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[suspenseful music plays]

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[Tony] Oh, no.

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[Tony speaking]

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[narrator]
<i> On this "Gold Rush"...</i>

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<i> 24 nonstop hours</i>
<i> with Klondike legend,</i>

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<i> Tony Beets.</i>

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[Tony speaking]

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<i> From training new recruits...</i>

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[Tony speaking]

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<i> ...to revealing another Beets</i>
<i> family member...</i>

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[Tony speaking]

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<i> ...and cashing in</i>
<i> on record gold prices.</i>

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[Tony speaking]

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[calm music plays]

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[Minnie] You're getting older,

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but you're not slowing down
at all.

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[Minnie] There's something wrong
with you, man.

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[laughs]

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<i> Tony's day starts normally</i>
<i> enough with a visit</i>

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<i> from wife Minnie.</i>

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If you would have told me
that I would end up marrying

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that dude,
I would have said,

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"Yeah, not in this lifetime."

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You're lucky I was
still available.

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-You'd be selling...
-[cackles]

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[Minnie] No, no, no.

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You would be living
with your mummy.

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[Tony speaking]

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The world would have never
known you.

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<i> Tony is spending the season</i>
<i> living at his massive</i>

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<i> 1,200 acre</i>
<i> Indian River operation,</i>

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<i> where he's been sluicing</i>
<i> nonstop for months,</i>

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<i> while Minnie stays 40 miles</i>
<i> away at the family base,</i>

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<i> Paradise Hill, where son Mike</i>
<i> runs the trommel.</i>

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[Minnie]
Sure, we'll get right on that.

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Do it while the gold price
is high.

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[Tony speaking]

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[Minnie] I still remember when
we were selling it for 350.

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[Tony speaking]

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<i> Tony and Minnie came to</i>
<i> the Yukon from the Netherlands</i>

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<i> over 40 years ago</i>
<i> with just $300</i>

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<i> and built their kingdom</i>
<i> from the ground up.</i>

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[Minnie] You know, I think
it's time for breakfast.

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[Tony speaking]

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-Yeah, I am.
-[Tony speaking]

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Mm.

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What's your plan for the rest
of the day?

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[Minnie] Yeah.

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[Minnie]
Well, that'll be good.

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It would be nice if we can
smelt some gold today.

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[Tony speaking]

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[Minnie]
And don't forget, you also have

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a visitor coming today, eh?

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[Minnie] Yeah.

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[Tony speaking]

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None that I know of.

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And if I would tell you,
it wouldn't be a surprise.

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I have to go back
to the Hill.

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See you later.

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<i> Tony's first priority</i>

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<i> is to his morning drive-bys</i>

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<i> in the Indian River cuts.</i>

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[honks]

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<i> To get as much gold out of</i>
<i> the ground as he can while</i>

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<i> the price is hot, Tony has</i>
<i> built a 70-strong workforce</i>

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<i> comprised of mostly</i>
<i> new employees.</i>

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[Tony speaking]

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<i> Downtime on either washplant</i>
<i> costs Tony $8,000 an hour,</i>

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<i> so he needs to make sure</i>

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<i> his operators are firing</i>
<i> on all cylinders.</i>

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[Tony whistles
"Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"]

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["Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" plays]

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[Tony speaking]

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[operator speaking]

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[classical music resumes]

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[country music plays]

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<i> Rookie operator Austin Lepage</i>
<i> is opening more ground using</i>

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<i> the 100-ton 950 excavator,</i>
<i> the biggest in Tony's fleet.</i>

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It's a whole different
experience running the 950

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compared to a 349.

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Not used to it at all.

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[Tony speaking]

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[Austin speaking]

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[Tony speaking]

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Yep.

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Still can't get over how much
dirt fits in that bucket.

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<i> By loading full buckets</i>
<i> instead of half, Tony is able</i>

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<i> to move an extra five tons</i>
<i> per bucket,</i>

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<i> getting him down</i>
<i> to the gold faster.</i>

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[Tony speaking]

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[Austin] Yeah.

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[Tony singing]
♪ La, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la ♪

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[Austin] Yeah.

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-[Tony speaking]
-[Austin] All right, yep.

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[grunts]

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[Tony speaking]

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Yeah, it's quite
the experience to...

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get taught how to operate
by Tony Beets.

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It's quite the machine to run.

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[Tony speaking]

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[rock music plays]

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[operator]
Tony, have you got a copy?

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[Tony speaking]

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[worker over radio]
Your guest has arrived.

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[Tony speaking]

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[intriguing music plays]

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[Klaas] Knock, knock.

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[Tony speaking]

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[Klaas] Hey!

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[mysterious music plays]

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[Klaas] Knock, knock.

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[Tony speaking]

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[Klaas] Good, good, good.

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<i> At Indian River, Tony Beets'</i>
<i> younger brother, Klaas,</i>

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<i> has come to visit.</i>

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[Tony speaking]

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[Klaas] Oh, yeah.

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Oh, you know, you've done it
yourself, right?

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[Tony speaking]

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<i> The brothers grew up working</i>
<i> together on the family dairy</i>

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<i> farm in the Netherlands,</i>
<i> where they ran equipment</i>

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<i> and looked after the cows.</i>

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<i> Tony left for the Klondike</i>
<i> when he was 24 years old,</i>

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<i> and Klaas was 14.</i>

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<i> Over a decade later,</i>
<i> Klaas came to work for Tony,</i>

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<i> where he ran dozer,</i>

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<i> bringing along his son,</i>
<i> Cousin Mike.</i>

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<i>Now, Klaas is a superintendent,</i>
<i> building custom excavators for</i>

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<i> big construction projects,</i>
<i> while Cousin Mike follows in</i>

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<i> his uncle's footsteps,</i>
<i> chasing gold.</i>

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[Klaas] How are you doing?

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[Klaas] Yeah?
Oh, yeah.

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[Klaas] Hopefully it stays
that way, eh?

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Yeah, yeah.

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[Klaas] No.

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So your beard is doing
not too bad.

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Yeah, well, I like mine still
better than yours, though.

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[Tony speaking]

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, sure, [chuckles].

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Well, you know,
you were the first one,

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so you're a prototype.

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[Klaas] I'm the second one,
so I'm the perfect.

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-[laughing]
-[Tony speaking]

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-[Klaas] Yeah.
-[both laughing]

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-[Tony speaking]
-Yeah.

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[Tony whistling]

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[operator]
That's the wrong radio, Tony.

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[both cackle]

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[Klaas] I won't tell anyone.

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[cackling]

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[Tony speaking]

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-[bleep] [bleep].
-[laughing]

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[Cousin Mike speaking]

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[Cousin Mike speaking]

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[Tony speaking]

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[Cousin Mike speaking]

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Thank you.

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[suspenseful music plays]

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[Klaas] Ha-ha-ha!

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Hey!
Kiddo.

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[Cousin Mike]
Good to see you.

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How are you?
Good to see you.

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-[Cousin Mike] Yeah.
-Yeah, been a while.

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-Been a while, yeah.
-[Klaas] Everything OK?

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-Yeah.
-[Klaas] Yeah, good.

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-How are you?
-Yeah, not too bad, yeah.

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Have a good trip, yeah.
Yeah.

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-[Cousin Mike] OK.
-[Klaas] Yeah.

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[Cousin Mike]
It's been a couple of years.

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[Klaas] Yeah.
Yeah.

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-Quite a few years, yeah.
-Lots has changed.

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Yeah.
Yeah.

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Quite nice to see
everything again.

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[Tony speaking]

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-[Cousin Mike] Yeah, right.
-[all laugh]

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Yeah.

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So how are you getting along
with the old guy?

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[Cousin Mike] Oh, not over,
you just gotta...

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[Monica speaking]

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[Cousin Mike] How is Tony?

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[Tony speaking]

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<i> Cousin Mike began working</i>
<i> for Tony four years ago.</i>

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<i> He started as an operator</i>
<i>and quickly moved up the ranks.</i>

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I don't think so.

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[Tony speaking]

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<i> Now, Tony's nephew is foreman</i>
<i> on the biggest claim</i>

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<i> and is one of</i>
<i> his most trusted employees.</i>

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[Cousin Mike]
Looking good.

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Rocks are gone.
Firing back up.

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[Tony speaking]

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[Klaas] Sure.

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[Tony] OK.

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[Cousin Mike]
OK, let's do it.

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[mysterious music plays]

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Oh, it was 2010, 11,
I think so.

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[Tony speaking]

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Yeah.

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[Klaas] Yeah.

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[Tony speaking]

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Yeah.

