1 00:00:01,551 --> 00:00:02,831 NICK, WE AIN'T MAKING A PAINTING. 2 00:00:02,862 --> 00:00:04,692 WE'RE ONLY MOVING GOLD. 3 00:00:04,724 --> 00:00:06,414 Narrator: ON THIS "GOLD RUSH"... 4 00:00:06,448 --> 00:00:08,828 WHOO! ALL RIGHT! PLANT MOVE! 5 00:00:08,862 --> 00:00:11,452 ...PARKER'S CREW RUNS INTO DOUBLE TROUBLE 6 00:00:11,482 --> 00:00:13,382 Mitch: TRYING TO DO ALL THIS WITH TWO PEOPLE -- 7 00:00:13,413 --> 00:00:14,863 IT'S PRETTY RIDICULOUS. 8 00:00:14,896 --> 00:00:18,756 -MORE POWER! MORE POWER! -WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! 9 00:00:18,793 --> 00:00:20,143 HOLY [BLEEP] 10 00:00:27,827 --> 00:00:30,097 Narrator: TONY BEETS GOES ON A TREASURE HUNT 11 00:00:30,137 --> 00:00:32,137 FOR LOST GOLD. 12 00:00:36,310 --> 00:00:38,340 WHAT THE [BLEEP]? 13 00:00:38,379 --> 00:00:41,339 THERE WE GO AGAIN. 14 00:00:41,379 --> 00:00:44,339 MISFITS, ARE WE READY TO RUMBLE? 15 00:00:44,379 --> 00:00:45,659 Narrator: AND FRED LEWIS... 16 00:00:45,689 --> 00:00:47,859 ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ABOUT TO WITNESS HISTORY. 17 00:00:47,896 --> 00:00:48,856 Narrator: ...WITH HIS ROOKIE CREW... 18 00:00:48,896 --> 00:00:52,586 -YEAH! -...FINALLY GET SLUICING. 19 00:00:52,620 --> 00:00:54,690 I'M PRETTY SURE THIS IS GOLD MINING. 20 00:00:54,724 --> 00:00:57,484 WHOO! LET'S GET SOME GOLD, BOYS! 21 00:00:59,379 --> 00:01:02,409 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 22 00:01:02,448 --> 00:01:05,378 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 23 00:01:05,413 --> 00:01:13,793 ♪♪ 24 00:01:13,827 --> 00:01:17,137 Man: THAT'S THE LAST BIT OF PAY THERE FOR YOU. 25 00:01:17,172 --> 00:01:18,762 LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU GOT THE LAST BUCKET. 26 00:01:18,793 --> 00:01:20,693 WE'RE UP HERE READY TO SHUT DOWN. 27 00:01:20,724 --> 00:01:23,214 ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL, FOLKS. 28 00:01:23,241 --> 00:01:26,901 ALL RIGHT. WE GOT IT. WE GOT IT UP HERE. 29 00:01:26,931 --> 00:01:29,831 Parker: IT WOULDN'T BE A PLANT MOVE WITHOUT SOME POURING RAIN. 30 00:01:29,862 --> 00:01:32,382 Narrator: AT INDIAN RIVER, PARKER SCHNABEL 31 00:01:32,413 --> 00:01:36,453 IS OVER A THIRD OF THE WAY INTO THE SHORT SEASON. 32 00:01:36,482 --> 00:01:41,102 BUT HE'S MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME WITH A HOT START. 33 00:01:41,137 --> 00:01:43,657 WE'RE DEFINITELY TRYING TO TAKE A NEW APPROACH THIS YEAR 34 00:01:43,689 --> 00:01:45,689 WITH MOVING THE PLANTS MORE OFTEN 35 00:01:45,724 --> 00:01:47,664 AND TRUCKING A LOT LESS PAY. 36 00:01:47,689 --> 00:01:49,969 SO SLUICER WAS JUST FINISHING UP. 37 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,030 WE'RE ABOUT TO START A PLANT MOVE. 38 00:01:55,241 --> 00:01:57,521 I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THIS WITH YOU IN OCTOBER. 39 00:01:57,551 --> 00:02:02,141 -OH, YEAH. WHEN IT GETS COLD. -YEAH. CAN'T WAIT. 40 00:02:02,172 --> 00:02:05,862 Narrator: PARKER'S NEW STRATEGY IS WORKING. 41 00:02:05,896 --> 00:02:09,716 THE TEAM'S BEEN GETTING 100 OUNCES MORE GOLD PER WEEK 42 00:02:09,758 --> 00:02:11,378 THAN LAST SEASON. 43 00:02:15,206 --> 00:02:17,686 YOU ALWAYS START A CLEANUP WITH A CIGAR. 44 00:02:17,724 --> 00:02:19,864 Narrator: AFTER RUNNING FOR JUST 10 DAYS 45 00:02:19,896 --> 00:02:21,546 AT THE CURRENT LOCATION, 46 00:02:21,586 --> 00:02:25,656 SLUICIFER'S READY TO BE CLEANED AND MOVED. 47 00:02:25,689 --> 00:02:27,549 Chris: I'M HOPING THERE'S GOOD GOLD IN THERE. 48 00:02:27,586 --> 00:02:30,716 WE WILL FIND OUT QUITE SHORTLY HERE. 49 00:02:30,758 --> 00:02:33,098 Chris: ARE YOU HERE TO HELP OR JUST VISIT? 50 00:02:33,137 --> 00:02:35,277 -[ LAUGHS ] -VISIT. 51 00:02:37,689 --> 00:02:40,549 CHRIS, I CAN FEEL YOU SPRAYING ME WITH WATER. 52 00:02:40,586 --> 00:02:42,096 I'VE BEEN HOLDING OFF. 53 00:02:42,137 --> 00:02:44,897 [ Laughing ] BEEN HOLDING OFF. 54 00:02:48,482 --> 00:02:51,972 Narrator: ROOKIE PLANT BOSS TYSON LEE LOADS THE FIRST TANK 55 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,520 OF CONCENTRATE. 56 00:02:53,551 --> 00:02:56,411 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S LEVEL IN THERE. 57 00:02:56,448 --> 00:02:58,028 Parker: IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE LEVELING THAT. 58 00:02:58,068 --> 00:02:59,968 WELL, I MEAN, SO IT'S NOT SPILLING OUT THAT SIDE. 59 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,660 HE JUST MEANS SO IT'S NOT SPILLING OUT, NICK! 60 00:03:02,689 --> 00:03:04,239 YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, IT'S GOOD. 61 00:03:04,275 --> 00:03:06,825 WE AIN'T MAKING A PAINTING. 62 00:03:06,862 --> 00:03:10,902 WE'RE ONLY MOVING GOLD INSTEAD. 63 00:03:10,931 --> 00:03:12,861 DOZER, IN THE BACK. 64 00:03:15,793 --> 00:03:19,283 Narrator: FOUR MILES AWAY IN THE LAST CUT, 65 00:03:19,310 --> 00:03:23,240 CO-FOREMEN MITCH BLASCHKE AND BRENNAN RUAULT 66 00:03:23,275 --> 00:03:27,375 ARE RUNNING WASH PLANT BIG RED. 67 00:03:27,413 --> 00:03:29,033 HOW'S IT GOING? 68 00:03:30,793 --> 00:03:33,213 OH, NOT TOO BAD. 69 00:03:33,241 --> 00:03:35,931 WE'RE READY TO MOVE THE WASH PLANT AGAIN. 70 00:03:35,965 --> 00:03:38,135 YOU GUYS HAVE A PLANT MOVE COMING UP TOMORROW, THEN, HUH? 71 00:03:38,172 --> 00:03:39,792 -YEAH, FOR SURE. -[BLEEP] 72 00:03:42,482 --> 00:03:43,972 'CAUSE THAT'S THE SAME TIME 73 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,900 THE OTHER PLANT'S PLANNING ON MOVING. 74 00:03:45,931 --> 00:03:47,411 Mitch: AND WHAT'S OUR GAME PLAN FOR TOMORROW? 75 00:03:47,448 --> 00:03:49,518 I MEAN, IF WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE BOTH PLANTS AT THE SAME TIME, 76 00:03:49,551 --> 00:03:52,031 THAT'S GONNA BE A HANDFUL. 77 00:03:52,068 --> 00:03:55,898 OKAY, THING IS, WE'RE GONNA BOTH NEED THE RIGGING. 78 00:03:55,931 --> 00:03:58,241 RIGGING -- YEAH, THAT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM. 79 00:03:58,275 --> 00:04:00,895 THERE'S GONNA BE A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE TO GET JUGGLED, 80 00:04:00,931 --> 00:04:05,791 BUT IT SHOULD BE JUST THE USUAL [BLEEP] 81 00:04:05,827 --> 00:04:07,617 -[ LAUGHS ] -PERFECT. 82 00:04:07,655 --> 00:04:08,965 [ LAUGHTER ] 83 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,550 Brennan: LET'S DO IT. 84 00:04:12,655 --> 00:04:14,515 Narrator: TO GET READY FOR THE MOVE, 85 00:04:14,551 --> 00:04:18,001 BRENNAN BUILDS A WASH-PLANT PAD. 86 00:04:18,034 --> 00:04:19,724 Brennan: YOU KNOW, THE [BLEEP] PART OF ALL THIS IS, 87 00:04:19,758 --> 00:04:21,408 WE'VE NEVER HAD TWO PLANTS READY TO MOVE 88 00:04:21,448 --> 00:04:23,028 AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. 89 00:04:23,068 --> 00:04:24,378 YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY STRETCHED THIN 90 00:04:24,413 --> 00:04:26,243 WITH PEOPLE NOT BEING HERE. 91 00:04:26,275 --> 00:04:29,375 AND IF ANYTHING IS TO [BLEEP] GO WRONG AT EITHER PLANT MOVE, 92 00:04:29,413 --> 00:04:32,863 YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY GONNA SET US BEHIND. 93 00:04:32,896 --> 00:04:36,206 Narrator: MITCH STARTS THE TEARDOWN. 94 00:04:36,241 --> 00:04:39,211 -HEY, CHRIS, YOU GOT A COPY? -YEAH, MITCH, WHAT UP? 95 00:04:39,241 --> 00:04:40,691 EVERYTHING'S DONE SLUICING, 96 00:04:40,724 --> 00:04:41,864 AND WE JUST NEED TO CLEAN THIS UP 97 00:04:41,896 --> 00:04:43,206 SO WE CAN MOVE THESE RUNS. 98 00:04:43,241 --> 00:04:44,411 Chris: DUDE, I CAN'T. 99 00:04:44,448 --> 00:04:47,208 WE'RE CLEANING UP SLUICIFER, FULL BOX. 100 00:04:47,241 --> 00:04:49,451 YOU'RE STILL -- YOU'RE AT SLUICIFER? 101 00:04:52,275 --> 00:04:54,965 I GOT MY WHOLE CREW. I CAN'T MOVE THEM NOW. 102 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:56,520 WE'RE GONNA BE WAITING ON YOU. 103 00:04:56,551 --> 00:04:59,341 SORRY, BUD. 104 00:04:59,379 --> 00:05:01,209 ALL RIGHT, WELL, JUST GET HERE AS SOON AS YOU CAN, 105 00:05:01,241 --> 00:05:03,551 WE'LL FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.TALK TO YOU LATER. 