1 00:00:06,482 --> 00:00:08,862 So many creeks down here. 2 00:00:08,896 --> 00:00:10,379 [Tyler] It's so blue. 3 00:00:12,068 --> 00:00:13,827 Is there gold in these creeks around here? 4 00:00:13,862 --> 00:00:15,655 Yeah, we're in the goldfields. 5 00:00:15,689 --> 00:00:16,862 - Parkers Creek. - [Jeff] Parkers Creek. 6 00:00:16,896 --> 00:00:19,034 [Tyler] No. 7 00:00:19,068 --> 00:00:21,137 [Parker] Stop, stop, stop. We've got to get down there. 8 00:00:21,172 --> 00:00:22,827 What are the odds of that? 9 00:00:22,862 --> 00:00:24,241 We should find some gold in Parkers Creek. 10 00:00:24,275 --> 00:00:25,448 - My creek. - [Daniel] Yes. 11 00:00:25,482 --> 00:00:26,689 [Tyler] Yes. 12 00:00:26,724 --> 00:00:27,758 Check it out. 13 00:00:27,793 --> 00:00:29,827 It's not even Parker Creek. 14 00:00:29,862 --> 00:00:32,206 It is Parkers Creek. 15 00:00:32,241 --> 00:00:33,827 [laughs] 16 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:38,931 - [Parker] Oh, yeah. - Right? 17 00:00:38,965 --> 00:00:43,000 If you find some gold here, that would be amazing. 18 00:00:43,034 --> 00:00:44,793 [Parker] Do you think we're on private property? 19 00:00:44,827 --> 00:00:46,379 [Tyler] Oh, did we check? 20 00:00:46,413 --> 00:00:48,172 [Parker] I don't know, Tyler. That's part of your job. 21 00:00:48,206 --> 00:00:50,862 Yeah. No, no. 22 00:00:50,896 --> 00:00:53,793 [Daniel] Searching for gold in Parkers Creek. 23 00:01:00,896 --> 00:01:02,000 [Jeff] Nothing. 24 00:01:05,379 --> 00:01:07,103 Did he find any? 25 00:01:07,137 --> 00:01:08,310 [Daniel] No joy? 26 00:01:08,344 --> 00:01:09,655 [Parker] I don't think so. 27 00:01:10,758 --> 00:01:12,379 [Daniel] Nah. 28 00:01:12,413 --> 00:01:13,620 [Parker] We tried. 29 00:01:13,655 --> 00:01:14,827 The journey continues. 30 00:01:14,862 --> 00:01:16,344 We're also probably on private property 31 00:01:16,379 --> 00:01:17,724 and I don't feel like getting shot. 32 00:01:17,758 --> 00:01:19,448 - [Daniel chuckles] - [Jeff] Yeah, good idea. 33 00:01:19,482 --> 00:01:20,896 At least we can tell, we didn't find anything. 34 00:01:20,931 --> 00:01:22,275 [Daniel] Parker is a bust. 35 00:01:22,310 --> 00:01:23,655 [Parker] Get out of here. 36 00:01:36,344 --> 00:01:37,586 [Tyler] Hey, how are you? 37 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:40,310 Yeah, I'm good, good. 38 00:01:40,344 --> 00:01:42,724 Um, thank you for getting back to me. 39 00:01:42,758 --> 00:01:45,620 [Paul] Parker Schnabel is on the hunt for a washplant 40 00:01:45,655 --> 00:01:49,724 for his Alaska operation, and is leaning on 26-year-old 41 00:01:49,758 --> 00:01:53,103 prospector Tyler Mahoney to find one. 42 00:01:53,137 --> 00:01:56,896 But two weeks into the trip, she still hasn't delivered. 43 00:01:56,931 --> 00:01:58,379 [Tyler] We're looking for washplants for sale, 44 00:01:58,413 --> 00:02:01,000 so I was just hoping that, um, maybe you wouldn't mind 45 00:02:01,034 --> 00:02:04,034 if we headed up to your site and checked it out. 46 00:02:04,758 --> 00:02:05,931 Mmm-hmm. 47 00:02:05,965 --> 00:02:07,655 All right. Yeah, sure. 48 00:02:07,689 --> 00:02:09,206 Yeah. 49 00:02:09,241 --> 00:02:10,310 Cool. All right. 50 00:02:11,793 --> 00:02:13,241 It looks like we're a go-ahead. 51 00:02:16,517 --> 00:02:18,689 That one looks fresh. 52 00:02:18,724 --> 00:02:22,137 [Paul] Two weeks ago at Iain Whyte's mine near Hokitika... 53 00:02:22,172 --> 00:02:24,103 [Parker] I'm liking what I'm seeing here. 54 00:02:24,137 --> 00:02:26,862 [Paul] ...Parker fell in love with a brand-new washplant 55 00:02:26,896 --> 00:02:29,517 with a cutting-edge design. 56 00:02:29,551 --> 00:02:31,551 I really like this plant. 57 00:02:31,586 --> 00:02:33,689 [Paul] But left empty-handed. 58 00:02:33,724 --> 00:02:37,931 We started talking money a little bit, but it's his baby. 59 00:02:37,965 --> 00:02:42,103 This sets a very high standard for what we're looking for. 60 00:02:42,137 --> 00:02:45,482 [Paul] Since then, Parker has seen three more plants... 61 00:02:45,517 --> 00:02:47,103 [Parker] How old is this unit? 62 00:02:47,137 --> 00:02:49,482 She's, uh, 38 years old. 63 00:02:49,517 --> 00:02:51,655 [Paul] ...but is yet to find the right one. 64 00:02:53,206 --> 00:02:55,000 It's just not what we're looking for. 65 00:02:57,275 --> 00:02:58,793 [Parker] The biggest problem we've got right now 66 00:02:58,827 --> 00:03:00,344 is we're up against it for time. 67 00:03:00,379 --> 00:03:03,034 If we don't find a trommel to buy that we can move 68 00:03:03,068 --> 00:03:06,034 to Fairbanks in time that's probably gonna be as specialized 69 00:03:06,068 --> 00:03:08,793 as I want it, that's gonna be tough. 70 00:03:10,172 --> 00:03:13,344 [Paul] Now, with only five weeks left in country, 71 00:03:13,379 --> 00:03:17,068 it's on Tyler to keep delivering hard new leads. 72 00:03:18,034 --> 00:03:19,517 [Parker] Right. Where are we off to, Ty? 73 00:03:19,551 --> 00:03:22,517 [Tyler] We are going to see a man called Matt. 74 00:03:22,551 --> 00:03:23,827 Matt Dove. 75 00:03:23,862 --> 00:03:27,172 He's a gold miner up in this region. 76 00:03:27,206 --> 00:03:28,413 He's running a trommel. 77 00:03:28,448 --> 00:03:29,551 He's got two up there. 78 00:03:29,586 --> 00:03:31,000 One of them is for sale. 79 00:03:31,034 --> 00:03:32,793 So that's why we're heading off to have a look at it. 80 00:03:34,206 --> 00:03:37,206 [Paul] After striking out in Greymouth, 81 00:03:37,241 --> 00:03:41,103 the team drive 175 miles north 82 00:03:41,137 --> 00:03:43,275 to the heart of the Tasman region 83 00:03:43,310 --> 00:03:45,586 in the foothills of the Southern Alps. 84 00:03:54,620 --> 00:03:55,931 I can see a trommel. 85 00:03:59,034 --> 00:04:00,689 [Tyler] Another trommel? 86 00:04:00,724 --> 00:04:01,896 No way. 87 00:04:04,310 --> 00:04:05,551 We're here. 88 00:04:07,137 --> 00:04:08,448 All right. 89 00:04:15,379 --> 00:04:17,310 [Tyler] Hello. 90 00:04:17,344 --> 00:04:19,724 Good to see you. Good to meet you in person finally. 91 00:04:19,758 --> 00:04:21,068 - [Matt] Yeah. - [Tyler] Thank you. 92 00:04:21,103 --> 00:04:22,689 - Here's the rest of the crew. - [Matt] How are you? 93 00:04:22,724 --> 00:04:24,517 [Parker] Parker. Nice to meet you. 94 00:04:24,551 --> 00:04:26,034 Hello, mate. I'm Danny. 95 00:04:26,068 --> 00:04:29,413 So you guys are obviously doing a bit of a tiki tour around the country. 96 00:04:29,448 --> 00:04:31,620 [Parker] Yeah. Checking stuff out. 97 00:04:31,655 --> 00:04:35,103 [Paul] With permits to over 7,000 acres of ground, 98 00:04:35,137 --> 00:04:39,689 Matt Dove is considered one of the region's most successful miners, 99 00:04:39,724 --> 00:04:45,344 in part because he can run his massive operation with just three crew members. 100 00:04:47,517 --> 00:04:48,862 [Parker] Did you grow up mining? 101 00:04:48,896 --> 00:04:50,482 [Matt] No, no. 102 00:04:50,517 --> 00:04:53,206 I, um, bought a piece of property on the West Coast, five acres on the beach, 103 00:04:53,241 --> 00:04:56,137 and someone told me at the pub one night that there was gold 104 00:04:56,172 --> 00:04:58,344 under the front fence at five meters, 105 00:04:58,379 --> 00:05:01,413 so I started digging around there one summer 106 00:05:01,448 --> 00:05:03,793 and I put the pan in there and there's hundreds of colors 107 00:05:03,827 --> 00:05:05,655 in the dust, you know? [bleep], I'm on it. 108 00:05:05,689 --> 00:05:08,275 [Parker and Tyler laugh] 109 00:05:08,310 --> 00:05:10,103 [Matt] Went inside and met, you know? 110 00:05:10,137 --> 00:05:12,655 [Parker] That's a great... That's a great origin story. 111 00:05:12,689 --> 00:05:14,413 [Tyler] You got gold fever? 112 00:05:14,448 --> 00:05:16,655 [Matt] And, um, then it just led on from there. 113 00:05:19,103 --> 00:05:21,724 [Tyler] Is this the trommel that you had, um, to show us? 114 00:05:21,758 --> 00:05:22,827 Yeah. 115 00:05:22,862 --> 00:05:24,482 This one's been around for a while. 