"Gold Rush" Shutdown, But Not Out

1 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:04,130 Narrator: ON THIS "GOLD RUSH"... 2 00:00:04,130 --> 00:00:06,770 AS THE MINING SEASON BEGINS, 3 00:00:06,770 --> 00:00:09,470 THE PRICE OF GOLD ROCKETS. 4 00:00:09,470 --> 00:00:12,470 GOLD PRICES HIT A SEVEN-YEAR HIGH. 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,140 Narrator: BUT A PANDEMIC GRIPS THE WORLD. 6 00:00:15,140 --> 00:00:17,310 BREAKING NEWS -- THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 7 00:00:17,310 --> 00:00:20,280 OFFICIALLY DECLARING THE CORONAVIRUS A PANDEMIC. 8 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:22,630 THE COUNTRY OF CANADA IS NOW DENYING ENTRY 9 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:23,770 TO ALMOST EVERYONE. 10 00:00:26,270 --> 00:00:29,770 THIS IS LIKE A MASSIVE, WORLDWIDE HISTORICAL EVENT. 11 00:00:29,780 --> 00:00:33,010 THE DAILY CORONAVIRUS DEATH TOLL MIGHT HIT 3,000. 12 00:00:33,010 --> 00:00:35,580 IT'S VERY SURREAL TO WATCH THIS ON THE NEWS. 13 00:00:35,580 --> 00:00:37,920 Narrator: THIS TIME LAST YEAR, 14 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:40,920 PARKER, TONY, AND RICK'S CREWS 15 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:42,750 WERE ALREADY UP AND RUNNING. 16 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:44,760 Rick: I THINK I ACTUALLY HAVE GOOSE BUMPS RIGHT NOW. 17 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,420 UNREAL. 18 00:00:47,430 --> 00:00:51,800 Narrator: BUT THIS SEASON, GOLD MINING MAY NEVER HAPPEN. 19 00:00:58,650 --> 00:01:01,320 THE YUKON IS AT A STANDSTILL. 20 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:03,520 Parker: NOBODY KNOWS WHAT WAY THIS IS GONNA HEAD, 21 00:01:03,530 --> 00:01:05,060 BUT IT'S PRETTY BLEAK RIGHT NOW. 22 00:01:05,060 --> 00:01:07,380 IF I'VE GOT NO MINING SEASON AT ALL, 23 00:01:07,380 --> 00:01:08,930 I'D PROBABLY LOSE THE WASH PLANT. 24 00:01:08,930 --> 00:01:10,950 Narrator: THE MINERS ARE IN LOCKDOWN, 25 00:01:10,950 --> 00:01:13,730 AND WITH NO FILM CREW TO CAPTURE THE ACTION, 26 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:15,840 THEY ARE FILMING THEMSELVES. 27 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:17,600 I'M GONNA TURN THIS CAMERA OVER TO CAMERON. 28 00:01:17,610 --> 00:01:19,270 THANK YOU. YOU'RE THE CAMERAMAN. 29 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:20,740 Freddy: THAT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL GOLD. 30 00:01:22,710 --> 00:01:23,880 [ LAUGHS ] 31 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:25,780 Narrator: THE CLOCK IS TICKING 32 00:01:25,780 --> 00:01:27,850 TO THE START OF THE SEASON. 33 00:01:27,850 --> 00:01:30,180 ONE OF THE OPTIONS IS TO NOT DO ANY MINING THIS SEASON. 34 00:01:30,190 --> 00:01:32,750 MAYBE JUST MITCH AND I WILL STAY HOME THIS YEAR. 35 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:36,510 Narrator: EACH MINER FIGHTS TO GET BACK IN THE GAME, 36 00:01:36,510 --> 00:01:39,340 HOPING TO OVERCOME THE CRISIS 37 00:01:39,350 --> 00:01:42,160 AND HAVE THEIR BIGGEST SEASON EVER. 38 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:45,070 I WANT TO GO MOVE SOME DIRT AND MAKE SOME MONEY 39 00:01:45,070 --> 00:01:47,730 AND PULL A BUNCH OF GOLD OUT OF THE GROUND. 40 00:01:47,740 --> 00:01:49,570 AND IF THE WORLD DOESN'T WANT ME TO DO THAT, 41 00:01:49,570 --> 00:01:51,970 THEN IT KIND OF MAKES ME WANT TO DO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. 42 00:01:51,970 --> 00:01:54,980 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 43 00:01:54,980 --> 00:01:58,030 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 44 00:01:59,570 --> 00:02:02,400 WELL, I'M STILL AT HOME. 45 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:05,900 CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN. 46 00:02:05,910 --> 00:02:09,410 UNABLE TO MOVE AROUND, UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING. 47 00:02:09,410 --> 00:02:13,880 Narrator: THE MINING SEASON BEGAN ONE WEEK AGO. 48 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,880 RICK NESS SHOULD ALREADY HAVE LEFT FOR THE YUKON. 49 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,250 BUT THE CANADIAN BORDER IS CLOSED 50 00:02:20,250 --> 00:02:22,770 BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. 51 00:02:22,770 --> 00:02:26,210 [ RINGING TONE ] 52 00:02:26,210 --> 00:02:28,310 HEY, DAD. HOW'S IT GOING? 53 00:02:28,310 --> 00:02:29,810 HEY, SON. WHAT'S HAPPENING? 54 00:02:29,810 --> 00:02:31,950 I'M SURE YOU'RE SURPRISED TO SEE ME 55 00:02:31,950 --> 00:02:33,200 STILL SITTING IN MY LIVING ROOM. 56 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:34,530 [ LAUGHS ] 57 00:02:34,530 --> 00:02:36,370 YEAH, RIGHT. I MEAN, YEAH, BY THIS TIME, 58 00:02:36,370 --> 00:02:38,850 YOU'RE NORMALLY UP THERE MINING. 59 00:02:38,850 --> 00:02:41,320 I FEEL BAD FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T WORKING. 60 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:44,290 I MEAN, IT'S NOT A GOOD SITUATION FOR ANYBODY. 61 00:02:44,290 --> 00:02:46,130 YEAH, I MEAN, THERE'S DEFINITELY PEOPLE 62 00:02:46,130 --> 00:02:48,750 IN WORSE SITUATIONS THAN ME. 63 00:02:48,750 --> 00:02:50,530 BUT I'M GETTING PRETTY -- 64 00:02:50,530 --> 00:02:52,170 I'M GETTING PRETTY FRUSTRATED HERE, YOU KNOW. 65 00:02:52,170 --> 00:02:54,670 I MEAN, BORDER INTO CANADA IS LOCKED DOWN. 66 00:02:54,670 --> 00:02:57,720 AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. IT'S A MESS RIGHT NOW. 67 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,560 I MEAN, MINING IS CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL IN THE YUKON, 68 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:05,150 WHICH HELPS ME OUT, BUT IT'S JUST GETTING THERE. 69 00:03:05,150 --> 00:03:08,820 YOU KNOW? -IT'S A REALLY STRANGE TIME. 70 00:03:08,820 --> 00:03:10,320 YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN KNOW. 71 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:12,440 I DON'T HAVE ANSWERS, EITHER, AND I WISH I DID. 72 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:16,410 BUT YOU GUYS NEED ALL THE TIME YOU CAN GET UP THERE 73 00:03:16,410 --> 00:03:18,610 TO GET YOUR SEASON IN, AND YOU'RE ALREADY 74 00:03:18,610 --> 00:03:20,810 BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL ON THAT ONE. 75 00:03:20,810 --> 00:03:22,480 Narrator: LAST SEASON, 76 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:24,530 RICK GAMBLED HALF A MILLION DOLLARS 77 00:03:24,530 --> 00:03:28,170 TO BUY HIS WASH PLANT, MONSTER RED. 78 00:03:28,170 --> 00:03:30,320 Rick: I THINK I ACTUALLY HAVE GOOSE BUMPS RIGHT NOW. 79 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:31,590 UNREAL. 80 00:03:31,590 --> 00:03:33,490 WE'VE GOT A SERIOUS GOLD-CATCHING MACHINE HERE, 81 00:03:33,490 --> 00:03:36,540 AND THIS IS LITERALLY GONNA BOOST US TO THE NEXT LEVEL. 82 00:03:36,550 --> 00:03:39,500 Narrator: HE'S STAKED HIS SEASON ON DUNCAN CREEK, 83 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:42,220 BUT HE BARELY COVERED HIS COSTS 84 00:03:42,220 --> 00:03:46,470 AND STILL OWES 200 OUNCES ON MONSTER RED. 85 00:03:46,470 --> 00:03:48,220 -OH, MAN! -THAT ONE'S FOR YOU GUYS. 86 00:03:48,220 --> 00:03:49,560 MEANS A LOT. 87 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:51,560 I MEAN, IF I'M BEING COMPLETELY HONEST, 88 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,230 THINGS DID NOT GO GREAT THIS YEAR. 89 00:03:54,230 --> 00:03:56,230 Narrator: IF RICK CAN'T GET TO THE YUKON 90 00:03:56,230 --> 00:03:58,600 TO START MINING GOLD, 91 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,470 HE WILL LOSE HIS WASH PLANT. 92 00:04:01,470 --> 00:04:05,070 HIS CAREER AS A MINE BOSS WILL BE OVER. 93 00:04:05,070 --> 00:04:07,910 RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE 94 00:04:07,910 --> 00:04:11,040 THAT HE CAN EVEN GET ACROSS THE CANADIAN BORDER. 95 00:04:11,050 --> 00:04:12,880 I MEAN, AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, 96 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:15,370 YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE A DECISION HERE FOR THE SEASON. 97 00:04:15,370 --> 00:04:16,750 AND, I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T -- YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? -- 98 00:04:16,750 --> 00:04:18,800 IT COULD END IN DISASTER. 99 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,220 SO WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? 100 00:04:21,220 --> 00:04:22,890 WELL, I MEAN, I'M GOING THROUGH 101 00:04:22,890 --> 00:04:24,140 ALL THE RIGHT AVENUES RIGHT NOW, 102 00:04:24,140 --> 00:04:25,510 BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF A WAITING GAME. 103 00:04:25,510 --> 00:04:26,840 BUT, YEAH, DEFINITELY, 104 00:04:26,850 --> 00:04:29,710 A DECISION HAS TO BE MADE, AND SOON. 105 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:30,900 I LOVE YOU, AND I HOPE -- 106 00:04:30,900 --> 00:04:32,350 YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THINGS WORK OUT FOR YOU. 107 00:04:32,350 --> 00:04:34,430 AND I'LL SEE YOU SOMETIME SOON. 108 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,350 TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, EH? 109 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:37,350 YEAH. LOVE YOU TOO, DAD. 110 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:39,240 THANKS. THANKS FOR TALKING. 111 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:40,590 ALRIGHT. BYE-BYE. 112 00:04:40,590 --> 00:04:41,790 ALRIGHT. SEE YOU. 113 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:48,730 Narrator: SINCE MILWAUKEE'S "SAFER AT HOME" ORDER BEGAN... 114 00:04:48,730 --> 00:04:50,230 BINGO! 115 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:54,290 Narrator: ...RICK'S BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET MINING, 116 00:04:54,290 --> 00:04:57,120 WITH JUST HIS DOG, RUBY, FOR COMPANY. 117 00:04:57,130 --> 00:04:58,630 Rick: COOKING WITH RICK. 118 00:04:58,630 --> 00:05:01,130 ALRIGHT, I THINK THIS PAN SHOULD BE HOT ENOUGH. 119 00:05:01,130 --> 00:05:02,960 OH, RUBY, ARE YOU HUNGRY, TOO? 120 00:05:02,970 --> 00:05:05,100 YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. TONIGHT I HAVE A DATE, 121 00:05:05,100 --> 00:05:07,580 SO I'M COOKING FOR TWO. 122 00:05:07,590 --> 00:05:10,190 GOT SOME COCONUT OIL IN THERE. 123 00:05:10,190 --> 00:05:12,260 OH, YEAH. LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT THAT. 124 00:05:12,260 --> 00:05:14,980 AS FAR AS TIPS TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM SNACKING TOO MUCH 125 00:05:14,980 --> 00:05:16,480 DURING QUARANTINE, I DON'T REALLY HAVE 126 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,760 ANY GOOD ONES FOR THAT 'CAUSE I'M JUST AS GUILTY. 127 00:05:19,770 --> 00:05:21,600 OH, THEY'RE LOOKING GOOD, LOOKING PERFECT. 128 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,230 I MEAN, THAT'S QUICK, THAT'S EASY, 129 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,540 AND I ALWAYS ENJOY EATING THEM. 130 00:05:27,540 --> 00:05:28,910 JUST PRETEND LIKE I'M PEPPERING IT, 131 00:05:28,910 --> 00:05:29,910 'CAUSE SHE'S WATCHING. 132 00:05:29,910 --> 00:05:31,270 YEAH, RIGHT. THERE YOU GO. 133 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:34,580 GETTING A LITTLE PEPPER ON YOURS, TOO, RUBY. 134 00:05:34,580 --> 00:05:36,780 ALRIGHT. [ SIGHS ] 135 00:05:36,780 --> 00:05:41,120 DINNER FOR TWO, SERVED. 136 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:42,620 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO WATCH, RUBE? 137 00:05:42,620 --> 00:05:44,270 TV ON A DATE? 138 00:05:44,270 --> 00:05:45,740 IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I'VE BEEN ON A DATE, 139 00:05:45,740 --> 00:05:46,910 I KNOW HOW TO ACT. HOW ABOUT YOU? 140 00:05:46,910 --> 00:05:48,080 [ RUBY YIPS ] WHY DON'T YOU COME UP? 141 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:51,080 COME ON. COME ON UP HERE. LET'S EAT TOGETHER. 142 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,900 I LIVE BY MYSELF. I'VE GOT RUBY, MY DOG, WITH ME. 143 00:05:54,900 --> 00:05:56,730 THAT'S ABOUT IT. 144 00:05:56,740 --> 00:05:59,100 I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR ME TO GET ANNOYED WITH HER, 145 00:05:59,100 --> 00:06:01,300 BUT I ALREADY GOT MAD AT HER YESTERDAY 146 00:06:01,310 --> 00:06:03,690 FOR BREATHING TOO LOUD. [ LAUGHS ] 147 00:06:03,690 --> 00:06:05,190 WHICH IS RIDICULOUS. 148 00:06:05,190 --> 00:06:06,980 YOU'RE GONNA TAKE YOUR TIME NOW, RIGHT? 149 00:06:06,980 --> 00:06:10,480 YOU'RE NOT GONNA WOLF THIS DOWN? YOU'RE GONNA ENJOY IT WITH ME? 150 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:12,330 ALRIGHT. YOU GO AHEAD. 151 00:06:15,620 --> 00:06:18,190 I AM GOING A LITTLE CRAZY RIGHT NOW, RUBES. 152 00:06:18,190 --> 00:06:21,360 I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU PUT UP WITH ME SOMETIMES. 153 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:23,290 I HAVE GOT EVERYTHING AT STAKE RIGHT NOW. 154 00:06:23,300 --> 00:06:25,350 YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS IS... 155 00:06:25,350 --> 00:06:27,050 I'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF REDEMPTION 156 00:06:27,050 --> 00:06:28,720 WAITING FOR ME UP IN THE NORTH. 157 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,000 AND AT THE MOMENT, I'M NOT ABLE TO GET UP THERE. 158 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,370 I ENDURED LAST YEAR, BUT I CAN'T HAVE ANOTHER ONE LIKE THAT. 159 00:06:34,370 --> 00:06:37,040 I CAN'T ENDURE ANOTHER ONE. TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE GAME 160 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:38,890 BEFORE I COULD EVEN GIVE IT A SHOT 161 00:06:38,890 --> 00:06:40,610 IS ABOUT THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO FOR ME. 162 00:06:40,610 --> 00:06:43,110 LIKE, I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO ACCEPT THAT. 163 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:44,450 I NEVER WILL. 164 00:06:51,660 --> 00:06:53,470 Narrator: IN THE YUKON, 165 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,460 PARKER SCHNABEL IS IN QUARANTINE 166 00:06:56,460 --> 00:06:58,700 AT AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION. 167 00:06:58,700 --> 00:07:00,750 THE NUMBER ONE WAY TO GET THROUGH A QUARANTINE 168 00:07:00,750 --> 00:07:02,700 IS WITH ONE OF THESE, THOUGH. 169 00:07:02,700 --> 00:07:03,680 [ SNAPS FINGERS ] 170 00:07:03,690 --> 00:07:06,540 THERE'S DOZE. 171 00:07:06,540 --> 00:07:08,990 TODAY IS A GORGEOUS DAY. 172 00:07:08,990 --> 00:07:13,830 AND I'VE GOT FOUR MORE DAYS LEFT OF MY SELF-ISOLATION HERE 173 00:07:13,830 --> 00:07:15,930 TO MAKE SURE I'M TOTALLY GOOD. 174 00:07:15,930 --> 00:07:17,410 NOBODY WANTS TO BRING THIS INTO DAWSON, 175 00:07:17,420 --> 00:07:19,020 AND THAT'S ACTUALLY LIKE -- ABOVE ALL, 176 00:07:19,020 --> 00:07:21,020 THAT'S MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. 177 00:07:21,020 --> 00:07:25,720 YEAH, THIS IS A TIME WHERE YOU REALLY NEED SOME FRIENDS. 178 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:27,420 YOU KNOW? 179 00:07:27,430 --> 00:07:32,800 Narrator: LAST YEAR, PARKER MINED OVER $10 MILLION IN GOLD. 180 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,200 72.23. [ PEOPLE CHEERING ] 181 00:07:37,340 --> 00:07:38,640 AFTER ROYALTIES... 182 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:40,300 -OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL SEASON. -YEAH. 183 00:07:40,310 --> 00:07:42,420 SO CHEERS TO ALL YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. 184 00:07:42,420 --> 00:07:43,860 [ CHEERING ] 185 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,890 Narrator: BUT NOW, A WEEK INTO THE SEASON, 186 00:07:47,900 --> 00:07:50,080 PARKER HAS NO CREW 187 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:53,050 AND NO WAY TO GET THEM TO SCRIBNER CREEK. 188 00:07:53,050 --> 00:07:56,470 Parker: THE YUKON'S CONSIDERED MINING AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE, 189 00:07:56,470 --> 00:07:58,310 BUT WE'RE HAVING SUCH A HARD TIME 190 00:07:58,310 --> 00:08:00,270 TRYING TO PLAN FOR THE SEASON. 191 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,210 A COUPLE PEOPLE, MITCH AND CHRIS DOUMITT, 192 00:08:02,210 --> 00:08:04,980 STUCK IN THE STATES THAT CAN'T GET INTO CANADA. 193 00:08:04,980 --> 00:08:07,450 ONE OF THE OPTIONS IS TO NOT DO ANY MINING THIS SEASON. 194 00:08:07,450 --> 00:08:14,070 BUT I FEEL LIKE I OWE A DEBT TO EVERYBODY THAT WORKS WITH ME 195 00:08:14,070 --> 00:08:17,570 TO KEEP THEM SAFE AND GET THEM A PAYCHECK. 196 00:08:24,550 --> 00:08:25,880 HEY, GANG. DOUMITT HERE. 197 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:29,890 LISTEN, I'M STILL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 198 00:08:29,890 --> 00:08:34,490 Narrator: 2,000 MILES SOUTH, IN PALM SPRINGS, 199 00:08:34,490 --> 00:08:37,740 PARKER'S GOLD ROOM OPERATOR, CHRIS DOUMITT, 200 00:08:37,750 --> 00:08:40,110 HAS BEEN STUCK AT HIS VACATION HOUSE 201 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:42,050 FOR THE LAST MONTH. 202 00:08:42,050 --> 00:08:44,080 THIS IS WHAT I'M DOING WITH MY SPARE TIME. 203 00:08:46,460 --> 00:08:49,240 ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, I WAS ALREADY UP AT CAMP. 204 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,490 EVERYBODY WAS THERE. WE HAD THE GOLD ROOM OPENED UP. 205 00:08:52,490 --> 00:08:54,480 GUYS WERE STRIPPING. 206 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:56,610 IN FACT, WE WERE JUST ABOUT READY TO GET SLUICING. 207 00:08:56,620 --> 00:09:00,950 SO WE ARE RUNNING WAY BEHIND NOW. 208 00:09:00,950 --> 00:09:04,540 IF WE CAN'T GET UP TO THE YUKON AND GET ON-SITE 209 00:09:04,540 --> 00:09:07,990 AND START PUSHING DIRT AND ROCKS AROUND, 210 00:09:07,990 --> 00:09:09,990 LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WHO LOSES THEIR JOB, 211 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,160 YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE HURTING. 212 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:14,660 Narrator: CHRIS AND HIS WIFE, SHARON, NEED PARKER 213 00:09:14,670 --> 00:09:18,500 TO FIGURE OUT A PLAN TO GET HIS CREW OUT OF LOCKDOWN 214 00:09:18,500 --> 00:09:21,170 AND SAFELY UP TO THE FROZEN NORTH. 215 00:09:21,170 --> 00:09:22,810 [ RINGING TONE ] 216 00:09:22,810 --> 00:09:24,640 HI! 217 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:25,810 HEY, PARKER! 218 00:09:25,810 --> 00:09:28,650 HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M DOING VERY WELL. 219 00:09:28,650 --> 00:09:32,680 WE HAVE 80 DEGREES TODAY, AND I'M HANGING LAUNDRY OUT, 220 00:09:32,680 --> 00:09:35,370 AND NOW WE NEED TO GET IN THE POOL. 221 00:09:35,370 --> 00:09:38,620 OH, MAN! IT'S LIKE, UH... 222 00:09:38,620 --> 00:09:40,120 10 DEGREES UP HERE. 223 00:09:40,130 --> 00:09:41,830 [ BOTH LAUGH ] 224 00:09:43,460 --> 00:09:45,160 WELL, YOU CARRY ON, DEAR. 225 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:46,530 ALRIGHTY. GREAT TO SEE YOU. 226 00:09:46,530 --> 00:09:47,860 NOT PARTY TIME YET? 227 00:09:47,870 --> 00:09:49,220 NO, IT'S NOT GIN AND TONIC -- 228 00:09:49,220 --> 00:09:51,220 THAT'S 3:00. YEAH, RIGHT. 229 00:09:51,220 --> 00:09:53,220 I KEEP EXPLAINING TO HIM, IT'S 3:00. 230 00:09:53,220 --> 00:09:54,750 WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU WAITED TILL 3:00? 231 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:58,430 WE DO, EVERY DAY. I WAIT TILL 3:00. 232 00:09:58,430 --> 00:10:00,760 IT'S TRUE. 233 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:04,150 EASTERN STANDARD TIME. [ BOTH LAUGH ] 234 00:10:04,150 --> 00:10:06,430 HOW'S IT GOING, YOUNGSTER? 235 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,220 OH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT TIME 236 00:10:09,220 --> 00:10:11,490 TO TRY TO BE RUNNING A BUSINESS. 237 00:10:11,490 --> 00:10:13,520 I'M IN THE YUKON, 238 00:10:13,530 --> 00:10:15,860 AND I'M JUST TOUCHING BASE WITH EVERYBODY, 239 00:10:15,860 --> 00:10:19,910 KIND OF LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS, 240 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,280 WHICH IS, I BASICALLY DON'T HAVE A PLAN. 241 00:10:24,450 --> 00:10:28,250 FOR EVERYBODY DOWN SOUTH, LIKE, ESPECIALLY YOU AND MITCH, 242 00:10:28,260 --> 00:10:31,240 WE'RE IN A COMPLETE UNKNOWN RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? 243 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,930 RIGHT, RIGHT. WE JUST HAVE -- 244 00:10:33,930 --> 00:10:36,800 THEY'VE GOT THE BORDERS CLOSED. WE CAN'T GET IN THERE. 245 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:41,100 YEAH, SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. 246 00:10:41,100 --> 00:10:43,940 THE YUKON'S BEING VERY PROTECTIVE, AND RIGHTFULLY SO, 247 00:10:43,940 --> 00:10:46,190 OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP FOR WORK, AND SO WE REALLY GOT TO BE 248 00:10:46,190 --> 00:10:50,110 CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT. 249 00:10:50,110 --> 00:10:51,900 I DON'T WANT TO PUT MYSELF IN HARM'S WAY, 250 00:10:51,900 --> 00:10:54,560 AND I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYBODY ELSE. 251 00:10:54,570 --> 00:10:56,430 RIGHT. 252 00:10:56,430 --> 00:10:58,770 MAYBE JUST MITCH AND I WILL STAY HOME THIS YEAR. 253 00:10:58,770 --> 00:11:01,440 WELL, I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN, CHRIS. 254 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:03,940 BUT IT'S A REALLY PERSONAL DECISION FOR EVERYBODY, 255 00:11:03,940 --> 00:11:05,440 LIKE, WHETHER THEY WANT TO DO THIS OR NOT, 256 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,600 AND I WON'T HOLD IT AGAINST ANYBODY THAT DOESN'T WANT TO. 257 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,670 I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET EVERYBODY UP THERE 258 00:11:11,670 --> 00:11:14,330 AND KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE. 259 00:11:14,340 --> 00:11:17,120 BUT THE TIMING ON THAT, 260 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,220 I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT'S GONNA BE. 261 00:11:19,220 --> 00:11:22,510 IT'S NOT A TIME TO, LIKE, TRY TO PUT WORK FIRST, YOU KNOW? 262 00:11:22,510 --> 00:11:24,930 SHARON AND I'VE BEEN KIND OF ISOLATED DOWN HERE 263 00:11:24,930 --> 00:11:29,730 FOR A WHILE, AND I FEEL PRETTY SAFE THAT WE ARE SAFE. 264 00:11:29,740 --> 00:11:31,520 AND IF I CAN GET UP THERE SAFELY, 265 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,190 YEAH, I'LL GO. 266 00:11:34,190 --> 00:11:36,320 EVENTUALLY, WE'LL GET ON TO MOVING SOME DIRT, 267 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,660 AND HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT TOO LONG AFTER THAT YOU'LL BE THERE. 268 00:11:38,660 --> 00:11:40,740 OH, OKAY. 269 00:11:40,750 --> 00:11:42,910 WELL, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. 270 00:11:42,910 --> 00:11:45,450 KEEP ME POSTED ON WHAT'S GOING ON. 271 00:11:45,450 --> 00:11:46,780 WILL DO. 272 00:11:46,790 --> 00:11:48,540 YEAH. YOU JUST BE SAFE. 273 00:11:48,540 --> 00:11:50,040 I WILL. OKAY. 274 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:51,710 WE'LL TALK TO YOU LATER. 275 00:11:51,710 --> 00:11:53,820 BYE. BYE. 276 00:11:53,830 --> 00:11:56,280 IT'S A TRICKY TIME TO RUN A BUSINESS AND RUN A MINE SITE. 277 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,450 AND, YOU KNOW, I LIKE A CHALLENGE, 278 00:11:59,450 --> 00:12:03,120 AND THIS IS A MASSIVE CHALLENGE, 279 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:05,220 AND I'M PRETTY DEAD-SET ON BEATING IT. 280 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:13,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 281 00:12:15,750 --> 00:12:18,680 Narrator: AS A PANDEMIC ENGULFS THE WORLD, 282 00:12:18,680 --> 00:12:21,720 THE KING OF THE KLONDIKE IS IN QUARANTINE, 283 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,590 HIS MINING OPERATION AT A STANDSTILL. 284 00:12:45,830 --> 00:12:51,160 LAST YEAR, THE BEETS CREW HAD A DISAPPOINTING SEASON. 285 00:12:51,170 --> 00:12:55,150 -WELL, YOU TELL THEM. -WE DON'T HAVE A WATER LICENSE. 286 00:12:55,150 --> 00:12:58,150 Narrator: THEY WERE FORCED TO ABANDON THE INDIAN RIVER... 287 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:00,670 -WE HAVE TO LEAVE. -...AND ONLY JUST 288 00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:04,260 TURNED A PROFIT BY THE END OF THE SUMMER. 289 00:13:04,260 --> 00:13:09,270 70, 80...96.76. 290 00:13:09,270 --> 00:13:13,790 2,259.36 -- THAT'S OUR TOTAL FOR THE SEASON. 291 00:13:24,220 --> 00:13:26,200 Narrator: CLOSING THE YUKON BORDER 292 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:29,040 HAS SHUT OUT THE "GOLD RUSH" FILM CREW. 293 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:33,690 SO TONY'S DAUGHTER MONICA STEPS UP. 294 00:13:33,690 --> 00:13:36,380 ALRIGHT, SO, GIVING YOU A WARNING -- 295 00:13:36,380 --> 00:13:38,390 THESE QUESTIONS ARE RIDICULOUS. 296 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,830 YOU ARE OUR NEW CAMERAMAN, I GUESS, EH? 297 00:13:40,830 --> 00:13:43,500 OR WOMAN -- CAMERAWOMAN. SORRY. 298 00:13:43,500 --> 00:13:46,170 YES. WELL, THAT MUST BE HARD. 299 00:13:46,170 --> 00:13:48,090 CAMERAWORK IS HARD. 300 00:13:48,090 --> 00:13:51,140 SO, DO YOU HAVE ANY UNIQUE FITNESS ROUTINES? 301 00:13:51,140 --> 00:13:54,510 AND HOW ARE YOU MOTIVATING YOURSELVES DURING LOCKDOWN? 302 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:02,270 Narrator: TONY AND HIS FAMILY ARE ON THEIR CLAIM, 303 00:14:02,270 --> 00:14:04,220 BUT BANNED FROM MINING 304 00:14:04,220 --> 00:14:07,740 WHILE THEY ISOLATE FOR TWO WEEKS OF QUARANTINE. 305 00:14:07,740 --> 00:14:09,480 Monica: DO YOU THINK THAT IF WE HAVE 306 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:12,450 A NICE, QUIET, PEACEFUL YEAR, 307 00:14:12,450 --> 00:14:15,900 THAT IT'LL BE GOOD FOR YOUR HUSBAND? 308 00:14:15,900 --> 00:14:19,070 OR DO YOU THINK HE'LL DRIVE YOU [BLEEP] BANANAS? 309 00:14:19,070 --> 00:14:23,210 I THINK MY HUSBAND IS GONNA BE DRIVING ALL OF US NUTS. 310 00:14:39,540 --> 00:14:43,110 Narrator: BUT FOR KEVIN AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, FAITH, 311 00:14:43,110 --> 00:14:44,630 IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. 312 00:14:44,630 --> 00:14:46,100 NO, IT'S LIKE EVERY YEAR. 313 00:14:46,100 --> 00:14:47,530 AROUND THIS TIME, TONY'S ALWAYS, 314 00:14:47,530 --> 00:14:49,780 "LET'S GO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO. GET!" 315 00:14:49,780 --> 00:14:51,620 I MEAN, TO BE FAIR, LOCKDOWN FOR US 316 00:14:51,620 --> 00:14:54,120 IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE DO IN THE WINTER. 317 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:55,460 NO, IT'S NOT. 318 00:14:55,460 --> 00:14:57,960 WE STAY HOME AND PLAY VIDEO GAMES. 319 00:14:57,960 --> 00:14:59,130 THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 320 00:14:59,130 --> 00:15:00,960 AND ANNOY THE CATS. AND ANNOY THE CATS. 321 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,210 THAT'S A LOT OF FUN. [ BOTH LAUGH ] 322 00:15:03,210 --> 00:15:05,850 WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND EASY AND WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND HARD 323 00:15:05,850 --> 00:15:07,680 ABOUT ISOLATING? 324 00:15:07,690 --> 00:15:09,620 Mike: I WAS NEVER A BIG SOCIALITE. 325 00:15:09,620 --> 00:15:11,950 THE VERY FEW THINGS I DID SOCIALLY, 326 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:13,390 I CAN'T DO THOSE ANYMORE. 327 00:15:13,390 --> 00:15:16,730 BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, DOESN'T REALLY BUG ME. 328 00:15:16,730 --> 00:15:18,390 'CAUSE OUT OF THE SIX PEOPLE I TALK TO, 329 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:20,430 I WORK WITH THREE OF THEM. [ LAUGHS ] 330 00:15:34,660 --> 00:15:37,000 Narrator: THE ONLY BREAK IN THEIR ROUTINE 331 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,000 IS A RUN FOR SUPPLIES. 332 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:44,590 I'M ON MY WAY TO TOWN TO PICK UP GROCERIES FOR THE WEEK -- 333 00:15:44,590 --> 00:15:49,010 CURBSIDE PICKUP BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING INTO STORES. 334 00:15:49,010 --> 00:15:51,960 I MISS THE SOCIAL CONTACT. I REALLY DO. 335 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,330 BUT IT'S PART OF LIFE RIGHT NOW, 336 00:15:54,330 --> 00:15:56,330 SO WE'LL LIVE WITH IT. 337 00:15:56,330 --> 00:15:57,680 WE'LL BE FINE. 338 00:16:31,300 --> 00:16:34,970 WHAT TIME IS IT? OH! SNACKTIME! 339 00:16:34,970 --> 00:16:37,270 IT'S DINNERTIME AT THE BLASCHKE HOUSEHOLD, 340 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:39,980 Narrator: DOWN SOUTH, IN SANDY, OREGON, 341 00:16:39,980 --> 00:16:44,060 PARKER'S CO-FOREMAN, AND NEW DAD, MITCH BLASCHKE 342 00:16:44,070 --> 00:16:47,430 IS WAITING WITH WIFE HAILEY AND BABY MIA 343 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:50,270 TO HEAR IF HE HAS A JOB THIS SEASON. 344 00:16:50,270 --> 00:16:52,270 WE SHOULD BE ON OUR WAY TO THE YUKON RIGHT NOW, 345 00:16:52,270 --> 00:16:54,610 BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T GET ACROSS THE BORDER. 346 00:16:54,610 --> 00:16:58,610 AND, WELL, THAT MEANS I'M HOME, WHICH IS AWESOME FOR BEING A DAD 347 00:16:58,610 --> 00:17:00,660 AND DOING DAD-LIFE THINGS. 348 00:17:00,670 --> 00:17:05,230 BUT, YOU KNOW, ALSO, WELL, GOT A LOT OF BILLS TO PAY HERE 349 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:08,200 AND NEED TO GO TO WORK. 350 00:17:08,210 --> 00:17:10,210 Narrator: OVER THE LAST EIGHT SUMMERS, 351 00:17:10,210 --> 00:17:13,540 MITCH WRENCHED FIRST FOR THE HOFFMANS, 352 00:17:13,550 --> 00:17:15,550 THEN FOR PARKER 353 00:17:15,550 --> 00:17:18,980 ON SOME HIGH-HORSEPOWER HEAVY EQUIPMENT. 354 00:17:18,980 --> 00:17:20,920 THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION'S BLOWN UP. 355 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,150 -IT'S IN! -JUST THE YUKON CHOP SHOP. 356 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,960 Narrator: BUT NOW THE SEASON'S ON HOLD. 357 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:32,960 LOCKDOWN ALLOWS MITCH TO WORK ON SOMETHING A LITTLE FASTER. 358 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:35,900 SINCE I CAN'T BE AT WORK RIGHT NOW, I'VE JUST BEEN IN THE SHOP. 359 00:17:35,900 --> 00:17:37,300 SHOW YOU SOME OF MY PROJECTS HERE 360 00:17:37,300 --> 00:17:39,800 AND WHAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON WHEN I'M NOT IN THE YUKON. 361 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,570 WELL, THIS IS PRETTY MUCH WHERE YOU CAN FIND ME. 362 00:17:42,570 --> 00:17:44,240 Narrator: MITCH'S OFF-SEASON JOB 363 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,280 IS FIXING CARS, 364 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:48,440 FOR WORK AND PLEASURE. 365 00:17:48,450 --> 00:17:50,460 I'VE GOT A ROAD-RACE CAR HERE. 366 00:17:50,470 --> 00:17:53,800 THIS HAS GOT A LS3 IN IT -- 367 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:55,790 BASICALLY, THE SAME KIND OF ENGINE THAT YOU'D FIND 368 00:17:55,790 --> 00:17:59,420 IN, LIKE, AN '08 CORVETTE, BUT IT'S BEEN HEAVILY MODIFIED. 369 00:17:59,420 --> 00:18:02,430 IT'S A TUBE-CHASSIS, PURPOSE-BUILT RACECAR. 370 00:18:02,430 --> 00:18:04,630 IT'S GOT A 2010 CAMARO BODY ON IT. 371 00:18:04,630 --> 00:18:06,900 THIS CAR WEIGHS ABOUT 2,800 POUNDS. 372 00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:10,520 A STOCK 2010 CAMARO WOULD WEIGH ABOUT 3,800, 373 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:14,770 SO THIS CAR'S PRETTY LIGHT. IT'S GOT WAY MORE HORSEPOWER. 374 00:18:14,770 --> 00:18:17,710 THERE'S NOTHING LIKE GOING 150 MILES AN HOUR 375 00:18:17,710 --> 00:18:19,690 AND NOT WORRYING ABOUT GETTING A TICKET. 376 00:18:19,690 --> 00:18:21,910 YOU KNOW, BEING A MECHANIC, YOU'RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT, 377 00:18:21,910 --> 00:18:23,000 "WELL, CAN I CHANGE GEARING? 378 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:24,860 CAN I CHANGE THE TUNE-UP ON THE MOTOR?" 379 00:18:24,870 --> 00:18:26,670 AND OF COURSE, YOU NEED SOME LUCK INVOLVED, TOO, 380 00:18:26,670 --> 00:18:29,170 IF YOU'RE GONNA WIN A RACE. 381 00:18:29,170 --> 00:18:30,840 ALRIGHT, THE SUN'S OUT, 382 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:34,170 AND, WELL, I WANT TO GET THIS BABY ON THE TRACK. 383 00:18:34,180 --> 00:18:35,760 WE'VE RUN INTO A PROBLEM, 384 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:38,380 AS, YOU KNOW, NO DIFFERENT THAN GOLD MINING, 385 00:18:38,380 --> 00:18:40,000 WELL, RACECARS ARE THE SAME WAY. 386 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,100 THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW IS OUR DISPLAY IN HERE 387 00:18:43,100 --> 00:18:46,940 THAT GIVES US OUR, YOU KNOW, OIL PRESSURE, WATER TEMPERATURE. 388 00:18:46,940 --> 00:18:48,600 SOMETIMES THE READINGS ARE CORRECT, 389 00:18:48,610 --> 00:18:50,770 AND THEN SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT. 390 00:18:50,780 --> 00:18:52,280 DON'T WANT TO BLOW THE THING UP 391 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:54,640 BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT THE GAUGE WAS JUST MALFUNCTIONING 392 00:18:54,650 --> 00:18:57,450 WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY HAVING A PROBLEM. 393 00:18:57,450 --> 00:18:59,480 TO BUILD SOMETHING FROM NOTHING, 394 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:02,570 THAT'S REALLY THE COOL PART FOR ME, 395 00:19:02,570 --> 00:19:04,570 TO TAKE ALL THESE BITS AND PIECES 396 00:19:04,570 --> 00:19:08,690 THAT WERE JUST A WHEEL OR JUST A FRAME OR JUST A MOTOR 397 00:19:08,690 --> 00:19:10,190 AND BRING THEM ALL TOGETHER 398 00:19:10,190 --> 00:19:12,830 AND MAKE ONE PIECE AND ALL WORK TOGETHER. 399 00:19:12,830 --> 00:19:15,160 THAT'S GONNA BE AN AMAZING FEELING. 400 00:19:15,170 --> 00:19:16,330 AND THERE IT IS! 401 00:19:16,330 --> 00:19:18,530 SO, OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW. 402 00:19:18,540 --> 00:19:21,040 AS MUCH FUN AS I'M GONNA HAVE DRIVING IT, 403 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:23,720 THAT SAME AMOUNT OF FUN HAS BEEN IN THE BUILD. 404 00:19:23,730 --> 00:19:25,730 [ BABY CRIES, ENGINE STARTS ] 405 00:19:25,730 --> 00:19:27,390 Narrator: THE NEW GAUGE WORKS, 406 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,980 BUT MITCH STILL HASN'T HEARD FROM PARKER 407 00:19:29,980 --> 00:19:31,980 SINCE THE LOCKDOWN BEGAN. 408 00:19:31,980 --> 00:19:33,600 Mitch: I'M NOT SOMEBODY THAT LIKES TO SIT AROUND, 409 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:35,850 AND I GOT BILLS TO PAY, SO, YOU KNOW, 410 00:19:35,850 --> 00:19:37,600 I'M HOPING HERE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, 411 00:19:37,610 --> 00:19:41,410 WE CAN BE BACK TO WORK AND, YOU KNOW, BACK TO MAKING GOLD. 412 00:19:41,410 --> 00:19:45,330 BUT THE BIGGEST FEAR I HAVE IS TO GET EVERYTHING READY, 413 00:19:45,330 --> 00:19:47,530 GET EVERYBODY UP TO THE YUKON, 414 00:19:47,530 --> 00:19:52,000 AND THEN HAVE A RELAPSE OF THIS WHOLE SITUATION. 415 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,000 [ RINGING TONE ] 416 00:19:55,010 --> 00:19:56,510 HOW ARE YOU DOING? 417 00:19:56,510 --> 00:19:58,170 DUDE, BEEN PRETTY GOOD. 418 00:19:58,180 --> 00:20:01,240 GOD, I NEED TO SHOWER OR SOMETHING. 419 00:20:01,250 --> 00:20:03,250 DUDE, YOUR HAIR GROWS QUICK, MAN. 420 00:20:03,250 --> 00:20:04,410 I KNOW. 421 00:20:04,420 --> 00:20:05,920 I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF SHAMPOO YOU USE, 422 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,720 BUT YOU SHOULD MARKET THAT, RELABEL IT. 423 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:10,520 IT'S JUST CLEAN LIVING, MITCH. 424 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:12,310 [ LAUGHS ] 425 00:20:12,310 --> 00:20:13,640 GOTCHA. 426 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:15,220 AS FAR AS THE SUMMER GOES, 427 00:20:15,230 --> 00:20:18,390 WHERE DO YOU STAND ON COMING UP TO THE YUKON? 428 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:19,900 I JUST DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW, MAN. 429 00:20:19,900 --> 00:20:21,230 IT'S JUST GONNA HAVE TO KIND OF WAIT 430 00:20:21,230 --> 00:20:22,480 AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE. 431 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:25,030 I MEAN, I GOT HAILEY AND A NEWBORN BABY DOWN HERE. 432 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:26,540 YEAH, I HEAR YOU. 433 00:20:26,540 --> 00:20:29,610 THAT'S KIND OF THE BIGGEST CONCERN I HAVE. 434 00:20:29,610 --> 00:20:32,060 I TOTALLY GET IT. 435 00:20:32,060 --> 00:20:34,990 BUT NOT MANY PEOPLE CAN SIT AROUND FOR, YOU KNOW, 436 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,130 SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR AND NOT WORK. 437 00:20:37,130 --> 00:20:39,000 LIKE, I TOOK MORE TIME OFF THIS WINTER 438 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,550 THAN I NORMALLY EVER DO WITH, YOU KNOW, HAVING A NEW BABY. 439 00:20:41,550 --> 00:20:43,340 AND I'M AT A POINT NOW, 440 00:20:43,340 --> 00:20:46,420 I NEED TO GET BACK TO COLLECTING A PAYCHECK. 441 00:20:46,420 --> 00:20:50,560 SO IF THERE'S WORK UP THERE... 442 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:52,230 THAT'S WHERE THE WORK'S AT, 443 00:20:52,230 --> 00:20:53,680 I'M GOING. 444 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,350 WE'RE JUST GONNA GO INTO FULL LOCKDOWN, 445 00:20:55,350 --> 00:20:56,600 NOBODY IN OR OUT, 446 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:58,820 HAVE PEOPLE FROM TOWN BRING US GROCERIES AND PARTS. 447 00:20:58,820 --> 00:21:01,140 NO BETTER SOCIAL DISTANCING THAN BEING IN THE YUKON. 448 00:21:01,140 --> 00:21:04,110 I MEAN, DUDE, YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. 449 00:21:04,110 --> 00:21:05,860 YEAH, EXACTLY. 450 00:21:05,860 --> 00:21:08,980 WE CAN, YOU KNOW, STILL PROVIDE JOBS, STILL MAKE MONEY, 451 00:21:08,980 --> 00:21:12,080 STILL PUT PEOPLE TO WORK. AND REALLY, IF WE DO IT RIGHT, 452 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:14,120 WE'RE PROBABLY KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF HARM'S WAY, 453 00:21:14,120 --> 00:21:16,200 BECAUSE WE ARE TOTALLY ISOLATED. 454 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:17,870 OH, DEFINITELY. 455 00:21:17,870 --> 00:21:19,960 BUT THAT'S EASY FOR ME TO SAY. 456 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,460 YEAH. ALRIGHT. THANKS, MITCH. 457 00:21:22,460 --> 00:21:24,510 I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO FILM A SEASON 458 00:21:24,510 --> 00:21:26,930 OF "GOLD RUSH" RIGHT NOW. YOU AND I MIGHT HAVE TO TAPE 459 00:21:26,930 --> 00:21:29,130 SOME PHONES TO OUR FOREHEADS OR SOMETHING. 460 00:21:29,130 --> 00:21:30,600 [ LAUGHS ] I DON'T KNOW. 461 00:21:34,060 --> 00:21:35,300 Narrator: UP AHEAD... 462 00:21:35,310 --> 00:21:37,810 6 FEET. CHEERS. 463 00:21:37,810 --> 00:21:41,110 ...THE FIGHT TO GET BACK ON THE GOLD HEATS UP. 464 00:21:41,110 --> 00:21:43,650 THERE IS A CHANCE THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE GOING BACK THIS YEAR. 465 00:21:43,650 --> 00:21:45,920 I'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO GET UP THERE. 466 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,350 GET UP THERE, MICHAEL! 467 00:21:48,350 --> 00:21:49,700 [ GROANS ] 468 00:21:49,700 --> 00:21:52,710 I WANT TO GO MOVE SOME DIRT AND MAKE SOME MONEY, 469 00:21:52,710 --> 00:21:54,440 PULL A BUNCH OF GOLD OUT OF THE GROUND. 470 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,280 AND IF THE WORLD DOESN'T WANT ME TO DO THAT, 471 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:58,480 THEN IT KIND OF MAKES ME WANT TO DO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. 472 00:22:04,650 --> 00:22:07,650 TIME FOR RUBY'S WALK. 473 00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:09,040 [ GROANS ] 474 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:11,210 Narrator: IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. 475 00:22:11,210 --> 00:22:15,180 THE CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN HAS FORCED RICK NESS 476 00:22:15,180 --> 00:22:18,380 TO PUT OFF HIS DEPARTURE FOR THE YUKON. 477 00:22:18,380 --> 00:22:20,270 THIS WAY, RUBE. COME ON. 478 00:22:20,270 --> 00:22:22,440 WHO'S A GOOD GIRL?! 479 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,350 Narrator: BUT HE'S MAKING THE MOST OF BEING AT HOME. 480 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:27,060 [ SIGHS ] WOW. REALLY NICE DAY. 481 00:22:27,060 --> 00:22:29,690 I DON'T USUALLY GET TO SEE THESE NICE DAYS AT HOME. 482 00:22:29,690 --> 00:22:32,980 USUALLY, I'M GONE MINING ALREADY. 483 00:22:32,980 --> 00:22:35,780 AND NOW I'M ACTUALLY SEEING MY NEIGHBORS 484 00:22:35,780 --> 00:22:37,780 'CAUSE NOBODY'S OUT WORKING. 485 00:22:37,790 --> 00:22:39,450 YOU KNOW, NOW THEY'RE ALL -- EVERYBODY'S HOME. 486 00:22:39,450 --> 00:22:42,820 EVERYBODY'S WALKING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THEIR KIDS. 487 00:22:42,820 --> 00:22:45,790 PEOPLE OUT DOING YARD WORK ALL OVER THE PLACE. 488 00:22:45,790 --> 00:22:47,360 HEAR LAWN MOWERS GOING EVERYWHERE. 489 00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:50,530 THAT'S PROBABLY A SIGNAL THAT I SHOULD MAYBE DO THE SAME. 490 00:22:50,530 --> 00:22:52,000 [ LAUGHS ] 491 00:22:57,170 --> 00:22:58,700 IT'S KIND OF FUN, ACTUALLY. 492 00:22:58,710 --> 00:23:02,480 Narrator: RICK SHOULD HAVE LEFT FOR THE KLONDIKE TWO WEEKS AGO, 493 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:06,480 AND SHOULD ALREADY BE BRINGING IN THE GOLD. 494 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:08,310 BUT THERE'S STILL NO NEWS 495 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,430 ON WHEN THE BORDER WITH CANADA WILL OPEN 496 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,440 OR WHEN IT WILL BE SAFE FOR HIM TO TRAVEL. 497 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:16,370 THE BEST-CASE SCENARIO FOR ME IS TO GO MINING -- 498 00:23:16,370 --> 00:23:19,220 LIKE, BY FAR, BY FAR, BY FAR. 499 00:23:19,230 --> 00:23:22,280 I CAN STAY AFLOAT HERE, AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. 500 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:25,080 AND I'M PRETTY SICK OF JUST STAYING AFLOAT, YOU KNOW. 501 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,370 I NEED TO GET UP, I NEED TO GET MINING THIS YEAR. 502 00:23:27,370 --> 00:23:30,070 I'VE GOT A BIG SEASON AHEAD OF ME, 503 00:23:30,070 --> 00:23:32,920 AND I'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET UP THERE 504 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:34,090 AND MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 505 00:23:34,090 --> 00:23:35,780 THIS IS GONNA BE "WHEELIE" FUN. 506 00:23:35,780 --> 00:23:37,290 [ LAUGHS ] 507 00:23:39,250 --> 00:23:41,580 [ BANGING, RATTLING ] 508 00:23:41,580 --> 00:23:44,200 THAT IS WAY BETTER THAN JUST MOWING THE LAWN. 509 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:47,040 Narrator: RICK'S NOT JUST WORRIED ABOUT HIMSELF. 510 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:49,040 HE HAS A CREW OF FRIENDS 511 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,610 WHO DEPEND ON GOLD MINING FOR A LIVING. 512 00:23:51,610 --> 00:23:53,640 Rick: WELL, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS MY CREW GOES -- 513 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:56,510 CARL, KARLA -- LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE... 514 00:23:56,510 --> 00:23:58,200 THEY PLAN THEIR LIVES AROUND THIS. 515 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,820 RYAN'S BEEN WORKING MOST OF THE WINTER, 516 00:24:00,820 --> 00:24:03,750 BUT, YOU KNOW, HE'S READY TO GO. KRUSE'S, YOU KNOW, HERE. 517 00:24:03,750 --> 00:24:06,770 HE LIVES JUST EIGHT MINUTES AWAY FROM ME. 518 00:24:06,770 --> 00:24:08,440 HE HASN'T BEEN WORKING, YOU KNOW. 519 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:12,500 AND THAT'S BECAUSE HE HAD A JOB TO COME BACK TO THIS WINTER, 520 00:24:12,500 --> 00:24:16,170 BUT THEY KIND OF LOST A GOVERNMENT CONTRACT 521 00:24:16,170 --> 00:24:18,380 AND THEY LOST THE WORK AND THEY COULDN'T TAKE HIM BACK. 522 00:24:18,390 --> 00:24:21,120 AND NOW THAT'S GONNA REALLY START TO HURT HIM, TOO. 523 00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:23,640 THIS MINING THING IS FOR ME... LIKE, I... 524 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:25,560 I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. I LOVE... 525 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,060 I LIKE WORKING. 526 00:24:27,060 --> 00:24:29,980 I DON'T MIND LONG HOURS. I LIKE THE VARIETY OF WORK. 527 00:24:29,980 --> 00:24:33,150 I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO FIX STUFF ON THE FLY. 528 00:24:33,150 --> 00:24:35,990 I LIKE THE FACT THAT I GET TO RUN EQUIPMENT. 529 00:24:35,990 --> 00:24:40,440 I MEAN, IT'S A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY, 530 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,810 AND I CAN'T THANK RICK ENOUGH FOR HANDING IT TO ME. 531 00:24:43,810 --> 00:24:46,310 THERE IS A CHANCE THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE GOING BACK THIS YEAR, 532 00:24:46,310 --> 00:24:50,080 AND THAT'S SUPER DISAPPOINTING. 533 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:53,420 I JUST DON'T LIKE THINKING ABOUT IT. 534 00:24:53,420 --> 00:24:58,790 ALRIGHT. MY BUDDY KRUSE COMING OVER. 535 00:24:58,790 --> 00:25:00,130 SOUNDS LIKE HIM. 536 00:25:00,130 --> 00:25:01,790 LITTLE QUARANTINE BEER. 537 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,300 SAFETY FIRST, THOUGH. 538 00:25:08,540 --> 00:25:11,190 SO, WHAT'S UP, GUY? WHAT'S UP, GUY? 539 00:25:11,190 --> 00:25:13,720 QUARANTINE BEERS? QUARANTINE BEER. 540 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,170 ALRIGHT. YOU -- OH. YOU GOT YOURS? 541 00:25:16,180 --> 00:25:17,530 YEAH. YEAH. 542 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:20,910 IS IT 6? 6 FEET. 543 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:22,550 SIXER. YEAH. 544 00:25:22,550 --> 00:25:24,450 ALRIGHT, YEAH. YEAH, WE'RE GOOD. 545 00:25:24,450 --> 00:25:27,450 COOL. CAN WE CHEERS WITH THE TAPE MEASURES, THEN, OR...? 546 00:25:27,460 --> 00:25:29,150 CHEERS. CHEERS. 547 00:25:31,210 --> 00:25:32,910 YOU'VE BEEN AVOIDING EVERYONE? YEAH. 548 00:25:32,910 --> 00:25:35,010 LIKE ALWAYS? YEAH, GROCERY STORE RUNS, 549 00:25:35,010 --> 00:25:37,480 AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. QUICK IN, QUICK OUT. 550 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:38,750 YEAH, PEOPLE LOOK AT ME PRETTY FUNNY 551 00:25:38,750 --> 00:25:40,750 WEARING THIS HELMET IN THE GROCERY STORE. 552 00:25:40,750 --> 00:25:42,590 [ LAUGHS ] 553 00:25:42,590 --> 00:25:43,920 AT THIS POINT, 554 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:46,640 THE ABSOLUTE, ABSOLUTE WORST-CASE SCENARIO WOULD BE 555 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:50,640 THAT WE DON'T GET UP TO GO MINING AT ALL. 556 00:25:50,650 --> 00:25:54,730 YOU KNOW, FINANCIALLY DEVASTATING FOR ME, 557 00:25:54,730 --> 00:25:56,980 AND YOU KNOW, JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY IN MY CREW. 558 00:25:56,980 --> 00:25:58,720 THERE'S ANOTHER SCENARIO WHERE, YOU KNOW, 559 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:01,490 I CAN GET ACROSS THE BORDER AND I CAN GET UP THERE. 560 00:26:01,490 --> 00:26:03,970 YOU KNOW, I DO OWN MY MINING COMPANY, 561 00:26:03,980 --> 00:26:06,740 AND IT IS BASED, YOU KNOW, IN CANADA. 562 00:26:06,740 --> 00:26:08,990 SO, MINING IS AN ESSENTIAL BUSINESS. 563 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,160 I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET AN EXCEPTION, 564 00:26:11,170 --> 00:26:12,500 YOU KNOW, TO GET MYSELF ACROSS. 565 00:26:12,500 --> 00:26:15,620 THAT DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD FOR, YOU KNOW, MY GUYS HERE 566 00:26:15,620 --> 00:26:17,500 THAT WORK WITH ME UP THERE. 567 00:26:17,510 --> 00:26:20,070 YOU KNOW, KRUSE, RYAN, AND THOSE GUYS. 568 00:26:20,070 --> 00:26:22,170 YOU KNOW, THEY'RE... 569 00:26:22,180 --> 00:26:23,840 JUST 'CAUSE I CAN GET ACROSS THE BORDER, 570 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:25,230 DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN. 571 00:26:25,230 --> 00:26:26,730 I'M GUESSING, LIKE... [ SIGHS ] 572 00:26:26,730 --> 00:26:28,460 WHEN IT IS GO TIME, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA -- 573 00:26:28,470 --> 00:26:29,900 WE'RE ALL GONNA KIND OF BE LEAVING TOGETHER, 574 00:26:29,900 --> 00:26:32,070 I WOULD IMAGINE -- MAYBE MORE OF A CONVOY, HUH? 575 00:26:32,070 --> 00:26:34,600 I MEAN, I THINK THAT, BUT I JUST -- I DON'T KNOW. 576 00:26:34,610 --> 00:26:37,110 THE LONGER THE DELAY, 577 00:26:37,110 --> 00:26:38,760 THE MORE OF AN IMPACT THAT'S GONNA HAVE. 578 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:42,860 I MEAN, AT A CERTAIN POINT, IT'S NOT GONNA BE WORTH IT 579 00:26:42,860 --> 00:26:44,430 TO EVEN TRY IT AT ALL. 580 00:26:44,430 --> 00:26:46,100 THIS IS NOT A SCENARIO YOU PLAN FOR. 581 00:26:46,100 --> 00:26:47,620 I MEAN, WHAT'S TOO LONG? 582 00:26:47,620 --> 00:26:49,620 IS A MONTH DELAY TOO LONG? 583 00:26:49,620 --> 00:26:51,070 MAYBE NOT. 584 00:26:51,070 --> 00:26:53,760 TWO MONTHS? 585 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:55,420 LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU KNOW SOMETHING. 586 00:26:55,430 --> 00:26:56,780 YEAH, YEAH, I'LL KEEP YOU IN TOUCH. 587 00:26:56,780 --> 00:26:58,290 I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF A WAITING GAME RIGHT NOW, 588 00:26:58,300 --> 00:27:01,130 BUT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, BE HEARING SOMETHING SOON. 589 00:27:01,130 --> 00:27:02,950 ALRIGHT, BUDDY. ALRIGHT. 590 00:27:02,950 --> 00:27:05,050 [ TAPE MEASURES RATTLING ] [ LAUGHS ] 591 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:09,810 LITTLE BIT! WHOA! 592 00:27:09,810 --> 00:27:10,960 COMING DOWN! 593 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:12,960 OH, OH! EASY! 594 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,790 Narrator: IN FORT LUPTON, COLORADO, 595 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,760 GOLD GURU FREDDY DODGE HAS BEEN READY 596 00:27:18,770 --> 00:27:21,970 FOR AN EVENT LIKE THIS FOR A LONG TIME. 597 00:27:21,970 --> 00:27:23,970 WELL, I'VE BEEN KIND OF A PREPPER FOR YEARS. 598 00:27:23,970 --> 00:27:25,240 I DIDN'T GO OUT AND HOARD STUFF 599 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,410 LIKE PEOPLE DID THAT EMPTIED THE STORES. 600 00:27:27,410 --> 00:27:30,690 I HAD GOOD SUPPLIES OF FOOD, TOILET PAPER. 601 00:27:30,700 --> 00:27:33,000 I HAVE LOTS OF DRINKING WATER, I HAVE FIREWOOD, 602 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:34,910 I HAVE FUEL, I HAVE EQUIPMENT. 603 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:36,420 I HAVE ALL THE THINGS THAT I COULD -- 604 00:27:36,420 --> 00:27:38,420 IF I HAD TO ISOLATE HERE FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS. 605 00:27:38,420 --> 00:27:40,750 I'D BE JUST FINE. 606 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:44,920 Narrator: LOCAL REGULATIONS MEAN FREDDY CAN KEEP HIS BUSINESS RUNNING. 607 00:27:44,930 --> 00:27:46,760 WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY SEPARATED. 608 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:48,990 EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIR OWN WORKING SPACE. 609 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,800 THIS IS NICK'S SHOP. 610 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:54,180 WE GOT CAMERON UP TOP. HE'S IN ANOTHER GOLD ROOM. 611 00:27:54,190 --> 00:27:56,190 WE'LL JUST KEEP WORKING, 612 00:27:56,190 --> 00:27:59,360 KEEP OUR SPIRITS AND OUR HOPES UP, 613 00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:03,340 AND WE'LL ALL GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. 614 00:28:03,340 --> 00:28:06,450 Narrator: FREDDY HAS BEEN A GOLD RECOVERY EXPERT 615 00:28:06,450 --> 00:28:08,110 FOR 30 YEARS... 616 00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:10,230 SLICK PLATES CAN'T CATCH GOLD. 617 00:28:10,230 --> 00:28:13,400 MY SUGGESTION IS GET MORE PITCH TO THIS BOX 618 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:17,070 AND COMPLETE RIFFLES ALL THE WAY DOWN. 619 00:28:17,070 --> 00:28:20,160 ...TRAVELING THE COUNTRY TO HELP GOLD MINERS INSTALL 620 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,380 OR UPGRADE THEIR WASH PLANTS. 621 00:28:23,380 --> 00:28:25,410 FREDDY, MAN, AM I GLAD TO SEE YOU, BUDDY. 622 00:28:25,420 --> 00:28:26,580 [ LAUGHS ] 623 00:28:26,580 --> 00:28:29,130 WE NEED TO GET LONG SLUICE BOXES ON IT, 624 00:28:29,140 --> 00:28:32,540 NOT THOSE 10-FOOT LITTLE THINGS YOU GOT THERE. 625 00:28:32,540 --> 00:28:34,570 -YEEHAW! -IT'S RUNNING. 626 00:28:35,510 --> 00:28:37,760 ♪ DOO DOO-DOO! ♪ 627 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:39,260 Freddy: I WAS GONNA GO TO THE YUKON. 628 00:28:39,260 --> 00:28:41,510 I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN SOUTHWEST COLORADO. 629 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,020 I HAD ALL KINDS OF PLANS. 630 00:28:43,020 --> 00:28:44,730 I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO DOWN AND HELP SOME GUYS 631 00:28:44,740 --> 00:28:48,050 FIX SOME PLANTS IN ARIZONA, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 632 00:28:48,060 --> 00:28:51,220 BUT ALL THAT'S ON HOLD NOW, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 633 00:28:51,230 --> 00:28:52,890 THIS TIME LAST YEAR, 634 00:28:52,890 --> 00:28:56,060 I WAS TEARING A PLANT DOWN FOR RICK, 635 00:28:56,060 --> 00:28:58,060 HAULING IT TO THE YUKON. 636 00:28:58,070 --> 00:29:00,030 THIS YEAR, I'M JUST WORKING AROUND HERE, 637 00:29:00,030 --> 00:29:03,290 JUST DOING MY OWN GOLD STUFF, TRYING TO STAY BUSY. 638 00:29:03,290 --> 00:29:07,120 Narrator: FREDDY'S WORKING WITH COLORADO GRAVEL QUARRIES, 639 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:08,840 ADAPTING THEIR SCREEN DECKS 640 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,580 TO RECOVER A BYPRODUCT THEY USUALLY LEAVE BEHIND -- 641 00:29:12,580 --> 00:29:14,050 GOLD. 642 00:29:14,050 --> 00:29:17,050 IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE GOLD RUNNING DOWN THE GROOVES, NICK. 643 00:29:17,050 --> 00:29:19,380 YEAH, GOOD. 644 00:29:19,390 --> 00:29:22,390 THIS LOCKDOWN IS COSTING ALL OF US MONEY. 645 00:29:22,390 --> 00:29:24,560 LET'S JUST HOPE THIS THING GETS OVER WITH 646 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:26,560 AND WE CAN GET EVERYBODY WORKING AGAIN. 647 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,480 GONNA GO CHECK ON CAMERON, SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING. 648 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,730 HOW'S IT GOING, CAMERON? -THIS CLEANUP'S NOT TOO GOOD. 649 00:29:33,730 --> 00:29:34,770 Freddy: WHY NOT? 650 00:29:34,770 --> 00:29:36,600 WE GOT A BUNCH OF GEAR OIL IN THAT. 651 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:37,870 AH, [BLEEP] 652 00:29:37,870 --> 00:29:39,270 YEAH, IT'S BEEN PRETTY BAD. 653 00:29:39,270 --> 00:29:41,110 YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO THROW THE CARPETS AWAY. 654 00:29:41,110 --> 00:29:43,780 YEP. YEAH, YOU CAN SMELL IT. 655 00:29:43,780 --> 00:29:45,540 PROBLEM IS, YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO, 656 00:29:45,550 --> 00:29:47,830 IT JUST MAKES THE GOLD FLOAT LIKE A BASTARD. 657 00:29:47,830 --> 00:29:49,130 YEP. 658 00:29:49,130 --> 00:29:50,800 Narrator: IN A SLUICE BOX, 659 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:55,970 WATER CARRYING DIRT AND GOLD IS WASHED OVER RIFFLES. 660 00:29:55,970 --> 00:29:58,960 THE HEAVY GOLD SINKS AND SETTLES. 661 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:03,100 BUT IF OIL IS PRESENT, THE GOLD STICKS TO IT, 662 00:30:03,100 --> 00:30:05,930 CAUSING IT TO FLOAT AND FLUSH AWAY. 663 00:30:05,930 --> 00:30:08,070 [BLEEP] YEAH, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA LOSE 664 00:30:08,070 --> 00:30:09,900 QUITE A BIT OF GOLD ON THIS CLEANUP. 665 00:30:09,900 --> 00:30:11,440 NOT GOOD AT ALL. 666 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:12,940 ONE MESS-UP LIKE THAT, 667 00:30:12,940 --> 00:30:15,940 WE'RE GONNA HAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN LOSSES. 668 00:30:23,970 --> 00:30:25,870 WE GOT A BUNCH OF GEAR OIL IN THAT. 669 00:30:25,870 --> 00:30:27,200 ONE MESS-UP LIKE THAT, 670 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:30,340 WE'RE GONNA HAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN LOSSES. 671 00:30:30,340 --> 00:30:33,360 Narrator: IN FORT LUPTON, COLORADO, 672 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:37,700 FREDDY DODGE HAS GEAR OIL MIXED WITH HIS GOLD. 673 00:30:37,700 --> 00:30:40,920 I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE EVER SEEN THAT MUCH OIL IN ONE BEFORE. 674 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,090 -WHAT A MESS, HUH? -YEAH! 675 00:30:43,090 --> 00:30:44,450 Freddy: [ LAUGHS ] THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO, THOUGH -- 676 00:30:44,460 --> 00:30:46,760 SOAK THE HELL OUT OF IT 677 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:49,420 TRY TO SAVE AS MUCH OF THE GOLD AS WE CAN. 678 00:30:49,430 --> 00:30:51,430 Narrator: FREDDY'S SOLUTION -- 679 00:30:51,430 --> 00:30:54,430 ADD LIQUID SOAP TO THE CONCENTRATE 680 00:30:54,430 --> 00:30:56,770 TO WASH AWAY THE OIL. 681 00:30:56,770 --> 00:30:59,270 -YOU GOT A BUBBLE BATH GOING! -YEAH! 682 00:30:59,270 --> 00:31:01,190 Freddy: WHAT A MESS. 683 00:31:01,190 --> 00:31:05,560 AND IT'S LOADED WITH SOAP, LOADED WITH OIL. 684 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:08,110 WE ENDED UP THROWING ALL THE MATS AWAY. 685 00:31:08,110 --> 00:31:09,950 ALL THE CARPETS, ALL THE MINERS MOSS, 686 00:31:09,950 --> 00:31:12,280 SO THAT'S A PAIN IN THE ASS. 687 00:31:14,370 --> 00:31:18,450 Narrator: THREE HOURS LATER, THE GOLD'S WASHED. 688 00:31:18,460 --> 00:31:22,790 AFTER ALL THAT OIL, IT LOOKS PRETTY DAMN CLEAN TO ME. 689 00:31:22,790 --> 00:31:27,410 Narrator: TIME TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH HE'S RECOVERED. 690 00:31:27,410 --> 00:31:30,620 WE'LL TRY TO MELT SOME GOLD AND SHOW YOU GUYS HOW WE DO IT HERE. 691 00:31:30,620 --> 00:31:33,890 SO I'M GONNA TURN THIS CAMERA OVER TO CAMERON. 692 00:31:33,890 --> 00:31:36,390 Cameron: THANK YOU. YOU'RE THE CAMERAMAN. 693 00:31:36,390 --> 00:31:38,590 I'VE GOT MY FLUX ALREADY MIXED UP, 694 00:31:38,590 --> 00:31:40,310 AND IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL GOLD. 695 00:31:40,310 --> 00:31:42,140 WOW. 696 00:31:42,150 --> 00:31:44,310 OUR FURNACE IS ALREADY RUNNING, 697 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,850 SO WE'LL DUMP IT IN. 698 00:31:51,140 --> 00:31:52,490 THERE WE GO. 699 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,980 WE'RE GONNA PUT SOME ACETYLENE SMOKE IN OUR MOLD, 700 00:31:58,980 --> 00:32:03,600 AND THAT'LL KEEP OUR GOLD AND OUR FLUX FROM STICKING. 701 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:07,800 BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S MELTED, SO TIME TO POUR SOME GOLD. 702 00:32:07,810 --> 00:32:11,210 GRAB OUR TONGS, BRING IT UP. 703 00:32:11,210 --> 00:32:13,310 CURL IT AROUND JUST A LITTLE BIT. 704 00:32:13,310 --> 00:32:14,640 YOU'LL SEE THE GOLD. 705 00:32:14,650 --> 00:32:16,310 YOU'LL SEE A HEAVY MATERIAL. 706 00:32:16,310 --> 00:32:17,850 RIGHT THERE, WAS THE GOLD. 707 00:32:22,220 --> 00:32:23,990 SO NOW IT'S JUST SET AND WAIT FOR A MINUTE. 708 00:32:23,990 --> 00:32:26,040 WE GOT TO LET THAT COOL. 709 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:30,010 IT'S ABOUT 2,000 DEGREES RIGHT NOW, GUYS. 710 00:32:30,010 --> 00:32:31,860 AT LEAST I STILL HAVE REVENUE COMING IN. 711 00:32:31,860 --> 00:32:33,450 THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DON'T. 712 00:32:33,450 --> 00:32:37,980 SO, YOU KNOW, I COUNT MY OWN BLESSINGS AS FAR AS THAT GOES. 713 00:32:37,990 --> 00:32:40,290 WELL, GUYS, WE'VE LET THIS MOLD COOL DOWN HERE, 714 00:32:40,290 --> 00:32:42,220 SO I THINK WE'RE SAFE TO FLIP IT OUT, 715 00:32:42,220 --> 00:32:44,220 SEE WHAT WE GOT FOR A BAR. 716 00:32:52,370 --> 00:32:54,230 LOOKS GOOD SO FAR. 717 00:32:56,270 --> 00:32:57,750 WE'RE GONNA COOL IT OFF. 718 00:32:57,760 --> 00:32:59,090 [ STEAM HISSES ] 719 00:33:04,900 --> 00:33:06,560 NICE AND COOL. 720 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:08,060 WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WEIGHS, CAMERON? 721 00:33:08,070 --> 00:33:10,770 I'D SAY 9.95. 722 00:33:10,770 --> 00:33:12,650 I'LL SAY 9.7. 723 00:33:14,740 --> 00:33:16,240 9.68. 724 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,190 I WAS PRETTY CLOSE, THOUGH. WOW! 725 00:33:18,190 --> 00:33:21,530 Narrator: FROM THE OIL-SOAKED CONCENTRATE, 726 00:33:21,530 --> 00:33:26,450 FREDDY'S MANAGED TO RECOVER NEARLY 10 OUNCES OF GOLD, 727 00:33:26,450 --> 00:33:29,450 WORTH $17,000 DOLLARS. 728 00:33:29,450 --> 00:33:33,370 FROM AN OILY MESS TO THIS. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL GOLD BAR. 729 00:33:33,370 --> 00:33:36,710 GOLD'S WORTH MORE THAN IT HAS BEEN IN YEARS. 730 00:33:36,710 --> 00:33:38,380 IT'S GOOD THAT WE GOT MOST OF IT. 731 00:33:40,430 --> 00:33:42,460 Narrator: BACK IN THE KLONDIKE, 732 00:33:42,470 --> 00:33:45,770 THE BEETS FAMILY QUARANTINE IS OVER. 733 00:33:45,770 --> 00:33:49,220 TWO WEEKS INTO THE GOLD MINING SEASON, 734 00:33:49,220 --> 00:33:52,220 TONY IS FINALLY MAKING PREPARATIONS TO RESTART. 735 00:34:08,740 --> 00:34:11,110 -DO YOU COPY? -[ HUMMING ] 736 00:34:11,910 --> 00:34:14,380 Monica: MIKE'S COMING WITH OUR LAST, UH... 737 00:34:14,380 --> 00:34:16,380 BUNKHOUSE. 738 00:34:16,380 --> 00:34:18,570 Narrator: TONY'S PLAN THIS SEASON -- 739 00:34:18,570 --> 00:34:23,410 DOUBLE THE DIRT THEY RUN TO DOUBLE THE GOLD THEY PULL IN. 740 00:34:23,410 --> 00:34:26,740 TO DO IT, HE'S BRINGING IN EXTRA CREW 741 00:34:26,740 --> 00:34:29,060 TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOST TIME. 742 00:34:44,930 --> 00:34:46,290 OH, YEAH. [BLEEP] 743 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:54,790 OH, [BLEEP] YEAH. 744 00:34:54,790 --> 00:34:58,840 ONE LESS HEADACHE TO DEAL WITH. 745 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:00,380 IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN WALK OFF. 746 00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:06,380 AM I HEARING THAT SEMI COME UP THE HILL? 747 00:35:09,350 --> 00:35:11,890 I'VE GOT, LIKE, SUPER HEARING WITH THESE HEADPHONES ON. 748 00:35:14,020 --> 00:35:16,610 Narrator: BECAUSE OF THE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, 749 00:35:16,610 --> 00:35:18,260 THE "GOLD RUSH" FILM CREW 750 00:35:18,260 --> 00:35:21,200 HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO ENTER THE YUKON. 751 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:24,120 SO MONICA BEETS HAS BEEN FILMING HER FAMILY 752 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:25,530 SINCE THEY ARRIVED. 753 00:35:25,540 --> 00:35:28,320 Monica: SO, HOW HAS YOUR CAMERAWOMAN BEEN DOING? 754 00:35:32,630 --> 00:35:35,210 WELL, I MEAN, YEAH. [ LAUGHS ] 755 00:35:35,210 --> 00:35:36,240 ALRIGHT. 756 00:35:55,550 --> 00:35:58,820 HOW'S MY FAVORITE TRUCK DRIVER THIS MORNING? 757 00:35:58,820 --> 00:36:00,350 I DON'T KNOW. WHEN YOU FIND HIM, 758 00:36:00,350 --> 00:36:01,690 YOU CAN ASK HIM. 759 00:36:01,690 --> 00:36:04,860 Narrator: WITH MONICA BEHIND THE CAMERA, 760 00:36:04,860 --> 00:36:07,060 BROTHER KEVIN IS FORCED TO TAKE THE WHEEL 761 00:36:07,060 --> 00:36:08,860 OF HER A-SERIES LOADER. 762 00:36:08,860 --> 00:36:10,230 Monica: SO, T. BEETS... 763 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:13,700 YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR STAR LOADER OPERATOR ON THAT LOADER. 764 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,380 [ LAUGHS ] 765 00:36:25,380 --> 00:36:27,880 HOW ARE YOU FEELING, KEVIN? 766 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:29,710 YOU'RE DOING YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING -- 767 00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:31,130 RUNNING EQUIPMENT. 768 00:36:33,420 --> 00:36:34,600 AWW! 769 00:36:39,460 --> 00:36:42,480 Narrator: THE CREW BUNKHOUSE WEIGHS FIVE TONS -- 770 00:36:45,070 --> 00:36:47,230 NO MATCH FOR TONY'S EQUIPMENT. 771 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,040 IN JUST A FEW DAYS, 772 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:57,580 THE EXTRA CREW TONY DESPERATELY NEEDS 773 00:36:57,580 --> 00:37:00,000 WILL START TO ARRIVE. 774 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:03,300 GET UP THERE, MICHAEL! 775 00:37:03,300 --> 00:37:05,130 [ GROANS ] 776 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,550 -OH, [BLEEP] YEAH. -THEY'RE NICE. 777 00:37:13,980 --> 00:37:17,310 Monica: SO, HOW COME I'M STUCK IN A TINY-ASS BUNK ROOM? 778 00:37:17,310 --> 00:37:18,810 WHY DON'T YOU MOVE IN WITH YOUR PARENTS? 779 00:37:18,820 --> 00:37:20,970 [ MONICA RETCHES ] [ LAUGHTER ] 780 00:37:20,970 --> 00:37:22,150 NO! [BLEEP] 781 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:25,350 [ LAUGHTER CONTINUES ] 782 00:37:30,490 --> 00:37:34,410 Narrator: RICK NESS IS STILL UNDER LOCKDOWN IN MILWAUKEE. 783 00:37:34,410 --> 00:37:36,580 [ CAMERA BEEPS ] 784 00:37:36,580 --> 00:37:42,290 SO, JUST DOING A CHECK OF THE GOLD PRICE HERE. 785 00:37:42,290 --> 00:37:44,620 WHEW, WOW. 786 00:37:44,630 --> 00:37:46,730 YEAH, I MEAN... 787 00:37:46,730 --> 00:37:49,040 GOLD'S SO MUCH HIGHER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR. 788 00:37:49,050 --> 00:37:52,600 RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, IT'S WELL OVER 1,700 BUCKS AN OUNCE TODAY. 789 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:54,300 THIS IS THE TIME TO BE MINING, RIGHT NOW. 790 00:37:54,300 --> 00:37:57,970 I MEAN, FUEL COST IS WAY, WAY DOWN, 791 00:37:57,970 --> 00:38:00,290 GOLD PRICE IS WAY UP. 792 00:38:00,290 --> 00:38:02,490 SO THERE'S LESS COST GOING IN, 793 00:38:02,490 --> 00:38:06,090 AND WITH GOLD BEING MORE, THERE'S MORE PROFIT COMING OUT. 794 00:38:06,100 --> 00:38:09,600 Narrator: THE BIGGEST COST IN GOLD MINING IS FUEL, 795 00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:13,490 AND THE PRICE OF OIL JUST DROPPED BELOW ZERO. 796 00:38:13,490 --> 00:38:16,790 RICK WEIGHS HIS OPTIONS. 797 00:38:16,790 --> 00:38:19,290 I'VE NEVER BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR MYSELF, 798 00:38:19,290 --> 00:38:21,560 MINING FOR GOLD, WITH A GOLD PRICE THIS HIGH. 799 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:25,730 SO IT'S EXCITING, AND IT'S ALSO DRIVING ME 800 00:38:25,730 --> 00:38:28,230 ABSOLUTELY BAT[BLEEP] CRAZY RIGHT NOW 801 00:38:28,240 --> 00:38:29,800 BECAUSE I'M SITTING HERE ON MY COUCH 802 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:31,970 STARING AT THE PRICE OF GOLD ON A SCREEN 803 00:38:31,970 --> 00:38:33,740 RATHER THAN BEING UP IN THE YUKON MINING IT. 804 00:38:33,740 --> 00:38:36,240 SO I'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY 805 00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:39,010 TO GET UP THERE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS. 806 00:38:45,170 --> 00:38:49,720 Narrator: KARLA ANN NORMALLY RUNS RICK NESS' GOLD ROOM. 807 00:38:49,720 --> 00:38:52,920 BUT UNTIL HE STARTS MINING AGAIN, 808 00:38:52,930 --> 00:38:55,310 SHE'S ISOLATING IN THE YUKON. 809 00:38:55,310 --> 00:38:56,980 Karla: WELCOME TO MY HOME. 810 00:38:56,980 --> 00:38:58,980 SUPPOSED TO BE DOING EXPLORATION WITH RICK, 811 00:38:58,980 --> 00:39:01,150 BUT INSTEAD, I'M EXPLORING THE YUKON. 812 00:39:01,150 --> 00:39:02,150 YEEHAW! 813 00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:08,610 MY FAVORITE THING TO DO IS COME INTO THE MOUNTAINS, 814 00:39:08,610 --> 00:39:10,330 EXPLORE NEW TERRAIN. 815 00:39:10,330 --> 00:39:13,030 WHOO! ALWAYS WORTH IT. 816 00:39:13,030 --> 00:39:15,830 TIME WE LIVE IN RIGHT NOW, HOW I'M COPING 817 00:39:15,830 --> 00:39:18,830 AND NAVIGATING THROUGH THIS WILD WORLD 818 00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,340 IS PLENTY OF VITAMIN D, 819 00:39:21,340 --> 00:39:22,840 AND HAVE FUN. 820 00:39:28,410 --> 00:39:31,410 WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LATE START, BUT IT'S TIME FOR US 821 00:39:31,410 --> 00:39:33,600 TO PUT ALL OF OUR ENERGY TOGETHER 822 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:35,930 AND JUST CHARGE THIS SEASON. 823 00:39:44,690 --> 00:39:48,360 Narrator: RICK NESS HAS DECIDED TO DRIVE THOUSANDS OF MILES 824 00:39:48,370 --> 00:39:50,950 TO HIS YUKON GOLD MINE. 825 00:39:50,950 --> 00:39:52,450 JUST GONNA START PACKING HERE. 826 00:39:52,450 --> 00:39:56,170 I'M BEYOND FRUSTRATED, AND I'VE JUST GOT TO GO. 827 00:39:56,170 --> 00:39:59,490 Narrator: BUT THIS SET OFF ON THE THREE-DAY ROAD TRIP 828 00:39:59,490 --> 00:40:01,660 IS A MASSIVE GAMBLE. 829 00:40:01,660 --> 00:40:03,800 IF I DON'T DO THAT AND I JUST SIT HERE AND DO NOTHING, 830 00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:05,800 THEN I'M JUST GONNA FEEL WORSE AND WORSE. 831 00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,180 SO I'M JUST GONNA PACK IT UP, 832 00:40:08,190 --> 00:40:11,170 AND FROM WHERE IT GOES FROM THERE, WHO KNOWS? 833 00:40:11,170 --> 00:40:13,710 BUT AT LEAST I'M DOING SOMETHING. 834 00:40:13,710 --> 00:40:16,880 Narrator: HE STILL DOESN'T KNOW FOR SURE 835 00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:19,580 IF HE'LL BE ALLOWED TO CROSS THE BORDER. 836 00:40:22,950 --> 00:40:25,620 WELL, RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST 837 00:40:25,620 --> 00:40:28,620 BACKING MY TRUCK UP TO MY GARAGE HERE. 838 00:40:28,620 --> 00:40:30,520 GOT A NICE ALUMINUM TIDY TANK 839 00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:31,740 I GOT TO GET IN THE BACK OF THIS THING. 840 00:40:31,740 --> 00:40:35,080 IT HOLDS AN EXTRA 90 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL. 841 00:40:40,420 --> 00:40:42,220 HOPEFULLY, IT'S GOOD TO GO. 842 00:40:42,220 --> 00:40:45,220 YEAH, THIS IS IT RIGHT HERE. 843 00:40:45,220 --> 00:40:49,140 Narrator: RICK'S BEST HOPE OF BEING ALLOWED TO DRIVE ACROSS CANADA 844 00:40:49,140 --> 00:40:52,510 IS IF HE CAN DO IT IN QUARANTINE. 845 00:40:52,510 --> 00:40:54,350 REAL NICE. THERE WE GO. 846 00:40:54,350 --> 00:40:57,350 Narrator: THAT MEANS RESTRICTIONS ON FUEL STOPS. 847 00:40:57,350 --> 00:41:01,750 THIS TANK'S ACTUALLY REALLY IMPORTANT TO MY TRIP UP THERE 848 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:05,660 BECAUSE I HAD TO WRITE OUT A DETAILED PLAN, A TRAVEL PLAN. 849 00:41:05,660 --> 00:41:07,090 AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART OF IT. 850 00:41:07,090 --> 00:41:11,760 SO I SAID THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO CARRY THIS MUCH FUEL 851 00:41:11,770 --> 00:41:14,570 AND THAT WOULD LIMIT MY STOPS 852 00:41:14,570 --> 00:41:17,000 AND THUS LIMIT MY EXPOSURE TO OTHER PEOPLE 853 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:21,010 AND OTHER PEOPLE TO ME, SO I REALLY NEED THIS TO WORK. 854 00:41:30,180 --> 00:41:31,350 THERE WE GO. 855 00:41:31,350 --> 00:41:34,050 NO PROBLEM. IT AIN'T THAT HEAVY AT ALL. 856 00:41:37,860 --> 00:41:40,020 WELL, THAT'S IT. IT'S IN PLACE, DEFINITELY, 857 00:41:40,030 --> 00:41:42,640 WITHOUT [BLEEP] IT UP. THAT'S GOOD -- GOOD FIRST STEP. 858 00:41:42,650 --> 00:41:47,030 I JUST HARDWIRE THIS IN, AND BINGO-BANGO, SHOULD BE GOOD. 859 00:41:47,030 --> 00:41:48,870 Narrator: THE TANK WILL KEEP RICK'S PICKUP 860 00:41:48,870 --> 00:41:53,790 CONTINUOUSLY FUELED WITH THE AID OF A 12-VOLT PUMP. 861 00:41:53,790 --> 00:41:56,990 ALRIGHT, WELL, TANK'S IN PLACE. 862 00:41:56,990 --> 00:41:59,630 I RAN THE WIRE DOWN THROUGH THE TRUCK THERE. 863 00:41:59,630 --> 00:42:02,960 I GOT TO GET DOWN THERE, RE-CUT THE WIRES. 864 00:42:02,970 --> 00:42:05,470 I LEFT THE PIGTAIL COMING OFF THE BATTERY 865 00:42:05,470 --> 00:42:07,040 THAT I'M JUST GONNA HARDWIRE THIS IN INTO, 866 00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:08,670 AND THEN IT SHOULD BE ALL CONNECTED, 867 00:42:08,670 --> 00:42:11,670 AND FIRE THIS BAD BOY UP AND GO. 868 00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:12,870 [ GROANS ] 869 00:42:15,650 --> 00:42:17,480 YEAH, IT'S COMING TO THE RIGHT PLACE, 870 00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:20,820 SO I'M JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND CONNECT IT TO THAT PIGTAIL. 871 00:42:23,770 --> 00:42:26,800 THAT SHOULD DO IT. GET OUT AND TRY THIS THING. 872 00:42:29,580 --> 00:42:31,830 WELL, THEN... 873 00:42:31,830 --> 00:42:34,000 SHOULD BE THE LAST STEP. 874 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:35,860 SHE SHOULD FIRE UP NOW. 875 00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:43,690 OH, COME ON. [ SWITCH CLICKING ] 876 00:42:43,690 --> 00:42:45,690 [ SIGHS ] YOU [BLEEP] KIDDING ME? 877 00:42:45,690 --> 00:42:47,390 [ CLICKING ] 878 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:51,400 [ SIGHS ] WHAT THE [BLEEP]? 879 00:42:53,930 --> 00:42:56,200 Narrator: WITHOUT A WORKING FUEL PUMP, 880 00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,400 RICK CAN'T TRAVEL. 881 00:43:00,910 --> 00:43:02,610 YEAH, THAT'S NOT A GOOD SIGN. 882 00:43:02,610 --> 00:43:05,980 MAKES ME WONDER WHAT THE [BLEEP] I'M DOING AT ALL. 883 00:43:05,980 --> 00:43:08,530 SO I HAD A THOUGHT, AND I DECIDED TO CHECK 884 00:43:08,530 --> 00:43:11,650 THE CONNECTION OF THE PIGTAIL 885 00:43:11,650 --> 00:43:13,520 THAT I PLUGGED INTO THAT FUEL TANK, 886 00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:15,040 OR THE FUEL PUMP. 887 00:43:17,370 --> 00:43:19,870 WELL...TIGHTEN THAT UP. 888 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,190 HOPEFULLY, THAT IS THE ANSWER. 889 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:24,160 WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT RIGHT NOW. 890 00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:29,720 [ EXHALES SLOWLY ] 891 00:43:32,310 --> 00:43:33,640 [ INHALES SHARPLY ] 892 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:35,310 IT'S GONNA WORK, OR IT'S NOT. 893 00:43:35,310 --> 00:43:36,810 HERE WE GO. 894 00:43:36,810 --> 00:43:38,880 [ MOTOR WHIRS ] OH, BABY! 895 00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:40,900 [ LAUGHING ] 896 00:43:40,900 --> 00:43:42,710 THAT'S SUCCESS. 897 00:43:42,720 --> 00:43:45,220 [BLEEP] YEAH. 898 00:43:45,220 --> 00:43:47,940 WELL, THAT'S DONE. GOOD TO GO. 899 00:43:47,940 --> 00:43:51,270 Narrator: TWO WEEKS INTO THE MINING SEASON, 900 00:43:51,270 --> 00:43:54,390 RICK IS FINALLY READY TO HEAD NORTH 901 00:43:54,390 --> 00:43:56,390 AND TRY HIS LUCK AT THE BORDER. 902 00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,310 AND I'M ALREADY LATE TO THE PARTY. 903 00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:02,900 BUT... 904 00:44:02,900 --> 00:44:04,400 WE'RE STILL GONNA GET MOVING. 905 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:05,900 WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE A MINE SEASON. 906 00:44:05,910 --> 00:44:07,010 I HAVE TO. 907 00:44:07,010 --> 00:44:09,790 I'VE GOT TOO MANY GUYS COUNTING ON ME, 908 00:44:09,790 --> 00:44:12,010 AND I'VE GOT TOO MANY DEBTS TO MAKE UP FOR FROM LAST YEAR, 909 00:44:12,010 --> 00:44:15,010 SO IT'S GO TIME. 910 00:44:15,020 --> 00:44:17,520 I'M STILL NOT 100% THAT I'M GONNA MAKE IT ACROSS THE BORDER, 911 00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:21,390 BUT IT'S TIME TO QUIT WAITING 912 00:44:21,390 --> 00:44:23,640 AND IT'S TIME TO ACT, SO... 913 00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:25,220 [ RAIN PATTERING ] 914 00:44:29,430 --> 00:44:31,700 [ ENGINE STARTS ] WHAT DO YOU SAY, RUBES? 915 00:44:31,700 --> 00:44:34,700 LET'S GET OUT OF HERE. 916 00:44:34,700 --> 00:44:36,200 ALRIGHT. 917 00:44:40,940 --> 00:44:42,620 AND WE'RE OFF. 918 00:44:45,450 --> 00:44:47,080 GONNA BE A LONG RIDE. 919 00:44:53,220 --> 00:44:56,820 Narrator: 2,300 MILES NORTH, 920 00:44:56,820 --> 00:44:59,020 TWO WEEKS INTO THEIR SEASON, 921 00:44:59,030 --> 00:45:04,260 THE BEETS CREW CAN FINALLY START MINING FOR GOLD 922 00:45:04,260 --> 00:45:06,010 I KNOW A LOT OF OTHER SITES ARE NOT GONNA GET STARTED 923 00:45:06,020 --> 00:45:07,230 FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. 924 00:45:07,230 --> 00:45:09,600 BUT WE'RE READY TO GO IN ABOUT A DAY OR TWO. 925 00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:11,770 THIS IS THE TIME TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. 926 00:45:11,770 --> 00:45:14,110 FOR US, THIS PART IS WORKING OUT. 927 00:45:14,110 --> 00:45:16,270 EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD, NOT SO MUCH. 928 00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:20,610 Narrator: BUT FIRST, 929 00:45:20,610 --> 00:45:24,580 TONY HAS TO LET SOME FRESH-OUT-OF-QUARANTINE VISITORS 930 00:45:24,580 --> 00:45:27,590 INTO HIS PARADISE HILL FORTRESS. 931 00:45:27,590 --> 00:45:29,120 Monica: SO... 932 00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:31,670 WHERE WE GOING? 933 00:45:45,810 --> 00:45:48,470 HAS IT BEEN A PEACEFUL SPRING 934 00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:50,640 WITH NO FILM CREW AROUND TO BOTHER YOU? 935 00:46:04,860 --> 00:46:07,380 TELL ME WHAT YOU GOT GOING ON HERE WITH THE LOCKDOWN. 936 00:46:09,630 --> 00:46:11,000 [ LAUGHTER ] 937 00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:14,470 HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE FOR? 938 00:46:22,380 --> 00:46:23,890 FOUR OF US. JUST FOUR OF US. 939 00:46:26,650 --> 00:46:29,150 Narrator: A LOCAL "GOLD RUSH" FILM CREW 940 00:46:29,150 --> 00:46:32,520 HAS COMPLETED THE 14-DAY YUKON QUARANTINE. 941 00:46:36,410 --> 00:46:40,110 SO MONICA CAN HAND OVER THE FILMING DUTIES, 942 00:46:40,110 --> 00:46:44,000 AND THE BEETS CREW CAN FINALLY GET ON THE GOLD. 943 00:47:06,020 --> 00:47:09,020 -HERE WE GO. -WE'RE IN. 944 00:47:09,020 --> 00:47:12,270 Narrator: WITH GOLD PRICES AT A SEVEN-YEAR HIGH, 945 00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:15,780 TONY, RICK, AND PARKER COULD HAVE 946 00:47:15,780 --> 00:47:19,450 THEIR BIGGEST SEASONS EVER. 947 00:47:19,450 --> 00:47:21,450 Rick: HERE, KNOW, I FEEL LIKE I'M REALLY SET UP GOOD 948 00:47:21,450 --> 00:47:22,870 FOR THIS YEAR, AND I WANT IT. 949 00:47:22,870 --> 00:47:24,620 I WANT IT BAD. 950 00:47:24,620 --> 00:47:26,950 THIS COULD ALL ADD UP TO A VERY SUCCESSFUL SEASON 951 00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:28,820 FOR ME AND MY GUYS. 952 00:47:30,330 --> 00:47:31,830 Parker: FROM A MINING STANDPOINT, 953 00:47:31,830 --> 00:47:33,660 WE'RE IN PRETTY DECENT SHAPE, 954 00:47:33,660 --> 00:47:35,660 BUT I WANT TO GO HIT IT HARD. 955 00:47:35,670 --> 00:47:40,000 BUT THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY HAS TO BE THE SAFETY OF THE CREW 956 00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:43,550 AND DOING THINGS, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT WAY 957 00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:45,960 AND PUTTING PLANS TOGETHER RIGHT NOW 958 00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:48,340 TO TRY TO SALVAGE THE SEASON. 959 00:47:48,340 --> 00:47:51,260 I WANT TO GO MOVE SOME DIRT AND MAKE SOME MONEY 960 00:47:51,260 --> 00:47:53,930 AND PULL A BUNCH OF GOLD OUT OF THE GROUND. 961 00:47:53,930 --> 00:47:55,770 AND IF THE WORLD DOESN'T WANT ME TO DO THAT, 962 00:47:55,770 --> 00:47:58,600 THEN IT KIND OF MAKES ME WANT TO DO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. 962 00:47:59,305 --> 00:48:59,267 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org