1 00:00:24,896 --> 00:00:27,689 [reporter over radio] Gold has climbed from $2,600 2 00:00:27,862 --> 00:00:28,931 at the start of the year, 3 00:00:29,068 --> 00:00:32,586 to $3,600, marking record highs. 4 00:00:38,172 --> 00:00:41,482 The thing right now is gold prices are so high, 5 00:00:41,655 --> 00:00:43,172 I'm pissed off that we're not in a position 6 00:00:43,344 --> 00:00:44,379 to take advantage of it. 7 00:00:45,413 --> 00:00:47,482 We're way too close to the end of the season. 8 00:00:47,655 --> 00:00:49,931 We're going for 1,800, and it seems like a fantasy 9 00:00:50,068 --> 00:00:51,206 at the moment. 10 00:00:51,379 --> 00:00:54,827 [narrator] Rick is in an all-too-familiar place. 11 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,482 After months with no sluicing, 12 00:00:57,655 --> 00:01:01,103 he's burning through the little cash he has left. 13 00:01:01,275 --> 00:01:05,689 But now, with just four weeks to go, he's back on paydirt 14 00:01:05,862 --> 00:01:09,103 and on the precipice of getting back on the gold. 15 00:01:09,275 --> 00:01:10,310 [Rick] I'm nervous. 16 00:01:10,482 --> 00:01:12,896 We need to pay the bills and how little time 17 00:01:13,034 --> 00:01:15,275 we have left, and I'm feeling it. 18 00:01:15,448 --> 00:01:17,379 I still think we can make it. I know we can make it. 19 00:01:17,551 --> 00:01:19,103 We're just going to have to work harder than we ever have. 20 00:01:21,103 --> 00:01:25,275 Seven weeks ago, Rick gambled a million dollars to open up 21 00:01:25,448 --> 00:01:27,379 the massive Valhalla Cut. 22 00:01:27,551 --> 00:01:29,793 We're not just risking our gold bonuses or your gold, 23 00:01:29,965 --> 00:01:31,896 but it could be the end of the company as well. 24 00:01:33,310 --> 00:01:37,827 After removing 150 feet of overburden, 25 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,793 Rick hit a dead end. 26 00:01:39,965 --> 00:01:41,793 It was just still ple-- pure clay. 27 00:01:41,965 --> 00:01:44,172 - [Rick] What do you mean? - [Bailey] No pay. 28 00:01:44,344 --> 00:01:49,000 And other miners are smelling blood in the water. 29 00:01:51,482 --> 00:01:53,275 Sell the place. I'll buy it from you. 30 00:01:59,689 --> 00:02:01,482 [Rick] The vultures are circling 31 00:02:01,655 --> 00:02:03,827 but not willing to give up yet. 32 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,517 We are about to run some good ground out of Vegas Valley. 33 00:02:06,689 --> 00:02:08,827 I mean, we had huge numbers out of that last year, 34 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,103 so, we're still in it. 35 00:02:12,172 --> 00:02:17,482 Last week, Rick pivoted back to his old Vegas Valley Cut. 36 00:02:17,655 --> 00:02:20,482 The 200-foot-deep pit is the richest ground 37 00:02:20,655 --> 00:02:22,482 Rick's ever mined. 38 00:02:22,655 --> 00:02:26,724 It saved his season before, and Rick believes it could 39 00:02:26,896 --> 00:02:29,931 deliver 350 ounces a week. 40 00:02:30,068 --> 00:02:32,206 [Bailey] You know, the boys are gonna fire up the washplants today. 41 00:02:32,379 --> 00:02:34,517 That's gonna be great to actually see a bunch of yardage 42 00:02:34,689 --> 00:02:36,931 getting through here and actually seeing some gold. 43 00:02:38,793 --> 00:02:42,827 At the bottom of the cut, operator Bailey Carten loads 44 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,620 the gold-rich paydirt into rock trucks to haul to 45 00:02:46,793 --> 00:02:50,689 the stockpile next to washplant Monster Red. 46 00:02:50,862 --> 00:02:53,379 [Bailey] Hopefully, the rest of the pay in the Vegas Valley is gonna 47 00:02:53,551 --> 00:02:55,172 really help us out a lot. 48 00:02:57,379 --> 00:02:59,103 [Chris] It is exciting. 49 00:02:59,275 --> 00:03:00,896 We have a pretty decent stock pile, 50 00:03:01,034 --> 00:03:02,689 I think it's balls to the wall, 51 00:03:02,862 --> 00:03:04,344 full capacity. 52 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,000 [Kai] I can't wait to get Monster Red up and running, so we can get 53 00:03:09,137 --> 00:03:13,103 some pay washed through the plant, and get some gold. 54 00:03:13,275 --> 00:03:16,379 We ain't getting no gold bonus if we ain't washing any dirt. 55 00:03:32,896 --> 00:03:34,896 Oh, yeah. That'll get us started. 56 00:03:38,724 --> 00:03:41,172 - It's a pretty good-sized pile. - [Ryan] It's not bad. 57 00:03:41,344 --> 00:03:42,827 Well, it's been a long time coming. 58 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:44,620 We haven't pulled any gold in a while. 59 00:03:44,793 --> 00:03:47,000 No, I forgot what this plant does. 60 00:03:47,172 --> 00:03:48,310 I know you guys are chomping at the bit 61 00:03:48,482 --> 00:03:49,517 to get this thing running. - [Ryan] Yep. 62 00:03:49,689 --> 00:03:51,413 - Shall we get some gold today? - [Ryan] Yeah. 63 00:03:51,586 --> 00:03:52,827 - Let's do it. - [Rick] All right. 64 00:03:55,172 --> 00:03:56,896 It's been almost two months here since we've gotten any 65 00:03:57,034 --> 00:03:58,482 gold, seen this plant run, any of that [bleep]. 66 00:03:58,655 --> 00:04:02,482 So, yeah, it's about time. We need it. 67 00:04:02,655 --> 00:04:04,620 All the gold we found this spring is just about [bleep], 68 00:04:04,793 --> 00:04:06,586 well, it is gone, so, it's like we're starting 69 00:04:06,758 --> 00:04:07,724 over from scratch. 70 00:04:11,689 --> 00:04:13,068 - [Ryan] Get your bucket ready? - [Kyle] Yep. 71 00:04:13,241 --> 00:04:15,103 - [Ryan] Yeah! - Fire it up! 72 00:04:16,275 --> 00:04:17,379 Let's see how she's doing. 73 00:04:17,551 --> 00:04:19,793 [engine hums] 74 00:04:19,965 --> 00:04:22,172 [gushing, rattling] 75 00:04:27,172 --> 00:04:29,896 I mean, it feels great, to finally start running 76 00:04:30,034 --> 00:04:31,172 the plant here. 77 00:04:31,344 --> 00:04:34,275 So, this is the first, uh, first bucket going in. 78 00:04:34,448 --> 00:04:36,482 [victorious music plays] 79 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:50,068 [Ryan] It's been how many months 80 00:04:50,241 --> 00:04:51,275 since we've seen this thing run? 81 00:04:51,448 --> 00:04:53,482 So, it's kind of like relearning it again. 82 00:04:53,655 --> 00:04:54,896 Good to see. 83 00:04:55,034 --> 00:04:57,000 We need it if we're going to come remotely 84 00:04:57,137 --> 00:04:58,724 close to 1,800 ounces. 85 00:04:58,896 --> 00:05:01,724 But as of right now, this is cause to celebrate. 86 00:05:05,172 --> 00:05:07,103 - Looks good to me. - I'm happy. 87 00:05:07,275 --> 00:05:08,586 The big thing is we're getting gold right now. 88 00:05:08,758 --> 00:05:09,689 [bleep] yeah, about [bleep] time. 89 00:05:09,862 --> 00:05:11,000 [bleep] right. 90 00:05:17,206 --> 00:05:19,000 Plant's running, boys. We're on the gold. 91 00:05:23,103 --> 00:05:26,068 That's going to be great, actually seeing some gold, 92 00:05:26,241 --> 00:05:29,793 you know, hopefully start adding those numbers up. 93 00:05:29,965 --> 00:05:32,793 That'd be awesome. Seeing gold prices so high. 94 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,931 Finally, we're going to get some gold. 95 00:05:38,689 --> 00:05:39,931 It's fricking awesome. 96 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,274 We need the gold. 97 00:05:47,275 --> 00:05:49,172 Money's gone out the door, and not a whole lot's come in. 98 00:05:50,620 --> 00:05:53,275 We definitely needed it, and for my stress, I needed it. 99 00:05:53,448 --> 00:05:55,689 So it feels good. I know the guys are happy. 100 00:05:55,862 --> 00:05:56,827 It's been stressing them out, too. 101 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,172 And so today's a good day. 102 00:06:12,310 --> 00:06:15,206 [rugged music plays] 103 00:06:17,689 --> 00:06:20,793 With gold prices where they're at, it's hit a whole bunch of 104 00:06:20,965 --> 00:06:24,689 record highs, and who knows how long these prices will last. 105 00:06:24,862 --> 00:06:27,413 We're just shy of 10,000 ounces. 