"Gold Rush" There Will Be Gold

1 00:00:02,630 --> 00:00:06,170 Narrator: ON THIS "GOLD RUSH"... 2 00:00:06,170 --> 00:00:09,200 -I WANT YOUR END THAT WAY! - THING. 3 00:00:09,210 --> 00:00:10,670 Narrator: ...RICK NESS IS ON A MISSION 4 00:00:10,670 --> 00:00:14,580 TO TRIPLE HIS GOLD PRODUCTION... 5 00:00:14,580 --> 00:00:17,110 WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PULL A MIRACLE OUT OF OUR ASSES. 6 00:00:17,110 --> 00:00:18,580 Narrator: ...PARKER SCHNABEL'S PLAN 7 00:00:18,580 --> 00:00:22,350 TO MINE OUT HIS WHOLE GROUND... 8 00:00:22,350 --> 00:00:24,320 Man: CUT THE POWER! 9 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:26,720 Narrator: ...GRINDS TO A HALT. 10 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,820 THAT'S 30 OUNCES WE'RE NOT GONNA GET. 11 00:00:29,830 --> 00:00:32,760 IT'S JUST TOO SLIPPERY UP THERE. SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET HURT. 12 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:34,800 WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! 13 00:00:36,970 --> 00:00:40,400 AND THE BEETS KIDS COME TOGETHER... 14 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,270 Monica: LOOK OUT! 15 00:00:42,270 --> 00:00:45,140 ...TO GET ANOTHER OPERATION RUNNING. 16 00:00:45,140 --> 00:00:47,510 Man: YEAH! 17 00:00:47,510 --> 00:00:50,510 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 18 00:00:50,510 --> 00:00:53,510 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 19 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:57,680 Rick: I TOOK A PRETTY BIG RISK 20 00:00:57,690 --> 00:00:59,520 MOVING MY WHOLE OPERATION TO DUNCAN CREEK THIS YEAR. 21 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:01,120 WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR 2,000 OUNCES, 22 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:05,160 SO WE GOT A LOT OF CATCHING UP TO DO RIGHT NOW. 23 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,160 Narrator: RICK NESS HAS PULLED IN 24 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:10,530 JUST 80 OUNCES OF GOLD IN TWO MONTHS 25 00:01:10,530 --> 00:01:13,270 USING THE 100-YARD-PER-HOUR PLANT 26 00:01:13,270 --> 00:01:15,970 HE RENTED FROM NEIGHBOR TROY TAYLOR. 27 00:01:15,970 --> 00:01:18,540 Rick: I REALLY NEED TO GET THINGS BACK ON TRACK HERE. 28 00:01:18,540 --> 00:01:20,810 I JUST SPENT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ON A NEW WASH PLANT. 29 00:01:20,810 --> 00:01:23,910 WE GOT TO GET IT RUNNING, AND WE GOT TO START GETTING GOLD. 30 00:01:23,910 --> 00:01:28,120 OTHERWISE, WE'RE NEVER GONNA HIT OUR GOAL, MAN. 31 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,820 Narrator: NOW HE'S STAKING HIS SEASON ON A NEW PLANT, 32 00:01:31,820 --> 00:01:36,320 MONSTER RED, TO TRIPLE HIS OUTPUT OF GOLD. 33 00:01:36,330 --> 00:01:38,990 WE'VE JUST GOT TO GET MONSTER RED UP AND GOING. 34 00:01:38,990 --> 00:01:41,260 RICK'S GONNA BE LOSING MONEY IF WE DON'T. 35 00:01:41,260 --> 00:01:44,430 Narrator: TO STAY AFLOAT, RICK MUST KEEP BRINGING IN GOLD 36 00:01:44,430 --> 00:01:46,230 WITH TROY'S PLANT 37 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:50,070 WHILE HE AND FREDDY DODGE BUILD MONSTER RED. 38 00:01:50,070 --> 00:01:52,310 Freddy: WE'VE GOT A HELL OF A LOT OF STUFF TO DO HERE. 39 00:01:52,310 --> 00:01:54,410 WE'VE GOT TO SET THE STANDS, SET THE SCREEN, 40 00:01:54,410 --> 00:01:56,580 SET THE SLUICES, SET THE CONVEYORS, 41 00:01:56,580 --> 00:01:58,380 AND AFTER THAT, THE REAL PAIN IN THE ASS 42 00:01:58,380 --> 00:02:00,880 IS GONNA BE SETTING THAT FEEDER. 43 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,250 Ryan: FREDDY DODGE AND MONSTER RED ARE HAND IN HAND. 44 00:02:03,250 --> 00:02:06,190 I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES HE'S HAD THIS THING APART 45 00:02:06,190 --> 00:02:10,220 AND TOGETHER, BUT, YOU KNOW, HE KNOWS IT BETTER THAN ANYONE. 46 00:02:10,230 --> 00:02:11,330 Freddy: DOWN A BIT! 47 00:02:11,330 --> 00:02:13,460 Narrator: GOLD-RECOVERY EXPERT FREDDY 48 00:02:13,460 --> 00:02:17,000 HELPED DESIGN THIS 300-YARD-PER-HOUR PLANT 49 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,530 FIVE YEARS AGO. 50 00:02:18,530 --> 00:02:20,430 CAN YOU REACH IT AT ALL, KRUSE? 51 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,600 Chris: FREDDY MAKES IT PRETTY EASY. HE'S TELLING ME WHAT TO DO. 52 00:02:22,610 --> 00:02:24,910 IT KIND OF REMINDS ME OF HELPING MY DAD 53 00:02:24,910 --> 00:02:26,570 WORK ON CARS BACK IN THE DAY. 54 00:02:26,580 --> 00:02:29,010 -WHOA! -EASY. 55 00:02:32,780 --> 00:02:34,680 HOLY . 56 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:40,790 HEY, RICK. 57 00:02:40,790 --> 00:02:43,320 Narrator: TROY TAYLOR LEASED RICK HIS WASH PLANT 58 00:02:43,330 --> 00:02:45,890 AT THE START OF THE SEASON. 59 00:02:45,900 --> 00:02:48,060 I GUESS YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE, RIGHT? 60 00:02:48,060 --> 00:02:49,960 THINGS ARE STARTING TO ROLL AT OUR PLACE, 61 00:02:49,970 --> 00:02:54,230 AND TODAY IS THE DAY TO TAKE OUR PLANT BACK HOME. 62 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,300 BUT I'M JUST NOT READY FOR IT. 63 00:02:56,310 --> 00:03:01,140 I KNOW HOW IT FEELS. I'VE BEEN THERE MANY TIMES. 64 00:03:01,140 --> 00:03:04,610 I FEEL KIND OF BAD PULLING IT AWAY FROM YOU, BUT... 65 00:03:04,610 --> 00:03:07,980 YEAH, NO, I GET IT. A DEAL'S A DEAL, RIGHT? 66 00:03:07,980 --> 00:03:10,820 THEN THAT'S IT, SO... 67 00:03:15,460 --> 00:03:18,090 SHUT IT DOWN. 68 00:03:18,090 --> 00:03:20,030 Narrator: WITHOUT TROY'S WASH PLANT, 69 00:03:20,030 --> 00:03:23,300 RICK HAS NO MEANS OF PRODUCING GOLD. 70 00:03:23,300 --> 00:03:25,600 Rick: TROY JUST SHOWED UP AND DROPPED A BOMB. 71 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,170 HE WANTS HIS WASH PLANT BACK. THAT WAS THE DEAL. 72 00:03:28,170 --> 00:03:30,540 IT DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY EASIER, THOUGH. 73 00:03:32,710 --> 00:03:36,280 Narrator: MECHANIC CARL ROSK STOPS WORK ON MONSTER RED 74 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:38,410 TO LOAD TROY'S PLANT. 75 00:03:45,790 --> 00:03:48,390 Carl: DAMN IT! 76 00:03:48,390 --> 00:03:50,720 YEAH, I WAS A LITTLE SCARED ABOUT THAT, BUT... 77 00:03:50,730 --> 00:03:52,490 YOU SAID YOU GOT A CHAIN HANDY? 78 00:03:52,490 --> 00:03:54,660 -YEAH, I GOT HALF AN INCH. -OKAY. 79 00:03:54,660 --> 00:03:56,560 -HALF-INCH DO IT? -WHY? YOU GOT BIGGER? 80 00:03:56,570 --> 00:03:57,930 I GOT A BIG ONE. 81 00:03:57,930 --> 00:03:59,330 IF YOU GOT BIGGER THAN HALF-INCH... 82 00:03:59,340 --> 00:04:01,100 HE'S GOT A -- . WE GOT A MONSTER. 83 00:04:01,100 --> 00:04:03,970 -WE NEED RICK'S NEW CHAIN. -WE GOT A NEW CHAIN, BUDDY. 84 00:04:05,540 --> 00:04:08,480 BEEN LOOKING FOR A REASON TO BRING IT OUT. 85 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:10,140 Narrator: THE 25-TON PLANT 86 00:04:10,150 --> 00:04:13,850 WAS TOO MUCH FOR THE ONE-INCH STEEL CABLE. 87 00:04:13,850 --> 00:04:15,920 YEAH. 88 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:19,490 SO CARL BRINGS IN A 3.5-INCH CHAIN 89 00:04:19,490 --> 00:04:22,160 RATED TO 50 TONS. 90 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,960 IN ALL HONESTY, IT'S, LIKE, A $4,000 CHAIN. 91 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:26,960 LIKE, IT'S... 92 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:34,074 93 00:04:45,510 --> 00:04:47,450 -OH, THERE SHE GOES, TROY. -ALL RIGHT, RICK. 94 00:04:47,450 --> 00:04:48,580 -THANKS AGAIN. -OKAY, RICK. 95 00:04:48,580 --> 00:04:50,020 APPRECIATE, BUDDY. I'LL TALK TO YOU SOON. 96 00:04:50,020 --> 00:04:52,190 YOU BETCHA. 