1 00:00:07,344 --> 00:00:08,586 [narrator] Last season, 2 00:00:08,586 --> 00:00:10,655 the Hoffmans faced the richest... 3 00:00:10,655 --> 00:00:12,172 [Jack] Yeah, that's crazy gold. 4 00:00:12,172 --> 00:00:14,551 [narrator] ...but toughest mine of their career. 5 00:00:14,551 --> 00:00:16,413 Shut it down! Shut it down! 6 00:00:16,413 --> 00:00:17,344 Stop! 7 00:00:18,344 --> 00:00:20,413 I don't think we're gonna make it. 8 00:00:20,413 --> 00:00:22,344 [narrator] But they rose to the challenge... 9 00:00:22,344 --> 00:00:23,482 Come on, baby! 10 00:00:23,482 --> 00:00:24,517 [narrator] And won. 11 00:00:25,758 --> 00:00:27,689 You guys out there, did it, man. 12 00:00:29,310 --> 00:00:31,724 [narrator] Now, they're back to get the gold. 13 00:00:31,724 --> 00:00:33,896 This year, I brought a killer crew. 14 00:00:33,896 --> 00:00:35,034 Only the best. 15 00:00:35,034 --> 00:00:37,000 This is almost like, going to war. 16 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,724 You got your army and The Holy Roller is like your tank. 17 00:00:40,724 --> 00:00:42,689 [narrator] And this season, the risk... 18 00:00:42,689 --> 00:00:46,068 I am way out on a limb, financially. 19 00:00:46,068 --> 00:00:48,068 [narrator] ...is all on Todd's shoulders. 20 00:00:48,068 --> 00:00:50,517 Todd has thrown it all on the line. 21 00:00:50,517 --> 00:00:52,137 We need a lot of gold. 22 00:00:52,137 --> 00:00:55,000 [narrator] But there's one obstacle he didn't see coming. 23 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,517 His son, Hunter. 24 00:00:56,517 --> 00:01:00,103 Me and my Dad has totally different styles of how we operate, how we work. 25 00:01:00,103 --> 00:01:02,758 - [Todd] Cut down. - Just be quiet. Let me back drag it. 26 00:01:02,758 --> 00:01:04,310 [narrator] After years of clashes... 27 00:01:04,310 --> 00:01:06,206 - He died. I don't know why. - [Todd] Why? 28 00:01:06,206 --> 00:01:09,068 [narrator] ...Hunter Hoffman sets out on his own. 29 00:01:09,068 --> 00:01:11,724 This is my tenth season. I've always wanted to run my own plant. 30 00:01:11,724 --> 00:01:13,793 [Jack] If we have two plants going, 31 00:01:13,793 --> 00:01:16,137 we have a better chance of hitting our goal. 32 00:01:16,137 --> 00:01:18,172 All I'm asking is for you to give me a chance. 33 00:01:18,172 --> 00:01:20,310 [Todd] I hope you know what you're getting involved into. 34 00:01:20,310 --> 00:01:21,758 [Hunter] My mind is already made up. 35 00:01:21,758 --> 00:01:23,758 It's a big gamble. It's a huge, huge risk. 36 00:01:25,137 --> 00:01:27,862 [narrator] The Hoffmans may have finally hit the motherload. 37 00:01:27,862 --> 00:01:29,379 [Todd] Look at Tater's hand. 38 00:01:29,379 --> 00:01:31,413 - All gold, man. - [Andy] Is that amazing or what? 39 00:01:31,413 --> 00:01:34,931 This is the richest ground that I've ever mined on. 40 00:01:34,931 --> 00:01:36,896 [Todd] Popping nuggets left and right. 41 00:01:36,896 --> 00:01:39,310 [narrator] But will this season tear them apart? 42 00:01:39,310 --> 00:01:41,413 You guys said you will bring the 650 here. 43 00:01:41,413 --> 00:01:42,793 [Todd] Don't ever call me a liar. 44 00:01:42,793 --> 00:01:46,206 'Cause I'll fight you right out here in this [bleep] pay pile. 45 00:01:46,206 --> 00:01:49,758 If we can't do it now, we're in deep, deep trouble. 46 00:01:49,758 --> 00:01:52,344 And me in financial ruin. 47 00:02:06,931 --> 00:02:08,620 ♪ Yeah, come on, Give it to me ♪ 48 00:02:09,931 --> 00:02:11,655 ♪ Yes, come on, now, Give it to me ♪ 49 00:02:12,793 --> 00:02:14,620 ♪ Yeah, now, come on, Give it to me ♪ 50 00:02:22,724 --> 00:02:23,689 ♪ Give it to me ♪ 51 00:02:28,034 --> 00:02:29,344 ♪ Come on, give it to me ♪ 52 00:02:33,344 --> 00:02:35,206 [Todd] Look at these, guys. 53 00:02:35,206 --> 00:02:37,724 - [man] Wow. - [Todd] Holy cow! 54 00:02:37,724 --> 00:02:39,137 [Hunter] That's a lineup, boys. 55 00:02:39,137 --> 00:02:41,206 [Todd] I got a lease for all new equipment. 56 00:02:41,206 --> 00:02:43,655 - Do you see that? - Yeah. 57 00:02:43,655 --> 00:02:45,862 You said new equipment. That's insane. 58 00:02:45,862 --> 00:02:47,896 - Dude, this sick! - [Andy chuckles] 59 00:02:47,896 --> 00:02:49,034 Pow. 60 00:02:49,034 --> 00:02:50,862 [Todd] Everything has auto-greasers. 61 00:02:50,862 --> 00:02:52,206 What do you think, Jack? 62 00:02:52,206 --> 00:02:54,206 Oh, my gosh, Todd. 63 00:02:54,206 --> 00:02:58,310 We've never ever had equipment like this. 64 00:02:58,310 --> 00:03:00,448 New bucket, new teeth, new cutting edges. 65 00:03:00,448 --> 00:03:01,896 New cab. It's like a new car. 66 00:03:02,379 --> 00:03:03,448 This is crazy. 67 00:03:04,413 --> 00:03:05,448 [Todd chuckles] 68 00:03:05,448 --> 00:03:08,379 For ten years... Hunter, my dad and I, 69 00:03:08,379 --> 00:03:09,827 we've been looking for a mine 70 00:03:09,827 --> 00:03:12,620 that is rich and hasn't been picked through. 71 00:03:12,620 --> 00:03:15,413 And I think we found it right here at Mammoth Valley. 72 00:03:17,551 --> 00:03:21,034 We know that Mammoth Valley mine is loaded with gold. 73 00:03:21,034 --> 00:03:21,862 - [man] Holy! - [man 2] Oh! 74 00:03:21,862 --> 00:03:23,931 Let 'em see that. 75 00:03:23,931 --> 00:03:26,965 - That is gold. What? - That is crazy! 76 00:03:26,965 --> 00:03:29,517 5.1 ounces per hundred. 77 00:03:29,517 --> 00:03:30,482 Holy great! 78 00:03:30,482 --> 00:03:32,965 It worked out to 70 ounces per 100 yards. 79 00:03:32,965 --> 00:03:34,310 That's just out of this world. 80 00:03:34,310 --> 00:03:37,344 [Todd] Last year, we barely scratched the surface. 81 00:03:37,344 --> 00:03:39,448 [Hunter] This is the type of drone we've been looking for. 82 00:03:39,448 --> 00:03:42,310 But now, we're back to finish what we started. 83 00:03:43,758 --> 00:03:46,103 Okay, what's the plan. Andy! 84 00:03:46,103 --> 00:03:48,379 How are we gonna get across this freaking river? 85 00:03:48,379 --> 00:03:50,551 That bridge will not hold these machines. 86 00:03:50,551 --> 00:03:51,931 No. 87 00:03:51,931 --> 00:03:54,068 But we know, last year, we never would have made it across. 88 00:03:54,068 --> 00:03:55,172 It's just too deep. 89 00:03:55,689 --> 00:03:56,965 We had a drier year. 90 00:03:56,965 --> 00:03:59,000 The water is as low as we've ever seen it. 91 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:00,482 Hopefully, it's low enough. 92 00:04:00,482 --> 00:04:02,206 This is our best opportunity. 93 00:04:02,206 --> 00:04:05,620 I'll jump in the shortest machine, the 360. 94 00:04:05,620 --> 00:04:07,034 I feel my way across it 95 00:04:07,034 --> 00:04:08,344 and once I get across, 96 00:04:08,344 --> 00:04:10,965 then everybody can just follow the exact the same route. 97 00:04:10,965 --> 00:04:13,793 [Todd] Guys, these machines are like, the best machines 98 00:04:13,793 --> 00:04:15,586 that we've ever had a chance to run. 99 00:04:15,586 --> 00:04:18,551 And I'm financially on the hook on these babies, 100 00:04:18,551 --> 00:04:20,758 so let's not stick one out here in the river 101 00:04:20,758 --> 00:04:22,241 and ruin the dang thing. 102 00:04:23,379 --> 00:04:25,517 Last season was a disaster. 103 00:04:25,517 --> 00:04:27,379 - [water splashing] - [exclaims] 104 00:04:27,379 --> 00:04:29,241 There's a hole in the slurry line. 105 00:04:29,241 --> 00:04:31,413 [Andy] It's got a torque converter overheat issue. 106 00:04:31,413 --> 00:04:33,413 One excavator has a leaky hose. 107 00:04:33,413 --> 00:04:35,586 Massive oil leak. You can't open the door. 108 00:04:35,586 --> 00:04:37,379 The fuel truck blew the engine. 109 00:04:37,379 --> 00:04:39,758 This tire is junk. No good. 110 00:04:39,758 --> 00:04:41,724 [Todd] All the equipment broke down. 111 00:04:41,724 --> 00:04:44,655 It doesn't have enough hydraulic power to pull itself out. 112 00:04:44,655 --> 00:04:46,103 Lot of smoke. 113 00:04:46,103 --> 00:04:49,517 [Todd] We actually spent more time repairing it than running it. 114 00:04:49,517 --> 00:04:51,379 We're gonna be working around the clock. 115 00:04:51,379 --> 00:04:53,413 Not this year. 116 00:04:53,413 --> 00:04:56,620 To succeed up here, you cannot have breakdowns. 117 00:04:56,620 --> 00:04:58,241 [Todd on radio] Come on, Andy. Let's fire it up. 118 00:04:58,241 --> 00:05:00,275 Let's bring that 360 out here. 119 00:05:00,862 --> 00:05:02,034 [Andy] Okay, fire it up. 120 00:05:02,034 --> 00:05:04,068 [Todd] You have to have the best equipment 121 00:05:04,068 --> 00:05:05,758 and that's what I paid for. 122 00:05:05,758 --> 00:05:07,620 Look how much lower Andy is 123 00:05:07,620 --> 00:05:10,931 - than a driver in one of those rock trucks. - [Jack] Yeah. 124 00:05:10,931 --> 00:05:13,482 [Todd] We're gonna bring Andy out with the 360 125 00:05:13,482 --> 00:05:15,551 which is our shortest machine. 126 00:05:15,551 --> 00:05:19,103 If we don't get these machines across that river, 127 00:05:19,103 --> 00:05:20,172 we're screwed. 128 00:05:21,344 --> 00:05:24,965 - It is truly sink or swim. You know? - Yeah. 129 00:05:31,275 --> 00:05:33,620 Come on, baby. 130 00:05:33,620 --> 00:05:36,551 [Todd] Andy is poking around, he's feeling around. 131 00:05:36,551 --> 00:05:38,586 He's looking for the hole, 132 00:05:38,586 --> 00:05:40,310 just to make sure he's gonna be safe. 133 00:05:41,586 --> 00:05:43,620 Ooh, it's looking deep already. 134 00:05:45,827 --> 00:05:47,655 Damn, where my bucket is, it looks like it will be 135 00:05:47,655 --> 00:05:49,724 right at the flipping top of the house. 136 00:05:50,655 --> 00:05:52,620 [on radio] Gonna be really close. 137 00:05:52,620 --> 00:05:54,724 [Todd] Yeah, I don't like that. 138 00:05:54,724 --> 00:05:58,206 You're gonna throw water up into the electronics and everything else. 139 00:05:59,172 --> 00:06:00,965 Getting deeper. 140 00:06:00,965 --> 00:06:03,103 [Todd] You're in the house now, Andy. 141 00:06:03,689 --> 00:06:05,551 Ooh. Uh-oh. 142 00:06:05,551 --> 00:06:07,689 It's getting a lot deeper. 143 00:06:07,689 --> 00:06:10,000 - [Todd] We better get going. - [Hunter] Oh, man. 144 00:06:10,793 --> 00:06:13,034 Oh! Holy cow! 145 00:06:16,206 --> 00:06:18,620 I gotta be getting close to coming up the road. 146 00:06:18,620 --> 00:06:20,068 [Todd] Careful! 147 00:06:20,068 --> 00:06:21,275 Careful, Andy. 148 00:06:22,344 --> 00:06:24,310 Oh, my God. 149 00:06:25,344 --> 00:06:27,137 Come on. Little further. 150 00:06:28,689 --> 00:06:30,689 Okay, my bucket is on shallower ground. 151 00:06:31,275 --> 00:06:32,413 [on radio] Going for it. 152 00:06:35,482 --> 00:06:36,862 Go. Go, go, go, go, go. 153 00:06:39,586 --> 00:06:41,931 We got it. We got it. 154 00:06:41,931 --> 00:06:45,206 Oh, man. I thought it was going down. 155 00:06:45,206 --> 00:06:46,275 He freakin' made it. 156 00:06:46,862 --> 00:06:48,379 No way. 157 00:06:48,379 --> 00:06:50,448 He did it. He made it across. 158 00:06:50,448 --> 00:06:51,482 Come on, Tater. 159 00:06:52,586 --> 00:06:54,068 Coming through, you guys. 160 00:06:54,068 --> 00:06:55,758 [Todd] Follow that path, Tater. 161 00:06:55,758 --> 00:06:57,275 Don't veer off of it. 162 00:06:57,275 --> 00:06:58,517 [Tater on radio] Copy. 163 00:06:58,517 --> 00:07:02,068 I am way out on a limb, financially. 164 00:07:02,068 --> 00:07:05,482 This mine is in the Seward Peninsula of Alaska. 165 00:07:05,482 --> 00:07:09,103 80 miles off of Nome, so we're completely off the grid. 166 00:07:09,724 --> 00:07:11,206 Wow, it's getting deep. 167 00:07:11,206 --> 00:07:13,965 [Todd] So my equipment and transportation costs 168 00:07:13,965 --> 00:07:17,344 are north of $750,000. 169 00:07:19,068 --> 00:07:20,482 We got 'er. 170 00:07:20,482 --> 00:07:24,724 [Todd] Labor and fuel costs are at about $150,000 each. 171 00:07:24,724 --> 00:07:26,482 Ooh, she's getting deep. 172 00:07:26,482 --> 00:07:29,448 [Todd] I'm look at 600 ounces, give or take 173 00:07:29,448 --> 00:07:31,034 just to break even. 174 00:07:31,034 --> 00:07:33,241 Hudson's coming through now. 175 00:07:33,241 --> 00:07:35,482 But a good mine gives you a profit 176 00:07:35,482 --> 00:07:36,655 that you can take home 177 00:07:36,655 --> 00:07:39,931 and it leaves enough gold to put into next year. 178 00:07:40,655 --> 00:07:42,448 That's our last truck. 179 00:07:42,448 --> 00:07:45,103 So, I'm looking for thousand ounces of gold 180 00:07:45,103 --> 00:07:48,103 to call this season a win. 181 00:07:48,103 --> 00:07:50,000 [on radio] Okay, don't turn yet. 182 00:07:51,551 --> 00:07:53,793 [continues indistinctly] 183 00:07:53,793 --> 00:07:56,586 Going through. We're going through. 184 00:07:56,586 --> 00:07:58,827 It's kinda slipping. It's slipping. 185 00:07:58,827 --> 00:08:00,068 Hey, that truck is slipping. 186 00:08:00,068 --> 00:08:02,379 [Todd on radio] Hold up, hold up. Don't carry it up. 187 00:08:03,655 --> 00:08:06,068 I'll get behind him. I'll tell you when I'm there. 188 00:08:06,068 --> 00:08:08,724 [on radio] When you feel me touch your headache rack, 189 00:08:08,724 --> 00:08:10,655 then you start going. Okay? 190 00:08:10,655 --> 00:08:11,724 Ten-four. 191 00:08:27,689 --> 00:08:30,379 There you go, boys. That's how it's done, baby. 192 00:08:31,344 --> 00:08:32,344 [Andy on radio] Nice job. 193 00:08:33,137 --> 00:08:34,137 All right! [claps] 194 00:08:35,482 --> 00:08:38,103 Yee-haw! We got her. 195 00:08:38,103 --> 00:08:39,172 [Todd on radio] Love you, baby. 196 00:08:40,793 --> 00:08:42,793 We did it. We got it. We're good. 197 00:08:42,793 --> 00:08:44,034 - Nailed it. - Made it. 198 00:08:44,034 --> 00:08:46,379 This year, I brought a killer crew. 199 00:08:46,379 --> 00:08:48,862 - [all exclaiming] - I need a hug. 200 00:08:48,862 --> 00:08:51,172 - I need a hug. - We win! 201 00:08:51,172 --> 00:08:53,482 - [all exclaiming] - Awesome, man. 202 00:08:53,482 --> 00:08:54,758 Need a pair of underwear. 203 00:08:54,758 --> 00:08:56,724 I brought only the best. 204 00:08:56,724 --> 00:08:59,448 I got my son, Hunter. I got my son, Cub. 205 00:08:59,448 --> 00:09:01,758 Andy and his son Dakota. 206 00:09:01,758 --> 00:09:03,137 Even Sparky. 207 00:09:03,137 --> 00:09:06,517 And I brought in a couple of experts, Framer and Tater. 208 00:09:06,517 --> 00:09:09,137 Those guys can run anything that we have. 209 00:09:09,137 --> 00:09:11,793 Okay, let's get these things to the mine. 210 00:09:11,793 --> 00:09:13,586 - Yeah. - And let's get 'em going. 211 00:09:13,586 --> 00:09:14,620 Let's go! 212 00:09:14,620 --> 00:09:15,896 [Andy] Great job, baby! 213 00:09:31,655 --> 00:09:33,068 [Todd] Here we are. 214 00:09:33,068 --> 00:09:36,310 Last year, the equipment was just constantly breaking down 215 00:09:36,310 --> 00:09:40,000 and Randy just stepped up and just tried to keep everything going. 216 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,034 I'm glad that he's back. 217 00:09:42,034 --> 00:09:43,827 [Randy] It's been a long time. I'm ready. 218 00:09:45,206 --> 00:09:47,379 [Jim] It was a tough seven months. 219 00:09:47,379 --> 00:09:49,931 Knowing what we have here and waiting to get back here, 220 00:09:49,931 --> 00:09:51,896 it was enough to drive you crazy. 221 00:09:51,896 --> 00:09:53,413 [Jack] It's great to be back. 222 00:09:53,827 --> 00:09:55,206 [Todd groans] 223 00:09:55,206 --> 00:09:58,551 I hate this washplant. I hated everything about this washplant. 224 00:09:58,551 --> 00:10:01,000 And then, there were the washplants last year. 225 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,827 The Z plant was basically a trainwreck. 226 00:10:03,827 --> 00:10:05,655 It throws its belts off and then, 227 00:10:05,655 --> 00:10:07,620 we have to shut down and fix it, obviously. 228 00:10:07,620 --> 00:10:09,482 [Todd] The hot mess broke down 229 00:10:09,482 --> 00:10:10,724 every other day. 230 00:10:10,724 --> 00:10:13,172 It's a big piece of crap. 231 00:10:13,172 --> 00:10:16,034 [Todd] Our most reliable plant was the slowest. 232 00:10:16,034 --> 00:10:17,689 - Get over here. - [Todd] The little test plant. 233 00:10:17,689 --> 00:10:19,103 The whole trommel just jumped. 234 00:10:22,137 --> 00:10:23,758 [Todd] But this year, 235 00:10:23,758 --> 00:10:25,896 we have an ace up our sleeve. 236 00:10:26,344 --> 00:10:27,655 Give me a honk. 237 00:10:27,655 --> 00:10:29,689 - [honking] - [Todd] Yeah! 238 00:10:29,689 --> 00:10:31,379 And that is The Holy Roller. 239 00:10:31,379 --> 00:10:33,137 This is almost like, going to a war. 240 00:10:33,137 --> 00:10:36,931 You got your army and this is, like, your tank. 241 00:10:36,931 --> 00:10:39,551 Just you, your tank, your equipment 242 00:10:39,551 --> 00:10:41,448 against the world. You know? 243 00:10:41,448 --> 00:10:43,793 Can't believe it's actually here, Todd. 244 00:10:43,793 --> 00:10:45,137 [Todd] Oh, yeah! 245 00:10:45,965 --> 00:10:47,620 If I'm going to win, 246 00:10:47,620 --> 00:10:50,620 I needed the best washplant that I ever owned. 247 00:10:50,620 --> 00:10:51,758 But she wasn't cheap. 248 00:10:52,965 --> 00:10:55,724 This is the time that we're gonna actually find out 249 00:10:55,724 --> 00:10:57,724 what The Holy Roller is made of. 250 00:10:57,724 --> 00:11:00,896 But we gotta get it off this truck. 251 00:11:00,896 --> 00:11:05,172 And it's about 50,000 pounds with this tube in the center. 252 00:11:05,172 --> 00:11:07,758 So, Framer, what do you think, man? 253 00:11:07,758 --> 00:11:08,827 You hauled it in. 254 00:11:08,827 --> 00:11:11,206 I think four excavators, one in each corner and... 255 00:11:12,482 --> 00:11:14,482 hope we can pick it up. It's heavy. 256 00:11:14,482 --> 00:11:17,551 Four excavators. We gotta work as a team. 257 00:11:17,551 --> 00:11:20,310 One guy screws up, the thing flips over 258 00:11:20,310 --> 00:11:22,689 and bends a tube, and then, we're screwed. 259 00:11:22,689 --> 00:11:23,862 - Okay? - Yeah. 260 00:11:23,862 --> 00:11:25,034 All right, let's go. 261 00:11:32,448 --> 00:11:33,310 [beeps] 262 00:11:33,310 --> 00:11:34,896 [Todd] Right here, Hunter. 263 00:11:34,896 --> 00:11:37,482 So, people have heard me claim before, 264 00:11:37,482 --> 00:11:39,724 "Hey, we're on the best gold ever." 265 00:11:39,724 --> 00:11:42,620 That's one of the best goldbeds I've seen in a long time. 266 00:11:42,620 --> 00:11:45,137 We got some big hopes on this paydirt right here. 267 00:11:45,137 --> 00:11:47,413 Maybe some of the best dirt we've ever ran. 268 00:11:47,413 --> 00:11:49,827 - [Jack] It doesn't get any better than this. - It doesn't get any better. 269 00:11:49,827 --> 00:11:52,068 - What'd you find? - The best pad I've ever had out here. 270 00:11:52,068 --> 00:11:53,724 This is a lot of freaking old. 271 00:11:53,724 --> 00:11:56,172 This ground is freaking awesome. 272 00:11:56,172 --> 00:11:59,413 - Here we go. Huh? - Holy frick! 273 00:11:59,413 --> 00:12:02,482 And there's always some reason why you come up short. 274 00:12:02,482 --> 00:12:06,068 We busted our ass, Todd. That ground is [bleep]. 275 00:12:06,068 --> 00:12:09,000 [Todd] But we know that gold is here 276 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,724 right beneath our feet. 277 00:12:11,724 --> 00:12:14,310 We've redesigned the screen section. 278 00:12:14,310 --> 00:12:17,206 We've redesigned the sluice boxes 279 00:12:17,206 --> 00:12:19,965 after being around the paydirt last year 280 00:12:19,965 --> 00:12:21,172 in that clay. 281 00:12:21,172 --> 00:12:24,172 I think we have the right combination 282 00:12:24,172 --> 00:12:25,724 to actually get all this gold. 283 00:12:27,137 --> 00:12:28,896 I think this is our secret weapon. 284 00:12:30,448 --> 00:12:33,655 [narrator] The Holy Roller's design and size is the perfect match 285 00:12:33,655 --> 00:12:36,379 for the mine's tough clay-rich soil. 286 00:12:36,379 --> 00:12:40,310 The spray bar's 80,000 PSI jets push water 287 00:12:40,310 --> 00:12:43,310 and erode nearly 300 yards of paydirt 288 00:12:43,310 --> 00:12:44,655 every hour. 289 00:12:44,655 --> 00:12:47,620 But weighing in at nearly 50,000 pounds, 290 00:12:47,620 --> 00:12:51,448 getting it unloaded will require their arsenal of excavators. 291 00:12:51,448 --> 00:12:53,724 - [Todd] Work together. - Here we go. 292 00:12:53,724 --> 00:12:55,206 [narrator] And a steady hand 293 00:12:55,206 --> 00:12:57,620 as one wrong move could damage 294 00:12:57,620 --> 00:13:01,000 which could end their season before they get started. 295 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:02,413 Framer, you call it. 296 00:13:02,413 --> 00:13:04,965 [Framer] All right. Up in the front. Go ahead. 297 00:13:04,965 --> 00:13:06,448 [on radio] Nice and easy. 298 00:13:06,448 --> 00:13:09,241 Come on up. Come on up. Come on up. 299 00:13:09,241 --> 00:13:12,413 Come on up. Hold that. Holding. 300 00:13:12,413 --> 00:13:16,103 Ah, we got about five... four-five inches on this side. 301 00:13:16,103 --> 00:13:18,551 Go up about an inch and a half and see how it looks. 302 00:13:18,551 --> 00:13:20,275 Ready? Come on up. 303 00:13:20,275 --> 00:13:22,206 [on radio] Come on up. Easy. 304 00:13:22,620 --> 00:13:23,517 Easy. 305 00:13:24,793 --> 00:13:26,103 - Oh. - [Framer on radio] All right. 306 00:13:26,103 --> 00:13:28,931 Let's take the back up another two and a half inches or so. 307 00:13:28,931 --> 00:13:30,517 And then, we'll do the front. 308 00:13:30,517 --> 00:13:32,379 [Todd on radio] Up on her. Dakota, more. 309 00:13:33,206 --> 00:13:34,586 Tater, you're low. 310 00:13:34,586 --> 00:13:35,724 Come up. 311 00:13:35,724 --> 00:13:37,241 It's a very tricky pick. 312 00:13:38,586 --> 00:13:40,172 [Todd] Dakota, you're down. 313 00:13:40,172 --> 00:13:41,448 I'm out on my boom. 314 00:13:42,758 --> 00:13:44,586 [Framer] Hunter, slow down. 315 00:13:44,586 --> 00:13:46,517 [on radio] Easy. Easy. 316 00:13:47,310 --> 00:13:48,965 You're good. Right there. 317 00:13:48,965 --> 00:13:50,758 [Todd] Okay, everybody, hold up. 318 00:13:50,758 --> 00:13:53,068 Okay. We're off. We're off. 319 00:13:53,068 --> 00:13:55,241 - All right. - [Todd] Mikey, get it out of here. 320 00:13:55,655 --> 00:13:56,551 Drive it! 321 00:13:57,482 --> 00:13:58,965 Go, Mikey. Go. 322 00:14:00,241 --> 00:14:02,379 [engine revving] 323 00:14:02,379 --> 00:14:03,793 [Framer] Easy. Easy. 324 00:14:03,793 --> 00:14:05,172 [Todd] Good going, Mike. Go! 325 00:14:05,172 --> 00:14:06,724 Go, Mikey. Go! 326 00:14:09,724 --> 00:14:10,827 [Andy] Am I clear? 327 00:14:10,827 --> 00:14:12,586 [Framer on radio] Yes, you're clear. 328 00:14:12,586 --> 00:14:15,620 Okay, everybody, go slow. Bring it down. 329 00:14:15,620 --> 00:14:17,793 Everybody, watch your corners. 330 00:14:17,793 --> 00:14:19,931 Gotta be very careful with this thing. 331 00:14:21,172 --> 00:14:22,551 [Todd] This year, this feels different. 332 00:14:22,551 --> 00:14:23,758 Hold up, Hunter. 333 00:14:24,931 --> 00:14:26,103 Easy. Easy. 334 00:14:26,103 --> 00:14:27,793 I have the best equipment. 335 00:14:27,793 --> 00:14:29,137 I have the best crew. 336 00:14:29,137 --> 00:14:32,310 And if we are truly on the best gold, 337 00:14:32,310 --> 00:14:34,586 then there's no excuse. This is it. 338 00:14:35,172 --> 00:14:36,931 If we can't do it now, 339 00:14:36,931 --> 00:14:38,896 we're in deep, deep trouble. 340 00:14:38,896 --> 00:14:41,931 And me in financial ruin. 341 00:14:42,965 --> 00:14:44,172 - Yo. - [Andy] Get down. 342 00:14:44,689 --> 00:14:46,206 Yeah! Woo! 343 00:14:46,655 --> 00:14:47,896 Oh, yeah! 344 00:14:48,379 --> 00:14:49,896 Nice work, guys. 345 00:14:49,896 --> 00:14:52,275 [Jim] Man, we did it. Good job. 346 00:14:52,275 --> 00:14:54,862 [Todd on radio] All right, boys, good job. 347 00:14:54,862 --> 00:14:57,655 This may not seem like a lot to a lot of people, 348 00:14:57,655 --> 00:15:00,137 but for us to get The Holy Roller 349 00:15:00,137 --> 00:15:01,482 from where it started 350 00:15:02,068 --> 00:15:03,517 as an idea 351 00:15:04,379 --> 00:15:06,517 to, in the field... 352 00:15:07,206 --> 00:15:08,551 Uh, it's a big deal. 353 00:15:08,551 --> 00:15:10,137 So, for us, it's a win. 354 00:15:10,724 --> 00:15:11,862 And hopefully, 355 00:15:12,448 --> 00:15:13,517 gets a lot of gold. 356 00:15:15,413 --> 00:15:17,275 Now, let's get this plant running. 357 00:15:26,827 --> 00:15:28,034 [Todd] Go right. 358 00:15:28,034 --> 00:15:29,344 You're good. 359 00:15:29,344 --> 00:15:32,724 So, while I focus on The Holy Roller, to get that thing going, 360 00:15:32,724 --> 00:15:37,310 Andy and the guys are actually stacking pay from ancient river channel. 361 00:15:37,310 --> 00:15:40,655 It's about one to two and half ounces per 100. 362 00:15:40,655 --> 00:15:42,551 Yeah. 363 00:15:42,551 --> 00:15:46,896 And then, Cub and Hunter are gonna go prospect a promising site 364 00:15:46,896 --> 00:15:48,413 up there at Atlas Creek. 365 00:15:55,379 --> 00:15:57,206 - [Hunter] Got everything? - Yup. 366 00:15:57,206 --> 00:15:58,620 [Hunter] I'm back this season. 367 00:15:58,620 --> 00:16:02,068 Part if it is 'cause my grandpa really wanted me to come back. 368 00:16:02,068 --> 00:16:05,448 But part of it is, I still wanna know what kinda gold is out here. 369 00:16:05,448 --> 00:16:06,793 Still a little bit of mystery. 370 00:16:10,103 --> 00:16:11,482 Here's the deal. 371 00:16:11,482 --> 00:16:16,413 The Dog Creek Valley is good, but it's... Nothing compares to this. 372 00:16:16,413 --> 00:16:18,758 That's why I wanna bring you out here, I want you to see this stuff. 373 00:16:19,689 --> 00:16:21,620 I've done some crazy pans over at Atlas. 374 00:16:22,551 --> 00:16:24,551 Right now, we're standing on Atlas Creek. 375 00:16:24,551 --> 00:16:26,931 There used to be 300 people living out here. 376 00:16:26,931 --> 00:16:28,793 If they came all the way out here... 377 00:16:28,793 --> 00:16:30,379 I mean, they were risking their lives 378 00:16:30,379 --> 00:16:31,655 and if they were willing to do that, 379 00:16:31,655 --> 00:16:33,068 had to have been a good gold. 380 00:16:33,068 --> 00:16:35,551 [Jack] I think it's a ounce a yard. 381 00:16:35,551 --> 00:16:38,103 We all need to come back here and go find out what's out there. 382 00:16:39,310 --> 00:16:41,482 This is how I knew, this was the mine. 383 00:16:41,482 --> 00:16:42,482 And this is why I'm back. 384 00:16:43,275 --> 00:16:44,586 Yeah, this is it, man. 385 00:16:44,586 --> 00:16:46,241 This is crazy. 386 00:16:46,241 --> 00:16:48,586 [Hunter] I'm really glad to have my little brother up here. 387 00:16:48,586 --> 00:16:51,379 This is gonna be a chance for me and him to actually 388 00:16:51,379 --> 00:16:52,379 mine, side-by side. 389 00:16:52,379 --> 00:16:55,344 And I wanted to take Cub to Alice 'cause 390 00:16:55,344 --> 00:16:57,965 I want him to see where our future in goldmining may be. 391 00:16:58,413 --> 00:17:00,068 Isn't this crazy? 392 00:17:00,068 --> 00:17:02,965 - [Cub] How old is this? - [Hunter] I don't know, but... 393 00:17:02,965 --> 00:17:05,689 Did you ever see wrenches that look like this? 394 00:17:05,689 --> 00:17:07,517 [Cub] No, I have never. 395 00:17:07,517 --> 00:17:10,310 This is the first time I've been mining, since I was a kid. 396 00:17:10,310 --> 00:17:13,172 The reason I joined the team is 'cause I have a wife and a baby at home 397 00:17:13,172 --> 00:17:14,724 and I want to provide for them. 398 00:17:14,724 --> 00:17:16,655 [Hunter] Look at this. 399 00:17:16,655 --> 00:17:19,241 Look at this. You don't want any of this? 400 00:17:19,241 --> 00:17:20,517 [Cub] I might. 401 00:17:20,517 --> 00:17:22,896 I'm excited for this mine. I know it's really good gold. 402 00:17:22,896 --> 00:17:25,103 I'm excited to work with my brother. 403 00:17:25,103 --> 00:17:28,206 [Hunter] This is the type of stuff these guys were using in the mine. Okay? 404 00:17:29,379 --> 00:17:31,655 So, if they were getting enough gold 405 00:17:31,655 --> 00:17:33,241 with something like this, 406 00:17:33,241 --> 00:17:36,172 - it's probably pretty good. - [Cub] Yeah. 407 00:17:36,172 --> 00:17:38,862 I had a meeting, privately with my dad before this season. 408 00:17:38,862 --> 00:17:40,931 And I made some things very clear 409 00:17:40,931 --> 00:17:43,241 that were non-negotiable things for me. 410 00:17:43,241 --> 00:17:45,034 And part of it was me having, 411 00:17:45,034 --> 00:17:46,241 you know, some more leadership, 412 00:17:46,241 --> 00:17:48,103 more responsibility, a little bit of say 413 00:17:48,793 --> 00:17:50,413 at what's going on here. 414 00:17:50,413 --> 00:17:53,482 'Cause I've been doing this every year since I was ten, 415 00:17:53,482 --> 00:17:55,551 so this is all I know. 416 00:17:55,551 --> 00:17:58,551 You know, most kids grew up playing in summer and... 417 00:17:58,551 --> 00:17:59,586 with their friends or whatever, 418 00:17:59,586 --> 00:18:01,931 but I was just running machinery. 419 00:18:01,931 --> 00:18:04,448 So, I feel like I'm an asset to the team. 420 00:18:04,448 --> 00:18:05,827 I feel like I need to be listened to 421 00:18:05,827 --> 00:18:08,965 and I'm hoping my dad has what it takes to succeed this year. 422 00:18:08,965 --> 00:18:10,448 I think he deserves it. 423 00:18:10,448 --> 00:18:13,344 And I think every single person on this team deserves the win. 424 00:18:13,344 --> 00:18:14,413 Either way... 425 00:18:15,758 --> 00:18:18,448 there's a lot of stuff out here which is a good sign. 426 00:18:20,689 --> 00:18:23,103 I've never wanted to win, ever, 427 00:18:23,103 --> 00:18:24,137 as bad as I do right now. 428 00:18:24,137 --> 00:18:25,310 I'm 100 percent in. 429 00:18:25,310 --> 00:18:26,758 I'd lose a finger 430 00:18:26,758 --> 00:18:28,379 for us to go on a win. 431 00:18:28,379 --> 00:18:29,793 I think grandpa will like this thing. Isn't it? 432 00:18:29,793 --> 00:18:31,793 - [Cub] Oh, yeah. - He'll love it. 433 00:18:31,793 --> 00:18:33,103 I'm gonna give it 100 percent. 434 00:18:33,103 --> 00:18:35,827 And we're gonna go all the way and see what we can do. 435 00:18:36,448 --> 00:18:37,448 [grunts] 436 00:18:39,137 --> 00:18:40,689 Okay. Let's get out of here. 437 00:18:52,137 --> 00:18:55,896 [Todd] For eight years, this mine has been struggling. 438 00:18:55,896 --> 00:18:59,551 Last year, we came in to help them get to their break-even point. 439 00:18:59,551 --> 00:19:01,931 But that's not gonna cut it for us. 440 00:19:01,931 --> 00:19:05,655 We need to take this operation to profitability. 441 00:19:05,655 --> 00:19:08,724 So, I'm looking for a thousand ounces this year 442 00:19:08,724 --> 00:19:10,206 or there won't be a next. 443 00:19:10,206 --> 00:19:12,448 [Jack] Jimmy, you're getting pretty good in that thing. 444 00:19:12,448 --> 00:19:13,827 [Cub] Thank you. 445 00:19:13,827 --> 00:19:15,689 So are you. 446 00:19:15,689 --> 00:19:19,655 [Todd] I'm hoping, we can at least build for a big, big future. 447 00:19:21,172 --> 00:19:24,413 You're literally building the infrastructure, the road. 448 00:19:24,413 --> 00:19:25,931 We're trying to get the plant setup. 449 00:19:26,586 --> 00:19:27,689 It's gonna be difficult. 450 00:19:28,344 --> 00:19:30,137 First thing on my list... 451 00:19:30,137 --> 00:19:33,241 is pull all these old washplants out of the way. 452 00:19:33,241 --> 00:19:36,172 Out with the old, in with the new. 453 00:19:36,172 --> 00:19:38,586 [Todd] The Z plant would take months to fix, 454 00:19:38,586 --> 00:19:40,793 so we're taking that out of operation. 455 00:19:40,793 --> 00:19:44,586 Sixty years old. Granny should have stopped shaking a long time ago. 456 00:19:44,586 --> 00:19:47,862 [Todd] And my nemesis... [laughs] The Hot Mess is a huge 457 00:19:47,862 --> 00:19:50,965 pile of crap that was leaking gold. 458 00:19:50,965 --> 00:19:52,206 [Andy] The end of the trommel 459 00:19:52,206 --> 00:19:54,689 where it looks like there's pay spilling out the end. 460 00:19:54,689 --> 00:19:57,241 [Jack] This is one place they're losing gold. 461 00:19:57,241 --> 00:19:58,896 [Todd] So, we're gonna pull that off the hill, 462 00:19:58,896 --> 00:20:01,586 but we're gonna find out how much gold 463 00:20:01,586 --> 00:20:04,172 is right underneath it. 464 00:20:04,172 --> 00:20:06,931 [Hunter] Gonna be tearing apart the whole Hot Mess. 465 00:20:06,931 --> 00:20:08,000 Trying to get it out of here. 466 00:20:08,655 --> 00:20:10,206 We gotta clear this whole area 467 00:20:10,206 --> 00:20:13,275 to set up our new ponds and everything else for the new plant, so... 468 00:20:13,275 --> 00:20:16,551 We can't do anything until this is gone. 469 00:20:16,551 --> 00:20:19,793 [narrator] The sooner the team can get the Hot Mess removed from the site, 470 00:20:19,793 --> 00:20:22,551 the sooner they can get The Holy Roller up and running. 471 00:20:22,551 --> 00:20:25,068 And producing the gold they desperately need 472 00:20:25,068 --> 00:20:26,965 to combat their startup costs. 473 00:20:26,965 --> 00:20:30,793 Todd has given the team an ambitious 72-hour deadline 474 00:20:30,793 --> 00:20:32,586 to start processing paydirt. 475 00:20:32,586 --> 00:20:34,413 [Todd] To get The Holy Runner running, 476 00:20:34,413 --> 00:20:36,551 we gotta get the Hot Mess out. 477 00:20:36,551 --> 00:20:38,827 We need this gravel underneath it. 478 00:20:38,827 --> 00:20:41,896 Plus, we just wanna see what we got here in this paydirt 479 00:20:41,896 --> 00:20:43,000 right underneath it. 480 00:20:44,068 --> 00:20:45,551 [on radio] What do you wanna do next? 481 00:20:45,551 --> 00:20:47,137 [Hunter on radio] Trommel. 482 00:20:47,137 --> 00:20:49,241 [Jim] The whole frame, hopper, 483 00:20:49,241 --> 00:20:51,448 feeder is all welded to the frame. 484 00:20:51,448 --> 00:20:54,241 - So, it's all coming out one piece or-- - [Hunter] Good. 485 00:20:54,241 --> 00:20:56,551 Yeah. [bleep] drag it off the hill. That's what I think. 486 00:20:57,241 --> 00:20:58,724 Hook me up on the front. 487 00:20:59,310 --> 00:21:00,172 [Hunter] Hook it up? 488 00:21:01,034 --> 00:21:02,862 Watch the show, baby. 489 00:21:02,862 --> 00:21:05,965 [Framer] I would recommend standing as far back as possible. 490 00:21:07,517 --> 00:21:08,655 We'll see what happens. 491 00:21:23,103 --> 00:21:25,068 I'm gonna carefully unhook 492 00:21:25,068 --> 00:21:27,241 and maybe, push it from the back. 493 00:21:27,241 --> 00:21:29,206 No. Can't. 494 00:21:29,206 --> 00:21:30,827 I would not unhook. 495 00:21:30,827 --> 00:21:32,482 [Todd on radio] Unhook me. 496 00:21:32,482 --> 00:21:34,206 [Hunter] Let's just keep it simple, man. 497 00:21:34,206 --> 00:21:35,620 Drag it off the hill in one piece. 498 00:21:35,620 --> 00:21:37,310 It's way less work all of us. 499 00:21:38,068 --> 00:21:39,310 [Todd on radio] Unhook me! 500 00:21:39,310 --> 00:21:41,034 [Jim] He's gonna do it his way. 501 00:21:41,482 --> 00:21:42,344 Man... 502 00:21:43,034 --> 00:21:44,137 This isn't the way I'd do it. 503 00:21:46,310 --> 00:21:48,724 - [Framer] You wanna fire him? - [both chuckle] 504 00:21:48,724 --> 00:21:50,931 Me and my dad have totally different styles 505 00:21:50,931 --> 00:21:53,448 of how we operate, how we work. 506 00:21:53,448 --> 00:21:54,689 Just my opinion. 507 00:21:56,689 --> 00:21:59,517 It's really frustrating when my dad disregards what I say. 508 00:21:59,517 --> 00:22:01,586 Me and my dad have had pretty serious issues 509 00:22:01,586 --> 00:22:02,793 working together in the past. 510 00:22:02,793 --> 00:22:04,965 I have my opinions, he has his. 511 00:22:04,965 --> 00:22:07,551 All I can do is control what I can control 512 00:22:07,551 --> 00:22:09,517 which is my emotions and... 513 00:22:09,517 --> 00:22:11,103 I'm gonna try to keep a cool head. 514 00:22:11,103 --> 00:22:13,103 I'm gonna give you, like, two more minutes 515 00:22:13,103 --> 00:22:15,172 and then, I'm gonna have to replace you with Hunter. Okay? 516 00:22:15,931 --> 00:22:18,000 [Todd chuckles] 517 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,758 Dude, you gotta stop digging a hole here though. 518 00:22:20,758 --> 00:22:22,344 Seriously. It's making it worse. 519 00:22:27,344 --> 00:22:29,551 [Hunter] 520 00:22:31,862 --> 00:22:33,551 Try what? 521 00:22:33,551 --> 00:22:35,758 [Hunter on radio] Why don't you to track around to the other side. 522 00:22:35,758 --> 00:22:38,517 Hook it up and then elevate it 523 00:22:38,517 --> 00:22:40,965 while you track backwards and just slide it down the hill. 524 00:22:42,793 --> 00:22:43,758 Okay. 525 00:22:44,241 --> 00:22:46,448 Let's try it. 526 00:22:46,448 --> 00:22:48,620 [Hunter] Right now, I feel like we're wasting valuable time. 527 00:22:48,620 --> 00:22:50,517 This should have been a three-hour project. 528 00:22:50,517 --> 00:22:51,862 It's turned into an all-day thing. 529 00:22:51,862 --> 00:22:53,827 But right now, we need to get The Holy Roller put together. 530 00:22:53,827 --> 00:22:55,655 Little things like this add up 531 00:22:55,655 --> 00:22:57,482 and it bites you at the end of the season. 532 00:22:57,482 --> 00:22:59,448 So, my dad doesn't wanna listen to me 533 00:22:59,448 --> 00:23:01,620 and actually, it's costing us a lot of time. 534 00:23:02,965 --> 00:23:04,068 Everybody, heads up. 535 00:23:12,206 --> 00:23:13,724 [Todd on radio] Is it going at all? 536 00:23:13,724 --> 00:23:16,586 It will go. Just stick up as you back up. 537 00:23:23,448 --> 00:23:24,724 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 538 00:23:25,931 --> 00:23:27,793 - [Framer] Keep rolling. Keep rolling. - There we go. 539 00:23:27,793 --> 00:23:29,241 Here we go. 540 00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:31,000 It's starting to wiggle its way out. 541 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,068 You're gonna hit a tipping point, 542 00:23:32,068 --> 00:23:33,137 and it will start coming down the hill. 543 00:23:36,620 --> 00:23:37,586 There you go. See? 544 00:23:37,586 --> 00:23:38,758 [Framer] Wow, look at that. 545 00:23:38,758 --> 00:23:40,310 Keep doing that. Keep doing it. 546 00:23:40,310 --> 00:23:41,931 [on radio] Back, track. Track backwards. 547 00:23:42,482 --> 00:23:43,620 Oh, my God! 548 00:23:47,172 --> 00:23:48,103 Yay! 549 00:23:51,517 --> 00:23:55,310 [Hunter] I'm really hoping that my dad will listen to my suggestions this season. 550 00:23:55,310 --> 00:23:57,689 I think it will be to his own benefit. 551 00:23:57,689 --> 00:23:59,241 I don't really know why 552 00:23:59,241 --> 00:24:00,931 he wouldn't wanna listen to me. 553 00:24:00,931 --> 00:24:02,275 [Framer on radio] There we go, good work. 554 00:24:02,275 --> 00:24:05,172 [Hunter] I don't if it's a father-son pride, ego thing. 555 00:24:05,172 --> 00:24:06,448 [Jim] Okay. Go and set her down. 556 00:24:08,689 --> 00:24:11,068 [Todd] Okay, let's disconnect. 557 00:24:11,068 --> 00:24:13,655 But hopefully, it's not to his downfall. 558 00:24:23,172 --> 00:24:25,413 [narrator] With The Hot Mess now out of the way, 559 00:24:25,413 --> 00:24:28,931 the Hoffmans are ready to turn their focus on The Holy Roller. 560 00:24:32,448 --> 00:24:34,724 [Todd] Are you ready? Can we bolt this now? 561 00:24:34,724 --> 00:24:37,344 [Hunter] I'm just gonna hook it for him. 562 00:24:37,344 --> 00:24:40,206 Let him bang it in there. We'll just try to get bolts in it. 563 00:24:42,137 --> 00:24:46,068 We're just trying to get all the sluice pieces bolted together. 564 00:24:46,068 --> 00:24:49,344 Everything in mining, it's all kinda, like, rough and kinda rudimentary, 565 00:24:49,344 --> 00:24:51,206 but once you get down to the sluice box, 566 00:24:51,206 --> 00:24:53,655 it's a fine science to make sure that it's working right. 567 00:24:53,655 --> 00:24:56,241 But we've installed tons of sluice boxes at this point. 568 00:24:56,241 --> 00:24:57,724 Hold that corner. 569 00:24:57,724 --> 00:24:59,827 We gotta get it just right. 570 00:24:59,827 --> 00:25:02,068 That is perfect there. 571 00:25:02,068 --> 00:25:04,620 [Hunter] So, should go together with no issues. 572 00:25:04,620 --> 00:25:07,206 [narrator] The Holy Roller is at a critical phase. 573 00:25:07,206 --> 00:25:10,586 The Hoffmans are installing the sluice in five pieces. 574 00:25:10,586 --> 00:25:14,034 Each must align and maintain a consistent fall 575 00:25:14,034 --> 00:25:15,482 or the gold won't be trapped. 576 00:25:18,413 --> 00:25:21,517 Did you wanna wire wheel that or not or do anything? 577 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:23,655 I wouldn't. 578 00:25:23,655 --> 00:25:25,620 - [Framer] No? - I don't know why. 579 00:25:27,620 --> 00:25:32,000 Gonna bolt 'em together really tight and caulk it again at the top, so... 580 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:33,827 So, I'm gonna throw a little silicone in here. 581 00:25:33,827 --> 00:25:37,103 Get a little bit more of a seal just to prevent any leaks. 582 00:25:37,103 --> 00:25:39,586 'Cause overtime it will erode underneath your sluice box. 583 00:25:39,586 --> 00:25:42,931 Get it unlevel and then you're not catching gold as good. 584 00:25:42,931 --> 00:25:45,896 I think, last year the plants were only recovering 50 percent. 585 00:25:45,896 --> 00:25:47,793 You know, we know there's good pay here 586 00:25:47,793 --> 00:25:49,586 and it's just wasteful, honestly. 587 00:25:49,586 --> 00:25:52,413 So, this year, you know, we like to get our boxes where we can recover 588 00:25:52,413 --> 00:25:53,965 90 percent or more. 589 00:25:56,689 --> 00:25:58,724 So, that's what we're hoping for. 590 00:25:58,724 --> 00:26:02,413 Make sure there's no extra room underneath the sluice box. 591 00:26:02,413 --> 00:26:05,206 [narrator] Most crucial to a well-operating sluice box 592 00:26:05,206 --> 00:26:07,000 is the angle of descent. 593 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,793 The team needs the box to slope 594 00:26:08,793 --> 00:26:10,896 two inches per foot of fall. 595 00:26:10,896 --> 00:26:12,793 I think we're gonna have to dig it out a little bit. 596 00:26:15,448 --> 00:26:18,344 I told him, they've done this like this before. 597 00:26:19,310 --> 00:26:20,517 Three inches. 598 00:26:20,517 --> 00:26:22,275 We gotta come up on this end. 599 00:26:22,931 --> 00:26:24,068 [Hunter] And it was wrong. 600 00:26:24,068 --> 00:26:25,758 And then, we do it again. 601 00:26:25,758 --> 00:26:29,103 [narrator] Todd's issue here is that the ground layer where the box will go 602 00:26:29,103 --> 00:26:31,379 has not been sufficiently prepared. 603 00:26:31,379 --> 00:26:33,137 It will need to be the perfect depth 604 00:26:33,137 --> 00:26:34,793 and rigged properly 605 00:26:34,793 --> 00:26:38,586 in order for water to flow through the sluice box correctly. 606 00:26:38,586 --> 00:26:40,206 [Hunter] You don't dig the ground out 607 00:26:40,206 --> 00:26:43,793 where it's like a freaking perfect foundation under the sluice box. 608 00:26:43,793 --> 00:26:45,241 I like to crib it 609 00:26:45,241 --> 00:26:47,000 where you put it on legs and you bring it up to where you want it. 610 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:48,000 [Framer] Yup. 611 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:49,758 How much do you think we need to dig it out? 612 00:26:49,758 --> 00:26:51,310 Three, four inches or... 613 00:26:51,310 --> 00:26:54,344 [Framer on radio] The diverter box needs to go down six inches 614 00:26:54,344 --> 00:26:56,448 right now to be at two inches per foot. 615 00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:58,379 So, probably a foot. 616 00:26:59,413 --> 00:27:01,172 Yup, ten-four. 617 00:27:01,172 --> 00:27:04,241 [Framer] Let's slide it back out and let's take it 618 00:27:04,241 --> 00:27:07,103 and set it up there by that other nugget trap. 619 00:27:10,827 --> 00:27:12,379 [Hunter] The amount of material going down the box, 620 00:27:12,379 --> 00:27:13,965 the water, the angle, 621 00:27:13,965 --> 00:27:18,482 everything is extremely crucial to how much gold you're gonna actually catch. 622 00:27:18,482 --> 00:27:20,551 They always wanna talk about efficiency 623 00:27:20,551 --> 00:27:23,206 and they do everything where it takes you three-four tries. 624 00:27:24,689 --> 00:27:26,344 If we do [bleep] like this all season, 625 00:27:26,344 --> 00:27:27,517 we deserve to get no gold. 626 00:27:35,862 --> 00:27:38,137 [narrator] Another of the mine's most important sites 627 00:27:38,137 --> 00:27:39,586 is almost up and running. 628 00:27:40,206 --> 00:27:41,482 Jack's goldroom. 629 00:27:42,793 --> 00:27:45,586 [Jack] I'm the gold cleaner-upper. 630 00:27:45,586 --> 00:27:49,137 This is my goldroom, this is my equipment. 631 00:27:49,137 --> 00:27:52,275 I got, kinda setup last year. 632 00:27:52,275 --> 00:27:55,241 I fine-tuned it a little bit more this year. 633 00:27:55,241 --> 00:27:58,586 And I'm ready to rock and roll. 634 00:27:58,586 --> 00:28:00,241 [Jim] Just adjusted the water. 635 00:28:00,241 --> 00:28:02,068 Getting ready to fire that up. 636 00:28:02,068 --> 00:28:04,586 [Jack] Thurber has been my longest 637 00:28:04,586 --> 00:28:07,586 running friend in this goldroom. 638 00:28:07,586 --> 00:28:10,655 What it's doing is pushing up water pressure. 639 00:28:10,655 --> 00:28:14,241 I've spent more time with the Hoffman family than my own 640 00:28:14,241 --> 00:28:16,172 in the last 14 years. 641 00:28:16,172 --> 00:28:19,655 Maybe I need a special award for that, I don't know. 642 00:28:19,655 --> 00:28:22,862 Obviously, there's good times, there's horrible times. 643 00:28:22,862 --> 00:28:25,241 I always joke that it's Todd's dream 644 00:28:25,241 --> 00:28:26,517 and it's our nightmare. 645 00:28:26,517 --> 00:28:28,551 Let's put these in here. 646 00:28:28,551 --> 00:28:32,413 I created this situation that we're in. 647 00:28:32,413 --> 00:28:35,827 I started the mining, I started the... 648 00:28:35,827 --> 00:28:38,206 the family. I started all that. 649 00:28:39,517 --> 00:28:42,310 So, it is my responsibility. 650 00:28:42,310 --> 00:28:45,931 [Todd] Dad! Why are you trying to make another road out here? 651 00:28:45,931 --> 00:28:48,000 [Jack] I'm not! I'm just trying to get rid 652 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,068 - of this material. - [Todd] I don't understand your master plan. 653 00:28:50,068 --> 00:28:53,724 [Jack] We mined in the Yukon. We mined in a jungle. 654 00:28:53,724 --> 00:28:56,068 We've mined a lot of different places. 655 00:28:56,068 --> 00:28:57,827 Gotta get some pay. 656 00:28:57,827 --> 00:29:01,758 We've had so many times where we just didn't come up to the mark. 657 00:29:05,793 --> 00:29:08,482 [Todd] You are freaking kidding me! 658 00:29:08,482 --> 00:29:09,965 [Jack] Just leave me alone. 659 00:29:11,034 --> 00:29:14,965 But I am so looking forward to this season. 660 00:29:14,965 --> 00:29:17,551 Todd has thrown it all on line. 661 00:29:17,551 --> 00:29:19,965 So, having said that, 662 00:29:20,724 --> 00:29:22,275 we need a lot of gold. 663 00:29:31,896 --> 00:29:35,620 [narrator] After a failed attempt at positioning The Holy Roller's sluice box, 664 00:29:35,620 --> 00:29:38,137 Todd has decided to dig out a foot of earth 665 00:29:38,137 --> 00:29:40,413 and adjust the grade of their foundation 666 00:29:40,413 --> 00:29:42,758 in order for the slope to be perfect. 667 00:29:42,758 --> 00:29:45,310 I'm excited for The Holy Roller to be up and running 668 00:29:45,310 --> 00:29:48,172 and we'll see what happens once I get this setup 669 00:29:48,172 --> 00:29:49,655 and get everything level. 670 00:29:49,655 --> 00:29:52,517 I can't believe this is taking us all day. 671 00:29:53,379 --> 00:29:55,206 Hey, we gotta set it, flip it. 672 00:30:02,068 --> 00:30:03,689 [Todd yawns] 673 00:30:07,482 --> 00:30:08,413 [Framer] Got a bolt. 674 00:30:09,137 --> 00:30:10,931 [Todd snores] 675 00:30:10,931 --> 00:30:12,448 [Framer] Now, one more bolt over there. 676 00:30:13,551 --> 00:30:14,586 Look at this guy. 677 00:30:16,413 --> 00:30:17,827 [Framer] You know what would be nice right now? 678 00:30:17,827 --> 00:30:20,379 If we had a time for a nap. 679 00:30:20,379 --> 00:30:22,724 - [both chuckle] - That would be nice, right? 680 00:30:31,068 --> 00:30:33,551 [Todd snores] 681 00:30:38,931 --> 00:30:40,586 - Hey. - [Framer chuckles] 682 00:30:43,241 --> 00:30:45,206 So lucky. 683 00:30:45,206 --> 00:30:46,965 [Todd] It's kinda fun working with him, 684 00:30:46,965 --> 00:30:49,241 but it's also hard because 685 00:30:49,241 --> 00:30:52,620 we argue and fight a lot on these types of things. 686 00:30:52,620 --> 00:30:55,931 So, he got his ideas, I got mine, 687 00:30:55,931 --> 00:30:58,068 so it's bittersweet. 688 00:30:58,068 --> 00:30:59,586 It's fun at one point, 689 00:30:59,586 --> 00:31:03,448 but also sometimes, we get into spats. You know? 690 00:31:03,448 --> 00:31:04,620 [Hunter on radio] Come down a bit. 691 00:31:05,586 --> 00:31:06,931 Down. 692 00:31:06,931 --> 00:31:09,344 [narrator] To get The Holy Roller sluice box up and running, 693 00:31:09,344 --> 00:31:11,137 Todd, Hunter and Framer 694 00:31:11,137 --> 00:31:13,517 are working to lock in each panel. 695 00:31:13,517 --> 00:31:16,103 It's a process that involves big objects 696 00:31:16,103 --> 00:31:18,206 and little room for forgiveness. 697 00:31:18,206 --> 00:31:21,172 Communication is paramount to success. 698 00:31:21,172 --> 00:31:22,965 [Framer on radio] Right. Hold up, boom down. 699 00:31:23,758 --> 00:31:25,655 - Boom down. - Sticks out. 700 00:31:27,344 --> 00:31:29,931 [Framer] If he booms down, it should come to us. 701 00:31:29,931 --> 00:31:32,551 - How much you need? - [Hunter] A lot more. 702 00:31:33,068 --> 00:31:34,000 Down. 703 00:31:36,586 --> 00:31:37,896 [Framer] Come down a little bit. 704 00:31:37,896 --> 00:31:38,896 [on radio] Down little bit. 705 00:31:40,344 --> 00:31:42,965 - Why does he keep picking up? - That's more up. I don't know. 706 00:31:43,586 --> 00:31:44,551 I don't know. 707 00:31:46,034 --> 00:31:48,724 He just is, like, whatever the [bleep] he thinks. 708 00:31:48,724 --> 00:31:50,965 - [Framer] No. He's... - [thuds] 709 00:31:51,896 --> 00:31:53,068 What are you doing? 710 00:31:53,068 --> 00:31:54,379 You're hitting the bolt. 711 00:31:54,379 --> 00:31:56,206 What... What's going on? 712 00:31:56,206 --> 00:31:57,931 [Hunter] I've said things to you for days 713 00:31:57,931 --> 00:32:00,137 and you completely disregard everything I said. 714 00:32:00,137 --> 00:32:02,724 [Todd] Okay, then be respectful. Knock it off. 715 00:32:03,620 --> 00:32:05,827 [Hunter] [bleep] I'm leaving. 716 00:32:05,827 --> 00:32:07,793 I don't even wanna [bleep] be a part of this. 717 00:32:08,482 --> 00:32:09,724 I can't do this anymore. 718 00:32:19,620 --> 00:32:21,241 [Hunter] I've said things to you for days 719 00:32:21,241 --> 00:32:23,620 and you completely disregard everything I said. 720 00:32:23,620 --> 00:32:26,034 [Todd] Okay, then be respectful. Knock it off. 721 00:32:27,793 --> 00:32:29,896 [Hunter] [bleep] I'm leaving. 722 00:32:29,896 --> 00:32:31,827 I don't even wanna [bleep] be a part of this. 723 00:32:32,517 --> 00:32:33,655 I can't do this anymore. 724 00:32:36,448 --> 00:32:38,586 It's extremely frustrating working with my dad. 725 00:32:38,586 --> 00:32:40,620 He's just beating up his own washplant. 726 00:32:40,620 --> 00:32:42,034 Beating up his own sluice box. 727 00:32:42,034 --> 00:32:43,275 Which we only have one of. 728 00:32:43,275 --> 00:32:45,655 So, it doesn't really make sense to me. 729 00:32:45,655 --> 00:32:47,448 That's the way he wants to do it... 730 00:32:47,448 --> 00:32:50,862 then, that's the way it's gonna be, I guess. 731 00:32:50,862 --> 00:32:52,586 All right. There you go. Come on up. 732 00:32:52,586 --> 00:32:54,586 [on radio] Keep coming. Keep coming. 733 00:32:55,172 --> 00:32:56,275 There you go. 734 00:32:56,275 --> 00:32:59,586 Framer. Check the fall on the box. We might be good. 735 00:32:59,586 --> 00:33:01,862 [Framer] Styled, dialed and profiled right there. 736 00:33:01,862 --> 00:33:03,517 [Todd on radio] I don't know where Hunter went. 737 00:33:03,517 --> 00:33:05,172 But we're good. We're done. 738 00:33:10,103 --> 00:33:12,482 [Hunter] Honestly, I'm just, I'm frustrated because 739 00:33:12,482 --> 00:33:16,000 my dad's kinda just brushing me to the side, not listening to me. 740 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,241 You know, we're not gonna be successful if this continues, 741 00:33:18,241 --> 00:33:19,965 so I need to talk to my dad and Andy, 742 00:33:19,965 --> 00:33:22,068 otherwise it's gonna hurt all of us. 743 00:33:22,068 --> 00:33:25,034 Andy Spinks is my right-hand guy. 744 00:33:25,034 --> 00:33:28,482 And, you know, Hunter's mined, but he's never mined like Andy. 745 00:33:29,551 --> 00:33:31,793 Okay, what's on the plan? 746 00:33:31,793 --> 00:33:33,034 [Hunter] Certain people aren't being listened to. 747 00:33:33,034 --> 00:33:35,551 We all need to throw in our ideas in the hat. 748 00:33:35,551 --> 00:33:38,689 I don't think you listened to me one time 749 00:33:38,689 --> 00:33:40,275 since we've been here 750 00:33:40,275 --> 00:33:41,793 when we're working together. 751 00:33:41,793 --> 00:33:44,068 And then you're like, "Why do you have a bad attitude?" 752 00:33:45,068 --> 00:33:49,413 If you have this disrespectful attitude, 753 00:33:49,413 --> 00:33:52,103 there's gonna be a cancer in the camp. 754 00:33:52,103 --> 00:33:54,965 And I don't want that cancer to start with you and your attitude. 755 00:33:54,965 --> 00:33:57,310 You can say, I'm starting a cancer in the camp, 756 00:33:57,310 --> 00:33:59,241 but I can say the same thing. 757 00:33:59,241 --> 00:34:02,000 - 'Cause I don't think you listen-- - Maybe I don't listen, 758 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:06,241 but one thing you'll never, nobody will ever accuse me of... 759 00:34:06,965 --> 00:34:08,241 is being a cancer. 760 00:34:08,241 --> 00:34:11,172 Because everyday I get up and I'm positive. 761 00:34:11,172 --> 00:34:12,931 I'm not a negative person. 762 00:34:12,931 --> 00:34:16,862 So, there's a difference between 763 00:34:16,862 --> 00:34:18,413 the negativity 764 00:34:18,413 --> 00:34:22,551 and then me expressing that I think that this is the wrong way to do it. 765 00:34:22,551 --> 00:34:23,827 Or that... You know what I mean? 766 00:34:23,827 --> 00:34:26,068 Despite how you feel about what I know, 767 00:34:26,068 --> 00:34:27,413 there is things I do know. 768 00:34:27,413 --> 00:34:30,275 And there's things where I'm like this is the wrong way to do it. 769 00:34:30,275 --> 00:34:33,689 And we've already this year, repeated some mistakes from the past 770 00:34:33,689 --> 00:34:34,827 and that's why I get frustrated. 771 00:34:34,827 --> 00:34:37,758 Because I know that we don't have other shots at this. 772 00:34:37,758 --> 00:34:39,034 [Todd] So, what's your point? 773 00:34:39,034 --> 00:34:41,689 I don't know anything about being a father. Right? 774 00:34:41,689 --> 00:34:46,241 But me looking at 'em, like, I would put my kids in those positions 775 00:34:46,241 --> 00:34:48,310 and then they would grow into it and they would learn. 776 00:34:48,310 --> 00:34:51,827 And then after a couple of weeks or a season, 777 00:34:51,827 --> 00:34:53,310 they're at that level. 778 00:34:53,310 --> 00:34:55,689 You know, give us young guys little bit of area 779 00:34:55,689 --> 00:34:59,379 to freaking grow into these shows you want us to fill. 780 00:34:59,379 --> 00:35:01,517 You gotta give us a little bit of room to fly. 781 00:35:02,724 --> 00:35:04,482 Sometimes I feel like, when I was 14, 782 00:35:04,482 --> 00:35:06,689 I was given more responsibilities than I do now. 783 00:35:06,689 --> 00:35:09,068 And that's where I'm like, "Why is that?" 784 00:35:09,068 --> 00:35:12,344 I don't think that I'm gonna go out here and do everything perfectly. 785 00:35:12,344 --> 00:35:14,172 But if I don't even get a chance to do it, 786 00:35:14,172 --> 00:35:16,655 that's how... I'm never gonna learn. 787 00:35:17,551 --> 00:35:18,448 Okay. 788 00:35:19,586 --> 00:35:21,862 You're gonna get more responsibility. 789 00:35:21,862 --> 00:35:23,000 You gotta show up. 790 00:35:24,689 --> 00:35:27,241 Because I'm gonna call you on it if not. 791 00:35:27,241 --> 00:35:29,344 And he's gonna call you on it. 792 00:35:29,344 --> 00:35:33,137 You guys should be thinking, "How can we utilize these guys the best?" 793 00:35:33,137 --> 00:35:34,931 Hey, don't push it. 794 00:35:34,931 --> 00:35:36,517 - That's it. - What do you mean, don't push it? 795 00:35:36,517 --> 00:35:39,620 - If you don't want me here, just say that. - [Todd] Did I say that? 796 00:35:39,620 --> 00:35:41,172 - No. - [Hunter] Okay. 797 00:35:41,172 --> 00:35:43,172 - All of us want you-- - I feel though 798 00:35:43,172 --> 00:35:46,137 you're a little volatile and I need you to be 799 00:35:46,137 --> 00:35:48,413 - more of a team player. - It's 'cause I'm passionate about what we're doing. 800 00:35:48,413 --> 00:35:49,827 I want all of us to win. 801 00:35:49,827 --> 00:35:52,448 You gotta be more level on this stuff. 802 00:35:52,448 --> 00:35:55,241 [Andy] So, when you take responsibility, you gotta have big shoulders. 803 00:35:55,241 --> 00:35:56,620 Just know that moving forward. 804 00:35:56,620 --> 00:35:59,068 Can you do it? Yeah, I think you can do it. 100 percent. 805 00:35:59,068 --> 00:36:01,862 But with the responsibility comes the burden 806 00:36:01,862 --> 00:36:04,448 of crap coming your way. 807 00:36:06,793 --> 00:36:09,896 [Todd] I think Hunter is super-talented. 808 00:36:09,896 --> 00:36:12,517 But there's things that he doesn't know 809 00:36:12,517 --> 00:36:14,241 that he thinks he knows. 810 00:36:14,241 --> 00:36:17,655 But you don't find that out without doing it. 811 00:36:17,655 --> 00:36:19,551 Well, here's what I want you to do. 812 00:36:19,551 --> 00:36:21,793 Go with Thurber and get that pump. 813 00:36:21,793 --> 00:36:23,931 And I want you to pump that lake out. 814 00:36:23,931 --> 00:36:25,896 I would set it and pump through 815 00:36:25,896 --> 00:36:27,448 the culvert that we just put in. 816 00:36:27,448 --> 00:36:28,896 Pump in from this end over the circuit. 817 00:36:28,896 --> 00:36:30,931 - Yeah. - Yeah, let's do that. 818 00:36:30,931 --> 00:36:32,517 - All right. - [Andy] Just one thing at a time. 819 00:36:32,517 --> 00:36:34,551 - We'll just knock 'em out together. - [Hunter] Okay. 820 00:36:34,551 --> 00:36:36,000 Help your fat dad up. 821 00:36:37,724 --> 00:36:39,275 [Todd grunts] Let's go. 822 00:36:39,275 --> 00:36:40,793 [Hunter] You know, I hope my dad is genuine 823 00:36:40,793 --> 00:36:42,172 when he says he's gonna clue me in. 824 00:36:42,172 --> 00:36:43,724 And he either is or he isn't. 825 00:36:43,724 --> 00:36:45,827 But I think, for his benefit, 826 00:36:45,827 --> 00:36:46,931 I would include me. 827 00:36:47,931 --> 00:36:50,655 Or it's gonna be another one of those seasons 828 00:36:50,655 --> 00:36:52,000 where we came up short, so... 829 00:36:52,655 --> 00:36:53,655 we'll see what happens. 830 00:36:58,137 --> 00:36:59,793 [on radio] You want to just set it. 831 00:36:59,793 --> 00:37:03,000 And then, have 'em come in and dig a place for the suctions. 832 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,724 Yeah, I don't know how long the suction line is. 833 00:37:05,724 --> 00:37:07,206 [on radio] But we gotta 834 00:37:07,206 --> 00:37:09,344 actually put the tongue towards you, 835 00:37:09,344 --> 00:37:12,137 so that discharge goes out the culvert. 836 00:37:12,137 --> 00:37:13,620 [Hunter] Yeah, ten-four. 837 00:37:18,931 --> 00:37:22,034 [narrator] Todd's tasked Hunter with setting up the Barco pump, 838 00:37:22,034 --> 00:37:24,448 which will draw water from the large pond 839 00:37:24,448 --> 00:37:25,586 through the culvert 840 00:37:25,586 --> 00:37:27,517 and up to The Holy Roller, 841 00:37:27,517 --> 00:37:29,586 filling what's called the water circuit. 842 00:37:30,758 --> 00:37:32,793 [Hunter] That pump we got last year... 843 00:37:32,793 --> 00:37:35,827 And it's pretty awesome. It has dual 12-inch suctions on it, 844 00:37:35,827 --> 00:37:38,172 so it pumps a lot of water. 845 00:37:38,172 --> 00:37:40,206 [narrator] If they can fill up the water circuit, 846 00:37:40,206 --> 00:37:42,482 they'll know they have enough water on hand 847 00:37:42,482 --> 00:37:45,413 to keep The Holy Roller operating this season. 848 00:37:45,413 --> 00:37:47,896 [Jim] I don't think we have enough water. Hopefully, we do. 849 00:37:47,896 --> 00:37:49,448 We'll pump in to see where we're at. 850 00:37:49,448 --> 00:37:51,000 Hopefully, it fills the circuit 851 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:52,137 and then we can run it. 852 00:37:53,620 --> 00:37:56,310 - [Hunter] This will work. - You think that won't disappear too much? 853 00:37:56,310 --> 00:37:57,448 [Hunter] I think she'll hold. 854 00:38:02,586 --> 00:38:03,517 Sitting now. 855 00:38:05,103 --> 00:38:06,689 [Todd on radio] Hey, Hunter, do you copy? 856 00:38:08,862 --> 00:38:09,551 [Hunter] Yeah, go ahead. 857 00:38:09,551 --> 00:38:11,275 [Todd on radio] 858 00:38:19,931 --> 00:38:22,310 Why do you tell me to [bleep] do it like this? 859 00:38:22,310 --> 00:38:24,965 [narrator] By pumping into the bottom of the water circuit, 860 00:38:24,965 --> 00:38:27,517 the slope of the culvert will fight any attempt 861 00:38:27,517 --> 00:38:30,413 Hunter and Thurber make to fill it to the top. 862 00:38:31,034 --> 00:38:32,620 [Jim] Just another step. 863 00:38:32,620 --> 00:38:35,586 You do the wrong step, you'll have to undo a bunch of steps 864 00:38:35,586 --> 00:38:38,586 and start over, so it's a lot of work. 865 00:38:38,586 --> 00:38:41,344 You gotta get water to it. You gotta get power to it. 866 00:38:41,344 --> 00:38:43,482 You gotta... [sighs wearily] 867 00:38:43,482 --> 00:38:46,965 Yeah, there's just a ton of work to be done. So... 868 00:38:46,965 --> 00:38:49,206 I was just doing what you guys... 869 00:38:49,896 --> 00:38:51,482 want me to do. 870 00:38:51,482 --> 00:38:55,758 Thanks for giving us that little bit of information when we're about done. 871 00:38:55,758 --> 00:38:57,827 [Hunter] I don't know what else to tell 'em. 872 00:38:57,827 --> 00:39:00,586 Thanks for setting us up for failure, jackass. 873 00:39:00,586 --> 00:39:03,482 [Hunter] That's what they do to me constantly. 874 00:39:03,482 --> 00:39:05,551 [narrator] After a series of constant delays 875 00:39:05,551 --> 00:39:07,793 attempting to get the mine operational, 876 00:39:07,793 --> 00:39:09,517 the crew's latest setback 877 00:39:09,517 --> 00:39:13,000 could make their 72-hour deadline out of reach. 878 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:16,172 We just spent this time getting this pump set 879 00:39:16,172 --> 00:39:18,068 and soon as we did, they're saying, 880 00:39:18,068 --> 00:39:20,517 it's probably not gonna work, so... 881 00:39:20,517 --> 00:39:23,758 I'm not really sure what's going on, but we're just wasting time. 882 00:39:23,758 --> 00:39:25,137 We're not working efficiently 883 00:39:25,137 --> 00:39:26,586 and it's starting to add up. 884 00:39:26,586 --> 00:39:29,344 Dude, I'm getting worried that we're gonna [bleep] it up again. 885 00:39:30,413 --> 00:39:31,413 Everyday is a test. 886 00:39:44,724 --> 00:39:45,862 Hey. 887 00:39:45,862 --> 00:39:47,103 Come on in. 888 00:39:47,103 --> 00:39:49,310 - [Hunter] Can I talk to you? - Heck yeah. 889 00:39:49,310 --> 00:39:51,413 - Grab a chair. - [Hunter] All right. 890 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:54,310 What's going on? 891 00:39:54,310 --> 00:39:57,448 I just... I needed to get your advice. 892 00:39:57,758 --> 00:39:58,965 Yeah. 893 00:39:58,965 --> 00:40:01,965 I mean, you know, me and my dad's relationship. 894 00:40:01,965 --> 00:40:04,655 You know that we haven't worked together well in the past. 895 00:40:04,655 --> 00:40:05,827 - [Jack] Yeah. - [Hunter] You know? 896 00:40:05,827 --> 00:40:07,586 I know that, too. 897 00:40:07,586 --> 00:40:10,379 But this year has just been like... 898 00:40:11,862 --> 00:40:13,448 It's been just super-difficult 899 00:40:13,448 --> 00:40:15,724 to be here and to work with him. 900 00:40:15,724 --> 00:40:18,758 I think worse than maybe any other year. 901 00:40:18,758 --> 00:40:20,379 And I don't know why that is. 902 00:40:20,379 --> 00:40:22,068 And we're just getting started. 903 00:40:22,068 --> 00:40:24,344 But I thought this would be the year 904 00:40:24,344 --> 00:40:26,896 that he would start letting go a little bit. 905 00:40:26,896 --> 00:40:28,827 It's hard for your dad to let go. 906 00:40:28,827 --> 00:40:30,413 [Hunter] I feel so disrespected. 907 00:40:30,413 --> 00:40:32,137 I don't want to resent 908 00:40:32,137 --> 00:40:33,551 doing things with my dad. 909 00:40:33,551 --> 00:40:36,620 - I would like to have a good relationship with him. - [Jack] Yeah. 910 00:40:36,620 --> 00:40:39,724 I feel like, I wanna keep mining. 911 00:40:41,172 --> 00:40:43,448 - So-- - [Jack] I'm glad you do. 912 00:40:43,448 --> 00:40:47,758 That's why I want to ask you, do you think I should keep mining, even if I'm not 913 00:40:47,758 --> 00:40:50,034 doing this side-by-side with my dad? 914 00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:51,241 Why not? 915 00:40:52,724 --> 00:40:53,758 You grew up. 916 00:40:54,724 --> 00:40:56,000 You're your own man. 917 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,137 You gotta cut your own path. 918 00:40:59,137 --> 00:41:01,931 You can take charge right now. 919 00:41:01,931 --> 00:41:03,137 You're not second rate. 920 00:41:04,241 --> 00:41:05,275 You're number one. 921 00:41:06,310 --> 00:41:08,482 I think you know what you need to do. 922 00:41:11,793 --> 00:41:13,000 - Yeah. - [Jack] Okay. 923 00:41:14,379 --> 00:41:15,931 Okay, well freaking... Man. 924 00:41:17,620 --> 00:41:20,344 It's hard not to... You almost made me cry there. So... 925 00:41:20,344 --> 00:41:22,517 - [Jack chuckles] - Freak me, Grandpa. 926 00:41:23,689 --> 00:41:25,103 I really appreciate it. 927 00:41:25,103 --> 00:41:26,655 Well, we love you. 928 00:41:27,551 --> 00:41:28,965 - I love you, too. - [Jack] Yeah. 929 00:41:28,965 --> 00:41:31,448 You don't have to sweat that. You know? 930 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:33,068 Thank goodness. 931 00:41:33,068 --> 00:41:34,896 - Okay. - Okay. 932 00:41:34,896 --> 00:41:36,275 - All right. - All right. 933 00:41:38,103 --> 00:41:38,965 Okay. 934 00:41:40,137 --> 00:41:41,862 [Hunter] Okay. I'm gonna get back out there. 935 00:41:41,862 --> 00:41:42,896 [Jack] All right. 936 00:41:50,172 --> 00:41:52,620 Hey, I need you to cut these beams off. 937 00:41:52,620 --> 00:41:53,965 - Okay? - Okay. 938 00:41:53,965 --> 00:41:57,931 You cut that one right there. 939 00:41:57,931 --> 00:41:59,793 Oh, we're having a cut-off, I'm loving it. 940 00:41:59,793 --> 00:42:01,413 [Todd] You go first. 941 00:42:01,413 --> 00:42:03,551 About time, this old dog. 942 00:42:03,551 --> 00:42:05,896 Starting to throw some metal out of there. 943 00:42:09,068 --> 00:42:09,896 [Tater] You ready? 944 00:42:20,482 --> 00:42:21,896 [Jim] Well, who won? 945 00:42:24,275 --> 00:42:25,931 It was pretty dang close. 946 00:42:25,931 --> 00:42:27,137 Whoo! Okay. 947 00:42:28,034 --> 00:42:29,586 Be scientific about it. 948 00:42:31,517 --> 00:42:33,344 [Jim] Ooh, nice. 949 00:42:33,344 --> 00:42:34,862 [Tater] Okay, you lost. 950 00:42:34,862 --> 00:42:36,551 You got a half inch gap on the top. 951 00:42:37,206 --> 00:42:38,275 It's not even square. 952 00:42:38,275 --> 00:42:40,896 Hey, be a good loser. You did good. 953 00:42:40,896 --> 00:42:42,724 Bring it in, bring it in, bring it in. 954 00:42:42,724 --> 00:42:44,413 All right, get in here. 955 00:42:44,413 --> 00:42:46,241 [Sparky] It's gonna be a loss, dude. 956 00:43:00,655 --> 00:43:02,620 [narrator] Back at the cleanup room, 957 00:43:02,620 --> 00:43:04,793 after running 300 yards of dirt 958 00:43:04,793 --> 00:43:06,896 from beneath the old washplants, 959 00:43:06,896 --> 00:43:09,827 Jack and Jim are nearly finished with their cleanup. 960 00:43:10,586 --> 00:43:12,344 [Jack] Well, right now, 961 00:43:12,344 --> 00:43:16,275 this task was maybe an hour. 962 00:43:16,275 --> 00:43:19,965 And we got quite a bit of gold. 963 00:43:19,965 --> 00:43:22,241 [narrator] Soon, they'll know just how much gold 964 00:43:22,241 --> 00:43:25,275 was spilling from The Hot Mess and Z plant. 965 00:43:25,275 --> 00:43:28,275 [Jack] It's called the sound of silence. 966 00:43:28,275 --> 00:43:31,310 [narrator] The rest of the team waits for Jack and Jim's results. 967 00:43:33,103 --> 00:43:35,103 Okay. We ran the dirt 968 00:43:35,103 --> 00:43:36,482 underneath the Z plant. 969 00:43:36,482 --> 00:43:39,241 And we ran the dirt underneath The Hot Mess. 970 00:43:39,241 --> 00:43:42,241 I think that it was leaking gold. 971 00:43:42,241 --> 00:43:44,793 Yeah, I mean, it had holes all over in it. 972 00:43:44,793 --> 00:43:48,551 So, I mean, we know it was dribbling gold out of holes. 973 00:43:48,551 --> 00:43:52,413 - [Jack] Well... - That's less than... my guess. 974 00:43:52,413 --> 00:43:54,448 Why don't you pour it. 975 00:43:54,448 --> 00:43:55,689 [chuckling] See what we got. 976 00:44:05,724 --> 00:44:06,931 Two ounces. 977 00:44:09,448 --> 00:44:11,482 - 3.1. - 3.1. 978 00:44:11,482 --> 00:44:12,758 It's still an ounce a hundred. 979 00:44:13,551 --> 00:44:15,241 [Randy] Look how big that gold is. 980 00:44:15,241 --> 00:44:17,517 That means the holes were huge. 981 00:44:17,517 --> 00:44:19,862 [narrator] Despite a less than a stellar test cleanup 982 00:44:19,862 --> 00:44:22,172 from last season's scrap paydirt, 983 00:44:22,172 --> 00:44:26,068 the extra money earned is just enough to keep the Hoffmans solvent 984 00:44:26,068 --> 00:44:28,241 and focused on the main objective, 985 00:44:28,241 --> 00:44:29,827 getting The Holy Runner running 986 00:44:29,827 --> 00:44:32,413 and their 1,000 ounce goal. 987 00:44:32,413 --> 00:44:33,655 All right, so here's the deal. 988 00:44:33,655 --> 00:44:35,310 We're gonna do things right. 989 00:44:35,310 --> 00:44:36,965 We're gonna do things differently 990 00:44:36,965 --> 00:44:38,896 than what has been done in this mine. 991 00:44:38,896 --> 00:44:42,620 'Cause we're trying to build pieces for a future here. Right? 992 00:44:42,620 --> 00:44:45,000 So, these are some of the goals I'd like to hit. 993 00:44:45,413 --> 00:44:46,862 600 ounces. 994 00:44:46,862 --> 00:44:49,068 That would break us even, 995 00:44:49,068 --> 00:44:51,206 give or take a couple hundred grand. 996 00:44:51,206 --> 00:44:54,758 Now, a thousand would be a hell of a lot better. 997 00:44:54,758 --> 00:44:56,793 The minute we hit a thousand, we're calling it, 998 00:44:56,793 --> 00:44:58,241 we're getting the hell out of there. 999 00:44:58,241 --> 00:45:00,862 I don't want these machines to break. 1000 00:45:00,862 --> 00:45:03,172 I don't want Holy Roller busted. 1001 00:45:03,620 --> 00:45:04,724 What I wanna do 1002 00:45:04,724 --> 00:45:06,551 is come in, do what we gotta do, 1003 00:45:06,551 --> 00:45:08,448 get out of here before we break stuff. 1004 00:45:08,448 --> 00:45:09,655 [Hunter] Bottom line is... 1005 00:45:09,655 --> 00:45:12,517 Everyday we need to be focusing on the 1,000 ounces. 1006 00:45:12,517 --> 00:45:15,206 Whatever we need to do to keep on track, 1007 00:45:15,206 --> 00:45:16,551 that's what we're gonna have to do. 1008 00:45:16,551 --> 00:45:19,000 - Yeah. We got some paydirt coming in. - Yup. 1009 00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:20,413 - We cut some ground. - Okay. 1010 00:45:20,413 --> 00:45:21,965 Let's get back to work, guys. 1011 00:45:21,965 --> 00:45:23,034 All right, thanks. 1012 00:45:23,034 --> 00:45:24,689 Let's get it. 1013 00:45:24,689 --> 00:45:27,241 [narrator] In order to reach their 1,000 ounce goal, 1014 00:45:27,241 --> 00:45:30,724 the Hoffmans must average 90 ounces of gold per week 1015 00:45:30,724 --> 00:45:33,482 around $140,000. 1016 00:45:35,655 --> 00:45:37,724 - I need to talk to you about something. Right? - [Todd] You got it. 1017 00:45:39,482 --> 00:45:42,758 Where I'm at is, I've been doing this with you 1018 00:45:43,379 --> 00:45:44,413 for ten years now. 1019 00:45:45,448 --> 00:45:47,137 I've always respected you. 1020 00:45:47,137 --> 00:45:49,448 I've always worked under you. 1021 00:45:49,448 --> 00:45:52,448 I feel like, the boss-employee relationship 1022 00:45:52,448 --> 00:45:54,965 is destroying our father-son relationship. 1023 00:45:54,965 --> 00:45:57,724 And I wanna have a good relationship with you. 1024 00:45:57,724 --> 00:46:00,965 But we don't have a good working relationship. 1025 00:46:00,965 --> 00:46:03,965 And I just don't think we should be working with each other. 1026 00:46:03,965 --> 00:46:07,551 You think that I'm not proud of you or something, 1027 00:46:07,551 --> 00:46:09,344 I am proud of you. 1028 00:46:09,344 --> 00:46:11,344 And I know you feel like I don't respect you 1029 00:46:11,344 --> 00:46:12,724 or this, that and the other, 1030 00:46:12,724 --> 00:46:13,793 and you know what? 1031 00:46:14,344 --> 00:46:16,206 I feel bad about that. 1032 00:46:16,206 --> 00:46:17,862 Do you know I love you. Right? 1033 00:46:17,862 --> 00:46:19,827 [Hunter] It's not about love. 1034 00:46:19,827 --> 00:46:21,689 You know, ever since I've been little, 1035 00:46:21,689 --> 00:46:24,413 all I wanted is to be included, have my own plant. 1036 00:46:24,413 --> 00:46:26,448 And I've never really gotten that opportunity. 1037 00:46:26,448 --> 00:46:29,172 And I feel like, you never, like, passing the reigns, 1038 00:46:29,172 --> 00:46:30,586 like, passing the torch to me. 1039 00:46:30,586 --> 00:46:32,206 And I'm wondering, when is that time? 1040 00:46:32,206 --> 00:46:33,172 When is that gonna come? 1041 00:46:34,655 --> 00:46:37,206 I'm basically asking you, if I can run my own washplant? 1042 00:46:39,793 --> 00:46:41,275 Take Cub, Sparky. 1043 00:46:41,862 --> 00:46:43,344 Dakota. 1044 00:46:43,344 --> 00:46:46,068 Dude, I have barely got mine setup. 1045 00:46:47,379 --> 00:46:48,482 Here's the deal. 1046 00:46:48,482 --> 00:46:50,965 The reason why I don't have a lot of guys 1047 00:46:50,965 --> 00:46:53,068 is I can't afford it. 1048 00:46:53,068 --> 00:46:55,517 And you know what's going on in the world. 1049 00:46:55,517 --> 00:46:57,034 Fuel's going up. 1050 00:46:57,034 --> 00:47:00,344 There's a lot of thing to consider. Would be hard. 1051 00:47:00,344 --> 00:47:02,965 Logistically, I know it's hard to pull off, 1052 00:47:02,965 --> 00:47:05,896 but what I'm thinking is, we setup two plants side-by-side, 1053 00:47:05,896 --> 00:47:08,000 use the same pond, they're close together. 1054 00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:10,172 We were already gonna be having the same amount of guys. 1055 00:47:10,172 --> 00:47:11,793 We're having the same amount of machines 1056 00:47:11,793 --> 00:47:13,413 which are gonna be burning the same amount of fuel. 1057 00:47:13,413 --> 00:47:15,862 And we'll get as much yards to the plants as we can. 1058 00:47:15,862 --> 00:47:18,379 I think that this is gonna be beneficial for the whole team. 1059 00:47:18,379 --> 00:47:19,862 I think we're gonna get a lot of gold 1060 00:47:19,862 --> 00:47:21,793 and it all goes into the same gold total. 1061 00:47:21,793 --> 00:47:24,448 I'm not here to get mediocre gold. 1062 00:47:24,448 --> 00:47:27,275 You know, this year, I wanna win for my dad's sake, for everybody's sake. 1063 00:47:27,275 --> 00:47:29,517 And ultimately, we're here to make money. 1064 00:47:29,517 --> 00:47:31,586 So, I think I'm a huge asset to the team. 1065 00:47:31,586 --> 00:47:33,517 But you know, for me to be able to help, 1066 00:47:33,517 --> 00:47:36,172 I'm gonna have to have some of this be on my terms. 1067 00:47:36,172 --> 00:47:37,724 I'd like to end this summer 1068 00:47:37,724 --> 00:47:39,758 with me and you having a good relationship 1069 00:47:39,758 --> 00:47:41,172 and everybody going home with gold. 1070 00:47:41,172 --> 00:47:42,275 [Todd] Me, too. 1071 00:47:42,275 --> 00:47:44,620 More yards we can jam through, 1072 00:47:44,620 --> 00:47:45,896 we're gonna catch more gold. 1073 00:47:46,448 --> 00:47:47,724 I agree. 1074 00:47:47,724 --> 00:47:51,275 But I need to think about this before I just say yes. 1075 00:47:51,275 --> 00:47:54,000 So, all I'm asking is for you to give me the chance 1076 00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:55,551 to prove myself. 1077 00:47:55,551 --> 00:47:57,379 You gotta give me a day to think about it. 1078 00:47:58,862 --> 00:47:59,724 Okay.