1 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:13,930 It's a tough way to make a living, sure, 2 00:00:13,930 --> 00:00:15,300 but I just love being out here. 3 00:00:15,300 --> 00:00:18,300 No traffic, there's no people to deal with. 4 00:00:20,030 --> 00:00:21,930 Just a matter of finding the gold so you can make it worthwhile. 5 00:00:24,430 --> 00:00:25,900 But we're pretty much out of money. 6 00:00:27,670 --> 00:00:29,530 I owe my partner $500,000. 7 00:00:31,700 --> 00:00:33,100 The gold's just not there. 8 00:00:33,870 --> 00:00:35,470 Right now, I'm rapidly panicking. 9 00:00:35,470 --> 00:00:36,830 We're trying to find a new spot to mine. 10 00:00:38,030 --> 00:00:39,030 That's just devastating. 11 00:00:40,230 --> 00:00:41,530 [John]His stress levels are high. 12 00:00:41,530 --> 00:00:43,100 I mean, I know him. I raised him right? 13 00:00:43,100 --> 00:00:44,730 It's like, I can see it in his face. 14 00:00:44,730 --> 00:00:48,030 He's got a financial partner that wants to see results. 15 00:00:48,030 --> 00:00:51,000 And his family's relying on him to succeed. 16 00:00:52,130 --> 00:00:53,900 We really need Freddy and Juan to come in here. 17 00:00:53,900 --> 00:00:55,730 We have major problems with that wash plant. 18 00:00:56,930 --> 00:01:00,370 Hopper jams up, like, five times an hour everyday. 19 00:01:00,370 --> 00:01:03,530 And if they could solve any of these issues for us, it could make the difference. 20 00:01:09,370 --> 00:01:10,830 Let's make some gold, guys. 21 00:01:10,830 --> 00:01:12,300 [narrator] Freddy Dodge... 22 00:01:12,300 --> 00:01:14,770 There's no guarantees in gold, buddy. 23 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:17,170 ...and Juan Ibarra... 24 00:01:17,170 --> 00:01:18,470 All right, well, let's do it, huh? 25 00:01:18,470 --> 00:01:21,100 ...have mastered the art of getting gold 26 00:01:21,100 --> 00:01:22,370 out of the ground. 27 00:01:22,370 --> 00:01:23,870 [Juan] Look at that. 28 00:01:23,870 --> 00:01:26,230 [narrator] In the most rugged places on earth. 29 00:01:26,230 --> 00:01:28,200 [Juan] I'm feeling a little sick Freddy. 30 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,070 [narrator] Now they rescue struggling miners... 31 00:01:31,070 --> 00:01:32,630 [Juan] Ooh, that's not good. 32 00:01:32,630 --> 00:01:35,170 [narrator]...who risked it all to be rich. 33 00:01:36,030 --> 00:01:37,500 Whoa, whoa, whoa! Shut it down! 34 00:01:37,500 --> 00:01:39,770 [narrator] But are about to lose everything. 35 00:01:39,770 --> 00:01:40,970 Eyeballs. 36 00:01:40,970 --> 00:01:43,400 [narrator]To revive these failing mines, 37 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,270 Freddy and Juan engineer the impossible. 38 00:01:46,270 --> 00:01:48,670 I've never heard of an under sluice before. 39 00:01:48,670 --> 00:01:50,670 [narrator]Deliver some hard truths... 40 00:01:50,670 --> 00:01:51,970 This material you're digging, 41 00:01:51,970 --> 00:01:53,470 now it's totally worthless. 42 00:01:53,470 --> 00:01:56,100 ...and track down the gold. 43 00:01:56,100 --> 00:01:57,870 That's what dreams are made of, right there. 44 00:01:57,870 --> 00:02:01,900 [narrator] But if they don't at least double the miner's gold recovery, 45 00:02:01,900 --> 00:02:04,430 they won't take a dime in return. 46 00:02:04,430 --> 00:02:07,570 It's like ten times the amount of gold. That's awesome. 47 00:02:28,270 --> 00:02:32,200 [narrator] Freddy and Juan are in the foothills of the Cariboo mountain range 48 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,200 in British Columbia, answering an SOS 49 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,070 from miner Anthony Moth. 50 00:02:38,070 --> 00:02:39,700 -How's it going, guys? -Hey, guys. 51 00:02:39,700 --> 00:02:41,070 -How're you doing? -Good. I'm Anthony. 52 00:02:41,070 --> 00:02:42,070 -I'm Juan. -Juan, nice to meet you. 53 00:02:42,070 --> 00:02:42,900 -Freddy. -Freddy, good to meet ya. 54 00:02:42,900 --> 00:02:44,430 -Hey, guys. -That's my dad, John. 55 00:02:44,430 --> 00:02:46,230 -John, pleasure, sir. -John. 56 00:02:46,230 --> 00:02:47,600 -Good to meet you, John. -Good to meet you. 57 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,470 So are you here for the whole summer? 58 00:02:49,470 --> 00:02:51,870 Yeah, just here to kinda help Anthony out a little bit. 59 00:02:51,870 --> 00:02:54,730 I'm free labor, so I'm not too bad with a machine. 60 00:02:54,730 --> 00:02:56,329 [laughing] 61 00:02:56,329 --> 00:02:57,800 I've had some problems in the past 62 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,300 and I just give my dad a text or a call and he usually comes right up. 63 00:03:00,300 --> 00:03:01,570 Did it again this year. 64 00:03:01,570 --> 00:03:03,800 Yeah, I live in southern Vancouver island. 65 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:05,170 Yeah, it's good to have him around. 66 00:03:05,170 --> 00:03:07,100 Since I moved away, I don't get to see him as much now, so. 67 00:03:07,100 --> 00:03:08,500 Yeah. 68 00:03:08,500 --> 00:03:10,770 Well, I hope he doesn't have to fire you if you're working for free. 69 00:03:10,770 --> 00:03:12,130 [all laughing] 70 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,800 [narrator] Two years ago, Anthony ditched his day job in construction 71 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:22,230 and moved to the Cariboo region with his wife Liya 72 00:03:22,230 --> 00:03:24,170 and young son Theo. 73 00:03:24,170 --> 00:03:27,329 Here, he bought a 900 acre gold claim 74 00:03:27,329 --> 00:03:30,930 to pursue a passion he developed in his 20s. 75 00:03:30,930 --> 00:03:33,100 I love going out panning, just finding a few colors with my dog. 76 00:03:33,100 --> 00:03:35,800 So I built my own washplant and started mining. 77 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,730 I learnt a lot, found some gold. 78 00:03:37,730 --> 00:03:41,630 And when I thought that I could actually make money doing my dream, 79 00:03:41,630 --> 00:03:42,870 I just had to go for it. 80 00:03:43,870 --> 00:03:45,370 We started a whole new life. 81 00:03:45,370 --> 00:03:46,930 But it's very difficult. 82 00:03:46,930 --> 00:03:51,900 We have constant breakdowns, and the gold just keeps disappearing on us here. 83 00:03:51,900 --> 00:03:53,870 And, you know, we can only continue 84 00:03:53,870 --> 00:03:56,670 for another few weeks before we run out of our money. 85 00:03:56,670 --> 00:03:58,930 So I gotta make this work 'cause otherwise, 86 00:03:58,930 --> 00:04:00,100 I don't know what we'll do. 87 00:04:02,130 --> 00:04:03,630 How long have you guys been mining out here? 88 00:04:03,630 --> 00:04:05,230 Uh, I came out here last year. 89 00:04:05,230 --> 00:04:07,800 We bought the claim in June and I got my trommel all set up 90 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:09,170 and we started mining in July. 91 00:04:09,170 --> 00:04:11,000 And we're hoping this year's gonna be the year, 92 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,300 but it's just not going good. 93 00:04:12,830 --> 00:04:14,630 Last year we did 120 oz. 94 00:04:14,630 --> 00:04:15,870 We had a whole bunch of ground, 95 00:04:15,870 --> 00:04:17,529 so we went in there and it's just gone. 96 00:04:17,529 --> 00:04:18,899 And nothing got left there. It appears like 97 00:04:18,899 --> 00:04:20,430 it's all fine silts and stuff. 98 00:04:20,430 --> 00:04:21,800 -We'll have to look at it. -Yeah. 99 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,030 Big claim here. There could be some better ground, I don't know. 100 00:04:24,030 --> 00:04:25,570 So what's your goal for this year then? 101 00:04:25,570 --> 00:04:27,300 Uh, at least 300 minimum. 102 00:04:27,300 --> 00:04:29,500 We're kinda shooting for four ounces a day. 103 00:04:29,500 --> 00:04:31,770 So how much gold have you got so far this season? 104 00:04:31,770 --> 00:04:33,730 We've been here for just about six weeks now. 105 00:04:33,730 --> 00:04:35,000 We pulled out 35 oz. 106 00:04:37,630 --> 00:04:39,000 You're just having problems with pay, 107 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,330 or running, or... 108 00:04:40,330 --> 00:04:41,530 We have constant breakdowns. 109 00:04:41,530 --> 00:04:43,000 He's getting to be a good mechanic. 110 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,700 -Yeah. -Constantly fixing stuff. 111 00:04:44,700 --> 00:04:46,430 [all laughing] 112 00:04:47,230 --> 00:04:48,600 How're you financing all this? 113 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:52,030 I got my business partner. Uh, he's investing in me here. 114 00:04:52,030 --> 00:04:53,330 Is he here now? 115 00:04:53,330 --> 00:04:55,370 He's not right now, no. He's got a business to run back home. 116 00:04:55,370 --> 00:04:57,500 Right now, I owe $500,000 117 00:04:57,500 --> 00:04:58,900 just on his side of things. 