97 00:04:52,190 --> 00:04:55,560 Narrator: HIS OPERATION IS AT A STANDSTILL. 98 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:58,860 RICK PUTS THE PRESSURE ON FREDDY. 99 00:04:58,860 --> 00:05:02,060 Rick: WE'RE NOT RUNNING TROY'S PLANT. WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY GOLD. 100 00:05:02,060 --> 00:05:03,400 WELL, WHERE ARE WE AT WITH MONSTER RED? 101 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,370 YOU THINK YOU CAN HAVE IT UP BY THE END OF THE WEEK? 102 00:05:05,370 --> 00:05:06,930 WELL, I'D LIKE TO HAVE BOTH EXCAVATORS 103 00:05:06,940 --> 00:05:08,670 AND SOME MORE PEOPLE TO TRY TO GET IT TOGETHER. 104 00:05:08,670 --> 00:05:10,370 -ALL RIGHT. -IT'S GONNA BE TIGHT. 105 00:05:10,370 --> 00:05:12,640 WE GOT TO DO IT. WE GOT TO KEEP GOLD COMING IN. 106 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:14,680 WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PULL A MIRACLE 107 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:17,780 OUT OF OUR ASSES TO GET THIS THING READY TO GO. 108 00:05:20,050 --> 00:05:21,320 Rick: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, 109 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:24,150 MONSTER RED'S RUNNING BY THE END OF THE WEEK. 110 00:05:33,230 --> 00:05:34,900 Parker: WHO'S THE BEST DOG ON THE MINE SITE? 111 00:05:34,900 --> 00:05:37,860 YOU LITTLE RASCAL. YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD BOY. 112 00:05:39,370 --> 00:05:41,770 LOOK AT THAT TONGUE. 113 00:05:41,770 --> 00:05:43,440 Narrator: PARKER SCHNABEL IS ATTEMPTING 114 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:47,870 TO MINE HIS WHOLE CLAIM IN JUST ONE SEASON. 115 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,010 Parker: RIGHT NOW, MITCH, OUR HEAD MECHANIC, 116 00:05:50,010 --> 00:05:52,150 IS GONE, AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE 117 00:05:52,150 --> 00:05:55,520 THAT WE'VE GOT ALL OF THE SPARE PARTS WE NEED. 118 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,620 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS ON THE MINE SITE, 119 00:05:57,620 --> 00:06:00,720 AND DOWNTIME IS JUST KILLER, ESPECIALLY IN A SEASON LIKE THIS 120 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,360 WHERE WE HAVE SO MUCH GROUND TO GET THROUGH. 121 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,160 Narrator: WITH MECHANIC MITCH BLASCHKE 122 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,830 OFF-SITE VISITING HIS PREGNANT WIFE, 123 00:06:07,830 --> 00:06:11,230 PARKER TAKES CHARGE OF INVENTORY. 124 00:06:11,230 --> 00:06:12,770 Parker: YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T AFFORD ANY HOLDUPS. 125 00:06:12,770 --> 00:06:14,200 WITH THAT LICENSE EXPIRING, 126 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:18,570 WE'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH ALL THAT GROUND WE'VE GOT OPEN. 127 00:06:18,570 --> 00:06:21,070 Narrator: DOWN AT BIG RED, PARKER'S CREW 128 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:22,610 IS FEEDING THE WASH PLANT 129 00:06:22,610 --> 00:06:26,280 WITH 250 YARDS OF PAY DIRT PER HOUR. 130 00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:28,150 THIS IS A TOUGH JOB AND, YOU KNOW, 131 00:06:28,150 --> 00:06:30,580 TOUGH HOURS AND EXPECTATIONS. 132 00:06:30,590 --> 00:06:33,390 I'M ALREADY EXHAUSTED AND SORE. 133 00:06:33,390 --> 00:06:37,060 I DON'T SEE EVERYBODY LASTING. 134 00:06:37,060 --> 00:06:39,890 Narrator: THEY MUST KEEP SLUICING 24/7 135 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:42,000 IF THEY'RE TO STAND ANY CHANCE 136 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,730 OF GETTING THROUGH THE 115-ACRE CLAIM. 137 00:06:45,730 --> 00:06:47,700 Bree: ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ISSUES THIS YEAR 138 00:06:47,700 --> 00:06:49,670 IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF GROUND TO MINE 139 00:06:49,670 --> 00:06:53,340 IN A REALLY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. 140 00:06:53,340 --> 00:06:55,540 PLANT'S GOT TO BE RUNNING 24/7. 141 00:07:12,060 --> 00:07:14,060 THE . 142 00:07:23,070 --> 00:07:25,210 Shane: DOC CAME AND GOT ME. 143 00:07:25,210 --> 00:07:29,510 SAID THE BELT TORE RIGHT APART ON THE STACKER, 144 00:07:29,510 --> 00:07:31,410 SO THAT'S KIND OF . 145 00:07:32,550 --> 00:07:34,010 Narrator: FIRST ON THE SCENE, 146 00:07:34,020 --> 00:07:37,950 ARE MECHANIC SHANE SMITH, SON TY, 147 00:07:37,950 --> 00:07:40,890 AND CO-FOREMAN BRENNAN RUAULT. 148 00:07:44,790 --> 00:07:47,330 WHAT THE ? RIP APART AT THE SEAM OR WHAT? 149 00:07:47,330 --> 00:07:49,500 Ty: YEAH, WE'VE BEEN RUNNING IT FOR A WHILE NOW, 150 00:07:49,500 --> 00:07:51,030 AND EVERYTHING WEARS OUT. 151 00:07:51,030 --> 00:07:53,230 IT JUST POPPED APART. 152 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:55,500 Narrator: THE BELT ON THE CONVEYOR 153 00:07:55,500 --> 00:07:58,640 HAS TORN APART AT THE SEAMS. 154 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:02,580 TO REPAIR IT, THEY'LL HAVE TO DRAG THE LOWER END BACK UP 155 00:08:02,580 --> 00:08:07,210 AND FEED THE OTHER END OVER THE ROLLER. 156 00:08:07,220 --> 00:08:09,820 THEY WILL THEN ADD A NEW SECTION 157 00:08:09,820 --> 00:08:12,450 BEFORE CLIPPING IT BACK TOGETHER. 158 00:08:15,460 --> 00:08:16,860 Brennan: ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET'S GET TO IT, THEN. 159 00:08:16,860 --> 00:08:19,190 I DON'T WANT LOSE ANY MORE TIME THAN WE NEED TO. 160 00:08:19,190 --> 00:08:21,260 -ALL RIGHTY. -OKAY. THANKS, BUDDY. 161 00:08:21,260 --> 00:08:25,530 Narrator: BUT FIRST, THEY HAVE TO CLEAR OUT THE PAYDIRT 162 00:08:25,530 --> 00:08:27,770 WRAPPED UP IN THE TORN BELT. 163 00:08:27,770 --> 00:08:31,270 EVERY DAY WE DON'T SLUICE IS A DAY WE DON'T GET BACK. 164 00:08:31,270 --> 00:08:33,270 Ty: HERE COMES THE BOSS. 165 00:08:36,910 --> 00:08:39,610 -HOW YOU DOING? -OH, ALL RIGHT. 166 00:08:39,620 --> 00:08:41,620 I'VE HAD BETTER DAYS. 167 00:08:41,620 --> 00:08:44,280 YOU AND I BOTH. 168 00:08:44,290 --> 00:08:46,890 CONVEYORS ARE GREAT UNTIL THEY UP. 169 00:08:46,890 --> 00:08:49,020 THIS IS REAL COOL. 170 00:08:50,860 --> 00:08:53,090 Parker: I LOSE AT LEAST 10, 12 HOURS, 171 00:08:53,100 --> 00:08:54,660 WHICH IS, YOU KNOW -- 172 00:08:54,660 --> 00:08:56,300 THAT'S 20 OR 30 OUNCES WE'RE NOT GONNA GET 173 00:08:56,300 --> 00:08:57,930 BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TOO MUCH GROUND. 174 00:08:57,930 --> 00:09:01,970 WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE IT UP. 175 00:09:01,970 --> 00:09:05,240 Narrator: WITH CHIEF MECHANIC AND WASH-PLANT EXPERT MITCH 176 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:08,510 OFF-SITE, PARKER TAKES CHARGE. 177 00:09:08,510 --> 00:09:11,650 TY, IF IT STARTS TAKING OFF, DON'T TRY TO SAVE IT. 178 00:09:11,650 --> 00:09:13,810 Ty: WHY? I JUST WANT TO GO FOR A RIDE! 179 00:09:13,820 --> 00:09:16,050 Shane: WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A SPARE BELT, 180 00:09:16,050 --> 00:09:18,720 SO WE'RE JUST GONNA PATCH THIS TOGETHER. 181 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,360 THESE PROBABLY WEIGH 7,000 OR 8,000 POUNDS, I WOULD THINK. 