Gold Rush - Jungle Gold

[usfmikeb]

I don't get the impression that Dustin and Fred are far out of town either so I am guessing she doesn't live at the mine like they do.

There have been comments on the show that she's married, I highly doubt she's staying at the mine with two dudes instead of at home with her husband.

 

[Gear101]

Parker, right across the way, doesn't stay at the mind, so I would agree they must be closer to town.

 

[usfmikeb]

Told you they would end up transporting Quartz Creek dirt to Indian River...

 

[+HopSpunge+]

They tried. To bad Toad ruined it.

 

[aygov]

2-hour live finale Friday. Let's hope Toad isn't the winner.

 

[Darwin18]

How is Toad going to make his 1,000 ounce goal now with all the Quartz creek material processed? A better question is why didn't they stockpile more material in the two months they did nothing waiting for the fancy trommel to arrive and then not operate? They should have a mountain of material to transport for processing at Indian River....

I'm thinking that its coming down to Parker and the Dakotas for the big winner this year. The nuggets that Parker pulled out were impressive but he's going to need a lot of them in a short amount of time to make serious money. The Dakota's operation has been producing gold all year - I think they've made an impressive profit per person. If they can somehow get through that final layer of cemented soils they really might strike it rich.

Although, I will say that after my 40 hours of OSHA refresher training this week, the fact that they have zero shoring, zero reinforcement and no escape in case of cave in are setting themselves up for big fines and shutdowns from MSHA. I realize MSHA and OSHA are separate entities, but I can't imagine the hole they've dug complying with MSHA regulations. That thing has running water coming into it - at some point it is going to cave in.

 

[usfmikeb]

2-hour live finale Friday. Let's hope Toad isn't the winner.

They've already got >700 ounces of gold, I don't think anyone else is going to beat that, short of someone finding a pot of leprechaun gold...

 

[aygov]

Yea, I was wondering about the state of material at quartz. It sounded like they pulled all the material they could out of it, or did they just finish a cut and need to open a new cut? Either way they're kinda screwed...

 

[bob1852]

Is it just me, or was the transition between the last two episodes strange?

Todd started that cut against Dave's advice, the wash plant had to be shut down (again), and then in the last episode they had no more dirt to work and had to go back to Quartz Creek?

 

[Darwin18]

Sounds like a normal work week at a Toad run mining operation.

 

[aygov]

They've already got >700 ounces of gold, I don't think anyone else is going to beat that, short of someone finding a pot of leprechaun gold...

True but they also have a fleet of equipment and an army of workers compared to everyone else on the show. If we're going on gold mined then yea they win, but I wonder if they'd still win if you take in to account running cost and payout per person.

 

[Darwin18]

Yep - just like Deadliest Catch used to tell the audience. There was the crab count (weight) per boat leaderboard and then they had the payout per deck hand on each boat. I was always surprised that the highest net grossing boats didn't pay out as well as others.

If you're looking just at profits - I think the Dakota boys are going win this outright. They have a three person crew, less equipment than the others, and didn't buy a POS experimental trommel! Their costs seem fairly low compared to the others - I suspect that they'll pay out nicely.

 

[Airplanedoc]

Yep - just like Deadliest Catch used to tell the audience. There was the crab count (weight) per boat leaderboard and then they had the payout per deck hand on each boat. I was always surprised that the highest net grossing boats didn't pay out as well as others.

If you're looking just at profits - I think the Dakota boys are going win this outright. They have a three person crew, less equipment than the others, and didn't buy a POS experimental trommel! Their costs seem fairly low compared to the others - I suspect that they'll pay out nicely.

Don't forget Fred and Parker (grandpa john)own the mineral rights to their claim (Parker did lease some) Toad is forking out somewhere between 10-20% of his gold to the claim owners, first before expenses.

 

[Darwin18]

That's a good point. Also need to consider the amount of cash Parker doled out to build that road earlier in the season. If he can get back up to the original claim by Porcupine Creek he'll get a lot of gold. There just isn't a safe way up there.

 

[usfmikeb]

Don't forget that Fred had to buy a bunch of new equipment this season...

 

[Toy4Rick]

Anyone find it strange that Toads dad is the only one who weights the gold??? In any business where there is a large amount of money there must be some accountability. Also notice how the last clean out was exactly 200 ounces?

I often wonder how much is being, umm, ahh, held back

Toy4Rick

 

[bob1852]

Anyone find it strange that Toads dad is the only one who weights the gold??? In any business where there is a large amount of money there must be some accountability. Also notice how the last clean out was exactly 200 ounces?

I often wonder how much is being, umm, ahh, held back

Toy4Rick

Yeah, seems weird that's all Todd's dad does (on camera, at least).

 

[Airplanedoc]

Yeah, seems weird that's all Todd's dad does (on camera, at least).

That is more than todd contributes, Oh I forgot todd is the brains of the operation

 

[bob1852]

That is more than todd contributes, Oh I forgot todd is the brains of the operation

My favorite was "dozer dave says we can't do this."

No, *******, dave said it was a bad idea, not that you couldn't do it. And he was right.

 

[aygov]

Anyone find it strange that Toads dad is the only one who weights the gold??? In any business where there is a large amount of money there must be some accountability. Also notice how the last clean out was exactly 200 ounces?

I often wonder how much is being, umm, ahh, held back

Toy4Rick

Yep.

Grandpa Toad in the gold room:

"One ounce for me. One ounce for you. One ounce for me. One ounce for you...."

 

[Darwin18]

Yeah, seems weird that's all Todd's dad does (on camera, at least).

Did you see what he did when they let him operate an excavator on Season 1? He aimlessly picked a random spot in the ground and started digging, hoping to find a glory hole.

I hadn't thought about it before but it is suspicious that Jack is the only one in the gold room when weighing out the gold. With that much money at stack - I thought it was standard procedure to have multiple people in the room to keep theft to a minimum. I wouldn't be surprised if he is holding some back from the rest of the crew.

 

[usfmikeb]

I'd wager that he isn't alone in there, but the show makes it appear that way so that its more dramatic.

 

[Airplanedoc]

Did you see what he did when they let him operate an excavator on Season 1? He aimlessly picked a random spot in the ground and started digging, hoping to find a glory hole.

I think he did that at the beginning of this season as well.

The other thing with Jack is last season wasn't he "totally addicted to morphine" he is just as bad as Harness. Even if he had surgery to correct his back, I don't think you just quit taking the morphine pills.

No way any responsible organization would knowing let a morphine addict operate equipment.

 

[Airplanedoc]

My prediction for tonight

Toad will say "frick" a few times.
Toad will really screw something up, and Dave/Freddie will come to the rescue

Part of me hopes Fred Hits it big, just to reenforce Jacks glory hole theory

 

[MichaelBrock]

I hadn't thought about it before but it is suspicious that Jack is the only one in the gold room when weighing out the gold. With that much money at stack - I thought it was standard procedure to have multiple people in the room to keep theft to a minimum. I wouldn't be surprised if he is holding some back from the rest of the crew.

I too doubt that he is the only 'cast member' in the room. Of course there is also at least one camera man, one sound guy, and probably a director. Kind of hard to steal something with a camera crew watching everything you do. Now, if he was refusing to let the camera crew in while he was weighing out....

I love this show but my main pet peeve is the over-dramatization of everything. Starts with that ridiculously "scary" narration. "If...blah,blah,potential disaster....they won't get to 1000 ounces!" It is practically every other sentence he says.

 

[Airplanedoc]

Starts with that ridiculously "scary" narration. "If...blah,blah,potential disaster....

This is probably a quote from Toads wife every morning when he wakes up.

That guy is a walking potential disaster

 

[aygov]

I love this show but my main pet peeve is the over-dramatization of everything. Starts with that ridiculously "scary" narration. "If...blah,blah,potential disaster....they won't get to 1000 ounces!" It is practically every other sentence he says.

That's pretty much how most of these shows are. You have to inject drama to keep people on the hook. It also helps to have some creative editing done to the, "On the next gold rush.." previews.

As far as Jack counting the gold on his own, I don't remember the last time we saw a filmed segment gold room. Just Jack walking out and producing mason jars with gold in them for everyone to oooh and ahhh over.

 

[MichaelBrock]

I would have sworn that they showed a segment of the "dramatic pour on the scale" in the last episode without letting us know the results but I might be confusing it with one of the other crews.

 

[aygov]

You might be right. I'm pretty sure they didn't but my mind might be failing me a bit here.

 

[FermentNEthinG]

klondike Tony is a pimp. They should make a show just around him.