1 00:00:04,103 --> 00:00:07,103 Narrator: ON THE ALL-NEW SEASON OF "GOLD RUSH"... 2 00:00:07,103 --> 00:00:08,553 DON'T STOP FOR NOBODY. 3 00:00:08,551 --> 00:00:11,031 ...A WORLD-WIDE CRISIS... 4 00:00:11,034 --> 00:00:12,974 THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION IS DECLARING 5 00:00:12,965 --> 00:00:14,995 THE CORONAVIRUS A PANDEMIC. 6 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,100 Narrator: ...SHUTS MINERS OUT OF THE YUKON. 7 00:00:18,103 --> 00:00:21,863 WHAT SETS THE STAGE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME? 8 00:00:21,862 --> 00:00:24,452 GOLD PRICES HIT A SEVEN YEAR HIGH. 9 00:00:24,448 --> 00:00:26,658 Narrator: GOLD PRICES REACH RECORD HIGHS... 10 00:00:26,655 --> 00:00:29,785 -YEE-HAW! -...AND FUEL BOTTOMS OUT. 11 00:00:29,793 --> 00:00:32,283 OIL PRICES HAVE TURNED NEGATIVE. 12 00:00:32,275 --> 00:00:35,275 Narrator: THE PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR HUGE PROFIT... 13 00:00:35,275 --> 00:00:36,615 Rick: DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN THIS. 14 00:00:36,620 --> 00:00:38,590 THAT'S A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS A MONTH. 15 00:00:38,586 --> 00:00:42,066 ...DRIVING PARKER, RICK, AND TONY 16 00:00:42,068 --> 00:00:44,618 TO TAKE RISKS LIKE NEVER BEFORE. 17 00:00:47,206 --> 00:00:49,376 Parker: THE HIGH GOLD PRICES ARE AWESOME, 18 00:00:49,379 --> 00:00:51,029 BUT IT'S ALSO A BIT SCARY. 19 00:00:51,034 --> 00:00:52,694 Narrator: AND A GROUP OF NEW MINERS... 20 00:00:52,689 --> 00:00:55,859 LISTEN, EVERYBODY! 21 00:00:55,862 --> 00:00:58,622 Narrator: ...FLOCK TO THE GOLD FIELDS. 22 00:00:58,620 --> 00:01:00,860 THIS IS THE LITTLE SLICE OF FREEDOM UP IN HERE, 23 00:01:00,862 --> 00:01:03,482 IT'S LIKE THE AMERICAN DREAM, IF YOU ASK ME. 24 00:01:03,482 --> 00:01:07,592 Narrator: EVERY MINUTE COUNTS IN THE SHORTEST SEASON EVER. 25 00:01:07,586 --> 00:01:09,236 -LET'S GO! -YEAH! 26 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:16,380 Fred: BEAUTIFUL! 27 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,140 -OH, MY GOD. -[ LAUGHS ] 28 00:01:22,137 --> 00:01:24,927 THAT'S A BEAUTY THAT'S WORTH SOME SERIOUS MONEY. 29 00:01:31,275 --> 00:01:34,135 WHOA! OUR [BLEEP] WASH PLANT IS ON FIRE. 30 00:01:34,137 --> 00:01:36,407 YOU WITH ME? [ GROANS ] 31 00:01:36,413 --> 00:01:38,343 FOR THAT KID BEING SUCH A GENIUS, 32 00:01:38,344 --> 00:01:40,144 SOMEDAYS HE'S A [BLEEP] MORON. 33 00:01:41,448 --> 00:01:42,828 IT'S A DISASTER. 34 00:01:42,827 --> 00:01:44,857 Fred: THIS IS THE BIGGEST RISK I'VE TAKEN IN MY LIFE. 35 00:01:44,862 --> 00:01:48,212 Mitch: OH-OH-OH! STOP! 36 00:01:48,206 --> 00:01:50,376 IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO HOME, THEY CAN [BLEEP] GO HOME, 37 00:01:50,379 --> 00:01:51,789 I'LL GO PACK MY [BLEEP] AND I'LL LEAVE RIGHT NOW, 38 00:01:51,793 --> 00:01:52,793 I DON'T GIVE A [BLEEP]. 39 00:01:56,068 --> 00:01:57,588 YEE-HAW! 40 00:01:59,034 --> 00:02:01,414 LOOK AT THAT THING. [ LAUGHS ] 41 00:02:01,413 --> 00:02:04,793 WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. YIKES. [GHS ] 42 00:02:04,793 --> 00:02:06,623 WHOO! LET'S GET SOME GOLD, BOYS! 43 00:02:06,620 --> 00:02:07,860 ALRIGHT! 44 00:02:07,862 --> 00:02:10,382 HOLY SMOKES, WOW. HELL, YEAH. 45 00:02:10,379 --> 00:02:11,929 [ LAUGHTER ] 46 00:02:11,931 --> 00:02:16,381 Man: $4.3 MILLION WORTH OF GOLD, DEFINITELY A RECORD BREAKER. 47 00:02:19,689 --> 00:02:22,689 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 48 00:02:22,689 --> 00:02:25,659 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 49 00:02:25,655 --> 00:02:38,755 ♪ 50 00:02:38,758 --> 00:02:42,238 Narrator: IT'S MAY IN THE KLONDIKE. 51 00:02:42,241 --> 00:02:46,341 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LIVING MEMORY, 52 00:02:46,344 --> 00:02:50,484 THE GOLD FIELDS ARE SHUT DOWN. 53 00:02:52,482 --> 00:02:55,692 BUT ALL THAT IS ABOUT TO CHANGE. 54 00:02:57,689 --> 00:02:59,999 TONY, TONY, TONY, DO YOU COPY? 55 00:03:03,344 --> 00:03:05,034 HEY, IT'S THE FILM CREW HERE. 56 00:03:05,034 --> 00:03:10,104 WE'RE DOWN AT YOUR FRONT GATE. IT'S ALL LOCKED UP. 57 00:03:10,103 --> 00:03:12,033 WE'RE HERE TO START THE SEASON FILMING. 58 00:03:18,448 --> 00:03:20,658 -HI, TONY. -HI. 59 00:03:20,655 --> 00:03:22,925 EXCELLENT. GLAD TO BE HERE. 60 00:03:22,931 --> 00:03:24,141 HOW ARE YOU? 61 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,480 YEAH, YOU GOT A LOCK DOWN HERE. 62 00:03:28,482 --> 00:03:30,282 CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? 63 00:03:33,931 --> 00:03:36,001 WHAT'S THE RULES HERE WITH THIS GATE? 64 00:03:39,068 --> 00:03:43,168 SO WE COME IN AND WE LOCK THIS BEHIND US? 65 00:03:43,172 --> 00:03:44,592 OKAY. 66 00:03:47,689 --> 00:03:50,789 Narrator: KLONDIKE LEGEND TONY BEETS HAS SUCCESSFULLY 67 00:03:50,793 --> 00:03:55,453 MINED CANADA'S GOLD-RICH YUKON CLAIMS FOR 30 YEARS. 68 00:03:57,655 --> 00:04:01,655 HE'S LEARNED TO DEAL WITH EVERY KIND OF CRISIS. 69 00:04:01,655 --> 00:04:05,305 BUT HE'S NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LTHIS. 70 00:04:24,551 --> 00:04:27,861 THIS FAR NORTH, THE SHORT YUKON MINING SEASON 71 00:04:27,862 --> 00:04:31,452 IS MEASURED IN DAYS. 72 00:04:31,448 --> 00:04:34,718 NOW TONY'S ALREADY A MONTH BEHIND. 73 00:04:37,206 --> 00:04:40,336 IN THAT TIME, HE COULD HAVE EARNED OVER A MILLION DOLLARS 74 00:04:40,344 --> 00:04:42,004 IN GOLD. 75 00:04:44,551 --> 00:04:47,621 BUT IN THE MIDST OF THE CHAOS AND DELAYS, 76 00:04:47,620 --> 00:04:51,030 A SILVER LINING THAT COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING. 77 00:05:07,275 --> 00:05:16,715 ♪ 78 00:05:16,724 --> 00:05:18,664 Parker: IT'S DEFINITELY THE LATEST START 79 00:05:18,655 --> 00:05:21,785 WE'VE HAD SINCE SHOWING UP IN THE YUKON. 80 00:05:21,793 --> 00:05:23,973 WITH THIS VIRUS GOING ON AND COVID, 81 00:05:23,965 --> 00:05:26,135 THIS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE PROBABLY 82 00:05:26,137 --> 00:05:28,997 ONE OF THE MORE CHALLENGING YEARS THAT WE'VE EVER HAD. 83 00:05:31,103 --> 00:05:34,793 Narrator: 25-YEAR-OLD MINING PRODIGY PARKER SCHNABEL 84 00:05:34,793 --> 00:05:36,283 IS USED TO WINNING. 85 00:05:36,275 --> 00:05:40,165 IN NINE YEARS, HE'S GONE FROM A THREE-MAN OPERATION 86 00:05:40,172 --> 00:05:46,932 TO A CREW OF 20, MINING OVER $10 MILLION LAST SEASON. 87 00:05:46,931 --> 00:05:51,591 BUT NOW HE'S BEHIND SCHEDULE WITH MASSIVE OVERHEADS 88 00:05:51,586 --> 00:05:54,026 AND IN NEED OF A PLAN. 89 00:05:54,034 --> 00:05:56,454 THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT WE FACE AS A COMPANY RIGHT NOW 90 00:05:56,448 --> 00:06:00,998 IS THAT WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF GROUND. 91 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,140 SO IF WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR MORE, 92 00:06:03,137 --> 00:06:08,207 THEN WE'LL ALWAYS BE AT RISK OF GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. 93 00:06:08,206 --> 00:06:11,066 Narrator: LAST YEAR, PARKER REALIZED HIS DREAM 94 00:06:11,068 --> 00:06:13,278 OF MINING HIS OWN GROUND... 95 00:06:13,275 --> 00:06:14,965 Man: THAT MAKES OUR SEASON TOTAL... 96 00:06:14,965 --> 00:06:17,275 7223. 97 00:06:17,275 --> 00:06:20,445 Narrator: ...AND DIDN'T PAY A CENT OF ROYALTIES ON IT. 98 00:06:20,448 --> 00:06:21,828 SO CHEERS TO ALL OF YOU GUYS. 99 00:06:21,827 --> 00:06:23,587 CHEERS TO ALL OF YOU GUYS! 100 00:06:23,586 --> 00:06:28,406 BUT HE STRUCK OUT FINDING HIS OWN GROUND FOR THIS YEAR. 101 00:06:28,413 --> 00:06:32,283 0.0018, I MEAN, IT'S A PRETTY BAD MINE. 102 00:06:32,275 --> 00:06:34,855 WELL, YOU'D PROBABLY LOSE MONEY ON A CUT LIKE THAT. 103 00:06:37,655 --> 00:06:44,025 NOW PARKER WANTS TO EXPAND HIS EMPIRE BEYOND THE YUKON. 104 00:06:44,034 --> 00:06:46,524 Parker: THE TRIP TO AUSTRALIA DEFINITELY MADE ME START THINKING 105 00:06:46,517 --> 00:06:49,447 ABOUT WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES ARE OUT THERE IN THE WORLD, 106 00:06:49,448 --> 00:06:52,718 AND PROSPECTING DEFINITELY IS QUITE THE GAMBLE. 107 00:06:52,724 --> 00:06:55,074 BUT THERE'S A PROPERTY IN ALASKA 108 00:06:55,068 --> 00:06:58,168 THAT'S FOR SALE FOR LIKE $3 MILLION. 109 00:06:58,172 --> 00:07:01,552 IF WE CAN GO TO ALASKA AND FIND LOTS OF OUNCES IN THE GROUND, 110 00:07:01,551 --> 00:07:04,591 THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING. 111 00:07:04,586 --> 00:07:06,926 THIS SEASON IS GOING TO BE PARTICULARLY ROUGH 112 00:07:06,931 --> 00:07:09,481 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE OUR OWN GROUND. 113 00:07:12,275 --> 00:07:14,095 IT'S A LITTLE SCARY, ALMOST. 114 00:07:14,103 --> 00:07:23,623 ♪ 115 00:07:23,620 --> 00:07:30,100 WELL, I'M STILL AT HOME, CORONAVIRUS LOCK DOWN. 116 00:07:30,103 --> 00:07:33,593 UNABLE TO MOVE AROUND, UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING. 117 00:07:33,586 --> 00:07:36,306 Narrator: THIRD-YEAR MINE BOSS RICK NESS THOUGHT 118 00:07:36,310 --> 00:07:40,720 THIS WOULD BE HIS SEASON TO HIT THE BIG TIME. 119 00:07:40,724 --> 00:07:44,214 BUT THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC SHUT THE CANADIAN BORDER 120 00:07:44,206 --> 00:07:48,236 AND THE STATE OF WISCONSIN HAS ISSUED A STAY AT HOME ORDER 121 00:07:48,241 --> 00:07:53,171 WHILE THE PRICE OF GOLD RISES TOWARDS AN ALL-TIME HIGH. 122 00:07:53,172 --> 00:07:56,722 WHEW. WOW. RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, 123 00:07:56,724 --> 00:07:59,974 IT'S WELL OVER 1,700 BUCKS AN OUNCE TODAY. 124 00:07:59,965 --> 00:08:01,615 THIS IS THE TIME TO BE MINING RIGHT NOW. 125 00:08:01,620 --> 00:08:03,520 I MEAN, IT'S EXCITING. 126 00:08:03,517 --> 00:08:05,067 AND IT'S ALSO DRIVING ME 127 00:08:05,068 --> 00:08:07,548 ABSOLUTELY BAT[BLEEP] CRAZY RIGHT NOW 128 00:08:07,551 --> 00:08:09,071 BECAUSE I'M SITTING HERE ON MY COUCH 129 00:08:09,068 --> 00:08:11,278 STARING AT THE PRICE OF GOLD ON A SCREEN 130 00:08:11,275 --> 00:08:13,515 RATHER THAN BEING UP IN THE YUKON MINING IT. 131 00:08:13,517 --> 00:08:18,167 ♪ 132 00:08:18,172 --> 00:08:20,072 A LITTLE CHEST ACTION. 133 00:08:23,517 --> 00:08:26,787 Narrator: LAST SEASON, RICK BARELY BROKE EVEN, 134 00:08:26,793 --> 00:08:29,663 BUT NOW WITH PRICES SOARING, 135 00:08:29,655 --> 00:08:34,995 THIS COULD BE THE SEASON HE HITS THE BIG TIME. 136 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,930 I HAVE GOT EVERYTHING AT STAKE RIGHT NOW. 137 00:08:36,931 --> 00:08:38,931 YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS IS -- 138 00:08:38,931 --> 00:08:40,721 I'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF REDEMPTION 139 00:08:40,724 --> 00:08:42,414 WAITING FOR ME UP IN THE NORTH. 140 00:08:42,413 --> 00:08:44,313 I DIDN'T DO IT LAST YEAR, 141 00:08:44,310 --> 00:08:45,720 BUT I CAN'T HAVE ANOTHER ONE LIKE THAT. 142 00:08:45,724 --> 00:08:47,624 I CAN'T ENDURE ANOTHER ONE. 143 00:08:47,620 --> 00:08:48,760 TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE GAME 144 00:08:48,758 --> 00:08:50,658 BEFORE I EVEN GET TO GIVE IT A SHOT 145 00:08:50,655 --> 00:08:52,305 IS ABOUT THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO FOR ME. 146 00:08:52,310 --> 00:08:54,970 LIKE, I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO ACCEPT THAT. 147 00:08:54,965 --> 00:08:57,855 I NEVER WILL. 148 00:08:57,862 --> 00:09:00,002 I NEED TO BE IN THE YUKON. 149 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,480 SOME MINERS ARE GETTING IN AND SOME AREN'T, 150 00:09:02,482 --> 00:09:04,002 EVEN IF I CAN GET IT'S SUPER LATE 151 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,140 AND IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY SHORT SEASON. 152 00:09:06,137 --> 00:09:07,857 I JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE LONG ENOUGH 153 00:09:07,862 --> 00:09:09,312 TO GET THE GOLD I NEED. 154 00:09:09,310 --> 00:09:20,140 ♪ 155 00:09:20,137 --> 00:09:23,097 Narrator: AT PARKER'S CLAIM ON SCRIBNER CREEK, 156 00:09:23,103 --> 00:09:26,833 HIS CREW RETURNS AFTER THE LONG OFF-SEASON LOCKDOWN. 157 00:09:26,827 --> 00:09:28,547 Chris: I JUST FINISHED MY TWO-WEEK QUARANTINE 158 00:09:28,551 --> 00:09:32,311 IN THE YUKON TERRITORY, GOT A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH. 159 00:09:32,310 --> 00:09:34,000 GOT TO GET UP HERE. 160 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,030 Narrator: CHRIS DOUMITT, PARKER'S GOLD ROOM EXPERT, 161 00:09:37,034 --> 00:09:39,524 HAS BEEN ALLOWED ACROSS THE CANADIAN BORDER 162 00:09:39,517 --> 00:09:41,027 AS AN ESSENTIAL WORKER. 163 00:09:41,034 --> 00:09:44,554 IT'S AMAZING THE DRIVE FROM HOME BACK UP TO HERE 164 00:09:44,551 --> 00:09:48,931 WAS THERE'S NOBODY OUT ON THE ROAD. 165 00:09:48,931 --> 00:09:51,031 I GOT IN AND DID MY QUARANTINE FOR TWO WEEKS. 166 00:09:51,034 --> 00:09:53,244 AND I TELL YOU, I'LL NEVER DO ANYTHING BAD ENOUGH 167 00:09:53,241 --> 00:09:56,621 TO GO TO JAIL BECAUSE THAT WAS UNBELIEVABLY BORING. 168 00:09:56,620 --> 00:09:59,030 COULDN'T IMAGINE BEING LOCKED IN A CELL. 169 00:09:59,034 --> 00:10:01,764 EXCITED TO GET BACK TO WORK, START MAKING SOME MONEY. 170 00:10:01,758 --> 00:10:03,858 HOME SWEET HOME. 171 00:10:06,068 --> 00:10:09,098 Narrator: MECHANIC AND CO-FOREMAN MITCH BLASCHKE 172 00:10:09,103 --> 00:10:12,453 HAS ALSO MADE IT ACROSS THE BORDER. 173 00:10:12,448 --> 00:10:14,548 [BLEEP] BROTHER! 174 00:10:14,551 --> 00:10:16,451 HEY, BUDDY! HOW YOU DOING? 175 00:10:16,448 --> 00:10:18,588 GOOD, YOU? BIG OL' COVID HUG FOR YA. 176 00:10:18,586 --> 00:10:20,276 OH, MAN, WELL, I JUST GOT OUT A LOCKDOWN. 177 00:10:20,275 --> 00:10:22,095 SO.YOU JUST COME BACK TO JAIL. 178 00:10:22,103 --> 00:10:23,623 [ BOTH LAUGH ] 179 00:10:23,620 --> 00:10:25,720 I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BETTER. 180 00:10:25,724 --> 00:10:27,524 GIVE ME A HUG, YOU OLD BAT. 181 00:10:27,517 --> 00:10:29,097 OH! [ LAUGHS ] 182 00:10:29,103 --> 00:10:31,383 HOW ARE YOU FEELING?OH, NOT BAD. 183 00:10:31,379 --> 00:10:32,589 YEAH? GOOD. GOOD. 184 00:10:32,586 --> 00:10:34,786 I FEEL ABOUT AS OLD AS YOU.UH-OH, UH-OH. 185 00:10:34,793 --> 00:10:37,033 THAT NOT GOOD. WE'LL BE DOWN HERE -- 186 00:10:37,034 --> 00:10:38,524 HEY, MITCHELL.FINALLY MADE IT, MAN. 187 00:10:38,517 --> 00:10:40,827 [ LAUGHTER ]PAPA. 188 00:10:40,827 --> 00:10:41,857 YEAH.HOW YOU DOING? 189 00:10:41,862 --> 00:10:44,552 DOING GOOD. 190 00:10:44,551 --> 00:10:46,141 GENTLEMEN.WHAT'S HAPPENING? 191 00:10:46,137 --> 00:10:47,617 NOT A WHOLE LOT, HOW ARE YOU? 192 00:10:47,620 --> 00:10:49,930 DOING GOOD. GOOD TO SEE YOU. 193 00:10:49,931 --> 00:10:52,721 SO THANKS FOR COMING UP HERE. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A [BLEEP] 194 00:10:52,724 --> 00:10:56,484 DISASTER OF LOGISTICS THIS SPRING, 195 00:10:56,482 --> 00:10:59,142 AND IT'S LEFT US A BIT BEHIND. 196 00:10:59,137 --> 00:11:00,757 I MEAN, THE BEST THING THAT'S HAPPENED RIGHT NOW 197 00:11:00,758 --> 00:11:03,208 IS FUEL PRICES ARE REALLY LOAND GOLD PRICE IS UP. 198 00:11:03,206 --> 00:11:05,786 RIGHT? SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. 199 00:11:05,793 --> 00:11:07,213 THE GROUND THAT WE BOUGHT LAST YEAR, 200 00:11:07,206 --> 00:11:09,026 I MEAN, NOT ONLY IS THE LICENSE EXPIRED ON IT, 201 00:11:09,034 --> 00:11:11,454 BUT WE PRETTY WELL MINED HER OUT. 202 00:11:11,448 --> 00:11:14,548 SO IT DOESN'T REALLY LEAVE US MUCH OPTIONS FOR GROUND, 203 00:11:14,551 --> 00:11:18,001 AND THE ONLY PLACE THAT I CAN REALLY THINK OF 204 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,140 IN TERMS OF LIKE CLOSE TO GETTING READY TO GO 205 00:11:21,137 --> 00:11:26,097 IS DOWNSTREAM OF THE LAST CUT ON TONY'S GROUND. 206 00:11:26,103 --> 00:11:32,693 ♪ 207 00:11:32,689 --> 00:11:34,279 Narrator: WITH THE CLOCK TICKING, 208 00:11:34,275 --> 00:11:36,095 PARKER MAKES A KEY DECISION 209 00:11:36,103 --> 00:11:38,793 TO START HIS SEASON ON THE LAST CUT, 210 00:11:38,793 --> 00:11:41,553 THE BEST GROUND HE'S EVER MINED. 211 00:11:41,551 --> 00:11:46,101 HE'LL HAVE TO PAY LANDLORD TONY BEETS A CUT. 212 00:11:46,103 --> 00:11:49,413 BUT WITH GOLD PRICES HIGH, IT'S THE PERFECT PLACE 213 00:11:49,413 --> 00:11:53,933 TO MAKE UP FOR THE LATE START TO THE SEASON. 214 00:11:53,931 --> 00:11:55,661 YOU KNOW, THE ROYALTIES I KNOW ARE HIGH, 215 00:11:55,655 --> 00:11:59,515 BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS, AND IT'S FAIRLY CLOSE 216 00:11:59,517 --> 00:12:01,967 TO BEING READY TO SLUICE. IT WOULD BE NICE 217 00:12:01,965 --> 00:12:04,065 TO TRY TO GET A WASH PLANT RUNNING AS SOON AS WE CAN, 218 00:12:04,068 --> 00:12:07,998 AND YOU GUYS SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET GOING IN A HURRY. 219 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,280 Chris: IT SUCKS THAT IT'S TONY'S, 220 00:12:09,275 --> 00:12:12,065 BUT WE CAN STILL SALVAGE THIS SEASON. 221 00:12:12,068 --> 00:12:14,858 WE MIGHT EVEN WIND UP WITH A RECORD SEASON, WHO KNOWS? 222 00:12:14,862 --> 00:12:16,482 SO IS THAT OUR ONLY OPTION FOR THIS YEAR 223 00:12:16,482 --> 00:12:18,792 THEN, IS JUST BACK ON TONY'S GROUND OR WHAT? 224 00:12:18,793 --> 00:12:20,143 NOT FOR THE WHOLE SEASON. 225 00:12:20,137 --> 00:12:22,857 WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE CAN OPERATE 226 00:12:22,862 --> 00:12:25,242 ON KEN AND STEWART'S PROPERTY. WE HAVE LOTS OF GROUND TO OPEN, 227 00:12:25,241 --> 00:12:26,661 BUT THERE'S STILL SOME PERMITTING PROBLEMS 228 00:12:26,655 --> 00:12:28,655 GOING ON THERE.OKAY. 229 00:12:28,655 --> 00:12:31,715 WE NEED A WAR CHEST AND WE NEED TO BUY GROUND 230 00:12:31,724 --> 00:12:35,074 AND WE NEED TO EXPLORE GROUND. SO I'M SPENDING MOST OF MY TIME 231 00:12:35,068 --> 00:12:37,548 LOOKING IN A COUPLE OF PIECES OF GROUND IN ALASKA. 232 00:12:39,655 --> 00:12:44,825 WE'RE TRYING TO BUY A PIECE OF GROUND UP BY FAIRBANKS. 233 00:12:44,827 --> 00:12:47,137 Narrator: IN SEVEN YEARS IN THE YUKON, 234 00:12:47,137 --> 00:12:51,687 PARKER'S BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL HE'S NOW RUNNING OUT OF GROUND. 235 00:12:51,689 --> 00:12:56,279 THE TIME HAS COME TO EXPAND HIS EMPIRE BEYOND THE YUKON 236 00:12:56,275 --> 00:13:02,545 AND HEAD HOME TO ALASKA, WHERE HIS MINING CAREER BEGAN. 237 00:13:02,551 --> 00:13:04,001 NOW YOU GUYS NEED TO MAKE US SOME MONEY 238 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,970 SO THAT WE CAN PAY FOR IT. 239 00:13:05,965 --> 00:13:07,135 JUST GET BIG RED UP AND RUNNING 240 00:13:07,137 --> 00:13:08,897 AND READY TO GO IN A FEW DAYS 241 00:13:08,896 --> 00:13:10,856 AND WE CAN START WASHING SOME ROCKS, RIGHT? 242 00:13:10,862 --> 00:13:12,312 JUST TO GET THE PAD TWEAKED UP THERE. 243 00:13:12,310 --> 00:13:14,340 SO GET A LITTLE BIT OF HELP ON THAT. 244 00:13:14,344 --> 00:13:16,484 I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. 245 00:13:16,482 --> 00:13:18,102 SWEET.GET A WASH PLANT AND RUN IT 246 00:13:18,103 --> 00:13:19,663 AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN FIND US SOMETHING IN ALASKA, 247 00:13:19,655 --> 00:13:21,065 THAT'D BE NICE.YEAH. IT WOULD BE. 248 00:13:21,068 --> 00:13:22,098 ALRIGHT. 249 00:13:22,103 --> 00:13:29,073 ♪ 250 00:13:29,068 --> 00:13:30,998 Narrator: BRENNAN USES THE SUPER CONVEYOR 251 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,790 TO BUILD A PAD FOR WASH PLANT BIG RED TO SIT ON. 252 00:13:37,448 --> 00:13:40,828 SO OUR GOAL THIS YEAR IS TO MAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS WE CAN 253 00:13:40,827 --> 00:13:44,617 SO WE CAN RAISE A BIT OF MONEY TO BUY SOME NEW GROUND IN ALASKA 254 00:13:44,620 --> 00:13:47,450 THAT PARKER'S LOOKING AT. 255 00:13:47,448 --> 00:13:49,688 WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE'VE LOST HERE, 256 00:13:49,689 --> 00:13:51,339 IF WE CAN'T DO SOMETHING REAL SPECIAL 257 00:13:51,344 --> 00:13:53,174 IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME HERE, 258 00:13:53,172 --> 00:13:54,932 I MIGHT HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF JUST TO STAY HOME. 259 00:13:54,931 --> 00:13:56,621 THAT'S KINDA THE TOUGH THING FOR ME RIGHT NOW 260 00:13:56,620 --> 00:13:59,030 IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE SUCCEED. 261 00:13:59,034 --> 00:14:04,034 ♪ 262 00:14:04,034 --> 00:14:06,484 Narrator: COMING UP... 263 00:14:06,482 --> 00:14:10,482 THE PRESSURE'S ON FOR MINERS TO MAKE BIG MOVES. 264 00:14:14,655 --> 00:14:28,025 ♪ 265 00:14:28,034 --> 00:14:30,484 Narrator: OVER A MONTH BEHIND SCHEDULE, 266 00:14:30,482 --> 00:14:34,862 THE BEETS FAMILY MEETS TO HATCH A PLAN TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME. 267 00:14:44,482 --> 00:14:45,792 PBBHT. 268 00:14:49,448 --> 00:14:53,718 THIS SEASON, WE REALLY DO WANT TO GO BALLS TO THE WALL. 269 00:14:53,724 --> 00:14:55,794 GOLD'S UP, FUEL'S DOWN. 270 00:14:57,896 --> 00:15:00,756 IT WAS A REALLY [BLEEP] START LAST YEAR. 271 00:15:00,758 --> 00:15:02,928 Narrator: LAST SPRING, TOAS FORCED 272 00:15:02,931 --> 00:15:06,241 TO SHUT DOWN HIS MASSIVE INDIAN RIVER OPERATION. 273 00:15:06,241 --> 00:15:08,931 WE DON'T HAVE A WATER LICENSE. 274 00:15:08,931 --> 00:15:12,381 HE ABANDONED TWO MULTIMILLION DOLLAR DREDGES 275 00:15:12,379 --> 00:15:15,409 AND LEFT THOUSANDS OF OUNCES OF GOLD IN THE GROUND. 276 00:15:21,448 --> 00:15:24,928 FROM INDIAN RIVER, TONY MOVED HIS ENTIRE OPERATION 277 00:15:24,931 --> 00:15:29,551 30 MILES NORTH TO HIS OTHER 1,300 ACRE CLAIM 278 00:15:29,551 --> 00:15:33,411 ON TOP OF PARADISE HILL. 279 00:15:33,413 --> 00:15:34,863 AT THE END OF THE YEAR, 280 00:15:34,862 --> 00:15:37,862 THE WATER LICENSE CRISIS LEFT THE BEETS DOWN 281 00:15:37,862 --> 00:15:40,792 ON THE PREVIOUS SEASON BY $2 MILLION. 282 00:16:01,896 --> 00:16:03,966 Mike: I GOT A LOT OF PACING IN THE [BLEEP] HILLSIDE 283 00:16:03,965 --> 00:16:05,715 THAT I CAN GET TO. I CAN GET SLUICING. 284 00:16:08,068 --> 00:16:10,998 Narrator: LAST SEASON, TONY'S SON MIKE PRODUCED OVER 285 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:15,900 $2.5 MILLION OF GOLD FROM THE MEGA CUT, 286 00:16:15,896 --> 00:16:19,896 18 ACRES OF GROUND HIGH ON THE HILL. 287 00:16:19,896 --> 00:16:22,756 WITH OVER HALF THE CUTS STILL TO BE MINED 288 00:16:22,758 --> 00:16:28,208 AND GOLD PRICES AT RECORD HIGHS, IT COULD BE A MASSIVE PAYDAY. 289 00:16:46,275 --> 00:16:47,925 HAVING FAITH UP WILL MAKE A WORLD OF 290 00:16:47,931 --> 00:16:49,141 [BLEEP] DIFFERENCE I BET. 291 00:16:49,137 --> 00:16:51,207 Minnie: OH, I THINK IT WILL. 292 00:16:51,206 --> 00:16:53,096 SHE'S ALSO YOUR GIRLFRIEND. 293 00:16:53,103 --> 00:16:54,553 YEAH. THAT'S ALSO A BIT OF MOTIVATION. 294 00:16:54,551 --> 00:16:56,171 WHICH MAKES FOR A HAPPIER KEVIN. 295 00:16:56,172 --> 00:16:57,972 IT SURE DOES. 296 00:16:57,965 --> 00:16:59,235 MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE 297 00:16:59,241 --> 00:17:01,141 BECAUSE OF ALL THE FLIGHTS HAVEN CANCELING 298 00:17:01,137 --> 00:17:03,337 LEFT, RIGHD CENTER. SO AIRFREIGHT 299 00:17:03,344 --> 00:17:06,244 MIGHT BE A LOT HARDER TO GET IN THIS YEAR. 300 00:17:06,241 --> 00:17:07,591 I'M VERY HAPPY YOU'RE HERE 301 00:17:07,586 --> 00:17:09,786 BECAUSE IT MAKES A HELL OF A DIFFERENCE FOR ME. 302 00:17:13,137 --> 00:17:14,547 YOU DO THAT VERY WELL. 303 00:17:14,551 --> 00:17:16,661 [ LAUGHTER ] 304 00:17:27,137 --> 00:17:29,167 -BYE, HONEY. -BYE, DAD! 305 00:17:34,379 --> 00:17:37,169 Narrator: TONY OPENED THE MEGA CUT LAST YEAR. 306 00:17:37,172 --> 00:17:41,522 IT'S THE MOST RELIABLE PIECE OF GROUND HE HAS LEFT ON THE HILL. 307 00:17:41,517 --> 00:17:44,477 NOW THE WHOLE FAMILY MUST WORK TOGETHER TO MINE 308 00:17:44,482 --> 00:17:48,552 IT OUT TO HIT HIS 3,000-OUNCE SEASON GOAL. 309 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,450 MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS READY TO RUN. 310 00:18:04,241 --> 00:18:08,661 ♪ 311 00:18:10,344 --> 00:18:13,454 BEAUTIFUL! 312 00:18:13,448 --> 00:18:16,448 Narrator: TONY REPAIRED THE TROMMEL IN THE OFF SEASON, 313 00:18:16,448 --> 00:18:18,138 NOW HE'S RELYING ON IT 314 00:18:18,137 --> 00:18:22,587 TO RUN 350 YARDS OF GOLD-RICH PAY DIRT AN HOUR. 315 00:18:25,551 --> 00:18:29,171 NEXT IN LINE, NOW THAT WE GOT THE TROMMEL GOING, 316 00:18:29,172 --> 00:18:32,212 WE WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET CREWS STRIPPING 24/7 317 00:18:32,206 --> 00:18:34,336 AND THEN JUST TRY TO KEEP [BLEEP] RUNNING. 318 00:18:34,344 --> 00:18:35,904 THIS YEAR, 319 00:18:35,896 --> 00:18:38,166 WE REALLY DO WANT TO DO BETTER THAN WE DID LAST YEAR. 320 00:18:38,172 --> 00:18:40,662 WE WANT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PLANTS GOING. 321 00:18:40,655 --> 00:18:43,785 WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE A BIT MORE OF A SUCCESS. 322 00:18:55,689 --> 00:19:05,759 ♪ 323 00:19:05,758 --> 00:19:07,618 Narrator: BACK IN THE UNITED STATES, 324 00:19:07,620 --> 00:19:10,030 IN THE THROES OF THE PANDEMIC, 325 00:19:10,034 --> 00:19:14,244 THE BORDER WITH CANADA IS CLOSED. 326 00:19:14,241 --> 00:19:16,661 GOING A BIT NUTS JUST AROUND THE HOUSE HERE. 327 00:19:16,655 --> 00:19:19,965 I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO ANYMORE. 328 00:19:19,965 --> 00:19:22,855 Narrator: AS GOLD PRICES SOAR TO RECORD HIGHS, 329 00:19:22,862 --> 00:19:27,722 RICK NESS IS TRAPPED IN HIS HOMETOWN OF MILWAUKEE. 330 00:19:27,724 --> 00:19:31,454 I'M JUST NOT REALLY WILLING TO SIT AROUND AND DO NOTHING 331 00:19:31,448 --> 00:19:36,928 BECAUSE I'M JUST SICK OF THIS. I GOT TO DO SOMETHING. 332 00:19:36,931 --> 00:19:40,001 Narrator: RICK CALLS LONG-TIME FRIEND AND CREW MEMBER, 333 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,310 CHRIS KRUSE. 334 00:19:42,310 --> 00:19:43,480 HEY, BUDDY. 335 00:19:43,482 --> 00:19:44,792 WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT, MAN, 336 00:19:44,793 --> 00:19:46,553 I CAN'T SIT ON MY ASS ANY LONGER. 337 00:19:46,551 --> 00:19:48,101 I'M GOING TO THROW MY [BLEEP] IN MY TRUCK. 338 00:19:48,103 --> 00:19:50,903 AND I'M GOING TO HEAD TO THE BORDER, TRY TO GET ACROSS. 339 00:19:50,896 --> 00:19:54,066 SO JUST LOAD UP THE TRUCKS AND TAKE A CHANCE 340 00:19:54,068 --> 00:19:58,098 THAT AFTER WE DRIVE 2,000 MILES, THE GUY AT THE BORDER SAYS, 341 00:19:58,103 --> 00:19:59,553 "SORRY, FOLKS, PARK'S CLOSED 342 00:19:59,551 --> 00:20:02,971 MOOSE OUT FRONT SHOULD'VE TOLD YOU." 343 00:20:02,965 --> 00:20:05,205 YEAH, WELL, WHEN YOU PUT IT THAT WAY. 344 00:20:05,206 --> 00:20:07,236 I KNOW IT SOUNDS SILLY, BUT LISTEN, 345 00:20:07,241 --> 00:20:09,971 I'VE BEEN TALKING TO EVERYBODY I CAN THINK OF. 346 00:20:09,965 --> 00:20:13,335 MINING IS STILL CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL BUSINESS UP THERE. 347 00:20:13,344 --> 00:20:15,314 AND I'VE HEARD THAT SOME GOLD MINERS HAVE MADE IT ACROSS, 348 00:20:15,310 --> 00:20:17,170 BUT I'VE ALSO HEARD THAT SOME HAVEN'T. 349 00:20:17,172 --> 00:20:18,932 SO IT'S RISKY FOR SURE. 350 00:20:18,931 --> 00:20:21,761 BUT THE WAY THE GOLD PRICES ARE RIGHT NOW, 351 00:20:21,758 --> 00:20:25,718 I MEAN, I JUST I GOT TO GO, MAN. I GOT TO TRY IT. 352 00:20:25,724 --> 00:20:27,414 I THINK IF WE GO AND WE GET ACROSS, 353 00:20:27,413 --> 00:20:28,793 WE CAN STILL HAVE A MINING SEASON, MAN. 354 00:20:28,793 --> 00:20:31,863 DO YOU WANT TO GO? 355 00:20:31,862 --> 00:20:33,382 I MEAN, YOU KNOW AS WELL AS ANYBODY, 356 00:20:33,379 --> 00:20:36,659 I'VE NOT BEEN DOING ANYTHING FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS, SO. 357 00:20:36,655 --> 00:20:38,925 YEAH, MAN, LET'S DO IT. 358 00:20:38,931 --> 00:20:41,071 ALRIGHT, PACK YOUR [BLEEP], MAN, LET'S GO. 359 00:20:41,068 --> 00:20:46,448 ♪ 360 00:20:46,448 --> 00:20:48,928 Narrator: THE FIRST YEAR RICK BROKE OFF FROM PARKER 361 00:20:48,931 --> 00:20:53,791 TO RUN HIS OWN CLAIM, HE BARELY BROKE EVEN. 362 00:20:53,793 --> 00:20:56,343 THAT'S IT? THAT'S ALL OF IT? 363 00:20:56,344 --> 00:20:59,074 THAT BARELY PAYS FOR THE FUEL FOR THE WEEK. 364 00:20:59,068 --> 00:21:01,408 Narrator: RICK TOOK A MASSIVE GAMBLE... 365 00:21:01,413 --> 00:21:02,593 -READY! -READY! 366 00:21:02,586 --> 00:21:04,136 ...AND MOVED HIS OPERATION 367 00:21:04,137 --> 00:21:10,377 TO THE HILLS ABOVE KENO IN SEARCH OF A BIG PAYDAY. 368 00:21:10,379 --> 00:21:12,169 THIS IS THE BIGGEST GAMBLE I'VE MADE. 369 00:21:12,172 --> 00:21:13,972 HOLY [BLEEP] 370 00:21:13,965 --> 00:21:16,235 THE POTENTIAL IS HUGE. 371 00:21:16,241 --> 00:21:17,621 SOUNDS LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE. 372 00:21:17,620 --> 00:21:20,380 Narrator: BUT THE GROUND WAS POOR. 373 00:21:20,379 --> 00:21:23,099 SHUT IT DOWN. WE GOT A [BLEEP] BLOCK. 374 00:21:23,103 --> 00:21:27,483 Narrator: RICK FINISHED THE SEASON WITH 547 OUNCES OF GOLD, 375 00:21:27,482 --> 00:21:29,862 HALF OF HIS 1,000-OUNCE GOAL. 376 00:21:29,862 --> 00:21:31,242 OH, MAN. 377 00:21:31,241 --> 00:21:33,031 I MEAN, IF I'M BEING COMPLETELY HONEST, 378 00:21:33,034 --> 00:21:35,104 THINGS DID NOT GO GREAT THIS YEAR. 379 00:21:37,206 --> 00:21:39,236 Narrator: NOW HE'S AT A TURNING POINT. 380 00:21:39,241 --> 00:21:40,791 TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE... 381 00:21:40,793 --> 00:21:42,073 THERE WE GO. 382 00:21:42,068 --> 00:21:45,208 ...HE'S DOWN A COUPLE CREW MEMBERS. 383 00:21:45,206 --> 00:21:47,406 Rick: I LOST A COUPLE OF CREW MEMBERS THIS YEAR. 384 00:21:47,413 --> 00:21:49,033 ZEE'S NOT COMING UP. 385 00:21:49,034 --> 00:21:51,034 HE JUST HAD A KID AND HE DOESN'T WANT TO LEAVE HER, 386 00:21:51,034 --> 00:21:52,724 OBVIOUSLY, AND HIS WIFE. 387 00:21:52,724 --> 00:21:54,904 I GET THAT. AND BRIAN'S GOT A STEADY JOB 388 00:21:54,896 --> 00:21:56,236 AND THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF THOSE RIGHT NOW. 389 00:21:56,241 --> 00:21:57,831 SO I GET THAT TOO. 390 00:21:57,827 --> 00:22:00,137 PRETTY MUCH JUST LEAVES ME AND KRUSE. 391 00:22:00,137 --> 00:22:01,757 BUT KARLA'S GONN MEETING US UP THERE, TOO. 392 00:22:01,758 --> 00:22:06,718 SO WE'VE GOT AAST A SMALL CREW, BUT THAT'S ALL I NEED. 393 00:22:09,034 --> 00:22:12,794 Narrator: FIVE WEEKS INTO THE MINING SEASON, RICK SETS OFF 394 00:22:12,793 --> 00:22:16,903 ON THE 3,000 MILE JOURNEY NORTH TO THE YUKON. 395 00:22:16,896 --> 00:22:20,896 IT'S GO TIME. IT'S TIME TO QUIT WAITING. 396 00:22:20,896 --> 00:22:24,516 AND IT'S TIME TO ACT, SO I'M GONNA HIT THE ROAD. 397 00:22:24,517 --> 00:22:28,897 ♪ 398 00:22:28,896 --> 00:22:30,686 WHAT DO YOU SAY, RUBES? 399 00:22:30,689 --> 00:22:34,309 LET'S GET OUT OF HERE. 400 00:22:34,310 --> 00:22:35,930 AND WE'RE OFF. 401 00:22:35,931 --> 00:22:37,831 GONNA BE A LONG RIDE. 402 00:22:51,103 --> 00:22:54,523 Narrator: IN OREGON, SKYROCKETING GOLD PRICES 403 00:22:54,517 --> 00:22:56,097 ARE SENDING NEW HOPEFULS 404 00:22:56,103 --> 00:22:58,763 FLOCKING BACK TO THE GOLD FI. 405 00:23:02,172 --> 00:23:05,522 Fred: I REALLY FEEL LIKE WITH THE PRICE OF GOLD GOING UP, 406 00:23:05,517 --> 00:23:07,337 IT'S TIME TO HIT IT. 407 00:23:07,344 --> 00:23:09,594 Narrator: GREENHORN MINER FRED LEWIS 408 00:23:09,586 --> 00:23:12,136 IS ON THE HUNT FOR HIS OWN CLAIM. 409 00:23:12,137 --> 00:23:13,617 Fred: WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE WORLD, 410 00:23:13,620 --> 00:23:15,590 EVERYBODY I KNOW IS STRUGGLING. 411 00:23:15,586 --> 00:23:20,516 I DON'T HAVE A JOB RIGHT NOW AND I'VE GOT NOTHING COMING IN. 412 00:23:20,517 --> 00:23:23,897 Narrator: FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, EX-SPECIAL FORCES MEDIC 413 00:23:23,896 --> 00:23:26,926 FRED HAS BEEN HUNTING GOLD WITH PARKER 414 00:23:26,931 --> 00:23:31,241 IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA, AUSTRALIA, AND THE YUKON. 415 00:23:31,241 --> 00:23:35,481 FIRST TIME I PULLED GOLD OUT OF THE GROUND MYSELF, 416 00:23:35,482 --> 00:23:39,412 THAT WAS IT. IT HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON ME PERSONALLY. 417 00:23:39,413 --> 00:23:42,243 WHEW! GOLD FEVER. 418 00:23:42,241 --> 00:23:45,031 Narrator: FRED FOUGHT IN IRAQ AND NORTH AFRICA 419 00:23:45,034 --> 00:23:47,624 BEFORE A COMBAT INJURY IN AFGHANISTAN 420 00:23:47,620 --> 00:23:51,550 ENDED HIS MILITARY CAREER. 421 00:23:51,551 --> 00:23:55,141 Fred: I WAS A SPECIAL FORCES MEDIC, MY TIME IN THE MILITARY 422 00:23:55,137 --> 00:23:58,137 WAS A PIVOT POINT IN MY LIFE 423 00:23:58,137 --> 00:24:01,547 THAT KIND OF TAUGHT ME WHO I WAS AND BROUGHT OUT THE BEST IN ME. 424 00:24:01,551 --> 00:24:06,661 AND IN AFGHANISTAN, I TOHE ROUND TO THE HELMET. 425 00:24:06,655 --> 00:24:09,825 SNAPPED ONE OF THE SIDE FORAMENS ON MY NECK. 426 00:24:09,827 --> 00:24:11,207 AFTER THAT FIREFIGHT, 427 00:24:11,206 --> 00:24:13,206 I STARTED HAVING ISSUES AND SEIZURES AND MIGRAINES 428 00:24:13,206 --> 00:24:16,236 AND THEY ENDED UP FINDING I HAD A BRUISE ON MY BRAIN. 429 00:24:16,241 --> 00:24:19,481 I WENT FROM FIGHTING IN COMBAT WITH A FULL TEAM OF BROTHERS 430 00:24:19,482 --> 00:24:22,622 THAT I LOVED TO BEING ON MY OWN. 431 00:24:22,620 --> 00:24:25,240 TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING 432 00:24:25,241 --> 00:24:29,381 AND HAVE NOTHING TO DO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 14 YEARS, 433 00:24:29,379 --> 00:24:31,279 THAT IS A CHALLENGE. 434 00:24:33,482 --> 00:24:36,692 Narrator: LOOKING TO REBUILD HIS LIFE, FRED'S GAMBLING 435 00:24:36,689 --> 00:24:40,619 EVERYTHING ON FINDING HIS OWN GOLD MINE IN OREGON. 436 00:24:44,965 --> 00:24:46,165 Fred: YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD, 437 00:24:46,172 --> 00:24:47,932 BEEN ON SOME REALLY CRAZY MISSIONS, 438 00:24:47,931 --> 00:24:51,931 AND WHEN I TRY AND COMPARE THIS, HONESTLY, 439 00:24:51,931 --> 00:24:55,721 IT'S ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING THINGS I'VE EVER DONE. 440 00:24:55,724 --> 00:24:59,864 Narrator: HE ALSO PLANS TO BUILD A CREW OF MILITARY VETS. 441 00:24:59,862 --> 00:25:01,172 Fred: I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE. 442 00:25:01,172 --> 00:25:03,242 A TEAM OF ALL COMBAT VETS, 443 00:25:03,241 --> 00:25:05,901 THIS IS A PLACE THAT WE CAN PULL GOLD OUT OF THE GROUND 444 00:25:05,896 --> 00:25:07,026 AND GIVE OURSELVES A LIVING. 445 00:25:07,034 --> 00:25:08,724 WE'LL SECURE OUR OWN FUTURE, 446 00:25:08,724 --> 00:25:10,694 WE'LL NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT [BLEEP], 447 00:25:10,689 --> 00:25:12,519 WE'LL BE MINING GOLD. 448 00:25:12,517 --> 00:25:14,827 Narrator: BUT BEFORE HE CAN FORM A CREW, 449 00:25:14,827 --> 00:25:17,617 HE NEEDS TO FIND A GOOD PIECE OF GROUND. 450 00:25:19,862 --> 00:25:22,312 ONE THING I KNOW IS THAT YOU NEVER WANT TO GO ANYWHERE 451 00:25:22,310 --> 00:25:25,100 WITHOUT A GOOD BATTLE BUDDY, SO I'VE ASKED ONE OF MY BUDDIES, 452 00:25:25,103 --> 00:25:28,143 KENDELL, TO COME OUT HERE AND MEET ME IN THIS CRAZY PLACE 453 00:25:28,137 --> 00:25:29,927 TO GIVE ME AN IDEA WHAT I WANT TO DO. 454 00:25:29,931 --> 00:25:32,381 AND I KNOW HE'S ALWAYS GOT MY BACK. 455 00:25:32,379 --> 00:25:37,999 ♪ 456 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,760 KENDELL, WHAT'S UP, BROTHER? 457 00:25:40,758 --> 00:25:41,928 HOW ARE YOU DOING? 458 00:25:41,931 --> 00:25:43,931 LONG TIME, DUDE. 459 00:25:43,931 --> 00:25:47,001 Narrator: U.S. AIR FORCE VETERAN KENDELL MADDEN 460 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,340 IS PART OF A GOLD MINING DYNASTY. 461 00:25:49,344 --> 00:25:53,174 HIS DAD IS A PROSPECTOR AND WASH PLANT EXPERT. 462 00:25:53,172 --> 00:25:55,102 HE EVEN TAUGHT HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, 463 00:25:55,103 --> 00:25:58,593 GOLD RECOVERY LEGEND FREDDY DODGE. 464 00:26:00,620 --> 00:26:03,860 I REMEMBER FREDDY AND MY DAD HAD A BIG GOLD WHEEL, 465 00:26:03,862 --> 00:26:07,412 AND I JUST REMEMBER THINKING, LIKE, 466 00:26:07,413 --> 00:26:12,103 "THIS THING CATCHES MONEY?" 467 00:26:12,103 --> 00:26:15,793 THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT SEEING THAT SHINY ROCK 468 00:26:15,793 --> 00:26:17,073 THAT IS INDISTINGUISHABLE 469 00:26:17,068 --> 00:26:19,898 FROM JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE ON PLANET EARTH 470 00:26:19,896 --> 00:26:23,926 THAT PEOPLE REALIZE HOW QUICKLY IT GOES FROM BEING 471 00:26:23,931 --> 00:26:29,101 JUST ANOTHER ROCK TO LIKE PRINTING HARD CASH. 472 00:26:29,103 --> 00:26:30,793 BETTER THAN CASH, ACTUALLY. 473 00:26:30,793 --> 00:26:36,553 ♪ 474 00:26:36,551 --> 00:26:40,071 WHAT IN THE HECK AM I DOING ALL THE WAY UP HERE, MAN? 475 00:26:40,068 --> 00:26:41,858 SEE THAT RIGHT DOWN THERE, THE LITTLE CREEK 476 00:26:41,862 --> 00:26:43,342 YOU FOLLOWED IT UP?THE LITTLE CLEARING? 477 00:26:43,344 --> 00:26:44,624 YEAH, THAT'S LITTLE CRACKER CREEK 478 00:26:44,620 --> 00:26:46,070 COMES ALL THE WAY UP TO HERE, 479 00:26:46,068 --> 00:26:48,448 DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IT RUNS INTO CRACKER CREEK. 480 00:26:48,448 --> 00:26:52,378 AND RIGHT DOWN THERE WHERE THOSE TWO CREEKS COME TOGETHER, 481 00:26:52,379 --> 00:26:54,139 I THINK THERE'S SOME HUGE POTENTIAL. 482 00:26:54,137 --> 00:26:56,687 AND I KNOW AT LEAST ONE CLAIM FOR SALE DOWN THERE. 483 00:26:56,689 --> 00:26:58,169 REALLY? 484 00:26:58,172 --> 00:26:59,862 I THINK THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL. 485 00:26:59,862 --> 00:27:02,972 BUT I GOT TO ACTUALLY SEE SOMETHING. 486 00:27:02,965 --> 00:27:05,585 WHAT IF I COULD SHOW YOU SOME GOLD AT THIS ELEVATION? 487 00:27:05,586 --> 00:27:07,476 GOLD ALL THE WAY UP HERE, 8,300 FEET? 488 00:27:07,482 --> 00:27:09,242 RIGHT NOW. IF YOU GOT GOLD 489 00:27:09,241 --> 00:27:10,901 ALL THE WAY UP HERE, 490 00:27:10,896 --> 00:27:12,166 I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO WANT TO GO DOWN THERE 491 00:27:12,172 --> 00:27:13,412 AND SEE IT AS WELL.ALRIGHT. 492 00:27:13,413 --> 00:27:15,003 DID YOU BRING YOUR HEADLAMP?OF COURSE, MAN. 493 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,210 MIND YOUR FEET GETTING WET? 494 00:27:16,206 --> 00:27:17,716 OH, LET'S DO IT. LET'S GO. 495 00:27:17,724 --> 00:27:18,794 GO GET YOUR [BLEEP] AND MEET ME OVER HERE. 496 00:27:18,793 --> 00:27:20,973 ALRIGHT. LET'S DO IT. 497 00:27:20,965 --> 00:27:23,715 Kendell: FRED THINKS THAT WE CAN START A GOLD MINE HERE IN OREGON. 498 00:27:23,724 --> 00:27:29,034 PRETTY CRAZY, BUT LET'S SEE WHAT HE HAS TO SHOW US HERE. 499 00:27:29,034 --> 00:27:30,244 HERE IT IS, DUDE. 500 00:27:30,241 --> 00:27:32,341 WOW. [ LAUGHS ] 501 00:27:32,344 --> 00:27:34,214 THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYBODY IN HERE IN A LONG TIME. 502 00:27:34,206 --> 00:27:35,276 IS THAT RIGHT? 503 00:27:35,275 --> 00:27:37,235 I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR BACK IT GOES YET. 504 00:27:39,137 --> 00:27:40,477 WOW. 505 00:27:40,482 --> 00:27:44,172 BUCKEYE MINE BEGAN PRODUCTION IN THE 1900s, 506 00:27:44,172 --> 00:27:46,932 BUT WAS ABANDONED AT THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II. 507 00:27:46,931 --> 00:27:47,861 Fred: [ LAUGHS ] 508 00:27:47,862 --> 00:27:49,002 THIS IS PRETTY CRAZY. ALRIGHT. 509 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,550 [ LAUGHS ] 510 00:27:51,551 --> 00:27:54,411 SO SEE HOW THESE ARE ALL ROTTEN? 511 00:27:54,413 --> 00:27:56,213 BE REALLY CAREFUL, DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING. 512 00:27:56,206 --> 00:27:57,476 OKAY. 513 00:27:57,482 --> 00:28:03,382 ♪ 514 00:28:03,379 --> 00:28:06,899 [ SIGHS ] DUDE. 515 00:28:06,896 --> 00:28:11,136 YOU SEE HOW THIS VEIN RIGHT HERE IS EXPOSED? 516 00:28:11,137 --> 00:28:12,757 THERE'S GOLD ALL THROUGH IT. 517 00:28:15,241 --> 00:28:17,791 FOLLOW THAT VEIN DOWN, THERE'S GOLD IN IT. 518 00:28:17,793 --> 00:28:20,143 YEP. 519 00:28:20,137 --> 00:28:22,447 THIS IS A VEIN THAT NOBODY EVER SAW 520 00:28:22,448 --> 00:28:24,618 BECAUSE IT WAS COVERED BY ROCK AND THAT THIS COLLAPSED 521 00:28:24,620 --> 00:28:26,900 AND I CAME IN AROUND THIS SIDE, TELLS ME 522 00:28:26,896 --> 00:28:30,236 THERE'S STILL A BUNCH OF GOLD HERE THAT NOBODY'S FOUND. 523 00:28:30,241 --> 00:28:33,211 IT'S THERE. NOW WE JUST GOT TO FIND IT OUT THERE. 524 00:28:33,206 --> 00:28:35,276 YEAH, RIGHT? 525 00:28:35,275 --> 00:28:38,475 Narrator: THIS GOLD VEIN IS PART OF A MOTHER LODE RUNNING 526 00:28:38,482 --> 00:28:39,692 THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN. 527 00:28:39,689 --> 00:28:43,169 OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS, RIVERS ERODED GOLD 528 00:28:43,172 --> 00:28:46,592 FROM THE ROCK AND WASHED IT DOWN TO THE VALLEY BELOW 529 00:28:46,586 --> 00:28:49,446 WHERE IT FORMED PLACER DEPOSITS. 530 00:28:49,448 --> 00:28:52,758 IF FRED CAN FIND ONE OF THESE DEPOSITS, 531 00:28:52,758 --> 00:28:54,898 WITH TODAY'S GOLD PRICES, 532 00:28:54,896 --> 00:28:58,716 HE COULD MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GOLD. 533 00:28:58,724 --> 00:29:01,694 -WHOO-HOO-HOO-HOO! -GOD! 534 00:29:01,689 --> 00:29:04,719 Kendell: YOU KNOW, GOT TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF GOLD HE WALL THERE. 535 00:29:04,724 --> 00:29:07,004 I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND DOWN BELOW. 536 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,480 Fred: MY GOAL IN GETTING KENDELL OUT HERE WAS TO CONVINCE HIM 537 00:29:09,482 --> 00:29:11,662 THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO START A MINE. 538 00:29:11,655 --> 00:29:14,025 NOW, I'M GOING TO GO AND SEE IF I CAN SHOW HIM THAT CLAIM 539 00:29:14,034 --> 00:29:15,794 AND GET HIS INTEREST A LITTLE MORE. 540 00:29:15,793 --> 00:29:27,593 ♪ 541 00:29:27,586 --> 00:29:32,686 WE ARE CLEARLY IN MONTANA NOW AND WE ARE BURNING UP THE MILES. 542 00:29:32,689 --> 00:29:33,829 YOU LIKE BEING IN MONTANA? 543 00:29:33,827 --> 00:29:35,587 [ WHINES ] 544 00:29:35,586 --> 00:29:37,276 SHE SAYS, "HELL NO, KEEP GOING WEST. 545 00:29:37,275 --> 00:29:39,545 WE'VE GOT TO GET TO THE YUKON." 546 00:29:39,551 --> 00:29:42,551 Narrator: IN A BID TO RESCUE HIS MINING SEASON, 547 00:29:42,551 --> 00:29:45,101 RICK NESS AND BUDDY CHRIS KRUSE 548 00:29:45,103 --> 00:29:47,833 HAVE DRIVEN 2,000 MILES NORTH 549 00:29:47,827 --> 00:29:52,407 IN THE HOPE OF MAKING IT ACROSS THE CANADIAN BORDER. 550 00:29:52,413 --> 00:29:54,103 Rick: AT THE END OF THE SEASON LAST YEAR, 551 00:29:54,103 --> 00:29:57,453 I TESTED SOME GROUND AT TROY'S, I TOLD TROY 552 00:29:57,448 --> 00:29:59,238 THAT I WANTED TO MINE THAT GROUND, 553 00:29:59,241 --> 00:30:00,481 BUT THINGS HAVE CHANGED. 554 00:30:00,482 --> 00:30:02,412 I GOT TO GET THERE AND WE GOT TO BE FACE TO FACE 555 00:30:02,413 --> 00:30:05,623 AND SHAKE HANDS AND SAY WE'RE STILL ON. 556 00:30:05,620 --> 00:30:07,930 I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I CAN, I'VE DONE EVERYTHING RIGHT, 557 00:30:07,931 --> 00:30:10,621 AND HOPEFULLY WHOEVER I GET AT THE BORDER 558 00:30:10,620 --> 00:30:13,590 TO PROCESS MY PAPERWORK FEELS THE SAME WAY. 559 00:30:15,344 --> 00:30:17,694 MY ENTIRE SUMMER, MY ENTIRE SEASON, 560 00:30:17,689 --> 00:30:20,339 MY ENTIRE MINING CAREER IN FACT, 561 00:30:20,344 --> 00:30:25,904 IS GONNA BE FIGURED OUT HERE IN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES. 562 00:30:25,896 --> 00:30:27,306 WHEW! 563 00:30:31,275 --> 00:30:32,825 WELL, THIS IS IT, I'M PULLING UP 564 00:30:32,827 --> 00:30:34,137 TO CUSTOMS RIGHT NOW. 565 00:30:41,310 --> 00:30:44,070 ♪ 566 00:30:52,206 --> 00:30:55,826 Narrator: THE U.S./CANADA BORDER HAS BEEN CLOSED TO ALL 567 00:30:55,827 --> 00:30:58,857 BUT ESSENTIAL TRAVEL FOR SIX WEEKS. 568 00:30:58,862 --> 00:31:02,622 Rick: WELL, THIS IS IT, I'M PULLING UP TO CUSTOMS RIGHT NOW. 569 00:31:02,620 --> 00:31:05,070 Narrator: RICK MUST CONVINCE THE OFFICIALS 570 00:31:05,068 --> 00:31:07,238 THAT HE IS AN ESSENTIAL WORKER 571 00:31:07,241 --> 00:31:09,931 TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF MAKING IT ACROSS. 572 00:31:14,103 --> 00:31:20,903 ♪ 573 00:31:21,965 --> 00:31:24,405 GOOD, HOW ARE YOU DOING, SIR? 574 00:31:24,413 --> 00:31:25,523 SURE. 575 00:31:25,517 --> 00:31:34,167 ♪ 576 00:31:36,103 --> 00:31:38,723 I OWN A MINING COMPANY BASED OUT OF B.C. 577 00:31:38,724 --> 00:31:40,104 OPERATING IN THE YUKON TERRITORY, 578 00:31:40,103 --> 00:31:42,383 SO I'M GOING TO START IT UP. 579 00:31:42,379 --> 00:31:43,829 I DO, SIR, YES. 580 00:31:53,620 --> 00:31:55,410 YES. 581 00:31:55,413 --> 00:31:56,793 NO. 582 00:32:02,793 --> 00:32:04,033 YES, SIR. 583 00:32:08,827 --> 00:32:11,477 OKAY, WELL -- 584 00:32:11,482 --> 00:32:13,522 THAT'S IT. THERE'S NOBODY OVERLOOKING IT RIGHT NOW. 585 00:32:13,517 --> 00:32:14,687 I HAVE TO GET THERE TO OPEN IT UP 586 00:32:14,689 --> 00:32:16,519 AND GET MY PEOPLE WORKING. 587 00:32:24,206 --> 00:32:26,066 OF WHERE I'M GOING TO QUARANTINE? 588 00:32:26,068 --> 00:32:27,828 THAT I CAN GIVE YOU, YES, SIR. 589 00:32:27,827 --> 00:32:30,827 UH, WRITE YOU AN E-MAIL. 590 00:32:30,827 --> 00:32:38,067 ♪ 591 00:32:42,206 --> 00:32:46,516 [ LAUGHS ] YES, SIR. THANK YOU. 592 00:32:46,517 --> 00:32:47,477 [BLEEP] YEAH! 593 00:32:47,482 --> 00:32:48,722 WELL, IF YOU MADE IT THROUGH, 594 00:32:48,724 --> 00:32:50,214 I GUESS I'M GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH. 595 00:32:50,206 --> 00:32:54,966 ♪ 596 00:32:54,965 --> 00:32:57,165 YEE-HAW! 597 00:32:57,172 --> 00:32:59,452 I MEAN, WE'RE ACROSS THE [BLEEP] BORDER, MAN. 598 00:32:59,448 --> 00:33:01,028 KRUSE, YOU GOT A COPY? 599 00:33:08,931 --> 00:33:11,311 Narrator: RICK NESS AND BUDDY CHRIS KRUSE 600 00:33:11,310 --> 00:33:14,830 HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CROSSED THE BORDER INTO CANADA. 601 00:33:14,827 --> 00:33:18,097 YEAH, I THINK BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT BORDER CROSSING 602 00:33:18,103 --> 00:33:21,553 IS THEY NEVER SEEM TWO HUNKS AS HANDSOME AS US. 603 00:33:21,551 --> 00:33:22,721 AND THEY WERE JUST, SAID, 604 00:33:22,724 --> 00:33:24,454 "YEAH, GO ON, GO ON THROUGH." 605 00:33:24,448 --> 00:33:25,828 Rick: Clearly you are correct. 606 00:33:25,827 --> 00:33:27,717 I mean, there's no other explanation on why 607 00:33:27,724 --> 00:33:30,794 we breezed on through like that. 608 00:33:30,793 --> 00:33:34,213 WERE YOU AS NERVOUS AS I WAS? BECAUSE I WAS [BLEEP] BRICKS. 609 00:33:34,206 --> 00:33:35,926 YES, I DO SAY. 610 00:33:35,931 --> 00:33:38,551 Narrator: THEY NOW HAVE JUST 1,000 MILES 611 00:33:38,551 --> 00:33:42,381 TO THEIR DESTINATION, KENO CITY IN THE YUKON, 612 00:33:42,379 --> 00:33:45,339 AND A CHANCE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PERFECT 613 00:33:45,344 --> 00:33:47,764 GOLD MINING CONDITIONS. 614 00:33:47,758 --> 00:33:49,308 I MEAN, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW NERVOUS I WAS. 615 00:33:49,310 --> 00:33:51,070 THAT WAS THE ONE THING HOLDING US BACK. 616 00:33:51,068 --> 00:33:53,968 AND WE JUST MADE IT AND THAT'S IT. 617 00:33:53,965 --> 00:33:57,025 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MINING SEASON. THAT'S THAT MATTERS. 618 00:33:57,034 --> 00:34:06,144 ♪ 619 00:34:06,137 --> 00:34:07,657 Parker: I'M JUST LOOKING AROUND FOR SOME PAY, 620 00:34:07,655 --> 00:34:11,715 AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S THAWED OUT PRETTY NICELY. 621 00:34:11,724 --> 00:34:13,974 Narrator: OVER A MONTH LATER THAN NORMAL, 622 00:34:13,965 --> 00:34:17,715 PARKER SCHNABEL IS FINALLY DIGGING DOWN TO PAY DIRT. 623 00:34:17,724 --> 00:34:21,214 WITH HUGE AMBITIONS TO EXPAND HIS MINING EMPIRE, 624 00:34:21,206 --> 00:34:25,336 HE NEEDS TO START SLUICING AND GET GOLD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 625 00:34:25,344 --> 00:34:29,284 RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST DOWNSTREAM OF THE LAST CUT 626 00:34:29,275 --> 00:34:32,165 THAT WE DID ON TONY'S GROUND, 627 00:34:32,172 --> 00:34:35,002 WHICH INCIDENTALLY, WE CALLED THE LAST CUT. 628 00:34:37,965 --> 00:34:41,235 YOU KNOW, WITH GOLD PRICE HIGH AND FUEL PRICE LOW, 629 00:34:41,241 --> 00:34:45,141 IT MAKES SENSE TO TRY TO TAKE ANOTHER SLICE OUT OF THIS GROUND 630 00:34:45,137 --> 00:34:47,167 THAT WE'VE GOT FROM TONY. 631 00:34:47,172 --> 00:34:50,142 Narrator: OVER THREE SEASONS, PARKER HAS MINED 632 00:34:50,137 --> 00:34:54,477 MORE THAN $12 MILLION OF GOLD FROM THE LAST CUT, 633 00:34:54,482 --> 00:34:57,692 BUT HEEVER STARTED THIS LATE IN THE YEAR 634 00:34:57,689 --> 00:35:03,069 AND HE'S PUSHING THE CREW TO MOVE FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE. 635 00:35:03,068 --> 00:35:06,858 WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD SIZED AREA DOWN TO GRAVEL, 636 00:35:06,862 --> 00:35:08,522 AND NOW I'M FINDING SOME PAY. 637 00:35:08,517 --> 00:35:10,787 I'M DEFINITELY PULLING UP A LOT OF NICE SIZED 638 00:35:10,793 --> 00:35:15,173 ROCK AND SAW SOME BEDROCK IN A FEW SPOTS. 639 00:35:15,172 --> 00:35:18,142 NOW IT'S A MATTER OF TRYING TO GET A WASH PLANT IN 640 00:35:18,137 --> 00:35:20,617 AND ACTUALLY GET THE GOLD OUT OF THE GROUND. 641 00:35:20,620 --> 00:35:23,620 Narrator: BRENNAN FINISHES BUILDING THE WASH PLANT PAD 642 00:35:23,620 --> 00:35:24,970 WITH THE SUPER CONVEYOR. 643 00:35:24,965 --> 00:35:27,515 BRENNAN, HOW YOU DOING DOWN THERE? 644 00:35:27,517 --> 00:35:29,407 FIVE OR SIX LOADS LEFT. 645 00:35:29,413 --> 00:35:33,213 THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID FIVE OR SIX LOADS AGO. 646 00:35:33,206 --> 00:35:38,376 THIS IS [BLEEP] FRUSTRATING. WE ARE WAY BEHIND. 647 00:35:38,379 --> 00:35:42,829 AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET CAUGHT UP 648 00:35:42,827 --> 00:35:47,097 AND GET PLANTS GOING AND RUNNING. 649 00:35:47,103 --> 00:35:51,173 Narrator: 20 FEET DOWN, PARKER'S HIT PAY DIRT. 650 00:35:51,172 --> 00:35:54,002 HE CAN'T AFFORD ANY MORE DELAYS. 651 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:55,660 MAN, YOU'VE BEEN BUSY OHERE. 652 00:35:55,655 --> 00:35:57,615 SOMEBODY SHOULD BE. 653 00:35:57,620 --> 00:35:59,550 WHAT'S THAT MEAN? 654 00:35:59,551 --> 00:36:01,281 HMM? 655 00:36:01,275 --> 00:36:03,205 I JUST WANT TO GET A PLANT RUNNING. 656 00:36:03,206 --> 00:36:06,276 I GOT 26 PEOPLE ON SITE AND NO MONEY COMING IN. 657 00:36:06,275 --> 00:36:07,785 YEAH. YEAH. 658 00:36:07,793 --> 00:36:10,073 Narrator: EVERY DAY THE PLANT IS NOT RUNNING 659 00:36:10,068 --> 00:36:14,278 COSTS PARKER $85,000 IN LOST GOLD. 660 00:36:14,275 --> 00:36:16,855 YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LATE START FOR US HERE. 661 00:36:16,862 --> 00:36:18,382 HE'S GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE PAYROLL 662 00:36:18,379 --> 00:36:20,659 AND NO INCOME COMING IN. 663 00:36:20,655 --> 00:36:24,405 SO I GET WHY HE'S A LITTLE WORKED UP HERE. 664 00:36:24,413 --> 00:36:26,833 Brennan: WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE IT RUNNING BY TONIGHT. 665 00:36:26,827 --> 00:36:29,757 ONCE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS RUSHED AS USUAL, 666 00:36:29,758 --> 00:36:32,998 BUT HAPPY PARKER'S A BETTER DAY FOR THE REST OF US. 667 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:36,410 Narrator: TO MOVE THE WASH PLANT FROM THE YARD TO THE LAST CUT, 668 00:36:36,413 --> 00:36:40,973 MITCH CALLS ON MECHANIC SHANE SMITH. 669 00:36:40,965 --> 00:36:42,375 HEY, SHANE, HOW'S IT GOING? 670 00:36:42,379 --> 00:36:43,929 HEY, GOOD, WHAT'S HAPPENING? 671 00:36:43,931 --> 00:36:46,621 OH, BUDDY, WE JUST GOT TO GET BIG RED DRUG DOWN TO THE CUT. 672 00:36:46,620 --> 00:36:48,590 PARKER'S JUST CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO GET SLUICING. 673 00:36:48,586 --> 00:36:49,856 WE'RE ABOUT READY FOR THE SHAKER DECK. 674 00:36:49,862 --> 00:36:51,862 I WAS JUST GOING TO SEE IF YOU CAN MAYBE 675 00:36:51,862 --> 00:36:53,032 HELP US GET IT DOWN THERE. 676 00:36:53,034 --> 00:36:54,484 YEAH, WE'LL PUT IT ON IN A LITTLE BIT, 677 00:36:54,482 --> 00:36:56,412 BUT I THINK WE'LL SAVE QUITE A OF TIME DOING IT THAT WAY 678 00:36:56,413 --> 00:36:58,073 AND THEN IT'LL KEEP HIM HAPPY. 679 00:36:58,068 --> 00:36:59,338 THAT'D SAVE US A BUNCH OF TIME. 680 00:36:59,344 --> 00:37:00,934 PERFECT. SOUNDS GOOD. WE'LL SEE YOU OUT THERE. 681 00:37:00,931 --> 00:37:02,281 THANKS, MAN. 682 00:37:02,275 --> 00:37:05,715 DRAGGING THE PLANT TO THE LAST T WITH AN EXCAVATOR 683 00:37:05,724 --> 00:37:07,694 COULD TAKE SIX HOURS. 684 00:37:07,689 --> 00:37:12,309 INSTEAD, SHANE PLANS TO LOAD IT ONTO THE NARROW LOWBOY 685 00:37:12,310 --> 00:37:15,240 AND HAUL IT THE HALF MILE TO THE PAD. 686 00:37:15,241 --> 00:37:20,031 IT'S A RISKY MOVE, BUT IF IT WORKS, IT WILL SAVE FOUR HOURS. 687 00:37:20,034 --> 00:37:23,074 YEAH, THIS IS A NEW THING HAULING IT ON THE LOWBED. 688 00:37:23,068 --> 00:37:26,858 SO IT COULD BE KIND OF A MYSTERY. 689 00:37:26,862 --> 00:37:29,972 WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 690 00:37:29,965 --> 00:37:32,825 PARKER'S IN A PANIC TO GET IT ALL DONE TODAY. 691 00:37:32,827 --> 00:37:33,967 LOAD UP! 692 00:37:33,965 --> 00:37:36,095 WHEN HE DOES THAT, ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE 693 00:37:36,103 --> 00:37:38,833 SO ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN TODAY. 694 00:37:42,103 --> 00:37:43,693 WHAT DO YOU THINK? WE HAVE THIS THING RUNNING 695 00:37:43,689 --> 00:37:45,549 IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS? 696 00:37:45,551 --> 00:37:48,551 IS THAT WHAT THE BOSS WANTS?I THINK SO. 697 00:37:48,551 --> 00:37:50,621 HE'D RATHER HAVE IT RUNNING IN ABOUT FOUR HOURS. 698 00:37:50,620 --> 00:37:52,210 [ LAUGHS ] 699 00:37:52,206 --> 00:38:02,096 ♪ 700 00:38:02,103 --> 00:38:03,723 DROP TONE IN. 701 00:38:07,068 --> 00:38:09,548 I'LL COME POKE THEM IN. 702 00:38:09,551 --> 00:38:13,621 Narrator: SHANE USES TWO 300-POUND LOADER TIRES 703 00:38:13,620 --> 00:38:15,410 FOR A MAKESHIFT RAMP. 704 00:38:15,413 --> 00:38:26,973 ♪ 705 00:38:26,965 --> 00:38:28,165 YOU'RE GOOD! 706 00:38:28,172 --> 00:38:30,242 I'M JUST GOING TO MOVE THIS OVER A BIT. 707 00:38:30,241 --> 00:38:33,211 THAT'S ALRIGHT, YOU CAN SUCK IT OVER NOW. 708 00:38:33,206 --> 00:38:39,166 ♪ 709 00:38:39,172 --> 00:38:41,102 NOW WE GOTTA TRY AND DRAG IT ON, 710 00:38:41,103 --> 00:38:43,103 HOPEFULLY WE GOT ENOUGH POWER. 711 00:38:43,103 --> 00:38:46,033 TIRES SHOULD HOLD IT UP OR TAKE MOST OF THE WEIGHT. 712 00:38:46,034 --> 00:38:52,554 ♪ 713 00:38:52,551 --> 00:38:53,971 EASY. 714 00:38:58,068 --> 00:38:59,898 LOOKING GOOD! 715 00:38:59,896 --> 00:39:07,516 ♪ 716 00:39:07,517 --> 00:39:09,167 NICE AND EASY. 717 00:39:11,310 --> 00:39:13,070 LOOKING PRETTY GOOD THERE. 718 00:39:13,068 --> 00:39:17,658 THEN I'LL SPIN IT RIGHT WHERE IT IS. 719 00:39:17,655 --> 00:39:18,995 Narrator: SHANE MUST NOW TURN 720 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:22,520 THE QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLAR PLANT 90 DEGREES 721 00:39:22,517 --> 00:39:24,547 TO LINE UP WITH THE TRUCK BED. 722 00:39:24,551 --> 00:39:32,381 ♪ 723 00:39:32,379 --> 00:39:34,279 IT WOULD TOTALLY DESTROY IT IF THIS THING CAME OFF 724 00:39:34,275 --> 00:39:35,685 THE TRAILER RIGHT NOW, 725 00:39:35,689 --> 00:39:37,029 WE'VE GOT TO BE A LITTLE BIT CAREFUL HERE 726 00:39:37,034 --> 00:39:39,284 AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY. 727 00:39:42,275 --> 00:39:43,715 YEAH, A LITTLE BIT MORE. 728 00:39:46,172 --> 00:39:47,722 PERFECT. 729 00:39:47,724 --> 00:39:49,174 IT'S A SNUG FIT? 730 00:39:53,034 --> 00:39:54,174 WE'RE GOOD TO GO. 731 00:39:54,172 --> 00:39:57,692 ♪ 732 00:39:57,689 --> 00:40:00,619 Narrator: MITCH TRUCKS THE TOP-HEAVY PLANT HALF A MILE 733 00:40:00,620 --> 00:40:02,340 TO THE COMPLETED PAD. 734 00:40:02,344 --> 00:40:06,904 ♪ 735 00:40:06,896 --> 00:40:09,276 WHAT I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT HERE IS JUST, 736 00:40:09,275 --> 00:40:12,165 YOU KNOW, HAVING ANY HICCUPS HERE TODAY. 737 00:40:12,172 --> 00:40:15,522 I KNOW PARKER'S REAL ADAMANT ABOUT GETTING THE WASH PLANT 738 00:40:15,517 --> 00:40:17,137 RUNNING AND GETTING SOME MONEY COMING IN. 739 00:40:17,137 --> 00:40:19,617 AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED A LOT OF THINGS TO GO RIGHT 740 00:40:19,620 --> 00:40:22,480 AND A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK. 741 00:40:22,482 --> 00:40:23,692 MAYBE A LOT OF LUCK. 742 00:40:23,689 --> 00:40:27,519 ♪ 743 00:40:27,517 --> 00:40:30,967 [ HORN BLOWS ] 744 00:40:30,965 --> 00:40:34,065 AT LEAST IT'S HERE, WE'RE A LOT CLOSER THAN WE WERE. 745 00:40:34,068 --> 00:40:35,588 YOU WANT TO YANK IT OFF, SHANE? 746 00:40:35,586 --> 00:40:37,136 OR WATCH YOU GUYS DO THIS OR WHAT? 747 00:40:37,137 --> 00:40:38,377 SURE. 748 00:40:38,379 --> 00:40:39,969 OH, COME ON, YOU CAN DO HER. 749 00:40:39,965 --> 00:40:42,165 I'VE NEVER DONE YOU GUY'S THE SYSTEM YET. 750 00:40:42,172 --> 00:40:44,002 WE HAVEN'T EITHER.[ LAUGHS ] 751 00:40:46,310 --> 00:40:49,280 I WAS SCARED, GEEZ, MAN. 752 00:40:49,275 --> 00:40:52,375 SO I DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT. 753 00:40:52,379 --> 00:40:57,719 Narrator: SHANE TURNS THE PLANT TO EASE IT OFF THE TRAILER. 754 00:40:57,724 --> 00:40:59,454 SOME DAYS YOU JUST GOT TO SIT BACK 755 00:40:59,448 --> 00:41:02,168 AND WATCH AN OLD BOY DO IT, AND LEARN SOMETHING NEW HERE. 756 00:41:02,172 --> 00:41:12,282 ♪ 757 00:41:12,275 --> 00:41:13,685 GET BACK. 758 00:41:13,689 --> 00:41:15,309 OH-HO. 759 00:41:15,310 --> 00:41:17,210 WHOA! 760 00:41:17,206 --> 00:41:18,276 DRIVE IT BACK! 761 00:41:18,275 --> 00:41:19,715 WHOA, WHOA! 762 00:41:32,758 --> 00:41:34,338 OH-HO. 763 00:41:34,344 --> 00:41:35,834 WHOA! 764 00:41:35,827 --> 00:41:37,097 DRIVE RIGHT BACK! 765 00:41:37,103 --> 00:41:39,413 WHOA, WHOA! 766 00:41:39,413 --> 00:41:43,723 ♪ 767 00:41:43,724 --> 00:41:46,004 NAILED IT! 768 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:47,410 Narrator: IN THE LAST CUT, 769 00:41:47,413 --> 00:41:50,523 CO-FOREMAN MITCH BLASCHKE AND BRENNAN RUAULT 770 00:41:50,517 --> 00:41:54,857 ARE RACING TO INSTALL A 50-TON WASH PLANT, BIG RED, 771 00:41:54,862 --> 00:41:59,242 SO PARKER CAN BEGIN SLUICING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON. 772 00:41:59,241 --> 00:42:00,551 THAT'S THE SKETCHY PART THERE. 773 00:42:00,551 --> 00:42:02,971 YOU CAN SEE WHEN BIG RED STARTED COMING AHEAD. 774 00:42:02,965 --> 00:42:05,825 SEE THIS DISTANCE HERE BETWEEN THE CYLINDER 775 00:42:05,827 --> 00:42:07,137 AND THE WASH PLANT, IT'S A GOOD THING 776 00:42:07,137 --> 00:42:10,517 BIG RED STOPPED WHEN IT DID. 777 00:42:10,517 --> 00:42:12,097 HE'S ALL YOURS, BIG CAT. 778 00:42:12,103 --> 00:42:15,383 OH, I WAS ENJOYING WATCHING THIS, 779 00:42:15,379 --> 00:42:17,999 THE OLD SEASONED PRO.NICELY DONE. 780 00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:19,340 NOW THE HEAT'S ON YOU. 781 00:42:19,344 --> 00:42:22,104 -NICELY DONE. -THANKS, SHANER. 782 00:42:22,103 --> 00:42:23,793 Shane: IT'S ALWAYS DICEY PULLING STUFF OFF 783 00:42:23,793 --> 00:42:25,243 A LITTLE BED LIKE THAT. I MEAN, 784 00:42:25,241 --> 00:42:27,661 YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 785 00:42:27,655 --> 00:42:28,755 IT ALL CAME OFF. 786 00:42:28,758 --> 00:42:30,758 I KNEW IT WAS COMING DOWN FAST, SO. 787 00:42:33,068 --> 00:42:37,448 Narrator: BRENNAN PULLS BIG RED INTO PLACE ON THE PAD. 788 00:42:37,448 --> 00:42:39,758 YEAH, IT FEELS PRETTY NICE TO GET BIG RED UP 789 00:42:39,758 --> 00:42:43,168 AND GOING, STILL A LONG WAYS FROM THE FINISH LINE. 790 00:42:47,034 --> 00:42:49,414 Mitch: THIS YEAR, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO FIND MORE GOLD FASTER 791 00:42:49,413 --> 00:42:51,483 THAN IT EVER HAS, AND WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO 792 00:42:51,482 --> 00:42:53,312 PUSH HER RIGHT TO THE LIMIT. 793 00:42:53,310 --> 00:42:56,140 AND KNOWING PARKER, WE'RE GOING TO PUSH IT PAST THAT POINT. 794 00:42:56,137 --> 00:42:58,617 ♪ 795 00:42:58,620 --> 00:43:00,170 GO LONG! 796 00:43:02,413 --> 00:43:03,863 WHEW! 797 00:43:03,862 --> 00:43:07,002 I COULD FEEL THAT ALL THE WAY OVER HERE. 798 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,030 Brennan: EVERYTHING LOOKING ALRIGHT? 799 00:43:09,034 --> 00:43:11,414 NOW YOU GOT ABOUT SIX INCHES. 800 00:43:11,413 --> 00:43:15,903 ♪ 801 00:43:15,896 --> 00:43:17,336 LIKE THAT? 802 00:43:17,344 --> 00:43:20,034 WHAT I WANT TO SEE IS JUST THE SIGHT LINE HERE 803 00:43:20,034 --> 00:43:22,554 OF BIG RED TO THE CUT INTO THE TAILINGS POND. 804 00:43:25,034 --> 00:43:26,664 THAT'S GOOD. 805 00:43:26,655 --> 00:43:29,445 I THINK WE GOT IT, WE GOT BIG RED ITS NEW HOME. 806 00:43:29,448 --> 00:43:31,788 IT'S A GOOD FEELING. WE'RE CLOSE TO SLUICING 807 00:43:31,793 --> 00:43:35,173 AND START GETTING SOME GOLD COMING IN. 808 00:43:35,172 --> 00:43:38,722 Narrator: MITCH GUIDES THE RADIAL STACKER INTO PLACE... 809 00:43:38,724 --> 00:43:42,694 THIS IS REALLY A CRITICAL SET UP HERE 810 00:43:42,689 --> 00:43:45,549 BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NO ROOM FOR ERROR. 811 00:43:48,103 --> 00:43:49,593 LOOKS REALLY NICE. 812 00:43:49,586 --> 00:43:52,786 ...AND POSITIONS THE 40-FOOT SLUICE RUNS... 813 00:43:52,793 --> 00:43:55,903 THERE YOU GO. HEY, LOOKS GOOD. 814 00:43:55,896 --> 00:43:57,656 BOO-YAH! 815 00:43:57,655 --> 00:44:02,275 ...AND CONNECTS THE WATER SUPPLY. 816 00:44:02,275 --> 00:44:04,475 A MONTH LATER THAN NORMAL, 817 00:44:04,482 --> 00:44:07,592 BIG RED'S FINALLY READY TO START SLUICING. 818 00:44:07,586 --> 00:44:13,586 ♪ 819 00:44:13,586 --> 00:44:15,206 SHE'S DEFINITELY QUICK AND DIRTY. 820 00:44:15,206 --> 00:44:17,586 GENTLEMEN. 821 00:44:17,586 --> 00:44:19,996 DON'T LOOK AT IT TOO CLOSE.I DON'T GIVE A [BLEEP] 822 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:22,690 IS IT GONNA WASH ROCKS?IT SHOULD. 823 00:44:22,689 --> 00:44:24,239 THEN THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS. 824 00:44:24,241 --> 00:44:26,171 IT'S ALL THERE. 825 00:44:26,172 --> 00:44:28,622 ♪ 826 00:44:28,620 --> 00:44:30,720 YOU READY? 827 00:44:30,724 --> 00:44:32,244 HERE WE GO! 828 00:44:32,241 --> 00:44:39,171 ♪ 829 00:44:39,172 --> 00:44:42,072 ON THE WAY IT STARTING, IMAGINE SHE'S RUNNING JUST LIKE SHE 830 00:44:42,068 --> 00:44:45,858 TURNED OFF.LOOKS GOOD. 831 00:44:45,862 --> 00:44:48,622 Narrator: TO MAKE THE MOST OF RECORD GOLD PRICES 832 00:44:48,620 --> 00:44:50,930 AND RAISE THE MONEY HE NEEDS TO FUND 833 00:44:50,931 --> 00:44:53,411 A NEW OPERATION IN ALASKA, 834 00:44:53,413 --> 00:44:58,593 PARKER MUST NOW KEEP THE PLANT RUNNING 24/7. 835 00:44:58,586 --> 00:45:00,616 Parker: IT'S NICE TO BE SLUICING WITH, YOU KNOW, 836 00:45:00,620 --> 00:45:03,310 JUST THE WAY THIS SPRING'S BEEN AND THIS YEAR OVERALL, 837 00:45:03,310 --> 00:45:05,860 AN, IT'S NICE TO FINALLY SEE SOME MONEY COMING IN, 838 00:45:05,862 --> 00:45:08,312 HOPEFULLY, ASSUMING THERE'S GOLD IN THIS [BLEEP]. 839 00:45:08,310 --> 00:45:11,660 ♪ 840 00:45:11,655 --> 00:45:14,405 YAY!BIG CAT! GOOD TO GO! 841 00:45:16,862 --> 00:45:18,142 GOOD JOB, MAN.THANKS, MAN. 842 00:45:18,137 --> 00:45:19,447 LOOKS LIKE A GOOD SET UP. 843 00:45:19,448 --> 00:45:28,898 ♪ 844 00:45:28,896 --> 00:45:30,716 Narrator: WITH HIS PLANT SET UP, 845 00:45:30,724 --> 00:45:34,414 PARKER LOOKS TO RECRUIT AN OLD FRIEND TO JOIN HIS CREW. 846 00:45:34,413 --> 00:45:36,073 ♪ 847 00:45:36,068 --> 00:45:39,278 [ SKYPE TONE RINGS ] 848 00:45:39,275 --> 00:45:41,825 -HELLO? -HI, FRED. 849 00:45:41,827 --> 00:45:45,517 PARKER! I CAN'T TAKE THIS COVID ANYMORE. 850 00:45:45,517 --> 00:45:47,927 YEAH, TELL ME ABOUT IT. IT'S BEEN A [BLEEP] SHOW. 851 00:45:47,931 --> 00:45:49,141 AS FAR AS THE SUMMER GOES, 852 00:45:49,137 --> 00:45:51,307 WHERE DO YOU STAND ON COMING UP TO THE YUKON? 853 00:45:51,310 --> 00:45:52,930 I'VE BEEN FIGHTING THE BORDERN. 854 00:45:52,931 --> 00:45:54,451 EVERY TIME I GO AND TALK TO THEM, 855 00:45:54,448 --> 00:45:56,448 THEY KEEP TELLING ME IT'S GETTING PUSHED. 856 00:45:56,448 --> 00:45:59,448 AND TWO DAYS AGO, THEY PUSHED IT ANOTHER MONTH. 857 00:45:59,448 --> 00:46:01,168 SO FOR ME TO GET UP THERE, 858 00:46:01,172 --> 00:46:03,412 IT'S GOING TO TAKE AN ACT OF CONGRESS, BASICALLY. 859 00:46:03,413 --> 00:46:06,763 YEAH, IT'S A REALLY PERSONAL DECISION FOR EVERYBODY, 860 00:46:06,758 --> 00:46:08,138 WHETHER THEY WANT TO DO THIS OR NOT. 861 00:46:08,137 --> 00:46:11,167 AND I WON'T HOLD IT AGAINST ANYBODY THAT DOESN'T WANT TO. 862 00:46:11,172 --> 00:46:18,032 ♪ 863 00:46:18,034 --> 00:46:20,344 SO WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? 864 00:46:20,344 --> 00:46:22,104 I'VE BEEN KIND OF STRUGGLING, 865 00:46:22,103 --> 00:46:24,663 TRYING TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT, TO BE HONEST, DUDE, 866 00:46:24,655 --> 00:46:26,615 I'M KIND OF THINKING ABOUT GETTING MY FEET WET. 867 00:46:26,620 --> 00:46:29,170 I'VE ACTUALLY GOT A FEW LEADS ON SOME CLAIMS DOWN HERE, 868 00:46:29,172 --> 00:46:32,972 AND I'M THINKING ABOUT PUTTING MY FEET IN THE POT. 869 00:46:32,965 --> 00:46:34,405 GOING GOLD MINING? 870 00:46:34,413 --> 00:46:36,313 I DON'T KNOW, MAN. I FEEL LIKE WITH THE PRICE OF GOLD 871 00:46:36,310 --> 00:46:37,790 BEING THE WAY IT'S AT 872 00:46:37,793 --> 00:46:41,073 AND WITH MY LIFE BEING AS AVAILABLE AS IT IS 873 00:46:41,068 --> 00:46:42,998 AND WITH MY EXPERIENCE THAT I GAINED FROM YOU, 874 00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:46,550 I REALLY FEEL LIKE I'D BE STUPID NOT TO TRY IT. 875 00:46:46,551 --> 00:46:49,621 YEAH, I MEAN, PRICES ARE GOOD RIGHT NOW, 876 00:46:49,620 --> 00:46:51,380 FINDING GOOD GROUND'S THE DIFFICULT PART. 877 00:46:51,379 --> 00:46:55,519 YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT IS JUST GETTING YOUR FEET ON THE GRO 878 00:46:55,517 --> 00:46:59,857 AND MOVING SOME DIRT AND FIGURING OUT HOW IT GOES. 879 00:46:59,862 --> 00:47:01,762 DON'T BE AFRAID TO REACH OUT. 880 00:47:01,758 --> 00:47:04,448 AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU THINK I CAN DO TO HELP, 881 00:47:04,448 --> 00:47:06,518 THEN LET ME KNOW. 882 00:47:06,517 --> 00:47:08,447 THANKS, DUDE. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 883 00:47:11,172 --> 00:47:12,932 Kendell: LOOK AT THIS, DUDE. LOOK EVERYWHERE, 884 00:47:12,931 --> 00:47:16,211 THERE'S TAILING PILES EVERYWHERE. 885 00:47:16,206 --> 00:47:19,206 Narrator: DOWN IN OREGON, FRED TAKES VETERAN BUDDY 886 00:47:19,206 --> 00:47:23,716 KENDELL MADDEN ON THE HUNT FOR A GOLD MINE. 887 00:47:23,724 --> 00:47:26,034 THIS PLACE, THEY'VE CHEWED IT UP, BRO. 888 00:47:26,034 --> 00:47:28,524 BUT FINDING A CLAIM IN THE LOWER 48 889 00:47:28,517 --> 00:47:33,167 THAT HASN'T BEEN MINED OUT IS A CHALLENGE. 890 00:47:33,172 --> 00:47:34,832 YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, DUDE, 891 00:47:34,827 --> 00:47:38,307 THOSE GUYS THEY USED TO MINE IN THE '20s, 892 00:47:38,310 --> 00:47:41,830 THEY GOT ALMOST ALL OF IT. 893 00:47:41,827 --> 00:47:43,547 SO DON'T GET YOUR HOPES UP. 894 00:47:43,551 --> 00:47:45,521 I KNOW. BUT I THINK, HONESTLY, 895 00:47:45,517 --> 00:47:48,857 WHAT WE FOUND POTENTIALLY COULD BE VIRGIN GROUND. 896 00:47:48,862 --> 00:47:50,482 I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT. 897 00:47:52,241 --> 00:47:55,341 THIS IS IT? ELKHORN CLAIM. 898 00:47:55,344 --> 00:47:59,834 ELKHORN CLAIM IS AT THE JUNCTION OF TWO MOUNTAIN CREEKS. 899 00:47:59,827 --> 00:48:04,827 ♪ 900 00:48:04,827 --> 00:48:06,377 FRED BELIEVES THIS GROUND 901 00:48:06,379 --> 00:48:10,859 WILL BE RICH WITH GOLD WASHED DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINS. 902 00:48:10,862 --> 00:48:12,382 IT'S THE FIRST MINE SET I'VE DRIVEN ON 903 00:48:12,379 --> 00:48:14,859 AND NOT FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO GET SHOT. 904 00:48:14,862 --> 00:48:16,142 [ LAUGHS ] 905 00:48:16,137 --> 00:48:18,407 NOW, I KNOW YOU SAY ALL MINERS ARE BULL[BLEEP] 906 00:48:18,413 --> 00:48:22,313 BUT THIS GUY SEEMS LIKE A REALLY STRAIGHT SHOOTER, DUDE. 907 00:48:22,310 --> 00:48:24,280 HE GOT A LOT OF EQUIPMENT.OH. 908 00:48:26,482 --> 00:48:28,902 JEFF HAWK AND RUSS SCHIMETZ 909 00:48:28,896 --> 00:48:31,716 HAVE OWNED THE CLAIM FOR FOUR YEARS. 910 00:48:31,724 --> 00:48:32,834 RUSS. FRED? 911 00:48:32,827 --> 00:48:34,657 FRED, YEAH. NICE TO MEET YOU FINALLY. 912 00:48:34,655 --> 00:48:35,825 YEAH. IS THIS JEFF? 913 00:48:35,827 --> 00:48:37,307 JEFF.JEFF, KENDELL. 914 00:48:37,310 --> 00:48:39,000 KENDELL, VERY NICE TO MEET YOU. 915 00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:41,380 MAN, IT'S BEAUTIFUL OUT HERE. HOLY COW. 916 00:48:41,379 --> 00:48:42,519 LOVE IT UP HERE, YEAH. 917 00:48:42,517 --> 00:48:44,237 LIKE, IF I COULD THINK OF A PLACE TO TUCK MYSELF 918 00:48:44,241 --> 00:48:47,281 IN AND MINE, I THINK THIS IS IT. 919 00:48:47,275 --> 00:48:49,095 Jeff: WHAT IS YOUR PLANS? WHAT ARE YOU GUYS LOOKING FOR? 920 00:48:49,103 --> 00:48:51,313 Fred: WELL, YOU KNOW, I GOT INTO GOLD MINING 921 00:48:51,310 --> 00:48:52,480 ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. 922 00:48:52,482 --> 00:48:54,862 KENDELL'S BEEN DOING THISFOR OVER A DECADE. 923 00:48:54,862 --> 00:48:56,762 AND I KIND OF FEEL LIKE THE TIME IS RIGHT. 924 00:48:56,758 --> 00:48:58,618 YOU KNOW, GOLD IS SOARING. 925 00:48:58,620 --> 00:49:00,030 WITH MY MILITARY BACKGROUND 926 00:49:00,034 --> 00:49:02,834 AND KENDELL'S A BROTHER IN ARMS, YOU KNOW, WE SERVED. 927 00:49:02,827 --> 00:49:05,027 I JUST FEEL LIIME IS NOW. 928 00:49:05,034 --> 00:49:06,694 ALL YOUR GUYS ARE MILITARY, THEN? 929 00:49:06,689 --> 00:49:09,929 ALL MILITARY, ALL HAVE COMBAT EXPERIENCE, RIGHT? 930 00:49:09,931 --> 00:49:12,481 WELL, THAT'S GOOD. YEAH, I'M A VET AND WAS, 931 00:49:12,482 --> 00:49:13,902 YOU KNOW, IN THE AIR FORCE. 932 00:49:13,896 --> 00:49:16,756 HELL, YEAH.GOT THE TAT TO PROVE IT. 933 00:49:16,758 --> 00:49:18,858 AND THAT JUST MAKES IT EVEN BETTER. 934 00:49:18,862 --> 00:49:21,762 SO WHEN DID THEY STOP MINING IN THIS AREA? 935 00:49:21,758 --> 00:49:23,518 THEY USUALLY PICK THROUGH PRETTY HEAVILY. 936 00:49:23,517 --> 00:49:25,967 Russ: THE MAIN STUFF WAS PROBABLY BACK IN ABOUT 1912. 937 00:49:25,965 --> 00:49:29,135 THEY HAD THREE DREDGES RUNNING ABOUT 35 YEARS 938 00:49:29,137 --> 00:49:31,997 AND THEY TOOK OUT OVER 600,000 OUNCES 939 00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:33,900 AND DIDN'T EVEN GET DOWN TO THE GOOD STUFF. 940 00:49:33,896 --> 00:49:36,096 THOSE DREDGES ONLY GO DOWN 29 FEET, 941 00:49:36,103 --> 00:49:37,833 BEDROCK'S LIKE 80. YEAH. 942 00:49:37,827 --> 00:49:40,757 SO EVEN THOSE DREDGES WERE JUST SCRAPING THE LOW PAY. 943 00:49:40,758 --> 00:49:43,168 I FEEL LIKE THE GOLD'S WINNING. 944 00:49:43,172 --> 00:49:44,622 IT'S BEEN HERE FOR SO LONG AND NO ONE CAN GET IT. 945 00:49:44,620 --> 00:49:46,170 I DON'T LIKE THAT. 946 00:49:46,172 --> 00:49:47,142 YOU GUYS WANT TO GO FOR A WALK? 947 00:49:47,137 --> 00:49:48,997 YEAH, LET'S GO CHECK IT OUT. 948 00:49:51,827 --> 00:49:53,067 -WOW. -OKAY. 949 00:49:53,068 --> 00:49:56,338 SO HOLD ON. HOW FAR TO BEDROCK DOWN THERE? 950 00:49:56,344 --> 00:49:57,794 -NEVER HIT IT. --NEVER HIT. YOU SERIOUS? 951 00:49:57,793 --> 00:49:59,283 -55 FEET. -NEVER HIT IT. 952 00:49:59,275 --> 00:50:02,375 THIS IS ALL PAY?YEAH. 953 00:50:02,379 --> 00:50:03,899 Kendell: WOW, THERE'S A LOT OF ROCK IN HERE. 954 00:50:03,896 --> 00:50:05,926 AND A LOT OF BIG ROCK TOO. 955 00:50:05,931 --> 00:50:09,311 IT'S A LOT MORE WEAR AND TEAR ON AN EQUIPMENT 956 00:50:09,310 --> 00:50:13,790 AND SUPPLY CHAINS AND ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING ELSE AS WELL. 957 00:50:13,793 --> 00:50:17,143 BIG GOLD RUNS WITH BIG ROCK. 958 00:50:17,137 --> 00:50:19,547 LOOK AT THAT QUARTZ.WOW. 959 00:50:19,551 --> 00:50:21,211 THERE IS GOLD IN THIS ROCK. 960 00:50:21,206 --> 00:50:23,206 RIGHT HERE, LOOK AT THE RED. 961 00:50:23,206 --> 00:50:26,406 THERE'S A LOT IN YOUR COPPERS. 962 00:50:26,413 --> 00:50:27,933 Fred: I MEAN, IF YOU ASK ME, 963 00:50:27,931 --> 00:50:29,411 THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE PERFECT SCENARIO, 964 00:50:29,413 --> 00:50:33,173 I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME ISSUES THAT KENDELL HAS AND OBSTACLES, 965 00:50:33,172 --> 00:50:36,552 BUT I'M SEEING EVIDENCE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE GOLD HERE 966 00:50:36,551 --> 00:50:38,071 AND SOON AS I CAN SEE IT IN A PAN, 967 00:50:38,068 --> 00:50:41,588 I THINK IT'D TAKE A LOT TO KIND OF CHANGE MY MIND ON THIS ONE. 968 00:50:41,586 --> 00:50:44,096 I WANT TO RELY ON KENDELL'S OPINION A LOT, 969 00:50:44,103 --> 00:50:47,523 BUT I'M FEELING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THIS PLACE. 970 00:50:47,517 --> 00:50:48,897 Russ: WE GOT SOME NUGS. 971 00:50:48,896 --> 00:50:51,336 OKAY, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. 972 00:50:51,344 --> 00:50:55,414 GO THEM ALL HERE IN DISPLAYS HERE, SO. 973 00:50:55,413 --> 00:50:56,593 OH, WOW.TRY TO KEEP THEM 974 00:50:56,586 --> 00:50:59,206 ALL SEPARATED OUT. OOH! 975 00:50:59,206 --> 00:51:01,276 LOOK AT THAT GUY.WHOA. 976 00:51:01,275 --> 00:51:02,895 LOOKS LIKE A PIECE OF HAM. 977 00:51:02,896 --> 00:51:04,966 YEAH, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTO SEE. 978 00:51:04,965 --> 00:51:08,925 YEAH, THIS IS -- THIS IS WHAT I WAS HOPING TO SEE. 979 00:51:08,931 --> 00:51:11,101 AND ALL OF THIS IS FROM HERE? 980 00:51:11,103 --> 00:51:13,523 YEAH.SO THIS IS LAST SEASON? 981 00:51:13,517 --> 00:51:17,277 TO BE QUITE HONEST. IT MAKES ME MAKES ME WONDER 982 00:51:17,275 --> 00:51:20,965 WHY YOU ARE GOING TO GET RID OF A GOLD MINE LIKE THIS. 983 00:51:20,965 --> 00:51:23,445 WE HAVE ACCESS TO OTHER PROPERTY CLOSER TO HOME. 984 00:51:23,448 --> 00:51:27,208 OTHER GOLD MINES CLOSER TO HOME? 985 00:51:27,206 --> 00:51:29,306 A LITTLE EASIER ON EVERYBODY, THE FAMILY. 986 00:51:29,310 --> 00:51:30,760 YEAH, THAT DOES MAKES SENSE. 987 00:51:30,758 --> 00:51:33,898 AND YOU THINK THE WHOLE PROPERTY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE THIS? 988 00:51:33,896 --> 00:51:35,516 YEP. 989 00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:40,590 YOU'LL PULL NUGGETS ABOUT THE SIZE OF YOUR THUMB, 990 00:51:40,586 --> 00:51:44,966 SO WE'VE SEEN ALL THIS GOLD. WHAT'S THE PRICE? 991 00:51:44,965 --> 00:51:47,235 WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING TO GET FOR THE CLAIM? 992 00:51:47,241 --> 00:51:49,341 WE'RE ASKING A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE CLAIM. 993 00:51:52,103 --> 00:51:53,723 A MILLION DOLLARS STHT UP? 994 00:51:53,724 --> 00:51:58,454 YEP. ALL THE EQUIPMENT, WHOLE OPERATION. 995 00:51:58,448 --> 00:51:59,658 COOL MILLION. JUST ONE. 996 00:51:59,655 --> 00:52:01,825 JUST ONEJUST ONE MILLION DOLLARS. 997 00:52:01,827 --> 00:52:02,997 OKAY. 998 00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:04,830 YEAH, THAT'S QUITE A BIT MORE TH ACTUALLY 999 00:52:04,827 --> 00:52:06,547 HAD BEEN THINKING. 1000 00:52:06,551 --> 00:52:10,621 WHAT WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DO FOR A LEASE? 1001 00:52:10,620 --> 00:52:13,900 I MEAN, WE'RE OUT TO SELL THE PROPERTY. 1002 00:52:13,896 --> 00:52:15,716 IF WE WERE TO ENTERTAIN A LEASE, IT'D BE PRETTY STIFF. 1003 00:52:15,724 --> 00:52:17,104 OKAY. 1004 00:52:17,103 --> 00:52:21,763 BE $20,000 BOND, 15% ROYALTY AFTER THAT. 1005 00:52:21,758 --> 00:52:23,338 THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. 1006 00:52:25,172 --> 00:52:27,592 UM, YOU MIND IF WE GO HAVE A TALK OVER THERE REAL QUICK? 1007 00:52:27,586 --> 00:52:29,686 NO, THAT'S FINE. 1008 00:52:29,689 --> 00:52:35,689 ♪ 1009 00:52:35,689 --> 00:52:38,619 THAT'S A LOT FOR A LEASE AND A LOT OF PROPERTY 1010 00:52:38,620 --> 00:52:42,140 THAT WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SEEN GOLD COME FROM. 1011 00:52:42,137 --> 00:52:43,447 LOOK, I LIKE THESE GUYS, 1012 00:52:43,448 --> 00:52:47,308 BUT ALL THAT GOLD COULD HAVE BEEN BOUGHT ON EBAY. 1013 00:52:47,310 --> 00:52:48,970 IT'S A GOOD POSSIBILITY.NICE CASES. 1014 00:52:48,965 --> 00:52:54,095 THOSE NICE CASES. YEAH, THERE'S A CHANCE, MAN. 1015 00:52:54,103 --> 00:52:56,073 WE HAVE TO SEE THIS STUFF FOR OURSELVES. 1016 00:52:56,068 --> 00:52:58,378 100% AGREE WITH THAT.PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING. 1017 00:53:00,413 --> 00:53:02,903 Narrator: BEFORE FRED AND KENDELL COMMIT TO A LEASE, 1018 00:53:02,896 --> 00:53:05,336 THEY NEED TO TEST THE GROUND TO FIND 1019 00:53:05,344 --> 00:53:08,904 IF IT'S AS RICH AS JEFF AND RUSS CLAIM. 1020 00:53:11,689 --> 00:53:14,239 I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE WE COULD GO FORWARD 1021 00:53:14,241 --> 00:53:16,031 AND DO A TEST. 1022 00:53:16,034 --> 00:53:18,144 I'M NOT OPPOSED TO A TEST, ARE YOU? 1023 00:53:18,137 --> 00:53:20,027 -NO, NO. -OKAY. 1024 00:53:20,034 --> 00:53:21,934 SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN. THANKS FOR SHOWING US AROUND. 1025 00:53:21,931 --> 00:53:23,101 YOU BET.LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING 1026 00:53:23,103 --> 00:53:24,313 FROM YOU GUYS.PLEASURE MEETING YOU GUYS. 1027 00:53:24,310 --> 00:53:25,620 APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT.TAKE CARE. 1028 00:53:25,620 --> 00:53:28,970 -YOU GUYS HAVE A SAFE DRIVE. -WE'LL TALK TO YOU SOON. 1029 00:53:28,965 --> 00:53:30,685 COME ON, GIRL. 1030 00:53:30,689 --> 00:53:36,069 ♪ 1031 00:53:36,068 --> 00:53:39,098 I'D HAVE TO SELL MY HOUSE TWICE FOR A MILLION DOLLARS. 1032 00:53:39,103 --> 00:53:41,793 OH, MAN.[ LAUGHS ] 1033 00:53:50,344 --> 00:53:56,624 ♪ 1034 00:53:56,620 --> 00:53:59,070 THERE'S A LOT OF DIRT I GOT TO PUSH OFF THIS HILL 1035 00:53:59,068 --> 00:54:01,408 AND I GOT TO GET IT DONE AS FAST AS I CAN. 1036 00:54:01,413 --> 00:54:04,383 SO PETER, PATTER, OR GET AT HER. 1037 00:54:04,379 --> 00:54:06,619 Narrator: FOR OVER 30 YEARS, 1038 00:54:06,620 --> 00:54:10,520 TONY BEETS HAS BEEN A MINING LEGEND IN THE KLONDIKE, 1039 00:54:10,517 --> 00:54:12,517 BUT AFTER SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1040 00:54:12,517 --> 00:54:16,967 RESURRECTING TWO ANCIENT DREDGES THAT HE NOW CAN'T USE, 1041 00:54:16,965 --> 00:54:21,825 TONY NEEDS TO GET BACK ON TOP OR FACE FINANCIAL RUIN. 1042 00:54:21,827 --> 00:54:25,207 LAST YEAR, WE KIND OF GOT BONED WITH THAT WATER LICENSE. 1043 00:54:25,206 --> 00:54:28,066 SO WE GOT KICKED OUT OF THE INDIAN 1044 00:54:28,068 --> 00:54:29,448 AND CAME UP TO THE HILL. 1045 00:54:29,448 --> 00:54:31,858 WE ESSENTIALLY HAD TO START FROM SCRATCH 1046 00:54:31,862 --> 00:54:34,412 AND THAT WAS PRETTY INTENSE. 1047 00:54:34,413 --> 00:54:38,663 Narrator: HE'S PUTTING ALL HIS HOPE IN THE MEGA CUT ON PARADISE HILL. 1048 00:54:38,655 --> 00:54:41,305 THE BEETS FAMILY MUST MINE AROUND THE CLOCK 1049 00:54:41,310 --> 00:54:46,860 TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME AND HIT TONY'S 3,000-OUNCE SEASON GOAL. 1050 00:54:46,862 --> 00:54:49,762 SO AS LONG AS WE CAN KEEP THAT PLANT FED, 1051 00:54:49,758 --> 00:54:51,618 THEN WE'RE GOLDEN. 1052 00:54:51,620 --> 00:55:06,970 ♪ 1053 00:55:06,965 --> 00:55:08,165 DID YOU HEAR THAT? 1054 00:55:08,172 --> 00:55:09,522 I DON'T LIKE THE LOOK OF THIS. 1055 00:55:12,896 --> 00:55:14,276 THIS IS BULL [BLEEP]! 1056 00:55:19,137 --> 00:55:21,167 THIS WAS BOUNCING. 1057 00:55:21,172 --> 00:55:24,342 SO PANICKED, SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN, COME OVER. 1058 00:55:24,344 --> 00:55:27,794 FIND OUT THAT THE BOLT HAD BROKEN OFF. 1059 00:55:27,793 --> 00:55:30,173 SO WITH ONLY THREE BOLTS HOLDING IT IN, 1060 00:55:30,172 --> 00:55:33,172 IT DOESN'T SIT SOLID, SO IT WIBBLE WOBBLES, 1061 00:55:33,172 --> 00:55:34,692 LUCKILY CAUGHT IT IN TIME, 1062 00:55:34,689 --> 00:55:38,759 OTHERWISE PROBABLY GET A [BLEEP] GEARBOX, HALF A DISTRIBUTOR. 1063 00:56:01,724 --> 00:56:06,144 ♪ 1064 00:56:06,137 --> 00:56:10,207 IT'S A SIMPLE FIX WHEN IT GOES WELL. 1065 00:56:10,206 --> 00:56:14,276 Narrator: THE WHOLE PLANT IS DOWN UNTIL KEVIN CAN REMOVE 1066 00:56:14,275 --> 00:56:16,895 AND REPLACE THE BROKEN GEARBOX BOLT. 1067 00:56:16,896 --> 00:56:18,236 COME ON. 1068 00:56:18,241 --> 00:56:23,551 ♪ 1069 00:56:23,551 --> 00:56:25,661 [BLEEP] YOU. 1070 00:56:28,344 --> 00:56:32,524 [BLEEP] WITH THIS PROBABLY FOUR HOURS NOW. 1071 00:56:32,517 --> 00:56:35,277 Narrator: EVERY HOUR THE WASH PLANT IS DOWN, 1072 00:56:35,275 --> 00:56:39,585 TONY IS LOSING $2,500 IN GOLD. 1073 00:56:39,586 --> 00:56:42,926 WE ARE EXPOSING A LOT OF GROUND RIGHT NOW. 1074 00:56:42,931 --> 00:56:44,901 AND I MEAN, AS SOON AS KEVIN SAYS GO, 1075 00:56:44,896 --> 00:56:47,276 I CAN START SHIPPING TRUCKS OF PAY OVER. 1076 00:56:47,275 --> 00:56:49,515 I'M SURE HE'S FEELING THE PRESSURE. 1077 00:56:52,241 --> 00:56:56,211 THE ENTIRE OPERATION IS DOWN BECAUSE A STUPID BOLT 1078 00:56:56,206 --> 00:56:57,656 DOESN'T WANT TO COME OUT OF ITS HOLE. 1079 00:56:57,655 --> 00:57:01,585 MINIMUM, I'D SAY THE BOLT'S BEEN IN THERE PROBABLY 20 YEARS. 1080 00:57:01,586 --> 00:57:04,276 THAT'S 20 YEARS IN THE RAIN, IN THE WEATHER. 1081 00:57:04,275 --> 00:57:07,755 PLENTY OF TIME TO GET ALL NICE AND RUSTY. 1082 00:57:07,758 --> 00:57:10,028 UGH! 1083 00:57:10,034 --> 00:57:11,524 DEEP BREATHS, DEEP BREATHS. 1084 00:57:11,517 --> 00:57:13,307 THIS BOLT IS SO SEIZED IN 1085 00:57:13,310 --> 00:57:15,690 I DON'T THINK SHE'S COMING OUT ANYTIME SOON. 1086 00:57:32,137 --> 00:57:33,827 YEP. 1087 00:57:41,655 --> 00:57:43,165 [ GRUNTS ] 1088 00:57:43,172 --> 00:57:47,242 OKAY, I THINK WE MAY BE GETTING AHEAD OF OURSELVES HERE, 1089 00:57:47,241 --> 00:57:48,661 THE BOLT'S NOT REALLY THE PROBLEM, 1090 00:57:48,655 --> 00:57:50,095 IS THAT IT WIGGLE WOBBLES, SO 1091 00:57:50,103 --> 00:57:51,763 WE REINFORCE IT WITH SEVEN BOLTS 1092 00:57:51,758 --> 00:57:54,308 INSTEAD OF [BLEEP] THREE, WOULDN'T THAT [BLEEP] DO IT? 1093 00:57:58,896 --> 00:58:08,306 YEAH, SWEET. 1094 00:58:08,310 --> 00:58:09,210 YES. 1095 00:58:13,068 --> 00:58:14,968 THERE WE GO. 1096 00:58:14,965 --> 00:58:27,235 ♪ 1097 00:58:27,241 --> 00:58:30,001 Narrator: TO STOP THE GEARBOX SHAKING, 1098 00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:34,170 KEVIN CUTS TWO LARGE BRACKETS OUT OF HALF-INCH STEEL, 1099 00:58:34,172 --> 00:58:38,002 HE'LL MOUNT THEM ON EITHER SIDE OF THE GEARBOX ON THE PLANT, 1100 00:58:38,000 --> 00:58:41,410 AND THEN SECURE THEM WITH BOLTS ON EACH SIDE 1101 00:58:41,413 --> 00:58:45,593 SO THE SLUICE RUNS WILL GET EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF GOLD. 1102 00:58:47,620 --> 00:58:50,900 IT'S A START. 1103 00:58:50,896 --> 00:58:54,236 OKAY, WE GOT IT ALL MOUNTED. 1104 00:58:54,241 --> 00:58:56,241 WELL, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE. 1105 00:58:56,241 --> 00:58:59,381 SHE'S REALLY SOLID NOW, LIKE NO WIBBLE WOBBLE, 1106 00:58:59,379 --> 00:59:02,549 SO WE JUST GOT TO FIRE IT UP AND SEE IF IT WORKS. 1107 00:59:02,551 --> 00:59:04,971 -KEVIN, DO YOU GOT TO GO? -YES. 1108 00:59:04,965 --> 00:59:07,925 AS SOON AS YOU SAY SHE'S FIXED, I CAN START SENDING TRUCKS. 1109 00:59:07,931 --> 00:59:09,551 Kevin: YEP, WE GOT IT. 1110 00:59:12,793 --> 00:59:16,663 ALRIGHTY, LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE. 1111 00:59:16,655 --> 00:59:26,335 ♪ 1112 00:59:26,344 --> 00:59:29,414 NEW PLATES GOOD TO GO. 1113 00:59:29,413 --> 00:59:31,213 SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT FROM THE BEGINNING, BUT. 1114 00:59:31,206 --> 00:59:34,616 Narrator: KEVIN FINALLY HAS THE TROMMEL BACK UP AND RUNNING 1115 00:59:34,620 --> 00:59:39,590 AND WASHING 350 YARDS OF GOLD-RICH DIRT AN HOUR. 1116 00:59:41,172 --> 00:59:42,342 YES. 1117 00:59:47,896 --> 00:59:55,896 ♪ 1118 00:59:55,896 --> 00:59:57,476 SHOESHINE! 1119 00:59:57,482 --> 01:00:00,142 COME ON! 1120 01:00:00,137 --> 01:00:03,787 Narrator: GREENHORN MINER FRED LEWIS HAS SET HIS SIGHTS 1121 01:00:03,793 --> 01:00:07,173 ON A 36-ACRE CLAIM IN OREGON, 1122 01:00:07,172 --> 01:00:09,932 BUT BEFORE HE SIGNS A LEASE WITH THE OWNERS, 1123 01:00:09,931 --> 01:00:13,411 HE NEEDS TO CONFIRM THERE'S GOLD IN THE GROUND. 1124 01:00:13,413 --> 01:00:16,143 HE'S GOING TO TEST A SECTION OF PAYDIRT PULLED 1125 01:00:16,137 --> 01:00:19,097 FROM NEAR THE SURFACE BETWEEN THE TWO CREEKS 1126 01:00:19,103 --> 01:00:20,483 THAT RUN THROUGH THE CLAIM. 1127 01:00:20,482 --> 01:00:22,102 WHAT'S UP, GUYS? 1128 01:00:22,103 --> 01:00:23,483 -HEY, HOW'S IT GOING? -HOW YOU DOING? 1129 01:00:23,482 --> 01:00:24,972 GOOD, GOOD. 1130 01:00:24,965 --> 01:00:26,825 THIS IS OUR OTHER PARTNER, JUDE. 1131 01:00:26,827 --> 01:00:29,167 NICE TO MEET YOU FINALLY.MY PLEASURE. 1132 01:00:29,172 --> 01:00:31,522 JUDE OVERSEES ALL THE EQUIPMENT, MAINTENANCE AND STUFF. 1133 01:00:31,517 --> 01:00:33,967 OKAY, PERFECT. 1134 01:00:33,965 --> 01:00:35,475 Kendell: ALL OF THIS TESTING THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON, 1135 01:00:35,482 --> 01:00:37,382 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE USING TO TEST? 1136 01:00:37,379 --> 01:00:39,929 WHAT ABOUT THAT GUY OVER THERE? 1137 01:00:39,931 --> 01:00:42,031 WELL, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME 1138 01:00:42,034 --> 01:00:44,344 SINCE SHE RUN.HOW LONG'S A LONG TIME? 1139 01:00:44,344 --> 01:00:47,344 FIVE YEARS. -FIVE YEARS. 1140 01:00:47,344 --> 01:00:51,384 BUT JUDE, HE'S GOOD. HE CAN BRING US BACK TO LIFE. 1141 01:00:51,379 --> 01:00:52,519 WE'LL SEE.JUDE, DO YOU THINK 1142 01:00:52,517 --> 01:00:53,827 YOU CAN GET THAT GOING?YEAH. 1143 01:00:53,827 --> 01:00:55,167 ALRIGHT, WELL, CAN WE GO CHECK IT OUT? 1144 01:00:55,172 --> 01:00:58,312 YOU BET. 1145 01:00:58,310 --> 01:00:59,410 IT'S A BEAUTY. 1146 01:01:02,827 --> 01:01:05,307 OOH, THIS THING IS A PIG, GUYS. 1147 01:01:05,310 --> 01:01:09,030 [ LAUGHS ] THAT'S A PERFECT NAME. 1148 01:01:09,034 --> 01:01:11,624 I LIKE THIS PIG. 1149 01:01:11,620 --> 01:01:12,900 FRED, YOU SEE THIS?WHAT? 1150 01:01:12,896 --> 01:01:16,786 THE ELECTRIC MOTOR TO A GEARBOX, TO A DRIVE SHAFT, 1151 01:01:16,793 --> 01:01:19,103 TO A DIFFERENTIAL, TO A CHAIN DRIVE, 1152 01:01:19,103 --> 01:01:23,593 TO A DIFFERENTIAL, TO TIRE DRIVEN TROMMEL. 1153 01:01:23,586 --> 01:01:24,716 I'M GOING TO NEED A DIAGRAM. 1154 01:01:24,724 --> 01:01:25,834 [ LAUGHTER ] 1155 01:01:25,827 --> 01:01:27,547 I THINK I AM TOO. 1156 01:01:30,103 --> 01:01:32,413 Narrator: JEFF BUILT THIS MAKESHIFT TROMMEL 1157 01:01:32,413 --> 01:01:35,003 OUT OF SPARE PARTS, 1158 01:01:35,000 --> 01:01:37,340 AN ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVES A SHAFT, 1159 01:01:37,344 --> 01:01:40,144 WHICH TURNS TWO TRUCK TIRES, 1160 01:01:40,137 --> 01:01:42,337 THEY ROTATE THE TROMMEL DRUM, 1161 01:01:42,344 --> 01:01:48,174 AN OLD 1,500 GALLON PROPANE TANK WHICH FEEDS THE SLUICE. 1162 01:01:48,172 --> 01:01:50,662 LOOK AT THESE TIRES, DUDE. 1163 01:01:50,655 --> 01:01:53,275 Fred: THAT TIRE IS NOT GOING TO BE GOOD. 1164 01:01:53,275 --> 01:01:55,545 THAT ONE OVER THERE DOESN'T LOOK SO HOT EITHER. 1165 01:01:57,793 --> 01:02:00,243 LOOK AT THIS THING, IT'S DEFINITELY A PIG, 1166 01:02:00,241 --> 01:02:02,591 BUT I THINK WE THROW SOME LIPSTICK ON THIS THING, 1167 01:02:02,586 --> 01:02:06,236 WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE IT ALRIGHT. 1168 01:02:06,241 --> 01:02:08,211 WE'RE GOING TO BLOW UP THIS TIRE AND SEE IF IT'LL HOLD AIR. 1169 01:02:08,206 --> 01:02:09,996 BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT TIRE IT WON'T SPIN, 1170 01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:13,140 I DON'T THINK, WILL IT? -NO. 1171 01:02:13,137 --> 01:02:14,827 HOW'S IT LOOKING? 1172 01:02:14,827 --> 01:02:17,617 OH, IT'S MOVING. 1173 01:02:17,620 --> 01:02:19,520 OH, MY GOODNESS. 1174 01:02:19,517 --> 01:02:21,757 SEEMS TO BE HOLDING AIR. 1175 01:02:21,758 --> 01:02:23,478 NOW, YOU NEED TO COME TO THIS SIDE. 1176 01:02:23,482 --> 01:02:24,722 YEAH, WE NEED TO GET OVER THERE. 1177 01:02:24,724 --> 01:02:25,864 THANKS, BUDDY. 1178 01:02:28,413 --> 01:02:30,003 I HEAR AIR. 1179 01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:31,380 THAT ONE'S NO GOOD. 1180 01:02:31,379 --> 01:02:35,069 IF IT'S A FLAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER SPARE 1181 01:02:35,068 --> 01:02:39,028 IS IT A 15?IT'S A 15 INCH, YEAH. 1182 01:02:39,034 --> 01:02:43,284 -YEAH, THAT'S 8, 10. -THIS ONE? 1183 01:02:43,275 --> 01:02:45,475 -15. -15. 1184 01:02:45,482 --> 01:02:47,282 I WONDER IF THAT WOULD WORK, 1185 01:02:47,275 --> 01:02:49,615 PIGS' GETTING SOME NEW SHOES. 1186 01:02:49,620 --> 01:02:52,830 WE CAN JACK UP THE WEIGHT OFF THROMMEL TIRE 1187 01:02:52,827 --> 01:02:54,617 SO WE COULD POP IT OFF, CHANGE IT. 1188 01:02:54,620 --> 01:02:56,240 IT'S CLEAR. IT'S CLEAR. 1189 01:02:58,931 --> 01:03:01,211 ALRIGHT. WHOO! 1190 01:03:01,206 --> 01:03:04,026 THAT WAS THE LAST ONE. 1191 01:03:04,034 --> 01:03:07,034 Kendell: ALRIGHT, WE GOT F TIRES ON THE OLD PIG HERE. 1192 01:03:07,034 --> 01:03:08,594 SHE'S RUBBING IN A FEW PLACES. 1193 01:03:08,586 --> 01:03:10,786 BUT I THINK THAT WILL KIND OF SELF CORRECT 1194 01:03:10,793 --> 01:03:13,103 ONCE WE ACTUALLY GET THE MOTOR RUNNING. 1195 01:03:13,103 --> 01:03:15,933 A FEW SMALL THINGS TO PUT ON AND THEN -- 1196 01:03:15,931 --> 01:03:18,001 AND WE'RE PRETTY MUCH READY FOR TESTING. 1197 01:03:25,793 --> 01:03:28,693 Fred: I THINK KENDELL'S FINISHING THE LAST COUPLE PIPES. 1198 01:03:28,689 --> 01:03:33,279 I DON'T WANT TO JINX IT, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE. 1199 01:03:33,275 --> 01:03:36,715 NICE AND EASY. ALL THE WAY. 1200 01:03:36,724 --> 01:03:38,764 Narrator: FRED DIRECTS THE TEST TROMMEL 1201 01:03:38,758 --> 01:03:41,448 INTO PLACE NEXT TO THE TEST SITE. 1202 01:03:41,448 --> 01:03:44,338 SO WE GOT THE PIG IN PLACE, TOOK A LITTLE 1203 01:03:44,344 --> 01:03:46,794 MORE WORK THAN WE WANTED TO, BUT IT'S HERE. 1204 01:03:46,793 --> 01:03:49,553 IS IT BULK TEST TIME?START MOVING SOME DIRT. 1205 01:03:49,551 --> 01:03:58,691 ♪ 1206 01:03:58,689 --> 01:04:02,309 FIRST BUCKET! 1207 01:04:02,310 --> 01:04:08,970 SO I'M SEEING A LOT OF LARGE ROCKS, THEY'RE MOSTLY ROUND. 1208 01:04:08,965 --> 01:04:10,715 REALLY GOOD SIGN BECAUSE THIS IS THE AREA 1209 01:04:10,724 --> 01:04:14,284 WHERE THE TWO CREEKS CONVERGED. 1210 01:04:14,275 --> 01:04:16,475 Narrator: FRED BELIEVES THAT WHERE THE TWO ANCIENT 1211 01:04:16,482 --> 01:04:19,072 MOUNTAIN CREEKS ONCE CONVERGED, 1212 01:04:19,068 --> 01:04:22,478 THEY DEPOSITED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GOLD. 1213 01:04:22,482 --> 01:04:24,862 Kendell: I'M SEEING EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED. 1214 01:04:24,862 --> 01:04:27,282 I JUST GOT TO HOPE THAT THE OLD TIMERS 1215 01:04:27,275 --> 01:04:29,715 DIDN'T COME THROUGH HERE AND CLEAN UP EVERYTHING. 1216 01:04:32,758 --> 01:04:34,518 HOW MUCH DIRT YOU THINK WE GOT HERE? 1217 01:04:34,517 --> 01:04:36,547 OH, WE PROBABLY HAVE 20 YARDS OR SO. 1218 01:04:36,551 --> 01:04:38,551 OKAY, SO WE'LL RUN IT.YEAH. 1219 01:04:38,551 --> 01:04:39,971 I'M READY TO RUN IT.YEAH. 1220 01:04:39,965 --> 01:04:43,305 LIKE RIGHT NOW.LET'S GO NOW. 1221 01:04:43,310 --> 01:04:45,070 THAT'S GOING TO BE GOOD DIRT. 1222 01:04:45,068 --> 01:04:49,688 WE'RE SO CLOSE NOW. JUST NEED TO RUN THAT PAY DIRT. 1223 01:04:49,689 --> 01:04:55,689 ♪ 1224 01:04:55,689 --> 01:04:57,619 KENDELL, IT'S FRED, WATER'S ON ITS WAY, YOU HEAR? 1225 01:05:01,000 --> 01:05:05,760 Kendell: THERE SHE GOES. 1226 01:05:05,758 --> 01:05:07,858 SEE WHAT KIND OF BACON SHE CAN MAKE FOR US. 1227 01:05:07,862 --> 01:05:21,722 ♪ 1228 01:05:21,724 --> 01:05:26,594 EATING DIRT! THAT'S WHAT I WANNA SEE! 1229 01:05:26,586 --> 01:05:28,546 Fred: IT TOOK US ABOUT THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF TIME 1230 01:05:28,551 --> 01:05:30,101 I WANTED IT TO TO GET HERE, 1231 01:05:30,103 --> 01:05:33,973 BUT NOW WE'RE UP AND RUNNING PAY DIRT, LOOKING GOOD RIGHT NOW, 1232 01:05:33,965 --> 01:05:35,205 BUT THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING. 1233 01:05:35,206 --> 01:05:36,376 WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THE TESTS 1234 01:05:36,379 --> 01:05:39,239 WE'LL SEE WHAT THE SLUICE SHOWS. 1235 01:05:51,655 --> 01:05:57,895 ♪ 1236 01:05:57,896 --> 01:05:59,896 ALRIGHT, GUYS, THAT'S ENOUGH, LET'S SHUT IT DOWN. 1237 01:05:59,896 --> 01:06:02,336 Fred: WHOO! 1238 01:06:02,344 --> 01:06:06,524 Narrator: FRED AND KENDELL HAVE RUN 20 YARDS OF PAY DIRT. 1239 01:06:06,517 --> 01:06:08,477 FOR NOT CLEANING THESE MATS, AND IF WE SEE SOME GOLD, 1240 01:06:08,482 --> 01:06:10,932 WE'RE REALLY LOOKING GOOD. 1241 01:06:13,413 --> 01:06:15,933 Kendell: NO, LET'S NOT GET TOO EXCITED QUITE YET, 1242 01:06:15,931 --> 01:06:20,691 STILL HAVEN'T SEEN TOO MUCH ON THE SURFACE. 1243 01:06:20,689 --> 01:06:22,659 THERE'S A GOOD PIECE OF GOLD RIGHT HERE. 1244 01:06:22,655 --> 01:06:24,715 THAT'S A GOOD ONE. 1245 01:06:24,724 --> 01:06:26,314 IT'S ALL FINE AND DANDY TO SEE THE FLAKES 1246 01:06:26,310 --> 01:06:27,970 STUCK IN THE CARPETS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, 1247 01:06:27,965 --> 01:06:32,615 WE'VE GOT TO WEIGH THE GOLD. THEN WE KNOW. 1248 01:06:32,620 --> 01:06:36,310 I THINK THIS IS LIKE A LITTLE SLICE OF FREEDOM UP IN HERE. 1249 01:06:36,310 --> 01:06:38,280 DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO, PULLING GOLD OUT OF THE GROUND, 1250 01:06:38,275 --> 01:06:41,445 I MEAN, KIND OF LIKE THE AMERICAN DREAM. 1251 01:06:41,448 --> 01:06:42,548 YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S GOLD HERE, 1252 01:06:42,551 --> 01:06:44,791 THIS IS DEFINITELY THE AMERICAN DREAM. 1253 01:06:48,551 --> 01:06:53,481 JUST NEED TO FIND THE GOLD. JUST NEED TO FIND THE GOLD. 1254 01:06:53,482 --> 01:06:56,312 Narrator: TO PROVE THE PAY DIRT IS WORTH RUNNING, 1255 01:06:56,310 --> 01:07:01,210 THEY NEED TO GET HALF AN OUNCE OF GOLD PER 100 YARDS, 1256 01:07:01,206 --> 01:07:03,066 SO THE 20-YARD TEST 1257 01:07:03,068 --> 01:07:07,618 MUST GIVE AT LEAST A TENTH OF AN OUNCE OR THE DEAL IS OFF. 1258 01:07:10,758 --> 01:07:11,928 YOU READY? 1259 01:07:11,931 --> 01:07:13,521 ALRIGHT, SEE WHAT WE GOT. 1260 01:07:13,517 --> 01:07:21,617 ♪ 1261 01:07:21,620 --> 01:07:23,000 Jeff: IT'S A PRETTY NICE LITTLE NUGGET YOU GOT. 1262 01:07:23,000 --> 01:07:24,380 Jude: YEAH. 1263 01:07:24,379 --> 01:07:26,789 0.10 OUNCE. 1264 01:07:26,793 --> 01:07:30,243 Kendell: IT'S A TENTH OF AN OUNCE FOR 20 YARDS OUT. 1265 01:07:30,241 --> 01:07:33,101 -HALF OUNCE PER HUNDRED. -THAT'S PRETTY FREAKING GOOD, 1266 01:07:33,103 --> 01:07:34,973 RIGHT? -THAT'S NOT BAD AT ALL. 1267 01:07:34,965 --> 01:07:36,235 NOT FROM SURFACE. 1268 01:07:36,241 --> 01:07:38,521 YEAH, THAT'S SCRATCHING THE SURFACE THERE. 1269 01:07:38,517 --> 01:07:40,307 WE DIDN'T EVEN GET TO 10 FEET OF THAT. 1270 01:07:40,310 --> 01:07:42,970 WE KEEP GOING DOWN AND SHOULD BE GETTING A LOT BETTER. 1271 01:07:42,965 --> 01:07:46,545 THAT'S PHENOMENAL, ACTUALLY. 1272 01:07:46,551 --> 01:07:49,141 Narrator: FRED KENDELL'S 20-YARD TEST 1273 01:07:49,137 --> 01:07:51,857 HAS PRODUCED A TENTH OF AN OUNCE 1274 01:07:51,862 --> 01:07:55,382 AND PROVED THAT THE CLAIM IS RICH IN GOLD, 1275 01:07:55,379 --> 01:07:57,479 IF THEY CONTINUE AT THIS RATE, 1276 01:07:57,482 --> 01:08:00,862 THEY COULD TAKE HOME UPWARDS OF A MILLION DOLLARS. 1277 01:08:00,862 --> 01:08:02,692 I'M LIKE LIKING THIS, IT'S A SMALL TEST. 1278 01:08:02,689 --> 01:08:04,479 THAT'S A DECENT AMOUNT OF GOLD. 1279 01:08:04,482 --> 01:08:06,902 I THINK THAT WE CAN A LOT MORE OF THIS OUT OF THE GROUND 1280 01:08:06,896 --> 01:08:08,686 IF YOU GUYS ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH US ON A LEASE. 1281 01:08:08,689 --> 01:08:11,139 I JUST -- I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY. 1282 01:08:11,137 --> 01:08:12,827 I WISH I DID.YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING 1283 01:08:12,827 --> 01:08:15,377 TO START A LOT OF DREAMS HERE 1284 01:08:15,379 --> 01:08:16,409 FOR A LOT OF VETERANS. 1285 01:08:16,413 --> 01:08:17,903 AND, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR GUYS' HELP, 1286 01:08:17,896 --> 01:08:20,306 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY ALL PULL TOGETHER. 1287 01:08:20,310 --> 01:08:22,310 Jeff: WE LOVE THE STORY. AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, 1288 01:08:22,310 --> 01:08:24,310 IT WEIGHS HEAVY ON US, TOO. 1289 01:08:24,310 --> 01:08:26,660 SO IS THAT YOU GUYS SAYING THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH US? 1290 01:08:26,655 --> 01:08:28,065 I THINK WE'RE GOOD WITH IT, 1291 01:08:28,068 --> 01:08:29,588 AS LONG AS LONG AS YOU'RE GOOD WITH THE TERMS. 1292 01:08:29,586 --> 01:08:31,656 IT'LL BE A $20,000 BOND.OKAY. 1293 01:08:31,655 --> 01:08:33,965 THAT'S FOR RECLAMATION?FOR RECLAMATION. 1294 01:08:33,965 --> 01:08:37,165 OKAY.15% ROYALTY. 1295 01:08:37,172 --> 01:08:39,662 THAT'S FAIR.DOESN'T SOUND TOO BAD. 1296 01:08:39,655 --> 01:08:41,025 I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AT ALL. 1297 01:08:41,034 --> 01:08:43,034 A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYONE. 1298 01:08:43,034 --> 01:08:45,934 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.I'M EXCITED. 1299 01:08:45,931 --> 01:08:48,241 NOW WE JUST NEED TO GET A WHOLE BUNCH MORE OF THAT. 1300 01:08:48,241 --> 01:08:49,861 WE'LL BE SET. 1301 01:08:52,482 --> 01:08:55,002 Kendell: SO I WAS SUPER SKEPTICAL COMING IN HERE, 1302 01:08:55,000 --> 01:08:58,520 BUT, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE ALL THE STARS ARE ALIGNING 1303 01:08:58,517 --> 01:09:02,617 AND I REALLY WANT TO PUT IN 100% OF EVERYTHING THAT I AM 1304 01:09:02,620 --> 01:09:05,210 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL HERE. 1305 01:09:05,206 --> 01:09:07,896 Fred: THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST RISK I'VE TAKEN IN MY LIFE. 1306 01:09:07,896 --> 01:09:11,166 I'VE EMPTIED EVERY PENNY I OWN ON THIS AND BORROWED SOME. 1307 01:09:11,172 --> 01:09:12,792 BUT EVERYTHING IS COMING TOGETHER. 1308 01:09:12,793 --> 01:09:14,033 I DON'T REALLY THINK WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN OFF 1309 01:09:14,034 --> 01:09:15,834 TO A BETTER START. I'M PRETTY STOKED ABOUT THIS, 1310 01:09:15,827 --> 01:09:19,617 SO I'M READY TO ROLL. I'M JUST READY TO ROLL. 1311 01:09:19,620 --> 01:09:30,240 ♪ 1312 01:09:34,241 --> 01:09:37,691 I HAVEN'T SEEN A BAR THAT'S BEEN OPEN IN MONTHS. 1313 01:09:37,689 --> 01:09:40,379 JUST MY LUCK. QUARANTINE IS OVER, BARS ARE BACK OPEN, 1314 01:09:40,379 --> 01:09:42,719 AND WE'VE GOT A [BLEEP] TON OF WORK TO DO. 1315 01:09:42,724 --> 01:09:45,244 Rick: Yes, we do. 1316 01:09:45,241 --> 01:09:48,341 Narrator: AFTER 3,000 MILES ON THE ROAD, 1317 01:09:48,344 --> 01:09:50,834 RICK NESS AND BUDDY CHRIS KRUSE 1318 01:09:50,827 --> 01:09:55,407 ARE JUST A FEW MILES FROM THEIR LAST YEAR'S CLAIM, 1319 01:09:55,413 --> 01:09:58,073 UPPER DUNCAN CREEK. 1320 01:09:58,068 --> 01:09:59,828 SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE THE LAST ONE STANDING THERE, 1321 01:09:59,827 --> 01:10:00,927 KRUSE, IT'S YOU AND I. 1322 01:10:07,931 --> 01:10:09,661 YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN FILL 1323 01:10:09,655 --> 01:10:11,785 THE SHOES OF BOTH OF THOSE GUYS. 1324 01:10:11,793 --> 01:10:13,623 WE'VE GOT A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF GROUND TO MAKE UP 1325 01:10:13,620 --> 01:10:16,380 AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO FIND SOME MORE PEOPLE. 1326 01:10:20,241 --> 01:10:22,341 Buy a kayak right now with Karla. 1327 01:10:22,344 --> 01:10:53,174 ♪ 1328 01:10:53,172 --> 01:10:55,172 MADE 'ER, BUDDY. YEAH. 1329 01:10:55,172 --> 01:10:57,412 WHAT A LONG [BLEEP] TRIP. 1330 01:10:57,413 --> 01:11:00,143 YEAH, I'M TIRED OF BEING IN THAT TRUCK. 1331 01:11:03,137 --> 01:11:04,547 I WAS PLANNING TO BE HERE APRIL 1st. 1332 01:11:04,551 --> 01:11:06,101 YEAH. WELL, ONE THING'S 1333 01:11:06,103 --> 01:11:08,103 FOR SURE, UPPER DUNCAN'S DONE FOR US. 1334 01:11:08,103 --> 01:11:09,973 WE AIN'T DOING ANY MORE MINING HERE. 1335 01:11:09,965 --> 01:11:11,895 Narrator: AFTER A BAD SEASON HERE, 1336 01:11:11,896 --> 01:11:15,996 LAST YEAR, RICK TESTED A NEW CLAIM ON LOWER DUNCAN... 1337 01:11:16,000 --> 01:11:19,340 OH, I LOVE THAT SOUND. LOVE IT! 1338 01:11:19,344 --> 01:11:21,834 ...AND HAD HIS BEST CLEANUP OF THE YEAR. 1339 01:11:21,827 --> 01:11:23,787 -OH, MAN. -THAT ONE'S FOR YOU GUYS. 1340 01:11:23,793 --> 01:11:26,413 -GUYS! -I'VE STILL GOT ANOTHER SHOT 1341 01:11:26,413 --> 01:11:29,003 TO COME BACK UP HERE AND DO IT AGAIN. 1342 01:11:29,000 --> 01:11:31,790 Narrator: IF HE CAN MAKE A DEAL ON THE GROUND, 1343 01:11:31,793 --> 01:11:34,593 THIS SEASON COULD BE HIS BIGGEST YET. 1344 01:11:34,586 --> 01:11:36,136 WE CAN GET ALL THIS STUFF MOVED OUT OF HERE, AND... 1345 01:11:36,137 --> 01:11:38,547 YEAH....GET ON WITH NEW GROUND. 1346 01:11:38,551 --> 01:11:39,931 YEAH.I'M GONNA MISS THE VIEW 1347 01:11:39,931 --> 01:11:41,721 OF THESE MOUNTAINS, BUT I'M NOT GONNA MISS THIS PLACE. 1348 01:11:41,724 --> 01:11:45,794 NO, WELL, DUDE, IT'S JUST TWO OF US. 1349 01:11:45,793 --> 01:11:47,213 I'M STARING AT A MOUNTAIN OF WORK DOWN THERE. 1350 01:11:47,206 --> 01:11:48,336 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU. 1351 01:11:48,344 --> 01:11:49,664 GONNA HAVE TO GET SOME CREW HERE. 1352 01:11:49,655 --> 01:11:51,855 THERE'S NO WAY YOU AND I ARE HANDLING ALL THIS. 1353 01:11:51,862 --> 01:11:53,482 NAH. I MEAN, WE CAN GET STARTED, 1354 01:11:53,482 --> 01:11:54,552 BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME PEOPLE. 1355 01:11:54,551 --> 01:11:56,551 WE GOT A LOT OF [BLEEP] TO MOVE. 1356 01:11:56,551 --> 01:11:58,971 YES, WE DO.YEAH, WE'VE GOT A LOT TO DO. 1357 01:11:58,965 --> 01:12:01,025 A LOT. A LOT. 1358 01:12:13,827 --> 01:12:20,517 ♪ 1359 01:12:20,517 --> 01:12:23,997 BEAUTIFUL. WE'RE HAPPY. 1360 01:12:24,000 --> 01:12:27,340 Narrator: AFTER A ONE MONTH DELAY STARTING THE SEASON, 1361 01:12:27,344 --> 01:12:33,074 THE BEETS HAVE RUN THEIR TROMMEL AT PARADISE HILL FOR FOUR DAYS. 1362 01:12:33,068 --> 01:12:35,858 KEVIN SHUTS DOWN SO THEY CAN REMOVE 1363 01:12:35,862 --> 01:12:39,032 AND CLEAN THE CONCENTRATE BEFORE THE WEIGH IN. 1364 01:12:39,034 --> 01:12:45,384 ♪ 1365 01:13:08,206 --> 01:13:13,756 Narrator: IT'S THE BEETS FAMILY'S FIRST GOLD WEIGH OF THE SEASON. 1366 01:13:13,758 --> 01:13:17,378 -VOILà. -HELLO! 1367 01:13:17,379 --> 01:13:19,519 OKAY, WELL, HERE WE ARE ONCE AGAIN. 1368 01:13:28,586 --> 01:13:30,166 WELL, WE RAN, WHAT, THREE OR FOUR DAYS 1369 01:13:30,172 --> 01:13:31,552 BEFORE THE DISTRIBUTOR WENT? 1370 01:13:35,310 --> 01:13:36,310 YEAH, THREE DAYS. 1371 01:13:38,724 --> 01:13:40,624 SO THERE'S ABOUT 100 HOURS THERE. 1372 01:13:44,448 --> 01:13:46,308 YEAH. DO YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT'S 1373 01:13:46,310 --> 01:13:48,280 HOW MUCH IS IN THE DIRT? 1374 01:13:48,275 --> 01:13:49,995 I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOW MUCH. 1375 01:13:54,172 --> 01:13:56,072 Kevin: 10, 1376 01:13:56,068 --> 01:13:58,788 25, 30, 35, 1377 01:13:58,793 --> 01:14:02,143 40, 55, 60, 1378 01:14:02,137 --> 01:14:05,857 70, 90, 1379 01:14:05,862 --> 01:14:11,622 100, 110, 120, 130, 1380 01:14:11,620 --> 01:14:15,590 135, 140. 1381 01:14:15,586 --> 01:14:18,066 141.52. 1382 01:14:18,068 --> 01:14:22,548 Narrator: WHEN TONY STARTED MINING, GOLD WAS $500 AN OUNCE. 1383 01:14:22,551 --> 01:14:26,691 NOW IT'S $1,750, 1384 01:14:26,689 --> 01:14:30,379 MAKING THIS WORTH NEARLY A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS. 1385 01:14:35,862 --> 01:14:38,622 YEAH, JUST SHY OUNCE AND A HALF AN HOUR. 1386 01:14:38,620 --> 01:14:40,340 NOT A BAD THREE DAYS. 1387 01:14:40,344 --> 01:14:41,794 Minnie: WE'RE STILL PRODUCTIVE. 1388 01:15:01,620 --> 01:15:03,310 Kevin: WE HAD TO SLAP THAT GEARBOX, 1389 01:15:03,310 --> 01:15:04,720 THOSE MOUNTS BACK TOGETHER PRETTY QUICK. 1390 01:15:04,724 --> 01:15:05,864 WE SHOHAVE PICKED THAT UP THERE, 1391 01:15:05,862 --> 01:15:07,722 BUT... OH, YEAH, 1392 01:15:07,724 --> 01:15:09,764 BY AT LEAST A GEARBOX ITSELF ISN'T [BLEEP]. 1393 01:15:09,758 --> 01:15:11,548 YEAH, RIGHT.BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE 1394 01:15:11,551 --> 01:15:13,411 ANOTHER WHOLE DIFFERENT ISSUE. 1395 01:15:17,758 --> 01:15:19,028 THAT'S RIGHT. 1396 01:15:22,310 --> 01:15:24,030 YEAH. 1397 01:15:24,034 --> 01:15:26,764 YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS PANDEMIC ISN'T GONNA KICK OUR ASS. 1398 01:15:26,758 --> 01:15:40,788 ♪ 1399 01:15:40,793 --> 01:15:44,623 FINALLY MADE IT UP TO THE YUKON, BUT I'M REAL LATE. 1400 01:15:44,620 --> 01:15:47,030 I NEED TO GET MY EQUIPMENT RUNNING. 1401 01:15:47,034 --> 01:15:48,724 I NEED TO GET CREW UP HERE. 1402 01:15:48,724 --> 01:15:49,974 BUT REALLY, NONE OF THAT'S GOING TO MATTER 1403 01:15:49,965 --> 01:15:53,375 IF I CAN'T SECURE MY DEAL FOR THE GROUND. 1404 01:15:53,379 --> 01:15:55,659 LAST FALL, WE WENT TO LOWER DUNCAN. 1405 01:15:55,655 --> 01:15:58,065 WE DID SOME TESTING AND IT WAS GOOD. 1406 01:15:58,068 --> 01:16:00,618 EVERYTHING WAS GOOD TO GO WITH TROY. 1407 01:16:00,620 --> 01:16:02,620 AND THEN WE HAD A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW, 1408 01:16:02,620 --> 01:16:05,070 AND NOW I'M TWO MONTHS LATE. 1409 01:16:05,068 --> 01:16:06,448 AND I'M FINALLY HERE, 1410 01:16:06,448 --> 01:16:08,138 BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET A HOLD OF HIM LATELY. 1411 01:16:08,137 --> 01:16:09,967 I MEAN, HE'S OUT IN THE BUSH, HE'S WORKING 1412 01:16:09,965 --> 01:16:12,515 AND HE DOESN'T HAVE SERVICE. SO I'VE GOT TO GET WITH HIM 1413 01:16:12,517 --> 01:16:16,587 AND I'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DEAL IS STILL ON. 1414 01:16:16,586 --> 01:16:21,406 Narrator: AFTER WEEKS OF UNCERTAINTY, RICK HAS MADE IT TO KENO. 1415 01:16:21,413 --> 01:16:24,833 NOW HE MUST SECURE A DEAL ON NEW GROUND WITH LANDOWNER 1416 01:16:24,827 --> 01:16:30,757 TROY TAYLOR OR HIS MINING SEASON WILL BE OVER BEFORE IT STARTED. 1417 01:16:30,758 --> 01:16:33,308 I BARELY BROKE EVEN LAST YEAR, 1418 01:16:33,310 --> 01:16:35,070 AND I WORKED PRETTY HARD ALL WINTER 1419 01:16:35,068 --> 01:16:37,658 TO TRY AND GET SOME MONEY TO GIVE THIS ANOTHER SHOT. 1420 01:16:37,655 --> 01:16:39,825 BUT I'M ACTUALLY STARTING OFF WORSE THAN I EVER HAVE BEEN. 1421 01:16:39,827 --> 01:16:41,337 I'M STARTING OFF IN THE HOLE THIS YEAR, 1422 01:16:41,344 --> 01:16:43,594 AND THAT FEELS TERRIBLE BECAUSE I'VE TAKEN GREAT PRIDE 1423 01:16:43,586 --> 01:16:46,406 IN NOT BEING IN DEBT AS AN AD 1424 01:16:46,413 --> 01:16:48,103 IF FOR SOME REASON THIS DEAL THAT I'VE GOT 1425 01:16:48,103 --> 01:16:49,723 WITH TROY FALLS THROUGH 1426 01:16:49,724 --> 01:16:52,724 AND I DON'T START GETTING GOLD RIGHT AWAY, 1427 01:16:52,724 --> 01:16:54,144 I THINK THAT'S IT. 1428 01:16:54,137 --> 01:16:57,377 YOU KNOW, I SCRAMBLED TO PUT THIS TOGETHER LAST YEAR. 1429 01:16:57,379 --> 01:17:02,169 IF I LOSE THAT BIG AGAIN, IT'S OVER. 1430 01:17:02,172 --> 01:17:04,762 I WON'T GET ANOTHER SHOT. I CAN'T DO IT. 1431 01:17:04,758 --> 01:17:08,758 SO IF TROY SNO, I'M GOING HOME. 1432 01:17:08,758 --> 01:17:25,548 ♪ 1433 01:17:25,551 --> 01:17:27,241 HEY, TROY. 1434 01:17:27,241 --> 01:17:30,591 ♪ 1435 01:17:39,137 --> 01:17:41,137 THAT WHOLE PLATE'S BENT OUT FURTHER. 1436 01:17:41,137 --> 01:17:42,517 YES, IT IS. 1437 01:17:42,517 --> 01:17:45,237 Narrator: IN PARKER SCHNABEL'S GOLD ROOM, 1438 01:17:45,241 --> 01:17:47,621 THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE JIG. 1439 01:17:47,620 --> 01:17:49,790 YOU [BLEEP] [BLEEP] 1440 01:17:54,068 --> 01:17:57,278 SO HERE'S MY SHORT-TERM SOLUTION, HOLD THAT DOWN. 1441 01:17:57,275 --> 01:18:02,375 ♪ 1442 01:18:02,379 --> 01:18:04,169 THIS IS LIKE STRAIGHT OUT OF YOUR PLAYBOOK 1443 01:18:04,172 --> 01:18:06,382 RIGHT HERE, ALEC. ISN'T IT? 1444 01:18:06,379 --> 01:18:08,929 OH, MAN. 1445 01:18:08,931 --> 01:18:13,621 THE TENSION IN THE CHAIN. OOH. 1446 01:18:13,620 --> 01:18:15,760 [ LAUGHS ] 1447 01:18:15,758 --> 01:18:18,448 THERE YOU GO. RIGHT THERE. 1448 01:18:18,448 --> 01:18:19,588 COOL. 1449 01:18:19,586 --> 01:18:21,376 LOOKS LIKE A SCRAP YARD. 1450 01:18:23,586 --> 01:18:27,066 SET THE ANGLE OF THE SLUICE WITH A PIPE WRENCH 1451 01:18:27,068 --> 01:18:30,718 AND A STRAP HOLDING IT UP, AT LEAST I FOUND MY PIPE WRENCH. 1452 01:18:40,000 --> 01:18:44,340 Narrator: RICK NESS IS MEETING CLAIM OWNER TROY TAYLOR TO DO A DEAL 1453 01:18:44,344 --> 01:18:46,934 THAT WILL DECIDE THE FATE OF HIS SEASON 1454 01:18:46,931 --> 01:18:49,791 AND HIS FUTURE AS A GOLD MINER. 1455 01:18:49,793 --> 01:18:50,973 HEY, RICK.HOW YOU DOING, BUDDY? 1456 01:18:50,965 --> 01:18:54,335 GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?GOOD. GOOD TO SEE YOU. 1457 01:18:54,344 --> 01:18:55,864 HAVE A SEAT. 1458 01:18:55,862 --> 01:18:59,832 RICK NEEDS TO SECURE 2,000 ACRES OF TROY'S LAND 1459 01:18:59,827 --> 01:19:01,897 TO MINE THIS SEASON. 1460 01:19:01,896 --> 01:19:03,276 YOU'VE PROBABLY BEEN WONDERING WHERE I'VE BEEN AT. 1461 01:19:03,275 --> 01:19:05,135 WELL, I JUST BROKE OUT OF QUARANTINE JAIL. 1462 01:19:05,137 --> 01:19:08,207 I FIGURED, YEAH. 1463 01:19:08,206 --> 01:19:11,616 I TOLD YOU LAST YEAR THAT I FULLY INTENDED, YOU KNOW, 1464 01:19:11,620 --> 01:19:13,170 I WANTED TO COME HERE AND MINE. 1465 01:19:13,172 --> 01:19:16,972 I DON'T KNOW IF THINGS HAVE CHANGED. 1466 01:19:16,965 --> 01:19:20,655 YEAH, RICK, I KNOW THAT COVID ISN'T YOUR FAULT, 1467 01:19:20,655 --> 01:19:23,205 IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS. IT'S FRUSTRATING, THOUGH. 1468 01:19:23,206 --> 01:19:25,856 IT'S SO LATE IN THE SEASON NOW. 1469 01:19:25,862 --> 01:19:30,832 I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S -- IF YOU CAN REALLY SALVAGE IT OR NOT. 1470 01:19:33,931 --> 01:19:35,721 I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS THERE. 1471 01:19:35,724 --> 01:19:38,074 I MEAN, I KNOW THIS IS NOT IDEAL, 1472 01:19:38,068 --> 01:19:40,688 I STILL PLAN ON GETTING A HELL OF A LOT OF WORK DONE. 1473 01:19:40,689 --> 01:19:41,929 WE'RE READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, 1474 01:19:41,931 --> 01:19:44,241 GET SOME GOLD OUT OF THE GROUND. 1475 01:19:44,241 --> 01:19:47,341 JUST TO BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. 1476 01:19:47,344 --> 01:19:53,174 OUR DEAL IS 10% OR 100 OUNCE MINIMUM. 1477 01:19:53,172 --> 01:19:55,072 YEP. 1478 01:19:55,068 --> 01:19:58,618 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I JUST WANT TO -- I'M WORRIED, 1479 01:19:58,620 --> 01:20:01,970 WORRIED ABOUT IT'S A BIG TICKET FOR YOU TO PULL THIS OFF. 1480 01:20:01,965 --> 01:20:03,965 SO I'M HOPING YOU CAN PULL OUT 1481 01:20:03,965 --> 01:20:05,685 100 OUNCES IN A MONTH OR SO 1482 01:20:05,689 --> 01:20:07,279 AND THEN I'LL FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE 1483 01:20:07,275 --> 01:20:11,305 THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY AT THE END OF THE SEASON. 1484 01:20:14,517 --> 01:20:18,927 OKAY, SO YOU WANT YOUR 10% UP FRONT 1485 01:20:18,931 --> 01:20:20,791 AND YOU GIVE ME A MONTH TO GET IT. 1486 01:20:23,689 --> 01:20:26,759 YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S NOT -- 1487 01:20:30,206 --> 01:20:32,306 I THINK WE CAN MANAGE IT. 1488 01:20:32,310 --> 01:20:34,240 RIGHT ON. 1489 01:20:34,241 --> 01:20:37,001 WELL, I'M GONNA GO GET SOME GOLD OUT OF THE GROUND. 1490 01:20:37,000 --> 01:20:38,550 THANKS A LOT, TROY. 1491 01:20:38,551 --> 01:20:41,861 I APPRECIATE IT.GOOD TO HAVE YOU, RICK. 1492 01:20:41,862 --> 01:20:46,452 Narrator: RICK HAS ONE LAST CHANCE TO SAVE HIS MINING CAREER. 1493 01:20:46,448 --> 01:20:48,688 I'M TAKING THIS YEAR VERY PERSONAL HONESTLY, 1494 01:20:48,689 --> 01:20:50,969 WHEN WE WALK OUT OF HERE THIS FALL, 1495 01:20:50,965 --> 01:20:53,275 I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF VICTORY 1496 01:20:53,275 --> 01:20:54,475 IN OUR CORNER. 1497 01:20:54,482 --> 01:20:56,662 I AIM TO LEAVE WITH IT. 1498 01:20:56,655 --> 01:21:10,995 ♪ 1499 01:21:11,000 --> 01:21:14,340 Parker: BRING IT HERE. BRING IT HERE! 1500 01:21:14,344 --> 01:21:16,724 DUDE, YOU WERE ROCKING IT. 1501 01:21:16,724 --> 01:21:19,074 YOU DIDN'T BREAK YOUR NECK WITH THAT THING, THOUGH. 1502 01:21:19,068 --> 01:21:21,788 Chris: OH, LOOK, AT THIS. NOW YOU GOT TO THROW IT FOR HIM, 1503 01:21:21,793 --> 01:21:24,793 [ LAUGHTER ] 1504 01:21:24,793 --> 01:21:27,033 JUST GET CLUBBED OVER THE HEAD. 1505 01:21:31,034 --> 01:21:34,694 DO WE THROW SOME GOLD ON THE SCALE AND SEE WHAT WE GOT? 1506 01:21:34,689 --> 01:21:38,099 Narrator: AFTER A FOUR WEEK DELAY AT THE START OF THE SEASON, 1507 01:21:38,103 --> 01:21:43,283 IT'S TIME FOR PA'S FIRST GOLD WEIGH FROM THE LAST CUT. 1508 01:21:43,275 --> 01:21:45,065 HOLY, THAT IS A BIG SILVER JUG. 1509 01:21:45,068 --> 01:21:46,788 I HOPE IT'S FULL. 1510 01:21:46,793 --> 01:21:49,143 Narrator: WITH GOLD PRICES SOARING, 1511 01:21:49,137 --> 01:21:53,787 PARKER NEEDS A BIG SEASON TO PAY FOR AN EVEN BIGGER GAMBLE, 1512 01:21:53,793 --> 01:21:57,933 EXPANDING HIS EMPIRE INTO ALASKA. 1513 01:21:57,931 --> 01:22:00,211 SO YOU WANT TO CALL IT OUT, MITCH? 1514 01:22:00,206 --> 01:22:02,136 SURE. 1515 01:22:02,137 --> 01:22:03,207 LET'S GET HER GOING. 1516 01:22:03,206 --> 01:22:10,966 20, 30, 40, 70, 84, 1517 01:22:10,965 --> 01:22:14,995 120, 140, 160, 1518 01:22:15,000 --> 01:22:19,760 170, 190, 200, 1519 01:22:19,758 --> 01:22:23,588 210, 220. THERE YOU GO. 1520 01:22:23,586 --> 01:22:26,376 221.7. -[BLEEP] 1521 01:22:26,379 --> 01:22:30,899 Narrator: WORTH NEARLY $390,000. 1522 01:22:30,896 --> 01:22:33,656 CHUGS ALONG, DOESN'T IT? HAS FOR YEARS. 1523 01:22:33,655 --> 01:22:35,715 [ LAUGHTER ] 1524 01:22:35,724 --> 01:22:37,314 Parker: I'M GLAD IT'S PULLING TOGETHER. 1525 01:22:37,310 --> 01:22:38,930 AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING UP HERE 1526 01:22:38,931 --> 01:22:41,691 AND MAKING THIS HAPPEN.FOR SURE. 1527 01:22:41,689 --> 01:22:44,239 I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LONG WAYS TO MAKE UP, 1528 01:22:44,241 --> 01:22:47,031 BUT WE'RE OFF TO A GOOD START. 1529 01:22:47,034 --> 01:22:49,104 THANKS, GUYS. 1530 01:22:49,103 --> 01:22:51,383 I HAD NO IDEA WHAT OUR SEASON WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, 1531 01:22:51,379 --> 01:22:53,619 AND SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE UP HERE. 1532 01:22:53,620 --> 01:22:55,210 CREW'S BACK TOGETHER, 1533 01:22:55,206 --> 01:22:57,656 FINDING GOLD AND OPERATING AND GETTING GROUND 1534 01:22:57,655 --> 01:23:01,655 OPENED UP AND HAVE A WASH PLANT RUNNING, LATE BUT GOOD. 1535 01:23:04,931 --> 01:23:07,281 Narrator: ON THE NEXOLD RUSH"... 1536 01:23:12,655 --> 01:23:14,655 WHERE'S ALL THIS WATER COMING FROM? 1537 01:23:14,655 --> 01:23:16,685 [BLEEP] 1538 01:23:16,689 --> 01:23:19,929 TYSON! SHUT IT DOWN NOW! 1539 01:23:19,931 --> 01:23:24,411 Tony: WHERE I COME FROM, THEY CALL THIS COMPLETELY [BLEEP]. 1540 01:23:24,413 --> 01:23:26,863 IT'S A MESS. 1541 01:23:26,862 --> 01:23:29,382 I SEE WATER COMING! GET READY! 1542 01:23:31,068 --> 01:23:33,828 THAT WHOLE [BLEEP] SLUICE JUST FLEW OFF 1543 01:23:33,827 --> 01:23:36,617 LIKE IT WAS A FIREWORK, MAN! 1544 01:23:36,620 --> 01:23:39,450 THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF REDEMPTION WAITING FOR ME. 1545 01:23:39,931 --> 01:23:42,001 Kruse: WATCH OUT! WHOA! 1546 01:23:42,000 --> 01:23:44,030 WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. 1547 01:23:44,034 --> 01:23:47,214 THIS IS AN UGLY SITUATION, REAL [BLEEP] UGLY.