"Gold Rush" You Can't Stop the Beets

1 00:00:02,430 --> 00:00:04,330 Narrator: ON THIS "GOLD RUSH"... 2 00:00:05,500 --> 00:00:08,100 ...WE REVEAL THE TRUTH BEHIND THE LEGENDARY 3 00:00:08,100 --> 00:00:11,210 KLONDIKE GOLD-MINING FAMILY OF TONY BEETS. 4 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:21,150 TONY'S THREE CHILDREN, MONICA, MIKE, AND KEVIN, 5 00:00:21,150 --> 00:00:23,950 HAVE BEEN WORKING ALONGSIDE HIM ALL THEIR LIVES. 6 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:30,590 THEY LIVE AND BREATHE GOLD MINING. 7 00:00:30,590 --> 00:00:31,890 Monica: WE'RE TREATED A LOT HARSHER, 8 00:00:31,890 --> 00:00:33,990 AND A LOT MORE IS EXPECTED FROM US. 9 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,960 Narrator: MONICA -- THE WASH-PLANT BOSS 10 00:00:35,970 --> 00:00:37,300 WITH THE GOLDEN TOUCH... 11 00:00:37,300 --> 00:00:40,270 Woman: 484.30. 12 00:00:42,540 --> 00:00:45,270 ...MIKE -- THE MACHINE-OPERATING GENIUS. 13 00:00:48,380 --> 00:00:49,510 ...AND MR. FIX-IT -- 14 00:00:49,510 --> 00:00:52,150 COLLEGE GRADUATE AND OLDEST SON KEVIN. 15 00:00:52,150 --> 00:00:53,450 WHEN I SAY I WANT TO FIX THIS NOW, 16 00:00:53,450 --> 00:00:55,850 WE CAN FIX THE [BLEEP] THING. 17 00:00:55,850 --> 00:00:59,550 WE ALSO REVEAL WHAT GOES ON AWAY FROM THE MINES... 18 00:01:02,090 --> 00:01:04,930 ...INCLUDING PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN FOOTAGE. 19 00:01:07,230 --> 00:01:09,130 THEY'RE NOT GONNA FALL OUT! 20 00:01:09,130 --> 00:01:11,870 Narrator: ONE DAY, THEY WILL INHERIT IT ALL 21 00:01:11,870 --> 00:01:14,030 FROM THE KING OF THE KLONDIKE. 22 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,640 BUT ARE THEY READY FOR THE CHALLENGE? 23 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,640 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 24 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,640 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 25 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:30,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 26 00:01:38,190 --> 00:01:40,260 [ GUNSHOTS ] 27 00:01:44,470 --> 00:01:46,970 Narrator: THE BEETS ARE A FAMILY WHO LIVE TOGETHER, 28 00:01:46,970 --> 00:01:49,170 WORK TOGETHER, AND PLAY TOGETHER. 29 00:01:49,170 --> 00:01:50,240 [ Scandinavian accent ] THIS IS MY BABY. 30 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:52,070 SHE IS OLGA. 31 00:01:52,070 --> 00:01:53,840 MIKE, YOU'VE NEVER LOOKED MORE REDNECK 32 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:55,240 IN YOUR LIFE. 33 00:01:56,710 --> 00:01:58,250 [ Normal voice ] YEP. 34 00:02:03,350 --> 00:02:05,420 Minnie: HEY, I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU SHOOT. 35 00:02:07,220 --> 00:02:09,490 OH, YOU'RE WEASELING OUT OF IT. 36 00:02:16,500 --> 00:02:19,270 DO YOU EVEN REMEMBER HOW TO USE THESE THINGS? 37 00:02:19,270 --> 00:02:21,800 -READY? -ALL RIGHT. 38 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:23,870 [ LAUGHTER ] 39 00:02:27,340 --> 00:02:28,640 GREAT JOB, DAD. 40 00:02:30,850 --> 00:02:32,080 Kevin: YEAH. MOM. 41 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,120 [ LAUGHTER ] 42 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,520 Narrator: THE BEETS' STORY BEGINS IN 1981, 43 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,490 WHEN NEWLYWEDS TONY AND MINNIE LEAVE THEIR FARMS 44 00:02:41,490 --> 00:02:44,460 IN THE NETHERLANDS FOR A NEW LIFE IN CANADA. 45 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:57,540 Minnie: TONY WORKED 14-HOUR DAYS, 46 00:02:57,540 --> 00:02:59,510 PUSHING DIRT FROM 8:00 TILL 10:00 EVERY DAY, 47 00:02:59,510 --> 00:03:00,810 SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 48 00:03:11,250 --> 00:03:12,350 AT ONE POINT IN TIME, 49 00:03:12,350 --> 00:03:14,620 WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT HAVING KIDS. 50 00:03:14,620 --> 00:03:17,790 Narrator: TONY SOON CARVES OUT A KINGDOM IN THE KLONDIKE, 51 00:03:17,790 --> 00:03:21,560 AND THOUGHTS TURN TO THE NEXT GENERATIONS OF BEETS. 52 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,030 KEVIN WAS BORN IN 1988. 53 00:03:24,030 --> 00:03:26,130 MIKE FOLLOWED IN 1990, 54 00:03:26,140 --> 00:03:29,800 AND THREE YEARS LATER, MONICA ARRIVED. 55 00:03:29,810 --> 00:03:32,310 Minnie: WHEN THE KIDS STARTED WORKING HERE, 56 00:03:32,310 --> 00:03:34,640 THEY WERE ALL FAIRLY YOUNG. 57 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:37,240 Narrator: WHILE OTHER KIDS PLAYED WITH TOY TRUCKS, 58 00:03:37,250 --> 00:03:39,910 THE BEETS KIDS HAD THE REAL THING. 59 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:41,050 I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I GOT 60 00:03:41,050 --> 00:03:44,120 ON A PIECE OF MACHINERY, I WAS PROBABLY 13. 61 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,190 AND IT WAS BUGGY NUMBER 4. 62 00:03:46,190 --> 00:03:47,220 I KNOW IT WAS BUGGY NUMBER 4 63 00:03:47,220 --> 00:03:48,520 'CAUSE IT'S THE ONE WITHOUT A CAB. 64 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:49,960 THAT WAY I COULD SIT ON THE HOOD 65 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:51,590 WHILE TONY SHOWED ME HOW TO OPERATE IN THE SEAT. 66 00:03:51,590 --> 00:03:54,230 I WAS 12 THE FIRST TIME 67 00:03:54,230 --> 00:03:55,530 I HOPPED ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. 68 00:03:55,530 --> 00:03:58,530 IT WAS THE 988 FRONT LOADER, 69 00:03:58,530 --> 00:04:02,800 THE TIRES WERE, LIKE, FOUR FEET HIGHER THAN I WAS. 70 00:04:10,180 --> 00:04:11,210 BEING RAISED A BEETS, 71 00:04:11,210 --> 00:04:13,350 WE GOT TAUGHT AT A VERY YOUNG AGE 72 00:04:13,350 --> 00:04:14,920 THAT YOU GOT TO PUT YOUR HOURS IN. 73 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:16,150 I DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE. IT WASN'T, 74 00:04:16,150 --> 00:04:17,650 "HEY, KEVIN, DO YOU WANT TO WORK THIS SUMMER?" 75 00:04:17,650 --> 00:04:19,250 IT'S, "KEVIN, YOU'RE WORKING THIS SUMMER." 76 00:04:19,260 --> 00:04:20,320 "I DON'T WANNA." 77 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:21,820 "TOO [BLEEP] BAD. YOU'RE WORKING." 78 00:04:21,820 --> 00:04:25,930 I'VE BEEN DOING IT SINCE I WAS A WEE LITTLE TWERP. 79 00:04:25,930 --> 00:04:28,800 AND EVEN BEFORE I STARTED WORKING FOR MY DAD, 80 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,600 I USED TO HANG OFF THE SIDE OF THE HOE WITH HIM 81 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:33,670 AS HE WORKED FOR HOURS ON END, 82 00:04:33,670 --> 00:04:35,370 TO THE POINT WHERE MY LEGS WERE SO TIRED, 83 00:04:35,370 --> 00:04:38,370 I COULD BARELY STAND AT THE END OF THE DAY. 84 00:04:38,370 --> 00:04:40,170 THIS IS A LOT LIKE A FARM. 85 00:04:40,180 --> 00:04:42,910 KIDS GROW UP IN IT. TO THEM, IT'S JUST NORMAL. 86 00:04:42,910 --> 00:04:45,350 Kevin: SO WE GOT RIGHT NOW -- MIKE'S RUNNING THE 245 87 00:04:45,350 --> 00:04:46,780 WHILE MONICA'S RUNNING THE 360. 88 00:04:46,780 --> 00:04:48,220 THEY'RE BOTH LOADING TRACKS, 89 00:04:48,220 --> 00:04:50,180 YOU EVEN GOT ME RUNNING EQUIPMENT AGAIN. 90 00:04:50,190 --> 00:04:52,820 KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE THAT. 91 00:04:52,820 --> 00:04:54,350 BASICALLY, ALL HANDS ON DECK 92 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,390 TRYING TO GET ALL THIS DONE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. 93 00:04:57,390 --> 00:04:59,330 Kevin: How's it going over there, chickie? 