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[calm music plays]
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We've got a lot of sluicing
time in so far this season.
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The plants are running really
well, but it doesn't mean
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we can take our foot
off the gas.
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[narrator]
Parker Schnabel's season is
at a critical point.
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Two-thirds of the way in,
he's banked over $23 million,
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but he's spending close
to a million a week,
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and his gold hauls
are slipping.
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[Parker] We've got Bob
in the Bridge Cut.
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I'm not worried about it.
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That ground's been
open a while.
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It's plugging away.
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We've got Mitch with Roxanne
on the Indian River.
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He's got a good handle on that.
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My main concern is the Golden
Mile and what we do in there,
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because probably most
of the gold that we're going
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to find is going to come out
of there, but also those pits
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cannot be left with pay in them
this year.
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And it screws the whole mining
plan up if that happens.
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So, that's my main concern
right now.
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And I'm probably going to be
stepping on Tyson's toes
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a little bit, but we just have
to stay on top of that.
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This season, Parker has
foreman Tyson Lee running
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three washplants with Bob
in the Bridge Cut and Sluicifer
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and Big Red in the Golden Mile,
churning through a combined
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total of 680 yards
of paydirt an hour.
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We have a major problem.
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With the depth of pay,
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what's going to happen to us
at the end of the season?
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And the knock-on effect
of what's going to happen to us
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next year if we don't get
those pits all out,
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at least out, right?
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We don't have to necessarily
get them sluiced,
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but the dirt can't be
in the hole anymore.
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Right.
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Because if the dirt's still
in the hole, we can't strip
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the next bite into those pits.
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And then it's just like
the knock-on effect of all
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of that causes like a huge
amount of pain
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and suffering and heartache.
-[Tyson] Yeah, sure.
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It's just where do we put it
that we can sluice it once
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we start stripping?
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[Parker] I think we should
start hauling it out.
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We have a lot of big
waste sites of gravel, right,
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that we could just start making
pay piles on top of.
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How long do we have to get
this done, then?
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In my mind, we have to get
at least half of it out
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in the next, like, seven days.
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And who do I have to get
this done?
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[Parker]
Your plant crews.
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You shut down both Sluicifer
and Big Red.
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Parker's mined the Golden Mile
for four months.
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But with winter fast
approaching, he's behind
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schedule, with over
300,000 yards of pay
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still left in the cut.
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To get it all out,
he's gambling on shutting down
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both washplants, which will
cost him three quarters
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of a million in lost gold
each week.
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He'll use the plant crews to
help haul the remaining pay out
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into two massive stockpiles.
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Then he can start stripping
overburden from a new cut
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into the mined-out Golden Mile,
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while Tyson's crew races to
sluice as much of the pay pile
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before winter hits.
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I don't know another option,
do you?
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I get what you're saying by,
"We don't have to sluice it this
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year," but it sucks doing that
because when have we not
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sluiced something we've pulled
out of a pit?
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I know, but when have we had
a pit that needed to get
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stripped into and we didn't get
the pay out of it?
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That's a bigger problem.
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Right, there's no chance of
getting anyone from the Indian
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to come up?
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If you absolutely have to,
you can talk to Mitch
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about taking trucks
from Ken and Stuart's.
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Well, I wish there was another
way, but it doesn't seem like
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there is, eh?
-No, there's not.
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I don't really see another
option, so I think we're just
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going to have
to bite the bullet.
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Well, I'm sorry to be the bearer
of bad news, but thank you.
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Oh, that really breaks
Tyson's heart.
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He loves washplants
to be washing.
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As do I.
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But there's not much you can do
about this situation.
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We were either gonna have
a situation like this now
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or a much worse situation
in the end of the season.
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And I really don't like...
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[bleep] over our future selves.
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Much rather [bleep] the present
than the future.
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[Tyson]
Hey, Amy, you got a copy, Amy?
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[Amy] Copy.
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[Tyson] Well, that can be
your last scoop there.
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We're shutting down
both plants.
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[plant winds down]
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You know, these plants pull out
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millions of dollars of gold
out of the ground.
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It's a big gamble shutting down
two washplants in the middle
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of the season --
we've never done this before.
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So we got to focus on getting
that pay out of the Golden Mile,
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up in massive stockpiles,
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so we can fire our washplants
back up.
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So here we go.
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Now we're going
to shut her down.
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Holy [bleep].
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[plant powers down]
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You know, I really hope
this gamble pays off.
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In due time, we'll find out.
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[ominous music plays]
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Unlike Parker,
Klondike kingpin Tony Beets
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is running flat out.
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He's already hauled in $19
million in gold and is fast
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closing in on his
6,500 ounce goal.
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[Tony speaking]
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Things like
to break, consistently.
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It's been [bleep] nothing
but a headache this year
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trying to get [bleep] going.
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I got it going,
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and I'm still going,
and I'm going to keep on going,
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but it doesn't mean I can't ask
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when the [bleep]
is it going to stop?
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At the start of the season,
Mike made a pitch to his dad
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to run his own claim.
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You gave Kevin a bunch of help
getting him going.
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Is there anything you can
help us with?
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But he spent four months
struggling with
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a skeleton crew.
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[Minnie] Mike really
wants to impress his father,
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and that's sometimes
a little hard.
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And last week, when he finally
fired up the trommel...
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...his plans fell apart...
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[Mike speaking]
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...in front of his family.
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[Tony speaking]
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[Mike] Hey, Len.
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You gonna show me all
the rollers you put in?
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[Len] Yes! If you go up here,
I can show you.
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So I put five rollers in it.
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Hopefully, you don't have
the same problem than before.
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That should stop anything
from kicking over.
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Let's see how it works.
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[Mike]
OK, then we'll start it up.
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The whole thing,
hopefully, will work this time.
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[plant powers up]
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[rattling heavily]
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Over the past six seasons,
Paradise Hill has delivered
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almost 20,000 ounces of gold,
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worth over $70 million.
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Now, Mike is ready to run
a stockpiled mountain of fabled
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white channel pay if he can
just keep the trommel turning.
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[Colby]
All right, here we go.
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First bucket going
into the trommel.
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Late start, but a late start
is better than no start.
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[Minnie]
Hey, Mike, I thought I heard
something moving.
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One sec.
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Colby, stop.
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[plant powers down]
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The belt's tracking over
real bad that way.
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-We got to [bleep] adjust it.
-OK.
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Yeah, we just gotta
[bleep] with the belt.
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The belt decided to [bleep] off
in the wrong direction.
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We're resetting the whole
[bleep] thing up,
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so I'm not surprised it's doing
this and that.
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There's always something going
on, right, to get it right.
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We're just going to have
to keep adjusting it
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until she does start to work.
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[Minnie] It's not too big
of a job, is it?
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[Mike] No.
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It's going to change the moment
dirt hits it, Len.
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It did move over
by about an inch or two
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by the looks of it.
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-Want to give it another try?
-Yeah.
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-Start it up.
-Yep.
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OK, let's get this show
on the road.
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Kind of a sight for sore eyes,
ain't it?
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[bleep] finally, about time.
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[Minnie]
It's good to get some money
out of here, eh?
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[Mike] Yeah, it'll be nice.
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Now it's set up, and it should
be good for quite a while.
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So, I mean, he's proven
himself, so it's good for him
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to get his own shot, too.
Same as Kevin, right?
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So far, so good.
It's working for now.
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I've been having so many
one step forward,
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two step backs that I'm not
getting my hopes up,
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I'm not getting excited.
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Until I get a week in,
I ain't saying [bleep].
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It's turning, that's all
that really matters right now.
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[ominous music plays]
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[Rick] This is not where
we want to be.
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Our gold total is very low.
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We're a little less
than 500 ounces,
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and we're looking
for 1,800.
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Rick Ness is gambling
on turning his season around
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on a huge new cut, Valhalla.
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But three weeks into the big
dig, he's still not hit
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paydirt and is
burning cash fast.
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It's easy to give up out here,
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it is, you know,
especially when
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[bleep]'s going wrong,
like we've had.
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It's a mental game.
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You can say, "I'm going home,
this ain't going to work."
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Or you can put your head down,
work harder and make it work.
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We're fighting for our lives.
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Sometimes that's where
a guy thrives,
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and we'll see this year.
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It's a lot to take on,
but everybody's up for it.
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Rick believes Valhalla has 160
feet of overburden that covers
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a gold-rich pay layer.
