1 00:00:07,700 --> 00:00:11,333 Was once a thousand people right here. 2 00:00:11,333 --> 00:00:16,233 Then it dropped to 150 and now it's a ghost town. 3 00:00:18,700 --> 00:00:22,700 150 years ago, definitely a lot of gold in this area. 4 00:00:26,934 --> 00:00:29,200 - The saloon, huh? - Must have been, huh? 5 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:30,600 Just think, you know, the guys, they mined 6 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:32,600 all the gold and they probably spent a lot of it right here. 7 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:34,767 Yep. A lot of those old gold miners, 8 00:00:34,767 --> 00:00:37,166 they came to get rich, but they spent every bit of it 9 00:00:37,166 --> 00:00:38,634 - and blew it all. - Yeah. 10 00:00:40,667 --> 00:00:43,667 Old rocker box, the poor man's wash plant. 11 00:00:43,667 --> 00:00:46,433 - Yeah. - It was way faster than a gold pan. 12 00:00:46,433 --> 00:00:49,600 They could run a hundred times the amount of material 13 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:50,767 they could panning. 14 00:00:50,767 --> 00:00:52,567 - Pretty neat to see. - It is. 15 00:00:52,567 --> 00:00:56,000 Well, let's get down to that mine. Check on the guys. 16 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:12,533 Well, Freddy, this is our third time in Montana 17 00:01:12,533 --> 00:01:14,100 in the last few years, huh? 18 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:15,734 Yeah, Roger that, Juan-O. 19 00:01:15,734 --> 00:01:16,900 That sure is pretty, huh? 20 00:01:16,900 --> 00:01:18,467 So what do we know about these folks, Fred? 21 00:01:18,467 --> 00:01:21,800 Well, their names are Rich and Kevin and they're brothers. 22 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:23,900 They've been in here two years. 23 00:01:23,900 --> 00:01:25,233 Nice. 24 00:01:25,233 --> 00:01:28,900 Freddy and Juan pushed deep into Big Sky country, 25 00:01:28,900 --> 00:01:31,100 70 miles west of Helena, 26 00:01:31,100 --> 00:01:34,934 snaking towards a struggling mine owned by the Dietz brothers, 27 00:01:34,934 --> 00:01:39,033 who, after decades apart, reunited over the dream 28 00:01:39,033 --> 00:01:40,834 of mining gold. 29 00:01:40,834 --> 00:01:42,233 Do you know anything about their plant? 30 00:01:42,233 --> 00:01:44,600 Well, they said they've got a small trommel 31 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:46,266 they can't seem to keep running. 32 00:01:46,266 --> 00:01:49,033 They seem to think they're cursed in this valley. 33 00:01:49,033 --> 00:01:51,500 I know a lot of miners are kind of superstitious. 34 00:01:51,500 --> 00:01:54,033 I kind of feel like you make your own luck 35 00:01:54,033 --> 00:01:56,266 and you make your own destiny. 36 00:01:56,266 --> 00:01:59,667 Do you know Montana's motto? It's actually oro y plata. 37 00:01:59,667 --> 00:02:01,100 You know what that means? 38 00:02:01,100 --> 00:02:02,367 Gold. 39 00:02:03,166 --> 00:02:05,367 And I'm not sure on plata. 40 00:02:06,767 --> 00:02:08,200 Silver. 41 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,333 Yeah, 10-4, gold and silver. 42 00:02:12,033 --> 00:02:16,066 In the early 1860s, the discovery of large gold 43 00:02:16,066 --> 00:02:19,767 and silver deposits attracted so many fortune seekers 44 00:02:19,767 --> 00:02:22,066 to this region that the federal government 45 00:02:22,066 --> 00:02:26,100 created a new territory called Montana. 46 00:02:26,100 --> 00:02:31,433 State capital, Helena, started off as a mining camp in 1864, 47 00:02:31,433 --> 00:02:34,900 and by the late 1800s, the riches pulled out 48 00:02:34,900 --> 00:02:39,700 created more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in the nation. 49 00:02:39,700 --> 00:02:44,867 Even today, there are nearly 5,000 gold mines in the state. 50 00:02:52,166 --> 00:02:53,400 - Hi. - How's it going, guys? 51 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:55,033 - Good. How you doing? - Doing all right. 52 00:02:55,033 --> 00:02:56,834 - I'm Kevin. - Freddy. 53 00:02:56,834 --> 00:02:58,166 - Nice to meet you. - Freddy. 54 00:02:58,166 --> 00:02:59,667 - Kevin. - Nice to meet you, Ron. 55 00:02:59,667 --> 00:03:01,100 - Rich. - Glad to meet you, Rich. 56 00:03:01,100 --> 00:03:02,300 - Yeah. - Thank you for coming. 57 00:03:02,300 --> 00:03:04,233 They've mined a lot of gold out of these valleys. 58 00:03:04,233 --> 00:03:07,033 - Definitely gold country. - Oh, definitely, yeah. 59 00:03:07,033 --> 00:03:08,500 Yeah. 60 00:03:08,500 --> 00:03:11,166 This land was for sale when I called Kevin up. 61 00:03:11,166 --> 00:03:13,233 We knew there was gold up here with the history, 62 00:03:13,233 --> 00:03:15,500 and we found gold on it right off the bat. 63 00:03:15,500 --> 00:03:17,467 So we thought this would be a good place. 64 00:03:17,467 --> 00:03:21,266 What made me want to be a gold miner was my quest for adventure. 65 00:03:21,266 --> 00:03:24,800 I spent a week here, a week there, gold mining, 66 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:28,734 and now it's turned into something a bit more than that. 67 00:03:28,734 --> 00:03:32,600 Now, both in their 60s, brothers Rich and Kevin Dietz 68 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,667 quit the daily grind in pursuit of gold. 69 00:03:35,667 --> 00:03:38,500 I was in a rock and roll band until I was about 23. 70 00:03:38,500 --> 00:03:41,700 Then 25 years in an insurance field. 71 00:03:41,700 --> 00:03:44,800 Started in sales and moved my way up to eventually 72 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:46,100 a vice president. 73 00:03:46,100 --> 00:03:50,033 For the last 20 years, I've been doing background investigations 74 00:03:50,033 --> 00:03:51,500 on people looking for jobs, 75 00:03:51,500 --> 00:03:53,700 but I had a dream of doing this. 76 00:03:53,700 --> 00:03:57,533 The brothers were brought up by their mom in Casper, Wyoming. 77 00:03:57,533 --> 00:03:59,266 It was hard for her. She had three jobs, 78 00:03:59,266 --> 00:04:01,600 and she wasn't around very much. 79 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,133 I'm the oldest, then my brother Randy, and then Kevin, and then Kyle. 80 00:04:05,133 --> 00:04:09,233 I became the young son who got picked on. 81 00:04:09,233 --> 00:04:12,133 Consequently, I left home when I was 14, 82 00:04:12,133 --> 00:04:16,333 and literally until four years ago that we... 83 00:04:16,333 --> 00:04:20,367 acquaintance may be a better word than brothers, 84 00:04:20,367 --> 00:04:23,967 and we reconnected through gold. 85 00:04:23,967 --> 00:04:26,800 We're really glad you're here, because we need help. 86 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,800 How much gold you produced last year? 87 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:30,867 We produced five ounces, and we moved about 88 00:04:30,867 --> 00:04:32,300 500 yards of dirt. 89 00:04:32,300 --> 00:04:34,967 This year we moved about 700 yards of dirt, 90 00:04:34,967 --> 00:04:37,066 and we've got about three ounces. 91 00:04:37,066 --> 00:04:38,467 So we've went back the way. 92 00:04:38,467 --> 00:04:40,266 It's going, yeah, the wrong direction. 93 00:04:40,266 --> 00:04:42,500 What are you guys looking at for amounts of gold 94 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:44,000 you need to keep mining in here? 95 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,900 We need about an ounce a day. 96 00:04:45,900 --> 00:04:47,834 What's the most you've ever done in a day? 97 00:04:47,834 --> 00:04:49,900 - Half ounce? - Yeah, maybe. 98 00:04:49,900 --> 00:04:51,867 So you're not making money is what you're saying? 99 00:04:51,867 --> 00:04:53,600 No, we're not even close. 100 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,333 We're in big trouble. 101 00:04:57,967 --> 00:05:00,867 I have $75,000 in cash invested. 102 00:05:00,867 --> 00:05:04,934 Rich probably has three, four times that. 103 00:05:04,934 --> 00:05:06,734 Yeah, I don't know. I don't want to know. 104 00:05:06,734 --> 00:05:08,500 Right. 105 00:05:10,166 --> 00:05:13,300 Basically, I've put everything I've got into this. 106 00:05:13,300 --> 00:05:17,266 I've sold my classic car, my '68 Mustang. 107 00:05:17,266 --> 00:05:21,867 We sold all my equipment, so everything I've got 108 00:05:21,867 --> 00:05:23,767 is invested right here, right now. 109 00:05:23,767 --> 00:05:26,800 If this doesn't work out, I start over. 110 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,166 After sinking their pensions, savings, 111 00:05:29,166 --> 00:05:33,433 and more into the operation, so far, the return 112 00:05:33,433 --> 00:05:35,333 has not been worth the risk. 113 00:05:35,333 --> 00:05:40,900 I named my wash plant Voodoo because this is like a curse. 114 00:05:40,900 --> 00:05:42,100 It consumes you. 115 00:05:42,100 --> 00:05:43,300 It really does. 116 00:05:43,300 --> 00:05:44,500 This is the feeder. 117 00:05:44,500 --> 00:05:46,700 The chain is broken there right now. 118 00:05:46,700 --> 00:05:48,300 This is our excavator. 119 00:05:48,300 --> 00:05:50,934 We've had lots of breakdowns. 120 00:05:50,934 --> 00:05:52,567 Cash doesn't grow on trees. 121 00:05:52,567 --> 00:05:55,000 I don't want to just throw it away 122 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:59,133 without potentially seeing some sort of return on investment. 123 00:05:59,133 --> 00:06:02,533 Our land has been heavily mined through the years. 124 00:06:02,533 --> 00:06:04,367 We were confident when we bought the land, 125 00:06:04,367 --> 00:06:06,367 that the old timers have not got it all. 126 00:06:06,367 --> 00:06:09,133 But now, I'm losing hope that there's commercial gold 127 00:06:09,133 --> 00:06:10,300 on this land. 128 00:06:10,300 --> 00:06:13,066 And as we stand here today, I don't see a next year. 129 00:06:14,467 --> 00:06:17,066 I'm hoping that Freddy and Juan can help us 130 00:06:17,066 --> 00:06:20,467 learn how to be better gold miners. 131 00:06:20,467 --> 00:06:23,900 We are just a small operation. Everybody has to start somewhere. 132 00:06:27,300 --> 00:06:29,000 Well, we kind of got a lay of the land now. 133 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,467 Why don't we take a look at the plant, Fred? 134 00:06:30,467 --> 00:06:32,000 - Yeah. - Let's do it. 135 00:06:33,634 --> 00:06:35,333 Nice little setup you guys got here. 136 00:06:35,333 --> 00:06:36,533 Thank you. 137 00:06:36,533 --> 00:06:38,433 - Did you build this plant? - Yeah. 138 00:06:38,433 --> 00:06:40,033 It's kind of my creation. 139 00:06:40,033 --> 00:06:44,233 Rich built his entire trommel by watching internet videos. 140 00:06:44,233 --> 00:06:46,066 What kind of yards can you run through it? 141 00:06:46,066 --> 00:06:48,667 Comfortably 20 yards an hour. 142 00:06:48,667 --> 00:06:51,266 - That's an old sander. - Yes. 143 00:06:51,266 --> 00:06:54,200 And it's not really made for rocks that we're running. 144 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:56,367 We've had considerable breakdowns 145 00:06:56,367 --> 00:06:59,967 after breakdown, after breakdown. 146 00:07:00,066 --> 00:07:01,900 So this isn't working right now at the moment, huh? 147 00:07:01,900 --> 00:07:03,533 - No, the chain is broken right now. - Yeah. 148 00:07:03,533 --> 00:07:05,467 - Okay. - We can run the hydraulics and the belt, 149 00:07:05,467 --> 00:07:07,367 but we can't run the chain. 150 00:07:07,367 --> 00:07:08,734 At the shop, it worked great. 151 00:07:08,734 --> 00:07:11,100 But then you get it up here in the material in the real world. 152 00:07:11,100 --> 00:07:13,200 They're just not doing what I thought it would do. 153 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:14,767 So how are you feeding the plant? 154 00:07:14,767 --> 00:07:18,834 What we're doing is just going up here and dumping slowly. 155 00:07:18,834 --> 00:07:20,367 So you're just feeding directly on top of that conveyor? 156 00:07:20,367 --> 00:07:21,667 - Okay. - Feeding directly right into here. 157 00:07:21,667 --> 00:07:23,467 And then it goes up into the hopper. 158 00:07:23,467 --> 00:07:24,600 Okay. 159 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,033 We'll have a look at the sluices. Hey, Juano? 160 00:07:31,433 --> 00:07:33,100 Here's a nugget trap. 161 00:07:33,100 --> 00:07:34,900 What's the biggest nugget you found? 162 00:07:34,900 --> 00:07:36,367 About the width of a dime. 163 00:07:36,367 --> 00:07:39,767 It was only like about, I think, three grams or two grams. 164 00:07:39,767 --> 00:07:41,000 Yeah. 165 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,333 For extra support, Rich and Kevin 166 00:07:43,333 --> 00:07:46,066 brought in friends Lyn and Jerry. 167 00:07:46,066 --> 00:07:47,600 - How you gentlemen doing? - How's it going, guys? 168 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:48,800 - Lyn. - Lyn. 169 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:50,166 - Freddy. - Nice to meet you. 170 00:07:50,166 --> 00:07:52,000 - And Jerry. - Jerry, nice to meet you. 171 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,700 Well, guys, you know what Freddy and I really like 172 00:07:53,700 --> 00:07:55,433 to do is we like to come into a situation, 173 00:07:55,433 --> 00:07:58,133 kind of see what you guys got going on, do a test run. 174 00:07:58,133 --> 00:07:59,634 And Freddy and I are just going to walk around 175 00:07:59,634 --> 00:08:01,900 - and see what's happening. - See what your problems are, your issues. 176 00:08:01,900 --> 00:08:04,367 - Yeah. - We'd like to do a four-hour test. 177 00:08:04,367 --> 00:08:05,500 - Okay. - Okay. 178 00:08:05,500 --> 00:08:07,200 - Let's do it, huh? - Let's fire it up. 179 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,066 Fire it up. 180 00:08:14,900 --> 00:08:17,166 Water's coming. Here it comes. 181 00:08:18,700 --> 00:08:20,000 Fire up the trommel. 182 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:53,734 That's kind of slow that way. 183 00:08:56,667 --> 00:08:58,233 Yeah. 184 00:08:58,233 --> 00:09:03,367 The hopper provides a steady feed of pay onto the belt. 185 00:09:03,367 --> 00:09:06,600 With it out of commission, Jerry must carefully 186 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,266 load directly onto the conveyor, 187 00:09:09,266 --> 00:09:12,600 leaving it empty for a third of their run time 188 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,300 and slashing yardage by roughly 30%. 189 00:09:17,433 --> 00:09:20,834 The conveyor carries dirt up to a pre-wash 190 00:09:20,834 --> 00:09:23,767 before it passes through the eight-foot trommel 191 00:09:23,767 --> 00:09:26,433 that Rich fabricated in his workshop. 192 00:09:26,433 --> 00:09:29,967 Material then drops into the 20-foot sluice run, 193 00:09:29,967 --> 00:09:32,567 where gold should settle in the riffles. 194 00:09:40,834 --> 00:09:42,433 Jerry, Jerry, got a copy? 195 00:09:42,433 --> 00:09:44,433 Kevin, we don't care about that. 196 00:09:47,734 --> 00:09:49,900 Now, that son of a gun's packed. 197 00:09:49,900 --> 00:09:52,200 - Yeah, it is. - Holy cow. 198 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:53,867 This is just a pack. 199 00:09:53,867 --> 00:09:56,000 A pack-it-up, machine is what they've got here. 200 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,767 A pack-it-up, gold-losing machine is what it is. 201 00:09:58,767 --> 00:10:01,367 - Yep. - There's nowhere for it to sit. 202 00:10:03,767 --> 00:10:06,900 Twenty minutes in, Rich's handmade riffles 203 00:10:06,900 --> 00:10:08,400 are already clogged. 204 00:10:09,900 --> 00:10:12,467 Any fine gold will be washed off 205 00:10:12,467 --> 00:10:15,300 the end of the sluice and lost. 206 00:10:15,300 --> 00:10:18,333 I have to get away to get that material evened out. 207 00:10:18,333 --> 00:10:20,400 Right now, it's screwed up. 208 00:10:24,700 --> 00:10:26,934 The material they're running doesn't look good. 209 00:10:37,667 --> 00:10:39,100 Nothing. 210 00:10:43,700 --> 00:10:46,533 I really don't like the look of that material. 211 00:10:46,533 --> 00:10:48,867 - Really, nothing. - One little bitty speck. 212 00:10:48,867 --> 00:10:52,567 - You want to pan on that pay pile? - Yeah, let's do it. 213 00:10:52,567 --> 00:10:56,367 We haven't even ran an hour, but we're not finding much gold. 214 00:10:57,967 --> 00:11:00,300 - You seeing anything? - No, it doesn't look good at all, Freddy. 215 00:11:00,300 --> 00:11:02,967 - No. - It's supposed to be a gold country back here. 216 00:11:05,834 --> 00:11:08,300 - Want me to pan it for you? - Here, you pan this one. 217 00:11:08,300 --> 00:11:09,533 See what we find. 218 00:11:17,867 --> 00:11:19,433 There's nothing to speak of? 219 00:11:19,433 --> 00:11:21,300 Well, I think we ought to shut it down. 220 00:11:21,300 --> 00:11:22,467 - What do you think, Juan? - I agree. 221 00:11:22,467 --> 00:11:23,967 We're just wasting fuel. 222 00:11:26,967 --> 00:11:28,367 Hey, Rich. 223 00:11:28,367 --> 00:11:29,533 Yes, sir. 224 00:11:29,533 --> 00:11:32,900 I'll let this be your call, but I think we ought 225 00:11:32,900 --> 00:11:34,100 to shut the plant down. 226 00:11:34,100 --> 00:11:36,900 Juan just panned one out of this material here. 227 00:11:36,900 --> 00:11:41,100 - Mm-hmm. - Found one tiny, tiny speck. 