Gold Rush: The Dirt

It's another beautiful day On the set of "The dirt."

We've got a great lineup Of gold miners for you tonight,

Including a few who've never Been on the show before.

Who knows where This is going to go?

Tonight on "The dirt"...

50, 60, 70, 80, 90,

100, 242.

the beets talk about Their big gold totals

So far this season.

it's always nice to know That we're able to pay bills.

We're able to I don't know,

T-beets is able To buy new stuff.

Ha! Yeah, there you go.

It's pocket money. I think this is pretty slick.

and once again, Out of nowhere,

Tony flips me the bird.

How come every show tony seems To give me the middle finger?

I didn't. I was just counting 1, 2, 3.

Then, monica's best friend, Ruby...

I think we met When we were like 10, 11.

...Makes her long overdue "Dirt" debut.

What the is that?

Oh!

It's just kind of

Beautiful chaos all of the time.

then, rick ness Reveals why carl left

Parker's claim way back when.

You want me to tighten This up?

No. Okay.

I can't really stand having You around here right now.

As far as I'm concerned And still to this day,

He got done really dirty By parker.

I made a choice and I stood By carl in that fight.

and finally, Mitch, brennan, and tyson

On the chaos that ensued When parker left them in charge.

If you're telling me you're cool With that setup right there,

You need to Rethink your game, man.

-mitch, did you lose it? -well, I went full parker,

And you never want to go Full parker.

Mitch, "The dirt" Is where we apologize.

Would you like to take This opportunity

To apologize to tyson?

This is "The dirt."

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Everyone rolling?

I don't know if you Can see that.

A huge tattoo.

Okay, monica, tony, You guys ready?

It comes all the way Around her shoulder as well.

Can you guys clap And say your names?

There you go, monica. She's a true pro.

tony beets.

Did he just dab? That's a tony beets dab.

My kids are going to freak out When they see me dab.

Tony and monica, always great To have you guys back.

How's it going?

Fantastic. How are you, christo?

Hanging in there,living the dream, man.

Tony, that is quite clearly Not mexico.

-what is going on? -no.

Well, where are you?

We're sitting in vancouver In the hotel.

Flights got rearranged

So we had to hang around Vancouver for four days.

But this is all right.

It's still better than two, Three feet of snow

In dawson city.

Monica, give us A temperature check.

What's it like in dawson?

About minus 10 celsius at my house.

So I don't know, It's like 20 fahrenheit.

It's damn cold, Is what you're saying.

It's damn cold. So, tony,

I hope you and minnie Get down to mexico soon.

That does not look like A pretty backdrop.

Let's switch gears. Let's get into gold mining.

You guys are at 1,046 ounces of gold,

1.8 million Already this season.

Monica, how much better are you Guys are feeling right now?

Feel great. It's always nice When you've got gold

In the pan during The gold weigh.

It's always nice To know that,

You know, We're able to pay bills.

We're able to, I don't know,

T-beets is able To buy new stuff.

Ah, yeah, there you go.

Doing great.

Monica, what do you Think has been the key

To you guys Doing better this season?

What has made Everything work better?

I think we've really pulled Together this year because,

You know, it takes a lot longer For us to get employees,

So we're really relying On each other a lot more.

We're all trying to do more

Than we usually do Just to keep things going.

Just pull together, make sure We're getting gold.

Now, monica, it's pretty obvious In the shows

Because you guys are all Together during the gold weighs

How the beets family feels.

But what's the vibe Amongst the crew?

We rarely get to see them react To the news of of these good,

Really solid gold weighs.

It's really none of Their business

What the We're getting, right?

-yes. -and not only that,

They see the numbers That we get coming in.

They, however, Do not see the numbers

That minnie beets has to pay, Right?

They don't get To see the margin

That we leave in between.Right.

At the end of the day. Okay, that's great.

You make, you know, 30 bucks an hour.

You don't think that's a lot.

But if we have 30 To 40 people in the crew,

You're looking at A million dollar payroll.

There you go.

So let me ask you though, Tony, what is the

What is it like The klondike standard?

Is it standard to just Get paid by the hour,

Or do most gold miners Give people a cut?

Why the would you Give somebody a cut?

If I lose my house, they're Going to have money, too?

I don't think so. That's not how It works in this world.

Like I say, you can't keep up With the herd,

You're in the back. That's all there is to it.

You don't get paid in cameras.

I would not want to be paid In cameras, I can tell you that.

You know how it works In tony beets' world?

Tony beets comes first, Then tony beets comes once more.

Guess what? Still not your turn.

How come every show tony seems To give me the middle finger?

I didn't. I was just counting 1, 2, 3.

Me and the business Come second.

And you know what? Third is Still not your turn.

That's not how that works.

Like I always tell them, I come first, I come second,

It's still not Their turn, right?

So, monica, you guys are doing Really well. That's obvious.

Do you think you would be doing

Even better If you had two dredges running?

If we had the operations we have Going right now

And the two dredges, Of course we'd be doing better.

But then you also have More headaches.

'cause then you've got two Locations to look after

That are 70 kilometers away,

13-minute plane ride, Hour long drive.

That makes perfect sense. Now, tony,

I need to ask you A random question.

What's going on With your plane and your

Your airstrip?

well, let's look at The airstrips.

Last time we were in, Hired a pilot.

He tipped the airplane, So then we had to put

A new wing on it, New engine in it, and all that.

So then we sold that.

Wait, what happened With the plane?

Your pilot crashed it?

Well, he kind of tipped it,

So it busted the wing and then The prop hit the ground.

So prop gone, crane gone, Engine gone.

So we had that rebuilt.

And then after we rebuilt it, We just got rid of it.

I mean, you can always Buy another airplane.

-that's not a big deal. -oh, yeah, sure. Of course.

You can always just buy Another airplane.

No, really.

Rich people, I tell you.

You don't have to be rich To buy an airplane.

No one has ever said well, Very few people have ever said,

"You can just always buy Another airplane.

I mean, come on."

Now, monica, tonight You get 242 ounces

Out of what I think is, You know,

Considered mike's cut.

I mean, mike seems To be working that,

But we're not seeing A lot of that.

Does mike deserve all the credit For that

That big clean-up, Or is there

A lot more of you guys Contributing than we see?

So this is, like, a hot topic.

-I love it. -we've got a few different

Trommels on the go,

So that's mike's trommel,

But mike runs night shift.

It's mike's trommel,

But if I'm the one Doing clean-ups on it every day,

If I'm the one That's, you know,

Making sure everything's set up During the day,

If I'm the one making sure The crew switched over,

If I'm the one How is it also not mine?

Right? Hot take.

You mean you mean More of, like, a controversy.

-right. -so mike is like, you know,

Like the gold mining Golden boy

When it comes to tony And minnie.

Yeah, he could practically Fight parker for the title.

I mean, It's a combined effort.

Monica spends as much time There as he does.

Mike runs night shift. He doesn't get credit for that.

He keeps that going, Does an excellent job on that.