"Gold Rush: Dave Turin's Lost Mine" Dozer Dave Returns

1 00:00:01,880 --> 00:00:04,360 I WANT TO GET TO THAT GOLD, BUT IT'S GOLD FEVER, 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:05,600 AND I GOT TO BE CAREFUL. 3 00:00:08,570 --> 00:00:10,540 Narrator: VETERAN MINER DAVE TURIN 4 00:00:10,570 --> 00:00:12,980 IS AN EXPERT GOLD HUNTER. 5 00:00:13,020 --> 00:00:14,880 Clark: WHAT IN THE WORLD? 6 00:00:14,910 --> 00:00:17,430 AND AFTER TWO YEARS OUT OF THE GAME, 7 00:00:17,470 --> 00:00:19,500 HE'S COME UP WITH A WAY TO GET BACK IN. 8 00:00:19,540 --> 00:00:22,540 THIS COULD BE MY FUTURE IN MINING RIGHT HERE. 9 00:00:22,570 --> 00:00:24,050 Narrator: DAVE WILL TRAVEL THE COUNTRY, 10 00:00:24,090 --> 00:00:28,670 FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, SEARCHING FOR THE MILLIONS 11 00:00:28,710 --> 00:00:32,780 HE BELIEVES ARE HIDDEN IN AMERICA'S LOST MINES... 12 00:00:32,810 --> 00:00:34,360 THE GOLD'S RIGHT THERE. 13 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:36,050 Narrator: ...HUNTING FOR PAY DIRT 14 00:00:36,090 --> 00:00:39,600 MINING OPERATIONS LEFT WHEN THE COUNTRY WENT TO WAR 15 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,850 AND THE GOLD EARLY PROSPECTORS COULDN'T REACH. 16 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,220 Dave: THESE OLDTIMERS WERE GOOD, BUT THEY DIDN'T GET IT ALL. 17 00:00:46,260 --> 00:00:47,780 Narrator: NOW HE'S ON A MISSION 18 00:00:47,810 --> 00:00:51,400 TO TRACK DOWN THE GOLD AND START HIS OWN OPERATION... 19 00:00:51,430 --> 00:00:52,430 [ CHEERING ] 20 00:00:52,470 --> 00:00:54,640 ...IN THE HOPE HE STRIKES IT BIG. 21 00:00:54,670 --> 00:00:55,950 I'M NOT WALKING AWAY FROM IT. 22 00:00:55,980 --> 00:00:57,880 HE'S OUT OF HIS [BLEEP] DAMN MIND. 23 00:00:57,910 --> 00:01:00,880 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 24 00:01:00,910 --> 00:01:03,980 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 25 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:06,980 CAN I DO THE CLAP? 26 00:01:07,020 --> 00:01:08,850 Man: YEAH, LET'S DO THE CLAP. HANG ON. 27 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:10,190 PLEASE JUST TELL ME WHEN. 28 00:01:10,220 --> 00:01:11,360 ALRIGHT, DO THE CLAP. 29 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,220 ARE WE ROLLING? JUST CLAP, YEP. 30 00:01:18,020 --> 00:01:20,020 SEE, I WAS JUST IN A GOOD MOOD, 31 00:01:20,050 --> 00:01:21,850 AND THEN YOU GOT TO BRING THAT UP. 32 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:29,074 33 00:01:30,670 --> 00:01:31,710 DAVE, GET THE [BLEEP] 34 00:01:31,740 --> 00:01:33,600 NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. 35 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:35,260 TREY, TREY!STOP, STOP. 36 00:01:35,290 --> 00:01:37,470 AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF WORKING FOR THE MAN, 37 00:01:37,500 --> 00:01:38,570 I HAD ENOUGH. 38 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:39,880 I SNAPPED. 39 00:01:39,910 --> 00:01:40,880 COME ON, DAVE, LET'S FINISH THIS. 40 00:01:40,910 --> 00:01:42,090 NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. 41 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:43,430 LOOK AT HIM [BLEEP] TAUNTING ME. 42 00:01:43,470 --> 00:01:45,220 NO, HE'S NOT! 43 00:01:45,260 --> 00:01:49,500 IN THE BEGINNING, WE WERE A CLOSE-KNIT, TIGHT TEAM. 44 00:01:49,540 --> 00:01:50,880 TOWARDS THE END, 45 00:01:50,910 --> 00:01:53,640 TODD STARTED TAKING MORE OF THE REINS AWAY FROM ME, 46 00:01:53,670 --> 00:01:55,430 AND HE STARTED TAKING CONTROL. 47 00:01:55,470 --> 00:01:56,950 I GOT VERY FRUSTRATED. 48 00:01:56,980 --> 00:01:59,120 I'LL JUST PACK MY [BLEEP] UP AND GO. 49 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,430 I'M DONE. 50 00:02:01,470 --> 00:02:03,710 I'M NOT PROUD OF THE FACT THAT IT LITERALLY TOOK 51 00:02:03,740 --> 00:02:06,400 A PUNCH IN THE FACE TO GET ME OFF OF THAT CREW, 52 00:02:06,430 --> 00:02:09,980 BUT NOW I'VE GOT UNFINISHED BUSINESS WITH GOLD MINING. 53 00:02:20,540 --> 00:02:22,500 WELL, THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. 54 00:02:22,540 --> 00:02:27,400 WE STARTED THIS BUSINESS 36 YEARS AGO. 55 00:02:27,430 --> 00:02:29,090 IT'S WHERE I LEARNED HOW TO MINE. 56 00:02:30,220 --> 00:02:32,260 IT'S NOT AS EXCITING. 57 00:02:32,290 --> 00:02:35,160 YOU LOOK AROUND, AND YOU'VE GOT A BIG PILE OF ROCK, 58 00:02:35,190 --> 00:02:36,950 AND YOU GO "WELL, THAT'S A NICE PILE OF ROCK". 59 00:02:36,980 --> 00:02:39,020 IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME EXCITEMENT AS 60 00:02:39,050 --> 00:02:40,850 WHEN YOU WALK UP TO A SLUICE BOX 61 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:42,470 AND YOU SEE ALL OF THAT FULL OF GOLD. 62 00:02:43,570 --> 00:02:45,090 I GUESS I'M A RESTLESS SPIRIT. 63 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:46,710 I WANT TO GO FIND THE GOLD. 64 00:02:46,740 --> 00:02:48,710 I WANT TO KEEP HAVING ADVENTURES. 65 00:02:48,740 --> 00:02:50,910 Narrator: BUT DAVE HASN'T JUST BEEN MOVING ROCK 66 00:02:50,950 --> 00:02:52,850 THESE PAST TWO YEARS. 67 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:54,950 HE'S BEEN PLOTTING HIS COMEBACK. 68 00:02:54,980 --> 00:02:56,190 Dave: SINCE I'VE BEEN HOME, 69 00:02:56,220 --> 00:02:58,260 THIS CRAZY THING'S BEEN HAPPENING. 70 00:02:58,290 --> 00:03:00,570 FAMILIES ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES 71 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:02,090 HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO ME 72 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,360 TO LOOK AT THEIR LOST AND ABANDONED MINES. 73 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:05,570 THANKS, CHRIS. BYE. 74 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:06,570 HERE'S THE QUESTION. 75 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,050 IS IT POSSIBLE IN AMERICA 76 00:03:09,090 --> 00:03:12,780 TO REJUVENATE THESE LOST MINES AND MAKE MONEY AT IT? 77 00:03:12,810 --> 00:03:14,950 THE OLD TIMERS DIDN'T HAVE BIG DOZERS. 78 00:03:14,980 --> 00:03:16,910 THEY DIDN'T HAVE ROCK TRUCKS, 79 00:03:16,950 --> 00:03:19,190 AND I BELIEVE WE CAN RETRIEVE THE GOLD 80 00:03:19,220 --> 00:03:22,400 WITH OUR MODERN EQUIPMENT, HELP THESE FAMILIES OUT, 81 00:03:22,430 --> 00:03:24,290 AND TURN IT INTO A BUSINESS. 82 00:03:24,330 --> 00:03:25,740 WELL, I'VE GOT AN INVESTOR. 83 00:03:25,780 --> 00:03:27,470 HE'S THE MAN WITH THE MONEY, 84 00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:29,540 BUT I'M MAKING THE DECISIONS ON MINING. 85 00:03:29,570 --> 00:03:31,220 I'M CALLING THE SHOTS. 86 00:03:31,260 --> 00:03:33,090 THAT'S IT, I'M JUST CALLING THE SHOTS. 87 00:03:42,260 --> 00:03:44,020 WE'RE HEADED UP THE YUKON RIVER. 88 00:03:45,850 --> 00:03:47,430 GOING TO A PLACE CALLED DONAHUE CREEK. 89 00:03:47,470 --> 00:03:49,090 I GOT A FRIEND NAMED ERIC STRETCH 90 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:52,090 THAT INVITED ME UP TO DO A LITTLE PROSPECTING 91 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:53,330 ON HIS GROUND. 92 00:03:55,090 --> 00:03:56,910 Narrator: DAVE'S DRAWN UP A SHORT LIST 93 00:03:56,950 --> 00:03:59,330 OF ABANDONED CLAIMS TO PROSPECT. 94 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:03,220 HE'S GOT SIX WEEKS OF FUNDING TO FIND PROFITABLE GROUND, 95 00:04:03,260 --> 00:04:06,120 AND HE'S STARTING IN THE YUKON. 96 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,780 80 MILES BY BOAT FROM DAWSON CITY 97 00:04:08,810 --> 00:04:10,980 IS THE REMOTE DONAHUE CREEK CLAIM, 98 00:04:11,020 --> 00:04:14,570 ABANDONED SINCE THE 1896 GOLD RUSH. 99 00:04:16,190 --> 00:04:19,290 THIS COULD BE MY FUTURE IN MINING RIGHT HERE. 100 00:04:19,330 --> 00:04:20,780 ALRIGHT, LET'S GO FIND ERIC. 101 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:24,090 I GOT A LOT OF MINES TO VISIT, 102 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:27,090 SO I'VE ONLY GOT TWO DAYS TO ASSESS THIS CLAIM. 103 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:28,470 HEY, ERIC! 104 00:04:28,500 --> 00:04:30,190 YOU COULDN'T HAVE PICKED SOME BETTER WEATHER? 105 00:04:30,220 --> 00:04:32,190 OH, BUDDY, HOW ARE YA, MAN? 106 00:04:32,220 --> 00:04:33,190 HOW'S IT GOING? 107 00:04:33,220 --> 00:04:34,400 GOOD TO SEE YA! 108 00:04:34,430 --> 00:04:36,050 SO HERE WE ARE AT DONAHUE CREEK. 109 00:04:37,090 --> 00:04:38,670 HOW MUCH GROUND YOU GOT UP HERE? 110 00:04:38,710 --> 00:04:40,710 OH, THERE'S ABOUT 130 CLAIMS. 111 00:04:40,740 --> 00:04:42,190 WELL, THAT'S PLENTY. 112 00:04:42,220 --> 00:04:44,950 ORIGINALLY, MY DAD HAD THE CLAIM POSTS STAKED HERE, 113 00:04:44,980 --> 00:04:47,290 AND THEN, HE DROWNED IN A BOAT ACCIDENT. 114 00:04:47,330 --> 00:04:48,360 OH, OKAY. 115 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:49,850 I'M SORRY, MAN. 116 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:51,220 AND I DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT TO DO, 117 00:04:51,260 --> 00:04:52,980 SO I LET IT GO. 118 00:04:53,020 --> 00:04:55,090 ALRIGHT. 119 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:56,670 Narrator: IN THE 19th CENTURY, 120 00:04:56,710 --> 00:05:00,640 30,000 MINERS PULLED OVER $1 BILLION 121 00:05:00,670 --> 00:05:03,780 FROM THE YUKON BY HAND, BUT 50 YEARS AGO, 122 00:05:03,810 --> 00:05:07,020 ERIC'S DAD BELIEVED HE'D FOUND GROUND RICH ENOUGH 123 00:05:07,050 --> 00:05:10,120 TO SUPPORT A MECHANICAL MINING OPERATION. 124 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:11,950 IS THIS ALL HAND-DUG? 125 00:05:11,980 --> 00:05:14,160 YEAH, AND IT'S EVEN BIGGER DOWN THAT WAY. 126 00:05:14,190 --> 00:05:16,850 HOLY COW, WE'VE GOT AN OLD RIVERBED. 127 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,470 NO WONDER THE OLD TIMERS WERE HERE. 128 00:05:19,500 --> 00:05:21,850 IN THIS AREA OF DONAHUE CREEK, 129 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:26,020 A RIVER THAT ERODED GOLD FROM ROCK FORMATIONS UPSTREAM 130 00:05:26,050 --> 00:05:28,330 CARRIED THE HEAVY METAL DOWNSTREAM. 131 00:05:29,950 --> 00:05:32,670 IT SETTLED ON WHAT BECAME THE CREEK BED, 132 00:05:32,710 --> 00:05:35,290 CONCENTRATING AROUND BEDROCK AND BOULDERS. 133 00:05:36,470 --> 00:05:39,910 OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS, THE RIVER RAN DRY 134 00:05:39,950 --> 00:05:43,120 AND LEFT BEHIND A SEDIMENT LAYER CALLED PLACER. 135 00:05:44,290 --> 00:05:46,670 I'M LOOKING FOR THE SIGNS OF THE RICH GROUND 136 00:05:46,710 --> 00:05:48,090 THAT ERIC'S DAD FOUND. 137 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:50,020 IT'S FREAKIN' PLACER. 138 00:05:50,050 --> 00:05:53,090 I THINK THERE'S GOLD HERE. I CAN FEEL IT. 139 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,400 I PULLED SOME SAMPLES OUT OF THE CREEK BED, 140 00:05:55,430 --> 00:05:57,950 BUT A LOT OF TIMES, THAT'S JUST THE SURFACE GOLD. 141 00:05:59,260 --> 00:06:03,220 WHAT I'M KIND OF LOOKING FOR IS SOME BIG ROCKS. 142 00:06:03,260 --> 00:06:05,600 THERE SHOULD BE GOLD AROUND THAT. 143 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:07,570 OH, THERE'S A BIG ROCK. OH, YEAH! 144 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,640 COME ON, BABY! 145 00:06:09,670 --> 00:06:12,160 SO FAR, SO GOOD. I'M PLEASED WITH WHAT I'M SEEING. 146 00:06:12,190 --> 00:06:14,670 SO, LET'S PAN IT IN THE MORNING. IT'S STARTING TO GET DARK. 147 00:06:14,710 --> 00:06:16,600 SOUND GOOD? OKAY. 148 00:06:24,290 --> 00:06:25,570 IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. 149 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,950 SINCE GOLD RUSH, I'VE LOST MY IDENTITY. 150 00:06:27,980 --> 00:06:29,430 I LOST MY FRIENDS. 151 00:06:31,220 --> 00:06:33,430 I'VE TRIED TO REPAIR THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, 152 00:06:33,470 --> 00:06:34,570 BUT IT HASN'T BEEN EASY. 153 00:06:36,980 --> 00:06:39,740 IN THE BEGINNING, WE WERE A TIGHT-KNIT CREW. 154 00:06:39,780 --> 00:06:42,640 WE LOVED HANGING OUT TOGETHER, BUT AS IT PROGRESSED, 155 00:06:42,670 --> 00:06:45,220 TODD STARTED TAKING MORE OF THE CONTROL 156 00:06:45,260 --> 00:06:48,220 AND WE STARTED TO LOSE THAT FAMILY ATTITUDE. 157 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,710 I'VE GOT A LOT TO PROVE TO MYSELF. 158 00:06:53,740 --> 00:06:56,430 I'VE ALWAYS BEEN THE GUY THAT ALWAYS GETS BACK UP, 159 00:06:56,470 --> 00:06:58,260 GETS BACK IN THE FIGHT, PUTS HIS BOOTS ON, 160 00:06:58,290 --> 00:07:01,120 AND GOES TO WORK, AND HERE I AM. 161 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,740 WE'RE GONNA GO GET SOME GOLD IN A PAN, SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 162 00:07:04,780 --> 00:07:06,670 Narrator: TO DECIDE WHETHER DONAHUE CREEK 163 00:07:06,710 --> 00:07:08,470 IS WORTH HIS INVESTMENT, 164 00:07:08,500 --> 00:07:11,570 DAVE MUST TEST THE DIRT HE DUG LAST NIGHT. 165 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,360 IT'S SO REMOTE, I CAN'T BRING IN A TEST PLANT, 166 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,220 SO ALL WE CAN DO IS MAKESHIFT THE SLUICE, 167 00:07:17,260 --> 00:07:21,220 USE THE WATER FROM THE STREAM, JUST LIKE THE OLD TIMERS DID. 168 00:07:21,260 --> 00:07:22,470 Dave: ALRIGHT, YOU READY? 169 00:07:22,500 --> 00:07:24,670 OH, YEAH. WELL, IT LOOKS HEAVY. 170 00:07:24,710 --> 00:07:25,850 YEAH, IT'S PRETTY HEAVY. 171 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:28,050 [ LAUGHS ] 172 00:07:28,090 --> 00:07:30,640 THIS IS A PRIMITIVE WASH PLANT RIGHT HERE. 173 00:07:30,670 --> 00:07:32,400 IT'S ALL BY HAND. 174 00:07:32,430 --> 00:07:35,020 Narrator: PROSPECTORS ASSESS THE QUALITY OF GROUND 175 00:07:35,050 --> 00:07:39,500 IN DOLLARS OF GOLD PER YARD, AND AT EACH MINE DAVE VISITS, 176 00:07:39,540 --> 00:07:41,980 HE'S LOOKING FOR A SAMPLE THAT PROVES 177 00:07:42,020 --> 00:07:46,160 HE CAN COVER HIS MINING COSTS AND MAKE A PROFIT. 178 00:07:46,190 --> 00:07:48,950 Dave: BY THE TIME YOU GET YOUR EQUIPMENT IN HERE, 179 00:07:48,980 --> 00:07:51,020 YOU COULD EASILY BE A MILLION DOLLARS INTO THIS 180 00:07:51,050 --> 00:07:52,090 JUST FOR SETTING UP. 181 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,570 SO THIS GROUND AT DONAHUE HAS TO BE 182 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:55,910 THE BEST GROUND I'VE EVER SEEN. 183 00:07:55,950 --> 00:07:58,740 I'M HOPING TO SEE $75 A YARD, 184 00:07:58,780 --> 00:08:00,980 THEN I CAN START MAKING SOME MONEY. 185 00:08:01,020 --> 00:08:03,330 YOU KEEP YOUR SAMPLE SIZE CONSISTENT, 186 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:07,260 AND THEN YOU CAN START FIGURING OUT DOLLARS PER YARD. 187 00:08:07,290 --> 00:08:09,050 Eric: DAVE, YOU DO THE HONORS. 188 00:08:09,090 --> 00:08:11,260 ALRIGHT. GOOD LUCK. 189 00:08:11,290 --> 00:08:13,050 WE'LL SEE WHAT THIS PAN DOES. 190 00:08:16,740 --> 00:08:18,540 I'M SEEING SOME GOLD, ERIC. 191 00:08:18,570 --> 00:08:20,670 FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT. 192 00:08:20,710 --> 00:08:23,020 I DON'T KNOW, 17, 18. 193 00:08:25,090 --> 00:08:27,740 I THINK IT'S $30 A YARD. 194 00:08:27,780 --> 00:08:29,810 IT'S GOOD IF I WAS CLOSE TO TOWN, 195 00:08:29,850 --> 00:08:34,360 BUT THIS FAR OUT, I NEED ALMOST DOUBLE WHAT I'M SEEING. 196 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,020 IT JUST DOESN'T WORK FOR ME. 197 00:08:37,050 --> 00:08:39,330 THAT CUTS TO THE CHASE RIGHT AWAY. 198 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:41,020 Eric: I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN, 199 00:08:41,050 --> 00:08:43,430 BUT IT'S LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. 200 00:08:43,470 --> 00:08:45,430 PEOPLE FIND THIS TOO REMOTE. 201 00:08:47,430 --> 00:08:49,360 Dave: WELL, THIS COULD WORK FOR ERIC. 202 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,430 HE'S GOT THE EQUIPMENT FOR A ONE-MAN OPERATION. 203 00:08:52,470 --> 00:08:54,740 FOR ME, IT'S ON TO THE NEXT MINE. 204 00:08:54,780 --> 00:08:56,880 I'M NOT GONNA STOP UNTIL I FIND THE RIGHT ONE. 205 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:02,290 Narrator: WITH HIS LEAD IN THE YUKON A BUST, 206 00:09:02,330 --> 00:09:04,950 DAVE IS NOW FOCUSING ON GOLD REGIONS 207 00:09:04,980 --> 00:09:06,950 HE HAS LESS EXPERIENCE MINING. 208 00:09:08,710 --> 00:09:12,090 I SPENT SO MUCH TIME IN THE YUKON IN MY CAREER, 209 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:15,850 BUT NOW I'M GONNA GO GOLD MINING IN THE LOWER 48. 210 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:17,290 IT'S NOT GONNA BE EASY. 211 00:09:17,330 --> 00:09:19,470 MAYBE IT'S NOT THE RIGHT KIND OF GROUND. 212 00:09:19,500 --> 00:09:21,090 MAYBE IT'S NOT ENOUGH GOLD, 213 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,090 BUT I KNOW THERE'S SOME LOST TREASURE. 214 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:26,780 I BELIEVE I CAN DO THIS, AND THAT'S WHY I'M ALL IN. 215 00:09:34,290 --> 00:09:36,910 THIS ROAD IS -- GEEZ! 216 00:09:36,950 --> 00:09:38,810 I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU'D BE ABLE 217 00:09:38,850 --> 00:09:41,360 TO GET EQUIPMENT IN HERE ON THESE ROADS. 218 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,430 Narrator: DAVE'S LINED UP FOUR MINES 219 00:09:43,470 --> 00:09:45,090 IN GOLD-RICH NEVADA. 220 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:48,090 THE FIRST IS 10 MILES DOWN A DIRT TRACK, 221 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:49,950 OUTSIDE THE HUMBOLDT RANGE. 222 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,600 MARBLE ROCK HAS NO ACCESS TO WATER, 223 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:56,950 MAKING CONVENTIONAL MINING DIFFICULT, 224 00:09:56,980 --> 00:09:59,360 BUT IT IS RUMORED TO BE RICH IN NUGGETS. 225 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,950 SO DAVE'S BROUGHT ALONG GEOLOGIST CLARK JAMES. 226 00:10:02,980 --> 00:10:05,640 WHAT'S THE HISTORY OF THIS WHOLE SCENARIO HERE? 227 00:10:05,670 --> 00:10:08,120 WELL, SO WE'RE GONNA GO SEE JASON SANCHEZ. 228 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:11,670 HE STARTED PROSPECTING WITH HIS METAL DETECTOR, 229 00:10:11,710 --> 00:10:14,220 AND LO AND BEHOLD, HE FOUND A BUNCH OF GOLD. 230 00:10:14,260 --> 00:10:17,400 19th-CENTURY MINERS ABANDONED MARBLE ROCK 231 00:10:17,430 --> 00:10:20,740 WHEN THE NUGGETS BECAME TOO SMALL TO SPOT BY EYE, 232 00:10:20,780 --> 00:10:25,020 BUT SINCE 2017, JASON SANCHEZ STARTED MAKING 233 00:10:25,050 --> 00:10:29,400 A 1,400-MILE ROUND TRIP FROM MONTANA BY CAR 234 00:10:29,430 --> 00:10:31,090 TO REOPEN THE MINE. 235 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:33,430 IT'S GOT A HELL OF A HOLE HERE. 236 00:10:33,470 --> 00:10:35,290 HEY, JASON! 237 00:10:35,330 --> 00:10:36,740 JASON SANCHEZ, NICE TO MEET YOU. 238 00:10:36,780 --> 00:10:38,190 GOOD TO MEET YOU, MAN. 239 00:10:38,220 --> 00:10:39,810 I'D LOVE TO GET HOME TO THE WIFE AND KIDS. 240 00:10:39,850 --> 00:10:41,290 THIS IS TOO FAR. 241 00:10:41,330 --> 00:10:42,810 3/4 OF EVERY MONTH HAS BEEN SPENT HERE, 242 00:10:42,850 --> 00:10:44,290 DAYLIGHT TO DARK. 243 00:10:44,330 --> 00:10:46,050 I WANT TO SEE SOME GOLD COME OUT OF THE GROUND RIGHT NOW. 244 00:10:46,090 --> 00:10:47,160 THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE. 245 00:10:47,190 --> 00:10:48,470 ME, TOO. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE! 246 00:10:48,500 --> 00:10:50,090 [ LAUGHTER ] 247 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:51,780 LET'S GO FIND SOME NUGGETS. 248 00:10:55,570 --> 00:10:58,570 HE'S OUT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE 249 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:00,500 PULLING NUGGETS OUT TO FEED HIS FAMILY. 250 00:11:00,540 --> 00:11:02,980 THAT TAKES A PRETTY SPECIAL GUY. 251 00:11:03,020 --> 00:11:04,260 I THINK I JUST HEARD A HIT. 252 00:11:04,290 --> 00:11:05,260 [ METAL DETECTOR WHINES ] 253 00:11:05,290 --> 00:11:06,910 DUDE! YOU GOT ONE? 254 00:11:06,950 --> 00:11:09,090 LET ME SEE. 255 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:12,540 BOOM, THAT'S A NICE ONE THERE. 256 00:11:12,570 --> 00:11:15,050 RIGHT, BUT THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. 257 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:19,190 OH, YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. 258 00:11:19,220 --> 00:11:20,640 WHAT IN THE WORLD? 259 00:11:20,670 --> 00:11:23,090 RIGHT HERE, RIGHT FROM THIS SPOT. 260 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,980 OH, MY GOSH, I'VE NEVER SEEN A NUGGET THAT BIG BEFORE. 261 00:11:26,020 --> 00:11:27,090 NEITHER HAD I. 262 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:28,600 WHOO! 263 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:30,880 IF DAVE DOESN'T BUY, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH HIM. 264 00:11:30,910 --> 00:11:33,780 I MEAN, HOW YOU GONNA PULL DIRT OFF THE GROUND 20 MINUTES, 265 00:11:33,810 --> 00:11:35,880 STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP, CHA CHING, CHA CHING, 266 00:11:35,910 --> 00:11:38,950 AND THEN GO, "UH, I DON'T WANT IT." 267 00:11:38,980 --> 00:11:41,220 Dave: I JUST CAN'T MAKE A DECISION BASED ON NUGGETS. 268 00:11:41,260 --> 00:11:43,570 IT'S GOLD FEVER, AND I GOT TO BE CAREFUL. 269 00:11:53,740 --> 00:11:55,540 WHAT IN THE WORLD! 270 00:11:55,570 --> 00:11:58,050 Narrator: DAVE TURIN'S LOOKING FOR A GOLD-RICH 271 00:11:58,090 --> 00:12:00,050 ABANDONED MINE TO REOPEN. 272 00:12:00,090 --> 00:12:02,780 I JUST CAN'T MAKE A DECISION BASED ON NUGGETS. 273 00:12:02,810 --> 00:12:04,780 IT'S GOLD FEVER, AND I GOT TO BE CAREFUL. 274 00:12:04,810 --> 00:12:06,020 Narrator: AND EVEN THOUGH NEVADA'S 275 00:12:06,050 --> 00:12:08,400 MARBLE ROCK CLAIM IS LOOKING GOOD, 276 00:12:08,430 --> 00:12:11,020 HE NEEDS TO BE CERTAIN. 277 00:12:11,050 --> 00:12:13,810 WELL, EVERYTHING'S HERE. YOU'VE GOT ALL THE INDICATIONS. 278 00:12:13,850 --> 00:12:15,430 JASON'S FINDING NUGGETS. 279 00:12:15,470 --> 00:12:17,780 WE'VE GOT SAND AND GRAVEL AT BEDROCK. 280 00:12:17,810 --> 00:12:20,500 DO WE HAVE ANY WATER THAT WE COULD WASH THIS GRAVEL WITH? 281 00:12:20,540 --> 00:12:22,810 WATER IS VERY, VERY SCARCE. 282 00:12:22,850 --> 00:12:25,500 YOU GOT WELL OVER TWO MILES TO PUMP. 283 00:12:25,540 --> 00:12:26,640 Narrator: WITH NO WATER 284 00:12:26,670 --> 00:12:29,290 TO RUN A CONVENTIONAL WASH PLANT, 285 00:12:29,330 --> 00:12:32,120 DAVE'S BROUGHT SOME CUSTOM TECH TO TRY OUT. 286 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:33,330 CHECK THIS OUT, YOU GUYS. 287 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:35,910 I GOT THIS LITTLE -- IT'S A DRY WASH PLANT. 288 00:12:35,950 --> 00:12:37,430 [ LAUGHTER ] 289 00:12:37,470 --> 00:12:39,400 DON'T BE LAUGHING ABOUT THE PRODUCTION. 290 00:12:39,430 --> 00:12:40,540 Clark: DUDE, THAT'S CUTE. 291 00:12:40,570 --> 00:12:41,600 SO HERE'S THE DEAL. 292 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:43,190 THIS IS GONNA CAPTURE THE FINE GOLD. 293 00:12:43,220 --> 00:12:44,500 SURE HOPE SO, DAVE. 294 00:12:44,540 --> 00:12:46,090 YOU GONNA BE HERE FOR A WHILE, BUDDY. 295 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:47,880 WELL, LET'S TRY IT. 296 00:12:47,910 --> 00:12:50,570 Dave: THIS IS THE SMALLEST PLANT I'VE EVER STARTED, 297 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:54,540 BUT IF WE CAN SEPARATE GOLD WITHOUT WATER IN THE DESERT, 298 00:12:54,570 --> 00:12:56,850 IT'S WORTH A TRY. 299 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:57,950 THERE SHE GOES. 300 00:13:00,500 --> 00:13:01,980 BRING ME SOME MATERIAL! 301 00:13:02,020 --> 00:13:03,880 [ GRUNTING ] THESE ARE HEAVY. 302 00:13:03,910 --> 00:13:05,670 Narrator: DAVE'S HOPING THE DRY WASH PLANT 303 00:13:05,710 --> 00:13:08,950 WILL PROVE THE GROUNDED MARBLE ROCK IS WORTH INVESTING IN. 304 00:13:08,980 --> 00:13:11,290 IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH FINE GOLD'S IN THE GROUND. 305 00:13:11,330 --> 00:13:13,980 IF THERE'S $30 A YARD AND YOU PUT THE NUGGETS 306 00:13:14,020 --> 00:13:16,540 ON TOP OF THAT, I CAN MAKE MONEY AT THAT. 307 00:13:18,810 --> 00:13:20,500 THAT'S IT, THIS IS THE LAST BUCKET RIGHT HERE, YOU GUYS. 308 00:13:20,540 --> 00:13:22,780 THAT'S IT?YEP, THAT'S IT. 309 00:13:24,190 --> 00:13:26,780 WE'RE GONNA TAKE ALL THIS CONCENTRATE AND FIND SOME WATER, 310 00:13:26,810 --> 00:13:28,020 AND THEN WE'LL PAN IT OUT. 311 00:13:29,190 --> 00:13:31,640 IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS. 312 00:13:33,090 --> 00:13:34,670 COOL. 313 00:13:34,710 --> 00:13:36,050 THERE'S A LOT RIDING ON THIS. 314 00:13:36,090 --> 00:13:37,810 COME ON, GOLD, SHOW UP. 315 00:13:39,190 --> 00:13:40,810 WHOA!LOOK AT THAT, YOU GUYS. 316 00:13:40,850 --> 00:13:42,980 THAT'S GOLD.OH, MY GOSH. 317 00:13:43,020 --> 00:13:45,020 THE GOOD NEWS IS THE DRY WASH PLANT CAUGHT THAT, 318 00:13:45,050 --> 00:13:46,090 AND THOSE ARE... 319 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:47,360 PRETTY DECENT. 320 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:49,600 ...SIZABLE PIECES OF GOLD RIGHT THERE. 321 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:50,950 THAT'S A FULL YARD OF DIRT. 322 00:13:50,980 --> 00:13:52,400 PLUS NUGGETS. 323 00:13:52,430 --> 00:13:53,600 WHAT DO YOU THINK? 324 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:56,570 I THINK THIS IS 20 BUCKS A YARD. 325 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,090 THIS IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST DECISIONS I'VE EVER MADE. 326 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:00,570 UM... 327 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:02,190 BOTTOM LINE... 328 00:14:02,220 --> 00:14:03,850 I'M GONNA PASS. 329 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:05,290 IT'S GREAT GOLD, 330 00:14:05,330 --> 00:14:07,740 BUT FOR ME, I'M GONNA PASS. 331 00:14:07,780 --> 00:14:10,290 I DON'T -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND. 332 00:14:11,500 --> 00:14:13,950 WE'RE TWO MILES FROM THE NEAREST WATER. 333 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,360 YOU GOT TO BRING WATER IN HERE, OR YOU GOT TO BUILD 334 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,190 A CUSTOM-DESIGNED DRY WASH PLANT. 335 00:14:20,220 --> 00:14:22,570 TO GO BIG, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. 336 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,220 I CAN'T GO TO THE INVESTORS AND ASK FOR A MILLION DOLLARS 337 00:14:25,260 --> 00:14:26,430 TO START THIS UP. 338 00:14:26,470 --> 00:14:29,540 I THINK IT WORKS FOR A TWO-MAN CREW. 339 00:14:29,570 --> 00:14:32,020 SMALL MACHINE. 340 00:14:32,050 --> 00:14:33,500 I GET IT. 341 00:14:33,540 --> 00:14:35,360 I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT, 342 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,880 BUT IT HAS TO BE HARD WALKING AWAY FROM THAT GOLD. 343 00:14:37,910 --> 00:14:39,430 IT'S JUST NOT GONNA WORK FOR ME. 344 00:14:39,470 --> 00:14:41,430 SORRY, MAN. 345 00:14:41,470 --> 00:14:43,120 I GOT TO LIVE WITH IT. 346 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:44,120 GOOD LUCK. 347 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:45,570 GOOD LUCK TO YOU, DAVE. 348 00:14:48,050 --> 00:14:51,160 HE'S GOT TO BE OUT OF HIS [BLEEP] DAMN MIND. 349 00:14:51,190 --> 00:14:53,430 CAN YOU THROW THAT IN THERE? 350 00:14:53,470 --> 00:14:57,430 THAT WAS A REALLY HARD DECISION. IT WAS A LOT OF GOLD. 351 00:15:01,430 --> 00:15:05,090 Narrator: DAVE STAYS IN THE SILVER STATE ANOTHER WEEK 352 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:08,160 TO PROSPECT TWO MORE MINES ON HIS LIST, 353 00:15:08,190 --> 00:15:11,810 STARTING FIVE MILES OUTSIDE THE TOWN OF YERINGTON. 354 00:15:11,850 --> 00:15:14,910 THIS IS IT, BIG CANYON MINE. 355 00:15:14,950 --> 00:15:17,740 WE'VE GOT TO FIND GROUND THAT HAS GOLD IN IT 356 00:15:17,780 --> 00:15:19,260 AND RUN IT THROUGH THAT PLANT. 357 00:15:19,290 --> 00:15:22,050 Narrator: DAVE TESTS A RIVERBED THE OLD TIMERS 358 00:15:22,090 --> 00:15:25,090 HAVE LEFT UNTOUCHED SINCE THE 1930s. 359 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:27,430 WE NEEDED 2/3 OF AN OUNCE FOR THAT 80 YARDS, 360 00:15:27,470 --> 00:15:28,880 BUT I DON'T THINK WE GOT IT. 361 00:15:28,910 --> 00:15:30,540 Dave: THERE'S JUST NO GOLD IN THE GROUND, 362 00:15:30,570 --> 00:15:31,740 AND I CAN'T FIX THAT. 363 00:15:31,780 --> 00:15:34,090 Narrator: AFTER STRIKING OUT AT BIG CANYON, 364 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,190 DAVE HEADS TO THE EPICENTER OF THE NEVADA GOLD RUSH, 365 00:15:37,220 --> 00:15:39,850 THREE MILES OUTSIDE VIRGINIA CITY... 366 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:41,020 HOLY CRAP. 367 00:15:41,050 --> 00:15:43,880 THIS WAS ONE BIG DREDGE THAT DID ALL THIS. 368 00:15:43,910 --> 00:15:46,260 Narrator: ...CHASING VIRGIN GROUND LEFT BEHIND 369 00:15:46,290 --> 00:15:49,710 WHEN A DREDGING OPERATION MYSTERIOUSLY CHANGED COURSE. 370 00:15:49,740 --> 00:15:51,780 Dave: THIS TESTING STUFF'S GETTING OLD. 371 00:15:51,810 --> 00:15:54,740 ALL I'VE BEEN DOING IS SPENDING MONEY. 372 00:15:54,780 --> 00:15:56,640 I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HALF A GRAM. 373 00:15:56,670 --> 00:16:00,220 I NEEDED HALF A GRAM IN THAT YARD TO MAKE THIS WORK. 374 00:16:00,260 --> 00:16:02,260 MAYBE THE REASON THAT DREDGE TURNED 375 00:16:02,290 --> 00:16:04,500 WAS BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ENOUGH GOLD IN THIS. 376 00:16:09,710 --> 00:16:12,430 SO A LOT OF THESE MINES THAT I'M LOOKING AT, 377 00:16:12,470 --> 00:16:15,020 THEY QUIT IN 1940. 378 00:16:15,050 --> 00:16:18,600 THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WANTED ALL THE ABLE-BODIED MEN 379 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:19,880 TO QUIT GOLD MINING, 380 00:16:19,910 --> 00:16:22,740 AND THEY ALL GO OFF TO WORLD WAR II. 381 00:16:22,780 --> 00:16:24,740 A LOT OF 'EM NEVER RETURNED. 382 00:16:24,780 --> 00:16:27,880 THEY WERE ACTIVE, PROFITABLE MINES. 383 00:16:27,910 --> 00:16:30,160 THAT GOLD'S STILL SITTING THERE. 384 00:16:30,190 --> 00:16:31,570 MAYBE I CAN GO FIND IT. 385 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:35,220 A DEAD MAN'S GOLD. 386 00:16:35,260 --> 00:16:36,640 THAT SOUNDS KIND OF MORBID. 387 00:16:36,670 --> 00:16:39,500 [ LAUGHS ] 388 00:16:39,540 --> 00:16:42,540 Narrator: WITH HIS OPTIONS IN THE DESERT RUNNING DRY, 389 00:16:42,570 --> 00:16:45,810 DAVE HAS ONE LAST MINE TO VISIT IN NEVADA. 390 00:16:50,470 --> 00:16:52,980 I'M ON MY WAY TO MEET A GUY NAMED CHRIS TAYLOR. 391 00:16:53,020 --> 00:16:54,910 HE THINKS HE'S SITTING ON A LOT OF GOLD, 392 00:16:54,950 --> 00:16:56,710 AND HE'S LOOKING FOR AN INVESTOR. 393 00:16:58,220 --> 00:17:00,950 Narrator: DAVE'S HEADED 10 MILES OUT OF IMLAY 394 00:17:00,980 --> 00:17:02,880 TO THE WILLOW CREEK MINE. 395 00:17:04,910 --> 00:17:08,190 WITH GOOD ACCESS ROADS, AND A SPRING-FED WATER SOURCE, 396 00:17:08,220 --> 00:17:11,220 THIS CLAIM IS A PLACER MINER'S DREAM. 397 00:17:12,810 --> 00:17:13,780 HEY, CHRIS! 398 00:17:13,810 --> 00:17:14,780 Chris: DAVE! 399 00:17:14,810 --> 00:17:16,020 GOOD TO SEE YA. 400 00:17:16,050 --> 00:17:18,400 ONE THING I'VE NEVER SEEN IN NEVADA DESERT 401 00:17:18,430 --> 00:17:19,500 IS THIS MUCH WATER. 402 00:17:19,540 --> 00:17:20,910 IT'S AN OASIS! 403 00:17:20,950 --> 00:17:22,640 Chris: WILLOW CREEK WAS DISCOVERED, 404 00:17:22,670 --> 00:17:26,050 I GUESS BACK IN 1924 WHEN AN OLD COWBOY 405 00:17:26,090 --> 00:17:27,810 WAS UP ON TOP OF THIS RANGE RIGHT HERE. 406 00:17:27,850 --> 00:17:30,400 HE FOUND A 90-OUNCE NUGGET. 407 00:17:30,430 --> 00:17:32,330 8 INCHES WIDE, 18 INCHES LONG. 408 00:17:32,360 --> 00:17:34,910 90-OUNCE! 90 OUNCES. 409 00:17:34,950 --> 00:17:38,880 BY THE TIME NEVADA'S MINERS WENT TO WAR IN 1941, 410 00:17:38,910 --> 00:17:41,670 WILLOW CREEK HAD BEEN STRIPPED OF NUGGETS, 411 00:17:41,710 --> 00:17:44,570 BUT CHRIS HAS EVIDENCE THEY LEFT BEHIND AN ABUNDANCE 412 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,880 OF VERY FINE GOLD, KNOWN AS FLOUR GOLD. 413 00:17:47,910 --> 00:17:51,160 WE'VE DONE ASSET REPORTS IN A LAB, 414 00:17:51,190 --> 00:17:53,710 AND THEY COME BACK THREE TO SIX GRAMS A YARD. 415 00:17:53,740 --> 00:17:55,220 IF THERE'S THIS KIND OF GOLD IN HERE, 416 00:17:55,260 --> 00:17:56,850 WHY HAVEN'T YOU BEEN MINING IT? 417 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:58,880 MY BUSINESS PARTNER STOLE $20 MILLION 418 00:17:58,910 --> 00:18:00,780 FROM ABOUT 100 DIFFERENT FAMILIES. 419 00:18:01,980 --> 00:18:04,780 YOU KNOW, MY DAD GOT TAKEN ABOUT $800,000. 420 00:18:04,810 --> 00:18:07,360 DAMN, CHRIS, THAT'S ROUGH. 421 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:10,470 IT'S PROBABLY DESTROYED A LOT OF YOUR DAD'S RETIREMENT. 422 00:18:10,500 --> 00:18:12,780 RETIREMENT? 423 00:18:12,810 --> 00:18:15,090 HE'S STRUGGLING TO STAY IN HIS HOUSE. 424 00:18:15,120 --> 00:18:17,640 MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME OF THAT MONEY BACK. 425 00:18:25,290 --> 00:18:26,500 LOOKING GOOD! 426 00:18:28,330 --> 00:18:30,570 Narrator: DAVE'S RUNNING FIVE YARDS OF PAY DIRT 427 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:34,290 TO SEE IF HIS MINING INVESTMENT LIES AT WILLOW CREEK. 428 00:18:34,330 --> 00:18:35,710 Dave: I LIKE THIS PLACE. 429 00:18:35,740 --> 00:18:37,400 WE GOT WATER IN THE DESERT. 430 00:18:37,430 --> 00:18:40,430 IT'S PRETTY EASY TO GET IN HERE AND SET UP. 431 00:18:40,470 --> 00:18:42,190 Narrator: DAVE HAS ONE PROBLEM. 432 00:18:42,220 --> 00:18:46,090 A WASH PLANT SEPARATES MATERIAL BY WEIGHT, 433 00:18:46,120 --> 00:18:48,950 AND FLOUR GOLD IS EXTREMELY LIGHT. 434 00:18:50,330 --> 00:18:53,260 AFTER THE LARGE ROCKS AND GRAVEL ARE REMOVED, 435 00:18:53,290 --> 00:18:56,810 THE GOLD-RICH MATERIAL ENTERS THE SLUICE BOX. 436 00:18:56,850 --> 00:18:58,880 HEAVIER FLAKES OF GOLD ARE TRAPPED 437 00:18:58,910 --> 00:19:01,950 BY METAL RIFFLES AND SINK INTO MATS, 438 00:19:01,980 --> 00:19:04,570 BUT THE LIGHTER PARTICLES OF FLOUR GOLD 439 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:07,220 CAN SOMETIMES WASH RIGHT THROUGH THE SLUICE, 440 00:19:07,260 --> 00:19:10,570 AND VALUABLE GOLD IS LOST IN THE TAILINGS. 441 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:14,360 AFTER THIS TEST, WE SHOULD SEE ENOUGH GOLD 442 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:15,980 FOR HIM TO INVEST 443 00:19:16,020 --> 00:19:18,810 AND START TURNING SOME LIVES AROUND. 444 00:19:20,020 --> 00:19:23,500 Dave: THIS IS IT. IT'S GOT TO BE IN THE SLUICE BOX. 445 00:19:23,540 --> 00:19:26,260 LET'S PULL THE MATS OUT, SEE WHAT WE GET. 446 00:19:26,290 --> 00:19:28,290 I REALLY HOPE AND PRAY THERE'S GOLD HERE 447 00:19:28,330 --> 00:19:29,950 SO WE CAN HELP CHRIS OUT. 448 00:19:41,050 --> 00:19:43,020 Dave: I REALLY HOPE AND PRAY THERE'S GOLD HERE 449 00:19:43,050 --> 00:19:45,220 SO WE CAN HELP CHRIS OUT. 450 00:19:45,260 --> 00:19:47,290 Narrator: DAVE TURIN IS PANNING PAY DIRT 451 00:19:47,330 --> 00:19:48,980 AT WILLOW CREEK... 452 00:19:49,020 --> 00:19:51,780 Dave: I'D LOVE TO SEE $25 TO $30 A YARD HERE. 453 00:19:51,810 --> 00:19:53,780 ...TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S ENOUGH GOLD 454 00:19:53,810 --> 00:19:55,980 TO SET UP A MINING OPERATION. 455 00:19:56,020 --> 00:19:57,880 IT'S VERY HARD TO CLEAN THIS GOLD UP 456 00:19:57,910 --> 00:20:00,020 BECAUSE THAT FLOUR GOLD WANTS TO GO OUT 457 00:20:00,050 --> 00:20:02,220 WITH THE BLACK SAND AS I'M PANNING IT DOWN. 458 00:20:03,470 --> 00:20:05,430 I JUST DON'T WANT TO LOSE ANY OF IT. 459 00:20:05,470 --> 00:20:06,810 WELL, THAT'S THE TRICKY PART ABOUT IT. 460 00:20:06,850 --> 00:20:08,360 THAT'S FOR SURE. 461 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,850 WELL, LOOK AT THAT NICE LITTLE PICKER RIGHT THERE. 462 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:12,710 FROM MY EXPERIENCE, JUST LOOKING AT THAT, 463 00:20:12,740 --> 00:20:15,740 I THINK YOU GOT ABOUT A GRAM AND A HALF. 464 00:20:15,780 --> 00:20:17,360 Dave: $12 A YARD. 465 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:18,850 I NEED $25 A YARD. 466 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:20,290 [ SIGHS ] OKAY. 467 00:20:20,330 --> 00:20:22,850 THERE MAY BE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH 468 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:24,190 OF FLOUR GOLD HERE, 469 00:20:24,220 --> 00:20:25,290 BUT FOR ME, 470 00:20:25,330 --> 00:20:27,090 I'VE GOT TO CAPTURE IT WITH MY SLUICE BOX. 471 00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:28,290 I CAN'T DO IT. 472 00:20:28,330 --> 00:20:29,810 I UNDERSTAND. 473 00:20:29,850 --> 00:20:31,160 IT'S JUST NOT WORTH IT FOR ME. 474 00:20:31,190 --> 00:20:33,910 BUSINESS IS BUSINESS. I UNDERSTAND. 475 00:20:33,950 --> 00:20:36,330 BUT I DO HAVE A PROPOSAL FOR YA. 476 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:39,260 WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO DO IS KEEP WORKING WITH YA. 477 00:20:39,290 --> 00:20:41,020 WOULD YOU CONSIDER COMING TO WORK FOR ME 478 00:20:41,050 --> 00:20:43,400 IF I FIND SOME GOOD GROUND? 479 00:20:43,430 --> 00:20:45,360 REALLY? I'M SERIOUS, MAN. 480 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,470 WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT, DAVE. 481 00:20:47,500 --> 00:20:49,090 I APPRECIATE YA. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 482 00:20:49,120 --> 00:20:50,910 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 483 00:20:54,360 --> 00:20:55,910 Dave: I HAVE TO MOVE ON. 484 00:20:55,950 --> 00:20:57,360 I'VE BEEN RUNNING AROUND NEVADA, 485 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:59,670 AND I CANNOT HANG ON HERE ANYMORE. 486 00:20:59,710 --> 00:21:02,710 IT'S TIME FOR ME TO FIND A MINE THAT WILL PRODUCE 487 00:21:02,740 --> 00:21:05,120 AND START MAKING SOME MONEY. 488 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,330 Narrator: HALFWAY THROUGH HIS SIX-WEEK SEARCH, 489 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:19,910 DAVE'S SEEKING ADVICE FROM AN OLD FRIEND. 490 00:21:20,950 --> 00:21:22,020 DOZER DAVE! 491 00:21:22,050 --> 00:21:24,120 FREDDY! 492 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:25,470 SO HOW'VE YOU BEEN 493 00:21:25,500 --> 00:21:26,740 SINCE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN WORKING WITH TODD? 494 00:21:26,780 --> 00:21:27,850 YOU STAYING BUSY? 495 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:29,220 YEAH, I'M REAL BUSY. 496 00:21:29,260 --> 00:21:31,400 WHAT I'VE DONE IS I'VE JOINED UP 497 00:21:31,430 --> 00:21:33,020 WITH A GROUP OF INVESTORS. 498 00:21:33,050 --> 00:21:35,570 I'M TRYING TO FIND A PLACE THAT I CAN MINE 499 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:37,400 IN THE LOWER 48. 500 00:21:37,430 --> 00:21:39,600 YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT, AND YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE, 501 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:43,120 THAT THERE'S NOT MUCH LEFT THAT'S EASY. 502 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,290 YEAH, I GOT TA MAKE MONEY. 503 00:21:45,330 --> 00:21:48,020 I MEAN, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A SECOND CHANCE. 504 00:21:48,050 --> 00:21:49,600 THERE'S TIMES, FRED, I DON'T KNOW 505 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:51,160 IF I'M DOING THE RIGHT THING. 506 00:21:51,190 --> 00:21:53,950 MAYBE I SHOULD'VE STAYED WITH MY FAMILY BUSINESS. 507 00:21:53,980 --> 00:21:55,810 RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW. 508 00:21:58,910 --> 00:22:01,160 YOU KNOW JUST BETTER THAN ANYBODY, DAVE, 509 00:22:01,190 --> 00:22:02,540 JUST DO YOUR HOMEWORK ON THE GROUND. 510 00:22:02,570 --> 00:22:03,810 YOU GET IN THERE 511 00:22:03,850 --> 00:22:05,710 AND THERE'S SOME UNKNOWNS THAT JUST SHUT YOU DOWN. 512 00:22:05,740 --> 00:22:09,880 IT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN JUST JUMP INTO EASILY, 513 00:22:09,910 --> 00:22:11,910 BUT IF ANYBODY CAN DO IT, YOU CAN, DAVE. 514 00:22:11,950 --> 00:22:13,120 WELL, THANKS, FREDDY. 515 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:14,910 IF YOU FIND ANY GROUND THAT I CAN MINE, LET ME KNOW. 516 00:22:14,950 --> 00:22:17,670 IF I FIND SOME, I WON'T GIVE IT TO YA. 517 00:22:17,710 --> 00:22:19,020 I'LL KEEP IT MYSELF. 518 00:22:19,050 --> 00:22:20,220 YOU'LL KEEP IT YOURSELF AND YOU WON'T EVEN TELL ME, 519 00:22:20,260 --> 00:22:21,980 WILL YA, YOU SON OF A [BLEEP] 520 00:22:22,020 --> 00:22:23,330 [ BOTH LAUGH ] 521 00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:26,330 Dave: I LOVE FREDDY. HE'S GIVEN ME SOME GOOD ADVICE. 522 00:22:26,360 --> 00:22:28,430 I'M GONNA KEEP LOOKING. I'M NOT DONE YET. 523 00:22:30,670 --> 00:22:33,220 Freddy: WELL, I HOPE DAVE SUCCEEDS AT WHAT HE'S DOING. 524 00:22:33,260 --> 00:22:36,020 CHANCES ARE HE WILL BECAUSE DAVE'S A SMART GUY. 525 00:22:53,470 --> 00:22:54,780 Dave: WELL, I'M HEADED TO THE CENTER 526 00:22:54,810 --> 00:22:57,120 OF THE FIRST GOLD RUSH IN MONTANA. 527 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:59,400 I HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE MY OWN HISTORY HERE. 528 00:23:01,540 --> 00:23:03,290 Narrator: DAVE IS HEADING TO MONTANA 529 00:23:03,330 --> 00:23:08,050 IN A CLAIM JUST OUTSIDE BANNACK THAT HIS INVESTOR ALREADY OWNS, 530 00:23:08,090 --> 00:23:10,500 WHERE A LOCAL MINER BELIEVES HE'S LOCATED 531 00:23:10,540 --> 00:23:13,880 THE LAST VIRGIN GROUND AT GRASSHOPPER CREEK. 532 00:23:15,570 --> 00:23:16,710 HEY, JESSE? 533 00:23:16,740 --> 00:23:18,020 YOU MUST BE DOZER DAVE. 534 00:23:18,050 --> 00:23:19,500 I AM. HOW ARE YOU DOING? 535 00:23:19,540 --> 00:23:21,260 ALRIGHT, GLAD TO MEET YA!YOU, TOO! 536 00:23:21,290 --> 00:23:22,260 HELLO, DAVE. I'M ROY. 537 00:23:22,290 --> 00:23:23,430 HI. HI, ROY. NICE TO MEET YA. 538 00:23:23,470 --> 00:23:24,470 SAME HERE. 539 00:23:24,500 --> 00:23:25,740 WHAT DO WE GOT GOING HERE? 540 00:23:25,780 --> 00:23:28,430 WELL, THIS IS WHERE THEY DID ALL THE PROCESSING. 541 00:23:28,470 --> 00:23:30,290 I LOVE HISTORY, SO LET'S GO TAKE A LOOK. 542 00:23:30,330 --> 00:23:31,780 ALRIGHT, LET'S DO IT, ROY. 543 00:23:34,710 --> 00:23:37,710 Narrator: IN 1862, A HUGE GOLD DEPOSIT 544 00:23:37,740 --> 00:23:40,290 WAS DISCOVERED AT GRASSHOPPER CREEK. 545 00:23:40,330 --> 00:23:42,540 THE RICH GROUND TRANSFORMED BANNACK 546 00:23:42,570 --> 00:23:44,050 INTO A BOOM TOWN. 547 00:23:46,980 --> 00:23:48,540 THIS IS AMAZING. I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS. 548 00:23:48,570 --> 00:23:51,120 THESE BUILDINGS ARE STILL STANDING FROM THE 1860s? 549 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:52,120 YEAH. 550 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:53,710 Narrator: WHEN THE GOLD RAN DRY, 551 00:23:53,740 --> 00:23:57,570 THE TOWN WAS DESERTED, BUT THEY LEFT BEHIND ONE SPOT 552 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:01,810 OF VIRGIN GROUND RUMORED TO BE TOO DANGEROUS TO DIG. 553 00:24:01,850 --> 00:24:03,740 HOLY CRAP, JESSE! 554 00:24:03,780 --> 00:24:05,780 THIS IS IT. 555 00:24:07,470 --> 00:24:10,950 BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH 30 FEET OF WATER, 556 00:24:10,980 --> 00:24:12,600 THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DIG 557 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,500 ANOTHER 20 FEET TO GET TO BEDROCK. 558 00:24:15,470 --> 00:24:17,330 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN HANDLE THAT? 559 00:24:18,670 --> 00:24:20,020 Dave: THAT'S A LOT OF WATER. 560 00:24:20,050 --> 00:24:22,430 A LOT OF WATER, AND AS YOU'RE SUCKING IT OUT, 561 00:24:22,470 --> 00:24:23,640 IT'S COMING IN, 562 00:24:23,670 --> 00:24:25,360 SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A FAST PUMP. 563 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:29,540 WITH THE POND CONSTANTLY FED AND FILLED BY NATURAL SPRINGS, 564 00:24:29,570 --> 00:24:32,780 DAVE FACES A HUGE TASK GETTING TO THE BOTTOM 565 00:24:32,810 --> 00:24:34,600 TO TEST THE GROUND BENEATH. 566 00:24:36,950 --> 00:24:39,220 Dave: THIS WATER RIGHT HERE'S MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE. 567 00:24:39,260 --> 00:24:41,640 IF THERE'S MORE WATER COMING IN ON TOP OF ME 568 00:24:41,670 --> 00:24:43,880 THAN THE PUMP WILL HANDLE, IT'S OVER. 569 00:24:43,910 --> 00:24:47,090 YOU CAN LOSE A MACHINE, YOU CAN LOSE A PUMP. 570 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:49,710 I MEAN, IT'S SCARY. THIS COULD BE BAD. 571 00:24:49,740 --> 00:24:51,950 THE GOLD'S RIGHT THERE. 572 00:24:55,710 --> 00:24:57,910 FIRST DAY AT GRASSHOPPER CREEK. 573 00:24:57,950 --> 00:24:59,910 HERE WE GO. 574 00:24:59,950 --> 00:25:02,190 Narrator: DAVE'S PLANNED A FIVE-DAY OPERATION 575 00:25:02,220 --> 00:25:04,570 TO GET DOWN TO THE POND BED. 576 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:05,640 Jesse: IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH. 577 00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:06,880 I'M WISHING HIM LUCK, 578 00:25:06,910 --> 00:25:08,670 BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. 579 00:25:08,710 --> 00:25:10,190 Narrator: THIS EIGHT-INCH PUMP 580 00:25:10,220 --> 00:25:13,190 CAN SHIFT 2,000 GALLONS OF WATER PER MINUTE 581 00:25:13,220 --> 00:25:16,400 AND IS PART OF THE $30,000 INVESTMENT. 582 00:25:16,430 --> 00:25:17,740 THAT SHOULD DO IT. 583 00:25:17,780 --> 00:25:19,740 I JUST HOPE AND PRAY THAT THAT'S ENOUGH PUMP 584 00:25:19,780 --> 00:25:21,980 TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROUNDWATER. 585 00:25:22,020 --> 00:25:24,360 ALRIGHT, JESSE, SAY A LITTLE PRAYER. 586 00:25:32,220 --> 00:25:35,160 ALRIGHT, WE'RE PUMPING WATER! 587 00:25:35,190 --> 00:25:39,360 FIRST STEP OF GRASSHOPPER CREEK WAS GETTING A PUMP SET. 588 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:41,020 I WANT TO GET TO THAT GOLD. 589 00:25:52,500 --> 00:25:55,360 Narrator: FIVE DAYS LATER, AND DAVE IS BACK TO SEE 590 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,260 IF HE'S SPENT HIS INVESTOR'S MONEY WISELY. 591 00:26:02,950 --> 00:26:05,160 Dave: IT'S A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY. 592 00:26:05,190 --> 00:26:07,470 I'VE NOT SLEPT MUCH AT ALL. 593 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:12,710 WHOO! YEAH! 594 00:26:12,740 --> 00:26:14,600 WE'RE AT THE BOTTOM. IT'S LOOKING GOOD. 595 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:15,910 HIGH AND DRY! 596 00:26:17,910 --> 00:26:20,780 Narrator: DAVE'S INVESTORS WON'T SPEND ANY MORE CASH 597 00:26:20,810 --> 00:26:24,260 GETTING TO BEDROCK UNLESS THE POND BED PROMISES MORE GOLD 598 00:26:24,290 --> 00:26:26,470 20 FEET FURTHER DOWN. 599 00:26:28,050 --> 00:26:31,500 HERE'S OUR MINI TEST TROMMEL. 600 00:26:31,540 --> 00:26:35,570 IT RUNS OFF A LITTLE GAS ENGINE, COUPLE BELTS. 601 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:37,810 WOW, THAT'S PRETTY COOL. 602 00:26:37,850 --> 00:26:42,220 DAVE'S RUNNING 41 BUCKETS, CLOSE TO A FULL YARD OF DIRT. 603 00:26:43,950 --> 00:26:46,220 THAT ONE MUST HAVE GOLD IN IT. 604 00:26:46,260 --> 00:26:47,950 IT IS HEAVIER. 605 00:26:47,980 --> 00:26:49,540 Dave: WE ARE 30 MINUTES FROM A TOWN, 606 00:26:49,570 --> 00:26:51,850 SO WE CAN GET FUEL UP HERE CHEAP, 607 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,090 WE CAN GET ALL OUR SUPPLIES UP HERE, 608 00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:57,190 SO IF THAT'S 20 BUCKS A YARD, WE CAN MAKE MONEY AT THAT. 609 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,640 ALRIGHT, BOYS, LET'S HOPE WE SEE SOME GOLD, ROY. 610 00:27:03,670 --> 00:27:06,400 [ WATER SPLASHING ] 611 00:27:06,430 --> 00:27:07,850 I NEED THIS BAD. 612 00:27:11,540 --> 00:27:12,980 WHAT'S THAT RIGHT THERE? 613 00:27:13,020 --> 00:27:14,260 Roy: HOLY CRAP, LOOK THERE. 614 00:27:14,290 --> 00:27:16,600 Jesse: WHOA, LOOK AT THAT. 615 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:18,360 I'M STARTING TO GET GOOSEBUMPS. 616 00:27:19,910 --> 00:27:22,290 [ CHEERING ] 617 00:27:22,330 --> 00:27:24,740 THAT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD, HUH, BUDDY? 618 00:27:24,780 --> 00:27:26,500 Dave: IT'S PROBABLY 20 BUCKS A YARD. 619 00:27:26,540 --> 00:27:28,050 THAT'S GOOD MATERIAL. 620 00:27:28,090 --> 00:27:29,290 THAT'S A LOT OF GOLD. 621 00:27:29,330 --> 00:27:31,400 MAYBE DAVE'S GONNA MAKE HIS FORTUNE HERE. 622 00:27:31,430 --> 00:27:33,670 THERE'S GONNA BE THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD DOWN THERE, 623 00:27:33,710 --> 00:27:34,670 I PROMISE YA. 624 00:27:34,710 --> 00:27:36,290 41 BUCKETS, GOOD JOB. 625 00:27:36,330 --> 00:27:37,540 YEAH. 626 00:27:37,570 --> 00:27:40,020 GOOD JOB, ROY!I'M HAPPY WITH THAT. 627 00:27:40,050 --> 00:27:42,220 Narrator: DAVE HAS FINALLY FOUND THE GROUND 628 00:27:42,260 --> 00:27:43,780 HE WANTS TO MINE, 629 00:27:43,810 --> 00:27:46,880 AND WITH HIS INVESTOR ALREADY OWNING THE CLAIM, 630 00:27:46,910 --> 00:27:49,050 NOTHING STANDS IN HIS WAY. 631 00:27:49,090 --> 00:27:51,330 I'M READY TO GO. I'M WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK. 632 00:27:51,360 --> 00:27:53,290 WHOO! YEAH! 633 00:27:55,850 --> 00:27:58,500 Narrator: COMING UP, DAVE'S MINING OPERATION 634 00:27:58,540 --> 00:28:01,050 AT GRASSHOPPER CREEK GETS UNDERWAY. 635 00:28:01,090 --> 00:28:03,050 THIS IS IT. THIS IS GO TIME. 636 00:28:03,090 --> 00:28:04,360 Narrator: BUT TROUBLE AHEAD 637 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:08,120 COULD LEAVE DAVE'S SEASON IN RUINS. 638 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:09,980 I CAN'T FREAKIN' BELIEVE IT. 639 00:28:10,020 --> 00:28:12,880 THAT'S [BLEEP] [BLEEP] 640 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:20,910 Dave: IT'S PROBABLY 20 BUCKS A YARD. 641 00:28:20,950 --> 00:28:22,740 THAT'S GOOD MATERIAL. 642 00:28:22,780 --> 00:28:24,710 Narrator: AFTER FOUR WEEKS OF SEARCHING, 643 00:28:24,740 --> 00:28:28,740 DAVE UNCOVERED VIRGIN GROUND AT HIS INVESTOR'S CLAIM. 644 00:28:28,780 --> 00:28:31,600 [ CHEERING ] 645 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,910 HAVING FINISHED PROSPECTING TWO WEEKS EARLY, 646 00:28:34,950 --> 00:28:37,220 DAVE BELIEVES HE'S BOUGHT ENOUGH TIME 647 00:28:37,260 --> 00:28:39,500 TO GET GRASSHOPPER CREEK'S LOST GOLD 648 00:28:39,540 --> 00:28:41,540 BEFORE WINTER SETS IN. 649 00:28:41,570 --> 00:28:43,880 Dave: I'M STAYING HERE UNTIL THE WEATHER RUNS ME OUT OF HERE 650 00:28:43,910 --> 00:28:45,540 BECAUSE I WANT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT, 651 00:28:45,570 --> 00:28:47,430 SEE WHAT'S THERE, AND SLUICE IT. 652 00:28:47,470 --> 00:28:51,570 Narrator: DAVE SPENT THE LAST OF HIS INVESTOR'S $30,000 BUDGET 653 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:54,980 HIRING A CREW FROM MINERS HE'S MET ALONG HIS JOURNEY. 654 00:28:55,020 --> 00:28:56,430 WE PUT A MAN ON THE MOON, 655 00:28:56,470 --> 00:28:58,950 WE OUT TO BE ABLE TO PULL GOLD OUT OF THE GROUND, RIGHT? 656 00:28:58,980 --> 00:29:02,050 Narrator: JOINING MONTANA NATIVE JASON SANCHEZ 657 00:29:02,090 --> 00:29:05,400 IS CHRIS TAYLOR, FRESH FROM WILLOW CREEK, NEVADA. 658 00:29:05,430 --> 00:29:07,290 I'VE BEEN TOLD A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TRIED 659 00:29:07,330 --> 00:29:08,710 FOR OVER 50 YEARS NOW. 660 00:29:08,740 --> 00:29:10,850 THEY HAVEN'T SEEN THE BOTTOM. 661 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,050 WELL, WE'RE GONNA SEE THE BOTTOM. 662 00:29:13,090 --> 00:29:16,330 Narrator: COMPLETING THE CREW IS LOCAL MINER JESSE GOINS. 663 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,050 FIRE IT UP, JESSE. 664 00:29:18,090 --> 00:29:19,090 ALRIGHT. 665 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,120 [ ENGINE STARTS ] 666 00:29:22,470 --> 00:29:26,220 I'M NOT GOING AFTER THE BEST OPERATORS IN THE WHOLE WORLD. 667 00:29:26,260 --> 00:29:28,950 I WOULD RATHER HAVE A PERSON THAT I RESPECT 668 00:29:28,980 --> 00:29:32,160 AND THEY RESPECT ME, AND THEN WE FORMULATE A CREW. 669 00:29:32,190 --> 00:29:34,190 YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER. 670 00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:37,950 I'M HOPING THERE'S MILLIONS OF YEARS OF GOLD 671 00:29:37,980 --> 00:29:41,500 THAT SETTLED RIGHT THERE AND I'M GOING TO GET IT. 672 00:29:41,540 --> 00:29:43,330 Narrator: DAVE HAS SUCCESSFULLY PUMPED 673 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:48,600 30 FEET OF WATER FROM THE POND AND TAKEN A SAMPLE FROM THE BED. 674 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:52,090 NOW HE NEEDS JASON AND CHRIS TO DIG 20 FEET DOWN 675 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:55,500 THROUGH UNSTABLE WET GROUND TO PAY DIRT 676 00:29:55,540 --> 00:29:58,470 THAT HAS EVADED MINERS FOR OVER A CENTURY. 677 00:30:00,540 --> 00:30:02,850 [ MACHINERY SPUTTERING ] 678 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:04,600 MAN, I'M LIKE A KID IN A CANDY STORE 679 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,190 WHEN IT COMES TO THIS [BLEEP] 680 00:30:07,290 --> 00:30:08,400 Dave: WE'RE GETTING THERE. 681 00:30:08,430 --> 00:30:09,740 [ MACHINERY CLANKING ] 682 00:30:09,780 --> 00:30:12,400 IT'S NICE TO HAVE ANOTHER OPERATOR NOW THAT JASON'S HERE 683 00:30:12,430 --> 00:30:15,330 AND HE CAN HELP CARRY SOME OF THE LOAD. 684 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,090 Narrator: TO REMOVE THE 20 FEET OF OVERBURDEN, 685 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:21,910 JASON WILL HAVE TO EXCAVATE 1,200 TONS OF DIRT 686 00:30:21,950 --> 00:30:23,950 FOR CHRIS TO REMOVE IN THE LOADER. 687 00:30:23,980 --> 00:30:25,540 Dave: THE NICE THING ABOUT CHRIS, 688 00:30:25,570 --> 00:30:28,910 KIND OF INEXPERIENCED AT MINING, BUT HE'S WILLING TO LEARN. 689 00:30:28,950 --> 00:30:32,160 I LOVE GUYS THAT ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT WORKING. 690 00:30:35,470 --> 00:30:37,120 Jason: WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGHOUT HISTORY, 691 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,910 WHETHER IT'S NEW-AGE MINERS LIKE US 692 00:30:39,950 --> 00:30:42,670 OR THE OLD SCHOOL '49ERS, SAME PROBLEM -- 693 00:30:42,710 --> 00:30:45,950 EITHER LACK OF WATER OR TOO DAMN MUCH WATER. 694 00:30:45,980 --> 00:30:49,780 AND RIGHT NOW WE FIND OURSELVES AGAINST TOO MUCH WATER. 695 00:30:49,810 --> 00:30:51,850 Narrator: THE WET GROUND IS SLOWING DOWN 696 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,430 DAVE'S PLAN OF REACHING BEDROCK. 697 00:30:54,470 --> 00:30:55,640 Dave: AS JASON'S DIGGING, 698 00:30:55,670 --> 00:30:59,090 HE TAKES TWO SCOOPS OUT AND ONE SLOUGHS IN. 699 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:00,710 IT'S TOO SLOW. 700 00:31:00,740 --> 00:31:02,540 I GOT TO GO TO THE INVESTOR. 701 00:31:04,670 --> 00:31:06,330 HEY, RICH. 702 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:07,880 I GOT TO BRING IN A BIGGER EXCAVATOR, 703 00:31:07,910 --> 00:31:09,160 I GOT TO DIG DEEPER. 704 00:31:09,190 --> 00:31:10,810 I NEED 80 GRAND. 705 00:31:11,950 --> 00:31:14,090 GIVE ME TWO WEEKS, I'LL BE ON BEDROCK. 706 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:17,640 I'LL GET YOUR MONEY BACK, EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE FINE. 707 00:31:17,670 --> 00:31:19,500 RICH, HAVE SOME FAITH IN ME. 708 00:31:19,540 --> 00:31:22,330 I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR AWHILE. 709 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:24,360 AND YOU DON'T WANT TO -- 710 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,290 THAT'S IT? 711 00:31:26,330 --> 00:31:28,190 ALL RIGHT. 712 00:31:28,220 --> 00:31:31,500 OKAY, I'LL DO IT. ALL RIGHT, BYE. 713 00:31:31,540 --> 00:31:33,290 CAN'T FRICKIN' BELIEVE IT. 714 00:31:34,570 --> 00:31:36,950 HE JUST PULLED US OUT. 715 00:31:36,980 --> 00:31:38,290 THAT'S [BLEEP] [BLEEP] 716 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:42,980 IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. 717 00:31:43,020 --> 00:31:46,540 IF YOU GET TO THIS POINT, IT TAKES ANOTHER $80,000 718 00:31:46,570 --> 00:31:47,600 TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE HOLE, 719 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,190 AND WE START MAKING MONEY. 720 00:31:49,220 --> 00:31:50,910 WHY NOT TAKE THE RISK? 721 00:31:50,950 --> 00:31:54,290 BUT THE MAN WITH THE MONEY MAKES THE DECISIONS. 722 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:00,540 I GOT SOME BAD NEWS, YOU GUYS. 723 00:32:00,570 --> 00:32:06,160 I JUST TALKED TO THE INVESTORS, AND HE'S LIKE, 724 00:32:06,190 --> 00:32:09,910 "WINTER'S SETTING IN, IT'S TOO MUCH MONEY. 725 00:32:09,950 --> 00:32:12,400 PACK YOUR [BLEEP] UP AND GET OUT OF HERE." 726 00:32:12,430 --> 00:32:15,220 YOU HAVE GOT TO BE [BLEEP] ME. 727 00:32:15,260 --> 00:32:16,570 IT'S MONTANA. 728 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:17,950 IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WEATHER, WAIT 10 MINUTES. 729 00:32:17,980 --> 00:32:19,430 COME ON, MAN. 730 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:24,120 [BLEEP] THAT. 731 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:25,880 SO NOW WHAT? 732 00:32:25,910 --> 00:32:27,540 I DON'T KNOW, JASON. 733 00:32:27,570 --> 00:32:29,540 I MEAN, I'M NOT GONNA INVEST MY OWN MONEY IN THIS. 734 00:32:29,570 --> 00:32:31,090 IT'S THE INVESTORS' LAND, 735 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,880 IT'S THEIR CLAIMS, IT'S THEIR DEAL. 736 00:32:33,910 --> 00:32:35,290 WELL, THAT'S COOL. 737 00:32:35,330 --> 00:32:36,810 ALL I KNOW IS WE'RE PACKING OUR [BLEEP] UP. 738 00:32:36,850 --> 00:32:39,640 WE GOT TO GET THE PUMP BACK TO THE PLACE AND WE'RE DONE. 739 00:32:39,670 --> 00:32:42,160 WE'RE LOADING THIS STUFF UP, MOVING IT OUT. 740 00:32:42,190 --> 00:32:44,500 SO WE JUST WALK AWAY LOOKING LIKE FAILURES? 741 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:47,710 WE'RE DONE. 742 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,090 THIS IS TOUGH. 743 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:53,540 IT FEELS LIKE I FAILED. 744 00:32:53,570 --> 00:32:56,810 I BROUGHT A GROUP OF GUYS WHO GAVE UP A LOT TO BE HERE. 745 00:32:56,850 --> 00:32:58,360 NOW WE'RE HOMELESS. 746 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:00,850 WE HAVE NO MINE. WE HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. 747 00:33:02,500 --> 00:33:05,120 IT'S LIKE, GAH, WE'RE RIGHT THERE! 748 00:33:07,260 --> 00:33:09,540 YOU KNOW, I'D STAY ON. THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY ME. 749 00:33:09,570 --> 00:33:13,430 I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE WHAT'S IN THE BOTTOM OF THAT. 750 00:33:16,090 --> 00:33:18,120 I SWORE I'D NEVER WORK FOR THE MAN AGAIN. 751 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:19,740 YOU KNOW, I WORKED FOR TODD HOFFMAN, 752 00:33:19,780 --> 00:33:22,910 AND A LOT OF TIMES, I NEVER AGREED WITH HIS DECISIONS. 753 00:33:22,950 --> 00:33:24,360 TWO YEARS LATER, 754 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:26,050 IT FEELS LIKE I'M RIGHT BACK IN THE SAME SPOT, 755 00:33:26,090 --> 00:33:28,570 BUT I VOW IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN. 756 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:31,470 I'M NOT GONNA LET SOMEBODY TELL ME HOW TO DO MY JOB 757 00:33:31,500 --> 00:33:33,360 WHEN I KNOW BETTER THAN THEM. 758 00:33:53,470 --> 00:33:56,400 Narrator: THE TIME DAVE GAVE HIMSELF TO PROSPECT 759 00:33:56,430 --> 00:33:57,570 IS ALMOST UP, 760 00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,050 AND HE'S BACK AT THE TURIN FAMILY QUARRY 761 00:34:00,090 --> 00:34:02,190 WITH A BIG DECISION TO MAKE. 762 00:34:06,570 --> 00:34:09,330 HEY, DAD.HI, DAVE, HOW YOU DOING? 763 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:10,880 I'M GOOD. HOW ARE YOU DOING? 764 00:34:10,910 --> 00:34:13,050 I'M OKAY. HOW'S BUSINESS? 765 00:34:13,090 --> 00:34:15,670 WELL, IT'S PRETTY GOOD. PRETTY BUSY. 766 00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:19,780 I'VE HAD A ROUGH WEEK. 767 00:34:19,810 --> 00:34:21,950 I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR SOME ADVICE. 768 00:34:21,980 --> 00:34:23,600 I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 769 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,400 WHETHER I MINE FOR THE INVESTOR 770 00:34:26,430 --> 00:34:28,090 OR I MINE ON MY OWN. 771 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:29,810 THAT'S ALL YOU? 772 00:34:29,850 --> 00:34:32,430 IT'S ALL MY OWN MONEY. 773 00:34:32,470 --> 00:34:34,330 THAT'S A TOUGH DECISION. 774 00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:35,710 MINING IS NOT ALWAYS 775 00:34:35,740 --> 00:34:37,810 THE MOST SUCCESSFUL THING IN THE WORLD 776 00:34:37,850 --> 00:34:40,470 BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND. 777 00:34:40,500 --> 00:34:42,850 AND THAT'S A TOUGH, TOUGH BATTLE. 778 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,360 BUT IF I WERE YOU, I'D GO ON YOUR OWN. 779 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:46,910 THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU'D SAY 780 00:34:46,950 --> 00:34:48,290 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'D DO, RIGHT? 781 00:34:48,330 --> 00:34:50,020 YEAH, I WOULD. 782 00:34:50,050 --> 00:34:51,710 YOU TOOK A BIG RISK 783 00:34:51,740 --> 00:34:54,160 WHEN YOU QUIT TEACHING AND COACHING 784 00:34:54,190 --> 00:34:56,190 AND YOU HAD SIX LITTLE KIDS 785 00:34:56,220 --> 00:34:57,880 AND YOU STARTED THIS BUSINESS. 786 00:34:57,910 --> 00:34:59,600 I DID, AND THEN I PUT YOU TO WORK. 787 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,090 [ BOTH LAUGH ] 788 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:04,740 IF YOU FAIL, YOU CAN GO ON, 789 00:35:04,780 --> 00:35:07,950 BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. 790 00:35:07,980 --> 00:35:09,850 WE FAIL AT A LOT OF THINGS, 791 00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:11,400 AND FAILURE SOMETIMES 792 00:35:11,430 --> 00:35:14,020 IS THE BEST EXPERIENCE YOU CAN HAVE. 793 00:35:14,050 --> 00:35:16,670 ONE THING YOU DID TEACH US, IF YOU DO FAIL, 794 00:35:16,710 --> 00:35:19,260 PUT YOUR BOOTS ON AND YOU GET BACK TO WORK, RIGHT? 795 00:35:19,290 --> 00:35:21,020 GET BACK TO WORK. YEP. 796 00:35:21,050 --> 00:35:22,980 YOU BET. I THINK IT WAS GOOD ADVICE. 797 00:35:23,020 --> 00:35:24,500 [ CHUCKLES ] IT ISGOOD ADVICE. 798 00:35:24,540 --> 00:35:27,360 OKAY, GOOD.SEE YOU LATER, DAD. 799 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,740 WELL, THAT'S IT. 800 00:35:29,780 --> 00:35:31,740 I'M OFF TO MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS. 801 00:35:31,780 --> 00:35:34,190 I'M GONNA FIND A MINE. 802 00:35:34,220 --> 00:35:35,910 IT'S ALL UP TO ME NOW. 803 00:35:41,950 --> 00:35:45,710 LET'S GO TO THOSE ROCKS UP HERE. 804 00:35:45,740 --> 00:35:48,190 Dave: FAMILY'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. 805 00:35:48,220 --> 00:35:51,160 THE AMOUNT OF GOLD YOU GET, IT DON'T MATTER. 806 00:35:51,190 --> 00:35:53,500 IF YOU DON'T HAVE FAMILY, IT'S NOT THE SAME. 807 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:58,290 Micaiah: FISHING'S SUPER FUN WITH MY GRANDPA. 808 00:35:58,330 --> 00:36:01,950 I DON'T GET TO SEE HIM AS MUCH AS I GET TO SEE MY DAD, 809 00:36:01,980 --> 00:36:04,810 SO IT'S A BIT MORE FUN. 810 00:36:04,850 --> 00:36:07,050 DON'T TELL MY DAD I SAID THAT. 811 00:36:08,670 --> 00:36:10,120 GOOD CAST. 812 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,120 YEAH, IT'S JUST LIKE GOLD MINING. 813 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:14,710 WHY IS FISHING LIKE GOLD MINING? 814 00:36:14,740 --> 00:36:16,500 BECAUSE. WHAT DO YOU MEAN? 815 00:36:16,540 --> 00:36:17,740 TELL ME. 816 00:36:17,780 --> 00:36:19,740 YOU SOMETIMES GET IT, YOU SOMETIMES DON'T. 817 00:36:19,780 --> 00:36:21,850 IT'S FUNNER THAN GOLD MINING, THOUGH. 818 00:36:24,190 --> 00:36:26,160 WAIT, NO, FISH! 819 00:36:26,190 --> 00:36:27,190 FISH ON! 820 00:36:27,220 --> 00:36:29,090 YOU GOT HIM? 821 00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:31,540 THERE'S A FISH. 822 00:36:31,570 --> 00:36:33,330 COME ON, BUDDY. NO! 823 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:35,600 IS HE GONE? BROKE ME OFF. 824 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:37,020 OH, NO. 825 00:36:38,090 --> 00:36:39,290 Dave: IT'S LIKE GOLD MINING. 826 00:36:39,330 --> 00:36:41,950 SOMETIMES YOU WIN, SOMETIMES YOU LOSE. 827 00:36:47,500 --> 00:36:51,810 Narrator: AFTER FIVE WEEKS SEARCHING TO REOPEN A LOST MINE, 828 00:36:51,850 --> 00:36:54,430 DAVE'S INVESTOR SHUT HIM DOWN. 829 00:36:54,470 --> 00:36:56,290 CAN'T FRICKIN' BELIEVE IT. 830 00:36:57,360 --> 00:36:59,020 HE JUST PULLED US OUT. 831 00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:01,850 Narrator: AND NOW HE'S STRIKING OUT ON HIS OWN 832 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,910 TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT GROUND TO MINE. 833 00:37:04,950 --> 00:37:06,850 Dave: I'M JUST LOOKING FOR OPTIONS RIGHT NOW. 834 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:08,570 I'M KIND OF UNDER THE GUN. 835 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:11,290 I GOT TO FIND SOME GROUND, SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE. 836 00:37:11,330 --> 00:37:13,500 [ Ringing ] 837 00:37:13,540 --> 00:37:14,640 CASEY: Hello? 838 00:37:14,670 --> 00:37:16,570 HEY, CASEY, THIS IS DAVE TURIN. 839 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:19,020 I HEAR YOU HAVE SOME GROUND IN ARIZONA 840 00:37:19,050 --> 00:37:20,950 THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AVAILABLE. 841 00:37:27,430 --> 00:37:30,470 HOLY CRAP, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT ANYWHERE. 842 00:37:30,500 --> 00:37:31,880 I WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT 843 00:37:31,910 --> 00:37:33,570 AND VISIT AND SEE THE GROUND. 844 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,500 SOUNDS GOOD. 845 00:37:36,540 --> 00:37:38,540 OKAY, THANKS, BYE. 846 00:37:41,500 --> 00:37:43,980 YEAH, BABY! 847 00:37:44,020 --> 00:37:47,400 THAT WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION, AND IF THIS IS 848 00:37:47,430 --> 00:37:51,980 AS GOOD AS IT SOUNDS, IT'S REALLY AN ANSWERED PRAYER. 849 00:38:02,330 --> 00:38:05,950 MY BIGGEST FEAR IS I DON'T FIND A PLACE TO GOLD MINE. 850 00:38:07,980 --> 00:38:10,120 I'M SCARED, I'M ANXIOUS. 851 00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:12,360 MAYBE THIS IS MY LAST CHANCE. 852 00:38:13,910 --> 00:38:16,260 Narrator: DAVE'S DRIVEN TWO DAYS TO ARIZONA 853 00:38:16,290 --> 00:38:18,640 TO FOLLOW UP A LEAD ON HIS OWN DIME 854 00:38:18,670 --> 00:38:21,710 NOW THAT HE'S PROSPECTING WITHOUT AN INVESTOR. 855 00:38:21,740 --> 00:38:23,880 80 MILES SOUTH OF FLAGSTAFF, 856 00:38:23,910 --> 00:38:27,090 MINER CASEY MORGAN CLAIMS TO BE SITTING ON GOLD 857 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:29,880 AT THE ABANDONED LYNX CREEK CLAIM. 858 00:38:32,810 --> 00:38:34,500 HEY. Casey: HOW YOU DOING? 859 00:38:34,540 --> 00:38:35,980 GOOD, NICE TO MEET YOU. 860 00:38:36,020 --> 00:38:38,020 HOW MUCH GOLD DID YOU GET OUT OF THIS, YOU THINK? 861 00:38:38,050 --> 00:38:40,850 TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, DAVE, IT'S GONNA SHOCK YOU. 862 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:42,710 UP TO AN OUNCE FOR EVERY 10 YARDS. 863 00:38:42,740 --> 00:38:45,470 COME ON, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? OUT OF THIS? 864 00:38:45,500 --> 00:38:46,850 NO ONE BELIEVED ME. 865 00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:49,120 THEY ALL THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY AND DIDN'T HOLD ANY GOLD HERE, 866 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,670 BUT IT'S GOT IT. 867 00:38:50,710 --> 00:38:52,260 HERE'S THE BIG QUESTION. 868 00:38:52,290 --> 00:38:54,500 IF THE GROUND'S THAT GOOD, WHY AREN'T YOU MINING IT? 869 00:38:54,540 --> 00:38:55,780 DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY. 870 00:38:55,810 --> 00:38:57,640 HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE YOU INVESTED HERE? 871 00:38:57,670 --> 00:39:00,190 WELL OVER $50,000.[ WHISTLES ] 872 00:39:00,220 --> 00:39:02,260 SHOW ME WHERE YOU DUG THAT SAMPLE OUT OF. 873 00:39:02,290 --> 00:39:03,540 YEAH, I WILL. 874 00:39:03,570 --> 00:39:07,500 GOLD WAS DISCOVERED IN PRESCOTT VALLEY IN 1853, 875 00:39:07,540 --> 00:39:11,950 AND BY 1863, WITH A COSTLY CIVIL WAR ON THE HORIZON, 876 00:39:11,980 --> 00:39:14,540 PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SENT INFANTRY 877 00:39:14,570 --> 00:39:17,120 TO PROTECT ITS RICHES. 878 00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:21,050 LINCOLN'S MINERS MADE THEIR WAY DOWN ALL FOUR MILES OF CREEK, 879 00:39:21,090 --> 00:39:24,020 BUT CASEY THINKS THEY MISSED A CACHE OF GOLD 880 00:39:24,050 --> 00:39:26,190 IN THE TRIBUTARIES. 881 00:39:26,220 --> 00:39:27,710 TO TEST HIS CLAIM, 882 00:39:27,740 --> 00:39:31,850 CASEY PULLED 30 YARDS OF PAY FROM THE EASTERNMOST TRIBUTARY 883 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,290 AND FOUND ALMOST THREE OUNCES OF GOLD 884 00:39:34,330 --> 00:39:37,670 AT AN IMPRESSIVE $100 PER YARD. 885 00:39:39,430 --> 00:39:41,360 SO YOU GOT A LOT OF INTERESTING LAYERS. 886 00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:43,050 I'LL BET YOU THE GOLD SITS RIGHT ON HERE 887 00:39:43,090 --> 00:39:45,740 BECAUSE THIS IS TOO MUCH CLAY FOR THE GOLD TO SINK, 888 00:39:45,780 --> 00:39:48,290 AND THIS IS THE LAYER THAT I'D BE INTERESTED IN. 889 00:39:48,330 --> 00:39:49,640 RIGHT THERE. 890 00:39:49,670 --> 00:39:52,710 IT'S A TRADITIONAL PLACER, BUT HERE'S THE THING. 891 00:39:52,740 --> 00:39:54,500 HOW MUCH GOLD IS IN THERE? 892 00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:56,710 Dave: I NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT. 893 00:39:56,740 --> 00:39:58,220 I NEED TO CHECK OUT AND SEE 894 00:39:58,260 --> 00:40:01,780 HOW MUCH GOOD, MINEABLE GOLD IS IN THIS VALLEY. 895 00:40:01,810 --> 00:40:03,780 Narrator: CASEY HAS BROUGHT HIS MINI WASH PLANT 896 00:40:03,810 --> 00:40:06,290 AND HAS A PILE OF PAY DIRT HE PULLED 897 00:40:06,330 --> 00:40:09,050 BEFORE HE RAN OUT OF MINING FUNDS. 898 00:40:09,090 --> 00:40:10,290 Dave: WE'RE GONNA RUN A LITTLE TEST HERE 899 00:40:10,330 --> 00:40:12,090 AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME GOLD. 900 00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:14,640 Casey: I'M GONNA RUN TWO FIVE-GALLON BUCKETS. 901 00:40:14,670 --> 00:40:16,710 WITH HIS OWN CASH ON THE LINE, 902 00:40:16,740 --> 00:40:20,910 DAVE NEEDS LYNX CREEK TO BE AS RICH AS CASEY CLAIMS. 903 00:40:20,950 --> 00:40:24,360 IF CASEY'S TELLING ME THIS IS CLOSE TO 100 BUCKS A YARD, 904 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:30,290 I NEED TO SEE AT LEAST 40 OR 50 CHUNKY FLAKES OF GOLD IN MY PAN. 905 00:40:30,330 --> 00:40:31,600 ALL RIGHT. 906 00:40:37,780 --> 00:40:40,260 THERE'S THAT ONE. LET ME GET ONE MORE. 907 00:40:42,220 --> 00:40:44,120 I HOPE IT'S GOT GOLD IN IT. 908 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:49,500 IF I DON'T HIT IT THIS TIME, I'M SCREWED. 909 00:40:50,850 --> 00:40:53,290 COME ON, BABY, COME ON. 910 00:40:53,330 --> 00:40:55,500 HOLY [BLEEP] LOOK AT THAT. 911 00:40:56,910 --> 00:41:01,190 THERE'S AT LEAST 50 BIG COLORS IN HERE, 912 00:41:01,220 --> 00:41:02,600 AND IT'S GOOD, CHUNKY GOLD. 913 00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:04,500 LOOK AT THAT.YEAH, LOOK AT THAT. 914 00:41:04,540 --> 00:41:06,160 YOU CAN PICK IT UP. 915 00:41:06,190 --> 00:41:10,160 I MEAN, THAT'S A HELL OF A PAN RIGHT THERE. 916 00:41:10,190 --> 00:41:11,910 I'M IMPRESSED. 917 00:41:11,950 --> 00:41:13,400 GOODNESS GRACIOUS. 918 00:41:13,430 --> 00:41:14,850 ALRIGHT, DAVE, WHAT DO YOU THINK? 919 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:17,640 IT'S LOOKS FRICKIN' AWESOME, CASEY. 920 00:41:17,670 --> 00:41:19,600 I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE STINKIN' PLACE 921 00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:22,780 LOOKING FOR EXACTLY THIS. 922 00:41:22,810 --> 00:41:26,260 I'M GONNA TAKE IT EASY, TAKE A DEEP BREATH. 923 00:41:26,290 --> 00:41:29,090 GOT TO WORK THROUGH THIS, FIGURE IT ALL OUT. 924 00:41:30,290 --> 00:41:33,540 BUT INSIDE, I'M DOING SOMERSAULTS. 925 00:41:33,570 --> 00:41:36,260 I'M GOING, "WHOO! THIS IS PRETTY GOOD." 926 00:41:38,260 --> 00:41:39,910 I GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. 927 00:41:39,950 --> 00:41:41,780 IT ALMOST SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. 928 00:41:41,810 --> 00:41:43,600 IT'S A GREAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, 929 00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:46,050 BUT I GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. 930 00:41:46,090 --> 00:41:47,430 THERE'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM WITH THE LEASE. 931 00:41:47,470 --> 00:41:49,090 I'VE LET IT LAPSE. 932 00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:50,640 WELL, THAT KIND OF CHANGES IT. 933 00:41:50,670 --> 00:41:52,260 YEAH, IT DOES. 934 00:41:52,290 --> 00:41:54,430 CAN I SPEAK TO THE OWNER AND SEE IF I CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT? 935 00:41:54,470 --> 00:41:55,950 IS THAT POSSIBLE? 936 00:41:55,980 --> 00:41:58,330 I MEAN, I THINK IT'D BE THE BEST THING AT THIS POINT. 937 00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:00,980 I'M A TEAM PLAYER, AND I WANTED A WIN-WIN. 938 00:42:01,020 --> 00:42:02,260 YOU HAVE TO MAKE MONEY, 939 00:42:02,290 --> 00:42:05,360 THE LAND OWNER MAKES MONEY, WE MAKE MONEY. 940 00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:06,810 COME ON, MAN. 941 00:42:06,850 --> 00:42:09,670 [ LAUGHS ] 942 00:42:09,710 --> 00:42:11,740 I GOT TO GO TALK TO THE LAND OWNERS 943 00:42:11,780 --> 00:42:15,360 AND SEE IF I CAN MAKE A DEAL THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. 944 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:18,220 BUT I THINK WE JUST HIT A HOME RUN. 945 00:42:28,500 --> 00:42:30,190 THIS IS DAVE TURIN. 946 00:42:30,220 --> 00:42:33,160 I WAS WONDERING HOW WE'RE COMING ALONG ON THE LEASE. 947 00:42:33,190 --> 00:42:35,780 OH, YEAH, THERE'S GOLD THERE. I'M SURE THERE IS. 948 00:42:38,710 --> 00:42:40,090 OKAY, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 949 00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:43,330 GREAT. ALL RIGHT, BYE. 950 00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:44,850 HERE WE GO. 951 00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:48,090 ALL RIGHT, LYNX CREEK, HERE WE COME. 952 00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:49,640 WE GOT IT! 953 00:42:49,670 --> 00:42:52,090 I'VE BEEN IN SOME TOUGH SPOTS IN MY MINING CAREER. 954 00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:55,120 THERE'S BEEN FUN TIMES, TOUGH TIMES. 955 00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:58,740 THERE'S BEEN TEARS, AND THERE'S BEEN SOME FIGHTS. 956 00:42:58,780 --> 00:43:02,160 I'VE BEEN STUCK IN THE JUNGLE, HOTTER THAN HELL. 957 00:43:02,190 --> 00:43:03,980 FROZE OUT IN THE YUKON. 958 00:43:04,020 --> 00:43:07,220 I'VE MADE FRIENDS, AND I'VE LOST SOME FRIENDS. 959 00:43:07,260 --> 00:43:12,090 GOLD MINING HAS SHOWED ME THE BEST AND THE WORST IN LIFE. 960 00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:13,290 AND FOR WHAT? 961 00:43:13,330 --> 00:43:15,260 Clark: WHAT IN THE WORLD? 962 00:43:15,290 --> 00:43:17,050 THAT SHINY STUFF WE DIG OUT OF THE GROUND 963 00:43:17,090 --> 00:43:18,500 THAT WE CALL GOLD. 964 00:43:18,540 --> 00:43:19,910 WHOO! 965 00:43:19,950 --> 00:43:22,740 BUT STRIKING OUT ON MY OWN AND INVESTING MY OWN MONEY 966 00:43:22,780 --> 00:43:25,400 IS PROBABLY THE CRAZIEST THING I'VE EVER DONE. 967 00:43:25,430 --> 00:43:27,190 I'M GONNA CASH IN ALL THE GOLD I GOT. 968 00:43:27,220 --> 00:43:30,740 IT'S OUR SAVINGS, AND IT'S SCARY. 969 00:43:30,780 --> 00:43:32,190 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 970 00:43:32,220 --> 00:43:34,600 I STILL BELIEVE A CREW CAN STRIKE OUT IN AMERICA, 971 00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:37,880 GO TO THESE LOST ABANDONED MINES, LIKE THE OLD TIMERS, 972 00:43:37,910 --> 00:43:38,950 AND DIG UP THE GOLD. 973 00:43:38,980 --> 00:43:40,360 WE'RE GOING TO ARIZONA. 974 00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:41,880 All right, man, cool. 975 00:43:41,910 --> 00:43:43,740 AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, RIGHT? 976 00:43:43,780 --> 00:43:45,600 I DON'T WANT TO BE STICKIN' RICH. 977 00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:47,780 ALL RIGHT, GUYS, DINNER'S READY. 978 00:43:47,810 --> 00:43:50,740 I JUST WANT MY FAMILY AND THE FAMILY OF MY CREW 979 00:43:50,780 --> 00:43:54,810 TO DO BETTER, TO BE BETTER, AND PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. 980 00:43:54,850 --> 00:43:56,600 DEAR LORD, JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. 981 00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:58,500 AMEN. AMEN. 982 00:43:58,540 --> 00:44:01,190 AND I STILL BELIEVE WE CAN DO THAT IN AMERICA 983 00:44:01,220 --> 00:44:04,670 AND FIND THE GOLD IN THESE LOST, ABANDONED MINES. 984 00:44:04,710 --> 00:44:07,290 TO A GOOD YEAR.CHEERS TO THAT. 985 00:44:07,330 --> 00:44:08,980 CHEERS, WHOO! 986 00:44:09,020 --> 00:44:11,190 I GOT NO DOUBT YOU'LL DO GREAT. 987 00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:15,050 Narrator: COMING UP THIS SEASON... 988 00:44:17,740 --> 00:44:19,780 Dave: HOME SWEET HOME FOR A WHILE, BOYS. 989 00:44:19,810 --> 00:44:21,710 Narrator: ...DAVE TURIN'S ALL IN... 990 00:44:21,740 --> 00:44:23,470 Dave: WELL, I'VE GOT $80,000 991 00:44:23,500 --> 00:44:25,050 OF MY OWN MONEY INVESTED IN THIS. 992 00:44:25,090 --> 00:44:26,670 IF WE DON'T FIND ANY GOLD, 993 00:44:26,710 --> 00:44:29,050 WE'RE ALL GONNA STARVE TO DEATH THIS WINTER. 994 00:44:29,090 --> 00:44:30,880 Narrator: ...WITH A CREW OF ROOKIES. 995 00:44:30,910 --> 00:44:33,670 THIS IS SCALE THAT I'VE NEVER OPERATED IN. 996 00:44:33,710 --> 00:44:36,020 FOR ME, THIS IS THE LAST ROLL OF THE DICE. 997 00:44:36,050 --> 00:44:38,050 I LOVE THIS [BLEEP] ARE YOU KIDDIN' ME? 998 00:44:38,090 --> 00:44:39,090 WHOO! 999 00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:41,430 [ LAUGHS ] 1000 00:44:41,470 --> 00:44:44,540 Dave: WE NEED FIVE OUNCES EVERY DAY FROM HERE ON OUT. 1001 00:44:44,570 --> 00:44:46,570 SHUT DOWN, SHUT IT DOWN! 1002 00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:48,500 YOU CAN FEEL THE TENSION IN THE AIR. 1003 00:44:48,540 --> 00:44:50,670 GOD, WE'RE GETTING NOWHERE! 1004 00:44:50,710 --> 00:44:52,710 I'D LIKE YOU TO PACK UP. 1005 00:44:52,740 --> 00:44:54,260 THIS IS GOING NOWHERE. 1006 00:44:54,290 --> 00:44:57,220 IF WE GET TO 100 OUNCES, IT WOULD REALLY BE A MIRACLE. 1007 00:44:58,710 --> 00:45:01,050 MIRACLES HAPPEN EVERY DAY, AND I BELIEVE IN THEM. 1007 00:45:02,305 --> 00:46:02,613 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm