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[dramatic music playing]

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[Parker] In this business,
you grow or you die.

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[narrator] Since 1896,
prospectors have flocked
to the Klondike gold fields

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with dreams
of striking it rich.

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[Parker] History is full
of miners who made a lot
of money and lost it all.

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I'm super nervous.

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[narrator] Parker Schnabel
came to the Yukon

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on the hunt for gold
when he was just 18 years old.

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After years of fighting
to establish a foothold,

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now, at the age of 28,

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he's made the biggest gamble
of his career.

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We spent $15 million
on Dominion.

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It's a steep price,
but it's a huge
block of ground.

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Not only is there
a ton of ground,
but it's richer.

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[narrator]
In a blockbuster deal,

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Parker has gone all in
and acquired one of
the last big pieces

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of ground available
in the Klondike.

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Dominion Creek.

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[Parker] After 10 years
on the Indian River,
we're done there.

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The license is over.

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We're moving our yard
and our camp over to Dominion.

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[Tyson] Come on, Jarvis.

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It's time to move
to our new home.

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-[beeping]
-[metal shifting]

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[Jordan] All right.
Let's go trucking.

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[narrator] 10 miles northeast
of his old claims,

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Dominion Creek covers
roughly 7,500 acres,

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an area half the size
of Manhattan,

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potentially holding
up to 80,000 ounces of gold

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worth $160 million.

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Parker is now one of
the largest landowners
in the Klondike.

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But the $15 million price tag
could wipe him out
before he even begins.

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[Parker] It's like
buying a boat.

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Like, if you can barely
afford to buy the boat,

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you shouldn't have a boat.

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Right?

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And if you can barely afford
to buy a gold mine,

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you shouldn't have
a gold mine. [chuckling]

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And I can barely afford to.

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We're moving 10 years-worth
of mining operation

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in record time.

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[adventurous music playing]

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This is getting pretty soft.

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Yeah, gonna need a push.

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[metal whining]

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[tires whirring]

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Yeah. Push, push.

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Yeah, it's going

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[narrator] With the majority
of his cash spent
on buying the claim,

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Parker needs to get gold
out of the ground immediately
to stay afloat.

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What's happening?

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I'm trying to figure out
what the best...

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Way of dealing with
[chuckles] all of this is.

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This property has taken out
a few people,

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and nobody has really
come out of it very far ahead.

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And you're looking at
40 foot deep ground.

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[Mitch] Oh wow.

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And we're gonna have to have
a lot of work done

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before we're washing any rocks
and making any money.

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So I think that, like,
just like, step one

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is to just get those
cuts down to gravel

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or something
that will start falling.

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-Right?
-Yeah.

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Do you have a rough idea
of how much
you need to pull out

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or would like to pull
out of the ground

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to kind of
keep things floating?

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Like, to not
be totally screwed,

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we need to do 5,000 ounces
this season.

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And so, where that comes from,
I don't really know.

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[narrator] 5,000 ounces
would cover Parker's costs
and the payments for Dominion.

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But to reach the pay layer,

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he needs to remove 40 feet
of worthless overburden.

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[Parker] If you start
thinking about all of it,

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that's an overwhelming
amount of work.

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-Just put on
those horse blinders.
-[Mitch] Yep.

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-All right. Thanks, guys.
-[Mitch] Thanks, man.

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-[Tyson] Let's go do it.
-Yeah.

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All right, let's see
what this place is all about.

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Let's get ready
to move some dirt.

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[Tyson] I don't know
what you're thinking, Mitch,

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but, man,
this is some deep ground.

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It's gonna take a little bit
for us to get this
out of here.

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It doesn't seem that bad
when you're just looking at it
on paper.

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But once you come out here
and start moving this dirt,

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it's a long way to the bottom.

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It's not gonna be easy.

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We're in the money pit
right now here

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because we're gonna
spend a whole bunch

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before we ever see anything
come out of this.

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[narrator] To offset
Dominion's stripping costs,

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Parker needs to find
a quick stash of gold.

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It's a precarious situation
we're in at the moment.

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We're going to run out
of money in about
eight to ten weeks.

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I think the only way we can
kind of get over this hump

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is to sluice
a bunch of tailings

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and see
if there's any gold in it.

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[narrator] Gold and tailings
from previous miners...

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Right there is fine.

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...could buy Parker
the time needed to unlock

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Dominion Creek's $160 million
treasure chest.

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That is Gold Run,
which was a super rich creek,

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and where it dumped
into Dominion

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I'm guessing was,
you know, in this area
right here.

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I think there's gonna be
a bunch of gold
in the tailings.

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If there is, it's great
because there's no stripping,
they're thawed.

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And we need to get
some money coming in

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because we're going to be
broke very soon.

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[narrator] To see
if there's enough gold
to sluice,

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Parker runs a test yard
of tailings
through a mini trommel.

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So if we run a yard,
we need to get 155 milligrams,

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-[Mitch] 40 buckets?
-40 buckets.

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Holy cow! We're flying!

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-[Parker] Last one?
-Last one.

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We're going to go
pan her down, weigh it up,
see what we've got.

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[narrator] For the test,
Parker wants to see

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at least 155 milligrams
of gold

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to know the tailings
are good enough to process.

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54.

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That means it sucks.

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[man] Right.

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It's so annoying.

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[narrator] Parker needs
a new plan fast,

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or his dreams of $160 million
worth of gold will be over
before he's begun.

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Anytime anybody says,
"Oh, so and so has
so much money.

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They couldn't even
spend it all."

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I'm like... [chuckles]

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Does he want
to buy a gold mine?

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[majestic music playing]

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[Rick] I made the long trek
from Wisconsin right now,

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and at the moment I'm up
in the gold fields.

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I've been gone a year.
I had to take a year off.

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[narrator] Rick Ness
has been MIA
after his life fell apart.

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Now, he's back.

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[Rick] There was just
a lot of turmoil.

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A lot of, you know,
mental things just,

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you know, a lot of things
I wasn't paying attention to

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just kind of came
crashing down on me
all at once.

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[narrator] Rick needs
a big payday
to get his life back on track.

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[Rick] I need 1,000 ounces
of [bleep] to make
everything work.

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Once I had clarity,
you know, I got
my [bleep] together.

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And now-- Now finally,
I'm up here,

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and I know what the [bleep]
has to be done.

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[Zee] There he is.

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[bleep] made it.