106 00:06:27,586 --> 00:06:30,586 It's just like a hell of a year to be mining gold. 107 00:06:32,172 --> 00:06:35,275 31-year-old Parker Schnabel is hell-bent 108 00:06:35,448 --> 00:06:37,000 on a record-breaking season. 109 00:06:38,793 --> 00:06:41,689 His well-oiled operation has already pulled in 110 00:06:41,862 --> 00:06:45,172 over $30 million worth of gold. 111 00:06:45,344 --> 00:06:48,310 And now, he's within striking distance 112 00:06:48,482 --> 00:06:50,275 of his 10,000-ounce gold. 113 00:06:52,620 --> 00:06:54,586 [Parker] We've got a lot of ground to get through still, 114 00:06:54,758 --> 00:06:56,172 and the name of the game is 115 00:06:56,344 --> 00:06:58,172 just keeping these washplants running. 116 00:06:58,344 --> 00:07:00,275 We have four plants and it's just... 117 00:07:01,517 --> 00:07:02,931 sluice, sluice, sluice. 118 00:07:08,517 --> 00:07:09,620 [Tyson] Hi. 119 00:07:09,793 --> 00:07:11,103 Have you seen the price of gold? 120 00:07:11,275 --> 00:07:13,482 Yeah, it's pretty crazy, eh? 121 00:07:13,655 --> 00:07:15,172 Do you think it's gonna stay on that trend? 122 00:07:15,344 --> 00:07:17,482 No-- what goes up must come down. 123 00:07:17,655 --> 00:07:18,620 Yeah, definitely, man. 124 00:07:18,793 --> 00:07:20,482 Like, I know you've had an insane season 125 00:07:20,655 --> 00:07:23,275 and you've done an amazing job, 126 00:07:23,448 --> 00:07:26,000 but I don't need you to worry about much else other than just 127 00:07:26,172 --> 00:07:27,379 trying to keep those plants running. 128 00:07:27,551 --> 00:07:29,586 - OK. - Thanks, Tyson. 129 00:07:29,758 --> 00:07:30,689 [Tyson] See ya. 130 00:07:33,517 --> 00:07:34,793 This season, 131 00:07:35,827 --> 00:07:40,275 Parker's tasked foreman Tyson Lee with overseeing three 132 00:07:40,448 --> 00:07:45,103 washplants, the Golden Goose and Big Red in the Golden Mile, 133 00:07:45,275 --> 00:07:47,827 and washplant Bob in the Bridge Cut. 134 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:52,000 [Tyson] It's that time of year when people are getting tired, 135 00:07:52,172 --> 00:07:53,793 equipment's getting tired, 136 00:07:53,965 --> 00:07:56,965 and we just have to get through this final push. 137 00:07:59,413 --> 00:08:03,482 We need to try and fight this out, get these cuts mined out. 138 00:08:03,655 --> 00:08:07,586 We still have a lot of sluicing to do this year, and it looks 139 00:08:07,758 --> 00:08:09,172 like our days might already be numbered. 140 00:08:16,310 --> 00:08:17,689 [Alec] I don't really love that sound. 141 00:08:17,862 --> 00:08:19,689 [rattling] 142 00:08:20,931 --> 00:08:21,931 Bob's mad. 143 00:08:30,724 --> 00:08:32,793 Tyson, got a copy, Tyson? 144 00:08:32,965 --> 00:08:34,136 Yeah, go ahead. 145 00:08:34,137 --> 00:08:37,103 We've got a major issue with Bob's shaker deck here. 146 00:08:37,275 --> 00:08:38,896 Wondering if you'd be able to stop by. 147 00:08:39,034 --> 00:08:40,068 That does not sound good. 148 00:08:41,103 --> 00:08:42,103 I'm on my way. 149 00:08:44,103 --> 00:08:45,586 This is the last thing we need. 150 00:08:49,482 --> 00:08:51,275 [Alec] Oh, [bleep]. 151 00:08:51,448 --> 00:08:52,689 Oh, that's actually pretty serious. 152 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:58,413 Mechanics Alec Kelly and Liam Pukila have found massive 153 00:08:58,586 --> 00:09:01,793 structural cracks in washplant Bob's screen deck. 154 00:09:03,482 --> 00:09:05,275 [Alec] We have to come up with a long-term solution here. 155 00:09:05,448 --> 00:09:06,620 We can't keep doing this. 156 00:09:07,793 --> 00:09:09,689 It's gonna turn into a nightmare pretty quickly. 157 00:09:10,689 --> 00:09:14,379 Alec and Liam have already patched up the cracks, 158 00:09:14,551 --> 00:09:16,482 but their welds keep failing. 159 00:09:21,310 --> 00:09:23,896 Well, what'd you guys find? It doesn't sound good. 160 00:09:24,034 --> 00:09:27,413 We got some pretty bad cracks in Bob's lower deck there. 161 00:09:30,896 --> 00:09:33,172 [Liam] Not just bad, these are cancer. 162 00:09:33,344 --> 00:09:35,689 Doesn't matter who's welding them up, it's blowing 163 00:09:35,862 --> 00:09:37,343 right past our supports. 164 00:09:37,344 --> 00:09:39,517 [Alec] Yeah, today we got four cracks in there, so it's just like, 165 00:09:39,689 --> 00:09:41,206 oh, man, like, when is this going to stop, 166 00:09:41,379 --> 00:09:42,586 or will it stop? 167 00:09:44,379 --> 00:09:45,896 [Tyson] Well, apparently it's not going to, 168 00:09:46,034 --> 00:09:47,310 so we got to find another option. 169 00:09:47,482 --> 00:09:48,482 I'm going to have to talk to Parker. 170 00:09:54,586 --> 00:09:57,000 We need Bob up and running for the rest of the season. 171 00:09:57,137 --> 00:09:58,620 Right now, we're down a washplant. 172 00:09:58,793 --> 00:10:00,586 [suspenseful music plays] 173 00:10:07,482 --> 00:10:08,655 [Parker] What up? 174 00:10:08,827 --> 00:10:11,275 [Tyson] Bob's shaker deck, it's-- it's [bleep]. 175 00:10:11,448 --> 00:10:12,689 There's nothing we can do about it 176 00:10:12,862 --> 00:10:14,000 without a new screen deck here, 177 00:10:14,137 --> 00:10:16,689 so we're going to have to find one, get one coming. 178 00:10:18,206 --> 00:10:20,103 [Parker] Since Bob is screwed, let's take Bob out 179 00:10:20,275 --> 00:10:21,586 and bring Sluicifer in. 180 00:10:23,413 --> 00:10:25,896 I want Bob back in that pit, though, at the end of the week. 181 00:10:27,275 --> 00:10:29,172 I don't want to do this season with Sluicifer. 182 00:10:29,344 --> 00:10:31,379 Had a lot of problems with that washplant in the cold. 183 00:10:32,482 --> 00:10:34,172 We can get more yardage out of Bob. 184 00:10:35,896 --> 00:10:37,689 [Tyson] OK, let's go tear Sluicifer apart. 185 00:10:37,862 --> 00:10:39,103 [Parker] All right. 186 00:10:40,275 --> 00:10:43,586 Parker wants Sluicifer moved to the Bridge Cut to take over 187 00:10:43,758 --> 00:10:46,000 for Bob, but you know, at this time of year, 188 00:10:46,172 --> 00:10:47,896 it's a dangerous game moving plants, 189 00:10:48,034 --> 00:10:49,068 because you never know when 190 00:10:49,241 --> 00:10:51,000 things are gonna start freezing up. 191 00:10:51,172 --> 00:10:53,586 But the boss wants, the boss gets. 192 00:10:55,586 --> 00:10:59,620 Tyson needs to play musical washplants. 193 00:10:59,793 --> 00:11:03,172 First, he must move spare washplant Sluicifer 194 00:11:03,344 --> 00:11:07,517 from the laydown yard a mile upstream to the Bridge Cut 195 00:11:07,689 --> 00:11:10,000 to take over from Bob. 196 00:11:10,172 --> 00:11:14,000 He'll then drag Bob back to the laydown yard to have 197 00:11:14,172 --> 00:11:16,103 its shaker deck replaced. 198 00:11:16,275 --> 00:11:20,620 Once fixed, Tyson must haul Bob back to the Bridge Cut, 199 00:11:20,793 --> 00:11:24,586 swap out Sluicifer, then haul it all the way back 200 00:11:24,758 --> 00:11:25,896 to the laydown yard. 201 00:11:28,068 --> 00:11:32,517 All told, four washplant moves in just one week. 202 00:11:34,206 --> 00:11:37,379 Yeah, swapping Sluicifer with Bob will make up at least 203 00:11:37,551 --> 00:11:39,896 three days of sluicing time. 204 00:11:40,034 --> 00:11:42,586 And that's a lot of money in the pocket for us. 205 00:11:42,758 --> 00:11:44,172 We don't want to leave that on the ground. 206 00:11:45,275 --> 00:11:46,551 We want it in the bank account. 207 00:11:48,517 --> 00:11:51,275 Holy [bleep], it's a [bleep] million degrees in this [bleep]. 