16x21 - Golden Goose, Wounded Moose

[bunniefuu]

The Golden Goose is here.

Washplant number five.

Right on.

New toys, man, new toys.

Hopefully it lives up
to its name.

I ordered a brand-new plant,
the Golden Goose.

It's going to do more yardage
than any of the plants

we have here.

It's going to have a good
recovery rate, and it's

brand new, so it should have
really good uptime.

It's coming at a very good time
because we have a lot of

sluicing to do, and this plant,
I'm sure, it's going to get

the job done.

Parker Schnabel is trying
to claw back lost time.

After pulling the plug
on his biggest producing cut,

the Golden Mile,
his gold numbers

have plummeted.

Now, to get back to full
capacity, he's spent a million

dollars on a new washplant,
the Golden Goose.

I'm looking forward to getting
that thing built and fired up.

Get the ATM back
up and rolling.

As far as firing a fourth plant
up goes, Sluicifer's ready

to fire back up,

but we're actually
not going to.

We're going to park it
for the season.

We'll finish up on Dominion
with the Golden Goose,

plus Big Red
in the Golden Mile.

At his main property,
Dominion, Parker is finally

coming to the end
of a three-week mission

to mine out the Golden Mile.

They're just about done
hauling all the pay out

of the Golden Mile,
put it in big piles,

sluice the pile, super simple.

What's the worst
that can happen?

Parker's crew are removing
the final bit of pay left

in the Golden Mile

and building two giant pay
mountains 4,000 feet apart.

Parker has already got Big Red
sluicing one mountain.

Now he wants
to clean out the cut,

fire up the Golden Goose,

and hit full tilt
by the end of the week.

Every rock truck is being used
to try and get every single

last bit of pay out
of the Golden Mile.

We're going to need to move
really fast here.

That's for sure.

We've got a lot of pay still
in the Golden Mile, so we've

just got to focus on getting
that out so we can start

sluicing with Goose.

You know, it's a lot of work
setting up a new washplant,

and Parker wants this new plant
sluicing yesterday.

Well, guys, what do you say
we put her together?

Once this thing's good to go,

I think we've got a job
for her.

The Golden Goose will come
to the rescue.

Yeah.

Helping build
the Golden Goose,

washplant expert,
Jeff Turnell.

This plant's got to run
a lot of material.

There's a few upgrades
that we've done.

We got the sluice
run extensions,

that was an add-on
that Parker wanted.

We've done some modifications
to the deck to make it better,

to make it more efficient,
so it's faster in the field.

Hey, guys.

My plan right now is to lift
the main plant up.

We'll put the skids underneath
it and slam in the pins.

Throw the hopper on
the conveyor,

and then it's just a bunch
of little pieces to turn it

into a plant.
- Sounds good.

Get this thing shaking.

First, attach the hydraulic
skids, the foundation

for the 45-ton washplant.

You can go up, Jordy.

Going up.

OK, we're in the air, guys.

This is one of the most
stressful parts

of the whole process.

We got a 45,000-pound
plant here.

Everything's hanging on cables,

bouncing off to different
lifting devices.

The crane

and the loader here, trying to
get these pontoons lined up.

You're talking less
than a millimeter.

I'll be so happy
when these pins are in

and this thing is
sitting on its own feet.

It's drifting,
so let's get her done.

I'm at max weight for this
crane to pick one end

of this plant.

Boom drifts when it's at max.

OK, let's just not mess
around and let's just put it

under now.
- OK.

There.
That's good.

Damn, it's great there.
Where's that pin?

- Jordan, down just a smidge?
- Yeah, a little more.

- It's creeping quick.
- Oh, yeah.

Oh, [bleep].

It's kind of a [bleep]
trying to line

pins up when it's drifting.

Get ready.

OK, guys, we're lined up.

Yeah.

Hit it, hit it.

OK.

OK, let's get this one in.

Hit it.

There it is.

That's that side,
but we're getting there.

Let's try that.

There it is.

OK.

Give that a hit.

Perfect.
Hard part done.

As Jeff and the mechanics
bolt on the remaining

washplant pieces...

We are really up against it
right now.

...Parker's mining crew hustles
pay a third of a mile

to the giant pay mountain.

If we don't get all this
pay out on time, then,

you know, I'm sure Parker's not
going to be a very happy man.

Ah, [bleep].

Looks like the guys are moving
Golden Goose already.

We are under a lot
of pressure here.

The race is on.

We've got to get this pay out
as soon as possible.

We've got to get this new plant
together in record time.

We're dragging Goose
into place, into its pad.

But they're still working

on getting the pay out
of the Golden Mile.

Can't have that
brand-new washplant

sitting there doing nothing,

and we really need to get it
catching some gold for us,

so we've got to get the pay
out of the hole.

Start turning towards
the front of the pad.

OK, thanks, John.

That's good.
Keep going a bit more.

You've got two feet
on the other side.

That'll be good.

[bleep] yeah.

- Well, thanks, dude.
- Good work, Tyson.

Now we have a lot of pay
stockpiled here

for Golden Goose.

Hopefully we can get it
fired up here.

We're down a quarter
of our sluicing capacity,

so we have no time to waste.

King of the Klondike,
Tony Beets, is living

high on the hog.

Last week, he blew past
his 6,500-ounce goal,

amassing $23 million
worth of gold.

And with over a month left of
the season, he's still got

big plans.

Heh.

Wounded Moose is four miles

east from Tony's
Indian River claims

and just one mile south
of the land he leases

to his son Kevin.

The 2,400 acres of partially
mined ground

is a turnkey operation,

coming with a trommel,

excavators, and a camp.

Tony believes his new purchase
could deliver

up to $200 million in gold.

But he hasn't tested it.

Tony Beets has taken one
of the biggest gambles

of his life,
spending $4 million

on new ground,
Wounded Moose,

without testing it.

Oh, yeah.
There's lots to do here.

Cool.
That works out perfect.

Am I?

Yes.

If my dad were to croak,
I'd be the one to take over

operations here.

After years yearning
to have his own mine...

You gave Kevin a bunch
of help getting him going.

So is there anything you're
going to help us with?

...this season, Mike pushed
for a chance to prove he could

cut it as a mine boss.

Two weeks ago...

Ta-da!

...Mike delivered.



I've ran on the Hill
for 20 years.

Now this is my chance
to run my own mine.

It's coming out my pocket

and more of it going back
into my pocket.

Easy on the turns, please.

You don't need to do
that sharp.

Thank you.

When we went away from Tony,
we really wanted to show

that we can run a gold mine
on our own.

We did it for one year.

Now we gotta make sure
it's not just luck.

There is a chance we could
have it all collapse

on us, you know?

A mile northwest,
Tony's eldest son, Kevin Beets,

is under pressure.

He's mined over
$2.5 million in gold.

But with the season
running out,

he needs more than
double that

to hit his 2,000-ounce goal.

The main thing is that we keep
the plant going 24/7,

'cause this is what
keeps us afloat.

But it is getting to the end
of the season, so we just got

to do one last
big [bleep] push.

This is where it really counts.

Obviously, it's quite
stressful at the moment,

but we're all doing our best,

some more than others.

Hell, yeah.

Tayvin's constantly whipping
around like a headless chicken,

which is really hard
on the equipment.

He kind of needs to learn
that there's repercussions

for some of his actions.

It's not good.

- Kevin, do you copy, Kevin?
- Go for Kevin.

Tayvin's going too fast
in the loader.

Seems to be a bit
of a reoccurring problem.

Rock truck driver Ayla Mitchell
hauls gold-rich pay

from the seven-acre Sphinx Cut


where loader operator
Tayvin Peterson

feeds it into the plant.

I'm really enjoying it here
at Kevin's,

working hard,
running the loader as fast

as I possibly can.

It's crunch time.

We got to get as much done
as we can.

[bleep]-- I keep getting
messed up.

Oh, [bleep].
That's not great.

Why is he going so fast?
The pile is right there.

Hey, Tayvin, Tayvin,
got a copy?

What's up?

You're going to have to slow
it down quite a bit, OK?

You're going way
too [bleep] fast.

OK, copy that.

Thank you, thank you.

Uh...

I didn't think
I was going too fast.

We're going to have to fix
this, because we really don't

have the margin of error

for, like, someone beating
the crap out of the loader.

If that loader goes
[bleep] down,

the plant will be down
for some time.

We can't have that.

Yeah, it really bums me out
I was told to slow down.

I mean, can barely even keep up
to the plant.

I don't want to get fired again
for something stupid like

going too fast.

Unfortunately, we're going to
have to let you go, Tayvin.

You just have
a really [bleep] attitude.

Six weeks ago, Tayvin was fired
from Parker's operation...

I've given you ample
opportunity to do what is asked

of you, and you still do it
Tayvin's way.

...for not following
instructions

and running his loader
too fast.

You boast about how many loads
you can get in an hour.

Who does that?

See, right now, you're still
telling me that you're right.

Get out of here!
Go!

Get out of here!

This is sad.

Very frustrating.

It's not sinking in.

Just unnecessary wear and tear
on the engines and completely

shred my transmission.

Might have
to [bleep] switch him out.

We really can't have our gold
total jeopardized just

by one guy going
too [bleep] fast.

All right.
Hello, Mams.

Hi, Kev.

What's up?
We got a bit of a problem.

Tayvin, our loader operator,
has been speeding and he's been

told many times to not.

It's not great.

We have to take him off.

Take him off the loader,
put him on a truck?

Yeah.

But who are we going to send
to replace him?

We could train up Ayla?

Kind of hesitant on Ayla.

The fact that we have to train
someone up is cutting

into our time for sluicing.

If Tayvin wrecks one
of the machines, well, we'd be

done for even longer, so...

- It's a [bleep] choice.
- It just sucks.

Are you gonna
spearhead this one?

Yeah, I'll take the lead.
And you train Ayla.

I think I can do that, yeah.

Well, good luck, Mams.

Tayvin, can I see you
by the office, please?

Yes, I'll be right there.

Let's go talk to the kid.

- Hey.
- How's it going?

Not great.

Heard you've been speeding
in the loader.

Feel like I've been
slowing down quite a bit,

though, lately, or...

You've been told about it.

You have to learn
from your [bleep]-ups.

Sorry, it was just
an adjustment coming from

Parker's where Tyson trained
us, like, to run the loaders

as fast as possible, so...

- Yeah, but we're not
at Parker's anymore.
- I know.

We're here
at Kevin Beets' claim.

And that's how we set it up,
so that you can go

slow and easy.
- OK.

So...

we're gonna throw you
on the rock truck.

Give you another chance.

Well, I appreciate
the second chance.

- Don't [bleep] up.
- OK.

She can be a bit scary, but...

this is a new mine

that I'm working for,
so I'm gonna have to

fit in or [bleep] off.

I don't know.

Here we go.

Hey, Tyson, have you got
a copy, Tyson?

Yep, go ahead, India.

Yep, that is the last of
the pay out of the Golden Mile.

- I've just handed it over.
- Right on.

Nice work.
You k*lled it.

Sluice, baby, sluice.

Parker's crew has finally
mined out

Dominion's Golden Mile.

Washplant Big Red is already

sluicing one giant pay pile
from the cut.

Just [bleep] put it in there.
Just put it down.

Now, Parker's eager to make up
for lost time...

Just fling that [bleep], man.

Good.

...and get the fastest
washplant in his arsenal,

the Golden Goose,
running the newly finished

second pay pile.

There's a lot going on
up here right now

at the old Golden Mile.

We're digging a ditch up
the valley so that the new

plant can get water.

And we're trying to get
the water to come, like, several

thousand feet upstream,
which is a pretty big feat.

It's like we're
compensating for probably


elevation in the valley.

The other problem is that plant
set up is very high, so I don't

know how much water pressure
we're going to be

able to push that far up there.

To supply water
to the Golden Goose,

Parker and his crew
face two obstacles.

First, he needs to finish
a 100-foot-deep ditch

from an old pond to link it

to the Goose's new intake pond
and fill it.

Second, install a hose
from a pump

up to the washplant's


If all goes to plan,
and the water pressure is

sufficient, Parker's new
million-dollar plant

will fire up
for the first time.

All right, I think that looks
pretty good.

Hey Kayden, go ahead and let
that water rip and see if we've

got enough drop here and we can
get this plant fired up.

I'm just getting ready to let
some water in to the pond area.

It looks like this is working.

Next, mechanics Alec Kelly
and Liam Pukila press on

with the last stage
of the new plant setup.

I'm dragging...

Golden Goose's water line
in place here.

It is a long run
up to the plant.

The main concern we're going
to be having is if we can't get

enough water going to Goose,
then we're not using it

to its max potential,
and we're not going to be able

to run the yardage
Parker wants.

This might have just been
all for nothing.

We just got the suction basket
into place, and we'll be

pumping water
to the plant shortly.

We'll see if she pumps water.
I hope it does.

Hopefully nothing goes wrong,

because we've got to get
this thing fired up.

Yeah, I'll send water
on your call.

OK.

A lot of our season is
riding on this right here.

Is the plant going to be able
to do what we need it to?

Ready when you are, buttercup.

- You nervous?
- I'm nervous.

Do you see the air
coming out of it?

See the dust?
Come on, you [bleep] thing.

Come on.

Oh!

[bleep] yeah!

All righty, India.
Want to start feeding?

Here we go.
First scoop in the Goose.

Hell, yeah.
It's exciting.

Good job, guys!

Congratulations
on your new purchase.

I mean, I'm just glad
it worked.

Yeah, me too.

So what, did you want to go
for yardage on this,

like 220 yards an hour?




OK.

I just want to smash
through that pile.

What?

I just put it up
a little more.

It's 270 yards an hour.

What's the point of having
a brand-new plant

if you're not going to, like...
- Thunder-[bleep] it?

That wasn't what I was going
to say, but yeah.

Yeah.

Something sounds weird.

Oh, [bleep]...

Oh, the belt's dry.
[bleep]

OK, there's obviously
a problem here.

[bleep]

Oh, boy.
Alec!

- Oh, no.
- Stop running around.

- You got a bar?
- There's one right there.

He's got a big monster here.

It's a frozen ball
of some sort.

There you go.
From that side.

Yeah.
Oh, yeah.

There you go.

Oh, there we go.

Parker's Golden Mile
operation is back

running two washplants.

And with the Golden Goose
running full throttle,

he's got a shot at hitting
his 10,000-ounce target.

This new plant's really nice.

We've got a mountain of pay
back there to run.

That is close to 1,000 hours of
sluicing, and there's not much

more than 1,000 hours
left in the season.

So now it's time to
sprint to the finish line.

OK, Colby,
lift up your ripper.

I'm gonna pull out Harald.

Pick it up
and put it on a truck.

Mike Beets is finally
in the driver's seat.

Having earned father
Tony's trust on Paradise Hill,

he joins older brother Kevin
in being given a piece

of the Beets empire,

the sprawling Indian River
property, Wounded Moose.

Yeah, it's good
enough, gentlemen.

Aye, aye, captain.

Mike's first mission...

safely transport
washplant Harald


to his new claim.

It's just got to come up
off the ground,

and then I [bleep] drive
the truck underneath it.

I'll be laughing, that's it.

Nothing super complicated.

Colby, can you hop
on the forklift, please?

And Len, get it
on the other side.

Widen your forks all the way!

Many things can go wrong.

I don't plan for what's wrong,

I plan for getting it
done right.

Up.

Go.

Full throttle.
Full throttle.

Pull it.

The loader, for some reason,
won't lift beyond

a certain point.

That doesn't make any sense,
even slightly.

Because that thing has more
power than that [bleep] thing.

Len, do you copy, Len?

I don't know what's wrong.

Yeah, and the worst part is,
it's not even a lifting issue.

Something is locking it out.

It stops at the exact same spot
every time.

Not power at all, eh?

The math don't math, right?

Change of plan.

I don't have time
to [bleep] around with it.

Get another forklift over here,

and we're going to lift it
with that.

We'll get this [bleep]
thing done.

That's good-- up.

Go, go, go!

Keep her coming!
Just back it up, back it up!

Good!

A little bit of trouble getting
her on, but she'll be going

to Wounded Moose here soon.

Good to see her go
where she'll be useful at least.

I think I'm good to go,

so let's see if we can get it
out of here.

Driving Harald to its new home,

experienced trucker
Len Hoekstra.

Yes, I do.

Hey.

- Hey, guys.
- Hello.

Well, it's not good news.

After taking a phone call,

Minnie Beets has called
an emergency family meeting.

So you were going to sluice
on Wounded Moose?

I was talking to the gal that
does the licensing for us,

and she told me...

we have no water license
on that one.

Yeah.

Nope.

This is so [bleep] stupid.

Why are we just
finding this out now?

Like what happened?

I honestly was under
the impression there was

a three-,
four-year license on it.

You were as well.

I really didn't realize it.

Wounded Moose has a water
license under the previous

owner's name until 2027.

But the official paperwork has
not yet been transferred

to the Beets family.

Without it,
all mining is off limits.

It is what it is, man.

No.

Yeah.

Bye, guys.

Mike's dream
of striking out on his own

has hit a major roadblock

until the family gets
a new water license.

Every time I try to do
something to get my own place,

it always, always comes
to a dead stop.

Ugh...

Mike's dream of running
his own mine might be wrecked,

but 40 miles away...

It's a [bleep]
painful experience.

...his big brother Kevin
is determined to stop Tayvin

from torpedoing his.

Rock truck, rock truck,
rock truck,

rock truck, rock truck.

I don't want to seem
like a complainer.

I mean, I just feel like
the most useful place for me

is not in a rock truck.

I was doing really good on
the plant, and then they put

Ayla on the plant.

That's not fair...

at all.

I'm happy for my own
opportunity, just trying

not to pick up bad habits
from Tayvin.

Ayla has now been promoted
to loader operator duties

and is responsible for feeding
the plant with pay.

I feel a little bit blessed
to be trusted by Kevin and Faith

to learn, one,
this piece of equipment,

and two, being trusted
to feed the plant.

Demoted Tayvin can only
look on as he hauls dirt

to the washplant's pay pile.

Yeah, it definitely sucks.

I mean, we're not allowed to go
fast, which I think is absurd.

Sometimes I'll be going 10
and I'll be told to go a little

bit faster, and then sometimes
I go 15 and I get told to slow

the [bleep] down and that
I'm going way too [bleep] fast.

I thought I was going to get
to learn a lot working here,

but I haven't really learned...

anything.

I mean, I've learned what
not to do in the cut,

[bleep] lots of what
not to do in the cut.

Because in my mind, it doesn't
feel like we have a mine plan.

They come every day,
and it's like,

"What are we doing?
I don't know.

We'll figure it out."

We're gold mining.

We're not just digging holes
and making rock quarries.

Yeah, it's just hard.
I really enjoy Kevin.

He's a great guy,
but Faith, she'll just,

like, glare at me, but...

everybody says that
that's just how she is.

Tayvin, come up to
the staging yard immediately.

These are not really fun
conversations to have.

Am I getting fired?

So, you've been reprimanded
this week.

Yeah.

So, like, I heard you [bleep]
kicking us on the radio.

Sorry.

This is strike two.

Strike three, you're out.

Yeah.

This is the last
month, almost.

I just need you to,
like, basically man up.

Yeah.

Be an adult, yeah?

Yeah.

Thank you.

I really hope that message
got through to him,

because otherwise
he's gonna be gone.

Whoa, that was intense.

I definitely thought
I was getting fired.

That was a terrible feeling,
that's for sure.

Anymore [bleep]-ups
and I'm getting canned.

Hey, Kev.
Just reprimanded Tayvin.

This is his second violation
in one week.

Told them to basically
smarten up

or you're out, pretty much.

Ugh...

Already behind the eight ball,
Kevin and Faith can't afford

any more hiccups with crew
if they are to hit

their 2,000-ounce goal.

We are near the end
of the season and we don't have

much time if it [bleep] goes
[bleep] sideways.

We want to make sure that this
operation is going somewhere.

This week we're going to need
a big gold total.

Fingers [bleep] crossed.

- How is you?
- Good, how are you?

Ah, not too bad.

There's some yellow.

There's some yellow
[bleep] there, yeah.

Kevin and Faith
are running out of time

to hit their 2,000-ounce
season target.

It is kind of a shame that
we had to deal with all this

Tayvin [bleep] this week.
- Yeah, he seemed apologetic.

He said he will do better,
so we'll see how it goes.

Yeah, well, it's going
to be his catchphrase.

- "Oops, sorry."
- Yeah.

How's stuff going
in the office?

I see more gold has come in,

hopefully a little bit faster
than the bills are

taking it out.
- Not really, no.

That's not
an encouraging face.

Things are going pretty bad.

- Let's see what we get.
- All right.

Kevin has three weeks of gold
to weigh up and needs


of reaching his goal.











Worth nearly $800,000.

It's not great.



That is a little bit lower
than expected.

What does that bring
our total to?

Just under 1,000 ounces.

I wonder if 2,000 ounces
was a bit much.

Maybe we bit off a bit more
than we could chew.

I'll have to go look at
our books, see where we're at.

Hopefully it's not...

too [bleep] bad.

Let's see what we can get.

All righty-h*, I'll clean up.

Hello.

Hi, guys.
Long time no see.

So, Mike, I thought we were
going to be neighbors.

Yeah, I thought that,
too, but...

there's no water license
on the ground,

so I can't do anything there.

That sucks, eh?

You didn't realize that.

Despite the setback
at Wounded Moose

and being $4 million down,

Tony still has a full
week's gold haul

from his Indian River
and Paradise Hill claims.

How are your cleanups looking?

Uh, not too bad.

- I got some, uh...
- Oh, there you go.

- ...nice nuggies, which is
rare for the Hill.
- Yeah.

So, should we
weigh it all up then?

- Sure.
- All right.

We got Find-A-Lot.

We got Sluice-A-Lot.

A lot of sluicing, eh?

What do we got
for Sluice-A-Lot?

First, the Indian River's
Corner Cut.



Last week, Tony pulled in 625
ounces from his two mine sites

to cruise past
his 6,500-ounce season goal.







It's a good week.

It's all good.

Let's see what
the Find-A-Lot found.









That's awesome.

We still have some more left.

Whoop, whoop.

Let's see how much
the Hill weighs in.

OK, Friar Tuck, let's go.









A 715 ounce,

two and a half
million dollar week

takes his season total

to 7,333 ounces,

worth nearly $26 million.

Yes.

- Hey, hey.
- Howdy, howdy.

Yo, yo.

- What up?
- Hey, how's it going?

Well, hopefully there's a lot
of gold in there and it's going

really good.

Little does Parker know,

the King of the Klondike
is hot on his heels,

just 33 ounces behind him.

But with four washplants
running, Parker has a chance

to pull clear again.

We got the Goose going, huh?

That new washplant's pretty
sweet looking.

Yeah, and it, like,
fired up real smooth.

I hope it's a good plant
because, you know,

the Goose, that's not
a name that really...

demands authority or...

Do you bring a loaf of bread
every time you go do a cleanup?

A buddy of mine
suggested the name.

I don't really like the name,
so it's GG, the supermodel.

Yeah.

Well, you want to see
how we did?

- Yeah.
- All right.

I'm curious.
Start with GG.

We don't have GG yet.

She hasn't been running
long enough.

- Fine.
- Stay tuned.

But we got the Golden Mile.
Big Red, Golden Mile.

To hit his 10,000-ounce target,

Parker needs to average









- Nice.
- That's all right.

That's good for Big Red.

Yeah.

All righty, let's see how Bob
did in the Bridge Cut.

For the last month, washplant
Bob's gold haul has been

hovering above


Got 20, 40, 80...





Bob's still boring.

Yeah, I think
it's the name, man.

Eh, could be worse.

All right, Roxanne.

Roxanne sluiced all week
at Ken and Stuart's and needs

to deliver 172 ounces

to keep Parker on track.

We got...





We got 153.2.

Sick!

- Once GG gets back
into the mix, it'll be good.
- Yeah.

Throw that in and then we're
back in the big numbers again.

Well, last week
it was 317.25 ounces,

and this week is 421.3.

- Yeah!
- So, we're going up.

Worth $1.5 million.

Our season total, 7,787.1.

We've gotta
break eight next week.

Yes.

Let's hope for a warm fall.

Yeah, no doubt.

- All right, thanks, guys.
- Yup.

- Thank you.
- Thank you, Chris.

I'm really happy
with four plants

back up and running, you know.

Things are looking up.
I think that, um...

I do think we've got a real
shot at making this happen.