"Gold Rush" Stormageddon

1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:06,160 Narrator: ON THIS "GOLD RUSH"... 2 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:07,890 Parker: WHY IS MITCH RUNNING? 3 00:00:10,500 --> 00:00:12,460 Mitch: THE CONVEYOR'S BLOCKED WITH WET PAY! 4 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:14,360 -I THINK THAT I UP. -CAN'T KEEP RUNNING THIS. 5 00:00:14,370 --> 00:00:16,170 IT'S JAMMED UP IN ALL THE CONVEYORS. 6 00:00:16,170 --> 00:00:17,670 I MEAN, THERE'S SO MUCH WATER 7 00:00:17,670 --> 00:00:19,000 THAT EVERYTHING'S WET. 8 00:00:27,980 --> 00:00:29,580 Mike: THIS IS OUR FIRST TRIP INTO THISTLE 9 00:00:29,580 --> 00:00:32,120 WITH KID COMMANDO -- A TRUE TRIAL BY FIRE. 10 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,450 DO WE HAVE ENOUGH FUEL TO MAKE IT THERE? 11 00:00:34,450 --> 00:00:36,250 IF IT PUSHED UP ANY FURTHER, WE'D BE 12 00:00:36,260 --> 00:00:38,060 HYDROPLANING ACROSS THE WATER. 13 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:41,660 Ben: HEY, YOU BETTER GET OVER HERE. 14 00:00:41,660 --> 00:00:43,090 THE BREAK WALL'S BEEN BREACHED. 15 00:00:43,100 --> 00:00:45,730 WE GOT WATER POURING INTO THE CUT. 16 00:00:45,730 --> 00:00:46,800 HOLY . 17 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:48,300 RYAN, RYAN, GO GRAB SOME RADIOS. 18 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:51,330 LET'S GET THIS PUMP OUT OF HERE. 19 00:00:51,340 --> 00:00:53,900 NOTHING'S EVER EASY AROUND HERE. 20 00:00:53,910 --> 00:00:56,910 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 21 00:00:56,910 --> 00:00:59,910 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 22 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:07,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 23 00:01:36,950 --> 00:01:39,250 IT'S BEEN PUKING RAIN FOR THREE DAYS STRAIGHT 24 00:01:39,250 --> 00:01:42,820 AND JUST MAKING AN ABSOLUTE MESS OF THE CUT. 25 00:01:42,820 --> 00:01:45,360 IT'S REALLY NOT HELPING ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, 26 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,260 BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CAN'T AFFORD 27 00:01:47,260 --> 00:01:49,230 TO SHUT THE PLANT DOWN BECAUSE OF SOME RAIN. 28 00:01:49,230 --> 00:01:52,160 LIKE, WE'VE GOT TO KEEP THIS THING RUNNING NO MATTER WHAT. 29 00:01:54,930 --> 00:01:56,400 Narrator: HEAVY MIDSUMMER RAIN 30 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,400 IS THE LEAST OF PARKER SCHNABEL'S PROBLEMS. 31 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:04,170 HE'S CHASING A 6,000-OUNCE, $7.2 MILLION GOAL, 32 00:02:04,180 --> 00:02:06,640 BUT NEARLY HALFWAY THROUGH HIS SEASON, 33 00:02:06,650 --> 00:02:09,850 HE'S MINED ONLY 750 OUNCES, 34 00:02:09,850 --> 00:02:15,120 WORTH JUST $875,000. 35 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,190 YEAH, I MEAN, WITH TONY SCREWING US OVER THIS SPRING, 36 00:02:17,190 --> 00:02:20,220 WE HAD JUST GOT BOTH PLANTS UP AND RUNNING. 37 00:02:20,230 --> 00:02:22,630 Narrator: BIG RED HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR A MONTH, 38 00:02:22,630 --> 00:02:27,260 AND LAST WEEK, HE FINALLY FIRED UP SLUICIFER. 39 00:02:27,270 --> 00:02:32,170 PARKER'S IN THE CUT, LOADING 250 YARDS OF DIRT PER HOUR 40 00:02:32,170 --> 00:02:35,570 INTO SLUICIFER'S HOPPER FEEDER. 41 00:02:35,570 --> 00:02:37,410 YEAH, THE CUT'S FLOODED HERE. 42 00:02:37,410 --> 00:02:39,110 BEDROCK CONTACT IS UNDERWATER, 43 00:02:39,110 --> 00:02:41,210 AND I HAVE TO TAKE AT LEAST 2 FEET OF BEDROCK. 44 00:02:41,210 --> 00:02:44,180 SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME WET MATERIAL 45 00:02:44,180 --> 00:02:45,920 COMING AT THE WASH PLANT. 46 00:02:48,590 --> 00:02:50,850 HEY, GUYS, THIS WHOLE PLACE IS FLOODED OVER HERE. 47 00:02:50,860 --> 00:02:53,360 WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. 48 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:56,260 Parker: TYSON JUST SENT IT ALL UP TO THE PLANT. 49 00:02:56,260 --> 00:02:58,730 THERE'S SOME PRETTY SLOPPY STUFF HERE, 50 00:02:58,730 --> 00:03:04,130 BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT TO WORK WITH RIGHT NOW. 51 00:03:04,140 --> 00:03:05,840 THE NUMBER-ONE THING HERE IS, THOUGH, 52 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:07,500 JUST THE PLANT HAS TO STAY RUNNING, 53 00:03:07,510 --> 00:03:09,740 GOT TO KEEP THE PLANT RUNNING. 54 00:03:16,550 --> 00:03:19,150 WHY IS -- WHY IS MITCH RUNNING? 55 00:03:21,220 --> 00:03:23,620 Mitch: PARKER, THE CONVEYOR'S BLOCKED WITH WET PAY! 56 00:03:23,620 --> 00:03:25,820 SHUT IT DOWN! 57 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:36,700 Parker: WHAT? 58 00:03:36,700 --> 00:03:38,770 THIS STUFF'S, LIKE, JUST SLOP, MAN. 59 00:03:38,770 --> 00:03:40,300 IT'S POURING OUT EVERYWHERE. 60 00:03:40,310 --> 00:03:42,810 I BETTER GET THE PLANT OFF. 61 00:04:00,660 --> 00:04:02,690 OH, YOU . 62 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,670 I THINK I UP. 63 00:04:19,110 --> 00:04:20,510 YEAH, THIS STUFF'S SO WET, 64 00:04:20,510 --> 00:04:23,380 IT'S JUST SURGING COMING OUT OF THE FEEDER. 65 00:04:23,380 --> 00:04:25,180 ALL THIS SLOPPY BUILDING UP HERE, 66 00:04:25,180 --> 00:04:26,450 SO NOW WE'RE GONNA BE DOWN FOR A WHILE. 67 00:04:26,450 --> 00:04:27,880 IT'S PUKING ROCK OUT EVERYWHERE. 68 00:04:27,890 --> 00:04:29,620 IT'S ALL JAMMED UP IN THE TAIL WHEELS. 69 00:04:29,620 --> 00:04:32,460 IT'S JAMMED UP IN ALL THE CONVEYORS. 70 00:04:32,460 --> 00:04:33,890 DUDE, WHERE ARE YOU FINDING THIS STUFF, ANYWAY? 71 00:04:33,890 --> 00:04:34,960 IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S... 72 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:36,430 IT'S THE ONLY PAY IN THE CUT. 73 00:04:36,430 --> 00:04:39,230 YOU KNOW, IT'S A WASH PLANT, NOT A SEWAGE-TREATMENT PLANT. 74 00:04:39,230 --> 00:04:41,000 LIKE, I MEAN, WE'VE RUN WET MATERIAL, BUT THIS STUFF'S 75 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,900 GOT WATER RUNNING OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE FEEDER. 76 00:04:44,900 --> 00:04:46,840 YOU KNOW, WE'RE RUNNING THIS THING MAXED-OUT RIGHT NOW, 77 00:04:46,840 --> 00:04:48,370 SO WHENEVER IT GETS WET LIKE THAT, 78 00:04:48,370 --> 00:04:50,310 IT'S JUST TOO MUCH FOR THIS TO HANDLE. 79 00:04:52,840 --> 00:04:54,280 I MEAN, THERE'S SO MUCH WATER 80 00:04:54,280 --> 00:04:56,350 THAT EVERYTHING'S WET. 81 00:04:56,350 --> 00:04:57,950 EITHER DO SOMETHING WITH THAT OR SOMETHING WITH THIS 82 00:04:57,950 --> 00:04:59,250 BECAUSE WE CAN'T KEEP RUNNING THIS. 83 00:04:59,250 --> 00:05:00,650 I MEAN, LIKE, I LOOKED OVER. 84 00:05:00,650 --> 00:05:02,020 I THOUGHT YOU WERE BRINGING IT UP HERE TO, LIKE, 85 00:05:02,020 --> 00:05:04,620 LET IT DRY OUT, NOT GOING THROUGH THE PLANT WITH IT. 86 00:05:04,620 --> 00:05:06,220 SO, I MEAN, I KNOW WE GOT TO KEEP THIS THING FED, 87 00:05:06,220 --> 00:05:08,220 BUT, MAN, WE GOT TO FIND SOME DRIER MATERIAL. 88 00:05:08,230 --> 00:05:09,530 WELL, YEAH. 89 00:05:09,530 --> 00:05:11,060 I'M NOT GONNA JUST SIT HERE AND 90 00:05:11,060 --> 00:05:13,600 PUT IT IN A PILE AND WATCH IT DRY LIKE WE'RE GARDENERS. 