208 00:11:52,724 --> 00:11:54,103 Who the [bleep] left the heat on? 209 00:11:55,724 --> 00:11:56,724 [horn honks twice] 210 00:11:58,206 --> 00:12:00,689 Four washplant moves this week. 211 00:12:00,862 --> 00:12:02,000 In theory, it should work, 212 00:12:02,172 --> 00:12:05,586 but we've never done this sort of thing before. 213 00:12:05,758 --> 00:12:08,689 Now, we really don't want Sluicifer sliding off and getting damaged, 214 00:12:08,862 --> 00:12:11,379 so we're just going to take her slow and steady. 215 00:12:11,551 --> 00:12:14,379 We'll get her down there. We'll get her in place. 216 00:12:14,551 --> 00:12:17,793 Hopefully before we lose too much downtime. 217 00:12:26,724 --> 00:12:27,689 Oh, come on! 218 00:12:34,931 --> 00:12:37,793 Sluicifer, welcome to the Bridge Cut! 219 00:12:37,965 --> 00:12:40,000 So, now we gotta go put Sluicifer together, now that 220 00:12:40,172 --> 00:12:42,103 it's here in the Bridge Cut. So we're halfway there. 221 00:12:52,482 --> 00:12:55,000 You know, the leaves are changing color, and we're just 222 00:12:55,172 --> 00:12:58,620 really under the gun to get this washplant set up here. 223 00:13:02,689 --> 00:13:04,103 [Liam] It's tricky. 224 00:13:04,275 --> 00:13:09,068 But Tyson's the best, so he's done this a million times. 225 00:13:09,241 --> 00:13:11,103 [Alec] Looking good, Tyson. Looking good. 226 00:13:12,724 --> 00:13:13,896 [Tyson] We're gonna get this conveyor 227 00:13:14,034 --> 00:13:15,586 mounted onto Sluicifer. 228 00:13:15,758 --> 00:13:17,103 OK, keep walking forward, Tyson. 229 00:13:19,275 --> 00:13:20,655 Yeah, good there. 230 00:13:22,689 --> 00:13:25,000 [Tyson] Just got the conveyor on, and now we're trying to hang 231 00:13:25,137 --> 00:13:26,310 one sluice run. 232 00:13:26,482 --> 00:13:29,103 [Alec] Down just a little bit, Tyson. 233 00:13:29,275 --> 00:13:30,172 Whoa! 234 00:13:30,344 --> 00:13:31,241 Awesome. 235 00:13:32,689 --> 00:13:34,275 [Tyson] Nice work, guys. Record timing. 236 00:13:34,448 --> 00:13:35,517 [Alec & Liam] Yeah. 237 00:13:35,689 --> 00:13:37,724 [Tyson] The first of four washplant moves. 238 00:13:37,896 --> 00:13:39,275 [Alec] Sweet. 239 00:13:39,448 --> 00:13:41,000 [Tyson] Sluicifer's ready to rock here. 240 00:13:42,206 --> 00:13:43,550 Well, here we go. 241 00:13:43,551 --> 00:13:47,482 Let's fire Sluicifer up here, and hopefully Bob will be back 242 00:13:47,655 --> 00:13:49,103 in place before we know it. 243 00:13:58,103 --> 00:14:02,413 With Sluicifer washing pay, Tyson can turn his attention 244 00:14:02,586 --> 00:14:04,793 to getting washplant Bob repaired. 245 00:14:06,379 --> 00:14:08,586 [Tyson] Bob's really hurting right now. 246 00:14:08,758 --> 00:14:11,103 Now we're getting ready to haul it to the plant yard. 247 00:14:13,586 --> 00:14:15,000 [Liam] That looks good right there. 248 00:14:19,827 --> 00:14:21,413 [truck horn honks] 249 00:14:21,586 --> 00:14:24,000 Off to her maiden voyage. She needs some work. 250 00:14:33,896 --> 00:14:35,793 [calm music plays] 251 00:14:43,896 --> 00:14:45,793 [Tyson] You know, Parker wants us to get as much gold out 252 00:14:45,965 --> 00:14:49,000 of the ground as possible, but Bob's cracking out. 253 00:14:49,172 --> 00:14:51,310 We're constantly just wanting to keep sluicing and wanting 254 00:14:51,482 --> 00:14:53,482 to keep washing rocks. 255 00:14:53,655 --> 00:14:57,862 At Dominion Creek, foreman Tyson Lee is in a race 256 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:01,517 to get washplant Bob's screen deck replaced 257 00:15:01,689 --> 00:15:03,240 by the end of the week. 258 00:15:03,241 --> 00:15:07,000 [Tyson] Just got off the phone and got a screen deck that sounds like 259 00:15:07,172 --> 00:15:08,896 it's gonna work for Bob. 260 00:15:09,034 --> 00:15:11,896 The only thing is, it's in Vancouver Island 261 00:15:12,034 --> 00:15:14,896 and we've got to get it up here to Dawson City. 262 00:15:15,034 --> 00:15:18,758 To get Bob back sluicing, Tyson must transport 263 00:15:18,931 --> 00:15:24,000 a brand-new shaker deck over 1,800 miles north to Dominion. 264 00:15:26,068 --> 00:15:30,379 You know, normally when I'm in these kind of trying times 265 00:15:30,551 --> 00:15:33,620 of a lot of work to do and not enough people to do them, 266 00:15:33,793 --> 00:15:37,379 and I would call Tupper and he's kind of been a secret 267 00:15:37,551 --> 00:15:40,758 weapon of mine for the past couple years now. 268 00:15:42,793 --> 00:15:44,793 For I always, you know, looked up to him 269 00:15:44,965 --> 00:15:46,689 as a bit of an idol of mine. 270 00:15:48,275 --> 00:15:51,344 And he's been suffering. 271 00:15:53,793 --> 00:15:56,620 He's been diagnosed with leukemia. [voice breaks] 272 00:15:57,965 --> 00:15:58,965 [sniffling] 273 00:16:04,896 --> 00:16:05,896 And... 274 00:16:06,965 --> 00:16:09,000 he's trying to battle it out. 275 00:16:09,172 --> 00:16:13,517 He's gone through countless rounds of chemo, 276 00:16:13,689 --> 00:16:15,172 really been taking a toll on him. 277 00:16:18,586 --> 00:16:21,482 Haulage-company owner Mike Tupper has been 278 00:16:21,655 --> 00:16:25,172 Tyson's mentor since he was 13 years old. 279 00:16:25,344 --> 00:16:28,689 [Tupper] Tyson had a dream of going gold mining, and here he is, 280 00:16:28,862 --> 00:16:33,172 and now I guess he's the boss and I'm his little kid. 281 00:16:33,344 --> 00:16:37,103 Over the years, Tyson's friend has been his go-to guy 282 00:16:37,275 --> 00:16:38,689 for hauling large equipment. 283 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,000 [Tupper] Tyson called me and basically said, "Get up here, 284 00:16:43,172 --> 00:16:44,793 "we're moving Big Red and we're in a panic 285 00:16:44,965 --> 00:16:46,689 and we're short guys, so here I am." 286 00:16:46,862 --> 00:16:47,965 [Tyson] Thanks for your help, Tupp. 287 00:16:48,103 --> 00:16:49,620 Couldn't have done it without you. 288 00:16:52,068 --> 00:16:55,379 Normally, we talk on the phone pretty much every night 289 00:16:55,551 --> 00:16:58,862 and just went through a period there of... 290 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:00,482 not really hearing from him at all. 291 00:17:03,965 --> 00:17:05,793 [engine winds down] 292 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:14,413 [phone ringing] 293 00:17:15,689 --> 00:17:16,689 How are you doing, Tupp? 294 00:17:18,172 --> 00:17:21,275 Yeah, doing good. Doctors are super happy. 295 00:17:21,448 --> 00:17:24,758 So, building strength and just trying to get back 296 00:17:24,931 --> 00:17:26,758 to the normal. - You look good. 297 00:17:26,931 --> 00:17:28,517 Yeah, I've been through the ringer. 298 00:17:28,689 --> 00:17:32,068 It's not easy, but fight, stay positive, 299 00:17:32,241 --> 00:17:34,172 and get through this and get back at it. 300 00:17:34,344 --> 00:17:36,689 Yeah, well, everyone misses you up here. 301 00:17:36,862 --> 00:17:38,205 That's for sure. 302 00:17:38,206 --> 00:17:41,620 I think about it every day, and I think about all you guys. 303 00:17:41,793 --> 00:17:44,068 This week would have been a hell of a lot easier with 304 00:17:44,241 --> 00:17:46,896 you here, that's for sure. It's been-- it's been wild. 305 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,689 Yeah, I miss it, 306 00:17:49,862 --> 00:17:50,862 Believe me. 307 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,965 [Tyson] So... 308 00:17:53,103 --> 00:17:55,517 I kind of need to ask a favor from you. 309 00:17:55,689 --> 00:17:59,172 Basically, Bob's screen deck is cracking out of it. 310 00:17:59,344 --> 00:18:03,310 I got a screen deck for us that will work, 311 00:18:03,482 --> 00:18:07,482 but it's in Vancouver Island and we need it here. 312 00:18:07,655 --> 00:18:09,896 [Tupper] That's OK, I can send a lowbed over to grab it. 313 00:18:10,034 --> 00:18:11,136 [Tyson] That would be great. 314 00:18:11,137 --> 00:18:13,517 The sooner-- the sooner we have it, the better. 315 00:18:13,689 --> 00:18:17,517 OK, so I know you're-- you're getting tired, and... 316 00:18:17,689 --> 00:18:19,379 Parker's got you doing lots. 317 00:18:19,551 --> 00:18:21,172 And you know what, though? 318 00:18:21,344 --> 00:18:24,482 Just stick with it and do what you do. 319 00:18:24,655 --> 00:18:27,793 - And get 'er, man. - Just heal up. 320 00:18:27,965 --> 00:18:29,689 And if anyone's got it, it's you. 321 00:18:29,862 --> 00:18:31,103 - Love you, man. - OK. 322 00:18:31,275 --> 00:18:32,689 - Love you, Tys. - See you, Tupp. 323 00:18:32,862 --> 00:18:34,000 - Talk to you. - [Tyson] Bye. 324 00:18:52,620 --> 00:18:53,620 Whew. 325 00:18:55,965 --> 00:18:57,310 Time to go see Kevin. 326 00:18:57,482 --> 00:18:59,172 Hope he's not in the middle of something, because I got 327 00:18:59,344 --> 00:19:00,379 to deliver some bad news. 328 00:19:03,758 --> 00:19:06,103 This venture means a lot to both of us. 329 00:19:06,275 --> 00:19:09,793 Like, for all the frustrations, finally being able to do it 330 00:19:09,965 --> 00:19:14,689 himself and finally being able to tell Tony that he succeeded 331 00:19:14,862 --> 00:19:17,310 is probably what Kevin would love to do. 332 00:19:21,068 --> 00:19:23,000 [sighs] 333 00:19:25,482 --> 00:19:27,413 - Hey, Kev. - [Kevin] Yep. 334 00:19:27,586 --> 00:19:29,000 [Faith] Can I have a word with you for a sec? 335 00:19:29,172 --> 00:19:30,103 [Kevin] Yeah, sure. 336 00:19:30,275 --> 00:19:31,517 [Kevin grunting] 337 00:19:35,413 --> 00:19:36,689 So... 338 00:19:36,862 --> 00:19:38,103 did a little bit of accounting and books, 339 00:19:38,275 --> 00:19:39,550 Mm-hmm. 340 00:19:39,551 --> 00:19:41,793 [Faith] We're pretty far away from our 2,000-ounce goal. 341 00:19:41,965 --> 00:19:43,379 Things are getting pretty bad. 342 00:19:44,689 --> 00:19:46,206 Well, [bleep]. 343 00:19:46,379 --> 00:19:48,482 Should we ask Tony for help? 344 00:19:48,655 --> 00:19:50,965 [Kevin] I-- I don't think so. 345 00:19:51,103 --> 00:19:53,482 I'd rather just do it on our own. 346 00:19:53,655 --> 00:19:54,793 [Faith] Mm. 347 00:19:54,965 --> 00:19:56,310 [Kevin] I mean, especially considering 348 00:19:56,482 --> 00:19:58,000 I'm not very good at asking for help. 349 00:19:58,137 --> 00:20:00,586 [Faith] No, you're usually quite stubborn. 350 00:20:00,758 --> 00:20:01,793 Kind of like your father. 351 00:20:03,103 --> 00:20:05,068 [Kevin] The ground is just not panning up. 352 00:20:05,241 --> 00:20:07,172 If we gotta cut any expenses we can, 353 00:20:08,379 --> 00:20:10,068 we'll just have to work our asses off. 354 00:20:10,241 --> 00:20:11,172 Yeah. 355 00:20:12,275 --> 00:20:13,379 [Kevin] All right. 356 00:20:14,689 --> 00:20:18,793 Tony Beets' eldest son, Kevin, is on the ropes. 357 00:20:19,896 --> 00:20:24,586 With less than a month to go in his second season as mine boss, 358 00:20:24,758 --> 00:20:28,413 he's still over a thousand ounces short of his goal 359 00:20:28,586 --> 00:20:31,206 and running out of cash fast. 360 00:20:31,379 --> 00:20:33,482 [Kevin] This year is in serious jeopardy. 361 00:20:33,655 --> 00:20:37,413 It's not showing up in the ground, which is [bleep]. 362 00:20:39,896 --> 00:20:42,793 I've been working for Tony for over 25 years. 363 00:20:42,965 --> 00:20:45,965 The easy answer, going to Tony for help, 364 00:20:46,103 --> 00:20:47,689 I don't think we're gonna [bleep] do it. 365 00:20:49,172 --> 00:20:51,896 I spoke a lot of big [bleep], so I better walk the walk 366 00:20:52,034 --> 00:20:53,896 that I'm trying to talk. 367 00:20:54,034 --> 00:20:55,000 All we can do. 368 00:20:59,517 --> 00:21:02,758 Kevin has spent ten weeks mining the seven-acre 369 00:21:02,931 --> 00:21:06,862 Sphinx Cut, but so far, it's not delivered 370 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,309 the gold he needs. 371 00:21:08,310 --> 00:21:11,103 [Chelsea] The 2,000-ounce goal does seem a little far off, 372 00:21:11,275 --> 00:21:12,481 but we'll see. 373 00:21:12,482 --> 00:21:15,620 Hopefully, all the work we're gonna put in pays off. 374 00:21:18,068 --> 00:21:20,379 [Ayla] Naturally, Kevin doesn't want to leave 375 00:21:20,551 --> 00:21:22,206 any gold in the ground 376 00:21:22,379 --> 00:21:24,275 with the price that gold is at the moment. 377 00:21:24,448 --> 00:21:27,206 So, yeah, we're all working our butts off 378 00:21:27,379 --> 00:21:28,275 to get it all through the plant. 379 00:21:31,758 --> 00:21:34,275 [Buzz speaking] 380 00:21:51,862 --> 00:21:56,172 To help keep the plant running 24/7 and increase gold 381 00:21:56,344 --> 00:21:59,413 production, Kevin's called in a trusted veteran. 382 00:22:00,793 --> 00:22:03,000 The birds are tweeting. The sun's out. 383 00:22:03,137 --> 00:22:04,482 [chuckles] 384 00:22:04,655 --> 00:22:05,965 I've had me breakfast. 385 00:22:07,689 --> 00:22:09,586 Happy as a piggy in [bleep]. 386 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,379 Gary Masters worked with Kevin last season 387 00:22:15,551 --> 00:22:18,310 and has 15 years' experience running a loader. 388 00:22:19,689 --> 00:22:21,172 [Gary] Back in the loader seat again. 389 00:22:21,344 --> 00:22:25,517 I had a message off of Kevin asking me 390 00:22:25,689 --> 00:22:29,620 to return for the-- for the final push. 391 00:22:29,793 --> 00:22:31,172 So, I got back to camp. 392 00:22:32,275 --> 00:22:34,862 Got back in the loader and now we're going to do that last 393 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,206 push to the end of the season. 394 00:22:37,379 --> 00:22:39,275 Recently got married. 395 00:22:39,448 --> 00:22:41,482 Shall we say cut the honeymoon a bit short? 396 00:22:43,758 --> 00:22:45,172 Which I don't mind. 397 00:22:45,344 --> 00:22:47,689 The new wife wasn't overly impressed, but... 398 00:22:49,310 --> 00:22:51,103 [laughs] 399 00:22:51,275 --> 00:22:53,689 The buggers here are like a little family, 400 00:22:53,862 --> 00:22:56,689 so hopefully we will meet our target 401 00:22:56,862 --> 00:22:58,862 and see the season out. 402 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,103 We're just battling on at the moment. 403 00:23:01,275 --> 00:23:03,379 Happy days. Plant's running again. 404 00:23:05,517 --> 00:23:07,482 Oh! We've got damage. 405 00:23:09,103 --> 00:23:11,172 Oh, [bleep] me! That wasn't a good one. 406 00:23:15,965 --> 00:23:17,482 Call for Kevin. Call for Kevin. 407 00:23:18,586 --> 00:23:19,896 [Kevin] Go for Kevin. 408 00:23:20,034 --> 00:23:25,689 You know the bar that goes from one side to the other, 409 00:23:25,862 --> 00:23:27,931 that has self-destructed. 410 00:23:30,379 --> 00:23:31,379 [Kevin] I'll be right there. 411 00:23:32,896 --> 00:23:34,862 Things keep breaking on us. 412 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,482 We really can't afford any [bleep] downtime. 413 00:23:49,172 --> 00:23:50,793 Oh! We've got damage. 414 00:23:52,551 --> 00:23:54,241 Ooh! 415 00:23:54,413 --> 00:23:56,379 We're gonna turn her off. Shut her down. 416 00:23:57,965 --> 00:24:01,275 Kevin's only moneymaker is shut down 417 00:24:01,448 --> 00:24:02,896 with broken grizzly bars. 418 00:24:11,448 --> 00:24:18,000 [Gary] It's the bar that runs this end straight through 419 00:24:18,137 --> 00:24:20,793 is broken and [bleep] bent. 420 00:24:20,965 --> 00:24:22,275 It's bent like a frigging banana. 421 00:24:22,448 --> 00:24:24,482 I'm gonna have to have a look at that. 422 00:24:24,655 --> 00:24:27,034 ♪ If it's not one thing, it's another ♪ 423 00:24:27,206 --> 00:24:29,000 [Gary] It's [bleep] atrocious. 424 00:24:29,172 --> 00:24:33,000 [Kevin] Yeah. So, start of the plan. 425 00:24:33,137 --> 00:24:35,344 We're gonna hook up our giant come-along here 426 00:24:35,517 --> 00:24:38,275 to the crossbeam, the piece of half-inch steel. 427 00:24:38,448 --> 00:24:40,758 Try and pull it straighter. 428 00:24:40,931 --> 00:24:42,586 At least get that end back through the hole 429 00:24:43,793 --> 00:24:45,586 and then see if we can straighten it out. 430 00:24:45,758 --> 00:24:48,482 Probably weld a support bracket to hold it in [bleep] place. 431 00:24:48,655 --> 00:24:51,137 Probably heat it to make it live in its new home. 432 00:24:52,655 --> 00:24:56,586 The hopper feeder's grizzly bars stop big rocks from 433 00:24:56,758 --> 00:25:00,896 traveling through and damaging Kevin's washplant. 434 00:25:01,034 --> 00:25:03,379 Two crossbeams that run through the center of 435 00:25:03,551 --> 00:25:07,379 the grizzlies are damaged due to large rocks smashing 436 00:25:07,551 --> 00:25:08,930 against them. 437 00:25:08,931 --> 00:25:13,344 To fix them, Kevin must heat the steel bars and use a winch 438 00:25:13,517 --> 00:25:15,689 to bend the beams back into position. 439 00:25:17,448 --> 00:25:20,793 Once in place, he will weld a support bracket 440 00:25:20,965 --> 00:25:22,655 at each end to secure them. 441 00:25:25,896 --> 00:25:28,965 It's not gonna be a 10-minute job. 442 00:25:29,103 --> 00:25:31,241 Being polite... Oh, gosh. 443 00:25:31,413 --> 00:25:32,965 [laughs] 444 00:25:35,275 --> 00:25:37,241 In real terms, [bleep]. 445 00:25:38,655 --> 00:25:40,034 [Kevin] Let's see. 446 00:25:40,206 --> 00:25:42,275 That should relieve a lot of tension if we can get it 447 00:25:42,448 --> 00:25:43,344 nice and red-hot. 448 00:25:50,655 --> 00:25:51,896 You want to try giving it a crank? 449 00:25:53,896 --> 00:25:55,000 Yeah, she's moving. 450 00:25:59,241 --> 00:26:01,137 [Gary] There she goes again. 451 00:26:01,310 --> 00:26:02,241 There we go. 452 00:26:04,689 --> 00:26:06,793 This is back in the right place. 453 00:26:06,965 --> 00:26:10,965 I'm gonna weld either end of it before we take this off to help 454 00:26:11,103 --> 00:26:12,379 hold it in [bleep] spot. 455 00:26:12,551 --> 00:26:14,482 [crackling] 456 00:26:17,586 --> 00:26:19,172 [grunting] OK. 457 00:26:19,344 --> 00:26:20,448 That's the last weld, Gary. 458 00:26:21,862 --> 00:26:23,379 [Gary] Brilliant. 459 00:26:23,551 --> 00:26:25,344 Hopefully now we can make it to the end of the season 460 00:26:25,517 --> 00:26:26,758 without any more [bleep] work. 461 00:26:27,793 --> 00:26:30,896 Shut down for six hours, 462 00:26:31,034 --> 00:26:36,103 it's cost over $15,000 in lost gold production. 463 00:26:36,275 --> 00:26:38,000 Screen deck on. 464 00:26:38,137 --> 00:26:41,000 - [sharp creaking] - [machine rumbling] 465 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:49,379 I'm very confident about the fix. 466 00:26:51,586 --> 00:26:54,000 All right, nice, good-sized bucket. 467 00:26:56,482 --> 00:26:57,896 See him cutting the rocks in there, too. 468 00:26:58,034 --> 00:26:59,896 That's good. 469 00:27:00,103 --> 00:27:02,000 Good test for the welds. 470 00:27:03,137 --> 00:27:04,586 Looks good, Gary. It's looking good. 471 00:27:06,275 --> 00:27:09,344 - Nice and smooth. - Plant is running. 472 00:27:09,517 --> 00:27:11,172 We are finding gold. 473 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:14,965 Hopefully now we can make it to the end of the season 474 00:27:15,103 --> 00:27:16,034 without any more work. 475 00:27:17,103 --> 00:27:18,137 Fingers crossed. 476 00:27:27,172 --> 00:27:28,896 [bird cawing] 477 00:27:33,689 --> 00:27:35,379 [intriguing music plays] 478 00:27:44,655 --> 00:27:47,034 From what we've had to deal with, I think things are... 479 00:27:47,206 --> 00:27:48,689 are looking actually positive right now. 480 00:27:48,862 --> 00:27:50,862 We're gonna fight to get as much gold as we can get. 481 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,896 Is there gonna be enough here to be able to hit our goal, 482 00:27:54,034 --> 00:27:56,034 hit 1,800 ounces? I don't know. 483 00:27:56,206 --> 00:27:58,275 Obviously, we got a long ways to go, but we know 484 00:27:58,448 --> 00:28:00,068 that we're on the gold. 485 00:28:00,241 --> 00:28:03,655 After a two-month gold drought, Rick and his skeleton 486 00:28:03,827 --> 00:28:07,965 crew are finally back running Vegas Valley pay, 487 00:28:08,103 --> 00:28:12,000 chasing a 350-ounce week. 488 00:28:12,137 --> 00:28:14,689 Everything seems to be going really well. 489 00:28:14,862 --> 00:28:16,000 Pretty steady pace. 490 00:28:16,172 --> 00:28:18,655 We're pushing pull quite a bit of gold out 491 00:28:18,827 --> 00:28:20,000 in the last four weeks here. 492 00:28:23,896 --> 00:28:27,068 Plant's running exactly how we want it to run. 493 00:28:27,241 --> 00:28:29,793 Right now, we're right on cue to be where we need. 494 00:28:29,965 --> 00:28:31,137 Keep the gold coming out. 495 00:28:32,275 --> 00:28:33,896 Go home with some [bleep] money. 496 00:28:34,034 --> 00:28:37,793 While Kyle feeds Monster Red and mechanic Ryan clears 497 00:28:37,965 --> 00:28:42,241 its tailings, rock truck drivers Chris and Kai haul 498 00:28:42,413 --> 00:28:43,896 paydirt to the stockpile. 499 00:28:44,034 --> 00:28:46,689 1,800 ounces sounds like a lot, but, you know, we got a good 500 00:28:46,862 --> 00:28:50,896 crew, so I'm excited for keep money coming in and, you know, 501 00:28:51,034 --> 00:28:52,965 obviously go home with a good gold bonus. 502 00:28:53,103 --> 00:28:55,172 With the way gold prices are today... 503 00:28:58,586 --> 00:28:59,965 [loud bang] 504 00:29:02,344 --> 00:29:03,482 [Kai] Oh, [bleep]! 505 00:29:05,655 --> 00:29:07,689 You got to be kidding me. 506 00:29:07,862 --> 00:29:09,068 [bleep], eh. 507 00:29:11,586 --> 00:29:12,758 [bleep] [bleep]. 508 00:29:20,758 --> 00:29:22,000 Yep... 509 00:29:24,482 --> 00:29:25,793 Ryan, you got a copy? 510 00:29:26,793 --> 00:29:29,758 - [Ryan] Yeah, go ahead. - [Kai] My tire went flat. 511 00:29:29,931 --> 00:29:31,379 We got to get a new tire. 512 00:29:31,551 --> 00:29:32,482 [Ryan] Just what we [bleep] need. 513 00:29:36,379 --> 00:29:38,793 A rock truck down, Kai jumps 514 00:29:38,965 --> 00:29:41,586 into Rick's only spare working truck. 515 00:29:43,896 --> 00:29:46,448 [Kai] We're not having the greatest luck towards the end 516 00:29:46,620 --> 00:29:47,793 of the season here. 517 00:29:54,896 --> 00:29:56,379 [horn chirps] 518 00:30:07,275 --> 00:30:08,275 Hey, Chris, you got a copy? 519 00:30:09,793 --> 00:30:11,586 Yeah, go ahead. 520 00:30:11,758 --> 00:30:13,448 Yeah, buddy, your truck's making some noises 521 00:30:13,620 --> 00:30:15,172 in your driveline area. 522 00:30:15,344 --> 00:30:17,862 - [bleep]. - [Bailey] Yeah, it doesn't sound really good. 523 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,586 [bleep]! 524 00:30:19,758 --> 00:30:20,793 Ryan's not gonna be happy. 525 00:30:22,482 --> 00:30:24,103 [Ryan] [bleep]. 526 00:30:24,275 --> 00:30:26,034 I'll take a look at it real quick. 527 00:30:26,206 --> 00:30:28,103 [bleep]! 528 00:30:28,275 --> 00:30:30,689 - Hey, Kyle, you got a copy? - Yeah, go ahead. 529 00:30:30,862 --> 00:30:32,275 Hey, shut the plant down, dude. 530 00:30:32,448 --> 00:30:34,379 We've already got two trucks down. 531 00:30:34,551 --> 00:30:35,862 [Kyle] All right. I'll shut her down. 532 00:30:42,241 --> 00:30:45,275 [Ryan] We got two trucks down with hardly any gold right now. 533 00:30:45,448 --> 00:30:46,689 [plant winds down] 534 00:30:46,862 --> 00:30:48,034 Unfortunately, we gotta shut the plant down 535 00:30:48,206 --> 00:30:49,172 and go get this fixed. 536 00:31:02,551 --> 00:31:04,655 [suspenseful music plays] 537 00:31:06,034 --> 00:31:10,344 This radio call from Chris saying, his rear of the truck's 538 00:31:10,517 --> 00:31:12,275 making a [bleep] clonking noise on it right now. 539 00:31:12,448 --> 00:31:14,137 We got another truck down with a tire. 540 00:31:14,310 --> 00:31:18,758 After just two days running, Monster Red is once again 541 00:31:18,931 --> 00:31:22,448 at a standstill while Rick's sluicing crew 542 00:31:22,620 --> 00:31:24,379 fix two broken rock trucks. 