1 00:00:21,100 --> 00:00:23,266 [Parker] We're off to a bit of a rocky start. 2 00:00:23,266 --> 00:00:26,567 There's a lot of frozen pay, lot of confusing gravel. 3 00:00:26,567 --> 00:00:29,567 It's gonna be a steep learning curve. 4 00:00:29,567 --> 00:00:32,367 [narrator] Gold miner Parker Schnabel's plans 5 00:00:32,367 --> 00:00:35,834 for a record-breaking season are in trouble. 6 00:00:38,467 --> 00:00:45,200 Three weeks in, he's mined just 36 ounces of his 10,000-ounce target. 7 00:00:47,300 --> 00:00:49,934 [Parker] I mean, the numbers are terrible. 8 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,767 That's a bit scary. 9 00:00:53,767 --> 00:00:56,367 Long road to 10,000. 10 00:00:56,367 --> 00:00:59,433 Most of the company is just stripping at the bridge cut. 11 00:00:59,500 --> 00:01:01,700 It's gonna be a lot of stripping there. 12 00:01:02,667 --> 00:01:06,500 Lots of work to do, not a whole lot of time to do it in. 13 00:01:08,767 --> 00:01:12,100 [narrator] To catch up, Parker has split his crew. 14 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,433 Half for stripping the bridge cut, 15 00:01:15,500 --> 00:01:18,867 but won't be down to pay dirt for weeks. 16 00:01:18,867 --> 00:01:22,266 The other half are working the long cut, 17 00:01:22,266 --> 00:01:25,600 which has delivered problem after problem. 18 00:01:27,100 --> 00:01:32,033 Parker's only source of pay dirt being run through wash plant Roxanne 19 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,967 is from the ditches surrounding the long cut, 20 00:01:35,967 --> 00:01:38,500 and that's about to run out. 21 00:01:41,667 --> 00:01:45,133 Mitch is hopefully gonna get a handle on the long cut 22 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,734 and then just start hammering payout. 23 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:49,767 We have a lot of ounces due every week, 24 00:01:49,767 --> 00:01:53,667 and we've got a lot of bills to pay. 25 00:01:53,667 --> 00:01:56,500 So we'll give her the old college try. 26 00:02:00,100 --> 00:02:01,700 Come on. 27 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:06,266 So the big battle of the long cut here is we gotta chase the pay. 28 00:02:06,266 --> 00:02:10,467 But as you can see here, the ground's still frozen. 29 00:02:10,467 --> 00:02:15,533 [narrator] Mitch has stripped 4 acres of the long cut down to frozen pay, 30 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,133 which needs to thaw before it can be sluiced. 31 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:22,066 And now, there's another problem. 32 00:02:22,066 --> 00:02:26,133 As I'm working my way up here, we started losing pay dirt. 33 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,467 Now what I'm seeing is a bunch of material 34 00:02:28,467 --> 00:02:30,367 that looks like it needs to be going to a waste site. 35 00:02:30,367 --> 00:02:34,900 And so it's really tough to tell exactly where we're at in this cut. 36 00:02:38,300 --> 00:02:44,033 [narrator] Mitch has uncovered 4 acres of frozen pay in the 20-acre long cut, 37 00:02:44,100 --> 00:02:47,300 but he's now hit overburden that shouldn't be there. 38 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,266 Mitch believes the gold pay layer 39 00:02:51,266 --> 00:02:54,033 has dropped in the rest of the cut, 40 00:02:54,100 --> 00:02:58,400 sinking lower as the heavy gold settles on the Earth's bedrock. 41 00:02:59,467 --> 00:03:02,266 If the pay layer has dropped too deep, 42 00:03:02,266 --> 00:03:06,767 the frozen dirt won't fall in time to mine this season. 43 00:03:06,767 --> 00:03:09,500 A disaster for Parker. 44 00:03:10,367 --> 00:03:14,066 Are we 25 feet off? Are we 15 feet off? 45 00:03:14,066 --> 00:03:16,634 And really, we need to make sure that we have, you know, 46 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:20,133 absolutely no more than about 15 feet of waste left, 47 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:21,567 because if it's thicker than that, 48 00:03:21,567 --> 00:03:23,433 it's just not gonna thaw in time. 49 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,200 [Parker] What are you thinking? 50 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,667 We had really good-looking material and we had bedrock. 51 00:03:33,667 --> 00:03:35,834 But further we work our way upstream, 52 00:03:35,900 --> 00:03:38,767 we've lost pay, we've lost bedrock. 53 00:03:38,767 --> 00:03:40,867 And the problem is everything is frozen up here, 54 00:03:40,867 --> 00:03:45,734 so I'm trying to dig down to see where we're at and I can't get down. 55 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,000 So we might be 8 inches, we might be 18 feet. 56 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,767 We could be a long ways away here. 57 00:03:50,767 --> 00:03:52,734 [bleep] That's not good. 58 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:54,166 And you can't dig any holes to find anything else... 59 00:03:54,166 --> 00:03:55,367 [Mitch] And I can't dig any holes. 60 00:03:55,367 --> 00:03:57,467 [Parker] Okay, so the best thing to do 61 00:03:57,467 --> 00:04:00,767 is just have the driller come in here and just drill a couple holes. 62 00:04:00,767 --> 00:04:01,767 [Mitch] Dude, that'd be awesome. 63 00:04:01,767 --> 00:04:04,433 Because then you'll know exactly where you're at. 64 00:04:04,500 --> 00:04:06,867 'Cause if there's 25 feet left, we have problems. 65 00:04:06,867 --> 00:04:09,467 If there's like 15 or 10, then we're okay. 66 00:04:09,467 --> 00:04:13,133 Well, we need some X-ray vision here, and that's gonna be it. 67 00:04:17,667 --> 00:04:21,133 [narrator] At the cost of $20,000 a day, 68 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,467 Parker calls in the sonic drill 69 00:04:23,467 --> 00:04:27,233 to test how deep the long cut's pay layer is. 70 00:04:30,867 --> 00:04:33,634 [Parker] Some of this gravel doesn't thaw very fast, 71 00:04:33,700 --> 00:04:37,567 and if it's like 20 feet or more that we have to thaw, 72 00:04:37,567 --> 00:04:39,233 it's very difficult. 73 00:04:39,233 --> 00:04:45,300 Sometimes you have to spend some money, like drilling or whatever, to be efficient. 74 00:04:53,266 --> 00:04:55,166 [Mitch] It'd be nice to dig a hole through this, 75 00:04:55,166 --> 00:04:56,400 but pretty tough when it's all frozen. 76 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,033 But that drill doesn't have any trouble getting through it. 77 00:04:58,100 --> 00:04:59,133 [Tyson] Yeah, definitely. 78 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,000 Here comes the first sample now. 79 00:05:10,667 --> 00:05:13,500 Hopefully that's bedrock right there. I mean, that would be awesome. 80 00:05:16,467 --> 00:05:20,967 [narrator] If the drilling reveals the pay is more than 20 feet down, 81 00:05:20,967 --> 00:05:24,800 it may not thaw in time to be sluiced this season. 82 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,333 [Mitch] Well, how'd we do? 83 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,467 The deepest was 16.5 feet. 84 00:05:32,467 --> 00:05:34,133 -That was the deepest? -[Layton] Deepest. 85 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,533 So from 15 was the shallowest to 16.5. 86 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:39,233 -Oh, wow. So very consistent then. -[Layton] Yeah. 87 00:05:39,300 --> 00:05:40,634 [Parker] What did you find? 88 00:05:40,700 --> 00:05:41,500 [Mitch] 15 foot to bedrock. 89 00:05:41,500 --> 00:05:44,667 Oh, money! 15 feet. [bleep] yeah. 90 00:05:44,667 --> 00:05:47,567 If it's 15 feet the whole way, that's good. 91 00:05:47,567 --> 00:05:50,200 I was really worried it was gonna be 20 or 25. 92 00:05:51,500 --> 00:05:53,967 [narrator] With the depth of pay layer located, 93 00:05:53,967 --> 00:05:58,133 Mitch can get back to work, clearing the 15 foot of waste 94 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,800 on top of the pay in the long cut. 95 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:04,533 You know, there's still a lot of work 96 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,767 that needs to happen out here in the long cut. 97 00:06:06,767 --> 00:06:08,333 And you know, right now we know 98 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:10,767 there's a lot of material that's got to get out of this cut. 99 00:06:10,767 --> 00:06:13,233 It is doable to get it mined this season, 100 00:06:13,300 --> 00:06:15,266 but we've got to do things right here. 101 00:06:15,266 --> 00:06:18,900 So we're down, but we're not out. 102 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,400 [Tony speaking] 103 00:06:48,467 --> 00:06:51,934 [narrator] 10 miles southwest at Indian River, 104 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,233 King of the Klondike, Tony Beets, has hit the ground running, 105 00:06:56,300 --> 00:07:02,734 banking a record 849 ounces of gold in just three weeks. 106 00:07:03,667 --> 00:07:06,133 [Tony speaking] 107 00:07:18,467 --> 00:07:21,300 Chelsea, how much pay dirt you got up there? 108 00:07:21,967 --> 00:07:23,967 Still got a pretty good mountain here, 109 00:07:23,967 --> 00:07:25,934 and the trucks are still hauling to me. 110 00:07:26,767 --> 00:07:29,233 [narrator] Off limits for years, 111 00:07:29,300 --> 00:07:31,767 Tony's Indian River claim 112 00:07:31,767 --> 00:07:36,634 offers some of the most consistent gold yields in the Klondike. 113 00:07:36,700 --> 00:07:40,934 But right now, he only has one plant banking gold 114 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,934 from the comeback cut, Sluice-a-lot. 115 00:07:44,967 --> 00:07:48,767 To keep up momentum, he wants his second wash plant, 116 00:07:48,767 --> 00:07:51,834 the Shaker Deck, back up and running 117 00:07:51,900 --> 00:07:55,600 to chew through as much ground as possible. 118 00:07:56,467 --> 00:07:58,934 [Tony speaking] 119 00:08:10,567 --> 00:08:15,333 [narrator] Last week, Tony's two-plant plan hit a stumbling block 120 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:20,000 when his 30-year-old Shaker Deck shook itself to pieces. 121 00:08:20,667 --> 00:08:21,900 [Tony speaking] 122 00:08:55,367 --> 00:08:56,900 Haul her down. 123 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:02,734 [narrator] Tony's plan? Remove the 7 ton broken screen deck, 124 00:09:03,767 --> 00:09:08,233 then armor up the new screen deck with steel plates. 125 00:09:09,367 --> 00:09:14,967 Next, haul the 50-ton plant 200 feet to a new pay pile, 126 00:09:14,967 --> 00:09:20,266 then place the new reinforced screen deck back on the plant 127 00:09:20,266 --> 00:09:25,300 and finally add a conveyor ready for fire up. 128 00:09:29,467 --> 00:09:32,533 [Michael] So we're getting rid of the whole shaker deck here 129 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,200 'cause we have a brand new one sitting in the yard. 130 00:09:36,100 --> 00:09:38,767 [narrator] Tony tasks his nephew, Cousin Mike, 131 00:09:38,767 --> 00:09:41,800 to get the Shaker Deck running by the end of the week. 132 00:09:42,867 --> 00:09:47,200 First up, remove the old broken screen deck. 133 00:10:03,500 --> 00:10:06,133 That's one job done. On to the next one. 134 00:10:08,066 --> 00:10:14,233 [narrator] Next, Tony's crew reinforce the new screen deck and hopper with steel plates. 135 00:10:18,567 --> 00:10:21,000 Tony changed the plan that we put a steel plate 136 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,133 1-inch thick for protecting the new polydeck, 137 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:25,967 and then we can put it on the Shaker Deck plant, 138 00:10:25,967 --> 00:10:28,367 and then we got two plants going, hopefully. 139 00:10:28,367 --> 00:10:29,700 That's the goal. 140 00:10:32,166 --> 00:10:34,467 [narrator] Before fitting the new screen, 141 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:40,033 Cousin Mike hauls the plant 200 feet to the other side of the pay pile. 142 00:10:45,867 --> 00:10:47,100 [Tony speaking] 143 00:10:54,066 --> 00:10:56,567 [narrator] This year, with eldest son Kevin 144 00:10:56,567 --> 00:11:00,266 no longer working for the family business, 145 00:11:00,266 --> 00:11:04,834 Tony's promoted Cousin Mike to Indian River Foreman. 146 00:11:04,900 --> 00:11:09,867 So Kevin is not here, that makes a spot for me. 147 00:11:09,867 --> 00:11:15,133 Now I got this responsibility. I hope I'll do a good job this year. 148 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,166 For me, it's a big challenge. 149 00:11:17,166 --> 00:11:18,667 And yeah, if Kevin would have been here, 150 00:11:18,667 --> 00:11:21,200 maybe I wouldn't have that opportunity. 151 00:11:23,166 --> 00:11:25,400 [Tony speaking] 152 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:02,800 [Michael] All right. 153 00:12:06,967 --> 00:12:09,533 Conveyor belt showed up from Paradise Hill. 154 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:11,533 'Cause that's got to go in front of the plant. 155 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:28,033 Darren, do you copy? Stop it. 156 00:12:29,700 --> 00:12:31,500 Stop. Darren, stop it. 157 00:12:39,367 --> 00:12:41,000 I don't think it hurt anything, but... 158 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,133 [Michael] We'll see. 159 00:12:44,967 --> 00:12:46,467 Tony, do you copy? Tony? 160 00:12:46,467 --> 00:12:47,400 [Tony speaking] 161 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,266 [Michael] Could you come to the screen deck? 162 00:12:49,266 --> 00:12:51,367 We have some damage here. 163 00:12:51,367 --> 00:12:52,900 [Tony speaking] 164 00:12:52,900 --> 00:12:57,367 [narrator] At Indian River, the conveyor has smashed into the hopper feeder 165 00:12:57,367 --> 00:13:00,934 on rookie foreman Cousin Mike's watch. 166 00:13:05,767 --> 00:13:08,100 [Michael] We got some damage here on the end I have to weld. 167 00:13:08,100 --> 00:13:10,700 So yeah, that will slow us down a couple of hours. 168 00:13:12,100 --> 00:13:14,900 [Michael] And I'm the only welder here right now. 169 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:19,600 Okay. 170 00:13:22,100 --> 00:13:23,767 So now they are [bleep] around. 171 00:13:23,767 --> 00:13:29,133 I just wanna make a plan, stick to the plan, and get it done. 172 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:36,500 [Tony speaking] 173 00:13:52,767 --> 00:13:54,734 Let's do the thing, chicken wings. 174 00:13:55,667 --> 00:13:57,700 [narrator] 3 miles east at Scribner Creek, 175 00:13:58,266 --> 00:14:01,767 after 22 years of working for Tony, 176 00:14:01,767 --> 00:14:05,166 Kevin Beets is now his own mine boss. 177 00:14:05,166 --> 00:14:06,834 Hi, everybody. 178 00:14:06,900 --> 00:14:10,367 [narrator] Today, he and partner, Faith, 179 00:14:10,367 --> 00:14:13,800 are calling their first crew meeting with their new recruits. 180 00:14:17,500 --> 00:14:18,667 So we're starting a new mine, 181 00:14:18,667 --> 00:14:21,000 and I'm really hoping to run it a little bit different 182 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,767 than what we've had to deal with in the past. 183 00:14:23,767 --> 00:14:26,767 You don't gotta like it, but I really don't want you to [bleep] dread it. 184 00:14:26,767 --> 00:14:29,233 And we have Brennan who will be overseeing the cut. 185 00:14:29,300 --> 00:14:31,767 And Hunter and Chase, you guys will be running the rock truck. 186 00:14:31,767 --> 00:14:34,567 And Matt, you'll be running the excavator, loading the truck. 187 00:14:34,567 --> 00:14:37,934 And if you guys do see something that looks off, let me know. 188 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,333 [Faith] We don't have spares, 189 00:14:39,333 --> 00:14:41,867 so it's not like we can just throw you in different rock trucks. 190 00:14:41,867 --> 00:14:43,867 So please take care of your equipment. 191 00:14:43,867 --> 00:14:45,667 Our goal this year is 1,000 ounces. 192 00:14:45,667 --> 00:14:47,367 A thousand ounces. 193 00:14:47,367 --> 00:14:51,200 All right, well, we all got [bleep] to do and dirt to move, so let's go. 194 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:57,567 [Hunter] I am so excited to get started mining. 195 00:14:57,567 --> 00:15:00,266 Get to see our piece of land, get to do some work. 196 00:15:00,266 --> 00:15:02,166 Like, honestly... 197 00:15:02,166 --> 00:15:04,400 I gotta go! I gotta go do some work. 198 00:15:05,266 --> 00:15:06,834 Go move some dirt. 199 00:15:06,900 --> 00:15:08,266 Roger that, boss. 200 00:15:08,266 --> 00:15:09,800 Exciting. 201 00:15:11,100 --> 00:15:13,433 These are the first bits of iron to go down to the cut 202 00:15:13,500 --> 00:15:14,433 to get started on stripping. 203 00:15:14,433 --> 00:15:17,066 So at least we're finally making progress. 204 00:15:17,066 --> 00:15:18,867 On my way! 205 00:15:18,867 --> 00:15:20,867 Hopefully, I don't get lost. 206 00:15:20,867 --> 00:15:22,300 Joking. [chuckles] 207 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:42,734 This is what I thought being a mine boss would be like. 208 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:43,967 It's the exact same as [bleep] Tony's. 209 00:15:43,967 --> 00:15:47,300 I just don't have anybody I gotta go double check with. 210 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,066 [narrator] Kevin's tasked the team 211 00:15:50,066 --> 00:15:53,467 with stripping the first three acres of his Links cut 212 00:15:53,467 --> 00:15:56,066 down to pay dirt by the end of the week 213 00:15:56,066 --> 00:16:00,066 using old equipment he borrowed from Dad Tony. 214 00:16:02,367 --> 00:16:05,433 I was hoping we'd get a little bit more reliable equipment. 215 00:16:05,500 --> 00:16:09,533 We've had a lot of delays and we really can't afford too many more at this point. 216 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:12,767 We really need to get sluicing as soon as possible. 217 00:16:12,767 --> 00:16:14,500 Then we can see some gold. 218 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:18,133 We have a lot to do with our first season 219 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:19,300 with green people, 220 00:16:19,300 --> 00:16:21,166 and, you know, I want to get as much gold as possible 221 00:16:21,166 --> 00:16:23,467 by the time the snow starts flying. 222 00:16:23,467 --> 00:16:27,100 [narrator] In charge of the cut in the 700 excavator, 223 00:16:27,100 --> 00:16:29,033 Foreman Brennan Ruault. 224 00:16:29,100 --> 00:16:31,634 When that call came in Kevin and Faith asked 225 00:16:31,700 --> 00:16:33,734 if I would like to be the foreman. 226 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:35,266 You know, it lifted my spirits up. 227 00:16:35,266 --> 00:16:40,166 I wanna move up the ladder, and they seemed right on board 228 00:16:40,166 --> 00:16:41,800 with offering me that opportunity. 229 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,934 [narrator] Working alongside Brennan in the 480, 230 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:47,634 Operator Matt Kiefer. 231 00:16:49,367 --> 00:16:50,734 [Matt] We've been trying to do this for years, 232 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:52,333 come up and work with Brennan. 233 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,166 He basically gave us a call and was like, 234 00:16:55,166 --> 00:16:57,100 "Hey, would you like to come up?" 235 00:16:57,100 --> 00:16:59,734 Yeah, it's just awesome to be moving dirt again. 236 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,300 Hopefully there's a boatload of gold underneath this. 237 00:17:05,266 --> 00:17:09,767 [Hunter] Frick yeah, I'm in the rock truck working my butt off. 238 00:17:09,767 --> 00:17:13,233 [narrator] Trucking the waste overburden out of the cut, 239 00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:15,600 gold mining rookie, Hunter Canning. 240 00:17:16,500 --> 00:17:18,467 [Hunter] Well, it was a fricking cool opportunity 241 00:17:18,467 --> 00:17:20,033 that landed in my hands. 242 00:17:21,166 --> 00:17:24,567 When Faith and Kevin find your TikTok, 243 00:17:24,567 --> 00:17:27,634 and all of a sudden you're in the Yukon. 244 00:17:27,700 --> 00:17:30,100 And now everybody's like, "You're crazy, you left your government job." 245 00:17:30,100 --> 00:17:33,166 But I'm pretty used to this environment. 246 00:17:33,166 --> 00:17:37,900 I'm building my house in the woods, so this is perfect. 247 00:17:44,567 --> 00:17:48,634 My truck is having a hard time already backing up this. 248 00:17:52,567 --> 00:17:54,133 Man, I can't get up this hill. 249 00:17:55,300 --> 00:17:59,266 I'm spinning out. Like, I can't get up this hill whatsoever. 250 00:17:59,266 --> 00:18:00,600 I'm gonna burn it. 251 00:18:09,667 --> 00:18:11,233 Come on, you dirty [bleep]. 252 00:18:14,367 --> 00:18:16,000 [bleep] me sideways! 253 00:18:21,467 --> 00:18:22,734 Oh, [bleep]. 254 00:18:23,367 --> 00:18:24,900 I think I hear something. 255 00:18:27,867 --> 00:18:29,467 Matt, you got a copy? 256 00:18:29,467 --> 00:18:31,667 Hey, I hear some air leaking noises 257 00:18:31,667 --> 00:18:33,266 from underneath the truck here. 258 00:18:33,266 --> 00:18:35,133 My diff lock's not working. 259 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,066 We're gonna have to call Kevin. 260 00:18:37,066 --> 00:18:39,233 Hopefully it's not a really bad fix. 261 00:18:42,467 --> 00:18:46,634 [narrator] The diff or differential lock locks the axles 262 00:18:46,700 --> 00:18:50,100 so the truck's wheels turn at the same speed, 263 00:18:50,100 --> 00:18:53,166 improving traction in muddy conditions. 264 00:18:53,166 --> 00:18:56,967 [Kevin] No, a lot of this is just Tony's not fixing it. 265 00:18:56,967 --> 00:19:02,166 So when it finally gets to me and it grenades, it's now my problem. 266 00:19:02,166 --> 00:19:03,934 [Hunter] So it's Tony's sloppy seconds? 267 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,233 Not even sloppy seconds. [bleep] from the trash. 268 00:19:10,300 --> 00:19:14,200 We have some lines that have busted, so it's a nice quick fix. 269 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:21,233 [narrator] Airlines send pressurized air to the diff lock, 270 00:19:21,300 --> 00:19:23,467 switching it on and off. 271 00:19:23,467 --> 00:19:27,834 To engage the diff lock, Kevin replaces the broken hose. 272 00:19:28,667 --> 00:19:30,233 [Kevin] Luckily, this one is a quick fix, 273 00:19:30,300 --> 00:19:34,100 but this is just Tony's not [bleep] doing [bleep]. 