118 00:04:58,900 --> 00:05:01,070 And then I've got over $100,000 invested. 119 00:05:01,070 --> 00:05:04,170 All we've been doing here is just breaking even. 120 00:05:04,170 --> 00:05:06,770 My partner's just kinda letting it ride for the next couple of weeks 121 00:05:06,770 --> 00:05:07,970 to see what we pull outta here, 122 00:05:07,970 --> 00:05:09,530 but we're not paying off any of that debt. 123 00:05:09,530 --> 00:05:11,770 Well, with fuel prices what they are, 124 00:05:11,770 --> 00:05:13,230 -steel prices. -Yeah. 125 00:05:13,230 --> 00:05:15,330 You know, parts, food. 126 00:05:15,330 --> 00:05:16,530 I got the mortgage on my house 127 00:05:16,530 --> 00:05:18,830 and then I got wages. We got a couple of guys here. 128 00:05:18,830 --> 00:05:20,070 -We're paying them-- -Yeah. 129 00:05:20,070 --> 00:05:21,130 Exactly. 130 00:05:21,130 --> 00:05:22,170 Just doesn't end. 131 00:05:22,170 --> 00:05:23,700 It's a lot of money to make up. 132 00:05:26,030 --> 00:05:27,830 I'm not 100% aware of all the debt. 133 00:05:27,830 --> 00:05:29,670 You know, I didn't think there was as much debt, 134 00:05:29,670 --> 00:05:31,730 as what I'm hearing about now. 135 00:05:31,730 --> 00:05:33,730 That weighs on a person, you know? 136 00:05:33,730 --> 00:05:35,600 I mean, stress is a bad thing in life. 137 00:05:36,330 --> 00:05:37,830 I don't like seeing him in debt. 138 00:05:37,830 --> 00:05:41,530 A big money loss, that's really gonna put a hurt on Anthony. 139 00:05:41,530 --> 00:05:43,730 There's no question they need the help up here. 140 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:48,770 Well, do you got any gold you can show us? 141 00:05:48,770 --> 00:05:50,270 Yeah, I got a little gold I can show ya. 142 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,600 [Freddy] That's beautiful gold. 143 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,330 -[Juan] Nice chunky stuff too. -[Freddy] Yeah. 144 00:05:55,330 --> 00:05:58,230 You're not catching a lot of the fines or do you think they're not here? 145 00:05:58,230 --> 00:06:00,570 I've just been told there's not much fine here. 146 00:06:00,570 --> 00:06:02,470 -Most of it has been coarse. -[Freddy] Yeah. 147 00:06:02,470 --> 00:06:03,870 Well, there is some fine though. 148 00:06:03,870 --> 00:06:05,670 And hopefully we can increase 149 00:06:05,670 --> 00:06:07,330 the amount of that you're getting. 150 00:06:07,330 --> 00:06:08,530 Yeah, that'd be great. 151 00:06:08,530 --> 00:06:10,300 We'll just need to look at the plant now 152 00:06:10,300 --> 00:06:11,500 -and watch it run, huh? -Yeah. 153 00:06:11,500 --> 00:06:13,330 We typically do a four hour test run. 154 00:06:13,330 --> 00:06:15,130 Then what we do is we come up with a game plan. 155 00:06:15,130 --> 00:06:16,700 Then after that, we'll shut the plant down 156 00:06:16,700 --> 00:06:18,170 and start working on it. 157 00:06:18,170 --> 00:06:20,000 I mean, how much downtime are you thinking though? 158 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,000 We don't know until you run and we watch ya. 159 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,700 Okay. Well, yeah. We gotta try and keep that down to a minimum there. 160 00:06:24,700 --> 00:06:26,670 We're spending money everyday here, so. 161 00:06:26,670 --> 00:06:28,370 Every time we shut down, it's... 162 00:06:28,370 --> 00:06:32,070 Well, let's look at it. We'll minimize the downtime 163 00:06:32,070 --> 00:06:33,170 the best we can. 164 00:06:33,170 --> 00:06:34,900 -Right. -If you guys wanna do it. 165 00:06:34,900 --> 00:06:35,830 Okay. 166 00:06:35,830 --> 00:06:37,170 Well, let's have a look at it then. 167 00:06:37,170 --> 00:06:38,430 -Ready Juano? -Let's do it. 168 00:06:38,430 --> 00:06:39,630 -[Freddy] Lead the way, guys. -Let's go. 169 00:06:45,500 --> 00:06:48,730 [narrator] After gold was first discovered in this province 170 00:06:48,730 --> 00:06:52,930 in 1861, fortune seekers from across the world 171 00:06:52,930 --> 00:06:55,100 poured into the Cariboo. 172 00:06:55,100 --> 00:07:00,100 Over the next ten years, they recovered three million ounces of gold, 173 00:07:00,100 --> 00:07:04,170 worth today, almost $6 billion. 174 00:07:04,170 --> 00:07:09,400 Advances in mining methods means a new generation are flocking to the area 175 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,230 in search of gold, the pioneers missed. 176 00:07:13,170 --> 00:07:14,830 All right, let's go to work. 177 00:07:18,630 --> 00:07:19,730 Firing it up. 178 00:07:19,730 --> 00:07:20,900 [engine starts] 179 00:07:36,430 --> 00:07:37,830 [Freddy] First bucket Juan. 180 00:07:38,700 --> 00:07:40,170 Starts our four hour job. 181 00:07:41,470 --> 00:07:45,330 [narrator] Anthony feeds pay to the 1,800 gallon hopper. 182 00:07:47,330 --> 00:07:51,070 The grizzly bars prevent large rocks from falling in. 183 00:07:51,900 --> 00:07:54,330 Pay dirt travels along the conveyer 184 00:07:54,330 --> 00:07:57,170 and through the prewash where it's broken down 185 00:07:57,170 --> 00:07:59,400 using high pressure water jets. 186 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:03,400 Next, the 20 foot trommel fitted with spray bars 187 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:07,970 washes gold and fine material down into Anthony's sluice 188 00:08:07,970 --> 00:08:11,000 where the gold should settle in the riffles. 189 00:08:15,930 --> 00:08:17,970 He says the grizzly's not working either. 190 00:08:17,970 --> 00:08:19,630 Right now they're using the excavator bucket 191 00:08:19,630 --> 00:08:21,770 to push the rocks off and it's really not ideal. 192 00:08:22,670 --> 00:08:24,370 Supposed to be hydraulics dumping grizzly, 193 00:08:24,370 --> 00:08:26,070 but we just can't get them to dump properly. 194 00:08:26,070 --> 00:08:28,530 It just keeps holding all these rocks on it. 195 00:08:30,670 --> 00:08:32,830 Already the hopper is terrible, Freddy. 196 00:08:33,900 --> 00:08:36,000 [Juan] Right now, it's absolutely clogged up. 197 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,299 Out of that bucket, 30% of it went back into the ground right there. 198 00:08:40,570 --> 00:08:42,799 [narrator] Just ten minutes into the test, 199 00:08:42,799 --> 00:08:47,200 Freddy and Juan identify a major chokepoint in the wash plant. 200 00:08:48,930 --> 00:08:52,530 [Freddy] So Anthony's dad is gonna have to track all the way around here 201 00:08:52,530 --> 00:08:54,400 and then scoop that all back up. 202 00:08:57,770 --> 00:09:01,030 Once I fill the hopper, I just gotta wait here for it to empty out. 203 00:09:01,030 --> 00:09:03,970 If it was working properly, I'd probably have a good ten minutes to go 204 00:09:03,970 --> 00:09:06,730 and do some other jobs, but it's having some issues of its own. 205 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,100 Anthony is such a hard worker. 206 00:09:11,100 --> 00:09:13,430 I wouldn't mind spending a bit more time with Anthony 207 00:09:13,430 --> 00:09:16,100 in running the equipment and it would be nice to be a part of that 208 00:09:16,100 --> 00:09:18,070 and see the results. 209 00:09:18,070 --> 00:09:20,830 At my age, you start to realize, time's short. 210 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:23,470 I ended up with blood cancer. 211 00:09:23,470 --> 00:09:24,870 And yeah, it kinda wakes you up a little bit. 212 00:09:24,870 --> 00:09:26,630 You start realizing, I better start doing 213 00:09:26,630 --> 00:09:28,870 the type of things I wanna do. 214 00:09:28,870 --> 00:09:31,000 You just have to find a way to keep going. 215 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,430 I mean, there's no quit. There's no quit in my family. 216 00:09:41,070 --> 00:09:42,470 Oy. 217 00:09:42,470 --> 00:09:45,070 I got another problem now. I got hopper jam up. 218 00:09:45,730 --> 00:09:47,230 [John] That's not very good, eh? 219 00:09:47,230 --> 00:09:48,370 [Juan] Look at that, Fred. 220 00:09:58,430 --> 00:10:02,530 Hopper jams up, like, five times an hour everyday, probably. 221 00:10:02,970 --> 00:10:04,070 That's not good. 222 00:10:06,870 --> 00:10:09,300 That hopper's the biggest problem I see so far. 223 00:10:16,870 --> 00:10:18,230 And out again. 224 00:10:20,530 --> 00:10:21,770 That's terrible. 225 00:10:37,100 --> 00:10:39,170 That hopper's absolutely a chokepoint 226 00:10:39,170 --> 00:10:41,230 -that we have to work on. -Yeah. 227 00:10:41,230 --> 00:10:43,800 [narrator] At the Moth mine in British Columbia, 228 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:47,300 it's 45 minutes into the four hour test run 229 00:10:47,300 --> 00:10:51,500 and Anthony faces the third hopper blockage. 230 00:10:51,500 --> 00:10:53,730 We gotta get through these breakdowns and hit our goal 231 00:10:53,730 --> 00:10:55,600 or, you know, this isn't gonna be sustainable. 232 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:57,400 I got a wife and a baby at home 233 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:59,270 and, you know, they're depending on me 234 00:10:59,270 --> 00:11:00,970 and I'm depending on the gold. 235 00:11:00,970 --> 00:11:03,370 This has definitely put some stress on our relationship. 236 00:11:03,370 --> 00:11:06,600 Everybody needs to make money and our family's no different. 237 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:08,730 [John]Anthony's equipment breaking down all the time. 238 00:11:08,730 --> 00:11:10,430 That's so frustrating. 239 00:11:10,430 --> 00:11:12,370 And, you know, I can see the stress 240 00:11:12,370 --> 00:11:14,230 and there's a lot of people relying on him. 241 00:11:14,230 --> 00:11:16,600 I'm hoping to see him really succeed at this 242 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:18,470 because he's got the bug for the gold. 243 00:11:21,930 --> 00:11:23,470 There are gonna be a ton of stuff 244 00:11:23,470 --> 00:11:24,530 that we're gonna have to do here. 245 00:11:24,530 --> 00:11:26,370 The spray bar's completely missing the material. 246 00:11:26,370 --> 00:11:28,000 It's not even hitting the material. 247 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:29,570 [Freddy] Yeah. 248 00:11:29,570 --> 00:11:33,170 [narrator] Unwashed paydirt means gold doesn't separate 249 00:11:33,170 --> 00:11:37,370 from the rocks before being discarded as tailings. 250 00:11:37,370 --> 00:11:38,830 What do you think, Freddy? 251 00:11:38,830 --> 00:11:41,000 Packing up down here. 252 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,830 I mean, he can get away with it for now 253 00:11:42,830 --> 00:11:46,570 'cause he's got coarser gold versus fine gold going on. 254 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:50,830 I'll grab some of the pay. 255 00:11:50,830 --> 00:11:52,870 [narrator] If the sluice runs are packing up, 256 00:11:52,870 --> 00:11:55,700 the fine gold will have nowhere to settle 257 00:11:55,700 --> 00:11:58,830 and will be washed into the tailings pond. 258 00:11:58,830 --> 00:12:01,030 I wanna see how much fine gold's in it 259 00:12:01,030 --> 00:12:02,370 before it goes to the plant. 260 00:12:02,370 --> 00:12:05,570 The gold he showed me, there wasn't a lot of fine gold in there. 261 00:12:05,570 --> 00:12:07,170 So I wanna do some test pans here. 262 00:12:16,500 --> 00:12:17,530 Juan. 263 00:12:19,100 --> 00:12:20,430 I got four pieces. 264 00:12:20,430 --> 00:12:21,570 Yeah. There they are. 265 00:12:21,570 --> 00:12:23,570 They are super fine, Juan. 266 00:12:23,570 --> 00:12:26,600 Freddy, that's not good. Look right here. 267 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:27,730 Holy sheesh. 268 00:12:29,170 --> 00:12:30,930 -That's a lot. -Yeah, that's a lot of gold. 269 00:12:30,930 --> 00:12:33,770 So that's super fine gold, this is super fine gold. 270 00:12:33,770 --> 00:12:36,370 So they probably have more fine gold 271 00:12:36,370 --> 00:12:38,200 -than what they think they have. -Yeah. 272 00:12:39,170 --> 00:12:41,900 [narrator] The discovery is a double blow. 273 00:12:41,900 --> 00:12:46,670 Anthony is losing good gold from both the trommel and the sluice. 274 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:48,670 [Anthony] That's bad. 275 00:12:52,030 --> 00:12:53,800 [Juan] That could be last bucket right there, Freddy. 276 00:12:54,500 --> 00:12:55,970 Last bucket. 277 00:12:58,770 --> 00:13:00,230 Okay, we're gonna shut her down. 278 00:13:02,500 --> 00:13:04,630 We'll go down and take a look at the box, see what it looks like. 279 00:13:09,330 --> 00:13:10,730 [engine turns off] 280 00:13:13,070 --> 00:13:15,230 [suspenseful music playing] 281 00:13:20,630 --> 00:13:22,800 Seeing any gold there? 282 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:24,930 There's a bit in there, but it doesn't look great. 283 00:13:24,930 --> 00:13:25,900 Yeah. 284 00:13:25,900 --> 00:13:27,570 You guys wanna keep on cleaning this up? 285 00:13:27,570 --> 00:13:29,630 We'll get it cleaned up and see you at the scale. 286 00:13:29,630 --> 00:13:30,570 [Juan] All right, sounds good. 287 00:13:30,570 --> 00:13:32,000 -Thank you, sir. -Yeah, thank you. 288 00:13:32,970 --> 00:13:34,330 See you in the morning. 289 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:37,170 We can't keep doing this. I mean, we're just 290 00:13:37,170 --> 00:13:38,830 kinda paying the bills. It's just not gonna work. 291 00:13:38,830 --> 00:13:41,030 This season's our do or die season. 292 00:13:41,030 --> 00:13:43,670 I hope Freddy and Juan can help us out. 293 00:13:51,970 --> 00:13:53,200 How's it going, guys? 294 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:54,230 Hey, how's it going? 295 00:13:54,230 --> 00:13:55,370 Yeah, we're ready. 296 00:13:55,370 --> 00:13:56,570 [Juan] Let's do it. 297 00:13:56,570 --> 00:13:59,500 [narrator] With gold cleaned from yesterday's test run, 298 00:13:59,500 --> 00:14:02,130 this weigh will determine just how bad 299 00:14:02,130 --> 00:14:04,530 the Moth mine recovery is. 300 00:14:05,100 --> 00:14:07,100 Moment of truth, guys. 301 00:14:07,100 --> 00:14:11,070 [narrator] Anthony needs 20 oz per week to pay his investor 302 00:14:11,070 --> 00:14:13,070 and keep the mine in business. 303 00:14:13,070 --> 00:14:17,070 The four hour test must produce at least two ounces. 304 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,030 0.72 oz. 305 00:14:21,370 --> 00:14:22,670 That's bad. 306 00:14:23,770 --> 00:14:26,000 That's definitely not gonna cut it right there, so. 307 00:14:27,870 --> 00:14:31,470 This is just an example of what we've been facing every day this year. 308 00:14:31,470 --> 00:14:33,170 It's gonna take something different here 309 00:14:33,170 --> 00:14:35,230 to make this work 'cause we're just not doing it right now. 310 00:14:36,130 --> 00:14:38,170 I know what we can do to the plant, 311 00:14:38,170 --> 00:14:39,930 you know, it's gonna help, but it may not be enough. 312 00:14:39,930 --> 00:14:42,130 I think we need to start thinking about ground as well. 313 00:14:42,130 --> 00:14:43,570 You know, ground's gonna be a big part of it. 314 00:14:43,570 --> 00:14:45,270 Yeah. We got a lot of ground here. 315 00:14:45,270 --> 00:14:46,730 We haven't explored much of it yet. 316 00:14:46,730 --> 00:14:49,170 I just gotta keep my guys running here though. 317 00:14:49,170 --> 00:14:50,400 I can't afford to stop. 318 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:52,600 If we can build and you can keep running, 319 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:53,930 that's the we'll do it. 320 00:14:53,930 --> 00:14:56,470 Let's get back to the truck and figure out what we're gonna do. 321 00:14:56,470 --> 00:14:57,670 We'll come back to talk to you guys. 322 00:14:57,670 --> 00:14:58,900 Thanks, guys. 323 00:15:07,130 --> 00:15:08,600 [Freddy] There's a lot to do here, Juan. 324 00:15:09,770 --> 00:15:12,070 Well, that hopper, it's a mess. 325 00:15:12,070 --> 00:15:13,570 I think we can come inside of here 326 00:15:13,570 --> 00:15:15,070 and put a beam all the way across. 327 00:15:15,070 --> 00:15:16,770 Then the whole feeder will be usable. 328 00:15:16,770 --> 00:15:19,200 [Juan] Inside the drum, I wanna make that 329 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:20,500 spray bar adjustable. 330 00:15:20,500 --> 00:15:22,030 Get a little better clean out of it. 331 00:15:22,030 --> 00:15:25,170 -[Freddy] So they got the sluices coming out, right? - [Juan] Mm-hmm. 332 00:15:25,170 --> 00:15:28,300 Right now, their set up for some fine gold. 333 00:15:28,300 --> 00:15:31,670 I think the bottom of that box, we set up specifically 334 00:15:31,670 --> 00:15:34,000 for that small super fine gold. 335 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:35,470 Yeah, I like that. 336 00:15:35,470 --> 00:15:39,300 What do you think about repairing his hydraulic grizzly house? 337 00:15:39,300 --> 00:15:41,200 I think that's the last one we do. 338 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:43,230 -Okay. -We got time. We'll do it. 339 00:15:43,230 --> 00:15:45,530 I know they wanna keep running while we're here. 340 00:15:45,530 --> 00:15:47,630 -It's not gonna be possible. -It's impossible. 341 00:15:47,630 --> 00:15:49,700 I can't be inside of there when they're dumping rocks in there. 342 00:15:49,700 --> 00:15:51,500 That may be a no go for him. 343 00:15:51,500 --> 00:15:53,630 Who knows? They may tell us that they can't do it then. 344 00:15:54,170 --> 00:15:55,530 We'll find out I guess. 345 00:16:00,500 --> 00:16:02,170 [narrator]With a clogged hopper 346 00:16:02,170 --> 00:16:05,230 forcing thousands of dollars worth of gold rich material 347 00:16:05,230 --> 00:16:06,470 over the sides, 348 00:16:06,470 --> 00:16:08,800 Freddy and Juan plan a creative fix 349 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,100 to remove the plate from the base 350 00:16:11,100 --> 00:16:14,830 and replace it with a beam for a more even feed 351 00:16:14,830 --> 00:16:18,730 to correct the gold lost from unwashed rocks in the trommel. 352 00:16:18,730 --> 00:16:23,430 Juan will add a one of a kind adjustable high pressure spray bar, 353 00:16:23,430 --> 00:16:26,670 then they will add their signature riffle system 354 00:16:26,670 --> 00:16:30,670 to the sluice box, to catch more fine gold. 355 00:16:30,670 --> 00:16:34,570 But the big challenge will be getting them on better ground. 356 00:16:34,570 --> 00:16:39,070 With limited time, Freddy will take Anthony on a precision prospecting 357 00:16:39,070 --> 00:16:42,000 scout of his 900 acre claim. 358 00:16:44,730 --> 00:16:45,900 Hey, guys. 359 00:16:45,900 --> 00:16:47,030 How's it going? 360 00:16:47,030 --> 00:16:48,600 We came up with a laundry list of things we wanna do. 361 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,530 -Yeah. -That hopper's just a massive chokepoint. 362 00:16:50,530 --> 00:16:53,070 We wanna cut that bottom plate that you guys welded in there. 363 00:16:53,070 --> 00:16:54,330 We wanna pull that out, 364 00:16:54,330 --> 00:16:57,000 -put a bar across the middle of it. -Okay. 365 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,400 It'll take a lot of the weight off your belt 366 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:02,330 -and help your feed be a lot more even on it. -Yeah. 367 00:17:02,330 --> 00:17:05,130 And then Juan wants to work on your spray bar. 368 00:17:05,130 --> 00:17:06,170 Okay. 369 00:17:06,170 --> 00:17:07,869 'Cause you're not getting as good a wash 370 00:17:07,869 --> 00:17:08,900 -as you could get. -Yeah. 371 00:17:08,900 --> 00:17:11,000 And I wanna put fine gold riffles 372 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:12,200 after seeing that fine gold. 373 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:14,000 Sure, you may not have a lot, 374 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,700 -but let's catch more of what you have. -Sure. 375 00:17:15,700 --> 00:17:18,369 But I know you really wish to try to keep the plant running. 376 00:17:18,369 --> 00:17:20,099 I don't think that's gonna happen. 377 00:17:20,099 --> 00:17:22,770 -Yeah. -It'd be impossible to get in that hopper 378 00:17:22,770 --> 00:17:24,869 and work on it to be inside the trommel. 379 00:17:24,869 --> 00:17:26,630 How many days are we talking here? 380 00:17:26,630 --> 00:17:27,869 Probably five. 381 00:17:34,070 --> 00:17:35,700 It's gonna hurt. 382 00:17:35,700 --> 00:17:38,770 [narrator]A five day shut down will cost the operation 383 00:17:38,770 --> 00:17:42,000 more than $15,000. 384 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,600 The repairs are gonna be worth way more than the sacrifice. 385 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:47,830 But there's a lot of material that's gonna go into it. 386 00:17:47,830 --> 00:17:50,070 -$4,800 of material alone. -Yeah. 387 00:17:50,070 --> 00:17:54,300 And what we would like to see for our labor is 2 oz a piece. 388 00:17:54,300 --> 00:17:57,130 -That's just kind of break even for us. -Right. 389 00:17:57,130 --> 00:17:59,230 But if we don't double the recovery, 390 00:17:59,230 --> 00:18:00,230 free. 391 00:18:00,230 --> 00:18:02,530 -Yeah. -Pay the material and that's it. 392 00:18:02,530 --> 00:18:04,630 We still gotta pay our guys, no matter what, right? 393 00:18:04,630 --> 00:18:06,830 I got a business partner and he's the one paying these bills, so. 394 00:18:06,830 --> 00:18:08,700 I'm gonna have to talk to him, my partner 395 00:18:08,700 --> 00:18:10,570 and find out if we can shut down for that long, 396 00:18:10,570 --> 00:18:12,100 [Freddy] Well, we'll see what happens. 397 00:18:12,100 --> 00:18:13,230 [Anthony] Okay. 398 00:18:13,230 --> 00:18:14,530 Let us know. 399 00:18:19,900 --> 00:18:21,670 Anthony, from the sounds of it, 400 00:18:21,670 --> 00:18:23,830 his investor really wants him to keep on running. 401 00:18:23,830 --> 00:18:25,530 But if they'll be able to shut the plant down, 402 00:18:25,530 --> 00:18:27,100 it's gonna be for the better of the plant 403 00:18:27,100 --> 00:18:28,670 and the mine site. 404 00:18:28,670 --> 00:18:31,230 But I'm just hoping that their investor sees the value in that as well. 405 00:18:42,730 --> 00:18:45,270 [Juan]If we increase it 25%, that's still not enough. 406 00:18:45,270 --> 00:18:46,730 I think you really need to take a look around 407 00:18:46,730 --> 00:18:48,130 -and go help him with the ground. - [Freddy] Yeah. 408 00:18:48,130 --> 00:18:51,170 [narrator] At the Moth mine in British Columbia... 409 00:18:51,170 --> 00:18:52,530 -Hey, guys. -Hey. 410 00:18:52,530 --> 00:18:55,470 ...before Freddy and Juan can begin the rescue, 411 00:18:55,470 --> 00:18:59,070 they need the okay to shut the operation down. 412 00:18:59,070 --> 00:19:00,270 What'd your investor say? 413 00:19:00,270 --> 00:19:03,000 Well, you know, we're in a pretty bad spot right now, so. 414 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,600 It's a lot of time, a lot of money, but... 415 00:19:05,470 --> 00:19:06,830 I think we're gonna go for it. 416 00:19:06,830 --> 00:19:10,100 But he's agreed to a maximum of three days. 417 00:19:10,100 --> 00:19:11,730 You know, honestly, that's gonna be tough. 418 00:19:11,730 --> 00:19:13,770 But it is what it is. 419 00:19:14,500 --> 00:19:15,870 -Deal then. -Right on. 420 00:19:15,870 --> 00:19:17,800 -We'll get started. -Okay. 421 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:19,170 We'll need your help, so. 422 00:19:19,170 --> 00:19:20,900 We got a lot of things to get done here 423 00:19:20,900 --> 00:19:22,470 and not a lot of time to do 'em. 424 00:19:22,470 --> 00:19:24,130 -Sounds like a plan. Let's get to work. -Okay. 425 00:19:24,130 --> 00:19:25,600 -All right. -Sounds great. 426 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:39,100 Well, let's go look around. 427 00:19:42,570 --> 00:19:45,730 [narrator]With just three days to get Anthony on the gold, 428 00:19:45,730 --> 00:19:48,870 first order of business for Freddy, 429 00:19:48,870 --> 00:19:53,270 hunt the 900 acres site to find better pay. 430 00:19:53,270 --> 00:19:55,100 This ground's really spotty, I think, 431 00:19:55,100 --> 00:19:57,630 and, you know, the glaciers did stuff here, 432 00:19:57,630 --> 00:19:58,930 the old timers did stuff. 433 00:19:58,930 --> 00:20:01,070 It's a hard situation to read. 434 00:20:01,070 --> 00:20:02,470 [Anthony] Yeah, definitely. 435 00:20:02,470 --> 00:20:05,100 [Freddy] When you mine, usually you wanna start at the bottom. 436 00:20:05,100 --> 00:20:06,930 Your best gold's gonna be down there. 437 00:20:06,930 --> 00:20:08,670 There's one thing on this earth 438 00:20:08,670 --> 00:20:10,070 that's free for us. 439 00:20:10,070 --> 00:20:11,170 And that's gravity. 440 00:20:11,170 --> 00:20:12,300 Yeah. 441 00:20:12,300 --> 00:20:14,930 Let's take a look around these big evergreens over here. 442 00:20:15,870 --> 00:20:18,300 [narrator] A mile away from the washplant 443 00:20:18,300 --> 00:20:21,770 Freddy spots an older patch of trees in a valley 444 00:20:21,770 --> 00:20:25,070 which could indicate virgin ground. 445 00:20:25,070 --> 00:20:26,430 It's looks like an older forest. 446 00:20:26,430 --> 00:20:28,730 It does, yeah. I don't think it's been disturbed. 447 00:20:28,730 --> 00:20:31,070 But what's the reason for that? 448 00:20:31,070 --> 00:20:33,170 The old timers didn't get here, or... 449 00:20:33,170 --> 00:20:35,400 -Right. Or there's nothing there. -Exactly. 450 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:38,170 'Cause once upon a time, there's probably 10,000 prospectors 451 00:20:38,170 --> 00:20:39,400 -in this country. -Right. 452 00:20:40,330 --> 00:20:41,870 -Hmm. -It's hard to read it. 453 00:20:41,870 --> 00:20:45,030 If it hasn't been mined, especially with all the trees on here, 454 00:20:45,030 --> 00:20:46,800 but if you find an old river channel 455 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:48,830 that the glaciers didn't eat up in here, 456 00:20:48,830 --> 00:20:51,530 then who knows? You know, the sky's the limit, possibly. 457 00:20:51,530 --> 00:20:52,500 Okay. 458 00:20:57,530 --> 00:20:59,400 We'll go down here and have a look at this. 459 00:21:00,430 --> 00:21:02,200 There could be something hiding in here. 460 00:21:04,630 --> 00:21:07,000 This all looks really promising. 461 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:11,170 Could be a channel, and if it's an undisturbed reworked channel, 462 00:21:11,170 --> 00:21:12,930 it could be really good. 463 00:21:12,930 --> 00:21:15,700 -Well, get a couple of pans, take it up the hill? -Yeah. 464 00:21:17,670 --> 00:21:19,730 -Go have a look at it, huh? -Yeah, sounds good. 465 00:21:25,500 --> 00:21:26,830 Yeah, I got some color. 466 00:21:26,830 --> 00:21:28,300 -You do, eh? -Yeah. 467 00:21:32,300 --> 00:21:34,330 -That's right on the top. -Right. 468 00:21:34,330 --> 00:21:35,530 Of that pay layer. 469 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:37,770 I got some color too there, Freddy. 470 00:21:40,700 --> 00:21:42,470 Yeah, you do. That's a nice one. 471 00:21:42,470 --> 00:21:43,970 I'd take some buckets down there 472 00:21:43,970 --> 00:21:46,330 and see what's in it. You got that little test plant or whatever it is? 473 00:21:46,330 --> 00:21:47,570 A little shaker screening plant, yeah. 474 00:21:47,570 --> 00:21:49,230 You have to run it through there and see what you get. 475 00:21:49,230 --> 00:21:50,300 Yeah. 476 00:21:50,300 --> 00:21:52,030 Yeah, these pans right here, 477 00:21:52,030 --> 00:21:54,270 -for being on top, it's a damn nice color. -Mm-hmm. 478 00:21:54,270 --> 00:21:56,330 If there's that kind of gold on the top, 479 00:21:56,330 --> 00:21:58,330 what kind of gold's living at the bottom? 480 00:21:58,330 --> 00:21:59,630 Hope to find out. 481 00:22:03,070 --> 00:22:05,130 The color we just seen in the pan there, 482 00:22:05,130 --> 00:22:07,370 you know, that's the kind of thing that makes you smile. 483 00:22:07,370 --> 00:22:09,070 I'd like for him to get a Tracko down there, 484 00:22:09,070 --> 00:22:11,800 dig as deep as he can, get a bucket of it 485 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:13,070 and see what's in it. 486 00:22:24,100 --> 00:22:25,570 I'm gonna do a last cut. 487 00:22:28,670 --> 00:22:31,000 [narrator]Back at his cut trailer... 488 00:22:37,870 --> 00:22:39,030 One last weld. 489 00:22:39,030 --> 00:22:42,600 ...Juan assembles a new spray bar for the washplant. 490 00:22:43,870 --> 00:22:47,100 We just flange this, we were gonna flange a part of the plant 491 00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:48,670 so that way when we join 'em back together, 492 00:22:48,670 --> 00:22:50,170 we have a little bit of adjustment in 'em, 493 00:22:50,170 --> 00:22:52,730 gonna allow the material to get properly washed 494 00:22:52,730 --> 00:22:54,100 and the material that has gold 495 00:22:54,100 --> 00:22:55,970 will be able to get recovered. 496 00:22:55,970 --> 00:22:57,800 Well those are pretty good looking welds. 497 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:59,900 Yeah, we'll take it back up to the washplant, 498 00:22:59,900 --> 00:23:01,070 get it installed. 499 00:23:01,070 --> 00:23:02,170 Sounds good. 500 00:23:14,100 --> 00:23:15,570 So how you like being out here with your son? 501 00:23:15,570 --> 00:23:17,170 -Oh, I think it's great. -Yeah? 502 00:23:17,170 --> 00:23:19,570 Yeah. I'm lucky if I can see him once or twice a year. 503 00:23:19,570 --> 00:23:21,530 Are you planning on doing that more often, or... 504 00:23:21,530 --> 00:23:24,400 Yeah. It's kinda tough 'cause I had a little bit of a health scare there, 505 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,030 so I told Anthony we gotta start spending some time together 506 00:23:27,030 --> 00:23:28,900 'cause I'm not gonna be around forever, that's for sure. 507 00:23:32,730 --> 00:23:34,270 I've always been proud of Anthony. 508 00:23:34,270 --> 00:23:36,530 He's always been an honest, hardworking young man. 509 00:23:36,530 --> 00:23:38,700 He's just applied himself at everything he does. 510 00:23:38,700 --> 00:23:40,200 He's a great fabricator. 511 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,000 He runs the crew nicely. 512 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:43,800 He's not a mean type of guy. 513 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:45,770 He's a real good dad, a real good husband. 514 00:23:46,670 --> 00:23:47,830 And he really cares. 515 00:23:50,100 --> 00:23:52,000 He's definitely a mini-me. 516 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,930 But he's bigger than me now. [laughs] 517 00:23:56,430 --> 00:23:58,800 Anthony and John are a great father-son team 518 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,300 and hopefully, it's gonna be a profitable situation 519 00:24:01,300 --> 00:24:03,600 where John's gonna be able to be out here more 520 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,270 and help his son and, you know, 521 00:24:05,270 --> 00:24:06,800 more importantly than the gold, 522 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:08,670 be able to spend time together as a family. 523 00:24:08,670 --> 00:24:10,730 And, you know, at the end of the day, 524 00:24:10,730 --> 00:24:12,200 that's kind of what's important in life. 525 00:24:13,700 --> 00:24:14,770 [baby cooing] 526 00:24:19,300 --> 00:24:22,570 All right, I'll get in here. John, if you wanna poke the bolts. 527 00:24:22,570 --> 00:24:24,630 -Let's get the top ones in first. -Okay, Juan. 528 00:24:24,630 --> 00:24:25,970 Climbing her up. 529 00:24:28,770 --> 00:24:30,530 It's tightening up a bit there. 530 00:24:30,530 --> 00:24:31,970 Now we're making some head way there. 531 00:24:31,970 --> 00:24:33,830 [Juan] Let's put another one in on top. 532 00:24:33,830 --> 00:24:34,930 Right there. 533 00:24:36,870 --> 00:24:37,830 Perfect. 534 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:40,730 Much better angle. 535 00:24:40,730 --> 00:24:42,800 -Well, good job. -Thank you, sir. 536 00:24:47,330 --> 00:24:49,370 This is gonna give you a pretty good idea though. 537 00:24:49,370 --> 00:24:50,800 Yeah. 538 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,900 [narrator] Freddy and Anthony have run the newly sourced paydirt 539 00:24:53,900 --> 00:24:56,000 through a small scale test plant. 540 00:24:57,170 --> 00:24:58,300 There's a nice flake. 541 00:24:59,570 --> 00:25:02,200 And some fines too. 542 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,270 -Some nice flakes in there, huh? -Mm-hmm. 543 00:25:04,270 --> 00:25:07,700 -And lots of really fine colors in here, too. -Yeah, there is. 544 00:25:07,700 --> 00:25:08,930 -I like that. -Yeah. 545 00:25:08,930 --> 00:25:11,800 -It's a good looking pan. -Nice. [chuckles] 546 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,800 You know, we won't be able to run any of it this week while we're here. 547 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:16,800 There's no way we could get that opened up 548 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:18,400 -to run half a day right now. -No. 549 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,270 -I mean, there's no road to it, nothing. -Yeah. 550 00:25:20,270 --> 00:25:22,500 But that's inspiring there. 551 00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:24,330 I think we're gonna have to do some more exploring there. 552 00:25:24,330 --> 00:25:25,530 Yeah. 553 00:25:25,530 --> 00:25:27,800 That forest, she's thick. 554 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:29,800 I think seismic testing 555 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,430 is probably the best way to play this game here. 556 00:25:32,430 --> 00:25:33,730 Okay. 557 00:25:33,730 --> 00:25:37,600 Bringing a seismic crew in here and see what the bedrock does. 558 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:42,070 -The hope is there's some deep channels there. -Yeah. Yep. 559 00:25:42,070 --> 00:25:45,030 [narrator] Seismic testing is a process that uses 560 00:25:45,030 --> 00:25:48,870 sensors to measure naturally occurring vibrations in the earth. 561 00:25:48,870 --> 00:25:51,900 It can determine how deep a potential pay layer 562 00:25:51,900 --> 00:25:54,900 goes to bedrock which will help Anthony decide 563 00:25:54,900 --> 00:25:56,770 if there's enough viable ground 564 00:25:56,770 --> 00:25:58,400 to open a new cut. 565 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,400 Well, I'm gonna get to work. 566 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,000 -That sounds great to me. -See you in a bit. 567 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,000 -Yeah. -Good work. 568 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:14,330 How's it going there? 569 00:26:14,330 --> 00:26:16,800 -Uh, not too bad, but not very good, really. -Oh, yeah? 570 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,530 [narrator] In south-east British Columbia... 571 00:26:19,530 --> 00:26:21,500 Gold's just disappeared on us here, 572 00:26:21,500 --> 00:26:23,200 so we're hoping you can kinda help find us something. 573 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:27,800 ...miner Anthony Moth joins geophysicist Nicholas Gust 574 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:31,000 to seismic test a potentially gold rich area 575 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:32,630 on the 900 acre claim. 576 00:26:32,630 --> 00:26:34,900 If the survey shows a deep channel, 577 00:26:34,900 --> 00:26:38,830 it could identify months of mineable ground for Anthony. 578 00:26:38,830 --> 00:26:40,600 So this is one of our seismic sensors. 579 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,970 So these are passive seismic instrument. 580 00:26:42,970 --> 00:26:45,770 -So yeah, it's non-intrusive. -Yeah, perfect. 581 00:26:45,770 --> 00:26:47,900 What we do is plant these into the ground 582 00:26:47,900 --> 00:26:50,130 and then wait 20 minutes, go to the next one, 583 00:26:50,130 --> 00:26:52,470 -wait 20 minutes and go ahead. -Yeah. 584 00:26:52,470 --> 00:26:53,730 if it's there, we'll find it. 585 00:26:53,730 --> 00:26:55,500 -I like the sounds of that. -Yeah. 586 00:26:55,500 --> 00:26:57,430 So you're gonna have a report for us at the end? 587 00:26:57,430 --> 00:26:59,300 Yeah, I'll have it soon for ya. 588 00:26:59,300 --> 00:27:00,370 -Yeah, right on. -Right on. 589 00:27:00,370 --> 00:27:01,400 -Great. -Thank you. 590 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:03,270 Thank you. 591 00:27:03,270 --> 00:27:05,630 [narrator] To identify potential pay channels, 592 00:27:05,630 --> 00:27:10,430 Nicholas will test an area spanning 335 acres. 593 00:27:10,430 --> 00:27:14,600 Data from this activity is analyzed and generated 594 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,630 into a topographical map of Anthony's site. 595 00:27:17,630 --> 00:27:21,100 The map will identify the shape and varying depths 596 00:27:21,100 --> 00:27:23,700 of bedrock and any ancient pay channels, 597 00:27:23,700 --> 00:27:27,470 which may contain rich deposits of gold. 598 00:27:27,470 --> 00:27:29,270 We're very hopeful in the seismic producing 599 00:27:29,270 --> 00:27:31,200 some good result that if this ground doesn't 600 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,200 pull through for us and we can't find better pay, 601 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:34,670 we might be done here. 602 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,600 All I got are cuts and pieces out of that hopper. 603 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,500 [narrator] It's the third and final day of fixes 604 00:27:49,500 --> 00:27:54,200 and Freddy is racing to finish the washplant's biggest chokepoint. 605 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,970 So we got a plate inside of that hopper. 606 00:27:56,970 --> 00:27:58,670 You know, they thought that's what they needed, 607 00:27:58,670 --> 00:28:00,800 but I kinda designed in my head 608 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:04,300 a lifting system to take some of the weight off the belt. 609 00:28:04,300 --> 00:28:05,670 No time like the present. 610 00:28:06,770 --> 00:28:09,700 [narrator] Anthony's hopper clogs with pay. 611 00:28:09,700 --> 00:28:13,400 To fix, Freddy will remove the plate from the base 612 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:15,370 and replace it with a load bar 613 00:28:15,370 --> 00:28:17,870 to distribute material more evenly. 614 00:28:19,700 --> 00:28:21,270 [Anthony] I think we're good, Fred. 615 00:28:21,270 --> 00:28:22,830 -Got her? -Yeah. 616 00:28:28,470 --> 00:28:32,030 This is kinda screwing you, so we're gonna cut this out 617 00:28:32,030 --> 00:28:34,900 and then I'm gonna put tubes crossed in here, 618 00:28:34,900 --> 00:28:36,630 and that'll hold some of that material 619 00:28:36,630 --> 00:28:37,970 -off the belt. -Yeah. 620 00:28:37,970 --> 00:28:39,930 Well, I'll keep cutting her out here. 621 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:49,330 Want me to jump in with ya? 622 00:28:49,330 --> 00:28:50,970 Yeah, hop in if you would. 623 00:28:56,630 --> 00:28:57,770 Coming out. 624 00:28:57,770 --> 00:28:58,870 Hit it. 625 00:29:01,970 --> 00:29:03,300 -Proud. -Right on. 626 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,530 Freddy and Juan, I mean, they're great guys. 627 00:29:06,530 --> 00:29:09,200 They're very helpful. So hopefully they can be the reason why 628 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:10,430 we turn this around this year. 629 00:29:10,430 --> 00:29:12,930 I'm hoping in the future, here to make enough money 630 00:29:12,930 --> 00:29:15,230 that I could produce a job here for my dad. 631 00:29:15,230 --> 00:29:18,070 The dream all along here was to get my dad up here 632 00:29:18,070 --> 00:29:20,070 and be working together. Think that'd be amazing. 633 00:29:20,070 --> 00:29:21,400 Time is definitely limited. 634 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:22,970 I hope I can have him around more often. 635 00:29:24,330 --> 00:29:25,430 Eyeballs. 636 00:29:34,970 --> 00:29:36,200 Hey, Anthony. 637 00:29:37,700 --> 00:29:39,230 Yeah, it's looking good. 638 00:29:39,230 --> 00:29:40,770 So you see what it does, 639 00:29:40,770 --> 00:29:42,330 it'll hold a lot of that weight 640 00:29:42,330 --> 00:29:44,100 that's in the center here off that belt 641 00:29:44,100 --> 00:29:45,370 to take the weight off that belt. 642 00:29:45,370 --> 00:29:47,070 She's stitched on there plenty good. 643 00:29:47,070 --> 00:29:48,230 Yeah, it looks nice. 644 00:29:48,230 --> 00:29:50,670 I got about six more stitch welds here. 645 00:29:50,670 --> 00:29:52,070 Gotta hurry and get it done. 646 00:29:52,070 --> 00:29:53,570 Right on. Well, I'm gonna leave you to it then. 647 00:30:04,330 --> 00:30:05,830 We don't have a whole lot of time to waste, 648 00:30:05,830 --> 00:30:07,470 so we gotta get these pieces in 649 00:30:07,470 --> 00:30:09,270 and get ready for our last run. 650 00:30:10,870 --> 00:30:15,070 [narrator]Juan rushes to finish Anthony's hydraulic grizzlies. 651 00:30:15,070 --> 00:30:16,970 Right now they're using the excavator bucket 652 00:30:16,970 --> 00:30:18,400 to push the rocks off. 653 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,400 And what that was doing was putting a lot of pressure on these hinges 654 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,830 and actually ripped them off the top of the grizzly. 655 00:30:22,830 --> 00:30:24,330 And all the tabs are broken off, 656 00:30:24,330 --> 00:30:25,600 so you can't lift it up or close it. 657 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:27,470 What we're gonna do is, we're gonna line up all the tabs, 658 00:30:27,470 --> 00:30:29,970 re-weld everything so that we can put it back on the hinge 659 00:30:29,970 --> 00:30:32,800 and be able to hook the hydraulics back to it. 660 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:34,800 Oh, yeah, she's good. She's stout. 661 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:53,800 I got it all welded back together now. 662 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:55,400 That way we can do our final test run. 663 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,170 Now we don't have to worry about the grizzlies 664 00:30:57,170 --> 00:31:00,130 breaking off the hopper and ending up here on the ground. 665 00:31:06,030 --> 00:31:07,230 That's looking good though, eh? 666 00:31:07,230 --> 00:31:08,770 Oh, it's looking really good. 667 00:31:08,770 --> 00:31:12,300 [narrator] Two hours to go until the final test run, 668 00:31:12,300 --> 00:31:15,530 Anthony and John are finishing the sluices. 669 00:31:15,530 --> 00:31:17,070 These guys have done a ton of work here, 670 00:31:17,070 --> 00:31:18,970 so hopefully it works out here. 671 00:31:18,970 --> 00:31:20,370 Well, I think it's gonna work. 672 00:31:20,370 --> 00:31:21,970 I mean, they've done really good work. 673 00:31:21,970 --> 00:31:23,800 And the ground that Freddy showed us there, 674 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:25,030 I think that's looking better too. 675 00:31:25,030 --> 00:31:26,970 Yeah, hopefully, we can find a lot of gold, eh? 676 00:31:26,970 --> 00:31:27,970 Yeah. 677 00:31:27,970 --> 00:31:29,300 Make some money after all, eh? 678 00:31:29,300 --> 00:31:30,430 You bet. 679 00:31:32,870 --> 00:31:34,470 It's been great having my dad here. 680 00:31:34,470 --> 00:31:36,200 I'd love to have him here more in the future. 681 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:39,000 It's been tough, you know, going months at a time without seeing him, 682 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,070 especially when you first hear that your dad's got cancer, 683 00:31:42,070 --> 00:31:43,300 like, it's the scary word, right? 684 00:31:43,300 --> 00:31:44,800 You don't know how much time they've got. 685 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:48,170 So I'm counting on the gold and it's guys like Freddy and Juan 686 00:31:48,170 --> 00:31:49,130 who can make a real difference. 687 00:31:51,530 --> 00:31:53,800 [Freddy] Guys, ready to do a test run? 688 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:54,930 [Juan] Let's do it. 689 00:31:54,930 --> 00:31:56,230 Firing it up! 690 00:31:56,230 --> 00:31:57,900 [engine starts] 691 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:05,670 Let's do first bucket, Fred. 692 00:32:05,670 --> 00:32:07,030 Is that your timer? 693 00:32:07,030 --> 00:32:08,600 There it is, first bucket. 694 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,370 [narrator]With the time run out on Anthony's deadline, 695 00:32:11,370 --> 00:32:14,670 and no results back from the seismic test, 696 00:32:14,670 --> 00:32:19,600 the second four hour run begins on pay from the current cut. 697 00:32:20,130 --> 00:32:21,930 Even a small increase 698 00:32:21,930 --> 00:32:24,700 with prove the fixes work. 699 00:32:24,700 --> 00:32:26,770 You know, it's always kind of nerve wracking a little bit, Fred. 700 00:32:26,770 --> 00:32:29,030 We fire up a plant that we've done this much work to. 701 00:32:29,030 --> 00:32:30,870 -But we'll see what happens. -Play it by ear? 702 00:32:30,870 --> 00:32:31,730 Yep. 703 00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:35,470 It seems to be running pretty good, Freddy. 704 00:32:35,470 --> 00:32:37,530 Grizzlies are working good. 705 00:32:37,530 --> 00:32:40,770 [narrator]Juan re-welded the hinges on the hydraulic grizzlies, 706 00:32:40,770 --> 00:32:43,100 allowing them to open and close. 707 00:32:43,870 --> 00:32:45,200 Take a look at the spray bars. 708 00:32:46,470 --> 00:32:47,830 [Freddy] Look how clean it is. 709 00:32:47,830 --> 00:32:51,030 [Juan] Yeah. Jet's concentrated exactly where it needs to be. 710 00:32:51,030 --> 00:32:52,530 Yeah, looks good. 711 00:32:52,530 --> 00:32:55,700 [narrator]The spray bar wasn't washing the material properly. 712 00:32:55,700 --> 00:32:59,930 So Juan made it adjustable to better clean the pay dirt. 713 00:32:59,930 --> 00:33:01,400 Material's always getting hit. 714 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:02,830 -You get a better wash now. -Yep. 715 00:33:02,830 --> 00:33:04,170 That looks good. 716 00:33:05,700 --> 00:33:07,570 [Anthony] I'm seeing some stuff that I really like. 717 00:33:07,570 --> 00:33:09,370 I think they're gonna solve a lot of our problems, 718 00:33:09,370 --> 00:33:11,330 but I wanna make sure I can make this successful 719 00:33:11,330 --> 00:33:14,130 and then all will be happy and all will have work to move forward here. 720 00:33:16,700 --> 00:33:18,630 For me, this is quite an adventure. 721 00:33:18,630 --> 00:33:20,730 I mean, I've been enjoying spending time with Anthony 722 00:33:20,730 --> 00:33:23,000 and I'm looking forward to, maybe coming up here 723 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:24,870 and doing this some more. 724 00:33:24,870 --> 00:33:26,870 And these fixes should definitely 725 00:33:26,870 --> 00:33:28,170 improve his production, 726 00:33:28,170 --> 00:33:30,370 get him the pay that he needs 727 00:33:30,370 --> 00:33:32,270 to pay back some of that debt. 728 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,370 Well, the feeder's doing its job, Juan. 729 00:33:36,370 --> 00:33:38,000 Feeder's doing good, Freddy. 730 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:43,130 [narrator] In the first test, Anthony had to unclog the hopper multiple times. 731 00:33:43,130 --> 00:33:45,500 Freddy added a load bearing bar 732 00:33:45,500 --> 00:33:47,500 for a more even feed. 733 00:33:47,500 --> 00:33:49,900 And finally, replace the sluice box 734 00:33:49,900 --> 00:33:53,200 with new riffles to catch more fine gold. 735 00:33:53,730 --> 00:33:55,900 Anthony, last bucket! 736 00:33:56,930 --> 00:33:58,600 [Juan] There it is, Freddy. Last bucket. 737 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:00,770 Well, let's clean it up, huh? 738 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:07,730 Ultimately, Anthony needs all the gold he can get. 739 00:34:07,730 --> 00:34:09,530 He's got a lot of responsibility. 740 00:34:09,530 --> 00:34:12,600 He's got a family, he's got employees here, 741 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:14,469 he's got his investors. 742 00:34:14,469 --> 00:34:17,830 It's a good test run, but sometimes it comes down to the ground. 743 00:34:17,830 --> 00:34:19,270 We'll see what it looks like tomorrow morning 744 00:34:19,270 --> 00:34:20,370 when we put it on the scale. 745 00:34:27,469 --> 00:34:28,699 Nice to get away real quick. 746 00:34:28,699 --> 00:34:29,929 [Freddy] Yep. 747 00:34:29,929 --> 00:34:31,429 Freddy can teach a man to fish, 748 00:34:31,429 --> 00:34:33,100 but you can't guarantee he's gonna catch any fish, huh? 749 00:34:33,100 --> 00:34:34,469 -That's right. -[Juan laughs] 750 00:34:34,469 --> 00:34:35,730 Or at least the tasty one. 751 00:34:35,730 --> 00:34:38,429 I'm probably the world's worst fisherman. 752 00:34:40,699 --> 00:34:42,530 -[Freddy] Oh. -[Juan] Caught a bush. 753 00:34:42,530 --> 00:34:44,070 [laughing] 754 00:34:45,130 --> 00:34:47,130 -How'd you do that? -[Juan chuckles] 755 00:34:47,130 --> 00:34:48,400 [grunts] 756 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:49,900 Look at the size of this thing, Fred. 757 00:34:49,900 --> 00:34:51,500 Look at the size of-- [grunting] 758 00:34:53,270 --> 00:34:54,570 [narrator] Coming up... 759 00:34:58,270 --> 00:34:59,400 Whoo! 760 00:35:00,070 --> 00:35:01,270 [laughing] 761 00:35:01,270 --> 00:35:02,500 That's unbelievable. 762 00:35:14,230 --> 00:35:15,930 -Hey, Freddy. -How's it going? 763 00:35:15,930 --> 00:35:17,470 It's going all right. 764 00:35:17,470 --> 00:35:18,830 I was just talking with Nick there 765 00:35:18,830 --> 00:35:20,570 and I got the results here. Thought you could have a look at it. 766 00:35:20,570 --> 00:35:21,530 Sure. 767 00:35:21,530 --> 00:35:23,870 [narrator] In south-east British Columbia, 768 00:35:23,870 --> 00:35:26,670 at the Moth mine, as the crew prepares 769 00:35:26,670 --> 00:35:31,070 for the final weigh, the results from the seismic test are in. 770 00:35:31,070 --> 00:35:32,530 This is our depth, the bedrock. 771 00:35:32,530 --> 00:35:33,730 Yeah, that's what it looks like, yeah. 772 00:35:33,730 --> 00:35:35,700 -It's deep there, huh? -Yeah. Yeah. 773 00:35:36,870 --> 00:35:38,870 Eighty feet. 774 00:35:38,870 --> 00:35:40,870 So it's six feet deeper than the rest of it. 775 00:35:40,870 --> 00:35:43,030 And it's the same down here, it's even deeper. 776 00:35:43,030 --> 00:35:44,430 -Yeah. -So that's good chance 777 00:35:44,430 --> 00:35:45,530 it might be a channel in there. 778 00:35:45,530 --> 00:35:47,730 And it's definite, bed rock coming up here, 779 00:35:47,730 --> 00:35:48,870 bedrock coming up there. 780 00:35:48,870 --> 00:35:50,530 -Right. Yeah. -And deeper here. 781 00:35:50,530 --> 00:35:53,400 [narrator] With good gold already on the surface, 782 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,030 a deep channel could mean a motherlode 783 00:35:56,030 --> 00:35:57,870 for Anthony's mining future. 784 00:35:57,870 --> 00:35:59,800 That's exciting though, if that's a channel there. 785 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:01,400 -Mm-hmm. -Yeah. 786 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:03,600 -Who knows what's down there. -The old timers might've missed it. 787 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:04,470 Yeah. 788 00:36:05,930 --> 00:36:07,900 Hopefully, that is a channel in there 789 00:36:07,900 --> 00:36:11,430 or reworked one. And it hasn't been disturbed by the old timers. 