106 00:05:06,827 --> 00:05:09,477 IF WE'RE ALREADY STARTING THE MORNING THIS WAY, 107 00:05:09,517 --> 00:05:11,787 I HATE TO SEE HOW THE REST OF THE DAY IS GOING. 108 00:05:17,310 --> 00:05:22,860 ♪♪ 109 00:05:22,896 --> 00:05:25,656 Narrator: NEXT MORNING IN THE LAYDOWN YARD, 110 00:05:25,689 --> 00:05:28,169 MECHANIC SHANE SMITH ARRIVES 111 00:05:28,206 --> 00:05:33,206 IN SEARCH OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE SLUICIFER MOVE. 112 00:05:33,241 --> 00:05:35,721 WE'RE A LITTLE SHORT ON RIGGING HERE. 113 00:05:35,758 --> 00:05:37,758 I'M TRYING TO BEAT MITCH AND BRENNAN TO THE PUNCH 114 00:05:37,793 --> 00:05:39,663 'CAUSE I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE READY TO MOVE 115 00:05:39,689 --> 00:05:41,139 SLUICIFER FROM WHERE THEY ARE. 116 00:05:41,172 --> 00:05:45,692 SO I'M JUST GRABBING THE RIGGING BEFORE THEY COME AND GET IT. 117 00:05:45,724 --> 00:05:48,214 THEN WE'LL HAVE NO CHOICE. WE GET TO MOVE FIRST. 118 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:59,690 ♪♪ 119 00:05:59,724 --> 00:06:02,244 WELL, WE GOT A BIG DAY, THEN. BOTH WASH PLANT SAME TIME. 120 00:06:02,275 --> 00:06:03,545 WE'VE NEVER HAD TO DO THIS BEFORE. 121 00:06:03,586 --> 00:06:05,896 SO, I MEAN, YOU GUYS GOT THE 750, 122 00:06:05,931 --> 00:06:08,551 SO YOU GOT SOME HORSEPOWER DOWN THERE FOR DRAGGING SLUICIFER. 123 00:06:08,586 --> 00:06:11,406 WE GOT 480 IS THE ONLY THING. 124 00:06:11,448 --> 00:06:13,028 Tyson: IT'S GONNA BE A CHALLENGE FOR SURE. 125 00:06:13,068 --> 00:06:14,278 WHO'S GONNA BE UP FIRST? 126 00:06:14,310 --> 00:06:16,170 YEAH, I BET YOU IT'S GONNA BE US THERE. 127 00:06:16,206 --> 00:06:17,826 OH, YEAH? 128 00:06:17,862 --> 00:06:20,522 WELL, WE'LL SEE. 129 00:06:20,551 --> 00:06:22,001 Shane: WELL, WE GOT THE RIGGING. 130 00:06:22,034 --> 00:06:23,344 THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGHT US FOR IT. 131 00:06:23,379 --> 00:06:25,339 -YEAH. [ LAUGHS ] -ALL RIGHT. 132 00:06:25,379 --> 00:06:26,859 WELL, SEE AT THE END OF THE DAY 133 00:06:26,896 --> 00:06:28,166 WHICH ONE'S SHAKING FIRST. 134 00:06:28,206 --> 00:06:30,376 -GOOD LUCK, GUYS. -CHALLENGE IS ON! 135 00:06:30,413 --> 00:06:32,103 [ LAUGHTER ] 136 00:06:52,620 --> 00:06:59,480 ♪♪ 137 00:07:18,137 --> 00:07:22,137 Narrator: ON PARADISE HILL, KLONDIKE LEGEND TONY BEETS 138 00:07:22,172 --> 00:07:24,592 IS MAKING UP FOR A LATE START. 139 00:07:24,620 --> 00:07:26,930 JAMES, DO YOU COPY? 140 00:07:26,965 --> 00:07:29,965 AT THE MEGA CUT, WHICH TONY BELIEVES COULD GET HIM 141 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,070 3,000 OUNCES OF GOLD, 142 00:07:32,103 --> 00:07:36,553 SON MIKE IS CHEWING THROUGH 350 YARDS OF PAYDIRT AN HOUR. 143 00:07:36,586 --> 00:07:38,026 HEY, JAMES, HOW'S IT GOING UP THERE? 144 00:07:38,068 --> 00:07:40,208 James: MY DAY IS GOING GREAT. 145 00:07:40,241 --> 00:07:43,281 THAT'S GOOD, JAMES. KEEP IT GOING, EH? 146 00:07:43,310 --> 00:07:45,310 Mike: ANOTHER NICE DAY OF SLUICING, 147 00:07:45,344 --> 00:07:46,864 WHICH IS GOOD SINCE IT'S THE ONLY [BLEEP] THING 148 00:07:46,896 --> 00:07:48,826 SLUICING RIGHT NOW IS THE TROMMEL. 149 00:07:51,586 --> 00:07:54,306 Narrator: TO CASH IN ON HIGH GOLD PRICES, 150 00:07:54,344 --> 00:07:58,244 TONY'S ALSO BEEN SEARCHING FOR OTHER QUICK SCORES ON THE HILL. 151 00:08:19,034 --> 00:08:22,624 ♪♪ 152 00:08:22,655 --> 00:08:25,545 HALF A MILE AWAY FROM MIKE'S TROMMEL, 153 00:08:25,586 --> 00:08:28,306 TONY SPOTTED A PILE OF ROCKS AND GRAVEL 154 00:08:28,344 --> 00:08:33,244 THAT HE BELIEVES ARE TAILINGS LEFT OVER BY OLD-TIMERS, 155 00:08:33,275 --> 00:08:36,755 LYING BELOW THE REMAINS OF AN OLD SLUICE RUN. 156 00:08:42,655 --> 00:08:44,585 YEAH, WHAT'S UP? 157 00:08:46,655 --> 00:08:50,785 ♪♪ 158 00:08:57,586 --> 00:08:58,716 Kevin: OH, YEAH. 159 00:09:00,655 --> 00:09:01,965 -YEAH. -YEAH. 160 00:09:03,413 --> 00:09:04,903 -NOPE. -NO. 161 00:09:04,931 --> 00:09:07,001 NOW, DID YOU RECENTLY GET TOLD... 162 00:09:09,862 --> 00:09:14,002 ♪♪ 163 00:09:32,655 --> 00:09:33,895 THEY PROBABLY STARTED AROUND 164 00:09:33,931 --> 00:09:35,691 WHEN THE [BLEEP] GOLD RUSH HAPPENED. 165 00:09:38,758 --> 00:09:41,308 Narrator: THE REMAINS OF THE OLD MINE WORKINGS 166 00:09:41,344 --> 00:09:43,794 DATE FROM THE 1940s. 167 00:09:45,793 --> 00:09:49,243 OLD-TIMERS USED HOSES TO WASH VALUABLE PAY DIRT 168 00:09:49,275 --> 00:09:52,275 FROM THE HILLSIDE INTO THE SLUICE RUNS. 169 00:09:52,310 --> 00:09:56,170 THEIR BASIC TECHNOLOGY ONLY CAUGHT HALF THE GOLD, 170 00:09:56,206 --> 00:09:58,136 BUT THE GROUND WAS SO RICH, 171 00:09:58,172 --> 00:10:01,282 THEY STILL PULLED IN THOUSANDS OF OUNCES. 172 00:10:01,310 --> 00:10:05,030 NOW TONY WANTS TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND 173 00:10:05,068 --> 00:10:07,758 IN THEIR DISCARDED TAILINGS PILES. 174 00:10:13,655 --> 00:10:14,855 Monica: YEAH. 175 00:10:16,931 --> 00:10:19,001 Kevin: NO, NOT AT THE CURRENT PRICES. 176 00:10:21,758 --> 00:10:23,068 AT LEAST CHECK IT OUT, SEE WHAT'S IN THERE. 177 00:10:23,103 --> 00:10:24,833 MIGHT AS WELL. 178 00:10:25,793 --> 00:10:27,343 YEP. 179 00:10:32,620 --> 00:10:34,000 -OH, YEAH. -YEAH. 180 00:10:35,413 --> 00:10:37,173 -OH, YEAH. -YEAH. 181 00:10:43,241 --> 00:10:46,481 Narrator: TONY'S LOCATED THE OLD-TIMERS' TAILINGS PILE 182 00:10:46,517 --> 00:10:48,477 HALFWAY DOWN THE HILL. 183 00:10:48,517 --> 00:10:50,547 NOW HE MUST DIG UP A SAMPLE 184 00:10:50,586 --> 00:10:53,756 TO FIND OUT IF IT CONTAINS LOST GOLD. 185 00:11:20,896 --> 00:11:22,996 Monica: HE'S NOT THE ONE THAT HAS TO LIFT THEM INTO THE -- 186 00:11:26,310 --> 00:11:33,070 ♪♪ 187 00:11:33,103 --> 00:11:37,343 Narrator: MONICA RUNS THE TAILINGS THROUGH THE TEST TROMMEL 188 00:11:37,379 --> 00:11:40,929 TO SEND UP TO THE GOLD ROOM 189 00:11:40,965 --> 00:11:43,685 WHERE TONY PANS THE CONCENTRATE. 190 00:11:43,724 --> 00:11:48,554 ♪♪ 191 00:11:59,413 --> 00:12:03,623 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. 192 00:12:18,379 --> 00:12:20,929 Minnie: YES, I DO. 193 00:12:20,965 --> 00:12:22,445 BE RIGHT UP. 194 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,860 THAT'S A LOT OF GOLD IN THERE. 195 00:12:41,034 --> 00:12:43,004 OH, YOU'RE ALL EXCITED NOW? 196 00:12:48,172 --> 00:12:49,662 OH, MY GOSH. 197 00:13:14,862 --> 00:13:22,762 ♪♪ 198 00:13:22,793 --> 00:13:26,033 MISFITS, ARE WE READY TO RUMBLE? 199 00:13:26,068 --> 00:13:31,588 LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE! 200 00:13:31,620 --> 00:13:33,900 Narrator: IN OREGON'S ELKHORN MOUNTAINS, 201 00:13:33,931 --> 00:13:38,661 ROOKIE MINE BOSS FRED LEWIS HAS GAMBLED HIS LAST $20,000 202 00:13:38,689 --> 00:13:40,139 SETTING UP A GOLD MINE 203 00:13:40,172 --> 00:13:45,072 WITH A GREENHORN CREW OF COMBAT VETERANS. 204 00:13:45,103 --> 00:13:46,283 WE'VE BEEN HERE FOUR WEEKS, 205 00:13:46,310 --> 00:13:48,070 AND ONLY 1/2 OUNCE OF GOLD TO SHOW. 206 00:13:48,103 --> 00:13:50,623 PROBLEM AFTER PROBLEM KEEPS PLAGUING US HERE ON THE CLAIM. 207 00:13:50,655 --> 00:13:52,475 IF WE DON'T GET IT MOVING TODAY, 208 00:13:52,517 --> 00:13:54,027 THE REST OF THE SEASON'S GONNA BE A WASHOUT, 209 00:13:54,068 --> 00:13:57,788 AND WE'RE GONNA GO HOME WITH NOTHING. 210 00:13:57,827 --> 00:14:00,167 STANDBY, STANDBY, STANDBY, 211 00:14:00,206 --> 00:14:02,306 Narrator: FRED'S FOREMAN, KENDELL MADDEN, 212 00:14:02,344 --> 00:14:06,834 IS THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE TEAM WITH ANY MINING EXPERIENCE. 213 00:14:06,862 --> 00:14:09,622 ARE YOU READY? ARE YOU READY? 214 00:14:09,655 --> 00:14:13,475 HE'S IN CHARGE OF FIRING UP THE WASH PLANT, COLONEL NUGGET, 215 00:14:13,517 --> 00:14:16,067 FOR THEIR FIRST FULL WEEK OF SLUICING. 216 00:14:16,103 --> 00:14:20,143 -WATER'S COMING. -WATER'S COMING! 217 00:14:20,172 --> 00:14:21,692 DIGGER'S COMING ON. 218 00:14:23,862 --> 00:14:25,862 FIRE IT UP, STUART! 219 00:14:28,793 --> 00:14:31,143 WATER FLOW'S LOOKING GOOD. 220 00:14:31,172 --> 00:14:33,452 OUR DISCHARGE IS LOOKING GOOD. 221 00:14:33,482 --> 00:14:34,722 YOU KNOW, WE'RE ACTUALLY GIVING IT 222 00:14:34,758 --> 00:14:38,168 PAYDIRT RIGHT NOW, SO IT'S A VICTORY! 223 00:14:38,206 --> 00:14:41,166 Narrator: THIS CREW OF VETERANS ARRIVED THREE WEEKS AGO 224 00:14:41,206 --> 00:14:44,376 ON A MISSION TO TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND. 225 00:14:47,310 --> 00:14:49,280 YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOLD MEANS A LOT TO ALL OF US. 226 00:14:49,310 --> 00:14:52,000 JUST ANOTHER DISABLED VET WHO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, 227 00:14:52,034 --> 00:14:54,074 COME ON ROUGH TIMES AND BEEN OUT OF WORK 228 00:14:54,103 --> 00:14:55,593 FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. 229 00:14:55,620 --> 00:14:58,340 Narrator: SPECIAL OPERATIONS SERGEANT KYLE PLETZKE 230 00:14:58,379 --> 00:15:00,339 FEEDS THE PLANT. 231 00:15:00,379 --> 00:15:03,069 WE'RE HERE TO DIG. WE'RE HERE TO FIND GOLD, 232 00:15:03,103 --> 00:15:05,413 PROVE TO OURSELVES, PROVE TO THE WORLD THAT, HEY, 233 00:15:05,448 --> 00:15:07,718 FIND YOURSELF DOWN ON YOUR LUCK, IT DOESN'T MATTER. 234 00:15:07,758 --> 00:15:09,898 PICK YOURSELF UP, GO AGAIN. 235 00:15:09,931 --> 00:15:12,521 GO FOR THE GOLD, BABY. 236 00:15:12,551 --> 00:15:14,381 Fred: I TRULY FEEL LIKE I'M BLESSED 237 00:15:14,413 --> 00:15:15,833 WITH THIS GROUP OF VETERANS 238 00:15:15,862 --> 00:15:17,932 BECAUSE WE CAN TRUST EACH OTHER SO MUCH, 239 00:15:17,965 --> 00:15:21,065 WE CAN RELY ON EACH OTHER IN SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT WAYS. 240 00:15:21,103 --> 00:15:24,453 AND I'M EXPECTING THESE GUYS TO COME OUT LIKE ROCK STARS. 241 00:15:28,482 --> 00:15:29,972 Khara: FRED AND I WERE BOTH AT 242 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,620 THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS LANGUAGE SCHOOL 243 00:15:31,655 --> 00:15:33,375 AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, 244 00:15:33,413 --> 00:15:36,283 LESS THAN TWO MONTHS LATER, WE GOT MARRIED IN VEGAS. 245 00:15:36,310 --> 00:15:37,860 Narrator: FRED'S WIFE, KHARA, 246 00:15:37,896 --> 00:15:41,026 ARMY PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, 247 00:15:41,068 --> 00:15:44,478 HAS COME IN TO MANAGE THE CLAIM. 248 00:15:44,517 --> 00:15:47,757 FRED MIGHT BE THE MINE BOSS, BUT I AM THE MINE MANAGER. 249 00:15:47,793 --> 00:15:49,863 HE'S GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH ME 250 00:15:49,896 --> 00:15:51,966 TELLING HIM WHEN THINGS NEED TO GET DONE. 251 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,140 I HAVE NEVER MANAGED A MINE BEFORE. 252 00:15:54,172 --> 00:15:56,002 I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY MINED BEFORE. 253 00:15:56,034 --> 00:15:58,624 SO IT'S DEFINITELY A HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCE. 254 00:15:58,655 --> 00:16:00,585 BUT I'VE BEEN ORDERING THE BOOKS THAT WE NEED. 255 00:16:00,620 --> 00:16:03,450 WE NEED OUR SURFACE MINE DAILY INSPECTION BOOK. 256 00:16:03,482 --> 00:16:05,762 WE NEED OUR CHECKLISTS FOR THE VEHICLES. 257 00:16:05,793 --> 00:16:07,313 OUR MSHA CERTIFICATES ARRIVED 258 00:16:07,344 --> 00:16:10,344 'CAUSE WE JUST GOT DONE DOING OUR MSHA TRAINING. 259 00:16:10,379 --> 00:16:14,929 MSHA IS THE MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION. 260 00:16:14,965 --> 00:16:18,545 THEY GIVE US WHAT WE NEED TO BE TO BE COMPLIANT FOR OUR SAFETY. 261 00:16:18,586 --> 00:16:20,826 AND IF WE AREN'T COMPLIANT, IF WE DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES, 262 00:16:20,862 --> 00:16:21,972 MSHA WILL COME OUT HERE, 263 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,860 AND THEY WILL TAG US WITH MASSIVE FINES. 264 00:16:24,896 --> 00:16:26,376 THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF I'M SEEING 265 00:16:26,413 --> 00:16:30,483 THAT I'M REALLY NERVOUS WE MIGHT NOT BE COMPLIANT WITH. 266 00:16:30,517 --> 00:16:31,897 WE'D GET HIT WITH A FINE, BIG TIME, 267 00:16:31,931 --> 00:16:34,031 IF THOSE INSPECTORS CAME RIGHT NOW. 268 00:16:34,068 --> 00:16:35,618 WE'D BE IN A LOT OF TROUBLE. 269 00:16:35,655 --> 00:16:37,585 I KNEW THAT WE WERE GONNA FINANCIALLY STRUGGLE 270 00:16:37,620 --> 00:16:38,900 JUST TRYING TO GET BY. 271 00:16:38,931 --> 00:16:40,241 FRED CAME UP WITH THIS. 272 00:16:40,275 --> 00:16:41,475 I HONESTLY DIDN'T THINK HE COULD PULL IT TOGETHER, 273 00:16:41,517 --> 00:16:42,827 BUT HE HAS. 274 00:16:42,862 --> 00:16:45,692 HOWEVER, WE ACTUALLY PERSONALLY KNOW THE CREW, 275 00:16:45,724 --> 00:16:47,594 AND THESE AREN'T JUST HIS FRIENDS. 276 00:16:47,620 --> 00:16:49,450 THEY'RE KIND OF OUR FAMILY. 277 00:16:49,482 --> 00:16:51,552 AND YOU DON'T WANT TO LET FAMILY DOWN. 278 00:16:51,586 --> 00:16:53,996 IF THIS COLLAPSES, IF THIS DOESN'T WORK OUT, 279 00:16:54,034 --> 00:16:55,904 WE'RE SCREWED. THEY'RE SCREWED, TOO. 280 00:16:55,931 --> 00:16:58,931 SO THERE'S A LOT ON THE LINE. IT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE. 281 00:17:01,448 --> 00:17:03,898 Fred: TRY AND GO A LITTLE FASTER. 282 00:17:03,931 --> 00:17:06,211 NOW WE'RE RUNNING PAY, WE'RE CATCHING GOLD. 283 00:17:06,241 --> 00:17:07,381 THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. 284 00:17:07,413 --> 00:17:10,523 YEP, YEP, THAT'S PERFECT. JUST LIKE THAT. 285 00:17:10,551 --> 00:17:12,311 WATER FLOW'S PRETTY GOOD. 286 00:17:12,344 --> 00:17:14,974 OUR FEED RATE'S PRETTY CONSISTENT. 287 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,790 JUST GOT TO KEEP DOING IT THOUSANDS OF TIMES OVER. 288 00:17:17,827 --> 00:17:19,407 OKAY. 289 00:17:21,551 --> 00:17:24,621 SO RIGHT NOW, I'M GONNA CLIMB UP IN THE COLONEL 290 00:17:24,655 --> 00:17:26,375 AND SEE IF I CAN PUSH SOME OF THAT STUFF 291 00:17:26,413 --> 00:17:27,793 THAT'S NOT FEEDING. 292 00:17:27,827 --> 00:17:35,207 ♪♪ 293 00:17:35,241 --> 00:17:37,901 Khara: FRED! 294 00:17:37,931 --> 00:17:41,101 HEY! SHUT IT DOWN! 295 00:17:41,137 --> 00:17:43,687 SHUT IT DOWN. 296 00:17:43,724 --> 00:17:53,594 ♪♪ 297 00:17:53,620 --> 00:17:56,660 YOU WERE JUST STANDING UP THERE WITH NO HARNESS, NOTHING, 298 00:17:56,689 --> 00:18:00,169 ANY LITTLE THING COULD HAVE HAPPENED. 299 00:18:00,206 --> 00:18:03,066 WE JUST HAVE TO STOP TO GET EVERYTHING MSHA-READY. 300 00:18:03,103 --> 00:18:04,763 WE ARE NOT READY TO BE RUNNING AT ALL. 301 00:18:04,793 --> 00:18:06,593 WE HAVE A LOT TO DO. 302 00:18:06,620 --> 00:18:08,480 ALL RIGHT, LISTEN, I'VE GOT THIS LIST IN THE TRUCK. 303 00:18:08,517 --> 00:18:10,027 [BLEEP] I LOVE YOU, BABE. 304 00:18:10,068 --> 00:18:11,828 I KNOW. YOU BETTER TAKE THIS SERIOUS. 305 00:18:11,862 --> 00:18:14,142 I'M TAKING IT SERIOUS. 306 00:18:14,172 --> 00:18:17,242 IF AN INSPECTOR SHOWS UP, WE ARE GONNA GET HIT WITH 307 00:18:17,275 --> 00:18:19,755 AT LEAST $100,000 WORTH OF FINES. 308 00:18:19,793 --> 00:18:21,833 WE'RE GONNA GET SHUT DOWN. 309 00:18:21,862 --> 00:18:23,862 Kendell: THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS I'M REALLY GLAD 310 00:18:23,896 --> 00:18:25,546 TO HAVE FRED AROUND IN. 311 00:18:25,586 --> 00:18:28,516 ONE OF THEM IS GETTING YELLED AT RIGHT NOW. 312 00:18:28,551 --> 00:18:29,721 Kyle: I MEAN, WHAT DOES SHE REALLY WANT, THOUGH? 313 00:18:29,758 --> 00:18:32,278 WE GOT HARD HATS, RIGHT? WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED? 314 00:18:32,310 --> 00:18:34,340 WE HAVE TO GET A PROTECTIVE CAGE AROUND THE BELT. 315 00:18:34,379 --> 00:18:36,029 WE NEED RAILS ON THE CATWALK. 316 00:18:36,068 --> 00:18:38,098 WE NEED WEATHERPROOF POWER BOX 317 00:18:38,137 --> 00:18:39,687 BETWEEN THE GENERATOR AND THE PLANT. 318 00:18:39,724 --> 00:18:41,454 Fred: SO, YOU SURE WE HAVE TO DO ALL THE STUFF? 319 00:18:41,482 --> 00:18:43,072 I'M 100% CERTAIN, 320 00:18:43,103 --> 00:18:44,483 BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT 321 00:18:44,517 --> 00:18:45,997 AND YOU WANT THEM TO COME AND SHUT US DOWN 322 00:18:46,034 --> 00:18:48,104 AND SEND ALL THESE GUYS HOME WITH NOTHING, 323 00:18:48,137 --> 00:18:51,517 BE MY GUEST 'CAUSE THAT'S ON YOU. 324 00:18:51,551 --> 00:18:53,141 IT'S NOT GONNA BE ON ME. 325 00:18:53,172 --> 00:19:01,972 ♪♪ 326 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,210 Narrator: AT INDIAN RIVER, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, 327 00:19:05,241 --> 00:19:09,721 PARKER'S CREW IS MOVING TWO WASH PLANTS ON THE SAME DAY. 328 00:19:09,758 --> 00:19:15,518 BOTH CREWS NEED TO COMPLETE THEIR MOVE IN A SINGLE SHIFT. 329 00:19:15,551 --> 00:19:17,761 Parker: RIGHT NOW, WE'VE KIND OF GOT THINGS GOING ON 330 00:19:17,793 --> 00:19:22,213 THAT ARE ALL NOT THE MOST ENJOYABLE PARTS OF THE PROCESS. 331 00:19:22,241 --> 00:19:25,591 BIG RED'S MOVING. SLUICIFER'S MOVING. 332 00:19:25,620 --> 00:19:28,590 AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET IT SORTED OUT. 333 00:19:28,620 --> 00:19:30,000 IT'S JUST CATCHING UP ON US A LITTLE BIT 334 00:19:30,034 --> 00:19:32,314 'CAUSE WE'RE SHORT-HANDED. 335 00:19:32,344 --> 00:19:34,904 -DO YOU WANNA YANK THAT OVER? -SOUNDS GOOD. 336 00:19:34,931 --> 00:19:36,311 I'LL WALK ON OVER. 337 00:19:36,344 --> 00:19:37,934 Narrator: ON THE PROMISED LAND... 338 00:19:37,965 --> 00:19:39,615 WE MIGHT HAVE TO GO THIS WAY. 339 00:19:39,655 --> 00:19:42,855 ...ROOKIE PLANT BOSS TYSON WILL MOVE SLUICIFER 340 00:19:42,896 --> 00:19:46,786 WITH PARKER'S BIGGEST EXCAVATOR, THE 750... 341 00:19:46,827 --> 00:19:48,857 Tyson: WE GOT THE CABLES ALL HOOKED UP TO SLUICIFER, 342 00:19:48,896 --> 00:19:51,136 AND JUST GONNA DRAG HER OVER THERE. 343 00:19:55,655 --> 00:19:57,135 Narrator: ...WHILE AT THE LAST CUT... 344 00:19:57,172 --> 00:20:00,862 WHOO! ALL RIGHT! YEAH! PLANT MOVE! 345 00:20:00,896 --> 00:20:03,476 ...PARKER'S TRUSTED CO-FOREMAN BRENNAN 346 00:20:03,517 --> 00:20:07,277 MUST MAKE DO MOVING BIG RED 140 YARDS 347 00:20:07,310 --> 00:20:09,030 WITH THE SMALLER 480. 348 00:20:09,068 --> 00:20:11,138 DUDE, WE WANT TO SHOW THOSE BOYS UP, RIGHT? 349 00:20:11,172 --> 00:20:13,622 -YEAH, YEAH. -BIG RED. LET'S DO THIS. 350 00:20:13,655 --> 00:20:19,825 ♪♪ 351 00:20:19,862 --> 00:20:22,282 NICE AND EASY! 352 00:20:22,310 --> 00:20:24,070 Mitch: SHOULD HAVE A WHOLE CREW OUT HERE. 353 00:20:24,103 --> 00:20:25,033 THAT'S HOW WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST. 354 00:20:25,068 --> 00:20:26,758 IT'S HOW WE DO IT QUICKLY. 355 00:20:26,793 --> 00:20:29,383 I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO DO ALL THIS WITH TWO PEOPLE. 356 00:20:29,413 --> 00:20:31,003 IT'S PRETTY RIDICULOUS. 357 00:20:44,275 --> 00:20:46,895 WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN HERE TO JUST KEEP GOING. 358 00:20:46,931 --> 00:20:49,171 HOPEFULLY BRENNAN GETS US OVER THERE WITHOUT, 359 00:20:49,206 --> 00:20:50,826 WELL, SCREWING ANYTHING UP. 360 00:21:03,241 --> 00:21:08,621 ♪♪ 361 00:21:08,655 --> 00:21:11,235 WHOA! [BLEEP] 362 00:21:13,448 --> 00:21:15,658 IT WON'T GO. 363 00:21:15,689 --> 00:21:17,549 YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. 364 00:21:20,241 --> 00:21:22,211 WHOA! 365 00:21:22,241 --> 00:21:26,341 ♪♪ 366 00:21:26,379 --> 00:21:28,589 THAT'S MORE LIKE IT! 367 00:21:28,620 --> 00:21:34,480 ♪♪ 368 00:21:34,517 --> 00:21:36,547 NAILED IT! 369 00:21:38,103 --> 00:21:39,933 Narrator: OVER AT THE PROMISED LAND, 370 00:21:39,965 --> 00:21:43,135 ROOKIE PLANT BOSS TYSON IS HAULING SLUICIFER 371 00:21:43,172 --> 00:21:48,032 120 YARDS TO ITS NEW PAD. 372 00:21:48,068 --> 00:21:54,448 HE USES THE 750 TO PULL THE 45-TON PLANT TO ITS NEW PAD. 373 00:21:59,103 --> 00:22:00,933 IT'S GONNA BE A ONE-SHOT DEAL. 374 00:22:04,551 --> 00:22:06,171 Parker: WHAT ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT? 375 00:22:06,206 --> 00:22:07,406 IT'S PRETTY SOFT. 376 00:22:07,448 --> 00:22:09,478 IF HE SINKS IT IN, WE'RE JUST SCREWED. 377 00:22:09,517 --> 00:22:11,927 GOTCHA. 378 00:22:11,965 --> 00:22:13,965 Parker: EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 379 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:18,100 HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET IT SORTED OUT, YOU KNOW, 380 00:22:18,137 --> 00:22:19,587 JUST THE BEST WE CAN. 381 00:22:19,620 --> 00:22:22,480 ♪♪ 382 00:22:22,517 --> 00:22:24,857 TIME FOR THE UPHILL. 383 00:22:24,896 --> 00:22:27,206 Shane: YEAH, I HOPE TYSON CAN GET THIS UP THE HILL OKAY. 384 00:22:27,241 --> 00:22:29,831 MOVING IT WITH THE 750 -- IT'S THE BIGGEST MACHINE WE GOT, 385 00:22:29,862 --> 00:22:32,382 SO IT'S THE RIGHT ONE FOR THE JOB. 386 00:22:32,413 --> 00:22:35,003 HE DOESN'T USUALLY PULL THE SLUICIFER THAT OFTEN, 387 00:22:35,034 --> 00:22:38,694 SO HOPEFULLY HE'LL GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. 388 00:22:38,724 --> 00:22:40,524 WE MADE THE RAMP OUT OF COARSE TAILINGS. 389 00:22:40,551 --> 00:22:42,001 IT'S PRETTY SOFT. 390 00:22:42,034 --> 00:22:44,624 ♪♪ 391 00:22:44,655 --> 00:22:47,475 -WHOA! -WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! 392 00:22:50,448 --> 00:22:51,788 HOLY [BLEEP] 393 00:22:51,827 --> 00:22:54,277 Shane: OH, HOLD IT, HOLD IT, HOLD IT! STOP RIGHT THERE. 394 00:22:54,310 --> 00:22:56,450 HOLY [BLEEP] 395 00:22:56,482 --> 00:22:58,312 ONE MISTAKE, AND THEN WE GOT TO PULL IT DOWN 396 00:22:58,344 --> 00:23:00,484 AND REDO THE WHOLE RAMP AGAIN. 397 00:23:00,517 --> 00:23:03,307 COME ON, YOU [BLEEP] THING. COME ON. 398 00:23:03,344 --> 00:23:05,594 THIS WASH PLANT WEIGHS 90,000 POUNDS, 399 00:23:05,620 --> 00:23:07,240 AND IT'S JUST PULLING ME DOWN. 400 00:23:07,275 --> 00:23:11,305 ♪♪ 401 00:23:11,344 --> 00:23:13,004 COME ON, LET'S GO. 402 00:23:14,448 --> 00:23:16,688 COME ON. GET UP THIS HILL. 403 00:23:17,413 --> 00:23:18,483 IT WON'T GO. 404 00:23:18,517 --> 00:23:21,137 WON'T GO! [BLEEP] 405 00:23:24,689 --> 00:23:32,549 ♪♪ 406 00:23:32,586 --> 00:23:35,306 Tyson: WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! 407 00:23:35,344 --> 00:23:37,004 Narrator: AT THE PROMISED LAND, 408 00:23:37,034 --> 00:23:40,934 ROOKIE PLANT BOSS TYSON LEE IS WORKING AGAINST THE CLOCK, 409 00:23:40,965 --> 00:23:44,475 STRUGGLING TO DRAG SLUICIFER UP A SOFT PAD. 410 00:23:44,517 --> 00:23:45,827 Tyson: WHOA! 411 00:23:45,862 --> 00:23:47,862 MAN, THIS WASH PLANT'S [BLEEP] HEAVY. 412 00:23:47,896 --> 00:23:50,276 Shane: TYSON! COME OUT AND GO GET BACK AND FLAT, 413 00:23:50,310 --> 00:23:52,790 SIT IN THERE, AND THEN JUST CURL YOUR BUCKET OUT. 414 00:23:52,827 --> 00:23:54,137 IT'LL GET GOING, AND YOU JUST GOT TO KEEP 415 00:23:54,172 --> 00:23:56,792 DOING IT TILL YOU GET UP THE HILL. 416 00:23:56,827 --> 00:23:58,407 THERE YOU GO. 417 00:24:00,068 --> 00:24:02,308 COME ON, YOU [BLEEP], COME ON. 418 00:24:04,551 --> 00:24:07,661 COME ON, LET'S GO. GET UP THIS HILL. 419 00:24:09,482 --> 00:24:11,412 HEY, SHANE! HOW'S IT LOOK? 420 00:24:11,448 --> 00:24:13,408 YOU JUST GOT TO KEEP DOING IT INCH BY INCH. 421 00:24:16,034 --> 00:24:18,104 WHOO! 422 00:24:18,137 --> 00:24:20,027 HOW WE LOOKING, SHANE? 423 00:24:20,068 --> 00:24:21,138 WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT. 424 00:24:21,172 --> 00:24:23,312 CAN START COMING PRETTY GOOD NOW. 425 00:24:23,344 --> 00:24:25,974 -SOMEBODY WATCH MY BACK END. -OFF TRACK. 426 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,000 EASY BOY, EASY! YOU'RE GONNA GO OVER THE EDGE. 427 00:24:28,034 --> 00:24:30,174 TAKE IT SLOW. 428 00:24:30,206 --> 00:24:32,926 Man: YOU'RE REALLY HURRYING IT. YOU'RE REALLY HURRYING IT. 429 00:24:37,241 --> 00:24:39,101 TWO FEET. 430 00:24:39,137 --> 00:24:46,477 ♪♪ 431 00:24:46,517 --> 00:24:49,307 THINK YOU GOT HER NOW. 432 00:24:49,344 --> 00:24:51,004 YEAH! THERE WE GO. 433 00:24:55,793 --> 00:24:58,343 Shane: NICE JOB, DUDE. SHE'S SITTING PRETTY. 434 00:24:58,379 --> 00:24:59,719 -PERFECT. -SHE HAPPY? 