1 00:00:17,103 --> 00:00:20,792 We have very high expectations, and people need to meet 2 00:00:20,793 --> 00:00:22,206 those expectations. 3 00:00:22,379 --> 00:00:25,171 So we need to recognize that there's a certain portion 4 00:00:25,172 --> 00:00:27,689 of people that won't meet those standards. 5 00:00:27,862 --> 00:00:31,000 And if we have people that are dragging the team down then, 6 00:00:31,172 --> 00:00:32,793 like, that needs to be dealt with, right? 7 00:00:33,896 --> 00:00:39,620 [narrator] In his ruthless pursuit of a record $35-million season, 8 00:00:39,793 --> 00:00:43,793 Parker Schnabel only wants the best of the best, 9 00:00:43,965 --> 00:00:47,310 and one person is lagging behind. 10 00:00:47,482 --> 00:00:50,793 It's never easy trying to let somebody go, 11 00:00:50,965 --> 00:00:53,378 but everybody needs to be a team player, 12 00:00:53,379 --> 00:00:54,688 and this guy is not. 13 00:00:54,689 --> 00:00:57,896 So we have no choice but to say, 14 00:00:58,034 --> 00:01:00,482 "Sorry, you don't fit here. You don't work." 15 00:01:05,379 --> 00:01:06,724 Hello, Tayvin. 16 00:01:06,896 --> 00:01:08,172 Before your shift starts tonight, I was wondering 17 00:01:08,344 --> 00:01:10,275 if you wouldn't mind popping to the office here. 18 00:01:10,448 --> 00:01:11,827 I'd like to see you. 19 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:13,413 Yeah. 20 00:01:13,586 --> 00:01:15,000 OK, great. Thanks. 21 00:01:15,172 --> 00:01:16,172 Bye bye. 22 00:01:23,172 --> 00:01:27,000 Parker's mine manager, Nona Loveless, has called in 23 00:01:27,137 --> 00:01:29,688 Tayvin Peterson, a loader-operator 24 00:01:29,689 --> 00:01:31,413 in his second year at Dominion. 25 00:01:32,827 --> 00:01:34,000 [Nona] Hello, how are you? 26 00:01:34,172 --> 00:01:35,172 [Tayvin speaking] 27 00:01:35,344 --> 00:01:36,379 [Nona] Good. 28 00:01:36,551 --> 00:01:38,000 Yeah, unfortunately, we're going to have 29 00:01:38,137 --> 00:01:39,102 to let you go, Tayvin. 30 00:01:39,103 --> 00:01:40,620 [Tayvin speaking] 31 00:01:40,793 --> 00:01:43,274 [Nona] You just have a really [bleep] attitude for this place. 32 00:01:43,275 --> 00:01:45,724 You just are very much a know-it-all. 33 00:01:45,896 --> 00:01:46,931 When I asked you to do something, 34 00:01:47,068 --> 00:01:48,310 you thought you were doing it better. 35 00:01:49,275 --> 00:01:50,931 And that just doesn't work around here. 36 00:01:51,068 --> 00:01:53,688 [Tayvin speaking] 37 00:01:53,689 --> 00:01:58,724 [Nona] I've given you ample weeks of opportunity to do 38 00:01:58,896 --> 00:02:02,413 what is asked of, and you still do it Tayvin's way. 39 00:02:03,482 --> 00:02:04,757 [Tayvin speaking] 40 00:02:04,758 --> 00:02:06,378 [Nona] And then you boast about how many loads you can get 41 00:02:06,379 --> 00:02:07,688 in an hour. Who does that? 42 00:02:07,689 --> 00:02:09,655 [Tayvin speaking] 43 00:02:12,103 --> 00:02:13,379 [Nona] Tayvin, what am I telling you? 44 00:02:13,551 --> 00:02:15,378 See, right now, that's exactly what you're doing. 45 00:02:15,379 --> 00:02:16,413 You're doing... 46 00:02:16,586 --> 00:02:18,068 No, no, but you're-- 47 00:02:18,241 --> 00:02:20,102 No, but no, you're not, because you're not listening 48 00:02:20,103 --> 00:02:21,688 to what I am saying. 49 00:02:21,689 --> 00:02:23,413 [Tayvin speaking] 50 00:02:23,586 --> 00:02:25,068 [Nona] Well, you're not thinking ahead, bud. 51 00:02:25,241 --> 00:02:26,447 You're not. 52 00:02:26,448 --> 00:02:28,413 You're falling behind because you're not listening. 53 00:02:28,586 --> 00:02:32,275 So you can pack up... and head on out. 54 00:02:32,448 --> 00:02:33,413 Thanks. 55 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,482 [Tayvin speaking] 56 00:02:36,655 --> 00:02:39,482 [Nona] Yeah, attitude just, it doesn't fly around here. 57 00:02:39,655 --> 00:02:41,481 - I mean... - [Tayvin speaking] 58 00:02:41,482 --> 00:02:43,620 [Nona] Yeah, well, I tried telling you how many times? 59 00:02:44,689 --> 00:02:49,482 If my boss, my senior, tells me to do something, guess what? 60 00:02:51,586 --> 00:02:52,620 See? See? 61 00:02:52,793 --> 00:02:54,586 You're still-- you're still-- I've let you go, 62 00:02:54,758 --> 00:02:56,896 and you're still telling me that you're right. 63 00:02:57,034 --> 00:02:58,275 Get out of here! Honestly, go! 64 00:02:58,448 --> 00:03:00,275 I don't even want-- I don't even want-- go! 65 00:03:00,448 --> 00:03:02,172 Go! Get out of here. 66 00:03:07,172 --> 00:03:08,620 [somber music plays] 67 00:03:21,827 --> 00:03:25,068 [Tayvin] I don't understand the logic behind it. 68 00:03:25,241 --> 00:03:29,481 I think if they had the time to sit down with me, and... 69 00:03:29,482 --> 00:03:32,379 understand or hear my side out, 70 00:03:33,793 --> 00:03:36,000 that it would make a lot more sense to them, but... 71 00:03:37,206 --> 00:03:38,999 [sighs deeply] 72 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,310 This is sad. 73 00:03:51,275 --> 00:03:53,655 [whirring] 74 00:03:56,103 --> 00:03:58,068 [Parker] We've had a bit of turnover this year. 75 00:03:58,241 --> 00:04:02,481 We've been hiring and firing. Working here is not easy, 76 00:04:02,482 --> 00:04:05,171 and we have a lot to do, and you know, you need 77 00:04:05,172 --> 00:04:07,482 good people that you can count on. 78 00:04:07,655 --> 00:04:10,413 We're like, at a pretty decent point in the season 79 00:04:10,586 --> 00:04:13,688 and starting to pick up momentum. 80 00:04:13,689 --> 00:04:15,792 We've got four washplants running. 81 00:04:15,793 --> 00:04:19,102 If we can keep the wheels on the bus, you know, 82 00:04:19,103 --> 00:04:21,482 we're in a very good place, but it's going to take 83 00:04:21,655 --> 00:04:23,517 a lot of effort and work on everybody's part 84 00:04:23,689 --> 00:04:25,827 in order to make that happen. 85 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,482 Halfway through the season, Parker's already banked 86 00:04:29,655 --> 00:04:32,482 over $18 million worth of gold. 87 00:04:33,482 --> 00:04:38,379 But recently, plant breakdowns and spotty ground have seen 88 00:04:38,551 --> 00:04:42,896 his gold numbers slow down to less than 500 ounces a week. 89 00:04:43,724 --> 00:04:46,102 [Parker] The gold weighs needs improvement. 90 00:04:46,103 --> 00:04:48,379 If it continues like this, we're in real trouble. 91 00:04:49,827 --> 00:04:50,931 I trust all our managers. 92 00:04:51,068 --> 00:04:52,999 We have a really good group of people. 93 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,482 And at Dominion this year, 94 00:04:55,655 --> 00:04:58,896 Tyson is definitely doing a really good job. 95 00:05:01,103 --> 00:05:02,689 [Tyson] I have the three washplants moved 96 00:05:02,862 --> 00:05:05,171 and up and running here at Dominion. 97 00:05:05,172 --> 00:05:08,274 It's wild because of how busy this place is right now. 98 00:05:08,275 --> 00:05:10,688 There's a lot going on. 99 00:05:10,689 --> 00:05:13,689 We got all our stakes in the fire right now, so... 100 00:05:14,689 --> 00:05:16,895 hopefully it doesn't bite us in the ass. 101 00:05:16,896 --> 00:05:21,895 After Tayvin's firing, Dominion's foreman, Tyson Lee, 102 00:05:21,896 --> 00:05:24,206 is down a loader-operator. 103 00:05:24,379 --> 00:05:29,310 Now he needs to train up a new hire to feed washplant Bob. 104 00:05:29,482 --> 00:05:31,171 [Tyson] I have some time to spend with India, 105 00:05:31,172 --> 00:05:34,102 and get her feeding the washplant. 106 00:05:34,103 --> 00:05:37,102 India's been in a loader for five, six days now, 107 00:05:37,103 --> 00:05:40,448 and now it's about time she learns how to feed a plant. 108 00:05:42,931 --> 00:05:48,068 Working in the loader, in all honesty, is pretty difficult. 109 00:05:48,241 --> 00:05:52,275 In the Bridge Cut, rookie India Greenhalgh has 110 00:05:52,448 --> 00:05:55,103 less than a month's gold mining under her belt. 111 00:05:56,103 --> 00:05:59,310 You know, I've left one job that I'm actually pretty good at, 112 00:05:59,482 --> 00:06:03,413 starting a job that I know nothing about. 113 00:06:03,586 --> 00:06:06,827 It's not an easy thing to do, but I want to be good at this. 114 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,000 I don't just want to be OK. I want to be awesome. 115 00:06:13,620 --> 00:06:17,068 While this is India's first season mining, 116 00:06:17,241 --> 00:06:20,517 it isn't her first rodeo in the Yukon. 117 00:06:20,689 --> 00:06:21,826 Hi, Tony! 118 00:06:21,827 --> 00:06:25,171 For four years, India worked behind the camera 119 00:06:25,172 --> 00:06:27,274 with the "Gold Rush" film crew. 120 00:06:27,275 --> 00:06:31,068 [India] Historically, I've worked on Tony's claims, but I did do 121 00:06:31,241 --> 00:06:33,896 one stint on Parker's claim, 122 00:06:34,034 --> 00:06:35,275 and that's how me and Tyson met. 123 00:06:35,448 --> 00:06:36,378 Hi. 124 00:06:36,379 --> 00:06:37,586 [Tyson] Oh, thanks. 125 00:06:38,413 --> 00:06:41,586 You know, I remember when she first came to site here, 126 00:06:41,758 --> 00:06:43,206 and I saw her right then and there, and I thought, 127 00:06:43,379 --> 00:06:45,275 "oh, I've got to get to know her." 128 00:06:47,068 --> 00:06:50,895 [India] Whilst this is very different, there was no real option for me 129 00:06:50,896 --> 00:06:52,931 having a boyfriend that lives in Canada. 130 00:06:53,068 --> 00:06:56,000 A gold mine is definitely not a place that I thought I was 131 00:06:56,172 --> 00:06:58,724 ever going to find love, but here I am. 132 00:06:58,896 --> 00:07:01,896 I am loving it, quite frankly. 133 00:07:02,793 --> 00:07:04,103 I'm loving love. 134 00:07:04,275 --> 00:07:05,379 Cheers. 135 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,000 - [India] Hi, babe. - [Tyson] How's it going, babe? 136 00:07:09,137 --> 00:07:10,172 [India] Yeah, good. 137 00:07:13,275 --> 00:07:15,275 So watch what I do when I'm... 138 00:07:16,379 --> 00:07:18,172 going to throw a scoop in the hopper. 139 00:07:21,586 --> 00:07:23,000 So you want to get nice and straight 140 00:07:23,137 --> 00:07:24,310 with the hopper first. 141 00:07:26,586 --> 00:07:29,481 And then start lifting. Same thing as a rock truck, 142 00:07:29,482 --> 00:07:31,585 when you're loading a rock truck. 143 00:07:31,586 --> 00:07:34,206 You want to come in... 144 00:07:34,379 --> 00:07:37,413 and then you want to aim for the middle of the target. 145 00:07:37,586 --> 00:07:40,206 See how I'm not spilling any material off the back, 146 00:07:40,379 --> 00:07:41,379 not spilling any material off the front? 147 00:07:41,551 --> 00:07:42,654 [India] Yeah. 148 00:07:42,655 --> 00:07:44,172 And then when my bucket is dumped all the way, 149 00:07:44,344 --> 00:07:46,793 I'm lowering my boom, lowering my center of gravity. 150 00:07:47,689 --> 00:07:50,275 When you're running to the back of the cut like this, 151 00:07:51,206 --> 00:07:53,792 keep in mind there's no one up at the plant right now. 152 00:07:53,793 --> 00:07:55,275 You're the one watching it, right? 153 00:07:56,586 --> 00:07:58,827 From way back here, I'm looking at the belts, 154 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,688 making sure there's material going up them, 155 00:08:00,689 --> 00:08:02,689 making sure nothing looks askew, 156 00:08:02,862 --> 00:08:05,103 making sure the tailings conveyor is going. 157 00:08:05,275 --> 00:08:06,482 Yeah, that makes sense. 158 00:08:06,655 --> 00:08:09,000 You see something, hit the breaker and run up 159 00:08:09,172 --> 00:08:12,103 and open the bypass and close the main. 160 00:08:13,689 --> 00:08:15,895 - [banging] - [India] Agh! 161 00:08:15,896 --> 00:08:17,482 - What? - Smacked my head. 162 00:08:17,655 --> 00:08:19,275 Well, don't smack your head then. 163 00:08:19,448 --> 00:08:22,000 You're not a bobblehead. [Tyson chuckles] 164 00:08:22,137 --> 00:08:23,793 Just watch next time. 165 00:08:26,689 --> 00:08:28,482 [rumbling softly] 166 00:08:30,172 --> 00:08:31,378 [Tyson] [bleep]! 167 00:08:31,379 --> 00:08:32,378 That is not good. 168 00:08:32,379 --> 00:08:34,274 See how that material is not moving? 169 00:08:34,275 --> 00:08:35,896 Do not ignore that. Jump out. 170 00:08:36,034 --> 00:08:37,000 Jump out. It's clogged. 171 00:08:38,689 --> 00:08:40,689 Stand back and watch me this time. 172 00:08:42,724 --> 00:08:46,068 The hopper feeder is clogged with pay, 173 00:08:46,241 --> 00:08:48,275 stopping it from getting to the plant. 174 00:08:49,275 --> 00:08:50,689 [Tyson] OK, back in the loader. 175 00:08:57,620 --> 00:09:00,310 So that's why it's really important... 176 00:09:02,275 --> 00:09:03,931 - [India]...to watch. - [Tyson] Yeah. 177 00:09:07,275 --> 00:09:09,206 - OK, your turn. - OK. 178 00:09:09,379 --> 00:09:11,206 - I'll be on miner two. - [India] OK. 179 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:19,999 [dozer rumbling] 180 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:21,206 [Tyson] Go up. 181 00:09:21,379 --> 00:09:23,068 Up. 182 00:09:23,241 --> 00:09:24,379 Up. 183 00:09:26,310 --> 00:09:28,724 So just get nice and square with the feeder first. 184 00:09:32,172 --> 00:09:33,379 It's nerve-racking. 185 00:09:35,724 --> 00:09:39,275 There's small adjustments. Straighten out. 186 00:09:39,448 --> 00:09:41,999 Keep going. You're fine. 187 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,481 Start booming up. Boom up. 188 00:09:44,482 --> 00:09:46,172 [India] Am I straight? Am I straight? 189 00:09:46,344 --> 00:09:48,378 Boom up. Boom up faster. 190 00:09:48,379 --> 00:09:51,586 Stop moving forward. Boom up. 191 00:09:51,758 --> 00:09:53,172 Now slowly start dumping. 192 00:10:03,379 --> 00:10:05,517 Once you've cleared the hopper, boom down, 193 00:10:05,689 --> 00:10:07,171 so boom down now. 194 00:10:07,172 --> 00:10:08,275 Yeah, it's good there. 195 00:10:09,172 --> 00:10:11,000 It's really nerve-racking, actually. 196 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,000 I've got the world's driest mouth. 197 00:10:14,137 --> 00:10:15,206 [chuckles] 198 00:10:19,068 --> 00:10:20,310 Nice. 199 00:10:20,482 --> 00:10:23,274 [sighs deeply] 200 00:10:23,275 --> 00:10:24,896 [India] It's a lot harder than it looks. 201 00:10:26,379 --> 00:10:28,586 [Tyson] Keep doing this for another four months. 202 00:10:28,758 --> 00:10:30,206 [India laughs] 203 00:10:30,379 --> 00:10:31,275 [Tyson] All righty. 204 00:10:31,448 --> 00:10:32,274 I'm going to go. 205 00:10:32,275 --> 00:10:33,931 Bye-- I'll be back. 206 00:10:34,068 --> 00:10:35,378 She's all yours. 207 00:10:35,379 --> 00:10:36,655 [India, unsteady] OK. 208 00:10:38,931 --> 00:10:42,171 It's very much on me to make sure that this plant is running 209 00:10:42,172 --> 00:10:43,689 as it should be. 210 00:10:43,862 --> 00:10:46,310 [Tyson] Parker wouldn't have offered her the job if he didn't think 211 00:10:46,482 --> 00:10:47,723 she could do it. 212 00:10:47,724 --> 00:10:50,482 Hopefully, in the upcoming days, she'll be able to feed 213 00:10:50,655 --> 00:10:52,585 the plant, run the plant, shut down the plant, 214 00:10:52,586 --> 00:10:54,931 and know how to problem-solve around the plant. 215 00:11:02,689 --> 00:11:04,586 [thrilling music plays] 216 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,310 We got less than 500 ounces on the season right now, 217 00:11:13,482 --> 00:11:14,931 and that's not nearly enough. 218 00:11:16,172 --> 00:11:17,931 Well, we're back in Vegas Valley, and that's where 219 00:11:18,068 --> 00:11:19,067 we know the good gold is. 220 00:11:19,068 --> 00:11:21,206 So we got to get back down to the paydirt. 221 00:11:21,379 --> 00:11:24,481 Three months in, Rick Ness's season 222 00:11:24,482 --> 00:11:26,792 is finally on the upswing. 223 00:11:26,793 --> 00:11:29,378 Last week, we got a good result from the last cleanup, 224 00:11:29,379 --> 00:11:31,792 but that was the end of the stockpile. 