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He has already dug halfway
down, shifting enough dirt
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to fill over half
of the Empire State Building.
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Rick still has to remove
another 80 feet to hit an area
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of gold-rich pay the size
of a football field,
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then sluice it all by the end
of the season.
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[Rick] I made the decision
to extend the cut.
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It's a risk, no doubt about
that, but with the amount
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of time that we've got left in
the season and what we've got
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to work with, there's really
no choice.
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There's definitely no guarantee
that this is going to work,
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but there never is in mining,
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so we've just got
to suck it up.
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Rick has just six crew,
and he's thrown everyone
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into trucks to help move
the mountain of overburden.
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From his cook, Heather...
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[Heather]
Oh, you know, just killing it.
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Only two jobs today,
kitchen and here.
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...to his mechanic, Ryan.
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Yeah, I'm in a truck.
We're struggling.
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Nobody likes a rock truck.
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If you like a rock truck,
you're a [bleep] liar.
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We definitely have been
waiting a long time, hauling
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overburden just to be able
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to get payout, which is kind
of a pain in the ass.
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We could always have
a couple more trucks.
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Hey, Ryan.
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So what's your thoughts
on Rick's plan
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for this expansion here?
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[Ryan] I think we got
an assload of dirt to move.
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It's definitely bigger than
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the last time we did
Vegas Valley.
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And I do worry about timing.
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If we have one thing go down,
something happens to that 750,
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there's no way we're going
to hit 1,800 ounces.
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Yeah, it is true, man.
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You know, this is the [bleep].
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We need more [bleep] rock truck
drivers because being
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stuck in this [bleep]
rock truck
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when I should be working
on equipment,
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that doesn't make
any [bleep] sense.
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After his shift, Ryan sits
down with his family before
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he leaves with them for a short
break from the claim.
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[Ryan] You want to learn
how to drive a rock truck?
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-Yeah.
-[laughing]
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Sold, sold.
I'll tell Rick.
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We'll get you your paperwork
and get you going.
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[all chuckling]
255
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You've been gone quite a few
months, so it's been pretty
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hard back home.
-[Ryan] It's still, it's tough.
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But obviously we're up here
258
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to make a better life
for ourselves.
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And, you know, the first two
seasons we've hit our goal,
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and it's helped us in life.
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-[Rachael] Yeah.
-So, you know, this one here,
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this -- this is going
to be a struggle.
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So it's kind of a...
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I don't know,
touch-and-go subject with
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how much gold we brought in
this year.
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We haven't even --
we haven't done [bleep].
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Yeah.
That's kind of scary.
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You know, I guess that's
another question to just --
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you know, I mean,
how do you feel to continue?
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You do, like, miss out
on everything at home.
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-Oh, yeah.
-Like, I don't know, just...
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everything.
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[Ryan] Yep.
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[laughing]
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-[Ryan] It's tough.
-Yeah, I gotta quit crying.
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[Ryan] It is, it is tough.
277
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Yeah, I mean, I haven't had
a summer in three years.
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Yeah, like going to the lake
or just like vacations
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or just like anything.
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Obviously, we rely on the gold
bonus to, you know, that's what
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we're working for,
and I don't know if it's there.
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And right now, we're barely
cutting the bills, so...
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I just wonder, you know,
at what point do you just,
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like, have to, I don't know,
just call it a day
-[Ryan] Yeah.
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and just be back with us,
you know?
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-[Ryan] How many
relationships last
-Yeah.
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if they don't see each other
for six months, so...
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Want Daddy to keep coming back?
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-No.
-No?
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[Ryan over radio]
Hey, Rick.
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I got [bleep] bothering me.
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I just want to talk
to you about it.
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Down here at Monster Red.
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[ominous music plays]
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[Rick]
What's the scoop?
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Honestly, I had a long talk
with Rachael.
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00:16:00,667 --> 00:16:02,667
You know, I've got to think
about my future and leaving
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them home alone all the time.
It's just not easy on them.
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You know, that's, uh,
I don't know.
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00:16:07,734 --> 00:16:09,567
[Ryan] I want to be in all
different places at once.
301
00:16:09,734 --> 00:16:12,467
It's tough.
There's a lot to think about.
302
00:16:12,467 --> 00:16:14,200
I, I, I...
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00:16:14,367 --> 00:16:17,200
I'll tell you this, like,
as far as people goes,
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00:16:17,367 --> 00:16:19,867
um, you're --
I mean,
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00:16:20,033 --> 00:16:22,100
lack of a title, I mean,
you're my go-to guy out here.
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00:16:22,100 --> 00:16:24,867
It's always going to be
in the back of your mind of,
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00:16:24,867 --> 00:16:27,667
[bleep], are we going to see
a bonus this year?
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00:16:27,834 --> 00:16:29,900
My family relies on it,
and I always want to make sure
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there's food on the table,
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and that's my
number-one concern.
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I don't take that lightly,
you know what I mean?
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I never have.
I'm not going to lie.
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I mean, we don't finish this,
or we don't get
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to the bottom of it,
or we get to the bottom of it,
315
00:16:40,033 --> 00:16:41,700
there's no gold this year,
I don't know how to
survive that.
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00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,367
And that's when it starts
[bleep] with your head,
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especially when
you're in a rock truck all day.
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00:16:46,367 --> 00:16:47,767
Uh...
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00:16:47,934 --> 00:16:49,367
I think there's a few things
that you're gonna have
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00:16:49,367 --> 00:16:50,767
to ponder about.
321
00:16:50,934 --> 00:16:52,767
Like, [bleep], dude,
your cut is double now.
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00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:56,166
It's a [bleep] cut, man.
323
00:16:56,166 --> 00:16:57,767
You know, this is aggressive.
324
00:16:57,767 --> 00:17:01,266
We're hoping the [bleep] money's
in the ground, but, yeah.
325
00:17:01,433 --> 00:17:03,300
We won't really know it until
we get down there.
326
00:17:03,467 --> 00:17:06,367
But with the price of gold,
doing what it's doing, it does
327
00:17:06,533 --> 00:17:08,700
not take that much gold to make
it profitable.
328
00:17:08,867 --> 00:17:11,767
All it takes is one bad season
to lose everything.
329
00:17:11,934 --> 00:17:14,567
It's a gamble with the amount
of gold we brought in.
330
00:17:15,467 --> 00:17:17,467
I mean, we've all talked,
331
00:17:17,633 --> 00:17:20,100
so everybody's
got their concerns.
332
00:17:20,100 --> 00:17:21,734
I'd hate to see
this crew change.
333
00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,166
[pensive music plays]
334
00:17:36,166 --> 00:17:38,800
I know he's been stressed out.
I get worried that
335
00:17:39,700 --> 00:17:41,667
he might just call it quits,
leave us right now,
336
00:17:41,834 --> 00:17:44,500
just bail on us in the middle
of the season, cause
337
00:17:44,667 --> 00:17:46,400
he's got a business at home,
he's got a family at home,
338
00:17:46,567 --> 00:17:48,200
and that's a lot
to leave behind.
339
00:17:48,367 --> 00:17:49,367
It's...
340
00:17:51,100 --> 00:17:52,667
[sighs]
341
00:17:56,300 --> 00:17:57,467
[Ryan] All right, let's go.
342
00:17:58,467 --> 00:18:02,100
Now, as Ryan leaves
to take his family home,
343
00:18:02,266 --> 00:18:04,567
he has a big
decision to make.
344
00:18:04,567 --> 00:18:06,567
[Ryan]
It's been a tough week.
345
00:18:06,734 --> 00:18:08,867
You know, I got to think about
things at home and think about
346
00:18:09,033 --> 00:18:11,166
the things I'm missing
and think about the situations
347
00:18:11,166 --> 00:18:12,600
I put them in.
348
00:18:12,767 --> 00:18:14,066
I don't know.
There's a lot going on.
349
00:18:14,233 --> 00:18:15,400
Got a lot to think about.
350
00:18:29,266 --> 00:18:31,600
[ominous music plays]
351
00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:38,700
[machine whirring]
352
00:18:41,166 --> 00:18:44,500
[Tyson]
So you know, we got Sluicifer
and Big Red shut down.
353
00:18:44,667 --> 00:18:48,367
Up in the Golden Mile,
we have our sluicing crew
354
00:18:48,367 --> 00:18:52,467
in trucks, in excavators,
getting that mass volume of pay
355
00:18:52,467 --> 00:18:53,867
in a stockpile.
356
00:18:53,867 --> 00:18:58,467
Parker Schnabel's crew has
shut down both plants to focus
357
00:18:58,633 --> 00:19:01,000
on clearing half
the remaining pay
358
00:19:01,166 --> 00:19:05,266
out of the Golden Mile
by the end of the week.
359
00:19:05,266 --> 00:19:11,166
But foreman Tyson fears it will
take longer and cost even more
360
00:19:11,166 --> 00:19:12,800
in lost gold.
361
00:19:12,967 --> 00:19:14,967
You know, right now,
we're stretched so thin
362
00:19:15,133 --> 00:19:16,300
up here at Dominion.
363
00:19:16,467 --> 00:19:18,800
Although we have a lot
of resources, we have a lot
364
00:19:18,967 --> 00:19:20,200
of the work up here.
365
00:19:20,367 --> 00:19:21,867
So we need all the help
we can get.
366
00:19:29,266 --> 00:19:30,767
Hey, Mitch, you got
a copy, Mitch?
367
00:19:31,867 --> 00:19:33,700
Yeah, dude, what's up?
368
00:19:33,867 --> 00:19:35,567
Hey, man, we're gonna need
one of your trucks
369
00:19:35,734 --> 00:19:36,667
up here at Dominion.
370
00:19:36,834 --> 00:19:38,600
We got a mountain of pay
to move.
371
00:19:38,767 --> 00:19:40,000
Dude, I only have two trucks.
372
00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,200
It's gonna leave me
with one truck.
373
00:19:41,367 --> 00:19:44,000
I gotta keep a washplant going
24 hours a day.
374
00:19:44,166 --> 00:19:45,767
Foreman Mitch Blaschke
375
00:19:45,934 --> 00:19:48,100
is running one
of Parker's remaining
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00:19:48,100 --> 00:19:50,800
two plants still sluicing.
377
00:19:50,967 --> 00:19:53,367
[Tyson]
Yeah, I know it's not ideal,
but this comes from the top,
378
00:19:53,367 --> 00:19:55,467
so we got to make it
happen here.
379
00:19:55,467 --> 00:19:57,567
[Mitch] Well, if that's
what Parker wants, like,
380
00:19:57,734 --> 00:19:59,967
I mean, I can send Sean
up there with a truck,
381
00:20:00,133 --> 00:20:02,667
but you guys need to get it
done as fast as possible
382
00:20:02,834 --> 00:20:04,867
because this plant's going
to run out of dirt here.
383
00:20:05,033 --> 00:20:07,000
[Tyson] Alrighty.
Thanks, man.
384
00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,000
Unreal, dude, like...
385
00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,667
[mimicking Tyson]
"Yeah, make it work.
386
00:20:10,834 --> 00:20:13,900
"Oh, you're making it work
with hardly anything?
387
00:20:14,066 --> 00:20:15,066
"OK.
388
00:20:15,066 --> 00:20:17,100
We'll see if you can do it
with a little less."
389
00:20:18,867 --> 00:20:20,567
Yo, Sean.
Hey, man.
390
00:20:20,567 --> 00:20:21,667
[Sean] Yeah, go ahead.
391
00:20:21,667 --> 00:20:24,100
Take that truck
up to Dominion.
392
00:20:24,100 --> 00:20:26,200
They got to get a bunch of dirt
moved out of the Golden Mile,
393
00:20:26,367 --> 00:20:27,567
and they need
everything we got.
394
00:20:27,567 --> 00:20:29,667
So get up there
as fast as you can.
395
00:20:29,834 --> 00:20:31,400
Just get it done
and rip back here.
396
00:20:31,567 --> 00:20:32,667
Yeah, I'm on my way.
397
00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:37,166
Parker needs all hands on deck
at Dominion.
398
00:20:37,333 --> 00:20:39,166
It's not the best thing that
we can do down here.
399
00:20:39,166 --> 00:20:41,000
We know we got so much
to get through here.
400
00:20:41,166 --> 00:20:42,467
Mitch ain't too happy about it.
401
00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:45,700
The crew is so stretched
402
00:20:45,867 --> 00:20:47,767
that even Parker
is helping out
403
00:20:47,934 --> 00:20:53,266
in the Golden Mile, dozing pay
into windrows for the rock
404
00:20:53,266 --> 00:20:55,867
trucks to haul
to the stockpiles.
405
00:20:55,867 --> 00:20:59,667
So basically, the best hope
we have of kind of staying on
406
00:20:59,667 --> 00:21:03,867
target is bringing all the pay
out to a big stockpile
407
00:21:04,033 --> 00:21:05,166
as fast as we can.
408
00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:09,100
So there's a lot going on
up here right now.
409
00:21:09,100 --> 00:21:10,867
It's kind of all hands on deck.
410
00:21:11,767 --> 00:21:13,767
It's a lot of dirt to move.
411
00:21:13,767 --> 00:21:15,266
Up until
the last few weeks,
412
00:21:15,433 --> 00:21:17,667
I thought we'd had
10,000 ounces in the bag,
413
00:21:17,667 --> 00:21:19,200
I thought we'd
have it by now.
414
00:21:20,367 --> 00:21:23,567
But it's proving to be
a bit elusive.
415
00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:30,867
Sean, in the vital extra rock
truck, is only halfway
416
00:21:30,867 --> 00:21:34,100
into the 15 miles
of rough mine roads
417
00:21:34,266 --> 00:21:37,100
between the Indian River
and Dominion.
418
00:21:38,066 --> 00:21:39,867
[truck bangs, sputters]
419
00:21:39,867 --> 00:21:41,367
What the [bleep] is that?
420
00:21:45,667 --> 00:21:46,800
Truck's not going nowhere.
421
00:21:46,967 --> 00:21:48,266
[bleep]!
422
00:21:50,066 --> 00:21:51,867
[bleep]
Man.
423
00:21:51,867 --> 00:21:53,166
[bleep]!
424
00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:56,867
[sighs]
425
00:21:57,033 --> 00:21:58,367
That's not good.
426
00:21:58,367 --> 00:22:00,066
I've been hearing this noise,
and I knew it sounded
427
00:22:00,066 --> 00:22:01,467
like a U-joint.
428
00:22:01,467 --> 00:22:03,767
So this is going to take
some time.
429
00:22:03,934 --> 00:22:05,667
Hopefully, he can get down here
and fix this soon enough.
430
00:22:09,300 --> 00:22:10,867
Taylor, you got a copy?
Taylor?
431
00:22:12,700 --> 00:22:13,800
No answer.
432
00:22:14,767 --> 00:22:16,567
[bleep]!
433
00:22:17,467 --> 00:22:20,767
Mitch wasn't too happy about me
leaving, and now Parker's not
434
00:22:20,934 --> 00:22:22,667
gonna be too happy about me
not making it there.
435
00:22:40,367 --> 00:22:42,500
[drill whirring]
436
00:22:44,667 --> 00:22:45,767
Right now...
437
00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:49,266
it ain't going to be driving
[bleep] all.
438
00:22:53,367 --> 00:22:55,800
There's no repairing
this end of the driveshaft,
439
00:22:56,867 --> 00:22:59,166
'cause, uh...
440
00:22:59,166 --> 00:23:01,767
the yoke here where
the U-joint mounts,
441
00:23:01,767 --> 00:23:03,567
part of it's snapped clean off.
442
00:23:03,567 --> 00:23:04,967
That's toast.
443
00:23:07,100 --> 00:23:10,567
On the road to Dominion,
mechanic Taylor Matejka
444
00:23:10,567 --> 00:23:13,500
is under the gun
to fix a rock truck
445
00:23:13,667 --> 00:23:15,467
desperately needed to help
446
00:23:15,467 --> 00:23:17,567
Parker's Golden Mile blitz.
447
00:23:17,567 --> 00:23:19,667
I just got back to Dominion.
448
00:23:19,667 --> 00:23:24,367
We do have a boneyard here.
We do have a few options.
449
00:23:24,367 --> 00:23:28,467
I think they've all been pretty
ransacked, so I'm 50-50
450
00:23:28,633 --> 00:23:30,266
on my level of hope for that.
451
00:23:33,266 --> 00:23:35,667
[suspenseful music plays]
452
00:23:37,667 --> 00:23:39,066
This is where I'm most hopeful.
453
00:23:39,233 --> 00:23:40,400
Um...
454
00:23:40,567 --> 00:23:43,500
This is one from before we ever
bought the place.
