"Gold Rush: Dave Turin's Lost Mine" Back on Gold

1 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:12,240 Narrator: IT'S LATE FALL IN THE FOOTHILLS OF MONTANA. 2 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:16,580 GOLD RESULTS HAVE BEEN PATCHY, SO JASON SANCHEZ TRIES OUT 3 00:00:16,580 --> 00:00:20,710 A NEW WAY OF PROSPECTING TO DECODE THE LAND 4 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:24,620 AND FIND MORE GOLDEN GROUND THE OLD TIMERS LEFT BEHIND. 5 00:00:25,550 --> 00:00:26,920 Jason: LOOK AT THAT. THAT ROCK CHANGE 6 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,190 IS JUST DIFFERENT, NIGHT AND DAY. 7 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,500 EVERY RISE DROPS DOWN, 8 00:00:35,500 --> 00:00:38,170 AND WHEN IT DROPS, THAT'S A CHANNEL. 9 00:00:38,170 --> 00:00:40,200 THEN BACK UP ON A RISE, 10 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:43,570 DROP DOWN AGAIN, THAT'S A NEW CHANNEL. 11 00:00:43,570 --> 00:00:45,540 THAT'S WHERE THE GOLD LIKES TO SETTLE. 12 00:00:45,540 --> 00:00:47,980 WE'LL FIND OUT IF THAT SEEMS TO BE THE CASE. 13 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:55,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 14 00:01:00,090 --> 00:01:02,690 SON OF A GUN. 15 00:01:02,690 --> 00:01:05,530 HOLY 16 00:01:07,460 --> 00:01:09,260 DEFINITELY GOOD. 17 00:01:09,270 --> 00:01:12,030 SEASON CHANGING. 18 00:01:12,030 --> 00:01:14,330 -WHOO-HOO! -I KNOW, RIGHT? 19 00:01:14,340 --> 00:01:15,640 IT'S A HELL OF A PAN, RIGHT THERE. 20 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,270 THAT IS A HELL OF A PAN. 21 00:01:17,270 --> 00:01:20,010 WOW. THAT'S GOOD NEWS, MAN. 22 00:01:20,010 --> 00:01:22,610 THAT'S THE RIGHT THERE, A HAPPY BOSS. 23 00:01:28,150 --> 00:01:31,850 Narrator: LEGENDARY GOLD MINER DAVE TURIN 24 00:01:31,850 --> 00:01:33,950 IS HUNTING FOR GOLD... 25 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:35,520 YEAH! 26 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:38,930 ...IN THE HISTORIC LOST MINES OF MONTANA... 27 00:01:38,930 --> 00:01:41,700 PUMPING SOME MUD NOW, BUDDY! YEAH! 28 00:01:41,700 --> 00:01:43,530 ...HOPING TO TURN HIS MINING DREAM... 29 00:01:43,530 --> 00:01:45,030 WHOA! WHOA! 30 00:01:45,030 --> 00:01:48,100 ...INTO A BIG-DOLLAR BUSINESS FOR HIM AND HIS CREW. 31 00:01:48,100 --> 00:01:49,240 All: TEAM TURIN! 32 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:51,170 Dave: THESE GUYS ARE PROFESSIONAL MINERS NOW, 33 00:01:51,170 --> 00:01:53,170 AND I'LL TAKE THEM ANYWHERE. 34 00:01:53,180 --> 00:01:54,980 HOLY NATHAN! 35 00:01:54,980 --> 00:01:56,710 THAT'S THE BIGGEST NUGGET I'VE EVER PANNED! 36 00:01:56,710 --> 00:01:58,750 THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT RIGHT THERE. 37 00:01:58,750 --> 00:02:01,180 IT'S ALL ABOUT SEARCHING FOR A DREAM. 38 00:02:02,650 --> 00:02:05,620 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 39 00:02:05,620 --> 00:02:08,620 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 40 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,600 LAST WEEK WE STARTED ON A REAL LOW. 41 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:17,560 THERE'S NO GOLD. IT'S A LITTLE DEPRESSING. 42 00:02:17,570 --> 00:02:19,500 Dave: BUT WE DIDN'T QUIT. WE PULLED TOGETHER... 43 00:02:19,500 --> 00:02:21,000 WE'VE GOT SOMETHING TO LOOK AT NOW. 44 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,800 ...KEPT GOING, AND WE FOUND OUR RICHEST GROUND SO FAR. 45 00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:26,540 OH, MY GOSH. 46 00:02:26,540 --> 00:02:28,710 WE HAVEN'T SEEN NUGGETS LIKE THAT EVER. 47 00:02:28,710 --> 00:02:30,140 WE'RE STILL WAY BEHIND SCHEDULE 48 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:33,050 TO HIT OUR 400-OUNCE SEASON TARGET, 49 00:02:33,050 --> 00:02:36,320 SO WE UPGRADED THE WASH PLANT AND DOUBLED UP ON PRODUCTION. 50 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:37,850 ALL RIGHT! 51 00:02:37,850 --> 00:02:40,090 WE WERE CRUISING AT THIS LEVEL. 52 00:02:40,090 --> 00:02:42,420 NOW, WE'VE GOT TO TAKE OUR GAME TO THIS LEVEL. 53 00:02:45,330 --> 00:02:48,700 THAT TROMMEL HAS NEVER SEEN THAT MUCH MATERIAL IN IT. 54 00:02:48,700 --> 00:02:51,230 WE'RE ON THE BEST GOLD THAT WE'VE EVER SEEN. 55 00:02:51,230 --> 00:02:53,470 AND THE FIRST ACRE THE DREDGE CUT 56 00:02:53,470 --> 00:02:55,800 PRODUCED THE BEST GOLD WEIGH YET. 57 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,440 WE'RE ALMOST 30 OUNCES, YOU GUYS. 58 00:02:58,440 --> 00:02:59,640 Man: NOW WE'RE TALKING. 59 00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:02,310 THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. 60 00:03:02,310 --> 00:03:04,850 WE'VE ALREADY DONE MORE THAN WE DID LAST YEAR. 61 00:03:04,850 --> 00:03:09,350 WE'RE COMING TOGETHER AS A TEAM, AND THAT'S A GREAT RESULT. 62 00:03:09,350 --> 00:03:11,620 AND NOW WITH WINTER JUST AROUND THE CORNER, 63 00:03:11,620 --> 00:03:14,050 WE'RE GOING TO PUSH HARD AND GET THAT GOLD. 64 00:03:21,130 --> 00:03:24,360 Narrator: OVER HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON, AND TEAM TURIN 65 00:03:24,370 --> 00:03:27,370 CONTINUES TO MINE OUT THE GOLD-RICH GROUND 66 00:03:27,370 --> 00:03:29,240 AT THE DREDGE EDGE CUT. 67 00:03:31,570 --> 00:03:34,640 I'M AMAZED AT THE SIZE OF GOLD THAT WE ARE CATCHING. 68 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:37,980 WE MAY MAKE A LITTLE MONEY AT THE END OF THE SEASON. 69 00:03:37,980 --> 00:03:39,750 Narrator: TO KEEP THEIR TOTALS UP, 70 00:03:39,750 --> 00:03:42,750 THE TEAM NEEDS TO RUN THE WASH PLANT HARD. 71 00:03:42,750 --> 00:03:47,960 EVERY TON OF PAY DIRT MUST DELIVER GOLD. 72 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,460 Jason: THIS NEW CUT IS A GAME CHANGER. 73 00:03:50,460 --> 00:03:53,330 WE'RE FINALLY STARTING TO RUN ALL DAY NOW WITHOUT STOPPING, 74 00:03:53,330 --> 00:03:56,800 AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE GOLD. 75 00:04:10,380 --> 00:04:12,880 Chris: 76 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:14,480 GOLLY. 77 00:04:21,290 --> 00:04:26,390 Hey, Nate, this rock is not looking clean at all. 78 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:28,630 THAT BAD, HUH? 79 00:04:28,630 --> 00:04:31,400 We got the plant running full capacity, 80 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,200 but we're not washing the rock the way we need to be. 81 00:04:38,670 --> 00:04:41,710 Narrator: THE WASH PLANT IS MEANT TO CLEAN THE ROCKS OF PAY DIRT 82 00:04:41,710 --> 00:04:44,080 TO EXTRACT THE GOLD. 83 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,510 MUDDY ROCKS AT THE BACK OF THE TROMMEL 84 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,750 MEAN THIS PROCESS IS NOT WORKING. 85 00:04:49,750 --> 00:04:52,720 SO CHRIS PANS THE TAILINGS PILES. 86 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,350 Chris: SEE WHAT WE SEE. 87 00:04:57,330 --> 00:04:59,460 I JUST TOOK A REAL SMALL PAN... 88 00:05:01,530 --> 00:05:07,170 ...AND I'M ALREADY SEEING ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE. 89 00:05:07,170 --> 00:05:10,500 THAT'S A NICE PIECE OF GOLD THERE. 90 00:05:10,510 --> 00:05:12,140 THAT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING. 91 00:05:12,140 --> 00:05:15,010 THAT'S JUST THROWING MONEY OUT THE DOOR. 92 00:05:15,010 --> 00:05:19,180 WE GOT TO CATCH EVERYTHING WE CAN CATCH, AND WE'RE NOT. 93 00:05:19,180 --> 00:05:21,620 RIGHT NOW, WE'RE THOUSANDS AWAY. 94 00:05:36,230 --> 00:05:37,930 DAVE'S PULLING UP. 95 00:05:37,930 --> 00:05:40,130 WE'LL SEE HOW HE THINKS ABOUT IT. 96 00:05:40,140 --> 00:05:41,770 I KNOW HE AIN'T GONNA BE HAPPY. 97 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:47,440 WHAT'S UP? 98 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,110 WE HAD TO SHUT IT DOWN. 99 00:05:50,110 --> 00:05:53,880 MUDDY WATER, DIRTY ROCKS. THEY'RE NOT WASHING IT. 100 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:55,520 SHOW ME. 101 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,920 I'M JUST FRUSTRATED THAT WHEN THIS THING'S SHUT DOWN, 102 00:06:02,930 --> 00:06:04,260 NOBODY'S MAKING ANY MONEY. 103 00:06:04,260 --> 00:06:05,960 I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I JUST KNOW THAT -- 104 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:09,460 YOU'RE THE ONE PAYING THE BILLS, MAN. 105 00:06:09,470 --> 00:06:11,260 I'LL RUN AS LONG AS YOU WANT ME TO RUN. 106 00:06:11,270 --> 00:06:13,470 I'M NOT PAYING THE BILLS. YOU ARE. 107 00:06:13,470 --> 00:06:15,070 WHEN WE SHUT DOWN, WE'RE NOT MAKING NO MONEY. 