have some time
to spend with India,
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and get her
feeding the washplant.
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India's been in a loader
for five, six days now,
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and now it's about time
she learns how to feed a plant.
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Working in the loader, in all
honesty, is pretty difficult.
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In the Bridge Cut,
rookie India Greenhalgh has
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less than a month's gold mining
under her belt.
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You know, I've left one job that
I'm actually pretty good at,
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starting a job that
I know nothing about.
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It's not an easy thing to do,
but I want to be good at this.
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I don't just want to be OK.
I want to be awesome.
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While this is India's
first season mining,
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it isn't her first rodeo
in the Yukon.
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Hi, Tony!
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For four years,
India worked behind the camera
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with the "Gold Rush" film crew.
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Historically, I've worked
on Tony's claims, but I did do
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one stint on Parker's claim,
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and that's how me
and Tyson met.
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Hi.
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Oh, thanks.
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You know, I remember when
she first came to site here,
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and I saw her right then
and there, and I thought,
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"oh, I've got to get
to know her."
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Whilst this is very different,
there was no real option for me
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having a boyfriend
that lives in Canada.
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A gold mine is definitely not
a place that I thought I was
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ever going to find love,
but here I am.
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I am loving it, quite frankly.
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I'm loving love.
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Cheers.
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- Hi, babe.
- How's it going, babe?
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Yeah, good.
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So watch what I do when I'm...
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going to throw a scoop
in the hopper.
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So you want to get
nice and straight
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with the hopper first.
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And then start lifting.
Same thing as a rock truck,
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when you're loading
a rock truck.
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You want to come in...
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and then you want to aim
for the middle of the target.
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See how I'm not spilling
any material off the back,
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not spilling any material
off the front?
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Yeah.
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And then when my bucket is
dumped all the way,
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I'm lowering my boom,
lowering my center of gravity.
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When you're running to the back
of the cut like this,
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keep in mind there's no one up
at the plant right now.
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You're the one
watching it, right?
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From way back here,
I'm looking at the belts,
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making sure there's material
going up them,
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making sure
nothing looks askew,
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making sure the tailings
conveyor is going.
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Yeah, that makes sense.
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You see something,
hit the breaker and run up
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and open the bypass
and close the main.
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Agh!
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- What?
- Smacked my head.
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Well, don't smack
your head then.
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You're not a bobblehead.
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Just watch next time.
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[bleep]!
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That is not good.
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See how that material
is not moving?
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Do not ignore that.
Jump out.
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Jump out.
It's clogged.
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Stand back and watch me
this time.
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The hopper feeder is
clogged with pay,
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stopping it from
getting to the plant.
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OK, back in the loader.
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So that's why
it's really important...
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- ...to watch.
- Yeah.
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- OK, your turn.
- OK.
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- I'll be on miner two.
- OK.
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Go up.
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Up.
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Up.
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So just get nice and square
with the feeder first.
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It's nerve-racking.
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There's small adjustments.
Straighten out.
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Keep going.
You're fine.
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Start booming up.
Boom up.
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Am I straight?
Am I straight?
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Boom up.
Boom up faster.
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Stop moving forward.
Boom up.
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Now slowly start dumping.
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Once you've cleared
the hopper, boom down,
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so boom down now.
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Yeah, it's good there.
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It's really
nerve-racking, actually.
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I've got the world's
driest mouth.
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Nice.
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It's a lot harder
than it looks.
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Keep doing this
for another four months.
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All righty.
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I'm going to go.
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Bye-- I'll be back.
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She's all yours.
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OK.
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It's very much on me to make
sure that this plant is running
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as it should be.
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Parker wouldn't have offered
her the job if he didn't think
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she could do it.
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Hopefully, in the upcoming
days, she'll be able to feed
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the plant, run the plant,
shut down the plant,
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and know how to problem-solve
around the plant.
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We got less than 500 ounces
on the season right now,
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and that's not nearly enough.
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Well, we're back in
Vegas Valley, and that's where
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we know the good gold is.
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So we got to get back down
to the paydirt.
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Three months in,
Rick Ness's season
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is finally on the upswing.
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Last week, we got a good
result from the last cleanup,
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but that was the end
of the stockpile.
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We didn't get down to pay
like we planned on.
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I mean, there's a lot to do.
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There's a big road to build,
and there's no more pay to run.
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And yeah, we need to switch up
the plan right now if we're
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going to get back to the pay
in Vegas Valley quickly.
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Rick's crew has finished
building the road
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to the bottom of Vegas Valley.
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But now Rick faces
another problem.
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There's a lot of slop
in there.
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The whole cut's flooded
with silty, muddy [bleep].
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We're going to have
to move it all
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before we get back to the pay.
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But getting it out of here
is painful.
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I've got an idea.
It's a cheap way to move dirt.
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And we tried this last year
in Rally Valley.
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We actually had
some success with it.
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And we're going
to try it again.
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I think we learned stuff
last year.
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So we got the monitor.
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We're going to drop that into
Vegas Valley and get that slop
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out of there
and get back on the gold.
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At Vegas Valley, Rick's crew
has built a narrow road
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to the bottom
of the 200-foot deep cut.
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Now they've discovered the pay
layer they reached last year
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is covered in six feet
of thick sludge.
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Rick's solution?
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Bring in a high-powered
water monitor
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to blast the sticky sludge,
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breaking it down
to a runny slurry.
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Then suck it out
with a 12-inch water pump,
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revealing the gold-rich pay
layer underneath.
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Hey, guys, it's time to fire
this thing up and get the pay!
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Hey, Chris, fire that pump up!
Let's go!
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All right, starting
the pump now, Rick.
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All right, here it comes.
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We have the monitor
in place now.
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We can use that to wash all
that silt over to our pump
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and hopefully have the pay
clean in maybe a day or two.
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We got a new guy here, Chris.
He's working that monitor.
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We need all the manpower
we can get right now.
249
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We got a long ways to go.
250
00:13:47,862 --> 00:13:50,000
I have to pay close attention
to what I'm doing here.
251
00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,275
Rick's brought in new
operator, Chris Lalonde,
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for the season's
second half push.
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With room for just one
excavator at the bottom of
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the pit, clearing the sludge is
Chris's shot to prove himself.
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00:14:06,275 --> 00:14:08,827
I'm originally
from Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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I have spent the last five
or six years traveling around,
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00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,688
doing different jobs.
And now I'm here.
258
00:14:14,689 --> 00:14:15,895
I feel like it's going good.
259
00:14:15,896 --> 00:14:18,482
They are trusting me to try
and do this task alone.
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00:14:31,620 --> 00:14:34,378
It appears I'm losing my battle
at this moment.
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00:14:34,379 --> 00:14:37,310
The water level should
continuously drop.
262
00:14:37,482 --> 00:14:39,103
Now it's increasing in my pond,
263
00:14:40,310 --> 00:14:43,585
Guys, it looks like the pump
doesn't move the sludge.
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00:14:43,586 --> 00:14:47,827
The pump is failing to suck
out the slurry, and now...
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00:14:48,896 --> 00:14:50,620
there's an even bigger mess.
266
00:14:52,586 --> 00:14:54,482
For some reason, it's stuck.
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00:14:54,655 --> 00:14:56,102
I don't know if we sucked up
a bunch of mud.
268
00:14:56,103 --> 00:14:57,378
I don't know what the deal is,
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00:14:57,379 --> 00:15:00,793
but it ain't [bleep] working.
That, I know.
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00:15:00,965 --> 00:15:01,931
Shut it down!
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- Am I good?
- Yeah.
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I'm gonna have to back up.
273
00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,103
That's good.
274
00:15:27,275 --> 00:15:29,103
Uh...
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All we have is a steel plate
with holes welded into it.
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00:15:33,137 --> 00:15:35,585
So when we're washing all this
muck down in here, it easily
277
00:15:35,586 --> 00:15:38,000
can get plugged up as soon
as any rocks, any silt,
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00:15:38,137 --> 00:15:39,447
anything gets stuck in this.
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00:15:39,448 --> 00:15:43,102
At Vegas Valley, Rick's crew
is battling a thick layer
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of sludge to reach
the gold-rich pay.
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00:15:46,586 --> 00:15:51,103
But a plugged pump has brought
the operation to a standstill.
282
00:15:51,275 --> 00:15:53,000
All right, well,
we could...
283
00:15:54,068 --> 00:15:55,688
find or build a basket.
284
00:15:55,689 --> 00:15:58,103
It's gonna give us a lot
more area for suction,
285
00:15:58,275 --> 00:16:00,517
and then it's where we don't
have any problems
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00:16:00,689 --> 00:16:01,965
with anything clogging.
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00:16:02,103 --> 00:16:06,275
To get the pump sucking again,
mechanic Ryan Kent plans
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00:16:06,448 --> 00:16:10,586
to build a new intake basket
with bigger screens,
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00:16:10,758 --> 00:16:13,586
reducing the risk of blockages.
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00:16:17,172 --> 00:16:18,999
- Looks heavy.
- Yeah.
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00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,274
Three dudes to move a plate.
292
00:16:25,586 --> 00:16:27,896
Right now, we're going
to look for some material
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00:16:28,034 --> 00:16:29,896
to build a basket.
294
00:16:30,034 --> 00:16:32,862
We do have a bunch
of punch plate.
295
00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:34,689
We could cut it out and weld
a square together.
296
00:16:36,689 --> 00:16:40,068
Looks like Kyle may have found
a box over there.
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00:16:40,241 --> 00:16:42,620
- 10 inch on it?
- Yeah.
298
00:16:42,793 --> 00:16:44,586
We need a 12-inch.
299
00:16:44,758 --> 00:16:45,757
Get rid of this.
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00:16:45,758 --> 00:16:48,103
- I'll make those work.
- I got it.
301
00:16:52,689 --> 00:16:53,689
Look at that!
302
00:16:53,862 --> 00:16:54,862
Once we torch this off,
303
00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:56,965
we'll weld the other one
right to it.
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00:16:57,103 --> 00:17:00,586
To fit the basket
to the pump's 12-inch hose,
305
00:17:00,758 --> 00:17:03,378
Ryan first replaces the flange.
306
00:17:03,379 --> 00:17:05,275
We got to build
our own [bleep].
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00:17:06,689 --> 00:17:08,275
That's what we're going to do.
308
00:17:10,758 --> 00:17:12,758
Let's see if we can get her up
this direction.
309
00:17:15,068 --> 00:17:16,965
Damn, you guys are strong.
310
00:17:17,103 --> 00:17:18,310
Your moms must be proud.
311
00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,413
The main piece we need is
this Victaulic right there.
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00:17:29,172 --> 00:17:31,274
Hit it with a hammer,
see if it'll break free.
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00:17:31,275 --> 00:17:33,655
Yeah!
314
00:17:36,103 --> 00:17:38,068
Now what we're gonna do is
put a bead around it.
315
00:17:46,206 --> 00:17:48,206
Good enough.
She'll serve her purpose now.
316
00:17:59,172 --> 00:18:01,517
Hopefully, that's the quick fix
we need to be able to get that
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00:18:01,689 --> 00:18:02,896
muck out of there
and get down to pay.
318
00:18:18,482 --> 00:18:20,310
OK, we need this basket
to work.
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00:18:20,482 --> 00:18:22,862
If it doesn't, we're going
to be kind of [bleep] ourselves
320
00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,000
on time here.
321
00:18:30,310 --> 00:18:31,689
There she goes.
322
00:18:34,068 --> 00:18:36,102
We got our new basket back in.
323
00:18:36,103 --> 00:18:37,413
Ready to fire.
324
00:18:54,793 --> 00:18:56,171
That water is dropping
pretty quick.
325
00:18:56,172 --> 00:18:58,171
Yeah, it looks like the cage
is working.
326
00:18:58,172 --> 00:18:59,172
Yeah.
327
00:18:59,344 --> 00:19:00,896
Suction's working,
pump's working.
328
00:19:01,034 --> 00:19:04,379
We are one step closer
to getting back to pay.
329
00:19:14,379 --> 00:19:16,965
100 miles west...
330
00:19:17,103 --> 00:19:20,585
Well, I guess I'm starting
a new chapter in my life
331
00:19:20,586 --> 00:19:23,862
and going to look
for some work.
332
00:19:25,862 --> 00:19:29,792
I don't want to be going home
because I love gold mining
333
00:19:29,793 --> 00:19:34,481
and can't afford
to go home yet.
334
00:19:34,482 --> 00:19:38,896
After being let go from
Parker's crew, Tayvin Peterson
335
00:19:39,034 --> 00:19:41,999
is gunning for a fresh start.
336
00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,481
Right now I'm just looking
around, seeing who's willing
337
00:19:45,482 --> 00:19:48,206
to hire a new gold miner.
338
00:19:48,379 --> 00:19:55,379
Going to somebody's gold mine
and just knocking on the door.
339
00:19:58,482 --> 00:19:59,586
So I guess we're here.
340
00:20:05,758 --> 00:20:06,862
Hope this goes well.
341
00:20:23,517 --> 00:20:25,171
Hello, how's it going?
342
00:20:25,172 --> 00:20:26,895
My name is Tayvin Peterson,
nice to meet you.
343
00:20:26,896 --> 00:20:28,206
Nice to meet you.
Pull up a chair.
344
00:20:29,103 --> 00:20:31,585
What can we do you for?
345
00:20:31,586 --> 00:20:34,585
I heard you were mining up
here and I was wondering
346
00:20:34,586 --> 00:20:37,378
if you guys were looking
for employees or if you guys are
347
00:20:37,379 --> 00:20:40,585
pretty stacked up
on operators?
348
00:20:40,586 --> 00:20:42,275
There are some
opportunities here.
349
00:20:43,275 --> 00:20:45,000
Currently right now,
the big thing we're
350
00:20:45,137 --> 00:20:49,000
on the lookout for is rock truck
operators and loader operators.
351
00:20:49,137 --> 00:20:50,689
What is your time
on those things?
352
00:20:50,862 --> 00:20:53,620
So this will be my fourth
season mining.
353
00:20:53,793 --> 00:20:56,378
I really enjoy everything
about gold mining,
354
00:20:56,379 --> 00:20:58,379
and I'm really willing
to learn.
355
00:20:58,551 --> 00:21:00,586
Last year, Parker had me
a rock truck, and...
356
00:21:00,758 --> 00:21:02,482
Were you at Parker's this year
for the first little bit?
357
00:21:02,655 --> 00:21:03,862
Yeah.
358
00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:08,102
Invited me back for another
season, but things weren't
359
00:21:08,103 --> 00:21:11,896
going good, and then Nona
really, like, fired me.
360
00:21:12,793 --> 00:21:14,275
I'm not sure why.
361
00:21:22,068 --> 00:21:23,517
All right.
362
00:21:23,689 --> 00:21:24,688
OK.
363
00:21:24,689 --> 00:21:25,827
Uh...
364
00:21:27,275 --> 00:21:30,862
But I was on Sluicifer before,
for those two weeks.
365
00:21:32,103 --> 00:21:34,068
I started right off
on the plant on night shift,
366
00:21:34,241 --> 00:21:37,000
so they must have a little bit
of faith in me.
367
00:21:38,896 --> 00:21:41,275
That is a feather in your cap,
so to speak,
368
00:21:41,448 --> 00:21:43,758
because I'm always
looking for more people
369
00:21:43,931 --> 00:21:45,379
who have experience
feeding the plant.
370
00:21:47,275 --> 00:21:50,620
OK, this might work out
for both of us, honestly.
371
00:21:51,689 --> 00:21:54,000
But if we're gonna hire you,
one of the first places
372
00:21:54,172 --> 00:21:56,758
we're gonna throw you is
night shift at the plant.
373
00:21:56,931 --> 00:21:58,206
So...
374
00:21:58,379 --> 00:21:59,379
if you're up for that...
375
00:22:01,482 --> 00:22:03,689
That's great.
That's what I'm looking for.
376
00:22:03,862 --> 00:22:04,793
Perfect.
377
00:22:04,965 --> 00:22:07,379
So for now,
I'd say you're hired.
378
00:22:07,551 --> 00:22:08,758
Thank you so much!
379
00:22:08,931 --> 00:22:10,205
I appreciate this.
380
00:22:10,206 --> 00:22:12,274
You gave a good vibe, so let's
roll those dice, see how it
381
00:22:12,275 --> 00:22:13,965
works out for both of us.
- Thank you so much.
382
00:22:18,275 --> 00:22:20,171
That was awesome!
Got hired.
383
00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:22,379
And I'm super excited to start
384
00:22:22,551 --> 00:22:23,999
working for a smaller
crew again.
385
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,206
And the work that I do will
get noticed a lot more.
386
00:22:27,862 --> 00:22:30,379
He didn't work out there.
He might work out here.
387
00:22:30,551 --> 00:22:32,068
Only way we're going
to find out is, well,
388
00:22:33,068 --> 00:22:34,206
try him out.
389
00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,688
Having struggled for crew
and gold all season,
390
00:22:39,689 --> 00:22:43,068
second-year mine boss
Kevin Beets is slowly
391
00:22:43,241 --> 00:22:44,758
turning a corner.
392
00:22:44,931 --> 00:22:46,793
It was tough at the start
of the year to lose both
393
00:22:46,965 --> 00:22:48,171
Brennan and Kayden.
394
00:22:48,172 --> 00:22:50,999
And now Buzz is gone
to go have a baby.
395
00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,275
But we brought in some new crew
396
00:22:52,448 --> 00:22:53,481
and we're
making it [bleep] work.
397
00:22:53,482 --> 00:22:54,896
Only thing you can do.
398
00:22:56,172 --> 00:22:58,275
Going into the second half
of the season, I'm still
399
00:22:58,448 --> 00:23:00,999
optimistic that we're going
to be successful.
400
00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,965
I don't know if we're going
to be as successful as I want it
401
00:23:03,103 --> 00:23:05,517
to be, but we're still going
for a 2,000-ounce goal.
402
00:23:05,689 --> 00:23:06,793
We still want to get that.
403
00:23:08,413 --> 00:23:12,310
Two weeks ago,
with his Pyramid Cut mined out,
404
00:23:12,482 --> 00:23:16,068
Kevin broke ground on the new
seven-acre Sphinx Cut.
405
00:23:17,103 --> 00:23:21,585
With everything now riding on
the new ground, Kevin's already
406
00:23:21,586 --> 00:23:24,586
down to pay and feeding it
through the washplant.
407
00:23:26,310 --> 00:23:28,481
I am hoping that Sphinx Cut
going to pay off better
408
00:23:28,482 --> 00:23:30,103
than Pyramid Cut has been.
409
00:23:30,275 --> 00:23:32,172
It's really important that
we hit our weekly target.
410
00:23:32,344 --> 00:23:34,999
We're aiming for 100 ounces
a week, and to get there,
411
00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,275
we've got to be running 24/7.
412
00:23:41,586 --> 00:23:45,172
For his first night shift
of the season, Kevin pairs
413
00:23:45,344 --> 00:23:49,275
new hire Tayvin with veteran
miner Rick Johnson.
414
00:23:52,896 --> 00:23:54,689
Tayvin, copy Tayvin.
415
00:23:56,586 --> 00:23:58,895
Copy, copy.
What's up, Rick?
416
00:23:58,896 --> 00:24:00,378
How's things going at your end?
417
00:24:00,379 --> 00:24:02,206
Uh, things are going
really good over here.
418
00:24:03,206 --> 00:24:06,758
To keep the plant sluicing
through the midnight sun,
419
00:24:06,931 --> 00:24:11,172
Tayvin has to feed 24 loads
of paydirt an hour.
420
00:24:15,172 --> 00:24:17,413
Right now I'm just running
the plant on night shift.
421
00:24:17,586 --> 00:24:20,482
We got a small crew going
right now, me and Rick.
422
00:24:20,655 --> 00:24:22,379
So we gotta...
423
00:24:22,551 --> 00:24:25,999
just make sure we're staying
consistent and keeping
424
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,758
everything fed, and make sure
we're getting rocks washed
425
00:24:29,931 --> 00:24:30,896
while we can.
426
00:24:32,586 --> 00:24:33,689
Really enjoying it here.
427
00:24:33,862 --> 00:24:35,517
I already got put
on the washplant,
428
00:24:35,689 --> 00:24:37,586
which I'm really
excited about.
429
00:24:37,758 --> 00:24:41,172
Everybody's been super
welcoming and teaching me lots
430
00:24:41,344 --> 00:24:43,310
and showing me how they do
things around here,
431
00:24:43,482 --> 00:24:45,068
which I really appreciate.
432
00:24:45,241 --> 00:24:48,068
I take a lot of pride in what
I do, and I want to be
433
00:24:48,241 --> 00:24:51,895
on a winning team,
so I feel like...
434
00:24:51,896 --> 00:24:53,517
I need to prove myself
a little bit.
435
00:24:55,586 --> 00:24:58,379
I just definitely don't want
to get fired again.
436
00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,275
Ugh...
437
00:25:18,379 --> 00:25:22,068
We're coming to our end
at night shift,
438
00:25:22,241 --> 00:25:24,793
but the pace here
is a little bit slower,
439
00:25:24,965 --> 00:25:26,585
and I'm still
getting used to it.
440
00:25:26,586 --> 00:25:27,793
I'm trying my best.
441
00:25:40,172 --> 00:25:41,793
Oh, [bleep], there's no pay
on the conveyor.
442
00:26:07,931 --> 00:26:09,585
Looked like it might have been
the hopper, I think.
443
00:26:09,586 --> 00:26:10,793
I'm gonna go check it out.
444
00:26:14,137 --> 00:26:15,586
Oh, my [bleep]!
445
00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,000
Oh, man, that's a big rock.
446
00:26:19,172 --> 00:26:23,137
At Scribner Creek, 10 hours
into his first night shift
447
00:26:23,310 --> 00:26:26,241
for Kevin Beets,
new hire Tayvin
448
00:26:26,413 --> 00:26:28,379
has shut down the washplant.
449
00:26:38,172 --> 00:26:39,551
[bleep] sakes.
What now?
450
00:26:40,344 --> 00:26:45,172
Chelsea March and Tyler Potter
from the day shift arrive early
451
00:26:45,344 --> 00:26:47,172
to help clear the blockage.
452
00:26:47,344 --> 00:26:49,379
It looks like a big rock got
through the grizzlies.
453
00:26:51,862 --> 00:26:53,896
I don't know how they managed
to make their way
454
00:26:54,034 --> 00:26:56,000
through the grizzlies,
this [bleep] big,
455
00:26:56,172 --> 00:26:58,068
and the grizzlies
are this [bleep] big.
456
00:26:58,241 --> 00:27:00,067
I think we're gonna have to
get that big rock chained up
457
00:27:00,068 --> 00:27:01,448
to the grizzlies.
- Oh, yeah.
458
00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:03,895
So use the power
of the grizzlies to remote
459
00:27:03,896 --> 00:27:06,034
lift it enough at least
to get the dirt out.
460
00:27:06,206 --> 00:27:07,896
- Loosen up, hopefully.
- Yeah, exactly.
461
00:27:12,241 --> 00:27:13,344
Go on the top.
462
00:27:14,758 --> 00:27:16,000
Beauty.
463
00:27:18,482 --> 00:27:21,000
Tayvin's going to jump
in there, poke around.
464
00:27:21,137 --> 00:27:25,274
We're going to run the chain
through the top and wrap
465
00:27:25,275 --> 00:27:28,034
the grizzly bars with
the chain, and we'll try
466
00:27:28,206 --> 00:27:31,000
and give her a little jiggle,
see if we can pop it out
467
00:27:31,172 --> 00:27:32,482
inside the feeder.
468
00:27:34,448 --> 00:27:38,274
The grizzly bars on the feeder
screen out large boulders
469
00:27:38,275 --> 00:27:40,551
to protect the washplant
from damage.
470
00:27:42,344 --> 00:27:46,792
But months of wear and tear
have bent them out of shape,
471
00:27:46,793 --> 00:27:47,896
creating holes.
472
00:27:49,482 --> 00:27:52,379
A large rock has fallen
into the hopper,
473
00:27:52,551 --> 00:27:54,275
blocking its feed conveyor.
474
00:27:56,689 --> 00:27:58,586
The crew's quick fix?
475
00:27:58,758 --> 00:28:01,793
Dig out a tunnel underneath
the 100-pound boulder.
476
00:28:03,275 --> 00:28:05,448
Wrap a chain around it.
477
00:28:05,620 --> 00:28:09,103
Then attach the chain
to the grizzlies and use
478
00:28:09,275 --> 00:28:12,344
its hydraulic ram to lift
and free the rock.
479
00:28:21,793 --> 00:28:23,034
Here's the other side, Tayvin.
480
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,172
Pull that.
481
00:28:26,862 --> 00:28:28,068
OK.
482
00:28:30,551 --> 00:28:32,344
[bleep] downtime, ugh.
483
00:28:32,517 --> 00:28:34,862
- Get out of here.
- Yeah.
484
00:28:38,655 --> 00:28:40,586
Drop the grizzlies back down,
485
00:28:40,758 --> 00:28:42,068
and hook it to the grizzlies,
486
00:28:42,241 --> 00:28:43,241
and try and pull it up.
487
00:28:49,758 --> 00:28:51,965
- Keep tapping it up.
- Yeah.
488
00:29:00,862 --> 00:29:02,275
Down, down, down.
489
00:29:06,586 --> 00:29:07,689
Good, man.
490
00:29:09,482 --> 00:29:11,274
[bleep] down!
491
00:29:14,586 --> 00:29:15,655
Did it break the chain?
492
00:29:15,827 --> 00:29:17,344
Nope.
Might have wiggled off.
493
00:29:19,448 --> 00:29:21,758
Chels, can you turn
the feeder on a little bit?
494
00:29:25,275 --> 00:29:27,275
- Oh, yeah, that's coming.
- Yup.
495
00:29:30,586 --> 00:29:32,034
That's about as big
as they come.
496
00:29:37,275 --> 00:29:38,586
I got to get her going again.
497
00:29:48,655 --> 00:29:51,103
The rock's out,
plant's running again.
498
00:29:51,275 --> 00:29:53,585
Little chaotic,
but plant's going,
499
00:29:53,586 --> 00:29:54,758
so that's what counts.
500
00:30:00,379 --> 00:30:03,000
- Hey, Tayvin.
- Quite the jam up last night.
501
00:30:03,137 --> 00:30:05,274
Big rock slipped
through the grizzlies.
502
00:30:05,275 --> 00:30:06,862
I see you got it out.
How'd that go?
503
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,448
So we ended up tying a chain
to the grizzlies
504
00:30:09,620 --> 00:30:11,551
and wiggling it up.
- Good job, man.
505
00:30:11,724 --> 00:30:13,344
- Thank you.
- Well...
506
00:30:13,517 --> 00:30:15,137
sounds like you had
enough excitement for today,
507
00:30:15,310 --> 00:30:16,896
so you may as well go
and get some [bleep] sleep.
508
00:30:17,034 --> 00:30:18,688
Enjoy the day.
509
00:30:18,689 --> 00:30:20,241
Sounds like Tayvin had
a little excitement
510
00:30:20,413 --> 00:30:21,585
for his first night shift.
511
00:30:21,586 --> 00:30:23,241
Lifting the rock with
the grizzly bars, good plan.
512
00:30:23,413 --> 00:30:26,103
So yeah, not bad
for his first night.
513
00:30:53,275 --> 00:30:56,034
So I'm running Bob, and I have
been doing now for quite
514
00:30:56,206 --> 00:30:57,965
a few days,
515
00:30:58,103 --> 00:31:00,793
which means I'm down here
all by myself.
516
00:31:02,275 --> 00:31:04,655
Obviously, I've got
to keep Bob fed.
517
00:31:04,827 --> 00:31:07,379
I've got to make sure
that Bob doesn't [bleep] up.
518
00:31:09,034 --> 00:31:12,688
With me being such a rookie,
it kind of terrifies me,
519
00:31:12,689 --> 00:31:16,137
but I've got to learn these
things at the end of the day.
520
00:31:17,275 --> 00:31:20,275
Since I've been here,
Tyson, when we go back home
521
00:31:20,448 --> 00:31:24,481
of an evening, he's like an army
sergeant or something.
522
00:31:24,482 --> 00:31:26,585
He's like, "What do we do
when there's something wrong
523
00:31:26,586 --> 00:31:28,896
with the plant? What do we do?
What do we do?"
524
00:31:29,034 --> 00:31:31,274
And I'm like,
"I run for the generator.
525
00:31:31,275 --> 00:31:32,793
I hit the three-phase breaker."
526
00:31:32,965 --> 00:31:33,895
And then he's like,
"What's next?"
527
00:31:33,896 --> 00:31:35,792
And I'm like,
"I hit the bypass."
528
00:31:35,793 --> 00:31:37,000
And he's like, "Good!"
529
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,689
I just heard a big crash,
530
00:31:49,862 --> 00:31:52,000
which is, yep,
there goes big rock.
531
00:31:53,689 --> 00:31:56,689
If they make it out onto
the belt, I've got to make sure
532
00:31:56,862 --> 00:31:59,585
that they go all the way up
and into the washplant.
533
00:31:59,586 --> 00:32:02,379
If they don't go all the way up
and into the washplant,
534
00:32:02,551 --> 00:32:05,793
that means they could be stuck
on the belt somewhere.
535
00:32:15,931 --> 00:32:17,792
Two miles away...
536
00:32:17,793 --> 00:32:19,758
So, you know, right now
the plant pad up here
537
00:32:19,931 --> 00:32:22,068
in the Golden Mile seems to be
coming along pretty good.
538
00:32:23,310 --> 00:32:24,275
Hang on a sec, guys.
539
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:38,792
I don't know what's going on,
but I just got a text
540
00:32:38,793 --> 00:32:40,137
from India saying, "Help!"
541
00:32:41,275 --> 00:32:42,378
Come on, Jarv.
542
00:32:42,379 --> 00:32:43,793
The dog that appears
out of nowhere.
543
00:32:43,965 --> 00:32:44,965
Go on.
544
00:33:00,379 --> 00:33:01,655
Oh, [bleep]!
545
00:33:01,827 --> 00:33:03,448
Oh, there's a big jamming
on the belt.
546
00:33:03,620 --> 00:33:05,034
I've just had to shut down Bob.
547
00:33:05,206 --> 00:33:07,103
[bleep]!
I mean, look at this.
548
00:33:10,862 --> 00:33:12,379
There's a massive rock.
549
00:33:12,551 --> 00:33:14,172
Humongous.
550
00:33:14,344 --> 00:33:16,379
I really hope that's not
[bleep] up the belt.
551
00:33:17,586 --> 00:33:22,482
At the Bridge Cut on solo
shift running washplant Bob,
552
00:33:22,655 --> 00:33:24,793
rookie loader operator India
553
00:33:24,965 --> 00:33:27,655
has shut down
with a jammed-up conveyor.
554
00:33:28,586 --> 00:33:30,481
Every single minute counted,
555
00:33:30,482 --> 00:33:33,275
so please try
and get rid of all of it.
556
00:33:39,379 --> 00:33:41,000
OK, here's Tyson.
557
00:33:43,103 --> 00:33:44,862
Can you turn the water off?
558
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:46,275
I couldn't turn it
all the way off.
559
00:34:07,586 --> 00:34:09,448
Right.
560
00:34:09,620 --> 00:34:11,275
OK.
561
00:34:13,931 --> 00:34:14,896
OK.
562
00:34:19,689 --> 00:34:21,068
That should be able
to move that.
563
00:34:21,241 --> 00:34:22,034
Wanna jump down?
564
00:34:22,206 --> 00:34:23,895
Well, it's like
two huge rocks.
565
00:34:23,896 --> 00:34:26,137
There's like one underneath
that as well.
566
00:34:26,310 --> 00:34:27,241
Oh, yeah.
567
00:34:36,689 --> 00:34:38,068
Jump down for a sec.
568
00:34:38,241 --> 00:34:39,275
OK.
569
00:34:41,482 --> 00:34:42,689
Watch yourself.
570
00:34:42,862 --> 00:34:45,172
I'm going to be throwing
a massive rock off this side.
571
00:34:48,482 --> 00:34:49,793
Watch yourself.
572
00:34:51,896 --> 00:34:53,551
All right.
573
00:34:53,724 --> 00:34:55,965
OK, I'll go get
the shaker going.
574
00:35:12,965 --> 00:35:16,034
I hope for no more
rock jam-ups today.
575
00:35:21,068 --> 00:35:25,171
Thank you so much for coming
to help out there.
576
00:35:25,172 --> 00:35:26,689
Nice work, India.
577
00:35:26,862 --> 00:35:28,171
India did really well.
578
00:35:28,172 --> 00:35:31,241
She caught it before it turned
into a massive pile of dirt,
579
00:35:31,413 --> 00:35:32,448
because that's what happens.
580
00:35:33,793 --> 00:35:35,172
All in all, I don't think that
581
00:35:35,344 --> 00:35:38,172
was too much of a bad shutdown
for Bob here.
582
00:35:38,344 --> 00:35:42,137
And I'm glad that I broke
my shutdown virginity in a way
583
00:35:42,310 --> 00:35:46,172
that nothing was damaged
and nobody was hurt.
584
00:35:46,344 --> 00:35:49,481
I definitely think I gave Tyson
a little bit of a heart attack
585
00:35:49,482 --> 00:35:51,793
there with that text.
586
00:35:51,965 --> 00:35:53,379
Hopefully Tyson's heart is OK.
587
00:36:12,896 --> 00:36:14,688
Looking at it, like, I can see
the difference from
588
00:36:14,689 --> 00:36:19,171
our start point to now,
and things are looking...
589
00:36:19,172 --> 00:36:21,103
pretty peachy right now.
590
00:36:21,275 --> 00:36:23,171
I guess that's
as low as she'll go.
591
00:36:23,172 --> 00:36:27,689
In Vegas Valley, another new
hire has been working alone.
592
00:36:27,862 --> 00:36:30,792
Chris Lalonde has finally
cleared the sludge
593
00:36:30,793 --> 00:36:32,862
from the bottom
of a tight spot.
594
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:34,136
You guys just want to swing on
595
00:36:34,137 --> 00:36:37,137
down and come have a look
at the progress I've made?
596
00:36:43,482 --> 00:36:44,793
Just gonna check out.
597
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:49,448
Looks good down there.
598
00:36:49,620 --> 00:36:50,757
You did a killer job on it.
599
00:36:50,758 --> 00:36:52,965
- Yeah, it looks pretty clean.
- Has it been fun?
600
00:36:53,103 --> 00:36:54,171
Fun.
601
00:36:54,172 --> 00:36:56,585
Fun to sit in a machine
and re-familiarize.
602
00:36:56,586 --> 00:36:58,034
It hasn't been fun, don't lie.
603
00:36:59,931 --> 00:37:01,448
Yeah, I think we just get
the trucks in here and see
604
00:37:01,620 --> 00:37:02,482
what we can get out.
605
00:37:02,655 --> 00:37:03,689
Let's get the gold.
606
00:37:10,034 --> 00:37:11,137
Ready, Bailey?
607
00:37:12,793 --> 00:37:13,792
Yeah, come on down.
608
00:37:13,793 --> 00:37:15,379
Let's see what
this is going to do.
609
00:37:15,551 --> 00:37:16,758
Sounds good.
610
00:37:21,275 --> 00:37:23,275
Trying to get one truck in,
one truck out.
611
00:37:23,448 --> 00:37:26,000
It's definitely not just
drive-in, drive-out
612
00:37:26,137 --> 00:37:27,171
kind of situation.
613
00:37:27,172 --> 00:37:28,793
You've got to back down
all the way in here.
614
00:37:30,103 --> 00:37:34,655
To haul pay from the bottom
of the 200-foot-deep valley,
615
00:37:34,827 --> 00:37:38,551
Kyle and Chris have to take
turns reversing their trucks
616
00:37:38,724 --> 00:37:42,724
down a narrow single-track
with steep banks.
617
00:37:45,172 --> 00:37:47,896
It's finally the first scoop
into Kyle here.
618
00:37:57,551 --> 00:37:59,895
What's it looking like
from down there, Bailey?
619
00:37:59,896 --> 00:38:01,240
Yeah, it's pretty tight.
620
00:38:01,241 --> 00:38:04,448
And you know, in this position,
we need more room for sure.
621
00:38:10,310 --> 00:38:12,034
I don't like this.
622
00:38:22,172 --> 00:38:25,241
It's just not right, you know?
623
00:38:25,413 --> 00:38:27,758
I'm just wondering
if it's too dangerous.
624
00:38:27,931 --> 00:38:30,793
I do take the safety
of my crew very seriously.
625
00:38:30,965 --> 00:38:31,965
You have to keep it safe.
626
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:34,379
I had a visit
from some inspectors.
627
00:38:34,551 --> 00:38:36,000
They have the power
to shut me down.
628
00:38:36,137 --> 00:38:39,862
If mine inspectors visited
the claim and judged
629
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:43,000
Vegas Valley
at risk of landslide,
630
00:38:43,172 --> 00:38:46,000
Rick could be shut down
for the season.
631
00:38:46,896 --> 00:38:48,275
[bleep]!
632
00:38:52,068 --> 00:38:53,689
Hey, Bailey, finish loading.
633
00:38:53,862 --> 00:38:54,862
I don't know what
I was thinking, man.
634
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,274
Let's get the [bleep]
out of here.
635
00:38:56,275 --> 00:38:58,034
Are you sure?
636
00:38:58,206 --> 00:38:59,482
Pull it out of there.
Let's move on.
637
00:39:00,448 --> 00:39:02,137
Well, I guess that's it
for this now.
638
00:39:03,448 --> 00:39:05,481
I was really focused
on the gold down there
639
00:39:05,482 --> 00:39:07,137
because we need it,
and I wasn't fully
640
00:39:07,310 --> 00:39:08,862
appreciating how this was
actually going to look.
641
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:10,172
We need to get this
set up better.
642
00:39:10,344 --> 00:39:12,000
We're not ready for this.
643
00:39:12,137 --> 00:39:16,068
To make Vegas Valley safe to
mine, Rick will have to expand
644
00:39:16,241 --> 00:39:20,274
the bottom of the pit to make
more room, which could take
645
00:39:20,275 --> 00:39:23,655
weeks and delay him
getting on the gold.
646
00:39:26,862 --> 00:39:28,585
We'll probably get a little
bit of gold out of it.
647
00:39:28,586 --> 00:39:31,792
It ain't gonna be much,
648
00:39:31,793 --> 00:39:34,137
but it did not take long to see
that that wasn't too dangerous.
649
00:39:52,551 --> 00:39:54,137
- Hey, guys.
- Hey, guys.
650
00:39:54,310 --> 00:39:55,447
How it goes?
651
00:39:55,448 --> 00:39:57,689
- Good, how are you?
- So tired.
652
00:39:57,862 --> 00:39:59,688
Yeah.
I feel you.
653
00:39:59,689 --> 00:40:03,448
It's the end of Kevin's
first week running 24/7,
654
00:40:03,620 --> 00:40:07,103
and he's invited crew members
Tyler and Chelsea
655
00:40:07,275 --> 00:40:09,481
to see if it's paid off.
656
00:40:09,482 --> 00:40:11,689
All that work
for this little bit of [bleep].
657
00:40:11,862 --> 00:40:14,482
- Cool to see it all cleaned up.
- Yeah.
658
00:40:14,655 --> 00:40:16,688
So how's Tayvin been working
out on night shifts?
659
00:40:16,689 --> 00:40:19,068
So far, so good.
Keeps the plant running, so...
660
00:40:19,241 --> 00:40:20,516
Yeah, I mean,
661
00:40:20,517 --> 00:40:22,655
the priority number one is
keeping the plant going 24/7,
662
00:40:22,827 --> 00:40:24,172
which we've been doing
pretty good at it,
663
00:40:24,344 --> 00:40:26,274
as you can see.
- Yeah.
664
00:40:26,275 --> 00:40:28,862
For the amount of work that
we do, it doesn't look like
665
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:32,068
a lot, but for the price
of gold right now, that's...
666
00:40:32,241 --> 00:40:33,551
Well, it makes
a real difference.
667
00:40:33,724 --> 00:40:35,068
Probably pretty
all right, yeah.
668
00:40:35,241 --> 00:40:36,896
Let's weigh it up and
find out exactly how good
669
00:40:37,034 --> 00:40:38,206
we've been doing.
- For sure.
670
00:40:38,896 --> 00:40:42,378
This is Kevin's first
gold weigh for two weeks,
671
00:40:42,379 --> 00:40:45,344
and his first from his new
Sphinx Cut.
672
00:40:45,517 --> 00:40:48,758
He's expecting to see
at least 200 ounces.
673
00:40:55,172 --> 00:40:57,792
10, 20...
674
00:40:57,793 --> 00:41:00,793
50, 70...
675
00:41:00,965 --> 00:41:04,241
100, 120...
676
00:41:04,413 --> 00:41:07,068
158.
677
00:41:07,241 --> 00:41:09,274
- Second jar.
- Yup.
678
00:41:09,275 --> 00:41:13,103
160, 170, 180...
679
00:41:13,275 --> 00:41:18,172
200, 230, 240...
680
00:41:18,344 --> 00:41:21,965
250.245.
681
00:41:22,103 --> 00:41:24,000
- That's pretty cool.
- Yup.
682
00:41:24,137 --> 00:41:25,862
Two weeks of running nonstop.
That's always nice.
683
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:27,482
- Yeah.
- It's nice, yeah.
684
00:41:27,655 --> 00:41:31,171
Worth $876,000,
685
00:41:31,172 --> 00:41:34,481
Kevin's best gold weigh
of the season,
686
00:41:34,482 --> 00:41:38,481
taking his total to 583 ounces,
687
00:41:38,482 --> 00:41:41,793
over $2 million in gold.
688
00:41:41,965 --> 00:41:43,792
It goes to show that
the effort we're putting in
689
00:41:43,793 --> 00:41:46,481
is paying out.
- Absolutely, yeah.
690
00:41:46,482 --> 00:41:48,034
Maybe we should get
back to it.
691
00:41:48,206 --> 00:41:49,412
See you guys in a little bit?
692
00:41:49,413 --> 00:41:50,379
- Cool, sounds good.
- Sounds good.
693
00:41:50,551 --> 00:41:52,413
- See you, guys.
- See you.
694
00:41:54,896 --> 00:41:56,379
That's a really good gold weigh.
695
00:41:56,551 --> 00:41:58,793
250 ounces,
that's not bad at all.
696
00:41:58,965 --> 00:42:00,378
No, no, that's pretty nice.
697
00:42:00,379 --> 00:42:02,758
I mean, as long as we keep
a good crew going,
698
00:42:02,931 --> 00:42:04,689
and Tayvin fits in
with everyone,
699
00:42:04,862 --> 00:42:06,274
helps us keep going 24/7,
700
00:42:06,275 --> 00:42:09,895
get us closer
to that 2,000-ounce goal.
701
00:42:09,896 --> 00:42:11,000
Yeah.
702
00:42:19,448 --> 00:42:21,034
- What's up, guys?
- What's going on, Rick?
703
00:42:21,206 --> 00:42:22,172
Nice fire.
704
00:42:24,586 --> 00:42:26,137
So how's your first week
been there, Chris?
705
00:42:26,310 --> 00:42:27,309
Happy to be here.
706
00:42:27,310 --> 00:42:29,551
Your crew's a great crew.
Trying my best.
707
00:42:29,724 --> 00:42:32,379
Appreciate you being here.
No, it's good to have you.
708
00:42:32,551 --> 00:42:34,103
Rick Ness and his crew
709
00:42:34,275 --> 00:42:38,241
battled all week to get down
to Vegas Valley pay,
710
00:42:38,413 --> 00:42:41,448
but Rick was only able
to run two truckloads
711
00:42:41,620 --> 00:42:44,379
before calling time
on the dangerous pit.
712
00:42:44,551 --> 00:42:47,241
Do we know what
those two rock trucks got us?
713
00:42:47,413 --> 00:42:49,000
Yeah, actually--
it doesn't look like a lot,
714
00:42:49,172 --> 00:42:50,379
but that's an ounce.
715
00:42:50,551 --> 00:42:51,655
- Pretty good.
- That's really good.
716
00:42:51,827 --> 00:42:53,586
That's almost
Rally Valley numbers.
717
00:42:53,758 --> 00:42:56,965
Right now our total's
at 437.46.
718
00:42:57,103 --> 00:42:58,412
We're not, uh...
719
00:42:58,413 --> 00:43:01,034
adding a whole bunch to it,
but that brings us to 438.46.
720
00:43:01,206 --> 00:43:02,896
We got a long ways to go.
Yeah.
721
00:43:03,034 --> 00:43:09,171
Rick's season total is worth
$1.5 million, and if he can hit
722
00:43:09,172 --> 00:43:12,895
Vegas Valley's riches,
he should be on track
723
00:43:12,896 --> 00:43:15,585
for his 1,800-ounce goal.
724
00:43:15,586 --> 00:43:17,171
There's a considerable amount
of gold left in there,
725
00:43:17,172 --> 00:43:20,068
for sure, and at least the two
truckloads told us that.
726
00:43:20,241 --> 00:43:22,689
We're not gonna abandon it,
but it's just, right now,
727
00:43:22,862 --> 00:43:24,689
knowing, should we be
expanding Vegas Valley
728
00:43:24,862 --> 00:43:26,275
so that it's easier to get?
729
00:43:26,448 --> 00:43:28,586
There's a lot of things that
need to be extra done to it.
730
00:43:28,758 --> 00:43:30,034
The hole's getting
smaller and smaller.
731
00:43:30,206 --> 00:43:33,000
You get trucks in there.
You got to do a lot of work.
732
00:43:33,137 --> 00:43:35,068
Everybody busted their asses
to get to that little spot.
733
00:43:35,241 --> 00:43:36,481
I know.
734
00:43:36,482 --> 00:43:38,862
They're gonna be obviously
ready to tackle again,
735
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,896
but you're going to need
a solid plan.
736
00:43:42,034 --> 00:43:43,551
I'm going to do my best to...
737
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:47,275
to try and figure this out,
738
00:43:47,448 --> 00:43:50,379
but I hope that you guys are on
board too, you know what I mean?
739
00:43:51,689 --> 00:43:53,137
So as long as you got
a game plan,
740
00:43:53,310 --> 00:43:55,103
probably all [bleep] game.
741
00:43:55,275 --> 00:43:56,241
Appreciate it.
742
00:43:56,413 --> 00:43:58,689
Rick faces a tough decision.
743
00:43:58,862 --> 00:44:01,895
Spend weeks expanding
Vegas Valley
744
00:44:01,896 --> 00:44:05,275
or find a new spot to mine.
745
00:44:05,448 --> 00:44:07,481
Well, it's a small amount
of gold, but it's an ounce.
746
00:44:07,482 --> 00:44:09,793
It tells us there's a lot
of gold down there.
747
00:44:09,965 --> 00:44:11,758
We need to get it, but I need
to come to a decision
748
00:44:11,931 --> 00:44:13,137
on how to do it.
We're going to expand,
749
00:44:13,310 --> 00:44:14,379
or what the hell
are we going to do?
750
00:44:14,551 --> 00:44:16,103
There's a lot to think about,
751
00:44:16,275 --> 00:44:18,172
but a decision has to be made.
752
00:44:32,172 --> 00:44:34,344
- Hello.
- Hello.
753
00:44:34,517 --> 00:44:35,861
What up?
754
00:44:35,862 --> 00:44:40,000
At Dominion, Parker's crew
gathers to find out if running
755
00:44:40,172 --> 00:44:44,481
all four washplants has
reversed last week's slump.
756
00:44:44,482 --> 00:44:46,241
How'd your week go?
757
00:44:46,413 --> 00:44:48,896
Well, I tell you,
with four plants running,
758
00:44:49,034 --> 00:44:50,793
it's hopping down here.
759
00:44:50,965 --> 00:44:52,344
How about you guys?
760
00:44:52,517 --> 00:44:54,172
Yeah, we had some
stuff happen.
761
00:44:54,344 --> 00:44:57,068
A couple days ago,
India messages me,
762
00:44:57,241 --> 00:44:59,895
and all I get is "help,"
exclamation mark.
763
00:44:59,896 --> 00:45:02,103
- No context.
- Oh, no.
764
00:45:02,275 --> 00:45:05,000
When I get there, and she was
up shoveling on the conveyor,
765
00:45:05,137 --> 00:45:07,481
I'm like, "You can't do that."
Like, "That is not cool."
766
00:45:07,482 --> 00:45:10,171
Like, "You have to say
'the washplant's down,'
767
00:45:10,172 --> 00:45:11,793
"or 'a loader's got
a flat tire,'
768
00:45:11,965 --> 00:45:13,000
"or 'there's a bear
in the cut,'
769
00:45:13,172 --> 00:45:15,000
because I could not
get there fast enough."
770
00:45:15,172 --> 00:45:16,689
She's like,
"What did you want me to do?
I was shoveling."
771
00:45:16,862 --> 00:45:18,067
Oh, my God.
772
00:45:18,068 --> 00:45:19,895
I'm like, "Well, [bleep] text,
like, three more words."
773
00:45:21,758 --> 00:45:23,689
- "Help, I'm shoveling."
- Yeah, like...
774
00:45:26,275 --> 00:45:29,344
Well, you want to see
how Roxanne did, Mitch?
775
00:45:29,517 --> 00:45:31,171
Yeah, buddy, how did we do?
776
00:45:31,172 --> 00:45:35,482
First, from Ken and Stuart's
claim that's averaging
777
00:45:35,655 --> 00:45:38,068
130 ounces a week.
778
00:45:38,241 --> 00:45:41,275
All right, Roxanne.
779
00:45:41,448 --> 00:45:43,171
Here we go.
780
00:45:43,172 --> 00:45:49,378
30, 60, 90...
781
00:45:49,379 --> 00:45:51,586
130...
782
00:45:51,758 --> 00:45:57,275
yeah, keep going...
140, 150.4.
783
00:45:57,448 --> 00:45:59,068
- Nice.
- Yeah.
784
00:45:59,241 --> 00:46:01,344
That's an improvement
over last week.
785
00:46:02,344 --> 00:46:05,171
- The Golden Mile.
- Golden Mile.
786
00:46:05,172 --> 00:46:08,068
- And that's for both plants?
- Yes.
787
00:46:08,241 --> 00:46:13,448
Next, gold from Sluicifer
and Big Red on Dominion Creek,
788
00:46:13,620 --> 00:46:17,274
which last week
delivered 232 ounces.
789
00:46:17,275 --> 00:46:20,792
We've got 20, 40...
790
00:46:20,793 --> 00:46:25,000
120, 140, 160...
791
00:46:25,137 --> 00:46:28,344
200, 230, 250...
792
00:46:28,517 --> 00:46:30,481
251.55.
793
00:46:30,482 --> 00:46:32,172
- Nice.
- Yeah.
794
00:46:32,344 --> 00:46:33,688
Deadly.
795
00:46:33,689 --> 00:46:37,689
Tatiana will now give you
the Bridge Cut.
796
00:46:37,862 --> 00:46:41,137
Finally, gold
from washplant Bob,
797
00:46:41,310 --> 00:46:43,689
averaging 170 ounces a week.
798
00:46:44,896 --> 00:46:48,689
10, 20, 30...
799
00:46:48,862 --> 00:46:52,758
60, 80...
800
00:46:52,931 --> 00:46:55,655
103.7.
801
00:46:58,103 --> 00:46:59,689
Down from a little bit.
802
00:46:59,862 --> 00:47:01,172
Bob's been a bit depressing,
803
00:47:01,344 --> 00:47:02,689
to be honest.
- Yeah.
804
00:47:02,862 --> 00:47:05,137
Like for a pit that
we stripped like 40 feet
805
00:47:05,310 --> 00:47:06,896
of dirt off of the top of.
806
00:47:07,034 --> 00:47:10,000
I don't know if you really get
into that good pay yet or not.
807
00:47:10,172 --> 00:47:11,895
There's a lot
of low-grade pay.
808
00:47:11,896 --> 00:47:14,103
Hopefully it'll come
back up somewhere.
809
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:19,895
Well, last week we had
428.7 ounces.
810
00:47:19,896 --> 00:47:23,137
This week, 505.4.
811
00:47:23,310 --> 00:47:24,792
Not bad.
812
00:47:24,793 --> 00:47:30,034
Our season total, 5,855.9,
813
00:47:30,206 --> 00:47:33,000
so, we're going forward.
814
00:47:33,137 --> 00:47:34,689
It'd be nice if we went forward
a little faster,
815
00:47:34,862 --> 00:47:36,068
but we're getting there.
816
00:47:36,241 --> 00:47:37,793
Yeah, we just have to keep
plugging at her.
817
00:47:37,965 --> 00:47:39,585
Yeah.
818
00:47:39,586 --> 00:47:43,551
An 80-ounce increase
on last week's total,
819
00:47:43,724 --> 00:47:46,896
and with gold
at record-high prices,
820
00:47:47,034 --> 00:47:51,000
Parker's mined over
$20 million,
821
00:47:51,137 --> 00:47:55,344
more cash than he's ever made
in one season.
822
00:47:55,517 --> 00:47:57,103
- All right.
- Keep it up, you guys.
823
00:47:57,275 --> 00:47:59,068
- Thanks, guys.
- You bet.
824
00:47:59,241 --> 00:48:01,655
- Excellent job, as always.
- Thank you.
825
00:48:01,827 --> 00:48:04,137
- We try to keep it clean.
- That is super clean.
826
00:48:04,310 --> 00:48:05,275
Yeah.