455
00:23:43,667 --> 00:23:45,700
This is the closest
I've ever been to it, but...
456
00:23:48,166 --> 00:23:51,000
[sighs]
[bleep]
457
00:23:51,166 --> 00:23:53,567
The drive shaft's obviously
been hijacked as well.
458
00:23:54,667 --> 00:23:56,200
That's a bad start.
459
00:23:56,367 --> 00:23:58,567
If we can't find one,
we might be in trouble.
460
00:24:04,066 --> 00:24:06,300
Every hour is super important
right now for all
461
00:24:06,467 --> 00:24:07,700
of our trucks.
It's crazy.
462
00:24:07,867 --> 00:24:09,800
We're running everything 24/7.
463
00:24:10,967 --> 00:24:13,367
So we got one more
junkyard here.
464
00:24:13,533 --> 00:24:14,667
It's where things go to die.
465
00:24:16,266 --> 00:24:18,667
It's possible, though.
We gotta never say never.
466
00:24:20,066 --> 00:24:21,166
You wanna come along?
467
00:24:21,333 --> 00:24:22,500
OK.
468
00:24:24,500 --> 00:24:28,166
A lot of this stuff is either
just junk or taken off
469
00:24:28,333 --> 00:24:29,467
of old machines and [bleep].
470
00:24:29,633 --> 00:24:33,266
I mean like, you got a bunch
of coolant pipes here.
471
00:24:33,433 --> 00:24:36,100
Like, a lot of it is just
failed components as well.
472
00:24:37,100 --> 00:24:38,700
But holy [bleep].
473
00:24:38,867 --> 00:24:39,867
Look at this!
474
00:24:40,900 --> 00:24:43,200
Ah-ha-ha-ha!
475
00:24:43,367 --> 00:24:45,033
[bleep] yeah!
476
00:24:47,500 --> 00:24:49,367
This means we've got
a bit of work to do,
477
00:24:49,533 --> 00:24:50,734
but we can get that truck going.
478
00:24:50,734 --> 00:24:53,567
So, end of the day today,
that thing will be moving dirt.
479
00:24:58,867 --> 00:25:02,200
Taylor's rock truck fix can't
come soon enough
480
00:25:02,367 --> 00:25:05,967
for Brennan Ruault,
who's also been drafted in
481
00:25:06,133 --> 00:25:08,567
from their
Indian River operation.
482
00:25:08,734 --> 00:25:10,800
Up here in the Golden Mile,
helping Tyson out.
483
00:25:10,967 --> 00:25:12,600
I'm loading some trucks here.
484
00:25:12,767 --> 00:25:15,400
Just seems to be sucking up
every single resource.
485
00:25:15,567 --> 00:25:18,200
I'm sure if he had 100 people
here, we'd still don't feel like
486
00:25:18,367 --> 00:25:20,266
there's enough
equipment and machinery.
487
00:25:20,433 --> 00:25:22,266
It's just crazy busy.
488
00:25:22,433 --> 00:25:24,000
So, I really need
that truck running.
489
00:25:25,467 --> 00:25:27,200
[suspenseful music plays]
490
00:25:27,367 --> 00:25:29,100
[Taylor] We'll get this truck up
and running,
491
00:25:29,100 --> 00:25:30,367
hell or high water.
492
00:25:30,533 --> 00:25:31,867
[grunts]
493
00:25:35,367 --> 00:25:36,700
It's a pretty delicate balance,
494
00:25:37,700 --> 00:25:39,767
speed versus meticulousness.
495
00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,367
Try to do both.
496
00:25:42,533 --> 00:25:46,300
If you overextend in one,
you fail in the other.
497
00:25:50,300 --> 00:25:51,867
All right.
498
00:25:52,033 --> 00:25:53,200
That's her.
499
00:25:54,266 --> 00:25:55,867
Every truck on site,
we're needing down
500
00:25:56,033 --> 00:25:57,967
to the Golden Mile, so we need
to get this thing
501
00:25:58,133 --> 00:25:59,767
up and running ASAP.
502
00:25:59,934 --> 00:26:01,867
Tyson's going to be super
stoked we got this thing going.
503
00:26:06,700 --> 00:26:08,000
[Sean]
Hey, Tyson, I'm here now.
504
00:26:08,166 --> 00:26:10,000
I heard you got some pay
to be moved.
505
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:11,800
I thought you were taking
the day off, man.
506
00:26:11,967 --> 00:26:14,667
-Didn't think I'd see you today.
-Hell yeah, brother.
507
00:26:14,667 --> 00:26:17,400
-We'll get her done, man.
-[Tyson] That's awesome.
508
00:26:17,567 --> 00:26:20,100
It's what we need to get
this project done.
509
00:26:20,100 --> 00:26:25,000
Tyson now has a shot to get
half the payout by Parker's
510
00:26:25,166 --> 00:26:26,567
end of week deadline.
511
00:26:26,567 --> 00:26:28,200
[Tyson]
Hopefully we can pull it off.
512
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:43,500
[Bailey] Come on!
Let's get to it!
513
00:26:45,100 --> 00:26:49,266
At the Valhalla Cut,
Rick's only mechanic, Ryan,
514
00:26:49,266 --> 00:26:53,266
has left with his family
to think through his mining
515
00:26:53,266 --> 00:26:58,066
future, and his remaining five
crew are racing to get
516
00:26:58,233 --> 00:26:59,567
down to pay.
517
00:26:59,734 --> 00:27:03,667
Yeah, I'm excited to finally
see some gold out of "Vahalla."
518
00:27:03,667 --> 00:27:06,000
This sounds stupid
as [bleep], but, uh...
519
00:27:06,166 --> 00:27:08,100
It's "Valhalla."
520
00:27:08,100 --> 00:27:11,166
We're going to get some
Valhalla gold here soon, buddy.
521
00:27:11,166 --> 00:27:12,700
[bleep] right.
522
00:27:16,367 --> 00:27:19,166
My life is on the line here,
but the amount of dirt that
523
00:27:19,166 --> 00:27:23,300
these guys can move, with not
ideal situations and not
524
00:27:23,467 --> 00:27:26,200
the amount of people that's
necessary, is surprising.
525
00:27:26,367 --> 00:27:27,600
Like, it's more than surprising.
526
00:27:27,767 --> 00:27:28,967
It's amazing.
It's gonna work.
527
00:27:29,133 --> 00:27:30,333
I usually know the gold's
gonna be there.
528
00:27:30,333 --> 00:27:33,000
I've started to learn to trust
my gut out here, and so far,
529
00:27:33,166 --> 00:27:34,100
it's paying off.
530
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,500
[Chris]
Rock trucks sucks today.
The roads are rough.
531
00:27:43,700 --> 00:27:46,900
[truck rattles,
powers down]
532
00:27:47,066 --> 00:27:48,066
What the [bleep] was that?
533
00:27:50,300 --> 00:27:51,400
That didn't sound good.
534
00:27:53,300 --> 00:27:54,800
[ominous music plays]
535
00:27:58,567 --> 00:28:00,867
-Hey, buddy.
-What's up?
536
00:28:00,867 --> 00:28:03,367
I think my drive shaft's
[bleep] -- the rear one.
537
00:28:04,266 --> 00:28:05,367
[Kai] Let's take a look.
538
00:28:07,367 --> 00:28:09,467
It's the rear drive shaft.
539
00:28:09,633 --> 00:28:11,266
Yeah, she's [bleep].
540
00:28:11,266 --> 00:28:12,600
[bleep]!
541
00:28:14,100 --> 00:28:16,000
Hello, Rick.
Gear, copy.
542
00:28:16,166 --> 00:28:17,900
[Rick]
Yeah, go ahead, buddy.
543
00:28:18,066 --> 00:28:20,000
[Chris] Yeah, this truck,
it looks like I blew
544
00:28:20,166 --> 00:28:21,266
the rear drive shaft.
545
00:28:21,266 --> 00:28:23,600
She's going to be down
for a bit while Kai and I try
546
00:28:23,767 --> 00:28:25,567
and figure this out and see
if we got parts.
547
00:28:25,567 --> 00:28:27,000
Are you [bleep] kidding me?
548
00:28:27,166 --> 00:28:28,600
What the [bleep] is going on
out there?
549
00:28:33,100 --> 00:28:36,100
Limp this thing into the yard,
I guess.
550
00:28:36,266 --> 00:28:39,100
[rattling softly]
551
00:28:41,567 --> 00:28:44,467
I've done this one other time,
and it was with Ryan.
