"Gold Rush: Dave Turin's Lost Mine" The Million Dollar Claim

1 00:00:10,510 --> 00:00:12,910 Our country is going through some tough times right now. 2 00:00:14,910 --> 00:00:18,250 For me and my group of guys, gold is the answer. 3 00:00:19,310 --> 00:00:21,420 Gold gives us freedom. 4 00:00:25,290 --> 00:00:26,220 Here we go. 5 00:00:30,590 --> 00:00:33,030 America has changed, but the dream hasn't. 6 00:00:34,530 --> 00:00:37,900 Dave and I need to find something. Something. 7 00:00:37,930 --> 00:00:40,200 This is our last chance in any season. 8 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,800 This is do or die right now. 9 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:50,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 10 00:00:52,110 --> 00:00:53,150 What? 11 00:00:55,980 --> 00:00:57,480 - Jason. - Hello. 12 00:00:59,220 --> 00:01:01,520 Whoo! Okay. I'm on my way. 13 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:03,990 This is exactly what we've been looking for. 14 00:01:04,030 --> 00:01:05,330 So, happy days. 15 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:07,830 On the gold now, baby. Whoo! 16 00:01:28,420 --> 00:01:29,420 I get it. 17 00:01:30,250 --> 00:01:31,050 Thanks, Blaine. 18 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:35,790 Oh, man. 19 00:01:43,530 --> 00:01:47,570 Alaska's off. Now I've gotta find a plan B. 20 00:01:49,500 --> 00:01:51,370 At the end of last season, 21 00:01:51,410 --> 00:01:54,210 Dave entered the unforgiving wilds of Alaska... 22 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,240 We've gotta go to the ends of the earth, 23 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,650 to places that are inhospitable. 24 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:02,850 ...unearthed evidence of life changing gold... 25 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:04,750 This is the biggest nugget I've ever panned. 26 00:02:04,790 --> 00:02:07,120 ...and invested his retirement fund 27 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,590 in a revolutionary new wash plant. 28 00:02:09,620 --> 00:02:10,660 - Looking good. 29 00:02:10,690 --> 00:02:13,130 Ready to mine in the last frontier... 30 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,760 It's $1,991 per ton. 31 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:17,030 - Whoo! - Wow. 32 00:02:17,070 --> 00:02:19,530 ...and secure riches for him and his crew. 33 00:02:19,570 --> 00:02:23,640 It's a huge gamble, but hopefully it pays off. 34 00:02:23,670 --> 00:02:27,770 Now the global pandemic has sent costs soaring 35 00:02:27,810 --> 00:02:29,780 and travel restrictions in Alaska 36 00:02:29,810 --> 00:02:32,810 have forced Dave back to square one. 37 00:02:32,850 --> 00:02:34,080 This is Dave Turin. 38 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,420 You got anything in Montana or Nevada? 39 00:02:37,450 --> 00:02:39,450 If you find anything, give me a call. 40 00:02:39,490 --> 00:02:40,690 - All right. Bye. - Bye. 41 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,890 Look, I gotta call the guys. 42 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:44,160 They're my partners now, 43 00:02:44,190 --> 00:02:46,290 they get a percentage of the gold. 44 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,000 Well, guys, I've got some, uh, disheartening news. 45 00:02:53,030 --> 00:02:55,800 Alaska is off the books for this year. 46 00:02:55,840 --> 00:03:00,110 So, by the time that the travel restrictions lift, 47 00:03:00,140 --> 00:03:01,880 we get our equipment in there 48 00:03:01,910 --> 00:03:04,910 and then we've got a month to mine. 49 00:03:04,950 --> 00:03:06,810 I know you've been chasing gold in your home states 50 00:03:06,850 --> 00:03:08,820 but we gotta keep going. 51 00:03:08,850 --> 00:03:12,890 Jess, didn't you tell me a story about a guy 52 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:15,590 that you knew over in that Moose Creek drainage area? 53 00:03:15,620 --> 00:03:19,690 We could talk the rancher into letting us get down in the bottom. 54 00:03:19,730 --> 00:03:23,600 Go check out that Moose Creek. That's an option. 55 00:03:23,630 --> 00:03:25,770 Dave, I went out and did some prospecting here in Arizona. 56 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:27,970 I got a property down at the hold for ya. 57 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,640 Big wide open area that the landowner claims has never been mined. 58 00:03:31,670 --> 00:03:34,580 Can we go prospect that, like, right away? 59 00:03:34,610 --> 00:03:37,710 Yeah. Just pack up your stuff and come down here. We're ready to go. 60 00:03:37,750 --> 00:03:42,250 Chris, Nathan, be ready. Jason, get out there in Montana. 61 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:44,420 Find a piece of ground that we can mine. 62 00:03:44,450 --> 00:03:47,250 - Will do, man. We're on it. - Casey. 63 00:03:47,290 --> 00:03:48,860 - I'm on my way to Arizona. - All in. 64 00:03:48,890 --> 00:03:51,360 All in, baby. Let's do it. 65 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:59,600 Seems like my life is always starting over again. 66 00:03:59,630 --> 00:04:03,970 You get something going, find a good spot like Alaska, Nixon fork. 67 00:04:04,010 --> 00:04:06,040 And then COVID-19 hits 68 00:04:06,070 --> 00:04:10,740 and it changes everybody's plans. 69 00:04:10,780 --> 00:04:14,050 I still believe there's gold in these lost and abandoned mines, 70 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,650 and right now is a great time to go gold mining. 71 00:04:17,690 --> 00:04:21,360 Gold prices are going up, fuel prices are down. 72 00:04:21,390 --> 00:04:23,890 America is still filled with gold. 73 00:04:23,930 --> 00:04:26,630 I know that big strike is around the corner for us. 74 00:04:26,660 --> 00:04:30,300 I can feel it and I've got the best guys to help me find it. 75 00:04:32,030 --> 00:04:36,540 Five hundred miles away, in Silver Bow county, Montana, 76 00:04:36,570 --> 00:04:40,010 Jason follows Jesse's lead on virgin ground 77 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:42,740 at the Moose Creek cattle ranch. 78 00:04:46,750 --> 00:04:48,580 The cattle prices are down. 79 00:04:48,620 --> 00:04:50,250 Ranchers still gotta eat. 80 00:04:50,290 --> 00:04:54,020 So the rancher went ahead and give me permission to a property that, 81 00:04:54,060 --> 00:04:56,260 they've been denying people for years. 82 00:04:56,290 --> 00:04:59,930 It's known for nuggets. So, say a prayer. 83 00:05:02,030 --> 00:05:05,830 We're about to find out what nobody else has ever tried. 84 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,650 If you've got any options or you know of anything 85 00:05:24,690 --> 00:05:27,250 could you give me a call back? Thanks. 86 00:05:27,290 --> 00:05:30,520 In Arizona, on his way to meet Casey, 87 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,990 Dave calls his mining contacts. 88 00:05:33,030 --> 00:05:34,660 Hunting out good ground. 89 00:05:37,830 --> 00:05:39,400 Hello. 90 00:05:39,430 --> 00:05:41,340 Hey, hey, this is Lance Fowler calling you. How are you doing? 91 00:05:41,370 --> 00:05:42,900 Hey, Lance. I'm good. 92 00:05:42,940 --> 00:05:45,240 You may be looking for a place to mine. 93 00:05:45,270 --> 00:05:47,740 It's in our property that we have in Colorado. 94 00:05:47,780 --> 00:05:51,810 It's kind of an interesting property, wasn't mined during the Gold Rush. 95 00:05:51,850 --> 00:05:53,210 - Wow. - Yeah. 96 00:05:53,250 --> 00:05:55,420 - And there's good stuff down there. - Yeah. Sounds good. 97 00:05:55,450 --> 00:05:57,320 - All right. - Thank you, Lance. 98 00:05:58,650 --> 00:06:00,650 Yeah, I've mined in Colorado before. 99 00:06:00,690 --> 00:06:05,160 When I was with the Hoffmans, we mined in Fairplay. 100 00:06:05,190 --> 00:06:07,430 But it didn't work out very good. 101 00:06:07,460 --> 00:06:09,160 Lance was one of the claim owners. 102 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,730 He's very honest, very straight forward. 103 00:06:12,770 --> 00:06:16,270 Look, Colorado, it's not the friendliest place to mine. 104 00:06:16,300 --> 00:06:18,440 There's a lot of issues, 105 00:06:18,470 --> 00:06:22,040 but I've got some good options. 106 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:26,950 Now, Dave has three potential season saving locations. 107 00:06:26,980 --> 00:06:30,980 His first stop, Arizona's Bradshaw Mountains, 108 00:06:31,020 --> 00:06:35,720 and a 260 acre property on the Agua Fria River. 109 00:06:37,130 --> 00:06:40,160 Hey, Dave, this is it. We're coming into Agua Fria. 110 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:42,000 This property... 111 00:06:42,030 --> 00:06:44,330 From what the land owners told me and from what I'm seeing... 112 00:06:44,370 --> 00:06:45,730 It hasn't been mined before. 113 00:06:45,770 --> 00:06:48,000 You're telling me there's virgin ground down here 114 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:49,440 and Arizona's got a lot of gold, 115 00:06:49,470 --> 00:06:54,270 but why hasn't anybody mined the Agua Fria river? 116 00:06:54,310 --> 00:06:58,110 The river runs through legendary gold mining country. 117 00:06:59,650 --> 00:07:03,680 In 1863, brothers William and Isaac Bradshaw. 118 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:08,090 Face a fierce Apache onslaught to prospect for gold. 119 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:12,390 Their discovery sparks a gold rush of epic proportions. 120 00:07:12,430 --> 00:07:16,900 Tens of thousands of men flocked to the Bradshaw Mountains, 121 00:07:16,930 --> 00:07:22,200 and $18 million is pulled from the ground by 1923. 122 00:07:27,010 --> 00:07:28,240 Hey, Wolf. 123 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,210 Today, Wolf Glasser 124 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:35,280 believes he owns the last, remaining stretch of virgin ground on the river. 125 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:37,120 - Casey. - Dave. 126 00:07:37,150 --> 00:07:38,990 Welcome to the Agua Fria. 127 00:07:39,020 --> 00:07:40,150 - Awesome. - Oh, man. 128 00:07:40,190 --> 00:07:41,290 Let's go up here, 129 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:43,790 - and we'll take a look at the land. - Okay. 130 00:07:43,830 --> 00:07:45,560 So it's kind of nice to get high 131 00:07:45,590 --> 00:07:47,130 and look at the whole property. 132 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,060 That helps Casey and I kind of figure out 133 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:51,400 where the river went where it didn't go. 134 00:07:51,430 --> 00:07:53,000 This is my ground. 135 00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:59,470 We bought the land knowing that there was gold in this land 136 00:07:59,510 --> 00:08:00,940 and that it had never been mined before. 137 00:08:00,980 --> 00:08:03,740 And just knowing that if we got the right people to work with 138 00:08:03,780 --> 00:08:05,750 that, we could pull a lot of gold out of here. 139 00:08:05,780 --> 00:08:07,550 Uh, it's virgin ground. 140 00:08:07,580 --> 00:08:09,680 It's in the middle of the desert. It's beautiful. 141 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:11,650 Wow. That's pretty cool. 142 00:08:14,190 --> 00:08:17,890 This is beautiful. I love this. Water in the desert. 143 00:08:19,090 --> 00:08:20,690 That's amazing. 144 00:08:20,730 --> 00:08:22,760 I love the inside bend of this river. 145 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,000 - It's where the gold collects. - Yeah. 146 00:08:25,030 --> 00:08:26,400 - Oh... - Oh, yes. 147 00:08:26,430 --> 00:08:28,670 - Rich in there. - Oh, I'll bet it is, too. 148 00:08:28,700 --> 00:08:31,910 It's virgin ground. Ready for someone to dig. 149 00:08:31,970 --> 00:08:34,810 And fill a jar full of gold, or even a bucket. 150 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:36,380 - I like that attitude. - I do too. 151 00:08:36,410 --> 00:08:37,640 - Yeah? You like that? - I like this guy 152 00:08:37,680 --> 00:08:40,110 - I love him. 153 00:08:41,980 --> 00:08:43,620 All right, just follow me down the hill. 154 00:08:43,650 --> 00:08:44,950 All right. 155 00:08:48,190 --> 00:08:50,290 Now, with the clock ticking, 156 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:54,190 Dave must find the gold he can stake his season on. 157 00:08:55,430 --> 00:08:57,960 This looks all untouched. 158 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,670 Those cactuses are over a couple 100 years old, so... 159 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:03,470 This hasn't been mined, I can tell. 160 00:09:03,500 --> 00:09:06,670 I mean, you look at how cemented that gravel is. 161 00:09:06,710 --> 00:09:08,310 That's never been touched. 162 00:09:08,340 --> 00:09:10,410 It could contain a significant amount of gold. 163 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:12,580 It looks good. It's very promising. 164 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:19,590 Well, I'm pulling this out right here, just 'cause of the big rocks. 165 00:09:19,620 --> 00:09:21,350 When the water was coming across here, 166 00:09:21,390 --> 00:09:23,290 it could've made a natural sluice right here. 167 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,160 I hope we will find some gold. 168 00:09:27,930 --> 00:09:29,130 All right, Casey. 169 00:09:30,330 --> 00:09:31,500 Thank you. 170 00:09:31,530 --> 00:09:33,430 All right, let's go down to the river and pan it. 171 00:09:39,010 --> 00:09:42,440 - Dave. Take a look. - Oh, yeah. 172 00:09:44,580 --> 00:09:46,510 - Very nice, Case. - Yeah. 173 00:09:46,550 --> 00:09:48,250 There's fines and there's actually 174 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,020 some decent sized gold in the first couple pans. 175 00:09:54,620 --> 00:09:57,420 Well, finding this kind of virgin ground is rare. 176 00:09:57,460 --> 00:09:59,760 Did the old-timers miss this? 177 00:10:00,930 --> 00:10:02,330 No. 178 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,000 I guarantee you, there was thousands of men 179 00:10:05,030 --> 00:10:08,000 that put pans in that creek and they found this gold. 180 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:11,940 The question is, why did they not mine it? 181 00:10:11,970 --> 00:10:14,470 - I'm seeing micro fines right there. - Okay. 182 00:10:15,310 --> 00:10:17,480 - You see that? - What? 183 00:10:17,510 --> 00:10:21,480 - Oh, God. 184 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:23,920 That's like... That's pretty impressive. You see that, Wolf? 185 00:10:23,950 --> 00:10:25,890 I knew there was gold in this river. 186 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:27,690 Yeah, you... There's gold, man. 187 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:29,120 There's gold. There's tons of gold. 188 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:31,860 I mean, that's just one pan. Imagine a yield on a ton. 189 00:10:31,890 --> 00:10:32,790 Exactly. 190 00:10:32,830 --> 00:10:34,160 And that's a micro nugget, isn't it? 191 00:10:34,230 --> 00:10:36,560 Um, that's a decent sized piece of gold. 192 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:37,930 That's encouraging. 193 00:10:37,970 --> 00:10:40,930 That's the first step. There's gold here. 194 00:10:43,570 --> 00:10:44,740 Coming up... 195 00:10:44,770 --> 00:10:46,610 Right now we've got nothing. 196 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:48,710 And I'm not leaving till we figure this out. 197 00:10:48,740 --> 00:10:51,440 As the mining season slips away. 198 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,950 Not a thing. Not even a micro dot. 199 00:10:54,980 --> 00:10:57,020 ...team Turin digs deep... 200 00:10:57,050 --> 00:10:59,890 - Dude, we gotta get an excavator. 201 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:01,490 ...to save its future. 202 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,660 Well, Jason, did we make it? 203 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,540 After Alaskan dreams were put on hold 204 00:11:16,570 --> 00:11:18,970 Team Turin is on a mad scramble 205 00:11:19,010 --> 00:11:21,910 for lost gold in the lower 48. 206 00:11:21,940 --> 00:11:23,710 As the river turns a corner, 207 00:11:23,740 --> 00:11:26,410 it eddies right here, and the gold will drop out. 208 00:11:26,450 --> 00:11:27,880 In Arizona... 209 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:31,350 It's always on the inside bend the majority of your gold. 210 00:11:31,390 --> 00:11:34,190 ...Dave and Casey need to quickly assess 211 00:11:34,220 --> 00:11:39,730 if the Agua Fria river holds enough gold to answer their prayers. 212 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:41,660 There's gold everywhere around here. 213 00:11:41,700 --> 00:11:45,230 So we are in the right area. The right district. 214 00:11:45,270 --> 00:11:47,570 You've got water that's consistent 215 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:49,870 - That's a benefit. - It's true. 216 00:11:49,900 --> 00:11:53,370 I mean, we've got good access, we can get our equipment in here. 217 00:11:53,410 --> 00:11:56,280 We can get fuel here, I think fuel's not a problem. 218 00:11:56,310 --> 00:11:58,410 - I see potential here, Dave. - Yep. 219 00:11:58,450 --> 00:12:02,250 This could be out opportunity to mine year round. 220 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:06,420 Here's the big question, did the old timers miss this? 221 00:12:06,450 --> 00:12:08,120 Look, maybe they didn't overlook this. 222 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,120 They saw it, they knew there was gold here. 223 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:12,090 But what's the reason they left? 224 00:12:16,100 --> 00:12:18,830 Eight hundred miles north, in Montana, 225 00:12:18,870 --> 00:12:22,740 Jason and Jesse prospect for gold on historic ground. 226 00:12:22,770 --> 00:12:25,670 At an unmined cattle ranch. 227 00:12:25,710 --> 00:12:28,680 If there's any question of exactly how much 228 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:32,950 goes into even prospecting, here's your answer. 229 00:12:33,610 --> 00:12:35,620 We've slipped a track, 230 00:12:35,650 --> 00:12:37,750 Jesse's putting grease in there, 231 00:12:37,790 --> 00:12:40,920 Whoo! We're gonna be back in business, baby. 232 00:12:42,890 --> 00:12:44,860 In 1866, 233 00:12:44,890 --> 00:12:47,230 gold is discovered at Moose Creek. 234 00:12:47,260 --> 00:12:49,860 The purest in Silver Bull county. 235 00:12:49,900 --> 00:12:54,100 Sparking a gold rush, that makes 1860s Montana, 236 00:12:54,140 --> 00:12:57,700 the most profitable gold mining location in the country. 237 00:12:59,010 --> 00:13:00,940 By 1959, 238 00:13:00,980 --> 00:13:03,480 almost three million ounces of gold 239 00:13:03,510 --> 00:13:05,810 have been extracted from the land. 240 00:13:05,850 --> 00:13:09,820 But the Moose Creek cattle ranch, was never mined. 241 00:13:11,350 --> 00:13:12,890 Praying for gold. 242 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:16,690 Meaning a game changing haul, of gold rich pay dirt, 243 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:19,230 could be hiding beneath the pasture. 244 00:13:19,260 --> 00:13:21,090 It's a fractured bedrock. 245 00:13:21,130 --> 00:13:24,100 So, any gold that falls down through, 246 00:13:24,130 --> 00:13:26,500 man, you could chase it forever. 247 00:13:26,530 --> 00:13:28,300 Forever. Got anything? 248 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,740 Yup. See, gold right there. 249 00:13:31,770 --> 00:13:33,870 - Nice little piece. - Where? 250 00:13:34,980 --> 00:13:37,810 - Maybe it wasn't. 251 00:13:37,850 --> 00:13:39,250 It was shiny. 252 00:13:44,990 --> 00:13:47,390 We've got some rock that's travelled. 253 00:13:47,420 --> 00:13:49,620 Got some river appearance. 254 00:13:49,660 --> 00:13:51,830 Yeah, I like the looks of it. 255 00:13:51,860 --> 00:13:54,890 I don't see nothing. I ain't gold. 256 00:13:56,330 --> 00:13:58,060 I'm going deeper. 257 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:13,150 Nothing. Air. Yeah, not good. 258 00:14:14,680 --> 00:14:16,120 Gotta go deeper. 259 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:26,160 Got anything? 260 00:14:26,990 --> 00:14:28,060 Not a thing. 261 00:14:29,860 --> 00:14:32,200 Yeah. Not a thing. 262 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,170 Not even a micro dot. 263 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,570 What is it? Winners never quit? 264 00:14:39,610 --> 00:14:41,570 - And quitters never win. - You got it. 265 00:14:46,150 --> 00:14:48,550 - One over here, one over there? - Yup. 266 00:14:48,580 --> 00:14:50,950 - So that's a good sign. - Good sign. 267 00:14:50,990 --> 00:14:53,720 Now we gotta do a little bit more investigation. 268 00:14:53,750 --> 00:14:56,460 In Arizona, Dave and Casey, 269 00:14:56,490 --> 00:15:00,760 prospect their way across 260 acres of virgin ground, 270 00:15:00,830 --> 00:15:03,700 on the Agua Fria river. 271 00:15:03,730 --> 00:15:07,600 I'm optimistic, but the old timers probably walked this ground, 272 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:08,800 and they panned it, 273 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:10,540 but for some reason they overlooked it 274 00:15:10,570 --> 00:15:12,640 and I don't know the reason why. 275 00:15:12,670 --> 00:15:15,440 - Look at all the gold in that. - My pan's filled. 276 00:15:17,010 --> 00:15:18,750 Hell of a pan. 277 00:15:18,780 --> 00:15:21,280 I told you guys, got... Gold is on the surface here. 278 00:15:24,620 --> 00:15:26,720 We're in the right area. 279 00:15:26,750 --> 00:15:29,860 Virgin ground, and we've already found gold. 280 00:15:31,860 --> 00:15:32,760 Hey, Casey. 281 00:15:36,900 --> 00:15:38,600 Flash floods, man. 282 00:15:39,370 --> 00:15:40,900 The state's notorious for 'em. 283 00:15:41,740 --> 00:15:44,100 And when it comes, it's real deadly. 284 00:15:44,140 --> 00:15:46,440 Carrying tress like this... 285 00:15:46,470 --> 00:15:49,210 - And everything else... Yep. - ...and brush. 286 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:52,010 If we had equipment in here, we had people in here, 287 00:15:52,050 --> 00:15:55,210 with that kind of force and that depth of water... 288 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:57,620 that's bad. 289 00:15:59,890 --> 00:16:01,490 Arizona has a history 290 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:05,460 of destructive, monsoonal flash floods. 291 00:16:05,490 --> 00:16:09,660 In 1906, 30 hours of heavy rainfall, 292 00:16:09,700 --> 00:16:13,100 hits a mining town at Clifton, the resulting flood, 293 00:16:13,130 --> 00:16:16,270 kills around 18 miners and their families. 294 00:16:18,340 --> 00:16:21,440 That's why the gold's left, 295 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,880 - because it's too dangerous. - Oh, yeah. 296 00:16:26,710 --> 00:16:28,080 Starting mid-June, 297 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:33,090 monsoon season lasts through three crucial mining months. 298 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:37,420 We can take water from the river and pump it up to here and stay safe. 299 00:16:37,460 --> 00:16:39,490 - Yup. - But we set up here and mine, 300 00:16:39,530 --> 00:16:41,630 we gotta build roads to get our trucks back and forth. 301 00:16:41,660 --> 00:16:43,500 So it's not turnkey... 302 00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:48,700 to spend half a million dollars to come down here, 303 00:16:48,740 --> 00:16:51,000 uh, we could risk it all and lose our ass. 304 00:16:52,310 --> 00:16:56,240 So, Wolf, I'm gonna pass. 305 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:58,040 Hey, love you guys for coming out here. 306 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:01,680 I appreciate you giving us the opportunity to look at this ground, 307 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,280 - Off we go. I gotta go. - All right. 308 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:07,490 If there's a monsoon, 309 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:10,490 all of a sudden, there's a wall of water coming down that river, 310 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:12,960 and it'll kill people, it'll wipe out your equipment, 311 00:17:12,990 --> 00:17:14,930 And the old timers may have been facing that, 312 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,260 maybe that's why they didn't hit this ground. 313 00:17:17,300 --> 00:17:20,200 My guys are standing there looking at me, 314 00:17:20,230 --> 00:17:22,840 "Where are we going? Are gonna make any money?" 315 00:17:22,870 --> 00:17:25,300 And right now I got nowhere to mine. 316 00:17:25,340 --> 00:17:28,170 I'm under a lot of stress, a lot of pressure right now, 317 00:17:28,210 --> 00:17:31,180 and I can feel it. I've gotta find some ground. 318 00:17:34,050 --> 00:17:37,880 Sixteen hundred miles away, in the Bluegrass state, 319 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:43,490 Oh, man. There's my baby. Look at that. 320 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:46,760 Mechanic Nathan Clark doubles down on the promise 321 00:17:46,790 --> 00:17:49,300 of life changing gold this season. 322 00:17:50,460 --> 00:17:54,370 Before things kind of fell through and COVID-19 323 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,470 I invested in a service truck. 324 00:17:56,500 --> 00:17:59,570 I took my retirement out, for this. 325 00:18:00,910 --> 00:18:04,240 Oh, man. Look at this. 326 00:18:06,050 --> 00:18:07,880 She's got everything you can think of. 327 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:12,520 Four Pumps, 40 gallons. One waste tank, 100 gallons. 328 00:18:12,550 --> 00:18:15,120 It's got a 21 foot crane on it. 329 00:18:17,930 --> 00:18:20,330 I say we go take this puppy for a ride. 330 00:18:22,430 --> 00:18:27,230 Smells good. 331 00:18:27,270 --> 00:18:30,900 All else fails, go back turning wrenches, 332 00:18:30,940 --> 00:18:33,340 full time and I gold mine, 333 00:18:33,370 --> 00:18:35,070 but I won't be a gold miner. 334 00:18:35,110 --> 00:18:39,050 I found my passion, I found what I love, and I found my new family. 335 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,050 And Dave's gotta go out there and find something. 336 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,120 I know he's out there searching hard. 337 00:18:43,150 --> 00:18:45,380 Come on, Dave, let's find it. 338 00:18:45,420 --> 00:18:48,890 We come out busted, I don't know what we're gonna do. 339 00:18:57,130 --> 00:18:59,470 - Hello. - Mornin', Dave. 340 00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:02,030 With Agua Fria dead in the water, 341 00:19:02,070 --> 00:19:05,370 Jason calls Dave with news of Moose Creek. 342 00:19:06,410 --> 00:19:08,270 Dave, Montana is a no. 343 00:19:08,310 --> 00:19:10,880 The gold that was showing up in the pans, 344 00:19:10,910 --> 00:19:15,050 was so minimal. I mean, it was like, a flake per pan. 345 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,620 There was so much water, even if it's down there 346 00:19:19,650 --> 00:19:22,490 - there's no way we could mine it. - Dang it. 347 00:19:24,090 --> 00:19:25,530 Here's the deal. 348 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:27,530 I want you to pack your stuff up 349 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:29,600 and head to Colorado and I'll meet you there. 350 00:19:29,630 --> 00:19:31,400 I'm on my way, brother. 351 00:19:31,430 --> 00:19:33,430 I really thought that was gonna be 352 00:19:33,470 --> 00:19:35,940 our best shot at getting gold this season. 353 00:19:35,970 --> 00:19:38,570 Montana's were all of our equipment's still parked. 354 00:19:38,610 --> 00:19:40,010 No gold, 355 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:42,880 it's just not gonna work. Montana's done. 356 00:19:44,580 --> 00:19:47,780 Coming up... Dave revisits his past... 357 00:19:47,810 --> 00:19:51,480 I've mined in Colorado before, it didn't go well for me. 358 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:54,250 ...and takes shot at redemption. 359 00:19:54,290 --> 00:19:56,860 This is our last chance in any season. 360 00:19:56,890 --> 00:19:58,820 This is do or die right now. 361 00:19:58,860 --> 00:20:01,790 This is our last chance at Colorado gold right here. 362 00:20:07,730 --> 00:20:10,770 After a bust in Arizona and Montana... 363 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:14,240 Our season's so short now. This is my last option. 364 00:20:14,270 --> 00:20:17,020 ...Dave Turin is on a hail Mary mission 365 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:18,740 to the Centennial State. 366 00:20:18,780 --> 00:20:22,920 I've mined in Colorado before. When I was with the Hoffmans, 367 00:20:22,950 --> 00:20:25,590 we mined in Fairplay. 368 00:20:26,250 --> 00:20:27,650 It didn't go well for me. 369 00:20:27,690 --> 00:20:31,020 It was a really difficult, rough time. 370 00:20:31,060 --> 00:20:33,030 In the end, 371 00:20:33,060 --> 00:20:38,460 I lost my temper, things blew up and I just had to walk away. 372 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,300 After seven years as Todd Hoffman's number two, 373 00:20:43,340 --> 00:20:45,870 Dave's frustrations at being sidelined... 374 00:20:45,910 --> 00:20:48,640 - This is bull . - ...boiled over. 375 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,980 - Walk. Let's walk. - Trev, let's walk. 376 00:20:51,010 --> 00:20:53,910 - Come on, Dave. Let's finish this. - No, no, no. 377 00:20:53,950 --> 00:20:56,520 - Tray, please. - coward. 378 00:20:56,550 --> 00:20:59,290 - Enough. - I'm done. 379 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:01,450 - Just take me home. - I'll take you. 380 00:21:01,490 --> 00:21:03,020 Just pack my stuff and go. 381 00:21:03,060 --> 00:21:05,290 - Bad day. - Bad day. 382 00:21:05,330 --> 00:21:07,990 You guys stay away from us right now. 383 00:21:08,030 --> 00:21:09,830 I think I failed this year. 384 00:21:09,860 --> 00:21:13,770 And because of that, I will resign. 385 00:21:16,370 --> 00:21:22,040 It affected me deeply. I did fail, but I put my boots back on, 386 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:23,480 went back to work. 387 00:21:23,510 --> 00:21:27,480 So, yeah, I've always wanted a second chance at mining in Colorado. 388 00:21:44,100 --> 00:21:48,830 24 hours later, Dave arrives at his final destination... 389 00:21:49,900 --> 00:21:52,100 at 10,000 feet elevation, 390 00:21:52,140 --> 00:21:54,610 surrounded by the Rocky Mountains 391 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:58,080 lies the 400-acre valley, Box Creek. 392 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:06,620 Dave has been offered ground by claim owner, Lance Balor. 393 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:10,220 - Hey, How you doing, Dave? - Good. 394 00:22:10,260 --> 00:22:12,460 This is it. What do you guys think of it? 395 00:22:12,490 --> 00:22:15,030 Obviously, there was old dredge works. 396 00:22:15,060 --> 00:22:17,030 Yeah. So, this was the dairy dredge. 397 00:22:17,060 --> 00:22:19,770 - One of the best dredges in North America. - Ooh. 398 00:22:21,870 --> 00:22:27,940 Box Creek has been an epicenter of Colorado gold mining since 1908. 399 00:22:27,970 --> 00:22:33,410 The massive dairy dredge moves in 15 years later. 400 00:22:33,450 --> 00:22:37,050 One of the most profitable North American dredges in history. 401 00:22:37,780 --> 00:22:39,850 At its peak, it captures gold 402 00:22:39,890 --> 00:22:45,560 today worth $3.5 million in a single month. 403 00:22:45,590 --> 00:22:48,330 There's areas where they couldn't go because it was higher, 404 00:22:48,360 --> 00:22:50,960 but I think you have the expertise to try to do this. 405 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,500 All right. Let's hit it. 406 00:22:54,270 --> 00:22:57,340 Right now, I'm happy as hell, being in Colorado. 407 00:22:57,370 --> 00:22:59,910 Out of the house. Getting ready to dig. 408 00:22:59,940 --> 00:23:02,170 Don't get any better than that. 409 00:23:02,210 --> 00:23:04,540 This is gonna be a big challenge for Jason and I. 410 00:23:04,580 --> 00:23:06,210 Number one, why didn't the dredge go there? 411 00:23:06,250 --> 00:23:08,110 Number two, is there enough gold for us? 412 00:23:08,150 --> 00:23:10,580 What are the clues that they're gonna teach Jason and I 413 00:23:10,620 --> 00:23:12,350 how to get the gold out of the ground? 414 00:23:12,390 --> 00:23:13,650 We got a lot of work to do. 415 00:23:13,690 --> 00:23:15,450 I'll pick three spots. 416 00:23:15,490 --> 00:23:18,390 And if I get three good tests, we'll mine it. 417 00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:29,240 In 1923, the Dairy Dredge works the creek. 418 00:23:29,270 --> 00:23:31,700 A massive floating wash plant, 419 00:23:31,740 --> 00:23:35,070 the dredge chews its way up and down the creek, 420 00:23:35,110 --> 00:23:37,480 but doesn't touch the higher banks, 421 00:23:37,510 --> 00:23:41,280 potentially leaving strips of gold-laden pay dirt 422 00:23:41,310 --> 00:23:43,380 around the edge of its tailings. 423 00:23:44,050 --> 00:23:45,750 Right here. 424 00:23:45,790 --> 00:23:50,860 We're going to try to see what they left us right next to where their dredge went. 425 00:23:50,890 --> 00:23:53,030 So, I asked Jason to pull a sample right there, 426 00:23:53,060 --> 00:23:56,200 because this is definitely virgin ground. 427 00:23:57,700 --> 00:23:59,670 Jason, you think you're at the bottom? 428 00:23:59,700 --> 00:24:01,370 - I do, Dave, I do. - Is that clay? 429 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:02,940 All right, let me grab a sample. 430 00:24:02,970 --> 00:24:05,140 Just drop your bucket. I'll shovel in there. 431 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:16,480 There's an ancient lake bed, that's clay and silt. 432 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:19,820 And what happens is, over the years, that's that tight. 433 00:24:19,850 --> 00:24:22,690 Gold can't penetrate that. That's where all the gold sets. 434 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,420 So Jason's right at it. 435 00:24:25,460 --> 00:24:30,430 So, this should be a really good sample, so I'll go run it and see what we get. 436 00:24:38,570 --> 00:24:44,210 I'm counting, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, 437 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,350 nine, ten, eleven, twelve... 438 00:24:47,650 --> 00:24:51,180 Probably 20 pieces of gold. 439 00:24:51,220 --> 00:24:55,250 And some of them are decent size. 440 00:24:55,290 --> 00:24:59,690 That's a decent pan. I would mine that every day of the week. 441 00:24:59,730 --> 00:25:02,130 - That's gonna be good. - Right on. 442 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,960 We got gold. Dave found a good pan. 443 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:09,740 It's doable. However, you have to do multiple pans 444 00:25:09,770 --> 00:25:13,140 because it was a pocket and we bring everybody here 445 00:25:13,170 --> 00:25:16,240 because we had a couple lucky pans. 446 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,680 I don't think everybody's gonna like us too much. 447 00:25:20,580 --> 00:25:24,650 It falls on Jason to chase the gold-rich pay streak. 448 00:25:25,850 --> 00:25:29,660 10, 20, 30... 40 until there. 449 00:25:29,690 --> 00:25:33,360 That's deep. 40 feet. 450 00:25:39,030 --> 00:25:42,330 Wow, this is deep, deep ground right here. 451 00:25:42,370 --> 00:25:45,940 So, hopefully it's got a lot of gold in it. 452 00:25:47,070 --> 00:25:48,670 Let's go pan it and see. 453 00:25:50,940 --> 00:25:53,380 There's a lot riding on all of these pans. 454 00:25:53,410 --> 00:25:56,820 It's not just a single pan, it's the whole process. 455 00:25:56,850 --> 00:26:00,620 I need at least three pans and they've got to be good pans. 456 00:26:00,650 --> 00:26:03,320 And I'm getting very nervous, getting very frustrated 457 00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:09,030 because I'm always behind the old timers and it's hard. 458 00:26:09,060 --> 00:26:12,770 - How's it going, Dave? - Oh, it's all right. 459 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:16,700 It's not the greatest pan. 460 00:26:16,740 --> 00:26:19,910 Is the gold matching what it would need to be for that depth? 461 00:26:19,940 --> 00:26:22,640 I don't think so, Jason. 462 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,880 - Yay. - That's deep for that kind of gold. 463 00:26:27,810 --> 00:26:30,820 - What do you wanna do? - I'd say we have to punch another hole. 464 00:26:30,850 --> 00:26:32,050 Okay. 465 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:45,460 I just got to keep looking. 466 00:26:46,770 --> 00:26:49,970 There was only about 15 pieces of gold in that pan. 467 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,100 And I was hoping for, you know, double that. 468 00:26:52,140 --> 00:26:54,770 So we're just gonna keep looking. 469 00:26:54,810 --> 00:26:58,780 I haven't found anything that's super special yet, that's for sure. 470 00:27:17,230 --> 00:27:20,800 After a late start due to the pandemic, 471 00:27:20,830 --> 00:27:26,840 Team Turin's mining future rests on its last hope, Box Creek mine. 472 00:27:26,870 --> 00:27:28,640 Right now, we have made a decision. 473 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:33,410 We found some gold, found some holes with no gold. 474 00:27:33,450 --> 00:27:35,550 We're just trying to figure the ground out. 475 00:27:40,390 --> 00:27:43,660 Dave works by century-old dredge tracks, 476 00:27:43,690 --> 00:27:48,160 searching for slivers of gold-rich pay the old timers left behind. 477 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,930 It's the final stage of his three-pan test. 478 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:56,640 There's nothing there. 479 00:27:56,670 --> 00:28:00,140 Nothing worth looking at. 480 00:28:00,670 --> 00:28:03,080 They're so damn small. 481 00:28:03,110 --> 00:28:05,780 It seems like we hit some decent gold up there. 482 00:28:05,810 --> 00:28:10,620 And the further we're coming down, it's not very good. 483 00:28:12,890 --> 00:28:15,750 The dredge edge is inconsistent. 484 00:28:15,790 --> 00:28:19,560 There's not enough gold for Dave to stake his season on. 485 00:28:20,430 --> 00:28:21,730 That's mining. 486 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:25,260 You know, you're always looking for the good pan or the good hole. 487 00:28:25,330 --> 00:28:30,700 The 400 acres that Lance gave us is, uh, not looking real good. 488 00:28:35,010 --> 00:28:37,510 The old timers got the goody out of this valley, 489 00:28:37,540 --> 00:28:39,140 there's no doubt about it. 490 00:28:54,230 --> 00:28:55,690 The next morning... 491 00:28:55,730 --> 00:29:01,530 Right now we've got nothing, and I'm not leaving until we figure this out. 492 00:29:01,570 --> 00:29:06,170 ...desperate for any clues, Dave takes a history lesson. 493 00:29:06,210 --> 00:29:07,770 I was reading some of the history, 494 00:29:07,810 --> 00:29:11,410 and one of the geologists from way back, 495 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:15,250 mentioned something. These low-lying, hummocky type of hills on the property 496 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:18,880 give a value of one to two grams per cubic yard. 497 00:29:19,850 --> 00:29:21,620 That's good gold. 498 00:29:21,650 --> 00:29:24,390 Is it down here? Is it over here? 499 00:29:24,420 --> 00:29:26,830 Or is it on this side of the hill? 500 00:29:26,860 --> 00:29:29,660 But anyway, we got to find what that guy is talking about. 501 00:29:29,700 --> 00:29:32,730 - It's a mystery, but let's go up there and look. - Let's do it. 502 00:29:36,470 --> 00:29:39,240 Over the hill from where the dredge mined, 503 00:29:39,270 --> 00:29:44,680 lies a piece of ground Dave believes the old timers didn't touch. 504 00:29:44,710 --> 00:29:47,050 Jason, this has got potential. Check this out. 505 00:29:49,050 --> 00:29:51,650 Where we're standing, there could have been a glacier. 506 00:29:53,050 --> 00:29:56,360 And where it started to melt, the gold falls out, 507 00:29:56,390 --> 00:29:58,560 and then for millions of years it rains on it 508 00:29:58,590 --> 00:30:02,060 and the gold gets carried down there, 509 00:30:02,130 --> 00:30:04,560 I would say, right down in that spot. 510 00:30:06,100 --> 00:30:09,000 Dave's theory, thousands of years ago, 511 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:12,270 a massive glacier moves down through the valley, 512 00:30:12,310 --> 00:30:17,710 churning up the ground and freeing gold from inside the rock. 513 00:30:17,740 --> 00:30:22,080 Eventually the glacier melts, leaving undulating ground, 514 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:25,020 including hills known as hummocks. 515 00:30:26,350 --> 00:30:29,920 Over time, gold washes down the valley 516 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:34,860 and the hummocks become a natural sluice box, trapping pockets of gold. 517 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,100 When it levels out, that's where it's gonna drop the gold. 518 00:30:41,570 --> 00:30:44,200 That could be really rich. 519 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:47,110 Now we just gotta find where it settled. 520 00:30:47,140 --> 00:30:50,040 Sounds good. We could even drone it, get a bird's eye view. 521 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:51,680 Good thing we got a camera guy here. 522 00:30:52,910 --> 00:30:54,480 - Tell me where to go. - Cool. 523 00:30:54,510 --> 00:30:57,120 So we want a fly it from about there, down, 524 00:30:57,150 --> 00:30:59,920 So, that Jason and I can kind of see that creek. 525 00:30:59,950 --> 00:31:03,390 And then we kind of want to film this side 526 00:31:03,420 --> 00:31:05,220 as it goes down into there. 527 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,280 And that'll give us clues as to where to start, 528 00:31:13,300 --> 00:31:15,670 where we can go, what doesn't look good. 529 00:31:19,140 --> 00:31:21,740 What the... Back up, back up. Drop down. 530 00:31:23,910 --> 00:31:26,750 Look at that. Holy smokes! 531 00:31:27,610 --> 00:31:29,480 - Dude. - Dude, we got to go get a... 532 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,680 - Excavator. 533 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:36,560 Check this out. All of this gold that was from this glacier. 534 00:31:36,590 --> 00:31:38,490 It had to go right into that little draw. 535 00:31:39,390 --> 00:31:42,160 The drone reveals a draw. 536 00:31:42,230 --> 00:31:47,600 The lower part of each hummock has been cut steeper by years of rainfall. 537 00:31:47,630 --> 00:31:50,800 It could be a gold collecting funnel. 538 00:31:54,510 --> 00:31:57,340 I think we're gonna find some gold in that draw. 539 00:31:59,250 --> 00:32:01,750 I'm super excited. 540 00:32:01,780 --> 00:32:05,180 So glad Dave decided to come up here first thing in the morning, man. 541 00:32:05,220 --> 00:32:08,950 This could be not only a day changer, but a game changer. 542 00:32:10,220 --> 00:32:11,860 - Thanks, Brian. - Yeah, man. 543 00:32:11,890 --> 00:32:13,830 It's time to go get an excavator. 544 00:32:18,830 --> 00:32:21,330 I'm off to the spot that Dave was talking about. 545 00:32:25,170 --> 00:32:29,740 Jason's mission, to dig the draw and hunt for bedrock 546 00:32:29,780 --> 00:32:31,540 and a gold rich pay layer. 547 00:32:31,580 --> 00:32:34,110 Well, that's it. First bucket right there. 548 00:32:35,780 --> 00:32:40,720 This is our last chance in any season. This is do or die right now. 549 00:32:40,750 --> 00:32:44,720 This is our last chance to Colorado gold right here. 550 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:48,360 All right, let me grab a sample. Just drop your bucket and I'll shovel in there. 551 00:32:54,570 --> 00:32:56,670 What this country has gone through, 552 00:32:56,700 --> 00:33:02,670 there's not a single person out there that couldn't use some sort of uplifting news. 553 00:33:02,710 --> 00:33:06,380 And those are my brothers. That's Team Turin, man. 554 00:33:06,410 --> 00:33:08,150 Dave and I need to find something. 555 00:33:08,950 --> 00:33:11,620 Something to help build 556 00:33:11,650 --> 00:33:14,720 not only their spirits, but their pockets 557 00:33:14,750 --> 00:33:16,190 during this hard time. 558 00:33:17,690 --> 00:33:21,030 America has changed, but the dream hasn't. 559 00:33:25,500 --> 00:33:27,100 - Jason. - Hello? 560 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,910 Okay, I'm on my way. 561 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,040 All right, all right. Bye. 562 00:33:47,250 --> 00:33:49,250 I got married March 21st, 563 00:33:49,290 --> 00:33:52,160 then North Carolina and Tennessee was shutting down. 564 00:33:52,190 --> 00:33:56,730 Loader operator, Chris Taylor needs this season to pay off. 565 00:33:56,760 --> 00:34:00,370 Our families have blended. We're gonna be looking for a bigger house. 566 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,770 It's putting some pressure on me 567 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,840 to get out there and start mining and bring back the gold. 568 00:34:05,870 --> 00:34:08,310 But for Chris, putting his boots back on 569 00:34:08,340 --> 00:34:11,940 during the COVID crisis is a whole different ballgame. 570 00:34:11,980 --> 00:34:14,550 I wasn't born with much white blood cells. 571 00:34:14,580 --> 00:34:18,780 With this COVID scare, if I got it, I don't know if I'd be able to fight it. 572 00:34:18,820 --> 00:34:22,920 So, me going out with a group of guys gets a little scary 573 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,460 but I'm really counting on Dave to come through. 574 00:34:25,530 --> 00:34:28,390 But definitely, the reward outweighs the risk. 575 00:34:33,770 --> 00:34:39,300 Almost two weeks ago, Team Turin was robbed of its Alaskan dream... 576 00:34:39,340 --> 00:34:41,010 Oh, man! 577 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:45,240 ...forcing Dave to head back to the lower 48 to find a mine. 578 00:34:46,810 --> 00:34:50,280 Jason and Jesse struck out in Montana. 579 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:52,380 Not even a microdot. 580 00:34:52,420 --> 00:34:54,250 And Dave and Casey were spooked... 581 00:34:54,290 --> 00:34:58,260 - Hey, Casey. - ...by life-threatening flash floods in Arizona. 582 00:34:58,290 --> 00:34:59,460 It's too dangerous. 583 00:34:59,490 --> 00:35:03,930 Now, Box Creek, Colorado, is Dave's last hope. 584 00:35:09,070 --> 00:35:10,700 - Jason? - Hello. 585 00:35:14,310 --> 00:35:16,480 Okay, I'm on my way. 586 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:18,280 All right, bye. 587 00:35:20,650 --> 00:35:24,850 Y'all were around with me, when you should've been around with Dave. 588 00:35:36,900 --> 00:35:38,500 Look at the size of that gold. 589 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,800 - Dude! 590 00:35:43,100 --> 00:35:48,210 - On the gold now, baby! - I know. I know. 591 00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:52,180 Social distancing. That is a son of a bitching pan, Dave. 592 00:35:52,210 --> 00:35:53,950 Look at all the fines in there. 593 00:35:53,980 --> 00:35:56,680 - Oh, there are fines in there, too? - Oh, crap, man. 594 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:01,950 So, we call it little nuggy, nug-nug. 595 00:36:01,990 --> 00:36:04,560 - Little nuggy, nug-nug. 596 00:36:04,590 --> 00:36:07,630 I would give you the biggest damn hug if I could right now. 597 00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:10,330 - Isn't that a... - Oh, thank you, Lord. 598 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:13,030 That's the best pan I've had in the lower 48. 599 00:36:13,070 --> 00:36:16,330 I've had pans like that in the Yukon. 600 00:36:16,370 --> 00:36:21,210 But that, literally, is the best pan I've ever had in the lower 48 states. 601 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:24,440 Damn it, Dave. 602 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,210 This is exactly what we've been looking for. 603 00:36:28,250 --> 00:36:32,350 So, happy days. This is awesome. 604 00:36:32,390 --> 00:36:34,190 This is gonna make our season. 605 00:36:37,490 --> 00:36:41,130 But before Dave commits to mining in Colorado... 606 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:45,400 there's one more step. 607 00:36:45,430 --> 00:36:47,000 We'll run a bulk sample. 608 00:36:47,030 --> 00:36:51,040 We'll be able to figure out how many dollars per yard we've got in this ground. 609 00:36:55,470 --> 00:36:56,680 Ooh! 610 00:36:59,110 --> 00:37:03,850 First dirt going in, we know gold came from this area. 611 00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:07,020 - All right, shut her down. 612 00:37:08,090 --> 00:37:11,120 - That's leavened... - Oh, my gosh. 613 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:14,830 - Holy smokes! Look at the gold. - That is laden with gold. 614 00:37:14,860 --> 00:37:18,630 We're seeing a lot of gold already and we haven't even pulled the mats. 615 00:37:18,660 --> 00:37:23,000 So, we'll pull these mats out, dunk 'em in the water, and clean it up, 616 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:25,500 pan it down, see how many grams of gold we got. 617 00:37:27,240 --> 00:37:28,440 And see what we get. 618 00:37:29,910 --> 00:37:33,110 We really don't have a clue how much is in here. 619 00:37:33,150 --> 00:37:37,150 It's not like going into a jewelry store. I'll take a three-gram ring right there. 620 00:37:38,720 --> 00:37:40,620 Look at them. 621 00:37:40,650 --> 00:37:43,520 Holy , Dave. 622 00:37:45,220 --> 00:37:47,390 - Dude. - That's some gold, buddy. 623 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:51,460 To secure Team Turin's season, 624 00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:55,200 Dave needs to see $20 a yard. 625 00:37:55,230 --> 00:37:58,900 It's a little bit windy outside, so we'll weigh it up here. 626 00:37:58,940 --> 00:38:01,440 The good thing is, Dave's in the truck weighing the gold, 627 00:38:01,470 --> 00:38:04,280 so at least I know we're not gonna blow any away, 628 00:38:04,310 --> 00:38:07,310 because we're gonna need every bit I think, to hit that 20 bucks. 629 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:20,690 Well, Jason... 630 00:38:20,730 --> 00:38:22,730 What did you come up with, man? 631 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:25,160 Did we make it? 632 00:38:29,870 --> 00:38:33,570 We wanted $20 a yard, and we got $30 a yard. 633 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,210 We just made our season, Jason. 634 00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:40,810 Pack your bags, we are going to Colorado. 635 00:38:42,420 --> 00:38:45,150 We have a property. We have a mining season. 636 00:38:49,060 --> 00:38:51,490 That was the best prospect I've done the whole time 637 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:53,660 I've been doing these lost and abandoned mines. 638 00:38:53,690 --> 00:38:56,060 We out-prospected the old timers, 639 00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:58,600 and now we're gonna be mining in Colorado. 640 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,440 - Hey, guys, good morning! What's up? - Good morning. 641 00:39:05,470 --> 00:39:07,070 Everybody there? 642 00:39:08,210 --> 00:39:10,210 What a difference a day makes, guys. 643 00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:14,510 Guess what, boys? We're mining in the Colorado Rockies. 644 00:39:14,550 --> 00:39:17,250 - We found some gold! 645 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:20,090 Let's get on the road! 646 00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:21,720 Rocky mountain gold, baby! 647 00:39:27,030 --> 00:39:29,790 The last time I stood on these hills, 648 00:39:29,830 --> 00:39:32,130 it was after I left the Hoffman crew 649 00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:34,900 and I thought I'd never mine for gold again. 650 00:39:34,930 --> 00:39:38,970 But now, I have a second chance at Colorado. 651 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:42,010 A shot at redemption. 652 00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:45,380 For three years, we've been chasing these lost and abandoned mines 653 00:39:45,410 --> 00:39:50,720 and finally we found something that the old timers overlooked. 654 00:39:50,750 --> 00:39:53,850 And it feels like this is where we're supposed to be. 655 00:39:54,590 --> 00:39:55,690 This is our year. 656 00:39:56,660 --> 00:39:58,560 This is our destiny. 657 00:40:05,230 --> 00:40:07,930 Welcome to Colorado. 658 00:40:07,970 --> 00:40:10,400 It's called the Roach. She's gonna make us some money. 659 00:40:10,470 --> 00:40:11,740 Think you can live with that? 660 00:40:11,770 --> 00:40:13,300 We'll take it. We'll take that. 661 00:40:13,340 --> 00:40:14,440 All in. 662 00:40:16,710 --> 00:40:18,210 How do you measure success? 663 00:40:19,410 --> 00:40:23,010 In Gold? Or in this team, how far we've come? 664 00:40:25,720 --> 00:40:27,720 - Looks like we've got a visitor. - Oh, yeah. 665 00:40:27,750 --> 00:40:29,090 He just flipped me off. 666 00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:32,020 - Whatever we do is gonna be wrong. - Dang it! 667 00:40:32,060 --> 00:40:33,560 You ain't got nothing here. 668 00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:36,960 He did not. 669 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,660 This is hardest ground we've ever mined. 670 00:40:39,700 --> 00:40:42,100 - Dear God! 671 00:40:46,970 --> 00:40:50,810 - Is he okay? - Oh, my God. 672 00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:53,310 It's really not about how many times you get knocked down. 673 00:40:53,350 --> 00:40:55,810 - Let's hit it. - It's about getting back up. 674 00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:59,650 What if we turned it into a million-dollar season? 675 00:41:02,350 --> 00:41:04,920 I don't know where we're going next. But there's no quit. 676 00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:06,260 We're gonna find some good gold. 677 00:41:06,290 --> 00:41:07,560 There's no defeat. 678 00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:13,900 We have to put our boots on every day and go back to work. 679 00:41:15,030 --> 00:41:16,300 Dig down 680 00:41:17,170 --> 00:41:18,470 and dig deep. 681 00:41:19,470 --> 00:41:20,970 Oh, my... 682 00:41:23,140 --> 00:41:26,850 I haven't seen gold like this ever. 682 00:41:27,305 --> 00:42:27,406