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[man] Let's mine some gold.

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[narrator] Over six
short months

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from spring to fall,

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-the Klondike's toughest
gold miners...
- [grunts]

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...battle Mother Nature.

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[man on radio] I need
help now.

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I broke through the ice.

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[narrator] From
violent storms...

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[man 1] What [bleep]
do we do here?

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Somebody give me
a [bleep] radio.

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-[narrator] ...to floods...
-Please don't sink,
please don't sink.

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Oh, I'm goin', I'm goin',
I'm goin'.

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[narrator] ...and summer
wildfires...

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[man] [bleep] It's coming
this way now.

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[Tony speaking]

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-[narrator] ...in their
quest...
- [men screaming]

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Plant's on fire!

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[narrator] ...to bring in
as much gold

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as possible before winter

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-shuts them down.
-[man 1] Wholly Moses!

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[both] Yeah!

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[man 2] You guys,
you just broke another record.

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[narrator] The Klondike,

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one hundred and fifty miles
south of the Arctic Circle,

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in winter, temperatures drop
to minus 50 degree Fahrenheit,

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blanketing the landscape
with upwards of six feet
of snow

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and freezing everything.

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So when the miners want
to get a jump on the season...

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So much snow

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we have.

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Oh, jeez.

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[narrator] ...they have to
battle these
frigid conditions.

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[Tony] Come on in.

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[narrator] And fire up
machines that have been
frozen solid for six months.

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[Tony speaking]

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[narrator] March 2021,

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king of the Klondike,
Tony Beets,

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is determined
to start his season early

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and needs his D10 dozer

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to clear hundreds
of tons of snow and ice
from his claim.

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[engine misfiring]

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[woman] Well, they're frozen.

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[Tony] [bleep]

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At minus 30 nothing wants
to work with you.

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[narrator] The engine oil
is frozen,

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but Tony has a plan.

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[Tony speaking]

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[narrator] The bush fix
warms the air above freezing

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to thaw out the fuel.

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Okay, I'm ready.

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[Tony speaking]

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[engine ignites]

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[engine revving]

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[engine sputtering]

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[Michael speaking]

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[Tony speaking]

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[narrator] The D10
back in action,

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Tony opens up
his Paradise Hill mine site.

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[narrator] And gets
his season underway.

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[Tony speaking]

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[Kevin] We're in a big push
right now to expose the cuts.

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Get them all ready to go.

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Gold is high right now.

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So strike
while the iron is hot.

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[narrator] In April 2022,

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rookie miner, Fred Lewis,

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is waiting for the breakup
of the mighty Yukon River.

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-[man] You guys, watch out!
-Oh, yeah. Back, back, back.

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[narrator] So he can get
to his California Creek claim

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and start his season.

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-[snaps]
-[all exclaiming]

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[men laughing]

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-[Fred] Listen.
-[engine blaring]

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-[laughs]
-[camera shutter clicks]

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it is official. It's go time.

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[narrator] Once the ice
clears completely,

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Fred ferries across

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and heads 40 miles
to his mine site.

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Only for Mother Nature
to punch him in the gut.

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What the [bleep] is that?

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Holy crap.

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-[man] That's--
-[Fred] Oh, my [bleep].

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Wow.

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Our entire claim is under ice.

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[narrator]
A quarter-mile long,

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thirty-foot thick sheet of ice
covers his entire claim.

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Making his gold rich
pay dirt inaccessible.

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Our entire infrastructure
is gone.

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If we don't break this ice up,
we're gonna be sitting here
losing money.

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This ice has to go.

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It's stealing our gold, guys.

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[narrator] Fred can't afford
to wait

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for Mother Nature's thaw,

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so he goes to war
on the giant block of ice.

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[Fred] I'll try and break
the ice with the bucket.

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Oh, [bleep].

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-Oh!
-[man laughs]

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[Fred] Fire it up.

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[Stuart] We've got water.

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That should facilitate
this [bleep] to melt faster.

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[whirring]

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[Stuart] [bleep] crazy.

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Really gonna treat
a poor chainsaw like this?

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It's ice.

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[narrator] But all Fred's
attempts failed
to clear the ice.

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[Fred] This ice
is really [bleep] everything.

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It feels like
we're coming here

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with our hands tied
behind 100 backs

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and just getting punched
in the face.

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It's not the way
to start a season.

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[Stuart] We are
so far behind schedule
at this moment in time,

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so we have to take action
and take control of the creek.

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We don't have any other way
to do it, I think,
but to go up there

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and, uh, and try and make
the creek go back
where it belongs somehow.

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And that should facilitate
melting the ice
on the right side.

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[narrator] The clock ticking
on his season,

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Fred throws a Hail Mary.

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He deploys an excavator
to create an ice bed,

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redirect the creek
over the top of the ice sheet.

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And speed up the melt.

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[Fred] All right, ice.

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You may be
winning this battle,

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but we're gonna win this war.

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It's a little bit risky.

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If we sink this 220,
we're freaking done.

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[man speaking]

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[Fred] Oh!

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Wow.

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That's like 20,000 pounds
of ice you just broke.

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Yeah!

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That was massive.

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Whoo!

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-[man] Go get that.
-[Fred] Here we go.

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We've got a little bit of ice
that's holding.

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Fingers crossed it works.

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Wow.

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[Fred] Just be really careful.

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[Fred exclaiming]

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[Fred] [bleep]!

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Well, there goes the ice dam.

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This is definitely
not gonna work.

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[bleep]

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[narrator] Forced to wait
for the ice to thaw,

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Fred loses
months of his season

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and his battle
with Mother Nature.

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[Fred] I'm just
at the end of my rope, man.

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[Parker] All right,
here's the first push.

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[narrator] When
the Yukon spring's
rising temperatures

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melt the snow and ice...

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[man speaking]

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-[narrator] ...the miners rush
to start sluicing.
-[man] Fire it up.

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[narrator] And put gold
in the box.

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[man] Here we go.

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[narrator] But the big thaw
brings its own problems.

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When the frozen ground
turns into a sloppy sludge.

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The [bleep] killing us.

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The trucks are
wallowing in the mud,

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dozers getting stuck
everywhere.

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It's a mess.

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Oh, [bleep].

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Come on!

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[bleep] slimy as [bleep] hell.

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[bleep]

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[Parker] Damn it!

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[narrator] In 2016,

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twenty-one-year-old
Parker Schnabel

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is under pressure
to get on the gold

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when disaster strikes.

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[man speaking]

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[bleep]

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-[bleep]
-[engine revving]

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[Parker] Why around here
does it always have to be
a worst-case scenario?

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That is monumental [bleep].