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-[Tony] Yeah.
-Nice to see him doing that.

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-[Cousin Mike] Yeah.
-Yeah.

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Like father, like son?
Well, you never know, right?

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-No.
-Oh, yeah, yeah.

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He never will.

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Is that why you guys
are hiding it?

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<i> Since Klaas left,</i>
<i> the Beets' small family</i>

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<i> business has more than doubled</i>
<i> in size, exploding into</i>

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<i> an ever-expanding empire.</i>

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[Klaas] Quite an operation
you have going, Tony.

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-[Tony speaking]
-Yeah

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<i> Tony is opening up even more</i>
<i> ground on the other side of</i>

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<i> his claim, over two miles from</i>
<i>where he did his rounds earlier</i>

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<i> in the day.</i>

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[Tony speaking]

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[Klaas] [indistinct]
[bleep] in there?

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[Tony speaking]

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[Klaas] That's insane.

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[Cousin Mike] Yeah.

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[suspenseful music plays]

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Yeah, Tony, you know,

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he's getting
a little bit older.

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I think a little bit,
milder also.

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But he still can tell people
what he wants done

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and how he wants it done.

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Hey!

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He will get the message
across, yeah?

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[Tony speaking]

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[Klaas]
What was Tony as a kid?

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Well, he was my big brother.

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We have 10 years of difference
in between us.

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With that big of difference,
and you look up to a bigger,

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older brother, we have a little
bit of the same humor.

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So yeah, I don't know, it was

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fun with him to work
on the farm.

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Yeah, quite a bit
different, yeah.

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Something else
than milking cows.

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[Klaas] Yeah.

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[Tony speaking]

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[Klaas] I will, yeah,
I would love to, yeah.

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Maybe I have to show you guys
how it's done.

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[Tony speaking]

243
00:18:25,071 --> 00:18:30,475
<i> Tony's 63 ton D10 dozers</i>
<i> provide extra muscle to move</i>

244
00:18:30,577 --> 00:18:34,278
<i> overburden and open up</i>
<i> more ground fast.</i>

245
00:18:34,380 --> 00:18:36,180
So, here's the D10.

246
00:18:36,282 --> 00:18:39,717
It's a little newer than
the one we ran 15 years ago.

247
00:18:39,819 --> 00:18:40,952
[Klaas] Still looks nice.

248
00:18:41,054 --> 00:18:42,520
[Cousin Mike] I'll show you
the new controls.

249
00:18:42,622 --> 00:18:43,821
OK, yeah.

250
00:18:43,923 --> 00:18:46,557
And then we'll each get on
one, and we'll do some pushing.

251
00:18:46,659 --> 00:18:47,658
[Klaas] Let's do it.

252
00:18:50,263 --> 00:18:51,696
So this is
forward and backwards.

253
00:18:51,798 --> 00:18:52,864
[Klaas] Yeah.

254
00:18:52,966 --> 00:18:55,600
Instead of that lever you had
then, and now you steer

255
00:18:55,702 --> 00:18:56,701
with the fingers.

256
00:18:56,803 --> 00:18:58,236
[Klaas]
Looks like straightforward.

257
00:18:58,338 --> 00:18:59,470
I'll give it a try, Michael.

258
00:18:59,572 --> 00:19:00,938
-All right, let's do it.
-[Klaas] Yeah.

259
00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,407
[adventurous music plays]

260
00:19:08,515 --> 00:19:12,183
[indistinct]
...in this direction, Michael?

261
00:19:12,285 --> 00:19:15,520
Yeah, so that excavator
sitting there loading trucks,

262
00:19:15,622 --> 00:19:17,755
let's sit there side by side

263
00:19:17,857 --> 00:19:20,091
and put some dirt
to that excavator.

264
00:19:20,193 --> 00:19:21,692
OK, let's do it.

265
00:19:25,398 --> 00:19:27,365
♪

266
00:19:45,952 --> 00:19:49,120
Well, this brings back
memories, Michael.

267
00:19:49,222 --> 00:19:51,556
Kind of nice of us doing
this again.

268
00:19:51,658 --> 00:19:53,991
It's nice to be doing it
together now.

269
00:19:54,093 --> 00:19:55,593
[Klaas]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, right.

270
00:19:59,032 --> 00:20:00,631
I'm kind of proud
of you, Michael.

271
00:20:00,733 --> 00:20:02,667
You're all doing this.

272
00:20:02,769 --> 00:20:04,468
I used to do it,
and now you do it.

273
00:20:06,873 --> 00:20:10,474
Yeah, we didn't think that
when you were working here

274
00:20:10,577 --> 00:20:12,843
and I was 13 years old.

275
00:20:12,946 --> 00:20:15,680
Now I'm working here,
and you're here for a visit.

276
00:20:18,351 --> 00:20:21,385
I think I'm still pushing more
dirt than you do, so.

277
00:20:23,022 --> 00:20:24,021
Beginner's luck.

278
00:20:30,563 --> 00:20:32,363
<i> Still to come...</i>

279
00:20:32,465 --> 00:20:35,766
[Monica]
I put on two bras expecting
a bumpy [bleep] ride.

280
00:20:48,615 --> 00:20:50,715
[intriguing music plays]

281
00:20:56,723 --> 00:20:58,356
-That's a nice truck, eh?
-[Monica] Yeah.

282
00:20:58,458 --> 00:21:00,024
Oh, shame we don't have more.

283
00:21:01,294 --> 00:21:04,528
<i> At Paradise Hill,</i>
<i> Tony's youngest kids,</i>

284
00:21:04,631 --> 00:21:08,499
<i> Mike and Monica, have just</i>
<i> taken delivery of a brand new</i>

285
00:21:08,601 --> 00:21:10,368
<i> 50-ton rock truck.</i>

286
00:21:11,838 --> 00:21:13,537
Safe travels, Monica.
I'll miss you.

287
00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:15,706
I'll be back tomorrow.

288
00:21:15,808 --> 00:21:20,711
<i> Now, Monica must drive</i>
<i> the $600,000 truck 40 miles</i>

289
00:21:20,813 --> 00:21:22,580
<i> to Tony at the Indian River.</i>

290
00:21:25,184 --> 00:21:27,652
[rock music plays]

291
00:21:27,754 --> 00:21:29,120
[Monica] Ooh!
This chair!

292
00:21:31,224 --> 00:21:33,124
Come on, adjust.

293
00:21:34,861 --> 00:21:38,229
<i> The A50 is the only</i>
<i> full suspension,</i>

294
00:21:38,331 --> 00:21:40,998
<i> articulated hauler</i>
<i> of its size,</i>

295
00:21:41,100 --> 00:21:43,434
<i> making for a smooth ride.</i>

296
00:21:43,536 --> 00:21:45,036
[Mike] Kind of jealous.

297
00:21:45,138 --> 00:21:46,704
Kind of wish I could go
drive it to the Indian.

298
00:21:49,375 --> 00:21:51,676
[Monica]
There seems to be a bit of,
like, rivalry between

299
00:21:51,778 --> 00:21:54,045
the Indian River and the Hill,
but you know what?

300
00:21:54,147 --> 00:21:55,413
Like, there's just
more happening

301
00:21:55,515 --> 00:21:56,781
out in the Indian River
right now,

302
00:21:56,883 --> 00:22:00,918
and also where Tony is
is where the toys will be.

303
00:22:04,157 --> 00:22:05,856
I'm usually pretty busy
in the Gold Room.

304
00:22:05,958 --> 00:22:08,292
It's kind of like where
I'm stuck.

305
00:22:08,394 --> 00:22:11,829
So it's really nice to be able
to do something new because,

306
00:22:11,931 --> 00:22:13,364
yeah, it's been a hot minute

307
00:22:13,466 --> 00:22:14,799
since I got to do
something so fun.

308
00:22:21,741 --> 00:22:23,641
The skies are blue,
the leaves are green,

309
00:22:23,743 --> 00:22:26,844
and I'm in the shiniest yellow
truck in the whole territory.

310
00:22:36,022 --> 00:22:39,790
[Tony speaking]

311
00:23:06,719 --> 00:23:08,619
[Monica]
Hey, Tony, Tony, do you copy?

312
00:23:08,721 --> 00:23:09,854
[Tony speaking]

313
00:23:11,524 --> 00:23:13,557
[Monica]
I'm just coming into the yard
with your new toy.

