"Gold Rush" Gold Rush: Parker v Beets

1 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:08,590 Parker: FOR FOUR SEASONS, I'VE HAD TO ANSWER TO TONY BEETS. 2 00:00:08,590 --> 00:00:12,400 HE'S TAKEN $2.5 MILLION IN ROYALTIES FROM ME. 3 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:16,000 NOW I'VE GOT A PLAN TO BUY MY FREEDOM -- 4 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,070 A DEAL ON NEW, VIRGIN GROUND. 5 00:00:19,070 --> 00:00:21,070 Narrator: EARLIER THIS SEASON... 6 00:00:21,070 --> 00:00:23,810 THIS MAY BE PICKING A BIG OLD BATTLE WITH TONY BEETS. 7 00:00:23,810 --> 00:00:28,410 YEAH, SHOULD PROBABLY KEEP IT QUIET FOR A WHILE. 8 00:00:28,410 --> 00:00:30,880 ...PARKER WENT BEHIND THE BACK 9 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:34,220 OF ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL MEN IN THE KLONDIKE. 10 00:00:35,620 --> 00:00:37,790 Parker: OH, . 11 00:00:39,890 --> 00:00:42,160 I'M ON A LEASE WITH KEN AND STUART 12 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:44,460 ON THE GROUND RIGHT NEXT TO YOU. 13 00:00:47,570 --> 00:00:50,430 IN THIS SPECIAL EPISODE OF "GOLD RUSH"... 14 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:52,100 ALL RIGHT. LET'S CRANK HER UP. 15 00:00:52,100 --> 00:00:55,040 ...THE FOUR-YEAR BATTLE BETWEEN TONY BEETS... 16 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,040 MAN: Tony just shut us down. 17 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:58,310 OH, YOU'RE KIDDING ME. 18 00:00:58,310 --> 00:00:59,840 Narrator: ...AND PARKER SCHNABEL... 19 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,110 GET OUT OF MY WAY. 20 00:01:02,110 --> 00:01:03,980 ...HOW PARKER'S MENTOR... 21 00:01:03,980 --> 00:01:05,720 I WOULD HAVE NEVER GONE TO THE KLONDIKE 22 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:07,520 IF HE DIDN'T TAKE ME UNDER HIS WING. 23 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,450 Narrator: ...MADE MILLIONS OUT OF THE MINING PRODIGY... 24 00:01:12,390 --> 00:01:14,320 ...HOW TONY USED THE MONEY 25 00:01:14,330 --> 00:01:17,130 TO SECURE HIS REIGN OVER THE KLONDIKE... 26 00:01:20,530 --> 00:01:24,530 Narrator: ...AND HOW PARKER FOUGHT BACK... 27 00:01:24,540 --> 00:01:28,670 ...HAVING LEARNED THE RULES OF THE GAME... 28 00:01:28,670 --> 00:01:30,340 FROM THE MASTER HIMSELF. 29 00:01:30,340 --> 00:01:32,610 Parker: THERE'S A LOT OF MINERS THAT GET SCREWED OVER, 30 00:01:32,610 --> 00:01:36,080 AND I'M NOT GONNA LAY THERE AND TAKE IT. 31 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:37,810 I'M NOT GOING TO. 32 00:01:37,820 --> 00:01:40,820 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 33 00:01:40,820 --> 00:01:43,750 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 34 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:52,630 Narrator: PARKER SCHNABEL WAS BORN INTO A GOLD-MINING DYNASTY. 35 00:01:52,630 --> 00:01:55,030 Nancy: PARKER WANTED TO GO TO THE MINE 36 00:01:55,030 --> 00:01:57,170 AND WASN'T POTTY-TRAINED. 37 00:01:57,170 --> 00:01:58,700 AND JOHN SAID, "WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF DIAPERS, 38 00:01:58,700 --> 00:02:00,040 YOU CAN COME TO THE MINE." 39 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,370 John: TWO WEEKS LATER, HE CAME UP WITH JOCKEY SHORTS 40 00:02:03,370 --> 00:02:06,240 AND SAYS, "GRANDPA, I DON'T HAVE DIAPERS." 