08x24 - Gold Rush: Parker v Beets

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Todd's big decision.
Have a great night.
It starts now.

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I'm excited about it.
I'm ready to get gold.

Feed it, hunter.
We're good.

Todd: There's no way to
make this look pretty.

Now our trommel
looks f-ing stupid.

Jack: Here we go.

You know, that's not bad.

The days of Tony beets are over.

- [Bleep] Yeah.
- Whoo!

Cheers to that.

That was the practice run.

Maybe this time,
it's the bombing run.

It's just Tony beets needing
to be the king of the world.

Do you really have
that big of a problem

with me
being your neighbor?

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Yeah. I'm wondering
where we're going.

Narrator:
Tony beets is facing failure.

He's been attempting to tear
down his 70-year-old dredge

and move it to his own
ground all season,

but, for the last 3 weeks,
he's made zero progress.

We sure came
to a grinding halt.

Tony has removed everything
he can with his 20-ton crane.

That's really good.

I was thinking this year was
gonna be a total disaster.

To finish the job, he needed
to upgrade to his 50-ton crane,

but it was stranded in Dawson

ever since his barge
was damaged.

Great news, Tony.
I'm really glad it's here.

Tony shelled out $30,000
to have it shipped to thistle

on the only other barge
on this stretch of the Yukon.

Now we can finally
actually do something.

Yeah.

♪♪

Mike:
So same as always?

The rear gantry is 8,000
pounds and 55 feet high.

It's very simple because
all I have to do

is lift it up a little bit
and let it down.

Narrator: Dutchman len,
Tony's trusted rigger,

has been working
for him for two years.

Lee: Tell Mike, "go up

and then swing the hook
to the other side."

Welder fil trained
in the alberta oil fields

before Tony recruited her.

Taking this dredge apart
is not easy at all.

We're all getting tired.

It's getting cold,
getting ready to be done.

Okay.
One to go.

Narrator: Fil and len team up
to cut through the last beam

holding the gantry in place.

No. No. No.
No. No. No.

No. No. No.
No. No. No.

We hook here
with two slings.

That would make me
feel better.

Narrator:
Tony replaces the single sling

with a stabilizing
four-chain bridle sling.

♪♪

Tony: Whoa!

Why? Do you have a pair
I can borrow?

That went
really good, Tony.

♪♪

Parker: Everything is going
really good right now.

We've just got to keep
charging forward

and chewing through ground.

Narrator: Parker schnabel is
just over 100 ounces short

of his 5,000-ounce,

$6 million season goal.

Parker: Sluicifer is doing
pretty darn well.

It's producing a lot of gold,
and it's damn nice

to have a lot of gold coming in

at this time of the season.

Narrator: One mile west,
at Indian river,

Rick ness has just produced

big red's biggest
cleanup of the season.

Last week Rick pulled in over


which is unreal,

and, if he keeps up
what he's doing right now,

big red will hit 2,500 ounces
like he promised,

and we'll get there.

Narrator: To hit their


Rick and Parker
both pledged

to produce 2,500 ounces.

This part of the cut
has been great.

I mean, we've been
putting out

great [Bleep] numbers here
at the end of the season.

Narrator: But Rick is still


and he's running
out of thawed pay.

Ness: There's a little bit
over on the side.

We're gonna scrape
all that up.

That should be thawed now.

We'll get the trucks in here.

If we don't have 2,500 ounces
at the end of this dirt,

we're pretty much
out of options.

I mean, everything
else is frozen.

There's no way
we can strip a bit more

because it'll never thaw.

All right.
Super truckers, get in here.

Let's do this.

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Beaudry: We're sitting
on the best ground

that we've ever put through
this plant this year

because, you know, that's good
for that last little step

that we need
to get 2,500 ounces.

♪ Whoo!
Back and forth ♪

♪ back and forth ♪

♪ back and forth,
back, back and forth ♪

Blaschke: Hey, Rick.
You got a copy?

Yeah.
Go ahead, Mitch.

I've scraped every corner
of this cut.

I've gone back
over this thing,

like, three times, man,

but all that's left
is bedrock.

[Bleep] Me.

I knew we were getting low,
but that's it, huh?

We've definitely got all
the pay out from over here.

Well, I'll run what's left
on the pad here,

I guess, and
we'll see where we're at.

This is probably the best ground
we've ever run through

big red, and all we need
is 345 more ounces

to hit our 2,500-ounce goal.

I mean, it's gonna be close.

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It's Gonzo.

That happened quick.

I know, right?

Not much left.

Well, we'll see what
we can come up with.

Yeah.

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Big cut to get through,
I never would have thought

we'd have got
through it this year,

let alone a couple weeks early,

and it's not like
they left anything behind.

That's pretty impressive
for this plant

to do that kind of area.

I guess we didn't have
enough breakdowns.

Well, this is the last
scoop of dirt we have.

This is really good ground,
but if it's there, it's there.

If it's not, it's not.

Come on.
Let's do it, Ricky.

Well, this is it
for Indian river.

- Yeah!
- Whoo!

Narrator:
Over the last 4 months,

Rick has run


enough to fill the White House
more than 10 times.

Finito.

Hell of a season, man.

Thanks, man.

- Whoo!
- [Bleep] Yeah, boys!

All right.
Let's see what's in this stuff.

Hopefully, this here is enough
to get us that 2,500 ounces.

Doumitt: Uh-oh.

Oh. Oh.

Looking kind of gold-y
over here.

- That's a good sign.
- Yeah.

Man: That's good.

[Bleep] You.

Man ♪2:
"What ended your season?"

"Oh, Parker broke his hip."

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Todd: There's no season
that ends normal.

It's always kind of crazy.
- Whoa!

Narrator:
Coming up later this season...

Todd:
That's a king Kong, man.

It's a freaking nightmare.

I hope the guys are behind me.

I may not
do another season.

- Whoa!
- Shut it down!

We've been mined out.
There's no gold in here.

That's exactly how it works.
I do all the work.

I take all the risk,
and you get all the money.

Shouldn't dance
with the devil, I guess.

Todd: We got
some business, huh?

A bet's a bet.


Will you?

Todd: I'm down to two plants,

so I'm kind of hoping
for a miracle.

Narrator:
Last week Todd Hoffman shut down

monster red and abandoned
the jewelry box cut.

Todd: The gold started
just petering out on us,

so I made the decision.

Narrator: Now the only ground
he has to mine

is at fairplay.

Todd: We got a month left,
and we're gonna circle

the wagons around
these two plants.

Morning.

Narrator: Freddy has been
running rusty red

for the last 5 weeks.

Dodge: Rock conveyor.

Sand screw.

Winter is coming.

We're running out of time
before stuff freezes.

Screen.

Narrator: Rusty red runs
at a steady 200 yards an hour.

The plant has been
running pretty decent.

Let's just hope
it continues that way.

♪♪

Narrator:
Up the hill at holy roller,

hunter finally has
their new trommel

dialed in,
the fourth wash plant

of the Hoffmans'
roller-coaster season.

I'm excited about it.
I'm ready to get gold.

Plant is on.

Feeder is cranked up
to full speed,

so I feel really
good right now.

Okay.
Here we go.

Spinks: This late in the season,
you know,

if this doesn't pay out for us,

we're gonna be in trouble.

Hiatt:
It's really freaking noisy.

This trommel is louder
than a dryer with rocks

in it multiplied by 1,000.

♪♪

Narrator: The big rocks
in the golden gulch pay dirt

are hitting the steel
drum of the trommel.

Problems with neighbors
and regulations have shut

Todd down several times
this season.

He can't afford another setback,
which could cost him

tens of thousands of dollars.

Poulson:
Noise is a problem here

just because we have
so many neighbors

so close, and this valley
is like an amplifier.

I mean, it carries like crazy.

Narrator: The closest houses
are just 400 feet

from holy roller,

and Colorado restricts noise

in residential zones
to 80 decibels.

We've had plenty of problems
this season with neighbors.

We don't need this
to be another,

so I'm just taking noise samples

at various points
on the property

to make sure we're
not out of compliance.

We're pretty dang high.

We're at 78 point whatever,
and the limit is 80,

so we're still legal,
but we're pushing the limit.

Narrator:
At the start of the season,

Todd's crew was threatened
by a neighbor.

Todd: Did he say he's
gonna sh**t you?

Poulson:
He said I could get shot.

Narrator: A week later,
the threat escalated.

Dude, somebody just shot
at us out on the road.

Somebody pulled out a g*n
and just started sh**ting at us.

Todd: Everybody out.
Everybody off the mine.

What's the verdict?

Not good.

We're borderline, man.

We're still legal,
but we're right on the edge.

- A little too loud, huh?
- Yeah.

Well, I'll think
of something.

I don't think we should run
until we fix that, though.

- I don't either.
- Okay.

Hey, hunter.
Do you have a copy?

- Yeah.
- Hey, man.

We're gonna have to shut
this plant down.

We're a touch too noisy
for my liking.

Can you say that again?

What?

We're getting pretty close
to being out

of compliance on noise.

Okay.
Do you not want me to feed?

What are we doing?

Dude, if we keep shutting
down for these things,

we're literally gonna get
no gold out of this plant.

Okay.
No more pay to the trommel.

We've already put weeks
into building this thing.

When we finally get it running,
it's kind of pissing me off.

You got any ideas?

Well, the only thing
I can think of

is if you put a couple
supports on there

and maybe wrapped it with,
like, concrete blankets.

Yeah.

I bet that would insulate
the hell out of it.

- Do you think that would work?
- It might muffle it.

Dude, that might
work good, huh?

It might.
It'd be worth a shot.

Okay.
We'll figure it out.

Why are you shutting
off the plant?

I'm getting gold right now.

Because we've had enough
troubles with the neighbors.

We've got to get
this thing quieter.

Why are we
worrying about that?

I'm just trying
to make sure

that it's not
too loud for the neighbors.

That's all.

You know, I don't want
any more complaints, and...

They're gonna complain
no matter what.

I know.
They probably will, but...

We keep shutting down
for these little things.

But, I think, if we can knock
the sound in half...

Dude, we're
in the legal limit.

I want to run the plant.

I want to get gold.

Let's just fix it
and get it running.

Stupid.

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Christie: We should get
after that spud next.

Narrator: Now that Tony has
the 50-ton crane

at thistle creek, he's making
serious progress

dismantling his dredge.

Up next, the anchor.

The whole thing is built
with 2-inch-thick steel.

This is one heavy piece.

That's a total finger
biter, that one.

Yeah.

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[Bleep] Big chunk
of [Bleep] steel.

So even this 50-tonner here
is gonna have

a bit of trouble
with some of it.

I just put tension on it.

I'm already at 13 tons.

Hey, dad.

How much you want to bet
how much it'll weigh?

Come on.
I want to make some money here.

We don't need to bet.

Because they all know
they're gonna lose.

Narrator:
The spud is stuck in the dirt.

If the 50-ton crane
can't wrench it free,

Tony's teardown
will come to a halt.




is equal to the weight

of five pickup trucks.

No. No.
No. No.

You said, "10 tons, most."

You said that once it
it was in the air,



Use my big old pendulum.

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Ooh.
It's toasty in here.

- Yeah.
- Hi.

Ness: Kind of a weird time
of the season, right?

Big red is shut down,
and we still got weeks left.

Narrator: Parker has called an
early gold weigh to see if Rick,

who's just run out of
pay at Indian river...

You're done for the season.
You can go fishing.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Narrator: ...Has delivered
the 2,500 ounces

he promised from big red.

- Howdy.
- Howdy.

Parker:
Let's see what big red has got.

Ness: The reckoning.

Man ♪3: Dude, that's a pretty
good-looking pan.

- Oh, h*, h*.
- It's not bad.

Rick, right now, big red
is at 2,155 ounces.

Ness: Right.

You're 345 ounces short,
so you can hit it.

Yeah.
Oh, boy.

- Good luck.
- Come on.

Why does every week
seem like

I'm marching to my death?

- 345.
- 345, youngster.

Oh, it's a nice pan
of gold.



Keep it coming.



Parker:
Well, you broke 200.




- Aw.

Narrator: Rick has missed
his goal by 102 ounces.

[Bleep] Part about that is
that's a really good cleanup.

- Yeah.
- Hey.

You've got nothing
to be disappointed about.

Yeah.

Really, it's on me that we don't
have more ground stripped.

- It's so close.
- Yeah.

It's a little bit of a Thorn
in the side

of a something good,
but [Bleep]

Hey, man.
- Hey.

I'm not gonna cry about it.

Rick, we cleaned
everything down there.

We even cleaned
our fingernails,

but we're not finished
with this week yet.

We still have
another pan to go.

Yeah.

Sluicifer looks
really good.

Parker: Let's find out.










All right!

What's that bring us to,
season total?

Right now
we're at 5,381 ounces.

- h*, h*, h*.
- Booyah.

Bingo.

You're over 5,000 ounces.

- Yeah.
- k*lled it.

Good job, guys.
- Yeah.

Narrator: A full month before
the end of the season,

Parker has smashed his


- We all hit it.
- That's awesome.

We came up here with that


and that bet in Vegas
with Todd.

I would think we could consider
the bet won at this point.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

But the scary part is,

sluicifer by itself
is at 2,983,

so you're just right there
at the 3,000-ounce mark.

[Bleep]
Are we really that close?

Narrator: In Parker's deal
with landlord Tony beets,

as soon as one
of his wash plants

exceeds 3,000 ounces,

his royalties increase
from 20% to 25%.

Parker: Hmm.

So there's some thinking
you're gonna have to do.

It's a numbers game,
right?

- Yep.
- Mm-hmm.

Do we stay sluicing
or shut down?

As far as I'm concerned,
I'm not paying 25% royalties.

Ness: Mm-hmm.
True.

That's why we're
gonna shut down.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Hmm.

We've gotten this ground
that we've leased from Ken

at 10% royalty,

so let's move down there
and start mining Ken's ground.

Narrator: Now that big red has
run out of pay dirt

and sluicifer has hit
its royalty threshold,

Parker is moving on.

We've got the chance here
to just smash it, so, yeah.

Might as well take
advantage of it, I'm in.

Narrator: In the spring,
Parker leased virgin ground

from veteran miners
Ken tatlow and Stuart Schmidt.

Tatlow: The ground that
we're talking about

would include
about 175 claims.

Parker: Yeah.
Holy cow.

I've been looking for something
like this for several years.

It depends on what kind of
royalty rate you guys...

- Standard 10%.
- Yeah.

Is that standard?

Because I've paid
double that.

- When you mine...
- That's ridiculous.

Wow.

We've got to push down there
on Ken and Stuart's ground.

The sky is the limit, and Tony
is what's always held us back,

so the days of Tony beets are
over, and we'll make this work.

Cheers to that.
- Exactly.

- [Bleep] Yeah.
- Whoo!

Cheers!

Narrator: At dawn, Ken tatlow

joins Parker
as he opens a new chapter

in his mining career.

Parker:
It sucks to not be sluicing,

but the good thing that's
gonna come out of it here

is that we're coming down
to Ken and Stuart's ground.

It's a big chunk of ground,
so I really think that we'll get

big red down here
and start sluicing again.

Narrator: 4 miles west
of Parker's operation,

Tony is mining with Kevin's
dredge and Monica's wash plant.

Just south is the ground
that Parker is leasing from Ken,

and he's starting a cut
right beside Tony's operation.

There's only one problem.

Parker has to cross Tony's
claim to get to his new land.

It's the only road there is,

and he built this camp
straddling the road,

so here we are.

[ Belches ]

My guts are torn
the [Bleep] up.

I'm just stressed out.

Narrator:
At the start of the season,

Tony found Parker
prospecting Ken's land.

I'm just trying to have
a good long-term place.

The beets are pretty
unpredictable,

and you never really know
what to expect

when you're dealing with them.

Like, some days
they're your best friend,

and then some days
they'll scream and shout

at you all day long.

That dozer is heavy, and we're
tearing up all the roads,

so stay rolling.

If I get punched out, I'd like
it at least to be on camera.

Narrator: Parker and Ken have
crossed Tony's land

and arrived
on Parker's new claim.

Seems uneventful so far.
Look at that.

Where's the welcoming committee?

Come on.

You got an early start, huh?
- Oh, yeah.

This is exciting, you know?
This is brand-new ground for us.

I have no idea what to expect.

I just want to get over there
and see what I can find.

♪♪

It's been at least 20 years
since I've opened up a new cut.

I'm enjoying this very much,

and I know Parker
is excited about it.

It'll be fun.

Parker: Starting from scratch
like this

is gonna be pretty difficult,
but I'm sure we'll make it work.

It's a little bit
nerve-racking, to be honest.

Tatlow: So here goes the first
blade on Parker's new venture,

right here, the first one.

Narrator: For the first time
since he came to the klondike,

Parker is mining ground that
doesn't belong to Tony beets.

I've always wanted to figure out
if that good ground

that Tony is on continues
over this way,

so that's why I'm down here.

Ness:
Is that Tony beets?

Yeah.
There's Tony taking off.

He must be resorting
to airlifting his second dredge

out of thistle creek.

Tony and his family are the type

that I'm sure
don't want any neighbors.

They block their roads off
every fall, and, um...

Oh.
Here they're taking a look

at what we're doing,
it looks like.

I just hope they don't drop
any grenades on us.

♪♪

He should keep flying over us.

He might learn a thing or two,
and that was a practice run.

Maybe this time
it's the bombing run.

It's just Tony beets needing
to be the king of the world.

Pretty trusting, I could have
reached out with the machine

and just swatted him,
ended all of our problems.

I could never tell you
to do that, Rick,

but, boy, would
your bonus be good.

Yeah.

Grapevine is
for pulling.

I just did a square knot,

a simple square knot
followed with a half hitch.

It's gonna be a sick knot.

Hunter: Oh, that's...
Dude, that is weak.

Mine is so tight, dude.

I'm gonna be honest.
I don't know what he tied.

He tied a hunter knot.

That's the best knot
you can do.

The knot friend club.

♪ I wake up in the morning ♪

♪ and I'm tying some knots,
tying, tying some knots ♪

♪♪

Narrator: Next Todd wants to
double up using foam blankets.

This is a concrete blanket.

It's got a little bit
of insulation in there.

This will probably take it down
another 10% or 20%.

Okay. You ready?
Oh.

No way to make this look
pretty, trust me.

Yeah. There is.
This is not it.

We're not getting gold,

and now our trommel looks
[Bleep] stupid.

It's so pretty.

It's unbelievable.

Definitely not my idea.

Tuck it over the top of that.

I'd go around the whole thing.

Juan, what do you think?

I like it.
It looks really good.

I can see the years of
engineering classes paid off.

That's beautiful.
- It's like a big diaper.

Do you think it's a good idea?
You look at it.

I think it's a horrible idea,
and it looks ridiculous,

so I'm sure
it's gonna be windy,

and we have a tarp barely hooked
onto the end of our trommel,

so it's frustrating
for me.

I don't think this is
gonna work.

Dude, I'm telling you,
it's gonna work.

Damn right
it's gonna work.

I don't even want to be
in charge of this plant

because
that's embarrassing.

Fire it up.

[ Engine starts ]

Narrator:
Last time trey checked,

holy roller was right
at the legal limit,

registering 78 decibels.

All right.
Man, let's see where we're at.

I hear some noise,
but I think right...

It sounds a heck
of a lot better.

It does sound better.

If everybody doesn't
talk, watch.


that's good.

That's real good.
- Perfect.

That's awesome.
It was worth it.

Hopefully, I have all the bugs
worked out of this thing

because it's starting
to get cold,

so, hopefully, we can just
run from here on out.

Narrator: Holy roller
is back in the game,

running dirt alongside rusty red

for the final push
of the season.

♪♪

♪♪

It is pretty weird being right
here next to Tony's dredge.

Narrator:
Parker and new landlord
Ken tatlow are stripping

right next to
Parker's old landlord,

Tony beets', operation.

It's really promising to have
a good landlord that is out here

doing the work
with us like Ken is.

I think he's been waiting
for this moment all season.

I'm pretty excited about it,
so I hope he is, too.

It's good to be
on your claims, man.

Tatlow: Well, it's good
to have you here.

Narrator: Ken is charging Parker
a 10% royalty

in place of Tony's 25%.

Parker: Tony makes a lot
of money off of us.

Hand over 1 million bucks
just from the lease.

That's a lot of money.

That's why Tony wants us to keep
doing our thing in his ground.

Some of this ground, I think,
is probably 5 or 6 feet to pay,

if that.

It's really, really fantastic.

And we're just pushing
all the thaw off

trying to get it opened up.

Hopefully, we'll find a spot
that's thawed down to pay.

Check at next stop.

I'm out of fuel.

Hey, Ken.
You got a copy?

Yep.
I do.

I'm gonna head over
to the fuel truck.

Oh.
Okay.

Narrator: It's 500 yards
across Tony's ground

to where Parker has
left his fuel truck.

Parker:
Today was a really good day.

Hopefully, this all leads
to some gold

coming out of the ground.

What the [Bleep] going on
behind the fuel truck?

It looks like they digged
a big [Bleep] ditch

right behind our fuel truck.

Yeah.

I'll bet that's exactly
what Tony did.

This is just Tony beets

wanting us to put all
our effort into his ground.

This is the act
of a desperate man.

Really, Tony?

Oh, my [Bleep]

Tony dug the road out
and just made it

so our fuel truck can't get by.

There's no [Bleep] purpose for
this except to play stupid,

childish [Bleep] games.

Narrator: You have to be tough
to be a gold miner.

Ugh.

But every miner has a soft spot.

Man ♪4: He makes me
a better person...

Ness: He makes you
a better person.

- ...a [Bleep] person.
- Yep.

He makes
everything better.

Bruce makes
everything better.

Bruce!
Brucey!

Everybody loves Bruce.

Oh.

How could you not love that?

Look at that face.

That's my one
kryptonite, puppies.

I like doing cleanups like this.

This is the type I like.

Narrator: After a rocky week,
Jack weighs gold from

rusty red and holy roller.

- How's it going, Jack?
- Hey.

Well, not bad.
I got it dry.

Here we go.

- Look at that, Freddy!
- You got it clean.

- Yeah.
- It's pretty.

Dodge: Yeah.

Narrator: Todd has given up
on his season goal,

but his break-even point
is 1,500 ounces,

and, to reach that,
he needs another 166 ounces...

Guys, rusty red
did 70.5, not bad.

No.

Narrator:
...Worth $84,000.

You know, it's steady, Freddy.

It doesn't run fast,
but it's running consistent.

It reminds me of myself.

What did
holy roller get?

Jack: Well, hunter, holy roller
didn't do too bad

for the yardage.

It was 32.9.

Narrator:
Worth close to $40,000.

She's finally getting
on the scoreboard, at least.

I mean, it's not as good
as it could have been.

You're right.

We lost a lot of time
soundproofing it.

I hear you.
All right.

So our season total
is 1,437.

That's not bad.

Narrator: Worth $1.7 million,

but, as the end approaches,

Todd has yet to break even.

The gold is in the ground there.
We know it.

I know it's been a tough year,

but we got
the holy roller running.

So, Freddy, how does it
sound up there now?

Man, you guys
toned it way down.

It's the last thing we need
this year is another battle.

Trying to go a little bit
above and beyond.

And you did.

It looks like it's got
a diaper on it, but hey.

[ Laughter ]

♪♪

I can never figure
this guy out.

I don't know what
to think right now.

Narrator: While Parker has
stripped his new ground

next to Tony's dredge,

somebody dug a ditch
behind his fuel truck.

Tony.

You dug my road out.

Somebody dug out
our [Bleep] road.

Really?

Yeah, right.

Do you really have
that big of a problem

with me
being your neighbor?

I'm hardly in your way.

You know, we're just trying

to get some ground
opened up, Tony.

So trust me.

If I could not be anywhere
near your place, I would.

I'm stripping where the lowest
royalties are gonna be,

which is
with Ken and Stuart.

You know, big red
is out of ground,

and our other plant
is knocking up on top

of its royalties.

I'm not gonna pay
a 25% [Bleep]

So we're shutting down.

Well, we're gonna have
two plants down here

in a matter of a week.



and the other one
is just about at 3,000.

Right, and that's...
The problem is,

that's the one that
has stripped ground.

So we can keep sluicing
with sluicifer

on big red's
royalty rates?

Okay.

So I can do 6,000 ounces
without hitting 25%,

is what you're saying?

And what if we go
over 6,000?

You sure say
"deal is a deal" a lot

and then
change the deals.

This time...
For the first time,

it's on the plus side,
so I'm not complaining.

Don't change your mind.

It is.
Yeah.

Well, I'd hate to have
met you 30 years ago.

My dad says the same thing,
and I'm his kid.

Yeah.

I'm still gonna be
your neighbor.

Bye.

[Bleep]

Narrator: Parker can now fire
sluicifer back up

and run another three quarters
of $1 million worth of gold.

I certainly wasn't expecting him

to give us a break
on the royalties.

That's never happened before,

but he may have just opened the
door to a 6,000-ounce season.

Todd: There's no season
that ends normal.

It's always kind of crazy.

Narrator:
On the next "gold rush"...

We're Yukon landowners.
I overpaid a fair bit.

- How much?
- Half a million dollars.

- [Bleep]
- So here's our new playground.

Ness: What a mess.

Todd: It's the biggest Boulder
I've ever seen.

It's a freaking nightmare.

You're kidding me!

Tony: Okay.
Let's go.

Just let that [Bleep] down.

- Whoa!
- [Bleep]

Just let that [Bleep] down.