1 00:00:01,620 --> 00:00:04,827 Weather's coming. Temperature's dropped a good ten degrees here this week. 2 00:00:04,827 --> 00:00:07,206 [narrator] With only three weeks left, 3 00:00:07,206 --> 00:00:10,103 the Hoffmans need their best payouts yet. 4 00:00:10,103 --> 00:00:12,689 This is the biggest clean-up of the season for me. 5 00:00:12,689 --> 00:00:16,103 [narrator] Over 120 ounces of gold every week... 6 00:00:16,103 --> 00:00:18,068 Right now we're firing on all cylinders. 7 00:00:18,068 --> 00:00:19,586 ...until the end, 8 00:00:19,586 --> 00:00:21,689 to hit 1,000 ounces. 9 00:00:21,689 --> 00:00:23,275 [Andy] If we're gonna hit any of our goals, 10 00:00:23,275 --> 00:00:25,379 we gotta keep the plants turning. 11 00:00:25,379 --> 00:00:27,275 [narrator] While Hunter and his crew scramble 12 00:00:27,275 --> 00:00:29,275 to keep the Black Pearl churning. 13 00:00:30,068 --> 00:00:31,793 [Cub] Being down right now, it sucks. 14 00:00:31,793 --> 00:00:35,517 [narrator] Todd takes desperate action to find better pay dirt. 15 00:00:35,517 --> 00:00:38,413 This section right here could be 25%, 16 00:00:38,413 --> 00:00:42,103 maybe even 35% of the total gold that we need. 17 00:00:42,103 --> 00:00:44,896 [narrator] Will returning to last year's abandoned cut 18 00:00:44,896 --> 00:00:47,275 steer them towards their 1,000-ouce goal... 19 00:00:47,275 --> 00:00:48,413 [Todd] I hate switching gears again, 20 00:00:48,413 --> 00:00:50,586 but I think we gotta take to risk. 21 00:00:50,586 --> 00:00:53,586 [narrator] ...or will Todd's gamble be a dead end? 22 00:00:53,586 --> 00:00:58,344 [Todd] This pay dirt here is the wettest, nastiest stuff that we've ever ran. 23 00:01:13,206 --> 00:01:16,896 [Todd] This baby's running lean and mean, and I am going fast. 24 00:01:16,896 --> 00:01:19,689 I am running 250 yards an hour right now. 25 00:01:19,689 --> 00:01:21,896 If there wasn't so much water on it, 26 00:01:21,896 --> 00:01:24,586 you'd probably see steam coming off of it. 27 00:01:24,586 --> 00:01:26,206 But I am concerned 28 00:01:26,206 --> 00:01:28,275 because no matter how many yards 29 00:01:28,275 --> 00:01:29,793 that we're churning through, 30 00:01:29,793 --> 00:01:32,172 our clean-ups are always a little bit less 31 00:01:32,172 --> 00:01:33,965 than what they really should be. 32 00:01:48,103 --> 00:01:49,689 [Todd] What is this stuff, Andy? 33 00:01:50,378 --> 00:01:52,000 Is this what we've been running? 34 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,378 [Andy] Yeah. 35 00:01:53,378 --> 00:01:56,000 [Andy] So here's the thing, we're working in an area 36 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,275 -that's not very large. -Yeah. 37 00:01:58,275 --> 00:02:00,275 So when we first started it, 38 00:02:00,275 --> 00:02:02,103 we're up higher, so it was bigger, 39 00:02:02,103 --> 00:02:04,793 so I was taking it off in layers. 40 00:02:04,793 --> 00:02:09,620 Now we're going through the layers and taking multiple layers. 41 00:02:09,620 --> 00:02:12,793 [Todd] Maybe we've mixed some of the good pay 42 00:02:12,793 --> 00:02:15,448 with stuff that doesn't have any gold in it. 43 00:02:16,310 --> 00:02:17,620 And maybe we've come up 44 00:02:17,620 --> 00:02:20,000 with that three quarters of an ounce a hundred 45 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,275 just because we've got a layer that's not very good. 46 00:02:24,103 --> 00:02:26,068 When...and I pan those cuts 47 00:02:26,068 --> 00:02:27,896 and you can see it on the face of a wall, 48 00:02:27,896 --> 00:02:30,689 and you get all the brown layer, red layer, 49 00:02:30,689 --> 00:02:32,448 a black layer, a grey layer, 50 00:02:33,206 --> 00:02:35,310 there's certain layers that are really rich 51 00:02:35,310 --> 00:02:37,482 and there's layers that have a piece of gold in it. 52 00:02:37,482 --> 00:02:39,586 And then there's layers that have 14 pieces of gold in it. 53 00:02:39,586 --> 00:02:40,862 Right. 54 00:02:41,482 --> 00:02:44,793 I think we mix those weaker layers in with our rich layers. 55 00:02:44,793 --> 00:02:47,310 Problem is when you're taking it off the face of a wall, 56 00:02:47,310 --> 00:02:49,482 -you can't pick out. -Just pick, yeah. 57 00:02:49,482 --> 00:02:50,689 You gotta take the whole thing. 58 00:02:50,689 --> 00:02:53,067 -You're kind of blending it, so... -Yeah. 59 00:02:53,067 --> 00:02:56,000 Three quarters of an ounce, a hundred ain't gonna do it. 60 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,172 [Andy] No. 61 00:02:57,172 --> 00:02:59,172 -And we don't have enough time. -[Todd] No, we don't. 62 00:02:59,172 --> 00:03:02,896 We gotta get the rich stuff and we gotta run it quick. 63 00:03:03,103 --> 00:03:04,172 [Andy] Yeah. 64 00:03:04,172 --> 00:03:06,413 [Todd] When you add up the time we have left 65 00:03:06,413 --> 00:03:08,103 and our resources, 66 00:03:08,103 --> 00:03:10,827 we gotta get a lot of gold in a short amount of time. 67 00:03:10,827 --> 00:03:14,344 So, we wanna try to shift gears and see what's going on. 68 00:03:22,103 --> 00:03:25,793 [Todd] So, the cut from last year out there on Quartz Creek, 69 00:03:25,793 --> 00:03:27,724 let's just call it the Lost Cut. 70 00:03:27,724 --> 00:03:30,103 I went back over the drill holes, 71 00:03:30,103 --> 00:03:34,000 there are three to three-and-a-half ounces per 100. 72 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:38,172 [Todd] Last year we tried to run some pay dirt on Quartz Creek. 73 00:03:38,172 --> 00:03:39,724 [man 1] I had some really good results. 74 00:03:39,724 --> 00:03:42,206 By drilling, the best prospects I found 75 00:03:42,206 --> 00:03:43,689 were on Quartz Creek. 76 00:03:43,689 --> 00:03:46,379 [man 2] That's the only place that we have a drilled resource right now 77 00:03:46,379 --> 00:03:48,103 that's ready to go. 78 00:03:48,103 --> 00:03:51,172 [Todd] But the weather had other ideas on us. 79 00:03:51,172 --> 00:03:54,275 What do you think, Andy? You think this will fall out? 80 00:03:54,275 --> 00:03:57,793 I don't know. We're late. I don't know if it'll fall or not. 81 00:03:57,793 --> 00:04:00,655 Kind of doubtful, but we'll give it a try for Jason. 82 00:04:03,620 --> 00:04:06,000 [Todd] We just don't have any heat. We need heat. 83 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,103 Just the wrong time. 84 00:04:08,103 --> 00:04:11,379 [Todd] That cut's been open all summer, so I know it's got some thaw, 85 00:04:11,379 --> 00:04:14,000 but with the weather changing and how cold it's getting, 86 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,172 we're running out of time. 87 00:04:15,172 --> 00:04:17,689 What we need is that 2 ounces a hundred 88 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:19,274 ...and on up. 89 00:04:19,274 --> 00:04:22,793 That's gonna push us way farther ahead. 