182 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:26,260 Narrator: ALEC LIFTS THE 200-FOOT ONE-INCH-THICK BELT 183 00:09:26,260 --> 00:09:30,030 SO THEY CAN FEED IT BACK AROUND THE HEAD DRUM. 184 00:09:30,030 --> 00:09:32,470 BRING IT DOWN. 185 00:09:32,470 --> 00:09:35,140 -WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! -WHOA, WHOA. 186 00:09:35,140 --> 00:09:36,800 ALMOST BREAK MY LEG. 187 00:09:36,810 --> 00:09:40,340 WELL, I GOT TO BE AS CAREFUL AS WITH ANYBODY HERE, 188 00:09:40,340 --> 00:09:41,840 ESPECIALLY WITH PARKER THERE. 189 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:43,410 WE GOT TO HAVE A JOB AT THE END OF THE DAY. 190 00:09:43,410 --> 00:09:45,550 THERE'S LOT OF FRICTION TRYING TO PULL THIS 191 00:09:45,550 --> 00:09:47,880 AROUND THE HEAD DRUM. 192 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,020 , TY. 193 00:09:52,090 --> 00:09:53,790 Shane: WE GOT A LOT OF FRICTION 194 00:09:53,790 --> 00:09:55,190 ON THE STRAP COMING AROUND THE DRUM, 195 00:09:55,190 --> 00:09:56,590 AND IT SEEMS TO BE LOCKING UP ON US, 196 00:09:56,590 --> 00:09:57,990 SO WE'RE GONNA LOOSEN THE BELTS OFF 197 00:09:57,990 --> 00:09:59,730 AND TRY AND JUST SPIN IT THROUGH THE GEARBOX. 198 00:09:59,730 --> 00:10:02,600 Narrator: A SAFETY RATCHET THAT PREVENTS THE MOVING BELT 199 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:06,370 FROM ROLLING BACK ON ITSELF IS NOW WORKING AGAINST THEM. 200 00:10:06,370 --> 00:10:08,770 -WHICH WAY'S LOOSE? -I DON'T KNOW. 201 00:10:08,770 --> 00:10:11,440 YOU'RE THE MECHANIC AROUND HERE. 202 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:15,010 I DON'T KNOW JACK ABOUT ANY OF THIS KIND OF STUFF. 203 00:10:15,010 --> 00:10:17,880 CONVEYOR BELT. DIRT GOES UP IT. 204 00:10:20,180 --> 00:10:21,580 THAT'S THE LAST THING WE NEED. 205 00:10:21,580 --> 00:10:24,620 IT'S GONNA BE REALLY SLIPPERY, PARKER. 206 00:10:24,620 --> 00:10:26,250 Narrator: SIX HOURS IN, 207 00:10:26,250 --> 00:10:29,420 AND THE BELT IS STILL JAMMING AT THE HEAD DRUM, 208 00:10:29,420 --> 00:10:33,460 MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO REJOIN THE TWO ENDS. 209 00:10:33,460 --> 00:10:34,930 Shane: AH, THE RAIN DOESN'T HELP HERE. 210 00:10:34,930 --> 00:10:36,660 IT JUST MAKES EVERYTHING MORE DIFFICULT. 211 00:10:36,670 --> 00:10:38,630 I MEAN, IT'S GETTING PRETTY LOUSY OUT HERE. 212 00:10:38,630 --> 00:10:40,730 IT'S WET, SLIPPERY. 213 00:10:40,740 --> 00:10:42,500 WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! 214 00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:45,710 WE MIGHT HAVE TO SHUT DOWN IF IT GETS TOO BAD. 215 00:10:45,710 --> 00:10:47,210 Parker: THIS ISN'T WORKING. 216 00:10:47,210 --> 00:10:50,080 Narrator: WHEN HEAVY RAIN TURNS TO LIGHTNING, 217 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:52,080 PARKER DECIDES TO SHUT DOWN. 218 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:54,110 Parker: YEAH, WE'VE ALREADY LOST A TON OF RUNNING TIME 219 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,020 BECAUSE OF THIS BELT, BUT WITH THIS STORM 220 00:10:56,020 --> 00:10:58,450 COMING IN AND THE RAIN, IT'S JUST WAY TOO SLIPPERY UP THERE. 221 00:10:58,450 --> 00:11:00,020 SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET HURT, 222 00:11:00,020 --> 00:11:02,490 SO WE'LL HAVE TO PICK IT UP TOMORROW AND CALL HER A DAY. 223 00:11:02,490 --> 00:11:04,320 LET'S GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE. 224 00:11:38,190 --> 00:11:40,690 Narrator: TONY BEETS IS ON THE DEFENSE 225 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:43,930 AFTER BEING FORCED TO MOVE HIS ENTIRE OPERATION 226 00:11:43,930 --> 00:11:46,670 30 MILES NORTH TO PARADISE HILL. 227 00:11:57,010 --> 00:12:00,850 Narrator: TEN WEEKS IN, MIKE AND KEVIN HAVE JOINED FORCES, 228 00:12:00,850 --> 00:12:03,820 OPENING AN 18-ACRE MEGACUT. 229 00:12:03,820 --> 00:12:08,490 NOW TONY WANTS DAUGHTER MONICA ALSO PRODUCING GOLD. 230 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,230 FOR FOUR WEEKS, MONICA HAS WORKED 231 00:12:16,230 --> 00:12:19,030 TO SET UP HER OPERATION NEAR HUNKER CREEK 232 00:12:19,030 --> 00:12:22,040 WHERE SHE THINKS DREDGES MISSED MAJOR PAY DIRT. 233 00:12:24,510 --> 00:12:26,970 Monica: YOU KNOW, FOR SOME REASON, THE DREDGE MASTERS, 234 00:12:26,980 --> 00:12:30,310 THEY DIDN'T GO AND MINE THIS AREA. 235 00:12:30,310 --> 00:12:32,810 THEY KIND OF SKIRTED AROUND IT, WHICH IS A LITTLE WEIRD. 236 00:12:32,810 --> 00:12:37,380 I'M SUPER INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT'S THERE. 237 00:12:37,390 --> 00:12:41,760 Narrator: GOLD WAS DISCOVERED IN HUNKER CREEK BACK IN 1896, 238 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,420 AND RIGHT UP TO 1966, 239 00:12:44,430 --> 00:12:46,790 MONSTER DREDGES WERE PULLING THE EQUIVALENT 240 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:50,430 OF A MILLION DOLLARS A DAY FROM ITS PRIME PAY DIRT. 241 00:12:52,870 --> 00:12:56,640 MONICA BELIEVES THE OLD-TIMERS MISSED A POCKET OF GOLD 242 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:58,540 IN HER 8-ACRE BENCH CUT 243 00:12:58,540 --> 00:13:02,110 THAT WILL TURN THEIR SEASON AROUND. 244 00:13:02,110 --> 00:13:03,540 Monica: HOPEFULLY, IT'S WORTH IT. 245 00:13:03,550 --> 00:13:06,380 AFTER ALL THE TROUBLE WE'VE HAD GETTING SET UP DOWN HERE, 246 00:13:06,380 --> 00:13:10,580 THERE BETTER BE A MOUNTAIN OF GOLD IN THIS CUT. 247 00:13:10,590 --> 00:13:12,090 Narrator: A WEEK AGO, THE LAND 248 00:13:12,090 --> 00:13:16,520 WAS COMPLETELY FLOODED BY MELTWATER. 249 00:13:16,530 --> 00:13:19,330 EVEN AFTER DRAINING THE CUT, 250 00:13:19,330 --> 00:13:24,800 THE GROUND IS STILL TOO SOFT TO SET UP A STABLE WASH PLANT, 251 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,900 BUT MONICA'S COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. 252 00:13:27,900 --> 00:13:32,510 HER PLAN -- SET THE PLANT ON A DRY TAILINGS PILE 253 00:13:32,510 --> 00:13:34,110 ACROSS THE CREEK. 254 00:13:34,110 --> 00:13:37,740 THEN TRUCK THE PAY FROM HER CUT TO THE PLANT 255 00:13:37,750 --> 00:13:40,750 SO THAT SHE CAN SLUICE ON FIRM GROUND. 256 00:13:40,750 --> 00:13:44,280 SO IT IS NICE TO FINALLY BE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, 257 00:13:44,290 --> 00:13:46,750 FINALLY BE BUILDING A PAD, 258 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:49,360 GET THIS PLANT SET UP ON SOLID GROUND 259 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,690 AS OPPOSED TO ACROSS THE CREEK. 260 00:13:56,030 --> 00:13:58,330 Monica: Yes, sir. I do. 261 00:13:59,940 --> 00:14:02,370 I am. 262 00:14:08,410 --> 00:14:10,410 WHAT'S HAPPENING? 263 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,330 Narrator: EMR REGULATES MINING IN THE YUKON. 264 00:14:25,330 --> 00:14:27,390 TO PROTECT WILDLIFE, 265 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,400 THEY DON'T WANT MONICA TRUCKING PAY THROUGH THE CREEK. 266 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,000 I JUST CAN'T WIN. CAN I? WE CAN'T CROSS THE CREEK. 267 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,370 WE CAN'T HAVE THE PLANT OVER THERE. 268 00:14:35,370 --> 00:14:38,540 SO THEN I HAVE NO SWEET CLUE HOW TO MAKE THAT WORK OVER HERE. 269 00:14:38,540 --> 00:14:40,540 THIS IS GONNA BE TOO WET. 270 00:15:00,100 --> 00:15:02,060 Monica: SO THIS IS THE CREEK, 271 00:15:02,060 --> 00:15:05,300 AND I GUESS THIS IS WHERE FISH LIKE TO HANG OUT. 272 00:15:05,300 --> 00:15:07,100 I DON'T REALLY KNOW A WHOLE LOT ABOUT IT, 273 00:15:07,100 --> 00:15:11,540 BUT SEEING AS WE CAN'T TRUCK OUR PAY ACROSS, 274 00:15:11,540 --> 00:15:14,010 WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO KEEP OUR SLUICE BOX ON THE SAME SIDE 275 00:15:14,010 --> 00:15:17,010 AS OUR CUT WHICH, I MEAN, WORKS, I GUESS. 276 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:22,580 Narrator: TO DRAIN MONICA'S CUT MORE EFFECTIVELY, 277 00:15:22,580 --> 00:15:26,350 TONY WILL INSTALL A 40-FOOT CULVERT... 278 00:15:26,350 --> 00:15:27,890 WHILE SON MIKE 279 00:15:27,890 --> 00:15:32,060 DIGS A DEEPER SUMP FOR THE CULVERT TO FLOW INTO. 280 00:15:32,060 --> 00:15:34,230 WE AIN'T GOT NO GOOD SOLID MATERIAL TO BUILD ON, 281 00:15:34,230 --> 00:15:35,930 SO WE'RE GONNA PUT A CULVERT IN, 282 00:15:35,930 --> 00:15:38,430 AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL FIX THIS CUT FOR THE NEXT 283 00:15:38,430 --> 00:15:41,330 KNOWS HOW LONG WE'RE GONNA BE HERE. 284 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:08,930 DOWN A BIT! 285 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,900 Narrator: MIKE BRINGS IN FRESH DRY DIRT. 286 00:16:19,110 --> 00:16:23,040 AND RUBY LEVELS THE GROUND FOR THE PAD. 287 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,450 WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO SET UP A PLANT STILL, 288 00:16:25,450 --> 00:16:28,480 SO I'M BUILDING A PAD RIGHT NOW 289 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:31,150 BECAUSE WE NEED TO PUT IT SOMEWHERE. 290 00:16:31,150 --> 00:16:34,450 THERE'S STILL QUITE A BIT OF WORK TO BE DONE 291 00:16:34,460 --> 00:16:39,290 BEFORE WE CAN REALLY START GETTING GOLD OUT OF THE GROUND. 292 00:16:39,290 --> 00:16:40,730 GOT A NICE SOLID ROAD IN. 293 00:16:40,730 --> 00:16:43,260 NOW WE'VE GOT TWO HOSE, FOUR ROCK TRUCKS. 294 00:16:43,260 --> 00:16:46,030 WE'LL HAVE THIS CUT WHIPPED INTO SHAPE IN NO TIME. 295 00:16:48,270 --> 00:16:52,070 Narrator: THE NEW PAD NEEDS TWO DAYS TO SETTLE AND DRY OUT 296 00:16:52,070 --> 00:16:55,170 BEFORE MONICA CAN BRING IN HER WASH PLANT. 297 00:17:03,220 --> 00:17:05,320 Monica: YEAH, MORE THAN ABOUT TIME. 298 00:17:19,770 --> 00:17:23,040 HEY, RICK. TAKE IT BACK THAT WAY ABOUT ANOTHER FOOT, TOO. 299 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,200 THAT LOOKS PRETTY STRAIGHT. 300 00:17:25,210 --> 00:17:28,070 Narrator: AT DUNCAN CREEK, RICK NESS IS SHUT DOWN 301 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:31,780 UNTIL HE CAN BUILD HIS HALF-MILLION-DOLLAR WASH PLANT, 302 00:17:31,780 --> 00:17:32,980 MONSTER RED. 303 00:17:32,980 --> 00:17:34,510 YEAH, WE JUST GOT ONE STAND TO SET 304 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:36,150 FOR THE SLUICE BOX THAT'S COMING OFF THE PLANT. 305 00:17:36,150 --> 00:17:37,920 WE'LL SET THAT, THEN I'LL GET THE BOXES UP THERE, 306 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:42,460 AND WE'LL SET THOSE, AND IT'S JUST ONE MORE STEP DOWN. 307 00:17:42,460 --> 00:17:45,830 THEY'VE ALREADY GOT THE SHAKER ON ITS STAND 308 00:17:45,830 --> 00:17:48,730 AND LINED UP THE STACKER. 309 00:17:48,730 --> 00:17:52,170 NEXT STEP -- BRING IN THE SLUICE RUN... 310 00:17:52,170 --> 00:17:54,600 THEN THE TAILINGS CONVEYOR... 311 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:59,170 BEFORE THE LAST MAJOR PIECE, THE HOPPER FEEDER. 312 00:18:01,510 --> 00:18:03,910 YOU CAN GO THAT WAY ABOUT 12 INCHES. 313 00:18:03,910 --> 00:18:05,950 SLUICE BOXES ARE PRETTY MUCH THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. 314 00:18:05,950 --> 00:18:07,610 I MEAN, IF THEY'RE NOT LEVEL, THEN THEY'RE JUST NOT 315 00:18:07,620 --> 00:18:09,750 GONNA CATCH GOLD, SO WE HAVE TO TAKE THE EXTRA TIME 316 00:18:09,750 --> 00:18:11,780 TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE SET AND SET RIGHT. 317 00:18:11,790 --> 00:18:13,550 CHAMP, YOU WANT TO MOVE? 318 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:15,790 YEAH, YOU DO. OKAY. 319 00:18:15,790 --> 00:18:17,890 Narrator: KRUSE AND KARLA HELP FREDDY 320 00:18:17,890 --> 00:18:21,290 RIG THE 38-FOOT SLUICE RUN FOR TRANSPORT. 321 00:18:21,300 --> 00:18:22,860 HOOK YOUR ONE END UP. 322 00:18:22,860 --> 00:18:24,860 MOVING THINGS WITH A TRACK MACHINE 323 00:18:24,870 --> 00:18:26,770 IS NEVER VERY SMOOTH, SO... 324 00:18:26,770 --> 00:18:28,870 JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE THIS THING SLAM INTO THE GROUND 325 00:18:28,870 --> 00:18:30,570 AND BEND IT OR ANYTHING. 326 00:18:30,570 --> 00:18:33,840 Narrator: EACH SLUICE RUN IS PRECISELY ENGINEERED. 327 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:37,540 ANY SLIGHT DISTORTION WILL CAUSE IT TO LOSE GOLD. 328 00:18:37,550 --> 00:18:39,880 Man: OH, THAT EXCAVATOR IS A LITTLE BIT FINICKY. 329 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:43,280 THAT ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAPPEN AT JUST THE WRONG TIME. 330 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,550 - THING. -COMING UP A HAIR! 331 00:18:45,550 --> 00:18:47,920 OHH! 332 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,860 YOU WANT TO SET IT DOWN AND SPIN? 333 00:18:50,860 --> 00:18:53,530 OKAY. DO IT, RICK. 334 00:18:53,530 --> 00:18:55,530 Rick: FIRST HALF OF THE SLUICE BOX WENT IN FINE. 335 00:18:55,530 --> 00:18:58,700 JUST GOT ONE MORE TO GO. GETTING CLOSER EVERY MINUTE. 336 00:19:00,940 --> 00:19:03,540 -SET US DOWN, KRUSE. -GOOD? GOOD? 337 00:19:05,140 --> 00:19:08,210 IT'S THE MOST EXCITING PART. SLUICE IS GOING ON. 338 00:19:08,210 --> 00:19:10,780 Rick: DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN THIS. 339 00:19:10,780 --> 00:19:12,610 THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT, BOYS. 340 00:19:12,610 --> 00:19:15,410 -WHOO! -IT LOOKS GOOD, RICK. 341 00:19:15,420 --> 00:19:17,220 YEAH, IT DOES. I LIKE IT. 342 00:19:17,220 --> 00:19:19,020 Narrator: WITH THE SLUICES IN PLACE, 343 00:19:19,020 --> 00:19:22,860 RICK IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO FIRING UP MONSTER RED 344 00:19:22,860 --> 00:19:24,760 AND GETTING BACK ON THE GOLD. 345 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:28,130 THE FINAL PIECE -- ATTACH THE FEEDER HE BORROWED 346 00:19:28,130 --> 00:19:29,560 FROM THE CLAIM OWNERS. 347 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,030 Rick: THAT'S THE FEEDER THE GRAYS LEFT ME TO USE. 348 00:19:34,700 --> 00:19:36,740 IT AIN'T GOT MUCH OF A BELT COMING OFF OF IT, 349 00:19:36,740 --> 00:19:38,910 BUT IT'S A PRETTY GOOD-SIZE HOPPER. 350 00:19:38,910 --> 00:19:41,240 YEAH, THEY SAID I COULD USE IT, SO... 351 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:43,180 WHERE'D THEY BUY IT? DO YOU KNOW? AUCTION? 352 00:19:43,180 --> 00:19:45,240 -I DIDN'T EVEN THINK TO ASK. -OH, HELL. 353 00:19:45,250 --> 00:19:48,610 THOSE ARE RETURN ROLLERS, RICK. 354 00:19:48,620 --> 00:19:52,520 THEY WON'T LAST A DAY WITH ROCKS LIKE THOSE. 355 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,390 IT'LL BEAT THIS THING TO DEATH. 356 00:19:54,390 --> 00:19:55,790 HOLY . 357 00:19:55,790 --> 00:19:57,460 I DOUBT IF IT'D MAKE IT ONE DAY. 358 00:19:57,460 --> 00:19:58,990 SO THIS THING IS USELESS? 359 00:19:58,990 --> 00:20:00,990 IT WON'T HANDLE THESE ROCKS. 360 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,600 Narrator: THE FEEDER'S ROLLER BARS ARE HOLLOW 361 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,330 AND WOULD COLLAPSE UNDER DUNCAN CREEK'S ROCKY PAY DIRT. 362 00:20:07,340 --> 00:20:10,140 IT'S THE LAST THING RICK WANTS TO HEAR. 363 00:20:10,140 --> 00:20:12,170 YEAH, THIS THING'S MADE FOR SMALL GRAVEL. 364 00:20:12,170 --> 00:20:13,940 SO IT HAS NO BUSINESS BEING HERE? 365 00:20:13,940 --> 00:20:16,280 IT HAS NO BUSINESS BEING ON THIS PROPERTY. 366 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:18,010 AFTER ALL THE THAT'S BEEN GOING DOWN, 367 00:20:18,010 --> 00:20:19,910 WE FINALLY GOT THE THING TOGETHER. 