91 00:05:15,530 --> 00:05:18,740 Narrator: UNTIL PARKER FINDS SOME DRIER PAY DIRT, 92 00:05:18,740 --> 00:05:21,140 SLUICIFER IS SHUT DOWN. 93 00:05:21,140 --> 00:05:22,410 WE NEED TO GET THIS THING 94 00:05:22,410 --> 00:05:24,140 UP AND RUNNING, LIKE, RIGHT NOW. 95 00:05:24,140 --> 00:05:25,480 WE NEED A SOLUTION 96 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,240 'CAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE THIS PLANT DOWN. 97 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:50,030 YEAH. THE WEATHER'S NOT DOING US ANY FAVORS RIGHT NOW. 98 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:51,530 IT'S RAINING A LOT. 99 00:05:51,540 --> 00:05:54,240 Narrator: 11 MILES WEST AT QUARTZ CREEK, 100 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,910 ROOKIE MINE BOSS RICK NESS IS ALSO DEALING WITH 101 00:05:57,910 --> 00:06:00,410 THE KLONDIKE MONSOONS. 102 00:06:00,410 --> 00:06:02,310 Rick: THE WHOLE CUT'S SATURATED. 103 00:06:02,310 --> 00:06:06,450 RAIN IS JUST MAKING A GIANT MESS. 104 00:06:06,450 --> 00:06:09,950 EVERYTHING'S GETTING SLOPPY AND GROSS -- 105 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:11,650 LAST THING YOU WANT. 106 00:06:11,660 --> 00:06:17,160 Narrator: RICK IS CHASING A 1,000-OUNCE, $1.2 MILLION GOAL, 107 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:19,660 BUT NEARLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON, 108 00:06:19,660 --> 00:06:25,770 HE'S MINED JUST 133 OUNCES, WORTH ONLY $160,000. 109 00:06:25,770 --> 00:06:27,140 WITH THE INEXPERIENCED CREW THAT I HAVE, 110 00:06:27,140 --> 00:06:29,510 I WANT THEM TO HAVE IDEAL CONDITIONS. 111 00:06:29,510 --> 00:06:34,280 THIS ISN'T IDEAL -- RAIN, FLOODING, SLOPPY MUD MESS. 112 00:06:37,850 --> 00:06:42,390 I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF I'M DRIVING IN A RIVER 113 00:06:42,390 --> 00:06:44,120 OR IT'S STILL IN THE CLAIM. 114 00:06:46,390 --> 00:06:48,320 YEAH. STAY FOCUSED OUT THERE. 115 00:06:57,300 --> 00:07:00,800 HEY, BE CAREFUL LEAVING. 116 00:07:00,810 --> 00:07:03,770 RIGHT AT THE TOP THERE, I KIND OF SLID TO THE LEFT. 117 00:07:03,780 --> 00:07:06,740 IT'S A LITTLE SOFT AS YOU'RE EXITING. 118 00:07:06,750 --> 00:07:11,080 THIS IS GONNA BE ONE BIG MUD-WRESTLING PIT. 119 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:14,650 Did you guys bring rain gear? 120 00:07:14,650 --> 00:07:15,620 NOPE. 121 00:07:15,620 --> 00:07:18,220 LIKE, AT ALL FOR THE WHOLE SUMMER? 122 00:07:18,220 --> 00:07:20,660 NOPE. 123 00:07:22,530 --> 00:07:23,930 THERE'S A SAYING IN THE YUKON -- 124 00:07:23,930 --> 00:07:26,000 "IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WEATHER, WAIT FIVE MINUTES." 125 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,330 I DON'T LIKE THE WEATHER. 126 00:07:29,330 --> 00:07:31,370 I HATE THE WATER AROUND HERE. 127 00:07:31,370 --> 00:07:32,600 I'M REALLY SICK OF IT. 128 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,670 IT'S JUST A COMPLETE SHOW. 129 00:07:35,670 --> 00:07:38,540 I CAN CRY ABOUT THE WATER TONIGHT LATER, LIKE, 130 00:07:38,540 --> 00:07:40,040 WHEN I'M ALL ALONE. 131 00:07:40,050 --> 00:07:41,410 I NEED A BREAK FROM MOTHER NATURE, 132 00:07:41,410 --> 00:07:43,710 AND I NEED TO GET THAT NEW WATERING PUMP HERE. 133 00:07:50,890 --> 00:07:54,890 Narrator: THE RAINWATER IS CREATING PONDS IN THE CUT, 134 00:07:54,890 --> 00:08:00,230 PUTTING RICK'S ENTIRE MINING OPERATION ON HOLD. 135 00:08:00,230 --> 00:08:01,630 WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON OVER HERE? 136 00:08:01,630 --> 00:08:03,600 THIS CUT'S NOT DRAINING OUT. 137 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:04,770 THERE'S A TON OF WATER IN HERE, HUH? 138 00:08:04,770 --> 00:08:07,200 YEAH, IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM FOR ME RIGHT NOW. 139 00:08:07,210 --> 00:08:09,070 I NEED SOME HELP DOWN HERE. YEAH, YEAH. 140 00:08:09,070 --> 00:08:11,440 WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS LEAVING GOLD BEHIND 141 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:12,640 'CAUSE I CAN'T SEE IT. 142 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,480 EVERY TIME I TAKE A SCOOP, WATER CHASES IT IN. 143 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:16,750 ALL RIGHT. WELL, THE ONLY THING I CAN DO 144 00:08:16,750 --> 00:08:18,110 IS GET DOWN HERE AND TRY TO DITCH IT OUT. 145 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:19,920 HOPEFULLY WE GET SOME DRAINAGE. 146 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:21,990 I GUESS I'LL GET IN THAT 480, AND I'LL JUST RUN IT 147 00:08:21,990 --> 00:08:23,620 RIGHT AROUND THE CUT YOU GOT GOING RIGHT NOW, 148 00:08:23,620 --> 00:08:25,490 AND THAT SHOULD HELP IT DRAIN. 149 00:08:25,490 --> 00:08:27,960 I'LL GET ON IT RIGHT NOW. -RIGHT ON. 150 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:32,060 Narrator: RICK'S PLAN -- DIG A DITCH 200 FEET LONG 151 00:08:32,060 --> 00:08:34,060 THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF HIS CUT. 152 00:08:34,070 --> 00:08:37,730 THE WATER SHOULD THEN DRAIN TO THE DEEPEST POINT. 153 00:08:37,740 --> 00:08:41,640 THEN HE'LL INSTALL A PUMP TO SEND IT OVER THE BERM 154 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:45,240 AND INTO THE SETTLING POND BENEATH THE WASH PLANT. 155 00:08:49,610 --> 00:08:52,880 DIGGING A DITCH, TRYING TO GET THE WATER DRAINED 156 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:56,990 FROM WHERE TERRY'S BEEN PULLING PAY FROM. 157 00:08:56,990 --> 00:08:58,760 YEAH, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH SURROUNDED BY WATER 158 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:00,320 WHERE WE'RE WORKING HERE. 159 00:09:00,330 --> 00:09:03,030 WELL, I GOT TO GET THIS TRENCH DUG AS FAST AS I CAN 160 00:09:03,030 --> 00:09:05,190 AND SAVE THIS CUT. 161 00:09:07,370 --> 00:09:08,900 COME ON. 162 00:09:08,900 --> 00:09:11,370 NO WONDER THIS NOT DRAINING RIGHT 163 00:09:11,370 --> 00:09:13,040 IF I CAN'T EVEN DIG THROUGH IT. 164 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:15,240 COME ON. 165 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,640 I CAN'T TELL IF IT'S FROST OR IF IT'S ROCKY BEDROCK. 166 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,380 YEAH, I CAN'T TELL. 167 00:09:22,650 --> 00:09:25,380 THAT WILL GET HER FLOWING. 168 00:09:25,380 --> 00:09:27,120 Narrator: RICK RELEASES THE RAINWATER 169 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,820 FROM THE FLOODED CUT INTO THE DITCH. 170 00:09:34,630 --> 00:09:37,360 Rick: YOU GO WHERE I TELL YOU TO GO, WATER. 171 00:09:44,770 --> 00:09:46,540 Narrator: TO FINISH THE JOB, 172 00:09:46,540 --> 00:09:49,240 RICK NEEDS TO GET BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE 173 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:53,540 OF HIS 20-FOOT-WIDE DITCH. 174 00:09:53,550 --> 00:09:56,810 OH, YEAH. JUMP THE DITCH, YEAH. 175 00:09:56,820 --> 00:10:00,320 IN HONOR OF THAT EVEL KNIEVEL SHOW THAT WAS ON, 176 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,090 I WILL NOW JUMP THIS DITCH. 177 00:10:05,420 --> 00:10:07,160 THIS IS GONNA END BAD. 178 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,890 THEY CALL ME RICKY PASTRANA. 179 00:10:37,390 --> 00:10:39,790 OH, YEAH. JUMP THE DITCH, YEAH. 180 00:10:39,790 --> 00:10:41,890 Narrator: RICK NESS IS ATTEMPTING TO GET 181 00:10:41,890 --> 00:10:47,560 HIS $0.5 MILLION RENTAL ACROSS HIS NEW DRAINAGE DITCH. 182 00:10:47,570 --> 00:10:49,700 THEY CALL ME RICKY PASTRANA. 183 00:11:14,290 --> 00:11:16,830 UH-OH. 184 00:11:16,830 --> 00:11:18,900 OHHHHHH. 185 00:11:22,130 --> 00:11:25,370 CARL'S NOT GONNA BE HAPPY, I THINK. 186 00:11:27,570 --> 00:11:29,340 A LITTLE BODY WORK. 187 00:11:34,910 --> 00:11:37,850 I AM JUST GETTING READY TO PUT IN A CULVERT HERE 188 00:11:37,850 --> 00:11:40,720 SO THAT WE'VE GOT A CROSSING FOR OUR TRUCKS. 189 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:42,350 THEY'VE GOT TO HAVE ACCESS THROUGH HERE, 190 00:11:42,350 --> 00:11:46,420 SO CREATE A CULVERT, COVER IT WITH GRAVEL, 191 00:11:46,420 --> 00:11:47,760 AND WE'LL HAVE A ROAD. 192 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:51,030 Narrator: TO AVOID DESTROYING ANY MORE EXCAVATORS, 193 00:11:51,030 --> 00:11:55,630 RICK REINSTATES THE ROAD USING A CULVERT PIPE. 194 00:11:55,630 --> 00:11:59,000 Rick: GET IN MY DITCH, . 195 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,400 PUT IN A CULVERT AND GAP A ROAD OVER IT. 196 00:12:01,410 --> 00:12:05,070 WE'VE GOT CONTINUED ACCESS TO THE REST OF OUR CUT. 197 00:12:08,310 --> 00:12:11,710 Narrator: FINALLY, RICK INSTALLS HIS BIGGEST PUMP 198 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:15,820 TO SEND 1,000 GALLONS A MINUTE FROM THE NEW DRAINAGE DITCH 199 00:12:15,820 --> 00:12:18,690 SAFELY OUT INTO THE SETTLING POND. 200 00:12:18,690 --> 00:12:20,690 Rick: FOR NOW, THE WATER HASN'T BEAT ME. 201 00:12:20,690 --> 00:12:22,530 YOU, WATER. 202 00:12:31,700 --> 00:12:33,970 Narrator: AT EUREKA CREEK, TONY BEETS 203 00:12:33,970 --> 00:12:39,080 IS CHASING A 6,000-OUNCE, $7.2 MILLION GOAL, 204 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:43,010 BUT HIS MONEY-MAKER, DREDGE ONE, IS SHUT DOWN. 205 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:48,380 Kevin: OUR DREDGES HIT A HUMP OF FROZEN GROUND 206 00:12:48,390 --> 00:12:50,450 THAT IS HIGHER THAN WE CAN GO OVER, 207 00:12:50,460 --> 00:12:52,960 AND IT'S A LITTLE TOO TOUGH FOR THE DREDGE TO DIG THROUGH 208 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:54,860 'CAUSE IT'S HARD. 209 00:12:54,860 --> 00:12:57,090 Narrator: KEVIN IS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK THROUGH 210 00:12:57,100 --> 00:12:59,460 THE FROZEN GROUND BENEATH THE MUD... 211 00:12:59,460 --> 00:13:00,930 Kevin: TO SAY WE ARE RIGHT NOW 212 00:13:00,930 --> 00:13:02,930 IS A BIT OF AN UNDERSTATEMENT. 213 00:13:02,930 --> 00:13:07,370 Narrator: ...BUT HE'S FAILING TO BEAT THE PERMAFROST. 214 00:13:07,370 --> 00:13:08,640 Kevin: WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT THIS PRETTY QUICK 215 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:10,810 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S DOWN TIME. 216 00:13:10,810 --> 00:13:13,410 LESS GOLD -- NOT GONNA REACH OUR TOTAL, 217 00:13:13,410 --> 00:13:15,780 SO WE GOT TO GET ON SOMETHING. 218 00:13:20,390 --> 00:13:22,250 FROZEN GROUND. 219 00:13:24,060 --> 00:13:26,360 NO, COMPLETE OPPOSITE. 220 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,900 YEAH. 221 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:40,340 YEAH, YEAH. GO GRAB SOME COFFEE. 222 00:14:04,530 --> 00:14:06,900 Narrator: TONY'S SECOND SEASON GOAL -- 223 00:14:06,900 --> 00:14:11,730 TRANSPORT DREDGE TWO 100 MILES FROM REMOTE THISTLE CREEK 224 00:14:11,740 --> 00:14:16,140 VIA DAWSON CITY TO HIS CLAIM IN EUREKA CREEK. 225 00:14:16,140 --> 00:14:19,940 AFTER SPENDING TWO YEARS AND WELL OVER $1 MILLION 226 00:14:19,940 --> 00:14:22,610 RESTORING THE 500-TON MACHINE, 227 00:14:22,610 --> 00:14:24,950 FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION. 228 00:14:24,950 --> 00:14:26,380 HONESTLY, I'M A LITTLE BIT TIRED 229 00:14:26,380 --> 00:14:27,680 OF THROWING MONEY AT DREDGE TWO. 230 00:14:30,460 --> 00:14:32,260 NO, THAT DOESN'T WORK 231 00:14:32,260 --> 00:14:33,420 'CAUSE THIS HAS BEEN THREE YEARS. 232 00:14:33,420 --> 00:14:35,190 THE DREDGE HAS TO COME OUT THIS YEAR. 233 00:14:35,190 --> 00:14:37,990 GONNA BE POINT WHEN IT'S GONNA BE ENOUGH AND NO MORE, 234 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,030 AND GET RID OF THE THING 'CAUSE I'M DONE WITH IT. 235 00:14:41,030 --> 00:14:43,700 Narrator: TONY PLANS TO SPEED THE PROCESS 236 00:14:43,700 --> 00:14:48,600 WITH HIS NEWLY RENOVATED TUGBOAT, THE KID COMMANDO. 237 00:14:48,610 --> 00:14:49,910 I THINK YOU'RE GOOD. 238 00:14:49,910 --> 00:14:51,710 ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE -- 239 00:14:51,710 --> 00:14:56,110 TAKE A BARGE LADEN WITH TWO 30-TON OFF-ROAD TRAILERS 240 00:14:56,110 --> 00:14:57,450 TO THISTLE CREEK. 241 00:15:00,490 --> 00:15:01,550 PRETTY SMOOTH. 242 00:15:01,550 --> 00:15:03,190 OH, YEAH. 243 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:11,490 OH, YEAH, I CAN GET GOING RIGHT AWAY, 244 00:15:11,500 --> 00:15:13,800 BUT WHO WOULD I HAVE AS DECKHAND? 245 00:15:19,500 --> 00:15:21,440 YEAH. I'M RIGHT ON THAT. 246 00:15:57,380 --> 00:15:58,940 THIS IS OUR FIRST TRIP INTO THISTLE 247 00:15:58,940 --> 00:16:02,040 WITH KID COMMANDO -- A TRUE TRIAL BY FIRE. 248 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:16,690 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS BOAT'S EVER GONE 249 00:16:16,690 --> 00:16:19,800 THIS FAR UPRIVER, FIRST TIME IT'S REALLY SAILED. 250 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:20,900 TAKE A CHANCE DRIVING IT? 251 00:16:20,900 --> 00:16:22,030 NO, THAT'S ALL YOU, BUDDY. 252 00:16:23,630 --> 00:16:25,370 BAAAWK-BAWK-BAWK-BAWK! 253 00:16:25,370 --> 00:16:26,440 Mike: JUAN'S HERE TO TROUBLESHOOT 254 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:27,600 IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG. 255 00:16:27,610 --> 00:16:29,940 HE'S QUITE EXPERIENCED WITH ENGINE STUFF, 256 00:16:29,940 --> 00:16:32,780 SO I CAN RELY ON GOOD OLD JUAN HERE 257 00:16:32,780 --> 00:16:34,580 TO GET HER DONE IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG. 258 00:16:34,580 --> 00:16:36,310 WE GOT HER, MAN. 259 00:16:38,980 --> 00:16:40,550 I THINK THAT'S TONY. 260 00:16:40,550 --> 00:16:43,250 -IS THAT YOUR DAD? -I THINK SO. 261 00:16:45,790 --> 00:16:49,660 Narrator: EARLIER IN THE SEASON, TONY SPENT $200,000 262 00:16:49,660 --> 00:16:52,290 TO MAKE THE KID COMMANDO STABLE. 263 00:16:58,140 --> 00:17:01,800 NOW HEADING UPRIVER AT A STEADY 4 MILES AN HOUR, 264 00:17:01,810 --> 00:17:05,440 IT WILL TAKE TWO LONG DAYS TO REACH DREDGE TWO 265 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:07,480 AT REMOTE THISTLE CREEK. 266 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,650 HOW'S THE SPEED, MIKE? 267 00:17:09,650 --> 00:17:12,050 SLOWER THAN THROUGH MOLASSES. 268 00:17:12,050 --> 00:17:13,420 OH, MAN. 269 00:17:13,420 --> 00:17:16,390 'CAUSE WE DROPPED FROM 3 MILES AN HOUR TO JUST... 270 00:17:16,390 --> 00:17:18,290 0.62. 271 00:17:18,290 --> 00:17:19,460 OH, I DON'T LIKE THAT. 272 00:17:19,460 --> 00:17:20,920 I'M GONNA GO CHECK THAT MOTOR. 273 00:17:30,030 --> 00:17:33,040 THOSE MOTORS ARE LABORING BAD. 274 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:37,470 WE'VE GONE ABOUT 5 MILES IN TWO HOURS. 275 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:39,040 MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE FUEL. 276 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:40,480 I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THIS BURNS. 277 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:42,380 IT'S GONNA BURN A LOT. 278 00:17:42,380 --> 00:17:44,150 THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO HEAR. 279 00:17:44,150 --> 00:17:45,680 JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, 280 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:49,190 I BET WE'LL PROBABLY BURN 10 GALLONS AN HOUR PER ENGINE. 281 00:17:49,190 --> 00:17:51,450 -PER ENGINE? -PER ENGINE, PER ENGINE. 282 00:17:51,460 --> 00:17:53,060 AT THE RATE WE'RE GOING, HOW MUCH LONGER 283 00:17:53,060 --> 00:17:54,590 BEFORE WE GET THERE, YOU THINK? 284 00:17:54,590 --> 00:17:56,760 SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY AVERAGE IS, BUT YOU COULD SAY 2. 285 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:58,360 SO WE'RE NOT EVEN -- 286 00:17:58,360 --> 00:18:00,400 WE'RE BARELY EVEN GETTING HALF SPEED. 287 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:01,860 Juan: SO BASICALLY WHAT WE DID WAS WE ADDED 288 00:18:01,870 --> 00:18:03,730 ANOTHER TWO DAYS TO OUR TRIP. 289 00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:08,140 INSTEAD OF IT BEING A TWO-DAY TRIP, 290 00:18:08,140 --> 00:18:11,170 IT'S A FOUR-DAY TRIP UPRIVER. 291 00:18:11,180 --> 00:18:13,240 Mike: I THINK WE'RE GONNA END UP BURNING OUT THROUGH OUR FUEL 292 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:16,950 BEFORE WE EVEN MAKE 60 MILES AT THIS RATE. 293 00:18:16,950 --> 00:18:19,950 DAMN OF A . 294 00:18:40,300 --> 00:18:43,440 DAMN OF A . 295 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:44,670 INSTEAD OF IT BEING A TWO-DAY TRIP, 296 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:46,810 IT'S A FOUR-DAY TRIP UPRIVER. 297 00:18:46,810 --> 00:18:49,310 Narrator: TONY BEETS HAS INSTRUCTED MIKE 298 00:18:49,310 --> 00:18:53,420 TO TAKE THE KID COMMANDO TO REMOTE THISTLE CREEK 299 00:18:53,420 --> 00:18:56,020 SO HE CAN DISMANTLE DREDGE TWO 300 00:18:56,020 --> 00:19:00,990 AND GET THE GIANT 72-YEAR-OLD MACHINE WORKING AGAIN, 301 00:19:00,990 --> 00:19:03,890 BUT THE TUG IS RUNNING AT HALF-SPEED. 302 00:19:03,900 --> 00:19:07,500 WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON. 303 00:19:07,500 --> 00:19:09,800 I'M SEEING WHAT MY ASS END'S DOING. 304 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:11,270 MAKING A LOT OF BUBBLES. 305 00:19:11,270 --> 00:19:13,570 YEAH, MY ASS END'S GETTING PUSHED RIGHT UP. 306 00:19:13,570 --> 00:19:16,110 YEAH. 307 00:19:16,110 --> 00:19:17,870 IF IT PUSHED UP ANY FURTHER, WE'D BE 308 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:19,710 HYDROPLANING ACROSS THE WATER. 309 00:19:19,710 --> 00:19:21,510 WITH ALL THE WEIGHT ON THE ASS END, 310 00:19:21,510 --> 00:19:23,850 IT PUSHES THE FRONT OF THE KID COMMANDO DOWN, 311 00:19:23,850 --> 00:19:25,380 FORCING MY ASS END UP. 312 00:19:25,380 --> 00:19:27,180 SO NOW I'M SITTING THERE, PUSHING A BARGE 313 00:19:27,190 --> 00:19:30,950 SITTING LIKE THIS, AND THAT'S SO MUCH DRAG. 314 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,490 Narrator: THE TUG, THE KID COMMANDO, 315 00:19:33,490 --> 00:19:37,190 PUSHES THE BARGE CARRYING THE CARGO THROUGH THE WATER. 316 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:39,400 THE HEAVY WEIGHT OF THE TRAILERS 317 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:41,660 IS DROPPING THE BACK OF THE BARGE, 318 00:19:41,670 --> 00:19:46,970 AND, BECAUSE THEY'RE ATTACHED, THE FRONT OF THE KID COMMANDO. 319 00:19:46,970 --> 00:19:50,210 THE DROP IS ALSO CAUSING KID COMMANDO'S REAR 320 00:19:50,210 --> 00:19:52,610 TO RISE ALONG WITH ITS PROPELLERS, 321 00:19:52,610 --> 00:19:55,240 WHICH ARE NOW BREACHING OUT OF THE WATER, 322 00:19:55,250 --> 00:19:57,810 CAUSING A MASSIVE LOSS OF THRUST. 323 00:20:02,190 --> 00:20:05,390 Mike: IF MY ASS END WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE, 324 00:20:05,390 --> 00:20:08,190 IT WOULD MEAN MY PROPELLERS GO LOWER IN THE WATER. 325 00:20:08,190 --> 00:20:09,660 I GET MORE SPEED. 326 00:20:09,660 --> 00:20:11,030 Juan: I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY 327 00:20:11,030 --> 00:20:13,760 WHERE WE COULD LIFT THE FRONT END OF THE BOAT 328 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:15,330 SO IT WOULD KIND OF FORCE THE ASS END DOWN. 329 00:20:15,330 --> 00:20:18,500 I'M NOT ADJUSTING IT WHILE ON THE RIVER. 330 00:20:18,500 --> 00:20:21,200 DO WE HAVE ENOUGH FUEL TO MAKE IT THERE? 331 00:20:21,210 --> 00:20:23,540 THINK WE NEED TO PULL OVER OR TURN AROUND? 332 00:20:23,540 --> 00:20:26,740 I REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO BACK WITH BAD NEWS. 333 00:20:26,740 --> 00:20:27,640 WELL, YOU'RE THE CAPTAIN, MAN. 334 00:20:27,650 --> 00:20:29,380 YOU MAKE THE CALL. 335 00:20:32,620 --> 00:20:34,780 WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? 336 00:20:34,790 --> 00:20:37,320 I'M GONNA STOP AROUND. 337 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,220 I'M TURNING AROUND, JUAN. 338 00:21:04,550 --> 00:21:06,050 Parker: THIS IS WHERE WE'RE DIGGING OUR PAY FROM, 339 00:21:06,050 --> 00:21:08,880 AND IT'S ALL FLOODED OUT, 340 00:21:08,890 --> 00:21:12,450 BUT IT'S ALL SLOPPY SCREWING UP THE BELT. 341 00:21:12,460 --> 00:21:13,890 Narrator: IN THE LAST CUT, 342 00:21:13,890 --> 00:21:16,360 SLUICIFER IS SHUT DOWN, 343 00:21:16,360 --> 00:21:22,330 COSTING PARKER $2,400 AN HOUR IN LOST GOLD. 344 00:21:22,330 --> 00:21:24,800 BEFORE HE CAN FIRE IT BACK UP, 345 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,270 HE NEEDS TO SOLVE TWO PROBLEMS -- 346 00:21:27,270 --> 00:21:32,240 WATERLOGGED PAY AND A DAMAGED BELT. 347 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:34,080 Mitch: WE GOT A TEAR HERE WE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF 348 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:35,980 SO WE CAN START RUNNING AGAIN. 349 00:21:35,980 --> 00:21:39,480 WHAT HAPPENED IS THE MATERIAL HAS A LOT OF WATER IN IT, 350 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:41,620 THAT CAUSED THE MATERIAL TO SURGE REALLY BAD. 351 00:21:41,620 --> 00:21:46,260 ROCKS BOILED OVER EVERYTHING AND PILED UP OUR CONVEYORS HERE, 352 00:21:46,260 --> 00:21:47,790 AND WE GOT A TEAR IN THIS BELT, 353 00:21:47,790 --> 00:21:49,960 SO WE'RE GONNA CUT OUT THIS DAMAGED AREA. 354 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:52,630 WE'VE GOT A LITTLE SPARE PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT RIGHT HERE. 355 00:21:52,630 --> 00:21:55,330 WE'RE GONNA FIT UP A PIECE, PUT IT IN HERE. 356 00:21:55,330 --> 00:21:56,700 IT'S NOT GONNA BE PRETTY, 357 00:21:56,700 --> 00:21:58,370 BUT IT'S GONNA GET US BACK RUNNING, 358 00:21:58,370 --> 00:22:00,770 SO IT'S DEFINITELY A COSTLY MISTAKE. 359 00:22:00,770 --> 00:22:02,870 GOT TO RUN DRY DIRT, NOT WET STUFF. 360 00:22:02,870 --> 00:22:05,040 Narrator: ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON, 361 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:11,350 PARKER HAS ONLY MINED $880,000 OF HIS $7.2 MILLION GOAL, 362 00:22:11,350 --> 00:22:14,320 AND FLOODING IN THE CUT IS GETTING WORSE. 363 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,420 THERE'S WATER COMING UNDERNEATH OUR BERM BACK INTO OUR CUT. 364 00:22:17,420 --> 00:22:21,190 SO WE CAN'T DIG PAY WHEN IT'S ALL WET. 365 00:22:21,190 --> 00:22:22,560 WE'VE GOT TO TRY TO STOP THIS WATER 366 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,390 THAT'S BLEEDING BACK AT US. 367 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:28,860 Narrator: THE RAIN HAS RAISED THE LEVEL OF THE SETTLING POND, 368 00:22:28,870 --> 00:22:33,200 SO WATER IS SEEPING THROUGH THE BERM INTO THE CUT. 369 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,510 PARKER'S PLAN -- CUT A CHANNEL IN THE BERM 370 00:22:36,510 --> 00:22:39,380 ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE SETTLING POND 371 00:22:39,380 --> 00:22:43,380 SO THAT THE EXCESS WATER FLOWS OUT INTO INDIAN RIVER, 372 00:22:43,380 --> 00:22:47,480 ALLOWING THE CUT TO DRY OUT. 373 00:22:47,490 --> 00:22:49,220 LET'S DO THIS. 374 00:22:53,990 --> 00:22:55,920 THE WATER IN OUR SETTLING POND IS TOO HIGH, 375 00:22:55,930 --> 00:22:59,090 AND SO WE HAVE TO RELIEVE THAT PRESSURE. 376 00:22:59,100 --> 00:23:01,900 SO I'M JUST CUTTING THIS ROAD OUT AND LETTING A DITCH 377 00:23:01,900 --> 00:23:04,000 FOR THE WATER TO GET OUT OF THIS POND, 378 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,600 AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL DROP THE POND LEVEL ENOUGH 379 00:23:07,610 --> 00:23:11,810 THAT IT WILL RELIEVE OUR WATER PROBLEM. 380 00:23:11,810 --> 00:23:16,380 SHOULD JUST STOP WATER COMING BACK INTO OUR CUT. 381 00:23:16,380 --> 00:23:18,680 WE'RE GONNA POP IT LIKE A ZIT. 382 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,520 IF THIS DOESN'T WORK, WE'RE GONNA BE LOSING A LOT OF SLUICING TIME, 383 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,550 AND RIGHT NOW WE NEED THOSE PLANTS RUNNING AND FINDING GOLD. 384 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,260 HERE GOES NOTHING. 385 00:23:35,970 --> 00:23:37,730 ALL RIGHT. WELL, SHE'S FLOWING. 386 00:23:44,310 --> 00:23:46,040 EVERYTHING LOOKS PRETTY NICE AND NEAT, 387 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:49,280 BUT WE DEFINITELY GOT AT SOME GOOD ELEVATION CHANGE HERE. 388 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,950 I DUG IT OUT REAL GOOD, SO IT'S JUST FLOWING 389 00:23:51,950 --> 00:23:55,550 NICE AND EASY OUT OF HERE, BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, 390 00:23:55,550 --> 00:23:57,520 WE DON'T HAVE A MASSIVE PILE OF WATER 391 00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,250 DRAINING BACK INTO OUR CUT. 392 00:24:02,460 --> 00:24:04,090 Narrator: AS THE CUT DRAINS, 393 00:24:04,090 --> 00:24:06,500 MITCH COMPLETES HIS WORK ON THE BELT. 394 00:24:06,500 --> 00:24:08,760 WE'VE GOT OUR REPAIR IN HERE. 395 00:24:08,770 --> 00:24:10,330 YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT IDEAL BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE 396 00:24:10,330 --> 00:24:13,940 ANOTHER SET OF CLIPS HERE FOR EVERYTHING TO CATCH ON. 397 00:24:13,940 --> 00:24:15,640 WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON ALL THIS, 398 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:17,810 BUT IT'S BACK TOGETHER. IT'S READY TO RUN. 399 00:24:20,140 --> 00:24:21,610 Parker: MITCH, FIRE IT UP! 400 00:24:21,610 --> 00:24:23,150 RUN IT THROUGH THE WASH PLANT. 401 00:24:23,150 --> 00:24:24,880 LET'S SEE IF THIS THING WORKS. 402 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:28,980 TIME TO FIRE IT UP AND GET BACK TO MAKING MONEY. 403 00:24:28,990 --> 00:24:30,850 CONVEYOR IS ON. 404 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:01,750 LET'S MINE SOME GOLD. 405 00:25:01,750 --> 00:25:03,120 THAT'S MORE LIKE IT. 406 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:04,920 EVERYTHING'S LOOKING GOOD! 407 00:25:58,240 --> 00:25:59,440 Rick: EVERYTHING'S CLICKING IN THE CUT. 408 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:01,080 WE GOT THE WATER UNDER CONTROL. 409 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,980 Narrator: RICK NESS ONLY HAS $160,000 410 00:26:04,980 --> 00:26:08,080 OF HIS $1.2 MILLION GOAL, 411 00:26:08,090 --> 00:26:12,090 AND HE CAN'T AFFORD TO BE DELAYED BY THE STORM FLOODS, 412 00:26:12,090 --> 00:26:15,590 SO HE'S CREATED A DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN HIS CUT 413 00:26:15,590 --> 00:26:17,660 AND IS PUMPING EXCESS RAINWATER 414 00:26:17,660 --> 00:26:21,160 OUT INTO THE SETTLING POND BENEATH THE PLANT. 415 00:26:21,170 --> 00:26:24,030 TODAY WE CAN STOP DIGGING PAY OUT OF THE WATER 416 00:26:24,030 --> 00:26:25,400 AND GET EVERYTHING NICE AND DRY AGAIN 417 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:28,500 AND BACK TO KNOWING WHAT WE'RE DOING. 418 00:26:28,510 --> 00:26:31,440 Ben: Hey, Rick? You got a copy, Rick? 419 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:33,310 -YEAH, GO FOR RICK. -HEY, YOU BETTER GET OVER HERE. 420 00:26:33,310 --> 00:26:34,780 THE BREAK WALL'S BEEN BREACHED. 421 00:26:34,780 --> 00:26:36,980 WE GOT WATER POURING INTO THE CUT. 422 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:40,350 HOLY . 423 00:26:40,350 --> 00:26:41,820 RYAN, RYAN, GO GRAB SOME RADIOS. 424 00:26:41,820 --> 00:26:43,750 LET'S GET THIS PUMP OUT OF HERE. 425 00:26:43,750 --> 00:26:46,090 Narrator: WATER IS RUSHING OVER THE BERM, 426 00:26:46,090 --> 00:26:49,490 THREATENING TO DESTROY RICK'S PUMP, FLOOD THE CUT, 427 00:26:49,490 --> 00:26:53,400 AND STOP RICK MINING FOR SO LONG, HE'LL GO BUST. 428 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:55,060 Rick: IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THAT NEW WATERING PUMP, 429 00:26:55,070 --> 00:26:56,230 I'M . 430 00:26:56,230 --> 00:26:57,430 GETTING THIS PUMP MOVED RIGHT AWAY, 431 00:26:57,430 --> 00:26:59,300 I CAN SEE THIS WATER RUNNING IN HERE. 432 00:26:59,300 --> 00:27:01,170 I THINK THIS IS GONNA GIVE AWAY PRETTY QUICK, 433 00:27:01,170 --> 00:27:03,610 SO TRYING TO MOVE AS QUICK AS WE CAN. 434 00:27:03,610 --> 00:27:07,480 Narrator: WHILE HIS CREW RACES TO MOVE THE PUMP OUT OF DANGER, 435 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,710 RICK TAKES DRASTIC ACTION. 436 00:27:10,710 --> 00:27:12,210 Rick: WELL, OUR FINE TAILINGS ARE KIND OF 437 00:27:12,220 --> 00:27:14,550 CUTTING OFF THIS LITTLE POND BACK HERE 438 00:27:14,550 --> 00:27:16,690 WHERE I'M TRYING TO PUMP THE WATER OUT OF THE CUT, 439 00:27:16,690 --> 00:27:20,160 AND IT'S TRAPPING WATER, SO I GOT TO DIG A RELIEF 440 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:21,590 AND TRY TO LET IT OUT OF HERE 441 00:27:21,590 --> 00:27:23,190 BECAUSE IF THAT POND KEEPS GETTING ANY HIGHER, 442 00:27:23,190 --> 00:27:25,560 IT'S GONNA GO OVER THE BANK INTO OUR CUT. 443 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,400 Narrator: TO LOWER THE WATER IN THE TAILINGS POND, 444 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:32,870 RICK WILL CREATE A PATH THROUGH THE TAILINGS BENEATH THE PLANT 445 00:27:32,870 --> 00:27:38,570 SO THAT HE CAN CHANNEL THE WATER AWAY INTO LOWER GROUND, 446 00:27:38,580 --> 00:27:43,650 BUT THE TAILINGS ARE WET AND DANGEROUSLY UNSTABLE. 447 00:27:43,650 --> 00:27:45,750 THIS MUD COULD BE 5 FEET DEEP, 448 00:27:45,750 --> 00:27:50,250 OR IT COULD BE 25 FEET DEEP. 449 00:27:50,250 --> 00:27:53,690 DEEP ENOUGH TO THIS MACHINE UP. 450 00:27:53,690 --> 00:27:57,330 HOPEFULLY I DON'T SINK THIS THING. 451 00:27:57,330 --> 00:28:01,730 THIS RIGHT HERE IS NOT WHERE I WANT TO BE. 452 00:28:01,730 --> 00:28:05,100 PLEASE DON'T SINK. PLEASE DON'T SINK. 453 00:28:05,100 --> 00:28:06,440 IF THIS MACHINE SINKS IN THE MUD, 454 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,500 IT'S GONE, AND I'M DEAD. 455 00:28:10,570 --> 00:28:14,110 I WON'T LIKE IT AT ALL. 456 00:28:14,110 --> 00:28:17,050 I'VE DEALT WITH WATER ISSUES LIKE THIS LOTS BEFORE, 457 00:28:17,050 --> 00:28:18,780 BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WHERE IT'S MY GOLD 458 00:28:18,780 --> 00:28:21,080 AND MY EQUIPMENT ON THE LINE. 459 00:28:21,090 --> 00:28:24,120 I'VE GOT THIS WATER BACK TO DRAINING OUT OF HERE 460 00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:26,120 SO WE CAN GET BACK TO HAULING PAY 461 00:28:26,120 --> 00:28:27,860 AND KEEP OUR WASH PLANT GOING. 462 00:28:27,860 --> 00:28:29,420 THE WATER IS STARTING TO FLOW THIS WAY. 463 00:28:29,430 --> 00:28:31,130 THAT MEANS I'M WINNING. 464 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,100 Narrator: WITH THE PUMP ON HIGHER GROUND, 465 00:28:38,100 --> 00:28:40,500 RICK'S CREW IS READY TO RECONNECT 466 00:28:40,500 --> 00:28:42,770 AND KEEP DRAINING THE CUT. 467 00:28:42,770 --> 00:28:44,870 I MEAN, INSTANTLY THE WATER'S COMING OUT. 468 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:46,580 I MEAN, IF WE WOULD HAVE LOST THAT BERM, 469 00:28:46,580 --> 00:28:49,480 WE WOULD HAVE FLOODED OUR ENTIRE CUT. 470 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:50,910 I'D RATHER GET IT OUT WHILE IT'S DRY 471 00:28:50,910 --> 00:28:54,880 THAN HAVE TO SNORKEL IN THERE AND TRY AND FISH IT OUT. 472 00:29:03,630 --> 00:29:05,730 YEAH. WE'RE PUMPING WATER NOW. 473 00:29:05,730 --> 00:29:08,200 NOTHING'S EVER EASY AROUND HERE, BUT WE ALWAYS GET IT. 474 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,630 IT JUST TAKES MORE STRUGGLE THAN IT SHOULD. 475 00:29:10,630 --> 00:29:13,000 -BEN, RYAN, YOU GUYS COPY? -Yeah. 476 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,700 I FINISHED THIS DITCH TO THE OTHER SIDE. 477 00:29:15,710 --> 00:29:17,440 IF YOU GUYS -- HOW'S THE PUMP WORKING? 478 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:21,880 IT'S NOT WORKING TO ITS FULL CAPACITY. 479 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:25,350 THAT'S SO WEAK STILL, HUH? 480 00:29:25,350 --> 00:29:26,620 NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PRESSURE, THOUGH. 481 00:29:26,620 --> 00:29:29,650 -NO. -LOOK AT THAT. 482 00:29:29,650 --> 00:29:31,250 LIKE, YOU CAN HEAR IT STRUGGLING NOW, TOO, RIGHT? 483 00:29:31,260 --> 00:29:32,650 Ryan: YEAH. 484 00:29:32,660 --> 00:29:34,660 I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT WILL CATCH US UP. 485 00:29:36,390 --> 00:29:38,790 THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING GOING ON INSIDE OF THERE. 486 00:29:40,530 --> 00:29:43,170 WHAT THE HECK? 487 00:29:43,170 --> 00:29:44,630 I'M TRYING TO THINK ABOUT THIS HERE. 488 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,540 LIKE, MAYBE -- I THINK WE GOT THE PIPES CONNECTED ALL WRONG. 489 00:29:47,540 --> 00:29:49,770 THE OUTLET PIPE LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON THE INTAKE NOZZLE. 490 00:29:49,770 --> 00:29:51,270 ARE YOU KIDDING ME? 491 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,480 Narrator: THEY'VE MADE A ROOKIE MISTAKE, 492 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:58,510 HOOKING THE OUTLET PIPE TO THE PUMP'S INTAKE NOZZLE. 493 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:00,580 I'M JUST GONNA TURN THE PUMP AROUND 180 DEGREES. 494 00:30:00,580 --> 00:30:02,450 TRY THAT DISCHARGE SIDE OVER THERE, 495 00:30:02,450 --> 00:30:04,590 SEE IF THAT FIXES THE PROBLEM. 496 00:30:17,530 --> 00:30:18,630 IS SHE READY TO GO? 497 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,140 YEAH, BOY. 498 00:30:25,210 --> 00:30:26,740 YEAH, THAT'S MORE LIKE IT. 499 00:30:29,150 --> 00:30:30,780 Ryan: WELL, IT'S PUMPING WATER NOW. 500 00:30:30,780 --> 00:30:32,710 IT'S, LIKE, THE EQUIVALENT OF NOT READING THE OWNER'S MANUAL. 501 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:35,620 - SAKE. 502 00:30:35,620 --> 00:30:37,850 OFFICER DOOBIE REPORTING FOR DUTY. 503 00:30:40,220 --> 00:30:41,960 HAPPY NOW! HAPPY DAYS. 504 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:46,230 LITTLE BIT EMBARRASSED ABOUT THAT. 505 00:30:46,230 --> 00:30:47,660 I MEAN, I'M THE ONE THAT TOLD THEM GUYS 506 00:30:47,660 --> 00:30:49,030 TO HOOK IT UP THAT WAY. 507 00:30:49,030 --> 00:30:50,600 I JUST ASSUMED THAT THE WAY WE WERE HOOKING UP 508 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:51,900 WAS AN OPTION FOR THAT PUMP. 509 00:30:51,900 --> 00:30:55,240 AND AFTER SCRATCHING OUR HEADS AND LOOKING AT IT, 510 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:56,470 IT'S NOT THE CASE, 511 00:30:56,470 --> 00:30:57,740 AND WE HAD IT HOOKED UP WRONG. 512 00:30:57,740 --> 00:30:59,340 SO THE WATER'S DRAINING NOW. 513 00:30:59,340 --> 00:31:01,080 IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE WE GOT PRETTY BACKED UP, 514 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,080 BUT I WOULD SAY WITHIN A COUPLE HOURS, 515 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,110 WE'LL BE BACK TO NORMAL. 516 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,240 Narrator: THE KID COMMANDO IS BACK IN DAWSON 517 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:33,170 AFTER ITS FAILED VOYAGE TO THISTLE CREEK. 518 00:31:41,390 --> 00:31:43,490 THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH 519 00:31:43,490 --> 00:31:45,450 IS THE WAY THAT THE LOAD'S ON THE BARGE. 520 00:31:45,460 --> 00:31:48,190 THE WAY IT'S SET, IT'S ACTUALLY PUSHING THE FRONT DOWN, 521 00:31:48,190 --> 00:31:50,190 WHICH IS IN TURN LIFTING THE ASS END. 522 00:31:50,190 --> 00:31:51,930 WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF OUR POWER RIGHT THERE. 523 00:31:51,930 --> 00:31:54,330 SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO REPOSITION THIS LOAD 524 00:31:54,330 --> 00:31:55,900 SO IT DOESN'T DO THAT. 525 00:31:55,900 --> 00:31:59,330 HOPEFULLY WHEN WE GET GOING, IT'LL CORRECT THE ISSUE. 526 00:31:59,340 --> 00:32:03,510 Narrator: THE TRAILERS HAVE A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 60 TONS. 527 00:32:03,510 --> 00:32:05,640 MIKE USES THE 460 LOADER 528 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,540 TO MOVE THEM TO THE FRONT OF THE BARGE. 529 00:32:08,550 --> 00:32:12,450 THE TRAILERS WILL HAUL THE HEAVIEST PARTS OF DREDGE TWO 530 00:32:12,450 --> 00:32:14,950 FROM ITS REMOTE SITE IN THISTLE 531 00:32:14,950 --> 00:32:17,690 BACK TO THE RIVERBANK, READY FOR LOADING. 532 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:32,030 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE START PUSHING? 533 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:33,500 THE BUTT OF THE BOAT WANTS TO COME UP, 534 00:32:33,500 --> 00:32:34,800 AND WE LOSE ALL OUR POWER. 535 00:32:34,810 --> 00:32:35,900 SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE WEIGHT 536 00:32:35,910 --> 00:32:38,740 IN THE BACK TO KEEP US DOWN. 537 00:32:38,740 --> 00:32:41,710 Narrator: TO GET MAXIMUM THRUST FROM THE PROPELLERS, 538 00:32:41,710 --> 00:32:45,480 THEY NEED THE STERN OF THE TUGBOAT DEEPER IN THE WATER. 539 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:48,350 JUAN HAS A RADICAL SOLUTION. 540 00:32:49,750 --> 00:32:53,890 SEEMS A LITTLE ODD THAT WE'RE FLOODING THE BACK OF A BOAT. 541 00:32:53,890 --> 00:32:55,860 YOU WOULD THINK YOU WANT TO KEEP WATER OUT OF A BOAT, 542 00:32:55,860 --> 00:32:57,330 BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING WATER IN THE BOAT 543 00:32:57,330 --> 00:32:59,490 TO TRY TO GET AS MUCH WEIGHT AS WE CAN IN THE BACK 544 00:32:59,500 --> 00:33:00,960 TO KEEP THE PROPS IN THE WATER. 545 00:33:02,630 --> 00:33:05,370 YEAH, IT'S A LOT BETTER NOW WITH THE LOAD SITTING IN FRONT 546 00:33:05,370 --> 00:33:06,870 AND GETTING ALL THAT WORKED OUT. 547 00:33:06,870 --> 00:33:08,140 THE ASS END'S SITTING MUCH LOWER. 548 00:33:13,910 --> 00:33:15,910 PROPS WORK BETTER WHEN THEY'RE IN THE ACTUAL WATER. 549 00:33:17,750 --> 00:33:18,980 OH, YEAH. 550 00:33:24,690 --> 00:33:26,620 WE GOT THE BARGE IN FRONT OF THE KID, 551 00:33:26,620 --> 00:33:28,320 HEADING UP THE RIVER RIGHT NOW. 552 00:33:40,300 --> 00:33:42,440 I GOT HER RUNNING AT 1,600 RPMs. 553 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:45,970 SHE'S DOING 4 MILES, AND THAT'S IN MAIN CURRENT. 554 00:33:45,980 --> 00:33:48,640 NOW WE'RE PICKING UP SPEED. 555 00:33:48,650 --> 00:33:51,050 IF WE KEEP GOING AT THIS RATE, WE'LL BE HAPPIEST -- 556 00:33:51,050 --> 00:33:52,910 QUITE HAPPY, ACTUALLY. 557 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:54,880 Juan: YEAH, WE'RE ALMOST 5 MILES AN HOUR RIGHT NOW. 558 00:33:58,260 --> 00:34:00,590 THAT'S PRETTY, PRETTY DECENT NOW. 559 00:34:00,590 --> 00:34:02,760 THAT'S ACTUALLY IMPRESSING ME. 560 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,230 SO HOPEFULLY THE TRIP UP TO THISTLE IS ALL SUCCESSFUL, 561 00:34:11,230 --> 00:34:14,000 AND WE CAN START PULLING MORE PIECES OUT FASTER 562 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:15,870 WITH THE TWO BOATS. 563 00:34:21,340 --> 00:34:22,340 BETTER. 564 00:34:22,350 --> 00:34:23,650 It's going much faster now -- 565 00:34:23,650 --> 00:34:25,250 ROUGHLY 5 MILES AN HOUR STEADY. 566 00:34:25,250 --> 00:34:26,710 I'M GOOD. 567 00:34:36,090 --> 00:34:37,790 Mike: NOW THAT WE HAVE TWO BARGES GOING, 568 00:34:37,790 --> 00:34:40,300 GETTING DREDGE OUT OF THIS THISTLE WON'T TAKE LONG. 569 00:35:17,700 --> 00:35:19,130 RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT 570 00:35:19,140 --> 00:35:20,440 UP AND RUNNING. 571 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:21,570 THE GUYS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS DOZER, 572 00:35:21,570 --> 00:35:23,100 SAYING IT'S GOT NO POWER, 573 00:35:23,110 --> 00:35:25,610 SO JUST TAKING A LOOK AT IT HERE. 574 00:35:25,610 --> 00:35:26,840 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SAYING 575 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:28,680 'CAUSE EVERYTHING IN HERE LOOKS GOOD. 576 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:30,810 SOMETIMES YOU JUST TAKE A LOOK AT IT. 577 00:35:30,810 --> 00:35:33,410 EVEN IF YOU DON'T FIND ANYTHING, YOU TELL THEM THAT YOU DID. 578 00:35:33,420 --> 00:35:35,180 THEY JUMP BACK IN AND SAY, "OH, YEAH, MAN. 579 00:35:35,190 --> 00:35:37,590 THIS THING'S PERFECT. WAY BETTER, RIGHT?" 580 00:35:37,590 --> 00:35:39,590 IT'S JUST THE OLD MIND OVER MATTER, 581 00:35:39,590 --> 00:35:43,930 BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING TOO OUT OF PLACE HERE. 582 00:35:43,930 --> 00:35:45,530 WELL, I THINK WE GOT EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF HERE, 583 00:35:45,530 --> 00:35:48,660 SO IT'S TIME TO FIRE THIS DOZER UP AND PUT IT BACK TO WORK. 584 00:35:48,670 --> 00:35:52,430 GAH-GAH-GAH-GAH, UNH! AHHHHHHHHH! 585 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:54,200 DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN, AHH! 586 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,370 IT'S RUNNING A LITTLE ROUGH, BUT IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT. 587 00:36:18,530 --> 00:36:19,690 WELL, THIS IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE WEEK. 588 00:36:19,700 --> 00:36:20,960 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS. 589 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:22,800 Narrator: NOT EVEN HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON, 590 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:26,030 RICK'S ALREADY MINED MORE GOLD THAN PARKER 591 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:28,970 OR THE HOFFMANS MANAGED IN THEIR ROOKIE SEASONS. 592 00:36:28,970 --> 00:36:30,410 WHAT A HELL OF A WEEK IT WAS, THOUGH, MAN. 593 00:36:30,410 --> 00:36:31,540 HOLY . 594 00:36:31,540 --> 00:36:33,710 WELL, I SAW THAT BERM READY TO GO. 595 00:36:33,710 --> 00:36:36,010 I MEAN, THANK GOD WE CAUGHT IT WHEN WE DID. 596 00:36:36,010 --> 00:36:38,110 YOU'RE RIGHT. I MEAN, IF THAT HAD FILLED OUR CUT WITH WATER, 597 00:36:38,110 --> 00:36:40,420 WE'D HAVE A HELL OF A MESS ON OUR HANDS. 598 00:36:40,420 --> 00:36:43,850 ONE OF THE WORST THINGS ABOUT THIS WEEK -- 599 00:36:43,850 --> 00:36:45,090 I BROKE THE EXCAVATOR. 600 00:36:45,090 --> 00:36:46,590 HMM. 601 00:36:46,590 --> 00:36:47,920 I WAS CROSSING THE DITCH, 602 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:49,260 AND RATHER THAN FILL THE DITCH, 603 00:36:49,260 --> 00:36:51,090 I THOUGHT I COULD JUST HOP OVER IT, AND... 604 00:36:51,090 --> 00:36:53,460 -OOH, SHOWING OFF. -NO, I WASN'T SHOWING OFF. 605 00:36:53,460 --> 00:36:55,100 Rick: I WAS JUST TRYING TO CROSS THE DAMN DITCH. 606 00:36:55,100 --> 00:36:56,500 OOH! THAT'S HOW THE DOORS GOT BENT. 607 00:36:56,500 --> 00:36:59,530 -THAT'S HOW THE DOOR GOT BENT. -THE TRUTH COMES OUT NOW. 608 00:36:59,540 --> 00:37:02,370 YEAH, I THINK I MADE AN EVEL KNIEVEL THING AS I DID IT. 609 00:37:02,370 --> 00:37:04,010 ENOUGH OF ME WRECKING EQUIPMENT. 610 00:37:04,010 --> 00:37:06,240 MY FAVORITE THING IS WHAT WE GOT OUT OF IT, THOUGH. 611 00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:08,180 -OOH. -NICE. 612 00:37:08,180 --> 00:37:10,580 SO WE ALL KNOW THAT THESE JARS HOLD ABOUT 100 OUNCES, 613 00:37:10,580 --> 00:37:12,750 AND IT'S NOT 100, BUT, YOU KNOW, 614 00:37:12,750 --> 00:37:15,680 WITH WHAT WE DEALT WITH THIS WEEK, I'M PRETTY HAPPY. 615 00:37:15,690 --> 00:37:18,520 I MEAN, WE COULD BE LOOKING AT NO GOLD RIGHT NOW. 616 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:19,690 I FIND IT HARD TO COMPLAIN 617 00:37:19,690 --> 00:37:20,960 WHEN I'M HOLDING ONTO A JAR OF GOLD. 618 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:22,360 EXACTLY. 619 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:24,530 LET'S WEIGH UP THIS GOLD. HERE WE GO. 620 00:37:24,530 --> 00:37:29,500 Narrator: TO HIT HIS 1,000-OUNCE, $1.2 MILLION TARGET, 621 00:37:29,500 --> 00:37:33,700 RICK NEEDS AT LEAST 57 OUNCES EVERY WEEK. 622 00:37:33,700 --> 00:37:35,500 Rick: 50, BIG JUMP, 60. 623 00:37:38,710 --> 00:37:41,740 -NICE -AND THE BIG WINNER IS... 624 00:37:41,750 --> 00:37:43,680 -AHHHH. -WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT? 625 00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:45,980 Rick: 77.3. 626 00:37:45,980 --> 00:37:49,020 Narrator: WORTH OVER $90,000, 627 00:37:49,020 --> 00:37:53,450 THIS BRINGS RICK'S SEASON TOTAL TO 210 OUNCES -- 628 00:37:53,460 --> 00:37:55,520 A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION. 629 00:37:55,530 --> 00:37:57,160 -PUT IT IN. -YEAH. 630 00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:00,130 ONE, TWO, THREE... All: WHAMMY! 631 00:38:00,130 --> 00:38:02,130 ALL RIGHT. SEE YOU GUYS IN A MINUTE. 632 00:38:02,130 --> 00:38:03,230 Rick: YEAH. WE HAD A TOUGH WEEK. 633 00:38:03,230 --> 00:38:04,700 WE GOT THROWN A LOT OF CURVE BALLS, 634 00:38:04,700 --> 00:38:05,800 BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE NAME OF THE GAME UP HERE. 635 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:07,140 YOU GOT TO ADAPT. 636 00:38:07,140 --> 00:38:11,510 WE TURNED IN 77 OUNCES IN A PRETTY TERRIBLE WEEK. 637 00:38:11,510 --> 00:38:12,540 I'M HAPPY WITH IT. 638 00:38:12,540 --> 00:38:14,780 I'M PROUD OF MY CREW, AS ALWAYS, 639 00:38:14,780 --> 00:38:17,050 AND I'M PROUD OF THOSE 77 OUNCES, 640 00:38:17,050 --> 00:38:19,480 BUT WE NEED TO KEEP DOING THAT EVERY WEEK. 641 00:38:24,850 --> 00:38:26,390 WHAT'S UP, GUYS? 642 00:38:26,390 --> 00:38:28,920 Narrator: NEARLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON, 643 00:38:28,930 --> 00:38:33,130 PARKER ONLY HAS 12% OF HIS 6,000-OUNCE, 644 00:38:33,130 --> 00:38:35,860 $7.2 MILLION GOAL. 645 00:38:35,870 --> 00:38:37,470 WEIRD WEEK OF WEATHER. 646 00:38:37,470 --> 00:38:40,370 -YEAH. SUMMER'S GONE. -SCREWED US UP A LITTLE BIT. 647 00:38:40,370 --> 00:38:43,000 -BIG TIME. -I WAS, LIKE, OFF IN LA-LA LAND. 648 00:38:43,010 --> 00:38:45,670 WE WERE RUNNING EVERYTHING BUT DIRT THROUGH THOSE WASH PLANTS, 649 00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:47,180 BUT APPARENTLY THERE WAS A LOT OF GOLD IN IT. 650 00:38:47,180 --> 00:38:48,810 WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE DOING IT RIGHT. 651 00:38:48,810 --> 00:38:50,410 I DON'T KNOW IF I'D GO THAT FAR. 652 00:38:51,950 --> 00:38:54,650 -CHRIS, GOT SOME GOLD FOR US? -THERE YOU GO. 653 00:38:54,650 --> 00:38:56,880 WELL, THERE'S ANOTHER PAN OF THIS SOMEWHERE, RIGHT? 654 00:38:56,890 --> 00:38:58,450 YEAH. WE GOT ANOTHER ONE. YOU WANT ANOTHER ONE? 655 00:38:58,460 --> 00:38:59,450 -YEAH. -YOU WANT THEM BOTH? 656 00:38:59,460 --> 00:39:00,620 YEAH! 657 00:39:00,620 --> 00:39:01,860 I WAS KIND OF HOPING I COULD KEEP THIS ONE. 658 00:39:01,860 --> 00:39:03,790 OH, YEAH! THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE. 659 00:39:03,790 --> 00:39:06,160 -MAN, THAT'S TWO NICE PANS. -YEAH. 660 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:08,400 IT'S NICE HAVING TWO PLANTS RUNNING, THAT'S FOR SURE. 661 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:09,600 YEAH. 662 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:11,100 Mitch: THIS IS LOOKING MORE LIKE LAST YEAR. 663 00:39:11,100 --> 00:39:12,430 -YEAH. -YEAH. 664 00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:15,500 WE'RE AT 737 NOW, SO THIS SHOULD HELP OUT. 665 00:39:15,510 --> 00:39:18,540 LET'S JUST TAKE THE 737 AND GO TO VEGAS. 666 00:39:18,540 --> 00:39:20,440 YOU PUT YOURS ON RED. I'LL PUT... 667 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:23,480 AND THEN WE'LL WATCH DOUBLE ZERO COME UP, 668 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:24,980 AND WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK UP HERE BROKE. 669 00:39:24,980 --> 00:39:27,250 LAST TIME WE WERE IN VEGAS, MY WIFE WAS PLAYING A MACHINE. 670 00:39:27,250 --> 00:39:28,580 SHE WAS SO EXCITED. 671 00:39:28,590 --> 00:39:30,080 END OF THE NIGHT, SHE BROKE EVEN, AND I TOLD HER, 672 00:39:30,090 --> 00:39:31,950 "WELL, BABY, THAT'S A CHANGE MACHINE." 673 00:39:35,690 --> 00:39:38,490 ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT AT BIG RED. 674 00:39:38,500 --> 00:39:41,800 Narrator: TO STAY ON TRACK, PARKER'S TWO WASH PLANTS 675 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:46,270 NEED TO DELIVER A TOTAL OF 350 OUNCES A WEEK. 676 00:39:46,270 --> 00:39:49,770 60, 100... 677 00:39:49,770 --> 00:39:51,010 BUCK-30... 678 00:39:51,010 --> 00:39:53,740 BUCK-50... 679 00:39:53,740 --> 00:39:58,110 162.55. - YEAH. 680 00:39:58,110 --> 00:40:00,080 -NICE. -THAT'S GOOD STUFF. 681 00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:04,290 Narrator: WORTH $195,000. 682 00:40:04,290 --> 00:40:07,960 WELL, GUYS, GOOD JOB KEEPING BIG RED RUNNING AND MAKING GOLD. 683 00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:10,890 SLUICIFER TIME. -YEAH, BUDDY. 684 00:40:13,660 --> 00:40:17,470 OH, 50... 685 00:40:17,470 --> 00:40:18,730 150. 686 00:40:18,740 --> 00:40:21,040 OH, YEAH, 200. 687 00:40:23,270 --> 00:40:25,040 212.25. 688 00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:26,470 -WHOO! - YEAH! 689 00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:29,710 Narrator: WORTH OVER A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION. 690 00:40:29,710 --> 00:40:31,210 WHAT IS THAT? 480 OUNCE -- 691 00:40:31,210 --> 00:40:32,610 IS THAT 470-OUNCE WEEK, 480-OUNCE? 692 00:40:32,620 --> 00:40:36,050 -375-OUNCE. -OH, , MY MATH'S ALL OFF. 693 00:40:37,390 --> 00:40:39,220 SEASON TOTAL OF 1,111. 694 00:40:39,220 --> 00:40:43,590 Narrator: WORTH $1.3 MILLION. 695 00:40:43,590 --> 00:40:46,060 GOOD JOB. NO, BUT, HONESTLY, GOOD JOB, GUYS. 696 00:40:46,060 --> 00:40:48,160 I'M GLAD TO SEE BOTH PLANTS RUNNING. 697 00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:50,700 WE START POUNDING OUT SOME 300-, 400-OUNCE WEEKS, 698 00:40:50,700 --> 00:40:53,000 AND WE'LL START CATCHING UP ON US NOW. 699 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,840 ALL RIGHT. THANKS, GUYS. 700 00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:57,670 LET'S BAG IT AND TAG IT, CHRIS. 701 00:40:57,670 --> 00:40:58,870 YOU GOT IT. 702 00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:00,540 YEAH, I MEAN, THIS WEEK WAS KIND OF TOUGH. 703 00:41:00,540 --> 00:41:01,910 A LOT OF BAD WEATHER, 704 00:41:01,910 --> 00:41:04,050 A LOT OF VERY WET PAY AT SLUICIFER, 705 00:41:04,050 --> 00:41:07,750 AND I MANAGED TO SCREW THAT UP PRETTY DAMN WELL, 706 00:41:07,750 --> 00:41:11,390 BUT OVERALL, A GOOD WEEK, YOU KNOW? 707 00:41:14,020 --> 00:41:17,360 Narrator: ON THE NEXT MEGA EPISODE OF "GOLD RUSH"... 708 00:41:19,530 --> 00:41:23,160 ...TONY BEETS FINALLY RIPS THE HEART OUT OF DREDGE TWO... 709 00:41:26,140 --> 00:41:29,540 -WHOA! -WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. 710 00:41:29,540 --> 00:41:31,970 Narrator: ...RICK HITS A PAY-DIRT CRISIS... 711 00:41:31,980 --> 00:41:33,640 IT'S A GIANT WASTE OF TIME. 712 00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:36,910 Narrator: ...BUT RICK, SR., ARRIVES READY TO WORK... 713 00:41:36,910 --> 00:41:38,780 GUYS, MY DAD'S HERE. 714 00:41:38,780 --> 00:41:40,050 -HEY! -WHOA! 715 00:41:40,050 --> 00:41:41,120 YOU'RE ON NIGHT SHIFT? 716 00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:42,680 WHATEVER IT TAKES, I'M HERE TO HELP. 717 00:41:42,690 --> 00:41:45,590 I'M NOT GONNA LET MY SON FAIL. 718 00:41:45,590 --> 00:41:46,920 SURE AS HELL DON'T WANT TO GET BEAT 719 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:48,660 BY THAT TONY BEETS THIS YEAR. 720 00:41:48,660 --> 00:41:52,190 Narrator: ...PARKER RISKS EVERYTHING TO OVERTAKE TONY, 721 00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:55,300 BRINGING HIS OPERATION TO THE BRINK. 722 00:41:55,300 --> 00:41:57,230 THAT IS NOT GOOD. 722 00:41:58,305 --> 00:42:58,262