Parker Schnabel: ”I’m The KING of GOLD RUSH Nobody Can Beat Me!” | Gold Rush

Phifer produced 89.8 ounces worth over a million dollars from establishing himself to the point where he rose from an upcoming miner to an accomplished one, to his traveling to unfamiliar regions so that he can expand his gold mining empire. Here’s how Parker Schnabel became the undefeatable king of Gold Rush.

Looking at Parker Schnabel, one can literally see the embodiment of legacy mixed with the grit of a man looking to make his name in the gold mining industry. “Yeah, that’s what I was hoping to be doing, ounces an hour, and then it’s just a matter of how many hours can we run.”

Too many men have hit the gold mines of North America just to come away with nothing for centuries, so it’s special to see men like Parker emerge as a success story from the Gold Rush TV show. That said, his success may not be a mere coincidence; after all, he did come from a family of well-respected miners. His father, Roger Schnabel, was a well-respected miner in his own right. As if that wasn’t impressive enough, Parker also had the legendary Big John as his grandfather. As you can imagine, this means that gold mining was definitely in his blood. Rumor even has it that Big John had him looking for gold at the tender age of five. Well, we’re sure that after hearing about such an upbringing, you’re not surprised that Parker was destined for greatness in the gold mines. Look at that—oh, wow.

That said, this success wasn’t automatic. He had to find his own feet from the tender age of 16 on the mining field. Soon, he saw himself with his own mining company, and before long, his success was being televised by the Discovery Channel on the hit reality series Gold Rush. The world watched as the young, talented miner came into his own, and no doubt they lived every moment of the young man’s success story. However, we must take into account that the world isn’t only interested in Parker’s success just because of the fact that he’s getting himself rich by searching for that precious gold in the mines of the Klondike in Yukon, Canada, and the mines in Alaska. No, they were always fascinated by the groundbreaking discoveries that Parker and his crew of dedicated and tenacious men made along the way. These groundbreaking discoveries have resulted in the unearthing of some of the most outstanding and unique nuggets of gold that have been found in the history of the Klondike. These discoveries not only added to the growing legend that is Parker Schnabel but also contributed to the increasing fascination with the Gold Rush TV show and some of the other cast members, such as Tony Beets, the legendary veteran we know and love, and Rick Ness, the former assistant of Parker Schnabel who became a well-respected mine boss.

Parker was on course to make such findings that would smash records previously set by those looking to make a name for themselves while looking out for the fortune that was supposed to lie in the mines of the Klondike. However, these groundbreaking expeditions also came with enough apprehension that would discourage many. Well, these weren’t your typical miners. Rather than shrinking in the face of such problems, these challenges seemed to bring the men closer together as a sense of camaraderie developed during such trying times. Despite the development of Parker’s men and their growing brotherhood, the Schnabel Company still had to overcome several problems before they could attain the status they have attained. “Oh, you piece of… we’re on the wrong side of some pipe. That’ll never work. We’ve got a piece of steel on our way.”

For example, there was still enough pressure for the men to feel that they could not leave the mines with enough gold to show what they have achieved for the duration of a season. This has been the case ever since Parker took control of the Nugget mines back when he was about 16 years old, just like we mentioned earlier. During those first days at the helm, he was able to extract about $888,000 worth of gold from the Nugget mines. Over time, he was able to gain the reputation of being one of the most prolific gold miners after he got the heaviest weekly gold extractions during the weekly weigh-ins held at the mines. All these initial achievements paved the way for him and his team to extract about 9,555 ounces of gold from the Klondike back in 2018, just before the COVID-19 outbreak. Fast forward to the days following the end of the harrowing pandemic, and you’d find that Parker and his men continued to extract more and more gold from the mines in Alaska and the Yukon in Canada. For example, there were the 1,168 ounces of gold that were mined by the team back in 2021. This helped the team make more than $2 million. “Maybe we should get out to the mines too.” As impressive as those numbers may be, this 1,168 ounces of gold that was extracted from the mines by the team in 2021 pales in comparison when you look at the 2,294 ounces of gold that they managed to mine back in 2020. This record-breaking yield of gold was enough to see the team earn an eye-opening $4,368,000 for their efforts. If that isn’t amazing, I don’t know what is. Makes us wonder if gold mining is in our blood as well. Maybe we should get our own mining licenses, guys. Please let us know what you think in the comments section.

As you can imagine, this is enough to make any of these miners in Parker’s crew brim with joy and excitement while heading home after a long six-month season in the mines. “I don’t know where we’re going to be mining this year… we’re just eating all the reserves faster than ever.” Although Big John may no longer be with us, Parker had always been excited to show his findings to his now late grandfather and the rest of his gold mining family. He’d remember how Big John would admire his grandson’s amazing findings, and we were sure he departed this world with extreme pride in his grandson. To be honest, this was probably because he had never seen anything quite like Parker’s 1,290 ounces of gold that he once brought back home following his adventures in the mines. Luckily, he had expressed this pride to his grandson before he left this world. That is probably why Parker was able to experience some pride in himself and his stellar accomplishments. As time went on, Parker used his growing experience and momentum in the gold mining business to realize that it might just be time for some much-needed expansion of his operations. As such, he went on to acquire his two trusty wash plants, the Sluicifer and Big Red. Turns out that with the acquisition of these two wash plants, which would go on to work side by side with each other, a sort of competition between the pair began to emerge. Perhaps that’s why the guys were able to notice that ever since its acquisition, Sluicifer had been able to provide the team with more than 2,000 ounces of gold, thereby helping the guys make more than $30 million. Pretty sweet, right?

Unfortunately for Sluicifer, it would be the wash plant that may be left looking red in the face because it was surpassed by Big Red. Surprising, right? Well, Big Red was able to help Parker and his men bring in an astonishing 2,760 ounces of gold, almost 5,000 more than the amount of gold that Sluicifer was able to bring to the table. This ended up being worth about $36,778,000, almost more than $5 million more than what Sluicifer ever made for the team. Anyhow, the competition between the wash plants is almost like watching a sport. Be that as it may, this didn’t stop the team from maintaining its hunger for gold. Despite making more than $60 million from their wash plants, they still had work to do. Perhaps that’s why the team was excited about Parker’s choice to run the bedrock, despite the risks that may be involved in carrying out such an activity. This ended up being a great decision because this helped them extract almost 500 ounces of gold from that spot, which in turn helped the team make about $870,000. Truly not bad for a few days of work. That pales in comparison to what the team was able to achieve when they took their gold exploration to Mud Mountain. They were excited about their work there because at the end of the day, the mining exploration there helped the team extract a record 5,966 ounces of gold from the mines there. This helped the team make a little more than $1 million. To be honest, that’s a great amount of money to make within a week, and you can see why the guys are out there cheered up by this record-breaking extraction from the mines of Mud Mountain. The team continued to work in this seemingly fertile spot for gold, and at the end of the day, this seemed to be another great decision for Parker and his team as he went on to extract about 3,058 ounces of gold from the mines there as time went by. Well, it’s safe to say that the team must surely be in the money because this decent gold haul helped the team earn $5,540. Turns out that these earnings were so great that it still represents Parker’s best season on the show so far. One could say that because at the end of that season, the team was delighted to account for the impressive 8,397 ounces of gold that they were able to find that season. You couldn’t blame them for this excitement because altogether, all that 8,397 ounces of gold amounted to about a breathtaking value of $14,158,000. That’s a good deal of money for the season, don’t you think? Well, this makes Parker stand out among the other mining companies on the show, such as those that work under the likes of Tony Beets, Todd