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[narrator] Last season,
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the Hoffmans faced
the richest...
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[Jack] Yeah,
that's crazy gold.
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[narrator] ...but toughest
mine of their career.
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Shut it down! Shut it down!
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Stop!
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I don't think
we're gonna make it.
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[narrator] But they rose
to the challenge...
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Come on, baby!
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[narrator] And won.
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You guys out there,
did it, man.
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[narrator] Now, they're back
to get the gold.
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This year,
I brought a killer crew.
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Only the best.
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This is almost like,
going to war.
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You got your army
and The Holy Roller
is like your tank.
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[narrator] And this season,
the risk...
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I am way out
on a limb, financially.
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[narrator] ...is all
on Todd's shoulders.
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Todd has thrown it
all on the line.
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We need a lot of gold.
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[narrator] But there's one
obstacle he didn't see coming.
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His son, Hunter.
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Me and my Dad has totally
different styles of how
we operate, how we work.
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- [Todd] Cut down.
- Just be quiet.
Let me back drag it.
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[narrator] After years
of clashes...
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- He died. I don't know why.
- [Todd] Why?
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[narrator] ...Hunter Hoffman
sets out on his own.
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This is my tenth season.
I've always wanted to run
my own plant.
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[Jack] If we have
two plants going,
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we have a better chance
of hitting our goal.
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All I'm asking is for you
to give me a chance.
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[Todd] I hope you know what
you're getting involved into.
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[Hunter] My mind
is already made up.
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It's a big gamble.
It's a huge, huge risk.
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[narrator] The Hoffmans
may have finally hit
the motherload.
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[Todd] Look at Tater's hand.
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- All gold, man.
- [Andy] Is that
amazing or what?
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This is the richest ground
that I've ever mined on.
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[Todd] Popping nuggets
left and right.
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[narrator] But will this
season tear them apart?
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You guys said you will bring
the 650 here.
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[Todd] Don't ever
call me a liar.
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'Cause I'll fight you
right out here in this
[bleep] pay pile.
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If we can't do it now,
we're in deep, deep trouble.
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And me in financial ruin.
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♪ Yeah, come on,
Give it to me ♪
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♪ Yes, come on, now,
Give it to me ♪
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♪ Yeah, now, come on,
Give it to me ♪
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♪ Give it to me ♪
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♪ Come on, give it to me ♪
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[Todd] Look at these, guys.
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- [man] Wow.
- [Todd] Holy cow!
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[Hunter] That's
a lineup, boys.
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[Todd] I got a lease
for all new equipment.
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- Do you see that?
- Yeah.
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You said new equipment.
That's insane.
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- Dude, this sick!
- [Andy chuckles]
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Pow.
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[Todd] Everything has
auto-greasers.
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What do you think, Jack?
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Oh, my gosh, Todd.
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We've never ever
had equipment like this.
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New bucket, new teeth,
new cutting edges.
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New cab. It's like a new car.
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This is crazy.
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[Todd chuckles]
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For ten years...
Hunter, my dad and I,
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we've been looking for a mine
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that is rich and hasn't been
picked through.
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And I think we found it
right here at Mammoth Valley.
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We know that
Mammoth Valley mine
is loaded with gold.
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- [man] Holy!
- [man 2] Oh!
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Let 'em see that.
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- That is gold. What?
- That is crazy!
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5.1 ounces per hundred.
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Holy great!
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It worked out to 70 ounces
per 100 yards.
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That's just out of this world.
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[Todd] Last year, we barely
scratched the surface.
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[Hunter] This is the type
of drone we've been
looking for.
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But now, we're back to finish
what we started.
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Okay, what's the plan. Andy!
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How are we gonna get across
this freaking river?
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That bridge will not hold
these machines.
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No.
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But we know, last year,
we never would have
made it across.
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It's just too deep.
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We had a drier year.
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The water is as low
as we've ever seen it.
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Hopefully, it's low enough.
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This is our best opportunity.
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I'll jump in the shortest
machine, the 360.
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I feel my way across it
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and once I get across,
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then everybody can just follow
the exact the same route.
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[Todd] Guys, these machines
are like, the best machines
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that we've ever
had a chance to run.
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And I'm financially on
the hook on these babies,
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so let's not stick one out
here in the river
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and ruin the dang thing.
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Last season was a disaster.
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- [water splashing]
- [exclaims]
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There's a hole
in the slurry line.
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[Andy] It's got a torque
converter overheat issue.
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One excavator
has a leaky hose.
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Massive oil leak.
You can't open the door.
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The fuel truck
blew the engine.
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This tire is junk. No good.
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[Todd] All the equipment
broke down.
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It doesn't have enough
hydraulic power
to pull itself out.
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Lot of smoke.
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[Todd] We actually spent
more time repairing it
than running it.
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We're gonna be working
around the clock.
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Not this year.
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To succeed up here,
you cannot have breakdowns.
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[Todd on radio] Come on, Andy.
Let's fire it up.
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Let's bring that 360 out here.
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[Andy] Okay, fire it up.
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[Todd] You have to have
the best equipment
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and that's what I paid for.
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Look how much lower Andy is
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- than a driver in one of those
rock trucks.
- [Jack] Yeah.
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[Todd] We're gonna bring
Andy out with the 360
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which is our shortest machine.
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If we don't get these machines
across that river,
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we're screwed.
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- It is truly sink or swim.
You know?
- Yeah.
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Come on, baby.
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[Todd] Andy is poking around,
he's feeling around.
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He's looking for the hole,
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just to make sure
he's gonna be safe.
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Ooh, it's looking
deep already.
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Damn, where my bucket is,
it looks like it will be
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right at the flipping
top of the house.
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[on radio] Gonna be
really close.
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[Todd] Yeah,
I don't like that.
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You're gonna throw water up
into the electronics
and everything else.
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Getting deeper.
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[Todd] You're in the house
now, Andy.
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Ooh. Uh-oh.
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It's getting a lot deeper.
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- [Todd] We better get going.
- [Hunter] Oh, man.
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Oh! Holy cow!
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I gotta be getting close to
coming up the road.
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[Todd] Careful!
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Careful, Andy.
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Oh, my God.
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Come on. Little further.
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Okay, my bucket
is on shallower ground.
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[on radio] Going for it.
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Go. Go, go, go, go, go.
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We got it. We got it.
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Oh, man. I thought
it was going down.
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He freakin' made it.
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No way.
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He did it. He made it across.
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Come on, Tater.
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Coming through, you guys.
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[Todd] Follow that path, Tater.
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Don't veer off of it.
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[Tater on radio] Copy.
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I am way out
on a limb, financially.
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This mine is in
the Seward Peninsula
of Alaska.
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80 miles off of Nome,
so we're completely
off the grid.
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Wow, it's getting deep.
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[Todd] So my equipment
and transportation costs
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are north of $750,000.
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We got 'er.
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[Todd] Labor and fuel costs
are at about $150,000 each.
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Ooh, she's getting deep.
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[Todd] I'm look at 600 ounces,
give or take
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just to break even.
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Hudson's coming through now.
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But a good mine
gives you a profit
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that you can take home
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and it leaves enough gold
to put into next year.
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That's our last truck.
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So, I'm looking
for thousand ounces of gold
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to call this season a win.
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[on radio] Okay,
don't turn yet.
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[continues indistinctly]
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Going through.
We're going through.
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It's kinda slipping.
It's slipping.
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Hey, that truck is slipping.
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[Todd on radio] Hold up,
hold up. Don't carry it up.
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I'll get behind him.
I'll tell you when I'm there.
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[on radio] When you feel me
touch your headache rack,
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then you start going. Okay?
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Ten-four.
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There you go, boys.
That's how it's done, baby.
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[Andy on radio] Nice job.
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All right! [claps]
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Yee-haw! We got her.
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[Todd on radio]
Love you, baby.
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We did it. We got it.
We're good.
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- Nailed it.
- Made it.
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This year,
I brought a killer crew.
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- [all exclaiming]
- I need a hug.
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- I need a hug.
- We win!
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- [all exclaiming]
- Awesome, man.
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Need a pair of underwear.
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I brought only the best.
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I got my son, Hunter.
I got my son, Cub.
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Andy and his son Dakota.
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Even Sparky.
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And I brought in a couple
of experts, Framer and Tater.
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Those guys can run anything
that we have.
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Okay, let's get these things
to the mine.
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- Yeah.
- And let's get 'em going.
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Let's go!
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[Andy] Great job, baby!
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[Todd] Here we are.
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Last year, the equipment
was just constantly
breaking down
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and Randy just stepped up
and just tried to keep
everything going.
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I'm glad that he's back.
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[Randy] It's been a long time.
I'm ready.
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[Jim] It was a tough
seven months.
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Knowing what we have here
and waiting to get back here,
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it was enough
to drive you crazy.
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[Jack] It's great to be back.
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[Todd groans]
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I hate this washplant.
I hated everything
about this washplant.
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And then, there were
the washplants last year.
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The Z plant was basically
a trainwreck.
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It throws its belts off
and then,
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we have to shut down
and fix it, obviously.
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[Todd] The hot mess broke down
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every other day.
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It's a big piece of crap.
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[Todd] Our most reliable plant
was the slowest.
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- Get over here.
- [Todd] The little
test plant.
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The whole trommel
just jumped.
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[Todd] But this year,
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we have an ace up our sleeve.
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Give me a honk.
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- [honking]
- [Todd] Yeah!
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And that is The Holy Roller.
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This is almost like,
going to a war.
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You got your army
and this is, like, your tank.
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Just you, your tank,
your equipment
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against the world. You know?
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Can't believe
it's actually here, Todd.
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[Todd] Oh, yeah!
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If I'm going to win,
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I needed the best washplant
that I ever owned.
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But she wasn't cheap.
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This is the time that
we're gonna actually find out
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what The Holy Roller
is made of.
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But we gotta get it
off this truck.
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And it's about 50,000 pounds
with this tube in the center.
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So, Framer,
what do you think, man?
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You hauled it in.
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I think four excavators,
one in each corner and...
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hope we can pick it up.
It's heavy.
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Four excavators.
We gotta work as a team.
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One guy screws up,
the thing flips over
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and bends a tube,
and then, we're screwed.
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- Okay?
- Yeah.
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All right, let's go.
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[beeps]
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[Todd] Right here, Hunter.
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So, people have heard me
claim before,
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"Hey, we're on
the best gold ever."
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That's one of the best
goldbeds I've seen
in a long time.
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We got some big hopes
on this paydirt right here.
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Maybe some of the best dirt
we've ever ran.
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- [Jack] It doesn't get
any better than this.
- It doesn't get any better.
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- What'd you find?
- The best pad
I've ever had out here.
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This is a lot of freaking old.
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This ground
is freaking awesome.
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- Here we go. Huh?
- Holy frick!
273
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And there's always some reason
why you come up short.
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We busted our ass, Todd.
That ground is [bleep].
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[Todd] But we know
that gold is here
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right beneath our feet.
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We've redesigned
the screen section.
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We've redesigned
the sluice boxes
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after being around
the paydirt last year
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in that clay.
281
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I think we have
the right combination
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to actually get all this gold.
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I think this is our
secret weapon.
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[narrator] The Holy Roller's
design and size
is the perfect match
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for the mine's tough
clay-rich soil.
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The spray bar's
80,000 PSI jets push water
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and erode nearly
300 yards of paydirt
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every hour.
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But weighing in at nearly
50,000 pounds,
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getting it unloaded
will require their arsenal
of excavators.
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- [Todd] Work together.
- Here we go.
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[narrator] And a steady hand
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as one wrong move could damage
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which could end their season
before they get started.
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Framer, you call it.
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[Framer] All right.
Up in the front. Go ahead.
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[on radio] Nice and easy.
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Come on up. Come on up.
Come on up.
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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.
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Go up about an inch and a half
and see how it looks.
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Ready? Come on up.
303
00:13:20,275 --> 00:13:22,206
[on radio] Come on up. Easy.
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Easy.
305
00:13:24,793 --> 00:13:26,103
- Oh.
- [Framer on radio] All right.
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Let's take the back up another
two and a half inches or so.
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And then, we'll do the front.
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00:13:30,517 --> 00:13:32,379
[Todd on radio] Up on her.
Dakota, more.
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00:13:33,206 --> 00:13:34,586
Tater, you're low.
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Come up.
311
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It's a very tricky pick.
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00:13:38,586 --> 00:13:40,172
[Todd] Dakota, you're down.
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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
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You're good. Right there.
317
00:13:48,965 --> 00:13:50,758
[Todd] Okay, everybody,
hold up.
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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.
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Drive it!
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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
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[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,
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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.