"Gold Rush: White Water" Broken and Stranded

1 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:11,560 So, you found bedrock today. 2 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:13,100 We found bedrock... 3 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:15,060 finally. 4 00:00:15,060 --> 00:00:16,160 Sweet. 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:17,400 That's awesome, man. 6 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,300 You made our week, our year, our month. 7 00:00:20,300 --> 00:00:24,460 After five long months with almost no gold, 8 00:00:24,460 --> 00:00:27,600 Dustin's crew see a bright light 9 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:29,860 at the end of the dark tunnel. 10 00:00:31,300 --> 00:00:33,560 Bedrock does exist! 11 00:00:34,860 --> 00:00:36,800 For the first time this season, 12 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:41,100 14.5 feet down, Paul finally hit bedrock. 13 00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:44,860 We're looking for the bottom of that. 14 00:00:44,860 --> 00:00:48,000 If the crew can follow it to the deepest point, 15 00:00:48,900 --> 00:00:51,660 there could be a fortune in chunky nuggets. 16 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,400 That's a big, big, big win for us. 17 00:00:57,700 --> 00:01:00,900 We had a hell of a time getting to this point 18 00:01:00,900 --> 00:01:03,960 because this has been a hard damn year for me. 19 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:06,100 I'm running out of money. 20 00:01:06,100 --> 00:01:07,260 I'm running out of time. 21 00:01:07,260 --> 00:01:08,760 The snow's on us right now. 22 00:01:09,300 --> 00:01:10,660 Congratulations, everybody. 23 00:01:10,660 --> 00:01:12,460 This is the start of our gold finding, 24 00:01:12,460 --> 00:01:14,000 instead of gold digging. 25 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:15,260 It's prep, prep, prep, 26 00:01:15,260 --> 00:01:19,300 and then the finish is quick and bountiful. 27 00:01:19,300 --> 00:01:21,460 What I want to find is all the nuggets 28 00:01:21,460 --> 00:01:23,200 that are sitting there waiting for us right now. 29 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,160 They're up there going, "Where are you guys at? 30 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:27,100 Let's go on a road trip." 31 00:01:27,100 --> 00:01:28,260 "I'm ready to see some fresh air." 32 00:01:28,260 --> 00:01:30,100 "Let's go on a road trip"? 33 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:36,660 Whoa! 34 00:01:36,660 --> 00:01:38,060 James! 35 00:01:38,060 --> 00:01:39,160 ! What's going on? 36 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:42,760 It broke the prop. 37 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:44,200 We're just dead in the water right now. 38 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:47,600 We gotta do it today. 39 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,500 Is it gonna be peaches and cream, 40 00:01:49,500 --> 00:01:51,260 or just frickin' goddang noodle soup 41 00:01:51,260 --> 00:01:52,460 for the rest of the winter? 42 00:01:52,460 --> 00:01:55,460 Time's running out. We just gotta get to the bottom of it. 43 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:59,860 I'm seeing gold in the box. 44 00:01:59,860 --> 00:02:00,860 That's amazing. 45 00:02:00,860 --> 00:02:01,900 Look at that. 46 00:02:01,900 --> 00:02:03,460 We're back on the gold. 47 00:02:03,460 --> 00:02:05,760 This is awesome. Today is gonna be the start. 48 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:13,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 49 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:20,400 Right now, it's not looking good, guys. 50 00:02:21,700 --> 00:02:23,600 The snow is further down on that mountain right now, too. 51 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:24,560 It's insane. 52 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,100 I think winter is here. 53 00:02:26,100 --> 00:02:27,460 We're running out of time. 54 00:02:27,460 --> 00:02:29,960 Who's supposed to be diving today? 55 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:31,400 James is diving today. 56 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:35,000 Okay. All right, so this morning, 57 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,700 we're going to continue on until we hit bottom. 58 00:02:36,700 --> 00:02:38,000 We're desperate right now. 59 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,300 We have not found enough gold. 60 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,960 With $100,000 owed to his creditors 61 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,760 and facing the loss of his Nugget Creek claim, 62 00:02:48,860 --> 00:02:51,900 Dustin's mining future will be decided 63 00:02:51,900 --> 00:02:54,860 in what could be less than two weeks. 64 00:02:58,500 --> 00:02:59,660 -All right, everybody know what to do? - Yep. 65 00:02:59,660 --> 00:03:01,160 - Yup. -Let's get out of here. 66 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:02,560 All right. 67 00:03:04,460 --> 00:03:07,400 If they don't find gold, I don't even know what to do. 68 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,260 We might have to shut the doors on this place. 69 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:13,300 Uh, I got some bad news. 70 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,600 So this is the end of... 71 00:03:18,900 --> 00:03:19,860 this can. 72 00:03:21,500 --> 00:03:23,660 This is our last barrel of fuel. 73 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:26,560 We're almost out of fuel, too. 74 00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:28,560 Just so you know. 75 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:29,900 -What? -Fuel. 76 00:03:29,900 --> 00:03:31,460 We're almost out of fuel. 77 00:03:32,460 --> 00:03:35,460 This is the last jug for real. 78 00:03:35,460 --> 00:03:36,900 There's no more in there. 79 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:39,100 So we're out of gas? 80 00:03:39,100 --> 00:03:40,200 We're completely out. 81 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,360 That can is empty. 82 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:44,360 I don't know if we'll get through the whole day with... 83 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,830 even with one diver in. 84 00:03:49,300 --> 00:03:52,300 Just my luck. We're on bedrock at last. 85 00:03:52,300 --> 00:03:54,200 All right, let's see what we can do. 86 00:03:56,660 --> 00:03:59,760 That's another reason to go into town, man. 87 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:01,660 This major oversight 88 00:04:01,660 --> 00:04:04,860 means they must now waste precious dive time 89 00:04:04,860 --> 00:04:08,500 on a 60-mile round trip to the nearest gas station. 90 00:04:13,100 --> 00:04:15,560 Piss-poor planning on my part. 91 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:16,860 If we get going now, 92 00:04:16,860 --> 00:04:19,300 we could be back diving this afternoon. 93 00:04:19,300 --> 00:04:20,700 This is something we don't need. 94 00:04:20,700 --> 00:04:22,460 We are running out of time. 95 00:04:22,460 --> 00:04:25,560 It's just one more thing adding on to everything else 96 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,160 that's just been going wrong for us right now, so... 97 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,100 So we're having to take my boat. 98 00:04:36,100 --> 00:04:38,500 James' boat went down. 99 00:04:38,500 --> 00:04:41,460 Paul and Wes' boat, uh, their boat's down. 100 00:04:42,260 --> 00:04:43,200 Fire me up. 101 00:04:45,100 --> 00:04:46,100 Flip her up. 102 00:04:51,060 --> 00:04:53,160 Get another pair of earplugs for him? 103 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,460 - I got 'em. -All right. Let's get out of here, y'all. 104 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:03,000 What was that? 105 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:07,660 Something hit. 106 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:10,960 Get in the rope! 107 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:23,560 It broke the prop. 108 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:25,700 Is it totally toast? 109 00:05:27,060 --> 00:05:28,430 Oh, it's done. 110 00:05:30,900 --> 00:05:32,700 So what has happened here is 111 00:05:32,700 --> 00:05:36,760 the front beams completely disintegrated. 112 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:37,730 They just fell apart 113 00:05:37,730 --> 00:05:40,260 and what it did was it tilted the engine up... 114 00:05:40,260 --> 00:05:42,660 enough for my props to hit the cage, 115 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,860 and the props exploded. 116 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,500 On launching, the airboat struck a rock, 117 00:05:52,500 --> 00:05:54,660 sending a shockwave through the hull 118 00:05:55,860 --> 00:05:58,760 that fractured the welds on the motor mount, 119 00:06:00,060 --> 00:06:02,400 causing the spinning propeller blades 120 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:06,660 to hit the safety cage at over 5,000 rpm. 121 00:06:12,500 --> 00:06:15,000 And now it's really gonna cost us. 122 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,460 And we're going to spend a whole bunch of money, 123 00:06:17,460 --> 00:06:20,760 money I don't have, on some new propellers. 124 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:24,560 There's only so much a human's brain should be able to take. 125 00:06:26,100 --> 00:06:27,260 At some point, you crack. 126 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,260 Right now, we're just-- we're stuck. 127 00:06:33,260 --> 00:06:34,800 We have no way in or out. 128 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:35,900 But we're going to have to spend some time 129 00:06:35,900 --> 00:06:37,160 and get that boat going because... 130 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,960 we have no way to get back in and out of here. 131 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,000 Do we know what size these are? 132 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,860 There's a number on it. 133 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,660 It looks like it was 36-inch. 134 00:06:49,100 --> 00:06:50,100 Yeah. Just keep that right there. 135 00:06:50,100 --> 00:06:51,600 Let me take a picture of that. 136 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:53,660 And this will give an idea. 137 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,800 With all three airboats now out of action, 138 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:01,860 the challenge of sourcing a replacement prop 139 00:07:01,860 --> 00:07:04,000 falls to Alaskan Danielle. 140 00:07:06,100 --> 00:07:07,960 Hey, you got me? 141 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:09,260 She is on top of it. 142 00:07:10,260 --> 00:07:12,160 That's a good thing about having Danielle here. 143 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:13,460 Oh, that soon? 144 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,000 That's awesome. 145 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,300 Bye. 146 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,860 The propeller gets into Juneau tomorrow. 147 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,600 Jesus, man. What a nightmare. 148 00:07:27,260 --> 00:07:28,200 I need it, 149 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:29,160 but here we are. 150 00:07:31,060 --> 00:07:33,000 Dustin's next problem, 151 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,100 how to transport the propellers 152 00:07:35,100 --> 00:07:36,960 100 miles from Juneau. 153 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:40,300 I don't know what to do about it. 154 00:07:40,300 --> 00:07:41,660 And there's solutions for it, 155 00:07:41,660 --> 00:07:43,400 but I just haven't figured them out yet. 156 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:44,960 I'm not paying for helicopters. 157 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:46,000 I can't. 158 00:07:46,460 --> 00:07:47,700 We're broke. 159 00:07:49,260 --> 00:07:52,000 But we keep going because we're desperate at this point. 160 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:55,360 Let's go find some gold. 161 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:57,260 There's nothing else we can do. 162 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:02,860 Stranded at Nugget Creek, 163 00:08:03,460 --> 00:08:05,400 Dustin's only option, 164 00:08:06,260 --> 00:08:08,660 continue dredging for bedrock nuggets 165 00:08:08,660 --> 00:08:10,560 until the gas runs dry. 166 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,260 You ready, James? 167 00:08:14,260 --> 00:08:15,300 I've been waiting. 168 00:08:16,260 --> 00:08:17,860 I'm going to go as deep as I can 169 00:08:17,860 --> 00:08:19,960 and get back on chasing the gold. 170 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,600 It takes tough guys like us to get in there, 171 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,960 and, uh, hopefully we can turn these frowns upside down. 172 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:27,000 We've got bedrock exposed. 173 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,800 Now we just got to find the gold. 174 00:08:30,460 --> 00:08:31,360 You excited? 175 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:33,260 -Yeah. -I'm excited for you, man. 176 00:08:33,260 --> 00:08:36,000 I want to be down there so bad. 177 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,460 Hopefully, by the end of today, 178 00:08:37,460 --> 00:08:38,700 with any luck, 179 00:08:38,700 --> 00:08:41,660 we'll actually find some gold to pay for all this nonsense. 180 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:45,260 There we go. She's ready. 181 00:08:45,260 --> 00:08:46,660 Whoo! Yeah, I think so. 182 00:08:46,660 --> 00:08:48,260 I think we're ready for him to be in. 183 00:08:48,700 --> 00:08:49,900 We're burning fuel. 184 00:08:49,900 --> 00:08:51,300 Watch the hair, all right? 185 00:08:51,300 --> 00:08:53,000 All right. I'll try not to pull it. 186 00:08:57,260 --> 00:08:59,660 You're gonna find that gold today, James. 187 00:08:59,660 --> 00:09:01,060 That's why we call him the Gold Hound, 188 00:09:01,060 --> 00:09:02,360 'cause he can smell that gold. 189 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:03,600 Yeah. 190 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:06,060 We're just all crossing our fingers. 