13x23 - Here's Johnny!

[bunniefuu]

[thunder rumbling]

[Tony speaking]

[narrator] It's mid-September,
and King of the Klondike,

Tony Beets is on track
to sail past
his 5,000-ounce goal.

[man speaking]

Ah.

[narrator] Only 900 ounces
short, Tony's all-in on
the Eighty Pup cut,

which last week delivered
over 500 ounces

of White Channel gold.

[narrator] Twelve weeks ago,
Tony started sluicing

24 hours a day,
doubling the water flowing

from the trommel into
the settling ponds below.

Tony, Tony, do you copy?

We've got multiple
breaks in a dike.

[narrator] Forcing Tony
to shut down to build up

and strengthen the dikes.

Now with water levels
rising again,

Tony is going on
the offensive.

Yeah?

Yeah.

[Michael] The weather
is [bleep]. It has been
raining a lot,

so water is going
to keep coming in.

So I do got to hurry up,
so this dike doesn't break.

Very wet already.

I hope I won't sink here.

[bleep]

[engine revs]

Oh, [bleep] I'm really going
down here.

This is not good, this is bad.

Tony, do you copy?

Yeah, I'm stuck here
in a 220,

this is not good, we're going
to need some equipment here

really quick.

[Tony speaking]

Yeah, it's a mess.

Yeah.

Hey, Mike.

Where the [bleeping]
Come here.

The cousin [bleep] up.

Yeah.

Yeah.

[metal creaking]

We're dragging him
into the mud, Dad.

Yeah, that's not going
to work.

Yeah, so we tried
to pull it this way,

and because it's so wet,
the excavator,

all the tracks just dug
themselves into the dirt.

So, it only got worse.

[narrator] The water level
in the settling pond
is still rising.

Tony faces a hard call.

Copy that.

Okay.

[grunts]

[Fred] Right now I'm kind
of scrambling before
winter comes in.

We're only going to
be able to mine for such

a finite amount of time
before we're blasted
out of here.

[narrator] Third year
mine boss,
Fred Lewis is struggling

to save his mining career.

With just 118 ounces
in the bank,

and the Freedom Cut barely
paying out.

He's been forced to cut
his goal from 500

to 200 ounces.

Oh, man, the pay is going
to drift that quickly
that fast.

We're going to have
to figure this [bleep] out.

Right now I've got to go
over to Brandon's,

try and get some intel
for our bet.

I want to see how much dirt
he's pulling in,

how his wash plant's running,
and how much gold

he's pulling in, because
I don't want to have to buy

that kid a case
of freaking whiskey.

- What's up, guys?

- Hey, Fred.
- So how's everything going?

- [laughs] Not good.
- Okay.

Well, at least
we feel the same.

- Yeah.
- Kind of wanted to talk
to you about that


that we have, our bet.

- Yeah.
- I like the bet,
but honestly,

I don't think we're going
to even come close to it.

So I was kind of hoping maybe
we could rehash it

a little bit.

- We're so far out from 500,
we know we're not hitting it,
- Yeah.

- so yeah, definitely.
- Okay.

I'm more thinking
we're probably on pace

for 200 if we have some
good mining in the last weeks

- we're here.
- Right.

So maybe we could just lower
the bet.


doable goal, I think.

- Right?

- Still a case of whiskey.
- Good luck, guys.

Thanks, dude.

[narrator] If Fred can hit
he'll cover his costs

and send his crew of veterans
home with a gold bonus,

but it won't come easy.

[Fred] We need the help.
We don't have enough manpower,

but I think I know someone
perfect to come in,

end of the season, give us
that burst of energy

we need, so I need
to bring in the big g*ns.

[laughs]

[both laugh]

The man, the myth, the legend.

[narrator] Fresh boots
on the ground.

I'm back, baby.

[narrator] Ex-Marine,
Johnny Stanz.

Are you tired?

I'm a little tired. I got
a little bit of sleep
last night.

You look like
you've slimmed up
a little bit.

- You been working out?
- Been doing jazznastics.

Oh, [bleep] jazznastics.

[grunts]

Ah, I'm Scuba John.

[narrator] Two years ago,
Johnny mined on Fred's team

in Oregon.

And get it, yeah.

How's the baby?

He's so awesome.

[narrator] After taking
a year off to start a family,

Johnny hasn't stepped foot
on a gold mine.

We are finding
some nuggets here.

Our biggest nugget
is six grams,
which is about that big.

That's big for you.

- Yes, you're right.
- [both laugh]

Oh.

Here they are.

Stuart, here's Johnny.

You remember Stuart?

- How you doing?
- Good.

- Hi, Johnny. How you doing?
- Probably seen me
in the movies.

Yeah. Good to meet you, man.

Oh, and this is Samson.

I want to talk to Samson.

Yeah, so everybody does that.

So, guys, Johnny's going
to be our mine manager,

making him take care
of fuel, water,

and he's going to run
the gold room.

Is it just like
you're calling me manager?

No, you're the mine manager.

You're managing all
the [bleep].

- Big job, dude.
- Well, then I want to
immediately fire you and you.

[all laughing]

Let's get you up top and get
the fuel truck filled.

JB, you're going to be on
the 220 feeding the plant.

We get this job done,
we get it done right,

and we get this pay,
we're going to beat
the Claytons

and they're going to be
buying us a big fat case
of whiskey.

[all chuckling]

All right, guys,
see you in a bit.

- Good to meet you guys.
- Nice to meet you, Johnny.

Yep, yep.

Do you think
he's tough enough?

I don't know.

I mean, he's a jokester.

And running the gold room,
man, that's no joke.

All of our futures
are right in his hands,

so, you know, any mistake,
it could be costly.

JB, fire it up.

[pump starts]

[narrator] All hands on deck
in the Freedom Cut,

JB feeds 90 yards an hour
through Sergeant Sluice

and Fred's stepson,
Chris, loads pay alongside

former coal miner, Ray Powers.

It's my first time
on the claim.

I love it.

All the guys are great.

Ray, I'm just telling them
how much I love you.

You tell them a crock
of [bleep], in other words.

Oh, shut up
and get back to work.

Johnny's going to run
the gold room,

he's going to run
the water discharge,

and he's going
to run our fuel.

I much prefer fuel guy
to the freaking water pump boy

back at the old claim
in Oregon.

Nothing can run without me,
so my new job is great.

[engine starts]

You know, this isn't just
about gold,

it's also about helping vets.

I'll tell you, Johnny
is one of my heroes.

He's been through
a lot in his life,

probably more than anybody
here combined.

I haven't been on
a Marine recon team

and a Raider team for so long.

I'm medically retired
from the military.

[narrator] Johnny served
in Iraq and Afghanistan

until he received
a medical discharge in 2009.

I'm a guy with a traumatic
brain injury because

I got blown up in Afghanistan
by a roadside b*mb.

[narrator] Johnny's injuries
were so severe,

doctors rated his chance
of walking or talking again

at zero.

I've met my wife,
we've had our first baby.

This gives me a whole
new target in life.

Got to get that gold
and give her the life

that she deserves.

So, to me, it's taking over
the most important job

on the claim, really.

That's a lot of belief
that Fred has in me,

and I really appreciate that.

Hey, Johnny, this thing is
almost empty, I need fuel.

I'm on my way.

[engine revs]

No.

Come on!

[bleep]

Gosh dang it!

Hey, Johnny, where you at?

[bleep]

Oh, no!

[narrator]
At California Creek,

the Lewis crew's
latest recruit,

- Dang it!
- Johnny Stanz, has sunk
his fuel truck.

Oh, [bleep].

Hey, Fred, well, I'm stuck.

Now I've got to get someone
to freaking pull me out.

Whoa there, buddy, all right.

Yeah, I'll come
find you right now.

All right.

[bleep] Johnny.

[narrator] To rescue
the sunken truck,
Fred enlists stepson, Chris,

in the 24-ton, 220 excavator.

We need to pull pay,
we need to get pay over

to the plant, but now I have
to stop and go rescue him,

because he's stuck.

This freaking road sucks,
Fred!

All right, Johnny,
when I say you can drive

on this road, I mean
the side-by-side.

- Oh.
- That patch of dirt's
basically mud,

it's our reclamation spot.

- You didn't tell me that.
- Oh.

Fred said you can drive
on this road,

he now tells me he meant
side-by-side.

Didn't specify.

[man] I don't think he really
needs to specify.

He needs to specify.

[man] You saw,
so you looked out
on this road,

saw it was all mucky
and sinking.

It looked like
this [bleep] road.

I trust these guys
building a road.

It wasn't a road
to begin with.

All right, where are
we hooking this thing?

I haven't been here long,
but I'm learning.

They're going to start
calling me Yukon Johnelius,

because I'm finding that gold, baby,

but I'm also getting stuck.

Anyone would know, hey,
there's a big pile

of mucky soup right here.

I probably shouldn't drive
my steel-framed truck into it.

Johnny, can you go be useful
somewhere else?

Why don't you grab a chain?

- Huh?
- Why don't you grab a chain?

- I was going to grab
a tow rope.
- Hey, why don't you get

in that truck and pay
attention to driving?

All right.

This one was my fault,
I'll admit it.

I'll take full responsibility.

Let's go.

[whirring]

[engine revs]

Come on.

Come on.

Move it to the right.

Keep going.

Come on.

[engine revs]

Hey looking good, Christopher.

There you go.

All right, he's good.

- Good job, guys.
- I did it.

I got us free.

- [Fred] All right, Johnny.
- With assistant.

I hope the fuel truck
gets here soon.

[narrator] Truck out
of the mud.

I got this.

Johnny gets back to delivering
fuel and keeping Fred

on the gold.

You're welcome, misfits.

What a character.

[narrator] Just one mile
downstream...

The Clayton brothers are
finally mining golden acres.

Whoo. Haulin' a load of pay.

[narrator] Only one ounce
ahead of Fred with 119 ounces.

They're relying on rented
wash plant Blackjack

to hit their new 200 ounce
season gold.

We're committed
to Golden Acres at this point.

We brought Blackjack down
and it's definitely

the secret weapon
of the season right now.

So, we're all happy.

So we're going to keep going

and make sure
we stay ahead of Fred.

But we only got
a few short weeks left.

Winter's coming.

So we need to fire up
a night shift

if we want to make 200 ounces.

So we got to go big
or go home and that's where

the night shift comes in.

[narrator] A night shift means
they can run twice

as much dirt as Fred Lewis

and hopefully pull in
twice the gold.

[bleep] day, man.

This is something.

[narrator] To run it,
Brandon's called in
two friends

from back home,

teenage greenhorns
Justin Ketchum
and Michael Matthews.

We know Brandon and Brady.
We went to school with them.

They're older,
but just small town.

We've all played hockey
with each other.

Yeah. I mean, both me
and Justin are fresh out
of high school.

I mean, not many people
can say that
they're 18 years old

running night shift
at a gold mine, right?

Yeah.

Well, guys, new day,
new dollar or what?

- [bleep] day, right?

- Yeah.
- I feel very excited.

Yeah. We're kind of feeling
like dumbasses today.

- Not going to lie.
- Yeah.

- No worries.
- Training wheels are on.

- That's good.
- Training wheels are on.

[all laughing]

But even though
it is training day,

we'll have to be
full speed ahead.

- So one guy will be
in the loader.
- Yeah.

Okay.

And someone can also sit
with Warren for an hour or two

and kind of run the rock truck

- and then you guys
can swap out.
- For sure.

- Okay.
- Yeah.

- Sounds good.
- Awesome.

- [bleep] yeah.
- Let's go.

I've never been in this guy.

They're definitely green,

but we want to get
them trained up.

So we're just going to slowly
introduce them

to each machine and we've got
a good crew to teach them.

All right, boss.
You ready to do this?

No [bleep] thing.

This thing's a beast.

So when you're dumping,
you know,

like pull back on
the thing to dump?

Yeah.

Like all the way back.

- Oh, all the way?
- Yeah.

Yeah. Oh, you got to go
in each roll feed, right?

Oh [bleep] really?

[laughs]

- [bleep].
- Pull.

- [bleep]
- [bleep]

No. Like, pull back
on the thing.

- You got to pull back.
- All right, this is the part.

- Backing up.
- Backing up.

This is the challenge.

That's the only thing
I'm worried about.

I'm nervous about
getting stuck.

Oh, yeah.
Park brake off.

Yep.

Reverse.
Just take her slow.

Head that way a little bit.

Back my way.

Yeah, you're good.

Both Brandon and I,
we learned from our dad.

My dad owning a dirt-moving
company back home.

I remember sitting
on his lap in the hole,

actually, that I'm running
right now,

and he'd hold my hands
on the joystick

and move them for me,
and I thought that was
the coolest things

in the world.

So we kind of grew up
around these machines,

and we were driving these
things probably before

we could even walk.

So they're learning,
and I think, oh,
we've all been there,

so we're going to help them
out as much as they can.

This [bleep] is sloppy
as hell, man.

Just right out of the water.

[bleep]. Sloppy as [bleep].

Uh, do you feel confident
in running on your own?

I guess.

[bleep] day.

Like, if you start
going off track,

I'll be around anyways,
but we'll be all right.

- Thank you.
- Yeah, you betcha.

I guess we're going for it.

[narrator] Justin is now solo.

[Justin] It is definitely
a learning curve,
that is for sure.

[narrator] Operating
a fully-loaded


Ah, that [bleep] bot.

Holy [bleep].

[bleep]

Okay, try again.

Try it again.

Okay, try again.

Okay, interesting.

Brady, rock truck's stuck.

What the [bleep]?

Yeah, just on the back
of the truck, I think.

Okay.

Come ahead.

There you go.

A little bit more confident
for sure after that,

but will I be able
to parallel park this thing

at the end of the year?
I hope so, for sure.

[laughs]

[narrator] First training day
complete, the Greenhorns

are one step closer to running
the night shift

and potentially doubling
the week's gold haul.

I really need these guys
to step up

and fill the hot seat.

We're at a pretty crucial
point of our mining season.

We need to reach
our 200-ounce season goal,

and we've got to crush Fred.

[Tony speaking]

[narrator] Tony Beets has
shut down his entire
mining operation

after cousin Mike sunk
an excavator

into a settling pond.

Well, this morning,
the plan was to get
his excavator out

with two other excavators,

and, yeah, that didn't work,
so now we brought in

some bigger equipment.

[narrator] To drag it out,
Tony's bringing in
reinforcements.

The 18-ton D6 dozer

and the colossal 115-ton D11.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay, yeah.

[narrator] Tony's plan?

Use the 349 excavator
to bail out the sediment

surrounding the stuck 220.

Next, use the D6 dozer
to push coarse tailings

into the pit and create
a solid ramp.

Then drive the D11 onto
the reinforced ramp,

so that the 850-horsepower
monster can pull the 220 free.

Okay.

We just need to make sure
the D11 is on solid ground,

so that that one won't sink,
because then it would be

really [bleep].

Okay.

[narrator] Four hours after
shutting down,

the ramp is finally ready.

The D11?

Got it.

Go for 10.

[narrator] Trommel up
and running.

[narrator] Cousin Mike
gets back to reinforcing
the dikes.

- Good one. All right, brother.
- Have a good night.

- Be safe.
- Yeah. For sure.

Get some sleep.

[narrator]
On California Creek.

Come here.

You're gonna go to bed.

[narrator] As Fred's crew
call it a day.

Go.

Love you.

[narrator] Down
in Golden Acres...

So that one towards the pump.

This one can go this way.

[narrator] The Clayton
brothers are setting up for

their first night shift
of the season.

Should be good.

Yeah, it's the boys'
first night on their own.

So we trained them up
for a couple days there.

So we figured we'll take off
the training wheels

and see what they got.

- Well, you ready to go?
- Ready to go.

We definitely need
you guys to wash
as much pay as you can

through Blackjack.

You need more gold for us.

Right? That means
we kick Fred in the a*s

and we all drink whiskey
at the end of the year.

Let's rock.

[narrator] With the Claytons
heading back to camp,

Justin feeds Blackjack
in the loader

as Michael clears coarse
tailings in the 349 excavator.

Yeah, our first night
being here.

Um, nervous about [bleep] up.

My biggest fear is shutting
the plant down always.

And I know Brandon and Brady
are really counting on us.

So, the pressure is on us
tonight to keep everything

running smoothly.

What do you think,
Justin, you feel comfortable

running that loader
over there?

Oh, dude, this thing's
my [bleep].

Dude, I'm slapping this around
like no tomorrow.

I think they need to get me
a bigger one.

Yeah. Dude, things are
running great tonight.

Blackjack's just [bleep]
chewing through pay.

Yeah, exactly.

I didn't think that we'd do
as good as we honestly have.

Dude, we're kicking a*s.

- Yeah.
- Fred doesn't know what
the [bleep] is coming for him.

Like, when he sees the amount
of pay we move on night shift,

he's going
to be running scared.

Yeah, hopefully
it stays like this.

Night shift, baby.

Oh, uh, [bleep]

Justin. There's no dirt
in the feeder.

Oh, [bleep] great.

Shut it down!

What happened?

This thing stopped spinning.

[bleep] great.

Shut it down!

[narrator] The Claytons'
first night shift has ground
to a halt

just before the finish line.

What happened?

This thing stopped spinning.

Oh, yeah, that's
that input shaft right there.

Hey, Brendan, you might want
to get down here.

We've got a bit of a problem.

Oh,[bleep], with what?

Oh, we can't get
the feeder to spin.

It looks like this input shaft
here has [bleep] off.

Oh,[bleep],
we'll be right there.

Oh, [bleep]. Holy [bleep]

She split?

Yeah.

Half the shaft's
in the gearbox.

Oh.

I don't know how
we're going to fix that.

We had a machine shop
do it last year.

But it also took
a week to get it machined,

and we don't have
that [bleep] time.

No.

I don't know what
we're going to do.

Well, we just need
to get it up and running fast,

so if you think
you can weld it...

Don't have the tools
to do this [bleep].

Well, it's worth the shot.
It's all we can do.

- Right.
- All we can do.

[narrator] The feed belt
delivering pay dirt
to the wash plant

is driven by a head pulley
linked to a gearbox

by a steel shaft.

But the shaft has snapped.

To fix, Brady will insert
a threaded rod

into the head pulley,
drill a half-inch hole down

the center of the shaft
before threading it

onto the rod and welding it
to the pulley.

Only then can the gearbox
be remounted

and the hopper
put back into action.

So, this is the head pulley
that drives our feed belt.

This is the smaller shaft
that goes into the gearbox,

and it actually broke itself.

So, we're kind of on
a last-ditch effort to fix it.

Our plan is to pop
a hole into this shaft part

that broke off
and thread it onto here.

So, I've got to get
a hole dead center

right around
in this area here.

But we don't have the tools
that you should really

be using for this.
I mean, this should be
all machined,

but we don't have a lathe.

So, I'm just going to weld
the shaft onto here,

and that should help get
this all straight.

It's bush-fixed, but we've got
a grinder and we've got

a welder and a hope
and a dream.

[narrator] While Brady welds
his service truck

into a makeshift machine shop,

Brandon installs
the replacement ready rod

into the head pulley.

Okay, that's good.

So, we'll just line it up...

right there.

Okay. We're going to drill
the [bleep] out of her.

This is probably one
of the most critical points

of the whole operation
is to get this hole straight

for that ready rod
to go through and thread on.

And we're doing it on
the tailgate

of the service truck.

- Looks all right.
- Yeah.

And we look like we're
like millimeters out.

I mean, if we're only
a millimeter off,

then that's pretty [bleep]
good for the bush.

Yeah, a lot of the bigger guys
like Parker and Tony,

they might think we're silly
for trying to do it.

But you have to at least try.

There we go.

And if anybody can do it,
it's Brady.

This is basically
a turning point of the season.

For all I know,
if we can't get her fixed

and we can't get
her feeder running,
we're [bleep].

We should go home.

- Did you want to check it
or what?
- Yeah.

It's like a thousandth
of an inch out.

So, I mean, it's going
to have to work.

We got it as straight
as we can do with the tools

we got.
So, we'll slip it in.

- Okay, come ahead.
- Okay, come ahead.

Ah. Slowly come down.

Keep going.

There we go.

Okay.

So the last step
is the most important piece

of it all, the gearbox.

Okay, just hang on.
There you go. Perfect.

And then it's just a matter
of putting the chain on.

Good.

Well, if it doesn't work,
I don't know what

the next step is, but I know
we put our heart and soul

- into it. So...
- We did.

[bleep] yeah, guys.

Ready? Let's fire
the [bleep] giver, man.

[machine starts]

How are we looking?

There's no wobble.

And so far there's no cracks
in the weld, which is good.

I think it'll last hopefully
for the end of the season,

but fingers crossed.

Well, she's running.
That's good.

Let's just keep her going,
so we can stay ahead of Fred.

So we better get back
to haul the pay.

[bleep]

[narrator] On the other side
of California Creek.

Johnny!

Go get that big black tub
and all the buckets

to pull mats.

[narrator] It's time
for new mine manager
Johnny Stanz

to clean up the week's
gold haul

with his first solo mat pull.

Well, Fred's giving
a big chance today.

I hope I don't fail him,
but really fitting in,
I think.

I love all these guys here.

The only one I've had any kind
of clash with probably

is Chris.

He's got that boss's son
attitude.

Thinks he can do whatever
he wants, talk to anybody

any way he wants.

I know it's hard to find
people who want
to come out here.

So I'm glad Johnny
is here to help out.

But my expectations,
they're not that high.

[narrator] While Chris clears
tailings from around
Sergeant Sluice,

Johnny gets to work cleaning
mats from the sluice runs.

Pretty confident that I can
get the big pieces.

I'm a little worried about
the small pieces

because there's where
all the gold is.

And if I screw this up,
Fred is not going to be happy.

So... well...

I hope I get this right.

[narrator] The mats hold
concentrated pay
from an entire week

of running.

If Johnny doesn't process
them correctly,

he could lose vital gold.

See all them rocks stuck
in there?

What if one of them is gold?
That's what I'm worried about.

How's it going, bud?

You know what you're doing
when it comes to actually

cleaning these off in water?

Uh, Fred kind of explained it
to me,

but I'll tell you,
this is my first time.

Yeah, Fred isn't
the best when it comes
to cleaning [bleep]

Yeah. Am I doing it wrong?

I mean, that's a way to do it,
but when you slap it,

- when you're done with
the second, roll it up tight.
- Yeah.

- Oh, that seems much
easier on my back.
- Yep.

- Oh.
- You good?

And is there still going to be
little pebbles stuck in it?

- I mean...
- Little pebbles here
and there,

but as long as you can see
through most of it,

you're fine.

- Yep, yep. Thank you.
- No problem.

Oh, Chris showed me
another technique that

I hadn't seen,

which I like a lot better.

When I first got here,
he was rather disrespectful
in my eyes.

But...

he's helped me out. I like it.
I appreciate it.

Let's go get that gold, baby.

Let the gold come rolling in.
Here we go, baby.

I am all that is man.

You know, this really
all leads back to why

we started this mining
operation in the first place.

It's to help wounded soldiers,
vets, Marines.

And right now,
Johnny is, well,

that's his purpose right there
in the gold room.

Oh, yeah.

[Fred] Oh, that's actually
really good, Johnny.

Look at that.

That's good, dude.

Hell, yeah.

I think you might have
a gold thumb.

Who wants coffee?

- Oh, I'm good, thank you.
- I'll take coffee.

I guess you guys didn't expect
in your first week

to encounter all the [bleep]
you did, eh?

- Oh, [bleep]
- Oh, yeah, no, I enjoyed it
a lot.

Well, hopefully
it gets easier.

[narrator] It's the Clayton's
first weigh-in after firing up

the night shift in the hopes
of doubling their gold.

Hi, guys.

Hey, how's it going?

You ready for your first
gold weigh?

- Yes.
- Yeah.

You guys want to do
the counting?

Oh, yeah, I'll do the honors.

[narrator] To hit their new


they need Golden Acres
to pay out at least

25 ounces a week.

One, two, three, four,
five, six,

seven,



[narrator] Worth $12,000,

bringing their total
to 126 ounces,

eight ounces ahead of Fred,
but way below their target.

This just sucks.

Yeah.

Even though we had
that breakdown,

the yards that we ran,
we should have got more.

Yeah, and especially
Golden Acres is supposed

to be this promised land
that we've...

Yeah, it's a promise to end
our season early
is what it's doing.

Right.

Very surprising result.

We had higher expectations
for Golden Acres, for sure.

Oh, man, you think we're going
to hit our 200?

Ah, dude, you know,
we're so far,

but...

Golden Acres, it's all we got
to keep the season alive.

So if we can have some good
these last few weeks

of running, we have
the potential to hit it.

So we just got to make sure
we're all hands on deck.

Yeah.

- No [bleep] around.
- Yeah, you betcha.

Well, you guys might
as well go get to bed,

get some sleep so you can hit
tonight hard

and keep running
as much volume as we can.

So more washing, more dirt,
more pay, more gold.

Yeah, those gold numbers
definitely wasn't what

we were looking for,
but we also dealt with

some major[bleep] this week.

Could have been season ender,

but we were able
to get it fixed.

All we can do now is just
a volume game.

So we're going to keep piling
for night shift.

We're going to keep washing.

And I hope Golden Acres
will pay out.

[bleep] it.
Let's beat Fred Lewis.

[narrator] Across the creek...

- What's up, guys?
- How you doing?

- What's up?
- How you doing, Johnny?

I'm great.

Back in action, baby.

[narrator] Fred's hoping new
mine manager, Johnny...

This is Johnny's
first gold weigh.

...will change his fortunes
and help bring in the gold

he desperately needs.

With Johnny coming in,
not going to lie,

you made some rookie
mistakes, buddy,

but you picked it up
after that and you figured out

you're not making
them anymore.

I'm re-getting the hang
of things.

Yeah, yeah.

Honestly, you're k*lling it, so...

Thank you.

This gold weigh right here,
guys, I'm going to let Johnny

call this one out.

[laughs]

[narrator] So far, Fred
has pulled in 118 ounces.

- All right, you guys ready?
- Yeah.

[narrator] And this week needs
the Freedom Cut to deliver

at least 25 more.

One, two, three, four, five,

six, seven, eight, nine, ten.



[narrator] Worth $17,000,

bringing his total
to 128 ounces.

Two ounces ahead
of the Claytons.

[exhales] You know,
it's one thing

we've got to think about
is we're mining in a creek

that hasn't been tested,
so we're chasing what
we think is pay,

and we really don't know.

- Mm-hmm.
- But at this point,
we can't cry about it.

Right now, I need more gold.

I don't know if this is going
to put us at 200

or beat the Claytons,
but we don't have time
to sit here

and talk about it, so...

All right, back to work.

[all exclaiming]

Stop.

She's starting to have
little dimples.

[all exclaiming]

See, Mom has breakfast
for you.

[narrator] Heavy rain
has slowed production

on Paradise Hill all week,

but Tony Beets is hoping
the Eighty-Pup continues

to deliver big gold,

helping him smash
his 5,000-ounce gold.

I heard that.

Did you give directions
in English, Dutch, or Frisian?

- Okay.
- [laughs]

[man] Yeah.

It came out a lot easier
than I thought it would.

Of course you're going to get
good at engineering

and getting them out
when you keep getting
them in there.

[laughing]

[all laughing]

Practice makes perfect, Mike.

Ready?

Okay, let's go.

Ten, 15, 20, 30, 40.

[narrator] To keep the family
on track...

Eighty, 90.

Tony needs over 300 ounces.










[narrator] Worth $850,000,

bringing their total
to 4,601 ounces.

That's looking pretty good
for the six days.

Actually, that has been doing
really well.

We need a bigger tray
next time.

We have a Deimos sluicing,
but it's still good gold.

Well, it looks like
it's paying good,
so that's the best part.

I mean...

we're getting close,
but the weather is [bleep].

So we're not quite there yet.

Anyway, so far so good.
I'm pretty happy with it.

Right?

- Me too.
- When you do
a million bucks in a week,

what the [bleep]
is the matter with that?

- [baby cries]
- [laughing]

[Tony] You have to.

Good.

- Good job, baby.
- [baby squeals]