225 00:11:31,793 --> 00:11:34,379 We didn't get down to pay like we planned on. 226 00:11:34,551 --> 00:11:36,068 I mean, there's a lot to do. 227 00:11:36,241 --> 00:11:38,379 There's a big road to build, and there's no more pay to run. 228 00:11:38,551 --> 00:11:41,895 And yeah, we need to switch up the plan right now if we're 229 00:11:41,896 --> 00:11:44,000 going to get back to the pay in Vegas Valley quickly. 230 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,792 Rick's crew has finished building the road 231 00:11:47,793 --> 00:11:49,999 to the bottom of Vegas Valley. 232 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,482 But now Rick faces another problem. 233 00:11:53,655 --> 00:11:54,792 There's a lot of slop in there. 234 00:11:54,793 --> 00:11:58,068 The whole cut's flooded with silty, muddy [bleep]. 235 00:11:58,241 --> 00:11:59,206 We're going to have to move it all 236 00:11:59,379 --> 00:12:00,896 before we get back to the pay. 237 00:12:01,034 --> 00:12:02,689 But getting it out of here is painful. 238 00:12:03,793 --> 00:12:06,931 I've got an idea. It's a cheap way to move dirt. 239 00:12:07,068 --> 00:12:09,000 And we tried this last year in Rally Valley. 240 00:12:09,172 --> 00:12:10,586 We actually had some success with it. 241 00:12:10,758 --> 00:12:12,068 And we're going to try it again. 242 00:12:12,241 --> 00:12:13,689 I think we learned stuff last year. 243 00:12:13,862 --> 00:12:15,310 So we got the monitor. 244 00:12:17,793 --> 00:12:20,068 We're going to drop that into Vegas Valley and get that slop 245 00:12:20,241 --> 00:12:21,689 out of there and get back on the gold. 246 00:12:23,793 --> 00:12:27,585 At Vegas Valley, Rick's crew has built a narrow road 247 00:12:27,586 --> 00:12:30,379 to the bottom of the 200-foot deep cut. 248 00:12:31,413 --> 00:12:35,586 Now they've discovered the pay layer they reached last year 249 00:12:35,758 --> 00:12:38,551 is covered in six feet of thick sludge. 250 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:42,620 Rick's solution? 251 00:12:42,793 --> 00:12:45,378 Bring in a high-powered water monitor 252 00:12:45,379 --> 00:12:47,379 to blast the sticky sludge, 253 00:12:48,413 --> 00:12:50,999 breaking it down to a runny slurry. 254 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,620 Then suck it out with a 12-inch water pump, 255 00:12:54,793 --> 00:12:57,482 revealing the gold-rich pay layer underneath. 256 00:12:59,206 --> 00:13:02,448 [machine clanking] 257 00:13:04,931 --> 00:13:08,310 Hey, guys, it's time to fire this thing up and get the pay! 258 00:13:09,310 --> 00:13:11,689 Hey, Chris, fire that pump up! Let's go! 259 00:13:11,862 --> 00:13:13,724 All right, starting the pump now, Rick. 260 00:13:13,896 --> 00:13:15,827 [pump revs up] 261 00:13:17,379 --> 00:13:18,724 [Rick] All right, here it comes. 262 00:13:20,896 --> 00:13:22,793 [heavy swooshing, splatting] 263 00:13:32,068 --> 00:13:33,379 We have the monitor in place now. 264 00:13:33,551 --> 00:13:36,206 We can use that to wash all that silt over to our pump 265 00:13:36,379 --> 00:13:39,793 and hopefully have the pay clean in maybe a day or two. 266 00:13:40,931 --> 00:13:44,171 We got a new guy here, Chris. He's working that monitor. 267 00:13:44,172 --> 00:13:45,586 We need all the manpower we can get right now. 268 00:13:45,758 --> 00:13:47,689 We got a long ways to go. 269 00:13:47,862 --> 00:13:50,000 I have to pay close attention to what I'm doing here. 270 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,275 Rick's brought in new operator, Chris Lalonde, 271 00:13:54,448 --> 00:13:56,275 for the season's second half push. 272 00:13:57,206 --> 00:13:59,827 With room for just one excavator at the bottom of 273 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:06,274 the pit, clearing the sludge is Chris's shot to prove himself. 274 00:14:06,275 --> 00:14:08,827 [Chris] I'm originally from Fort McMurray, Alberta. 275 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,827 I have spent the last five or six years traveling around, 276 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,688 doing different jobs. And now I'm here. 277 00:14:14,689 --> 00:14:15,895 I feel like it's going good. 278 00:14:15,896 --> 00:14:18,482 They are trusting me to try and do this task alone. 279 00:14:22,379 --> 00:14:24,379 [squelching] 280 00:14:31,620 --> 00:14:34,378 It appears I'm losing my battle at this moment. 281 00:14:34,379 --> 00:14:37,310 The water level should continuously drop. 282 00:14:37,482 --> 00:14:39,103 Now it's increasing in my pond, 283 00:14:40,310 --> 00:14:43,585 Guys, it looks like the pump doesn't move the sludge. 284 00:14:43,586 --> 00:14:47,827 The pump is failing to suck out the slurry, and now... 285 00:14:48,896 --> 00:14:50,620 there's an even bigger mess. 286 00:14:52,586 --> 00:14:54,482 For some reason, it's stuck. 287 00:14:54,655 --> 00:14:56,102 I don't know if we sucked up a bunch of mud. 288 00:14:56,103 --> 00:14:57,378 I don't know what the deal is, 289 00:14:57,379 --> 00:15:00,793 but it ain't [bleep] working. That, I know. 290 00:15:00,965 --> 00:15:01,931 Shut it down! 291 00:15:11,517 --> 00:15:12,689 - [Ryan] Am I good? - [Kyle] Yeah. 292 00:15:14,586 --> 00:15:15,793 [Ryan] I'm gonna have to back up. 293 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,103 [Kyle] That's good. 294 00:15:27,275 --> 00:15:29,103 [Ryan] Uh... 295 00:15:29,275 --> 00:15:33,000 All we have is a steel plate with holes welded into it. 296 00:15:33,137 --> 00:15:35,585 So when we're washing all this muck down in here, it easily 297 00:15:35,586 --> 00:15:38,000 can get plugged up as soon as any rocks, any silt, 298 00:15:38,137 --> 00:15:39,447 anything gets stuck in this. 299 00:15:39,448 --> 00:15:43,102 At Vegas Valley, Rick's crew is battling a thick layer 300 00:15:43,103 --> 00:15:46,413 of sludge to reach the gold-rich pay. 301 00:15:46,586 --> 00:15:51,103 But a plugged pump has brought the operation to a standstill. 302 00:15:51,275 --> 00:15:53,000 [Ryan] All right, well, we could... 303 00:15:54,068 --> 00:15:55,688 find or build a basket. 304 00:15:55,689 --> 00:15:58,103 It's gonna give us a lot more area for suction, 305 00:15:58,275 --> 00:16:00,517 and then it's where we don't have any problems 306 00:16:00,689 --> 00:16:01,965 with anything clogging. 307 00:16:02,103 --> 00:16:06,275 To get the pump sucking again, mechanic Ryan Kent plans 308 00:16:06,448 --> 00:16:10,586 to build a new intake basket with bigger screens, 309 00:16:10,758 --> 00:16:13,586 reducing the risk of blockages. 310 00:16:13,758 --> 00:16:15,482 [cranking] 311 00:16:17,172 --> 00:16:18,999 - Looks heavy. - [Kyle] Yeah. 312 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,274 [Ryan] Three dudes to move a plate. 313 00:16:20,275 --> 00:16:21,793 [chuckling] 314 00:16:25,586 --> 00:16:27,896 Right now, we're going to look for some material 315 00:16:28,034 --> 00:16:29,896 to build a basket. 316 00:16:30,034 --> 00:16:32,862 We do have a bunch of punch plate. 317 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:34,689 We could cut it out and weld a square together. 318 00:16:36,689 --> 00:16:40,068 Looks like Kyle may have found a box over there. 319 00:16:40,241 --> 00:16:42,620 - 10 inch on it? - [Kyle] Yeah. 320 00:16:42,793 --> 00:16:44,586 We need a 12-inch. 321 00:16:44,758 --> 00:16:45,757 Get rid of this. 322 00:16:45,758 --> 00:16:48,103 - I'll make those work. - [Kyle] I got it. 323 00:16:50,586 --> 00:16:52,517 [banging] 324 00:16:52,689 --> 00:16:53,689 [Ryan] Look at that! 325 00:16:53,862 --> 00:16:54,862 Once we torch this off, 326 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:56,965 we'll weld the other one right to it. 327 00:16:57,103 --> 00:17:00,586 To fit the basket to the pump's 12-inch hose, 328 00:17:00,758 --> 00:17:03,378 Ryan first replaces the flange. 329 00:17:03,379 --> 00:17:05,275 [Ryan] We got to build our own [bleep]. 330 00:17:06,689 --> 00:17:08,275 That's what we're going to do. 331 00:17:10,758 --> 00:17:12,758 Let's see if we can get her up this direction. 332 00:17:15,068 --> 00:17:16,965 Damn, you guys are strong. 333 00:17:17,103 --> 00:17:18,310 Your moms must be proud. 