16x25 - The Gold Ceiling

[bunniefuu]

[Parker] Winter is here.

And we have very limited time
left now.

And we're really close to
the goal, but this time of

year, everything's pretty near
its breaking point.

[narrator]
closing out the busiest season

of his life, running 24/7
for six months.

And it's paying off.

He's close to breaking
his 10,000-ounce goal,

but is barely ahead of neighbor
Tony Beets.

[Parker] Mitch is busy running
the stripping program

in the midst of, you know,
trying to keep Roxanne running

and starting our next pit on
the Indian River for next year.

And then Tyson is just,
you know, fighting to keep...

the three plants on
Dominion running.

To hit his goal this week,
Parker's cranking up

his four wash plants to run
even more paydirt.

Just got to keep --
keep these wash plants running.

[Alec over radio]
Parker, got a copy? Parker.

Who's that?

Yeah, go ahead.

[Alec]
We've got a big problem
with Roxanne.

Got some cracked
cross tubes here.

[Parker sighs]

All right.
Yeah, I'll let Mitch know.

He'll come up and have a look
at it with you.

Stupid plant.

-Hey, Mitch.
-[Mitch] What's happening, man?

Just trying to figure out
the best way

to get rid of this water
over here.

[Parker]
Alec just radioed me,
and there's bigger problems.

There's a bunch of cracks in
the screen deck on Roxanne.

[Mitch] Oh, no good.

He's up there having
a look at it.

[Mitch] And we're only like,
what, 400 and change

away from hitting our goal?

So we'll just have to keep
trying to babysit it through

the season and then figure
out a plan.

[Mitch] Yeah.

On the plus side, gold has
another record high today.

-That's awesome.
-It's nuts.

It's totally crazy.

But yeah, let's try to keep
that thing banging

if you don't mind.

All right, we'll go
have a look.

[Parker] Thanks, man.

Only two years old, wash plant
Roxanne already has cracks in

its structural tubes.

If not fixed, they could break
apart and damage the plant,

putting it out of action
for the rest of the season.

[Mitch] How's it going, buddy?

[Alec]
So this whole cross tube here
is compromised.

We'd be looking at maybe two
days downtime to replace this

tube here and that tube there.

There's no way Parker's gonna
let us turn this wash plant

off for any length of time,
so probably just pop those

screens out, weld her up
the best you can.

Hopefully it's got enough life
left in it to get to

the end here.
-Oh, yeah.

If you look at the gold prices
right now, every one of these

mine bosses has the same
mentality, dude.

Crank them up as hard as
you can, get as much material

through them to get as
much gold.

-Yeah, for sure.
-[Mitch] Thanks, buddy.

Take care, Mitch.

OK.

That's the guy right there.
The one I'm after.

-[hissing]
-Let the music begin.

I love my job.

This is one of the worst cracks
that I've seen on a plant that

we've actually kept running.

Crack just keeps going.

[bleep]!

Ugh, [bleep].

Ugh!

Damn it.

Are you still in there?

Oh, [bleep]

Hey, Matt?

Hey, I've hurt my foot
pretty bad.

I'm gonna need some medical
attention here.

[Alec] OK, thank you.

[Matt]
You all right up there, buddy?

[Alec]
I'm hanging in there, Matt.

[Matt]
Let's see that thing.

-Does that hurt pretty good?
-It hurts beautifully.

[Matt] Yeah, I thought so.

A 4,000 degree piece of molten
metal flew into Alec's boot,

searing his flesh,
causing second-degree burns.

[Matt]
All right, I'm gonna flush
it with this and get this burn

dressing on there.

Definitely clean that out
really well when you get home.

[Alec] Yeah, it's melted
my sock real good.

[Matt]
Put like antiseptic gel on it.

Well, I'll just keep working,
I guess.

-Gold star for you, buddy.
-[Alec] Yeah, right.

-Well...
-Well, that's -- happy to help.

[Alec] Thanks, Matt.

See ya.

There's no one else here to do
this or to help me, so...

just suck it up
and keep working.

Foot patched up, Alec gets
back to welding Roxanne,

and with Roxanne
back on her feet,

the crew have
a fighting chance

of hitting 10,000 ounces
by the end of the week.

[Alec]
All the welding's done.

I'm just reassembling
the top deck

and get ready to start
sluicing here.

Firing up, Roxanne.
Here we go.

Let's get sluicing.

How's your foot doing, man?

[Alec]
I don't feel it right now.

Whatever Matt did is really
working good.

Well, man, thanks for being
a trooper there and just

patching it up and buckling
down and getting it finished.

What do you think, man?
Will it last a week?

That's the million-dollar
question right there.

No warranty, no guarantee,
but fingers crossed.

Great job, buddy.
We're washing rocks.

[Bailey] Well, here we go.

Last bucket of pay
of Vegas Valley.

We're finally right to
the very end here.

We got the last pay
out of Vegas Valley.

It's not really a good thing.

This is our last chance,
and we got to treat it that way.

It'll be our last chance,
you know, in the Yukon ever.

While Parker chases down


only just edged past 1,000.

His rollercoaster ride of
a season has seen him expand

his ground and become flush
with claims.

But red tape and bad luck have
backed him into a corner,

and his weary crew are battling
to reach 1,800 ounces to earn

their bonuses
and secure their future.

[Ryan]
This has been the coldest
morning we've had so far.

Had to thaw out the runs real
quick before we could fire up.

Once you see that,
you know that winter's coming.

Now, Rick's new Vegas Valley
Cut has run out of pay

much quicker than he expected.

[Zee] Not only is the weather
starting to creep in,

but, I mean, our pay pile's
dwindling fast,

and it's only a matter of time.

I mean, we're down to days
and weeks now.

With just two weeks left to
get over 700 ounces, Rick is

hoping for a massive final
payday from Vegas Valley to

take the stress off
his new cut, The Last Chance.

The easy option right now
would be to pack it up,

you know, lick our wounds,
go home,

but now we've got to pivot.

We have to move on.

That's why I made the decision
to, you know, open up

this new Last Chance Cut.

I don't think anybody's that
excited about opening up

a new cut this late
in the season,

but we need more gold and
that's where it's going to be.

At Duncan Creek, Rick wants to
keep following the Vegas Valley

pay streak upstream
and plans to move north,

opening the one-acre
Last Chance cut.

Before stripping can begin,
the area must first be drained

by digging a channel to release
the water into the mined-out

Vegas Valley.

While it's draining, Rick will
clear a ridge of trees

and loose rocks to make
the cuts safe to work in.

Finally, Rick's crew must then
dig down 40 feet to hit the top

of the gold-rich pay layer he's
praying will save his season.

And he wants it all done before

the last of his stockpiled pay
runs out.

-You got a copy there, Bailey?
-[Bailey] Yeah, go ahead, Ricky.

What do you figure there?

Are you ready to cut this
water through?

Yeah, I think we should be
good to go.

All right, well, just make
sure you take it easy.

[Bailey] Sounds good.

[Rick]
The water over there,

we got to cut it
through the bank over here.

We're going to slowly just
crack it down there

and let it, uh...
let that water run out

and dry out our new cut.

There it goes.

How's she looking, bud?

Looks nice and slow to me.
I like it.

[Bailey speaking]

All right, well, yeah,
we'll just let it drain for

a bit, and then
we'll get back to digging.

Sounds good, man.

Vegas Valley's done,
and it's very late in

the season, but we got another
cut to open up, and we wanna

hit 1,800 ounces, and this is
the first step.

So we're moving on.

To help him on his quest to
open The Last Chance, Rick hops

into the rebuilt 700.

The 700's been down,
you know,

the bulk of the season here.

It was our second
biggest excavator.

To have it back now is a big
deal, so we'll be getting

The Last Chance Cut
opened up in no time.

After the 700 broke down
earlier in the year, Rick spent


rebuild and can finally put it

to work for the first time
this season.

[Rick]
These trees are really close
to the edge,

right at the top
of The Last Chance cut.

And once I get these trees,
you know, moved back, I'll be

feeling a hell of a lot better
about Bailey being underneath,

that's where the pay is,
than moving closer to the bank.

There they go, wrong way.

[laughs]

I enjoyed that one.
Sent her over the edge.

You feel pretty tough with
a chainsaw knocking trees down,

but that's nothing compared to

knocking trees down with
a 70-ton excavator.

I can't have them falling down
while he's trying

to get some [indistinct]
down there.

[bleep].

[bleep] hooked a tree.

Damn it.
Oh, I saw oil squirt, too.

[bleep]

Yeah.

Oh, it definitely got
a hydraulic leak.

Hey, Ryan.
Hey, man.

Can you meet me up by the 700?
I, uh...

I hooked a tree with
the hydraulic line.

All right, thanks.

Damn it.

Just got this thing
back running.

Hey, man.

[Ryan] What's up?

Oh, it looks like a seal.
I hooked it on a tree line,

and I heard something hiss,
and then I saw some

spray, so...
-At least it's not the hose.

-Yeah.
-Yeah, that needs to be fixed.

Let me grab my glasses.

Ugh! [bleep] [bleep]!

That's why I [bleep]
hate this [bleep].

[Rick] [bleep] just let loose
like that.

[Ryan]
Stupid [bleep] bull[bleep].

Mechanic Ryan Kent has been
hit in the face with hydraulic

fluid while fixing Rick's


Sorry, you got [bleep] hit
in the face, man.

That's fine.
Let's just get it done.

Yeah, it spit that seal
right out.

[Ryan] Yeah, you can see
that it's damaged.

It's taking the coupler off
that holds the hydraulic lines

right now.

You can see where the O-ring
actually pushed out.

[Rick] Might have already been
loose, who knows?

But I know me hitting it on
the tree didn't help it, so.

All right, slide it.

So there's your two
different seals.

This one's just seen her days.
Pull it out and then we'll just

slide it in.

Just tighten these bolts down
and should be able to get it

right back in action.

[Rick] Start it up.

[Ryan] Yeah, make sure
we're not gonna leak.

[Ryan] OK.

If it doesn't leak,

we're in business.

[motor rumbling]

Looks good.

-[Rick] Good to go?
-[Ryan] Yeah.

[Rick] Nice, man.

Got no leaks.

Everything seems
back to normal.

We got lucky with this one.
We are back in business.

[Tony speaking]

[Cousin Mike]
Tony, do you copy, Tony?

Could you come have a look
at the Corner Cut with me?

[Tony speaking]

Tony Beets has already banked
more than $35 million,

and after his bumper 1,000
ounce gold haul last week,

the king of the Klondike is in
striking distance

of 10,000 ounces

and edging in front
of Parker.

But there's a problem...

[Cousin Mike] This Corner Cut
is almost done.

So we got to figure
something out

because we don't want
to run out of pay.

[Cousin Mike]
Doesn't look like it.

[Tony speaking]

[Cousin Mike]
Yeah, well, OK.

On the Indian River, Tony has
opened up more ground

than ever before,
and he's reaped the rewards.

His twin wash plants,
running in the massive

Corner Cut, have consistently
delivered huge gold weighs.

But now its pay is running out,
and he has to go in search of

another rich spot.

Tony will start his treasure
hunt next to some of

his richest ground of the year,
the Early Bird Cut,

where he's praying
the gold-rich pay continues.

Gravels, a light brown dirt
with small rocks,

are a strong indication
there's good gold here.

And Tony's found some just six
feet below the surface.

[Tony speaking]

To strip the Early Bird
extension quicker and avoid

shutting down a plant,
Tony brings in his monster


moving 10 tons of dirt

with every bucket.

And to shift all that dirt
fast, an A40 rock truck

and his new toy, the A50,
with its seven-ton increase

in payload.

Today, Tony got me in the A50
for the first time.

It's awesome, man.

Like, it just looks so
futuristic, you know?

He wants us cut down to pay
by the end of the week.

There's a lot of dirt in
the back of the truck,

like, it's crazy.

-[truck revving]
-[dashboard beeping]

Tony's so keen to get the dirt
out of here,

he's overloading me.

[Tony whistling]

It's too heavy, like,
it was at 66 tons.

So, it couldn't dump.

I can't dump.
It's too heavy.

Rushing to get his new cut
down to pay,

Tony has overfilled Darian's


[Tony speaking]

[Darian] It's too heavy to dump.
I can't dump it.

[Darian] OK.

He's a smart guy, you see.
He knows all the tricks.

If Tony can get his new cut
stripped and down to pay by

the end of the week,

he'll be back on track to hit


[Parker] I thought we'd have


But, um...

it's proving to be
a bit elusive.

We need to press those wash
plants a hell of a lot harder.

In a Herculean effort
to get 430 ounces

and hit 10,000
by the end of the week,

Parker is pushing his crew
and wash plants hard.

With Parker's decision to

run the absolute piss
out of the wash plants

so we can hit our gold total,

I got Big Red running
a little hot.

So it's definitely putting
a lot of stress on the plants

and whatnot, but, you know,
it's not my call.

I'm just here to do my job
and keep Parker happy.

Oh, [bleep].
[bleep] belt's stuck.

[engine whirring slows]

Liam, Alec, you got a copy?

[Liam over radio]
Yeah, go for Liam.

Hey man I'm gonna need you
to come up to Big Red.

[Liam] John, what happened?

Radial stacker quit
on me, buddy.

Oh, it looks like we got
a super slimy belt here.

It gives no friction to
the belt, so when it makes

its way up to the head drum,

the head drum will just
spin there.

[Alec]
Why we're getting so much mud
on the inside of the conveyor?

[Liam]
Maybe it's just not coming in
far enough.

[Alec] Yeah.

We need a bit more overlap,
like, from this head drum into

this rock box so the material
doesn't stack up here.
-[Liam] Yeah.

This hopper is buried in
material left and right.

So, what do you think?

We gotta move
the radial stacker back?

Yeah, we have hydraulics
on this.

I can just run the hydraulics
a bit and sort of like

inchworm it back a bit.

How do you inchworm
a radial stacker?

[Alec]
The stacker is gonna have to
be up in the air and then,

as long as the axle end which is
usually planted with those

power wheels, was free to come
towards this plate...
-[Liam] Right.

...the radial stacker would
effectively move backwards.

And now it's top-heavy
and unsettled.

[Alec]
If he wants to roll away with
the conveyor up like that,

like, who's to say it's not
going to fall over, too?

It's definitely risky.

Paydirt from Big Red's hopper
conveyor is getting under

the wash plant's radial stacker

and coating the inside
of its belt,

which is then traveling up to
the drive pulley's head drum,

making it slip, stopping pay
from being fed into the plant.

Moving the hopper feeder's
conveyor forward would solve

the problem, but it would
require time and an excavator

they don't have.

Alec's quick but risky fix is
to inch the 120-foot radial

stacker back by three inches so
it sits further underneath

the feeder conveyor,
stopping the pay getting

under the belt.

First, he'll raise the top end
of the radial stacker up

and use its weight to generate
downforce onto the axle.

Then, by lifting the axle's

gull wing brake wheels
off the ground,

he hopes to inch the stacker
back towards

the feeder conveyor.

But if he loses control,
it could topple over

and cause a disaster.

[John] Have you ever done
this before?

[Alec] This is
completely experimental.

Seems like the only
option we got.

-Let's give it a go.
-See what happens.

[Liam] All right.

[Alec]
Let's call that our line in
the sand there, yeah.

If [bleep] goes south, well,
it was nice knowing you.

-Yeah, you too, buddy.
-[Alec] All righty.

I'm pulling up the wheels here,
so maybe

stand back a little bit.

[John]
It's a little nerve-racking
as soon as he lifts those

gull wings up,

there could be a possibility
where it tips completely over,

so we're putting our prayers
to the gods right now.

[Alec] OK, that's off.

Other side's also off.

OK, now the exciting part.

[metal creaking]

[John] Oh, my god.
It's moving so much.

[Alec]
I'm raising up the radial
stacker now with the gull wings

off the ground.

And these wheels are moving
slowly, which is letting me

know that we are indeed
tracking our progress.

My heart's in my throat right
now, watching this thing move

back and forth, knowing that
it could topple over.

Got like half an inch.

[Alec] All right,
we've got our height.

Then I'm going to lower
the stacker, which should

increase the distance.

That's good.

Gull wings back
on the ground here.

As for a level side to side,
you figure we're pretty good?

[Liam]
It looks pretty good to me.

OK, yeah, we got the weight
back on the stabilizer legs.

I can roll these duallys,
so I'm just gonna go say hi to

Brother John and see if we've
moved the amount we need to.

What did we end up
getting, John?

[John]
Yeah, three, three and a half.

As long as the material
doesn't pile up here,

it shouldn't get into the belt,

shouldn't [bleep] with stuff
up there.

-[John] Yep.
-So let's fire up.

-[Liam] Nice job, guys.
-[Alec] Great job.

Whoo!

[clanking, rumbling]

Throw the stacker.

Let's get it.

Whoo!

It's looking a lot better for
where the material's landing.

-The plan has helped a lot.
-[Alec] Are we winning?

[Liam] It looks like it's
running really good.

Nice.

We got Big Red running again.

Everything's running smooth,
and now the main focus is to

keep the wash plants running
and hit our 10,000-ounce goal.

[Tony speaking]

[Cousin Mike]
That's a lot of water,
isn't it?

Determined to reach


Tony is racing to get
down to pay

in an extension
to the Early Bird Cut.

But his stripping crew have hit
groundwater, flooding the cut

and making it unmineable.

[Cousin Mike]
Well, do we pump it,
or ditch it there?

[Tony speaking]

[Shawn] OK.

To drain the flooded cut,
Tony will dig a ditch through

the road, which lies between
his new extension

and an already mined-out
section of the Early Bird Cut.

Then, install a culvert
and pump that will drain

flood water from the new cut
into the old cut.

Finally, rebuild the road
and get his plan to hit paydirt

by the end of the week
back on track.

[Dalten]
So, what our man Shawn
is doing here now

is just a little bit of water
maintenance that we got going

on over here.
You know how new guys are.

You got to test them out.

He looks to be doing
just fine to me.

It's my first day working for
Tony Beets

out in the Yukon,

and very first time ever
gold mining.

Still a bit nervous,
but we're getting there.

If you don't have tough skin,
you're not ready

for this industry.

[Dalten] Shawn, Shawn,
Shawn, Shawn, stop.

Look at me.

Shut her down for a minute.

Holy [bleep],
what a mess.

Full of dirt.

You got to be careful
digging it out of here.

You don't rip
your electrical apart.

It's not good.

Shawn, you just leave this here.

Go get that 349, and you can
just keep ditching with that,

and then we can get this
machine fixed.

[Shawn] Sounds good.

Operator error right there.

You should have been able
to see it in the mirror here.

[bleep] idiot.

Every minute of downtime is
no good because it all equates

to lost gold.

This [bleep] gonna drop.

[clunk]

There she goes.

Shawn's in the 349.

Hopefully he doesn't
[bleep] that up at all.

Here's Tony.

[Tony speaking]

That panel's off the 700.

I'll get out and talk to you.

So that panel's off the 700.

That Shawn guy.

Yeah.

Yeah.

-Yes, sir.
-[horn chirps twice]

Beep-beep!

After sending rookie operator
Shawn home, Tony takes over

in the 349 to finish the ditch
and install the culvert.

[Cousin Mike]
Do you want me to grab
that pump?

OK.

In just 90 minutes, Tony has
got his new cut drying out,

and he's back in the chase
to catch Parker.

[Bailey]
Well, it's definitely a big
race here, trying to get down

to that pay as quick as we can,
keep that plant running.

When the plant shuts down,
you know, completely freeze,

and we won't be able to fire up
the plant again.

Rick and his crew are battling
to hit pay in their new cut,

The Last Chance,
before the stockpile from

Vegas Valley runs out, and they
are forced to shut down

Monster Red.

Yeah, looks like we got
a scoop or two left here.

It's not good.

The pay pile dwindling
pretty quick here.

I don't even know if
it's a pile anymore.

Bailey, you got a copy?

[Bailey] Go ahead for Bailey.

[Zee] Hey,we're almost, uh --

we're getting pretty low
on pay here.

You got any kind of time frame
when you think

you're going to get any up
to the plant?

[Bailey]
Well, I don't know how low it
is, but it's gonna be

a couple of days on my end
before I can send anything.

We don't got a couple of days

left up here -- we'll end up
having to shut it down.

Yeah, if that's it,

you know, nothing that we can
[bleep] do here.

[Zee] Here we go.
Last bucket of pay

going to the plant now.

That's it.
That's all we got.

You shut it down now,
there's nothing else to run.

Shut it down today
and hopefully it's not for

the last time this season.

If freezing winter
temperatures arrive before

they hit pay
in The Last Chance,

Monster Red will be
too frozen to fire up,

putting even more pressure
on this week's gold weigh.

It's always impossible to tell
just when we're pulling mats,

how good it's gonna be.
We need it to be great.

So fingers crossed, we...

we can find greatness to save
this season.

[Rick]
Well, Bailey's still a couple
days away from pay.

If the weather decides to
change and then freeze up,

we're gonna be in trouble.

We get a couple more good
cleanups, and we're set.

I mean, the gold is really good
right now.

We'll hit 1,800 to get out of
here with these guys getting

what they earned, and us coming
back next year.

Hopefully, we get a few more
good days and we get to run

again, but who knows?

-[Heather] Oh, hi.
-Hey, Rick, buddy.

-[Rick] Yo.
-Hey.

[Chris]
Holy [bleep], Rick, that looks
like a lot of gold.

Yeah, so that's the last
of the gold

from Vegas Valley, though.

It's a shame we don't have
any more,

but that's where we're at.

It'd be easy to go home,
but, you know,

we'd be [bleep] next year.

Your bonuses and the future of
this company, that's basically

what we're fighting for
right now.

All right,
let's weigh some gold.

-Find out how we did.
-Let's do it.

Last week, Rick and his crew
pulled 430 ounces of gold,

their biggest haul ever.

But they are still more than


Rick needs to pay their bonus
and secure his mining future.

[Rick] Ready?

Well, 200.

-[Heather] Yeah.
-Nice.

And we'll see what we add
to that.

Here she comes.
Ready?

[Bailey] OK.









-[bleep].
-[Heather] Nice.

-[Bailey] Awesome.
-[Zee] 302.27.


Yep.

[Zee] Nice.

-Nice [bleep] number.
-[Heather] Sweet.

Worth $1,148,000.

So what's that?
That puts us at 1,379.65.

-Making up ground quick.
-[Kyle] Yeah.

Rick needs 420 more ounces
to hit 1,800

and send everyone home
with gold.

But he still hasn't hit pay in
The Last Chance Cut.

[Kyle]
I mean, weather's changing.

[Rick] Yeah.

We're down right now,
not running.

You shut it down, you might
never start it back up.

-[Bailey] Yeah.
-Next week, this could be snow.

-[Kyle] Yeah.
-[Bailey] It's the challenges
at the end of the year, man.

Oh, yeah.

Honestly, all we need is
a little luck with the weather,

because I know you can get to
the bottom of that cut.

-I know we can get that pay run.
-[Kyle] Yeah.

We just need a bit of time.

Well, I say we cheers
to Bailey.

-[Rick] Hell yeah.
-[laughing] To Bailey, yeah...

[all cheering]

-[Kyle] It's all on you.
-[Bailey] Thanks, guys.

Thanks, guys.

[Rick] Well, that's another
good gold weigh.

I mean, when we get the plant
running, we make up

ground quick.
You know, it's good ground.

We just have to fight hard to
get to it, and right now

it's all
in The Last Chance Cut.

Hello.

-[Minnie] Hi.
-Hello.

[Minnie] How are you guys?

[Tony speaking]

[Minnie]
That's a huge a*s coffee cup.

The Corner Cut's getting
pretty big, but it's looking

a little empty.
-[Minnie] Yeah, it does.

We are scratching the last bit
out of it.

[Monica] How's things going
on the Hill?

[Mike] Harald literally is,
like, no headache.

When I go through that thing,
it's like, you lift up

the hydraulic riffle,
and you just see

gold everywhere.
-Nothing wrong with that.

Trommel's been running 24/7.
That plant...

-[Minnie] Just eats through it?
-[Mike] Eats it.

It's called
the Trom-nom-nom-nel.

[chuckles]

Hey, Monica,
should we weigh some gold?

Yes.
Who wants to start counting?

[Tony speaking]

The Beets family need
more than 700 ounces

to reach 10,000.

So, this is Sluice-A-Lot.

[Minnie] OK.

OK, 10, 20...

Sluice-A-Lot has been running
the last of the pay

in the Corner Cut.







It's a little bit less than
the last time.

How come?

[Monica]
So this is for Find-A-Lot.

[Cousin Mike]
All right.

Find-A-Lot has also been
churning through the remaining

Corner Cut pay.

[Cousin Mike]






[Cousin Mike]
Same stuff, same cut.

Tony's twin plants at
Indian River bring his total

to just over 9,640 ounces.

Well, that was
all the Indian River gold.

It's time for Hill gold.



Harald has been running pay
from the Hester cut.

...100, 120,



Less gold than last time.

We might have just ran
into a patch.

It might end up just getting
diluted because we're running

through whatever is there.

With three of his wash plants
delivering less gold

than last week,
Tony is still

more than 200 ounces short
of 10,000.

-This is from the trommel?
-[Monica] Yep.

[laughs]
Nice.

All right, Mike, can you see?

Yeah, go for it.
















[Monica] Prr-sch!

[Tony speaking]

The Beets family passed 10,000
ounces for the first time ever,

with a total of 10,212,

worth over $38,800,000.

Yeah, that's a pretty
big thing.

That's a lot of money.

[Tony speaking]

Yeah, I've been running


So, we did over 10,000 ounces.

We've never done so much
in a season.

[Tony speaking]

Yeah.

[Cousin Mike]
OK.

[Minnie]
I'ts not a bad summer, eh?

What up?

I'm not saying it was
a rough day,

but that's her second cup.

Parker and his crew have
produced more than 9,500 ounces

of gold this season
and need just over 430

to hit his 10,000-ounce goal.

Man, we've thrown a lot of rocks
at those plants this year.

It's getting rough out there

trying to keep those
plants going.

We found some big cracks
in Roxanne this week.

It shows down here when

you guys have problems
out there.

It's a [bleep] week,
is what you're saying?

If we don't hit
our 10,000-ounce goal,

it's because
the plant breakdowns.

I know you guys have put a lot
of dirt through them, so there

is going to be wear and tear.
Just got to keep them going.

We're running out of time.

We're running out of time
real quick.

[Parker]
Yeah, it's starting to get
pretty cold, huh?

Yeah.

This, I think, would be
the key week if we don't get

some good numbers.

So we can throw some gold on
the scale and see how we did.

-Yeah, let's do it.
-[Doumitt] All right.

We got the Bridge Cut.

Here we go.

Wash plant Bob has been
averaging 147 ounces a week

in the Bridge Cut.



[Doumitt] Not bad.
OK, Mitchell.

Let's see what Roxanne
can add to it.

We got 40...

Roxanne has been
sluicing pay from Pit 2

at Parker's Indian River claim.

Come on, keep going.



-[Brennan] Nice.
-[Doumitt] There you go.

[Mitch] So what are we
looking for here?

We need a little over,
what, 200 to hit our target?

-[Parker] 200, yeah.
-Yeah.

So this is the Golden Mile.
We got a couple of them here.

-Ready?
-Yeah.

See how Goose and Big Red did.

Got 40, 80,



Don't slow down, Doumitt.

There we go, 200!

Sick.



-Yeah!
-Whoo!

-[bleep]!
-That's awesome.

-[bleep] yeah.
-[Parker] Good job, guys.

For the first time ever,

Parker has hit 10,000 ounces
in a season,

worth an incredible

$38,341,000.

-[Parker] Good job, Tat.
-Thank you.

[Doumitt] Yeah, big [bleep].

I was rinsing the tank
from the Golden Goose,

I found the weirdest thing.

[all laughing]

[Doumitt]
The Goose laid its first egg,
you guys.

Exactly one ounce.

There we go.

We got our golden egg.

We're at 259.15.

[Parker] That's cool.
That's actually hilarious.

-[laughing]
-Nice.

Last week we had


This week, 520.4.

For a season total of...



-Sick.
-Whoo!

-We did it.
-[Parker] Good job, guys.

And, you know, we've got
a little bit of time left in

the season, so I think
we should just keep sluicing.

And, you know, we had
a 10,000-ounce goal last year,

too, and didn't hit it,
so let's make up for a little

lost time.
Keep at her.

-But thank you, guys.
-Yeah.

[Brennan] Thank you, man.

With just one week to go,
Parker now trails Tony

by 120 ounces.

I do like smashing through
goals, and it's a very cool

milestone for us.

So,

we'll just keep going
and see what happens.