314
00:23:16,896 --> 00:23:18,696
[Tony speaking]

315
00:23:24,670 --> 00:23:28,239
<i> Tony's new toy is the first of</i>
<i> its kind in the Klondike.</i>

316
00:23:32,412 --> 00:23:35,980
<i> The A50 is his biggest</i>
<i> and most powerful truck yet,</i>

317
00:23:36,082 --> 00:23:39,583
<i> with a seven-ton increase</i>
<i> in payload capacity,</i>

318
00:23:39,685 --> 00:23:42,186
<i> and an extra 47 horsepower</i>

319
00:23:42,288 --> 00:23:45,723
<i> compared to Tony's smaller</i>
<i> A40 rock trucks.</i>

320
00:23:48,728 --> 00:23:50,294
[Tony speaking]

321
00:23:50,396 --> 00:23:53,330
[bleep] fancy,
it's got an air ride seat.

322
00:23:53,433 --> 00:23:54,331
[Tony speaking]

323
00:23:54,434 --> 00:23:55,699
Didn't even feel
half the bumps.

324
00:23:55,802 --> 00:23:56,834
[Tony speaking]

325
00:23:56,936 --> 00:23:58,402
[Monica]
Like, I'm not even gonna lie.

326
00:23:58,504 --> 00:24:01,739
I put on two bras expecting
a bumpy [bleep] ride.

327
00:24:01,841 --> 00:24:03,107
I could have gone
with a sports bra.

328
00:24:03,209 --> 00:24:04,575
I didn't need anything.

329
00:24:05,812 --> 00:24:07,778
I would almost run
rock truck for the day.

330
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,915
[Tony speaking]

331
00:24:12,919 --> 00:24:14,618
No, let's make sure people
don't [bleep] this one up first.

332
00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:15,853
[Tony speaking]

333
00:24:18,524 --> 00:24:20,291
-[Monica] "[bleep] off."
-[both laughing]

334
00:24:50,356 --> 00:24:52,256
[intriguing music plays]

335
00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:01,932
[operator laughs]

336
00:25:20,486 --> 00:25:23,087
<i> Three miles away</i>
<i> from Indian River,</i>

337
00:25:23,189 --> 00:25:24,989
<i> Tony's oldest son, Kevin,</i>

338
00:25:25,091 --> 00:25:27,958
<i> is deep in his second year</i>
<i> as a mine boss.</i>

339
00:26:14,373 --> 00:26:15,706
[operator speaking]

340
00:26:17,343 --> 00:26:18,943
[Tony speaking]

341
00:26:19,045 --> 00:26:20,678
[operator]
We've got a problem with a D6

342
00:26:20,780 --> 00:26:22,046
by the entrance to camp.

343
00:26:28,087 --> 00:26:29,954
[ominous music plays]

344
00:26:43,135 --> 00:26:44,868
[suspenseful music plays]

345
00:26:53,613 --> 00:26:55,446
[Tony speaking]

346
00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,520
<i> At Tony Beets'</i>
<i> Indian River claim...</i>

347
00:27:03,623 --> 00:27:07,524
[Tony speaking]

348
00:27:07,627 --> 00:27:12,029
<i> A neighboring miner's settling</i>
<i> pond has burst its dike,</i>

349
00:27:12,131 --> 00:27:15,366
<i> and the road outside Tony's</i>
<i> claim has flooded.</i>

350
00:27:18,304 --> 00:27:23,307
<i> Now, one of Tony's D6 dozers</i>
<i> has been blindly driven</i>

351
00:27:23,409 --> 00:27:26,143
<i> into a ditch and is stuck</i>
<i> in the drink.</i>

352
00:27:31,350 --> 00:27:32,916
[Tony speaking]

353
00:27:52,238 --> 00:27:57,241
<i> To free the sunken dozer,</i>
<i>Tony will use his 550 excavator</i>

354
00:27:57,343 --> 00:28:02,546
<i> to grab onto the blade of</i>
<i> the 25-ton D6 and pull it out.</i>

355
00:28:13,926 --> 00:28:16,694
[Tony speaking]

356
00:28:16,796 --> 00:28:19,129
[dramatic music plays]

357
00:28:35,181 --> 00:28:37,648
[clanging heavily]

358
00:28:41,220 --> 00:28:43,754
[clattering]

359
00:28:57,103 --> 00:28:58,402
[Tony speaking]

360
00:29:05,911 --> 00:29:08,345
[clanging, rattling]

361
00:29:23,796 --> 00:29:26,396
<i> Tony has misread the road.</i>

362
00:29:27,566 --> 00:29:31,101
<i>Now, the 550 excavator is stuck</i>

363
00:29:31,203 --> 00:29:34,872
<i> and the inoperable D6 is</i>
<i> blocking access.</i>

364
00:29:35,875 --> 00:29:37,174
[Tony speaking]

365
00:29:37,276 --> 00:29:38,375
[Klaas] Yeah.

366
00:29:38,477 --> 00:29:40,944
[Tony speaking]

367
00:29:41,046 --> 00:29:42,045
[Klaas] OK.

368
00:29:45,217 --> 00:29:49,219
Interesting day.
D6 stuck in the water.

369
00:29:49,321 --> 00:29:52,656
Then Tony tried to pull it out.
Got the excavator stuck, so...

370
00:29:54,126 --> 00:29:55,859
But at least we got the toys
to get him out.

371
00:30:01,534 --> 00:30:03,500
If we can get it out
without wrecking anything,

372
00:30:03,602 --> 00:30:04,768
then it'll be all good.

373
00:30:06,605 --> 00:30:08,238
[Tony speaking]

374
00:30:20,786 --> 00:30:24,221
-We'll hook up
the D6 to the D10...
-[man] That's good.

375
00:30:25,558 --> 00:30:27,191
and then we'll drag it
out of here first.

376
00:30:28,327 --> 00:30:30,928
Then we'll worry about
the 550 excavator.

377
00:30:35,501 --> 00:30:39,837
<i> First, Klaas must drag the D6</i>
<i> to the yard where Tony's</i>

378
00:30:39,939 --> 00:30:41,939
<i> mechanics can assess</i>
<i> the damage.</i>

379
00:31:01,493 --> 00:31:02,759
[Tony speaking]

380
00:31:16,809 --> 00:31:18,442
<i> D6 out of the way,</i>

381
00:31:19,445 --> 00:31:23,614
<i> the Beets brothers now need</i>
<i> to rescue Tony's 63-ton</i>

382
00:31:23,716 --> 00:31:25,315
<i> 550 excavator.</i>

383
00:31:27,019 --> 00:31:29,119
We're not out of the woods
yet, but we'll get it.

384
00:31:29,221 --> 00:31:30,354
We'll get it.
Nothing new.

385
00:31:31,624 --> 00:31:34,324
[Tony speaking]

386
00:31:46,939 --> 00:31:48,972
[suspenseful music plays]

387
00:31:57,383 --> 00:31:59,249
[dramatic music plays]

388
00:32:04,957 --> 00:32:06,957
[rumbling]

389
00:32:46,799 --> 00:32:48,565
<i> Coming up...</i>

390
00:32:48,667 --> 00:32:50,968
[Tony speaking]

391
00:32:51,070 --> 00:32:52,002
[Mike] Yes.

392
00:32:52,104 --> 00:32:53,503
[Tony speaking]

393
00:33:05,117 --> 00:33:06,883
[calm music plays]

394
00:33:16,628 --> 00:33:18,328
[Tony speaking]

395
00:33:29,808 --> 00:33:32,576
<i> Tony Beets is heading</i>
<i> to Paradise Hill.</i>

396
00:33:33,579 --> 00:33:37,114
<i>He has one last bit of business</i>
<i> to take care of before</i>

397
00:33:37,216 --> 00:33:38,715
<i> a date night with Minnie.</i>

398
00:33:40,319 --> 00:33:41,618
[Tony speaking]

399
00:33:57,803 --> 00:34:00,037
I'm just going to get it in
there and let it start heating,

400
00:34:00,139 --> 00:34:01,705
see if my tongs are ready.
Yeah.

401
00:34:02,741 --> 00:34:06,676
<i> Tony has called in long-time</i>
<i> friend and gold smelter</i>

402
00:34:06,779 --> 00:34:10,647
<i> Danny Johnson to melt some</i>
<i> of his gold into bars.</i>

403
00:34:10,749 --> 00:34:13,450
You do the service.
Pour that 75 in there.

404
00:34:15,921 --> 00:34:19,089
<i> It's a practice he plans</i>
<i> to make part of his growing</i>

405
00:34:19,191 --> 00:34:23,927
<i> operation to make storing</i>
<i> and moving gold easier.</i>

406
00:34:24,029 --> 00:34:26,496
It'd be kind of cool to see
melting gold for the first time

407
00:34:26,598 --> 00:34:27,831
in real life.

