1 00:00:02,034 --> 00:00:04,482 This got to be a quick fix, Juan. 2 00:00:04,586 --> 00:00:06,310 Nice-looking little plant. 3 00:00:06,413 --> 00:00:10,344 Ho! Hey! Got a rock stuck in it. 4 00:00:10,448 --> 00:00:12,724 The nugget factor up there is the real deal. 5 00:00:14,965 --> 00:00:17,379 Oh, shoot. Now we got that much more to do. 6 00:00:18,862 --> 00:00:20,896 It's kind of like being in prison. 7 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,310 - You're really ugly in person. - Yeah, I know. 8 00:00:26,689 --> 00:00:28,172 Speculate all you want, it don't matter 9 00:00:28,275 --> 00:00:30,103 until you actually weigh it up. 10 00:00:31,758 --> 00:00:34,068 Hopefully, this isn't the one that beats us, Fred. 11 00:00:50,482 --> 00:00:53,448 Thistle. I hate thistle lawn. 12 00:00:53,551 --> 00:00:56,137 Yeah. There's that thistle. Yeah. 13 00:00:56,241 --> 00:00:59,827 I hear that works good as wiping paper if you don't have any toilet paper. 14 00:00:59,931 --> 00:01:03,931 One of the best along with poison ivy and stinging nettles. 15 00:01:09,206 --> 00:01:12,137 Freddy and Juan trek through Montana, 16 00:01:12,241 --> 00:01:17,241 50 miles northwest of Helena in the thin mining district. 17 00:01:17,344 --> 00:01:21,034 They've been called for what they believe will be a quick fix 18 00:01:21,137 --> 00:01:24,172 en route to their next rescue. 19 00:01:24,275 --> 00:01:26,206 Where did you meet these guys again? 20 00:01:26,310 --> 00:01:29,413 I met Bryce and Heidi at one of the tradeshows I went to last year, Fred. 21 00:01:29,517 --> 00:01:33,448 Bryce was telling me he cashed in his entire savings on this mine site. 22 00:01:33,551 --> 00:01:34,724 They bought it a few years back, 23 00:01:34,827 --> 00:01:36,172 and they've got all their equipment. 24 00:01:36,275 --> 00:01:38,241 I wasn't 100% sure how much time we'd have, Fred, 25 00:01:38,344 --> 00:01:41,310 but I told him if we were in the area, we'd stop by. 26 00:01:41,413 --> 00:01:43,517 This has got to be a quick fix, Juan. 27 00:01:43,620 --> 00:01:46,137 Yeah, exactly, Freddy. I'm hoping at least. 28 00:01:46,241 --> 00:01:47,689 One thing for sure. 29 00:01:47,793 --> 00:01:51,172 They've produced a tremendous amount of placer gold out of Montana. 30 00:01:54,206 --> 00:01:57,931 Gold was discovered in Montana in 1864 31 00:01:58,034 --> 00:02:00,517 on the site of the future state capital. 32 00:02:01,793 --> 00:02:05,310 Over a 100 years, old-timers in this area pulled out 33 00:02:05,413 --> 00:02:11,241 5000 ounces of gold worth today, $9 million. 34 00:02:11,344 --> 00:02:13,758 But their primitive mining methods mean 35 00:02:13,862 --> 00:02:17,241 a bounty of gold should still be up for grabs. 36 00:02:22,103 --> 00:02:26,862 This is a gamble one family staked their future life on. 37 00:02:26,965 --> 00:02:29,000 - Freddy, nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you. What's your name? 38 00:02:29,103 --> 00:02:30,103 - Ryker. - Ryker. 39 00:02:30,206 --> 00:02:31,275 - Ryker. - I'm Heidi. 40 00:02:31,379 --> 00:02:33,000 Nice to see you again, Heidi. How you doing, sir? 41 00:02:33,103 --> 00:02:35,551 I'm Ted, a.k.a the Goat. 42 00:02:35,655 --> 00:02:39,482 I'm the goat in the old dirty goat mine. 43 00:02:39,586 --> 00:02:42,206 I'm really glad you guys made it up here. 44 00:02:42,310 --> 00:02:45,310 Machine operator and welder, Bryce Waits. 45 00:02:45,413 --> 00:02:50,931 His wife Heidi, mom Lori and dad Ted, nicknamed Goat, 46 00:02:51,034 --> 00:02:54,068 have been mining at this site for three years. 47 00:02:54,172 --> 00:02:55,896 So when I met you guys last year, you guys were 48 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,482 talking about your operation up here. 49 00:02:57,586 --> 00:03:00,206 Are you planning on this being a full-time gig instead of just a weekend? 50 00:03:00,310 --> 00:03:01,379 Absolutely. 51 00:03:01,482 --> 00:03:05,413 But, um, what do you really think you need? 52 00:03:05,517 --> 00:03:08,655 We're still in the throwing money phase for the most part. 53 00:03:08,758 --> 00:03:09,724 You know, when you get started, 54 00:03:09,827 --> 00:03:11,620 you don't realize all that stuff you need. 55 00:03:15,068 --> 00:03:19,137 My dad used to take me gold panning, and way back when I was a young tyke. 56 00:03:19,241 --> 00:03:21,586 Never really lost the passion. 57 00:03:21,689 --> 00:03:25,310 Finally, I found this placer property and came and checked it out 58 00:03:25,413 --> 00:03:27,965 and did some panning in the creek and showed gold 59 00:03:28,068 --> 00:03:30,724 and bit the bullet and bought the property. 60 00:03:30,827 --> 00:03:33,689 Bryce and I met through mutual friend actually at a brew fest, 61 00:03:33,793 --> 00:03:36,172 so I knew it had to be good. 62 00:03:36,275 --> 00:03:39,034 Both in their mid-30s, Bryce and Heidi 63 00:03:39,137 --> 00:03:43,068 aim to leave their jobs in suburban home. 64 00:03:43,172 --> 00:03:45,103 And he came to me and said, "Do you want to buy a gold mine?" 65 00:03:45,206 --> 00:03:49,068 I said, "Okay." Like, how could I say no to that? 66 00:03:49,172 --> 00:03:51,310 Even with new equipment, 67 00:03:51,413 --> 00:03:56,827 the Waits' mine is running at a loss, jeopardizing their big dream. 68 00:03:56,931 --> 00:03:58,896 This property for us is really our salvation. 69 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,000 We have everything that we could need here. 70 00:04:02,103 --> 00:04:06,034 Our goal is to have a cabin and I want my kids to be kids as long as possible. 71 00:04:06,137 --> 00:04:07,482 And this place allows for that. 72 00:04:07,586 --> 00:04:09,655 For them to be in the dirt, you know, playing in the water, 73 00:04:09,758 --> 00:04:12,310 doing what kids should be doing. 74 00:04:12,413 --> 00:04:14,793 It's really our dream of trying to better ourselves 75 00:04:14,896 --> 00:04:17,172 to make a good life for our kids, for us, 76 00:04:17,275 --> 00:04:19,068 for our family, to all be together 77 00:04:19,172 --> 00:04:21,379 and to be good stewards of the land. 78 00:04:21,482 --> 00:04:24,965 I want my kids to see that hard work can get you anything that you want. 79 00:04:25,068 --> 00:04:26,931 This is the American dream. 80 00:04:27,034 --> 00:04:31,137 If you want a good life, you have to get it yourself, build it yourself. 81 00:04:31,241 --> 00:04:35,137 But we've invested upwards of $250,000. 82 00:04:35,241 --> 00:04:38,379 It really has to pay back now. 83 00:04:38,482 --> 00:04:41,310 We really need to hit at least 50 ounces this season. 84 00:04:41,413 --> 00:04:45,482 So far, we have not hit ten. 85 00:04:45,586 --> 00:04:48,379 A lot of people doubted us when we're like, "We're buying a gold mine." 86 00:04:48,482 --> 00:04:49,655 "Oh, I can't believe it." 87 00:04:49,758 --> 00:04:51,586 And, you know, we'd love to prove them all wrong and say, 88 00:04:51,689 --> 00:04:54,275 "Well, we made a business, you know, we made a life out of this." 89 00:04:54,379 --> 00:04:55,896 What's your gold look like here? 90 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,862 - Is it fine gold or coarse gold or... - Coarse, gold. 91 00:04:58,965 --> 00:05:00,517 All coarse or you got fines mixed in? 92 00:05:00,620 --> 00:05:04,724 - Well, there is fines, but not a lot of it. - Oh, that's pretty stuff. 93 00:05:04,827 --> 00:05:06,034 That's all we've collected. 94 00:05:06,137 --> 00:05:07,758 - That's all you've got so far? - Yeah. 95 00:05:07,862 --> 00:05:12,068 - There's like ten ounces there. - It's beautiful gold. 96 00:05:12,172 --> 00:05:17,344 The Waits have mined just 3.5 ounces each year so far, 97 00:05:17,448 --> 00:05:21,344 but need over ten times that to go full-time. 98 00:05:21,448 --> 00:05:25,862 I know the old timers mined out a small section of the property 99 00:05:25,965 --> 00:05:28,931 and they pulled out $2 million worth of gold. 100 00:05:29,034 --> 00:05:32,517 So the gold here should be pretty good in spots, 101 00:05:32,620 --> 00:05:35,448 but we've had pretty dismal runs. 102 00:05:35,551 --> 00:05:39,310 It gets pretty gnarly up here sometimes, trying to get good gold. 103 00:05:39,413 --> 00:05:42,517 Well, there's only one way to find out if we can help you or not. 104 00:05:42,620 --> 00:05:44,448 - Let's watch you run. - Sure. Absolutely. 105 00:05:44,551 --> 00:05:46,068 - Yeah. - Let's do it. 106 00:05:48,241 --> 00:05:54,000 Heidi and Bryce's wash plant is an all-in-one hopper, feeder and trommel 107 00:05:54,103 --> 00:05:56,827 bought online for $40,000 108 00:05:56,931 --> 00:06:00,862 and modified using Bryce's welding skills. 109 00:06:00,965 --> 00:06:03,034 - It's a nice-looking little plant. - Yeah, it is. 110 00:06:03,137 --> 00:06:04,965 Show us around a little bit. 111 00:06:05,068 --> 00:06:07,413 We bought the wash plant and drove down to Arizona to get it, 112 00:06:07,517 --> 00:06:10,344 but it had never been ran, so it was in good shape, 113 00:06:10,448 --> 00:06:12,448 but we had no idea how it would run, 114 00:06:12,551 --> 00:06:14,206 so Bryce had to do quite a bit of repairs 115 00:06:14,310 --> 00:06:16,724 and maintenance on it just to get it to be functional. 116 00:06:16,827 --> 00:06:19,448 My son is a pretty good fabricator, 117 00:06:19,551 --> 00:06:24,310 so I'm hoping the plant is considered decent. 118 00:06:24,413 --> 00:06:27,413 So yeah, this is the sluices with the new hydraulic riffle. 119 00:06:27,517 --> 00:06:29,241 - You built that sluice yourself, huh? - Yes. 120 00:06:29,344 --> 00:06:31,241 - That's not what it came with? - No, no, no. 121 00:06:31,344 --> 00:06:33,103 Since most of your gold's coarse, you catching 122 00:06:33,206 --> 00:06:35,413 - most of it in the top end, I assume? - Yeah. Yeah. 123 00:06:35,517 --> 00:06:37,206 - You put the screen in there, huh? - Yeah. 124 00:06:37,310 --> 00:06:39,931 Welded pre-screen on the inside 125 00:06:40,034 --> 00:06:42,620 because the rocks were beating the actual screen so much. 126 00:06:42,724 --> 00:06:44,172 Oh, yeah. 127 00:06:44,275 --> 00:06:46,206 So now you're doing a two-day run Saturday and Sunday, right? 128 00:06:46,310 --> 00:06:49,068 What do you pulling out of here for a two-day run, roughly? 129 00:06:49,172 --> 00:06:51,586 It depends because of the nuggets, you know? 130 00:06:51,689 --> 00:06:56,931 We've had as low as five bucks a yard all the way up to 50 bucks a yard. 131 00:06:57,034 --> 00:07:00,137 The last run we did, we were right at ten bucks a yard. 132 00:07:00,241 --> 00:07:02,620 Of the last 30 pans I've done up here, 133 00:07:02,724 --> 00:07:07,344 I haven't found one single speck of gold, if that does you anything. 134 00:07:10,068 --> 00:07:13,482 That shows you that's a real spotty deposit. 135 00:07:15,310 --> 00:07:16,931 Well, the first run, what we're going to do 136 00:07:17,034 --> 00:07:18,413 is we're just going to kind of step back. 137 00:07:18,517 --> 00:07:20,551 We're going to watch everything, just watch what you guys do, 138 00:07:20,655 --> 00:07:21,862 how you do things, watch the plant run, 139 00:07:21,965 --> 00:07:24,034 and we're not going to get involved at all. So... 140 00:07:24,137 --> 00:07:25,655 - Let's do it. - Let's do it. 141 00:07:28,034 --> 00:07:29,965 Fire it up! 142 00:07:31,793 --> 00:07:34,172 That's the hydraulic pump getting warmed up. 143 00:07:44,655 --> 00:07:47,310 Yeah. You got a grub face. 144 00:07:49,448 --> 00:07:51,517 Come on. Let's get some gold. 145 00:07:51,620 --> 00:07:54,896 First bucket coming in. 146 00:08:23,896 --> 00:08:27,310 Heidi and Bryce are wonderful human beings. 147 00:08:27,413 --> 00:08:29,206 They have invested a lot. 148 00:08:29,310 --> 00:08:33,275 If they had success, it'd make this young man very proud. 149 00:08:35,862 --> 00:08:38,172 Bryce feeds a quarter yard of paydirt 150 00:08:38,275 --> 00:08:41,517 into the hopper with each excavator bucket. 151 00:08:43,172 --> 00:08:48,413 The grizzlies clear the largest boulders onto a dedicated conveyor. 152 00:08:48,517 --> 00:08:52,517 The paydirt travels up the feed belt into the trommel 153 00:08:52,620 --> 00:08:58,689 where the spray bars wash gold and fine material down into Bryce's modified sluice. 154 00:09:03,827 --> 00:09:05,862 Hang tight. I got it clogged. 155 00:09:09,965 --> 00:09:11,551 We're all clogged up up here now. 156 00:09:12,724 --> 00:09:15,758 Now I've got to shovel it out. 157 00:09:15,862 --> 00:09:19,724 This is probably one of the most major issues we have. 158 00:09:26,482 --> 00:09:29,172 - That just cost him two buckets. - Yeah. 159 00:09:33,586 --> 00:09:35,000 Stuck again. 160 00:09:38,724 --> 00:09:42,241 Right now he's clogging up roughly every third bucket. 161 00:09:42,344 --> 00:09:44,793 So if he's doing seven yards an hour, 162 00:09:44,896 --> 00:09:47,206 he could be doing ten yards an hour. 163 00:09:47,310 --> 00:09:51,000 It's the same amount of fuel, same amount of everything, right? 164 00:09:51,103 --> 00:09:52,137 To get more gold. 165 00:09:52,241 --> 00:09:54,137 He's losing about a quarter of his run time. 166 00:09:56,034 --> 00:09:59,034 Go round the other side and see what the sluices look like, huh? 167 00:10:09,172 --> 00:10:11,172 Go, feel them. They're not doing anything. 168 00:10:15,551 --> 00:10:17,448 Doesn't feel like they're working. 169 00:10:17,551 --> 00:10:20,000 The middle one isn't clear now when I just felt. 170 00:10:20,103 --> 00:10:23,758 The top ones? They are all blocked. 171 00:10:23,862 --> 00:10:28,241 If Bryce's handcrafted hydraulic riffles clog with pay, 172 00:10:28,344 --> 00:10:32,137 gold could be running off the plant. 173 00:10:32,241 --> 00:10:34,344 Well, Freddy, you know, I think one of his biggest 174 00:10:34,448 --> 00:10:36,068 problems is this hopper right here. 175 00:10:36,172 --> 00:10:37,551 Heidi and I were talking for a few minutes, 176 00:10:37,655 --> 00:10:39,172 and in that little quick conversation we had, 177 00:10:39,275 --> 00:10:42,068 he must have gotten out of the excavator three times to work on this. 178 00:10:42,172 --> 00:10:44,896 And it's plugging even before he's getting up there to shovel it, right? 179 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,586 So nothing's going up that dump and then 180 00:10:47,689 --> 00:10:50,000 those Hungarians are a big problem. 181 00:11:04,758 --> 00:11:06,517 Oh! Hey! 182 00:11:06,620 --> 00:11:07,724 Cut it. 183 00:11:10,655 --> 00:11:13,310 Got a rock stuck in it. 184 00:11:13,413 --> 00:11:15,517 Now it stops spinning. 185 00:11:15,620 --> 00:11:17,344 Might have just finally plugged up. 186 00:11:17,448 --> 00:11:21,310 Right here, there's a rock on that tail wheel. 187 00:11:21,413 --> 00:11:24,551 It's got it pushed up into your hopper. 188 00:11:24,655 --> 00:11:27,758 I run over and hit the shut off on the hydraulic pump. 189 00:11:27,862 --> 00:11:30,896 Otherwise, we'd have tore a belt out for broke something. 190 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,413 So, it's a good thing Bryce is paying attention. 191 00:11:33,517 --> 00:11:35,862 But that's not the first time this has happened. 192 00:11:35,965 --> 00:11:37,896 We had to stop, that way we don't tear the belt 193 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,620 or break something off that's crucial. 194 00:11:40,724 --> 00:11:44,068 Replacing the custom feed belt would take weeks, 195 00:11:44,172 --> 00:11:47,000 leaving the Waits without a working wash plant. 196 00:11:48,448 --> 00:11:51,000 There's a lot of things to do on this little plant. 197 00:11:51,103 --> 00:11:53,206 It's never going to be a race car. 198 00:11:53,310 --> 00:11:56,965 But I tell you what, we can make it a hell of a lot faster. 199 00:11:57,068 --> 00:11:59,448 That was it, last bucket. 200 00:12:04,655 --> 00:12:06,034 Let's take a look at the sluice box. 201 00:12:06,137 --> 00:12:08,724 - Let's see if there's any gold in it. - Absolutely. 202 00:12:16,620 --> 00:12:18,517 I hate to say it, but I'm blind, 203 00:12:18,620 --> 00:12:21,172 - but I'm not seeing any gold in it. - No, sir. 204 00:12:21,275 --> 00:12:23,172 Typically, it is tough to find it. 205 00:12:28,517 --> 00:12:29,655 Right there. 206 00:12:32,068 --> 00:12:34,000 Seeing that nugget that far down there, Juan. 207 00:12:34,103 --> 00:12:36,413 - That's not good, Fred. - It's not good. 208 00:12:36,517 --> 00:12:38,620 - Yeah, it shouldn't be. - That should have been up at the very top. 209 00:12:38,724 --> 00:12:40,517 Especially, one that size. 210 00:12:40,620 --> 00:12:43,689 If a sluice box works correctly, bigger, 211 00:12:43,793 --> 00:12:47,482 heavier gold nuggets should settle at the very top 212 00:12:47,586 --> 00:12:51,689 and lighter, finer gold near the bottom. 213 00:12:51,793 --> 00:12:55,103 - Well, you guys want to finish cleaning this up? - Sounds good. 214 00:12:55,206 --> 00:12:56,724 And we'll meet you for the weigh in? 215 00:12:56,827 --> 00:12:58,586 - Sounds great. - Yep. We'll weigh it up. 216 00:13:01,448 --> 00:13:03,965 I think he's got multiple problems here, Fred. 217 00:13:04,068 --> 00:13:05,827 That nugget was fairly sizable. 218 00:13:05,931 --> 00:13:08,517 - That should have been caught right on that first riffle. - That's a five gram nugget. 219 00:13:08,620 --> 00:13:10,275 And it worked its way down, what, three feet? 220 00:13:10,379 --> 00:13:12,689 Yeah, it shouldn't be there. 221 00:13:12,793 --> 00:13:14,241 We can make their plant more efficient, 222 00:13:14,344 --> 00:13:16,241 - but we can't put gold in the ground. - Yeah. 223 00:13:16,344 --> 00:13:18,241 Hopefully this isn't the one that beats us, Fred. 224 00:13:18,344 --> 00:13:20,758 Yeah. 225 00:13:38,448 --> 00:13:41,000 - So is this the last of it? - This is the last of it. 226 00:13:41,103 --> 00:13:43,931 Oh, boy. I can't wait to see what we got. 227 00:13:44,034 --> 00:13:46,448 I think I got something in here to show Freddy and Juan 228 00:13:46,551 --> 00:13:48,758 that they're going to be excited about. 229 00:13:48,862 --> 00:13:51,931 In Montana's Lewis Mountains... 230 00:13:52,034 --> 00:13:53,172 Looking good. 231 00:13:53,275 --> 00:13:55,586 Lots of nice little chunks of gold in there. 232 00:13:57,413 --> 00:13:59,379 The nugget factor is real. 233 00:13:59,482 --> 00:14:02,482 Yeah, but sometimes nuggets give you a false hope. 234 00:14:02,586 --> 00:14:04,896 Miners, Heidi and Bryce must pull in 235 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,034 one and a half ounces worth of gold a day 236 00:14:08,137 --> 00:14:13,620 to leave suburban life behind and realize their gold mining dream. 237 00:14:13,724 --> 00:14:16,137 Gold fever is a real thing and I 100% have it 238 00:14:16,241 --> 00:14:17,655 because there's really nothing like pulling 239 00:14:17,758 --> 00:14:19,862 that nugget out of the pan for sure. 240 00:14:19,965 --> 00:14:22,827 I'd love to get out of the daily grind, you know, 241 00:14:22,931 --> 00:14:26,172 dealing with all the people that make your life a living hell. 242 00:14:26,275 --> 00:14:28,517 Come up here and just dig, dig, dig. 243 00:14:28,620 --> 00:14:33,000 And don't have to worry about nothing other than finding gold. 244 00:14:41,482 --> 00:14:43,000 All the gold that you brought out looks good. 245 00:14:43,103 --> 00:14:45,275 - It's beautiful. - Well, let's weigh it up. 246 00:14:45,379 --> 00:14:48,034 There's that big nugget. What do you think it weighs? 247 00:14:48,137 --> 00:14:50,000 - Eight grams. - You already weighed it? 248 00:14:50,103 --> 00:14:51,448 No. 249 00:14:51,551 --> 00:14:53,310 - No, it's not weighed. - It's a game we all play. 250 00:14:53,413 --> 00:14:57,379 - ...30. - Yeah, that's eight grams 0.27. Yeah. 251 00:14:57,482 --> 00:15:01,034 - Well, there's a quarter of an ounce just in that one nugget. - Yeah. 252 00:15:01,137 --> 00:15:03,172 That's pretty amazing. - Here we go. 253 00:15:10,172 --> 00:15:12,517 - 0.62. - It's a good run. 254 00:15:12,620 --> 00:15:14,758 - That's a good run. - Yeah, it's not bad. 255 00:15:14,862 --> 00:15:20,586 0.62 ounces for four hours of running is worth roughly $1100. 256 00:15:20,689 --> 00:15:22,827 Well, I think if we take the nugget out and weigh, 257 00:15:22,931 --> 00:15:25,931 that's more of an accurate representation of what we would average find. 258 00:15:26,034 --> 00:15:27,448 We really rely on the small gold, 259 00:15:27,551 --> 00:15:31,241 but when you find those nuggets, it really does make or break your run. 260 00:15:31,344 --> 00:15:34,862 Without their rare nugget find, the Waits have 261 00:15:34,965 --> 00:15:39,310 just 0.3 ounces, worth around $500. 262 00:15:39,413 --> 00:15:41,344 Heidi and Bryce understand that the gold 263 00:15:41,448 --> 00:15:42,965 is going to be spotty in this valley. 264 00:15:43,068 --> 00:15:45,068 It's chunky gold, very few finds, 265 00:15:45,172 --> 00:15:47,620 so you can dig in one spot and probably get an ounce 266 00:15:47,724 --> 00:15:50,413 and then very little gold from then on out 267 00:15:50,517 --> 00:15:51,896 until you hit another hot spot. 268 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,448 But I want to teach 'em how to get on the right material 269 00:15:54,551 --> 00:15:57,862 so they know what to dig in the future after we leave. 270 00:15:57,965 --> 00:16:00,241 Mine and Juan's worry is that we won't find one next time that big. 271 00:16:00,344 --> 00:16:01,620 Yeah. 272 00:16:01,724 --> 00:16:03,310 - Because that's half your weight almost. - Yeah. 273 00:16:03,413 --> 00:16:05,586 I mean, that nugget is awesome, but it's not always realistic. 274 00:16:05,689 --> 00:16:06,793 Yeah. 275 00:16:06,896 --> 00:16:08,689 Let us go back and talk amongst ourselves. 276 00:16:08,793 --> 00:16:11,310 Try to come up with some ideas and we'll present them to you guys. 277 00:16:11,413 --> 00:16:14,000 Well... Be easy on us. Be easy on us. 278 00:16:17,586 --> 00:16:18,862 What do you think, Juano? 279 00:16:18,965 --> 00:16:20,586 Well, I really think we need to focus on that hopper, Freddy. 280 00:16:20,689 --> 00:16:23,586 - I agree with you. - It's not unrealistic to say that just by fixing up, 281 00:16:23,689 --> 00:16:25,517 we'll increase his gold by 25%. 282 00:16:25,620 --> 00:16:28,793 - That's just plugging solid. - So what do you think over here, Fred? 283 00:16:28,896 --> 00:16:31,551 - I'm thinking maybe we could build a vibrator. - I like it. 284 00:16:31,655 --> 00:16:33,034 I'd really like to put it on the back 285 00:16:33,137 --> 00:16:34,620 because that's where it's getting clogged up. 286 00:16:34,724 --> 00:16:35,965 Be able to knock that material down. 287 00:16:36,068 --> 00:16:38,724 So, if we reinforce that, on this conveyor here, 288 00:16:38,827 --> 00:16:42,103 it's just puking material all the time underneath there. 289 00:16:42,206 --> 00:16:47,103 So if we come in there, we put a piece of slip rubber underneath it going forward 290 00:16:47,206 --> 00:16:49,344 so that material can't back out of there. 291 00:16:49,448 --> 00:16:52,103 But here in the sluice box, he's got those hydraulic riffles. 292 00:16:52,206 --> 00:16:55,103 Spread out too far for one, these holes were plugging up. 293 00:16:55,206 --> 00:16:56,413 Just change the top, let's say. 294 00:16:56,517 --> 00:16:58,379 two feet of these riffles and then leave 295 00:16:58,482 --> 00:16:59,896 the other hydraulics because he built those. 296 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:01,172 - He's proud of them. - Yeah. 297 00:17:01,275 --> 00:17:04,068 - I don't want to take that away from him. - No, no. 298 00:17:04,172 --> 00:17:06,448 To stop the hopper clogging up. 299 00:17:06,551 --> 00:17:10,068 Freddy and Juan will attach a vibrator. 300 00:17:10,172 --> 00:17:14,448 Adding chain binders connected to the grizzly belt. 301 00:17:14,551 --> 00:17:18,517 The combined kinetic energy will keep the paydirt moving, 302 00:17:18,620 --> 00:17:24,344 allowing Bryce to run more material through the plant. 303 00:17:24,448 --> 00:17:27,275 To prevent rock jams in the feed conveyor, 304 00:17:27,379 --> 00:17:32,896 a custom fit rubber strip will block off the gap between hopper and belt. 305 00:17:34,862 --> 00:17:38,000 Finally, they'll install brand new riffles 306 00:17:38,103 --> 00:17:41,448 to capture each rare nugget in the spotty paydirt. 307 00:17:43,103 --> 00:17:44,517 My worry, though, is half the weight 308 00:17:44,620 --> 00:17:46,655 of that whole cleanup was one nugget. 309 00:17:46,758 --> 00:17:48,275 Well, that's scary, Freddy. 310 00:17:48,379 --> 00:17:50,137 There's going to be a lot of gold left here. 311 00:17:50,241 --> 00:17:53,586 It's just going to be a bit harder for Bryce and Heidi to find it. 312 00:17:53,689 --> 00:17:56,103 - Let's go talk to them. - Let's see what they say. All right, let's do it. 313 00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:01,620 - Hey, guys. - How's it going? 314 00:18:01,724 --> 00:18:02,758 Gentlemen. 315 00:18:02,862 --> 00:18:03,862 We've been talking a little bit. 316 00:18:03,965 --> 00:18:05,206 We're trying to figure everything out. 317 00:18:05,310 --> 00:18:06,862 We want to build a vibrator for your hopper. 318 00:18:06,965 --> 00:18:08,241 Okay. All right. 319 00:18:08,344 --> 00:18:12,000 Like 25% of your time was wasted trying to shovel that out. 320 00:18:12,103 --> 00:18:14,896 When there is no dirt going to the trommel, there's no pay 321 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,655 going to the sluice box, there's no gold... 322 00:18:16,758 --> 00:18:18,310 No gold in the box. Yeah. 323 00:18:18,413 --> 00:18:21,448 Then another thing, you've got a huge pile of material 324 00:18:21,551 --> 00:18:24,689 right underneath where that hopper is feeding onto that conveyor, right? 325 00:18:24,793 --> 00:18:26,793 What I'd like to do is get down in that feed hopper, 326 00:18:26,896 --> 00:18:29,172 and we'll lay a piece of slip rubber going forward. 327 00:18:29,275 --> 00:18:32,103 So all that material has to go forward then. 328 00:18:32,206 --> 00:18:34,724 It can't find a home falling out on the ground. 329 00:18:34,827 --> 00:18:36,034 Another one of the fixes, 330 00:18:36,137 --> 00:18:38,379 we know you love that new rifle configuration you built. 331 00:18:38,482 --> 00:18:41,344 That first nugget we picked out of the sluice box was three feet down, right? 332 00:18:41,448 --> 00:18:43,172 Sure. 333 00:18:43,275 --> 00:18:45,448 So if that top hydraulic riffle was working, it shouldn't have got there. 334 00:18:45,551 --> 00:18:47,620 Especially that big a piece of gold. 335 00:18:47,724 --> 00:18:50,275 I'm not the biggest fan of hydraulic riffles anyway, 336 00:18:50,379 --> 00:18:51,482 and I don't think Juan is either. 337 00:18:51,586 --> 00:18:52,620 No. Not at all. 338 00:18:52,724 --> 00:18:55,137 But if we do nugget riffles up top 339 00:18:55,241 --> 00:18:57,620 and then you still have your hydraulic riffles below, 340 00:18:57,724 --> 00:18:59,275 - you've got the best of both worlds. - Yeah. 341 00:18:59,379 --> 00:19:01,000 Something you're proud of, you built them. 342 00:19:01,103 --> 00:19:02,448 Sure. 343 00:19:02,551 --> 00:19:04,724 Do you think it's even worth keeping the hydraulic riffles? 344 00:19:04,827 --> 00:19:08,482 Because I feel like if you guys don't find them to be that beneficial, 345 00:19:08,586 --> 00:19:10,448 do you think we'd be better off ditching the whole thing? 346 00:19:10,551 --> 00:19:13,241 - I think so, me personally. - I do, too. 347 00:19:13,344 --> 00:19:15,241 I mean, I appreciate you trying to be sensitive. 348 00:19:17,103 --> 00:19:18,103 Okay. I was walking... 349 00:19:18,206 --> 00:19:20,068 We were walking on eggshells a little bit there 350 00:19:20,172 --> 00:19:21,517 because we wanted to rip them all out. 351 00:19:25,379 --> 00:19:27,551 So, thinking about this on the fly, 352 00:19:27,655 --> 00:19:30,068 let's set that top box up for coarse, 353 00:19:30,172 --> 00:19:31,379 those big nuggets like he had there. 354 00:19:31,482 --> 00:19:32,655 Hmm. Right at the top. 355 00:19:32,758 --> 00:19:36,586 - Medium sized gold and fine gold. - Right there. 356 00:19:36,689 --> 00:19:38,310 Well, we put some numbers together. 357 00:19:38,413 --> 00:19:40,103 You know, it's always kind of the hardest part to do, 358 00:19:40,206 --> 00:19:41,655 but with the fixes we're going to do 359 00:19:41,758 --> 00:19:43,586 is going to get you 25% uptime. 360 00:19:43,689 --> 00:19:46,931 It's definitely going to help. We're looking at about $2,000 in material. 361 00:19:47,034 --> 00:19:48,482 And we'd like an ounce of gold. 362 00:19:48,586 --> 00:19:51,413 That's not going to pay us any wages, but that'll cover our expenses. 363 00:19:51,517 --> 00:19:55,206 - Yeah. - We know you guys are working to make this your future. 364 00:19:55,310 --> 00:19:59,586 - Yes. - So we'll donate our time except our expenses. 365 00:19:59,689 --> 00:20:01,137 I like that. 366 00:20:01,241 --> 00:20:02,758 We can help improve your wash plant. 367 00:20:02,862 --> 00:20:05,758 We can look at the ground, but at the same time... 368 00:20:05,862 --> 00:20:07,655 Yeah, there's got to be gold in the ground, too. 369 00:20:07,758 --> 00:20:10,137 You know, this is the type mine that scares me and Juan 370 00:20:10,241 --> 00:20:12,586 because it's coarse and you've already said, you know, 371 00:20:12,689 --> 00:20:16,413 sometimes it's five dollars a yard and sometimes it's $50 a yard. 372 00:20:16,517 --> 00:20:19,758 So we'd like to look at your cut on the field. 373 00:20:19,862 --> 00:20:21,172 We got a deal. 374 00:20:21,275 --> 00:20:22,586 - Deal, lady? - Absolutely. 375 00:20:22,689 --> 00:20:24,482 - Thanks, guys. - Thanks. We really appreciate you being here. 376 00:20:24,586 --> 00:20:26,241 Thank you very much. 377 00:20:32,517 --> 00:20:35,000 With just 48 hours before they must leave 378 00:20:35,103 --> 00:20:38,310 for their next rescue, Juan gets to work. 379 00:20:41,172 --> 00:20:42,724 You know, it's kind of an awkward spot, 380 00:20:42,827 --> 00:20:47,241 but it's a good thing that I'm really small, so I fit in these tight spots. 381 00:20:47,344 --> 00:20:49,206 Right now, the hopper is not working properly. 382 00:20:49,310 --> 00:20:52,758 Every third or fourth bucket, Bryce has to get in there and knock it all loose. 383 00:21:05,103 --> 00:21:07,413 When we put these bolts in for the vibrator, we got to make sure that 384 00:21:07,517 --> 00:21:09,931 we put a bunch of Loctite in there because it is vibrating. 385 00:21:10,034 --> 00:21:12,275 So it will actually rock the bolts loose. 386 00:21:12,379 --> 00:21:15,655 One more bolt to tighten up and it's done. 387 00:21:15,758 --> 00:21:16,965 There it is. 388 00:21:36,482 --> 00:21:40,448 I want to show you guys something here, kind of what I see. 389 00:21:40,551 --> 00:21:44,000 To determine why their paydirt is so spotty, 390 00:21:44,103 --> 00:21:47,896 Detective Dodge takes Bryce and Heidi to examine their cut. 391 00:21:49,482 --> 00:21:52,689 I stood from the side there and looked at it and this was a picture to me. 392 00:21:52,793 --> 00:21:56,931 This told me a story, that told me a story. 393 00:21:57,034 --> 00:21:58,655 Do me a favor. 394 00:21:58,758 --> 00:22:00,862 Go in there in the wall on that damp and bring me 395 00:22:00,965 --> 00:22:02,793 a handful of that, if you wouldn't mind. 396 00:22:09,206 --> 00:22:10,931 Let's take some of this material right here. 397 00:22:11,034 --> 00:22:13,482 Let's hit it with a rock or something. 398 00:22:14,965 --> 00:22:20,379 Okay. Open your hands up, guys. Squish that together. 399 00:22:20,482 --> 00:22:22,793 Now, the other hand. Squish that together. 400 00:22:22,896 --> 00:22:25,827 - See how sticky that material is? - Yes. 401 00:22:25,931 --> 00:22:27,793 That's glacial till. 402 00:22:27,896 --> 00:22:30,586 It's never been reworked, right? 403 00:22:30,689 --> 00:22:35,724 Okay, this material from that point to there has been reworked. 404 00:22:35,827 --> 00:22:38,724 You can see different things that have happened in it, right? 405 00:22:38,827 --> 00:22:40,793 - Yeah. - See these rocks are laying flat? 406 00:22:40,896 --> 00:22:42,379 Yep. 407 00:22:42,482 --> 00:22:45,344 - This is called shingling, just like a windmill, right? - Okay. 408 00:22:45,448 --> 00:22:49,655 So you can actually tell the direction as creeks flowed in this tight valley. 409 00:22:49,758 --> 00:22:53,862 Freddy has identified the two separate geological processes 410 00:22:53,965 --> 00:22:57,206 that scattered gold around the valley. 411 00:22:57,310 --> 00:23:01,000 First, a glacier plucked nuggets from veins in the mountain, 412 00:23:01,103 --> 00:23:04,620 forcing them down the valley in a massive ice wall. 413 00:23:06,724 --> 00:23:09,965 When the glacier melted, the mixed gold and other minerals 414 00:23:10,068 --> 00:23:13,551 were left on the valley floor unconcentrated. 415 00:23:13,655 --> 00:23:16,793 Then, as creeks flowed through this glacial debris, 416 00:23:16,896 --> 00:23:19,586 they concentrated the gold in a creek bed, 417 00:23:19,689 --> 00:23:22,655 creating seams of gold rich hotspots. 418 00:23:22,758 --> 00:23:24,793 So this has been reworked by water. 419 00:23:24,896 --> 00:23:27,689 - What's water do in your sluice box? - Concentrates. 420 00:23:27,793 --> 00:23:29,103 Concentrates gold. 421 00:23:29,206 --> 00:23:31,896 That's never been re-concentrated over there. 422 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,448 It's going to have a lot less gold in it. 423 00:23:33,551 --> 00:23:38,344 So let's say this is $50 a yard, and that's $1 a yard. 424 00:23:38,448 --> 00:23:42,068 - Yeah. - You just cut yourself to $25 a yard. 425 00:23:42,172 --> 00:23:46,965 If Bryce and Heidi can identify more ancient creek beds, 426 00:23:47,068 --> 00:23:48,758 they'll get more gold. 427 00:23:48,862 --> 00:23:52,448 In this valley, you're going to have to be a prospector as well as a miner, 428 00:23:52,551 --> 00:23:55,620 and you're going to have to hopscotch around hitting those pockets. 429 00:23:55,724 --> 00:23:58,068 There's going to be a lot of gold the old-timers missed. 430 00:23:58,172 --> 00:24:00,689 It's just going to be a bit harder to find it. 431 00:24:00,793 --> 00:24:04,344 And for your future, cut some trenches across your valley 432 00:24:04,448 --> 00:24:06,931 and find out how much of this virgin material 433 00:24:07,034 --> 00:24:09,620 still lives on this side the old-timers missed. 434 00:24:09,724 --> 00:24:11,172 - Yeah. - But you're going to have to find it. 435 00:24:11,275 --> 00:24:13,379 - Sure. - Don't dig holes. 436 00:24:13,482 --> 00:24:15,724 - Dig trenches. - Dig trenches. 437 00:24:15,827 --> 00:24:19,758 If you dig a trench, it gives you a picture, like a picture on your wall. 438 00:24:19,862 --> 00:24:21,551 - You see the difference now? - Yeah. Oh, yeah. 439 00:24:21,655 --> 00:24:24,172 No, I definitely see it. 440 00:24:24,275 --> 00:24:27,758 Freddy's advice on the cut was absolutely spot on. 441 00:24:27,862 --> 00:24:31,620 And it saves so much struggle and trouble going after the wrong thing. 442 00:24:31,724 --> 00:24:33,517 Having them here is so amazing. 443 00:24:33,620 --> 00:24:36,896 I mean, truly the knowledge they can share with us. 444 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:41,620 They need to test that muddy material and see how much is in it by itself 445 00:24:41,724 --> 00:24:44,241 but I think they need to run this other material that's been reworked 446 00:24:44,344 --> 00:24:46,310 that's not plugging the plant up. 447 00:24:46,413 --> 00:24:48,689 I believe there's more gold in it. 448 00:24:48,793 --> 00:24:52,000 We spent a half a day now digging around looking at it, 449 00:24:52,103 --> 00:24:54,551 so I've got to get back on working on the plant 450 00:24:54,655 --> 00:24:57,241 or we aren't going to get this stuff fixed in the time we're here. 451 00:25:02,517 --> 00:25:05,586 At the hopper, Juan is strengthening the plant. 452 00:25:08,448 --> 00:25:11,310 We're pitting these brackets, one to the conveyor and one to the hopper, 453 00:25:11,413 --> 00:25:12,586 and that way we could tighten it 454 00:25:12,689 --> 00:25:15,103 and be able to support the conveyor. 455 00:25:15,206 --> 00:25:19,206 Chain binders will add even more vibration to the hopper, 456 00:25:19,310 --> 00:25:22,344 shaking any plugged paydirt through to the plant. 457 00:25:23,344 --> 00:25:26,137 - How's it going, Juano? - It's coming, Fred. 458 00:25:26,241 --> 00:25:28,000 - Gonna work. - Yeah, it'll be fine. 459 00:25:36,068 --> 00:25:38,103 - Yeah. Go ahead and open her up. - Okay. 460 00:25:39,724 --> 00:25:41,586 Rope. Ready. 461 00:25:45,137 --> 00:25:47,206 It's kind of like being in prison. 462 00:25:47,310 --> 00:25:48,689 I told you we were keeping you. 463 00:25:48,793 --> 00:25:51,275 Oh, you don't want me. 464 00:25:51,379 --> 00:25:53,137 So what we're going to do, we're going to put a piece 465 00:25:53,241 --> 00:25:55,758 of slip rubber in here to get that material moving forward. 466 00:25:55,862 --> 00:25:59,241 - So it'll stop falling out the bottom? - Exactly. 467 00:25:59,344 --> 00:26:02,482 In the initial test, a faulty flap in the hopper 468 00:26:02,586 --> 00:26:09,068 let a rock escape, jamming the tail wheel and almost tearing the belt. 469 00:26:09,172 --> 00:26:14,034 The new rubber flap will hang over the gap blocking off the hold 470 00:26:14,137 --> 00:26:18,137 and forcing all the material up the feed belt. 471 00:26:18,241 --> 00:26:22,103 Little trick I learned last year from a miner in the Yukon. 472 00:26:22,206 --> 00:26:26,482 If you wet your blade, you can cut rubber about three times as fast. 473 00:26:26,586 --> 00:26:31,068 - If I hold this down, you want to draw it? - Sure. 474 00:26:31,172 --> 00:26:34,137 What do you mainly doing at the mine site? 475 00:26:34,241 --> 00:26:36,448 My job is to sort of be the person on the outside 476 00:26:36,551 --> 00:26:38,793 being like, "Well, that doesn't make sense." So... 477 00:26:38,896 --> 00:26:41,620 And also trying to be the voice of reason at times. 478 00:26:41,724 --> 00:26:45,034 He gets so focused and I'm like, "Wouldn't that be easier?" 479 00:26:45,137 --> 00:26:46,586 and "Oh, maybe you're right." 480 00:26:46,689 --> 00:26:48,689 So, just depends on what the need is. 481 00:26:48,793 --> 00:26:52,862 - Sometimes I have good ideas. - I bet you do. 482 00:26:52,965 --> 00:26:56,034 It's a pleasure to work with people like Heidi and Bryce 483 00:26:56,137 --> 00:26:58,344 because they aren't scared to get their hands dirty. 484 00:26:58,448 --> 00:27:02,379 They're the kind of people that ask you what you need to get done. 485 00:27:02,482 --> 00:27:04,551 So I grew up... My mom was a single mom. 486 00:27:04,655 --> 00:27:06,206 I didn't get to grow up with a big family. 487 00:27:06,310 --> 00:27:09,896 So to have all these generations on site was really important to me. 488 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,103 - Are you going to help dad someday catch gold? - Yeah. 489 00:27:13,206 --> 00:27:15,103 Can I have a squeeze first? 490 00:27:15,206 --> 00:27:16,965 From Juan and Freddy, we really need their help 491 00:27:17,068 --> 00:27:20,551 to make sure that what we're doing here is successful. 492 00:27:22,655 --> 00:27:24,724 You want me to crawl on the inside of the hopper to put it in? 493 00:27:24,827 --> 00:27:26,758 Sure, and I'll bolt it from the outside. 494 00:27:28,413 --> 00:27:30,482 You know, if I didn't know any better, I think we measured this 495 00:27:30,586 --> 00:27:32,344 and cut it just perfect. 496 00:27:32,448 --> 00:27:35,827 - Like we knew what we were doing, buddy. - There you go. 497 00:27:37,827 --> 00:27:39,655 Gonna hop up there and have a look at it with you. 498 00:27:43,103 --> 00:27:44,965 Yep. Perfect actually. 499 00:27:47,448 --> 00:27:49,241 Well, another day behind the eight ball. 500 00:27:49,344 --> 00:27:51,965 We got a lot of stuff to do and not a lot of time to get it done. 501 00:27:59,448 --> 00:28:01,551 The next morning. 502 00:28:01,655 --> 00:28:04,310 Right now, we don't have a piece long enough, so we'll use these 503 00:28:04,413 --> 00:28:07,000 and I'll weld them together and then cut them to length. 504 00:28:07,103 --> 00:28:08,827 Use what you got. 505 00:28:08,931 --> 00:28:11,793 Freddy and Juan have just a day and a half left 506 00:28:11,896 --> 00:28:15,758 on the mine site, and one more job to do. 507 00:28:15,862 --> 00:28:17,379 What do you want to do with the riffles? 508 00:28:17,482 --> 00:28:19,620 He had six-footer riffles in here. 509 00:28:19,724 --> 00:28:21,689 I think we'll go to five and a half feet. 510 00:28:21,793 --> 00:28:23,068 We'll build a new riffle trays, 511 00:28:23,172 --> 00:28:25,000 but we'll move them down a little bit. 512 00:28:25,103 --> 00:28:27,724 That'll help spread that material out. 513 00:28:27,827 --> 00:28:30,172 - Put a ramp on the front. - I like it. 514 00:28:30,275 --> 00:28:32,620 The way that material gets up on top of the riffle. 515 00:28:34,413 --> 00:28:37,172 As they measure up the sluice box... 516 00:28:37,275 --> 00:28:39,000 I'm just seeing the depth of it. 517 00:28:46,137 --> 00:28:49,482 - It's shot. - That thing's gone? 518 00:28:49,586 --> 00:28:52,172 It's worse when you see it like that. 519 00:28:52,275 --> 00:28:55,758 - 5/8th. - I hope the other side is the same. 520 00:28:55,862 --> 00:28:57,413 - Oh, shoot. It's even worse. - Other side's worse. 521 00:28:57,517 --> 00:28:59,827 Doesn't look worse, but it is. 522 00:28:59,931 --> 00:29:01,931 That's really bad, Freddy. 523 00:29:02,034 --> 00:29:04,965 The metal of the sluice is severely warped, 524 00:29:05,068 --> 00:29:09,103 leaving gaps where the gold can escape out of the bottom. 525 00:29:09,206 --> 00:29:11,689 This is just some old steel you had that was laying around. 526 00:29:11,793 --> 00:29:13,413 - Yeah. - I understand. 527 00:29:13,517 --> 00:29:15,896 You use what you got, especially when you're on a budget. 528 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:17,551 We can't let that go. 529 00:29:17,655 --> 00:29:21,724 No, this is probably costing you 4 or 5% of your really fine gold. 530 00:29:21,827 --> 00:29:23,068 That's not a good thing. 531 00:29:23,172 --> 00:29:26,068 When you have all that free space underneath your riffles, 532 00:29:26,172 --> 00:29:28,517 inevitably, you're going to get material and water, washing it though. 533 00:29:28,620 --> 00:29:30,413 - Washing underneath? - Underneath it. Yeah. 534 00:29:30,517 --> 00:29:31,482 You know, at the end of the day, 535 00:29:31,586 --> 00:29:33,137 this is kind of your fine gold sluice. 536 00:29:33,241 --> 00:29:36,655 And really, this is not conducive to fine gold recovery at all. 537 00:29:36,758 --> 00:29:38,724 Well, you put all the effort and the last thing you want to do 538 00:29:38,827 --> 00:29:40,793 - is be blowing gold out end. - That's right. 539 00:29:40,896 --> 00:29:43,827 We're better off just building one, Fred. 540 00:29:43,931 --> 00:29:46,896 As wide as this one is, we ain't gonna have time, Juan. 541 00:30:08,344 --> 00:30:09,379 Now that we see it without carpet, 542 00:30:09,482 --> 00:30:10,965 I don't think we can let it be. 543 00:30:11,068 --> 00:30:13,517 I know already we're kind of limited on time, but... 544 00:30:15,724 --> 00:30:20,137 With just 24 hours before they must leave the Waits mine, 545 00:30:20,241 --> 00:30:25,275 Freddy and Juan face building a new sluice from scratch. 546 00:30:25,379 --> 00:30:28,379 Let's fix it. We're going to have to build a new one. 547 00:30:28,482 --> 00:30:30,000 - You can weld, right? - Oh, yeah. 548 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,862 I know we don't have time to do it, but this is important. 549 00:30:34,965 --> 00:30:37,275 Yeah. 550 00:30:37,379 --> 00:30:39,517 I think we'll just shorten this to here. 551 00:30:39,620 --> 00:30:42,724 We're only going to lose an inch and a half of the sluice box. 552 00:30:42,827 --> 00:30:44,793 Well, we got to quit talking about it. Now, we've got to work. 553 00:30:44,896 --> 00:30:46,000 Now we've got that much more to do. 554 00:30:46,103 --> 00:30:47,413 - Yeah. - So let's get to it. 555 00:30:47,517 --> 00:30:49,344 You want to start getting some measurements for me what you want? 556 00:30:49,448 --> 00:30:50,965 - I'll draw it up. - Yeah, please. 557 00:30:53,206 --> 00:30:54,689 Bryce and Heidi, just a great family. 558 00:30:54,793 --> 00:30:56,620 You know, they coming out here trying to make a living. 559 00:30:56,724 --> 00:30:58,689 Freddy and I, we're here, we want to help him as best we can. 560 00:30:58,793 --> 00:31:00,241 We're going to do our best to get 'em fixed 561 00:31:00,344 --> 00:31:02,448 and hopefully, get 'em back on track. 562 00:31:09,206 --> 00:31:12,827 The new sluice box will be two feet wide 563 00:31:12,931 --> 00:31:17,137 and braced along its length with ribs to prevent warps in the steel. 564 00:31:19,137 --> 00:31:23,517 To catch fine gold, Freddy will fit expanded metal 565 00:31:23,620 --> 00:31:27,448 and install a separate riffle tray at the top of the old sluice 566 00:31:27,551 --> 00:31:29,000 for bigger nuggets. 567 00:31:31,068 --> 00:31:32,586 We still got a lot of work ahead of us. 568 00:31:32,689 --> 00:31:34,379 We have to kind of divide and conquer. 569 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,965 As Juan gets started cutting Freddy's design, 570 00:31:39,068 --> 00:31:43,689 Freddy drafts in father and son to tear out the old sluice. 571 00:31:43,793 --> 00:31:45,586 We'd have left it if it wasn't for the bends, 572 00:31:45,689 --> 00:31:49,103 but what we're doing is going to catch you more gold in the future. 573 00:31:49,206 --> 00:31:51,310 - You want to cut that side? - Yeah. 574 00:31:51,413 --> 00:31:53,758 How long you been messing with gold, Goat? 575 00:31:53,862 --> 00:31:57,206 Since the '70s, mostly Northern California. 576 00:31:57,310 --> 00:31:59,172 You guys used to do it together when you were a kid? 577 00:31:59,275 --> 00:32:01,103 - Oh, yeah. - Oh, yeah. 578 00:32:01,206 --> 00:32:04,827 I still got all the old gold that he collected over there in California. 579 00:32:04,931 --> 00:32:07,517 He was conceived at a gold field. 580 00:32:07,620 --> 00:32:09,827 - Pretty sure of it. - That's why it's in my blood. 581 00:32:09,931 --> 00:32:11,655 That's why it's in your blood. 582 00:32:17,413 --> 00:32:20,172 Here you go, Goat. Put her on the back of the truck. 583 00:32:20,275 --> 00:32:24,137 Let's get this done so we can find some gold, we're burning daylight. 584 00:32:29,827 --> 00:32:30,965 Hey, Bryce. What's going on, buddy? 585 00:32:31,068 --> 00:32:32,344 Hey, how's it going over here? 586 00:32:32,448 --> 00:32:34,655 With a whole sluice box to build, 587 00:32:34,758 --> 00:32:38,275 Juan promotes Bryce to welding assistant. 588 00:32:38,379 --> 00:32:39,620 There's some gloves there. 589 00:32:39,724 --> 00:32:41,379 There's actually another hood inside my trailer if you want 590 00:32:41,482 --> 00:32:44,000 - to grab a welding hood. - Okay. 591 00:32:44,103 --> 00:32:47,896 You done much welding? I started welding in high school. 592 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,103 I pretty much have done it ever since. 593 00:32:50,206 --> 00:32:53,586 These ribs, they're going to support the bottom of the sluice box. 594 00:32:53,689 --> 00:32:56,448 - So you saw how your box had a bunch of dips in it? - Right. 595 00:32:56,551 --> 00:32:58,586 We're going gonna put all these reinforced ribs on there 596 00:32:58,689 --> 00:33:02,137 so that way it doesn't have a chance to be able to flex and get bent. 597 00:33:03,517 --> 00:33:05,310 - Go ahead and attack that. - Okay. 598 00:33:08,620 --> 00:33:10,137 That's good. That's goof, that's good. 599 00:33:10,241 --> 00:33:12,586 Let me show you something real quick. 600 00:33:15,586 --> 00:33:17,551 So you fire it off... 601 00:33:25,413 --> 00:33:28,689 If you long arc it like that, gets really, really hot. 602 00:33:28,793 --> 00:33:30,931 A welding arc that is too hot 603 00:33:31,034 --> 00:33:35,448 creates bubbles in the weld, making it weaker. 604 00:33:35,551 --> 00:33:37,896 - So if you want to cool it off, dip it in. - Closer. 605 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,482 The closer you get, the closer you get, the cooler it gets. 606 00:33:41,586 --> 00:33:43,931 It's actually pretty awesome working with Juan, 607 00:33:44,034 --> 00:33:47,586 kind of a dream come true really. 608 00:33:47,689 --> 00:33:49,931 Well, you guys got a beautiful property out here, you know. 609 00:33:50,034 --> 00:33:51,827 I can see why you and your wife and the kids 610 00:33:51,931 --> 00:33:53,344 want to stay out here all the time. 611 00:33:53,448 --> 00:33:55,586 Yeah, I love it up here. 612 00:33:55,689 --> 00:33:57,758 I'm hoping that Freddy and Juan can help us 613 00:33:57,862 --> 00:34:03,448 make a living off the ground, you know, not have to rely on anybody else. 614 00:34:03,551 --> 00:34:06,068 That'd be a dream come true for probably the whole family. 615 00:34:06,172 --> 00:34:11,034 Ryker, Ava, as annoyed as they get at us for being busy all the time, 616 00:34:11,137 --> 00:34:16,000 I think one day they will understand why we do what we do. 617 00:34:16,103 --> 00:34:20,344 - This time, you better catch a fish, okay? - Okay. 618 00:34:20,448 --> 00:34:22,931 Ryker, he's definitely a rock hound. 619 00:34:23,034 --> 00:34:27,793 He has shown a lot of interest in geology, gold mining, 620 00:34:27,896 --> 00:34:30,413 everything that we do up here. 621 00:34:30,517 --> 00:34:33,379 - Are you going to be a gold miner like your dad? - Yes. 622 00:34:33,482 --> 00:34:36,758 You already run the excavator, don't you? 623 00:34:36,862 --> 00:34:39,448 I'll get the nuggets that you missed. 624 00:34:39,551 --> 00:34:42,448 Someday the price of gold will catch up with inflation 625 00:34:42,551 --> 00:34:44,896 and it's going to be worth big money. 626 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,275 It's a good thing for my kids to learn. 627 00:34:48,965 --> 00:34:51,482 Nice weld on there, Bryce. Good job, my friend. 628 00:34:51,586 --> 00:34:54,137 You know, working with Bryce has been great, you know. He knows what he's doing. 629 00:34:54,241 --> 00:34:55,586 He knows how to weld. 630 00:34:55,689 --> 00:34:57,965 You know, he's not scared of work. So he's our type of people. 631 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,172 Hey, Bryce, before you keep on welding, why don't you put that on? 632 00:35:03,275 --> 00:35:04,482 Awesome. Thank you. 633 00:35:04,586 --> 00:35:07,793 Bryce earns Juan's biggest compliment. 634 00:35:07,896 --> 00:35:09,827 Usually, before I let anyone wear that, I want to make sure 635 00:35:09,931 --> 00:35:12,275 they know how to weld, and you do, so you can wear it. 636 00:35:12,379 --> 00:35:14,551 - Glad I can be part of the family. - No problem, buddy. 637 00:35:16,655 --> 00:35:18,827 I feel like a professional welder now. 638 00:35:29,620 --> 00:35:32,448 It's time for final preparations. 639 00:35:32,551 --> 00:35:35,586 Juan welds the finishing touches 640 00:35:35,689 --> 00:35:39,655 as father and son dig out paydirt for the test. 641 00:35:39,758 --> 00:35:41,620 You're... you're really ugly in person. 642 00:35:41,724 --> 00:35:43,758 - Yeah, I know. - Yeah. 643 00:35:43,862 --> 00:35:47,103 - How much gas you got in this hog? - I got a full tank. 644 00:35:47,206 --> 00:35:50,034 I think it'll go to LA at 12 miles an hour. 645 00:35:54,862 --> 00:35:59,068 Bryce is one of the hardest working people I've ever known. 646 00:35:59,172 --> 00:36:02,275 It's pretty scary having everything on the line up here. 647 00:36:04,068 --> 00:36:08,206 Right now I'm over here where Freddy told me I should dig. 648 00:36:08,310 --> 00:36:11,482 That way, we can hopefully get a better result. 649 00:36:12,586 --> 00:36:14,448 Look at that rock. Holy moly! 650 00:36:15,793 --> 00:36:20,931 This truck is a year newer than the year I graduated. 651 00:36:21,034 --> 00:36:23,344 I am in much better shape. 652 00:36:30,551 --> 00:36:31,931 There it is. 653 00:36:38,586 --> 00:36:41,620 I hope there's a bunch of gold in there, that's for sure. 654 00:36:54,724 --> 00:36:58,034 Hey, Bryce. I'm gonna be right there. 655 00:36:58,137 --> 00:37:01,448 On a gold mine, when time is tight, 656 00:37:01,551 --> 00:37:04,551 necessity is the mother of invention. 657 00:37:05,793 --> 00:37:08,413 I don't know what the hell Freddy's doing back there. 658 00:37:08,517 --> 00:37:14,241 It's been about ten, 15 minutes on there, so... See what it's like. 659 00:37:19,517 --> 00:37:21,862 Not cold or hot, but it's done enough. 660 00:37:29,034 --> 00:37:33,172 It's not the greatest, but it's better than no lunch at all. 661 00:37:48,517 --> 00:37:49,620 You're good. You're good. 662 00:37:52,379 --> 00:37:54,551 - Coming down with the boom. - Okay. 663 00:37:54,655 --> 00:37:57,793 - Oops. Or the other down. - The other down. 664 00:37:57,896 --> 00:38:01,034 With the final minutes of the rescue ticking down, 665 00:38:01,137 --> 00:38:04,517 Juan's sluice box arrives at the plant. 666 00:38:04,620 --> 00:38:07,586 We'll knock the boards loose and do some layout on it. 667 00:38:16,310 --> 00:38:18,310 You're good. 668 00:38:18,413 --> 00:38:20,137 Are you going to catch us a giant nugget? 669 00:38:20,241 --> 00:38:21,862 Hopefully. 670 00:38:21,965 --> 00:38:24,896 So I'm going to make a whole separate sluice box area. 671 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,517 One riffle tray here, then two sets here. 672 00:38:27,620 --> 00:38:32,620 I want to make this where you can just pull your nugget tray out for testing 673 00:38:32,724 --> 00:38:34,310 without affecting the rest of them. 674 00:38:34,413 --> 00:38:35,655 Absolutely. 675 00:38:35,758 --> 00:38:38,689 Pull this one riffle tray out, pull this one set of carpet, 676 00:38:38,793 --> 00:38:41,758 just look at it and say "We aren't digging there anymore," 677 00:38:41,862 --> 00:38:45,068 or pull it and say, hopefully, "Dang right!" 678 00:38:45,172 --> 00:38:47,931 So, what are you guys now? You're not miners anymore, right? 679 00:38:48,034 --> 00:38:52,000 - You're prospector miners on this property, right? - Absolutely. 680 00:38:55,827 --> 00:38:58,275 You can help me get this design and we'll get it cut out. 681 00:38:58,379 --> 00:38:59,586 Okay. 682 00:38:59,689 --> 00:39:03,379 Juan has one more job for an aspiring miner. 683 00:39:03,482 --> 00:39:04,862 - Need a hand? You good? - I got it. 684 00:39:04,965 --> 00:39:06,206 All right, bud. 685 00:39:06,310 --> 00:39:08,000 We're going to pull up the table, get some water in here, 686 00:39:08,103 --> 00:39:09,586 so we can start cutting. 687 00:39:09,689 --> 00:39:12,689 Making a sign for the Waits Mine. 688 00:39:12,793 --> 00:39:14,862 What's the name of the mine? - Old Dirty Goat Mine. 689 00:39:14,965 --> 00:39:16,172 Old Dirty Goat Mine. 690 00:39:16,275 --> 00:39:19,448 A tribute to Goat, Ryker's grandpa. 691 00:39:19,551 --> 00:39:21,931 All right. We don't have a whole lot of time, so we'll just cut something 692 00:39:22,034 --> 00:39:23,344 real simple, huh? 693 00:39:25,620 --> 00:39:27,275 How... How big should we make it? 694 00:39:27,379 --> 00:39:29,896 - Pretty big. - So what do you like best about mining, Ryker? 695 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,068 I heard that you're a little bit of a rock hound. 696 00:39:32,172 --> 00:39:35,586 Well, I love finding quartz. All kind of shiny rocks. 697 00:39:35,689 --> 00:39:37,172 Shiny stuff, huh? 698 00:39:41,655 --> 00:39:42,724 Cool. 699 00:39:42,827 --> 00:39:44,103 All right. You ready to cut? 700 00:39:44,206 --> 00:39:46,655 - Mm-hmm. - Here, Ryker, put these on for a little bit. 701 00:39:46,758 --> 00:39:49,000 - Okay. - All right. 702 00:39:49,103 --> 00:39:51,413 Let's get over here and let's hit start on this thing. 703 00:39:51,517 --> 00:39:54,655 All the parameters are set, so hit start when you're ready. 704 00:39:57,551 --> 00:39:58,931 Pretty cool, huh? 705 00:40:03,344 --> 00:40:04,862 Careful. She's still kind of hot. 706 00:40:04,965 --> 00:40:06,862 What do you think your mom and dad are going to think about it? 707 00:40:06,965 --> 00:40:07,965 It's gonna be cool. 708 00:40:08,068 --> 00:40:09,655 Well, you know, the cool thing about it? 709 00:40:09,758 --> 00:40:10,965 Is we both kind of made it together. 710 00:40:11,068 --> 00:40:12,827 Yeah. It's pretty neat, huh? 711 00:40:15,310 --> 00:40:17,931 Well, let's throw some miner's moss on it. 712 00:40:20,448 --> 00:40:22,551 Well, what do you think of this new sluice? 713 00:40:22,655 --> 00:40:23,862 I think it's awesome. 714 00:40:30,448 --> 00:40:32,620 Love it. 715 00:40:32,724 --> 00:40:35,482 I cannot wait to run. I'm excited to see what we did. 716 00:40:35,586 --> 00:40:38,655 Well, there's only one way to find out, huh? 717 00:40:38,758 --> 00:40:40,241 Let's start. 718 00:40:40,344 --> 00:40:41,758 Fire it up! 719 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,068 On their fourth day at the mine, Freddy and Juan 720 00:40:48,172 --> 00:40:52,000 put their quickest ever fix to the test. 721 00:41:02,379 --> 00:41:03,586 Yeah. 722 00:41:20,103 --> 00:41:23,896 Bryce has got about 20 buckets in so far and he hasn't had to stop once for the hopper. 723 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,827 It's running perfectly. 724 00:41:26,931 --> 00:41:30,310 I'm feeling pretty confident about how the plant's running. 725 00:41:30,413 --> 00:41:33,620 I feel the material is running through the plant better. 726 00:41:33,724 --> 00:41:36,965 We're going to make that huge dream a reality. 727 00:41:37,068 --> 00:41:38,689 I'm here for the long term. 728 00:41:38,793 --> 00:41:41,103 There's enough ground for me to mine up here for the rest 729 00:41:41,206 --> 00:41:45,103 of my life and probably most of my kid's life. 730 00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:58,758 That's a good problem. 731 00:41:58,862 --> 00:42:01,931 Yeah. 732 00:42:04,758 --> 00:42:07,206 In the first test, Bryce had to jump 733 00:42:07,310 --> 00:42:11,000 out of his excavator and unclog the hopper multiple times. 734 00:42:13,551 --> 00:42:17,482 Now, the vibrator and chain binders prevent clogs, 735 00:42:17,586 --> 00:42:22,241 allowing Bryce to load three times the amount of paydirt into the plant. 736 00:42:23,620 --> 00:42:27,000 Before, a gap between the hopper and feed belt 737 00:42:27,103 --> 00:42:32,965 let rocks fall into the belt's tail wheel regularly shutting down the plant. 738 00:42:33,068 --> 00:42:38,620 A simple rubber flap now stops the rocks and the breakdowns. 739 00:42:38,724 --> 00:42:42,758 And finally, the hydraulic riffles that clogged up with pay 740 00:42:42,862 --> 00:42:45,896 letting gold escape have been replaced 741 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:50,103 with expanded metal and dedicated prospector's sluice 742 00:42:50,206 --> 00:42:53,275 for quickly testing paydirt on the spotty ground. 743 00:42:54,655 --> 00:42:58,310 They're running good. The sluice is running great. 744 00:42:58,413 --> 00:43:02,206 The feeder's working because we put that vibrator on it. 745 00:43:02,310 --> 00:43:08,206 So he hasn't had to get out of that machine and unplug it once. 746 00:43:08,310 --> 00:43:12,103 That's a scary one, because he even says the nugget effect here. 747 00:43:12,206 --> 00:43:13,827 Yeah, absolutely. 748 00:43:13,931 --> 00:43:15,103 Yep. 749 00:43:17,965 --> 00:43:23,241 - Four hours in... - Well, Juano, last bucket. 750 00:43:23,344 --> 00:43:25,000 Let's see what's in the pan, Fred. 751 00:43:25,103 --> 00:43:28,103 You know, at the end of the day, the scale doesn't lie. 752 00:43:44,689 --> 00:43:47,068 Get some water. 753 00:43:47,172 --> 00:43:48,862 What do you think, Juano? 754 00:43:48,965 --> 00:43:51,241 The prospector's sluice should give them 755 00:43:51,344 --> 00:43:54,310 an idea of the quality of the paydirt. 756 00:43:54,413 --> 00:43:59,896 It's hard to say, Fred, but I don't see anything that's popping out. 757 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:07,896 I see why you can do 40 pans and not find a color looking at that, you know? 758 00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:09,724 I can see some gold right there. 759 00:44:09,827 --> 00:44:10,862 - Here? - Yeah. 760 00:44:10,965 --> 00:44:12,275 I see a pile of gold right there I think. 761 00:44:12,379 --> 00:44:14,068 - There's a nugget. - A nugget right there. 762 00:44:14,172 --> 00:44:16,172 Right at the first riffle. 763 00:44:16,275 --> 00:44:19,137 - It wasn't three feet down, huh? - Right where it belongs. 764 00:44:24,724 --> 00:44:27,344 - There's quarter of an ounce there or more... - Yeah, we got it. 765 00:44:27,448 --> 00:44:28,931 ...just in that one pan. 766 00:44:31,413 --> 00:44:34,965 When I first saw that pan, I was pretty happy with what I saw. 767 00:44:35,068 --> 00:44:38,413 Speculate all you want, it don't matter until you actually weigh it up. 768 00:44:42,310 --> 00:44:46,172 For the Waits family, it's the moment of truth. 769 00:44:53,310 --> 00:44:55,827 - Ooh. - This is what we got, guys. 770 00:44:57,724 --> 00:44:59,862 - Well, we know the plant's running more efficient. - Yeah. 771 00:45:05,379 --> 00:45:06,689 0.31. 772 00:45:08,448 --> 00:45:10,931 - Not good, Fred. - No. 773 00:45:11,034 --> 00:45:17,896 ...31 ounces worth roughly $600, half the first gold weigh. 774 00:45:20,862 --> 00:45:23,241 - No big nuggets like that last time. - No. 775 00:45:23,344 --> 00:45:25,689 The nugget factor up here is a real deal. 776 00:45:28,241 --> 00:45:31,103 We know the sluice is doing good because we tested it down the sluice. 777 00:45:31,206 --> 00:45:34,034 There's no gold carrying down to speak of. So... 778 00:45:34,137 --> 00:45:35,689 No, everything was working great. 779 00:45:35,793 --> 00:45:39,965 Well, we were hoping to fill a pan with gold, but keep prospecting 780 00:45:40,068 --> 00:45:41,724 because that's what you're going to have to do here. 781 00:45:41,827 --> 00:45:43,068 Yeah. 782 00:45:43,172 --> 00:45:45,862 - You know, like we talked prospector miners. - Absolutely. 783 00:45:45,965 --> 00:45:47,620 We're set up for it now. 784 00:45:47,724 --> 00:45:50,413 This is the first time I've been bit in the ass like this. 785 00:45:50,517 --> 00:45:53,344 They found that big nugget on the first clean up. 786 00:45:53,448 --> 00:45:55,586 We didn't find a big nugget on the second one, 787 00:45:55,689 --> 00:45:57,793 but it's going to be spotty just like this. 788 00:45:57,896 --> 00:45:59,620 The material the old-timers missed, 789 00:45:59,724 --> 00:46:02,275 it's probably got good gold in it. 790 00:46:02,379 --> 00:46:05,965 But there's another silver lining. 791 00:46:07,241 --> 00:46:09,931 - Oh! - Holy cow. 792 00:46:10,034 --> 00:46:12,068 - Nice. Awesome. - Cool. 793 00:46:12,172 --> 00:46:13,793 Came out good, huh, Ryker? 794 00:46:16,620 --> 00:46:17,793 Well, guys, do us a favor. 795 00:46:17,896 --> 00:46:20,620 Keep us informed on what happens 796 00:46:20,724 --> 00:46:23,551 because now your plant's set up to prospect. 797 00:46:23,655 --> 00:46:27,379 You know that second gold weight isn't what we wanted. Honestly, that's gold mining. 798 00:46:27,482 --> 00:46:29,034 You know, especially with ground like this, 799 00:46:29,137 --> 00:46:31,103 sometimes you're going to hit it, and sometimes you don't. 800 00:46:31,206 --> 00:46:32,620 Really want to know how they keep on doing 801 00:46:32,724 --> 00:46:34,206 because they're part of our family now. 802 00:46:34,310 --> 00:46:37,000 We want to make sure that the improvements that we made to their plant, 803 00:46:37,103 --> 00:46:38,655 you know, really help them out. 804 00:46:38,758 --> 00:46:40,068 You know, this is kind of a fluke. 805 00:46:40,172 --> 00:46:41,827 You know, the ground wasn't what it should have been, 806 00:46:41,931 --> 00:46:44,137 - and that's how it is up here, so... - Right. 807 00:46:44,241 --> 00:46:46,517 But you're going to come into some stuff that, it's going to be amazing 808 00:46:46,620 --> 00:46:48,068 - and we want to know about it. - Yeah. 809 00:46:48,172 --> 00:46:49,137 - Absolutely. - Yeah. 810 00:46:49,241 --> 00:46:50,517 Thanks for all your help, guys. 811 00:46:50,620 --> 00:46:52,413 - Thanks for everything, guys. - Yeah. It was really amazing. 812 00:46:54,551 --> 00:46:55,827 Well, Juan? 813 00:46:55,931 --> 00:46:57,793 Oh, man, Freddy, that was a little disappointing, honestly. 814 00:46:57,896 --> 00:47:00,655 - Well, I guess on to the next... - Let's do it. 815 00:47:00,758 --> 00:47:03,137 - ...bunch of miners, huh? - Let's go. 816 00:47:15,793 --> 00:47:16,965 Hey, Freddy. Hey, Juan. How's it going? 817 00:47:17,068 --> 00:47:19,413 We just want to give you guys a quick update. 818 00:47:19,517 --> 00:47:21,586 We've been taking the trommel around and using that, 819 00:47:21,689 --> 00:47:24,275 you know, top riffle or nugget riffle to kind of prospects 820 00:47:24,379 --> 00:47:26,758 some ground and see what we can find 821 00:47:26,862 --> 00:47:29,689 and we've got a surprise for you. 822 00:47:29,793 --> 00:47:34,482 We pulled out 0.91 ounce 823 00:47:34,586 --> 00:47:36,655 in just one four-hour run. 824 00:47:37,827 --> 00:47:39,827 Um, things are doing good. 825 00:47:39,931 --> 00:47:42,965 And that's almost a 40% increase from when you guys were here helping 826 00:47:43,068 --> 00:47:47,206 and it was in the same amount of time and a lot less work. 827 00:47:47,310 --> 00:47:51,275 Um, we just want to thank you guys both for everything. 828 00:47:51,379 --> 00:47:55,068 Things are running awesome and we couldn't have done it without you guys. 829 00:47:55,172 --> 00:47:56,965 And we really appreciate you and your crew coming 830 00:47:57,068 --> 00:47:59,655 to help us and hang out with us and you're welcome any time.