90 00:04:22,793 --> 00:04:24,793 [Todd] If the drill holes are correct, 91 00:04:24,793 --> 00:04:27,172 we're all gonna run at Black Pearl, Holy Roller. 92 00:04:27,172 --> 00:04:29,275 We throw a Hail Mary at this thing. 93 00:04:29,275 --> 00:04:31,586 If not, we're screwed. 94 00:04:34,793 --> 00:04:37,172 If it truly is 3 ounces a hundred, 95 00:04:38,103 --> 00:04:41,275 this section right here could be 25% 96 00:04:41,275 --> 00:04:44,793 maybe even 35% of our total gold that we need. 97 00:04:44,793 --> 00:04:47,103 Yeah. I think what I'd do is I'd get in here 98 00:04:47,103 --> 00:04:49,517 get the water out, expose the ground. 99 00:04:49,517 --> 00:04:51,448 I think I can do that in a day. 100 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:53,379 I hate switching gears again, 101 00:04:53,379 --> 00:04:55,586 but I think we gotta take to risk. 102 00:04:55,586 --> 00:04:57,275 Run one day of it, 103 00:04:57,275 --> 00:04:58,482 do a clean-up, 104 00:04:58,482 --> 00:05:00,379 and then we'll find out 105 00:05:00,379 --> 00:05:02,689 if this mine's like a drill. 106 00:05:02,689 --> 00:05:05,068 [Todd] We moved around a lot this year, 107 00:05:05,068 --> 00:05:06,172 trying to find pay dirt. 108 00:05:06,172 --> 00:05:08,689 We started the Ancient Riverbed, 109 00:05:08,689 --> 00:05:11,000 then we went up to the Narrows of Dahl, 110 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:12,827 and then over at North Fork. 111 00:05:12,827 --> 00:05:15,724 But if I'm gonna win, I gotta take this gamble. 112 00:05:15,724 --> 00:05:18,896 I gotta take Andy out from actually getting pay dirt 113 00:05:18,896 --> 00:05:21,620 and put him over here on this little project. 114 00:05:21,620 --> 00:05:23,275 Hopefully, it pans out. 115 00:05:23,275 --> 00:05:25,000 -Get me a day, run it. -Okay. 116 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,000 Let's do a clean-up, and then that clean-up 117 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,379 will tell us the story. 118 00:05:29,379 --> 00:05:33,000 You'll just have to keep Tater scratching that pay 119 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:34,793 from the Narrows of Dahl. 120 00:05:34,793 --> 00:05:37,620 [Todd] I need Andy to focus on the Lost Cut. 121 00:05:37,620 --> 00:05:39,724 While he's doing that, we're gonna have Tater 122 00:05:39,724 --> 00:05:42,000 start pulling dirt from the Narrows of Dahl, 123 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,310 and get that pay dirt down to the Black Pearl and Hunter 124 00:05:45,310 --> 00:05:47,862 because their clean-ups were even worse than ours. 125 00:05:48,275 --> 00:05:49,655 Thirty-five, 126 00:05:50,931 --> 00:05:53,068 forty-four. 127 00:05:53,068 --> 00:05:56,482 [Todd] Clearly what we have here is a pay dirt problem. 128 00:05:56,482 --> 00:06:00,068 I need them to run the pay dirt from the Narrows of Dahl. 129 00:06:00,068 --> 00:06:02,206 Tater needs to watch those layers 130 00:06:02,206 --> 00:06:04,517 and only bring the good pay dirt 131 00:06:04,517 --> 00:06:06,586 to the Black Pearl. 132 00:06:06,586 --> 00:06:09,931 -Well, I say it's worth the risk. -For sure. 133 00:06:09,931 --> 00:06:11,793 -One clean-up. -One clean-up. We'll do it. 134 00:06:27,275 --> 00:06:28,896 [Todd over transceiver] 135 00:06:30,172 --> 00:06:31,655 [Hunter] Yeah, everything looks all good. 136 00:06:32,586 --> 00:06:35,275 Right now we're firing on all cylinders. 137 00:06:35,275 --> 00:06:38,103 This morning, we made a few small improvements on the plant. 138 00:06:38,103 --> 00:06:40,689 Changed... Pulled out all the water bars, 139 00:06:40,689 --> 00:06:42,413 and we got some more RPMs out of our pump, 140 00:06:42,413 --> 00:06:45,827 so everything seems to be washing a little bit better. 141 00:06:45,827 --> 00:06:48,000 All right, this looks a little better. 142 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,482 I'm liking how the water bar's looking, too. 143 00:06:50,482 --> 00:06:51,827 [Hunter] That should be way better than before. 144 00:06:51,827 --> 00:06:53,931 Yeah, that's... That's looking really good, dude. 145 00:06:53,931 --> 00:06:56,827 We can shove some more material in here now. 146 00:06:56,827 --> 00:07:01,275 [over transceiver] Let's go ahead and... And clean it fairly fast. 147 00:07:01,275 --> 00:07:03,827 [narrator] After several low weigh-ins for Northfork, 148 00:07:03,827 --> 00:07:05,896 Hunter and his crew gear up 149 00:07:05,896 --> 00:07:08,379 to run better pay from the Narrows of Dahl. 150 00:07:09,793 --> 00:07:11,689 [Hunter] That's rinsing the material a lot better. 151 00:07:11,689 --> 00:07:15,103 Yeah, that's what we needed. Just cleaning it freaking... 152 00:07:15,103 --> 00:07:17,896 Yeah, that's fine china coming right out the end. 153 00:07:17,896 --> 00:07:21,000 [Hunter] My game plan is to just try to run richer pay. 154 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,827 At the end of the day, um, we're all on the same ship, 155 00:07:23,827 --> 00:07:27,000 so, you know, I'm gonna just have to trust my dad 156 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,379 and run whatever he wants to run. 157 00:07:29,689 --> 00:07:30,689 Okay, let's rip it. 158 00:07:31,172 --> 00:07:32,482 Let's rip it! 159 00:07:46,896 --> 00:07:48,206 Here's the deal. 160 00:07:48,206 --> 00:07:51,103 We've got this cut that I gotta go deal with, the Lost Cut. 161 00:07:51,103 --> 00:07:53,379 I need to stick down there for a couple of days. 162 00:07:53,379 --> 00:07:56,310 -All right. -So you are gonna kind of be thrown 163 00:07:56,310 --> 00:07:57,862 into the lion's den a little bit. 164 00:08:02,206 --> 00:08:05,379 I need you just to scratch pay and load these trucks. 165 00:08:05,379 --> 00:08:07,000 Stay with the layers that we have. 166 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,413 I keep finding this red layer. It always pays really good. 167 00:08:10,413 --> 00:08:13,896 [narrator] The Narrows of Dahl has five different layers of dirt. 168 00:08:13,896 --> 00:08:16,275 In order to reach the gold ridge pay dirt, 169 00:08:16,275 --> 00:08:19,689 Tater must first dig through a black topsoil layer 170 00:08:19,689 --> 00:08:22,206 and two clay ridge, brown layers. 171 00:08:22,206 --> 00:08:24,482 Below those lies the gold 172 00:08:24,482 --> 00:08:27,413 in a red layer and a grey or rich layer. 173 00:08:27,413 --> 00:08:31,241 Digging for pay requires experience and a keen eye. 174 00:08:32,413 --> 00:08:35,275 Don't get too far ahead of yourself. You got a question, call me. 175 00:08:35,275 --> 00:08:36,413 I'll come back down here. 176 00:08:36,413 --> 00:08:37,413 All right. 177 00:08:38,102 --> 00:08:40,000 Usually you get dropped into something like this 178 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,000 after a couple years of moving dirt 179 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,275 and hauling pay and everything, you kind of learn it. 180 00:08:44,275 --> 00:08:45,896 But we just don't have that luxury. 181 00:08:45,896 --> 00:08:47,482 Just take your time, 182 00:08:47,482 --> 00:08:50,482 slow and steady, I think you'll be okay. 183 00:08:50,482 --> 00:08:52,000 -All right. -Okay? 184 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:53,517 I'll do my best. 185 00:08:53,517 --> 00:08:55,482 You can do this. I know you can. 186 00:08:55,482 --> 00:08:57,586 So, just take your time, though, okay? 187 00:08:57,586 --> 00:08:59,275 -No problem. -Call me if you need me. 188 00:08:59,275 --> 00:09:00,482 -All right, I'm out. -Good luck over there. 189 00:09:00,482 --> 00:09:01,689 [Andy] Yeah. 190 00:09:06,793 --> 00:09:08,448 [Tater] I'm a little nervous, I'll be honest with you. 191 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:10,689 It's a big responsibility. 192 00:09:12,103 --> 00:09:13,896 You know, Todd really went out on a limb this year 193 00:09:13,896 --> 00:09:15,275 with the equipment, 194 00:09:15,275 --> 00:09:17,172 with fuel, with everything. 195 00:09:17,172 --> 00:09:19,793 So I wanna come up with a lot of gold 196 00:09:19,793 --> 00:09:21,310 to make sure that he doesn't go broke 197 00:09:21,310 --> 00:09:23,620 and keep him in the black. 198 00:09:23,620 --> 00:09:26,241 The gold is in the ground. We just gotta dig and get it out. 199 00:09:42,379 --> 00:09:47,000 I don't mind the work, but I'm not gonna lie, these 16, 17-hour days, 200 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,275 they're getting to me. 201 00:09:50,586 --> 00:09:52,862 Once-in-a-lifetime experience. 202 00:09:53,068 --> 00:09:54,344 Every year. 203 00:09:58,482 --> 00:10:00,103 We're running out of time. 204 00:10:00,103 --> 00:10:01,310 Winter's coming. 205 00:10:01,310 --> 00:10:04,655 We just gotta keep going, keep grinding, no matter what. 206 00:10:22,379 --> 00:10:24,068 Hey, Sparky, the water stopped. 207 00:10:25,896 --> 00:10:27,379 [over transceiver] Sparky, do you copy? 208 00:10:34,103 --> 00:10:35,344 Oh, [bleep] 209 00:10:57,586 --> 00:11:00,448 [Cub] I was feeding the plant, everything was going great, 210 00:11:00,448 --> 00:11:03,000 and then I go to dump another scoop, 211 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,000 and I realize the water's off. 212 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,551 So, you know, I had to shut it down. 213 00:11:08,551 --> 00:11:11,000 Being down right now, it sucks. 214 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,103 And we gotta get up and running as soon as possible. 215 00:11:16,655 --> 00:11:19,344 [Hunter] So, I put Cub up in the Black Pearl. 216 00:11:19,344 --> 00:11:21,862 Then I hear on the radio that the water shut off, 217 00:11:21,862 --> 00:11:24,896 so our pump's full idle, it's like dead, 218 00:11:24,896 --> 00:11:27,965 which I don't have another one, obviously. 219 00:11:30,172 --> 00:11:32,068 We'll just figure out a solution and work through it. 220 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,103 [narrator] With the Black Pearl unable to run, 221 00:11:38,482 --> 00:11:41,103 Cub goes to work helping Tater stack pay 222 00:11:41,103 --> 00:11:42,344 from the Narrows of Dahl. 223 00:12:10,758 --> 00:12:12,172 [Tater] Biggest part about this 224 00:12:12,172 --> 00:12:14,103 is I hope I don't make any mistakes. 225 00:12:14,103 --> 00:12:16,689 If I throw away pay dirt, that costs money. 226 00:12:16,689 --> 00:12:18,758 And if I send the wrong dirt, we run dirt 227 00:12:18,758 --> 00:12:19,965 that doesn't have anything in it, 228 00:12:19,965 --> 00:12:21,862 that's a whole other problem, so... 229 00:12:23,793 --> 00:12:25,000 [Tater speaking over transceiver] 230 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:25,965 [Cub over transceiver] Yeah. 231 00:12:31,689 --> 00:12:33,137 [laughs] 232 00:12:39,275 --> 00:12:43,793 [Tater] There's so many different colors and types of material here. 233 00:12:43,793 --> 00:12:47,241 It's really not easy. Andy makes it look pretty easy. 234 00:12:47,241 --> 00:12:49,482 He's good. Man is good. 235 00:12:49,482 --> 00:12:52,172 I hope I can do it half as good and quick as he can. 236 00:13:03,586 --> 00:13:04,965 [birds cawing] 237 00:13:10,344 --> 00:13:12,000 [narrator] Over at the Lost Cut... 238 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,965 [pump engine starts] 239 00:13:13,965 --> 00:13:16,379 ...Andy begins prepping the pay dirt. 240 00:13:16,379 --> 00:13:18,379 His first step is dewatering it 241 00:13:18,379 --> 00:13:19,655 with the Barco Pump. 242 00:13:20,689 --> 00:13:23,793 [Andy] Unless the water's moving, it's an insulator. 243 00:13:23,793 --> 00:13:24,793 It doesn't thaw out. 244 00:13:24,793 --> 00:13:26,689 It'll stay frozen. It'll never thaw. 245 00:13:26,689 --> 00:13:30,241 You will have a muddy mess because every time it rains, 246 00:13:30,241 --> 00:13:32,448 just slops more material down. 247 00:13:32,448 --> 00:13:34,344 You want to keep the water flowing. 248 00:13:34,344 --> 00:13:36,827 What I need is some sunshine and some heat. 249 00:13:37,793 --> 00:13:39,068 [narrator] This gas-powered pump 250 00:13:39,068 --> 00:13:42,172 can move up to 750 gallons a minute, 251 00:13:42,172 --> 00:13:44,344 dispersing into a nearby reserve. 252 00:13:45,793 --> 00:13:47,862 But the pump alone isn't enough. 253 00:13:47,862 --> 00:13:50,000 So, Andy will use the long neck 254 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:53,241 to dig 6-foot ditches for the water to flow into, 255 00:13:53,241 --> 00:13:56,172 which, in turn, will lower the overall water level 256 00:13:56,172 --> 00:13:59,517 and expose more ground to the heat of the sun. 257 00:14:01,551 --> 00:14:03,965 [Andy] As much I wanted to start digging the payout, 258 00:14:03,965 --> 00:14:06,034 first thing you do is you get your ditches right 259 00:14:06,034 --> 00:14:09,275 and you get your pump going, get rid of all the water. 260 00:14:09,275 --> 00:14:11,344 Just keep the pump running, keep the water going. 261 00:14:11,344 --> 00:14:14,172 It's mother nature that we're gonna fight against today 262 00:14:14,172 --> 00:14:15,241 and we'll see who wins. 263 00:14:16,482 --> 00:14:17,689 That's all we can do. 264 00:14:29,586 --> 00:14:32,275 [Randy] So I got a call that the Black Pearl was down 265 00:14:32,275 --> 00:14:34,000 due to the water pump failed. 266 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,379 Looks like we got a bad alternator 267 00:14:36,379 --> 00:14:39,241 because the battery is completely dead. 268 00:14:39,241 --> 00:14:41,655 If the alternator's not charging the battery 269 00:14:41,655 --> 00:14:42,896 and the battery goes dead, 270 00:14:42,896 --> 00:14:44,931 it shuts off, shuts the pump down. 271 00:14:45,896 --> 00:14:47,379 [narrator] The alternator is a machine 272 00:14:47,379 --> 00:14:49,896 connected to the motor by a drive belt. 273 00:14:49,896 --> 00:14:52,896 As it rotates, it converts mechanical energy 274 00:14:52,896 --> 00:14:54,482 into electrical energy, 275 00:14:54,482 --> 00:14:56,482 which maintains the batter's charge 276 00:14:56,482 --> 00:14:58,862 and allows the pump to continue running. 277 00:15:00,068 --> 00:15:02,793 We'll probably start this back up with another battery, 278 00:15:02,793 --> 00:15:06,586 then go get a battery charger and send it here with a generator. 279 00:15:06,586 --> 00:15:08,827 I don't know if that's gonna fit in there. 280 00:15:10,344 --> 00:15:11,310 Close enough. 281 00:15:18,793 --> 00:15:20,689 So we're gonna run jumper cables 282 00:15:20,689 --> 00:15:23,482 from the Barco to your battery, 283 00:15:23,482 --> 00:15:26,689 so the Barco's gonna be charging your battery all the time 284 00:15:26,689 --> 00:15:28,655 until we source another alternator. 285 00:15:29,758 --> 00:15:31,137 [Hunter speaking] 286 00:15:31,137 --> 00:15:32,275 [Randy] The alternator's the problem. 287 00:15:32,275 --> 00:15:35,586 I figured. Do we have another one like this here? 288 00:15:35,586 --> 00:15:37,655 I think I have one more, 289 00:15:37,655 --> 00:15:39,103 but I gotta go find it. 290 00:15:39,103 --> 00:15:41,482 But if you wanna get up and running, 291 00:15:41,482 --> 00:15:43,172 you're able to now. 292 00:15:43,172 --> 00:15:45,586 -All right, thank you. -You're welcome. 293 00:15:45,586 --> 00:15:48,689 [Hunter] I'm hoping that Randy can find another alternator 294 00:15:48,689 --> 00:15:51,482 off another pump or something in the camp. 295 00:15:51,482 --> 00:15:53,482 I wish we weren't having these little tiny issues, 296 00:15:53,482 --> 00:15:55,586 but everything we're using is old, 297 00:15:55,586 --> 00:15:57,689 everything has a lot of wear on it. 298 00:15:57,689 --> 00:15:59,896 Everything takes a long time out here. 299 00:15:59,896 --> 00:16:02,448 Even just losing half an hour is a lot of money, 300 00:16:02,448 --> 00:16:05,206 so there's a lot of factors working against us. 301 00:16:06,172 --> 00:16:08,137 Okay, alternator went out on the pump. 302 00:16:09,172 --> 00:16:11,137 They're putting cables from the Barco onto ours 303 00:16:11,137 --> 00:16:12,482 so it's charging the battery all the time. 304 00:16:12,482 --> 00:16:14,586 Randy's gonna see if he can get another alternator 305 00:16:14,586 --> 00:16:16,137 off another pump. 306 00:16:16,137 --> 00:16:18,172 So we're back up and running right now. 307 00:16:18,172 --> 00:16:19,965 We should be at full water here in a second. 308 00:16:23,137 --> 00:16:24,620 [engine starts] 309 00:16:33,448 --> 00:16:36,172 [Hunter] We're Band-Aiding it for now, but it got us up and running. 310 00:16:36,172 --> 00:16:37,482 It wasn't catastrophic, 311 00:16:37,482 --> 00:16:40,310 but time is money, so hopefully tonight 312 00:16:41,068 --> 00:16:42,137 when we shut down for good, 313 00:16:42,137 --> 00:16:45,068 we can get a more permanent fix on that thing. 314 00:17:02,275 --> 00:17:03,655 [Todd speaking over transceiver] 315 00:17:08,034 --> 00:17:09,586 Okay. 316 00:17:09,586 --> 00:17:12,172 [narrator] With the majority of the water drained from the Lost Cut, 317 00:17:12,172 --> 00:17:14,758 Andy begins loading rock trucks with pay. 318 00:17:15,896 --> 00:17:18,517 I've never seen ground that has so much ice in it. 319 00:17:19,378 --> 00:17:21,000 Welcome to... 320 00:17:25,172 --> 00:17:27,448 When you move it, move it real slow. 321 00:17:28,896 --> 00:17:32,551 [Andy] You know, this cut has a lot more water than what we're used to, 322 00:17:32,551 --> 00:17:35,448 and what we're getting into, there's ice lenses going through it. 323 00:17:36,172 --> 00:17:38,448 So as soon as you expose it to the air, 324 00:17:38,448 --> 00:17:39,689 turns instantly to water. 325 00:17:39,689 --> 00:17:41,482 So, we got a lot of water. 326 00:17:41,482 --> 00:17:44,344 But that's good. It's melting. That's what I want. 327 00:17:44,344 --> 00:17:45,724 It just makes a mess, though. 328 00:17:48,172 --> 00:17:50,068 [Andy speaking over transceiver] 329 00:17:51,034 --> 00:17:53,172 [Dakota speaking over transceiver] 330 00:18:06,482 --> 00:18:10,862 If this cut comes in anywhere near 3 ounces a hundred, 331 00:18:10,862 --> 00:18:12,413 that's gonna save our season. 332 00:18:33,793 --> 00:18:35,275 [Hunter] Everything looks good right now. 333 00:18:35,275 --> 00:18:36,655 Hopefully it stays running 334 00:18:36,655 --> 00:18:39,551 until we can get a more permanent fix on that thing. 335 00:18:42,689 --> 00:18:44,448 [narrator] While Hunter and Cub take advantage 336 00:18:44,448 --> 00:18:47,275 of the temporary battery power running the water pump 337 00:18:47,275 --> 00:18:49,310 to push Narrows of Dahl pay dirt... 338 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:53,793 [Ron] Has it got a... built on it? 339 00:18:53,793 --> 00:18:56,172 -We can take the pulley off. -We can change it, yeah. 340 00:18:56,172 --> 00:18:58,793 ...Ron and Randy scour old equipment 341 00:18:58,793 --> 00:19:01,241 in hopes of finding an alternator matching 342 00:19:01,241 --> 00:19:04,413 the exact model they need to permanently fix the pump. 343 00:19:05,689 --> 00:19:08,689 [Randy] That orange pump over here is the one... 344 00:19:08,689 --> 00:19:11,344 -It's got a John Deere engine on it. -Yeah. 345 00:19:11,344 --> 00:19:15,344 [Randy] And I took the alternator off of it for the camp generator. 346 00:19:15,344 --> 00:19:17,344 -[Ron] This one's identical. -Is it? 347 00:19:18,034 --> 00:19:19,896 Oh, yeah. 348 00:19:19,896 --> 00:19:22,034 -Okay, this will fit. -[Ron] Yeah. 349 00:19:23,034 --> 00:19:24,034 [Randy] There she be. 350 00:19:24,034 --> 00:19:26,172 Black Pearl is built like a tank. 351 00:19:26,172 --> 00:19:29,000 That thing is so heavy and so strong 352 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,482 that nothing's really gonna affect it. 353 00:19:31,482 --> 00:19:34,344 What's gonna affect it is the little things around it. 354 00:19:34,344 --> 00:19:37,793 And that's what happened today. An alternator failure. 355 00:19:37,793 --> 00:19:39,275 Okay, you want me to rip into that, then? 356 00:19:39,275 --> 00:19:41,482 Yeah, you rip into that and I'll... 357 00:19:41,482 --> 00:19:42,965 I'll get back to trucking. 358 00:19:42,965 --> 00:19:45,034 It's just timing. We're out of it. 359 00:19:45,034 --> 00:19:48,655 We don't have any more time. We have to stay running. 