191 00:09:06,060 --> 00:09:08,360 I'm gonna do what the gold hound does. 192 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:09,760 I'm gonna go sniff it out. 193 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:22,400 Wow. 194 00:09:23,460 --> 00:09:26,300 Good job on finding the bedrock, bro. 195 00:09:26,300 --> 00:09:27,860 It's crazy this late in the season, 196 00:09:27,860 --> 00:09:29,860 but this is the start of our dig. 197 00:09:29,860 --> 00:09:31,360 I hope so. 198 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:32,660 We haven't hit the bottom yet, 199 00:09:32,660 --> 00:09:35,560 so we actually have to hit the bottom 200 00:09:35,560 --> 00:09:37,400 in order to find gold. 201 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,360 The bedrock they've exposed at 14.5 feet is sloping. 202 00:09:45,260 --> 00:09:50,000 James needs to chase it down to its deepest point, 203 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,660 where there should be a monster pile of nuggets 204 00:09:53,660 --> 00:09:56,900 big enough to pay off Dustin's debts, 205 00:09:56,900 --> 00:10:01,230 and finally a payday to make them all rich. 206 00:10:03,700 --> 00:10:06,460 This bedrock definitely looks interesting right there, doesn't it? 207 00:10:06,460 --> 00:10:08,200 Very, very interesting. 208 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:11,000 Wow, it's so deep. 209 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,360 - I know. 210 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:14,160 Dude, I hope you find a golden nugget down there. 211 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,260 I want to see a golden nugget come out. 212 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:19,460 Avoid this sucker. 213 00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:25,860 This just turned into a fun dig. 214 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,260 James is super-excited. 215 00:10:29,260 --> 00:10:30,860 We're all at the edge of our seats, 216 00:10:31,860 --> 00:10:34,160 waiting to hear, waiting to find out 217 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:36,460 if he sees any gold down there. 218 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:40,360 I'm making pretty good progress right now. 219 00:10:42,660 --> 00:10:44,200 This is so fun. 220 00:10:45,100 --> 00:10:46,200 All right. Well... 221 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:48,600 I think... 222 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:51,360 if I can get the pressure washer ready, 223 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:55,130 I can just see if I can open up this spot right here. 224 00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:59,160 So we got the power washer up and running. 225 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:02,400 I love it. Such a small tool, 226 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,660 but such a powerful tool. 227 00:11:04,660 --> 00:11:06,160 Are you ready for that pressure washer? 228 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:07,160 Yes. Yup. 229 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:08,260 Coming down. 230 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,100 To speed up his progress, 231 00:11:14,100 --> 00:11:16,760 James will use the high-pressure jet wash 232 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:19,900 to send what should be gold-rich gravel 233 00:11:19,900 --> 00:11:21,760 straight into the dredge hose. 234 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,460 Oh, we're doing some damage. 235 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,760 Hopefully, today is the first real day of gold. 236 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:38,200 We need another big boost. 237 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,700 And, right now, a good gold nugget 238 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:42,400 would definitely be the boost we need. 239 00:11:53,060 --> 00:11:54,800 What you got going on down there, James? 240 00:11:56,560 --> 00:11:57,900 I'm gonna open up some real estate 241 00:11:57,900 --> 00:11:59,660 and we'll see some gold today. 242 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:03,500 Yes! 243 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:06,460 Finally, we got some good news. 244 00:12:06,460 --> 00:12:08,260 Things are starting to go our way. 245 00:12:08,260 --> 00:12:09,200 This is awesome. 246 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:10,760 I... 247 00:12:12,300 --> 00:12:13,960 I've been waiting for this. 248 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:15,560 Today is going to be the start. 249 00:12:17,100 --> 00:12:18,360 Up ahead... 250 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:19,460 Time's running out. 251 00:12:19,460 --> 00:12:21,360 We're gonna be in real, real, real, real trouble. 252 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:22,860 Hole is gone. 253 00:12:22,860 --> 00:12:24,660 One step forward, three steps back. 254 00:12:24,660 --> 00:12:25,960 The stress is getting to me. 255 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,600 I wonder if there's people out there that have had the level... 256 00:12:31,700 --> 00:12:32,860 of failure that I've had. 257 00:12:43,100 --> 00:12:45,860 Well, this is exciting, man. 258 00:12:45,860 --> 00:12:48,230 Oh, dredging the bedrock. 259 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:52,300 Well, it's 16 feet deep. 260 00:12:54,300 --> 00:12:56,000 I think it's going good so far. 261 00:12:57,460 --> 00:12:59,260 James is moving a lot of material, 262 00:12:59,260 --> 00:13:00,700 so hopefully, at the end of the day, 263 00:13:00,700 --> 00:13:01,900 there'll be some gold. 264 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,760 Three hours into his dive, 265 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:09,360 James has dredged down one and a half feet. 266 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:13,360 He could be just inches from the deepest part of bedrock 267 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:14,960 and its monster nuggets. 268 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:18,700 And I'm starting to open it up. 269 00:13:19,860 --> 00:13:20,800 Nice. 270 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,460 We're running low on fuel. 271 00:13:28,900 --> 00:13:31,060 But down to the last gallon of fuel, 272 00:13:31,060 --> 00:13:35,200 he will lose his air supply if the tank runs dry. 273 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:39,560 I think we still have a chance to try to get something. 274 00:13:47,900 --> 00:13:51,530 I really opened up this hole in good time. 275 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,160 Sounds like he had a good plan of attack... 276 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:58,400 -Yeah, it's-- -...and it's working. 277 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:00,060 It's working great. 278 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:08,100 He's been moving a lot of rocks. 