228 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:42,900 Right now, we're just burning fuel. 229 00:11:42,900 --> 00:11:44,800 Right. Then there's no point in doing it. 230 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:46,767 Okay. Well, let's shut it down. 231 00:11:51,066 --> 00:11:53,133 Guys, we've got to shut it down. 232 00:11:53,133 --> 00:11:55,667 Freddy's timer at just 40 minutes. 233 00:11:55,667 --> 00:11:57,700 The first test ends. 234 00:11:59,634 --> 00:12:03,367 This might be the shortest run of our history. 235 00:12:03,367 --> 00:12:06,300 We're not finding hardly any gold in it at all. 236 00:12:06,300 --> 00:12:11,400 Where it's mainly just dirt, and dirt's for growing potatoes, 237 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:12,567 not for gold. 238 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:15,900 We'll clean it up, and we'll see what we get. 239 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,700 Dang it. That was a cluster [bleep]. 240 00:12:20,700 --> 00:12:23,033 Total cluster 241 00:12:23,033 --> 00:12:25,500 All right, brother. You hold this, and I'll move the bucket. 242 00:12:26,300 --> 00:12:28,333 I'm [bleep] tired of this [bleep]. 243 00:12:28,333 --> 00:12:30,934 The relationship with my brother right now is rocky at best. 244 00:12:30,934 --> 00:12:34,433 He's my big brother, and I'm the little brother. 245 00:12:34,433 --> 00:12:36,834 We see things two different ways. 246 00:12:36,834 --> 00:12:39,734 Kevin and I, we've never been real close, 247 00:12:39,734 --> 00:12:42,667 so the time we get to spend together is good. 248 00:12:42,667 --> 00:12:45,166 Sometimes we fight and whatnot, 249 00:12:45,166 --> 00:12:47,900 and it isn't very pleasant for him, and it isn't very pleasant for me. 250 00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:49,800 We're both stubborn and pretty pig-headed. 251 00:12:52,467 --> 00:12:55,033 Not a doctor or a psychiatrist, 252 00:12:55,033 --> 00:12:56,233 just so you know. 253 00:12:56,233 --> 00:12:58,800 I don't expect you to be, but if you could do some work 254 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:00,500 between me and my brother, it'd be great. 255 00:13:00,500 --> 00:13:03,500 I'm sorry. This whole thing's going to hell. It really is. 256 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,400 Gold brought the brothers together again, 257 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,734 but now risks driving them further apart. 258 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:19,066 This is not worth, you know, losing a brother or friend 259 00:13:19,066 --> 00:13:20,066 or anything. 260 00:13:20,066 --> 00:13:22,934 This could cost Rich and me a relationship 261 00:13:22,934 --> 00:13:25,500 that we're trying to rebuild, and it could cost him. 262 00:13:25,500 --> 00:13:27,600 It could cost him everything. 263 00:13:40,133 --> 00:13:42,233 Ooh, that's what we said. 264 00:13:42,233 --> 00:13:43,934 Well, it is what it is. 265 00:13:43,934 --> 00:13:46,500 Let's run it and see what it does. 266 00:13:46,500 --> 00:13:48,433 Scale don't lie. 267 00:13:48,433 --> 00:13:51,900 The Dietz brothers' one-ounce-a-day goal means 268 00:13:51,900 --> 00:13:54,433 their 40-minute test run needs to deliver 269 00:13:54,433 --> 00:13:56,867 well over 0.1 of an ounce. 270 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,834 0.06, guys. 271 00:14:01,834 --> 00:14:03,367 That's, um... 272 00:14:04,367 --> 00:14:06,533 really disappointing. I mean... 273 00:14:09,533 --> 00:14:13,667 I'm just guessing that I'd say 75% of the material 274 00:14:13,667 --> 00:14:15,500 - that was ran through that plant. - Just dirt. 275 00:14:15,500 --> 00:14:20,233 - Yeah. - Leave it right where you found it. 276 00:14:20,233 --> 00:14:21,734 You know, the problem is, if you go in there 277 00:14:21,734 --> 00:14:22,967 and you pan, you see the odd piece 278 00:14:22,967 --> 00:14:24,467 and you get excited. You want to run it all, 279 00:14:24,467 --> 00:14:26,300 but the truth of the matter is you're wearing down your plant. 280 00:14:26,300 --> 00:14:27,467 You're wearing down your equipment 281 00:14:27,467 --> 00:14:31,433 for something that has minimal, minimal gold in it. 282 00:14:31,433 --> 00:14:35,867 This concerns me greatly because I want my family 283 00:14:35,867 --> 00:14:37,166 to be successful. 284 00:14:37,166 --> 00:14:41,300 But at some point, the money runs out. 285 00:14:41,300 --> 00:14:43,367 That's how gold mining is, though. 286 00:14:43,367 --> 00:14:46,200 - I mean, it's always a gamble. - And that's my concern. 287 00:14:57,266 --> 00:14:58,700 So this is what you're digging? 288 00:14:58,700 --> 00:15:01,066 Yeah, this is the material right here. 289 00:15:01,066 --> 00:15:03,266 We don't really know where the layers is. 290 00:15:03,266 --> 00:15:05,767 After a disappointing first test run, 291 00:15:05,767 --> 00:15:10,000 Freddy's first step, investigate the Dietz brothers' pay. 292 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,033 How are you breaking this bedrock up? 293 00:15:12,033 --> 00:15:14,166 We're just using the excavator out there, 294 00:15:14,166 --> 00:15:16,867 but it went down the day before you guys got here. 295 00:15:16,867 --> 00:15:21,166 That almost looks like a mix of gravel and volcanic ash. 296 00:15:21,166 --> 00:15:24,433 When the stuff gets dried, does it turn to, like, a powder on you? 297 00:15:24,433 --> 00:15:25,367 - Yes. - Yep. 298 00:15:25,367 --> 00:15:26,533 Absolutely. 299 00:15:26,533 --> 00:15:29,567 You can see it, Juan. Even though it's wet. 300 00:15:29,567 --> 00:15:31,467 Powder. 301 00:15:31,467 --> 00:15:34,467 So it's a streambed of some kind at some point, 302 00:15:34,467 --> 00:15:38,367 and then whatever volcano put this ash down. 303 00:15:38,367 --> 00:15:42,634 The Edel Mountains in Montana is an ancient volcanic field 304 00:15:42,634 --> 00:15:45,867 active about a hundred million years ago. 305 00:15:45,867 --> 00:15:49,066 Its volcanoes have eroded away, but the ash 306 00:15:49,066 --> 00:15:52,000 from their eruptions remains in the subsoil, 307 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:56,233 mixed with the region's pockets of gold-rich pay dirt. 308 00:15:56,233 --> 00:15:58,767 That's probably not very good stuff right there. 309 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:02,300 When we got down to this stuff, 310 00:16:02,300 --> 00:16:04,700 - we really didn't plan much. - I wouldn't even play with that. 311 00:16:06,166 --> 00:16:07,734 Freddy and I, we always tell people this 312 00:16:07,734 --> 00:16:08,767 when we first get there. 313 00:16:08,767 --> 00:16:10,367 We can help you guys find more gold. 314 00:16:10,367 --> 00:16:12,900 We can help you guys catch more gold, but we can't put gold in the ground. 315 00:16:12,900 --> 00:16:13,767 That's what I'm concerned about. 316 00:16:13,767 --> 00:16:15,133 And just know, on this property, 317 00:16:15,133 --> 00:16:17,100 that's what it's going to be. It's going to be a treasure hunt. 318 00:16:17,100 --> 00:16:18,767 You're going to find these spots, you're going to run them. 319 00:16:18,767 --> 00:16:20,333 You can't just take the whole dang hill because 320 00:16:20,333 --> 00:16:21,867 it has a little bit of gold in the beginning. 321 00:16:21,867 --> 00:16:25,400 I'm sure there's a tremendous amount of gold around here, 322 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:29,400 but this whole pit right here in my eyes has played out. 323 00:16:31,300 --> 00:16:32,967 So this is the retirement plan then? 324 00:16:32,967 --> 00:16:35,567 I'm all in. I've got this as the only thing I've got, 325 00:16:35,567 --> 00:16:38,100 I've auctioned off everything I've got. 326 00:16:38,100 --> 00:16:40,233 The old timers worked at it many years ago, 327 00:16:40,233 --> 00:16:41,634 and they did it by hand. 328 00:16:41,634 --> 00:16:45,734 I believe, and everybody we've talked to believes the gold is here. 329 00:16:45,734 --> 00:16:48,333 Ooh. 330 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,233 Sometimes gold gives people wealth, 331 00:16:53,233 --> 00:16:56,000 - and sometimes gold takes people's wealth away. - Taketh away. 332 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,266 Hopefully we can help you where you're not 333 00:16:58,266 --> 00:17:01,066 throwing away your retirement money to go gold mining. 334 00:17:02,934 --> 00:17:05,000 Without Juan and Freddy, 335 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,533 we're going to tear a whole hill out and not get nothing. 336 00:17:08,533 --> 00:17:13,834 Without them, this thing doesn't go past next week. 337 00:17:13,834 --> 00:17:16,166 We're in another one of those situations here 338 00:17:16,166 --> 00:17:18,734 where we really, really want to help these guys, 339 00:17:18,734 --> 00:17:20,367 but we're only here a few days. 340 00:17:20,367 --> 00:17:22,767 Just driving in, Juan and myself could see 341 00:17:22,767 --> 00:17:26,400 that the amount of work they did in these valleys wasn't for nothing. 342 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,767 There was gold here, and there's still gold here. 343 00:17:28,767 --> 00:17:30,033 Just got to find it. 344 00:17:43,967 --> 00:17:45,333 We've got a lot to do today, Fred. 345 00:17:45,333 --> 00:17:47,500 Yeah. The material they were running, what'd you find? 346 00:17:47,500 --> 00:17:48,934 - One speck. - One speck. 347 00:17:48,934 --> 00:17:51,300 With the time we have, I think a big part of what 348 00:17:51,300 --> 00:17:53,600 we need to do here is help them get on some better ground. 349 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,400 I agree with you, because it doesn't matter 350 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:57,767 how tuned up we get the sluice box. 351 00:17:57,767 --> 00:18:00,166 - Yeah. - If there's no gold in the dirt. 352 00:18:06,533 --> 00:18:07,900 It's kind of a tough one, Freddy. 353 00:18:07,900 --> 00:18:10,700 Well, what do you think if we can possibly fix that track hoe? 354 00:18:10,700 --> 00:18:12,166 We definitely need that track hoe running. 355 00:18:12,166 --> 00:18:13,567 We'll be able to go up and prospect. 356 00:18:13,567 --> 00:18:15,467 Well, we can't do anything without it. 357 00:18:15,467 --> 00:18:17,600 There's a few things that we can do on the plant. 358 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:19,300 Well, we've got that sander, right? 359 00:18:19,300 --> 00:18:22,166 - Yeah. - It's got a steel plate, yeah, 360 00:18:22,166 --> 00:18:23,500 with chain links on the side. 361 00:18:23,500 --> 00:18:27,033 They said it's broke, so it's made to just move sand, 362 00:18:27,033 --> 00:18:28,266 - and they're putting rocks in it. - Yeah. 363 00:18:28,266 --> 00:18:30,066 And those rocks are getting caught in that chain 364 00:18:30,066 --> 00:18:32,400 - and breaking it. - Binding up and popping it up. 365 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,934 And then the sluice, the water's going to one side, 366 00:18:35,934 --> 00:18:38,100 and the material's going to the other side. 367 00:18:38,100 --> 00:18:39,533 - It's a nightmare. - Yeah. 368 00:18:39,533 --> 00:18:42,266 I think what we do here is just put some plates 369 00:18:42,266 --> 00:18:45,300 underneath at an angle and force it to the center. 370 00:18:45,300 --> 00:18:47,567 And you know what's going to happen when it comes out of the center. 371 00:18:47,567 --> 00:18:49,367 - It's going to spread properly, right? - Then it spreads evenly. 372 00:18:49,367 --> 00:18:51,066 The structure of the box is good, but everything else 373 00:18:51,066 --> 00:18:53,900 is going to have to be replaced. All new riffles, hold downs, 374 00:18:53,900 --> 00:18:55,834 carpets, under carpets, everything. 375 00:18:55,834 --> 00:18:58,266 - Everything in it. - It'll be a complete box. 376 00:18:58,266 --> 00:19:02,266 2,600 total to do it all, just in material. 377 00:19:02,266 --> 00:19:04,066 What do you think about labor for us? 378 00:19:04,066 --> 00:19:06,634 An ounce of gold apiece, so 2,600. 379 00:19:06,634 --> 00:19:08,500 - Plus two ounces of gold. - Yeah. 380 00:19:08,500 --> 00:19:10,934 I know Kevin's really nervous about the cost of all of this, 381 00:19:10,934 --> 00:19:12,467 - Mm-hmm. - but that's what we need. 382 00:19:13,700 --> 00:19:16,400 Freddy and Juan identify three key problems 383 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,033 with the operation. 384 00:19:19,967 --> 00:19:23,367 First, the drive chain on the feeder's conveyor 385 00:19:23,367 --> 00:19:24,567 is broken. 386 00:19:24,567 --> 00:19:28,367 Repairing it will ensure a consistent feed of pay 387 00:19:28,367 --> 00:19:32,367 and increase the yardage run by 30%. 388 00:19:32,367 --> 00:19:36,867 Second, uneven distribution of water and material causes 389 00:19:36,867 --> 00:19:38,600 the sluice to clog up. 390 00:19:40,033 --> 00:19:43,233 Juan and Freddy will upgrade the carpet and riffles 391 00:19:43,233 --> 00:19:45,000 in the sluice box 392 00:19:47,066 --> 00:19:50,533 and attach metal plates to force the flow of material 393 00:19:50,533 --> 00:19:53,467 to the middle, creating an even spread. 394 00:19:54,900 --> 00:19:58,667 Third, and most importantly, if they can't repair 395 00:19:58,667 --> 00:20:02,200 the excavator and find more gold on the site, 396 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:05,400 all these fixes will mean nothing. 397 00:20:08,433 --> 00:20:10,033 How's it going, guys? 398 00:20:10,033 --> 00:20:11,734 - Good. How you doing? - Good. 399 00:20:11,734 --> 00:20:12,867 Doing all right? 400 00:20:12,867 --> 00:20:14,300 A couple things that we want to do, 401 00:20:14,300 --> 00:20:16,266 we want to fix your guys' feeder. Obviously, you know it's broke. 402 00:20:16,266 --> 00:20:19,834 - The chain, yeah. - Your sluice is plugged solid top to bottom 403 00:20:19,834 --> 00:20:21,467 when you ran yesterday. 404 00:20:21,467 --> 00:20:25,000 - Mm-hmm. - So any real fine gold that's in your deposit, 405 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,400 you're going to lose a lot of it. 406 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:30,533 - All right. - You'll see that your water's going one direction 407 00:20:30,533 --> 00:20:33,734 and your material's going the other in the first part of that sluice box, right? 408 00:20:33,734 --> 00:20:36,367 - Yeah. - So I want to design a system 409 00:20:36,367 --> 00:20:38,767 to get that material centered. 410 00:20:38,767 --> 00:20:42,200 - And then it can actually disperse out and evenly feed. - Right. 411 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,100 We'll get a roll of good miner's moss. 412 00:20:44,100 --> 00:20:46,000 So it actually has a place for that gold 413 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,567 - to get locked in there and get trapped. - It's expensive. 414 00:20:48,567 --> 00:20:50,967 You know, it's like 700 bucks for a roll. 415 00:20:50,967 --> 00:20:53,200 And then on top of that, I watched you guys clean it up 416 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:55,433 the other day. You actually have to bring out an impact, 417 00:20:55,433 --> 00:20:57,367 wrenches, and everything else to be able to get it all taken apart. 418 00:20:57,367 --> 00:20:59,734 What we want to do, we want to eliminate all that 419 00:20:59,734 --> 00:21:02,433 and actually build a set of proper tie downs for it. 420 00:21:02,433 --> 00:21:03,567 - Perfect. - Yeah. 421 00:21:03,567 --> 00:21:05,200 - Great. - You only need a hammer. 422 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:06,667 Yeah. Quick, easy. 423 00:21:06,667 --> 00:21:08,900 He knows how to use one. 424 00:21:08,900 --> 00:21:12,233 So 2,600 is what we're looking at in material. 425 00:21:12,233 --> 00:21:14,867 And then, once you guys get going, 426 00:21:14,867 --> 00:21:17,567 we'd like an ounce of gold apiece for our labor. 427 00:21:18,700 --> 00:21:20,667 We aren't making really anything on it, 428 00:21:20,667 --> 00:21:22,233 but it covers our expenses. 429 00:21:26,700 --> 00:21:28,467 I totally appreciate the information. 430 00:21:28,467 --> 00:21:33,934 And it's no surprise that we're having problems. 431 00:21:33,934 --> 00:21:38,467 And I mean, just you guys being here has opened up 432 00:21:38,467 --> 00:21:43,333 - my eyes to what's possible, because we're losing a lot. - Yeah. 433 00:21:43,333 --> 00:21:44,967 And that's got to be fixed. 434 00:21:50,834 --> 00:21:52,500 I totally understand. 435 00:21:52,500 --> 00:21:55,900 Sometimes you've got to invest money to make money. 436 00:21:55,900 --> 00:21:59,300 - You always do. - Sometimes you have to bite the bullet 437 00:21:59,300 --> 00:22:02,500 and, you know, go a little bit further. 438 00:22:02,500 --> 00:22:05,166 If we walk away now, we're not going to get 439 00:22:05,166 --> 00:22:07,800 - any better than what we are. - Well, let's do it then. 440 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:09,100 - Okay. Let's do it. - Sounds great. 441 00:22:09,100 --> 00:22:10,367 - Thank you, gentlemen. - Thank you. 442 00:22:10,367 --> 00:22:12,133 Okay, then. 443 00:22:12,133 --> 00:22:15,967 Kevin is a numbers guy. So when he says do it, 444 00:22:15,967 --> 00:22:19,133 it was a big load off of my mind. 445 00:22:19,133 --> 00:22:21,233 I'm hoping that this will all work out 446 00:22:21,233 --> 00:22:24,634 and everybody will learn from it and grow together. 447 00:22:24,634 --> 00:22:26,533 The reason why it matters so much to me 448 00:22:26,533 --> 00:22:30,667 with my brother is that I miss that family connection 449 00:22:30,667 --> 00:22:32,300 that a lot of families have. 450 00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:35,367 I'm still hopeful that that will change 451 00:22:35,367 --> 00:22:38,000 with the finding of sufficient gold. 452 00:22:55,934 --> 00:22:58,367 - How's it going, Kevin? - Good, Freddy. How you doing? 453 00:22:58,367 --> 00:23:00,367 - Bring your map? - Oh, I did. 454 00:23:00,367 --> 00:23:02,967 Here's a look at it right here. 455 00:23:02,967 --> 00:23:06,634 In the historic gold-rich hills of western Montana, 456 00:23:06,634 --> 00:23:09,433 Freddy Dodge and mine owner Kevin Dietz 457 00:23:09,433 --> 00:23:12,900 ready the hunt for ground the old timers missed. 458 00:23:12,900 --> 00:23:14,634 - Shaped like a snake. - Yeah. 459 00:23:14,634 --> 00:23:16,233 - Long and skinny, huh? - Skinny. 460 00:23:16,233 --> 00:23:19,467 It has all the markings in terms of the boundaries, 461 00:23:19,467 --> 00:23:24,133 but it also has areas of where the past miners 462 00:23:24,133 --> 00:23:26,467 have mined. Why don't I show you around? 463 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:36,100 What we're doing right now is more important than anything else 464 00:23:36,100 --> 00:23:37,266 we're doing for it. 465 00:23:37,266 --> 00:23:38,834 You could have the nicest wash plant in the world 466 00:23:38,834 --> 00:23:40,333 and you just sit there and polish it every day 467 00:23:40,333 --> 00:23:42,100 'cause you don't have any gold to run through it, right? 468 00:23:42,100 --> 00:23:44,700 - True. - I want to show you something on these rocks over here. 469 00:23:44,700 --> 00:23:46,200 - Okay. - Okay. 470 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:48,000 - You see that? - Yeah. 471 00:23:50,300 --> 00:23:52,800 You can see how the old timers stacked those walls in there? 472 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:56,066 - Yep. - For them to go through that much work to do that, 473 00:23:56,066 --> 00:23:58,634 evidently there was some flipping good gold right there. 474 00:23:58,634 --> 00:24:02,533 Over time, that stuff just keeps slowly, slowly, 475 00:24:02,533 --> 00:24:05,033 slowly working down. So at one time, 476 00:24:05,033 --> 00:24:06,967 this whole pile would have been over the creek 477 00:24:06,967 --> 00:24:09,500 and the water would have flowed through it. 478 00:24:09,500 --> 00:24:12,800 As the rock face eroded over millions of years, 479 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:16,500 it covered the gold-rich creek at the bottom of the hillside. 480 00:24:17,700 --> 00:24:20,700 To recover the gold, the old timers shifted 481 00:24:20,700 --> 00:24:25,066 tons of rock off the creek bed by hand and used it to build 482 00:24:25,066 --> 00:24:28,200 a retaining wall, preventing further rock slides 483 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:29,967 while they mined. 484 00:24:29,967 --> 00:24:33,233 - Well, let's keep looking around, huh? - Okay, sounds good. 485 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,100 I want to look at it from the top 486 00:24:38,100 --> 00:24:40,533 - and kind of get a lay of the land. - Yeah, for sure. 487 00:24:40,533 --> 00:24:43,367 The gravel bed that was in the bottom of the creek before they mined it, 488 00:24:43,367 --> 00:24:45,634 - that's what we want to find up here. - Yeah. 489 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,367 'Cause once upon a time, that creek that's down 490 00:24:50,367 --> 00:24:54,634 in the bottom was here and it's eroded its way down through over time. 491 00:24:54,634 --> 00:24:57,834 So walking in here, if there was a spot I would dig, 492 00:24:57,834 --> 00:25:00,066 it'd be this area, because it's flat enough 493 00:25:00,066 --> 00:25:02,567 it could hold gravels. And lo and behold, 494 00:25:02,567 --> 00:25:04,600 an old timer punched a hole in there. 495 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,333 Yeah. Sure enough. 496 00:25:07,634 --> 00:25:09,400 Let's see what might be in there. 497 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,667 That one's been washed a little bit. 498 00:25:14,667 --> 00:25:17,900 Rocks washed smooth by water indicated 499 00:25:17,900 --> 00:25:21,233 dry riverbed, which could be teeming with gold 500 00:25:21,233 --> 00:25:24,700 brought down from deposits further upstream. 501 00:25:24,700 --> 00:25:27,200 What I think we ought to do up on this flat, 502 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,934 - if we can get that tracko fixed. Bring it up here - Yeah. 503 00:25:30,934 --> 00:25:32,900 and run a trench across. 504 00:25:35,066 --> 00:25:36,934 - Did we find anything? - Yeah. 505 00:25:36,934 --> 00:25:38,900 You can see the little nick in it. 506 00:25:38,900 --> 00:25:42,066 - Oh, yeah. - It was a pain in the butt to get to, though. 507 00:25:42,066 --> 00:25:44,200 On the other side of the claim, 508 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,266 Juan and Rich rush to repair a punctured hose 509 00:25:47,266 --> 00:25:49,100 in the mini excavator. 510 00:25:52,634 --> 00:25:55,200 We don't have a whole lot of time, so fortunately 511 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:56,400 we were able to get this hosing in, 512 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:58,967 and hopefully it'll help them out to be able to find 513 00:25:58,967 --> 00:26:00,800 - some decent ground. - Good. 514 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,333 - Don't smack my truck, please. - Okay. 515 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,734 - No leaks. Looks good. - Good. 516 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:21,467 An hour later, with the excavator back 517 00:26:21,467 --> 00:26:24,367 in action, Freddy tackles the hill. 518 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,066 Oh. 519 00:26:33,066 --> 00:26:35,767 I don't know if we're going to get this tracko up there or not. 520 00:26:37,900 --> 00:26:39,433 It's safe. 521 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:47,266 Good, Freddy. 522 00:26:50,667 --> 00:26:52,233 Well, I'm going to start digging. 523 00:26:52,233 --> 00:26:54,467 Let's hope we can find some material here. 524 00:26:54,467 --> 00:26:55,800 Yeah, 10-4. 525 00:27:06,166 --> 00:27:10,100 Now that the excavator is fixed, I'm feeling very hopeful. 526 00:27:10,100 --> 00:27:12,533 I'm feeling a bit of the excitement 527 00:27:12,533 --> 00:27:17,066 that's starting to build back in me that I had a couple years ago 528 00:27:17,066 --> 00:27:18,600 when we first started. 529 00:27:29,634 --> 00:27:31,900 - You see how these rocks are shingled? - Yeah. 530 00:27:31,900 --> 00:27:34,133 They're flat rocks. They're laying flat. 531 00:27:34,133 --> 00:27:36,367 It means it's been worked by water. 532 00:27:36,367 --> 00:27:40,200 This layer from right here looks promising. 533 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,467 This certainly isn't the same type of stuff 534 00:27:42,467 --> 00:27:44,300 that we were digging. 535 00:27:44,300 --> 00:27:47,300 This side of this wall is tailings, I think. 536 00:27:47,300 --> 00:27:49,467 - See how much tighter these are? - Yeah. 537 00:27:49,467 --> 00:27:51,667 So I'm going to run my hand down like that. 538 00:27:51,667 --> 00:27:53,433 - Yeah. - I'm getting the odd rock. 539 00:27:53,433 --> 00:27:55,200 Now this side. 540 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:56,734 - That's tailings. - Tailings. 541 00:27:56,734 --> 00:27:58,934 That's one more thing that I've learned from you. 542 00:27:58,934 --> 00:28:02,367 What I'd like to do is some panning on this material. 543 00:28:02,367 --> 00:28:04,834 Freddy's test hole cuts directly through 544 00:28:04,834 --> 00:28:07,467 a spot between the old timer's tailings 545 00:28:07,467 --> 00:28:12,133 and untouched ground, which should contain gold. 546 00:28:12,133 --> 00:28:14,900 - Jerry, got a copy? - Copy. Go ahead. 547 00:28:14,900 --> 00:28:17,967 Freddy's got a bucket that we're going to put in your skid steer. 548 00:28:17,967 --> 00:28:19,233 Copy that. 549 00:28:21,033 --> 00:28:23,033 It's very interesting watching Freddy. 550 00:28:23,033 --> 00:28:28,066 It's like watching a master at work who can read the signs 551 00:28:28,066 --> 00:28:29,900 of the rock and the land. 552 00:28:29,900 --> 00:28:31,400 It's looking good. 553 00:28:36,100 --> 00:28:38,000 There you go. Now dump. 554 00:28:38,734 --> 00:28:40,000 Thank you, sir. 555 00:28:41,634 --> 00:28:44,667 Freddy runs three yards through the high banker 556 00:28:44,667 --> 00:28:47,767 to concentrate the pay before he pans it. 557 00:28:47,767 --> 00:28:50,367 - Now let's see what's in it, huh? - Yeah. 558 00:28:50,367 --> 00:28:52,166 Hopefully there's some gold in it. 559 00:28:52,166 --> 00:28:53,667 Yeah, hopefully there is. 560 00:29:03,667 --> 00:29:05,133 Yeah. 561 00:29:08,367 --> 00:29:10,533 Hmph. 562 00:29:10,533 --> 00:29:12,734 It's 10 colors. 563 00:29:12,734 --> 00:29:14,600 And it's not good. 564 00:29:16,300 --> 00:29:17,634 Well. 565 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,533 I don't know what to do now. 566 00:29:29,433 --> 00:29:34,433 I was hoping to see like $5 worth of gold in the pan there. 567 00:29:34,433 --> 00:29:35,667 No. 568 00:29:35,667 --> 00:29:38,033 25 cents worth of gold was in that pan. 569 00:29:38,033 --> 00:29:39,333 That's not enough. 570 00:29:46,033 --> 00:29:49,266 I have mixed emotions, you know, I got insides 571 00:29:49,266 --> 00:29:53,233 just... are you making the right call going further? 572 00:29:53,233 --> 00:29:55,100 Where I draw the line is I'm very close. 573 00:29:55,100 --> 00:29:56,934 We're two years into this. 574 00:29:56,934 --> 00:30:00,567 Literally, we're going down Bankruptcy Road. 575 00:30:00,567 --> 00:30:03,100 So basically we're back to square one. 576 00:30:03,100 --> 00:30:05,867 There was a tremendous amount of gold produced here. 577 00:30:05,867 --> 00:30:08,533 You can see it without somebody telling you, 578 00:30:08,533 --> 00:30:10,433 the amount of work they did in these valleys 579 00:30:10,433 --> 00:30:11,600 wasn't for nothing. 580 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,600 There was gold here and there's still gold here. 581 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:17,767 How much is left and where the [bleep] do we find it? 582 00:30:36,834 --> 00:30:39,934 We're running out of time here, I'll tell you that. 583 00:30:39,934 --> 00:30:43,400 It's a beautiful place, but at the same time, 584 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,634 you got to put food on the table. 585 00:30:45,634 --> 00:30:48,100 Freddy hits the hills of Montana around 586 00:30:48,100 --> 00:30:50,867 the Dietz mine in a last ditch attempt 587 00:30:50,867 --> 00:30:53,567 to find the brothers some good ground. 588 00:30:53,567 --> 00:30:57,100 Kevin's put a lot of his finances on the line here 589 00:30:57,100 --> 00:31:02,233 to mine gold and I've seen his emotions roller coaster 590 00:31:02,233 --> 00:31:04,000 the past couple of days. 591 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,734 Found gravels that should have good gold in them. 592 00:31:06,734 --> 00:31:09,467 Not enough gold, so I watched him go 593 00:31:09,467 --> 00:31:11,133 off the cliff. 594 00:31:11,133 --> 00:31:13,233 Most important thing in my mind right now 595 00:31:13,233 --> 00:31:15,967 is to find what gold's left on their property. 596 00:31:15,967 --> 00:31:17,867 The old timers hit it hard. 597 00:31:18,934 --> 00:31:21,533 On the ground up there, you know, 598 00:31:21,533 --> 00:31:23,266 you can see a couple benches. 599 00:31:23,266 --> 00:31:24,967 It's an inside bend on this creek, 600 00:31:24,967 --> 00:31:29,233 that side is, which is good for gravel benches. 601 00:31:29,233 --> 00:31:32,233 There's one spot up there that I want to look at. 602 00:31:32,233 --> 00:31:33,867 We're just trying to pick through 603 00:31:33,867 --> 00:31:36,834 and find what the old timers couldn't get to. 604 00:31:38,233 --> 00:31:42,033 Water flows faster around the outside of bends 605 00:31:42,033 --> 00:31:43,634 and rivers and creeks. 606 00:31:43,634 --> 00:31:47,133 The extra force of the water eats away at the bank 607 00:31:47,133 --> 00:31:48,800 at an increased rate. 608 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,233 Gold bearing benches on this side of the river bank 609 00:31:52,233 --> 00:31:56,166 will be eroded over time and their gold washed away, 610 00:31:56,166 --> 00:32:00,433 but the benches on the inside are more likely to stay intact 611 00:32:00,433 --> 00:32:03,800 with their gold still trapped within. 612 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:05,700 It's kind of like that sluice box down there. 613 00:32:05,700 --> 00:32:09,233 The water is shooting wide and the material stays 614 00:32:09,233 --> 00:32:10,700 on the inside. 615 00:32:10,700 --> 00:32:13,867 I just got to keep looking around and hopefully find something. 616 00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:16,433 One of the issues that we're having is 617 00:32:16,433 --> 00:32:18,300 the heavier material is coming down the sluice here 618 00:32:18,300 --> 00:32:19,533 and we're getting a lot of water here. 619 00:32:19,533 --> 00:32:21,066 So what we want to do is make sure that 620 00:32:21,066 --> 00:32:24,300 it's an even feed across the sluice box. 621 00:32:24,300 --> 00:32:27,634 Juan strips the sluice box and attacks the issue 622 00:32:27,634 --> 00:32:29,233 of uneven flow. 623 00:32:31,300 --> 00:32:33,834 So we're going to force all the material to get concentrated 624 00:32:33,834 --> 00:32:37,400 into about an eight by ten chute and then what it'll do 625 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,333 is once it hits that little concentration point, 626 00:32:39,333 --> 00:32:43,233 it'll fan out and then it'll actually have a more even feed down the sluice box. 627 00:32:43,233 --> 00:32:45,266 At the end of the day, the more even of a feed 628 00:32:45,266 --> 00:32:46,767 that we have on the sluice box, 629 00:32:46,767 --> 00:32:50,667 the better chance that we have of catching a lot of that finer gold. 630 00:32:50,667 --> 00:32:53,867 So it's something simple, but it'll help the recovery. 631 00:32:53,867 --> 00:32:55,233 I'm going to get up to the cut table, 632 00:32:55,233 --> 00:32:57,367 get it all cut out and then we'll get it installed. 633 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,266 I've got all the little pieces of design that we need 634 00:33:04,266 --> 00:33:05,533 to cut out. 635 00:33:20,867 --> 00:33:22,266 That'll work. 636 00:33:29,066 --> 00:33:31,467 - That flat back from your plant... - Yeah. 637 00:33:31,467 --> 00:33:33,233 looks like nobody's messed with it. 638 00:33:33,233 --> 00:33:35,166 Really? 639 00:33:35,166 --> 00:33:38,367 What I was thinking, Kevin, is get up in here 640 00:33:38,367 --> 00:33:41,166 and punch a couple holes. 641 00:33:41,166 --> 00:33:43,800 Freddy thinks he's found an untouched bend 642 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:46,567 on the inside of an old meander. 643 00:33:46,567 --> 00:33:49,634 I think we should punch some holes and check it out, yeah? 644 00:33:49,634 --> 00:33:53,200 Let's get the tracko and hopefully, we have more success 645 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:54,567 than our last one. 646 00:34:16,500 --> 00:34:19,600 Well, right now I'm seeing some rounded rock. 647 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,266 We found a layer, if it's got decent gold in it, 648 00:34:22,266 --> 00:34:24,433 that's about three feet thick here. 649 00:34:24,433 --> 00:34:26,900 So we'll see what's in it. 650 00:34:29,533 --> 00:34:32,233 Could you take handfuls of the brown and throw it in the bucket 651 00:34:32,233 --> 00:34:34,600 - and take it down and pan it? - Okay. 652 00:34:36,100 --> 00:34:38,667 - That ought to be enough. - All right, I'll run down and test that. 653 00:34:38,667 --> 00:34:40,533 - That bucket. - All right, perfect. 654 00:34:40,533 --> 00:34:42,233 - All righty, thank you. - I'll be back in just a bit. 655 00:34:42,233 --> 00:34:43,367 Okay. 656 00:34:50,433 --> 00:34:53,834 I'm doing a little panning just to see if there's something in here. 657 00:34:53,834 --> 00:34:56,767 It's showing some pretty good color right off the bat. 658 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:02,567 - I got those results, Freddy. - How's it look? 659 00:35:02,567 --> 00:35:04,367 Not so bad. 660 00:35:04,367 --> 00:35:06,433 There was some jumps in it. 661 00:35:06,433 --> 00:35:07,834 Yep. 662 00:35:07,834 --> 00:35:10,934 This single pan from the new test hole produces 663 00:35:10,934 --> 00:35:15,266 three times as much gold as Freddy's previous bulk test. 664 00:35:15,266 --> 00:35:16,800 The old timers missed it. 665 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:18,634 - We found it. - You found it, Freddy. 666 00:35:18,634 --> 00:35:21,333 - We found it. - I can't, well, I'm glad to say 667 00:35:21,333 --> 00:35:22,967 we, but I'm saying you found it. 668 00:35:24,734 --> 00:35:26,634 You guys want to start getting pay down, 669 00:35:26,634 --> 00:35:28,200 so we can run a second test here. 670 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:30,834 - Yeah? - I guess time will tell how much gold's in it. 671 00:35:36,266 --> 00:35:38,500 Freddy, he's so knowledgeable. 672 00:35:38,500 --> 00:35:41,934 Rich and me, you know, Freddy and Juan could 673 00:35:41,934 --> 00:35:46,333 help repair our relationship, and that's worth... 