1 00:00:05,266 --> 00:00:08,467 [narrator] One hundred miles south of the Arctic Circle 2 00:00:08,467 --> 00:00:11,500 and 80 miles north of Nome, Alaska, 3 00:00:11,500 --> 00:00:14,667 lies one of the world's great gold fields 4 00:00:14,667 --> 00:00:17,367 rich with small flaky placer gold. 5 00:00:19,367 --> 00:00:23,166 But working this land is near impossible. 6 00:00:23,166 --> 00:00:26,567 With the gold found deep beneath the tundra's permafrost, 7 00:00:26,567 --> 00:00:29,567 it's here that three generations of Hoffmans 8 00:00:29,567 --> 00:00:32,567 set out to reap 3000 ounces of gold 9 00:00:32,567 --> 00:00:36,467 from the notoriously rich ground of the Mammoth Valley mine, 10 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,000 where many have tried, but most have failed. 11 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,000 Guys, we're back in Alaska. 12 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,100 We wanna hit crazy gold. 13 00:00:45,100 --> 00:00:47,000 We've not hit that yet. 14 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,166 It's still gonna be tough. 15 00:00:49,166 --> 00:00:53,100 But this is going to be the biggest season yet. 16 00:00:53,100 --> 00:00:55,667 -[man] Oh! [laughs] -God, dang, there's a lot of gold in that. 17 00:00:55,667 --> 00:00:57,767 We're headed for some big stuff this year. 18 00:00:57,767 --> 00:01:01,433 [narrator] On a groundbreaking season of Hoffman Family Gold... 19 00:01:01,867 --> 00:01:03,400 -Okay. -[Todd] Let's go. 20 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:05,266 [narrator] ...the Hoffman's are back, 21 00:01:05,266 --> 00:01:08,467 united to beat their all-time record. 22 00:01:08,467 --> 00:01:11,000 -[Jack] 130.2. -[man 2] Whoo! 23 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:12,000 [all cheering] 24 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,266 [narrator] And they're on the mother lode. 25 00:01:14,266 --> 00:01:16,000 -[man 3] Look at that one. -Dang, boy. 26 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,533 [man 4] [bleep] , yeah. 27 00:01:18,367 --> 00:01:20,166 [narrator] But at the Mammoth Valley mine... 28 00:01:20,166 --> 00:01:22,266 -[Todd] Easy. -[Hunter] We're in the trenches, literally. 29 00:01:22,266 --> 00:01:23,700 [narrator] ...fortunes aren't given. 30 00:01:23,700 --> 00:01:25,066 [Andy] That's not real good. 31 00:01:25,066 --> 00:01:26,100 [narrator] They're earned. 32 00:01:26,100 --> 00:01:27,233 [Todd] I don't know what I'm gonna do. 33 00:01:27,233 --> 00:01:29,967 [narrator] And the promised land promises one thing. 34 00:01:29,967 --> 00:01:31,667 [Andy] Everybody that's come to this place has failed. 35 00:01:31,667 --> 00:01:32,400 Everybody. 36 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:33,600 [narrator] It will be a battle... 37 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:35,467 [woman] Do not open any more of that cut. 38 00:01:35,467 --> 00:01:37,000 [narrator] ...until the bitter end. 39 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,967 I've never made a mistake like this before. 40 00:01:39,867 --> 00:01:41,066 And I don't have an answer. 41 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:52,767 [Todd] We're all back again. 42 00:01:52,767 --> 00:01:55,600 We have not accomplished our dream. 43 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,467 We've not hit the gold that we've always wanted. 44 00:01:58,467 --> 00:01:59,333 But this is it. 45 00:01:59,867 --> 00:02:02,000 Maybe this is our year. 46 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,467 You know, everything is coming down to this one cut. 47 00:02:05,467 --> 00:02:06,667 The Lost Cut. 48 00:02:06,667 --> 00:02:07,967 Phenomenal gold in it. 49 00:02:07,967 --> 00:02:09,867 We know there's something special in it. 50 00:02:10,767 --> 00:02:13,367 So, we gotta jump on the season. 51 00:02:13,367 --> 00:02:16,867 Andy, Tater and Dakota came up here three months ago 52 00:02:16,867 --> 00:02:19,166 to start prepping the Lost Cut. 53 00:02:24,967 --> 00:02:27,400 [Andy] Awesome. Beautiful. 54 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,700 [narrator] To gain an advantage of the onset of the mining season... 55 00:02:30,700 --> 00:02:32,266 There goes our ride, boys. 56 00:02:32,266 --> 00:02:35,000 [narrator] ...Todd sent his trusted foreman, Andy Spinks, 57 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,266 and miners Tater and Dakota, 58 00:02:37,266 --> 00:02:41,634 to spearhead the critical task of stripping more ground within the Lost Cut. 59 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,567 [Andy] We got a lot of work to do, but, uh, 60 00:02:44,567 --> 00:02:45,934 let's just start at day one. 61 00:02:49,066 --> 00:02:51,734 [Tater speaking] 62 00:03:02,767 --> 00:03:04,066 [narrator] In placer mining, 63 00:03:04,066 --> 00:03:07,667 miners must allow ample time for their pay dirt to thaw 64 00:03:07,667 --> 00:03:11,000 before they can efficiently process it through their wash plant 65 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,934 and ensure proper gold recovery. 66 00:03:13,367 --> 00:03:15,266 [Tater speaking] 67 00:03:15,266 --> 00:03:18,667 [narrator] Now, armed with their early season advantage... 68 00:03:18,667 --> 00:03:20,300 [Andy] We got some gravel. 69 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:24,166 [narrator] ...the crew is ready to stack and run pay from the Lost Cut. 70 00:03:25,867 --> 00:03:27,000 [Todd] This is it. 71 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,100 This is our year. 72 00:03:28,100 --> 00:03:30,100 There could be 8000 ounces in there. 73 00:03:30,100 --> 00:03:31,767 -Right. -[Todd] Who knows? 74 00:03:31,767 --> 00:03:33,000 We don't know. 75 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,400 The gold's there. It is rich. 76 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,166 We just gotta start hauling pay out of it to see if it's gonna be good. 77 00:03:39,166 --> 00:03:42,066 So, this mine has proven that it's got the gold. 78 00:03:42,066 --> 00:03:44,600 First year, 600 ounces. 79 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,467 Last year we hit the goal of a 1000. 80 00:03:47,467 --> 00:03:50,667 That's about $1.7, $1.8 million. 81 00:03:50,667 --> 00:03:53,400 This year, we're ready to go. Plant's set up. 82 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,367 We got all this equipment in. 83 00:03:55,367 --> 00:03:56,734 We're in a better place. 84 00:03:57,300 --> 00:03:59,000 So, here's our goal. 85 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:04,066 3033 would be three ounces higher than we've ever gotten. 86 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:06,433 This mine, this could do it. 87 00:04:07,266 --> 00:04:09,066 We should be able to go in there and kill it. 88 00:04:10,100 --> 00:04:12,934 Every single person here is gonna take some gold home. 89 00:04:15,367 --> 00:04:19,166 Hunter, I want you to get the Black Pearl operational. 90 00:04:19,166 --> 00:04:20,767 [truck beeping] 91 00:04:20,767 --> 00:04:22,467 [Hunter] Each year is kind of a stepping stone 92 00:04:22,467 --> 00:04:25,066 and we're building towards a legendary season. 93 00:04:25,066 --> 00:04:27,166 Will it be this summer? I don't know. 94 00:04:28,066 --> 00:04:31,200 I think my dad's goal of 3033 ounces, 95 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:32,734 I don't think that's impossible at all. 96 00:04:33,767 --> 00:04:36,667 Plant, Framer, what do you got to do on that thing? 97 00:04:36,667 --> 00:04:38,400 I gotta put spray bars in the hopper. 98 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,467 I gotta put the distribution box in 99 00:04:40,467 --> 00:04:42,166 and we gotta redo the splitter box. 100 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,367 Todd set a pretty high goal this year, 101 00:04:46,367 --> 00:04:47,367 fairly unrealistic. 102 00:04:47,367 --> 00:04:49,567 But I think we're gonna have a great year though. 103 00:04:49,567 --> 00:04:51,467 [Sparky] Ever since Todd and his crew came here, 104 00:04:51,467 --> 00:04:53,367 it's like the stakes have been getting higher 105 00:04:53,367 --> 00:04:54,900 and higher and higher. 106 00:04:54,900 --> 00:04:58,867 I wouldn't doubt that this year we're gonna hit a massive goal for all time. 107 00:04:58,867 --> 00:05:02,166 Dad, Thurber, you guys get the clean-up room going. 108 00:05:02,166 --> 00:05:04,600 Pull the table out, get her set 109 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:06,533 -and ready to run some gold. -You bet. 110 00:05:07,667 --> 00:05:11,467 [Jack] You know, I am 77. 111 00:05:11,467 --> 00:05:15,166 And I am so ready to go it's not funny, 112 00:05:15,166 --> 00:05:17,667 as much as a guy that age can be. 113 00:05:17,667 --> 00:05:19,300 [chuckles] You wanna see what it looks like? 114 00:05:19,300 --> 00:05:21,567 I'm excited about this year. 115 00:05:21,567 --> 00:05:23,066 It's here. [laughs] 116 00:05:23,066 --> 00:05:24,667 We're back, brother. 117 00:05:24,667 --> 00:05:25,634 [Thurber] You feeling good, 118 00:05:25,634 --> 00:05:28,100 and then you feel like, "Oh, crap, here we go." 119 00:05:28,100 --> 00:05:30,200 It was a long winter waiting to get here. 120 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,066 [chuckles] It's, uh, great to be back. 121 00:05:32,066 --> 00:05:34,467 Comin' through a threshold, watch your feet, don't trip. 122 00:05:34,467 --> 00:05:36,500 We got ground open. 123 00:05:36,500 --> 00:05:38,667 It's the first time we're gonna hit the ground running. 124 00:05:38,667 --> 00:05:40,100 It's gonna be great. 125 00:05:40,100 --> 00:05:41,166 You guys killed it, thank you. 126 00:05:41,166 --> 00:05:42,333 Thank you. 127 00:05:43,100 --> 00:05:45,166 Andy, get that stuff prepped out there, 128 00:05:45,166 --> 00:05:47,600 get us a little bit of pay dirt ready to run 129 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,333 and get that dozer stripping the rest of the Cut. 130 00:05:50,467 --> 00:05:51,367 Sure. 131 00:05:51,367 --> 00:05:52,367 Sounds good? 132 00:05:52,367 --> 00:05:53,500 -[Andy] Yeah, we're good. -[Sparky] Yeah. 133 00:05:53,500 --> 00:05:54,467 -[Cub] We're good. -[Hunter] Yes. 134 00:05:54,467 --> 00:05:56,367 [Todd] I want us all to look back at this summer 135 00:05:56,367 --> 00:05:58,967 as being the summer that changed our life. 136 00:05:58,967 --> 00:05:59,867 It could be. 137 00:06:01,767 --> 00:06:03,867 Hey, Dad, will you bless us real quick on, 138 00:06:03,867 --> 00:06:05,834 -on a little prayer? -You bet, you bet. 139 00:06:07,667 --> 00:06:11,867 Lord, we, uh, thank you for the opportunity to be here. 140 00:06:11,867 --> 00:06:15,100 We ask for your grace upon us 141 00:06:15,100 --> 00:06:17,967 and Lord, give us strength to do this work. 142 00:06:17,967 --> 00:06:20,867 Bless us richly with this gold. 143 00:06:20,867 --> 00:06:22,634 In your name, Amen. 144 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:24,667 [all softly] Amen. 145 00:06:24,667 --> 00:06:26,367 I love you guys, I really do. 146 00:06:26,367 --> 00:06:29,333 And I'm thankful to be working with you guys. 147 00:06:30,767 --> 00:06:33,133 Let's go kick some ass, huh? 148 00:06:40,166 --> 00:06:41,667 Hey, let's do this, man. 149 00:06:41,667 --> 00:06:44,867 Let's just make a pact right now that you're gonna get along 150 00:06:44,867 --> 00:06:47,200 -and let's get a whole bunch of gold. -[Hunter] Yeah. 151 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,200 This is just bigger than, like, 152 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,166 just the gold and gold mining. 153 00:06:51,166 --> 00:06:52,667 I'm glad that we can all be here together. 154 00:06:52,667 --> 00:06:55,667 Let's put some memories down, let's get a ton of gold. 155 00:06:55,667 --> 00:06:57,100 -[Hunter] Yeah. -Good memories. 156 00:06:57,100 --> 00:06:58,867 I think if these two can get along, 157 00:06:58,867 --> 00:07:00,800 -[claps] now that I'm here... -[Jack laughs] 158 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:02,667 ...I think we have a good shot at 3000. 159 00:07:02,667 --> 00:07:04,567 Cub, well, we need you here, man. You're the glue. 160 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,400 It's great having my family together. 161 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:10,266 You know, my dad always reminds us 162 00:07:10,266 --> 00:07:12,667 why we're doing this in the first place. 163 00:07:12,667 --> 00:07:14,000 To be honest, 164 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,367 I don't think my kids would be here mining if it wasn't for my dad. 165 00:07:17,367 --> 00:07:19,967 I think if we can keep a good atmosphere here 166 00:07:20,467 --> 00:07:22,166 and stay, you know, 167 00:07:22,667 --> 00:07:23,867 in faith that we can do it, 168 00:07:23,867 --> 00:07:25,767 I can we actually can, so. 169 00:07:27,166 --> 00:07:28,333 -Okay. -[Todd] Let's go. 170 00:07:28,967 --> 00:07:29,900 -Okay. -[Todd] Let's do it. 171 00:07:29,900 --> 00:07:31,600 -[Jack] I get it. -Love you. 172 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:33,367 -[Jack muffled] Love you too. -[Hunter] Okay. 173 00:07:33,367 --> 00:07:34,166 [Hunter] Let's go. 174 00:07:34,166 --> 00:07:35,533 -Let's do it. -[Jack] Do it. 175 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,300 [Sparky] Ooh, this looks pretty good. 176 00:07:44,300 --> 00:07:47,767 Right now, I'm working the last hole I'm cutting 177 00:07:47,767 --> 00:07:50,967 to fit this water bar and then start welding her up. 178 00:07:50,967 --> 00:07:53,400 So, we're taking the time to prep the Holy Roller now, 179 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:55,100 and it's gonna take a couple weeks. 180 00:07:55,100 --> 00:07:56,500 [indistinct radio chatter] 181 00:07:56,500 --> 00:07:59,166 Last year, people were hitting spray bars. 182 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:01,567 [man 5] Damn it. 183 00:08:01,567 --> 00:08:04,600 [Sparky] Bam, and all you see is it pissing off the side. 184 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,000 And so, we're not gonna have that this year. 185 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,166 [narrator] To protect the Holy Roller's spray nozzles 186 00:08:09,166 --> 00:08:11,500 from getting hit by the excavator, 187 00:08:11,500 --> 00:08:13,367 Sparky's plan is to mount a bar 188 00:08:13,367 --> 00:08:15,634 that will feed water through the nozzles. 189 00:08:17,667 --> 00:08:22,400 Then, he'll weld a layer of bullet-proof steel over the nozzle assembly. 190 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,367 This upgrade ensures the nozzles remain in position 191 00:08:26,367 --> 00:08:28,467 while the bullet-proof steel safe guards them 192 00:08:28,467 --> 00:08:30,467 against knocks in the future. 193 00:08:33,367 --> 00:08:35,000 [Sparky] We're gonna make it bullet-proof. 194 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,467 There's this thing called 7 P's. 195 00:08:37,467 --> 00:08:39,100 It's, uh, "Prior proper practice 196 00:08:39,100 --> 00:08:41,166 prevents piss poor performance." 197 00:08:41,166 --> 00:08:43,767 So, we're gonna do this right the first time 198 00:08:43,767 --> 00:08:46,166 and we don't have to piss with it later on. 199 00:08:51,367 --> 00:08:52,533 [Sparky laughs] 200 00:08:54,967 --> 00:08:56,567 It should fit. 201 00:08:56,567 --> 00:08:59,767 But this is gonna prevent anything happening in the future 202 00:08:59,767 --> 00:09:01,667 while it's getting down to, like, in the negatives. 203 00:09:01,667 --> 00:09:04,467 You-- I don't wanna be working and welding out in negative ten, brother. 204 00:09:04,467 --> 00:09:07,266 I wanna be a nice warm cat, drinking some coffee. 205 00:09:08,667 --> 00:09:10,033 We're in, boys. 206 00:09:11,166 --> 00:09:13,533 That fit dead nuts. 207 00:09:13,867 --> 00:09:14,667 Perfect. 208 00:09:14,667 --> 00:09:16,266 Got a good smile on my face. 209 00:09:16,266 --> 00:09:19,066 Got a lot of energy right now, so we're gonna kill it. 210 00:09:27,667 --> 00:09:28,900 [Jack] Okay. 211 00:09:28,900 --> 00:09:31,767 -I think we're ready. -[Thurber] Yeah. 212 00:09:31,767 --> 00:09:33,867 -Let's try this baby out... -[Jack] All right. 213 00:09:33,867 --> 00:09:35,467 ...get some water running. 214 00:09:35,467 --> 00:09:37,367 [Jack] I don't have water coming in. 215 00:09:37,367 --> 00:09:39,467 -[Thurber] Yeah, it takes a while. -[machine humming] 216 00:09:39,467 --> 00:09:42,100 [Jack] All right, here she comes, here she comes. 217 00:09:42,100 --> 00:09:43,467 Yeah, see if that vibrates. 218 00:09:43,467 --> 00:09:44,567 [machine rumbling] 219 00:09:45,667 --> 00:09:46,433 Yeah. 220 00:09:46,867 --> 00:09:49,000 Once we're set up, 221 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,800 we're the key to this whole place. 222 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:54,767 You know, there's no 3000 ounces without us. 223 00:09:54,767 --> 00:09:56,367 You don't hear me scream or yell 224 00:09:56,367 --> 00:09:58,967 [laughs] or anything like that very often. 225 00:09:58,967 --> 00:10:02,867 But when 3000 comes across, you're gonna hear me. 226 00:10:02,867 --> 00:10:04,467 I'm gonna be so excited about it, 227 00:10:04,467 --> 00:10:08,100 because it means that the guys get to take more gold home. 228 00:10:08,100 --> 00:10:10,767 And that's, that's my joy. 229 00:10:10,767 --> 00:10:12,100 [both laugh] 230 00:10:12,100 --> 00:10:14,000 [Jack] This year, man. 231 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,867 It's a hard day in day out job. 232 00:10:17,867 --> 00:10:19,867 Jack and I wish we were 40 years younger, 233 00:10:19,867 --> 00:10:21,300 but this is home, 234 00:10:21,300 --> 00:10:23,867 this is what Jack and I love to do. 235 00:10:23,867 --> 00:10:26,400 You know, we're out here in the middle of nowhere. 236 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,066 My family's hundreds of miles away. [chuckles] 237 00:10:29,066 --> 00:10:30,467 Um, that's tough. 238 00:10:30,467 --> 00:10:32,867 But, you know, I get to do this every year with Jack 239 00:10:32,867 --> 00:10:34,867 and he's my family. 240 00:10:34,867 --> 00:10:36,767 Seeing gold going across the pay hole, 241 00:10:36,767 --> 00:10:37,734 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 00:11:52,300 --> 00:11:55,000 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.