94 00:04:59,330 --> 00:05:01,330 OH, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING. 95 00:05:01,330 --> 00:05:03,130 Narrator: THEY WORK WELL TOGETHER, 96 00:05:03,130 --> 00:05:05,730 BUT THE BEETS ARE A COMPETITIVE FAMILY. 97 00:05:05,730 --> 00:05:08,100 I THINK I'M BETTER THE HOE THAN KEVIN IS AND... 98 00:05:08,100 --> 00:05:09,570 I DON'T KNOW. 99 00:05:09,570 --> 00:05:11,370 I THINK I'D GIVE YOU BOTH A RUN FOR YOUR MONEY AT ANYTHING. 100 00:05:11,370 --> 00:05:13,240 [ LAUGHS ] 101 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:14,740 YOU NEVER WERE GOOD AT BEING HUMBLE. 102 00:05:14,740 --> 00:05:16,410 Time and place for everything. 103 00:05:16,410 --> 00:05:18,650 When you're bragging, it's not the time to be humble. 104 00:05:18,650 --> 00:05:20,110 I don't care who's the best. 105 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:22,220 I care who gets the job done right. 106 00:05:22,220 --> 00:05:25,150 I TRY TO DIG AND DO IT THE WAY DAD WANTS IT. 107 00:05:25,150 --> 00:05:27,920 Dad's the best at all the equipment, 108 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:31,390 and I'd say very close second is Mike. 109 00:05:31,390 --> 00:05:33,490 THEN THAT LEAVES ME AND KEVIN, 110 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:35,030 AND I KNOW I'M BETTER THAN KEVIN. 111 00:05:35,030 --> 00:05:37,930 [ LAUGHS ] 112 00:05:37,930 --> 00:05:39,570 DON'T STEP ON IT! 113 00:05:39,570 --> 00:05:42,100 Narrator: IN 2011, WHEN MONICA GRADUATES 114 00:05:42,100 --> 00:05:43,600 FROM ROBERTS SERVICE SCHOOL... 115 00:05:45,940 --> 00:05:48,210 THEY'RE NOT GONNA FALL OUT! 116 00:05:48,210 --> 00:05:51,140 Narrator: ...TONY'S DETERMINED THAT SHE'LL ARRIVE IN STYLE. 117 00:06:04,860 --> 00:06:07,230 MY GRAND ENTRANCE WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. 118 00:06:07,230 --> 00:06:08,760 I JUST WISH THERE WAS MORE PEOPLE TO SEE IT, 119 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:10,230 SO I'M GLAD IT WAS ON CAMERA. 120 00:06:14,070 --> 00:06:17,100 Narrator: AFTER MONICA'S GRADUATION AT 17, 121 00:06:17,110 --> 00:06:21,110 TONY BRINGS HER IN TO WORK FULL-TIME ON THE MINE. 122 00:06:21,110 --> 00:06:24,040 Monica: TONY'S WAY OF DOING THINGS IS... 123 00:06:24,050 --> 00:06:25,950 WEIRD AND ODD. 124 00:06:27,250 --> 00:06:29,720 BUT DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO TO GET IT DONE. 125 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:34,150 Narrator: IN 2014, MONICA'S GIVEN A CHANCE TO PROVE HERSELF 126 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:39,260 WHEN TONY INVESTS $1 MILLION IN A 75-YEAR-OLD DREDGE. 127 00:06:39,260 --> 00:06:40,590 HER TASK -- 128 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:44,200 FIGURE OUT A WAY TO TRANSPORT THE TAILINGS CONVEYOR. 129 00:06:49,470 --> 00:06:51,300 IT'S LIKE 90 FEET LONG. 130 00:06:53,540 --> 00:06:56,040 OH, THAT 5 FEET'S GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 131 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:03,480 DO MY BEST. 132 00:07:03,490 --> 00:07:06,620 MONICA'S ENTRUSTED WITH MOVING THE CONVEYOR. 133 00:07:06,620 --> 00:07:11,590 WITHOUT IT, THE DREDGE IS DEAD IN THE WATER. 134 00:07:11,590 --> 00:07:13,190 [ SCRAPING AND CLATTERING ] 135 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:14,730 Monica: WELL, THE END HERE IS STICKING OUT A BIT FAR 136 00:07:14,730 --> 00:07:18,030 FOR MY LIKING, BUT THAT'S HOW TONY WANTS IT. 137 00:07:18,030 --> 00:07:20,170 Narrator: THE CONVEYOR HANGS 30 FEET 138 00:07:20,170 --> 00:07:22,040 OFF THE BACK OF THE TRAILER. 139 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:23,770 -Ready, Doug? -YEP. 140 00:07:23,770 --> 00:07:26,940 Narrator: MONICA HAS TO DIRECT TRUCK DRIVER DOUG 141 00:07:26,940 --> 00:07:29,340 THROUGH THE 86-MILE JOURNEY. 142 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,620 AN HOUR IN, THEY FACE THEIR FIRST OBSTACLE. 143 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:05,680 THE BACK END OF THE CONVEYOR BECOMES JAMMED IN THE RIVER BED. 144 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,550 DOUG IS STUCK IN THE CREEK RIGHT NOW. 145 00:08:11,550 --> 00:08:13,990 WE NEED HIM OUT, LIKE, FIVE MINUTES AGO. 146 00:08:13,990 --> 00:08:17,020 Narrator: MONICA IMPROVISES. HER PLAN? 147 00:08:17,030 --> 00:08:19,530 USE A LOADER TO ATTEMPT TO DRAG THE TRUCK 148 00:08:19,530 --> 00:08:22,530 AND CONVEYOR OUT OF THE WATER. 149 00:08:22,530 --> 00:08:24,760 Monica: WATCH OUT! GET THAT TRUCK TO BACK UP. 150 00:08:24,770 --> 00:08:26,030 BACK UP, BACK UP, BACK UP! 151 00:08:26,030 --> 00:08:27,630 THANK YOU. 152 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:29,500 Narrator: IF SHE CAN'T MAKE THIS WORK, 153 00:08:29,510 --> 00:08:32,010 MONICA WILL HAVE TO CALL IN MORE CREW 154 00:08:32,010 --> 00:08:34,340 AND HEAVIER LIFTING GEAR. 155 00:08:34,340 --> 00:08:35,780 BACK IT UP. DOUG'S GOT THAT CABLE, 156 00:08:35,780 --> 00:08:37,840 IF YOU WANT TO GUIDE ME BACK SO WE CAN HOOK IT UP. 157 00:08:37,850 --> 00:08:40,180 YOU WANT TO BE THE EYES? YEAH. 158 00:08:40,180 --> 00:08:43,150 You ready? 159 00:08:43,150 --> 00:08:44,580 LET'S GO! 160 00:08:51,790 --> 00:08:53,430 THAT'S MORE LIKE IT. 161 00:08:55,900 --> 00:08:57,830 HOW'S IT FEELING DOUG? 162 00:08:57,830 --> 00:09:00,730 Doug: Feeling good. 163 00:09:00,740 --> 00:09:01,870 Monica: MADE IT HERE IN ONE PIECE. 164 00:09:01,870 --> 00:09:02,940 Minnie: YEP. WE DID. 165 00:09:02,940 --> 00:09:04,270 EVERYTHING IS HERE. 166 00:09:04,270 --> 00:09:05,670 -YAY! -YAY! 167 00:09:13,250 --> 00:09:16,020 Narrator: MONICA HAS RISEN TO TONY'S CHALLENGE, 168 00:09:16,020 --> 00:09:19,420 AND THE VITAL CONVEYOR IS MOVED INTO PLACE. 169 00:09:19,420 --> 00:09:21,120 AND AFTER A TWO-MONTH BUILD... 170 00:09:24,490 --> 00:09:28,960 ...THE DISUSED DREDGE IS READY TO FIRE UP ONCE MORE. 171 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,700 I'M CHRISTENING YOU MINNIE'S ATM! 172 00:09:32,700 --> 00:09:35,700 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 173 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:38,440 TONY'S DREDGE IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 174 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,010 MILLIONS IN GOLD EACH SEASON. 175 00:09:52,550 --> 00:09:55,190 AND TO MAKE SURE HIS GAMBLE PAYS OFF, 176 00:09:55,190 --> 00:09:59,560 TONY GIVES KEVIN AND MONICA AN ENORMOUS RESPONSIBILITY -- 177 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:00,930 RUNNING THE DREDGE. 178 00:10:04,230 --> 00:10:06,230 Minnie: SO YOU GUYS UP FOR IT? 179 00:10:06,230 --> 00:10:07,430 HELL YEAH. 180 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:15,010 AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, 181 00:10:15,010 --> 00:10:17,140 I THINK IT'S TIME YOU BOTH GO TO WORK. 182 00:10:34,460 --> 00:10:35,760 Kevin: AT NIGHT, IT'S VERY SIMPLE -- 183 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:37,300 JUST KEEP RUNNING. 184 00:10:37,300 --> 00:10:39,230 Narrator: TO DELIVER THE 100 OUNCES A WEEK 185 00:10:39,230 --> 00:10:40,800 THAT THE BEETS NEED, 186 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:44,300 KEVIN AND MONICA HAVE TO RUN THE DREDGE 24/7. 187 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:45,740 Kevin: BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH. 188 00:10:45,740 --> 00:10:48,110 Narrator: KEVIN TAKES THE FIRST NIGHT SHIFT. 189 00:10:48,110 --> 00:10:49,180 Kevin: HOPEFULLY BE NICE AND BORING. 190 00:10:54,420 --> 00:10:56,150 WHAT WAS THAT? 191 00:10:59,450 --> 00:11:01,090 GOT TO SHUT HER DOWN! 192 00:11:01,090 --> 00:11:04,520 [BLEEP] [BLEEP] DAMN [BLEEP]. 193 00:11:04,530 --> 00:11:06,160 THIS IS NOT GOOD. 194 00:11:08,230 --> 00:11:10,530 I'M BRINGING THE BUCKET LINE SO I CAN HAVE A LOOK. 195 00:11:10,530 --> 00:11:12,000 I WAS REAL [BLEEP] HOPEFUL 196 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,600 THAT IT'S STILL ON THE ROLLER AT THE END. 197 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,210 IF NOT, WELL, WE'RE KIND OF [BLEEP]. 198 00:11:19,210 --> 00:11:20,410 OH, SHE'S [BLEEP]. 199 00:11:20,410 --> 00:11:22,310 Narrator: ONLY A FEW HOURS IN, 200 00:11:22,310 --> 00:11:27,280 AND THE 47,000-POUND BUCKET LINE HAS COME OFF THE GUIDE WHEELS. 201 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:28,580 Kevin: WELL, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE BUCKET LINE. 202 00:11:28,580 --> 00:11:30,120 IT'S OPERATOR ERROR. 203 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:35,020 Narrator: EVERY HOUR THE DREDGE IS DOWN, KEVIN IS LOSING GOLD. 204 00:11:35,020 --> 00:11:36,520 DONE FOR THE DAY. 205 00:11:36,530 --> 00:11:38,460 THIS IS BULL[BLEEP]. 206 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:42,260 Narrator: COMING UP... 207 00:11:42,260 --> 00:11:43,730 Minnie: GO, MIKE! 208 00:11:43,730 --> 00:11:45,230 JUST SIT ON HIM. 209 00:11:45,230 --> 00:11:48,870 Narrator: ...WE REVEAL THE BEETS KIDS' LIVES AWAY FROM THE MINE. 210 00:11:48,870 --> 00:11:50,140 Officiant: WILL YOU, MONICA, 211 00:11:50,140 --> 00:11:52,510 KEEP TAYLOR AS YOUR FAVORITE PERSON? 212 00:11:52,510 --> 00:11:54,340 HELL YEAH. 213 00:11:54,340 --> 00:11:57,340 Narrator: AND WHO WILL TAKE OVER THE BEETS FAMILY DYNASTY? 214 00:12:15,130 --> 00:12:16,700 Kevin: Y'ALL MAY WANT TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. 215 00:12:16,700 --> 00:12:18,930 IT'S GONNA GET A LITTLE [BLEEP] MESSY HERE. 216 00:12:18,930 --> 00:12:21,130 Narrator: TONY BEETS HAS GIVEN KEVIN AND MONICA 217 00:12:21,140 --> 00:12:22,340 THE RESPONSIBILITY 218 00:12:22,340 --> 00:12:25,570 OF RUNNING HIS NEW $1 MILLION DREDGE. 219 00:12:25,570 --> 00:12:29,940 TO MAKE A PROFIT, HE NEEDS THEM TO DELIVER 100 OUNCES OF GOLD 220 00:12:29,950 --> 00:12:31,380 IN A WEEK. 221 00:12:31,380 --> 00:12:32,810 BUCKET LADDER UP. 222 00:12:32,810 --> 00:12:35,350 BUT KEVIN'S DERAILED THE BUCKET LINE 223 00:12:35,350 --> 00:12:37,950 AND BROUGHT OPERATIONS TO A HALT. 224 00:12:37,950 --> 00:12:39,420 Kevin: ALL RIGHT, BACK IT DOWN. 225 00:12:39,420 --> 00:12:40,750 KEEP GOING, EVERYONE, KEEP GOING. 226 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,390 MIKE, CAN YOU PULL TO THE END ANYMORE? 227 00:12:43,390 --> 00:12:44,920 EASY, MIKE. 228 00:12:47,030 --> 00:12:48,500 COME ON, DONNA. 229 00:12:48,500 --> 00:12:51,900 BREAKING A BUCKET COULD PUT THEM OUT OF ACTION FOR WEEKS 230 00:12:51,900 --> 00:12:54,700 AND COST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. 231 00:12:58,740 --> 00:13:00,910 YIPPEE-KI-YAY, [BLEEP]! 232 00:13:00,910 --> 00:13:03,240 [ LAUGHS ] [BLEEP] 233 00:13:03,250 --> 00:13:06,110 WAS THAT A [BLEEP]? 234 00:13:06,110 --> 00:13:08,480 Narrator: NOW THE DREDGE IS BACK UP AND RUNNING, 235 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:10,920 MONICA STARTS THE DAY SHIFT. 236 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:12,650 HELLO, JASON. 237 00:13:12,650 --> 00:13:14,020 Jason: MORNING. 238 00:13:14,020 --> 00:13:15,390 Monica: THIS IS A LOT BIGGER 239 00:13:15,390 --> 00:13:17,290 THAN ANYTHING ELSE I'VE EVER RUN. 240 00:13:17,290 --> 00:13:19,230 THERE'S A LOT RIDING ON IT, TOO. 241 00:13:19,230 --> 00:13:22,260 LIKE, MY PARENTS SUNK -- WHAT? -- 242 00:13:22,260 --> 00:13:24,360 $1 MILLION OR PLUS IN THIS THING, 243 00:13:24,370 --> 00:13:27,200 SO IF I CAN'T RUN IT, 244 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,600 THEN I'M KIND OF LETTING THEM DOWN, TOO, RIGHT? 245 00:13:34,980 --> 00:13:36,310 Narrator: AT THE END OF THE WEEK, 246 00:13:36,310 --> 00:13:38,680 IT'S TIME TO FIND OUT IF MONICA AND KEVIN 247 00:13:38,680 --> 00:13:42,050 DELIVERED THE 100 OUNCES THAT TONY DEMANDS. 248 00:13:44,490 --> 00:13:47,520 Tony: ...60, 70, 90. 249 00:13:56,930 --> 00:14:01,940 THE GOLD IS WORTH CLOSE TO $110,000, 250 00:14:01,940 --> 00:14:04,800 BUT THEY'RE STILL SHORT OF TONY'S TARGET. 251 00:14:15,020 --> 00:14:16,350 Minnie: THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. 252 00:14:24,730 --> 00:14:27,130 IN THE FALL OF 2015, 253 00:14:27,130 --> 00:14:31,300 KEVIN GOES BACK TO NEW BRUNSWICK FOR HIS LAST YEAR OF UNIVERSITY. 254 00:14:31,300 --> 00:14:34,470 THE FOLLOWING SPRING, HE GRADUATES WITH NOT ONE 255 00:14:34,470 --> 00:14:35,770 BUT TWO DEGREES 256 00:14:35,770 --> 00:14:38,140 IN LEADERSHIP AND COMPUTER SCIENCE. 257 00:14:38,140 --> 00:14:41,570 Kevin: MINING HAS PAID FOR MY UNIVERSITY EXPENSES 258 00:14:41,580 --> 00:14:43,480 FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN THERE. 259 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:45,110 AND THAT'S SOMETHING A LOT OF FOLKS CAN'T SAY -- 260 00:14:45,110 --> 00:14:47,850 THAT I WALK OUT OF 10 YEARS OF SCHOOL WITH NO DEBT. 261 00:14:47,850 --> 00:14:50,120 I'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY IN THAT REGARD. 262 00:14:52,090 --> 00:14:54,320 Narrator: WHEN BROTHER MIKE ISN'T MINING, 263 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:57,620 HE PREFERS A FULL-CONTACT HOBBY. 264 00:14:57,630 --> 00:14:59,030 OOH, OW! 265 00:14:59,030 --> 00:15:00,790 SO WHAT IS YOUR SPECIALTY? 266 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:02,330 Mike: BEING BIG AND VERY STUBBORN. 267 00:15:04,570 --> 00:15:06,230 OH, MAYBE. ARE YOU? ARE YOU? 268 00:15:10,140 --> 00:15:12,010 OH, WE'RE NOT WORKING RIGHT NOW, ARE WE? 269 00:15:12,010 --> 00:15:14,240 [ Laughing ] OH! 270 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:16,810 -GO, MIKE! -SHOW YOU HOW IT'S DONE, MIKE? 271 00:15:16,810 --> 00:15:18,510 OHHHH! 272 00:15:18,510 --> 00:15:20,380 SO YOU GONNA GET IN ARMOR, DAD? 273 00:15:22,180 --> 00:15:24,220 YOU GONNA GET IN ARMOR, KEVIN? 274 00:15:24,220 --> 00:15:25,720 COME ON NOW. 275 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:27,050 I THINK THIS IS VERY SILLY 276 00:15:27,060 --> 00:15:29,160 BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE TWO BOYS IN ARMOR, 277 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:30,560 AND THEN EVERYBODY WAS SAYING 278 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:31,930 "OH, THEY SHOULD FIGHT EACH OTHER." 279 00:15:31,930 --> 00:15:34,630 NO, NO, NO, NOT HAPPENING. 280 00:15:34,630 --> 00:15:36,630 THEY ALL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A TEMPER. 281 00:15:36,630 --> 00:15:37,800 I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO DO IT EVER, 282 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,970 'CAUSE THAT COULD BE LETHAL. 283 00:15:39,970 --> 00:15:42,470 OH! 284 00:15:42,470 --> 00:15:45,670 THAT'S AWESOME! OH, THAT WAS PRICELESS. 285 00:15:45,670 --> 00:15:47,740 Narrator: TONY'S SON MIKE IS A KEY PART 286 00:15:47,740 --> 00:15:50,240 OF THE BEETS MINING OPERATION. 287 00:15:50,250 --> 00:15:53,910 WHEN TONY DECIDES TO CHASE A 2,000-OUNCE GOAL, 288 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:57,380 HE GIVES MIKE HIS FIRST TASTE OF RESPONSIBILITY, 289 00:15:57,390 --> 00:15:59,620 CHARGING HIM WITH GETTING THE GOLD-RICH GROUND 290 00:15:59,620 --> 00:16:02,160 OF PARADISE HILL UP AND RUNNING. 291 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,190 Mike: YEAH, THIS IS MY OWN LITTLE PILE OF [BLEEP]. 292 00:16:04,190 --> 00:16:05,430 [ LAUGHS ] 293 00:16:05,430 --> 00:16:07,090 MY DAD LEFT ME IN CHARGE OF THE PARADISE HILL, 294 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:08,660 THE ONE THAT'S BASICALLY BEEN THE CASH COW 295 00:16:08,660 --> 00:16:11,160 FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. 296 00:16:11,170 --> 00:16:13,530 MICHAEL KNOWS HOW TO RUN THE CUT OUT THERE, 297 00:16:13,540 --> 00:16:15,340 AND BEFORE HE STRIPS, HE KNOWS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE 298 00:16:15,340 --> 00:16:17,470 WHEN HE'S GONNA FINISH. 299 00:16:17,470 --> 00:16:19,140 Mike: I ENJOY SOME ASPECTS OF MY JOB. 300 00:16:19,140 --> 00:16:21,470 SOME OF THE OTHER ASPECTS I REALLY DON'T. 301 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:25,780 WHERE I DON'T HAVE TO WORK WITH OTHER PEOPLE -- THAT'S THE BEST. 302 00:16:25,780 --> 00:16:27,210 IT'S A DIFFERENCE WITH MY FAMILY 303 00:16:27,220 --> 00:16:28,580 'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHO YOU'RE WORKING WITH 304 00:16:28,580 --> 00:16:30,980 AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET OUT OF THEM. 305 00:16:30,990 --> 00:16:32,620 BUT DAD IS PRETTY BUSY THIS YEAR. 306 00:16:32,620 --> 00:16:34,420 HE'S LEFT ME IN CHARGE AROUND HERE 307 00:16:34,420 --> 00:16:38,860 SO HE CAN SPEND MOST OF HIS TIME FOCUSING ON THE DREDGES. 308 00:16:38,860 --> 00:16:40,530 I'M ACTUALLY BEHIND SCHEDULE HERE 309 00:16:40,530 --> 00:16:45,330 BECAUSE I'VE BEEN FORCED TO WORK IN THIS CUT BY MYSELF 310 00:16:45,330 --> 00:16:47,430 WITH NOBODY ELSE BUT MIKE THERE ON THE MONITOR. 311 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:50,040 SO I'M A DECENT FRICKING TWO WEEKS BEHIND, 312 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:51,400 THREE WEEKS BEHIND. 313 00:16:51,410 --> 00:16:55,510 I CANNOT BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE. 314 00:16:55,510 --> 00:16:58,980 Narrator: MIKE IS OPERATING BOTH THE DOZER AND THE EXCAVATOR 315 00:16:58,980 --> 00:17:01,750 TO GET DOWN TO THE GOLD-RICH PAY. 316 00:17:01,750 --> 00:17:03,020 Mike: I CAN DO ONLY SO MUCH 317 00:17:03,020 --> 00:17:04,550 BEFORE I NEED SOMEONE TO GIVE ME A QUICK HAND 318 00:17:04,550 --> 00:17:05,720 AND WHIP [BLEEP] INTO SHAPE 319 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:07,920 'CAUSE JUMPING BETWEEN TWO MACHINES 320 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:09,560 IS JUST NOT AS EFFECTIVE. 321 00:17:13,630 --> 00:17:15,730 [ RADIO CRACKLES ] 322 00:17:32,550 --> 00:17:35,450 Narrator: THE BEETS BROTHERS HAVE MINED SIDE BY SIDE 323 00:17:35,450 --> 00:17:36,850 FOR OVER A DECADE. 324 00:17:36,850 --> 00:17:39,650 Mike: WHEN ME AND HIM FRICKING START WORKING TOGETHER, 325 00:17:39,650 --> 00:17:42,060 WE MOVE A [BLEEP] [BLEEP] LOAD. 326 00:17:46,060 --> 00:17:47,260 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN SEE IT, 327 00:17:47,260 --> 00:17:49,660 BUT I THINK I JUST SAW PAY POP UP OVER THERE. 328 00:17:52,830 --> 00:17:54,070 Kevin: COPY. WHAT'S UP? 329 00:17:56,300 --> 00:17:58,970 [BLEEP] HEY, GOOD TO HEAR, MAN. 330 00:17:58,970 --> 00:18:02,210 Narrator: MIKE CALLS IN SISTER MONICA TO SET UP THE WASH PLANT. 331 00:18:02,210 --> 00:18:04,440 Mike: EVERYBODY IN THE BEETS FAMILY WORKING TOGETHER. 332 00:18:04,450 --> 00:18:06,810 WE'VE ALL BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME, 333 00:18:06,820 --> 00:18:08,550 AND WE SEND EACH OTHER TO CERTAIN JOBS. 334 00:18:08,550 --> 00:18:10,720 WE ALL KNOW IT'S GONNA GET DONE A CERTAIN WAY. 335 00:18:16,860 --> 00:18:19,330 Narrator: JUST FIVE WEEKS INTO THE SEASON, 336 00:18:19,330 --> 00:18:22,730 MIKE'S PARADISE HILL CLAIM IS SLUICING FOR GOLD. 337 00:18:22,730 --> 00:18:24,230 IT'S NICE TO BE FINALLY OUT OF THAT [BLEEP] 338 00:18:24,230 --> 00:18:25,970 BLACK MUCK AND [BLEEP] SLUICING. 339 00:18:32,510 --> 00:18:36,310 LITTLE SISTER, BIG BROTHER, HIS FATHER. 340 00:18:36,310 --> 00:18:37,680 Mike: OH, MAN! 341 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:39,150 COME HERE, BOTH OF YOU! OH! 342 00:18:39,150 --> 00:18:40,850 AAH! AAH! 343 00:18:48,860 --> 00:18:50,090 YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE EACH OTHER, 344 00:18:50,090 --> 00:18:51,690 BUT YOU [BLEEP] HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER 345 00:18:51,690 --> 00:18:54,930 'CAUSE BLOOD'S THICKER THAN WATER. 346 00:18:54,930 --> 00:18:56,800 IT'S THE ONLY FAMILY YOU GOT, RIGHT? 347 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:58,460 MIKE! 348 00:19:00,140 --> 00:19:02,740 Narrator: COMING UP -- MONICA MAKES HISTORY 349 00:19:02,740 --> 00:19:04,600 WITH AN ALL-GIRL CREW... 350 00:19:04,610 --> 00:19:06,810 WHOO-HOO! LET'S MAKE SOME MONEY! 351 00:19:06,810 --> 00:19:10,010 ...AND THE KING OF THE KLONDIKE FACES A CRISIS. 352 00:19:10,010 --> 00:19:11,680 WE DON'T HAVE A WATER LICENSE. 353 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:13,550 Kevin: SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE SEASON, THEN? 354 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:32,430 I'M CONSTANTLY LOOKED DOWN ON BECAUSE OF THESE. 355 00:19:32,430 --> 00:19:34,300 [ LAUGHS ] DAMN IT! 356 00:19:34,300 --> 00:19:36,300 Narrator: MONICA HAS FORGED HER CAREER 357 00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:38,400 IN A MALE-DOMINATED INDUSTRY. 358 00:19:40,510 --> 00:19:42,740 -WHAT?! -[ LAUGHS ] 359 00:19:42,740 --> 00:19:44,940 Monica: WHERE I WORK AT IS TYPICALLY A MAN'S JOB. 360 00:19:44,950 --> 00:19:46,650 PEOPLE DON'T TAKE ME SERIOUSLY 361 00:19:46,650 --> 00:19:48,880 BECAUSE OF MY GENDER AND BECAUSE OF MY AGE. 362 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,850 Narrator: AT 22, MONICA HAS MORE EXPERIENCE 363 00:19:51,850 --> 00:19:53,520 THAN A LOT OF OLDER GUYS. 364 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:55,290 BUT YOU'RE VERY COMPETENT, 365 00:19:55,290 --> 00:19:56,460 AND YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR, 366 00:19:56,460 --> 00:19:57,960 WHICH MAKES YOU VERY EASY TO WORK WITH. 367 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:02,230 AND IN 2016, TONY DECIDES TO TEST HER 368 00:20:02,230 --> 00:20:04,830 BY PUTTING HER IN CHARGE OF HER OWN OPERATION 369 00:20:04,830 --> 00:20:06,300 FOR THE FIRST TIME. 370 00:20:14,540 --> 00:20:16,440 DO I AT LEAST GET TO PICK MY OWN CREW? 371 00:20:18,650 --> 00:20:20,210 IT'S GONNA BE ALL GIRLS, THEN. 372 00:20:26,590 --> 00:20:28,750 YEAH. 373 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,490 Monica: THIS SEASON, IT'S TIME FOR MY OPERATION. 374 00:20:31,490 --> 00:20:33,390 Narrator: WITH HER ALL-GIRL CREW, 375 00:20:33,390 --> 00:20:38,700 MONICA SETS UP HER WASH PLANT TO RUN 175 YARDS OF DIRT AN HOUR. 376 00:20:38,700 --> 00:20:40,730 WHOO-HOO! LET'S MAKE SOME MONEY! 377 00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:42,640 Monica: IT'S NICE TO BE ACTUALLY MAKING MONEY 378 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,970 WITH MY CUT, WITH MY PLANT. 379 00:20:45,970 --> 00:20:47,170 I HAVE FOUND THAT, YOU KNOW, 380 00:20:47,180 --> 00:20:49,140 GROWING UP WITH THE OLDER BROTHERS 381 00:20:49,140 --> 00:20:50,610 AND EVERYTHING ELSE, 382 00:20:50,610 --> 00:20:52,350 I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HOLD MY OWN MORE 383 00:20:52,350 --> 00:20:55,050 WHEN IT COMES TO DEALING WITH PEOPLE, 384 00:20:55,050 --> 00:20:58,220 YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'VE HAD TO STICK UP FOR MYSELF. 385 00:20:58,220 --> 00:20:59,490 THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE 386 00:20:59,490 --> 00:21:01,350 WHO DON'T THINK WOMEN SHOULD BE IN THIS JOB. 387 00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:03,990 THEY THINK IT'S TOO TOUGH, IT'S TOO WHATEVER, 388 00:21:03,990 --> 00:21:05,930 WHICH I THINK IS COMPLETE BULL[BLEEP]. 389 00:21:05,930 --> 00:21:07,390 THESE GIRLS ARE DOING REALLY GOOD. 390 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:08,760 I'M REALLY HAPPY, 391 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,930 AND I THINK WE CAN REALLY SHOW EVERYBODY 392 00:21:11,930 --> 00:21:17,270 THAT WOMEN CAN DO THE JOB JUST AS WELL AS ANY MAN CAN. 393 00:21:17,270 --> 00:21:20,640 Narrator: DETERMINED TO MINE AS MUCH GOLD AS POSSIBLE, 394 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:23,880 MONICA RUNS LOAD AFTER LOAD THROUGH THE PLANT. 395 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:26,350 Monica: WE'RE JUST GONNA KEEP SLUICING UNTIL IT FREEZES. 396 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,450 [ MACHINE SCREECHING ] 397 00:21:32,790 --> 00:21:34,820 WHAT THE [BLEEP]? 398 00:21:38,860 --> 00:21:40,430 [BLEEP] [BLEEP] 399 00:21:40,430 --> 00:21:41,960 [ MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY ] 400 00:21:44,300 --> 00:21:47,970 OUR TAILING CONVEYOR IS SMOKING. 401 00:21:47,970 --> 00:21:50,540 Narrator: MONICA HAS OVERLOADED THE CONVEYOR, 402 00:21:50,540 --> 00:21:53,270 CAUSING THE PULLEY BELT TO SLIP AND BURN. 403 00:21:55,910 --> 00:21:58,840 Monica: YEAH, THE TAILINGS CONVEYOR DECIDED 404 00:21:58,850 --> 00:22:00,410 IT WAS GOING TO SMOKE. 405 00:22:02,550 --> 00:22:04,120 THE PULLEY. 406 00:22:05,990 --> 00:22:08,390 IF YOU GET ME A PULLEY, THEN WE CAN GET GOING. 407 00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:11,620 DO IT. 408 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,500 ALL RIGHT, GUYS, WE'VE GOT TO FIX OUR TAILINGS CONVEYOR 409 00:22:17,500 --> 00:22:19,000 SO SOME PEOPLE CAN START GREASING, 410 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,000 AND WE'LL KEEP ON THE ROLL HERE. 411 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:25,810 NOPE. 412 00:22:25,810 --> 00:22:27,910 Narrator: WITH THE NEW PULLEY SUCCESSFULLY IN PLACE, 413 00:22:27,910 --> 00:22:30,880 MONICA AND HER TEAM CAN GET BACK TO BUSINESS. 414 00:22:33,010 --> 00:22:35,180 Monica: ALL RIGHT, GOT IT. 415 00:22:35,180 --> 00:22:37,320 LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. 416 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:38,850 SEEMS TO BE TAKING THE ROCKS OUT, 417 00:22:38,850 --> 00:22:40,920 WHICH IS PRETTY AWESOME. 418 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,590 WE'VE GOT NO SMOKE, SO THAT'S THE MAIN THING. 419 00:23:00,740 --> 00:23:02,110 Narrator: IT'S THE END OF THE WEEK 420 00:23:02,110 --> 00:23:05,110 FOR MONICA AND HER ALL-GIRL CREW. 421 00:23:05,110 --> 00:23:06,950 TIME FOR A GOLD WEIGH. 422 00:23:09,820 --> 00:23:12,850 30, 40... 423 00:23:12,850 --> 00:23:14,250 50... 424 00:23:14,260 --> 00:23:16,860 60... 425 00:23:16,860 --> 00:23:20,430 73.6! 426 00:23:20,430 --> 00:23:22,060 [BLEEP] YEAH. 427 00:23:22,060 --> 00:23:23,430 Mike: NOT BAD, CHICK. 428 00:23:25,970 --> 00:23:27,600 THAT'S ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD, MONICA. 429 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,400 -THANK YOU. -I'M QUITE EXCITED FOR YOU. 430 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:30,970 YOU KNOW IT'S YOUR BABY, THIS ONE. 431 00:23:30,970 --> 00:23:32,510 THAT'S ACTUALLY [BLEEP] AWESOME. 432 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:37,680 THANKS FOR GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO PROVE MYSELF. 433 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:41,810 Monica: I THINK THAT WAS AWESOME FOR OUR FIRST GOLD WEIGH. 434 00:23:41,820 --> 00:23:46,720 I MEAN, I THINK IF I CAN GET MY DAD TO THAT 2,000-OUNCE GOAL, 435 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:49,390 THAT'D BE [BLEEP] AWESOME. 436 00:23:49,390 --> 00:23:52,290 AH-RAH-RAH-RAH-RAH! 437 00:23:52,290 --> 00:23:53,630 YOU READY TO GO BACK GETTING GOLD? 438 00:23:53,630 --> 00:23:56,030 [ BARKS ] YEAH? PERFECT. 439 00:23:56,030 --> 00:23:57,660 [ LAUGHS ] 440 00:23:57,670 --> 00:24:00,970 Narrator: AT THE START OF THE 2016 SEASON, 441 00:24:00,970 --> 00:24:03,900 KEVIN WAS PROMOTED TO DREDGE MASTER BY TONY, 442 00:24:03,910 --> 00:24:07,740 WHO TASKED HIM WITH DELIVERING GOLD 24/7 443 00:24:07,740 --> 00:24:10,680 IN ORDER TO HIT THEIR 2,000-OUNCE GOAL. 444 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:14,210 Kevin: WHOA. 445 00:24:14,220 --> 00:24:17,650 THERE'S BEEN TONS OF BUCKET-LINE SLIPPAGE TODAY 446 00:24:17,650 --> 00:24:19,990 'CAUSE IT'S WORN RIGHT THE [BLEEP] OUT. 447 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:23,760 [BLEEP] 448 00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:29,200 OKAY, YOU STOP. YOU GUYS STOP. 449 00:24:35,070 --> 00:24:37,700 WELL, I SHUT IT OFF BECAUSE IT WAS ABOUT A MINUTE 450 00:24:37,710 --> 00:24:40,210 OF THE BUCKET LINE NOT MOVING AT ALL. 451 00:24:40,210 --> 00:24:44,080 IT WAS LIKE IT WAS STUCK, SO IT KEPT CHURNING UP ON TOP, 452 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:45,510 BUT THE BUCKETS WEREN'T MOVING. 453 00:24:45,510 --> 00:24:48,950 THAT WAS GRINDING THE ABSOLUTE [BLEEP] OUT OF THE SPROCKET. 454 00:24:51,390 --> 00:24:52,990 HERE COMES TONY. 455 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:57,460 THE SPROCKETS ON THE BUCKET LINE... 456 00:24:57,460 --> 00:24:58,720 -YEAH? -...THE WEAR PLATES -- 457 00:24:58,730 --> 00:25:01,460 THOSE THINGS ARE [BLEEP]. THEY'RE ALL WORN DOWN. 458 00:25:03,030 --> 00:25:04,500 WELL, I WANT TO BLOW THESE ONES OFF, 459 00:25:04,500 --> 00:25:06,070 GET THE NEW ONES WE HAD MADE, 460 00:25:06,070 --> 00:25:07,430 BOLT THEM IN, WELD THEM IN, DONE. 461 00:25:13,980 --> 00:25:15,170 YEAH, WE DON'T NEED GENE FOR THAT. 462 00:25:15,180 --> 00:25:16,740 I CAN DIRECT WELDERS, TOO. 463 00:25:17,810 --> 00:25:19,680 IT'S BASICALLY MY JOB HERE, TOO. 464 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,450 Narrator: TONY WANTS KEVIN TO WAIT 465 00:25:21,450 --> 00:25:23,950 UNTIL CHIEF MECHANIC GENE CHEESEMAN 466 00:25:23,950 --> 00:25:26,190 CAN GET TO THE DREDGE AND DO THE REPAIR. 467 00:25:30,420 --> 00:25:31,520 IT'S THREE BOLTS. 468 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,600 KEVIN HAS TO MINE LOWER-GRADE MATERIAL 469 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,330 WHILE HE WAITS FOR GENE. 470 00:25:41,340 --> 00:25:43,570 ANY DELAY WILL THREATEN TONY'S GOAL 471 00:25:43,570 --> 00:25:46,270 OF MINING 2,000 OUNCES THIS SEASON. 472 00:25:46,270 --> 00:25:48,310 GENE ISN'T NEEDED HERE. 473 00:25:48,310 --> 00:25:50,280 HE'S GOT BETTER [BLEEP] TO DO. 474 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:51,840 TONY'S ALWAYS MICROMANAGED. 475 00:25:51,850 --> 00:25:53,380 HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO STEP THE [BLEEP] BACK 476 00:25:53,380 --> 00:25:55,550 AND LET PEOPLE DO THEIR [BLEEP] JOB. 477 00:25:59,050 --> 00:26:00,590 HEY, GENE. 478 00:26:00,590 --> 00:26:03,360 Narrator: IT TAKES 48 HOURS FOR GENE TO ARRIVE 479 00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:07,260 AND SUPERVISE THE WEAR-PLATE REPLACEMENTS. 480 00:26:07,260 --> 00:26:08,760 SIDELINED BY TONY, 481 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:13,230 DREDGE MASTER KEVIN DECIDES TO PULL THE MATS FOR A CLEANUP. 482 00:26:13,230 --> 00:26:14,600 TONY'S ALWAYS GONNA MICROMANAGE. 483 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:18,240 DOESN'T MATTER IF THE CLEANUPS ARE GOOD, BAD, OR GREAT. 484 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:19,740 THAT'S HOW HE OPERATES. 485 00:26:19,740 --> 00:26:23,010 SO I JUST LEARN TO WORK WITH IT, LIKE A NATURAL DISASTER. 486 00:26:23,010 --> 00:26:24,610 YOU DON'T JUST YELL AT THE HURRICANE. 487 00:26:24,610 --> 00:26:26,780 YOU WAIT FOR IT TO PASS, THEN YOU PICK UP THE PIECES. 488 00:26:34,590 --> 00:26:36,420 Narrator: BECAUSE OF THE BREAKDOWN, 489 00:26:36,420 --> 00:26:41,730 EXPECTATIONS FOR KEVIN'S GOLD WEIGH ARE LOW. 490 00:26:41,730 --> 00:26:43,530 Tony: 30, 40, 50, 60, 491 00:26:43,530 --> 00:26:46,730 70, 80, 90, 492 00:26:46,730 --> 00:26:50,640 110, 30, 40, 60, 70. 493 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:53,670 NO. 494 00:26:58,450 --> 00:27:04,150 Narrator: KEVIN STILL BRINGS IN $260,000 IN A SINGLE WEEK. 495 00:27:04,150 --> 00:27:05,780 KEVIN DOES HAVE A POINT, THOUGH. 496 00:27:05,790 --> 00:27:07,490 TONY HAS TO LET GO A LITTLE BIT. 497 00:27:07,490 --> 00:27:10,490 THE LESS PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE DECISIONS, THE BETTER. 498 00:27:10,490 --> 00:27:12,690 WORKING WITH TONY CAN BE STRESSFUL AT TIMES. 499 00:27:12,690 --> 00:27:14,830 SETS HIGH EXPECTATIONS. 500 00:27:14,830 --> 00:27:16,600 GONNA MAKE IT [BLEEP] WORK THIS YEAR. 501 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:31,780 Narrator: DURING THE MINING SEASON, 502 00:27:31,780 --> 00:27:35,180 THE BEETS OPERATION RUNS 24/7. 503 00:27:35,180 --> 00:27:38,950 BUT BACK IN 2018, THEY ALL STEPPED AWAY 504 00:27:38,950 --> 00:27:41,750 FROM THE CLAIM FOR A BIG EVENT -- 505 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,390 MONICA'S WEDDING. 506 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:47,690 YOU THINK YOUR FATHER'S GONNA TEAR UP? 507 00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:49,030 I WANT TO GET HIM WITH THE DANCE, 508 00:27:49,030 --> 00:27:50,000 BUT I DON'T THINK HE'LL CRY. 509 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,060 I'LL BE CRYING, BUT HE WON'T. 510 00:27:52,070 --> 00:27:53,830 WELL, YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED. 511 00:27:53,830 --> 00:27:55,300 TA-DA! 512 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:00,070 Man: UNDERNEATH. 513 00:28:10,950 --> 00:28:13,790 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 514 00:28:13,790 --> 00:28:16,320 Narrator: MONICA AND HER GROOM, TAYLOR MAYES, 515 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,460 HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE THEY WERE 2 YEARS OLD. 516 00:28:19,460 --> 00:28:20,560 WELCOME, EVERYONE, 517 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:22,190 ON BEHALF OF THE MAYES AND BEETS FAMILY. 518 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:23,760 THANK YOU FOR COMING. 519 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:25,800 TODAY IS A CELEBRATION. 520 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,230 WILL YOU, MONICA, KEEP TAYLOR AS YOUR FAVORITE PERSON, 521 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,870 TO LAUGH WITH HIM, GROW OLD WITH HIM, 522 00:28:31,870 --> 00:28:34,270 AND FIND NEW REASONS TO LOVE HIM EVERY DAY? 523 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:35,570 HELL YEAH. 524 00:28:35,580 --> 00:28:37,510 [ LAUGHTER ] 525 00:28:37,510 --> 00:28:38,610 WILL YOU, TAYLOR, 526 00:28:38,610 --> 00:28:40,980 KEEP MONICA AS YOUR FAVORITE PERSON, 527 00:28:40,980 --> 00:28:43,680 TO LAUGH WITH HER, GROW OLD WITH HER, 528 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,490 AND FIND NEW REASONS TO LOVE HER EVERY DAY? 529 00:28:46,490 --> 00:28:47,650 I WILL. 530 00:28:47,660 --> 00:28:50,090 WITH THIS RING, I PROMISE 531 00:28:50,090 --> 00:28:52,490 TO ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU, TO LOVE AND CARE FOR YOU, 532 00:28:52,490 --> 00:28:54,860 AND TRY EVERY DAY TO BE WORTHY OF YOUR LOVE. 533 00:28:54,860 --> 00:28:56,200 MAY YOUR MARRIAGE BRING YOU 534 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,570 ALL THE EXQUISITE EXCITEMENTS A MARRIAGE SHOULD BRING. 535 00:28:59,570 --> 00:29:01,070 I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU MARRIED. 536 00:29:01,070 --> 00:29:03,600 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 537 00:29:10,950 --> 00:29:13,550 Monica: I'VE DANCED WITH MY FATHER ONCE BEFORE 538 00:29:13,550 --> 00:29:15,180 AND THAT WAS AT MY GRADUATION. 539 00:29:15,180 --> 00:29:17,120 HE DIDN'T CRY THEN. I DID. 540 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,650 I DIDN'T CRY THIS TIME, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE 541 00:29:19,650 --> 00:29:20,920 HE TEARED UP AT MY VOWS, 542 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:24,190 SO SOFTER SIDE OF TONY BEETS DOES EXIST. 543 00:29:45,050 --> 00:29:48,450 Narrator: HAVING RAISED HIS KIDS AS NATURAL-BORN GOLD MINERS, 544 00:29:48,450 --> 00:29:52,280 TONY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FINAL STAGE OF HIS MASTER PLAN. 545 00:29:57,730 --> 00:30:00,830 BUT WHO WILL TAKE OVER WHEN TONY STEPS DOWN 546 00:30:00,830 --> 00:30:02,290 AS THE KING OF THE KLONDIKE? 547 00:30:12,310 --> 00:30:13,810 FIRST UP -- MIKE. 548 00:30:13,810 --> 00:30:17,480 HIS SKILLS AS AN OPERATOR COULD MAKE HIM A PERFECT MINE BOSS. 549 00:30:30,990 --> 00:30:34,360 HE GREW UP ON THE MINE AND LEFT SCHOOL AT 12. 550 00:30:46,670 --> 00:30:50,310 NOW 29, MIKE'S THE MASTER OF MASSIVE MACHINERY. 551 00:30:50,310 --> 00:30:51,740 Mike: THE WAY I SEE IT, WHEN I HAVE KIDS 552 00:30:51,750 --> 00:30:53,350 THEY COULD BE TAKING OVER FOR ME, 553 00:30:53,350 --> 00:30:56,050 JUST LIKE IN THE FUTURE I MIGHT BE TAKING OVER FOR MY DAD. 554 00:30:56,050 --> 00:30:58,320 Narrator: WHEN TONY INVESTS $1 MILLION 555 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:02,860 IN A SECOND VINTAGE DREDGE TO SECURE THE FAMILY'S FUTURE, 556 00:31:02,860 --> 00:31:05,590 HE TURNS TO MIKE TO TAKE IT BY BARGE 557 00:31:05,590 --> 00:31:08,560 100 MILES DOWN THE YUKON RIVER. 558 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:10,000 IT'S COMPLETELY NEW, 559 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:11,930 AND ANYTHING THAT'S COMPLETELY NEW, 560 00:31:11,930 --> 00:31:15,500 IT'S GOT THAT LITTLE ADVENTUROUS FEEL. 561 00:31:15,500 --> 00:31:17,170 IT'S EXCITING IN ITS OWN WAY. 562 00:31:17,170 --> 00:31:19,570 Narrator: MIKE TRAINS FOR 200 HOURS 563 00:31:19,570 --> 00:31:22,740 TO BECOME A QUALIFIED SKIPPER. 564 00:31:22,740 --> 00:31:25,310 THEN HE'S READY FOR HIS MAIDEN VOYAGE 565 00:31:25,310 --> 00:31:26,910 ON THE KID COMMANDO. 566 00:31:35,890 --> 00:31:37,760 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS BOAT'S EVER GONE 567 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:39,020 THIS FAR UP RIVER, 568 00:31:39,030 --> 00:31:40,630 THE FIRST TIME IT'S REALLY SAILED. 569 00:31:40,630 --> 00:31:41,790 WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE DRIVING IT? 570 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:43,160 NO, THAT'S ALL YOU, BUDDY. 571 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:44,630 [ LAUGHS ] 572 00:31:44,630 --> 00:31:46,270 BAWK-BAWK-BAWK-BAWK BAWK-BAWK-BAWK-BAWK! 573 00:31:46,270 --> 00:31:48,230 JUAN'S HERE TO TROUBLESHOOT IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG. 574 00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:52,540 Narrator: WITH ITS 60-TON LOAD, 575 00:31:52,540 --> 00:31:55,770 KID COMMANDO SHOULD TRAVEL AT 4 MILES AN HOUR. 576 00:31:55,780 --> 00:31:58,840 THE 100-MILE JOURNEY WILL TAKE TWO DAYS. 577 00:31:58,850 --> 00:32:01,050 HOW'S THE SPEED, MIKE? 578 00:32:01,050 --> 00:32:03,450 SLOWER THAN [BLEEP] THROUGH MOLASSES. 579 00:32:03,450 --> 00:32:04,720 OH, MAN. 580 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,250 'CAUSE WE HAVE DROPPED FROM 3 MILES AN HOUR TO -- 581 00:32:07,250 --> 00:32:09,090 0.62. 582 00:32:09,090 --> 00:32:13,160 WE'VE GONE ABOUT 5 MILES IN TWO HOURS. 583 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:14,390 INSTEAD OF IT BEING A TWO-DAY TRIP, 584 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,190 IT'S A FOUR-DAY TRIP UP RIVER. 585 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,330 WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON. 586 00:32:20,330 --> 00:32:22,700 I'M SEEING WHAT MY ASS END'S DOING. 587 00:32:22,700 --> 00:32:23,800 YEAH. 588 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:25,500 IF IT PUSHED UP ANY FURTHER, WE'D BE [BLEEP] 589 00:32:25,510 --> 00:32:27,340 HYDROPLANING ACROSS THE WATER. 590 00:32:27,340 --> 00:32:29,170 WITH ALL THE WEIGHT IN THE ASS END 591 00:32:29,180 --> 00:32:31,480 IT PUSHES THE FRONT OF THE KID COMMANDO DOWN, 592 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:33,050 FORCING MY ASS END UP. 593 00:32:33,050 --> 00:32:34,810 SO NOW I AM SITTING THERE [BLEEP] PUSHING A BARGE 594 00:32:34,820 --> 00:32:37,580 SITTING LIKE THIS, AND THAT'S SO MUCH [BLEEP] DRAG. 595 00:32:37,580 --> 00:32:39,850 MIKE FIGURES OUT THAT THE 60-TON LOAD 596 00:32:39,850 --> 00:32:42,990 IS POSITIONED TOO FAR BACK ON THE BARGE, 597 00:32:42,990 --> 00:32:44,760 CAUSING THE PROPELLERS AT THE STERN 598 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:46,890 TO RISE PARTWAY OUT OF THE WATER, 599 00:32:46,890 --> 00:32:50,060 REDUCING THEIR THRUST. 600 00:32:50,060 --> 00:32:51,800 I REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO BACK 601 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:53,330 WITH BAD NEWS. 602 00:32:53,330 --> 00:32:55,270 Juan: YOU'RE THE CAPTAIN, MAN. YOU MAKE THE CALL. 603 00:32:55,270 --> 00:32:57,200 WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? 604 00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,840 WE'RE GONNA STOP, [BLEEP] TURN AROUND. 605 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:03,010 I'M TURNING AROUND, JUAN. 606 00:33:03,010 --> 00:33:05,910 TWO HOURS INTO THE JOURNEY, MIKE DECIDES 607 00:33:05,910 --> 00:33:09,380 TO GO BACK TO DAWSON AND REDISTRIBUTE THE LOAD. 608 00:33:11,050 --> 00:33:13,790 YEAH, IT'S A LOT BETTER NOW WITH LOAD SITTING FRONT 609 00:33:13,790 --> 00:33:15,420 AND GETTING ALL THAT [BLEEP] WORKED OUT. 610 00:33:15,420 --> 00:33:16,890 THE ASS IS SITTING MUCH LOWER. 611 00:33:22,330 --> 00:33:24,160 WITH THE WEIGHT REDISTRIBUTED, 612 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:26,300 MIKE HAS TO GET THE BARGE TO TRAVEL 613 00:33:26,300 --> 00:33:28,630 AT LEAST 4 MILES AN HOUR. 614 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:30,770 I GOT IT RUNNING AT 1,600 RPMs. 615 00:33:30,770 --> 00:33:33,370 SHE'S DOING 4 MILES, AND THAT'S IN MAIN CURRENT. 616 00:33:33,370 --> 00:33:34,940 IF WE KEEP GOING AT THIS RATE, 617 00:33:34,940 --> 00:33:36,710 QUITE HAPPY, ACTUALLY. 618 00:33:36,710 --> 00:33:39,210 Juan: YEAH, WE'RE ALMOST 5 MILES AN HOUR RIGHT NOW. 619 00:33:39,210 --> 00:33:41,180 IT'S ACTUALLY IMPRESSING ME. 620 00:33:43,380 --> 00:33:46,590 SO HOPEFULLY THE TRIP UP TO THISTLE IS ALL SUCCESSFUL, 621 00:33:46,590 --> 00:33:48,990 AND WE CAN START PULLING MORE PIECES OUT 622 00:33:48,990 --> 00:33:51,820 FASTER WITH THE TWO BOATS. 623 00:33:51,830 --> 00:33:55,730 CARGO RELOADED, MIKE FINISHES THE JOURNEY. 624 00:33:55,730 --> 00:33:57,900 OVER THE SEASON, MIKE AND TONY 625 00:33:57,900 --> 00:34:01,830 COMPLETE THE TEAR DOWN OF DREDGE 2 AT THISTLE CREEK, 626 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:05,140 AND MIKE SHIPS IT 100 MILES TO EUREKA. 627 00:34:15,180 --> 00:34:17,420 FOR THE REBUILD OF THE SECOND DREDGE, 628 00:34:17,420 --> 00:34:21,320 THE ENTIRE FAMILY COMES TOGETHER TO REALIZE TONY'S DREAM 629 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:25,790 AND SECURE THE FAMILY'S FUTURE. 630 00:34:25,790 --> 00:34:28,290 IT'S UNBELIEVABLE HOW MUCH THIS DREDGE HAS COST. 631 00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:30,660 SO WE HAVE TO PUT THIS UP QUICKLY. 632 00:34:30,660 --> 00:34:31,830 I WANT IT TO SEE GO, 633 00:34:31,830 --> 00:34:33,130 AND I WANT IT TO SEE MAKE SOME MONEY. 634 00:34:39,610 --> 00:34:41,740 -DREAM TEAM. -[ LAUGHS ] 635 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:47,150 Narrator: COMING UP -- THE KIDS FACE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE 636 00:34:47,150 --> 00:34:50,580 OF THEIR CAREER AS CRISIS HITS THE KLONDIKE, 637 00:34:50,580 --> 00:34:54,050 THREATENING TO DESTROY THE BEETS' FAMILY BUSINESS. 638 00:34:54,050 --> 00:34:55,450 WE DON'T HAVE A WATER LICENSE. 639 00:35:14,780 --> 00:35:16,810 Kevin: IF YOU GO HARD AND ROUGH AND TOUGH ALL DAY, 640 00:35:16,810 --> 00:35:18,840 YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO LET LOOSE. 641 00:35:18,850 --> 00:35:21,850 Narrator: KEVIN USES HIS DOWNTIME TO UNWIND 642 00:35:21,850 --> 00:35:23,480 FROM THE STRESSES OF THE MINE. 643 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:26,590 WELL, ONE OF MY INTERESTS IS WARHAMMER. 644 00:35:26,590 --> 00:35:29,450 SO, BASICALLY, YOU BUY A BUNCH OF MINIATURES, 645 00:35:29,460 --> 00:35:31,160 YOU PAINT THEM UP, BUILD THEM TOGETHER, 646 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:32,620 AND THEN YOU SQUARE OFF AGAINST AN OPPONENT 647 00:35:32,630 --> 00:35:34,190 WITH THEIR OWN ARMY OF MODELS. 648 00:35:34,190 --> 00:35:35,560 BUT IT'S A WAR GAME. 649 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:40,330 I'M MORE INTO IT FOR THE HOBBY SIDE, THE PAINTING. 650 00:35:40,330 --> 00:35:43,140 SOMETHING THIS SIZE AND THE DETAIL I LIKE TO DO -- 651 00:35:43,140 --> 00:35:45,700 PROBABLY ABOUT 150 HOURS OF WORK. 652 00:35:45,710 --> 00:35:48,240 FOR THE LONGEST TIME, GO DO WORK, 653 00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:52,640 SPEND YOUR 12 HOURS, HAVE DINNER, COME HOME... 654 00:35:52,650 --> 00:35:53,750 PAINT. 655 00:36:06,860 --> 00:36:08,790 Narrator: TONY BEETS IS FIGURING OUT 656 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:10,130 WHICH OF HIS THREE KIDS 657 00:36:10,130 --> 00:36:14,270 WOULD MAKE THE BEST MINE BOSS WHEN HE STEPS DOWN. 658 00:36:14,270 --> 00:36:17,170 DAUGHTER MONICA HAS COME A LONG WAY, 659 00:36:17,170 --> 00:36:20,440 BUT SHE'S HAD HER SHARE OF SETBACKS. 660 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:22,840 OH, THERE'S A REALLY BIG [BLEEP] ROCK THERE. 661 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:24,640 [BLEEP] THAT HOLE. 662 00:36:24,650 --> 00:36:29,150 Narrator: IN 2017, SHE DECIDES THE CUT SHE'S WORKING 663 00:36:29,150 --> 00:36:30,780 IS MINED OUT. 664 00:36:45,900 --> 00:36:48,600 I WONDER WHAT THE [BLEEP] HE WANTS. 665 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,840 HE DOESN'T SOUND LIKE HE'S IN THE BEST [BLEEP] MOOD. 666 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:53,470 AWESOME. 667 00:37:10,690 --> 00:37:12,860 Tony: ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE. 668 00:37:17,430 --> 00:37:18,660 I'LL GET ME AND THE GIRLS ON IT. 669 00:37:24,370 --> 00:37:26,270 IT'S MY CUT. IT'S MY [BLEEP]-UP. 670 00:37:26,270 --> 00:37:29,210 SO I SHOULD BE THE ONE TO FIX IT. 671 00:37:29,210 --> 00:37:31,940 Narrator: MONICA BRINGS BACK HER ALL-GIRL CREW 672 00:37:31,950 --> 00:37:34,650 TO MINE THE GOLD SHE'S LEFT BEHIND. 673 00:37:34,650 --> 00:37:36,180 Monica: YOU ALWAYS EXPECT MORE OUT OF FAMILY 674 00:37:36,180 --> 00:37:39,150 THAN YOU DO OTHER EMPLOYEES. 675 00:37:39,150 --> 00:37:40,720 I WOULDN'T SAY THERE'S, LIKE, MORE PRESSURE 676 00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:42,190 ON ME BEING THE YOUNGEST. 677 00:37:42,190 --> 00:37:44,720 THEY WANT ME TO DO WELL BECAUSE THEY THINK IT'S AWESOME 678 00:37:44,730 --> 00:37:49,390 BECAUSE THERE AREN'T VERY MANY GIRLS IN THE INDUSTRY. 679 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:52,730 CAN'T LEAVE THAT PAY, 680 00:37:52,730 --> 00:37:56,770 SO WE'LL JUST START UP, RUN IT THROUGH, 681 00:37:56,770 --> 00:37:58,340 AND THEN ACTUALLY BE DONE. 682 00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:02,970 Narrator: ONE WEEK LATER AT THE WEIGH, 683 00:38:02,980 --> 00:38:05,240 MONICA DISCOVERS THAT SHE'D MISSED 684 00:38:05,250 --> 00:38:08,650 180.6 OUNCES OF GOLD, 685 00:38:08,650 --> 00:38:12,120 WORTH $216,000. 686 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:13,890 I SHOULD HAVE CHECKED IT. 687 00:38:13,890 --> 00:38:15,520 I'LL TAKE THE BLAME FOR THIS. 688 00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:20,130 Narrator: MONICA'S LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON, 689 00:38:20,130 --> 00:38:22,890 BUT SHE'S NOW BECOMING ONE OF THE MOST EXPERIENCED 690 00:38:22,900 --> 00:38:26,700 FEMALE PLANT BOSSES IN THE KLONDIKE. 691 00:38:26,700 --> 00:38:28,070 MONICA WILL SHINE. 692 00:38:28,070 --> 00:38:30,700 I MEAN, SHE'S GOOD AT THIS, ANYWAYS, AND SHE LIKES IT. 693 00:38:30,700 --> 00:38:33,240 SHE KNOWS HOW TO RUN IT, AND I'M SURE SHE'LL BE FINE. 694 00:38:33,240 --> 00:38:35,070 MONICA IS A SMART GAL. 695 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:37,480 SHE'S VERY INDEPENDENT. SHE KNOWS HOW TO DO IT. 696 00:38:40,010 --> 00:38:41,710 I HAVE NO WORRIES ABOUT HER. 697 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:48,720 TONY'S ALSO SEEN SON KEVIN STEP UP OVER THE YEARS. 698 00:38:48,720 --> 00:38:52,360 IN 2017, AFTER MULTIPLE BREAKDOWNS 699 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:54,560 OF THE 75-YEAR-OLD DREDGE, 700 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:57,800 KEVIN WANTS TO BRING IT INTO THE 21st CENTURY, 701 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:02,100 BUT HE NEEDS DAD TONY TO AGREE THAT NEW TECHNOLOGY 702 00:39:02,100 --> 00:39:04,240 WILL REAP RICH REWARDS. 703 00:39:04,240 --> 00:39:06,240 WHAT WE SHOULD DO INSTEAD OF FIXING THIS OLD [BLEEP] 704 00:39:06,240 --> 00:39:08,170 IS GET NEW WINCHES, JUST [BLEEP] NEW. 705 00:39:08,180 --> 00:39:09,670 AND THEY SHOULD BE HYDRAULICALLY DRIVEN. 706 00:39:16,580 --> 00:39:17,620 WELL, YOU GOT TWO OPTIONS. 707 00:39:17,620 --> 00:39:19,320 ONE -- YOU COULD FIX THIS OLD [BLEEP] 708 00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:21,050 AND DO THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR. YEAH. UH-HUH. 709 00:39:21,050 --> 00:39:22,690 OR WE COULD JUST SPEND A BIT OF MONEY. 710 00:39:25,130 --> 00:39:26,990 THAT'S BALLPARK 600 GRAND. 711 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:39,240 YEAH, YEAH. 712 00:39:44,810 --> 00:39:45,940 RIGHTY-O. 713 00:39:45,950 --> 00:39:48,980 DRAWING ON ALL HIS COLLEGE EDUCATION, 714 00:39:48,980 --> 00:39:50,920 KEVIN EQUIPS THE VINTAGE DREDGE 715 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,750 WITH THE LATEST HIGH-SPEC TECHNOLOGY. 716 00:39:58,660 --> 00:40:00,260 Kevin: THAT'S ANOTHER THING ON THE DREDGE. 717 00:40:00,260 --> 00:40:01,290 COMPRESSOR IS IN. 718 00:40:01,290 --> 00:40:02,990 WE'LL WIRE IT UP. WE'LL TEST IT OUT. 719 00:40:07,770 --> 00:40:10,540 [ LAUGHTER ] 720 00:40:10,540 --> 00:40:12,640 I LIKE IT. I LIKE IT. 721 00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:14,370 YOU CAN SEE DOWN IN THE HOPPER THERE. 722 00:40:14,370 --> 00:40:15,710 WELL, THIS IS FOR THE ROCK CHUTE. 723 00:40:15,710 --> 00:40:17,640 ...CAMERA AND THE STACKER CAMS. 724 00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:18,740 IT'S LOOKING [BLEEP] GOOD. 725 00:40:21,050 --> 00:40:22,910 Narrator: OVER THE NEXT TWO SEASONS, 726 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:26,420 KEVIN MINES 3,069 OUNCES OF GOLD, 727 00:40:26,420 --> 00:40:28,850 WORTH OVER $3.5 MILLION. 728 00:40:32,690 --> 00:40:35,460 BUT IN THE SAME PERIOD, YOUNGER SISTER MONICA 729 00:40:35,460 --> 00:40:39,230 BRINGS IN 4,266 OUNCES, 730 00:40:39,230 --> 00:40:41,930 ALMOST 1,200 MORE THAN HER BROTHER. 731 00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:52,240 BUT IN THIS SEASON, WHEN DISASTER STRIKES, 732 00:40:52,250 --> 00:40:55,680 DERAILING TONY'S PLANS FOR THE FAMILY'S FUTURE... 733 00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:57,280 WE DON'T HAVE A WATER LICENSE. 734 00:40:57,280 --> 00:40:58,550 Kevin: SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE SEASON, THEN? 735 00:41:03,020 --> 00:41:05,020 Narrator: ...TONY TURNS TO THE KIDS 736 00:41:05,030 --> 00:41:07,360 TO RESCUE THE FAMILY BUSINESS. 737 00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:09,590 AFTER A LIFETIME OF PREPARATION, 738 00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:12,200 CAN THEY STEP UP TO SAVE THE DAY? 739 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:14,770 SO WHAT ABOUT THE AIRSTRIP? WE DID ALL THAT BRUSHING. 740 00:41:16,300 --> 00:41:17,640 'CAUSE ALL YOUR OTHER CUTS ARE CLOSED DOWN, 741 00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:19,640 AND WE AIN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO SLUICE THEM, 742 00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:22,370 I'M OFFERING YOU A WAY TO GET GOLD RIGHT OFF THE BAT HERE. 743 00:41:22,380 --> 00:41:25,040 WE STILL HAD OUR WATER LICENSE HERE. 744 00:41:25,050 --> 00:41:26,780 WHY DON'T I COME HERE? 745 00:41:29,180 --> 00:41:30,880 AND I'M NOT TRYING TO CREATE ISSUES. 746 00:41:33,620 --> 00:41:35,690 [BLEEP] HOPPER'S JAMMED. 747 00:41:35,690 --> 00:41:37,790 MAN, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU GOT SMILE ON YOUR FACE. 748 00:41:37,790 --> 00:41:40,330 EVERY TIME WE DO THIS, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS. 749 00:41:40,330 --> 00:41:41,590 Rick: WHEN THERE'S DIRT TO BE RUN 750 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:42,960 AND THERE'S A PLANT THAT CAN RUN IT, 751 00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:44,930 YOU STOP AT NOTHING. 752 00:41:44,930 --> 00:41:46,500 HOLY [BLEEP]! 753 00:41:46,500 --> 00:41:48,530 IF WE JUST KEEP WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM, 754 00:41:48,540 --> 00:41:50,200 2,000 OUNCES IS GONNA BE OURS. 755 00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:51,770 TURN TO THE BAR! 756 00:41:53,670 --> 00:41:56,040 THAT IS REAL YUKON HISTORY. 757 00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:58,280 THERE SHOULD BE A LOT OF GOLD UNDERNEATH OUR FEET. 757 00:41:59,305 --> 00:42:59,471 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm