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[Todd] Well, for our
first fire up,
I think it's pretty good.
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Can't get
any better than that.
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[narrator] Just two weeks
after setting foot in Alaska,
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the Hoffman crew
is on the gold.
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-Whoo!
-[man] I swear.
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[Todd] This is
the biggest cleanup
we've ever had.
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[narrator] But with
both wash plants
running pay dirt
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from the Lost Cut...
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they'll soon
pocket every ounce
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from their
most profitable site.
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I'm gonna just do
everything I can
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to figure out our next move.
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[narrator] With time
running out,
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third generation miner
Hunter Hoffman
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must combine
his own experience
with alternative methods
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to have a chance at finding
their next big hunting hole.
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[Hunter] My grandpa,
me and him around here
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in the middle of nowhere,
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hunting for treasure.
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[narrator] And he's ready
to improvise...
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[Todd] Is it gonna run,
Hunter?
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We're gonna make it run, yeah.
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[narrator] ...for
a giant pay day.
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[Todd] I'm looking
for that five pound nugget,
buddy.
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[man 1] Hey, isn't this
a beautiful [bleep]?
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[man 2] Yeah, it's amazing.
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Yeah.
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[laughing]
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This year already feels like
a better vibe.
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Uh, Black Pearl's
looking good.
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The Holy Roller's
runnin' nice.
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-Dakota, how's it lookin'?
-[Dakota] Looks good.
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[Hunter] And so far
the Lost Cut
is looking really good.
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This year everybody feels like
we're more of a team
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and me and my dad
haven't started screaming
at each other yet.
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You doin' really good today.
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-[Todd] You're doin' good.
-Yeah.
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-No, you're doin' good.
-[Todd] Let's go.
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So this year
we gotta stay ahead
of the game.
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The Lost Cut is awesome.
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It looks like
it's gonna pay off
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like we thought.
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But it's only gonna be
about half the season.
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We need to send
Hunter out to... to prospect
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and find new pay dirt.
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And then we gotta
bring in a test plant
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to run all the samples
that he brings back.
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We know
that there's gold here.
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We know it's in that cut.
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If we do everything right
and nothing goes wrong,
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we're good.
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We're gonna probably have
the best season
we've ever had.
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[Jack] Yeah,
it'll be high out there.
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Hey, Grandpa.
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I wanna show you somethin'.
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-[Jack] Oh, okay.
-Out here.
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Bein' my grandpa's
last season,
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I want us to get
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as much gold
as possible so that...
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you know,
he can head outta here
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and feelin' like, uh,
we had a win.
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[Jack] What do you got?
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[Hunter] I got
these drill maps.
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-Keener's drill maps.
-[Jack] Yeah.
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-[Hunter] From last year.
-[Jack] Yeah.
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Now that we're runnin'
the Lost Cut...
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-Yeah.
-...it's lookin' like...
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Keener's drill maps
are actually...
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more accurate than we thought.
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[narrator] Twenty-five
years ago,
geologist Jeff Keener
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did extensive research
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on the land
at the Mammoth Valley mine,
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creating maps
and soil analysis reports.
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[Jeff] This is my map.
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What, 25 years ago just about.
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So this map shows
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the claim configuration
at the time...
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and then all the drill holes
that I drilled out here.
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[narrator] His research
was critical
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in leading the Hoffmans
to the Lost Cut.
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You guys might be in
for a real treat here.
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I hope you are.
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-Yeah.
-So, basically,
what I'm trying to do is...
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get ahead of the game
a little bit.
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-Yeah.
-And so when
we run out of pay...
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-Yeah.
-...in the Lost Cut...
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-Yeah.
-...we kind know
where we wanna go.
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By the time they have
all the pay out
of the Lost Cut,
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I wanna have our second option
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kinda ready to go.
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Time is of the essence.
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And, uh, I'm gonna do
a little bit a...
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a little bit a mapping
and... and run point
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out in front of everybody
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and see if we can find
another area
that has crazy gold.
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So now
that we're getting some gold,
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I can kind of break away...
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-Mmm-hmm. Mmm-hmm.
-...and then maybe
you even go with me.
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We go kinda poke around
and see...
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Yeah, I'd love to do that.
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...what else
we can do.
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I'd love to go prospecting
with you. Yeah.
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We just gotta figure out,
you know, where can we go
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in the time that we have.
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-Yeah. And time
is running out.
-So...
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There is ground here
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that goes up to
77 ounces a hundred.
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That's unheard of.
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I already know
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that Hunter
will find it this season.
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And I'm not gonna miss
the opportunity
to go with him.
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You know, I'm on my way out.
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Todd doesn't realize it
that he's gettin' closer
to that.
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Hunter is the future.
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[Hunter] Maybe we'll find
the mother lode together.
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[Jack] I think
we're gonna do it.
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[Tater] All right. We gotta
put some dirt in here.
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-She's ready.
-Perfect.
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I'll grab dirt.
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You guys get out of the way.
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You tell me when to load it.
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We're good. Let's rip.
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[Andy] So, so far so good.
The Lost Cut.
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You know,
it's been paying really good.
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The ground's good.
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We'll just keep running
the dirt till we can run,
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nice and slow and steady,
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and, uh, hope for the best.
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[Todd] So we don't know
how long
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the Lost Cut's
gonna actually last,
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but when Hunter brings
his prospecting pay back,
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we can't run it
on one of our big plants.
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It'd probably cost us
$2,000 an hour.
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So Tater's bringin' in
my dad's wash plant
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which is this little plant
that he's been working on
for years.
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My dad built it by hand.
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It's not only gonna be
a great plant for my dad,
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but also for Hunter,
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when he finds
small amounts of dirt,
we can test it.
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And boom, we can get
an accurate count on the gold.
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[narrator] Unbeknownst
to Jack,
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Todd arranged to deconstruct
his dad's wash plant
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and ship it
over 2,000 miles
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from Jack's front year
in Sandy, Oregon.
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After two weeks on a barge
to Nome, Alaska,
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they split it
on the two trucks
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for the final 80 miles to
the Mammoth Valley mine site.
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Now, if Todd's crew can put
the pieces back together,
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Jack's hand built wash plant
from the 1990s
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could run pay
for the first time ever.
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[Todd] Here it comes, guys.
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-Hey, slow down!
-[man laughs]
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That's not a hot rod. Come on.
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All right, guys.
What do you think?
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Yes or no?
Is it gonna run, Hunter?
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-We're gonna
make it run, yeah.
-[Todd chuckles]
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Doesn't look like much,
but it's gonna actually raise
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our odds of finding
enough pay dirt
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to get out of here
with a win.
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Tater, Ron, how'd it go?
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-[Andy] Good.
-[Tater] We made it.
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[Todd] All right, guys.
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That's Jack's
first conveyor belt ever.
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-Let me call him.
-[radio beeps]
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Hey, Jack, Jack.
This is Todd.
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[Jack on radio] Yeah,
just, uh, up here.
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Hey, you wanna come down
to the lay down yard?
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I got something down here
to show you.
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Well, yeah. Yeah, I'll come.
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-You wanna go?
-Yeah.
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[Jack] All right.
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So it's
a big surprise for Jack.
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It's gonna be fun
to just see how he...
how he looks,
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'cause he literally
never thought
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he was gonna get a chance
to run this plant.
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I don't even know
how he built this by himself,
to be honest.
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He just kept
pluggin' away at it.
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I, like, left at, like,
6:00 in the morning one time,
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and he's just out there
in the rain, just grinding.
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All right. Here he comes.
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[man] Uh-oh.
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-[Todd] Hey.
-Hey.
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-[Todd] Hey, Jack.
Look what we got.
-[Jack] Oh, my God.
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-What the heck?
-[Todd] Surprise!
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How did this get here?
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[Todd] We shipped it up, man.
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Your wife said,
"Get rid of all that junk
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-out in the front
of the house."
-[Jack] Oh, God.
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-[Todd] And I said,
"All right."
-All right she did.
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-No, she didn't.
-Here it comes. [chuckles]
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Wow.
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I'm excited
to have this plant goin'.
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It was a pipe dream,
you know?
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Now it can be a test plant
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for Hunter prospecting
and, hopefully,
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it gets him a lot of gold.
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You know, some old guys
at your age,
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-you know what they do?
They make bird houses.
-Yeah.
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-Yeah. It's my birdhouse.
-You're out here doin', uh...
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Yeah. [chuckles]
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[laughing]
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[Todd] Andy,
where are we gonna put it?
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I think we put it out
on the North Fork.
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-Huh.
-[Andy] We could suck
right out of the main pond
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and we got a...
a pond that we built
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-we can discharge
right into it.
-Heck yeah.
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-[Jack] All right.
-[Todd] Well, first of all,
did you name it?
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Well, I call it Shaky Jake.
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-[Todd] If there's no job--
-I was also thinkin'
the Jackrabbit.
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[Jack] Okay.
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-[Todd] Let's put
everything together.
-Well, this is cool. Thanks.
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-Thanks, Dad. Yeah.
-[Jack] Appreciate it.
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-Thanks for, uh...
-[Jack] Hey.
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-Oh, man. Yeah.
-[Hunter] This is cool.
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All right. Let's look around
at this thing
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and we'll see
what we gotta do, huh?
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-Okay.
-[Jack] All right.
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Yeah.
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[Hunter speaking]
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[Todd speaking]
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I think the sluice needs
to be right here, Dad.
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-Yeah. Yes.
-'Cause I gotta
dig this down.
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Then we're gonna put
some steel down there.
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-[Jack] Yeah.
-[Todd] Where's
your conveyor go?
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Goes right off
this end, right here.
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Okay.
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The neat thing about it is,
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I've got
multiple generations here.
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You know, I got my son,
I got my grandson.
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And, uh, that's...
that's cool.
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I just wanna see it work.
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I wanna see it get goin'.
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How do we wanna
rig this thing?
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-[Jack] Yeah.
-[Tater] Looking at it,
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it looks like, Jack,
are these the pick points?
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[Jack] Yes, they are.
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-Right here?
-[Jack] Yes, they are.
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-Intended with a hook, or...
-[Jack] Listen,
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I welded those, so...
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-So when I pick it,
don't be near it.
-[Jack speaking indistinctly]
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Is that what you're saying?
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So don't, like,
get underneath it.
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-We could hook
back here to these.
-[Jack] Yeah. Yeah, we could.
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00:10:07,367 --> 00:10:08,233
-[Todd] Yeah.
-With those big...
245
00:10:08,233 --> 00:10:10,066
I brought the big chains
'cause they're long.
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[narrator] To reconstruct
Jack's wash plant...
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Todd plans to lift the plant
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on a four chain system
attached to the bucket
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of the 650 excavator,
250
00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:24,367
a machine capable
of lifting 25 tons.
251
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[Todd] This is what's called
four part, here's...
252
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You got four separate chains
coming off of a main hook.
253
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Kinda spreads
the weight around.
254
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Hopefully,
we can dangle this thing.
255
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Get it set just right.
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Hunter, come here.
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The way it's built,
258
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it's kinda skinny
and can tip over, so...
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You take that one.
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We don't wanna mess it up.
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[Tater on radio]
What do you guys
want me to do?
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[Todd] Come far left first,
get us around it.
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Next thing you know,
you drop it...
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00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:52,767
and then we spend
the rest of the week
265
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trying to fix the mess up.
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Far left and then far right.
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We just take our time
and do it right.
268
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Hopefully, our chances
of bending it
are lot less and...
269
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We've been
a lot of stuff out here.
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[Hunter] I'll do this.
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I've watched my grandpa put,
272
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you know, hours and hours
and months into this plant,
273
00:11:12,166 --> 00:11:14,967
you know, building it all
by himself by hand, so,
274
00:11:14,967 --> 00:11:16,767
I'm hopin' nothing happens
275
00:11:16,767 --> 00:11:18,266
to Jack's plant here, but...
276
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Anytime
you're pickin' anything...
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you never know
what's gonna happen.
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[Todd] Let's try that,
Tater, real slow.
279
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[tense music playing]
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[Tater] I mean,
it's gonna be a little jerky.
281
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[Hunter] It's gonna
wanna spin.
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[Todd] Oh, my gosh.
283
00:11:49,700 --> 00:11:51,767
[Todd] Whoa, whoa.
Set it down.
284
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[Andy on radio]
Can I move my truck
out of the way?
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-[man 2] There you go.
-[Todd] It hits that truck,
it's game over.
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Put it down. Stop! Let it go.
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-Stop.
-[Todd] Tater!
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00:12:02,667 --> 00:12:04,467
[Todd] Oh, my gosh.
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00:12:04,467 --> 00:12:06,066
-[Hunter] It's gonna
wanna spin.
-[Todd] Whoa, whoa.
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Set it down.
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00:12:07,934 --> 00:12:09,600
-[Andy on radio] Can I move
my truck out of the way?
-[Todd] If it hits that truck,
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it's game over.
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Put it down.
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[Andy] Tater, down!
295
00:12:12,934 --> 00:12:14,100
[Todd] Come down,
Tater. Come down.
296
00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:15,767
-[Andy] Down!
-[Todd on radio] Down,
down, down, down.
297
00:12:15,767 --> 00:12:17,667
[Todd] Down.
Right there. Stop.
298
00:12:17,667 --> 00:12:19,667
[Todd] Now, touch...
touch and just let...
299
00:12:20,066 --> 00:12:21,266
Do you have a tag?
300
00:12:21,266 --> 00:12:22,867
You got
a tag line, Ron?
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I wanna move my [bleep] truck.
[chuckles]
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00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:27,233
[all laughing]
303
00:12:27,967 --> 00:12:29,767
[Andy] Here,
tie that on there.
304
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So far nobody is injured
and the plant's
still together, but...
305
00:12:33,467 --> 00:12:37,367
You just gotta be calm
and keep an eye on everything.
306
00:12:37,367 --> 00:12:41,066
[narrator] With 32,000 pounds
suspended by thin cables,
307
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one wrong move
could send Jack's plant
308
00:12:43,367 --> 00:12:44,367
crashing to the ground.
309
00:12:45,967 --> 00:12:47,000
[Tater] We got this, Jack.
310
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-Yeah, I think so.
-[Tater] We'll...
We'll get it.
311
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Now that he's got
a tag line on it,
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we're gonna go ahead
313
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and try
and swing it into place.
314
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Everybody look out.
We're coming through here.
315
00:12:55,166 --> 00:12:57,934
[Tater on radio] Go easy.
I have to go really slow.
316
00:12:58,567 --> 00:12:59,600
Don't get excited.
317
00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,266
I'm trying to go very easy
and not hurt anybody.
318
00:13:02,266 --> 00:13:03,333
[Todd on radio]
We appreciate that.
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00:13:05,567 --> 00:13:06,734
Keep it low.
320
00:13:06,734 --> 00:13:08,066
[Todd on radio]
Tater, keep it low.
321
00:13:08,066 --> 00:13:08,834
Ten-four.
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00:13:09,367 --> 00:13:10,900
Here comes the Jackrabbit.
323
00:13:11,467 --> 00:13:12,266
Keep goin'.
324
00:13:13,467 --> 00:13:14,266
Keep goin'.
325
00:13:15,166 --> 00:13:16,934
So far so good.
326
00:13:16,934 --> 00:13:18,333
You haven't dropped it yet.
327
00:13:19,100 --> 00:13:20,033
What're you thinkin'?
328
00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:23,033
[Todd] Track, pull it
a little bit more.
329
00:13:23,967 --> 00:13:25,433
[on radio] I think
that's pretty good.
330
00:13:26,166 --> 00:13:27,333
Just touch the wheel.
331
00:13:27,834 --> 00:13:28,634
There you go, pull.
332
00:13:30,266 --> 00:13:31,233
[Hunter] And they're down.
333
00:13:32,500 --> 00:13:33,567
Okay, hold right there.
334
00:13:34,667 --> 00:13:35,934
[Todd] Hold up, hold up.
335
00:13:36,467 --> 00:13:37,233
Ten-four.
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00:13:37,934 --> 00:13:39,200
Does it look all right?
337
00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:40,734
[Jack] Yeah, perfect.
338
00:13:40,734 --> 00:13:42,333
[Todd] Okay,
we're gonna unhook.
339
00:13:42,867 --> 00:13:44,166
So far so good.
340
00:13:45,567 --> 00:13:47,767
[narrator] Wash plants
have three basic parts.
341
00:13:47,767 --> 00:13:51,100
The hopper, the sluice box
and the conveyor.
342
00:13:51,100 --> 00:13:54,367
Though Jack's plant has all
the necessary components,
343
00:13:54,367 --> 00:13:55,667
because of its size,
344
00:13:55,667 --> 00:13:58,900
it's built to run less pay
and act as a test plant.
345
00:14:00,066 --> 00:14:02,333
[Jack] Keep goin'.
Keep goin'.
346
00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:05,567
[Todd on radio]
Hang on, you're good.
Hang out.
347
00:14:08,467 --> 00:14:09,967
-[Andy] You like that?
-[Jack] Yes.
348
00:14:09,967 --> 00:14:11,266
[Andy] Quite
the engineer, Jack.
349
00:14:11,266 --> 00:14:13,266
-I like this thing.
-[Jack chuckles] Yeah.
350
00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:14,800
It should work.
351
00:14:26,567 --> 00:14:28,266
-[Hunter] Yo.
-Hey, man.
352
00:14:28,266 --> 00:14:31,967
-[laughs] We finally
get to go exploring.
-[chuckles] I know.
353
00:14:31,967 --> 00:14:33,233
Got another map here.
354
00:14:33,233 --> 00:14:35,100
-[Jack] Praise your maps,
uh-huh.
-[Hunter] So we can kinda get
355
00:14:35,100 --> 00:14:37,100
-a better idea, so...
-[Jack] Yeah, okay.
356
00:14:37,100 --> 00:14:39,266
-That one trench
that we were lookin' at...
-[Jack] Yeah.
357
00:14:39,266 --> 00:14:41,233
-...that's supposedly
70 ounces a hundred...
-[Jack] Yeah.
358
00:14:41,667 --> 00:14:43,867
...is somewhere in here.
359
00:14:43,867 --> 00:14:46,834
Keener's map shows
that west of North Fork
360
00:14:46,834 --> 00:14:49,200
there's a ridge that has
really rich gold deposits.
361
00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,166
So we're gonna see
if we can track it down.
362
00:14:51,867 --> 00:14:53,867
If you could find
that trench...
363
00:14:53,867 --> 00:14:56,500
-[Hunter] Yeah.
-...we could do
a couple samples there.
364
00:14:56,500 --> 00:14:58,367
As long as this thing
doesn't break down.
365
00:14:58,367 --> 00:15:00,166
Last time I drove it...
366
00:15:00,166 --> 00:15:02,667
-it almost blew up, so...
-Oh, ah. Old girl.
367
00:15:02,667 --> 00:15:03,567
[Hunter] Yeah.
368
00:15:03,567 --> 00:15:04,834
-[Jack] Okay.
-[Hunter] We'll get out there
369
00:15:04,834 --> 00:15:06,734
-and see what we gonna find.
-[Jack] Here, I'll take those.
370
00:15:06,734 --> 00:15:09,166
[Hunter] A lot of the reason
why I'm back here this summer
371
00:15:09,166 --> 00:15:13,400
is just to be
on this gold adventure
with my grandpa and...
372
00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,100
You know, he loves this stuff
and I love doin' this
with him, so...
373
00:15:18,266 --> 00:15:19,033
Me and him are out here
374
00:15:19,033 --> 00:15:21,367
in this crazy
old track vehicle
375
00:15:21,367 --> 00:15:22,533
in the middle of nowhere,
376
00:15:23,033 --> 00:15:24,734
huntin' for treasure, so...
377
00:15:25,367 --> 00:15:26,567
That's pretty cool.
378
00:15:26,567 --> 00:15:28,567
It's not
the smoothest ride ever.
379
00:15:29,033 --> 00:15:30,033
Oh, my gosh.
380
00:15:30,567 --> 00:15:31,934
That's pretty steep.
381
00:15:33,367 --> 00:15:34,400
[Hunter] Think I'm good?
382
00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,634
[Jack] Yeah, I think so.
Just take it slow.
383
00:15:37,834 --> 00:15:40,834
-[Hunter] Holy [bleep].
-[Jack] That...
No, no, it's okay.
384
00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:43,266
Yeah, we're hittin'.
385
00:15:43,266 --> 00:15:45,233
-But we just barely hit.
-[chuckles]
386
00:15:45,867 --> 00:15:46,734
[Jack] Yeah, we're good.
387
00:15:48,100 --> 00:15:50,033
-[chuckles]
-That was close.
388
00:15:50,166 --> 00:15:51,367
Yeah?
389
00:15:51,367 --> 00:15:53,066
[Hunter] Should be
somewhere in here.
390
00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,367
[groans] It's getting colder.
391
00:15:58,367 --> 00:16:00,166
-Dude, this is treacherous.
-[grunts]
392
00:16:00,166 --> 00:16:02,100
-Yeah.
-Okay.
393
00:16:02,100 --> 00:16:05,567
Where do you think
that trench is?
394
00:16:05,567 --> 00:16:07,867
-[Hunter] This is where
we're at.
-[Jack] Yeah.
395
00:16:07,867 --> 00:16:10,066
[Hunter] So I think it's just
a little bit further that way,
396
00:16:10,066 --> 00:16:11,300
along the edge.
397
00:16:11,300 --> 00:16:12,533
-[Jack] Let's try
to get there.
-Okay.
398
00:16:13,100 --> 00:16:14,467
We're close.
399
00:16:14,467 --> 00:16:16,567
We're tryna put
the pieces together
400
00:16:16,567 --> 00:16:20,266
and figure out off a map
from 25 years ago
401
00:16:20,266 --> 00:16:21,934
where exactly
they were diggin', so...
402
00:16:21,934 --> 00:16:25,166
Treasure maps aren't always
the easiest to read.
403
00:16:25,166 --> 00:16:27,500
Might need to go
this way a little bit.
404
00:16:27,500 --> 00:16:29,300
[Jack] Yeah,
I'll come over that way
405
00:16:29,300 --> 00:16:31,266
after I get through here.
406
00:16:31,266 --> 00:16:33,200
Just hard to pinpoint...
407
00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:34,500
if we're in
the right spot or not
408
00:16:34,500 --> 00:16:36,667
and it's just so overgrown.
409
00:16:36,667 --> 00:16:38,934
[Jack] But I think
the trench is right here.
410
00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:41,467
-Hunter.
-[Hunter] Yeah.
411
00:16:41,467 --> 00:16:44,100
Right here is where
he was digging.
412
00:16:44,100 --> 00:16:46,166
There's definitely
been digging.
413
00:16:47,100 --> 00:16:48,233
[Hunter] You think
this is the hole?
414
00:16:48,667 --> 00:16:50,400
This is the trench.
415
00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:51,767
[Hunter] Where do you think
we should pull from?
416
00:16:51,767 --> 00:16:52,667
You think right here?
417
00:16:52,667 --> 00:16:53,867
[Jack] I would go... Yeah.
418
00:16:53,867 --> 00:16:57,100
-Down at the bottom,
not at the top.
-[Hunter] Yeah.
419
00:16:57,100 --> 00:16:59,166
[Jack] Just throw
all the big rocks out.
420
00:17:01,567 --> 00:17:02,867
Yeah.
421
00:17:02,867 --> 00:17:04,033
[Hunter] It's hard
to tell for sure...
422
00:17:05,266 --> 00:17:06,734
if we're
in the right spot or not.
423
00:17:07,567 --> 00:17:08,867
Right now
it's really frustrating
424
00:17:08,867 --> 00:17:11,000
to be out here
with buckets and shovels.
425
00:17:11,934 --> 00:17:14,166
Mining's evolved a lot
over the last 25 years
426
00:17:14,166 --> 00:17:16,967
and, so, there's a lot
of tools that we could use
427
00:17:16,967 --> 00:17:18,667
that I wanna bring in.
428
00:17:18,667 --> 00:17:20,734
But we got
a couple buckets of dirt.
429
00:17:22,066 --> 00:17:24,166
We won't really know
until we get it back
to the cleanup room
430
00:17:24,166 --> 00:17:26,834
and... and run it,
if it's the hotspot or not.
431
00:17:26,834 --> 00:17:28,200
[Jack] We made it out.
432
00:17:50,867 --> 00:17:53,367
[Andy] Just keep comin'
back straight and straight
and straight.
433
00:17:53,367 --> 00:17:55,166
Keep comin',
keep comin', keep comin'.
434
00:17:55,166 --> 00:17:56,266
[Andy on radio]
Now turn to your right.
435
00:17:59,367 --> 00:18:01,867
[Andy] Beautiful sunny day
and we're sluicing, so...
436
00:18:01,867 --> 00:18:03,667
what else can we ask for?
437
00:18:03,667 --> 00:18:05,500
Hopefully, Hunter said
he's up trying to prospect,
438
00:18:05,500 --> 00:18:06,867
find some new ground.
439
00:18:06,867 --> 00:18:08,767
Um, something that's
thawed out.
440
00:18:08,767 --> 00:18:11,467
That, uh, hopefully
we can get access to
441
00:18:11,467 --> 00:18:14,467
and that's got gold in it
to get us through to the end.
442
00:18:14,467 --> 00:18:16,166
You're always solvin' problems
when you're mining,
443
00:18:16,166 --> 00:18:18,867
but today
we're digging pay dirt
and sluicing dirt.
444
00:18:18,867 --> 00:18:21,600
That's what
we came here to do.
This is how we make money.
445
00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:23,900
Time to get to
that 3,000 plus goal.
446
00:18:30,734 --> 00:18:33,333
[narrator] While work at
the main plants continues...
447
00:18:35,767 --> 00:18:37,233
-[Todd] Morning.
-[Jack] Yup.
448
00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,033
[narrator] ...the Jackrabbit
449
00:18:39,033 --> 00:18:41,767
needs one final component
to make it operational,
450
00:18:41,767 --> 00:18:42,567
a water pump.
451
00:18:43,367 --> 00:18:44,467
[Todd] Let's get the pump.
452
00:18:44,467 --> 00:18:45,233
[narrator] Todd and his crew
453
00:18:45,233 --> 00:18:47,200
would draw water
from the main pond
454
00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:48,266
at the North Fork
455
00:18:48,266 --> 00:18:51,066
near the Black Pearl
and Holy Roller plants.
456
00:18:51,066 --> 00:18:53,033
We got the plant all set up.
457
00:18:53,033 --> 00:18:55,166
Now we're just gonna throw
some water at it.
458
00:18:55,166 --> 00:18:56,767
It's really exciting to, uh,
459
00:18:56,767 --> 00:18:58,567
help jack get this thing
up and running.
460
00:18:58,567 --> 00:19:00,667
I think it's really cool.
You know, he...
461
00:19:00,667 --> 00:19:03,166
built this thing
all by himself
and we're gonna...
462
00:19:03,166 --> 00:19:04,934
help him live out
his dream of runnin'
463
00:19:04,934 --> 00:19:06,467
his own wash plant.
464
00:19:06,467 --> 00:19:08,400
[Todd] Here it comes.
The other half
465
00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:09,634
of this equation, water.
466
00:19:10,266 --> 00:19:11,367
Can't sluice without water
467
00:19:11,367 --> 00:19:12,667
and that's what
we're about ready to do.
468
00:19:12,667 --> 00:19:14,367
We're gonna try
to put the pump in
469
00:19:14,367 --> 00:19:15,634
and then we'll see
what happens.
470
00:19:16,066 --> 00:19:17,333
Framer!
471
00:19:17,333 --> 00:19:19,500
-Where do you want it?
By the water.
-[Jack] Yeah. By the water.
472
00:19:19,500 --> 00:19:21,567
-Okay. [chuckles]
-[Todd] Wow. That's...
That's, uh, different.
473
00:19:21,567 --> 00:19:22,934
[Jack] That's a good idea.
474
00:19:22,934 --> 00:19:23,734
[Hunter] Right there.
475
00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:25,000
[Jack] What do you think?
476
00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,634
-[Hunter] Nailed it.
-[Todd] Nailed it.
477
00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:28,834
Pump's in place.
478
00:19:28,834 --> 00:19:30,934
We got one more
fitting to put on.
479
00:19:32,166 --> 00:19:34,500
You know what?
You can work on this plant
probably forever.
480
00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:36,867
Jack probably would love...
love doing that, but,
481
00:19:36,867 --> 00:19:39,767
whether it runs or not,
uh, we're gonna find out.
482
00:19:39,767 --> 00:19:41,867
[Andy] Can he walk out
on that [bleep]
or is it too soft?
483
00:19:41,867 --> 00:19:44,567
[Todd] I don't know.
It's... pretty soft.
484
00:19:44,567 --> 00:19:46,367
[man] We can't get down
to that water's edge.
485
00:19:46,934 --> 00:19:48,333
Yeah! [bleep]
486
00:19:49,166 --> 00:19:50,233
It's slippery down there.
487
00:19:51,100 --> 00:19:52,567
[Todd] Careful.
488
00:19:52,567 --> 00:19:54,467
Hey, everybody
be careful down there.
489
00:19:56,367 --> 00:19:58,634
[man] I can take this end,
bring it around,
490
00:19:59,300 --> 00:20:00,467
and load it up and let her...
491
00:20:00,467 --> 00:20:02,567
-let her flip...
-[Todd] Whoa, whoa!
492
00:20:02,567 --> 00:20:05,934
-Ah, [bleep]!
-[Todd] Help him.
493
00:20:05,934 --> 00:20:08,066
-[Andy] Tater's in the water.
-[Todd] Ah, dang it, Rob.
494
00:20:08,066 --> 00:20:09,467
[man] Here,
grab hold the hose.
495
00:20:09,467 --> 00:20:10,467
-You get 'em?
-[man 1] Hang on.
496
00:20:10,467 --> 00:20:11,266
[Tater] I can't
get my leg out.
497
00:20:11,567 --> 00:20:12,367
Oh!
498
00:20:12,767 --> 00:20:14,100
Yeah... [groans]
499
00:20:14,567 --> 00:20:15,367
Give me a strap, Ron.
500
00:20:15,367 --> 00:20:17,033
[Andy] You're gonna
tear your knee up.
501
00:20:17,033 --> 00:20:18,467
[Tater] Son of a biscuit.
502
00:20:20,367 --> 00:20:21,533
-[Andy] Tater's in the water.
-Help him, help him.
503
00:20:21,533 --> 00:20:22,533
[man] Here,
grab hold the hose.
504
00:20:22,533 --> 00:20:24,767
-I can't get my leg out.
-Yeah, give me a strap, Ron.
505
00:20:24,767 --> 00:20:26,166
[Andy] You're gonna
tear your knee up.
506
00:20:26,166 --> 00:20:27,433
[Tater] Son of a biscuit!
507
00:20:27,433 --> 00:20:30,166
-Here, here. Bring him up!
-[man] Yeah, don't tear
your knee up.
508
00:20:30,166 --> 00:20:32,367
-[Todd] Here, give him this.
-[man] Oh, Hunter's
got a strap.
509
00:20:32,367 --> 00:20:34,166
[Hunter] Huh? Oh, I'm just
trying to fix the hose.
510
00:20:34,166 --> 00:20:36,033
Oh, hang on, Tater.
We're gonna pull you out.
511
00:20:36,033 --> 00:20:38,233
We gotta get this
hose out there real quick.
512
00:20:38,233 --> 00:20:39,934
Since you're already there...
513
00:20:39,934 --> 00:20:42,967
Whoa! Whoa, hang on.
514
00:20:42,967 --> 00:20:44,767
-It looks like you're sinking.
-[Micah] There you go.
515
00:20:44,767 --> 00:20:46,433
-You're sinking.
-[Todd] Are you
going deeper?
516
00:20:46,433 --> 00:20:49,266
Give me your helmet,
I gotta send something
back to your wife.
517
00:20:49,266 --> 00:20:51,567
Hang on, Rob,
we'll get you out in a minute.
518
00:20:51,567 --> 00:20:53,000
[Todd] But can you
get it out there, Hunter?
519
00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:53,967
Throw it out there?
520
00:20:53,967 --> 00:20:55,900
-[Micah] Yeah.
-[Hunter] Try not
to destroy it.
521
00:20:57,367 --> 00:20:59,567
[Todd] All right, Tater.
Fish it out there, Tater,
522
00:20:59,567 --> 00:21:01,433
and let's get you
the hell outta here.
523
00:21:01,433 --> 00:21:03,767
Keep going. Keep going.
524
00:21:03,767 --> 00:21:05,467
Everybody over here
on this rope.
525
00:21:05,467 --> 00:21:07,734
One, two, three. Go!
526
00:21:07,734 --> 00:21:09,133
Oh, [bleep]. Pull.
527
00:21:09,133 --> 00:21:11,000
[all grunting]
528
00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,100
Keep pulling.
529
00:21:12,867 --> 00:21:14,634
-Pull him.
-[Tater grunts]
530
00:21:14,634 --> 00:21:15,934
Hey, got my boot back.
531
00:21:15,934 --> 00:21:17,433
-[Todd] You did?
-[panting]
532
00:21:17,433 --> 00:21:18,867
Okay, hold on, one sec.
533
00:21:18,867 --> 00:21:20,567
[panting] Okay.
534
00:21:20,567 --> 00:21:21,834
[bleep]
535
00:21:22,367 --> 00:21:23,533
[grunts]
536
00:21:23,533 --> 00:21:25,066
-Got it?
-Yeah.
537
00:21:25,066 --> 00:21:26,467
That wasn't muddy.
538
00:21:26,467 --> 00:21:27,934
[Micah] You're not
riding in my truck.
539
00:21:27,934 --> 00:21:29,367
-[all laughing]
-Mine either.
540
00:21:29,367 --> 00:21:31,767
Thanks. Thanks for
not taking a dinner break.
541
00:21:31,767 --> 00:21:34,367
Anything for Jack's plant.
542
00:21:34,367 --> 00:21:35,867
[Tater] I might need to
change my pants.
543
00:21:35,867 --> 00:21:37,734
-[bleep]
-[all laughing]
544
00:21:47,133 --> 00:21:48,266
Got it.
545
00:21:48,266 --> 00:21:49,867
We got the dirt back
to the cleanup room
546
00:21:49,867 --> 00:21:51,834
and now we just
gotta run it, pan it
547
00:21:51,834 --> 00:21:53,767
and if it is the right spot,
548
00:21:53,767 --> 00:21:55,166
we're gonna know
right off the bat.
549
00:21:55,166 --> 00:21:58,100
This just might be the thing
that keeps us in the game.
550
00:21:58,867 --> 00:22:00,834
We're gonna take
bucket number one here.
551
00:22:01,734 --> 00:22:03,667
Just screen off
all the big rock
552
00:22:03,667 --> 00:22:07,000
and then we'll
start panning it and see...
553
00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,467
see if it's got gold or not.
554
00:22:08,467 --> 00:22:10,767
You know, I'm always
looking for a nugget.
555
00:22:10,767 --> 00:22:14,333
You know, chances of
there being a nugget is...
556
00:22:16,100 --> 00:22:17,767
probably pretty slim,
557
00:22:17,767 --> 00:22:20,934
but all this ground
has some gold on it.
558
00:22:21,767 --> 00:22:23,233
Here's a scoop.
559
00:22:27,667 --> 00:22:29,033
All right.
560
00:22:31,100 --> 00:22:34,133
I'm doing a little bit
of a faster pan just
to see what we've got.
561
00:22:34,634 --> 00:22:36,233
Wash off the lighter stuff.
562
00:22:38,433 --> 00:22:40,467
And if the gold's
the heaviest thing in here,
563
00:22:40,467 --> 00:22:41,767
when you're doing this,
564
00:22:41,767 --> 00:22:43,367
it should be
going to the bottom.
565
00:22:43,367 --> 00:22:44,867
There's definitely
gold in here.
566
00:22:44,867 --> 00:22:46,567
You seein' it? Okay.
567
00:22:46,567 --> 00:22:49,066
If we've got 77 ounces,
568
00:22:49,066 --> 00:22:52,667
you're gonna see some
pretty positive gold in here.
569
00:22:52,667 --> 00:22:54,367
-And...
-You see those colors...
570
00:22:54,367 --> 00:22:57,033
-Oh, yeah. I see it.
I see quite a few.
-[Hunter] ...on the top?
571
00:22:57,033 --> 00:22:58,533
[Jack] Look at that.
572
00:22:58,533 --> 00:23:00,734
That's not 70 ounces
a hundred though.
573
00:23:01,533 --> 00:23:03,233
[Jack] No. It's not.
574
00:23:03,233 --> 00:23:06,000
-It's good minable dirt.
-[Hunter] Mmm-hmm.
575
00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:10,667
-But it's not your crazy load.
-It's not good enough to
576
00:23:10,667 --> 00:23:14,333
-jump ship and try to go
all the way out there.
-No.
577
00:23:14,333 --> 00:23:16,634
[Hunter] So unfortunately,
the ridge was a bust.
578
00:23:16,634 --> 00:23:19,433
Right now it feels
like we're wasting
time that we don't have
579
00:23:19,433 --> 00:23:22,767
using these old school methods
to try to track down the gold.
580
00:23:22,767 --> 00:23:25,767
When we were out there,
I wasn't even sure if we were
on the right spot or not.
581
00:23:25,767 --> 00:23:27,033
So, it's frustrating.
582
00:23:27,033 --> 00:23:30,266
If we ran all this, it's gonna
take you for freaking ever.
583
00:23:30,266 --> 00:23:33,166
You know, running
this stuff with a gold pan.
584
00:23:33,166 --> 00:23:35,567
-Yeah.
-You just gotta get out there
585
00:23:35,567 --> 00:23:39,000
run a... a bulk sample
of 100 yards.
586
00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,100
-You'll do it.
You'll do it bud.
-Love you.
587
00:23:41,867 --> 00:23:43,400
-Let's get out of here.
-Okay.
588
00:24:04,266 --> 00:24:05,700
[geese honking]
589
00:24:08,333 --> 00:24:11,367
Okay. How's prospecting
going out there?
590
00:24:11,367 --> 00:24:14,767
It's going okay,
but it just takes forever.
591
00:24:14,767 --> 00:24:18,166
I think that we should invest
a little bit more into,
592
00:24:18,166 --> 00:24:19,867
you know, finding new ground.
593
00:24:19,867 --> 00:24:22,967
-Yeah.
-I have a couple ideas
I wanna try.
594
00:24:22,967 --> 00:24:25,066
One of them is LiDAR,
595
00:24:25,066 --> 00:24:28,066
-like ground
penetrating drone...
-Okay.
596
00:24:28,066 --> 00:24:31,233
...that uses radar. And
apparently that can tell
597
00:24:31,233 --> 00:24:33,867
the depth of bedrock,
if ground's virgin or not,
598
00:24:33,867 --> 00:24:36,867
everything else. Kinda give us
a picture that way.
599
00:24:36,867 --> 00:24:39,967
And then just
getting around takes forever.
600
00:24:39,967 --> 00:24:43,467
So, I think it'd be a good
idea to bring in a SHERP.
601
00:24:43,467 --> 00:24:46,567
-You know, those off road,
amphibious vehicles.
-Oh, I know what they are.
602
00:24:46,567 --> 00:24:49,000
'Cause then we can
cruise around out here
603
00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:49,800
and not get stuck.
604
00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,000
You actually think
there's one around?
605
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,734
Yeah. I got a lead on one
that we could get up here
606
00:24:54,734 --> 00:24:57,367
and at least have it
for the rest of the summer.
607
00:24:57,367 --> 00:24:58,867
It's gonna cost
a little bit of money,
608
00:24:58,867 --> 00:25:01,066
but as of right now,
it's a lot of pressure
609
00:25:01,066 --> 00:25:04,667
to figure out
how we're gonna even run
dirt the rest of the season.
610
00:25:04,667 --> 00:25:07,033
-I know. I know--
-That's got what,
two or three weeks?
611
00:25:07,033 --> 00:25:08,467
There is pressure on you,
612
00:25:08,467 --> 00:25:11,133
use technology,
use whatever you can.
613
00:25:11,133 --> 00:25:13,467
Try to keep it
under 50 grand,
614
00:25:13,467 --> 00:25:16,233
but if you... Hopefully,
you can find us some pay dirt
615
00:25:16,233 --> 00:25:18,166
otherwise we're
gonna be going home
616
00:25:18,166 --> 00:25:19,667
and we're not
gonna hit our goal.
617
00:25:19,667 --> 00:25:20,967
[Hunter] Okay.
618
00:25:20,967 --> 00:25:23,266
You know, Hunter is
feeling the pressure.
619
00:25:23,266 --> 00:25:25,333
He's trying to
find some pay dirt.
620
00:25:25,333 --> 00:25:27,266
It's not an easy thing to do.
621
00:25:27,266 --> 00:25:29,266
But if he wants to bring in
some new technology,
622
00:25:29,266 --> 00:25:31,867
he wants to bring in some
new ways to get around,
623
00:25:31,867 --> 00:25:33,634
hey, more power to him.
624
00:25:33,634 --> 00:25:35,467
Any money that
I spend towards that
625
00:25:35,467 --> 00:25:38,166
is investing into
the future of this mine.
626
00:25:38,166 --> 00:25:39,233
[Todd] I like it.
627
00:25:39,233 --> 00:25:40,767
Let me know
what you need from me.
628
00:25:40,767 --> 00:25:41,734
[Hunter] Okay. I will.
629
00:25:41,734 --> 00:25:43,100
All right, bud. Good job.
630
00:25:47,934 --> 00:25:49,200
[quacking]
631
00:26:03,567 --> 00:26:04,767
[narrator] Back
at the Jackrabbit,
632
00:26:04,767 --> 00:26:07,033
with mechanical parts
belted in place
633
00:26:07,033 --> 00:26:09,467
and the electrical
components powered up,
634
00:26:09,467 --> 00:26:12,233
Jack prepares to test
his make-shift wash plant
635
00:26:12,233 --> 00:26:13,300
with water.
636
00:26:13,834 --> 00:26:15,266
[Todd] I think you're good.
637
00:26:15,266 --> 00:26:16,767
[narrator] Something
he's never attempted
638
00:26:16,767 --> 00:26:19,734
in the 30 years
since he built it by hand
639
00:26:19,734 --> 00:26:21,233
in his own backyard.
640
00:26:21,233 --> 00:26:22,066
You guys good?
641
00:26:22,066 --> 00:26:24,033
-[Jack] Fire it up!
-You ready, Grandpa?
642
00:26:24,033 --> 00:26:25,467
Yeah. Go ahead.
643
00:26:25,467 --> 00:26:27,100
Pump coming on.
644
00:26:27,100 --> 00:26:28,533
[on radio]
Jackrabbit.
645
00:26:28,533 --> 00:26:29,767
[Todd] To be honest with you,
646
00:26:29,767 --> 00:26:31,367
I don't know
if this thing will even run.
647
00:26:31,367 --> 00:26:34,433
And we just wasted time,
money and hope.
648
00:26:34,433 --> 00:26:38,200
We're gonna find out.
If it's ever gonna work,
it's gonna work right now.
649
00:26:39,166 --> 00:26:40,200
[engine starts]
650
00:26:42,567 --> 00:26:44,100
[both] Here it comes.
651
00:26:44,100 --> 00:26:45,467
[Micah] Heads up.
652
00:26:45,467 --> 00:26:47,834
We're pushing water.
There it goes.
653
00:26:56,767 --> 00:26:58,266
Oh. [bleep]
654
00:26:58,266 --> 00:26:59,934
Good.
655
00:26:59,934 --> 00:27:01,533
[Todd] There you go.
Now you're in the hopper.
656
00:27:02,333 --> 00:27:03,600
[Hunter] We got water.
657
00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:05,233
We got leaks.
658
00:27:07,066 --> 00:27:08,867
[Todd] Dad,
look at your hopper.
659
00:27:08,867 --> 00:27:11,367
You have any
adjustments anywhere?
660
00:27:11,367 --> 00:27:14,233
Yeah. There's a couple
valves back here.
661
00:27:15,266 --> 00:27:16,567
Hey, Dad, you're
getting a lot over here.
662
00:27:16,567 --> 00:27:18,266
Hunter, grab the shovel.
663
00:27:18,266 --> 00:27:20,433
[Jack] Got a big leak here.
664
00:27:21,233 --> 00:27:22,500
[Todd] Leaking everywhere.
665
00:27:22,834 --> 00:27:25,467
This is very wet.
666
00:27:25,467 --> 00:27:27,266
We gotta get
this water out, dude.
667
00:27:27,266 --> 00:27:28,734
We're sitting in water.
668
00:27:29,166 --> 00:27:32,000
There. Cut a ditch.
669
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:33,634
[Hunter] You gotta
level the sluice.
670
00:27:33,634 --> 00:27:35,266
Don't worry about that.
671
00:27:35,266 --> 00:27:36,734
We've got other issues.
672
00:27:49,333 --> 00:27:51,867
What is pouring out
right there?
673
00:27:51,867 --> 00:27:53,367
-Water...
-It just tries...
674
00:27:53,367 --> 00:27:55,767
-From where?
-[Jack] The rubber is...
675
00:27:55,767 --> 00:27:58,967
The rubber needs to be redone.
Not that big a deal.
676
00:27:58,967 --> 00:28:01,533
So, we finally got Jack's
plant up and running.
677
00:28:01,533 --> 00:28:03,667
He's never ran
water in it before.
678
00:28:03,667 --> 00:28:04,767
We've got a couple leaks,
679
00:28:04,767 --> 00:28:06,166
a couple
little things to address.
680
00:28:06,166 --> 00:28:07,233
Nothing major.
681
00:28:07,233 --> 00:28:08,233
Maybe in a day or two
682
00:28:08,233 --> 00:28:10,100
we might have
some gold in Jackrabbit.
683
00:28:10,100 --> 00:28:12,033
Dad, you know
where you gotta fix it?
684
00:28:12,033 --> 00:28:12,834
[Jack] Yeah.
685
00:28:12,834 --> 00:28:16,567
Actually, this side
of the sluice box,
686
00:28:16,567 --> 00:28:19,133
I need
a little splitter there.
687
00:28:19,133 --> 00:28:20,233
You know what I mean?
688
00:28:20,233 --> 00:28:21,166
A diverter.
689
00:28:21,166 --> 00:28:22,834
Yeah. Just run
one side, you're saying?
690
00:28:22,834 --> 00:28:24,367
-Yeah.
-I think that'd be smarter.
691
00:28:24,367 --> 00:28:25,734
[Jack] Well,
you could do that.
692
00:28:26,767 --> 00:28:28,734
[Jack] So, it works.
693
00:28:28,734 --> 00:28:32,033
The only thing I have
is a few little leaks,
694
00:28:32,033 --> 00:28:33,667
down underneath here.
695
00:28:33,667 --> 00:28:35,567
That's all very easily
696
00:28:35,567 --> 00:28:37,567
taken care of
with a piece of rubber.
697
00:28:37,567 --> 00:28:40,266
[Todd] Okay. Well,
let's get these leaks fixed.
698
00:28:40,266 --> 00:28:41,667
Good job, everybody.
699
00:28:41,667 --> 00:28:43,333
-Good job.
-Yeah.
700
00:28:43,333 --> 00:28:44,834
[Todd] You know what?
There's some leaks,
701
00:28:44,834 --> 00:28:46,433
there's some things
that need to be fixed
702
00:28:46,433 --> 00:28:47,834
but let me tell you,
703
00:28:47,834 --> 00:28:49,367
everybody stayed late
704
00:28:49,367 --> 00:28:51,567
and we almost
lost Tater in the drink.
705
00:28:51,567 --> 00:28:53,133
All my guys pitched in.
706
00:28:53,133 --> 00:28:55,634
Nobody was, like,
grumbling about it.
707
00:28:55,634 --> 00:28:56,934
Means a lot to me.
708
00:28:56,934 --> 00:28:59,467
Means a really,
a bunch to my dad.
709
00:28:59,467 --> 00:29:01,967
And here he is, man.
710
00:29:01,967 --> 00:29:03,834
He's already
planning, scheming.
711
00:29:04,567 --> 00:29:07,467
He's up there
trying to fix this thing.
712
00:29:07,467 --> 00:29:09,367
These are the moments
that mean a lot.
713
00:29:09,367 --> 00:29:10,734
-I think it looks good.
-[Jack] Anything pull up?
714
00:29:10,734 --> 00:29:12,233
[all] Yep. Yeah.
715
00:29:12,233 --> 00:29:14,000
Good job, Rob.
Thank you, guys.
716
00:29:32,634 --> 00:29:33,767
[Hunter] I just got
a radio call.
717
00:29:33,767 --> 00:29:35,934
Our all-terrain-amphibious,
718
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,066
crazy off-road tank
vehicle showed up.
719
00:29:40,066 --> 00:29:41,967
I followed some leads
on some cool stuff
720
00:29:41,967 --> 00:29:44,367
and I really need
this SHERP to show up.
721
00:29:44,367 --> 00:29:45,767
I can't believe it did,
722
00:29:45,767 --> 00:29:47,066
considering where we're at.
723
00:29:47,066 --> 00:29:49,000
-[door beeping]
-We're gonna see
what they're all about.
724
00:29:50,433 --> 00:29:51,333
How's it going?
725
00:29:51,333 --> 00:29:53,567
Hello, Hunter.
My name is Gen.
726
00:29:53,567 --> 00:29:55,533
-Gen, nice to meet you,
brother.
-Yeah.
727
00:29:55,533 --> 00:29:57,567
-Nice to meet you too.
-This is crazy.
728
00:29:57,567 --> 00:29:59,233
-This is a SHERP.
-There it is.
729
00:29:59,934 --> 00:30:01,567
I've never really
seen one in person.
730
00:30:01,567 --> 00:30:03,767
Yeah. You have
a chance to try it.
731
00:30:03,767 --> 00:30:05,634
[Hunter] It's getting colder,
the wind's blowing
732
00:30:05,634 --> 00:30:07,834
and we're running out of time
to find new ground.
733
00:30:07,834 --> 00:30:10,467
So, my dad,
he gave me the green light
734
00:30:10,467 --> 00:30:11,800
to make some moves.
735
00:30:12,634 --> 00:30:14,433
[narrator] Hunter's
all new terrain vehicle,
736
00:30:14,433 --> 00:30:16,567
the SHERP, is an ATV,
737
00:30:16,567 --> 00:30:18,467
a snowmobile, a boat
738
00:30:18,467 --> 00:30:20,700
and a hover craft, all in one.
739
00:30:22,233 --> 00:30:24,734
[Gen] So it inflate
the tires themself.
740
00:30:24,734 --> 00:30:28,166
-The exhaust
inflates the tires?
-Yeah! Yeah.
741
00:30:28,166 --> 00:30:31,467
[narrator] It's able to
overcome obstacles
over three feet in height
742
00:30:31,467 --> 00:30:34,266
and can handle
any terrain or weather.
743
00:30:34,266 --> 00:30:37,867
Perfect for the treacherous,
undeveloped Alaskan tundra.
744
00:30:37,867 --> 00:30:39,667
[Hunter] Whoa.
Okay, let's do it.
745
00:30:39,667 --> 00:30:40,600
[Gen] All right.
746
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:42,934
[Hunter] I'm excited to
get the SHERP out here,
747
00:30:42,934 --> 00:30:45,667
the LiDAR drone
and then I have the tools,
748
00:30:45,667 --> 00:30:49,100
you know,
that I need to go out
and pinpoint, you know,
749
00:30:49,100 --> 00:30:51,667
where the next pay
should be coming from.
750
00:30:51,667 --> 00:30:53,934
So, it's easy
to inflate the tires.
751
00:30:53,934 --> 00:30:56,867
You just need to
switch on this switch.
752
00:30:56,867 --> 00:30:59,066
And it'll just go
to auto pressure.
753
00:30:59,066 --> 00:31:02,367
Yeah. And you can
see on the monitor
how it works.
754
00:31:02,367 --> 00:31:06,266
For swamp or snow or sand
or dirt road or asphalt,
755
00:31:06,266 --> 00:31:09,367
-or water. So you can--
-That's the pressure,
tire pressure.
756
00:31:09,367 --> 00:31:10,767
Yeah. Yeah.
757
00:31:10,767 --> 00:31:12,767
-[Hunter] Okay, brake.
-[Gen] Yup.
758
00:31:12,767 --> 00:31:14,233
-[Hunter] Clutch.
-[Gen] Yeah.
759
00:31:14,233 --> 00:31:15,634
-Okay. Here we go.
-Let's go.
760
00:31:21,367 --> 00:31:23,166
You just cruising
in the tundra.
761
00:31:23,166 --> 00:31:24,634
[laughs]
762
00:31:24,634 --> 00:31:26,433
-[Hunter] It's, like,
relaxing.
-[Gen] Yeah.
763
00:31:26,433 --> 00:31:28,367
-Go all the way...
-Oh, yeah.
764
00:31:28,367 --> 00:31:30,467
-...out in there.
-[Gen] Oh, yeah.
765
00:31:30,467 --> 00:31:32,767
Find the new gold places.
766
00:31:32,767 --> 00:31:34,200
Dude. That's what
I'm talking about.
767
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:36,266
This is sweet.
768
00:31:36,266 --> 00:31:37,567
-I like it.
-[Gen] So it's simple,
769
00:31:37,567 --> 00:31:39,767
and robust
and reliable.
770
00:31:39,767 --> 00:31:42,867
And will take you
any remotest places.
771
00:31:42,867 --> 00:31:44,634
This is exactly what I needed.
772
00:31:45,734 --> 00:31:46,533
I love it.
773
00:31:49,100 --> 00:31:50,033
We did it.
774
00:31:50,033 --> 00:31:51,333
Good. You done well.
775
00:31:51,767 --> 00:31:52,734
You done well.
776
00:31:52,734 --> 00:31:53,567
-Here we go.
-Thank you.
777
00:31:53,567 --> 00:31:54,734
Thank you.
778
00:31:54,734 --> 00:31:55,834
Gotta grab some gold.
779
00:31:58,567 --> 00:31:59,600
[narrator] Back at North Fork,
780
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,934
work continues to get
Jack's plant operational.
781
00:32:02,934 --> 00:32:07,467
Using a rubber diverter,
the team has blocked off
one side of the sluice,
782
00:32:07,467 --> 00:32:09,533
creating a more
efficient water flow.
783
00:32:17,066 --> 00:32:19,767
[Micah] Okay.
Put a washer on it
so it supports it better.
784
00:32:19,767 --> 00:32:22,867
-All right?
-[Jack] Yeah. Perfect.
785
00:32:22,867 --> 00:32:24,233
[Todd] I don't know
where it would leak.
786
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,533
[Jack] In theory,
it's ready to go.
787
00:32:28,767 --> 00:32:31,467
In actuality, I don't know.
788
00:32:31,467 --> 00:32:35,266
I've never ran
material on it at all.
789
00:32:35,266 --> 00:32:37,133
I just wanna know
if it works.
790
00:32:37,934 --> 00:32:40,634
If it works,
it's a great test plant.
791
00:32:58,533 --> 00:32:59,734
[Todd] What the heck?
792
00:33:02,033 --> 00:33:03,400
[Todd chuckles]
793
00:33:04,767 --> 00:33:09,066
-Dude, I hope you rented that
and didn't buy it.
-[all laughing]
794
00:33:09,066 --> 00:33:10,700
[Todd] Dude, no way!
795
00:33:11,100 --> 00:33:12,166
Look at this thing.
796
00:33:12,166 --> 00:33:13,867
-Dude, this is sick.
-Isn't this thing crazy?
797
00:33:13,867 --> 00:33:15,634
It's a lot better than the...
798
00:33:15,634 --> 00:33:17,567
It's quicker, it's faster,
you can go through the water,
799
00:33:17,567 --> 00:33:18,667
it doesn't tear anything up.
800
00:33:18,667 --> 00:33:20,233
[Todd] It's manual,
little stick shift?
801
00:33:20,467 --> 00:33:21,433
Yeah.
802
00:33:22,634 --> 00:33:23,634
Yeah. Flip this down.
803
00:33:25,367 --> 00:33:28,634
But yeah. Six, six speed
manual, diesel.
804
00:33:28,634 --> 00:33:31,166
It's nice to
have around, I think.
805
00:33:31,166 --> 00:33:32,834
Well, go find us some gold.
806
00:33:32,834 --> 00:33:34,266
Okay. I'm gonna try.
807
00:33:34,266 --> 00:33:36,867
As always,
the time is tickin', you know?
808
00:33:36,867 --> 00:33:39,166
I'm just tryin' to work
a little bit smarter
809
00:33:39,166 --> 00:33:40,166
instead of harder and so...
810
00:33:40,166 --> 00:33:41,934
um, hopefully,
in a couple of weeks,
811
00:33:41,934 --> 00:33:43,867
I have our next place
to pull pay out of
812
00:33:43,867 --> 00:33:45,634
and hopefully
save this season.
813
00:33:47,066 --> 00:33:47,900
Okay.
814
00:33:49,467 --> 00:33:51,533
[Todd] Dude, this is so wild.
815
00:33:51,533 --> 00:33:52,867
This is like Star Wars.
816
00:33:52,867 --> 00:33:54,834
[Hunter] Yeah. This is some
Star Wars [bleep] right here.
817
00:33:54,834 --> 00:33:55,934
[Todd laughs]
818
00:34:03,033 --> 00:34:06,100
-We good, Jack?
-[Jack] Yes, sir.
819
00:34:06,100 --> 00:34:07,667
[narrator] After
some fine tuning,
820
00:34:07,667 --> 00:34:10,367
Jack's plant is ready
for its final test.
821
00:34:10,367 --> 00:34:12,967
Hunter will be running
local rock instead of
822
00:34:12,967 --> 00:34:15,667
the limited gold rich
pay from the Lost Cut
823
00:34:15,667 --> 00:34:19,834
to ensure the plant can clean
and run rock efficiently.
824
00:34:19,834 --> 00:34:20,900
[Jack] First bucket.
825
00:34:23,367 --> 00:34:25,133
There she goes.
826
00:34:25,133 --> 00:34:26,567
[Todd] Come on up, Jack.
What do you think?
827
00:34:26,567 --> 00:34:28,867
-[Jack] Looks like
it's going down. Yeah.
-It's moving.
828
00:34:28,867 --> 00:34:30,033
[Jack] Yeah, it's movin'.
829
00:34:30,667 --> 00:34:32,634
[Todd] Throwing rocks.
830
00:34:32,634 --> 00:34:34,667
[Hunter] You know, I know
my grandpa's excited
831
00:34:34,667 --> 00:34:37,266
to see his plant
running and...
832
00:34:37,266 --> 00:34:40,834
He's just always excited
to be gold mining in general.
833
00:34:40,834 --> 00:34:43,333
You know, I'm feeding it
just like any other plant.
834
00:34:43,333 --> 00:34:45,066
It's washing, Jack!
835
00:34:45,066 --> 00:34:47,367
Just watch
your fingers over here.
836
00:34:47,367 --> 00:34:50,266
[Hunter] So far it's actually
doing pretty good.
837
00:34:50,266 --> 00:34:51,467
So, I'm impressed.
838
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,667
[Todd] Well,
for our first fire-up,
I think it's pretty good.
839
00:34:55,667 --> 00:34:57,734
It's working pretty dang good.
840
00:34:57,734 --> 00:35:00,567
For a test plant,
and something that
841
00:35:00,567 --> 00:35:03,066
I just built in my driveway,
842
00:35:03,066 --> 00:35:05,634
it's really washing
the rock good.
843
00:35:05,634 --> 00:35:07,767
The rock's
going off the tail end
844
00:35:07,767 --> 00:35:10,233
and you can
just watch it pile up.
845
00:35:10,233 --> 00:35:13,433
You want to call it a success,
it's a success.
846
00:35:13,433 --> 00:35:17,133
But can we find
the next hot spot?
847
00:35:17,133 --> 00:35:19,367
That's a big question.
848
00:35:19,367 --> 00:35:21,967
[Todd] I'm looking for that
five-pound nugget, buddy.
849
00:35:21,967 --> 00:35:22,934
[Jack] Well, yeah.
850
00:35:23,634 --> 00:35:25,133
[Todd] The five-pound nugget!
851
00:35:25,533 --> 00:35:26,433
[Todd chuckles]
852
00:35:35,333 --> 00:35:37,133
[man] What you...
what you got here?
853
00:35:37,133 --> 00:35:38,133
[Sterling speaking]
854
00:35:38,133 --> 00:35:39,834
[man] Nobody else has
one of those, I don't think.
855
00:35:47,667 --> 00:35:49,467
I'm Sterling Anderson.
856
00:35:49,467 --> 00:35:51,433
I ended up here
because Todd is my uncle.
857
00:35:58,934 --> 00:36:00,567
It is
a marathon here.
858
00:36:00,567 --> 00:36:02,834
If you... You'll burn out
so fast if you just,
859
00:36:02,834 --> 00:36:04,467
like, pedal to the metal
860
00:36:04,467 --> 00:36:07,166
all 18 hours a day,
six days a week.
861
00:36:07,166 --> 00:36:08,467
I just get into flow
862
00:36:08,467 --> 00:36:10,333
and the next thing you know
it's, like, 6:00 p.m.,
863
00:36:10,333 --> 00:36:11,934
next thing you know,
it's midnight
864
00:36:12,433 --> 00:36:14,300
and start over.
865
00:36:14,300 --> 00:36:15,934
I obviously do my thing.
I don't know.
866
00:36:15,934 --> 00:36:17,734
Little core, some push-ups.
867
00:36:19,133 --> 00:36:20,634
I'm gonna get Cub
working out too.
868
00:36:33,667 --> 00:36:36,467
Well, Jack,
your plant's running
869
00:36:37,233 --> 00:36:39,333
and it's running
in Nome, Alaska.
870
00:36:39,333 --> 00:36:40,300
-[Jack] Yeah.
-[all laughing]
871
00:36:40,300 --> 00:36:43,967
When I built this plant,
I built it in my driveway
872
00:36:43,967 --> 00:36:47,834
and I didn't know if it was
gonna get used or what.
873
00:36:47,834 --> 00:36:50,367
I've said it over
and over, you know?
874
00:36:50,367 --> 00:36:51,734
No guts, no glory
875
00:36:51,734 --> 00:36:55,100
and if you don't have
the guts to run this thing,
876
00:36:55,100 --> 00:36:56,400
you know, you're not
gonna get
877
00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,500
any glory
about the whole thing.
878
00:36:58,500 --> 00:37:00,367
So, it's here.
879
00:37:00,367 --> 00:37:02,700
Hopefully, it can help
880
00:37:02,700 --> 00:37:04,867
and maybe we'll
hit our goal.
881
00:37:05,734 --> 00:37:08,600
[Jack] Well, it's here,
it's working.
882
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:10,333
Can't get
any better than that.
883
00:37:11,367 --> 00:37:12,567
Yeah. It's pretty cool.
884
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:23,100
[narrator] With both
the Holy Roller
and the Black Pearl
885
00:37:23,100 --> 00:37:25,200
running Lost Cut pay all week,
886
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:27,967
the miners are hopeful
they will meet or exceed
887
00:37:27,967 --> 00:37:29,533
last week's weigh in.
888
00:37:29,533 --> 00:37:32,133
[Hunter] You know,
this is a place where
you can make a lot of money.
889
00:37:32,133 --> 00:37:33,700
If we can play
our cards right,
890
00:37:33,700 --> 00:37:35,433
if we can plan ahead,
891
00:37:35,433 --> 00:37:37,667
we have a lot higher
chance of getting our goal.
892
00:37:37,667 --> 00:37:42,967
3,033 ounces, it's ambitious
but I think it's better that
we shoot higher than lower.
893
00:37:42,967 --> 00:37:44,433
I wanna see everybody win.
894
00:37:44,433 --> 00:37:46,066
I wanna see
my grandpa happy
895
00:37:46,066 --> 00:37:48,300
and I wanna see
my dad get a lot of gold.
896
00:37:51,066 --> 00:37:53,367
[Thurber] How much
am I taking home?
897
00:37:53,367 --> 00:37:55,100
[Sterling] Don't drop
that one.
898
00:37:55,100 --> 00:37:57,000
Make into a little burrito.
899
00:37:58,200 --> 00:37:59,166
It looks good.
900
00:37:59,166 --> 00:38:02,133
I'd like to see two ounces
per hundred this time.
901
00:38:02,133 --> 00:38:03,467
And considering
the material that
902
00:38:03,467 --> 00:38:05,066
we're sending to the plant.
903
00:38:05,066 --> 00:38:07,500
It's real muddy and kinda
has a lot of silt on the top.
904
00:38:07,500 --> 00:38:09,233
So that's encouraging.
905
00:38:09,233 --> 00:38:10,767
-[man 1] Yeah.
-[Thurber] Look at that one.
906
00:38:10,767 --> 00:38:13,300
[Sterling] [bleep]
Yeah. Look at that!
907
00:38:13,767 --> 00:38:15,433
Hey, boy.
908
00:38:15,433 --> 00:38:17,834
Everything's looking
pretty good so far.
909
00:38:17,834 --> 00:38:20,000
Hope it's another good one.
910
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:21,634
[Sterling] What's
the prediction today?
911
00:38:21,634 --> 00:38:24,433
Old timers said it's bad luck
to predict your own count.
912
00:38:24,433 --> 00:38:26,667
[man 1] This is
probably gonna be
a good pull, dude.
913
00:38:27,634 --> 00:38:30,166
Not to seem
too optimistic about it.
914
00:38:30,166 --> 00:38:32,200
-Hey, Tater.
-[Tater] Yeah.
915
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,100
[Sterling] It's like
half a pan?
916
00:38:35,100 --> 00:38:36,667
-[Tater] Just out
of the bottom?
-[Sterling] Yeah.
917
00:38:38,233 --> 00:38:40,100
[Tater] Oh, yeah.
That looks pretty darn good.
918
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:41,567
Good job, guys.
919
00:38:41,567 --> 00:38:42,934
Maybe we're back on track.
920
00:38:58,033 --> 00:38:59,934
[Todd] Hey, Dad,
we brought your plant in.
921
00:38:59,934 --> 00:39:02,333
-Yeah.
-What do you think
about that, Dad?
922
00:39:02,333 --> 00:39:06,934
You know, I,
I made it not knowing
if it was gonna get used,
923
00:39:06,934 --> 00:39:09,900
but I'm glad
that Hunter's using it
924
00:39:09,900 --> 00:39:15,066
-and it's gonna be fun
to see how it works.
-It had a few leaks.
925
00:39:15,066 --> 00:39:17,800
I mean, you never had
ran water through it before.
926
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:19,600
-[Jack] Never. No.
-So I think it'll work good.
927
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:22,834
Yeah. Good job helping out,
everybody, on the plant.
928
00:39:22,834 --> 00:39:24,467
[Micah] Yeah.
It was pretty cool.
929
00:39:24,467 --> 00:39:27,467
[Todd] Thurb, what's the total
on the season so far?
930
00:39:27,467 --> 00:39:30,033
We're at 192.7.
931
00:39:30,033 --> 00:39:32,200
Almost 400,000 bucks.
932
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:34,166
[Todd] Not bad.
It's a good start.
933
00:39:34,166 --> 00:39:36,600
-Yeah.
-[Hunter] Nice chunk
of change.
934
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:40,467
-Yeah.
-I feel like we have another
big one coming. So...
935
00:39:40,467 --> 00:39:43,066
Thurbs, give us
the good news.
936
00:39:43,066 --> 00:39:44,166
[Jack] Pour it out.
937
00:39:44,166 --> 00:39:46,233
God. It feels
more than the last one.
938
00:39:46,867 --> 00:39:47,734
[Todd] Twenty...
939
00:39:48,467 --> 00:39:55,567
[Jack] 40, 50, 60, 70, 80...
940
00:39:56,400 --> 00:40:00,900
88, 90, 98, 100.
941
00:40:01,667 --> 00:40:06,967
-104, 109, 110...
-[Hunter] I knew it.
942
00:40:06,967 --> 00:40:12,800
[Jack] 114, 116, 118, 119...
943
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:18,533
122.7.
944
00:40:18,533 --> 00:40:19,533
No way!
945
00:40:19,533 --> 00:40:20,967
[Sterling] All right.
Big bother week.
946
00:40:20,967 --> 00:40:24,700
[Todd] That's our
second biggest cleanup ever.
947
00:40:24,700 --> 00:40:26,000
-[boy] It's pretty good.
-That's pretty good.
948
00:40:26,333 --> 00:40:27,367
It's really good.
949
00:40:27,367 --> 00:40:28,367
-[Todd cheers]
-Yeah.
950
00:40:28,367 --> 00:40:31,734
That cut, man, is...
This is, this thing is money.
951
00:40:31,734 --> 00:40:33,533
-Yeah. Hard work works, man.
-Let's keep grinding.
952
00:40:33,533 --> 00:40:35,200
Way to go, guys. Way to go.
953
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:36,867
[narrator] It's still
early in the season,
954
00:40:36,867 --> 00:40:41,200
but the Hoffmans have
managed to get 315.4 ounces
955
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,934
of their 3,033 ounce goal.
956
00:40:43,934 --> 00:40:47,634
This week's haul
is worth well over $200,000,
957
00:40:47,634 --> 00:40:52,200
but they still have
2,718 more ounces to go.
958
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:53,700
Whatever you're doing, Andy,
959
00:40:53,700 --> 00:40:55,033
keep doing it, man.
960
00:40:55,033 --> 00:40:57,100
-Triple digits.
-Keep bringing dirt.
961
00:40:57,100 --> 00:40:59,200
-We should just keep
doing this every clean out.
-Yeah.
962
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:01,800
At some point we're gonna
need to find some more pay.
963
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:04,033
Right now, we've got
all our eggs in one basket
964
00:41:04,033 --> 00:41:05,567
and that's kinda scary.
965
00:41:05,567 --> 00:41:10,133
Yeah. I'm kinda
looking for a needle
in the haystack, to be honest.
966
00:41:10,133 --> 00:41:12,767
Gotta find something
that's not frozen,
967
00:41:12,767 --> 00:41:13,900
that we can actually get to
968
00:41:13,900 --> 00:41:15,433
that's got good gold. So...
969
00:41:15,433 --> 00:41:18,200
I'll just keep poking around
and we'll see what
we can find.
970
00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,767
-[Todd] Do your best.
Go from there.
-[Hunter] Okay.
971
00:41:20,767 --> 00:41:22,233
Let's grind it.
Let's get going.
972
00:41:22,233 --> 00:41:23,667
Let's get this thing, man.
973
00:41:23,667 --> 00:41:24,533
[Jack] All right.