1 00:00:01,482 --> 00:00:02,862 THE MORE [BLEEP] UP THE WORLD GETS, 2 00:00:02,896 --> 00:00:04,236 THE HIGHER PRICE GOLD SHOULD GO. 3 00:00:04,275 --> 00:00:06,205 Narrator: ON THIS "GOLD RUSH"... 4 00:00:06,241 --> 00:00:07,901 COME ON, BIG GUY. YOU AT LEAST OUGHT TO BE ABLE 5 00:00:07,931 --> 00:00:08,931 TO DO THE WORK OF TWO PEOPLE. 6 00:00:08,965 --> 00:00:10,165 [ LAUGHS ] 7 00:00:10,206 --> 00:00:13,276 ...ON A MISSION TO BUILD A MASSIVE WAR CHEST 8 00:00:13,310 --> 00:00:17,340 OF GOLD, PARKER SCHNABEL EXPANDS HIS CREW... 9 00:00:17,379 --> 00:00:19,759 WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE. WE NEED SOME MORE BODIES. 10 00:00:19,793 --> 00:00:23,173 IT'S A BIT NERVE-RACKING. 11 00:00:23,206 --> 00:00:25,586 [ LOUD THUD ]OH [BLEEP] 12 00:00:31,413 --> 00:00:33,693 Narrator: ...TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME, 13 00:00:33,724 --> 00:00:36,974 TONY BEETS RESURRECT AN OLD BEAST... 14 00:00:37,827 --> 00:00:39,857 [ ENGINE STOPS ] 15 00:00:42,551 --> 00:00:45,691 I DON'T HAVE THAT HUNDRED OUNCES, MY SEASON'S [BLEEP] 16 00:00:45,724 --> 00:00:48,314 Narrator: ...AND RICK NESS HEDGES HIS BETS... 17 00:00:48,344 --> 00:00:50,694 IF WE CAN GET THIS THING UP TO A HUNDRED YARDS AN HOUR, 18 00:00:50,724 --> 00:00:52,554 THAT'S A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS A MONTH 19 00:00:52,586 --> 00:00:56,856 Narrator: ...IN A BID TO MAX OUT HIS WASH PLANT. 20 00:00:56,896 --> 00:00:58,786 [ METAL SCREECHES, THUD ] 21 00:00:58,827 --> 00:01:00,207 HOLY [BLEEP] WHAT WAS THAT? 22 00:01:00,241 --> 00:01:03,281 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 23 00:01:03,310 --> 00:01:06,240 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 24 00:01:06,275 --> 00:01:12,065 ♪♪ 25 00:01:21,482 --> 00:01:23,382 Narrator: THE KING OF THE KLONDIKE, 26 00:01:23,413 --> 00:01:26,833 TONY BEETS, IS BATTLING TO MAKE A COMEBACK 27 00:01:26,862 --> 00:01:31,342 AFTER FAILING TO HIT HIS TARGET TWO YEARS IN A ROW. 28 00:01:41,379 --> 00:01:44,659 Narrator: TO CASH IN ON HIGH GOLD PRICES, 29 00:01:44,689 --> 00:01:49,479 THIS SEASON, TONY'S PUSHING FOR AT LEAST 3,000 OUNCES. 30 00:01:59,724 --> 00:02:03,174 Narrator: TO HIT THEIR GOLD, DAUGHTER MONICA IS FEEDING 31 00:02:03,206 --> 00:02:05,786 GOLD-RICH PAY FROM THE MEGA CUT 32 00:02:05,827 --> 00:02:09,097 INTO THE FAMILY'S ONLY WORKING PLANT. 33 00:02:09,137 --> 00:02:13,827 THIS PANDEMIC HAS BEEN AFFECTING A LOT OF THINGS. 34 00:02:13,862 --> 00:02:18,002 IT'S HARD GETTING PARTS, AND EVERYTHING TAKES LONGER, 35 00:02:18,034 --> 00:02:19,384 AND THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING 36 00:02:19,413 --> 00:02:24,173 BECAUSE THINGS ALREADY TAKE FOREVER HERE IN THE YUKON. 37 00:02:24,206 --> 00:02:26,896 Narrator: AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, 38 00:02:26,931 --> 00:02:31,311 RUBY MAHONEY CLEARS WORTHLESS TAILINGS IN THE LOADER. 39 00:02:31,344 --> 00:02:34,344 Ruby: MY SEASON'S BEEN GOING QUITE WELL. 40 00:02:34,379 --> 00:02:36,069 WITH GOLD PRICES BEING SO HIGH, 41 00:02:36,103 --> 00:02:40,243 TONY HAS BEEN GOING AFTER EVERY PIECE OF LAND 42 00:02:40,275 --> 00:02:41,825 THAT HAS GOLD IN IT. 43 00:02:41,862 --> 00:02:48,902 ♪♪ 44 00:02:48,931 --> 00:02:51,381 OH, NO. OH, NO. NO. NO. NO. 45 00:02:51,413 --> 00:02:54,343 [BLEEP] [BLEEP] 46 00:02:54,379 --> 00:02:55,549 KEVIN, YOU COPY, KEVIN? 47 00:02:55,586 --> 00:02:56,616 Copy, Kevin. Go for Kevin. 48 00:02:56,655 --> 00:03:00,785 YEAH, MAN. THE LAST LOADER'S DOWN. 49 00:03:03,275 --> 00:03:05,515 Narrator: TO STOP TAILINGS BACKING UP 50 00:03:05,551 --> 00:03:09,001 AND HITTING THE PLANT, RUBY SHUTS IT DOWN. 51 00:03:14,793 --> 00:03:17,453 SHE'S TALKING. 52 00:03:17,482 --> 00:03:19,762 DAVID WILL START IT, I'LL PRESS THAT BUTTON AGAIN. 53 00:03:22,413 --> 00:03:24,453 [ ENGINE STARTS ] 54 00:03:41,724 --> 00:03:44,244 Kevin: THE ENGINE BLEW UP. BOOM. 55 00:03:44,275 --> 00:03:45,685 NOW, WE ONLY HAD ONE LOADER GOING 56 00:03:45,724 --> 00:03:47,314 BECAUSE WE JUST HAD A STRING OF BAD LUCK. 57 00:03:47,344 --> 00:03:50,344 PRETTY MUCH EVERY 988 WE TRY IT HAS GONE KABOOM, KABLOOEY, 58 00:03:50,379 --> 00:03:51,789 OR KA-[BLEEP] 59 00:03:51,827 --> 00:03:54,097 IT'S NOT A DAY PROJECT. 60 00:03:54,137 --> 00:03:59,137 IT CAN TAKE WEEKS BECAUSE WE NEED PARTS. 61 00:03:59,172 --> 00:04:03,072 Narrator: IT'S THE FOURTH LOADER THAT'S DIED IN THE LAST WEEK. 62 00:04:03,103 --> 00:04:07,833 NOW, THE ENTIRE FLEET IS DOWN. 63 00:04:07,862 --> 00:04:10,622 JUST HAD ANOTHER 88 BREAKDOWN. 64 00:04:10,655 --> 00:04:12,305 -[BLEEP] -YEAH. 65 00:04:12,344 --> 00:04:15,004 WHERE ARE WE WITH THE PARTS FOR THE OTHER ONES? 66 00:04:15,034 --> 00:04:18,484 Narrator: BACK IN THE OFFICE, KEVIN'S GIRLFRIEND, FAITH, 67 00:04:18,517 --> 00:04:21,277 IS SCRAMBLING TO SOURCE PARTS 68 00:04:21,310 --> 00:04:25,000 BECAUSE OF COVID-19, IT'S GOING TO TAKE AT LEAST A MONTH 69 00:04:25,034 --> 00:04:26,624 BEFORE YOU GET THEM. 70 00:04:31,620 --> 00:04:33,170 YEAH. 71 00:04:43,931 --> 00:04:47,761 Narrator: THE PANDEMIC HAS ALREADY SHORTENED TONY'S SEASON. 72 00:04:47,793 --> 00:04:51,453 NOW IT'S SHUT DOWN HIS OPERATION, 73 00:04:51,482 --> 00:04:56,452 LOSING PRECIOUS TIME TO BANK GOLD AT RECORD HIGH PRICES. 74 00:05:03,137 --> 00:05:09,687 ♪♪ 75 00:05:09,724 --> 00:05:15,764 Parker: THE BIGGER OUR OPERATION GETS, THE MORE BEHIND THE GAME I FEEL. 76 00:05:15,793 --> 00:05:18,343 DOESN'T REALLY SUSTAINABLE LONG-TERM. 77 00:05:18,379 --> 00:05:22,829 Narrator: THIS SEASON, 25-YEAR- OLD GOLD MINER PARKER SCHNABEL 78 00:05:22,862 --> 00:05:25,242 IS RACING TO EARN ENOUGH MONEY 79 00:05:25,275 --> 00:05:30,855 TO BUY NEW GROUND AND EXPAND HIS MINING BUSINESS. 80 00:05:30,896 --> 00:05:32,686 Parker: THIS YEAR FOR US, 81 00:05:32,724 --> 00:05:36,524 IT'S REALLY ABOUT TRYING TO BUILD A GOOD WAR CHEST 82 00:05:36,551 --> 00:05:42,901 IN ORDER TO BUY NEW GROUND AND FUND EXPLORATION. 83 00:05:42,931 --> 00:05:45,621 Narrator: TO MAKE UP FOR THE LATE START TO THE SEASON 84 00:05:45,655 --> 00:05:48,335 AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HIGH GOLD PRICE, 85 00:05:48,379 --> 00:05:52,479 PARKER'S SPLIT HIS OPERATION TO RUN TWO WASH PLANTS. 86 00:05:55,172 --> 00:05:57,762 BUT WITH THE PANDEMIC CLOSING THE BORDER, 87 00:05:57,793 --> 00:06:00,693 IT'S A BATTLE TO BRING EXPERIENCED MINERS 88 00:06:00,724 --> 00:06:02,974 INTO THE KLONDIKE. 89 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,310 Parker: THIS YEAR, THE GROUP STRUGGLED WITH CREW A LOT. 90 00:06:05,344 --> 00:06:09,794 THAT'S DEFINITELY AN ISSUE, AND I DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION TO IT. 91 00:06:09,827 --> 00:06:13,587 ALL I'VE GOT TO OFFER IS A JOB. 92 00:06:13,620 --> 00:06:16,100 I DON'T REALLY LIKE TRAINING NEW PEOPLE THAT MUCH, 93 00:06:16,137 --> 00:06:18,827 BUT IN SOME WAYS A BAD ECONOMY IS GOOD FOR US 94 00:06:18,862 --> 00:06:20,862 IN THAT FUEL PRICES ARE LOW, 95 00:06:20,896 --> 00:06:22,826 AND THE MORE [BLEEP] UP THE WORLD GETS, 96 00:06:22,862 --> 00:06:25,832 THE HIGHER PRICE OF GOLD SHOULD GO. 97 00:06:25,862 --> 00:06:28,242 Narrator: PARKER HAS MOST OF HIS CREW 98 00:06:28,275 --> 00:06:32,375 WORKING AT THE PROMISED LAND, HELPING TYSON LEE 99 00:06:32,413 --> 00:06:36,453 PREPARE SLUICIFER FOR A MOVE. 100 00:06:36,482 --> 00:06:38,282 Tyson: MOVING THE WASH PLANT. 101 00:06:38,310 --> 00:06:42,410 NO ONE REALLY ENJOYS BECAUSE IT'S A STRESSFUL TIME. 102 00:06:42,448 --> 00:06:46,478 Narrator: OVER AT THE LAST CUT, PARKER'S TOP MINERS, 103 00:06:46,517 --> 00:06:48,477 CO-FOREMAN MITCH BLASCHKE 104 00:06:48,517 --> 00:06:50,207 AND BRENNAN RUAULT FIGHT 105 00:06:50,241 --> 00:06:54,971 TO KEEP BIG RED RUNNING WITH A SKELETON CREW. 106 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,660 COME ON, BIG GUY. YOU'RE FALLING BEHIND OUT THERE. 107 00:06:57,689 --> 00:06:59,689 YEAH, I KNOW, MAN. IT'S [BLEEP] BRUTAL HERE. 108 00:06:59,724 --> 00:07:01,104 TRYING MY BEST. 109 00:07:01,137 --> 00:07:02,687 YOU'RE ALWAYS TELLING ME HOW GOOD YOU ARE. 110 00:07:02,724 --> 00:07:04,694 YOU AT LEAST OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK OF TWO PEOPLE. 111 00:07:04,724 --> 00:07:07,554 [ LAUGHS ] 112 00:07:07,586 --> 00:07:10,376 BRENNAN RIPS GROUND IN THE DOZER 113 00:07:10,413 --> 00:07:14,033 WHILE MITCH DIGS AND STOCKPILES GOLD-RICH PAY 114 00:07:14,068 --> 00:07:17,448 TO KEEP THE WASH PLANT FED. 115 00:07:17,482 --> 00:07:18,862 WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING HERE, MAN, 116 00:07:18,896 --> 00:07:20,716 BECAUSE I'M GETTING THIS DIRT DUG UP FASTER 117 00:07:20,758 --> 00:07:21,758 THAN WHAT YOU'RE OPENING IT. 118 00:07:21,793 --> 00:07:24,033 WELL, I HEAR YOU BUDDY. 119 00:07:24,068 --> 00:07:28,168 TREY REMOVES DIRT FROM MITCH'S PILE TO BIG RED, 120 00:07:28,206 --> 00:07:33,996 WHICH NEEDS A 180 YARDS AN HOUR TO KEEP RUNNING. 121 00:07:34,034 --> 00:07:36,524 Mitch: PARKER SAID, YOU KNOW, MOST IMPORTANT THING 122 00:07:36,551 --> 00:07:38,591 IS TO KEEP WASH PLANTS RUNNING, 123 00:07:38,620 --> 00:07:40,690 AND THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS BRENNAN AND I TO FOCUS ON, 124 00:07:40,724 --> 00:07:43,174 BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, 125 00:07:43,206 --> 00:07:46,686 NOBODY OVER OPENING UP NEW GROUND. 126 00:07:46,724 --> 00:07:48,004 WHEN I GOT HERE THIS MORNING, 127 00:07:48,034 --> 00:07:51,414 WE HAD ABOUT 40 MINUTES WORTH OF DIRT LEFT. 128 00:07:53,586 --> 00:07:55,206 WELL, BUDDY, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN KEEP GOING 129 00:07:55,241 --> 00:07:58,311 AT THIS PACE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS. 130 00:08:00,310 --> 00:08:01,970 WELL, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE ANSWER IS. 131 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,310 WE NEED TO GET A STRIPPING CREW GOING HERE 132 00:08:03,344 --> 00:08:07,344 'CAUSE, YEAH, YOU AND I, MAN, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. 133 00:08:09,896 --> 00:08:11,066 BUT IF WE KEEP GOING AT THIS RATE, 134 00:08:11,103 --> 00:08:12,383 WE'RE GONNA END UP HAVING TO SHUT THE PLANT DOWN, 135 00:08:12,413 --> 00:08:14,863 'CAUSE WE'RE JUST GOING TO RUN OUT OF DIRT. 136 00:08:14,896 --> 00:08:16,586 YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY ALWAYS MAKE SLUICIFER 137 00:08:16,620 --> 00:08:19,100 SUCH A PRIORITY. WE GO THROUGH JUST ABOUT AS MUCH 138 00:08:19,137 --> 00:08:20,967 [BLEEP] DIRT IN THE DAY, YOU KNOW? 139 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,310 TRYING EVERYTHING I CAN DO HERE. 140 00:08:22,344 --> 00:08:23,594 I JUST CAN'T DO THE WORK OF THREE 141 00:08:23,620 --> 00:08:25,660 OR FOUR PEOPLE BY MYSELF. 142 00:08:32,862 --> 00:08:35,172 THIS DEFINITELY ISN'T WORKING. 143 00:08:37,689 --> 00:08:38,789 WELL, BUDDY, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY 144 00:08:38,827 --> 00:08:40,337 ALL WE'RE GOING TO GET FOR NOW. 145 00:08:40,379 --> 00:08:41,929 Narrator: WITHOUT A FULL CREW... 146 00:08:41,965 --> 00:08:44,065 PROBABLY OUR LAST SCOOP FOR THE DAY, MAN. 147 00:08:44,103 --> 00:08:49,593 ...THEY CAN'T DIG ENOUGH DIRT TO KEEP THE WASH PLANT FED... 148 00:08:49,620 --> 00:08:54,240 AND THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO SHUT IT DOWN. 149 00:08:54,275 --> 00:08:56,615 YOU KNOW, IT'S FRUSTRATING RIGHT NOW. 150 00:08:56,655 --> 00:08:58,335 YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE PRIME OF THE SEASON. 151 00:08:58,379 --> 00:09:00,139 THIS IS WHEN YOU SHOULD BE SLUICING, HAVING THESE PLANTS 152 00:09:00,172 --> 00:09:03,102 RUN 24 HOURS A DAY. 153 00:09:03,137 --> 00:09:04,237 WE GOT TO SHUT THIS THING DOWN. 154 00:09:04,275 --> 00:09:06,095 IT'S FRUSTRATING, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. 155 00:09:06,137 --> 00:09:07,997 WE GOT TO GET SOME MORE HELP. 156 00:09:08,034 --> 00:09:09,974 EVERYBODY'S JUST SPREAD TOO THIN RIGHT NOW. 157 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:19,900 ♪♪ 158 00:09:19,931 --> 00:09:21,071 LET'S GO HAVE A CHAT WITH THE BOSS 159 00:09:21,103 --> 00:09:22,973 AND SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT. 160 00:09:25,275 --> 00:09:27,965 HEY, MAN, WE JUST HAD TO SHUT DOWN BIG RED 161 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,830 BECAUSE WE RAN OUT OF PAY, AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE. 162 00:09:29,862 --> 00:09:31,522 WE NEED SOME MORE BODIES. 163 00:09:31,551 --> 00:09:33,791 AND I MEAN RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WITH EVERYBODY HAVING TO GO 164 00:09:33,827 --> 00:09:36,167 THROUGH QUARANTINE AND ALL THAT, IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT TOUGH, 165 00:09:36,206 --> 00:09:38,896 BUT THE SOONER WE CAN GET SOMEBODY UP HERE, THE BETTER. 166 00:09:38,931 --> 00:09:42,591 YEAH THE BIG PROBLEM HERE IS SOMEBODY WITH NO EXPERIENCE 167 00:09:42,620 --> 00:09:44,660 IS ALMOST WORSE THAN NOBODY. 168 00:09:44,689 --> 00:09:47,069 MAN, I DON'T CARE IF THEY HAVE LOTS OF EXPERIENCE, 169 00:09:47,103 --> 00:09:49,243 NO EXPERIENCE, WE CAN TRAIN THEM. 170 00:09:49,275 --> 00:09:50,685 WHATEVER YOU CAN FIND US.OKAY. I'LL DO IT. 171 00:09:50,724 --> 00:09:53,004 I'LL DO WHAT I CAN AS QUICK AS I CAN. 172 00:09:55,275 --> 00:09:58,405 WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE AND MORE EVERY YEAR WITH, YOU KNOW, 173 00:09:58,448 --> 00:10:02,238 LESS TIME, LESS PEOPLE, AND, WELL, THERE COMES A POINT 174 00:10:02,275 --> 00:10:04,965 WHERE THAT JUST DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE. 175 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,240 I KNOW IT'S HARD TO GET PEOPLE UP HERE 176 00:10:06,275 --> 00:10:07,785 BECAUSE OF THE WHOLE COVID SITUATION, 177 00:10:07,827 --> 00:10:09,787 BUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO START LOOKING 178 00:10:09,827 --> 00:10:11,757 BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE ANY CHANCE 179 00:10:11,793 --> 00:10:13,863 OF HAVING A DECENT SEASON THIS YEAR, 180 00:10:13,896 --> 00:10:15,306 WE NEED SOME HELP. 181 00:10:15,344 --> 00:10:16,974 Narrator: UP AHEAD... 182 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,310 I HEARD SOME METAL BREAKING. 183 00:10:19,344 --> 00:10:21,244 [ METAL SCREECHING ] 184 00:10:21,275 --> 00:10:24,025 ...RICK NESS TAKES A MASSIVE GAMBLE 185 00:10:24,068 --> 00:10:26,068 THAT WILL MAKE OR BREAK... 186 00:10:26,103 --> 00:10:28,243 [ LOUD THUD ]...HIS SEASON. 187 00:10:28,275 --> 00:10:30,235 HOLY [BLEEP] WHAT WAS THAT? 188 00:10:37,551 --> 00:10:43,521 ♪♪ 189 00:10:43,551 --> 00:10:45,481 WE'RE STILL SUFFERING A BIT FROM THE LATE START, 190 00:10:45,517 --> 00:10:47,207 BUT WE ARE ON GOOD GROUND. 191 00:10:47,241 --> 00:10:48,761 Narrator: THIS YEAR, 192 00:10:48,793 --> 00:10:51,413 RICK NESS IS FUTURE AS A GOLD MINER 193 00:10:51,448 --> 00:10:53,378 HANGS IN THE BALANCE. 194 00:10:53,413 --> 00:10:55,343 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING 195 00:10:55,379 --> 00:10:57,549 ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING TO MAXIMIZE, YOU KNOW? 196 00:10:57,586 --> 00:10:59,406 I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT LEAVING ANYTHING ON THE TABLE 197 00:10:59,448 --> 00:11:02,338 AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE DOING. 198 00:11:02,379 --> 00:11:05,169 Narrator: AFTER TWO YEARS BARELY BREAKING EVEN, 199 00:11:05,206 --> 00:11:09,856 HE NEEDS A 1,000-DOWN SEASON, OR HE'LL HAVE TO PACK IT IN. 200 00:11:09,896 --> 00:11:14,476 TO HIT HIS GOAL, HE NEEDS ALMOST 70 OUNCES A WEEK, 201 00:11:14,517 --> 00:11:17,787 BUT SO FAR, HE'S AVERAGED LESS THAN 40. 202 00:11:24,172 --> 00:11:30,522 ♪♪ 203 00:11:30,551 --> 00:11:33,101 Rick: WE'RE AROUND A BUCKET EVERY MINUTE 204 00:11:33,137 --> 00:11:35,827 Narrator: RICK SET UP A TIME TRIAL FOR THE CREW 205 00:11:35,862 --> 00:11:39,902 TO TRY AND UP HIS AVERAGE. 206 00:11:39,931 --> 00:11:41,901 WE'RE LOSING TOO MUCH TIME. 207 00:11:41,931 --> 00:11:44,761 Narrator: NEW OPERATOR MARK DOVERSPIKE 208 00:11:44,793 --> 00:11:47,413 FEEDS THE PLANT WITH THE EXCAVATOR. 209 00:11:49,551 --> 00:11:52,031 I'VE BEEN RUNNING HIS NUMBERS, 210 00:11:52,068 --> 00:11:54,308 AND WE'RE REALLY ONLY DOING ABOUT 80 YARDS AN HOUR 211 00:11:54,344 --> 00:11:57,624 THROUGH THIS THING, AND I THINK IT COULD DO MORE THAN THAT. 212 00:11:59,827 --> 00:12:03,137 Mark: THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN TOO MUCH AND NOT ENOUGH. 213 00:12:03,172 --> 00:12:05,072 NOW, YOU DON'T JUST DUMP IT, YOU KNOW? 214 00:12:05,103 --> 00:12:07,343 YOU JUST KIND OF FEATHER IT IN. 215 00:12:07,379 --> 00:12:10,239 NOT ENOUGH DIRT, AND THE SLUICE RUNS TOO FAST, 216 00:12:10,275 --> 00:12:11,895 AND THE GOLD GOES OUT THE END. 217 00:12:11,931 --> 00:12:13,831 TOO MUCH DIRT, THE RIFFLES WILL PLUG, 218 00:12:13,862 --> 00:12:15,592 AND THE GOLD WILL GO OUT THE END. 219 00:12:15,620 --> 00:12:21,550 IT DEMANDS YOUR FULL ATTENTION ALL DAY. 220 00:12:21,586 --> 00:12:24,306 Narrator: RICK'S HOMETOWN BUDDY CHRIS KRUSE 221 00:12:24,344 --> 00:12:27,664 HAS ALSO SPOTTED THE BOTTLENECK. 222 00:12:27,689 --> 00:12:30,279 YEAH, I THINK YOU CAN HAVE PROBABLY THE BEST HOE OPERATOR 223 00:12:30,310 --> 00:12:32,900 IN THE WORLD FEEDING DIRT INTO THIS PLANT. 224 00:12:32,931 --> 00:12:37,551 THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT. 225 00:12:37,586 --> 00:12:41,276 Narrator: BUT RICK HAS A PLAN TO SPEED THINGS UP. 226 00:12:43,344 --> 00:12:45,794 Rick: IT'S A WELL-BUILT, SIMPLE PLANT 227 00:12:45,827 --> 00:12:49,757 IT'S MADE FOR THIS GROUND. IT DOES A GREAT JOB. 228 00:12:49,793 --> 00:12:52,003 BUT I KNOW THAT A HOPPER FEEDER RIGHT NOW 229 00:12:52,034 --> 00:12:55,524 WOULD JUST MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL. I KNOW IT WOULD. 230 00:12:55,551 --> 00:13:01,481 Narrator: A HOPPER FEEDER CAN PROCESS LARGER LOADS OF PAY DIRT. 231 00:13:01,517 --> 00:13:05,967 BARS KNOWN AS GRIZZLIES FILTER OUT BIG ROCKS. 232 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,450 CONVEYORS THEN TAKE THE PAY DIRT 233 00:13:08,482 --> 00:13:11,552 AND FEED IT EVENLY INTO THE WASH PLANT. 234 00:13:11,586 --> 00:13:15,136 ♪♪ 235 00:13:15,172 --> 00:13:18,452 WITH A CONSTANT FEED, THE WASH PLANT RICK LEASED 236 00:13:18,482 --> 00:13:23,482 FROM CLAIM OWNER TROY COULD CATCH 25% MORE GOLD. 237 00:13:27,448 --> 00:13:30,858 IF WE CAN GET THIS THING UP TO 100 YARDS AN HOUR, 238 00:13:30,896 --> 00:13:33,136 AND WITH CURRENT PRICES, 239 00:13:33,172 --> 00:13:34,862 THAT'S A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS A MONTH, 240 00:13:34,896 --> 00:13:38,026 Narrator: BUT HOPPER FEEDERS DON'T COME CHEAP. 241 00:13:40,758 --> 00:13:43,448 I DEFINITELY WASN'T PLANNING ON MAKING ANY BIG PURCHASES. 242 00:13:43,482 --> 00:13:44,832 I DON'T HAVE IT IN THE BUDGET AT ALL. 243 00:13:44,862 --> 00:13:46,172 YOU KNOW, I OWE TROY 100 OUNCES 244 00:13:46,206 --> 00:13:47,856 BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. 245 00:13:52,724 --> 00:13:54,104 HEY, RICK. 246 00:13:54,137 --> 00:13:57,097 Narrator: WHEN RICK ARRIVED IN THE YUKON, 247 00:13:57,137 --> 00:14:00,137 CLAIM OWNER TROY TAYLOR NEEDED A GUARANTEE 248 00:14:00,172 --> 00:14:04,172 THE LATE START WOULD NOT AFFECT HIS ROYALTY PAYMENTS. 249 00:14:07,034 --> 00:14:10,554 HOPING YOU CAN PULL OUT 100 OUNCES IN A MONTH OR SO 250 00:14:10,586 --> 00:14:11,856 AND THEN I'LL FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE 251 00:14:11,896 --> 00:14:14,996 THAT WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY. 252 00:14:17,862 --> 00:14:20,792 I THINK WE CAN MANAGE IT. 253 00:14:20,827 --> 00:14:24,447 RICK'S BANKED 107 OUNCES THIS SEASON. 254 00:14:24,482 --> 00:14:27,522 NOW THE ROYALTY'S DUE IN SIX DAYS. 255 00:14:27,551 --> 00:14:30,831 IF HE CAN'T PAY IT, HE'LL LOSE THE LEASE. 256 00:14:30,862 --> 00:14:33,902 THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'M STRUGGLING WITH. 257 00:14:33,931 --> 00:14:36,171 IT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO PAY OFF BY THE END OF THE WEEK, 258 00:14:36,206 --> 00:14:40,756 BUT I DON'T SEE HOW I CAN'T DO IT. 259 00:14:40,793 --> 00:14:44,413 Narrator: INSTEAD OF SAVING HIS GOLD TO PAY TROY, 260 00:14:44,448 --> 00:14:47,168 RICK IS PUTTING IT ALL ON THE LINE 261 00:14:47,206 --> 00:14:51,096 TO UPGRADE HIS WASH PLANT. 262 00:14:51,137 --> 00:14:53,657 Rick: SO, I HEARD THERE'S A NICE HOPPER FEEDER FOR SALE. 263 00:14:53,689 --> 00:14:54,789 IT'S JUST A COUPLE HOURS AWAY. 264 00:14:54,827 --> 00:14:57,277 IT'S AT THIS GUY, PORTER'S, YARD. 265 00:14:57,310 --> 00:14:58,620 I'M GONNA GO SEE HIM. 266 00:14:58,655 --> 00:15:00,545 IT'S A BIT OF A GAMBLE, BUT I GOT TO DO SOMETHING. 267 00:15:00,586 --> 00:15:04,786 WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT MAXIMIZING WHAT WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW. 268 00:15:04,827 --> 00:15:07,407 GOT TO GO LOOK AT IT. HOPEFULLY IT'S THE ONE. 269 00:15:07,448 --> 00:15:12,858 ♪♪ 270 00:15:12,896 --> 00:15:14,586 HEY, DOG. 271 00:15:16,965 --> 00:15:18,515 IS HE FRIENDLY? HOW YOU DOING? I'M RICK. 272 00:15:18,551 --> 00:15:20,241 HE'S GOOD. NICE TO MEET YOU. I'M PORTER. 273 00:15:20,275 --> 00:15:21,785 RIGHT ON, MAN. THIS IS THE FEEDER? 274 00:15:21,827 --> 00:15:23,927 YOU BETCHA. 275 00:15:23,965 --> 00:15:25,685 Rick: SHE'S A BEAUTY. 276 00:15:25,724 --> 00:15:27,284 YEAH, IT'S PRETTY NICE UNIT. 277 00:15:27,310 --> 00:15:30,760 YEAH. WELL, YOU MIND IF I POKE AROUND, TAKE A LOOK AT IT? 278 00:15:30,793 --> 00:15:33,283 YEAH, GIVE HER. ALRIGHT. 279 00:15:33,310 --> 00:15:35,380 OH, YEAH. HYDRAULIC GRIZZLY BARS. 280 00:15:35,413 --> 00:15:37,343 PERFECT. 281 00:15:37,379 --> 00:15:39,759 WHAT KIND OF YARDAGE IS IT RATED FOR? 282 00:15:39,793 --> 00:15:42,343 PROBABLY LIKE 220.220 YARDS AN HOUR? 283 00:15:42,379 --> 00:15:44,029 WELL, THAT WILL GET THE JOB DONE. 284 00:15:49,241 --> 00:15:51,661 THIS THING'S IN ACTUALLY REALLY NICE SHAPE. 285 00:15:56,758 --> 00:15:58,548 OW. 286 00:15:58,586 --> 00:16:00,586 I'M GOOD. 287 00:16:00,620 --> 00:16:02,830 I DON'T THINK THAT THIS THING SEEN MUCH YARDAGE THROUGH IT. 288 00:16:02,862 --> 00:16:05,452 I MEAN, THE PAINT STILL ON THE ROLLERS, FOR [BLEEP] SAKE. 289 00:16:05,482 --> 00:16:06,972 I THINK THIS THING WOULD BE PRETTY MUCH PERFECT 290 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,620 FOR WHAT I NEED. 291 00:16:12,103 --> 00:16:16,033 WELL, YOU WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING TO GET FOR IT? 292 00:16:16,068 --> 00:16:18,338 LIKE TO GET $90,000 FOR IT. 293 00:16:18,379 --> 00:16:26,339 $90,000 IS 51 OUNCES, ALMOST HALF OF RICK'S GOLD. 294 00:16:26,379 --> 00:16:30,899 $90,000? AT LEAST, YEAH. 295 00:16:30,931 --> 00:16:34,791 I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT SOMEWHERE AROUND $70,000. 296 00:16:34,827 --> 00:16:37,137 OOF. 297 00:16:37,172 --> 00:16:39,522 I DON'T KNOW, MAN. IT'S IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE. 298 00:16:39,551 --> 00:16:43,761 I'M THINKING LIKE... MAYBE $80,000, $85,000. 299 00:16:43,793 --> 00:16:46,483 [ SIGHS DEEPLY ] 300 00:16:49,206 --> 00:16:51,236 $75,000 IS GOING TO BE THE MOST I CAN GO. 301 00:16:55,482 --> 00:16:57,072 YOU GET IT OUT OF HERE TODAY, 302 00:16:57,103 --> 00:16:59,453 YOU CAN HAVE IT FOR $75,000 AND BE GONE, YEAH. 303 00:16:59,482 --> 00:17:05,522 Narrator: $75,000 IS ALMOST 43 OUNCES OF GOLD. 304 00:17:05,551 --> 00:17:07,591 I THINK WE GOT A DEAL. 305 00:17:07,620 --> 00:17:09,000 ALRIGHT, MAN. RIGHT ON. 306 00:17:09,034 --> 00:17:10,384 YOU GOT SOME PAPERWORK FOR ME? I'LL WRITE YOU A CHECK. 307 00:17:10,413 --> 00:17:11,863 SURE. SOUNDS GOOD. 308 00:17:11,896 --> 00:17:15,306 BUT RICK IS NOW 36 OUNCES SHORT 309 00:17:15,344 --> 00:17:18,344 OF HIS ROYALTY PAYMENT TO TROY. 310 00:17:18,379 --> 00:17:19,829 WELL, THAT'S GOOD NEWS. WE GOT A HOPPER FEEDER. 311 00:17:19,862 --> 00:17:22,212 THAT'S REALLY GONNA HELP OUT MY OPERATION. 312 00:17:22,241 --> 00:17:24,621 THE BAD NEWS IS I CAN'T GIVE TROY HIS 100 OUNCES 313 00:17:24,655 --> 00:17:27,065 AND PAY FOR THIS, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUST ASS, 314 00:17:27,103 --> 00:17:28,553 GET MORE GOLD OUT OF THE GROUND. 315 00:17:28,586 --> 00:17:37,686 ♪♪ 316 00:17:37,724 --> 00:17:40,344 Narrator: TONY BEETS' ENTIRE FLEET OF LOADERS 317 00:17:40,379 --> 00:17:43,519 IS DOWN WAITING FOR PARTS. 318 00:17:43,551 --> 00:17:46,861 HIS OPERATION IS AT A STANDSTILL, AND HE'S LOSING 319 00:17:46,896 --> 00:17:51,026 ALMOST $60,000 A DAY IN GOLD. 320 00:17:56,827 --> 00:18:01,167 Narrator: BUT THE KING OF THE KLONDIKE HAS A BACK-UP PLAN. 321 00:18:01,206 --> 00:18:03,966 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE HILL, 322 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,210 HE'S LEFT A LOADER WITH A SEIZED ENGINE 323 00:18:06,241 --> 00:18:09,381 THAT HE WANTS TO BRING BACK TO LIFE. 324 00:18:35,241 --> 00:18:37,311 Narrator: BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM. 325 00:18:37,344 --> 00:18:40,144 THE LOADER IS ON A NARROW ACCESS ROAD. 326 00:18:40,172 --> 00:18:45,482 ON ONE SIDE, A SHEER DROP, AND ON THE OTHER, A DIRT WALL. 327 00:18:45,517 --> 00:18:49,097 THERE'S NO EASY WAY TO GET IT ONTO A TRUCK. 328 00:19:05,551 --> 00:19:08,521 Narrator: TONY HAS A RADICAL PLAN... 329 00:19:11,172 --> 00:19:14,032 Narrator: ...INSTEAD OF HAULING THE LOADER BACK TO THE MINE, 330 00:19:14,068 --> 00:19:17,168 HE HARVESTS AN ENGINE FROM THE BONEYARD... 331 00:19:18,965 --> 00:19:20,515 Narrator: ...AND PLANS ON DROPPING IT 332 00:19:20,551 --> 00:19:21,971 INTO THE DEAD LOADER... 333 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,550 THEN DRIVING IT BACK. 334 00:19:43,103 --> 00:19:46,103 Narrator: A SIDE BOOM IS DESIGNED 335 00:19:46,137 --> 00:19:49,307 TO LAY HEAVY PIPES IN ROCKY OR UNEVEN TERRAIN, 336 00:19:49,344 --> 00:19:52,524 THE PERFECT MACHINE TO SWAP OUT AN ENGINE 337 00:19:52,551 --> 00:19:56,621 WHERE THERE'S NO ROOM TO MOVE. 338 00:19:56,655 --> 00:19:59,965 YEAH, I'M FREE OVER HERE. 339 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,830 THIS IS A REALLY HANDY MACHINE TO HAVE. 340 00:20:05,379 --> 00:20:09,309 THIS IS GOING RELATIVELY [BLEEP] SMOOTH. 341 00:20:11,724 --> 00:20:16,384 Narrator: THE OLD ENGINE REMOVED MONICA LIFTS THE NEW ONE INTO POSITION. 342 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,790 Monica: THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS 343 00:20:21,827 --> 00:20:25,547 YOU ALWAYS WANT TO WATCH PEOPLE DIRECTING YOU 344 00:20:25,586 --> 00:20:27,026 BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE. 345 00:20:27,068 --> 00:20:29,928 YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE PEOPLE'S FINGERS ARE. 346 00:20:29,965 --> 00:20:31,755 I'M CLEAR ON THIS SIDE. 347 00:20:31,793 --> 00:20:33,003 I BELIEVE ARE YOU GOOD? 348 00:20:33,034 --> 00:20:36,344 I'M GOOD ON MY SIDE RIGHT NOW AS OF RIGHT NOW. 349 00:20:36,379 --> 00:20:39,379 AS LONG AS WE KEEP HER STRAIGHT. 350 00:20:39,413 --> 00:20:43,413 WHOA. WHOA. WHOA. WHOA. 351 00:20:43,448 --> 00:20:47,758 OH, WE'RE [BLEEP] SINGING, BUDDY. 352 00:20:47,793 --> 00:20:49,973 [BLEEP] GOLDEN. 353 00:21:05,310 --> 00:21:07,660 Narrator: IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE THIS ENGINE 354 00:21:07,689 --> 00:21:10,029 WAS LAST TURNED OVER. 355 00:21:12,655 --> 00:21:16,375 [ ENGINE STARTS ] 356 00:21:16,413 --> 00:21:19,173 [ ENGINE REVVING ] 357 00:21:25,482 --> 00:21:32,102 ♪♪ 358 00:21:32,137 --> 00:21:36,967 Narrator: THE KING OF THE KLONDIKE IS BACK IN BUSINESS. 359 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:46,240 ♪♪ 360 00:21:51,724 --> 00:21:54,664 [ METAL THUDS, ENGINE STOPS ] 361 00:22:20,793 --> 00:22:24,663 Narrator: TONY IS FAILURE TO RESURRECT THE DEAD DOZER 362 00:22:24,689 --> 00:22:28,379 HAS LEFT HIS MINING OPERATION SHUT DOWN. 363 00:22:49,379 --> 00:22:58,209 ♪♪ 364 00:22:58,241 --> 00:23:02,001 THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, I LEFT MITCH AND BRENNAN IN CHARGE 365 00:23:02,034 --> 00:23:08,974 AT BIG RED, AND EVERYBODY HERE IS WORKING THEIR ASSES OFF. 366 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:13,210 Narrator: PARKER SCHNABEL'S GUNNING FOR A RECORD-BREAKING SEASON. 367 00:23:13,241 --> 00:23:16,241 TO GET BACK TO RUNNING A FULL OPERATION, 368 00:23:16,275 --> 00:23:20,995 HE'S BROUGHT ONTO NEW MINERS. 369 00:23:21,034 --> 00:23:22,454 Parker: TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE THIS TIME OF YEAR 370 00:23:22,482 --> 00:23:26,032 IS REALLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE GOOD PEOPLE ARE WORKING, YOU KNOW? 371 00:23:26,068 --> 00:23:30,408 WE HAVE TWO NEW PEOPLE. 372 00:23:30,448 --> 00:23:33,828 BUT NO PROMISES ON WHERE WE END UP. 373 00:23:41,310 --> 00:23:45,590 Narrator: IN THE LAST CUT, BIG RED IS UP AND RUNNING AGAIN. 374 00:23:45,620 --> 00:23:50,100 SEASONED OPERATOR MONIQUE STONE STOCK PILES GOLD-RICH DIRT. 375 00:23:52,620 --> 00:23:55,690 I'M TOTALLY UP FOR ANY CHALLENGE. 376 00:23:55,724 --> 00:23:57,524 I LOVE THIS WORK. 377 00:24:00,206 --> 00:24:03,756 Narrator: PORTUGUESE ROOKIE MINER TATIANA COSTA 378 00:24:03,793 --> 00:24:06,033 HAS BEEN HIRED TO DRIVE A LOADER, 379 00:24:06,068 --> 00:24:10,858 BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SHE'S EVER FED A WASH PLANT. 380 00:24:13,413 --> 00:24:15,523 Tatiana: THIS IS MY FIRST SEASON MINING. 381 00:24:15,551 --> 00:24:17,101 THIS IS ALL VERY NEW FOR ME, 382 00:24:17,137 --> 00:24:21,517 SO LEARNING THE MACHINES, LEARNING HOW TO OPERATE THEM. 383 00:24:21,551 --> 00:24:23,661 EVERY DAY IS A LEARNING DAY. 384 00:24:25,931 --> 00:24:28,971 ALRIGHT, SO, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HERE 385 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,660 WHEN YOU'RE FEEDING THE PLANT IS YOU WANT TO BE 386 00:24:31,689 --> 00:24:32,789 NICE AND STRAIGHT WHEN YOU'RE GOING UP 387 00:24:32,827 --> 00:24:34,477 TO THE HOPPER FEEDER.OKAY. 388 00:24:34,517 --> 00:24:35,827 DON'T COME IN AT A SHARP ANGLE. 389 00:24:35,862 --> 00:24:37,452 MAKE SURE YOUR BACK IN NICE AND STRAIGHT WITH IT. 390 00:24:37,482 --> 00:24:39,212 DRIVE UP. THE BIGGEST THING IS HEIGHT. 391 00:24:39,241 --> 00:24:42,031 YOU WANT TO HAVE ENOUGH LIFT THAT YOU DON'T CRASH INTO IT. 392 00:24:42,068 --> 00:24:43,718 OKAY, AWESOME. ALRIGHT. 393 00:24:45,758 --> 00:24:47,478 WE'LL SEE HOW SHE DOES. 394 00:24:47,517 --> 00:24:49,997 IT'S A BIT NERVE-RACKING. 395 00:24:54,034 --> 00:24:56,384 STEER TO YOUR LEFT JUST A LITTLE BIT. 396 00:24:56,413 --> 00:24:59,073 OKAY, ALRIGHT. 397 00:24:59,103 --> 00:25:01,243 START TO TIP FORWARD. 398 00:25:01,275 --> 00:25:02,995 NICE AND EASY. NICE AND EASY. 399 00:25:03,034 --> 00:25:05,104 OKAY, KEEP GOING FORWARD. 400 00:25:05,137 --> 00:25:06,787 LIFT AS YOU'RE GOING FORWARD. 401 00:25:06,827 --> 00:25:10,897 JUST ONE SMOOTH MOTION. 402 00:25:10,931 --> 00:25:13,001 YOU DID GOOD. YOU GOT THE FIRST ONE IN 403 00:25:13,034 --> 00:25:14,864 WITHOUT CRASHING ANYTHING OUT. THAT'S AWESOME WORK. 404 00:25:15,379 --> 00:25:17,279 [ CHUCKLES ] 405 00:25:17,310 --> 00:25:21,070 HARDEST THINGS FOR A MECHANIC AND A FOREMAN IS TO, 406 00:25:21,103 --> 00:25:22,903 WELL, TURN OVER YOUR WASH PLANT 407 00:25:22,931 --> 00:25:25,521 TO SOMEBODY THAT'S NEW, AND WE DEFINITELY, 408 00:25:25,551 --> 00:25:28,211 YOU KNOW, DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYTHING BAD HAPPEN HERE, 409 00:25:28,241 --> 00:25:31,831 BUT NOBODY'S EVER GOING TO LEARN UNLESS YOU GIVE THEM A TRY. 410 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,030 THERE YOU GO. NOW STOP. 411 00:25:37,068 --> 00:25:40,548 KEEP TIPPING. NOW BACK UP AND GRAB ANOTHER SCOOP. 412 00:25:40,586 --> 00:25:42,716 But thank you for not hitting the hopper. You're doing great. 413 00:25:42,758 --> 00:25:44,238 [ CHUCKLES ] 414 00:25:44,275 --> 00:25:48,405 WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, TATIANA'S DEFINITELY A LITTLE SHAKY, 415 00:25:48,448 --> 00:25:50,658 BUT THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED FOR YOUR FIRST FEW SCOOPS 416 00:25:50,689 --> 00:25:52,409 GOING INTO THIS THING. 417 00:25:52,448 --> 00:25:54,968 IT'S VERY STRESSFUL, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, RIGHT NOW, 418 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,210 WE GOT TO GET SOME PAY DIRT HERE. 419 00:25:56,241 --> 00:25:57,661 SO, WE'RE GONNA GET ON THAT. 420 00:25:57,689 --> 00:25:59,999 YOU CAN SEE OUR TAILINGS ARE RIGHT HERE, 421 00:26:00,034 --> 00:26:02,484 BUT THE PILE THAT'S LEFT SHE'S PULLING FROM, 422 00:26:02,517 --> 00:26:04,027 THERE'S NO MATERIAL LEFT. 423 00:26:04,068 --> 00:26:06,548 SO, HOPEFULLY, SHE CATCHES ON QUICK HERE. 424 00:26:09,137 --> 00:26:13,067 I FEEL A LITTLE BIT .1% MORE CONFIDENT. 425 00:26:13,103 --> 00:26:15,523 I'M NOT QUITE AS, LIKE, "AAH!" 426 00:26:15,551 --> 00:26:18,451 YOU HOLD UP RIGHT THERE. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THIS REMOTE. 427 00:26:18,482 --> 00:26:21,692 OKAY, SO, THIS IS THE CONTROL FOR DUMPING THE GRIZZLIES. 428 00:26:21,724 --> 00:26:23,174 I'M GONNA START DIGGING SOME PAY. 429 00:26:23,206 --> 00:26:24,686 IF YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS, HOLLER AT ME ON THE RADIO, 430 00:26:24,724 --> 00:26:27,524 AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. 431 00:26:27,551 --> 00:26:28,761 I'LL GIVE IT MY BEST. 432 00:26:28,793 --> 00:26:30,343 ALRIGHT, YOU'RE DOING GOOD. 433 00:26:30,379 --> 00:26:31,969 THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.NO PROBLEM. 434 00:26:36,241 --> 00:26:38,031 AWESOME. 435 00:26:38,068 --> 00:26:40,068 I'M GONNA GO JUMP IN THE 480, START DIGGING SOME MORE 436 00:26:40,103 --> 00:26:43,243 SO WE CAN KEEP THIS THING RUNNING DAY AND NIGHT 437 00:26:48,551 --> 00:26:51,481 Narrator: MITCH GETS BACK IN THE 480 TO HELP MONIQUE 438 00:26:51,517 --> 00:26:54,827 BUILD UP THE PAY PILE. 439 00:26:54,862 --> 00:26:57,862 YOU KNOW THIS YEAR, WITH BEING BEHIND SCHEDULE, 440 00:26:57,896 --> 00:26:59,306 AND TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME, 441 00:26:59,344 --> 00:27:00,864 WE'RE CERTAINLY WANT TO RUN EVERYTHING JUST AS FAST 442 00:27:00,896 --> 00:27:02,966 AS WE CAN, AND, WELL, 443 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:04,970 THAT DEFINITELY MAKES IT TOUGHER ON NEW OPERATORS, 444 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,930 BUT WE'LL JUST GIVE THEM A CHANCE HERE 445 00:27:07,965 --> 00:27:09,275 AND SEE WHAT THEY GOT. 446 00:27:22,172 --> 00:27:23,452 [ LOUD THUD ] 447 00:27:23,482 --> 00:27:25,932 Tatiana: OH [BLEEP] 448 00:27:25,965 --> 00:27:27,335 OH [BLEEP] 449 00:27:27,379 --> 00:27:33,999 ♪♪ 450 00:27:34,034 --> 00:27:36,214 YOU WE'RE DOING GREAT WITH KEEPING UP WITH THE WASH PLANT. 451 00:27:36,241 --> 00:27:37,791 BUT YOU JUST GOT TO WATCH YOUR SURROUNDINGS THERE 452 00:27:37,827 --> 00:27:38,997 AND BE REAL CAREFUL. 453 00:27:39,034 --> 00:27:40,594 YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THAT, MITCH. 454 00:27:40,620 --> 00:27:41,900 YEAH. OH, IT'LL BE ALRIGHT. 455 00:27:41,931 --> 00:27:43,141 LIKE I SAID, THAT THING'S PRETTY TOUGH. 456 00:27:43,172 --> 00:27:44,662 BUT IF THAT HAD BEEN ONE OF THE PICKUPS. 457 00:27:44,689 --> 00:27:46,379 IT'D BE PRETTY WELL SMASHED. 458 00:27:46,413 --> 00:27:48,383 YEAH.JUST BE CAREFUL, ALRIGHT? 459 00:27:48,413 --> 00:27:51,173 ♪♪ 460 00:27:51,206 --> 00:27:54,586 Mitch: PARKER HAS GOT US SOME HELP HERE FOR RUNNING BIG RED. 461 00:27:54,620 --> 00:27:58,860 BUT, YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S COME WITH A RéSUMé, 462 00:27:58,896 --> 00:28:00,616 SO IT'S GOING TO MAKE THINGS REAL TOUGH. 463 00:28:00,655 --> 00:28:02,205 YOU KNOW, I REALLY HOPE THAT, 464 00:28:02,241 --> 00:28:03,341 YOU KNOW, PARKER'S DECISIONS HERE, 465 00:28:03,379 --> 00:28:05,409 HOW WE'RE DOING THINGS, YOU KNOW, 466 00:28:05,448 --> 00:28:07,718 DON'T JUST BRING THIS WHOLE OPERATION TO A SHUTDOWN. 467 00:28:13,793 --> 00:28:19,283 ♪♪ 468 00:28:19,310 --> 00:28:21,480 Narrator: AT LOWER DUNCAN CREEK, 469 00:28:21,517 --> 00:28:27,717 RICK NESS IS TAKING DELIVERY OF HIS NEW $75,000 HOPPER FEEDER... 470 00:28:27,758 --> 00:28:32,998 THAT HE HOPES WILL INCREASE HIS GOLD HAUL BY 25%. 471 00:28:33,034 --> 00:28:36,594 LOOKS GOOD, BUDDY. EXCELLENT. 472 00:28:36,620 --> 00:28:39,690 IN THE LAYDOWN YARD, MECHANIC CARL ROSK 473 00:28:39,724 --> 00:28:43,104 PREPARES IT TO RUN... 474 00:28:43,137 --> 00:28:48,207 AND AT THE WASH PLANT, KRUSE BUILDS A PAD FOR THE NEW HOPPER. 475 00:28:48,241 --> 00:28:50,381 ♪♪ 476 00:28:50,413 --> 00:28:52,833 Chris: YEAH, I KNOW WE'VE GOT A DEADLINE WITH TROY. 477 00:28:52,862 --> 00:28:55,482 SPENDING THIS EXTRA MONEY RIGHT NOW, 478 00:28:55,517 --> 00:28:57,587 IT'S A LITTLE BIT SCARY. 479 00:28:57,620 --> 00:28:58,970 THIS HOPPER FEEDER IS GOING TO MAKE IT 480 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,720 SO WE CAN FEED A CONSISTENT AMOUNT OF DIRT 481 00:29:01,758 --> 00:29:04,278 AND FIGURE OUT HOW RICH THIS GROUND REALLY IS. 482 00:29:06,620 --> 00:29:09,900 HOW'S THIS THING LOOKING, BESIDES THE OBVIOUS THAT IS? 483 00:29:09,931 --> 00:29:12,791 YEAH, IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE, BUT IT'S IT NEEDS SOME LOVE, RIGHT? 484 00:29:12,827 --> 00:29:16,377 YEAH. WELL, I REALLY WANTED TO HAVE THIS THING PERFECT 485 00:29:16,413 --> 00:29:17,593 BEFORE WE PUT IT IN SERVICE. 486 00:29:17,620 --> 00:29:19,100 YEAH, ME, TOO. [ CHUCKLES ] 487 00:29:19,137 --> 00:29:22,207 BUT IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THAT WAY. 488 00:29:22,241 --> 00:29:24,001 YEAH, I GOT TROY COMING AT THE END THE WEEK 489 00:29:24,034 --> 00:29:25,664 FOR HIS MONEY, AND GUESS WHAT -- 490 00:29:25,689 --> 00:29:28,589 I GAVE HIS MONEY... TO THE GUY FOR THIS. 491 00:29:28,620 --> 00:29:30,000 OKAY, BUDDY. 492 00:29:30,034 --> 00:29:31,414 ALRIGHT, THAT BEING SAID, 493 00:29:31,448 --> 00:29:33,478 WHAT'S YOUR PLAN GETTING THIS THING DOWN HERE? 494 00:29:33,517 --> 00:29:34,997 WE GOT A WAYS TO GO WITH IT YET. 495 00:29:35,034 --> 00:29:36,764 I'LL BUILD A JIG FOR THE INSIDE THE BUCKET THERE. 496 00:29:36,793 --> 00:29:38,863 OKAY. IT'LL HAVE TO BE PRETTY STRONG 497 00:29:38,896 --> 00:29:41,066 'CAUSE WE GOT TO GO THROUGH A CREEK. 498 00:29:41,103 --> 00:29:43,623 ♪♪ 499 00:29:43,655 --> 00:29:46,615 Narrator: RICK NEEDS TO GET THE HOPPER FEEDER TO THE WASH PLANT 500 00:29:46,655 --> 00:29:50,475 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF DUNCAN CREEK, 501 00:29:50,517 --> 00:29:54,617 BUT IT'S TOO WIDE TO USE THE BRIDGE. 502 00:29:54,655 --> 00:29:56,755 RICK AND CARL HAVE NO CHOICE 503 00:29:56,793 --> 00:30:01,793 BUT TO DRAG IT THROUGH THE FAST-FLOWING WATER. 504 00:30:01,827 --> 00:30:03,757 WELL, HOPEFULLY, WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE 505 00:30:03,793 --> 00:30:05,073 GETTING THIS THING TO THE PLANT, RIGHT? 506 00:30:05,103 --> 00:30:06,693 WE GOT TO GO THROUGH THAT CREEK CROSSING, 507 00:30:06,724 --> 00:30:09,004 WHICH IS GOING TO BE PRETTY GNARLY, RIGHT? 508 00:30:09,034 --> 00:30:10,414 GOT AN IDEA WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO HERE? 509 00:30:10,448 --> 00:30:12,788 Narrator: THE ONLY VEHICLE ON THE CLAIM 510 00:30:12,827 --> 00:30:17,097 THAT CAN HAUL THE 13-TON HOPPER IS THE 220 LOADER, 511 00:30:17,137 --> 00:30:22,547 BUT, FIRST, CARL MUST FIX A TOWING HITCH TO THE BUCKET. 512 00:30:22,586 --> 00:30:24,166 Carl: GOT THE HITCH ON HERE. 513 00:30:24,206 --> 00:30:25,586 WE'RE GOING TO DRAG THIS THING DOWN THERE, 514 00:30:25,620 --> 00:30:28,790 AND HOPEFULLY HAVE THIS THING IN AND RUNNING BY LUNCH, RIGHT? 515 00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:30,137 FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT IT? 516 00:30:30,172 --> 00:30:31,932 OH, YEAH. YOU'LL BE FINE. 517 00:30:31,965 --> 00:30:35,065 I'M GOING REAL SLOW.SHOULD BE GOOD, BUDDY. 518 00:30:35,103 --> 00:30:37,033 I NEED TO GET THIS FEEDER IN AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. 519 00:30:37,068 --> 00:30:39,378 I WOULD TROY 100 OUNCES BY THE END OF THE WEEK, 520 00:30:39,413 --> 00:30:40,793 AND I JUST SPENT IT ON THIS FEEDER. 521 00:30:40,827 --> 00:30:43,067 SO, THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT BACK IS TO GET IT WORKING. 522 00:30:43,103 --> 00:30:52,413 ♪♪ 523 00:30:52,448 --> 00:30:55,308 Narrator: ALL 13 TONS OF THE HOPPER FEEDER 524 00:30:55,344 --> 00:31:01,594 NOW RESTS ON CARL'S DOWN AND DIRTY TOW HITCH. 525 00:31:01,620 --> 00:31:03,280 Carl: LIKE I SAID, THE CREEK CROSSING'S 526 00:31:03,310 --> 00:31:06,720 GOING TO BE THE BIG THING FOR IT. 527 00:31:06,758 --> 00:31:15,858 HASN'T BROKE OFF YET. 528 00:31:15,896 --> 00:31:17,966 THIS IS, BASICALLY, A NASTY LITTLE SPOT. 529 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:19,620 IT'S REAL STEEP, RIGHT? 530 00:31:19,655 --> 00:31:23,965 I'M GOING BLIND. I CAN'T SEE [BLEEP] 531 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:25,860 HE'S DOING A GOOD JOB RIGHT NOW. 532 00:31:25,896 --> 00:31:28,206 JUST DON'T WANT TO POP IT OFF, RIGHT? 533 00:31:28,241 --> 00:31:32,281 Narrator: IF CARL'S HITCH FAILS NOW, 534 00:31:32,310 --> 00:31:38,970 RICK $75,000 MACHINE COULD END UP IN THE CREEK. 535 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,590 Carl: JUST A LITTLE NERVE-RACKING. THAT'S ALRIGHT. 536 00:31:41,620 --> 00:31:43,830 NICE AND EASY. 537 00:31:43,862 --> 00:31:49,342 IT'S A LITTLE SCARY HERE, BUT THIS IS NICE AND EASY. 538 00:31:49,379 --> 00:31:53,029 [ METAL CREAKING ] 539 00:31:53,068 --> 00:31:54,928 I'M HEARING SOME METAL BREAKING. 540 00:31:54,965 --> 00:31:59,375 HOPE IT'S NOT THAT THING COMING OFF HERE. 541 00:31:59,413 --> 00:32:01,553 [ METAL SCREECHES, THUDS ] 542 00:32:01,586 --> 00:32:04,896 HOLY [BLEEP] 543 00:32:06,275 --> 00:32:09,965 ♪♪ 544 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,100 Carl: THING'S [BLEEP] HEAVY, MAN. 545 00:32:12,137 --> 00:32:15,617 WAY HEAVIER THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS. 546 00:32:15,655 --> 00:32:17,685 [ LAUGHS ] 547 00:32:17,724 --> 00:32:20,314 WE'RE FINDING OUT HOW TOUGH OUR WELDS ARE RIGHT NOW. 548 00:32:20,344 --> 00:32:22,554 STILL HOLDING! 549 00:32:22,586 --> 00:32:24,966 Narrator: AT LOWER DUNCAN CREEK, 550 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:28,550 RICK'S MOVING A $75,000 HOPPER FEEDER 551 00:32:28,586 --> 00:32:32,516 THROUGH A FAST FLOWING CREEK. 552 00:32:32,551 --> 00:32:34,621 Carl: JUST KEEP STRAIGHTENING IT OUT. 553 00:32:34,655 --> 00:32:36,305 LET'S TURN IT A BIT JUST LIKE THAT. 554 00:32:36,344 --> 00:32:38,484 JUST KEEP GOING. STRAIGHTEN OUT. 555 00:32:42,034 --> 00:32:45,664 THAT'S WORKING, BUDDY. ITS WORKING. 556 00:32:48,551 --> 00:32:51,311 Rick: THIS IS GREAT. 557 00:32:51,344 --> 00:32:53,004 THINK TO MYSELF THAT I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DONE 558 00:32:53,034 --> 00:32:55,314 ONE MORE PASS ON THAT NOW, BUT IT'S HASN'T BROKEN, 559 00:32:55,344 --> 00:32:58,004 SO MAYBE GOING TO REDEEM MYSELF HERE 560 00:32:58,034 --> 00:33:03,074 FOR ALL MY [BLEEP] JOBS, RIGHT? [ CHUCKLES ] 561 00:33:03,103 --> 00:33:07,003 Narrator: ONCE RICK GETS THE NEW HOPPER INTO POSITION... 562 00:33:07,034 --> 00:33:10,694 ♪♪ 563 00:33:10,724 --> 00:33:12,694 GOOD STUFF, BOYS. 564 00:33:12,724 --> 00:33:14,074 FIRE IT UP! 565 00:33:14,103 --> 00:33:17,863 ...IT'S FINALLY READY TO RUN, BUT HE ONLY HAS TWO DAYS 566 00:33:17,896 --> 00:33:21,206 TO HAUL IN AT LEAST 36 OUNCES OF GOLD. 567 00:33:21,241 --> 00:33:24,381 ♪♪ 568 00:33:24,413 --> 00:33:26,103 YEAH, THIS [BLEEP] IS PERFECT. 569 00:33:26,137 --> 00:33:27,757 EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR -- 570 00:33:27,793 --> 00:33:30,453 RUNNING ABOUT 100 YARDS AN HOUR RIGHT NOW. 571 00:33:30,482 --> 00:33:31,792 THIS IS DEFINITELY WORTH THE MONEY. 572 00:33:31,827 --> 00:33:33,277 NOW WE JUST GOT TO GET ENOUGH DIRT THROUGH IT 573 00:33:33,310 --> 00:33:35,100 TO GET TROY'S 100 OUNCES. 574 00:33:35,137 --> 00:33:36,687 [ DOG BARKS ] 575 00:33:41,931 --> 00:33:47,141 ♪♪ 576 00:33:50,758 --> 00:33:53,238 Narrator: TONY'S WHOLE OPERATION IS DOWN 577 00:33:53,275 --> 00:33:57,335 UNTIL HE CAN GET A WORKING LOADER. 578 00:33:57,379 --> 00:34:01,999 HE'S IN THE BONEYARD WITH WELDER CODY HUNTER. 579 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:15,170 Narrator: AFTER SWAPPING OUT THE ENGINE ON A 988 LOADER, IT SEIZED UP. 580 00:34:15,206 --> 00:34:20,656 NOW TONY WANTS TO GET IT BACK TO CAMP TO TRY ONE LAST FIX. 581 00:34:22,862 --> 00:34:25,762 YEAH, I GOT SOME STUFF OVER THERE, TONY. 582 00:34:40,172 --> 00:34:43,282 Narrator: TONY'S PLAN IS FOR CODY TO FABRICATE 583 00:34:43,310 --> 00:34:45,790 A STEEL TOE BALL. 584 00:34:45,827 --> 00:34:48,207 HE'LL HITCH IT TO THE ONLY PIECE OF MACHINERY 585 00:34:48,241 --> 00:34:52,861 BIG ENOUGH TO HAUL THE LOADER OFF FLAT CREEK... 586 00:34:52,896 --> 00:35:00,686 THE 63-TON 520-HORSEPOWER D-10 DOZER. 587 00:35:00,724 --> 00:35:02,554 WELL, WE'RE GOING TO PULL THE BLADE OFF 588 00:35:02,586 --> 00:35:04,066 BECAUSE WE DON'T GET MUCH BENEFIT HAVING IT ON 589 00:35:04,103 --> 00:35:05,173 FOR WHAT WE WANT TO DO 590 00:35:05,206 --> 00:35:08,026 WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY PUSHING ANY DIRT. 591 00:35:08,068 --> 00:35:11,658 WE'RE JUST USING TRACKS TO PULL IT ALONG 592 00:35:11,689 --> 00:35:15,409 JUST MAKES IT A LOT SIMPLER FOR EVERYBODY DOWN THE LINE. 593 00:35:23,103 --> 00:35:24,723 ALRIGHT. 594 00:35:47,689 --> 00:35:49,999 [ TRUCK HORN BLARES ] 595 00:35:50,034 --> 00:35:52,454 Narrator: TONY BRINGS IN HIS SON 596 00:35:52,482 --> 00:35:55,142 HEAVY-LOAD SPECIALIST MIKE BEETS. 597 00:36:05,551 --> 00:36:09,071 Narrator: WHILE MIKE HAULS THE DOZER AROUND PARADISE HILL, 598 00:36:09,103 --> 00:36:12,933 TONY FITS THE TOW BAR TO THE LOADER'S BUCKET. 599 00:36:36,448 --> 00:36:40,758 Narrator: IT NEEDS TO HOLD ALL 48 TONS OF LOADER. 600 00:37:05,793 --> 00:37:08,073 YOU GET A D-10 IN FRONT OF THAT THING, 601 00:37:08,103 --> 00:37:12,213 NOT MANY THINGS ARE GOING TO ARGUE THE POINT WITH IT. 602 00:37:14,310 --> 00:37:16,410 Narrator: IT TAKES FOUR HOURS FOR MIKE 603 00:37:16,448 --> 00:37:20,168 TO GET THE LOADER SIX MILES BACK TO THE YARD. 604 00:37:29,034 --> 00:37:31,074 OH, YEAH. IT PUSHED SLIGHTLY GOING DOWNHILL, 605 00:37:31,103 --> 00:37:33,483 AND IT GRUNTS SLIGHTLY GOING UPHILL, 606 00:37:33,517 --> 00:37:35,407 BUT OTHER THAN THAT, BARELY ANYTHING. 607 00:37:35,448 --> 00:37:36,828 [BLEEP] SKEETERS! 608 00:37:48,206 --> 00:37:53,236 ♪♪ 609 00:37:53,275 --> 00:37:57,825 THIS LOADER HAS BEEN KIND OF A [BLEEP] [BLEEP] 610 00:37:57,862 --> 00:38:02,692 Narrator: NEXT MORNING, KEVIN'S FOUND THE PROBLEM. 611 00:38:02,724 --> 00:38:06,454 I THINK... IT SHOULD GO NOW. 612 00:38:06,482 --> 00:38:09,342 WHAT WAS HAPPENING IS THAT A COUPLE OF THE VALVES 613 00:38:09,379 --> 00:38:12,339 WERE A LITTLE STUCK. HAD TO PULL SOME OF THEM, 614 00:38:12,379 --> 00:38:15,339 AND THEY WERE A REAL PAIN TO GET OUT. 615 00:38:15,379 --> 00:38:17,689 THIS SHOULD MEAN THAT THE TRANSMISSION 616 00:38:17,724 --> 00:38:19,834 IS NOW FREE TO MOVE, WHICH SHOULD ALLOW 617 00:38:19,862 --> 00:38:21,142 THE ENGINE TO MOVE, WHICH WOULD ALLOW 618 00:38:21,172 --> 00:38:22,762 THE WHOLE THING, YOU KNOW, TO RUN. 619 00:38:22,793 --> 00:38:25,383 YEAH, SHE SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO AT THIS POINT. 620 00:38:25,413 --> 00:38:27,593 [ ENGINE STARTS ] 621 00:38:27,620 --> 00:38:34,210 ♪♪ 622 00:38:34,241 --> 00:38:39,831 Narrator: AFTER FOUR DAYS OF DOWNTIME, THE BEETS CREW HAS A WORKING LOADER. 623 00:38:42,068 --> 00:38:45,718 THEY CAN FINALLY GET BACK TO MINING. 624 00:38:45,758 --> 00:38:47,518 Ruby: THANK GOD THAT WE GOT THE LOADER. 625 00:38:47,551 --> 00:38:51,071 WE COULD FINALLY HAVE A STEADY RUN TIME, 626 00:38:51,103 --> 00:38:53,453 GET BACK TO SLUICING, AND MAYBE SUCCEED 627 00:38:53,482 --> 00:38:56,412 IN TONY'S 3,000 OUNCE GOAL. 628 00:39:01,241 --> 00:39:08,031 ♪♪ 629 00:39:08,068 --> 00:39:10,828 THE SEASON IS SO SHORT -- EVERY MINUTE, EVERY SECOND, 630 00:39:10,862 --> 00:39:12,102 EVERY HOUR COUNTS. 631 00:39:12,137 --> 00:39:17,517 SO, THERE'S NOT MUCH ROOM HERE FOR MISTAKES. 632 00:39:17,551 --> 00:39:20,281 Narrator: AT THE LAST CUT, ROOKIE TATIANA 633 00:39:20,310 --> 00:39:23,900 IS FINALLY UP TO SPEED FEEDING THE WASH PLANT. 634 00:39:25,896 --> 00:39:30,856 MITCH AND BRANDON ARE WORKING ON THE NEXT SPOT 635 00:39:30,896 --> 00:39:34,236 WHERE THE PLANT WILL BE MOVED, SO WE GOT TO KEEP UP. 636 00:39:36,586 --> 00:39:38,826 WELL, IT'S SO NICE TO FINALLY BE ABLE TO KIND OF START 637 00:39:38,862 --> 00:39:41,412 CATCHING UP ON THINGS. 638 00:39:41,448 --> 00:39:45,028 MY FIRST STUDENT, I THINK, IS DOING PRETTY WELL. 639 00:39:45,068 --> 00:39:46,518 I THINK IN THE OFFSEASON. 640 00:39:46,551 --> 00:39:48,031 I MIGHT HAVE TO OPEN UP A SCHOOL, 641 00:39:48,068 --> 00:39:52,968 YOU KNOW, OL' MITCH'S MINING OR MAYHEM MANAGEMENT. 642 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:57,450 I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S DEFINITELY UP FOR GRABS. 643 00:40:02,068 --> 00:40:11,688 ♪♪ 644 00:40:11,724 --> 00:40:15,454 Narrator: AFTER A DIFFICULT WEEK AT PARADISE HILL, 645 00:40:15,482 --> 00:40:18,972 THE BEETS FAMILY GATHERS FOR THE GOLD WEIGH. 646 00:40:22,137 --> 00:40:25,277 YEAH. LOADER, LOADER, LOADER PROBLEMS. 647 00:40:25,310 --> 00:40:26,900 TRUCK DRIVERS ARE DOING LESS, 648 00:40:26,931 --> 00:40:28,661 PLANES AREN'T HAULING [BLEEP] 649 00:40:28,689 --> 00:40:30,069 I DON'T THINK THEY DO LESS, 650 00:40:30,103 --> 00:40:31,933 I JUST THINK THEY HAVE A HARD TIME KEEPING UP. 651 00:40:33,931 --> 00:40:35,281 Faith: THAT OTHER LOADER WAS NICE. 652 00:40:40,620 --> 00:40:42,620 FROM WHAT I HEAR, IT WAS A [BLEEP] [BLEEP] SHOW. 653 00:40:54,206 --> 00:40:55,586 YOU CAN READ? 654 00:40:58,724 --> 00:41:02,144 Narrator: TO HIT HIS 3,000 OUNCE GOAL, 655 00:41:02,172 --> 00:41:06,482 TONY NEEDS A WEEKLY AVERAGE OF 177 OUNCES. 656 00:41:24,793 --> 00:41:27,003 Narrator: 128 OUNCES 657 00:41:27,034 --> 00:41:30,034 IS WORTH ALMOST A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS, 658 00:41:30,068 --> 00:41:32,408 BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO HIT TONY'S GOAL 659 00:41:32,448 --> 00:41:35,518 WITH THE SHORTENED SEASON. 660 00:41:44,655 --> 00:41:47,515 COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE. 661 00:41:53,620 --> 00:41:55,340 WE'D STILL BE [BLEEP] DOWN WAITING FOR PARTS. 662 00:42:04,551 --> 00:42:06,281 WE GOTTA GO BACK TO WORK, DON'T WE? 663 00:42:09,034 --> 00:42:18,314 ♪♪ 664 00:42:18,344 --> 00:42:20,214 GET OFF MY LAWN! 665 00:42:20,241 --> 00:42:21,931 -WHAT'S UP, MAN? -WHAT'S UP, GUYS? 666 00:42:21,965 --> 00:42:25,685 Narrator: AT LOWER DUNCAN CREEK, IT'S TIME FOR RICK NESS 667 00:42:25,724 --> 00:42:28,524 TO FIND OUT IF HE'S MINED ENOUGH GOLD 668 00:42:28,551 --> 00:42:33,661 TO PAY HIS CLAIM OWNER 100 OUNCES IN ROYALTIES. 669 00:42:33,689 --> 00:42:35,169 HOW ARE YOU? 670 00:42:35,206 --> 00:42:38,856 [ SIGHS ] WELL, I'M A BIT NERVOUS. 671 00:42:38,896 --> 00:42:42,236 I TOLD YOU GUYS THAT TROY WANTS THEIR MINIMUM ROYALTY UP FRONT, 672 00:42:42,275 --> 00:42:45,715 AND, YEAH, HE'S COMING FOR IT TODAY. 673 00:42:45,758 --> 00:42:47,968 WE'LL SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. 674 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,970 Narrator: SO, FAR THIS SEASON, 675 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:54,070 RICK HAS AVERAGED LESS THAN 10 OUNCES A DAY. 676 00:42:54,103 --> 00:42:58,143 NOW, JUST TWO DAYS AFTER FITTING HIS NEW HOPPER FEEDER, 677 00:42:58,172 --> 00:43:01,282 HE NEEDS 36 OUNCES TO PAY HIS ROYALTIES 678 00:43:01,310 --> 00:43:04,070 AND STAY ON THE CLAIM. 679 00:43:04,103 --> 00:43:07,793 ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO. 680 00:43:07,827 --> 00:43:09,787 IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE, I THINK. 681 00:43:09,827 --> 00:43:12,207 19. 20. 682 00:43:12,241 --> 00:43:16,831 30...40...50... 683 00:43:16,862 --> 00:43:18,212 Man: OH, MAN! 684 00:43:18,241 --> 00:43:22,761 YEAH, DUDE, 55.32. 685 00:43:22,793 --> 00:43:25,693 Narrator: WORTH $96,000 686 00:43:25,724 --> 00:43:30,484 AND GIVING RICK ENOUGH TO PAY HIS ROYALTY. 687 00:43:30,517 --> 00:43:32,167 THAT'S A GOOD-LOOKING NUMBER THERE, BUDDY. 688 00:43:32,206 --> 00:43:33,276 Rick: JUST MADE IT. 689 00:43:33,310 --> 00:43:36,140 THAT'S A GOOD CLEAN UP, MAN. 690 00:43:36,172 --> 00:43:39,102 Narrator: THE HOPPER FEEDER HAS PAID FOR ITSELF 691 00:43:39,137 --> 00:43:44,857 AND HELPED GET RICK TO A SEASON TOTAL OF 163 OUNCES. 692 00:43:44,896 --> 00:43:47,476 ♪♪ 693 00:43:47,517 --> 00:43:49,207 WHILE WE LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY, 694 00:43:49,241 --> 00:43:50,691 WE GOT THE MINIMUM ROYALTIES. 695 00:43:50,724 --> 00:43:52,624 AND A GOOD PART OF THAT, TOO, 696 00:43:52,655 --> 00:43:55,335 IS THEY'RE PAID OFF ROYALTY WISE. 697 00:43:55,379 --> 00:43:56,689 NOW THE REST OF THIS GOLD IS OURS. 698 00:43:56,724 --> 00:43:58,934 THAT'S AWESOME.THAT'S FANTASTIC, MAN. 699 00:43:58,965 --> 00:44:00,135 FEELS SO GOOD. 700 00:44:00,172 --> 00:44:03,382 FOR ONCE, IT'S LIKE WE'RE ROLLING. 701 00:44:03,413 --> 00:44:05,623 I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BUSTING ASS 702 00:44:05,655 --> 00:44:07,475 AND GETTING THAT THING IN AS QUICK AS WE DID 703 00:44:07,517 --> 00:44:09,337 BECAUSE THAT WAS GOING TO BE KEY, RIGHT? 704 00:44:09,379 --> 00:44:11,029 LIKE, IT WAS A LOT OF MONEY UP FRONT. 705 00:44:11,068 --> 00:44:12,858 HE'S GOOD, BUDDY. 706 00:44:12,896 --> 00:44:15,236 Carl: MAN, THE HOPPER FEEDER IS [BLEEP] 707 00:44:15,275 --> 00:44:16,855 IT WORKS AWESOME. HE SPENT THE MONEY. 708 00:44:16,896 --> 00:44:18,896 THINGS ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR. 709 00:44:18,931 --> 00:44:19,971 I CAN'T SAY NOTHING BAD ABOUT IT. 710 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:22,000 I'M JUST EXCITED WE'RE ON THE GOLD. 711 00:44:22,034 --> 00:44:27,174 LET'S DO SOME MORE SLUICING, GET SOME MORE GOLD. 712 00:44:27,206 --> 00:44:28,406 WELL, THERE IT IS, TROY. 713 00:44:28,448 --> 00:44:29,718 WOW. LOOK AT THAT. 714 00:44:29,758 --> 00:44:31,168 YOUR 100 OUNCES. NICE. 715 00:44:31,206 --> 00:44:33,336 WELL, I GOT TO SAY THAT I'M HAPPY THAT I'M ABLE TO DO IT, 716 00:44:33,379 --> 00:44:34,999 BUT IT'S NEVER EASY HANDING SOMEBODY 717 00:44:35,034 --> 00:44:36,454 100 OUNCES OF GOLD. 718 00:44:36,482 --> 00:44:38,452 IT'S NICE LOOKING STUFF.THAT SETTLES US UP 719 00:44:38,482 --> 00:44:40,592 FOR THE MINIMUM ROYALTY. 720 00:44:40,620 --> 00:44:42,210 SO, IT'S OUT OF THE WAY, AND AS LONG AS YOU'RE HAPPY, 721 00:44:42,241 --> 00:44:44,721 WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ON ROLLING LIKE WE ARE 722 00:44:44,758 --> 00:44:45,928 AND HOPEFULLY GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE JARS OF THAT. 723 00:44:45,965 --> 00:44:47,375 RIGHT ON. GOOD FOR YOU. 724 00:44:47,413 --> 00:44:49,933 ALRIGHT, TROY. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN. 725 00:44:49,965 --> 00:44:51,335 OKAY? 726 00:44:51,379 --> 00:44:54,969 GAMBLE PAID OFF -- TROY'S PAID OFF, 727 00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:57,100 THE ROYALTIES ARE PAID OFF, NOW EVERY OUNCE WE GET 728 00:44:57,137 --> 00:44:59,277 IS GOING RIGHT INTO OUR POCKETS. 729 00:44:59,310 --> 00:45:06,830 ♪♪ 730 00:45:06,862 --> 00:45:08,482 Narrator: AT SCRIBNER CREEK, 731 00:45:08,517 --> 00:45:11,617 PARKER'S CREW GATHERS TO SEE HOW MUCH GOLD 732 00:45:11,655 --> 00:45:16,135 THE NEW CREW MEMBERS HELPED BRING IN. 733 00:45:16,172 --> 00:45:18,452 -SUP?! -HEY, MITCH. 734 00:45:18,482 --> 00:45:21,072 SO, HOW'D YOUR WEEK GO, JUNIOR? 735 00:45:21,103 --> 00:45:22,693 YEAH, IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE FINDING PEOPLE 736 00:45:22,724 --> 00:45:25,214 I CAN GET INTO THE KLONDIKE, RIGHT? 737 00:45:25,241 --> 00:45:27,071 'CAUSE IT'S JUST, LIKE, QUITE A FEW BORDERS 738 00:45:27,103 --> 00:45:30,863 TO GET THROUGH, AND THE YUKON HAS ITS OWN SET OF RESTRICTIONS. 739 00:45:30,896 --> 00:45:33,066 ARE THEY AT LEAST LETTING CRANE OPERATORS IN? 740 00:45:33,103 --> 00:45:35,693 THEY'RE PRETTY GREEN. THEY'RE BOTH ALRIGHT. 741 00:45:35,724 --> 00:45:38,314 GIVE HIM SOME TIME, SEE IF THEY CAN WORK THEIR WAY IN, 742 00:45:38,344 --> 00:45:40,174 GET ACCUSTOMED TO IT. 743 00:45:40,206 --> 00:45:42,996 WELL, HOW DO WE END UP DOING WITH THE LITTLE BIT OF DOWNTIME? 744 00:45:43,034 --> 00:45:45,074 WELL TELL YOU WHAT, JUNIOR, 745 00:45:45,103 --> 00:45:46,793 EVEN THOUGH YOU GUYS LOST A SHIFT, 746 00:45:46,827 --> 00:45:48,897 BIG RED DID REALLY WELL THIS WEEK. 747 00:45:48,931 --> 00:45:50,591 IT DID, DID IT? YEAH. 748 00:45:50,620 --> 00:45:51,860 HOLY [BLEEP]. YEAH. 749 00:45:51,896 --> 00:45:53,066 GOT THE BIG JAR. 750 00:45:53,103 --> 00:45:54,623 I GOT THE BIG JAR. READY? 751 00:45:54,655 --> 00:45:56,545 YOU BETCHA. 752 00:45:56,586 --> 00:45:59,996 Narrator: SO FAR THIS SEASON, BIG RED HAS AVERAGED 753 00:46:00,034 --> 00:46:03,694 200 OUNCES A WEEK. 754 00:46:03,724 --> 00:46:05,004 60... 755 00:46:05,034 --> 00:46:08,414 100, 130, 220... 756 00:46:08,448 --> 00:46:10,548 270, 280... 757 00:46:10,586 --> 00:46:14,306 KEEP GOING. 300. 340. 758 00:46:14,344 --> 00:46:15,834 YOU'RE JOKING RIGHT? 759 00:46:15,862 --> 00:46:17,342 NOPE. THAT'S IT. RIGHT THERE. 760 00:46:17,379 --> 00:46:19,789 356.65. 761 00:46:19,827 --> 00:46:22,857 WOW! WELL DONE. 762 00:46:22,896 --> 00:46:23,996 -THAT'S UNREAL. -GOOD JOB, PARKER. 763 00:46:24,034 --> 00:46:26,104 HALF-A-MILLION-DOLLAR WEEK. 764 00:46:26,137 --> 00:46:28,447 YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. 765 00:46:28,482 --> 00:46:30,482 BIG RED'S JUST CRUNCHING IT. 766 00:46:30,517 --> 00:46:32,097 THAT LAST CUT YOU GUYS ARE IN JUST -- 767 00:46:32,137 --> 00:46:34,897 WE MUST BE HIT A HOT SPOT OR SOMETHING. 768 00:46:34,931 --> 00:46:36,521 THAT'S A LOT.YEAH. 769 00:46:36,551 --> 00:46:39,901 WELL, ACTUALLY, SLUICIFER DID REALLY WELL, TOO. 770 00:46:39,931 --> 00:46:42,861 20, 40, 80... 771 00:46:42,896 --> 00:46:47,376 160...220... 772 00:46:47,413 --> 00:46:49,973 272.95. 773 00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:51,140 FINALLY, WE BEAT THEM. 774 00:46:51,172 --> 00:46:53,172 YEAH, THAT'S AWESOME. 775 00:46:53,206 --> 00:46:57,786 SO, FOR THE WEEK, IT'S 629 AND A HALF OUNCES 776 00:46:57,827 --> 00:47:01,857 AND OUR SEASON TOTAL IS 2,303 OUNCES. 777 00:47:01,896 --> 00:47:03,376 NOT BAD. HOLY SMOKES. 778 00:47:03,413 --> 00:47:06,103 THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGER CLEANUPS BIG RED HAD. 779 00:47:06,137 --> 00:47:08,447 YOU KNOW, THAT'S A HECK OF A GOOD WEEK, PARKER. 780 00:47:08,482 --> 00:47:10,342 REALLY GOOD. 781 00:47:10,379 --> 00:47:16,099 Narrator: 629 OUNCES IS WORTH $1.1 MILLION. 782 00:47:16,137 --> 00:47:19,927 PARKER IS WELL ON HIS WAY TO A RECORD-BREAKING SEASON 783 00:47:19,965 --> 00:47:26,335 AND BUILDING THE WAR CHEST HE NEEDS TO BUY NEW GROUND. 784 00:47:26,379 --> 00:47:29,169 SWEET. THAT'S NOT A BAD PLACE TO BE RIGHT NOW. 785 00:47:29,206 --> 00:47:32,826 Narrator: ON THE NEXT "GOLD RUSH"... 786 00:47:32,862 --> 00:47:36,622 IT'S LOAD A FREE DIRT. ALL WE GOT TO DO IS PICK IT UP. 787 00:47:36,655 --> 00:47:38,275 YOU SEE THAT WOODEN THING THERE? 788 00:47:38,310 --> 00:47:40,000 THAT IS THE SLUICE BOX. 789 00:47:40,034 --> 00:47:43,594 THEY DID THAT 80 YEARS AGO, SO I THINK IT'D BE ONE ADVENTURE. 790 00:47:43,620 --> 00:47:45,170 OH [BLEEP] 791 00:47:45,206 --> 00:47:47,756 WHOO! THAT JUST ABOUT SCARED THE [BLEEP] OUT OF ME. 792 00:47:47,793 --> 00:47:48,973 SHUT IT DOWN! 793 00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:51,760 ♪♪ 794 00:47:51,793 --> 00:47:54,073 -WATCH YOUR FINGERS. -TRYING TO DO ALL THIS 795 00:47:54,103 --> 00:47:56,593 WITH TWO PEOPLE, IT'S PRETTY RIDICULOUS. 796 00:47:56,620 --> 00:47:59,520 -WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! -HOLY [BLEEP] 797 00:47:59,551 --> 00:48:01,691 IT SHOULD BE THE USUAL [BLEEP] 798 00:48:01,724 --> 00:48:04,284 Man: WHOA! HOLD IT! HOLD IT! HOLD IT!