552
00:28:44,633 --> 00:28:47,000
I'm glad he showed me
how to do it, because
553
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,567
here we are
without Ryan.
554
00:28:49,734 --> 00:28:53,266
So, we need to get
[bleep] done somehow.
555
00:28:53,433 --> 00:28:55,100
What was the other one,
Kai, 17?
556
00:28:55,266 --> 00:28:58,867
-[Kai] No, eight --
18 ratchet wrench.
-Yeah, got that.
557
00:28:58,867 --> 00:29:00,467
[Kai]
And a 19 regular wrench.
558
00:29:01,767 --> 00:29:03,900
We just have to pull
the driveshaft off,
559
00:29:04,066 --> 00:29:06,467
put the new one on,
and it should be ready to rip.
560
00:29:06,467 --> 00:29:08,800
[drill whirring]
561
00:29:11,266 --> 00:29:13,567
Yeah, it really sucks not
having Ryan here,
562
00:29:13,734 --> 00:29:15,800
especially when [bleep]
like this goes wrong
563
00:29:15,967 --> 00:29:17,567
and we are already
down a truck.
564
00:29:17,567 --> 00:29:19,767
[drill whirring]
565
00:29:22,700 --> 00:29:23,767
There we go.
566
00:29:23,767 --> 00:29:25,100
[Chris] It appears to have
worked, Kai.
567
00:29:29,700 --> 00:29:32,867
Yeah, It's definitely not what
we want to see, a truck down
568
00:29:32,867 --> 00:29:34,867
and only have two working.
569
00:29:35,033 --> 00:29:36,667
You know, I'm here sitting
waiting for trucks,
570
00:29:36,667 --> 00:29:39,700
and, you know, three is barely
enough and two is definitely
571
00:29:39,867 --> 00:29:40,867
not enough.
572
00:29:42,900 --> 00:29:44,767
We might have to grind
this other bolt off.
573
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,667
[revving]
574
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,767
[Chris] You done?
575
00:29:56,934 --> 00:29:59,467
-[Kai] I will be in a sec.
-You got your socket?
576
00:29:59,467 --> 00:30:00,767
No, hold on.
577
00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:05,100
-Agh! Nope, that's tightened.
-[Chris] Yep.
578
00:30:05,100 --> 00:30:08,633
[whirring]
Oh, [bleep], that hurt.
579
00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:12,567
[hissing sharply]
580
00:30:21,100 --> 00:30:22,800
[hissing stops]
581
00:30:28,266 --> 00:30:29,967
I'm just trying to fix
this [bleep] rock truck,
582
00:30:30,133 --> 00:30:31,667
and it just seems
like today's one of those days
583
00:30:31,834 --> 00:30:34,667
where nothing's [bleep]
going right,
584
00:30:34,834 --> 00:30:36,667
especially after I broke
a rock truck.
585
00:30:36,667 --> 00:30:38,967
I had a fitting fail on
the airline, so then I got
586
00:30:39,133 --> 00:30:42,467
covered in dust and [bleep],
but whatever, it is what it is.
587
00:30:42,467 --> 00:30:46,100
[Kai]
Well, we've taken the truck
apart as far as we can take it.
588
00:30:46,100 --> 00:30:48,000
We're just not
licensed mechanics.
589
00:30:48,166 --> 00:30:49,800
It's just everything's a mess.
590
00:30:52,266 --> 00:30:53,500
Hey, Rick, you got a copy?
591
00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:56,100
Go for Rick.
592
00:30:56,100 --> 00:30:59,867
Without Ryan, I'm about as far
as I can get without,
593
00:31:00,100 --> 00:31:01,300
you know, taking the risk that
594
00:31:01,467 --> 00:31:03,667
I [bleep] something else
up on here.
595
00:31:03,667 --> 00:31:06,000
Oh, you're [bleep] kidding me.
596
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:07,467
That's just [bleep]
more bad news
597
00:31:07,467 --> 00:31:08,767
than I don't need right now.
598
00:31:08,934 --> 00:31:11,000
You know, we're so far away
from our 1,800 ounce target.
599
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:12,266
It's a nightmare
without Ryan here.
600
00:31:12,266 --> 00:31:13,667
I know that right now.
601
00:31:13,834 --> 00:31:15,500
I knew the chances were good,
that, you know,
602
00:31:15,667 --> 00:31:16,667
we'd be [bleep]
without a mechanic,
603
00:31:16,834 --> 00:31:18,000
and it's all coming true.
604
00:31:25,700 --> 00:31:27,700
[ominous music plays]
605
00:31:33,567 --> 00:31:35,467
We're in it.
We're hitting it hard.
606
00:31:35,467 --> 00:31:37,600
We're going, going, going.
So now it's nice.
607
00:31:37,767 --> 00:31:39,567
It's fine.
It's good.
608
00:31:39,734 --> 00:31:42,367
The trommel is going through
dirt faster than I even thought
609
00:31:42,533 --> 00:31:44,867
it would.
It's almost scary.
610
00:31:44,867 --> 00:31:47,767
At Paradise Hill,
with the trommel now eating
611
00:31:47,934 --> 00:31:52,667
through the gold-rich white
channel pay at over 350 yards
612
00:31:52,834 --> 00:31:57,100
an hour, Mike is digging
paydirt in the super pit,
613
00:31:57,266 --> 00:31:58,967
racing to stay ahead.
614
00:31:59,133 --> 00:32:02,400
I guarantee you, my plant
alone does what two, three
615
00:32:02,567 --> 00:32:05,767
of those Macons
my dad has does.
616
00:32:05,767 --> 00:32:08,100
The trommel goes through it
like [bleep] wild.
617
00:32:16,867 --> 00:32:18,767
Hey, Colby, Colby,
it's racing here.
618
00:32:18,934 --> 00:32:20,900
There's no water running
through the trommel here.
619
00:32:21,066 --> 00:32:22,767
I think we might have
to shut it down.
620
00:32:22,767 --> 00:32:24,266
[Colby] What the [bleep]?
What the [bleep]?
621
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,867
[trommel powers down]
622
00:32:38,667 --> 00:32:40,500
For [bleep] sakes.
623
00:32:40,667 --> 00:32:42,200
[water gushing]
624
00:32:52,066 --> 00:32:53,567
Yeah, Mike, can you get here
as soon as you can?
625
00:32:53,734 --> 00:32:54,900
The line blew off the pump.
626
00:32:56,066 --> 00:32:58,066
Made a big mess here
in the lower yard.
627
00:32:58,233 --> 00:33:01,000
Pipe busted off.
Still pumping water.
628
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,800
It's a big mess.
Almost washed out the pump.
629
00:33:03,967 --> 00:33:05,367
It's a good thing we caught it
when we did.
630
00:33:10,967 --> 00:33:13,567
If I can actually start
sluicing steady for more
631
00:33:13,567 --> 00:33:15,467
than [bleep] two hours...
632
00:33:15,467 --> 00:33:17,166
I don't drink,
but this [bleep] sure is
633
00:33:17,333 --> 00:33:18,567
encouraging the behavior.
634
00:33:20,166 --> 00:33:22,367
Hose just ripped itself off.
635
00:33:22,367 --> 00:33:24,367
It's probably because all
the weight from the water
636
00:33:24,367 --> 00:33:27,700
and pressure from up top just
created enough pressure to rip
637
00:33:27,867 --> 00:33:28,800
the hose right off.
638
00:33:28,967 --> 00:33:30,867
So now, I'm gonna
have to disconnect
639
00:33:31,033 --> 00:33:32,300
this whole [bleep] thing.
640
00:33:32,467 --> 00:33:33,867
I'm gonna have to move
a check valve,
641
00:33:33,867 --> 00:33:36,367
reset up this whole
[bleep] thing,
642
00:33:36,367 --> 00:33:39,200
and then I'm gonna have
to weld a solid steel line.
643
00:33:41,367 --> 00:33:43,200
No more [bleep] around.
644
00:33:43,367 --> 00:33:45,567
I want a solid [bleep] pipe.
645
00:33:45,567 --> 00:33:48,567
Because every [bleep] time
something blows off,
646
00:33:49,967 --> 00:33:52,567
it's cost me so much time.
647
00:33:52,734 --> 00:33:55,667
And I am so absolutely sick
of [bleep] with this thing.
648
00:33:59,967 --> 00:34:01,867
We got to pick this up.
649
00:34:01,867 --> 00:34:03,567
We're going to lift
the check valve.
650
00:34:07,900 --> 00:34:09,266
Pick that thing up.
Get that out.
651
00:34:09,266 --> 00:34:10,367
Watch your fingers.
652
00:34:12,567 --> 00:34:13,867
Oh, that might be the problem.
653
00:34:15,300 --> 00:34:17,867
Don't touch nothing yet.
Shut it off.
654
00:34:18,033 --> 00:34:19,633
It's on backwards.
655
00:34:22,100 --> 00:34:24,467
The check valve was
on backwards.
656
00:34:24,467 --> 00:34:27,066
So here, come here.
I'll show you.
657
00:34:27,233 --> 00:34:28,433
The check valve,
658
00:34:29,567 --> 00:34:33,100
by design, is to stop water
coming one direction, right?
659
00:34:33,266 --> 00:34:35,467
So...
660
00:34:35,633 --> 00:34:39,100
if it's not like this
and it's facing this way,
661
00:34:39,100 --> 00:34:40,367
the check valve
don't stop [bleep]
662
00:34:40,533 --> 00:34:42,467
except the pump from pumping.
663
00:34:42,633 --> 00:34:46,066
The trommel is set up 100 feet
high on the hill.
664
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:50,767
To protect the pump below
from any water backflow,
665
00:34:50,767 --> 00:34:54,967
they installed a check valve,
but it was put on backwards
666
00:34:55,133 --> 00:34:58,667
and the pump's 1,500-
gallon-per-minute output built
667
00:34:58,667 --> 00:35:02,166
up enough pressure to blow
the plastic pipe off
668
00:35:02,333 --> 00:35:03,567
and crack it.
669
00:35:03,567 --> 00:35:07,567
Mike needs his crew to put
the check valve on the correct
670
00:35:07,567 --> 00:35:11,667
way and replace the cracked
pipe with a new metal section
671
00:35:11,667 --> 00:35:15,500
to the pump so he can get back
sluicing again.
672
00:35:15,667 --> 00:35:19,300
If we can take a pipe like
this and you just cut a section
673
00:35:19,467 --> 00:35:22,667
out of it, and then it already
has the two ends, right?
674
00:35:22,667 --> 00:35:23,967
-[Keith] Yeah.
-Yeah.
675
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,400
Why don't we take this one?
676
00:35:30,767 --> 00:35:32,467
[buzzing]
677
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:40,767
Going through the process,
trying to figure out
678
00:35:40,767 --> 00:35:43,600
the angles, and then
once we get it
679
00:35:43,767 --> 00:35:47,000
where we need to be, then we'll
get a better picture of it.
680
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:48,867
There's no real
mathematical equation.
681
00:35:49,033 --> 00:35:52,266
You're just doing it
by fit and feel, basically.
682
00:35:52,266 --> 00:35:54,000
It just takes time.
683
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:55,867
[fast-paced music plays]
684
00:36:01,300 --> 00:36:03,967
-Oh, you stupid [bleep]!
-[Keith] Here we go.
685
00:36:04,133 --> 00:36:05,166
-I think we got it.
-[Colby] OK.
686
00:36:05,333 --> 00:36:06,567
Throw the clamp on.
687
00:36:08,100 --> 00:36:10,266
-I think it's on there.
-It on there?
688
00:36:10,433 --> 00:36:12,100
-Yeah.
-OK.
689
00:36:12,100 --> 00:36:13,567
[Keith] And breathe.
690
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:16,700
It's on now.
Oh, it'll be amazing!
691
00:36:16,867 --> 00:36:18,200
You know that it's rigid,
692
00:36:18,367 --> 00:36:20,100
that it's going
to hold the pressure.
693
00:36:20,100 --> 00:36:23,367
Mike will be happy back
sluicing and making money
694
00:36:23,367 --> 00:36:26,767
at the hill, and Tony will
probably be happy too,
695
00:36:26,767 --> 00:36:29,667
and one big happy family.
696
00:36:29,667 --> 00:36:31,200
[chuckles]
697
00:36:33,667 --> 00:36:35,400
[Mike]
Let's get things started
and get sluicing.
698
00:36:36,567 --> 00:36:38,467
Ready?
699
00:36:38,633 --> 00:36:40,300
[plant powers up]
700
00:36:50,166 --> 00:36:52,266
I don't think there's anything
left that can break down.
701
00:36:52,266 --> 00:36:55,467
Everything that could break
down broke and is now fixed.
702
00:36:55,467 --> 00:36:57,567
So we should be good
for the rest
703
00:36:57,567 --> 00:36:58,867
of the season, hopefully.
704
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:02,967
[Mike] I'm not the biggest fan
of not producing gold.
705
00:37:03,133 --> 00:37:04,500
So now I'm just going
to sit there
706
00:37:04,667 --> 00:37:05,767
and watch that
[bleep] thing spin
707
00:37:05,934 --> 00:37:07,100
to make sure
nothing goes wrong.
708
00:37:08,066 --> 00:37:09,367
And we will be
nothing but sluicing.
709
00:37:19,567 --> 00:37:21,500
[ominous music plays]
710
00:37:31,100 --> 00:37:32,567
[dog barking]
711
00:37:34,767 --> 00:37:35,900
What's up, dude?
Good to see you.
712
00:37:36,066 --> 00:37:37,200
[Ryan] What's up, brother?
713
00:37:38,166 --> 00:37:41,367
After taking some time off
with his family,
714
00:37:41,533 --> 00:37:44,567
mechanic Ryan Kent is back.
715
00:37:44,734 --> 00:37:46,367
Oh, man.
716
00:37:46,533 --> 00:37:48,000
[Ryan] Oh, [bleep].
717
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:50,767
How'd the week go?
718
00:37:51,767 --> 00:37:53,300
You know,
I'm not going to lie.
719
00:37:54,567 --> 00:37:56,000
I'm pretty nervous.
720
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:57,667
I knew that it would be good
for you to go home,
721
00:37:57,834 --> 00:37:59,867
but when you start thinking
about things, you know,
722
00:37:59,867 --> 00:38:01,400
at a certain point
while you were gone,
723
00:38:01,567 --> 00:38:02,800
because, you know,
I overthink everything,
724
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:04,367
I'm just like, "Man, I think
he's probably going to see what
725
00:38:04,533 --> 00:38:06,967
"he's missing, and I'm a bit
worried he might just call it
726
00:38:07,133 --> 00:38:08,467
quits and just bail on us."
727
00:38:10,100 --> 00:38:13,000
[Ryan]
Yeah, I mean, so if I'm going
to be staying, I mean,
728
00:38:13,166 --> 00:38:15,467
it's like, how much longer can
we move dirt and not see gold?
729
00:38:15,633 --> 00:38:19,867
And, you know, on top
of that, it is a gamble.
730
00:38:19,867 --> 00:38:21,867
What are we at, 400?
731
00:38:22,033 --> 00:38:23,567
Just shy of 500.
I'm not going to lie to you.
732
00:38:23,734 --> 00:38:24,700
Most of it's gone.
733
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:28,300
I rely on that when I go home.
734
00:38:28,467 --> 00:38:29,667
Yeah.
735
00:38:29,834 --> 00:38:31,467
And if we strike out this year,
736
00:38:31,633 --> 00:38:34,867
that's the hard part
of telling Rachael, of, "Hey..."
737
00:38:34,867 --> 00:38:37,100
You know, I'd sell everything
to give you guys --
738
00:38:37,100 --> 00:38:38,400
you know, make sure
that you guys are paid,
739
00:38:38,567 --> 00:38:41,100
because that's...
I give a [bleep].
740
00:38:41,266 --> 00:38:42,900
You guys are never gonna walk
out of here [bleep] over,
741
00:38:43,066 --> 00:38:44,700
and I'll make sure,
no matter what happens,
742
00:38:44,867 --> 00:38:45,800
that'll never happen.
743
00:38:45,967 --> 00:38:47,367
But, you know,
I need you to trust me,
744
00:38:47,367 --> 00:38:48,967
and I need you here, obviously.
745
00:38:49,133 --> 00:38:50,867
Right now, we've got less
than two weeks, I'd say,
746
00:38:51,033 --> 00:38:53,800
before we have to be sluicing.
We're set up to [bleep] roll.
747
00:38:53,967 --> 00:38:55,500
Like, we got the water,
we got everything.
748
00:38:55,667 --> 00:38:57,166
Like, we're gonna [bleep]
flog that thing.
749
00:38:57,166 --> 00:38:59,667
And you guys all put your faith
in me before, and I just need
750
00:38:59,667 --> 00:39:01,667
it one more time, right?
-[Ryan] Yeah.
751
00:39:01,834 --> 00:39:03,700
[suspenseful music plays]
752
00:39:07,567 --> 00:39:08,567
It doesn't happen without you,
753
00:39:08,567 --> 00:39:10,100
and that's just a fact, right?
754
00:39:10,100 --> 00:39:12,567
We survived a week without you,
but man, we'd never survive
755
00:39:12,734 --> 00:39:14,367
the rest of the season
without you, that's a fact.
756
00:39:14,367 --> 00:39:15,667
And I'm not just
pumping your tires.
757
00:39:15,834 --> 00:39:17,166
Well, I appreciate that, man.
I do.
758
00:39:18,467 --> 00:39:19,700
So...
759
00:39:20,967 --> 00:39:22,266
yeah, you've got me.
760
00:39:22,433 --> 00:39:23,667
-[Rick] [bleep] yeah, buddy.
-[Ryan] All right, brother.
761
00:39:23,834 --> 00:39:25,367
[Rick] I got you.
762
00:39:25,367 --> 00:39:26,900
-I've always got you, guys.
-Yeah.
763
00:39:27,066 --> 00:39:28,667
We've got everything we need
to be successful.
764
00:39:28,667 --> 00:39:29,867
[Ryan] I think so.
765
00:39:34,667 --> 00:39:36,500
Man, it was great having
some time off
766
00:39:36,667 --> 00:39:38,667
with my wife and daughter.
767
00:39:38,834 --> 00:39:42,000
It really gets you thinking
about things and coming back
768
00:39:42,166 --> 00:39:44,667
here, just wondering
our direction, wondering
769
00:39:44,834 --> 00:39:46,700
if I have a future here,
wondering what we're doing.
770
00:39:46,867 --> 00:39:49,767
But having the chance to sit
and talk to Rick and have him
771
00:39:49,934 --> 00:39:51,800
actually open up to me
means a lot.
772
00:39:51,967 --> 00:39:54,767
You know, he's got a game plan.
He's got our backs.
773
00:39:54,767 --> 00:39:55,900
He's never going
to let us down.
774
00:39:56,066 --> 00:39:57,500
He's going to do
everything he can.
775
00:39:57,667 --> 00:40:01,500
So when I came back, I didn't
know if I was going to stay.
776
00:40:01,667 --> 00:40:04,400
But after that talk, I think
Rick's got me forever.
777
00:40:17,700 --> 00:40:20,400
[Tyson]
At the beginning of the week
when you said, "50% of that cut
778
00:40:20,567 --> 00:40:22,667
has to be out of there,"
I thought it was going to be
779
00:40:22,834 --> 00:40:24,266
pretty tough to do,
but with the extra truck,
780
00:40:24,433 --> 00:40:25,967
it definitely helped out.
So thanks, man.
781
00:40:26,133 --> 00:40:27,000
No worries, yeah.
782
00:40:27,166 --> 00:40:28,533
[Parker] Yeah.
Good job.
783
00:40:29,166 --> 00:40:30,700
[Doumitt]
So you think you'll be able
to grind through that,
784
00:40:30,867 --> 00:40:32,367
that pay pile?
-[Tyson] Hopefully.
785
00:40:32,533 --> 00:40:34,200
-It's pretty big.
-[Doumitt] Yeah.
786
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:39,000
It's definitely the biggest
pile of pay we've ever put up,
787
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,667
but we've never really done
that before.
788
00:40:41,834 --> 00:40:43,900
[Doumitt] It's just that
the timing is really bad.
789
00:40:44,066 --> 00:40:47,266
You know, each week our goal
numbers are going down and down
790
00:40:47,266 --> 00:40:49,667
and then to shut down two
plants like that, it's like...
791
00:40:49,667 --> 00:40:51,567
[Tyson] Yeah.
792
00:40:51,567 --> 00:40:53,667
There's no good way
to deal with it.
793
00:40:53,834 --> 00:40:55,500
It's just...
794
00:40:55,667 --> 00:40:56,767
the lesser of two evils.
795
00:40:58,266 --> 00:41:00,600
[Tyson] So there isn't much
this week, Doumitt?
796
00:41:00,767 --> 00:41:01,967
[Doumitt] Yeah.
797
00:41:01,967 --> 00:41:03,800
Well, with everything that's
going on with the two plants,
798
00:41:03,967 --> 00:41:05,166
you're not going to have
a great deal.
799
00:41:05,166 --> 00:41:08,166
I don't even want to be here
for this [bleep] gold weigh.
800
00:41:08,333 --> 00:41:09,867
It looks pretty depressing,
not going to lie.
801
00:41:09,867 --> 00:41:11,100
-[Parker] Yeah, yeah.
-[Tyson chuckles]
802
00:41:11,100 --> 00:41:12,467
[Doumitt]
All right, here we go.
803
00:41:13,767 --> 00:41:16,500
First up, the Golden Mile.
804
00:41:16,667 --> 00:41:18,266
Before the shutdown,
805
00:41:18,266 --> 00:41:21,667
it averaged
240 ounces of gold a week.
806
00:41:22,700 --> 00:41:23,867
[Tyson] Is that it?
807
00:41:23,867 --> 00:41:25,266
[Doumitt] That's all that's
in the jug, man.
808
00:41:25,433 --> 00:41:28,900
53.65.
Two plants.
809
00:41:29,066 --> 00:41:30,233
That's depressing.
810
00:41:30,233 --> 00:41:32,867
-[Doumitt] Yeah.
-[Mitch] They got to run
to make gold.
811
00:41:32,867 --> 00:41:34,900
Well, Tyson,
since you're already up.
812
00:41:35,066 --> 00:41:36,066
[Tyson] Yeah?
813
00:41:36,066 --> 00:41:39,200
In the Bridge Cut, washplant
Bob is averaging
814
00:41:39,367 --> 00:41:42,700
156 ounces every week.
815
00:41:43,767 --> 00:41:46,567
100.
816
00:41:46,734 --> 00:41:48,600
129.05.
817
00:41:50,700 --> 00:41:52,900
[Parker]
Not great, but not terrible.
818
00:41:53,066 --> 00:41:55,867
Triple digits, can't argue
with that, right?
819
00:41:56,033 --> 00:41:57,600
[Tyson]
One plant versus two,
820
00:41:57,767 --> 00:41:59,767
pulls off double the amount.
821
00:41:59,767 --> 00:42:01,900
[Doumitt] And then old
truckless Roxanne, huh?
822
00:42:02,066 --> 00:42:03,767
-Yeah.
-[Doumitt] Let's go.
823
00:42:03,934 --> 00:42:09,367
Finally, Roxanne, which last
time delivered just 76 ounces.
824
00:42:09,533 --> 00:42:12,100
Gonna break 100.
825
00:42:12,100 --> 00:42:15,400
123.55.
826
00:42:15,567 --> 00:42:17,100
-That's not bad.
-[Doumitt] No.
827
00:42:17,100 --> 00:42:18,600
Not for the ground you're on.
828
00:42:18,767 --> 00:42:21,600
That pay does not look great,
just super sandy.
829
00:42:21,767 --> 00:42:24,767
Yeah, no, looking at the dirt,
that doesn't look bad.
830
00:42:24,934 --> 00:42:28,967
So, last week was 433.4 ounces.
831
00:42:29,133 --> 00:42:33,367
This week, it's 306.25.
832
00:42:33,367 --> 00:42:37,000
Worth $1,071,000...
833
00:42:38,166 --> 00:42:42,400
the third week in a row
Parker's numbers have fallen.
834
00:42:42,567 --> 00:42:44,367
[Doumitt]
We've lost a lot of gold.
835
00:42:44,367 --> 00:42:46,066
Of course, you got
the two plants shut down.
836
00:42:46,233 --> 00:42:48,100
There's things
going on, right?
837
00:42:48,266 --> 00:42:53,467
Our season total,
7,048.55 ounces.
838
00:42:53,633 --> 00:42:55,467
We did break the 7,000 mark.
839
00:42:56,767 --> 00:42:59,667
We just need to cough up
another three somewhere.
840
00:42:59,667 --> 00:43:02,000
Somewhere [chuckles].
841
00:43:02,166 --> 00:43:03,900
[Tyson]
Is this our worst week
of the season?
