Gold Rush: Alaska (2010–…): Season 1, Episode 20 - Parker vs Beets - full transcript

Matt Rogers here.

You're about to watch
a special indepth look

into the ups and downs of

Parkers Schnabel and Tony Beets
rivalary for over the years

But make sure,
you watch next week

as I sit down
with both of them live

and we get their
unfiltered thoughts

on this epic season so far.

Plus, there will be
a groundbreaking announcement

that changes things forever.

Catch it all next friday
at 8:00, only on Discovery.



♪♪

PARKER: For four seasons, I've
had to answer to Tony Beets.

He's taken $2.5 million
in royalties from me.

Now I've got a plan
to buy my freedom...

A deal on new, virgin ground.

NARRATOR:
Earlier this season...

This may be picking a big
old battle with Tony Beets.

Yeah, should probably
keep it quiet for a while.

Parker went
behind the back

of one of the most powerful
men in the Klondike.

PARKER:
Oh, [Bleep].

I'm on a lease
with Ken and Stuart

on the ground
right next to you.

In this special episode
of "Gold Rush"...



All right.
Let's crank her up.

The four-year battle
between Tony Beets...

MAN:
Tony just shut us down.

Oh, you're
[Bleep] kidding me.

NARRATOR:
And Parker Schnabel...

Get out
of my [Bleep] way.

How Parker's mentor...

I would have never gone
to the Klondike

if he didn't take me
under his wing.

NARRATOR: Made millions
out of the mining prodigy...

how Tony used the money

to secure his reign
over the Klondike...

[ Indistinct shouting ]

[ Laughing ]

NARRATOR:
And how Parker fought back...

Having learned
the rules of the game...

from the master himself.

PARKER: There's a lot of miners
that get screwed over,

and I'm not gonna
lay there and take it.

I'm not going to.

Captions paid for by
Discovery Communications

*GOLD RUSH*
Season 08 Episode 17
Episode Title: "Parker Vs Beets"

♪♪
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NARRATOR: Parker Schnabel
was born into a gold-mining dynasty.

NANCY: Parker wanted
to go to the mine

and wasn't potty-trained.

And John said,
"when you're out of diapers,

you can come to the mine."

JOHN: Two weeks later,
he came up with jockey shorts

and says, "grandpa,
I don't have diapers."

The diaper story? Yeah.
I don't remember it.

- You don't remember it at all?
- Not one bit.

NARRATOR:
From a young age, Parker dreamed

of becoming a gold-mining
legend like his grandfather.

He is a hero, but that's
what he's always been.

It's pretty cool.

NARRATOR: At just 16,
he became a mine boss.

To come right out of school
and have that happen is just...

I wasn't expecting that.

NARRATOR: But to truly
realize his ambition,

he'd have to conquer the largest
gold fields in North America.

I've never seen an operation
outside of porcupine.

NARRATOR: So Parker
traveled 500 miles north

for a meeting with one
of the most powerful

and ruthless players

in the gold-mining industry.

TONY:
[ Whistles ] Boy!

Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.

NARRATOR: Tony Beets came
to the Tamarack mine

from the Netherlands
with nothing.

He fought his way up the ranks,

and in just three years,
he was running

one of the largest gold mines
in the Klondike.

♪♪

♪♪

PARKER. Tony Beets.
How you doing?

- Good to meet you.
- There you go.

PARKER: Meeting Tony
for the first time was great.

It was exciting.
He was crazy, wild.

I didn't know what to expect.

I've never seen
that much gold in a pan.

TONY: See?
[ Laughs ] Right?

He seemed to take to me
pretty quick

and had a lot of interest
in helping me out.

If things don't work out
at porcupine,

I might crawl up here,
beg Tony for a job.

[ Laughter ]

♪♪

♪♪

This could be mine.

NARRATOR:
Tony was so impressed,

he offered Parker
a claim to mine.

If I want to play
with the big boys...

I got to get up here
where the big boys play.

NARRATOR: While his friends
headed to college,

Parker had the opportunity

to set up his own
gold-mining operation.

We're willing to give you
college money

to start your venture.

Here's 100 ounces
of gold.

PARKER:
Thank you for everything.

You know, I don't want to
just refill this jar once.

I can turn this 100 ounces
into a lot more.

Honestly,
I'm pretty scared.

The toughest thing I've ever
done is gonna be leaving here.

- I love you.
- I love you, too.

♪♪

♪♪

NARRATOR: Parker started his
first season in the Klondike...

[ Horn blares ]

by testing the dirt
on Tony's claim.

PARKER: Hope there's
some gold in it.

A lot of traces
in there, Tony.

Yeah, just make
barely anything?

Tony didn't give me
the good ground.

We gave him a good test piece.

That's what we did,
just to try him out.

NARRATOR: If Parker proved
himself on the poor ground,

he could expect better ground
next year.

The game's on.

♪♪

It's a 150-day sprint,

and if you're not
giving it 110% every day,

you're not gonna make it.

You know, this week,
we're pushing to do 1,500 yards.

Yeah.

♪♪

I ran my crew into the ground.

MAN:
Get out of the way!

PARKER: Come on.
Back the [Bleep] up.

If you're not happy,
then you can leave.

The door's always open.
End of conversation.

- You have...
- End of the conversation.

- That's why people...
- Don't talk. No, no.

Okay.
Just... just leave.

NARRATOR: Despite Parker's
efforts, Tony still wanted more.

PARKER: I'm the boss.

I take the responsibility.
So let's crank it up.

NARRATOR:
To run more yards,

Parker decided to push
his 40-year-old wash plant.

[Bleep] Stupid
is what it is.

[ Clanging ]

[Bleep] Whoa! [Bleep]

Shut her down, Parker!
Shut her down!

PARKER:
What the hell is that?

The shaft that drives
the shaker... she's done.

What the [Bleep]?
Oh, you're [Bleep] kidding me.

Get out of
my [Bleep] way.

PARKER:
That [Bleep] plant.

♪♪

PARKER: 30.

30, 50, 70,
you're gonna have 80.

85 ounces.

- Yeah.
- Serious?

[Bleep] [Bleep]

NARRATOR: The only way for
Parker to please his landlord

was to spend more money,

so Parker brought in
a massive, new wash plant...

PARKER: Start her up!
Here it comes.

NARRATOR: And pushed his crew
harder than ever.

PARKER: I wasn't gonna let
anybody hold me back.

That's why, every time there's
an issue, I let people know.

- We fired people.
- You left early.

You're fired.

People quit.
One-day notice?

That is [Bleep].

There were some dark moments.
But I did it my way.

♪♪

♪♪

TONY:
That's the first 20.

40... 60.

80.

120.

Whoa! Awesome!

130.

- There you go.
- Look at that!

- 140.65.
- Geez.

NARRATOR: By the end of
the season, Parker had mined

more than 1,000 ounces of gold,
worth $1.4 million.

But the high cost
of extracting the gold

from the low-grade ground

had left Parker with
little profit for himself.

♪♪

The real winner had been Tony.

He returned to his winter home
in Arizona with his royalties...

15% of all the gold
Parker had mined,

worth nearly a quarter
of a million dollars.

Before the next season began,

Parker made the 2,000-mile trip
to see his landlord.

PARKER: Yeah, last season,

we did over 1,000 ounces
on low-grade ground.

Tony told me that
if I did well last year,

he'd give me better ground.
I'm here to get it.

♪♪

TONY:
So, fire away.

Well, I mean, like we said
last year, you know,

that was a bit of
a training ground.

But this season,
you know,

I'm prepared to throw everything
we made last year into it.

But that means,
obviously,

like, you know,
we need better ground.

No, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no.

I thought I could
expect it because,

you know, this season...
Or this last season...

I thought that we showed
that you can give me ground

that is economical
to mine.

No.

It's quite obvious that
you're leasing me ground

that you would
never touch.

NARRATOR:
Tony was offering Parker

the same poor ground
he'd mined in the summer.

Parker...

I don't know, Tony.

Having invested
in equipment,

Parker was committed to
mining again this season.

And at just 20 years old,

no one other than Tony
would lease him a claim.

PARKER: You can't play poker
without any chips.

And, you know, I was sitting
at the table with no chips.

So got to take what you can get.
And I got the table scraps.

PARKER: Well, you make it hard
to be happy.

I just met with Tony,

and, uh, Tony is
basically offering me

the same ground
that we mined last year.

I'm not sure what to do.

If I'm gonna give you some true
advice, I would say this...

I think you should
go up there,

open up the ground
that's Tony's got,

and earn enough to
buy your own claim.

I would get out
from under Tony.

♪♪

I'm gonna to show live,
I'll be sitting down with

with Todd Hoffman, Tony Beets
and Parker Schnabel.

To get their unfiltered thoughts
in this epic season so far.

Plus, we'll have
some surprise guests

and... some unexpected news
to drop on you.

Don't miss a minute

Friday, February 16th, at 8:00
on Discovery.

*GOLD RUSH
Parker Vs Beets*

♪♪

NARRATOR: As one of the most
powerful players in the Klondike,

Tony Beets was able to see

where the gold-mining
industry was heading.

Lean ground was too expensive
for Tony to mine,

but in a few years,
it could be all that was left.

Tony had a risky
but brilliant plan

to secure his reign over
the Klondike for years to come.

♪♪

♪♪

Dredges had been one of
the most efficient

gold-mining machines ever built,

able to mine even poor ground
at a profit.

But restoring this 75-year-old
giant could cost millions.

To help pay for it,
Tony was leasing

some of his lean ground
to Parker Schnabel.

♪♪

♪♪

PARKER: We're going
all-out this season.

I'm setting a 2,000-ounce
goal for us.

- Should we get to it?
- Let's do it.

All right.
Let's crank her up.

NARRATOR: Parker wanted to
get out from under Tony.

His ambitious plan?

To mine twice as much gold
as last year

and earn enough
to buy his own claim.

PARKER: The kind of yardage
we have to run,

we don't have time to waste.

NARRATOR:
But it was hard to make money

under a landlord like Tony.

What's the problem?

Tony, we just [Bleep] got
started sluicing. Really?

NARRATOR: Tony made Parker
invest in special equipment.

Then he told Parker how to mine.

We're taking a foot.

Well, a day's sluicing
is 15 grand,

and I'm the one that loses
[Bleep] money, Tony.

But worst of all,

when Parker mined
more than 1,500 ounces,

Tony's royalties went up.

Thanks for reminding me.

The more gold I find,
the more you take?

That's insane.

TONY: I really don't give
a [Bleep] what he thinks

or what he likes
or what he does.

These are the rules.

PARKER: I don't know who started
calling him a Klondike legend,

but it's more like
a [Bleep] Klondike [Bleep].

♪♪

Looks like there's a line
of drill holes down there.

Be right back.

Really, Tony doesn't
have to negotiate with me,

because he knows I haven't
got any other ground.

I need to try and find some
other ground to either buy

or use it to bring Tony
back to the table.

NARRATOR: While Parker
searched for a claim...

GENE:
Let's get to work.

His right-hand man,
Gene Cheeseman, ran the mine.

Hey, set her
down there, Mitch.

Under Gene's command,
the gold flowed.

NARRATOR:
Behind Parker's back,

Tony invited Gene
to look at the dredge.

- How are things, my man?
- Not too bad. And you?

Good.
Can't complain.

- Some assembly required.
- There you go.

Yeah, some assembly required.
All right. Yes.

GENE: You know, the dredge
is interesting to me.

You know, I like
the challenge of it.

Now I've got opportunities
and I've got options,

so time will tell.

MAN: CBC North Radio one
Regional Weather Forecast.

A 30% chance of snow flurries
around the Dawson City area.

NARRATOR:
By the end of the season,

Parker's crew had reached
their 2,000-ounce goal.

But under Tony's harsh regime,

Parker still hadn't made
enough to buy his own claim.

PARKER: Can't afford
the 2 million bucks.

But I'm not gonna end my season
crawling back to Tony.

At the end of the day, you just
have to fight for what you want.

We do another 400 ounces or so,

and I can make
a good down payment.

The guys are not gonna like it,
but we have more gold to find.

♪♪

♪♪

I'm just trying to pack up my
tools so I can get headed home.

PARKER:
I've got some bad news for you.

We're not done mining.
We need to keep working.

We need to stay and find
some more gold.

I understand you want to get
as much gold as you can get.

I understand that.
But everybody's wore out.

It's [Bleep], Parker.
You're... you're gone.

I'm not here, Gene, because
I'm running all over the place

trying to figure out how to have
a business when Tony Beets says,

"[Bleep], Parker, or get
the [Bleep] off my ground."

- I understand that.
- Doesn't seem like it,

'cause I don't understand what
the [Bleep] is going on here.

Understanding the...

I think our backs
have been broken.

This is it.
We're just gonna do it, Gene.

That's the way
it's gonna be.

GENE: Everybody's wore out.
Everybody's tired.

You know, here we are,
out doing something half-assed

instead of doing it right
the first time.

That pisses me off.
It's not the way I like to do things.

I hope I'm not burning
any bridges by doing this.

♪♪

♪♪

We poured
blood, sweat, and tears

into getting enough gold
to buy ground

and get out from under Tony.

And we did it.

[ Cheers and laughter ]

That's $2 million
right there on the table.

That group of guys
can move dirt.

They're a [Bleep] group
of ass-kickers, right there.

[ Cheers and laughter ]

MAN: Love this!

One guy who I would like
to thank especially.

- Thank you, Gene.
- It's been a good year, Gene.

- Yeah. Yeah.
- Appreciate it.

You are the best guy
I've ever worked with.

PARKER:
He's done a damn good job.

[ Applause ]

NARRATOR: But Gene had had
enough of the young mine boss.

I'm done with Parker.
I'm not coming back next year.

This morning, he gave me
a phone call that... he's...

Wants to move on and doesn't
think he's gonna come back.

He's been the key to everything,

and without him, I have
no idea what I'm gonna do.

We have two options.

We can either buy ground and
take that on, but without Gene,

I don't think I'm in a position
to start the season off

just pouring myself into debt.

And the other option is, go back
and mine with Tony Beets.

As much as I hate
that I'm saying that,

might be the lesser
of two evils.

You just need to appreciate what
you're walking into. That's all.

He thinks he's the king
of the Klondike.

I guess he does.

The last phone call I want
to make in the world right now

is to Tony Beets.

Can't believe
I'm about to do this.

[ Ringing ]

Good. I just wanted to give you
an update on what's going on.

I'm having a lot of issues
this winter,

and, um, I, um...

I'd really like
to just come back.

Right now that ground's all
I've got to go to, so...

♪♪

You 're watching the epic history
Of Tony Beets vs Parker Schnabel

Come back next Friday for
a brand new "Gold Rush live"

at 8:00 where the Sparks
will keep flying.

Only on "Discovery".

NARRATOR: Tony had spent
more than a million dollars

on a 75-year-old dredge.

100 miles away,
Tony found another.

- Seriously?
- No.

You keep this up,
we're gonna be working

for the rest of our lives
to pay off these suckers.

No, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no.

That's true.

But buying and renovating
a second dredge

would cost millions more.

To help balance the books,

Tony leased his low-grade
Scribner Creek claim

to Parker Schnabel.

PARKER: So, I just got
the new contract from Tony

and went through
some changes in it.

None of them good.
But what can you do?

He's just
a power-hungry [Bleep].

Sign it. Make him happy.

Deal with all their B.S.
Get the job done.

NARRATOR: Despite his
family's reservations,

Parker was back
on Tony's ground.

I'm with you all the time.

I know.
Thank you, grandpa.

Think it will help.

- You okay, dad?
- Pardon?

- Are you okay?
- Sure.

Okay, good.

I have to be
a little sad,

but if we don't start,
we're never gonna win.

NARRATOR: This would be Parker's
toughest season so far.

PARKER: I have pretty much a love/hate
relationship with the Klondike.

It's like a girl that
just keeps rejecting you.

NARRATOR:
For the third year running,

Parker was mining
Tony's poor ground,

and this year, he'd have to do
it without an experienced crew.

PARKER:
I got so focused on the gold

that I drove my guys
into the ground.

Some of my best men quit,
and that was my fault.

NARRATOR: His new team was made
up almost entirely of rookies.

- You must be Emily.
- Yeah.

- How's it going?
- Oh, doing dandy.

A bunch of young'uns.

- Are you younger than Rick?
- I think so. I'm 30.

You're the
oldest one here.

Not much mining experience
standing here.

You know, this season
is gonna be a rough one,

but that doesn't mean we can sit
here and pout about it, right?

- Cool.
- Sound good?

NARRATOR: Without his talented
foreman, Gene Cheeseman,

Parker's mining skills
would be tested to the limit.

PARKER:
It's gonna be tough,

but, hey, what's easy,
especially around here?

♪♪

NARRATOR:
Tony was ready to unleash

his first dredge
on the Klondike.

First of all, I'm not here to
steal anybody's glory, thunder.

Everybody's busted
their ass to do this.

We got no problem, Gene.

Well, that's... that's great.
I'm just, uh...

Glad you're
on board, Gene.

I just want to get this thing
digging and finding some gold.

♪♪

♪♪

NARRATOR: With Gene at the helm
and the dredge operational,

Tony had no use for the men
who'd rebuilt it.

Mike! And Jerry!

So...

We do the majority
of the work.

We wore ourselves out
taking that dredge apart.

What have we not done
for you?

- That's a fact.
- That's how it is.

♪♪

♪♪

NARRATOR: Tony had put all his
faith in Parker's ex-foreman.

♪♪

♪♪

At Scribner Creek,

Parker's young crew
were struggling.

- Oh, my God.
- [Bleep] Joke.

NARRATOR:
But Parker had bigger problems.

Tony still hadn't signed
the lease agreement.

Tony's just
a pretty unstable person.

You know, he scares me a little.

NARRATOR:
Without a signed lease,

Tony had the power
to kick Parker

off the claim at any moment.

- Hey, Parker.
- How you doing?

- How's it going, my man?
- I have to show you something.

That yellow piece...
You need to read that.

"Neither Parker Schnabel
nor any other companies

of which he is a shareholder
shall mine

any other claims during
the term of this agreement."

I'm not signing that.

Okay, good enough.

I already signed a contract
and sent it to you guys.

Not...

What is so important
for that claim?

I want to go home and mine
with my grandpa if I want to.

I signed it. I sent it to you.
And now you're changing it?

It's not valid until
Tony signs it, right?

But you can't tell me
to take it or leave it

and then change it
after I sign it.

I've already got money
in the ground.

Have a judge
tell me that, Tony.

Okay.

♪♪

TONY: Done.

♪♪

Check up on upcoming
"Gold Rush" live for exclusive

behind the scene insights
0n this season.

From Parker, Tony and Todd.

Plus there's groundbreaking
announcement,

that changes everything.

Catch it all next Friday
at 8:00 on "Discovery"

♪♪

NARRATOR: Tony was threatening
to kick Parker off the claim.

Without a claim,
Parker would lose

the hundreds of thousands
he'd invested

before he'd recovered
even an ounce of gold...

A loss that could spell the end
of his gold-mining career.

PARKER: There's a lot of miners
that come to the Yukon

and get screwed over,

and I'm not gonna
lay there and take it.

I'm not going to.

I'm not sure
what's gonna happen.

At some point,
you have to push back.

So we're gonna keep
doing our thing,

and, um, I hope
you're with me on that.

I'm here, man.
I'm with you.

- Good.
- I've dealt with tougher.

- Thanks, man.
- [ Laughs ]

NARRATOR: For years,
Tony's restrictive contracts

had kept Parker under his thumb,

but Parker was about to turn
the tables on his landlord.

♪♪

♪♪

Gene and I have a noncompete
that prevents him from working

at certain operations
in the Klondike.

TONY:
Don't worry about it.

♪♪

For the first time
in, well, ever,

I've got some leverage
with Tony.

So I'll try to cash Gene in
for some ground.

NARRATOR: Up until now, Tony
had refused to let Parker mine

his gold-rich virgin claims.

PARKER: Bottom 123, bottom 124,
bottom 125, bottom...

And I'll want 1,000 feet
that way,

so that's two more miles of
ground than we've got right now.

[ Laughs ]

I'm thinking Tony
is not gonna like what I want.

We'll see.

- Knock-knock.
- Knock-knock.

Yeah, I'm just wondering
how we're gonna get this done.

Um...
I need ground.

That's all I need.

I want to pull out
124 to 135.

Well, that's not
really binding.

- Right?
- I know that.

Like I didn't think there
was gonna be any changes.

Oh.

I don't have
a signed contract.

But it's just, like,
keeping me on a choke chain,

you know,
is what it is, right?

One year at a time, and, "oh, every
year, we get to change the lease."

Right.

Okay.

♪♪

♪♪

They're initialed.

- Perfect.
- Thank you, Tony.

- We happy?
- I'm happy.

- I'm happy.
- Parker, you happy?

- Yep.
- Good, perfect.

PARKER: Went great.

I've got ground.
Tony's got a dredge captain.

Got the job done.

♪♪

♪♪

NARRATOR:
With rich pay dirt to mine,

Parker could finally shine
on gold-mining's biggest stage.

PARKER: The more I look at it, the
more I want to try something new

and put the plant right
in the middle of the cut.

If that's what you want, yeah,
that's what we'll do.

Thanks, Rick.

NARRATOR: Parker ordered
the crew to strip

a massive
one-million-square-foot cut.

PARKER: A lot of work to do
and not a lot of time to do it.

NARRATOR:
Then, in a radical move,

Parker built
a 400-foot-long mega pad

right in the middle of it.

MAN: You got to admit,
when the kid takes a chance,

he takes a chance, doesn't he?

He doesn't go small.

NARRATOR:
To sit on the mega pad,

Parker leased a 200-yard-an-hour
wash plant.

MAN:
Whoo! Oh, yeah!

We are committed 100% now.
This cut, that plant.

PARKER: This is gonna be a
game-changer for our season.

Let's crank it up, boys!

♪♪

♪♪

TONY: 30, 40, 50...

60, 70, 80.

150, 200.

Gonna make 230?

250, 260, 270.

PARKER: 283.2.

Geez.

- Yeah.
- A little under,

once you get your cut.

[ Laughter ]

PARKER: Things with Tony
seem pretty good.

It's kind of back
to the old fun-loving,

both-making-money times.

NARRATOR:
Despite everything,

Parker had proven
his mining talent

with a haul of more than
3,000 ounces of gold,

worth $3.5 million.

♪♪

♪♪

NARRATOR: In 2015,

Tony transported
his first dredge

right past Scribner Creek.

PARKER: Well, Tony keeps
talking about this dredge,

but now most of it
is finally showing up.

- There's the trommel.
- What's that?

Oh, there's the wheelhouse.
It's so old-school.

It looks like they're going to
the antique show with all that.

They're a long ways away from
getting gold with that thing.

They've got to get it
back together,

and they don't have a whole hell
of a lot of time to do it.

God. Tony's a madman.
I love it.

♪♪

[ horn blares ]

Still sluicin'.

♪♪

I'm Matt Rogers,

Join me, Tony Beets and
Parker Schnabel

for a "Gold Rush Live"
to remember.

We'll have fan questions,
analysis of the season so far.

And some pretty
big surprises.

We don't want to miss it.

Next friday at 8:00
on "Discovery".

TONY: Ha ha!

♪♪

NARRATOR: Since Tony Beets'
first massive dredge

had come to life...

It had proved itself to be

one of the most efficient
gold-mining machines ever built.

Tony stood to earn millions
from his dredges,

but only if they worked.

[ Indistinct shouting ]

One of his dredges
Lay Derelict in Thistle Creek,

and the other had needed
a complete overhaul.

That's, ballpark,
600 grand.

Really?

Not yet.
Hey, mum.

I hear it's gonna cost over
half a million dollars

for your modifications
that you're doing.

We're having two dredges
to pay for.

It's not quite making me
happy right now,

because I'm not quite sure
how to pull this one off.

NARRATOR: An important part of
the Beets family income...

- Hi. Haven't seen you yet.
- I know.

NARRATOR: Had come from leasing
ground to Parker Schnabel.

Hi, Tony.

Are you bringing us
goodies?

I am.
100 ounces for you.

NARRATOR:
For the last two years,

he'd mined their
gold-rich virgin claims

and he'd brought them over
a million dollars in royalties.

But Parker thought
he was paying too much.

PARKER: Wow.
We've got problems.

TONY: Whatever.

And this season,
he planned his escape.

I just can't keep
mining under Tony.

Right now, we give him a huge
amount of royalty payments,

and I can't imagine
that he's gonna be too happy

to give that up.

NARRATOR: In the spring,
Parker went to California.

Hey, Parker.
How are you?

Good to see you.
Come on in.

Nice to meet you.

So, Parker,
what can we do for you?

Well, I just wanted to
find out about that ground

you've got in
the indian river.

What are you interested
in doing with it?

We've discussed it
between ourselves,

and we'd probably be
interested in leasing it.

I've been looking for something
like this for several years.

And it depends on what kind of
royalty rate, I guess, you guys.

We were thinking
of the standard 10%.

Yeah!

Wow.
Is that standard?

Right now if I do 6,000 ounces,
I would pay double that,

'cause it's 30% royalty.

- What?
- Over 5,000 is 30%.

Wow.

That's unacceptable, really,
to pay that kind of royalty.

We shouldn't talk
about it too much.

I don't want you guys
to change your mind.

[ Laughs ]

This may be picking a big
old battle with Tony Beets.

Yeah, should probably
keep it quiet for a while.

That makes this
very interesting.

- Mm-hmm. It'll be fun.
- "It'll be fun."

Well, he can't stop you.

[ Laughter ]

- Drive safely. Bye, now.
- Thanks, Ken.

♪♪

Whoo!

NARRATOR:
At the beginning of the season,

Parker checked out
his new claims.

PARKER: The only road access
to this ground

of Ken and Stuart's is
right through Tony's camp.

Hopefully, he's not around.

Oh, [Bleep].
This is Tony.

Well, now's as good
a time as ever.

Well, uh, I'm on a lease
with Ken and Stuart

on the ground
right next to you.

No [Bleep] way.

I'm done jumping through
[Bleep] hoops.

I'm just trying
to have a good lease

that doesn't have
[Bleep], Tony.

And that's really
what it is, is I...

I don't know.

I don't know. I guess
I'm going over there.

Your ground.

There you go.

You're not gonna
make this easy.

Whatever, Tony.
[Bleep] Lease.

[ Horn honks ]

♪♪

♪♪

NARRATOR:
Parker has committed himself

to mining 5,000 ounces
from Tony's ground

before he moves
to the new claim.

And Tony's been waiting
for him to make a mistake.

PARKER:
[Bleep] [Bleep]

What, uh...
What you doing?

I'd like to think that we kind
of know what we're doing now,

after a few years.

Are you okay
with all this?

NARRATOR: So far,
Parker's plan has worked well.

But the season's not over yet.

The days of Tony Beets are over.

- Yeah!
- Whoo!

NARRATOR: Still to come...

PARKER: My guts are
torn [Bleep] up.

NARRATOR: Parker makes
a bid for freedom.

- Is that Tony Beets?
- Yeah.

NARRATOR:
And his old landlord...

PARKER:
That was a practice run.

Meaning this time,
it's the bombing run.

NARRATOR: Becomes his
new neighbor from hell.

PARKER: It's just Tony Beets needing
to be the king of the world.

Tony dug the road out.

This is the act
of a desperate man.

Tony, do you really have
that big of a problem

with me being
your neighbor?

♪♪

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