408
00:34:30,235 --> 00:34:31,234
It looks cooler, too.

409
00:34:31,336 --> 00:34:32,936
[Tony speaking]

410
00:34:33,038 --> 00:34:34,838
But, hey, Tony, if they're
laying around,

411
00:34:34,940 --> 00:34:36,206
you can't spend them.

412
00:34:36,308 --> 00:34:37,974
[laughing]

413
00:34:53,325 --> 00:34:55,225
We're gonna pull it out,
and we're gonna dump it in.

414
00:34:56,595 --> 00:34:59,296
[Tony speaking]

415
00:35:14,146 --> 00:35:16,346
Now we're just gonna turn
the heat up and let it cook.

416
00:35:18,984 --> 00:35:23,053
The temperature is around 1900
to melt gold, and we go up

417
00:35:23,155 --> 00:35:24,821
another maybe 100 degrees,

418
00:35:27,392 --> 00:35:30,393
just so it's super liquid
and we can pour it.

419
00:35:31,864 --> 00:35:33,497
[hissing]

420
00:35:35,267 --> 00:35:37,734
Because if you go at 1900
and it's liquid, by the time

421
00:35:37,836 --> 00:35:40,070
I lift it up and pour it,
it's solid again.

422
00:35:40,172 --> 00:35:42,005
So we have to have
the temperature up

423
00:35:42,107 --> 00:35:43,507
a little more.

424
00:35:43,609 --> 00:35:45,442
Let's just put it this way,
don't stick your hand in it.

425
00:35:46,612 --> 00:35:48,478
[rock music plays]

426
00:35:50,282 --> 00:35:53,283
Ready?
Hot, yeah. OK.

427
00:35:53,385 --> 00:35:56,386
<i> As one bar cools,</i>
<i> another jar of gold</i>

428
00:35:56,488 --> 00:35:58,054
<i> is prepped</i>
<i> for the crucible.</i>

429
00:36:04,796 --> 00:36:06,963
[hissing]

430
00:36:07,065 --> 00:36:08,899
That's [bleep] cool.

431
00:36:09,001 --> 00:36:12,636
[Danny] We'll get all that off
and then we'll wire brush it.

432
00:36:12,738 --> 00:36:14,471
And it should all
come up -- look.

433
00:36:14,573 --> 00:36:16,072
Should all come up quite nice.

434
00:36:16,175 --> 00:36:18,341
[Mike] I just want to see
how heavy it is.

435
00:36:18,443 --> 00:36:19,509
That's [bleep] cool.

436
00:36:26,351 --> 00:36:28,185
[hissing]

437
00:36:32,324 --> 00:36:33,523
[Tony speaking]

438
00:36:33,625 --> 00:36:34,824
[Danny] Yeah, you can pour
that in there.

439
00:36:43,969 --> 00:36:46,136
[Tony speaking]

440
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:55,779
[Mike] Yes.

441
00:36:55,881 --> 00:36:57,147
[Tony speaking]

442
00:36:57,249 --> 00:36:58,348
[Mike] Awesome!

443
00:36:59,718 --> 00:37:03,320
[Mike] This is about $350,000,
75 ounces.

444
00:37:03,422 --> 00:37:04,554
So, yeah, it won't get you

445
00:37:04,656 --> 00:37:06,289
the best rock truck,
but it'll get you a rock truck.

446
00:37:37,556 --> 00:37:39,422
[emotive music plays]

447
00:37:43,262 --> 00:37:48,031
<i> After a long day on the mine,</i>
<i>the king has a rare opportunity</i>

448
00:37:48,133 --> 00:37:50,166
<i> to unwind with his queen.</i>

449
00:38:13,892 --> 00:38:15,058
[Minnie] Yup.

450
00:38:24,636 --> 00:38:27,203
Well, we haven't done this
at all, have we?

451
00:38:27,306 --> 00:38:29,172
We're supposed to go
for supper with people,

452
00:38:29,274 --> 00:38:31,107
and it never happens,
it seems like.

453
00:38:33,011 --> 00:38:34,978
[Minnie] Yeah, because always
something happens.

454
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:37,213
I mean, good thing for
FaceTime, otherwise we'd never

455
00:38:37,316 --> 00:38:39,082
see each other.

456
00:38:39,184 --> 00:38:40,350
Well, it's true, though.

457
00:38:44,256 --> 00:38:46,289
-Here we are.
-Yep.

458
00:38:53,465 --> 00:38:54,731
[Minnie] Young man.

459
00:39:03,175 --> 00:39:04,474
Food, probably.

460
00:39:06,611 --> 00:39:08,345
-Hey, how are you?
-I'm doing well, yourself?

461
00:39:09,381 --> 00:39:10,547
[Minnie] Pretty good.

462
00:39:10,649 --> 00:39:12,282
I'll have the pork
belly, please.

463
00:39:14,586 --> 00:39:15,585
-[waiter] You got it.
-[Tony speaking]

464
00:39:17,022 --> 00:39:19,189
[Minnie] How was your visit
with your brother?

465
00:39:19,291 --> 00:39:20,790
[Tony speaking]

466
00:39:23,161 --> 00:39:24,861
It's kind of funny when
you see the both of

467
00:39:24,963 --> 00:39:27,130
you together, because
you are similar.

468
00:39:27,232 --> 00:39:29,833
-Mm-hmm.
-You can tell you're
from the same family.

469
00:39:29,935 --> 00:39:31,000
Definitely.

470
00:39:32,170 --> 00:39:33,169
[Minnie]
There's no mistake there.

471
00:39:33,271 --> 00:39:35,905
But even with cousin Mike,
you can see it.

472
00:39:36,007 --> 00:39:38,575
The way you guys walk
and the way sometimes you talk.

473
00:39:38,677 --> 00:39:40,877
And it's like, yeah,
you can definitely tell

474
00:39:40,979 --> 00:39:42,212
you guys are all related.

475
00:39:43,382 --> 00:39:45,215
[Tony speaking]

476
00:39:45,317 --> 00:39:47,183
[Minnie]
It's been a long time, eh?

477
00:39:47,285 --> 00:39:49,753
[Tony speaking]

478
00:39:49,855 --> 00:39:51,421
'78.

479
00:39:51,523 --> 00:39:53,356
So that's 47 years ago.

480
00:39:54,993 --> 00:39:55,925
Yeah, we did.

481
00:39:56,027 --> 00:39:57,794
[both cackle]

482
00:40:00,766 --> 00:40:02,966
I mean, the first time I danced
with you was when --

483
00:40:03,068 --> 00:40:04,167
when we got married.

484
00:40:06,004 --> 00:40:07,604
That was probably
the last time, too.

485
00:40:07,706 --> 00:40:09,038
[laughing]

486
00:40:09,141 --> 00:40:10,907
Yeah.

487
00:40:13,011 --> 00:40:15,278
[Minnie] Well, it has been
a good run, yeah.

488
00:40:15,380 --> 00:40:16,279
Yeah.

489
00:40:16,381 --> 00:40:17,714
[waiter] All right, folks.

490
00:40:17,816 --> 00:40:19,082
[Minnie] Thank you.

491
00:40:19,184 --> 00:40:21,050
-[waiter] Enjoy.
-[Minnie] I will.

492
00:40:21,153 --> 00:40:23,420
I mean, Kevin seems to be
doing OK.

493
00:40:23,522 --> 00:40:24,721
[Tony speaking]

494
00:40:33,732 --> 00:40:35,899
Well, they're either gonna
have a hell of a sale...

495
00:40:38,336 --> 00:40:39,669
...or they're gonna go mining.

496
00:40:53,118 --> 00:40:54,617
[Minnie]
I think we did OK in life.

497
00:40:59,357 --> 00:41:00,890
I guess it is, you know.

498
00:41:00,992 --> 00:41:02,625
[Tony speaking]

499
00:41:14,539 --> 00:41:15,638
-No.
-[Tony cackles]

500
00:41:18,243 --> 00:41:19,242
-[Tony] No?
-No.

501
00:41:19,344 --> 00:41:21,978
Ugh...
OK, dear, hm?

502
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:23,646
-[Minnie] Yes, dear.
-Yes, dear.

503
00:41:27,919 --> 00:41:29,919
[Minnie] People don't realize
you're a pussycat.

504
00:41:30,021 --> 00:41:31,888
[Tony] Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

505
00:41:33,325 --> 00:41:34,958
We'll make out just fine,
all right?