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[somber music plays]
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{\an8}[rumbling]
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[rumbling]
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{\an8}There are a lot
of wildfires right now.
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{\an8}They've all been lit quite
recently by lightning.
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{\an8}There's one that's maybe
like three or four miles
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{\an8}from our camp...
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which is...
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a problem.
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{\an8}[narrator]
30-year-old Parker Schnabel
is on a path to a record
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{\an8}$35 million season.
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But intense wildfires could
shut him down at any moment.
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[crew] Holy [bleep]!
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[Parker] Oh, wow.
Big fire.
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Dude, that is a rager, huh?
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[ominous chord strikes]
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So right now, the film crew
safety is telling us
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that we have to get out
of the truck.
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{\an8}You can feel the heat?
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{\an8}- [Matt speaking]
- [Parker] Really?
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{\an8}[Matt speaking]
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{\an8}[Parker] How come?
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{\an8}I just don't think
this is a good idea to be
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{\an8}in this situation.
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Obviously, you have
a job to do, but the fact
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that we can see it means
it's not moving fast towards us.
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If it was moving
fast towards us,
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this would be all black smoke
where we're standing.
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{\an8}[Matt speaking]
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{\an8}I'm just going to Sulphur.
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Just gonna go check in
with the boys.
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{\an8}Like, when you can't see it
and all you can see is smoke is
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{\an8}when it's really sketchy.
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{\an8}[Matt speaking]
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Let's go!
Come on.
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Over the last week,
the Yukon has ignited
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into an inferno.
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Ninety three wildfires
are raging...
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[fire crackling]
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...covering an area
of over 250,000 acres.
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With a strong wind,
they can travel
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over 150 miles in a day.
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There's one just two miles
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from Parker's Dominion
Creek operation
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and another just one mile
from his Sulphur Creek claim.
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[Parker] Right now, we have
three plants running.
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Dominion's going good,
and things at Sulphur,
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Mitch and Brennan
are doing really well.
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I really thought they were
gonna be done at Sulphur sooner,
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but, you know, one of those
situations where I'm glad
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it's lasted longer
because the gold's been good.
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You know,
they've put away some
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pretty good ounces for the size
of pit that they've done.
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{\an8}[intriguing music plays]
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{\an8}We're on a mission right now
trying to get to this 10,000
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{\an8}ounce target, and it seems
like things might heat up
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{\an8}a little bit on us here.
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We got some fires burning
just down the creek.
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They're heading this way,
but hopefully we can keep
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everything motoring along here.
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Mitch has been racing
to pull out all of the pay
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before the water license
runs out in two weeks.
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Any delays caused
by an evacuation
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could mean gold is left behind.
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- [Mitch] How's it going?
- [Parker] Good, how are you?
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[Mitch] Not too bad.
A little smoky.
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[Parker] Did you see
the fire on the road?
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It is raging.
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And you could see,
like, the line of fire.
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It's pretty impressive.
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I don't think it jumps
the creek, though,
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so I think you're fine.
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Like, the worst thing
that can happen is, like,
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you know, the road's
engulfed in flames.
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Yeah...
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'Kay.
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I mean, as long as
we got a way out.
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Yeah.
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I mean, as long as
those fires don't get too close
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and cause us any grief,
we should be sluiced
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and moved out of here
by the end of the week.
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Let's just talk
to Nona real quick.
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If that fire, like...
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I don't think it'll make it
across Sulphur.
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I-- It's very close.
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{\an8}Do you think it'll make it
across the valley?
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{\an8}Yeah, there's
a lot of trees around it.
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{\an8}[Parker]
But will this stuff burn?
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Oh, yeah, with the heat
like that, anything will burn.
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[Nona]
The wind right now is giving it
that direction, and it's burned
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a lot since this morning.
- So we should see if...
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we can get a helicopter
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if the road's engulfed
in flames.
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The helicopters are gonna be
busy with the fires.
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I don't know if you're gonna
get like a helicopter
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that's going to come in
every day and do that.
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It'd be nice
if there was some rain.
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[Mitch] Yeah,
we could use that for sure.
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This is such a bad time
for me to leave.
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I'll be gone for,
like, five days.
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OK.
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I mean, you guys have a good
handle on these things.
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Like...
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you'll probably be moved
out of here by then.
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But we've got all the pay
that's at the plant right now,
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so it's just a matter
of getting that sluiced.
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Brennan can head down to Ken's
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and start getting things
sorted out there.
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We'll get this finished
and pack it up
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and roll it down.
- [Parker] OK, sweet.
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Mitch and his crew need
to finish sluicing
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all the stockpiled pay
before the fires reach Sulphur
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and then move
washplant Roxanne
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25 miles to Ken and Stuart's
at Indian River
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and get running before
Parker's return in five days.
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[Mitch] What we're seeing
right now is--
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it's not just one fire
we got burning.
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Everywhere you look here,
when the smoke does clear up,
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there's fires all around us.
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All it takes is the wind
to change direction,
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so not ideal
by any means.
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[Parker]
I'm hoping that
by the time I'm back,
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they'll have the plant down
at Ken and Stuart's
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and hope the place hasn't
burned to the ground...
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which not too often
do I mean that literally.
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[bear growls]
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[somber music plays]
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[excavator hissing]
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[thrilling music plays]
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[thrilling music continues]
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Despite the fires two miles
away, King of the Klondike,
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Tony Beets, is working
relentlessly to cash in
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{\an8}on red-hot gold prices
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{\an8}and has already banked
over $9.5 million in gold,
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{\an8}nearly half his season gold.
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{\an8}[Tony speaking]
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{\an8}[adventurous music plays]
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{\an8}[machines whirring]
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{\an8}[Tony speaking]
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Tony's built a massive
stockpile of paydirt
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beside his only moneymaker
at Indian River...
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{\an8}Sluice-A-Lot.
