1 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:33,880 [narrator] Tony Beets only has a few weeks left in the season and wants 2 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,760 to blow his rivals out of the water 3 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,160 to secure his crown as King of the Klondike. 4 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:45,280 He's already stacked over $30 million, 5 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:50,320 but with the gold price jumping another $100 an ounce, 6 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:52,600 the king is hungry for more. 7 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:19,880 [truck horn honking] 8 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:30,000 If Tony is to hit a record 1000 ounce haul this week, 9 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,160 he needs to run the fresh Hester Cut pay. 10 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,920 Now let's see if we can find some gold in the pay. 11 00:01:36,039 --> 00:01:38,000 And for that, he needs to set up 12 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:41,880 his fourth wash plant, Harald, fast. 13 00:01:41,960 --> 00:01:43,120 It's time to build her up. 14 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,120 Build him up, I guess, huh? It's a Harald. 15 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:52,120 First step, build the pad for the 100 yard an hour plant. 16 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,840 Pile over here, pile in the middle, 17 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:56,280 and a pile over there. -OK. 18 00:01:57,720 --> 00:01:58,759 Also, I think about a step back. 19 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:09,320 [Colby] It's looking pretty good. 20 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,280 We'll pull the plant on, see what it does. 21 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:15,280 Whoa. 22 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:20,400 [indistinct] 23 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:22,640 Beautiful. Done. 24 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,880 Next, install the 30-foot-long hopper feeder. 25 00:02:30,920 --> 00:02:32,800 Everybody, the [bleep] out of the way. 26 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:34,400 Straight back, Len, straight back. 27 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:40,960 Good, good, good, good, good. 28 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,640 Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop! 29 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:45,960 Stop! Oh, [bleep]. 30 00:02:46,079 --> 00:02:47,880 Forward, Len. 31 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:49,680 Had it on the wrong [bleep] channel! 32 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,360 Finally, connect the hose... 33 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:01,240 and fire up the pump that sends water to the plant. 34 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:07,160 [engine roars, dies] 35 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,480 What the [bleep] did they do to this thing? 36 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,680 Uh, this is telling me the coolant's low. 37 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:19,440 It's over full. 38 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:22,320 I haven't been that lucky with pumps. 39 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,040 [sighs] Lucas, do you copy? Lucas, do you copy? 40 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:32,600 If mechanic Lucas Lotz can't fix the pump, Tony's hopes 41 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:37,600 for a four wash plant blitz and 1,000-ounce week are toast. 42 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:42,520 So it's either sensor for the coolant or it's the ECM, 43 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,520 according to the code. 44 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:49,880 The ECM, or Electronic Control Module, is the pump's computer. 45 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,840 It will not allow the pump to fire up 46 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,200 if it can't sense coolant. 47 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:56,840 [Lucas] You guys have started it and everything? 48 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:57,880 [Mike] Yep. 49 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,240 Gonna go have a check in with what Colby's doing. 50 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,600 These engines are pretty common, but best case scenario, 51 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:06,800 I just need to redo some sensor wiring. 52 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,240 Worst case, we'll need an ECM, and it'll be about a week. 53 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,040 Mike will be [bleep] pissed. 54 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:16,680 So the coolant sensor's definitely [bleep]. 55 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:18,200 That's probably why it won't start. 56 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:19,880 It thinks that there's no coolant in it. 57 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:22,520 Yeah, that's over full. 58 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:25,600 These are potentiometers. 59 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,880 Sometimes, in a pinch, 60 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,520 you can use these in place of a sensor, 61 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:34,000 if you know what you're doing. 62 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,760 With no spare sensors, Lucas plans to bush-fix 63 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:43,040 the pump with a potentiometer, a type of variable resistor 64 00:04:43,159 --> 00:04:46,200 he hopes can replicate the electronic signal 65 00:04:46,280 --> 00:04:47,680 of a working sensor. 66 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:50,920 [Lucas] You just gotta match the resistance that the sensor 67 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:52,200 would regularly put out. 68 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,320 So we got it plugged in. So now I got to play with it. 69 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:59,240 And then once I get it to the sweet spot, 70 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:00,480 the code will go away. 71 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,680 And then we're in business, theoretically. 72 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:06,200 Yeah. 73 00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:09,280 [engine roars, starts] 74 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:13,880 I think I got it. 75 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,600 Well, a little bit. [laughs] 76 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,280 Yeah, it looks like a potentiometer trick worked. 77 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:25,800 So Mike's gonna be more happy than a pig in [bleep] 78 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,200 or a pig in gold this time of year, I guess. 79 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:30,680 [suspenseful music playing] 80 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:40,680 This is kind of a big day for Mike if he gets 81 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:42,159 to start up Harald again. 82 00:05:42,280 --> 00:05:43,280 We'll start turning it on. 83 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:47,240 Hey! 84 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:50,480 You got water? 85 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:51,640 Dump! Dump! 86 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:57,640 We have to go get some champagne, Mom. 87 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:03,320 [Mike] Yeah, finally. 88 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:11,320 With Harald finally sluicing Hester Cut paydirt, 89 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,360 the Beets have a shot at a record-breaking 90 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,720 1,000-ounce week. 91 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:18,080 Now it's going. That's good. 92 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,840 I hope it stays going until the end of the year. 93 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:39,320 [Mitch] What's happening, man? 94 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:43,159 I just wanted to let you know we're gonna come do 95 00:06:43,280 --> 00:06:47,040 the stripping down here this fall for next year. 96 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:48,960 So the whole stripping crew's coming down. 97 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,159 So we're gonna go up and take another bite 98 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:53,960 into the hill. Just keep an eye on them, um... 99 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:55,560 -[Mitch] Well, that gets pretty deep over there... -It's deep, yeah. 100 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:57,360 -...going to that hillside. -There's a lot of mud. 101 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:59,520 We only got a couple trucks down here. 102 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:01,680 I'm trying to dig pay, do fines, keep the plant 103 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:03,240 running 24 hours a day. 104 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:07,360 Like we've got, what, five of us down here. 105 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:08,800 [Parker] Running a whole mine site. 106 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:10,840 -No, I get it. I totally get it. -[Mitch] [indistinct] 24-7. 107 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:13,680 It -- you know, we are where we are. 108 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,840 I mean, I know it needs to be done, but it doesn't make 109 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:20,320 getting it done any easier. 110 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,520 I'm aware of that, but they're coming down. 111 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:24,720 [Mitch] All right. 112 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:26,560 Well, we'll see what we can do to keep them rolling. 113 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:31,320 Right now we're just trying to keep this wash plant 114 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,840 running, bringing a bunch more machines down here. 115 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:35,600 It's just more we got to stay on top of, 116 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:37,440 and right now we got our hands full. 117 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,680 It's been a long season and, you know, the end is 118 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:48,920 well within sight. 119 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,040 Parker Schnabel is gaining momentum. 120 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:55,720 With multiple weeks above 500 ounces, 121 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,240 he's nearly 700 ounces ahead 122 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,440 of Tony in the race to 10,000. 123 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:05,800 But he's already got his eye on next season's prize. 124 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:09,920 Fall time is one of our most productive stripping times, 125 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,880 um... 126 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,440 for the next year. 127 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,720 And with how much we're sluicing these years, 128 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:19,480 the stripping is just incredibly important. 129 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:21,960 We've got a crew just starting our next pit 130 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:23,520 on the Indian River for next year. 131 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,280 And in the midst of, you know, trying to keep wash plants 132 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:28,400 running and keep things thawed out, 133 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:31,640 Mitch is also taking that on. 134 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,159 Can't understate, um... 135 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:35,840 how important that part of the company is. 136 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:49,040 [Mitch] This is such a massive project here. 137 00:08:50,560 --> 00:08:53,080 Parker wants all the mud off before the end of the season. 138 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,160 And even if we throw every resource we have at it, 139 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:59,520 I still don't think we've got enough time to get this done 140 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:00,600 before the end of the season. 141 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,880 At the Indian River, in Ken and Stuart's Pit 2, 142 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,320 Mitch still has three acres to mine out and sluice 143 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,560 through Roxanne before the end of the season. 144 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,840 But now, a third of a mile away, Parker has tasked Mitch 145 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:21,800 with also overseeing a massive stripping project, 146 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:24,200 opening up a new 28-acre cut. 147 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:29,800 Mitch's crew must first shift nearly a million yards of mud 148 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:32,520 to expose the cut's layer of permafrost. 149 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:35,480 Once thawed by the sun, 150 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,200 they need to strip it down to pay gravels 151 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,360 before winter freezes them out. 152 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:47,200 [Mitch] Just so tough when you're trying to be at two places at once. 153 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:48,800 I need to be down at the wash plant 154 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:50,200 taking care of things there, 155 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:52,280 and then you come over here, check on the stripping crew, 156 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,240 and you're like, "Oh, I could spend all day over here 157 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:55,360 making things work better." 158 00:09:57,680 --> 00:09:58,800 [Jacob] I love running dozer. 159 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:00,200 It's probably my favorite machine. 160 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:03,400 It's like playing in the sandbox when you're a kid, 161 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:06,520 but now I have a really big, muddy sandbox. 162 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:12,400 Operator Jacob Allin is in one of the two D10 dozers, 163 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:14,280 removing the top layer of mud. 164 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,760 [Jacob] If we don't get down to permafrost, 165 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:21,080 sun can't thaw it out, and we're pretty well -- 166 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:22,880 pretty well screwed. 167 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,760 In the 950 excavator, Kayden Potvin loads 168 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,960 the overburden into rock trucks to dump out of the cut. 169 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:35,880 We got as much gear down here as we have available to us 170 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,400 right now, so thinking optimistically, we could be out 171 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:40,600 of here before Christmas. 172 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,200 Uh-oh. 173 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:50,760 Kayden, I'm gonna need your help. 174 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:52,360 Just hit a pretty good soft spot here. 175 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,880 All right, I'll crawl off the pile here 176 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,200 and come give you a little push. 177 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:00,280 [Jacob] Yeah, that'd be awesome. 178 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,520 Jacob's 1.5 million dollar machine 179 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:08,160 is no match for the slop. 180 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:12,760 All this water seeped up through underneath 181 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:14,760 and it's turned it all right to poo. 182 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:22,800 Come on now. 183 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:25,320 More. 184 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:32,400 Oh, wait, I'm not gonna get the [bleep] out of this one. 185 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:35,640 [bleep] mud mountain. 186 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,480 [Jacob] Come on, come on! 187 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,240 [bleep]! 188 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:57,880 Parker's Indian River stripping crew is stuck 189 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,040 in the mud. 190 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,200 [Jacob] You're gonna have to go up more, Kayden. 191 00:12:03,680 --> 00:12:05,040 I'm even sliding backwards. 192 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:10,360 Yeah, Kayden, I don't think that worked. 193 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:14,560 If they can't strip the overburden this week, 194 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:17,520 they won't be able to thaw the permafrost, 195 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:21,080 ruining Parker's plan for a fast start next season. 196 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,680 [Kayden] Yeah, I'm getting stuck too. 197 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:26,400 So I'll dig this out, see if that works. 198 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:31,120 [Jacob] Yeah, you're gonna have to come around from the side. 199 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:32,240 [Kayden] I got you. 200 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:43,680 I'm just digging out all the stuff 201 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:48,040 that's making the dozer spin out, and it should just be able 202 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:49,920 to drive right out here. 203 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:54,240 I do tell the rock truckers that they get one freebie, 204 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:57,240 and then every time I get them unstuck after that, 205 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:58,720 it's a case of Dr. Pepper. 206 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:01,880 That's way cheaper than the case of beer 207 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:03,680 I was gonna buy you. -[laughing] 208 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:06,880 [Kayden] OK. Good luck. 209 00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:12,680 [suspenseful music playing] 210 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:17,480 [Jacob] Making a break for home. 211 00:13:18,680 --> 00:13:20,920 Thanks, Kayden. I really appreciate that. 212 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:24,200 Hey, man, like I said, first one's free. 213 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:27,480 This is gonna be an expensive hill. 214 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,040 [Kayden laughs over radio] 215 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:37,120 500 feet away, at the other end of the new cut... 216 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,400 We've got to get the mud moved, if we got any shot 217 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,200 of mining this ground next season. 218 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,000 Right now the weather's holding out for us, so we got to make 219 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:49,840 the most of it. -[Parker over radio] Mitch. 220 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:51,640 Yeah, man, what's up? 221 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:53,440 [Parker] We've added some horsepower to the fleet. 222 00:13:53,560 --> 00:13:56,600 -You'll be pleasantly surprised. -[Mitch] I'm on my way. 223 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,440 Yeah, I definitely never thought that we'd be buying one 224 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:04,840 of these brand new. 225 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:09,440 But the gold prices being where they're at, it made sense. 226 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,000 [Mitch] I mean, check that out! Brand new D11. 227 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,600 You know, crazy to think that's $4 million right there. 228 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:25,880 That's how Parker spends his money. 229 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:27,880 You know, you could have a sports car, big house, 230 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,120 but, you know, that's what Parker's got there is 231 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,880 a big yellow iron, which turns into some shiny yellow gold. 232 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,240 Well, buddy, thanks for sending that new D11 down here, 233 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:39,040 cause if we got any shot of getting this done, 234 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:40,520 it's gonna be with that machine. 235 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:44,360 It -- it's just -- this thing's more fodder for the frozen mud. 236 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:46,400 It'll be beat to [bleep] in no time. 237 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:47,840 [laughs] 238 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:53,400 Parker is taking the first shift in the new D11. 239 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:55,640 [Mitch] There's nothing moving as much dirt right now as this brand 240 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,400 new D11 with that big old blade on it. 241 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:00,000 It's really helping us out here. 242 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:01,800 Hopefully it's gonna get us to the finish line. 243 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:04,280 This thing is pretty sweet. 244 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,080 It always feels good when Rick calls me to come up here. 245 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:22,200 Hopefully, I can... 246 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:25,720 help these guys out a little bit for the final push. 247 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:30,560 All right, here we are. 248 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:34,600 -[Rick] Buddy! -[Zee] What's going on? 249 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:35,960 -What's up, man? You made it. -How you doing? 250 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,400 -Good. -Oh, welcome back. 251 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,240 -Yeah. -How's it going? 252 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,120 Oh, man, that's a whole different story. 253 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:43,800 -Yeah? -It's this time of year, man. 254 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:45,440 -You know, everybody's tired. -[Zee] Oh, yeah. 255 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:46,520 Everyone's ornery. 256 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:48,080 Everybody's ornery, but they'll be happy to see 257 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:49,960 you, and we sure as hell could use an extra set of hands. 258 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:51,240 [Zee] Where you at now? 259 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:54,280 We're not even at 700, barely over 600. [clears throat] 260 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:56,920 So, yeah, we're a long ways off. 261 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:58,280 But we're back in Vegas Valley. 262 00:15:58,360 --> 00:15:59,440 OK. 263 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:00,920 [Rick] You know, pulling some good pay out of there. 264 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,520 Let's hop in your little Hilux here and go take a look. 265 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:09,240 All right, let's go take the tour, buddy. 266 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:16,520 Rick Ness' season is finally turning a corner. 267 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:20,680 After two months with no gold coming in, last week, 268 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:22,960 Rick fired up Monster Red 269 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:27,560 and pulled out over 200 ounces from Vegas Valley. 270 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:29,320 Holy [bleep]. That's a big cut. 271 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:33,440 Yeah, it's pretty impressive, eh? 272 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:37,480 For a seven-man crew, the guys moved some dirt. 273 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:39,560 We know it's good pay in Vegas Valley, for sure. 274 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:41,200 We're gonna get on a roll here now. 275 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:42,400 We -- the last cleanup was good. 276 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:43,680 We need them to be a little bit better, 277 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,200 but I know they're gonna be. 278 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:48,360 We just need to get a few more hours on the sluice box, you know? 279 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,520 Well, nothing like setting a fire to everything 280 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:52,840 the last three weeks and trying 281 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:54,360 to pull it out, so... -Oh, yeah. 282 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:55,920 One way or another, this place is gonna be 283 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:59,280 on fire when I leave, so... -[laughs] 284 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:01,600 [Rick groans] Anyways, enough chit-chat. 285 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:02,840 -Want to help out? -[Zee] Yeah. 286 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:10,760 To hit his 1,800 ounce goal and pay his crew their bonus, 287 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:15,599 Rick needs record-breaking 400 ounce gold hauls every week 288 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:17,079 for the rest of the season. 289 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:20,119 [Zee] It's that final push. 290 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:21,319 This is when you kind of need 291 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:22,599 that extra little boost of energy. 292 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:25,640 This pivot from Valhalla back into Vegas Valley, 293 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:26,880 I think it's gonna be a good thing. 294 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,480 We know there's good gold in there and, you know, 295 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,080 Bailey's just gonna have to get every last ounce 296 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:31,160 out of that cut. 297 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:35,040 [Chris L.] I think people are getting tired. 298 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,600 I think people are missing, uh, home. 299 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:42,440 As it stands right now, I don't think anyone's getting a bonus. 300 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:44,560 [Ryan] Even though we've got pay right here, and we finally got 301 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:46,200 the plant fired up, you know, 302 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:47,600 I don't like to be the negative Nancy, 303 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,720 but I don't see 1,800 coming. 304 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,280 -Hey, Rick, you got a copy? -Yeah, go for Rick. 305 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:58,280 I kind of got a big problem in the cut. 306 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,880 -Could you come down here? -I'll see you in a few minutes. 307 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:11,760 Putting in some work here. 308 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:14,600 Yeah, man. 309 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:16,880 [Rick] I see the problem though. 310 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:18,040 [Bailey] Yeah. 311 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:19,360 It didn't -- it didn't take long. 312 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:23,200 I thought, uh... 313 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:26,800 maybe it was gonna take longer, but we're moving along 314 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:28,320 really too quick, I guess. 315 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:29,680 [Rick] Mm-hmm. 316 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,880 Vegas Valley is almost out of paydirt, 317 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,800 much earlier than Rick expected. 318 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:37,480 [Bailey] So imagine, like, cleaning that all out. 319 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,720 Like, it'd -- it'd be a week. 320 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:41,080 [Rick] Yeah, we're definitely gonna need some more. 321 00:18:44,120 --> 00:18:45,160 Yeah. 322 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:46,920 I'd say the only thing we can do is try to expand. 323 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:52,760 -But -- -It's not ideal. 324 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:54,480 This time of year, it's not ideal. 325 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:56,400 But really, I'm looking at this piece right here. 326 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:58,200 I mean, that's pay right there, and we're staring at it. 327 00:18:58,320 --> 00:18:59,280 [Bailey] Yeah, I know. 328 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,120 You don't seem very excited about it. 329 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:02,880 [Bailey] Yeah, I just see all this. 330 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,840 That's 40 feet down of material you have to move 331 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:07,320 to get to the pay. -[Rick] Yep. 332 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:12,080 At the bottom of Vegas Valley, Bailey only has 333 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:13,520 a week's worth of pay. 334 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,600 To keep Monster Red fed for the rest of the season, 335 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:19,720 Rick wants to chase 336 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:23,560 Vegas Valley's pay streak upstream. 337 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,720 The only problem, Bailey will have to dig down 338 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:31,200 a further 40 feet to hit the gold-rich pay, 339 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:34,320 all before winter freezes them out. 340 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:36,560 [Rick] One way or another, we gotta make it 341 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:38,360 till the end of the season. -[Bailey] I know, I know. 342 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:39,880 If we're still gonna get to 1,800 ounces, that's the only 343 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,880 way we're gonna do it. -[Bailey] I just -- I don't know, man. 344 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:44,840 Like, what have we got left? 345 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:48,200 -Three weeks? -[Rick] Maybe more, maybe less, 346 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:49,480 but it's around there. 347 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:55,160 [Bailey] I just think three [bleep] weeks, that's... 348 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:58,480 We'll make it happen. 349 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:00,280 -You just keep the trucks going. -Is it going to be worth it 350 00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:03,080 for a [bleep], for a week's worth of pay? 351 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:04,600 Yep. 352 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:05,960 If it gets us 400 ounces, yeah. 353 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:08,040 -[Bailey] OK. -Definitely. 354 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,560 We're not at 1,800 ounces, but at the end of the day, 355 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:17,880 I'm trying to make sure these guys go home with gold in 356 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,520 their pockets, and that's all there is to it. 357 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,400 I'm just really [bleep] worried with the time that we have, 358 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,200 and how much work's got to be done, and... 359 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,960 I don't think it's gonna work out, but I hope it does. 360 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:31,680 Maybe, you know, in another week, my mind will change. 361 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:33,920 But right now, it's very stressful. 362 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:52,160 I'm gonna go start up Harald and start running it with these 363 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,800 two new people that I just recently hired, uh, 364 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:56,400 Brent and Taylor. 365 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,640 Mike Beets is starting a new shift. 366 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,440 Hopefully all goes well and they can run 367 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:03,880 1,000 yards today. 368 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:08,680 And needs his crew to sluice 1,000 yards a day to help hit 369 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,960 Tony's 1,000 ounce target for the week. 370 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,480 I don't see how they can [bleep] it up, but -- eh. 371 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:17,640 I've been proven wrong before. 372 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:22,560 -Morning. -How's it going? 373 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:26,520 Well, my dad wants to do 1,000 yards on this thing. 374 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,160 If you go on the hoe, you go on the other hoe. 375 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:30,240 -Right on. -[Taylor] Thank you. 376 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:33,840 When they're a couple, they generally work well together. 377 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:35,840 And then it's nice for them 378 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:37,680 because they have a loved one nearby. 379 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:40,080 But it also has the negative that if one decides they want 380 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:41,200 to quit, you usually lose both. 381 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:50,640 First bucket's in. We're running. 382 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:55,600 All right, 999 more buckets to go. 383 00:21:55,720 --> 00:22:00,240 Local operators Brent Nibecker and Taylor Olson have answered 384 00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:02,800 the call for end-of-season workers. 385 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:04,880 Like, I've run lots of wash plants before, 386 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,040 never went on a mine site this big. 387 00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:08,280 It's -- it's really cool, yeah. 388 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,320 Taylor is on the Hester Cut's pay pile, 389 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,680 where she loads rock trucks. 390 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:19,760 I've been mining for about six years, and I normally load 391 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,120 trucks or strip cuts down to pay. 392 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,400 So -- and I've also ran plants as well. 393 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:30,440 The gold-rich pay is dumped next to Brent, who loads it 394 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:31,760 into Harald's hopper. 395 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:34,120 [Brent] We actually met at a mine. 396 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,480 We've been together pretty much since. 397 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:39,240 She's the greatest, yeah. It's really good. 398 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:42,120 We don't have many problems at work at all. 399 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,080 She can get a little bit frustrated, but that's OK, 400 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:46,680 cause we're here to support each other. 401 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:58,200 [Mike] Slow. 402 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,720 Slow -- gonna have to speed that up. 403 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:02,280 I want to get through all that ground. 404 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,520 [Taylor] It looks like there's a lot of rocks 405 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:10,960 coming off your plant now, hey? 406 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,360 Yeah, so Mike has come down here and turned up the speed. 407 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,280 OK, copy that, and I will keep them coming. 408 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,760 With the increased speed, Brent needs to load 409 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:35,400 four buckets a minute to keep the hopper full. 410 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:36,520 [Brent] I literally can't even take 411 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,400 a drink or have a bite of a sandwich. 412 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,080 But he's barely managing three. 413 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,360 Ah. [bleep]! 414 00:23:48,120 --> 00:23:49,840 -Just back me up to where you want me. -OK. 415 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:52,680 Yeah, looking good, straight back. 416 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:55,400 Good there. 417 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:58,960 In the amount of time it took you to dump the truck, 418 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:00,440 the plant went empty. 419 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:01,920 [Brent] Yeah, that's a lot faster. 420 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:03,280 [Brent] Can't [bleep] feed that fast. 421 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:05,680 Bro, I haven't slowed down. 422 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,320 I'm on full throttle, stacking as high as I can. 423 00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:21,120 Copy that. 424 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:30,360 -[Taylor] Hi, babe. -[Brent] Hey, you. 425 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:46,120 I'm going at my max capacity just to keep up, which it was OK 426 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,800 for an hour, but I can't do that for 12 hours straight. 427 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,880 [Taylor and Brent speaking] 428 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,840 Brent found it a little bit stressful to have to keep up 429 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,520 with the plant [indistinct], with it running this fast, 430 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:09,640 but I am happy to run it at this pace. 431 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,600 I have more hours feeding plants. 432 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:16,000 I used to be the night shift, um, plant operator for about 433 00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:19,200 four years, so I'm pretty fast at grabbing the dirt and getting 434 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:20,280 it into the hopper. 435 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:26,640 How's it going in there? 436 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,840 That's good, yeah, I'll just keep it as full as I can here, 437 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:31,000 if you can keep the pay coming. 438 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,680 I wanna see if we can get our wash plant going. 439 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:35,800 Hey, that would be amazing. 440 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,320 [Brent] Yeah, we were goldmining. 441 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,720 I did two seasons and did pretty good the first year. 442 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,240 And not so good the second year. 443 00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:49,680 I lost a lot of money. 444 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:51,960 I guess I, like, had that gold fever. 445 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:54,520 We kind of ran out of gold where we were, so I started 446 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:56,960 digging a hole. [laughs] 447 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:58,480 And then I ran out of money. 448 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:06,160 [Taylor] Hey, this is our last bucket. 449 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:11,120 Whoo, right on baby! Hell yeah! 450 00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:20,840 -Hello. -Hey. 451 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:22,320 Well, we made it through. 452 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:23,920 Got your 1,000 yards through. 453 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,760 So how'd the shift go? 454 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,920 Uh, a few problems, but we swapped out, 455 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,480 so we got through her. 456 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,240 Sometimes it's nice to swap out and get a break 457 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:34,240 from the one job, right? -[Brent] Yeah, it is. 458 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,360 It's good to see Brent and Taylor got it done. 459 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,160 No, I wasn't called down here for any major problems, 460 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:43,720 so it went well, and we're just gonna 461 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,560 hopefully keep it going until the end of the season. 462 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:50,320 After waiting 40 years to mine it... 463 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:55,440 [Tony speaking] 464 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:59,720 ...Tony is keen to see if the Hester Cut has the gold 465 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:03,080 to get him over 1,000 ounces this week. 466 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,440 [Tony speaking] 467 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,760 [Minnie] There's quite a bit of gold in there, by the way. 468 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:18,520 [Tony speaking] 469 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:21,440 [Minnie] It's amazing. 470 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:23,320 I'd be interested to see what comes out of that. 471 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:26,480 [Tony speaking] 472 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,760 [Tyson] Right now, there's just a lot going on here at Dominion. 473 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,160 We're at that point in the season where everyone's 474 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:55,360 just kind of in their -- in their spot, in their seat, 475 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:57,880 and it's a matter of just keeping things going. 476 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,560 At Parker's main operation on Dominion Creek, 477 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:05,680 foreman Tyson Lee is in charge of three wash plants, 478 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:10,000 the Golden Goose and Big Red in the Golden Mile, 479 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,320 and Bob in the Bridge Cut. 480 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:13,640 We still have a lot of sluicing to do. 481 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:17,400 We're still a ways off 10,000 ounces, and... 482 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:19,080 we just gotta keep things going 483 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:20,760 in the direction they're going in right now. 484 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:22,240 [Luke] Hey, Tyson, you got a copy? 485 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:25,520 Yep, go ahead. 486 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,960 [Luke] I got a bunch of pay piling up on the plant hopper here. 487 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,080 I might need you to take a look at it for me. 488 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,520 OK, I'm on my way. Thanks, dude. 489 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,600 Looks like it's piling up quite high up here, 490 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,040 so I'm just gonna try and clear it here. 491 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,120 The [bleep] going on? 492 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,600 The hopper chain drive system on wash plant Bob 493 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:58,160 should push all of the pay towards the shaker deck. 494 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,120 It's not clearing, which isn't good. 495 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,400 If the pile of pay reaches the feed conveyor, 496 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:05,000 it could tear the belt. 497 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,480 You know, I've just tried moving our hopper chain system, 498 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:08,600 and it's not working. 499 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:11,960 It's kind of binding up, so gotta get it fixed up. 500 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,080 -[Bill] Hi, buddy. -Hey, Bill. 501 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:22,960 I would say that it skipped a tooth 502 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,200 on the sprocket on one side. 503 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:29,520 So now you're trying to twist a steel bar around a corner 504 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,960 as it goes around instead of rolling nice and flat around. 505 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:34,040 -[Liam] Yeah. -Now you're going to have 506 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:35,320 to shut this thing down. 507 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,960 We're feeling pretty confident that it's just the chain has 508 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,280 jumped a link on the one side, so we ought to empty 509 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:51,440 the prewash and then hopefully, we can get the link to go back 510 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:53,880 into place, and then the bars will be parallel 511 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,480 to go over the sprockets. 512 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,080 OK. Going backwards! 513 00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:05,520 Try and roll the chain backwards. 514 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:09,080 Whoa! 515 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:12,000 [Bill] Liam! 516 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,440 The -- the issue is the sprockets are [bleep]. 517 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:17,480 This could be a major deal. 518 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:30,960 This time of year, it always gets difficult. 519 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,360 You know, crew's tired, plants are tired. 520 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,400 Just got to keep -- keep these wash plants running. 521 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,000 At Dominion Creek, 522 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:40,880 a broken hopper chain drive system 523 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,080 means wash plant Bob is down. 524 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,680 It didn't jump the link as, like, we thought it did originally. 525 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,440 The sprockets are completely, uh, wore out. 526 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:51,040 [Liam] So we need new sprockets. 527 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:52,880 Two new sprockets, my friend. 528 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,680 And, uh, you'll be back in business. 529 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:00,760 Wash plant Bob's hopper chain drive is driven 530 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:02,720 by two 10-inch sprockets. 531 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:08,120 Over time, the sprockets' teeth have become worn, causing them 532 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,040 to slip and stop moving the chain forward. 533 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:13,680 Bill's plan? 534 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:17,560 Split the chain, remove the old worn-out sprockets, 535 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:19,120 and replace them with new ones. 536 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:31,360 [Bill] Those are cat-like reflexes. 537 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:35,960 -Oh, safe as a church. -Hydraulics on. 538 00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:39,560 [Bill] OK, go a little bit in reverse. 539 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:40,760 [Liam] A little bit in reverse. 540 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:44,360 [Bill] Whoa, whoa, your other reverse. 541 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:45,440 [Liam] Other reverse. 542 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:50,920 Jeez, look how brittle that is. 543 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,720 -So worn out. -[Bill] Nasty. 544 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:58,680 Chain split, sprockets are off, so we just got to install 545 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,600 these new sprockets, and then we're all set. 546 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,440 Everything's tight. We're good to go. 547 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:16,360 OK, sprockets are in, so now we'll get Liam to, uh... 548 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:17,600 turn the hydraulics on. 549 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:23,560 -Oh. -Whoa! 550 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:28,840 OK, stop. 551 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:33,200 I have one pin in. 552 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:38,520 I'm all done. I'm going for ice cream. 553 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:42,800 We're gonna fire this thing up and try it and see how 554 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:44,360 it turns. -[Dwayne] Ready, Bill? 555 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:45,480 [Bill] Yep. 556 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:51,760 [Liam] I'm super happy to see it working. 557 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:53,800 Hopefully, there won't be anything to stop the conveyor 558 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:55,440 from working for the rest of the season here. 559 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:00,280 [Tyson] Well, should we fire back up? 560 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,080 If we're gonna catch up, we got to put dirt through 561 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:03,240 the plant, right? -All righty. 562 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:11,320 After four hours downtime, Bob is back in the game, 563 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:13,120 sluicing Bridge Cut pay. 564 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:17,160 [Liam] It looks good! 565 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:20,160 [Tyson] We don't have much time left in the season, so hopefully, 566 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:22,560 that's it for downtime here at the Bridge Cut. 567 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:35,080 100 miles east... 568 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:37,600 I haven't really thought too much of the extension 569 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:39,440 or how we're gonna do it. 570 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:43,320 ...the Ness crew need 400 ounces of gold a week 571 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,360 in order to hit Rick's 1,800 ounce target. 572 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,360 Bailey is mining out the last of the pay 573 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:52,000 from the Vegas Valley Cut. 574 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,800 I'm trying not to think about it until I get this 575 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,720 Vegas Valley cleaned out, and then we'll move on to that. 576 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:03,720 Holy [bleep]! Who sits in this? 577 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:08,320 At Monster Red, Rick's best buddy, Zee, is jumping into 578 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:11,040 the hot seat to load the plant. 579 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:12,360 I still got it. 580 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,080 I still [bleep] got it. 581 00:34:14,159 --> 00:34:17,600 While mechanic Ryan Kent uses a second loader 582 00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:19,920 to clear the tailings. 583 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:21,960 Well, Zee, it's good to see you back. 584 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:23,679 How does it feel to be back? 585 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:25,120 I mean, how couldn't you like it up here? 586 00:34:25,199 --> 00:34:26,239 Look at it -- look around. 587 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:28,400 This is like the best office view in the world. 588 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,120 Why do you keep coming back? 589 00:34:31,199 --> 00:34:34,440 I mean, it's like a second family up here for me. 590 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:36,159 I always come up in the beginning and the end, 591 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,040 but the amount of dirt you guys moved this year is pretty -- 592 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:40,679 pretty substantial. 593 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:42,600 You don't wanna be here for the grunt work, do you? 594 00:34:42,679 --> 00:34:45,480 Listen, if that was the case, you probably shouldn't 595 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,679 tell anyone. Let's keep it between us. 596 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:51,520 Yeah, your secret's safe with me on channel one. 597 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:53,040 [laughs] 598 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:56,960 [Ryan] Oh, [bleep]. 599 00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:59,680 -What's the matter, Ryan? -[Ryan] I don't know. 600 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:00,760 Give me a sec. 601 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:10,240 Hey, Zee, shut the -- shut the feeder off real quick, dude. 602 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:13,120 [Zee] All right, all right. 603 00:35:13,240 --> 00:35:14,240 [bleep]. 604 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:24,920 You're missing a pin somewhere. 605 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,240 Where'd you find it? 606 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:29,160 Dude, I literally saw it bounce off, hit the tailing chute, 607 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:30,640 landed right on the [bleep] top of the bucket 608 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:31,640 when I was coming out. 609 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:33,040 I knew I should have stayed in the truck. 610 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:34,160 Yep. 611 00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:35,720 Let's figure out where the [bleep] it came from. 612 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:39,240 -Hey, Zee. -Yeah, yeah, yeah. 613 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,160 It's over here. 614 00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:43,160 This ought to be fun. 615 00:35:43,240 --> 00:35:46,320 The two-inch pin that connects the grizzly bars 616 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:49,880 to the feeder's hinge has broken in half. 617 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:51,680 I don't want to take a chance on breaking this feeder, 618 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:52,760 doing any damage. 619 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:54,640 Better off trying to get the [bleep] fixed. 620 00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:56,400 You lose this grizzly bar, then you lose 621 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:58,160 the rest of the season. 622 00:35:58,280 --> 00:35:59,280 [Zee] We got to go find one. 623 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:06,360 The grizzly bar's old pin is too worn out to reuse, 624 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:09,520 so the guys search for a replacement. 625 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:12,160 [Zee] A second hopper feeder. 626 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:14,440 We were using it on Monster Red. 627 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:15,560 I bet you it is the same. 628 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,360 Man, this thing's [bleep]. 629 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:20,840 I better climb up there and measure it. 630 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:23,480 Getting too fat for this [bleep]. 631 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:26,560 -It's two inch. -Is it? 632 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:28,480 That will work. 633 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:30,520 -Now we got to get it out. -[Ryan] Yeah. 634 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:31,840 [Zee] We don't have a ladder anywhere, huh? 635 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:32,960 [Ryan] No. 636 00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,960 -You want to stand on my shoulders? -[chuckles] 637 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:37,960 I'm sturdy. 638 00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:39,560 This pin looks like it is in there. 639 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:42,480 Oh, it moved. 640 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:43,600 -[Zee] Shut up. -It moved. 641 00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,120 Oh, baby. Oh, [bleep]. 642 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:49,240 That sucks. Just -- watch where it goes. 643 00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:53,240 -I need that. -Oh, no, it went down the well. 644 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:56,560 Oh, Timmy. Let's go put the new pin in. 645 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:00,680 [Zee] I'm sure you had a bunch of fixes this year. 646 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:01,920 Was this the easiest one? 647 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:03,320 This is by far the easiest one. 648 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:04,400 Well, we're not done yet. 649 00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:05,920 Dude, it's just been a weird season. 650 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:08,200 You know, it's been tough. 651 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:09,760 We all come up here to work for gold. 652 00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:12,280 That's the whole reason we come up here. 653 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:15,800 And to put in six months away from home and your family 654 00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:19,400 and your business and not go home with much or anything, 655 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:22,160 that -- that's killer, man. It's [bleep] tough. 656 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:23,640 I know you got a lot of [bleep] at home. 657 00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:25,360 Same as me, wife, daughter. 658 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:27,080 [Ryan] I don't need to tell you about how hard it is. 659 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:30,480 Rachel tearing up about 660 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:32,080 you know, me not being home. 661 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:34,280 -And she takes on a [bleep] ton, dude. -Oh, yeah. 662 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:36,440 And it's like, "Do I just stay home next year?" 663 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:40,080 I don't wanna let Rick down, but I also don't wanna 664 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:41,440 let my family down, so... -[Zee] No. 665 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,640 Let's -- let's -- let's focus on small steps. 666 00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:46,960 Let's focus on getting this pin in and get back running. 667 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:48,320 [chuckles] Yeah. 668 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,200 And then we have all off season to figure this [bleep] out. 669 00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:58,800 -You can't touch this one. -[Ryan] Why? 670 00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:01,080 'Cause it's MC Hammer. 671 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:03,720 Oh, [bleep] [bleep]. 672 00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:05,080 [Zee] I think it's a 20 pound. 673 00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:07,480 -[Ryan] Yep. -Don't hit me in the face. 674 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:11,560 [Ryan grunts] 675 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:12,680 No. 676 00:38:13,720 --> 00:38:14,880 Oh! That one felt solid. 677 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:15,960 [Ryan] It went. It moved. 678 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:18,000 [Zee] It moved. 679 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:21,080 You want me to do the last one? 680 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:22,600 -One more. -Ready? 681 00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:24,000 Uh-huh. 682 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:25,680 That's it! 683 00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:27,360 -All right. -Pin in. 684 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:29,960 Pin it to win it. 685 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,240 Now you can tell Rick what you did. 686 00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:34,360 I didn't do it. 687 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:37,440 -I just happened to be here. -[Ryan laughs] 688 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:41,560 Time to fire back up. 689 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:45,600 Ryan and Zee have lost just two hours of sluicing 690 00:38:45,720 --> 00:38:49,520 and are back in the race to hit the 400 ounces 691 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:51,760 Rick needs this week. 692 00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:53,760 Sucks having to plant down for a few hours, but... 693 00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:56,240 I feel a lot better having the pin in there. 694 00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:12,640 -Is there 1,000 ounces in there? -Oh, way more than 1,000. 695 00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:15,440 -Hey, Zee. -Hey. 696 00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:16,520 Good having you back. 697 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:18,480 It's good to be back, as always. 698 00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:19,640 Is everybody else happy about that? 699 00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:21,240 You're the best part of the end of the year, man. 700 00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:24,200 -I'm the happy ending? -[all laughing] 701 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,600 We got more gold to come out of Vegas Valley, but not much. 702 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:31,120 -What do you figure, 20 feet? -20 feet left. 703 00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:32,400 -That'll give us a week, maybe? -Yeah. 704 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:35,800 So that's not a lot, but, uh... 705 00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:37,680 but we may have to open up a bit of another cut. 706 00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:40,560 We do not know anything about this until we dig into it. 707 00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:42,840 Well, I do know that if we don't do it, we're not gonna 708 00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:44,120 get any more gold. -I know. 709 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,880 And I know you know that, and it's a rough thing to do 710 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:47,960 at the end of the season, 711 00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:49,960 but we need more gold, right? We do. 712 00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:51,920 Speaking of that, let's see how much we have 713 00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:53,240 to add to that. 714 00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:59,280 To hit his goal of 1,800, Rick needs 400 ounces a week. 715 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:00,400 That's 100 right there. 716 00:40:02,240 --> 00:40:04,760 -That's another 200 right there. -Yeah! 717 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:07,760 And this is another big [bleep] jar of gold, so. 718 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:10,520 -Nice. -You ready, buddy? 719 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:11,760 All right, let's do it. 720 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:12,960 All right, there we go. 721 00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:14,200 Don't let it blow away in the wind. 722 00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:21,280 Oh, 20, 30, 50, 70, 90, 723 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:24,920 100, 120. Wow. 724 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:27,440 -133 point... -[Rick] Five-four. 725 00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:31,680 -Nice. -So that is 433.54. 726 00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:34,680 Worth $1.6 million dollars... 727 00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:35,680 Whoo! 728 00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:37,760 Rick's decision to pivot back 729 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:41,120 to Vegas Valley has paid out big, 730 00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,960 delivering Rick's best ever gold weigh. 731 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:45,120 -Nice. -Yeah! 732 00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:46,480 -Nice. -That puts us over a thousand. 733 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:47,960 Couple more like that, we're good, right? 734 00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:49,760 We're almost there. We're so close, you know? 735 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:52,000 -Bring it in. -Get up? 736 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:53,120 -All right, guys. -Let's do it! 737 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:55,640 -Cheers! -Cheers, fellas. 738 00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:57,720 -Yeah. -Yeah! 739 00:40:57,800 --> 00:40:59,640 -Shake and bake! -Shake and bake. 740 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:04,320 When I left in spring, we -- I hadn't seen any gold yet, 741 00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:09,160 so to come back now at the end and see a gold weigh like that, 742 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:11,520 400 and some ounces, um... 743 00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:13,760 it's a great start to the final push. 744 00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:16,880 [Rick] That is a big number, and, man, do we need it. 745 00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:18,160 I -- I'm so proud of these guys. 746 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:21,200 They work so hard, and we need a lot more, but, you know, 747 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:22,920 we know the gold's down there. We're gonna have to pivot. 748 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,040 We're gonna run out of Vegas Valley gold, but we've got 749 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:27,000 a good spot to go to, and I know these guys 750 00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:28,440 got it in them. We just need a little luck. 751 00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:41,880 Is he hearing "Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, Nacho, 752 00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:43,760 blah, blah, Nacho?" -Food. 753 00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:45,840 He hears "Food, Nacho." 754 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:48,120 -Here. -Oh, yay! Thank you. 755 00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:50,040 [Parker] So, how are things down at Ken and Stuart's? 756 00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:52,040 Uh, it's busy now with all that stripping going on, 757 00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:54,720 but we're a lot better with that new D11, 758 00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:56,120 I'll tell you that. -Thing's sick. 759 00:41:57,400 --> 00:42:01,480 Parker needs 1,058 ounces to hit 760 00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:04,560 his 10,000-ounce season target. 761 00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:05,960 All right, Chris. 762 00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:07,360 -You ready? -Show us some gold. 763 00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:09,080 All right. 764 00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:10,600 So this is the Bridge Cut. 765 00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:12,000 Let's see how Bob did this week. 766 00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:13,200 Yeah. 767 00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:17,320 Wash plant Bob is averaging 145 ounces a week. 768 00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:22,360 Here we go. Got 40... 769 00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:27,840 100, 140, 174.2. 770 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:31,600 -Nice. -Oh, that's nice. 771 00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:32,640 That's good. 772 00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:34,400 -Picked yourself up a bit. -Yeah. 773 00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:37,720 Golden Mile. Two plants. 774 00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:39,920 [Parker] So this is Goose and... 775 00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:41,440 Big Red. -Yeah. 776 00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:43,840 All righty, let's see how the two plants did. 777 00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:48,280 Last week, the Golden Mile delivered 330 ounces. 778 00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:56,520 40, 80, 140, 220... 779 00:42:57,680 --> 00:42:58,760 Are we gonna break three? 780 00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:01,520 302.25. 781 00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:05,920 -Nice. -Just broke 300. 782 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:07,960 [Tyson] That's Goose paying itself off. 783 00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:09,920 We got good old Roxanne, right? 784 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:11,240 -All right. -Ready? 785 00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:13,480 We did a lot of dozing this week and a lot of sluicing. 786 00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:14,600 Let's see what we got. 787 00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:18,240 Since being in Pit 2 at Ken and Stuart's, 788 00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:21,840 Roxanne has averaged 141 ounces a week. 789 00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:27,000 And we got 30, 70... 790 00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:30,840 100, 120... 791 00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:32,880 150.8. 792 00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:37,800 Nice. Not bad, not bad at all. 793 00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:40,320 That is -- that is a solid week. 794 00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:44,400 Last week, we had 548.55. 795 00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:49,040 This week, 627.25. 796 00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:52,640 Worth $2.3 million dollars. 797 00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:54,080 -Wicked. -Yeah. 798 00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:56,880 Good week. Our season total -- 799 00:43:56,960 --> 00:44:01,480 9,569.45. 800 00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:04,320 That's nice. Nice. 801 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:07,360 [Chris] We're roughly four and a half away from our goal, you guys. 802 00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:09,240 Another week like that and we'll have her. 803 00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:11,040 -Yeah. -That's sick. 804 00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,520 -Keep them running. -That's a hell of a result. 805 00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:15,680 -We got this. -Oh, yeah. 806 00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:16,800 -Yeah. -Oh, yeah. 807 00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:19,520 -Get out there, you guys. -[laughing] 808 00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:28,960 So, Mike, how's the Hester Cut going? 809 00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:30,040 How's Harald? 810 00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:32,440 Uh, literally, it's just two people. 811 00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:34,120 Shut the [bleep] up and go, right? 812 00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:36,320 They've been doing pretty good. 813 00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:38,960 The trommel has been running pretty good this week, too. 814 00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:40,880 It's been going nonstop. How about you? 815 00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:50,440 I mean, we've never sluiced this much in our life. 816 00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:56,560 For the first time ever, Tony is running two wash plants 817 00:44:56,640 --> 00:45:01,000 at the Indian River and two plants at Paradise Hill. 818 00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:03,280 Together, he's hoping they will deliver 819 00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:06,520 a record-breaking 1,000 ounce haul. 820 00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:08,920 All right, this is for Sluice-A-Lot. 821 00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:13,080 30, 40... 822 00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:15,880 Sluice-A-Lot and Find-A-Lot have been running 823 00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:19,080 in the Corner Cut nonstop all week. 824 00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:25,240 [Tony] 200, 220, 230, 238.20. 825 00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:28,280 That's not too bad. 826 00:45:29,800 --> 00:45:30,800 [Minnie] That's not bad. 827 00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:36,680 -Find-A-Lot. -[Minnie] Find-A-Lot? 828 00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:39,840 Sure I am. 829 00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:43,760 40, 60, 100... 830 00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:47,600 140, 180, 200. 831 00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:52,200 217.54. 832 00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:56,160 Total so far, 456 ounces. 833 00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:05,000 [Minnie] Trommel. 834 00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:08,480 30, 70, 90... 835 00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:11,520 The trommel has been sluicing Super Pit pay. 836 00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:15,160 150, 160, 170, 180, 200. 837 00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:17,800 [Monica] You'll never make it as an auctioneer, friend. 838 00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:22,360 220, 230, 260, 293, 310, 320, 340, 370, 380, 839 00:46:22,480 --> 00:46:24,680 390, 410, 420. 840 00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:31,120 [all laughing] 841 00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:32,880 Sold to me! Yoink! 842 00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:35,880 423.92. 843 00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:38,600 Trommel's doing his job. 844 00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:45,440 And we're not finished yet. We have one more to do. 845 00:46:52,240 --> 00:46:55,560 To hit Tony's 1,000 ounce weekly goal, 846 00:46:55,640 --> 00:47:01,000 Harald and the Hester Cut need to deliver 121 ounces. 847 00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:08,520 [Minnie] 30, 50, 70, 90, 100, 120... 848 00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:10,840 133.5. -Yeah! 849 00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:18,520 At 1,013 ounces, this is Tony's biggest ever gold weigh, 850 00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:22,840 worth a staggering $3.7 million dollars. 851 00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:24,560 -That's a lot of money, Beets. -[Tony speaking] 852 00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:27,960 [Mike] So, the bar? 853 00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:33,000 Holy... 854 00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:39,080 The Beets family are now only 300 ounces behind 855 00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:40,320 the Schnabel crew. 856 00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:42,560 [Monica] It's all coming up, Tony Beets. 857 00:47:42,640 --> 00:47:44,520 Oh boy! 858 00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:46,760 Let's stick to it. Let's keep on going. 859 00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:48,400 Bye, guys. 860 00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:50,520 -[Monica] Just [bleep] off. -Pretty much. 861 00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:55,680 Four plants running. Our biggest gold weigh ever. 862 00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:57,720 All the stuff we bought, all the things we did 863 00:47:57,840 --> 00:47:59,240 to get ready, paid off. 864 00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:03,280 Paid off big time, right?