14x09 - Pivot!

[bunniefuu]

- Hey, guys.
- Hey, boss.

-Ready to move this stuff?
-Let's do it.

All right.
Well, I'll pull the pump up
and I'm gonna set it up here.

And then, probably,
have you jump in the loader.

- Sounds good.
-And I'll get tied
to the bucket.

I'm gonna just have you run
it down there all the way
with a loader.

Oh, yeah.

And then, after that,
we'll just get
the generator.

Sweet.

And if we all work together,
it should go pretty
smooth.

Okay.

-We ready?
- Yep.

All right, I'll move this.

Forty-two-year-old
Rick Ness

is a man with a plan,

determined to bring in
1,000 ounces of gold he needs

to stay in the game.

I do have
a lot on the table this year.

Right now, I'm trying to build
my business back up after
taking a year off.

One way or another,
I'm gonna
make it work.

For two months,
Rick has sluiced
stockpile paydirt,

banking 140 ounces.

Now that it's gone,

he's making a quick move
to get back on the gold.

It is a big day, you know,
we're finished running
the stockpile,

we finished running
Monster Red for a while.

We're moving upstream
to where Rocky's set up,

you know, we're doing
a 500-yard test on
the Bacon Strip.

Uh, the ground seems
good enough to mine,

so we're on our way down there
to mine it.

Rick's first major
decision of this season

is to pivot
to the 1.4 acre Bacon Strip,

where last week's test run

yielded almost an ounce
per 100 yards,

sweetening the pot.

The cut was stripped down
to pay two years ago

and is ready to sluice.

Rick's hoping it will deliver
a quick 300-ounce score

and keep his comeback dream...

alive.

Told the guys, I said,
I only want to be down one day

'cause we got
a 1,000-ounces to hit.

And we've got a small crew.

You know, minimal equipment,
I can't afford anything
to break on this move.

Working on
the slimmest of margins,

Rick can't even
afford to truck the pay
to his main plant,

Monster Red.

So, he's moving
his entire operation
to his old wash plant, Rocky.

This is a lot to do.
We need to get pump
down there.

We need to get the generator
down there.

Get all my people,
all my machines down there.

And we need to get
set up quick

'cause I don't wanna lose
more than a day of sluicing.

The pump is gonna
power little Rocky and uh,

we're gonna start mining
up there,

hopefully, starting
this afternoon.

Every minute that we're down,

we're losing money, so...

we just wanna get this all
this stuff up there as soon
as possible,

so we can start putting gold
in the box.

To get Rocky
up and running,

Rick's crew need to transport
their only pump
and a generator

from Monster Red,
a mile down the valley,

to the smaller plant.

So, now, we're just
disconnecting this suction
line from the pump.

This here, is a lot of weight.

It can hurt
any of us easily.

Just gonna get it off,

get it on its way.

This machine
should be able to lift it,
but it's a heavy pump.

It's about 15,000 pounds dry
and it's got a full tank
of fuel right now.

The bad thing is we don't have
a whole lot of room down here,

so we're gonna have
to swing it over the river.

Stand back!

We're gonna need it
to make it in one piece,
or we're gonna be in trouble.

Oh, yeah, if we drop it
in there, we're

because that's the only pump
we have and we need it to run
Rocky downstream.

Any damage
to the $200,000 pump,

could sink Rick's season.

I just wanna try to get
it over the water and back

onto dry land
as quick as I can.

Better be careful.

I've just gotta roll
a little way to go,
set it on flat ground.

All right. Well, got it.

Got it safely for now,
but we still got a lot of ways
to go and get to Rocky though.

We're gonna have to pull...
lift it with a loader.

Um, it should be fine,
the loader can handle it.

But it does have to go
through the river once.

Just keep an eye on it,
with him going through
the river and all,

I'll meet you guys
on the other side.
I'll be in the 700.

Sure.

Dude, I think
it's a two-kilometer walk

with a $200,000 water pump.