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{\an8}[Tony speaking]
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[loud whirring]
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Operator Eric Morel
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feeds 250 yards
of stockpiled pay an hour
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through Sluice-A-Lot.
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{\an8}[Eric speaking]
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{\an8}[engine screeching]
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{\an8}[Eric speaking]
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[suspenseful music plays]
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[engine winds down]
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{\an8}[Eric speaking]
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{\an8}[Jacob and Eric speaking
over radio]
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If you look in this box,
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some of the wiring
is burnt right up.
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{\an8}But as soon as you take
the cover off, you can smell it,
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{\an8}and it just smelt like it was
trying to light on fire.
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{\an8}Well, yeah, it makes sense.
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Like, that motor's always
vibrating all day.
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{\an8}[Tony speaking]
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{\an8}So, one of the main wires
is burnt.
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{\an8}- Like, the motor's out.
- [Tony speaking]
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{\an8}[Conor] Yeah.
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{\an8}[Tony speaking]
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Sluice-A-Lot
shaker decks vibrate
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to separate waste dirt
from the gold.
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A single 40-horsepower
drive motor turns
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the plant's pulley system
that shakes the decks,
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but its electrical wiring has
worn through and caused a fire.
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Conor and Jacob need to remove
the old 600-pound motor
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and replace it with a new one,
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then start the plant up
and get back on the gold.
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Every hour Sluice-A-Lot is down
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is costing Tony $8,000.
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{\an8}[Tony grunts]
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{\an8}[Tony speaking]
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[machine whirring]
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[rock music plays]
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[whirring]
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So pulley's on,
ready to [bleep] get
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this thing up and landed.
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[rock music plays]
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[whirring]
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[clinking]
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{\an8}[Tony speaking]
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{\an8}[Jacob] Good, just getting
the guard on there
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{\an8}and fire it up.
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{\an8}[Tony speaking]
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After five hours, Sluice-A-Lot
is ready to fire up again.
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[engine revving]
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[rattling]
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{\an8}[Conor and Jacob speaking]
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- [machine creaks]
- [engine winds down]
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[unstable whirring]
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{\an8}[creaking]
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{\an8}[Jacob speaking]
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{\an8}[engine winds down]
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{\an8}[Conor and Jacob speaking]
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{\an8}[Jacob speaking]
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[mysterious music plays]
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{\an8}[Tony speaking]
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{\an8}[Jacob] What's that?
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{\an8}Yeah, I know.
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{\an8}[Jacob speaking]
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Tony's only Indian River
moneymaker, Sluice-A-Lot,
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has been fitted
with a new shaker deck motor,
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{\an8}but the plant has mysteriously
ground to a halt.
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{\an8}[Tony speaking]
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{\an8}Oh, this is starting
to go too far
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{\an8}into electrician [bleep] space.
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Tony has lost
$40,000 and counting
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in gold production.
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{\an8}[Tony speaking]
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[calm music plays]
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[rattling softly]
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[whirring]
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[gushing]
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{\an8}I put a ton of money
into this ground down
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{\an8}at Lightning Creek,
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{\an8}and I've got to get
that money back out of it.
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In the mountains above
Keno City, far from the fires,
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Rick Ness has
a big decision to make.
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For six weeks,
he's been working
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his new Lightning Creek claim,
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but the gold
has been hard to find,
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banking him only 29 ounces.
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Days ago, he got access
to his Vegas Valley claim
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on Duncan Creek.
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[Rick] At the beginning
of the season,
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we didn't have a water license
on Vegas Valley,
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but now we've got
an extension on that, too.
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But I can't just abandon
Lightning Creek.
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That's a lot of money wrapped up
in that, and I know there's
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gold there, and I got to figure
out how to get it out.
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Rick wants to try
to make this profitable.
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He bought the land,
but at the end of the day,
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you know, we should all be
at Vegas Valley.
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{\an8}There's good gold there,
and so far here,
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{\an8}it's not turning out the best.
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Rick's crew can't comprehend
why he doesn't just leave
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Lightning Creek and move back
to Vegas Valley, where there's
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a pile of paydirt with upwards
of 400 ounces in it,
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and a cut full
of gold-rich pay.
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[Jason]
We need to get down there
to Vegas Valley,
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get that better gold,
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because this is not
having it at the moment.
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{\an8}[Ryan] You know, this is...
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{\an8}record-setting gold prices
right now.
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At this point, we're gonna be
setting record gold lows
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on the Ness crew.
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[Rick] The fact
of the matter is that...
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I still owe Troy
100 ounces of gold
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to buy Lightning Creek.
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To get the gold he needs,
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Rick's decided
to split his crew.
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[Rick] We've got, you know,
several things that need
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to happen before we can
even get going here.
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You know, we've got to get
a pump into Vegas Valley,
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get that dewatering first hand,
not to mention we've got
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a bunch of fixes to do
on Monster Red yet.
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There's a fair amount to be
done, but we just gotta buckle
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down and get it done.
We need the 700 to work.
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It's the only way
we're gonna be able to keep
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both things going.
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The 700 excavator is Rick's
only free piece of equipment,
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and getting it ready
is critical to his plan.
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Rick wants me to do
a little look over on this,
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make sure it's greased up.
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We can see that the tracks
never got shoveled at the end
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of last year, so that's fun.
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But yeah, we'll jump up,
check fluids, get it fired up.
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You know, I've got a lack
of people, a lack of machines
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to do it, but I'm gonna have
to figure something out
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because I think
this year is the year
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to go for broke, you know.
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{\an8}[Ryan speaking]
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{\an8}[Rick speaking]
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Hey, any chance you can
come over to 700?
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Got a... [chuckles]
Got a pretty big issue.
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{\an8}[Rick speaking]
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[dramatic music plays]
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[Rick]
What are we dealing with?
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[Ryan] So we've got a problem.
This should be coolant.
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This should be all you see.
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And right now, I've got
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a mixture of oil and coolant,
and that's a big problem.
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Basically, if there's a crack
in that head gasket,
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the 700's dead.
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[ominous chord rises]
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The 700's 460-horsepower
engine won't fire up.
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Ryan suspects the head gasket
that provides an airtight seal
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between the cylinder head
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and the engine block
has broken,
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allowing oil and coolant
to mix together,
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causing the engine
to stop working.
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With potential damage
to the cylinders,
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the whole engine
needs a total rebuild.
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Yeah, that mess right there
tells me everything.
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I mean, I've been worried
about getting fuel
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and food up here
because of these wildfires.
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I mean, how are we gonna get
an engine or anything?
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[Ryan] Yeah.
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[Rick groans]
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Ah, yeah.
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I might as well take
this out of the picture.
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- [Ryan] I think so.
- Completely, right?
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Rick's plans to slowly prep
Vegas Valley
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are already in ruins.
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If he takes any more equipment
from Lightning Creek,
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he won't be able
to continue mining.
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So it kind of puts you
in a predicament.
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- [Rick] Yeah.
- I know you're bringing gold in,
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but that's not going to hit
1,800 ounces.
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Dude, we've seen just the tip
of what's in Vegas Valley.
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We know what's there.
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1,800 ounces isn't going
to come from Lightning Creek.
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It's going to come from Vegas.
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And I think we got
to get over there
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and get the [bleep] going.
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[pensive music plays]
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[Ryan]
I mean, there's a lot of [bleep]
that needs to be done.
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And if we got all hands
on deck down here,
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that's not going to get done.
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Well, I mean, yeah, I get it.
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I get where you're coming from.
I see it.
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But I'm not willing to just
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abandon Lightning Creek
or getting gold.
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[Ryan]
I don't like being that guy
that's like, "Hey, you need
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to do your business like this,"
because you're obviously,
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you know what the [bleep]
you're doing.
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You've made it this long.
You've done it this far.
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But it's like...
At some point,
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I've got to think about
[bleep] at home, too,
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where it's like-- you know,
we come up here and it's...
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If we don't do good here,
I fail at home.
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Yeah.
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So everything rides on kind
of your shoulders, honestly.
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Dude, we got to make the move.
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I...
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I'm not just going to shut down
Lightning Creek.
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I want to sluice there a bit
longer, just a couple more days,
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and I just want to see
what's going on there.
- Yeah.
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I want to see if it's going
to pay out.
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Then we can move
to Vegas Valley.
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[Ryan] OK.
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By sluicing, for a couple more
days at Lightning Creek,
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Rick will discover how good
the gold is and maybe score
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enough to pay
for the ground outright.
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{\an8}[storm rumbling]
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{\an8}[wind howling]
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[rain clapping]
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[ominous music plays]
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[rattling]
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[Mitch] You know, you look at
the weather today and the rain
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coming down, it's really
helped us out.
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After a night
and day of rainfall,
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the wildfires are out.
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[Mitch]
It looks like we've got about
two more scoops of material here
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at Sulphur to go
through Roxanne.
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We're gonna get this washplant
shut down, cleaned up,
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packed up, and on the road
down to Ken's, and hopefully
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we've got her fired back up here
before Parker shows up.
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Now, Mitch is racing
to finish sluicing Sulphur,
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reclaim the land,
then move washplant Roxanne
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to Ken and Stuart's
at Indian River.
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{\an8}[Jack]
All right, Mitch, that's it.
Last scoop here at Roxanne.
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{\an8}[Mitch speaking over radio]
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Yeah, sounds good, boss.
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[thrilling music plays]
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Mitch's crew work quickly
to clean out the sluices.
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{\an8}[Tatiana] So here at Sulphur,
the last cleanup, we've had
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{\an8}a lot of gold coming out
of this ground, so it's been
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{\an8}a huge success.
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Next,
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they pack down Roxanne and get
her ready to travel 25 miles
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down to Ken and Stuart's.
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- [Mitch] You ready
for this, buddy?
- [Brennan] Yeah, man.
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[Mitch] It's been a while since
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you moved to washplant.
- [bleep] yeah.
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Well, this one's pretty good as
far as moving the shaker deck,
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but the biggest problem here
is the sluice runs.
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They're so wide.
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So right now,
I'm going to send
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Jack with the shaker
deck first.
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We'll grab the sluice runs,
and get them down there.
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- OK.
- Then we can put
everything together.
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Roxanne is transported
in two loads.
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The shaker deck goes first
on the back of a lowboy.
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{\an8}Mitch hauls the oversized
sluice runs in a second truck,
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{\an8}and Brennan goes ahead
in the pilot car.
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[Mitch] All right, here we go!
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They're going to see us rolling
with this one, that's for sure.
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[suspenseful music plays]
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[creaking, rattling]
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You can see just
how narrow this is.
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We're already rubbing the trees
here with the sluice runs.
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[intriguing music plays]
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So, this is the million dollar
question here is if those
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sluice runs are
gonna clear that bridge
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without having
to jack them way up.
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00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:42,000
I was wondering about that.
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00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,519
So, the bridge is going to be
one of our big pinch points.
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I think it's going
to be tight now.
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We measured it up.
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Looks like we should have
a half inch of clearance,
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00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:55,440
but we won't know until we get
there, but we're going
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to find out here real soon.
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00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,639
The 27 foot wide sluice boxes
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need to pass across a bridge
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with a width restriction
of just 21 feet.
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00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:08,840
To get the load across,
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the outside edges
of the sluice runs
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need to be above
the bridge structure.
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[Mitch]
I'm going to keep creeping it
ahead, but you're going to need
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to be down here eyeballing it
and tell me when to stop
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if it's going to get
[bleep], right?
- [Brennan] Yeah.
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I mean, the worst case
scenario here, dude,
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is we give this thing a try
and we get out here
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in the middle
and we get stuck.
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00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:30,640
There's no working
on it from here.
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[Brennan]
Yeah, exactly.