41 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:11,050 THE DIAPER STORY? YEAH. I DON'T REMEMBER IT. 42 00:02:11,050 --> 00:02:13,250 -YOU DON'T REMEMBER IT AT ALL? -NOT ONE BIT. 43 00:02:13,250 --> 00:02:16,250 Narrator: FROM A YOUNG AGE, PARKER DREAMED 44 00:02:16,250 --> 00:02:19,920 OF BECOMING A GOLD-MINING LEGEND LIKE HIS GRANDFATHER. 45 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:24,190 HE IS A HERO, BUT THAT'S WHAT HE'S ALWAYS BEEN. 46 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:25,800 IT'S PRETTY COOL. 47 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:31,330 Narrator: AT JUST 16, HE BECAME A MINE BOSS. 48 00:02:31,340 --> 00:02:36,070 TO COME RIGHT OUT OF SCHOOL AND HAVE THAT HAPPEN IS JUST -- 49 00:02:36,070 --> 00:02:37,740 I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT. 50 00:02:37,740 --> 00:02:40,410 Narrator: BUT TO TRULY REALIZE HIS AMBITION, 51 00:02:40,410 --> 00:02:44,480 HE'D HAVE TO CONQUER THE LARGEST GOLD FIELDS IN NORTH AMERICA. 52 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:49,250 I'VE NEVER SEEN AN OPERATION OUTSIDE OF PORCUPINE. 53 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:55,090 Narrator: SO PARKER TRAVELED 500 MILES NORTH 54 00:02:55,090 --> 00:02:57,690 FOR A MEETING WITH ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL 55 00:02:57,700 --> 00:02:59,300 AND RUTHLESS PLAYERS 56 00:02:59,300 --> 00:03:01,970 IN THE GOLD-MINING INDUSTRY. 57 00:03:01,970 --> 00:03:03,800 Tony: BOY! 58 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:11,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 59 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,580 Narrator: TONY BEETS CAME TO THE TAMARACK MINE 60 00:03:16,580 --> 00:03:19,180 FROM THE NETHERLANDS WITH NOTHING. 61 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:33,460 HE FOUGHT HIS WAY UP THE RANKS, 62 00:03:33,460 --> 00:03:36,330 AND IN JUST THREE YEARS, HE WAS RUNNING 63 00:03:36,330 --> 00:03:39,400 ONE OF THE LARGEST GOLD MINES IN THE KLONDIKE. 64 00:03:55,090 --> 00:03:58,090 PARKER. TONY BEETS. HOW YOU DOING? 65 00:03:58,090 --> 00:04:00,020 -GOOD TO MEET YOU. -THERE YOU GO. 66 00:04:00,030 --> 00:04:02,490 Parker: MEETING TONY FOR THE FIRST TIME WAS GREAT. 67 00:04:02,490 --> 00:04:06,430 IT WAS EXCITING. HE WAS CRAZY, WILD. 68 00:04:06,430 --> 00:04:08,100 I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. 69 00:04:08,100 --> 00:04:11,840 I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT MUCH GOLD IN A PAN. 70 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,240 Tony: SEE? RIGHT? 71 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,170 HE SEEMED TO TAKE TO ME PRETTY QUICK 72 00:04:17,180 --> 00:04:19,440 AND HAD A LOT OF INTEREST IN HELPING ME OUT. 73 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,380 IF THINGS DON'T WORK OUT AT PORCUPINE, 74 00:04:21,380 --> 00:04:25,750 I MIGHT CRAWL UP HERE, BEG TONY FOR A JOB. 75 00:05:03,890 --> 00:05:07,020 THIS COULD BE MINE. 76 00:05:07,020 --> 00:05:09,290 Narrator: TONY WAS SO IMPRESSED, 77 00:05:09,290 --> 00:05:12,760 HE OFFERED PARKER A CLAIM TO MINE. 78 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:17,030 IF I WANT TO PLAY WITH THE BIG BOYS... 79 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:20,100 I GOT TO GET UP HERE WHERE THE BIG BOYS PLAY. 80 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,710 Narrator: WHILE HIS FRIENDS HEADED TO COLLEGE, 81 00:05:24,710 --> 00:05:26,040 PARKER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY 82 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,710 TO SET UP HIS OWN GOLD-MINING OPERATION. 83 00:05:29,710 --> 00:05:33,850 WE'RE WILLING TO GIVE YOU COLLEGE MONEY 84 00:05:33,850 --> 00:05:35,650 TO START YOUR VENTURE. 85 00:05:35,650 --> 00:05:39,790 HERE'S 100 OUNCES OF GOLD. 86 00:05:39,790 --> 00:05:41,590 Parker: THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. 87 00:05:41,590 --> 00:05:44,060 YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO JUST REFILL THIS JAR ONCE. 88 00:05:44,060 --> 00:05:47,600 I CAN TURN THIS 100 OUNCES INTO A LOT MORE. 89 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,730 HONESTLY, I'M PRETTY SCARED. 90 00:05:50,740 --> 00:05:53,140 THE TOUGHEST THING I'VE EVER DONE IS GONNA BE LEAVING HERE. 91 00:05:53,140 --> 00:05:55,540 -I LOVE YOU. -I LOVE YOU, TOO. 92 00:06:04,020 --> 00:06:06,750 Narrator: PARKER STARTED HIS FIRST SEASON IN THE KLONDIKE... 93 00:06:08,150 --> 00:06:11,490 ...BY TESTING THE DIRT ON TONY'S CLAIM. 94 00:06:11,490 --> 00:06:13,960 Parker: HOPE THERE'S SOME GOLD IN IT. 95 00:06:17,430 --> 00:06:20,360 A LOT OF TRACES IN THERE, TONY. 96 00:06:20,370 --> 00:06:22,630 YEAH, JUST MAKE BARELY ANYTHING? 97 00:06:25,300 --> 00:06:27,440 TONY DIDN'T GIVE ME THE GOOD GROUND. 98 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:29,240 WE GAVE HIM A GOOD TEST PIECE. 99 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:32,240 THAT'S WHAT WE DID, JUST TO TRY HIM OUT. 100 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,780 Narrator: IF PARKER PROVED HIMSELF ON THE POOR GROUND, 101 00:06:35,780 --> 00:06:38,780 HE COULD EXPECT BETTER GROUND NEXT YEAR. 102 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:44,850 THE GAME'S ON. 103 00:06:48,260 --> 00:06:50,190 IT'S A 150-DAY SPRINT, 104 00:06:50,190 --> 00:06:54,330 AND IF YOU'RE NOT GIVING IT 110% EVERY DAY, 105 00:06:54,330 --> 00:06:56,470 YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT. 106 00:06:56,470 --> 00:07:00,270 YOU KNOW, THIS WEEK, WE'RE PUSHING TO DO 1,500 YARDS. 107 00:07:00,270 --> 00:07:02,340 YEAH. 108 00:07:08,350 --> 00:07:12,080 I RAN MY CREW INTO THE GROUND. 109 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:13,280 Man: GET OUT OF THE WAY! 110 00:07:13,290 --> 00:07:16,420 Parker: COME ON. BACK THE UP. 111 00:07:16,420 --> 00:07:18,960 IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY, THEN YOU CAN LEAVE. 112 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:20,820 THE DOOR'S ALWAYS OPEN. END OF CONVERSATION. 113 00:07:20,830 --> 00:07:22,360 -YOU HAVE -- -END OF THE CONVERSATION. 114 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,030 -THAT'S WHY PEOPLE -- -DON'T TALK. NO, NO. 115 00:07:24,030 --> 00:07:26,530 OKAY. JUST -- JUST LEAVE. 116 00:07:29,430 --> 00:07:33,570 Narrator: DESPITE PARKER'S EFFORTS, TONY STILL WANTED MORE. 117 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:45,180 Parker: I'M THE BOSS. 118 00:07:45,180 --> 00:07:47,720 I TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY. SO LET'S CRANK IT UP. 119 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:49,650 Narrator: TO RUN MORE YARDS, 120 00:07:49,650 --> 00:07:53,520 PARKER DECIDED TO PUSH HIS 40-YEAR-OLD WASH PLANT. 121 00:07:53,530 --> 00:07:55,120 STUPID IS WHAT IT IS. 122 00:07:56,660 --> 00:07:59,860 WHOA! 123 00:07:59,870 --> 00:08:02,430 SHUT HER DOWN, PARKER! SHUT HER DOWN! 124 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:06,540 Parker: WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? 125 00:08:06,540 --> 00:08:09,540 THE SHAFT THAT DRIVES THE SHAKER -- SHE'S DONE. 126 00:08:09,540 --> 00:08:13,680 WHAT THE ? OH, YOU'RE KIDDING ME. 127 00:08:15,950 --> 00:08:18,150 GET OUT OF MY WAY. 128 00:08:18,150 --> 00:08:20,820 Parker: THAT PLANT. 129 00:08:27,230 --> 00:08:29,090 Parker: 30. 130 00:08:29,090 --> 00:08:32,160 30, 50, 70, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE 80. 131 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,200 85 OUNCES. 132 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:39,640 -YEAH. -SERIOUS? 133 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:58,920 Narrator: THE ONLY WAY FOR PARKER TO PLEASE HIS LANDLORD 134 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,190 WAS TO SPEND MORE MONEY, 135 00:09:01,190 --> 00:09:04,260 SO PARKER BROUGHT IN A MASSIVE, NEW WASH PLANT... 136 00:09:04,260 --> 00:09:07,060 Parker: START HER UP! HERE IT COMES. 137 00:09:07,070 --> 00:09:10,000 Narrator: ...AND PUSHED HIS CREW HARDER THAN EVER. 138 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,470 Parker: I WASN'T GONNA LET ANYBODY HOLD ME BACK. 139 00:09:12,470 --> 00:09:15,740 THAT'S WHY, EVERY TIME THERE'S AN ISSUE, I LET PEOPLE KNOW. 140 00:09:15,740 --> 00:09:17,940 WE FIRED PEOPLE. YOU LEFT EARLY. 141 00:09:17,940 --> 00:09:19,410 YOU'RE FIRED. 142 00:09:19,410 --> 00:09:21,210 PEOPLE QUIT. ONE-DAY NOTICE? 143 00:09:21,210 --> 00:09:22,610 THAT IS . 144 00:09:22,610 --> 00:09:26,080 THERE WERE SOME DARK MOMENTS. BUT I DID IT MY WAY. 145 00:09:34,690 --> 00:09:37,230 Tony: THAT'S THE FIRST 20. 146 00:09:37,230 --> 00:09:41,030 40...60. 147 00:09:41,030 --> 00:09:43,430 80. 148 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:46,240 120. 149 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,170 WHOA! AWESOME! 150 00:09:49,170 --> 00:09:51,640 130. 151 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:53,580 -THERE YOU GO. -LOOK AT THAT! 152 00:09:53,580 --> 00:09:57,310 -140.65. -GEEZ. 153 00:10:01,450 --> 00:10:03,720 Narrator: BY THE END OF THE SEASON, PARKER HAD MINED 154 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:08,960 MORE THAN 1,000 OUNCES OF GOLD, WORTH $1.4 MILLION. 155 00:10:18,740 --> 00:10:21,740 BUT THE HIGH COST OF EXTRACTING THE GOLD 156 00:10:21,740 --> 00:10:23,940 FROM THE LOW-GRADE GROUND 157 00:10:23,940 --> 00:10:27,740 HAD LEFT PARKER WITH LITTLE PROFIT FOR HIMSELF. 158 00:10:33,150 --> 00:10:36,020 THE REAL WINNER HAD BEEN TONY. 159 00:10:36,020 --> 00:10:39,960 HE RETURNED TO HIS WINTER HOME IN ARIZONA WITH HIS ROYALTIES -- 160 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,560 15% OF ALL THE GOLD PARKER HAD MINED, 161 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:46,460 WORTH NEARLY A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS. 162 00:10:55,170 --> 00:10:57,510 BEFORE THE NEXT SEASON BEGAN, 163 00:10:57,510 --> 00:11:01,240 PARKER MADE THE 2,000-MILE TRIP TO SEE HIS LANDLORD. 164 00:11:01,250 --> 00:11:02,710 Parker: YEAH, LAST SEASON, 165 00:11:02,710 --> 00:11:06,320 WE DID OVER 1,000 OUNCES ON LOW-GRADE GROUND. 