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Narrator:
ON THIS "GOLD RUSH"...

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...AS THE PRICE OF GOLD
HITS AN ALL-TIME HIGH,

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TONY BEETS HUNTS
FOR A NEW MONSTER MACHINE...

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Kevin: YEAH.

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...THAT COULD DOUBLE
HIS GOLD HAUL.

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YEE-HAW!

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[ LAUGHTER ]

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FRED LEWIS FACES THE BIGGEST
DECISION OF HIS MINING CAREER.

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I'LL TAKE THE BURDEN
ON THIS.

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IF THAT DOESN'T PAN OUT,
IT'S ON ME.

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OH, IT'S ALWAYS
A GAMBLE, MAN.

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RICK NESS...

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...CONFRONTS THE UNEXPECTED...

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...AND IS SHAKEN TO HIS CORE.

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WE GOT A BAD ACCIDENT.
[BLEEP]

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Narrator: AND PARKER SCHNABEL
GAMBLE'S BIG ON NEW GROUND...

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READY TO GO DRILLING,
SPEND SOME MORE MONEY.

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...WHILE HIS CREW RACES
TO CASH IN...

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[BLEEP] GOT ALL KINDS OF [BLEEP]
HITTING THE FAN AROUND HERE.

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Narrator: ...AND BUILD
THE ULTIMATE WAR CHEST.

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-WHAT?
-HOLY [BLEEP]

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OH, YEAH. NO, THIS IS DEFINITELY
A RECORD-BREAKER.

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♪♪

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DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

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♪♪

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Parker: WE'LL MEET YOU
AT GOLD DAUGHTERS

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AT 3:00 P.M. TODAY.

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AWESOME.
THANKS. JOHN.

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Narrator: IN THE GOLD FIELDS
OF CENTRAL ALASKA,

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26-YEAR-OLD PARKER SCHNABEL
IS DETERMINED TO CASH IN

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ON A 21st CENTURY GOLD RUSH.

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Parker: I REALLY WANT TO START
ANOTHER OPERATION

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AND GET MORE GOLD COMING IN.

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LIKE, GOLD PRICES ARE ON A TEAR
RIGHT NOW, TOO.

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THE ONLY THING WE NEED
IS GROUND.

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Narrator: AFTER STRIKING OUT
ON HIS FIRST PROSPECT,

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HE'S COME TO FAIRBANKS...

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-I'M PARKER.
-ELORA.

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NICE TO MEET YOU.

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...TO MEET ONE OF ALASKA'S
BIGGEST PRIVATE LANDOWNERS...

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-HELLO.
-PARKER SCHNABEL.

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-HOW'S IT GOING?
-GOOD. HOW ARE YOU DOING, MAN?

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...JOHN REEVES.

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-COME ON IN, MAN.
-OH-HO-HO-HO.

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WHAT'S BRINGING YOU UP
THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY?

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OH, I'M ACTUALLY UP HERE
DOING SOME EXPLORATION.

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YEP.

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AND SOMEBODY RECOMMENDED
I COME TALK TO YOU.

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GOOD.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

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COME ON OVER, MAN.

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WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR, LIKE,
LARGE BLOCKS OF GROUND,

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FOR, LIKE, PRETTY BIG
DIRT-MOVING SETUPS.

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THE BIGGER, THE BETTER,
REALLY.

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WE HAVE SEVERAL LARGE BLOCKS
OF MINING PROPERTIES

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THAT WE'VE KEPT INTACT.OKAY.

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AND THERE'S ABOUT 10,000 ACRES
OF PATENTED LAND

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AND THEN ANOTHER 10,000
OF STATE CLAIMS.

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HOLY COW.

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I HAVE SOME THAT
YOU'D FIND OF INTEREST,

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ABOUT 3,000 ACRES.

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OH, WOW.
I WANT TO DO SOME TESTING.

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RICH, RICH CREEK,

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JUST NORTH OF TOWN
A LITTLE BIT.

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SO YOU WANT TO DO A LITTLE
DRILLING ON ONE OF THE BLOCKS?

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I'D LOVE TO.

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AND THE FACT
THAT YOU'RE DRILLING

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SHOWS ME YOU'RE PRETTY
SAVVY A GOLD MINER.

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NOT EVERYBODY DOES THAT.

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IT'S A BIG MOVE
TO COME TO A NEW AREA,

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AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE CROSS OUR "T"s

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AND DOT THE "I"s.

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AND AS FAR AS DEALS GO...

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...I THINK IT'S PROBABLY TIME
FOR US TO HAVE A CHAT

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WITH THESE GUYS
OUT OF HERE.

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YEAH? YEAH.

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-YEAH, LET'S HAVE IT.
-GET OUT OF HERE, DAVE.

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ADIOS, DUDE.

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Narrator:
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS,

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PARKER NEGOTIATES A DEAL
TO TEST GROUND AND CLEARY CREEK,

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ANOTHER JOB FOR DRILL EXPERT
LIAM FERGUSON.

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Parker:
JOHN SEEMS COOL, ACTUALLY.

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HE'S FINE WITH US GOING IN THERE
AND GOING DRILLING.

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SO YOU'VE GOT THE TRUCK COMING

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TO PICK THE DRILL UP
IN THE MORNING?

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OH, THAT'LL WORK.

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Narrator:
20 MILES OUTSIDE FAIRBANKS,

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THE CLEARY CREEK CLAIM
IS HISTORICALLY RICH IN GOLD.

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OLD TIMERS HERE GOT 10 OUNCES
PER 100 YARDS OF PAY DIRT,

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SEVEN TIMES WHAT PARKER
NORMALLY GETS IN THE KLONDIKE.

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SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE IT OUT TO
ONE OF THESE BLOCKS OF GROUND

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JUST NORTH OF TOWN,
CLEARY CREEK,

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AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND
SOME GOLD.

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♪♪

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Narrator: HALFWAY
THROUGH THE SEASON,

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TONY BEETS IS ONLY
A THIRD OF THE WAY

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TO HIS 3,000-OUNCE GOAL.

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NOW HE'S ON A MISSION
TO BOOST HIS PRODUCTION

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AND MAKE THE MOST
OF RECORD GOLD PRICES.

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IN THE REMOTE YUKON WILDERNESS,

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HE'S GOT A LEAD
ON A MOBILE WASH PLANT.

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Kevin: THAT LOOKS LIKE
A LOT OF SOMETHING.

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YEAH, YEAH,
IT DEFINITELY DOES.

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THIS 35-TON TROMMEL
WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT

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30 YEARS AGO
BY A MAVERICK GOLD MINER.

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IT HAS A 40-FOOT DRUM
AND RUNS ON WHEELS,

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BUT IT ONLY WORKED
FOR ONE SEASON

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BEFORE IT WAS ABANDONED.

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NOW TONY HAS STRUCK
A $400,000 DEAL TO BUY IT.

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THE FIRST ISSUE
IS GETTING ACROSS THE STREAM

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WITHOUT GETTING WET FEET.

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[ LAUGHING ]

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WELL, IT'S DEFINITELY BIG.

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THAT'S [BLEEP] HANDY.

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Narrator: THE TROMMEL IS
DESIGNED TO BE FED WITH PAY DIRT

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DIRECTLY FROM THE CUT.

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IT SPITS THE TAILINGS
STRAIGHT OUT THE BACK.

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WHEN IT IS SLUICED
EVERYTHING IN RANGE,

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IT MOVES ALONG
ON FOUR GIANT WHEELS

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TO SLUICE THE NEXT BIT
OF GOLD-RICH PAY.

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WELL, IT SHOULD.

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SHOULD BE EASIER
THAN MOVING A DREDGE.

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YEAH.

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I THINK SO, TOO.

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♪♪

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BACK AT TONY'S
PARADISE HILL CAMP...

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YES, I DO.

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...HE PULLS TOGETHER
A SEVEN-MAN CREW...

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...AND A MASSIVE CONVOY
OF EQUIPMENT...

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...TO HAUL THE TROMMEL BACK
OVER THE 100 MILES

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OF MOUNTAIN ROAD AND DIRT TRACK.

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HE HAS TO SHUT DOWN HIS WHOLE
OPERATION UNTIL HE GETS BACK,

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COSTING OVER $60,000 A DAY.

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YOUNGEST SON
AND HEAVY-LOAD SPECIALIST MIKE

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LEADS THE CHARGE.

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♪♪

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THE HARDEST PART OF THIS TRIP
IS PROBABLY GONNA BE

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TRYING TO GET ACROSS THE FERRY.

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WEIGHT-WISE, NOT AN ISSUE AT ALL
RIGHT NOW.

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LENGTH-WISE, THOUGH --
THAT MIGHT BE AN ISSUE

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BECAUSE I'M GIVE OR TAKE
80 TO 85 FEET LONG,

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AND THIS FERRY
IS ONLY 80 FEET LONG.

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IF THEY FEEL THAT I'M TOO LONG,
THEY WON'T LET ME ON.

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Narrator:
IF MIKE CAN'T FIT ON THE FERRY,

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THE NEAREST BRIDGE
ACROSS THE MIGHTY YUKON

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IS 175 MILES DOWNSTREAM
IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

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OH, I THINK THE CAPTAIN
WANTS TO TALK TO ME.

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♪♪

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I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M NOT
THAT [BLEEP] HEAVY.

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HOPEFULLY, YEAH.

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♪♪

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Mike: WE'RE ON THE FERRY,

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BUT I DON'T KNOW
IF THEY'RE LETTING US ACROSS.

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♪♪

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NOW WE'RE ON OUR WAY.

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♪♪

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Narrator:
WITH THE RIVER BEHIND THEM,

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THE CONVOY HITS THE TOP
OF THE WORLD HIGHWAY,

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ONE OF THE MOST NORTHERLY
HIGHWAYS IN THE WORLD,

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HEADING FOR THE ROAD HEAD
ABOVE MOOSE CREEK.

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♪♪

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SO WHAT WE GOT OUT HERE
SO FAR IS THE LUNCHROOM-SLASH --

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THAT'S ALSO A BEDROOM IN THERE,

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SO THAT'S ONE PERSON
TO SLEEP IN THERE.

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WE GOT A LOADER AND A D6,
THE OSHKOSH.

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WE GOT THE VOLVO 220 HOE.

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WE GOT TWO TRUCKS.

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WE GOT A PIPE LAYER.

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WE GOT A FUEL TANK,
AND WE GOT A MECHANIC'S TRUCK.

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AND SO IT'S QUITE
THE LITTLE OPERATION

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JUST TO GET
A LITTLE PLANT OUT OF THERE.

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♪♪

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HEY, STEFAN.

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STEFAN, THIS IS FRED.

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Stefan: <i>YES.</i>

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HEY, BROTHER, YOU'RE HITTING
THE SIDE OF THE WALL

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OVER HERE PRETTY GOOD.
IT'S DIGGING UP THE EXCAVATOR.

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WE GOT A DENT ON THE BACK,
SO JUST BE CAREFUL.

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<i>GOT IT.</i>

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IF I CONTINUE AT
THIS CURRENT PACE,

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I'D LOSE EVERY PENNY I INVESTED.

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I NEED TO RECOUP.

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I MEAN, RIGHT NOW
I'VE RECOUPED NOTHING.

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Narrator: FRED LEWIS AND
HIS CREW OF COMBAT VETERANS

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ARE HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON
WITH LESS THAN AN OUNCE OF GOLD.

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THIS WAS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME
OPPORTUNITY,

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BUT IT'S KIND OF TURNING
INTO A NIGHTMARE.

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THESE GUYS CAME HERE TO MINE,

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SO THEIR MINDSET RIGHT NOW IS,
WHERE'S THE GOLD?

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AND I'VE GOT TO HAVE
TO SHOW THEM SOME GOLD

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RELATIVELY QUICKLY
IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM HAPPY.

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Narrator: AS THE MOST
EXPERIENCED MINER ON THE CREW,

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SENIOR AIRMAN KENDELL MADDEN
IS THE FORMAN.

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Kendell: WE'RE GETTING
LATER INTO THE SEASON NOW.

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WE DON'T HAVE MUCH GOLD
TO SHOW FOR IT,

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WHICH IS PRETTY, PRETTY SAD
AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW.

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♪♪

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[ <i>LINE RINGING</i>]

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-HELLO.
-PARKER! CAN YOU HEAR ME?

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Lewis:
HOW YOU DOING, BUDDY?

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I CAN HEAR YOU.
HOW ARE YOU?

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UGH!
I MEAN, I'M ALIVE.

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BUT EVERYTHING ELSE
SEEMS TO BE

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FREAKIN' ABOUT AS HARD
AS IT COULD POSSIBLY BE HERE.

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THERE'S NOT A LOT OF GOLD,
AND I'M JUST SPENDING MONEY.

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IT DEFINITELY
TRIES THE PATIENCE,

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ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU'RE FIRST STARTING OUT

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AND DON'T HAVE A LOT
OF EXPERIENCE UNDER YOUR BELT.

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SO I WAS HOPING I COULD
RUN THINGS BY YOU

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AND SEE WHAT YOU'RE THINKING,
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW

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WITH THIS
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME --

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YEAH, I MEAN,
I'M HAPPY TO HELP.

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A GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME
WOULD BE TRYING TO DO

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AS MUCH TESTING
AROUND THE SITE AS YOU CAN,

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BECAUSE IF YOU'RE SLUICING STUFF
THAT HAS NO GOLD IN IT,

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YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME.

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YEP.

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I WOULD RATHER DIE
A VERY QUICK DEATH

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AND REALIZE THAT,
OH, THERE'S NO GOLD.

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THERE'S NO --
THERE'S NO GROUND HERE

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THAT I CAN
ECONOMICALLY MINE.

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THE SOONER YOU CAN REALIZE THAT,
THE BETTER, RIGHT?

223
00:12:47,655 --> 00:12:50,655
SO WE SHOULD BE DOING
A LOT MORE PROSPECTING.

224
00:12:50,689 --> 00:12:52,309
SLUICING A BUNCH OF STUFF
JUST FOR THE SAKE

225
00:12:52,344 --> 00:12:56,594
OF SEEING A WASH PLANT RUNNING
IS PRETTY POINTLESS

226
00:12:56,620 --> 00:12:58,550
'CAUSE YOUR TIME
IS BETTER SPENT ELSEWHERE

227
00:12:58,586 --> 00:13:00,336
AND MONEY IS BETTER SPENT
ELSEWHERE.

228
00:13:00,379 --> 00:13:01,519
OKAY.

229
00:13:01,551 --> 00:13:02,971
WELL, I WISH YOU
THE BEST OF LUCK, FRED.

230
00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,210
IF THERE'S ANYTHING
YOU EVER NEED,

231
00:13:04,241 --> 00:13:05,761
DON'T BE AFRAID
TO REACH OUT, MAN.

232
00:13:05,793 --> 00:13:08,173
YEAH, DEFINITELY.
AND FREAKING GOOD LUCK, DUDE.

233
00:13:08,206 --> 00:13:10,206
I REALLY APPRECIATE
ALL YOUR ADVICE.

234
00:13:10,241 --> 00:13:11,761
THANKS, MAN.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU, FRED.

235
00:13:11,793 --> 00:13:13,413
ALL RIGHT.
TALK TO YOU LATER.

236
00:13:13,448 --> 00:13:15,238
I'M REALLY GLAD THAT
YOU CALLED PARKER

237
00:13:15,275 --> 00:13:17,515
'CAUSE I THINK HE HAD
SOME REALLY GOOD ADVICE.

238
00:13:17,551 --> 00:13:19,481
IT'D BE DUMB NOT TO
CALL ON EVERYBODY I KNOW

239
00:13:19,517 --> 00:13:22,717
THAT HAS KNOWLEDGE
AT MINING, I THINK.

240
00:13:22,758 --> 00:13:25,278
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE
A HUGE PROBLEM.

241
00:13:25,310 --> 00:13:26,790
I WAS LOOKING AT
THE BANK ACCOUNT THIS MORNING.

242
00:13:26,827 --> 00:13:28,997
WE'RE ALMOST BROKE AGAIN.YEAH.

243
00:13:29,034 --> 00:13:30,524
WE'RE OUT OF MONEY.

244
00:13:30,551 --> 00:13:34,211
SO WE'RE GONNA NEED
EITHER MORE MONEY OR MORE GOLD.

245
00:13:34,241 --> 00:13:36,901
WELL, I MEAN,
ON THE GOLD SIDE OF IT,

246
00:13:36,931 --> 00:13:39,031
WE GOT TO DIG MORE
TO GET MORE.

247
00:13:39,068 --> 00:13:40,338
THAT'S OBVIOUS.

248
00:13:40,379 --> 00:13:44,409
WELL, IF WE FIND GOLD,
THAT WOULD BE THE BIG THING.

249
00:13:44,448 --> 00:13:45,828
YEAH, I KNOW.

250
00:13:45,862 --> 00:13:47,382
SO MY DAD --
HE HAS ACCESS TO

251
00:13:47,413 --> 00:13:49,693
SOME SCIENTIFIC,
LIKE, X-RAY MACHINE.

252
00:13:49,724 --> 00:13:51,724
HE SAYS THIS MACHINE,
HE COULD, LIKE --

253
00:13:51,758 --> 00:13:53,338
YOU GET THESE SAMPLES
FROM DIFFERENT PLACES

254
00:13:53,379 --> 00:13:55,899
AND THEN YOU COULD ZAP IT,
LIKE, ZAP THE SAMPLE,

255
00:13:55,931 --> 00:13:58,481
AND IT'LL BE LIKE, "THERE'S THIS
MUCH GOLD IN THIS SAMPLE."

256
00:13:58,517 --> 00:14:00,547
I MEAN, HE'S A SMART GUY.
HE WORKS AT A UNIVERSITY.

257
00:14:00,586 --> 00:14:02,066
HE PROBABLY KNOWS WHAT
HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

258
00:14:02,103 --> 00:14:04,523
TELL HIM TO BRING IT.
I'M NOT GONNA TURN THAT DOWN.

259
00:14:07,896 --> 00:14:10,926
Narrator: KHARA'S DAD COULD BE
THE SECRET WEAPON

260
00:14:10,965 --> 00:14:13,475
TO CHANGE FRED'S FORTUNES
AROUND.

261
00:14:13,517 --> 00:14:16,207
Khara: HEY, LOOK.
I THINK THAT'S MY DAD.

262
00:14:16,241 --> 00:14:19,171
-OH, THAT'S THE OLD MAN.
-YEP.

263
00:14:19,206 --> 00:14:20,306
Lewis: DRIVING OL' RED.

264
00:14:20,344 --> 00:14:22,144
Narrator:
FRED MILLER SPECIALIZES

265
00:14:22,172 --> 00:14:25,832
IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
AND SAFETY AT WHITMAN COLLEGE.

266
00:14:25,862 --> 00:14:27,312
-HI, DAD.
-HEY, THERE.

267
00:14:27,344 --> 00:14:31,004
-HOW YOU DOING, OLD MAN?
-OH, NOT TOO BAD, NOT TOO BAD.

268
00:14:31,862 --> 00:14:33,972
-HEY.
-OKAY. HEY.

269
00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,760
-[ LAUGHS ] HOW YOU DOING?
-HEY, MAN.

270
00:14:37,793 --> 00:14:40,073
HOW'S THE MINE GOING?

271
00:14:40,103 --> 00:14:41,383
-IT'S GOING.
-GOOD.

272
00:14:41,413 --> 00:14:43,033
Lewis: COULD BE GOING BETTER,
BUT IT'S GOING.

273
00:14:43,068 --> 00:14:44,968
YEAH, WELL, LET'S SEE
IF WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER.

274
00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,140
LET ME GET MY STUFF OUT HERE.

275
00:14:46,172 --> 00:14:48,932
DO YOU HAVE, LIKE,
A FUTURISTIC MACHINE?

276
00:14:48,965 --> 00:14:50,475
-I DO.
-YES!

277
00:14:50,517 --> 00:14:52,687
SO, YEAH. HERE YOU GO.
HANDLE THAT CAREFULLY.

278
00:14:52,724 --> 00:14:55,694
THAT'S $15,000 WORTH OF UN.HOLY CRAP!

279
00:14:55,724 --> 00:14:58,104
THIS LOOKS FUTURISTIC.

280
00:14:58,137 --> 00:15:01,587
Narrator: THE XRF GUN
USES X-RAY FLUORESCENCE.

281
00:15:01,620 --> 00:15:04,000
IT FIRES X-RAYS
INTO THE SAMPLES,

282
00:15:04,034 --> 00:15:06,414
WHICH INTERACTS
WITH THE ELEMENTS WITHIN,

283
00:15:06,448 --> 00:15:08,998
MAKING THEM RELEASE RADIATION.