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Why around here does it always
have to be
a worst-case scenario?

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[narrator] Parker Schnabel
is battling
Mother Nature's spring thaw.

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That is monumental [bleep].

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[narrator] His vital
46-ton excavator
is stuck in the mud.

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[Parker] What'd you do?

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[Gerald] Backed in a little
and then
it's just a little too far.

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The next thing you know,
it's sunk.

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[Parker] You couldn't
walk across that,
like, with your legs.

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Let alone a [bleep] excavator.

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[Gerald] It really
wasn't that bad
when I got in there.

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[Parker] There's nothing
to even say about this

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because it's how big
of a [bleep] it is.

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-[Gerald] I agree.
-[Parker] Yeah, so just...

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let's just keep our
[bleep] mouths shut.

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Mitch, Brennan,

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grab a couple hose
and help pull me out of here.

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You ready?

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[Mitch] We can get it.

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[Parker] Come on.

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[bleep]

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[Mitch] Oh, man.
It's really leaning now.

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[Brennan] Stop! Sinks.

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It's suctioned into the bottom
with all that mud.

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It's like quicksand,
so you [bleep] sink instantly.

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[Parker] We just got
to get the mud out
so we can break the suction.

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It's gonna be messy.

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Maybe we can just pull out
some of this soft stuff here,

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-and then we kind of
work this down a little bit.
-Yeah.

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[narrator] To help release
this stricken excavator
from the mud's vice-like grip,

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Mitch and Brennan
dig a trench alongside it.

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[Mitch] It's movin'.

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[Mitch] The machine's
sinking as we speak.

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Come on! Go, go, go!

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[Brennan] Get
in there, Parker.

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Come on, baby.

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[all] Come on!

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Come on.

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[Brennan] Come on.

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[Parker] I should be able
to make it.

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[Mitch] Whoo!

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[Brennan] Slick, Mitch.

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[Mitch] Giving.

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-[Parker] I'm glad
that worked.
-[Brennan] Yeah.

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[all cheering, laughing]

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[Mitch] Back open
for business.

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-That's awesome.
-[Parker] Let's get back
to work.

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[narrator] Along with the mud,

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spring's warm temperatures
bring another threat...

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[man 1] Oh.
All right, look at this.

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[narrator] ...that halts
miners in their tracks.

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[man 1] Oh, this thing
is raging right now.

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[narrator] Snowmelt
high up in the mountains...

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[man 2] You're about ready
to tip over.

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I wanna go. I'm goin',
I'm goin', I'm goin',

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with the throttle on.

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[narrator] ...floods
the valleys down below.

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[man 3] Oh!

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[narrator] Wreaking havoc.

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[man] [bleep]!

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[woman laughs] Uh-oh.

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[Tony speaking]

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[narrator] In 2020,

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melt waters raging down
Honker Creek

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smash a hole in the berm
protecting Tony Beats'
hunker cut.

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Submerging
the gold-rich pay dirt

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under 2.5 million gallons
of water.

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[Tony speaking]

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[narrator] Tony first repairs
the gap in the berm.

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[man] What?

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Watch the track.

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Oh, [bleep]!

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The actual [bleep].

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He has no [bleep] track.

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[narrator] Despite
a crippled machine,

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one track
and almost no maneuverability,

250
00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,960
there's no stopping
the king of the Klondike.

251
00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:36,790
[Ruby] He's having to use his
boom and arm
to lift himself up.

252
00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,400
And walk the strong track.

253
00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:41,990
I mean, it's Tony Beets

254
00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,900
who'll probably do it
like it's just another day.

255
00:17:14,660 --> 00:17:16,330
[intense music playing]

256
00:17:21,360 --> 00:17:24,700
[narrator] 38 tonnes
of mud and rock plug the berm.

257
00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:27,730
Sealing off the cut
from the creek.

258
00:17:31,860 --> 00:17:33,600
Once he drains a cut,

259
00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:36,800
Tony will be back on track.

260
00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,300
[Tony speaking]

261
00:17:55,860 --> 00:17:57,460
[narrator] The Yukon summer...

262
00:17:57,460 --> 00:17:59,160
[man] Here comes the cavalry.

263
00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,690
Break some pay in here.
Let's go!

264
00:18:01,700 --> 00:18:04,090
[narrator] ...the halfway
point of the season.

265
00:18:04,100 --> 00:18:06,860
[Parker] We have
to hammer down
like never before.

266
00:18:06,860 --> 00:18:08,990
[narrator] Dried out,
easy to dig pay

267
00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,390
makes it peak time
for catching gold.

268
00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:14,860
-[all cheering]
-[bleep] yeah!

269
00:18:14,860 --> 00:18:16,860
[man speaking]

270
00:18:16,860 --> 00:18:20,260
[narrator] But temperatures
soar to 90 degree...

271
00:18:20,260 --> 00:18:22,300
-[Mitch] Once again,
we've got a sunny day.
-[Brennan] It's hot.

272
00:18:24,500 --> 00:18:26,860
[narrator] ...turning the land
into a tinderbox.

273
00:18:26,860 --> 00:18:29,400
[Brennan] This is hotter
than the gates of hell.

274
00:18:31,100 --> 00:18:34,560
[narrator] Sparking wildfires
that rage through the region.

275
00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,030
[Tony speaking]

276
00:18:43,900 --> 00:18:46,460
[narrator] On average,
100 wildfires

277
00:18:46,460 --> 00:18:50,230
blaze across the Yukon
every fire season.

278
00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,060
In 2017,

279
00:18:54,060 --> 00:18:57,660
wildfires larger
than the state of Rhode Island

280
00:18:57,660 --> 00:18:59,530
were visible from space.

281
00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:03,300
And a 350-acre inferno

282
00:19:04,900 --> 00:19:07,830
head straight
for Parker's claim.

283
00:19:12,660 --> 00:19:14,500
[Parker] I don't know
how hot it is, but it's hot.

284
00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,390
There's something
burning over there.

285
00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:19,990
[Parker] Yeah.
Forest fire. Yep.

286
00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,260
-Lightning or...
-[Parker] Probably
from the lightning.

287
00:19:22,260 --> 00:19:25,360
[Brennan] Yeah, that wind
keeps blowing at us.

288
00:19:25,360 --> 00:19:27,630
[bleep] The fire's
movin' fast.

289
00:19:29,460 --> 00:19:31,230
I don't wanna see my trailer
go up the flames.

290
00:19:33,860 --> 00:19:35,200
[man speaking]

291
00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:40,160
All right, I'll be right down.

292
00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,390
[narrator] The local
fire marshal has arrived

293
00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,900
to discuss evacuation plans.

294
00:19:53,460 --> 00:19:55,030
[officer speaking]

295
00:19:56,860 --> 00:19:58,400
[woman speaking]

296
00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:00,430
[officer speaking]

297
00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:06,030
[Parker speaking]

298
00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:07,400
[officer speaking]

299
00:20:10,100 --> 00:20:11,560
[Parker] That's closed
the distance.

300
00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,390
It went from 20K away
to seven.

301
00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,260
Holy [bleep].

302
00:20:16,260 --> 00:20:18,360
[Parker] Yeah,
she's [bleep] coming.

303
00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:20,690
[bleep]. It could be
here tonight.

304
00:20:20,700 --> 00:20:22,660
-We need a Cat out there.
-Okay.

305
00:20:22,660 --> 00:20:27,060
Fire lines like try to get
a barrier,
so it don't burn us out.

306
00:20:27,060 --> 00:20:28,160
So who's the man for that?

307
00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,590
Um, it doesn't
really matter to me.

308
00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:32,160
I thought
Al's done this before.

309
00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,090
We could send him out there.

310
00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:37,160
I was not very worried
about this until now.

311
00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,990
It's all going to depend
on the wind direction.

312
00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,900
What the [bleep]?
That mountain
just went out of view.

313
00:20:48,300 --> 00:20:49,690
All right. The dozer
is just up here.

314
00:20:49,700 --> 00:20:51,790
If you could take it up
that ridge up there

315
00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:53,500
and start cutting fire lines.

316
00:20:54,660 --> 00:20:56,190
And they need to be
at least 30 feet wide

317
00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,390
so the fire doesn't jump over
to our side.

318
00:20:58,400 --> 00:20:59,700
And we're [bleep].

319
00:21:00,460 --> 00:21:01,790
[Al] Sweet.

320
00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,560
-Yeah, we're good.
-All right. Sounds good.

321
00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,690
[Al] We're gonna go
build a fire line

322
00:21:06,700 --> 00:21:09,500
to protect everybody
so everybody can keep mining.

323
00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,600
If it gets any closer,
it could be
the end of our season.

324
00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,660
[narrator] Parker's
crew member, Al Salewski,

325
00:21:17,660 --> 00:21:20,660
uses a dozer
to rip out a fire line,

326
00:21:20,660 --> 00:21:23,300
a 30-foot-wide gap
between the trees.

327
00:21:24,100 --> 00:21:27,360
When the wildfire hits,
the break in foliage

328
00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:30,160
should starve
the flames of fuel,

329
00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:31,560
preventing it

330
00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:33,600
from reaching Parker's claim.

331
00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:40,100
[Parker speaking]

332
00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,900
[Al] Yeah, that looks
pretty apocalyptic.

333
00:21:55,100 --> 00:21:58,960
[narrator] A massive
350-acre forest fire

334
00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:01,790
is raging
towards Parker's claim,

335
00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,130
threatening to wipe out
his season.

336
00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:06,000
Their only hope,

337
00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:10,100
a fire line
cut by dozer operator Al.

338
00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,800
[Parker] What a [bleep]
in the balls!

339
00:22:15,460 --> 00:22:17,160
[narrator] But the next day,

340
00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,460
with the fire
still approaching,

341
00:22:19,460 --> 00:22:22,830
Al and other crew
have cleared out.

342
00:22:23,700 --> 00:22:26,260
Well, there's the hole
that you used to have

343
00:22:26,260 --> 00:22:30,530
Al and old
Frenchy's trailers.

344
00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,190
Obviously, the fire
is pretty damn close.

345
00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,800
It's basically
one valley away.

346
00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:41,290
If the wind starts
blowing this way

347
00:22:41,300 --> 00:22:44,130
at 20-mile an hour,
it'll be here tonight.

348
00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,190
I'll stay, as long
as we can still see,

349
00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:51,860
you know,
I'm willing to stick it out.

350
00:22:51,860 --> 00:22:54,290
What if the [bleep] thing
jumps overnight
when we're sleeping?

351
00:22:54,300 --> 00:22:55,600
We can't get out of here.

352
00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:58,730
-You're gonna stick it out?
-[Parker] Yeah.

353
00:22:59,960 --> 00:23:01,090
I'm not going anywhere.

354
00:23:01,100 --> 00:23:03,660
But I wouldn't blame
any of you if you want to go.

355
00:23:03,660 --> 00:23:05,930
-Um...
-Well, I was
planning on taking off.

356
00:23:06,900 --> 00:23:10,600
Get out of here
before the fire blocks
our road and so.

357
00:23:13,860 --> 00:23:15,760
Get out of here.

358
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,360
I hope my trailer
is still here when I get back.

359
00:23:18,360 --> 00:23:21,260
I don't want to see a big
charred pile on my belongings.

360
00:23:21,260 --> 00:23:23,830
I'll have a [bleep]
end of my season.

361
00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,030
[narrator] It is now Code Red.

362
00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:36,460
Wildland firefighters
install a sprinkler system

363
00:23:36,460 --> 00:23:40,600
capable of delivering
over 100 gallons of water
a minute.

364
00:23:42,900 --> 00:23:45,090
I think maybe I'll just
hook my truck up to my trailer

365
00:23:45,100 --> 00:23:47,400
before I go to sleep tonight
in case I got to evac.

366
00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,690
[Parker] I've never been
so happy
to see paddles in our yard.

367
00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:03,860
[Al] Dude, you know,
I heard it started hitting
last night

368
00:24:03,860 --> 00:24:06,460
as I was going to bed,
and I just went to sleep
with a smile.

369
00:24:06,460 --> 00:24:07,760
[all laughing]

370
00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:09,330
That was a hard rain, huh?

371
00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:11,890
I'd say that took care
of the fire.

372
00:24:11,900 --> 00:24:12,890
[Parker] I would think so.

373
00:24:12,900 --> 00:24:14,930
-It sure
looks like it anyways.
-[Parker] Yeah.

374
00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,760
[narrator] The rain
has stopped the wildfire

375
00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:23,800
just three miles
from Parker's claim.

376
00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:28,500
But it's decimated
over 400 acres.

377
00:24:29,660 --> 00:24:31,760
[Parker] Hopefully now
with that fire behind us,

378
00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:33,760
we can get back
to focusing on

379
00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:35,500
getting gold
out of the ground.

380
00:24:42,860 --> 00:24:44,690
[narrator] Summer's
torrential downpours

381
00:24:44,700 --> 00:24:47,860
can be a blessing
and a curse.

382
00:24:47,860 --> 00:24:49,900
[thunderclap]

383
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:56,390
In 2016, Parker plans
to move his wash plants,

384
00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,090
Slucifer, to a new cut.

385
00:24:59,100 --> 00:25:01,830
[Rick] They naming
this thing Slucifer
was the best idea.

386
00:25:02,660 --> 00:25:04,160
Both times.
First time we set it up

387
00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:06,090
it started pouring rain,
and now we're trying
to move it

388
00:25:06,100 --> 00:25:08,100
and it's thunder
and lightning.

389
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,460
Good?

390
00:25:15,460 --> 00:25:18,090
So far so good.
She's rolling.

391
00:25:18,100 --> 00:25:20,990
[narrator] While lightning
strikes carry a low threat

392
00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:22,990
to heavy equipment operators,

393
00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,800
they can take out
the machine's electronics.

394
00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:31,760
Parker risks dragging
his $600,000 washplant...

395
00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:33,760
Seems to be
pulling along just fine.

396
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,630
[narrator] ...up to a giant
60-foot high pad.

397
00:25:39,360 --> 00:25:41,390
[Parker] That's probably
pretty damn close.

398
00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:44,330
-That's [bleep] close there.
-[man] Good?

399
00:25:46,060 --> 00:25:47,260
[thunder rumbling]

400
00:25:47,260 --> 00:25:48,900
[shouts] Slucifer!

401
00:25:51,660 --> 00:25:53,700
[rain pattering]

402
00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:01,160
[narrator] When the rains
finally stopped,

403
00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,900
Parker fires up Slucifer
at its new home.

404
00:26:05,060 --> 00:26:06,790
[Parker] All right,
let's get everything
rolling and shaking.

405
00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:07,800
[Rick] Okay?

406
00:26:08,660 --> 00:26:09,990
Gonna get
everything moving.

407
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:11,500
[engine whirring]

408
00:26:19,300 --> 00:26:20,030
Hey!

409
00:26:20,030 --> 00:26:22,000
[Rick] 1st scoop
into Slucifer.

410
00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:23,560
Sluicifer is hungry

411
00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:27,130
and this cut's big,
so it's all up to us
to keep her fed.

412
00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:38,730
[Parker] For [bleep] sake.

413
00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:42,800
[shouts] Rick!

414
00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:46,000
Put this hole
on the other side,

415
00:26:48,260 --> 00:26:49,360
[Rick] Get out
of the way, fellas.

416
00:26:53,460 --> 00:26:56,130
Well, Rick's trying to save
our [bleep] plant here.

417
00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:57,700
Look down there.

418
00:26:58,860 --> 00:27:00,090
[narrator] The heavy rainfall

419
00:27:00,100 --> 00:27:03,360
has saturated
the wash plant pad,

420
00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:05,430
destabilizing
its foundations.

421
00:27:06,260 --> 00:27:07,160
[bleep] this.

422
00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:11,090
[narrator] Now,
Slucifer is pumping out

423
00:27:11,100 --> 00:27:14,000
3300 gallons
of water a minute.

424
00:27:15,100 --> 00:27:17,700
Undermining the pad
even more.

425
00:27:21,660 --> 00:27:23,490
[Parker] Once the pads starts
to wash away like that,

426
00:27:23,500 --> 00:27:27,060
only thing it's gonna do
is work itself back
underneath the plant.

427
00:27:27,060 --> 00:27:28,990
And the plants gonna take
a dive off the pad.

428
00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:30,500
Obviously, we can't
have that happen.

429
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:34,790
[narrator] Rick attempts
to break the force of water

430
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:35,900
pummeling the burn.

431
00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:38,600
[Rick speaking]

432
00:27:45,060 --> 00:27:46,630
Somebody get me
a [bleep] radio.

433
00:27:47,660 --> 00:27:48,830
[over radio] Shut down.

434
00:27:49,460 --> 00:27:50,660
Don't step [bleep]

435
00:27:50,660 --> 00:27:52,030
Stop it, just shut down.

436
00:27:54,660 --> 00:27:56,160
[Parker] We've got
to shut it down
and reevaluate.

437
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:57,390
We're about to lose
everything here.

438
00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:58,990
[thunderclap]

439
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,090
[narrator]
Despite shutting down

440
00:28:01,100 --> 00:28:04,860
torrential rain,
continues to erode the ground.

441
00:28:04,860 --> 00:28:07,500
Threatening to swallow
Slucifer holes.

442
00:28:09,060 --> 00:28:10,600
[Parker on radio] Hey, Rick,
can you hear me?

443
00:28:10,860 --> 00:28:11,960
[Rick] Got you.

444
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:13,160
I got this coarser stuff,

445
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:16,230
maybe you can shove
that up and around
the top part.

446
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:21,560
Pulling coarse tailings
this way is probably
the best bet we can

447
00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:22,890
in a few hours,
we'll be able to build

448
00:28:22,900 --> 00:28:24,500
a pad up in front.

449
00:28:24,860 --> 00:28:25,960
[metal clanging]

450
00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:29,460
The loader is gonna dump
some tailings over the edge.

451
00:28:29,460 --> 00:28:32,030
Parker's gonna pack it up
against the plant.

452
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,560
And then we'll just
keep on doing that

453
00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:38,200
until it decides to stay.

454
00:28:41,660 --> 00:28:42,830
[engine whirring]

455
00:28:43,460 --> 00:28:44,730
[Parker] Let's fire back up.

456
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:45,890
Hey.

457
00:28:45,900 --> 00:28:48,000
Second time's
a charm.

458
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:51,660
[engine sputtering]

459
00:28:51,660 --> 00:28:54,300
All right,
just add water.

460
00:29:02,300 --> 00:29:04,090
It ain't looking
too bad.

461
00:29:04,100 --> 00:29:06,090
If we can get
the bigger rock to hold up,

462
00:29:06,100 --> 00:29:07,430
we're gonna be all right.

463
00:29:10,660 --> 00:29:11,990
Anyway, Slucifer's
making money.

464
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,290
-There you go.
-Good job, man.

465
00:29:13,300 --> 00:29:14,300
I got you.

466
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,300
[thunder rumbling]

467
00:29:22,660 --> 00:29:24,160
[crackling]

468
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:25,190
[man 1] The trees going down.

469
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,660
-Come on!
-[man 1] Come back.
Come back, guys.

470
00:29:27,660 --> 00:29:30,390
[narrator] Gold miners,
battle Mother Nature's,

471
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,230
fast changing
extreme weather.

472
00:29:35,860 --> 00:29:38,360
[man] We're going in the fall,
and the conditions

473
00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:41,060
are getting pretty brutal.