334 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,413 The main piece we need is this Victaulic right there. 335 00:17:23,965 --> 00:17:25,793 [hissing] 336 00:17:29,172 --> 00:17:31,274 Hit it with a hammer, see if it'll break free. 337 00:17:31,275 --> 00:17:33,655 Yeah! 338 00:17:36,103 --> 00:17:38,068 Now what we're gonna do is put a bead around it. 339 00:17:46,206 --> 00:17:48,206 Good enough. She'll serve her purpose now. 340 00:17:50,275 --> 00:17:51,586 [machine humming] 341 00:17:59,172 --> 00:18:01,517 Hopefully, that's the quick fix we need to be able to get that 342 00:18:01,689 --> 00:18:02,896 muck out of there and get down to pay. 343 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,620 [thrilling music plays] 344 00:18:18,482 --> 00:18:20,310 OK, we need this basket to work. 345 00:18:20,482 --> 00:18:22,862 If it doesn't, we're going to be kind of [bleep] ourselves 346 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,000 on time here. 347 00:18:25,137 --> 00:18:27,000 [thrilling music resumes] 348 00:18:30,310 --> 00:18:31,689 There she goes. 349 00:18:34,068 --> 00:18:36,102 We got our new basket back in. 350 00:18:36,103 --> 00:18:37,413 Ready to fire. 351 00:18:37,586 --> 00:18:39,310 [motor powers up] 352 00:18:42,517 --> 00:18:44,758 [sloshing] 353 00:18:54,793 --> 00:18:56,171 That water is dropping pretty quick. 354 00:18:56,172 --> 00:18:58,171 Yeah, it looks like the cage is working. 355 00:18:58,172 --> 00:18:59,172 [Chris] Yeah. 356 00:18:59,344 --> 00:19:00,896 Suction's working, pump's working. 357 00:19:01,034 --> 00:19:04,379 We are one step closer to getting back to pay. 358 00:19:14,379 --> 00:19:16,965 100 miles west... 359 00:19:17,103 --> 00:19:20,585 [Tayvin] Well, I guess I'm starting a new chapter in my life 360 00:19:20,586 --> 00:19:23,862 and going to look for some work. 361 00:19:25,862 --> 00:19:29,792 I don't want to be going home because I love gold mining 362 00:19:29,793 --> 00:19:34,481 and can't afford to go home yet. 363 00:19:34,482 --> 00:19:38,896 After being let go from Parker's crew, Tayvin Peterson 364 00:19:39,034 --> 00:19:41,999 is gunning for a fresh start. 365 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,481 Right now I'm just looking around, seeing who's willing 366 00:19:45,482 --> 00:19:48,206 to hire a new gold miner. 367 00:19:48,379 --> 00:19:55,379 Going to somebody's gold mine and just knocking on the door. 368 00:19:58,482 --> 00:19:59,586 So I guess we're here. 369 00:20:05,758 --> 00:20:06,862 Hope this goes well. 370 00:20:23,517 --> 00:20:25,171 Hello, how's it going? 371 00:20:25,172 --> 00:20:26,895 My name is Tayvin Peterson, nice to meet you. 372 00:20:26,896 --> 00:20:28,206 Nice to meet you. Pull up a chair. 373 00:20:29,103 --> 00:20:31,585 What can we do you for? 374 00:20:31,586 --> 00:20:34,585 I heard you were mining up here and I was wondering 375 00:20:34,586 --> 00:20:37,378 if you guys were looking for employees or if you guys are 376 00:20:37,379 --> 00:20:40,585 pretty stacked up on operators? 377 00:20:40,586 --> 00:20:42,275 There are some opportunities here. 378 00:20:43,275 --> 00:20:45,000 Currently right now, the big thing we're 379 00:20:45,137 --> 00:20:49,000 on the lookout for is rock truck operators and loader operators. 380 00:20:49,137 --> 00:20:50,689 What is your time on those things? 381 00:20:50,862 --> 00:20:53,620 So this will be my fourth season mining. 382 00:20:53,793 --> 00:20:56,378 I really enjoy everything about gold mining, 383 00:20:56,379 --> 00:20:58,379 and I'm really willing to learn. 384 00:20:58,551 --> 00:21:00,586 Last year, Parker had me a rock truck, and... 385 00:21:00,758 --> 00:21:02,482 Were you at Parker's this year for the first little bit? 386 00:21:02,655 --> 00:21:03,862 [Tayvin] Yeah. 387 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:08,102 Invited me back for another season, but things weren't 388 00:21:08,103 --> 00:21:11,896 going good, and then Nona really, like, fired me. 389 00:21:12,793 --> 00:21:14,275 I'm not sure why. 390 00:21:16,758 --> 00:21:18,586 [suspenseful music plays] 391 00:21:22,068 --> 00:21:23,517 All right. 392 00:21:23,689 --> 00:21:24,688 OK. 393 00:21:24,689 --> 00:21:25,827 Uh... 394 00:21:27,275 --> 00:21:30,862 But I was on Sluicifer before, for those two weeks. 395 00:21:32,103 --> 00:21:34,068 I started right off on the plant on night shift, 396 00:21:34,241 --> 00:21:37,000 so they must have a little bit of faith in me. 397 00:21:38,896 --> 00:21:41,275 That is a feather in your cap, so to speak, 398 00:21:41,448 --> 00:21:43,758 because I'm always looking for more people 399 00:21:43,931 --> 00:21:45,379 who have experience feeding the plant. 400 00:21:47,275 --> 00:21:50,620 OK, this might work out for both of us, honestly. 401 00:21:51,689 --> 00:21:54,000 But if we're gonna hire you, one of the first places 402 00:21:54,172 --> 00:21:56,758 we're gonna throw you is night shift at the plant. 403 00:21:56,931 --> 00:21:58,206 So... 404 00:21:58,379 --> 00:21:59,379 if you're up for that... 405 00:22:01,482 --> 00:22:03,689 That's great. That's what I'm looking for. 406 00:22:03,862 --> 00:22:04,793 [Kevin] Perfect. 407 00:22:04,965 --> 00:22:07,379 So for now, I'd say you're hired. 408 00:22:07,551 --> 00:22:08,758 Thank you so much! 409 00:22:08,931 --> 00:22:10,205 I appreciate this. 410 00:22:10,206 --> 00:22:12,274 You gave a good vibe, so let's roll those dice, see how it 411 00:22:12,275 --> 00:22:13,965 works out for both of us. - [Tayvin] Thank you so much. 412 00:22:18,275 --> 00:22:20,171 That was awesome! Got hired. 413 00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:22,379 And I'm super excited to start 414 00:22:22,551 --> 00:22:23,999 working for a smaller crew again. 415 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,206 And the work that I do will get noticed a lot more. 416 00:22:27,862 --> 00:22:30,379 He didn't work out there. He might work out here. 417 00:22:30,551 --> 00:22:32,068 Only way we're going to find out is, well, 418 00:22:33,068 --> 00:22:34,206 try him out. 419 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,688 Having struggled for crew and gold all season, 420 00:22:39,689 --> 00:22:43,068 second-year mine boss Kevin Beets is slowly 421 00:22:43,241 --> 00:22:44,758 turning a corner. 422 00:22:44,931 --> 00:22:46,793 It was tough at the start of the year to lose both 423 00:22:46,965 --> 00:22:48,171 Brennan and Kayden. 424 00:22:48,172 --> 00:22:50,999 And now Buzz is gone to go have a baby. 425 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,275 But we brought in some new crew 426 00:22:52,448 --> 00:22:53,481 and we're making it [bleep] work. 427 00:22:53,482 --> 00:22:54,896 Only thing you can do. 428 00:22:56,172 --> 00:22:58,275 Going into the second half of the season, I'm still 429 00:22:58,448 --> 00:23:00,999 optimistic that we're going to be successful. 430 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,965 I don't know if we're going to be as successful as I want it 431 00:23:03,103 --> 00:23:05,517 to be, but we're still going for a 2,000-ounce goal. 432 00:23:05,689 --> 00:23:06,793 We still want to get that. 433 00:23:08,413 --> 00:23:12,310 Two weeks ago, with his Pyramid Cut mined out, 434 00:23:12,482 --> 00:23:16,068 Kevin broke ground on the new seven-acre Sphinx Cut. 435 00:23:17,103 --> 00:23:21,585 With everything now riding on the new ground, Kevin's already 436 00:23:21,586 --> 00:23:24,586 down to pay and feeding it through the washplant. 437 00:23:26,310 --> 00:23:28,481 [Kevin] I am hoping that Sphinx Cut going to pay off better 438 00:23:28,482 --> 00:23:30,103 than Pyramid Cut has been. 439 00:23:30,275 --> 00:23:32,172 It's really important that we hit our weekly target. 440 00:23:32,344 --> 00:23:34,999 We're aiming for 100 ounces a week, and to get there, 441 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,275 we've got to be running 24/7. 