GOLD RUSH BEGINS TONIGHT

[AzViper]

The new season of Gold Rush begins tonight. Tony Beets buys an old bucket dredge and is to restore it and put it into action.

 

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[mattt]

That was what I thought just not real clear. Is a seat belt required in heavy equipment ?Have Not seen anyone wearing one on the dozers or loaders full time

 

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[Peyton Manning]

Parker runs pretty lean and doesn't spend a lot. I'd bet he does well aside from the show. Tony and family I'm sure do ok too. But he spends...

I wonder if the "bet" is just contract negotiations.

tony has been at it for years, he has a giant operation aside form this show
he's the dude with the cash

 

[Honest Samuel]

I did watch the last show, not too interesting.

 

[barrelroll]

That was what I thought just not real clear. Is a seat belt required in heavy equipment ?Have Not seen anyone wearing one on the dozers or loaders full time

I didn't see the show, did MSHA nail them? What was the fine? I wonder if it's the same inspectors we have visit us 4 times a year for a week at a time.

Pretty sure seat belts are mandatory. Here's an MSHA release on them.

https://arlweb.msha.gov/MNMResources/FAQs/56.14130(g).pdf

https://arlweb.msha.gov/REGS/FEDREG/FINAL/2003finl/03-15695.htm

If you've never played the MSHA game it's a fun one. A lot of the rules are "written in blood" but common sense is not allowed. We don't get many violations but the majority of them are inspectors digging for something to write a ticket about and not a legitimate safety issue.

 

[Bejay]

I heard Todd gets $500K per year for that show. None of them are making much money mining with the huge overhead they run. Parker might pull 10% out of the gross if he's lucky. Tony maybe 15%. Todd has to be losing huge money & would have been bankrupt years ago if not for the show. In my humble opinion, staying small & finding good ground is a better way to go. I'm not the only miner to think like that.

I have a friend who mined both Canada and Az. Just him and his wife. In Az they processed 100 yds a day due to water availability: (small trummel operation....excavator, 5 yd dump, front end loader) and in 4 months they recovered 200 oz of gold. They then return to Canada and work their claim. (again just him and his wife) and recovered 300 oz. So a total of 500 oz....and that was the year gold was over $1,500.oo per oz. They always looked for the best spots and did some testing before getting into it.

Bejay

 

[ghostminer]

Tony has 2 partners I think. They don't tell you that in the show.

 

[goldog]

I wonder about the DigThis advertisement on Street Outlaws last night. Who got paid for that.

 

[Honest Samuel]

Too many worthless hours of repeats, that were not worth watching the first time.

 

[StreamlineGold]

Do the math on 1.7 oz per 100 yards.. thats just $20 per yard give or take..1/3-1/2 a gram. Thats pathetic...my back yard has more than that. Sooo many more gold rich areas than that

 

[Assembler]

Do the math on 1.7 oz per 100 yards.. thats just $20 per yard give or take..1/3-1/2 a gram. Thats pathetic...my back yard has more than that. Sooo many more gold rich areas than that

The gold rush crews get more then that on top of bed rock. Of course you get more than that on top of bed rock in your back yard as well. A 1000 -2000 yards (one day's work) is a lot for most peoples back yard that is for sure.

 

[AzViper]

From the time I started this thread this show has been downhill. This year is the worst. Last night yet again the viewers have to watch reruns. I turned the damn show off. I only watch to watch TOAD twist and turn losing his A$$, but Discovery will come to the rescue with their pans of gold they keep in the vault to keep the viewers, advertisers, and shareholders feeling gooooooood.

 

[Terry Soloman]

If you could shoot the show, what would you change? Personally, I would stop focusing on all the equipment failures and try to teach my audience something.

 

[Jason in Enid]

If you could shoot the show, what would you change? Personally, I would stop focusing on all the equipment failures and try to teach my audience something.

Simple, I'd stop all the pre-made drama. All the scripted "if we dont find gold NOW we are DONE" BS.

 

[ghostminer]

But if you don't find gold you are done LOL. Believe me.

 

[Jason in Enid]

But if you don't find gold you are done LOL. Believe me.

MY point was that real miners run drill samples and KNOW what is in the ground before they start spending thousands a day in running costs. This show is also subsidizing all the mining costs and paying all the people you see, so nobody is "done" is they don't find any gold. Its all a soap opera set in dirt.

 

[ghostminer]

Of course. It's just entertainment. However, not everyone has the money to drill. That's big money. Trenching is how we did it.

 

[Honest Samuel]

If you could shoot the show, what would you change? Personally, I would stop focusing on all the equipment failures and try to teach my audience something.

I would shoot the show dead and bury.

 

[Goldwasher]

The hoffmans aren't even on real claims.

I for sure would shoot the show as real as it happens.

if its called reality and discovery says they are filming actual mining..

Well, they should actually be doing that. They aren't!!!!

They started out that way season one. they should have focused on real mining groups I know they could have found several crews working decent ground that would be ok with it.

though they wouldn't have all the breakdowns and drama.

 

[StreamlineGold]

If they were real miners depending on gold, the hoffmans would of been done several seasons ago. Just look at the equipment overhead.

$10 per yard wouldn’t touch that equipment cost...and thats again pathetic gold values.

 

[goldog]

Yukon gold on nat geo is not as bad. Still lots of drama but more realistic.