274 00:19:34,700 --> 00:19:37,066 So that's not frustrating in the least. 275 00:19:37,066 --> 00:19:39,133 [Kevin] All right, when you're ready, Hunter. 276 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:40,600 [engine starts] 277 00:19:42,166 --> 00:19:44,033 [Matt] Put it all the way down. 278 00:19:44,100 --> 00:19:45,600 Job is done. 279 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,800 Finito. Back to moving dirt. 280 00:19:50,667 --> 00:19:52,667 [Hunter] Yeah, buddy. 281 00:19:52,667 --> 00:19:55,467 [Kevin] I know Tony didn't want to give me, like, his best equipment, 282 00:19:55,467 --> 00:19:57,800 but this is a little ridiculous. 283 00:19:59,867 --> 00:20:02,500 Not a great start to my morning. Not at all. 284 00:20:16,767 --> 00:20:19,533 We've hired the drillers to know exactly where bedrock is. 285 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,100 But the first hole was 15 feet to bedrock, 286 00:20:23,100 --> 00:20:28,200 which is good in terms of how much waste we still have in the cut. 287 00:20:30,266 --> 00:20:33,367 [narrator] After finding the pay layer in the long cut, 288 00:20:33,367 --> 00:20:38,767 Parker's crew is back to clearing the remaining 16 acres of overburden 289 00:20:38,767 --> 00:20:40,433 to get to pay. 290 00:20:44,967 --> 00:20:47,166 [Mitch] Now after having the drilling done out here, 291 00:20:47,166 --> 00:20:50,934 it looks like we've got about 15 to 16 feet to bedrock, 292 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,266 and that means that we still have 293 00:20:52,266 --> 00:20:54,900 several feet of waste here that needs to leave. 294 00:20:56,266 --> 00:20:59,634 [narrator] To speed up removing the excess overburden, 295 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:04,033 Mitch has brought in the 150-foot-long super conveyor 296 00:21:04,100 --> 00:21:05,700 to take it out of the cut. 297 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:08,567 [Mitch] This conveyor is getting rid of the dirt 298 00:21:08,567 --> 00:21:10,900 as fast as I can scoop it up and dump it in here. 299 00:21:12,567 --> 00:21:14,634 It is working very well. 300 00:21:23,767 --> 00:21:24,900 Oh, [bleep]. 301 00:21:26,367 --> 00:21:28,000 Oh, why are you piling up? 302 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:35,900 Oh, you gotta be kidding me. 303 00:21:36,500 --> 00:21:38,133 [chuckles nervously] 304 00:21:40,567 --> 00:21:42,767 Hey, Bill, you got a copy? 305 00:21:42,767 --> 00:21:44,166 [Bill] Yeah, go ahead, Mitch. 306 00:21:44,166 --> 00:21:47,367 Hey, man, I need you to get down here to long cut as soon as you can. 307 00:21:47,367 --> 00:21:50,367 The excavator conveyor just broke the hopper. 308 00:21:50,367 --> 00:21:51,667 [Bill] Yeah, 10-4. 309 00:21:51,667 --> 00:21:53,367 [Mitch] Right now, the dirt from the hopper 310 00:21:53,367 --> 00:21:55,934 can't get on the main belt to get out of the cut. 311 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,967 And what that means is this conveyor is not moving any more dirt right now, so... 312 00:21:59,967 --> 00:22:02,533 It was going good till it wasn't. 313 00:22:16,166 --> 00:22:19,266 [Bill] Let's have a look here and see what we can find. 314 00:22:19,266 --> 00:22:24,266 [narrator] At Dominion Creek, Parker's super conveyor is broken, 315 00:22:24,266 --> 00:22:29,700 bringing his plan to get the long cut's remaining 16 acres down to pay 316 00:22:30,367 --> 00:22:31,767 to a standstill. 317 00:22:31,767 --> 00:22:34,834 So, motor's intact, 318 00:22:34,900 --> 00:22:39,533 but holy [bleep]. 319 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:43,634 It snapped the shaft right off. Wow. 320 00:22:43,700 --> 00:22:45,567 It's been through some abuse. 321 00:22:45,567 --> 00:22:47,333 Yeah, the sprockets are cooked as well. 322 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,433 You can see now it's a lot bigger job. 323 00:22:49,500 --> 00:22:50,967 Which is a no bueno rubber ducky. 324 00:22:50,967 --> 00:22:54,500 Well, we may as well get right at it, 'cause I know they need this thing. 325 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:04,333 Whoo! 326 00:23:04,333 --> 00:23:10,467 [narrator] The custom built super conveyor's hopper belt is turned by a drive shaft. 327 00:23:10,467 --> 00:23:14,734 As the driveshaft rotates, it turns the sprockets, 328 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:18,767 which connect to the chains that drive the motion of the belt 329 00:23:18,767 --> 00:23:21,166 inside the hopper feeder. 330 00:23:21,166 --> 00:23:23,433 The drive shaft has snapped, 331 00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:25,867 which has cracked both of the sprockets 332 00:23:25,867 --> 00:23:28,467 and disengaged one of the chains. 333 00:23:28,467 --> 00:23:31,867 Bill must replace the broken shaft, 334 00:23:31,867 --> 00:23:36,834 fit new perfectly-aligned sprockets and reconnect the chains.34 335 00:23:38,967 --> 00:23:40,767 Now, it's shaft time. 336 00:23:40,767 --> 00:23:42,400 Slide it in. 337 00:23:44,867 --> 00:23:48,533 Okay. Just tap your coupler where the shaft is going in. 338 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:49,934 [Liam] Okay. 339 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,000 Harder. 340 00:23:53,500 --> 00:23:54,367 [Liam] There you go. 341 00:23:55,967 --> 00:23:57,000 [Bill] How does that look? Pretty good? 342 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,333 [Liam] Looks real good. 343 00:23:58,400 --> 00:23:59,900 [Bill] We'll put our sprockets on. 344 00:24:00,967 --> 00:24:04,133 If I don't get this exact center, 345 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:05,767 the chain is gonna run crooked. 346 00:24:05,767 --> 00:24:09,333 We're gonna end up breaking another shaft or something else. 347 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,834 It's all riding on, uh, me getting this right here. 348 00:24:14,467 --> 00:24:17,233 So, Liam, I'm gonna run this tape across. 349 00:24:17,300 --> 00:24:18,967 [Liam] Yup. 350 00:24:18,967 --> 00:24:23,634 And you should be able to put the inside of your sprocket right up against my tape. 351 00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:24,934 [Liam] I'm ready. Where do you like it? 352 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,333 Right there. 353 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:28,934 We are bang on. 354 00:24:29,567 --> 00:24:31,433 [Liam] Wow. Lock it. 355 00:24:31,500 --> 00:24:32,834 [Bill] We'll take that win. 356 00:24:32,900 --> 00:24:34,800 And let's get this chain in here. 357 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,934 [narrator] Bill and Liam reattach the chain 358 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,900 that connects the drive shaft to the belt. 359 00:24:45,567 --> 00:24:47,700 [Bill] I think we've got to go one over, one under. 360 00:24:50,100 --> 00:24:51,433 Oh, gentlemen. 361 00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:53,233 Hey. How are you doing? 362 00:24:53,300 --> 00:24:54,433 [Parker] Nice, Liam. 363 00:24:54,500 --> 00:24:55,800 Butterfingers. 364 00:24:56,867 --> 00:24:59,000 I have that effect on some people. 365 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,367 -Everything was so tight. -What happened? 366 00:25:00,367 --> 00:25:02,734 [Bill] The shaft snapped right off. 367 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:03,867 [Parker] Oof. 368 00:25:03,867 --> 00:25:05,567 [Bill] So we put a new shaft in. 369 00:25:05,567 --> 00:25:07,767 Dude, those things have some power, huh? 370 00:25:07,767 --> 00:25:09,000 -[Bill] Yeah. -That's crazy. 371 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,367 -[Bill] We just gotta get this little bit. -[Parker] Right. 372 00:25:11,367 --> 00:25:12,567 We need this thing in the pit, 373 00:25:12,567 --> 00:25:13,767 so thank you guys for doing this. 374 00:25:13,767 --> 00:25:15,300 -[Liam] No worries. -[Bill] Oh, yeah. 375 00:25:19,867 --> 00:25:20,967 Damn! 376 00:25:20,967 --> 00:25:23,333 [Bill] Let's fire this [bleep] up. 377 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:24,033 [engine whirring] 378 00:25:24,033 --> 00:25:26,000 Here we go. Try it out. 379 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,433 Oh, look at that. 380 00:25:32,500 --> 00:25:33,667 It's working! 381 00:25:33,667 --> 00:25:34,767 Yeah! 382 00:25:34,767 --> 00:25:36,000 [Liam] Wow, look at the roll on that. 383 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:36,800 [Bill] Look at it go. 384 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:38,500 That's a thing of beauty right there. 385 00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:49,467 [narrator] After six hours, the super conveyor is back, 386 00:25:49,467 --> 00:25:52,233 removing the long cut's overburden. 387 00:25:53,667 --> 00:25:56,667 [Mitch] That was definitely a big break there on that super conveyor. 388 00:25:56,667 --> 00:25:58,667 And I'm glad Bill's got her back up and going. 389 00:25:58,667 --> 00:26:02,634 That means we can finally get the rest of this cut down to pay here. 390 00:26:02,700 --> 00:26:03,567 And that's a damn good feeling 391 00:26:03,567 --> 00:26:05,233 after all the work that's gone into it. 392 00:26:19,867 --> 00:26:22,834 A gorgeous day in the Yukon. 393 00:26:25,166 --> 00:26:28,066 [narrator] Ten miles south, at Indian River, 394 00:26:28,066 --> 00:26:33,367 Tony Beets' wash plant Sluice-a-lot is running full throttle. 395 00:26:33,367 --> 00:26:36,767 While rookie foreman Cousin Mike races to fix 396 00:26:36,767 --> 00:26:40,934 Tony's second wash plant, the Shaker Deck. 397 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:42,667 [Michael] The truck driver, he drove the conveyor belt 398 00:26:42,667 --> 00:26:44,734 into the feeder that was sitting there. 399 00:26:45,467 --> 00:26:47,000 So, uh, that wasn't very good. 400 00:26:48,567 --> 00:26:50,066 [Tony speaking] 401 00:27:01,166 --> 00:27:04,767 [narrator] Repairs to the Shaker's hopper feeder complete, 402 00:27:04,767 --> 00:27:07,266 Cousin Mike now needs to install 403 00:27:07,266 --> 00:27:10,367 the new reinforced screen deck, 404 00:27:10,367 --> 00:27:12,433 followed by the spray bar deck, 405 00:27:12,500 --> 00:27:15,000 and finally, the conveyors. 406 00:27:24,567 --> 00:27:26,233 [narrator] Youngest son, Mike, 407 00:27:26,300 --> 00:27:28,734 is Tony's heavy-equipment specialist. 408 00:27:30,567 --> 00:27:33,066 -[Mike] Hey, cousin. -Favorite cousin. 409 00:27:33,066 --> 00:27:35,433 -How's it going? -[Mike] Good. Yourself? 410 00:27:35,500 --> 00:27:36,700 [Michael] Yeah, not too bad. 411 00:27:36,700 --> 00:27:38,900 Trying to figure out how to put the Shaker back together. 412 00:27:39,467 --> 00:27:40,700 [Mike] It's generally pretty easy 413 00:27:40,700 --> 00:27:42,700 -once you get the [bleep] on the springs. -[Michael] Yeah. 414 00:27:47,567 --> 00:27:49,367 [Tony speaking] 415 00:28:24,567 --> 00:28:29,500 [narrator] Mike lowers the 30-foot-long screen deck onto eight springs. 416 00:28:30,667 --> 00:28:32,433 [Tony speaking] 417 00:28:40,867 --> 00:28:42,834 [Tony straining] 418 00:28:42,900 --> 00:28:43,967 [Tony speaking] 419 00:28:43,967 --> 00:28:45,333 [Tony straining] 420 00:28:47,166 --> 00:28:49,100 -That way? -[Tony speaking] 421 00:28:57,567 --> 00:29:01,000 [narrator] The deck won't slot on to the springs. 422 00:29:01,667 --> 00:29:04,033 [Tony speaking] 423 00:29:51,266 --> 00:29:52,500 [Michael] That's one. 424 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:54,800 -Yeah, we're in. -[Tony speaking] 425 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,867 [narrator] After two days of moving equipment, 426 00:30:16,867 --> 00:30:20,000 fixes and reassembling the Shaker Deck, 427 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:24,667 Cousin Mike is finally ready to fire up the second plant. 428 00:30:24,667 --> 00:30:25,934 [Michael] All right. 429 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,300 Now, let's see if everything works. 430 00:30:31,567 --> 00:30:33,433 Shaker Deck runs very smooth. 431 00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:37,433 The belt conveyor seems to work fine. 432 00:30:37,500 --> 00:30:39,367 It looks good enough to run some dirt on it. 433 00:30:39,367 --> 00:30:41,233 -[Ruby] Good? -Yeah. 434 00:30:41,300 --> 00:30:42,500 Okay, open it up. 435 00:30:43,166 --> 00:30:45,166 [Michael] Let's see what she does now. 436 00:30:45,166 --> 00:30:46,567 [Ruby] It's coming. 437 00:30:46,567 --> 00:30:48,533 [Michael] Oh, I don't see any water yet. 438 00:30:49,700 --> 00:30:51,166 [water gushing] 439 00:30:51,166 --> 00:30:52,300 [Michael] There's our water. 440 00:30:57,300 --> 00:30:58,900 [Ruby] Michael. 441 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,467 Michael, you gotta slow it down. 442 00:31:02,467 --> 00:31:04,033 What the hell is going on? 443 00:31:04,100 --> 00:31:06,533 [Michael] I have to have a look at what the water is doing. 444 00:31:10,567 --> 00:31:13,000 Shut it off. Shut the plant off. 445 00:31:20,100 --> 00:31:22,433 [Michael] Shut it off. Shut the plant off. 446 00:31:26,700 --> 00:31:31,033 [narrator] At Indian River, Tony's push to get two plants running... 447 00:31:32,367 --> 00:31:34,967 ...is not going to plan. 448 00:31:34,967 --> 00:31:36,567 [Tony speaking] 449 00:31:45,100 --> 00:31:49,233 [Michael] Uh, we weld the one-inch thick plate of steel in there. 450 00:31:49,300 --> 00:31:50,767 The water was hitting the plate of steel, 451 00:31:50,767 --> 00:31:52,033 so water everywhere. 452 00:31:52,100 --> 00:31:53,333 There has to be some welding. 453 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:54,967 But I'm the only welder right now, 454 00:31:54,967 --> 00:31:58,133 and I have lots of things to do beside it. 455 00:31:58,200 --> 00:31:59,533 [Tony speaking] 456 00:32:04,900 --> 00:32:06,567 [Michael] Yeah. 457 00:32:11,066 --> 00:32:15,133 [narrator] The steel plates Tony had his crew weld on the plant 458 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:16,867 are diverting the water 459 00:32:16,867 --> 00:32:20,166 before it can wash the gold from the dirt, 460 00:32:20,166 --> 00:32:25,867 rendering the plant useless until Cousin Mike can fix it. 461 00:32:25,867 --> 00:32:27,433 I've been doing all kinds of things, 462 00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:29,266 but the plant is still not going. 463 00:32:29,266 --> 00:32:30,834 Starting to get pissed off. 464 00:32:47,900 --> 00:32:50,667 Gold mining is just, uh, right up my alley. 465 00:32:50,667 --> 00:32:52,533 I like it. I like it a lot, so... 466 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,367 [narrator] Over on Kevin Beets' claim, 467 00:32:56,367 --> 00:33:00,634 his crew is rushing to get down to pay dirt in the lynx cut 468 00:33:00,700 --> 00:33:03,266 before the end of the week. 469 00:33:03,266 --> 00:33:05,567 I wouldn't mind catching some gold and bringing some back. 470 00:33:05,567 --> 00:33:07,467 It's a bit of a dream of mine. 471 00:33:07,467 --> 00:33:11,133 So, I want to move out of my parents' basement at some point, so... 472 00:33:11,767 --> 00:33:13,867 [narrator] New hire Chase Dreger 473 00:33:13,867 --> 00:33:18,700 worked at a gravel pit before responding to Kevin's job posting. 474 00:33:24,467 --> 00:33:27,133 [Chase] Oh, [bleep]. Something doesn't feel right with this truck. 475 00:33:28,266 --> 00:33:29,634 Hey, Kevin, you got a copy? 476 00:33:30,266 --> 00:33:31,233 [Kevin on walkie-talkie] Go for Kevin. 477 00:33:31,233 --> 00:33:32,734 [Chase] Something's not right with my truck. 478 00:33:32,734 --> 00:33:35,367 [Kevin] All right. See if you can limp that thing up to the yard. 479 00:33:35,367 --> 00:33:36,867 I'll meet you up there. 480 00:33:36,867 --> 00:33:38,767 [bleep] All right. 481 00:33:38,767 --> 00:33:39,767 [Chase] What a start. 482 00:33:39,767 --> 00:33:42,000 Finally get going, and I'm already broken down. 483 00:33:44,367 --> 00:33:46,567 [narrator] Another rock truck breakdown 484 00:33:46,567 --> 00:33:50,333 is bad news for Kevin's stripping plan. 485 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:52,700 [Kevin] Ah! 486 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,900 Oh, that's not good. 487 00:33:58,066 --> 00:33:59,900 I think I found part of the problem. 488 00:34:00,667 --> 00:34:01,867 [sighs] 489 00:34:01,867 --> 00:34:05,233 This piece is [bleep] chewed up. 490 00:34:05,300 --> 00:34:06,433 Not great. 491 00:34:06,500 --> 00:34:08,767 It's part of the rocker arm assembly. 492 00:34:08,767 --> 00:34:11,367 Also, there's supposed to be a nut on the top of this. 493 00:34:11,367 --> 00:34:13,734 Where did it go? 494 00:34:16,166 --> 00:34:17,767 [narrator] The broken rocker arm 495 00:34:17,767 --> 00:34:19,834 will prevent the engine's valves 496 00:34:19,900 --> 00:34:22,567 from opening and closing at the right time 497 00:34:22,567 --> 00:34:24,433 and shut it down. 498 00:34:24,500 --> 00:34:27,333 With a spare part, it's a quick fix. 499 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:31,166 But a missing nut is a much bigger problem. 500 00:34:31,166 --> 00:34:33,166 If the nut got into the wrong spot, 501 00:34:33,166 --> 00:34:35,266 in between one of these things that move, 502 00:34:35,266 --> 00:34:38,166 pretty big engine failure possibility. 503 00:34:38,166 --> 00:34:41,133 I don't think it's going to get up and running right away. 504 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:42,600 I'm very certain of that. 505 00:34:45,266 --> 00:34:49,066 [narrator] Kevin is down to just one rock truck 506 00:34:49,066 --> 00:34:51,700 hauling dirt in the lynx cut. 507 00:34:53,467 --> 00:34:56,333 I'm starting to get extremely frustrated, you know, looking around. 508 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:57,767 Matt's got his [bleep] bucket in the air 509 00:34:57,767 --> 00:34:59,867 half the day, waiting for these rock trucks. 510 00:34:59,867 --> 00:35:03,033 Uh, breakdown after breakdown after breakdown, 511 00:35:03,100 --> 00:35:04,700 and, uh, this is killing us. 512 00:35:05,700 --> 00:35:08,100 Hey, Kevin, buddy, you mind coming down to the cut here? 513 00:35:08,100 --> 00:35:10,166 Can do. I'll, uh, wander over. 514 00:35:10,166 --> 00:35:11,600 Yeah. Thanks, man. 515 00:35:17,066 --> 00:35:18,100 How's she going? 516 00:35:18,100 --> 00:35:19,834 All these breakdowns are killing us. 517 00:35:19,900 --> 00:35:22,367 -Yes. -[Brennan] I need another truck. 518 00:35:22,367 --> 00:35:24,467 I can't have him sit there, not doing nothing. 519 00:35:24,467 --> 00:35:26,166 Like, 1,000 ounces is a big goal, 520 00:35:26,166 --> 00:35:28,400 and it just keeps getting farther away at this point. 521 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,567 [Kevin] Case in [bleep] point, isn't it? 522 00:35:35,567 --> 00:35:38,500 He's doing a lot more of that than loading it seems like right now. 523 00:35:40,567 --> 00:35:43,767 [Kevin] Well, I can't rely on Tony for any equipment 524 00:35:43,767 --> 00:35:46,266 because that keeps biting me in the butt. 525 00:35:46,266 --> 00:35:48,567 [Brennan] So do you have a line on anything for us here, buddy? 526 00:35:48,567 --> 00:35:50,266 Um, well, we talked to Parker 527 00:35:50,266 --> 00:35:52,867 -because he did have that lineup of rock trucks. -Right. 528 00:35:52,867 --> 00:35:55,033 And he mentioned that those were for sale. 529 00:35:55,100 --> 00:35:56,467 We've got to spend money to make money. 530 00:35:56,467 --> 00:35:59,033 And I might as well at this point be spending it on my own [bleep]. 531 00:36:00,066 --> 00:36:02,266 At least that way, at the end of the day, it's still mine. 532 00:36:02,266 --> 00:36:03,400 I get to keep it. 533 00:36:05,900 --> 00:36:07,433 We definitely need a new truck. 534 00:36:08,266 --> 00:36:10,333 I'm spending quite a bit of cash right now, 535 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:12,266 and there's nothing coming in yet. 536 00:36:12,266 --> 00:36:14,367 The piggy bank is gonna run dry soon 537 00:36:14,367 --> 00:36:15,667 if I keep going at this pace. 538 00:36:15,667 --> 00:36:18,734 So that is starting to get to me a little bit. 539 00:36:20,100 --> 00:36:23,266 [narrator] Six miles north of Kevin's claim 540 00:36:23,266 --> 00:36:26,967 is his only hope of a working rock truck, 541 00:36:26,967 --> 00:36:29,367 neighbor Parker Schnabel. 542 00:36:29,367 --> 00:36:31,634 How much are you hoping to spend on the rock truck? 543 00:36:31,700 --> 00:36:33,166 Hundred grand. 544 00:36:33,166 --> 00:36:35,767 That's, kind of, like, what I'm hoping to get away with. 545 00:36:35,767 --> 00:36:39,467 I was hoping we would have some gold coming in by now. 546 00:36:39,467 --> 00:36:42,467 Paying from the savings is kind of scary. 547 00:36:42,467 --> 00:36:45,834 I'm hoping that Parker will allow us deferred payment. 548 00:36:47,500 --> 00:36:50,200 [Kevin] Let's, uh, look at some trucks. 549 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:53,934 Come on, let's go. 550 00:36:56,867 --> 00:36:58,834 [Kevin] The engine's quite clean on this one. 551 00:36:58,900 --> 00:37:00,166 I wonder if it's new. 552 00:37:01,467 --> 00:37:04,867 [narrator] Parker's trucks are old A40s, 553 00:37:04,867 --> 00:37:07,767 able to haul 40-ton loads. 554 00:37:07,767 --> 00:37:11,400 A new model costs $300,000. 555 00:37:13,300 --> 00:37:15,767 [Kevin] I'm looking for anything that will tell me 556 00:37:15,767 --> 00:37:18,667 that there is major issues. 557 00:37:18,667 --> 00:37:22,033 So, like, a little bit, of leaky stuff, 558 00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:23,567 like, that's, that's normal. 559 00:37:23,567 --> 00:37:25,667 Manufacturing year, 2003. 560 00:37:25,667 --> 00:37:28,033 For 2024, that makes 21 years. 561 00:37:28,100 --> 00:37:29,567 It's old enough to drink. 562 00:37:29,567 --> 00:37:32,166 Major components look to be in good condition. 563 00:37:32,166 --> 00:37:33,967 Yeah, compared to Tony's machines, 564 00:37:33,967 --> 00:37:36,667 I have a bit more faith in these ones 565 00:37:36,667 --> 00:37:41,433 to run without needing aggressive work right off the bat. 566 00:37:41,500 --> 00:37:42,734 And since these are a bit older, 567 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:44,700 maybe we can get a better deal. 568 00:37:47,867 --> 00:37:49,767 -Hey, Parker. -[Parker] Hello. 569 00:37:49,767 --> 00:37:51,533 You're here for a rock truck? 570 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:52,767 [Kevin] Here for a rock truck. Hopefully, yeah. 571 00:37:52,767 --> 00:37:55,100 [Parker] You can definitely buy the-- 572 00:37:55,100 --> 00:37:56,767 [Kevin] I've been looking at that one the hardest. 573 00:37:56,767 --> 00:37:58,867 Tires might need air and stuff. 574 00:37:58,867 --> 00:38:00,533 Price is the same. 575 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:02,233 Hundred? 576 00:38:02,300 --> 00:38:04,600 -And ten. -110. 577 00:38:05,166 --> 00:38:07,000 Mm-hm. 578 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,967 -Go 105? -[Parker] I don't haggle. 579 00:38:09,967 --> 00:38:12,233 Buy it or don't buy it. I don't really care. 580 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,867 Feel free to fire it up. Go through it. Whatever. 581 00:38:15,867 --> 00:38:17,033 I'll go find you some air. 582 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:24,867 It's a little more than I wanted to pay, but it's here. 583 00:38:24,867 --> 00:38:26,667 And it's hard to negotiate from a position 584 00:38:26,667 --> 00:38:28,500 of well, we really [bleep] need something. 585 00:38:33,867 --> 00:38:36,367 [Parker] You should be doing this [bleep], not me, Kevin. 586 00:38:36,367 --> 00:38:37,400 You're the mechanic. 587 00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:40,400 -Don't blow yourself up. -[Kevin] Definitely won't. 588 00:38:42,967 --> 00:38:45,467 [Faith] Do you think there's some wiggle room in pricing with Parker? 589 00:38:45,467 --> 00:38:48,100 [Kevin] He's kind of got all the bargaining power right now... 590 00:38:48,100 --> 00:38:49,400 -[Faith] Yeah. -...and he knows it. 591 00:38:53,367 --> 00:38:55,333 [Parker] You got it all aired up? 592 00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:56,734 [Kevin] Got it all aired up. 593 00:38:57,567 --> 00:38:59,100 -110 then? -[Parker] What? 594 00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:00,734 110? 595 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:02,667 Are you ready to commit? 596 00:39:02,667 --> 00:39:05,467 Are you okay to have a payment later in the season? 597 00:39:05,467 --> 00:39:06,300 Is that good for you? 598 00:39:06,300 --> 00:39:08,266 I don't need to get paid right away, 599 00:39:08,266 --> 00:39:10,066 but I can't have you back out. 600 00:39:10,066 --> 00:39:12,100 That's the only thing. 601 00:39:12,100 --> 00:39:14,333 -You're paying whether it falls apart... -[Kevin] Oh, yeah. 602 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:16,533 ...and is useless or whatever. 603 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:17,600 -It's all good. -[Parker] Okay. 604 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:19,266 -So you're taking it? -[Kevin] I'm taking it. 605 00:39:19,266 --> 00:39:20,934 -[Parker] 110? -[Kevin] 110. 606 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:22,333 All right. Congratulations. 607 00:39:25,567 --> 00:39:27,900 Now just watch, it's not going to fire up for us. 608 00:39:30,166 --> 00:39:31,634 [exhales deeply] 609 00:39:31,700 --> 00:39:33,433 Ka-boom. 610 00:39:33,500 --> 00:39:35,166 [engine whirring] 611 00:39:35,166 --> 00:39:36,400 It lives. 612 00:39:37,867 --> 00:39:39,634 [Faith] The only saving grace for us 613 00:39:39,700 --> 00:39:40,533 is literally having to pay it later. 614 00:39:40,533 --> 00:39:43,767 But that later date has an end date. 615 00:39:43,767 --> 00:39:47,467 So if we don't get gold in the box soon, it's gonna bite us. 616 00:39:47,467 --> 00:39:48,967 [Kevin] I hope it works out. 617 00:39:48,967 --> 00:39:50,700 Let's get it back to camp and find out. 618 00:39:54,767 --> 00:39:56,166 [narrator] With the new truck, 619 00:39:56,166 --> 00:40:00,000 Kevin has a shot of getting down to pay soon. 620 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:03,767 [Kevin] It just sounds really nice, honestly. 621 00:40:03,767 --> 00:40:05,600 Like, you can hear that, like... 622 00:40:07,367 --> 00:40:08,266 Sounds nice. 623 00:40:10,100 --> 00:40:12,000 Yeah, I think this really, kind of, shows 624 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,266 that I can make my own deals. 625 00:40:14,266 --> 00:40:17,133 I don't have to always rely on Tony. 626 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:18,867 Stepping out on our own, 627 00:40:18,867 --> 00:40:22,000 that is part of being the boss of a company. 628 00:40:33,667 --> 00:40:35,767 [Michael] When I started here, I got a service truck, 629 00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:37,667 and all the tools that were in it were yellow. 630 00:40:37,667 --> 00:40:41,567 So I am going to spray my tools all yellow. 631 00:40:41,567 --> 00:40:43,567 So then I will know who to shoot 632 00:40:43,567 --> 00:40:45,533 when, uh, they take my tools. 633 00:40:48,300 --> 00:40:50,934 My first week, Tony put me on a dozer 634 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:52,367 because my dad used to do it, 635 00:40:52,367 --> 00:40:54,934 and he wanted to try me out, and it turned out good. 636 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:56,867 But at Indian River this year, 637 00:40:56,867 --> 00:41:00,467 Tony wants me to take care of the plants and all the people. 638 00:41:00,467 --> 00:41:01,533 Did I think in the beginning 639 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:03,266 that I would be where I am now? 640 00:41:03,266 --> 00:41:04,467 No. 641 00:41:04,467 --> 00:41:08,734 But, uh, here, when you work hard for Tony, you can grow. 642 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:10,634 It gets appreciated. 643 00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:12,200 And I really like that. 644 00:41:12,900 --> 00:41:17,567 So the goal this year is, uh, to get some gold, of course, 645 00:41:17,567 --> 00:41:18,567 keep equipment running. 646 00:41:18,567 --> 00:41:20,000 And for that, I need my tools. 647 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,533 So I hope no one will take my tools. 648 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:24,133 They better don't take my tools. 649 00:41:37,500 --> 00:41:41,000 [Kevin] I'd definitely say I'm happy with this. 650 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:48,000 [narrator] Kevin Beets has dropped $110,000 on a 21-year-old rock truck. 651 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:51,834 What is this? 652 00:41:51,900 --> 00:41:53,233 Look at our shiny new whip. 653 00:41:53,300 --> 00:41:55,967 Not that shiny, but it's new to us. 654 00:41:55,967 --> 00:41:57,233 New-ish. Yeah. 655 00:41:57,300 --> 00:41:59,166 Forty ton, too. That's awesome. 656 00:41:59,166 --> 00:42:00,567 Well, I wasn't expecting you guys 657 00:42:00,567 --> 00:42:02,767 to go and come back the same day with the truck. 658 00:42:02,767 --> 00:42:05,333 Well, we kind of got to if we want to get the cuts down to pay. 659 00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:06,734 Right on, guys. I'm happy. 660 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:08,333 This is great because I'm sick of watching Matt 661 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:09,934 sit there with his [bleep] boom in the air. 662 00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:11,100 I'll tell you that. Awesome. 663 00:42:11,100 --> 00:42:12,867 High five. Appreciate it. 664 00:42:12,867 --> 00:42:13,967 Whoo! 665 00:42:13,967 --> 00:42:16,700 -Hoorah! Hoorah! -Hoorah! 