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Narrator: ON THIS "GOLD RUSH"...
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PARKER SCHNABEL'S
SEASON RESTS...
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CAN I COME IN?
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...IN THE HANDS OF ONE MAN.
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WE NEED THE WATER, NOW.
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FRED LEWIS AND HIS
BAND OF BROTHERS...
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Kyle: YEAH, MAN. I'LL
GET RIGHT ON IT.
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...WAGE A WASH PLANT WAR.
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OH, [BLEEP].
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HEY, HEY, HEY! CUT THE WATER,
JOHNNY. CUT THE WATER!
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WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIX THE
COLONEL SO IT'S FIXED RIGHT.
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AND TONY BEETS' PLANS TO
SUPER-SIZE HIS OPERATION...
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...GO UP IN FLAMES.
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[ SIRENS WAIL ]
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♪♪
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Parker: IT'S JUST A
KILLER CREW THIS YEAR.
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GOLD PRICES ARE HIGH,
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT
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GETTING THROUGH
AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
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Narrator:
WITH GOLD PRICES SOARING TO
A RECORD $1,900 PER OUNCE,
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PARKER SCHNABEL IS ON A
MISSION TO BANK ENOUGH GOLD
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TO EXPAND HIS MINING EMPIRE.
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Parker: WE'RE UP THERE,
AND THE AMOUNT OF GROUND
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WE'RE GOING THROUGH IS CRAZY.
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JUST KEEPING GROUND OUT AHEAD
OF BIG RED AND SLUICIFER
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IS GONNA BE OUR BIG CHALLENGE.
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Narrator: AFTER FOUR YEARS
MINING THE LAST CUT,
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HIS WASH PLANT, BIG RED,
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IS DOWN TO UNDER A
MONTH'S WORTH OF PAY DIRT.
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THE GOLD PRICE IS JUST SO
HIGH THAT IT'S GIVING US
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EVEN MORE INCENTIVE
TO GO AS HARD AS YOU CAN
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WHILE WE'RE HERE
AND MAKE THE BEST OF IT,
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'CAUSE THIS MIGHT
NOT LAST FOREVER.
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Narrator: FOUR MILES AWAY,
ON THE PROMISED LAND,
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SLUICIFER IS EVEN CLOSER
TO RUNNING OUT OF PAY.
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Mitch: EVERYTHING'S BEEN
MOTORING ALONG REALLY NICE HERE,
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BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY GETTING DOWN
TO THE LAST OF OUR PAY DIRT.
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Narrator: PARKER'S
PROMISED LAND CLAIM
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COVERS 2,000 ACRES
OF GOLD-RICH GROUND,
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BUT MOST OF IT IS
LOCKED IN PERMAFROST --
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GROUND THAT'S FROZEN SOLID.
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THE SLUICIFER CREW IS CHURNING
THROUGH 24 ACRES OF PAY DIRT,
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OPENED UP AT THE START OF
THE SEASON AND LEFT TO FALL.
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NOW THERE'S ONLY A WEEK'S
THAWED PAY DIRT LEFT TO RUN.
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Mitch:
I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW FAST WE'VE
GOTTEN THROUGH THIS GROUND.
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WE GOT TO THINK ABOUT
HAVING ENOUGH GROUND OPENED UP,
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BUT IT IS THE YUKON.
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THERE IS PERMAFROST, AND THE
GROUND ISN'T THAWING RIGHT NOW.
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WORST-CASE SCENARIO, WE'RE
GONNA RUN INTO HERE
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IS BEING OUT OF THAWED PAY DIRT
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AND NO PLACE OPENED UP
AND NOWHERE TO GO.
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Narrator:
TO KEEP HIS WASH PLANT SLUICING,
PARKER NEEDS NEW GROUND, FAST.
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I'VE GOT MY EYE
ON A PIECE OF GROUND
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HERE ON THE INDIAN RIVER
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THAT LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE
SOME REALLY GOOD POTENTIAL.
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Narrator: THE AIRSTRIP --
A MILLION-SQUARE-FOOT CLAIM
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TWO MILES DOWNSTREAM
FROM PARKER'S CAMP.
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HE OWNS THE WATER
LICENSE TO MINE IT,
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BUT NOT THE GROUND ITSELF.
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Parker: THIS PIECE DOESN'T HAVE
MUCH TIME LEFT ON THE LICENSE,
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SO WE HAVE TO JUST GO IN
AND WE MINE IT
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AND GET IT OUT
AND NO SCREWING AROUND.
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THE BIG PROBLEM IS,
YOU KNOW, TONY OWNS IT.
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Narrator: LAST SEASON...
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TONY BEETS LOST HIS WATER
LICENSE ON THE INDIAN RIVER
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AND ASKED PARKER TO SHARE HIS
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SO THAT HE COULD MINE
THE AIR STRIP.
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THERE'S BEEN SOME BAD
BLOOD AT TIMES, TONY,
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BUT I'M GOING TO BE CALLING
IN A FAVOR ONE OF THESE DAYS,
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AND SO I'M FINE WITH IT.
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Narrator:
BUT THE DEAL FELL APART...
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HEY THERE,
YOUNGSTER.
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...WHEN IT CAME TO THE CONTRACT.
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YOU'VE GOT TO BE
A BUSINESSMAN, TOO.
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YEAH. AIN'T
SIGNING IT.
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Parker: TONY, RIGHT NOW, HE
WOULD PREFER TO COME OUT HERE
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AND MINE IT HIMSELF,
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BUT HE'S STILL WAITING
ON HIS OWN LICENSE.
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I'M JUST GOING TO
SEE HIM RIGHT NOW.
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WE'LL SEE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
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HELLO?
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CAN I COME IN?
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SHOES ON OR OFF?
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I'M GOOD. HOW
ARE YOU DOING?
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PART OF THE REASON
WHY I'M HERE
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IS WE'RE JUST ABOUT DONE,
LIKE, AROUND OUR CAMP.
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THAT'S LICENSED GROUND RIGHT
NOW DOWNSTREAM FROM US,
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KIND OF AROUND
THE AIRSTRIP.
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I KNOW YOU'VE DONE
SOME WORK IN THERE,
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BUT WE'RE NOT FAR AWAY WITH
A WHOLE BUNCH OF EQUIPMENT.
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I LOVE TO MINE IT,
IF YOU'RE GAME.
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OKAY.
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THIS IS A NEW TONY. I'M NOT
USED TO THIS EXPERIENCE.
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ALRIGHT.
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WELL, YEAH, I
APPRECIATE THAT,
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'CAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS
HUNGRY FOR GROUND.
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AND WITH THAT, I GUESS
WE'LL BE PAYING YOU
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A LOT MORE ROYALTIES
THAN I THOUGHT WE WOULD,
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BUT THAT'S OKAY,
I GUESS.
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THANKS, TONY.
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WELL.
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THAT WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF
THE MORE STRANGE MEETINGS
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I'VE HAD WITH TONY BEETS.
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GOOD RESULT, I'M JUST STILL
CONFUSED BY THE EASE OF IT.
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I DON'T KNOW.
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I MEAN, WE GOT ANOTHER
BLOCK OF GROUND,
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SO THAT'S THE BEST PART.
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Narrator: PARKER ORDERS
AN EXCAVATOR AND ROCK TRUCK
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TWO-MAN STRIPPING CREW
TO MOVE TO THE AIRSTRIP
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AND SETS THEM A MAMMOTH TASK --
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STRIP A 600,000-SQUARE-FOOT
CUT DOWN TO PAY DIRT
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READY FOR SLUICIFER
TO MOVE INTO NEXT WEEK.
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GOTTA PREP THE CUT
FOR THE PLANT,
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'CAUSE WE'RE OUT PRETTY SOON.
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Narrator:
J.M. MERCIER, WHO JOINED
PARKER'S OPERATION THIS SEASON,
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LEADS THE CREW.
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PARKER GIVE ME THE POSITION
TO LEAD THE ENTIRE OPERATION,
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WHICH I'M PRETTY
HAPPY ABOUT THAT,
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THAT THEY GIVE ME
THE OPPORTUNITY
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TO SHOW MYSELF A LITTLE BIT.
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BUT AT SAME TIME, IT'S A LOT
OF STRESS ON MY SHOULDER.
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HOW'S THAT, BUD?
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Narrator: FELLOW NEW RECRUIT
NICK PATTERSON...
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OOP! WRONG PEDAL.
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...TRUCKS OUT THE OVERBURDEN.
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COME ON, BABY. FIND SECOND
GEAR. THERE WE GO.
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WE'RE TAKING FROM
THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL
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AND DUMPING IT UP TOP.
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WE GOT TO MOVE AS MUCH DIRT
AS WE CAN PRETTY FAST.
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PARKER'S TRYING TO CRANK
EVERY PLANT TO THE LIMIT
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SO WE CAN SLUICE
AS MUCH GROUND
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AS WE CAN TO CATCH
MORE GOLD AS WE CAN,
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AND WE'VE GOT TO
GET THAT [BLEEP] DONE
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SO THEY CAN BRING THE PLANT
HERE AND START SLUICING.
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IT'S A LOT OF WORK
TO DO HERE.