790 00:36:12,270 --> 00:36:13,530 If it's good, it could be really good. 791 00:36:24,130 --> 00:36:25,500 Moment of truth, Freddy. 792 00:36:25,500 --> 00:36:26,570 Yep. 793 00:36:27,870 --> 00:36:31,870 [narrator]It's time to weigh the gold from the second test run. 794 00:36:31,870 --> 00:36:33,200 -Hi, gentlemen. -Hey, guys. 795 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:34,270 Hey, how's it going? 796 00:36:34,270 --> 00:36:36,200 -Well, let's weigh it up. -Let's have a look at it. 797 00:36:37,330 --> 00:36:38,800 -You ready? -Yeah. 798 00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:43,030 [narrator] The first test produced 0.72 oz. 799 00:36:43,030 --> 00:36:45,730 For Anthony to start turning a profit, 800 00:36:45,730 --> 00:36:49,770 the final test must deliver at least 2 oz. 801 00:36:54,970 --> 00:36:56,930 -0.74 oz. -Uff. 802 00:36:58,570 --> 00:37:00,330 -It's not great. -No. 803 00:37:00,330 --> 00:37:04,730 [narrator] An increase of 2.7% from the first test. 804 00:37:04,730 --> 00:37:09,530 But $2,500 short of their target. 805 00:37:09,530 --> 00:37:12,130 Well, it's not the result. I wanted to see but-- 806 00:37:12,130 --> 00:37:13,800 -We know the plant's running better. -Yeah. 807 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:15,900 -So it's a pay issue right now. -Yeah. 808 00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:17,430 -Bad ground. -Yeah. 809 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:19,800 I know that doesn't feel like a win. 810 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:21,170 It doesn't feel like a win at all, 811 00:37:21,170 --> 00:37:23,330 but just look at the amount of fines in that, Fred. 812 00:37:23,330 --> 00:37:25,700 You know, we never had that amount of fines in the first run. 813 00:37:25,700 --> 00:37:26,670 Nowhere near that. 814 00:37:26,670 --> 00:37:29,000 So that tells me that, you know, the sluices, 815 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,200 you know, the fine gold riffles are catching the fine gold 816 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,370 and on top of that we're actually getting proper clean on it. 817 00:37:33,370 --> 00:37:35,400 -Yeah. -You know, we're just not on good ground right now, 818 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:37,730 but with these fixes and when we get on, I think, you know, 819 00:37:37,730 --> 00:37:38,930 we know we're gonna catch it. 820 00:37:38,930 --> 00:37:42,670 -Yep. Gold's where you find it, right? -Yeah, exactly. 821 00:37:42,670 --> 00:37:44,970 The final gold weigh, it feels like we got kicked in the teeth. 822 00:37:44,970 --> 00:37:46,930 And we're not gonna get paid. 823 00:37:46,930 --> 00:37:48,470 You know, it was a little bit of a gamble, 824 00:37:48,470 --> 00:37:50,770 but honestly, one thing is for sure. 825 00:37:50,770 --> 00:37:52,670 In my heart, when he gets on that better ground, 826 00:37:52,670 --> 00:37:54,970 I know that what we did here for Anthony and his family, 827 00:37:54,970 --> 00:37:57,800 um, in the long run, it's gonna help him out tremendously. 828 00:37:59,770 --> 00:38:02,230 But do us a favor. When you start getting some of that better material 829 00:38:02,230 --> 00:38:03,500 in the plant, let us know how it does. 830 00:38:03,500 --> 00:38:04,370 Yeah, will do. 831 00:38:05,170 --> 00:38:06,200 Thanks, Freddy. 832 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:07,130 Pleasure. 833 00:38:07,730 --> 00:38:09,030 John, thank you, sir. 834 00:38:09,030 --> 00:38:10,370 We find some, we'll let you know. 835 00:38:10,370 --> 00:38:11,270 Yeah. 836 00:38:11,270 --> 00:38:12,700 Thanks again, guys. 837 00:38:12,700 --> 00:38:13,700 Thank you. 838 00:38:17,100 --> 00:38:18,470 It was worth having these guys come here. 839 00:38:18,470 --> 00:38:20,330 They fixed a few major issues we were having. 840 00:38:20,330 --> 00:38:22,400 The plant's running better and I'm hoping that 841 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,800 we hit some good ground that'll pay my partner back 842 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:27,070 and I can get my dad back up here. 843 00:38:28,530 --> 00:38:30,170 [Freddy] I was looking for a big win. 844 00:38:30,170 --> 00:38:33,200 But like we always say, we can't put gold in the ground, right? 845 00:38:35,670 --> 00:38:37,270 -Well? -Let's head out. 846 00:38:37,270 --> 00:38:38,370 I'll follow you out. 847 00:38:59,030 --> 00:39:02,470 Hey, Freddy, hey, Juan, how's it going, guys? 848 00:39:02,470 --> 00:39:03,900 Just wanted to give you guys an update here. 849 00:39:03,900 --> 00:39:06,270 We've moved down and started running that stuff 850 00:39:06,270 --> 00:39:08,470 that Freddy and I tested. 851 00:39:08,470 --> 00:39:10,530 That's the spot that we walked down there 852 00:39:10,530 --> 00:39:12,730 and we did those couple of pans. 853 00:39:12,730 --> 00:39:15,070 We've stripped a bunch of it, we built a road in. 854 00:39:15,830 --> 00:39:17,270 And it's unbelievable, I mean, 855 00:39:17,270 --> 00:39:19,030 it's better than anything we could've hoped for. 856 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:24,700 Check that out. 857 00:39:25,470 --> 00:39:26,500 Holy... 858 00:39:27,430 --> 00:39:28,600 That's a lot of gold. 859 00:39:34,230 --> 00:39:36,130 [laughing] 860 00:39:36,130 --> 00:39:38,000 I'm feeling unreal. I feel so excited. 861 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,070 I mean, this is some of the best ground I've ever seen 862 00:39:40,070 --> 00:39:42,470 and it was just right here the whole time. 863 00:39:42,470 --> 00:39:43,670 We just had to find it. 864 00:39:44,530 --> 00:39:46,300 Oh, look at the fine gold. 865 00:39:46,300 --> 00:39:47,330 Check that out. 866 00:39:48,330 --> 00:39:50,200 Those are deep. Those are like a half inch deep. 867 00:39:50,930 --> 00:39:52,470 Careful not to spill that one. 868 00:39:56,770 --> 00:39:58,570 That's a pan of gold, eh? Holy... 869 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:07,300 For today here, we just did a four hour run. 870 00:40:10,770 --> 00:40:12,270 Looks all right to me. 871 00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:19,070 Well, it's gonna go higher. 872 00:40:19,070 --> 00:40:20,170 Over ten. 873 00:40:21,630 --> 00:40:23,130 Holy. 874 00:40:26,330 --> 00:40:27,430 Oh! 875 00:40:28,070 --> 00:40:29,870 Whoo! [laughing] 876 00:40:29,870 --> 00:40:34,570 We got 13.5 oz in four hours, including the biggest nuggets we've ever got off this claim. 877 00:40:35,900 --> 00:40:38,830 We've had a 20 oz day, we've had a lot of 7 oz days. 878 00:40:38,830 --> 00:40:40,600 That's unreal. 879 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:42,870 Freddy and Juan, I just wanna thank you guys. 880 00:40:42,870 --> 00:40:45,330 With your guys fixes, everything that we've been fighting 881 00:40:45,330 --> 00:40:46,530 is now running smoothly. 882 00:40:46,530 --> 00:40:48,400 I got my business partner off my back. 883 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:51,000 I think he can see now that this was all worth it in the end. 884 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:52,470 So what more could you ask for? 885 00:40:52,470 --> 00:40:53,730 [laughing] 886 00:40:53,730 --> 00:40:55,300 That's unbelievable. 887 00:40:55,300 --> 00:40:57,430 Now that we got all these fixes done 888 00:40:57,430 --> 00:40:58,930 and we're on this amazing gold, 889 00:40:58,930 --> 00:41:00,470 I think my dad can come up here 890 00:41:00,470 --> 00:41:01,900 and be a part of this with me. 891 00:41:01,900 --> 00:41:03,330 And, uh, 892 00:41:03,330 --> 00:41:05,600 you know, he could watch his grandson grow up here, 893 00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:07,030 mining on the claim with all of us, 894 00:41:07,030 --> 00:41:09,730 which is what we've been kind of wanting all along. 895 00:41:09,730 --> 00:41:12,270 It's so amazing that Anthony's doing really well. 896 00:41:12,270 --> 00:41:13,500 I'm very proud. 897 00:41:13,500 --> 00:41:15,830 I'm very excited to get back up there. 898 00:41:15,830 --> 00:41:18,400 I mean, I'm really looking forward to it. 899 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,200 You more than just changed our plant here. 900 00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:21,270 You changed our whole operation 901 00:41:21,270 --> 00:41:23,370 and you changed our future. 902 00:41:23,370 --> 00:41:25,270 Again, really appreciate you guys coming here. 903 00:41:25,270 --> 00:41:26,300 Thank you, guys.