Charged with
walking the pump down
to Rocky,

is new recruit, Trey Charlie.

Yeah, I've got a guy.
His name's Trey. I've known
him for a few years.

He's been mining up here.

He knows how to run
a bit of everything,
so he's good.

I need to have enough people
here to keep the plant going

while I make
our next moves for us.

Now, hopefully,
this goes pretty smooth.

This is gonna be
a sketchy ride.

Yeah, it's gonna be a little
front-heavy, huh?

- This is gonna be
front-heavy, going downhill.

-Better him than me!

Yeah, I really don't wanna
anything up.

The only thing I'm worried
about is the creek crossing.

It might be
a little bouncy, but...

you know, we gotta do it.

But I don't know what's under
the water.

I could hit a big boulder.

Or maybe,
even snap our rigging.

This is where it's gonna
get tricky.

I can't see what I'm doing.

You know, I could feel
I'm running over boulders.

My

Think we're
through that.

Yeah, that was a bit...

sketchy, but we got
through there.

We're here.

And I couldn't be happier.

You know, this is gonna be
this water pump's new home.

Back up, so we can unhook it.

The pump's ready to go,
so we're swinging it in

and hook up
the discharge line,

so I can swing it into place.

We're going to try
to make this pump up
to what's already there.

Perfect.

All we've gotta do now
is get the suction line
in there.

Now, we got water
out of the plant,

then all we gotta do
is worry about power.

As Rick installs
the suction line...

Bingo!

...Trey returns
with the one-ton generator.

We got
through there safely.

This is definitely
the final piece of the puzzle
to get rocking and rolling.

We can get this power
hooked up.

Then, we're laughing.

Winner, winner,
chicken dinner.

With Bacon Strip
paydirt already stockpiled
next to the plant,

it's time to fire up.

yeah.
Let's go drink some beer.

I'm just kidding,
we gotta test it.

-We gotta get
the plant going first, huh?

All right,
let's do it.

There we go!

Let's sluice, boy!

Rick just went over
there to fire up
the water pump.

If Rick can get
this thing running,

we can start sluice
and put some gold
in the box.

And we're good to go.

Whoo! Holy cow!

Isn't that
a little much water?

That's way too much water.

Hey, open the bypass out.

Shut it down,
shut it down!

It's way too much
water pressure.

The other way!
No, the other way!

Still set up
for Monster Red,

the pump has sent
twice Rocky's water capacity

through the smaller
wash plant,

flooding the generator.

You'll have
to disconnect everything.

There's nothing I can do,
you know what I mean?

Until the generator
has time to dry out,

Rick can't risk
firing back up.

Electricity and water
don't work so well together.

We have to get
5,000 ounces out this year.

Or else, we're in some
big

The conversation with Parker
has stuck in my head.

He just said,
"It's not a goal,
it's mandatory."

So, it's just a matter
of trying to play catch-up.

We're very spread out

and we're in a very deep hole,
it's kinda stressful.

This year, it started with
a pretty big downpayment
to Dean for Dominion.

After spending
millions to buy

the Dominion Creek Claims,

Parker Schnabel is deep
in the hole.

We're on the hook
for a lot more payments.

That's $15 million total.

Then, we have operating cost
on top of that

and a lot of equipment repairs
on top of that.

So, we definitely have
a lot of revenue that needs
to come in

and a lot of gold that needs
to come in.

Parker's light
at the end of the tunnel

is a potential $160 million
payday at Dominion.

But to get there,

he needs to find a way
to keep the operation running
long enough

to find the big gold.

After sluicing a small section
of Dominion last week,

he's back to stripping

with no gold coming in.

I'm definitely a bit
stressed out about it all.

Like, we're massively

in over our head.

We'll see where things end up.

But for the first time
in quite a few years,
I'm actually a bit, like...

nervous.

But hopefully,
Tyson can get up
and going soon,

at Ken and Stuart's, you know?

We need the money coming in.

Get us up and washing rocks
and finding some gold again.

You know, we really gotta
keep Dominion funded
and keep the whole

company going.

To
bankroll Dominion,

Tyson Lee is mining ground
leased from Ken Tatlow
and Stuart Schmidt.

The first cut
was disappointing

and ran out faster
than expected.

And now, he's prepping
the next one,

El Dorado.

Getting El Dorado ready,
I thought I had
a lot more time.

Trying to get the next
plant pad ready.

You know, I only have
a certain amount of people
down here,

so it's a lot
of work doing this.

Tyson needs
to move the plant
to the El Dorado Cut

and get the gold
coming back in

by the end of the week.

How's Dominion life?

Not bad.

Sunny skies?

- hot, isn't it?
-Yeah, it has been
the past few days.

Get started sluicing
here tomorrow?

No.

I'd rather wait for some
more experienced help,
have to move the plant.

Are you itching
to get sluicing?

Yeah, I'd rather sluice.

Okay.

Parker wants
the plant up and running
by morning.

So, Tyson will have
to move Slucifer

with just a skeleton crew.

We're gonna fire up.

Then, we'll get back
to our regularly
scheduled program.

It's gonna be
damn near impossible.

Although,
it looks like

the wash plant's pretty much
ready to go,

there's still a lot
of work to be done, so...

But he's really putting
us under the g*n.

Parker's left
plant boss, Tyson Lee,

with a Herculean task,

get wash plant,
Slucifer, running

in 24 hours.

Last time,
I had Alec helping,
Liam helping and I guess

they're hung up at Dominion.

Looks like Evan and I
are gonna be stuck
moving Slucifer.

To get it done,

Tyson teams up with
operator, Evan Kurtz,

who's never moved
a wash plant.

Can't wait to get up
and going again,

so we gotta get a move on.

Slinging up

these things

to Slucifer

and Tyson's gonna pull
her down to the new pad

with the 750.

Yeah, wash plant moves
these days are...

getting to be fewer and fewer
people around to help
do them, so...

One piece at a time,
we're ready to drag
the plant over.

Tyson's plan,

use the 750 excavator to pull
Slucifer 300 yards
to the bottom

of its new wash plant pad.

Then, drag the 45-ton plant
up the 60-foot pad

using the excavator's bucket
to anchor,

and then, lever each step
up the 25-degree slope

until it reaches
its final position

at the top.

There's a hole
on your back right.

I've never moved
a wash plant with

these two guys here before,

so, you know,
it's just a lot of...

lot of moving parts
and a lot of things
I gotta keep my eyes on

and a lot they gotta
keep their eyes on.

Turn more.

Once I drag it
up there, it's up there.

There's no pulling
her back down.

So, Evan,
when we're doing this,
we wanna make sure the plant

is right square
with our pad, right?

So, we have one chance
to do this.

Then, we'll drag it up
and I have to go over
the bank backwards,

so you really have to be
my eyes there, too.

-I wanna land on
the super stacker pad.
- Yeah.

-But we'll get her.
- Oh, yeah. Sounds good.

- Thanks, Ev.
- No problem!

You're pretty lined up
right now, you're good.

This ramp
is pretty steep,

we tried to make it
as gradual as we could,

but we're on a time,
so, you know, the 750 is...

the best excavator
we have on site,

but Slucifer is also
really heavy.

Steep

Okay.

You're still on pretty
good track.

Looks sketchy as
to be in the hole.

Just using my bucket
as kind of a pry bar here,

and also trying to prevent
the plant from digging
into the pad.

Slucifer is one heavy

It looks like
we're almost there.

Yeah, sh**t
to your left a little bit,
right there.

Tyson must now
guide the wash plant
to its final position

by reversing the 72-ton
excavator off the edge
of the steep pad.

You're gonna start
going over the edge after.

As long as I'm squared of it,
that's all that matters.

Oh

Whoo!

You wanna run
and grab that level, Ev?

You wanna do the honors?

Sure.

If the plant's
not level,

valuable gold could be lost
from the sluice boxes.

It's in between
the lines.

- Perfect.
- yeah.

- Like,
we've done this before.
- First try.

Let's get back out.
Nice work, man.

For your first
wash plant move,
that wasn't bad.

Oh, yeah, had fun.

Plant safely
on the pad,

Tyson and Evan can now
install the conveyor
and hopper feeder.

Well, there we go,
we got our feeder in,

super stacker in, plant in.

We have water flowing,
our water's re-circulating.

We're about to fire up
in El Dorado.

I've really high hopes.

But time will tell.

We don't have time
to mess around,
we gotta get back to sluicing.

We're ready,
let's fire her up!

It took a while to get
everything set up,

so, you know,
it feels really good
to be back sluicing.

And hopefully,
there's some good gold here
to come along with it.

King
of the Klondike, Tony Beets,

is in crisis.

Over a third of the way
through his season,

he's only fired up
one wash plant,

a shaker deck
at his Indian River Claim,

which, so far, has delivered
barely 60 ounces,

just one percent
of his 6,000 ounce goal.

But the trommel
Tony wants to get running,

is located
at his Paradise Hill claim,

40 miles away.

Before he leaves
the Indian river

to work on the trommel,

Tony puts one of the few
he trusts in charge.

My circus, my monkeys?

Perfect.

Ah!

Just minutes
after putting Monica
in charge at Indian River,

the shaker deck conveyor belt
has ground to a halt

causing a pile up of paydirt,

shutting down the Beets'
only running wash plant.

I don't know why it stopped,
It was doing so well.

It's down to Monica

to get the plant
back up and running.

Well, I've already
got people getting shovels.
We'll get it shoveled off.

Yeah, it is.

You can head of to the hill.
I got it covered.

Yeah.

Are the rollers
just not catching on the...

on the track?

You hear that clicking?
Can you see that
piece flicking out?

That's not supposed
to be there.

So, one of the pieces
on the main drive drum,

they're all supposed
to be sideways,

this one's kinda loose
and is hanging diagonal.

That's that clicking
and that flicking you see.

The shaker deck's
first belt conveyor

feeds a second,
longer conveyor,

that delivers paydirt
to the plant.

The second belt is powered
by a drive wheel at its base

where one of the metal rods
on the barrel of the wheel
has come loose,

causing it to jam

and paydirt to pile up between
the two conveyors.

Once Monica removes the rod,

all she has to do
is clear the dirt

and fire back up.

Cut the power!

Shut it all off.

And so,

Evan's going
to try to remove it.

The problem.

Oh, that's exciting.

Is that what you call that?

Yeah.

What would you call it?

Pain in the a*s.

-Scared of heights?
- Nope.

The dirt started piling up.
It got too heavy on the big
belt and it wouldn't go

and so, we had to up.

We don't really want
this kind of

to happen, we just started up.

It's not what we need,
it's, you know,

half hour or an hour
of struggling before
we can start up again.

And honestly,
the faster I can get back
to shoveling,

the faster it will be
up and running.

Obviously, it sucks when,
like, this happens.

But Tony left me in charge
and at least,
I know what to do.

And we got the right people
here to fix it.

After an hour
of shoveling,

it's time to find out
if Monica's fix has worked.

All right!

Stand back.

Fire it up!

Got it.

It's nice if TB can trust me
out here to do the job

and get it done,
so that he can get

the trommel going.

But we just got one place
going for the meantime.

I mean, somebody's gotta
carry the company

and I guess, it's me today.

We hit the ground
running down here

at Ken's the second Slucifer
was ready to go,
we fired her up

and we're running
24 hours a day.

Tyson Lee has
started bringing in the gold
Parker desperately needs

to bankroll his $15 million
Dominion Creek gamble.

This thing's washing
rocks and catching gold.

You know, it's just

a matter of trying to keep
the pay up,

trying to keep it fed.

But we've really gotta get
that 5,000 ounces to keep
the whole company going

until next season.

Go ahead.

You're gonna have to give
me a sec here to get
things sorted.

I just gotta get Evan
set up here.

Awesome.

A loader has gone
off the road

four miles from
Tyson's operation

forcing him to leave.

And
it's really bad timing.

I'm gonna explain to Evan
what needs to happen.

I'm gonna leave it
in his hands.

-Have you fed with
an excavator before?
-No.

Tyson needs
the loader

that feeds the plant
to rescue the stuck loader.

To keep Slucifer fed,

Evan must use
the 750 excavator
for the first time

in his young mining career.

Uh, I've been
in it here and there,

but not very often.

So, when you're hole feeding,
really trying not to spill
over the front edge

and just slowly trickle
it through, right!

- Yeah.
-Just make damn sure
not to hit it.

Make damn sure not
to pull off any of her wings.

But yeah.

-Don't anything up.
-I'll try not to.

I hate to leave
the plant.

The worst timing,
but when is it not, right?

I have a feeling
today is gonna be a long day.

That tree is definitely
gonna be a problem.

But I didn't think it would
be this bad.

That tree
is definitely gonna be
a problem.

But it doesn't look like

there's any damage.

So, we'll just try and keep
it that way getting it out.

But I didn't think
it would be this bad.

Plant boss
Tyson Lee,

has left Parker's only running
wash plant in the hands
of a rookie crew member

to rescue a loader

that operator, Liam Pukila,

has wrapped around a tree.

That's not coming out.

Every minute
that goes by,

it stresses me out more.

You know, I hope
things are going good
down at the Slucifer

'cause I'm definitely
not there right now.

-How are you
making out so far?
-You tree hugger, you!

I was backing up
to get out of the way.

The edge was soft.

I fell off of the edge,

and now,
I'm blocking the road.

It's just this tree.
If this tree wasn't here,

-a guy would be able to drive
it right out, no problem.
-Yeah, all right.

Taylor's got
eyes on you there.

Okay.

Liam sank
the 39-ton loader sideways
into the ditch

pinning the mid axle
around the trunk of a tree.

One wrong move

could tear
the axle off entirely,

causing irreparable damage

to the $200,000 loader.

Let's get a chain on the end
and see if we can get
this thing out of this hole.

Yeah.

Tyson and Taylor
will use a chain to pull
the back end of the loader

up the bank
and away from the tree.

See,
I just chucked that on,
we'll see how it goes.

Fine, we just wanna take
some weight

and see if we can lift
this out of this hole.

You'll be
in this loader,

I'll be in that one
and Taylor will be

kinda our eyes on the ground
while we're doing this.

Are you able to come forward
right now, Liam?

We're moving it.

Keep going.

Don't stop there.
Come forward, Tyson.
Foot on the brake, Liam.

If it weren't for the tree,
we'd be out of this by now.

The tree is jammed
so tightly inside the axle,

that the rear of the loader
is impossible to release.

Right now,
I'm just clearing a bit
of room on the road,

so I can get her around
front of Liam

and we can try pulling
from the front.

So,
they switch to Plan B.

We're gonna try
and push from the corner
of the bucket

and get these front tires
away from the tree.

We have to shimmy
this loader away

or else, we're just gonna
keep getting hung up on it.

I've never seen a machine
get stuck quite like this.

Careful, guys.
We got a lot of force
on the tires here.

-She working?
-She's working.

Keep going, Tys.
We're getting it,
we're shoving it over here.

Keep going!

Keep going, keep going,
keep going, keep going.

Foot off the brake, Liam.

Keep it
neutral now.

There you go.

There you go.

Yeah,
I'm gonna set him down
and let's see what he can do

'cause pretty soon we're gonna
end up committing to doing
a full 180 with this thing.

An hour
into the rescue,

the loader is finally
separated from the tree.

Liam, first gear,
diff locks on!

Let's go! Whoo!

-Whoo!
-Nice work, buddy.

Thanks, man.

If all we lost was a little...

a little bit of a mud guard,
I think we're in good shape.

Oh, yeah. Look at that front
one. It's a little

Ah I love you so much.

In all seriousness,
I should get back down
to Ken's.

Let's chuck all this rigging
back in your bucket
and you can hit the road.

Tyson races back
to the El Dorado cut

to find out
if rookie operator, Evan,

is still bringing in the gold.

I am back at Slucifer,
it looks like Evan managed to
keep the wash plant running.

Good job, Evan.

- Yo.
- How's it going, Ev?

Good. How are you?
Get that loader out?

Managed to get her out
in one piece, yeah.

Loader's all good
and Liam's all good,
so that's what matters.

Yep.

More importantly,
how are things going
down here?

Ran like a dream,
no problems.

Nice work.

And it's just a reminder
of the fact that, you know,
I've fallen behind a bit.

I need to put gold
in this box.

At the Bacon Strip,

Rick Ness is shut down

after his first attempt
to fire up wash plant, Rocky,

flooded the generator.

Start building this pile up.

So close to being able to run
through this fricking plant
full time, you know,

fricking load it up with some
gold and walk.

The crew have been
stockpiling pay

while the generator
drained out.

There's always gonna
be water there,

so we just put a big pile
of coarse rocks there.

'Cause it's gonna keep filling
with water, but if it's rock,
it'll go onto the rock.

So, we're going to take
a bunch of tailings,
nice clean rocks,

so that any water
that does go through here
can still freely flow,

but we'll be able
to build it up

so that our generator
is up above the water
instead of in it.

To make it safe
from further flooding,

Rick wants to build a pad
from coarse tailings

and lift the generator
on to higher, drier ground.

Now, grab some
clean, clean rock

and put it in the bucket
back in here.

Then, we'll be free to put
the generator on top
of that.

Yeah, sounds good.

So, we fired up the wash plant
and we had

way too much water pressure.

Our generator was getting

submerged by water.

So, we had to shut down,
we're just taking
care of that.

We're gonna get the generator
sitting a bit higher.

Push it back this way
a little bit,

and then, we'll set
the generator on there.

Flatten it out.

It's a thing of beauty.
We're ready to put
the generator back in.

Get that hooked up
and everything to get
the show on the road.

Now, we're gonna disconnect
this loader,

have the wires hook back up
and fricking

run it.

After laying
two tons of coarse tailings,

the generator is on higher,
drier ground.

And with the pump's pressure
settings now calibrated
for Rocky,

Rick is finally ready
to fire up.

you wanna hit the generator?

Oh, yeah.

Now, this looks great.

What do you think we should
probably throw some
water at it now?

Hundred percent,
ready to go.

Start kicking some a*s.

Well, catastrophe
diverted there,
didn't blow any water lines.

Plant is running.
You think we should put
some dirt through it?

-What do you guys think?
- yeah.

Trey, wake up!

-Put some dirt
through it, buddy.

Well, I'm pretty happy.

Little I'm seeing.
I mean, this plant
has been down for two years.

We got a few leaks
in some water hoses,

but nothing major,
nothing to stop it
from working.

After losing
half his week to the flooding,

Rick needs the Bacon Strip
to deliver

and keep his season alive.

There's not a whole lot
of moving parts to it,

you know, it's just one
electric motor,

turning the shaker dock and...

it's working like it should.

I don't know, I like it.

Everything is working good.

Back at
Paradise Hill,

the lack of gold
isn't the only thing

...irritating
the king of the Klondike.

So, I guess when we have
squirrels in the house,

Tony gets the g*n

and he starts sh**ting.

It's Opa!

Uncle Mike is gonna come.

I can count.

The Beets
family gather

to find out what Monica
has brought in after
her first full week

running Indian river.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay,
let's pour this stuff.

-You wanna help
mommy pour? Yeah?
-Yeah.

Come here,
you can help mommy pour.

To hit Tony's
6,000 ounce target,

and with just
one wash plant running,

Monica needs to deliver
400 ounces a week.

Ooh! All right. Ready?

Ten, 20, 30,
40, 50, 60,

70,

80, 90, 100, 110, 100...

118,

119,

119.66.

Monica's haul

puts close to a quarter
of a million dollars
in the bank.

But it's almost 300 ounces

below target.

Well, and this with
last week's, what,
180, all combined.

No it doesn't.

Like I always say, it's better
to have a bit coming in,
than just going out.

-There's the guy
with the gold.

He's not smiling.

-He's not smiling.
-Couldn't be that good.

Rick Ness is about
to discover if the move
to the Bacon Strip

was the right call.

Trey's first
gold weigh-in.

I trusted you to drive that
pump all the way down.

We were just
talking about that.

You got it done, buddy.

We are down here now.

Bacon Strip's right in there,
our wash plant's
right here, so...

let's see what we got.

Trey, you wanna
count this out?

Being as it's your first
gold weigh-in with us.

Please.

This week,
Rick ran 30 hours

which should deliver around
25 ounces of gold.

- You ready, bud?
- All right, bud.

All right. One, two, three,
four, five, six,

seven, eight, nine, ten,

11.93.

11.93.

Worth just $24,000.

It feels kinda light,
if I'm being honest.
I mean, we did test on it.

It's half of what
I tested out as, so...

I don't know, you know,

it is what it is.

Hopefully, it...

hopefully, it'll average
it out close to an ounce
per 100,

but as of right now,
that's half

of what I was expecting,
so it's not very good.

I mean, we're moving along,
we're going, you know,

our total's going north.

It's just, it's moving slow.

I mean, at a certain point,
you know,

things are gonna
start clicking.

We're gonna get more runtime.

I still do need to get some
more people here.

We need to get some
more machines here.

Um, those totals
are gonna get bigger,

so we got a lot
of season left.

But we got a lot
of ground to cover
and get 1,000 ounces, so...

- Can I catch a ride?
-Yeah, yeah.

We gotta move down
to the Bacon Strip.

But...

little concerned that...

the gold was only about
half as good as it should
have been.

I wanna hear more about
the loader stuck
in a tree story.

Who was there?

-Were you there?
- There was a tree.

Like, he was hugging it
pretty much.

That's a new one, man.
We've had a lot of equipment
get stuck over the years.

We've never had one like--

-Wrapper around a tree.
- Wrapped around
a tree.

That's a problem around here,
you make a mistake.

it is a goofy mistake,

it's gonna follow you
for years.

-Mine have.

It'd be nice to get
a gold flow

-going through here,
I know you got Slucifer going.
-You mean like make money?

-Well, no?
-Why don't,

why would we start doing that?

Well, at least Slucifer's

digging up something, right?

Well, did it?
Did the plant get anything?

-Oh, what the hell do I do
with that stuff anyway?

Tyson, I think this
is your machine, isn't it?

Let's see how she did.

That say sluice?

That says sluice.

To keep
his operation
from going under,

Parker is chasing
a 5,000 ounce season.

To hit it,
he needs 300 ounces a week.

All right, here we go.

Sixty,

a hundred,

120,

140,

150,

170,

182.35.

Over 100 ounces
below target.

But still...

worth $364,000.

That gives us a season
of 732.75 ounces.

-We got long ways to go.
- Yep.

-We've really spread ourselves
out, haven't we?
- Oh, yeah.

Thank you, guys, for taking
this seriously.

I know,
with us being spread out,

it puts a lot on
everybody individually.

We got a lot left to do,
so we better go get
after it.

- Yeah.
- Go get
something to eat.

- All right, later.
-You're growing boys.

We're just
kind of like,

barely keeping our head
above water

and...

we're used to being on top
of the mountain and now,
we're drowning.

Gold keeps coming in, but...

you know, when you spend
that kind of money,
it's never enough.

But you just have to take
it one day at a time.