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Narrator: DRIVEN BY
THE RECORD-HIGH GOLD PRICES,
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THE KING OF THE KLONDIKE,
TONY BEETS,
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IS RACING TO MINE EVERY
INCH OF GROUND HE CAN FIND.
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AT THE MEGACUT,
HIS TROMMEL IS SLUICING
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350 YARDS OF PAY DIRT
AN HOUR, 24 HOURS A DAY.
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Monica: WE GOT IT!
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DAUGHTER MONICA RUNS
200 YARDS AN HOUR
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OF OLD-TIMER TAILINGS
THROUGH THE SHAKER DECK.
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MORE POWER!
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AND NOW, TONY IS BRINGING
HIS NEW SECRET WEAPON
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TO PARADISE HILL.
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Narrator: SON MIKE TRUCKS
IN THE 10-TON FRAME.
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THIS [BLEEP] THING
WAS A NIGHTMARE
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TO PULL APART AND GET OUT,
AND NOW WE GOT HER OUT.
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WE GOT TO PUT THIS THING
TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE SHE WORKS,
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TO MAKE SURE IF MY DAD SPENT HIS
MONEY WISELY OR FRIVOLOUSLY.
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Narrator: TONY SPENT
$400,000 ON THIS TROMMEL,
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BUT IT HASN'T RUN
FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS.
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WITH ONLY TWO MONTHS OF
THE SHORT YUKON SEASON LEFT,
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HE NEEDS IT UP AND RUNNING FAST
SO THAT HE CAN PAY IT OFF
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AND HIT HIS SEASON GOAL
OF 3,000 OUNCES.
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[BLEEP] NICE.
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Narrator: UNLIKE A NORMAL
TROMMEL, THIS MOBILE TROMMEL
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HAS ITS OWN ENGINE AND WHEELS
AND DRIVES ITSELF TO THE PAY.
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AN EXCAVATOR FEEDS PAY
STRAIGHT FROM THE CUT.
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IT PASSES INTO THE DRUM,
WHERE FINE, GOLD-RICH MATERIAL
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FLOWS INTO THE SLUICE RUNS.
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THE CONVEYOR REMOVES
WASTE TAILINGS.
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AS SOON AS ONE
SECTION'S FINISHED,
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IT MOVES DOWN THE CUT
TO THE NEXT AREA OF PAY.
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Mike: I'LL EVEN MAKE SURE
I GO ALONG THOSE SWITCHBACKS
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NICE AND QUIET.
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MIKE HEADS BACK TO MOOSE CREEK
FOR THE FINAL PIECE --
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THE CONVEYOR.
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ONCE WE'RE DONE THIS LOAD,
WE'RE DONE IN MOOSE CREEK,
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AND THEN WE CAN FINALLY FINISH
PUTTING TOGETHER THAT TROMMEL.
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LEN, YOU GUYS PULL!
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A LITTLE BIT!
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THAT'S GOOD!
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TONY, STOP.
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TERRANCE,
PULL IT OVER!
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[ CREAKING ]
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ONE SEC, TONY. ONE SEC.
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
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JUST A HAIR MORE.
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Narrator: 13 MILES AWAY AT
DAWSON CITY FERRY PORT,
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[ FIRE CRACKLES ]MIKE'S TRUCK CAB IS AN INFERNO.
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[ SIRENS WAIL ]
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[ SIRENS WAIL ]
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Narrator: IN DAWSON CITY...
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THERE SHE GOES!
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...MIKE BEETS' TRUCK IS ON FIRE.
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OH, SHE'S
GOING UP NOW, EH?
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[ RADIO CHATTER ]
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[ CAR DOOR OPENS ]
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♪♪
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Mike: AW, MAN. I GOT
TO REPLACE ALL MY [BLEEP].
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IF THAT HAPPENED WHEN
I WAS DRIVING,
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THAT MIGHT HAVE
BEEN A PROBLEM.
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Narrator: ON HIS WAY TO MOOSE
CREEK TO PICK UP A CONVEYOR,
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MIKE PARKED THE TRUCK
BEFORE LOADING ONTO THE FERRY.
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Mike: WE WERE GONNA BRING IT
ACROSS, BUT I SAW IT WAS BUSY,
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SO I DECIDED
TO PARK IT OVER HERE.
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I DON'T KNOW. MUST HAVE WENT...
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I DON'T KNOW, BUT LIKE I SAID,
NO POINT IN CRYING OVER IT,
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'CAUSE IT'S BURNT.
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ME WHINING ABOUT IT AIN'T
GONNA BRING IT BACK.
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OH MAN, IT SMELLS
SOMETHING FIERCE.
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YOU SHOULD SEE IF YOUR
SLEEPING BAG'S STILL GOOD.
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Narrator: TONY HEADS BACK TO
FINISH ASSEMBLING THE TROMMEL...
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...BUT NOW WILL HAVE
TO WAIT DAYS FOR
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MIKE TO BRING IN THE CONVEYOR.
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Mike:
NEED TO GET THE LAST OF THIS
[BLEEP] DOWN TO MOOSE CREEK.
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SO MY TRUCK DECIDED
I WANT TO GO AND DIE.
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THIS [BLEEP]'S JUST NOTHING
BUT HOLDING THIS UP.
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♪♪
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HEY, MISFITS, THINK ABOUT THIS.
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RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT
100 PERCENT OPERATION,
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WE'RE FRICKIN' MINING!
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Narrator: OVER HALFWAY
THROUGH THEIR FIRST SEASON
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WITH LESS THAN $1,800
WORTH OF GOLD,
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FRED LEWIS AND HIS CREW
OF COMBAT VETERANS
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ARE ON A MISSION TO TURN
THEIR MINING CAREERS AROUND.
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YOU KNOW WHAT COLOR
THAT DIRT IS?
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GOLD.
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Narrator: NOW THEY'RE BANKING
ON THE LIBERATION CUT,
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WHICH TESTED OUT AT
HALF AN OUNCE PER 100 YARDS.
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IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE
SUCCESS HERE,
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WE GOT TO START
GETTING GOLD FAST.
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WE NEED TO MOVE MASSIVE AMOUNTS
OF PAY THROUGH THE COLONEL
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IF WE'RE GONNA
CATCH UP THIS SEASON.
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Narrator: INFANTRY SCOUT
SNIPER STUART McKENZIE
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FEEDS THE PLANT 20 YARDS
OF PAY DIRT AN HOUR.
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I'M JUST GONNA TRY
AND PUT AS MANY BUCKETS
235
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AS I CAN THROUGH.
236
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KEEP THAT
SUCKER FLOWING.
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♪♪
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Fred: THIS IS WHERE WE
WANT TO BE, RIGHT HERE,
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IF WE CAN JUST KEEP THIS GOING
THE REST OF THE SEASON.
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[ STUART SIGHS ]
241
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WHAT IS GOING ON?
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HEY, FRED.
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THE HOPPER'S LOOKING LIKE
IT'S JAMMING UP PRETTY BAD.
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♪♪
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Kendall: ALRIGHT, STEWY!
STEWY! THAT'D BE IT, BUD.
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[BLEEP] DAMN IT.
247
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[ MACHINERY STOPS ]
248
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WE'RE GONNA CLEAN OUT
THE HOPPER FEEDER.
249
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YEAH, MAN, I'LL
GET RIGHT ON IT.
250
00:17:18,241 --> 00:17:22,451
Narrator:
INFANTRY SERGEANT KYLE PLETZKE
TAKES ON THE TASK.
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[ SHOVEL SCRAPING ]
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Fred: YOU KNOW, KYLE'S THE ONLY
MAN HERE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW
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BEFORE THE BEGINNING
OF THE SEASON.
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I TOOK KENDALL'S WORD FOR
HIM, AND TO BE HONEST,
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HE'S PROBABLY MY HARDEST WORKER.
256
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HE GOES HEAD-FIRST INTO THINGS
AND HE GETS [BLEEP] DONE.
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00:17:44,793 --> 00:17:47,283
Kyle: YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY
NOT AFRAID OF HARD WORK.
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AFTER BEING IN THE MILITARY
FOR FIVE YEARS --
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A LOT OF IT WAS SPENT
IN THE HOSPITAL FOR ME,
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AND THAT WAS PROBABLY
HARDER WORK
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00:17:55,068 --> 00:17:59,278
THAN ACTUALLY GOING OUT
AND BEING AN INFANTRYMEN.
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Narrator:
WHILE SERVING IN AFGHANISTAN,
KYLE'S LIGHT ARMORED VEHICLE
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ROLLED AND CRUSHED
HIS LEGS AND PELVIS,
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00:18:06,103 --> 00:18:09,863
FORCING KYLE TO MEDICALLY
RETIRE FROM THE MILITARY.
265
00:18:09,896 --> 00:18:11,336
Kyle:
HAD TO RELEARN HOW TO WALK,
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AND DOCTORS KIND OF GAVE ME
A BAD PROGNOSIS AT ONE POINT.
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THAT WAS PRETTY DARK,
HEARING THAT,
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AND AFTER LEAVING THE HOSPITAL
AND LEAVING THE MILITARY,
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IT WAS TOUGH TO KNOW WHAT TO DO.
