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Narrator: WINTER IS FAST APPROACHING,
AND PARKER SCHNABEL IS ON TRACK
TO HIT A RECORD-BREAKING 6,000-OUNCE, $7.2 MILLION GOAL
USING TWO WASH PLANTS -- BIG RED AND SLUICIFER.
BRENNAN'S DOING REALLY GOOD DOWN AT BIG RED.
I'M JUST COMING UP HERE TO CHECK ON DEAN RIGHT NOW.
Narrator: PARKER'S CREW HAS SPENT THE LAST 14 WEEKS
MOVING 1.2 MILLION YARDS OF DIRT,
OPENING A 40-CUT FOR SLUICIFER.
BY FAR THE BIGGEST CUT WE'VE EVER OPENED UP.
WE'RE FINALLY DOWN TO PAY, FINALLY GETTING GOOD GOLD OUT OF IT.
HOWDY. -HEY, PARKER.
SOME GOOD-LOOKING STUFF IN HERE.
-YEP, REALLY NICE. -IT REALLY IS NICE-LOOKING PAY.
2 FEET, 3 FEET OF PAY UNDERNEATH IT, TOO.
LOT OF GROUND TO COVER, HUH?
YEP. I THINK WE OPENED UP TOO MUCH.
YOU DON'T THINK WE'LL GET IT ALL THROUGH?
WE COULD POSSIBLY GET IT ALL STACKED,
BUT I DON'T -- WE'D NEVER SLUICE IT ALL.
AT BEST, WE'VE GOT FOUR, MAYBE FIVE WEEKS LEFT.
THAT'S JUST WEATHER DEPENDENT.
AND AT THE RATE WE'RE RUNNING,
WE COULD PROBABLY RUN ANOTHER 145,000 YARDS.
WHAT DO YOU RECKON IS STILL IN HERE?
PROBABLY AT LEAST 200.
WE LEAVE 60,000 YARDS IN THE CUT?
I MEAN, THAT COULD BE UP TO --
I MEAN, THAT COULD BE OVER 600 OUNCES.
YEP.
Narrator: PARKER PLANS TO QUIT THIS GROUND THIS SEASON.
IF HE DOESN'T MINE IT, HE COULD BE HANDING LANDLORD TONY BEETS
A $750,000 WINDFALL.
THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL WE'RE LEAVING ANY OF THIS BEHIND FOR TONY,
NOT IF WE CAN HELP IT.
THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN USE WHAT WE'VE GOT
TO TRY TO GET THIS OUT IS TO JUST CRANK THAT PLANT UP.
YEAH.
AND WE WON'T MAKE ANY FRIENDS.
NOT ONLY IS THE PLANT PRETTY MAXED OUT RIGHT NOW,
BUT PEOPLE ARE GOING PRETTY HARD...
-YEP. -...TO KEEP UP.
YEAH. ALL WE CAN DO IS TRY.
WE NEED THIS [BLEEP] CUT DONE.
LIKE, I DON'T WANT AN OUNCE OF GOLD LEFT IN HERE.
Narrator: TO LEAVE NOTHING BEHIND FOR TONY BEETS,
PARKER NEEDS TO PUSH SLUICIFER FROM 250 TO 300 YARDS AN HOUR.
Parker: WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT GONNA BE HERE NEXT YEAR,
SO ANY PAY THAT WE DON'T GET SLUICED
IS PAY THAT WE'RE LEAVING FOR TONY.
SO WE'RE TURNING THIS THING UP.
HOPEFULLY BREE CAN KEEP UP WITH THAT.
THAT'S A LOT OF DIRT.
Narrator: LAST WEEK, THREE OF PARKER'S CREW WALKED OUT.
AND MECHANIC MITCH IS STILL RECOVERING FROM INJURY,
PUTTING MORE PRESSURE THAN EVER ON LOADER OPERATOR BREE HARRISON
TO GET THROUGH THE PAY DIRT.
I'M BARELY KEEPING UP AS IT IS, MAN. LIKE...
WE CANNOT LEAVE GOLD IN THE GROUND FOR TONY BEETS.
WE'LL JUST -- WE'VE GOT TO MAKE IT WORK.
[BLEEP]