279 00:14:08,100 --> 00:14:09,260 You can definitely tell. 280 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:14,600 , I'm out of gas. 281 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:16,260 We're done. 282 00:14:16,260 --> 00:14:17,600 Are you kidding me? 283 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:18,960 James. James, up. 284 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:20,400 Diver up. Diver up, James. 285 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:21,360 Diver up. 286 00:14:28,060 --> 00:14:31,000 You're good? Go get warmed up. 287 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,660 We don't have any more fuel. 288 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:35,760 That's it, dude. 289 00:14:36,900 --> 00:14:38,300 So we just ran out of gas. 290 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,500 We gotta make a gas run, 291 00:14:41,500 --> 00:14:43,300 otherwise, we're just-- 292 00:14:43,300 --> 00:14:44,600 we're just dead in the water right now. 293 00:14:48,060 --> 00:14:49,600 This is, uh... 294 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,360 the most frustrating I've ever done. 295 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,560 I'm kind of checking out. 296 00:14:55,500 --> 00:14:58,000 Yeah. We gotta go check the box. 297 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,560 Completely out of gas, 298 00:15:00,460 --> 00:15:02,360 Dustin is desperate for the sluice 299 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,160 to deliver a glimmer of hope. 300 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,200 There's one piece. 301 00:15:25,260 --> 00:15:26,860 There's probably a little bit more. 302 00:15:30,900 --> 00:15:32,560 Got one piece right here. 303 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:34,000 That's not a bad little piece of gold. 304 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,360 There's got to be some more gold in here somewhere. 305 00:15:38,100 --> 00:15:39,700 Another little piece. 306 00:15:39,700 --> 00:15:41,300 That's a good sign. 307 00:15:41,300 --> 00:15:43,260 It's definitely getting better. 308 00:15:43,260 --> 00:15:44,860 We're back on the gold. 309 00:15:44,860 --> 00:15:46,860 I think the deeper we go, the more bedrock we find, 310 00:15:46,860 --> 00:15:47,800 the better it's going to get. 311 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:49,930 That makes me happy. 312 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:53,900 Now we've got to get down to bedrock bottom 313 00:15:53,900 --> 00:15:57,860 and hope we can find a bunch of 6-ounce nuggets or bigger now. 314 00:15:57,860 --> 00:15:59,300 Well, damn good job, man. 315 00:15:59,300 --> 00:16:01,000 We just... 316 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,560 got to get to the bottom of it, man. 317 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,260 Despite finding pickers, 318 00:16:06,260 --> 00:16:08,860 the crew still haven't hit bedrock bottom 319 00:16:08,860 --> 00:16:10,460 and the chunky nuggets 320 00:16:10,460 --> 00:16:12,600 which could save Dustin's claim. 321 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:16,100 It's gonna be close, man. 322 00:16:16,100 --> 00:16:17,960 We just need to get in town and pick up fuel. 323 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:37,330 Good morning, everybody. 324 00:16:37,330 --> 00:16:39,100 - Good morning. - Morning. 325 00:16:39,100 --> 00:16:40,360 We need to fix my boat. 326 00:16:46,100 --> 00:16:49,060 To get the fuel to keep dredging... 327 00:16:49,060 --> 00:16:51,860 Dustin must fit new propellers to his airboat. 328 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:54,860 So we're having to take a helicopter 329 00:16:54,860 --> 00:16:57,060 because all of the boats are down. 330 00:16:58,260 --> 00:16:59,760 He had no option 331 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:04,660 but go another $2,300 in debt on an emergency flight. 332 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:08,500 Yep, we got our props. 333 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:12,360 Now we should be able to get... 334 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,100 Dustin's boat back together and, uh... 335 00:17:16,100 --> 00:17:17,600 we can run down and go get fuel. 336 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:20,560 I think you only have today to do this. 337 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:22,700 Yeah, no, I think we can get it done. 338 00:17:22,700 --> 00:17:24,400 Okay. So you guys know what to do. 339 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:26,160 Yup. 340 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,700 But before they can fit the new props, 341 00:17:28,700 --> 00:17:32,500 they must repair the smashed motor mount. 342 00:17:32,500 --> 00:17:33,960 So, right now, Paul and Wes are going to go 343 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:35,660 and do some welding, 344 00:17:35,660 --> 00:17:38,360 and they're gonna try to patch it together the best they can 345 00:17:38,360 --> 00:17:40,160 to make sure we can run up and down this river 346 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:41,460 until the end of the season. 347 00:17:41,460 --> 00:17:43,260 We have to keep our boats running. 348 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:48,500 I'm curious to get this opened up 349 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:50,660 and see how bad this actually is. 350 00:17:50,660 --> 00:17:53,160 Wes got material, welding supplies, 351 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,300 so he should be able to get Dustin's boat back to a condition 352 00:17:56,300 --> 00:17:59,600 that it's worthy enough to put a propeller back on it. 353 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:01,800 Wes will fit aluminum cross beams 354 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:03,660 to strengthen the hull 355 00:18:03,660 --> 00:18:07,060 and prevent another set of props being destroyed. 356 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,000 Wow, that rib failed. 357 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:11,830 All that sank down 358 00:18:11,830 --> 00:18:13,560 and allowed the prop to hit the cage. 359 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:15,260 What's happened, 360 00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:17,860 with all the rocks and things that we go over, 361 00:18:17,860 --> 00:18:21,660 it's let the center of this thing push way up. 362 00:18:21,660 --> 00:18:23,060 Because the engine is so heavy, 363 00:18:23,060 --> 00:18:24,900 it's just pushed right through the bottom. 364 00:18:24,900 --> 00:18:27,800 Half of the welds across where this engine is mounted are broke. 365 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:29,160 So that's our plan. 366 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:30,600 We're gonna start taking these things apart, 367 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:32,100 see if we can jack this up, 368 00:18:32,100 --> 00:18:34,260 put some kind of a bracing across here and, uh... 369 00:18:35,660 --> 00:18:36,600 beef it up a little bit. 370 00:18:43,860 --> 00:18:45,260 They're fixing the boat. 371 00:18:46,660 --> 00:18:47,560 I'm just stressed out, 372 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:49,360 so I'm just trying to clear my head. 373 00:18:49,360 --> 00:18:51,900 So, I need that boat running. 