474
00:29:41,060 --> 00:29:43,890
[narrator] When summer ends,
temperatures cool

475
00:29:43,900 --> 00:29:46,200
and heavy rainfall returns.

476
00:29:47,100 --> 00:29:49,560
It's been puking rain
for three days straight

477
00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,130
and just making an absolute
mess of the cut.

478
00:29:53,700 --> 00:29:54,930
[in English]

479
00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:58,560
[narrator] And the miners
have also learned

480
00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:00,760
to expect the unexpected.

481
00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:02,360
[dramatic music playing]

482
00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:03,630
[bleep] my--

483
00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:05,960
Hey, Kevin.

484
00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:06,760
Shut it down.

485
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:08,660
All we're pumping is
freaking mud.

486
00:30:08,660 --> 00:30:10,700
-10-4.
-[Freddy] Shut the pump down.

487
00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:18,190
We don't have any fresh water.
[bleep] fresh water's off.

488
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:20,030
We're sluicing out
of a mud hole.

489
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,730
[narrator] Fall
2016 Colorado.

490
00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:28,990
Mother Nature throws
Freddy Dodge a curveball.

491
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:30,500
[Todd] Hey,
what's going on?

492
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:32,360
[bleep] Waters off.

493
00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:33,860
Look at my mud puddles.

494
00:30:33,860 --> 00:30:36,260
[Todd] Tell me you're
freaking kidding.

495
00:30:36,260 --> 00:30:37,430
[bleep]

496
00:30:39,460 --> 00:30:42,190
[narrator] The intake pond
that feeds the wash plant

497
00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:43,730
is almost dry.

498
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,890
We have no water
coming into the pond.

499
00:30:46,900 --> 00:30:48,460
So the water
is getting lost

500
00:30:48,460 --> 00:30:49,430
somewhere up above us.

501
00:30:49,430 --> 00:30:51,430
Got to figure out
what the hell is going on.

502
00:30:54,260 --> 00:30:57,300
[narrator] Freddy checks
the intake ponds,
water source.

503
00:30:58,060 --> 00:31:00,600
A creek that lies
on higher ground.

504
00:31:01,100 --> 00:31:03,430
[Freddy] Yeah, it's dry.

505
00:31:05,100 --> 00:31:07,230
That creek should be about
a foot deep right now.

506
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:09,230
And there's nothing
coming down.

507
00:31:09,860 --> 00:31:11,100
It's not good.

508
00:31:11,860 --> 00:31:14,000
There's a big ass problem
up here somewhere.

509
00:31:19,900 --> 00:31:20,990
[Freddy] Hey, Todd,

510
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,860
meet me a quarter of a mile
west of double trouble.

511
00:31:23,860 --> 00:31:25,300
I found the real problem.

512
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:30,800
[Todd] What's going on here?

513
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:33,090
The reason
we're out of water,

514
00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:35,600
the freaking Beaver's
got this culvert plugged up.

515
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:37,130
Diverted the water.

516
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:38,260
[Todd] Really?

517
00:31:38,260 --> 00:31:39,500
[Freddy] It's plugged solid.

518
00:31:40,500 --> 00:31:41,860
[Todd] Now then
what do we do?

519
00:31:41,860 --> 00:31:43,400
[Freddy] We got
a backhoe here.

520
00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:45,760
I'm gonna weigh up it.

521
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:47,660
-You feed me the chain.
-[Todd] Okay?

522
00:31:47,660 --> 00:31:49,960
And it'll drag it out.

523
00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:53,760
[narrator] The beavers
have built a dam
inside the culvert,

524
00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:57,290
which channels clean water
to the intake pond,

525
00:31:57,300 --> 00:31:59,760
stopping water
flowing from the creek.

526
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:01,060
to the wash plant.

527
00:32:01,060 --> 00:32:02,400
[chain clanging]

528
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:06,130
Kinda had the flu.

529
00:32:07,460 --> 00:32:09,360
Kind of need water
to mine gold, so.

530
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,230
Let's get the
son of a gun unplugged.

531
00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:14,090
[Todd] Are you sure
you want to do this?

532
00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:15,830
[Freddy] This is freaking
cold, boy.

533
00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:18,360
[narrator] Freddy's plan...

534
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:19,390
Clear the end.

535
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:20,960
[narrator]
Use a grappling hook

536
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:25,000
attached to an excavator
to haul out the debris.

537
00:32:33,500 --> 00:32:35,900
I don't wanna go back
in that [bleep] again.

538
00:32:37,100 --> 00:32:38,560
Give her hell, Todd.

539
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:39,760
Everybody clear.

540
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:41,930
Go ahead
and pull it through.

541
00:32:47,460 --> 00:32:49,600
[bleep]

542
00:32:51,100 --> 00:32:52,690
Jumped up over the top.

543
00:32:52,700 --> 00:32:54,030
We'll have to do it again.

544
00:32:57,060 --> 00:32:59,630
We have to go
underwater on this, Todd

545
00:33:02,860 --> 00:33:05,000
[splashing]

546
00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:10,530
[Todd] Freddy.

547
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:13,090
Freddy.

548
00:33:13,100 --> 00:33:13,990
You good?

549
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:15,300
[bubbling]

550
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:24,100
[whooping]

551
00:33:24,660 --> 00:33:25,800
[Freddy] I'm okay.

552
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:29,000
-[Freddy speaking]
-[bleep]

553
00:33:30,660 --> 00:33:31,630
[bleep]

554
00:33:37,660 --> 00:33:38,730
[bleep]

555
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:41,490
Pull.

556
00:33:41,500 --> 00:33:43,000
[engine whirring]

557
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:45,830
God, keep going.

558
00:33:46,460 --> 00:33:47,800
God, keep going.

559
00:33:49,260 --> 00:33:50,630
God, keep going.

560
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:56,900
Fine. Is the water
coming through?

561
00:33:57,700 --> 00:33:59,030
[Todd] Good job, Freddy.

562
00:33:59,460 --> 00:34:01,190
I win, beaver.

563
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:02,800
We'll have water now.

564
00:34:06,660 --> 00:34:09,000
us one, beaver zero.

565
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:11,530
[dramatic music playing]

566
00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:17,260
[Freddy] Plant's coming hot.

567
00:34:17,260 --> 00:34:18,560
-[alarm buzzing]
-Everybody clear.

568
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:19,700
Fire it up.

569
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,000
[engine clanging]

570
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:27,530
Let's make some gold.

571
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:37,360
[narrator] As fall
turns to winter.

572
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:40,590
Only weeks of the mining
season remain.

573
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,660
It's cold in here.
My feet are freezing.

574
00:34:43,660 --> 00:34:45,060
[narrator] Days shorten

575
00:34:45,060 --> 00:34:47,690
and temperatures
dive below zero.