284
00:15:09,034 --> 00:15:11,724
EVERY ONE RELEASES
A UNIQUE PATTERN,

285
00:15:11,758 --> 00:15:13,658
WHICH THE GUN READS TO IDENTIFY

286
00:15:13,689 --> 00:15:16,209
HOW MUCH OF EACH ELEMENT
IS PRESENT.

287
00:15:19,172 --> 00:15:23,032
SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO
ON THE CLAIM

288
00:15:23,068 --> 00:15:26,788
IS GET SOME SPECIFIC SAMPLES
IN LOCATIONS

289
00:15:26,827 --> 00:15:29,967
WHERE YOU THINK IT'S VERY LIKELY
THAT YOU'LL WANT TO DIG.

290
00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,760
-YOU GOOD? I'LL GO DO THAT.
-YEP.

291
00:15:31,793 --> 00:15:35,283
-ALL RIGHT. AND I'LL GET SET UP.
-I'LL BE BACK.

292
00:15:35,310 --> 00:15:38,030
Narrator: FIRST UP,
FRED HITS THE DEEPEST PART

293
00:15:38,068 --> 00:15:40,758
OF THE SWAMP CUT.

294
00:15:40,793 --> 00:15:43,243
RIGHT NOW
I'M TRYING TO GET A SAMPLE

295
00:15:43,275 --> 00:15:45,235
FROM DEEPER THAN
WE'RE DIGGING PAY.

296
00:15:45,275 --> 00:15:48,715
I WAS IN THE HOLE, BASICALLY,
TOWARDS THE BEDROCK.

297
00:15:48,758 --> 00:15:50,338
WE'VE DUG A LITTLE DOWN HERE,

298
00:15:50,379 --> 00:15:51,719
BUT WE AREN'T REALLY
PROCESSING THIS.

299
00:15:51,758 --> 00:15:52,998
IT'S TOO DEEP.

300
00:15:53,034 --> 00:15:56,344
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT KIND OF GOLD
THIS HOLDS.

301
00:15:56,379 --> 00:16:00,689
Narrator: FRED COLLECTS SIX
SAMPLES FROM ACROSS THE CLAIM.

302
00:16:00,724 --> 00:16:03,144
ALL RIGHT, WE GOT
THE OLD SAMPLES.

303
00:16:03,172 --> 00:16:08,312
GREAT. BRING THEM ON IN.
SET THEM HERE ON THE TABLE.

304
00:16:08,344 --> 00:16:10,864
OKAY, LET'S SHOOT
OUR FIRST SAMPLE.

305
00:16:10,896 --> 00:16:14,026
SO THIS IS
BANK CORNER ONE.

306
00:16:14,068 --> 00:16:16,408
IT COMES FROM THAT CORNER
RIGHT THERE ON THE BEND.

307
00:16:16,448 --> 00:16:18,898
WE PULLED A LOT OF
LARGE BOULDERS OUT OF THERE.

308
00:16:18,931 --> 00:16:21,311
Narrator: FOR THE GROUND
TO BE WORTH MINING,

309
00:16:21,344 --> 00:16:25,284
THE SAMPLE MUST SHOW
A GOLD READING OF AT LEAST 4.

310
00:16:25,310 --> 00:16:27,030
I'M NOT A GEOLOGIST,
BUT I STAYED AT

311
00:16:27,068 --> 00:16:28,408
A HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS ONCE.

312
00:16:28,448 --> 00:16:32,028
Khara: OH, MY GOD.

313
00:16:32,068 --> 00:16:34,028
AND DAD JOKE FOR THE WIN.

314
00:16:34,068 --> 00:16:35,478
[ LAUGHTER ]

315
00:16:35,517 --> 00:16:39,377
YOU KNOW DAD JOKES
HAVE TO BE PART OF THIS.

316
00:16:39,413 --> 00:16:41,553
THIS IS KIND OF LIKE
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH.

317
00:16:41,586 --> 00:16:42,856
-YEAH.
-I'M KIND OF NERVOUS.

318
00:16:42,896 --> 00:16:45,716
WHAT IF IT SAYS
YOU GUYS HAVE A DUD?

319
00:16:45,758 --> 00:16:48,138
[ GUN BEEPS ]

320
00:16:48,172 --> 00:16:52,212
OKAY,
SO WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?

321
00:16:52,241 --> 00:16:56,691
TINY BIT OF IRON,
A LOT OF COBALT.

322
00:16:56,724 --> 00:17:00,034
SOME ZINC.

323
00:17:00,068 --> 00:17:05,828
AND NOTHING ELSE
WITHIN ITS LEVEL OF DETECTION.

324
00:17:05,862 --> 00:17:08,792
-NO GOLD?
-NO GOLD IN THIS SAMPLE.

325
00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,900
MOVING ON TO BANK.

326
00:17:15,931 --> 00:17:17,381
SAME ONE,
JUST NUMBER TWO,

327
00:17:17,413 --> 00:17:20,033
SO THIS IS FROM
THE SAME GENERAL SPOT.

328
00:17:20,068 --> 00:17:21,998
WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING
OUT OF THIS ONE?

329
00:17:22,034 --> 00:17:23,314
SOME GOLD.

330
00:17:23,344 --> 00:17:25,284
[ GUN BEEPS ]YEAH.

331
00:17:25,310 --> 00:17:26,790
OKAY.

332
00:17:29,241 --> 00:17:31,241
ZERO. NO GOLD.

333
00:17:31,275 --> 00:17:32,965
NO GOLD? [BLEEP]

334
00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:34,760
DUDE, I WAS EXPECTING
A LOT MORE THAN ZERO.

335
00:17:34,793 --> 00:17:38,003
YEAH.

336
00:17:38,034 --> 00:17:39,664
ALL RIGHT, LET'S KEEP GOING.
-OKAY.

337
00:17:39,689 --> 00:17:41,409
NEXT SAMPLE.

338
00:17:41,448 --> 00:17:43,168
THIS ONE'S THE SWAMP CUT,

339
00:17:43,206 --> 00:17:47,136
SO THIS SHOULD BE ONE OF OUR
BETTER TESTS, HOPEFULLY.

340
00:17:47,172 --> 00:17:49,622
THIS BASICALLY TELLS US
CURRENTLY WHAT WE'RE DIGGING.

341
00:17:49,655 --> 00:17:51,825
OKAY, SO THIS IS THE PAY WE'RE
BRINGING IN RIGHT IN SECOND.

342
00:17:51,862 --> 00:17:52,862
RIGHT.

343
00:17:52,896 --> 00:17:54,166
THIS ONE DEFINITELY
MAKES ME NERVOUS.

344
00:17:54,206 --> 00:17:58,856
-0.22.
-OH, MY [BLEEP]

345
00:17:58,896 --> 00:18:01,756
IT'S JUST GETTING WORSE.

346
00:18:01,793 --> 00:18:05,343
Narrator: THE PAY FRED'S RUNNING
FROM THE TOP OF THE SWAMP CUT

347
00:18:05,379 --> 00:18:08,479
HARDLY HAS ANY GOLD.

348
00:18:08,517 --> 00:18:09,967
SO THIS ONE RIGHT HERE,
I WENT DOWN

349
00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,170
INTO THE MUCK
OF THE SWAMP,

350
00:18:12,206 --> 00:18:13,546
AS FAR DOWN
AS I COULD GET.

351
00:18:13,586 --> 00:18:15,406
OKAY. DEEPER IN THE PIT.
HERE WE GO,

352
00:18:15,448 --> 00:18:16,758
4.27.

353
00:18:16,793 --> 00:18:20,173
OKAY, OKAY.
I'LL TAKE THAT NUMBER.

354
00:18:20,206 --> 00:18:22,026
DEFINITELY TAKE THAT NUMBER.
-YEAH.

355
00:18:22,068 --> 00:18:23,448
NOW I'M FEELING
A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

356
00:18:23,482 --> 00:18:25,522
30 FEET, THOUGH.
THAT'S FROM ABOUT 30 FEET.

357
00:18:25,551 --> 00:18:28,761
OKAY, LET'S DO THE BANK
AT 4 FEET.

358
00:18:28,793 --> 00:18:30,033
THIS ONE COMES
FROM OVER HERE,

359
00:18:30,068 --> 00:18:31,898
AND IT'S ABOUT 4 FEET DOWN
IN THAT BANK.

360
00:18:31,931 --> 00:18:33,901
A LOT OF LARGE BOULDERS
OVER THERE.

361
00:18:33,931 --> 00:18:35,481
THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE HOPING
TO SEE SOMETHING?

362
00:18:35,517 --> 00:18:37,787
MM-HMM.

363
00:18:37,827 --> 00:18:41,477
OH, YOU'RE GONNA LIKE
THIS NUMBER -- 4.51.

364
00:18:41,517 --> 00:18:43,237
-WHAT?
-OOH.

365
00:18:43,275 --> 00:18:45,475
PUTTING A STAR
NEXT TO THAT BAD BOY.

366
00:18:45,517 --> 00:18:49,067
SO 4.51 ON THAT DEVICE
TRANSLATES

367
00:18:49,103 --> 00:18:51,313
TO ALMOST 1/2 OUNCE A 100.THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

368
00:18:51,344 --> 00:18:53,974
SO THE XRF KIND OF CONFIRMED
AN IDEA I HAD

369
00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,620
ABOUT THE BANK OVER HERE.

370
00:18:55,655 --> 00:18:59,165
BUT I FEEL LIKE THE MAIN FOCUS
SHOULD BE THE SWAMP

371
00:18:59,206 --> 00:19:01,896
WHERE WE'RE DIGGING NOW,
BUT WE GOT TO GO DEEPER.

372
00:19:01,931 --> 00:19:06,451
♪♪

373
00:19:06,482 --> 00:19:07,862
HEY, STEFAN.

374
00:19:07,896 --> 00:19:10,026
HEY, I'M GONNA APPROACH
FROM THE FRONT.

375
00:19:10,068 --> 00:19:11,378
Stefan: <i>ROGER.</i>

376
00:19:11,413 --> 00:19:14,453
Narrator: THE TEST SHOWS
THE BEST GOLD LIES AT 30 FEET,

377
00:19:14,482 --> 00:19:16,592
JUST ABOVE THE BEDROCK.

378
00:19:16,620 --> 00:19:20,340
ALL SEASON, FRED'S BEEN RUNNING
THE LEAN SURFACE DIRT

379
00:19:20,379 --> 00:19:22,929
WITH HARDLY ANY GOLD.

380
00:19:22,965 --> 00:19:26,515
OH, MAN. AH!

381
00:19:26,551 --> 00:19:28,341
ALL RIGHT.
WHAT'S UP?

382
00:19:28,379 --> 00:19:29,759
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN DIGGING
HERE A LOT

383
00:19:29,793 --> 00:19:31,383
AND YOU GOT A LOT OF PAY
STOCKPILED,

384
00:19:31,413 --> 00:19:34,243
BUT WE'RE NOT
GONNA RUN ANY OF IT.

385
00:19:34,275 --> 00:19:36,655
I'M SORRY. I KNOW YOU PUT
SOME TIME INTO IT.

386
00:19:36,689 --> 00:19:37,929
WHY ISN'T IT ANY GOOD?

387
00:19:37,965 --> 00:19:39,515
YOU KNOW, THAT PAY I THOUGHT
WAS GONNA BE BETTER,

388
00:19:39,551 --> 00:19:41,211
BUT IT'S JUST NOT
CONCENTRATED ENOUGH.

389
00:19:41,241 --> 00:19:43,861
I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE
THE MOST SUCCESS HERE,

390
00:19:43,896 --> 00:19:46,686
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DUMP
ALL THIS LOW-CONCENTRATED PAY

391
00:19:46,724 --> 00:19:48,314
AND GO STRAIGHT DOWN
TO BEDROCK.

392
00:19:48,344 --> 00:19:52,864
LAST PROBABLY 17 FEET HAS
ABOUT 80% OF THE GOLD.

393
00:19:52,896 --> 00:19:54,656
AND IF WE DON'T HIT THAT,

394
00:19:54,689 --> 00:19:57,309
I DON'T THINK
WE'RE MAKING MONEY THIS SEASON.

395
00:19:57,344 --> 00:19:58,454
WE GOT TO MAKE MONEY.

396
00:19:58,482 --> 00:20:01,902
SO YOUR NEW GOAL IN LIFE
IS TO REACH BEDROCK.

397
00:20:03,586 --> 00:20:05,616
OKAY.

398
00:20:05,655 --> 00:20:07,375
ALL RIGHT, I'LL JUST KEEP GOING
UNTIL I GET TO IT.

399
00:20:07,413 --> 00:20:08,413
THAT'S WHY I PUT YOU HERE.

400
00:20:08,448 --> 00:20:09,718
I KNOW YOU LIKE
A CHALLENGE, BRO.

401
00:20:09,758 --> 00:20:11,758
GOOD LUCK.

402
00:20:11,793 --> 00:20:14,553
AH!

403
00:20:14,586 --> 00:20:18,166
SO EVERYTHING'S ON MY SHOULDERS.

404
00:20:18,206 --> 00:20:21,516
NO PRESSURE, RIGHT?

405
00:20:21,551 --> 00:20:25,171
I KNOW THAT'S FRUSTRATING, BUT,
YOU KNOW, I'M THE BOSS,

406
00:20:25,206 --> 00:20:26,546
I GOT TO MAKE
THE TOUGH DECISIONS HERE,

407
00:20:26,586 --> 00:20:28,926
AND I THINK THE BEST DECISION
IS TO INVEST THE TIME

408
00:20:28,965 --> 00:20:30,655
IN GETTING ON BETTER PAY.

409
00:20:30,689 --> 00:20:33,409
AND WE HAVE A SHORT SEASON
AND A SHORT AMOUNT OF YARDAGE.

410
00:20:33,448 --> 00:20:36,138
WE'RE GONNA HIT THE GOLD HARD,
AND WE'RE GONNA PUT

411
00:20:36,172 --> 00:20:38,412
THE MOST CONCENTRATED PAY
THROUGH OUR COLONEL.

412
00:20:44,206 --> 00:20:49,926
♪♪

413
00:20:49,965 --> 00:20:53,205
Rick: I'LL TELL YOU, THIS SPOT
RIGHT HERE LOOKS GOOD.

414
00:20:53,241 --> 00:20:57,931
Narrator: RICK NESS IS ALMOST
HALFWAY TO HIS 1,000-OUNCE GOAL.

415
00:20:57,965 --> 00:21:00,205
HE'S TAKING THE REST
OF HIS SEASON

416
00:21:00,241 --> 00:21:04,931
ON THE THREE-ACRE DEEP CUT,
A SEAM OF RICH GLACIER GOLD

417
00:21:04,965 --> 00:21:08,515
THAT GAVE HIM
HIS BEST RESULTS ON THE CLAIM.

418
00:21:08,551 --> 00:21:09,761
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD TO GO DOWN

419
00:21:09,793 --> 00:21:12,383
THROUGH OVER 60 FEET
OF OVERBURDEN.

420
00:21:12,413 --> 00:21:14,593
YOU KNOW, IT'S COST
A SMALL FORTUNE.

421
00:21:20,206 --> 00:21:22,926
Narrator: WITH GOLD PRICES
AT A RECORD HIGH,

422
00:21:22,965 --> 00:21:26,025
RICK'S 100 GRAND INVESTMENT
IN THE DEEP CUT

423
00:21:26,068 --> 00:21:29,658
COULD SEE A RETURN
OF NEARLY $4 MILLION.

424
00:21:29,689 --> 00:21:31,029
Rick:
LAST YEAR WAS TERRIBLE.

425
00:21:31,068 --> 00:21:33,068
I MEAN, THERE'S NO EASY WAY
TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW.

426
00:21:33,103 --> 00:21:35,073
THAT WAS ALMOST THE END
OF MY CAREER RIGHT THERE.

427
00:21:35,103 --> 00:21:38,693
BUT HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR'S
GONNA BE DIFFERENT.

428
00:21:38,724 --> 00:21:43,974
Narrator:
BEST BUDDY CHRIS KRUSE HAULS
PAY DIRT TO THE WASH PLANT.

429
00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,790
I DO LIKE THE FACT
THAT WE'RE CHASING

430
00:21:45,827 --> 00:21:48,137
AFTER SOMETHING THAT WE DID
OUR HOMEWORK ON LAST YEAR.

431
00:21:48,172 --> 00:21:49,522
I'M GONNA BE
HONEST WITH YOU, THOUGH.

432
00:21:49,551 --> 00:21:51,661
I DON'T EVER WANT TO
PLAY THAT GAME AGAIN.

433
00:21:51,689 --> 00:21:53,239
<i>COST A LOT OF MONEY.</i>

434
00:21:53,275 --> 00:21:57,305
IT'S AN EXPENSIVE,
EXPENSIVE GAME.

435
00:21:57,344 --> 00:21:59,384
Kruse: THE DIFFERENCE WITH RICK
THIS YEAR IS

436
00:21:59,413 --> 00:22:01,413
COMPLETE NIGHT AND DAY.

437
00:22:01,448 --> 00:22:02,928
HE'S DOWN HERE BUSTING HIS ASS.

438
00:22:02,965 --> 00:22:04,895
HE'S WORKING RIGHT ALONGSIDE US

439
00:22:04,931 --> 00:22:07,311
BECAUSE I THINK HE'S PUMPED UP
JUST LIKE THE REST OF US.

440
00:22:07,344 --> 00:22:08,864
EVERYBODY'S EXCITED.

441
00:22:12,241 --> 00:22:14,411
[BLEEP]
WHY IS IT DOING THAT?

442
00:22:14,448 --> 00:22:16,618
UH-OH.

443
00:22:16,655 --> 00:22:19,825
THAT IS DEFINITELY BEDROCK.

444
00:22:21,862 --> 00:22:23,972
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN
GOING DOWN AFTER,

445
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,550
AND IT KIND OF FALLS
DOWN IN THE WALL,

446
00:22:25,586 --> 00:22:26,996
AND THERE'S A BENCH
UNDERNEATH THIS.

447
00:22:27,034 --> 00:22:29,664
THAT'S WHERE ALL OF
OUR PAY DIRT IS SITTING ON.

448
00:22:29,689 --> 00:22:31,929
FOR SOME REASON RIGHT HERE
IN THE CUT, THIS BEDROCK,

449
00:22:31,965 --> 00:22:35,205
INSTEAD OF GOING DOWN,
IT'S JUST JUTTING OUT.

450
00:22:35,241 --> 00:22:38,551
Narrator: RICK HAS HIT A WALL
OF FRACTURED BEDROCK

451
00:22:38,586 --> 00:22:41,716
WHERE HE EXPECTED
TO FIND GOLD-RICH PAY DIRT.

452
00:22:41,758 --> 00:22:44,758
OH, THAT'S NOT GOOD.

453
00:22:44,793 --> 00:22:49,523
THAT IS CLEARLY BEDROCK.

454
00:22:49,551 --> 00:22:51,341
DEFINITELY.

455
00:22:51,379 --> 00:22:53,549
AND WITH NO GRAVEL ON IT.

456
00:22:53,586 --> 00:22:56,786
IF THERE'S NO GRAVEL,
THERE'S NO GOLD.

457
00:22:56,827 --> 00:23:00,517
Narrator: IN THE SECTION OF THE
DEEP CUT RICK TESTED LAST YEAR,

458
00:23:00,551 --> 00:23:03,451
HE DUG THROUGH
60 FEET OF OVERBURDEN

459
00:23:03,482 --> 00:23:08,832
TO HIT A RICH LAYER OF PAY
SITTING ON BEDROCK.

460
00:23:08,862 --> 00:23:13,282
THIS YEAR, HE'S WIDENED
THE HOLE OUT FROM THE TEST SITE,

461
00:23:13,310 --> 00:23:17,860
BUT NOW WHERE EXPECTED
TO FIND MORE PAY DIRT,

462
00:23:17,896 --> 00:23:22,586
HE'S FOUND A WALL OF BEDROCK
JUTTING INTO THE CUT.

463
00:23:22,620 --> 00:23:24,380
WAS JUST OVERBURDEN,
SITTING RIGHT ON THE --

464
00:23:24,413 --> 00:23:26,343
ON THE BEDROCK.

465
00:23:26,379 --> 00:23:27,589
SO THIS WHOLE SECTION
RIGHT HERE,

466
00:23:27,620 --> 00:23:29,380
WE'RE CLEARING FOR NOTHING.

467
00:23:34,068 --> 00:23:35,858
GOLD.

468
00:23:35,896 --> 00:23:37,516
WE GOT THIS DOWN
TO WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS PAY

469
00:23:37,551 --> 00:23:40,171
BECAUSE STARTED GETTING

470
00:23:40,206 --> 00:23:42,756
SOME BIG BOULDERS
[BLEEP] POPPING OUT OF IT.

471
00:23:42,793 --> 00:23:45,243
THAT'S JUST SOLID CLAY.

