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[narrator] One hundred miles
south of the Arctic Circle
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and 80 miles north
of Nome, Alaska,
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lies one of the world's
great gold fields
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rich with small flaky
placer gold.
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But working this land
is near impossible.
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With the gold
found deep beneath
the tundra's permafrost,
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it's here that
three generations of Hoffmans
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set out to reap
3000 ounces of gold
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from the notoriously
rich ground of the
Mammoth Valley mine,
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where many have tried,
but most have failed.
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Guys, we're back in Alaska.
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We wanna hit crazy gold.
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We've not hit that yet.
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It's still gonna be tough.
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But this is going to be
the biggest season yet.
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-[man] Oh! [laughs]
-God, dang,
there's a lot of gold in that.
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We're headed
for some big stuff this year.
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[narrator]
On a groundbreaking season
of Hoffman Family Gold...
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-Okay.
-[Todd] Let's go.
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[narrator]
...the Hoffman's are back,
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united to beat
their all-time record.
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-[Jack] 130.2.
-[man 2] Whoo!
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[all cheering]
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[narrator] And they're on
the mother lode.
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-[man 3] Look at that one.
-Dang, boy.
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[man 4] [bleep] , yeah.
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[narrator] But at the
Mammoth Valley mine...
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-[Todd] Easy.
-[Hunter] We're in
the trenches, literally.
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[narrator]
...fortunes aren't given.
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[Andy] That's not real good.
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[narrator] They're earned.
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[Todd] I don't know
what I'm gonna do.
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[narrator]
And the promised land
promises one thing.
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[Andy] Everybody that's come
to this place has failed.
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Everybody.
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[narrator]
It will be a battle...
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[woman] Do not open
any more of that cut.
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[narrator]
...until the bitter end.
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I've never made a mistake
like this before.
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And I don't have an answer.
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[Todd] We're all back again.
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We have not accomplished
our dream.
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We've not hit the gold
that we've always wanted.
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But this is it.
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Maybe this is our year.
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You know,
everything is coming down
to this one cut.
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The Lost Cut.
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Phenomenal gold in it.
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We know
there's something special
in it.
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So, we gotta jump
on the season.
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Andy, Tater and Dakota
came up here three months ago
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to start prepping
the Lost Cut.
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[Andy] Awesome. Beautiful.
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[narrator] To gain
an advantage of the onset
of the mining season...
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There goes our ride, boys.
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[narrator] ...Todd sent
his trusted foreman,
Andy Spinks,
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and miners Tater and Dakota,
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to spearhead the critical task
of stripping more ground
within the Lost Cut.
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[Andy] We got a lot
of work to do, but, uh,
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let's just start at day one.
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[Tater speaking]
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[narrator] In placer mining,
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miners must allow ample time
for their pay dirt to thaw
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before they can
efficiently process it
through their wash plant
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and ensure proper
gold recovery.
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[Tater speaking]
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[narrator] Now,
armed with their early season
advantage...
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[Andy] We got some gravel.
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[narrator]
...the crew is ready to stack
and run pay from the Lost Cut.
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[Todd] This is it.
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This is our year.
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There could be 8000 ounces
in there.
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-Right.
-[Todd] Who knows?
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We don't know.
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The gold's there. It is rich.
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We just gotta start
hauling pay out of it
to see if it's gonna be good.
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So, this mine has proven
that it's got the gold.
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First year, 600 ounces.
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Last year we hit the goal
of a 1000.
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That's about $1.7,
$1.8 million.
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This year, we're ready to go.
Plant's set up.
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We got all this equipment in.
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We're in a better place.
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So, here's our goal.
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3033 would be three ounces
higher than we've ever gotten.
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This mine, this could do it.
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We should be able
to go in there and kill it.
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Every single person here
is gonna take some gold home.
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Hunter, I want you to get
the Black Pearl operational.
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[truck beeping]
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[Hunter] Each year
is kind of a stepping stone
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and we're building towards
a legendary season.
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Will it be this summer?
I don't know.
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I think my dad's goal
of 3033 ounces,
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I don't think
that's impossible at all.
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Plant, Framer,
what do you got to do
on that thing?
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I gotta put spray bars
in the hopper.
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I gotta put
the distribution box in
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and we gotta redo
the splitter box.
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Todd set a pretty high goal
this year,
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fairly unrealistic.
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But I think we're gonna have
a great year though.
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[Sparky] Ever since Todd
and his crew came here,
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it's like the stakes
have been getting higher
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and higher and higher.
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I wouldn't doubt that
this year we're gonna hit
a massive goal for all time.
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Dad, Thurber, you guys
get the clean-up room going.
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Pull the table out,
get her set
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-and ready to run some gold.
-You bet.
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[Jack] You know, I am 77.
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And I am so ready to go
it's not funny,
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as much as a guy that age
can be.
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[chuckles] You wanna see
what it looks like?
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I'm excited about this year.
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It's here. [laughs]
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We're back, brother.
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[Thurber] You feeling good,
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and then you feel like,
"Oh, crap, here we go."
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It was a long winter
waiting to get here.
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[chuckles] It's, uh,
great to be back.
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Comin' through a threshold,
watch your feet, don't trip.
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We got ground open.
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It's the first time
we're gonna hit
the ground running.
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It's gonna be great.
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You guys killed it, thank you.
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Thank you.
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Andy, get that stuff
prepped out there,
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get us a little bit
of pay dirt ready to run
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and get that dozer stripping
the rest of the Cut.
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Sure.
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Sounds good?
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-[Andy] Yeah, we're good.
-[Sparky] Yeah.
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-[Cub] We're good.
-[Hunter] Yes.
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[Todd] I want us all
to look back at this summer
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as being the summer
that changed our life.
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It could be.
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Hey, Dad,
will you bless us
real quick on,
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-on a little prayer?
-You bet, you bet.
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Lord, we, uh,
thank you for the opportunity
to be here.
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We ask for your grace upon us
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and Lord, give us strength
to do this work.
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Bless us richly
with this gold.
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In your name, Amen.
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[all softly] Amen.
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I love you guys, I really do.
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And I'm thankful
to be working with you guys.
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Let's go kick some ass, huh?
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Hey, let's do this, man.
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Let's just make
a pact right now that
you're gonna get along
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-and let's get
a whole bunch of gold.
-[Hunter] Yeah.
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This is just bigger than,
like,
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just the gold and gold mining.
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I'm glad that we can
all be here together.
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Let's put some memories down,
let's get a ton of gold.
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-[Hunter] Yeah.
-Good memories.
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I think if these two
can get along,
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-[claps] now that I'm here...
-[Jack laughs]
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...I think we have
a good shot at 3000.
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Cub, well,
we need you here, man.
You're the glue.
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It's great having
my family together.
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You know,
my dad always reminds us
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why we're doing this
in the first place.
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To be honest,
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I don't think
my kids would be here mining
if it wasn't for my dad.
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I think if we can keep
a good atmosphere here
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and stay, you know,
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in faith that we can do it,
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I can we actually can, so.
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-Okay.
-[Todd] Let's go.
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-Okay.
-[Todd] Let's do it.
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-[Jack] I get it.
-Love you.
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-[Jack muffled] Love you too.
-[Hunter] Okay.
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[Hunter] Let's go.
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-Let's do it.
-[Jack] Do it.
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[Sparky] Ooh,
this looks pretty good.
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Right now,
I'm working the last hole
I'm cutting
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to fit this water bar
and then start welding her up.
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So, we're taking the time
to prep the Holy Roller now,
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and it's gonna take
a couple weeks.
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[indistinct radio chatter]
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Last year,
people were hitting
spray bars.
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[man 5] Damn it.
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[Sparky] Bam, and all you see
is it pissing off the side.
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And so,
we're not gonna have that
this year.
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[narrator]
To protect the Holy Roller's
spray nozzles
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from getting hit
by the excavator,
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Sparky's plan
is to mount a bar
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that will feed water
through the nozzles.
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Then, he'll weld
a layer of bullet-proof steel
over the nozzle assembly.
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This upgrade ensures
the nozzles remain in position
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while the bullet-proof steel
safe guards them
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against knocks in the future.
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[Sparky] We're gonna
make it bullet-proof.
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There's this thing
called 7 P's.
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It's, uh,
"Prior proper practice
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prevents piss poor
performance."
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So, we're gonna do this right
the first time
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and we don't have to
piss with it later on.
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[Sparky laughs]
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It should fit.
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But this is gonna prevent
anything happening
in the future
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while it's getting down to,
like, in the negatives.
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You-- I don't wanna be
working and welding out
in negative ten, brother.
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I wanna be a nice warm cat,
drinking some coffee.
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We're in, boys.
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That fit dead nuts.
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Perfect.
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Got a good smile on my face.
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Got a lot of energy right now,
so we're gonna kill it.
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[Jack] Okay.
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-I think we're ready.
-[Thurber] Yeah.
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-Let's try this baby out...
-[Jack] All right.
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...get some water running.
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[Jack] I don't have
water coming in.
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-[Thurber] Yeah,
it takes a while.
-[machine humming]
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[Jack] All right,
here she comes,
here she comes.
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Yeah, see if that vibrates.
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[machine rumbling]
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Yeah.
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Once we're set up,
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we're the key
to this whole place.
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You know,
there's no 3000 ounces
without us.
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You don't hear me
scream or yell
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[laughs] or anything like that
very often.
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But when 3000 comes across,
you're gonna hear me.
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I'm gonna be so excited
about it,
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because it means that
the guys get to take
more gold home.
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And that's, that's my joy.
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[both laugh]
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[Jack] This year, man.
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It's a hard day in
day out job.
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Jack and I wish
we were 40 years younger,
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but this is home,
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this is what
Jack and I love to do.
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You know, we're out here
in the middle of nowhere.
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My family's hundreds
of miles away. [chuckles]
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Um, that's tough.
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But, you know,
I get to do this every year
with Jack
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and he's my family.
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Seeing gold going
across the pay hole,
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that never gets old.
242
00:10:38,266 --> 00:10:39,367
[Jack laughs]
243
00:10:48,066 --> 00:10:50,667
[Andy] Headed down
to the Lost Cut.
244
00:10:50,667 --> 00:10:53,300
I'm gonna go check on it
and see if it's thought out
245
00:10:53,300 --> 00:10:55,467
and ready to haul
out of the Cut.
246
00:10:55,467 --> 00:10:58,133
So, we came up early
to open up the Lost Cut.
247
00:10:59,166 --> 00:11:00,500
We're gonna see where we stand
248
00:11:00,500 --> 00:11:02,233
and we're gonna start
stacking some pay dirt.
249
00:11:12,467 --> 00:11:13,333
Holy crap.
250
00:11:16,367 --> 00:11:17,634
This isn't good.
251
00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,533
I mean, this is just a mess.
252
00:11:37,367 --> 00:11:40,367
This ground has
a tremendous amount of ice
in it.
253
00:11:40,367 --> 00:11:42,066
So, as soon
as you expose that,
it's just water.
254
00:11:42,066 --> 00:11:43,567
And it's like a bathtub
of water.
255
00:11:43,567 --> 00:11:45,867
Everything.
There's water coming in
in every direction.
256
00:11:47,667 --> 00:11:52,300
[narrator]
Alaska is predominantly tundra
or frozen ground.
257
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Once miners remove
the over burden,
258
00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,667
ice is exposed
to the nearly 24-hour sun.
259
00:11:59,300 --> 00:12:00,600
As the ice thaws,
260
00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,800
it poses challenges
with water management.
261
00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:07,000
And if the gold rich pay
isn't removed soon enough,
262
00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,567
it threatens to dilute it.
263
00:12:09,567 --> 00:12:10,967
[Andy] This Cut,
264
00:12:10,967 --> 00:12:14,100
I envisioned it
all winter long in my brain.
265
00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:15,934
And this is not
how I envisioned it to look.
266
00:12:16,700 --> 00:12:19,467
So, this place is challenging.
267
00:12:19,467 --> 00:12:21,967
It does not
wanna give it up easy.
268
00:12:21,967 --> 00:12:24,066
Usually, once you get
the overburden off,
269
00:12:24,066 --> 00:12:25,300
it's super easy.
270
00:12:25,300 --> 00:12:29,166
There's so much ice
in this ground,
271
00:12:29,166 --> 00:12:31,867
that it just bites you
all the way.
272
00:12:31,867 --> 00:12:34,000
But right now,
take the excavators in there,
273
00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,667
we'll see if, uh,
it'll go through that mud.
274
00:12:37,767 --> 00:12:39,467
-[radio beeps]
-Sterling, you copy?
275
00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:42,166
Yeah, go ahead.
276
00:12:42,166 --> 00:12:44,066
[Andy over radio]
Bring me an excavator
to the Cut.
277
00:12:44,066 --> 00:12:45,266
[Sterling over radio] Copy.
278
00:12:45,266 --> 00:12:46,800
[Andy] Before we can
do anything,
279
00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:48,800
I need to get the excavators
into the Cut
280
00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:50,967
and see if we can even
get through this mud.
281
00:12:50,967 --> 00:12:53,800
That's gonna help me gauge
just how bad it is.
282
00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,000
So, this might be
a complete [bleep] show today,
283
00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,634
but let's see what happens.
284
00:13:01,166 --> 00:13:03,200
[narrator] As the season
kicks in to high gear,
285
00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:06,667
the Hoffman crew charges ahead
with their two-week deadline.
286
00:13:06,667 --> 00:13:09,467
for getting the mine
operational.
287
00:13:09,467 --> 00:13:12,767
[Jack] For me,
this is really [chuckles]
exciting, you know?
288
00:13:12,767 --> 00:13:14,900
Because we're back at it.
289
00:13:14,900 --> 00:13:18,767
I love the lifestyle
of gold mining.
290
00:13:18,767 --> 00:13:23,900
And I love the capabilities
that we have of doing it.
291
00:13:23,900 --> 00:13:27,767
And, uh, it's gonna be
a good season.
292
00:13:27,767 --> 00:13:29,433
I've got that feeling.
293
00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:39,934
You ready?
294
00:13:39,934 --> 00:13:42,266
[Cub over radio]
Yeah, you might wanna get
a little closer to that.
295
00:13:42,266 --> 00:13:44,700
[Framer] Okay.
Let's go ahead
and rig that thing.
296
00:13:44,700 --> 00:13:46,066
Let me hook you up.
297
00:13:47,166 --> 00:13:49,900
So, this is our
new water manifold.
298
00:13:49,900 --> 00:13:52,634
We blew the last one up
at least twice.
299
00:13:57,667 --> 00:13:59,166
All these manifolds
are leaking
300
00:13:59,166 --> 00:14:00,200
around all the outsides.
301
00:14:01,066 --> 00:14:03,166
Hopefully, we've built this
strong enough.
302
00:14:03,166 --> 00:14:06,100
But you know what,
it's kind of a crapshoot.
303
00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:08,000
[narrator] The Holy Roller's
water manifold
304
00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,767
distributes water
to every key component
of the wash plant.
305
00:14:11,767 --> 00:14:14,734
The hopper, the trommel,
and the sluice box.
306
00:14:15,166 --> 00:14:16,667
This intricate network
307
00:14:16,667 --> 00:14:20,867
ensures each part receives
the necessary flow.
308
00:14:20,867 --> 00:14:24,500
Without it,
the plant cannot run.
309
00:14:24,500 --> 00:14:26,066
[Framer] All right, Todd,
let's get the part
outta here.
310
00:14:28,867 --> 00:14:31,000
[Cub] The theory is that
this one, since it's round,
311
00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,400
it's gonna have less
of a chance to expand.
312
00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:37,200
I mean, theoretically,
no chance to expand and,
and break.
313
00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:38,400
[narrator]
The cylindrical design
314
00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:40,700
of the Holy Roller's
new water manifold
315
00:14:40,700 --> 00:14:44,800
greatly minimizes the risk
of any catastrophic failures.
316
00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:46,867
The circular geometry
of the pipe
317
00:14:46,867 --> 00:14:49,767
ensures the uniform
distribution of pressure,
318
00:14:49,767 --> 00:14:52,000
significantly reducing
the likelihood
319
00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,533
of pressure buildup
and potential bursting.
320
00:14:56,166 --> 00:14:57,367
[Cub] That would just
give us more time
321
00:14:57,367 --> 00:15:01,166
to mine and get gold
and have no breakdowns.
322
00:15:01,166 --> 00:15:02,400
Problems are guaranteed
to happen,
323
00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:04,667
especially gold mining.
324
00:15:04,667 --> 00:15:05,700
Okay, come on down.
325
00:15:05,700 --> 00:15:07,266
So, that's why
we're taking our time
326
00:15:07,266 --> 00:15:08,934
and trying to do it right.
327
00:15:09,567 --> 00:15:10,634
Should be good to go.
328
00:15:10,634 --> 00:15:13,300
It's just one small step
of getting back to running.
329
00:15:13,300 --> 00:15:14,333
[Framer] Looks pretty good.
330
00:15:15,266 --> 00:15:16,300
All right, what's going on?
331
00:15:16,300 --> 00:15:18,367
That went a little too easy.
332
00:15:18,367 --> 00:15:20,000
That's how this whole season
is gonna go.
333
00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,266
Better get used to it.
334
00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:22,667
[laughs]
335
00:15:22,667 --> 00:15:24,367
[Todd] Yeah,
I hope you're right.
336
00:15:24,367 --> 00:15:25,400
[over radio]
But I know you're not.
337
00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:27,200
[Framer laughs]
338
00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:29,367
Usually, something goes wrong
right about now,
339
00:15:29,367 --> 00:15:30,734
but hey, we're, uh,
340
00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:32,867
getting lucky here.
341
00:15:32,867 --> 00:15:34,533
Let's see what happens.
342
00:15:39,567 --> 00:15:41,266
[narrator]
Back at the Lost Cut,
343
00:15:41,266 --> 00:15:43,667
Andy commandeers
two excavators
344
00:15:43,667 --> 00:15:47,433
in hopes of resolving
his growing mud problem.
345
00:15:48,367 --> 00:15:50,266
[Andy] You're good, buddy.
346
00:15:50,266 --> 00:15:53,066
The Cut is a complete mess.
We got mud everywhere.
347
00:15:53,066 --> 00:15:54,967
So, I'm gonna send in
a couple of excavators,
348
00:15:54,967 --> 00:15:56,333
we're gonna see
just how bad it is.
349
00:15:59,266 --> 00:16:01,166
If we can't get in there
and stack pay,
350
00:16:01,166 --> 00:16:03,033
we're gonna have to
figure out something else.
351
00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:07,100
[radio beeps]
Just dig it up to the side.
352
00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:07,934
[Sterling] All right.
353
00:16:10,066 --> 00:16:11,333
Sterling. Sterling.
354
00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:13,567
[radio beeps]
355
00:16:13,567 --> 00:16:16,934
[Andy speaking]
356
00:16:20,567 --> 00:16:21,667
[Sterling over radio] 10-4.
357
00:16:35,100 --> 00:16:38,367
Sterling, put your teeth
out there and pull yourself.
358
00:16:38,367 --> 00:16:39,533
Don't track, pull.
359
00:16:45,467 --> 00:16:47,100
Stick it out
in front of you again.
360
00:16:47,100 --> 00:16:49,066
Get the boom
out there farther.
361
00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:00,433
Good job, Sterling, good job.
362
00:17:01,166 --> 00:17:02,233
There you go.
363
00:17:04,166 --> 00:17:06,767
These guys are driving
through three foot of muck
364
00:17:06,767 --> 00:17:08,467
and it just keeps
getting deeper.
365
00:17:09,266 --> 00:17:10,900
Thankfully, we got Komatsus.
366
00:17:10,900 --> 00:17:12,867
They're getting through it,
but this isn't good.
367
00:17:16,367 --> 00:17:18,834
Todd, Todd,
you got a copy, Todd?
368
00:17:19,667 --> 00:17:20,467
[radio beeps]
369
00:17:20,467 --> 00:17:21,467
Yeah, I got a copy.
370
00:17:21,467 --> 00:17:23,100
[Andy over radio]
Can you come down to this Cut?
371
00:17:23,100 --> 00:17:24,667
We need to look at something,
make a plan.
372
00:17:26,166 --> 00:17:27,767
Okay.
373
00:17:27,767 --> 00:17:29,934
I'm gonna go and see
what's going on.
374
00:17:52,066 --> 00:17:53,567
Holy cow.
375
00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:06,634
Major goo and mud.
376
00:18:07,367 --> 00:18:08,867
What it is, is you got ice,
377
00:18:08,867 --> 00:18:10,567
is you got ice lands,
is up on the-
378
00:18:10,567 --> 00:18:12,166
That's a big chunk of ice.
379
00:18:15,900 --> 00:18:18,066
Easy, easy.
380
00:18:20,467 --> 00:18:21,934
Easy, Dakota.
381
00:18:23,667 --> 00:18:25,266
[over radio]
You can crawl out of there.
382
00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,200
You're clear.
383
00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:34,867
If you fall into that,
384
00:18:34,867 --> 00:18:36,533
it may not get you out.
[chuckles]
385
00:18:39,667 --> 00:18:41,367
We've waited months
to get in here
386
00:18:41,367 --> 00:18:43,867
to start stacking
the Lost Cut pay.
387
00:18:43,867 --> 00:18:46,667
This is a serious kick
in the you-know-whats.
388
00:18:46,667 --> 00:18:48,000
I'm not sure
what we're gonna do.
389
00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,934
Hopefully, Andy has a plan.
390
00:18:54,166 --> 00:18:55,266
[indistinct radio chatter]
391
00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,266
[Todd] Easy, easy.
392
00:19:00,266 --> 00:19:01,433
[Dakota over radio]
Okay princess.
393
00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:06,734
Load up if you want to.
394
00:19:17,266 --> 00:19:18,667
Holy cow.
395
00:19:20,767 --> 00:19:22,767
-A little bit of a mess.
-[Todd] Yeah.
396
00:19:22,767 --> 00:19:24,433
Let's go look at this, man.
397
00:19:28,700 --> 00:19:29,700
[Andy sighs]
398
00:19:31,066 --> 00:19:33,700
The problem is,
is we're sitting in a bathtub
399
00:19:33,700 --> 00:19:35,834
-of solid ice
all the way around.
-[Todd] Yeah.
400
00:19:39,266 --> 00:19:41,800
The Lost Cut's rich
is 2.4 ounces,
401
00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:44,367
maybe even better
per 100 yards.
402
00:19:44,367 --> 00:19:45,467
But when you start adding in
403
00:19:45,467 --> 00:19:47,367
the mud and the water
and everything,
404
00:19:47,367 --> 00:19:49,000
it's gonna get diluted.
405
00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,367
And who knows
what it's gonna pay out.
406
00:19:52,667 --> 00:19:53,967
We're in deep trouble.
407
00:19:55,066 --> 00:19:56,500
It's just a mess.
408
00:19:56,500 --> 00:19:58,500
And it's just gonna
keep getting worse.
409
00:19:58,500 --> 00:20:02,066
Every minute, that pay dirt
is getting diluted.
410
00:20:04,867 --> 00:20:05,967
What do you wanna do?
411
00:20:05,967 --> 00:20:07,667
[Andy] Well, basically
what I'm gonna do is,
412
00:20:07,667 --> 00:20:11,166
is I'm gonna put a road
right down the gut of our Cut.
413
00:20:11,166 --> 00:20:12,500
We don't have
any other choices.
414
00:20:12,500 --> 00:20:13,767
Mmm-mmm.
415
00:20:13,767 --> 00:20:16,266
[narrator] In order to access
the strip pay dirt,
416
00:20:16,266 --> 00:20:18,200
Andy must build a gravel road
417
00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,367
through the center
of the Lost Cut.
418
00:20:20,367 --> 00:20:23,066
This will allow
their excavators
and rock trucks
419
00:20:23,066 --> 00:20:25,066
to efficiently access the pay.
420
00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:28,133
[Andy] And the only way
you get gravel is by mining.
421
00:20:28,500 --> 00:20:29,834
[Todd] Yeah.
422
00:20:29,834 --> 00:20:32,800
I know you told those guys
they got three weeks
to work on the plant.
423
00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:34,100
Yeah?
424
00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:36,867
The only way
you're gonna get gravel
is to fire the plant up.
425
00:20:36,867 --> 00:20:40,100
So, you have to mine
to actually get the gravel.
426
00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:42,800
When we run pay dirt
to the wash plant,
427
00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,367
we're separating the gold
from the gravel
428
00:20:45,367 --> 00:20:47,400
using high water pressure.
429
00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:51,166
Clean gravel and rock
what we call the tailings,
430
00:20:51,166 --> 00:20:53,667
is what's discarded
at the end of the trommel.
431
00:20:53,667 --> 00:20:55,900
And that's what we need
to build this road.
432
00:20:55,900 --> 00:20:57,467
Can you buy me a couple days?
433
00:20:57,467 --> 00:20:59,100
[Andy] Yeah. Yeah.
434
00:20:59,100 --> 00:21:01,367
[Todd] Everything
was moving smoothly.
435
00:21:01,367 --> 00:21:07,066
Now I have to move
the timeline from two weeks
to two days on these guys.
436
00:21:07,066 --> 00:21:08,567
It's a big feat.
437
00:21:08,567 --> 00:21:10,066
I don't know if we can do it.
438
00:21:12,066 --> 00:21:13,066
All right.
439
00:21:13,066 --> 00:21:16,166
But I'm gonna have to
have Tater get in the dozer.
440
00:21:17,767 --> 00:21:19,734
Hey, Tater,
meet me down here
at the dozer.
441
00:21:21,567 --> 00:21:22,634
[Tater] Copy.
442
00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,300
So, I gotta go to the Cut.
443
00:21:27,300 --> 00:21:28,600
[Sparky] This is money
in the making, brother.
444
00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:29,900
-All right, thank you, Sparky.
-[Sparky] Thank you.
445
00:21:29,900 --> 00:21:30,900
[Sparky] Yeah, man.
446
00:21:34,166 --> 00:21:36,100
[narrator]
For the Hoffman strategy
to work,
447
00:21:36,100 --> 00:21:37,567
they must rely on Tater
448
00:21:37,567 --> 00:21:39,967
to continue stripping
the Lost Cut
449
00:21:39,967 --> 00:21:41,767
so they won't fall behind
450
00:21:41,767 --> 00:21:44,767
while Andy sources
accessible pay dirt
451
00:21:44,767 --> 00:21:46,467
from another location.
452
00:21:49,700 --> 00:21:52,333
[Tater] Wow.
Really, really wet.
453
00:21:53,900 --> 00:21:55,700
We got a big mission for you.
454
00:21:55,700 --> 00:21:58,066
-Okay?
-I need to put you
in the dozer.
455
00:21:58,367 --> 00:21:59,600
Okay?