842
00:43:04,867 --> 00:43:06,700
Pretty close, yeah.
Yeah.
843
00:43:07,667 --> 00:43:10,200
It's like our season's
going backwards.
844
00:43:10,367 --> 00:43:11,667
[Mitch] Yeah, I don't like
the direction we're heading
845
00:43:11,667 --> 00:43:14,767
when each week it's a little
bit less, a little bit less.
-Yeah.
846
00:43:14,767 --> 00:43:16,867
[Doumitt]
And this was a bad jump,
over 100 ounces.
847
00:43:16,867 --> 00:43:18,967
-[Mitch] Yeah.
-[Parker] All right, well,
848
00:43:19,133 --> 00:43:20,867
we'll get those plants back
up and running.
849
00:43:20,867 --> 00:43:23,567
Much better to deal with this
now than in September, though.
850
00:43:23,734 --> 00:43:24,834
-Right?
-[Doumitt] Yeah.
851
00:43:24,834 --> 00:43:26,567
Yeah, when it gets cold,
you don't want to be dealing
852
00:43:26,734 --> 00:43:27,767
with those problems.
853
00:43:27,767 --> 00:43:30,100
Hopefully we can make up for it
on the back end.
854
00:43:30,266 --> 00:43:32,667
[Tyson]
Yeah, hopefully it's a late
fall and a warm fall.
855
00:43:32,834 --> 00:43:34,500
-Yeah.
-[Doumitt] All righty.
856
00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:37,700
[Mitch]
Next week, a lot of sluicing,
hopefully more gold.
857
00:43:37,867 --> 00:43:39,266
-[Parker] Lame.
-[Doumitt] Lame?
858
00:43:39,266 --> 00:43:40,667
-Lame.
-[Doumitt] Yep.
859
00:43:42,767 --> 00:43:44,367
Crank them up, guys!
Crank them up!
860
00:43:44,367 --> 00:43:45,667
Will do.
See you Doumitt.
861
00:43:51,900 --> 00:43:53,867
[upbeat music plays]
862
00:43:56,867 --> 00:43:58,867
Gentlemen, gentlemen.
863
00:44:00,500 --> 00:44:02,900
Holy [bleep]!
That's a big one.
864
00:44:03,066 --> 00:44:04,467
I've never seen --
865
00:44:04,633 --> 00:44:05,700
That's actually huge.
866
00:44:06,867 --> 00:44:08,000
[Mike] Every [bleep] mat.
867
00:44:08,967 --> 00:44:10,300
[Colby]
Use that for a tooth cap.
868
00:44:12,667 --> 00:44:16,467
The trommel has been the bane of
my life this year, but she does
869
00:44:16,467 --> 00:44:18,367
do good [bleep] work
when she gets the ground.
870
00:44:18,367 --> 00:44:20,166
I've been getting nothing
but good big gold nuggies
871
00:44:20,166 --> 00:44:21,667
and a [bleep] ton
of little gold.
872
00:44:22,900 --> 00:44:24,266
It's turned out to be
quite nice.
873
00:44:26,066 --> 00:44:30,767
After nearly four months
of setbacks, Mike's trommel is
874
00:44:30,767 --> 00:44:32,367
finally producing gold.
875
00:44:33,567 --> 00:44:35,066
-Hi.
-[Minnie] Hi, guys.
876
00:44:35,233 --> 00:44:36,500
How are you?
877
00:44:36,667 --> 00:44:38,166
[Monica] Fantastic.
878
00:44:39,900 --> 00:44:42,166
So, Mike, I saw the trommel
turning when we come
879
00:44:42,166 --> 00:44:43,967
into the yard this morning.
880
00:44:44,133 --> 00:44:46,367
[Mike] Yeah, it's been going
for three days, so, yeah.
881
00:44:46,367 --> 00:44:48,000
[Monica] That's exciting.
882
00:44:48,166 --> 00:44:50,467
-Yeah.
-When I sit here,
or I'm in the office,
883
00:44:50,467 --> 00:44:53,266
I can hear the trommel go.
It's kind of nice.
884
00:44:53,433 --> 00:44:54,600
[Tony speaking]
885
00:44:56,266 --> 00:44:58,000
About time.
886
00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:00,367
Yeah, I'm kind of proud
of what you've been doing, dude.
887
00:45:00,533 --> 00:45:01,667
Doing my best.
888
00:45:08,066 --> 00:45:09,367
That would be really cool.
889
00:45:10,667 --> 00:45:11,800
[Monica]
Let's see Sluice-A-Lot.
890
00:45:11,967 --> 00:45:13,400
[Tony speaking]
891
00:45:15,166 --> 00:45:18,867
Sluice-A-Lot has been mining
Indian River's Corner Cut,
892
00:45:18,867 --> 00:45:21,700
where it's averaging
300 ounces a week.
893
00:45:21,867 --> 00:45:25,266
That's 120, 160...
894
00:45:25,433 --> 00:45:29,400
170, 180, 200...
895
00:45:29,567 --> 00:45:34,166
220.48,
220.48.
896
00:45:34,166 --> 00:45:37,400
Well, it seems like you're
kind of getting a little
897
00:45:37,567 --> 00:45:38,667
dry spot there, bud.
898
00:45:38,834 --> 00:45:40,300
[Tony speaking]
899
00:45:42,767 --> 00:45:44,000
[Monica]
Shall we do Find-A-Lot?
900
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:46,066
[Minnie] P-p-p-pour.
901
00:45:46,233 --> 00:45:49,667
Find-A-Lot is also mining
the Corner Cut,
902
00:45:49,834 --> 00:45:52,867
averaging 250 ounces a week.
903
00:45:52,867 --> 00:45:57,166
[Minnie]
70, 80, 90, 100, 140...
904
00:45:57,166 --> 00:46:03,500
210, 214, 216, 218.76.
905
00:46:03,667 --> 00:46:05,467
That's not bad.
906
00:46:05,633 --> 00:46:07,000
[Tony speaking]
907
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:11,300
Yep.
Ta-da!
908
00:46:11,467 --> 00:46:12,400
Michael, I'm excited.
909
00:46:12,567 --> 00:46:15,767
[Tony speaking]
910
00:46:15,767 --> 00:46:19,066
[Minnie]
And that's three days only.
911
00:46:19,233 --> 00:46:22,100
20, 30, 40, 50, 60...
912
00:46:22,266 --> 00:46:26,867
80, 100, 110...
913
00:46:28,300 --> 00:46:31,500
121.56.
914
00:46:31,667 --> 00:46:37,367
Mike's trommel has brought in
$425,000 in gold,
915
00:46:37,367 --> 00:46:39,400
bringing the season total
916
00:46:39,567 --> 00:46:42,867
to 5,992 ounces,
917
00:46:42,867 --> 00:46:47,000
just 500 ounces
short of Tony's goal.
918
00:46:49,467 --> 00:46:50,500
Yeah.
919
00:46:50,667 --> 00:46:52,400
For three days,
that's pretty good.
920
00:46:53,767 --> 00:46:55,166
[Mike] Mm-hmm.
921
00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:57,767
Anyhow.
922
00:46:57,934 --> 00:46:59,266
So now that the trommel's going,
923
00:47:00,567 --> 00:47:02,100
you said there'd be
other opportunities?
924
00:47:19,467 --> 00:47:20,867
OK.
925
00:47:25,166 --> 00:47:26,400
OK.
926
00:47:28,867 --> 00:47:30,000
[Minnie]
We'll see you guys later.
927
00:47:35,967 --> 00:47:38,000
I'm happy for Mike
that he's got the trommel going,
928
00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:39,800
because it was pretty
frustrating for him.
929
00:47:39,967 --> 00:47:41,467
[Tony] Oh, I'm sure it was.
930
00:47:41,467 --> 00:47:43,166
[Minnie] What are we going
to do about his deal?
931
00:47:43,333 --> 00:47:45,767
Because we said he would be
able to do his own thing after
932
00:47:45,767 --> 00:47:46,867
he got the plants going.
933
00:47:47,033 --> 00:47:49,100
Leave it with me.
I will come up with something.
934
00:47:49,266 --> 00:47:51,467
Sounds good.
You should go to work.
935
00:47:51,467 --> 00:47:53,967
I'll go to my own sandbox
in the Indian, see you later.
936
00:47:54,133 --> 00:47:55,266
Sounds like a plan.
Talk to you later.
937
00:47:55,266 --> 00:47:56,367
[Tony] Yep.