Narrator: IF BRENNAN CAN'T FIX THE TAILINGS PROBLEM
AT BIG RED, PARKER RISKS LOSING
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
Brennan: AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR FINE TAILINGS
JUST WON'T STOP BUILDING UP.
SO MY PLAN IS TO CUT A HOLE THROUGH THIS ROAD
AND SEND A MOAT IN TO THAT END OF THE CUT.
Narrator: THE TAILINGS POND IS FULL.
BRENNAN PLANS TO CREATE AN OPENING IN THE BERM,
ALLOWING WATER AND FINE TAILINGS TO FLOW OUT INTO LOWER GROUND.
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I JUST HOPE THAT PARKER SEES THAT I TOOK ON A CHALLENGE
TO GET IT DONE AND IT'S GONNA WORK.
THE REASON WHY I ASKED FOR MORE RESPONSIBILITY
IS TO PROVE THAT I CAN DO IT.
THIS IS GONNA GET US ONE STEP CLOSER
TO OUR 6,000-OUNCE GOAL THAT WE SET.
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WHAT THE [BLEEP]
SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE PUMP.
MITCH, MITCH, GOT A COPY?
I THINK THE PUMP'S ON FIRE, MAN.
YOU BETTER GET DOWN THERE QUICK.
HEY, SHUT IT OFF!
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GET OUT OF THE WAY. TURN THE KEY OFF.
WHOO.
AT LEAST WE CAUGHT IT BEFORE IT DID COMPLETELY BLOW UP.
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-WHOA. -YEAH.
Brennan: SHE WAS JUST SPITTING EVERYWHERE.
[ COUGHING ]
WE JUST GOT TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S CAUSING THIS.
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WHAT'D YOU DO?
Mitch: BRENNAN DEFINITELY SAVED THE PUMP TODAY.
IF IT WOULD HAVE KEPT RUNNING,
IT WOULD HAVE BURNT TO THE GROUND.
WHAT HAPPENED?
STARTED ROLLING COAL, SO THEY SHUT IT DOWN.
IT WAS OVERHEATING.
THE EXHAUST STACKS VIBRATED AND ROLLED OVER THIS WAY.
SO THEN IT WAS JUST WITH THE INTAKE BEING RIGHT HERE,
IT JUST SUCKED RIGHT BACK IN.
SO THAT WILL DEFINITELY DO IT.
CAN WE JUST LIGHT EVERYTHING ON FIRE AND WALK AWAY?
I THINK IT WAS TRYING TO DO THAT ON ITS OWN.
FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS GET THAT EXHAUST STRAIGHT UP.
GET IT BACK WHERE IT BELONGS.
I THINK AS LONG AS THIS THING WILL FIRE BACK UP, IT'LL RUN.
[ MOTOR RUNNING ]
[ LAUGHING ] THAT'S WHY WE LOVE IT!
Brennan: DUDE.
IT'S A GOOD THING THAT BRENNAN CAUGHT THAT PUMP WHEN HE DID.
THOSE ARE THE LITTLE THINGS THAT WHEN YOU CATCH IN TIME,
IT'S NOT TOO BIG OF A DEAL.
BUT IF HE WOULDN'T HAVE CAUGHT THAT,
IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE LOST A LOT OF TIME,
A LOT OF GOLD.
FIRE IT UP!