543 00:31:36,344 --> 00:31:38,103 Is his driveline, it's taken a couple 544 00:31:38,275 --> 00:31:39,550 pretty good shots. 545 00:31:39,551 --> 00:31:43,172 This driveline's [bleep] up, just [bleep] taking a toll. 546 00:31:43,344 --> 00:31:46,586 This is the Ness crew's third broken drive shaft 547 00:31:46,758 --> 00:31:48,034 of the season. 548 00:31:48,206 --> 00:31:49,689 [Ryan] You know, we got a spare driveline. 549 00:31:49,862 --> 00:31:52,689 But right now, this is the last functioning one we got. 550 00:31:52,862 --> 00:31:54,172 Kyle's giving me a hand. 551 00:31:54,344 --> 00:31:56,551 He's kind of taking on the rock truck tire 552 00:31:56,724 --> 00:31:58,034 that we've got damaged. 553 00:31:58,206 --> 00:31:59,689 [Kyle] This is our last spare tire. 554 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,793 So we're just trying to tackle two things at once here. 555 00:32:03,965 --> 00:32:05,000 We're not running the washplant, 556 00:32:05,137 --> 00:32:06,896 so that means no gold coming in. 557 00:32:07,034 --> 00:32:09,034 Trying to get this done as quick as possible. 558 00:32:09,206 --> 00:32:11,172 - [tools cranking] - [Ryan] OK, rotate. 559 00:32:12,275 --> 00:32:13,275 All right, how's that? 560 00:32:14,758 --> 00:32:16,586 - Just the slip yoke. - [Chris] Perfect. 561 00:32:17,896 --> 00:32:19,689 - [Ryan] See you later. - [Chris] All good? 562 00:32:19,862 --> 00:32:21,172 - [Ryan] Yep. - [Chris] Excellent. 563 00:32:21,344 --> 00:32:22,448 [Ryan] All right. 564 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,896 [Chris] So, now we're back in the two-truck game. 565 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,274 [Ryan] We've got Chris fixed up. 566 00:32:32,275 --> 00:32:34,275 Now we need to get this one done, because it's bound to 567 00:32:34,448 --> 00:32:36,482 happen again that we lose another one. 568 00:32:36,655 --> 00:32:37,586 Yeah, bring her down a little. 569 00:32:41,551 --> 00:32:43,896 Now we got this tire on here, we'll put some air in it. 570 00:32:44,034 --> 00:32:46,000 Me and Ryan can get our ass back to that washplant 571 00:32:46,172 --> 00:32:47,724 and keep running pay. 572 00:32:50,137 --> 00:32:51,896 [Ryan] We really got to tighten up and be careful 573 00:32:52,034 --> 00:32:53,240 the rest of the season. 574 00:32:53,241 --> 00:32:55,275 Otherwise, our chance at 1,800 isn't going to happen. 575 00:32:56,551 --> 00:32:57,896 Unfortunately, it was two hours of bull[bleep] 576 00:32:58,034 --> 00:32:59,379 we didn't need to do right there. 577 00:32:59,551 --> 00:33:00,551 Downtime is crucial. 578 00:33:00,724 --> 00:33:02,000 Every minute adds up out here, 579 00:33:02,137 --> 00:33:03,655 and especially when you got winter around the corner. 580 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:07,034 Fire it back up. 581 00:33:07,206 --> 00:33:08,482 Fire her up. I'll jump in that loader. 582 00:33:18,793 --> 00:33:22,275 Monster Red may be back in the game, but the crew needs 583 00:33:22,448 --> 00:33:26,655 a record-breaking gold haul to claw back lost time. 584 00:33:28,551 --> 00:33:29,586 It's just a lot right now, man. 585 00:33:29,758 --> 00:33:32,000 Everybody's tired, so is the equipment. 586 00:33:34,482 --> 00:33:36,172 But the good thing is we're back up and running. 587 00:33:36,344 --> 00:33:37,517 Bailey's got his trucks back. 588 00:33:38,586 --> 00:33:40,758 We got the plant fired up, and we're sluicing again. 589 00:33:51,862 --> 00:33:54,344 [intriguing music plays] 590 00:33:56,275 --> 00:33:58,793 The screen deck in Bob keeps cracking apart. 591 00:33:58,965 --> 00:34:00,274 We keep fixing it. 592 00:34:00,275 --> 00:34:03,862 It's a major job to fix them, which we don't have time for. 593 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:08,448 At Dominion's laydown yard, washplant Bob is shut down, 594 00:34:08,620 --> 00:34:10,896 awaiting a new screen deck. 595 00:34:11,034 --> 00:34:13,586 With how high the gold price is, we can't afford that much 596 00:34:13,758 --> 00:34:16,379 downtime, so I've asked the guys to bring Sluicifer in. 597 00:34:16,551 --> 00:34:18,793 We could keep Sluicifer in the whole time, but Bob runs 598 00:34:18,965 --> 00:34:20,172 a little more yardage, which helps, 599 00:34:20,344 --> 00:34:22,586 but more importantly than that, 600 00:34:22,758 --> 00:34:24,793 Sluicifer does really poorly in the cold. 601 00:34:24,965 --> 00:34:27,586 When Bob's fixed, we will put it back in, I think. 602 00:34:27,758 --> 00:34:29,793 I think we have to, because... 603 00:34:29,965 --> 00:34:32,034 we have a lot of pay to sluice, and it's getting cold. 604 00:34:38,448 --> 00:34:41,586 You know, it's getting near the end of the season and this 605 00:34:41,758 --> 00:34:43,482 is when crunch time happens. 606 00:34:43,655 --> 00:34:46,586 The pressure's on now and it'll be on until we're done. 607 00:34:46,758 --> 00:34:48,551 At Parker's washplant yard, 608 00:34:48,724 --> 00:34:51,000 with Tyson's friend Tupper's help, 609 00:34:51,172 --> 00:34:54,172 mechanic Bill Horton has a special delivery. 610 00:34:54,344 --> 00:34:57,862 Can I interest anybody in a screen deck? 611 00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:59,793 That was perfect timing. 612 00:34:59,965 --> 00:35:01,275 Tupper, he was able to help us out, 613 00:35:01,448 --> 00:35:03,896 get the screen deck up here. - [Liam] That looks awesome. 614 00:35:05,379 --> 00:35:07,793 To swap the new screen deck into Bob, 615 00:35:08,896 --> 00:35:11,586 the crew must first disassemble the plant's hopper. 616 00:35:13,586 --> 00:35:15,275 Next, they will remove 617 00:35:15,448 --> 00:35:17,344 the cracked seven-ton shaker deck, 618 00:35:18,758 --> 00:35:22,482 then crane the new shaker deck back onto its springs, 619 00:35:23,793 --> 00:35:26,275 followed by the hopper feeder and spray bars. 620 00:35:30,344 --> 00:35:33,482 So, we get the crane set up here and pick 621 00:35:33,655 --> 00:35:34,896 this hopper off first. 622 00:35:36,137 --> 00:35:39,172 [Jordan] We've never done a screen deck here on site. 623 00:35:39,344 --> 00:35:42,172 But we're also doing triple the ground we used to do 624 00:35:42,344 --> 00:35:45,586 and the sluicing hours are crazy, so it's bound to happen. 625 00:35:51,241 --> 00:35:52,758 [Justin] Piece number two coming off. 626 00:35:54,379 --> 00:35:55,482 That's awesome. 627 00:35:56,551 --> 00:35:57,655 And then it's screen deck time. 628 00:36:02,172 --> 00:36:04,344 We got to come this way some, because we got some bolts 629 00:36:04,517 --> 00:36:06,172 coming through here that are gonna hook. 630 00:36:08,655 --> 00:36:09,896 OK, you're clear here now. 631 00:36:17,103 --> 00:36:19,000 [clattering] 632 00:36:19,137 --> 00:36:21,310 Sorry. Whoa! One second. 633 00:36:23,793 --> 00:36:26,137 [clattering] 634 00:36:26,310 --> 00:36:29,172 Just a spring. OK, now you're clear. 635 00:36:30,689 --> 00:36:31,689 Yeah, I'm going this side. 636 00:36:34,103 --> 00:36:35,758 Everything's looking good. 637 00:36:35,931 --> 00:36:37,379 If we can get it setting on the ground here, 638 00:36:37,551 --> 00:36:38,689 then we'll be good. 639 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:41,655 Great job. 640 00:36:44,103 --> 00:36:45,172 [Jordan] This is the big moment here. 641 00:36:45,344 --> 00:36:48,000 We're gonna lift the new screen deck into place. 642 00:36:48,137 --> 00:36:51,896 Hopefully this all goes as smooth as it came apart. 643 00:36:52,034 --> 00:36:54,275 [Bill] Hopefully we get this screen deck setting on here on top 644 00:36:54,448 --> 00:36:56,172 of these springs without hurting anything. 