[Warning: The below contains spoilers for Gold Rush Season 15, Episode 13.]
After hitting some large weeks on Gold Rush, it was all about location, location, location for Tony Beets and Rick Ness to maintain their momentum going. Throughout Friday’s (January 31) episode, the 2 mine bosses have been searching for their subsequent candy spots. This course of might be very pricey, particularly if their hunch doesn’t show fruitful.
With a lot invested and his small however mighty workforce relying on him, Ness felt essentially the most stress to ship. In any case, if he doesn’t get his water license renewed, this might be the top at Duncan Creek. For Parker Schnabel, it was extra about staying the course. With three wash crops working, his crew regarded to make up some floor misplaced earlier within the season. Learn on beneath to see how the miners did.
Parker Schnabel
Mitch Blaschke trying burdened. (Discovery Channel)
Schnabel launched his new four-legged chocolate Labrador named Bosco, a birthday current from his dad and mom. Maybe the canine might present some much-needed good luck as he hoped to get nearer to his 10,000-ounce season objective, however Schnabel had the slowest begin of his mining season to work via. He might have turned a nook at Dominion Creek. The crew ran prime layer pay grime on the Bridge Reduce whereas others have been lastly mining out the primary half of the Lengthy Reduce. There was additionally Ken and Stuarts lending a hand in gold totals. For sure, Schnabel has stretched his workforce to the restrict. He tasked the workforce to get them arrange higher for subsequent season by hauling wash plant Roxanne to a brand new pad the place it is going to sluice to an current pond in 24 hours. After an preliminary situation with air being sucked right into a pump from a unfastened consumption hose, it was mission completed.
Beginner Tayvin Peterson was promoted to feeding Roxanne after working rock vans earlier within the season. He ran right into a hopper jam. After making an attempt to shovel out the blockage, he known as on foreman Mitch Blaschke to assist. He found a big rock precipitated the difficulty. Blaschke appreciated being known as earlier than issues bought worse. Schnabel met for the week’s weighing. After working Roxanne within the Lengthy Reduce, the end result was 222.5 ounces value $556,000. Massive Pink got here subsequent with 82.8 ounces value $207,000. Massive Bob at Ken and Stuart’s introduced in a large 346.80 ounces value $867,000. Schnabel was completely satisfied, however with time dwindling, they wanted extra of this and quick.
Tony Beets
Tony Beets stood surveying. (Discovery Channel)
The “King of the Klondike” has been forward of the pack, mining 2,914 ounces value greater than $7 million in gold thus far. His son Mike has been on a roll at Paradise Hill working the Trommel 24/7. Then at Indian River, following every week for upkeep, his nephew Mike had Sluice-A-Lot working comeback pay grime. With nephew Mike working via pay so quick, Tony has run into the hazard of working out of excellent floor. In an effort to carry on the gold at Indian River, he was looking for a brand new candy spot. Utilizing a $2 pan, he examined some floor and located some encouraging outcomes.
He alerted the workforce to strip minimize to pay grime and construct a wash plant pad for Sluice-A-Lot. Cousin Mike needed to shut down a 45-ton wash plant on Comeback Reduce and transfer it to the brand new Nook Reduce to get sluicing. The dozer struggled, main the mammoth transfer. Tony’s nephew Mike managed to drive the tools over to the spot with none points. Subsequent up was to construct up a pay pile. It wasn’t lengthy till he bumped into permafrost, which slowed down the method and put Tony’s plan on ice. The household convened for the weekly weigh-in. The Comeback Reduce introduced in 75.66 ounces value $190,000. The Trommel added one other 374.34 ounces value $936,000. With Tony’s nephew Mike’s operation halted, his son Mike was now depended upon much more to maintain the gold coming.
Rick Ness
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With the Crew Reduce not delivering, Ness sought new floor to construct upon his virtually 1,000 ounces. If he didn’t discover a higher spot, he might threat dropping the cash he made at Duncan Creek. He focused floor close to the Bench Reduce, which was lined in permafrost. Ness didn’t need to make the identical mistake of getting one other dangerous spot. He took further precautions and needed to analyze smarter by digging up a pattern. 5 hours later, the check run revealed there was some gold popping out. Ness was cautiously optimistic on the Edge Reduce.
He met with the workforce to get the plan underway with hopes it might get him the fast hit wanted to inch nearer to the 1,500-ounce objective. It was all fingers on deck to strip and take away overburden as rapidly as attainable. Ness wasn’t seeing a lot gravel, which possibly meant no gold. Issues weren’t trying good. He determined to run one other check earlier than investing any more cash on this operation. Within the meantime, Ness confirmed off his assortment of rocks together with his “Wu-Tang” rock and “stone sandals.” Ness felt at a crossroads as he wanted to see 10 ounces to make the Edge Reduce value exploring. The end result was 2.55 value simply $6,500. Ness wanted to seek out higher gold quick or haven’t any alternative however to chop his season brief.
Gold Rush, Fridays, 8/7c, Discovery