116 00:05:24,517 --> 00:05:25,689 [Tyler] Cool. 117 00:05:25,724 --> 00:05:28,137 - [Matt] It's been a good, reliable screen. - All right. 118 00:05:28,172 --> 00:05:30,758 Like, conveyer off, this thing's probably road legal. 119 00:05:30,793 --> 00:05:32,034 Yeah, it is. 120 00:05:32,068 --> 00:05:33,586 All you have to do is just take the conveyor off. 121 00:05:33,620 --> 00:05:35,827 You know, with this, she's skidded straight on the truck, 122 00:05:35,862 --> 00:05:38,000 and you're off to the next job, you know? 123 00:05:39,241 --> 00:05:42,413 [Paul] Big yellow is mobile and cost efficient. 124 00:05:44,482 --> 00:05:50,068 Its signature features, a six-foot-wide space saving sluice run... 125 00:05:51,965 --> 00:05:54,517 and a pivoting tailings conveyor 126 00:05:54,551 --> 00:05:57,620 which spreads out waste material 127 00:05:57,655 --> 00:06:00,586 reducing time spent clearing tailings. 128 00:06:03,379 --> 00:06:07,586 Valued at $100,000, this one-of-a-kind plant 129 00:06:07,620 --> 00:06:10,965 is well within Parker's $1,000,000 budget. 130 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,068 [Matt] This screen is cheap to run too. 131 00:06:14,103 --> 00:06:17,620 This thing's about 20 bucks a day, you know, in diesel. 132 00:06:17,655 --> 00:06:19,034 - [Parker] Really? - [Matt] Yeah. 133 00:06:20,551 --> 00:06:22,724 [Parker] If we're gonna make Fairbanks a success, 134 00:06:22,758 --> 00:06:25,241 we've got to take a New Zealand approach of, 135 00:06:25,275 --> 00:06:28,379 you know, coming into it smart, being efficient. 136 00:06:28,413 --> 00:06:33,827 And so guys like Matt are gonna be really valuable sources of information. 137 00:06:35,310 --> 00:06:38,344 [Daniel] At, at an initial glance, I looked at the washplant 138 00:06:38,379 --> 00:06:41,103 and I was just like," Oh, this is gonna be a [bleep] disaster." 139 00:06:41,137 --> 00:06:42,241 Did you? 140 00:06:42,275 --> 00:06:44,655 Yeah, I mean don't judge a washplant by its appearance. 141 00:06:44,689 --> 00:06:46,137 It's a good little plant. 142 00:06:46,172 --> 00:06:49,137 The pivoting tailings conveyor is a nice design. 143 00:06:50,793 --> 00:06:52,827 You know, this washplant might not look like much, 144 00:06:52,862 --> 00:06:55,413 but one really cool thing about this is it's one of the only plants 145 00:06:55,448 --> 00:07:00,413 I've seen that is operational and road legal at the same time. 146 00:07:00,448 --> 00:07:03,517 Right? Because in Fairbanks we're close to highways. 147 00:07:03,551 --> 00:07:06,965 And if you're moving on a highway, 148 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,034 you have to be road legal. Right? 149 00:07:09,068 --> 00:07:13,241 In the Yukon, we put sluice on a trailer sideways at 40 feet wide. 150 00:07:13,275 --> 00:07:14,379 [chuckles] 151 00:07:14,413 --> 00:07:15,896 You can't do that in Fairbanks. 152 00:07:18,896 --> 00:07:21,310 So let's, uh, let's see it in action. 153 00:07:21,344 --> 00:07:23,172 [Matt] Well, I was wondering whether Parker would come 154 00:07:23,206 --> 00:07:24,965 and help me dig a bit of dirt first. 155 00:07:27,103 --> 00:07:28,931 See if there's any yellow stuff in it. 156 00:07:32,551 --> 00:07:33,965 [Tyler] Could we go prospecting? 157 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,344 Yeah, that's the plan. 158 00:07:38,551 --> 00:07:40,551 [Daniel] It's a little bit nervy at the moment, 159 00:07:40,586 --> 00:07:44,620 and, um, it's a bit hard to know what's going on in his head. 160 00:07:44,655 --> 00:07:48,724 So in my head, we'd rock up, we'd see the trommel working 161 00:07:48,758 --> 00:07:51,241 and we'd chat about him maybe selling it. 162 00:07:51,275 --> 00:07:54,586 But yeah, things, um, definitely haven't gone to plan. 163 00:07:54,620 --> 00:07:57,620 So I kind of feel a little bit awkward/embarrassed 164 00:07:57,655 --> 00:07:59,896 and it's definitely not going how I thought it would. 165 00:08:03,206 --> 00:08:05,827 [Parker] We need to find a washplant first and foremost. 166 00:08:06,758 --> 00:08:07,896 [Matt] Yeah. 167 00:08:07,931 --> 00:08:09,965 [Parker] But I'm always looking for ground, so... 168 00:08:13,034 --> 00:08:14,310 That'd be awesome. 169 00:08:16,896 --> 00:08:18,379 In any business and the ones that are looking 170 00:08:18,413 --> 00:08:20,034 at the most opportunities survive. 171 00:08:21,310 --> 00:08:23,620 Yeah, I'm excited to be here. 172 00:08:23,655 --> 00:08:25,482 [Tyler] Do you have quite a bit of ground around here? 173 00:08:25,517 --> 00:08:28,034 [Matt] Yeah, there's about 2,000 or 3,000 hectares 174 00:08:28,068 --> 00:08:29,931 or something we've got under permit here. 175 00:08:30,931 --> 00:08:32,965 [Tyler] Matt's got a lot of land here. 176 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,034 In New Zealand the legalities are quite intense, 177 00:08:35,068 --> 00:08:39,344 so the fact I think he's got four permits is really impressive. 178 00:08:39,379 --> 00:08:43,103 He must be finding good gold if he can afford to run that many permits at a time. 179 00:08:44,655 --> 00:08:46,482 [Matt] We're here under the Southern Alps 180 00:08:46,517 --> 00:08:49,517 and going into a bit of an exploration project 181 00:08:49,551 --> 00:08:53,827 where the old timers have been sniffing around 100 years ago, 182 00:08:53,862 --> 00:08:56,793 and some of the ground that they looked at back 183 00:08:56,827 --> 00:08:58,137 then thought was no good 184 00:08:58,172 --> 00:09:01,448 is actually probably good ground for mining now. 185 00:09:01,482 --> 00:09:06,586 [Paul] Gold was discovered on New Zealand's South Island in the 1860s. 186 00:09:06,620 --> 00:09:10,344 On their way to the West Coast, prospectors passed through 187 00:09:10,379 --> 00:09:14,758 the Tasman region, but few took the time to explore. 188 00:09:18,586 --> 00:09:21,655 Located to the northwest of the Southern Alps, 189 00:09:21,689 --> 00:09:26,448 glacial movements have littered this landscape with rich pockets of gold, 190 00:09:26,482 --> 00:09:30,241 and the potential for gold rich ground looms large. 191 00:09:34,793 --> 00:09:36,482 You've got a lot of expectation 192 00:09:36,517 --> 00:09:37,758 for this bit of land we're looking at? 193 00:09:37,793 --> 00:09:40,241 Oh, I wouldn't know what we're gonna come up with. 194 00:09:40,275 --> 00:09:42,034 That's the whole thrill of the chase. 195 00:09:42,068 --> 00:09:43,620 That's why we get out of bed in the morning, 196 00:09:43,655 --> 00:09:45,034 see what sort of treasure we can find. 197 00:09:45,068 --> 00:09:46,965 - Don't we, Parker? - Yeah, exactly. 198 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,448 - [Tyler] Spoken like a true miner. - [Matt] Yeah. 199 00:09:49,482 --> 00:09:50,896 [Parker] What do we need to do? 200 00:09:50,931 --> 00:09:53,482 [Matt] Uh, we need to walk that digger into the pit, 201 00:09:53,517 --> 00:09:55,758 and you may have to do a bit of stripping. 202 00:09:55,793 --> 00:09:56,896 - [Parker] Sweet. - [Matt] Yeah? 203 00:09:56,931 --> 00:09:58,275 - [Parker] All right. - [Tyler] Perfect. 204 00:09:58,310 --> 00:10:01,241 - [Parker] Put me to work. - [Matt] Okay. Let's get on with it. 205 00:10:01,275 --> 00:10:04,448 [Paul] The team head to a five-acre plot of virgin ground 206 00:10:04,482 --> 00:10:07,482 on the northwest side of the mine site. 207 00:10:07,517 --> 00:10:10,275 [Matt] Parker is good. He's keen. He's young. 208 00:10:10,310 --> 00:10:11,862 He's got a lot of knowledge. 209 00:10:11,896 --> 00:10:18,068 And I think he's somebody that could add value to any mining operation. 210 00:10:18,103 --> 00:10:20,724 It's just good to have another miner to hang out with 211 00:10:20,758 --> 00:10:22,551 and give me a hand on the digger 212 00:10:22,586 --> 00:10:26,379 and see what it's gonna come up with today. 