374 00:18:51,900 --> 00:18:55,200 It's priority. I need gold to pay for this. 375 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:02,800 That's way stronger than it was. 376 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,460 Wow, man, that bar looks amazing. 377 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:09,900 I think this is going to solve the problems for the engine... 378 00:19:09,900 --> 00:19:12,000 you know, trying to break through the bottom of the frame 379 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:13,660 and the prop hitting the cage again. 380 00:19:13,660 --> 00:19:16,100 For the most part, I think we've got it fixed as well as we can. 381 00:19:16,100 --> 00:19:17,100 All we need now is the prop, 382 00:19:17,100 --> 00:19:18,700 and we'll have this boat back online. 383 00:19:18,700 --> 00:19:20,260 If we get this on, 384 00:19:20,260 --> 00:19:22,360 then we can make a fuel run this afternoon. 385 00:19:22,360 --> 00:19:24,860 That right now is the major priority. 386 00:19:24,860 --> 00:19:28,760 Okay, the propeller has been designed to operate 387 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:33,560 from 10 to 30 degrees for optimum performance. 388 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:37,760 It's recommended to start at 15 degree pitch. 389 00:19:43,900 --> 00:19:46,800 We definitely gotta make sure we're not gonna hit the cage. 390 00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:50,660 The angle of the blades is critical. 391 00:19:52,660 --> 00:19:54,200 Too shallow a pitch, 392 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,260 and they won't generate enough air flow 393 00:19:56,260 --> 00:19:58,000 to push the airboat forward. 394 00:20:00,060 --> 00:20:03,500 Too steep a pitch will put more strain on the engine, 395 00:20:03,500 --> 00:20:07,060 and the added thrust will make it difficult to maneuver 396 00:20:07,060 --> 00:20:08,400 and dangerous. 397 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:17,100 I think everything is set. 398 00:20:18,100 --> 00:20:19,960 We got the old prop off, 399 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:23,000 we got those blades out, put the new blades in. 400 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,460 I think Wes got the pitch set just right. 401 00:20:25,460 --> 00:20:28,660 I think we're ready for, uh, Dustin to warm this thing up. 402 00:20:29,700 --> 00:20:32,160 See what he does when he gets full power. 403 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:33,700 All right. Oil is checked? 404 00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:34,800 Yup. Oil is good. 405 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,760 Let's get this thing fired up, see if it runs, right? 406 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:39,700 - Go! -Firing up. 407 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:47,760 It's still too cold. 408 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:48,900 Yeah, it's just got to warm up a bit. 409 00:20:48,900 --> 00:20:50,300 She's still too cold. 410 00:20:55,100 --> 00:20:56,860 You hear that little whistle sound 411 00:20:56,860 --> 00:20:59,100 instead of that loud popping noise? 412 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:02,760 That is smooth. 413 00:21:03,700 --> 00:21:05,200 Really smooth. 414 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:06,360 They're quiet. 415 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:07,860 I like that. 416 00:21:07,860 --> 00:21:10,000 - Yeah. -They're quieter than the last ones. 417 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:20,560 Look at that! 418 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:23,360 That's got some power now. 419 00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:25,460 -Yeah! - Yeah! 420 00:21:25,460 --> 00:21:26,700 That's definitely a win. 421 00:21:26,700 --> 00:21:28,000 That's the best it's been. 422 00:21:29,260 --> 00:21:30,900 Congratulations. 423 00:21:30,900 --> 00:21:31,760 We got a boat. 424 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,560 I love it. 425 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:34,700 We have an escape plan. 426 00:21:34,700 --> 00:21:36,600 Everything is good. Now we can go get fuel. 427 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,000 Thank you, guys, for that. 428 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:39,660 -That worked out. - Yeah. Nice work, guys. 429 00:21:40,700 --> 00:21:42,000 All right, let's get going. 430 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,000 We need fuel and we need it bad. 431 00:22:13,360 --> 00:22:14,860 This is our supply run. 432 00:22:16,060 --> 00:22:17,860 I'm glad we finally arrived. 433 00:22:17,860 --> 00:22:22,360 The fuel is enough to keep us going and go for the gold. 434 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,360 Needing $100,000 to save his claim, 435 00:22:28,500 --> 00:22:30,300 this fuel is Dustin's key 436 00:22:30,300 --> 00:22:33,900 to unlocking the monster nuggets on bedrock. 437 00:22:36,360 --> 00:22:37,760 Let's get out of here. 438 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,860 And we can get back at it tomorrow. 439 00:22:55,100 --> 00:22:56,860 That's a lot of rain. 440 00:22:56,860 --> 00:23:01,400 Overnight, the first winter storm hits southeast Alaska. 441 00:23:02,060 --> 00:23:04,000 We got some fuel. 442 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,100 If we hit the bottom today, that would make my week, 443 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:10,460 but the weather is awful. 444 00:23:10,460 --> 00:23:14,260 Dustin and Danielle return with the vital fuel, 445 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,360 plus another valuable asset. 446 00:23:25,260 --> 00:23:26,460 Good morning. 447 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:28,400 Did you fall asleep? 448 00:23:29,060 --> 00:23:30,760 Holy , man. 449 00:23:33,300 --> 00:23:36,560 Glad to be back. Went on my military doctor's appointment. 450 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:39,400 Finally get me back in the mix of things, 451 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,400 and I couldn't be more freaking grateful. 452 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:43,460 Gold don't mine itself. 453 00:23:44,300 --> 00:23:45,860 We're running out of time. 454 00:23:45,860 --> 00:23:48,560 I need the barrels out of the boat right now. 455 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:51,160 -Copy that. Copy that. - Gotta get the out of here. 456 00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:57,860 Well, we're putting these fuel barrels on the buggy, 457 00:23:57,860 --> 00:23:59,360 get 'em to camp. 458 00:24:06,260 --> 00:24:07,360 That's good. 459 00:24:11,860 --> 00:24:13,130 If you go on the right side, 460 00:24:13,130 --> 00:24:14,600 -it'll fit better. - Want 'em to go on the right side? 461 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:15,860 - Yeah. - Okay. 462 00:24:15,860 --> 00:24:17,300 That's good. Come down. 463 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:19,460 How about that? Good to go. 464 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,300 Look how fast that going, y'all. 465 00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:29,000 Whoo! That's a lot of rain. 466 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:33,100 So, this water right here usually comes from Nugget Creek. 467 00:24:33,100 --> 00:24:35,100 So we gotta go check on the site, 468 00:24:35,100 --> 00:24:37,660 see what everything looks like, 469 00:24:37,660 --> 00:24:40,360 and hopefully our whole world doesn't turn upside down. 470 00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:44,860 The increased flow ripping down Nugget Creek 471 00:24:44,860 --> 00:24:47,560 is cause for extreme concern. 472 00:24:56,660 --> 00:24:58,960 Wrap my head around what I'm about to see. 473 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:01,900 I know I'm afraid to go up there. 474 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:06,900 Oh, man! 475 00:25:06,900 --> 00:25:09,000 Goddamn. Look at that. 476 00:25:10,460 --> 00:25:12,560 That's a lot of water. 477 00:25:14,300 --> 00:25:15,460 Wow. 478 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:18,200 I hope we still got a dive site. 479 00:25:25,500 --> 00:25:27,600 Oh, my God, it held up! 480 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,100 - Yeah, it did! 481 00:25:30,100 --> 00:25:31,300 Can you believe it? 482 00:25:32,260 --> 00:25:34,360 12 hours of rain 483 00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:37,600 have turned the dive site into a death trap, 484 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:41,600 but the weir has protected their hole from filling in. 485 00:25:43,260 --> 00:25:46,760 The water is outrageous, but the weir held up 486 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:49,600 and it looks like we have a dig hole still. 487 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:50,860 The happiest thing for me was 488 00:25:50,860 --> 00:25:52,960 the dredge is still sitting there unharmed. 489 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,260 Everything seems to be in good shape right now. 490 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:58,800 Yeah, I'm impressed with the weir. 491 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,360 That makes me extremely happy. 492 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:02,900 I can't believe that held up. 493 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:07,300 Listen... 494 00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:11,760 - Whoa. - Dude, that fell... 495 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,360 -That came from up there. -That fell... That came from up there. 496 00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:17,530 -All right, everybody out. Everybody out! 497 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,660 See, we know there's landslides here. 498 00:26:23,660 --> 00:26:25,660 The walls are too saturated. 499 00:26:28,100 --> 00:26:30,600 The waterlogged cliffs are crumbling, 500 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,100 unleashing death from above. 501 00:26:36,860 --> 00:26:38,660 Holy , dude. 502 00:26:45,300 --> 00:26:47,100 We need to get out of here. 503 00:26:47,100 --> 00:26:49,800 This is not the right place to be. 504 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:51,700 Let's just go back to camp. Let's get warmed up. 505 00:26:51,700 --> 00:26:53,200 Let's try to dry up a little bit. 506 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:54,300 Copy that. 507 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,260 I'm not exactly sure what we're supposed to do here. 508 00:27:03,260 --> 00:27:06,160 Waiting for the rain to quit before the season's out. 509 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:10,760 We finally got somewhere and we're in trouble now, so... 510 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:17,300 We can only hope and pray that the weir holds up to its name. 511 00:27:17,300 --> 00:27:20,660 We still got hours upon hours of this. 512 00:27:20,660 --> 00:27:21,960 Tomorrow is another day. 513 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,460 It's another story. We'll see. 514 00:27:42,300 --> 00:27:44,360 Wow, that rain is something else, man. 515 00:27:44,360 --> 00:27:47,260 Listen to that. That's crazy. 516 00:27:48,260 --> 00:27:50,060 A new day dawns, 517 00:27:50,060 --> 00:27:55,000 and the winter rains continue to pound Nugget Creek. 518 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:58,600 That was more rain than we've seen in a long, long time, right? 519 00:27:58,600 --> 00:27:59,930 - Yeah. - It's still going. 520 00:27:59,930 --> 00:28:02,660 Yeah, it hasn't stopped since we looked at it yesterday. 521 00:28:02,660 --> 00:28:04,760 And it was already up so high, dude. 522 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:08,260 As far as that weir goes, that might be going today. 523 00:28:08,260 --> 00:28:10,160 -Yeah, that's a good point. - Yeah. 524 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:11,500 -Anybody feel like go and check on this? - Yeah. 525 00:28:11,500 --> 00:28:13,560 - I will. - My brain can't do it. 526 00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:24,760 Unable to absorb another blow, 527 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:26,460 Dustin hangs back 528 00:28:26,460 --> 00:28:29,760 as his crew race to assess the state of the weir. 529 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,200 The dredge is still in the air. 530 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:36,660 That's good. 531 00:28:36,660 --> 00:28:39,460 Holy... That's moving. 532 00:28:39,460 --> 00:28:41,500 Yeah, it is, dude. Coming down hard. 533 00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:44,660 Yeah, no diving that. 534 00:28:52,100 --> 00:28:53,560 Oh, . 535 00:28:54,100 --> 00:28:55,560 Hole is gone. 536 00:28:57,660 --> 00:28:59,460 Hole is gone. 537 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,800 Starting over. Again. 538 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:08,360 Kitty litter. Kitty litter, kitty litter, kitty litter. 539 00:29:09,860 --> 00:29:12,660 - Dee, you gotta get a picture of that. - I will. 540 00:29:15,100 --> 00:29:18,100 The storm surge has breached the weir, 541 00:29:18,100 --> 00:29:21,900 pushing tons of rocks and gravel into the dive hole 542 00:29:22,660 --> 00:29:24,860 and onto the exposed bedrock. 543 00:29:26,700 --> 00:29:28,100 Who's gonna tell Dustin? 544 00:29:32,260 --> 00:29:35,860 Day two of flood watch, hole is gone. 545 00:29:35,860 --> 00:29:38,360 This is the same rodeo we deal with all the time. 546 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:40,900 It's operation salvage our hole. 547 00:29:40,900 --> 00:29:42,460 Start from the beginning. 548 00:29:53,300 --> 00:29:55,800 - Hi, there. - Hi, there. How'd it go? 549 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:59,860 Well, it wasn't the best. 550 00:29:59,860 --> 00:30:03,500 I did take some videos and pictures 551 00:30:04,260 --> 00:30:05,860 so you can see it. 552 00:30:05,860 --> 00:30:07,800 - Oh, wow. -That's the hole. 553 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,660 -There's a bunch of logs. - Wow. That's a lot of water. 554 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,800 All right, so the weir is still intact for the most part. 555 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:17,260 The dredge is fine. 556 00:30:17,260 --> 00:30:20,260 Well, we got another flood. We knew it was coming. 557 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:24,400 I'll have to wrap my head around that. 558 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:26,500 We can't work today. 559 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:31,760 -Yeah. -Starting over's never easy. 560 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:35,900 No. Especially this late in the season. 561 00:30:35,900 --> 00:30:38,460 -We just gotta wait for the water to come down. -Yeah. 562 00:30:44,260 --> 00:30:46,660 At 16 feet deep, 563 00:30:46,660 --> 00:30:48,860 Dustin's crew were moments away 564 00:30:48,860 --> 00:30:51,860 from hitting the gold-rich bedrock bottom. 565 00:30:54,300 --> 00:30:59,000 But now, to remove the storm infill could take days, 566 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:02,300 time they may not have. 567 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,760 I thought we were there a couple days ago, 568 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:08,460 which is hard to stomach. 569 00:31:08,460 --> 00:31:10,060 It's gonna take some work to find some gold, 570 00:31:10,060 --> 00:31:12,060 finally, before the... Damn. 571 00:31:13,100 --> 00:31:14,460 Before the season's out. 572 00:31:15,460 --> 00:31:18,360 We are literally on borrowed time. 573 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:20,560 Summer came. Summer went. 574 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:22,660 And we're back into a freaking Alaskan winter. 575 00:31:22,660 --> 00:31:27,360 Not a good frickin' position to be in. Not. 576 00:31:47,460 --> 00:31:49,200 Holy moly, man. Look at that. 577 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:52,300 The water's dropped. 578 00:31:52,300 --> 00:31:54,460 Should be a good dive today. Look how clear that water is. 579 00:31:54,460 --> 00:31:56,360 - Yeah, it's nice. - Whoo-hoo. 580 00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:57,630 Great dive day! 581 00:31:59,860 --> 00:32:01,700 I think we're ready to get the divers in the water. 582 00:32:01,700 --> 00:32:03,600 With the amount of kitty litter down there, 583 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:07,200 it's going to take two divers to get this hole back down to where we were at. 584 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:08,760 So let's get to dredging. 585 00:32:10,460 --> 00:32:12,660 Let's get ready to dredge! 586 00:32:17,860 --> 00:32:19,560 Hey, why don't you go get suited up? 587 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,460 -Okay. Got it, man. Sounds like a plan. -Okay. 588 00:32:22,460 --> 00:32:24,160 We got a lot of work to do. 589 00:32:26,100 --> 00:32:27,660 We gotta get after it. 590 00:32:27,660 --> 00:32:29,560 The days are getting shorter. 591 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:31,800 Hopefully, we can get right back into the groove 592 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:35,060 and right back to where we left off, at bedrock bottom, 593 00:32:35,060 --> 00:32:37,660 because we're running out of time. 594 00:32:37,660 --> 00:32:40,400 We gotta do it today. This is over real soon, 595 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:42,360 and what we take home and what we got 596 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,160 is what's gonna buy dinner. 597 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,000 Is it gonna be peaches and cream 598 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,560 or just freaking goddang noodle soup for the rest of the winter? 599 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:51,100 - All right, get him in. - Copy that. 600 00:32:52,660 --> 00:32:54,260 -That tight enough? -Yeah, that's good. 601 00:32:54,260 --> 00:32:55,300 Com check. 602 00:32:55,300 --> 00:32:56,660 Got you loud and clear. 603 00:32:56,660 --> 00:32:58,160 Yep, that'll do it. 604 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,400 All right, now we're going in. 605 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:02,600 Good luck. 606 00:33:06,500 --> 00:33:09,260 All right, man. I got a lot of kitty litter, man. 607 00:33:09,260 --> 00:33:12,600 I see no fricking bedrock. None. 608 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:14,360 I got my work cut out for me, guys. 609 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,000 Hey, Carlos, how bad is it? 610 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,400 I think we got about ten feet. 611 00:33:22,860 --> 00:33:26,160 Three days ago, the crew were on bedrock 612 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:29,000 and finding gold at 16 feet. 613 00:33:30,460 --> 00:33:33,300 Now Carlos and James need to remove 614 00:33:33,300 --> 00:33:37,160 around ten feet of gravel and rock infill 615 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:41,960 before they can start chasing the bedrock down to the nugget pile. 616 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:48,000 How's your air, James? 617 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:49,860 - Pretty good. - Okay. 618 00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:58,400 James is in the water, Carlos. 619 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,960 Welcome, James. Water's good. Come on in, bro. 620 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,000 It's good to be dredging with you again there, Carlos. 621 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,160 Yeah, man. 622 00:34:06,460 --> 00:34:08,000 It's great having two divers again. 623 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:11,860 There's so much work to be done down there with one diver. 624 00:34:11,860 --> 00:34:14,630 We're never gonna get there. We've got to have two divers. 625 00:34:17,100 --> 00:34:18,460 The hole's still here. 626 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:22,960 Just got a lot of kitty litter. 627 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,600 With any luck, we'll get back down to it today. 628 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,860 Maybe find some gold, too. That would be awesome. 629 00:34:41,860 --> 00:34:45,100 So, I'm finishing up the repair on Dustin's airboat. 630 00:34:45,100 --> 00:34:46,900 The propeller hit this muffler, 631 00:34:46,900 --> 00:34:49,300 and I guess that started a crack in it. 632 00:34:49,300 --> 00:34:53,900 So I'm just doing a quick patch onto it, 633 00:34:53,900 --> 00:34:55,360 sewed it back together, per se, 634 00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:57,860 and, you know, it'd be good to go. 635 00:34:57,860 --> 00:35:01,100 Everything we do out here is rough on all of our equipment. 636 00:35:01,100 --> 00:35:04,160 We break everything. It never stops. 637 00:35:04,860 --> 00:35:07,360 I just like building stuff. 638 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:12,060 If I go sit down then I get stiff, so I try to stay active. 639 00:35:12,060 --> 00:35:14,460 It's the only way you can stay young, man. 640 00:35:14,460 --> 00:35:16,000 You go sit down and you get old. 641 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:32,460 Good to be dredging with you again there, Carlos. 642 00:35:32,460 --> 00:35:33,960 Yeah, man. 643 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:35,860 At the Golden Straits, 644 00:35:35,860 --> 00:35:40,300 Carlos and James are attempting to get back to the bedrock 645 00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:44,400 and find a pile of nuggets at the creek's deepest point. 646 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:48,360 - Rock, rock, rock, rock! 647 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:53,760 You okay, James? 648 00:35:56,860 --> 00:35:58,000 Hey, James? 649 00:36:00,100 --> 00:36:01,360 I'm all right, guys. 650 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,460 I just had a huge cave in. 651 00:36:04,460 --> 00:36:07,360 Yeah, a whole bunch of rocks over their heads like that, it's no good. 652 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:08,860 I could see what was gonna happen. 653 00:36:10,260 --> 00:36:12,500 Let's just keep going. 654 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,630 So much kitty litter. 655 00:36:20,060 --> 00:36:23,860 The last time I dove, I got rid of all this . 656 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:31,460 This is the kind of gravel that I need in my driveway. 657 00:36:33,660 --> 00:36:35,460 Over the next four hours... 658 00:36:36,860 --> 00:36:38,660 How's it looking down there, James? 659 00:36:38,660 --> 00:36:41,260 Have you found that bedrock yet? 660 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,400 No, man, just... 661 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:46,460 Gotta be getting close to it. 662 00:36:46,460 --> 00:36:51,300 ...James and Carlos dredge 5,000 pounds of rocks and gravel. 663 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:53,860 How deep are you? 664 00:36:53,860 --> 00:36:54,900 12 feet. 665 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,100 But they are barely halfway through 666 00:37:03,100 --> 00:37:05,860 the kitty litter covering bedrock. 667 00:37:08,300 --> 00:37:10,960 This sucks 'cause we're losing time. 668 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:13,000 I don't know what to say, man. 669 00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:17,460 Mother Nature's winning. I'm getting sick of it. 670 00:37:17,460 --> 00:37:19,500 One step forward, three steps back. 671 00:37:21,260 --> 00:37:23,000 He's gonna do kitty litter and basket rocks 672 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,100 for a very, very long time, guys. 673 00:37:26,660 --> 00:37:28,630 There has to be a better way to do this. 674 00:37:31,100 --> 00:37:33,600 So, Dustin, he's feeling the pressure. 675 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:35,460 End of the season closing in. 676 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:37,660 Flood after flood. 677 00:37:37,660 --> 00:37:40,400 And re-digging the same hole several times. 678 00:37:44,700 --> 00:37:45,800 Time's running out. 679 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:48,760 Man, this is killing me. 680 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:50,200 If we don't get any gold in this hole, 681 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,860 we're gonna be in real, real, real, real trouble. 682 00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:55,460 We're on borrowed time. 683 00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:57,560 I need a break. 684 00:38:00,060 --> 00:38:02,160 But almost out of time and money, 685 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:04,860 Dustin faces failure 686 00:38:04,860 --> 00:38:08,760 and what could be the end of his gold mining career. 687 00:38:18,100 --> 00:38:21,400 I decided to come work on the boat a little bit. 688 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:31,760 My Frankenmuffler. 689 00:38:33,460 --> 00:38:36,930 I just gotta get out of my own head sometimes. 690 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:43,500 Sitting there hoping that we're gonna find gold every day 691 00:38:43,500 --> 00:38:46,000 starts to wear on you after a couple months. 692 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:51,660 I'm hopeful that, before the snow flies, 693 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,830 we get enough gold to make this all worth it. 694 00:38:58,300 --> 00:39:02,160 Honestly, I just, I get tired of thinking about what ifs. 695 00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:03,860 What if we couldn't find the bedrock? 696 00:39:03,860 --> 00:39:05,100 Too much debris? 697 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:09,760 What if we can't afford to come back next season? 698 00:39:13,100 --> 00:39:14,900 What if there's no gold in this creek? 699 00:39:19,260 --> 00:39:21,500 The stress is getting to me 'cause I'm failing. 700 00:39:22,660 --> 00:39:24,660 Maybe I just wasn't cut out for this. 701 00:39:24,660 --> 00:39:27,360 Maybe I should have been one of the laborers, and that's it. 702 00:39:28,300 --> 00:39:29,660 I wonder if there's people out there 703 00:39:29,660 --> 00:39:31,360 that have put this much effort in, 704 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:34,400 ever actually had the... 705 00:39:39,660 --> 00:39:43,860 level of failure that I've had. 706 00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:47,400 I'd like to know if there's anybody out there 707 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:49,260 that's done 14 years of this 708 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:51,800 without a real pay day. 709 00:39:54,260 --> 00:39:55,800 Without hitting big gold. 710 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:16,560 On the season finale of Gold Rush: White Water... 711 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:17,700 We're running out of time here. 712 00:40:17,700 --> 00:40:19,760 We're about to get buried in snow. 713 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:21,860 Game on, man. Find some gold. 714 00:40:23,700 --> 00:40:25,160 We're trying our hardest right now 715 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:28,430 to get everything out of this dig that we can get. 716 00:40:30,860 --> 00:40:33,000 Found bedrock. - Whoo-hoo! 717 00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:35,700 Water drop! 718 00:40:35,700 --> 00:40:37,460 We're about to get a damn flash flood. 719 00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:39,760 Here it comes. 720 00:40:42,830 --> 00:40:45,000 Another day like this, I don't think we can survive it. 721 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,260 One of us is gonna die. 722 00:40:50,700 --> 00:40:53,300 Is this is real, or am I dreaming? 723 00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:58,460 - Ooh! - Oh, ! 724 00:40:58,460 --> 00:41:03,000 Oh, my God! Whoo! 725 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:04,560 That's amazing. Look at that. 726 00:41:06,460 --> 00:41:08,660 I can see gold in the box, too. 727 00:41:08,660 --> 00:41:11,560 James, dude, nick of time, man. 728 00:41:15,300 --> 00:41:17,360 About damn time. 729 00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,500 My plan is to keep going. 730 00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:22,060 Let's do it. 731 00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:24,160 This is just the start. 731 00:41:25,305 --> 00:42:25,161 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm