1 00:00:01,137 --> 00:00:02,482 [Hunter] We're down to the end here, man. 2 00:00:02,517 --> 00:00:04,896 [narrator] It's the last week. 3 00:00:04,931 --> 00:00:07,517 [Randy] We need to hit that goal and get out of here. 4 00:00:07,551 --> 00:00:09,241 This town's about to freeze over. 5 00:00:09,275 --> 00:00:12,103 [narrator] And it all comes down to the final push. 6 00:00:12,137 --> 00:00:14,172 We're gonna kick some ass now. 7 00:00:14,206 --> 00:00:15,724 [Sparky] Just have to burn that midnight oil. 8 00:00:16,655 --> 00:00:18,172 [narrator] The Hoffman family needs 9 00:00:18,206 --> 00:00:20,034 their highest payout of the season. 10 00:00:20,758 --> 00:00:23,620 138 ounces of gold this week 11 00:00:23,655 --> 00:00:25,965 to call their season a success. 12 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,689 I'm hoping and praying this is good. 13 00:00:28,724 --> 00:00:30,793 [Todd] Everything is out of our hands right now, 14 00:00:30,827 --> 00:00:33,103 and it's up to fate from here on out. 15 00:00:33,137 --> 00:00:35,896 [narrator] But with the Black Pearl out of commission 16 00:00:35,931 --> 00:00:38,724 and their pay dirt on the brink of freezing solid... 17 00:00:38,758 --> 00:00:41,724 [Todd] We got about five hours of pay left. 18 00:00:43,620 --> 00:00:46,448 [Todd] We need every bucket that we can scratch. 19 00:00:46,482 --> 00:00:50,000 [narrator] Can Hunter get his old relic to run in time? 20 00:00:50,034 --> 00:00:51,793 I'm praying to God it's the right parts we need, 21 00:00:51,827 --> 00:00:53,689 otherwise the Black Pearl's done for the season. 22 00:00:53,724 --> 00:00:57,517 [narrator] Or will their season stop dead in its tracks? 23 00:00:57,551 --> 00:00:59,344 Oh, [bleep]. 24 00:01:13,517 --> 00:01:15,413 Right now the Black Pearl's still down, 25 00:01:15,448 --> 00:01:17,413 and I'm having trouble finding the parts that I need 26 00:01:17,448 --> 00:01:18,275 to get it fixed. 27 00:01:18,310 --> 00:01:19,448 [Ron] Come straight out my way. 28 00:01:20,551 --> 00:01:21,862 Oh... 29 00:01:21,896 --> 00:01:24,689 Splines are tore right off the ceramic friction. 30 00:01:24,724 --> 00:01:25,793 Pressure plate's cracked. 31 00:01:25,827 --> 00:01:27,103 So you think there's no way around it? 32 00:01:27,137 --> 00:01:28,241 We're down for a couple days? 33 00:01:28,275 --> 00:01:29,586 Couple days. I need parts. 34 00:01:30,655 --> 00:01:31,965 [Hunter] We're gonna have to fly them in, 35 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,965 and I don't know exactly how long it's gonna take. 36 00:01:34,931 --> 00:01:36,689 Without the Black Pearl running, 37 00:01:36,723 --> 00:01:37,827 we're not gonna hit 1,000 ounces, 38 00:01:37,862 --> 00:01:39,862 and we need to be running. 39 00:01:45,068 --> 00:01:46,793 -So... -[Todd] What's the verdict? 40 00:01:48,448 --> 00:01:49,517 From what I'm hearing, 41 00:01:49,551 --> 00:01:51,965 it's gonna be at least four days 42 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,275 before we can even get the parts. 43 00:01:53,310 --> 00:01:55,517 -[Todd sighs] Oh. -Wow. 44 00:01:55,551 --> 00:01:57,655 And you know how it is every time we fly in parts. 45 00:01:57,689 --> 00:01:59,448 It's like, you know, they say four days, 46 00:01:59,482 --> 00:02:00,620 -could turn into seven. -Then it's like 47 00:02:00,655 --> 00:02:02,586 -it seems like six. -Or eight. 48 00:02:02,620 --> 00:02:04,068 -Ouch. -And then we gotta install it. 49 00:02:04,103 --> 00:02:07,413 To me it looks like we are not gonna make our 1,000. 50 00:02:08,413 --> 00:02:11,379 So we definitely have to do something. 51 00:02:11,413 --> 00:02:12,758 That's for sure. 52 00:02:12,793 --> 00:02:14,379 So that puts us behind? 53 00:02:14,413 --> 00:02:16,379 Yeah, I don't know. It's just... 54 00:02:16,413 --> 00:02:17,517 It is what it is. 55 00:02:17,551 --> 00:02:18,896 That puts us at least a minimum 56 00:02:18,931 --> 00:02:20,724 of 100 ounces behind. 57 00:02:20,758 --> 00:02:22,241 Everybody scavenged around town. 58 00:02:22,275 --> 00:02:23,827 That part's not here. 59 00:02:23,862 --> 00:02:25,206 No way, huh? 60 00:02:25,241 --> 00:02:27,000 There's no way. 61 00:02:28,344 --> 00:02:31,000 But, you know, I think I have a creative solution. 62 00:02:31,034 --> 00:02:34,344 What I'm thinking is me, Cub and Sparky 63 00:02:34,379 --> 00:02:36,724 run the Holy Roller at night, 64 00:02:36,758 --> 00:02:38,724 and we just run that thing 24/7 65 00:02:39,689 --> 00:02:41,930 to just make up for the yardage. 66 00:02:41,965 --> 00:02:43,896 Otherwise I don't see any other way 67 00:02:43,930 --> 00:02:45,448 how we're gonna get the gold. 68 00:02:48,206 --> 00:02:49,827 [Todd] Running the plant at night, 69 00:02:49,862 --> 00:02:52,517 that's where you seem to have the most problems. 70 00:02:52,551 --> 00:02:54,517 You gotta really be on your game. 71 00:02:54,551 --> 00:02:56,517 It... I... It makes nervous. 72 00:02:56,551 --> 00:02:59,620 Well, the Pearl's not gonna go. 73 00:02:59,655 --> 00:03:03,000 So you got a solution. I think it's a good one. 74 00:03:03,034 --> 00:03:05,482 Yeah, I mean, running at night, it's just... 75 00:03:05,517 --> 00:03:07,068 hard. I know. 76 00:03:07,103 --> 00:03:08,931 If you guys are willing to, uh, 77 00:03:08,965 --> 00:03:11,344 to go for it, we'd love to... 78 00:03:11,379 --> 00:03:13,793 We need the gold, period. 79 00:03:13,827 --> 00:03:16,241 Let's do it. I mean, let's run a night shift. 80 00:03:16,275 --> 00:03:18,379 [Jack] You know, Hunter, it makes me feel good 81 00:03:18,413 --> 00:03:20,793 that you're coming up with your own solutions. 82 00:03:20,827 --> 00:03:22,379 That's kinda the only way I see 83 00:03:22,413 --> 00:03:23,586 us making it, so... 84 00:03:23,620 --> 00:03:24,724 It is. 85 00:03:25,482 --> 00:03:27,413 It really is. 86 00:03:27,448 --> 00:03:28,448 [Hunter] The way I'm looking at it, 87 00:03:28,482 --> 00:03:30,862 I'm not willing for us to have another loss. 88 00:03:30,896 --> 00:03:32,344 We need to win this season. 89 00:03:32,379 --> 00:03:34,034 I wanna hit 1,000 ounces. 90 00:03:34,067 --> 00:03:36,517 We all deserve it. We all need a win. 91 00:03:36,551 --> 00:03:39,000 -Yeah. -So till the Pearl gets up and running, 92 00:03:39,034 --> 00:03:41,206 me and my guys will run at night. 93 00:03:41,241 --> 00:03:42,482 Keep the gold on track. 94 00:03:43,758 --> 00:03:45,310 Cub and Sparky might not like it, 95 00:03:45,344 --> 00:03:46,655 but this is what we need to do. 96 00:03:46,689 --> 00:03:48,620 Well, you go talk to 'em about it. 97 00:03:48,655 --> 00:03:50,103 Get them on the same page 98 00:03:50,137 --> 00:03:52,965 and friggin' turn the lights on, rock and roll. 99 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:54,482 Okay. I'll go talk to the guys 100 00:03:54,517 --> 00:03:57,482 and then I think we start tonight. 101 00:04:01,482 --> 00:04:03,103 You know, right now there's not a lot of hope. 102 00:04:03,137 --> 00:04:06,206 But, uh, finding that nugget... 103 00:04:06,241 --> 00:04:08,310 to me that's a sign that we need to keep going. 104 00:04:08,344 --> 00:04:10,620 And, uh, you know, we've come way too far 105 00:04:10,655 --> 00:04:12,793 and worked way to hard to give up right now. 106 00:04:12,827 --> 00:04:14,448 So I'm gonna talk to Cub and Sparky 107 00:04:14,482 --> 00:04:15,896 and hopefully they're on board with me. 108 00:04:15,931 --> 00:04:18,103 Because without them, I can't really do it. 109 00:04:40,793 --> 00:04:43,551 Hey. Todd to Tater. Do you have a copy? 110 00:04:43,586 --> 00:04:44,620 [radio beeps] 111 00:04:45,724 --> 00:04:46,931 [Tater on radio] Yeah, bud. Go ahead. 112 00:04:46,965 --> 00:04:49,517 Hey, how's, uh... how's that pay dirt looking? 113 00:04:49,551 --> 00:04:51,137 What's it looking like up there? 114 00:04:52,517 --> 00:04:54,310 [Tater] It's frozen. 115 00:04:54,344 --> 00:04:57,137 How much, uh... how much of it are you finding? 116 00:04:57,172 --> 00:04:59,137 Are you still thinking there's quite a bit left 117 00:04:59,172 --> 00:05:00,689 or are we getting close? 118 00:05:00,724 --> 00:05:03,206 I'd say we've got enough to run a few more days. 119 00:05:05,689 --> 00:05:07,482 [narrator] The Hoffmans have already mined 120 00:05:07,517 --> 00:05:10,103 more than half the pay dirt from the Lost Cut, 121 00:05:10,137 --> 00:05:12,586 with only 43% remaining. 122 00:05:12,620 --> 00:05:14,586 The team is up against colder weather 123 00:05:14,620 --> 00:05:16,310 that threatens to freeze the ground 124 00:05:16,344 --> 00:05:17,862 before it can be mined. 125 00:05:17,896 --> 00:05:20,068 They have roughly seven days left 126 00:05:20,103 --> 00:05:22,034 to reach 1,000 ounces. 127 00:05:22,068 --> 00:05:24,275 [Todd] Talk about an uphill battle. 128 00:05:24,310 --> 00:05:26,586 The Black Pearl is still down, 129 00:05:26,620 --> 00:05:28,172 and it's really costing us. 130 00:05:28,862 --> 00:05:31,758 We still need 138 more ounces. 131 00:05:31,793 --> 00:05:34,137 Basically it's about 20 ounces a day. 132 00:05:34,172 --> 00:05:36,551 But the Holy Roller's only averaging 133 00:05:36,586 --> 00:05:39,206 about 12 ounces per day. 134 00:05:40,103 --> 00:05:43,379 Hunter approached me and my father about 135 00:05:43,413 --> 00:05:44,965 maybe running all night. 136 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,862 I have a few reservations. 137 00:05:46,896 --> 00:05:48,551 It's super-dark out here. 138 00:05:48,586 --> 00:05:50,793 We have a few lights, but... 139 00:05:50,827 --> 00:05:52,724 usually if something bad's gonna happen, 140 00:05:52,758 --> 00:05:54,827 it happens at night. 141 00:05:54,862 --> 00:05:58,862 And our plant isn't exactly bulletproof. 142 00:05:58,896 --> 00:06:01,068 We've had several hoses blow, 143 00:06:01,103 --> 00:06:02,862 we've had some issues here and there as well. 144 00:06:02,896 --> 00:06:05,275 But I think it's actually 145 00:06:05,310 --> 00:06:07,034 pretty admirable of him. 146 00:06:07,068 --> 00:06:09,310 But even with running at night, 147 00:06:09,344 --> 00:06:12,206 there's no way we can do this with just the Holy Roller. 148 00:06:12,241 --> 00:06:15,758 We can run up to 300 yards an hour with this machine. 149 00:06:15,793 --> 00:06:18,000 But we're just gonna need more volume. 150 00:06:18,034 --> 00:06:21,413 It's gonna take the Black Pearl to get it done. 151 00:06:21,448 --> 00:06:23,724 Hunter's gotta get his plant running. 152 00:06:27,206 --> 00:06:29,655 [Hunter] I gotta break the bad news to the guys, 153 00:06:29,689 --> 00:06:32,241 but also I have an idea I wanna run by 'em. 154 00:06:32,275 --> 00:06:33,931 They're probably not gonna like it. 155 00:06:37,965 --> 00:06:39,517 -Yo. -[Sparky] What up, brother? 156 00:06:41,344 --> 00:06:44,103 Okay. So... 157 00:06:44,137 --> 00:06:47,068 It's gonna take at least a couple days 158 00:06:47,103 --> 00:06:48,517 to get that part in. 159 00:06:49,275 --> 00:06:50,344 [Sparky] Couple days? 160 00:06:50,379 --> 00:06:51,758 Yeah, they gotta fly 'em... 161 00:06:51,793 --> 00:06:53,241 [Sparky] Oh, my God. 162 00:06:53,275 --> 00:06:54,620 ...from the States, fly 'em up here. 163 00:06:54,655 --> 00:06:56,896 You know how everything takes when they... 164 00:06:56,931 --> 00:06:58,724 -That's a struggle. -...try to ship stuff up here. 165 00:06:58,758 --> 00:07:01,000 [Hudson] And it's probably gonna be longer and everything. 166 00:07:01,034 --> 00:07:02,172 I know. 167 00:07:04,103 --> 00:07:05,241 So... 168 00:07:06,620 --> 00:07:08,241 This is what I was thinking. 169 00:07:09,344 --> 00:07:11,241 I know you guys aren't gonna like it. 170 00:07:12,413 --> 00:07:13,655 But... 171 00:07:15,241 --> 00:07:16,517 I was thinking that maybe 172 00:07:16,551 --> 00:07:18,758 we run the Holy Roller at night 173 00:07:18,793 --> 00:07:20,551 after they shut off. 174 00:07:20,586 --> 00:07:21,931 [Hudson chuckles softly] 175 00:07:24,344 --> 00:07:26,103 [Spark] Plant's already difficult to run 176 00:07:26,137 --> 00:07:27,172 during the daytime. 177 00:07:27,206 --> 00:07:28,344 Imagine running it at night. 178 00:07:28,379 --> 00:07:30,103 It's dangerous. 179 00:07:30,137 --> 00:07:31,965 That thing is a hot mess. 180 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,137 There's so many frickin' PSI gauges, 181 00:07:35,172 --> 00:07:36,758 levers, you name it. 182 00:07:36,793 --> 00:07:39,482 I hate that plant. Sorry. 183 00:07:39,517 --> 00:07:41,655 [Hudson] We're already sleep-deprived, 184 00:07:42,482 --> 00:07:44,000 and... 185 00:07:44,034 --> 00:07:46,758 you know, that many hours when it's dark... 186 00:07:46,793 --> 00:07:47,931 [Hunter] Hear me out, though. 187 00:07:49,758 --> 00:07:51,310 We're not gonna be able to run anyway. 188 00:07:52,448 --> 00:07:54,413 Okay? And if we do run, 189 00:07:54,448 --> 00:07:56,379 it gets us closer to 1,000 ounces, 190 00:07:56,413 --> 00:07:59,241 which helps everybody out. That's the way I look at it. 191 00:07:59,275 --> 00:08:00,620 Obviously there's risks. 192 00:08:00,655 --> 00:08:04,068 This plant's not super-simple, 193 00:08:04,103 --> 00:08:05,862 and it's a lot harder to run it at night. 194 00:08:05,896 --> 00:08:08,034 -Way sketchier. -But it'd just be us three. 195 00:08:08,931 --> 00:08:10,034 And we would just run it, 196 00:08:10,068 --> 00:08:11,482 get some more yardage on their box, 197 00:08:11,517 --> 00:08:13,551 just keep running. If we do this, I think... 198 00:08:14,758 --> 00:08:17,000 it'll benefit us in the long run. 199 00:08:18,103 --> 00:08:19,379 So... But obviously I can't do it 200 00:08:19,413 --> 00:08:20,724 unless you guys wanna do it. 201 00:08:20,758 --> 00:08:22,000 If you guys are totally against it, 202 00:08:22,827 --> 00:08:24,241 then I don't wanna do it, but... 203 00:08:25,206 --> 00:08:27,172 it's kinda the only idea I had right now. 204 00:08:27,206 --> 00:08:28,517 What do you think? 205 00:08:30,379 --> 00:08:33,034 You're the leader, and, you know, 206 00:08:33,965 --> 00:08:36,551 I respect that decision. 207 00:08:36,586 --> 00:08:38,931 So if that's what you wanna do. 208 00:08:39,517 --> 00:08:41,068 What do you think? 209 00:08:41,102 --> 00:08:43,448 If it gets to where we need to get to, 210 00:08:43,482 --> 00:08:44,862 I guess I'm in. 211 00:08:44,896 --> 00:08:47,551 Let's do it for one night. If everything goes good, 212 00:08:47,586 --> 00:08:50,137 you know, we'll do it a couple nights tops 213 00:08:50,172 --> 00:08:51,827 until our parts show up. 214 00:08:51,862 --> 00:08:53,172 That fair? 215 00:08:53,206 --> 00:08:54,827 -Yeah. -Mmm-hmm. 216 00:09:11,448 --> 00:09:13,275 Just have to burn that midnight oil. 217 00:09:13,310 --> 00:09:14,379 Yeah. 218 00:09:17,068 --> 00:09:19,137 I'm gonna swap out Framer and I'm gonna feed. 219 00:09:19,172 --> 00:09:20,241 I'll have you get in the loader 220 00:09:20,275 --> 00:09:21,482 and then I was gonna see if 221 00:09:21,517 --> 00:09:23,034 you could fire up the light plants. 222 00:09:23,068 --> 00:09:25,172 Do small tailings and just keep an eye on everything. 223 00:09:25,206 --> 00:09:27,241 I do not wanna have any breakdowns. 224 00:09:27,275 --> 00:09:29,482 If the Black Pearl is down, 225 00:09:29,517 --> 00:09:30,965 I wanna be contributing to the team, 226 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:32,241 not hurting them, so... 227 00:09:32,275 --> 00:09:33,517 Let's go nice and steady. 228 00:09:33,551 --> 00:09:34,931 Keep an eye on everything. We'll be good. 229 00:09:34,965 --> 00:09:36,758 All right, I'll go turn on the light plant. 230 00:09:39,344 --> 00:09:40,689 [radio beeps] 231 00:09:40,724 --> 00:09:43,137 Framer, I'm ready to swap you out, buddy. 232 00:09:43,172 --> 00:09:44,862 All right, sounds good. 233 00:09:50,689 --> 00:09:52,137 [Hunter] All right, man. Thank you. 234 00:09:52,172 --> 00:09:53,862 -Appreciate it. -Good luck, you guys. 235 00:09:56,448 --> 00:09:58,413 -Don't break my girl. -Okay. 236 00:09:58,448 --> 00:09:59,793 [Framer laughs] 237 00:10:06,827 --> 00:10:08,965 [slow cranking] 238 00:10:15,724 --> 00:10:18,068 [engine roars] 239 00:10:22,586 --> 00:10:24,793 [Sparky] All right, fellas, light plant's on. 240 00:10:24,827 --> 00:10:27,000 Area is lit up for the night shift. 241 00:10:28,931 --> 00:10:30,275 I got Cub in the loader. 242 00:10:30,310 --> 00:10:31,931 Number one thing right now is 243 00:10:31,965 --> 00:10:33,206 just keeping an eye on everything. 244 00:10:35,103 --> 00:10:37,620 [Sparky] Night shift is a totally different animal. 245 00:10:37,655 --> 00:10:40,379 Nighttime? You can't see that good. 246 00:10:40,413 --> 00:10:42,724 A problem can turn into a huge disaster. 247 00:10:42,758 --> 00:10:46,793 So I'm doing small tailings, inspecting this plant. 248 00:10:46,827 --> 00:10:48,310 It's gonna be a good 10 hours. 249 00:10:49,965 --> 00:10:51,448 [Hunter] You know, for the good of everybody, 250 00:10:51,482 --> 00:10:53,137 we need to make sure we keep running pay 251 00:10:53,172 --> 00:10:54,724 and we need to keep getting gold. 252 00:10:54,758 --> 00:10:57,068 It's keeping us on track for 1,000 ounces. 253 00:10:57,103 --> 00:10:59,172 Yes, we are in a competition. 254 00:10:59,206 --> 00:11:01,827 This doesn't really help our team. 255 00:11:01,862 --> 00:11:03,241 But it helps everybody out 256 00:11:03,275 --> 00:11:05,896 if we're able to run this thing through the night. 257 00:11:05,931 --> 00:11:07,793 Running in the dark makes everything harder. 258 00:11:07,827 --> 00:11:10,034 It's colder, the pay is starting to freeze up a little bit, 259 00:11:10,068 --> 00:11:12,827 so it's hard to kinda keep a good eye on everything. 260 00:11:12,862 --> 00:11:14,931 It's high stress and high pressure, 261 00:11:14,965 --> 00:11:18,275 but so is every other day this whole season. 262 00:11:28,517 --> 00:11:30,344 Cub, how's everything looking on your end? 263 00:11:30,379 --> 00:11:31,827 Everything's good. 264 00:11:31,862 --> 00:11:34,620 It's a little tough to see, but I'm doing fine. 265 00:11:34,655 --> 00:11:35,862 [Hunter speaking] 266 00:11:35,896 --> 00:11:37,862 We'll just, uh, keep an even pace 267 00:11:37,896 --> 00:11:40,724 and make sure we keep up with everything. 268 00:11:40,758 --> 00:11:41,620 [Hudson on radio] Roger. 269 00:11:47,758 --> 00:11:50,275 Is everything... Oh, [bleep]. 270 00:11:56,448 --> 00:11:58,034 We'll just keep an even pace 271 00:11:58,068 --> 00:11:59,862 and make sure we keep up with everything. 272 00:11:59,896 --> 00:12:01,034 [Hudson] Roger. 273 00:12:03,965 --> 00:12:06,206 Is everything... Oh, [bleep]. 274 00:12:06,241 --> 00:12:07,655 Not good. 275 00:12:10,482 --> 00:12:12,586 Sparky, what's wrong with that light plant? 276 00:12:12,620 --> 00:12:13,655 [Sparky] I wasn't expecting it. 277 00:12:13,689 --> 00:12:15,413 The plant literally just blew out. 278 00:12:15,448 --> 00:12:17,034 [Hunter on radio] Think we can get it back on? 279 00:12:17,068 --> 00:12:18,551 [Sparky speaking] 280 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:21,793 [Hunter] It scares me 'cause I can barely see. 281 00:12:23,206 --> 00:12:25,551 [Sparky] I don't see any any shared lines. 282 00:12:25,586 --> 00:12:28,310 We gotta get this back up running. 283 00:12:34,896 --> 00:12:36,931 [Hunter] Sparky's taking a look at it right now. 284 00:12:36,965 --> 00:12:39,241 Just trying to illuminate the plant the best we can 285 00:12:39,275 --> 00:12:40,586 so we can keep an eye on everything. 286 00:12:40,620 --> 00:12:42,275 So fingers crossed. 287 00:12:54,931 --> 00:12:56,413 You're good. 288 00:12:56,448 --> 00:12:58,724 [Hunter on radio] Hey, good work. 289 00:12:58,758 --> 00:13:02,517 We just gotta keep... keep on our toes, honestly. 290 00:13:02,551 --> 00:13:04,724 [narrator] After adjusting the generator's throttle, 291 00:13:04,758 --> 00:13:07,103 Sparky has restored power to the lights 292 00:13:07,137 --> 00:13:09,172 illuminating the Holy Roller. 293 00:13:09,206 --> 00:13:11,448 [Hunter] Once the parts come in for the Black Pearl, 294 00:13:11,482 --> 00:13:12,965 we're gonna jump back on our ship 295 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,000 and keep going. But for now... 296 00:13:16,172 --> 00:13:17,517 we're gonna bite the bullet 297 00:13:17,551 --> 00:13:18,793 for a couple nights. 298 00:13:18,827 --> 00:13:20,344 We gotta keep the Holy Roller running 299 00:13:20,379 --> 00:13:21,965 as much as possible. 300 00:13:40,724 --> 00:13:43,379 [Todd] So, it looks like the boys shut down two hours ago. 301 00:13:43,413 --> 00:13:45,931 From what I hear, they had a really good run. 302 00:13:45,965 --> 00:13:47,896 Got a lot of hours in. 303 00:13:47,931 --> 00:13:49,793 They went ahead and hit the rack. 304 00:13:49,827 --> 00:13:51,620 If we can keep this thing going day and night, 305 00:13:52,413 --> 00:13:55,034 it's good. All do our shifts and... 306 00:13:55,068 --> 00:13:56,275 we keep scratching 307 00:13:56,310 --> 00:13:58,275 and just keep shoving it through the box. 308 00:13:59,137 --> 00:14:00,724 How much pay dirt do we have left? 309 00:14:00,758 --> 00:14:03,620 [Andy] Maybe five days' worth of pay left. 310 00:14:03,655 --> 00:14:04,896 We've hit a little frozen 311 00:14:04,931 --> 00:14:05,965 but I think we can finish out the season. 312 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,137 Try to get us up. 313 00:14:07,172 --> 00:14:08,551 Just take us over the hump, man. 314 00:14:08,586 --> 00:14:09,827 Get us over 1,000 ounces. 315 00:14:09,862 --> 00:14:10,724 -Sound good? -Yeah. 316 00:14:10,758 --> 00:14:11,965 Let's do it. 317 00:14:12,758 --> 00:14:14,793 So, the boys ran all night. 318 00:14:14,827 --> 00:14:17,310 They wanted to go ahead and put in some hours. 319 00:14:17,344 --> 00:14:18,758 I'm just proud of 'em. 320 00:14:18,793 --> 00:14:21,103 This has been a very tough season. 321 00:14:21,137 --> 00:14:23,482 I had some issues with Hunter. 322 00:14:23,517 --> 00:14:25,413 We argued and fought. 323 00:14:26,137 --> 00:14:27,275 [Hunter] What are you doing? 324 00:14:27,310 --> 00:14:28,482 What's going on? 325 00:14:28,517 --> 00:14:30,517 I said things to you for days, 326 00:14:30,551 --> 00:14:32,482 and you completely disregard everything I said. 327 00:14:32,517 --> 00:14:34,758 I don't even wanna [bleep] be a part of this. 328 00:14:34,793 --> 00:14:36,379 You're gonna change the plans? 