15x09 - Three Plant Blitz

[bunniefuu]

[Kevin] We're about
a month behind where
we'd wanted to be.

We thought we'd already
be sluicing by now,

but delays, delays,
breakdowns, breakdowns.

So the faster
we can get this pay out,

the faster we can
set the plant up
and get running.

[narrator] First-year
mine boss Kevin Beets

is falling
way behind schedule.

Nine weeks
into his first season,

he hasn't mined
an ounce of gold.

But that is about to change.

[Kevin] The crew
down in the cut
has hit pay finally,

so that's a big [bleep] plus.

But [bleep] is frozen,

so all the pay
has gotta come out
to get that.

By the time
it's all out, though,

he's gonna have
a [bleep] mountain.

[narrator] Eager
to get gold coming in,

Kevin wants to dig out
all the frozen pay

from 3 acres of the Lynx Cut
by the end of the week,
stockpile it,

then let the sun thaw it
before sluicing.

There's just one problem.

To dig out
the frozen pay quickly

requires a big dozer
to rip the ground.

And Kevin's D10
is still out of action

after blowing its transmission
a month ago.

[bleep] breakdowns k*ll us
every single [bleep] time.

And it's very frustrating.

'Cause I don't know the--

[voice on radio] I'm gonna
push out, you guys,

and you guys
can head back to the back.
Uh...

For [bleep] sakes.

[narrator] With no dozer,
Foreman Brennan Ruault

is forced to break up
the frozen pay

with an excavator's smaller,
less powerful ripper blade.

[Brennan] It just
ba*ls to the wall
the whole time here

because we're already a month
behind on everything.

Definitely not been
a smooth spring,

that's for sure.

[narrator] Operator
Matt Kiefer

loads the ripped pay dirt
into rock trucks to haul
to the stockpile,

but progress is slow.

[Matt] I mean,

the original plan
was to have the cut
completely stripped by now,

so I'm definitely
a little stressed about it.

[Brennan] We're doing
as much as we can,

but it's just...
Making deadlines is tough

with a small crew
and old equipment.

-And--
-[voice speaking over radio]

[bleep] off, you [bleep].

If someone comes
on the radio again,
I'm done for the [bleep] day.

I swear to [bleep].

There's definitely a lot
on my shoulders right now.

There's all these million
things to think about,
you know,

and that's where
I put a lot of pressure
on myself.

-There's all that huge--
-[voice speaking over radio]

How the [bleep]
off you [bleep].

[bleep]

You wanna get that radio?

Brennan's a little stressed.

He really wants us
to hit our target
and our gold total.

We spent over a million bucks,
so we're starting
to feel the pressure.

Kevin, do you copy? Kevin?

Go for Kevin.

Hey, Tony and Minnie are here.

[Kevin] I will be right there.

Tony and Minnie have arrived.

I don't even wanna imagine
what they want.

[narrator] Kevin leases
the ground on Scribner Creek
from Dad, Tony,

owing Tony 10%
of all the gold he mines,

and he's late
with his first payment.

[Tony speaking]

[Minnie] We were just
kind of figuring how you guys
were doing.

[Kevin] Yeah, been better.

[Faith] We're spending
a lot of money day and day.

Our piggy bank
is dwindling, so to speak.

[Kevin] Hopefully we get
some gold coming in
pretty quick.

[Kevin] Still got
some permafrost.

With the D10 down,
we're really in desperate need
of a dozer,

something we can rip with.

I think so,
if you don't mind, yeah.

[Tony speaking]

[Kevin] Very much so.

[Kevin] Yeah, so...

[Kevin] We really need
to get [bleep] sluicing.

[Minnie] You're gonna
give him the 11?

[Tony speaking]

[narrator] Tony's
$4 million, 115-ton D11

is one of the biggest,
most powerful dozers
in the Klondike,

and will supercharge
Kevin's battle to stockpile
pay dirt.

But you have to make sure
it's only Brennan on it

because I don't want
anyone else on it.

[Faith] No, it's only him.

[Kevin] Really appreciate it,
thank you.

-Yeah.
-Never-ending.

[Tony speaking]

-[Minnie] All right,
we'll see you guys.
-[Faith] Okay.

That went pretty good.

Yeah, that was
a very nice visit.

[Kevin] I'm really happy
that Tony is lending us
the D11.

That is gonna make
such a world of difference
for us.

Oh, yeah, that's nice.

We hope so.

-[Tony speaking]
-Yeah.

I'll polish the scales.

No, I wouldn't do that
to my own kid.

No, I wouldn't.

Well, that's why I'm
in charge of that part.

[Brennan] Whoo!

Oh, this thing is sick.

Yeah, what a game changer.

[Brennan] Time to destroy
some ground around here.

[Brennan laughs]

You compensating
for something with that thing?

Well, guys,
with this dozer here,

I think we'll get this cut
opened up,

so this is a huge win.

[Tony speaking]

[narrator] Unlike
his son, Kevin,

Tony Beets
is ahead of schedule.

At Paradise Hill,
his youngest son, Mike,

has finally fired up
the trommel.

And on Indian River,
Tony's nephew, Cousin Mike,

is sluicing
with the Shaker Deck
and Sluice-A-Lot.

Together, they've banked


but Tony is hungry for more.

[Tony speaking]

[narrator] To haul in
of the week

and hit half his


Tony needs both Mikes
on their A game.

[Tony speaking]

[Michael] Running
two plants, it comes
with two times the trouble,

but I see it as a challenge

so I could see myself
being a miner like Tony.

I work good under pressure.

[Jacob] I'm hoping
this plant holds up.

It's older than I am,
unfortunately,

but with that
comes complications.

[narrator] Feeding
the 30-year-old Shaker Deck,

new loader operator
Jacob Moore.

[Jacob] It's been
a little frustrating,

and the plant keeps
having issues.

We're getting some rock
drilled up on the grizzlies
now.

You got a copy?

[Michael] Go ahead.

[Jacob] You wanna open
the grizzlies?

Yeah, I'll open them up.

Anything happening, Jacob?

Are the grizzlies opening up?

[Jacob] Not that I reckon.

[Michael] Oh, [bleep].

Hydraulics aren't working.

Pump is [bleep].

[Michael] Hey, Jacob.
I'm gonna shut it down.

We don't have time
for that [bleep].

So, yeah, we're gonna have
to order a new pump.

That will probably take
a couple of weeks.

We can't wait for that,
so we'll take that thing
out of the way

and feed directly
onto the conveyor belt.

It's not ideal,

you risk putting in
big rocks that can
jam [bleep] up,

but we can't wait for parts
and all that bull [bleep].

[narrator] The Shaker Deck
has two conveyor belts.

The first has grizzly bars
that stop large rocks

entering the wash plant
and causing damage.

But the hydraulic pump
that lifts these bars
to clear the rocks has failed,

shutting the plant down.

To get it running again,
Mike will raise the grizzlies'
conveyor out of the way

and use an excavator
to feed rocky pay

directly onto the wash plant's
second conveyor.

[Michael] It's a bit
of a high risk,
high reward plan.

It has been sitting here
for long enough now,

may as well get it going
any way we can.

I'm gonna lift it
as high as I can

and out of the way
of the excavator.

There we go.

[plant starting]

So firing this plant up,
see what she does
with this setup.

Hopefully, it's good
because it's a simple way,

and, yeah,
at least we're running.

[Ruby] There's multiple things
that I have to watch for.

Honestly, I have
all these windows

and doors open right now

because I really need

to be able to hear everything.

[narrator] To carefully
feed the pay dirt directly
onto the conveyor,

Cousin Mike's called
in veteran operator
Ruby Mahoney.

[Ruby] So we are taking
a huge risk right now,

just bare feeding it
on to the belt.

We're in the Indian River,
the bedrock and the rocks
are really thin,

but they're really big
and really sharp,

and they're just
belt eaters, man.

[Tony speaking]

The hydraulic pump is [bleep].

We're feeding
with an excavator

directly onto
the conveyor belt.

[Tony speaking]

-[Ruby] Oh, no.
-[Michael] It's in the belt...

The belt, the belt.

[Tony speaking]

Now we might be [bleep].

[Tony speaking]

[narrator] At Indian River,
the Beets' Shaker Deck
is shut down

after Cousin Mike's plan
to feed the conveyor directly
backfired.

[Michael] Because we don't use
the feeder right now,

rocks fall off to the side
onto the bottom

and then jam back in there.

[narrator] The jam has ripped
the conveyor's belt,

putting the shaker
out of action

until the grizzly bars
and the belt can be repaired.

[Tony speaking]

[Michael] No,
it's pretty [bleep] now.

[Tony speaking]

[Parker] We're behind
on a lot of fronts,

both just ground on pay
and gold in the box.

I have no interest
in running out of money
or anything like that,

and so we need to get
more gold coming in.

[narrator] 29-year-old
Parker Schnabel is struggling.

Nine weeks into the season,

Parker has spent $2.5 million
chasing Dominion Creek gold,

but so far, he's only
brought in just over
a million dollars' worth.

[Parker] Roxanne's
been on ground
that's not that good

in the Long Cut.

Big Red's been just running
top gravel in the Bridge Cut.

But Damien's got
in the Indian River,

down at Ken and Stuart's,
very close,

and he's just about ready
to sluice now,

so we need to get
Bob down there and fired up.

It should be around 900 ounces
in three weeks.

[narrator] To dig himself
out of his Dominion Creek
hole,

Parker's going to do something
he's never done before:

Run three wash plants
simultaneously.

He's sending
a third wash plant
and additional crew

to raid the piggy bank
at Ken and Stuart's
on Indian River,

hoping to score $2.5 million
in just three weeks.

[Mitch] So, you know,
when we have three
wash plants running,

that's what
it's gonna be all about.

You got all that

gold weigh
at the end of the week

and we should have,
you know, a good result

from each one
of those wash plants.

It's gonna be
a hell of a lot of gold.

It's gonna put a lot of stress
on everybody,

but it's the only hope I see
for getting anywhere close
to 10,000 ounces this season,

that's for damn sure.

[narrator] At Dominion Creek,

Parker already has
wash plant Roxanne

running pay dirt
from the Long Cut.

A mile and a half away,

Big Red is churning through
the top gravels
in the Bridge Cut.

Now Parker plans
to fire up the 45-ton
shaker deck called Bob.

From his Dominion Yard,
his crew will haul it 12 miles

down narrow,
winding dirt tracks

through a 25-foot-wide creek,

to its new home,
at Damien's Cut
on Ken and Stuart's ground.

-[Tyson] Hey, Tup!
-Yo!

So today we're gonna move
Bob down to Ken's.

There's a lot
of moving pieces,

a lot of parts,
a lot can go wrong.

Let's just get the heart
of the beast loaded up
and get her chained down.

Copy that.

[narrator] To help
transport Bob,

Tyson Lee has brought in
his mentor and haulage expert,
Mike Tupper...

Yeah, let her rip, Tys.

[narrator] ...who's previously
trucked a similar plant
to Ken and Stuart's.

[Tupper] Up a bit, Tys.

Hopefully,
it doesn't fall off.

If it falls off,
we've got problems.

Lift.

Come in a bit and lift.

Done.

Now for the hard part,
we gotta try and spin it.

Okay, watch out, guys.

All right, pull it.
We don't have much
to play with here.

Yep, stop it there.
Go to the front,
pull that corner, we're done.

That's it. Disconnect.

[narrator] Tupper
can now haul out...

We're on the road.

[narrator] ...with Tyson
scouting ahead
in a pilot truck.

We're ready to roll.
Get in.

Are you ready, Tup?
Let's do this.

Let's get down there
in one piece.

Copy that.
Here we go, liftoff.

No! We're trimming trees.
Oh...

[bleep]

Oops.

So right now we're coming up
to the creek crossing.

That looks [bleep] deep.

Hey, Tupper,
just try and get through this.

We have no equipment around
to pull us out.

If we get stuck,
we're on our own.

All righty, Tupper,
here we go.

[Tupper] These creek crossings
are so unpredictable.

All righty, I'm through.
You're next.

It was a little soft there
and a little rough,
so just slow and steady.

[Tupper] All right.

[Tyson] Yeah! [honks horn]

Well, here we are, Tupper.
Ken and Stuart's.

Here's Damien.

-[Damien]' Sup, fellas!
-[Tyson] We got you
a wash plant.

If you wouldn't mind rattling
your excavator up there

so we can get Bob unloaded,
get it put together
before the day's out.

[Damien] Yeah, man.

There it goes.

Yeah, send it!

That looks like about
as good as she's gonna get.

[Damien] Everything's
looking good.

Once we hit this button,
there should be
nothing stopping us.

How are you feeling
to start feeding, Brendan?

Yeah, absolutely.

[Damien] And
it's such a nice feeling,
firing it up now.

Should it all go well,

we shouldn't have
to shut it down again
until the first clean up.

[Tyson] So now that
we have three
wash plants going,

that means we're gonna
have a fighting chance

of getting 10,000 ounces
this year.

Somebody make a deal
with the devil for that thing?

Stole it from Parker
when he was sleeping,
actually.

[Matt] Just don't break
this one, too, buddy.

I mean, you've been hard
on dozers this year.

[narrator] Kevin Beets' crew
is finally on a roll.

Tony's loaned Kevin
a D11 Dozer

while he fixes
their busted D10,

turbocharging his mission
to stockpile and thaw out
the Lynx Cut's frozen pay.

[Brennan] That was awesome
of Tony to do,

to help us out
fixing the dozer

and giving us
one of the biggest machines
we could get out here.

This bad boy came in
and cleaned house
immediately for us,

so I honestly feel like
we are back on track now
because of the 11.

[narrator] With
the clock ticking

before the D11
needs to be returned
at the end of the week,

Brennan rips and piles
pay dirt for Matt
to load into trucks

operated by Chase Dreger
and Hunter Canning.

[Hunter] We're hauling pay
right now, so that is lovely
to be doing.

We got a stockpile over
in the corner over there

we're just hauling to.

It's pretty small,
so we need to get to work.

Hey, Chase, you might
wanna check something.

There's like a big puddle
on the driver's side where
you were sitting.

Okay, I'll hop out
and have a look here.

Yeah, something's
definitely pissing out,
that's for sure.

Shut her off and walk over
and let Kevin know.

[Chase] Yeah, copy that.

[bleep] sakes.
What a pile of [bleep].

[narrator] Kevin already
has two rock trucks
in for repair.

Now he's getting down
to his last working truck.

[Hunter] Having just me
on the rock trucks,

I'm having to rush around
'cause I'm the only one

and Matt's there
waiting for me

with the bucket up in the air.

[bleep]

[Kevin sighs] Well,
that's great.

Only having
one rock truck going
is almost not worth it.

The only reason
it's still going is that
I hope I can get this fixed.

I'm gonna get you
to fire this up.

Okay, copy that.

[bleep]

Okay, shut it off.

We have
a blown hydraulic line.

Basically, you turn
the truck on,

and with the hose
being broken, it goes...
[mimics hose blowing up]

You can't really
operate like that.

[narrator] The hydraulic line
carries pressurized oil

to activate
the truck's brakes.

But the line on Chase's truck
has ripped open,
risking a brake failure.

To fix it,
Kevin must replace the hose
and refill the line.

Yeah, see,
that's pretty [bleep]. Okay.

I feel the clock ticking
way too much, you know,
and it's...

Ugh.

Hopefully Kevin
can get that thing
fixed up right away here

so we can get that stockpile
of pay finished.

[grunts]

One end
is successfully attached.

Thank you.

Don't be like that, come on.

[grunts] There you go.

Now I'm gonna put
in the wet brake oil.

This is very much a job
I wish somebody else
would be able to do.

I, for some reason,
didn't hire any other
mechanics.

Quickly fire it up.
I gotta make sure
that nothing is leaking

and if this doesn't work out,
then we're [bleep].

[engine cranking]

[truck console beeping loudly]

Interesting.

[engine cranking]

[engine starts]

I'm guessing
no one's seeing oil
spurt everywhere,

so it must be good.

Successful job.

[Chase] Kev did a wicked job
on this truck,

so it's all fixed up
and ready to go.

We've got them running again.

So now that
we keep stockpiling,

if the crew hits it hard,
I think we can do it.

It's just a race to get
this little bit of the cut
finished up

and off to the races we go.

[honks horn]

[man speaking]

[narrator] To hit
half his season target,

King of the Klondike
Tony Beets is chasing
a 369-ounce week.

But the Shaker Deck is down

after a botched quick fix
by Cousin Mike.

[Tony speaking]

[narrator] Now the pressure
is on Sluice-A-lot
at Indian River,

and the Paradise Hill trommel,
run by Son Mike to make up
the shortfall.

[Mike] My cousin,
he's not a dummy.

He's just gotta learn
how to think

of what you're trying to do
with the equipment,

and that comes
with experience.

So like I said,
give him enough time,

he'll be [bleep]
just like my dad.

And just like
I'll be just like my dad,

and just like my brother
will be just like my dad.

You know, master of all,
or was it...

Jack of all, master of none.
That's the saying.

Fire this up.

Okay, firing it up!

That looks pretty good.

I have to go check.

[Clinton] I like
working for Mike.

He's doing
an extremely good job.

And I'm happy
to be a part of his team.

[narrator] Loader operator
Clinton McHarg

clears tailings
from the rear of the trommel.

[Clinton] So far,
we've been able
to keep Mike happy

and the plant running.

[Mike] Oh, no. [bleep].

Shut it off!

[bleep] Why the [bleep]
is it all of sudden
doing this?

[Clinton] I have not
a [bleep] clue.

[Mike] I'm just having them
think here.

[narrator] At Paradise Hill,
Mike has shut down the trommel

after water and gold-rich pay
began splashing out
of the prewash.

[Mike] I need that leak fixed

because right now, not only
does it create a giant mess
throughout my entire yard,

but it's gonna wash away
my gold,

which is a bigger problem.

Oh, I see why.

I have a rubber
to prevent splashback
inside the trommel here,

and it fell off.

Get that welder over here,
weld that on

so you can put
the rubber back on.

Take it off,
weld it flat.

[narrator] Paydirt
enters the trommel
in the prewash,

where it mixes with water
before traveling down
the drum.

A rubber mat should stop it
from splashing out,

but the mat has detached
due to a broken bolt,

allowing water
and gold-rich pay
to spill to the ground.

To fix it,
Mike wants steel bars
welded to the prewash

and the mat reattached
with a row of bolts.

[Mike] It's all good to go.

Do the water. The water.

That's better,
I can live with this.

I don't care
about a little water,

I don't care
about a little bit of mud.

So long as it's not
bucketfuls, this is fine.

After a series
of [bleep] unfortunate events,

I have it finally back
and going again.

[narrator] In a desperate bid
for more gold,

Parker is running
three wash plants
for the first time ever.

At Dominion,
Mitch is overseeing Roxanne
in the Long Cut.

You know, we've been
struggling all week here,

just trying to keep up
with Roxanne.

It's a very hungry wash plant.

[narrator] And Tyson
is looking after Big Red
in the Bridge Cut.

[Tyson] We just got
a lot of work to do
this year, still.

Just gotta try and do our best
to get as much gold as we can.

[narrator] Ten miles southwest
at Ken and Stuart's,

Damien and his small crew
are sluicing with
wash plant Bob,

aiming to deliver Parker
of the week.

[Damien] Parker's expectations
are pretty high right now.

The wash plant is up
and running,

and for the next
couple of weeks,

the people here
and the equipment here

is not going to get
much of a break.

[grinding noises]

[bleep] Hey, Damien,
we've got a rip in the belt.

Oh man, there's a big
[bleep] rip in the belt.

What the [bleep]
is going on here?

[bleep] piece of [bleep].

We gotta get help down here.

Look at the plant,
see what we've got.

Oh, man.
That is a sizable [bleep] rip.

How far does this... Oh... Oh!

Oh, it spread
a lot more than... [bleep].

So one of those Flexcos
that was holding the patch
in place seems to have let go

and got caught on
one of the scrapers
or whatever,

and just peeled the strip
right out of our belt.

[narrator] Small
rips in a belt

are patched up
with metal fasteners
called Flexcos.

But a fastener
fixed to this belt
has come loose

and caught on the end
of the conveyor,

tearing out a long,
thin strip.

The ripped section
must be replaced
before Bob can run again.

We've got Bill looking
for a 48-inch belt right now.

See if we even have any.

-If we don't, then...
-[Damien] We're screwed.

I mean, we haven't even
been running down here
at Ken's for a week.

So, I mean, we've just got to
get this up and running
as fast as we can.

That's the last thing
we need right now.

[narrator] Mechanics
Liam Pukila
and Justin Driessen

head back to Dominion
to see if they can scavenge
a replacement belt.

[Justin] Yeah,
that looks like a 48.

Looking like it's in
well and good enough shape
for what we gotta do.

It's better than what we got.

[narrator] To get the belt
free from the conveyor,

the crew must cut the belt
and remove a metal guard.

[Liam] We're gonna just take
that guard off real quick,

hook it up
in the back of the truck

and we'll head out
to the Indian.

This is gonna be
on Bob tonight.

Okay, let's cut her.

Watch your head.

[narrator] To repair
Bob's belt,

the crew first remove
the ripped section,

then replace it
with a new section
from the scavenged belt.

Forty-and-a-half plus 276.

If we get this up in place

'cause we'll be able
to hold it here
with the come-alongs.

Holes are drilled.
Just lining it up,

and this girl will be spinning
in T-minus no time here.

There we go. Okay.

Good job, guys.

[Damien] Now
is the moment of truth.

See if it all fires back up
and start getting
some rocks washed.

Now we have the conveyor fixed
and Bob is back up
and running.

Bill, Liam, and Justin
managed to get it done.

I don't know how
they managed to swing it,
but they pulled it off.

[narrator] With three
wash plants running,

this could be
the week Parker's fortunes

finally take a turn
for the better.

It's just try and keep
it running for 24 hours

and keep gold
coming in the box.

[sighs] I'm taking
the D11 back
to Tony's right now.

It's super sad
to see this monster leave.

[narrator] It's the end
of the week

and time for Brennan
to give back the D11 Dozer...

Why are you taking
my baby from me?

[Ruby laughs] I brought you
another one.

[narrator] ...in exchange
for the repaired D10.

Oh, I'm gonna miss it.
It sure helped us out a lot.

It was a blessing to have.
Appreciate it.

-All right.
-You treat it good.

I will, I promise.

Thanks, Ruby, have a good day.

-See you.
-See ya.

I feel like I jumped
into a freaking car

after getting out of that D11,
when I ride this.

But, again, super thankful
that Tony's able to help us
out this much.

[Matt] This is the
last little sliver
of the Lynx Cut.

Hasn't come easy,
that's for sure.

[narrator] Kevin's crew
have been digging out
and stockpiling frozen pay

so they can get it thawed
and start sluicing.

-Howdy.
-[Brennan] What's
going on, buddy?

Did we make you a big enough
piggy bank to get started?

[Kevin] I hope so,
holy [bleep].

I know.
I hope there's gold in it.

[bleep] Me, too.

[Brennan] It's hard
to not get excited
because of that pile.

Brennan just showed me
his giant pile of pay,
which is pretty [bleep] nice.

It is one of our
first big wins this season,

which is again
really [bleep] nice.

But we are still
quite a ways behind,
and we got a long way to go.

So our next step,
move the plant in place

and we can
get [bleep] sluicing.

Hi, guys. Hello.

-So how's everybody doing?
-[Monica] Peachy.

[Minnie] Indian River,
how is the Indian River doing?

Considering that
Tony isn't there,

things run pretty smoothly
on the hill.

[Ruby] It's probably quieter.

He called, like, 20 times
in, like, three hours.

I know, I get the radio
on the other side.

"Call Minnie, call Minnie."

Or, Ma, it's 'cause
he misses you.

[Tony speaking]

[narrator] This week,
Tony is hoping to sail past


half his season goal.

To do it,
he needs his wash plants
to deliver 369 ounces.

First up, the Shaker Deck,
which ran for just half a day.

-I'm ready.
-[Monica] Better go slow.

Yeah.

One, two...





[narrator] Worth
just over $50,000.

-[Tony speaking]
-[Mike] That's it?
Not more in there?

[Minnie] That's
not that great.

[Tony speaking]

[narrator] Next up...

[Monica] All right, trommel,
let's give it a go.

[narrator] Mike's trommel
at Paradise Hill.

-Ready, Mike?
-[Mike] Yes.









[narrator] Worth $580,000.

[Mike] Oh, yeah.

[narrator] Last up
is the Indian River's
Sluice-A-Lot,

also run by Cousin Mike.

-Are you ready?
-Let's go.







[narrator] Worth
just over $500,000.

[Ruby] Sluice-A-Lot
sluice a lot or what?

It's nice to see that
considering that
the Shaker Deck was down.

[narrator] Bringing
the season total
to 2,588 ounces,

over half Tony's season goal
in just 10 weeks.

[Minnie] That's pretty nice.

[Tony speaking]

It bodes well for us
meeting our season total.

[Tony speaking]

And you spend
a lot of money, too.

[Tony speaking]

No, that's not how that works.
I like a piggy bank.

Silly man.

[Mitch] Well, now we got three
wash plants running.

[Chris] That's not
the only thing running.

I'm spending
more time in that truck
and in sluice boxes

than I am down here.

[Mitch] Nice to be back down
on Ken's ground, though.

-Definitely nice
to have options.
-[Parker] Yeah.

[Chris] So you had
an exciting week, huh, Damien?

Your setup down there
is probably one of the best
ones I've seen.

Thank, Mr. Tyson for that.

Yeah, but it's hard for me
to pay Tyson a compliment.

-[people laughing]
-I understand, yeah.

-I take the abuse
well around here.
-Yeah.

But we do have
three thermoses,
so that's good.

That's all that matters.

Tyson, you ready for Big Red?

-I spelled it out for you,
Big Red, okay?
-Nice.

[Parker] Big Red's still
just running gravel, so.

If we mined it the way
everybody else has
mined that ground,

they would have
thrown that away.

[Chris] As long
as we're not losing money.

[Tyson] Here we go.




[narrator] Worth $147,000.

[Parker] Well,
that's not good.

This is making me think,

"Oh, you know,
the Indian River
wasn't so bad."

[Mitch] All right,
Let's see what we got,
Roxanne for the week.

All right.

[Mitch] Oh, there we go.
I'm liking that.

Unless you
really are getting good
at fooling us here.









[narrator] Worth $464,000.

-[Mitch] There we go.
-[Chris] Not bad at all.

I'll tell you what,
you keep that up,

and that's gonna be
a tremendous boost.

New guy, so this is Bob.

[Mitch] Ken's ground's
always kind of come through
in a pinch in the past.

And this year, with the gold
coming in a little slow

and things at the Bridge Cut
being frosty...

That might give us hope.

[narrator] Brought in to get
Parker's season back on track,

wash plant Bob
is expected to bring in
around 300 ounces per week,

but it only ran for two days.

You wanna read it out?







[narrator] Worth $146,000,

bringing the season total
to 1,107 ounces.

That's [bleep] embarrassing.

That is a lot of work
for 300 ounces, though.

Yeah, we would have
done that with one plant
last year in the money pit.

This is bad.

Yeah, we're in trouble
if we don't change something.

We've got a long row to hoe.

[Mitch] Well, we got
three wash plants.

But we got
three wash plants, yeah.

Like, three big
wash plants rolling away.

And they're finding less gold
than one plant was finding
last year.

Insult to injury, right?

Sorry to be the Debbie Downer.

I never wanna be in a position
where, like, a bad season,
puts us under.

Right now, Dominion seems
like a bad decision,

but I do feel like long-term,
it's gonna work.

But, [exhales]
it's a long road
ahead of us, still.