15x15 - The Thin Red Pay Layer

[bunniefuu]

We have to shut Bob down now

until we get a stockpile,
a bit of pay build up.

Unfortunately, we're now
out of pay here at Sulphur.

The last bucket of pay.

Let's shut this down.

Parker Schnabel's season
is on a knife's edge.

I mean, that's it.

We're shut down now.

It's the right thing to do,
but it's pretty [bleep] up,
you know.

With his crew
spread thin

after just one week
running Sulfur Creek's
pre-stripped ground,

Parker's smash and grab gamble
for fast gold

is already on pause.

Time is not our friend
this year.

It's been a rough one.

We're well short
of that 10,000-ounce target
I set this spring,

and it's a little
disheartening.

It's a bit scary.

So far this season,

Parker's cuts have delivered
less than 3,500 ounces,

way off his gold target.


this spring is now 8,000,

but we're still
nowhere near even 8,000,

so that's a problem.

With Sulphur
shut down,

Parker's only running
two wash plants
at Dominion Creek,

where he's still
trying to figure out
where the good gold is,

but the young mine boss
has a plan.

So, Big Red moving.

So that's gonna go upstream,

where we have this red gravel

that goes to
the White Channel Gravel,

kind of intermediate
level of pay.

To the best of my knowledge,

nobody's ever sluiced
that red gravel before.

At the southern end
of the 114-acre Bridge Cut,

Big Red has sluiced
the top pay dirt layer
for seven weeks.

Parker now wants to
move the wash plant
half a mile upstream

to a new spot
in the middle of the cut,

where he's already stripped


and found a layer
of red gravel

which Parker thinks
could bank him
$1.5 million in gold.

He's dug out
the red 15-foot layer

and stockpiled it
ready for sluicing,

leaving a layer of frozen
White Channel pay

to thaw for next season.

Hey, Jacob, looks like
you're at the last bit
of pay there,

so let's get this wash plant
shut down and get her moved.

Copy that.

It's on plant boss
Tyson Lee

to move workhorse Big Red.

Moving upstream
in the Bridge Cut,

so we have a lot to do
and not much time

because Parker wants it
running tonight

'cause all it takes
is one thing to go wrong

and everything's
thrown out of whack.

We are moving Big Red,

so hopefully that means
it's gonna give us
a lot of gold,

but we won't know
until we start sluicing
the red gravel.

All righty,
nice and smooth here.

In the 480 excavator,
Parker's new hire,


Cole Anderson

dregs 50-ton Big Red.

I grew up gold mining
with my grandpa.

But, yeah, I've never
moved Big Red.

It's definitely
a little stressful for sure.

Just a lot of weight,
and up here
it's just super soft.

If the plant
tips over

or is damaged in the move.

Parker's new plan
is dead in the water,

so to help the new young hire,

Tyson jumps in
with the loader.

Watch yourself
here, Cole.

We're just going across
the narrow spot.

You know, that's a long ways
down to the bottom there,
that's for sure.

Yeah, it would take
a lot to stop it

with this little 480.

Just wanna
move this thing
nice and slow and steady here.

Easy there.

Holy [bleep].

That was definitely
close there.

I think the loader bucket
slipped off,

but we're back in action now.

It's all you, man.
Bring her home.

Yep, keep pulling,
keep pulling, keep pulling,
keep pulling.

I'd say that's
pretty good, Cole.

- Nice job, Cole.
- yeah.

I'm gonna go check with Alec
and see how he's making out
with the feeder.

Wash plant
in place,

with night shift imminent
and temperatures dropping,

it's time to move
Big Red's hopper feeder.

We're ready to roll.
What do you guys think?

Shall we get her into place?

I don't think
we're gonna make it, man.

This tail drum here
is [bleep].

[bleep] man.

It's, like, crumpling in
from the outside fins.

Crazy thin and worn,
and they're really sharp.

Pretty [bleep],
putting it gently.

The tail drum being worn out
will catch the belt seam

and it'll just rip it apart.

A hopper feeder's
tail drum

rolls the belt
around the conveyor,

but its worn out jagged edges

will tear the belt
if it's not replaced.

How long do you guys
figure you need with her?

We actually
don't have a backup.

Parker really wanted
this thing running
for night shift tonight.

Without this feeder,
we're not gonna be sluicing.

You know, I was really hoping
to get Big Red up and running,

and, you know, Parker's
not gonna be happy about it,

but we're definitely not
sluicing tonight,
that's for sure.

This cut is a gamble.

We gotta get back where
we know the good gold is,

and, you know,
it's gonna be a risk.

We've got a limited amount
of time this season,

and if this water license
doesn't get renewed, you know,

this will be
our last chance here,

so I gotta get to pay.

Rick Ness
is making the greatest gamble
of his mining career

in what could be
his last season ever
at Duncan Creek.

Rick's taking out 400

of the 900-plus ounces
he made from Rally Valley

on his new cut, Vegas Valley.

I know the guys
trust me.

They're gambling
their gold bonuses on this.

As expected, they were all in.

Everybody's behind this,
and that's what we need
to get this done.

But at the end of the day,
we gotta haul a*s.

We don't know
if there's gonna be

a million dollars' worth
of gold down there
or nothing at all,

so it's a big chance
that we're taking
to get to the bottom here.

It's a gamble, but Rick
seems to like to gamble,

so it should hopefully
pay off for us.

We could have
all gone home
with money in our pockets

and all been doing
extremely well,

but we came here to conquer.

Rally Valley
took me two years
to get to the bottom,

and this cut's
just as deep as that.

I mean, it's 210 feet
to bedrock,

and I've only got two months
to get to the bottom,
not two years, so...

I mean, right now,
these trucks are
setting the pace, you know,

they're hauling
about 10,000 yards
of overburden a day.

You know, these guys
are making great progress,

but there's a lot
riding on this.

It's gonna be a stretch.

At Duncan Creek,

half a mile downstream
from Rally Valley,

sits Vegas Valley,

where Rick's risking it all

to find the same
nugget-rich pay streak

that lies under 160 feet
of overburden.

To dig down,
he's bench cutting,

carving step-like zones
into the hillside

to reduce the risk
of landslides

and reach
the 50-foot pay layer

that Rick hopes will deliver
over $2 million in gold.



It's not my kinda day.

It's dusty as
out here right now.

It's just a dust bowl,

so it makes for a long day
when you're chewing on dust.

To hit pay

and run it all
before the end of the season,

Rick's crew must haul
at least 230 truckloads
of overburden daily.

Despite the heat right now,

everybody is doing
a really good job.

To be as efficient
as possible,

Rick's sending
the full truckloads downhill

to dump the overburden,

while empty trucks
make the uphill run,

cutting fuel costs.

We'd actually
like to come in here

and not spend very much money.

The less we spend,
the better it is.

It makes a good,
efficient operation.

We're trying to keep the roads
as good as we can,

but, I mean,
they get pretty beat up.

We are pushing
these rock trucks pretty hard.

In Rick's
Vegas Valley cut...

...the operation
is at a standstill.

Oh, [bleep].
Are you all right?
Are you okay?

All right.
I'll be right up there.

Sounds like Jason
rolled a truck.

timing.

Holy...

Right on the edge.

This ground's
really, really soft.

This edge
is a little too dangerous.

The whole machine's
just gonna slide
where it wants to.

We need this truck
rolled back onto its tires

and hope that there's
no damage to it.

We just gotta
get it done quick.

I'm just getting
all the weight out of the box,
I'm scraping the dirt out.

To set the 30-ton truck
back on its wheels,

Rick uses the 460 excavator,

pushing from
the back of the box

to avoid damaging
the hydraulic lift cylinders.

Holy [bleep].

Watch my side.

Whoa, now. Hey.

Lower it down.

- Whoa!
- Easy.

Forward.

There we go.

Yay!

The truck
went back over pretty easily.

We got lucky.

I mean,
we lost a little bit of time,
but the truck's not down,

it's back on the road,
we're back in business.

Everything's okay.
Nobody's hurt.

No damage to the truck.

We'll start hauling
some more loads down here.

Well, back to stripping
Vegas Valley.

We've still got
a long ways to go.

It's gonna take
everything we've got.

It's good
to finally be sluicing.

It's been a long time coming,

but at least now
we're loosening.



Kevin Beets,
first-year mine boss

and eldest son
of "King of the Klondike" Tony

has finally hit gold.

I have had no reservations

that I was going to succeed
and do this

because I've been doing this
for 20 years at Tony's camp.

The only difference
since last year

is that it's now all my money.

Kevin's invested
nearly $2 million
of his life savings

to get his mine
up and running,

but so far he's produced
just 33 ounces

of his 1,000-ounce target.

But the rookie mine boss
has a plan

to double
his weekly gold hauls.

We're gonna have to
run night shift

if we wanna get


So we're gonna
kick that off tonight.

And if night shift goes well,

then we're running
double the hours,

so that should mean
double the gold.

Fingers crossed.

So, all that's gonna matter
getting all the hours
on the wash plant

as we possibly can
to hit our target.

Anything to keep
that wash plant
running full tilt.

With Brennan
digging pay nonstop,

Kevin's tasking
two new young hires

with keeping the plant
running 24/7.

First up on night shift,

Kayden Foot, who's been
on the crew just two weeks.

- Howdy.
- Hey.


is from a mining family

and has five years' experience
running wash plants.

You ready for
your first night shift?

Oh, looking forward to it,
you know.

Liar.

Hopefully, it's a nice,
boring night.

We'll have a radio
in the trailer,

so if anything happens,
just give us a call.

We should be able to hear you.

And yeah, anything [bleep] up,
let us know.

Sounds like a plan.

- All right.
Well, have a good one.
- Yeah. Thanks.

So, Kevin's given me
a big responsibility

on night shift here.

Gotta keep an eye
on the plant,

keep an eye on the pumps.

I've gotta make sure
that the conveyors
are running nice and smooth

and there's always water
going to the plant.

It's a lot to take on.

To keep the plant
sluicing at 150 yards an hour,

Kayden has to feed pay dirt
into the hopper

and clear the tailings
every eight minutes.

It's a little stressful.

You can't see
for half of your shift
with how dark it is.

And I'm all by myself,

I don't have anyone to help me
make certain decisions
or anything.

And there's lots of wildlife
out here,

so you just gotta
keep your head on a swivel

and make sure
that you stay safe

because, if something
happens to you
out here on nights,

no one will find you
until the morning.

Long days for sure.

I'm pretty tired.

How come there's no material
coming off of that?

On the brink
of Kayden ending
his first night shift,

the conveyor
has broken down...

It's not good.

...preventing
the gold-bearing pay dirt

from reaching the wash plant.

Hey, Brennan?

Kev? Got a copy? Anybody?

Anyone?

Kev?
Got a copy? Anybody?

Anyone?

Kevin's gonna be pissed.

On his first night shift
for Kevin Beets,

young hire Kayden
has shut down the wash plant.

Thank [bleep].

Hey, Kayden.

I came to look
at the feeder

- and the drive wheel
was moving...
- Mmm-hmm.

...but the belt wasn't.

Let's see.

Ah...

The belt is split.

Right in the middle
too, isn't it?

Torn apart
at the zipper.

Well,
this [bleep] sucks.

A hopper feeder's


under the weight of pay dirt
piling up in the hopper.

Was there anything
I did wrong with that?

There's not really
anything you could have done

to have foreseen
this happening, honestly.

I've known the belt has had
a couple of cracks in it
for a while now,

and it finally went.

So, we have a [bleep] project
on our hands.

Do you want me to, like,

get set up
to start shoveling? Like...

No, no. We don't wanna
you for night shift.

You should
head to bed, Kayden.
I'll line some folks up.

Okay.

It's a really [bleep] thing
to happen.

That's gonna be
a lot of shoveling
for the guys on day shift.

Hopefully they get it
fixed today.

Everybody watch out
in case that falls.

Before Kevin
can repair the belt,

the day crew will have to
dig out 12 tons of dirt

blocking the hopper.

Hard work.

I don't wanna be
shoveling all day.

It's just like,
night shift comes through

and it's kind of chaotic

and then I have to
clean it up.

job.

How's it going,
you jagaloon?

I see I missed
a lot of the hard part
I'm excited about.

Someone was grumpy
this morning about shoveling.

When I woke up
and I was like,
"Are you serious?"

The guy that done this
gets to go home
and go to sleep.

Well, it's an accident.
- I know, but...

It's definitely
a big blow to us.

Things were set up for success

and then this
happens today

and it just pisses me off
to no end,

but it's nobody's fault.
It's part of mining.

Now the hopper
is clear,

Kevin can drag out the feeder
and bushfix the ripped belt.

Coming down
to about 11 hours now.

Still have to get to
the actual repair,

so zoom, zoom, zoom.

To do a quickie,
we've got the belt
all lined up.

We shouldn't need to cut it.

The next step is...
Put the belt clips on.

Okay, that's it.

Last ones in.
Get [bleep] sluicing tonight.

After losing


Kevin and the day crew,
have the hopper feeder's
belt fixed,

just in time for Kayden
to take on night shift again.

I feel a little guilty
that everyone had to
shovel that out

and I didn't have to,

but it's not my fault
that it broke on me,

it's just part of how it goes.

Everyone's clear?

Yeah? Okay.

Starting.

Get ready
to turn on the feeder.

Yeah, I just hope
it doesn't break down tonight

because we need to keep
sluicing to hit our target.

You know, it was great
that Kayden spotted that,
he keeps his eyes open.

So he did the best he could,
and, I mean,

there's nothing else
he could have done.

That's a long time to be down.

That is a lot
of sluicing hours we lost,

but we think Kayden
is still the best one
for the job, so...

With a small crew,
everyone is giving it
their all.

We could have been sluicing

if the feeder
didn't need working on,

but it's the cards
we were dealt,

so we just gotta
make the best of it.

Next door
on Dominion Creek,

Parker Schnabel's plan
to bank some quick gold

from a new section
of red gravel pay dirt
in the Bridge Cut

is finally getting
back on track.

We need to get
that red gravel layer
sluiced out,

gold in the jar.

After two down days

waiting for a new tail drum
for the conveyor,

Tyson's pushing
to get Big Red sluicing.

Night shift
is supposed to be here
any second now,

so we gotta get this
wash plant up and running.

What we're gonna be waiting on

is Alec and Liam
to finish off with the hopper.

Hey, Alec, I hope
you're making good headway
on that feeder

'cause we're needing it.

Yeah, copy that.

We'll do our best here.

Hey, he wants it now.

Let's get this thig together.

In the lay-down yard,

the new tail drum
has finally arrived.

Let's just
pull this guy out.

Ready, Liam? Here we go.

- Okay.
- Heave.

Let's go.

Using a hoist
to take the weight
of the 200-pound drum...

Yeah!

...Alec and Liam
slide the old drum
from the shaft...

We're doing this
quick and dirty.

...then fit the new tail drum
onto the shaft...

It looks pretty heavy.

Just slide it into it.

...and hoist it
back into position
in the hopper feeder.

Here we go.

- Nice work.
- Yeah.

It's taken forever.

Oh, look at that.
Our hopper feeder's here.

Looks like
the guys already have
the runs situated.

It's starting to look
like a wash plant.

- Looks pretty
dead-center, man.
- Yeah.

Here we go.

There we go.

Fire it up.

I see Alec's giving me
the thumbs up there,

so I'm gonna go ahead
and throw in the first scoop.

Here goes nothing.

Parker's gambling
the red gravel
will deliver enough gold

to stay on track
for an 8,000-ounce season,

but it's a desperate
roll of the dice
into the unknown.

We have a lot of red gravel
ahead of us to sluice here.

Maybe that's where
all the gold's been hiding,
under the Bridge Cut.

We need every flake
we can get this year.

There's a lot of doubts
of tackling this project,

such a big project here
at the end of the season
like this,

but with the way
things are going,

I know I made
the right decision.

Rick Ness is digging for
a $2 million gold bonanza

at the bottom of Vegas Valley

on a mission to shift
over 1,600 truckloads
of overburden

by the end of the week.

Back to the top, big guy.

All the way to the top?

You guys
are gonna come down this way.

Ten-four.

These roads suck.

Do you wanna know
what it's like

driving a rock truck
all day long?

Nothing but parking lot
speed bumps,

like a mile of them
straight ahead,

and you've got to hit
every one of those speed bumps


and you can't stop.

Hell on earth.

Ryan Kent
uses the loader
as a makeshift grater

to flatten the dirt road.

And nobody wants to
bounce off the [bleep] ceiling


Plus, I don't like to see
my equipment torn [bleep] up
and I gotta repair it.

Don't know
what that is.

Really loud noise
that shouldn't be there.

Hey, Ryan, you got a copy?

Yeah,
what are you doing?

I got a loud noise coming
from this truck.

I don't know what it is.

It's kind of when it shifted,

it's making a big clunk.

Just give it a park
over by my truck,

and I'll go and jump
and look at it.

Okay, 10-4.

First thing I noticed,

we got a bunch
of the dropbox axle oil
coming out.

The whole thing is...

completely soaked in there.

Oh, this is going to make
a mess. I feel it.

To figure out
the problem,

Ryan will test the oil
in the dropbox,

which transmits engine power

to the six wheels
of the all-terrain truck.

All right,
now we are draining

the fluids out of the dropbox.

Ugh.

That is ugly.

It's not a very good color.

Let me pull this plug out.

So that...

is big chunks of metal...

that stick to the magnet.
That is a...

pretty damn
good-sized piece there.

Ah, this is nasty.

What are we looking at?

We are looking
at a hurt dropbox.

How hurt?

Drop that plug
and we got metal on it.

I'd say it's time
to put the new one in.

- That's
an expensive job.
- Well--

We can't have a truck down.

If you want
this thing going,

you're going to have to get
one of those coming.

Uh, then we don't have
a choice, yeah.

I can get it done.

I'm definitely going to have
to call somebody,

see if we can't
borrow a crane,

'cause I don't have one.

If that's what needs
to happen,

just make it happen.

- Yeah.
- All right.

Make it happen.

- All right, dude. Moving on.
- Thanks, man.

A dropbox, that's a big job.

It's a big problem.

The 34-ton rock truck

has a dropbox

located between the engine
and the drive axles

that sends power

to all six
of the machine's wheels.

Metal fragments have
shorn off inside the box,

causing the gears to fail
beyond repair.

Ryan will perform
a precision maneuver

with a crane,

threading its boom

through the door
of the truck's cab.

then lowering its block
and line through its floor

so it can be attached
to the 800-pound drop box.

Take its weight

and then lower it down
to the ground

to remove it safely.

Finally,

a new drop box will
then be moved in,

craned up,

and bolted into place

to complete the fix.

Right there.

To help fit
Rick's new $35,000 drop box,

Ryan's called in
crane operator

Ryan Brown.

Right now, Ryan's trying
to get the crane lined up,

'cause you've only got
a certain amount of room

to get into this [bleep] hole
right here.

So pretty tight fit.

Is that good?

- That's [bleep]...
That's right, dude.
- ...where you want it?

- That's in it.
- Okay.

- That's perfect.
- Excellent.

First [bleep] try!

Things
like these dropboxes,

they're not cheap.

I mean, you're talking


for this part right here.

It's a hell of a gamble
to spend this kind of money

and do this
at the end of the season,

but, um, Rick wants
to do this.

And we all got faith in him,

so I think he's making
the right call.

All right, man.

- Okay.
- There's tension.

Yep.

- Okay.
- Okay, you ready?

Yep.

Coming down.

Ah, she's
going down good.

You are
touching the ground.

Excellent.

Sweet.

Now it's time
for the new one.

So far, so good.

- Beauty,
up, up, and away.
- Yeah.

There we go. Easy.

I think
we're ready to put
the bolts through.

She's [bleep] in.

Dropbox is in.
Everything's mounted up.

Let's get it to work.

The truck's
running great.

Gonna keep running

as long as we have to

to get down to the pay.

The rock truck
is back in the game,

but it's a race
to make up lost time

to stand any chance

of shifting
their 1,600 truckloads

by the end of the week.

Well,

I'm very relieved that we've
got three trucks running.

Now we get back in track.

But it costs us time, and...

time is what
we don't have right now

to get down
to the gold in Vegas Valley.

So it's going to be tight.

Starting
day shift now.

At Scribner Creek,

while foreman Brennan
digs pay,

Kevin has tasked
his young g*ns

with running
his wash plant 24/7,

desperate to double
his gold haul this week.

I think he's got
the hopper full for me.

It's
Hunter Canning's turn

to run a 12-hour solo shift.

Morning.

How did
everything go?

Oh, everything went good.

No shutdowns last night.

- Hopper's fine and everything?
- Yeah.

Yeah, no jam ups.

Well, I'm glad everything
went [bleep] smooth because...

I don't want
anything to happen.

Well, exactly.

Hopefully it stays that way.

Well, breakfast is
waiting for you,

- so you're good
to [chuckling] go.
- Perfect.

Well, have a great day shift.

All right. Thanks.

Another day, another dollar.

These long hours,

some people can get complacent

and not paying
attention to everything.

If I don't work fast enough

and I can't keep
the plant going,

somebody else will be
taking over for me.

It's the way this game works.

It's not all rainbows
and butterflies.

Oh, [bleep].

Hey, Brennan, you got a copy?

Nothing's going
into the plant.

Shut it down!

This is all I wanted.

Oh, I'm sweating.

So...

something jammed up there
really good.

Now what's going on?

Well, there's obviously a rock
or something jammed in there.

It's really bony material.

You can see it's
sticking above the belt.

It's jammed in
with another rock.

I don't know
if we have to shovel

all this [bleep] again.

None of us want
to do that again.

Hopefully we can get
that one broke free

and then it'll all just
start moving again.

I swear there's a curse

against the sluicing
this year.

It's driving me nuts.

There we go.

Got it.

- Oh, yeah.
- Yep.

We'll turn it on

and then we'll just see
if it starts to move.

Ready?

Looks like it's moving.

Yay!

Rock removed,

Hunter's quick spot means

they're back up and running

after less than an hour
of downtime.

I'm glad
everything went well.

I don't think
I messed up at all.

The plant's going.

I'm feeding the plant.

And hopefully they keep me
in this position.

As long as she does
a good job

keeping an eye on it
like that,

you know,
we'll just keep running.

Any downtime [bleep] sucks
at this point.

Winter's on its way.

ice cold
at night already.

Kevin can't afford
any more breakdowns

if he's to double
his gold total this week.

With our late start

to hit our 1,000 ounces, we...

we really got
to [bleep] hit her.

That's really rude.

At Dominion Creek,

Parker unwinds
with his cleanup crew

before he weighs
this week's gold.

- Hey, hey.
- Hey, hey.

Oh, oh, oh.

So how's
the gold route?

Pretty good.

I think we're
getting along.

I'm sitting right here

watching you say
"The guy's a jerk."

You've been
doing a great job.

You've taken to it
really well.

- Mm-hmm.
- And I really appreciate it.

Chris really
appreciates the help.

I think he would be
dead right now

if you hadn't
stepped in.

So he made something for you.

- For you.
- Oh!

Dog tag for Nacho.

Oh.

Oh, that's awesome.

- Thank you. I appreciate it.
- You bet.

Well, we appreciate your help.

You've been a lifesaver.

Congratulations, Nacho.

Wow.

Oh, it's amazing.

I'm just jamming,

hauling some dirt.

nice.

In Vegas Valley,

in the push to move
a mountain of overburden,

even the mine boss

is getting his wheels dirty.

Oh, I'm very happy
with the progress
we're making.

We're such a small crew,

I think we're moving
a lot of dirt very fast.

All the rock truck drivers are
doing an amazing job.

They're moving along good.

And, you know, they don't
complain too much.

There's no bitching.

Everything's rocking
and rolling.

Everything's smooth.
Everybody is

in a piece of equipment

and every piece
of equipment's working.

We're moving forward.

After seven days
of nonstop trucking,

Rick and his crew have shifted



acing their target
by 290 loads,

removing over 80,000 tons
of dirt

to get them
closer to the gold.

Yeehaw!

There.
yeah.

That just goes to show

how hard these guys
have worked.

I mean, we've moved
a lot more dirt

than I expected to,

and a lot quicker.

And we're gonna hopefully get

some more sluicing time
out of it,

which means more gold,

you know, it's all gonna
pay off.

In just two weeks,

Rick's crew has removed

nearly 70 feet of overburden,

but still have
another 90 feet to go

before hitting pay.

Their Vegas Valley gamble

is far from a done deal.

Hopefully,
we can get through this layer

before we break
something or...

before it slows us down
too much

'cause we definitely got
a lot of dirt to move

and not a whole lot of time
to do it.

Drop it.

Drop it. Drop it.

Ey.

What a nice day for a fire.

- Beautiful.
- Yeah.

You got steaks
to cook up for us?

- Oh, I hope so.
- You know how hungry
I am all the time.

At Scribner Creek,

Kevin's worked
day and night all week.

And it's time to find out

if his 24/7 plan

has doubled his gold.

It's
a little bit different, eh?

Just having
your first gold weigh
all alone

without Tony
and Minnie anyway.

At least this way we can
get some words in edgewise.

Yeah.

Pretty big week
though, I guess, eh?

Belt tear
and shoveling the hopper out.

It's been pretty amazing

with the small crew we've had.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

It's very good.
I think the crew is doing

- very well, honestly.
- Yeah, me too.

- I mean--
- Yeah.

It's always nice to just let

competent people
do their jobs.

Yeah.

Are we ready
to weigh some gold?

Last week,

Kevin's first gold weigh

delivered just 33 ounces.

Okay.

Four,

six,















Worth $306,000.

That's a good week.

Kevin's decision
to run nights

has more than quadrupled
his gold,

bringing his total

to 155.4 ounces.

Coming off of a 30 ouncer
to a 120,

that's
beautiful.

Well, guys, high five on that.

better.

We pull at least that out
every week,

we're on
a good [bleep] stretch.

Oh, yeah.

Okay, cool, guys. Well,
I'm going to head back down

and make sure everybody's
giving her hell still.

- And...
- Sounds good.

I mean, that was
almost 100 ounce difference

from our first cleanup.

So that means that we are
doing things right.

It feels really good

to finally get some gold
from the ground,

like a decent amount,

and start paying off
some of the bills.

Now we just got
to go to getting more,

'cause it's still a long way
to 1,000 ounces.

Hi, buddy.

- Hey.
- Bosco.

Hey, pup.
You've been rolling around

in something.

This week,

Parker's been running
two wash plants

at Dominion Creek.

Time to find out

if his bold play
to sluice red gravel

has paid off.

Red has moved.

We're running a red gravel.

We've got a good plant
put together.

Want to see how we did?

Let's check it out.

First up,
the Bridge Cut.

Parker's hoping
its four-day run

will deliver
at least 80 ounces.

- Ready?
- Yep.

- Pour, pour, pour.
- Ten.

Twenty.

Forty.

Eighty.

Is it going to break 100?

A hundred and ten.

One-twenty.



- Holy [bleep].
- There you go.

Worth over $341,000,

the four-day red gravel run

has exceeded
Parker's expectations.

You broke 100, buddy.
You finally did her.

- Yeah.
- Wow.

The red gravel is
not worth throwing away.

Yeah.

- That helps a lot.
- That's true.

Right.

So Mitch, you want to see
how Roxanne did?

Yeah,
let's check it out.

All right.

This season,

the Long Cut has delivered

around 140 ounces a week.

Here we go.

Let her rip.









Keep her going. 180, 190, 200,







Worth more than $712,000,

the Long Cut's best haul
of the season so far.

Not bad, huh, man?

Yeah, there's
your almost 300, man.

Now it's starting to look

- like Dominion Creek.
- Yeah.

- Wow.
- There we go.

We may have
hit a hot spot.

That's good.

The week's total,

it was 421.6 ounces,

gave us a season total,



So the number's coming up.

You know?

Keep it coming.

Be nice to have
three plants going,

but these two are performing
real well right now.

All right.

- All righty, fellas.
- Well...

I'll bag
this stuff up.

We'll try to get three plants
for you again, Chris.

Great. Love it.

I'd hate for you to have
idle time down here.

Thanks, man.

Parker's
red gravel move has paid off,

boosting his Dominion Creek haul

and potentially putting him
back on track

for his 8,000-ounce season.

And right now,
Parker's working

on trying to work every angle
he can here

to make money, produce gold,

while we're getting down
to good material.

Didn't take me long
after meeting Parker
to realize

he is very good at business.

He is very sharp,

and he knows numbers,

and he knows
how to make money.