442 00:23:41,586 --> 00:23:45,172 For his first night shift of the season, Kevin pairs 443 00:23:45,344 --> 00:23:49,275 new hire Tayvin with veteran miner Rick Johnson. 444 00:23:52,896 --> 00:23:54,689 [Rick J.] Tayvin, copy Tayvin. 445 00:23:56,586 --> 00:23:58,895 [Tayvin] Copy, copy. What's up, Rick? 446 00:23:58,896 --> 00:24:00,378 [Rick J.] How's things going at your end? 447 00:24:00,379 --> 00:24:02,206 [Tayvin] Uh, things are going really good over here. 448 00:24:03,206 --> 00:24:06,758 To keep the plant sluicing through the midnight sun, 449 00:24:06,931 --> 00:24:11,172 Tayvin has to feed 24 loads of paydirt an hour. 450 00:24:15,172 --> 00:24:17,413 [Tayvin] Right now I'm just running the plant on night shift. 451 00:24:17,586 --> 00:24:20,482 We got a small crew going right now, me and Rick. 452 00:24:20,655 --> 00:24:22,379 So we gotta... 453 00:24:22,551 --> 00:24:25,999 just make sure we're staying consistent and keeping 454 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,758 everything fed, and make sure we're getting rocks washed 455 00:24:29,931 --> 00:24:30,896 while we can. 456 00:24:32,586 --> 00:24:33,689 Really enjoying it here. 457 00:24:33,862 --> 00:24:35,517 I already got put on the washplant, 458 00:24:35,689 --> 00:24:37,586 which I'm really excited about. 459 00:24:37,758 --> 00:24:41,172 Everybody's been super welcoming and teaching me lots 460 00:24:41,344 --> 00:24:43,310 and showing me how they do things around here, 461 00:24:43,482 --> 00:24:45,068 which I really appreciate. 462 00:24:45,241 --> 00:24:48,068 I take a lot of pride in what I do, and I want to be 463 00:24:48,241 --> 00:24:51,895 on a winning team, so I feel like... 464 00:24:51,896 --> 00:24:53,517 I need to prove myself a little bit. 465 00:24:55,586 --> 00:24:58,379 I just definitely don't want to get fired again. 466 00:24:58,551 --> 00:25:00,517 [rumbling] 467 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,275 Ugh... 468 00:25:18,379 --> 00:25:22,068 We're coming to our end at night shift, 469 00:25:22,241 --> 00:25:24,793 but the pace here is a little bit slower, 470 00:25:24,965 --> 00:25:26,585 and I'm still getting used to it. 471 00:25:26,586 --> 00:25:27,793 I'm trying my best. 472 00:25:29,793 --> 00:25:31,275 [adventurous music plays] 473 00:25:36,413 --> 00:25:38,068 [heavy rattling] 474 00:25:40,172 --> 00:25:41,793 Oh, [bleep], there's no pay on the conveyor. 475 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,379 [thrilling music plays] 476 00:25:51,103 --> 00:25:52,758 [motor winds down] 477 00:26:05,482 --> 00:26:07,758 [intriguing music plays] 478 00:26:07,931 --> 00:26:09,585 [Tayvin] Looked like it might have been the hopper, I think. 479 00:26:09,586 --> 00:26:10,793 I'm gonna go check it out. 480 00:26:14,137 --> 00:26:15,586 Oh, my [bleep]! 481 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,000 Oh, man, that's a big rock. 482 00:26:19,172 --> 00:26:23,137 At Scribner Creek, 10 hours into his first night shift 483 00:26:23,310 --> 00:26:26,241 for Kevin Beets, new hire Tayvin 484 00:26:26,413 --> 00:26:28,379 has shut down the washplant. 485 00:26:35,379 --> 00:26:38,000 [suspenseful music plays] 486 00:26:38,172 --> 00:26:39,551 [bleep] sakes. What now? 487 00:26:40,344 --> 00:26:45,172 Chelsea March and Tyler Potter from the day shift arrive early 488 00:26:45,344 --> 00:26:47,172 to help clear the blockage. 489 00:26:47,344 --> 00:26:49,379 [Tayvin] It looks like a big rock got through the grizzlies. 490 00:26:51,862 --> 00:26:53,896 I don't know how they managed to make their way 491 00:26:54,034 --> 00:26:56,000 through the grizzlies, this [bleep] big, 492 00:26:56,172 --> 00:26:58,068 and the grizzlies are this [bleep] big. 493 00:26:58,241 --> 00:27:00,067 [Tayvin] I think we're gonna have to get that big rock chained up 494 00:27:00,068 --> 00:27:01,448 to the grizzlies. - [Rick J.] Oh, yeah. 495 00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:03,895 So use the power of the grizzlies to remote 496 00:27:03,896 --> 00:27:06,034 lift it enough at least to get the dirt out. 497 00:27:06,206 --> 00:27:07,896 - [Tayvin] Loosen up, hopefully. - [Rick J.] Yeah, exactly. 498 00:27:12,241 --> 00:27:13,344 [Tyler] Go on the top. 499 00:27:14,758 --> 00:27:16,000 [Tayvin] Beauty. 500 00:27:18,482 --> 00:27:21,000 [Tyler] Tayvin's going to jump in there, poke around. 501 00:27:21,137 --> 00:27:25,274 We're going to run the chain through the top and wrap 502 00:27:25,275 --> 00:27:28,034 the grizzly bars with the chain, and we'll try 503 00:27:28,206 --> 00:27:31,000 and give her a little jiggle, see if we can pop it out 504 00:27:31,172 --> 00:27:32,482 inside the feeder. 505 00:27:34,448 --> 00:27:38,274 The grizzly bars on the feeder screen out large boulders 506 00:27:38,275 --> 00:27:40,551 to protect the washplant from damage. 507 00:27:42,344 --> 00:27:46,792 But months of wear and tear have bent them out of shape, 508 00:27:46,793 --> 00:27:47,896 creating holes. 509 00:27:49,482 --> 00:27:52,379 A large rock has fallen into the hopper, 510 00:27:52,551 --> 00:27:54,275 blocking its feed conveyor. 511 00:27:56,689 --> 00:27:58,586 The crew's quick fix? 512 00:27:58,758 --> 00:28:01,793 Dig out a tunnel underneath the 100-pound boulder. 513 00:28:03,275 --> 00:28:05,448 Wrap a chain around it. 514 00:28:05,620 --> 00:28:09,103 Then attach the chain to the grizzlies and use 515 00:28:09,275 --> 00:28:12,344 its hydraulic ram to lift and free the rock. 516 00:28:21,793 --> 00:28:23,034 [Tyler] Here's the other side, Tayvin. 517 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,172 Pull that. 518 00:28:26,862 --> 00:28:28,068 [Tayvin] OK. 519 00:28:30,551 --> 00:28:32,344 [bleep] downtime, ugh. 520 00:28:32,517 --> 00:28:34,862 - [Tyler] Get out of here. - [Tayvin] Yeah. 521 00:28:38,655 --> 00:28:40,586 [Tyler] Drop the grizzlies back down, 522 00:28:40,758 --> 00:28:42,068 and hook it to the grizzlies, 523 00:28:42,241 --> 00:28:43,241 and try and pull it up. 524 00:28:44,344 --> 00:28:46,482 [thrilling music plays] 525 00:28:49,758 --> 00:28:51,965 - Keep tapping it up. - Yeah. 526 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,688 [heavy rattling] 527 00:28:55,689 --> 00:28:58,310 [dramatic music plays] 528 00:29:00,862 --> 00:29:02,275 [Tyler] Down, down, down. 529 00:29:02,448 --> 00:29:03,689 [rattling] 530 00:29:06,586 --> 00:29:07,689 Good, man. 531 00:29:09,482 --> 00:29:11,274 [Tayvin] [bleep] down! 532 00:29:11,275 --> 00:29:12,793 - [boulder crashes] - [rattling] 533 00:29:14,586 --> 00:29:15,655 [Tayvin] Did it break the chain? 534 00:29:15,827 --> 00:29:17,344 [Tyler] Nope. Might have wiggled off. 535 00:29:19,448 --> 00:29:21,758 Chels, can you turn the feeder on a little bit? 536 00:29:25,275 --> 00:29:27,275 - Oh, yeah, that's coming. - [Tayvin] Yup. 537 00:29:30,586 --> 00:29:32,034 That's about as big as they come. 538 00:29:37,275 --> 00:29:38,586 [Tyler] I got to get her going again. 539 00:29:42,896 --> 00:29:45,103 [triumphant music plays] 540 00:29:48,655 --> 00:29:51,103 [Tyler] The rock's out, plant's running again. 541 00:29:51,275 --> 00:29:53,585 Little chaotic, but plant's going, 542 00:29:53,586 --> 00:29:54,758 so that's what counts. 543 00:30:00,379 --> 00:30:03,000 - [Kevin] Hey, Tayvin. - Quite the jam up last night. 544 00:30:03,137 --> 00:30:05,274 Big rock slipped through the grizzlies. 545 00:30:05,275 --> 00:30:06,862 [Kevin] I see you got it out. How'd that go? 546 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,448 So we ended up tying a chain to the grizzlies 547 00:30:09,620 --> 00:30:11,551 and wiggling it up. - Good job, man. 548 00:30:11,724 --> 00:30:13,344 - [Tayvin] Thank you. - [Kevin] Well... 549 00:30:13,517 --> 00:30:15,137 sounds like you had enough excitement for today, 550 00:30:15,310 --> 00:30:16,896 so you may as well go and get some [bleep] sleep. 551 00:30:17,034 --> 00:30:18,688 [Tayvin] Enjoy the day. 552 00:30:18,689 --> 00:30:20,241 [Kevin] Sounds like Tayvin had a little excitement 553 00:30:20,413 --> 00:30:21,585 for his first night shift. 554 00:30:21,586 --> 00:30:23,241 Lifting the rock with the grizzly bars, good plan. 555 00:30:23,413 --> 00:30:26,103 So yeah, not bad for his first night. 556 00:30:33,482 --> 00:30:35,103 [wings flapping] 557 00:30:43,068 --> 00:30:45,000 [rumbling] 558 00:30:53,275 --> 00:30:56,034 So I'm running Bob, and I have been doing now for quite 559 00:30:56,206 --> 00:30:57,965 a few days, 560 00:30:58,103 --> 00:31:00,793 which means I'm down here all by myself. 561 00:31:02,275 --> 00:31:04,655 Obviously, I've got to keep Bob fed. 562 00:31:04,827 --> 00:31:07,379 I've got to make sure that Bob doesn't [bleep] up. 563 00:31:09,034 --> 00:31:12,688 With me being such a rookie, it kind of terrifies me, 564 00:31:12,689 --> 00:31:16,137 but I've got to learn these things at the end of the day. 565 00:31:17,275 --> 00:31:20,275 Since I've been here, Tyson, when we go back home 566 00:31:20,448 --> 00:31:24,481 of an evening, he's like an army sergeant or something. 567 00:31:24,482 --> 00:31:26,585 He's like, "What do we do when there's something wrong 568 00:31:26,586 --> 00:31:28,896 with the plant? What do we do? What do we do?" 569 00:31:29,034 --> 00:31:31,274 And I'm like, "I run for the generator. 570 00:31:31,275 --> 00:31:32,793 I hit the three-phase breaker." 571 00:31:32,965 --> 00:31:33,895 And then he's like, "What's next?" 572 00:31:33,896 --> 00:31:35,792 And I'm like, "I hit the bypass." 573 00:31:35,793 --> 00:31:37,000 And he's like, "Good!" 574 00:31:37,172 --> 00:31:38,448 [laughs] 575 00:31:42,758 --> 00:31:44,103 [heavy thudding] 576 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,689 I just heard a big crash, 577 00:31:49,862 --> 00:31:52,000 which is, yep, there goes big rock. 578 00:31:53,689 --> 00:31:56,689 If they make it out onto the belt, I've got to make sure 579 00:31:56,862 --> 00:31:59,585 that they go all the way up and into the washplant. 580 00:31:59,586 --> 00:32:02,379 If they don't go all the way up and into the washplant, 581 00:32:02,551 --> 00:32:05,793 that means they could be stuck on the belt somewhere. 582 00:32:08,689 --> 00:32:09,896 [heavy thud] 583 00:32:12,896 --> 00:32:15,758 [suspenseful music plays] 584 00:32:15,931 --> 00:32:17,792 Two miles away... 585 00:32:17,793 --> 00:32:19,758 [Tyson] So, you know, right now the plant pad up here 586 00:32:19,931 --> 00:32:22,068 in the Golden Mile seems to be coming along pretty good. 587 00:32:22,241 --> 00:32:23,137 [phone chimes] 588 00:32:23,310 --> 00:32:24,275 Hang on a sec, guys. 589 00:32:28,965 --> 00:32:30,586 [mumbling indistinctly] 590 00:32:30,758 --> 00:32:32,689 [ominous chord strikes] 591 00:32:32,862 --> 00:32:34,793 [thrilling music plays] 592 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:38,792 I don't know what's going on, but I just got a text 593 00:32:38,793 --> 00:32:40,137 from India saying, "Help!" 594 00:32:41,275 --> 00:32:42,378 Come on, Jarv. 595 00:32:42,379 --> 00:32:43,793 The dog that appears out of nowhere. 596 00:32:43,965 --> 00:32:44,965 Go on. 597 00:32:56,241 --> 00:32:57,862 [ominous music plays] 598 00:33:00,379 --> 00:33:01,655 [India] Oh, [bleep]! 599 00:33:01,827 --> 00:33:03,448 Oh, there's a big jamming on the belt. 600 00:33:03,620 --> 00:33:05,034 I've just had to shut down Bob. 601 00:33:05,206 --> 00:33:07,103 [bleep]! I mean, look at this. 602 00:33:10,862 --> 00:33:12,379 There's a massive rock. 603 00:33:12,551 --> 00:33:14,172 Humongous. 604 00:33:14,344 --> 00:33:16,379 I really hope that's not [bleep] up the belt. 605 00:33:17,586 --> 00:33:22,482 At the Bridge Cut on solo shift running washplant Bob, 606 00:33:22,655 --> 00:33:24,793 rookie loader operator India 607 00:33:24,965 --> 00:33:27,655 has shut down with a jammed-up conveyor. 608 00:33:28,586 --> 00:33:30,481 Every single minute counted, 609 00:33:30,482 --> 00:33:33,275 so please try and get rid of all of it. 610 00:33:39,379 --> 00:33:41,000 OK, here's Tyson. 611 00:33:41,137 --> 00:33:42,965 [Tyson speaking] 612 00:33:43,103 --> 00:33:44,862 [India] Can you turn the water off? 613 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:46,275 I couldn't turn it all the way off. 614 00:33:48,689 --> 00:33:50,379 [suspenseful music plays] 615 00:33:52,344 --> 00:33:54,379 [sloshing stops] 616 00:34:07,586 --> 00:34:09,448 Right. 617 00:34:09,620 --> 00:34:11,275 OK. 618 00:34:11,448 --> 00:34:13,758 [Tyson speaking] 619 00:34:13,931 --> 00:34:14,896 [India] OK. 620 00:34:19,689 --> 00:34:21,068 That should be able to move that. 621 00:34:21,241 --> 00:34:22,034 Wanna jump down? 622 00:34:22,206 --> 00:34:23,895 Well, it's like two huge rocks. 623 00:34:23,896 --> 00:34:26,137 There's like one underneath that as well. 624 00:34:26,310 --> 00:34:27,241 [Tyson] Oh, yeah. 625 00:34:30,793 --> 00:34:33,379 [intriguing music plays] 626 00:34:36,689 --> 00:34:38,068 Jump down for a sec. 627 00:34:38,241 --> 00:34:39,275 OK. 628 00:34:41,482 --> 00:34:42,689 [Tyson] Watch yourself. 629 00:34:42,862 --> 00:34:45,172 I'm going to be throwing a massive rock off this side. 630 00:34:48,482 --> 00:34:49,793 Watch yourself. 631 00:34:49,965 --> 00:34:51,895 [crashing heavily] 632 00:34:51,896 --> 00:34:53,551 [India] All right. 633 00:34:53,724 --> 00:34:55,965 [Tyson] OK, I'll go get the shaker going. 634 00:34:59,068 --> 00:35:00,551 [motor powers up] 635 00:35:00,724 --> 00:35:02,965 [gushing heavily] 636 00:35:12,965 --> 00:35:16,034 [India] I hope for no more rock jam-ups today. 637 00:35:21,068 --> 00:35:25,171 Thank you so much for coming to help out there. 638 00:35:25,172 --> 00:35:26,689 [Tyson] Nice work, India. 639 00:35:26,862 --> 00:35:28,171 India did really well. 640 00:35:28,172 --> 00:35:31,241 She caught it before it turned into a massive pile of dirt, 641 00:35:31,413 --> 00:35:32,448 because that's what happens. 642 00:35:33,793 --> 00:35:35,172 All in all, I don't think that 643 00:35:35,344 --> 00:35:38,172 was too much of a bad shutdown for Bob here. 644 00:35:38,344 --> 00:35:42,137 And I'm glad that I broke my shutdown virginity in a way 645 00:35:42,310 --> 00:35:46,172 that nothing was damaged and nobody was hurt. 646 00:35:46,344 --> 00:35:49,481 I definitely think I gave Tyson a little bit of a heart attack 647 00:35:49,482 --> 00:35:51,793 there with that text. 648 00:35:51,965 --> 00:35:53,379 Hopefully Tyson's heart is OK. 649 00:35:53,551 --> 00:35:54,655 [chuckles] 650 00:36:00,275 --> 00:36:02,482 [calm music plays] 651 00:36:12,896 --> 00:36:14,688 Looking at it, like, I can see the difference from 652 00:36:14,689 --> 00:36:19,171 our start point to now, and things are looking... 653 00:36:19,172 --> 00:36:21,103 pretty peachy right now. 654 00:36:21,275 --> 00:36:23,171 I guess that's as low as she'll go. 655 00:36:23,172 --> 00:36:27,689 In Vegas Valley, another new hire has been working alone. 656 00:36:27,862 --> 00:36:30,792 Chris Lalonde has finally cleared the sludge 657 00:36:30,793 --> 00:36:32,862 from the bottom of a tight spot. 658 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:34,136 You guys just want to swing on 659 00:36:34,137 --> 00:36:37,137 down and come have a look at the progress I've made? 660 00:36:43,482 --> 00:36:44,793 [Rick] Just gonna check out. 661 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:49,448 Looks good down there. 662 00:36:49,620 --> 00:36:50,757 You did a killer job on it. 663 00:36:50,758 --> 00:36:52,965 - Yeah, it looks pretty clean. - Has it been fun? 664 00:36:53,103 --> 00:36:54,171 Fun. 665 00:36:54,172 --> 00:36:56,585 Fun to sit in a machine and re-familiarize. 666 00:36:56,586 --> 00:36:58,034 It hasn't been fun, don't lie. 667 00:36:58,206 --> 00:36:59,758 [Rick laughs] 668 00:36:59,931 --> 00:37:01,448 Yeah, I think we just get the trucks in here and see 669 00:37:01,620 --> 00:37:02,482 what we can get out. 670 00:37:02,655 --> 00:37:03,689 Let's get the gold. 671 00:37:10,034 --> 00:37:11,137 [Kyle] Ready, Bailey? 672 00:37:12,793 --> 00:37:13,792 Yeah, come on down. 673 00:37:13,793 --> 00:37:15,379 Let's see what this is going to do. 674 00:37:15,551 --> 00:37:16,758 Sounds good. 675 00:37:21,275 --> 00:37:23,275 [Bailey] Trying to get one truck in, one truck out. 676 00:37:23,448 --> 00:37:26,000 It's definitely not just drive-in, drive-out 677 00:37:26,137 --> 00:37:27,171 kind of situation. 678 00:37:27,172 --> 00:37:28,793 You've got to back down all the way in here. 679 00:37:30,103 --> 00:37:34,655 To haul pay from the bottom of the 200-foot-deep valley, 680 00:37:34,827 --> 00:37:38,551 Kyle and Chris have to take turns reversing their trucks 681 00:37:38,724 --> 00:37:42,724 down a narrow single-track with steep banks. 682 00:37:45,172 --> 00:37:47,896 [Bailey] It's finally the first scoop into Kyle here. 683 00:37:57,551 --> 00:37:59,895 What's it looking like from down there, Bailey? 684 00:37:59,896 --> 00:38:01,240 Yeah, it's pretty tight. 685 00:38:01,241 --> 00:38:04,448 And you know, in this position, we need more room for sure. 686 00:38:08,241 --> 00:38:10,137 [crumbling] 687 00:38:10,310 --> 00:38:12,034 [Rick] I don't like this. 688 00:38:18,137 --> 00:38:19,965 [rattling] 689 00:38:20,103 --> 00:38:22,000 [crackling] 690 00:38:22,172 --> 00:38:25,241 It's just not right, you know? 691 00:38:25,413 --> 00:38:27,758 I'm just wondering if it's too dangerous. 692 00:38:27,931 --> 00:38:30,793 I do take the safety of my crew very seriously. 693 00:38:30,965 --> 00:38:31,965 You have to keep it safe. 694 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:34,379 I had a visit from some inspectors. 695 00:38:34,551 --> 00:38:36,000 They have the power to shut me down. 696 00:38:36,137 --> 00:38:39,862 If mine inspectors visited the claim and judged 697 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:43,000 Vegas Valley at risk of landslide, 698 00:38:43,172 --> 00:38:46,000 Rick could be shut down for the season. 699 00:38:46,896 --> 00:38:48,275 [Rick] [bleep]! 700 00:38:52,068 --> 00:38:53,689 Hey, Bailey, finish loading. 701 00:38:53,862 --> 00:38:54,862 I don't know what I was thinking, man. 702 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,274 Let's get the [bleep] out of here. 703 00:38:56,275 --> 00:38:58,034 [Bailey] Are you sure? 704 00:38:58,206 --> 00:38:59,482 Pull it out of there. Let's move on. 705 00:39:00,448 --> 00:39:02,137 Well, I guess that's it for this now. 706 00:39:03,448 --> 00:39:05,481 I was really focused on the gold down there 707 00:39:05,482 --> 00:39:07,137 because we need it, and I wasn't fully 708 00:39:07,310 --> 00:39:08,862 appreciating how this was actually going to look. 709 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:10,172 We need to get this set up better. 710 00:39:10,344 --> 00:39:12,000 We're not ready for this. 711 00:39:12,137 --> 00:39:16,068 To make Vegas Valley safe to mine, Rick will have to expand 712 00:39:16,241 --> 00:39:20,274 the bottom of the pit to make more room, which could take 713 00:39:20,275 --> 00:39:23,655 weeks and delay him getting on the gold. 714 00:39:23,827 --> 00:39:25,000 [bleep] 715 00:39:26,862 --> 00:39:28,585 We'll probably get a little bit of gold out of it. 716 00:39:28,586 --> 00:39:31,792 It ain't gonna be much, 717 00:39:31,793 --> 00:39:34,137 but it did not take long to see that that wasn't too dangerous. 718 00:39:44,379 --> 00:39:45,896 [intriguing music plays] 719 00:39:52,551 --> 00:39:54,137 - [Kevin] Hey, guys. - Hey, guys. 720 00:39:54,310 --> 00:39:55,447 [Kevin] How it goes? 721 00:39:55,448 --> 00:39:57,689 - [Chelsea] Good, how are you? - [Kevin] So tired. 722 00:39:57,862 --> 00:39:59,688 [Chelsea] Yeah. I feel you. 723 00:39:59,689 --> 00:40:03,448 It's the end of Kevin's first week running 24/7, 724 00:40:03,620 --> 00:40:07,103 and he's invited crew members Tyler and Chelsea 725 00:40:07,275 --> 00:40:09,481 to see if it's paid off. 726 00:40:09,482 --> 00:40:11,689 [Kevin] All that work for this little bit of [bleep]. 727 00:40:11,862 --> 00:40:14,482 - Cool to see it all cleaned up. - [Chelsea] Yeah. 728 00:40:14,655 --> 00:40:16,688 So how's Tayvin been working out on night shifts? 729 00:40:16,689 --> 00:40:19,068 So far, so good. Keeps the plant running, so... 730 00:40:19,241 --> 00:40:20,516 [Kevin] Yeah, I mean, 731 00:40:20,517 --> 00:40:22,655 the priority number one is keeping the plant going 24/7, 732 00:40:22,827 --> 00:40:24,172 which we've been doing pretty good at it, 733 00:40:24,344 --> 00:40:26,274 as you can see. - Yeah. 734 00:40:26,275 --> 00:40:28,862 [Kevin] For the amount of work that we do, it doesn't look like 735 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:32,068 a lot, but for the price of gold right now, that's... 736 00:40:32,241 --> 00:40:33,551 Well, it makes a real difference. 737 00:40:33,724 --> 00:40:35,068 Probably pretty all right, yeah. 738 00:40:35,241 --> 00:40:36,896 Let's weigh it up and find out exactly how good 739 00:40:37,034 --> 00:40:38,206 we've been doing. - [Tyler] For sure. 740 00:40:38,896 --> 00:40:42,378 This is Kevin's first gold weigh for two weeks, 741 00:40:42,379 --> 00:40:45,344 and his first from his new Sphinx Cut. 742 00:40:45,517 --> 00:40:48,758 He's expecting to see at least 200 ounces. 743 00:40:55,172 --> 00:40:57,792 [Chelsea] 10, 20... 744 00:40:57,793 --> 00:41:00,793 50, 70... 745 00:41:00,965 --> 00:41:04,241 100, 120... 746 00:41:04,413 --> 00:41:07,068 158. 747 00:41:07,241 --> 00:41:09,274 - [Kevin] Second jar. - [Tyler] Yup. 748 00:41:09,275 --> 00:41:13,103 [Chelsea] 160, 170, 180... 749 00:41:13,275 --> 00:41:18,172 200, 230, 240... 750 00:41:18,344 --> 00:41:21,965 250.245. 751 00:41:22,103 --> 00:41:24,000 - [Faith] That's pretty cool. - [Tyler] Yup. 752 00:41:24,137 --> 00:41:25,862 Two weeks of running nonstop. That's always nice. 753 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:27,482 - [Chelsea] Yeah. - It's nice, yeah. 754 00:41:27,655 --> 00:41:31,171 Worth $876,000, 755 00:41:31,172 --> 00:41:34,481 Kevin's best gold weigh of the season, 756 00:41:34,482 --> 00:41:38,481 taking his total to 583 ounces, 757 00:41:38,482 --> 00:41:41,793 over $2 million in gold. 758 00:41:41,965 --> 00:41:43,792 [Kevin] It goes to show that the effort we're putting in 759 00:41:43,793 --> 00:41:46,481 is paying out. - [Tyler] Absolutely, yeah. 760 00:41:46,482 --> 00:41:48,034 Maybe we should get back to it. 761 00:41:48,206 --> 00:41:49,412 See you guys in a little bit? 762 00:41:49,413 --> 00:41:50,379 - [Chelsea] Cool, sounds good. - [Tyler] Sounds good. 763 00:41:50,551 --> 00:41:52,413 - [Faith] See you, guys. - [Kevin] See you. 764 00:41:54,896 --> 00:41:56,379 [Faith] That's a really good gold weigh. 765 00:41:56,551 --> 00:41:58,793 250 ounces, that's not bad at all. 766 00:41:58,965 --> 00:42:00,378 [Kevin] No, no, that's pretty nice. 767 00:42:00,379 --> 00:42:02,758 I mean, as long as we keep a good crew going, 768 00:42:02,931 --> 00:42:04,689 and Tayvin fits in with everyone, 769 00:42:04,862 --> 00:42:06,274 helps us keep going 24/7, 770 00:42:06,275 --> 00:42:09,895 get us closer to that 2,000-ounce goal. 771 00:42:09,896 --> 00:42:11,000 Yeah. 772 00:42:12,965 --> 00:42:14,482 [crackling] 773 00:42:19,448 --> 00:42:21,034 - [Rick] What's up, guys? - What's going on, Rick? 774 00:42:21,206 --> 00:42:22,172 [Rick] Nice fire. 775 00:42:24,586 --> 00:42:26,137 So how's your first week been there, Chris? 776 00:42:26,310 --> 00:42:27,309 Happy to be here. 777 00:42:27,310 --> 00:42:29,551 Your crew's a great crew. Trying my best. 778 00:42:29,724 --> 00:42:32,379 Appreciate you being here. No, it's good to have you. 779 00:42:32,551 --> 00:42:34,103 Rick Ness and his crew 780 00:42:34,275 --> 00:42:38,241 battled all week to get down to Vegas Valley pay, 781 00:42:38,413 --> 00:42:41,448 but Rick was only able to run two truckloads 782 00:42:41,620 --> 00:42:44,379 before calling time on the dangerous pit. 783 00:42:44,551 --> 00:42:47,241 Do we know what those two rock trucks got us? 784 00:42:47,413 --> 00:42:49,000 [Rick] Yeah, actually-- it doesn't look like a lot, 785 00:42:49,172 --> 00:42:50,379 but that's an ounce. 786 00:42:50,551 --> 00:42:51,655 - [Ryan] Pretty good. - That's really good. 787 00:42:51,827 --> 00:42:53,586 That's almost Rally Valley numbers. 788 00:42:53,758 --> 00:42:56,965 Right now our total's at 437.46. 789 00:42:57,103 --> 00:42:58,412 We're not, uh... 790 00:42:58,413 --> 00:43:01,034 adding a whole bunch to it, but that brings us to 438.46. 791 00:43:01,206 --> 00:43:02,896 We got a long ways to go. Yeah. 792 00:43:03,034 --> 00:43:09,171 Rick's season total is worth $1.5 million, and if he can hit 793 00:43:09,172 --> 00:43:12,895 Vegas Valley's riches, he should be on track 794 00:43:12,896 --> 00:43:15,585 for his 1,800-ounce goal. 795 00:43:15,586 --> 00:43:17,171 There's a considerable amount of gold left in there, 796 00:43:17,172 --> 00:43:20,068 for sure, and at least the two truckloads told us that. 797 00:43:20,241 --> 00:43:22,689 We're not gonna abandon it, but it's just, right now, 798 00:43:22,862 --> 00:43:24,689 knowing, should we be expanding Vegas Valley 799 00:43:24,862 --> 00:43:26,275 so that it's easier to get? 800 00:43:26,448 --> 00:43:28,586 There's a lot of things that need to be extra done to it. 801 00:43:28,758 --> 00:43:30,034 The hole's getting smaller and smaller. 802 00:43:30,206 --> 00:43:33,000 You get trucks in there. You got to do a lot of work. 803 00:43:33,137 --> 00:43:35,068 Everybody busted their asses to get to that little spot. 804 00:43:35,241 --> 00:43:36,481 I know. 805 00:43:36,482 --> 00:43:38,862 They're gonna be obviously ready to tackle again, 806 00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,896 but you're going to need a solid plan. 807 00:43:42,034 --> 00:43:43,551 I'm going to do my best to... 808 00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:47,275 to try and figure this out, 809 00:43:47,448 --> 00:43:50,379 but I hope that you guys are on board too, you know what I mean? 810 00:43:51,689 --> 00:43:53,137 So as long as you got a game plan, 811 00:43:53,310 --> 00:43:55,103 probably all [bleep] game. 812 00:43:55,275 --> 00:43:56,241 [Rick] Appreciate it. 813 00:43:56,413 --> 00:43:58,689 Rick faces a tough decision. 814 00:43:58,862 --> 00:44:01,895 Spend weeks expanding Vegas Valley 815 00:44:01,896 --> 00:44:05,275 or find a new spot to mine. 816 00:44:05,448 --> 00:44:07,481 Well, it's a small amount of gold, but it's an ounce. 817 00:44:07,482 --> 00:44:09,793 It tells us there's a lot of gold down there. 818 00:44:09,965 --> 00:44:11,758 We need to get it, but I need to come to a decision 819 00:44:11,931 --> 00:44:13,137 on how to do it. We're going to expand, 820 00:44:13,310 --> 00:44:14,379 or what the hell are we going to do? 821 00:44:14,551 --> 00:44:16,103 There's a lot to think about, 822 00:44:16,275 --> 00:44:18,172 but a decision has to be made. 823 00:44:32,172 --> 00:44:34,344 - [Brennan] Hello. - [Tatiana] Hello. 824 00:44:34,517 --> 00:44:35,861 What up? 825 00:44:35,862 --> 00:44:40,000 At Dominion, Parker's crew gathers to find out if running 826 00:44:40,172 --> 00:44:44,481 all four washplants has reversed last week's slump. 827 00:44:44,482 --> 00:44:46,241 [Mitch] How'd your week go? 828 00:44:46,413 --> 00:44:48,896 Well, I tell you, with four plants running, 829 00:44:49,034 --> 00:44:50,793 it's hopping down here. 830 00:44:50,965 --> 00:44:52,344 How about you guys? 831 00:44:52,517 --> 00:44:54,172 Yeah, we had some stuff happen. 832 00:44:54,344 --> 00:44:57,068 A couple days ago, India messages me, 833 00:44:57,241 --> 00:44:59,895 and all I get is "help," exclamation mark. 834 00:44:59,896 --> 00:45:02,103 - No context. - [Tatiana] Oh, no. 835 00:45:02,275 --> 00:45:05,000 [Tyson] When I get there, and she was up shoveling on the conveyor, 836 00:45:05,137 --> 00:45:07,481 I'm like, "You can't do that." Like, "That is not cool." 837 00:45:07,482 --> 00:45:10,171 Like, "You have to say 'the washplant's down,' 838 00:45:10,172 --> 00:45:11,793 "or 'a loader's got a flat tire,' 839 00:45:11,965 --> 00:45:13,000 "or 'there's a bear in the cut,' 840 00:45:13,172 --> 00:45:15,000 because I could not get there fast enough." 841 00:45:15,172 --> 00:45:16,689 She's like, "What did you want me to do? I was shoveling." 842 00:45:16,862 --> 00:45:18,067 [Brennan] Oh, my God. 843 00:45:18,068 --> 00:45:19,895 I'm like, "Well, [bleep] text, like, three more words." 844 00:45:19,896 --> 00:45:21,586 [all laughing] 845 00:45:21,758 --> 00:45:23,689 - "Help, I'm shoveling." - Yeah, like... 846 00:45:23,862 --> 00:45:26,103 [laughing] 847 00:45:26,275 --> 00:45:29,344 Well, you want to see how Roxanne did, Mitch? 848 00:45:29,517 --> 00:45:31,171 [Mitch] Yeah, buddy, how did we do? 849 00:45:31,172 --> 00:45:35,482 First, from Ken and Stuart's claim that's averaging 850 00:45:35,655 --> 00:45:38,068 130 ounces a week. 851 00:45:38,241 --> 00:45:41,275 All right, Roxanne. 852 00:45:41,448 --> 00:45:43,171 [Mitch] Here we go. 853 00:45:43,172 --> 00:45:49,378 30, 60, 90... 854 00:45:49,379 --> 00:45:51,586 130... 855 00:45:51,758 --> 00:45:57,275 yeah, keep going... 140, 150.4. 856 00:45:57,448 --> 00:45:59,068 - [Parker] Nice. - [Doumitt] Yeah. 857 00:45:59,241 --> 00:46:01,344 That's an improvement over last week. 858 00:46:02,344 --> 00:46:05,171 - The Golden Mile. - [Tyson] Golden Mile. 859 00:46:05,172 --> 00:46:08,068 - And that's for both plants? - [Doumitt] Yes. 860 00:46:08,241 --> 00:46:13,448 Next, gold from Sluicifer and Big Red on Dominion Creek, 861 00:46:13,620 --> 00:46:17,274 which last week delivered 232 ounces. 862 00:46:17,275 --> 00:46:20,792 [Tyson] We've got 20, 40... 863 00:46:20,793 --> 00:46:25,000 120, 140, 160... 864 00:46:25,137 --> 00:46:28,344 200, 230, 250... 865 00:46:28,517 --> 00:46:30,481 251.55. 866 00:46:30,482 --> 00:46:32,172 - Nice. - [Doumitt] Yeah. 867 00:46:32,344 --> 00:46:33,688 Deadly. 868 00:46:33,689 --> 00:46:37,689 Tatiana will now give you the Bridge Cut. 869 00:46:37,862 --> 00:46:41,137 Finally, gold from washplant Bob, 870 00:46:41,310 --> 00:46:43,689 averaging 170 ounces a week. 871 00:46:44,896 --> 00:46:48,689 [Brennan] 10, 20, 30... 872 00:46:48,862 --> 00:46:52,758 60, 80... 873 00:46:52,931 --> 00:46:55,655 103.7. 874 00:46:58,103 --> 00:46:59,689 [Doumitt] Down from a little bit. 875 00:46:59,862 --> 00:47:01,172 Bob's been a bit depressing, 876 00:47:01,344 --> 00:47:02,689 to be honest. - [Doumitt] Yeah. 877 00:47:02,862 --> 00:47:05,137 Like for a pit that we stripped like 40 feet 878 00:47:05,310 --> 00:47:06,896 of dirt off of the top of. 879 00:47:07,034 --> 00:47:10,000 [Doumitt] I don't know if you really get into that good pay yet or not. 880 00:47:10,172 --> 00:47:11,895 [Parker] There's a lot of low-grade pay. 881 00:47:11,896 --> 00:47:14,103 Hopefully it'll come back up somewhere. 882 00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:19,895 Well, last week we had 428.7 ounces. 883 00:47:19,896 --> 00:47:23,137 This week, 505.4. 884 00:47:23,310 --> 00:47:24,792 Not bad. 885 00:47:24,793 --> 00:47:30,034 Our season total, 5,855.9, 886 00:47:30,206 --> 00:47:33,000 so, we're going forward. 887 00:47:33,137 --> 00:47:34,689 It'd be nice if we went forward a little faster, 888 00:47:34,862 --> 00:47:36,068 but we're getting there. 889 00:47:36,241 --> 00:47:37,793 Yeah, we just have to keep plugging at her. 890 00:47:37,965 --> 00:47:39,585 [Doumitt] Yeah. 891 00:47:39,586 --> 00:47:43,551 An 80-ounce increase on last week's total, 892 00:47:43,724 --> 00:47:46,896 and with gold at record-high prices, 893 00:47:47,034 --> 00:47:51,000 Parker's mined over $20 million, 894 00:47:51,137 --> 00:47:55,344 more cash than he's ever made in one season. 895 00:47:55,517 --> 00:47:57,103 - [Parker] All right. - Keep it up, you guys. 896 00:47:57,275 --> 00:47:59,068 - [Parker] Thanks, guys. - You bet. 897 00:47:59,241 --> 00:48:01,655 - Excellent job, as always. - [Doumitt] Thank you. 898 00:48:01,827 --> 00:48:04,137 - We try to keep it clean. - [Parker] That is super clean. 899 00:48:04,310 --> 00:48:05,275 [Doumitt] Yeah.