1 00:00:01,379 --> 00:00:06,279 ♪♪ 2 00:00:06,310 --> 00:00:08,900 Narrator: IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE KENO... 3 00:00:10,793 --> 00:00:12,723 YEAH, HEY, MAN, I JUST LEFT TROY'S, WE GOT THE DEAL, 4 00:00:12,758 --> 00:00:15,548 WE'RE GOOD TO GO. 5 00:00:15,586 --> 00:00:18,756 Narrator: ...RICK NESS HAS STAKED HIS MINING FUTURE 6 00:00:18,793 --> 00:00:22,483 ON A 2,000 ACRE CLAIM ON LOWER DUNCAN CREEK. 7 00:00:22,517 --> 00:00:25,307 YEAH, LET'S GET CARL UP HERE. LET'S START MOVING CAMP. 8 00:00:25,344 --> 00:00:27,974 WE'VE GOT A TON OF WORK TO DO, MAN. 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,520 YEAH, BUDDY. ALL RIGHT. I'LL SEE YOU SOON. 10 00:00:30,551 --> 00:00:33,791 Narrator: HE'S FIVE WEEKS LATE DUE TO LOCKDOWN, 11 00:00:33,827 --> 00:00:38,547 TIME HE DESPERATELY NEEDED TO RECOVER FROM LAST SEASON. 12 00:00:38,586 --> 00:00:41,966 ALL MY FRIENDS FROM BACK HOME DIDN'T COME WITH THIS YEAR. 13 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,000 THAT SUCKS, BUT I GET IT, 14 00:00:44,034 --> 00:00:46,524 YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WAS TOUGH. 15 00:00:46,551 --> 00:00:48,451 AND QUITE HONESTLY, I SPENT ALL WINTER 16 00:00:48,482 --> 00:00:50,862 TRYING TO PROCESS HOW LAST SEASON WENT. 17 00:00:50,896 --> 00:00:53,306 IT WAS JUST -- IT WAS SO OUT OF LEFT FIELD. 18 00:00:53,344 --> 00:00:54,974 I NEVER SAW IT COMING. 19 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,830 NEVER HAD SUCH A KICK IN THE ASS LIKE THAT. 20 00:00:57,862 --> 00:01:00,902 I'VE NEVER LOST THAT HARD. 21 00:01:00,931 --> 00:01:02,621 FOR ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES IN MY LIFE, 22 00:01:02,655 --> 00:01:04,615 I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT, AND I KIND OF RAN, 23 00:01:04,655 --> 00:01:05,925 YOU KNOW, I REALLY DID. 24 00:01:05,965 --> 00:01:10,065 I-I BASICALLY HID I TRIED TO HIDE FROM IT. 25 00:01:10,103 --> 00:01:13,553 AND THAT JUST MADE THINGS WORSE. 26 00:01:13,586 --> 00:01:15,756 THAT'S ONE THING I FOCUSED ON THIS WINTER 27 00:01:15,793 --> 00:01:18,453 IS GETTING BACK TO, YOU KNOW, 28 00:01:18,482 --> 00:01:21,212 WHO I AM AND HOW I GET THINGS DONE. 29 00:01:21,241 --> 00:01:24,031 ♪♪ 30 00:01:24,068 --> 00:01:25,518 THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO STAND MY GROUND 31 00:01:25,551 --> 00:01:28,311 AND FIGHT NO MATTER WHAT. 32 00:01:28,344 --> 00:01:32,004 THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF REDEMPTION WAITING FOR ME. 33 00:01:32,034 --> 00:01:33,284 IF I DIDN'T THINK THAT, I WOULDN'T BE HERE. 34 00:01:33,310 --> 00:01:41,900 ♪♪ 35 00:01:41,931 --> 00:01:44,901 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 36 00:01:44,931 --> 00:01:47,901 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 37 00:01:47,931 --> 00:01:52,481 ♪♪ 38 00:01:52,517 --> 00:01:53,687 HERE WE GO! 39 00:01:53,724 --> 00:01:56,624 ♪♪ 40 00:01:56,655 --> 00:01:57,995 Narrator: IN THE YUKON, 41 00:01:58,034 --> 00:02:01,074 THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC HAS PUT PARKER SCHNABEL 42 00:02:01,103 --> 00:02:04,973 AND HIS CREW OVER A MONTH BEHIND SCHEDULE. 43 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:09,070 COAL FOREMAN MITCH BLASCHKE RACES TO CATCH UP 44 00:02:09,103 --> 00:02:11,033 RUNNING PAYDIRT THROUGH WASH PLANT, 45 00:02:11,068 --> 00:02:15,688 BIG RED, AT THE LAST CUT. 46 00:02:15,724 --> 00:02:17,524 -HOW'S IT GOING? -NOT BAD. HOW ARE YOU? 47 00:02:17,551 --> 00:02:20,141 OH, NOT TOO BAD. JUST TRYING TO GET SOME PAY UP. 48 00:02:20,172 --> 00:02:22,552 YOU'RE... 49 00:02:22,586 --> 00:02:23,756 MOTORING THROUGH THIS. 50 00:02:23,793 --> 00:02:24,933 THIS STUFF OUT ALL THROUGH HERE 51 00:02:24,965 --> 00:02:26,755 IS ALL PRETTY GOOD TO GO. 52 00:02:26,793 --> 00:02:28,523 NICE LOOKING BEDROCK. 53 00:02:28,551 --> 00:02:30,901 YEAH, THIS STUFF'S BEEN GOING THROUGH THE PLANT REAL NICE. 54 00:02:30,931 --> 00:02:32,791 Narrator: DESPITE THE LATE START 55 00:02:32,827 --> 00:02:36,337 THIS SEASON, PARKER HAS THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME 56 00:02:36,379 --> 00:02:38,549 AS GOLD PRICES SKYROCKET. 57 00:02:38,586 --> 00:02:40,206 -THANKS, MITCH. -YEAH, NO PROBLEM. 58 00:02:40,241 --> 00:02:43,791 ♪♪ 59 00:02:43,827 --> 00:02:45,897 WITH GOLD PRICES, YOU KNOW, ON THEIR WAY UP 60 00:02:45,931 --> 00:02:47,591 AND FUEL PRICES LOW, 61 00:02:47,620 --> 00:02:49,830 WE NEED TO -- WE NEED TO TRY TO FIND AS MANY OUNCES 62 00:02:49,862 --> 00:02:50,972 AS WE CAN. 63 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,830 THIS YEAR, FOR ME, IT'S REALLY ABOUT 64 00:02:53,862 --> 00:02:55,972 TRYING TO BUILD A GOOD WAR CHEST 65 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:00,790 AND GET SOME MONEY IN THE BANK IN ORDER TO BUY NEW GROUND. 66 00:03:00,827 --> 00:03:03,657 Narrator: PARKER'S LEASED TWO CLAIMS THIS YEAR, 67 00:03:03,689 --> 00:03:05,659 BUT HE HAS TO PAY ROYALTIES. 68 00:03:05,689 --> 00:03:08,409 TO FIND GROUND HE CAN BUY FOR HIMSELF, 69 00:03:08,448 --> 00:03:11,028 HE'S LOOKING BEYOND THE YUKON. 70 00:03:11,068 --> 00:03:14,898 THE THING THAT MATTERS THE MOST IS HOW GOOD THE GROUND IS. 71 00:03:14,931 --> 00:03:17,451 EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE WHERE IN THE WORLD YOU ARE 72 00:03:17,482 --> 00:03:22,522 OR ALL THE OTHER STUFF IS SECONDARY. 73 00:03:22,551 --> 00:03:24,001 IT'S GONNA BE A BIG LEARNING CURVE. 74 00:03:24,034 --> 00:03:25,284 IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF EXPLORATION. 75 00:03:25,310 --> 00:03:27,620 IT'S GONNA COST A LOT OF MONEY. 76 00:03:27,655 --> 00:03:30,065 Narrator: TO RAISE THE MONEY HE NEEDS 77 00:03:30,103 --> 00:03:32,143 AND MAKE UP FOR THE LATE START, 78 00:03:32,172 --> 00:03:34,342 PARKER'S TAKING A MASSIVE GAMBLE 79 00:03:34,379 --> 00:03:37,239 AND OPENING A SECOND MINING OPERATION. 80 00:03:37,275 --> 00:03:40,205 SO ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT'S HAPPENED 81 00:03:40,241 --> 00:03:41,931 SO FAR THIS YEAR, 82 00:03:41,965 --> 00:03:44,515 WHILE BAD THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ON IN THE WORLD, 83 00:03:44,551 --> 00:03:48,861 BUT WE GOT OUR WATER LICENSE... [ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ] 84 00:03:48,896 --> 00:03:52,206 SO WE'RE GONNA DIVE INTO IT. 85 00:03:52,241 --> 00:03:54,211 -ABOUT 175 CLAIMS. -WOW. 86 00:03:54,241 --> 00:03:56,931 Narrator: IN 2017, PARKER DID A DEAL 87 00:03:56,965 --> 00:04:00,685 WITH OLD-TIME GOLD MINERS KEN TATLOW AND STUART SCHMIDT 88 00:04:00,724 --> 00:04:04,664 TO LEASE NEARLY 2,000 ACRES OF LAND ON THE INDIAN RIVER. 89 00:04:04,689 --> 00:04:07,899 WE'VE GOT A DEAL. [ LAUGHS ] 90 00:04:07,931 --> 00:04:09,621 Narrator: BUT HE DIDN'T GET THE WATER LICENSE 91 00:04:09,655 --> 00:04:13,585 HE NEEDED TO RUN A PLANT AND ABANDONED THE GROUND. 92 00:04:13,620 --> 00:04:14,970 WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO GET A COMPLIANCE? 93 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,170 GO THROUGH THE WATER LICENSE PROCESS. 94 00:04:17,206 --> 00:04:19,166 HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE? 95 00:04:19,206 --> 00:04:20,306 I DON'T KNOW, SIX MONTHS. 96 00:04:20,344 --> 00:04:23,484 ♪♪ 97 00:04:23,517 --> 00:04:25,337 Narrator: NOW THREE YEARS ON, 98 00:04:25,379 --> 00:04:28,139 HE HAS THE LICENSE FOR THE PROMISED LAND, 99 00:04:28,172 --> 00:04:32,002 THIS VIRGIN GROUND FOUR MILES WEST OF THE LAST CUT 100 00:04:32,034 --> 00:04:37,764 COULD HOLD OVER 15,000 OUNCES OF GOLD WORTH $26 MILLION 101 00:04:37,793 --> 00:04:39,313 AND PROVIDE THE WAR CHEST 102 00:04:39,344 --> 00:04:42,244 PARKER NEEDS TO MAKE HIS NEXT BIG MOVE. 103 00:04:42,275 --> 00:04:43,335 HOW'S IT GOING? 104 00:04:43,379 --> 00:04:46,759 ♪♪ 105 00:04:46,793 --> 00:04:48,523 -HEY, PARKER. -HI, KEN. 106 00:04:48,551 --> 00:04:51,451 Narrator: 81-YEAR-OLD LANDLORD KEN TATLOW 107 00:04:51,482 --> 00:04:54,792 IS ALREADY ON SITE AND READY TO HELP. 108 00:04:54,827 --> 00:04:58,587 HE'S BEEN MINING IN THE YUKON SINCE 1957, 109 00:04:58,620 --> 00:05:02,550 WHEN HE WAS JUST 19 YEARS OLD. 110 00:05:02,586 --> 00:05:04,546 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING UP HERE AGAIN 111 00:05:04,586 --> 00:05:08,336 AND EXPERIENCE YOU'VE GOT IS JUST INVALUABLE. 112 00:05:08,379 --> 00:05:09,759 IT FEELS GOOD. 113 00:05:09,793 --> 00:05:13,453 IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE. 114 00:05:13,482 --> 00:05:15,032 OTHERWISE, WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING? 115 00:05:15,068 --> 00:05:16,618 SITTING AROUND BUGGING MY WIFE. 116 00:05:16,655 --> 00:05:17,615 YOU DON'T PLAY GOLF, DO YOU? 117 00:05:17,655 --> 00:05:19,825 NO, I USED TO, BUT QUIT. 118 00:05:19,862 --> 00:05:22,692 YOU KNOW, THAT FIRST PIT IS JUST THE [BLEEP]. 119 00:05:22,724 --> 00:05:25,724 ON TONY'S GROUND, WE HAD PONDS, WE HAD BOGGED GROUND, 120 00:05:25,758 --> 00:05:28,168 WE HAD A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF TO START WITH. 121 00:05:28,206 --> 00:05:29,476 WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT NOW. 122 00:05:29,517 --> 00:05:31,067 YEAH, NO. IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO START 123 00:05:31,103 --> 00:05:32,483 IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. 124 00:05:32,517 --> 00:05:35,477 HASN'T BEEN MINED CLOSE IN EITHER DIRECTION. 125 00:05:35,517 --> 00:05:37,827 SO THERE'S NO PLACE TO PUT OVERBURDEN. 126 00:05:37,862 --> 00:05:39,282 Narrator: STARTING FROM SCRATCH 127 00:05:39,310 --> 00:05:43,240 ON VIRGIN GROUND THIS LATE IN THE SEASON IS A RISKY MOVE, 128 00:05:43,275 --> 00:05:47,165 BUT COULD EARN PARKER MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 129 00:05:47,206 --> 00:05:51,136 TO DO IT, HE WILL STRIP A LAYER OF OVERBURDEN FROM AN AREA 130 00:05:51,172 --> 00:05:53,382 THE SIZE OF THREE FOOTBALL FIELDS 131 00:05:53,413 --> 00:05:56,973 TO GET DOWN TO THE GOLD RICH PAY DIRT BENEATH. 132 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,620 THEN DIG A POND, BUILD A PAD, 133 00:06:00,655 --> 00:06:03,065 AND HAUL IN WASH PLANT SLUICIFER 134 00:06:03,103 --> 00:06:07,243 TO START SLUICING IN JUST TWO WEEKS. 135 00:06:07,275 --> 00:06:08,995 Parker: THE QUICKER WE CAN GET THIS DONE, THE BETTER. 136 00:06:09,034 --> 00:06:11,764 YEAH, NO, I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR YOU, PARKER, 137 00:06:11,793 --> 00:06:14,903 BUT I KNOW THAT YOU CAN PULL IT OFF, 138 00:06:14,931 --> 00:06:17,761 SO I'M NOT REALLY WORRIED ABOUT IT AT ALL. 139 00:06:17,793 --> 00:06:19,003 I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 140 00:06:19,034 --> 00:06:21,284 -IT'LL BE A GOOD CHALLENGE. -YEAH, IT WILL BE. 141 00:06:21,310 --> 00:06:23,930 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, TOO. 142 00:06:23,965 --> 00:06:26,275 -ALL RIGHT. -GET SOME OF MONEY BACK, PARKER. 143 00:06:26,310 --> 00:06:27,410 [ LAUGHS ] THANKS, KEN. 144 00:06:27,448 --> 00:06:29,208 OKAY, I BETTER GET TO WORK. 145 00:06:29,241 --> 00:06:31,971 ♪♪ 146 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,720 [ ENGINE STARTS ] 147 00:06:33,758 --> 00:06:36,758 Narrator: ALMOST A QUARTER OF THE SEASON ALREADY GONE, 148 00:06:36,793 --> 00:06:39,283 PARKER OPENS UP HIS SECOND FRONT, 149 00:06:39,310 --> 00:06:41,550 DOUBLING THE SIZE OF HIS OPERATION 150 00:06:41,586 --> 00:06:43,856 AND SPLITTING HIS CREW IN HALF. 151 00:06:43,896 --> 00:06:51,406 ♪♪ 152 00:06:51,448 --> 00:06:53,998 THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK TO DO. 153 00:06:54,034 --> 00:06:56,524 I HOPE WE CAN GET IT DONE. 154 00:06:56,551 --> 00:06:59,791 KEN'S WICKED TO HAVE AROUND. I REALLY LIKE HAVING KEN AROUND. 155 00:06:59,827 --> 00:07:01,857 I HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR HIM. 156 00:07:01,896 --> 00:07:05,926 SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN'T BEAT EXPERIENCE. 157 00:07:05,965 --> 00:07:09,305 I'LL BE 82 ON SEPTEMBER THE 4th. 158 00:07:09,344 --> 00:07:12,554 MOST OF THE TIME, I CERTAINLY DON'T FEEL THAT OLD. 159 00:07:12,586 --> 00:07:16,376 WE LEASED PARKER 2,000 ACRES 160 00:07:16,413 --> 00:07:19,383 AND BY THE DRILLING INDICATES 161 00:07:19,413 --> 00:07:23,763 THAT THERE'S GONNA BE SOME PRETTY GOOD GROUND HERE. 162 00:07:23,793 --> 00:07:25,103 AND WITH THE PRICE OF GOLD, 163 00:07:25,137 --> 00:07:27,757 I THINK HE'S GONNA MAKE SOME SERIOUS MONEY HERE. 164 00:07:36,068 --> 00:07:43,588 ♪♪ 165 00:07:43,620 --> 00:07:44,930 WHERE WE AT, BUDDY? 166 00:07:44,965 --> 00:07:46,305 UH, COVER'S OFF. 167 00:07:46,344 --> 00:07:49,174 Narrator: AFTER A FAILED SEASON LAST YEAR, 168 00:07:49,206 --> 00:07:53,826 THIS IS RICK'S LAST CHANCE TO PROVE HIMSELF AS A MINE BOSS. 169 00:07:53,862 --> 00:07:56,762 BUT FIVE WEEKS LATE BECAUSE OF LOCKDOWN, 170 00:07:56,793 --> 00:08:00,003 HE'S ONLY JUST SECURED A NEW CLAIM. 171 00:08:00,034 --> 00:08:02,834 AND HIS FIRST 100-OUNCE ROYALTY PAYMENT 172 00:08:02,862 --> 00:08:07,032 IS DUE TO CLAIM OWNER TROY TAYLOR IN 30 DAYS. 173 00:08:07,068 --> 00:08:12,238 FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS HERE IS START GETTING STUFF FIRED UP. 174 00:08:12,275 --> 00:08:14,065 Narrator: BEFORE HE CAN GET MINING, 175 00:08:14,103 --> 00:08:19,413 HE HAS TO MOVE ALL OF HIS EQUIPMENT TO THE NEW SITE. 176 00:08:19,448 --> 00:08:21,408 GENTLEMEN. 177 00:08:21,448 --> 00:08:23,998 -LOOK AT THAT JALOPY. -HOW'S IT GOING? 178 00:08:24,034 --> 00:08:27,524 Narrator: AND AS OF NOW, HE ONLY HAS TWO TEAM MEMBERS. 179 00:08:27,551 --> 00:08:29,341 -WHAT'S UP? -HOW YOU DOING? 180 00:08:29,379 --> 00:08:32,069 -GOOD, GOOD. -WHERE'S RYAN AND Z? 181 00:08:32,103 --> 00:08:33,383 OH, THEY'RE NOT COMING 182 00:08:33,413 --> 00:08:35,313 NO GO THIS YEAR? 183 00:08:35,344 --> 00:08:37,484 WELL, Z, I PRETTY MUCH EXPECTED THAT. 184 00:08:37,517 --> 00:08:38,827 YEAH, FAMILY. 185 00:08:38,862 --> 00:08:41,762 JUST HAD A BABY AND THE RYAN, KIND OF LAST MINUTE. 186 00:08:41,793 --> 00:08:43,033 IT DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR HIM EITHER. 187 00:08:43,068 --> 00:08:45,688 OKAY, WELL, SO WE'RE DOING THIS. 188 00:08:45,724 --> 00:08:47,864 LESS PEOPLE. 189 00:08:47,896 --> 00:08:48,996 THERE'S ONLY THREE RIGHT NOW. 190 00:08:50,551 --> 00:08:53,311 [ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ] -YEAH. 191 00:08:53,344 --> 00:08:55,174 YOU'RE THE LEAN ONE WHERE THE MEAN ONES. 192 00:08:55,206 --> 00:08:57,546 OKAY, LET'S DO IT. 193 00:08:57,586 --> 00:09:00,686 LEAN AND MEAN. 194 00:09:00,724 --> 00:09:02,384 WELL, WE'RE JUST GONNA GET ALL THE [BLEEP] MACHINES 195 00:09:02,413 --> 00:09:03,793 FIRED UP AND THEN WE'VE GOT A LOT OF [BLEEP] TO MOVE. 196 00:09:03,827 --> 00:09:05,307 YOU READY? -YEAH, LET'S GET AFTER IT. 197 00:09:05,344 --> 00:09:06,974 WELL, GET OUT OF THOSE OLD MAN SLIPPERS. 198 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,210 GET SOME BOOTS ON, LET'S DO THIS. 199 00:09:08,241 --> 00:09:09,481 YEAH. OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH. 200 00:09:09,517 --> 00:09:13,997 ♪♪ 201 00:09:14,034 --> 00:09:15,934 WELL, WE'VE GOT TWO AND A HALF PEOPLE NOW. 202 00:09:15,965 --> 00:09:20,585 [ BOTH LAUGH ] 203 00:09:20,620 --> 00:09:22,170 -SIZE-WISE, JUST SIZE-WISE. -JUST SIZE-WISE. 204 00:09:22,206 --> 00:09:23,516 SHE MAKES UP FOR IT IN CHARACTER AND STRENGTH. 205 00:09:23,551 --> 00:09:24,761 RIGHT. 206 00:09:24,793 --> 00:09:28,833 ♪♪ 207 00:09:28,862 --> 00:09:30,382 Narrator: THE TASK AHEAD, 208 00:09:30,413 --> 00:09:33,143 FROM HIS OLD CAMP AT UPPER DUNCAN CREEK, 209 00:09:33,172 --> 00:09:36,902 RICK MUST NOW MOVE HIS TRAILER SHACKS, GENERATORS, 210 00:09:36,931 --> 00:09:38,931 WATER PUMPS, EXCAVATORS, 211 00:09:38,965 --> 00:09:43,235 LOADERS, AND ROCK TRUCKS 212 00:09:43,275 --> 00:09:46,825 ALONG EIGHT MILES OF WINDING MOUNTAIN DIRT ROAD 213 00:09:46,862 --> 00:09:52,142 TO HIS NEW GROUND AT LOWER DUNCAN CREEK. 214 00:09:52,172 --> 00:09:55,142 THERE'S ONLY ONE MAN FOR THE JOB, 215 00:09:55,172 --> 00:09:58,972 MASTER TRUCK DRIVER, NATHAN THORNINGTON. 216 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:08,620 ♪♪ 217 00:10:08,655 --> 00:10:10,235 -NATHAN. -HEY, MAN, HOW'S IT GOING? 218 00:10:10,275 --> 00:10:12,135 -GOOD, HOW YOU BEEN? -NOT TOO BAD. 219 00:10:12,172 --> 00:10:13,142 WE'RE GONNA MOVE THE CAMP FIRST. 220 00:10:13,172 --> 00:10:14,282 YEAH. 221 00:10:14,310 --> 00:10:16,070 I HAD 700 ON THIS SIDE. 222 00:10:16,103 --> 00:10:17,103 WE'RE GET ANOTHER EXCAVATOR ON THE OTHER SIDE 223 00:10:17,137 --> 00:10:18,517 SO WE'LL JUST DROP THEM OFF. 224 00:10:18,551 --> 00:10:20,101 YEAH, I CAN PUT THEM ANYWHERE DOWN THERE. 225 00:10:20,137 --> 00:10:21,477 YOU GUYS JUST DRAG THEM AROUND. 226 00:10:21,517 --> 00:10:22,687 IT RAINED LAST NIGHT, 227 00:10:22,724 --> 00:10:24,244 SO THESE ROADS ARE JUST SUPER SLICK. 228 00:10:24,275 --> 00:10:25,615 -THE MORE WEIGHT THE BETTER. -GOOD, GOOD. 229 00:10:25,655 --> 00:10:27,165 [ BOTH LAUGH ] 230 00:10:27,206 --> 00:10:28,336 ALL RIGHT, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 231 00:10:28,379 --> 00:10:29,719 -YOU BETCHA. -WE'LL START GETTING YOU LOADED. 232 00:10:29,758 --> 00:10:32,718 Narrator: THE FIRST TRAILER IS THE BATHROOM SHACK, 233 00:10:32,758 --> 00:10:35,828 A 60-FOOT LONG 20,000 POUND MONSTER. 234 00:10:35,862 --> 00:10:37,452 KARLA, YOU FEELING STRONG? 235 00:10:37,482 --> 00:10:39,172 -ALWAYS. -GOOD. 236 00:10:39,206 --> 00:10:40,336 READY TO GRAB THAT DUNNAGE. 237 00:10:40,379 --> 00:10:42,209 [ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ] 238 00:10:42,241 --> 00:10:51,451 ♪♪ 239 00:10:51,482 --> 00:10:54,002 GOOD HIGH-VIS, GOOD JOB. 240 00:10:54,034 --> 00:10:56,454 HEY, I WANT TO STAY CLOSE TO THE TRAILER WITH THE BUCKET, 241 00:10:56,482 --> 00:10:58,172 BUT NOT HIT IT, SO. 242 00:10:58,206 --> 00:11:05,616 ♪♪ 243 00:11:05,655 --> 00:11:06,715 IF YOU RUN THEM SIDEWAYS, 244 00:11:06,758 --> 00:11:08,408 WE COULD PROBABLY GET ALL FIVE ON THERE. 245 00:11:08,448 --> 00:11:10,688 YEAH, KIND OF ACTUALLY COOL TO SEE. 246 00:11:10,724 --> 00:11:13,694 ♪♪ 247 00:11:13,724 --> 00:11:15,974 THAT'S FAR ENOUGH, MAYBE JUST SWING IT THIS WAY. 248 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,480 SURE. 249 00:11:47,413 --> 00:11:57,213 ♪♪ 250 00:11:57,241 --> 00:12:00,141 Narrator: NATHAN LOADS THE FIRST SHACK ONTO HIS TRUCK 251 00:12:00,172 --> 00:12:02,142 IN JUST 15 MINUTES. 252 00:12:02,172 --> 00:12:03,832 AND THAT'S WHY I PAY THEM TO COME HERE AND DO THIS, 253 00:12:03,862 --> 00:12:07,172 BECAUSE THEY CAN WINCH THAT [BLEEP] ON THERE SO FAST. 254 00:12:07,206 --> 00:12:09,166 HE CAN GET TO THE OTHER END, HE CAN DROP IT RIGHT 255 00:12:09,206 --> 00:12:10,996 EXACTLY WHERE I NEED IT. 256 00:12:11,034 --> 00:12:14,414 BINGO, BANGO. 257 00:12:14,448 --> 00:12:17,238 WHY THIS HOLE CAN'T MOVE BY THE END OF THE DAY, 258 00:12:17,275 --> 00:12:19,655 PLUMB THE GENERATOR BACK IN. 259 00:12:19,689 --> 00:12:21,759 WE'LL BE SLEEPING IN A WHOLE NEW SPOT TONIGHT, 260 00:12:21,793 --> 00:12:24,033 THE NEW GROUND. 261 00:12:33,551 --> 00:12:43,521 ♪♪ 262 00:12:43,551 --> 00:12:46,311 Narrator: TO GET RICK MINING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, 263 00:12:46,344 --> 00:12:50,864 NATHAN'S MISSION IS TO GET ALL SEVEN LOADS TO LOWER DUNCAN 264 00:12:50,896 --> 00:12:53,166 BY THE END OF THE DAY. 265 00:13:12,586 --> 00:13:19,446 ♪♪ 266 00:13:19,482 --> 00:13:21,662 WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. 267 00:13:21,689 --> 00:13:26,519 ♪♪ 268 00:13:26,551 --> 00:13:29,311 [ BLEEP ] 269 00:13:29,344 --> 00:13:36,524 ♪♪ 270 00:13:36,551 --> 00:13:39,691 YOU GOT TO GET THOSE GUYS. 271 00:13:39,724 --> 00:13:42,414 HOW FAR ARE WE FROM THERE? 272 00:13:42,448 --> 00:13:45,028 [ BLEEP ] 273 00:13:45,068 --> 00:13:47,378 [ CHUCKLES ] 274 00:13:47,413 --> 00:13:50,283 Narrator: THE TRAILER AND ITS ONE-TON LOAD 275 00:13:50,310 --> 00:13:54,380 ARE NOW HANGING OVER A 200-FOOT DROP. 276 00:13:54,413 --> 00:13:57,073 ♪♪ 277 00:13:57,103 --> 00:13:59,763 Nathan: LEAST MY LIFE INSURANCE IS [BLEEP] MAXED OUT. 278 00:14:05,241 --> 00:14:09,761 ♪♪ 279 00:14:09,793 --> 00:14:12,213 [ BLEEP ] 280 00:14:12,241 --> 00:14:15,381 HOW THE HELL... 281 00:14:15,413 --> 00:14:18,523 Narrator: THE TRUCK CARRYING RICK NESS'S TRAILER 282 00:14:18,551 --> 00:14:20,971 IS HANGING OFF A MOUNTAIN ROAD, 283 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,520 BLOCKING THE ONLY ROUTE TO HIS NEW CLAIM. 284 00:14:24,551 --> 00:14:29,171 Nathan: SO SOON AS I CAME AROUND IT JUST SLID. 285 00:14:29,206 --> 00:14:31,856 WE WORRIED ABOUT LEAVING THE OTHER SIDE. 286 00:14:31,896 --> 00:14:34,136 WELL, YEAH, THE WHOLE THING FLIPPING. 287 00:14:36,103 --> 00:14:38,973 OH, YEAH. AND THE TRUCK AND THE TRAILER. 288 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:47,100 ♪♪ 289 00:14:47,137 --> 00:14:49,447 IT HAD TO RAIN LAST NIGHT. 290 00:14:49,482 --> 00:14:51,312 YEAH, SEE AS SOON AS IT GOT HERE, IT JUST SLID. 291 00:14:51,344 --> 00:14:53,974 ♪♪ 292 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:55,660 [ BLEEP ] 293 00:15:12,103 --> 00:15:14,243 Narrator: EVERY MINUTE WASTED HERE 294 00:15:14,275 --> 00:15:16,755 IS A MINUTE RICK IS NOT MINING, 295 00:15:16,793 --> 00:15:18,553 AND THE ONLY MACHINE STRONG ENOUGH 296 00:15:18,586 --> 00:15:23,166 TO PULL THE TRUCK OUT OF DANGER IS RICK'S 70-TON EXCAVATOR 297 00:15:23,206 --> 00:15:26,236 FIVE MILES AWAY AT CAMP. 298 00:15:26,275 --> 00:15:27,855 MAXIMUM SPEED? 299 00:15:27,896 --> 00:15:31,786 1.7 MILES PER HOUR. 300 00:15:31,827 --> 00:15:34,207 HE WANTS TO WALK IT. 301 00:15:34,241 --> 00:15:35,311 HOW LONG IS THAT GONNA TAKE, RICK? 302 00:15:35,344 --> 00:15:39,214 IT'S GONNA BE HOURS TO GET THAT 700 HERE. 303 00:15:39,241 --> 00:15:41,101 I MEAN, IT'S GOT TO COME THIS WAY ANYWAYS, 304 00:15:41,137 --> 00:15:43,687 BUT I DON'T SEE US GETTING ANYTHING DONE HERE WITHOUT IT. 305 00:15:43,724 --> 00:15:46,484 DO YOU? 306 00:15:46,517 --> 00:15:48,307 MIGHT AS WELL GO GET IT. 307 00:15:48,344 --> 00:15:56,174 ♪♪ 308 00:15:58,344 --> 00:16:01,454 I DON'T THINK SO, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO LOOK AT IT. 309 00:16:07,551 --> 00:16:12,791 ♪♪ 310 00:16:12,827 --> 00:16:14,967 I'M JUST LEAVING RIGHT NOW. SO I DON'T KNOW. 311 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:16,760 [ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ] ...A WEEK AND A HALF, WHATEVER. 312 00:16:16,793 --> 00:16:21,663 IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE. 313 00:16:21,689 --> 00:16:23,279 THIS IS THE LAST THING WE NEED RIGHT NOW. 314 00:16:23,310 --> 00:16:27,380 I MEAN, TWO MONTHS BEHIND GETTING UP HERE. 315 00:16:27,413 --> 00:16:30,763 IF TROY WANTS HIS 100 OUNCES IN FOUR WEEKS FROM NOW, 316 00:16:30,793 --> 00:16:32,143 AND THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GONNA DO THAT 317 00:16:32,172 --> 00:16:33,592 IS WE GET MINING RIGHT AWAY. 318 00:16:33,620 --> 00:16:35,900 SO THIS IS NOT HELPING. 319 00:16:35,931 --> 00:16:39,861 ♪♪ 320 00:16:39,896 --> 00:16:43,686 Narrator: MIDNIGHT IN THE YUKON DUSK... 321 00:16:43,724 --> 00:16:45,864 IT'S EITHER GONNA LIFT THIS THING OUT OF THERE OR IT'S NOT. 322 00:16:52,103 --> 00:16:56,523 THIS IS AN UGLY SITUATION, REAL [BLEEP] UGLY. 323 00:16:56,551 --> 00:16:59,211 AM I GOOD TO LIFT? 324 00:16:59,241 --> 00:17:03,931 YEAH, HE'S HOLDING IT DOWN AND PULLING AT THE SAME TIME. 325 00:17:03,965 --> 00:17:07,445 OKAY. 326 00:17:07,482 --> 00:17:08,792 EASY... 327 00:17:08,827 --> 00:17:11,827 Narrator: ONE FALSE MOVE AND THE TRAILER WILL FLIP DOWN 328 00:17:11,862 --> 00:17:13,482 THE 200-FOOT DROP. 329 00:17:13,517 --> 00:17:16,167 TRY PULLING A BIT MORE. 330 00:17:44,344 --> 00:17:47,554 ♪♪ 331 00:17:47,586 --> 00:17:50,376 YEE-HAW! 332 00:17:50,413 --> 00:17:53,763 WHOO. [ LAUGHS ] 333 00:17:53,793 --> 00:17:58,623 ♪♪ 334 00:17:58,655 --> 00:18:02,545 [ LAUGHS ] 335 00:18:02,586 --> 00:18:04,336 I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN FOR A SECOND THERE, 336 00:18:04,379 --> 00:18:07,409 BUT THIS THING'S GOT THE GOT THE GRUNT, MAN. 337 00:18:07,448 --> 00:18:09,278 SAVED, UH... 338 00:18:09,310 --> 00:18:12,900 PROBABLY THE FIRST OR SECOND MOST VITAL PART OF MY CAMP 339 00:18:12,931 --> 00:18:15,971 THAT'S THE -- THAT'S THE BATHROOM SHACK. 340 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,900 DID IT SHIFT A LOT ON THE TRAILER? 341 00:18:17,931 --> 00:18:22,591 NO. IT'S FROM [BLEEP] [BLEEP] [BLEEP] ON IT. 342 00:18:22,620 --> 00:18:24,100 [ LAUGHS ] 343 00:18:24,137 --> 00:18:26,997 [ BLEEP ] 344 00:18:27,034 --> 00:18:30,104 THOSE MIGHT BE THE FOREMOST PATHETIC LOOKING YET 345 00:18:30,137 --> 00:18:33,207 STRONGEST TREES IN THE [BLEEP] UNIVERSE. 346 00:18:33,241 --> 00:18:34,721 ALL RIGHT, GET HER MOVING. 347 00:18:34,758 --> 00:18:38,338 Narrator: RICK IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO REDEMPTION. 348 00:18:38,379 --> 00:18:40,829 Rick: I CAN STILL MAYBE GET FOUR HOURS OF SLEEP TONIGHT. 349 00:18:40,862 --> 00:18:43,242 WE ARE A DAY BEHIND IN MOVING CAMP SO. 350 00:18:43,275 --> 00:18:44,855 A DAY BEHIND'S A DAY BEHIND. 351 00:18:54,724 --> 00:19:04,764 ♪♪ 352 00:19:09,344 --> 00:19:11,834 Narrator: TONY BEETS IS BACK AT PARADISE HILL 353 00:19:11,862 --> 00:19:13,862 AND ON THE BACK FOOT. 354 00:19:13,896 --> 00:19:17,856 WITHOUT A WATER LICENSE ON HIS TWO DREDGES AT THE INDIAN RIVER, 355 00:19:17,896 --> 00:19:22,406 HE NEEDS THE HILL TO DELIVER A 3,000-OUNCE GOLD TARGET 356 00:19:22,448 --> 00:19:25,408 AND GET HIS FAMILY BUSINESS BACK ON TRACK. 357 00:19:32,034 --> 00:19:36,034 TONY'S BEST LAND ON THE HILL IS THE 18-ACRE MEGA CUT. 358 00:19:36,068 --> 00:19:39,448 IN A BID TO MINE IT OUT IN JUST ONE SEASON, 359 00:19:39,482 --> 00:19:41,002 HE'S PUT HIS WHOLE CREW ON IT. 360 00:19:51,137 --> 00:19:52,237 [ HORN HONKS ] -[ LAUGHS ] 361 00:19:52,275 --> 00:19:55,785 ♪♪ 362 00:19:55,827 --> 00:19:58,137 Kevin: Hey, Tony, you copy? 363 00:20:01,931 --> 00:20:03,971 HEY, TONY, CAN I GET YOU AT THE SLUICE BOX, PLEASE? 364 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,070 TONY, CAN I GET YOU AT THE SLUICE BOX? 365 00:20:06,103 --> 00:20:08,863 [ BLEEP ] 366 00:20:08,896 --> 00:20:15,996 ♪♪ 367 00:20:19,413 --> 00:20:21,663 EVERYTHING UP THERE SAYS IT SHOULD SPIN, 368 00:20:21,689 --> 00:20:23,239 THE OSCILLATOR'S NOT [BLEEP] MOVING. 369 00:20:23,275 --> 00:20:24,655 I WENT DOWN THERE. 370 00:20:24,689 --> 00:20:26,689 SPUN THE SHAFT UNDERNEATH 371 00:20:26,724 --> 00:20:28,594 AND I COULD SEE THAT THAT PART IS SPINNING, ON THE CAUL IS 372 00:20:28,620 --> 00:20:30,660 SPINNING BUT THE SHAFT TO THE GEARBOX IS NOT. 373 00:20:30,689 --> 00:20:34,659 ♪♪ 374 00:20:34,689 --> 00:20:36,759 COME ON, WIGGLE. 375 00:20:39,620 --> 00:20:41,970 NOT AS YOUNG AS YOU USED TO BE. 376 00:20:47,137 --> 00:20:52,857 ♪♪ 377 00:20:52,896 --> 00:20:55,276 THERE'S THE PROBLEM. 378 00:21:01,758 --> 00:21:04,378 Narrator: TONY'S OSCILLATING SLUICE BOX AND SHAKE 379 00:21:04,413 --> 00:21:08,623 WITH THE HELP OF A WEIGHTED SPINNING ARM BENEATH THE PLANT. 380 00:21:08,655 --> 00:21:10,995 THE MOTION SEPARATES OUT THE LIGHTER DIRT, 381 00:21:11,034 --> 00:21:14,284 ALLOWING THE HEAVIER GOLD TO SETTLE. 382 00:21:14,310 --> 00:21:18,410 A CABLE HAS CAUGHT AROUND THE SPINNING ARM AND JAMMED IT, 383 00:21:18,448 --> 00:21:21,718 BUT THE MOTOR ABOVE HAS KEPT TURNING, 384 00:21:21,758 --> 00:21:24,238 GRINDING AWAY AT THE KEY AND THE KEY SLOT 385 00:21:24,275 --> 00:21:27,895 THAT CONNECTS THE ARM TO THE MOTOR. 386 00:21:27,931 --> 00:21:30,411 YOU GOT LEAD ON YOU, CODY? 387 00:21:48,448 --> 00:21:51,548 Narrator: WITH THE PANDEMIC DISRUPTING SUPPLY LINES, 388 00:21:51,586 --> 00:21:54,966 THERE'S NO KNOWING HOW LONG HE'LL BE DOWN. 389 00:22:11,068 --> 00:22:14,928 TO KEEP ON TRACK FOR HIS 3,000-ONCE GOAL, 390 00:22:14,965 --> 00:22:18,065 TONY MUST TAKE A GAMBLE ON THE OTHER PIECE OF GROUND 391 00:22:18,103 --> 00:22:19,933 READY TO SLUICE. 392 00:22:38,275 --> 00:22:41,445 YOU'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS SPOT FOR 30 YEARS. 393 00:22:41,482 --> 00:22:42,792 WHY DON'T I COME HERE? 394 00:22:42,827 --> 00:22:44,167 Narrator: LAST SEASON, 395 00:22:44,206 --> 00:22:47,066 MONICA BEETS OPENED UP A CUT ON HUNKER CREEK. 396 00:22:47,103 --> 00:22:50,763 OLD TIME DREDGES PRODUCED A $1 MILLION A DAY HERE, 397 00:22:50,793 --> 00:22:53,173 AND SHE BELIEVED THEY MISSED THIS SPOT... 398 00:22:53,206 --> 00:22:54,966 Monica: LIKE WHAT JUST HAPPENED? 399 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:59,550 Narrator: ...BUT HIT ROADBLOCK AFTER ROADBLOCK... 400 00:22:59,586 --> 00:23:02,206 ♪♪ 401 00:23:02,241 --> 00:23:04,031 HOLY [BLEEP]. 402 00:23:04,068 --> 00:23:05,828 ARE YOU [BLEEP] SERIOUS? 403 00:23:05,862 --> 00:23:07,102 YOU SHOULD'VE NAMED IT THE CURSED CUT, 404 00:23:07,137 --> 00:23:08,617 NOT THE HUNKER CUT. 405 00:23:08,655 --> 00:23:12,025 Narrator: ...AND WAS EVENTUALLY FROZEN OUT WITH UNDER 400 OUNCES 406 00:23:12,068 --> 00:23:16,278 TO SHOW EARNING AT THE NAME OF THE CURSED CUT. 407 00:23:16,310 --> 00:23:17,620 Monica: SEE YOU NEXT SPRING. 408 00:23:26,068 --> 00:23:29,378 ♪♪ 409 00:23:29,413 --> 00:23:31,343 [ BLEEP ] 410 00:23:31,379 --> 00:23:32,969 [ CHUCKLES ] 411 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,930 UH-OH. 412 00:23:41,758 --> 00:23:46,828 ♪♪ 413 00:23:54,931 --> 00:23:57,071 Narrator: TREES WASHED DOWN BY WINTER STORMS 414 00:23:57,103 --> 00:23:59,383 HAVE DAMMED HUNKER CREEK, 415 00:23:59,413 --> 00:24:01,903 DIVERTING IT RIGHT INTO MONICA'S CUT, 416 00:24:01,931 --> 00:24:04,031 SUBMERGING THE GOLD RICH PAYDIRT UNDER 417 00:24:04,068 --> 00:24:08,618 2 1/2 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER. 418 00:24:08,655 --> 00:24:12,585 NOW THE ORIGINAL CREEK BED IS BONE DRY. 419 00:24:12,620 --> 00:24:15,860 THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER ROOTS AND THEN THERE'S THE BIG ONE. 420 00:24:26,586 --> 00:24:28,136 HOW? 421 00:24:28,172 --> 00:24:30,482 YOU KNOW ANY LOCAL BEAVERS? 422 00:24:30,517 --> 00:24:32,137 Narrator: TONY HAS NO OPTION 423 00:24:32,172 --> 00:24:35,072 BUT TO TRY AND REDIRECT THE WHOLE CREEK 424 00:24:35,103 --> 00:24:37,213 AND DRAIN THE FLOODWATER. 425 00:24:42,965 --> 00:24:50,475 ♪♪ 426 00:24:50,517 --> 00:24:52,237 Narrator: IN OREGON... 427 00:24:52,275 --> 00:24:56,135 ALL THIS WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THE CLAIM UP TO HERE 428 00:24:56,172 --> 00:24:58,452 AND IT'S GO TIME RIGHT NOW. 429 00:24:58,482 --> 00:25:01,312 Narrator: ...SPECIAL FORCES VETERAN FRED LEWIS HAS SIGNED 430 00:25:01,344 --> 00:25:04,594 A LEASE ON A 36-ACRE CLAIM 431 00:25:04,620 --> 00:25:07,760 HOPING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SKY HIGH GOLD PRICES 432 00:25:07,793 --> 00:25:11,663 AND TO MAKE A BIG CHANGE. 433 00:25:11,689 --> 00:25:14,789 I WAS 14 YEARS IN THE MILITARY, AND THEN WHEN I GOT OUT, 434 00:25:14,827 --> 00:25:18,717 HAVING THAT PURPOSE WAS JUST GONE IN ONE DAY. 435 00:25:18,758 --> 00:25:21,308 WHEN I GOT INVOLVED IN MINING WITH PARKER, 436 00:25:21,344 --> 00:25:23,384 MY WIFE WAS THE ONE, CARRIE WAS THE ONE THAT TOLD ME 437 00:25:23,413 --> 00:25:26,623 THAT THEY HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON ME PERSONALLY 438 00:25:26,655 --> 00:25:28,375 AND GAVE ME THAT PURPOSE IN THAT DRIVE 439 00:25:28,413 --> 00:25:32,143 AND IT GAVE ME SOMETHING TO WORK FOR. 440 00:25:32,172 --> 00:25:33,282 LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, 441 00:25:33,310 --> 00:25:34,790 MY FINANCES ARE IN THE TANK, 442 00:25:34,827 --> 00:25:37,447 I MEAN, EVERYBODY I KNOW IS STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW. 443 00:25:37,482 --> 00:25:39,452 I'M NOT WILLING TO TAKE THAT LAYING DOWN. 444 00:25:39,482 --> 00:25:41,282 IT'S NOT THE KIND OF PERSON I AM. 445 00:25:41,310 --> 00:25:42,690 THE AMERICAN DREAM IS TO GO OUT 446 00:25:42,724 --> 00:25:44,314 AND GET IT WITH YOUR OWN HANDS. 447 00:25:44,344 --> 00:25:46,624 I WANT TO CONTROL MY OWN FATE. 448 00:25:46,655 --> 00:25:48,335 Narrator: HE SPENT HIS LIFE SAVINGS -- 449 00:25:48,379 --> 00:25:52,209 $20,000 -- ON THE DEPOSIT, 450 00:25:52,241 --> 00:25:53,831 Fred: A LOT'S RIDING ON THIS. 451 00:25:53,862 --> 00:25:57,002 I SEE THIS AS SOMETHING THAT I CAN FORM INTO A PURPOSE. 452 00:25:57,034 --> 00:25:58,244 I MEAN, RUNNING A MINE 453 00:25:58,275 --> 00:26:01,655 IS A LOT LIKE RUNNING A SPECIAL FORCES TEAM. 454 00:26:01,689 --> 00:26:03,309 WHAT'S UP, BRO? 455 00:26:03,344 --> 00:26:05,074 -HOW'D YOU SLEEP? -SAME AS ALWAYS. 456 00:26:05,103 --> 00:26:06,763 HOW ABOUT YOU? -OH, PRETTY GOOD. 457 00:26:06,793 --> 00:26:08,793 Narrator: THE FIRST MEMBER OF FRED'S CREW 458 00:26:08,827 --> 00:26:10,787 IS A FELLOW VET, KENDALL MADDEN. 459 00:26:10,827 --> 00:26:12,997 THE CLAIM OWNERS LEFT US SOME PRETTY GOOD PAY UP THERE. 460 00:26:13,034 --> 00:26:14,384 I THINK WE SHOULD RUN IT, 461 00:26:14,413 --> 00:26:16,903 TRY AND MAKE SOME MONEY. -IF YOU SAY SO, YOU KNOW. 462 00:26:16,931 --> 00:26:18,551 Fred: KENDALL AND I MET AT WARRIOR GAMES. 463 00:26:18,586 --> 00:26:20,686 HE'S AN AIR FORCE CREW CHIEF. 464 00:26:20,724 --> 00:26:24,214 HE WAS INJURED IN THE BACK OF A C-130 AND HAD A HEAD INJURY 465 00:26:24,241 --> 00:26:25,691 THAT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE KILLED HIM, 466 00:26:25,724 --> 00:26:30,454 HIS FAMILY IS IN MINING. SO HE HAS A TON OF EXPERIENCE. 467 00:26:30,482 --> 00:26:32,242 RIGHT NOW, IT'S A SPECIAL TIME. 468 00:26:32,275 --> 00:26:34,715 THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF CRAZINESS GOING ON IN THE WORLD. 469 00:26:34,758 --> 00:26:36,858 AND THE PRICE OF GOLD IS SKYROCKETING. 470 00:26:36,896 --> 00:26:40,856 SO I'M OPTIMISTIC. LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. 471 00:26:40,896 --> 00:26:42,856 Narrator: DEEP IN THE ELKHORN MOUNTAINS, 472 00:26:42,896 --> 00:26:47,516 FRED'S 36-ACRE CLAIM SITS NEXT TO TWO MOUNTAIN STREAMS. 473 00:26:47,551 --> 00:26:51,101 FRED'S TEST SHOWED RICH GOLD DEPOSITS. 474 00:26:51,137 --> 00:26:55,027 IT'S A TURNKEY OPERATION WITH A WASH PLANT EXCAVATOR 475 00:26:55,068 --> 00:27:00,028 AND A CUT READY TO RUN. 476 00:27:00,068 --> 00:27:04,378 THEIR MISSION -- ATTEMPT TO FIRE UP THE OLD WASH PLANT, 477 00:27:04,413 --> 00:27:06,033 LEASED WITH THE CLAIM, 478 00:27:06,068 --> 00:27:09,168 AND START RUNNING GOLD RICH PAYDIRT. 479 00:27:09,206 --> 00:27:10,616 JEFF, WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS BEAST? 480 00:27:10,655 --> 00:27:12,335 COLONEL NUGGET. 481 00:27:12,379 --> 00:27:14,789 I LOVE IT, NOW I CAN REALLY SALUTE IT. 482 00:27:14,827 --> 00:27:17,067 COLONEL NUGGET, I'D HAVE TO SEE A NUGGET OR TWO 483 00:27:17,103 --> 00:27:20,383 BEFORE I START CALLING IT COLONEL. 484 00:27:20,413 --> 00:27:23,243 Narrator: COLONEL NUGGET IS A UNIQUE JUNKYARD INVENTION 485 00:27:23,275 --> 00:27:25,655 WITH A SHAKER, SLUICES, TWO TROMMELS, 486 00:27:25,689 --> 00:27:28,279 AND A WHOLE LOT OF SCRAP METAL. 487 00:27:28,310 --> 00:27:29,720 A TROMMEL WITH A SHAKER? 488 00:27:29,758 --> 00:27:32,658 OOH, MAN. 489 00:27:32,689 --> 00:27:35,309 THIS IS, UH... 490 00:27:35,344 --> 00:27:37,244 THIS IS INTIMIDATING. 491 00:27:37,275 --> 00:27:38,825 IT LOOKS VERY SKETCHY. 492 00:27:38,862 --> 00:27:43,142 ♪♪ 493 00:27:43,172 --> 00:27:47,242 JUST RUNNING THESE GLASS LITTLE WATER LINES TO THE PLANT 494 00:27:47,275 --> 00:27:50,095 AND THEN HEADING UP THERE TO SEE HOW SHE FIRES UP. 495 00:27:50,137 --> 00:27:53,517 FIRST, NEEDS TO GO THERE. 496 00:27:53,551 --> 00:27:55,411 WE'RE GONNA MOVE THIS HOSE OVER RIGHT NOW 497 00:27:55,448 --> 00:27:56,788 BECAUSE THERE'S NO COVER ON THE END OF IT. 498 00:27:56,827 --> 00:27:58,137 IT'LL JUST SUCK UP MUD AND THEN TRY AND MOVE IT OVER HERE 499 00:27:58,172 --> 00:28:03,142 A LITTLE BIT AND JUST KIND OF... 500 00:28:03,172 --> 00:28:05,412 -WATCH YOURSELF, FRED. -OH, [BLEEP]. 501 00:28:05,448 --> 00:28:07,238 WELL, I'M IN. 502 00:28:07,275 --> 00:28:08,405 [ LAUGHS ] 503 00:28:08,448 --> 00:28:10,138 I HATE YOU. 504 00:28:10,172 --> 00:28:12,242 -READY? -YEAH. 505 00:28:12,275 --> 00:28:16,715 ♪♪ 506 00:28:16,758 --> 00:28:18,548 OKAY, I SEE THE END. [ BLEEP ] 507 00:28:18,586 --> 00:28:19,756 YOU'RE GONNA BE WETTER THAN HE IS. 508 00:28:19,793 --> 00:28:21,313 [ LAUGHS ] 509 00:28:21,344 --> 00:28:25,314 OH, NO. I'LL PUMP -- THAT'S COLD WATER. 510 00:28:25,344 --> 00:28:28,554 HE'LL BE FEELING THAT FOR A LITTLE WHILE, I'M SURE. 511 00:28:28,586 --> 00:28:29,856 ALL RIGHT, PUMP'S PRIMED. 512 00:28:29,896 --> 00:28:32,826 [ LAUGHTER ] -OH, MY GOD. 513 00:28:32,862 --> 00:28:35,692 SO I THINK WE SHOULD SPLIT UP HERE AND MAYBE, KENDELL, 514 00:28:35,724 --> 00:28:36,794 YOU GO ON THE GENERATOR. 515 00:28:36,827 --> 00:28:38,307 -I'LL FIRE US UP. -YOU DOWN ON THE PUMP. 516 00:28:38,344 --> 00:28:40,694 AND THEN, JEFF, COULD YOU MAYBE SHOW ME 517 00:28:40,724 --> 00:28:41,694 SOME MORE OF THE EXCAVATOR AND... 518 00:28:41,724 --> 00:28:43,244 YEAH, YOU WANNA FEED A BUCKET? 519 00:28:43,275 --> 00:28:44,785 YEAH, LET'S TEST IT OUT. 520 00:28:44,827 --> 00:28:46,407 I'VE NEVER OPERATED AN EXCAVATOR BEFORE, 521 00:28:46,448 --> 00:28:48,898 BUT IF I'M GONNA RUN A MINE, I'M GONNA HAVE TO LEARN. 522 00:28:48,931 --> 00:28:52,481 AND THERE'S NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT. [ GRUNTS ] 523 00:28:52,517 --> 00:28:55,927 I'M EXCITED. 524 00:28:55,965 --> 00:28:57,165 -BUCKET. -BUCKET. 525 00:28:57,206 --> 00:28:59,546 -IT SLINGS YOUR ARM OUT. -OKAY. 526 00:28:59,586 --> 00:29:01,336 DOWN'S GONNA LOWER IT AND BACK IS GONNA RAISE IT. 527 00:29:01,379 --> 00:29:03,279 PERFECT. 528 00:29:03,310 --> 00:29:07,030 THAT IS EJECTOR BUTTON. 529 00:29:07,068 --> 00:29:08,548 [ LAUGHS ] 530 00:29:08,586 --> 00:29:13,756 [ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ] 531 00:29:13,793 --> 00:29:16,593 WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T HIT THAT [BLEEP] HOPPER. 532 00:29:16,620 --> 00:29:17,900 ARE YOU GUYS READY TO GO? 533 00:29:17,931 --> 00:29:19,971 READY IN THE EXCAVATOR. 534 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:27,520 ♪♪ 535 00:29:27,551 --> 00:29:29,721 ALL RIGHT, HOPPER'S ON. WATER'S COMING. 536 00:29:32,586 --> 00:29:36,856 HOW COULD I NOT BE NERVOUS WITH THIS THING BEHIND ME? 537 00:29:36,896 --> 00:29:42,686 THERE'S A LOT OF BUBBLE GUM AND DUCT TAPE ON THESE BAD BOYS. 538 00:29:42,724 --> 00:29:44,524 ALL RIGHT, THE TROMMEL'S COMING ON. 539 00:29:44,551 --> 00:29:51,551 ♪♪ 540 00:29:51,586 --> 00:29:54,446 WE'VE GOT WATER IN THE HOPPER IN THE FEEDER. 541 00:29:54,482 --> 00:29:55,722 YEAH! 542 00:29:55,758 --> 00:29:58,238 ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA LOAD THE FIRST BUCKET. 543 00:29:58,275 --> 00:30:04,165 ♪♪ 544 00:30:04,206 --> 00:30:05,996 START THE SWING. 545 00:30:06,034 --> 00:30:08,144 START TO SWING WITH THIS? 546 00:30:08,172 --> 00:30:11,282 OH, AT THE SAME TIME. OH, THAT'S FREAKY. 547 00:30:11,310 --> 00:30:13,520 [ LAUGHS ] 548 00:30:13,551 --> 00:30:17,591 SET YOUR BUCKET DOWN A LITTLE. REAL EASY. 549 00:30:17,620 --> 00:30:20,070 FRED'S A LITTLE GREEN ON THAT MACHINE UP THERE, 550 00:30:20,103 --> 00:30:21,383 YOU CAN SEE HE DINGED THE CORNER 551 00:30:21,413 --> 00:30:25,343 ALREADY WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES. 552 00:30:25,379 --> 00:30:27,789 SLUICING, FINALLY! 553 00:30:27,827 --> 00:30:30,137 ♪♪ 554 00:30:30,172 --> 00:30:32,662 WE'RE FINALLY PUTTING THROUGH SOME PAY DIRT. 555 00:30:32,689 --> 00:30:35,619 COULD SEE WHAT THIS LAND IS ACTUALLY MADE OF. 556 00:30:35,655 --> 00:30:38,475 UH-OH. 557 00:30:38,517 --> 00:30:39,757 FRED, WE GOTTA STOP. 558 00:30:39,793 --> 00:30:43,143 KILL THAT WATER, KILL THAT WATER. 559 00:30:43,172 --> 00:30:45,312 WHAT'S GOING ON? 560 00:30:45,344 --> 00:30:48,974 POWER'S COMING DOWN. POWER'S COMING OFF. 561 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:50,410 WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. 562 00:30:50,448 --> 00:30:52,618 KENDELL, YOU OKAY? 563 00:30:52,655 --> 00:30:54,965 DUDE, THAT WAS SCARY AS PISS. 564 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,000 THAT WHOLE [BLEEP] THING FLEW UP LIKE 20 FEET IN THE AIR. 565 00:30:58,034 --> 00:31:01,414 THAT'S LIKE SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS OF STEEL. 566 00:31:01,448 --> 00:31:04,338 [ GROANS, SIGHS ] 567 00:31:04,379 --> 00:31:06,659 I DON'T KNOW HOW THE [BLEEP] WE'RE GONNA GET AROUND THIS ONE. 568 00:31:06,689 --> 00:31:08,239 THIS SLUICE IS JUST THE BEGINNING 569 00:31:08,275 --> 00:31:10,165 OF OUR PROBLEMS HERE. 570 00:31:10,206 --> 00:31:11,996 EVEN IF WE GET IT FIXED UP, 571 00:31:12,034 --> 00:31:14,904 WE'RE GONNA BE LOSING GOLD ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH THIS. 572 00:31:14,931 --> 00:31:16,031 I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES 573 00:31:16,068 --> 00:31:17,718 FOR STUFF LIKE THIS. 574 00:31:17,758 --> 00:31:21,478 Narrator: FIXING THIS JUNKYARD PLANT IS NO SIMPLE JOB, 575 00:31:21,517 --> 00:31:26,067 AND ALL OF FRED'S MONEY IS SUNK INTO LEASING THE CLAIM. 576 00:31:26,103 --> 00:31:27,343 I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO. 577 00:31:27,379 --> 00:31:29,829 GET A HOLD OF MY FAMILY, SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED 578 00:31:29,862 --> 00:31:33,452 ACTUALLY, GIVING ME SOME ASSISTANCE WITH THIS. 579 00:31:33,482 --> 00:31:34,862 ADVICE MIGHT BE BETTER THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. 580 00:31:34,896 --> 00:31:36,136 RIGHT. 581 00:31:36,172 --> 00:31:37,902 Narrator: THEIR ONLY HOPE IS TO CALL 582 00:31:37,931 --> 00:31:40,791 ON THE HELP OF KENDELL'S GOLD MINING FAMILY. 583 00:31:40,827 --> 00:31:42,517 YEAH, AND I THINK AT THIS POINT WE'RE BURNING DAYLIGHT. 584 00:31:42,551 --> 00:31:43,661 LET'S GIVE THEM A CALL, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. 585 00:31:52,068 --> 00:32:00,208 ♪♪ 586 00:32:00,241 --> 00:32:02,281 SO, PARKER, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? 587 00:32:02,310 --> 00:32:04,310 REALLY, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS GET THIS AREA 588 00:32:04,344 --> 00:32:05,664 THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT HERE OVER 589 00:32:05,689 --> 00:32:07,449 TO WHERE THAT GRAVEL IS CLEAN... 590 00:32:07,482 --> 00:32:09,282 -OKAY. -...AND DONE. 591 00:32:09,310 --> 00:32:11,100 Narrator: PARKER SCHNABEL HAS OPENED UP 592 00:32:11,137 --> 00:32:13,477 HIS FIRST CUT ON VIRGIN GROUND 593 00:32:13,517 --> 00:32:15,717 LEASED FROM MINER KEN TATLOW. 594 00:32:15,758 --> 00:32:17,788 HE WANTS TO GET DOWN TO PAY DIRT 595 00:32:17,827 --> 00:32:23,027 AND START SLUICING FOR GOLD IN JUST TWO WEEKS. 596 00:32:23,068 --> 00:32:25,828 PLUG THIS HOLE AND GET HER BACK. 597 00:32:25,862 --> 00:32:27,522 JUST KEEP BAILING AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, 598 00:32:27,551 --> 00:32:30,521 JUST KEEP STACKING IT HERE AND THEN BEHIND YOU 599 00:32:30,551 --> 00:32:32,931 AND WHEREVER THE [BLEEP] YOU CAN PUT IT. 600 00:32:32,965 --> 00:32:34,405 Narrator: BUT THE LATE SEASON START 601 00:32:34,448 --> 00:32:36,338 HAS TURNED PARKER'S FIRST CUT 602 00:32:36,379 --> 00:32:39,099 ON THE PROMISED LAND INTO A SEA OF MUD. 603 00:32:39,137 --> 00:32:40,717 YEAH, I MEAN, WHEN YOU'RE OPENING UP 604 00:32:40,758 --> 00:32:42,208 A CUT LIKE THIS LATE IN THE SEASON, 605 00:32:42,241 --> 00:32:45,931 ALL THE PERMAFROST JUST MELTS AND THE TRUCKS DRAG IT AROUND 606 00:32:45,965 --> 00:32:48,855 AND IT TURNS INTO THIS GOOP THAT I'M SITTING IN RIGHT NOW. 607 00:32:48,896 --> 00:32:52,966 ♪♪ 608 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:54,790 YEAH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF ALL THIS 609 00:32:54,827 --> 00:32:58,687 OVERBURDEN, THIS CUT HERE, BUT IT'S A MASSIVE CUT. 610 00:32:58,724 --> 00:33:01,034 WE'RE TRUCKING STUFF UP TO THE WASTE SITE. 611 00:33:01,068 --> 00:33:03,968 WE JUST GOT TO GET DOWN TO PAY HERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 612 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,340 IF WE HAVE ANY HOPE IN HELL OF MAKING THIS TWO-WEEK DEADLINE 613 00:33:06,379 --> 00:33:09,479 PARK HAS PUT OUT FOR US. 614 00:33:09,517 --> 00:33:11,927 Narrator: INSTEAD OF HIRING ANOTHER FOREMAN, 615 00:33:11,965 --> 00:33:14,655 PARKER HAS PROMOTED OPERATOR TYSON LEE 616 00:33:14,689 --> 00:33:16,829 TO RUN HIS BIGGEST WASH PLANT. 617 00:33:16,862 --> 00:33:19,722 Parker: RIGHT NOW I'M LETTING TYSON RUN SLUICIFER. 618 00:33:19,758 --> 00:33:23,378 MITCH AND BRENNAN ARE GOING TO BE PRETTY BUSY 619 00:33:23,413 --> 00:33:24,973 AND TYSON'S COME A LONG WAY. 620 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:28,000 SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD CHANCE TO SEE WHAT HE'S GOT 621 00:33:28,034 --> 00:33:31,214 AND HOPEFULLY THIS DOESN'T BITE EITHER OF US IN THE ASS. 622 00:33:31,241 --> 00:33:32,381 Tyson: THE HEAT'S ON MY SHOULDERS 623 00:33:32,413 --> 00:33:34,073 TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE. 624 00:33:34,103 --> 00:33:35,693 YOU KNOW, PARKER'S ONLY GIVING ME TWO WEEKS 625 00:33:35,724 --> 00:33:37,664 TO GET THE PAWN SET UP, 626 00:33:37,689 --> 00:33:40,069 THE ROADS BUILT, THE WASH PLANT PAD SET, 627 00:33:40,103 --> 00:33:41,793 AND HE WANTS SLUICIFER SHAKING AWAY. 628 00:33:41,827 --> 00:33:44,407 SO THERE'S -- THAT'S NOT MUCH TIME TO GET ALL THAT DONE. 629 00:33:44,448 --> 00:33:49,518 ♪♪ 630 00:33:49,551 --> 00:33:51,001 Narrator: FIVE YEARS AGO, 631 00:33:51,034 --> 00:33:53,864 TYSON STARTED DRIVING ROCK TRUCKS FOR PARKER. 632 00:33:53,896 --> 00:33:58,756 Tyson: PRETTY GREEN AT THE MINING ASPECT OF THINGS. 633 00:33:58,793 --> 00:34:00,413 Narrator: AND WAS NEARLY FIRED. 634 00:34:00,448 --> 00:34:04,828 TWO TIRES IN 20 MINUTES. SAME GUY. 635 00:34:04,862 --> 00:34:06,692 DUDE, I DON'T CARE IF HE BREAKS SHOVELS. 636 00:34:06,724 --> 00:34:08,484 WE GOT PLENTY. GO PUT HIM ON A SHOVEL AT THE WASH PLANT. 637 00:34:08,517 --> 00:34:10,997 YEAH. 638 00:34:11,034 --> 00:34:13,624 GREAT FUN. THAT'S WHY I CAME UP HERE. 639 00:34:13,655 --> 00:34:15,095 BETTER GET BACK TO IT. 640 00:34:15,137 --> 00:34:19,027 ♪♪ 641 00:34:19,068 --> 00:34:21,238 Narrator: NOW PARKER IS TRUSTING HIM 642 00:34:21,275 --> 00:34:25,445 WITH $600,000 SLUICIFER AND A BRAND-NEW CUT. 643 00:34:25,482 --> 00:34:26,932 WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING THE WASH PLANT PAD 644 00:34:26,965 --> 00:34:30,655 YOU WANT IT TO BE AS SECURE AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET IT. 645 00:34:30,689 --> 00:34:32,339 IF YOU'RE ON ALREADY MINED GROUND 646 00:34:32,379 --> 00:34:33,929 OR I'D BE USING TAILINGS. 647 00:34:33,965 --> 00:34:35,405 SO I'M HAVING TO USE OVERBURDEN. 648 00:34:35,448 --> 00:34:37,408 SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ARMOR IT THE BEST WE CAN, 649 00:34:37,448 --> 00:34:40,308 BUT WE REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO WORK WITH. 650 00:34:40,344 --> 00:34:42,144 Narrator: TAILINGS ARE THE WASTE ROCKS 651 00:34:42,172 --> 00:34:44,902 THAT FALL FROM THE BACK OF A WASH PLANT. 652 00:34:44,931 --> 00:34:50,621 THEY MAKE FOR A SOLID PAN TO SUPPORT THE 45-TON PLANT. 653 00:34:50,655 --> 00:34:52,545 BUT ON THIS VIRGIN GROUND, 654 00:34:52,586 --> 00:34:56,656 TYSON MUST USE SOFTER, OVERBURDENED MUD. 655 00:34:56,689 --> 00:34:59,589 IF YOU'RE SITTING IT ON [BLEEP] MATERIAL, 656 00:34:59,620 --> 00:35:01,790 IT'S ONLY GONNA BE THAT MUCH MORE SKETCHY. 657 00:35:01,827 --> 00:35:04,377 ♪♪ 658 00:35:04,413 --> 00:35:07,693 GO ON. 659 00:35:07,724 --> 00:35:10,034 THIS WAY, BUD. JARV! 660 00:35:10,068 --> 00:35:11,618 IT'S LOOKING ALL RIGHT, I THINK IT'LL WORK, 661 00:35:11,655 --> 00:35:15,615 YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT IDEAL, BUT IT'S WHAT WE HAVE. 662 00:35:15,655 --> 00:35:17,405 AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S COME A LONG WAY. 663 00:35:17,448 --> 00:35:19,658 SO ALL WE CAN DO IS GET SLUICIFER UP HERE 664 00:35:19,689 --> 00:35:21,789 AND SEE HOW IT GOES. 665 00:35:21,827 --> 00:35:22,997 COME ON. 666 00:35:23,034 --> 00:35:26,384 ♪♪ 667 00:35:26,413 --> 00:35:28,933 Narrator: IN THE CUT, PARKER'S STRIPPING CREW 668 00:35:28,965 --> 00:35:32,965 IS WINNING THE BATTLE AGAINST THE OVERBURDEN. 669 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,410 SO YOU'RE PRETTY WELL DOWN TO PRETTY CLEAN GRAVEL, HUH? 670 00:35:35,448 --> 00:35:37,898 -YEAH. -JUST A LITTLE SKIM OF MUD. 671 00:35:37,931 --> 00:35:40,311 NO, IT LOOKS GOOD. 672 00:35:40,344 --> 00:35:42,414 SURE AS HELL LOOKS PAY TO ME, YOU KNOW, 673 00:35:42,448 --> 00:35:46,308 THERE'S SOME BIG ROCK IN THERE. 674 00:35:46,344 --> 00:35:49,214 GARNETS. 675 00:35:49,241 --> 00:35:51,341 Narrator: PARKER'S DOWN TO PAY AND READY 676 00:35:51,379 --> 00:35:54,239 TO BRING IN HIS BIGGEST MONEYMAKING MACHINE. 677 00:35:54,275 --> 00:35:56,135 Parker: WE JUST GOT TO GET SLUICIFER SORTED OUT 678 00:35:56,172 --> 00:35:58,102 AND THEN WE'RE WASHING ROCKS. 679 00:36:07,896 --> 00:36:13,756 ♪♪ 680 00:36:13,793 --> 00:36:16,003 I JUST WANT IT TO BE FIXABLE, MAN. 681 00:36:16,034 --> 00:36:17,694 Narrator: EX-SPECIAL FORCES VET 682 00:36:17,724 --> 00:36:20,624 FRED LEWIS HAS PUT UP HIS LIFE SAVINGS TO MINE, 683 00:36:20,655 --> 00:36:23,065 A GOLD CLAIM IN SUMPTER, OREGON. 684 00:36:23,103 --> 00:36:28,483 DAY ONE AND HIS FRANKENSTEIN WASH PLANT HAS FALLEN APART. 685 00:36:28,517 --> 00:36:30,857 WE'LL MAKE A MIRACLE HAPPEN OUT HERE. 686 00:36:30,896 --> 00:36:32,446 Narrator: FRED'S MINING PARTNER, 687 00:36:32,482 --> 00:36:34,552 AIR FORCE VETERAN KENDELL MADDEN, 688 00:36:34,586 --> 00:36:35,996 HAS CALLED IN THE CAVALRY. 689 00:36:36,034 --> 00:36:43,694 ♪♪ 690 00:36:43,724 --> 00:36:46,144 -HOW'S IT GOING, GUYS? -WHAT'S UP, FREDDY? 691 00:36:46,172 --> 00:36:48,862 ♪♪ 692 00:36:48,896 --> 00:36:49,966 GOOD TO SEE YOU, BUD. 693 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:51,720 Narrator: HIS UNCLE AND LEGENDARY GOLD 694 00:36:51,758 --> 00:36:53,858 RECOVERY EXPERT FREDDY DODGE. 695 00:36:53,896 --> 00:36:55,336 I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT YOU. 696 00:36:55,379 --> 00:36:57,449 -HOPE IT'S GOOD STUFF. -OH, SO FAR. 697 00:36:57,482 --> 00:36:58,482 SO YOU'RE HAVING HELL? 698 00:36:58,517 --> 00:37:01,617 HAVING HELL. THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT. 699 00:37:01,655 --> 00:37:04,135 WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER WHAT THEY HAVE HERE 700 00:37:04,172 --> 00:37:06,592 TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE IT WORK, BUT IT'S NOT HAPPENING. 701 00:37:06,620 --> 00:37:09,000 SO WE GOT A STATIC HOPPER, 702 00:37:09,034 --> 00:37:12,004 A SHAKER, RUNS GOING INTO TWO TROMMELS. 703 00:37:12,034 --> 00:37:14,004 CORRECT. 704 00:37:14,034 --> 00:37:16,454 -IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. -NOT AT ALL. 705 00:37:16,482 --> 00:37:18,452 -LET'S LOOK AT IT. -LET'S DO IT. 706 00:37:18,482 --> 00:37:21,552 I'VE BEEN AROUND FREDDIE MY ENTIRE LIFE. 707 00:37:21,586 --> 00:37:24,406 A LOT OF WEIGHT OFF MY SHOULDERS BY HAVING HIM HERE. 708 00:37:24,448 --> 00:37:25,998 HOW HAVE YOU BEEN, KENDALL? 709 00:37:26,034 --> 00:37:28,174 YEAH, YOU FORGOT MY BIRTHDAY, FREDDY. 710 00:37:28,206 --> 00:37:31,446 WHAT THE [BLEEP]? -[ LAUGHS ] 711 00:37:31,482 --> 00:37:33,452 IT'S NOT LOOKING ANY BETTER AS WE GET CLOSER. 712 00:37:33,482 --> 00:37:34,592 I'LL TELL YOU THAT. 713 00:37:34,620 --> 00:37:35,660 YOU AREN'T GONNA CATCH GOLD IN THESE. 714 00:37:35,689 --> 00:37:39,139 LOOK, THEY'RE WARPED, BENT, CAKED. 715 00:37:39,172 --> 00:37:41,382 YEAH. 716 00:37:41,413 --> 00:37:45,033 IT'S A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. 717 00:37:45,068 --> 00:37:46,378 PIECE OF JUNK. 718 00:37:46,413 --> 00:37:52,243 ♪♪ 719 00:37:52,275 --> 00:37:53,585 BUT THE SHAKER WORKED? 720 00:37:53,620 --> 00:37:55,930 YES, YEP, SURE DID. 721 00:37:55,965 --> 00:37:58,475 -LET'S GO LOOK AT IT. -YEAH. 722 00:37:58,517 --> 00:38:00,857 YOUR ACCESS IS GOOD. 723 00:38:00,896 --> 00:38:04,306 IF YOU'RE A MOUNTAIN GOAT. 724 00:38:04,344 --> 00:38:06,934 IT'S A MESS INSIDE OF THERE, FROM WHAT I CAN SEE. 725 00:38:06,965 --> 00:38:10,205 WHEN YOU CALLED ME FOR HELP, YOU SAID IT WAS BAD, 726 00:38:10,241 --> 00:38:13,211 BUT I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GONNA BE THIS BAD. 727 00:38:13,241 --> 00:38:16,101 IF YOU JUST SENT ME A PICTURE I MIGHT NOT HAVE CAME. 728 00:38:16,137 --> 00:38:18,827 [ CHUCKLES ] THERE'S A REASON WHY I DIDN'T SEND PICTURES. 729 00:38:18,862 --> 00:38:20,102 NO, I'D HAVE CAME ANYWAY YOU KNOW THAT. 730 00:38:20,137 --> 00:38:22,447 [ LAUGHS ] 731 00:38:22,482 --> 00:38:25,482 HOW SOON DO YOU GUYS WANT TO GET SLUICING? 732 00:38:25,517 --> 00:38:26,897 -AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. -LAST WEEK. 733 00:38:26,931 --> 00:38:29,071 -YEAH. -SEASON'S RUNNING SHORT. 734 00:38:29,103 --> 00:38:32,073 IF IT'S NOT GONNA BE DOABLE, THEN WE'RE [BLEEP]. 735 00:38:32,103 --> 00:38:34,623 THIS NEEDS TAKEN DOWN TO ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT 736 00:38:34,655 --> 00:38:36,065 THAT YOU GUYS CAN MAINTAIN. 737 00:38:36,103 --> 00:38:37,413 WHAT'S THE BIGGEST PIECE OF GOLD 738 00:38:37,448 --> 00:38:38,968 YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN OFF THIS PROPERTY? 739 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:42,240 ABOUT AN EIGHTH OF AN OUNCE. IT'S MOSTLY FINES HERE. 740 00:38:42,275 --> 00:38:43,755 Narrator: FREDDY DRAWS ON 30 YEARS 741 00:38:43,793 --> 00:38:45,833 OF GOLD MINING EXPERIENCE 742 00:38:45,862 --> 00:38:51,002 TO QUICKLY DESIGN A FIX TO CATCH ALL THE GOLD ON THE CLAIM. 743 00:38:51,034 --> 00:38:53,104 WE'LL START TEARING THOSE TROMMELS APART. 744 00:38:53,137 --> 00:38:56,587 WE NEED TO BUILD NEW SLUICES. WE STICK WITH THE SHAKER. 745 00:38:56,620 --> 00:38:58,790 WE GOT OUR TOP SCREEN. IT'S INCH AND A QUARTER. 746 00:38:58,827 --> 00:39:01,827 AND THEN WE PUT A 3/8 SCREEN IN THE BOTTOM. 747 00:39:01,862 --> 00:39:03,692 SOME MATERIALS GOING THROUGH THE TOP SCREEN, 748 00:39:03,724 --> 00:39:05,144 GOING DOWN ONTO THE BOTTOM SCREEN 749 00:39:05,172 --> 00:39:06,242 AND THAT WATER AND MATERIALS 750 00:39:06,275 --> 00:39:08,165 THEN GOING DOWN THE SLUICE BOXES. 751 00:39:08,206 --> 00:39:10,896 Narrator: THE SCRAP BUILD WASH PLANT COLONEL NUGGET 752 00:39:10,931 --> 00:39:13,931 HAS A SHAKER DECK AND TWO TROMMELS. 753 00:39:13,965 --> 00:39:16,065 FREDDIE'S PLAN, 754 00:39:16,103 --> 00:39:20,103 REMOVE THE TWO TROMMELS, CREATING A SIMPLER WASH PLANT, 755 00:39:20,137 --> 00:39:23,897 THEN ADD A SECOND SCREEN TO SEPARATE SMALLER ROCKS 756 00:39:23,931 --> 00:39:25,691 FROM THE FINE GOLD. 757 00:39:25,724 --> 00:39:28,314 FINALLY, EXTEND THE SLUICE RUNS 758 00:39:28,344 --> 00:39:32,834 TO ENSURE THEY CATCH ALL THE GOLD. 759 00:39:32,862 --> 00:39:34,592 WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS PROJECT'S GONNA COST US? 760 00:39:34,620 --> 00:39:36,970 WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY GOLD YET AND MONEY 761 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,720 IS JUST FLOWING OUT AT THIS POINT. 762 00:39:38,758 --> 00:39:40,478 WELL, KENDELL'S ALWAYS HELPED ME OUT. 763 00:39:40,517 --> 00:39:42,377 AND HE SAID YOU'RE ONE HELL OF A GOOD GUY. 764 00:39:42,413 --> 00:39:44,313 I APPRECIATE THAT, KENDELL. 765 00:39:44,344 --> 00:39:46,594 I WON'T CHARGE YOU A DIME, BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO -- 766 00:39:46,620 --> 00:39:49,480 YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF MONEY OUT OF POCKET ON MATERIAL. 767 00:39:49,517 --> 00:39:51,407 I'M GUESSING RIGHT NOW WE COULD PROBABLY GET IT RUNNING 768 00:39:51,448 --> 00:39:53,478 FOR ABOUT $5,000. 769 00:39:53,517 --> 00:39:55,277 OKAY, YEAH, WE CAN HANDLE THAT. 770 00:39:55,310 --> 00:39:59,930 I'LL GO MAKE SOME CALLS AND LET'S GET AT IT. 771 00:39:59,965 --> 00:40:01,275 FREDDY COMING OUT HERE AND DONATING HIS TIME 772 00:40:01,310 --> 00:40:03,100 REALLY MEANS A LOT. 773 00:40:03,137 --> 00:40:05,167 IT'S JUST A HUGE GESTURE. 774 00:40:05,206 --> 00:40:06,686 HE'S A SUPERHERO TO ME RIGHT NOW. 775 00:40:06,724 --> 00:40:08,414 Narrator: FREDDY'S FIRST CALL, 776 00:40:08,448 --> 00:40:11,208 HIS OLD BUDDY FROM BACK ON THE HOFFMAN CREW, 777 00:40:11,241 --> 00:40:12,241 TOP FABRICATOR... 778 00:40:12,275 --> 00:40:13,545 JUAN, IT'S FREDDY. 779 00:40:13,586 --> 00:40:14,716 Narrator: ...JUAN IBARRA. 780 00:40:14,758 --> 00:40:16,028 Hey, Fred. What's going on? 781 00:40:16,068 --> 00:40:17,618 MY NEPHEW, KENDELL, 782 00:40:17,655 --> 00:40:20,585 HE'S STARTING TO MINE GOLD WITH A FRIEND OF HIS, FRED, 783 00:40:20,620 --> 00:40:22,170 AND THEY'VE GOT THEMSELVES IN ONE HELL OF A MESS. 784 00:40:22,206 --> 00:40:23,236 Okay. 785 00:40:23,275 --> 00:40:24,585 IF YOU CAME UP, IT'LL SAVE MY ASS 786 00:40:24,620 --> 00:40:26,450 AND REALLY SAVE THEIR ASS. 787 00:40:26,482 --> 00:40:28,792 Okay, how much time are we talking about? 788 00:40:28,827 --> 00:40:29,857 PROBABLY A WEEK ONE. 789 00:40:29,896 --> 00:40:31,096 What's the pay look like? 790 00:40:31,137 --> 00:40:33,927 NO, IT DOESN'T PAY ANYTHING. I JUST NEED YOUR HELP. 791 00:40:33,965 --> 00:40:35,165 Okay. 792 00:40:35,206 --> 00:40:38,586 THESE GUYS, IF THEY GET ROLLING, THEY'D PAY YOU BACK. 793 00:40:38,620 --> 00:40:40,140 Okay, well, let me get everything finished up 794 00:40:40,172 --> 00:40:41,692 here in Reno. 795 00:40:41,724 --> 00:40:42,974 I'll get my truck ready to go tonight 796 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,590 and I'll be heading your way in the morning then. 797 00:40:44,620 --> 00:40:48,520 THANK YOU, MY FRIEND. SEE YOU SOON. 798 00:40:48,551 --> 00:40:51,971 FRED, KENDELL, 799 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:53,450 WE JUST GOT ANOTHER FABRICATOR 800 00:40:53,482 --> 00:40:54,792 AND ALL HIS TOOLS COMING UP. 801 00:40:54,827 --> 00:40:55,927 JUAN'S A GOOD GUY. 802 00:40:55,965 --> 00:40:57,655 I TOLD HIM FOR FREE, 803 00:40:57,689 --> 00:40:59,169 BUT WHEN YOU GUYS GET UP AND RUNNING, 804 00:40:59,206 --> 00:41:01,516 IF YOU START MAKING A PROFIT, YOU PAY JUAN BACK. 805 00:41:01,551 --> 00:41:03,341 ABSOLUTELY. 806 00:41:03,379 --> 00:41:05,479 NOW, FIRST THING, I WANT THOSE TROMMELS 807 00:41:05,517 --> 00:41:07,517 AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF OUT. -THAT'S EASY ENOUGH. 808 00:41:07,551 --> 00:41:08,971 -OKAY. -WE CAN DO THAT. 809 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,140 SO LET'S BLOW AND GO. 810 00:41:10,172 --> 00:41:13,592 ♪♪ 811 00:41:13,620 --> 00:41:18,100 KEEP AN EYE ON THAT CHAIN HOOKS ON THAT SIDE. 812 00:41:18,137 --> 00:41:19,967 NOBODY UNDER IT. 813 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:21,310 IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY. 814 00:41:21,344 --> 00:41:23,344 SPIN THAT WAY A LITTLE BIT. 815 00:41:23,379 --> 00:41:25,719 EASY PEASY. -WHOO! 816 00:41:25,758 --> 00:41:29,478 [ LAUGHS ] 817 00:41:29,517 --> 00:41:31,207 COMING DOWN. 818 00:41:31,241 --> 00:41:37,101 ♪♪ 819 00:41:37,137 --> 00:41:39,997 -GOT IT. -IT'S ALL YOURS. 820 00:41:40,034 --> 00:41:42,554 Narrator: FREDDY SENDS THE TWO SCRAP METAL TROMMELS 821 00:41:42,586 --> 00:41:44,656 INTO PERMANENT RETIREMENT. 822 00:41:44,689 --> 00:41:49,589 ♪♪ 823 00:41:49,620 --> 00:41:52,210 HERE WE GO. 824 00:41:52,241 --> 00:41:56,411 DUDE. 825 00:41:56,448 --> 00:41:58,588 WE GOT SO MUCH LEFT TO DO. 826 00:41:58,620 --> 00:42:08,720 ♪♪ 827 00:42:20,172 --> 00:42:23,212 Narrator: TONY BEETS' WHOLE OPERATION IS DOWN. 828 00:42:23,241 --> 00:42:25,791 RECORD GOLD PRICES HAVE DRIVEN HIM TO REOPEN 829 00:42:25,827 --> 00:42:28,097 MONICA'S FIRST CUT. 830 00:42:28,137 --> 00:42:30,027 BUT FIRST HE MUST TRAIN 831 00:42:30,068 --> 00:42:32,828 2 1/2 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER. 832 00:42:45,517 --> 00:42:49,827 TONY'S PLAN TO GET SLUICING, BUILD A DAM WITH ROCKS AND MUD 833 00:42:49,862 --> 00:42:52,762 TO STOP THE FLOW OF WATER INTO MONICA'S CUT 834 00:42:52,793 --> 00:42:55,623 AND REDIRECT IT TO THE ORIGINAL CREEK BED, 835 00:42:55,655 --> 00:42:59,305 THEN DIG A CHANNEL TO DRAIN THE FLOODWATER FROM THE CUT, 836 00:42:59,344 --> 00:43:03,104 REVEALING THE GOLD RICH PAYDIRT UNDERNEATH. 837 00:43:03,137 --> 00:43:06,337 ♪♪ 838 00:43:22,310 --> 00:43:26,690 SNEAK THE EXCAVATOR AROUND MONICA, HOW? 839 00:43:38,310 --> 00:43:46,240 ♪♪ 840 00:43:46,275 --> 00:43:49,065 Narrator: TONY NEEDS THIS DAM BUILT FAST, 841 00:43:49,103 --> 00:43:52,663 AND HE ISN'T GOING TO LET A LITTLE WATER GET IN HIS WAY. 842 00:44:10,896 --> 00:44:14,096 ♪♪ 843 00:44:17,655 --> 00:44:19,305 LOST TRACK. 844 00:44:24,379 --> 00:44:25,999 OH, [BLEEP]. 845 00:44:37,758 --> 00:44:41,378 Narrator: THE CURSE OF THE HUNKER CODE STRIKES AGAIN. 846 00:44:41,413 --> 00:44:44,173 ♪♪ 847 00:44:44,206 --> 00:44:48,336 BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORST SPOTS 848 00:44:48,379 --> 00:44:50,279 TO LOSE A TRACK. 849 00:44:50,310 --> 00:44:52,660 HE'S HAVING TO USE HIS BOOM AND ARM 850 00:44:52,689 --> 00:44:56,969 TO LIFT HIMSELF UP AND WALK THE STRONG TRACK. 851 00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:00,030 Narrator: TONY USES HIS BOOM ARM TO LIFT THE BROKEN TRACK 852 00:45:00,068 --> 00:45:03,718 OFF THE GROUND AND KEEPS RIGHT ON GOING. 853 00:45:03,758 --> 00:45:07,168 THE ACTUAL [BLEEP]. 854 00:45:07,206 --> 00:45:08,996 HE HAS NO [BLEEP] TRACK. 855 00:45:09,034 --> 00:45:12,034 I MEAN, IT'S TONY BEETS, HE'LL PROBABLY DO IT LIKE 856 00:45:12,068 --> 00:45:13,378 IT'S JUST ANOTHER DAY. 857 00:45:41,172 --> 00:45:46,452 ♪♪ 858 00:46:13,862 --> 00:46:16,662 Narrator: WITH 38 TONS OF ROCK AND MUD, 859 00:46:16,689 --> 00:46:20,619 TONY HAS CUT OFF THE CREEK FROM THE CUT. 860 00:46:20,655 --> 00:46:25,895 HE'S ONE STEP CLOSER TO FINDING OUT IF HIS GAMBLE WILL PAY OFF. 861 00:47:22,413 --> 00:47:32,033 ♪♪ 862 00:47:32,068 --> 00:47:35,518 -LONG WEEK OF MOVING. -COOL. 863 00:47:35,551 --> 00:47:37,141 NOBODY LIKES MOVING. 864 00:47:37,172 --> 00:47:40,412 Narrator: ABOVE KENO, RICK LEAVES HIS OLD CLAIM 865 00:47:40,448 --> 00:47:43,928 FOR THE LAST TIME, HEADING TOWARDS HIS NEW HOME 866 00:47:43,965 --> 00:47:46,475 FOR THE SEASON AT LOWER DUNCAN CREEK. 867 00:47:46,517 --> 00:47:49,137 ♪♪ 868 00:47:49,172 --> 00:47:51,102 I BARELY BROKE EVEN LAST YEAR, 869 00:47:51,137 --> 00:47:53,207 AND I WORKED PRETTY HARD ALL WINTER TO TRY 870 00:47:53,241 --> 00:47:55,791 AND GET SOME MONEY TO GIVE THIS ANOTHER SHOT. 871 00:47:55,827 --> 00:47:56,967 I NEED TO GET IN HERE AND I NEED TO START 872 00:47:57,000 --> 00:47:58,100 GETTING GOLD RIGHT AWAY. 873 00:47:58,137 --> 00:48:01,787 ♪♪ 874 00:48:01,827 --> 00:48:03,337 SO THEN I'LL JUST BACK UP. 875 00:48:03,379 --> 00:48:06,619 ♪♪ 876 00:48:06,655 --> 00:48:10,335 BOB'S YOUR UNCLE. LAST LOAD TODAY. 877 00:48:10,379 --> 00:48:15,899 ♪♪ 878 00:48:15,931 --> 00:48:18,411 -I LIKE THIS NEW CAMP SPOT. -ME, TOO. 879 00:48:18,448 --> 00:48:20,278 -I'M DIGGING ON IT BIG TIME. -YEAH. 880 00:48:20,310 --> 00:48:22,760 PRETTY AMAZING THAT WE'RE HERE. 881 00:48:22,793 --> 00:48:24,283 AFTER ALMOST SEEING PART OF OUR CAMP 882 00:48:24,310 --> 00:48:25,340 GO OFF THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. 883 00:48:25,379 --> 00:48:26,519 [ LAUGHS ] 884 00:48:26,551 --> 00:48:27,761 [BLEEP] WE CAN START MINING TOMORROW. 885 00:48:27,793 --> 00:48:29,103 THAT SEEMS CRAZY. 886 00:48:29,137 --> 00:48:31,097 WELL, WE DIDN'T COME UP HERE TO MOVE CAMPS ALL DAY. 887 00:48:31,137 --> 00:48:33,827 GOOD, 'CAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO START A MOVING COMPANY. 888 00:48:33,862 --> 00:48:35,522 -YEAH, 'CAUSE MOVING SUCKS. -I AM NOT. 889 00:48:35,551 --> 00:48:37,621 WHO DOES THAT? WHO STARTS A MOVING COMPANY? 890 00:48:37,655 --> 00:48:39,995 -WHAT DO YOU SAY? -ALL THAT'S LEFT IS EVERYTHING. 891 00:48:40,034 --> 00:48:41,214 -YEP. -CHEERS. 892 00:48:41,241 --> 00:48:44,031 -CHEERS, GUYS. -CHEERS. 893 00:48:44,068 --> 00:48:47,098 -I'M CALLING IT. I'M DONE. -YEAH? 894 00:48:47,137 --> 00:48:48,377 SEE YOU GUYS TOMORROW. 895 00:48:48,413 --> 00:48:50,313 -I'M OVER IT. GOOD JOB. -THANKS FOR EVERYTHING. 896 00:48:50,344 --> 00:48:51,594 [ GROANS ] 897 00:48:51,620 --> 00:48:52,660 TOMORROW, WE GO MINING. 898 00:48:52,689 --> 00:48:54,929 SOMEBODY'S GOT TO HELP ME GET UP. 899 00:48:54,965 --> 00:48:58,095 Narrator: NOW RICK'S SMALL CREW FACES A MAMMOTH TASK. 900 00:48:58,137 --> 00:49:00,237 BEFORE THEY EARN A CENT, 901 00:49:00,275 --> 00:49:04,095 THEY MUST MINE 100 OUNCES FOR LANDLORD TROY TAYLOR. 902 00:49:04,137 --> 00:49:09,997 OH, WHAT IS IT, LIKE, 1:00 A.M.? JEEZ, UGH. 903 00:49:19,517 --> 00:49:22,447 ♪♪ 904 00:49:22,482 --> 00:49:24,282 [ HORN HONKS ] 905 00:49:24,310 --> 00:49:28,450 ♪♪ 906 00:49:28,482 --> 00:49:31,692 Narrator: ON FIRST TIME MINER FRED LEWIS' OREGON CLAIM... 907 00:49:31,724 --> 00:49:38,904 ♪♪ 908 00:49:38,931 --> 00:49:42,691 ...TOP FABRICATOR JUAN IBARRA ARRIVES... 909 00:49:42,724 --> 00:49:44,104 FRED? 910 00:49:44,137 --> 00:49:45,657 JUAN-O. 911 00:49:45,689 --> 00:49:47,859 Narrator: ...TO WORK WITH OLD FRIEND FREDDY DODGE... 912 00:49:47,896 --> 00:49:49,376 YOU'RE A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES, MY FRIEND. 913 00:49:49,413 --> 00:49:50,793 -GOOD TO SEE YOU, FRIEND. -GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAN. 914 00:49:50,827 --> 00:49:53,927 Narrator: ...AND REBUILD FRED'S SCRAP METAL WASH PLANT. 915 00:49:53,965 --> 00:49:55,165 WE'RE IN A HORNET'S NEST HERE. 916 00:49:55,206 --> 00:49:57,166 LOOKS LIKE IT. HOLY CRAP. 917 00:49:57,206 --> 00:50:01,446 ♪♪ 918 00:50:01,482 --> 00:50:02,902 WELL, JUAN, THIS IS FRED. 919 00:50:02,931 --> 00:50:03,861 -FRED, HOW YOU DOING? JUAN. -NICE TO MEET YOU, JUAN. 920 00:50:03,896 --> 00:50:05,206 NICE TO MEET YOU. 921 00:50:05,241 --> 00:50:06,281 -AND THIS IS KENDELL. -NICE TO MEET YOU, KENDELL. 922 00:50:06,310 --> 00:50:07,860 JUAN, NICE TO MEET YOU, TOO, MAN. 923 00:50:07,896 --> 00:50:09,406 SO WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO GET ON, FRED? 924 00:50:09,448 --> 00:50:10,758 LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT A LOT TO DO. 925 00:50:10,793 --> 00:50:12,553 MY THOUGHTS ARE MAKE A BOTTOM SCREEN IN HERE. 926 00:50:12,586 --> 00:50:14,026 OKAY. 927 00:50:14,068 --> 00:50:16,138 RIGHT NOW, THERE'S 1 1/4 INCH SCREEN ON THE TOP DECK, 928 00:50:16,172 --> 00:50:18,762 ABOUT A 3/8ths PUNCH PLATE FOR THAT BOTTOM DECK. 929 00:50:18,793 --> 00:50:20,243 OKAY, I GOT THE CUT TRAILER SET UP. 930 00:50:20,275 --> 00:50:21,585 I'M READY TO START CUTTING. -OKAY. 931 00:50:21,620 --> 00:50:24,240 SO HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE TO DO ALL THIS, FREDDY? 932 00:50:24,275 --> 00:50:29,095 I TOLD KENDELL AND FRED WE GOT ONE WEEK TO DO THIS IN. 933 00:50:29,137 --> 00:50:30,687 WOW. OKAY. 934 00:50:30,724 --> 00:50:32,974 SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE. 935 00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:36,210 WE NEED IT. 936 00:50:36,241 --> 00:50:37,971 YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. 937 00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:40,280 I WAS HAPPY TO GET FREDDY'S CALL. 938 00:50:40,310 --> 00:50:41,690 IT LOOKS LIKE THESE GUYS ARE A LITTLE OVER THEIR HEAD, 939 00:50:41,724 --> 00:50:42,764 BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THEM UP 940 00:50:42,793 --> 00:50:44,453 AND SLUICING HERE BEFORE TOO LONG. 941 00:50:44,482 --> 00:50:48,142 ♪♪ 942 00:50:48,172 --> 00:50:49,242 Narrator: JUAN'S FIRST TASK... 943 00:50:49,275 --> 00:50:50,715 Juan: HERE WE GO. 944 00:50:50,758 --> 00:50:53,548 Narrator: ...CREATE A SCREEN FOR THE EXISTING SHAKER DECK 945 00:50:53,586 --> 00:50:55,166 ENGINEERED TO SEPARATE OUT 946 00:50:55,206 --> 00:50:58,516 THE WORTHLESS ROCKS FROM FINE GOLD. 947 00:50:58,551 --> 00:51:03,931 ♪♪ 948 00:51:03,965 --> 00:51:05,025 THE WAY THESE WORK, 949 00:51:05,068 --> 00:51:06,478 THE SMALLER MATERIAL WILL FALL THROUGH 950 00:51:06,517 --> 00:51:09,897 AND IT DOESN'T GET CLOGGED UP WITH BIG MATERIAL. 951 00:51:09,931 --> 00:51:12,171 THIS IS A NEW PATTERN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. 952 00:51:12,206 --> 00:51:14,716 YOU SEE EVERY OTHER ONE IS ANGLED THEN STRAIGHT, 953 00:51:14,758 --> 00:51:17,238 THEN ANGLED THEN STRAIGHT AND THEN GOES BACK. 954 00:51:17,275 --> 00:51:18,785 WHAT THAT ESSENTIALLY IS DOING IS GIVING US 955 00:51:18,827 --> 00:51:20,337 MORE SCREENING TIME. 956 00:51:20,379 --> 00:51:21,379 WE HAVEN'T TESTED IT OUT. 957 00:51:21,413 --> 00:51:22,623 THIS IS GONNA BE THE FIRST TIME WE RUN IT 958 00:51:22,655 --> 00:51:23,995 ON THE SCREEN PLAN LIKE THIS. 959 00:51:24,034 --> 00:51:27,174 BUT I'M PRETTY HOPEFUL. I THINK IT'S GONNA WORK WELL. 960 00:51:27,206 --> 00:51:30,546 ♪♪ 961 00:51:30,586 --> 00:51:32,446 Narrator: AS JUAN CUTS THE SCREEN, 962 00:51:32,482 --> 00:51:33,902 FREDDIE STARTS WORK 963 00:51:33,931 --> 00:51:37,241 ON THE MOST CRITICAL PIECE OF THE WASH PLANT, 964 00:51:37,275 --> 00:51:42,825 A NEW SLUICE RUN DESIGNED TO CAPTURE ALL THE SITE'S GOLD. 965 00:51:42,862 --> 00:51:45,102 THIS IS SLUICE BOX OFF THE TROMMEL, ONE OF THEM, 966 00:51:45,137 --> 00:51:47,137 THEY'RE BENT UP A LITTLE BIT 967 00:51:47,172 --> 00:51:49,172 BUT WE'LL STIFFEN THEM THE BEST WE CAN, REUSE THEM. 968 00:51:49,206 --> 00:51:52,966 THIS WILL SAVE THESE GUYS ABOUT 2,000 BUCKS IN STEEL. 969 00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:54,690 RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST TYING THIS ALL TOGETHER 970 00:51:54,724 --> 00:51:57,594 TO MAKE THESE TWO CHUTES INTO ONE WORKABLE SLUICE 971 00:51:57,620 --> 00:52:00,100 AND ALSO MAKE AN EXTENSION. 972 00:52:00,137 --> 00:52:02,377 FIRE IN THE HOLE, KENDELL. -GOT YOU. 973 00:52:02,413 --> 00:52:07,143 ♪♪ 974 00:52:07,172 --> 00:52:10,592 Narrator: FREDDY'S NEPHEW, KENDELL, CUTS WEDGES TO SECURE 975 00:52:10,620 --> 00:52:15,830 THE RIFFLES AND CARPET IN THE SLUICE. 976 00:52:15,862 --> 00:52:18,282 OH, IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING WORKING WITH FAMILY, 977 00:52:18,310 --> 00:52:20,000 BUT THANKFULLY, 978 00:52:20,034 --> 00:52:22,214 I'VE ALWAYS GOT ALONG WITH FREDDY OVER THE YEARS, 979 00:52:22,241 --> 00:52:25,241 HE'S IT'S PRETTY FUNNY, DUDE, TO BE AROUND 980 00:52:25,275 --> 00:52:28,515 SO IT'S ACTUALLY ENJOYABLE TIME. 981 00:52:28,551 --> 00:52:30,661 I LOVE LAYING ON MY BACK IN FREAKING ROCKS 982 00:52:30,689 --> 00:52:32,689 WELDING UPSIDE DOWN. 983 00:52:32,724 --> 00:52:37,174 ♪♪ 984 00:52:37,206 --> 00:52:40,586 HEY, KENDELL. 985 00:52:40,620 --> 00:52:41,970 IT'LL WORK GOOD FOR YOU. 986 00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:43,970 YES, IT WILL. 987 00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:46,720 I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT. 988 00:52:46,758 --> 00:52:48,168 YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS 16, 989 00:52:48,206 --> 00:52:52,336 YOU KNOW, I WAS LIVING ON MY OWN OUT OF MY CAR, RIGHT? 990 00:52:52,379 --> 00:52:54,589 YOUR DAD HELPED ME GET A JOB. 991 00:52:54,620 --> 00:52:56,310 I HAD TO LIE ABOUT MY AGE AND HE TOLD ME 992 00:52:56,344 --> 00:52:59,104 TO ALWAYS BE THE FIRST PERSON THERE TO DO THE JOB. 993 00:52:59,137 --> 00:53:00,307 ALWAYS BE. 994 00:53:00,344 --> 00:53:02,104 WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH YOUR JOB, YOU GO DO THEIR JOB. 995 00:53:02,137 --> 00:53:03,657 [ CHUCKLES ] 996 00:53:03,689 --> 00:53:06,379 WITHOUT YOUR DAD'S INSPIRATION AND YOUR DAD'S TEACHING, 997 00:53:06,413 --> 00:53:08,383 HE'S QUITE A BIT OLDER THAN ME, RIGHT? 998 00:53:08,413 --> 00:53:11,243 I WOULDN'T BE WHERE I'M AT TODAY. 999 00:53:11,275 --> 00:53:14,205 YOUR DAD'S STILL MY HERO. SO LET'S GET TO WORK. 1000 00:53:14,241 --> 00:53:16,831 ALL RIGHT, SOUNDS GOOD. 1001 00:53:16,862 --> 00:53:19,552 FREDDY LEARNED HIS CRAFT FROM MY FATHER, 1002 00:53:19,586 --> 00:53:21,926 WHO HAS BEEN BUILDING GOLD MINING EQUIPMENT 1003 00:53:21,965 --> 00:53:25,755 FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REALLY REMEMBER. 1004 00:53:25,793 --> 00:53:27,793 HEARING FREDDY SHOW HIS APPRECIATION FOR THAT 1005 00:53:27,827 --> 00:53:30,307 IS IT'S GOOD TO HEAR. 1006 00:53:30,344 --> 00:53:31,864 KENDELL IS WANTING TO DO 1007 00:53:31,896 --> 00:53:33,716 THE THINGS THAT I'VE ALWAYS DONE. 1008 00:53:33,758 --> 00:53:35,898 SO, YOU KNOW, THAT MAKES ME SMILE. 1009 00:53:35,931 --> 00:53:38,661 WHETHER OR NOT HE'LL BE SUCCESSFUL IS ANOTHER STORY. 1010 00:53:38,689 --> 00:53:40,589 BUT HIM TRYING TO DO IT, 1011 00:53:40,620 --> 00:53:44,970 YOU KNOW, THAT MAKES ME PROUD. 1012 00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:46,070 WELL, LET'S GET THIS GREEN IN IT. 1013 00:53:46,103 --> 00:53:47,173 LET'S DO IT. 1014 00:53:47,206 --> 00:53:48,306 -NO REST FOR THE WICKED. -THAT'S RIGHT. 1015 00:53:48,344 --> 00:53:50,694 Narrator: NEXT JOB, FITTING JUAN'S HIGH-TECH 1016 00:53:50,724 --> 00:53:53,554 PLASMA CUT SCREEN INTO THE EXISTING SHAKER DECK. 1017 00:53:53,586 --> 00:53:56,756 THIS IS A THREE EIGHT SCREEN THAT'S GONNA BASICALLY 1018 00:53:56,793 --> 00:53:58,553 KEEP A LOT OF JUNK OUT OF THE SLUICE 1019 00:53:58,586 --> 00:54:01,616 AND FOCUS ON MORE GOLD WE'RE TRYING TO CATCH. 1020 00:54:01,655 --> 00:54:03,585 SO SUPER IMPORTANT. 1021 00:54:03,620 --> 00:54:07,790 ♪♪ 1022 00:54:07,827 --> 00:54:09,447 -LOOKS GOOD. -LOOKS GOOD. 1023 00:54:09,482 --> 00:54:10,972 LOOKS GOOD, GUYS. 1024 00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:13,140 Narrator: FREDDY'S REPURPOSED SLUICE BOXES 1025 00:54:13,172 --> 00:54:16,452 ARE NEXT WITH ONE FINAL EDITION. 1026 00:54:16,482 --> 00:54:19,482 JUAN PUT TOGETHER THESE BADASS SLUICE EXTENDERS FOR US. 1027 00:54:19,517 --> 00:54:21,927 THIS IS GONNA MAKE OUR ABILITY 1028 00:54:21,965 --> 00:54:24,445 TO CATCH GOLD SO MUCH MORE EFFICIENT 1029 00:54:24,482 --> 00:54:27,622 AND INCREASE OUR PRODUCTION QUITE A BIT. 1030 00:54:27,655 --> 00:54:29,895 CAN'T SAY ENOUGH THANKS TO THE BIG GUY FOR THAT. 1031 00:54:29,931 --> 00:54:31,831 -GO UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. -[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ] 1032 00:54:31,862 --> 00:54:33,242 WHAT THE... 1033 00:54:33,275 --> 00:54:35,475 -NOT BAD, HUH? -MAGIC. 1034 00:54:35,517 --> 00:54:38,307 TWO GUYS WORKING ON TWO SEPARATE THINGS AND IT WORKS. 1035 00:54:38,344 --> 00:54:41,284 WE SHOULD -- WE SHOULD DO THIS FOR A LIVING, FRED. [ LAUGHS ] 1036 00:54:41,310 --> 00:54:44,900 ♪♪ 1037 00:54:44,931 --> 00:54:46,481 NOW THAT IT'S PUT TOGETHER, WE'RE GONNA MOVE IT DOWN 1038 00:54:46,517 --> 00:54:49,207 TO THE PLANT ATTACHED TO THE COLONEL, 1039 00:54:49,241 --> 00:54:50,971 AND THE MAGIC'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN. 1040 00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:52,380 Narrator: ROOKIE MINE BOSS FRED'S 1041 00:54:52,413 --> 00:54:55,593 FIRST TIME IN AN EXCAVATOR WAS JUST A WEEK AGO. 1042 00:54:55,620 --> 00:54:58,550 NOW IT'S HIS JOB TO GET THE 24-FOOT SLUICES 1043 00:54:58,586 --> 00:55:01,136 SAFELY ACROSS THE SITE TO THE PLANT. 1044 00:55:01,172 --> 00:55:02,902 LET'S NOT MESS IT UP 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TIME 1045 00:55:02,931 --> 00:55:04,411 TO BUILD YOU ANOTHER ONE. -YES, SIR. 1046 00:55:04,448 --> 00:55:05,928 WE'LL DO IT ONCE AND WE'LL DO IT RIGHT. 1047 00:55:05,965 --> 00:55:08,855 YES, SIR. 1048 00:55:08,896 --> 00:55:11,336 AND BY THE WAY, FRED, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALL ME SIR. 1049 00:55:11,379 --> 00:55:12,789 -OH, SORRY. -THAT'S OKAY. 1050 00:55:12,827 --> 00:55:15,407 -IT'S A HABIT. -I KNOW. 1051 00:55:15,448 --> 00:55:18,618 [ ENGINE STARTS ] 1052 00:55:18,655 --> 00:55:19,825 IT'S A BIG MOMENT RIGHT HERE, 1053 00:55:19,862 --> 00:55:23,172 MOVING THE SLUICE DOWN TO OLD COLONEL NUGGET, 1054 00:55:23,206 --> 00:55:25,136 THE SLUICE GETS BROKEN, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH SCREWED 1055 00:55:25,172 --> 00:55:27,482 SO THIS HAS TO WORK. 1056 00:55:27,517 --> 00:55:30,377 IT'S WHAT YOU CALL LEARNING ON THE FLY, FRED. 1057 00:55:30,413 --> 00:55:32,243 -I'M READY. READY? -LET'S DO IT. 1058 00:55:32,275 --> 00:55:34,475 ♪♪ 1059 00:55:34,517 --> 00:55:36,237 PERFECT. 1060 00:55:36,275 --> 00:55:39,205 WHOA. 1061 00:55:39,241 --> 00:55:42,001 IT'S ALL RIGHT, FRED. LET'S JUST TAKE IT EASY. 1062 00:55:42,034 --> 00:55:44,104 ♪♪ 1063 00:55:44,137 --> 00:55:45,827 -YOU CAN'T LET GO. -STOP! 1064 00:55:45,862 --> 00:55:48,592 STOP! -EASY. 1065 00:55:50,551 --> 00:55:56,101 ♪♪ 1066 00:55:56,137 --> 00:55:58,277 Freddy: EASY, EASY. 1067 00:55:58,310 --> 00:56:01,830 Narrator: FRESHMAN MINER FRED LEWIS HAS FREDDY DODGE'S 1068 00:56:01,862 --> 00:56:04,452 NEW SLUICES ON THE HOOK, 1069 00:56:04,482 --> 00:56:08,902 IF HE DROPS THEM, THEY COULD TAKE WEEKS TO REPAIR. 1070 00:56:08,931 --> 00:56:10,761 WE GOT TIME TO DO IT RIGHT GETTING IT THERE. 1071 00:56:10,793 --> 00:56:12,483 WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO BUILD ANOTHER ONE. 1072 00:56:12,517 --> 00:56:14,967 IF YOU START TIPPING, GET THIS WEIGHT OFF, 1073 00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:19,340 OKAY, DON'T SMASH IT, BUT GET IT OFF. 1074 00:56:19,379 --> 00:56:21,449 OKAY, LET'S SPIN IT AROUND HERE. 1075 00:56:21,482 --> 00:56:23,282 OKAY, WE'RE WORKING WITH EACH OTHER NOW, KENDELL. 1076 00:56:23,310 --> 00:56:25,970 -OKAY. -NOW YOU STOP IT. 1077 00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:29,240 PULL IT, PULL IT. 1078 00:56:29,275 --> 00:56:32,335 OKAY, LET'S COME IN EASY. 1079 00:56:32,379 --> 00:56:33,689 MY HANDS ARE SWEATING RIGHT NOW. 1080 00:56:33,724 --> 00:56:36,594 THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE LAST 10 FEET TO GO. 1081 00:56:36,620 --> 00:56:38,590 ♪♪ 1082 00:56:38,620 --> 00:56:40,000 NOW BOOM DOWN. 1083 00:56:40,034 --> 00:56:42,934 ♪♪ 1084 00:56:42,965 --> 00:56:45,305 COMING DOWN, COMING DOWN. 1085 00:56:45,344 --> 00:56:48,144 ♪♪ 1086 00:56:48,172 --> 00:56:50,342 GOOD JOB, FRED! 1087 00:56:50,379 --> 00:56:52,139 OH, I CAN BREATHE NOW. 1088 00:56:52,172 --> 00:56:56,102 ♪♪ 1089 00:56:56,137 --> 00:56:58,337 WHOO, THAT WAS STRESSFUL. 1090 00:56:58,379 --> 00:57:00,029 BUT HE DID ACTUALLY A PRETTY DARN GOOD JOB, 1091 00:57:00,068 --> 00:57:03,068 SO I CAN'T EVEN GIVE HIM CRAP ABOUT THAT ONE. 1092 00:57:03,103 --> 00:57:04,793 HE DID A GOOD JOB. 1093 00:57:04,827 --> 00:57:06,517 WELL, LET'S GET THIS SLUICE IN. 1094 00:57:06,551 --> 00:57:08,311 IT'S NOT GONNA CATCH GOLD WITHOUT IT. 1095 00:57:08,344 --> 00:57:09,864 -OOH, OOH, OOH. -THERE YOU GO. 1096 00:57:09,896 --> 00:57:13,336 -WHOO. -YOU'RE THERE. 1097 00:57:13,379 --> 00:57:14,969 UP, UP, UP. 1098 00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:18,660 IT'S GONNA GO THE OTHER WAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TWO INCHES. 1099 00:57:18,689 --> 00:57:20,719 COME UP WITH YOUR JACK. 1100 00:57:20,758 --> 00:57:23,068 Fred: VERY, VERY MINUTE ADJUSTMENTS THEY'RE MAKING. 1101 00:57:23,103 --> 00:57:26,413 BASICALLY PERFECTING THE SLUICE 1102 00:57:26,448 --> 00:57:28,448 SO IT CATCHES ALL THE FINE GOLD. 1103 00:57:28,482 --> 00:57:31,762 THIS IS A GAME CHANGER RIGHT NOW. 1104 00:57:31,793 --> 00:57:34,283 Narrator: NEXT, A DISTRIBUTOR PLATE, 1105 00:57:34,310 --> 00:57:37,000 SPRAY BARS, CARPETS, AND RIFFLES. 1106 00:57:37,034 --> 00:57:38,414 LOOKS PRETTY GOOD, I'M HAPPY WITH IT. 1107 00:57:38,448 --> 00:57:42,278 YEAH, IT LOOKS GOOD. 1108 00:57:42,310 --> 00:57:45,340 LAST ONE! 1109 00:57:45,379 --> 00:57:48,789 LET'S GET ROLLING, DUDE. 1110 00:57:48,827 --> 00:57:49,967 LET'S DO IT. 1111 00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:51,690 YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED HERE, 1112 00:57:51,724 --> 00:57:54,594 UP HERE, WE HAD THIS BIG HOPPER FEEDER TROLL DOWN, 1113 00:57:54,620 --> 00:57:59,210 IT'S LIKE TWISTING GNARLY SLUICES DOWN INTO TWO TROMMELS, 1114 00:57:59,241 --> 00:58:04,551 AND NOW WE'VE GOT ONE PLANT SMOOTH OPERATOR. 1115 00:58:04,586 --> 00:58:07,166 FREDDY AND JUAN'S SIMPLE DESIGN 1116 00:58:07,206 --> 00:58:10,446 USES THE ORIGINAL SHAKER DECK WITH A NEW SCREEN 1117 00:58:10,482 --> 00:58:14,382 DESIGNED TO FILTER FOR FINE PAYDIRT RUNNING INTO 1118 00:58:14,413 --> 00:58:19,143 BRAND-NEW EXTENDED SLUICE BOXES TO CATCH FINEGOLD. 1119 00:58:19,172 --> 00:58:20,142 -WHAT DO YOU THINK, GUYS? -LOVE IT. 1120 00:58:20,172 --> 00:58:22,522 YOU GOT A WHOLE DIFFERENT PLANT NOW. 1121 00:58:22,551 --> 00:58:23,931 YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB. 1122 00:58:23,965 --> 00:58:27,165 IT'S WAY MORE THAN I HAD EXPECTED. 1123 00:58:27,206 --> 00:58:29,306 REALLY APPRECIATE IT. -WELL, LET'S FIRE IT UP. 1124 00:58:29,344 --> 00:58:32,384 -YEAH, I'M READY. -IT'S READY TO ROLL. 1125 00:58:32,413 --> 00:58:34,283 TIME TO FEED THE COLONEL. 1126 00:58:34,310 --> 00:58:37,830 ♪♪ 1127 00:58:37,862 --> 00:58:39,522 FIRE UP THAT GENERATOR, KENDELL. LET'S GET IT WARMED UP. 1128 00:58:39,551 --> 00:58:41,381 [ ENGINE STARTS ] 1129 00:58:41,413 --> 00:58:43,003 HERE COMES THE WATER. 1130 00:58:43,034 --> 00:58:46,454 ♪♪ 1131 00:58:46,482 --> 00:58:48,592 WHOO-HOO-HOO-WHEE! 1132 00:58:48,620 --> 00:58:52,930 ♪♪ 1133 00:58:52,965 --> 00:58:56,545 THEY LOOK PRETTY GOOD, JUAN! 1134 00:58:56,586 --> 00:58:57,756 YOU READY TO MAKE GOLD, FRED? 1135 00:58:57,793 --> 00:58:59,523 I'M READY TO SEE SOME GOLD, FREDDY. 1136 00:58:59,551 --> 00:59:01,451 SLOW AND EASY. TURTLE AND THE RABBIT. 1137 00:59:01,482 --> 00:59:03,722 SLOW AND EASY, I GOT YOU. 1138 00:59:03,758 --> 00:59:07,308 ♪♪ 1139 00:59:07,344 --> 00:59:09,484 WHOO-HOO-HOO-WHEE! 1140 00:59:09,517 --> 00:59:13,167 ♪♪ 1141 00:59:13,206 --> 00:59:14,516 LIKING IT, I'M LIKING IT. 1142 00:59:14,551 --> 00:59:16,661 LET'S JUST HOPE THERE'S SOME GOLD IN THERE. 1143 00:59:22,965 --> 00:59:29,475 ♪♪ 1144 00:59:29,517 --> 00:59:31,967 JARVIS, COME HERE. COME HERE, BUDDY. 1145 00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:34,450 Narrator: IT'S FIRE UP DAY FOR SLUICIFER 1146 00:59:34,482 --> 00:59:40,172 AND PARKER'S NEW PLANT BOSS, TYSON LEE IS UP AT 6 A.M. 1147 00:59:40,206 --> 00:59:42,656 GIVES ME ENOUGH TIME TO FEED JARVIS WITH SOME FOOD 1148 00:59:42,689 --> 00:59:46,409 AND BOTH OF US AND MAKE IT TO THE CUT BEFORE 7. 1149 00:59:46,448 --> 00:59:48,858 IT'S BEEN A HELL OF A PAST TWO WEEKS GETTING THIS THING SET UP, 1150 00:59:48,896 --> 00:59:51,966 BUT WE'RE FINALLY THERE, SO HOPEFULLY THINGS GO WELL. 1151 00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:56,550 I'VE HAD JARVIS FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF NOW, 1152 00:59:56,586 --> 00:59:58,516 AND I GOT HIM FROM A RESCUE. 1153 00:59:58,551 --> 01:00:01,381 HE JUST WAS THAT ABUSED IN CALIFORNIA. 1154 01:00:01,413 --> 01:00:04,593 SO FIRST COUPLE OF NIGHTS WE SAT THERE 1155 01:00:04,620 --> 01:00:06,590 LEANING AGAINST THE BENCH, LOOKING AT EACH OTHER. 1156 01:00:06,620 --> 01:00:08,030 WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF EACH OTHER. 1157 01:00:08,068 --> 01:00:10,688 AND HERE WE ARE A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, 1158 01:00:10,724 --> 01:00:13,454 HE'S BECOME SUCH A BIG PART OF MY LIFE. 1159 01:00:13,482 --> 01:00:15,722 I SPENT HOURS JUST TRAINING HIM AROUND EQUIPMENT AND NOW 1160 01:00:15,758 --> 01:00:17,408 HE LOVES IT, HE COMES EVERYWHERE. 1161 01:00:17,448 --> 01:00:18,658 IN THE GRATER, IN THE LOADER, 1162 01:00:18,689 --> 01:00:20,999 IN THE EXCAVATOR, IN THE ROCK TRUCK. 1163 01:00:21,034 --> 01:00:23,004 YEAH, WE'RE A PACKAGE DEAL. 1164 01:00:23,034 --> 01:00:26,174 WOULDN'T TRADE HIM FOR THE WORLD. 1165 01:00:26,206 --> 01:00:31,476 JARVIS, COME ON. GO TO WORK, JARVIS? 1166 01:00:31,517 --> 01:00:32,997 LIE DOWN. 1167 01:00:43,000 --> 01:00:46,030 ♪♪ 1168 01:00:46,068 --> 01:00:47,758 Narrator: PARKER'S PLAN TO DOUBLE DOWN 1169 01:00:47,793 --> 01:00:49,723 WITH A SECOND WASH PLANT 1170 01:00:49,758 --> 01:00:54,588 NOW RESTS ON TYSON'S SHOULDERS. 1171 01:00:54,620 --> 01:00:57,100 MORNING. 1172 01:00:57,137 --> 01:00:58,997 YEAH, SO THIS IS THE LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE 1173 01:00:59,034 --> 01:01:01,694 WE HAVE TO CONNECT THE WATER LINE AT THE WASH PLANT 1174 01:01:01,724 --> 01:01:05,284 AND THE WATER PUMP ONCE THAT'S DONE, 1175 01:01:05,310 --> 01:01:10,170 PRETTY MUCH GOOD TO FIRE UP HERE. 1176 01:01:10,206 --> 01:01:14,716 LITERALLY TRIES TO FOLLOW ME EVERYWHERE. 1177 01:01:14,758 --> 01:01:16,788 YOU OKAY, BUD? 1178 01:01:16,827 --> 01:01:20,337 MAKE HER WORK, RIGHT? 1179 01:01:20,379 --> 01:01:21,449 SO WE'RE GONNA FIRE UP 1180 01:01:21,482 --> 01:01:26,692 AND SEE HOW THIS NEW SYSTEM WORKS OUT. 1181 01:01:26,724 --> 01:01:28,554 DAYS ARE RUNNING OUT. WE'VE GOT TO START SLUICING. 1182 01:01:28,586 --> 01:01:32,756 YEAH. LET'S GET HER GOING. 1183 01:01:32,793 --> 01:01:36,033 [ ENGINE STARTS ] 1184 01:01:36,068 --> 01:01:39,138 Narrator: THE PUMP SENDS 3,300 GALLONS OF WATER A MINUTE 1185 01:01:39,172 --> 01:01:41,482 TO THE PLANT. 1186 01:01:47,862 --> 01:01:54,412 ♪♪ 1187 01:01:54,448 --> 01:01:57,028 WHAT DO YOU THINK, SHANE? 1188 01:01:57,068 --> 01:01:58,928 GONNA START WASHING ROCKS HERE. 1189 01:01:58,965 --> 01:02:02,165 ♪♪ 1190 01:02:02,206 --> 01:02:05,996 GO ON, RISE TO THE OCCASION. OVER HERE. COME ON. 1191 01:02:06,034 --> 01:02:09,244 ♪♪ 1192 01:02:09,275 --> 01:02:11,445 LIE DOWN. 1193 01:02:11,482 --> 01:02:15,312 Narrator: NOW IT'S TIME TO LOAD THE GOLD RICH PAYDIRT. 1194 01:02:15,344 --> 01:02:16,904 Tyson: DONE EVERYTHING RIGHT. I'VE DONE ALL I CAN. 1195 01:02:16,931 --> 01:02:18,761 SO HERE'S TO HOPING. 1196 01:02:18,793 --> 01:02:23,793 ♪♪ 1197 01:02:23,827 --> 01:02:25,967 YEE-HAW. 1198 01:02:31,620 --> 01:02:36,410 ♪♪ 1199 01:02:36,448 --> 01:02:39,028 Narrator: AFTER THREE YEARS OF WAITING, 1200 01:02:39,068 --> 01:02:41,788 PARKER'S CREW IS FINALLY SLUICING GOLD 1201 01:02:41,827 --> 01:02:44,167 ON KEN'S GROUND. 1202 01:02:44,206 --> 01:02:47,926 IT FEELS REALLY GOOD TO BE SLUICING OUR GROUND. 1203 01:02:47,965 --> 01:02:50,275 IT'S PRETTY AWESOME. 1204 01:02:50,310 --> 01:02:52,590 AND HE'S GOT A LOT HERE TO SLUICE. 1205 01:02:52,620 --> 01:02:56,140 SO IT'S COMING OUR WAY NOW. 1206 01:03:33,689 --> 01:03:38,339 ♪♪ 1207 01:03:38,379 --> 01:03:41,209 WHERE'S ALL THIS WATER COMING FROM? 1208 01:03:41,241 --> 01:03:45,171 [BLEEP] SEE. 1209 01:03:45,206 --> 01:03:46,656 HOLY CRAP. 1210 01:03:46,689 --> 01:03:48,619 TYSON! 1211 01:03:55,241 --> 01:04:00,691 ♪♪ 1212 01:04:00,724 --> 01:04:04,244 Narrator: PLANT BOSS TYSON LEE'S SOFT, OVERBURDENED PAD 1213 01:04:04,275 --> 01:04:07,305 IS BEING WASHED AWAY. 1214 01:04:07,344 --> 01:04:10,144 YOU GONNA GET UP THERE, MAN? 1215 01:04:10,172 --> 01:04:14,552 HEY, I'M GONNA SET IT DOWN NOW. 1216 01:04:14,586 --> 01:04:18,026 Narrator: PARKER RACES TO STOP THE 45-TON WASH PLANT 1217 01:04:18,068 --> 01:04:19,448 SLIDING OFF THE BANK. 1218 01:04:19,482 --> 01:04:20,692 Parker: JUST GONNA THROW SOME ROCK IN THERE 1219 01:04:20,724 --> 01:04:23,284 AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL KEEP HER SHORED UP HERE. 1220 01:04:23,310 --> 01:04:27,480 ♪♪ 1221 01:04:27,517 --> 01:04:29,757 THE PLAN... 1222 01:04:29,793 --> 01:04:33,793 WE NEED FOUR HOURS OF COURSE TAILING. 1223 01:04:33,827 --> 01:04:35,587 Narrator: PARKER USES THE ROCK TAILINGS 1224 01:04:35,620 --> 01:04:37,790 FALLING FROM THE BACK OF THE WASH PLANT 1225 01:04:37,827 --> 01:04:40,617 TO ARMOR THE BANK OF THE PATH. 1226 01:04:40,655 --> 01:04:43,615 BUT THE MORE HE RUNS THE PLANT TO GET TAILING, 1227 01:04:43,655 --> 01:04:46,655 THE MORE HE RISKS THE PAD COLLAPSING. 1228 01:05:14,379 --> 01:05:15,589 ♪♪ 1229 01:05:15,620 --> 01:05:17,930 Parker: I REALLY THINK IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT. 1230 01:05:25,034 --> 01:05:32,034 ♪♪ 1231 01:05:32,068 --> 01:05:34,518 Narrator: AFTER AN HOUR OF SHOVELING ROCKS, 1232 01:05:34,551 --> 01:05:38,281 THE PAD IS STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD. 1233 01:05:38,310 --> 01:05:42,280 Tyson: COME ON, BUD. 1234 01:05:42,310 --> 01:05:46,660 DO YOU THINK IT HELPS? -OH, YEAH, IT HELPS A LOT. 1235 01:05:46,689 --> 01:05:49,689 NOW WE JUST HAVE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY GOLD IN THE GROUND. 1236 01:05:49,724 --> 01:05:52,244 -YOUR PROBLEM. -RIGHT ON, 10-4. 1237 01:05:52,275 --> 01:05:53,615 GRAB YOUR PENS. 1238 01:05:53,655 --> 01:05:54,685 YOU -- COME ON, YOU KNEW THAT WAS COMING. 1239 01:05:54,724 --> 01:05:56,174 YEAH. 1240 01:05:56,206 --> 01:05:58,856 Narrator: AFTER STARTING A FULL MONTH LATE, 1241 01:05:58,896 --> 01:06:02,026 PARKER FINALLY HAS TWO OPERATIONS UP AND RUNNING 1242 01:06:02,068 --> 01:06:04,858 AND A SHOT AT GROWING HIS EMPIRE. 1243 01:06:11,827 --> 01:06:18,587 ♪♪ 1244 01:06:18,620 --> 01:06:21,790 RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SWEEPING OUT THE SLUICE BOX 1245 01:06:21,827 --> 01:06:23,547 GETTING ALL THE DIRT OUT 1246 01:06:23,586 --> 01:06:25,966 SO WE CAN PUT THE BOX BACK TOGETHER. 1247 01:06:26,000 --> 01:06:30,240 WE'LL FIND OUT IF THIS IS CUT IS WORTH ALL [BLEEP]. 1248 01:06:30,275 --> 01:06:31,655 Narrator: AT HUNKER CREEK, 1249 01:06:31,689 --> 01:06:34,139 MONICA BEETS HAS ALMOST DRAINED HER CUT 1250 01:06:34,172 --> 01:06:38,832 AND STARTED TO STOCKPILE PAY TO RUN THROUGH THE KIWI PLANT. 1251 01:06:38,862 --> 01:06:41,412 KEVIN MUST'VE STACKED THESE ONES. 1252 01:06:41,448 --> 01:06:44,858 GOOD? GOOD. 1253 01:06:44,896 --> 01:06:46,336 -OH. -THAT'S REALLY HARD. 1254 01:06:46,379 --> 01:06:47,659 OW, WELL... 1255 01:06:47,689 --> 01:06:49,339 [ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ] 1256 01:06:49,379 --> 01:06:54,069 ♪♪ 1257 01:07:03,172 --> 01:07:06,342 Narrator: AFTER A WEEK WITH NO GOLD IN THE BOX, 1258 01:07:06,379 --> 01:07:10,519 TONY NEEDS THE CURSED HUNKER CUT TO PAY. 1259 01:07:14,206 --> 01:07:19,586 [ ENGINE STALLING ] 1260 01:07:19,620 --> 01:07:27,170 ♪♪ 1261 01:07:29,758 --> 01:07:35,858 Narrator: BUT NOW THE KIWI PLANT ON BUTTON ISN'T COOPERATING. 1262 01:07:35,896 --> 01:07:38,446 JUST NOT STAYING IN OR WHAT? 1263 01:07:55,896 --> 01:08:03,406 [ ENGINE STARTING ] 1264 01:08:03,448 --> 01:08:06,068 [ TAPE RIPS ] 1265 01:08:25,344 --> 01:08:28,214 Narrator: TONY BEETS IS BACK IN BUSINESS. 1266 01:08:28,241 --> 01:08:31,621 ♪♪ 1267 01:08:31,655 --> 01:08:34,065 NOW IT'S UP TO MONICA AND RUBY TO FIND OUT 1268 01:08:34,103 --> 01:08:36,663 IF THE OLD TIMERS LEFT ENOUGH GOLD 1269 01:08:36,689 --> 01:08:39,999 TO TURN THE FAMILY'S FORTUNES AROUND. 1270 01:08:40,034 --> 01:08:42,904 HOW DOES IT FEEL SITTING ON THAT PILE, LADY? 1271 01:08:42,931 --> 01:08:47,381 OH, YOU KNOW, LIVING THE DREAM. 1272 01:08:47,413 --> 01:08:49,903 HOPEFULLY WE CAN BEAT THIS CURSE. 1273 01:08:58,034 --> 01:09:07,524 ♪♪ 1274 01:09:07,551 --> 01:09:12,451 WE'RE GONNA BE BATTLING ALL YEAR FROM THIS LATE START. 1275 01:09:12,482 --> 01:09:15,552 BUT I DO OWE TROY 100 OUNCES OF GOLD. 1276 01:09:15,586 --> 01:09:17,376 I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING 1277 01:09:17,413 --> 01:09:19,693 EVERY MOVE WE MAKE. 1278 01:09:19,724 --> 01:09:23,004 Narrator: IT'S DAY ONE MINING ON TROY TILLER'S GROUND 1279 01:09:23,034 --> 01:09:26,834 ON LOWER DUNCAN CREEK. 1280 01:09:26,862 --> 01:09:28,932 ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE GOT EVERYTHING MOVED OVER 1281 01:09:28,965 --> 01:09:34,165 TO CAMP, EQUIPMENT, NOW IT'S TIME TO GET SOME MINING. 1282 01:09:34,206 --> 01:09:35,996 RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THESE PILES RIGHT HERE 1283 01:09:36,034 --> 01:09:37,454 IS WHERE WE TESTED LAST YEAR. 1284 01:09:37,482 --> 01:09:39,452 THE VALUES ARE MUCH BETTER OVER THERE. 1285 01:09:39,482 --> 01:09:41,522 WE'VE GOT ABOUT 30 FEET OF OVERBURDEN TO DO. 1286 01:09:41,551 --> 01:09:44,001 REALLY, WHAT I WANT TO DO IS I WANT TO GET STARTED 1287 01:09:44,034 --> 01:09:47,244 WITH THIS GROUND BACK HERE, BUT SOME REALLY SHALLOW GROUND. 1288 01:09:47,275 --> 01:09:50,515 SO THERE REALLY WON'T BE MUCH COST IN DOING IT. 1289 01:09:50,551 --> 01:09:51,761 WE CAN RUN IT FOR REAL CHEAP 1290 01:09:51,793 --> 01:09:54,933 AND THE GOLD WILL BE, YOU KNOW, MOSTLY PROFIT. 1291 01:09:54,965 --> 01:09:56,755 Narrator: A MILE AWAY FROM THE NEW CAMP 1292 01:09:56,793 --> 01:09:59,933 IS THE GOLD-RICH GROUND THAT RICK TESTED LAST YEAR, 1293 01:09:59,965 --> 01:10:02,615 BUT IT'S UNDER A DEEP LAYER OF OVERBURDEN. 1294 01:10:02,655 --> 01:10:05,025 SO RICK'S PLAN TO GET SLUICING QUICKLY 1295 01:10:05,068 --> 01:10:06,898 IS TO START ON THE SHALLOWER GROUND 1296 01:10:06,931 --> 01:10:10,001 NEAR THE CREEK WHERE HE CAN REACH PAY FAST 1297 01:10:10,034 --> 01:10:14,794 AS LONG AS THERE IS GOLD IN THE GROUND. 1298 01:10:14,827 --> 01:10:16,997 -HEY. -WE CAN GET STARTED. 1299 01:10:17,034 --> 01:10:19,244 IT'S LIKE A FOOT AND A HALF, TWO FEET OF OVERBURDEN. 1300 01:10:19,275 --> 01:10:21,165 EASY, GOOD WAY TO START THE SEASON. 1301 01:10:21,206 --> 01:10:23,066 I MEAN, IT'S JUST THE THREE OF US. 1302 01:10:23,103 --> 01:10:24,793 IT'S A GOOD WAY FOR THE THREE OF US TO GET STARTED. 1303 01:10:24,827 --> 01:10:25,997 I MEAN, WE GOT TO PUT SOME MONEY IN THE BANK 1304 01:10:26,034 --> 01:10:27,974 BEFORE WE START DOING ANYTHING CRAZY SO... 1305 01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:30,550 Narrator: RICK NEEDS HIS GAMBLE TO PAY OFF 1306 01:10:30,586 --> 01:10:32,516 IF HE'S TO HIT CLAIM OWNER TROY'S 1307 01:10:32,551 --> 01:10:34,831 100-OUNCE, 30-DAY DEADLINE. 1308 01:10:34,862 --> 01:10:35,862 WE'RE ALL FUELED UP. 1309 01:10:35,896 --> 01:10:37,786 SO, YEAH. -NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT. 1310 01:10:37,827 --> 01:10:40,167 -RIGHT ON. -YES. 1311 01:10:40,206 --> 01:10:42,616 GOING TO WORK. 1312 01:10:42,655 --> 01:10:45,755 Narrator: AGAINST ALL THE ODDS AND NEARLY TWO MONTHS LATE, 1313 01:10:45,793 --> 01:10:48,793 RICK'S SMALL CREW STARTS THEIR SEASON. 1314 01:10:48,827 --> 01:10:52,827 RICK CLEARS THE FOOT OF OVERBURDEN. 1315 01:10:52,862 --> 01:10:56,072 AND THEN LOADS PAY INTO KARLA AND KRUSE'S TRUCKS. 1316 01:10:56,103 --> 01:10:59,663 ♪♪ 1317 01:10:59,689 --> 01:11:01,239 FEELS GOOD TO FINALLY BE DIGGING DIRT. 1318 01:11:01,275 --> 01:11:03,165 I MEAN, THERE'S ONLY THREE OF US HERE, 1319 01:11:03,206 --> 01:11:05,586 PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BET AGAINST THAT WEEKS AGO, THAT'S FOR SURE. 1320 01:11:05,620 --> 01:11:09,310 BUT IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. 1321 01:11:09,344 --> 01:11:11,974 Narrator: THEY DRIVE IT TO TROY'S LEASED WASH PLANT. 1322 01:11:12,000 --> 01:11:15,520 ♪♪ 1323 01:11:15,551 --> 01:11:17,691 Kruse: I'M AMAZED THAT WE'RE EVEN HERE AT THIS POINT. 1324 01:11:17,724 --> 01:11:20,034 IT'S A TESTAMENT TO RICK GETTING ALL THAT WORK DONE. 1325 01:11:20,068 --> 01:11:22,338 IT'S PRETTY [BLEEP] AMAZING. 1326 01:11:22,379 --> 01:11:23,549 WE'VE ALL GOT OUR NOSE 1327 01:11:23,586 --> 01:11:25,406 TO THE GRINDSTONE OUT HERE SUPPORTING RICK. 1328 01:11:25,448 --> 01:11:26,788 THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR. 1329 01:11:26,827 --> 01:11:28,687 IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT ENERGY THIS YEAR. 1330 01:11:28,724 --> 01:11:30,594 HE'S ALREADY STEPPED IT UP 1331 01:11:30,620 --> 01:11:33,070 AND HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S GOT TO DO. 1332 01:11:33,103 --> 01:11:36,073 WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THERE'S GOLDEN SLUICE BOX. 1333 01:11:36,103 --> 01:11:40,663 ♪♪ 1334 01:11:40,689 --> 01:11:42,619 ALL RIGHT, KRUSE, GET THAT PLANT FIRED UP. 1335 01:11:42,655 --> 01:11:44,205 10-4. 1336 01:11:44,241 --> 01:11:50,451 ♪♪ 1337 01:11:50,482 --> 01:11:51,722 AND EVERYTHING UP UNTIL THIS POINT, 1338 01:11:51,758 --> 01:11:53,338 IT'S JUST BEEN COSTING ME MONEY, BUT, YOU KNOW, 1339 01:11:53,379 --> 01:11:56,279 IT HAD TO BE DONE AND NOW HERE WE ARE. 1340 01:11:56,310 --> 01:11:58,140 WE'RE ABOUT TO START MAKING MONEY, 1341 01:11:58,172 --> 01:12:00,412 ABOUT TO START PUTTING GOLD IN THE BOX. 1342 01:12:00,448 --> 01:12:02,068 Kruse: ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. 1343 01:12:02,103 --> 01:12:07,173 [ ENGINE STARTS ] 1344 01:12:07,206 --> 01:12:10,686 AND JUST LIKE THAT, WE'RE UP IN SLUICING. 1345 01:12:10,724 --> 01:12:13,834 ONE SCOOP AT A TIME. 1346 01:12:13,862 --> 01:12:16,862 Narrator: SHEER DETERMINATION HAS GOT RICK AND HIS CREW 1347 01:12:16,896 --> 01:12:19,896 OF THREE MINING GOLD AGAIN. 1348 01:12:25,758 --> 01:12:31,758 ♪♪ 1349 01:12:31,793 --> 01:12:33,623 AFTER FOUR HOURS RUNNING... 1350 01:12:33,655 --> 01:12:36,335 STILL TOO MUCH WATER, GOT TO LET THE WATER GET OUT. 1351 01:12:36,379 --> 01:12:39,549 Narrator: ...RICK CHECKS THE SLUICE BOXES. 1352 01:12:39,586 --> 01:12:41,306 SHOULD SEE A LITTLE BIT. 1353 01:12:41,344 --> 01:12:48,144 ♪♪ 1354 01:12:48,172 --> 01:12:50,552 OH, YEAH. [ CHUCKLES ] WHOO! 1355 01:12:50,586 --> 01:12:51,656 THERE'S GOLD UP HERE. 1356 01:12:51,689 --> 01:12:55,829 EVERY SINGLE [BLEEP] RIFFLE'S GOT IT. 1357 01:12:55,862 --> 01:12:57,792 THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT PACKED UP ON THE OUTSIDES, 1358 01:12:57,827 --> 01:13:02,967 BUT INSIDE, THE MIDDLES ARE STILL PRETTY GOOD, SO. 1359 01:13:03,000 --> 01:13:04,480 I SEE GOLD. 1360 01:13:04,517 --> 01:13:06,687 I MEAN, I SEE A FAIR AMOUNT OF GOLD 1361 01:13:06,724 --> 01:13:08,864 YEAH, FOR WHAT WE DID. WOW. 1362 01:13:08,896 --> 01:13:10,716 WE GOT A COUPLE MORE DAYS OF POUNDING THROUGH LIKE THAT 1363 01:13:10,758 --> 01:13:12,378 AND DO A CLEAN OUT AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE, 1364 01:13:12,413 --> 01:13:14,143 BUT THIS PROMISING. 1365 01:13:14,172 --> 01:13:17,722 Narrator: RICK'S ROAD TO REDEMPTION BEGINS. 1366 01:13:17,758 --> 01:13:23,208 THERE IS GOLD. YEAH! GET IT ALL. 1367 01:13:29,482 --> 01:13:34,622 ♪♪ 1368 01:13:34,655 --> 01:13:36,405 Freddy: GO AHEAD, SHUT IT DOWN THERE. 1369 01:13:39,793 --> 01:13:40,863 Narrator: IN OREGON, 1370 01:13:40,896 --> 01:13:43,716 VETERANS FRED LEWIS AND KENDELL MADDEN 1371 01:13:43,758 --> 01:13:45,588 HAVE RUN 20 YARDS OF PAYDIRT 1372 01:13:45,620 --> 01:13:48,450 THROUGH THEIR BRAND-NEW REVAMPED PLANT, 1373 01:13:48,482 --> 01:13:50,722 COLONEL NUGGET. 1374 01:13:50,758 --> 01:13:52,788 -YOUR FIRST RUN, FRED. -I KNOW, HOW'S IT LOOK? 1375 01:13:52,827 --> 01:13:55,477 WE'RE GONNA SEE RIGHT NOW, HUH? 1376 01:13:55,517 --> 01:13:56,617 IT'S THE VERY FIRST TIME 1377 01:13:56,655 --> 01:13:58,545 WE'VE DONE A CLEANUP ON COLONEL NUGGET. 1378 01:13:58,586 --> 01:14:00,306 SO PRETTY EXCITING TIMES RIGHT NOW. 1379 01:14:00,344 --> 01:14:02,004 A LITTLE NERVOUS, NOT GONNA LIE, 1380 01:14:02,034 --> 01:14:04,624 BUT I THINK IF THERE'S GOLD HERE, 1381 01:14:04,655 --> 01:14:07,475 COLONEL NUGGET'S GONNA CATCH IT. 1382 01:14:07,517 --> 01:14:10,307 Narrator: THIS CLEANUP WILL TELL FRED IF THE CLAIM HE LEASED 1383 01:14:10,344 --> 01:14:12,764 WITH HIS LAST $20,000 1384 01:14:12,793 --> 01:14:15,003 HOLDS ENOUGH GOLD TO MAKE A PROFIT. 1385 01:14:15,034 --> 01:14:18,724 -WANNA GRAB HALF? -YEP. LET'S DO IT. 1386 01:14:18,758 --> 01:14:21,238 JUST HOPE THERE'S A LOT OF GOLD IN IT. 1387 01:14:21,275 --> 01:14:23,375 HERE'S THE FIRST PAN, 1388 01:14:23,413 --> 01:14:25,593 WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING TO HAVE A GOOD SEASON. 1389 01:14:25,620 --> 01:14:28,410 I WANT TO MAKE THE LEWIS FAMILY NAME 1390 01:14:28,448 --> 01:14:30,688 AND THE MADDEN FAMILY NAME WELL-KNOWN. 1391 01:14:30,724 --> 01:14:34,384 SO LET'S HOPE WE HAVE SOME GOOD CLEAN OUTS TO SUPPORT THAT. 1392 01:14:39,655 --> 01:14:44,755 ♪♪ 1393 01:14:44,793 --> 01:14:46,593 -WHOA! -LOOK AT THAT. 1394 01:14:46,620 --> 01:14:47,970 LOOK AT THAT LITTLE NUGGET THERE, FRED. 1395 01:14:48,000 --> 01:14:52,930 YEAH, THERE YOU GO, BUD. THAT'S YOUR FIRST REAL GOLD. 1396 01:14:52,965 --> 01:14:53,895 YEAH, LOOK AT IT'S ALL FLOATING RIGHT THERE. 1397 01:14:53,931 --> 01:14:55,001 THIS IS HOW BIG OF A CARPET? 1398 01:14:55,034 --> 01:14:56,694 THE SIZE OF THAT. 1399 01:14:56,724 --> 01:15:00,794 THAT IS INSANE. 1400 01:15:00,827 --> 01:15:02,277 OW, THAT HURT MY HAND. 1401 01:15:02,310 --> 01:15:05,720 [ LAUGHTER ] 1402 01:15:05,758 --> 01:15:07,618 WELL, LET'S QUIT STARING AT IT. 1403 01:15:07,655 --> 01:15:09,275 -YOU'RE RIGHT. -CLEAN THAT SLUICE BOX UP. 1404 01:15:09,310 --> 01:15:10,830 AND SEE HOW MUCH GOLD'S IN IT. 1405 01:15:10,862 --> 01:15:18,622 ♪♪ 1406 01:15:18,655 --> 01:15:21,025 WITH THE NEW SLUICES IN THIS PLANT MODIFIED PLANT, 1407 01:15:21,068 --> 01:15:23,308 WE RAN 20 YARDS, SO THIS WILL TELL US 1408 01:15:23,344 --> 01:15:25,834 IF THERE'S ENOUGH GOLD IN THE GROUND. 1409 01:15:25,862 --> 01:15:27,832 -YOU GUYS READY? -LET'S DO IT. 1410 01:15:27,862 --> 01:15:34,102 ♪♪ 1411 01:15:34,137 --> 01:15:35,097 -WHOA, YEAH. -YES. 1412 01:15:35,137 --> 01:15:36,167 THERE WE GO. 1413 01:15:36,206 --> 01:15:37,206 -WHAT? WHAT? -LOOK AT THAT. 1414 01:15:37,241 --> 01:15:40,831 -.25. -QUARTER OF AN OUNCE. 1415 01:15:40,862 --> 01:15:43,072 OUT OF 20 YARDS? -THAT'S PRETTY DARN GOOD. 1416 01:15:43,103 --> 01:15:47,453 -THAT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE. -FEW NUGGETS IN THERE, TOO. 1417 01:15:47,482 --> 01:15:49,102 THAT'S -- THAT'S A GOOD CLEAN UP. 1418 01:15:49,137 --> 01:15:50,447 THAT'S AN INCREDIBLY GOOD CLEAN UP, 1419 01:15:50,482 --> 01:15:52,452 THIS PROVES THERE'S GOLD HERE AND THAT YOU GUYS MADE IT 1420 01:15:52,482 --> 01:15:54,522 SO WE CAN CATCH IT. 1421 01:15:54,551 --> 01:15:59,171 Narrator: A QUARTER OUNCE WORTH OVER $400 FROM 20 YARDS 1422 01:15:59,206 --> 01:16:02,656 MEANS THEY SHOULD GET AROUND AN OUNCE PER HUNDRED. 1423 01:16:02,689 --> 01:16:04,309 IF THE GROUND STAYS GOOD. 1424 01:16:04,344 --> 01:16:07,594 IT COULD MEAN A SEASON TOTAL OF OVER 500 OUNCES, 1425 01:16:07,620 --> 01:16:10,720 WORTH ALMOST A $1 MILLION. 1426 01:16:10,758 --> 01:16:12,278 AND YOU GUYS GOT TO BE HAPPY, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ACTUALLY 1427 01:16:12,310 --> 01:16:13,860 HAVE A PLANT THAT'S GONNA BE MANAGEABLE 1428 01:16:13,896 --> 01:16:15,376 THAT YOU GUYS CAN RUN. 1429 01:16:15,413 --> 01:16:18,763 I LOVE IT. YOU GUYS KILLED IT. YOU GUYS KILLED IT. 1430 01:16:18,793 --> 01:16:21,103 WE DID A LOT WITH BASICALLY NOTHING. 1431 01:16:21,137 --> 01:16:22,477 I HOPE WE CAN WORK LIKE THAT ONE DAY. 1432 01:16:22,517 --> 01:16:23,687 ONE DAY. 1433 01:16:23,724 --> 01:16:25,214 JUAN AND MYSELF HAVE ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT. 1434 01:16:25,241 --> 01:16:27,791 WE THINK THE SAME. -THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. 1435 01:16:27,827 --> 01:16:30,717 -STAY BUSY. -OH, YOU KNOW IT. 1436 01:16:30,758 --> 01:16:33,588 OH, GOLD. DON'T FORGET THE GOLD. 1437 01:16:33,620 --> 01:16:36,030 WE GOT THEM UP AND RUNNING. ALL WE CAN DO HAS BEEN DONE. 1438 01:16:36,068 --> 01:16:37,968 I'M GONNA GET OUT OF HERE AND GET HOME. 1439 01:16:38,000 --> 01:16:42,480 [ ENGINE STARTS ] 1440 01:16:42,517 --> 01:16:44,027 Freddy: IT'S ON THEIR SHOULDERS NOW. 1441 01:16:44,068 --> 01:16:45,788 WE'VE GOT A PLANT THAT'S RUNNING FOR THEM, 1442 01:16:45,827 --> 01:16:47,657 SLUICES THAT'LL CATCH THE GOLD FOR THEM, 1443 01:16:47,689 --> 01:16:49,969 BUT IF THEY GET COMPLACENT, 1444 01:16:50,000 --> 01:16:53,240 IF THEY DON'T BUST THEIR BUTTS EVERY SINGLE DAY, 1445 01:16:53,275 --> 01:16:54,335 THEY WON'T MAKE IT. 1446 01:16:54,379 --> 01:16:56,279 WITH THIS LAND BEING AS GOOD AS IT IS, 1447 01:16:56,310 --> 01:16:57,660 I'M READY TO CALL IN THE TROOPS. 1448 01:16:57,689 --> 01:16:59,829 I'M GONNA BRING IN A BAND OF MY BROTHERS, A BAND OF GUYS 1449 01:16:59,862 --> 01:17:03,692 I'VE SERVED WITH AND BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH. 1450 01:17:03,724 --> 01:17:06,034 AND I THINK IT'S THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING HUGE. 1451 01:17:10,862 --> 01:17:13,412 ♪♪ 1452 01:17:13,448 --> 01:17:16,658 Narrator: IN OREGON, FRED LEWIS CALLS HIS WIFE, KHARA. 1453 01:17:16,689 --> 01:17:18,659 HOW ARE YOU DOING? 1454 01:17:18,689 --> 01:17:19,859 HEY, BABE. 1455 01:17:19,896 --> 01:17:24,756 SO I JUST HAD OUR FIRST TEST DONE 1456 01:17:24,793 --> 01:17:29,033 AND WE GOT A QUARTER OF AN OUNCE OUT OF A 20-YARD TEST. 1457 01:17:29,068 --> 01:17:30,138 OH, REALLY? 1458 01:17:30,172 --> 01:17:32,792 -IT'S GO TIME. -HOLY COW. 1459 01:17:32,827 --> 01:17:34,207 IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GET YOUR BUTT OUT HERE. 1460 01:17:34,241 --> 01:17:36,031 I NEED A MINE MANAGER, 1461 01:17:36,068 --> 01:17:38,278 AND I THINK IT'S TIME TO CALL IN THE TROOPS. 1462 01:17:38,310 --> 01:17:39,410 OKAY. 1463 01:17:39,448 --> 01:17:41,338 GET DOWN HERE AS SOON AS YOU CAN. 1464 01:17:41,379 --> 01:17:43,969 -OKAY, I LOVE YOU. -LOVE YOU, TOO. 1465 01:17:44,000 --> 01:17:45,070 YOU KNOW, I'M STOKED. 1466 01:17:45,103 --> 01:17:47,073 KHARA'S MOBILIZED, READY TO COME DOWN HERE. 1467 01:17:47,103 --> 01:17:49,623 I GUESS WE COULD SAY IT'S TIME FOR THE GOLD TO HIT THE PAINT. 1468 01:17:57,758 --> 01:18:02,618 ♪♪ 1469 01:18:02,655 --> 01:18:04,025 A-HA. 1470 01:18:04,068 --> 01:18:05,998 Narrator: AT THE BEETS CAMP, MONICA AND RUBY 1471 01:18:06,034 --> 01:18:07,414 ARE READY TO WEIGH GOLD 1472 01:18:07,448 --> 01:18:10,308 FROM 20 HOURS OF RUNNING AT THE HUNKER CUT. 1473 01:18:18,448 --> 01:18:20,338 WHO'S GOING TO DO THE HONORS? 1474 01:18:20,379 --> 01:18:22,549 I'LL POUR AND RUBY CAN COUNT. 1475 01:18:22,586 --> 01:18:24,926 OH, [BLEEP]. OKAY. 1476 01:18:24,965 --> 01:18:26,995 -EVERYBODY READY? -WE'RE READY. 1477 01:18:27,034 --> 01:18:28,244 OKAY, DON'T BLINK. 1478 01:18:28,275 --> 01:18:29,895 Narrator: THE CUT MUST PRODUCE 1479 01:18:29,931 --> 01:18:32,591 AT LEAST 20 OUNCES TO BE WORTH RUNNING. 1480 01:18:32,620 --> 01:18:36,240 ♪♪ 1481 01:18:36,275 --> 01:18:38,965 THREE, FOUR, 1482 01:18:39,000 --> 01:18:43,070 FIVE, SEVEN, EIGHT, 1483 01:18:43,103 --> 01:18:45,213 NINE... 1484 01:18:45,241 --> 01:18:48,691 HOLD ON, HOLD ON. 1485 01:18:48,724 --> 01:18:51,794 9.92. 1486 01:18:51,827 --> 01:18:56,337 Narrator: 9.92 OUNCES WORTH $17,000, 1487 01:18:56,379 --> 01:19:00,899 BUT UNDER HALF AN OUNCE AN HOUR WEIGH LESS THAN TONY HOPED FOR. 1488 01:19:03,206 --> 01:19:07,306 CAN WE GO BACK? 1489 01:19:07,344 --> 01:19:09,174 NOT FOR A WHILE. 1490 01:19:12,413 --> 01:19:14,103 THAT DOESN'T QUITE COVER THE COST. 1491 01:19:26,965 --> 01:19:30,965 Narrator: TONY'S LOST SEVEN DAYS OF CRUCIAL SLUICING TIME 1492 01:19:31,000 --> 01:19:34,760 AND CAN'T RUN AGAIN UNTIL MIKE'S TROMMEL IS FIXED. 1493 01:19:39,172 --> 01:19:40,792 FOR THE BEETS FAMILY, 1494 01:19:40,827 --> 01:19:43,967 THE CURSE OF THE HUNKER CUT LIVES ON. 1495 01:19:50,862 --> 01:19:58,592 ♪♪ 1496 01:19:58,620 --> 01:20:00,410 -HEY, T. -HEY, HOW'S IT GOING, GUYS? 1497 01:20:00,448 --> 01:20:02,208 GOOD. 1498 01:20:02,241 --> 01:20:04,621 Narrator: PARKER, MITCH, KEN, AND TYSON 1499 01:20:04,655 --> 01:20:08,475 GATHER TO WEIGH THE GOLD FROM BIG RED AT THE LAST CUT 1500 01:20:08,517 --> 01:20:11,857 AND SLUICIFER ON KEN'S GROUND. 1501 01:20:11,896 --> 01:20:14,066 WELL, MAN, I'M EXCITED TO SEE, YOU KNOW WHAT, 1502 01:20:14,103 --> 01:20:15,763 BOTH BIG RED AND SLUICIFER DID. 1503 01:20:15,793 --> 01:20:18,483 WHAT DO YOU THINK, KEN, YOU READY TO SEE SOME GOLD? 1504 01:20:18,517 --> 01:20:19,617 I HEARD YOU STAKED THAT, WHAT? 1505 01:20:19,655 --> 01:20:21,335 35, 34 YEARS AGO? 1506 01:20:21,379 --> 01:20:22,899 -I THINK IT WAS IN '85. -THAT'S CRAZY. 1507 01:20:22,931 --> 01:20:24,141 -YEAH, THAT IS. -YEAH. 1508 01:20:24,172 --> 01:20:26,242 THAT'S PROBABLY BEFORE YOU WERE BORN. 1509 01:20:26,275 --> 01:20:29,275 I WAS BORN IN '84, MAN. SO, YEAH. 1510 01:20:29,310 --> 01:20:31,550 THAT'S JUST BEEN DOWN THERE WAITING A LONG TIME. 1511 01:20:31,586 --> 01:20:33,376 BEEN THERE A LONG TIME. 1512 01:20:33,413 --> 01:20:34,793 -YEAH. THAT'S CRAZY. -YOU WANT TO SEE HOW IT HOLDS? 1513 01:20:34,827 --> 01:20:38,027 YEAH, DO YOUR THING THERE, 1514 01:20:38,068 --> 01:20:40,138 YOUNG FELLA. GOD, I LOVE THAT. 1515 01:20:40,172 --> 01:20:43,692 THAT MUSIC TO THE EARS. YOUNG FELLA. 1516 01:20:43,724 --> 01:20:45,594 [ LAUGHTER ] 1517 01:20:45,620 --> 01:20:49,280 Narrator: FIRST UP, BIG RED. 1518 01:20:49,310 --> 01:20:53,620 I PUT BIG RED'S GOLD IN THE RED THERMOS. 1519 01:20:53,655 --> 01:20:55,135 [ LAUGHTER ] 1520 01:20:55,172 --> 01:20:57,522 NOT JUST ANOTHER PRETTY FACE. 1521 01:20:57,551 --> 01:20:59,551 SEE WE GOT HERE. 1522 01:20:59,586 --> 01:21:04,236 20, 40, 60, 80, 1523 01:21:04,275 --> 01:21:06,855 102, 120. 1524 01:21:06,896 --> 01:21:11,516 130, 136.15. 1525 01:21:11,551 --> 01:21:13,031 NICE. 1526 01:21:13,068 --> 01:21:14,828 IT'S NOT A BAD WEEK. 1527 01:21:14,862 --> 01:21:18,032 Narrator: 136.15 OUNCES 1528 01:21:18,068 --> 01:21:21,898 IS WORTH NEARLY $240,000. 1529 01:21:21,931 --> 01:21:26,831 BIG RED'S JUST SETTLED IN AND MAKING MONEY. 1530 01:21:26,862 --> 01:21:29,382 Narrator: AFTER 35 YEARS OF WAITING 1531 01:21:29,413 --> 01:21:31,903 AND JUST FIVE DAYS OF SLUICING, 1532 01:21:31,931 --> 01:21:35,311 IT'S TIME TO SEE IF KEN'S PROMISED LAND PAYS. 1533 01:21:35,344 --> 01:21:38,764 ♪♪ 1534 01:21:38,793 --> 01:21:41,723 20, 40, 1535 01:21:41,758 --> 01:21:45,068 60, 80, 1536 01:21:45,103 --> 01:21:48,483 100. 1537 01:21:48,517 --> 01:21:50,687 112.5. 1538 01:21:50,724 --> 01:21:52,214 112? 1539 01:21:52,241 --> 01:21:55,791 112.05. 1540 01:21:55,827 --> 01:21:57,517 Narrator: 112.05 OUNCES 1541 01:21:57,551 --> 01:22:01,141 IS WORTH A $197,000 1542 01:22:01,172 --> 01:22:03,662 ALMOST AS MUCH AS BIG RED. 1543 01:22:03,689 --> 01:22:07,999 IT GIVES KEN NEARLY $20,000 IN ROYALTIES. 1544 01:22:08,034 --> 01:22:10,284 -NOT TOO SHABBY. -NO, IT ISN'T. 1545 01:22:10,310 --> 01:22:11,830 SO, KEN, YOU MADE A FEW BUCKS. 1546 01:22:11,862 --> 01:22:13,692 IT'LL BUY A LOT OF JELLY BEANS 1547 01:22:13,724 --> 01:22:16,104 FOR THE GREAT GRANDBABIES. 1548 01:22:16,137 --> 01:22:17,787 [ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ] 1549 01:22:17,827 --> 01:22:21,237 Narrator: THE SCHNABEL CREW IS NOW AT 470 OUNCES 1550 01:22:21,275 --> 01:22:25,305 FOR THE SEASON WORTH OVER $800,000. 1551 01:22:25,344 --> 01:22:26,904 BUT WHEN YOU THINK, I MEAN, NORMALLY IN THIS TIME 1552 01:22:26,931 --> 01:22:28,311 OF THE SEASON, WE GOT A LOT MORE GOLD, 1553 01:22:28,344 --> 01:22:30,004 BUT BIG RED'S BEEN RUNNING A COUPLE OF WEEKS. 1554 01:22:30,034 --> 01:22:33,484 AND SLUICIFER JUST FIRED UP 400 OUNCES, THAT'S NOT BAD. 1555 01:22:33,517 --> 01:22:35,827 YEAH, WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 1556 01:22:35,862 --> 01:22:38,142 Narrator: PARKER IS ONE STEP CLOSER 1557 01:22:38,172 --> 01:22:41,972 TO HIS DREAM OF EXPANDING HIS MINING EMPIRE, 1558 01:22:42,000 --> 01:22:44,380 REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE FINALLY -- 1559 01:22:44,413 --> 01:22:48,073 THAT IT'S HAPPENING AND WE'RE 1560 01:22:48,103 --> 01:22:50,173 ACTUALLY GETTING REVENUE OUT OF IT, 1561 01:22:50,206 --> 01:22:52,966 SO THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING. 1562 01:22:53,000 --> 01:22:55,340 REALLY EXCITING, ACTUALLY. 1563 01:22:55,379 --> 01:23:02,969 ♪♪ 1564 01:23:03,000 --> 01:23:05,240 Narrator: ON THE NEXT "GOLD RUSH"... 1565 01:23:05,275 --> 01:23:06,925 I STARTED TO WONDER IF WE'D EVER BE RUNNING DIRT AT ALL, 1566 01:23:06,965 --> 01:23:08,925 BUT HERE WE ARE. 1567 01:23:08,965 --> 01:23:10,545 COME ON, WHY WILL YOU NOT DIG? 1568 01:23:10,586 --> 01:23:11,896 I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET CARL ON THE PHONE. 1569 01:23:11,931 --> 01:23:14,591 WITHOUT HIM, WE HAVE NO WAY TO DIG PAY. 1570 01:23:14,620 --> 01:23:16,240 MOVING PLANTS MORE OFTEN 1571 01:23:16,275 --> 01:23:18,965 AND THEN IT'LL SAVE US A PILE OF MONEY. 1572 01:23:19,000 --> 01:23:20,900 WHOA! 1573 01:23:20,931 --> 01:23:22,931 WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THERE, MAN? 1574 01:23:22,965 --> 01:23:24,925 A TEAM OF ALL COMBAT VETS? 1575 01:23:24,965 --> 01:23:26,825 IS IT LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM 1576 01:23:26,862 --> 01:23:28,002 AND PULLING GOLD OUT OF THE GROUND. 1577 01:23:28,034 --> 01:23:29,384 LET'S GO RIGHT NOW! 1578 01:23:29,413 --> 01:23:31,343 THOSE TREES ARE MOVING REALLY FAST. 1579 01:23:31,379 --> 01:23:32,829 THAT TREE'S GOING DOWN. 1580 01:23:32,862 --> 01:23:34,832 OKAY, GUYS, LET'S GET THE [BLEEP] OFF THE MINE NOW! 1581 01:23:34,862 --> 01:23:37,662 ♪♪