674 00:35:47,700 --> 00:35:51,567 more than gold would give you, for sure. 675 00:35:59,100 --> 00:36:02,634 It's now all hands on deck to fix the plant 676 00:36:02,634 --> 00:36:05,166 and make sure Freddy's prospecting mission 677 00:36:05,166 --> 00:36:06,900 delivers a punch. 678 00:36:06,900 --> 00:36:09,867 So we got a broken feeder. We're not exactly sure what's wrong. 679 00:36:09,867 --> 00:36:11,400 They can't even use it. 680 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:12,734 Got to lift it up and take a look. 681 00:36:12,734 --> 00:36:15,333 So we got to get it apart, see what we can do with it. 682 00:36:20,100 --> 00:36:21,900 heavy. 683 00:36:21,900 --> 00:36:25,734 Juan's feeder fix will increase the amount of material 684 00:36:25,734 --> 00:36:28,867 fed into the wash plant by a third. 685 00:36:28,867 --> 00:36:30,934 Careful, guys. Don't trust it. 686 00:36:35,300 --> 00:36:38,233 - How's it going, Juan-o? - Hey, Freddy. How you doing over there? 687 00:36:38,233 --> 00:36:42,000 So those last tests we did on this bench over here. 688 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,600 - Yeah, how did it look? - There's gold in it. 689 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:44,967 - Is there? - Yeah. 690 00:36:44,967 --> 00:36:46,533 We got the prospecting done, so I'm going to start working on 691 00:36:46,533 --> 00:36:48,133 - that sluice box where you start it. - Okay. 692 00:36:48,133 --> 00:36:49,467 - Yeah. Perfect. - I'll finish it for you. 693 00:36:49,467 --> 00:36:51,266 - Let's do it. - Okay. Thanks, buddy. 694 00:36:58,100 --> 00:37:00,734 What we're doing here is going to make wedges 695 00:37:00,734 --> 00:37:04,200 to hold the riffles down in the sluice box. 696 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:08,934 The system they had definitely wasn't the greatest. 697 00:37:08,934 --> 00:37:10,867 It was plugged up all the way down. 698 00:37:10,867 --> 00:37:14,500 The new riffle system we're putting in is going to save them time. 699 00:37:14,500 --> 00:37:17,033 The plant's not running. It's not catching gold. 700 00:37:18,567 --> 00:37:20,066 Last one. 701 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:40,834 I was able to get it all taken apart, 702 00:37:40,834 --> 00:37:42,867 and I got these links put back together. 703 00:37:42,867 --> 00:37:45,200 That chain, that's what brings the material forward. 704 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,166 These paddles are welded onto the links, 705 00:37:47,166 --> 00:37:49,233 and what happened was this side must have gotten caught up, 706 00:37:49,233 --> 00:37:50,634 and it broke the links. 707 00:37:50,634 --> 00:37:52,500 Bricks had a little section of chain left over, 708 00:37:52,500 --> 00:37:54,567 so I would pull a few links off of it and repair it. 709 00:37:54,567 --> 00:37:57,100 Welded this crossbar back onto the link. 710 00:38:05,266 --> 00:38:07,000 Pretty much ready to go. 711 00:38:16,300 --> 00:38:18,967 So what do you think of my new vest this year, Juan? 712 00:38:18,967 --> 00:38:21,467 It's all right. It looks a lot like the one last year, Fred. 713 00:38:21,467 --> 00:38:23,100 - No. That's when I had a zipper. - Yeah, I know. 714 00:38:23,100 --> 00:38:25,800 - This one's Velcro. It's nice, though. - Yeah. 715 00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:29,400 Oh. Oh, no. No, no, no. I need that. 716 00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:33,800 This is my good vest. 717 00:38:34,934 --> 00:38:37,667 - I'm going to buy you a new one, Freddy. - Here. 718 00:38:37,667 --> 00:38:41,867 - Poor little guy. - You tore my Velcro off. 719 00:38:41,867 --> 00:38:43,500 Why would you do that? 720 00:38:43,500 --> 00:38:45,433 - It was already off there, Fred. - No, it wasn't off. 721 00:38:45,433 --> 00:38:47,166 Did you hear it go... 722 00:38:47,166 --> 00:38:49,200 - Yeah, it was ready to come off. - No, it wasn't. 723 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:51,533 - You still got one. - Now it's a safety hazard. 724 00:38:51,533 --> 00:38:53,266 You still got a good one. 725 00:38:53,266 --> 00:38:55,200 I'm done for the day. 726 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:58,500 I wasn't expecting to repair my Velcro up. 727 00:39:09,700 --> 00:39:11,700 - Are you ready? - Yeah. 728 00:39:11,700 --> 00:39:13,100 All right. Coming your way. 729 00:39:13,100 --> 00:39:16,533 In western Montana, Juan leads the squad 730 00:39:16,533 --> 00:39:18,367 as they finish the fix. 731 00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:21,400 You're dead so far. Come on down. 732 00:39:23,734 --> 00:39:26,500 I think it's in, Juan, on this side. 733 00:39:26,500 --> 00:39:28,500 It's no showpiece, but look at that. 734 00:39:28,500 --> 00:39:30,400 It's in. Perfect. 735 00:39:31,700 --> 00:39:34,066 - How's it going, Juan-O? - Just got done with that hopper. 736 00:39:34,066 --> 00:39:35,600 I know they're still getting pay down here, 737 00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:38,467 so I guess wait for them to get all the pay down and we're ready to run. 738 00:39:38,467 --> 00:39:40,967 - Yeah. - That's the best gravel we've seen. 739 00:39:40,967 --> 00:39:43,634 Now we've got to run it and see if there's any gold in it. 740 00:39:43,634 --> 00:39:46,533 I know Kevin and Rich were both extremely stressed out 741 00:39:46,533 --> 00:39:48,066 about everything going on here, 742 00:39:48,066 --> 00:39:50,133 but hopefully this will kind of alleviate some of that stress for them. 743 00:39:50,133 --> 00:39:52,700 - I like these guys. - I do too. 744 00:39:52,700 --> 00:39:53,834 Okay. 745 00:40:11,900 --> 00:40:13,033 How's it going, guys? 746 00:40:13,033 --> 00:40:14,934 - Hi. - Hi, guys. 747 00:40:14,934 --> 00:40:18,500 Freddy and Juan spent the last five days overhauling 748 00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:20,734 the Dietz brothers' operation. 749 00:40:20,734 --> 00:40:23,467 So I say we run 80 minutes, which is twice what 750 00:40:23,467 --> 00:40:25,433 we ran last time, so the math will be easy 751 00:40:25,433 --> 00:40:27,433 and we'll see how much gold's in it. 752 00:40:27,433 --> 00:40:29,133 - Let's fire it up. - Let's go. 753 00:40:29,133 --> 00:40:30,734 - See what we got. - Sounds good. 754 00:40:31,467 --> 00:40:32,800 Fire it up. 755 00:40:35,967 --> 00:40:39,200 Before the hopper feeder was out of action, 756 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:42,800 Juan fixed the drive chain to allow more of pay through 757 00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:43,967 the plant. 758 00:40:43,967 --> 00:40:46,900 Material built up on one side of the sluice, 759 00:40:46,900 --> 00:40:48,767 blocking the riffles. 760 00:40:48,767 --> 00:40:52,233 Juan installed a chute that distributes material 761 00:40:52,233 --> 00:40:55,634 across the full width of the box alongside 762 00:40:55,634 --> 00:40:58,634 Freddy's rebuilt sluices with new riffles 763 00:40:58,634 --> 00:41:00,367 and custom carpets. 764 00:41:00,367 --> 00:41:03,700 But the new pay Freddy prospected 765 00:41:03,700 --> 00:41:07,166 could be the key to keeping the brothers' mining dream 766 00:41:07,166 --> 00:41:09,367 and their friendship alive. 767 00:41:15,367 --> 00:41:17,967 - Hey. Going good. - Going good. 768 00:41:19,667 --> 00:41:21,867 There we go. First bucket. 769 00:41:29,767 --> 00:41:31,867 See if we can get some color here. 770 00:41:35,100 --> 00:41:36,667 Nice to be running again. 771 00:41:36,667 --> 00:41:39,233 - Yeah. - I hope there's gold in it. 772 00:41:41,500 --> 00:41:45,734 First bucket's in, Juan. Water turned brown. 773 00:41:45,734 --> 00:41:48,634 Well, we got a lot of changes in this box now, Juan. 774 00:41:48,634 --> 00:41:51,467 - Yeah. - Before it was the same, the same, the same. 775 00:41:51,467 --> 00:41:55,100 The same. Blob, blob, blob all the way down. 776 00:41:55,100 --> 00:41:56,900 All the way. 777 00:41:56,900 --> 00:41:58,433 A lot better. 778 00:42:01,767 --> 00:42:03,600 - Lyn. - Yeah, go ahead. 779 00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:05,600 How's it going up there for you? 780 00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:07,333 Yeah, that material looks good. 781 00:42:07,333 --> 00:42:08,867 I like it. 782 00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:18,767 If you look at it from this angle, 783 00:42:18,767 --> 00:42:20,433 you see how it's just coming. 784 00:42:20,433 --> 00:42:22,867 I like that flow much better. 785 00:42:22,867 --> 00:42:24,634 - Got a chance. - Yeah. 786 00:42:24,634 --> 00:42:26,066 Yeah. 787 00:42:28,967 --> 00:42:31,200 That looks very good dirt. 788 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,500 Way different than the stuff we've been running. 789 00:42:33,500 --> 00:42:35,867 - A lot finer, isn't it? - A lot finer. 790 00:42:35,867 --> 00:42:38,333 The tailings aren't piling up as fast. 791 00:42:38,333 --> 00:42:40,634 All that matters is that there's gold in 'em. 792 00:42:43,533 --> 00:42:46,033 - Look at how round, that's river rock. - Truck on. 793 00:42:46,033 --> 00:42:47,734 Oh, hey. 794 00:42:47,734 --> 00:42:50,033 Look at that one. That's rounded. 795 00:42:50,033 --> 00:42:51,867 - That's pretty good, bro. - That's a rounded one. 796 00:42:51,867 --> 00:42:53,967 There's another one. Look at this one. 797 00:42:54,767 --> 00:42:56,266 I'm going to get it. 798 00:43:01,634 --> 00:43:03,967 Shut it down, guys. That's 80 minutes. 799 00:43:04,767 --> 00:43:06,667 Twice what we did last time. 800 00:43:06,667 --> 00:43:09,634 So we'll see how much gold we get out of it. 801 00:43:09,634 --> 00:43:11,300 Okay, go ahead and turn it off, Kevin. 802 00:43:12,967 --> 00:43:14,233 Shutting it down. 803 00:43:25,634 --> 00:43:27,967 - How's it looking, Juan? - Looks pretty damn good, guys. 804 00:43:27,967 --> 00:43:29,800 - Looks really good. - Look in there. 805 00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:32,033 This whole riffle's packed all the way into this corner. 806 00:43:32,033 --> 00:43:34,100 - Wow. - I can see it, yeah. 807 00:43:34,100 --> 00:43:35,600 We've never seen gold in the... 808 00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:36,834 - Look at that. - Yeah, We've never seen gold... 809 00:43:36,834 --> 00:43:39,367 Look down here. Look at that. 810 00:43:39,367 --> 00:43:40,867 - Holy cow. - Look down here. 811 00:43:40,867 --> 00:43:42,533 If you guys want to start knocking the boards 812 00:43:42,533 --> 00:43:44,367 - and pulling the riffles out of here. - Okay. 813 00:43:44,367 --> 00:43:45,667 We'll do it. 814 00:43:45,667 --> 00:43:48,100 - All I need is a hammer this time, Freddy. - That's it, man. 815 00:43:48,100 --> 00:43:50,600 Look at that. No bolt. 816 00:43:50,600 --> 00:43:52,500 No word. I find that wrench. 817 00:43:52,500 --> 00:43:53,934 None of that. Look at that. 818 00:43:53,934 --> 00:43:55,967 How happy am I? 819 00:44:18,900 --> 00:44:21,867 Cleanup from the second test complete. 820 00:44:21,867 --> 00:44:25,133 It's the moment of truth for the Dietz brothers. 821 00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:29,166 - Gentlemen, how's it going? - Good, good. 822 00:44:29,166 --> 00:44:30,600 - How you looking? - Good, good. 823 00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:32,467 - Got her dried up? - I do. 824 00:44:32,467 --> 00:44:34,233 - I'd like to see it. - Yeah. 825 00:44:36,133 --> 00:44:37,767 Pour her, Juano. 826 00:44:39,066 --> 00:44:44,066 The first test delivered 0.06 ounces from 40 minutes. 827 00:44:44,066 --> 00:44:47,900 Because we ran twice as long, let's go 0.12. 828 00:44:47,900 --> 00:44:50,667 If Freddy and Juan's improvements work, 829 00:44:50,667 --> 00:44:54,266 this second test of 80 minutes should deliver more than 830 00:44:54,266 --> 00:44:56,433 0.12 of an ounce. 831 00:44:56,433 --> 00:44:57,667 Look how much is left in the jar. 832 00:44:57,667 --> 00:44:59,767 The reality is that's what you're increasing. 833 00:44:59,767 --> 00:45:01,233 - Wow. - Awesome. 834 00:45:01,233 --> 00:45:03,200 Pour it out, Juano. 835 00:45:08,133 --> 00:45:09,700 0.44. 836 00:45:09,700 --> 00:45:11,934 Right there is $900 worth of gold. 837 00:45:11,934 --> 00:45:13,700 - Wow. - Hey. 838 00:45:13,700 --> 00:45:16,500 - That's amazing, isn't it? - Cool. 839 00:45:16,500 --> 00:45:18,166 That's two ounces of 100 yards. 840 00:45:18,166 --> 00:45:20,000 For the amount of time that was ran, 841 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:24,500 this is a 350 to 400% increase in gold. 842 00:45:24,500 --> 00:45:27,000 And it's amazing. Look at all that fine gold that's in there now. 843 00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:29,300 - Yeah, it wasn't there before. - We didn't have that before. 844 00:45:29,300 --> 00:45:30,800 I couldn't be more pleased, guys. 845 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:32,600 What do you think, bro? 846 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:34,934 I don't know what to think. I'm speechless. 847 00:45:34,934 --> 00:45:36,600 I mean, this is huge. 848 00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:38,867 I'm totally grateful to them. 849 00:45:38,867 --> 00:45:42,700 I can't explain what it means. 850 00:45:42,700 --> 00:45:45,667 When there's still hope, then your attitude goes up, 851 00:45:45,667 --> 00:45:48,867 your enthusiasm goes up, and your will to do it goes up. 852 00:45:48,867 --> 00:45:51,100 - And your morale as a team goes up. - Yeah. Totally. 853 00:45:51,100 --> 00:45:54,700 And you guys changed that. 854 00:45:54,700 --> 00:45:56,600 Today was just totally amazing. 855 00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:58,500 The sluice box worked perfect. 856 00:45:58,500 --> 00:46:03,400 Fred, Freddy, and Juan, their improvements to the plant, 857 00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:05,667 they did exactly what they said they were going to do. 858 00:46:05,667 --> 00:46:08,800 Now we know that there's gold in the area. 859 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:10,734 We've learned how to look for it. 860 00:46:10,734 --> 00:46:12,667 We can come back next year. 861 00:46:12,667 --> 00:46:14,467 This has been huge. 862 00:46:14,467 --> 00:46:16,634 Well, there's your gold. 863 00:46:16,634 --> 00:46:18,967 - Wow, nice. Look at that. - Look at that. 864 00:46:19,734 --> 00:46:22,266 - Guys, it's been a pleasure. - Okay. 865 00:46:22,266 --> 00:46:23,867 - Get loaded up and get out. - Thank you so much. 866 00:46:23,867 --> 00:46:25,567 - Oh, you're welcome. - I can't say how much I appreciate it. 867 00:46:25,567 --> 00:46:26,500 - You're welcome. - Thank you. 868 00:46:26,500 --> 00:46:28,400 - Thank you, guys. - Stay in touch, okay? 869 00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:29,400 - Yeah. - You too. 870 00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:30,767 - Thank you, guys. - Okay. 871 00:46:32,333 --> 00:46:35,734 To see the pan of almost a half ounce 872 00:46:35,734 --> 00:46:38,700 after we've ran for 80 minutes just blew me away 873 00:46:38,700 --> 00:46:42,066 because that gold really came out of our land, 874 00:46:42,066 --> 00:46:43,700 that's pretty exciting. 875 00:46:43,700 --> 00:46:47,700 And on top of that, having a better relationship 876 00:46:47,700 --> 00:46:49,133 with my brother, and then on top of that, 877 00:46:49,133 --> 00:46:50,600 having some hope for next year, 878 00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:53,667 it really puts it all into a complete circle 879 00:46:53,667 --> 00:46:57,266 and really fits for this stage of our life. 880 00:46:57,266 --> 00:46:59,400 So I'm very grateful for that. 881 00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:03,700 Rich, we did this. So, you know, we could get a connection again. 882 00:47:04,834 --> 00:47:07,467 It's important. It's-- 883 00:47:07,467 --> 00:47:09,600 I understand, it's been tough. 884 00:47:11,233 --> 00:47:13,100 I'm sorry, you know, for things that happened 885 00:47:13,100 --> 00:47:15,033 in the past and I just, you know, 886 00:47:15,033 --> 00:47:17,934 we just got to learn to maybe live with each other 887 00:47:17,934 --> 00:47:20,133 - just a little bit, okay? - I just... 888 00:47:20,133 --> 00:47:23,133 I love you. I really do. I'm sorry. 889 00:47:23,133 --> 00:47:25,066 I really am. I'm really sorry. 890 00:47:26,300 --> 00:47:27,967 - I know it's hurting you. - Let's go. 891 00:47:27,967 --> 00:47:30,233 - I'm going to show you that spot. All right. - Thank you. 892 00:47:35,233 --> 00:47:37,700 Kevin and Rich, you know, you can tell they have a lot 893 00:47:37,700 --> 00:47:38,667 of brotherly love. 894 00:47:38,667 --> 00:47:40,133 I'm hoping they're on the same page, 895 00:47:40,133 --> 00:47:42,500 so that way they can continue to move forward as brothers 896 00:47:42,500 --> 00:47:45,000 and hopefully run a successful mine. 897 00:47:46,867 --> 00:47:48,400 Before they didn't know what to do. 898 00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:50,233 Now they know what material to look for. 899 00:47:50,233 --> 00:47:53,266 They know some of the places to look for it. 900 00:47:53,266 --> 00:47:54,667 Today's a good day for them. 901 00:47:54,667 --> 00:47:56,467 Today's a good day for Juan and myself. 902 00:47:56,467 --> 00:47:58,867 It's always good to see people smile. 903 00:47:58,867 --> 00:48:00,734 Well, let's get on to the next one, huh?