472
00:23:45,275 --> 00:23:51,995
THERE'S LITTLE STRIPS
OF GRAVELS IN IT, BUT...

473
00:23:52,034 --> 00:23:54,414
IT'S ALL --
I DON'T KNOW.

474
00:23:54,448 --> 00:23:56,308
IT'S JUST NOT --

475
00:23:56,344 --> 00:23:59,074
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
WHERE WE TESTED LAST YEAR.

476
00:23:59,103 --> 00:24:01,143
I'M GONNA PAN IT
AS MUCH AS I CAN

477
00:24:01,172 --> 00:24:03,862
AND TRY TO FIND SOME GOLD IN IT.

478
00:24:03,896 --> 00:24:05,856
I'M PRETTY, PRETTY NERVOUS
RIGHT NOW.

479
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,760
Narrator:
IF THIS DIRT CONTAINS NO GOLD,

480
00:24:12,793 --> 00:24:15,763
THE CUT COULD BE A BUST.

481
00:24:15,793 --> 00:24:25,213
♪♪

482
00:24:25,241 --> 00:24:27,861
NOTHING.

483
00:24:27,896 --> 00:24:29,446
[BLEEP] [BLEEP]

484
00:24:31,310 --> 00:24:39,690
♪♪

485
00:24:39,724 --> 00:24:40,834
Rick:
TRY TO KEEP MY CALM,

486
00:24:40,862 --> 00:24:44,382
BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE
ANY [BLEEP] SENSE.

487
00:24:44,413 --> 00:24:46,003
Narrator:
AFTER DIGGING FOR 10 DAYS

488
00:24:46,034 --> 00:24:48,794
TO GET DOWN TO PAY DIRT
AT THE DEEP CUT,

489
00:24:48,827 --> 00:24:51,477
RICK NESS HAS COME UP
EMPTY-HANDED.

490
00:24:51,517 --> 00:24:54,547
HIS LAST HAIL MARY
TO SALVAGE THE CUT

491
00:24:54,586 --> 00:24:57,516
IS TO DIG DEEPER AND SEE IF
THERE IS ANY PAY GRAVEL

492
00:24:57,551 --> 00:25:00,341
BENEATH THE BEDROCK.

493
00:25:00,379 --> 00:25:03,279
WE WENT STRAIGHT DOWN LAST YEAR
AND DUG A [BLEEP] PIT

494
00:25:03,310 --> 00:25:07,240
AND GOT A BEAUTIFUL DEPOSIT
WITH GREAT GOLD,

495
00:25:07,275 --> 00:25:10,785
AND NOW I EXPAND THE PIT
AROUND WHERE WE DUG.

496
00:25:10,827 --> 00:25:13,787
AND SOMEHOW WE GOT
SO [BLEEP] LUCKY LAST YEAR

497
00:25:13,827 --> 00:25:16,927
THAT WE MANAGED TO PICK
THE ONE SPOT WHERE THERE'S GOLD?

498
00:25:19,034 --> 00:25:21,524
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
IT'S LIKE A [BLEEP] JOKE.

499
00:25:21,551 --> 00:25:22,721
IT CAN'T BE.

500
00:25:24,758 --> 00:25:26,658
THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS.
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

501
00:25:26,689 --> 00:25:29,339
I MEAN, IT'S JUST --
IT'S JUST SOLID CLAY.

502
00:25:29,379 --> 00:25:30,659
THERE'S NO GRAVEL IN IT AT ALL,

503
00:25:30,689 --> 00:25:34,829
AND IT'S ANOTHER
20 [BLEEP] FEET DEEP IN THERE.

504
00:25:34,862 --> 00:25:36,692
AND THERE'S NOTHING.

505
00:25:39,517 --> 00:25:41,827
I DON'T KNOW. I'M GONNA HAVE TO
TRY TO TALK TO TROY

506
00:25:41,862 --> 00:25:43,592
AND SEE WHAT
HIS THOUGHTS ARE ON THIS.

507
00:25:43,620 --> 00:25:45,790
Narrator:
LANDOWNER TROY TAYLOR'S FAMILY

508
00:25:45,827 --> 00:25:48,927
HAVE MINED THIS PAY STREAK
FOR 40 YEARS.

509
00:25:48,965 --> 00:25:50,785
[ <i>LINE RINGING</i>]

510
00:25:50,827 --> 00:25:54,927
<i>-HEY, RICK.
-HEY, TROY.</i>

511
00:25:54,965 --> 00:25:57,855
I'M IN THE DEEP CUT HERE
THAT WE'RE DOING, RIGHT?

512
00:25:57,896 --> 00:25:59,096
Troy: <i>YEAH, OKAY.</i>

513
00:25:59,137 --> 00:26:01,617
I JUST DUG DOWN DEEP AS I COULD
WITH MY 700,

514
00:26:01,655 --> 00:26:03,335
AND IT'S JUST --
IT'S SOLID CLAY.

515
00:26:03,379 --> 00:26:05,339
IT'S SOLID CLAY
ALL THE WAY DOWN.

516
00:26:05,379 --> 00:26:06,999
I DON'T THINK
THERE'S ANYTHING IN HERE.

517
00:26:07,034 --> 00:26:08,974
<i>HOW MANY FEET OF CLAY IS THERE,
DO YOU THINK?</i>

518
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,170
-IT'S GOT TO BE 80, 90 FEET. <i>
-WOW. THAT'S NOT GOOD.</i>

519
00:26:12,206 --> 00:26:14,656
<i>THE FACT THAT
THERE'S NO PAY THERE --</i>

520
00:26:14,689 --> 00:26:16,689
<i>THAT DOES INDICATE
THAT THE GLACIER</i>

521
00:26:16,724 --> 00:26:18,454
<i>CAME RIGHT UP
AGAINST THAT RIM,</i>

522
00:26:18,482 --> 00:26:20,342
<i>MAYBE IT ENDED RIGHT THERE.</i>

523
00:26:20,379 --> 00:26:23,309
<i>THE PAY PROBABLY
COMES BACK IN UPSTREAM.</i>

524
00:26:23,344 --> 00:26:28,074
<i>BUT RIGHT NOW, YOU DON'T
HAVE TIME TO DRILL THAT.</i>

525
00:26:28,103 --> 00:26:30,003
Narrator:
20,000 YEARS AGO,

526
00:26:30,034 --> 00:26:33,834
A RICH GOLD SEAM WAS COVERED
BY THE McCONNELL GLACIER.

527
00:26:33,862 --> 00:26:36,862
THE FRONT OF IT PUSHED UP
A LAYER OF BEDROCK.

528
00:26:36,896 --> 00:26:40,616
WHEN THE GLACIER RECEDED,
THE BEDROCK WALL REMAINED.

529
00:26:40,655 --> 00:26:43,925
WATER THEN ERODED
GOLD-RICH GRAVELS UPSTREAM

530
00:26:43,965 --> 00:26:47,275
AND DEPOSITED A LAYER OF CLAY.

531
00:26:47,310 --> 00:26:50,480
TROY BELIEVES RICK HAS HIT
THE LIMIT OF THE GLACIER

532
00:26:50,517 --> 00:26:54,447
AND THE END OF THE GOOD GOLD.

533
00:26:54,482 --> 00:26:57,382
Rick: THAT'S A PRETTY BIG
[BLEEP] DEAL.

534
00:26:57,413 --> 00:27:00,833
IT'S LOOKING LIKE WE LOST 80%
FOR WHAT'S IN HERE.

535
00:27:00,862 --> 00:27:03,862
[BLEEP] WORSE THAN FLASHBACKS
TO LAST YEAR.

536
00:27:07,206 --> 00:27:09,406
THERE AIN'T NOTHING
IN THIS.

537
00:27:09,448 --> 00:27:11,408
OH, THAT'S SWEET.

538
00:27:11,448 --> 00:27:14,308
THAT'S A MAJOR, MAJOR
[BLEEP]

539
00:27:14,344 --> 00:27:17,554
I MEAN, I'M JUST BASING IT OFF
OF WHAT WE TESTED LAST YEAR.

540
00:27:17,586 --> 00:27:21,066
THIS MADE PERFECT
[BLEEP] SENSE.

541
00:27:21,103 --> 00:27:24,723
WELL, WE'LL FIGURE
SOMETHING OUT.

542
00:27:24,758 --> 00:27:26,338
I'M GONNA HAVE A THINK.

543
00:27:26,379 --> 00:27:32,589
♪♪

544
00:27:32,620 --> 00:27:35,070
TODAY HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH
A PIECE OF [BLEEP]

545
00:27:35,103 --> 00:27:36,243
I DON'T BLAME HIM.

546
00:27:36,275 --> 00:27:40,275
HE WANTED TO GET OUT OF HERE,

547
00:27:40,310 --> 00:27:41,660
THINK A MINUTE.

548
00:27:41,689 --> 00:27:44,759
IF THERE'S NO PAY IN THERE,
THERE'S NO GOLD IN THERE.

549
00:27:44,793 --> 00:27:46,523
THEN WE END UP
LOOKING LIKE IDIOTS,

550
00:27:46,551 --> 00:27:48,171
LIKE LAST YEAR.

551
00:27:48,206 --> 00:27:50,206
WE MIGHT AS WELL
[BLEEP] GO HOME.

552
00:27:56,172 --> 00:28:02,102
♪♪

553
00:28:02,137 --> 00:28:04,337
Narrator:
IN FAIRBANKS, ALASKA,

554
00:28:04,379 --> 00:28:07,659
PARKER SCHNABEL
AND DRILL MASTER LIAM FERGUSON

555
00:28:07,689 --> 00:28:10,449
BRING IN THE SONIC DRILL
TO PROSPECT

556
00:28:10,482 --> 00:28:13,832
A 3,000-ACRE CLAIM
AT CLEARY CREEK.

557
00:28:13,862 --> 00:28:19,102
♪♪

558
00:28:19,137 --> 00:28:22,207
Parker: READY TO GO DRILLING,
SPEND SOME MORE MONEY.

559
00:28:22,241 --> 00:28:25,691
-MAKE SOME MONEY.
-GONNA MAKE SOME MONEY?

560
00:28:25,724 --> 00:28:28,624
MINE IT?
-NOT WORKING FOR YOU, WE DON'T.

561
00:28:28,655 --> 00:28:30,135
MINING THE MINERS.

562
00:28:30,172 --> 00:28:33,212
OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK,
PARKER

563
00:28:33,241 --> 00:28:37,521
Narrator:
THE GOLD RUSH HIT THIS PART
OF ALASKA IN THE EARLY 1990s.

564
00:28:37,551 --> 00:28:39,661
THE FAIRBANKS AREA
HAS SINCE PRODUCED

565
00:28:39,689 --> 00:28:42,169
OVER 8 MILLION OUNCES OF GOLD

566
00:28:42,206 --> 00:28:47,276
WORTH, AT TODAY'S PRICES,
OVER $15 BILLION.

567
00:28:47,310 --> 00:28:50,970
PARKER AND LIAM HEAD OUT
TO CHOOSE A LOCATION TO TEST

568
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,660
BASED ON HISTORIC DRILLING DATA.

569
00:28:54,689 --> 00:28:56,719
ONE TO THREE HERE.
RIGHT.

570
00:28:56,758 --> 00:28:58,308
THIS IS THE MAIN CUT.
THIS IS --

571
00:28:58,344 --> 00:28:59,414
OH, YEAH, YEAH,
YEAH, YEAH.

572
00:28:59,448 --> 00:29:01,858
YEP, SO THIS IS ALL --

573
00:29:01,896 --> 00:29:04,826
FOR SURE THIS IS ALL VIRGIN
ALONG HERE.

574
00:29:04,862 --> 00:29:08,312
Narrator: CLEARY CREEK WAS
DREDGED IN THE 1940s,

575
00:29:08,344 --> 00:29:11,384
BUT STRIPS
OF VIRGIN GROUND REMAIN.

576
00:29:11,413 --> 00:29:15,103
IF PARKER FINDS ONE OF THEM,
HE COULD HIT THE JACKPOT.

577
00:29:15,137 --> 00:29:17,757
THERE'S ABOUT
A 300-FOOT STRIP HERE

578
00:29:17,793 --> 00:29:19,313
THAT WAS LEFT BY THE DREDGE.

579
00:29:19,344 --> 00:29:21,484
SO WE'RE STANDING ON
STRIPPED VIRGIN GROUND.

580
00:29:21,517 --> 00:29:22,927
WE'RE HOPING
TO PUT A FEW HOLES IN,

581
00:29:22,965 --> 00:29:25,545
AND IF WE'RE GETTING RESULTS
THE SAME AS WHAT

582
00:29:25,586 --> 00:29:28,686
THE DREDGE DRILLING DID
BACK IN THE '40s,

583
00:29:28,724 --> 00:29:30,764
THEN IT'S LOOKING LIKE
A PRETTY GOOD SPOT.

584
00:29:34,344 --> 00:29:37,864
Parker:
WE JUST GOT THE DRILL MOVED
OVER HERE TO CLEARY CREEK.

585
00:29:37,896 --> 00:29:40,306
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET
SOME DRILLING DOWN

586
00:29:40,344 --> 00:29:42,764
AND FIND SOME GOLD.

587
00:29:42,793 --> 00:29:45,763
Narrator: IT'S PARKER'S
LAST PUSH TO FIND NEW GROUND

588
00:29:45,793 --> 00:29:49,523
BEFORE HE RETURNS HOME
TO HIS OPERATIONS IN THE YUKON.

589
00:29:49,551 --> 00:29:54,411
♪♪

590
00:29:54,448 --> 00:29:58,278
260 MILES SOUTHEAST
ON THE INDIAN RIVER...

591
00:29:58,310 --> 00:29:59,760
Mitch: <i>I THINK WE'RE IN PRETTY
GOOD SHAPE HERE WITH BIG RED.</i>

592
00:29:59,793 --> 00:30:01,663
<i>IT'S MOTORING ALONG
PRETTY SMOOTH.</i>

593
00:30:01,689 --> 00:30:04,209
ALL RIGHT, YOU BET. I'M JUST
GONNA HAMMER DOWN ON PAY HERE.

594
00:30:04,241 --> 00:30:05,451
<i>YEAH, COPY THAT.</i>

595
00:30:05,482 --> 00:30:08,662
...PARKER HAS LEFT FOREMAN
MITCH BLASCHKE IN CHARGE

596
00:30:08,689 --> 00:30:11,859
OF HIS ENTIRE OPERATION,
RUNNING SLUICIFER

597
00:30:11,896 --> 00:30:16,096
AT THE PROMISED LAND
AND BIG RED AT THE LAST CUT.

598
00:30:16,137 --> 00:30:18,967
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TRYING TO NOT
ONLY SLUICE AS FAST AS WE CAN,

599
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,170
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO OPEN UP
GROUND AS FAST AS WE CAN.

600
00:30:21,206 --> 00:30:22,656
AND THAT'S BEEN THE CHALLENGE.

601
00:30:22,689 --> 00:30:24,519
I JUST WANT TO KEEP
EVERYTHING ON TRACK

602
00:30:24,551 --> 00:30:27,281
AND HAVE IT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE
WHEN PARKER GETS BACK.

603
00:30:27,310 --> 00:30:29,030
I WANT TO HAVE THIS OPERATION
RUNNING SMOOTH.

604
00:30:29,068 --> 00:30:30,968
I WANT TO HAVE A LOT OF GOLD
DOWN IN THE GOLD ROOM.

605
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,480
Narrator: THIS SEASON,
THE MINE HAS AVERAGED

606
00:30:33,517 --> 00:30:36,027
450 OUNCES A WEEK.

607
00:30:36,068 --> 00:30:39,968
TO KEEP UP THE PACE FOR
THE FOUR WEEKS PARKER'S AWAY,

608
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:44,550
MITCH NEEDS TO BRING IN
A MASSIVE 1,800 OUNCES OF GOLD.

609
00:30:44,586 --> 00:30:46,406
Mitch: IT'S NECESSARY
TO KEEP THE PLANT RUNNING.

610
00:30:46,448 --> 00:30:48,278
YOU CAN'T LET PARKER DOWN.

611
00:30:48,310 --> 00:30:50,340
Narrator:
IT'S A BIG ASK.

612
00:30:50,379 --> 00:30:51,549
Mitch:
IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE SUCCESS

613
00:30:51,586 --> 00:30:53,926
WITH BIG RED AND SLUICIFER
THIS YEAR,

614
00:30:53,965 --> 00:30:56,715
WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE
THEM RUNNING 24 HOURS A DAY.

615
00:30:56,758 --> 00:30:58,518
OBVIOUSLY, YOU DON'T WANT
TO COME UP HERE

616
00:30:58,551 --> 00:31:00,101
AND, YOU KNOW, BE AWAY
FROM YOUR FAMILY

617
00:31:00,137 --> 00:31:02,307
AND SPEND THE WHOLE SUMMER,
YOU KNOW,

618
00:31:02,344 --> 00:31:05,384
WORKING UP HERE
TO GO HOME BROKE.

619
00:31:05,413 --> 00:31:07,723
THIS IS MY FOUR-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY,

620
00:31:07,758 --> 00:31:09,828
AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WISH
THAT EITHER, YOU KNOW,

621
00:31:09,862 --> 00:31:11,342
I COULD BE HOME
OR MY WIFE COULD BE UP HERE,

622
00:31:11,379 --> 00:31:13,479
BUT WITH ALL
THE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS,

623
00:31:13,517 --> 00:31:18,337
THAT JUST ISN'T HAPPENING,
SO IT DEFINITELY MAKES IT TOUGH.

624
00:31:18,379 --> 00:31:21,899
Narrator: BRENNAN RUAULT
DIGS PAY DIRT IN THE LAST CUT.

625
00:31:21,931 --> 00:31:24,411
Brennan: WE'RE MANPOWER SHORT
AND EQUIPMENT SHORT,

626
00:31:24,448 --> 00:31:27,338
SO EVERYTHING HERE HAS TO RUN
EXTREMELY PERFECT

627
00:31:27,379 --> 00:31:29,309
IN ORDER FOR US
TO HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE.

628
00:31:29,344 --> 00:31:31,414
I DEFINITELY KNOW MITCH IS
FEELING THE PRESSURE.

629
00:31:31,448 --> 00:31:33,278
I THINK HE HAS A LOT MORE
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

630
00:31:33,310 --> 00:31:35,590
THAN HE LETS ON,
SO I HOPE EVERYTHING'S

631
00:31:35,620 --> 00:31:37,830
GOING REALLY SMOOTH
DOWN THERE FOR HIM.

632
00:31:40,689 --> 00:31:44,339
Narrator:
MECHANIC SHANE SMITH FEEDS
PAY DIRT INTO THE PLANT.

633
00:31:44,379 --> 00:31:46,829
Shane:
BIG RED SEEMS TO BE CHEWING
THROUGH THE GROUND PRETTY QUICK.

634
00:31:46,862 --> 00:31:49,002
IT'S JUST WHETHER EVERYBODY
CAN KEEP UP TO IT OR NOT.

635
00:31:49,034 --> 00:31:58,284
♪♪

636
00:31:58,310 --> 00:32:00,970
[ METAL SCREECHING,
INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

637
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,660
♪♪

638
00:32:03,689 --> 00:32:05,929
[BLEEP]

639
00:32:05,965 --> 00:32:11,585
♪♪

640
00:32:11,620 --> 00:32:14,520
AH, [BLEEP] [BLEEP] [BLEEP]
[BLEEP] [BLEEP]

641
00:32:14,551 --> 00:32:15,931
DAMN ROCKS.

642
00:32:15,965 --> 00:32:19,755
THIS WHOLE BELT'S DESTROYED.

643
00:32:19,793 --> 00:32:22,033
A ROCK GOT JAMMED RIGHT THROUGH,

644
00:32:22,068 --> 00:32:24,068
JUST FIT RIGHT THROUGH
THE GRIZZLY BARS PERFECTLY,

645
00:32:24,103 --> 00:32:25,413
AND IT WAS SHARP.

646
00:32:25,448 --> 00:32:26,828
AS SOON AS IT
GOT WEDGED IN THERE,

647
00:32:26,862 --> 00:32:29,662
IT JUST SLIT THE BELT
JUST LIKE A KNIFE.

648
00:32:29,689 --> 00:32:31,339
I SEE SOME OF
THE ROLLER FRAMES ARE BENT.

649
00:32:31,379 --> 00:32:33,589
SO UNTIL WE GET THE BELT OFF,

650
00:32:33,620 --> 00:32:36,790
WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE WE GOT TO
FIX UNDERNEATH THERE?

651
00:32:36,827 --> 00:32:41,067
WE'RE NOT MAKING MUCH GOLD
THIS WEEK, THAT'S FOR SURE.

652
00:32:41,103 --> 00:32:42,483
Shane: GOOD MORNING!

653
00:32:42,517 --> 00:32:44,027
IT'S A [BLEEP]
HELL OF A MORNING.

654
00:32:44,068 --> 00:32:44,968
RIGHT?

655
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:46,340
AND I SAW THE DIRT STOP.

656
00:32:46,379 --> 00:32:49,859
I COME DOWN HERE TO LOOK,
AND A BIG BOULDER STOOD UP,

657
00:32:49,896 --> 00:32:53,306
JUST FIT RIGHT THROUGH PERFECTLY
AND SLIT THE BELT RIGHT IN HALF.

658
00:32:53,344 --> 00:32:54,554
SO NO FIXING THAT ONE.

659
00:32:54,586 --> 00:32:55,926
IT'S GONNA BE
A LONG DAY TODAY.

660
00:32:55,965 --> 00:32:58,095
IT'S GONNA BE A LONG ONE
FOR SURE.

661
00:32:58,137 --> 00:33:00,237
Narrator: WITH EVERY HOUR
THE PLANT IS DOWN,

662
00:33:00,275 --> 00:33:02,925
MITCH'S CHANCE
OF KEEPING UP THE PACE

663
00:33:02,965 --> 00:33:06,995
AND HITTING THE 1,800-OUNCE GOAL
SLIPS FURTHER AWAY.

664
00:33:07,034 --> 00:33:08,904
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT WHEN
THE BOSS IS AWAY,

665
00:33:08,931 --> 00:33:13,411
THAT'S WHEN EVERYBODY'S SUPPOSED
TO JUST KICK BACK, RELAX.

666
00:33:13,448 --> 00:33:15,828
NO, NEVER.

667
00:33:15,862 --> 00:33:17,172
NOT AROUND HERE.

668
00:33:21,551 --> 00:33:29,311
♪♪

669
00:33:29,344 --> 00:33:32,904
GOT ALL KINDS OF [BLEEP]
HITTING THE FAN AROUND HERE.

670
00:33:32,931 --> 00:33:35,931
Narrator: IN THE LAST CUT,
A TORN CONVEYOR BELT

671
00:33:35,965 --> 00:33:38,925
HAS SHUT DOWN
WASH PLANT BIG RED.

672
00:33:38,965 --> 00:33:43,205
FOREMAN MITCH AND MECHANIC SHANE
LIFT OFF THE HOPPER FEEDER

673
00:33:43,241 --> 00:33:45,341
IN A RACE TO GET BACK RUNNING.

674
00:33:45,379 --> 00:33:47,279
WE'RE GONNA TRY AND DO IT
ALL IN ONE SHOT HERE.

675
00:33:47,310 --> 00:33:48,620
IT'S SOMETHING
WE HAVEN'T TRIED BEFORE,

676
00:33:48,655 --> 00:33:51,235
SO WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT HERE
IF THE 700 HAS ENOUGH

677
00:33:51,275 --> 00:33:53,275
TO BE ABLE TO LIFT
EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

678
00:33:53,310 --> 00:33:55,720
Narrator: THE HOPPER FEEDER
HAS A FULL LOAD,

679
00:33:55,758 --> 00:33:58,098
NEARLY 30 TONS OF DIRT.

680
00:34:01,344 --> 00:34:03,594
-OKAY, SHANE?
-YEAH, GIVE HER A LITTLE BIT.

681
00:34:03,620 --> 00:34:08,590
♪♪

682
00:34:08,620 --> 00:34:10,690
-[ CHUCKLES ]
-YEAH, SHE'S PRETTY HEAVY, MAN.

683
00:34:10,724 --> 00:34:12,524
IT'S HEAVY, MAN.

684
00:34:12,551 --> 00:34:15,481
COME ON, BABY.
NICE AND EASY.

685
00:34:15,517 --> 00:34:16,687
Mitch:
COME ON, BABY.

686
00:34:16,724 --> 00:34:18,454
THAT'S NOT LIGHT.

687
00:34:18,482 --> 00:34:19,972
Shane: GO BACK JUST
A BIT FURTHER,

688
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:21,480
AND WE CAN SET IT
RIGHT THERE IF YOU WANT.

689
00:34:21,517 --> 00:34:24,657
YEAH, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET
A LITTLE HEIGHT HERE.

690
00:34:24,689 --> 00:34:26,209
ABOUT TAPPED OUT.

691
00:34:26,241 --> 00:34:28,621
♪♪

692
00:34:28,655 --> 00:34:30,335
HEY, I'VE GOT IT.

693
00:34:30,379 --> 00:34:35,409
♪♪

694
00:34:35,448 --> 00:34:36,968
COULDN'T HAVE WEIGHED
ONE MORE POUND,

695
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:37,970
I DON'T THINK, AND DONE IT.

696
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,690
IT WAS EVERYTHING
IT HAD THERE.

697
00:34:39,724 --> 00:34:42,834
Mitch:
WE'VE GOT THE HOPPER FEEDER
LIFTED OFF, AND THAT'S HUGE.

698
00:34:42,862 --> 00:34:46,552
NOW WE'VE GOT ACCESS HERE TO
OUR BUSTED-ASS CONVEYOR BELT.

699
00:34:46,586 --> 00:34:49,306
YEAH, SHE'S PRETTY GNARLY, MAN.

700
00:34:49,344 --> 00:34:52,144
SHE'S RIPPED GOOD.

701
00:34:52,172 --> 00:34:53,552
THEY'RE NOT EVEN
THAT EASY TO CUT,

702
00:34:53,586 --> 00:34:56,376
SO YOU KNOW HOW HARD
THAT ROCK WAS JAMMED IN THERE.

703
00:34:56,413 --> 00:35:05,033
♪♪

704
00:35:05,068 --> 00:35:06,068
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT
A COUPLE

705
00:35:06,103 --> 00:35:09,213
OF BUSTED
ROLLER FRAMES HERE.

706
00:35:09,241 --> 00:35:11,761
THIS ONE'S
COMPLETELY TACO-ED.

707
00:35:11,793 --> 00:35:13,313
NOT ONLY DID THE BELT RIP,

708
00:35:13,344 --> 00:35:15,144
BUT IT DID A BUNCH OF DAMAGE
TO THE ROLLERS

709
00:35:15,172 --> 00:35:16,342
THAT ARE UNDERNEATH IT.

710
00:35:16,379 --> 00:35:18,929
Narrator:
WITH NO SPARE ROLLERS ON SITE...

711
00:35:18,965 --> 00:35:21,585
HOPEFULLY WE CAN USE
THE FORKLIFT HERE,

712
00:35:21,620 --> 00:35:23,900
TRY AND PULL THIS
BACK INTO SHAPE.

713
00:35:23,931 --> 00:35:27,101
Narrator: ...MITCH ATTEMPTS
A BUSH FIX WITH THE FORKLIFT.

714
00:35:31,344 --> 00:35:32,664
NICE AND EASY!

715
00:35:32,689 --> 00:35:33,969
IF THEY BREAK,

716
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,790
REPLACEMENT ROLLERS WILL TAKE
DAYS TO ARRIVE,

717
00:35:36,827 --> 00:35:39,237
AND MITCH WILL LOSE
ANY CHANCE HE HAD

718
00:35:39,275 --> 00:35:41,825
OF HITTING
HIS 1,800-OUNCE TARGET.

719
00:35:41,862 --> 00:35:43,832
WHOA!

720
00:35:44,724 --> 00:35:46,554
YEAH, WE'RE GONNA QUIT
WHILE WE'RE AHEAD

721
00:35:46,586 --> 00:35:49,306
BEFORE WE RIP IT IN HALF.YEP.

722
00:35:49,344 --> 00:35:53,314
YEAH, THAT WORKED LIKE A CHARM.
THAT'S ACTUALLY AWESOME.

723
00:35:53,344 --> 00:35:57,214
CERTAINLY NOT AS GOOD AS NEW,
BUT GOOD ENOUGH TO WORK HERE,

724
00:35:57,241 --> 00:35:58,621
SO WE'LL TAKE IT.

725
00:35:58,655 --> 00:36:02,655
Narrator: NOW THEY MUST REALIGN
THE 500-POUND BELT.

726
00:36:02,689 --> 00:36:05,169
THIS IS HEAVY,
SO YOU GOT TO USE THE MACHINES,

727
00:36:05,206 --> 00:36:08,716
AND IT'S A VERY DELICATE AND
TACTICAL PROCEDURE HERE

728
00:36:08,758 --> 00:36:10,998
TO TRY AND GET
THIS BELT BACK ON.

729
00:36:11,034 --> 00:36:12,934
LAUNCHING STRAIGHT AHEAD.

730
00:36:12,965 --> 00:36:14,445
OPEN THOSE ROLLERS!

731
00:36:14,482 --> 00:36:20,282
♪♪

732
00:36:20,310 --> 00:36:22,720
CLOSE, BUDDY.
WE'RE ALMOST THERE.

733
00:36:22,758 --> 00:36:23,928
-COME ON, BABY.
-OKAY, GOOD.

734
00:36:23,965 --> 00:36:26,205
WE'LL PUSH THAT END OUT,
HAVE TO COME BACK UP MORE.

735
00:36:28,137 --> 00:36:30,927
ALMOST THERE.

736
00:36:30,965 --> 00:36:32,895
YOU'RE HOME, MAN.
PERFECT.

737
00:36:32,931 --> 00:36:35,071
THERE IT IS.

738
00:36:35,103 --> 00:36:37,623
NOW IT'S JUST A MATTER
OF BOLTING EVERYTHING BACK UP,

739
00:36:37,655 --> 00:36:39,715
GRABBING THE SURGE BIN,
PUTTING IT BACK ON.

740
00:36:39,758 --> 00:36:46,278
♪♪

741
00:36:46,310 --> 00:36:48,520
-HOW WE LOOKING THERE?
-GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

742
00:36:48,551 --> 00:36:50,411
DOWN A LITTLE MORE.

743
00:36:51,689 --> 00:36:54,549
WHOA!

744
00:36:54,586 --> 00:36:56,856
GOOD JOB.[ Laughing ] YEAH.

745
00:36:56,896 --> 00:36:58,856
JUST GONNA UNDO
THE SHACKLES.

746
00:36:58,896 --> 00:37:00,546
[BLEEP] THAT ACTUALLY
SWUNG ON PRETTY NICE, EH?

747
00:37:00,586 --> 00:37:02,066
IT WENT GOOD, YEAH.

748
00:37:02,103 --> 00:37:05,313
NOW WE JUST GOT TO CLOSE IT OFF,
HOOK UP THE HYDRAULICS,

749
00:37:05,344 --> 00:37:09,174
AND WE MIGHT EVEN
MAKE IT FOR NIGHT SHIFT.

750
00:37:09,206 --> 00:37:11,856
-THE FIX...
-FIRE IT UP.

751
00:37:11,896 --> 00:37:14,166
Narrator: ...HAS PUT MITCH
A WHOLE SHIFT BEHIND

752
00:37:14,206 --> 00:37:16,686
IN HIS ATTEMPT
TO KEEP THE PLANT UP AND RUNNING

753
00:37:16,724 --> 00:37:18,454
WHILE PARKER'S AWAY.

754
00:37:23,103 --> 00:37:24,343
Mitch: COULD HAVE BEEN
A HELL OF A LOT WORSE,

755
00:37:24,379 --> 00:37:27,759
SO CAN'T THANK EVERYBODY
ENOUGH.

756
00:37:27,793 --> 00:37:30,213
APPRECIATE IT.
BIG COUNTRY.

757
00:37:30,241 --> 00:37:31,521
[ LAUGHS ]

758
00:37:31,551 --> 00:37:33,591
WHERE'S MINE?AW, COME HERE.

759
00:37:33,620 --> 00:37:35,660
DUDE, IT'S PRETTY HOT.
I DON'T KNOW.

760
00:37:35,689 --> 00:37:38,859
[ LAUGHTER ]

761
00:37:38,896 --> 00:37:40,826
Narrator:
MITCH HAS ONE MORE THING TO DO

762
00:37:40,862 --> 00:37:43,142
BEFORE HE CALLS IT A NIGHT.

763
00:37:43,172 --> 00:37:44,862
YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN QUITE A FEW
DAYS SINCE I'VE BEEN ABLE

764
00:37:44,896 --> 00:37:46,136
TO MESSAGE MY WIFE.

765
00:37:46,172 --> 00:37:47,412
MOST OF THE TIME
WHEN I GET BACK,

766
00:37:47,448 --> 00:37:48,718
MY DAUGHTER'S ALREADY SLEEPING,

767
00:37:48,758 --> 00:37:51,098
SO I HAVEN'T GOT TO SEE HER
IN QUITE A FEW DAYS.

768
00:37:51,137 --> 00:37:53,967
SO HOPING I CAN RUN BACK,
TALK TO BOTH OF THEM,

769
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:55,760
WISH HER A HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.

770
00:37:55,793 --> 00:38:02,833
♪♪

771
00:38:02,862 --> 00:38:04,722
-HI!
-WHAT'S UP, BABY?

772
00:38:04,758 --> 00:38:06,998
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.
HOW SHE DOING?

773
00:38:07,034 --> 00:38:08,834
YEAH, SHE'S AWAKE.
SHE'S GOOD.

774
00:38:08,862 --> 00:38:10,072
HEY, CHICKY.

775
00:38:10,103 --> 00:38:12,033
SHE'S JUST CRAWLING AROUND,
LAUGHING RIGHT NOW,

776
00:38:12,068 --> 00:38:14,548
JUST HAVING A GRAND OLD TIME.

777
00:38:14,586 --> 00:38:17,166
I WAS REALLY HOPING EITHER
YOU'D BE ABLE TO BE UP HERE,

778
00:38:17,206 --> 00:38:18,476
OR I'D BE ABLE TO BE HOME,

779
00:38:18,517 --> 00:38:20,027
BUT UNFORTUNATELY,
IT DIDN'T WORK OUT THAT WAY.

780
00:38:20,068 --> 00:38:22,168
-I KNOW.
-ALL RIGHT, BABY.

781
00:38:22,206 --> 00:38:23,896
WELL, I'M GLAD I GOT TO TALK TO
YOU AND SEE YOU.

782
00:38:23,931 --> 00:38:26,071
AND I'M GLAD SHE WAS AWAKE.
THAT'S NICE,

783
00:38:26,103 --> 00:38:28,553
INSTEAD OF GETTING IN HERE
WHEN SHE'S ALREADY IN BED.

784
00:38:28,586 --> 00:38:30,586
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY,
AND WE LOVE YOU, TOO.

785
00:38:30,620 --> 00:38:33,790
ALL RIGHT, TALK TO YOU LATER.
LOVE YOU. BYE.

786
00:38:33,827 --> 00:38:35,407
I LOVE YOU. BYE.

787
00:38:37,689 --> 00:38:39,279
Mitch: WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON
AT HOME RIGHT NOW,

788
00:38:39,310 --> 00:38:40,340
YOU KNOW, THAT'S TOUGH.

789
00:38:40,379 --> 00:38:41,519
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE
UNEMPLOYED,

790
00:38:41,551 --> 00:38:42,861
SO I'M THANKFUL TO BE WORKING

791
00:38:42,896 --> 00:38:44,716
AND JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE
FOR MY FAMILY.

792
00:38:44,758 --> 00:38:46,858
BUT I WISH WE WERE TOGETHER.

793
00:38:52,931 --> 00:38:58,901
♪♪

794
00:38:58,931 --> 00:39:01,341
TONY.
[ LAUGHS ]

795
00:39:05,655 --> 00:39:08,205
IT'S OUR COUSIN TONY.

796
00:39:08,241 --> 00:39:12,171
Narrator: NEARLY 100 MILES FROM
HIS CLAIM AT PARADISE HILL,

797
00:39:12,206 --> 00:39:15,716
TONY BEETS HAS ASSEMBLED
AN ARMY OF CREW AND EQUIPMENT

798
00:39:15,758 --> 00:39:18,208
AT THE ROAD HEAD
ABOVE MOOSE CREEK.

799
00:39:18,241 --> 00:39:21,691
THEIR MISSION -- HAUL OUT
THE ENORMOUS MOBILE TROMMEL

800
00:39:21,724 --> 00:39:24,724
THAT TONY NEEDS
TO TURBOCHARGE HIS SEASON.

801
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,480
YES.

802
00:39:46,206 --> 00:39:53,136
♪♪

803
00:39:53,172 --> 00:39:54,932
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ABOUT TO
GO TO WAR

804
00:39:54,965 --> 00:39:56,335
WITH THE [BLEEP] TROMMEL HERE.

805
00:40:13,551 --> 00:40:22,101
♪♪

806
00:40:22,137 --> 00:40:23,827
Mike: <i>TONY BEETS, DO YOU COPY?
TONY BEETS?</i>

807
00:40:26,482 --> 00:40:28,552
<i>DO I GO THROUGH THE CREEK
WHERE YOU WENT THROUGH?</i>

808
00:40:32,551 --> 00:40:40,901
♪♪

809
00:40:40,931 --> 00:40:42,661
Mike: THE FIRST TRIP SOMEWHERE
WHERE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BEFORE

810
00:40:42,689 --> 00:40:44,689
ALWAYS SEEMS TO TAKE
FOR [BLEEP] EVER.

811
00:40:44,724 --> 00:40:48,724
♪♪

812
00:40:48,758 --> 00:40:51,308
IS THAT WHAT I THINK IT IS
OVER THERE?

813
00:40:51,344 --> 00:40:55,974
♪♪

814
00:40:59,482 --> 00:41:03,342
AH! GOTTA LEARN
HOW TO WALK AGAIN.

815
00:41:03,379 --> 00:41:06,409
[BLEEP]
THAT'S A ROUGH RIDE, ISN'T IT?

816
00:41:06,448 --> 00:41:08,378
JUST MAKES YOU FEEL
LIKE GELATIN, DON'T IT?

817
00:41:14,965 --> 00:41:16,305
THE INSIDE ONE'S GOOD.

818
00:41:16,344 --> 00:41:17,724
SO IT'S JUST ABOUT
THE OUTSIDE ONE,

819
00:41:17,758 --> 00:41:19,408
SO I MUST HAVE CAUGHT SOMETHING
GOING AROUND A CORNER.

820
00:41:19,448 --> 00:41:20,658
[BLEEP]

821
00:41:20,689 --> 00:41:21,829
BY THE LOOKS OF IT,
TORE UP A RIM.

822
00:41:26,931 --> 00:41:29,661
Narrator:
WITH SEVEN CREW AND ALL HIS IRON

823
00:41:29,689 --> 00:41:31,619
WRAPPED UP IN THIS MISSION,

824
00:41:31,655 --> 00:41:35,335
TONY WANTS THE 35-TON,
20-FOOT-TALL TROMMEL

825
00:41:35,379 --> 00:41:37,829
OUT OF MOOSE CREEK...

826
00:41:37,862 --> 00:41:40,242
...IN JUST THREE DAYS.

827
00:41:40,275 --> 00:41:42,235
THIS THING'S [BLEEP] AWESOME.

828
00:41:44,206 --> 00:41:46,206
Narrator:
TONY'S PLAN IS TO DISMANTLE

829
00:41:46,241 --> 00:41:48,311
THE TROMMEL PIECE BY PIECE --

830
00:41:48,344 --> 00:41:51,624
FIRST THE CONVEYOR,
THEN THE SLUICE BOX AND HOPPER,

831
00:41:51,655 --> 00:41:55,205
AND FINALLY
THE MASSIVE 20-TON DRUM.

832
00:42:03,724 --> 00:42:05,594
TONY HOOKS UP THE PIPE LAYER

833
00:42:05,620 --> 00:42:08,280
TO HAUL OUT
THE 50-FOOT CONVEYOR.

834
00:42:08,310 --> 00:42:10,000
RIGHT THERE.

835
00:42:55,413 --> 00:42:59,523
♪♪

836
00:42:59,551 --> 00:43:01,071
EH, COME SEE WHERE I'M SLEEPING.

837
00:43:01,103 --> 00:43:02,623
Narrator:
BACK AT THE ROAD HEAD,

838
00:43:02,655 --> 00:43:06,235
THE BUNK HOUSE WILL BE HOME
FOR SOME OF THE CREW.

839
00:43:06,275 --> 00:43:07,655
THAT'S MY BED, I GUESS.

840
00:43:07,689 --> 00:43:08,899
OR THAT ONE.
ONE OF THE TWO.

841
00:43:08,931 --> 00:43:11,901
-BETTER MATTRESS.
-GOTCHA. SO THAT ONE'S MINE.

842
00:43:18,517 --> 00:43:22,517
♪♪

843
00:43:34,379 --> 00:43:36,069
[ LAUGHS ]

844
00:43:53,862 --> 00:44:03,452
♪♪

845
00:44:03,482 --> 00:44:05,482
Narrator:
IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE KENO,

846
00:44:05,517 --> 00:44:08,857
RICK NESS'S OPERATION
IS AT A STANDSTILL,

847
00:44:08,896 --> 00:44:10,516
AND HIS CREW IS REELING

848
00:44:10,551 --> 00:44:15,241
FROM COMING UP EMPTY
AT THE DEEP CUT.

849
00:44:15,275 --> 00:44:16,515
Carl:
IT'S A DISASTER, RIGHT?

850
00:44:16,551 --> 00:44:17,901
WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
AND MONEY ON THAT,

851
00:44:17,931 --> 00:44:20,381
AND IT'S GONNA PRODUCE ZERO.

852
00:44:20,413 --> 00:44:22,033
RICK'S OUT THERE
LOOKING FOR DIRT,

853
00:44:22,068 --> 00:44:23,378
BUT, YOU SEE,
WE DON'T GOT MUCH TIME LEFT.

854
00:44:23,413 --> 00:44:25,973
SO IT'S DEFINITELY GONNA
AFFECT US THAT IT'S --

855
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,450
OUR GOALS AREN'T GONNA BE
THE SAME AS WHAT WE EXPECTED,

856
00:44:28,482 --> 00:44:30,832
I DON'T THINK, NOW, BUT...

857
00:44:30,862 --> 00:44:34,242
IT'S NOT GOOD, MAN.
IT'S NOT GOOD.

858
00:44:34,275 --> 00:44:36,825
Narrator:
RICK SPENT MORE THAN $100,000

859
00:44:36,862 --> 00:44:39,482
GETTING DOWN TO BEDROCK
AT THE DEEP CUT.

860
00:44:39,517 --> 00:44:41,687
WITH NO GOLD TO SHOW FOR IT,

861
00:44:41,724 --> 00:44:46,314
HE'S STILL 600 OUNCES SHORT OF
HIS 1,000-OUNCE SEASON GOAL.

862
00:44:46,344 --> 00:44:47,974
Rick: RIGHT NOW,
I'M JUST SCRAMBLING

863
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:49,900
TO LOOK FOR THE FUTURE HERE
FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON

864
00:44:49,931 --> 00:44:51,591
BECAUSE THE DEEP CUT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE IT.

865
00:44:51,620 --> 00:44:56,000
SO THE PLAN IS GET OUT
AND FIND SOME DIFFERENT GROUND.

866
00:44:56,034 --> 00:44:57,594
I'M HOPING THAT
THAT GOOD RED GRAVEL

867
00:44:57,620 --> 00:44:59,410
WE WERE RUNNING CONTINUES
ACROSS THE CREEK.

868
00:44:59,448 --> 00:45:01,718
I DON'T SEE WHY IT SHOULDN'T.

869
00:45:01,758 --> 00:45:03,928
Narrator:
ALL OF RICK'S GOLD THIS SEASON

870
00:45:03,965 --> 00:45:08,165
HAS COME FROM THE CHEAP CUT,
A PAY STREAK OF RED PAY GRAVEL

871
00:45:08,206 --> 00:45:10,896
JUST TWO FEET BELOW THE SURFACE.

872
00:45:10,931 --> 00:45:13,521
RICK BELIEVES
THE PAY STREAK CONTINUES

873
00:45:13,551 --> 00:45:15,621
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CREEK.

874
00:45:15,655 --> 00:45:19,235
IF HIS HUNCH IS RIGHT,
IT COULD SAVE HIS SEASON.

875
00:45:23,448 --> 00:45:26,688
Rick:
CROSSING THE CREEK WAS NEVER
PART OF THE PLAN THIS YEAR,

876
00:45:26,724 --> 00:45:28,794
BUT WE DON'T HAVE
MUCH OF A CHOICE.

877
00:45:28,827 --> 00:45:30,997
SO HOPEFULLY
I CAN FIND SOMETHING WORTHWHILE

878
00:45:31,034 --> 00:45:32,314
ON THE OTHER SIDE.

879
00:45:35,517 --> 00:45:38,207
I MEAN, THIS IS JUST GIVING ME
FLASHBACKS OF LAST YEAR.

880
00:45:38,241 --> 00:45:41,171
IT WAS LIKE A [BLEEP] DAGGER
BECAUSE ALL IT DID WAS GO,

881
00:45:41,206 --> 00:45:44,066
"IT'S JUST LIKE LAST YEAR, RICK.
NOTHING'S [BLEEP] CHANGED."

882
00:45:44,103 --> 00:45:47,033
BUT I'VE GOT KRUSE HERE.
I'VE GOT CARLY HERE.

883
00:45:47,068 --> 00:45:49,618
AND I CAN'T SEE THEM
GO AWAY EMPTY-HANDED.

884
00:45:49,655 --> 00:45:51,895
SO WE JUST GOT TO FLAT GET IT
THIS YEAR.

885
00:45:51,931 --> 00:45:54,101
YOU KNOW, ONE MORE YEAR
LIKE LAST YEAR AND, YOU KNOW,

886
00:45:54,137 --> 00:45:55,337
WE'RE ALL DONE.

887
00:45:55,379 --> 00:45:59,239
TRY A LITTLE BIT,
SEE IF I CAN BUST THROUGH IT.

888
00:45:59,275 --> 00:46:01,585
IT MIGHT JUST BE SURFACE FROST.

889
00:46:01,620 --> 00:46:07,830
♪♪

890
00:46:07,862 --> 00:46:10,452
YEAH, THERE'S NO [BLEEP]
DOUBT ABOUT WHAT THAT IS.

891
00:46:10,482 --> 00:46:13,382
PERMAFROST --
MUD WITH ICE MIXED IN IT.

892
00:46:13,413 --> 00:46:15,033
AT THIS POINT IN THE SEASON,
IT DOESN'T MATTER

893
00:46:15,068 --> 00:46:18,278
IF THERE'S 1,000 OUNCES RIGHT
UNDERNEATH THIS [BLEEP] HOLE.

894
00:46:18,310 --> 00:46:20,070
WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME
OR THE CAPABILITY

895
00:46:20,103 --> 00:46:21,863
OF GETTING TO IT IF IT'S FROZEN.

896
00:46:21,896 --> 00:46:23,026
IT AIN'T THAWING MUCH ANYMORE,

897
00:46:23,068 --> 00:46:25,858
AND I DON'T HAVE
A BIG RIPPIN' DOZER HERE.

898
00:46:25,896 --> 00:46:29,926
SO I'M THINKING MY BEST BET IS
TO KIND OF HUG THE CREEK A BIT

899
00:46:29,965 --> 00:46:33,405
'CAUSE THAT SHOULD AFFORD ME
SOME THAW OFF THE CREEK.

900
00:46:33,448 --> 00:46:36,208
THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME
THAWED PAY ALONG THE CREEK.

901
00:46:36,241 --> 00:46:38,691
Narrator: TO FIND THAWED
GOLD-RICH GROUND,

902
00:46:38,724 --> 00:46:41,554
RICK HEADS 400 FEET DOWNSTREAM.

903
00:46:41,586 --> 00:46:43,026
Rick:
WELL, THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.

904
00:46:43,068 --> 00:46:46,448
I'M NOT HITTING ANY PERMAFROST
RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE.

905
00:46:46,482 --> 00:46:49,792
AND ALREADY SHOWING
A LITTLE BIT OF ROCK.

906
00:46:55,724 --> 00:46:58,904
OH, [BLEEP] YEAH.
I'M SEEING RED.

907
00:46:58,931 --> 00:47:01,831
WE GOT THAT SAME RED GRAVEL
RIGHT HERE.

908
00:47:01,862 --> 00:47:04,212
I'M ACTUALLY PRETTY CONFIDENT
THAT THIS IS THAT SAME LAYER

909
00:47:04,241 --> 00:47:05,481
WE WERE CHASING.

910
00:47:05,517 --> 00:47:07,517
I'M JUST GONNA GO WITH MY GUT
ON THIS STUFF.

911
00:47:07,551 --> 00:47:11,001
MAYBE I'M TOTALLY OFF-BASE HERE,
WHICH COULD BE.

912
00:47:11,034 --> 00:47:12,934
BUT WE'RE JUST GONNA
START RUNNING IT AND SEE.

913
00:47:12,965 --> 00:47:15,275
IT'S ALL WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW.

914
00:47:15,310 --> 00:47:18,690
Narrator:
ALL THE GOLD RICK HAS PULLED
OUT OF THE GROUND THIS SEASON

915
00:47:18,724 --> 00:47:22,664
HAS COME FROM A PAY STREAK
OF DISTINCTIVE RED GRAVEL.

916
00:47:22,689 --> 00:47:26,099
IF THIS IS A CONTINUATION
OF THAT SAME PAY STREAK,

917
00:47:26,137 --> 00:47:28,377
IT SHOULD CONTAIN GOOD GOLD.

918
00:47:28,413 --> 00:47:29,863
HEY, KRUSE,
YOU GOT A COPY, MAN

919
00:47:29,896 --> 00:47:31,306
YEAH, GO FOR KRUSE.

920
00:47:31,344 --> 00:47:32,764
LET'S GET THOSE ROCK TRUCKS
ROUNDED UP.

921
00:47:32,793 --> 00:47:34,313
WE'VE GOT --
WE GOT PAY GRAVEL.

922
00:47:34,344 --> 00:47:36,104
<i>OH, THAT SOUNDS GREAT,
BUDDY.</i>

923
00:47:36,137 --> 00:47:37,447
IF HE'S GOT ENOUGH PAY
OVER THERE,

924
00:47:37,482 --> 00:47:39,032
WE'LL GET IT HAULED TO THE PLANT
AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE IT

925
00:47:39,068 --> 00:47:40,618
TO THE END OF THE SEASON.

926
00:47:40,655 --> 00:47:42,655
♪♪

927
00:47:42,689 --> 00:47:44,479
RIG UP!

928
00:47:44,517 --> 00:47:51,337
♪♪

929
00:47:51,379 --> 00:47:52,999
Narrator:
WITH THE NEW CREEK CUT,

930
00:47:53,034 --> 00:47:55,004
RICK'S BACK IN THE GAME.

931
00:47:55,034 --> 00:47:57,314
Rick: YOU KNOW, THIS GROUND
MAY NOT TURN OUT TO BE

932
00:47:57,344 --> 00:47:59,314
AS GOOD AS THE GROUND THAT WOULD
HAVE CAME OUT OF THE DEEP CUT.

933
00:47:59,344 --> 00:48:03,034
BUT THIS IS EXACTLY
WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW.

934
00:48:09,965 --> 00:48:16,895
♪♪

935
00:48:25,862 --> 00:48:29,102
Narrator: TONY BEETS
IS 160 MILES SOUTH

936
00:48:29,137 --> 00:48:30,587
OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE

937
00:48:30,620 --> 00:48:34,340
ON A MISSION TO BRING HOME
A NEW MONSTER MOBILE TROMMEL.

938
00:48:34,379 --> 00:48:35,859
Kevin:
WE NEED TO GET THIS OUT OF HERE

939
00:48:35,896 --> 00:48:38,926
BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY LATE
IN THE SEASON.

940
00:48:38,965 --> 00:48:40,515
AND IF WE DON'T HURRY
THE [BLEEP] UP,

941
00:48:40,551 --> 00:48:42,031
WE'RE GONNA BE SNOWED IN.

942
00:48:42,068 --> 00:48:43,828
SHE'S GONNA BE
A NEXT-YEAR PROJECT.

943
00:49:07,172 --> 00:49:10,142
Narrator: CODY HUNTER MUST CUT
THE SLUICE BOX OFF.

944
00:49:12,379 --> 00:49:13,549
CLEAR!

945
00:49:29,241 --> 00:49:31,721
[ METAL CLANGING ]

946
00:49:36,137 --> 00:49:38,377
[ SIGHS ]
NOW I WANT WAFFLES.

947
00:49:49,241 --> 00:49:51,311
EVERYONE'S GOT TO WAIT
UNTIL I CLIMB DOWN.

948
00:49:51,344 --> 00:49:55,104
NOW I GOT CLIMB BACK UP.

949
00:49:55,137 --> 00:49:56,997
I SWEAR.

950
00:50:01,241 --> 00:50:03,241
[ LAUGHTER ]

951
00:50:07,931 --> 00:50:09,281
Narrator:
NOW IT'S TIME TO LIFT OUT

952
00:50:09,310 --> 00:50:11,480
THE HEAVIEST PART
OF THE TROMMEL,

953
00:50:11,517 --> 00:50:15,717
THE 20-TON, 40-FOOT DRUM.

954
00:50:15,758 --> 00:50:18,968
WELL, FIRST WE'RE GONNA GET
THE D6 ATTACHED TO THE FRAME.

955
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:21,170
THIS IS GONNA GET ATTACHED
TO THE TROMMEL.

956
00:50:21,206 --> 00:50:25,446
AND THE 220 EXCAVATOR'S GONNA
GET ATTACHED TO THE TROMMEL.

957
00:50:25,482 --> 00:50:28,172
AND THEN ONCE WE GET THAT
TROMMEL NICELY UP IN THE AIR,

958
00:50:28,206 --> 00:50:31,166
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO PULL THE
WHOLE FRAME OUT WITH THE 6.

959
00:50:37,137 --> 00:50:38,547
Narrator: TONY'S PLAN?

960
00:50:38,586 --> 00:50:41,166
RETRACT THE HYDRAULIC SUPPORTS

961
00:50:41,206 --> 00:50:44,026
SO THE TROMMEL RESTS
ON ITS WHEELS,

962
00:50:44,068 --> 00:50:48,718
THEN LIFT THE DRUM AND PULL
THE FRAME OUT FROM UNDERNEATH.

963
00:50:57,206 --> 00:50:58,716
YEAH.

964
00:51:00,310 --> 00:51:04,520
A STEEL PLATE HAS BEEN WELDED
TO THE LEG TO HOLD UP THE FRAME

965
00:51:04,551 --> 00:51:07,241
AND TAKE THE PRESSURE
OFF THE HYDRAULICS.

966
00:51:13,310 --> 00:51:15,900
CHECKING THE TIRE PRESSURE
SO THAT WE KNOW

967
00:51:15,931 --> 00:51:18,071
IF WE GOT TO PUMP THEM UP
WITH IT

968
00:51:18,103 --> 00:51:20,833
'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA PULL THOSE
LEGS UP TO GET IT LOWER.

969
00:51:27,413 --> 00:51:32,763
♪♪

970
00:51:32,793 --> 00:51:33,763
[ EXPLOSION ]

971
00:51:33,793 --> 00:51:35,933
-WHOA!
-WHOA!

972
00:51:42,310 --> 00:51:46,520
♪♪

973
00:51:46,551 --> 00:51:47,521
[ EXPLOSION ]

974
00:51:47,551 --> 00:51:50,101
-WHOA!
-WHOA!

975
00:51:52,655 --> 00:51:54,965
-WHAT WAS THAT?
-WHOO!

976
00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:57,590
[ LAUGHS ]
OH, SHE LET GO THERE.

977
00:51:57,620 --> 00:51:59,210
THAT SCARED THE [BLEEP]
STRAIGHT OUT OF ME.

978
00:51:59,241 --> 00:52:00,861
YEAH, ME TOO.

979
00:52:03,517 --> 00:52:05,657
[ LAUGHTER ]

980
00:52:09,482 --> 00:52:11,552
WORRY ABOUT
THE REST LATER.

981
00:52:14,655 --> 00:52:18,475
Narrator: TONY BEETS IS TWO DAYS
INTO A MASSIVE PROJECT

982
00:52:18,517 --> 00:52:20,897
TO MOVE HIS NEW SECRET WEAPON,

983
00:52:20,931 --> 00:52:23,071
A GIANT MOBILE TROMMEL,

984
00:52:23,103 --> 00:52:27,523
FROM MOOSE CREEK BACK TO
HIS CLAIM ON PARADISE HILL.

985
00:52:55,896 --> 00:52:57,586
Mike: <i>OKAY.</i>

986
00:53:39,206 --> 00:53:40,686
YEAH.

987
00:53:59,793 --> 00:54:01,453
YEE-HAW!

988
00:54:01,482 --> 00:54:08,692
♪♪

989
00:54:10,620 --> 00:54:12,240
[ LAUGHTER ]

990
00:54:18,137 --> 00:54:28,097
♪♪

991
00:54:28,137 --> 00:54:29,447
Stefan: LOOKING AT THE GROUND
IN FRONT OF ME,

992
00:54:29,482 --> 00:54:30,972
IT LOOKS SOUPY AS HELL,

993
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:36,380
SO I GOT TO BE REALLY,
REALLY CAREFUL WITH THIS.

994
00:54:36,413 --> 00:54:39,663
Narrator: OVER 1,500 MILES SOUTH
IN OREGON,

995
00:54:39,689 --> 00:54:43,139
FRED LEWIS'S FUTURE
IS ON THE LINE.

996
00:54:43,172 --> 00:54:45,282
REALLY NEED TO WORK OUR WAY DOWN
TO THE BEDROCK.

997
00:54:45,310 --> 00:54:46,860
THAT'S WHERE ALL THE GOLD'S AT.

998
00:54:46,896 --> 00:54:48,096
IF WE CAN'T GET TO BEDROCK,

999
00:54:48,137 --> 00:54:50,857
OUR SEASON'S GONNA BE
PRETTY DISMAL.

1000
00:54:50,896 --> 00:54:54,406
Narrator:
IN THE SWAMP CUT, FRED'S TOLD
OPERATOR STEFAN GENERALLY

1001
00:54:54,448 --> 00:54:56,658
TO DIG 60 FEET TO BEDROCK,

1002
00:54:56,689 --> 00:55:00,069
WHERE HE BELIEVES HE'LL FIND
A GOLD-RICH PAY LAYER.

1003
00:55:04,172 --> 00:55:08,522
ALREADY NOTICED A COUPLE TIMES
I SLIPPED A FEW FEET,

1004
00:55:08,551 --> 00:55:12,831
IN ONE INSTANCE, I SLIPPED
ABOUT FIVE FEET FORWARD, BUT...

1005
00:55:12,862 --> 00:55:14,212
I'M ACTUALLY WATCHING TO SEE

1006
00:55:14,241 --> 00:55:16,101
WHETHER THE GROUND
IN FRONT OF ME

1007
00:55:16,137 --> 00:55:18,657
ACTUALLY STARTS TO GIVE WAY.

1008
00:55:18,689 --> 00:55:21,099
IT'S PRETTY DAMN WET.

1009
00:55:21,137 --> 00:55:22,337
HOLY [BLEEP]

1010
00:55:22,379 --> 00:55:24,589
BIG ROCK JUST TUMBLED
OFF THE WALL.

1011
00:55:24,620 --> 00:55:31,790
♪♪

1012
00:55:31,827 --> 00:55:33,407
HOLY [BLEEP]

1013
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:38,760
UH...

1014
00:55:40,241 --> 00:55:42,791
[BLEEP] DAMN IT.

1015
00:55:42,827 --> 00:55:44,337
HEY, FRED, STEFAN.

1016
00:55:45,827 --> 00:55:46,967
<i>FRED.</i>

1017
00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:48,520
HEY, I NEED YOU
TO COME DOWN HERE.

1018
00:55:48,551 --> 00:55:51,141
WE CAN TAKE A LOOK
AT WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW.

1019
00:55:51,172 --> 00:55:52,552
[BLEEP]

1020
00:55:52,586 --> 00:55:54,206
HEY, DUDE,
THAT WHOLE SIX-FOOT SECTION

1021
00:55:54,241 --> 00:55:56,341
JUST DROPPED OFF
IN FRONT OF ME.

1022
00:55:56,379 --> 00:55:59,929
I STARTED TO SLIDE ON THE RIGHT.
I DROPPED THE BUCKET.

1023
00:55:59,965 --> 00:56:02,025
AND I THINK THAT ROCK
IN FRONT OF ME

1024
00:56:02,068 --> 00:56:05,028
IS THE ONLY THING STOPPING ME
FROM GOING ANY FURTHER.

1025
00:56:05,068 --> 00:56:07,068
I CANNOT DIG HERE, MAN.
IT'S NOT SAFE.

1026
00:56:07,103 --> 00:56:10,593
WHOA! HOLY [BLEEP]

1027
00:56:10,620 --> 00:56:13,070
I'M THINKING I NEED TO
GET THE HELL OUT OF THIS PIT.

1028
00:56:14,551 --> 00:56:16,281
[BLEEP]

1029
00:56:17,965 --> 00:56:22,785
I DON'T THINK THE RISK THAT
WE'RE TAKING IS WORTH IT HERE.

1030
00:56:26,172 --> 00:56:30,032
I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
ABANDON IT.

1031
00:56:30,068 --> 00:56:33,658
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE
A DECISION AND JUST MOVE.

1032
00:56:33,689 --> 00:56:35,339
YEAH, LET'S GET THIS THING
OUT OF THE [BLEEP] PIT,

1033
00:56:35,379 --> 00:56:36,279
AND LET'S JUST
FIGURE IT OUT.

1034
00:56:36,310 --> 00:56:38,690
ALL RIGHT.

1035
00:56:38,724 --> 00:56:42,484
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND
SLOWLY WORK MY WAY OUT OF HERE.

1036
00:56:45,344 --> 00:56:47,344
STILL SPINNING.

1037
00:56:47,379 --> 00:56:50,549
THERE WE GO.
THERE WE GO.

1038
00:56:52,551 --> 00:56:55,071
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE PULLING STEFAN
OUT OF THE SWAMP,

1039
00:56:55,103 --> 00:56:58,173
STEFAN'S BEEN SLIPPING
MORE AND MORE INTO THE PIT

1040
00:56:58,206 --> 00:57:00,206
AND THE WATER'S PRETTY DEEP,

1041
00:57:00,241 --> 00:57:01,971
WALLS ARE STARTING TO CAVE IN.

1042
00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:04,450
IT'S JUST NOT A SAFE PLACE
ANYMORE.

1043
00:57:04,482 --> 00:57:05,972
I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH GOLD'S
DOWN THERE.

1044
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:07,860
I'M NOT GOING AFTER IT.

1045
00:57:07,896 --> 00:57:09,856
Narrator:
IT'S A MASSIVE SETBACK.

1046
00:57:09,896 --> 00:57:12,966
ALL THE GOLD FRED HAS MINED
SO FAR THIS SEASON

1047
00:57:13,000 --> 00:57:15,450
COMES FROM THIS SWAMP CUT.

1048
00:57:17,689 --> 00:57:20,519
IT'S PRETTY MUCH
ALL FOR NOTHING RIGHT NOW.

1049
00:57:20,551 --> 00:57:22,001
PRETTY DEVASTATING.

1050
00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:24,410
[ SIGHS ]

1051
00:57:26,448 --> 00:57:28,788
OH, [BLEEP], DUDE.

1052
00:57:30,965 --> 00:57:33,165
Stefan: THE MOST FRUSTRATING
PART ABOUT IT

1053
00:57:33,206 --> 00:57:35,476
IS THERE IS
GOOD GOLD DOWN THERE,

1054
00:57:35,517 --> 00:57:40,787
SO HAVING TO ABANDON IT
IS ABANDONING GOLD,

1055
00:57:40,827 --> 00:57:43,237
AND...

1056
00:57:43,275 --> 00:57:45,205
THAT'S WHAT PISSES ME OFF
THE MOST.

1057
00:57:45,241 --> 00:57:50,451
♪♪

1058
00:57:50,482 --> 00:57:53,592
HEY, KENDELL,
CAN YOU MEET IN THE MINE OFFICE?

1059
00:57:58,482 --> 00:58:01,552
HEY, BUD.
THAT SWAMP CUT'S DONE.

1060
00:58:01,586 --> 00:58:04,406
I CAN'T PUT STEFAN
DOWN THERE ANYMORE.

1061
00:58:04,448 --> 00:58:07,928
LOOK, MAN, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S
A LOT OF RISK COMING DOWN HERE.

1062
00:58:07,965 --> 00:58:11,095
IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE
THROUGH AND THROUGH.

1063
00:58:11,137 --> 00:58:15,137
BUT WE GOT TO THINK ABOUT
MAYBE REENGINEERING THIS SAFELY.

1064
00:58:15,172 --> 00:58:18,002
CAN WE DIG IT DOWN
MAYBE A DIFFERENT RAMP,

1065
00:58:18,034 --> 00:58:19,594
MAYBE ON THE OTHER SIDE?

1066
00:58:19,620 --> 00:58:21,760
THAT'S A LANDSLIDE
WAITING TO HAPPEN DOWN THERE.

1067
00:58:21,793 --> 00:58:25,143
SO WE HAD ALL THESE ASSAYS DONE
WITH MY FATHER-IN-LAW,

1068
00:58:25,172 --> 00:58:26,662
WHEN FRED CAME OUT
WITH THE GUN.

1069
00:58:26,689 --> 00:58:28,069
OKAY.

1070
00:58:28,103 --> 00:58:30,103
THE PIT DOES HAVE GOLD.
WE KNOW THE SWAMP HAS GOLD.

1071
00:58:30,137 --> 00:58:32,477
HAS ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS
OF GOOD GOLD, TOO.

1072
00:58:32,517 --> 00:58:34,587
YOU'RE RIGHT. HOWEVER,
WITH ALL THESE OBSTACLES,

1073
00:58:34,620 --> 00:58:36,210
WE'RE COMING UP AGAINST,
THE OTHER ASSAY

1074
00:58:36,241 --> 00:58:39,451
THAT WAS REALLY GOOD
WAS RIGHT THERE ON THE HILLSIDE.

1075
00:58:39,482 --> 00:58:40,762
I MEAN, YOU GOT TO THINK,

1076
00:58:40,793 --> 00:58:43,453
WE KNOW THAT
THERE'S GOLD DOWN THERE.

1077
00:58:43,482 --> 00:58:46,072
SO WE GOT TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE TREADING LIGHTLY

1078
00:58:46,103 --> 00:58:48,523
WHEN WE'RE STARTING TO MOVE
IN OUR ABANDONED CUTS HERE.

1079
00:58:48,551 --> 00:58:50,551
I KNOW. I KNOW.

1080
00:58:50,586 --> 00:58:52,406
MAN...

1081
00:58:55,827 --> 00:58:58,067
I'M GONNA STICK TO MY GUNS
ON THIS ONE.

1082
00:58:58,103 --> 00:59:01,763
I JUST GOT A GUT FEELING
THAT THAT'S DANGEROUS,

1083
00:59:01,793 --> 00:59:03,103
AND I DON'T WANT TO
BE THE GUY

1084
00:59:03,137 --> 00:59:05,857
THAT PUT STEFAN DOWN IN THERE
TO GET HIM BURIED.

1085
00:59:05,896 --> 00:59:07,686
I MEAN, I SERVED IN COMBAT
WITH STEFAN.

1086
00:59:07,724 --> 00:59:09,244
LIKE, I GOT HIS BACK.

1087
00:59:09,275 --> 00:59:11,615
WE GO BACK A LONG WAYS.

1088
00:59:11,655 --> 00:59:13,685
AND IF HE TELLS ME
HE'S SCARED...

1089
00:59:16,482 --> 00:59:18,762
I'LL TAKE THE BURDEN
ON THIS.

1090
00:59:18,793 --> 00:59:23,283
IF THAT CUT DOESN'T PAN OUT,
IT'S ON ME.

1091
00:59:23,310 --> 00:59:24,660
IT'S ALWAYS A GAMBLE, MAN.

1092
00:59:24,689 --> 00:59:25,789
BUT WE'RE ON
THE SAME SIDE NOW?

1093
00:59:25,827 --> 00:59:27,207
WE GOT -- WE'RE AGREEING?

1094
00:59:27,241 --> 00:59:28,591
-YEAH.
-ALL RIGHT, DUDE.

1095
00:59:28,620 --> 00:59:29,480
LET'S HIT IT.

1096
00:59:33,448 --> 00:59:34,968
Lewis: THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE
ON THE PROPERTY

1097
00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:38,000
WE CAN HIT IN THIS SHORT TIME,

1098
00:59:38,034 --> 00:59:39,764
AND IT'S REALLY CLOSE
TO THE COLONEL.

1099
00:59:39,793 --> 00:59:41,793
THE XRF GUN
THAT WE BROUGHT OUT HERE

1100
00:59:41,827 --> 00:59:43,407
MY FATHER-IN-LAW SHOT

1101
00:59:43,448 --> 00:59:46,448
TOLD US THAT THIS SPOT
RIGHT HERE HAD THE MOST GOLD.

1102
00:59:49,344 --> 00:59:51,834
I THINK I WANT TO CALL IT
THE LIBERATION CUT.

1103
00:59:51,862 --> 00:59:55,032
SO RIGHT NOW, THIS IS PROBABLY
THE PIVOTAL POINT OF THE SEASON.

1104
00:59:55,068 --> 00:59:58,098
IF WE CAN'T PULL GOLD
OUT OF THIS CUT,

1105
00:59:58,137 --> 00:59:59,447
THEN IT'S THE END
OF THE SEASON.

1106
00:59:59,482 --> 01:00:00,722
I MEAN, I CAN'T PUT MONEY
INTO IT

1107
01:00:00,758 --> 01:00:02,378
IF WE CAN'T PULL GOLD
OUT OF IT.

1108
01:00:05,724 --> 01:00:07,104
IT'S A LITTLE NERVE-RACKING,
DUDE.

1109
01:00:07,137 --> 01:00:09,617
I FEEL LIKE IT'S TOTALLY
MAKE-OR-BREAK ON THIS.

1110
01:00:09,655 --> 01:00:11,235
LET'S KEEP
OUR FINGERS CROSSED.

1111
01:00:14,103 --> 01:00:17,483
Stefan: THIS IS THE FIRST
OFFICIAL HALF-BUCKET LOAD

1112
01:00:17,517 --> 01:00:18,857
OUT OF LIBERATION CUT.

1113
01:00:22,034 --> 01:00:26,664
IT SURE AS HELL WOULD BE NICE
TO FIND GOLD HERE.

1114
01:00:26,689 --> 01:00:29,409
Lewis: EVERYTHING SHOWS US THAT
THE GOLD'S IN THIS HILLSIDE.

1115
01:00:29,448 --> 01:00:31,068
THIS IS OUR MONEY MAKER.

1116
01:00:31,103 --> 01:00:33,383
IF THIS DOESN'T WORK,

1117
01:00:33,413 --> 01:00:35,073
THE CLAIM'S PROBABLY
NOT WORTH IT.

1118
01:00:40,758 --> 01:00:46,408
♪♪

1119
01:00:46,448 --> 01:00:48,618
Narrator:
WITH PARKER STILL IN ALASKA,

1120
01:00:48,655 --> 01:00:50,655
FOREMAN MITCH BLASCHKE RACES

1121
01:00:50,689 --> 01:00:53,169
TO SLUICE AS MUCH PAY DIRT
AS POSSIBLE

1122
01:00:53,206 --> 01:00:55,476
TO HIT HIS 1,800-OUNCE,

1123
01:00:55,517 --> 01:00:59,277
$3.4 MILLION TARGET.

1124
01:00:59,310 --> 01:01:00,760
Mitch: FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME
SLUICING IN HERE,

1125
01:01:00,793 --> 01:01:02,763
AND YOU LOOK AT THE GROUND
WE'VE ALREADY COVERED,

1126
01:01:02,793 --> 01:01:04,593
WE'RE PUTTING
A HELL OF A DENT IN IT,

1127
01:01:04,620 --> 01:01:07,690
BUT WE DEFINITELY GOT A LOT
ON OUR PLATE STILL HERE.

1128
01:01:07,724 --> 01:01:09,104
DO YOU WANT THE CARPETS NOW,
TOO, OR SOME MORE MATS FIRST?

1129
01:01:09,137 --> 01:01:11,827
-OH, YEAH, LET'S DO THE CARPETS.
-ALL RIGHT.

1130
01:01:11,862 --> 01:01:13,692
Narrator:
CHRIS DOUMITT CLEANS THE MATS

1131
01:01:13,724 --> 01:01:16,284
ON WASH PLANT BIG RED.

1132
01:01:16,310 --> 01:01:18,760
-HOW'S IT LOOKING, CHRIS?
-LOOKS GOOD.

1133
01:01:18,793 --> 01:01:20,763
-YEAH?
-I MEAN, WE'RE SEEING GOLD.

1134
01:01:20,793 --> 01:01:22,833
Doumitt:
NOT MOUNTAINS OF IT.

1135
01:01:22,862 --> 01:01:25,172
WHAT DO YOU THINK? LATER TODAY
YOU'LL HAVE A NUMBER FOR US?

1136
01:01:25,206 --> 01:01:27,376
SHOULD. I SHOULD HAVE A NUMBER
FOR YOU TONIGHT.

1137
01:01:27,413 --> 01:01:29,973
ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

1138
01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:31,760
Mike: YOU KNOW, YOU TRY
AND GET AHEAD EVERY DAY,

1139
01:01:31,793 --> 01:01:33,003
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE MOST DAYS

1140
01:01:33,034 --> 01:01:34,694
YOU ONLY JUST SLIP FURTHER
AND FURTHER BEHIND.

1141
01:01:34,724 --> 01:01:36,174
JUST TRYING TO KEEP
EVERYBODY ON TRACK

1142
01:01:36,206 --> 01:01:38,546
AND TO WASH PLANTS RUNNING
AND EVERYTHING ELSE --

1143
01:01:38,586 --> 01:01:40,966
IT'S CERTAINLY A CHALLENGE.

1144
01:01:41,000 --> 01:01:43,070
RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST HEADING UP
TO THE OFFICE,

1145
01:01:43,103 --> 01:01:44,483
HAVE A PHONE CALL WITH PARKER.

1146
01:01:44,517 --> 01:01:47,337
JUST GOT TO GIVE AN UPDATE,
SEE WHEN HE'S GONNA BE BACK.

1147
01:01:47,379 --> 01:01:52,409
♪♪

1148
01:01:52,448 --> 01:01:53,338
[ <i>LINE RINGING</i>]

1149
01:01:53,379 --> 01:01:54,339
Parker: HELLO?

1150
01:01:54,379 --> 01:01:55,859
HEY, IT'S MITCH.
HOW'S IT GOING?

1151
01:01:55,896 --> 01:01:57,546
<i>GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?YEAH, WE'VE BEEN --</i>

1152
01:01:57,586 --> 01:01:59,096
MAN, EVERYBODY'S HAD THEIR
HEAD DOWN OUT HERE

1153
01:01:59,137 --> 01:02:01,547
TRYING TO KEEP UP
WITH BOTH THESE WASH PLANTS.

1154
01:02:01,586 --> 01:02:04,616
WHEN DO YOU THINK
YOU'LL BE BACK UP HERE?

1155
01:02:04,655 --> 01:02:05,755
<i>I'LL BE THERE TOMORROW.</i>

1156
01:02:05,793 --> 01:02:09,763
OH, OKAY. NICE.
PERFECT.

1157
01:02:09,793 --> 01:02:11,523
WELL, I GUESS
WHEN YOU GET HERE,

1158
01:02:11,551 --> 01:02:13,031
WE'LL GO OUT
AND MAKE A GAME PLAN.

1159
01:02:13,068 --> 01:02:15,518
<i>SWEET. YEAH, I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO IT.</i>

1160
01:02:15,551 --> 01:02:18,381
ALL RIGHTY.
I'LL TALK TO YOU LATER.

1161
01:02:18,413 --> 01:02:19,693
<i>THANKS, MITCH.
THANKS FOR THE CALL.</i>

1162
01:02:19,724 --> 01:02:21,244
YEP, NO PROBLEM.

1163
01:02:21,275 --> 01:02:24,785
Narrator: PARKER COMING BACK
TOMORROW AFTER FOUR WEEKS AWAY

1164
01:02:24,827 --> 01:02:28,687
MEANS D-DAY FOR MITCH'S
1,800-OUNCE GOAL.

1165
01:02:28,724 --> 01:02:30,904
Mike: WE'VE BEEN MOBBING THROUGH
DIRT HERE, MAKING SOME HEADWAY.

1166
01:02:30,931 --> 01:02:32,661
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THE BOSS,

1167
01:02:32,689 --> 01:02:34,659
SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE
IF HE'S HAPPY WHEN HE GETS BACK.

1168
01:02:44,965 --> 01:02:50,375
♪♪

1169
01:02:56,241 --> 01:02:57,411
YEP.

1170
01:02:57,448 --> 01:02:59,478
Narrator: TONY BEETS
IS ATTEMPTING TO HAUL

1171
01:02:59,517 --> 01:03:01,337
HIS NEW MOBILE TROMMEL

1172
01:03:01,379 --> 01:03:03,589
OUT OF MOOSE CREEK
TO THE HIGHWAY.

1173
01:03:19,551 --> 01:03:22,861
CODY WELDS ON EYES
FOR THE CHAINS TO SECURE

1174
01:03:22,896 --> 01:03:26,236
THE 20-TON TROMMEL
TO THE TRAILER.

1175
01:03:26,275 --> 01:03:28,305
MIKE BRINGS IN THE OSHKOSH,

1176
01:03:28,344 --> 01:03:31,724
A 500-HORSEPOWER
MILITARY TANK TRANSPORTER,

1177
01:03:31,758 --> 01:03:34,028
TO HAUL THE TROMMEL OUT.

1178
01:03:34,068 --> 01:03:38,658
HE NEEDS TO GET TO THE HIGHWAY
BEFORE NIGHTFALL IN THREE HOURS.

1179
01:03:52,620 --> 01:04:01,790
♪♪

1180
01:04:01,827 --> 01:04:03,897
OH, THIS IS A [BLEEP] GOOD LOAD,

1181
01:04:03,931 --> 01:04:06,211
ALTHOUGH IT'S TOP-HEAVY,

1182
01:04:06,241 --> 01:04:07,971
SO IF I GO TO FAST
THROUGH THE CREEK

1183
01:04:08,000 --> 01:04:10,550
AND I HIT ONE ROCK
WITH MY BACK TIRE,

1184
01:04:10,586 --> 01:04:13,096
IT GETS TOO MUCH OF A LEAN
THAN THE WEIGHT --

1185
01:04:13,137 --> 01:04:14,517
WITH THE MOMENTUM
AND THE WEIGHT,

1186
01:04:14,551 --> 01:04:16,691
COULD TIP MY TRUCK --

1187
01:04:16,724 --> 01:04:19,074
THE TROMMEL, THE TRAILER
AND THE TRUCK,

1188
01:04:19,103 --> 01:04:21,793
WHICH IS NO FUN.

1189
01:04:21,827 --> 01:04:27,967
♪♪

1190
01:04:28,000 --> 01:04:29,790
MY TIRE CAME UP IN THE AIR.

1191
01:04:29,827 --> 01:04:31,967
IF I KEEP GOING SLOW BUT STEADY,

1192
01:04:32,000 --> 01:04:35,030
DON'T BE AN IDIOT,
AND I WON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES.

1193
01:04:37,689 --> 01:04:42,339
Narrator: NOW FOR THE CLIMB
UP 2,000 FEET OF SWITCHBACKS.

1194
01:04:42,379 --> 01:04:51,969
♪♪

1195
01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:54,280
COME ON, GIRL.
COME ON.

1196
01:04:54,310 --> 01:04:57,970
YOU CAN DO IT.

1197
01:04:59,827 --> 01:05:02,307
WE'RE COMING UP ON
THAT NICE SOFT SPOT.

1198
01:05:02,344 --> 01:05:04,144
HOPEFULLY I'LL MAKE IT.

1199
01:05:06,275 --> 01:05:08,545
CHUGGA-CHUGGA-CHUGGA-CHUGGA,
CHUGGA-CHUGGA-CHUGGA-CHUGGA.

1200
01:05:08,586 --> 01:05:10,686
CHUGGA-CHUGGA-CHUGGA-CHUGGA,
CHUGGA-CHUGGA-CHUGGA.

1201
01:05:10,724 --> 01:05:13,004
COME ON, GIRL!
COME ON!

1202
01:05:15,068 --> 01:05:17,138
AH, [BLEEP]
MY TIRES ARE SPINNING.

1203
01:05:23,413 --> 01:05:25,143
YOU JUST <i>HAD</i>TO SAY IT.

1204
01:05:27,068 --> 01:05:29,588
I'M STUCK.

1205
01:05:30,551 --> 01:05:33,341
LIKE I SAID,
YOU JUST HAD TO SAY IT.

1206
01:05:37,758 --> 01:05:39,858
WE'LL GET THAT CABLE
OUT OF THE TROMMEL.

1207
01:05:50,275 --> 01:05:58,405
♪♪

1208
01:05:58,448 --> 01:06:00,408
GOOD.
WE [BLEEP] PULLED HER OUT.

1209
01:06:02,344 --> 01:06:04,834
AH, [BLEEP], HEY.

1210
01:06:04,862 --> 01:06:08,832
SO NOW HE'S GONNA PULL ME UP
TO THE [BLEEP] V9,

1211
01:06:08,862 --> 01:06:10,722
AND ONCE WE GET THERE,
WE'RE GONNA DISCONNECT IT,

1212
01:06:10,758 --> 01:06:13,208
AND I SHOULD BE [BLEEP]
GOLDEN CLEAR SAILING.

1213
01:06:13,241 --> 01:06:20,551
♪♪

1214
01:06:20,586 --> 01:06:23,996
SO NOW, THAT WENT [BLEEP] GOOD,
THAT WENT REAL GOOD.

1215
01:06:24,034 --> 01:06:28,174
♪♪

1216
01:06:28,206 --> 01:06:30,206
IT'S ALL GOOD.

1217
01:06:55,068 --> 01:07:03,518
♪♪

1218
01:07:03,551 --> 01:07:06,171
Narrator: TONY HAS GOT
THE TROMMEL OUT OF MOOSE CREEK

1219
01:07:06,206 --> 01:07:08,206
IN THREE DAYS.

1220
01:07:08,241 --> 01:07:09,691
ALL THAT'S LEFT NOW

1221
01:07:09,724 --> 01:07:13,004
IS TO TRUCK IT DOWN
THE HIGHWAY TO PARADISE HILL.

1222
01:07:36,758 --> 01:07:43,098
♪♪

1223
01:07:43,137 --> 01:07:45,717
Rick: EVERY YEAR, IT'S A RACE
AGAINST THE WINNER COMING HERE.

1224
01:07:45,758 --> 01:07:47,968
THAT'S GONNA AFFECT US
MORE THAN IT EVER HAS.

1225
01:07:48,000 --> 01:07:51,340
Narrator: TWO DAYS AGO,
THIRD-YEAR MINE BOSS RICK NESS

1226
01:07:51,379 --> 01:07:55,099
ABANDONED THE DEEP CUT
WHEN HE COULDN'T FIND ANY GOLD.

1227
01:07:55,137 --> 01:07:57,897
WE JUST SPENT THE BETTER PART
OF A MONTH DIGGING A HOLE

1228
01:07:57,931 --> 01:08:01,691
THAT HAS NOTHING
IN THE BOTTOM OF IT.

1229
01:08:01,724 --> 01:08:04,384
I MYSELF WILL NOT BE TAKING
ANY MORE DAYS OFF,

1230
01:08:04,413 --> 01:08:06,523
OR ANY TIME OFF,
FOR THAT MATTER.

1231
01:08:06,551 --> 01:08:08,311
I WANT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

1232
01:08:08,344 --> 01:08:10,314
Narrator:
NOW THE CREW'S ONLY CHANCE

1233
01:08:10,344 --> 01:08:12,594
TO HIT THEIR 1,000-OUNCE GOAL

1234
01:08:12,620 --> 01:08:15,140
IS TO RUN PAY
FROM THE NEW CREEK CUT.

1235
01:08:15,172 --> 01:08:17,002
I WANT TO GO HOME WITH
A BUNCH OF GOLD IN MY POCKET,

1236
01:08:17,034 --> 01:08:18,414
AND I KNOW RICK DOES, TOO.

1237
01:08:18,448 --> 01:08:22,658
Narrator: BUT NO ONE KNOWS
IF IT'LL BE BONANZA OR BUST.

1238
01:08:22,689 --> 01:08:24,829
RICK'S GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY

1239
01:08:24,862 --> 01:08:28,242
TO MAKE MORE MONEY
THAN I'VE EVER MADE IN MY LIFE.

1240
01:08:28,275 --> 01:08:30,475
IT'S A CHANCE FOR ME
TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE

1241
01:08:30,517 --> 01:08:31,757
FOR ME AND MY FIANCéE.

1242
01:08:31,793 --> 01:08:35,213
AND, I MEAN, FOR RICK
TO JUST HAND THAT TO ME --

1243
01:08:35,241 --> 01:08:36,281
IT'S HUMBLING,

1244
01:08:36,310 --> 01:08:38,550
AND I DON'T WANT TO
LET HIM DOWN.

1245
01:08:41,620 --> 01:08:44,760
Narrator: MECHANIC CARL ROSK
SCANS THE PAY DIRT.

1246
01:08:44,793 --> 01:08:45,833
Carl:
THESE ARE NICE BOULDERS,

1247
01:08:45,862 --> 01:08:47,102
THERE'S NICE-LOOKING ROCKS HERE,
RIGHT?

1248
01:08:47,137 --> 01:08:50,477
SO WAY BIGGER ROCKS.

1249
01:08:50,517 --> 01:08:53,407
I LIKE THE COLOR, RIGHT?
IT'S GOT A RED TINGE TO IT.

1250
01:08:53,448 --> 01:08:55,998
WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE WEIGH
THIS GOLD UP FOR THIS WEEK,

1251
01:08:56,034 --> 01:08:59,144
BUT IT'S LOOKING
A LOT BETTER HERE.

1252
01:08:59,172 --> 01:09:00,692
WE'RE BACK ON THE GOOD PAY.

1253
01:09:05,793 --> 01:09:11,003
♪♪

1254
01:09:11,034 --> 01:09:12,484
Rick: <i>WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY.</i>

1255
01:09:12,517 --> 01:09:14,897
<i>WE HAVE KRUSE'S ROLLED
HIS TRUCK IN THE DEEP CUT.</i>

1256
01:09:14,931 --> 01:09:17,101
<i>IT'S LOADED.
GET DOWN HERE. IT'S BAD.</i>

1257
01:09:20,206 --> 01:09:21,826
[BLEEP]

1258
01:09:30,241 --> 01:09:33,661
♪♪

1259
01:09:33,689 --> 01:09:35,549
Narrator:
AT DUNCAN CREEK...

1260
01:09:35,586 --> 01:09:38,896
CARL, CAN YOU JUST HOLD
THAT FIRST-AID KIT, PLEASE?

1261
01:09:38,931 --> 01:09:43,071
...CHRIS KRUSE HAS ROLLED
HIS 30-TON ROCK TRUCK,

1262
01:09:43,103 --> 01:09:46,003
AND HE'S TRAPPED
IN THE UPTURNED CAB.

1263
01:09:46,034 --> 01:09:47,664
Man: IS HE ALL RIGHT?

1264
01:09:49,965 --> 01:09:51,715
YOU OKAY? YOUR NECK DOESN'T
HURT, NOTHING, BUDDY?

1265
01:09:51,758 --> 01:09:53,758
NO.

1266
01:09:53,793 --> 01:09:56,693
NO. OH.

1267
01:09:56,724 --> 01:09:58,314
YOUR BACK'S NOT HURTING,
NOTHING?

1268
01:09:58,344 --> 01:09:59,384
YOU ALL RIGHT, BROTHER?

1269
01:09:59,413 --> 01:10:05,693
♪♪

1270
01:10:05,724 --> 01:10:07,554
OH, YEAH,
I'M [BLEEP] GREAT.

1271
01:10:07,586 --> 01:10:10,206
[BLEEP] [BLEEP] SCARED
THE [BLEEP] OUT OF ME, DUDE.

1272
01:10:10,241 --> 01:10:11,341
[ DOG BARKING ]

1273
01:10:11,379 --> 01:10:13,099
YEAH, I KNOW
I [BLEEP] UP, CHAMP.

1274
01:10:13,137 --> 01:10:15,167
ALL OF A SUDDEN I TURNED AROUND.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF IT HAPPEN.

1275
01:10:15,206 --> 01:10:16,896
AND I SEE A [BLEEP] TRUCK HERE
LAYING ON ITS SIDE.

1276
01:10:16,931 --> 01:10:19,381
I DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY
MOVING AROUND IT.

1277
01:10:19,413 --> 01:10:21,003
[BLEEP] THESE BUGS.

1278
01:10:21,034 --> 01:10:22,594
I'M JUST HAPPY
YOU'RE OKAY, DUDE.

1279
01:10:22,620 --> 01:10:25,830
WE CAN REPLACE ANYTHING HERE,
NO BIG DEAL.

1280
01:10:25,862 --> 01:10:27,452
IT WAS SUPER [BLEEP]
SLOW-MO.

1281
01:10:27,482 --> 01:10:30,762
I'VE GOT IT TO THE POINT
WHERE IT'S PICKED UP

1282
01:10:30,793 --> 01:10:33,623
THAT FRONT WHEEL BEFORE,

1283
01:10:33,655 --> 01:10:37,855
AND IT STARTED
FEELING LIKE THAT,

1284
01:10:37,896 --> 01:10:39,926
AND THEN IT DIDN'T STOP
FEELING LIKE THAT.

1285
01:10:39,965 --> 01:10:41,855
PRIDED MYSELF AND DOING
A PRETTY GOOD JOB

1286
01:10:41,896 --> 01:10:43,996
OF TAKING CARE OF THESE TRUCKS,

1287
01:10:44,034 --> 01:10:46,414
AND NOW I [BLEEP] UP.

1288
01:10:48,655 --> 01:10:50,925
WELL, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT A GOOD SPOT TO RIG IT HERE.

1289
01:10:50,965 --> 01:10:52,545
Man: YEAH.

1290
01:10:52,586 --> 01:10:54,716
IT'S GONNA BE
PRETTY HILLBILLY.

1291
01:10:54,758 --> 01:10:57,278
Narrator: CARL RIGS
THE ROCK TRUCK TO THE 480.

1292
01:10:57,310 --> 01:10:58,720
THIS IS NOT HOW YOU RIG STUFF,

1293
01:10:58,758 --> 01:11:01,238
BUT WE NEED TO GET THIS THING
FLOPPED OVER

1294
01:11:01,275 --> 01:11:02,375
IN A TIMELY FASHION.

1295
01:11:02,413 --> 01:11:03,723
SO THIS IS WHAT
WE'RE GONNA DO.

1296
01:11:03,758 --> 01:11:05,968
OKAY, GO AHEAD.
START PULLING.

1297
01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:08,690
YOU AND DOWN.
GO STRAIGHT DOWN.

1298
01:11:08,724 --> 01:11:11,594
WATCH YOURSELF.

1299
01:11:11,620 --> 01:11:13,340
HOLD IT THERE.
HEY, RICK.

1300
01:11:13,379 --> 01:11:14,829
HOLD IT THERE.

1301
01:11:14,862 --> 01:11:16,072
THE LOADER'S RIGHT HERE.

1302
01:11:16,103 --> 01:11:18,383
-YEP.
-LET'S GET THAT LOADER.

1303
01:11:18,413 --> 01:11:19,793
Rick:
THE STRAP'S ABOUT TO SLIP OFF,

1304
01:11:19,827 --> 01:11:21,787
SO I'M JUST GONNA GET A CHAIN,
GET THE LOADER IN HERE,

1305
01:11:21,827 --> 01:11:22,927
AND GET IT
THE REST OF THE WAY OVER

1306
01:11:22,965 --> 01:11:25,095
SO IT DOESN'T
FLOP BACK DOWN AGAIN.

1307
01:11:25,137 --> 01:11:28,097
COSTING US TIME AND MONEY.
IT'S NOT A GOOD FEELING.

1308
01:11:28,137 --> 01:11:30,207
COULD YOU TILT IT A BIT MORE?
TILT IT.

1309
01:11:30,241 --> 01:11:31,411
JUST WANT TO GET BACK
IN THIS TRUCK

1310
01:11:31,448 --> 01:11:32,718
AND START HAULING DIRT.

1311
01:11:32,758 --> 01:11:34,998
Carl: I LIKE THAT.
SO NOW YOU CAN PUT IT DOWN.

1312
01:11:35,034 --> 01:11:37,074
JUST WAIT FOR IT,
GET READY.

1313
01:11:37,103 --> 01:11:39,553
EVERYBODY GOOD?
-GOOD.

1314
01:11:39,586 --> 01:11:48,446
♪♪

1315
01:11:48,482 --> 01:11:50,622
OKAY, JUST WAIT.

1316
01:11:52,172 --> 01:11:53,482
ABOUT HAD A [BLEEP]
HEART ATTACK

1317
01:11:53,517 --> 01:11:54,897
'CAUSE I KNEW WHO IT WAS,
AND I SAW IT,

1318
01:11:54,931 --> 01:11:57,281
AND I DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY
[BLEEP] MOVING AROUND.

1319
01:11:57,310 --> 01:11:59,070
AND, YEAH, IT DIDN'T FEEL GOOD.

1320
01:11:59,103 --> 01:12:02,593
SO I'M JUST GLAD HE'S OKAY.

1321
01:12:02,620 --> 01:12:05,210
I DON'T GIVE A [BLEEP]
ABOUT THIS TRUCK.

1322
01:12:05,241 --> 01:12:06,661
I'M JUST GLAD
YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.

1323
01:12:06,689 --> 01:12:07,899
IF YOU WANTED OUT
OF A TRUCK THAT BAD,

1324
01:12:07,931 --> 01:12:10,071
YOU JUST HAD TO
[BLEEP] TELL ME, DUDE,

1325
01:12:10,103 --> 01:12:11,453
[ LAUGHS ]

1326
01:12:11,482 --> 01:12:13,482
Narrator:
TWO HOURS AFTER THE CRASH,

1327
01:12:13,517 --> 01:12:16,967
KRUSE AND HIS TRUCK
ARE BACK TO WORK.

1328
01:12:17,000 --> 01:12:18,900
Kruse:
ZERO PHYSICAL HARM,

1329
01:12:18,931 --> 01:12:22,071
QUITE POSSIBLY
IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO MY PRIDE.

1330
01:12:22,103 --> 01:12:23,763
Narrator:
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CUT,

1331
01:12:23,793 --> 01:12:25,453
RICK AND CARLA CLEAN UP

1332
01:12:25,482 --> 01:12:28,832
THE FIRST OF THE PAY DIRT
FROM THE NEW CREEK CUT.

1333
01:12:28,862 --> 01:12:32,142
RICK'S MINING FUTURE RIDES
ON THE RESULT.

1334
01:12:32,172 --> 01:12:33,482
COME ON, KYLE.

1335
01:12:33,517 --> 01:12:34,757
WE'RE LATE FOR THIS CLEANOUT,
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO

1336
01:12:34,793 --> 01:12:36,453
REALLY HUSTLE ON THAT.

1337
01:12:36,482 --> 01:12:38,102
Rick: IT LOOKS LIKE THE SAME
MATERIAL WE WERE DIGGING

1338
01:12:38,137 --> 01:12:39,657
WHEN WE WERE HAVING
OUR BEST WEEK.

1339
01:12:39,689 --> 01:12:44,169
SO I'M REALLY HOPING THAT
IT'S GOT THE SAME GOLD IN IT.

1340
01:12:44,206 --> 01:12:45,786
BUT LIKE YOU SAY, CARLA,
WE WON'T KNOW

1341
01:12:45,827 --> 01:12:47,477
UNTIL WE PUT IT ON THE SCALE.

1342
01:12:52,758 --> 01:12:57,968
♪♪

1343
01:12:58,000 --> 01:13:01,930
ANOTHER LONG WEEK ON THE MINE,
LOT OF NEW THINGS GOING ON,

1344
01:13:01,965 --> 01:13:03,515
FRED JUST RADIOED IN
FOR A GOLD WEIGH,

1345
01:13:03,551 --> 01:13:07,171
SO HOPEFULLY SOME GOOD NEWS
THIS WEEK.

1346
01:13:07,206 --> 01:13:11,656
WE PRETTY MUCH TOSSED OUR HATS
IN WITH THE LIBERATION CUT HERE,

1347
01:13:11,689 --> 01:13:14,339
AND FROM LISTENING
TO WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW,

1348
01:13:14,379 --> 01:13:16,859
THE TESTING AND EVERYTHING,

1349
01:13:16,896 --> 01:13:20,276
I HOPE, YOU KNOW,
WE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE.

1350
01:13:20,310 --> 01:13:23,790
Narrator: AT ELKHORN CLAIM,
IT'S THE END OF THE WEEK.

1351
01:13:23,827 --> 01:13:26,657
FRED LEWIS CALLS HIS CREW
TOGETHER TO WEIGH GOLD

1352
01:13:26,689 --> 01:13:29,759
FROM THE NEW LIBERATION CUT.

1353
01:13:29,793 --> 01:13:31,863
Lewis: THIS EVERYBODY?
ALL RIGHT, GUYS.

1354
01:13:31,896 --> 01:13:33,716
SO WE'RE NOW ALL IN
ON THE LIBERATION CUT.

1355
01:13:33,758 --> 01:13:35,278
IT'S GOING A LOT EASIER
UP THERE.

1356
01:13:35,310 --> 01:13:38,860
OH, IT IS, IT IS.
MY BASE IS STABLE.

1357
01:13:38,896 --> 01:13:40,716
I'M NOT WORRYING
ABOUT SLIDING AROUND,

1358
01:13:40,758 --> 01:13:46,028
OR OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO WATER
DRAINAGE ISSUES ON THAT CUT.

1359
01:13:46,068 --> 01:13:48,138
YOUR FATHER-IN-LAW SAID
THAT IT TESTED THE BEST

1360
01:13:48,172 --> 01:13:49,692
OUT OF ANY PLACE
ON THE PROPERTY, RIGHT?

1361
01:13:49,724 --> 01:13:52,864
IT DID. IT DID.

1362
01:13:52,896 --> 01:13:55,306
Narrator: FRED HAD TO ABANDON
THE SWAMP CUT

1363
01:13:55,344 --> 01:13:57,834
WHEN IT GOT
TOO DANGEROUS TO MINE.

1364
01:13:57,862 --> 01:14:00,972
NOW HIS SEASON DEPENDS
ON THE LIBERATION CUT

1365
01:14:01,000 --> 01:14:03,380
DELIVERING AT LEAST
1/2 AN OUNCE OF GOLD

1366
01:14:03,413 --> 01:14:05,343
PER 100 YARDS OF PAY DIRT.

1367
01:14:05,379 --> 01:14:06,379
GUYS READY
TO SEE WHAT WE GOT?

1368
01:14:06,413 --> 01:14:07,483
-YEAH.
-ALWAYS.

1369
01:14:07,517 --> 01:14:08,657
-LET'S DO IT.
-LET'S DO THIS.

1370
01:14:08,689 --> 01:14:11,339
-LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT.
-COME ON, BABY.

1371
01:14:11,379 --> 01:14:13,239
NO WHAMMIES,
NO WHAMMIES.

1372
01:14:13,275 --> 01:14:15,965
Narrator: THIS 60-YARD RUN
NEEDS TO PRODUCE

1373
01:14:16,000 --> 01:14:19,000
AT LEAST 1/3 OF AN OUNCE.

1374
01:14:21,724 --> 01:14:23,864
0.36.

1375
01:14:23,896 --> 01:14:25,756
-NICE.
-NICE!

1376
01:14:25,793 --> 01:14:27,413
THIRD OF AN OUNCE.

1377
01:14:27,448 --> 01:14:30,028
WORTH JUST $700,

1378
01:14:30,068 --> 01:14:32,968
BUT IF THE GOLD CONTINUES
AT THIS RATE,

1379
01:14:33,000 --> 01:14:37,660
THE LIBERATION CUT
COULD SAVE FRED'S SEASON.

1380
01:14:37,689 --> 01:14:39,619
Lewis:
NO, GUYS, BUT THIS IS --

1381
01:14:39,655 --> 01:14:41,685
WE'RE MOVING UPWARD.
WE'RE NOT MOVING DOWN.

1382
01:14:41,724 --> 01:14:43,974
THAT'S THE ONLY THING I GIVE
A [BLEEP] ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

1383
01:14:44,000 --> 01:14:46,000
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT PUTS
OUR GOAL TOTAL AT, RIGHT?

1384
01:14:46,034 --> 01:14:47,214
WHAT?
HALF AN OUNCE?

1385
01:14:47,241 --> 01:14:50,281
-0.99.
-OH! ALMOST.

1386
01:14:50,310 --> 01:14:52,760
LET'S PULL EVERY BIT WE CAN
OUT OF THIS LIBERATION CUT

1387
01:14:52,793 --> 01:14:54,283
AND KEEP PUTTING GOLD
IN THE PAN.

1388
01:14:54,310 --> 01:14:55,860
Man: ALL RIGHT, WELL,
LET'S GO GET SOME MORE.

1389
01:14:55,896 --> 01:14:57,136
-GET BACK TO WORK.
-ALL RIGHT.

1390
01:14:57,172 --> 01:14:58,972
-YEP.
-GOOD JOB.

1391
01:15:00,827 --> 01:15:04,337
WE'LL HIT THE NEW CUT,
START GETTING MORE GOLD.

1392
01:15:04,379 --> 01:15:05,929
AND IT SHOULD BE A LOT
MORE EFFICIENT,

1393
01:15:05,965 --> 01:15:09,685
LOT EASIER TO MOVE DIRT AROUND,
AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE.

1394
01:15:09,724 --> 01:15:11,554
HOPEFULLY WE GET SOME MORE GOLD.

1395
01:15:11,586 --> 01:15:13,306
WE'RE MOVING ON TO
THE LIBERATION CUT

1396
01:15:13,344 --> 01:15:16,524
FOR GOLDER PASTURES,
AND WE'RE ALL IN.

1397
01:15:16,551 --> 01:15:18,071
THERE'S NO OTHER OPTION
FOR US AT THIS POINT.

1398
01:15:18,103 --> 01:15:19,483
SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD,

1399
01:15:19,517 --> 01:15:22,277
DRIVING ON,
PULLING GOLD OUT OF THE GROUND.

1400
01:15:25,482 --> 01:15:27,102
Narrator: COMING UP...

1401
01:15:27,137 --> 01:15:29,857
Rick:
HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO.

1402
01:15:29,896 --> 01:15:32,026
ARE THEY LIKE
200 APIECE OR 300 APIECE?

1403
01:15:32,068 --> 01:15:34,658
-THEY'RE LIKE 500 APIECE.
-WHAT?!

1404
01:15:39,034 --> 01:15:41,794
♪♪

1405
01:15:41,827 --> 01:15:45,027
Narrator: PARKER SCHNABEL HAS
A 400-MILE DRIVE

1406
01:15:45,068 --> 01:15:47,278
ACROSS THE NORTH AMERICAN
WILDERNESS

1407
01:15:47,310 --> 01:15:50,830
TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE YUKON
FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLD WEIGH.

1408
01:15:50,862 --> 01:15:53,902
RIGHT NOW, IT'S A REALLY
GOOD TRIAL RUN TO SEE

1409
01:15:53,931 --> 01:15:56,031
IF THEY'RE ABLE TO KEEP THINGS
ROLLING WITHOUT ME.

1410
01:15:56,068 --> 01:15:58,028
IF THEY CAN KEEP
THAT PLACE GOING,

1411
01:15:58,068 --> 01:16:02,028
THEN WE CAN GET ANOTHER
OPERATION UP AND ROLLING, RIGHT?

1412
01:16:02,068 --> 01:16:04,718
AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT SOMETHING

1413
01:16:04,758 --> 01:16:07,278
COMES OUT OF
THAT TRIP TO ALASKA.

1414
01:16:07,310 --> 01:16:10,240
IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE
MORE GOLD IN THE GROUND.

1415
01:16:10,275 --> 01:16:13,025
AT THE END OF THE DAY,
THE TESTS WILL TELL US.

1416
01:16:26,379 --> 01:16:32,999
♪♪

1417
01:16:33,034 --> 01:16:34,794
Woman: DUDE, HE DOES NOT LIKE
TO BE HUGGED.

1418
01:16:34,827 --> 01:16:36,897
-I DO ALL THE TIME!
-YEAH, WELL, HE AIN'T A HUGGER.

1419
01:16:36,931 --> 01:16:38,451
WE'RE USUALLY OUT --

1420
01:16:38,482 --> 01:16:39,862
IT GOT REALLY QUIET
ALL OF A SUDDEN.

1421
01:16:39,896 --> 01:16:41,996
WERE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT
SOMETHING STUPID?

1422
01:16:42,034 --> 01:16:44,934
-WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU.
-OH!

1423
01:16:44,965 --> 01:16:46,235
-NAILED IT!
-THAT'S THE WORST.

1424
01:16:46,275 --> 01:16:49,335
-NAILED IT!
-AH.

1425
01:16:49,379 --> 01:16:51,969
Narrator: AFTER THE DEEP CUT
WAS A BUST,

1426
01:16:52,000 --> 01:16:54,790
RICK AND HIS CREW HAVE RUN
THE NEW CREEK CUT PAY DIRT

1427
01:16:54,827 --> 01:16:56,137
FOR FOUR DAYS.

1428
01:16:56,172 --> 01:16:58,312
-NO ARGUMENT FROM ANYONE?
-NO, NO.

1429
01:16:58,344 --> 01:17:01,174
WELL, NOT AFTER --
NOT AFTER THIS WEEK.

1430
01:17:01,206 --> 01:17:02,306
I MEAN, [BLEEP]
BUT, YEAH.

1431
01:17:02,344 --> 01:17:04,834
I MEAN, IT WAS --
IT WAS REALLY TEMPTING

1432
01:17:04,862 --> 01:17:07,312
TO BURY MY HEAD, KIND OF
LIKE I DID LAST YEAR, RIGHT?

1433
01:17:07,344 --> 01:17:08,624
-YEAH.
-YOU KNOW?

1434
01:17:08,655 --> 01:17:09,965
I PROMISED MYSELF
I WOULDN'T DO THAT THIS YEAR,

1435
01:17:10,000 --> 01:17:11,240
AND I PROMISED
YOU GUYS THAT, TOO.

1436
01:17:11,275 --> 01:17:14,165
SO WE JUST [BLEEP]
MOVE ON, RIGHT?

1437
01:17:14,206 --> 01:17:16,546
-YEAH.
-SO...

1438
01:17:16,586 --> 01:17:18,656
I MEAN, A DOWN WEEK, YEAH.

1439
01:17:18,689 --> 01:17:20,859
BUT THERE IS STILL GOLD
IN THE PAN.

1440
01:17:20,896 --> 01:17:23,996
Narrator: TO STAY ON TRACK
FOR HIS 1,000-OUNCE GOAL,

1441
01:17:24,034 --> 01:17:27,694
RICK NEEDS THIS CLEANUP
TO PAY AT LEAST 30 OUNCES.

1442
01:17:27,724 --> 01:17:29,794
Rick:
HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO.

1443
01:17:29,827 --> 01:17:34,857
[ SIGHS ] WE DO HAVE 10.
WE GOT 20, 30.

1444
01:17:34,896 --> 01:17:37,166
40.

1445
01:17:37,206 --> 01:17:40,516
SO WE HAVE...

1446
01:17:40,551 --> 01:17:43,691
45.06.

1447
01:17:43,724 --> 01:17:45,864
AIN'T NOTHING WRONG WITH
$85,000, MY FRIEND.

1448
01:17:45,896 --> 01:17:48,306
OH! THAT'S A GOOD WAY
TO PUT IT, CARL.

1449
01:17:48,344 --> 01:17:51,034
Narrator:
TEAM NESS IS STILL IN THE GAME.

1450
01:17:53,379 --> 01:17:55,969
Rick: IF WE CAN KEEP GETTING
KICKED IN THE ASS

1451
01:17:56,000 --> 01:17:59,340
AND STILL PULLING THESE OFF,
WELL, AT A CERTAIN POINT

1452
01:17:59,379 --> 01:18:01,899
WE'RE GONNA STOP GETTING
KICKED IN THE ASS, RIGHT?

1453
01:18:01,931 --> 01:18:03,481
Carl: WE WENT FROM LOSERS
TO HEROES NOW, MAN.

1454
01:18:03,517 --> 01:18:05,307
AND IF WE KEEP THIS UP,
I'M HAPPY.

1455
01:18:05,344 --> 01:18:06,834
-LET'S KEEP OUR HEADS UP.
-[BLEEP] YEAH.

1456
01:18:06,862 --> 01:18:10,032
ALL RIGHT, WELL, LIKE CARL JUST
SAID, WE'LL KEEP MOVING ON.

1457
01:18:10,068 --> 01:18:11,858
THANKS A LOT, GUYS.
-YES, SIR.

1458
01:18:11,896 --> 01:18:14,546
-KEEP ON KEEPING ON.
-ONWARD AND UPWARD.

1459
01:18:14,586 --> 01:18:16,446
-KEEP ON KEEPING ON!
-YEAH, MAN.

1460
01:18:16,482 --> 01:18:26,102
♪♪

1461
01:18:26,137 --> 01:18:28,757
Narrator: PARKER SCHNABEL IS
BACK IN THE YUKON

1462
01:18:28,793 --> 01:18:31,453
AFTER HIS PROSPECTING TRIP
IN ALASKA...

1463
01:18:31,482 --> 01:18:38,452
♪♪

1464
01:18:38,482 --> 01:18:39,832
WELCOME HOME.

1465
01:18:39,862 --> 01:18:44,832
...JUST IN TIME
FOR A BIG FOUR-WEEK GOLD WEIGH.

1466
01:18:44,862 --> 01:18:47,282
I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER
WHAT [BLEEP] GOLD LOOKS LIKE.

1467
01:18:47,310 --> 01:18:48,900
-[ LAUGHS ]
-BEEN GONE SO LONG.

1468
01:18:48,931 --> 01:18:50,971
Doumitt: IT LOOKS LIKE
THAT YELLOW STUFF RIGHT THERE.

1469
01:18:51,000 --> 01:18:52,790
SO HOW WAS YOUR TRIP?

1470
01:18:52,827 --> 01:18:54,827
DRILLING DIDN'T GO GREAT
ON THE FIRST PROPERTY,

1471
01:18:54,862 --> 01:18:56,792
BUT THE SECOND ONE IT DID.

1472
01:18:56,827 --> 01:18:58,517
IT'S PLACE CALLED
CLEARY CREEK.

1473
01:18:58,551 --> 01:19:00,071
IT'S GONNA TAKE A FEW YEARS
TO DEVELOP.

1474
01:19:00,103 --> 01:19:03,383
A LOT MORE EXPLORATION
THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE.

1475
01:19:03,413 --> 01:19:05,663
BOY, IT'D BE A HECK OF
AN ADVENTURE, WOULDN'T IT?

1476
01:19:08,172 --> 01:19:10,172
Narrator: MITCH AND THE CREW
ARRIVE TO SEE

1477
01:19:10,206 --> 01:19:14,276
HOW MUCH GOLD THEY PRODUCED
IN THE MONTH PARKER'S BEEN AWAY.

1478
01:19:14,310 --> 01:19:16,660
WHAT'S UP, GENTLEMEN?
OH, HEY, YOU MADE 'ER BACK.

1479
01:19:16,689 --> 01:19:17,999
I'M BACK, [BLEEP]

1480
01:19:18,034 --> 01:19:20,664
DID YOU FIND YOURSELF?
DID YOU FIND YOUR CENTER?

1481
01:19:20,689 --> 01:19:22,589
[ LAUGHTER ]

1482
01:19:22,620 --> 01:19:23,900
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?
ARE WE GONNA BE

1483
01:19:23,931 --> 01:19:26,101
MOVING WASH PLANTS THERE?IF GOLD PRICES STAY HIGH,

1484
01:19:26,137 --> 01:19:29,237
THERE'S A GOOD CHUNK
OF MINING THERE, I THINK.

1485
01:19:29,275 --> 01:19:30,655
WE'D JUST NEED A PLANE,

1486
01:19:30,689 --> 01:19:33,409
AND THEN ANY OF US COULD
GO BACK AND FORTH QUITE EASY.

1487
01:19:33,448 --> 01:19:35,278
IT'S LIKE AN HOUR
AND 20 MINUTE FLIGHT.

1488
01:19:35,310 --> 01:19:36,720
OH, [BLEEP] I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
THAT'S COOL.

1489
01:19:36,758 --> 01:19:37,928
AND IT WAS GOOD.

1490
01:19:37,965 --> 01:19:40,135
IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS
HAVE BEEN GOING GREAT HERE.

1491
01:19:40,172 --> 01:19:42,102
-YEAH, WE WERE BUSY.
-YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN BUSY.

1492
01:19:42,137 --> 01:19:44,787
-WE WERE VERY BUSY, YEAH.
-DEFINITELY TIRED.

1493
01:19:47,724 --> 01:19:48,904
Narrator: FIRST UP --

1494
01:19:48,931 --> 01:19:51,661
THE GOLD FROM MITCH'S
LAST WEEK IN CHARGE.

1495
01:19:51,689 --> 01:19:54,069
-THIS WAS FOR BIG RED.
-OH, OKAY.

1496
01:19:54,103 --> 01:19:56,313
-OKAY. YEAH.
-ALL RIGHT.

1497
01:19:56,344 --> 01:19:59,724
20, 30, 60, 80, 100,

1498
01:19:59,758 --> 01:20:02,208
120, 130, 140,

1499
01:20:02,241 --> 01:20:05,931
150, 160, 170

1500
01:20:05,965 --> 01:20:09,135
174.25.

1501
01:20:09,172 --> 01:20:10,692
SO TYSON, THIS IS YOURS.

1502
01:20:10,724 --> 01:20:12,144
Parker:
AND THEN THIS IS NOT HIS,

1503
01:20:12,172 --> 01:20:14,622
JUST TO BE CLEAR.

1504
01:20:14,655 --> 01:20:18,065
Narrator: MITCH NEEDS
1,800 OUNCES TOTAL

1505
01:20:18,103 --> 01:20:20,763
TO PROVE HIMSELF
AS A SECOND IN COMMAND,

1506
01:20:20,793 --> 01:20:24,763
AT LEAST 450 OUNCES EVERY WEEK.

1507
01:20:24,793 --> 01:20:26,723
119.30.

1508
01:20:26,758 --> 01:20:31,828
Narrator: SLUICIFER AND BIG RED
TOGETHER HAVE 293 OUNCES,

1509
01:20:31,862 --> 01:20:34,762
WORTH $550,000,

1510
01:20:34,793 --> 01:20:38,483
WELL SHORT OF MITCH'S
WEEKLY TARGET.

1511
01:20:38,517 --> 01:20:40,657
YEAH, NO, THERE WAS DEFINITELY
SOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD.

1512
01:20:40,689 --> 01:20:43,309
YEAH, THERE WAS DEFINITELY SOME
BUMPS IN THE ROAD ALONG THE WAY,

1513
01:20:43,344 --> 01:20:44,694
YOU KNOW,
SOME ISSUES WITH BIG RED.

1514
01:20:44,724 --> 01:20:46,244
WE WORKED THROUGH THOSE.

1515
01:20:46,275 --> 01:20:49,785
NOW FOR THE GOLD
FROM THE PREVIOUS THREE WEEKS.

1516
01:20:49,827 --> 01:20:51,827
-LET'S SEE THIS STUFF.
-ALL RIGHT.

1517
01:20:51,862 --> 01:20:54,142
SO WHAT WE HAVE...

1518
01:20:57,862 --> 01:20:59,342
DON'T DROP IT.

1519
01:20:59,379 --> 01:21:06,829
♪♪

1520
01:21:06,862 --> 01:21:10,342
-THIS THE LAST ONE, CHRIS?
-[ LAUGHS ]

1521
01:21:10,379 --> 01:21:12,659
ARE THEY LIKE
200 APIECE OR 300 APIECE?

1522
01:21:12,689 --> 01:21:14,829
-THEY'RE LIKE 500 APIECE.
-WHAT?!

1523
01:21:14,862 --> 01:21:17,622
-5-5.
-THAT'S A GOOD MONTH.

1524
01:21:17,655 --> 01:21:19,375
YEAH.

1525
01:21:19,413 --> 01:21:22,173
[ LAUGHTER ]

1526
01:21:25,551 --> 01:21:28,031
Narrator: IN THE FOUR WEEKS
PARKER WAS AWAY,

1527
01:21:28,068 --> 01:21:30,968
MITCH SMASHED HIS TARGET
OUT OF THE PARK

1528
01:21:31,000 --> 01:21:34,620
WITH 2,293 OUNCES OF GOLD,

1529
01:21:34,655 --> 01:21:37,515
WORTH $4.3 MILLION.

1530
01:21:37,551 --> 01:21:39,241
THERE'S YOUR AIRPLANE.

1531
01:21:39,275 --> 01:21:40,585
[ Laughing ]
WE CAN ALL HAVE OUR OWN.

1532
01:21:40,620 --> 01:21:42,520
[ LAUGHTER ]

1533
01:21:42,551 --> 01:21:44,481
THAT'S, LIKE, THE BIGGEST ONE
WE'VE EVER HAD, ISN'T IT?

1534
01:21:44,517 --> 01:21:46,757
OH, YEAH. NO, THIS IS DEFINITELY
A RECORD-BREAKER.

1535
01:21:46,793 --> 01:21:48,453
-THAT USED TO BE A SEASON.
-OH, YEAH.

1536
01:21:48,482 --> 01:21:49,662
AND GOOD ONE, TOO.

1537
01:21:49,689 --> 01:21:51,409
FEELS GOOD
TO SEE IT SITTING THERE.

1538
01:21:51,448 --> 01:21:53,208
-YOU GUYS CRUSHED IT.
-NICE WORK, BUDDY.

1539
01:21:53,241 --> 01:21:55,381
-NO KIDDING.
-[BLEEP] 2,000 OUNCES.

1540
01:21:55,413 --> 01:21:57,243
-THERE YOU GO.
-GEEZ.

1541
01:21:57,275 --> 01:21:58,615
GOOD JOB, GUYS, REALLY.
THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.

1542
01:21:58,655 --> 01:22:00,405
Mitch: DOESN'T EVEN FEEL REAL
LOOKING AT THOSE PANS.

1543
01:22:00,448 --> 01:22:01,518
RIGHT?

1544
01:22:01,551 --> 01:22:04,791
SO WE GOT A SEASON TOTAL OF...

1545
01:22:04,827 --> 01:22:07,517
47...

1546
01:22:07,551 --> 01:22:08,791
87.

1547
01:22:13,103 --> 01:22:14,903
I SHOULD LEAVE MORE OFTEN.

1548
01:22:14,931 --> 01:22:17,691
I MEAN, IF YOU WANT.
I MEAN, WE COULD...

1549
01:22:17,724 --> 01:22:18,864
CHEERS

1550
01:22:18,896 --> 01:22:21,306
Narrator:
TAKING PARKER TO A TOTAL SO FAR

1551
01:22:21,344 --> 01:22:24,004
OF $8.75 MILLION.

1552
01:22:24,034 --> 01:22:25,454
I'M PUMPED.

1553
01:22:25,482 --> 01:22:28,242
AND, LIKE, TO BE ABLE TO BE GONE
AND HAVE ONE OF THE BEST MONTHS

1554
01:22:28,275 --> 01:22:31,205
THIS COMPANY'S EVER HAD
IS AWESOME.

1555
01:22:31,241 --> 01:22:34,071
AND, LIKE, I JUST CAN'T
THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH.

1556
01:22:36,206 --> 01:22:38,686
Mitch: YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT
JUST GOES TO SHOW

1557
01:22:38,724 --> 01:22:41,144
WHAT A STRONG TEAM WE GOT HERE
AND JUST WHAT WE CAN GET DONE

1558
01:22:41,172 --> 01:22:43,142
EVEN THOUGH PARKER WASN'T
AROUND.

1559
01:22:43,172 --> 01:22:45,312
SO MUCH GOLD
IS SUCH A GOOD FEELING.

1560
01:22:45,344 --> 01:22:47,594
AND, YOU KNOW,
I'M REALLY, REALLY HAPPY

1561
01:22:47,620 --> 01:22:50,000
THAT HE LIKED THE RESULT.

1562
01:22:50,034 --> 01:22:51,974
Parker: THE FACT THAT THINGS
WENT SO WELL HERE TELLS ME

1563
01:22:52,000 --> 01:22:55,170
THAT I SHOULD BE MAKING
SOMETHING ELSE HAPPEN.

1564
01:22:55,206 --> 01:22:56,276
WE HAD A 2,000-OUNCE A MONTH,

1565
01:22:56,310 --> 01:22:57,620
BUT WHAT IF WE HAD
TWO OPERATIONS

1566
01:22:57,655 --> 01:22:59,785
THAT DID A 2,000-OUNCE MONTH?

1567
01:22:59,827 --> 01:23:02,167
MM. THAT WOULD BE FUN,

1568
01:23:02,206 --> 01:23:07,716
AND LOTS OF PAIN AND SUFFERING,
BUT ALSO FUN.

1569
01:23:07,758 --> 01:23:09,898
Narrator: NEXT TIME
ON "GOLD RUSH"...

1570
01:23:09,931 --> 01:23:10,901
CAN I COME IN?

1571
01:23:10,931 --> 01:23:13,141
...PARKER SCHNABEL NEEDS
NEW GROUND

1572
01:23:13,172 --> 01:23:14,552
FROM AN OLD RIVAL.

1573
01:23:14,586 --> 01:23:17,136
WHAT THE [BLEEP]
DO YOU WANT?

1574
01:23:17,172 --> 01:23:18,452
WE NEED THE WATER NOW.

1575
01:23:18,482 --> 01:23:19,972
FRED LEWIS'S WASH PLANT...

1576
01:23:20,000 --> 01:23:21,480
DAMN.
I'LL GET RIGHT ON IT.

1577
01:23:21,517 --> 01:23:24,027
...THREATENS
TO SINK HIS SEASON.

1578
01:23:24,068 --> 01:23:25,788
AH, [BLEEP]

1579
01:23:25,827 --> 01:23:29,447
AND TONY BEETS'S PLANS
GO UP IN FLAMES.

1580
01:23:29,482 --> 01:23:30,932
[ EXPLOSION ]

1581
01:23:30,965 --> 01:23:33,965
GET OUT OF MY [BLEEP] WAY!

1582
01:23:34,000 --> 01:23:36,280
[ INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER ]

1583
01:23:36,310 --> 01:23:37,380
[ EXPLOSION ]