"Gold Rush" Gold Rush: The Story So Far (Series 1-6)

1 00:00:02,450 --> 00:00:06,490 Jack: WE GOT 3,032. 2 00:00:06,490 --> 00:00:08,660 -NO WAY! -OUR BEST SEASON EVER. 3 00:00:08,660 --> 00:00:12,660 Narrator: IN 2015, ENTREPRENEUR TODD HOFFMAN 4 00:00:12,660 --> 00:00:15,500 UNEARTHED $3 MILLION WORTH OF GOLD. 5 00:00:15,500 --> 00:00:18,770 Todd: WE'VE GOT MORE GOLD THIS SEASON 6 00:00:18,770 --> 00:00:21,740 THAN ALL OF OUR OTHER SEASONS COMBINED. 7 00:00:21,740 --> 00:00:23,070 WANT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT, HUH? -GEE. 8 00:00:23,080 --> 00:00:27,210 Narrator: BUT TODD FAILED TO BEAT HIS 20-YEAR-OLD RIVAL, 9 00:00:27,210 --> 00:00:28,210 PARKER SCHNABEL. 10 00:00:28,210 --> 00:00:30,810 -OH, YEAH! -HELLO! 11 00:00:30,820 --> 00:00:33,220 Parker: SO THAT'S 3,362, 12 00:00:33,220 --> 00:00:35,420 WHICH TAKES US PAST THE HOFFMANS. 13 00:00:35,420 --> 00:00:37,220 Narrator: FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS, 14 00:00:37,220 --> 00:00:39,890 TODD AND PARKER HAVE BEEN COMPETING 15 00:00:39,890 --> 00:00:42,590 TO SEE WHO CAN MINE THE MOST GOLD. 16 00:00:42,590 --> 00:00:44,460 Todd: YOU KNOW, WHAT BOTHERS ME IS THAT, 17 00:00:44,460 --> 00:00:46,930 YOU KNOW, HE'S GOTTEN HELP ALONG THE WAY. 18 00:00:46,930 --> 00:00:49,370 OLD TODD HERE'S PAVED A LOT OF THE WAY FOR THAT KID. 19 00:00:49,370 --> 00:00:52,400 Parker: I'VE GOT ISSUES WITH TODD, OBVIOUSLY. 20 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,300 Narrator: THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW FRIENDS... 21 00:00:54,310 --> 00:00:56,470 -HOW YOU DOING, BUDDY? -GOOD. 22 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:57,570 Narrator: ...BECAME ENEMIES... 23 00:00:57,580 --> 00:00:59,640 I DON'T NEED TO PLAY GAMES, TODD. 24 00:00:59,650 --> 00:01:01,080 Todd: HE JUST DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING. 25 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:04,180 THERE'S A FREIGHT TRAIN COMING, AND I'M THE CONDUCTOR. 26 00:01:04,180 --> 00:01:05,180 HOO-HOO! 27 00:01:05,180 --> 00:01:06,950 Narrator: ...THEIR EPIC STRUGGLES... 28 00:01:07,790 --> 00:01:09,220 OH 29 00:01:10,060 --> 00:01:11,620 Narrator: ...THEIR MISTAKES... 30 00:01:11,620 --> 00:01:14,890 EVERYTHING I MADE LAST YEAR I LOST RIGHT DOWN THERE. 31 00:01:14,890 --> 00:01:16,530 Turin: IT'S A COMPLETE DISASTER. 32 00:01:16,530 --> 00:01:20,200 Narrator: ...AND THE ONE THING THEY HAVE IN COMMON -- GOLD. 33 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:21,430 Man: WHOO! 34 00:01:21,430 --> 00:01:24,770 Parker: I HATE THE THOUGHT OF GETTING BEAT BY TODD. 35 00:01:24,770 --> 00:01:27,000 DON'T GET ME WRONG. I WOULD LOVE TO KICK YOUR BUTT. 36 00:01:27,010 --> 00:01:28,310 I THINK I GOT MORE HEART. 37 00:01:28,310 --> 00:01:30,110 I THINK WE'VE GOT MORE DISCIPLINE. 38 00:01:30,110 --> 00:01:32,610 WE'LL FIND OUT. I DOUBT IT. 39 00:01:32,610 --> 00:01:34,410 -REALLY? - YEAH. 40 00:01:34,410 --> 00:01:36,850 WE'LL FIND OUT, PARKER. 41 00:01:36,850 --> 00:01:38,480 OH, MAN. 42 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:40,480 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 43 00:01:40,490 --> 00:01:42,520 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 44 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:43,990 GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. 45 00:01:43,990 --> 00:01:47,160 THE WORST FINANCIAL CRISIS IN DECADES TODAY 46 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,490 SENT SHOCK WAVES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. 47 00:01:49,500 --> 00:01:53,260 Narrator: IN 2010, AMERICA WAS IN A RECESSION. 48 00:01:53,270 --> 00:01:57,300 ONE OF THE WORST AFFECTED STATES WAS OREGON. 49 00:01:57,300 --> 00:02:01,000 LIKE MANY OTHER BUSINESSMEN, 50 00:02:01,010 --> 00:02:05,410 AIRFIELD OWNER TODD HOFFMAN WAS FACING FINANCIAL RUIN. 51 00:02:05,410 --> 00:02:08,610 THIS RECESSION HAS JUST DECIMATED THE AVIATION BUSINESS. 52 00:02:08,610 --> 00:02:09,450 IT'S JUST BAD. 53 00:02:11,580 --> 00:02:14,000 Narrator: BUT TODD SAY AN OPPORTUNITY. 54 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,020 THE ECONOMIC CRISIS HAD PUSHED THE PRICE OF GOLD 55 00:02:17,020 --> 00:02:20,320 TO AN ALL-TIME HIGH. 56 00:02:20,330 --> 00:02:22,190 WE'RE OVER $1,200 AN OUNCE. 57 00:02:22,190 --> 00:02:24,590 I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD AT $400. 58 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,800 THIS IS GONNA BE A LIFE-CHANGER IF WE CAN PULL THIS OFF. 59 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:31,000 IN A BID TO BEAT THE DOWNTURN, TODD AND HIS FATHER, JACK, 60 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:35,540 GAMBLED EVERYTHING THEY OWNED ON A DARING EXPEDITION TO ALASKA. 61 00:02:35,540 --> 00:02:36,870 Todd: OUR BUSINESS IS STRUGGLING. 62 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,040 I'M THROWING EVERYTHING I GOT INTO IT. 63 00:02:40,050 --> 00:02:40,980 WE'RE GONNA GO GOLD-MINING. 64 00:02:44,220 --> 00:02:47,280 Narrator: TODD INVESTED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS 65 00:02:47,290 --> 00:02:50,350 IN MINING EQUIPMENT AND ASKED FOUR UNEMPLOYED FRIENDS 66 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:54,660 WHOSE FAMILIES WERE IN DESPERATE NEED OF CASH TO HELP HIM MINE. 67 00:02:54,660 --> 00:02:57,690 TO BE ON WELFARE, FOOD STAMPS, AND... 68 00:02:57,700 --> 00:02:59,160 YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'VE DONE THAT. 69 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:00,530 I'M DONE WITH THAT. 70 00:03:00,530 --> 00:03:03,100 ONE MORE LATE PAYMENT ON MY MORTGAGE, 71 00:03:03,100 --> 00:03:04,300 THEN WE GO ON FORECLOSURE. 72 00:03:04,300 --> 00:03:06,300 ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO! WE GOT TO GET THIS STUFF MOVING! 73 00:03:06,310 --> 00:03:09,810 Narrator: BUT THEY WOULD ONLY BE PAID IF THEY FOUND GOLD. 74 00:03:09,810 --> 00:03:14,980 IF THERE'S NO GOLD, THEN I'M SUNK, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. 75 00:03:17,980 --> 00:03:20,180 Narrator: IN SPRING 2010, 76 00:03:20,190 --> 00:03:23,320 TODD AND HIS CREW LEFT THEIR FAMILIES IN OREGON 77 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,760 AND SOUGHT THEIR FORTUNE 2,000 MILES NORTH, 78 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,960 IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA. 79 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:32,730 Todd: I'M GONNA TAKE THIS TEAM OF GUYS, 80 00:03:32,730 --> 00:03:35,030 AND I'M GONNA KICK THIS THING RIGHT IN THE FACE. 81 00:03:35,030 --> 00:03:36,830 WE'RE GONNA GO GET SOME FRIGGIN' GOLD. 82 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:44,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 83 00:03:46,250 --> 00:03:48,210 Harness: I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. 84 00:03:48,210 --> 00:03:49,180 THIS IS NUTS. 85 00:03:50,620 --> 00:03:55,890 Narrator: TODD HAD LEASED A 160-ACRE CLAIM CALLED PORCUPINE CREEK. 86 00:03:55,890 --> 00:03:58,660 THEY HAD FIVE MONTHS TO STRIKE GOLD 87 00:03:58,660 --> 00:04:02,760 BEFORE ALASKA'S HARSH WINTER WOULD FREEZE THEM OUT. 88 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:07,860 ONLY TODD'S FATHER, JACK, HAD ANY EXPERIENCE OF GOLD-MINING. 89 00:04:07,870 --> 00:04:09,300 OKAY, GUYS, HEY. 90 00:04:09,300 --> 00:04:12,900 THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 91 00:04:12,900 --> 00:04:14,400 YOU'RE ALL MILLIONAIRES. 92 00:04:14,410 --> 00:04:15,570 THE ONLY THING IS, 93 00:04:15,570 --> 00:04:18,010 YOU GOT TO GET IT OUT OF THE GROUND, YOU KNOW? 94 00:04:18,010 --> 00:04:19,680 THAT'S THE PIECE. 95 00:04:21,350 --> 00:04:23,980 HEY, PARKER, COME ON OUT HERE! 96 00:04:23,980 --> 00:04:27,980 Narrator: LEGENDARY GOLD MINER JOHN SCHNABEL 97 00:04:27,990 --> 00:04:32,490 AND HIS GRANDSON, PARKER, RAN THE BIG NUGGET MINE NEXT DOOR. 98 00:04:32,490 --> 00:04:34,890 GET SOME NEIGHBORS, HUH? HUH. 99 00:04:34,890 --> 00:04:37,860 -THEY GOT A LOT OF MACHINERY. -YEAH. 100 00:04:37,860 --> 00:04:39,230 Parker: THE MINE IS IMPORTANT TO ME. 101 00:04:39,230 --> 00:04:42,230 I'VE SPENT EVERY SUMMER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER UP THERE. 102 00:04:42,230 --> 00:04:45,170 YOU KNOW, I'VE PRACTICALLY GROWN UP UP THERE. 103 00:04:45,170 --> 00:04:46,440 Narrator: PARKER DIDN'T MISS AN OPPORTUNITY 104 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:50,640 TO MAKE A FEW BUCKS OFF TODD AND HIS ROOKIE CREW. 105 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,240 GO, PARKER GO, PARKER 106 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:53,740 Man: NAILED IT. 107 00:04:53,750 --> 00:04:58,520 YOUR DAD SAYS THAT SOMETIMES HE HAS TO SPANK YOU, 108 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,080 AND THAT'S GOOD FOR A YOUNG MAN. 109 00:05:00,090 --> 00:05:03,250 Man: THAT'S EMBARRASSING. 110 00:05:03,260 --> 00:05:06,220 SO, HOW MANY KIDS ARE IN YOUR JUNIOR HIGH? 111 00:05:06,220 --> 00:05:08,330 JUNIOR HIGH? I'M NOT IN JUNIOR HIGH. 112 00:05:08,330 --> 00:05:09,890 SHUT UP. 113 00:05:09,900 --> 00:05:13,060 I CHARGED THEM DOUBLE WHAT I USUALLY DO. 114 00:05:19,370 --> 00:05:20,940 TURN THE JIG ON! 115 00:05:20,940 --> 00:05:25,210 Narrator: AT FIRST, TODD ASSUMED PARKER WAS JUST AN ORDINARY KID. 116 00:05:25,210 --> 00:05:27,980 THIS AIN'T RUNNING RIGHT. 117 00:05:27,980 --> 00:05:33,020 BUT HE SOON REALIZED HIS YOUNG FRIEND WAS A GOLD-MINING EXPERT. 118 00:05:33,020 --> 00:05:34,220 Todd: LITTLE EMBARRASSING. 119 00:05:34,220 --> 00:05:36,690 YOU GOT A 15-YEAR-OLD KID TELLING YOU HOW TO MINE, 120 00:05:36,690 --> 00:05:38,520 BUT HE'S GOT A LOT MORE EXPERIENCE THAN I DO. 121 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:42,130 HE'S BEEN MINING SINCE HE WAS 6 YEARS OLD. 122 00:05:42,130 --> 00:05:43,290 -TODD. -HOW ARE YOU, BUDDY? 123 00:05:43,300 --> 00:05:44,290 PRETTY GOOD. 124 00:05:44,300 --> 00:05:45,860 I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT MY JIG. 125 00:05:45,860 --> 00:05:46,800 SOMETHING'S WRONG. 126 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:48,130 I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING WITH IT. 127 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:52,770 THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK. 128 00:05:52,770 --> 00:05:54,040 OKAY. 129 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:55,970 DID YOU GUYS LEVEL THIS OUT WHEN YOU PUT IT IN? 130 00:05:55,970 --> 00:05:57,640 I GOT TO TAKE THAT APART. 131 00:05:57,640 --> 00:05:59,980 FIRST RUN, BUDDY. -THAT'S A MESS. 132 00:05:59,980 --> 00:06:01,080 I'M FROM THE CITY, MAN. 133 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,180 I DIDN'T GROW UP OUT HERE LIKE YOU. 134 00:06:03,180 --> 00:06:05,550 WHATEVER. 135 00:06:05,550 --> 00:06:06,820 Todd: YEAH, I'M SURE HE'S LOOKING AT US LIKE, 136 00:06:06,820 --> 00:06:08,120 "OH, MY GOSH," YOU KNOW? 137 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:12,160 "LOOK AT THESE GUYS. THEY'RE NEVER GONNA MAKE IT." 138 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:15,360 Parker: YOU KNOW THEY'RE AMATEURS 139 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:21,630 WHEN THEY DIG THROUGH WITH THEIR FINGERS AND LOOK FOR IT. 140 00:06:21,630 --> 00:06:23,430 DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 141 00:06:26,410 --> 00:06:30,520 Narrator: PARKER WASN'T IMPRESSED WITH TODD AND HIS NOVICE CREW. 142 00:06:30,530 --> 00:06:33,730 Parker: IT'S JUST GOLD FEVER. THAT'S ALL IT IS. 143 00:06:33,730 --> 00:06:38,630 YOU KNOW, THEY NEED A LOT OF GOLD TO COVER THEIR COSTS. 144 00:06:40,840 --> 00:06:43,070 Narrator: PARKER WAS RIGHT. 145 00:06:43,070 --> 00:06:47,210 TODD AND HIS TEAM WERE OUT OF THEIR DEPTH. 146 00:06:47,210 --> 00:06:51,310 -HEY, THURB. -YEAH. 147 00:06:51,310 --> 00:06:57,050 WE GOT ABOUT $2 WORTH OF GOLD IN THAT WHOLE BUCKET OF BLACK SAND. 148 00:06:57,050 --> 00:06:58,280 ONE WHOLE BUCKET? 149 00:06:58,290 --> 00:07:00,490 SO, WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS 150 00:07:00,490 --> 00:07:02,890 IS A BUNCH OF -YEAH, IT LOOKS -- 151 00:07:02,890 --> 00:07:05,660 WELL... 152 00:07:05,660 --> 00:07:06,890 I DON'T KNOW. 153 00:07:06,900 --> 00:07:08,930 -I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU. 154 00:07:13,270 --> 00:07:15,270 -DUDE, DON'T GET -- -GET OFF! 155 00:07:17,870 --> 00:07:19,770 I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW. 156 00:07:19,770 --> 00:07:21,840 Man: HOW'D HE TAKE IT? 157 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:24,110 HOW DO YOU THINK HE FRICKIN' TOOK IT? 158 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:26,680 BACK UP. JUST BACK OFF A LITTLE BIT. 159 00:07:32,850 --> 00:07:34,220 Narrator: BY THE END OF THE FIRST SEASON, 160 00:07:34,220 --> 00:07:38,420 TODD'S CREW HAD FOUND JUST 15 OUNCES OF GOLD, 161 00:07:38,430 --> 00:07:41,960 WORTH LESS THAN $20,000. 162 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:45,170 TODD HAD LOST A QUARTER MILLION, 163 00:07:45,170 --> 00:07:48,030 AND HIS CREW WENT HOME WITH NOTHING. 164 00:08:01,350 --> 00:08:07,020 Narrator: TODD HAD A PLAN TO MAKE AMENDS FOR HIS DISASTROUS FIRST SEASON. 165 00:08:07,020 --> 00:08:11,390 HE LED HIS CREW 600 MILES NORTH OF PORCUPINE CREEK 166 00:08:11,390 --> 00:08:14,160 TO AN AREA OF CANADA KNOWN AS THE KLONDIKE, 167 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,430 FAMED FOR ITS RICH POCKETS OF GOLD. 168 00:08:16,430 --> 00:08:19,230 Todd: I'M ASKING YOU GUYS TO TRUST ME AGAIN. 169 00:08:19,230 --> 00:08:22,100 AT SOME POINT, WE GOT TO TRUST SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE. 170 00:08:24,940 --> 00:08:29,680 Narrator: 600 MILES SOUTH, AT BIG NUGGET, 171 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:33,880 16-YEAR-OLD PARKER WAS PROMOTED TO MINE BOSS. 172 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:38,450 I HAVE FAITH IN YOUR MANAGEMENT THAT IT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. 173 00:08:38,450 --> 00:08:39,390 THANKS. 174 00:08:39,390 --> 00:08:42,220 SHAKE. 175 00:08:45,030 --> 00:08:48,560 Narrator: PARKER WAS ALREADY AN EXPERIENCED GOLD-MINER. 176 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:55,440 BUT THE AMBITIOUS NEW BOSS HAD NO IDEA HOW TO LEAD HIS CREW. 177 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:56,740 WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 178 00:08:56,740 --> 00:08:59,210 FOR YOUR GRANDFATHER. 179 00:08:59,210 --> 00:09:00,770 MY GRANDPA'S NOT IN CHARGE HERE. 180 00:09:00,780 --> 00:09:02,180 I DON'T CARE. 181 00:09:02,180 --> 00:09:03,240 STOP A MINUTE. 182 00:09:03,250 --> 00:09:04,810 NO, I AIN'T STOPPING FOR NOTHING. 183 00:09:04,810 --> 00:09:06,150 YOU DON'T GIVE ME ORDERS. 184 00:09:06,150 --> 00:09:08,510 -WHY NOT? -BECAUSE YOU DON'T. YOU ASK. 185 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:10,650 YOU DON'T ORDER SOMEBODY. YOU ASK. 186 00:09:10,650 --> 00:09:12,620 HAVE SOME RESPECT FOR PEOPLE. 187 00:09:12,620 --> 00:09:14,050 I THINK YOU SHOULD SHOW ME A LITTLE RESPECT. 188 00:09:14,060 --> 00:09:15,820 YOU TOLD ME TO GO HAUL DIRT. 189 00:09:15,820 --> 00:09:17,690 -IS THAT HOW YOU TREAT SOMEBODY? -YOU DON'T -- HEY. 190 00:09:17,690 --> 00:09:19,130 YOU DON'T TELL ME HOW TO DO MINE. 191 00:09:19,130 --> 00:09:21,590 I HAVE NOT TOLD YOU HOW TO DO YOUR JOB 192 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,430 ONE TIME THIS WHOLE YEAR. 193 00:09:24,430 --> 00:09:26,370 I HAVE NOT TOLD YOU ONE TIME! 194 00:09:26,370 --> 00:09:28,100 John: PARKER. 195 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:29,740 NOT ONCE! 196 00:09:29,740 --> 00:09:31,470 PARKER, COME HERE. 197 00:09:33,740 --> 00:09:39,750 YOU ARE APPROACHING THIS MAN IN THE WRONG WAY. 198 00:09:39,750 --> 00:09:41,110 YOU DON'T SHOUT AT HIM. 199 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,020 YOU DON'T POINT YOUR FINGER AT HIM. 200 00:09:43,020 --> 00:09:44,420 Parker: THEY WERE STANDING AROUND. 201 00:09:44,420 --> 00:09:46,150 WELL, THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. 202 00:09:46,150 --> 00:09:47,220 YES, IT DOES. 203 00:09:47,220 --> 00:09:48,720 WE'RE UP HERE TO MAKE MONEY. 204 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:50,260 AND WE'RE UP HERE TO RUN THE PLANT. 205 00:09:50,260 --> 00:09:52,930 YOU WON'T MAKE MONEY IF YOU CHASE THE HELP OFF. 206 00:10:06,340 --> 00:10:07,810 Narrator: AT QUARTZ CREEK... 207 00:10:07,810 --> 00:10:09,440 FIRE IT UP! 208 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,080 ...TODD FACED A DIFFERENT PROBLEM. 209 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,850 HIS LOYAL CREW HAD FOLLOWED HIM ONCE AGAIN 210 00:10:17,850 --> 00:10:20,020 TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. 211 00:10:20,020 --> 00:10:23,020 BUT THEY WERE STILL COMING TO GRIPS WITH GOLD-MINING. 212 00:10:23,020 --> 00:10:25,830 LOOK AT THESE HYDRAULIC RIFFLES. 213 00:10:25,830 --> 00:10:27,160 A LOT OF THEM ARE PLUGGED. 214 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:29,700 SHUT IT DOWN! 215 00:10:32,730 --> 00:10:35,670 WE BASICALLY NEED A FILTER ON THE FRONT END, JAMES. 216 00:10:35,670 --> 00:10:38,070 I MEAN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FRICKIN' 217 00:10:38,070 --> 00:10:39,940 EITHER MAKE THIS FROM SCRATCH -- I DON'T EVEN KNOW. 218 00:10:39,940 --> 00:10:42,340 WELL, I'LL TRY TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. 219 00:10:42,340 --> 00:10:45,210 BUT I NEED THIS THING YESTERDAY. 220 00:10:45,210 --> 00:10:47,280 Narrator: HALFWAY THROUGH HIS SEASON, 221 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:52,690 TODD HAD FOUND JUST 15 OUNCES OF GOLD AND WAS FACING BANKRUPTCY. 222 00:10:52,690 --> 00:10:58,090 PARKER'S SEASON WAS OVER AS HE HAD TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, 223 00:10:58,090 --> 00:11:01,630 BUT BEFORE LEAVING, HE DECIDED TO DROP IN ON TODD. 224 00:11:01,630 --> 00:11:04,360 THE HOFFMANS ARE A FUN BUNCH OF GUYS TO BE AROUND, 225 00:11:04,370 --> 00:11:07,430 AND I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WAS UP THERE. 226 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,670 I'M JUST GONNA GO SAY HI TO TODD AND THE BOYS, 227 00:11:10,670 --> 00:11:12,410 AND I MIGHT FLASH MY GOLD AROUND A LITTLE. 228 00:11:12,410 --> 00:11:18,710 Narrator: PARKER HAD MINED 34 OUNCES OF GOLD, WORTH $56,000. 229 00:11:18,710 --> 00:11:21,780 NOT A LOT, BUT AT THIS STAGE IN THE SEASON, 230 00:11:21,780 --> 00:11:24,320 HE HAD TWICE AS MUCH AS TODD. 231 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,750 PARKER CAME UP, AND HE'S A GOOD KID WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE, 232 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:29,020 SO I LIKE PARKER. 233 00:11:29,020 --> 00:11:30,460 WHOA! 234 00:11:30,460 --> 00:11:31,820 HEY, TODD. 235 00:11:33,900 --> 00:11:35,730 -HOW YOU DOING, BUDDY? -GOOD. 236 00:11:35,730 --> 00:11:37,060 -DOING GOOD? -YEAH. 237 00:11:37,070 --> 00:11:39,130 Todd: HE HAD A LITTLE BAR OF GOLD. 238 00:11:39,130 --> 00:11:42,100 WHAT DO YOU GOT? WHOA! 239 00:11:42,100 --> 00:11:43,170 WOW. 240 00:11:43,170 --> 00:11:44,900 Parker: HE ASKED ME HOW BIG IT IS. 241 00:11:44,910 --> 00:11:49,010 AND I ANSWERED HIM LIKE ANY OTHER GOLD MINER EVER WOULD. 242 00:11:49,010 --> 00:11:51,010 -HOW MANY OUNCE? -IT'S 34. 243 00:11:51,010 --> 00:11:53,010 -34? -YEAH. 244 00:11:53,010 --> 00:11:54,210 Jack: THAT'S NICE. 245 00:11:54,220 --> 00:11:55,850 HE WAS PRETTY PROUD OF IT. 246 00:11:55,850 --> 00:11:58,350 YOU KNOW, HE THOUGHT HE'D ACTUALLY STOMPED US, YOU KNOW? 247 00:11:58,350 --> 00:11:59,720 HOW YOU GUYS DOING? 248 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:01,520 WE'RE -- WE'RE DOING OKAY. 249 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:03,620 Parker: TODD DIDN'T TELL ME HOW MUCH GOLD HE HAD. 250 00:12:03,630 --> 00:12:06,430 IT WAS ALL PRETTY WEIRD. 251 00:12:06,430 --> 00:12:10,230 ALL OF A SUDDEN, I'M IN A GOLD CONTEST, YOU KNOW? 252 00:12:10,230 --> 00:12:12,800 WHY WON'T YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU'VE GOT? 253 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:16,240 MAINLY, WE HAVEN'T CLEANED THAT ONE OUT, 254 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:17,600 AND THAT ONE'S GOT MORE THAN ALL OF OURS. 255 00:12:17,610 --> 00:12:19,210 Todd: MAYBE IT'S A LOT LESS. 256 00:12:19,210 --> 00:12:22,510 IT CAN'T BE WORSE THAN LAST SEASON. 257 00:12:22,510 --> 00:12:24,140 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE'S PLAYING THE BIG MAN 258 00:12:24,150 --> 00:12:25,340 OR SOMETHING. 259 00:12:25,350 --> 00:12:29,480 WAIT TILL THE END OF THE SEASON, AND THEN WE'LL TALK. 260 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:30,680 I DON'T NEED TO PLAY -- 261 00:12:30,690 --> 00:12:32,190 I DON'T NEED TO PLAY GAMES, TODD. 262 00:12:33,390 --> 00:12:35,390 WHAT HAPPENED TO NICE PARKER? 263 00:12:38,490 --> 00:12:43,430 IT FELT PRETTY...DISAPPOINTING 264 00:12:43,430 --> 00:12:45,470 THAT THAT'S THE WAY THEY DECIDED TO HANDLE IT. 265 00:12:45,470 --> 00:12:47,600 HE'S BEING AN 266 00:12:49,940 --> 00:12:51,200 OR IS IT JUST ME? 267 00:12:51,210 --> 00:12:52,310 TODD HOFFMAN. 268 00:12:52,310 --> 00:12:56,380 I KNEW THAT WAS GONNA GO UGLY. 269 00:12:56,380 --> 00:12:58,810 Todd: HE WANTS ME TO TELL HIM HOW MUCH GOLD I HAVE. 270 00:12:58,810 --> 00:13:01,480 WELL, AT THIS POINT, I'M NOT READY TO DO THAT. 271 00:13:04,450 --> 00:13:07,220 Parker: I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT WE'RE GOOD FRIENDS, RIGHT? 272 00:13:07,220 --> 00:13:09,090 BUT TODD'S TREATING ME LIKE A KID. 273 00:13:09,090 --> 00:13:12,890 I JUST THINK THAT HE'S JUST NOT BEING STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH ME. 274 00:13:12,890 --> 00:13:16,830 PARKER SHOWS UP. HE WASN'T INVITED UP HERE, SO... 275 00:13:16,830 --> 00:13:20,000 I MEAN, IT'S OPEN, BUT, YOU KNOW, 276 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,200 PEOPLE NEED TO BE COURTEOUS WHEN THEY COME TO MY MINE. 277 00:13:35,580 --> 00:13:39,420 Narrator: IN THE KLONDIKE, WINTER WAS COMING. 278 00:13:39,420 --> 00:13:41,990 THE FROZEN GROUND WOULD SOON FORCE TODD HOFFMAN 279 00:13:41,990 --> 00:13:45,790 TO CALL AN END TO HIS SECOND MINING SEASON. 280 00:13:45,790 --> 00:13:47,860 IT'S COLD. THE GROUND IS FROZEN. 281 00:13:47,860 --> 00:13:50,600 DAVE, GIVE ME FRICKIN' 300 YARDS OUT HERE. COME ON. 282 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:54,970 BUT HAVING BEEN SHOWN UP BY 16-YEAR-OLD PARKER SCHNABEL 283 00:13:54,970 --> 00:13:56,270 AND HIS 32-OUNCE BAR... 284 00:13:56,270 --> 00:13:57,540 WOW! 285 00:13:57,540 --> 00:14:00,370 ...TODD WASN'T READY TO QUIT. 286 00:14:00,380 --> 00:14:04,440 HE PUSHED HIS CREW DAY AND NIGHT... 287 00:14:05,750 --> 00:14:08,810 ...PULLING MORE GOLD OUT OF THE FROZEN GROUND 288 00:14:08,820 --> 00:14:11,420 THAN THEY HAD DONE ALL SUMMER, 289 00:14:11,420 --> 00:14:14,890 FINISHING THE SEASON WITH 91 OUNCES, 290 00:14:14,890 --> 00:14:17,720 ALMOST THREE TIMES MORE THAN PARKER. 291 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:25,030 TODD INVESTED HIS GOLD IN A FLEET OF NEW MACHINES. 292 00:14:25,030 --> 00:14:29,240 PARKER MAY HAVE BEEN THE MORE EXPERIENCED GOLD MINER, 293 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,470 BUT TODD HAD THE GRANDER VISION. 294 00:14:31,470 --> 00:14:33,910 I'M NOT ASKING YOU GUYS TO GO AFTER A BEAR 295 00:14:33,910 --> 00:14:35,310 WITH A BB GUN THIS YEAR. 296 00:14:35,310 --> 00:14:39,750 LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER, LOOK AT ALL THIS EQUIPMENT. 297 00:14:39,750 --> 00:14:43,950 DAY ONE OF OUR THIRD MINING SEASON RIGHT NOW. 298 00:14:43,950 --> 00:14:46,420 WE HAVE 1,000 OUNCES TO GET. 299 00:14:46,420 --> 00:14:48,020 CAN WE DO IT? 300 00:14:48,020 --> 00:14:50,960 ARE YOU KIDDING? THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS. 301 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,130 WELL, I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GONNA FRICKIN' DO IT. 302 00:14:56,460 --> 00:14:59,800 Narrator: PARKER SPENT HIS SECOND SEASON 303 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:03,200 SEARCHING FOR GOLD AT HIS GRANDFATHER'S MINE... 304 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:07,070 FOOT AFTER FOOT, NOT A THING. 305 00:15:09,110 --> 00:15:12,350 ...BUT BIG NUGGET WAS VIRTUALLY DRY. 306 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:15,480 PRETTY DEPRESSING. 307 00:15:18,450 --> 00:15:20,120 Narrator: BY THE END OF THE SEASON, 308 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:24,660 PARKER HAD MADE JUST ENOUGH GOLD TO COVER HIS COSTS. 309 00:15:24,660 --> 00:15:28,130 -192 OUNCES. -PAY YOURSELF 20 CENTS AN HOUR. 310 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:31,660 I MEAN, WE TRIED EVERYTHING WE COULD. 311 00:15:31,670 --> 00:15:32,530 THAT'S FOR SURE. 312 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,440 WHILE IN THE KLONDIKE, 313 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:38,600 TODD'S GAMBLE ON A FLEET OF NEW MACHINES... 314 00:15:38,610 --> 00:15:41,740 Todd: THIS IS LIKE CARRYING A SACK OF CONCRETE, DAD. 315 00:15:41,740 --> 00:15:43,140 ...HAD PAID OFF. 316 00:15:43,140 --> 00:15:45,440 Todd: HEY, GUYS. 317 00:15:45,450 --> 00:15:47,910 GUESS WHAT -- WE'RE STARTING TO FRICKIN' DO IT. 318 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:49,680 DAD. 319 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:54,690 Jack: ALL RIGHT, GUYS, WE'VE GOT A GRAND TOTAL OF 803 RIGHT NOW. 320 00:15:54,690 --> 00:15:57,120 THAT'S $1.2 MILLION IN GOLD. 321 00:15:57,130 --> 00:15:59,130 YOU KNOW WHAT? 322 00:15:59,130 --> 00:16:02,430 THIS IS GOING TO FEED EVERYBODY HERE'S FAMILY. 323 00:16:02,430 --> 00:16:03,630 IT'S NOT A JOKE. 324 00:16:03,630 --> 00:16:06,170 Narrator: THE AMATEURS FROM THE CITY 325 00:16:06,170 --> 00:16:10,400 HAD FOUR TIMES MORE GOLD THAN PARKER. 326 00:16:10,410 --> 00:16:12,440 BUT PARKER WAS HATCHING A PLAN 327 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:16,880 TO BEAT TODD'S MILLION-DOLLAR GOLD HAUL NEXT SUMMER. 328 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:18,040 HEY, GRANDPA. 329 00:16:19,250 --> 00:16:21,050 HERE'S THE KEY TO THE GATE. 330 00:16:21,050 --> 00:16:22,520 John: OH. 331 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,920 PARKER HAD DECIDED TO LEAVE HIS GRANDFATHER'S MINE 332 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:27,790 AND START HIS OWN OPERATION IN THE KLONDIKE 333 00:16:27,790 --> 00:16:31,960 20 MILES FROM WHERE TODD HAD BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL. 334 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:35,830 GO WHERE YOU CAN GET THE BEST RETURN FOR YOUR TIME. 335 00:16:35,830 --> 00:16:37,560 -I HEAR YOU. -YOU KNOW? 336 00:16:37,570 --> 00:16:40,870 IF I'M IN GOOD HEALTH, I WILL COME SEE YOU. 337 00:16:40,870 --> 00:16:42,200 I'D LOVE THAT. 338 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:44,370 YEAH. 339 00:16:44,370 --> 00:16:46,370 -BYE, GRANDPA. -GOODBYE. 340 00:16:48,740 --> 00:16:50,140 Parker: TO BE HONEST, 341 00:16:50,140 --> 00:16:52,340 I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE GONE UP TO THE KLONDIKE 342 00:16:52,350 --> 00:16:54,410 IF I DIDN'T HAVE HIS BLESSING. 343 00:17:04,460 --> 00:17:06,130 Narrator: PARKER NEEDED MINING EQUIPMENT 344 00:17:06,130 --> 00:17:09,400 FOR HIS NEW OPERATION IN THE KLONDIKE, 345 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:12,830 AND HE KNEW SOMEONE WHO WAS SELLING. 346 00:17:12,830 --> 00:17:14,830 -PARKER SCHNABEL. -HEY, TODD. 347 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:18,600 -HOW'S IT GOING? -GOOD. 348 00:17:18,610 --> 00:17:21,470 THANKS. I'VE ACTUALLY CAME DOWN, HOPING TO TALK TO YOU 349 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:23,540 ABOUT SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT YOU HAVE UP NORTH. 350 00:17:23,540 --> 00:17:25,310 I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT A DOZER. 351 00:17:25,310 --> 00:17:26,510 -THE D10. -THAT'S RIGHT. 352 00:17:26,510 --> 00:17:28,280 YOU KNOW THERE'S NOBODY IN THE WORLD 353 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:29,920 THAT'S 18 YEARS OLD THAT OWNS A D10. 354 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:31,020 YOU KNOW THAT. 355 00:17:31,020 --> 00:17:32,990 I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT RIGHT NOW. 356 00:17:32,990 --> 00:17:34,720 THERE'S JUST NO WAY IN HELL 357 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,260 I'M GONNA RENT OR LEASE THAT MACHINE. 358 00:17:37,260 --> 00:17:38,720 WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET IT? 359 00:17:38,730 --> 00:17:39,890 I MEAN, GIVE ME A SHOT. 360 00:17:39,890 --> 00:17:43,200 110 FRICKIN' OUNCES. 361 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:45,300 I'LL GIVE YOU 100 OUNCES. 362 00:17:45,300 --> 00:17:47,830 GIVE ME SIX WEEKS TO SLUICE. 363 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:50,040 THAT'S JULY 1st. 364 00:17:51,540 --> 00:17:53,270 YOU GOT A DEAL. 365 00:17:53,270 --> 00:17:56,640 BUT ON MIDNIGHT ON JULY 1st, 366 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:58,080 I'M GONNA HIT YOU WITH A HEFTY BILL. 367 00:17:58,080 --> 00:17:58,980 YOU UNDERSTAND? 368 00:17:58,980 --> 00:18:01,380 YEAH. HANDSHAKE? 369 00:18:01,380 --> 00:18:03,120 HANDSHAKE ON IT. 370 00:18:03,120 --> 00:18:06,920 I WISH HIM LUCK, BUT ON JULY 1st, 371 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,690 I'LL FRICKIN' TAKE THAT DOZER SO FAST, 372 00:18:09,690 --> 00:18:12,090 IT'LL MAKE THAT KID'S HEAD SPIN. 373 00:18:15,900 --> 00:18:17,830 TODD WAS SELLING HIS ENTIRE FLEET 374 00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:21,430 TO PAY FOR HIS NEXT GOLD-MINING VENTURE. 375 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:22,840 IF THE VENTURE WORKED, 376 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,310 HE AND HIS CREW COULD MORE THAN QUADRUPLE THEIR EARNINGS. 377 00:18:26,310 --> 00:18:29,710 WE DID GET $1.2 MILLION, WHICH IS FINE. 378 00:18:29,710 --> 00:18:33,080 BUT WE WANT A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE. 379 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,350 Narrator: IN A RISKY MOVE, 380 00:18:35,350 --> 00:18:40,390 TODD LED HIS CREW 5,000 MILES SOUTH OF OREGON... 381 00:18:40,390 --> 00:18:43,160 Man: THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GONNA FIND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GOLD. 382 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:47,460 DUDE, I LIKE THIS AREA, MAN. I GOT A GOOD FEELING ABOUT THIS. 383 00:18:47,460 --> 00:18:50,000 ...TO GUYANA, IN SOUTH AMERICA. 384 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:56,540 TODD BELIEVED THERE WAS GOLD IN THE JUNGLE. 385 00:18:59,310 --> 00:19:01,010 WELL, THERE GOES OUR RIDE, GUYS. 386 00:19:01,010 --> 00:19:02,740 NO TURNING BACK NOW. 387 00:19:02,740 --> 00:19:05,880 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CONTINENT, 388 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:08,310 PARKER HAD LEASED GROUND 389 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:11,520 FROM THE NOTORIOUS KLONDIKE COLD-MINING LEGEND, 390 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:12,450 TONY BEETS... 391 00:19:12,450 --> 00:19:13,620 HEY, TONY. 392 00:19:13,620 --> 00:19:15,090 GOOD. 393 00:19:15,090 --> 00:19:19,760 ...ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL GOLD MINERS IN NORTH AMERICA. 394 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,030 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SUMMER. 395 00:19:22,030 --> 00:19:23,700 IT'S GOOD TO BE UP HERE. 396 00:19:28,670 --> 00:19:32,810 PARKER'S CLAIM WAS 20 MILES SOUTH OF QUARTZ CREEK, 397 00:19:32,810 --> 00:19:36,610 WHERE TODD HAD MINED 800 OUNCES LAST SEASON. 398 00:19:38,980 --> 00:19:39,980 THERE YOU GO. 399 00:19:39,980 --> 00:19:43,880 PARKER SET HIMSELF THE SAME TARGET. 400 00:19:43,890 --> 00:19:46,150 THAT 800-OUNCE NUMBER... 401 00:19:46,150 --> 00:19:48,250 I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT INSPIRED IT. 402 00:19:56,160 --> 00:20:00,270 Narrator: PARKER GOT TO WORK. 403 00:20:00,270 --> 00:20:02,940 BUT THE GOLD WASN'T FLOWING, 404 00:20:02,940 --> 00:20:06,640 SO PARKER DECIDED TO ABANDON HIS FIRST CUT 405 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:08,440 AND INSTEAD MINE ACROSS THE RIVER, 406 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,140 WHERE HE THOUGHT HE'D BE MORE SUCCESSFUL. 407 00:20:11,150 --> 00:20:13,350 I'M NOT AFRAID TO MOVE THIS WHOLE SHOW OVER THERE. 408 00:20:13,350 --> 00:20:14,850 FANTASY LAND, PARKER. 409 00:20:14,850 --> 00:20:18,120 FANTASY LAND MIGHT JUST BE OUR NEXT CUT. 410 00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:21,950 PARKER'S CREW THOUGHT HE WAS MAKING A MISTAKE 411 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,060 AND SO DID TONY. 412 00:20:25,060 --> 00:20:29,830 AS LEASEHOLDER, TONY WAS DUE 15% OF THE GOLD PARKER MINED. 413 00:20:29,830 --> 00:20:32,900 HE INSPECTED THE CUT PARKER HAD ABANDONED. 414 00:20:46,650 --> 00:20:48,450 HEY, TONY. 415 00:20:51,090 --> 00:20:52,720 SOME GOLD. WHERE'S THAT FROM? 416 00:21:13,670 --> 00:21:17,480 BUT PARKER WAS CONVINCED HIS FANTASY LAND CUT 417 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:19,480 WOULD DELIVER MORE GOLD. 418 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:21,380 Parker: TONY IS JUST NEVER HAPPY. 419 00:21:21,380 --> 00:21:23,320 HE WANTS EVERYTHING DONE HIS WAY, 420 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,050 AND THAT'S NOT WHY I'M HERE. 421 00:21:25,050 --> 00:21:27,020 I CAME UP HERE TO DO THINGS MY WAY. 422 00:21:27,020 --> 00:21:29,990 THE ONLY WAY I CAN SEE GETTING TONY OFF MY BACK 423 00:21:29,990 --> 00:21:33,430 IS TO PAY HIM THE ROYALTY ON THAT 800 OUNCES RIGHT NOW 424 00:21:33,430 --> 00:21:34,530 AND BUY MY FREEDOM. 425 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,960 HEY, TONY, HERE. 426 00:21:38,970 --> 00:21:40,970 THAT'S THE ROYALTY ON 800. 427 00:21:40,970 --> 00:21:43,800 I'M PAYING IT FORWARD SO YOU CAN GET OFF MY ASS. 428 00:21:44,940 --> 00:21:46,140 I'VE GOT A PLAN. 429 00:21:46,140 --> 00:21:47,940 I JUST NEED TO DO IT MY WAY. 430 00:21:52,050 --> 00:21:53,310 YEAH. -OKAY. 431 00:22:00,650 --> 00:22:01,890 THANKS, TONY. 432 00:22:01,890 --> 00:22:03,560 Narrator: PARKER BOUGHT HIS FREEDOM 433 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,920 WITH OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS, 434 00:22:05,930 --> 00:22:09,030 BUT NOW HE WAS BURDENED WITH DEBT. 435 00:22:09,030 --> 00:22:11,360 HIS ONLY HOPE WAS TO FIND GOLD. 436 00:22:11,370 --> 00:22:15,500 BETTER HOPE FANTASY LAND PAYS OFF. 437 00:22:25,810 --> 00:22:28,550 Narrator: AFTER HIS FIRST SEASON MINING IN THE KLONDIKE, 438 00:22:28,550 --> 00:22:32,180 PARKER RETURNED HOME WITH HIS GOLD. 439 00:22:32,190 --> 00:22:33,190 PARKER! 440 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:36,460 WAIT TILL YOU SEE THIS. 441 00:22:36,460 --> 00:22:37,960 WHOA! 442 00:22:39,030 --> 00:22:39,930 LOOK AT THIS. 443 00:22:39,930 --> 00:22:42,530 LOOK AT ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. 444 00:22:42,530 --> 00:22:43,760 Man: WHOA. 445 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:48,370 LAST YEAR, PARKER'S RIVAL, TODD HOFFMAN, 446 00:22:48,370 --> 00:22:52,300 HAD MINED 800 OUNCES OF GOLD FROM THE SAME REGION. 447 00:22:52,310 --> 00:22:54,770 PARKER WAS DETERMINED TO DO BETTER. 448 00:22:54,780 --> 00:22:57,080 Parker: ...85. 449 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,750 990. 450 00:22:59,750 --> 00:23:01,310 OH, MAN. 451 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,850 Nancy: OH. 452 00:23:03,850 --> 00:23:06,250 -BIG-TIME. 453 00:23:06,250 --> 00:23:09,290 1,029. 454 00:23:09,290 --> 00:23:10,860 OH, MY GOSH! 455 00:23:10,860 --> 00:23:12,120 I'M GOING TO THE YUKON. 456 00:23:12,130 --> 00:23:14,430 -HOLY CRIMINY. -THAT'S OVER 1,000 OUNCES. 457 00:23:14,430 --> 00:23:16,030 1,029. 458 00:23:16,030 --> 00:23:18,430 -GEEZ. 459 00:23:25,140 --> 00:23:27,240 YOU MADE A GREAT DECISION. 460 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:32,040 HERE HE IS, 20 YEARS OLD, AND HE'S ALREADY CLOSE TO A MILLION. 461 00:23:34,050 --> 00:23:37,380 Narrator: PARKER HAD SMASHED TODD'S 800-OUNCE TOTAL 462 00:23:37,380 --> 00:23:38,650 FROM THE PREVIOUS SEASON. 463 00:23:40,390 --> 00:23:44,660 MEANWHILE, TODD WAS BACK FROM MINING IN THE JUNGLE. 464 00:23:44,660 --> 00:23:49,090 HE BET EVERYTHING HE HAD ON FINDING GOLD IN GUYANA... 465 00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:50,560 GOD! 466 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,300 ...BUT HIS EXPEDITION HAD BEEN A TOTAL FAILURE. 467 00:23:53,300 --> 00:23:54,900 THIS IS LIKE A TRAIN WRECK. 468 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:03,440 Narrator: HE FOUND JUST 2 OUNCES OF GOLD, WORTH JUST OVER $2,000. 469 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:05,080 THE JUNGLE DESTROYED TODD. 470 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:06,880 I'VE NEVER SEEN TODD THAT DEPRESSED. 471 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,410 Narrator: NOT ONLY HAD TODD LOST HIS MONEY, 472 00:24:09,420 --> 00:24:12,120 HE'D ALSO FAILED HIS CREW. 473 00:24:12,120 --> 00:24:13,750 I DO NOT WANT THIS TO GO ON. 474 00:24:13,750 --> 00:24:16,160 I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. IT'S BEEN WEEKS NOW. 475 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,420 WITH THE NEXT GOLD-MINING SEASON ABOUT TO BEGIN, 476 00:24:18,430 --> 00:24:21,290 TODD HAD GIVEN UP ON THE DREAM. 477 00:24:21,300 --> 00:24:23,600 Todd: THERE'S PEAKS AND VALLEYS IN LIFE. 478 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,270 THAT WAS DEFINITELY A FRICKIN' VALLEY. 479 00:24:27,270 --> 00:24:32,100 Narrator: BUT HIS FATHER PERSUADED HIM TO MINE FOR GOLD ONE LAST TIME. 480 00:24:32,110 --> 00:24:33,540 I'LL GO TALK TO HIM. 481 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,510 TODD AND HIS FATHER TRAVELED UP TO THE KLONDIKE, 482 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,880 WHERE THEY'D GROSSED OVER A MILLION DOLLARS TWO SEASONS AGO, 483 00:24:45,890 --> 00:24:50,160 HOPING TO FIND A CLAIM THAT HADN'T ALREADY BEEN LEASED. 484 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,460 LET'S GO FIND OUT IF THIS IS FOR REAL. 485 00:24:52,460 --> 00:24:55,360 Man: CLAIM'S GONNA BE LEASED SOMETIME IN THE NEXT WEEK, 486 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:56,530 ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. 487 00:24:56,530 --> 00:24:58,400 THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN IT. 488 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:01,270 IF ME AND MY DAD PAN GOLD RIGHT OVER HERE, 489 00:25:01,270 --> 00:25:02,530 I'M GONNA WALK BACK OVER HERE 490 00:25:02,540 --> 00:25:04,370 AND I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN CUT A DEAL WITH YOU. 491 00:25:04,370 --> 00:25:06,000 I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA FIND GOLD. 492 00:25:06,010 --> 00:25:09,410 DAD, ARE YOU SEEING ANYTHING? 493 00:25:12,250 --> 00:25:14,080 THERE'S SOME GOLD. 494 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:15,710 LOOK AT THAT. 495 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:17,980 THERE'S GOLD RIGHT THERE. 496 00:25:17,990 --> 00:25:20,190 -LOOK AT THAT, DAD. -YEAH. 497 00:25:20,190 --> 00:25:22,020 THIS IS FRICKIN' AWESOME. 498 00:25:22,020 --> 00:25:24,260 THIS IS A LOT OF FRICKIN' GOLD. 499 00:25:24,260 --> 00:25:26,120 WE COULD ROLL THAT FRICKIN' TROMMEL IN HERE 500 00:25:26,130 --> 00:25:28,360 AND BE MINING IN THE FIRST WEEK. YOU UNDERSTAND? 501 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:33,100 THERE'S PROBABLY MAYBE 80, 90 OUNCES ALREADY STRIPPED. 502 00:25:33,100 --> 00:25:34,870 THAT CAN GET US RIGHT OUT OF THE HOLE, YOU KNOW? 503 00:25:34,870 --> 00:25:36,840 -RIGHT OFF THE BAT. -YEP. 504 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:38,170 WE NEED IT. 505 00:25:38,170 --> 00:25:39,570 I'LL GO UP THERE AND SEE IF WE CAN NEGOTIATE, ALL RIGHT? 506 00:25:39,570 --> 00:25:40,740 -YEAH. -OKAY. 507 00:25:40,740 --> 00:25:43,980 Narrator: TODD SECURED THE LEASE ON McKINNON CREEK 508 00:25:43,980 --> 00:25:47,050 WITH THE PROMISE THAT HE WOULD PAY THE OWNER 509 00:25:47,050 --> 00:25:50,880 AT LEAST $100,000 WORTH OF GOLD. 510 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:56,420 HE PUT THE WORD OUT TO HIS CREW, BUT AFTER LAST SEASON'S FIASCO, 511 00:25:56,420 --> 00:25:59,220 HE DIDN'T EXPECT THEM TO COME BACK TO HIM. 512 00:25:59,230 --> 00:26:02,590 HEY, DAD, WE GOT COMPANY. 513 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:03,700 WELL, I'LL BE DAMNED. 514 00:26:06,230 --> 00:26:08,870 I KNEW I -- I KNEW I COULD COUNT ON YOU, BUDDY. 515 00:26:08,870 --> 00:26:11,540 I'M REALLY SURPRISED THAT YOU CAME, MAN. 516 00:26:11,540 --> 00:26:12,940 WHAT CHANGED YOUR MIND? 517 00:26:12,940 --> 00:26:14,840 WHEN I HEARD YOU WERE GETTING GOLD, 518 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,640 IT WAS KIND OF A NO-BRAINER FOR ME. 519 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:18,880 I WANT TO JUST APOLOGIZE 520 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:20,080 FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR. 521 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,450 THIS YEAR, LET'S REDEEM OURSELVES, MAN. 522 00:26:22,450 --> 00:26:26,180 Todd: YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE HUMBLING RIGHT NOW 523 00:26:26,190 --> 00:26:28,850 THAT THESE GUYS WOULD TAKE ONE MORE RISK WITH US. 524 00:26:28,860 --> 00:26:32,060 AND WHEN YOUR FAMILY COMES BACK, THAT FEELS GOOD. 525 00:26:32,060 --> 00:26:37,330 Narrator: WITH HIS CREW BACK TOGETHER AND THE GOLD FLOWING, 526 00:26:37,330 --> 00:26:40,070 TODD'S THOUGHTS TURN TO MAXIMIZING HIS PROFITS. 527 00:26:42,700 --> 00:26:47,440 HE INVESTED IN A GIANT WASH PLANT, MONSTER RED. 528 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:49,310 THIS STATE-OF-THE-ART MACHINE 529 00:26:49,310 --> 00:26:54,080 COULD PROCESS TWICE AS MUCH GOLD AS PARKER'S. 530 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:59,350 WITH MONSTER RED, TODD MIGHT BE ABLE TO BEAT HIS RIVAL. 531 00:27:04,260 --> 00:27:09,460 12 MILES SOUTH, PARKER HAD BEEN MINING SCRIBNER CREEK FOR WEEKS. 532 00:27:09,460 --> 00:27:14,800 HE'D ALREADY CLEANED OUT MORE THAN 500 OUNCES OF GOLD 533 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:18,140 WHEN AN UNWELCOME VISITOR FLEW OVER. 534 00:27:21,380 --> 00:27:24,140 WHO'S THAT UP THERE SPYING? 535 00:27:24,140 --> 00:27:25,810 THAT'S TODD HOFFMAN. 536 00:27:25,810 --> 00:27:30,450 Narrator: TODD HAD RENTED A HELICOPTER TO SPY ON PARKER'S OPERATION. 537 00:27:30,450 --> 00:27:32,720 Todd: WHAT YOU CAN SEE BY AIR IS YOU CAN SEE 538 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:37,060 THE AMOUNT OF AREAS THAT THEY'RE STRIPPING, 539 00:27:37,060 --> 00:27:38,820 HOW FAR AHEAD THEY ARE, 540 00:27:38,830 --> 00:27:40,460 HOW THEY'RE GETTING THEIR PAY DIRT OUT, 541 00:27:40,460 --> 00:27:41,890 AND WHERE THEY'RE SETTING THEIR PLANT. 542 00:27:41,900 --> 00:27:45,360 COME TALK TO US. GROW A PAIR. 543 00:27:45,370 --> 00:27:47,600 A LOT CHEAPER THAN RENTING A HELICOPTER. 544 00:27:49,670 --> 00:27:52,200 RIGHT NOW, I'M HEADING OVER TO THE HOFFMAN CLAIM. 545 00:27:52,210 --> 00:27:55,670 I'VE HEARD THEY HAVE A BIG OLD FANCY WASH PLANT. 546 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,010 MONSTER RED. 547 00:28:03,020 --> 00:28:05,080 HUH. 548 00:28:05,090 --> 00:28:07,420 GUESS "BIG RED" JUST AIN'T GOOD ENOUGH, HUH? 549 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:10,560 NOT FOR ME. 550 00:28:11,530 --> 00:28:14,030 DON'T GET JEALOUS. 551 00:28:14,030 --> 00:28:15,830 I'D HATE TO THINK OF WHAT WE'D BE AT 552 00:28:15,830 --> 00:28:18,300 IN THIS POINT IN THE SEASON IF I HAD THIS WASH PLANT. 553 00:28:18,300 --> 00:28:21,330 I ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOUR WASH PLANT LOOKS LIKE. 554 00:28:21,340 --> 00:28:23,340 FLYING AROUND IN YOUR HELICOPTER. 555 00:28:25,010 --> 00:28:27,140 I'M IN THE INFORMATION BUSINESS, PARKER. 556 00:28:27,140 --> 00:28:28,240 NEXT TIME, YOU SHOULD JUST LAND, 557 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,440 AND I'LL GIVE YOU A CUP OF COFFEE. 558 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,980 Narrator: TODD HAD STARTED THE SEASON LATE, 559 00:28:32,980 --> 00:28:35,380 BUT HE BELIEVED BIG RED WOULD HELP HIM CATCH 560 00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:37,180 AND OVERTAKE PARKER. 561 00:28:37,180 --> 00:28:38,920 Todd: HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING. 562 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:40,220 THERE'S A FREIGHT TRAIN COMING, 563 00:28:40,220 --> 00:28:42,690 AND I'M THE FAT GUY THAT'S THE CONDUCTOR. 564 00:28:42,690 --> 00:28:44,960 HOO-HOO! 565 00:28:47,630 --> 00:28:52,100 Narrator: THE RESULTS FROM TODD'S SCALED-UP OPERATION 566 00:28:52,100 --> 00:28:54,570 WERE STAGGERING. 567 00:28:54,570 --> 00:28:56,770 Man: MOMENT OF TRUTH, GUYS. 568 00:28:56,770 --> 00:29:00,410 TODD AND HIS CREW FINISHED THE SEASON 569 00:29:00,410 --> 00:29:07,150 WITH 1,349 OUNCES OF GOLD, WORTH $1.6 MILLION... 570 00:29:07,150 --> 00:29:09,050 -THERE YOU GO, HUH? -YES! 571 00:29:09,050 --> 00:29:11,850 Narrator: ...NEARLY A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS MORE 572 00:29:11,850 --> 00:29:13,990 THAN PARKER GROSSED LAST YEAR. 573 00:29:13,990 --> 00:29:15,950 THANKS, BUDDY. 574 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:19,420 ONE WORD THAT WOULD SUM UP MY SEASON WOULD BE "THANKFUL." 575 00:29:19,430 --> 00:29:21,430 THANKFUL FOR ANOTHER SHOT AT A DREAM. 576 00:29:21,430 --> 00:29:22,730 WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT 577 00:29:22,730 --> 00:29:25,260 IF YOU GUYS DIDN'T TAKE ANOTHER RISK WITH ME. 578 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:34,140 AT SCRIBNER CREEK, EVEN THOUGH WINTER WAS DRAWING IN, 579 00:29:34,140 --> 00:29:37,380 PARKER DECIDED TO CONTINUE MINING FOR GOLD. 580 00:29:37,380 --> 00:29:39,380 Parker: I'VE GOT SOME BAD NEWS FOR YOU. 581 00:29:39,380 --> 00:29:41,010 WE'RE NOT DONE MINING. 582 00:29:41,010 --> 00:29:42,310 WE NEED TO KEEP WORKING. 583 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,520 WE NEED TO STAY AND FIND SOME MORE GOLD. 584 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:45,880 IS THERE AN ISSUE WITH THAT? 585 00:29:45,890 --> 00:29:48,190 -SO -- 586 00:29:48,190 --> 00:29:50,260 Cheeseman: I DON'T WANT TO AROUND 587 00:29:50,260 --> 00:29:52,090 AND WORK UNTIL IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE ANYMORE. 588 00:29:52,090 --> 00:29:55,490 I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO GET AS MUCH GOLD AS YOU CAN GET. 589 00:29:55,500 --> 00:29:56,660 I UNDERSTAND THAT. 590 00:29:56,660 --> 00:29:59,500 BUT EVERYBODY'S WORE OUT. THIS IS 591 00:29:59,500 --> 00:30:00,730 I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GOING ON HERE. 592 00:30:00,730 --> 00:30:02,000 START UNDERSTANDING THAT... 593 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:03,770 Remsburg: I THINK OUR BACKS HAVE BEEN BROKEN. 594 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:10,610 Narrator: BUT PARKER WANTED MORE GOLD, 595 00:30:10,610 --> 00:30:14,210 AND DESPITE THE COLD, HIS CREW WORKED ON. 596 00:30:14,210 --> 00:30:15,810 Cheeseman: I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A SOLUTION. 597 00:30:15,820 --> 00:30:18,180 MAYBE THE SOLUTION IS I LEAVE. 598 00:30:18,190 --> 00:30:20,520 I'M PRETTY OFF. 599 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:37,670 THAT'S 200. 600 00:30:38,970 --> 00:30:43,380 Narrator: PARKER'S WINTER PUSH HELPED THE 19-YEAR-OLD MINE BOSS 601 00:30:43,380 --> 00:30:47,910 FINISH THE SEASON WITH 2,538 OUNCES. 602 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:52,750 I MEAN, THAT'S $3 MILLION RIGHT THERE ON THE TABLE. 603 00:30:52,750 --> 00:30:55,850 Narrator: PARKER HAD MADE A MILLION DOLLARS MORE THAN TODD, 604 00:30:55,860 --> 00:30:59,020 BUT HIS VICTORY CAME AT A PRICE. 605 00:30:59,030 --> 00:31:01,290 HE WAS ABOUT TO LOSE THE VERY PEOPLE 606 00:31:01,300 --> 00:31:03,500 WHO'D MADE HIM SO SUCCESSFUL. 607 00:31:12,140 --> 00:31:16,240 Narrator: PARKER HAD OUTMINED HIS RIVAL TODD 608 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:19,190 WITH A MASSIVE $3 MILLION GOLD HAUL. 609 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:22,260 BUT HIS GREED HAD BROKEN HIS CREW. 610 00:31:23,630 --> 00:31:27,670 EVEN PARKER'S RIGHT-HAND MAN, GENE CHEESEMAN, HAD HAD ENOUGH. 611 00:31:27,670 --> 00:31:30,470 I'M NOT GONNA TAKE ANY FROM THE LITTLE PUNK. 612 00:31:31,980 --> 00:31:38,280 GENE HAD PLAYED A VITAL PART IN PARKER'S SUCCESS. 613 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:39,350 Man: WHAT'S GOING ON? 614 00:31:39,350 --> 00:31:43,720 I JUST MET WITH GENE, AND HE'S DONE. 615 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:45,750 SO HE'LL NOT BE THERE ANYMORE, HUH? 616 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,790 I THINK THAT BRIDGE HAS BEEN BURNED. 617 00:31:48,790 --> 00:31:51,260 Narrator: IT WASN'T JUST GENE WHO WAS LEAVING. 618 00:31:51,260 --> 00:31:53,560 Parker: GREG REMSBURG'S NOT COMING BACK. 619 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,230 MIKE IS LEAVING, AS WELL. 620 00:31:55,230 --> 00:31:59,300 Narrator: PARKER DIDN'T KNOW IF ANY OF HIS CREW WOULD WORK FOR HIM AGAIN. 621 00:31:59,300 --> 00:32:01,740 I MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE PROBLEMS AROUND THERE, 622 00:32:01,740 --> 00:32:03,470 BUT IT'S JUST... 623 00:32:05,010 --> 00:32:07,110 I'M SCARED. 624 00:32:07,110 --> 00:32:10,250 Nancy: WHAT I SAW LAST YEAR WAS MAYBE NOT YOUR BEST SELF. 625 00:32:10,250 --> 00:32:11,350 YEAH. 626 00:32:11,350 --> 00:32:13,350 YOU GOT GREAT GOLD TOTALS, BUT, YOU KNOW... 627 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:16,620 YEAH, I LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES, MOM. 628 00:32:16,620 --> 00:32:18,390 OKAY. 629 00:32:20,060 --> 00:32:22,490 DO YOU WANT TO MINE? 630 00:32:22,490 --> 00:32:24,660 I DO ENJOY MINING. NO, I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT. 631 00:32:24,660 --> 00:32:25,990 AND YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE KLONDIKE, 632 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,160 AND YOU WANT TO MINE THIS SEASON. 633 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:29,060 YES. 634 00:32:32,900 --> 00:32:36,270 Narrator: AT McKINNON CREEK, 635 00:32:36,270 --> 00:32:39,140 TODD HAD ALL THE INGREDIENTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL SEASON... 636 00:32:39,140 --> 00:32:41,940 I REALLY WANTED TO BEAT PARKER THIS YEAR. 637 00:32:41,950 --> 00:32:43,210 Narrator: ...A LOYAL CREW... 638 00:32:43,210 --> 00:32:44,310 -WHAT'S UP, MAN? -HOW ARE YOU? 639 00:32:44,310 --> 00:32:46,450 Narrator: ...GOLD IN THE GROUND, 640 00:32:46,450 --> 00:32:49,420 AND A REVOLUTIONARY VISION THAT COULD PROPEL HIM 641 00:32:49,420 --> 00:32:52,050 INTO GOLD-MINING'S ELITE. 642 00:32:52,060 --> 00:32:55,290 LET'S MAKE A SUPERCUT, THE BIGGEST CUT WE'VE EVER SEEN. 643 00:32:55,290 --> 00:32:59,390 IF WE COULD PULL THIS OFF, IT COULD BE INCREDIBLE, MAN. 644 00:33:05,670 --> 00:33:11,640 TODD HAD DECIDED TO RISK IT ALL ON A GIANT, MILE-LONG SUPERCUT. 645 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:14,810 TAKING THREE WEEKS TO BUILD, 646 00:33:14,810 --> 00:33:18,650 TODD WOULD ONLY GET AN IDEA HOW MUCH GOLD IT CONTAINED 647 00:33:18,650 --> 00:33:21,820 AFTER THE FIRST CLEANOUT. 648 00:33:21,820 --> 00:33:23,750 HEY, GUYS. 649 00:33:23,750 --> 00:33:24,850 Man: WHAT IS IT? 650 00:33:24,860 --> 00:33:26,550 IT'S GOOD. 651 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:27,420 HOW GOOD? 652 00:33:27,420 --> 00:33:28,760 LISTEN. 653 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:30,090 -WHOA! -OH, MY GOD. 654 00:33:30,090 --> 00:33:32,990 -YOU'RE FREAKING KIDDING ME. -LOOK AT THAT. 655 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,300 Man: HOW MUCH IS IT, JACK? 656 00:33:35,300 --> 00:33:38,070 236 OUNCES. 657 00:33:38,070 --> 00:33:39,370 WHOO! 658 00:33:39,370 --> 00:33:40,900 GOD. 659 00:33:40,900 --> 00:33:42,440 WOW. 660 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:43,770 GUYS, YOU KNOW WHAT? 661 00:33:43,770 --> 00:33:47,610 THIS IS THE BIGGEST CLEANUP WE'VE EVER DONE AS A TEAM, EVER. 662 00:33:47,610 --> 00:33:49,580 236. 663 00:33:49,580 --> 00:33:51,750 OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION BUCKS. 664 00:33:51,750 --> 00:33:55,520 Narrator: TODD WAS ON COURSE FOR A RECORD SEASON. 665 00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:57,250 Todd: I THINK THE SKY'S THE LIMIT. I REALLY DO. 666 00:33:57,250 --> 00:33:59,190 WE GOT A GOOD START. 667 00:33:59,190 --> 00:34:01,160 WE THINK WE'RE GONNA BEAT EVERYBODY. 668 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:02,390 NOT JUST PARKER, MAN. 669 00:34:02,390 --> 00:34:03,830 PROBABLY BEAT EVERYBODY AROUND US. 670 00:34:03,830 --> 00:34:08,300 Narrator: NEWS OF TODD'S SUPERCUT SPREAD. 671 00:34:08,300 --> 00:34:11,300 PARKER WENT TO SEE WHAT HIS RIVAL WAS UP TO. 672 00:34:11,300 --> 00:34:14,640 HE'S GONE BIG-SCALE THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW? 673 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:16,270 THOSE D11s AND THOSE 475s, 674 00:34:16,270 --> 00:34:19,340 I MEAN, THOSE ARE WHAT, YOU KNOW, MASSIVE COAL MINES RUN. 675 00:34:19,340 --> 00:34:22,440 THE COST ON THOSE IS PHENOMENAL. 676 00:34:26,780 --> 00:34:28,980 Todd: DOZER, COME HERE. 677 00:34:28,990 --> 00:34:31,620 DID HE BITE, OR IS HE GOOD? 678 00:34:31,620 --> 00:34:33,190 Parker: NO, HE'S FINE. 679 00:34:33,190 --> 00:34:35,520 SO, DUDE, YOU GOT A GOOD START THIS YEAR OR NOT? 680 00:34:35,530 --> 00:34:38,230 YOU KNOW, IT'S A ROUGH START, BUT WHEN ISN'T IT? 681 00:34:38,230 --> 00:34:40,900 SO, YOU'RE ALL SETTLED IN FOR THE SEASON, HUH? 682 00:34:40,900 --> 00:34:43,030 LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE A LACK OF IRON AROUND. 683 00:34:43,030 --> 00:34:44,370 YEAH. 684 00:34:48,470 --> 00:34:50,170 YOU KNOW WHAT? 685 00:34:50,170 --> 00:34:54,010 WE'RE GONNA COME OUT HERE WITH THE MOST AMOUNT OF GOLD. 686 00:34:54,010 --> 00:34:55,210 ALL POWER TO YOU. 687 00:34:57,110 --> 00:34:58,110 LOOK OUT, PARKER. 688 00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:01,620 YOU BETTER FRICKIN' MINE HARD. 689 00:35:01,620 --> 00:35:02,880 WHATEVER. 690 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:15,730 Parker: I'M VERY COMPETITIVE, 691 00:35:15,730 --> 00:35:19,000 AND I HATE THE THOUGHT OF GETTING BEAT BY TODD. 692 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,040 Todd: WE GOT A BETTER TEAM, AND WE GOT BIGGER HEARTS. 693 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:24,710 HE SAID THEY'VE GOT MORE HEART THAN US. 694 00:35:24,710 --> 00:35:26,840 WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? 695 00:35:29,380 --> 00:35:32,710 Narrator: DESPITE STARTING THE SEASON WITH AN INEXPERIENCED CREW, 696 00:35:32,720 --> 00:35:35,850 PARKER DECIDED TO TAKE ON TODD 697 00:35:35,850 --> 00:35:38,190 AND MAKE HIS OWN VERSION OF THE SUPERCUT. 698 00:35:40,260 --> 00:35:42,460 Parker: IT'S LIKE WAR OF THE CUTS, YOU KNOW? 699 00:35:42,460 --> 00:35:45,730 HE'S GOT THE SUPERCUT. WE NEED A MASSIVE BOUNDARY CUT. 700 00:35:45,730 --> 00:35:50,630 Narrator: THE BOUNDARY CUT WOULD BE EVEN BIGGER THAN TODD'S SUPERCUT 701 00:35:50,630 --> 00:35:53,570 AND TAKE WEEKS OF BACKBREAKING WORK TO BUILD. 702 00:35:53,570 --> 00:35:55,440 Parker: I KNEW IT WAS GONNA TAKE A LOT, 703 00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:57,910 AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE'D BE ABLE TO DO IT. 704 00:35:59,940 --> 00:36:05,510 Narrator: BUT PARKER'S INEXPERIENCED CREW BUCKLED UNDER THE PRESSURE. 705 00:36:10,850 --> 00:36:12,690 Man: HOW LONG DID I -- 706 00:36:12,690 --> 00:36:13,790 HOW LONG DID I WELD UP THERE FOR? 707 00:36:13,790 --> 00:36:15,020 I DON'T 708 00:36:15,030 --> 00:36:18,730 PARKER HAD WORKED HIS CREW SO HARD, SOME QUIT. 709 00:36:18,730 --> 00:36:20,330 -WHAT'S UP? -I'M JUST GOING HOME. 710 00:36:20,330 --> 00:36:22,200 Narrator: OTHERS WERE ON THE VERGE OF LEAVING. 711 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,230 Man: THREE MONTHS, WORKING EVERY DAY. 712 00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:27,340 WE'VE TAKEN THREE DAYS OFF THE WHOLE TIME. 713 00:36:27,340 --> 00:36:28,800 I WOULDN'T TREAT MY DOG 714 00:36:28,810 --> 00:36:31,440 THE WAY THAT HE'S WALKING AROUND TREATING PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE. 715 00:36:37,950 --> 00:36:40,150 WE'RE HAVING CREW ISSUES. 716 00:36:40,150 --> 00:36:42,550 WE'VE LOST SEVERAL PEOPLE. 717 00:36:42,550 --> 00:36:44,990 BOTH QUIT AND FIRED. 718 00:36:44,990 --> 00:36:47,760 Narrator: PARKER'S SEASON WAS IN JEOPARDY. 719 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:50,060 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM. 720 00:36:50,060 --> 00:36:55,830 John: IF YOU TREAT CREW LIKE SLAVES, THAT'S A BAD APPROACH. 721 00:36:55,830 --> 00:36:57,430 CAN'T PLEASE EVERYBODY. 722 00:36:57,430 --> 00:36:59,600 SOMETIMES I'M JUST TRYING TO PLEASE THE FUEL COMPANY 723 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:01,270 BY MAKING SURE I HAVE A CHECK FOR THEM. 724 00:37:01,270 --> 00:37:03,240 YOU DON'T GIVE A ABOUT MONEY. 725 00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:06,980 IF YOU GOT A TEAM, YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING, 726 00:37:06,980 --> 00:37:10,410 AND SO I LEAVE YOU WITH THAT THOUGHT. 727 00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:13,920 ALL RIGHT. 728 00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:20,220 IF PARKER COULDN'T KEEP HIS CREW TOGETHER, HIS SEASON WOULD FAIL. 729 00:37:20,220 --> 00:37:22,390 HEY, WILL YOU GUYS COME HERE? 730 00:37:22,390 --> 00:37:25,590 Narrator: IT WAS TIME FOR A DIFFERENT APPROACH. 731 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,000 Parker: THE BOUNDARY CUT'S JUST BEEN A LONG PROCESS, YOU KNOW? 732 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:29,300 A LOT OF THINGS IN THE WORKS, 733 00:37:29,300 --> 00:37:31,070 AND IT'S A BIG -- IT WAS A BIG UNDERTAKING. 734 00:37:31,070 --> 00:37:33,640 I THOUGHT THIS THING WAS GONNA BE THE DEATH OF US, 735 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,370 AND YOU GUYS DID A HELL OF A JOB. 736 00:37:36,370 --> 00:37:40,040 YOU GUYS PUT IN SOME CRAZY HOURS, AND YOU GUYS KILLED IT. 737 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:44,280 YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS DID A GOOD JOB, AND, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT. 738 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:47,550 Narrator: PARKER'S CHANGE IN ATTITUDE WAS THE BREAKTHROUGH 739 00:37:47,550 --> 00:37:49,520 HIS GRANDFATHER HAD BEEN HOPING FOR. 740 00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:55,290 PARKER, YOU HAVE REACHED BEYOND MY EXPECTATIONS. 741 00:37:55,290 --> 00:37:57,390 YOU HAVE BROUGHT THE CREW TOGETHER. 742 00:37:57,390 --> 00:37:59,530 OH, NO, I'VE JUST GOT A GOOD GROUP OF GUYS HERE. 743 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:02,600 AND GIRLS. 744 00:38:09,140 --> 00:38:13,140 Narrator: THE BATTLE FOR GOLD BETWEEN TODD'S SUPERCUT 745 00:38:13,140 --> 00:38:17,310 AND PARKER'S BOUNDARY CUT WENT DOWN TO THE WIRE. 746 00:38:17,310 --> 00:38:18,980 AT THE END OF THE SEASON, 747 00:38:18,980 --> 00:38:21,650 TODD'S SUPERCUT HAD PRODUCED MORE GOLD 748 00:38:21,650 --> 00:38:24,520 THAN ALL HIS PREVIOUS SEASONS COMBINED. 749 00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:25,350 WHOO! 750 00:38:28,860 --> 00:38:32,260 Man: MAN! LOOK AT THAT. 751 00:38:32,260 --> 00:38:34,030 THAT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF GOLD, JACK. 752 00:38:34,030 --> 00:38:37,200 Jack: YEAH. WE GOT 3,032... 753 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:40,130 -NO WAY! -...OUR BEST SEASON EVER. 754 00:38:40,140 --> 00:38:41,570 I'M NOT SO SURE IF WE'RE GONNA BEAT PARKER. 755 00:38:41,570 --> 00:38:42,970 I HAVE NO IDEA. 756 00:38:42,970 --> 00:38:47,340 BUT NO MATTER WHAT, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING ON THE TEAM. 757 00:38:47,340 --> 00:38:48,740 THANKS. 758 00:38:48,750 --> 00:38:52,410 Narrator: TODD HAD BROKEN $3 MILLION, 759 00:38:52,420 --> 00:38:55,580 BUT WITH THE FINAL CLEANOUT OF THE SEASON... 760 00:38:55,590 --> 00:38:57,720 Parker: I RECKON THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 25 OUNCES, 761 00:38:57,720 --> 00:38:59,490 WHICH TAKES US PAST THE HOFFMANS. 762 00:38:59,490 --> 00:39:00,890 Man: I THINK HE SHOULD'VE LEARNED BY NOW. 763 00:39:00,890 --> 00:39:03,860 Narrator: ...PARKER OVERTOOK HIM. 764 00:39:03,860 --> 00:39:06,930 -YEAH! -OH, YEAH! 765 00:39:06,930 --> 00:39:10,400 Parker: SO THAT TAKES US TO 3,362. 766 00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:14,770 Narrator: PARKER HAD BEATEN TODD BY 330 OUNCES... 767 00:39:14,770 --> 00:39:16,900 -SHOOTER! -SHOOTER! 768 00:39:16,910 --> 00:39:21,940 Narrator: ...BRINGING HIS TOTAL TO $3.5 MILLION WORTH OF GOLD. 769 00:39:21,950 --> 00:39:25,910 PARKER, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW PLEASED AND PROUD I AM OF YOU, 770 00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:29,650 AND I AM REALLY PROUD BECAUSE... 771 00:39:29,650 --> 00:39:33,190 WHAT MORE -- WHAT MORE CAN I ASK FOR? 772 00:39:33,190 --> 00:39:34,490 NOTHING. 773 00:39:36,790 --> 00:39:38,690 I AM LUCKY. 774 00:39:40,460 --> 00:39:43,230 I'M A VERY FORTUNATE MAN. 775 00:39:45,300 --> 00:39:47,670 -GIVE HIM A HUG, YOU BIG GOON. -GIVE A BIG HUG. 776 00:39:47,670 --> 00:39:49,270 COME ON, PARKER. 777 00:39:52,540 --> 00:39:54,410 I LOVE YOU. 778 00:39:54,410 --> 00:39:58,750 I LOVE -- I LOVE YOU, PARKER. 779 00:39:58,750 --> 00:40:01,850 NOT ONLY LOVE YOU, I'M PROUD OF YOU. 780 00:40:01,850 --> 00:40:06,990 YOU'VE MADE MY LIFE WORTHWHILE. 781 00:40:06,990 --> 00:40:09,420 Parker: I MEAN, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 782 00:40:09,430 --> 00:40:15,030 IT WAS BEAUTIFUL THE WAY HE JUST HELPED MOLD ME INTO WHO I AM. 783 00:40:15,030 --> 00:40:19,070 I MEAN, MY PARENTS ARE OWED A LOT, AS WELL, 784 00:40:19,070 --> 00:40:21,440 BUT WHEN IT COMES TO GOLD-MINING, IT WAS MY GRANDPA. 785 00:40:32,450 --> 00:40:38,950 Narrator: FIVE MONTHS LATER, AT THE AGE OF 96, JOHN SCHNABEL PASSED AWAY. 786 00:40:41,620 --> 00:40:44,990 NEXT SEASON, PARKER WILL HAVE TO COME TO TERMS 787 00:40:44,990 --> 00:40:47,860 WITH MINING WITHOUT HIS GRANDFATHER. 788 00:40:47,860 --> 00:40:51,330 John: WELL, THE GREATEST THING THAT I'VE DONE 789 00:40:51,330 --> 00:40:55,940 IS INSTILL IN MY GRANDSON YOU GOT TO TRY. 790 00:40:55,940 --> 00:40:58,670 DON'T EVER GIVE UP. 791 00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:03,440 Narrator: IN THE KLONDIKE, TONY BEETS IS STAKING HIS REPUTATION 792 00:41:03,450 --> 00:41:08,950 ON RESURRECTING A 400-TON PRE-WAR GOLD-MINING DREDGE. 793 00:41:08,950 --> 00:41:11,920 AND DESPITE HAVING LOST EVERYTHING IN THE JUNGLE, 794 00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:15,190 TODD IS LEAVING THE KLONDIKE AGAIN. 795 00:41:15,190 --> 00:41:18,460 WE'RE STARTING OVER, AND THAT IS SCARY. 796 00:41:18,460 --> 00:41:21,000 HE'S BETTING ON FINDING GOLD IN OREGON. 797 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,600 -DAD! -BEGINNER'S LUCK, BUDDY. 798 00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:24,800 Narrator: IT'LL EITHER MAKE HIM... 799 00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:26,470 -YEAH! -...OR BREAK HIM. 800 00:41:26,470 --> 00:41:27,900 I'M GONNA THROW OUT THE CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW. 801 00:41:27,900 --> 00:41:29,670 I'M GONNA KICK THE KID'S ASS NEXT YEAR. 801 00:41:30,305 --> 00:42:30,207