456
00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:03,166
I know that's not your place
where you necessarily
wanna be...
457
00:22:03,166 --> 00:22:04,300
-Yeah?
-But it's kinda--
458
00:22:04,300 --> 00:22:06,166
You and I are the only ones
that really can run the dozer.
459
00:22:06,166 --> 00:22:09,467
You guys both know
most of my dozer experience
in that
460
00:22:09,467 --> 00:22:11,367
was last year for about what,
two hours?
461
00:22:11,367 --> 00:22:12,867
That's more than anybody else,
so you're qualified.
462
00:22:12,867 --> 00:22:14,467
[Tator laughs]
463
00:22:14,467 --> 00:22:15,767
[Tater] Right now's
probably a bad time
464
00:22:15,767 --> 00:22:17,100
to pull me off
of what I was doing,
465
00:22:17,100 --> 00:22:18,467
working on the Holy Roller.
466
00:22:18,467 --> 00:22:20,367
There's, there's a lot
of work to do,
467
00:22:20,367 --> 00:22:22,867
and without me there,
that's just one less person.
468
00:22:22,867 --> 00:22:25,166
I understand
we need somebody to run
the dozer at this point,
469
00:22:25,166 --> 00:22:27,767
but I don't totally agree.
470
00:22:27,767 --> 00:22:28,934
I'm gonna go over here
471
00:22:28,934 --> 00:22:31,567
-and chase Framer
and get the plant running.
-[Tater] Okay.
472
00:22:31,567 --> 00:22:33,667
[Todd] And then,
we're gonna try to get
enough gravel
473
00:22:33,667 --> 00:22:36,000
to get a road across
this mess.
474
00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,066
Let's go attack it.
475
00:22:37,066 --> 00:22:38,533
-[Andy] Okay. Do it.
-All right, let's go.
476
00:22:40,100 --> 00:22:41,967
[Todd] Sometimes,
you gotta adjust your plan
477
00:22:41,967 --> 00:22:44,500
to try to fix something
that you don't see coming.
478
00:22:44,500 --> 00:22:46,166
And we didn't see
this one coming.
479
00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:51,500
[narrator]
Facing a major setback
480
00:22:51,500 --> 00:22:53,667
due to heavy mud
in the Lost Cut,
481
00:22:53,667 --> 00:22:55,667
Todd must break the news
to his crew
482
00:22:55,667 --> 00:22:57,934
about the expedited timeline.
483
00:22:59,266 --> 00:23:01,000
We go from kicking ass
484
00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,066
to getting our ass kicked
real quick.
485
00:23:04,066 --> 00:23:07,100
This is something
I don't really wanna let
the team to know.
486
00:23:07,100 --> 00:23:11,934
Kind of a hard situation
and I'm feeling anxious.
487
00:23:15,767 --> 00:23:16,667
Framer.
488
00:23:16,667 --> 00:23:19,233
-[Framer] Yeah.
-Okay. Here's the deal.
489
00:23:19,867 --> 00:23:22,300
And I hate
to tell you guys this.
490
00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:25,000
We need you to be running
in two days.
491
00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,834
-[Framer] What? Man.
-Two days?
492
00:23:28,266 --> 00:23:30,367
If everything's diluted,
you know,
493
00:23:30,367 --> 00:23:32,000
and it could get down
to one ounce per 100,
494
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,867
we're gonna have to run over
two times the amount of dirt
495
00:23:34,867 --> 00:23:37,467
that we'd normally
would wanna run.
496
00:23:37,467 --> 00:23:41,667
There's mud
that's oozing all the way
across of that Cut.
497
00:23:41,667 --> 00:23:45,500
So, we need to build a road,
which means we need rock.
498
00:23:45,500 --> 00:23:48,767
The only way we get rock
is to run the plant.
499
00:23:48,767 --> 00:23:51,467
He needs rock now.
500
00:23:51,467 --> 00:23:53,800
[Sparky]
Two weeks to two days,
it's like,
501
00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,700
you're asking to build
a rocket in two days
and go to the moon.
502
00:23:56,700 --> 00:23:58,166
It's asking for a lot.
503
00:23:58,166 --> 00:23:59,266
What do we gotta do?
504
00:24:01,266 --> 00:24:03,200
I mean,
we still gotta work
on that splitter--
505
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,066
Forget the splitter.
We'll fix it later.
506
00:24:06,066 --> 00:24:08,667
-I mean, Sparky's got one
of the water bars built.
-Yeah.
507
00:24:08,667 --> 00:24:10,100
He's still got two more to go.
508
00:24:10,100 --> 00:24:12,567
-I got to set
the distribution box...
-Hurry.
509
00:24:12,567 --> 00:24:14,467
...I gotta build
all the hoses.
510
00:24:14,467 --> 00:24:16,767
I'll help you
with the distribution box.
511
00:24:16,767 --> 00:24:18,967
Let's get these
water bars done.
512
00:24:18,967 --> 00:24:20,166
[Sparky]
I need some guys, dude.
513
00:24:20,166 --> 00:24:23,166
'Cause we gotta pull
a rabbit outta the hat
to get this done.
514
00:24:23,166 --> 00:24:25,266
We get behind radio.
515
00:24:25,266 --> 00:24:26,467
We'll all come and help.
516
00:24:26,467 --> 00:24:28,400
[Sparky]
Each one of these
little things take time,
517
00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,400
and we don't have time
to mess around.
518
00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,900
I'm only one guy.
I need another guy.
519
00:24:32,900 --> 00:24:34,767
I guarantee you right now,
520
00:24:34,767 --> 00:24:38,266
if we don't get that rock
and build that road,
521
00:24:38,266 --> 00:24:41,000
we're not gonna get
anywhere near 3,000.
522
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,634
-That's just the way
it is. Okay?
-[Sparky] Okay.
523
00:24:44,100 --> 00:24:45,433
All right, guys.
524
00:24:48,767 --> 00:24:51,567
Hey, Hunter, I need you
to swing up here.
525
00:24:51,567 --> 00:24:54,100
I need to chat
with you real quick.
526
00:24:54,100 --> 00:24:57,166
[Hunter over radio]
10-4. Me and Cub
are heading up there.
527
00:24:57,166 --> 00:24:59,567
I'm just worried that we're
gonna miss something.
528
00:24:59,567 --> 00:25:04,066
And once you get in a hurry...
bad stuff happens.
529
00:25:04,066 --> 00:25:05,467
That's just the way it is.
530
00:25:05,467 --> 00:25:07,767
Now... do we have a good team?
531
00:25:07,767 --> 00:25:09,500
Yeah. Can they pull it off?
532
00:25:09,500 --> 00:25:10,734
I've seen them do it before.
533
00:25:11,567 --> 00:25:13,166
[car alarm beeping]
534
00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:21,100
[Todd] Hey, listen up, guys.
535
00:25:21,100 --> 00:25:23,567
We've got
a serious situation here.
536
00:25:23,567 --> 00:25:26,066
We've got water building up
in the cut.
537
00:25:26,066 --> 00:25:27,867
It's gonna dilute
our pay dirt down
538
00:25:27,867 --> 00:25:29,367
from, like, probably
three ounces a 100
539
00:25:29,367 --> 00:25:31,033
or maybe one ounce per 100.
540
00:25:32,066 --> 00:25:34,667
We've got to build the road
across that cut.
541
00:25:34,667 --> 00:25:37,200
We've got to start
making rock.
542
00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,233
I got to be running
in two days.
543
00:25:40,767 --> 00:25:42,867
[Hunter] There's always
gonna be things
544
00:25:42,867 --> 00:25:45,667
that are unpredictable
and unexpected
that are gonna happen.
545
00:25:45,667 --> 00:25:48,567
We've got to just make sure
that, you know, we're making
546
00:25:48,567 --> 00:25:51,967
the most calculated decisions
as possible.
547
00:25:51,967 --> 00:25:53,300
And at the end
of the day, you know,
548
00:25:53,300 --> 00:25:55,000
my dad's in charge
and this is his mine.
549
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,400
And so, I just want to do
whatever I can to be an asset.
550
00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,667
I need your help too,
whatever you can.
551
00:26:00,667 --> 00:26:02,500
Yeah, whatever we gotta do.
552
00:26:02,500 --> 00:26:05,300
All hands on deck
on Holy Roller.
553
00:26:05,300 --> 00:26:07,400
Get it running. Get rock.
554
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,867
We're not even actually
trying to go for gold.
[chuckles]
555
00:26:09,867 --> 00:26:11,567
Just trying to get the rock.
556
00:26:11,567 --> 00:26:12,500
-Okay.
-[Hunter] Got it.
557
00:26:12,500 --> 00:26:14,967
-All right. Thanks, guys.
I love you.
-Yeah.
558
00:26:14,967 --> 00:26:17,600
[Todd] They're all saying
the right things
to get the job done,
559
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,600
but I can see
on their faces that,
560
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,600
you know,
there's some disappointment.
561
00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,066
But you know what?
We've been thrown a curveball
562
00:26:24,066 --> 00:26:27,300
and we just gotta adjust to it
and do the right things.
563
00:26:27,300 --> 00:26:29,166
And that's just
where we're at right now.
564
00:26:35,700 --> 00:26:36,767
I'll do the measuring.
565
00:26:36,767 --> 00:26:38,600
Cool. Can you measure
all the way from there?
566
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,100
Go on the other side?
567
00:26:40,100 --> 00:26:43,367
Right now, I'm lining out
these, uh, pieces
of angle iron.
568
00:26:43,367 --> 00:26:45,467
I'm cutting them
at six inches a pop.
569
00:26:45,467 --> 00:26:46,667
And now I got Cubs,
570
00:26:46,667 --> 00:26:48,333
so we're gonna
slap this together.
571
00:26:49,467 --> 00:26:50,634
Sixty-nine.
572
00:26:51,266 --> 00:26:52,500
That's cute.
573
00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:53,867
We're gonna make
some brackets.
574
00:26:53,867 --> 00:26:56,567
They're gonna hold
these water bars.
575
00:26:56,567 --> 00:26:59,166
This should be
bullet-proofing
the water bar.
576
00:27:03,367 --> 00:27:07,266
We got a fat deadline
and it's coming quick.
577
00:27:07,266 --> 00:27:10,266
The job that I do,
grinding, cutting, welding...
578
00:27:10,266 --> 00:27:12,767
if I do as fast as I can,
579
00:27:12,767 --> 00:27:14,400
then I'll end up
cutting off my fingers.
580
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,867
So there's precautions,
safety issues.
581
00:27:16,867 --> 00:27:21,233
So you go as fast as you can,
safely as possible.
582
00:27:22,266 --> 00:27:25,233
So they're gonna have to deal
with the speed we're going.
583
00:27:29,066 --> 00:27:30,467
[Framer] We're going to work
around the clock today
584
00:27:30,467 --> 00:27:32,467
and hopefully
by tomorrow night,
we can, uh...
585
00:27:33,100 --> 00:27:34,500
we can have it finished.
586
00:27:34,500 --> 00:27:37,000
To be honest, I don't know
if I can even
come close to that,
587
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,000
-but we're going to try.
-[Todd] Hey, Framer,
588
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:40,667
you got a copy?
Where are you?
589
00:27:40,667 --> 00:27:45,567
I am coming up
from the lay down yard
up to the river way.
590
00:27:45,567 --> 00:27:50,133
[Todd] Hurry up. I wanna
turn on the plant and test
the new distribution box.
591
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,667
I got to test fire
this junction box here
592
00:27:54,667 --> 00:27:56,800
just to see
if everything's working.
593
00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,367
We may be running
way more pay dirt
than what we think.
594
00:27:59,367 --> 00:28:01,700
And we've got to make sure
everything's ready to go.
595
00:28:01,700 --> 00:28:04,800
-Hurry up, Framer...
-[sighs]
596
00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:09,266
Let's go!
Framer, why don't you be
down here in the manifold?
597
00:28:09,266 --> 00:28:11,066
-Okay.
-[Todd] Put Dakota,
on the pump.
598
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:12,800
[sighs wearily]
599
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,867
[Todd] Manifold is looking
pretty good.
600
00:28:14,867 --> 00:28:16,967
All the hoses look good.
601
00:28:16,967 --> 00:28:18,533
Fire it up. Let's get going.
602
00:28:19,567 --> 00:28:20,500
Okay, Dakota...
603
00:28:20,500 --> 00:28:22,033
go ahead and fire it up.
604
00:28:25,266 --> 00:28:26,166
10-4?
605
00:28:26,166 --> 00:28:27,867
Are we firing water?
606
00:28:27,867 --> 00:28:29,333
-Yeah.
-[Todd] Okay.
607
00:28:32,100 --> 00:28:34,767
[machine starts]
608
00:28:35,266 --> 00:28:36,433
[Dakota speaking]
609
00:28:41,266 --> 00:28:43,266
[Framer] There we go.
We got water.
610
00:28:45,100 --> 00:28:46,867
[Todd] I feel like
it's a little low.
611
00:28:46,867 --> 00:28:48,934
What's that at, Dakota?
612
00:28:49,767 --> 00:28:52,967
[Dakota] Yep,
you have 1,000. 1-0-0-0.
613
00:28:54,166 --> 00:28:56,867
-[Todd] Okay.
-Give me
another 200, Todd.
614
00:28:56,867 --> 00:28:58,900
Bring me up 200.
615
00:28:58,900 --> 00:29:00,433
[Dakota] 10-4 Coming up.
616
00:29:06,967 --> 00:29:08,333
[hissing]
617
00:29:15,567 --> 00:29:17,033
-[Framer] We got a leak.
-[Sparky] Oh, we got a leak.
618
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:19,834
Hey, Todd,
we got a leak up here.
619
00:29:20,767 --> 00:29:22,266
[Todd] Small or big?
620
00:29:22,266 --> 00:29:24,734
[Framer] It's, uh,
it's not small.
621
00:29:25,567 --> 00:29:27,166
We're gonna have to shut down.
622
00:29:29,567 --> 00:29:32,166
Just idle it all the way down
and then shut it off.
623
00:29:32,166 --> 00:29:34,000
[pump stops]
624
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,100
[Framer] Nice and easy,
Sparks.
625
00:29:35,100 --> 00:29:36,634
It might have
water in it still.
626
00:29:37,266 --> 00:29:39,300
I don't see a crack in it.
627
00:29:39,300 --> 00:29:41,567
[Sparky] Right here. The leak
is coming out of this cam.
628
00:29:41,567 --> 00:29:43,266
Let's pull that cam
out of there.
629
00:29:43,266 --> 00:29:44,767
We'll put a brand new one
in there.
630
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:47,867
This is exactly
what I was talking about.
631
00:29:47,867 --> 00:29:49,200
This is why
I didn't want to rush it.
632
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:52,000
I don't want it to be
like that last season.
633
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,367
I want everything fixed,
and I want it fixed right.
634
00:29:54,367 --> 00:29:55,533
No more messing around.
635
00:29:56,667 --> 00:29:58,533
Get that thing out. Let's go!
636
00:30:01,567 --> 00:30:04,266
Does he see how much time
this is costing us right now?
637
00:30:04,266 --> 00:30:06,000
Well, I don't really care
if the guys are pissed.
638
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:07,367
I had to test fire this thing.
639
00:30:07,367 --> 00:30:10,000
If we don't start
running dirt pretty quick...
640
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,166
-[grunts]
-[Todd] ...we might as well
all just go home.
641
00:30:12,867 --> 00:30:14,800
The longer
the paydirt sits there,
642
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:16,667
the more water
and mud gets in it.
643
00:30:16,667 --> 00:30:18,834
We might as well
not even run it.
644
00:30:19,867 --> 00:30:21,900
You know, it's a good thing
that we fired it up
645
00:30:21,900 --> 00:30:23,266
because there was a leak.
646
00:30:23,266 --> 00:30:26,266
So I'm gonna go ahead
and leave these guys
to get on it.
647
00:30:26,266 --> 00:30:27,567
Hopefully, they can fix it.
648
00:30:27,567 --> 00:30:28,800
-Move?
-Nope.
649
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:30,333
[Todd] But it might
take all night.
650
00:30:32,367 --> 00:30:34,166
[Framer] I don't know
if I'm getting this off.
651
00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:36,500
[exhales]
652
00:30:36,500 --> 00:30:38,533
[hammering continues]
653
00:30:55,867 --> 00:30:57,266
[narrator]
With an expedited deadline
654
00:30:57,266 --> 00:30:59,400
to get the Holy Roller
up and running,
655
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:00,867
Todd assembles the crew
656
00:31:00,867 --> 00:31:03,433
to assess the current status
of their progress.
657
00:31:04,367 --> 00:31:07,266
[Todd] Hey, guys,
I know you're disappointed.
658
00:31:07,266 --> 00:31:10,166
But if we don't get
this road built fast,
659
00:31:10,166 --> 00:31:11,600
we're screwed.
660
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,567
On the timeline,
Framer, how are we doing?
661
00:31:14,567 --> 00:31:16,367
We're, uh,
we're a little bit behind.
662
00:31:16,867 --> 00:31:17,900
We're doing what we can.
663
00:31:17,900 --> 00:31:18,767
We can't go any faster.
664
00:31:18,767 --> 00:31:20,467
We... we speed
this up anymore,
665
00:31:20,467 --> 00:31:22,467
we're... we're just gonna be
costing ourselves time.
666
00:31:22,467 --> 00:31:23,433
We're gonna break down.
667
00:31:25,066 --> 00:31:27,400
I don't think
what you're asking
is reasonable.
668
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,967
Uh, the amount of work,
just in the welding
that Sparky has to do,
669
00:31:30,967 --> 00:31:34,166
there's hours and hours,
and we have one welder.
670
00:31:34,166 --> 00:31:35,500
I don't think
it's gonna happen.
671
00:31:35,500 --> 00:31:39,000
Not in a manner
that we're gonna be able
to run that plant all season.
672
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:43,600
Yeah,
it's an unrealistic timeline
that we have to hit.
673
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,367
This is our season, guys.
674
00:31:45,900 --> 00:31:47,533
We've got to get it done.
675
00:31:48,467 --> 00:31:49,867
[Dakota] They're doing
everything they can.
676
00:31:49,867 --> 00:31:52,200
I mean, it's one way
or another.
677
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,567
I mean, it's just...
it is what it is.
678
00:31:55,300 --> 00:31:58,000
Guys, every minute
that we wait,
679
00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,700
the cut's getting worse.
680
00:31:59,700 --> 00:32:03,767
That mud is moving in
and it's diluting
the pay dirt.
681
00:32:03,767 --> 00:32:06,667
This is called
the Lost Cut for a reason.
682
00:32:06,667 --> 00:32:08,166
But guess what?
If we don't hurry up,
683
00:32:08,166 --> 00:32:10,567
we're really gonna
lose this cut,
684
00:32:10,567 --> 00:32:11,867
and we're gonna
lose our season.
685
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:13,634
We've got to get it done.
686
00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:15,567
It's the bottom line.
687
00:32:15,567 --> 00:32:18,000
Do you wanna be
like the last... 40 guys
688
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:19,300
that have come here
and failed?
689
00:32:19,300 --> 00:32:22,200
Because everybody
that's come to this place
has failed. Everybody.
690
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,567
And it's not because
the ground's not rich.
691
00:32:24,567 --> 00:32:26,367
It's because they don't know
how to do it.
692
00:32:26,367 --> 00:32:27,367
We know how to do it.
693
00:32:29,767 --> 00:32:30,767
[Dakota] We'll do what we can.
694
00:32:33,266 --> 00:32:34,667
There's 24 hours in a day.
695
00:32:36,266 --> 00:32:37,567
[Todd] Today, Framer.
696
00:32:37,567 --> 00:32:39,200
[Framer] We understand
what you're saying.
697
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:40,667
Dakota, myself, Sparky...
698
00:32:40,667 --> 00:32:42,400
-[Todd] Today, Framer.
-...we understand.
The only problem is...
699
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:44,500
-[Todd] Hey. Today.
-...is we want this done,
so that we're not broke down.
700
00:32:44,500 --> 00:32:45,967
Today, Framer!
701
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:53,767
[Jack] You know, I got to step
in here because...
702
00:32:53,767 --> 00:32:58,266
[sighs] I know you're pushing
these guys and you're
pushing them hard.
703
00:32:58,266 --> 00:33:01,166
But, you know, you guys have
stepped up to the plate.
704
00:33:01,166 --> 00:33:04,433
You've hit home runs
lots of times, you know.
705
00:33:05,467 --> 00:33:08,100
I've seen Framer
work on pumps and stuff
706
00:33:08,100 --> 00:33:12,166
and get things done
that normally
wouldn't get done.
707
00:33:12,166 --> 00:33:16,266
I've seen Tater fix stuff
that I didn't think
could be fixed.
708
00:33:17,567 --> 00:33:21,433
I've watched my grandkids
grow up on the mine.
709
00:33:24,066 --> 00:33:25,266
You guys can do it.
710
00:33:26,867 --> 00:33:29,467
So, you know,
I'm gonna ask you guys...
711
00:33:30,166 --> 00:33:31,834
not so much for Todd...
712
00:33:33,100 --> 00:33:36,967
but I'd appreciate it
if you'd just do it for me
713
00:33:36,967 --> 00:33:39,467
because, uh, [clears throat]
714
00:33:42,567 --> 00:33:44,533
this is my last season,
715
00:33:50,667 --> 00:33:52,433
[Jack] This is my last season.
716
00:33:55,867 --> 00:33:59,400
After this season,
if I make it to the end,
717
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,033
I'm not coming back.
718
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:07,066
There's one guy
that's been with me
for the whole time.
719
00:34:07,066 --> 00:34:08,667
It's old Thurber here.
720
00:34:08,667 --> 00:34:11,867
And I'm going to...
721
00:34:11,867 --> 00:34:14,233
kind of, turn everything
over to him.
722
00:34:16,767 --> 00:34:19,467
-I'm not getting
any younger...
-[exhales]
723
00:34:20,300 --> 00:34:23,000
[Jack] ...you know.
I'm 77 now.
724
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,634
I'll be 78. You know,
you get old.
725
00:34:26,867 --> 00:34:28,967
This didn't just spring up.
726
00:34:28,967 --> 00:34:31,600
You know, it's been coming
for a long time,
727
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:35,567
so, uh, physically...
728
00:34:35,567 --> 00:34:38,867
I'm not in the position
that I was [chuckles softly]
729
00:34:38,867 --> 00:34:40,667
just 10 years ago.
730
00:34:40,667 --> 00:34:43,166
I've got to slow down.
731
00:34:43,166 --> 00:34:46,767
You know? So,
I, gotta let this thing go.
732
00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:52,834
[sniffles]
733
00:34:54,266 --> 00:34:55,367
[sobbing]
734
00:34:55,367 --> 00:34:57,066
I didn't see this coming.
735
00:34:57,467 --> 00:34:58,867
It's a shock to me.
736
00:35:03,367 --> 00:35:04,834
[Todd] We appreciate you.
737
00:35:05,266 --> 00:35:06,166
[sniffles]
738
00:35:07,166 --> 00:35:10,533
Thankful for your example,
you know. Really.
739
00:35:12,166 --> 00:35:14,667
It's is the way...
the way you look at life.
740
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,300
My... my grandfather
wasn't good...
741
00:35:18,300 --> 00:35:20,967
Good to my... my dad.
742
00:35:21,867 --> 00:35:23,333
[sniffles]
743
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:25,066
[clicks tongue]
744
00:35:25,500 --> 00:35:27,000
But you were good to me
745
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,834
[voice shaking] and you're
good to everybody
around you.
746
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:32,734
You know.
747
00:35:33,266 --> 00:35:34,967
-Yeah.
-[Todd sniffles]
748
00:35:37,667 --> 00:35:39,433
[Jack] Thank you. Uh...
749
00:35:41,266 --> 00:35:43,066
I want to go out a winner.
750
00:35:44,867 --> 00:35:47,700
There's no other place
that I've been
751
00:35:47,700 --> 00:35:51,667
that's better than
where we're at right now.
752
00:35:51,667 --> 00:35:52,934
It's up to you guys.
753
00:35:55,266 --> 00:35:57,033
I'm trusting in you.
754
00:35:58,900 --> 00:36:01,033
This is why we started it.
755
00:36:02,767 --> 00:36:04,433
Because of Jack's dream...
756
00:36:05,767 --> 00:36:06,967
Why we're all here.
757
00:36:11,166 --> 00:36:12,367
So let's finish it.
758
00:36:16,266 --> 00:36:17,333
[sighs]
759
00:36:18,367 --> 00:36:20,900
We've done
impossible things before,
760
00:36:20,900 --> 00:36:23,000
and right now,
I don't think
we have a choice,
761
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:24,934
but to get this plant running
in two days.
762
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:27,767
[Andy] Let's get to work.
763
00:36:27,767 --> 00:36:29,433
We're gonna do it for Jack.
764
00:36:30,767 --> 00:36:32,266
All right.
765
00:36:32,266 --> 00:36:35,000
All of us will just dig deep
and let's do it.
766
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:38,600
Jack not being a part
of this anymore, um,
767
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:40,300
it should pretty much
be the only motivation
768
00:36:40,300 --> 00:36:41,600
that we need
for us to hear that.
769
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,400
And hopefully,
that sunk into everybody.
770
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:46,800
And you talk about it
in a generalization
771
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:49,667
that's like
"Oh, let's do it for Jack.
Let's all do it for Jack,"
772
00:36:49,667 --> 00:36:51,667
because you always think
you have tomorrow.
773
00:36:51,667 --> 00:36:53,367
And...
774
00:36:53,367 --> 00:36:55,433
we don't know
what tomorrow brings.
775
00:36:56,066 --> 00:36:57,667
We know what today brings.
776
00:36:57,667 --> 00:36:59,266
Today brings that we...
777
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,367
We go bust ass,
we get it done.
778
00:37:03,367 --> 00:37:05,066
And we get the dirt
out of the ground.
779
00:37:06,300 --> 00:37:07,734
And put it through the plant.
780
00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:15,467
[Hunter] I'm honestly,
really surprised
781
00:37:15,467 --> 00:37:17,767
by what my grandpa
said in there.
782
00:37:17,767 --> 00:37:22,000
It's honestly, really sad
for me and I know
everybody else.
783
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:23,867
The only thing left to do now
is for us
784
00:37:23,867 --> 00:37:26,166
to make Jack's last season
a huge win.
785
00:37:26,667 --> 00:37:27,567
Looks good,
786
00:37:27,567 --> 00:37:28,734
Whatever we have to do,
787
00:37:28,734 --> 00:37:31,700
get it done
as fast as we can today
and wrap all this up.
788
00:37:31,700 --> 00:37:32,700
All right, let's go.
789
00:37:32,700 --> 00:37:36,367
I've known Jack since I was
probably 10 years old.
790
00:37:36,367 --> 00:37:39,467
And it's tough hearing that
that he's not gonna be
coming up here again.
791
00:37:39,467 --> 00:37:42,433
It makes you push harder
to have a good season
for sure.
792
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:45,700
[Sparky] I'm already
a motivated guy,
793
00:37:45,700 --> 00:37:48,000
and I bust my ass
every single day.
794
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,066
But just hearing
that Jack's gonna retire,
795
00:37:50,066 --> 00:37:53,266
it just sparks a flame in me
that, uh, we've got to
get this gold.
796
00:37:53,266 --> 00:37:55,100
And we've got to
keep moving forward.
797
00:37:55,100 --> 00:37:56,467
And he's not
just their grandpa.
798
00:37:56,467 --> 00:37:58,266
He's my grandpa, too.
799
00:37:58,266 --> 00:38:00,133
All right. That's it.
Let's fire it up!
800
00:38:02,667 --> 00:38:06,867
Some way, we've wound up
with all these guys
801
00:38:06,867 --> 00:38:09,800
involved in my dream,
you know.
802
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:13,867
And it's become
their dream also.
803
00:38:13,867 --> 00:38:16,767
So I want them
to, uh, carry on.
804
00:38:18,767 --> 00:38:20,667
No guts, no glory.
805
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:39,400
Keep coming.
806
00:38:46,100 --> 00:38:50,133
[narrator] With scrap pay dirt
from last season stacked
and ready to run...
807
00:38:51,066 --> 00:38:53,767
the crew prepares
to fire up the Holy Roller,
808
00:38:53,767 --> 00:38:56,166
officially kicking off
their mining season,
809
00:38:56,166 --> 00:39:00,066
even if the primary goal
is to harvest
the gravel tailings.
810
00:39:00,066 --> 00:39:02,066
[Framer] Throw that on there
and we'll fire this thing up.
811
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:04,400
Oh, yeah. Good deal.
812
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:05,867
[Sparky] Okay, we're good.
813
00:39:05,867 --> 00:39:08,266
Right now
this is about the gravel
814
00:39:08,266 --> 00:39:09,467
more than the gold.
815
00:39:09,467 --> 00:39:12,200
We've got to get
a road out there
816
00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:15,066
and around all of that mud.
817
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:18,867
Sparky.
Sparky, you got a copy?
818
00:39:18,867 --> 00:39:20,166
[Sparky] Yeah, I mean,
go ahead.
819
00:39:20,166 --> 00:39:21,900
[Todd] How are we
looking up there?
820
00:39:21,900 --> 00:39:24,767
Pretty good. These spray bars
are dummy-proof, so...
821
00:39:24,767 --> 00:39:26,500
we shouldn't
have any downtime.
822
00:39:26,500 --> 00:39:29,567
Let's not use the word dummy
on our gold mine, okay?
823
00:39:29,567 --> 00:39:31,367
[Sparky] Sorry they're
Todd-proof.
824
00:39:31,367 --> 00:39:34,333
-[all laughing]
-Damn!
825
00:39:37,867 --> 00:39:39,800
Thurber, you guys
feel good about it?
826
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:41,667
Yeah. We're 100 percent
ready to go.
827
00:39:41,667 --> 00:39:43,367
Framer, are you good up there?
828
00:39:43,367 --> 00:39:44,667
All these spray bars are in,
829
00:39:44,667 --> 00:39:47,300
-guards are on. Ready to run.
-[Todd] Okay.
830
00:39:47,300 --> 00:39:49,066
Hunter, let me know
when you're ready.
831
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:51,266
I'm heading down
to the pump right now.
832
00:39:51,266 --> 00:39:53,000
[Todd] I got Hunter down there
on the pump.
833
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,367
I'm gonna actually
slowly ramp it up.
834
00:39:55,367 --> 00:39:57,166
We're pushing a lot of water.
835
00:39:57,166 --> 00:39:59,367
We're putting
a lot of pressure
on the manifold,
836
00:39:59,367 --> 00:40:01,000
a lot of pressure
on these hoses.
837
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:02,567
A lot of things can go wrong.
838
00:40:03,100 --> 00:40:04,500
Okay. I'm on the pump.
839
00:40:04,500 --> 00:40:06,266
We're gonna see
what's gonna happen here.
840
00:40:06,266 --> 00:40:09,300
Hopefully, the fix that we did
is actually gonna work.
841
00:40:09,300 --> 00:40:11,266
Are you guys clear
on the water?
842
00:40:11,266 --> 00:40:13,300
-[Thurber] Clear!
-Everybody is clear.
Go ahead and fire it up.
843
00:40:13,300 --> 00:40:15,266
Okay, let's fire up
some water.
844
00:40:15,266 --> 00:40:16,667
Bring it up slow.
845
00:40:16,667 --> 00:40:17,967
Okay, pump's coming on.
846
00:40:18,867 --> 00:40:21,066
[pump starts]
847
00:40:24,100 --> 00:40:25,734
[Hunter over radio]
Pump is on, pump is on.
848
00:40:30,367 --> 00:40:33,166
-[Framer] Still good?
-Yep, yep, yep.
849
00:40:33,166 --> 00:40:35,467
Okay, bring it up to 1,400.
850
00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:36,767
Okay, 10-4.
851
00:40:44,500 --> 00:40:45,700
[Framer] You think it's good?
852
00:40:45,700 --> 00:40:47,066
[Sparky] I hope so.
853
00:40:55,967 --> 00:40:59,367
[narrator] Over 50 years ago,
Jack Hoffman
followed his dream
854
00:40:59,367 --> 00:41:01,767
to find a rich,
untapped gold mine
855
00:41:01,767 --> 00:41:04,000
and set his family up
for life.
856
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:07,166
Everything you see right here,
is ours.
857
00:41:07,166 --> 00:41:09,100
[narrator] Since then,
the Hoffman's search
858
00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:11,467
has led them
across multiple continents...
859
00:41:11,467 --> 00:41:14,100
[Todd] We're going to have to
get back to the basics.
860
00:41:14,100 --> 00:41:16,367
[narrator] ...where they
battled unforgiving terrain...
861
00:41:16,367 --> 00:41:18,867
[man] The ground is harder
than anything I've ever mined.
862
00:41:18,867 --> 00:41:20,467
[narrator] ...often
with mixed results.
863
00:41:20,467 --> 00:41:21,734
-[explodes]
-[man] Oh!
864
00:41:24,367 --> 00:41:26,400
[narrator] But their sacrifice
paid off.
865
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:30,100
[Todd] Three thousand ounces
is within reach.
866
00:41:30,100 --> 00:41:35,233
There's no other place
that's better than where
we're at right now.
867
00:41:36,867 --> 00:41:39,834
[narrator] Will this be
Jack's best season yet?
868
00:41:43,834 --> 00:41:44,967
[Framer] You think it's good.
869
00:41:44,967 --> 00:41:46,000
[Sparky] I hope so.
870
00:41:48,500 --> 00:41:49,734
How are we looking up there?
871
00:41:50,266 --> 00:41:51,567
Looking good over here.
872
00:41:51,567 --> 00:41:52,867
No leaks.
873
00:41:55,567 --> 00:41:59,867
[Todd] Really wanna...
really blast that water
in that hopper.
874
00:41:59,867 --> 00:42:01,967
With our new water bars...
875
00:42:01,967 --> 00:42:03,867
I think it's gonna be awesome.
876
00:42:03,867 --> 00:42:05,967
We're about ready
to find out, though.
877
00:42:05,967 --> 00:42:08,834
-What's going on?
-[Framer] Man,
it looks perfect, Todd.
878
00:42:08,834 --> 00:42:12,233
We got way more water up here
than we did last year.
879
00:42:12,233 --> 00:42:15,834
Oh, man.
You're turning me on.
880
00:42:17,266 --> 00:42:20,667
-Okay, pump's sitting
at 1,400.
-You can head up.
881
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:27,767
It looks good, to me,
I'd throw some dirt in it.
882
00:42:27,767 --> 00:42:30,367
Everybody, clear the ground.
883
00:42:30,367 --> 00:42:32,000
Let's see if this thing turns.
884
00:42:39,266 --> 00:42:41,734
-There it goes.
-[Jack] There we go.
885
00:42:41,734 --> 00:42:43,033
[Todd] Look at that.
886
00:42:43,467 --> 00:42:44,433
There we go.
887
00:42:46,367 --> 00:42:47,500
All right. Keep turning.
888
00:42:47,500 --> 00:42:48,567
[Andy] Yeah, baby.
889
00:42:49,266 --> 00:42:51,166
[Todd] It looks
really, really good.
890
00:42:58,467 --> 00:43:00,533
Here we go! First bucket!
891
00:43:01,133 --> 00:43:02,734
First bucket! Here we go!
892
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:07,900
[Andy] Dirt's going in.
893
00:43:13,133 --> 00:43:15,433
[Todd] First bucket of rock.
894
00:43:15,433 --> 00:43:16,767
[Andy] Everything's
working right.
895
00:43:16,767 --> 00:43:18,467
I just need that gravel pile
896
00:43:18,467 --> 00:43:22,433
about 10 times that size,
so I can build a road.
897
00:43:22,433 --> 00:43:25,000
It looks like
everything is running
pretty good right now.
898
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:26,667
We've got
those water bars set in.
899
00:43:26,667 --> 00:43:30,433
And it looks like
we're flowing water
way more than last year.
900
00:43:30,433 --> 00:43:32,100
It's cleaning the rock
really good.
901
00:43:32,100 --> 00:43:33,266
It's like fine china.
902
00:43:33,266 --> 00:43:36,333
So... I think we're doing
really freaking good
this season.
903
00:43:39,867 --> 00:43:41,867
[Hunter] Last year,
it seemed like
every day was a curse,
904
00:43:41,867 --> 00:43:43,667
and now this season
seems like every day,
905
00:43:43,667 --> 00:43:45,533
it's just a blessing
to be here.
906
00:43:47,066 --> 00:43:49,867
I just have a really
weird feeling that...
907
00:43:49,867 --> 00:43:52,767
this season is gonna be
everything that we
want it to be and more.
908
00:43:52,767 --> 00:43:54,967
And I think that my grandpa
is going to be able
909
00:43:54,967 --> 00:43:57,266
to, kind of, you know,
hang his hat on this season
910
00:43:57,266 --> 00:44:00,133
and just know
that we finally
got to the place
911
00:44:00,133 --> 00:44:01,567
that we wanted to get to.
912
00:44:03,166 --> 00:44:05,867
We're gonna probably
have the best season
we've ever had.
913
00:44:05,867 --> 00:44:08,166
And I think that everybody
is gonna go home really,
914
00:44:08,166 --> 00:44:09,934
really fulfilled
at the end of this.
915
00:44:21,233 --> 00:44:24,634
[Todd] Hey, everybody,
uh, come on down
to the sluice box.
916
00:44:25,133 --> 00:44:26,467
Okay.
917
00:44:26,467 --> 00:44:27,500
What we got in here?
918
00:44:27,500 --> 00:44:29,233
Flip that first one up.
919
00:44:30,467 --> 00:44:32,834
So this is the...
the first clean-up.
920
00:44:32,834 --> 00:44:34,433
It's up for doll.
921
00:44:34,433 --> 00:44:37,033
We're really not concerned
too much about the gold.
922
00:44:37,033 --> 00:44:38,834
We're actually concerned
about the rock.
923
00:44:38,834 --> 00:44:43,266
We need that rock
out in the cut
to build some roads.
924
00:44:43,266 --> 00:44:45,000
Some flakies over here, dude.
925
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:46,667
You think she's pretty packed?
926
00:44:46,667 --> 00:44:49,066
But hopefully,
there's good gold.
927
00:44:49,066 --> 00:44:52,233
We weren't planning
on running early,
but we'll see what happens.
928
00:44:52,233 --> 00:44:53,600
Hopefully, it's good.
929
00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:55,867
Okay, hammer those off.
930
00:44:55,867 --> 00:45:01,066
We've spent a lot of time,
a lot of pain, suffering
to get to this point.
931
00:45:01,066 --> 00:45:02,166
Roll that up.
932
00:45:02,166 --> 00:45:04,500
I don't want to jinx it,
but I'm telling you right now,
933
00:45:04,500 --> 00:45:06,867
I think we're headed
for some big stuff this year.
934
00:45:06,867 --> 00:45:08,433
Roll them up, roll them up!
935
00:45:08,433 --> 00:45:10,834
My dad's last season,
it's huge.
936
00:45:10,834 --> 00:45:13,133
And I want him to, like,
have so much gold
937
00:45:13,133 --> 00:45:15,133
running across his table.
938
00:45:15,133 --> 00:45:19,266
Him and Thurber up there
filling up jars of gold,
left and right.
939
00:45:19,266 --> 00:45:20,834
If he got to see
that much gold,
940
00:45:20,834 --> 00:45:23,467
that would be...
freaking... a win.
941
00:45:23,467 --> 00:45:25,066
[Thurber] This is the best
washing machine
942
00:45:25,066 --> 00:45:27,266
you've ever seen...
you literally can make.
943
00:45:27,266 --> 00:45:29,100
It's hundreds
of thousands of dollars.
944
00:45:29,767 --> 00:45:31,967
Depending on how good
your rinse.
945
00:45:31,967 --> 00:45:33,567
[Todd] Let's go, Thurb.
946
00:45:33,567 --> 00:45:36,166
Yeah, we're killing it
right now and I'm excited
to see the numbers.
947
00:45:36,166 --> 00:45:37,500
I'm really excited
to see the numbers
948
00:45:37,500 --> 00:45:38,834
this box is gonna pull out.
949
00:45:52,767 --> 00:45:55,166
Hey, guys,
I want to thank everybody.
950
00:45:55,166 --> 00:45:57,166
I gave you guys two weeks
on the Holy Roller.
951
00:45:57,166 --> 00:45:58,333
Everybody pitched in.
952
00:45:58,333 --> 00:46:00,066
We got it done
in just a couple of days.
953
00:46:00,066 --> 00:46:00,867
Good job.
954
00:46:00,867 --> 00:46:02,066
[Andy] You got it, buddy.
955
00:46:02,066 --> 00:46:03,233
You got it.
956
00:46:03,233 --> 00:46:05,867
Obviously, there's going to be
some more things to do on it.
957
00:46:05,867 --> 00:46:07,867
But you guys got it going.
958
00:46:07,867 --> 00:46:09,467
We ran that gravel.
959
00:46:09,467 --> 00:46:11,567
Andy, how did that go?
960
00:46:11,567 --> 00:46:13,100
It actually went pretty good.
961
00:46:13,100 --> 00:46:14,367
We need the gravel bad.
962
00:46:14,367 --> 00:46:16,500
We need it almost as bad
as we need the gold.
963
00:46:16,500 --> 00:46:18,767
So, everybody came together,
worked hard.
964
00:46:18,767 --> 00:46:20,333
We got out of there
nice and easy
965
00:46:20,333 --> 00:46:22,767
and no problems
and got it sluiced.
966
00:46:22,767 --> 00:46:25,867
This is what it's gonna take
to get to 3,033.
967
00:46:25,867 --> 00:46:28,000
It's this kind of teamwork.
968
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:30,667
And we're trying
to go for it for you, Dad.
969
00:46:30,667 --> 00:46:34,066
We would love to see you
go out with, like,
the biggest win we ever had.
970
00:46:34,066 --> 00:46:35,467
Don't do it for me.
971
00:46:35,467 --> 00:46:36,867
We're gonna bring it home
for you, man.
972
00:46:36,867 --> 00:46:38,333
Do it.
973
00:46:38,333 --> 00:46:40,367
So we actually
needed the gravel.
974
00:46:40,367 --> 00:46:43,567
This gold right here
is actually just
kind of a bonus,
975
00:46:43,567 --> 00:46:47,266
So it's pretty cool that we're
actually getting any gold.
976
00:46:47,266 --> 00:46:48,567
Dad, you wanna
pour this thing?
977
00:46:48,567 --> 00:46:49,867
Let's see...
see what we've got.
978
00:46:49,867 --> 00:46:51,300
All right, Here we go.
979
00:46:52,500 --> 00:46:53,667
[Todd] Okay...
980
00:46:54,367 --> 00:46:55,767
Count it out.
981
00:46:55,767 --> 00:46:57,500
-[Jack] All right.
-[Todd] Everyone
can see it, I think.
982
00:47:00,567 --> 00:47:02,967
[Jack] 12... 20,
983
00:47:02,967 --> 00:47:09,166
30, 40, 54...
984
00:47:09,166 --> 00:47:11,667
...55.4.
985
00:47:11,667 --> 00:47:15,600
-I like it.
I'm happy with this, man.
-Yeah, I... I like it.
986
00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:16,867
-Yeah.
-[Thurber] Not bad.
987
00:47:16,867 --> 00:47:18,333
Few nuggets in there?
988
00:47:18,333 --> 00:47:20,066
And we got rock
out of it, so...
989
00:47:21,133 --> 00:47:22,867
I think it's a good start.
990
00:47:22,867 --> 00:47:25,734
[narrator] While running
the Holy Roller
primarily for gravel,
991
00:47:25,734 --> 00:47:30,734
the Hoffman still
managed to haul in
55.4 ounces of gold,
992
00:47:30,734 --> 00:47:32,867
worth $105,000.
993
00:47:32,867 --> 00:47:37,867
That's a good jump start
to their season goal
of 3,033 ounces.
994
00:47:37,867 --> 00:47:39,867
But they're just
getting started.
995
00:47:39,867 --> 00:47:43,567
Okay, you know,
it's all hands on deck
on the Lost Cut.
996
00:47:43,567 --> 00:47:45,166
Start hauling some real pay.
997
00:47:45,166 --> 00:47:46,166
[Sparky] It's about time.
998
00:47:46,166 --> 00:47:48,133
All right, guys,
let's get back to work.