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[Mitch]
OK, I'm gonna do this.
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OK, you guys are gonna have
to get way back.
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The sluice runs have
a clearance of just
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half an inch above
the bridge railings.
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00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:44,040
[suspenseful music plays]
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00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:45,920
[truck whirring softly]
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00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:52,320
[Brennan] Keep coming, buddy!
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00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,799
[rattling]
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00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:57,640
Oh man, it's almost dragging.
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00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,240
[truck hisses]
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00:24:02,360 --> 00:24:04,360
[creaking]
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00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:05,800
[truck revving]
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00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:07,239
[Mitch] Oh-ho!
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00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,080
Come on, come on, come on,
come on, don't snag!
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00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,000
[revving]
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00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:15,639
Whoa!
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00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:17,120
[chuckles]
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00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:22,759
Dude, that couldn't have been
any closer.
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00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,559
You couldn't have put your
fingers between where we had,
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00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,479
you know, the top of that
bridge and the bottom
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of these sluice runs here.
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00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:33,959
There it is!
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00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,559
[victorious music plays]
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00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:37,959
[truck revving]
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00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:39,160
We've made it into the cut!
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00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:43,599
[Brennan]
Whoo!
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00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:45,400
[truck hisses]
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00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:46,520
There it is!
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Over the past eight years,
Parker's leased ground
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at Ken and Stuart's
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has delivered nearly
7,000 ounces of gold.
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This season, he wants at least
another 2,000 ounces
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from the claims.
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00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,439
Ken and Stuart's ground,
you know, it's, like,
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not the greatest grade,
and we're paying royalties,
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00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,239
but it's a massive block
of ground that I don't want
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to lose, and, you know,
it's very hard to lease ground,
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particularly not when the price
of gold's really good.
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So I'm just heading
to see Mitch and Brennan
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and see what
they've got going on.
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00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:34,840
[adventurous music plays]
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Oh, they have
a washplant running.
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00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:41,960
They literally just fired up.
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00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:43,160
Nice.
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00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:48,440
Thanks for getting
this thing going.
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00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:51,200
- I appreciate it.
- [Mitch] She's sluicing!
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00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:53,999
[Parker]
You guys make this look easy.
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00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,239
At least from my standpoint,
it looked easy.
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00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,440
I left and you were sluicing
in one spot, and I came back
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and you're sluicing in another.
- [all laughing]
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00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,760
[Parker] And yeah, Mitch,
you're getting a big gold star.
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00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:06,079
I actually should have
Chris pour a big gold star.
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00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:07,319
I might just do that.
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00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:08,520
[laughing]
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00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:11,560
[rock music plays]
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00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:20,760
[Mitch] Well, it's really nice
we had Roxanne fired up
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00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:22,600
before Parker got back.
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So our next step here is just
to try and get this sluiced
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as fast as we can.
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And we're gonna try
and turn all that dirt
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into a big pile of gold.
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00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:35,760
[bird cawing]
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{\an8}[somber music plays]
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{\an8}[Tony speaking]
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On Indian River, Tony's main
moneymaker, Sluice-A-Lot,
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has been down for four days
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00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,999
after the shaker
deck motor burnt out
491
00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,000
and its replacement failed.
492
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,880
{\an8}Yeah, Tony can call me once
every two years or 12 times
493
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,479
{\an8}in the same month.
494
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,480
{\an8}It just depends on what they're
wrecking that day.
495
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:14,360
Electrician James MacKrell has
worked with mining machinery
496
00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:15,880
for over 30 years.
497
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:19,760
[Conor] So we fired
the new motor on,
498
00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,559
just like spin slowly
and then it's like, "No."
499
00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:23,999
Then it goes
into overload fault?
500
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:25,359
[Conor] Yeah,
22 overload fault.
501
00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:27,639
Yeah, which is, I think
the problem is the soft start.
502
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:29,400
What we're gonna do is,
we're gonna hard start it.
503
00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:30,639
We're gonna bypass it.
504
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:31,960
- [Conor] OK, cool.
- We're gonna hard start it.
505
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:37,680
Sluice-A-Lot's generator
has a soft start system that
506
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:42,079
gradually increases power to
the shaker deck's drive motor
507
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,080
to prevent it from being
damaged by an electrical
508
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:46,480
overload when it starts.
509
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:53,119
James believes the generator's
soft start safeguard is faulty
510
00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:57,160
and is not supplying enough
electricity, so wants to bypass
511
00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:01,360
it to deliver the power needed
for the motor to fire up.
512
00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,800
[James] This option is,
shall we say, the bush fix,
513
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:09,639
and I'll get them
up and running again,
514
00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,320
and then Tony can decide
if he wants to replace
515
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,720
that soft start
or keep running this way.
516
00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:17,760
Now let's give her the full
deal and see what happens.
517
00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:18,880
[Conor] All right.
518
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,920
[motor revving]
519
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,720
[rattling heavily]
520
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:31,759
[motor winds down]
521
00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:33,839
[Conor] I bet you that
just went into overload.
522
00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:36,800
The hard start fix fails.
523
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:41,439
So far, downtime has cost Tony
an estimated three quarters
524
00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:44,720
of a million dollars
in lost production.
525
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:48,920
Quite a few days without it
making money, so it's not good.
526
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,319
[James] All right, let's look
for better ways to do this.
527
00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:52,320
[Conor] Yeah.
528
00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:00,919
[intriguing music plays]
529
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:04,359
The generator's just undersized
to hard start this unit
530
00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,800
without the soft start in.
You know what?
531
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:11,840
Probably the simplest solution,
bring over a bigger generator.
532
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:16,079
It's four days since
Tony Beets's main moneymaker,
533
00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,479
Sluice-A-Lot,
shut down.
534
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:22,680
Electrician James has
bypassed its soft startup,
535
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:26,880
but still failed to fire up
the shaker deck's drive motor.
536
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:29,959
Oh, if that engine was
just slightly bigger,
537
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,160
you'd get away with this.
538
00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:33,319
{\an8}[Conor]
With hard starting it, yeah.
539
00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:34,360
{\an8}[Tony speaking]
540
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:41,440
{\an8}Does that thing have
a soft start?
541
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:43,399
{\an8}- I don't think it does.
- [Tony speaking]
542
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:44,440
{\an8}[cousin Mike] We'll find out.
543
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:45,640
{\an8}[Tony speaking]
544
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,279
Sluice-A-Lot's
current generator
545
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:56,639
has a maximum power
of 100 kilowatts.
546
00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:58,360
[rock music plays]
547
00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:03,000
{\an8}[Tony speaking]
548
00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:09,560
Tony's CAT 3406 replacement
549
00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:13,199
kicks out four times
more power.
550
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,880
{\an8}[Tony speaking]
551
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,719
To prep
the five-ton generator,
552
00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:30,320
Tony plans to weld it
553
00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:33,680
to the front of his
50-year-old pipe layer
554
00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:39,159
and drive the hybrid monster
one mile to Sluice-A-Lot.
555
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:40,520
[crackling]
556
00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:44,160
[drums playing]
557
00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:47,600
[machine whirring]
558
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:50,359
{\an8}[Tony speaking]
559
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:52,480
{\an8}[revving heavily]
560
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:57,760
[banging]
561
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,039
[cousin Mike]
We've been down for four days,
562
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:03,679
so that's a lot of ounces
we're missing,
563
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:05,920
and with the gold
prize these days,
564
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:07,520
that's a lot of money.
565
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,800
[thrilling music plays]
566
00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:17,440
[rumbling heavily]
567
00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:25,520
[James]
Everything's all connected,
waiting on a generator.
568
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:28,600
And then we'll make power.
569
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,240
All we have to do when it gets
here is just connect that cable
570
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:33,440
into the generator.
571
00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:34,839
[Conor]
Is he driving that thing down?
572
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,279
I don't know, if he's the one
driving it, it probably won't
573
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:38,879
take too long, so...
574
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:40,600
[both laughing]
575
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,920
After just 30 minutes,
576
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:47,359
Tony's mobilized
monster generator
577
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:49,000
arrives at Sluice-A-Lot.
578
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,240
[whirring stops]
579
00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:55,560
{\an8}[Tony speaking]
580
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:04,479
All hooked up
and ready to roll.
581
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,520
[adventurous music plays]
582
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:10,840
[motor starts revving]
583
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,040
[whirring]
584
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:16,560
{\an8}[Tony speaking]
585
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:20,400
Ready?
586
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:21,840
[revving]
587
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,640
[epic music plays]
588
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:34,200
{\an8}After four days shut down...
589
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,040
{\an8}Tony is back on the gold.
590
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,680
If Tony's washing rocks,
and he's happy, yeah.
591
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:46,879
He puts gold in the box,
592
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:48,759
and then he can
give it to me, so.
593
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:49,840
{\an8}[scoffs]
594
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:52,760
{\an8}[Tony speaking]
595
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:09,000
[suspenseful music plays]
596
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,840
- [Rick] Rick for Bailey?
- [Bailey] Yeah, go ahead, man.
597
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:15,039
[Rick]
Shut down Lightning Creek.
598
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:16,639
We'll move it back
to Vegas Valley.
599
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:17,720
[Bailey]
Sounds good to me, man.
600
00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:22,080
Yeah, we're just about to send
the last load of pay
601
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:23,960
over to Rocky.
602
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,360
Rick made a call saying that
we're all going to be done here
603
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:28,519
and we're going to head down
to Vegas Valley,
604
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:30,440
and start hitting it hard
down there.
605
00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:34,600
[Jason] Well, here it is.
606
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:38,480
We've got the final bucket
of dirt from Lightning Creek.
607
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:41,039
And we are...
608
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,239
officially finished here.
609
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:44,920
Off to Vegas Valley we go.
610
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,280
Rick Ness is changing gears.
611
00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,960
After running a final
couple of days pay,
612
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:55,119
he's shutting down
his Lightning Creek claim
613
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:57,520
and going all in
on Vegas Valley.
614
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:05,200
All right, we've got
the 460 down here now.
615
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,440
Game plan is we'll be getting
the water pump in Vegas Valley.
616
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:11,240
We'll go through it,
make sure it's good to go.
617
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:13,479
Then we'll get
our discharge line ran.
618
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:15,200
So we've got
quite a bit of work to do.
619
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:18,920
Rick's plan?
620
00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:22,879
Set up a pump to drain the 30
feet of water from the cut
621
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:26,279
while the rest of the team
moves equipment and preps
622
00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:29,760
washplant Monster Red
to run a stockpile of paydirt.
623
00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:40,400
[Rick]
Well, we've got a long ways
to go, but we should be spending
624
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:41,760
the rest of the summer here.
625
00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:43,799
[Ryan]
So pump's just about ready.
626
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,039
I think the first step is just
getting it in where it fits in.
627
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:47,240
Get that water getting
the [bleep] out of there.
628
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:48,399
[Ryan] We'll get on it.
629
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:49,880
- I like it, thanks.
- [Ryan] All right, m an.
630
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:51,400
[suspenseful music plays]
631
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:57,040
[Rick] What's he doing?
We ready?
632
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:00,480
[rattling, creaking]
633
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:05,920
We got our 12-inch pump
ready to go.
634
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:07,040
She's a monster.
635
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:11,600
Just got to get down here
around the corner.
636
00:35:11,720 --> 00:35:13,640
I'll get the lines hooked up,
and we can start dewatering
637
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:15,400
Vegas Valley.
It's a big step.
638
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:16,800
It gives us one step closer
to the gold
639
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:18,279
that's in Vegas Valley,
640
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,440
and we know
that gold's good, so...
641
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:21,880
We're going to get this
done and get it done
642
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:23,400
in a [bleep] hurry.
643
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:28,639
[Ryan]
That's all shallow.
644
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:30,919
You're going to have to try
to get it in that corner.
645
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:32,519
Where?
Like all the way out?
646
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:33,960
[Ryan] I think we just
try to go all the way
647
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:35,560
and see how tough it is.
648
00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:40,359
[creaking]
649
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:42,399
We've got sections here,
in here that are way deeper
650
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:43,759
than what you think.
651
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,159
Right here, it's probably going
to be 30 foot higher than what
652
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:48,760
we have in that corner right
there from ending last season,
653
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:51,639
if not more.
So we've got to be careful.
654
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:56,600
The $100,000 pump can move
5,000 gallons a minute and will
655
00:35:56,720 --> 00:36:01,120
drain Vegas Valley down
to gold-rich pay in three days.
656
00:36:01,240 --> 00:36:03,639
[Kyle] Yeah, we can come
forward a little bit.
657
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:04,960
[Ryan]
We're good right there.
658
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:13,559
So, we got the pump into place.
659
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:15,359
Now we're just bringing
the intake line down there.
660
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:17,520
We're going to attach
that to the pump.
661
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:22,560
Throw the suction end
into the water.
662
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:25,200
Then we'll come back
and get the discharge line.
663
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:26,480
Set that in there.
664
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:28,640
And after that, we just turn it
on and let the water get
665
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:30,360
the [bleep] out of our hole.
666
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:38,480
[Ryan]
It's at a [bleep] up angle.
667
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:39,759
And we're in a spot
668
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:42,280
where we're easily going
to [bleep] bend this thing.
669
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,559
And it's like-- I can't throw
that end out there first.
670
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:45,959
I don't know where the [bleep]
it's going to end.
671
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:47,359
[Ryan] Yeah.
672
00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,999
Here, I think if you bring it
in and lower it,
673
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:51,559
the two of us
can be lifting up.
674
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:52,840
Kyle can be sticking
the bolt in.
675
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:54,759
[Rick] You got a pinch bar
or anything to get it?
676
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:55,840
[Ryan] No, but I've got
some long bolts.
677
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:56,960
- We'll make it work.
- [Rick] OK.
678
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:05,199
To attach the suction hose
to the pump, Rick needs to move
679
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:09,680
his 460 excavator dangerously
close to the water's edge.
680
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:11,520
[creaking]
681
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:13,760
[Rick] I don't know
what's underneath me.
682
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:15,160
[Kai] Is that thing a little
heavy for that?
683
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,599
[intriguing music plays]
684
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:21,240
[Ryan] OK, all right,
right there.
685
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:23,360
[hose bangs]
686
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:25,960
Now, if he goes down...
687
00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:29,440
[creaking, rumbling]
688
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:32,480
Hey, hold on.
689
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:34,480
[suspenseful music plays]
690
00:37:41,240 --> 00:37:43,919
[clicking, bangs]
691
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:45,240
[Ryan] Got it.
692
00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:49,080
[excavator whirring]
693
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:54,959
[drilling]
694
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:56,960
- [Ryan] All right.
- [Rick] All right.
695
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:00,160
Pump connected,
696
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:03,039
Rick is one step closer
697
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:06,439
to getting gold
from Vegas Valley.
698
00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:07,799
All right, you want to fire
this thing up?
699
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:08,879
[Ryan] OK.
700
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:11,080
[engine starts]
701
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:12,320
[revving]
702
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:16,640
[Rick]
Oh, there she goes.
703
00:38:18,720 --> 00:38:19,720
Whoa!
704
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:24,679
{\an8}[Rick speaking]
705
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:26,599
{\an8}We are pumping water, boys!
706
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:28,559
[victorious music plays]
707
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,319
All this water's coming out
of Vegas Valley.
708
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:31,800
Gets us that much closer
to the gold down there.
709
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:33,400
[bleep] ready to see some.
710
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:37,639
[Rick] I'm nervous
about Lightning Creek.
711
00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:38,960
Hopefully it's got gold
in it for Troy.
712
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:41,800
I'm relieved that
we're moving back here.
713
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:43,399
We've got one last chance here
at Vegas Valley.
714
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:44,799
We've got to treat it
like the last chance again.
715
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:46,920
You know, we've got till
November on our extension,
716
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,719
and we're going
to [bleep] scrape it clean,
717
00:38:49,720 --> 00:38:51,319
get everything we can
out of it.
718
00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:52,360
All the gold.
719
00:38:59,720 --> 00:39:01,520
[mellow music plays]
720
00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:04,319
[Rick] What's going on?
721
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,320
All eyes are
on Heather Folster to see
722
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,600
if Lightning Creek's
last gold weigh
723
00:39:08,720 --> 00:39:11,239
will hit the 100 ounces
Rick needs
724
00:39:11,240 --> 00:39:12,799
to pay Troy Taylor.
725
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:14,199
You want to give that a swirl?
726
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:16,599
- That's the first to the first.
- [Rick] That's a lot of gold.
727
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:18,879
That's a lot better
than it was.
728
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:22,080
It's another drop in the bucket
towards 1,800 ounces.
729
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:23,839
It might get us to
where I can pay Troy.
730
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:24,840
Eh oh!
731
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:32,960
{\an8}[mysterious music plays]
732
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:40,839
[Rick] Well, Heather got done
cleaning up the gold
733
00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:43,480
from the last run
at Lightning Creek.
734
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,200
[beeping]
735
00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:46,600
We said, "It actually
looks pretty good."
736
00:39:46,720 --> 00:39:49,199
I can definitely tell...
737
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:51,239
It was enough to justify
staying there for another run,
738
00:39:51,240 --> 00:39:54,640
so that's I'm happy about that.
739
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:58,920
Rick Ness has hit pause
on his Lightning Creek claim
740
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:02,799
to pursue Vegas Valley,
but he still needs to see it
741
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:07,000
deliver good gold to prove
it's a viable spot.
742
00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:08,600
Based on the runtime,
743
00:40:08,720 --> 00:40:12,199
he's hoping for at least
50 ounces this week.
744
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:13,640
[Ryan] Did the ground
looked any better?
745
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:14,959
Lightning Creek
on this last run?
746
00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:16,879
Yeah, it definitely seemed
like a little bit better
747
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:18,079
than like the normal stuff,
748
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:20,400
like less bedrock,
more [bleep] pay, so.
749
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:21,879
The boulders are getting
a little bigger.
750
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:23,439
- Yeah, yeah.
751
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:25,839
[Bailey]
So I take it the 700's dead?
752
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,439
The 700, we thought
we pinpointed the problem.
753
00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:31,480
We saw it failed,
so I think we're in deeper.
754
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:34,280
We're going to be
into a head or worse, so...
755
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:38,600
that leaves basically
just the 750.
756
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:49,439
[Bailey] Hey, Rick!
757
00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:51,240
- [Rick] Hello.
- [Bailey] What's going on?
758
00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:53,000
Ah, you know,
all the best stuff.
759
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:55,920
Got a bottle of gold, though.
760
00:40:58,240 --> 00:40:59,760
- [Bailey] Let's see
what we got, man.
- [Rick] Yep.
761
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:05,479
Last week, the Boulder Cut
only delivered 22 ounces.
762
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:07,079
[Rick] Here we go.
763
00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:08,360
[pouring softly]
764
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:11,120
[Ryan] One...
765
00:41:11,240 --> 00:41:12,280
5...
766
00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:16,959
12...
20...
767
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:18,120
30...
768
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:22,800
50...
769
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:23,999
50.4.
770
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:25,599
[bleep] yeah.
That's not bad.
771
00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:28,679
[bleep] yeah, that's way better
than the last two combined.
772
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:30,280
- [bleep] right.
- You're moving
the right way.
773
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:31,520
[Rick] Yeah.
774
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:34,240
It's Rick's best gold
weigh of the season
775
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:37,159
and pushes his total
to 80 ounces,
776
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:39,720
but leaves him 20 ounces short
777
00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:41,560
of what he owes Troy Taylor.
778
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:46,160
I mean, at the end of the day,
that's damn near 150 grand.
779
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:48,599
So, happy we stayed there,
780
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:50,400
but we're going to be leaving
Lightning Creek.
781
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:51,800
You know, we're leaving it
behind for the season.
782
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:53,040
It's just going to have
to happen, right?
783
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:54,360
Like, for
the foreseeable future.
784
00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:56,200
I mean, at least
the gold's there, though.
785
00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:57,479
Yeah, you're leaving it
on a high note.
786
00:41:57,480 --> 00:41:58,480
Exactly.
787
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:00,080
We're leaving it
with a positive, and you know,
788
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,279
we put some gold towards
our total, and we still have
789
00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:03,280
a long ways to go, but...
790
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:05,639
You only need a little bit
more to pay off Troy.
791
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:06,719
Yeah.
792
00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:08,480
But it's in the pile
at Vegas Valley.
793
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:10,159
- We know that.
- [bleep] yeah, man.
794
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:11,280
- Let's [bleep] do it.
- Awesome.
795
00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:16,959
[Rick] Well, you know, we got
50 ounces of gold this week.
796
00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:19,119
It's a small dent in the total
we're trying to get,
797
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:20,559
1,800 ounces, but that's why
798
00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:21,600
we're doing what we're going
to do, right?
799
00:42:21,720 --> 00:42:23,040
We're putting all of our--
800
00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:24,600
all of our resources
into Vegas Valley,
801
00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:27,000
because that's where
we know the gold is, you know.
802
00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:28,599
It sucks to leave
Lightning Creek.
803
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:31,639
We're just getting to learn it,
and we got 50 ounces of gold
804
00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:32,600
out of it.
805
00:42:32,720 --> 00:42:34,079
But that's the name
of the game.
806
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:35,440
You know where the gold is,
807
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:37,640
and the gold's
in Vegas Valley this year.
808
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:47,679
{\an8}- Hi, guys.
- [Tony speaking]
809
00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:48,760
{\an8}- [Mike] Hola.
- [Monica] Hello.
810
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:57,639
{\an8}Well, she's still sluicing.
811
00:42:57,640 --> 00:42:59,000
[Monica] How's it going
with the trommel?
812
00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:01,239
[Mike]
Slowly, because every time I
seem to take one step forward,
813
00:43:01,240 --> 00:43:02,440
I find three other things
I have to fix,
814
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:03,880
{\an8}so that's three
steps back.
815
00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:07,880
{\an8}- [Mike] Yeah.
- [Minnie] So how
are things here?
816
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:11,120
[cousin Mike]
We sluiced a bit, but not
as much as we like to.
817
00:43:11,240 --> 00:43:12,680
We had some electrical issues,
818
00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:14,080
so we had
to get an electrician.
819
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:15,479
We had to wait for that.
820
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:17,320
We can fix things,
but electricity is not
821
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:18,519
our thing, so...
822
00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:20,720
[Minnie] How many days
did you really sluice?
823
00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:22,919
{\an8}So we sluiced two days
and two nights.
824
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:25,000
{\an8}- [Tony speaking]
- [Minnie] Still not
too bad, though.
825
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:28,880
- Nope.
- [Minnie] Can we weigh it up?
826
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:35,200
So far, Tony has averaged
330 ounces of gold per week
827
00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:37,400
from the Indian River.
828
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:38,799
{\an8}[Tony speaking]
829
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:43,039
OK, it's 10, 20, 30, 40...
830
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:47,080
50, 60, 70, 80, 90...
831
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:50,960
- 100, 110, 120...
- [tapping]
832
00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:55,679
[cousin Mike] 121.10.
833
00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:59,119
Worth $420,000,
834
00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:02,399
but much less
than he could have gotten
835
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:04,920
if they'd run all week.