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Narrator: MICHIGAN-BORN KYLE
TRAVELED THE GLOBE TO FIND WORK,
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PICKING UP DIFFERENT TRADES
ALONG THE WAY.
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00:18:38,448 --> 00:18:40,828
THIS IS -- I THINK THIS
IS WHAT I NEEDED, YOU KNOW?
273
00:18:40,862 --> 00:18:44,622
BEING OUT HERE WITH
A GOOD GROUP OF GUYS,
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00:18:44,655 --> 00:18:46,065
NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY
BUT MENTALLY,
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00:18:46,103 --> 00:18:48,553
I FEEL GREAT BEING OUT HERE,
RUNNING AROUND THE MINE SITE,
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HOPPING UP, STILL
ABLE TO FIX THINGS.
277
00:18:51,137 --> 00:18:54,097
I THINK THIS MIGHT BE
A REAL CALLING FOR ME.
278
00:18:54,137 --> 00:18:55,237
I'VE GOT TO GIVE IT
EVERYTHING I CAN.
279
00:18:55,275 --> 00:18:56,445
THERE'S NOTHING
THAT'S GONNA STOP ME
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FROM MAKING THIS BE A SUCCESS.
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[ SHOVEL SCRAPING ]
282
00:19:02,068 --> 00:19:05,758
ALRIGHT, STU, LET'S FIRE IT UP.
WE'RE GOOD, ALL CLEAN AND CLEAR.
283
00:19:05,793 --> 00:19:09,483
Fred: FIRE UP THE PUMP.
284
00:19:09,517 --> 00:19:12,237
[ MOTOR STARTS ]
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WATER'S COMING!
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♪♪
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00:19:28,344 --> 00:19:30,594
Stuart: I'M TRYING TO GET AT
LEAST 20 YARDS AN HOUR.
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♪♪
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00:19:35,103 --> 00:19:37,033
[BLEEP].
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00:19:37,068 --> 00:19:42,028
Narrator: 15 MINUTES LATER,
THE HOPPER JAMS AGAIN.
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[ GROANS ]
292
00:19:44,379 --> 00:19:47,409
IT'S ABSOLUTE [BLEEP].
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HEY, KYLE,
THIS IS STUART.
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GO AHEAD, MAN.
295
00:19:50,827 --> 00:19:52,857
HEY, THE HOPPER'S
JAMMING UP, MAN.
296
00:19:52,896 --> 00:19:56,136
CAN YOU COME UP THERE
AND KNOCK SOMETHING LOOSE?
297
00:19:56,172 --> 00:19:58,282
IT'S JUST GUMMING
UP REAL BAD.
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00:19:58,310 --> 00:19:59,590
[BLEEP] DAMN IT, DUDE.
299
00:20:03,413 --> 00:20:05,903
Kyle: WE WANT TO RUN, WE WANT
TO HAVE GOLD, BUT GUESS WHAT?
300
00:20:05,931 --> 00:20:07,661
WITH THAT ISSUE,
IT'S NOT HAPPENING.
301
00:20:07,689 --> 00:20:09,379
WE'RE NOT GETTING IT.
302
00:20:09,413 --> 00:20:10,523
HEY, LEAVE THAT
THING RUNNING.
303
00:20:10,551 --> 00:20:12,001
I GOT TO GO UP
THERE AND FIX IT.
304
00:20:18,931 --> 00:20:21,481
HEY, MAN, BE
CAREFUL UP THERE.
305
00:20:21,517 --> 00:20:23,587
YES, STILL WE'RE
JAMMED UP REAL BAD HERE.
306
00:20:23,620 --> 00:20:25,590
WE'RE RUNNING
COMPLETELY JACKED UP.
307
00:20:25,620 --> 00:20:27,030
[BLEEP], YEAH.
308
00:20:27,068 --> 00:20:30,098
YOU KNOW YOU SHOULDN'T BE UP ON
THE WASH PAN WHILE IT'S RUNNING.
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00:20:30,137 --> 00:20:39,717
♪♪
310
00:20:39,758 --> 00:20:42,968
EVERY TIME THIS THING GETS
JAMMED, WE GOT TO STOP AGAIN.
311
00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,210
WE'RE LOSING ALL
KINDS OF TIME.
312
00:20:47,344 --> 00:20:48,554
[BLEEP].
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00:20:48,586 --> 00:20:49,446
OH, [BLEEP].
314
00:20:49,482 --> 00:20:51,592
HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY!
315
00:20:51,620 --> 00:20:54,830
[BLEEP].
CUT THE WATER.
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00:20:54,862 --> 00:20:57,002
CUT THE WATER, JOHNNY!
CUT THE WATER!
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00:20:57,034 --> 00:21:01,904
♪♪
318
00:21:01,931 --> 00:21:03,311
[BLEEP].
319
00:21:03,344 --> 00:21:05,034
KYLE, YOU CAN'T BE UP THERE
WHILE IT'S RUNNING!
320
00:21:05,068 --> 00:21:06,448
WHAT'S GOING ON?
321
00:21:08,068 --> 00:21:09,448
Stuart: [BLEEP]!
322
00:21:11,862 --> 00:21:14,072
I WAS CLEARING, BROKE
OFF A PIECE OF PLASTIC.
323
00:21:14,103 --> 00:21:15,933
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT,
324
00:21:15,965 --> 00:21:18,855
'CAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE YOU GUYS
UP HERE WHILE IT'S RUNNING.
325
00:21:21,931 --> 00:21:24,001
YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT [BLEEP] UP.
326
00:21:36,241 --> 00:21:42,071
♪♪
327
00:21:42,103 --> 00:21:44,833
Jean-Michel:
I'M CROSSING MY FINGERS THAT
EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE DONE,
328
00:21:44,862 --> 00:21:48,522
BUT WE'RE SO BEHIND SCHEDULE.
329
00:21:48,551 --> 00:21:51,721
Narrator: AT THE AIRSTRIP,
PARKER SCHNABEL HAS TASKED
330
00:21:51,758 --> 00:21:56,828
NEW HIRE J.M. WITH STRIPPING
A 600,000-SQUARE-FOOT CUT
331
00:21:56,862 --> 00:22:02,692
READY FOR SLUICIFER TO MOVE INTO
IN JUST FOUR DAYS.
332
00:22:02,724 --> 00:22:05,974
I GOT 20 THINGS TO DO AND
I ONLY HAVE TIME TO DO 10.
333
00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,480
I MEAN, LIKE WE'RE
TWO PEOPLE HERE,
334
00:22:08,517 --> 00:22:10,897
AND IT'S LIKE, WE NEED
AN ARMY RIGHT NOW,
335
00:22:10,931 --> 00:22:13,551
BUT HEY, WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN.
336
00:22:15,793 --> 00:22:16,933
Mitch: YOU KNOW, THIS SEASON,
337
00:22:16,965 --> 00:22:20,205
EVERYBODY'S JUST BEEN
PUSHED TO THE LIMIT.
338
00:22:20,241 --> 00:22:23,761
Narrator: THREE AND A HALF MILES
AWAY AT THE PROMISED LAND,
339
00:22:23,793 --> 00:22:29,723
FOREMAN MITCH BLASCHKE CLOSES IN
ON THE LAST OF THE THAWED PAY.
340
00:22:29,758 --> 00:22:31,618
WELL, WE'RE MOTORING
THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICK,
341
00:22:31,655 --> 00:22:34,445
A LOT FASTER THAN WE WERE
ORIGINALLY THINKING WE WERE.
342
00:22:34,482 --> 00:22:36,592
AND THESE WASH PLANTS HAVE
BEEN RUNNING REAL NICE,
343
00:22:36,620 --> 00:22:40,240
SO VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET
THE AIRSTRIP CUT OPENED UP.
344
00:22:40,275 --> 00:22:42,655
WE WANT TO HAVE THAT
CUT READY TO GO FOR WHEN
345
00:22:42,689 --> 00:22:44,279
WE FINISH RUNNING THIS PAY DIRT.
346
00:22:44,310 --> 00:22:45,550
WE WANT TO WHEEL
RIGHT OVER THERE
347
00:22:45,586 --> 00:22:47,166
AND GET RIGHT BACK TO SLUICING.
348
00:22:47,206 --> 00:22:49,966
WE'RE COMING IN HOT.
349
00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,410
Narrator: IF THE AIRSTRIP
IS NOT DOWN TO PAY DIRT
350
00:22:52,448 --> 00:22:54,658
BEFORE SLUICIFER ARRIVES,
351
00:22:54,689 --> 00:22:57,589
PARKER'S BIGGEST
MONEYMAKER WILL SIT IDLE,
352
00:22:57,620 --> 00:23:02,380
COSTING HIM $4,000
AN HOUR IN LOST GOLD.
353
00:23:02,413 --> 00:23:04,663
YEAH, I NEED TO TALK TO J.M.
AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
354
00:23:04,689 --> 00:23:06,479
WE'RE CLOSING
IN ON THEM QUICKLY.
355
00:23:06,517 --> 00:23:07,687
YEAH, NO DOUBT.
356
00:23:07,724 --> 00:23:09,004
JUST HOLLER ON THE RADIO
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING.
357
00:23:09,034 --> 00:23:10,034
SOUNDS GOOD.
358
00:23:10,068 --> 00:23:12,208
YEAH, NO PROBLEM.
HAVE A GOOD ONE.
359
00:23:20,241 --> 00:23:28,141
♪♪
360
00:23:28,172 --> 00:23:30,002
Jean-Michel: 'SUP, TYSON?HEY, MAN. HOW'S IT GOING?
361
00:23:30,034 --> 00:23:32,934
STILL BEHIND SCHEDULE,
BUT WHAT ELSE CAN I DO?
362
00:23:32,965 --> 00:23:34,335
I'M ALL BY
MYSELF HERE.
363
00:23:34,379 --> 00:23:36,619
BUT YOU GUYS ARE STILL SLUICING,
OR YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH DONE?
364
00:23:36,655 --> 00:23:39,275
Tyson: SORRY FOR THE BAD NEWS,
MAN. WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE.
365
00:23:39,310 --> 00:23:41,970
I IMAGINE WE'LL HAVE
TODAY, TOMORROW NIGHT,
366
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:42,970
AND THEN TOMORROW
DURING THE DAY,
367
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,000
WE'LL PROBABLY
FINISH IT UP
368
00:23:44,034 --> 00:23:45,864
AND TRY AND GET
THE CLEANUP DONE.
369
00:23:45,896 --> 00:23:48,716
WE'RE GONNA BE READY
TO MOVE TOMORROW.
370
00:23:48,758 --> 00:23:51,448
[BLEEP]. THAT'S
A LOT OF STRESS.
371
00:23:51,482 --> 00:23:53,002
I'M CONCERNED THAT
THERE'S ANOTHER
372
00:23:53,034 --> 00:23:54,314
THREE, FOUR
DAYS OF DIRT WORKS
373
00:23:54,344 --> 00:23:57,624
BEFORE WE CAN EVEN THINK ABOUT
BRINGING A WASH PLANT HERE.
374
00:23:57,655 --> 00:23:59,025
IT'S JUST NOT
READY OVER HERE.
375
00:23:59,068 --> 00:24:01,278
YOU GUYS GOT TO
STOP SAYING THAT, MAN.
376
00:24:01,310 --> 00:24:02,720
I KNOW I'M BEHIND
SCHEDULE, MAN.
377
00:24:02,758 --> 00:24:05,518
[BLEEP].
378
00:24:05,551 --> 00:24:07,591
ALRIGHT.OKAY, THANKS, TYSON.
379
00:24:07,620 --> 00:24:09,000
NO WORRIES.
380
00:24:12,448 --> 00:24:14,068
"BEHIND SCHEDULE.
BEHIND SCHEDULE."
381
00:24:14,103 --> 00:24:17,453
I KNOW I'M [BLEEP]
BEHIND SCHEDULE.
382
00:24:17,482 --> 00:24:19,972
Narrator: WITH ONE DAY LEFT
ON THE PROMISED LAND
383
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:24,450
AND ONE DAY FOR THE WASH PLANT
MOVE TO BE READY FOR SLUICIFER,
384
00:24:24,482 --> 00:24:29,382
J.M.'S GOT TO FINISH 4 DAYS'
WORTH OF STRIPPING IN 48 HOURS.
385
00:24:31,206 --> 00:24:34,166
Jean-Michel:
I MEAN, I'VE TRIED TO KEEP
A SMILE ON MY FACE EVERY DAY
386
00:24:34,206 --> 00:24:35,586
AND TRIED TO BE POSITIVE,
387
00:24:35,620 --> 00:24:37,550
BUT SOMETIMES, MAN. [ GROANS ]
388
00:24:37,586 --> 00:24:41,406
I JUST WANT TO [BLEEP]
LOSE MY [BLEEP], YOU KNOW?
389
00:24:41,448 --> 00:24:44,928
'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE LINE,
I GOT PARKER ON THE OTHER END
390
00:24:44,965 --> 00:24:49,205
WHO'S ASKING ME SO MUCH THING
AND ASKED ME THE IMPOSSIBLE.
391
00:24:49,241 --> 00:24:50,861
[ CRASHING ]
392
00:24:53,620 --> 00:24:56,310
WHAT THE [BLEEP]?
393
00:24:56,344 --> 00:24:59,004
DID HE JUST [BLEEP]
ROLL HIS TRUCK?
394
00:24:59,034 --> 00:25:01,384
Nick: J.M.!
395
00:25:04,379 --> 00:25:06,789
PLEASE HELP
ME OUT, BUD.
396
00:25:06,827 --> 00:25:09,207
HOLY [BLEEP], BRO.
397
00:25:09,241 --> 00:25:12,721
EMPTY OUT THE BOX, AND THEN
I'LL PUT IT BACK ON WHEELS.
398
00:25:12,758 --> 00:25:22,658
♪♪
399
00:25:22,689 --> 00:25:25,209
Jean-Michel: CROSS OUR FINGER
THAT IT DIDN'T WRECK ANYTHING.
400
00:25:25,241 --> 00:25:34,791
♪♪
401
00:25:34,827 --> 00:25:36,407
LIKE, I NEED THAT
RIGHT NOW, MAN.
402
00:25:36,448 --> 00:25:38,478
LIKE I [BLEEP] NEED THAT.
403
00:25:38,517 --> 00:25:46,097
♪♪
404
00:25:46,137 --> 00:25:49,277
WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
405
00:25:49,310 --> 00:25:52,000
I MIGHT HAVE TO DO A
LITTLE BIT OF OVERTIME HERE
406
00:25:52,034 --> 00:25:55,174
TO MAKE SURE THAT CUT IS READY.
407
00:25:55,206 --> 00:25:56,446
[BLEEP].
408
00:25:56,482 --> 00:25:58,662
LONG HOURS, MAN.Jean-Michel: I KNOW.
409
00:25:58,689 --> 00:26:01,279
THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH DONE
SLUICING AT THE OTHER END,
410
00:26:01,310 --> 00:26:04,380
SO THAT PLANT SHOULD SHOW
UP HERE PRETTY SOON.
411
00:26:06,793 --> 00:26:07,933
HELP ME OUT?
412
00:26:07,965 --> 00:26:10,095
OF COURSE I WILL.
413
00:26:10,137 --> 00:26:12,237
Narrator:
AT THE END OF A 12-HOUR SHIFT...
414
00:26:12,275 --> 00:26:14,405
PEDAL TO THE METAL!
415
00:26:14,448 --> 00:26:18,208
J.M. AND ROCK TRUCK DRIVER NICK
WORK OVERTIME INTO
416
00:26:18,241 --> 00:26:23,341
THE SHORT YUKON NIGHT TO TRY TO
GET THE CUT READY FOR SLUICIFER.
417
00:26:23,379 --> 00:26:25,309
DUMP, SHAKE, REPEAT.
418
00:26:25,344 --> 00:26:27,794
I KNOW PARKER'S GOING
TO SHOW UP EVENTUALLY,
419
00:26:27,827 --> 00:26:30,447
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW HE'S
GONNA THINK ABOUT THE CUT,
420
00:26:30,482 --> 00:26:33,622
SO IT'S STILL A LOT OF
STRESS ON MY SHOULDER.
421
00:26:33,655 --> 00:26:35,825
WE'RE ALL GETTING TIRED.
I'M TIRED AS [BLEEP].
422
00:26:42,482 --> 00:26:49,102
♪♪
423
00:26:49,137 --> 00:26:51,967
Fred: WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIX
THE COLONEL SO IT'S FIXED RIGHT,
424
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,930
AND WE'RE GONNA GET IT GOING.
425
00:26:54,965 --> 00:26:59,685
Narrator: AT FRED LEWIS' ELKHORN
CLAIM, MINING IS AT A STANDSTILL
426
00:26:59,724 --> 00:27:02,524
UNTIL THEY FIX
COLONEL NUGGET'S HOPPER.
427
00:27:04,551 --> 00:27:06,411
ALRIGHT, WE NEED TO FIND
THAT CAN JACK, BRO.
428
00:27:06,448 --> 00:27:09,478
WE GOT TO -- ALRIGHT,
LET'S GET THIS DONE.
429
00:27:11,241 --> 00:27:12,411
I GOT AN IDEA.
430
00:27:12,448 --> 00:27:13,788
Kyle: THAT SCARES ME
A LITTLE BIT.
431
00:27:13,827 --> 00:27:15,067
EXACTLY.
432
00:27:15,103 --> 00:27:17,103
[ LAUGHING ]
433
00:27:17,137 --> 00:27:18,587
GO ON.
Stuart: YEAH.
434
00:27:18,620 --> 00:27:21,450
WE'RE GONNA JACK
UP THE BACK LEG,
435
00:27:21,482 --> 00:27:24,032
STICK SOME MORE
SUPPORTS UNDER THERE,
436
00:27:24,068 --> 00:27:26,858
AND JUST GET IT AT A LITTLE
BIT MORE OF AN ANGLE.
437
00:27:26,896 --> 00:27:29,066
SOMETIMES MINOR ADJUSTMENTS
MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
438
00:27:29,103 --> 00:27:32,033
I THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE A
WAY MORE DRASTIC APPROACH,
439
00:27:32,068 --> 00:27:33,098
LIKE, WE NEED --
440
00:27:33,137 --> 00:27:34,827
HOW LONG IS THIS
GONNA TAKE, THOUGH?
441
00:27:34,862 --> 00:27:36,692
A COUPLE MINUTES.
442
00:27:36,724 --> 00:27:38,174
OKAY, YEAH.
443
00:27:39,793 --> 00:27:41,413
WE ONLY NEED ABOUT
FOUR INCHES, I THINK.
444
00:27:41,448 --> 00:27:43,618
JUST ENOUGH GRAVITY TO
MAKE IT GRADUALLY FEED OFF.
445
00:27:43,655 --> 00:27:45,965
SO, BABY STEPS.
446
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,660
[ GRUNTING ]
447
00:27:48,689 --> 00:27:51,789
FRED'S ALWAYS GONNA DO
THE CHEAP, QUICK THINGS
448
00:27:51,827 --> 00:27:54,337
FOR FIXES, WHICH...
449
00:27:54,379 --> 00:27:59,239
I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT'S GOTTEN
US INTO TROUBLE BEFORE.
450
00:27:59,275 --> 00:28:00,515
Stuart: I THINK THIS
SHOULD DO IT, MAN.
451
00:28:00,551 --> 00:28:02,661
Fred: STUART AND KYLE
SEEM A LITTLE SKEPTICAL
452
00:28:02,689 --> 00:28:04,339
OF MY JERRY-RIGGED FIX,
453
00:28:04,379 --> 00:28:06,859
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T
HAVE A LOT OF TIME.
454
00:28:06,896 --> 00:28:10,136
WE NEED A QUICK FIX JUST TO
GET BACK ON THE GOLD AGAIN,
455
00:28:10,172 --> 00:28:12,242
SO I'M GONNA TRY
THIS QUICK JERRY FIX.
456
00:28:12,275 --> 00:28:14,445
IF IT WORKS, BOOM, MOVE ON.
457
00:28:14,482 --> 00:28:16,972
IF NOT, I'LL TAKE [BLEEP]
FROM THE GUYS.
458
00:28:20,206 --> 00:28:21,926
HEY, WE ALL READY
TO FIRE THE PLANT UP?
459
00:28:21,965 --> 00:28:24,275
LET'S GET THIS THING TESTED.
460
00:28:24,310 --> 00:28:25,620
YOU READY?
461
00:28:25,655 --> 00:28:27,165
YEP.
462
00:28:27,206 --> 00:28:29,336
YOU READY TO ROCK AND ROLL?
THEY'RE ABOUT READY TO FIRE IT.
463
00:28:29,379 --> 00:28:30,999
I'M READY TO ROCK AND ROLL.
464
00:28:33,586 --> 00:28:35,096
[ MOTOR STARTS ]
465
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:38,970
WE'LL KNOW IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES
IF THAT HOPPER'S GONNA
466
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,240
FEED IT CORRECTLY.
467
00:28:42,172 --> 00:28:43,522
HOPE IT'S ENOUGH.
468
00:28:43,551 --> 00:28:50,831
♪♪
469
00:28:50,862 --> 00:28:52,762
RIGHT NOW, IT IS
LOOKING PRETTY GOOD,
470
00:28:52,793 --> 00:28:56,173
IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT
HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM.
471
00:28:56,206 --> 00:29:04,406
♪♪
472
00:29:04,448 --> 00:29:08,168
THE HOPPER IS
A LITTLE CROOKED.
473
00:29:08,206 --> 00:29:11,136
WHEN THEY WERE MESSING WITH
IT, THEY GOT IT OFF-CENTER.
474
00:29:14,689 --> 00:29:18,379
ALL THAT WATER ON TOP, IT'S
SURGING AND HITTING OUR BELT.
475
00:29:18,413 --> 00:29:19,593
[ RATTLING ]
476
00:29:19,620 --> 00:29:21,970
♪♪
477
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:22,970
[ THUD ]
478
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,660
[ WHISTLES ]
HIT THE BUTTON!
479
00:29:26,689 --> 00:29:28,099
[BLEEP]!
480
00:29:28,137 --> 00:29:31,717
Narrator: WATER SURGING OFF
THE EDGE OF THE SHAKER DECK
481
00:29:31,758 --> 00:29:35,448
HAS MADE ONE OF THE DECK'S
DRIVE BELTS SLIP OFF.
482
00:29:37,551 --> 00:29:40,071
SO IT'S THAT FEET
HITTING THE BELT?
483
00:29:40,103 --> 00:29:44,033
Kendall: [BLEEP] THE BELTS. I
CALLED THIS, LIKE, A MINUTE AGO.
484
00:29:44,068 --> 00:29:46,548
JUST PUT IT ON THE TOP
SIDE AND I'LL ROTATE IT.
485
00:29:46,586 --> 00:29:48,616
COME ON! [BLEEP].
486
00:29:48,655 --> 00:29:50,785
YEP! GOOD!
487
00:29:50,827 --> 00:29:52,237
SO THAT JERRY-RIG DIDN'T WORK.
488
00:29:52,275 --> 00:29:53,685
IT'S A WASTE OF
TIME, PRETTY MUCH.
489
00:29:53,724 --> 00:29:56,484
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO STOP RIGHT
NOW AND HALT ALL OPERATIONS,
490
00:29:56,517 --> 00:29:59,137
WHICH I FREAKING HATE,
AND FIX THE COLONEL
491
00:29:59,172 --> 00:30:00,342
SO IT'S FIXED RIGHT.
492
00:30:00,379 --> 00:30:02,209
THIS IS STARTING TO PISS ME OFF.
493
00:30:13,034 --> 00:30:19,764
♪♪
494
00:30:22,724 --> 00:30:24,624
Narrator: AT PARADISE HILL,
495
00:30:24,655 --> 00:30:27,895
TONY IS HALFWAY THROUGH
THE MOBILE TROMMEL REBUILD.
496
00:30:34,724 --> 00:30:37,764
IN HIS SECOND TRUCK,
MIKE FINALLY RETURNS
497
00:30:37,793 --> 00:30:40,003
FROM MOOSE CREEK
WITH THE CONVEYOR.
498
00:31:05,896 --> 00:31:08,476
MIKE CRANES
IN THE HOPPER FEEDER.
499
00:31:24,793 --> 00:31:28,213
THE SLUICE RUNS ATTACHED.
500
00:31:28,241 --> 00:31:29,901
THEY CRANE IN THE CONVEYOR.
501
00:31:36,724 --> 00:31:39,104
Mike: ONLY GOT TO GET
THE ENGINE RUNNING ON THE THING
502
00:31:39,137 --> 00:31:42,787
AND HOOK UP A FEW MORE THINGS
AND PLANTS READY TO GO.
503
00:31:42,827 --> 00:31:45,207
WE'LL [BLEEP] DRAG HER INTO
PLACE AND START SLUICING.
504
00:31:45,241 --> 00:31:50,551
Len: IF YOU HOLD IT THERE AND
THEN FEED IT THROUGH, IF IT'S --
505
00:31:50,586 --> 00:31:52,476
I GOT IT.SHE SOME KIND OF TIGHT.
506
00:31:52,517 --> 00:31:54,137
THEY DON'T GIVE YOU A WHOLE
LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM, HERE.
507
00:32:02,758 --> 00:32:04,308
Narrator: BEFORE TONY BOUGHT IT,
508
00:32:04,344 --> 00:32:06,834
THE MOBILE TROMMEL
SAT ABANDONED.
509
00:32:06,862 --> 00:32:11,342
IT HASN'T FIRED UP
FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS.
510
00:32:11,379 --> 00:32:17,449
TIME TO FIND OUT IF TONY'S
$400,000 GAMBLE WILL PAY OFF.
511
00:32:17,482 --> 00:32:18,622
WE'LL START IT UP,
AND LET'S SEE.
512
00:32:18,655 --> 00:32:20,585
WE DON'T HAVE A [BLEEP]
CLUE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
513
00:32:24,931 --> 00:32:26,691
[ TROMMEL WHIRS ]
514
00:32:33,758 --> 00:32:37,098
[ TROMMEL SPLUTTERS ]
515
00:32:37,137 --> 00:32:39,787
[BLEEP]. I DON'T
LIKE THIS.
516
00:32:39,827 --> 00:32:41,617
[ SWITCH CLICKS ]GIVE HER A MINUTE.
517
00:32:43,137 --> 00:32:45,967
MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT
THE OTHER TRUCK OVER HERE.
518
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,380
[BLEEP]. THE BATTERIES.BATTERIES.
519
00:32:51,448 --> 00:32:54,448
Narrator:
MECHANIC JORDAN EAGLES
CONNECTS BATTERIES
520
00:32:54,482 --> 00:32:58,172
FROM THE WATER TRUCK AND
THE FUEL TRUCK TO THE TROMMEL.
521
00:32:58,206 --> 00:33:01,546
HOPEFULLY THAT GETS JUST
THE LITTLE BIT THAT WE NEED.
522
00:33:03,482 --> 00:33:05,622
TRY IT AGAIN.[ SWITCH CLICKS ]
523
00:33:05,655 --> 00:33:07,275
[ MOTOR TURNS OVER ]
524
00:33:08,655 --> 00:33:10,335
[ MOTOR WHIRS ]
525
00:33:14,551 --> 00:33:15,521
[ LEVER CLICKS ]
526
00:33:15,551 --> 00:33:19,481
[ TROMMEL WHINING ]
527
00:33:19,517 --> 00:33:20,547
THAT'S THE TROMMEL!
528
00:33:26,655 --> 00:33:33,065
♪♪
529
00:33:33,103 --> 00:33:34,103
GOOD!
530
00:33:36,241 --> 00:33:37,241
NOT AT ALL.
531
00:33:45,965 --> 00:33:48,715
Narrator:
ONE SHORT WALK FOR A TROMMEL.
532
00:33:48,758 --> 00:33:51,718
ONE GIANT LEAP
FOR TONY BEETS' MINE.
533
00:33:53,793 --> 00:33:57,413
I'LL BE DAMNED!
IT LIVES! COOL!
534
00:33:57,448 --> 00:34:00,278
Narrator: THE LAST PART
OF HIS MASTER PLAN?
535
00:34:00,310 --> 00:34:03,240
TONY NEEDS TO MOVE
THE TROMMEL TO THE MEGACUT.
536
00:34:10,620 --> 00:34:19,340
♪♪
537
00:34:19,379 --> 00:34:21,929
WE'RE HERE TO MINE AND GO HOME
WITH GOLD IN OUR HANDS.
538
00:34:21,965 --> 00:34:24,965
WE CAN'T DO THAT WHEN
THE COLONEL'S ASLEEP.
539
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:26,860
WE NEED TO WAKE THE BEAST
AND WE NEED TO GET THINGS GOING.
540
00:34:26,896 --> 00:34:28,826
OH, BOY.
541
00:34:28,862 --> 00:34:31,172
Narrator:
IN OREGON'S ELKHORN MOUNTAINS,
542
00:34:31,206 --> 00:34:36,516
FRED LEWIS'S OPERATION
IS SHUT DOWN...AGAIN.
543
00:34:36,551 --> 00:34:38,521
Kyle: IT'S LIKE
[BLEEP] CEMENT.
544
00:34:38,551 --> 00:34:40,001
[BLEEP].
545
00:34:40,034 --> 00:34:43,794
TO GET BACK ON THE GOLD,
FRED'S CREW NEEDS TO STOP
546
00:34:43,827 --> 00:34:46,337
PAY DIRT CLOGGING
THE WASH PLANT HOPPER.
547
00:34:46,379 --> 00:34:47,759
LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS A MESS.
548
00:34:47,793 --> 00:34:50,973
THE BOTTOM OF OUR HOPPER
IS JUST WAVY AS CAN BE,
549
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,210
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE
PART OF OUR ISSUE IS.
550
00:34:55,862 --> 00:34:57,972
Kyle: THE WATER IS NOT ABLE TO
RUSH DOWN RIGHT, WHICH MEANS
551
00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:59,830
THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE STARTING
TO GET PILES AND BUILD UP.
552
00:34:59,862 --> 00:35:01,482
WE'VE GOT TO WELD ON
SOME NEW IRON.
553
00:35:01,517 --> 00:35:04,757
TRY TO FLATTEN THIS OUT,
GIVE IT MORE OF A STEEP BANK,
554
00:35:04,793 --> 00:35:08,243
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE WATER
HIT EVERYTHING EVENLY.
555
00:35:08,275 --> 00:35:10,025
IF THAT HAPPENS,
THEN WE SHOULD HAVE
556
00:35:10,068 --> 00:35:11,998
EVERYTHING COME OUT CLEANLY.
557
00:35:12,034 --> 00:35:13,594
Narrator: KYLE'S PLAN?
558
00:35:13,620 --> 00:35:18,860
COVER THE DENTED HOPPER BASE
WITH A SLOPING SHEET OF STEEL.
559
00:35:18,896 --> 00:35:21,856
THE SMOOTH SURFACE
AND STEEPER ANGLE
560
00:35:21,896 --> 00:35:26,166
SHOULD HELP PAY FLOW SMOOTHLY
OUT OF THE HOPPER.
561
00:35:26,206 --> 00:35:27,716
THE WATER IS GONNA
FLOW OUT EVENLY,
562
00:35:27,758 --> 00:35:29,968
WHICH MEANS OUR DIRT SHOULD COME
OUT EASILY, AND THE PLANT
563
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,480
SHOULD BE OPERATING
THE RIGHT WAY, AT THAT POINT.
564
00:35:32,517 --> 00:35:34,857
Fred:
ALRIGHT. LET'S JUST GET IT UP
AND RUNNING AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
565
00:35:34,896 --> 00:35:36,516
Kyle: YOU GOT IT.
566
00:35:38,517 --> 00:35:39,787
YOU KNOW, IT'S A TON OF WORK,
567
00:35:39,827 --> 00:35:41,997
BUT FRED'S COUNTING ON ME
TO GET THIS THING DONE.
568
00:35:42,034 --> 00:35:44,074
WE GOT TO GET THIS INTO
THE HOPPER AS SOON AS WE CAN.
569
00:35:44,103 --> 00:35:45,383
OTHERWISE, THE LONGER
WE SIT HERE,
570
00:35:45,413 --> 00:35:46,833
THE LONGER WE'RE LOSING
TIME AND MONEY.
571
00:35:46,862 --> 00:35:49,662
SO, GOT TO GET BACK TO IT.
HOPE THIS THING WORKS OUT.
572
00:35:49,689 --> 00:35:54,169
♪♪
573
00:35:54,206 --> 00:35:57,966
ALRIGHT, WE GOT
THIS THING READY TO GO.
574
00:35:58,000 --> 00:35:59,760
I'M GONNA GET IT CHAINED UP,
575
00:35:59,793 --> 00:36:02,863
GIVE IT OVER TO STU
ON THE EXCAVATOR.
576
00:36:02,896 --> 00:36:05,856
HE'S GONNA SWING IT
OVER THE HOPPER FOR ME.
577
00:36:05,896 --> 00:36:07,166
I'M GOING TO GUIDE
HIM IN AND HOPEFULLY
578
00:36:07,206 --> 00:36:08,616
WE CAN SET THIS RIGHT
DOWN WHERE WE WANT IT
579
00:36:08,655 --> 00:36:10,855
AND GET IT WELDED UP
SO WE CAN GET BACK TO WORK.
580
00:36:10,896 --> 00:36:13,136
ALRIGHT, STU, START BRINGING
IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
581
00:36:13,172 --> 00:36:15,172
[ METAL CREAKING ]
582
00:36:15,206 --> 00:36:16,276
ALRIGHT.
583
00:36:16,310 --> 00:36:17,380
BRING IT DOWN.
584
00:36:17,413 --> 00:36:21,623
♪♪
585
00:36:21,655 --> 00:36:22,825
[ THUD ]
586
00:36:22,862 --> 00:36:27,452
♪♪
587
00:36:27,482 --> 00:36:29,722
I'M GONNA TO GO GRAB SOME
3-INCH ANGLE IRON.
588
00:36:29,758 --> 00:36:32,448
I'M GONNA, ESSENTIALLY, CREATE A
LIP FOR THIS ALL THE WAY AROUND.
589
00:36:32,482 --> 00:36:33,972
IT'S GONNA HELP US MAKE IT
590
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:35,790
A LITTLE MORE STURDY,
STRUCTURALLY.
591
00:36:35,827 --> 00:36:38,097
THEN WE'RE GONNA
WELD THAT DOWN TIGHT.
592
00:36:38,137 --> 00:36:39,687
WE'LL BE BACK IN BUSINESS.
593
00:36:39,724 --> 00:36:48,314
♪♪
594
00:36:48,344 --> 00:36:52,834
Narrator: FOUR HOURS LATER,
KYLE COMPLETES THE FINAL WELD.
595
00:36:52,862 --> 00:36:55,902
TIME TO WAKE UP THE COLONEL.
596
00:36:55,931 --> 00:36:57,101
FRED, THIS IS KYLE.
597
00:36:57,137 --> 00:36:59,787
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TEST
OUT THIS NEW HOPPER.
598
00:36:59,827 --> 00:37:01,657
SAY AGAIN? OH!
599
00:37:01,689 --> 00:37:04,859
YEAH, MAN.
FINGERS CROSSED.
600
00:37:04,896 --> 00:37:06,616
ALRIGHT, IS EVERYBODY
STANDING BY?
601
00:37:06,655 --> 00:37:08,585
LET'S GET THIS [BLEEP]
GAME ROLLING.
602
00:37:08,620 --> 00:37:10,550
WE NEED THE WATER NOW.
603
00:37:16,896 --> 00:37:23,206
♪♪
604
00:37:23,241 --> 00:37:24,691
LOOK OUT BELOW.
605
00:37:24,724 --> 00:37:31,034
♪♪
606
00:37:31,068 --> 00:37:32,858
IT'S LOOKING A
LOT BETTER!
607
00:37:32,896 --> 00:37:39,616
♪♪
608
00:37:39,655 --> 00:37:41,715
WE'RE GOING!
WE'RE GOING!
609
00:37:41,758 --> 00:37:45,278
♪♪
610
00:37:45,310 --> 00:37:47,410
THIS? THIS IS
FREAKIN' AWESOME!
611
00:37:49,965 --> 00:37:51,275
I'M PUMPED UP AS HELL!
612
00:37:51,310 --> 00:37:53,550
JUST HAPPY THIS
IS ALL WORKING.
613
00:37:53,586 --> 00:37:55,926
♪♪
614
00:37:55,965 --> 00:37:57,585
[BLEEP] YEAH.
615
00:37:57,620 --> 00:38:00,310
KEEP FEEDING HER, STU!
LET'S GET SOME GOLD, BABY!
616
00:38:00,344 --> 00:38:05,524
♪♪
617
00:38:05,551 --> 00:38:08,171
I LOVE IT.
IT'S COMING OUT CLEAN!
618
00:38:08,206 --> 00:38:12,236
WE'RE NOT LOSING ANY GOLD
ANYMORE, THAT'S FOR SURE.
619
00:38:12,275 --> 00:38:13,305
COME HERE, BROTHER.GOOD JOB, DUDE.
620
00:38:13,344 --> 00:38:14,454
HELL, YEAH.
621
00:38:14,482 --> 00:38:20,762
♪♪
622
00:38:24,827 --> 00:38:29,067
HI, I'M RICK NESS.
WELCOME TO "WILL IT SHAKE?"
623
00:38:29,103 --> 00:38:33,143
TODAY, WE GOT A PUMPKIN, A
FOOTBALL, AND AN ADULT BEVERAGE.
624
00:38:33,172 --> 00:38:35,832
WILL IT SHAKE?
625
00:38:35,862 --> 00:38:37,032
A PUMPKIN!
626
00:38:37,068 --> 00:38:43,968
♪♪
627
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:45,340
NO!
628
00:38:48,413 --> 00:38:50,103
AN ADULT BEVERAGE!
629
00:38:50,137 --> 00:38:58,337
♪♪
630
00:38:58,379 --> 00:39:00,899
NO!
631
00:39:00,931 --> 00:39:02,591
A FOOTBALL!
632
00:39:08,551 --> 00:39:14,521
♪♪
633
00:39:14,551 --> 00:39:17,311
AMERICAN FOOTBALL. IT'LL SHAKE.
634
00:39:23,068 --> 00:39:31,408
♪♪
635
00:39:31,448 --> 00:39:34,588
EVERYTHING LOOKS REALLY GOOD,
SO THEY'RE KILLING IT.
636
00:39:38,310 --> 00:39:40,000
Narrator: ON THE PROMISED LAND,
637
00:39:40,034 --> 00:39:44,554
THE SLUICIFER CREW HAS TWO HOURS
OF PAY LEFT TO RUN.
638
00:39:47,310 --> 00:39:50,620
Parker:
WHEN I LEFT, THEY WERE JUST
ABOUT TO MOVE TO THE AIRSTRIP.
639
00:39:52,172 --> 00:39:54,972
Narrator: PARKER HEADS
TO THE NEW AIRSTRIP CUT,
640
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:59,210
TO INSPECT IF IT'S STRIPPED
AND READY TO MINE.
641
00:39:59,241 --> 00:40:00,451
Parker: HOPEFULLY,
EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTH
642
00:40:00,482 --> 00:40:02,452
AND THERE'S NOT GONNA
BE ANY SURPRISES.
643
00:40:02,482 --> 00:40:09,002
♪♪
644
00:40:09,034 --> 00:40:11,144
HOLY [BLEEP].
IT'S WARM IN HERE.
645
00:40:11,172 --> 00:40:19,212
♪♪
646
00:40:19,241 --> 00:40:22,101
HOW YOU DOING?
647
00:40:22,137 --> 00:40:24,067
Parker: YOU GUYS HAVE
BEEN BUSY MOVING DIRT.
648
00:40:28,758 --> 00:40:31,518
THIS PLACE LOOKS GREAT.
649
00:40:31,551 --> 00:40:33,211
YEAH, IT'S LOOKING GOOD.
650
00:40:33,241 --> 00:40:38,381
♪♪
651
00:40:38,413 --> 00:40:41,103
WE GOT A GOOD LAYER, LIKE,
THAT BLACK STUFF'S REALLY GOOD.
652
00:40:41,137 --> 00:40:42,517
IT'S NICE-LOOKING PAY.
YEAH.
653
00:40:42,551 --> 00:40:44,141
I SAW SOME
[BLEEP] BIG ROCK.
654
00:40:44,172 --> 00:40:46,172
AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE RED? YEAH.
655
00:40:46,206 --> 00:40:48,306
SO IT'D BE NICE TO GET THIS
ALL SLUICED THIS YEAR,
656
00:40:48,344 --> 00:40:51,414
WHICH I DON'T THINK IS
AN UNREALISTIC GOAL.
657
00:40:51,448 --> 00:40:53,138
I'M PUMPED.
658
00:40:54,517 --> 00:40:55,827
THAT'S GOOD.
659
00:40:55,862 --> 00:40:58,692
[BLEEP], I'M HAPPY. I'M
[BLEEP] HAPPY RIGHT NOW.
660
00:40:58,724 --> 00:41:04,004
♪♪
661
00:41:04,034 --> 00:41:05,554
Narrator: PARKER'S NEXT STOP?
662
00:41:05,586 --> 00:41:09,476
SCRIBNER CREEK, FOR
THE WEEKLY GOLD WEIGH.
663
00:41:09,517 --> 00:41:11,897
SORRY I'M LATE.
664
00:41:11,931 --> 00:41:13,621
YOU GONNA GIVE ME
A HUG, OR WHAT?
665
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:18,170
WE FIND ANY
GOLD THIS WEEK?
666
00:41:18,206 --> 00:41:19,236
OH, YEAH.
667
00:41:19,275 --> 00:41:21,895
YOU KNOW BIG RED ALWAYS
PAYS OUT, RIGHT?
668
00:41:21,931 --> 00:41:23,101
YEAH.
669
00:41:23,137 --> 00:41:24,717
DID WE BEAT TYSON?
670
00:41:24,758 --> 00:41:27,548
[ LAUGHS ] AGAIN?
671
00:41:27,586 --> 00:41:28,966
I THINK I'M GONNA BEAT
YOU GUYS THIS WEEK.
672
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:32,030
Tyson: TO BE DETERMINED.
673
00:41:32,068 --> 00:41:35,788
Narrator: THIS SEASON, BIG RED
AND SLUICIFER HAVE EACH AVERAGED
674
00:41:35,827 --> 00:41:38,787
OVER 220 OUNCES A WEEK.
675
00:41:38,827 --> 00:41:41,857
FIRST ON THE SCALES IS BIG RED.
676
00:41:41,896 --> 00:41:44,896
[ GOLD POURS ]
677
00:41:44,931 --> 00:41:51,931
20, 40, 60,
80, 100, 110.
678
00:41:51,965 --> 00:41:54,685
116, ON THE NOSE.
679
00:41:54,724 --> 00:42:00,314
WORTH OVER $220,000,
BUT DOWN ON ITS AVERAGE.
680
00:42:00,344 --> 00:42:03,104
YOU KNOW, IT COULD
ALWAYS BE MORE.
681
00:42:05,793 --> 00:42:08,663
NEXT, SLUICIFER.
682
00:42:08,689 --> 00:42:09,659
[ GOLD POURS ]
683
00:42:09,689 --> 00:42:16,069
10, 20, 40,
60, 80, 90.
684
00:42:16,103 --> 00:42:18,383
100. 107.
685
00:42:18,413 --> 00:42:25,623
WORTH OVER $200,000 --
AGAIN, BELOW AVERAGE.
686
00:42:25,655 --> 00:42:28,305
YEAH, THIS MIGHT BE A BIT
OF A [BLEEP]SHOW OF A FALL,
687
00:42:28,344 --> 00:42:29,794
BUT WE'LL GET THERE.
688
00:42:29,827 --> 00:42:33,067
SO, FOR THE WEEK,
WE GOT 223.5 OUNCES.
689
00:42:35,448 --> 00:42:37,928
BUT FOR THE SEASON,
WE BROKE 5,000.
690
00:42:37,965 --> 00:42:40,235
WE'RE 5,011 OUNCES.[BLEEP].
691
00:42:40,275 --> 00:42:41,655
SO WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
692
00:42:41,689 --> 00:42:46,029
NOT AT THE FASTEST PACE
WE'VE EVER BEEN, BUT...
693
00:42:46,068 --> 00:42:47,718
WELL DONE. WELL DONE.THANKS.
694
00:42:47,758 --> 00:42:50,338
MY PAYOFF'S BEEN
WORKING WELL.
695
00:42:50,379 --> 00:42:51,759
THANKS, GUYS.YOU BETCHA. THANK YOU.
696
00:42:51,793 --> 00:42:53,213
I'M NOT GONNA
HUG YOU, BUT...
697
00:42:58,965 --> 00:43:04,685
♪♪
698
00:43:04,724 --> 00:43:06,004
Kyle: KEEP FEEDING HER.
699
00:43:06,034 --> 00:43:09,794
ALL THAT HARD WORK WE
PUT IN? TOTALLY WORTH IT.
700
00:43:09,827 --> 00:43:13,587
GOT EVERYTHING UP AND RUNNING.
KEEP HER GOING, BUD.
701
00:43:13,620 --> 00:43:15,340
Narrator: AT ELKHORN CLAIM,
702
00:43:15,379 --> 00:43:18,689
COLONEL NUGGET IS
FINALLY UP AND RUNNING.
703
00:43:18,724 --> 00:43:20,004
Stuart: YEAH, I GUESS YOU
COULD SAY ME AND KYLE
704
00:43:20,034 --> 00:43:22,214
KIND OF SAVED THE DAY.
705
00:43:22,241 --> 00:43:25,521
STUART RACES TO GET AS
MANY BUCKETS OF PAY
706
00:43:25,551 --> 00:43:29,241
THROUGH THE PLANT AS HE
CAN BEFORE HIS SHIFT ENDS.
707
00:43:30,517 --> 00:43:32,587
WE'RE GONNA GET
SOME [BLEEP] GOLD.
708
00:43:36,103 --> 00:43:38,933
Fred: I NEED TO KNOW
YOUR BUCKET COUNT.
709
00:43:38,965 --> 00:43:42,095
EIGHT-ZERO.
EIGHT-ZERO.
710
00:43:42,137 --> 00:43:45,167
EIGHT-ZERO?
711
00:43:45,206 --> 00:43:48,926
SHUT IT DOWN.
712
00:43:48,965 --> 00:43:50,685
Narrator:
AT THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK
713
00:43:50,724 --> 00:43:53,244
WASHING DIRT FROM
THE LIBERATION CUT,
714
00:43:53,275 --> 00:43:57,995
FRED PULLS THE MATS FROM
THE SLUICE RUNS FOR THE CLEANUP.
715
00:43:58,034 --> 00:43:59,594
Fred: IT'S PRETTY EXCITING.
716
00:43:59,620 --> 00:44:00,830
HOW'S IT LOOK?
717
00:44:00,862 --> 00:44:02,102
Kyle: I THINK IT'S JUST
THE FIX THAT WE NEED
718
00:44:02,137 --> 00:44:03,547
TO KEEP THIS PLANT MOVING ALONG,
719
00:44:03,586 --> 00:44:06,336
GET BACK TO MINING,
GET BACK TO MAKING MONEY.
720
00:44:06,379 --> 00:44:08,209
I HOPE SO, MAN.
GET SOME GOLD.
721
00:44:08,241 --> 00:44:09,411
Fred: HEY-O!
722
00:44:09,448 --> 00:44:11,308
CLEANING OFF THE TOP
OF THE CLEANUP --
723
00:44:11,344 --> 00:44:13,344
OH, [BLEEP]!
724
00:44:13,379 --> 00:44:15,929
BIGGEST ONE WE'VE FOUND.
THAT WAS JUST SITTING ON TOP.
725
00:44:15,965 --> 00:44:19,025
LOOK AT THAT! WE'RE ACTUALLY
MINERS. HOLY [BLEEP].
726
00:44:19,068 --> 00:44:20,278
THAT'S CALLED
GOLD, GUYS.
727
00:44:20,310 --> 00:44:23,900
THAT'S THE BIGGEST
NUGGET WE'VE FOUND.
728
00:44:23,931 --> 00:44:28,071
Narrator: FRED FINALLY HAS
A CHANCE OF TURNING A PROFIT.
729
00:44:29,137 --> 00:44:30,897
SEE HOW YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT
OF STRIATION ON THE BACK,
730
00:44:30,931 --> 00:44:32,031
BUT THEN YOU ROLL IT OVER,
IT'S NICE AND SMOOTH?
731
00:44:32,068 --> 00:44:33,098
YEAH.
732
00:44:33,137 --> 00:44:34,377
IT MEANS IT'S BEEN
THERE A LONG TIME,
733
00:44:34,413 --> 00:44:37,413
WHICH MEANS IT'S CAUGHT
IN THE HILLSIDE,
734
00:44:37,448 --> 00:44:39,998
WHICH MEANS WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA
FIND A LOT OF ITS COUSINS.
735
00:44:40,034 --> 00:44:41,624
OH, I LOVE IT, MAN.
736
00:44:41,655 --> 00:44:42,615
ALRIGHT!
YEAH!
737
00:44:48,172 --> 00:44:53,482
♪♪
738
00:44:53,517 --> 00:44:54,967
HEY.
Minnie: HEY, GUYS.
739
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:56,660
HOW ARE YA?
740
00:44:56,689 --> 00:44:58,139
OH, LIVING
MY BEST LIFE.
741
00:44:59,724 --> 00:45:00,834
GOT SOMETHING.
742
00:45:02,068 --> 00:45:03,828
Narrator: AT PARADISE HILL,
743
00:45:03,862 --> 00:45:07,552
THE BEETS FAMILY GATHERS
FOR THE GOLD WEIGH.
744
00:45:07,586 --> 00:45:10,966
IT'S SAD TO SEE
YOUR TRUCK GO UP.
745
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:13,000
IT SUCKED! I LIKED
THAT TRUCK.
746
00:45:20,862 --> 00:45:26,172
Narrator:
SO FAR THIS SEASON, TONY HAS
BANKED 1,040 OUNCES OF GOLD.
747
00:45:26,206 --> 00:45:29,586
NOW HE NEEDS 220 OUNCES A WEEK
748
00:45:29,620 --> 00:45:33,480
TO HIT HIS 3,000-OUNCE
SEASON TARGET.
749
00:45:33,517 --> 00:45:36,687
SO LET'S SEE WHAT THE SHAKER
DECK DID THIS WEEK.
750
00:45:36,724 --> 00:45:39,104
TONY'S DAUGHTER, MONICA,
HAD THE SHAKER DECK
751
00:45:39,137 --> 00:45:41,827
WASHING OLD-TIMER
TAILINGS ALL WEEK.
752
00:45:45,551 --> 00:45:48,101
5, 10, 15.
753
00:45:48,137 --> 00:45:52,927
PREVIOUSLY, IT'S BROUGHT IN
72 OUNCES OF GOLD IN ONE WEEK.
754
00:45:52,965 --> 00:45:59,475
40. 49. OH, 49.84.
755
00:45:59,517 --> 00:46:02,927
WORTH ALMOST $95,000.
756
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:07,690
YEAH, BUT YOU DON'T
STRIP FOR IT.
757
00:46:07,724 --> 00:46:09,344
AND IT'S BEEN
SLUICED BEFORE, SO...
758
00:46:12,862 --> 00:46:15,142
SO SHOULD WE WEIGH
THE BIGGER ONE?
759
00:46:16,620 --> 00:46:19,240
NEXT, MIKE'S TROMMEL.
760
00:46:19,275 --> 00:46:21,825
IT'S BEEN RUNNING
24 HOURS A DAY,
761
00:46:21,862 --> 00:46:27,692
SLUICING 350 YARDS
OF PAY DIRT AN HOUR.
762
00:46:27,724 --> 00:46:36,034
5, 10, 25, 30,
40, 45, 50.
763
00:46:36,068 --> 00:46:43,658
70. 100. 140,
150. 160.
764
00:46:43,689 --> 00:46:47,479
180. 190.
765
00:46:47,517 --> 00:46:49,617
195.
766
00:46:49,655 --> 00:46:55,025
195.58.
767
00:46:55,068 --> 00:46:59,858
WORTH OVER $370,000.
768
00:47:03,655 --> 00:47:07,335
SO THAT'S OUR WEEK'S TOTAL?245.42.
769
00:47:07,379 --> 00:47:08,759
Mike: WISH I MADE
THAT IN WEEK.
770
00:47:13,034 --> 00:47:14,284
Monica: IT'D BE NICE
TO SEE WHAT IT CAN DO.
771
00:47:28,275 --> 00:47:30,095
I'LL BE INTERESTING.
772
00:47:30,137 --> 00:47:34,967
♪♪
773
00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:35,970
[BLEEP] BADASS.
774
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:38,620
Narrator:
ON THE NEXT "GOLD RUSH"...
775
00:47:38,655 --> 00:47:41,135
PARKER FEELS THE NEED FOR SPEED.
776
00:47:41,172 --> 00:47:43,072
WHOA! IT'S
ABOUT TO FLIP!
777
00:47:44,827 --> 00:47:45,927
THIS IS GOOD TO GO.
778
00:47:45,965 --> 00:47:49,755
CHASING REDEMPTION,
RICK HITS DISASTER.
779
00:47:49,793 --> 00:47:52,903
[BLEEP]! YOU ALRIGHT?
780
00:47:52,931 --> 00:47:53,931
WELL, LET'S FIRE THIS UP.
781
00:47:53,965 --> 00:47:56,205
AND TONY'S SECRET WEAPON...
782
00:47:56,241 --> 00:47:57,691
LET'S SEE WHAT IT
CAN ACTUALLY DO.
783
00:47:57,724 --> 00:48:00,384
...THREATENS TO SELF-DESTRUCT.
784
00:48:00,413 --> 00:48:04,283
TURN IT OFF!
TURN IT OFF!