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DOZER!
LET'S MINE SOME [BLEEP] GOLD.
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YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK.
I MEAN, IT'S QUITE THE LITTLE FAMILY WE HAVE HERE.
Narrator: 24-YEAR-OLD PARKER SCHNABEL
IS STARTING HIS SEVENTH SEASON MINING IN THE KLONDIKE.
IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE.
-LET'S GO TAKE THE PUPS IN. -OKAY.
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LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF BROKE-DOWN STUFF.
THERE'S SOME. HI, HAILEY.
HI. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO.
WELL, I GUESS, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU. THANKS.
YOU'RE GONNA BE A FATHER, AND YOU'RE GONNA BE A MOTHER.
I KNOW, RIGHT? THAT'S REALLY SCARY.
DUE DATE'S OCTOBER 13th.
WOW.
COME ON.
HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING?
-HI. -HEY, MAN.
-HEY, PARKER. -WHOO-HOO.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING THIS SEASON.
THE GOOD NEWS IS, WE'RE GONNA BE MINING HERE
ON A PIECE OF GROUND WE BOUGHT A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
AND I ACTUALLY AM PUMPED FOR THE FIRST TIME
TO NOT BE PAYING A BOATLOAD OF ROYALTIES.
Narrator: PARKER WAS 17 WHEN HE FIRST GOT A FOOTHOLD IN THE KLONDIKE,
LEASING LAND FROM TONY BEETS.
BUT IT CAME AT A COST.
NOW PARKER IS HIS OWN LANDLORD.
HE CAN KEEP EVERY OUNCE OF GOLD HE MINES.
THE BAD NEWS IS,
WE'RE HAVING MASSIVE PERMITTING ISSUES OUT HERE,
AND WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH WATER LICENSES
THAT ALLOW US TO MINE THE GROUND.
THIS PIECE OF GROUND THAT WE BOUGHT HAS ONE YEAR LEFT.
JUNE 1, 2020 -- IT'S UP.
SO WE HAVE TO MINE THE WHOLE PIECE OF GROUND OUT THIS SEASON.
THE WHOLE THING?
Man: THIS IS 3 YEARS' WORTH OF WORK.
IT'S A LOT OF DIRT. YEAH.
THAT'S AT LEAST TWICE THE GROUND
THAT WE MINED THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
I KNOW IT'S A BIG ASK, BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET IT DONE,
'CAUSE IT'S JUST -- ONE YEAR FROM NOW, THIS GROUND
HAS NO LICENSE ON IT.
WHEN DO YOU WANT TO START SLUICING?
TWO WEEKS.
WE'LL NEVER DO IT.
-THAT'S [BLEEP] CRAZY TALK. -THAT'S NUTS.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF GROUND.
I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT.
BUT WE PAID FOR THESE CLAIMS, SO WE REALLY CAN'T AFFORD
TO LEAVE ANY GOLD IN THE GROUND.
IF IT WAS YOUR GUYS' MONEY, WOULD YOU RISK IT?
Man #2: NOPE.
FOR NOW, WE NEED TO GET SOME MACHINES GOING AND GET IN THERE,
AND WE GOT TO MINE THIS GROUND OUT.
-LET'S GO. -COPY THAT.