Culvert pipe is fixed.

I got water coming on.

Coming on.

No, I think that was It just looks a lot better with water pressure.

Back up.

Mud shouldn't clog the slough spots.

Wear Could go.

Guys, we are good to go.

Just give me a minute.

Let me watch here the whole time.

Anybody build up again, just not clean it up.

Villa, Chris.

I mean, look out Dirty it is.

We're shut down for the day and I know the next question would be What do you think of that?

Well, a bunch of right now, you know, this sucks.

You know, it's it's taking food away from our freaking families.

Just sucks.

That's all there is to it.

Water pressure is ruled out as the culprit.

So Dave turns his attention to the paydirt he's feeding into the wash plant.

He's hoping historical maps can shed more light on the land around how he's cut.

It's always a mystery where the old timers went, and I don't know why they left this little wedge force.

It's clear they didn't mind that it's quite interesting.

I don't understand why millions of years ago gold rich sediments sat just below the drum lemon load and was washed down onto this plateau, forming what's called an alluvial fan.

In the late 19th century, the area was extensively mined, but the three acres of Howie's cut was left untouched by the old timers.

And now Dave's worried there's a reason why see, the way I'm getting gravel and then I'm getting are false bedrock.

With the pay dirt now exposed in the creek, Dave is looking for clues as to why the wash plant is clogged with mud.

This is our first cut.

We're trying to figure the ground out.

Every piece of ground you ever on is different.

See these little channels?

These air, the channels that the gold will be in.

But look at that.

That's sticky.

Clay Gold will not go through that.

This clay doesn't run through the plan.

It's crap.

It's terrible for our wash plant.