213 00:10:26,413 --> 00:10:29,172 And, um, maybe we'll have a bit of a discussion 214 00:10:29,206 --> 00:10:31,827 about the business side of things later on. 215 00:10:34,379 --> 00:10:36,310 [Tyler] This is so different to what I'm used to. 216 00:10:36,344 --> 00:10:38,310 I'm just used to red dirt and flat. 217 00:10:38,344 --> 00:10:41,103 It's actually quite refreshing to see some green grass. 218 00:10:46,068 --> 00:10:47,586 [Parker] It's kind of cool, you know. 219 00:10:47,620 --> 00:10:51,310 I haven't done too much like actual exploration here in New Zealand. 220 00:10:51,344 --> 00:10:55,103 You know, it's like you never have proper equipment, so it's just cool. 221 00:10:55,137 --> 00:10:56,655 Looking forward to seeing what's here. 222 00:10:58,344 --> 00:11:00,724 Did any of us actually consider any of this? 223 00:11:00,758 --> 00:11:02,896 I think if there's enough gold, it's always on the table. 224 00:11:04,344 --> 00:11:08,551 [Paul] Parker excavates six feet of overburden. 225 00:11:08,586 --> 00:11:13,551 The goal, run 20 yards of dirt to see if they've hit a pastry. 226 00:11:15,379 --> 00:11:17,241 [Parker speaking] 227 00:11:17,275 --> 00:11:18,379 [Daniel] There it is. 228 00:11:18,413 --> 00:11:20,310 [Parker speaking] 229 00:11:26,344 --> 00:11:29,241 All right, Ty, you can take that over to the washplant. 230 00:11:30,275 --> 00:11:31,517 Thanks, Parker. 231 00:11:42,931 --> 00:11:46,586 [Daniel] Talk to me about this as a, as a place to mine. 232 00:11:46,620 --> 00:11:49,965 I mean, the reason why I jumped at the chance to spend a day 233 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:54,034 doing exploration with Matt is I'm always looking for ground. 234 00:11:54,068 --> 00:11:55,793 I always say I'd go mining anywhere. 235 00:11:55,827 --> 00:11:58,379 It wouldn't take much of a push to convince me 236 00:11:58,413 --> 00:12:00,275 that this was a good place to be. 237 00:12:00,310 --> 00:12:01,448 Awesome country. 238 00:12:01,482 --> 00:12:02,724 Cool people. 239 00:12:02,758 --> 00:12:04,068 Super pretty. 240 00:12:04,793 --> 00:12:06,000 Why not? 241 00:12:21,034 --> 00:12:23,137 [Parker] There's lots to learn about feeding plants 242 00:12:23,172 --> 00:12:25,689 and moving dirt and stripping. 243 00:12:25,724 --> 00:12:29,172 [Paul] In New Zealand, 27-year-old Parker Schnabel 244 00:12:29,206 --> 00:12:32,241 has seized on an unexpected opportunity 245 00:12:32,275 --> 00:12:34,689 and is prospecting a piece of ground. 246 00:12:34,724 --> 00:12:37,344 We've just been talking about mining in general 247 00:12:37,379 --> 00:12:40,068 and it's a hard industry to get into and, um, 248 00:12:40,103 --> 00:12:41,965 to get the permits is not easy. 249 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,724 You've got to be able to show that you've got the financial capability 250 00:12:45,758 --> 00:12:47,965 and you've got the expertise. 251 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,827 [Paul] Parker excavates pay... 252 00:12:51,655 --> 00:12:53,275 [Jeff] Now that's a cool little plant. 253 00:12:56,068 --> 00:13:01,034 [Paul] ...while Jeff and Matt get his two-foot test plant, little red, up and running. 254 00:13:02,862 --> 00:13:05,241 [Matt] We're using the same sort of set up with the riffles 255 00:13:05,275 --> 00:13:07,310 as what we are on the big yellow screen. 256 00:13:07,344 --> 00:13:11,241 So we're using expanded metal and then onto a set of standards 257 00:13:11,275 --> 00:13:14,000 and then the hydraulic riffles. 258 00:13:14,034 --> 00:13:17,172 [Jeff] I think it's nice and simple, small, easy to move around. 259 00:13:17,206 --> 00:13:19,620 I like how it's got the grizzly bars up so it minimizes 260 00:13:19,655 --> 00:13:22,068 the chances of getting a, a clog. 261 00:13:22,103 --> 00:13:25,620 This is, uh, perfect for what we're doing here, that's for sure. 262 00:13:25,655 --> 00:13:28,482 Belt tension is good. We got oil. We got fuel. 263 00:13:28,517 --> 00:13:31,586 And yeah, just got to get some water to the plant and fire it up. 264 00:13:31,620 --> 00:13:35,000 And the next biggest step is when Tyler comes down with some pay. 265 00:13:38,068 --> 00:13:40,655 [cows mooing] 266 00:13:40,689 --> 00:13:42,275 [Tyler] Oh, [bleep]. 267 00:13:44,689 --> 00:13:45,931 [Tyler honks] 268 00:13:45,965 --> 00:13:48,137 [Tyler] Okay, you definitely don't get this in Kalgoorlie. 269 00:13:48,172 --> 00:13:49,724 [Tyler honks] 270 00:13:49,758 --> 00:13:52,655 There's literally a herd of cows on the road. 271 00:13:52,689 --> 00:13:54,965 [cows mooing] 272 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,344 I don't know what to do. 273 00:13:56,379 --> 00:13:57,965 [chuckles] 274 00:14:02,931 --> 00:14:04,482 [Tyler] Oh, my [bleep] That's gotta be like 275 00:14:04,517 --> 00:14:07,310 three hundred head of cattle that I've just got in the way of. 276 00:14:09,862 --> 00:14:13,448 [Parker on radio] You get a C-minus on a dump truck so far, Tyler. 277 00:14:14,793 --> 00:14:16,931 [Tyler] Good gals. They can have it. 278 00:14:17,689 --> 00:14:18,689 Come on. 279 00:14:18,724 --> 00:14:21,137 [cows mooing] 280 00:14:21,172 --> 00:14:23,000 We don't see that every day. 281 00:14:27,827 --> 00:14:29,241 [Jeff] There she is now. 282 00:14:34,896 --> 00:14:36,137 [Matt] Yeah, that'd be good. 283 00:14:36,965 --> 00:14:38,551 [Jeff] All right, we got water. 284 00:14:48,896 --> 00:14:51,034 [Matt] You better get up top there, straight away, 285 00:14:51,068 --> 00:14:53,103 'cause it won't take me long to chew through that. 286 00:14:53,137 --> 00:14:55,379 Yeah, roger. I'll get a move on, then. 287 00:14:59,413 --> 00:15:01,068 [Jeff] Everything's going really good right now. 288 00:15:01,103 --> 00:15:02,482 We're running quite a bit of pay. 289 00:15:02,517 --> 00:15:03,862 We've got a really nice wash. 290 00:15:03,896 --> 00:15:05,862 The, the sluice runs are running perfect. 291 00:15:05,896 --> 00:15:08,275 And, yeah, the, the, the riffles aren't clogging up at all. 292 00:15:17,517 --> 00:15:18,931 [Daniel] How was it down there? 293 00:15:18,965 --> 00:15:20,758 Good. They've got it up and running. 294 00:15:20,793 --> 00:15:22,862 Um, the trommel's working perfectly. 295 00:15:22,896 --> 00:15:26,724 [Parker on radio] Sorry. We bring down another load and, and that'll do us. 296 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,482 Hey, Parker, just a heads up. 297 00:15:29,517 --> 00:15:31,344 Matt said this is the last load. 298 00:15:35,965 --> 00:15:38,482 [Parker on radio] All right. You're good to go. 299 00:15:38,517 --> 00:15:40,000 All right, we're done. 300 00:15:47,034 --> 00:15:48,103 [Tyler] Hello. 301 00:15:48,137 --> 00:15:51,000 - [Jeff] How's it going, Parker? - [Tyler] A'ight. 302 00:15:51,034 --> 00:15:53,620 - [Parker] This is cute. - [Jeff] It's working good. 303 00:15:53,655 --> 00:15:55,689 [Daniel] Oh, it's a good-looking little thing, innit? 304 00:15:55,724 --> 00:15:57,413 [Tyler] Yeah. Watch yourself. 305 00:15:57,448 --> 00:15:59,482 [Daniel] Well made. 306 00:15:59,517 --> 00:16:02,172 - [Parker] How's it going? - [Matt] Hey. Good. 307 00:16:02,206 --> 00:16:03,793 [Parker] I like your trommel. 308 00:16:03,827 --> 00:16:06,620 Hell, no lies, little red. 309 00:16:06,655 --> 00:16:10,275 It's a bit more Granity than I thought, this wash. 310 00:16:10,310 --> 00:16:11,827 It's got a lot of fines in it. 311 00:16:11,862 --> 00:16:14,068 - [Parker] Yeah, a lot of fines. - [Matt] Yeah. 312 00:16:14,103 --> 00:16:16,448 I have to get my terminology right. 313 00:16:16,482 --> 00:16:18,103 Pay dirt equals wash. 314 00:16:19,482 --> 00:16:21,551 [Parker] For testing you don't use a pan, huh? 315 00:16:21,586 --> 00:16:23,275 You always usually do this? 316 00:16:23,310 --> 00:16:26,551 [Matt] I'd rather run 20 buckets through here. 317 00:16:26,586 --> 00:16:28,137 - And... - [Parker] Right. 