368 00:20:19,910 --> 00:20:23,420 I'M THINKING, "HEY, PUT THE FEEDER IN HERE. WE'RE RUNNING." 369 00:20:23,420 --> 00:20:25,250 ANOTHER ROADBLOCK. 370 00:20:41,770 --> 00:20:43,770 I'M PRETTY MUCH DEAD IN THE WATER AT DUNCAN CREEK 371 00:20:43,770 --> 00:20:46,310 RIGHT NOW WITHOUT A HOPPER FEEDER. 372 00:20:46,310 --> 00:20:49,680 Narrator: RICK NESS HAS NO WORKING WASH PLANT, 373 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:53,050 NO MONEY COMING IN, AND POTENTIALLY MILLIONS 374 00:20:53,050 --> 00:20:56,750 IN NUGGETS AND FINE GOLD SITTING IN DUNCAN CREEK. 375 00:20:57,850 --> 00:20:59,850 I MADE A CALL TO A FRIEND OF MINE 376 00:20:59,850 --> 00:21:03,420 HERE IN THE DAWSON CITY AREA AND HOPING TO MAKE A DEAL. 377 00:21:03,420 --> 00:21:05,220 I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY 378 00:21:05,230 --> 00:21:08,330 BUT HOPING FOR A LITTLE... 379 00:21:08,330 --> 00:21:11,700 HOPE FOR A LITTLE MIRACLE HERE. 380 00:21:11,700 --> 00:21:13,270 Narrator: SO HE'S TURNED TO THE MAN 381 00:21:13,270 --> 00:21:16,540 WITH THE BIGGEST MINING BONEYARD IN THE YUKON. 382 00:21:22,340 --> 00:21:25,850 TONY BEETS. OH, YOU KNOW, THE TYPICAL. 383 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:30,550 YEAH, YEAH. THAT WAS A BIT SCARY. 384 00:21:30,550 --> 00:21:33,590 WELL, IT'S NOT GETTING ANY EASIER. 385 00:21:40,330 --> 00:21:43,160 TWICE A WEEK? HOLY... 386 00:21:48,540 --> 00:21:50,100 WELL, THAT'S THE THING. 387 00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:52,270 I COULD DEFINITELY GET THINGS MOVING A LOT BETTER ON MY END 388 00:21:52,270 --> 00:21:54,240 IF I HAD A HOPPER FEEDER. 389 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:00,210 AWESOME. 390 00:22:00,210 --> 00:22:03,280 WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU USED IT? 391 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,650 OKAY. 392 00:22:05,650 --> 00:22:08,890 IS THERE A REMOTE? OKAY. 393 00:22:08,890 --> 00:22:11,260 THESE ARE ALL GRIZZLY? 394 00:22:11,260 --> 00:22:13,330 NICE LITTLE ELEVATOR CONVEYOR. I LIKE IT. 395 00:22:13,330 --> 00:22:16,160 SO WHAT'S THE PRICE TAG ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, TONY? 396 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,770 OOH, YEAH. YEAH, I DON'T, UH -- 397 00:22:20,770 --> 00:22:22,270 I'M LOW ON CASH. 398 00:22:22,270 --> 00:22:24,640 I MEAN, I JUST SPENT EVERYTHING I HAD ON THIS WASH PLANT. 399 00:22:26,270 --> 00:22:29,680 YEAH. 400 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:30,980 IS THERE, UH -- 401 00:22:30,980 --> 00:22:34,410 IS THERE ANY WAY YOU'D WANT TO LEASE IT, RENT IT OUT? 402 00:22:40,050 --> 00:22:42,120 YEAH? 403 00:22:47,630 --> 00:22:50,430 WELL, 10 GRAND A MONTH IS MORE MANAGEABLE FOR ME, ANYWAYS. 404 00:22:53,500 --> 00:22:56,470 YEAH. YEAH. 405 00:22:56,470 --> 00:22:58,640 THANKS, TONY. AWESOME. 406 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:02,740 Rick: I MEAN, THAT HELPS ME OUT. 407 00:23:02,740 --> 00:23:04,440 I KNEW I DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO BUY ONE, 408 00:23:04,450 --> 00:23:08,550 AND HE'S GOT ONE, AND HE'S WILLING TO LEASE IT TO ME. 409 00:23:08,550 --> 00:23:10,050 I MEAN, THAT'S GREAT, MAN. 410 00:23:10,050 --> 00:23:12,590 THIS IS THE LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE FOR ME. 411 00:23:19,990 --> 00:23:24,700 Parker: SEE IF IT'LL GO BACK OR IF IT'LL STAY HERE. 412 00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:26,100 Narrator: PARKER SCHNABEL'S CREW 413 00:23:26,100 --> 00:23:28,600 IS BACK AT WORK FOLLOWING THE STORM... 414 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:31,470 -JUST GONNA SHORTEN UP. -YEAH. 415 00:23:31,470 --> 00:23:34,610 Narrator: ...WHEN CO-FOREMAN AND HEAD MECHANIC MITCH BLASCHKE 416 00:23:34,610 --> 00:23:37,510 RETURNS TO THE CLAIM. 417 00:23:37,510 --> 00:23:40,180 WELL, THIS ISN'T LOOKING TOO GOOD. 418 00:23:40,180 --> 00:23:42,750 I TAKE IT THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING A LITTLE ROUGH. 419 00:23:42,750 --> 00:23:44,050 Parker: HEY. WELCOME BACK. 420 00:23:44,050 --> 00:23:45,650 -HOW'S IT GOING, MAN? -HOW'S IT GOING? 421 00:23:45,650 --> 00:23:47,090 -OH. -HOW WAS YOUR TRIP? 422 00:23:47,090 --> 00:23:49,360 MY TRIP WAS GOOD, BUT THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE 423 00:23:49,360 --> 00:23:50,490 IT'S GOING TOO GOOD. 424 00:23:50,490 --> 00:23:51,760 -NO, IT'S NOT. -WHAT HAPPENED? 425 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,430 WHOLE SET OF CLIPS BLEW APART. 426 00:23:54,430 --> 00:23:58,430 Narrator: BIG RED HAS BEEN OUT OF ACTION FOR 24 HOURS, 427 00:23:58,430 --> 00:24:02,130 COSTING PARKER $50,000 OF LOST GOLD. 428 00:24:02,140 --> 00:24:04,100 WELL, I'D ASK HOW IT'S GOING, BUT I ALREADY KNOW 429 00:24:04,110 --> 00:24:06,170 THE ANSWER TO THAT. Shane: YEAH. SUCKS. 430 00:24:06,170 --> 00:24:10,840 Narrator: THE CREW HAS STRAIGHTENED ONE SIDE OF THE BELT. 431 00:24:10,850 --> 00:24:14,980 NOW THEY MUST PULL THE LOWER SIDE OVER THE HEAD DRUM, 432 00:24:14,980 --> 00:24:17,950 REPLACE THE TORN ENDS WITH AN INSERT, 433 00:24:17,950 --> 00:24:21,220 AND REJOIN THE BELT WITH CLIPS. 434 00:24:21,220 --> 00:24:24,360 ALEC'S JUST LOCKING THE BELT DOWN RIGHT NOW. 435 00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:26,130 AS SOON AS WE GET IT DOWN THE OTHER END, 436 00:24:26,130 --> 00:24:28,830 WE'LL BE ABLE TO PULL IT BACK TOGETHER, RECLIP IT. 437 00:24:28,830 --> 00:24:32,670 THEN IT'S A MATTER OF LINING IT ALL BACK UP. 438 00:24:32,670 --> 00:24:34,670 YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS IS JUST GETTING ME READY 439 00:24:34,670 --> 00:24:36,600 FOR BEING A DAD WHEN I, YOU KNOW... 440 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,100 YOU THINK SOMETHING SHOULD GO ONE WAY, AND IT DOESN'T. 441 00:24:39,110 --> 00:24:43,140 YOU KNOW, YOU JUST GOT TO ADAPT AND MAKE IT WORK. 442 00:24:43,140 --> 00:24:45,440 BEAUTIFUL! 443 00:24:45,450 --> 00:24:47,380 Narrator: FINALLY, THEY HAVE TWO ENDS 444 00:24:47,380 --> 00:24:51,550 OF THE BELT BACK TOGETHER, READY FOR THE NEW SECTION. 445 00:24:51,550 --> 00:24:55,650 NOW THE FUN STUFF. SEWING IT ALL BACK TOGETHER. 446 00:24:55,660 --> 00:24:57,920 PASS HER UP, BUDDY. IS THERE ANY CERTAIN... 447 00:24:57,930 --> 00:24:59,960 WE'RE READY. 448 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,230 THIS IS IT. 449 00:25:03,230 --> 00:25:05,030 IN ORDER TO PUT THE BELT BACK TOGETHER, 450 00:25:05,030 --> 00:25:07,930 WE'VE GOT TO DRILL HOLES IN IT HERE FOR CLIPS 451 00:25:07,940 --> 00:25:10,440 THAT MAKE THE TWO PIECES ONE AGAIN, 452 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,270 SO RIGHT NOW JUST DRILLING THE HOLES FOR THAT, 453 00:25:13,270 --> 00:25:15,440 PUT THE CLIPS IN, BOLT IT UP, 454 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,480 AND BE ABLE TO START SLUICING HERE AGAIN. 455 00:25:21,450 --> 00:25:23,380 ALL WE GOT TO DO IS CUT THE STUDS OFF, 456 00:25:23,380 --> 00:25:26,420 AND WITH A COUPLE MINUTES, WE'LL HAVE THE WASH PLANT GOING AGAIN. 457 00:25:30,590 --> 00:25:33,190 Narrator: AFTER NEARLY TWO DAYS DOWNTIME, 458 00:25:33,190 --> 00:25:36,300 BIG RED CAN START SLUICING AGAIN. 459 00:25:40,940 --> 00:25:43,970 -WHOO, WHOO! -WHOO! 460 00:25:49,110 --> 00:25:50,840 Shane: YEAH. THAT WAS A MIXED BAG OF WEATHER. 461 00:25:50,850 --> 00:25:54,650 THERE WAS LIGHTNING. THERE WAS RAIN, SUN. 462 00:25:54,650 --> 00:25:56,320 IT WAS A TOUGH ONE TODAY. 463 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:58,620 THE ELEMENTS WERE AGAINST US, ALL RIGHT. THAT'S FOR SURE,. 464 00:25:58,620 --> 00:26:00,850 BUT I THINK WE GOT HER BEAT NOW. 465 00:26:00,860 --> 00:26:02,450 MAYBE GET SOME DINNER. 466 00:26:02,460 --> 00:26:07,460 IT'S SPINNING PRETTY NICE RIGHT NOW. IT'S TRACKING ALL RIGHT. 467 00:26:07,460 --> 00:26:09,160 -YEAH, BUDDY. -WELCOME HOME! 468 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:10,830 Parker: THE THING I'M PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT 469 00:26:10,830 --> 00:26:12,630 IS THAT WE HAD ALL THE PEOPLE AND THE TOOLS TO DO THE JOB. 470 00:26:12,630 --> 00:26:14,270 YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO ANYWHERE TO GET HELP 471 00:26:14,270 --> 00:26:17,070 OR ANYTHING, SO THAT'S A SUCCESS IN MY MIND. 472 00:26:17,070 --> 00:26:19,940 I THINK I SHOULD'VE DROVE BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT SLOWER. 473 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,880 NO. THANK YOU, GUYS, FOR GETTING THIS DONE. 474 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,180 I'M GLAD SHE'S BACK RUNNING. 475 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,750 Narrator: AFTER LETTING HER HUNKER CREEK CUT DRY OUT, 476 00:26:59,750 --> 00:27:01,910 MONICA BEETS IS FINALLY READY 477 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,180 TO BRING IN A WASH PLANT AND START PRODUCING GOLD. 478 00:27:06,890 --> 00:27:10,860 A MILE AWAY ON PARADISE HILL, THE FAMILY GATHERS 479 00:27:10,860 --> 00:27:15,090 TO HAUL IN HER 25-TON NEW ZEALANDER PLANT. 480 00:27:15,100 --> 00:27:17,230 WOULD REALLY LOVE SOME HELP! 481 00:27:21,270 --> 00:27:25,100 MIKE BEETS USES TWO ONE-INCH BRAIDED STEEL CABLES 482 00:27:25,110 --> 00:27:28,010 TO WINCH THE PLANT ONTO HIS OSHKOSH. 483 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:36,850 BUT BEFORE THE PLANT CAN LEAVE, TONY SPOTS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM. 484 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:41,790 WELL, IT'S HEAVY ON THIS SIDE. 485 00:27:41,790 --> 00:27:44,920 -YEAH. YOU'RE CROOKED. -OH, I KNOW. I KNOW. 486 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,230 SO, WE'RE ABOUT A FOOT OFF ON THE FRONT. 487 00:27:51,230 --> 00:27:52,800 WE'RE NOT QUITE CENTER. 488 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,130 Narrator: THE TOP-HEAVY PLANT MUST GO ON STRAIGHT 489 00:27:55,140 --> 00:27:57,470 TO AVOID IT TIPPING OVER. 490 00:27:57,470 --> 00:28:01,140 WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRAILER, SHE'S OFF ONE SIDE. 491 00:28:01,140 --> 00:28:03,180 IF YOU LOOK DOWN THE LENGTH, YOU SEE THAT THE FRONT IS OVER 492 00:28:03,180 --> 00:28:05,480 ON THIS SIDE, CAUSING A MAJORITY OF THE WEIGHT 493 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,180 TO BE ON THIS SIDE OF THE TRAILER, 494 00:28:07,180 --> 00:28:08,680 SO MONICA IS JUST GONNA POLITELY RAM 495 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,820 INTO THE THING TO GET IT STRAIGHT. 496 00:28:10,820 --> 00:28:15,090 Monica: IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT VIOLENT. 497 00:28:15,090 --> 00:28:16,720 SO IT'LL BE FUN. 498 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,100 ALL RIGHT. THAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 499 00:29:01,740 --> 00:29:03,740 OH, YEAH. YEP. 500 00:29:07,140 --> 00:29:08,810 GET THAT THE DOWN IN THE HUNKER CUT 501 00:29:08,810 --> 00:29:10,440 SO WE CAN SLUICE! 502 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:24,890 Narrator: ALL THAT STANDS BETWEEN TONY 503 00:29:24,890 --> 00:29:27,760 HAVING A SECOND OPERATION UP AND RUNNING 504 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:31,460 IS THE SOFT GROUND AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE HUNKER CUT. 505 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,540 THAT THING IS TIPPING. 506 00:29:42,540 --> 00:29:44,380 WATCH OUT! 507 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,600 Narrator: BEFORE RETURNING TO HIS OWN CUT, 508 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:07,230 MIKE USES THE D10 TO HAUL THE PLANT INTO PLACE. 509 00:30:11,970 --> 00:30:15,370 I MEAN, REALLY, YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR IT TO GO BETTER. 510 00:30:18,610 --> 00:30:21,280 WELL, SOMETHING HAD TO GO WRONG. 511 00:30:22,980 --> 00:30:27,450 Narrator: JOB DONE, MIKE LEAVES TO GO BACK TO HIS OWN CUT. 512 00:30:30,090 --> 00:30:32,720 START SLUICING, GET SOME GOLD. 513 00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:37,560 Narrator: NOW KEVIN, THE FAMILY MECHANIC, 514 00:30:37,570 --> 00:30:40,070 STEPS IN TO FIRE UP THE KIWI PLANT. 515 00:30:40,070 --> 00:30:41,600 Kevin: LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN! 516 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,840 Narrator: WITH NO NEED FOR A HOPPER OR FEED CONVEYOR, 517 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:49,240 THE PLANT IS COMPACT AND MOBILE, PERFECT FOR THIS NARROW CUT. 518 00:30:53,150 --> 00:30:55,010 WATER! 519 00:31:02,020 --> 00:31:04,060 Monica: IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A LONG TIME COMING 520 00:31:04,060 --> 00:31:06,290 TO GET THIS PLANT UP AND RUNNING. 521 00:31:06,290 --> 00:31:08,930 THIS CUT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A NIGHTMARE. 522 00:31:08,930 --> 00:31:10,800 CALLING IT THE HUNKER CUT WAS FINE, 523 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:13,800 BUT MAYBE IT SHOULD'VE BEEN THE CURSED CUT. 524 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,740 FIRST COUPLE OF SCOOPS GOING IN. 525 00:31:18,740 --> 00:31:21,140 Narrator: A MONTH AFTER SHE BEGAN, 526 00:31:21,140 --> 00:31:25,210 MONICA IS FINALLY RUNNING IN HUNKER. 527 00:31:25,210 --> 00:31:26,810 LOOKS GOOD! 528 00:31:26,810 --> 00:31:30,550 TONY HAS TWO OUT OF THREE KIDS SLUICING 529 00:31:30,550 --> 00:31:33,650 AND IS CLOSER THAN EVER TO SAVING HIS SEASON. 530 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:43,600 ALL RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I'M TOLD. 531 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,430 WE'LL SEE HOW LONG THAT TAKES. 532 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:12,520 I GOT THE HOPPER FEEDER RIGHT BEHIND ME. 533 00:32:12,530 --> 00:32:14,460 WE'RE PULLING RIGHT IN TO DUNCAN CREEK. 534 00:32:14,460 --> 00:32:19,160 IT'S THE LAST PIECE WE NEED TO GET MONSTER RED UP AND RUNNING. 535 00:32:19,170 --> 00:32:21,700 Narrator: AFTER THREE DAYS WITHOUT SLUICING, 536 00:32:21,700 --> 00:32:24,800 RICK NESS NOW HAS THE FINAL PIECE HE NEEDS 537 00:32:24,810 --> 00:32:26,970 TO FIRE UP MONSTER RED. 538 00:32:26,970 --> 00:32:29,040 WE GET THIS PUT INTO PLACE AND GET IT WORKING, 539 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:30,880 GET WATER HOOKED UP, IT'LL BE RUNNING. 540 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:32,440 AND CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH. 541 00:32:32,450 --> 00:32:34,910 STAND BACK! 542 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,650 HOLD ON RIGHT THERE. 543 00:32:37,650 --> 00:32:39,350 Rick: WHILE IT FEELS GOOD TO HAVE THIS FEEDER HERE, 544 00:32:39,350 --> 00:32:41,650 IT'S REALLY THE LAST PIECE WE NEED, 545 00:32:41,660 --> 00:32:43,690 BUT I'M NOT GONNA RELAX HERE UNTIL IT'S HOOKED UP 546 00:32:43,690 --> 00:32:45,360 AND WE'RE RUNNING DIRT. 547 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:47,490 I WANT YOUR END THAT WAY! 548 00:32:47,490 --> 00:32:49,530 Narrator: FREDDY DODGE LINES UP THE FEEDER 549 00:32:49,530 --> 00:32:52,860 THAT WILL DELIVER PAY TO THE PLANT. 550 00:32:52,870 --> 00:32:54,870 I SAY WE PUT IT UP AS HIGH AS IT'LL GO FOR NOW 551 00:32:54,870 --> 00:32:57,400 BECAUSE ONCE WE MOVE IT, THEN WE FINE-TUNE IT. 552 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,770 -EASY! -KEEP COMING! 553 00:32:59,770 --> 00:33:02,810 WHAT'S MY LEVEL SAYING? 554 00:33:02,810 --> 00:33:04,680 PUSH IT! 555 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:06,450 DID YOU HAVE WHEATIES THIS MORNING? 556 00:33:06,450 --> 00:33:07,850 IT'S GONNA BE CLOSE, RICK! 557 00:33:07,850 --> 00:33:10,020 -YOU GOT IT? -REALLY CLOSE! 558 00:33:10,020 --> 00:33:12,320 JUST A LITTLE MORE! 559 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:13,990 -OKAY! -HOLD! 560 00:33:13,990 --> 00:33:15,420 -RIGHT THERE! -THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE. 561 00:33:15,420 --> 00:33:17,820 THAT'LL WORK, RICK. 562 00:33:17,830 --> 00:33:19,760 WITHIN ONE INCH RIGHT HERE. 563 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:21,690 SCORE ONE! 564 00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:25,100 Narrator: ALL THEY NEED NOW IS WATER. 565 00:33:26,570 --> 00:33:28,900 THAT LONG BOLT... 566 00:33:28,900 --> 00:33:30,840 ERIC, YOU... THIS PUMP'S READY TO ROCK. 567 00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:33,540 LET'S GIVE HER HELL. 568 00:33:33,540 --> 00:33:35,470 FIRE IT UP! 569 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:42,510 -YEAH! -WHOO! 570 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:43,880 WHOA! 571 00:33:47,020 --> 00:33:49,250 -OHH! -OH ! 572 00:33:51,030 --> 00:33:53,390 -WHAT THE ? OH, . -SHUT IT DOWN. 573 00:33:54,830 --> 00:33:56,860 -FREDDY. 574 00:33:56,860 --> 00:34:00,170 TURNS OUT FREDDY FORGOT TO TIGHTEN THE HOSE CLAMP. 575 00:34:00,170 --> 00:34:02,200 -I MISSED A COUPLE. 576 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:05,140 WE'LL GET THEM TIGHTENED UP. 577 00:34:05,140 --> 00:34:07,240 Narrator: FREDDY TIGHTENS THE LOOSE HOSE CLAMPS, 578 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:09,880 READY FOR FIRE-UP TAKE TWO. 579 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:13,450 ALL RIGHT, BUDDY. WE'RE OKAY. KEEP HER COMING. 580 00:34:13,450 --> 00:34:16,450 -CRANK IT UP! -YEAH! 581 00:34:18,490 --> 00:34:22,990 ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO, BOYS. FIRST BUCKET INTO MONSTER RED. 582 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,390 Narrator: RICK'S NEW WASH PLANT CAN FINALLY RUN 583 00:34:27,390 --> 00:34:30,530 300 YARDS AN HOUR OF DUNCAN CREEK PAY DIRT. 584 00:34:30,530 --> 00:34:32,260 Rick: IT JUST FEELS REALLY GOOD 585 00:34:32,270 --> 00:34:33,770 TO HAVE MONSTER RED UP AND RUNNING. 586 00:34:33,770 --> 00:34:35,400 WE'RE DONE AROUND RIGHT NOW. 587 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,640 I'VE GOT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN THIS WASH PLANT. 588 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:39,540 THANKS TO FREDDY HERE, WE'RE READY TO RUN. 589 00:34:39,540 --> 00:34:41,010 THIS IS GONNA BE A WELL-OILED MACHINE, 590 00:34:41,010 --> 00:34:43,480 OR WE'RE ALL GONNA LOSE OUR ASS, ESPECIALLY ME. 591 00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:46,650 PLAYTIME'S OVER, AND BUSINESS TIME STARTS NOW. 592 00:34:46,650 --> 00:34:48,210 YOUR NEW SEASON STARTS NOW, HUH, RICK? 593 00:34:48,220 --> 00:34:50,820 -SEASON STARTS NOW! -YEAH! 594 00:34:50,820 --> 00:34:53,290 Narrator: RICK'S HALF-MILLION-DOLLAR INVESTMENT 595 00:34:53,290 --> 00:34:55,550 IS FINALLY RUNNING. 596 00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:59,160 KARLA STARTS THE LAST CLEANUP FROM TROY'S PLANT 597 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:02,030 TO HELP PAY FOR IT. 598 00:35:02,030 --> 00:35:04,030 Karla: SEARCHING FOR GOLD IS A TREASURE HUNT. 599 00:35:04,030 --> 00:35:06,630 IT'S A GAMBLE. IF IT'S THERE, IT'S THERE. 600 00:35:06,630 --> 00:35:08,030 YOU GOT LUCKY. 601 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:12,270 BUT IF IT'S A FAILURE, IT COULD BE HUGE. 602 00:35:15,340 --> 00:35:19,780 I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW IF YOU SHOULD BE HERE. 603 00:35:19,780 --> 00:35:23,080 BUT FINGERS CROSSED! WAIT UP. SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 604 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,200 -OH, MY . LOOK! -HOLY MOSES! 605 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:39,400 THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST NUGGETS I'VE SEEN. 606 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:42,430 IN FACT, THAT MIGHT BE QUESTIONABLE. 607 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:45,870 IT'S 2 MILLIMETERS TOO BIG. WE GOT TO THROW IT BACK. 608 00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:51,780 ACTUALLY, WE REALLY DON'T WANT GOLD-PAINTED FISHING WEIGHT. 609 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:56,880 IT'S A PRANK, DUDE. YOU'VE JUST BEEN PRANKED. 610 00:35:58,690 --> 00:36:00,650 IT'S A FISHING WEIGHT. 611 00:36:15,540 --> 00:36:17,700 Narrator: MONSTER RED HAS PUT RICK NESS 612 00:36:17,700 --> 00:36:20,140 HALF A MILLION IN THE HOLE. 613 00:36:20,140 --> 00:36:22,340 AFTER THREE DAYS WITHOUT SLUICING, 614 00:36:22,340 --> 00:36:25,880 HE NEEDS A GOOD FINAL CLEANUP FROM TROY'S PLANT. 615 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,110 IT WAS A STRUGGLE AS ALWAYS. 616 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:29,680 EVERYTHING ALWAYS IS UP HERE, IT SEEMS LIKE, 617 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:31,820 BUT WE DID GET THE THING UP AND RUNNING. 618 00:36:31,820 --> 00:36:34,890 WE'VE GOT THE LAST GOLD HERE OUT OF TROY'S WASH PLANT, 619 00:36:34,890 --> 00:36:36,150 WHICH LOOKS PRETTY DECENT. 620 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:38,460 -WELL, WEIGH HER UP, RICK. -YEAH, WEIGH HER UP. 621 00:36:38,460 --> 00:36:41,490 Narrator: RICK NEEDS 200 OUNCES TO PAY OFF HIS DEBT 622 00:36:41,500 --> 00:36:45,430 ON MONSTER RED BEFORE HE CAN MAKE A PROFIT. 623 00:36:45,430 --> 00:36:48,830 20, 25. 624 00:36:50,670 --> 00:36:53,040 LOOKS LIKE WE SHOULD BREAK 30 HERE. 625 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,040 30.55, WE'LL CALL IT. 626 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:56,270 -YEAH. -ALL RIGHT. 627 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,240 Narrator: WORTH $43,000. 628 00:36:58,250 --> 00:37:00,410 BETTER THAN A POKE IN THE EYE WITH A SHARP STICK. 629 00:37:00,410 --> 00:37:02,350 IT'S NOT THE MOTHER LODE, BUT IT'S GOLD, RICK. 630 00:37:02,350 --> 00:37:06,150 EXACTLY. EVERYBODY STEPPED UP AND CAME TOGETHER 631 00:37:06,150 --> 00:37:07,920 AND GOT THIS THING TOGETHER IN RECORD TIME, 632 00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:09,490 AND I CAN'T THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH. 633 00:37:09,490 --> 00:37:11,120 YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A WASH PLANT NOW 634 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:12,990 THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN DO 300 YARDS AN HOUR. 635 00:37:12,990 --> 00:37:14,830 WE WERE ONLY DOING 100. 636 00:37:14,830 --> 00:37:17,730 SO THAT CAN HELP US GET TO 2,000 OUNCES FOR SURE. 637 00:37:17,730 --> 00:37:20,470 YOU'RE REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SET UP FOR SUCCESS HERE. 638 00:37:20,470 --> 00:37:22,670 ALL RIGHT, FELLAS. ONE MORE GOLD WEIGH IN THE BOOKS. 639 00:37:22,670 --> 00:37:23,840 -YEAH, MAN. -ALL RIGHT. 640 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:25,770 -YEAH, BOYS. LET'S DRINK. -BRING HER IN HERE. 641 00:37:25,770 --> 00:37:27,640 -ONE, TWO, THREE. -RAY! 642 00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:40,550 Narrator: ON PARADISE HILL, THE BEETS FAMILY 643 00:37:40,550 --> 00:37:44,720 HAS WHAT SHOULD BE THE LAST GOLD WEIGH FROM JUST ONE PLANT. 644 00:37:48,030 --> 00:37:49,660 YEAH, BUT, I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST 645 00:37:49,660 --> 00:37:51,630 TRYING TO DO THEIR JOB TOO, RIGHT? 646 00:37:55,370 --> 00:37:57,340 MIKE, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THIS WEEK? 647 00:37:57,340 --> 00:37:59,400 HELPING OUT MONICA A LOT. 648 00:37:59,410 --> 00:38:01,510 I HAD TO HAUL HER PLANT INTO PLACE, 649 00:38:01,510 --> 00:38:04,280 JUST MAKING SURE EVERYTHING DOESN'T EXPLODE. 650 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:05,710 THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD. 651 00:38:05,710 --> 00:38:08,580 HE'S WHAT YOU'D BRING IN AFTER EXPLODES. 652 00:38:08,580 --> 00:38:10,180 EH, OKAY. FAIR POINT THERE. 653 00:38:11,620 --> 00:38:14,250 Monica: ANYWAY, SHALL WE POUR? 654 00:38:14,250 --> 00:38:16,890 FIVE. 655 00:38:16,890 --> 00:38:19,760 Narrator: IN HIS LAST FOUR GOLD WEIGHS, 656 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:23,300 MIKE BEETS HAS AVERAGED 200 OUNCES PER WEEK. 657 00:38:23,300 --> 00:38:28,500 40, 50, 60, 70. 658 00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:31,370 80, 90. 659 00:38:31,370 --> 00:38:34,740 98.62. 660 00:38:34,740 --> 00:38:38,010 Narrator: WORTH $138,000. 661 00:38:38,010 --> 00:38:41,180 THAT BARELY COVERS THE BILLS FOR RUNNING THAT PLANT. 662 00:38:41,180 --> 00:38:43,550 I MEAN, IT'S STILL BETTER THAN NOTHING. 663 00:38:48,260 --> 00:38:50,220 YEAH, NO, IF ONLY SOMEBODY WOULD CATCH UP. 664 00:38:50,220 --> 00:38:52,660 IF Y'ALL WOULD QUIT BREAKING ... 665 00:38:55,330 --> 00:38:57,700 Y'ALL GOT MORE THAN ONE EXCUSE. 666 00:38:57,700 --> 00:38:59,760 DO YOU NEED TO SEE A DOCTOR? 667 00:39:25,090 --> 00:39:27,060 -HEY, HEY, ALEC. -HI, BOSS. 668 00:39:27,060 --> 00:39:28,530 -HI, BOYS. -WHAT'S UP? 669 00:39:28,530 --> 00:39:30,530 -HEY. -HOW ARE YOU DOING? CHEERS. 670 00:39:30,530 --> 00:39:33,730 Narrator: AFTER TWO DAYS DOWN WITH A BROKEN BELT, 671 00:39:33,730 --> 00:39:37,270 PARKER'S CREW IS READY FOR THE WEEKLY GOLD WEIGH. 672 00:39:37,270 --> 00:39:39,400 WHEN I WENT HOME, AND WE'RE DRIVING TO THE HOSPITAL, 673 00:39:39,410 --> 00:39:41,140 AND I JUST START TALKING, SHE'S LIKE, 674 00:39:41,140 --> 00:39:42,770 "YOU SOUND SO CANADIAN RIGHT NOW," 675 00:39:42,780 --> 00:39:45,680 AND I'M LIKE, "RIGHT?" 676 00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:46,910 "RIGHT?" 677 00:39:48,380 --> 00:39:50,380 "I KNOWS, BABE." 678 00:39:50,380 --> 00:39:52,050 WITH THAT BEING SAID, WELCOME BACK, MITCH. 679 00:39:52,050 --> 00:39:53,280 -THANKS, MAN. -YEAH. 680 00:39:53,290 --> 00:39:54,620 -HOW WAS HOME? -HOW'S THE WIFE? 681 00:39:54,620 --> 00:39:56,150 OH, IT WAS SO NICE TO GO HOME FOR A LITTLE BIT 682 00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:57,460 AND JUST SEE HAILEY 683 00:39:57,460 --> 00:39:58,560 AND JUST GONNA BE A DAD HERE REAL QUICK. 684 00:39:58,560 --> 00:39:59,720 YOU FIGURE A NAME OUT? 685 00:39:59,730 --> 00:40:01,190 AH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT STILL. 686 00:40:01,190 --> 00:40:03,360 I LIKE MILLIE. SHE LIKES MIA. 687 00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:05,600 CHRIS...TINE SOUNDS GOOD. 688 00:40:07,270 --> 00:40:09,100 THAT BELT WAS A LOT OF A FUN, HUH? 689 00:40:09,100 --> 00:40:10,740 MAN, I GOT TO SAY, IT'S NICE. 690 00:40:10,740 --> 00:40:12,570 SO, I CAME PULLING IN, SAW BIG RED DOWN. 691 00:40:12,570 --> 00:40:15,070 DEFINITELY NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO COME DRIVING BACK TO, 692 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:17,510 BUT YOU GUYS WERE ON IT, AND, YEAH, WE GOT HER 693 00:40:17,510 --> 00:40:19,480 BACK UP AND RUNNING BEFORE TOO LONG, AND... 694 00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:21,750 DID OUR GOLD COUNT SUFFER? 695 00:40:21,750 --> 00:40:23,720 WELL, WE CAN THROW IT ON THE SCALE AND SEE HOW WE DID. 696 00:40:23,720 --> 00:40:25,120 YOU BETCHA. 697 00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:26,520 Narrator: PARKER'S BEEN AVERAGING 698 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:30,020 AROUND 250 OUNCES PER WEEK. 699 00:40:30,020 --> 00:40:32,690 I'LL POUR. YOU COUNT IT OUT. NOT THAT I DON'T TRUST YOU, 700 00:40:32,690 --> 00:40:35,060 BUT I DON'T TRUST YOU. 701 00:40:35,060 --> 00:40:39,300 40, 50, 70, 80, 90, 100. 702 00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:42,300 130, 150, 160. 703 00:40:42,300 --> 00:40:44,170 STILL NOT BAD FOR LOSING A SHIFT. 704 00:40:44,170 --> 00:40:47,640 -180, 190, 200. -OH, THERE WE GO! 705 00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:49,370 201. RIGHT ON THE DOT. 706 00:40:49,380 --> 00:40:50,980 -201? -201. 707 00:40:50,980 --> 00:40:52,510 WE BROKE 200! 708 00:40:52,510 --> 00:40:57,120 Narrator: MAKING THE WEEKLY TOTAL OF $280,000. 709 00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:01,650 I MEAN, BUT THAT'S THE DOWNSIDE OF RUNNING CONVEYORS. 710 00:41:01,660 --> 00:41:03,520 -LIKE -- -YEAH. TIRES GO FLAT. 711 00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:05,390 -YEAH. -CONVEYORS RIP. 712 00:41:05,390 --> 00:41:09,430 WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, YOU GUYS, WITH THIS 200 OUNCES, 713 00:41:09,430 --> 00:41:11,930 IT BRINGS OUR SEASON TOTAL 714 00:41:11,930 --> 00:41:15,300 UP TO 1,717 OUNCES. 715 00:41:15,300 --> 00:41:18,640 Narrator: WORTH $2.4 MILLION. 716 00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:20,710 -WOW. -SO WE'RE ROLLING, RIGHT? 717 00:41:20,710 --> 00:41:23,170 YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE JUST ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON. 718 00:41:23,180 --> 00:41:24,710 THERE'S STILL A LOT OF DIRT TO MOVE 719 00:41:24,710 --> 00:41:26,410 AND A LOT OF ROCKS TO WASH. 720 00:41:26,410 --> 00:41:28,480 HERE'S TO 300 OUNCES NEXT WEEK, YEAH? 721 00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:30,420 -CHEERS. -CHEERS. 722 00:41:33,420 --> 00:41:36,290 Narrator: ON THE NEXT EPISODE OF "GOLD RUSH"... 723 00:41:36,290 --> 00:41:37,560 WE GOT A LOT OF GOLD TO FIND YET 724 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:38,990 AND NOT A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TO DO IT. 725 00:41:38,990 --> 00:41:41,760 Narrator: ...RICK NESS PUSHES HIS NEW WASH PLANT TO THE LIMIT. 726 00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:43,090 Rick: SHUT IT DOWN! 727 00:41:43,100 --> 00:41:47,100 Narrator: PARKER SCHNABEL BRINGS IN EXTRA BRAINPOWER... 728 00:41:47,100 --> 00:41:49,030 DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH GROUND YOU'VE OPENED UP? 729 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:51,100 NO. 730 00:41:51,100 --> 00:41:52,540 ...AND TONY BEETS' PLANS... 731 00:41:52,540 --> 00:41:54,010 BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS WONDER, WHY THE HELL 732 00:41:54,010 --> 00:41:55,210 DID THE DREDGE LEAVE IT BEHIND? 733 00:41:55,210 --> 00:41:56,610 ...GO UP IN SMOKE. 734 00:41:56,610 --> 00:41:58,510 DAD, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE PLANT. 734 00:41:59,305 --> 00:42:59,471