435 00:24:59,758 --> 00:25:02,308 -YEAH, I'M HAPPY. -WE'RE GONNA WIN THIS ONE. 436 00:25:02,344 --> 00:25:04,034 THAT'S GOOD. THANKS, MAN. 437 00:25:04,068 --> 00:25:09,858 ♪♪ 438 00:25:09,896 --> 00:25:13,656 Narrator: BACK AT THE LAST CUT, SIX HOURS INTO THE MOVE, 439 00:25:13,689 --> 00:25:18,239 BRENNAN HAS ALREADY GOT BIG RED ONTO ITS PAD. 440 00:25:18,275 --> 00:25:20,895 -HOW'D THAT GO? -CALL ME WINCH CAT. 441 00:25:20,931 --> 00:25:22,791 -I ONLY SEE ONE PROBLEM. -WHAT? 442 00:25:22,827 --> 00:25:26,277 IT'S GOING THE WRONG WAY. 443 00:25:26,310 --> 00:25:27,690 IT'S BACKWARDS. 444 00:25:27,724 --> 00:25:29,764 [BLEEP] SAKES. 445 00:25:33,034 --> 00:25:34,594 Brennan: WE CAN SPIN IT UP HERE -- 446 00:25:34,620 --> 00:25:35,970 Mitch: OH, THAT'S GONNA TEAR THINGS UP. 447 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:37,690 YOU CAN ALREADY SEE HOW BAD IT'S DIGGING IN. 448 00:25:37,724 --> 00:25:39,694 I THINK THE EASIEST THING IS TO PULL IT BACK DOWN THE HILL, 449 00:25:39,724 --> 00:25:42,974 BRING IT BACK UP, AND HAVE IT RIGHT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. 450 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,760 SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN. 451 00:25:47,827 --> 00:25:48,857 IT'S ALL RIGHT, YOU KNOW. 452 00:25:48,896 --> 00:25:50,276 WE'RE JUST TRYING TO WIN A RACE HERE 453 00:25:50,310 --> 00:25:53,480 AND SHOW THE OTHER GUYS UP, AND WE'LL JUST DO THINGS TWICE. 454 00:25:53,517 --> 00:25:54,687 IT'S PRETTY COOL. 455 00:25:54,724 --> 00:25:56,144 [ LAUGHS ] GET THE [BLEEP] OUT. 456 00:25:56,172 --> 00:25:57,692 "HEY, BRENNAN, YOU WANT TO PUT THAT WASH PLANT UP THERE?" 457 00:25:57,724 --> 00:26:00,314 "YEAH, SURE, BUDDY. HEY, I GOT IT UP THERE." 458 00:26:00,344 --> 00:26:02,724 "IT'S GOING THE WRONG WAY." "WELL, [BLEEP]" 459 00:26:02,758 --> 00:26:04,308 YOU'RE SO FUNNY. 460 00:26:04,344 --> 00:26:06,934 Mitch: HE'S BEEN AROUND BIG RED FOR, WHAT, SIX YEARS NOW? 461 00:26:06,965 --> 00:26:10,275 AND HE STILL DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHICH END WE FEED IT. 462 00:26:10,310 --> 00:26:12,760 DO IT BETTER THE SECOND TIME, BRENNAN. 463 00:26:12,793 --> 00:26:17,033 Narrator: AFTER HALF A DAY DRAGGING THE PLANT ONTO THE PAD, 464 00:26:17,068 --> 00:26:21,208 BRENNAN NOW HAS TO SPEND ANOTHER TWO HOURS TURNING IT AROUND. 465 00:26:21,241 --> 00:26:24,071 ♪♪ 466 00:26:24,103 --> 00:26:27,483 WELL... 467 00:26:27,517 --> 00:26:29,167 NOW WE WAIT. 468 00:26:29,206 --> 00:26:34,616 ♪♪ 469 00:26:34,655 --> 00:26:36,995 WE WANT TO BE UP AND RUNNING BEFORE BIG RED IS. 470 00:26:37,034 --> 00:26:38,244 SLUICIFER'S ALL SET UP. 471 00:26:38,275 --> 00:26:41,095 WE GOT THE FEEDER IN, THE SUPER STACKER IN, 472 00:26:41,137 --> 00:26:44,617 WATER PUMPS IN, PIPELINES IN, READY TO FIRE HER UP. 473 00:26:44,655 --> 00:26:46,715 [ MOTOR STARTS ] 474 00:26:52,344 --> 00:26:57,904 ♪♪ 475 00:26:57,931 --> 00:27:00,381 WELL, WE FIRED IT UP. I HOPE WE WON. 476 00:27:04,068 --> 00:27:06,408 HEY, BRENDA, YOU GOT A COPY? 477 00:27:06,448 --> 00:27:07,718 WHAT'S GOING ON, TYSON? 478 00:27:07,758 --> 00:27:09,548 WE'RE UP AND RUNNING, MAN. 479 00:27:09,586 --> 00:27:10,476 THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE BEAT US. 480 00:27:10,517 --> 00:27:13,787 WE KICKED YOUR ASS! 481 00:27:13,827 --> 00:27:16,207 GOOD FOR YOU, BUD, GOOD FOR YOU. 482 00:27:16,241 --> 00:27:19,001 [ LAUGHS ] 483 00:27:19,034 --> 00:27:20,664 Mitch: [BLEEP], MAN, LIKE, IF YOU WOULD HAVE 484 00:27:20,689 --> 00:27:21,899 BROUGHT THE PLANT IN THE RIGHT WAY, 485 00:27:21,931 --> 00:27:22,971 WE WOULD HAVE BEAT THEM, 486 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:24,280 EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD 750 AND MORE HELP. 487 00:27:24,310 --> 00:27:25,520 -WHATEVER. -COME ON, MAN. 488 00:27:25,551 --> 00:27:26,971 YEAH, WELL, WHATEVER. 489 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:31,070 ♪♪ 490 00:27:31,103 --> 00:27:33,073 Tyson: WE'RE BACK SLUICING! 491 00:27:33,103 --> 00:27:34,343 Shane: A LOT BETTER THAN THE OTHER GUYS 492 00:27:34,379 --> 00:27:36,209 WHO WERE UP THERE BACKWARDS THIS MORNING. 493 00:27:36,241 --> 00:27:38,381 LITTLE BIT OF BRAIN FART GOING ON. 494 00:27:38,413 --> 00:27:39,863 [ BOTH LAUGH ] 495 00:27:41,931 --> 00:27:43,211 WHOO! 496 00:27:43,241 --> 00:27:44,481 OH. [ LAUGHS ] 497 00:27:44,517 --> 00:27:46,067 WE BEAT BIG RED! 498 00:27:46,103 --> 00:27:47,483 OH, [BLEEP] YEAH, MAN! 499 00:27:47,517 --> 00:27:49,097 HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA! 500 00:27:55,344 --> 00:28:01,664 ♪♪ 501 00:28:01,689 --> 00:28:05,619 Narrator: ON PARADISE HILL, TONY BEETS HAS DISCOVERED GOLD 502 00:28:05,655 --> 00:28:09,095 IN A MONSTER PILE OF OLD-TIMERS' TAILINGS. 503 00:28:13,586 --> 00:28:15,926 Wayne: COPY THAT. 504 00:28:15,965 --> 00:28:19,375 THE GOLD-RICH TAILINGS ARE LYING RIGHT ON THE SURFACE, 505 00:28:19,413 --> 00:28:21,973 SO TONY CAN RUN THEM STRAIGHT AWAY. 506 00:28:47,758 --> 00:28:49,658 WITH GOLD PRICES UP 507 00:28:49,689 --> 00:28:52,409 AND THE COSTS OF RUNNING THE TAILINGS SO LOW... 508 00:28:52,448 --> 00:28:53,898 Monica: LET'S GO! 509 00:28:53,931 --> 00:28:59,381 ...THESE TAILINGS COULD GIVE TONY A MASSIVE EXTRA PAYDAY. 510 00:28:59,413 --> 00:29:01,413 FIRE IT UP! 511 00:29:02,931 --> 00:29:04,691 MONICA FEEDS THE KIWI PLANT 512 00:29:04,724 --> 00:29:08,314 WITH 100 YARDS OF PAYDIRT AN HOUR 513 00:29:08,344 --> 00:29:11,384 WHILE ROOKIE LOADER OPERATOR DESIREE LEIKAM... 514 00:29:11,413 --> 00:29:12,793 HEY, DESIREE. 515 00:29:12,827 --> 00:29:15,827 ...CLEARS FINE TAILINGS FROM THE END OF THE SLUICE RUN. 516 00:29:15,862 --> 00:29:17,282 LOOKS PRETTY NICE DOWN THERE. 517 00:29:17,310 --> 00:29:19,140 YEP, EVERYTHING'S GOOD. 518 00:29:19,172 --> 00:29:26,722 ♪♪ 519 00:29:26,758 --> 00:29:30,548 TONY IS EXTRA PUMPED ABOUT WHAT WE CAN GET 520 00:29:30,586 --> 00:29:32,656 FROM THIS OLD-TIMER CUT, 521 00:29:32,689 --> 00:29:36,099 BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST THE TROMMEL GOING. 522 00:29:36,137 --> 00:29:38,407 ♪♪ 523 00:29:38,448 --> 00:29:40,618 Monica: HEY, DESIREE? 524 00:29:42,310 --> 00:29:44,030 DESIREE? 525 00:29:44,068 --> 00:29:45,308 [ CLANGING ] 526 00:29:45,344 --> 00:29:46,694 LOOK OUT! 527 00:29:46,724 --> 00:29:48,554 [ BANGING ] 528 00:29:48,586 --> 00:29:50,026 SHUT OFF THE PLANT, SHUT OFF THE PLANT. 529 00:29:50,068 --> 00:29:51,658 HOLY [BLEEP] 530 00:29:54,689 --> 00:30:04,239 ♪♪ 531 00:30:15,068 --> 00:30:16,208 Monica: DESIREE? 532 00:30:16,241 --> 00:30:17,241 LOOK OUT! 533 00:30:17,275 --> 00:30:18,925 [ BANGING ] 534 00:30:21,655 --> 00:30:22,895 Desiree: MONICA, MONICA? 535 00:30:22,931 --> 00:30:25,831 SHUT OFF THE PLANT, SHUT OFF THE PLANT. 536 00:30:25,862 --> 00:30:29,692 Narrator: ON PARADISE HILL, MONICA BEETS' LOADER OPERATOR, 537 00:30:29,724 --> 00:30:32,074 HAS RUN INTO THE WASH PLANT. 538 00:30:32,103 --> 00:30:33,763 SHUT IT OFF! 539 00:30:35,310 --> 00:30:36,590 HOLY [BLEEP] WHAT HAPPENED? 540 00:30:36,620 --> 00:30:40,030 I DON'T KNOW. I HIT THE CABLE AND TRAY FELL. 541 00:30:42,172 --> 00:30:43,972 Monica: KEVIN, DO YOU COPY, KEVIN? 542 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:48,340 THE SLUICE RUN IS OFF. 543 00:30:48,379 --> 00:30:53,549 ♪♪ 544 00:30:53,586 --> 00:30:55,826 Narrator: EVERY HOUR THE PLANT IS DOWN 545 00:30:55,862 --> 00:31:00,032 COSTS TONY UP TO $2,000 IN LOST GOLD. 546 00:31:00,068 --> 00:31:03,338 Kevin: YEP. [BLEEP] [BLEEP] 547 00:31:03,379 --> 00:31:06,139 HOW IS THAT WELDED ON THAT SIDE? ONE SEC. 548 00:31:10,758 --> 00:31:13,278 OKAY. [BLEEP] 549 00:31:15,068 --> 00:31:18,068 OUR HULL OPERATOR HOOKED THE CABLE THERE 550 00:31:18,103 --> 00:31:20,343 WITH THE BUCKET WHEN THEY WERE PULLING OUT, 551 00:31:20,379 --> 00:31:23,339 AND THAT PULLED THIS BEAM FORWARD, 552 00:31:23,379 --> 00:31:25,929 AND THAT CAUSED THIS RUN TO GET PULLED FORWARD, 553 00:31:25,965 --> 00:31:28,925 AND THAT TWISTED OR BEAM OVER HERE. 554 00:31:28,965 --> 00:31:30,445 FUN, FUN, FUN. 555 00:31:30,482 --> 00:31:33,002 WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IS BEND THAT BAR BACK STRAIGHT, 556 00:31:33,034 --> 00:31:36,174 WELD THE [BLEEP] PIECE BACK ON RELATIVELY STRAIGHT, 557 00:31:36,206 --> 00:31:39,206 AND THEN RESET THE ANGLE ON THE RUN. 558 00:31:42,517 --> 00:31:45,687 Narrator: WELDER CODY HUNTER REMOVES THE SLUICE RUN 559 00:31:45,724 --> 00:31:47,764 TO GET TO THE BROKEN BEAM. 560 00:31:50,896 --> 00:31:54,406 SO JUST PULL THAT BACK THERE, 561 00:31:54,448 --> 00:31:56,788 PUT A COUPLE LITTLE TACKS ON IT, 562 00:31:56,827 --> 00:31:58,477 SPLIT THIS, WE'LL BE DONE. 563 00:32:00,793 --> 00:32:03,283 Narrator: HE CUTS A SLOT SO HE CAN BEND IT... 564 00:32:07,931 --> 00:32:09,971 Cody: YEAH, WE'LL JUST PULL THAT BACK THERE. 565 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,520 THAT'S HOT. 566 00:32:12,551 --> 00:32:14,831 Narrator: ...AND THEN WELDS IT BACK TOGETHER. 567 00:32:18,724 --> 00:32:19,864 Cody: KEVIN. 568 00:32:19,896 --> 00:32:21,236 Kevin: BEAMS ALL STRAIGHTENED BACK OUT NOW? 569 00:32:21,275 --> 00:32:23,305 IT'S ALL WELDED UP AND READY FOR THE NEXT TIME. 570 00:32:23,344 --> 00:32:24,834 -BEAUTIFUL. -YOU LIKE THAT? 571 00:32:24,862 --> 00:32:26,722 [BLEEP] 572 00:32:28,793 --> 00:32:31,383 Kevin: GONNA PUT THIS RUN BACK ON, 573 00:32:31,413 --> 00:32:33,383 RESET THE BOX. 574 00:32:33,413 --> 00:32:34,793 THAT'S THE CURRENT PLAN. 575 00:32:34,827 --> 00:32:38,027 WE'LL SEE WHAT BLOWS UP BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THAT. 576 00:32:38,068 --> 00:32:40,968 STEADY NOW. 577 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:43,930 ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST. 578 00:32:43,965 --> 00:32:46,655 Narrator: THE FIX HAS COST THEM EIGHT HOURS. 579 00:32:46,689 --> 00:32:48,099 Kevin: LET'S DO THIS! 580 00:32:48,137 --> 00:32:50,207 [ MOTOR STARTS ] 581 00:32:50,241 --> 00:32:52,791 FIRE IT UP! 582 00:32:52,827 --> 00:32:57,547 ♪♪ 583 00:33:13,241 --> 00:33:15,001 Kevin: IT IS KIND OF NIFTY THAT THE OLD-TIMERS, 584 00:33:15,034 --> 00:33:18,454 THEY DID A BUNCH OF SLUICING, BUT THEY LOST SO MUCH, 585 00:33:18,482 --> 00:33:20,482 SO IT'LL BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE 586 00:33:20,517 --> 00:33:23,617 WHAT WE'RE GONNA PULL OUT OF WHAT ALL THEY MISSED. 587 00:33:23,655 --> 00:33:25,685 IT DID LOOK GOOD IN THE MINI TROMMEL. 588 00:33:25,724 --> 00:33:29,034 AS FOR WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET OUT, HOPEFULLY A LOT MORE. 589 00:33:29,068 --> 00:33:31,208 WE'LL FIND OUT WHEN WE PUT IT ON THE TABLE. 590 00:33:37,137 --> 00:33:42,997 ♪♪ 591 00:33:43,034 --> 00:33:44,144 Fred: YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE, 592 00:33:44,172 --> 00:33:46,762 WE'VE HAD TO SHUT DOWN MULTIPLE TIMES. 593 00:33:46,793 --> 00:33:48,103 I KNOW THE GUYS ARE GETTING ANTSY, 594 00:33:48,137 --> 00:33:50,547 AND I KNOW THEY'RE BITING AT THE BIT TO GET GOING. 595 00:33:50,586 --> 00:33:53,306 AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER LETDOWN FOR THEM. 596 00:33:53,344 --> 00:33:56,384 Narrator: IN OREGON, SPECIAL FORCES MEDIC 597 00:33:56,413 --> 00:34:01,863 TURNED GOLD MINER FRED LEWIS IS AT A STANDSTILL. 598 00:34:01,896 --> 00:34:04,026 Khara: JUST DOING WHAT I HAVE TO DO TO KEEP US RUNNING. 599 00:34:04,068 --> 00:34:06,548 Narrator: WIFE AND MINE MANAGER KHARA 600 00:34:06,586 --> 00:34:11,236 HAS PULLED THE PLUG UNTIL THEY CAN MEET SAFETY STANDARDS. 601 00:34:11,275 --> 00:34:14,235 Khara: I'M THE ONE WHO IS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MSHA COMPLIANT 602 00:34:14,275 --> 00:34:15,895 AND THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING ALL THE RULES 603 00:34:15,931 --> 00:34:17,901 AND DOING EVERYTHING THAT THE STATE OF OREGON 604 00:34:17,931 --> 00:34:20,861 NEEDS US TO DO IN ORDER FOR OUR MINE TO BE SAFE, 605 00:34:20,896 --> 00:34:22,616 FOR OUR MINE TO BE LEGAL. 606 00:34:22,655 --> 00:34:24,685 WE CAN'T AFFORD ANY PROBLEMS. 607 00:34:24,724 --> 00:34:28,314 Narrator: MSHA IS THE AUTHORITY IN CHARGE OF MINING. 608 00:34:28,344 --> 00:34:31,004 IF THEY FIND VIOLATION OF SAFETY RULES, 609 00:34:31,034 --> 00:34:32,664 THEY CAN SHUT DOWN THE MINE... 610 00:34:32,689 --> 00:34:34,929 [BLEEP] DAMN THESE BIG-ASS ROCKS. 611 00:34:34,965 --> 00:34:36,375 ...AND FINE THE OPERATOR 612 00:34:36,413 --> 00:34:38,593 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. 613 00:34:38,620 --> 00:34:41,790 YOU KNOW, ALL I WANTED TO DO IS COME OUT HERE, 614 00:34:41,827 --> 00:34:45,407 GET A LITTLE BIT OF GOLD WHILE THE WORLD IS GOING CRAZY. 615 00:34:45,448 --> 00:34:46,898 YEAH. 616 00:34:46,931 --> 00:34:51,591 THIS MSHA [BLEEP] IS A LOT MORE STRINGENT THAN I EXPECTED, 617 00:34:51,620 --> 00:34:54,760 BUT THIS [BLEEP] IS CRAZY DANGEROUS. 618 00:34:54,793 --> 00:34:58,243 SO WE GOT TO STAY EXTRA SAFE BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 619 00:34:58,275 --> 00:35:00,895 EVERYONE COMES OUT WITH ALL THEIR FINGERS AND TOES. 620 00:35:03,965 --> 00:35:06,515 TO MEET COMPLIANCE, FOREMAN KENDELL 621 00:35:06,551 --> 00:35:11,341 NEEDS TO MOVE THE GENERATOR ONTO STABLE GROUND. 622 00:35:11,379 --> 00:35:13,589 WE GOT THE GENERATOR ALL CLEANED UP, READY TO GO. 623 00:35:13,620 --> 00:35:15,410 WE TOOK THE HOOD OFF SO WE CAN MOVE HER DOWN 624 00:35:15,448 --> 00:35:17,788 INTO ITS PERMANENT POSITION. 625 00:35:17,827 --> 00:35:21,277 YOU JUST GOT TO REMEMBER, IF YOU DO -- IF YOU SLIP UP, 626 00:35:21,310 --> 00:35:24,720 THIS THING FULL OF OIL AND GAS, ALL SPILLS INTO OUR WATER 627 00:35:24,758 --> 00:35:26,308 AND ESSENTIALLY RUINS OUR SEASON. 628 00:35:26,344 --> 00:35:28,694 SO NO PRESSURE OR ANYTHING, BUT... 629 00:35:28,724 --> 00:35:31,454 -OH, NO, NONE WHATSOEVER. -YOU KNOW? 630 00:35:31,482 --> 00:35:32,902 Narrator: THREE WEEKS AGO, 631 00:35:32,931 --> 00:35:35,141 MASTER SERGEANT STEFAN GENERALLY'S 632 00:35:35,172 --> 00:35:39,482 ONLY EXPERIENCE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT WAS IN THE MILITARY. 633 00:35:39,517 --> 00:35:41,547 Stefan: FOR MY FIRST 10 YEARS IN THE ARMY, 634 00:35:41,586 --> 00:35:44,376 I COMMANDED A BRADLEY FIGHTING VEHICLE. 635 00:35:44,413 --> 00:35:47,453 Fred: SHE'S ALMOST UP OFF THE GROUND. 636 00:35:47,482 --> 00:35:51,552 DRIVING MECHANIZED VEHICLES IN THE ARMY -- 637 00:35:51,586 --> 00:35:53,926 A LOT DIFFERENT. 638 00:35:53,965 --> 00:35:56,335 NOW SWING OUT. 639 00:35:56,379 --> 00:35:58,479 ALL RIGHT. WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. 640 00:35:58,517 --> 00:36:00,827 RIGHT THERE. 641 00:36:00,862 --> 00:36:03,142 OH, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. 642 00:36:03,172 --> 00:36:05,592 NICE AND SLOW. THERE YOU GO. 643 00:36:05,620 --> 00:36:08,240 ♪♪ 644 00:36:08,275 --> 00:36:11,545 WE ONLY HAVE ONE GENERATOR. 645 00:36:11,586 --> 00:36:13,516 TREATING THIS WITH KID GLOVES, 646 00:36:13,551 --> 00:36:19,101 BABY MOVEMENTS, FEATHER HANDS, FEATHER FINGERS. 647 00:36:19,137 --> 00:36:21,757 WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. HOLD ONTO IT. STAY THERE. 648 00:36:23,862 --> 00:36:25,792 ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA CHALK THIS GENERATOR. 649 00:36:25,827 --> 00:36:28,787 HOPEFULLY SHE NEVER HAS TO MOVE AGAIN. 650 00:36:28,827 --> 00:36:30,067 NEXT STEP -- WE'RE GONNA LEVEL 651 00:36:30,103 --> 00:36:33,313 THIS BAD BOY, GET HER SET AND READY. 652 00:36:33,344 --> 00:36:35,284 HOLY [BLEEP] 653 00:36:37,379 --> 00:36:40,859 WHOO! THAT WAS A RIDE I DID NOT WANT TO TAKE, BROTHER. 654 00:36:40,896 --> 00:36:42,616 THE DAMN THING TILTED UP. [BLEEP] 655 00:36:42,655 --> 00:36:44,445 NOT ONLY IS THE GENERATOR GOING INTO THE POND, 656 00:36:44,482 --> 00:36:46,592 BUT WE'RE GOING WITH IT. 657 00:36:46,620 --> 00:36:48,070 THAT JUST ABOUT SCARED THE [BLEEP] OUT OF ME. 658 00:36:48,103 --> 00:36:49,793 I COULD ACTUALLY FEEL MY HEART GOING 659 00:36:49,827 --> 00:36:52,207 JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOVE NORMAL. 660 00:36:52,241 --> 00:36:55,621 $10,000 WORTH OF EQUIPMENT COULD HAVE BEEN IN THAT WATER. 661 00:36:55,655 --> 00:36:58,065 THAT COULD HAVE RUINED US RIGHT THERE. 662 00:36:58,103 --> 00:37:04,593 ♪♪ 663 00:37:04,620 --> 00:37:06,720 OKAY, LET'S [BLEEP] ANCHOR THIS THING 664 00:37:06,758 --> 00:37:09,168 AND GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE. 665 00:37:09,206 --> 00:37:11,406 THAT WAS SKETCHY. WHOO! 666 00:37:13,793 --> 00:37:16,283 SO HOPEFULLY THIS WORKS. -I HOPE IT DOES, TOO. 667 00:37:16,310 --> 00:37:18,030 [ LAUGHS ] 668 00:37:18,068 --> 00:37:21,448 Narrator: KYLE FABRICATES SAFETY RAILS FOR THE WASH PLANT 669 00:37:21,482 --> 00:37:25,312 ALONGSIDE INFANTRY SCOUT SNIPER STUART McKENZIE. 670 00:37:25,344 --> 00:37:28,284 GOOD. THAT THING'S SOLID. 671 00:37:29,620 --> 00:37:32,520 AFTER I WAS WOUNDED, I MEDICALLY RETIRED, 672 00:37:32,551 --> 00:37:34,341 I BECAME A FIREFIGHTER. 673 00:37:34,379 --> 00:37:35,929 I'VE ALWAYS KIND OF SEARCHED THAT OUT -- 674 00:37:35,965 --> 00:37:37,655 YOU KNOW, CAMARADERIE, BROTHERHOOD, 675 00:37:37,689 --> 00:37:40,099 AND, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOUR LIFE IS ON THE LINE 676 00:37:40,137 --> 00:37:43,237 AND SOMEBODY ELSE IS HOLDING IT. 677 00:37:43,275 --> 00:37:44,585 SOMETHING THAT WILL ALWAYS STAY WITH ME 678 00:37:44,620 --> 00:37:46,240 AND KIND OF WOVEN IN THE SOUL. 679 00:37:46,275 --> 00:37:54,335 ♪♪ 680 00:37:54,379 --> 00:37:56,139 LOOKS LIKE THE GUYS HAVE BEEN PRETTY BUSY. 681 00:37:56,172 --> 00:37:58,282 -WELL, BAM. -WE GOT TO WELD THAT UP. 682 00:37:58,310 --> 00:38:01,170 -WHAT? -AND IS THAT PERFECT OR WHAT? 683 00:38:01,206 --> 00:38:04,476 -HOW HIGH IS IT? -IT'S PIP-HEIGHT INCHES. 684 00:38:04,517 --> 00:38:05,587 PIP-HEIGHT INCHES. 685 00:38:05,620 --> 00:38:06,860 THAT'S HOW YOU GUYS MEASURED IT? 686 00:38:06,896 --> 00:38:09,406 -YEAH, 'CAUSE... -NO, NO, NO, NO, 36 INCHES. 687 00:38:09,448 --> 00:38:11,238 -36? -YEAH. 688 00:38:11,275 --> 00:38:13,095 WHAT MADE YOU CHOOSE 36 INCHES? 689 00:38:13,137 --> 00:38:14,997 FRED JUST TOLD US THAT IT WAS, LIKE -- 690 00:38:15,034 --> 00:38:16,934 YOU GUYS NEED TO COME TO ME. 691 00:38:16,965 --> 00:38:18,275 YOU'VE GOT TO BE TO 42. 692 00:38:18,310 --> 00:38:20,380 42? HE SAID BASICALLY 693 00:38:20,413 --> 00:38:23,413 AS LONG AS IT'S, LIKE, YOU WON'T TOPPLE OVER... 694 00:38:23,448 --> 00:38:24,968 FRED IS JUST GONNA GIVE YOU THE ANSWER 695 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:26,170 THAT'S GONNA GET YOU GOING. 696 00:38:26,206 --> 00:38:27,586 I MEAN, THAT'S THE ANSWER WE ALL WANT, THOUGH. 697 00:38:27,620 --> 00:38:28,660 WE'RE TRYING TO FINISH THIS UP 698 00:38:28,689 --> 00:38:29,759 SO WE CAN GET BACK TO GOLD MINING. 699 00:38:29,793 --> 00:38:32,173 WE'RE HERE FOR GOLD.I WANT GOLD, TOO. 700 00:38:32,206 --> 00:38:34,136 BUT LET ME ASK YOU -- WHAT HAPPENS TO US 701 00:38:34,172 --> 00:38:35,622 IF MSHA SHOWS UP TOMORROW MORNING 702 00:38:35,655 --> 00:38:37,715 AND THESE ARE ONLY 36 INCHES? 703 00:38:37,758 --> 00:38:39,068 AND THEN FRED'S GONNA BE LIKE, 704 00:38:39,103 --> 00:38:41,413 "WELL, GUYS, SORRY. I DON'T HAVE $40,000. 705 00:38:41,448 --> 00:38:44,338 WE'RE DONE FOR THE SEASON. IN FACT, WE'RE DONE FOREVER." 706 00:38:44,379 --> 00:38:47,279 I THINK WE GOT MORE WORK TO DO, MAN. 707 00:38:47,310 --> 00:38:49,380 -OKAY. -IT SUCKS. I'M THE BAD GUY. 708 00:38:49,413 --> 00:38:50,593 I DON'T WANT TO BE THE BAD GUY. 709 00:38:50,620 --> 00:38:52,000 I LIKE TO TAKE CRAZY RISKS SOMETIMES, TOO, 710 00:38:52,034 --> 00:38:54,864 BUT WE JUST -- WE HAVE TOO MUCH RIDING ON THIS. 711 00:38:54,896 --> 00:38:57,446 WE CAN'T TAKE ANY RISKS AT THIS POINT. 712 00:39:03,965 --> 00:39:07,475 ♪♪ 713 00:39:07,517 --> 00:39:08,657 WHAT'S UP, YOU GOONS? 714 00:39:08,689 --> 00:39:10,239 Narrator: AT LOWER DUNCAN CREEK, 715 00:39:10,275 --> 00:39:12,615 IT'S A BIG DAY FOR RICK NESS. 716 00:39:12,655 --> 00:39:16,405 I THINK IT'S PROBABLY TIME WE RENAME THE [BLEEP] [BLEEP] 717 00:39:16,448 --> 00:39:17,688 SURE YOU'RE GONNA NAME IT AFTER ME. 718 00:39:17,724 --> 00:39:19,384 Man: IT NEVER WORKS AGAIN. 719 00:39:19,413 --> 00:39:20,413 [ LAUGHTER ] 720 00:39:20,448 --> 00:39:22,098 [BLEEP] YOU. 721 00:39:22,137 --> 00:39:25,547 [ LAUGHTER ] 722 00:39:25,586 --> 00:39:28,376 I THINK WE JUST CALL IT ROCKY. 723 00:39:28,413 --> 00:39:29,723 -YEAH, I LIKE THAT. -I LIKE IT. 724 00:39:29,758 --> 00:39:31,338 -THAT'S NOT SO BAD. -I LIKE IT. 725 00:39:31,379 --> 00:39:33,759 -ROCKY WAS A PIMP. -EXACTLY. 726 00:39:33,793 --> 00:39:35,793 -ITALIAN STALLION. -YEAH. 727 00:39:35,827 --> 00:39:37,967 -HE BEAT UP THE RUSSIANS, -DIDN'T GIVE UP. 728 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,100 WELL, LET'S ROCKY IT OUT. 729 00:39:48,586 --> 00:39:53,996 ♪♪ 730 00:39:54,034 --> 00:39:56,174 Narrator: FRED LEWIS AND HIS CREW 731 00:39:56,206 --> 00:39:59,376 ARE FINISHING THE RAFT OF SAFETY MEASURES THEY NEED 732 00:39:59,413 --> 00:40:04,243 TO GET HIS CLAIM COMPLIANT SO THEY CAN GET BACK TO MINING. 733 00:40:04,275 --> 00:40:05,895 TRY AND GET IT UP. 734 00:40:08,103 --> 00:40:10,693 Fred: SO WE'VE GOT THE GRATE UP ON THE COLONEL. 735 00:40:10,724 --> 00:40:13,284 YOU WANT TO HAND THAT UP TO ME? 736 00:40:13,310 --> 00:40:14,480 RAILINGS. 737 00:40:14,517 --> 00:40:16,067 THIS IS AWESOME, DUDE. 738 00:40:16,103 --> 00:40:17,663 WE'VE GOT OUR WEATHERPROOF BOX, 739 00:40:17,689 --> 00:40:20,029 SO I THINK WE'RE ALL UP AND RUNNING, 740 00:40:20,068 --> 00:40:21,408 SHOULD WE GO GET KHARA? 741 00:40:21,448 --> 00:40:23,898 I WANT TO SEE HER, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE HER. 742 00:40:23,931 --> 00:40:28,141 KHARA, CAN YOU COME UP TO THE PLANT? 743 00:40:28,172 --> 00:40:30,792 THINGS ARE LOOKING A LITTLE DIFFERENT AROUND HERE. 744 00:40:30,827 --> 00:40:32,787 I THINK WE'RE READY.WELL, SHOW ME. 745 00:40:32,827 --> 00:40:35,277 Narrator: MINE MANAGER KHARA MUST SIGN OFF 746 00:40:35,310 --> 00:40:38,340 BEFORE FRED CAN FINALLY START SLUICING FOR GOLD. 747 00:40:38,379 --> 00:40:40,789 HI, FELLAS. LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN BUSY, 748 00:40:40,827 --> 00:40:43,277 BUSY WITH EVERYTHING BUT MINING. 749 00:40:43,310 --> 00:40:46,100 OKAY. 750 00:40:46,137 --> 00:40:48,787 LET ME SEE THESE RAILS. 751 00:40:48,827 --> 00:40:51,027 THESE ARE PERFECT HEIGHT. 752 00:40:53,137 --> 00:40:56,027 OH, THESE ARE ACTUALLY PUT IN HERE REALLY NICE. 753 00:40:56,068 --> 00:40:58,928 I'M VERY PLEASED. GOOD JOB, BABE. 754 00:41:01,241 --> 00:41:03,451 I HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. 755 00:41:03,482 --> 00:41:05,212 I AM SHOCKED AT THE AMOUNT OF PROGRESS 756 00:41:05,241 --> 00:41:06,831 YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO MAKE. 757 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,720 SO CAN WE DO IT? 758 00:41:15,103 --> 00:41:16,623 I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE GO-AHEAD. 759 00:41:16,655 --> 00:41:17,825 I'M GONNA SAY YES.LET'S GO, GUYS. 760 00:41:17,862 --> 00:41:19,662 -WHOO-HOO! -YEAH! LET'S GO! 761 00:41:19,689 --> 00:41:22,409 -GO TO YOUR PLACES! -FINALLY TIME. 762 00:41:22,448 --> 00:41:25,138 Khara: THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY BRUTAL WEEK. 763 00:41:25,172 --> 00:41:27,142 I FELT LIKE I WAS THE BAD GUY ALL WEEK LONG. 764 00:41:27,172 --> 00:41:29,282 BUT ULTIMATELY, FRED FOLLOWED THE ORDERS 765 00:41:29,310 --> 00:41:32,070 AND WE REALLY CAME TOGETHER AS A TEAM. 766 00:41:33,620 --> 00:41:36,410 WHOO! -ALMOST READY! 767 00:41:39,068 --> 00:41:40,618 WATER'S COMING! 768 00:41:43,103 --> 00:41:45,863 HIT IT, KHARA! -OKAY. 769 00:41:48,310 --> 00:41:50,100 YEAH! 770 00:41:56,206 --> 00:42:02,276 ♪♪ 771 00:42:02,310 --> 00:42:05,340 [ CHEERING ] 772 00:42:05,379 --> 00:42:06,829 IS THAT A PRETTY SIGHT, BABE? 773 00:42:06,862 --> 00:42:09,792 I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE BOUNCED OFF EACH OTHER 774 00:42:09,827 --> 00:42:14,137 'CAUSE I'M A LITTLE MORE RISKY. YOU'RE A LITTLE MORE NERDY. 775 00:42:14,172 --> 00:42:15,412 IT'S KIND OF A GOOD COMBO. 776 00:42:15,448 --> 00:42:18,968 -I'M NOT A NERD. -YEAH, YOU'RE KIND OF A NERD. 777 00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:20,660 Fred: SO, YOU KNOW, WORKING AS A TEAM'S TOUGH, 778 00:42:20,689 --> 00:42:22,479 ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING, 779 00:42:22,517 --> 00:42:23,617 SO THERE'S A LEARNING CURVE, 780 00:42:23,655 --> 00:42:25,475 BUT WE'RE FINDING OUR GROOVE NOW. 781 00:42:25,517 --> 00:42:27,277 AND I THINK WITH THE PLANT UP AND RUNNING, 782 00:42:27,310 --> 00:42:30,030 OUR NEXT SIGHTS ARE ON BEDROCK AND THE MOTHER LODE. 783 00:42:36,689 --> 00:42:43,279 ♪♪ 784 00:42:43,310 --> 00:42:44,930 Narrator: IN THE KLONDIKE, 785 00:42:44,965 --> 00:42:47,925 PARKER'S CREW ARRIVES FOR THEIR WEEKLY GOLD WEIGH. 786 00:42:47,965 --> 00:42:49,135 Parker: HOWDY, DOUMITT. 787 00:42:49,172 --> 00:42:50,622 HI, SHANE. HOW ARE YOU? 788 00:42:50,655 --> 00:42:52,065 -GOOD, GOOD. -GOOD. 789 00:42:52,103 --> 00:42:54,313 THANK YOU GUYS FOR GETTING THAT ALL MOVED. 790 00:42:54,344 --> 00:42:56,004 I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF WORK. 791 00:42:56,034 --> 00:42:59,314 Chris: WELL, WHO WOULD PLAN TWO PLANT MOVES IN THE SAME DAY? 792 00:42:59,344 --> 00:43:01,594 REALLY, THE SLUICIFER MOVE WENT WELL. 793 00:43:01,620 --> 00:43:02,900 CAN'T SPEAK FROM BIG RED ONES. 794 00:43:02,931 --> 00:43:04,481 I WASN'T DOWN THERE. 795 00:43:04,517 --> 00:43:06,027 -IT WAS PRETTY GOOD. -YEAH? 796 00:43:06,068 --> 00:43:08,658 Mitch: DRAGGING IT UP BACKWARDS WORKED WELL. 797 00:43:08,689 --> 00:43:11,209 IT STILL GOT UP THERE. 798 00:43:11,241 --> 00:43:12,341 Chris: IT GOES PRETTY GOOD, PRETTY QUICK, 799 00:43:12,379 --> 00:43:14,999 WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE TO SET THE PLANT ONCE. 800 00:43:15,034 --> 00:43:16,344 [ LAUGHTER ] 801 00:43:16,379 --> 00:43:18,929 YEAH. IT WAS A BIG COMPETITION TRYING TO BEAT YOU GUYS. 802 00:43:18,965 --> 00:43:21,065 WE WERE, WHAT? WE WERE A COUPLE HOURS BEHIND YOU. 803 00:43:21,103 --> 00:43:24,453 ARE THOSE PLANT SPOTS -- ARE THEY GONNA BE SOLID? 804 00:43:24,482 --> 00:43:25,482 -OH, YEAH. -YEAH? 805 00:43:25,517 --> 00:43:26,757 YEP. 806 00:43:26,793 --> 00:43:28,763 SHANE, YOU'RE HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING OUT THERE? 807 00:43:28,793 --> 00:43:30,903 -IT'S BEEN GOING PRETTY GOOD. -GOOD. 808 00:43:30,931 --> 00:43:33,281 Chris: WE READY TO LOOK AT SOME GOLD? YEAH. 809 00:43:33,310 --> 00:43:36,480 ALL RIGHT. HERE YOU GO. HERE'S SLUICIFER. 810 00:43:36,517 --> 00:43:38,167 Narrator: SO FAR THIS SEASON, 811 00:43:38,206 --> 00:43:42,066 SLUICIFER HAS AVERAGED 280 OUNCES A WEEK. 812 00:43:42,103 --> 00:43:46,903 Chris: 20, 40, 60, 813 00:43:46,931 --> 00:43:50,621 100, 101.35. 814 00:43:50,655 --> 00:43:52,715 -EH. -HMM. 815 00:43:52,758 --> 00:43:56,618 Narrator: WORTH $177,000. 816 00:43:56,655 --> 00:43:57,785 -MAYBE IT'LL PICK UP. -YEAH. 817 00:43:57,827 --> 00:44:01,687 100 OUNCES IS 100 OUNCES, RIGHT? 818 00:44:01,724 --> 00:44:03,974 AND THIS IS BIG RED HERE, 819 00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:05,830 EVEN THOUGH YOU STARTED OUT BACKWARDS, JUNIOR, 820 00:44:05,862 --> 00:44:07,762 HERE YOU GO. 821 00:44:07,793 --> 00:44:09,283 0.1, 0.2. 822 00:44:09,310 --> 00:44:11,170 [ LAUGHTER ] 823 00:44:11,206 --> 00:44:14,686 10, 20, 40, 60, 824 00:44:14,724 --> 00:44:17,344 80, 89.40. 825 00:44:17,379 --> 00:44:21,789 Narrator: ADDING ANOTHER $156,000 TO THE TOTAL, 826 00:44:21,827 --> 00:44:27,547 BUT WAY OFF BIG RED'S SEASON AVERAGE OF 240 OUNCES. 827 00:44:27,586 --> 00:44:30,306 Chris: AH, NOT A LOT OF HUGE NUMBERS. 828 00:44:30,344 --> 00:44:31,724 IT COULD ALWAYS BE MORE. 829 00:44:31,758 --> 00:44:35,588 IT CAN ALWAYS BE MORE. RIGHT? 830 00:44:35,620 --> 00:44:38,660 IT COULD ALSO BE A LOT LESS. 831 00:44:38,689 --> 00:44:41,969 OKAY, SO FOR THE WEEK, WE WOUND UP WITH 190 OUNCES 832 00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:46,520 IN A SEASON TOTAL OF 2,494 OUNCES. 833 00:44:46,551 --> 00:44:48,661 YEAH, THAT'S NOT TERRIBLE. 834 00:44:48,689 --> 00:44:51,029 WELL, LET'S HOPE NEXT WEEK'S BETTER THAN NOT, BUT... 835 00:44:51,068 --> 00:44:52,478 WE'LL SEE. 836 00:44:52,517 --> 00:44:54,897 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO. 837 00:44:54,931 --> 00:44:56,281 WELL, SHOULD WE GET BACK OUT THERE, BOYS? 838 00:44:56,310 --> 00:44:57,280 -ALRIGHTY. -GOOD JOB, JUNIOR. 839 00:44:57,310 --> 00:44:59,310 LOTS OF SLUICING TO DO. THANKS, POP. 840 00:44:59,344 --> 00:45:01,624 I'LL DRAG IT UP RIGHT NEXT TO... -THANKS, DOUMITT. 841 00:45:01,655 --> 00:45:04,585 YOU BET. YOU GUYS, KNOCK 'EM CRAZY. 842 00:45:04,620 --> 00:45:11,860 ♪♪ 843 00:45:11,896 --> 00:45:14,826 Narrator: AT PARADISE HILL, THE BEETS FAMILY MEET 844 00:45:14,862 --> 00:45:17,142 TO FIND OUT IF TONY'S TREASURE HUNT 845 00:45:17,172 --> 00:45:19,972 IN THE OLD-TIMERS' TAILINGS HAS PAID OFF. 846 00:45:28,862 --> 00:45:32,482 BUT FIRST, THE GOLD FROM RUNNING MEGA CUT PAYDIRT 847 00:45:32,517 --> 00:45:34,067 THROUGH MIKE'S TROMMEL. 848 00:45:35,586 --> 00:45:37,376 OH, NOT TOO BAD. MOVING QUITE A BIT OF DIRT. 849 00:45:37,413 --> 00:45:39,103 -YEAH. -YEAH. 850 00:45:42,448 --> 00:45:45,548 Narrator: TO HIT HIS 3,000-OUNCE SEASON GOAL, 851 00:45:45,586 --> 00:45:49,516 TONY NEEDS 177 OUNCES A WEEK. 852 00:45:49,551 --> 00:45:56,001 100, 140, 155, 160, 853 00:45:56,034 --> 00:46:01,724 164.3 854 00:46:01,758 --> 00:46:05,098 WORTH $287,000. 855 00:46:07,793 --> 00:46:09,413 FOR JUST RUNNING DAYS, THAT'S... 856 00:46:12,689 --> 00:46:14,279 OH, YEAH.IF YOU COULD DO THAT NONSTOP, 857 00:46:14,310 --> 00:46:15,340 IT'D BE REAL GOOD. 858 00:46:15,379 --> 00:46:17,069 NEXT UP, TIME TO FIND OUT 859 00:46:17,103 --> 00:46:20,523 IF TONY WAS RIGHT TO RUN THE OLD-TIMER TAILINGS. 860 00:46:20,551 --> 00:46:21,931 WE SHUT DOWN. 861 00:46:21,965 --> 00:46:24,995 WE HAD THE SNAG WITH THE LOADER CATCHING. 862 00:46:25,034 --> 00:46:27,074 AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF A [BLEEP] 863 00:46:27,103 --> 00:46:30,693 WITH THE BREAKDOWN, THEY ONLY RAN FOR FOUR HOURS. 864 00:46:30,724 --> 00:46:34,214 NORMALLY, TONY LOOKS FOR AN OUNCE PER 100 YARDS. 865 00:46:34,241 --> 00:46:37,211 WITH THESE TAILINGS, TONY CAN MAKE A PROFIT 866 00:46:37,241 --> 00:46:38,551 WITH HALF OF THAT. 867 00:46:48,655 --> 00:46:52,685 Kevin: 0.4, 0.7, 868 00:46:52,724 --> 00:46:55,384 1.6, 2, 869 00:46:55,413 --> 00:46:58,073 2.5. 870 00:46:58,103 --> 00:46:59,863 4.22. 871 00:46:59,896 --> 00:47:01,446 [ CHEERING ] 872 00:47:01,482 --> 00:47:04,242 Narrator: WORTH $740,000, 873 00:47:04,275 --> 00:47:07,095 TONY'S HUNCH ABOUT THE OLD-TIMERS' TAILINGS 874 00:47:07,137 --> 00:47:09,307 HAS PAID OFF. 875 00:47:11,931 --> 00:47:15,171 EXCELLENT. THAT'S VERY SLUICEABLE. 876 00:47:15,206 --> 00:47:17,996 -IT'S [BLEEP] AWESOME. -THAT WAS AMAZING. 877 00:47:24,931 --> 00:47:27,721 [ ALL TALKING INDISTINCTLY ] 878 00:47:27,758 --> 00:47:33,998 ♪♪ 879 00:47:34,034 --> 00:47:37,794 Narrator: NEXT TIME -- RICK NESS FOLLOWS HIS INSTINCTS. 880 00:47:37,827 --> 00:47:39,027 Rick: IF THERE'S A PILE OF GOLD IN THERE, 881 00:47:39,068 --> 00:47:40,548 THAT WIPES OUT MY LATE START. 882 00:47:40,586 --> 00:47:42,586 Narrator: BUT IT COULD COST HIM HIS CAREER. 883 00:47:42,620 --> 00:47:45,660 Rick: THAT'S WHAT I CALL DUMB. 884 00:47:45,689 --> 00:47:47,279 Narrator: VETERAN FRED LEWIS... 885 00:47:47,310 --> 00:47:51,240 -WE'RE RUNNING PAY! -...GETS BACK ON THE GOLD. 886 00:47:51,275 --> 00:47:53,655 IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT THIS IS IT. 887 00:47:53,689 --> 00:47:55,309 -[BLEEP] -OY! 888 00:47:55,344 --> 00:47:58,974 Narrator: AND TONY BEETS MOVES HEAVEN AND EARTH... 889 00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:00,690 -STOP, STOP, STOP. -WATCH OUT! 890 00:48:00,724 --> 00:48:03,214 ...TO SET UP A VITAL NEW WASH PLANT. 891 00:48:03,241 --> 00:48:04,211 DUMB [BLEEP] [BLEEP]