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[narrator]
During his year away,

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most of Rick's old crew
have moved on,

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except for hometown buddy,
Zee Zaremba.

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-To Keno.
-Keno or bust.

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So last May,
when I was over there,

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you were thinking about
going up, and you ended up
not going up, eh?

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[Rick] Yeah, yeah,
I was leading the game,

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and I just-- I just
was not prepared.

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Prepared for mining
or prepared for life?

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[heavy exhale]

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Yeah, prepared for
pretty much anything.

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I mean, it's...
A lot of things fell apart,
you know.

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Being totally open and honest,
you know, I just didn't have
the energy to do anything.

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And you know, I was doing
a little [bleep]

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you know, cocaine
to try and get [bleep] gold.

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-Yeah.
-[Rick] Surprise, surprise,
that didn't work.

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You know, that ain't me now.

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Like, I ain't going down
that path anymore.

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All this stuff like,
there's something
that started it.

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You know,
like, the depression.

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You know, I lost my mom and--
And everything went to [bleep]
after that.

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[somber music playing]

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I mean, I held her as she died
in the house,

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and we-- We brought her
out of the house
and I locked the door.

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Okay? I didn't go up there
for five years.

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I ignored it, you know.
I ignored it. I pushed it out.

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Like, I don't want
to go up there.

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So...

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So, um...

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Yeah, just give me a second.

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But, you know,
I was pretty solid

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going in to deal with it,
and-- And I did.

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I went up there
[voice wavering] and got
all the pictures and...

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[clears throat]

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Well, I got everything I need,
you know, to remind me of her.

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And then, I sold her house.

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You know what I mean?
It's just a house.

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That's not her. Yeah.

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It felt really good
to do that,

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you know what I mean,
so-- It did.

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I mean,
that was the turning point.

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You know, it was like my mom
was helping me out again.

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You know,
I sold her house, and--

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And that was the money
I needed to--
To get back up here.

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-You know, to get going again.
-Right.

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[groans] It is--

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-Well, let's do this.
Let's do her proud.
-Yeah. [chuckles]

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That's why I'm here.

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[melancholic music playing]

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-Huh.
-Oh boy.

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[Zee] I need snowshoes
so I don't go through.

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[narrator] Rick's first step
to jumpstart his comeback,

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get his equipment
up and running.

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[Rick] There she is, buddy.

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Monster Red.
Right where I left her.

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[Zee] Did you think
it would move?

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You never know.

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The [bleep] is hitting me now.

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I appreciate you
coming up this year,

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especially just to get me
started like this.

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-I appreciate it, buddy.
-Yeah, no problem.

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[Rick] Yeah, it almost
feels like I never left.

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We could start it up
right now.

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[narrator] Rick and Zee
work all week

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to get
his operations sluicing.

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-It's in.
-She's in.

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[engine starts]

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We're gonna run
some [bleep] dirt
and get some gold.

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The nugget sluice is raging,
sluice boxes are even.

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-Let's put some power to it.
-[button clicks]

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-[machinery whirring]
-[rattling]

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Ah, isn't that smooth?
Smooth, smooth, smooth.

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[bleep] yeah.

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I hope you don't mind,
but I'm gonna take
the first few scoops in.

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That's fine. I'll watch.

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[Rick] Holy [bleep]

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Whoa Nelly.

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[narrator] Rick loads
stockpiled pay dirt
into Monster Red.

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First scoop is in, boys!

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[Zee] Rick is probably
the most motivated

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that I've seen him,
which is great.

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This is old Rick,
but with, you know,
a new outlook.

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[narrator] After running
several hours...

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[machine powers down]

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...Rick shuts down
to check for gold.

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[Zee] How's she looking?

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[Rick] It's really tough
to see this box.

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-[Zee] Hey. Hey, hey.
There's some here.
-Is there?

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-[Zee] Yeah, yeah.
-[Rick] No [bleep] way.

235
00:12:02,660 --> 00:12:04,860
-Oh yeah.
-In the left.

236
00:12:04,860 --> 00:12:07,230
-[Rick] Look at that [bleep]
-[Zee chuckling]

237
00:12:07,660 --> 00:12:08,900
Look-- Look at that.

238
00:12:09,260 --> 00:12:10,960
[chuckles]

239
00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:12,730
[Rick] It ain't that big,
but it's definitely a picker.

240
00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:14,990
[Zee] Nice.

241
00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,600
[Rick] Who else has got a gold
in the box right now?

242
00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:19,560
This is huge, man.
I'm proud of you.

243
00:12:19,560 --> 00:12:21,860
Oh [bleep]. Thanks, man.

244
00:12:21,860 --> 00:12:24,760
-Seriously. It just holds
more weight this year.
-[Rick] Oh yeah.

245
00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:26,990
[narrator]
Rick's one step closer

246
00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,990
to getting his life
back on track.

247
00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:30,890
[Rick] It means
a hell of a lot

248
00:12:30,900 --> 00:12:32,790
just to get started
like this, and...

249
00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:37,060
You know, it's emotional
for me at the moment,
just from--

250
00:12:37,060 --> 00:12:39,430
You know, what I did,
what I had to do
to get back here.

251
00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:41,160
And this is just the start.

252
00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:42,290
We got a lot of gold
to get yet

253
00:12:42,300 --> 00:12:43,930
before we hit
1,000 ounces of gold.

254
00:12:56,460 --> 00:12:59,230
[Tony speaking]

255
00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:09,690
[narrator]
King of the Klondike,
Tony Beets, is determined

256
00:13:09,700 --> 00:13:14,100
to expand one of the biggest
mining empires in the Yukon.

257
00:13:14,500 --> 00:13:16,100
[Tony]

258
00:13:25,860 --> 00:13:28,890
[narrator] 6,000 ounces
would be more gold

259
00:13:28,900 --> 00:13:31,330
than he's ever mined
in a season.

260
00:13:31,660 --> 00:13:33,900
[Tony]

261
00:13:41,700 --> 00:13:43,990
[Mike] If my dad
were to croak, I'd be the one

262
00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,130
to take over operations here.

263
00:13:48,260 --> 00:13:51,860
I'm sure T. Beets has always
kind of had it in his head

264
00:13:51,860 --> 00:13:56,490
that he was gonna to pass
this business on to his kids.

265
00:13:56,500 --> 00:14:01,090
It's kind of what
he's been training us to do
for the last 20-odd years.

266
00:14:01,100 --> 00:14:05,360
We didn't really get a chance
to explore other things
we might like.

267
00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,860
[narrator]
To hit his ambitious target,

268
00:14:07,860 --> 00:14:11,360
Tony plans to open cuts
on Paradise Hill

269
00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:15,430
and his 5,000-acre
Indian River claims.

270
00:14:16,660 --> 00:14:18,990
Tony starts by having
daughter Monica

271
00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:23,300
and youngest son Mike
lead the stripping
on Paradise Hill.

272
00:14:25,060 --> 00:14:29,630
But oldest son, Kevin,
has decided
not to mine this season.

273
00:14:31,260 --> 00:14:35,000
[Tony]

274
00:14:38,460 --> 00:14:39,700
[machinery rumbling]

275
00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:43,630
[dramatic music playing]

276
00:14:47,500 --> 00:14:52,160
[narrator] After eight weeks
of stripping at Paradise Hill,
and zero gold,

277
00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:56,500
Tony pivots and moves everyone
to his Indian River claim.

278
00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,690
[man on radio]

279
00:14:58,700 --> 00:15:04,300
[narrator] The Indian holds
Tony's best and biggest gold
with cuts ready to sluice.

280
00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:06,000
[Tony]

281
00:15:08,860 --> 00:15:10,790
[narrator] But without
his chief mechanic,

282
00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:14,330
starting up the second claim
is a huge gamble.

283
00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:23,230
-[machines rumbling]
-[Mike groans]

284
00:15:25,900 --> 00:15:27,700
[Tony]

285
00:15:33,100 --> 00:15:34,130
[wheel squeaking]

286
00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,960
[Monica] Here we go.
First bucket of the season.

287
00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:49,460
[narrator] For the first time
in four years...

288
00:15:49,460 --> 00:15:50,960
[Tony]

289
00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:55,000
...the Beets are sluicing
Indian River paydirt.

290
00:16:02,660 --> 00:16:04,860
[rumbling]

291
00:16:04,860 --> 00:16:07,130
[loud metal crashing]

292
00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:14,700
[Tony]

293
00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:18,530
[machine powering down]

294
00:16:24,660 --> 00:16:26,500
[Monica] For [bleep] sakes.

295
00:16:29,060 --> 00:16:31,290
[narrator] The tailings
diverter has broken off

296
00:16:31,300 --> 00:16:33,490
and crashed
into the sluice box,

297
00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:36,260
blocking the riffles
from catching gold.

298
00:16:36,260 --> 00:16:38,300
[Tony]

299
00:16:45,060 --> 00:16:46,890
[narrator] To get back
on the gold,

300
00:16:46,900 --> 00:16:49,300
the king jumps into action.

301
00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:53,660
It's Tony who's got to fix
the [bleep] up, man.

302
00:16:53,660 --> 00:16:55,360
That probably makes him
more pissed off

303
00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:57,000
than the [bleep]
in the first place.

304
00:16:59,260 --> 00:17:01,000
[Tony]

305
00:17:08,460 --> 00:17:11,300
-[Monica] Yeah.
-[Tony]

306
00:17:14,060 --> 00:17:15,330
We'll have to start sometime.

307
00:17:18,100 --> 00:17:19,730
[machine powering up]

308
00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:34,730
[narrator]
But four weeks later...

309
00:17:37,060 --> 00:17:39,200
[crashing, rumbling]

310
00:17:44,100 --> 00:17:47,330
[narrator] Tony's ancient
wash plant fails again.

311
00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:49,890
[Tony]

312
00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:52,130
-[Monica] No, it's not!
-[Tony]

313
00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,000
[powering down]

314
00:18:06,060 --> 00:18:08,990
[Monica] Steel's bent,
bent in half here,

315
00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,800
plastic decking is gone.

316
00:18:20,860 --> 00:18:23,360
So what do you think
about this 6,000 ounce gold?

317
00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:24,900
Because I don't
see it happening.

318
00:18:32,660 --> 00:18:34,130
[dramatic music playing]

319
00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,760
[Parker] It has been
an outrageously
expensive spring,

320
00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:43,060
and we've already spent
more this year

321
00:18:43,060 --> 00:18:44,590
than we've ever spent
in a season.

322
00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:48,860
The only hope is by throwing
everything we've got at this.

323
00:18:48,860 --> 00:18:50,860
[narrator] Halfway
through the season,

324
00:18:50,860 --> 00:18:55,060
Parker Schnabel's operation
is in big trouble.

325
00:18:55,060 --> 00:19:00,290
The $15 million
Dominion purchase
has put him way into the red.

326
00:19:00,300 --> 00:19:02,760
Going broke has to be
in the back
of all of our minds.

327
00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:06,700
Nothing coming in,
everything going out.
We're going broke.

328
00:19:07,500 --> 00:19:09,290
[narrator] With no gold
coming in,

329
00:19:09,300 --> 00:19:13,260
stripping Dominion's
40-foot deep money pit cut

330
00:19:13,260 --> 00:19:17,090
has stretched
Parker's finances
to the breaking point.

331
00:19:17,100 --> 00:19:19,190
[Parker] We're gonna have
to come down here
to Ken and Stuart's here

332
00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,560
to get a plant going
and get some money coming in.

333
00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:27,460
[narrator] Desperate,
Parker opens up operations
on the Indian River

334
00:19:27,460 --> 00:19:30,230
and on a new claim
at Australia Creek.

335
00:19:31,660 --> 00:19:33,930
-[Parker] Coarse gold.
-[Mitch] Yeah, real coarse.

336
00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:35,360
I like that.

337
00:19:35,360 --> 00:19:39,560
[narrator] But he's brought in
just over 1,200 ounces.

338
00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,690
-I just need a lot more of it.
-Yeah.

339
00:19:41,700 --> 00:19:44,390
Anything less than
5,000 ounces this year

340
00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,000
is gonna put us
in a pretty tight spot.

341
00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:51,190
[narrator] Finally, 12 weeks
after buying Dominion,

342
00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,900
its first cut
is ready to be sluiced.

343
00:19:58,360 --> 00:19:59,460
That's pretty good
right there.

344
00:19:59,460 --> 00:20:00,730
[machinery whirring]

345
00:20:03,460 --> 00:20:04,790
[Tyson] So here we go.

346
00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:07,230
The first fire up of Big Red
of the season.

347
00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:09,500
[whirring increases]

348
00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:14,790
[Mitch] So nice to have
Big Red finally fired up.

349
00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:16,890
And if there's
any gold out here
in the money pit,

350
00:20:16,900 --> 00:20:18,800
guaranteed this wash pan
will find it.

351
00:20:21,660 --> 00:20:24,090
End of the week, we'll see
if there's any gold
in this thing.

352
00:20:24,100 --> 00:20:25,230
We need it to be good.

353
00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:35,990
[Mitch on radio]
The dam just blew.

354
00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,130
Water is flowing out here
pretty quick.

355
00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:41,500
[Patrick] That's not good.

356
00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,330
That's a [bleep] ton of water.

357
00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,000
That is not good.

358
00:20:51,860 --> 00:20:53,900
[tense music playing]

359
00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:56,460
[Patrick] When the dam
blew out,

360
00:20:56,460 --> 00:20:57,890
the only place left
for the water to go

361
00:20:57,900 --> 00:20:59,290
is a sump where our pump is.

362
00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:01,190
And if we don't
get that pump safe,

363
00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,960
then we're [bleep]
because that pump is--

364
00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:06,390
The pump is the only pump
that will run this plant.

365
00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,590
[narrator]
On Parker Schnabel's
Dominion Creek claim,

366
00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:13,560
a burst dam threatens
to destroy Big Red's pump

367
00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:15,800
and shut down gold production.

368
00:21:17,100 --> 00:21:19,190
Hey, Kayden.
Just start hogging material.

369
00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,090
We're trying to
rebuild that dam.

370
00:21:21,100 --> 00:21:22,300
[Kayden on radio] Right on.

371
00:21:25,460 --> 00:21:28,100
[Patrick] Walk, you [bleep]
piece of [bleep]

372
00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:32,290
You can still see a gap
right where my bucket is.

373
00:21:32,300 --> 00:21:34,990
That's where
the failure happened.

374
00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,930
So we're just gonna shove
a bunch of dirt in there
and try to see if it'll stop.

375
00:21:40,900 --> 00:21:42,730
Just want to really
seal that up good.

376
00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:48,290
All right. Well, we need
to pack the [bleep] out of it.

377
00:21:48,300 --> 00:21:53,200
Now it's just a matter
of Kayden shoving the rest
of the dirt in there.

378
00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,500
I'm super sketchy right there.

379
00:22:01,700 --> 00:22:03,990
Don't take this as a lack
of confidence in you,

380
00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,490
but I want to do this
in case something goes wrong.

381
00:22:06,500 --> 00:22:08,090
-Okay.
-It has nothing
to do with you.

382
00:22:08,100 --> 00:22:09,390
It's really sketchy.

383
00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,700
I don't want you to get hurt.

384
00:22:12,060 --> 00:22:12,860
Sounds good.

385
00:22:19,860 --> 00:22:21,290
I didn't really want
Kayden up here

386
00:22:21,300 --> 00:22:23,660
because he doesn't have
a lot of time in dozers.

387
00:22:23,660 --> 00:22:26,660
And if something bad happens,
there's not much you can do

388
00:22:26,660 --> 00:22:29,860
in a dozer to save yourself.

389
00:22:29,860 --> 00:22:31,330
I don't want to see
somebody get hurt.

390
00:22:33,860 --> 00:22:39,300
Sketches me out a bit
because I'm right on the edge.

391
00:22:43,100 --> 00:22:46,030
That's super [bleep] sketchy
right there.

392
00:22:56,360 --> 00:22:58,400
I'm gonna end up
upside down in this pond.

393
00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:09,230
All right. Well, we made it
a good ten feet wider.

394
00:23:09,700 --> 00:23:11,200
See if that works.

395
00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,090
[narrator] Parker has rebuilt
the dam stronger than before,

396
00:23:16,100 --> 00:23:18,900
and Big Red hasn't missed
a beat.

397
00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,560
We've raised the dam up

398
00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,790
and tried to
kind of reinforce things.

399
00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:28,860
I've done as best I can.

400
00:23:28,860 --> 00:23:31,060
These are definitely not
headaches that we need.

401
00:23:31,060 --> 00:23:34,800
But, hopefully...
hopefully, that's it.

402
00:23:38,460 --> 00:23:41,460
Ready to see what a good round
at Dominion's all about here?

403
00:23:41,460 --> 00:23:43,800
[Parker] This is really our
first proper run, isn't it?

404
00:23:44,860 --> 00:23:47,860
[narrator] After a week of
running at Dominion,

405
00:23:47,860 --> 00:23:51,460
Parker is about to get
the first true measurement

406
00:23:51,460 --> 00:23:53,460
of how good the ground is.

407
00:23:53,460 --> 00:23:55,630
[Parker] If it's 100 oz,
I'm gonna be upset, Chris.

408
00:23:56,260 --> 00:23:58,390
So much riding on this.

409
00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:00,390
[narrator]
For dominion to be viable,

410
00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,430
he wants at least 230 oz.

411
00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,290
Dominion money pit, 70...

412
00:24:07,300 --> 00:24:13,660
Keep going. 100, 130,
150, 180, 200.

413
00:24:13,660 --> 00:24:18,400
Keep her going.
240, 250, 300...

414
00:24:18,900 --> 00:24:21,290
Can that scale go that high?

415
00:24:21,300 --> 00:24:26,600
-Yeah, I'm pushing it.
-...340, 380, 410.55.

416
00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:28,900
Thank [bleep].

417
00:24:30,660 --> 00:24:32,260
It's smoking down there.

418
00:24:32,260 --> 00:24:33,900
That's good ground.

419
00:24:34,300 --> 00:24:35,760
That's relieving.

420
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:40,160
[narrator] To have any hope of
hitting his 5,000 oz target,

421
00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,660
Parker must keep
his foot on the gas

422
00:24:42,660 --> 00:24:44,230
for the rest of the season.

423
00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,300
[Parker] This is a good start.

424
00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:47,660
Yeah.

425
00:25:05,100 --> 00:25:06,660
[Rick] I had to make
a lot of sacrifices

426
00:25:06,660 --> 00:25:08,300
to be able to
come up here this year.

427
00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:10,760
I had to get rid
of my mother's house

428
00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:12,860
that I had inherited
after she passed.

429
00:25:12,860 --> 00:25:14,560
My ma always knew
I was a risk-taker.

430
00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:15,660
It was all...

431
00:25:15,660 --> 00:25:17,290
It's always been
all or nothing with me.

432
00:25:17,300 --> 00:25:19,000
I want to do more
than just hit our goal.

433
00:25:19,300 --> 00:25:20,560
I want to smash it.

434
00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,890
[narrator]
15 weeks into the season,

435
00:25:22,900 --> 00:25:26,860
Rick Ness is barely keeping
his head above water.

436
00:25:26,860 --> 00:25:28,860
[Rick] I need enough people
here to keep the plant going

437
00:25:28,860 --> 00:25:30,800
while I make
our next moves for us.

438
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:33,590
-Buzz.
-Buzz, nice to meet you.

439
00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:36,060
[narrator] After bringing on
new crew members...

440
00:25:36,060 --> 00:25:37,900
First time ever on
a gold mine.

441
00:25:42,260 --> 00:25:44,090
[Rick] I'm building a team,
and that's what
I'm most excited about.

442
00:25:44,100 --> 00:25:46,090
Now all we need is the
ground with the gold in it.

443
00:25:46,100 --> 00:25:48,460
[narrator] ...and mining
hot spots around his claim,

444
00:25:48,460 --> 00:25:51,200
using his small plant,
Rocky...

445
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,790
11.93 oz.

446
00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,260
That's half of
what I was expecting, so.

447
00:25:57,260 --> 00:25:58,390
That's not very good.

448
00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:03,260
[narrator] ... Rick has 552 oz
of his 1,000 oz goal

449
00:26:03,260 --> 00:26:05,860
and is struggling
to keep up with payments

450
00:26:05,860 --> 00:26:07,990
to his landowner, Troy Taylor.

451
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,460
[Rick] I know
we're running out of time.

452
00:26:09,460 --> 00:26:10,430
The gold's coming.

453
00:26:10,430 --> 00:26:12,460
I'll have everything I need
to pay you off.

454
00:26:12,460 --> 00:26:14,360
[Troy]
I don't see gold coming in.

455
00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:16,090
You're gonna lose the ground.

456
00:26:16,100 --> 00:26:18,030
This is your
last [bleep] chance.

457
00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:24,860
[Rick]
If we don't get 1,000 oz,

458
00:26:24,860 --> 00:26:29,260
you know, it's likely that,
uh, I'm not coming back here.

459
00:26:29,260 --> 00:26:30,760
You know the best gold
we're going to mine all year

460
00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:31,990
is here in Rally Valley.

461
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,560
[narrator] In a bid to get
the gold he desperately needs,

462
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,160
Rick's digging deep
at Rally Valley,

463
00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,560
where he believes
there's enough gold

464
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,160
to save his season.

465
00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:43,990
[Rick]
We're going to get as much pay
out of here as we can,

466
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:45,160
try and run it all

467
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:46,800
before the winter
chases us out of here.

468
00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:49,090
It's going to be a struggle.

469
00:26:49,100 --> 00:26:51,690
The bottom line is we just
got to [bleep] fight hard.

470
00:26:51,700 --> 00:26:55,760
[narrator] Before he fires up
his wash plant, Monster Red,

471
00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:59,130
Rick's building a massive
stockpile of pay dirt.

472
00:27:03,260 --> 00:27:04,690
I'm just gonna
run it down by bus

473
00:27:04,700 --> 00:27:08,560
and get, uh, Monster Red
set up for the final push.

474
00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:13,160
Yeah. I mean,
it's not the most ideal piece
of equipment to be running,

475
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,530
uh, but it's kind of
all we got right now.

476
00:27:26,500 --> 00:27:29,760
[Zee] The last time I was in
a rock truck would have been
five years ago.

477
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:30,900
It's been a while.

478
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:35,990
No! No, no, no.

479
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:36,990
Oh, [bleep]!

480
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,430
[crashing]

481
00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:44,030
What the [bleep]?

482
00:27:51,100 --> 00:27:52,500
[Zee] What the [bleep]?

483
00:27:56,300 --> 00:27:58,490
[Rick] What the [bleep]?

484
00:27:58,500 --> 00:28:00,860
Get over to the tailings pond!
We're about to lose a truck.

485
00:28:00,860 --> 00:28:02,100
[bleep]

486
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,660
[narrator] At Duncan Creek,

487
00:28:06,660 --> 00:28:10,160
Zee is hanging
over a 20-foot drop-off

488
00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:11,760
into a tailings pond.

489
00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:13,990
-You all right?
-Yeah. I'll be fine.

490
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:14,900
[Rick] Just hang tight.

491
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:18,560
I don't like
that it's leaning like that.

492
00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,730
I don't want that thing to tip
over into the [bleep] water.

493
00:28:36,060 --> 00:28:37,700
[Rick] It's all good, buddy.

494
00:28:38,100 --> 00:28:39,300
There you go.

495
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,300
We grabbed the
no-[bleep]-around chain...

496
00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:44,160
[narrator] To rescue Zee...

497
00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:45,790
-Yup. It's good.
-Here you go. Good!

498
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:49,660
...Buzz's excavator is chained
to the dangling truck.

499
00:28:49,660 --> 00:28:52,960
If the heavy machine
slips off the soft bank,

500
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:56,690
it could take Zee and Buzz
down with it.

501
00:28:56,700 --> 00:28:58,460
[Rick] Don't turn your wheel!

502
00:28:58,460 --> 00:29:00,500
Straighten that
[bleep] wheel out!

503
00:29:01,260 --> 00:29:02,730
Straighten the wheels!

504
00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:04,930
[crashing]

505
00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:10,700
[Rick] There we go.

506
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,400
[bleep]

507
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:18,800
[bleep]

508
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,230
-You all right, buddy?
You all right?
-Yeah. Yeah.

509
00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:25,090
It could have been
a lot worse.

510
00:29:25,100 --> 00:29:26,230
He's lucky.

511
00:29:26,660 --> 00:29:28,130
That's a bad spot to be.

512
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,060
[narrator]
With the truck back in action,

513
00:29:31,060 --> 00:29:36,400
the team stockpiles pay dirt
and fires up Monster Red.

514
00:29:38,660 --> 00:29:41,490
It's a pretty pivotal
moment of the season.

515
00:29:41,500 --> 00:29:43,690
I just wanna
turn this thing on.

516
00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:45,160
-[man] Yeah!
-[woman] Hell yeah!

517
00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:46,500
Let's do it, man.

518
00:29:49,660 --> 00:29:51,190
It's running!

519
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:52,690
Basically, we're gonna get
one run at this.

520
00:29:52,700 --> 00:29:53,530
And when we shut it off,

521
00:29:53,530 --> 00:29:55,260
we're gonna have it
or we're not.

522
00:29:55,260 --> 00:30:00,160
[narrator]
Still hundreds of ounces short
of his 1,000 oz goal,

523
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:02,260
Rick's comeback now hinges

524
00:30:02,260 --> 00:30:05,160
on the results
of his final push.

525
00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:07,290
[Rick] A lot of people didn't
think I'd be back at all,

526
00:30:07,300 --> 00:30:08,460
but I've been
putting in the work.

527
00:30:08,460 --> 00:30:10,160
I put together
a hell of a team.

528
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,190
All we gotta do
is finish this strong.

529
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:14,900
We're that [bleep] close.

530
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:32,360
Ah!

531
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:38,000
This season has been
bull [bleep].

532
00:30:39,660 --> 00:30:46,490
[narrator]
Without chief mechanic Kevin,
Tony's operation is in chaos.

533
00:30:46,500 --> 00:30:49,160
Where's all this
[bleep] water coming from?

534
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,460
[Minnie] We're 6,
7 million in the hole.

535
00:30:51,460 --> 00:30:52,790
[Tony speaking]

536
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:56,160
I know, but I can't pay
people with pay dirt, right?

537
00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:58,360
[narrator] Kevin briefly
returns to help...

538
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,330
Hey, Tony.
You got a copy, Tony?

539
00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:04,930
I mean, we could have
tested that a while ago.

540
00:31:06,860 --> 00:31:07,890
Okay.

541
00:31:07,900 --> 00:31:09,760
He's kind of running it
into the [bleep] ground.

542
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:11,290
[narrator] ...but soon leaves,

543
00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:14,230
despite the offer
of his own mine site.

544
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,460
The problem is, I honestly
don't think I can trust

545
00:31:19,460 --> 00:31:20,900
that you'll keep
your hands out of it.

546
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:27,590
[narrator]
To stop bleeding cash,

547
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:30,200
Tony returns to Paradise Hill.

548
00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:34,760
I'd rather you didn't
film me crying.

549
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,800
[narrator] But the breakdowns
and setbacks continue.

550
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:45,490
And with winter threatening to
shut him down in just weeks,

551
00:31:45,500 --> 00:31:48,860
Tony has
barely 2,000 oz total

552
00:31:48,860 --> 00:31:52,700
and is on track
for his worst season ever.

553
00:31:53,260 --> 00:31:54,900
[Tony speaking]

554
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,330
[narrator]
But there's no quitting
for the King of the Klondike.

555
00:32:20,660 --> 00:32:22,160
[narrator] Tony's plan,

556
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:25,890
run four wash plants
in an all-out blitz

557
00:32:25,900 --> 00:32:28,900
to end the season
with a massive gold haul.

558
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:42,060
[narrator] The crown jewel
of Tony's 4-wash-plant plan,

559
00:32:42,060 --> 00:32:46,130
the dredge, requires
an experienced operator.

560
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:49,790
[Kevin] I'm back.

561
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,790
So we've been thinking
about Tony's offer.

562
00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:54,560
The biggest thing is
going to be nailing down

563
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:56,460
what he's committing to.

564
00:32:56,460 --> 00:32:58,990
[narrator] After taking
most of the season off,

565
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:00,660
Tony's oldest son, Kevin,

566
00:33:00,660 --> 00:33:04,660
returns once again
to discuss his father's offer

567
00:33:04,660 --> 00:33:07,030
to run his own operation
next season.

568
00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:09,800
[Tony speaking]

569
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:14,560
We've given some more thought
to the Scribner offer.

570
00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:16,900
So we kind of think
maybe trying to go with that.

571
00:33:42,860 --> 00:33:44,600
Yeah, no, I think
we can make that work.

572
00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,400
Okay, I'll go
get started with that.

573
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:03,460
There's the dredge.

574
00:34:03,460 --> 00:34:05,430
Still as pretty as I remember.

575
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,760
Dredging is essentially
a lost art form.

576
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:10,560
Tony wanted me to help
run this for a little bit,

577
00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:12,090
get the last few ounces
out of the ground

578
00:34:12,100 --> 00:34:13,700
before end of season.

579
00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:19,060
[narrator] Kevin has
five years' experience

580
00:34:19,060 --> 00:34:20,500
running the dredge.

581
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,190
[Kevin] Everything looks
about the same.

582
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:27,130
Where is my power switch?

583
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,230
Oh. That sounds like it's on.

584
00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:32,990
Okay. Ready?

585
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,030
Stacker on. Bada bing.

586
00:34:36,300 --> 00:34:37,830
Trommel on.

587
00:34:38,660 --> 00:34:40,000
Bada bing.

588
00:34:41,660 --> 00:34:43,000
Bucket line.

589
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:46,400
We are dredging.

590
00:34:48,900 --> 00:34:51,490
I ain't even going fast yet.
[makes speeding sound]

591
00:34:51,500 --> 00:34:54,160
[narrator] The bucket line
dredge can be operated

592
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:57,990
by just two crew members,
allowing Tony to focus

593
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,800
on his three other
working wash plants.

594
00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:09,090
[Kevin]
Tony has never run the dredge.

595
00:35:09,100 --> 00:35:10,460
I don't think he could,
honestly.

596
00:35:10,460 --> 00:35:12,000
It's too much patience.

597
00:35:14,460 --> 00:35:16,060
Oh, you should not be
on high anymore.

598
00:35:16,060 --> 00:35:17,330
Slow it [bleep] down, bud.

599
00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:27,000
[banging]

600
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:29,400
Oh, [bleep]!

601
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:33,230
Ah, [bleep]!

602
00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:35,400
Bucket line came off.

603
00:35:37,260 --> 00:35:39,000
Yep, it's [bleep].

604
00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:41,800
Oh, [bleep].

605
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:44,300
Argh.

606
00:35:45,900 --> 00:35:47,730
Hey, Tony.
You got a copy, Tony?

607
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:52,260
Yeah, the bucket line
came off.

608
00:35:52,260 --> 00:35:57,790
[narrator] Kevin has thrown
the dredge's 34-ton
bucket line off its track.

609
00:35:57,800 --> 00:35:59,560
If not fixed quickly,

610
00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:03,060
the breakdown could cost Tony
the sluice time needed

611
00:36:03,060 --> 00:36:04,600
to hit his goal.

612
00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:06,400
[Tony speaking]

613
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:09,560
[Kevin] I think I was a little
greedy when I was digging,

614
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,230
so it must have caught
the bottom of the bucket line
and knocked it off.

615
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:15,230
[Tony speaking]

616
00:36:18,460 --> 00:36:22,690
[narrator]
Tony will use a D8 dozer
to pull on the bucket line,

617
00:36:22,700 --> 00:36:26,530
then lift it with an excavator
back into place.

618
00:37:17,100 --> 00:37:18,290
Like, what did you do?

619
00:37:18,300 --> 00:37:19,500
I'm impressed.

620
00:37:21,300 --> 00:37:22,400
Well, let's go.

621
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:28,730
[narrator]
Bucket line repaired,

622
00:37:29,700 --> 00:37:31,290
for the first time ever,

623
00:37:31,300 --> 00:37:36,090
Tony has four wash plants
running simultaneously,

624
00:37:36,100 --> 00:37:43,130
the dredge, two shaker decks,
and the trommel at Paradise.

625
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:46,030
[Tony speaking]

626
00:37:50,100 --> 00:37:55,460
[narrator]
Tony is still miles off from
his new 2,500-oz goal,

627
00:37:55,460 --> 00:37:58,660
but with Kevin's help,
the 4-plant blitz

628
00:37:58,660 --> 00:38:02,360
is the Beets' last shot
at saving their season.

629
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:05,300
[Tony speaking]

630
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,960
[Tony speaking]

631
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:24,760
Yeah, it's been good.

632
00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:26,360
[narrator] At Dominion Creek,

633
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:31,000
Tony Beets visits his former
protege's new kingdom.

634
00:38:34,260 --> 00:38:35,430
Thanks, Tony.

635
00:38:43,700 --> 00:38:46,560
Yeah, it's been
quite the journey.

636
00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:49,000
And I know you and I
have fought-- had our fights--

637
00:38:58,100 --> 00:38:59,290
But that's one thing
about this

638
00:38:59,300 --> 00:39:01,000
is we don't see
each other much anymore.

639
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,600
[laughing] I'm not 22.

640
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,500
[laughing]

641
00:39:10,700 --> 00:39:12,130
I'm 29.

642
00:39:23,660 --> 00:39:25,230
Whoo, she's frosty.

643
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:27,000
Winter has arrived.

644
00:39:29,500 --> 00:39:32,560
[narrator] In the final hours
of the mining season...

645
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:34,660
[Rick]
It's like the end of a battle,

646
00:39:34,660 --> 00:39:36,990
but we don't know
if we won yet.

647
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,230
[narrator] ...it's a fight
to the bitter end...

648
00:39:40,660 --> 00:39:42,600
[Tony speaking]

649
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:46,660
[narrator] ...until winter
shuts them down.

650
00:39:46,660 --> 00:39:48,760
That pump is
not liking the cold.

651
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:50,860
At this point, you're
starting to burn more money

652
00:39:50,860 --> 00:39:52,300
than you're gonna be making.

653
00:39:57,600 --> 00:39:59,200
[Minnie]
Hi, guys. How are you?

654
00:39:59,500 --> 00:40:01,660
[Monica] Hello.

655
00:40:01,660 --> 00:40:04,490
[narrator] After Tony's
desperate 4-plant gambit

656
00:40:04,500 --> 00:40:07,690
to hit his 2,500-oz goal,

657
00:40:07,700 --> 00:40:11,130
the Beets family gather
for the moment of truth.

658
00:40:14,100 --> 00:40:16,000
-Thank goodness.
-Yeah.

659
00:40:28,660 --> 00:40:31,790
[narrator] First up,
gold from the Indian River,

660
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:33,500
starting with the dredge.

661
00:40:39,260 --> 00:40:42,330
69.02 oz.

662
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,400
Not too bad.

663
00:40:45,300 --> 00:40:47,260
[narrator]
Next, the shaker deck.

664
00:40:47,260 --> 00:40:51,500
60, 70, 80...

665
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:55,000
85.76.

666
00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:57,100
Here's Sluice-A-Lot.

667
00:40:57,260 --> 00:40:58,260
[grunts]

668
00:40:58,260 --> 00:40:59,600
All right, let's go.

669
00:41:00,260 --> 00:41:03,530
[narrator] Tony's third plant,
Sir Sluice-A-Lot.

670
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:11,100
140, 160, 173.96.

671
00:41:11,660 --> 00:41:13,260
[Tony speaking]

672
00:41:13,260 --> 00:41:17,000
[narrator] Finally, gold from
the trommel at Paradise Hill.

673
00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:18,800
[Mike] 310...

674
00:41:20,300 --> 00:41:23,790
319.40.

675
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:28,160
So you're looking at roughly
650 oz for this gold weigh.

676
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:29,690
[Tony speaking]

677
00:41:29,700 --> 00:41:30,760
[Kevin]
That's pretty [bleep] good.

678
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:32,190
[all] Yeah.

679
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:35,490
[narrator]
The Beets family deliver their
biggest haul of the season,

680
00:41:35,500 --> 00:41:40,290
bringing Tony's total
to 3,054 oz,

681
00:41:40,300 --> 00:41:43,300
worth over $6 million.

682
00:41:59,300 --> 00:42:02,090
I'll be happy to have you
back in the Yukon, brother.

683
00:42:02,100 --> 00:42:03,660
-Same.
-You love us?

684
00:42:03,660 --> 00:42:05,790
[Minnie]
Did I just hear that right?

685
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:07,600
I can be cheesy, too.

686
00:42:21,900 --> 00:42:23,190
Nice fire.

687
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:24,790
Uh, nice briefcase.

688
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:26,190
[all slow-clapping]

689
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:27,830
[Rick laughs]
Oh, yeah, here we go.

690
00:42:30,260 --> 00:42:31,800
Look at me.
I'm a businessman.

691
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,860
[narrator] It's judgment day
for Rick Ness.

692
00:42:37,860 --> 00:42:38,890
I knew you guys
would make fun of me.

693
00:42:38,900 --> 00:42:39,890
That's why
I brought it out here.

694
00:42:39,900 --> 00:42:43,960
[narrator] Rick is still
nearly 200 oz short

695
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:46,130
of his 1,000-oz goal.

696
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:50,560
It's wildly stressful
waiting to find out

697
00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:52,160
if you're gonna make it back.

698
00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:54,130
-And, um...
-Did we?

699
00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:56,990
I think it's close.

700
00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:58,360
We'll pour out Rocky first.

701
00:42:58,360 --> 00:42:59,760
[narrator] To hit his target,

702
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:02,790
Rick bet everything on
Rally Valley,

703
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,860
running two wash plants
in his final week.

704
00:43:05,860 --> 00:43:09,390
First up, the gold from
wash plant Rocky.

705
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:13,400
5, 10, 25, 45...

706
00:43:15,500 --> 00:43:17,700
50.54.

707
00:43:18,660 --> 00:43:20,990
-[Rick] A little shy.
-[crew] Yeah.

708
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:24,430
[narrator] Now,
it's all up to Monster Red.

709
00:43:25,260 --> 00:43:26,260
I will tell you this.

710
00:43:26,260 --> 00:43:27,860
It was a good clean-out,

711
00:43:27,860 --> 00:43:31,600
and, um, I did take
the first 100 oz out of it.

712
00:43:32,100 --> 00:43:33,160
[man chuckles]

713
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:35,560
That was a-- that's 100 oz
right there out of my--

714
00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:37,600
-Yeah.
-[man] We just need 25 more.

715
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:42,660
-[woman] Oh, my gosh.
-50, 20, 25...

716
00:43:42,660 --> 00:43:48,790
I can't even count that fast.
70, 90, 100... 121.01.

717
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:51,460
-What?
-Yeah!

718
00:43:51,460 --> 00:43:52,990
-[woman] Yes!
-[man] [bleep] yeah!

719
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:54,130
[man 2] Hell, yeah, guys.

720
00:43:54,860 --> 00:43:57,760
Oh, [bleep], he's got more!

721
00:43:57,760 --> 00:44:00,760
-[Rick] More gold.
-[bleep] more!

722
00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:02,790
[Rick] That's some beautiful
stuff right there, guys.

723
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:04,330
[woman] No way!

724
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:06,460
[all cheering]

725
00:44:06,460 --> 00:44:08,500
Yeah, there's nuggets, too.

726
00:44:11,100 --> 00:44:12,790
[all exclaiming]

727
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,230
-[bleep]
-That looks good, man.

728
00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:20,090
So, yeah. Well, I have 30.17
of just the coarse gold.

729
00:44:20,100 --> 00:44:22,000
[all cheering]

730
00:44:24,700 --> 00:44:27,090
[narrator]
Rick's Gamble has paid off,

731
00:44:27,100 --> 00:44:31,190
delivering a total
of 301.7 oz,

732
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:37,990
completing his comeback
to hit a total of 1125.7 oz,

733
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:42,130
worth $2.25 million.

734
00:44:46,260 --> 00:44:47,330
We did it.

735
00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:48,700
We did it.

736
00:44:50,860 --> 00:44:53,060
[exhales] I feel great.

737
00:44:53,060 --> 00:44:54,690
I can look
towards the future now,

738
00:44:54,700 --> 00:44:57,560
and like... it's real.

739
00:44:57,560 --> 00:44:58,900
[excited chatter]

740
00:45:02,260 --> 00:45:04,100
I'm back. Yeah, I'm back.

741
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:06,800
[bleep]

742
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:09,130
[clears throat]

743
00:45:15,860 --> 00:45:17,700
[bleep]

744
00:45:36,360 --> 00:45:37,790
Where's the beer at?

745
00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:39,360
[Chris]
Yeah, knock yourself out.

746
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:43,360
[narrator] Six months
after gambling $15 million

747
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:45,190
to purchase Dominion Creek,

748
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:48,260
Parker Schnabel enters
his final gold weigh,

749
00:45:48,260 --> 00:45:51,790
on the brink
of breaking 7,000 oz,

750
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:55,660
2,000 more than his goal
at the start of the season.

751
00:45:55,660 --> 00:45:57,500
All right, what we got?

752
00:45:58,000 --> 00:45:59,100
Here we go.

753
00:46:00,260 --> 00:46:04,760
[man] We've got 40, 80, 140,

754
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:09,760
200, 240, 260...

755
00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:13,400
We have 300 even.

756
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:16,960
And we've got two jars here.

757
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:18,390
[Chris] Here we go.

758
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:20,000
[man] Let's see.

759
00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:26,790
We've got 50, 150, 180,

760
00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:30,300
200, 240...

761
00:46:31,500 --> 00:46:34,160
254.35.

762
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:39,560
[narrator]
A total of 554.35 oz,

763
00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:43,260
worth over $1.1 million.

764
00:46:43,260 --> 00:46:44,430
That's nuts.

765
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:48,500
Well, you threw
a 5,000-oz goal at us.

766
00:46:48,900 --> 00:46:50,360
You nailed that.

767
00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:55,760
Our season total
is 7,381.1 for the season.

768
00:46:55,760 --> 00:46:59,660
[narrator] Averaging over
400 oz a week
from the money pit,

769
00:46:59,660 --> 00:47:05,560
Parker has nearly covered
the $15 million purchase price
of Dominion Creek

770
00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:07,500
in just one season.

771
00:47:08,100 --> 00:47:09,260
[Chris] I'm beyond happy.

772
00:47:09,260 --> 00:47:10,730
Thank you
for getting us a home.

773
00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:15,160
-The final total was 70...
-7,381.

774
00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:18,360
[all cheering and applauding]

775
00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:22,160
It sets us up so well
for the next few years.

776
00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:24,160
I really want
to thank you all.

777
00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:27,790
And I mean it from
the bottom of my heart.

778
00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:30,290
And I hope that every one of
you guys wants to come back,

779
00:47:30,300 --> 00:47:33,660
because every one of you guys
has a spot here next year.

780
00:47:33,660 --> 00:47:35,590
[narrator] Parker can now
turn his sights

781
00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:37,560
on to the ultimate prize,

782
00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:41,090
unearthing
the $150 million in gold

783
00:47:41,100 --> 00:47:44,560
believed to still be
in the ground at Dominion.

784
00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:49,290
[Parker] We started out
in such a precarious position
with ground,

785
00:47:49,300 --> 00:47:50,990
and it looks like this
purchase was worth it.

786
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:52,460
I'm really relieved.

787
00:47:52,460 --> 00:47:54,360
We have an unreal project

788
00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:56,690
with an
unreal group of people.

789
00:47:56,700 --> 00:48:00,360
We're in a really good place
for the future.

789
00:48:01,305 --> 00:49:01,882
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