645 00:36:56,344 --> 00:36:58,172 You know, if we smash the pulley off the end 646 00:36:58,344 --> 00:37:00,862 or bend the shaft, we're pretty much [bleep]. 647 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:02,275 So it's only $100,000. 648 00:37:02,448 --> 00:37:03,758 I'm sure we can just pick up another one tomorrow 649 00:37:03,931 --> 00:37:05,000 at the corner store. 650 00:37:05,172 --> 00:37:06,379 - [Jordan] Ready? - [Bill] Yeah. 651 00:37:15,896 --> 00:37:17,275 Try to steady it, OK? 652 00:37:18,758 --> 00:37:21,172 Just want to bump the springs and get them in the pillar. 653 00:37:23,379 --> 00:37:26,379 - Is that all four this side in? - [Liam] Yeah, they're all in. 654 00:37:30,482 --> 00:37:31,793 Brand new screen deck's in place. 655 00:37:39,172 --> 00:37:40,655 [Tyson] About time we get her out to the field 656 00:37:40,827 --> 00:37:42,034 and put her to the test. 657 00:37:48,586 --> 00:37:51,068 The way the gold's been coming in, we really need four 658 00:37:51,241 --> 00:37:54,275 washplants to help us pull off 10,000 ounces this year. 659 00:37:56,275 --> 00:37:57,482 You know, right now, we're pulling 660 00:37:57,655 --> 00:37:58,758 into the Bridge Cut. 661 00:38:07,965 --> 00:38:09,793 We're gonna shut Sluicifer down, get the washplants 662 00:38:09,965 --> 00:38:13,172 traded out, and get Bob fired up in no time. 663 00:38:22,172 --> 00:38:23,586 Sluicifer moved out... 664 00:38:23,758 --> 00:38:26,172 [Alec] Looking good, Tyson, looking good. 665 00:38:26,344 --> 00:38:28,172 ...it's time to swap in Bob. 666 00:38:31,482 --> 00:38:34,241 [Alec] Here it comes, here it comes. 667 00:38:34,413 --> 00:38:36,068 I think that's a beautiful spot. 668 00:38:36,241 --> 00:38:38,379 Swing towards the washplant slowly. 669 00:38:42,793 --> 00:38:46,379 OK, good there. Looking good, Tyson. 670 00:38:46,551 --> 00:38:47,896 [Tyson] Whoo-hoo! 671 00:38:48,034 --> 00:38:50,689 So, right now we're getting ready to fire up here. 672 00:38:50,862 --> 00:38:52,103 Here we go. 673 00:38:58,448 --> 00:39:02,379 After four washplant moves in one week... 674 00:39:02,551 --> 00:39:04,862 [Tyson] First scoop of pay going into Bob's new shaker deck. 675 00:39:10,241 --> 00:39:12,793 ...Bob is back sluicing, 676 00:39:12,965 --> 00:39:17,689 ready to help chase down Parker's 10,000 ounce goal. 677 00:39:17,862 --> 00:39:20,275 [Tyson] And hopefully it's the last of the downtime here 678 00:39:20,448 --> 00:39:21,689 in the Bridge Cut. 679 00:39:33,068 --> 00:39:36,034 [ominous music plays] 680 00:39:41,482 --> 00:39:43,000 - Hey, Kev. - Hey, Faith. 681 00:39:43,137 --> 00:39:45,379 - How she goes? - Good. 682 00:39:45,551 --> 00:39:47,241 - Ah, I see you brought... - A little something something. 683 00:39:47,413 --> 00:39:48,896 [Kevin] A little something something? 684 00:39:49,034 --> 00:39:52,344 Kevin and Faith are over 1,000 ounces short 685 00:39:52,517 --> 00:39:54,448 of their 2,000 ounce goal. 686 00:39:55,448 --> 00:39:58,586 So we had a bit of a rough week with the grizzly bar issue. 687 00:39:59,586 --> 00:40:00,723 Yeah. 688 00:40:00,724 --> 00:40:02,379 But it's nice to have Gary running the equipment. 689 00:40:02,551 --> 00:40:05,034 Oh, yeah. Gary's always nice. 690 00:40:05,206 --> 00:40:06,689 Nice, cool head, keep an eye on [bleep] too. 691 00:40:06,862 --> 00:40:08,344 Mm-hmm. 692 00:40:08,517 --> 00:40:09,482 Should we weigh it up, find out? 693 00:40:09,655 --> 00:40:10,723 Sure. 694 00:40:10,724 --> 00:40:14,000 Kevin has two weeks of gold to weigh up. 695 00:40:14,172 --> 00:40:18,689 So far, his Sphinx Cut has been averaging just 75 ounces 696 00:40:18,862 --> 00:40:19,896 per week. 697 00:40:20,034 --> 00:40:23,000 [Kevin] 25, 30, 35... 698 00:40:23,172 --> 00:40:25,896 45, 55. 699 00:40:26,034 --> 00:40:28,758 To get back on track, he needs it to deliver 700 00:40:28,931 --> 00:40:31,068 250 ounces. 701 00:40:31,241 --> 00:40:35,689 [Kevin] 170, 180, 190, 200... 702 00:40:35,862 --> 00:40:39,000 220... 703 00:40:39,137 --> 00:40:41,137 221.87. 704 00:40:42,344 --> 00:40:47,034 Worth $798,000. 705 00:40:47,206 --> 00:40:49,482 The ground is picking up a little bit, thankfully. 706 00:40:49,655 --> 00:40:51,551 Yeah! 707 00:40:51,724 --> 00:40:54,896 Kevin's gold haul pushes his season total 708 00:40:55,034 --> 00:40:59,034 to 1,215 ounces. 709 00:40:59,206 --> 00:41:01,068 I mean, it's a good thing that gold price is this high. 710 00:41:01,241 --> 00:41:03,965 Yeah, gold prices are so high that, like, you just want 711 00:41:04,103 --> 00:41:05,827 to catch every single flake. - [Kevin] Yeah. 712 00:41:08,275 --> 00:41:11,379 That wasn't too bad. Ground is picking up. 713 00:41:11,551 --> 00:41:12,793 It goes to show, though, 714 00:41:12,965 --> 00:41:16,965 hiring good people like Gary pays off. 715 00:41:17,103 --> 00:41:18,793 So I have to take the knocks and keep on going. 716 00:41:28,551 --> 00:41:29,586 - [Brennan] Hello. - [Doumitt] Hey, Junior. 717 00:41:29,758 --> 00:41:30,586 - How's it going, folks? - [Doumitt] Good. 718 00:41:30,758 --> 00:41:31,999 How you doing, buddy? 719 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:35,896 Last week, Parker's crew delivered over 600 ounces. 720 00:41:37,103 --> 00:41:40,862 Now, despite having to play musical washplants, 721 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,034 he's hoping for more. 722 00:41:43,206 --> 00:41:44,068 [Tyson] Hey, Doumitt. 723 00:41:44,241 --> 00:41:45,448 - Hey, T. - [Tyson] How are you? 724 00:41:45,620 --> 00:41:47,482 Good. Busy, like everybody. 725 00:41:47,655 --> 00:41:48,862 It was very busy. 726 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:52,103 Well, it started with Bob's new shaker deck showed up. 727 00:41:52,275 --> 00:41:54,000 Trade Bob for Sluicifer. 728 00:41:54,172 --> 00:41:55,689 [Parker] 'Cause you just moved four washplants. 729 00:41:55,862 --> 00:41:57,102 [Mitch] Musical washplants. 730 00:41:57,103 --> 00:42:00,172 Oh, it was like, it's good we have the spare washplant. 731 00:42:00,344 --> 00:42:02,379 [Mitch] It's nice getting that new screen cage in Bob, though. 732 00:42:02,551 --> 00:42:03,448 [Tyson] Yeah. 733 00:42:03,620 --> 00:42:04,586 That should really make a difference. 734 00:42:04,758 --> 00:42:05,965 [Tyson] It really gave it a facelift. 735 00:42:06,103 --> 00:42:07,758 Like, it looked like a brand new washplant. 736 00:42:07,931 --> 00:42:09,102 I called Tupper. 737 00:42:09,103 --> 00:42:11,103 His company went to the island and hauled it for us. 738 00:42:11,275 --> 00:42:14,172 - And yeah, all worked out well. - How's he doing? 739 00:42:14,344 --> 00:42:15,689 - Good, yeah. - On the mend? 740 00:42:15,862 --> 00:42:19,379 - On the mend, yeah. - I miss that guy. 741 00:42:19,551 --> 00:42:20,964 I'm glad that worked out. 742 00:42:20,965 --> 00:42:23,896 [Tyson] It was his way of being up here, I guess, this year. 743 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:26,172 Hopefully it paid off, though, 744 00:42:26,344 --> 00:42:27,517 all the musical washplants. 745 00:42:29,034 --> 00:42:32,379 Just far enough away from the end of the season that 746 00:42:32,551 --> 00:42:33,793 you don't want the downtime. 747 00:42:35,068 --> 00:42:38,000 - Are we doing five cleanups? - [Doumitt] Doing five, yeah. 748 00:42:39,793 --> 00:42:41,379 [Tyson] Well, how did we do this week, Doumitt? 749 00:42:41,551 --> 00:42:42,655 - You want to take a look? - [Tyson] Yeah. 750 00:42:44,793 --> 00:42:46,586 Bob. Broken Bob. 751 00:42:46,758 --> 00:42:47,758 [Tyson] Here we go. 752 00:42:47,931 --> 00:42:49,758 Let's see what the new screen deck got us. 753 00:42:49,931 --> 00:42:53,172 Bob ran for just 37 hours in the Bridge Cut. 754 00:42:54,551 --> 00:42:56,482 20, 30... 755 00:42:58,586 --> 00:43:01,034 35.6. 756 00:43:01,206 --> 00:43:02,275 That's it? 757 00:43:02,448 --> 00:43:03,758 [Parker] But Bob's fixed and running, 758 00:43:03,931 --> 00:43:05,379 and it'll be all right. 759 00:43:05,551 --> 00:43:08,068 This is part two of your musical washplants. 760 00:43:08,241 --> 00:43:09,619 This is Sluicifer. 761 00:43:09,620 --> 00:43:11,103 [Tyson] Is this what all the blood, sweat, and tears got us? 762 00:43:11,275 --> 00:43:12,172 [Doumitt] Yeah. 763 00:43:12,344 --> 00:43:14,000 [Tyson] Five, 15... 764 00:43:14,137 --> 00:43:18,275 Swapping in for Bob, Sluicifer ran for 35 hours. 765 00:43:20,758 --> 00:43:22,655 - [Doumitt] That's it, man. - [Tyson] That's it? 766 00:43:22,827 --> 00:43:24,379 32.55. 767 00:43:26,172 --> 00:43:28,344 Gold's worth a lot, isn't it? [laughing] 768 00:43:28,517 --> 00:43:30,655 No, I mean, it's 100 grand we wouldn't have had. 769 00:43:33,068 --> 00:43:34,344 Well, this is Big Red. 770 00:43:34,517 --> 00:43:35,862 This is what happens when the plant stays 771 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:38,758 in the same spot. - [Tyson] Here we go. 772 00:43:38,931 --> 00:43:42,275 Got 20, 40, 80... 773 00:43:42,448 --> 00:43:45,758 Last week, Big Red in the Golden Mile pulled in 774 00:43:45,931 --> 00:43:48,793 over 133 ounces. 775 00:43:48,965 --> 00:43:52,482 [Tyson] 143.15. 776 00:43:52,655 --> 00:43:54,137 That ground's been consistent. 777 00:43:55,896 --> 00:43:58,655 It's your baby, GG. There you go. 778 00:43:58,827 --> 00:44:00,586 OK, here we go, Parker. You ready? 779 00:44:00,758 --> 00:44:01,758 [Parker] Yeah. 780 00:44:03,965 --> 00:44:08,379 20, 60, 90... 781 00:44:08,551 --> 00:44:13,275 Also sluicing the Golden Mile, new washplant Golden Goose, 782 00:44:13,448 --> 00:44:16,896 which last week brought in 177 ounces. 783 00:44:17,034 --> 00:44:18,896 [Parker] 170... 784 00:44:19,034 --> 00:44:22,034 187.05. 785 00:44:22,206 --> 00:44:24,551 - Nice. - Yeah. 786 00:44:24,724 --> 00:44:27,000 I'm glad that plant's doing well. 787 00:44:27,137 --> 00:44:33,000 Parker's Dominion operation has delivered 398 ounces. 788 00:44:33,137 --> 00:44:34,965 [Doumitt] You want to see how Roxanne did, Mitch? 789 00:44:35,103 --> 00:44:36,896 - [Mitch] Yeah, buddy. - [Doumitt] Here we go. 790 00:44:37,034 --> 00:44:38,896 All right. 791 00:44:39,034 --> 00:44:44,172 15, 35, 70. 792 00:44:44,344 --> 00:44:47,551 Ken and Stuart's Pit Two has averaged nearly 793 00:44:47,724 --> 00:44:49,896 140 ounces per week. 794 00:44:51,172 --> 00:44:54,172 [Mitch] 150.2. 795 00:44:54,344 --> 00:44:56,103 [Brennan] Yeah. 796 00:44:56,275 --> 00:45:00,862 This week, 548.55. 797 00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:04,241 Parker's five plant blitz has scored 798 00:45:04,413 --> 00:45:07,482 nearly $2 million this week. 799 00:45:07,655 --> 00:45:13,448 What's cool is our season total is 8,942.2. 800 00:45:13,620 --> 00:45:14,758 [Brennan] Nice. 801 00:45:14,931 --> 00:45:16,586 [Mitch] Well, let's get to that 10,000. 802 00:45:16,758 --> 00:45:17,965 - [Doumitt] All right, gentlemen. - Thanks, guys. 803 00:45:18,103 --> 00:45:20,896 - [Brennan] Thank you. - [Doumitt] Thanks, buddy. 804 00:45:21,034 --> 00:45:24,137 - Keep it going. - Thanks for making this work. 805 00:45:24,310 --> 00:45:26,000 And, like, the thing with Bob and Sluicifer, 806 00:45:26,137 --> 00:45:27,379 I'm sorry that happened. 807 00:45:27,551 --> 00:45:29,068 If I'd have known it was for 60 ounces, 808 00:45:29,241 --> 00:45:30,793 I wouldn't have done it. 809 00:45:30,965 --> 00:45:33,448 At today's prices, it was worth it. 810 00:45:33,620 --> 00:45:34,689 - Thanks. - [Doumitt] Thanks. 811 00:45:46,655 --> 00:45:47,689 [Kai] Look at this guy. 812 00:45:47,862 --> 00:45:49,275 Is he going on a hot date tonight, or what? 813 00:45:49,448 --> 00:45:50,379 Shut your mouth. 814 00:45:50,551 --> 00:45:52,068 [wolf whistling] 815 00:45:52,241 --> 00:45:53,793 [Rick] I can put on a clean shirt every now and then. 816 00:45:53,965 --> 00:45:54,896 [Kai laughs] 817 00:45:55,034 --> 00:45:57,482 After eight weeks without sluicing 818 00:45:57,655 --> 00:46:00,275 and over a million dollars in the hole, 819 00:46:00,448 --> 00:46:03,241 Rick finally has gold to weigh. 820 00:46:03,413 --> 00:46:05,379 [Ryan] Right now, it's good to see that gold. 821 00:46:05,551 --> 00:46:07,965 I mean, that's just a right step in the right direction. 822 00:46:08,103 --> 00:46:09,103 Yep. 823 00:46:09,275 --> 00:46:11,034 I forgot what gold looked like. 824 00:46:11,206 --> 00:46:13,172 Right now, yeah, like 350 ounces a week 825 00:46:13,344 --> 00:46:15,586 is what we need right now to hit our goal. 826 00:46:15,758 --> 00:46:17,689 I know it's [bleep] that we had to abandon Valhalla 827 00:46:17,862 --> 00:46:20,448 but had to do what we had to do, I guess. 828 00:46:20,620 --> 00:46:22,586 And at least there was pay left over from last year. 829 00:46:22,758 --> 00:46:26,034 Yeah, Vegas Valley, we know that's good pay. 830 00:46:26,206 --> 00:46:28,172 [Kyle] This is the second time we're gambling on Vegas Valley. 831 00:46:28,344 --> 00:46:29,343 [Bailey] Yeah. 832 00:46:29,344 --> 00:46:30,379 [Kyle] We gambled on it last year, too. 833 00:46:30,551 --> 00:46:31,586 [Ryan] I don't think we have a choice. 834 00:46:31,758 --> 00:46:33,310 No, we don't. 835 00:46:35,793 --> 00:46:37,586 I mean, it always comes down to the end of the season for us, 836 00:46:37,758 --> 00:46:39,103 but this one, I think, is going to be rough. 837 00:46:40,655 --> 00:46:42,172 Let's see if we can put a dent in it anyways. 838 00:46:43,172 --> 00:46:47,000 Uh, by the way, that first 100 ounces is in there. 839 00:46:47,172 --> 00:46:50,034 And this is whatever we got to go on top of that. 840 00:46:50,206 --> 00:46:51,310 All right. 841 00:46:53,793 --> 00:46:58,172 [Ryan] Whoa, 10, 20, 30... It's going. 842 00:46:59,344 --> 00:47:00,379 Where are we at? 843 00:47:00,551 --> 00:47:04,379 95, 97, 98, 100... 844 00:47:04,551 --> 00:47:06,689 105.4! 845 00:47:06,862 --> 00:47:08,275 That's good, man. 846 00:47:08,448 --> 00:47:10,000 [Rick] Plus a hundred, so that's 205.4 847 00:47:10,137 --> 00:47:11,344 [Ryan] 205.4. 848 00:47:11,517 --> 00:47:12,793 [bleep] yeah! 849 00:47:12,965 --> 00:47:17,586 Worth just over 730,000 dollars. 850 00:47:17,758 --> 00:47:20,137 [Kyle] It ain't 350 but we'll take it. 851 00:47:20,310 --> 00:47:22,896 That's a lot of money man, it's hard to be upset at that. 852 00:47:23,034 --> 00:47:25,896 643.84 ounces, 853 00:47:26,034 --> 00:47:27,551 which is a lot, but... 854 00:47:27,724 --> 00:47:29,862 [bleep] man, we're running out of time. 855 00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:31,586 I know we can do this and I appreciate 856 00:47:31,758 --> 00:47:32,689 you guys sticking it out, man. 857 00:47:32,862 --> 00:47:33,793 I really do. 858 00:47:33,965 --> 00:47:34,965 Without you guys this doesn't happen. 859 00:47:35,103 --> 00:47:36,275 - Yep - So, thanks, guys! 860 00:47:36,448 --> 00:47:37,793 [all cheering] 861 00:47:41,793 --> 00:47:43,862 [Ryan] Yeah, it's good to see that amount of gold. 862 00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:47,793 205.4 ounces is amazing after having nothing. 863 00:47:47,965 --> 00:47:49,655 Guys really pulled it together. 864 00:47:49,827 --> 00:47:51,586 Unfortunate thing is, we still got a long ways to go. 865 00:47:53,034 --> 00:47:55,448 Well, you know, hard to be sad about 205 ounces of gold 866 00:47:55,620 --> 00:47:57,379 these days, but, you know, it's not quite the number 867 00:47:57,551 --> 00:47:59,689 we need, but I know now we're on the right path, 868 00:47:59,862 --> 00:48:01,275 and we just got to [bleep] work for it.