The Biggest Paydays of Season 16 So Far💰| Gold Rush | Discovery
The Biggest Paydays of Season 16 So Far💰| Gold Rush | Discovery
Gold prices are sky high.
There’s no better time than getting gold in the box than today.
We had a super fast start to the season.
So right now, all we’ve got to do is keep slooing.
King of the Klondike, Tony Beets is crushing it.
He’s been slooing at his Indian River operation for five weeks, already banking 775 ounces of his 6,500-ounce target.
Right now, Indian River is our only money maker.
So we made sure we keep that going.
Gold just hit a new record at $3,500 an ounce.
The price of gold has been climbing, and economists believe it will continue to be a safe haven.
Tony.
Hey, how’s it going, man?
Good, how are you?
Well, hanging in there.
You got some of that tiny shiny coming in?
Yes.
Good.
It has all the makings of a good season, Parker.
Gold price.
Yeah.
I don’t even like to talk about it or look at it.
Me neither, because it should be illegal.
That’s how high it is, isn’t it?
Well, then it goes down $300 and I’m like, what’s happening?
And it’s like, oh, it’s still up a thousand.
If you want to beef up your piggy bank, this could be the year.
Breaking news on Wall Street shows stocks tumbling while gold and other safe havens surge.
Gold prices have more than tripled to an all-time high of $3,500 per ounce.
Let’s wait and have a look at it.
At Indian River, Tony Beets is gambling on an early season score to cash in on record-high gold prices.
All right, ready, set, let’s go.
Go.
He’s already slooed nearly half of the early bird cut, which he’s counting on to deliver at least 300 ounces.
Wow.
Parker is looking for at least 100 ounces from three days of slooing.
There we go.
Nice.
Very nice.
Worth over $440,000.
Sluicifer is ready to catch an estimated 3,500 ounces buried in the Golden Mile.
This is the first time that Sluicifer is fired up on Dominion, so that’s cool.
Some of that ground is looking really good, and let’s hope it mines that way.
Who wants to do the honors?
You press the conveyor.
You press the shaker.
Ready?
Let’s go.
Hey Sandy, start feeding.
This is a moment I never thought would happen.
Sluicifer is firing back up on Dominion for the first time this season.
How’s she running?
Pretty darn smooth.
Hopefully it stays that way.
Good job with the setup, dude.
Thanks, man.
I’ve got to go.
See you guys.
Good job.
Thank you.
You guys are killing it.
Nice work, guys.
So, what do you think?
Should we weigh some gold?
Sure, let’s weigh it out.
Despite beavers shutting down their only working wash plant for half a day, Tony expects the Indian River early bird cut to deliver around 250 ounces.
It’s below target, but still worth almost $3/4 of a million dollars, and it brings the Beets total to 632 ounces.
That’s not bad.
Doing pretty good.
Keep it up.
I kind of like it.
Don’t come back with anything less.
At least on the bright side, they still have some gold to weigh.
Kevin spent a week slooing wet pay from his stockpiled piggy bank.
To stay on target, he needs 88 ounces a week.
Worth $170,000.
Just over 100 ounces for the season so far.
Obviously we’d like to see some bigger numbers, so we’ll do what we can.
Plenty of time left to make it up.
Anyways, we should all get back to work.
You sound like my wife, for sake.
She does that all the time too.
You know what, Faith?
It works really well.
Bye, guys.
With two plants running, Parker wants to see how they’re doing.
Last week, Bob delivered 126 ounces, and Parker is hoping it’s picked up the pace.
You’re not really racing out of the starting gate, but it puts us in a lot better shape than where we were last year.
Yeah, I finally got Sluice up and running.
First time on Dominion.
Running the Golden Mile for three days, this is Parker’s first chance to see how the new cut will pay out.
There’s definitely some rich ground over there.
I’m excited for that.
For the week, the total comes in at 273.9 ounces, worth just under a million dollars.
For the season, Tony Beets has already mined out his first cut, hauling in 632 ounces of his 6,500-ounce target.
Since they had a nice early start, the trick now is staying ahead of the game.
Last week, the early bird cut delivered 214 ounces.
The extension of the cut will need to improve if Tony is going to hit his season goal.
Sluicifer has been running in the Golden Mile all week, and Parker is hoping to see an uptick from last week.
A 35 percent increase delivers exactly what they were hoping for.
Next up is Bob at the Bridge Cut, which is averaging 143 ounces a week.
This week’s total brings the season to over 700 ounces.
Jacob steps up to run Tony’s only producing wash plant while Mike is away.
Despite setbacks, the gold keeps coming in.
With gold prices this high, even modest runs are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
As the season pushes forward, the message is clear.
When gold prices are at record highs, every hour counts, every ounce matters, and the only way forward is to keep the plants running.
Jacob had to step up when a cut flooded, forcing the crew to fight water with pumps while cracks formed in the screen deck.
With cousin Mike away, foreman Jacob ran Tony’s only producing wash plant, Sluicelot.
So how many days did we sluice for?
We sluiced for seven days, minus the couple of hours you were down, so it’s not a full week.
Sluicelot has been averaging 192 ounces a week.
Pour it in, let’s go.
The weigh-in comes to 274 ounces, worth $878,000.
That’s not bad.
Nothing wrong with it.
Only seven days.
Does that put us over 1,000 ounces?
Yeah, 1,025.
It’s a big moment early in the season, and a sign that Jacob stepping up is paying off.
He seems to be doing pretty well.
Yeah.
With that being said, you should pack it back up and go do what you all do best.
Okay, we’ll see you guys later.
Later, guys.
It all adds up fast this early in the season, especially with gold prices this high.
Usually when operations get started this time of year, the numbers are smaller, but this pile already tells a different story.
Not a bad-looking amount.
Not too bad.
Now it’s time to weigh the last of Kevin’s stockpiled pay.
Kevin ran for three days before moving the wash plant.
One for the money, two for the show, let’s go.
The total comes in at 56.5 ounces, worth $198,000.
That’s pretty good.
Yeah, that’s not too bad.
It’s encouraging proof there’s still gold in the ground.
So what does that put our total at for the year so far?
Currently we’re sitting at 162.09 ounces.
There’s still a long way to go to reach the 2,000-ounce goal.
Of course we want to get sluicing as soon as possible.
We’ve got some work to do with the plant, so it’s going to take a little time, but ideally we’ll get going ASAP.
By the end of the week, they hope to start sluicing the Pyramid Cut to see what treasures it holds.
Unfortunately, when the plant stops, the bills don’t.
It’s Parker’s first triple gold weigh of the season.
KT, you ready?
Yeah.
Got Sluicifer here, this is a two-hander.
Last week, the Golden Mile produced 152 ounces.
This week’s weigh-in breaks 200 ounces, delivering 222.3 ounces worth $778,000.
Sick.
That is nice.
Next up is Bob from the Bridge Cut, which is averaging 150 ounces a week.
The total comes in at 190.4 ounces, worth $666,000.
Those two plants are only four ounces off each other.
That’s crazy.
For the week, the total hits 527.12 ounces, worth over $1.8 million.
For the season so far, Parker is sitting at 1,235.4 ounces.
That’s roughly 300 ounces ahead of where they were this time last year.
It’s a strong position to be in, but the pressure doesn’t let up.
With gold prices at record highs, every breakdown costs a fortune, and every hour of sluicing counts.
As the season pushes forward, the strategy stays simple.
Keep the plants running, stay ahead of the game, and keep putting gold in the box.
