"Gold Rush" Back to the Future

1 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:09,900 Narrator: FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY... 2 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:14,940 Parker: COME ON. LET'S GO. 3 00:00:14,940 --> 00:00:16,380 LET'S MOVE SOME DIRT. 4 00:00:16,380 --> 00:00:19,180 GO WASH SOME ROCKS, BABY. YEE-HAW! 5 00:00:19,180 --> 00:00:20,910 Narrator: ...MEN AND WOMEN HAVE BRAVED 6 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,020 THE HARSH CONDITIONS OF ALASKA 7 00:00:23,020 --> 00:00:27,090 AND THE KLONDIKE IN SEARCH OF GOLD. 8 00:00:27,090 --> 00:00:28,120 -AH! -YEAH! 9 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,490 -WHOO! -YEAH! 10 00:00:30,490 --> 00:00:33,160 Narrator: 10 YEARS AGO, WHEN A FINANCIAL CRISIS 11 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:36,060 FORCED THE PRICE OF GOLD TO AN ALL-TIME HIGH... 12 00:00:36,070 --> 00:00:38,230 HOLY SMOKES. LOOK AT THAT THING. 13 00:00:38,230 --> 00:00:41,870 ...A NEW GOLD RUSH BEGAN. 14 00:00:41,870 --> 00:00:43,370 Jack: YOU'RE ALL MILLIONAIRES. 15 00:00:43,370 --> 00:00:47,440 THE ONLY THING IS, YOU GOT TO GET IT OUT OF THE GROUND. 16 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:51,280 FEARLESS PROSPECTORS SET OFF TO THIS REMOTE WILDERNESS... 17 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:53,750 Man: WHOA! 18 00:00:53,750 --> 00:00:56,320 ...WITH DREAMS OF MAKING THEIR FORTUNE. 19 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:58,450 NOTHING VENTURED... 20 00:00:58,450 --> 00:01:00,320 NOTHING GAINED. 21 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:04,220 NOW WE GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING 22 00:01:04,230 --> 00:01:06,790 AND SEE THEIR JOURNEY OVER THE LAST 9 YEARS. 23 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,000 -STOP! -I TAKE ALL THE RISK, 24 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:10,030 AND YOU GET ALL THE MONEY. 25 00:01:11,370 --> 00:01:14,230 Man: GUYS, YOU ARE FREAKING KIDDING ME! 26 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:18,040 Narrator: AND AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THIS YEAR'S SEASON... 27 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:19,640 I MEAN, THIS IS GONNA BE A TOUGHER SEASON 28 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:21,180 THAN ANY ONE BEFORE. 29 00:01:21,180 --> 00:01:22,710 Narrator: ...WHERE THE MINERS FACE 30 00:01:22,710 --> 00:01:24,710 THEIR BIGGEST CHALLENGE YET... 31 00:01:28,020 --> 00:01:30,620 ...AS A CRISIS GRIPS THE KLONDIKE... 32 00:01:32,250 --> 00:01:33,890 ...FORCING PARKER... 33 00:01:33,890 --> 00:01:35,520 GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON NOT TO TELL YOU 34 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:36,860 TO GO [BLEEP] YOURSELF. 35 00:01:36,860 --> 00:01:38,690 ...TONY, AND RICK... 36 00:01:38,690 --> 00:01:40,530 THAT'S SCARY AS [BLEEP] AIN'T IT? 37 00:01:40,530 --> 00:01:41,860 ...TO START OVER... 38 00:01:43,300 --> 00:01:46,330 ...GAMBLING ALL OF THEIR PAST SUCCESS... 39 00:01:46,340 --> 00:01:49,440 WATCH OUT. [BLEEP] 40 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:51,910 ...IN THE HOPES OF STRIKING IT RICH. 41 00:01:51,910 --> 00:01:54,140 [ LAUGHTER ] 42 00:01:54,140 --> 00:01:57,140 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 43 00:01:57,150 --> 00:02:00,350 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 44 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:08,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 45 00:02:18,100 --> 00:02:22,440 THE "GOLD RUSH" STORY BEGINS 10 YEARS AGO 46 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,540 WHEN ONE MAN LOSES IT ALL 47 00:02:24,540 --> 00:02:28,680 AND TAKES HIS FUTURE INTO HIS OWN HANDS. 48 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:31,380 Todd: I'VE DONE A LOT OF CRAZY THINGS IN MY DAY. 49 00:02:31,380 --> 00:02:35,850 THIS MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST, MOST AMBITIOUS THING I'VE EVER TRIED. 50 00:02:38,020 --> 00:02:41,190 Narrator: TODD HOFFMAN LEAVES HIS HOME STATE OF OREGON 51 00:02:41,190 --> 00:02:45,390 AND DRIVES 2,000 MILES NORTH TO ALASKA WITH HIS DAD... 52 00:02:45,390 --> 00:02:47,530 WANT TO GO TO ALASKA? 53 00:02:47,530 --> 00:02:52,330 ...AND A BAND OF UNEMPLOYED BUDDIES WHO SHARE HIS DREAM. 54 00:02:52,330 --> 00:02:54,270 Todd: I'M THROWING EVERYTHING I GOT INTO IT. 55 00:02:54,270 --> 00:02:56,670 WE'RE GONNA GOLD MINING. IT FEELS AWESOME. 56 00:02:56,670 --> 00:02:58,840 IT FEELS LIKE I'M COMING HOME. 57 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:00,910 -LOOK AT THOSE MOUNTAINS. -GEEZ. 58 00:03:00,910 --> 00:03:02,180 THIS IS AMAZING. 59 00:03:03,510 --> 00:03:06,010 [ LAUGHS ] 60 00:03:06,020 --> 00:03:07,410 OH-HO! 61 00:03:08,980 --> 00:03:12,520 Narrator: TODD'S COME UP WITH A RADICAL PLAN. 62 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:16,690 WITH A GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS DRIVING UP THE VALUE OF GOLD, 63 00:03:16,690 --> 00:03:19,830 HE'S GAMBLING THAT HIS TEAM OF GREENHORN MINERS 64 00:03:19,830 --> 00:03:24,100 CAN FIND ENOUGH GOLD TO TURN THEIR LUCK AROUND. 65 00:03:24,100 --> 00:03:26,030 HEY, GUYS, LISTEN. YOU'RE OUT OF MONEY. 66 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:27,200 YOU'RE OUT OF MONEY. 67 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,140 YOU'RE ABOUT READY TO LOSE YOUR HOUSE. 68 00:03:29,140 --> 00:03:30,870 YOU'VE MOVED OUT OF YOUR HOUSE. 69 00:03:30,870 --> 00:03:32,640 YOU'RE BANKRUPT. 70 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:34,440 YOU KNOW, GOD PUT US ALL TOGETHER 71 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:36,810 FOR A FRICKING REASON, OKAY? 72 00:03:36,810 --> 00:03:39,750 AND THIS SUMMER, WE'RE GONNA DIG THAT YELLOW STUFF 73 00:03:39,750 --> 00:03:40,850 OUT OF THE GROUND, MAN. 74 00:03:40,850 --> 00:03:41,920 -HERE WE GO. -COME ON IN HERE. 75 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,020 -COME ON IN HERE. -GREAT, GREAT, GREAT. 76 00:03:44,020 --> 00:03:45,890 WE GOT TO TURN THIS BOAT AROUND. 77 00:03:45,890 --> 00:03:48,560 I'M HOPING THAT GOLD MINING IS THE KEY TO THAT. 78 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,230 MAYBE RESPARK THE AMERICAN DREAM AGAIN. 79 00:03:53,230 --> 00:03:55,560 COMING YOUR WAY. Man: WHOA. 80 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:57,760 Narrator: THE ROOKIE CREW'S FIRST TASK -- 81 00:03:57,770 --> 00:03:59,570 UNLOAD THEIR WASH PLANT... 82 00:03:59,570 --> 00:04:02,000 WHOA! WATCH! HEY! 83 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,500 ...A KEY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT 84 00:04:03,510 --> 00:04:06,570 USED TO SEPARATE GOLD FROM THE DIRT. 85 00:04:06,580 --> 00:04:08,440 OH, OH, NO! 86 00:04:10,780 --> 00:04:11,850 OH, SHOOT. 87 00:04:11,850 --> 00:04:12,910 Jack: WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED THERE? 88 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,150 LOOK OUT. IT GOT HOOKED UNDER THERE. 89 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,520 TELL HIM TO START UP, GET OUT -- RIGHT NOW! 90 00:04:24,530 --> 00:04:26,730 -START UP! -GO, GO, GO, GO, GO! 91 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:34,900 -THERE YOU GO! -OKAY. 92 00:04:34,900 --> 00:04:36,540 GOOD LORD. 93 00:04:39,940 --> 00:04:41,540 Narrator: ACROSS THE CREEK, 94 00:04:41,540 --> 00:04:44,810 THEIR NEIGHBORS CHECK OUT THE NEW ARRIVALS. 95 00:04:44,810 --> 00:04:47,450 HEY, PARKER. COME ON OUT HERE. 96 00:04:47,450 --> 00:04:49,650 WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. 97 00:04:49,650 --> 00:04:51,850 VETERAN GOLD MINER JOHN SCHNABEL... 98 00:04:51,850 --> 00:04:53,520 THEY GOT A LOT OF MACHINERY. 99 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:55,720 ...AND HIS 15-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON... 100 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:57,160 HUH. ...PARKER. 101 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,360 LOOKS LIKE A BIG PIECE OF JUNK. 102 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:01,260 [ LAUGHS ] 103 00:05:01,260 --> 00:05:03,430 I THINK WE'VE CHECKED EVERYTHING OUT. 104 00:05:03,430 --> 00:05:05,170 WE READY TO ROCK? -LET'S DO IT. 105 00:05:05,170 --> 00:05:06,430 FIRE UP. 106 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,540 [ ENGINE STARTS ] 107 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,740 Narrator: TODD BELIEVES THERE ARE FLAKES OF GOLD 108 00:05:14,740 --> 00:05:16,880 DEPOSITED UNDER THE GROUND. 109 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:18,480 IT WORKS GOOD, MAN. DUDE, DID THAT LOOK GOOD? 110 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,680 THAT LOOKED GREAT! 111 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:24,280 TO GET THEM, THE TEAM DIGS DEEP INTO THE EARTH. 112 00:05:24,290 --> 00:05:28,660 AFTER 6 WEEKS, THE ROOKIE CREW FINALLY RUNS ITS FIRST LOAD 113 00:05:28,660 --> 00:05:31,930 OF GOLD-RICH GRAVEL, KNOWN AS PAY DIRT. 114 00:05:31,930 --> 00:05:34,830 IT'S NOT WORKING RIGHT. 115 00:05:34,830 --> 00:05:37,100 HEY, THURBY! 116 00:05:37,100 --> 00:05:39,970 SHUT IT OFF. 117 00:05:39,970 --> 00:05:41,670 IT'S CLOGGED UP. 118 00:05:41,670 --> 00:05:45,070 THIS IS HARD TO FIGURE OUT. 119 00:05:45,070 --> 00:05:46,610 Narrator: FACING FAILURE, 120 00:05:46,610 --> 00:05:50,140 THE NOVICE MINE BOSS IS FORCED TO SEEK HELP. 121 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,750 Todd: A LITTLE EMBARRASSING. YOU GOT A 15-YEAR-OLD KID 122 00:05:55,750 --> 00:05:57,020 TELLING YOU HOW TO MINE, 123 00:05:57,020 --> 00:05:58,790 BUT HE'S GOT A LOT MORE EXPERIENCE THAN I DO. 124 00:05:58,790 --> 00:05:59,790 TODD. 125 00:05:59,790 --> 00:06:00,920 HOW ARE YOU, BUDDY? PRETTY GOOD. 126 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:02,660 I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT MY JIG. 127 00:06:02,660 --> 00:06:03,790 SOMETHING'S WRONG. 128 00:06:03,790 --> 00:06:05,260 I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING WITH IT. 129 00:06:05,260 --> 00:06:09,830 Narrator: TODD'S DUPLEX JIG IS DESIGNED TO WASH OUT FINE GOLD 130 00:06:09,830 --> 00:06:11,770 MIXED IN WITH BLACK SAND. 131 00:06:11,770 --> 00:06:13,830 THIS THING NEEDS MORE WATER PRESSURE, 132 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:15,540 A VALVE ON EACH OF THOSE, 133 00:06:15,540 --> 00:06:20,240 AND THEN YOU CAN ADJUST HOW MUCH COMES OUT THROUGH THE BOTTOM. 134 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:21,310 THAT'S WHERE I SCREWED UP. 135 00:06:21,310 --> 00:06:23,040 I WAS RUNNING THEM BOTH IN TOGETHER. 136 00:06:23,050 --> 00:06:24,280 I GOT TO TAKE THAT APART. 137 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:26,150 I GOT TO DO THEM SEPARATELY. 138 00:06:26,150 --> 00:06:28,880 Jack: I THINK THIS WHOLE PIPE IS JUST PLUGGED UP WITH GOLD. 139 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:30,480 Todd: DUDE. 140 00:06:30,490 --> 00:06:32,990 DUDE, YOU ARE [BLEEP] ME. 141 00:06:32,990 --> 00:06:35,860 I SEE GOLD ON MY FINGERS. 142 00:06:35,860 --> 00:06:37,090 Man: WE GOT GOLD! 143 00:06:37,090 --> 00:06:38,360 YOU'RE KIDDING. NO. 144 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:39,760 WE'RE SERIOUS. 145 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:41,660 I'M GOING TO DISNEYLAND. 146 00:06:41,660 --> 00:06:44,230 WHEN THEY OPENED THE VALVE, "OH, THERE'S GOLD EVERYWHERE. 147 00:06:44,230 --> 00:06:46,800 IT'S COVERED IN GOLD. LOOK AT MY HANDS." 148 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,000 I SAW THREE LITTLE, TINY FLAKES. 149 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,470 THAT'S JUST GOLD FEVER. 150 00:06:51,470 --> 00:06:53,110 THAT'S ALL IT IS. 151 00:06:55,710 --> 00:06:57,310 Narrator: THE HOFFMANS GET THEIR PLANT 152 00:06:57,310 --> 00:07:01,680 DIALED IN FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON. 153 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:03,120 LOOKS REALLY GOOD SO FAR. 154 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,950 YEAH. THIS STUFF IS REALLY HOT. 155 00:07:07,090 --> 00:07:11,560 AND DESPITE ONLY NETTING $20,000 WORTH OF GOLD, 156 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:14,900 TODD AND HIS BUDDIES ARE HOOKED. 157 00:07:14,900 --> 00:07:17,230 Todd: I'M NOT PLAYING AROUND NOW. 158 00:07:17,230 --> 00:07:19,130 NOW IS SERIOUS FOR ME. 159 00:07:27,910 --> 00:07:29,710 THIS IS OUR LAST CLASS OF THE SEMESTER, 160 00:07:29,710 --> 00:07:32,510 SO SUMMER BREAK AFTER THIS. 161 00:07:32,510 --> 00:07:35,480 I'M PRETTY EXCITED TO GET IT OVER WITH AND GET OUT OF HERE. 162 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:37,620 Narrator: IN THE 2011 SEASON, 163 00:07:37,620 --> 00:07:40,650 PARKER GRADUATES FROM HIGH-SCHOOL JUNIOR 164 00:07:40,660 --> 00:07:42,990 TO 16-YEAR-OLD MINE BOSS. 165 00:07:42,990 --> 00:07:47,060 AT THE AGE OF 91, I'VE HAD 25 VERY GOOD FRUITFUL, 166 00:07:47,060 --> 00:07:48,960 PRODUCTIVE YEARS AT THE MINE, 167 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:50,760 AND I AM PLEASED THAT YOU FEEL 168 00:07:50,770 --> 00:07:52,630 THAT YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE IT. 169 00:07:52,630 --> 00:07:57,070 I HAVE FAITH IN YOUR MANAGEMENT THAT IT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. 170 00:07:57,070 --> 00:07:58,240 THANKS. 171 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,640 SHAKE. [ LAUGHS ] 172 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,140 PARKER TAKES OVER RUNNING HIS GRANDFATHER'S 173 00:08:04,150 --> 00:08:06,250 ALASKAN GOLD MINE, BIG NUGGET. 174 00:08:06,250 --> 00:08:07,880 I LOVE YOU. 175 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:11,020 HE HAS VISIONS THAT HE'S GONNA MAKE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS 176 00:08:11,020 --> 00:08:13,150 EVERY DAY, AND I HOPE HE'S RIGHT. 177 00:08:15,420 --> 00:08:18,990 Narrator: FROM THE START, THE KID WORKS ALONE, 178 00:08:18,990 --> 00:08:22,560 RACING TO DIG PAY DIRT AND GET IT TO THE WASH PLANT. 179 00:08:26,340 --> 00:08:29,070 I'M GOING SO FAST 'CAUSE I NEED TO FEED THE PLANT. 180 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:42,180 THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 2 1/2 OUNCES, HUH? 181 00:08:42,180 --> 00:08:45,690 KEEP ADMIRING THAT, YOU'LL INCREASE IT TO 3 OUNCES. 182 00:08:45,690 --> 00:08:46,890 I THINK IT IS 3 OUNCES. 183 00:08:46,890 --> 00:08:48,860 [ LAUGHS ] 184 00:08:52,460 --> 00:08:56,600 Narrator: DETERMINED TO GET MORE GOLD IN THE 2012 SEASON, 185 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:59,400 PARKER EXPANDS HIS GRANDPA'S MINE. 186 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:00,870 Parker: WE NEED TO GET UP THERE, 187 00:09:00,870 --> 00:09:04,840 AND THIS ROCK IS GIVING US A BIT OF A PROBLEM. 188 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,570 THE ONLY OPTION MIGHT BE TO JUST BLOW IT UP. 189 00:09:10,210 --> 00:09:13,650 [ AIR HORN BLOWS ] 190 00:09:13,650 --> 00:09:15,050 READY, DAD? 191 00:09:15,050 --> 00:09:17,450 FIRE IN THE HOLE! 192 00:09:17,450 --> 00:09:20,150 GO. DO IT. DO IT. 193 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:21,450 [ EXPLOSION ] 194 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,560 WE'RE GOING BIG ON SMITH CREEK. 195 00:09:30,570 --> 00:09:32,930 Narrator: TO HELP HIM MINE THE NEW GROUND, 196 00:09:32,940 --> 00:09:36,940 PARKER A BASS PLAYER FROM WISCONSIN -- RICK NESS. 197 00:09:36,940 --> 00:09:38,970 Rick: YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE START OF SOMETHING BIG FOR ME. 198 00:09:38,970 --> 00:09:40,470 I'M EXCITED. 199 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,610 Narrator: RICK HAS NO GOLD-MINING EXPERIENCE, 200 00:09:43,610 --> 00:09:46,150 BUT GREW UP WORKING HEAVY MACHINERY, 201 00:09:46,150 --> 00:09:48,480 AND PARKER SEES HIS POTENTIAL. 202 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,050 HOW MANY LOADS ARE YOU AT? 203 00:09:50,050 --> 00:09:51,520 70. REALLY? 204 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:53,190 YEAH. NICE JOB. 205 00:09:53,190 --> 00:09:55,190 WE'LL NEED A LOT OF DIRT, SO KEEP DOING YOUR THING. 206 00:09:55,190 --> 00:09:56,820 YOU GOT IT. 207 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:02,460 OH, YEAH. 208 00:10:02,460 --> 00:10:06,000 Parker: TODAY, WE'LL PUT ABOUT 1,000 YARDS THROUGH OUR PLANT. 209 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,870 THIS PLANT HAS NEVER SEEN 1,000 YARDS 210 00:10:07,870 --> 00:10:10,300 IN A WEEK BEFORE, LET ALONE IN A DAY. 211 00:10:17,910 --> 00:10:20,680 SO, HERE'S WHAT WE'VE GOT. 212 00:10:20,680 --> 00:10:23,220 Narrator: AT THE END OF THE SEASON, TO BREAK EVEN, 213 00:10:23,220 --> 00:10:28,760 PARKER NEEDS 190 OUNCES, WORTH $300,000. 214 00:10:30,790 --> 00:10:33,030 192 OUNCES. 215 00:10:33,030 --> 00:10:35,760 SO YOU GOT 2-OUNCE PROFIT, HUH? 216 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:37,600 YEAH. [ LAUGHTER ] 217 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:38,730 NO, I'M HAPPY. 218 00:10:38,730 --> 00:10:40,270 CONGRATULATIONS, MAN. YEAH, IT'S GREAT. 219 00:10:40,270 --> 00:10:41,430 I'M REAL PROUD OF YOU. THANKS, DAD. 220 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:42,740 YOU PUT IN A GOOD EFFORT. 221 00:10:42,740 --> 00:10:44,340 I MEAN, WE TRIED EVERYTHING WE COULD. 222 00:10:44,340 --> 00:10:45,810 THAT'S FOR SURE. 223 00:10:45,810 --> 00:10:47,710 Narrator: IT'S A SUCCESSFUL FIRST SEASON TOGETHER 224 00:10:47,710 --> 00:10:49,240 FOR PARKER AND RICK, 225 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,510 A PROMISING START TO THEIR PARTNERSHIP. 226 00:10:52,510 --> 00:10:54,180 STILL AHEAD... 227 00:10:54,180 --> 00:10:56,080 THE BAD NEWS IS, WE HAVE TO MINE 228 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,450 THE WHOLE PIECE OF GROUND OUT THIS SEASON. 229 00:10:58,450 --> 00:11:00,850 ...ON A NEW SEASON OF "GOLD RUSH"... 230 00:11:00,860 --> 00:11:02,820 I REALLY JUST THINK THAT THE KLONDIKE'S DEAD. 231 00:11:02,820 --> 00:11:06,260 ...THE MINERS CONFRONT A CRISIS IN THE KLONDIKE. 232 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:29,250 Narrator: SPRING 2013 IN ALASKA. 233 00:11:29,250 --> 00:11:31,180 I WANT YOU TO BE REALLY, REALLY CAREFUL. 234 00:11:31,190 --> 00:11:32,420 BYE. 235 00:11:32,420 --> 00:11:34,450 [ LAUGHS ] 236 00:11:34,460 --> 00:11:38,460 18-YEAR-OLD PARKER SCHNABEL SETS OFF ON A NEW QUEST... 237 00:11:38,460 --> 00:11:41,030 OH, IT'S GOODBYE. BYE, GRANDPA. 238 00:11:41,030 --> 00:11:45,900 ...TO MAKE HIS FORTUNE IN THE GOLDFIELDS OF THE KLONDIKE. 239 00:11:45,900 --> 00:11:49,170 WHEN GOLD WAS DISCOVERED HERE IN THE LATE 1800s, 240 00:11:49,170 --> 00:11:53,110 IT LURED THOUSANDS OF MINERS TO THIS REMOTE WILDERNESS. 241 00:11:53,110 --> 00:11:55,380 Parker: IF I WANT TO PLAY WITH THE BIG BOYS, 242 00:11:55,380 --> 00:11:57,980 I GOT TO GET UP HERE, WHERE THE BIG BOYS PLAY. 243 00:12:00,750 --> 00:12:02,680 HEY, TONY. 244 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:04,750 GOOD. 245 00:12:04,750 --> 00:12:06,550 Narrator: PARKER LEASES CLAIMS 246 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:09,890 FROM LOCAL KLONDIKE MINER TONY BEETS. 247 00:12:15,300 --> 00:12:19,170 PARKER AND HIS NEW LANDLORD TEST-DRILL THE GROUND, 248 00:12:19,170 --> 00:12:21,070 HOPING TO FIND GOLD. 249 00:12:21,070 --> 00:12:22,100 Tony: HAVE A LOOK THERE. 250 00:12:24,270 --> 00:12:25,910 T-R? 251 00:12:27,940 --> 00:12:30,110 JUST, LIKE, BARELY ANYTHING? 252 00:12:33,220 --> 00:12:35,280 OKAY, THANKS. 253 00:12:38,650 --> 00:12:39,920 Parker: I'VE MADE A COMMITMENT HERE. 254 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:41,150 I'VE HIRED MY CREW. 255 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,820 I BOUGHT A WASH PLANT. 256 00:12:43,830 --> 00:12:49,000 I'M WAY TOO DEEP IN TO BACK OUT NOW. 257 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,460 Narrator: PARKER NEEDS TO MOVE A LOT OF DIRT 258 00:12:51,470 --> 00:12:54,000 IF HE'S GOING TO MAKE ANY MONEY. 259 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,500 HE'S AGREED TO PAY TONY A 15% ROYALTY. 260 00:12:59,340 --> 00:13:01,880 HEY, TONY. 261 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,510 GOOD. 262 00:13:04,510 --> 00:13:06,110 YEAH. 263 00:13:07,580 --> 00:13:11,020 YOU KNOW, THIS WEEK, WE'RE PUSHING TO DO 1,500 YARDS. 264 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:14,990 YEAH. 265 00:13:16,730 --> 00:13:19,030 IT'S OUR FIRST WEEK RUNNING. 266 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:26,300 THAT'S A LOT OF DIRT. 267 00:13:40,250 --> 00:13:43,150 Narrator: THE YOUNG MINE BOSS DOUBLES DOWN 268 00:13:43,150 --> 00:13:45,690 AND SUPERSIZES HIS OPERATION. 269 00:13:45,690 --> 00:13:46,850 LOOK AT THAT THING. 270 00:13:46,860 --> 00:13:50,620 HE GAMBLES HIS EARNINGS TO RENT BIG RED -- 271 00:13:50,630 --> 00:13:54,860 A WASH PLANT THAT RUNS TWICE THE PAY DIRT. 272 00:13:54,860 --> 00:13:59,070 THE CREW WORKS FLAT-OUT THROUGH THE SEASON, 273 00:13:59,070 --> 00:14:03,970 FIGHTING THE FREEZE UNTIL THE BITTER END. 274 00:14:03,970 --> 00:14:06,110 THAT'S PRETTY BAD, 275 00:14:06,110 --> 00:14:07,610 BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO? 276 00:14:07,610 --> 00:14:09,680 IT'S MINUS-15 OUT. 277 00:14:10,680 --> 00:14:12,310 AND THERE'S NO DOUBT WE DID OUR BEST. 278 00:14:12,310 --> 00:14:14,050 AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, 279 00:14:14,050 --> 00:14:15,580 AND THANKS FOR STAYING. IT WAS A PLEASURE. 280 00:14:15,580 --> 00:14:17,050 YEAH. 281 00:14:17,050 --> 00:14:18,750 PARKER RETURNS HOME... 282 00:14:18,750 --> 00:14:20,150 PARKER! 283 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:21,790 GREAT TO SEE YOU. YOU TOO. 284 00:14:21,790 --> 00:14:25,830 ...TO FIND OUT IF HE HAS HIT HIS 1,000-OUNCE GOAL. 285 00:14:25,830 --> 00:14:28,800 1,029. 286 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:30,500 OH, MY GOSH! 287 00:14:30,500 --> 00:14:31,800 WOW. 288 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:32,900 [ LAUGHS ] 289 00:14:32,900 --> 00:14:35,100 Man: GEEZ. 290 00:14:35,100 --> 00:14:37,440 YOU MADE A GREAT DECISION. 291 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:39,510 $1 MILLION ON THE TABLE. 292 00:14:39,510 --> 00:14:41,010 NICE. 293 00:14:41,010 --> 00:14:44,410 Narrator: PARKER'S DREAM OF STRIKING IT BIG AS A GOLD MINER 294 00:14:44,410 --> 00:14:46,480 IS BECOMING A REALITY. 295 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,180 WE JUST FOUND $1.4 MILLION WORTH OF GOLD, 296 00:14:49,180 --> 00:14:53,390 AND IT WAS AN AMAZING CHALLENGE, 297 00:14:53,390 --> 00:14:55,860 PROBABLY THE HARDEST 6 MONTHS OF MY LIFE. 298 00:14:55,860 --> 00:14:57,620 BUT JUST SEEING MY GRANDPA'S FACE 299 00:14:57,630 --> 00:15:02,630 WHEN WE PUT ALL THAT DOWN ON THE TABLE MADE IT ALL WORTH IT. 300 00:15:18,410 --> 00:15:23,180 Narrator: IN 2014, MAVERICK MINE MOGUL TONY BEETS 301 00:15:23,180 --> 00:15:25,650 SETS OUT TO ACHIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLE. 302 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:34,730 THE DREDGE IS A RUN-DOWN 75-YEAR-OLD MONSTER MACHINE 303 00:15:34,730 --> 00:15:37,230 THAT HAS NOT WORKED IN DECADES. 304 00:15:46,470 --> 00:15:48,210 Man: ARE YOU NUTS? 305 00:15:48,210 --> 00:15:51,040 Man #2: THIS THING'S OLDER THAN WE ARE, TONY. 306 00:15:51,050 --> 00:15:54,550 FOR TONY, IT IS AN ENORMOUS GAMBLE, 307 00:15:54,550 --> 00:15:56,380 BUT WHEN THE DREDGE WAS RUNNING, 308 00:15:56,380 --> 00:15:59,690 IT PRODUCED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS' WORTH OF GOLD, 309 00:15:59,690 --> 00:16:02,720 AND IT ONLY TAKES A TWO-MAN CREW TO OPERATE. 310 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,400 IF HE CAN BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO IT, 311 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:12,200 TONY THINKS THE DREDGE WILL MINE GOLD 312 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:16,470 AT A QUARTER OF THE COST OF A REGULAR OPERATION. 313 00:16:16,470 --> 00:16:18,370 WHAT DO YOU THINK, MIKE? I DON'T KNOW. 314 00:16:18,370 --> 00:16:21,870 WHAT HAVE WE GOT OURSELVES INTO HERE? 315 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:26,350 HIS MISSION -- MOVE THE 350-TON DREDGE 316 00:16:26,350 --> 00:16:29,850 150 MILES TO EUREKA CREEK 317 00:16:29,850 --> 00:16:32,690 AND HAVE IT RUNNING BEFORE THE END OF THE SEASON. 318 00:16:48,470 --> 00:16:52,040 TONY BRINGS IN DAUGHTER MONICA AND SON KEVIN 319 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:55,140 TO DISMANTLE THE 14-TON BUCKET LADDER. 320 00:17:08,060 --> 00:17:11,390 Man: WHOA. WATCH THE LADDER, TONY. 321 00:17:11,390 --> 00:17:12,360 GO! 322 00:17:13,030 --> 00:17:14,090 Tony: WATCH OUT. 323 00:17:14,530 --> 00:17:16,760 [ THUD ] [BLEEP] 324 00:17:16,770 --> 00:17:19,070 NOW, THERE WAS A [BLEEP] 325 00:17:19,070 --> 00:17:22,240 IT SWUNG OUT, OVER, AND AROUND 326 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:26,070 AND JUST MISSED SMASHING INTO JERRY'S CABIN. 327 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:28,610 HEY! 328 00:17:28,610 --> 00:17:31,080 Narrator: BUT TONY'S NOT ABOUT TO STOP. 329 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:46,260 HE PUSHES HIS KIDS AND THEIR EQUIPMENT TO THE LIMIT. 330 00:17:46,260 --> 00:17:48,460 [ CRASH ] Monica: WHAT?! 331 00:17:48,460 --> 00:17:50,700 YOU BROKE MY NEW CHAIN. 332 00:17:50,700 --> 00:17:55,600 TONY'S WAY OF DOING THINGS IS WEIRD AND ODD, 333 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:57,370 BUT YOU DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO TO GET IT DONE. 334 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,650 Narrator: WITH 6 WEEKS LEFT OF THE SEASON, 335 00:18:09,650 --> 00:18:13,620 HE TRANSPORTS THE DREDGE TO HIS CLAIM AT EUREKA CREEK. 336 00:18:17,230 --> 00:18:19,690 DAYS BEFORE THE WINTER FREEZE, 337 00:18:19,690 --> 00:18:24,160 THE DREDGE IS FINALLY READY TO CATCH GOLD. 338 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:27,500 [ ENGINE STARTS ] 339 00:18:31,940 --> 00:18:34,910 IT'S A LITTLE WET, BUT, YEAH, IT WORKS. 340 00:18:34,910 --> 00:18:36,510 [ Laughing ] REALLY GOOD. 341 00:18:36,510 --> 00:18:40,110 PRETTY [BLEEP] COOL, ISN'T IT? 342 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:41,380 WHAT A NIGHT. YEAH. I KNOW. 343 00:18:41,380 --> 00:18:42,420 AH! 344 00:18:44,390 --> 00:18:46,590 THE MONSTER COMES ALIVE. 345 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:18,120 Parker: IT'S A LOT BIGGER THAN A FUNERAL. 346 00:19:19,190 --> 00:19:20,820 [ GUNSHOTS ] 347 00:19:24,460 --> 00:19:27,790 Narrator: APRIL THE 2nd, 2016. 348 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:29,930 THE SCHNABEL FAMILY GATHERS 349 00:19:29,930 --> 00:19:32,930 TO BID FAREWELL TO JOHN SCHNABEL, 350 00:19:32,930 --> 00:19:35,740 PARKER'S GRANDPA AND MENTOR. 351 00:19:35,740 --> 00:19:37,940 [ "TAPS" PLAYS ] 352 00:19:40,070 --> 00:19:41,940 Parker: OF COURSE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GONNA MEAN 353 00:19:41,940 --> 00:19:45,080 FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, BUT... 354 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:48,750 [SIGHS] 355 00:19:48,750 --> 00:19:50,850 IT'S NOT GONNA BE FUN. 356 00:19:55,620 --> 00:19:57,290 [ HORN HONKS ] 357 00:19:57,290 --> 00:19:59,030 THERE SHE IS. 358 00:19:59,030 --> 00:20:02,360 Narrator: DETERMINED TO LIVE UP TO HIS GRANDPA'S LEGACY, 359 00:20:02,360 --> 00:20:03,760 PARKER STARTS THE SEASON 360 00:20:03,770 --> 00:20:06,830 BY BRINGING IN A MASSIVE NEW WASH PLANT... 361 00:20:06,830 --> 00:20:08,500 [ THUNDER CRASHES ] 362 00:20:08,500 --> 00:20:10,700 SLUICIFER! 363 00:20:12,410 --> 00:20:15,580 ...AND RUNNING MORE DIRT THAN EVER BEFORE. 364 00:20:15,580 --> 00:20:17,680 Parker: WE'VE GOT TO GIVE IT EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT. 365 00:20:19,510 --> 00:20:23,020 Narrator: AND BY THE END OF THE SEASON... 366 00:20:23,020 --> 00:20:24,950 DOUMITT, WHAT'S OUR SEASON TOTAL? 367 00:20:24,950 --> 00:20:26,390 YOU READY FOR THIS ONE? 368 00:20:26,390 --> 00:20:28,720 HOW ABOUT 4,311 OUNCES? 369 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:31,990 -YEAH! -YEAH! 370 00:20:31,990 --> 00:20:34,560 [ GROUP CHEERING ] 371 00:20:36,300 --> 00:20:38,600 SO THAT'S JUST OVER 5 MILLION BUCKS' WORTH OF GOLD. 372 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:39,800 Man: WHOO! 373 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:42,070 OVER A MILLION MORE THAN LAST YEAR. 374 00:20:42,070 --> 00:20:44,940 BUT NONE OF THIS WOULD BE HAPPENING WITHOUT MY GRANDPA, 375 00:20:44,940 --> 00:20:49,240 AND IT'S BEEN A BIT OF A WEIRD SEASON WITHOUT HIM. 376 00:20:51,780 --> 00:20:54,410 HE DEFINITELY WAS A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO. 377 00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:55,450 -HELLO. -CHEERS. 378 00:20:55,450 --> 00:20:56,580 -TO GRANDPA JOHN. -TO GRANDPA JOHN. 379 00:20:56,580 --> 00:20:58,520 -TO GRANDPA JOHN. -TO JOHN. 380 00:21:06,730 --> 00:21:09,060 I REALLY NEED RICK AND BIG RED TO STEP UP. 381 00:21:09,060 --> 00:21:11,630 RICK PROMISED 2,500 OUNCES OF GOLD, 382 00:21:11,630 --> 00:21:14,770 AND HE'S GOT TO DELIVER ON THAT. 383 00:21:14,770 --> 00:21:16,570 Narrator: IN THE NEXT SEASON, 384 00:21:16,570 --> 00:21:19,510 PARKER PILES THE PRESSURE ON FOREMAN RICK 385 00:21:19,510 --> 00:21:22,640 TO HIT HIS AMBITIOUS 5,000-OUNCE GOAL. 386 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:24,940 Parker: THIS IS THE SECOND TIME YOU'VE CHANGED THE MINING PLAN 387 00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:26,050 WITHOUT TALKING TO ME. 388 00:21:26,050 --> 00:21:27,380 THAT AIN'T OKAY, RICK. 389 00:21:27,380 --> 00:21:29,020 Rick: ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT ME TO PACK MY [BLEEP] THEN? 390 00:21:29,020 --> 00:21:30,420 THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING, RICK. 391 00:21:30,420 --> 00:21:33,990 I'M JUST SAYING THAT YOU DON'T SEEM TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. 392 00:21:33,990 --> 00:21:36,420 Rick: IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T LIKE IT THAT HE SHOWS UP DOWN HERE. 393 00:21:36,420 --> 00:21:38,390 IT'S THAT HE ALWAYS OVERLOOKS GREAT PROGRESS 394 00:21:38,390 --> 00:21:40,390 TO TRY TO TEAR YOU DOWN. 395 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:44,800 YOU KNOW, NOBODY WANTS TO BUST THEIR ASS AND BE HASSLED FOR IT. 396 00:21:47,370 --> 00:21:50,840 Narrator: IN THE END, DESPITE A RECORD GOLD WEIGH... 397 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:55,440 OUR 5,000-OUNCE GOLD TURNED OUT TO BE 6,280 OUNCES. 398 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,010 [ GROUP CHEERING ] 399 00:21:57,010 --> 00:21:58,580 Man: YEAH! 400 00:21:58,580 --> 00:22:00,350 ...RICK HAS MADE A DECISION 401 00:22:00,350 --> 00:22:03,750 THAT WILL TRANSFORM HIS LIFE FOREVER. 402 00:22:06,090 --> 00:22:08,550 Rick: I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR PARKER FOR 6 YEARS, 403 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,160 BUT I'M DONE WORKING FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. 404 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:13,360 I WANT TO WORK FOR MYSELF. 405 00:22:13,360 --> 00:22:15,090 I'LL EITHER BE BROKE, 406 00:22:15,100 --> 00:22:17,900 OR I'LL HAVE MY OWN SUCCESSFUL GOLD-MINING OPERATION 407 00:22:17,900 --> 00:22:19,330 AND A PILE OF GOLD. 408 00:22:26,140 --> 00:22:28,140 Narrator: OVER 8 YEARS OF MINING, 409 00:22:28,140 --> 00:22:30,680 TODD HOFFMAN HAS MIXED RESULTS. 410 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:32,880 WE GOT HERE EARLY. WE'RE GONNA GET IT SET UP. 411 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:34,410 WE'RE GONNA KICK SOME ASS. 412 00:22:34,420 --> 00:22:37,050 AFTER A DISASTROUS SEASON IN OREGON, 413 00:22:37,050 --> 00:22:40,920 HE PERSUADES HIS CREW TO COME TO A NEW CLAIM IN COLORADO. 414 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,720 GUYS, WE GOT A REAL SHOT AT THIS, 415 00:22:43,730 --> 00:22:46,030 BUT EVERYBODY'S GOT TO BELIEVE IT. 416 00:22:46,030 --> 00:22:50,260 BUT THE FRUSTRATED MINERS ARE PUSHED TO THE BREAKING POINT. 417 00:22:52,470 --> 00:22:55,300 UH, SOMETHING JUST BROKE ON THIS TRUCK. 418 00:22:56,670 --> 00:23:00,640 OH. THAT U-JOINT'S ALL [BLEEP] UP. 419 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:02,940 FREDDY! 420 00:23:02,940 --> 00:23:04,810 WE NEED TO SHUT HER DOWN. 421 00:23:04,810 --> 00:23:06,280 WELL, THAT'S KIND OF [BLEEP] TODD. 422 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,220 I FOUGHT ALL FRICKING SUMMER TO GET THIS RUNNING. 423 00:23:09,220 --> 00:23:12,250 BUT WE'RE BROKEN BY THIS SEASON. 424 00:23:12,250 --> 00:23:13,650 WE FAILED. 425 00:23:13,650 --> 00:23:15,860 SORRY, BUT WE'RE DONE. 426 00:23:15,860 --> 00:23:20,090 Narrator: FINALLY, THE HOFFMAN CREW CALLS IT QUITS. 427 00:23:20,090 --> 00:23:23,600 IT'S TIME. IT'S OVER. 428 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,360 I'M NOT MINING ANYMORE. 429 00:23:28,370 --> 00:23:32,570 Narrator: AFTER ONE MINE BOSS QUITS, ANOTHER BEGINS. 430 00:23:32,570 --> 00:23:34,810 I'VE NEVER HAD THIS MUCH RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE. 431 00:23:34,810 --> 00:23:38,240 I'VE NEVER PUT, YOU KNOW, MY OWN MONEY ON THE LINE LIKE THIS. 432 00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:41,910 Narrator: IN 2018, RICK NESS LEAVES PARKER 433 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,420 TO TAKE A CHANCE ON RUNNING HIS OWN CLAIM. 434 00:23:45,420 --> 00:23:47,190 Man: WE FINALLY MADE IT. 435 00:23:47,190 --> 00:23:49,260 RIGHT HERE, GUYS, IS OUR [BLEEP] FREEDOM. 436 00:23:51,230 --> 00:23:53,630 Man: LET'S FIND THAT MILLION BUCKS. 437 00:23:53,630 --> 00:23:56,000 Narrator: HE BRINGS IN A ROOKIE CREW OF BUDDIES 438 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,560 FROM HIS HOMETOWN, MILWAUKEE. 439 00:24:00,030 --> 00:24:01,870 I'VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF IDIOTS, 440 00:24:01,870 --> 00:24:03,870 AND I TOOK GREAT CARE TO MAKE SURE 441 00:24:03,870 --> 00:24:05,440 I DIDN'T BRING ANY IDIOTS UP WITH ME. 442 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,140 WHOO! 443 00:24:09,610 --> 00:24:11,610 Narrator: AT THE START OF THE SEASON, 444 00:24:11,610 --> 00:24:16,450 RICK DROPS $180,000 ON A WASH PLANT. 445 00:24:16,450 --> 00:24:18,120 YEE-HEE-HEE! YES! 446 00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:20,250 -HEY, BUD. -LOOK AT THAT. 447 00:24:20,250 --> 00:24:21,850 Rick: THIS IS THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BASTARD 448 00:24:21,860 --> 00:24:25,890 THAT'S GONNA CATCH ALL THE GOLD FOR US THIS YEAR. 449 00:24:25,890 --> 00:24:29,460 FIRE IT UP. [ ENGINE STARTS ] 450 00:24:29,460 --> 00:24:31,530 I'M GONNA PUT A BUCKET OF DIRT IN. 451 00:24:38,070 --> 00:24:40,370 IT'S LIKE WE'RE FINALLY GOLD MINING, MAN. 452 00:24:40,370 --> 00:24:42,610 THIS IS A WICKED DAY. THIS IS HUGE. 453 00:24:48,180 --> 00:24:50,950 Narrator: IN THE FINAL GOLD WEIGH OF HIS FIRST SEASON, 454 00:24:50,950 --> 00:24:55,450 RICK NEEDS 27 OUNCES TO HIT HIS 1,000-OUNCE GOAL... 455 00:24:57,590 --> 00:24:59,630 THAT'S 20. 456 00:24:59,630 --> 00:25:02,900 ...AND PROVE HE HAS A FUTURE AS A MINE BOSS. 457 00:25:02,900 --> 00:25:04,060 THERE'S OUR 27 OUNCES. 458 00:25:04,070 --> 00:25:05,160 -YEAH! -OH, YEAH! 459 00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:07,130 -HUH? HUH? -YEAH! 460 00:25:07,130 --> 00:25:08,970 Man: THERE YOU GO. 461 00:25:08,970 --> 00:25:10,440 THERE'S ANOTHER 100 OR SO. 462 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:12,100 -OHH! -OHH! 463 00:25:12,110 --> 00:25:14,210 -YEAH! -WHOA! 464 00:25:14,210 --> 00:25:17,480 THE FINAL GOLD WEIGH -- 132.49 OUNCES. 465 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:19,110 -NO! -WE'RE OVER 1,100. 466 00:25:19,110 --> 00:25:21,280 NICE. 1,105. 467 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,880 Narrator: WORTH $1.3 MILLION. 468 00:25:24,890 --> 00:25:28,150 I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, BELIEVING IN ME 469 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,160 'CAUSE I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU GUYS, EVERY ONE. 470 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,960 THAT BEING SAID, I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU GUYS. 471 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:34,860 -OH. -GOT A LITTLE BUCKET HERE. 472 00:25:34,860 --> 00:25:36,830 IT'S GOT SIX JARS IN IT. 473 00:25:36,830 --> 00:25:39,300 Man: WOW. [ CLAPPING ] 474 00:25:39,300 --> 00:25:40,800 OH, MAN. 475 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:42,900 THERE'S A LITTLE OVER 50 OUNCES IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE JARS. 476 00:25:42,900 --> 00:25:44,000 THREE. 477 00:25:44,010 --> 00:25:45,540 -YAY! YAY! 478 00:25:52,950 --> 00:25:56,780 Narrator: IN THE 2018 SEASON, PARKER IS ONCE AGAIN 479 00:25:56,780 --> 00:26:00,820 MINING GROUND LEASED FROM LANDLORD TONY BEETS. 480 00:26:00,820 --> 00:26:03,060 Parker: WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THINGS TO BREAK FREE RIGHT NOW. 481 00:26:03,060 --> 00:26:05,260 IT'S ALL FROZEN UP. 482 00:26:05,260 --> 00:26:08,890 Narrator: AS THE SEASON ENDS, HE FIGHTS THE YUKON WINTER 483 00:26:08,900 --> 00:26:12,530 IN THE HUNT FOR A 7,000-OUNCE TARGET. 484 00:26:12,530 --> 00:26:14,130 Parker: AND GO GET ONE OF THEM BIG OLD TANKS 485 00:26:14,140 --> 00:26:18,100 AND PLUMB IT IN HERE AND KEEP HER HOT AS WE CAN. 486 00:26:18,110 --> 00:26:22,010 TO STOP SLUICIFER FREEZING UP, HE RUNS A PROPANE TORCH 487 00:26:22,010 --> 00:26:24,080 ON THE TAILING'S CONVEYOR. 488 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:26,810 KEEP AS MUCH HEAT IN THERE AS WE CAN. 489 00:26:26,810 --> 00:26:27,910 GOOD JOB, GUYS. 490 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:29,280 LET'S GO AHEAD AND FIRE THIS THING UP. 491 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:30,820 Man: GO HIT THE SHAKER. 492 00:26:39,660 --> 00:26:42,430 Parker: THIS PAY IS STARTING TO GET QUITE CHUNKY. 493 00:26:42,430 --> 00:26:44,430 IT'S FREEZING UP ON US A BIT. 494 00:26:44,430 --> 00:26:47,830 Narrator: PARKER AND TYSON SLUICE INTO THE NIGHT. 495 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:49,000 [ THUD ] 496 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:50,770 OH [BLEEP] 497 00:26:50,770 --> 00:26:53,670 BUT FROZEN PAY DIRT CLOGS THE HOPPER FEEDER. 498 00:26:53,670 --> 00:26:55,210 IT'S NOT GOOD, MAN. 499 00:26:55,210 --> 00:26:58,140 [BLEEP] LOOK AT THAT! 500 00:26:58,150 --> 00:27:00,280 OH [BLEEP] 501 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:01,950 [BLEEP] 502 00:27:01,950 --> 00:27:03,580 THE PLANT'S ON FIRE! 503 00:27:05,890 --> 00:27:07,850 STOPPING THE SLUICIFER WITH THE TORCHES 504 00:27:07,860 --> 00:27:11,660 STILL RUNNING HAS SET FIRE TO THE RUBBER CONVEYOR. 505 00:27:11,660 --> 00:27:13,830 WE'LL NEED ANOTHER ONE. GO GET ANOTHER ONE. 506 00:27:13,830 --> 00:27:16,200 NO. NO. 507 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,360 HOLY [BLEEP] 508 00:27:18,370 --> 00:27:20,070 Man: WE'RE GONNA NEED SOMETHING ELSE. 509 00:27:20,070 --> 00:27:22,400 OKAY. I'M GONNA TURN ON THE WATER. 510 00:27:24,610 --> 00:27:27,670 [ COUGHING ] 511 00:27:29,510 --> 00:27:31,180 [BLEEP] 512 00:27:34,550 --> 00:27:38,420 I MEAN, OUR 7,000-OUNCE GOAL MAY HAVE JUST GONE UP IN FLAMES. 513 00:27:38,420 --> 00:27:40,420 WHO KNOWS? 514 00:27:43,460 --> 00:27:46,860 Narrator: WITH THE SEASON OVER, PARKER GATHERS HIS CREW 515 00:27:46,860 --> 00:27:50,800 TO FIND OUT IF THEY'VE MADE IT TO 7,000 OUNCES. 516 00:27:51,930 --> 00:27:53,600 OUR SEASON TOTAL -- 517 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:58,570 7,427.25 OUNCES. 518 00:27:58,570 --> 00:28:03,140 PARKER HAS MINED $9 MILLION WORTH OF GOLD -- 519 00:28:03,140 --> 00:28:05,580 HIS BIGGEST-EVER HAUL. 520 00:28:05,580 --> 00:28:08,210 THIS SEASON STARTED OUT AS ONE OF THE WORST SEASONS 521 00:28:08,220 --> 00:28:10,750 WE'VE EVER HAD AND ENDED UP THE ABSOLUTE BEST. 522 00:28:10,750 --> 00:28:11,920 -YEAH. -CHEERS. 523 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:13,150 -CHEERS, GUYS. -WHOO! 524 00:28:13,150 --> 00:28:14,190 -WHOO! -YEAH! 525 00:28:14,190 --> 00:28:15,520 Man: RIGHT ON. 526 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:21,560 Narrator: BUT PARKER STILL HAS UNFINISHED BUSINESS 527 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:24,160 BEFORE HE HEADS FOR HOME. 528 00:28:24,170 --> 00:28:25,800 YEAH. 529 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:28,930 HE'S MAKING HIS LAST-EVER ROYALTY PAYMENT 530 00:28:28,940 --> 00:28:30,770 TO LANDLORD TONY... 531 00:28:30,770 --> 00:28:32,740 THERE IT IS, 1,000 OUNCES. 532 00:28:32,740 --> 00:28:36,580 ...WORTH $1.2 MILLION. 533 00:28:38,050 --> 00:28:40,880 I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 534 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,450 LAST TIME [BLEEP] DOING THAT. 535 00:28:50,730 --> 00:28:52,060 I'M FREE! 536 00:29:07,980 --> 00:29:09,110 Narrator: COMING UP... 537 00:29:09,110 --> 00:29:10,880 WHOO! [ LAUGHS ] 538 00:29:11,980 --> 00:29:13,350 Rick: HOLY [BLEEP] 539 00:29:13,350 --> 00:29:17,080 Narrator: ...ON THE ALL-NEW SEASON OF "GOLD RUSH"... 540 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:18,880 WE'RE GONNA WEAR EVERYBODY OUT AND BREAK 541 00:29:18,890 --> 00:29:20,720 EVERY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WE GOT. 542 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:21,820 [ CRASH ] 543 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:39,100 Narrator: AT THE START OF THE SEASON... 544 00:29:44,850 --> 00:29:48,550 ...THE BEETS FAMILY IS AHEAD OF THE GAME. 545 00:29:48,550 --> 00:29:50,350 WELL, WE HAD A GREAT START TO THE SEASON, 546 00:29:50,350 --> 00:29:52,080 AND WE GOT SO MUCH PAY DIRT OPENED UP, 547 00:29:52,090 --> 00:29:53,650 SO MANY CUTS READY TO GO. 548 00:29:53,650 --> 00:29:55,720 PRETTY GOOD START. 549 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:59,320 Narrator: KIDS KEVIN, MIKE, AND MONICA 550 00:29:59,330 --> 00:30:02,390 ARE ALREADY SLUICING PAY DIRT... 551 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:03,960 NEW YEAR, NEW BEGINNINGS. 552 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,060 PRETTY PUMPED FOR IT, ACTUALLY. 553 00:30:06,070 --> 00:30:09,030 Narrator: ...WHEN TONY CALLS AN EMERGENCY MEETING. 554 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:15,910 MAN: Go. 555 00:30:19,610 --> 00:30:21,280 I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. 556 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:22,710 GOT TO SHUT IT DOWN. 557 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,050 [ ENGINE POWERS OFF ] 558 00:30:28,390 --> 00:30:30,320 WE DON'T HAVE A WATER LICENSE. 559 00:30:34,030 --> 00:30:35,530 WE HAVE TO LEAVE. 560 00:30:37,460 --> 00:30:38,900 Kevin: SO, WHAT'S THAT MEAN? 561 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:49,540 HOW LONG DO WE GOT TILL WE GOT TO BE OUT? 562 00:30:59,650 --> 00:31:02,320 Narrator: FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 35 YEARS, 563 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:04,490 TONY'S PERMIT TO MINE GROUND 564 00:31:04,490 --> 00:31:06,930 HE'S ALREADY INVESTED MILLIONS IN 565 00:31:06,930 --> 00:31:09,030 HAS NOT BEEN RENEWED IN TIME. 566 00:31:18,670 --> 00:31:20,370 [ CAWING ] 567 00:31:27,210 --> 00:31:29,820 TONY HAS JUST 4 DAYS TO CLEAR 568 00:31:29,820 --> 00:31:32,820 ALL HIS MINING EQUIPMENT OFF THE CLAIM. 569 00:31:43,830 --> 00:31:48,870 FIRST UP, HIS 50-TON WASH PLANT. 570 00:31:51,170 --> 00:31:52,440 YOU SURE YOU GOT THE WEIGHT? 571 00:31:53,940 --> 00:31:55,670 Tony: GOOD. 572 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:56,840 [BLEEP] GO. 573 00:32:07,820 --> 00:32:09,190 I DON'T SEE IT FOR [BLEEP] 574 00:32:19,330 --> 00:32:20,570 [ WHISTLES ] 575 00:32:24,710 --> 00:32:26,040 THAT WAS CLOSE. 576 00:32:36,820 --> 00:32:39,220 Narrator: WITH JUST HOURS TO SPARE, 577 00:32:39,220 --> 00:32:43,090 TONY GETS THE MONSTER WASH PLANT SAFELY OFF THE CLAIM. 578 00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:58,170 COME ON. 579 00:32:58,170 --> 00:33:01,040 Narrator: RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO TONY'S CLAIM, 580 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:04,580 PARKER IS FINALLY FULFILLING A LIFETIME AMBITION 581 00:33:04,580 --> 00:33:06,380 TO MINE HIS OWN GROUND. 582 00:33:06,380 --> 00:33:07,550 HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? 583 00:33:07,550 --> 00:33:09,650 -HEY, MAN. -HI, PARKER. 584 00:33:09,650 --> 00:33:13,350 Narrator: BUT HE'S NOT ESCAPED THE KLONDIKE CRISIS. 585 00:33:13,350 --> 00:33:16,220 WE'RE HAVING MASSIVE PERMITTING ISSUES OUT HERE, 586 00:33:16,220 --> 00:33:18,920 AND WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH WATER LICENSES 587 00:33:18,930 --> 00:33:21,630 THAT ALLOW US TO MINE THE GROUND. 588 00:33:21,630 --> 00:33:23,200 THE GOOD NEWS IS, THIS PIECE OF GROUND 589 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,400 THAT WE BOUGHT HAS 1 YEAR LEFT. 590 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,230 THE BAD NEWS IS, WE JUST CAN'T RISK 591 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,500 HAVING UNMINED GROUND THAT'S UNLICENSED. 592 00:33:31,510 --> 00:33:36,610 SO WE HAVE TO MINE THE WHOLE PIECE OF GROUND OUT THIS SEASON. 593 00:33:36,610 --> 00:33:38,040 THE WHOLE THING? 594 00:33:38,050 --> 00:33:40,110 THAT'S AT LEAST TWICE THE GROUND 595 00:33:40,110 --> 00:33:42,380 THAT WE MINED THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. 596 00:33:42,380 --> 00:33:43,850 I KNOW IT'S A BIG ASK. 597 00:33:43,850 --> 00:33:45,650 WE PAID HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THESE CLAIMS, 598 00:33:45,650 --> 00:33:48,420 SO WE REALLY CAN'T AFFORD TO LEAVE ANY GOLD IN THE GROUND. 599 00:33:48,420 --> 00:33:50,690 IF IT WAS YOUR GUYS' MONEY, WOULD YOU RISK IT? 600 00:33:50,690 --> 00:33:52,090 Man: NOPE. 601 00:33:52,090 --> 00:33:53,690 WE'VE GOT TO TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO GET IT DONE. 602 00:33:53,690 --> 00:33:55,490 -LET'S GO. -ALL RIGHT. 603 00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:56,600 Man: COPY THAT. 604 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:57,830 I'VE GOT TOO MUCH MONEY INVESTED 605 00:33:57,830 --> 00:33:59,160 NOT TO GET THROUGH ALL THIS STUFF, 606 00:33:59,170 --> 00:34:03,070 SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT. 607 00:34:03,070 --> 00:34:06,810 Narrator: WITH SO MUCH MONEY SUNK INTO BUYING HIS OWN CLAIM, 608 00:34:06,810 --> 00:34:08,170 PARKER IS DETERMINED 609 00:34:08,180 --> 00:34:12,640 NOT TO LEAVE A SINGLE OUNCE OF GOLD BEHIND. 610 00:34:12,650 --> 00:34:15,080 BUT TO GET TO GOLD-RICH PAY DIRT, 611 00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:20,050 HE NEEDS TO CLEAR 600,000 YARDS OF WORTHLESS OVERBURDEN. 612 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,990 WE'RE JUST UP AGAINST THE CLOCK, AND, YOU KNOW, 613 00:34:24,990 --> 00:34:27,590 THE NICEST PLACE TO PUT IT WOULD BE ON TONY'S SIDE. 614 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:32,130 THAT WOULD BE SO SIMPLE FOR US. 615 00:34:32,130 --> 00:34:33,730 THAT WOULD GET US WAY AHEAD, WON'T IT? 616 00:34:33,730 --> 00:34:35,530 YEP, DEFINITELY. 617 00:34:35,540 --> 00:34:38,070 [ LAUGHS ] 618 00:34:38,070 --> 00:34:42,910 TO SAVE TIME, PARKER'S CREW DUMPS THE OVERBURDEN 619 00:34:42,910 --> 00:34:46,280 ACROSS THE LINE ONTO TONY BEETS' GROUND... 620 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:48,810 COME ON. LET'S [BLEEP] GO. 621 00:34:48,820 --> 00:34:50,720 ...SCRAMBLING TO GET IT DONE 622 00:34:50,720 --> 00:34:53,820 BEFORE TONY'S PERMIT RUNS OUT AT MIDNIGHT. 623 00:34:53,820 --> 00:34:56,090 Man: WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY DOWN HERE WORKING, 624 00:34:56,090 --> 00:34:59,120 AND THEY EVEN GOT THE MECHANICS IN THE CAT. 625 00:35:01,660 --> 00:35:05,730 [ CLATTERING ] 626 00:35:05,730 --> 00:35:08,330 OH, MY [BLEEP] 627 00:35:11,370 --> 00:35:14,140 [ SIGHS ] OH-HO-HO. 628 00:35:14,140 --> 00:35:16,170 I JUST THREW A [BLEEP] TRACK. 629 00:35:19,110 --> 00:35:21,550 SOMETIMES, YOU CAN GET THESE THINGS TO POP RIGHT BACK ON. 630 00:35:21,550 --> 00:35:23,320 I'VE NEVER BEEN GOOD AT DOING IT. 631 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:26,520 SOME PEOPLE CAN DO IT LIKE THEY'RE PROS. 632 00:35:28,690 --> 00:35:32,620 I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. 633 00:35:32,630 --> 00:35:36,730 Narrator: IF PARKER CAN'T GET HIS EXCAVATOR OFF TONY'S GROUND, 634 00:35:36,730 --> 00:35:39,630 HE, TOO, WILL BE LIABLE FOR A FINE. 635 00:35:39,630 --> 00:35:41,500 I'M GOING FOR IT. 636 00:35:45,270 --> 00:35:47,110 [BLEEP] 637 00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:58,450 [ SIGHS ] 638 00:35:58,450 --> 00:36:00,350 TIME'S UP. 639 00:36:00,350 --> 00:36:03,690 I'M ON MY SIDE OF THE LINE. 640 00:36:03,690 --> 00:36:08,430 I'M MISSING A LEG, BUT WE NAILED SOME DIRT IN THAT. 641 00:36:08,430 --> 00:36:12,400 Narrator: HE'S BROKEN A TRACK, BUT WHEN MIDNIGHT STRIKES... 642 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:14,400 [ HORN HONKS ] 643 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:19,440 ...AT LEAST PARKER'S CREW HAS GOTTEN RID OF HIS OVERBURDEN. 644 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:20,840 ALL RIGHT. THANKS, GUYS. 645 00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:22,770 -OKAY. -HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. 646 00:36:25,180 --> 00:36:26,710 GOOD DAYS. 647 00:36:26,710 --> 00:36:28,950 TIME TO GET SLUICING BY THE END OF THE WEEK. 648 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:55,540 NOT TOO BAD. 649 00:36:55,540 --> 00:36:56,780 WE'RE DEFINITELY UP AGAINST IT 650 00:36:56,780 --> 00:36:58,540 WITH THESE LICENSING ISSUES, THOUGH. 651 00:37:17,130 --> 00:37:18,560 YEAH. 652 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:25,440 WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT, BASICALLY, 653 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:28,340 I'VE GOT CONTROL WHETHER YOU CAN STAY IN YOUR CAMP OR NOT. 654 00:37:31,140 --> 00:37:32,840 GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON NOT TO TELL YOU 655 00:37:32,850 --> 00:37:34,250 TO GO [BLEEP] YOURSELF. 656 00:38:01,910 --> 00:38:04,580 Narrator: IN HIS 2019 SEASON, 657 00:38:04,580 --> 00:38:07,950 RICK NESS STARTS OUT BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL. 658 00:38:07,950 --> 00:38:10,450 HE HAS NOWHERE TO MINE. 659 00:38:10,450 --> 00:38:12,280 I THINK -- I DON'T THINK I CAN GET ANYTHING 660 00:38:12,290 --> 00:38:14,120 BETTER THAN OKAY IN THE KLONDIKE. 661 00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:17,120 YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S GIVING OUT GOOD GROUND ANYMORE, 662 00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:18,860 AND EVEN THE GUYS THAT HAVE IT, 663 00:38:18,860 --> 00:38:21,260 I MEAN, THEY'RE STRUGGLING, TOO, WITH THEIR WATER PERMITS, 664 00:38:21,260 --> 00:38:24,830 AND I REALLY JUST THINK THAT THE KLONDIKE'S DEAD. 665 00:38:24,830 --> 00:38:28,170 HE AND HIS DAD, RICK SR., ARE ON A MISSION. 666 00:38:28,170 --> 00:38:32,400 FROM HIS OLD CLAIM IN THE KLONDIKE, 667 00:38:32,410 --> 00:38:37,040 RICK'S NOW 125 MILES EAST IN THE HILLS ABOVE KENO 668 00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:40,680 ON A QUEST FOR A MOUNTAIN OF NUGGETS... 669 00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:42,010 HI. RICK. STUART 670 00:38:42,020 --> 00:38:43,850 STUART? NICE TO MEET YOU. 671 00:38:43,850 --> 00:38:48,690 Narrator: ...OWNED BY FATHER-AND-SON MINERS DEAN AND STUART GRAY. 672 00:38:48,690 --> 00:38:50,360 INTERESTING PLACE YOU GOT HERE. 673 00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:51,990 Dean: THANK YOU. 674 00:38:51,990 --> 00:38:53,530 IT'S BEAUTIFUL. THAT'S FOR SURE. 675 00:38:53,530 --> 00:38:55,590 YEAH. YEAH, IT'S A PRETTY COOL VALLEY. 676 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:56,960 YEAH. 677 00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,930 THERE'S PONDS ARE ALREADY SET UP, SETTLING PONDS, 678 00:38:59,930 --> 00:39:01,770 AND THERE'S ANOTHER SETUP THERE. 679 00:39:01,770 --> 00:39:02,970 POTENTIALLY, I COULD GET SET UP 680 00:39:02,970 --> 00:39:05,140 TO GET GOLD COMING IN RIGHT AWAY. 681 00:39:05,140 --> 00:39:06,400 IT'S... MM-HMM. 682 00:39:06,410 --> 00:39:07,510 IT SOUNDS LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE. 683 00:39:07,510 --> 00:39:08,910 -AND THERE WILL BE GOLD THERE. -YEAH. 684 00:39:08,910 --> 00:39:13,240 AND OUR VALUES ARE ANYWHERE FROM .3 TO .6 OUNCES AN HOUR 685 00:39:13,250 --> 00:39:15,750 AT 80 TO 100 YARDS AN HOUR. 686 00:39:17,820 --> 00:39:20,990 SO THAT'S -- I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY SIMILAR 687 00:39:20,990 --> 00:39:23,050 TO WHAT I HAD LAST YEAR IN THE KLONDIKE, 688 00:39:23,060 --> 00:39:26,590 AND I HAD A PRETTY ROUGH TIME MAKING THAT WORK, HONESTLY. 689 00:39:26,590 --> 00:39:27,860 YEAH. YEAH. 690 00:39:27,860 --> 00:39:30,730 WE GET THAT, BUT WE HAVE SOMETHING 691 00:39:30,730 --> 00:39:34,270 THAT WE'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU THAT MIGHT CHANGE YOUR MIND. 692 00:39:34,270 --> 00:39:36,130 HMM. 693 00:39:38,310 --> 00:39:42,210 Dean: THE POTENTIAL FROM WHAT WE KNOW IS HUGE. 694 00:39:42,210 --> 00:39:44,040 [ Laughing ] NO WAY. 695 00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:46,180 HOLY [BLEEP] 696 00:39:46,180 --> 00:39:48,680 THAT'S UNREAL. 697 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:51,380 FOUR OF THESE A DAY, I DON'T EVEN NEED A CREW HERE. 698 00:39:51,390 --> 00:39:52,850 Narrator: EACH OF THESE NUGGETS 699 00:39:52,850 --> 00:39:56,620 IS WORTH THE BEST PART OF $10,000. 700 00:39:56,620 --> 00:39:58,820 WOW. SO, NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT MY INTEREST -- 701 00:39:58,830 --> 00:40:00,860 WHAT'S THAT PHRASE? SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY? 702 00:40:00,860 --> 00:40:04,560 [ BOTH LAUGH ] 703 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:08,000 FINDING THAT IN A SLUICE BOX, LIKE, THAT'LL DRIVE A GUY NUTS. 704 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,730 WELL, IT DRIVES THE HUNT. 705 00:40:09,740 --> 00:40:12,270 ANY GEOLOGIST WILL TELL YOU BY LOOKING AT SOME OF THAT, 706 00:40:12,270 --> 00:40:14,840 THAT WE'RE NOT VERY FAR FROM THE SOURCE. 707 00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:16,240 I THINK THERE'S POTENTIAL HERE. YEAH. 708 00:40:16,240 --> 00:40:19,210 OKAY. WELL, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE DATA THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, 709 00:40:19,210 --> 00:40:21,080 AND WE'LL SUPPORT YOU WITH IT. 710 00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:22,950 IF YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE ME THE GUIDANCE THAT YOU'RE OFFERING, 711 00:40:22,950 --> 00:40:24,250 I THINK THAT... 712 00:40:24,250 --> 00:40:26,280 I THINK WE CAN KNOCK THIS ONE OUT OF THE PARK. 713 00:40:26,290 --> 00:40:28,090 YOU GOT HER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, GUYS. 714 00:40:28,090 --> 00:40:29,250 GOOD DEAL. APPRECIATE IT. 715 00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:30,990 OKAY, MAN. THANK YOU. I'LL BE IN TOUCH. 716 00:40:30,990 --> 00:40:34,460 Rick: I'VE GOT A PLACE TO MINE, AND I'M OUT OF THE KLONDIKE. 717 00:40:34,460 --> 00:40:38,100 Narrator: IN THE UPCOMING SEASON OF "GOLD RUSH," 718 00:40:38,100 --> 00:40:40,530 THE STAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER. 719 00:40:40,530 --> 00:40:42,130 [ GRUNTS ] CHECK IT OUT. 720 00:40:42,140 --> 00:40:43,900 I CAN PULL THIS WHOLE THING MYSELF. 721 00:40:46,510 --> 00:40:47,910 YEAH! 722 00:40:47,910 --> 00:40:50,210 IF YOU'RE NOT WRECKING [BLEEP] YOU'RE NOT WORKING. 723 00:40:50,210 --> 00:40:51,380 OH [BLEEP] 724 00:40:51,380 --> 00:40:52,810 SHUT IT DOWN! 725 00:40:52,810 --> 00:40:56,450 Narrator: EACH MINER COULD LOSE IT ALL. 726 00:40:56,450 --> 00:40:58,120 HOLY [BLEEP] 727 00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:01,050 [ LAUGHS ] -HEY! WATCH YOURSELF. 728 00:41:02,420 --> 00:41:03,760 WELL, NOT MY FIRST RODEO. 729 00:41:05,590 --> 00:41:07,130 LOOK AT THAT. 730 00:41:07,130 --> 00:41:08,390 I SEE SOME GOLD, RICK. 731 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:09,830 Rick: OH, BABY. 732 00:41:09,830 --> 00:41:11,230 HOO-HA! 733 00:41:11,230 --> 00:41:12,360 THERE'S GOLD. 734 00:41:12,370 --> 00:41:15,230 HAVE TO BE NICE. SERIOUSLY. 735 00:41:16,470 --> 00:41:19,100 Narrator: THEY ARE CONSTANTLY REMINDED... 736 00:41:19,110 --> 00:41:21,640 WHAT IN THE [BLEEP] IS GOING ON OVER THERE? 737 00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:22,840 Man: DOZER JUST EXPLODED. 738 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:25,340 NOTHING BUT [BLEEP] SMOKE IN THE CUT. 739 00:41:25,350 --> 00:41:27,550 Narrator: ...THAT EVERYTHING THEY'VE WORKED FOR... 740 00:41:27,550 --> 00:41:29,010 Man: RUN THAT DITCH. 741 00:41:29,020 --> 00:41:30,480 HOLY [BLEEP] 742 00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:33,890 ...COULD BE GONE IN AN INSTANT. 743 00:41:33,890 --> 00:41:35,550 Man #2: WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FALLING OUT OF THE SKY, 744 00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:36,790 THAT MEANS HE'S COMING IN. 745 00:41:36,790 --> 00:41:38,460 OH [BLEEP] 746 00:41:38,460 --> 00:41:40,230 [ CRASH ] 747 00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:45,360 Tony: WE'VE BEEN HERE NOW 38 YEARS, 748 00:41:45,370 --> 00:41:48,230 AND IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. 749 00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:50,500 THIS IS MASSIVE. 750 00:41:50,500 --> 00:41:52,370 LOOKS LIKE AN ATOMIC BOMB. 751 00:41:55,210 --> 00:41:56,570 SO, AM I A LITTLE BIT EXCITED? 752 00:41:56,580 --> 00:41:58,240 [BLEEP] RIGHT I'M A LITTLE BIT EXCITED. 752 00:41:59,305 --> 00:42:59,471