108 00:06:15,070 --> 00:06:17,340 I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IF WE'RE RUNNING IT THIS WAY, 109 00:06:17,340 --> 00:06:18,970 YOU'RE LOSING MONEY. 110 00:06:22,210 --> 00:06:23,780 YOU MAKE THE CALL. I'LL RUN IT. 111 00:06:23,780 --> 00:06:25,580 WE'LL START IT BACK ON. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. 112 00:06:25,580 --> 00:06:28,450 MY PROBLEM IS WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING THIS WAY. 113 00:06:28,450 --> 00:06:31,020 I MEAN, WE'RE ALL JUST SITTING HERE LOOKING AT A PILE OF ROCKS. 114 00:06:31,020 --> 00:06:32,050 THERE'S NO MONEY COMING. 115 00:06:32,050 --> 00:06:33,920 WE NEED A SOLUTION FOR CLEAN WATER. 116 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:35,660 THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. 117 00:06:35,660 --> 00:06:37,420 WE GOT EVERYTHING TUNED IN. 118 00:06:37,430 --> 00:06:40,660 THE ONLY THING AIN'T TUNED IS THAT FREAKING WATER. 119 00:06:40,660 --> 00:06:43,260 YOU GOT TO DO SOMETHING. 120 00:06:43,270 --> 00:06:45,270 IT'S TIME FOR THE THIRD POND. 121 00:06:45,270 --> 00:06:47,570 I AGREE. LET'S GIVE IT A TRY. 122 00:06:47,570 --> 00:06:49,100 I DON'T THINK A THIRD POND IS GOING TO WORK BECAUSE 123 00:06:49,100 --> 00:06:51,410 WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WATER COMING IN ANYWAY. 124 00:06:51,410 --> 00:06:53,540 IF WE BUILD IT IN THAT DOWNHILL AREA, 125 00:06:53,540 --> 00:06:55,410 WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE LOW GROUND THERE. 126 00:06:55,410 --> 00:06:57,610 IT'S ALREADY CLAY FIELD. 127 00:06:57,610 --> 00:06:59,410 IT WILL WORK. 128 00:07:01,780 --> 00:07:05,690 Narrator: WITH LIMITED WATER ON SITE, THE TEAM IS RECYCLING IT 129 00:07:05,690 --> 00:07:08,260 THROUGH A TWO-POND SETTLING SYSTEM. 130 00:07:10,330 --> 00:07:14,800 MUDDY WATER IS EXPELLED FROM THE SLUICE BOX INTO THE FIRST POND 131 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,660 WHERE THE SILK PARTICLES SETTLE ON THE BOTTOM. 132 00:07:17,670 --> 00:07:21,200 CLEAN WATER IS THEN CHANNELED INTO A SECOND POND 133 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,840 WHERE IT IS PUMPED BACK INTO THE TROMMEL TO WASH THE ROCKS, 134 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:26,840 BUT RUNNING AT DOUBLE SPEED 135 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:30,380 HAS CAUSED BOTH PONDS TO FILL WITH MUD. 136 00:07:30,380 --> 00:07:33,950 JASON'S SOLUTION IS TO BUILD A THIRD POND, 137 00:07:33,950 --> 00:07:36,350 ADDING AN EXTRA LAYER OF FILTRATION 138 00:07:36,350 --> 00:07:39,920 TO ENSURE A CLEAN SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE PLANT. 139 00:07:44,930 --> 00:07:47,490 I'LL TAKE A SHOT AT IT. I'LL TRY TO DIG THE POND, 140 00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:48,960 BUT I'M REALLY WORRIED IF -- 141 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:50,700 IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH WATER. 142 00:07:50,700 --> 00:07:51,930 -THANK YOU. -THANKS, DAVE. 143 00:07:51,930 --> 00:07:53,730 ALL RIGHT, WE'LL DIG A THIRD POND. 144 00:07:56,070 --> 00:07:59,970 Narrator: IF DAVE DIGS A THIRD POND AND IT DOESN'T FILL, 145 00:07:59,980 --> 00:08:01,610 THERE WON'T BE ENOUGH CLEAN WATER 146 00:08:01,610 --> 00:08:05,480 TO BE ABLE TO SLUICE AT ALL. 147 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:09,950 I HOPE I'M WRONG AND WE BUILD THE POND, WE GET CLEAN WATER, 148 00:08:09,950 --> 00:08:13,550 AND WE MOVE ON. THAT'S WHAT I HOPE FOR. 149 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,020 THIS IS THE MOST LOGICAL PLACE FOR IT, 150 00:08:16,020 --> 00:08:19,260 SO I JUST GOT TO GET THE DOZER IN HERE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 151 00:08:23,830 --> 00:08:25,970 Narrator: WHILE DAVE DIGS THE NEW POND, 152 00:08:25,970 --> 00:08:30,040 THE ENTIRE MINING OPERATION AT BIRDSEYE IS ON HOLD. 153 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,570 Nate: WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET IT DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 154 00:08:32,570 --> 00:08:34,670 HOPEFULLY, IT DON'T TAKE VERY LONG. 155 00:08:34,680 --> 00:08:37,510 EVERY TIME WE SHUT DOWN, IT'S MONEY WASTED. 156 00:08:40,750 --> 00:08:44,180 Narrator: OVER AT THE DREDGE EDGE CUT, THE TEAM PILES UP PAY DIRT 157 00:08:44,190 --> 00:08:48,050 TO BE READY TO RUN AS SOON AS THE POND IS FINISHED. 158 00:08:48,060 --> 00:08:50,560 YOU KNOW, THE THIRD POND HAS BEEN SOMETHING 159 00:08:50,560 --> 00:08:53,160 I'VE PUSHED FOR FROM THE BEGINNING. 160 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:54,660 EVERY PLACER MINER OUT THERE 161 00:08:54,660 --> 00:08:56,530 THAT HAS EVER TRIED TO RE-CIRCULATE 162 00:08:56,530 --> 00:09:01,540 A SYSTEM HAS EXPERIENCED EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING. 163 00:09:01,540 --> 00:09:03,840 I JUST WANT OUR WATER PROBLEM FIXED 164 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:07,040 AND I PRAY THIS IS IT. 165 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,440 Dave: THE WALLS OF MY POND ARE WHAT WORRIES ME. 166 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:10,780 THE BOTTOM'S GOING TO HOLD WATER, 167 00:09:10,780 --> 00:09:13,880 BUT IT'S THE SIDE WALLS THAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT. 168 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:15,080 PRETTY NASTY GROUND. 169 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:16,920 I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN BUILD SOLID WALLS 170 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,750 ENOUGH TO HOLD THE WATER. 171 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,220 IT'S ALL TRIAL AND ERROR. 172 00:09:22,220 --> 00:09:24,520 Chris: ADDING THE THIRD POND, THAT'S THE LAST RESORT. 173 00:09:24,530 --> 00:09:28,300 IT'S THE LAST-DITCH EFFORT TO SOLVE THIS WATER PROBLEM. 174 00:09:30,570 --> 00:09:33,700 Narrator: FOUR HOURS LATER, WITH THE LIGHT FADING, 175 00:09:33,700 --> 00:09:36,970 DAVE COMPLETES THE THIRD POND. 176 00:09:36,970 --> 00:09:38,910 -JASON. -All right, sir. 177 00:09:38,910 --> 00:09:40,310 Dave: BRING THE EXCAVATOR DOWN. 178 00:09:40,310 --> 00:09:44,110 I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE FROM OUR OLD CLEAN WATER POND 179 00:09:44,110 --> 00:09:47,480 A LITTLE TROUGH, AND I WANT TO START FILLING THE POND. 180 00:09:51,390 --> 00:09:53,720 WE GOT FRESH WATER COMING IN, 181 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:56,720 BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN FILL THE POND. 182 00:09:56,730 --> 00:10:01,330 SO I MIGHT BUILD A POND, GREAT POND, BUT NO WATER. 183 00:10:01,330 --> 00:10:02,930 THEN WE'RE SCREWED. 184 00:10:08,070 --> 00:10:10,140 Narrator: COMING UP... 185 00:10:10,140 --> 00:10:12,440 A COLD SNAP HITS BIRDSEYE... 186 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:13,870 NOTHING WANTS TO WORK. 187 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:17,940 ...AND THE TEAM GETS A TASTE OF THE VICIOUS MONTANA WINTER 188 00:10:17,950 --> 00:10:20,080 JUST AROUND THE CORNER. 189 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:22,380 THROWS DOWN THE ROLLERS, THROWS DOWN THE CHAIN. 190 00:10:22,380 --> 00:10:23,750 Dave: THAT'S REALLY COSTLY. 191 00:10:23,750 --> 00:10:26,850 WE HAVE NO INCOME UNLESS THAT TROMMEL'S TURNING. 192 00:10:39,670 --> 00:10:42,500 Narrator: MORNING AT BIRDSEYE MINE... 193 00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:44,970 DIDN'T SEE THIS ONE COMING. 194 00:10:44,970 --> 00:10:46,870 Narrator: ...A COLD SNAP HAS HIT, 195 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:50,040 AND TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED WELL BELOW FREEZING. 196 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:54,010 Casey: PRETTY EARLY SNOW STORM FOR THIS SEASON, 197 00:10:54,020 --> 00:10:57,480 SO HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T STOP US FROM MINING. 198 00:10:57,490 --> 00:11:01,350 Chris: HOPEFULLY, THIS ISN'T A SIGN FOR WHAT'S TO COME HERE IN MONTANA, 199 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:02,960 BECAUSE, IF SO, IT'S GOING TO BE 200 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:07,530 A BRUTAL LAST PART OF OUR SEASON. 201 00:11:07,530 --> 00:11:11,900 Narrator: BUT THE BAD WEATHER ALSO COMES WITH SOME GOOD NEWS. 202 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,010 Dave: WE DID IT. THIRD POND. 203 00:11:19,010 --> 00:11:21,440 THE WATER COMING IN FROM THE RAIN AND THE SNOW NOW, 204 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:23,710 WE GOT LOTS OF FRESH WATER, 205 00:11:23,710 --> 00:11:26,910 AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP KEEP EVERYTHING CLEAN. 206 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:28,480 I'M ECSTATIC. 207 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,020 YOU LIKE THAT? YES, I DID. 208 00:11:31,020 --> 00:11:33,850 THIS THIRD POND IS EVERYTHING I COULD IMAGINE IT COULD BE. 209 00:11:33,860 --> 00:11:37,490 IT'S BEAUTIFUL, IT'S GOING TO DO WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO. 210 00:11:37,490 --> 00:11:38,430 PERFECT. 211 00:11:38,430 --> 00:11:40,190 Dave: KUDOS TO JASON. 212 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,500 IT TOOK A LOT FOR ME TO ADMIT FINALLY, 213 00:11:42,500 --> 00:11:46,430 BUT I LISTENED, AND NOW WE'RE ON GOOD WATER. 214 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:48,070 THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD. 215 00:11:50,340 --> 00:11:54,040 WE'RE MOVING THE PUMP OVER TO THE NEW POND. 216 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:56,940 EVERYTHING'S GOOD. HOOKING UP NICE. 217 00:11:56,950 --> 00:12:00,750 LAST HOSE RIGHT HERE, AND THEN WE'RE READY TO GO. 218 00:12:03,990 --> 00:12:08,050 LET'S START FIRING UP. TROMMEL COMING ON! 219 00:12:14,330 --> 00:12:16,560 HERE COMES THE WATER. 220 00:12:16,570 --> 00:12:18,930 THIS IS THE WATER WE WERE RUNNING. 221 00:12:18,930 --> 00:12:20,900 IT'S ALL IN THE HOSE STILL. 222 00:12:20,900 --> 00:12:23,600 GIVE IT A FEW MINUTES, WATCH HOW CLEAN IT GETS. 223 00:12:29,810 --> 00:12:31,580 -CLEAN WATER! -CLEAN WATER! 224 00:12:31,580 --> 00:12:32,980 WHOO, YEAH! 225 00:12:34,420 --> 00:12:36,750 CLEAN WATER! YEAH! 226 00:12:36,750 --> 00:12:38,490 CLEAN WATER! 227 00:12:38,490 --> 00:12:40,450 VERY HAPPY. YEAH, YOU'RE HAPPY! 228 00:12:40,460 --> 00:12:42,720 HAPPY WE'RE SLUICING WITH CLEAN WATER. 229 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:43,690 CLEAN WATER. 230 00:12:43,690 --> 00:12:46,030 CLEAN WATER! 231 00:12:48,500 --> 00:12:50,460 Dave: LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE. 232 00:12:50,470 --> 00:12:54,000 THERE'S GOLD IN HERE AND WE LOST IT YESTERDAY. 233 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,900 TODAY WE'RE GOING TO CATCH IT. THIS WAS JASON'S IDEA. 234 00:12:57,910 --> 00:12:59,410 I'M GOING TO SAY IT RIGHT NOW, OKAY. 235 00:12:59,410 --> 00:13:01,710 YOU WERE RIGHT AND I WAS. I WAS... 236 00:13:03,910 --> 00:13:05,850 I WAS... 237 00:13:05,850 --> 00:13:07,610 ALMOST RIGHT. I WAS -- 238 00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:09,580 I WAS WRONG. 239 00:13:12,620 --> 00:13:13,950 RIGHT ON, MAN. 240 00:13:20,030 --> 00:13:22,900 Narrator: NOW TEAM TURIN CAN RAMP PRODUCTION BACK UP 241 00:13:22,900 --> 00:13:28,230 TO FULL SPEED, RUNNING 120 TONS PER HOUR THROUGH THE PLANT. 242 00:13:36,410 --> 00:13:38,180 Dave: GOOD CLEAN WATER. 243 00:13:38,180 --> 00:13:40,780 WE FOUND OUR RHYTHM, WE FOUND OUR RATE. 244 00:13:40,780 --> 00:13:41,950 NOW WE JUST GOT TO HOPE 245 00:13:41,950 --> 00:13:44,420 AND PRAY THE GOLD IS IN THE SLUICE BOX. 246 00:13:48,490 --> 00:13:51,960 Narrator: AS THE MORNING SNOW AND ICE THAWS... 247 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,590 Jason: YOU DON'T LIKE THE WEATHER, WAIT 10 MINUTES, IT'LL CHANGE. 248 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,230 THAT'S MONTANA. 249 00:13:56,230 --> 00:14:01,170 Narrator: ...THE TEAM GOES HARD AT IT MINING OUT THE DREDGE EDGE. 250 00:14:01,170 --> 00:14:02,800 Chris: LOOKING FOR A GOOD DAY. 251 00:14:04,940 --> 00:14:08,370 WE'RE RUNNING SMOOTH RIGHT NOW. HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY. 252 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,110 LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE GOLD COUNT 253 00:14:13,110 --> 00:14:14,850 WITH THIS CLEAN WATER. 254 00:14:22,390 --> 00:14:24,020 Jason: HAPPY, HAPPY. 255 00:14:24,030 --> 00:14:25,430 THAT CLEAN-UP IS GOING TO BE GOOD, 256 00:14:25,430 --> 00:14:27,590 AND IT'S GOING TO BE DUE TO THAT CLEAN WATER, 257 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:31,360 AND THAT CLEAN WATER IS DUE TO THAT ADDITIONAL POND. 258 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:33,830 THAT'S IT. 259 00:14:36,370 --> 00:14:39,410 Narrator: AFTER EIGHT HOURS OF RUNNING AND CLOSE TO 260 00:14:39,410 --> 00:14:43,810 1,000 TONS OF PAY DIRT WASHED THROUGH THE TROMMEL, 261 00:14:43,810 --> 00:14:45,450 JESSE MUST WORK THROUGH THE NIGHT 262 00:14:45,450 --> 00:14:48,050 TO PROCESS HIS CONCENTRATES. 263 00:14:49,750 --> 00:14:53,690 Jesse: IT DOESN'T LOOK TOO BAD, BUT WE NEED IT TO PAY OFF. 264 00:14:53,690 --> 00:14:58,020 EVERYBODY'S GETTING EVERYTHING DIALED IN. 265 00:14:58,030 --> 00:14:59,860 EVERYTHING'S WORKING GOOD NOW, 266 00:14:59,860 --> 00:15:04,230 SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL START REAPING SOME OF THE REWARDS. 267 00:15:15,010 --> 00:15:17,210 Narrator: MORNING. 268 00:15:17,210 --> 00:15:19,810 WITH THE DREDGE EDGE PRODUCING SEVEN AND A HALF 269 00:15:19,810 --> 00:15:24,220 OUNCES A DAY SO FAR, AT THE GOLD ROOM, 270 00:15:24,220 --> 00:15:27,320 THE TEAM WAITS FOR THE RESULTS FROM THE FIRST DAY 271 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,090 OF RUNNING WITH CLEAN WATER. 272 00:15:29,090 --> 00:15:30,590 Dave: 10 OUNCES A DAY 273 00:15:30,590 --> 00:15:33,830 FROM HERE ON OUT WILL PUT US BACK ON TARGET. 274 00:15:36,100 --> 00:15:38,230 WELL, THAT'S IT. 275 00:15:38,230 --> 00:15:40,070 OH, 276 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:44,540 THAT'S IT? 277 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:52,010 -IT COVERED THE BOTTOM. -YEAH, OF A BABY FOOD JAR. 278 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,020 IT'S TERRIBLE. 279 00:15:56,020 --> 00:15:57,920 I THOUGHT WE'D HAVE A LOT MORE THAN THAT 280 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:01,390 'CAUSE I HAD A FULL BUCKET OF CONCENTRATE. 281 00:16:01,390 --> 00:16:03,790 MM. 282 00:16:03,790 --> 00:16:06,260 THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE, TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. 283 00:16:15,270 --> 00:16:19,310 LOOK, YOU GUYS WE'RE -- YOU KNOW, WE'RE OVER HALFWAY, 284 00:16:19,310 --> 00:16:23,180 AND I STILL THINK THAT WE CAN SALVAGE THIS SEASON, 285 00:16:23,180 --> 00:16:26,550 BUT IT REQUIRES US TO KEEP OUR HEAD UP, 286 00:16:26,550 --> 00:16:31,220 KEEP PUTTING OUR BOOTS ON, AND GETTING TO WORK. 287 00:16:31,220 --> 00:16:36,220 YOU KNOW, I HAVE A HARD TIME STAYING UP IN TIMES LIKE THIS 288 00:16:36,220 --> 00:16:39,390 BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'VE LET YOU GUYS DOWN, 289 00:16:39,390 --> 00:16:41,860 BUT I'M IN IT TO THE END, 290 00:16:41,860 --> 00:16:45,630 AND I'M NOT GIVING UP UNTIL WINTER RUNS ME OUT OF HERE. 291 00:16:48,500 --> 00:16:50,600 Jason: THIS SUCKS. 292 00:16:50,610 --> 00:16:53,710 I'M NOT DOING WELL WITH IT AT ALL. 293 00:16:56,750 --> 00:16:59,010 Chris: WE FIXED THE TROMMEL, WE FIXED THE SLUICE BOX, 294 00:16:59,010 --> 00:17:02,880 WE PUT A BOWL ON THE END OF THE SLUICE. 295 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:06,420 WE WERE RUNNING CLEAN WATER FINALLY. 296 00:17:06,420 --> 00:17:10,660 MAKES YOU START CHECKING DEEP DOWN INSIDE IF THIS IS WORTH IT. 297 00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:18,530 Narrator: LESS THAN 3 OUNCES OF GOLD FROM 1,000 TONS OF PAY DIRT 298 00:17:18,530 --> 00:17:20,430 WON'T PAY THE BILLS. 299 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,600 I DO LIKE TO ROLL THE DICE, 300 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:27,110 BUT I DON'T LIKE TO ROLL THE DICE ON MY FAMILY'S FINANCIALS. 301 00:17:27,110 --> 00:17:28,570 I WAS HOPING I'D BE ABLE TO COME OUT HERE 302 00:17:28,580 --> 00:17:31,840 AND MAKE A LITTLE CASH EXTRA FOR THE FAMILY, YOU KNOW, 303 00:17:31,850 --> 00:17:35,080 AND, YOU KNOW, JESSE'S COLLEGE FUND AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 304 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:36,580 I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING TO WANT TO DO 305 00:17:36,580 --> 00:17:38,420 WHEN HE GROWS UP. YOU KNOW, HE'S 10 YEARS OLD. 306 00:17:38,420 --> 00:17:41,990 YOU KNOW, HE'S GONNA TURN WRENCHES AND DO THIS 307 00:17:41,990 --> 00:17:43,290 GOD, I HOPE NOT. 308 00:17:43,290 --> 00:17:44,960 IT'S A ROUGH LIFE. 309 00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:49,700 HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 310 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,970 I JUST GOT DONE FOR THE DAY. 311 00:17:58,970 --> 00:18:00,740 IT'S LIKE NO WIN RIGHT NOW. 312 00:18:00,740 --> 00:18:02,110 IT REALLY IS. 313 00:18:06,850 --> 00:18:08,110 I NEED SOME ENCOURAGEMENT 314 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:11,650 'CAUSE I'M JUST KIND OF DOWN RIGHT NOW. 315 00:18:16,830 --> 00:18:18,990 IT MIGHT DO BETTER. I MEAN, DAVE'S TRYING HIS ASS OFF. 316 00:18:18,990 --> 00:18:20,360 JASON'S TRYING TO FIND YOU KNOW? 317 00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:21,530 EVERYBODY'S WORKING. 318 00:18:21,530 --> 00:18:23,800 EVERYBODY'S PUTTING THEIR EFFORT INTO IT. 319 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:24,800 -All righty. -ALL RIGHT, BABY. 320 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:25,900 -I'll be here. -I LOVE YOU. 321 00:18:25,900 --> 00:18:28,070 -Bye, I love you too. -ALL RIGHT, BYE. 322 00:18:33,540 --> 00:18:38,140 Narrator: WITH A MEAGER GOLD COUNT FOR THE SEASON AND OUT OF IDEAS, 323 00:18:38,150 --> 00:18:42,650 DAVE CALLS ON LONG-TIME FRIEND, GOLD-RECOVERY EXPERT 324 00:18:42,650 --> 00:18:46,690 AND MINING LEGEND FREDDY DODGE. 325 00:18:46,690 --> 00:18:48,250 Dave: FREDDY'S A BIG HELP. 326 00:18:48,260 --> 00:18:50,960 HE'S A GOOD SET OF EYES. IT'S NICE TO HAVE HIM HERE. 327 00:18:52,460 --> 00:18:54,430 Freddy: I'VE KNOWN DAVE A LONG TIME. 328 00:18:54,430 --> 00:18:56,900 WE'VE BEEN IN MULTIPLE COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD 329 00:18:56,900 --> 00:18:59,100 TOGETHER LOOKING FOR GOLD, CHASING GOLD. 330 00:18:59,100 --> 00:19:01,470 HE ASKED ME TO COME HERE FOR THE DAY 331 00:19:01,470 --> 00:19:05,270 AND HAVE A LOOK AROUND AND SEE WHAT I COULD SEE. 332 00:19:05,270 --> 00:19:07,210 ARE YOU GETTING MUCH COARSE GOLD AT ALL? 333 00:19:07,210 --> 00:19:08,470 NO. 334 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:10,980 COUPLE OF LITTLE CHUNKY NUGGETS. THAT'S ABOUT IT. 335 00:19:10,980 --> 00:19:13,550 YEAH. OH, YEAH. YEAH. 336 00:19:13,550 --> 00:19:15,620 YOU KNOW, IF IT ISN'T COSTING YOU MONEY 337 00:19:15,620 --> 00:19:17,620 AND YOU'RE GETTING GOLD OUT OF IT, RIGHT, 338 00:19:17,620 --> 00:19:20,350 RUN IT. OKAY. 339 00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:22,050 LET'S LOOK DOWN AT THE SLUICE. 340 00:19:25,330 --> 00:19:29,830 600, 700 GALLON A MINUTE. 800 MAYBE. 341 00:19:29,830 --> 00:19:32,270 ARE YOU FINDING MUCH GOLD IN IT? 342 00:19:32,270 --> 00:19:35,640 Dave: NOTHING GREAT. THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH GOLD. 343 00:19:37,010 --> 00:19:39,040 I DON'T KNOW, DAVE. IT LOOKS GOOD. 344 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:42,440 THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, THAT'S FOR SURE. 345 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:44,140 Dave: YOU CAN SEE THE TAILINGS. 346 00:19:44,150 --> 00:19:45,980 THEY LOOK CLEAN, DAVE. 347 00:19:45,980 --> 00:19:48,380 YEAH, WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD NOW. 348 00:19:48,380 --> 00:19:50,750 I FEEL LIKE WE'RE MINING ABOUT AS GOOD AS WE CAN. 349 00:19:50,750 --> 00:19:51,920 YEAH. 350 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:53,790 WHAT ELSE YOU GOT BUT THE GROUND? 351 00:19:53,790 --> 00:19:55,050 WHAT GOLD'S IN THERE IS IN THERE. 352 00:19:55,060 --> 00:19:57,120 -YEAH. -LET'S GO LOOK AT THE CUT. 353 00:19:57,130 --> 00:19:58,720 OKAY. 354 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,930 Dave: FREDDY BEING HERE, I DO FEEL MORE CONFIDENT. 355 00:20:06,940 --> 00:20:08,770 HE'S IMPRESSED WITH THE CREW. 356 00:20:08,770 --> 00:20:14,840 I GOT A NICE, TIGHT PLANT AND A SLUICE BOX THAT'S WORKING. 357 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:16,110 MY BACK IS AGAINST THE WALL. 358 00:20:16,110 --> 00:20:18,640 I'VE GOT TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. 359 00:20:18,650 --> 00:20:21,210 YOU KNOW, WINTER IS SETTING IN. 360 00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:23,650 I'M REALLY WORRIED THAT I'M GOING TO RUN OUT OF GROUND 361 00:20:23,650 --> 00:20:25,550 BEFORE I RUN OUT OF TIME. 362 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:36,030 Narrator: AT BIRDSEYE MINE... 363 00:20:36,030 --> 00:20:37,330 FREDDY DODGE. 364 00:20:37,330 --> 00:20:39,800 ...GOLD-RECOVERY LEGEND FREDDY DODGE 365 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:42,130 IS TRYING TO HELP DAVE FIGURE OUT 366 00:20:42,140 --> 00:20:44,840 HIS INCONSISTENT GOLD RESULTS. 367 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:46,870 LET'S WALK OUT WHERE WE'RE DIGGING. 368 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:53,280 AT THE DREDGE EDGE, FREDDY GETS EYES ON THE GROUND. 369 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:55,480 THIS GROUND HAS BEEN A PAIN IN THE ASS, FRED. 370 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:56,720 Freddy: I CAN SEE THAT. 371 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:58,350 I MEAN, WE'RE JUST NOT GETTING THE VALUES. 372 00:20:58,350 --> 00:20:59,690 YEAH. YEAH. 373 00:20:59,690 --> 00:21:03,160 WE HAD A COUPLE DAYS THAT WE HIT OUR NUMBERS. 374 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:08,230 WHAT I THINK, A HYPOTHESIS HERE IS THE GLACIER MELTED BACK. 375 00:21:08,230 --> 00:21:10,230 YOU KNOW, IT STARTED CUTTING THIS VALLEY, 376 00:21:10,230 --> 00:21:13,630 AND WHEN IT DID THAT, IT CONCENTRATED MORE OF THE GOLD. 377 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:15,470 HAVE YOU FOUND ANY THINGS 378 00:21:15,470 --> 00:21:16,970 THAT LOOK LIKE THE ROCK'S DIFFERENT, 379 00:21:16,970 --> 00:21:19,240 LIKE A CHANNEL WENT THROUGH THERE, LIKE A GLACIAL CHANNEL? 380 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:21,040 -YES, THERE IS. -ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. 381 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,640 SO THERE YOU GO. 382 00:21:24,650 --> 00:21:26,910 Narrator: FREDDY BELIEVES DAVE'S ERRATIC RESULTS 383 00:21:26,910 --> 00:21:30,550 COULD BE EXPLAINED BY ANCIENT GLACIAL CHANNELS. 384 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:37,160 THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, WATER FROM MELTING GLACIERS 385 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:42,130 WASHED GOLD OUT OF THE SOURCE IN THE HILLS ABOVE BIRDSEYE. 386 00:21:42,130 --> 00:21:44,900 THIS WATER CARVED DEEP GLACIAL CHANNELS 387 00:21:44,900 --> 00:21:46,870 ALL ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE, 388 00:21:46,870 --> 00:21:50,040 DEPOSITING GOLD UNEVENLY ACROSS THE GROUND 389 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:51,670 DAVE IS NOW MINING. 390 00:21:54,340 --> 00:21:57,080 I'D RUN A TRENCH RIGHT ACROSS THERE, DAVE. 391 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,280 RUN A TRENCH ACROSS AND SEE WHAT THOSE GRAVELS DO. 392 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:00,310 OKAY. 393 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:03,650 HOPEFULLY THERE'S A CHANNEL THERE. 394 00:22:03,650 --> 00:22:05,850 FREDDY'S PLAN IS TO DIG A TRENCH 395 00:22:05,850 --> 00:22:08,490 ACROSS THE SOUTH OF THE DREDGE EDGE CUT 396 00:22:08,490 --> 00:22:11,220 TO IDENTIFY THE GOLD-RICH CHANNELS. 397 00:22:11,230 --> 00:22:14,390 THIS WILL ALLOW JASON TO THEN EXCLUSIVELY MINE 398 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:18,100 THESE CHANNELS UPSTREAM TOWARDS THE MOTHER LODE. 399 00:22:18,100 --> 00:22:20,470 BY IGNORING THE REST OF THE GROUND, 400 00:22:20,470 --> 00:22:21,670 THEY HOPE TO INCREASE 401 00:22:21,670 --> 00:22:25,340 THE CONSISTENCY OF THEIR GOLD RESULTS. 402 00:22:25,340 --> 00:22:27,970 Freddy: I SHOWED DAVE WHERE I THINK I'D PUT A TRENCH ACROSS, 403 00:22:27,980 --> 00:22:30,210 THAT WAY IT'LL GIVE HIM PICTURE OF THE SITE. 404 00:22:32,850 --> 00:22:35,050 THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT, 405 00:22:35,050 --> 00:22:36,650 CATCH ALL THE GOLD YOU CAN, 406 00:22:36,650 --> 00:22:38,780 AND GET IT IN THESE GUYS' POCKETS. 407 00:22:38,790 --> 00:22:42,320 SO IF I HELPED THEM OUT IN ANY WAY TODAY, THAT'S MY JOB 408 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:44,160 AND I'M PROUD OF THAT. 409 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,370 Jason: LOOK AT THAT. THAT ROCK CHANGE 410 00:22:52,370 --> 00:22:54,170 IS JUST DIFFERENT, NIGHT AND DAY. 411 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,840 EVERY RISE DROPS DOWN, 412 00:23:04,850 --> 00:23:07,450 AND WHEN IT DROPS, THAT'S A CHANNEL. 413 00:23:07,450 --> 00:23:09,450 THEN BACK UP ON A RISE, 414 00:23:09,450 --> 00:23:12,120 DROP DOWN AGAIN, THAT'S A NEW CHANNEL. 415 00:23:12,120 --> 00:23:16,160 AND IT DOES THAT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TRENCH WHEN I DUG IT. 416 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:24,930 I'VE CUT THROUGH, BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A BIG RISE HERE. 417 00:23:24,930 --> 00:23:27,430 MINIMAL PAY, BUT WHEN SHE DROPS, 418 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:30,540 THAT'S WHERE THE GOLD LIKES TO SETTLE. 419 00:23:30,540 --> 00:23:32,670 FIND OUT IF THAT SEEMS TO BE THE CASE. 420 00:23:47,660 --> 00:23:50,160 SON OF A GUN. 421 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,860 HOLY 422 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,060 IT'S TWO CONSECUTIVE PANS. 423 00:23:57,060 --> 00:23:59,030 DEFINITELY GOOD. 424 00:23:59,030 --> 00:24:00,600 SEASON CHANGING. 425 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:07,570 DAVE, I RAN TWO SEPARATE PANS CONSECUTIVELY. 426 00:24:07,580 --> 00:24:09,070 Dave: THE HELL? YOU'RE ME. 427 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:10,410 I NOT, DAVE. 428 00:24:10,410 --> 00:24:11,740 THAT'S THE HELL OF A PAN, RIGHT THERE. 429 00:24:11,750 --> 00:24:15,050 THAT IS A HELL OF A PAN. AND THEN I RAN THE SECOND ONE. 430 00:24:15,050 --> 00:24:17,850 WHOO-HOO! I KNOW, RIGHT? 431 00:24:17,850 --> 00:24:20,790 WOW. THAT'S GOOD NEWS, MAN. 432 00:24:20,790 --> 00:24:22,090 MORE PAY. 433 00:24:22,090 --> 00:24:24,160 -THAT'S WHAT WE NEEDED, TOO. -ATTABABY. ALL RIGHT. 434 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,130 THANKS, DAVE. THAT'S THE RIGHT THERE, 435 00:24:26,130 --> 00:24:29,060 A HAPPY BOSS. 436 00:24:29,060 --> 00:24:30,500 THAT PAN RIGHT THERE GOING THROUGH 437 00:24:30,500 --> 00:24:35,600 THAT PLANT'S GOING TO BE -- IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD. 438 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,970 Jason: PROVIDING WE CAN STAY WITH THEM, 439 00:24:37,970 --> 00:24:41,170 THE CHANNEL'S GOING TO MEANDER JUST LIKE A RIVER, 440 00:24:41,180 --> 00:24:44,880 BUT WE'LL START MINING THIS WAY DIRECTLY TO THE PLANT 441 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,250 INSTEAD OF BACK AND FORTH THIS WAY. 442 00:24:47,250 --> 00:24:50,350 LET'S HOPE I'M RIGHT. 443 00:24:50,350 --> 00:24:52,650 GOT A TURN, GOT A BURN, HERE WE GO. 444 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,620 Narrator: BACK ON THE SCENT OF THE GOLD, 445 00:24:57,630 --> 00:25:00,390 TEAM TURIN HITS THE GLACIAL CHANNELS, 446 00:25:00,390 --> 00:25:03,830 CHASING THEM TOWARD THE END OF THE CUT. 447 00:25:03,830 --> 00:25:06,870 WE'RE MAKING A MAD DASH TOWARDS THE END OF THE SEASON, 448 00:25:06,870 --> 00:25:09,070 AND JASON'S DOING A HELL OF A JOB 449 00:25:09,070 --> 00:25:12,810 NOT SENDING ANYTHING TO THE PLANT THAT DOESN'T HAVE GOLD. 450 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:30,120 YEAH, I THINK JASON'S ON IT. IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD. 451 00:25:30,120 --> 00:25:32,060 Running good, Chris, keep it up. 452 00:25:42,070 --> 00:25:45,270 Narrator: NEW DAWN, NEW DAY. 453 00:25:45,270 --> 00:25:47,940 AND WITH FULL TEMPERATURES STILL HOLDING UP, 454 00:25:47,940 --> 00:25:49,710 THE TEAM CONTINUES TO REAM 455 00:25:49,710 --> 00:25:53,280 THE NARROW, GOLD-RICH CHANNELS OF THE DREDGE EDGE CUT. 456 00:25:55,950 --> 00:25:59,180 I'M LOADING THE BIG-ASS 40 TON HAUL TRUCK, 457 00:25:59,190 --> 00:26:01,890 SENDING GOLD TO THE PLANT, MAN. 458 00:26:01,890 --> 00:26:04,590 GETTING US ONE STEP CLOSER TO OUR GOAL. 459 00:26:06,990 --> 00:26:08,990 Narrator: TO KEEP UP WITH THE PAY DIRT, 460 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,870 NATHAN CONTINUES TO PUSH THE PLANT TO THE MAX. 461 00:26:12,870 --> 00:26:14,930 PRETTY DAMN EXCITED. 462 00:26:14,940 --> 00:26:16,800 I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH GROUND THERE IS OVER THERE, 463 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:20,740 BUT I HOPE IT'S A LOT BECAUSE WE CAN MAKE SOME GOOD NUMBERS. 464 00:26:23,410 --> 00:26:26,550 Dave: EDGE OF THE DREDGE CUT IS A SMALL CUT. 465 00:26:26,550 --> 00:26:29,920 AS HE CHASES THE CHANNELS, WE'RE CHEWING IT UP. 466 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:31,780 MY GROUND IS GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER, 467 00:26:31,790 --> 00:26:35,890 WHICH ADDS PRESSURE TO ME. 468 00:26:35,890 --> 00:26:37,860 I NEED TO KEEP MOVING AHEAD, 469 00:26:37,860 --> 00:26:41,630 SO I THOUGHT IF I ASK HOWIE, MAYBE HE'S GOT A CLUE. 470 00:26:41,630 --> 00:26:47,370 MAYBE HE CAN TELL ME, YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE. 471 00:26:47,370 --> 00:26:50,900 IF I FIND OUT AND CAN TELL WHERE THE OLD TIMERS WERE, 472 00:26:50,910 --> 00:26:55,470 HOPEFULLY I FIND SOME GROUND THAT'S VIRGIN GROUND. 473 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,580 Narrator: SINCE THE 1860s, THE LAND AT BIRDSEYE 474 00:26:58,580 --> 00:27:00,480 HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY MINED BY 475 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,280 HOWIE, THE LANDOWNER AND HIS FAMILY. 476 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:04,780 OH, DAVE! 477 00:27:04,790 --> 00:27:06,250 HI, HOWIE. 478 00:27:06,250 --> 00:27:08,350 MAKING SOME ROCK TODAY. 479 00:27:08,360 --> 00:27:10,120 YES, WE ARE. GOOD JOB. 480 00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:13,790 THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY MAKING MORE MONEY THAN ME. 481 00:27:13,790 --> 00:27:17,930 IN SEVEN WEEKS, TEAM TURIN HAS MINED THREE CUTS -- 482 00:27:17,930 --> 00:27:21,800 HOWIE'S, WILLIAM BROWN, AND NOW THE DREDGE EDGE. 483 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:26,170 WITH THE AREA AROUND THE PLANT, ALMOST MINED OUT, 484 00:27:26,170 --> 00:27:30,680 DAVE MUST INVESTIGATE THE REST OF BIRDSEYE'S 1,400 ACRES 485 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:34,910 TO FIND TEAM TURIN'S NEXT SPOT. 486 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,220 I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD STEER ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION 487 00:27:37,220 --> 00:27:40,020 TO SEE IF I COULD FIGURE OUT ANOTHER PLACE TO GO 488 00:27:40,020 --> 00:27:42,350 AND START TESTING. 489 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:46,360 YOU SEE THERE'S A POWER POLE LAYING ON IT'S SIDE OVER THERE? 490 00:27:46,360 --> 00:27:47,830 YEAH. 491 00:27:47,830 --> 00:27:50,760 IF YOU COME THIS WAY, THERE'S AN OLD TROMMEL DOWN THERE. 492 00:27:50,770 --> 00:27:51,800 NO WAY. 493 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,800 THEY GOT ONE GOLD BAR OUT OF THERE, 494 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:57,700 AND THEN WORLD WAR II STARTED, THEY ALL WENT TO WAR. 495 00:27:57,710 --> 00:28:01,810 WHEN THE COUNTRY WENT TO WAR IN 1941, 496 00:28:01,810 --> 00:28:04,140 MANY INDUSTRIES WERE NATIONALIZED. 497 00:28:04,150 --> 00:28:11,050 GOLD MINES WERE CLOSED DOWN AND MANY MINERS JOIN THE WAR EFFORT. 498 00:28:11,050 --> 00:28:14,050 TRAGICALLY, MANY MINERS NEVER RETURNED 499 00:28:14,060 --> 00:28:18,060 TO THE GOLD FIELDS OF MONTANA. 500 00:28:18,060 --> 00:28:21,390 THEIR GOLD MINES WERE ABANDONED AND FORGOTTEN, 501 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:26,230 AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHERE THE GOLD LAY WAS LOST. 502 00:28:26,230 --> 00:28:28,130 Dave: THESE OLD TIMERS WERE PRETTY SMART. 503 00:28:28,140 --> 00:28:30,670 A LOT OF TIMES THEY KNEW THEY WERE GOING OFF TO WAR, 504 00:28:30,670 --> 00:28:32,140 AND WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS STOCKPILE 505 00:28:32,140 --> 00:28:34,510 REALLY GOOD PAY CLOSE TO THEIR PLANTS 506 00:28:34,510 --> 00:28:37,010 SO THAT WHEN THEY GOT BACK, THEY GOT A JUMPSTART. 507 00:28:37,010 --> 00:28:38,280 SO YOU KNOW WHAT? 508 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,150 THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO START LOOKING. 509 00:28:43,780 --> 00:28:46,150 SO THIS IS JUST ALL TAILINGS IN HERE. 510 00:28:50,020 --> 00:28:51,620 GOSH DANG IT. 511 00:28:57,900 --> 00:29:01,530 WELL, LOOKY THERE. THERE IS AN OLD TROMMEL IN HERE. 512 00:29:02,940 --> 00:29:04,800 LOOK AT THAT. 513 00:29:04,810 --> 00:29:07,040 THERE IT IS. 514 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,510 I'LL BE DARNED. 515 00:29:09,510 --> 00:29:12,140 CHECK THAT OUT. 516 00:29:12,150 --> 00:29:14,180 STILL TURNS. 517 00:29:14,180 --> 00:29:16,850 IF THEY HAD A TROMMEL, THERE WAS GOLD. 518 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:24,620 Narrator: AT BIRDSEYE MINE, MONTANA... 519 00:29:24,630 --> 00:29:26,860 PRETTY DAMN EXCITED. 520 00:29:26,860 --> 00:29:28,390 WE CAN MAKE SOME GOOD NUMBERS. 521 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,630 ...WHILE THE CREW CHASES, GOLD-RICH GLACIAL CHANNELS... 522 00:29:32,470 --> 00:29:34,530 STILL TURNS. 523 00:29:34,540 --> 00:29:37,070 ...DAVE HAS DISCOVERED AN OLD TROMMEL 524 00:29:37,070 --> 00:29:40,610 ABANDONED BY THE OLD TIMERS DURING WORLD WAR II. 525 00:29:45,250 --> 00:29:48,350 WELL, I'M GOING TO DIG OUT HERE NEXT TO WHERE THAT TROMMEL WAS, 526 00:29:48,350 --> 00:29:52,050 BECAUSE IF THEY HAD A TROMMEL, THERE WAS GOLD. 527 00:29:52,050 --> 00:29:53,390 THIS IS A GOOD SPOT. 528 00:29:53,390 --> 00:29:55,450 IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THEY LEFT IT. 529 00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:57,390 IT'S DEFINITELY VIRGIN. 530 00:29:57,390 --> 00:29:58,760 STARTING TO GET INTO THE GRAVELS. 531 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:01,560 THERE'S BIGGER ROCK, WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN, 532 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:03,300 AND NOW I'LL GO TEST IT. 533 00:30:07,970 --> 00:30:12,170 SO I'M RIGHT ON BEDROCK HERE, AND RIGHT ON TOP OF IT 534 00:30:12,170 --> 00:30:13,810 IS THE GOLD. 535 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,380 I NEED TO SEE AT LEAST 10 BUCKS A YARD. 536 00:30:18,380 --> 00:30:21,480 THEN IT'LL BE WORTHWHILE MOVING OVER HERE AND MINING IT. 537 00:30:29,260 --> 00:30:33,160 THERE IS GOLD IN HERE, BUT IT'S NOTHING SPECTACULAR. 538 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:35,990 IT'S GOT TO BE THREE TIMES THIS AMOUNT OF GOLD 539 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,500 IN ORDER TO MAKE IT WORTHWHILE. 540 00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:42,070 BUT THIS IS JUST ONE PAN, SO I'LL KEEP LOOKING. 541 00:30:47,810 --> 00:30:49,610 LET'S GO SEE. 542 00:30:52,950 --> 00:30:56,420 THREE LITTLE PIECES OF GOLD. 543 00:30:56,420 --> 00:30:58,180 $2 A YARD. 544 00:30:58,190 --> 00:31:00,290 NOT WORTH COMING OVER HERE FOR. 545 00:31:05,130 --> 00:31:07,730 MAYBE THE OLD TIMERS GOT IT ALL. 546 00:31:07,730 --> 00:31:09,600 RUNNING OUT OF GROUND AND RUNNING OUT OF TIME. 547 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,560 IT'S GETTING COLD. WINTER'S COMING. 548 00:31:12,570 --> 00:31:15,370 I'M GOING TO LOSE SEASON AND I'M GOING TO LOSE GROUND. 549 00:31:15,370 --> 00:31:17,570 I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I'M GOING TO DO. 550 00:31:26,180 --> 00:31:27,650 Narrator: MORNING. 551 00:31:27,650 --> 00:31:31,420 OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES HAVE PLUMMETED ONCE MORE. 552 00:31:33,890 --> 00:31:37,420 COLD WEATHER MEANS MORE WORK, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. 553 00:31:37,420 --> 00:31:39,890 SUPPOSED TO BE PROSPECTING FOR NEW GROUND, 554 00:31:39,890 --> 00:31:43,730 BUT I GOT TO MAKE SURE THE OPERATION GETS RUNNING FIRST. 555 00:31:43,730 --> 00:31:47,330 NOTHING WANTS TO WORK. 556 00:31:47,330 --> 00:31:49,600 GOT A LITTLE DRIBBLE HERE AND THERE COMING OUT, 557 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:53,410 BUT PLANT'S FROZEN. 558 00:31:53,410 --> 00:31:55,610 Dave: THAT'S REALLY COSTLY. 559 00:31:55,610 --> 00:31:58,740 WE HAVE NO INCOME UNLESS THAT TROMMEL IS TURNING. 560 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,080 Nate: WE GOT A LITTLE BLOCK OF ICE DOWN HERE. 561 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:07,090 IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT. 562 00:32:10,490 --> 00:32:13,660 Narrator: THE TROMMEL NEEDS RUNNING WATER TO OPERATE, 563 00:32:13,660 --> 00:32:16,700 SO NATE FIGHTS ICE WITH FIRE. 564 00:32:19,370 --> 00:32:21,770 YEAH! YEAH! 565 00:32:21,770 --> 00:32:23,970 YEAH, MULE! 566 00:32:23,970 --> 00:32:25,100 THERE YOU GO. 567 00:32:25,110 --> 00:32:28,570 THERE YOU GO. COME ON, BABY. 568 00:32:28,580 --> 00:32:30,380 YEAH, MULE! 569 00:32:33,650 --> 00:32:37,420 Narrator: NATE CAN FINALLY FIRE UP THE TROMMEL. 570 00:32:37,420 --> 00:32:38,980 Nate: TROMMEL'S COMING ON! 571 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:50,930 Narrator: THICK ICE HAS FROZEN AROUND THE DRIVE CHAIN. 572 00:32:50,930 --> 00:32:54,330 Nate: IT'S FROZEN DOWN THE ROLLERS, FROZEN DOWN THE CHAIN. 573 00:32:54,340 --> 00:32:55,630 HEY, JASON. Jason: Yeah, buddy. 574 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:56,870 I NEED A LITTLE HELP UP HERE, MAN. 575 00:32:56,870 --> 00:32:59,000 TROMMEL IS FROZEN UP. I NEED TO ROTATE IT 576 00:32:59,010 --> 00:33:00,540 A LITTLE BIT BEFORE I CAN KICK IT ON, BUDDY. 577 00:33:00,540 --> 00:33:03,940 10-4, on my way. 578 00:33:03,940 --> 00:33:05,810 WE'RE TRYING TO GET FIRED UP THIS MORNING 579 00:33:05,810 --> 00:33:08,550 AND EVERYTHING'S AGAINST US. 580 00:33:08,550 --> 00:33:10,880 Nate: THE CHAIN'S A BIG BLOCK ICE RIGHT NOW, 581 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,250 SO WE'LL GET THE EXCAVATOR, AND WE'LL GET IT ROTATING 582 00:33:13,250 --> 00:33:15,190 A LITTLE BIT, KIND OF PUSH IT OVER. 583 00:33:15,190 --> 00:33:16,990 SOON AS HE DOES THAT, I'LL KICK THE POWER ON TO IT. 584 00:33:16,990 --> 00:33:18,620 IT SHOULD TAKE OFF. 585 00:33:20,890 --> 00:33:23,760 -WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! -CAREFUL BUDDY. 586 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:25,900 Dave: JASON NEEDS TO BE SUPER CAREFUL. 587 00:33:25,900 --> 00:33:28,570 IF WE DAMAGE THE TROMMEL, IT'S GAME OVER. 588 00:33:30,470 --> 00:33:32,800 COME ON, BABY. 589 00:33:32,810 --> 00:33:35,370 YEAH! COME ON, BABY! -YEAH! 590 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,610 -HUH? -OH, FOR 591 00:33:39,610 --> 00:33:41,280 SHE IS FROZEN. 592 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:43,780 IT'S STILL BLOCKED UP, I THINK. 593 00:33:43,780 --> 00:33:46,150 WE'RE GETTING THERE, THOUGH. 594 00:33:46,150 --> 00:33:48,090 COME ON, BABY. COME ON. 595 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:55,730 Nate: JUST A LITTLE MORE. 596 00:33:55,730 --> 00:33:57,960 -THERE WE GO. -YEAH! 597 00:33:57,970 --> 00:34:00,600 WE GOT IT GOING! SHE'S THAWED OUT NOW, BABY. 598 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,530 WHOA! 599 00:34:02,540 --> 00:34:04,970 TURNING AND BURNING NOW. 600 00:34:04,970 --> 00:34:06,770 Nate: ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT IT TURNED OVER, 601 00:34:06,770 --> 00:34:08,540 RUNNING NOW, SO WE'RE GOOD TO GO. 602 00:34:08,540 --> 00:34:11,240 SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S THE LAST OF THE PROBLEMS FOR THE DAY 603 00:34:11,250 --> 00:34:13,410 AND WE CAN RUN SOME ROCK AND GET SOME GOLD. 604 00:34:17,020 --> 00:34:19,050 Narrator: THE TEAM CAN FINALLY GET TO WORK 605 00:34:19,050 --> 00:34:21,890 RUNNING THE PAY DIRT FROM THE DREDGE EDGE. 606 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:31,000 BUT OVER AT THE CUT... 607 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,500 Jason: THIS IS JUNK. 608 00:34:35,500 --> 00:34:38,470 Narrator: ...JASON HAS LOST THE GOLD-RICH CHANNELS 609 00:34:38,470 --> 00:34:41,870 AND IS NOW STRIPPING THE GROUND SEARCHING FOR MORE. 610 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:45,980 Jason: SO AS I WAS DIGGING, TRYING TO CHASE THE CHANNEL, 611 00:34:45,980 --> 00:34:51,620 ALL OF A SUDDEN, THOSE GRAVELS TURNED INTO THAT JUNK MATERIAL. 612 00:34:51,620 --> 00:34:54,690 LOOK AT THAT -- JUNK. 613 00:34:54,690 --> 00:34:58,820 WHATEVER PAY IS HERE, IT'S VERY MINIMAL. 614 00:34:58,830 --> 00:35:00,990 PARK RIGHT HERE AND SEE WHAT WE GOT. 615 00:35:08,100 --> 00:35:10,470 WELL, LOOK AT THAT. IT'S REAL DARK STUFF HERE 616 00:35:10,470 --> 00:35:13,000 AND IT LUMPS UP. 617 00:35:13,010 --> 00:35:17,710 CLAY, MUD. VERY LITTLE TO NO GOLD. 618 00:35:19,810 --> 00:35:22,410 I THINK WE FINALLY HIT THE EDGE OF THE DREDGE EDGE. 619 00:35:24,650 --> 00:35:25,820 WHAT DO YOU THINK? 620 00:35:25,820 --> 00:35:29,250 NOT GOOD. LOOK AT IT. 621 00:35:29,260 --> 00:35:32,790 OUR ZONE'S SHRINKING DOWN TO NEXT TO NOTHING. 622 00:35:32,790 --> 00:35:35,390 YOU'RE TELLING ME THE PAY ZONE IS GOING AWAY? 623 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:36,530 SHE DISSIPATES. 624 00:35:36,530 --> 00:35:41,000 SHE JUST NARROWS OUT, AND QUICK. 625 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,140 YOU GOT ANYTHING AT ALL? 626 00:35:43,140 --> 00:35:45,000 THAT SEAM IS GONE NOW. 627 00:35:45,010 --> 00:35:48,010 WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY DIRT NOW, DAVE. 628 00:35:50,540 --> 00:35:53,110 Dave: YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SIT THERE AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR CUT 629 00:35:53,110 --> 00:35:57,520 AND IT'S DONE AND WE HAVE NOTHING LEFT, 630 00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:00,590 I FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE GUYS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 631 00:36:02,690 --> 00:36:06,890 Narrator: WITH LESS THAN A DAY'S WORTH OF PAY DIRT TO PROCESS TOMORROW 632 00:36:06,890 --> 00:36:09,530 AND OUT OF GROUND AT THE DREDGE EDGE, 633 00:36:09,530 --> 00:36:12,830 IT'S CRUNCH TIME FOR TEAM TURIN. 634 00:36:14,470 --> 00:36:17,370 WE HAVE NO MORE REAL ESTATE TO MINE GOLD. 635 00:36:17,370 --> 00:36:20,410 DAVE'S GOT TO GET OUT THERE AND HE'S GOT TO START PROSPECTING 636 00:36:20,410 --> 00:36:22,740 OR WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE GOING HOME REAL QUICK. 637 00:36:29,580 --> 00:36:33,950 Narrator: AS NIGHT FALLS, DAVE HEADS TO THE SOUTH OF THE CLAIM. 638 00:36:33,950 --> 00:36:37,820 Dave: IT'S THE END OF THE DAY AND I'M TIRED. 639 00:36:37,820 --> 00:36:40,130 I'D RATHER GO EAT SOME DINNER, 640 00:36:40,130 --> 00:36:41,960 BUT I'VE GOT TO FIND SOME GROUND. 641 00:36:44,300 --> 00:36:47,600 Narrator: HE'S SPOTTED SOME OLD TIMERS' TAILINGS PILES 642 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:51,170 AND HOPES THERE MAY BE VIRGIN GROUND UNDERNEATH. 643 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,010 GOT ALL THE INDICATIONS. 644 00:36:58,010 --> 00:36:59,640 IT'S GOT EVERYTHING I'M LOOKING FOR -- 645 00:36:59,650 --> 00:37:05,050 BIG ROCKS, IT'S VIRGIN GROUND, IT'S BEEN UNTOUCHED. 646 00:37:05,050 --> 00:37:06,750 I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S UNTOUCHED. 647 00:37:06,750 --> 00:37:10,920 MAYBE I MIGHT JUST WIN ONE FROM THE OLD TIMERS. 648 00:37:22,700 --> 00:37:26,140 Narrator: MONTANA'S FREEZING WEATHER IS CAUSING PROBLEMS 649 00:37:26,140 --> 00:37:28,110 FOR JESSE IN THE GOLD ROOM. 650 00:37:28,110 --> 00:37:30,540 Jesse: MY HOSE COMING OUT OF MY LITTLE POND, 651 00:37:30,540 --> 00:37:32,380 THAT'S WHERE I'M PLUGGED UP RIGHT NOW, 652 00:37:32,380 --> 00:37:36,050 SO I'M GOING TO GO OUT AND DE-ICE IT 653 00:37:36,050 --> 00:37:39,580 AND GET THIS GOLD OPERATION GOING AGAIN. 654 00:37:44,730 --> 00:37:47,360 I SHOULD HAVE UNHOOKED IT LAST NIGHT 655 00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:50,560 AND DROPPED THE HOSE RIGHT INTO THE WATER, 656 00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:53,330 THAT WAY IT COULDN'T HAVE FROZE UP INSIDE. 657 00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:00,640 LET ME GO FIRE THIS UP AND SEE IF I GOT WATER, 658 00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:03,170 THEN I CAN GET BUSY. 659 00:38:03,180 --> 00:38:05,340 OKAY, I'M PLUGGING HER IN. 660 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:13,390 LOOKS LIKE I'M BACK IN BUSINESS. 661 00:38:13,390 --> 00:38:15,920 EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE WORKING GOOD. 662 00:38:23,730 --> 00:38:26,970 Narrator: DEEP IN MONTANA'S HISTORIC GOLD COUNTRY... 663 00:38:26,970 --> 00:38:28,300 TURNING AND BURNING NOW. 664 00:38:28,300 --> 00:38:29,970 Narrator: ...TEAM TURIN HAS BEEN FIGHTING 665 00:38:29,970 --> 00:38:31,770 THE STATE'S NOTORIOUS WEATHER... 666 00:38:31,770 --> 00:38:33,200 WHOO! YEAH! 667 00:38:33,210 --> 00:38:36,470 ...FACING INCONSISTENT GOLD RESULTS. 668 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:37,740 THAT'S IT? 669 00:38:37,740 --> 00:38:40,750 Narrator: DAVE CALLED IN MINING LEGEND FREDDY DODGE, 670 00:38:40,750 --> 00:38:43,620 AND THEY FOUND THE GOLD IN THE DREDGE EDGE. 671 00:38:43,620 --> 00:38:44,720 MORE PAY. 672 00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:46,080 THAT'S THE RIGHT THERE. 673 00:38:46,090 --> 00:38:48,820 Narrator: BUT THE GOLD-RICH CHANNELS HAVE RUN OUT. 674 00:38:48,820 --> 00:38:50,420 THAT SEAM IS GONE NOW. 675 00:38:50,420 --> 00:38:53,430 WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY DIRT NOW, DAVE. 676 00:38:53,430 --> 00:38:57,560 NOW WITH LESS THAN A DAY'S WORTH OF PAY DIRT TO PROCESS, 677 00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:01,070 DAVE IS ON A DESPERATE LATE-NIGHT PROSPECTING MISSION. 678 00:39:01,070 --> 00:39:03,840 MAYBE I MIGHT JUST WIN ONE FROM THE OLD TIMERS. 679 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,570 HERE WE GO. DO OR DIE PAN RIGHT HERE. 680 00:39:11,710 --> 00:39:13,650 COLD. 681 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:21,520 I USUALLY LIKE TO PAN, BUT NOT ON DAYS LIKE THIS, 682 00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:27,190 NOT IN MONTANA IN THE MIDDLE OF A SNOW STORM LATE AT NIGHT. 683 00:39:28,300 --> 00:39:29,730 WELL, DAVE IS OUT THERE IN THE SNOW 684 00:39:29,730 --> 00:39:32,160 TRYING TO FIND US SOMETHING BETTER, YOU KNOW? 685 00:39:32,170 --> 00:39:34,170 Jason: WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GO? I DON'T KNOW. 686 00:39:34,170 --> 00:39:36,400 I'VE BEEN TO EVERY CORNER OF THIS PROPERTY, MAN. 687 00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,840 I PRAY HE FINDS SOMETHING. 688 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:40,570 THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING. 689 00:39:40,570 --> 00:39:43,410 REALLY? ARE WE STILL DOING THIS? 690 00:39:43,410 --> 00:39:45,340 ARE WE STILL ON THIS SAME STRUGGLE 691 00:39:45,350 --> 00:39:49,980 TO JUST FIND GROUND MID-SEASON, YOU KNOW? 692 00:39:49,980 --> 00:39:51,750 I'M OVER IT. 693 00:39:51,750 --> 00:39:55,250 Casey: SLIM PICKINGS RIGHT NOW. IT'S SLIM PICKINGS. 694 00:39:55,260 --> 00:39:57,120 IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S MISSED, 695 00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:59,490 I HOPE HE FINDS IT. I REALLY DO. 696 00:39:59,490 --> 00:40:02,690 HE'S OUT THERE AND WE'RE NOT. I BET IT'S DRIVING HIM NUTS. 697 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:05,660 WHOO, THAT'S COLD! 698 00:40:19,580 --> 00:40:23,720 THERE'S ONE THERE, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE UP THERE. 699 00:40:23,720 --> 00:40:24,950 TERRIBLE. 700 00:40:24,950 --> 00:40:27,090 IT'S TOO MUCH WORK FOR THAT KIND OF GOLD. 701 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:32,890 YOU GOT SNOW, FREEZING TEMPERATURE, 702 00:40:32,890 --> 00:40:36,460 AND NOW THERE'S NO GOLD. MAYBE IT'S STRIKE THREE. 703 00:40:36,460 --> 00:40:38,900 I'M OUT OF OPTIONS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. 704 00:40:56,580 --> 00:41:00,320 Narrator: MORNING AT BIRDSEYE. 705 00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:04,260 Jason: UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T CHANGE THE GROUND. 706 00:41:04,260 --> 00:41:07,690 IT'S THE GROUND WE'RE MINING. IT IS WHAT IT IS. 707 00:41:07,690 --> 00:41:10,430 THERE AIN'T NO MORE GOLD GOING DOWN THAT SLUICE BOX. 708 00:41:10,430 --> 00:41:13,060 THERE AIN'T NO GOLD GOING HOME. 709 00:41:13,070 --> 00:41:15,830 Narrator: THE TEAM RUNS THE VERY LAST OF THE PAY DIRT 710 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:17,940 FROM THE DREDGE EDGE CUT. 711 00:41:17,940 --> 00:41:23,270 AT THIS POINT, WE NEED TO GET SOME GOLD IN THE BOX. 712 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:26,380 RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN DEEP 713 00:41:29,950 --> 00:41:32,020 Dave: RIGHT NOW, I'M IN A DEEP HOLE, 714 00:41:32,020 --> 00:41:34,390 AND AT SOME POINT, 715 00:41:34,390 --> 00:41:37,690 YOU GOT TO TURN AROUND AND SAY, "THAT'S ENOUGH." 716 00:41:37,690 --> 00:41:39,760 I'M NOT THAT TYPE OF GUY AND NEITHER IS THIS CREW, 717 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:43,760 SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIGURE THIS OUT. 718 00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:46,730 THEY'RE LOOKING TO ME TO MAKE MONEY TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES. 719 00:41:46,730 --> 00:41:49,670 THAT'S A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY. 720 00:41:49,670 --> 00:41:52,800 THE DREAM'S STILL ACHIEVABLE, AND WE'RE NOT GIVING UP. 721 00:41:52,810 --> 00:41:54,570 WE'LL KEEP TRYING. 722 00:41:54,570 --> 00:41:55,940 WE NEED TO KEEP PUTTING OUR BOOTS ON, 723 00:41:55,940 --> 00:42:00,280 AND GOING TO WORK, AND TURN THIS THING AROUND. 724 00:42:07,450 --> 00:42:09,650 HMM. 725 00:42:12,530 --> 00:42:15,860 I GUESS NOT... 726 00:42:15,860 --> 00:42:18,260 AT THIS POINT. 727 00:42:18,270 --> 00:42:20,330 BUT WE'LL KEEP GOING. 728 00:42:22,370 --> 00:42:24,940 IF THEY LEAVE, THEN I KNOW I'VE FAILED. 729 00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:32,510 Jason: THIS IS OUR LAST GOLD CLEAN-UP. 730 00:42:32,510 --> 00:42:33,880 THERE'S NO MORE GROUND. 731 00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:35,710 BUT EVERY DOLLAR IS GOING TO ADD UP 732 00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:37,450 TO A LITTLE BIT MORE TO TAKE HOME. 733 00:42:43,260 --> 00:42:48,630 Jesse: I JUST GOT DONE RUNNING THE LAST ACRE OF THE DREDGE CUT. 734 00:42:48,630 --> 00:42:51,230 DAVE'S WORKING HIS BUTT OFF. 735 00:42:51,230 --> 00:42:53,300 THE GUY IS TRYING LIKE HECK. 736 00:42:57,840 --> 00:42:59,940 I GOT TO FIND SOME GOLD. 737 00:42:59,940 --> 00:43:02,770 Narrator: AT THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY, 738 00:43:02,780 --> 00:43:06,610 DAVE FOLLOWS HIS LAST LEAD FROM LANDOWNER HOWIE. 739 00:43:06,610 --> 00:43:13,350 WHAT WE'VE GOT OVER HERE IS AN OLD PLANT. 740 00:43:13,350 --> 00:43:18,660 Narrator: THIS 100-YEAR-OLD CYANIDE PLANT WAS ONCE USED TO EXTRACT GOLD 741 00:43:18,660 --> 00:43:21,990 FROM ROCK ORE USING CHEMICALS AND WATER. 742 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:27,330 SEE HERE -- RIGHT THERE'S AN OLD-TIME DITCH. 743 00:43:27,330 --> 00:43:29,570 THEY NEVER MINED THEIR DITCHES OUT 744 00:43:29,570 --> 00:43:32,170 BECAUSE THE WATER WAS SO VALUABLE. 745 00:43:32,170 --> 00:43:36,940 I'D REALLY LIKED TO KNOW WHAT WAS UNDER THIS DITCH. 746 00:43:36,940 --> 00:43:38,210 HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOME GOLD IN HERE 747 00:43:38,210 --> 00:43:40,510 'CAUSE THIS IS MY LAST CHANCE RIGHT HERE. 748 00:43:43,550 --> 00:43:47,320 WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS A LOW SPOT IN THE BEDROCK 749 00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:49,990 WITH SOME BIG ROCKS IN IT 750 00:43:49,990 --> 00:43:52,390 AND THEN I HOPE THERE'S SOME GOLD IN IT. 751 00:43:58,970 --> 00:44:01,770 RIGHT NOW, I NEED SOME LUCK. 752 00:44:01,770 --> 00:44:03,700 I NEED SOMETHING TO GO RIGHT. 753 00:44:07,240 --> 00:44:09,510 MY GUYS ARE ON A PERCENTAGE OF THE GOLD, 754 00:44:09,510 --> 00:44:11,580 SO IF I AIN'T GOT NO GROUND, 755 00:44:11,580 --> 00:44:13,110 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO STICK AROUND. 756 00:44:13,110 --> 00:44:15,910 AND TO BE HONEST, I DON'T BLAME THEM IF THEY WANT TO GO. 757 00:44:30,460 --> 00:44:32,600 THAT'S IT. 758 00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:35,000 I BETTER GO BREAK THE NEWS TO THE GUYS. 759 00:44:43,380 --> 00:44:45,840 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I'M STARTING TO HATE THESE MEETINGS 760 00:44:45,850 --> 00:44:47,910 AT THE GOLD RUN. THERE AIN'T NEVER GOOD NEWS. 761 00:44:47,910 --> 00:44:50,520 WELL, THIS IS GOING TO BE, PROBABLY, OUR LAST. 762 00:44:50,520 --> 00:44:51,850 YEAH, WELL... 763 00:44:51,850 --> 00:44:54,020 THERE'S NO MORE GROUND. NO MORE. 764 00:44:54,020 --> 00:44:55,650 NO MORE. 765 00:44:57,790 --> 00:45:00,960 HELLO, GUYS. 766 00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:03,030 YOU KNOW WE GOT 30 OUNCES 767 00:45:03,030 --> 00:45:05,700 IN THE FIRST ACRE OF THE DREDGE EDGE CUT. 768 00:45:05,700 --> 00:45:07,600 SECOND ACRE, WE GOT 34. 769 00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:09,230 YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. 770 00:45:09,240 --> 00:45:13,470 I THINK IT WAS THE CLEAN WATER, AND YOU WERE RUNNING FASTER. 771 00:45:13,470 --> 00:45:15,370 WE'VE GOT 64 OUNCES HERE. 772 00:45:15,380 --> 00:45:16,440 DAMN. 773 00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:18,310 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON RIGHT NOW, GUYS, 774 00:45:18,310 --> 00:45:20,610 WE'RE AT 125 OUNCES. 775 00:45:22,780 --> 00:45:26,150 PROBLEM IS YOU KNOW DREDGE EDGE IS DONE. 776 00:45:28,390 --> 00:45:34,130 Narrator: WITH A 5% STAKE IN BIRDSEYE MINE, IF THE TEAM PACKS UP NOW, 777 00:45:34,130 --> 00:45:38,460 THEY'LL TAKE HOME LESS THAN SEVEN OUNCES EACH. 778 00:45:38,470 --> 00:45:40,000 I HOPE YOU GOT SOMETHING UP YOUR SLEEVE SOMEWHERE. 779 00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:41,430 Casey: YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO GO RUNNING OUT OF HERE WITH OUR TAIL 780 00:45:41,430 --> 00:45:42,770 BETWEEN OUR LEG. 781 00:45:42,770 --> 00:45:44,800 WHAT OPTIONS DO YOU GOT? ANYTHING? 782 00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:48,210 I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU. 783 00:45:48,210 --> 00:45:50,540 WE NEED ANOTHER JAR OF THIS BEFORE WE GO HOME. 784 00:45:50,540 --> 00:45:52,780 -WE SURE DO. -WE NEED TWO OF THOSE. 785 00:45:56,950 --> 00:45:59,350 Dave: LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT CHUNK RIGHT THERE, 786 00:45:59,350 --> 00:46:02,450 AND I GOT PROBABLY ANOTHER 15 TO 20 COLORS. 787 00:46:02,460 --> 00:46:04,290 THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THERE. 788 00:46:04,290 --> 00:46:05,620 ALL RIGHT. 789 00:46:05,630 --> 00:46:07,890 -WHOO-HOO! -I SEE GOLD. 790 00:46:07,890 --> 00:46:10,500 -AND AT LEAST $15 A YARD. -WHERE IS IT AT? 791 00:46:10,500 --> 00:46:14,030 DOWN THERE BY THOSE BIG TANKS, BY THE OLD CYANIDE PLANT. 792 00:46:14,030 --> 00:46:15,370 THE OLD TIMERS 793 00:46:15,370 --> 00:46:17,970 I'M REALLY IMPRESSED YOU FOUND SOMETHING, MAN. 794 00:46:17,970 --> 00:46:20,370 I HAD TO FIND SOMETHING, MAN. I WASN'T READY TO GO HOME. 795 00:46:20,370 --> 00:46:22,440 I'M NOT READY TO GO HOME. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. 796 00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:24,110 WHY WE'RE HERE. 797 00:46:24,110 --> 00:46:27,880 THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A TEAM. WE'RE FAMILY. 798 00:46:27,880 --> 00:46:31,580 Dave: LET'S FINISH THIS TOGETHER, FINISH IT STRONG. 799 00:46:31,580 --> 00:46:32,920 WE ALL IN? 800 00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:35,150 HEY, YOU KNOW I'M DOWN FOR THAT. 801 00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:37,590 WE'RE AT 125. 802 00:46:37,590 --> 00:46:43,290 I STILL THINK WITH THIS, WE CAN STILL GET TO 400, GUYS. 803 00:46:43,300 --> 00:46:44,800 WE'RE STILL ALL IN THEN. 804 00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:48,300 YES, WE ARE. 805 00:46:48,300 --> 00:46:50,840 COULD YOU FEEL THEIR MOMENTUM COME BACK? 806 00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:54,870 DID YOU FEEL ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT WE'RE BACK BEING A TEAM? 807 00:46:56,740 --> 00:46:58,880 THE REASON WHY I'VE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING 808 00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:03,880 I'D FOLLOW DAVE IS BECAUSE OF THAT RIGHT THERE. 809 00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:06,380 THAT MAN CAME THROUGH AND FOUND GOLD. 810 00:47:06,390 --> 00:47:08,890 THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL HERE. THAT'S WHY WE FOLLOW HIM. 811 00:47:08,890 --> 00:47:11,460 Nate: HE'S A TRUE LEADER. HE'S A TRUE BOSS. 812 00:47:11,460 --> 00:47:13,220 HE TAKES OUR PARTNERSHIP SERIOUSLY. 813 00:47:13,230 --> 00:47:17,300 HE KNOWS THAT'S MONEY FOR US AND THAT'S FOR OUR FAMILIES. 814 00:47:17,300 --> 00:47:20,600 Chris: WITH ALL THESE LOST MINES, IT'S TOUGH. 815 00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:24,640 I MEAN, YOU START REALIZING AND RESPECTING THESE OLD TIMERS. 816 00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:27,140 WE MIGHT NOT WIN, BUT WE'LL FINISH STRONG. 817 00:47:27,140 --> 00:47:29,070 I'M GLAD TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM. 818 00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:31,910 IT'S HARD WORK. WE'RE NOT SETTING RECORDS, 819 00:47:31,910 --> 00:47:34,480 BUT BY GOLLY, WE'RE STILL IN IT. 820 00:47:39,590 --> 00:47:42,090 Narrator: NEXT TIME... 821 00:47:42,090 --> 00:47:46,060 TEAM TURIN'S CLEAN WATER TURNS FROM FRIEND TO ENEMY. 822 00:47:46,060 --> 00:47:49,160 YOU CAN SEE THE WATER COMING THROUGH HERE. 823 00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:50,360 Narrator: ...AND GOOD GOLD... 824 00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:51,660 15 OUNCES. 825 00:47:51,660 --> 00:47:53,730 -OH, WOW. -THAT'S COOL, MAN. 826 00:47:53,730 --> 00:47:55,930 Narrator: ...COULD BE GONE TOO SOON. 827 00:47:55,940 --> 00:47:57,940 SOMEBODY CUT THE FENCE. 828 00:47:57,940 --> 00:48:00,000 THAT WAS A BIG MISTAKE. 829 00:48:00,010 --> 00:48:01,910 YOU'RE DONE HERE. 829 00:48:02,305 --> 00:49:02,482 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm