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[dramataic chord strike]
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[intriguing music plays]
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[Tony speaking]
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[narrator]
King of the Klondike,
Tony Beets is riding high.
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14 weeks in, he's pulled
in over $17 million in gold,
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enough to buy a lot of pants.
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All of Tony's gold is coming
from his two washplants
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running 24-7
on his Indian River claim.
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But at his Paradise Hill
operation, the trommel,
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his big moneymaker,
is at a standstill.
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I still got to get
this whole thing set up.
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And youngest son Mike
hasn't run a yard through it
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all season.
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[Mike] If I could, I'd have been
sluicing two months ago.
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But my dad takes away
a lot of my time
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doing a lot of other [bleep].
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[Tony speaking]
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[Minnie] I'm good.
What are you doing here?
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Yeah, no, he's working on it,
and just let him be,
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and just let him figure it
out himself.
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[Minnie] No.
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[Minnie] If you leave Mike
to it, he will get it done.
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Just let him be for now.
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He has to learn somehow.
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Not me.
I'm busy, man.
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[Tony speaking]
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OK.
Drive carefully.
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Oh, I will.
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[Tony speaking]
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OK.
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[Minnie] Bye.
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[grunts]
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Sometimes Mike makes a decision
and Antonio rolls in
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and he changes it.
And that's really hard.
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I mean, it would piss me off,
to tell you the truth.
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I would like Mike
to be his own boss.
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Have his own claims,
have his own equipment,
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have his own people.
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That's what I would love
to see, just like Kevin.
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Mike really wants to impress
his father and that's sometimes
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a little hard.
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If everything were to go my way,
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I actually will be
sluicing in three days.
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Mike has been battling all
season to get the trommel going
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with a skeleton crew.
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With the maintenance completed,
he just needs to put all
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the parts together
and fire it up.
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[suspenseful music plays]
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[Mike]
About time we get
this conveyor in, eh?
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We'll lift it over there with
the pipe layer, and we'll see
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if we can get that thing
sitting flat and straight.
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Because then once we get that
in place, all we have to do is
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get something to hold
that hopper in, and then
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this whole section is done.
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To get the trommel running,
Mike first needs
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to install a 100-foot conveyor,
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using a pipe layer to
lift it into position
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at the trommel's prewash.
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Then, using a pair of dozers,
he'll lift and push the 30-ton
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hopper feeder into position,
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perfectly aligning it
with the conveyor.
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Next, he'll connect
the water pipeline,
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and finally fire up.
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Up.
Watch your fingers.
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[rattling]
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Spin.
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[snap]
[rattling]
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Stop!
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The cable just slipped
along the [bleep] top ring.
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Walk forward a bit.
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Put it down.
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[grunts]
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OK.
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How's it look on your end?
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[Brayson]
Oh, yeah, it's good.
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Yeah, it's lined up.
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Hey, guys, be careful.
She's coming down.
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[Mike] Perfect.
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[whirring]
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Now we just got to drag
the hopper in.
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[intriguing music plays]
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OK, start lifting.
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[machine roars]
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[revving heavily]
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Excellent.
Now start walking.
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[rattling]
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A little bit to your left.
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Straighten out a bit.
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Stop, stop.
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And now the thing's dragging
in the ground.
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Oh, [bleep] me...
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Zach, you're gonna have
to lift it up a bit.
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[rumbling, creaking]
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Slowly forward.
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[Mike sighs]
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You just don't have
enough height.
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I got to force the issue.
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Len, do you copy? Len?
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Front of that 980,
try to pick it up some more.
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Excellent.
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Now start turning to your left.
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That's good.
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It looks pretty
[bleep] straight.
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[mellow music plays]
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Dead on.
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It's nice when I can
do it my way.
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Celebrate your small victories,
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because they're [bleep] few
and far in between.
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-Hey, Mom.
-[Minnie] Hey.
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That's a sight for sore eyes.
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[Mike] Yes!
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Went in real smooth,
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both the conveyor
and the [bleep] hopper.
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Nice.
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Nice, nice, nice.
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-This looks good.
-[Mike] Yeah.
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So when do you think
you're gonna sluice?
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[Mike]
If it goes the way
I planned, three days.
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Hopper, conveyor are done.
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I just got to finish off
the suction, and we're done.
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[mysterious music plays]
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[Rick] We're not quite getting
where we need to be.
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It's not gonna be popular
with everybody, but I'm just
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thinking we're going to have to
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start putting in some
longer shifts.
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That's the only way we're gonna
get to five weeks of sluicing,
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and that's about what
we're going to need.
-Yeah.
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I wish I had better news,
but I know you can make it
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happen, so let's [bleep]
do it, right?
-[Bailey] Yeah.
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Yep.
Yep.
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We'll try our best,
and we'll [bleep] go from there.
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-[Rick] You'll get it done.
-All right, brother.
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-[Rick] Thanks, man.
-[Bailey] Yep.
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[Bailey]
Hey, rock truck drivers,
you guys got a copy?
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-Go ahead.
-Yeah, I just spoke to Rick.
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We're gonna have to do
about 1,800 loads a week.
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That's about 100 loads each
for you boys.
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Oh, [bleep].
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At this point in the season,
we've got 500 ounces of gold.
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That's nowhere near
our 1,800 ounces.
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So, we've got
a long way to go.
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I'm feeling the pressure
right now.
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We're running out of time.
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Rick Ness is trying to dig
himself out of a hole
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by digging the biggest hole
of his life.
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Three and months
into the season,
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he's mined a quarter
of his 1,800 ounce goal
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and still has
no gold coming in.
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[Rick]
We've got a hell of a lot of
dirt to move out here when
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we're going that deep and not
a whole lot of time to do it.
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To get the gold flowing,
Rick and his crew are
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on an epic mission
to dig down 120 feet
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to hit pay at the bottom
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of his enormous
new cut, Valhalla.
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And they need to do it
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in less than a month.
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As far as I'm concerned,
this is our best shot.
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We just need to get everybody
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you know,
on the same page,
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everybody moving smooth,
and that's what we'll get.
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We need about 1,800 trucks
per week, which is,
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with three trucks, about
100 loads a day per truck.
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At the top of Valhalla,
Rick has one excavator loading
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three rock trucks
with worthless overburden.
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The trucks must then climb
a steep 30-degree incline
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to the top
of the valley's ridge.
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Then journey a mile
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along a rough dirt road
past their camp
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and old Rally Valley Cut
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to dump the dirt off a 200-foot
high cliff into a waste pile
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before looping back to Valhalla
to do it all over again.
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Now, Rick has tasked
each truck driver
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to make the eight-minute trip
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a hundred times a day.
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Well, load one of, like,
a [bleep] thousand.
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Gonna be a long day.
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[bleep] my life.
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Yee-haw...
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[rapid music plays]
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[Bailey] It's definitely
gonna be hard on everyone.
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No one's gonna want
to sit on a truck
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you know, all day long.
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Rick is worried that we're
gonna run out of time
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to meet our goals, but I'm more
worried people are gonna
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fatigue out.
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We'll all just have to suck
it up and push through it.
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This really [bleep] sucks,
but what are we gonna do?
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I want to get the gold, so
if that's how we get there,
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then that's how
we [bleep] get there.
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[truck revving]
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Kai, he's typically the fastest
one out of all of us.
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He's just being a little
too impatient for the process.
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We're trying to speed up
the process here,
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and, you know, if we don't
speed up and keep
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the overburden coming out
as fast as we can, you know,
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we're never gonna get
[bleep] through it.
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Obviously, I'm not the new guy
anymore, so hopefully Chris can
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keep up with the pace.
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[Chris]
I'm a slow, old man because
I don't like to beat the hell
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out of my body.
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I could be a bit faster, but...
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I'm not gonna
be rushing around
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like a chicken
with my head cut off.
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It's just starting
to get annoying.
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Steady is smooth,
and smooth is fast.
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[Kai]
My driving's not an issue.
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There's a reason
I'm lapping people.
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[Chris]
This is [bleep] stupid.
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[truck revving]
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[Kai] Come on, Chris.
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[truck honks]
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[Chris] Kai is annoying
as [bleep].
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He thinks he knows what
he's doing, but whatever.
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[Kai laughs]
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[Chris]
Normally, I'd be going in
for a shower right now.
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I'm full of dust and sweat.
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Really wishing we weren't
working right now.
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Come on, Chris.
[bleep] turn around.
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You're taking forever.
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[honking]
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The [bleep] do you think
you're doing?
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For [bleep] sakes!
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[suspenseful music plays]
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[Chris] The [bleep] do you think
you're doing?
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For [bleep] sakes!
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[Kai]
We got 100 loads to do.
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You're slowing me down.
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[Chris] We still got to
do it [bleep] safely.
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You can't just cut corners.
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You're gonna get
someone killed.
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[bleep] [bleep], what [bleep]
are these guys doing?
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[Chris]
I get that we're all tired,
but man, you can't just
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sneak in behind someone.
-[Kai] [bleep] hurry up!
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[Rick] Dude, you got...
Hey, hey, hey.
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What's going on?
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[Chris]
This [bleep] idiot
whips in behind me
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while I'm trying to back up
to the dump.
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I don't want to kill
the [bleep] kid.
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[Kai]
He's just slowing me down.
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[Rick] All right, all right,
all right, enough.
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Chris, you take a little break.
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Clear your head.
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I'll drive your truck
for a while.
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-[Chris] [bleep] kid, man.
-[Kai] Yeah, whatever.
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Dumb as [bleep].
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[Chris] [bleep] kids, man!
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[Rick] Chris and Kai
almost got into it.
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They had a bit of a meltdown,
and I get it, man.
249
00:14:33,433 --> 00:14:35,266
Everybody's just pushed
to their limits.
250
00:14:35,266 --> 00:14:37,166
It means that they
give a [bleep].
251
00:14:37,333 --> 00:14:39,900
They're all working,
you know, extra hours
252
00:14:40,066 --> 00:14:42,500
to make this happen,
and having a truck down one day
253
00:14:42,667 --> 00:14:44,100
can erase all of that work,
254
00:14:44,266 --> 00:14:46,000
so I'll get in here and do it,
you know what I mean?
255
00:14:46,166 --> 00:14:47,266
It ain't my favorite thing
to do anymore,
256
00:14:47,266 --> 00:14:49,000
but it's something
that's got to be done.
257
00:14:51,467 --> 00:14:54,000
With a small crew,
we definitely all have
258
00:14:54,166 --> 00:14:55,200
to get along.
259
00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,367
We can't, you know,
be down each other's throats
260
00:14:57,367 --> 00:14:59,367
all the time.
261
00:14:59,367 --> 00:15:00,400
Hopefully Chris and Kai,
262
00:15:00,567 --> 00:15:02,000
you know,
get over their little thing
263
00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,467
and move on from it
and keep doing their jobs.
264
00:15:06,667 --> 00:15:08,867
It's nice to see
someone else in a truck.
265
00:15:09,033 --> 00:15:10,500
You're never too good
for a truck out here, all right?
266
00:15:10,667 --> 00:15:12,500
I've learned that
a long time ago.
267
00:15:12,667 --> 00:15:14,100
[revving heavily]
268
00:15:16,166 --> 00:15:18,200
[revving wearily]
269
00:15:18,367 --> 00:15:19,266
I'm stalling out on this hill.
270
00:15:19,433 --> 00:15:20,500
[bleep], he loaded me up good.
271
00:15:20,667 --> 00:15:22,800
[revving harshly]
272
00:15:22,967 --> 00:15:24,667
[sighs]
[bleep]!
273
00:15:29,166 --> 00:15:30,300
I'm kind of running
out of [bleep] fuel
274
00:15:30,467 --> 00:15:32,166
on this hill.
I'm right in the way.
275
00:15:32,166 --> 00:15:33,467
Um...
276
00:15:33,633 --> 00:15:36,367
What the...?
What the [bleep]?
277
00:15:36,533 --> 00:15:38,200
[Bailey]
You think maybe dump
that load there, Rick,
278
00:15:38,367 --> 00:15:39,800
and I'll spread it out?
279
00:15:39,967 --> 00:15:42,000
All right, I'll offload it,
and hopefully I can get
280
00:15:42,166 --> 00:15:43,667
to the fuel tank
before this thing runs out.
281
00:15:45,767 --> 00:15:47,467
I've been doing this for over
a decade, and I can't read
282
00:15:47,633 --> 00:15:48,600
a fuel gauge?
283
00:15:53,266 --> 00:15:56,166
[Bailey]
Got Rick just to dump
his load here.
284
00:15:56,333 --> 00:15:57,800
Kind of when the trucks are
coming out, they're having
285
00:15:57,967 --> 00:16:00,867
a little difficult time coming
up out of the slope.
286
00:16:05,100 --> 00:16:08,567
Feel pretty dumb running out
of fuel right away like that,
287
00:16:08,567 --> 00:16:10,500
trying to help out
and [bleep] stalling things.
288
00:16:11,467 --> 00:16:13,000
I can't get this [bleep]
fuel cap off.
289
00:16:16,166 --> 00:16:18,000
[bleep]!
290
00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:19,100
Great start.
291
00:16:20,667 --> 00:16:24,367
Fueled up, Rick gets back
hauling dirt,
292
00:16:24,533 --> 00:16:27,633
chasing his
100 load a day target.
293
00:16:30,066 --> 00:16:32,767
[Rick]
Mistakes like that are killing
me, and I tend to make them
294
00:16:32,767 --> 00:16:34,266
when I'm stressed out.
295
00:16:34,433 --> 00:16:35,700
It almost seems like
an impossible task,
296
00:16:35,867 --> 00:16:38,000
but they've done it before.
We'll do it again.
297
00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,066
It seems like a long ways,
but I know we'll get there.
298
00:16:40,233 --> 00:16:42,467
[upbeat music plays]
299
00:16:51,266 --> 00:16:52,700
[calm music plays]
300
00:17:00,066 --> 00:17:02,000
[Buzz speaking]
301
00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:16,000
After eight weeks away
for the birth of his daughter,
302
00:17:16,166 --> 00:17:19,900
Buzz Legault is returning
to Kevin Beets' claim.
303
00:17:20,066 --> 00:17:21,367
[Buzz speaking]
304
00:17:35,166 --> 00:17:36,266
[chuckles]
305
00:17:43,567 --> 00:17:44,700
-[Faith] Hello, there.
-[Buzz speaking]
306
00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:49,166
[Faith] You finally made it.
307
00:17:49,166 --> 00:17:51,400
Hey.
[chuckling]
308
00:17:51,567 --> 00:17:53,100
Fill us in.
How's the baby?
309
00:17:55,567 --> 00:17:58,000
Aw, this is the cutest baby!
310
00:17:58,166 --> 00:18:00,867
[Buzz speaking]
311
00:18:01,033 --> 00:18:02,266
[Kevin] That's a pretty name.
312
00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:11,367
I agree.
313
00:18:11,533 --> 00:18:13,066
Let's go for a little drive.
314
00:18:13,233 --> 00:18:14,100
I can show you what we've done,
315
00:18:14,100 --> 00:18:16,567
what needs doing,
and get you to her.
316
00:18:16,567 --> 00:18:17,900
-[grunts]
-[bleep]!
317
00:18:23,900 --> 00:18:27,300
We finished up the Pyramid Cut,
moved upstream where we're
318
00:18:27,467 --> 00:18:28,633
calling it the Sphinx Cut,
319
00:18:30,266 --> 00:18:33,266
keeping that cat and Egyptian
themes kind of going.
320
00:18:33,433 --> 00:18:34,667
[laughs]
321
00:18:38,066 --> 00:18:39,266
[Kevin grunts]
322
00:18:40,700 --> 00:18:42,567
[Buzz speaking]
323
00:18:42,734 --> 00:18:44,367
So right now, we don't really
have enough pay going
324
00:18:44,533 --> 00:18:47,500
to the plant to keep it
running 24/7.
325
00:18:47,667 --> 00:18:49,467
We don't have enough
pay exposed.
326
00:18:50,667 --> 00:18:52,166
So right now,
we're down on days.
327
00:18:53,166 --> 00:18:54,834
[Buzz speaking]
328
00:18:57,300 --> 00:18:59,667
[Kevin] Yeah, so...
329
00:18:59,667 --> 00:19:02,000
we really got to get to get
the plant back up and running
330
00:19:02,166 --> 00:19:04,800
24/7 so that we can hit it.
331
00:19:07,266 --> 00:19:08,900
-[Kevin] Yeah.
-Yeah.
332
00:19:09,066 --> 00:19:10,967
I mean, over halfway through
the season and not halfway
333
00:19:11,133 --> 00:19:14,066
through the gold total yet.
A little stressful.
334
00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:22,700
[Kevin]
Get everyone on stripping.
335
00:19:22,867 --> 00:19:25,667
That way we can get a pay
mountain again and go
336
00:19:25,834 --> 00:19:27,200
24 hours again.
337
00:19:27,367 --> 00:19:29,066
[Buzz speaking]
338
00:19:30,166 --> 00:19:32,667
Second-year mine boss
Kevin Beets
339
00:19:32,667 --> 00:19:34,266
is playing catch-up.
340
00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:40,600
He's 1,500 ounces short
of his goal, and his small crew
341
00:19:40,767 --> 00:19:44,700
don't have the manpower to dig
enough pay in the gold-rich
342
00:19:44,867 --> 00:19:48,100
Sphinx Cut
to run the plant 24/7.
343
00:19:50,166 --> 00:19:54,066
Now Buzz is back.
Kevin's tasked him with
344
00:19:54,233 --> 00:19:58,166
building a massive pay pile
and getting back to sluicing
345
00:19:58,333 --> 00:20:02,667
around the clock in the hope
of a big gold haul this week.
346
00:20:03,667 --> 00:20:05,667
[Buzz speaking]
347
00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,667
[Kevin] Great time
for Buzz to get back.
348
00:20:08,667 --> 00:20:11,000
Having him in the 480
is really gonna help.
349
00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,367
It's good to have
the team back together.
350
00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,667
[Buzz speaking]
351
00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:28,900
[Buzz speaking]
352
00:21:29,667 --> 00:21:33,567
At Scribner Creek, Buzz is
trying to build a massive pay
353
00:21:33,734 --> 00:21:36,700
pile to get Kevin
running 24/7.
354
00:21:38,767 --> 00:21:42,166
But he's hit frozen pay,
stopping him cold.
355
00:21:58,166 --> 00:22:01,367
The cleanup bucket's straight
cutting edge is built
356
00:22:01,367 --> 00:22:04,166
for scraping thawed pay
from bedrock.
357
00:22:05,166 --> 00:22:09,600
To dig up the frozen ground,
Buzz needs a bucket with bite.
358
00:22:20,166 --> 00:22:21,800
[Buzz speaking]
359
00:23:00,100 --> 00:23:01,500
[ominous chord strikes]
360
00:23:09,900 --> 00:23:11,100
[sighs]
361
00:23:11,100 --> 00:23:12,600
Go for Kevin.
362
00:23:12,767 --> 00:23:15,200
[Buzz speaking]
363
00:23:20,300 --> 00:23:22,767
[Kevin]
I think our best bet is
to hold it up as quick
364
00:23:22,934 --> 00:23:24,367
as possible.
365
00:23:24,367 --> 00:23:26,767
If you can blow through this by
the end of the day, preferably.
366
00:23:31,500 --> 00:23:32,900
[intriguing music plays]
367
00:23:45,300 --> 00:23:46,867
♪♪
368
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:03,266
[clanking]
369
00:24:38,867 --> 00:24:41,000
After half a day of welding,
370
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,100
Buzz can finally get
to digging
371
00:24:43,266 --> 00:24:47,900
the frozen pay, loading trucks,
and building up the pay pile.
372
00:24:49,100 --> 00:24:51,300
[Buzz speaking]
373
00:25:06,066 --> 00:25:07,867
[triumphant music plays]
374
00:25:12,500 --> 00:25:14,500
[crumbling]
375
00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:20,700
Go for Kevin.
376
00:25:22,166 --> 00:25:23,467
[Buzz speaking]
377
00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:30,100
[Kevin] That's great news.
378
00:25:30,100 --> 00:25:31,867
Let's fire it up
and get back to her.
379
00:25:31,867 --> 00:25:33,166
[Buzz speaking]
380
00:25:35,567 --> 00:25:39,300
Got a bit of a stockpile going
again, so hopefully we can
381
00:25:39,467 --> 00:25:42,166
sluice 24 hours a day
and keep running.
382
00:25:42,166 --> 00:25:43,567
[creaking]
383
00:25:43,734 --> 00:25:44,967
[rattling]
384
00:25:55,867 --> 00:25:57,333
[epic music plays]
385
00:25:59,767 --> 00:26:05,300
Just one day after returning,
Buzz has Kevin's operation
386
00:26:05,467 --> 00:26:08,066
back sluicing around the clock.
387
00:26:08,233 --> 00:26:09,500
[victorious music plays]
388
00:26:18,367 --> 00:26:20,166
[Kevin speaking]
389
00:26:29,767 --> 00:26:31,266
40 miles away...
390
00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:34,166
[country music plays]
391
00:26:39,100 --> 00:26:43,166
Kevin's brother, Mike, is
also pushing hard to make up
392
00:26:43,166 --> 00:26:44,867
for lost time.
393
00:26:45,033 --> 00:26:46,000
[machine powers up]
394
00:26:54,266 --> 00:26:55,767
Mike, we got water up here.
395
00:26:55,767 --> 00:26:57,867
Excellent, excellent.
396
00:26:58,033 --> 00:27:00,166
Got water, let's go see
if we can sluice!
397
00:27:03,867 --> 00:27:06,000
To prove himself to his dad,
398
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,300
and have a chance of running
his own claim,
399
00:27:09,467 --> 00:27:13,500
Mike must first get
his trommel on the gold.
400
00:27:13,667 --> 00:27:15,166
It might actually happen today.
401
00:27:22,266 --> 00:27:23,467
[Tony speaking]
402
00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,467
Nearly four months
into the season,
403
00:27:31,633 --> 00:27:34,367
Mike's finally
ready to fire up.
404
00:27:34,533 --> 00:27:38,166
And he's called in his family
to mark the big occasion.
405
00:27:40,166 --> 00:27:41,867
[Minnie] Thank you.
406
00:27:41,867 --> 00:27:43,700
It's D-Day.
407
00:27:43,867 --> 00:27:46,567
[Kevin]
Yeah, finally get to see
this whole [bleep] thing go.
408
00:27:46,734 --> 00:27:48,166
[Monica]
Mike, you're about to sluice!
409
00:27:48,166 --> 00:27:49,800
-[Mike] Yes!
-[Monica] Whoo!
410
00:27:51,367 --> 00:27:52,500
-[Minnie] OK.
-[Tony speaking]
411
00:27:52,667 --> 00:27:54,100
-Yeah.
-[Tony speaking]
412
00:27:56,567 --> 00:27:59,867
It'll be good to see
this thing start rolling.
413
00:28:00,100 --> 00:28:02,200
[Minnie] I'd love to see it.
414
00:28:02,367 --> 00:28:03,367
OK.
415
00:28:12,166 --> 00:28:13,367
[Tony speaking]
416
00:28:14,367 --> 00:28:16,367
-[plant powers up]
-[rattling]
417
00:28:20,066 --> 00:28:21,166
Ow!
418
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:24,767
[Monica] I forgot
how loud that thing is.
419
00:28:29,967 --> 00:28:31,400
Water, please.
Water, please.
420
00:28:38,767 --> 00:28:41,166
[triumphant music plays]
421
00:28:48,867 --> 00:28:50,367
[Mike speaking]
422
00:28:53,967 --> 00:28:55,967
[Tony speaking]
423
00:29:11,367 --> 00:29:13,000
Are you [bleep] kidding me?
424
00:29:14,100 --> 00:29:16,367
[Tony speaking]
425
00:29:16,367 --> 00:29:17,800
[plant powers down]
426
00:29:20,266 --> 00:29:21,567
[Mike]
What the [bleep]'s going on?
427
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,200
[rattling]
428
00:29:31,667 --> 00:29:33,767
[Mike]
Are you [bleep] kidding me?
429
00:29:33,767 --> 00:29:35,066
What the [bleep]'s going on?
430
00:29:36,166 --> 00:29:40,066
At Paradise Hill,
seconds after firing up
431
00:29:40,233 --> 00:29:42,467
for the first time this season,
432
00:29:42,467 --> 00:29:45,166
Mike has shut down his trommel.
433
00:29:45,166 --> 00:29:46,300
[Monica] Not enough water?
434
00:29:46,467 --> 00:29:47,367
[Tony speaking]
435
00:29:47,533 --> 00:29:48,900
[Monica] None?
436
00:29:49,066 --> 00:29:50,100
[Mike] What happened?
437
00:29:50,100 --> 00:29:51,600
[Tony speaking]
438
00:29:52,867 --> 00:29:56,767
No water is reaching
the prewash, causing dry dirt
439
00:29:56,767 --> 00:29:59,367
to pile up in the trommel
and back up
440
00:29:59,533 --> 00:30:01,367
into the feed conveyor.
441
00:30:01,367 --> 00:30:03,300
Can you go to close
the bypass a little bit.
442
00:30:03,467 --> 00:30:04,700
[Tony speaking]
443
00:30:05,967 --> 00:30:07,100
Good!
444
00:30:07,266 --> 00:30:08,467
[Tony speaking]
445
00:30:18,467 --> 00:30:19,767
[Mike] Oh, [bleep].
446
00:30:20,867 --> 00:30:21,867
[Tony speaking]
447
00:30:21,867 --> 00:30:23,467
That's going on
my social media.
448
00:30:23,467 --> 00:30:25,400
[Tony speaking]
449
00:30:29,567 --> 00:30:30,967
[Mike] [bleep],
I hate this sometimes.
450
00:30:31,133 --> 00:30:32,166
[sighs]
451
00:30:32,333 --> 00:30:33,767
[plant powers up]
452
00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:39,800
For some reason there was
no water going into the chute
453
00:30:39,967 --> 00:30:42,066
So then it filled up with dirt.
454
00:30:42,233 --> 00:30:43,467
Mike shut it off.
455
00:30:43,633 --> 00:30:45,667
And then they finally
got water to go through.
456
00:30:52,700 --> 00:30:54,300
[rumbling]
457
00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:57,567
Mike!
458
00:30:57,567 --> 00:31:00,767
Now that belt shut off
because it piled up.
459
00:31:02,667 --> 00:31:03,900
[plant winds down]
460
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:14,266
[Mike] I had it hit.
461
00:31:14,433 --> 00:31:15,367
Nothing happened.
462
00:31:15,367 --> 00:31:16,700
[Tony speaking]
463
00:31:16,867 --> 00:31:17,867
[Mike] Fine.
464
00:31:18,033 --> 00:31:19,467
[revving]
465
00:31:23,667 --> 00:31:24,767
[Tony speaking]
466
00:31:26,100 --> 00:31:28,266
[Mike] It stopped
for some [bleep] reason.
467
00:31:28,266 --> 00:31:29,667
[suspenseful music plays]
468
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:34,400
[Mike] What?
469
00:31:34,567 --> 00:31:36,266
[Tony speaking]
470
00:31:46,166 --> 00:31:47,300
[Mike] Well, to be fair,
we didn't look.
471
00:31:47,467 --> 00:31:48,367
We thought Len got it, right?
472
00:31:48,533 --> 00:31:50,700
[Tony speaking]
473
00:31:50,867 --> 00:31:51,867
Eh.
474
00:31:54,367 --> 00:31:57,100
[Tony speaking]
475
00:32:10,667 --> 00:32:13,066
Ah! Someone did mention,
I think Len said...
476
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,100
OK.
477
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:29,967
[unsettling music plays]
478
00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:43,567
[revving]
479
00:32:45,100 --> 00:32:49,166
Tony retreats to Indian River
to keep the family's only
480
00:32:49,166 --> 00:32:52,567
source of gold flowing,
leaving Mike to order
481
00:32:52,567 --> 00:32:56,567
the missing rollers and get
the trommel fit for purpose.
482
00:32:58,900 --> 00:33:00,767
[Mike]
No, [bleep] off right away.
483
00:33:00,767 --> 00:33:02,867
That whole thing was
a [bleep] nightmare,
484
00:33:03,033 --> 00:33:05,467
like a [bleep] pain in my ass.
485
00:33:05,467 --> 00:33:06,767
He's frustrated.
486
00:33:06,767 --> 00:33:09,266
He's very frustrated.
It's kind of too bad.
487
00:33:09,433 --> 00:33:11,100
I was looking forward
to seeing it roll.
488
00:33:12,066 --> 00:33:14,000
He's been having troubles
all year.
489
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,100
It's just one more thing,
I guess.
490
00:33:16,100 --> 00:33:18,100
Hopefully,
tomorrow's another day,
491
00:33:18,266 --> 00:33:21,300
and if not, there's the next
and the next and the next.
492
00:33:23,767 --> 00:33:25,300
[Mike] Everything keeps
going [bleep] wrong.
493
00:33:25,467 --> 00:33:26,567
Constantly, no matter
what I seem to do,
494
00:33:26,567 --> 00:33:27,667
it doesn't want to [bleep] work.
495
00:33:34,500 --> 00:33:36,300
[bird cawing]
496
00:33:39,166 --> 00:33:40,567
[calm music plays]
497
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:49,000
[bleep]!
498
00:33:50,066 --> 00:33:52,667
[Rick] This loop is bad.
It's hard on the trucks.
499
00:33:52,667 --> 00:33:53,867
It's hard on the people.
500
00:33:53,867 --> 00:33:56,600
I mean, these trucks are gonna
be not taking too much more
501
00:33:56,767 --> 00:33:58,000
of this abuse.
502
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:02,100
At Valhalla, Rick is still
pulling his weight in the rock
503
00:34:02,266 --> 00:34:07,300
truck, helping his crew to hit
1,800 truckloads a week and get
504
00:34:07,467 --> 00:34:09,367
to pay in less than a month.
505
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,900
I got a lot more respect for
everybody else now after a day
506
00:34:14,066 --> 00:34:16,066
like that.
Holy [bleep], man.
507
00:34:16,233 --> 00:34:18,567
You gotta do that every now
and then to appreciate what
508
00:34:18,734 --> 00:34:19,900
everybody's going through,
I guess.
509
00:34:20,066 --> 00:34:21,467
This is a long shift.
510
00:34:21,467 --> 00:34:24,600
Yeah, definitely, it sucks
to be a rock truck driver.
511
00:34:24,767 --> 00:34:26,667
[Rick]
Well, I'm gonna have to
figure something out for real.
512
00:34:26,667 --> 00:34:29,133
Like, this is not sustainable.
513
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:33,200
[Rick grunts]
514
00:34:33,367 --> 00:34:35,000
[bleep].
515
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,266
That's bull[bleep].
516
00:34:38,500 --> 00:34:39,600
Oh.
517
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:43,967
What do we do?
518
00:34:44,900 --> 00:34:47,066
Well, I know firsthand now,
just after doing that loop,
519
00:34:47,233 --> 00:34:48,100
it's, er, bad.
520
00:34:48,266 --> 00:34:49,233
And yeah, we got to change it.
521
00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,066
We're never gonna hit
1800 loads like that.
522
00:34:52,367 --> 00:34:53,700
[Bailey] I'm loading them
as quick as I can.
523
00:34:53,867 --> 00:34:57,000
They're trying to get back as
quick as they can, but you got
524
00:34:57,166 --> 00:34:59,767
two choices, more trucks
or a closer dump site.
525
00:34:59,934 --> 00:35:01,600
Yeah, more trucks would be
great, but that's
526
00:35:01,767 --> 00:35:03,133
a little out of our league.
-[Bailey] Yeah.
527
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:07,967
The only other thing we have
is our old dump site,
528
00:35:08,133 --> 00:35:10,367
but we left that
because there's a big high-point
529
00:35:10,533 --> 00:35:12,500
here around it.
530
00:35:12,667 --> 00:35:15,567
Maybe we could cut a new road,
just a straight shot.
531
00:35:15,734 --> 00:35:18,166
Yeah, try to cut some corners.
532
00:35:18,166 --> 00:35:20,400
Yeah, get them on
a straight shot there,
while they're loaded,
533
00:35:20,567 --> 00:35:21,967
and then they can turn around
and come and make
534
00:35:22,133 --> 00:35:23,266
that loop back.
-[Bailey] Yeah.
535
00:35:23,266 --> 00:35:25,467
That's easily got
to cut it in half.
536
00:35:25,467 --> 00:35:26,467
And that's what
we're gonna need
537
00:35:26,467 --> 00:35:28,266
to be able to hit
1,800 loads a week.
538
00:35:29,667 --> 00:35:32,400
Rick's current route
to the waste site
539
00:35:32,567 --> 00:35:34,500
is taking too long.
540
00:35:34,667 --> 00:35:38,667
He's identified a closer
dump site near Vegas Valley,
541
00:35:38,667 --> 00:35:41,967
just 500 feet from Valhalla.
542
00:35:42,133 --> 00:35:45,500
But it only has one road
to get in and out.
543
00:35:46,467 --> 00:35:50,900
To make a safe one-way loop,
Rick must dig a steep path
544
00:35:51,066 --> 00:35:54,667
through the trees directly
to the waste pile,
545
00:35:54,834 --> 00:35:59,867
sending the empty trucks uphill
and the loaded trucks downhill,
546
00:35:59,867 --> 00:36:02,400
saving fuel and time.
547
00:36:04,867 --> 00:36:06,900
[Rick] Hopefully by shortening
the rounds for these trucks
548
00:36:07,066 --> 00:36:08,900
and then getting a good dump
site here a lot closer, this is
549
00:36:09,066 --> 00:36:11,100
gonna make all
the difference that we need.
550
00:36:11,100 --> 00:36:12,200
There we go!
551
00:36:13,467 --> 00:36:15,133
Now we're getting somewhere.
552
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:19,667
While Rick works
on a new path,
553
00:36:21,767 --> 00:36:24,000
Chris and Kai
keep moving dirt.
554
00:36:25,667 --> 00:36:28,400
[Chris] Today is another
beautiful Yukon day.
555
00:36:28,567 --> 00:36:30,567
This whole thing with Kai,
like, things were a little
556
00:36:30,567 --> 00:36:33,600
heated, but, like, I don't hold
anything against Kai.
557
00:36:33,767 --> 00:36:35,500
We're all just a little tired.
558
00:36:35,667 --> 00:36:36,900
Yeah, you know,
559
00:36:37,066 --> 00:36:38,767
we just need to forget
what [bleep] happened
560
00:36:38,934 --> 00:36:41,066
and move on, and we just need
to get [bleep] done.
561
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:44,967
[Chris]
Rick's over there making a new
access road so we can get
562
00:36:45,133 --> 00:36:48,200
to a shorter haul,
so I'm super excited for that.
563
00:36:48,367 --> 00:36:50,300
[Bailey]
This closer dump site is
definitely gonna help us get
564
00:36:50,467 --> 00:36:52,266
you know, the material
out of here a lot quicker,
565
00:36:52,266 --> 00:36:54,967
get the trucks moving,
a lot more loads.
566
00:36:55,133 --> 00:36:56,467
It's just gonna.
speed up everything.
567
00:36:57,367 --> 00:36:59,467
We should be able to get down
to pay a lot sooner.
568
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:07,600
After putting the finishing
touches to the road,
569
00:37:07,767 --> 00:37:11,266
Rick's small crew can start
hauling overburden to the new
570
00:37:11,266 --> 00:37:14,567
dump site, giving them
a fighting chance
571
00:37:14,734 --> 00:37:17,266
of hitting 1,800 loads a week.
572
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,467
[Rick]
For the trucks, we've got
a pretty steep keep downhill
573
00:37:20,467 --> 00:37:21,467
for the loaded ones,
574
00:37:21,633 --> 00:37:23,700
and then a nice,
gradual, you know,
575
00:37:23,867 --> 00:37:25,767
going-back-up ramp
for the unloaded ones,
576
00:37:25,767 --> 00:37:27,867
just so it's keep the speed up
577
00:37:28,033 --> 00:37:29,867
and save a lot of money
on fuel for sure.
578
00:37:31,867 --> 00:37:34,200
Hey, hey, truck drivers,
the new dump site's ready,
579
00:37:34,367 --> 00:37:36,166
so why don't you go ahead
and start taking that new road?
580
00:37:36,333 --> 00:37:37,367
Let's see how this works out.
581
00:37:37,533 --> 00:37:39,066
[bleep] yeah,
sounds good.
582
00:37:44,066 --> 00:37:45,166
[Chris] Here we go.
583
00:37:52,767 --> 00:37:54,166
Yee-hee-hee!
584
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:57,100
Ugh, it is perfect.
585
00:37:58,100 --> 00:37:59,333
[Kai] It's looking great.
586
00:37:59,333 --> 00:38:02,100
It'll keep the traffic flowing
a lot better, and we won't be
587
00:38:02,266 --> 00:38:05,266
holding each other up
so that we can get down to pay
588
00:38:05,433 --> 00:38:06,867
as fast as we can.
589
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:19,467
[upbeat music plays]
590
00:38:21,700 --> 00:38:25,567
Everything's definitely
a lot better for the trucks.
591
00:38:25,567 --> 00:38:29,266
At Valhalla, Rick's trucking
crew have been dumping
592
00:38:29,433 --> 00:38:32,767
at the new waste site
for two days.
593
00:38:32,934 --> 00:38:35,867
You know, we did cut the time,
you know, quite a bit.
594
00:38:35,867 --> 00:38:38,000
It's about six minutes
for a round trip instead of,
595
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:40,100
you know, between
eight and ten minutes.
596
00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:42,500
Hopefully, can move
quite a bit of dirt here.
597
00:38:43,500 --> 00:38:48,400
Rick's crew have been hauling
around the clock, trying to hit
598
00:38:48,567 --> 00:38:51,900
Rick's 1800 truckload
a week target.
599
00:38:52,066 --> 00:38:53,066
[Rick]
Honestly, this week has been
600
00:38:53,066 --> 00:38:54,467
one of the hardest weeks
I've had this season.
601
00:38:56,867 --> 00:38:58,500
Chris and Kai
almost got into it.
602
00:38:58,667 --> 00:38:59,900
You know, they had
a bit of a meltdown.
603
00:39:00,133 --> 00:39:01,166
Everybody's just,
you know, pushed
604
00:39:01,166 --> 00:39:02,266
to their limits.
605
00:39:12,667 --> 00:39:14,066
Hey, Bailey, you got
a copy down there?
606
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:16,700
[Bailey] Yeah, go ahead
for Bailey.
607
00:39:16,867 --> 00:39:18,000
[Rick]
So how are we looking
there, buddy?
608
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,767
Did we get our 1,800 loads
this week or what?
609
00:39:23,300 --> 00:39:25,900
We're about 1745.
610
00:39:26,066 --> 00:39:27,567
[bleep] no.
611
00:39:27,567 --> 00:39:31,400
Just 55 truckloads short
of the target, Rick's crew have
612
00:39:31,567 --> 00:39:36,266
shifted a colossal 70,000 tons
of overburden this week.
613
00:39:36,433 --> 00:39:38,767
[Rick] That's a hell of a jump
from where we were at.
614
00:39:38,934 --> 00:39:40,166
You know, you guys
pushed it hard.
615
00:39:40,166 --> 00:39:41,266
I saw it all week and
616
00:39:41,433 --> 00:39:43,967
you're damn close,
so I'm happy with it.
617
00:39:44,133 --> 00:39:46,700
[bleep] yeah, Ricky,
we'll get to her here sometime.
618
00:39:46,867 --> 00:39:47,800
[Chris] Thanks, Rick.
619
00:39:47,967 --> 00:39:49,300
It makes all these long hours
620
00:39:49,467 --> 00:39:50,967
in this [bleep] truck
worth it.
621
00:39:51,133 --> 00:39:54,200
[Kai]
So, yeah, you know, we're all
tired, all worth it once we get
622
00:39:54,367 --> 00:39:55,667
down to the bottom.
623
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:02,567
Rick's crew still have another
80 feet to go before they hit
624
00:40:02,567 --> 00:40:06,266
pay in Valhalla,
fire up Monster Red,
625
00:40:06,433 --> 00:40:09,000
and start bringing in gold.
626
00:40:14,100 --> 00:40:16,667
We've got a lot stacked up
against us right now, but...
627
00:40:16,834 --> 00:40:18,200
-[inhales]
-[sighs]
628
00:40:18,367 --> 00:40:19,900
We still have time, I think.
629
00:40:20,066 --> 00:40:22,200
It's going fast, but I think
we have the time to get
630
00:40:22,367 --> 00:40:24,967
this done.
It's all or nothing.
631
00:40:25,133 --> 00:40:27,000
If we don't get any gold out
of this by the end of the year,
632
00:40:27,166 --> 00:40:29,800
I don't think we're coming
back, because, yeah.
633
00:40:29,967 --> 00:40:32,367
I'll have well over a million
bucks in this to strip it,
634
00:40:32,367 --> 00:40:34,300
and we need to make that back.
635
00:40:36,367 --> 00:40:38,567
[dramatic chord strike]
636
00:40:50,500 --> 00:40:51,800
[mysterious music plays]
637
00:40:56,100 --> 00:40:57,166
[Faith] Hey, Buzz!
638
00:40:57,166 --> 00:40:58,367
-Hey, Buzz.
-[Buzz speaking]
639
00:40:59,500 --> 00:41:00,867
[Kevin] Not too bad.
640
00:41:02,300 --> 00:41:03,567
[Kevin] How she goes?
641
00:41:11,066 --> 00:41:13,000
[Faith] Oh, yeah.
I can imagine.
642
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:14,567
You got something to
look forward to as soon
643
00:41:14,734 --> 00:41:15,834
as the season's done.
644
00:41:17,266 --> 00:41:18,500
[Kevin] Nothing but smile
when you come through
645
00:41:18,667 --> 00:41:19,667
the door again.
646
00:41:21,467 --> 00:41:22,900
-[Faith] Oh, yeah.
-[all chuckle]
647
00:41:23,066 --> 00:41:24,867
Yeah, it kind of sucks that
we couldn't run throughout
648
00:41:24,867 --> 00:41:26,600
the day because we didn't
have enough pay.
649
00:41:30,667 --> 00:41:32,166
I mean, other than that,
we're at the spot where
650
00:41:32,166 --> 00:41:33,567
it's starting to come out
pretty nice, so...
651
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:36,367
hopefully we'll get
what we need to get
652
00:41:36,533 --> 00:41:37,900
in the coming weeks.
653
00:41:38,066 --> 00:41:39,333
[Buzz speaking]
654
00:41:40,667 --> 00:41:42,700
So why don't we weigh it up
and figure out how much we got?
655
00:41:44,066 --> 00:41:48,000
To get back on track
for their 2,000 ounce target,
656
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,667
Kevin and Faith need their last
three weeks of sluicing
657
00:41:51,667 --> 00:41:54,000
to deliver 450 ounces.
658
00:41:58,567 --> 00:41:59,800
[Buzz speaking]
659
00:42:05,567 --> 00:42:06,667
Whoo!
660
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:19,166
[tapping on bottle]
661
00:42:19,166 --> 00:42:22,500
[Buzz speaking]
662
00:42:22,667 --> 00:42:27,200
Worth $655,000,
663
00:42:27,367 --> 00:42:31,300
bringing their total
to 769 ounces.
664
00:42:32,867 --> 00:42:35,567
Well, our goal this year
was 2,000 ounces.
665
00:42:35,734 --> 00:42:37,166
We're already past halfway
through the season.
666
00:42:37,166 --> 00:42:39,900
We're not even close to halfway
through our goal totals.
667
00:42:40,066 --> 00:42:44,867
So kind of need to pull
something somewhere.
668
00:42:45,033 --> 00:42:47,567
I mean, obviously,
if we could go during day shift,
669
00:42:47,567 --> 00:42:49,100
we would have gotten
[bleep] more,
670
00:42:49,266 --> 00:42:51,400
but hopefully it just
picks up from here, so.
671
00:42:51,567 --> 00:42:52,667
That's what I hope, too.
672
00:42:54,100 --> 00:42:55,200
[Kevin] Yeah.
673
00:42:58,567 --> 00:42:59,700
[Faith] Yeah.
674
00:43:03,166 --> 00:43:04,266
All right.
675
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:07,100
[Faith sighs]
We do need that nice pocket.
676
00:43:07,266 --> 00:43:08,300
Yeah.
677
00:43:13,900 --> 00:43:15,800
[Kevin]
Probably should get back to it.
678
00:43:15,967 --> 00:43:16,900
Yeah, we better.
679
00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:19,400
Let's roll out, I guess.
680
00:43:19,567 --> 00:43:20,667
Alons-y!
681
00:43:22,066 --> 00:43:24,367
I mean, it is great
to have Buzz back.
682
00:43:24,367 --> 00:43:27,600
He has definitely helped us get
our pay pile back up to a point
683
00:43:27,767 --> 00:43:29,767
where we can do day and nights,
684
00:43:29,934 --> 00:43:32,166
which is gonna
[bleep] help because, well,
685
00:43:32,333 --> 00:43:34,367
as good as that was
for a few weeks of running,
686
00:43:34,367 --> 00:43:36,000
we do need to be
bringing in more gold.
687
00:44:08,266 --> 00:44:09,467
[mysterious music plays]
688
00:44:13,667 --> 00:44:15,200
[Monica] Do you want to hear
my best joke?
689
00:44:15,367 --> 00:44:17,000
[Tony speaking]
690
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:19,367
What do you call a hen
who counts her eggs?
691
00:44:20,467 --> 00:44:22,000
[Monica] A mathema-chicken.
692
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:23,467
[Tony cackles]
693
00:44:25,166 --> 00:44:26,467
-Oh, sorry.
-[Monica] Sorry.
694
00:44:26,467 --> 00:44:28,367
[laughing]
695
00:44:28,533 --> 00:44:30,600
I was looking for a smile.
That's all I was looking for.
696
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:34,467
So what's happening
at the Indian?
697
00:44:39,300 --> 00:44:40,400
Both plants?
698
00:44:47,266 --> 00:44:48,500
[Minnie] That's good.
699
00:44:50,567 --> 00:44:52,567
So Mike, it kind of sucked
when we went to fire up
700
00:44:52,567 --> 00:44:54,667
the trommel and then
all this [bleep] that happened.
701
00:44:54,834 --> 00:44:56,100
[Mike]
Oh, there's the rollers.
702
00:44:57,266 --> 00:44:58,467
We should have saw
that one coming,
703
00:44:58,467 --> 00:45:00,467
but we're just trying
to get it going.
704
00:45:00,633 --> 00:45:01,533
[Monica] Yeah.
705
00:45:01,533 --> 00:45:04,266
So hopefully this will be
the last issue
706
00:45:04,433 --> 00:45:05,867
with the rollers.
-One would hope.
707
00:45:06,767 --> 00:45:09,467
It's just a constant thing of
finding the next problem until
708
00:45:09,633 --> 00:45:11,300
we run out of problems to fix.
709
00:45:11,467 --> 00:45:12,467
[Tony speaking]
710
00:45:16,166 --> 00:45:17,166
Yep, I know.
711
00:45:17,333 --> 00:45:18,567
[Tony speaking]
712
00:45:19,567 --> 00:45:22,367
You'll get it to work.
I have faith in you.
713
00:45:22,367 --> 00:45:23,700
[Tony speaking]
714
00:45:28,867 --> 00:45:30,800
Well, I think we've talked
about dirt enough.
715
00:45:30,967 --> 00:45:33,600
Why don't we weigh up
the actual stuff we care about?
716
00:45:33,767 --> 00:45:37,667
First up, gold
from Indian River's Corner Cut.
717
00:45:37,667 --> 00:45:39,166
OK, let's pour it.
718
00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:44,000
10, 20, 30, 40...
719
00:45:44,166 --> 00:45:48,900
Sluice-A-Lot's been averaging
294 ounces a week this season.
720
00:45:49,066 --> 00:45:51,967
160, 170, 180, 200,
721
00:45:52,133 --> 00:45:55,200
10, 20, 50...
722
00:45:55,367 --> 00:45:58,900
258.92.
723
00:45:59,066 --> 00:46:02,100
Worth over $900,000.
724
00:46:04,266 --> 00:46:05,567
A little less, eh?
725
00:46:11,667 --> 00:46:12,767
Yeah.
726
00:46:20,967 --> 00:46:23,333
All right,
time for Find-A-Lot.
727
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:27,967
[Monica] Time to find out
if Find-A-Lot found a lot.
728
00:46:29,266 --> 00:46:30,367
[Monica] You never know.
729
00:46:33,767 --> 00:46:35,567
30, 40, 50, 60...
730
00:46:35,567 --> 00:46:40,100
Find-A-Lot is also running
Corner Cut pay, and last week
731
00:46:40,266 --> 00:46:42,900
brought in 238 ounces.
732
00:46:43,066 --> 00:46:45,767
160, 170, 190, 200,
733
00:46:45,767 --> 00:46:48,400
210, 220, 240,
734
00:46:48,567 --> 00:46:51,467
250, 260, 270,
735
00:46:51,467 --> 00:46:54,800
278.40.
736
00:46:54,967 --> 00:46:56,066
All in,
737
00:46:56,233 --> 00:47:01,066
Tony's banked
$1.9 million dollars this week,
738
00:47:01,233 --> 00:47:06,800
bringing the Beets' total
to 5,432 ounces,
739
00:47:06,967 --> 00:47:10,166
just 1,000 short
of their season goal.
740
00:47:10,166 --> 00:47:11,166
[pouring softly]
741
00:47:11,333 --> 00:47:12,467
[bleep] ton of money.
742
00:47:12,633 --> 00:47:13,867
That's a lot of money.
743
00:47:13,867 --> 00:47:16,767
[Tony speaking]
744
00:47:18,166 --> 00:47:19,266
[Mike] Yep.
745
00:47:23,100 --> 00:47:24,166
[Monica] Sounds good.
746
00:47:24,333 --> 00:47:26,467
[Tony speaking]
747
00:47:26,467 --> 00:47:27,567
Yeah.
748
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:30,066
I think you put them out.
749
00:47:30,233 --> 00:47:31,200
I don't think you "kill" a fire.
750
00:47:31,367 --> 00:47:32,400
[Tony speaking]
751
00:47:32,567 --> 00:47:34,100
[Minnie] I don't know either.
752
00:47:34,100 --> 00:47:35,700
[Mike]
For sure, he starts them.
753
00:47:35,867 --> 00:47:37,266
[Minnie laughs]
I think so, too.
754
00:47:37,433 --> 00:47:39,567
[Monica] Is that like fighting
fire-with-fire type thing?
755
00:47:39,734 --> 00:47:41,767
[Minnie] Well, it works.
See you guys later.
756
00:47:41,767 --> 00:47:42,867
[Tony] See you guys later.
757
00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:46,767
[Mike] Until I get that
[bleep] trommel going,
758
00:47:46,767 --> 00:47:50,567
my dad is gonna be
a [bleep] nightmare.
759
00:47:50,734 --> 00:47:54,967
Either he takes charge
or he lets me take charge.
760
00:47:55,133 --> 00:47:56,266
That's what I find frustrating.