576
00:34:47,700 --> 00:34:49,400
[in English]

577
00:34:56,500 --> 00:34:57,860
[narrator] And the miners

578
00:34:57,860 --> 00:35:01,200
face the renewed
challenge of frozen ground.

579
00:35:01,860 --> 00:35:03,260
[Brian] It really hurts
when you can

580
00:35:03,260 --> 00:35:04,260
stare at your pay

581
00:35:04,260 --> 00:35:06,390
and you can't get it
because it's frozen solid.

582
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:07,900
It's like a block
of concrete.

583
00:35:09,260 --> 00:35:12,060
If we don't get some pay in,
we're gonna be screwed.

584
00:35:12,060 --> 00:35:15,230
[narrator]
Eureka Creek, 2023,

585
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:20,260
Brian McCaughan
needs nearly 200 oz of gold

586
00:35:20,260 --> 00:35:23,100
to hit his 1500 oz target.

587
00:35:24,300 --> 00:35:27,130
But his pay
is locked in ice.

588
00:35:28,060 --> 00:35:30,160
[Brian] We need some
kind of a Hail Mary.

589
00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:32,260
So I had to come up
with a plan,

590
00:35:32,260 --> 00:35:33,600
and the plan
is on this trailer.

591
00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:40,800
[Wayne] What do we
have here?

592
00:35:45,660 --> 00:35:46,390
[Brian] What do you think?

593
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,290
What in W. T. F.
is this thing?

594
00:35:48,300 --> 00:35:49,490
[Brian chuckles]

595
00:35:49,500 --> 00:35:51,690
Well, it's a drum cutter.

596
00:35:51,700 --> 00:35:53,690
They use them
for ripping rock.

597
00:35:53,700 --> 00:35:55,390
You'll go through this frost
like nothing.

598
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,690
I'm thinking we can
tunnel under the sides

599
00:35:57,700 --> 00:35:59,600
somewhere around 20 ft.

600
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:01,890
What do you think?

601
00:36:01,900 --> 00:36:04,390
[Wayne] I've never seen
anything like this.

602
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:07,160
By any chance
you've ever seen
this done in the frost.

603
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:10,190
I've never seen
nothing like this ever.

604
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:11,990
I'm anxious as hell
to give it a spin.

605
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:13,800
I can't think of any reason
it won't work.

606
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,190
[narrator] Brian plans
to use the drum cutter.

607
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:22,290
armed with a 100 tungsten
carbide teeth

608
00:36:22,300 --> 00:36:25,060
attached to a spinning drum.

609
00:36:25,060 --> 00:36:28,460
To churn through
the frozen gold rich pay layer

610
00:36:28,460 --> 00:36:30,600
trapped in the wall
of the cut.

611
00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:33,890
He'll then be able
to run the pulverized

612
00:36:33,900 --> 00:36:36,200
pay dirt through
the trommel.

613
00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:37,990
[clanging]

614
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,260
[Brian] If we don't do it,
we're shut down by the cold.

615
00:36:40,260 --> 00:36:41,630
This keeps you up.

616
00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:43,960
Okay, let's go.

617
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,600
I'm gonna have that frickin
grinding rock in no time.

618
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:54,300
[Wayne] Here we go.

619
00:36:54,660 --> 00:36:55,760
[Brian laughs]

620
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:57,700
[Wayne] Okay,
so bring her down.
We'll hook her up.

621
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:03,830
Fire it up.

622
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:09,430
[motor whirring]

623
00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:16,000
This thing works.
Unbelievable.

624
00:37:16,660 --> 00:37:18,500
[Brian] Okay,
I'm off to the cut.

625
00:37:21,500 --> 00:37:23,330
[engine whirring]

626
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:25,630
Man, I'm so stoked.

627
00:37:25,630 --> 00:37:27,830
This is like your first day
of school right now.

628
00:37:28,860 --> 00:37:30,660
I'm just looking
at this frozen wall

629
00:37:30,660 --> 00:37:31,900
and I'm coming hard.

630
00:37:32,860 --> 00:37:34,530
I'm gonna tear
this [bleep] up.

631
00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:36,530
[clanging]

632
00:37:37,300 --> 00:37:38,400
Here we go.

633
00:37:47,460 --> 00:37:50,460
Yeah, baby!
She's going. [chuckles]

634
00:37:50,460 --> 00:37:53,790
I'm going dead straight
into some solid frozen ground.

635
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:54,790
This thing is awesome.

636
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,260
I'm like, [chuckles]

637
00:37:56,260 --> 00:37:58,230
I'm trying to hold back
my giddiness.

638
00:38:01,260 --> 00:38:03,690
It's really mulched up
to a nice size.

639
00:38:03,700 --> 00:38:05,860
I believe we'll be
able to run this
right through the plant,

640
00:38:05,860 --> 00:38:07,900
frozen right now,
right through

641
00:38:09,860 --> 00:38:12,000
Get the rock trucks down here
and start hauling.

642
00:38:16,900 --> 00:38:19,730
I'm gonna run up there
and watch the first few
loads go through.

643
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:29,960
[narrator] If the frozen
chunks of pay
clump together,

644
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:32,000
it could clog
the wash plant.

645
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:37,090
[Brian] I'm watching
for anything that's not rock.

646
00:38:37,100 --> 00:38:39,490
Basically,
any piece of the clay

647
00:38:39,500 --> 00:38:41,530
that might still be
frozen together.

648
00:38:44,860 --> 00:38:46,160
Everything's
coming through,

649
00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:49,000
thawed and clean,
like spotless.

650
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:51,460
Yeah, there's no
big chunks in it at all.

651
00:38:51,460 --> 00:38:52,700
[over radio]
It's beautiful.

652
00:38:53,660 --> 00:38:55,600
[Brian] So it's
a 100% success.

653
00:38:57,260 --> 00:38:58,490
Holy [bleep]

654
00:38:58,500 --> 00:39:00,160
I'm getting down there.
I'm just hammering out

655
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:02,660
as much as I can
because this is incredible.

656
00:39:02,660 --> 00:39:04,560
I've never been able
to stay late in the season

657
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:06,290
like we're going to be able
to do this year.

658
00:39:06,300 --> 00:39:09,660
Like this is a complete
game changer for us.

659
00:39:09,660 --> 00:39:11,590
[narrator] Thinking
outside the box,

660
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:15,560
Brian has found a way
to overcome the big freeze.

661
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:19,230
Yep, 1500 here we come.

662
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:21,000
[whirring]

663
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:28,560
[man] We gotta dig up
a lot of ground to get gold.

664
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,290
But that doesn't mean
we've got to leave it,

665
00:39:30,300 --> 00:39:32,360
you know, a mess.

666
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:35,990
[narrator] It's not always
a constant battle
against the elements.

667
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:36,730
[Parker] We're just trying
to make sure

668
00:39:36,730 --> 00:39:37,760
that we do things
right here.

669
00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:39,460
You know, I want to have
a future up here,

670
00:39:39,460 --> 00:39:41,800
and that means
doing things the right way.

671
00:39:42,460 --> 00:39:44,460
[narrator] Once a claim
is mined out,

672
00:39:44,460 --> 00:39:49,160
miners are required to restore
the land to its natural state.

673
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:50,090
[Parker] Good job, man.

674
00:39:50,100 --> 00:39:51,560
Thanks, buddy.
[chuckles]

675
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:52,560
It looks good.

676
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:53,530
Yeah, it looks good.

677
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:56,860
[Parker] I feel proud of
what we've done here.

678
00:39:56,860 --> 00:39:59,160
It's an area that we've
mined and reclaimed.

679
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:01,760
We've spent a lot of time
building a whole new creek bed

680
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:03,960
and putting in
frisk structures

681
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:06,960
and building the banks right
and all the slopes, right?

682
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:08,630
And it's
a complicated thing.

683
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:10,990
And it looks good.

684
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,290
Not only does it
look good, but it's good
habitat too.

685
00:40:13,300 --> 00:40:14,290
You know, we've done
a good job

686
00:40:14,300 --> 00:40:16,330
of... of putting things
the way they should be.

687
00:40:17,300 --> 00:40:18,700
[shouts] You're
welcome, otters!

688
00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:22,700
They love it here.

689
00:40:28,060 --> 00:40:29,400
[Brian] We're into
the minuses.

690
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:31,630
Everything's
got to keep moving.

691
00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:33,860
Even us.

692
00:40:33,860 --> 00:40:34,990
[Rick] We've got to get it
all through tonight,

693
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,800
because at this point,
we shut down
we're frozen out.

694
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:40,090
[narrator] By October,

695
00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:43,560
miners have stripped
and prepared all their ground,

696
00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:47,800
and a final bounty in gold
is just waiting to be sluiced.

697
00:40:49,300 --> 00:40:53,900
But winter threatens
to shut down mining
at any time.

698
00:40:54,860 --> 00:40:56,330
[Tony speaking]

699
00:40:57,860 --> 00:41:00,700
[narrator] Miners must fight
frozen ground and equipment.

700
00:41:01,460 --> 00:41:02,430
[clangs]

701
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:04,630
[man] Solid as [bleep] rock.

702
00:41:05,260 --> 00:41:06,160
[narrator] Snowstorms.

703
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:07,800
[Parker] This is next level.

704
00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:09,260
[engine whirring]

705
00:41:09,260 --> 00:41:11,090
[man shouting]

706
00:41:11,100 --> 00:41:12,460
[narrator] And subarctic
temperatures...

707
00:41:12,460 --> 00:41:13,660
[crashing]

708
00:41:13,660 --> 00:41:16,560
...as low as -18 degrees.

709
00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:17,860
Everything's going
to keep freezing.

710
00:41:17,860 --> 00:41:19,160
Everything's going
to keep breaking.

711
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:20,090
[man shouts]

712
00:41:20,100 --> 00:41:22,160
[narrator] As they face
a desperate battle

713
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:23,990
to get as much
gold as possible.

714
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,390
-[engine spluttering]
-[man shouting] It's alive!

715
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:27,560
[Fred] If Mother Nature's
gonna stop us,

716
00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:29,300
it's gonna take
a lot more than this.

717
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:32,660
[Parker] We aren't leaving
this piece of ground

718
00:41:32,660 --> 00:41:34,230
until we've got
all the gold out of it.

719
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:36,530
But we're running
out of time.

720
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:39,560
[narrator] 2018...

721
00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:43,060
7 degrees
below on Indian River.

722
00:41:43,060 --> 00:41:45,760
Parker Schnabel
has spent the season

723
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:48,130
stripping ground
and stockpiling pay.

724
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:53,760
Now he's determined to catch
every last flake of gold

725
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:54,990
through Slucifer,

726
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:58,100
before the big freeze
ends his season.

727
00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:04,660
[Tyson] Okay, fire up.

728
00:42:04,660 --> 00:42:05,700
[engine starts]

729
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:08,230
[engine squealing]

730
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:10,100
[Parker] Whoa, whoa!

731
00:42:11,500 --> 00:42:13,490
This thing is
probably frozen up solid.

732
00:42:13,500 --> 00:42:16,790
-It's kind
of a disaster, isn't it?
-Yeah.

733
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:21,090
The belt stopped
and just [bleep] everything.

734
00:42:21,100 --> 00:42:23,090
[man] This belts frozen
into the rollers.

735
00:42:23,100 --> 00:42:24,900
Oh, for [bleep] sake.

736
00:42:26,260 --> 00:42:28,560
[narrator] Parker's crew
try to free the belt

737
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:31,000
by cranking
the frozen head roller.

738
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:32,730
[muffled grunt]

739
00:42:33,860 --> 00:42:35,290
[metal creaking]

740
00:42:35,300 --> 00:42:37,060
[man 1] Sounds like
you need some lube?

741
00:42:37,060 --> 00:42:38,590
[man 2] Or somebody
with some muscles

742
00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:40,160
that ain't old
like mine.

743
00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:41,230
Send me up.

744
00:42:42,500 --> 00:42:44,400
[Parker] You got muscles
high here.

745
00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:48,400
[man 2] Go one more time.

746
00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:52,300
-[cracking]
-[grunts]

747
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:53,960
Oh, lovely.

748
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:55,200
Blow the breaker.

749
00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:56,900
[engine starts]

750
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:01,860
[man 1] Oh, there she goes.

751
00:43:01,860 --> 00:43:03,100
Yep. Looks good.

752
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:05,400
[man 2] Good work, everybody.

753
00:43:06,860 --> 00:43:09,490
When it ices up,
it's always this belt

754
00:43:09,500 --> 00:43:11,060
that gets it.

755
00:43:11,060 --> 00:43:12,390
We got to do
something about it.

756
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:14,560
[Parker] Yeah, go get
one of the big old tanks

757
00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:17,160
and plummet in here

758
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:19,690
and keep her hot
as we can.

759
00:43:19,700 --> 00:43:22,630
Hopefully, a little heat
will delay the end for us
a little bit.

760
00:43:23,900 --> 00:43:25,790
[narrator] Parker's plan:

761
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:28,800
Use a tiger torch
to heat the head drum.

762
00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:33,690
This should
keep the tailings belt

763
00:43:33,700 --> 00:43:36,660
moving in subzero
temperatures.

764
00:43:36,660 --> 00:43:38,900
Let's go ahead
and fire this thing up.

765
00:43:42,260 --> 00:43:45,690
The first shot over the bow
for the winner.

766
00:43:45,700 --> 00:43:49,200
Right, and we've got to
keep sluicing.

767
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:51,130
[dramatic music playing]

768
00:43:54,900 --> 00:43:56,160
[narrator] As night falls,

769
00:43:56,160 --> 00:44:00,290
the crew keep running
in temperatures
10 below to stops.

770
00:44:00,300 --> 00:44:03,030
to stop Slucifer
from freezing solid.

771
00:44:05,260 --> 00:44:07,560
[Parker] This pay is starting
to get quite chunky.

772
00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:09,400
It's freezing up
on us a bit.

773
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:12,300
But they usually
break up pretty good.

774
00:44:15,260 --> 00:44:16,430
[clanking]

775
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:18,030
[Tyson] Oh! [bleep]

776
00:44:21,860 --> 00:44:24,260
[bleep] There's no
[bleep] on the belt.

777
00:44:24,260 --> 00:44:25,630
[huffing]

778
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:30,760
[Parker] What's going on?

779
00:44:30,760 --> 00:44:32,900
[Tyson] Go to jam
in the hopper.

780
00:44:36,460 --> 00:44:37,630
Just--

781
00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:40,100
-[panting]
-[bleep]

782
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:42,090
[bleep]

783
00:44:42,100 --> 00:44:43,630
[Parker] Must be
a chunk in the feeder.

784
00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:45,900
[Tyson] It's not good, man.

785
00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:48,090
Oh! [groans]

786
00:44:48,100 --> 00:44:49,900
Big [bleep] chunk
[bleep] in here.

787
00:44:52,260 --> 00:44:54,830
We better hurry
because the plant's gonna
freeze up if we don't.

788
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:57,590
[cracking]

789
00:44:57,600 --> 00:45:00,690
[narrator] Tyson Lee attacks
the block of frozen pay

790
00:45:00,700 --> 00:45:02,160
with a sledgehammer.

791
00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:02,930
[crackling]

792
00:45:02,930 --> 00:45:04,760
-Here you go.
-[Tyson] Oh, yeah.

793
00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:05,790
[Parker] Yeah, Buddy.

794
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:06,960
[cracking]

795
00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:08,390
It's gonna go
through now?

796
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:09,630
[Tyson] Give her a try.

797
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:11,190
[sighs]

798
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:13,200
[Tyson] Holy,
look at that!

799
00:45:14,260 --> 00:45:15,830
Oh! [bleep]

800
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:20,130
[bleep]

801
00:45:21,460 --> 00:45:22,600
[bleep]

802
00:45:25,460 --> 00:45:26,930
[Parker] Flaps on fire!

803
00:45:28,900 --> 00:45:31,260
[narrator] When Parker
shut down Slucifer

804
00:45:31,260 --> 00:45:35,290
to free the hopper,
the tailings conveyor stopped.

805
00:45:35,300 --> 00:45:39,030
The Tiger torch left heating
the stationary rubber belt

806
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:40,930
has set it on fire.

807
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:44,560
We'll meet another one.
Go get another one.

808
00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:45,660
[Tyson] That's
the only one we got.

809
00:45:45,660 --> 00:45:46,990
Should I turn on the water?

810
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:48,830
[Parker] Wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait.

811
00:45:49,460 --> 00:45:50,260
[blazing]

812
00:45:50,260 --> 00:45:51,400
[fizzing]

813
00:45:52,860 --> 00:45:54,300
Oh [bleep]

814
00:45:54,860 --> 00:45:56,460
We're gonna do
something else.

815
00:45:56,460 --> 00:45:58,400
[Tyson] Yeah. I'm gonna
turn on the water.

816
00:46:00,700 --> 00:46:02,300
[fizzing]

817
00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:07,130
[coughing]

818
00:46:14,700 --> 00:46:15,700
[spitting]

819
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:19,760
[bleep]

820
00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:22,090
[Tyson] All happened
so fast, man.

821
00:46:22,100 --> 00:46:23,130
Did you get a look
at any damage?

822
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:26,600
[Parker] There's a lot of it,
I'm [bleep] sure.

823
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:28,990
We just need
to make sure it's out

824
00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:30,690
and come back in
the morning
and assess.

825
00:46:30,700 --> 00:46:31,600
[Tyson] Fine.

826
00:46:32,660 --> 00:46:34,530
[Parker] Honestly,
right now, I'm tired.

827
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:49,800
[narrator] At first light,
Parker arrives
to see if they can fight on.

828
00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:51,930
[intense music playing]

829
00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:54,130
[Parker] Oh, man.

830
00:46:56,100 --> 00:46:57,360
[sighs wearily]

831
00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:02,000
The belt smoke,
now it's got four inches
of ice on top of it

832
00:47:03,500 --> 00:47:05,290
[Parker] Well,
I think she's fried, Dean.

833
00:47:05,300 --> 00:47:06,500
[Dean] Pretty much.

834
00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:08,600
[Parker] Fire and ice.

835
00:47:09,360 --> 00:47:10,900
It's been
a hell of a season.

836
00:47:13,100 --> 00:47:16,800
[narrator] No matter
how hard miners
push in the Yukon...

837
00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:22,560
Mother Nature
eventually wins out.

838
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:27,390
But the spoils
of this hard fought war
are extraordinary.

839
00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:31,460
We have 8309.75 oz.

840
00:47:31,460 --> 00:47:33,360
[all cheering]

841
00:47:33,360 --> 00:47:34,890
[narrator]
Battling the elements

842
00:47:34,900 --> 00:47:36,990
one season
after another.

843
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:39,890
Wow, that's a good
[bleep] pour, isn't it?

844
00:47:39,900 --> 00:47:40,790
[bleep] Yeah.

845
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:43,260
[narrator] Gold Rush
miners have hauled

846
00:47:43,260 --> 00:47:47,360
in more than
101,000 oz of gold.

847
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:48,860
[man] This represents
you guys bonuses.

848
00:47:48,860 --> 00:47:49,890
[all laughing]

849
00:47:49,900 --> 00:47:55,460
[narrator] Today worth
more than $230,000,000.

850
00:47:55,460 --> 00:47:56,900
[whooping triumphantly]

851
00:47:57,360 --> 00:47:58,300
[man] You guys are the best.

851
00:47:59,305 --> 00:48:59,267