Considering everything Todd pulls out of the ground at this point is profit all it will take is another cleanup like their last one to pass Freds season total...also Fred just passed the break even point himself in pretty much the same episode so they are pretty even right now. I can't imagin Fred having a 100 ounch cleanup like Todd's had the last 2 or 3 cleanups.
Despite the fact that he acts like a little shit sometimes, Parker is really a pretty impressive kid. A lot of 18 year olds can't even get out of bed before noon without their mothers calling them 3 times and he's running a business and getting shit done. It's got to be hard to have employees that are twice your age and not let them walk all over you.
Fred's probably keeping most of his profits though, and Hoffman has investors and a lot more directions for the money to go.
That doesn't make sense. Why would they call it the break even point if they still owed money to investors?
For all that he acts like a little shit once in a while he is overall more mature than pretty much the entire hoffman bunch except dave and most of the other miners as well. Some of his agressivness he displays a to that one older worker of his I think is just a bit of a defensive reaction of being such a young guy in charge of that much stuff trying to get respect from much older employees. That said he has a hell of a work ethic and makes all around better choices than most of his older counter parts on this show.
I think a lot of their equipment and pay back to the investors is per season where they don't have to pay it all back this season. So I think for this season they have hit their break even point but still have a LOT more workers and equipment/fuel expenses than any of the other crews.
I'm assuming that the investors are in it for a share of the profits. It's not just a loan with fixed interest like a bank or the guy wouldn't be up there getting on Todd's ass about how much gold they were getting. I'm also assuming that the crew is in for a percentage (probably a small one) or they wouldn't be jumping up and down and cheering after every clean out if they were just making their salary whether they found any gold or not.
Just goes to show as much as he already knows still learning from his grandfather who took one look at what they had dug out and knew they probably dug in the wrong spot. You'd think Todd and co. can get one more cleanup but they don't have any pay dirt to run anymore do they? How would they have enough time to clear another cut and get to pay dirt for another cleanup in time to run enough yards to get 200+ again is what I wonder.
Must have missed that part, still hard to think they'll get anywhere close to what they need in just 4 days worth of dirt no? I mean 200 ounces is a sick cleanup and they're still 200+ away from 1k ounces