318 00:16:28,172 --> 00:16:30,793 [Matt] ...I've always found panning is a bit hit and miss, you know? And... 319 00:16:30,827 --> 00:16:32,448 [Parker] Yeah, I mean, the bigger the sample, 320 00:16:32,482 --> 00:16:33,931 the more accurate it's gonna be, right? 321 00:16:33,965 --> 00:16:35,344 [Matt] Yeah, when, when you got the toys 322 00:16:35,379 --> 00:16:37,551 for the same pay, you might as well play with them. 323 00:16:38,862 --> 00:16:40,620 [Tyler] I think this is the last of it, 324 00:16:40,655 --> 00:16:43,137 then he's gonna shut it down and then we'll hand it off. 325 00:16:43,172 --> 00:16:45,620 [Paul] After running 20 yards of pay... 326 00:16:45,655 --> 00:16:48,724 [Matt] We'd put that carpet into that big pan to start with. 327 00:16:48,758 --> 00:16:49,896 [Parker] Gotcha. 328 00:16:49,931 --> 00:16:52,620 [Matt] And then we'll have a look at that. 329 00:16:52,655 --> 00:16:57,827 [Paul] Parker needs to decide if Matt's ground is rich enough to invest in. 330 00:16:59,620 --> 00:17:01,068 [Matt] This is the stuff. 331 00:17:01,103 --> 00:17:02,310 [Tyler] Oh, this is the good stuff. 332 00:17:04,103 --> 00:17:06,517 How many colors would you want to see? 333 00:17:06,551 --> 00:17:09,137 [Matt] Oh, if the full dish. 334 00:17:09,172 --> 00:17:11,620 [Tyler chuckles] Silly question. 335 00:17:12,965 --> 00:17:14,275 [Parker] There's some gold in here. 336 00:17:14,310 --> 00:17:16,137 - [Matt] Yeah? - [Parker] Yeah, you see that? 337 00:17:16,172 --> 00:17:18,068 [Matt] Oh, oh, yeah, getting a bit of color here. 338 00:17:18,103 --> 00:17:20,241 - [Parker] Oh, yeah. - [Daniel] Oh, yeah, that is good. 339 00:17:22,103 --> 00:17:23,689 [Parker] And that's just off the top in that. 340 00:17:23,724 --> 00:17:27,310 And that's probably, what, a 20th of an ounce? 341 00:17:27,344 --> 00:17:28,551 [Matt] Yeah. 342 00:17:28,586 --> 00:17:30,310 [Parker] Something like that? 343 00:17:30,344 --> 00:17:32,448 So that'd be an ounce per 120 yards. 344 00:17:35,793 --> 00:17:40,379 [Paul] At one ounce per 120 yards, it's a lower recovery rate 345 00:17:40,413 --> 00:17:42,379 than the one ounce per 100 yards 346 00:17:42,413 --> 00:17:44,724 that Parker averages in the Yukon. 347 00:17:48,965 --> 00:17:50,965 [Parker] Is it always like superfine like that? 348 00:17:53,206 --> 00:17:54,827 [Matt] Yes. 349 00:17:54,862 --> 00:17:57,068 [Parker] I mean, uh, it needs more exploration, 350 00:17:57,103 --> 00:18:00,655 but probably not a ton of ground that's gonna be mineable on. 351 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:03,344 [Matt] Yeah. 352 00:18:07,034 --> 00:18:08,827 [Parker] That's too much pressure on having a plant 353 00:18:08,862 --> 00:18:11,482 that's operational this summer for Fairbanks. 354 00:18:15,241 --> 00:18:17,137 - [Matt] Yeah. - No worries. 355 00:18:18,586 --> 00:18:21,931 [Parker] One of the side missions on this trip was 356 00:18:21,965 --> 00:18:25,241 to like meet people and build contacts. 357 00:18:25,275 --> 00:18:28,586 I really get the feeling from him that if there's gold in an area, 358 00:18:28,620 --> 00:18:29,965 he knows how to find it. 359 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,000 And contacts like that are invaluable. 360 00:18:34,275 --> 00:18:36,103 [Tyler] It'll be good to get back tomorrow, 361 00:18:36,137 --> 00:18:38,172 set the washplant up and running. 362 00:18:38,206 --> 00:18:40,137 There's some things that are a bit different to what Parker's, 363 00:18:40,172 --> 00:18:41,931 um, got running back in the Yukon, which is, 364 00:18:41,965 --> 00:18:43,551 I think is great 'cause that's why we're here. 365 00:18:43,586 --> 00:18:45,344 [Parker] Do you know anywhere around here we could camp? 366 00:18:45,379 --> 00:18:46,931 [Matt] Yeah, anywhere really. 367 00:18:46,965 --> 00:18:48,517 - [Parker] And we won't get shot? - [Matt] No, no. 368 00:18:48,551 --> 00:18:50,310 - You'll be all right. - [Tyler] Thanks, Matt. 369 00:19:02,655 --> 00:19:04,000 [Parker] Oh, man. 370 00:19:04,034 --> 00:19:05,689 [Jeff] This is a spot. 371 00:19:05,724 --> 00:19:09,689 There's a guy up here on a bike, Jeff, go speak to him. 372 00:19:09,724 --> 00:19:11,172 - [Jeff] How's it going? - [farmer] Hi, there. 373 00:19:11,206 --> 00:19:13,344 - [Tyler] Hello. - [Jeff] Yeah, Matt said you would come out. 374 00:19:13,379 --> 00:19:15,206 - [Tyler] Are you the farmer from around here? - [farmer] Yeah. 375 00:19:15,241 --> 00:19:17,862 [Tyler] Oh, awesome. I'm Tyler, by the way. 376 00:19:17,896 --> 00:19:20,000 - [Daniel] This is awesome. - [Tyler] Wow. 377 00:19:20,034 --> 00:19:21,724 [Daniel] Look at the view. 378 00:19:21,758 --> 00:19:23,206 - [Tyler] Thanks so much. - [farmer] Oh, yeah-- 379 00:19:23,241 --> 00:19:25,034 - [Parker] Are those your cows? - [farmer] Yeah. 380 00:19:25,068 --> 00:19:27,206 - Hard work farming, innit? - [farmer] Yeah. 381 00:19:27,241 --> 00:19:29,379 [Parker] So is there anything we need to know? 382 00:19:29,413 --> 00:19:31,206 [farmer] Yeah, milking is at 5:00 o'clock. 383 00:19:31,241 --> 00:19:33,620 [all laugh] 384 00:19:33,655 --> 00:19:35,482 Was that in exchange for this? 385 00:19:35,517 --> 00:19:38,103 Yeah, a little bit. 386 00:19:38,137 --> 00:19:39,689 I've milked cows before. I could help. 387 00:19:40,931 --> 00:19:42,862 - [Daniel] Do you know how to do it? - Yeah-ish. 388 00:19:42,896 --> 00:19:45,137 - I've milked cows. - [Parker] Have fun, guys. 389 00:19:45,172 --> 00:19:46,965 - [farmer] All right, I'll let you know. - [Daniel] Nice one. 390 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,310 - What was your name? - Michael. 391 00:19:48,344 --> 00:19:49,931 - [Daniel] Michael. Thanks, Michael. - [Michael] Yeah, it's cool. 392 00:19:49,965 --> 00:19:52,689 - [Daniel] All right, man. - [Parker] Yeah, thanks, man. See you in the morning. 393 00:19:54,379 --> 00:19:55,586 No. 394 00:19:55,620 --> 00:19:58,517 Then it's not worth being shown a camping spot. 395 00:19:58,551 --> 00:20:00,551 Like that is a bad negotiation. 396 00:20:00,586 --> 00:20:03,000 We could have gone and camped somewhere else. 397 00:20:09,206 --> 00:20:10,275 [Tyler] Good day, guys. 398 00:20:10,310 --> 00:20:11,689 - [Daniel] Really good day. - [Parker] Yeah. 399 00:20:11,724 --> 00:20:12,965 [Daniel] Were you happy with it? 400 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,793 Yeah, it was a really good day. Matt's awesome. 401 00:20:14,827 --> 00:20:16,275 What's the plan for tomorrow? 402 00:20:16,310 --> 00:20:17,827 [Jeff] I just want to see this plant run. 403 00:20:17,862 --> 00:20:19,586 And once this plant runs and, you know, 404 00:20:19,620 --> 00:20:21,241 at least have something to talk about. 405 00:20:21,275 --> 00:20:23,689 [Parker] Yeah, we should probe him about that a bit tomorrow. 406 00:20:23,724 --> 00:20:25,896 [Jeff] Time is kind of the essence right now. 407 00:20:25,931 --> 00:20:27,448 We're, we're only here for so long. 408 00:20:27,482 --> 00:20:30,068 Mmm-hmm. Great. 409 00:20:30,103 --> 00:20:32,655 [Parker] Tomorrow we're going to see Matt's plant. 410 00:20:32,689 --> 00:20:35,000 It's definitely got some things that are different 411 00:20:35,034 --> 00:20:38,310 and stuff that I haven't seen around before. 412 00:20:38,344 --> 00:20:41,241 I'm pretty keen to get my teeth sunk in. 413 00:20:41,275 --> 00:20:43,310 We're up against it from a time standpoint. 414 00:20:45,482 --> 00:20:47,172 That's the life of a miner. 415 00:21:00,793 --> 00:21:02,172 Right. 416 00:21:02,206 --> 00:21:04,482 - How are we looking there, Jeff? - [Jeff] Just about packed up. 417 00:21:04,517 --> 00:21:10,034 [Paul] Parker and his crew are spending a second day at Matt Dove's claim... 418 00:21:10,068 --> 00:21:12,586 - [Parker] You guys ready to rock? - [Tyler] Yep. 419 00:21:12,620 --> 00:21:16,689 [Paul] ...on a mission to secure a washplant for next season. 420 00:21:16,724 --> 00:21:18,689 - [Daniel] All done, Jeff? - [Jeff] Yeah. All locked up. 421 00:21:18,724 --> 00:21:20,793 - [Daniel] Let's get out of here. - [Jeff] Let's do it. 422 00:21:21,827 --> 00:21:24,482 [Paul] But first, they've got a debt to pay. 423 00:21:25,931 --> 00:21:27,034 [Jeff] Oh. 424 00:21:27,068 --> 00:21:28,793 - [Daniel] There they are. - [Jeff] Oh, man. 425 00:21:28,827 --> 00:21:30,137 We got to do all these? 426 00:21:30,172 --> 00:21:32,068 - [Daniel] I don't know-- - [Parker] I hope not. 427 00:21:32,103 --> 00:21:33,172 [Jeff] How's it going? 428 00:21:33,206 --> 00:21:35,103 [Michael] Good. Good. You ready to do some work? 429 00:21:35,137 --> 00:21:36,827 [Jeff] I don't know. I'm nervous about this one. 430 00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:38,724 I've just seen a cow [bleep] everywhere. 431 00:21:38,758 --> 00:21:39,965 [Michael chuckles] 432 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,689 We'll give it a go and see what happens. 433 00:21:41,724 --> 00:21:44,068 [Jeff] Oh, my [bleep]. Holy cow. 434 00:21:44,103 --> 00:21:46,379 [Daniel] That's, that's, uh, that's, that's quite the view. 435 00:21:46,413 --> 00:21:48,137 [Jeff chuckles] 436 00:21:48,172 --> 00:21:49,862 [Daniel] Mate, that one's bottom's twitching a little. 437 00:21:49,896 --> 00:21:51,275 I don't trust that one. 438 00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:52,793 Do you feel like you're in the danger zone? 439 00:21:52,827 --> 00:21:54,172 [Daniel] I feel like I'm in the danger zone. 440 00:21:54,206 --> 00:21:55,241 [Parker chuckles] 441 00:21:55,275 --> 00:21:57,310 How often do you get [bleep] on? 442 00:21:57,344 --> 00:21:59,379 Uh, once a week, maybe. 443 00:21:59,413 --> 00:22:01,379 [Parker speaks indistinctly] 444 00:22:01,413 --> 00:22:02,793 - All right. - Yeah. 445 00:22:02,827 --> 00:22:04,379 [Parker] So that's your milker device. 446 00:22:04,413 --> 00:22:06,379 You use suction or something? 447 00:22:06,413 --> 00:22:08,689 Yeah. Suction and pulsation. 448 00:22:08,724 --> 00:22:10,413 [Parker] So how do you turn this on? 449 00:22:10,448 --> 00:22:11,758 [Michael] Turn it on there. 450 00:22:16,689 --> 00:22:18,551 - [Parker] Like that? - Aye. 451 00:22:18,586 --> 00:22:21,172 I thought we were going to be sitting here, like pulling udders. 452 00:22:21,206 --> 00:22:22,689 Go on, Ty. 453 00:22:23,206 --> 00:22:24,413 [Tyler] Like this? 454 00:22:24,448 --> 00:22:25,965 [Michael] Press at that lever down there. 455 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:27,620 And it gets the suction down. 456 00:22:27,655 --> 00:22:29,275 How much milk do you get out from, 457 00:22:29,310 --> 00:22:30,655 from one of these from one hit? 458 00:22:30,689 --> 00:22:31,896 About seven liters. 459 00:22:31,931 --> 00:22:34,103 - [Daniel] Seven liters each? - [Michael] Yeah. 460 00:22:34,137 --> 00:22:36,965 [Paul] The cows are positioned on a rotating platform. 461 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,793 [Parker] [bleep] Calm down. 462 00:22:38,827 --> 00:22:41,793 [Paul] So the team have to work fast to keep up. 463 00:22:42,965 --> 00:22:45,827 - [Parker] Get in there, Jeff. - [Jeff] Oh, man. 464 00:22:45,862 --> 00:22:48,172 [Parker] Try to use your fingers to fill it. 465 00:22:49,137 --> 00:22:50,620 So you don't put your head down there. 466 00:22:50,655 --> 00:22:52,551 [Jeff chuckles] 467 00:22:52,586 --> 00:22:53,862 Oh, this is great. 468 00:22:53,896 --> 00:22:55,551 - [Parker] Is that right? - Yeah, this is awesome. 469 00:22:55,586 --> 00:22:57,034 [Parker] All right, Dan, you're up. 470 00:22:57,068 --> 00:22:58,965 [Daniel] Uh, yeah, I guess I'd better. 471 00:23:01,172 --> 00:23:03,344 [Parker] Tony Beets grew up on a dairy farm. 472 00:23:03,379 --> 00:23:06,241 I don't, I don't think they had these things, though. 473 00:23:08,379 --> 00:23:09,724 There you go, Dan. 474 00:23:09,758 --> 00:23:12,172 - [Jeff] There's [bleep] coming out of that thing. - [Parker] Wow. 475 00:23:12,206 --> 00:23:13,655 Oh, wow. 476 00:23:13,689 --> 00:23:14,931 [chuckles] 477 00:23:14,965 --> 00:23:16,517 [Jeff] A waterfall. 478 00:23:16,551 --> 00:23:18,206 It's like the firing range, seriously. 479 00:23:22,448 --> 00:23:24,551 [Jeff] This one's fighting me. 480 00:23:24,586 --> 00:23:27,793 [Paul] Dairy is one of New Zealand's biggest industries, 481 00:23:27,827 --> 00:23:32,034 with yearly exports worth over $11 billion. 482 00:23:32,068 --> 00:23:36,689 Michael's team milked the 400 strong herd twice a day 483 00:23:36,724 --> 00:23:40,310 to reach their daily target of 500 gallons. 484 00:23:40,344 --> 00:23:45,034 Most of it going to make the best dairy product, ice cream. 485 00:23:46,103 --> 00:23:47,310 [Parker] Come on, Jeffy boy. 486 00:23:47,344 --> 00:23:48,655 [Daniel] Come on, Jeff. 487 00:23:48,689 --> 00:23:49,827 Well done, mate. 488 00:23:49,862 --> 00:23:51,586 - [Jeff] Oh, that one don't like it. - [Tyler] Oh. 489 00:23:51,620 --> 00:23:52,793 [chuckles] 490 00:23:52,827 --> 00:23:54,517 - [Jeff] Oh, there you go. - [Parker] [bleep] everywhere. 491 00:23:54,551 --> 00:23:55,862 - Awesome. - [Tyler] Oh. 492 00:23:55,896 --> 00:23:57,000 [laughs] 493 00:23:57,034 --> 00:23:58,965 - [Parker] I got [bleep] on. - [Jeff chuckles] 494 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:00,551 That was close. 495 00:24:00,586 --> 00:24:01,965 [Parker] So is that about it? 496 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,862 You paid for your camping now, so we're covered. 497 00:24:04,896 --> 00:24:06,310 We're good. 498 00:24:06,344 --> 00:24:09,482 [Parker] We definitely got the short end of the stick. 499 00:24:09,517 --> 00:24:11,724 [Tyler] Oh, no, that was great. Thank you for that night. 500 00:24:11,758 --> 00:24:14,310 [Parker] Never thanked somebody for getting [bleep] on the before but... 501 00:24:14,344 --> 00:24:15,862 [all laugh] 502 00:24:15,896 --> 00:24:18,344 - [Parker] There's a first too. - [Jeff] There's a first for everything. 503 00:24:18,379 --> 00:24:21,379 [Paul] 40 cows expertly milked by the team... 504 00:24:21,413 --> 00:24:23,172 [cows mooing] 505 00:24:23,206 --> 00:24:26,241 [Paul] ...Parker turns his attention to his main goal, 506 00:24:26,275 --> 00:24:28,241 finding a wash plant. 507 00:24:28,275 --> 00:24:32,448 And his sights are set on testing Matt Dove's compact trommel. 508 00:24:34,620 --> 00:24:36,862 So mind if we go take a look? 509 00:24:36,896 --> 00:24:39,862 [Matt] It's got a few hydraulic issues going on this morning, 510 00:24:39,896 --> 00:24:42,000 so we're working out a bit of a bush fix. 511 00:24:42,034 --> 00:24:43,448 [Parker] Oh, [bleep]. 512 00:24:47,448 --> 00:24:48,827 [Tyler] Just so [bleep] typical. 513 00:24:48,862 --> 00:24:50,689 Like, of course, this happens. 514 00:24:50,724 --> 00:24:52,448 The whole machine's down. 515 00:24:52,482 --> 00:24:54,310 [Parker] It's always something with this business, isn't it? 516 00:24:54,344 --> 00:24:55,724 [Matt] Oh, yeah. 517 00:24:58,448 --> 00:24:59,724 [Parker] I mean, it's been a good, 518 00:24:59,758 --> 00:25:01,758 reliable screen up until today, really. 519 00:25:04,862 --> 00:25:06,586 How are you guys doing? 520 00:25:06,620 --> 00:25:08,206 You guys figuring out the problem? 521 00:25:08,241 --> 00:25:11,068 [man 1] Um, we're gonna need a little bit longer. 522 00:25:15,655 --> 00:25:16,931 [Jeff] What's happening? 523 00:25:16,965 --> 00:25:19,344 [Matt] Oh, we replaced the coupling on the motor... 524 00:25:19,379 --> 00:25:20,551 [Jeff] Oh, yeah. 525 00:25:20,586 --> 00:25:22,379 [Matt] ...and put a new pump to drive the trommel. 526 00:25:22,413 --> 00:25:24,379 But now we've put it back together the other pump 527 00:25:24,413 --> 00:25:26,310 that drives the stack has broken down. 528 00:25:29,379 --> 00:25:30,517 [Tyler] Trommel's not working. 529 00:25:31,517 --> 00:25:32,931 It needs to work. 530 00:25:32,965 --> 00:25:35,413 We need to be seeing machinery running or why the hell have 531 00:25:35,448 --> 00:25:39,172 I dragged all the boys out here to a machine that doesn't work? 532 00:25:42,586 --> 00:25:44,482 Are you any good at this sort of stuff, Parker? 533 00:25:45,310 --> 00:25:46,689 No, he is. 534 00:25:46,724 --> 00:25:48,827 - I can understand most of it, but... - [Matt] Yeah. 535 00:25:48,862 --> 00:25:50,310 [Parker] ...um, when it comes to fixing things, 536 00:25:50,344 --> 00:25:52,344 - I'm pretty useless. - [Matt] Yeah. 537 00:25:52,379 --> 00:25:54,551 [Parker] Put Jeff to work. That's why we brought him. 538 00:25:56,724 --> 00:25:58,103 [Jeff] You know, a bit of pressure on me. 539 00:25:58,137 --> 00:26:00,068 I, I think he's hoping that I can get this thing up and running, 540 00:26:00,103 --> 00:26:02,448 which, yeah, feel little bit of the pressure. 541 00:26:03,793 --> 00:26:06,137 Having Jeff along gives us a bit more credibility 542 00:26:06,172 --> 00:26:08,758 and ability to actually do some stuff. 543 00:26:08,793 --> 00:26:10,758 Normally we come stumbling and tripping in. 544 00:26:10,793 --> 00:26:12,034 Yeah, exactly. 545 00:26:12,068 --> 00:26:14,000 Leave the place in a mess. 546 00:26:18,655 --> 00:26:20,896 - Oh, is that the problem? - Yeah. 547 00:26:20,931 --> 00:26:22,344 Right now, when I spin this, 548 00:26:22,379 --> 00:26:24,586 - I'm feeling no resistance in there, so... - [Daniel] Oh. 549 00:26:24,620 --> 00:26:26,551 [Jeff] ...it's definitely the hydraulic pump for the conveyor. 550 00:26:26,586 --> 00:26:28,344 [man 1] Yeah. Not looking good. 551 00:26:28,379 --> 00:26:29,586 [Jeff] No. 552 00:26:29,620 --> 00:26:31,586 Without this, the conveyor is not going to turn on. 553 00:26:31,620 --> 00:26:33,103 [man 1] No. So what is the hydraulic pump? 554 00:26:33,137 --> 00:26:34,896 What, what, what purp... What's the purpose of it? 555 00:26:34,931 --> 00:26:36,758 [Jeff] So without the hydraulic pump running, 556 00:26:36,793 --> 00:26:41,862 it's not supplying hydraulic fluid up these lines to the motor 557 00:26:41,896 --> 00:26:43,482 - that you can see there... - [Daniel] Yeah. 558 00:26:43,517 --> 00:26:45,206 [Jeff] ...which turns the head pulley, 559 00:26:45,241 --> 00:26:46,862 which moves the conveyor belt 560 00:26:46,896 --> 00:26:50,000 and moves the discharge rock out of the trommel. 561 00:26:50,034 --> 00:26:53,931 Without that happening, there's gonna be a massive jam up here. 562 00:26:53,965 --> 00:26:57,620 [Paul] If the conveyor belt can't remove rocks from the trommel, 563 00:26:57,655 --> 00:27:02,896 a machine won't run, and Parker's trip to Matt's mine will be over. 564 00:27:02,931 --> 00:27:06,172 It's on Jeff to work out a bush fix for the pump. 565 00:27:07,206 --> 00:27:09,793 Jeff really needs to deliver on this, 566 00:27:09,827 --> 00:27:12,827 because if we don't get this fired up today, this is a wasted journey. 567 00:27:14,862 --> 00:27:17,241 Do you reckon we'll get it done before we get out of here? 568 00:27:17,275 --> 00:27:18,793 [Jeff] I'm gonna try my hardest to get this done 569 00:27:18,827 --> 00:27:21,275 so we can see this run 'cause we are pressed for time 570 00:27:21,310 --> 00:27:23,724 and we need to see this before we can go. 571 00:27:27,275 --> 00:27:28,758 Not even sure this is gonna work, 572 00:27:28,793 --> 00:27:32,137 but we got to go see if we can get some parts off this old plant 573 00:27:32,172 --> 00:27:33,793 to get it up and running. 574 00:27:33,827 --> 00:27:35,931 Hopefully we can come up with something. 575 00:27:35,965 --> 00:27:37,517 [Daniel] Let's have a look. 576 00:27:41,137 --> 00:27:43,931 [Jeff] Oh, I'm liking what I'm seeing here. It's gonna be the same. 577 00:27:43,965 --> 00:27:45,827 Let's get this thing off and get this going here. 578 00:27:48,344 --> 00:27:50,620 Pull her off, get her out, and get her on. 579 00:27:55,103 --> 00:27:56,275 [Jeff] Got the pump. 580 00:27:56,310 --> 00:27:57,827 We're just gonna see if this fits. 581 00:27:57,862 --> 00:28:00,275 And if it fits, then we should be up and running pretty quick. 582 00:28:00,310 --> 00:28:02,068 [Daniel] Moment of truth. 583 00:28:03,620 --> 00:28:04,896 [Jeff] All right. 584 00:28:04,931 --> 00:28:06,931 Just want to hold that the other way there. 585 00:28:10,034 --> 00:28:11,793 - [Daniel] She fit? - [Jeff] Fits perfect. 586 00:28:11,827 --> 00:28:13,379 Now we're just gonna tighten up these two bolts, 587 00:28:13,413 --> 00:28:15,793 put the lines back up and fire up 588 00:28:15,827 --> 00:28:17,172 and see if we can run this conveyor. 589 00:28:17,206 --> 00:28:18,793 [Daniel] Sweet. 590 00:28:27,448 --> 00:28:28,827 - [man 1] We're all tight. - [Jeff] Perfect. 591 00:28:28,862 --> 00:28:30,482 - [man 1] She's on. - Done. 592 00:28:30,517 --> 00:28:32,137 [Jeff] All right, bolts are tight. 593 00:28:32,172 --> 00:28:34,586 Let's, uh, fire this thing up, see if she runs. 594 00:28:34,620 --> 00:28:35,862 Let's do it. 595 00:28:38,344 --> 00:28:39,793 [Parker] Got her sorted? 596 00:28:39,827 --> 00:28:41,655 - [Jeff] Yeah, hoping so. - [Parker] Maybe? 597 00:28:41,689 --> 00:28:42,896 Maybe. 598 00:28:42,931 --> 00:28:44,344 Ninety percent chance. 599 00:28:47,758 --> 00:28:49,103 - [Jeff] Guys, ready? - [Daniel] Is this it? 600 00:28:49,137 --> 00:28:50,689 - Moment of truth? - [Jeff] We'res gonna fire it up. 601 00:28:50,724 --> 00:28:52,137 [man 1] Here we go. 602 00:28:52,172 --> 00:28:54,379 [trommel engine cranks on] 603 00:29:09,379 --> 00:29:11,241 - [Jeff] Guys, ready? - [Daniel] Is this it? Moment of truth? 604 00:29:11,275 --> 00:29:13,068 - [Jeff] We're gonna fire it up. - [man 1] Here we go. 605 00:29:13,103 --> 00:29:14,586 It's gonna work perfect, though. 606 00:29:14,620 --> 00:29:16,310 I can feel it in my bones. 607 00:29:16,344 --> 00:29:18,206 [trommel engine cranks on] 608 00:29:26,793 --> 00:29:28,344 [Parker] There you go. 609 00:29:32,310 --> 00:29:33,482 [Tyler] Good job. 610 00:29:40,517 --> 00:29:41,724 [Jeff] Oh, yeah. 611 00:29:42,517 --> 00:29:44,103 She works. 612 00:29:49,482 --> 00:29:51,689 - [Daniel] Happy, Jeff? - Oh, yeah, a happy Jeff. 613 00:29:51,724 --> 00:29:53,068 Sweet. 614 00:29:53,103 --> 00:29:55,103 Just need to feed the beast now, then. 615 00:30:07,448 --> 00:30:09,931 [Parker] So what kind of controls do you guys run on these? 616 00:30:09,965 --> 00:30:11,827 - CAT. - [Parker] Are they CAT controls? 617 00:30:11,862 --> 00:30:13,517 - [Matt] You want to get in here? - [Parker] Yeah. 618 00:30:13,551 --> 00:30:15,517 [Matt] All right, I'll hand her over. 619 00:30:23,862 --> 00:30:25,965 [Matt] She's a weapon, the old date. 620 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:27,482 [Parker] You want a minute? 621 00:30:27,517 --> 00:30:28,896 [Matt] Just 40 beats. 622 00:30:28,931 --> 00:30:30,275 [Parker] Just take it easy. 623 00:30:30,310 --> 00:30:32,689 [Matt] Normally, with the trommels you can tell 624 00:30:32,724 --> 00:30:36,724 if the rings are dirty halfway down, you're feeding it too fast. 625 00:30:36,758 --> 00:30:39,551 You're only really want that top section running dirty. 626 00:30:39,586 --> 00:30:41,000 - [Parker] Gotcha. - [Matt] Yeah. 627 00:30:44,206 --> 00:30:46,241 [Matt] Great little plan to start with 628 00:30:46,275 --> 00:30:48,275 because you haven't got the side tables. 629 00:30:48,310 --> 00:30:49,793 That's what I was just telling Dan. 630 00:30:49,827 --> 00:30:52,206 I was like, "Man, for a lot of the ground that we're looking at, 631 00:30:52,241 --> 00:30:56,034 it being road legal and just taking the stacker off is huge." 632 00:30:56,068 --> 00:30:57,379 [Matt] Yeah, yeah. 633 00:31:02,620 --> 00:31:04,620 You know, Fairbanks, there'll have to be a lot of thought 634 00:31:04,655 --> 00:31:08,655 put into our portability because if you have to tear a washplant down 635 00:31:08,689 --> 00:31:11,862 and take days to tear something down, to move it from site to site, 636 00:31:11,896 --> 00:31:14,137 it's gonna have a pretty big effect on the operation. 637 00:31:14,172 --> 00:31:17,655 One thing I like about this plant is that you can, uh, move 638 00:31:17,689 --> 00:31:22,241 and set up in half a day probably, and that brings your costs down 639 00:31:22,275 --> 00:31:25,551 because you can move the plant with just like two people 640 00:31:25,586 --> 00:31:28,551 and, you know, a plant this size, Matt, 641 00:31:28,586 --> 00:31:32,103 has it kind of turned down at, you know, 40 yards an hour, 642 00:31:32,137 --> 00:31:35,275 which is probably smaller than where I'd like to be. 643 00:31:35,310 --> 00:31:38,448 But there's something to be said for keeping it small and agile. 644 00:31:40,965 --> 00:31:44,310 [Paul] Big yellow ticks the box for maneuverability. 645 00:31:46,241 --> 00:31:48,310 But the biggest question remains. 646 00:31:48,344 --> 00:31:50,034 Can it catch gold? 647 00:31:52,758 --> 00:31:54,896 He's speeding it nicely. 648 00:31:56,034 --> 00:31:57,517 He is bloody good as a digger. 649 00:31:57,551 --> 00:31:58,758 Oh, yes. 650 00:31:58,793 --> 00:32:00,551 - [Matt] He knows what he's doing. - [Tyler] He's a natural. 651 00:32:11,448 --> 00:32:13,068 [Tyler] What are your thoughts? 652 00:32:13,103 --> 00:32:15,827 [Jeff] Oh, I think it's a pretty cool, compact design. 653 00:32:15,862 --> 00:32:18,931 Running at the yardage they're running at, I think it's fine for here. 654 00:32:18,965 --> 00:32:20,413 [Tyler] Oh, yeah, definitely. 655 00:32:20,448 --> 00:32:24,034 But I see a few issues Parker might run into trying to run 656 00:32:24,068 --> 00:32:25,689 a little more material than they're running here. 657 00:32:25,724 --> 00:32:27,689 I think if Parker is trying to run, you know, 658 00:32:27,724 --> 00:32:29,172 he's telling me somewhere in the neighborhood 659 00:32:29,206 --> 00:32:31,827 - of 160 to 180 cubic yards per hour... - [Tyler] Okay. 660 00:32:31,862 --> 00:32:34,310 [Jeff] ...I think in theory, he's gonna overload the system. 661 00:32:34,344 --> 00:32:36,275 That is, uh, definitely one thing to think about. 662 00:32:39,172 --> 00:32:40,793 [Tyler] I don't think any washplants run like that. 663 00:32:40,827 --> 00:32:43,448 I haven't seen one with the sluice running underneath it. 664 00:32:43,482 --> 00:32:45,482 It seems to make sense to me, though. 665 00:32:45,517 --> 00:32:47,000 [Jeff] Yeah, it's pretty cool. 666 00:32:47,034 --> 00:32:49,931 To be honest, it's, uh, not something we typically see in the Klondike. 667 00:32:49,965 --> 00:32:52,655 Uh, most, most of the time you see external sluice runs. 668 00:32:52,689 --> 00:32:56,413 But it looks like well-made and compact and do you know what I mean? 669 00:32:56,448 --> 00:33:00,241 Now I've seen some but... some plants and this looks like a bag of [bleep]. 670 00:33:00,275 --> 00:33:02,482 - Do you know what I mean? - This is a very nice plant. 671 00:33:02,517 --> 00:33:05,172 It's built very nice. 672 00:33:05,206 --> 00:33:09,448 Another, uh, big factor is when you're running hydraulic riffles, 673 00:33:09,482 --> 00:33:11,586 it comes down to how much pressure you're running in here 674 00:33:11,620 --> 00:33:14,137 so you don't get your riffles packing up too fast, 675 00:33:14,172 --> 00:33:15,758 otherwise you start losing gold. 676 00:33:15,793 --> 00:33:18,310 - It goes straight over the top. - [Jeff] Yeah. 677 00:33:18,344 --> 00:33:21,413 You always want your fingers to kind of sink in a little bit. 678 00:33:21,448 --> 00:33:22,655 If you apply a little bit of pressure, 679 00:33:22,689 --> 00:33:25,172 you want them to kind of go down a little bit. 680 00:33:25,206 --> 00:33:26,551 [Tyler] Yeah, okay. 681 00:33:27,896 --> 00:33:29,206 [Jeff] So far so good. 682 00:33:35,344 --> 00:33:38,724 [Matt] I would have liked to have run for our normal four hours this morning 683 00:33:38,758 --> 00:33:40,689 is what I was trying to do and I would have showed you 684 00:33:40,724 --> 00:33:44,344 how we rake the table and wash that and start off again. 685 00:33:44,379 --> 00:33:48,172 Uh, it makes me feel better because I think we know 686 00:33:48,206 --> 00:33:50,724 that we're not alone in all the breakdowns we have. 687 00:33:50,758 --> 00:33:52,344 [Matt] Oh, yeah. 688 00:33:52,379 --> 00:33:55,689 But anyway, it's 5:00 o'clock and we're running and it's time to knock off. 689 00:33:55,724 --> 00:33:57,586 [Parker chuckles] 690 00:34:00,758 --> 00:34:02,310 [Parker] Well, we're shutting down for the day, 691 00:34:02,344 --> 00:34:04,724 so I'm gonna throw one more old scoop in here 692 00:34:04,758 --> 00:34:08,241 and hope the boss doesn't fire me on day one. 693 00:34:08,275 --> 00:34:10,310 [indistinct chatter] 694 00:34:10,344 --> 00:34:12,586 Done. 695 00:34:16,827 --> 00:34:19,068 - [Jeff] How was that? - [Parker] Good. 696 00:34:19,103 --> 00:34:20,482 [Jeff] Feel like you're back at work? 697 00:34:20,517 --> 00:34:21,793 Yeah. 698 00:34:21,827 --> 00:34:23,310 But I don't do that at the mine site. 699 00:34:23,344 --> 00:34:24,517 No, I didn't think so. 700 00:34:24,551 --> 00:34:26,000 [Parker] I'm a desk jockey. 701 00:34:26,034 --> 00:34:27,586 - [Jeff chuckles] - [Daniel] Got boys for that. 702 00:34:30,344 --> 00:34:33,241 [Tyler] Matt, do you ever find nuggets or is it all just fines? 703 00:34:33,275 --> 00:34:37,137 [Matt] Just... bulk of the gold is under three millimeter. 704 00:34:37,172 --> 00:34:39,379 [Tyler] Yeah, okay. 705 00:34:39,413 --> 00:34:42,068 [Matt] There's a fair bit on that for the time we've been running. 706 00:34:42,103 --> 00:34:43,758 Oh, it's good Parker's here now. 707 00:34:43,793 --> 00:34:45,241 You see, the gold's picked up. 708 00:34:45,275 --> 00:34:47,068 - [chuckles] - [Tyler chuckles] 709 00:34:47,103 --> 00:34:49,620 [Parker] I think that we've brought you nothing but bad luck. 710 00:34:57,931 --> 00:34:59,793 [Paul] After running for three hours, 711 00:34:59,827 --> 00:35:01,862 it's time for the moment of truth. 712 00:35:05,793 --> 00:35:07,689 How are we looking there, Parker? 713 00:35:09,310 --> 00:35:10,862 [Matt] A little bit of color. 714 00:35:24,551 --> 00:35:26,206 [Parker] Oh, yeah. 715 00:35:26,241 --> 00:35:27,689 - [Tyler] Oh, wow. - [Jeff] Oh, my. 716 00:35:27,724 --> 00:35:29,310 [Matt] Oh, yeah, it looks all right. 717 00:35:42,827 --> 00:35:44,862 [Parker] This is all black sand now. 718 00:35:44,896 --> 00:35:47,620 Like, I'm shaking the [bleep] of this and I still can't get it. 719 00:35:47,655 --> 00:35:50,275 [Matt] Oh, I tell you what I have got is a rare earth magnet. 720 00:35:50,310 --> 00:35:54,103 [Paul] In gold mining, rare earth magnets are used to separate 721 00:35:54,137 --> 00:35:59,034 heavy non precious metals from wash material, including black sand. 722 00:35:59,068 --> 00:36:00,724 [Parker] Now that is a strong magnet. 723 00:36:00,758 --> 00:36:06,206 [Paul] The black sand in New Zealand is created by ancient volcanic activity 724 00:36:06,241 --> 00:36:08,448 and contains a naturally occurring 725 00:36:08,482 --> 00:36:11,931 iron oxide mineral called magnetite, 726 00:36:11,965 --> 00:36:14,862 giving the sand its magnetic quality. 727 00:36:14,896 --> 00:36:17,103 [Matt] Now you're getting a better idea with the pan. 728 00:36:17,137 --> 00:36:21,482 Just trying to pull as much of this [bleep] out of it as possible. 729 00:36:21,517 --> 00:36:24,206 Feel it's heaps better now. It's going to the corner of the pan. 730 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:38,379 Nice bit of color. 731 00:36:39,620 --> 00:36:42,103 [Parker] Purity here is pretty good too. 732 00:36:42,137 --> 00:36:43,655 [Matt] Yeah, 96.5. 733 00:36:43,689 --> 00:36:45,793 - [Parker] 96. - [Tyler] Wow. 734 00:36:45,827 --> 00:36:47,965 [Parker] That purity makes a big difference. 735 00:36:50,896 --> 00:36:54,827 [Paul] After seeing Matt's trommel in action and evidence 736 00:36:54,862 --> 00:36:56,793 that it catches fine gold, 737 00:36:58,034 --> 00:37:00,344 Parker compares notes with Jeff. 738 00:37:04,551 --> 00:37:06,310 [Jeff] I like these underhung sluice runs. 739 00:37:06,344 --> 00:37:07,689 It's nice and compact. 740 00:37:07,724 --> 00:37:09,758 Um, it kind of keeps the sluice run underneath the system 741 00:37:09,793 --> 00:37:12,413 rather than on the outside, making it a little bit wider. 742 00:37:12,448 --> 00:37:14,655 I also like the way this conveyor is. 743 00:37:14,689 --> 00:37:18,586 It's controlled by hydraulics so that it can turn a little left to the... 744 00:37:18,620 --> 00:37:20,758 and to the right just to move your discharge pile 745 00:37:20,793 --> 00:37:22,379 if you don't have time to move it. 746 00:37:22,413 --> 00:37:25,103 It's a pretty cool feature. 747 00:37:25,137 --> 00:37:28,482 [Parker] Sluice run width is gonna be a limiting factor in something like this, right? 748 00:37:28,517 --> 00:37:29,620 [Jeff] Yeah. 749 00:37:29,655 --> 00:37:30,793 [Parker] Do you have a tape on you? 750 00:37:30,827 --> 00:37:32,000 [Jeff] Yeah. 751 00:37:37,655 --> 00:37:39,448 Three feet. 752 00:37:39,482 --> 00:37:42,448 Our big plants have 20 feet of width. 753 00:37:42,482 --> 00:37:44,896 This thing has six. 754 00:37:44,931 --> 00:37:46,758 [Jeff] So it's gonna knock you down on the yardage for sure. 755 00:37:46,793 --> 00:37:48,620 [Parker] Yeah, big time. 756 00:37:48,655 --> 00:37:51,724 I was thinking like, can you, could you widen this out 757 00:37:51,758 --> 00:37:53,379 and still make it easy to get road legal? 758 00:37:53,413 --> 00:37:54,724 [Jeff] We could do it. 759 00:37:54,758 --> 00:37:56,827 But in doing it, there's gonna be some things we'll have to drop 760 00:37:56,862 --> 00:37:59,379 and some things we'll have to change to, to make that work. 761 00:38:00,931 --> 00:38:02,896 With running the amount of yardage you're looking for, 762 00:38:02,931 --> 00:38:05,448 we're gonna have to do just a bit of a distribution system. 763 00:38:05,482 --> 00:38:06,931 [Parker] Gotcha. 764 00:38:06,965 --> 00:38:09,068 The amount of yardage that Matt's running, uh, 765 00:38:09,103 --> 00:38:11,034 it's perfect for the way he has it. 766 00:38:11,068 --> 00:38:13,172 Uh, but Parker is talking about running quite a bit of, uh, 767 00:38:13,206 --> 00:38:14,724 cubic yards through his plant. 768 00:38:14,758 --> 00:38:16,586 And in order to do that, we're gonna have to do some 769 00:38:16,620 --> 00:38:18,344 distribution system underneath, 770 00:38:18,379 --> 00:38:22,034 so it's gonna take place of where the sluice run is on this one. 771 00:38:22,068 --> 00:38:24,827 [Paul] To increase the yardage of big yellow, 772 00:38:24,862 --> 00:38:28,137 Jeff proposes incorporating a distribution system 773 00:38:29,206 --> 00:38:32,103 and adding a much larger set of sluice runs. 774 00:38:33,482 --> 00:38:36,896 But this would compromise its compact design. 775 00:38:40,586 --> 00:38:43,241 [Parker speaks indistinctly] 776 00:38:43,275 --> 00:38:47,068 And that's something that for Fairbanks we really need to consider. 777 00:38:47,103 --> 00:38:50,862 Matt also said this thing costs $20 a, a day to run. 778 00:38:50,896 --> 00:38:53,379 We burn that in 20 minutes on our big plants. 779 00:39:00,068 --> 00:39:03,000 [Tyler] All right, so what do you guys think of the washplant? 780 00:39:03,034 --> 00:39:05,344 Would that ever be an option, Parker? 781 00:39:05,379 --> 00:39:11,310 Um... it's older, but it's also like classic New Zealand, 782 00:39:11,344 --> 00:39:14,896 super portable, super easy to move around, extremely cheap to run. 783 00:39:16,551 --> 00:39:19,172 Jeff, you're the evil genius when it comes to washplants. 784 00:39:19,206 --> 00:39:22,551 Yeah, I think it's neat just to see the compactness of the underhung sluice. 785 00:39:22,586 --> 00:39:24,862 [Parker] I think my problem with Matt's plant is 786 00:39:24,896 --> 00:39:28,344 I don't know how you keep the good parts of it and scale it up. 787 00:39:31,310 --> 00:39:34,896 How do you double that and keep all the good bits in it? 788 00:39:36,241 --> 00:39:38,551 [Daniel] So we're not exactly where we want to be? 789 00:39:38,586 --> 00:39:39,620 [Parker] Not necessarily. 790 00:39:42,551 --> 00:39:45,620 [Daniel] So that plant... we're not buying that? 791 00:39:45,655 --> 00:39:47,137 [Parker] I don't think so. 792 00:39:48,137 --> 00:39:49,344 Let's go see him. 793 00:39:57,275 --> 00:39:58,862 Thanks a ton for the time. 794 00:39:58,896 --> 00:40:00,758 Really good learning experience for us. 795 00:40:00,793 --> 00:40:04,724 But for our set ups, it's just too small. 796 00:40:04,758 --> 00:40:07,034 [Matt] Yeah, okay. That's all fine. 797 00:40:07,068 --> 00:40:08,344 I really enjoyed it. 798 00:40:08,379 --> 00:40:11,241 It's been good to have some likeminded miners. 799 00:40:11,275 --> 00:40:13,172 [Parker] With what our mission is 800 00:40:13,206 --> 00:40:15,793 in terms of like looking at plants that are for sale 801 00:40:15,827 --> 00:40:18,689 and seeing new technology and different kinds of plants, 802 00:40:18,724 --> 00:40:21,724 is there somebody or some place that you'd recommend we go? 803 00:40:21,758 --> 00:40:25,068 [Matt] Yeah, you just got to keep heading south and it'll come your way. 804 00:40:25,103 --> 00:40:26,620 [Parker] Gotcha. 805 00:40:26,655 --> 00:40:28,482 And we'd be able to see a bunch of different stuff happening there, huh? 806 00:40:28,517 --> 00:40:29,827 [Matt] Yeah. Yeah. 807 00:40:29,862 --> 00:40:30,965 [Parker] Cool. 808 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,551 [Daniel] Thanks, man. It's been a real pleasure. 809 00:40:32,586 --> 00:40:34,965 [Jeff] Well, thanks, Matt. It was awesome running little red there. It's good. 810 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:36,517 Would love to come up to your workshop sometime. 811 00:40:36,551 --> 00:40:37,689 [Jeff] Yeah, absolutely. Any time. 812 00:40:37,724 --> 00:40:39,206 [Parker] And you better make it up to the Yukon. 813 00:40:39,241 --> 00:40:40,827 - [Matt] Oh, yeah, yeah. - [Parker] All right. Good. 814 00:40:40,862 --> 00:40:42,482 - Make it a trip. - [Tyler] I really appreciate that. 815 00:40:42,517 --> 00:40:44,172 - [Daniel] Nice one. - Thanks, man. 816 00:40:44,206 --> 00:40:45,517 [Parker] We'll take a few days off 817 00:40:45,551 --> 00:40:46,827 and I'll give you the grand tour. 818 00:40:46,862 --> 00:40:48,137 There you go. 819 00:40:51,310 --> 00:40:53,827 [Tyler] The washplant I showed Parker wasn't the perfect match. 820 00:40:55,275 --> 00:40:57,620 The goal after this is to keep the contacts up, 821 00:40:57,655 --> 00:41:01,172 but also show washplants that make them both stop and go, 822 00:41:01,206 --> 00:41:02,482 "This could be the one." 823 00:41:05,517 --> 00:41:07,482 [Parker] This is a really good place to come 824 00:41:07,517 --> 00:41:09,482 before starting a new operation. 825 00:41:09,517 --> 00:41:13,241 Matt Dove was a really cool guy with a lot of good ideas. 826 00:41:14,965 --> 00:41:16,827 He's talking about portable plants 827 00:41:16,862 --> 00:41:19,379 and how to make an operation work with only three people. 828 00:41:19,413 --> 00:41:21,896 And that's the kind of stuff that we need to focus on. 829 00:41:21,931 --> 00:41:24,000 And hopefully we can go find some more washplants 830 00:41:24,034 --> 00:41:26,620 and, uh, hopefully find one for sale.