360 00:19:48,655 --> 00:19:51,758 This alternator will be a real good donor candidate for us. 361 00:19:52,448 --> 00:19:53,379 They're both John Deere, 362 00:19:53,379 --> 00:19:56,206 and the mounting appears to be the same. 363 00:19:59,103 --> 00:20:00,482 There we go. [sighs] 364 00:20:00,482 --> 00:20:02,034 That's the last one in captivity, 365 00:20:02,034 --> 00:20:04,413 so better not lose it or break it. 366 00:20:05,482 --> 00:20:08,310 All there. Okay, let's go. 367 00:20:31,172 --> 00:20:32,965 That is really wet. 368 00:20:33,689 --> 00:20:35,172 [narrator] Back at the Holy Roller, 369 00:20:35,172 --> 00:20:38,758 Todd continues to run the 650-yard test pay 370 00:20:38,758 --> 00:20:39,965 from the Lost Cut. 371 00:20:42,241 --> 00:20:45,689 [Todd] This pay dirt here is the wettest, 372 00:20:45,689 --> 00:20:48,000 nastiest stuff that we've ever ran. 373 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:52,241 Just running out of the bucket, man. It's like wet concrete. 374 00:20:56,965 --> 00:20:58,448 It kind of reminds me 375 00:20:58,448 --> 00:21:01,551 of something that my grandma used to make 376 00:21:02,068 --> 00:21:03,034 for dinner. 377 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,000 It wasn't good then and it ain't good now. 378 00:21:07,758 --> 00:21:09,275 Because that cut 379 00:21:09,275 --> 00:21:12,896 was done at the wrong time, it's really, really wet, 380 00:21:12,896 --> 00:21:16,103 so our pay dirt is just saturated with water. 381 00:21:22,482 --> 00:21:25,965 What we need is at least 2 ounces a hundred to hit our goal. 382 00:21:30,896 --> 00:21:34,000 Hey, Framer, test the water. 383 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,000 [Framer] I gotta go through check gauges right now, and all that [bleep]. 384 00:21:37,344 --> 00:21:38,275 Yes. 385 00:21:40,482 --> 00:21:42,379 I'm just checking on the plant right now. 386 00:21:42,379 --> 00:21:44,586 We're running the Lost Cut dirt, 387 00:21:44,586 --> 00:21:46,689 the first of the Lost Cut dirt right now. 388 00:21:46,689 --> 00:21:48,689 And just making sure everything's running properly 389 00:21:48,689 --> 00:21:50,310 so we get a proper test on this. 390 00:21:51,482 --> 00:21:53,034 It's our last little push right now 391 00:21:53,034 --> 00:21:54,379 before the weather kicks us out, 392 00:21:54,379 --> 00:21:55,758 so we wanna make sure 393 00:21:56,793 --> 00:21:58,206 it's a perfect run. 394 00:22:01,172 --> 00:22:02,310 All right. 395 00:22:03,034 --> 00:22:06,344 We really need to know how much gold is in this pay. 396 00:22:06,344 --> 00:22:09,034 Hopefully before we're out of here, we hit 1,000, 397 00:22:09,034 --> 00:22:10,068 but I don't know. 398 00:22:10,068 --> 00:22:11,448 You know, this is gold mining, 399 00:22:11,448 --> 00:22:14,655 so you never really know. 400 00:22:15,793 --> 00:22:17,931 Literally, the mine depends on 401 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,862 this sticky, nasty pay dirt. 402 00:22:32,896 --> 00:22:35,034 [Tater] We're on pretty good ground. 403 00:22:35,034 --> 00:22:39,241 Todd decided to pivot over to the Lost Cut. 404 00:22:40,379 --> 00:22:42,862 This late in the season, it could be a... 405 00:22:43,655 --> 00:22:45,413 It could be a really risky venture. 406 00:22:46,172 --> 00:22:49,965 We're taking resources from no pay dirt. 407 00:22:49,965 --> 00:22:52,655 It's gonna be a little hectic and stressful. 408 00:22:52,655 --> 00:22:56,137 The weather's changing. Days are gonna get shorter and colder. 409 00:22:56,137 --> 00:22:58,482 So we really, really gotta pay attention 410 00:22:58,482 --> 00:23:00,206 to what we're doing and not mess things up. 411 00:23:00,862 --> 00:23:04,241 But I really think Todd and Andy, 412 00:23:04,241 --> 00:23:09,344 they wouldn't take a risk if there wasn't a pretty good chance of success. 413 00:23:11,689 --> 00:23:15,413 Really hoping that I can knock this one out of the park. 414 00:23:16,172 --> 00:23:17,724 Hopefully it doesn't go wrong. 415 00:23:35,793 --> 00:23:39,931 Yesterday we found an alternator up here at the pad. 416 00:23:40,586 --> 00:23:42,896 Never throw anything away. 417 00:23:42,896 --> 00:23:44,758 He was running the pump late last night, 418 00:23:44,758 --> 00:23:46,172 and I told him, I said, "You know what? 419 00:23:46,172 --> 00:23:47,896 We'll just put it in in the morning." 420 00:23:47,896 --> 00:23:50,896 So, today we're gonna put that alternator in, 421 00:23:50,896 --> 00:23:52,758 test it, make sure that it's working. 422 00:23:55,482 --> 00:23:57,482 It even has the right pulley on it. 423 00:23:57,482 --> 00:23:59,896 I don't even have to change the pulley over. 424 00:23:59,896 --> 00:24:04,137 Weather's coming. Temperature's dropped a good ten degrees here this week, 425 00:24:04,137 --> 00:24:06,068 and we're gonna get shoved out any day now. 426 00:24:06,793 --> 00:24:08,172 Here we go. 427 00:24:09,793 --> 00:24:13,103 So it's vitally important that the Black Pearl stays running 428 00:24:13,103 --> 00:24:14,413 at all costs. 429 00:24:15,068 --> 00:24:16,103 [sighs] Come on. 430 00:24:18,379 --> 00:24:20,172 Oh, you're already in there. 431 00:24:20,172 --> 00:24:22,586 If we're gonna hit any of our goals, 432 00:24:22,586 --> 00:24:24,655 we gotta keep the plants turning. 433 00:24:25,379 --> 00:24:27,379 There we go. 434 00:24:27,379 --> 00:24:30,758 Am I gonna miss these days where I have to come out here 435 00:24:30,758 --> 00:24:34,068 and put [bleep] together in the middle of the snow and the rain and the ice? 436 00:24:34,482 --> 00:24:35,448 Not so much. 437 00:24:38,758 --> 00:24:40,275 Got this new alternator on there. 438 00:24:40,275 --> 00:24:41,758 -Just wanna test fire it. -Yeah. 439 00:24:42,103 --> 00:24:43,000 Here we go. 440 00:24:43,379 --> 00:24:44,862 [engine starts] 441 00:24:46,862 --> 00:24:48,448 [Randy] So far so good. 442 00:24:48,448 --> 00:24:50,241 So it's actually sending voltage. 443 00:24:50,241 --> 00:24:52,793 Let's go take that battery cable off 444 00:24:52,793 --> 00:24:54,241 and see if it's actually working. 445 00:24:56,482 --> 00:24:57,793 There it is. 446 00:24:57,793 --> 00:24:59,241 We took the cable off. 447 00:24:59,586 --> 00:25:01,172 It's still running. 448 00:25:01,172 --> 00:25:03,241 Therefore the alternator's working 449 00:25:03,241 --> 00:25:06,896 because you've eliminated all the voltage from the battery. 450 00:25:06,896 --> 00:25:08,586 So now you're... You're golden. 451 00:25:08,586 --> 00:25:10,655 You're putting out voltage. 452 00:25:10,655 --> 00:25:13,862 So now with a generator and a battery charger and four other batteries, 453 00:25:14,275 --> 00:25:15,448 you're actually... 454 00:25:15,448 --> 00:25:18,275 You should be able to run all day without any issues. 455 00:25:18,275 --> 00:25:19,586 Awesome. Thank you. 456 00:25:19,586 --> 00:25:20,689 -You're welcome. -Thank you. 457 00:25:20,689 --> 00:25:21,896 This is a huge help. 458 00:25:21,896 --> 00:25:22,862 Yeah, no kidding. 459 00:25:23,172 --> 00:25:24,448 Got it all fixed. 460 00:25:24,448 --> 00:25:26,862 But that doesn't mean that there won't be something else. 461 00:25:26,862 --> 00:25:28,241 Okay, I guess we'll fire her up then. 462 00:25:28,241 --> 00:25:30,172 -You can run it now. -Let's do it. 463 00:25:30,172 --> 00:25:33,655 There's just so many thousand things that can go wrong, 464 00:25:34,655 --> 00:25:36,172 and they do. 465 00:25:36,172 --> 00:25:38,310 We cannot afford to be down anymore. 466 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,034 I say let's set the bypass. 467 00:25:54,793 --> 00:25:56,344 [...over transceiver] 468 00:25:57,586 --> 00:25:59,793 [Todd] Now we're idling down the pump. 469 00:25:59,793 --> 00:26:03,689 Take it down to about 800 RPM, let it cool down. 470 00:26:03,689 --> 00:26:06,448 That Barco has been hammering all day. 471 00:26:07,655 --> 00:26:08,931 Shut the trommel down. 472 00:26:11,655 --> 00:26:14,586 [...over transceiver] 473 00:26:14,586 --> 00:26:18,275 [narrator] After running exactly 650 yards of the Lost Cut... 474 00:26:18,275 --> 00:26:19,241 [Todd] Big moment. 475 00:26:20,137 --> 00:26:21,482 ...the team is ready to find out 476 00:26:21,482 --> 00:26:25,068 if their pivot to new pay dirt was a wise decision. 477 00:26:26,482 --> 00:26:27,862 You see anything good in here? 478 00:26:27,862 --> 00:26:29,068 Yeah. 479 00:26:29,068 --> 00:26:30,655 There's yellow stuff in there. 480 00:26:31,448 --> 00:26:32,758 All kinds of gold in there. 481 00:26:34,344 --> 00:26:37,862 [Todd] So about ready to pull mats for the Lost Cut. 482 00:26:37,862 --> 00:26:39,586 And I know it's a small test, 483 00:26:39,586 --> 00:26:42,724 but to me, this is the biggest clean-up of the season. 484 00:26:44,896 --> 00:26:46,310 -There was? -Yeah. 485 00:26:47,379 --> 00:26:49,241 [Todd] This has gotta be good gold 486 00:26:49,241 --> 00:26:51,655 or we're in deep, deep trouble as a mine. 487 00:27:21,172 --> 00:27:23,344 [Sparky] Dude, everything is looking pretty good over here. 488 00:27:23,344 --> 00:27:25,241 It's looking pretty good. 489 00:27:25,241 --> 00:27:28,000 And keep 'em running, baby. 490 00:27:28,344 --> 00:27:29,482 -[beeps] -Copy. 491 00:27:40,379 --> 00:27:42,103 This morning we got the new part put on. 492 00:27:42,103 --> 00:27:43,827 So far so good. 493 00:27:43,827 --> 00:27:45,206 Sluice box looks good, 494 00:27:45,758 --> 00:27:47,103 pump looks good, 495 00:27:47,103 --> 00:27:50,000 so just keeping a little bit of a closer eye on things today. 496 00:27:52,034 --> 00:27:53,655 Cleaning out really good. 497 00:27:54,896 --> 00:27:56,206 [Hunter] It's one of those things, it's like, say, 498 00:27:56,206 --> 00:27:57,344 you get a new car 499 00:27:58,103 --> 00:27:59,965 and it never breaks down. 500 00:27:59,965 --> 00:28:01,620 You know, after the first breakdown, 501 00:28:01,620 --> 00:28:03,034 you don't... You know, you don't trust it 502 00:28:03,034 --> 00:28:04,931 the way you did, you know, initially. 503 00:28:08,034 --> 00:28:09,896 I don't wanna push this plant to its limit, 504 00:28:09,896 --> 00:28:11,275 I don't want it to break down this season, 505 00:28:11,275 --> 00:28:13,655 but either way, we need to get the yardage 506 00:28:13,655 --> 00:28:15,068 or we're not gonna get to 1,000. 507 00:28:15,068 --> 00:28:16,827 We don't know how much time we have left. 508 00:28:16,827 --> 00:28:18,620 You know, we're at the mercy of the elements here, 509 00:28:18,620 --> 00:28:20,931 so I'd rather leave here sooner than later. 510 00:28:21,758 --> 00:28:22,931 It's looking pretty good. 511 00:28:29,448 --> 00:28:31,793 We're gonna check out competitor's box, 512 00:28:31,793 --> 00:28:33,379 see if we're packing up. 513 00:28:34,965 --> 00:28:36,344 That feels... 514 00:28:36,344 --> 00:28:37,413 It looks pretty good. 515 00:28:37,413 --> 00:28:39,862 I don't see any major leaks, so... 516 00:28:39,862 --> 00:28:41,448 Just checking in on the competitor, 517 00:28:41,448 --> 00:28:43,000 see what we're dealing with right now. 518 00:28:43,758 --> 00:28:46,827 And it's looking not too shabby. 519 00:28:46,827 --> 00:28:50,620 Maybe could be a little better, but that's my opinion. 520 00:28:50,620 --> 00:28:53,758 If their pay turns out to be more potent than expected, 521 00:28:53,758 --> 00:28:55,137 everybody wins. 522 00:28:55,137 --> 00:28:56,206 We're a competition, 523 00:28:56,206 --> 00:28:59,413 but if their Lost Cut ends up being more, 524 00:28:59,413 --> 00:29:01,000 that's more than better, okay? 525 00:29:07,551 --> 00:29:08,827 You know, I'm hearing over the radio 526 00:29:08,827 --> 00:29:10,551 that my grandpa's testing out 527 00:29:10,551 --> 00:29:13,344 some of the concentrate that the Holy Roller ran from the Lost Cut. 528 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:15,896 And I'm hoping that it's hotter 529 00:29:15,896 --> 00:29:17,896 than the last stuff we were running. 530 00:29:18,344 --> 00:29:19,551 So, we'll see. 531 00:29:28,068 --> 00:29:32,172 That's Lost Cut they ran 650 yards. 532 00:29:32,172 --> 00:29:36,655 So that would mean if we got 6-and-a-half ounces, 533 00:29:37,344 --> 00:29:38,413 you're doing good. 534 00:29:39,344 --> 00:29:43,103 If you get 12 ounces, you're doing really good. 535 00:29:43,103 --> 00:29:45,724 You know? And if you get more than 12, 536 00:29:45,724 --> 00:29:47,413 you're doing exceptional. 537 00:29:48,379 --> 00:29:50,379 So, yeah, it needs to be screened, yeah? 538 00:29:50,586 --> 00:29:51,655 All right. 539 00:29:53,379 --> 00:29:56,310 Running out of time. It's starting to get cold. 540 00:29:56,310 --> 00:29:58,068 Things are gonna keep falling out. 541 00:29:58,068 --> 00:30:00,103 So what we're doing 542 00:30:00,827 --> 00:30:02,793 is jumping to another spot. 543 00:30:02,793 --> 00:30:04,620 Sometimes that'll bit you in the butt, 544 00:30:04,620 --> 00:30:07,620 but it's not desperation, 545 00:30:07,620 --> 00:30:10,000 but it's the final hour, if you might say. 546 00:30:10,931 --> 00:30:13,137 [Jack] That's pretty nice gold right there. 547 00:30:13,137 --> 00:30:15,517 Yeah, I'll take that any day. 548 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,034 So, all hands on deck. 549 00:30:18,724 --> 00:30:20,862 No sleep. Work, work. 550 00:30:20,862 --> 00:30:22,827 So it's just the way it is. 551 00:30:25,034 --> 00:30:26,862 Gosh, that looks good, though. 552 00:30:28,344 --> 00:30:30,482 -[Jack] Okay, let's go weigh it. -Okay. 553 00:30:32,172 --> 00:30:34,000 [Jim] The Lost Cut has to be good. 554 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:35,827 It looks promising. 555 00:30:35,827 --> 00:30:37,655 But again, that scale does not lie. 556 00:30:37,655 --> 00:30:40,379 We'll weigh it up and that will tell us what we got, 557 00:30:40,379 --> 00:30:41,931 and hopefully it's good. 558 00:30:42,793 --> 00:30:44,517 See what Todd's got here. 559 00:30:50,896 --> 00:30:53,103 [Jack] 15.15 ounces. 560 00:30:53,793 --> 00:30:55,448 That's fantastic. 561 00:30:55,448 --> 00:31:00,517 Todd's made a wise decision and he has to make this work. 562 00:31:02,482 --> 00:31:05,517 [Jack speaking over transceiver] Todd, we got 15.15 ounces. 563 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,482 2.4 ounces per 100. 564 00:31:08,482 --> 00:31:09,896 [laughs heartily] 565 00:31:11,827 --> 00:31:16,103 The Lost Cut weighed out at 2.4 ounces per 100 yards. 566 00:31:17,206 --> 00:31:20,068 So actually, I'm very excited about it. 567 00:31:20,068 --> 00:31:22,655 There's a real chance we're gonna hit 1,000. 568 00:31:22,655 --> 00:31:26,448 We're gonna run this lost cut till all the pay freezes up on us. 569 00:31:34,758 --> 00:31:36,551 [narrator] Over at the Narrows of Dahl, 570 00:31:36,551 --> 00:31:39,103 Tater continuous stacking pay for the Black Pearl. 571 00:31:39,793 --> 00:31:41,379 How many did we haul yesterday? 572 00:31:43,482 --> 00:31:44,482 Ten... 573 00:31:49,482 --> 00:31:52,551 Right now I got a lot of emotions going on. 574 00:31:52,551 --> 00:31:54,896 It's always been a dream of mine to come up here and do this. 575 00:31:54,896 --> 00:31:57,413 Now I'm actually pulling the gold out of the ground, 576 00:31:57,413 --> 00:31:59,413 it kind of feels good. 577 00:31:59,413 --> 00:32:00,931 Feels good to have the trust. 578 00:32:01,931 --> 00:32:03,758 I can call myself a gold miner. 579 00:32:04,620 --> 00:32:06,068 I'm really excited. 580 00:32:06,068 --> 00:32:09,310 When we run this dirt, we'll know if I made a mistake or not. 581 00:32:11,689 --> 00:32:14,172 This sluice box is either gonna be 582 00:32:14,172 --> 00:32:16,103 yellow or barren. 583 00:32:17,310 --> 00:32:18,551 If it's yellow, 584 00:32:19,241 --> 00:32:21,655 oh, man, I'm gonna be, gah, jumping. 585 00:32:21,655 --> 00:32:25,068 You'll see me doing, like, jumping jacks and cartwheels. 586 00:32:25,068 --> 00:32:26,137 It would be great. 587 00:32:27,482 --> 00:32:30,724 And if it's barren, it falls all on me. 588 00:32:31,517 --> 00:32:32,827 There's a lot of pressure. 589 00:32:33,344 --> 00:32:34,827 Hopefully it doesn't go wrong. 590 00:33:01,379 --> 00:33:06,275 [Todd] With the lost cut coming in at 2.4 ounces per 100, 591 00:33:06,275 --> 00:33:08,862 this, I believe, is good news, 592 00:33:08,862 --> 00:33:12,000 and this is actually gonna turn our season in the right direction. 593 00:33:25,172 --> 00:33:27,413 Go ahead and bring it down to half idle. 594 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:30,482 Bring it down to half. 595 00:33:30,482 --> 00:33:33,000 [narrator] Now, Hunter and his crew are ready to pull 596 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,344 the Black Pearl's mats for the week 597 00:33:35,344 --> 00:33:38,000 and get their first glimpse at how much gold they could have 598 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,275 from the Narrows of Dahl. 599 00:33:40,241 --> 00:33:42,241 Let's just get into it, rinse all these 600 00:33:42,241 --> 00:33:43,862 and we'll have a fresh box for tomorrow. 601 00:33:43,862 --> 00:33:45,068 -Yeah. -Okay. 602 00:33:45,068 --> 00:33:46,379 Let's rip it up. 603 00:33:52,034 --> 00:33:54,827 [Sparky] It's gonna be a fat clean-up. I'm feeling it, dude. 604 00:33:54,827 --> 00:33:56,379 [whoops happily] 605 00:33:56,379 --> 00:33:58,068 -[Hunter] Look at that. -[Sparky] Yeah, that's... 606 00:33:58,068 --> 00:33:59,413 [Hunter] Bro. 607 00:33:59,413 --> 00:34:01,172 [Sparky] Have you checked this line out? 608 00:34:01,172 --> 00:34:02,793 [narrator] Despite the blown alternator 609 00:34:02,793 --> 00:34:04,551 that threatened a long shutdown, 610 00:34:04,551 --> 00:34:07,172 the Black Pearl was able to continue running, 611 00:34:07,172 --> 00:34:08,620 thanks to a Band-Aid fix 612 00:34:08,620 --> 00:34:11,516 and some resourcefulness on Randy and Ron's part. 613 00:34:11,516 --> 00:34:14,862 It's a fix that could make all the difference in the gold room. 614 00:34:16,379 --> 00:34:17,793 [Cub] That's the money. 615 00:34:17,793 --> 00:34:19,241 -That's what we love to see. -[Sparky] It goes all the way down. 616 00:34:19,241 --> 00:34:20,688 Look. Boom, boom, boom, boom. 617 00:34:20,688 --> 00:34:21,965 [Cub] Yup, we're loaded. 618 00:34:23,413 --> 00:34:25,757 We got a whole gold colony right here. 619 00:34:38,034 --> 00:34:39,931 You wanna go eat, Cub, 620 00:34:39,931 --> 00:34:41,516 and him cover you, or what? 621 00:34:43,896 --> 00:34:46,585 [over transceiver] Uh, no we're gonna eat when we shut down. 622 00:34:49,034 --> 00:34:50,896 [Hunter] One of the things I miss the most 623 00:34:50,896 --> 00:34:55,241 is being able to just drive and go get food. 624 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,172 [Sparky] Sometimes we gotta eat just Pop Tarts. 625 00:35:01,172 --> 00:35:02,379 [chuckling] That's how it is. 626 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,344 I... We need to eat more. 627 00:35:16,620 --> 00:35:18,793 Sucks these things are gone in, like, two bites. 628 00:35:18,793 --> 00:35:20,793 You can't eat parts of trees, 629 00:35:20,793 --> 00:35:22,689 forage for mushrooms. 630 00:35:22,689 --> 00:35:24,551 I wanna [bleep] eat a big piece of steak. 631 00:35:24,551 --> 00:35:26,482 [Todd] Right now I'm gonna eat some pie, 632 00:35:26,482 --> 00:35:29,137 get some coffee and get out of here, okay? 633 00:35:55,103 --> 00:35:57,206 [Jim] Hey, Jack, you gotta see this. Come here. 634 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:00,482 Look at all that gold in there. 635 00:36:00,482 --> 00:36:03,034 [Jack] Yeah. Okay. 636 00:36:03,034 --> 00:36:06,103 [Jack] We've got Tater's dirt from the Narrows of Dahl, 637 00:36:06,103 --> 00:36:08,206 You know, he's been digging that. 638 00:36:08,206 --> 00:36:10,448 And hopefully it's good, you know. 639 00:36:10,448 --> 00:36:13,379 I... We gotta have some good days, you know? 640 00:36:13,379 --> 00:36:14,896 And hopefully this is one of them. 641 00:36:15,724 --> 00:36:19,068 So here's where our concentrate comes out 642 00:36:19,068 --> 00:36:20,379 of the duplex jig. 643 00:36:20,689 --> 00:36:21,896 There's, oh, 644 00:36:21,896 --> 00:36:25,758 probably about $30,000 worth of gold in this one bucket. 645 00:36:26,482 --> 00:36:27,896 Pretty cool. 646 00:36:27,896 --> 00:36:30,379 I think Tater did a good job. 647 00:36:38,448 --> 00:36:40,793 [Jack] Now the Narrows of Dahl is... 648 00:36:41,137 --> 00:36:42,172 It's good. 649 00:36:42,862 --> 00:36:45,000 It's just not good enough for me. 650 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,724 If you only have this material to run, run it. 651 00:36:49,620 --> 00:36:51,965 But if you have the Lost Cut material, 652 00:36:51,965 --> 00:36:53,931 run that, that's your best material. 653 00:36:54,793 --> 00:36:56,379 Be smart, you know. 654 00:36:57,344 --> 00:37:00,310 Time is of the essence, you know. 655 00:37:00,310 --> 00:37:01,448 And... And... 656 00:37:02,931 --> 00:37:05,068 I probably know that better than anybody. 657 00:37:05,068 --> 00:37:10,068 The reason that I know it is because I'm gonna be 77 this year. 658 00:37:10,068 --> 00:37:12,241 My time's running out, you know. 659 00:37:12,241 --> 00:37:14,551 And I wanna get a lot of gold. 660 00:37:29,724 --> 00:37:31,758 [Todd] Guys, this was a big week. 661 00:37:31,758 --> 00:37:34,758 What's in the lost cut, that's the future. 662 00:37:35,034 --> 00:37:36,448 Yeah. 663 00:37:36,448 --> 00:37:39,310 [narrator] In order to stay on track to hit their 1,000-ounce goal, 664 00:37:39,310 --> 00:37:41,310 the Hoffmans need a combined total 665 00:37:41,310 --> 00:37:44,172 of at least 121 ounces this week. 666 00:37:45,448 --> 00:37:46,620 How about you guys? 667 00:37:46,620 --> 00:37:48,000 No major issues 668 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,724 and just running consistently. 669 00:37:50,724 --> 00:37:52,620 But there is gold in it, you know? 670 00:37:52,620 --> 00:37:54,827 Every day we shut down, there was gold in the box, so... 671 00:37:58,724 --> 00:38:00,620 Either you're really tired, Jack, 672 00:38:00,620 --> 00:38:02,724 -or that looks pretty heavy... Oh. -Oh. 673 00:38:02,724 --> 00:38:04,000 [Todd] Set that down again. 674 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:05,034 I wanna hear that. 675 00:38:05,034 --> 00:38:06,000 [thuds] 676 00:38:06,931 --> 00:38:07,724 Wow, that is... 677 00:38:07,724 --> 00:38:09,413 -Well... -[thuds] 678 00:38:09,413 --> 00:38:12,172 [Sparky] Oh, that sounded heavier, I don't know. 679 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:14,206 Sounded pretty heavy. 680 00:38:14,206 --> 00:38:16,172 All right, 101 last week. 681 00:38:16,172 --> 00:38:18,034 They're the winners. They go first. 682 00:38:18,034 --> 00:38:19,758 Okay, you're gonna count it out, Spark. 683 00:38:19,758 --> 00:38:20,689 I got you. 684 00:38:21,206 --> 00:38:22,620 Let's see how Tater did. 685 00:38:24,448 --> 00:38:25,310 [Sparky] Oh. 686 00:38:26,758 --> 00:38:29,034 Five, ten, 687 00:38:29,413 --> 00:38:31,379 15, 20, 688 00:38:31,758 --> 00:38:33,413 25, 30, 689 00:38:35,620 --> 00:38:37,068 35, 690 00:38:37,655 --> 00:38:39,000 40, 691 00:38:39,586 --> 00:38:41,172 45, 692 00:38:42,206 --> 00:38:44,379 46.1. 693 00:38:44,379 --> 00:38:46,689 -So, we did better than last week. -Nice. 694 00:38:46,689 --> 00:38:49,689 I mean, it's 80 grand. I mean, I'm happy with it. 695 00:38:49,689 --> 00:38:51,137 Awesome. 696 00:38:51,137 --> 00:38:53,482 -[Hunter] Tater, I just wanna say thank you. -Yeah, you're welcome, man. 697 00:38:53,482 --> 00:38:56,965 Tater really came in clutch and helped us to get gold. 698 00:38:56,965 --> 00:38:59,344 Like, at the end of the day, we wanted to have a competition, 699 00:38:59,344 --> 00:39:01,103 but it's like we're all on the same team. 700 00:39:01,103 --> 00:39:02,724 Okay, what do we got? 701 00:39:03,482 --> 00:39:05,241 Okay, go for it. 702 00:39:05,241 --> 00:39:08,965 [narrator] In order to hit their weekly target of 121 ounces, 703 00:39:08,965 --> 00:39:11,103 Todd needs their gold-rich lost cut 704 00:39:11,103 --> 00:39:13,586 to bring in at least 75 ounces. 705 00:39:14,517 --> 00:39:16,448 -Hey, Jack. -Yeah. 706 00:39:17,586 --> 00:39:19,068 [Jim] We'll need the big one. 707 00:39:19,068 --> 00:39:21,482 -Now we're talking. -Now we're talking. 708 00:39:22,206 --> 00:39:23,068 [Jim] All right. 709 00:39:25,310 --> 00:39:27,965 [Todd] Fifteen, 20, 25, 710 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:30,689 30, 35, 711 00:39:31,620 --> 00:39:34,724 40, 45, 50, 55, 712 00:39:35,517 --> 00:39:38,689 60, 65, 70, 713 00:39:40,931 --> 00:39:42,896 75, 714 00:39:43,896 --> 00:39:45,310 78, 79, 715 00:39:46,172 --> 00:39:49,413 79.9. 716 00:39:49,413 --> 00:39:52,655 -Now we're talking. -[Andy] There we go. Yeah. 717 00:39:52,655 --> 00:39:56,068 That's what, $135,000? 718 00:39:56,068 --> 00:39:58,034 -That's pretty good. Just us. -[Andy] Yeah. 719 00:39:58,034 --> 00:40:00,172 [Todd] Okay, what is that? How many ounces? 720 00:40:00,172 --> 00:40:02,137 For the week, it's 126. 721 00:40:02,137 --> 00:40:04,551 Boom. We hit that 121 level. 722 00:40:04,551 --> 00:40:05,689 [Jim] Right. 723 00:40:05,689 --> 00:40:08,068 Okay. Now what's our total? 724 00:40:08,068 --> 00:40:12,000 Her grand total is 762... 725 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:13,310 Dude. 726 00:40:13,310 --> 00:40:14,344 All right. 727 00:40:15,827 --> 00:40:17,551 [narrator] This week, the Hoffmans produced 728 00:40:17,551 --> 00:40:20,448 a total of 126 ounces of gold, 729 00:40:20,448 --> 00:40:24,482 bringing their running tally up to 762. 730 00:40:24,482 --> 00:40:28,206 The Hoffmans now need 238 more ounces of gold 731 00:40:28,206 --> 00:40:31,275 to reach their season goal of 1,000 ounces. 732 00:40:33,689 --> 00:40:36,620 We're close to getting our goal of 1,000. 733 00:40:36,620 --> 00:40:37,896 It's hard to believe. 734 00:40:42,310 --> 00:40:43,620 You're a sweet man. 735 00:40:44,896 --> 00:40:45,862 We love you. 736 00:40:48,068 --> 00:40:49,793 Don't cry on camera. 737 00:40:50,275 --> 00:40:51,068 It's real. 738 00:40:52,379 --> 00:40:53,620 [Hunter] It's super hard out here. 739 00:40:53,620 --> 00:40:55,724 I know we're all tired, we're all worn down, 740 00:40:55,724 --> 00:40:58,517 but none of us are gonna leave until we get 1,000 ounces. 741 00:40:58,517 --> 00:40:59,586 So however we gotta do it, 742 00:40:59,586 --> 00:41:01,931 if I gotta keep getting 40-ounce clean-ups, 743 00:41:01,931 --> 00:41:03,551 well, that's what we're gonna do 744 00:41:03,551 --> 00:41:05,137 because we're already close. 745 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,137 -I agree. -Really close. 746 00:41:07,137 --> 00:41:09,379 We're gonna run the wheels off that Black Pearl. 747 00:41:09,379 --> 00:41:12,275 I don't care if we gotta burn body fat for fuel, 748 00:41:12,275 --> 00:41:13,275 we're gonna do it. 749 00:41:13,551 --> 00:41:14,379 Good. 750 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:16,758 Everybody else feel that same way? 751 00:41:16,758 --> 00:41:18,275 -Yeah. -Absolutely. 752 00:41:18,275 --> 00:41:19,551 We got a big week. 753 00:41:19,551 --> 00:41:22,551 Let's tackle this next week. Let's do another one like this. 754 00:41:22,551 --> 00:41:23,448 Okay. 755 00:41:23,448 --> 00:41:24,931 All right, guys, let's go. 756 00:41:29,206 --> 00:41:30,103 [sighs heavily]