329 00:14:36,413 --> 00:14:38,344 You gotta run it by us. 330 00:14:38,379 --> 00:14:39,482 We were going to do it 331 00:14:39,517 --> 00:14:41,344 how you guys are suggesting it now. 332 00:14:41,379 --> 00:14:43,586 Then we were told specifically 333 00:14:43,620 --> 00:14:45,862 -to do it another way. -Who did? 334 00:14:45,896 --> 00:14:47,448 -Who told you? -You. 335 00:14:48,241 --> 00:14:50,517 -And you. -No, I did not. 336 00:14:50,551 --> 00:14:52,758 -Me and you walked it. -That is a bold-faced... 337 00:14:52,793 --> 00:14:54,034 That is not the truth. 338 00:14:55,482 --> 00:14:57,413 But he's changed his tune. 339 00:14:57,448 --> 00:14:58,896 He's buckled down. 340 00:14:58,931 --> 00:15:02,275 I can see the good leadership developing in him. 341 00:15:02,310 --> 00:15:05,034 Looks like there's something wrong with the Holy Roller. 342 00:15:05,068 --> 00:15:06,724 We'll just, uh, we'll figure out 343 00:15:06,758 --> 00:15:08,241 what the problem is, hopefully get it fixed. 344 00:15:08,275 --> 00:15:11,137 I'll help relieve the workload a little bit and, uh, 345 00:15:11,172 --> 00:15:13,620 we'll just go at it until we get it done. 346 00:15:13,655 --> 00:15:16,206 And he's become a pretty damn good miner. 347 00:15:16,241 --> 00:15:18,000 I'm super-proud of him. 348 00:15:22,689 --> 00:15:23,758 There we go. 349 00:15:26,137 --> 00:15:27,586 Trommel's turning. 350 00:15:32,137 --> 00:15:34,413 Yeah, we're all good. You can go ahead and bring it up. 351 00:15:35,413 --> 00:15:37,758 [engine roars] 352 00:15:41,206 --> 00:15:44,517 I wanna hit that 1,000 to make this season profitable, 353 00:15:44,551 --> 00:15:47,758 but the Holy Roller's had its issues too, 354 00:15:47,793 --> 00:15:49,655 so I don't wanna blow something up 355 00:15:49,689 --> 00:15:51,655 and wreck something for the future. 356 00:15:51,689 --> 00:15:52,862 We gotta be smart. 357 00:15:54,137 --> 00:15:55,758 I gotta oil this. 358 00:15:55,793 --> 00:15:58,344 I got different places to grease. 359 00:15:59,965 --> 00:16:02,965 We're starting to wear out some of the folds, but... 360 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,724 We're back in business. 361 00:16:29,517 --> 00:16:30,896 Hey, give me a second. 362 00:16:30,931 --> 00:16:32,896 This pay is tough to dig up. 363 00:16:35,482 --> 00:16:37,206 [Andy on radio] 364 00:16:45,517 --> 00:16:47,310 This late in the season, we don't have 365 00:16:47,344 --> 00:16:48,655 any ground that's thawed out. 366 00:16:48,689 --> 00:16:51,689 We're picking and scraping every little pocket 367 00:16:51,724 --> 00:16:53,724 of thawed ground that we can find. 368 00:16:53,758 --> 00:16:56,689 It's definitely freezing up. I can feel it. 369 00:16:56,724 --> 00:16:58,206 Hopefully this dirt's got the gold in it 370 00:16:58,241 --> 00:17:00,241 that we need to get us to the end of the season. 371 00:17:00,275 --> 00:17:01,896 Everything's changing color. 372 00:17:01,931 --> 00:17:03,827 The birds are all heading south. 373 00:17:03,862 --> 00:17:05,758 We need to get sluicing. 374 00:17:05,792 --> 00:17:07,689 We just gotta get it dug out of here 375 00:17:07,723 --> 00:17:09,068 and get it to the plant. 376 00:17:35,206 --> 00:17:37,896 [narrator] Days after the Black Pearl's clutch failed 377 00:17:38,655 --> 00:17:40,310 and shut down the plant... 378 00:17:40,344 --> 00:17:42,758 -[Ron] You ready for this? -Yeah. 379 00:17:43,655 --> 00:17:44,896 [Ron] Ta-da! 380 00:17:44,931 --> 00:17:46,206 [narrator] ...a replacement has arrived. 381 00:17:46,241 --> 00:17:48,172 -It's complete. We got lucky. -Wow. 382 00:17:50,103 --> 00:17:52,000 I'm praying that, uh... 383 00:17:52,827 --> 00:17:54,206 it's the right parts we need, 384 00:17:54,241 --> 00:17:55,896 otherwise the Black Pearl's done for the season. 385 00:17:55,931 --> 00:17:58,172 So we're gonna see if we can get this thing patched up 386 00:17:58,206 --> 00:18:00,172 and try to run some dirt today. 387 00:18:00,206 --> 00:18:02,172 [Ron] I'll take the heavy end. 388 00:18:02,206 --> 00:18:03,586 And if you can grab the other end. 389 00:18:03,620 --> 00:18:04,655 I'm just gonna get up. 390 00:18:04,689 --> 00:18:05,724 -This end? -Yeah. 391 00:18:05,758 --> 00:18:06,965 Under the gear here. 392 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,517 Yeah. Okay? 393 00:18:08,551 --> 00:18:10,068 -Don't drop it on your hand. -No. 394 00:18:10,103 --> 00:18:13,103 It's okay. And we'll go straight up here. 395 00:18:13,137 --> 00:18:14,586 Okay. Let's go. 396 00:18:16,310 --> 00:18:17,965 Careful, it's a little slick. 397 00:18:21,275 --> 00:18:22,517 Just set it there. 398 00:18:23,793 --> 00:18:25,793 All right. 399 00:18:25,827 --> 00:18:27,827 We had a really tough time finding the parts. 400 00:18:27,862 --> 00:18:30,000 We ended up buying a complete assembly, 401 00:18:30,034 --> 00:18:32,172 ready to go. So by doing that, 402 00:18:32,206 --> 00:18:35,206 it saved us a lot of work and a lot of time. 403 00:18:35,241 --> 00:18:37,068 [Hudson] We worked way too hard on this plant 404 00:18:37,103 --> 00:18:38,862 for it to stop right here. 405 00:18:38,896 --> 00:18:41,137 You know, I've grown to love this thing. 406 00:18:41,172 --> 00:18:43,896 So this... this means something to all of us. 407 00:18:43,931 --> 00:18:48,517 So, um, we have to get it going again. 408 00:18:50,551 --> 00:18:52,103 [Ron] So, we grease up this little pilot here 409 00:18:52,137 --> 00:18:53,793 so it can't hang up on the way in. 410 00:18:53,827 --> 00:18:55,275 I'm gonna wrestle this thing up. 411 00:18:55,310 --> 00:18:57,620 And if you can... 412 00:18:57,655 --> 00:18:59,965 grab a bar to help line up the pilot holes and the bolts. 413 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,758 Grab a couple of bolts, Cubby. 414 00:19:01,793 --> 00:19:03,034 [Hudson] Sure. 415 00:19:03,068 --> 00:19:05,068 [Ron] We just start with the top corners here... 416 00:19:06,931 --> 00:19:08,137 [Hudson] You got it. 417 00:19:08,172 --> 00:19:09,241 [narrator] In order to get the Black Pearl 418 00:19:09,275 --> 00:19:10,827 operational again, 419 00:19:10,862 --> 00:19:13,931 the new clutch must be aligned and threaded perfectly 420 00:19:13,965 --> 00:19:15,793 with the existing flywheel. 421 00:19:15,827 --> 00:19:17,827 [Ron] And try not to jam it into the thread. 422 00:19:19,275 --> 00:19:20,482 [sighs] 423 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,241 [Hunter] Hand me another one, Cub. 424 00:19:27,172 --> 00:19:28,448 [Ron] Okay, hang on. 425 00:19:28,482 --> 00:19:29,896 I wanna... 426 00:19:29,931 --> 00:19:32,137 -There. It's engaged now. -Yup, yup. 427 00:19:34,206 --> 00:19:36,379 Phew! That's the hard part. 428 00:19:39,586 --> 00:19:40,965 All right, so... 429 00:19:41,965 --> 00:19:43,689 -Just snug these up. -Yeah. 430 00:19:43,724 --> 00:19:45,000 So it pulls in nice and square. 431 00:19:50,275 --> 00:19:52,586 There you go. So go ahead and release it. 432 00:19:53,758 --> 00:19:54,931 There you go. 433 00:19:54,965 --> 00:19:57,586 See? Now I can free-wheel and get my belts on. 434 00:19:58,241 --> 00:19:59,448 If something binds up, 435 00:19:59,482 --> 00:20:01,172 we want the clutch to slip a little bit, 436 00:20:01,206 --> 00:20:02,551 rather than tear itself apart 437 00:20:02,586 --> 00:20:04,551 -like it did last time. -Yeah. 438 00:20:04,586 --> 00:20:06,000 [Hunter] You know, this thing's been sitting 439 00:20:06,034 --> 00:20:07,862 alongside the ocean for seven years 440 00:20:07,896 --> 00:20:09,137 not running at all, and before that 441 00:20:09,172 --> 00:20:10,620 it had a lot of wear on it. 442 00:20:10,655 --> 00:20:12,172 Literally all the steel that we put on here 443 00:20:12,206 --> 00:20:14,275 besides the rings was, like, stuff that 444 00:20:14,310 --> 00:20:17,241 we'd salvaged or scabbed off of something else, 445 00:20:17,275 --> 00:20:19,379 so she finally got something new. 446 00:20:19,413 --> 00:20:20,793 All right, those will all straighten out 447 00:20:20,827 --> 00:20:22,551 -once we get rolling here. -Yeah. 448 00:20:22,586 --> 00:20:24,862 Let's have a look at it from back here that it's still straight. 449 00:20:26,034 --> 00:20:27,482 -[Hunter] What do you think? -I think we're good. 450 00:20:30,551 --> 00:20:32,034 [Ron laughs] 451 00:20:32,068 --> 00:20:34,137 It's the rest of your season right here. 452 00:20:34,172 --> 00:20:35,724 Give it to her. 453 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,000 [engine roars] 454 00:20:40,034 --> 00:20:41,379 Bring your clutch in nice and easy, 455 00:20:41,413 --> 00:20:42,586 and then lock it in. 456 00:20:43,379 --> 00:20:44,827 See if it turns. 457 00:20:49,758 --> 00:20:51,517 It's the rest of your season right here. 458 00:20:51,551 --> 00:20:53,172 Give it to her. 459 00:20:53,206 --> 00:20:55,448 [engine roars] 460 00:21:00,034 --> 00:21:02,034 We don't have any weird banging noises. 461 00:21:02,068 --> 00:21:04,620 No friction. Nothing's rubbing. 462 00:21:04,655 --> 00:21:06,172 Bring your clutch in nice and easy, 463 00:21:06,206 --> 00:21:08,068 and then lock it in and see if it turns. 464 00:21:11,241 --> 00:21:12,482 Let's try her? 465 00:21:12,517 --> 00:21:14,758 [Ron] Just give her a little... little traction. 466 00:21:14,793 --> 00:21:16,551 You'll see the belt starting to tighten up. 467 00:21:16,586 --> 00:21:17,758 Lock it in. 468 00:21:18,655 --> 00:21:20,344 Lock it in. There you go. 469 00:21:25,827 --> 00:21:27,310 [narrator] After days of delays 470 00:21:27,344 --> 00:21:29,310 waiting for a new clutch to arrive, 471 00:21:29,344 --> 00:21:31,758 the Black Pearl is whole again. 472 00:21:33,517 --> 00:21:34,827 [Hunter] That sound okay? 473 00:21:43,793 --> 00:21:45,206 -Okay. -What do you think? 474 00:21:45,241 --> 00:21:46,931 -You're back in business. -Ron, thank you. 475 00:21:46,965 --> 00:21:48,206 -Yeah. You're welcome, guys. -Thank you so much. 476 00:21:48,241 --> 00:21:49,517 Thanks for your patience. 477 00:21:49,551 --> 00:21:52,068 You should be good to go. Let's get to 1,000. 478 00:21:52,103 --> 00:21:53,379 -Hammer it. -Let's do it, Ron. 479 00:21:53,413 --> 00:21:54,758 -Okay. -Thank you. 480 00:21:54,793 --> 00:21:56,551 -You're welcome. -Cub, you wanna get on the pump? 481 00:21:56,586 --> 00:21:58,551 -Yeah. -Get the 490 up here. 482 00:21:58,586 --> 00:22:01,068 -And then we'll rip it. -Yeah. 483 00:22:01,103 --> 00:22:02,344 Okay, let's go. 484 00:22:03,896 --> 00:22:05,551 Me and Cub are exhausted. 485 00:22:05,586 --> 00:22:07,517 But the Pearl's back up and running, 486 00:22:07,551 --> 00:22:09,241 so we're gonna keep pressing on 487 00:22:09,275 --> 00:22:10,827 and try to get some yardage through the plant today, 488 00:22:10,862 --> 00:22:12,103 and try to get some more gold. 489 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,724 [Todd] The Black Pearl's up and running again 490 00:22:20,758 --> 00:22:22,103 and that's perfect. 491 00:22:22,137 --> 00:22:24,551 Everything Hunter's doing here, 492 00:22:24,586 --> 00:22:26,724 he's learning something new. 493 00:22:26,758 --> 00:22:29,206 And you gotta be tough if you're gonna make it. 494 00:22:29,241 --> 00:22:31,000 So he's getting tough. 495 00:22:31,034 --> 00:22:32,793 And I like seeing it. 496 00:22:34,793 --> 00:22:36,137 [Hunter] Please, God, 497 00:22:36,172 --> 00:22:38,068 help us not have any more breakdowns. 498 00:22:41,724 --> 00:22:44,827 We need 10 ounces from each plant per day. 499 00:22:44,862 --> 00:22:46,413 The problem is we only have 500 00:22:46,448 --> 00:22:48,413 maybe three or four days of pay left, 501 00:22:48,448 --> 00:22:50,448 and it's getting cold fast. 502 00:22:52,068 --> 00:22:53,137 [Hunter] This is the last push here, 503 00:22:53,172 --> 00:22:55,068 and every bucket counts. 504 00:22:55,103 --> 00:22:57,103 So the gameplan is to try to get some more yardage on the plant. 505 00:22:58,931 --> 00:23:00,310 We're running at full capacity. 506 00:23:00,344 --> 00:23:02,206 I'm kinda banking on the fact that we can run 507 00:23:02,241 --> 00:23:04,241 more yardage than the Holy Roller. 508 00:23:05,482 --> 00:23:06,931 But we're running out of time, 509 00:23:06,965 --> 00:23:09,068 so I'm pushing 300, 400 yards an hour. 510 00:23:09,896 --> 00:23:12,034 This plant can handle it. 511 00:23:12,068 --> 00:23:13,620 We're just gonna run it as hard as we can. 512 00:23:19,551 --> 00:23:21,275 [wind whistling] 513 00:23:36,068 --> 00:23:40,172 We got about 130 ounces left to go. 514 00:23:40,206 --> 00:23:43,517 We're just moving dirt down here, running it. 515 00:23:43,551 --> 00:23:46,482 Huge push all the way to the end. 516 00:23:48,655 --> 00:23:50,517 Hunter and I are gonna run 517 00:23:50,551 --> 00:23:52,517 everything we have out 518 00:23:52,551 --> 00:23:54,862 in the ramp and everything we can touch, 519 00:23:54,896 --> 00:23:57,034 wherever we're sitting on, the mount, everything. 520 00:24:00,413 --> 00:24:03,379 Every bucket I put in here is a good feeling. 521 00:24:03,413 --> 00:24:07,000 It's getting us closer and closer to our goal. 522 00:24:07,655 --> 00:24:08,724 This is it right here. 523 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,724 [Todd] This is it. It's do or die. 524 00:24:26,034 --> 00:24:27,896 [Andy] Take it as far as you can reach. 525 00:24:27,931 --> 00:24:29,137 I think it'll work good. 526 00:24:29,172 --> 00:24:30,586 This will actually give us a ton more pay, 527 00:24:30,620 --> 00:24:32,620 'cause there's a lot of that red gravel in there, too. 528 00:24:33,413 --> 00:24:34,931 [Tater speaking] 529 00:24:37,206 --> 00:24:38,413 Yeah, it's fine. 530 00:24:38,448 --> 00:24:41,034 Whatever I left, just take it all the way down. 531 00:24:41,068 --> 00:24:43,103 [Tater] We're stripping this ground clean. 532 00:24:47,068 --> 00:24:48,344 We're gonna kick some ass now. 533 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,137 Loving it. Loving it. 534 00:24:57,103 --> 00:24:58,793 [Hunter] Regardless of what happens, 535 00:24:58,827 --> 00:25:00,206 as a leader, I'm looking at this 536 00:25:00,241 --> 00:25:01,896 as a learning experience for me. 537 00:25:03,310 --> 00:25:05,586 There was times where if it was just me working on this, 538 00:25:05,620 --> 00:25:07,448 I would have quit, honestly. 539 00:25:07,482 --> 00:25:09,310 I'm just learning that to pull off 540 00:25:09,344 --> 00:25:10,448 something really great, 541 00:25:10,482 --> 00:25:12,620 you have to push past 542 00:25:12,655 --> 00:25:14,758 the point of when you wanna give up. 543 00:25:15,620 --> 00:25:17,241 [Todd] This is our last big push. 544 00:25:17,275 --> 00:25:18,758 Time is running out. 545 00:25:18,793 --> 00:25:23,172 We got about four or five hours of pay left. 546 00:25:23,206 --> 00:25:24,655 Then we're gonna have to shut the plants off, 547 00:25:24,689 --> 00:25:26,310 and hopefully this is enough. 548 00:25:40,379 --> 00:25:44,275 Probably after this load, Tater, we'll be out of pay. 549 00:25:45,068 --> 00:25:46,758 No [bleep]. 550 00:25:50,206 --> 00:25:52,379 Let's all haul one more load. 551 00:25:55,068 --> 00:25:57,034 [Andy on radio] 552 00:25:58,344 --> 00:25:59,965 Affirmative. 553 00:26:00,724 --> 00:26:01,965 Okay. 554 00:26:03,482 --> 00:26:05,172 [Todd] Keep pushing, Hunter. 555 00:26:05,206 --> 00:26:07,241 We can slam a few more buckets through here. 556 00:26:07,275 --> 00:26:08,275 [Hunter speaking] 557 00:26:15,413 --> 00:26:17,275 [Todd] Last bucket right here. 558 00:26:18,517 --> 00:26:19,896 [Hunter on radio] This is it, guys. 559 00:26:20,965 --> 00:26:22,896 This is the last couple dropping in right now. 560 00:26:25,034 --> 00:26:26,344 [Todd on radio] Shut her down. 561 00:26:33,793 --> 00:26:35,793 You know, I really don't want to shut down, 562 00:26:35,827 --> 00:26:37,862 but we don't have any more pay dirt left. 563 00:26:37,896 --> 00:26:40,241 I wish we just could run one more day. 564 00:26:40,275 --> 00:26:42,482 But that's it. 565 00:26:42,517 --> 00:26:45,034 Everything is out of our hands right now, 566 00:26:45,068 --> 00:26:46,206 and it's up to fate. 567 00:26:50,275 --> 00:26:51,586 There's a lot of gold in this box, 568 00:26:51,620 --> 00:26:52,793 so that's a good sign. 569 00:26:52,827 --> 00:26:54,068 We're very hopeful. 570 00:26:54,103 --> 00:26:56,310 [Todd] We got nothing left to run. 571 00:26:56,344 --> 00:26:58,241 I hope it was enough. 572 00:26:58,275 --> 00:27:00,000 We got the Black Pearl up and running, 573 00:27:00,034 --> 00:27:01,551 but maybe it was too late. 574 00:27:01,586 --> 00:27:05,034 We're only 138 ounces from 1,000. 575 00:27:07,068 --> 00:27:08,034 [Tater speaking] 576 00:27:09,379 --> 00:27:11,137 We really gotta hope that 577 00:27:11,172 --> 00:27:13,068 we have that gold in that clean-up. 578 00:27:13,103 --> 00:27:15,482 But I tell you what, man, we've learned a lot, 579 00:27:15,517 --> 00:27:18,310 and, uh, if we can get to 1,000 ounces, 580 00:27:18,344 --> 00:27:21,448 we can actually come out of this with everybody winning. 581 00:27:21,482 --> 00:27:23,379 You know? And that's what we want. 582 00:27:24,103 --> 00:27:26,965 [Hunter speaking] 583 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,896 You know, we're about to have our last weigh-in here. 584 00:27:29,931 --> 00:27:32,620 And there's been countless things that I've done this season 585 00:27:32,655 --> 00:27:33,862 that I've never done before. 586 00:27:35,517 --> 00:27:36,724 [man] Here she is. 587 00:27:36,758 --> 00:27:38,103 [Hunter] This thing is crazy. 588 00:27:38,137 --> 00:27:39,931 [man] Yeah, it is. 589 00:27:39,965 --> 00:27:41,344 You think this will do what you need? 590 00:27:41,379 --> 00:27:42,965 [Hunter] Uh, yeah. 591 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:44,413 This is the plant I need. 592 00:27:46,206 --> 00:27:49,310 [Andy] These guys might be a little bit out of their league. 593 00:27:49,344 --> 00:27:51,172 We should call this thing the Black Pearl. 594 00:27:51,206 --> 00:27:54,448 I think in some ways we went from boys to men this summer. 595 00:27:54,482 --> 00:27:56,655 And I think we showed every dude here that 596 00:27:56,689 --> 00:27:58,275 we can mine just as hard as them, 597 00:27:58,310 --> 00:28:00,482 and personally I think we mine better than them. 598 00:28:00,517 --> 00:28:02,724 I've never seen any of you guys 599 00:28:02,758 --> 00:28:05,931 cut your entire washplant into a bunch of pieces, 600 00:28:05,965 --> 00:28:07,965 repair the entire thing and reassemble it, so... 601 00:28:10,241 --> 00:28:12,413 We don't want any spilling. 602 00:28:12,448 --> 00:28:14,862 [Ron] Careful, careful. 603 00:28:14,896 --> 00:28:16,000 [Hunter] You know, I'm a little bit nervous 604 00:28:16,034 --> 00:28:17,000 that we're not gonna make it to 1,000, 605 00:28:17,034 --> 00:28:20,000 but, uh, I'm praying that we do. 606 00:28:32,827 --> 00:28:34,689 Here we are. 607 00:28:34,724 --> 00:28:36,827 We're all wishing we'd had more time. 608 00:28:36,862 --> 00:28:40,758 This is where all those accumulated hours 609 00:28:40,793 --> 00:28:42,586 that you're down break down or whatever, 610 00:28:42,620 --> 00:28:44,482 really come into effect. 611 00:28:46,413 --> 00:28:50,103 Hopefully we'll make our goal of 138 ounces this week. 612 00:28:50,137 --> 00:28:52,000 It's been a lot of pressure on the young guns. 613 00:28:52,034 --> 00:28:53,689 They've been working their assess off, 614 00:28:53,724 --> 00:28:55,758 and I'm proud of 'em. 615 00:28:55,793 --> 00:28:58,448 I see that Hunter has paid attention 616 00:28:58,482 --> 00:28:59,965 and he knows what he's doing. 617 00:29:01,758 --> 00:29:04,206 With Hunter, he's stepped up 618 00:29:04,241 --> 00:29:07,724 and taken hold of the reins with the younger guys, 619 00:29:07,758 --> 00:29:10,068 and he's done a good job. 620 00:29:12,517 --> 00:29:15,206 When I see this kind of gold, 621 00:29:15,241 --> 00:29:17,310 it's kinda exciting. 622 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,827 For the yardage that they ran, it's gonna be a good clean-up. 623 00:29:26,275 --> 00:29:28,103 [Jim] I've gotten excited, 624 00:29:28,137 --> 00:29:30,034 thinking it's gonna be great. 625 00:29:30,724 --> 00:29:32,689 It's nice to see gold, but... 626 00:29:32,724 --> 00:29:34,275 is it as good as I think? 627 00:29:34,310 --> 00:29:35,965 Hopefully. 628 00:29:41,586 --> 00:29:44,034 [Jack] Looks pretty darn good to me. 629 00:29:44,068 --> 00:29:47,172 I like seeing that gold come out like that. 630 00:29:48,689 --> 00:29:51,275 I'm hoping and praying this is good. 631 00:29:53,517 --> 00:29:54,793 [Jim] Let's see. 632 00:30:16,965 --> 00:30:19,827 [Todd] Everything's frozen up, we're out of pay dirt. 633 00:30:19,862 --> 00:30:22,689 This is our last weigh-in of the season 634 00:30:22,724 --> 00:30:25,620 and to be honest with you, I'm actually pretty nervous. 635 00:30:25,655 --> 00:30:28,620 138 ounces to a very huge goal, 636 00:30:28,655 --> 00:30:30,551 and we may not hit it. 637 00:30:30,586 --> 00:30:33,586 [Randy] We had one tough year this year. 638 00:30:33,620 --> 00:30:35,862 But I'm not sure we got it. 639 00:30:35,896 --> 00:30:38,620 [Andy] You never know until Jack and Thurber pour it. 640 00:30:38,655 --> 00:30:40,448 But this is what we've worked for all season. 641 00:30:53,137 --> 00:30:56,310 So, the weather's pushing us out. 642 00:30:56,344 --> 00:30:58,793 We got a pay dirt issue pushing us out. 643 00:30:58,827 --> 00:31:01,103 We've scratched everything up and down 644 00:31:01,137 --> 00:31:02,379 the left limit, right limit. 645 00:31:02,413 --> 00:31:03,758 Nothing's thawing. 646 00:31:05,034 --> 00:31:07,000 I just... I don't know where any of the pay is. 647 00:31:07,034 --> 00:31:09,275 Hopefully we hit 1,000 ounces 648 00:31:09,310 --> 00:31:12,862 and we end this night on a high note. 649 00:31:12,896 --> 00:31:14,827 Start packing our bags. 650 00:31:16,517 --> 00:31:19,000 No matter what happens here, Tater, Randy, 651 00:31:19,034 --> 00:31:20,862 and everybody, man, thank you for coming up. 652 00:31:20,896 --> 00:31:24,586 I think we could change our families' lives here. 653 00:31:25,275 --> 00:31:26,379 [Hunter] If we hit 1,000... 654 00:31:28,137 --> 00:31:29,655 it's gonna feel really good. 655 00:31:29,689 --> 00:31:31,586 And one thing I think we all agree is 656 00:31:31,620 --> 00:31:33,896 we really earned it. 657 00:31:35,655 --> 00:31:38,206 This is probably the toughest mining season I've ever had. 658 00:31:38,241 --> 00:31:39,758 -Hang on, hang on! -Whoa! 659 00:31:39,793 --> 00:31:41,137 [Hunter] But also at the same time, 660 00:31:41,172 --> 00:31:43,068 this is the most I've ever learned 661 00:31:43,103 --> 00:31:44,931 about mining and about myself. 662 00:31:44,965 --> 00:31:47,137 Before this season, I didn't really look at mining 663 00:31:47,172 --> 00:31:51,344 as, like, a serious career, I guess you would say. 664 00:31:51,379 --> 00:31:53,034 [Sparky] Going pretty smooth right now. 665 00:31:53,068 --> 00:31:54,965 [Hunter] But after what we were able to accomplish, 666 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,793 think that maybe it is our future. 667 00:31:57,793 --> 00:32:00,137 I think that we've proven ourself. 668 00:32:00,172 --> 00:32:02,758 Been waiting a long time for this moment right here. 669 00:32:02,793 --> 00:32:06,103 You know, I think that this mining season changed me. 670 00:32:07,551 --> 00:32:09,068 I think for the better. 671 00:32:09,103 --> 00:32:11,068 I think I learned how to work even harder. 672 00:32:11,103 --> 00:32:12,241 It's rolling. 673 00:32:12,275 --> 00:32:14,448 I think I learned how to see a vision 674 00:32:14,482 --> 00:32:17,000 and execute on it no matter what 675 00:32:17,034 --> 00:32:19,689 kind of adversity that I'm facing. 676 00:32:19,724 --> 00:32:21,206 Come here, give me a hug. 677 00:32:21,241 --> 00:32:22,655 Get some gold, Grandpa. 678 00:32:23,448 --> 00:32:25,000 It's something to be proud of. 679 00:32:27,448 --> 00:32:28,551 You know what, dude? 680 00:32:29,482 --> 00:32:31,551 I love you, man. I'm in your corner. 681 00:32:34,310 --> 00:32:38,172 I know that you'll be successful 682 00:32:38,206 --> 00:32:40,482 in whatever you do, okay? 683 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,344 Let's hope we hit it this time. 684 00:32:44,275 --> 00:32:45,482 You know? 685 00:32:46,758 --> 00:32:48,862 And come out of here on a big win. 686 00:32:50,551 --> 00:32:52,241 Hopefully this is it right here. 687 00:32:53,379 --> 00:32:56,103 I wanna go home a little heavier this time. 688 00:32:56,137 --> 00:32:57,448 [door opens] 689 00:32:57,482 --> 00:33:00,310 [Sparky] Hopefully we're knocking at the door of 1,000. 690 00:33:03,034 --> 00:33:05,000 -[Jim] All right. -[Sparky] That's looking good. 691 00:33:05,034 --> 00:33:07,241 What are we, 138? 692 00:33:07,275 --> 00:33:09,965 138 to get to our goal. 693 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,862 [Todd] That's actually really big. 694 00:33:11,896 --> 00:33:14,310 We've never got that much gold in one week 695 00:33:14,344 --> 00:33:15,586 this whole season. 696 00:33:15,620 --> 00:33:17,551 Who goes first? 697 00:33:17,586 --> 00:33:20,413 -Let's do Holy Roller. -[Jack] Yeah. 698 00:33:20,448 --> 00:33:22,310 [Todd] You go ahead, Dad. 699 00:33:22,344 --> 00:33:23,931 [Jack] Yeah, there we go. 700 00:33:25,344 --> 00:33:26,931 -Look at that. -[Andy] Five. 701 00:33:27,724 --> 00:33:29,206 10. 702 00:33:29,241 --> 00:33:30,517 15, 20. 703 00:33:30,551 --> 00:33:31,896 I know we did good. 704 00:33:32,655 --> 00:33:35,689 [Andy] Thirty-five, 40, 50. 705 00:33:35,724 --> 00:33:38,413 -[Todd] Sixty-five. -[Jim] Sixty-five. 706 00:33:38,448 --> 00:33:40,241 -Seventy. -Seventy. 707 00:33:42,103 --> 00:33:43,448 Seventy-five. 708 00:33:44,379 --> 00:33:46,068 Seventy-eight. 709 00:33:48,103 --> 00:33:49,689 [Randy] That's a big clean-up. 710 00:33:49,724 --> 00:33:51,241 [Tater] That's pretty good, huh? 711 00:33:51,275 --> 00:33:54,172 We got 78 ounces from the Holy Roller, 712 00:33:54,206 --> 00:33:56,344 and we couldn't have done that without Hunter and the boys 713 00:33:56,379 --> 00:33:57,517 running at night. 714 00:33:57,551 --> 00:34:00,931 How many more? We only need 60 ounces. 715 00:34:00,965 --> 00:34:03,724 Black Pearl was down at the beginning of the week. 716 00:34:03,758 --> 00:34:05,413 But they ran really, really hard 717 00:34:05,448 --> 00:34:06,827 when they were up and going. 718 00:34:06,862 --> 00:34:10,241 So did they get the 60 ounces that we need? 719 00:34:10,275 --> 00:34:11,931 I don't know. We're gonna find out. 720 00:34:11,965 --> 00:34:14,172 [Hunter] We're about to have our last weigh-in here. 721 00:34:14,965 --> 00:34:16,137 And, uh, I don't know. 722 00:34:16,172 --> 00:34:18,344 We faced a lot of issues here at the end. 723 00:34:18,379 --> 00:34:19,827 The trommel's not spinning. 724 00:34:19,862 --> 00:34:22,034 There was a lot of pressure on my shoulders from everybody 725 00:34:22,068 --> 00:34:23,551 and, you know, I'm a little bit nervous that 726 00:34:23,585 --> 00:34:24,757 we're not gonna make it to 1,000. 727 00:34:24,793 --> 00:34:26,482 But I'm praying that we do. 728 00:34:27,241 --> 00:34:28,413 Okay. 729 00:34:29,206 --> 00:34:30,688 Let's do it. 730 00:34:38,827 --> 00:34:40,793 [Todd] Happy birthday, Dad. 731 00:34:42,688 --> 00:34:44,793 -Beard, beard, beard! -Watch that beard. 732 00:34:44,827 --> 00:34:46,931 -All right. -[Todd] You did it. 733 00:34:46,965 --> 00:34:49,482 Dad, you got anything to say? Seventy-seven years? 734 00:34:49,516 --> 00:34:52,206 [Jack] Well, you know, for the younger people, 735 00:34:52,241 --> 00:34:54,585 if you have something that you wanna do, 736 00:34:54,620 --> 00:34:56,931 whatever it is, do it. 737 00:34:56,965 --> 00:34:59,034 You'll never know if you don't. 738 00:34:59,068 --> 00:35:01,758 You're going through life one time. 739 00:35:01,793 --> 00:35:04,896 So that's what I'd recommend to do. 740 00:35:04,931 --> 00:35:06,068 That's what I did. 741 00:35:06,103 --> 00:35:08,137 Follow your dreams, you know? 742 00:35:09,517 --> 00:35:12,310 My dad's 77 years old and he's got health issues. 743 00:35:12,344 --> 00:35:14,827 You know, at some point, he's not gonna be here. 744 00:35:14,862 --> 00:35:17,241 It's really cool just to have him 745 00:35:17,275 --> 00:35:18,482 and my kids here with me. 746 00:35:19,275 --> 00:35:21,448 I just love 'em. Yeah. 747 00:35:21,482 --> 00:35:22,896 -Happy birthday. -[Jack] All right. 748 00:35:22,931 --> 00:35:24,862 -Thank you. -Yeah. 749 00:35:24,896 --> 00:35:29,241 [all] Seventy-seven years. No guts, no glory. 750 00:35:29,275 --> 00:35:30,586 [Todd] There you go, Dad. 751 00:35:43,137 --> 00:35:44,103 Okay. 752 00:35:45,103 --> 00:35:46,620 Let's do it. 753 00:35:46,655 --> 00:35:50,068 [narrator] 60 ounces short of their 1,000-ounce goal, 754 00:35:50,103 --> 00:35:51,517 all they have left 755 00:35:51,551 --> 00:35:53,965 is the last clean-out from the Black Pearl. 756 00:35:58,551 --> 00:36:00,724 I think we'll be close. 757 00:36:04,551 --> 00:36:06,448 -Ten. -Ten, and going well. 758 00:36:09,655 --> 00:36:10,689 Twenty. 759 00:36:10,724 --> 00:36:12,137 [Todd] Come on, baby. 760 00:36:14,275 --> 00:36:15,413 Thirty. 761 00:36:15,448 --> 00:36:16,827 [Jim chuckles] Feels good. 762 00:36:16,862 --> 00:36:18,655 -[Hunter] Forty. -Come on, baby. 763 00:36:19,827 --> 00:36:21,482 -Come on, baby. -Sixty. 764 00:36:21,517 --> 00:36:23,344 -Sixty, boys. -Yeah! 765 00:36:23,379 --> 00:36:25,931 [all cheering] 766 00:36:25,965 --> 00:36:27,517 [Todd] Keep going. 767 00:36:27,551 --> 00:36:28,827 [Sparky] We got it! 768 00:36:28,862 --> 00:36:29,896 We're over 1,000. 769 00:36:29,931 --> 00:36:30,965 [Jim] Seventy-five. 770 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:32,827 [Todd] You beat us. 771 00:36:32,862 --> 00:36:34,793 -Eighty-one. -[Sparky] All right! 772 00:36:34,827 --> 00:36:37,068 -Eighty-two. -[chuckling] 773 00:36:37,103 --> 00:36:39,103 -No way. -[Tater] That's a win. 774 00:36:39,137 --> 00:36:41,241 [chuckling] No way. 775 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,517 [Todd] So, we hit our goal. 776 00:36:43,551 --> 00:36:46,620 Our guys are happy. They take a little bit of gold home. 777 00:36:46,655 --> 00:36:48,448 I'm really super-proud of these guys. 778 00:36:48,482 --> 00:36:50,275 We really needed this win. 779 00:36:50,310 --> 00:36:53,172 You know, we mined maybe 700 more ounces 780 00:36:53,206 --> 00:36:54,862 than the Black Pearl did, 781 00:36:54,896 --> 00:36:59,275 but we could not have hit 1,000 ounces without 'em. 782 00:36:59,310 --> 00:37:01,034 All the hard work that they put in 783 00:37:01,068 --> 00:37:02,758 and teamwork is invaluable. 784 00:37:02,793 --> 00:37:04,344 Proud of everybody. 785 00:37:04,379 --> 00:37:05,931 -We did it, man. -Proud of you, man. 786 00:37:07,137 --> 00:37:09,206 [Jack] We made the 1,000-ounce goal. 787 00:37:09,241 --> 00:37:12,172 So I'm just proud of each and every person. 788 00:37:12,206 --> 00:37:15,448 It just proves that you just gotta keep going. 789 00:37:15,482 --> 00:37:17,379 You know, you never quit. 790 00:37:19,379 --> 00:37:20,793 [narrator] For their final weigh-in, 791 00:37:20,827 --> 00:37:23,448 the Holy Roller fetches 78 ounces 792 00:37:23,482 --> 00:37:27,206 while the Black Pearl earns an additional 82 ounces. 793 00:37:27,241 --> 00:37:30,862 This combined sum of 16 ounces 794 00:37:30,896 --> 00:37:33,275 brings the Hoffmans' season total 795 00:37:33,310 --> 00:37:35,689 to 1,022 ounces, 796 00:37:35,724 --> 00:37:38,034 surpassing their season goal. 797 00:37:38,827 --> 00:37:41,379 That's over $1.7 million, guys. 798 00:37:41,413 --> 00:37:44,827 Of scratching thawed dirt. 799 00:37:46,931 --> 00:37:49,689 We came up here and we did a heck of a job. 800 00:37:49,724 --> 00:37:51,241 And yes, it was strained. 801 00:37:51,275 --> 00:37:53,448 We had hard times, we had some fights, arguments. 802 00:37:53,482 --> 00:37:55,655 Whatever, I don't care. 803 00:37:55,689 --> 00:37:57,931 Nobody will ever be able to take this away from us 804 00:37:57,965 --> 00:37:59,965 and what we did here, okay? 805 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,413 You will look back on a lot of this summer 806 00:38:02,448 --> 00:38:04,000 with fond memories, 807 00:38:04,034 --> 00:38:07,758 even if it's just from the crazy accomplishments 808 00:38:07,793 --> 00:38:09,275 that we all did. 809 00:38:09,310 --> 00:38:10,758 'Cause I worked harder this summer 810 00:38:10,793 --> 00:38:12,310 than I ever have in my whole life. 811 00:38:13,689 --> 00:38:14,931 You know, Hunter, you and I 812 00:38:14,965 --> 00:38:17,206 may not always see eye-to-eye on everything, 813 00:38:17,241 --> 00:38:18,517 but I'mma tell you right now, 814 00:38:18,551 --> 00:38:20,862 we wouldn't have done it without the Black Pearl. 815 00:38:22,068 --> 00:38:23,620 Hunter won this weigh-in 816 00:38:23,655 --> 00:38:25,862 and he really stepped up this season. 817 00:38:25,896 --> 00:38:27,379 And our relationship, 818 00:38:27,413 --> 00:38:29,206 even though it's had some ups and downs... 819 00:38:29,241 --> 00:38:31,896 I told you where to put your sluice over here. 820 00:38:31,931 --> 00:38:34,068 Everybody saw you tell me to put it like this. 821 00:38:34,103 --> 00:38:37,517 ...I'm hoping that we both have learned a lot from this season. 822 00:38:37,551 --> 00:38:39,379 We are all clear, Hunter. 823 00:38:39,413 --> 00:38:41,000 [Hunter] Everything looks good. 824 00:38:41,034 --> 00:38:44,379 And hopefully we have some really cool things to build on. 825 00:38:44,413 --> 00:38:47,241 [Hunter] Me and my dad got closer this summer. 826 00:38:47,275 --> 00:38:49,310 But it's never easy working with family. 827 00:38:49,344 --> 00:38:51,137 You've been stepping on my toes the whole project. 828 00:38:51,172 --> 00:38:52,206 No, I haven't. 829 00:38:52,241 --> 00:38:54,103 [Hunter] But also think he knows my capability. 830 00:38:54,137 --> 00:38:56,344 All right, guys, you ready to get it on? 831 00:38:56,379 --> 00:38:58,068 Let's get it on! 832 00:38:58,103 --> 00:38:59,896 [Hunter] I love my dad and I respect him. 833 00:39:01,724 --> 00:39:03,379 [Todd] I'm thankful that you came. 834 00:39:03,413 --> 00:39:05,034 [Hunter] There was a lot of times 835 00:39:05,068 --> 00:39:07,965 where we could have all turned back or stopped. 836 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:09,482 You know? 837 00:39:09,517 --> 00:39:11,758 If I learned anything, it was just to... 838 00:39:13,379 --> 00:39:15,344 You know, you just have to keep... 839 00:39:15,379 --> 00:39:16,724 you have to keep going. 840 00:39:16,758 --> 00:39:18,689 You know? I've learned that from you. 841 00:39:19,827 --> 00:39:21,310 It's ingrained in my mind now. 842 00:39:22,206 --> 00:39:24,379 And I feel like you set the tone 843 00:39:24,413 --> 00:39:25,896 for the work here. 844 00:39:27,689 --> 00:39:28,827 So... 845 00:39:29,965 --> 00:39:31,793 Yeah. I just wanna say thank you. 846 00:39:31,827 --> 00:39:33,620 I want any bad blood to end right here 847 00:39:33,655 --> 00:39:35,103 with us getting 1,000 ounces. 848 00:39:36,206 --> 00:39:38,275 I'll tell you right now, I love you to death. 849 00:39:38,310 --> 00:39:39,724 [sniffs] 850 00:39:39,758 --> 00:39:41,310 -Thank you. -Come here, man. 851 00:39:43,413 --> 00:39:44,655 [Todd sighs] 852 00:39:49,827 --> 00:39:51,000 [sniffs] 853 00:39:54,310 --> 00:39:58,482 This is the time I feel like Jim Thurber right now, jeez. 854 00:39:59,310 --> 00:40:00,551 [sniffs] 855 00:40:02,931 --> 00:40:05,517 Dad, why don't you close us in prayer, man? 856 00:40:05,551 --> 00:40:06,862 Sure. 857 00:40:06,896 --> 00:40:08,689 [Todd sniffs] 858 00:40:08,724 --> 00:40:10,241 Get over here. 859 00:40:11,965 --> 00:40:14,689 [Jack] Heavenly Father, we thank you for 860 00:40:15,586 --> 00:40:20,000 a, uh, successful adventure. 861 00:40:20,034 --> 00:40:23,034 [Tater] Being able to come up here with Todd and the guys, 862 00:40:23,068 --> 00:40:25,758 it changed my outlook on a lot of things in life. 863 00:40:25,793 --> 00:40:29,137 And, uh, I'm hoping to get to do it again with these guys. 864 00:40:29,172 --> 00:40:34,000 We are grateful for everything that you've done for us. 865 00:40:36,034 --> 00:40:39,965 Help us to share it with those you want us to. 866 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:43,000 [Andy] We hit our goal. The guys came together. 867 00:40:43,034 --> 00:40:47,758 Hopefully they see the fight is worth the reward. 868 00:40:47,793 --> 00:40:49,827 I feel really good right now. 869 00:40:49,862 --> 00:40:53,103 It's in your name that we pray forever. 870 00:40:53,137 --> 00:40:54,275 Amen. 871 00:40:54,310 --> 00:40:55,896 [all] Amen. 872 00:41:02,413 --> 00:41:04,482 [Todd] 1,000 ounces was my goal 873 00:41:04,517 --> 00:41:06,931 because that's just, like, beginner stage. 874 00:41:06,965 --> 00:41:09,137 That gets you to the table again. 875 00:41:09,172 --> 00:41:10,965 So my guys will take a little bit of gold home 876 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:12,448 and they're all happy. 877 00:41:12,482 --> 00:41:15,275 But I'll tell you what, we got a big future here. 878 00:41:15,310 --> 00:41:18,137 I got the team, I got the equipment, 879 00:41:18,172 --> 00:41:20,206 I got the cuts, I got the licence. 880 00:41:20,241 --> 00:41:21,724 I'm ready to go. 881 00:41:21,758 --> 00:41:24,137 Wrap up the gold and let's get the hell out of here. 882 00:41:24,172 --> 00:41:27,068 1,000 ounces is just the starting point. 883 00:41:28,275 --> 00:41:29,586 Watch what happens next year. 884 00:41:33,034 --> 00:41:34,620 We're set up to win.