666 00:42:19,266 --> 00:42:24,867 [narrator] Kevin's new A40 gets his stripping operation back up to speed. 667 00:42:24,867 --> 00:42:27,266 But after another week of delays, 668 00:42:27,266 --> 00:42:30,834 his crew have missed the deadline for hitting pay. 669 00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:34,834 We wanted to get sluicing end of the month. 670 00:42:34,900 --> 00:42:38,667 So the sooner we hit pay, the sooner we approach that goal. 671 00:42:38,667 --> 00:42:40,767 Further behind than I would have liked. 672 00:42:40,767 --> 00:42:42,734 But we're just going to keep on plugging away, 673 00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:44,433 and, hopefully, we'll [bleep] get it. 674 00:42:44,500 --> 00:42:46,734 Well, not hopefully, we're gonna [bleep] get it. 675 00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:56,367 [Minnie] Hey, guys. 676 00:42:56,367 --> 00:42:58,000 -[Tony speaking] -[Monica] Hello. 677 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,967 [narrator] Despite failing to get the Shaker Deck 678 00:43:00,967 --> 00:43:03,166 running on the Indian River, 679 00:43:03,166 --> 00:43:07,634 Tony's Sluice-a-lot plant ran non-stop for a week. 680 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:11,567 [Minnie] Well, I hope you can count that high. 681 00:43:11,567 --> 00:43:14,367 He only has ten fingers. 682 00:43:14,367 --> 00:43:18,433 Uh, so we've got Sluice-a-lot, but not the Shaker Deck. 683 00:43:22,100 --> 00:43:25,000 Ruby told me there was a bit of excitement with the water. 684 00:43:30,667 --> 00:43:33,634 Anyways, I think we've got lots of gold here that should be weighed up. 685 00:43:33,700 --> 00:43:35,900 [Tony speaking] 686 00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:40,166 [narrator] The Beets need 150 ounces 687 00:43:40,166 --> 00:43:44,000 to break 1,000 for the season so far. 688 00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:52,266 [Mike] 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80. 689 00:43:52,266 --> 00:43:55,667 130, 140, 150, 160. 690 00:43:55,667 --> 00:44:01,000 200, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250. 691 00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:05,800 255.38. 692 00:44:06,967 --> 00:44:11,166 [narrator] Worth nearly $640,000. 693 00:44:11,166 --> 00:44:16,900 The Beets season total is now 1,105 ounces. 694 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:23,300 -Yeah, it's decent. -[Monica bleep] Yeah. 695 00:44:31,066 --> 00:44:33,367 I want to get my plant going right away as soon as possible, too. 696 00:44:33,367 --> 00:44:34,800 [Tony speaking] 697 00:44:36,367 --> 00:44:37,300 [Mike] Ah, you know. 698 00:44:37,300 --> 00:44:39,300 -Don't ask questions, Dad. -[Tony speaking] 699 00:44:43,166 --> 00:44:44,266 [Mike] Yeah. 700 00:44:44,266 --> 00:44:46,333 -[Tony speaking] -[Minnie] My back hurts. 701 00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:50,133 Make like a tree and get out here. 702 00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:51,967 Well, if we keep on going like this, babe, 703 00:44:51,967 --> 00:44:54,000 we might get to 5,000 and a bit. 704 00:45:11,767 --> 00:45:14,934 [Mitch] Well, I mean, hey, we spent some money this week on some drilling... 705 00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:16,634 -[Chris] Yeah. -...but it was well worth it, 706 00:45:16,700 --> 00:45:18,000 to find out where that ground was. 707 00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:22,967 [narrator] It's been another a bad week for Parker's crew. 708 00:45:22,967 --> 00:45:26,734 The long cut has four acres of frozen pay 709 00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:30,333 that needs to thaw before it can be sluiced 710 00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:36,166 and another 16 acres that needs 15 feet of overburden removed. 711 00:45:36,166 --> 00:45:38,066 Fifteen feet is a [bleep] lot of dirt. 712 00:45:38,066 --> 00:45:41,300 Every foot is, like, 80,000 yards. 713 00:45:42,266 --> 00:45:44,066 -Seriously. -[Tyson] Really. 714 00:45:44,066 --> 00:45:45,233 The pit's that big, yeah. 715 00:45:45,300 --> 00:45:46,433 [Tyson] And it's frozen, too. 716 00:45:46,433 --> 00:45:48,533 -Just to add a little insult to injury. -Right. Yeah. 717 00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:50,367 Just need a lot of gold to pay for all that. 718 00:45:50,367 --> 00:45:51,567 Yeah, yeah. 719 00:45:51,567 --> 00:45:53,467 [Tyson] Did we find any this week, Doumitt? 720 00:45:53,467 --> 00:45:55,100 [Chris] All I can say is it's better than last week. 721 00:45:55,100 --> 00:45:57,467 That doesn't take much. 722 00:45:57,467 --> 00:46:01,867 [narrator] Parker's crew has finished sluicing the long cut's ditch pay, 723 00:46:01,867 --> 00:46:06,266 which, last week, delivered just 30 ounces. 724 00:46:06,266 --> 00:46:08,667 [Chris] Mitch, you've, kind of, been busting your butt here. 725 00:46:08,667 --> 00:46:10,900 -Why don't you weigh the baby out? -All right. 726 00:46:12,500 --> 00:46:13,900 Here we go. 727 00:46:15,700 --> 00:46:17,000 There's ten. 728 00:46:17,767 --> 00:46:19,967 There's 20. 729 00:46:19,967 --> 00:46:23,800 There's 30, 40, 50, 60, 730 00:46:24,467 --> 00:46:28,900 70, 80, 90. 731 00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:32,900 99.45. 732 00:46:34,767 --> 00:46:38,600 [narrator] Just shy of a quarter of a million dollars. 733 00:46:39,166 --> 00:46:41,266 -99.45? -[Chris] Yeah. 734 00:46:41,266 --> 00:46:43,000 -You didn't have another-- -[Chris] I was digging around everywhere, 735 00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:44,367 trying to come up with another half ounce just to-- 736 00:46:44,367 --> 00:46:46,634 You didn't have a half ounce of gold anywhere in here? 737 00:46:48,166 --> 00:46:49,767 [Chris] Could have got us into triple digits. 738 00:46:49,767 --> 00:46:51,734 Come on, Chris. 739 00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:56,567 That's a lot of sluicing for, you know, under 100. 740 00:46:56,567 --> 00:46:59,667 [Chris] But it was a huge boost to our season total. 741 00:46:59,667 --> 00:47:04,033 We are now up to 135.85 ounces. 742 00:47:04,100 --> 00:47:07,867 -Oh, we'll be at 10,000 next week. -[Chris] Yeah. 743 00:47:07,867 --> 00:47:09,166 [Mitch] Well, it's going in the right direction. 744 00:47:09,166 --> 00:47:11,166 But, man, I mean, that's like the old days. 745 00:47:11,166 --> 00:47:14,233 I remember when, you know, it was a fight to get to 1,000. 746 00:47:14,300 --> 00:47:17,166 And man, it looks like we're, uh... 747 00:47:17,166 --> 00:47:19,367 -[Chris] It looks like it is again. -Yeah. 748 00:47:19,367 --> 00:47:22,767 It's going to be a tough one, but we'll get through it. 749 00:47:22,767 --> 00:47:24,667 It's just gonna be a while. 750 00:47:24,667 --> 00:47:26,867 -All right. Thanks, guys. -[Mitch] All right. Yup. 751 00:47:26,867 --> 00:47:27,900 Have a good one. 752 00:47:27,900 --> 00:47:32,333 [Parker] Remember, triple-- Triple it next week. 753 00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:37,133 The long cut, it's going to make this season a little bit difficult. 754 00:47:38,166 --> 00:47:39,400 It's just deep. 755 00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:41,367 And these problems we're having with frost and whatnot 756 00:47:41,367 --> 00:47:44,233 are gonna tip the scales into it losing money. 757 00:47:46,767 --> 00:47:48,033 We'll get through it. 758 00:47:49,567 --> 00:47:51,667 Yeah. We'll survive one way or another.