836
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:09,759
[Monica]
Ready to count, Mike?
837
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:13,279
Mike's been sluicing old-timer
tailings at the hills,
838
00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:16,239
and it should deliver
50 ounces a week.
839
00:44:16,240 --> 00:44:17,719
[Mike] Ten...
840
00:44:17,720 --> 00:44:19,639
20...
841
00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:21,000
36.88.
842
00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:23,679
{\an8}[Tony speaking]
843
00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:24,880
{\an8}[Mike] Probably ran
about five days.
844
00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:29,560
{\an8}[Mike] No.
845
00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:36,759
Even though Mike's gold is
worth over $100,000, Tony wants
846
00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:41,599
a record-breaking season,
and that means Paradise Hill
847
00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:44,399
{\an8}needs to deliver
much bigger hauls.
848
00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:47,000
{\an8}[Tony speaking]
849
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:51,280
{\an8}[Mike] That's--
Yeah, I agree.
850
00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:54,079
{\an8}[Monica]
Then maybe you can start
bringing in some real gold.
851
00:44:54,080 --> 00:44:55,319
{\an8}[Minnie] Ouch.
852
00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:57,279
{\an8}[Tony speaking]
853
00:44:57,280 --> 00:45:00,760
{\an8}No, it does, yeah.
Like, not rerun tailings.
854
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:01,880
{\an8}[Tony speaking]
855
00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:07,560
{\an8}[Minnie]
Sounds like a plan, dude.
856
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:09,960
{\an8}[Tony speaking]
857
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:11,159
{\an8}- [Monica] Goodbye.
- [cousin Mike] OK.
858
00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:12,160
[Minnie] Bye.
859
00:45:15,240 --> 00:45:17,599
[intriguing music plays]
860
00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:18,879
[Parker]
Those fires were impressive.
861
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:20,880
[Mitch] Yeah, that was crazy.
It came out of nowhere.
862
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:22,080
And all of a sudden,
it's like, "man,
863
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:24,080
"it's really cloudy
this morning.
864
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:25,920
Uh, that's not clouds,
that's smoke."
865
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:27,440
[Chris] It's smoky enough
around here, I'd skip
866
00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:29,039
my breakfast cigar.
867
00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:31,280
[all laughing]
868
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:34,320
[Mitch]
But yeah, and then we had,
even with all the fires giving
869
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:37,400
us grief, we did manage to get
the last of it sluiced.
870
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:39,519
You wanna see how you guys
finished up?
871
00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:40,720
[Parker] Let's do it.
872
00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:44,559
Despite battling wildfires,
Mitch still managed to wash
873
00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:48,239
the last of the gold-rich
Sulphur pay, which last week
874
00:45:48,240 --> 00:45:50,680
delivered 302 ounces.
875
00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:52,679
That's the last of Sulphur?
876
00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:53,880
- [Chris] Yes.
- [Mitch] Let's do it.
877
00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:59,239
All right, we got 50...
878
00:45:59,240 --> 00:46:00,760
100...
879
00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:04,080
150...
880
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:06,880
200...
881
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:09,319
[tapping softly]
882
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:12,359
[Mitch] 221.2.
883
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:14,920
Nice.
That's a solid, solid end.
884
00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:16,200
[Chris] Yeah.
885
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:18,800
Sulphur produced
over 1,300 ounces.
886
00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:19,959
- Nice.
- [Chris] Quite impressive.
887
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:21,039
Yeah.
888
00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:24,199
Next up, Parker's
Dominion Creek Gold.
889
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:26,799
First, the Golden Mile Cut,
890
00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:29,240
which has averaged
200 ounces a week.
891
00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:31,679
[Brennan] 20, 40...
892
00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:34,639
120, 140, 160...
893
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:39,319
200, 230, 250...
894
00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:42,519
273.15.
895
00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:44,160
- Wow!
- [Chris] Amazing, wow!
896
00:46:44,280 --> 00:46:46,359
- [Parker] Sick.
- That was a good week.
897
00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:48,920
And then Bob has just been
chugging away.
898
00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:51,439
- [Chris] Yeah.
- [Tyson] Old faithful.
899
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:52,960
Bob in the Bridge Cut
900
00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:56,080
has averaged
160 ounces a week.
901
00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:57,480
[pouring softly]
902
00:46:57,600 --> 00:47:00,439
20, 40, 80...
903
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:02,440
100, 120...
904
00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:07,279
140, 160, 200, 212...
905
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:10,680
216.15.
906
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:13,319
- That's a good week.
- Super good.
907
00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:17,359
This week we have 710.5.
908
00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:20,320
We broke 700 ounces
in one week.
909
00:47:20,440 --> 00:47:24,639
Worth $2.5 million.
910
00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:29,320
The total for the season
is 4,251.7 ounces.
911
00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:33,279
We're definitely on track
for our 10,000.
912
00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:35,239
We're in good shape, you guys.
913
00:47:35,240 --> 00:47:36,639
{\an8}- Keep it that way.
- Yeah.
914
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:38,120
{\an8}[Brennan] Hopefully
we'll make some more.
915
00:47:38,240 --> 00:47:39,719
{\an8}- Let's do it.
- [Parker] Thank you, guys.
916
00:47:39,720 --> 00:47:40,840
{\an8}[Brennan] You bet.
917
00:47:40,960 --> 00:47:42,919
{\an8}- [Parker] You're good, Chris?
- [Chris] Yep, I'm good.
918
00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:44,000
{\an8}[Parker] See you, dude.
919
00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:47,479
{\an8}Well, it was so cool
to get Sulphur done.
920
00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:49,999
{\an8}Great project there.
Produced a lot of gold.
921
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:52,999
{\an8}It was definitely a tricky move
there, but Roxanne is down
922
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:54,920
{\an8}on a whole bunch
of ground at Ken's.
923
00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:56,800
{\an8}Excited to see
what it has to produce.