166 00:11:08,790 --> 00:11:11,190 TONY TOLD ME THAT IF I DID WELL LAST YEAR, 167 00:11:11,190 --> 00:11:14,260 HE'D GIVE ME BETTER GROUND. I'M HERE TO GET IT. 168 00:11:20,670 --> 00:11:23,530 Tony: SO, FIRE AWAY. 169 00:11:23,540 --> 00:11:26,070 WELL, I MEAN, LIKE WE SAID LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, 170 00:11:26,070 --> 00:11:29,400 THAT WAS A BIT OF A TRAINING GROUND. 171 00:11:29,410 --> 00:11:30,870 BUT THIS SEASON, YOU KNOW, 172 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:35,010 I'M PREPARED TO THROW EVERYTHING WE MADE LAST YEAR INTO IT. 173 00:11:35,010 --> 00:11:36,750 BUT THAT MEANS, OBVIOUSLY, 174 00:11:36,750 --> 00:11:39,250 LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED BETTER GROUND. 175 00:11:43,020 --> 00:11:45,690 NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. 176 00:11:45,690 --> 00:11:47,690 I THOUGHT I COULD EXPECT IT BECAUSE, 177 00:11:47,690 --> 00:11:50,360 YOU KNOW, THIS SEASON -- OR THIS LAST SEASON -- 178 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:53,030 I THOUGHT THAT WE SHOWED THAT YOU CAN GIVE ME GROUND 179 00:11:53,030 --> 00:11:55,300 THAT IS ECONOMICAL TO MINE. 180 00:11:55,300 --> 00:11:57,870 NO. 181 00:12:06,710 --> 00:12:08,910 IT'S QUITE OBVIOUS THAT YOU'RE LEASING ME GROUND 182 00:12:08,910 --> 00:12:11,350 THAT YOU WOULD NEVER TOUCH. 183 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:19,590 Narrator: TONY WAS OFFERING PARKER 184 00:12:19,590 --> 00:12:23,330 THE SAME POOR GROUND HE'D MINED IN THE SUMMER. 185 00:12:23,330 --> 00:12:25,600 PARKER... 186 00:12:29,130 --> 00:12:31,000 I DON'T KNOW, TONY. 187 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:35,000 HAVING INVESTED IN EQUIPMENT, 188 00:12:35,010 --> 00:12:38,210 PARKER WAS COMMITTED TO MINING AGAIN THIS SEASON. 189 00:12:38,210 --> 00:12:39,610 AND AT JUST 20 YEARS OLD, 190 00:12:39,610 --> 00:12:43,150 NO ONE OTHER THAN TONY WOULD LEASE HIM A CLAIM. 191 00:12:43,150 --> 00:12:45,350 Parker: YOU CAN'T PLAY POKER WITHOUT ANY CHIPS. 192 00:12:45,350 --> 00:12:48,080 AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS SITTING AT THE TABLE WITH NO CHIPS. 193 00:12:48,090 --> 00:12:53,160 SO GOT TO TAKE WHAT YOU CAN GET. AND I GOT THE TABLE SCRAPS. 194 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,600 Parker: WELL, YOU MAKE IT HARD TO BE HAPPY. 195 00:13:04,300 --> 00:13:05,770 I JUST MET WITH TONY, 196 00:13:05,770 --> 00:13:08,170 AND, UH, TONY IS BASICALLY OFFERING ME 197 00:13:08,170 --> 00:13:11,110 THE SAME GROUND THAT WE MINED LAST YEAR. 198 00:13:11,110 --> 00:13:13,610 I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO DO. 199 00:13:15,050 --> 00:13:19,320 IF I'M GONNA GIVE YOU SOME TRUE ADVICE, I WOULD SAY THIS -- 200 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:21,320 I THINK YOU SHOULD GO UP THERE, 201 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:24,190 OPEN UP THE GROUND THAT'S TONY'S GOT, 202 00:13:24,190 --> 00:13:27,790 AND EARN ENOUGH TO BUY YOUR OWN CLAIM. 203 00:13:27,790 --> 00:13:31,330 I WOULD GET OUT FROM UNDER TONY. 204 00:13:55,890 --> 00:13:59,020 Narrator: AS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL PLAYERS IN THE KLONDIKE, 205 00:13:59,020 --> 00:14:00,890 TONY BEETS WAS ABLE TO SEE 206 00:14:00,890 --> 00:14:03,560 WHERE THE GOLD-MINING INDUSTRY WAS HEADING. 207 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:18,710 LEAN GROUND WAS TOO EXPENSIVE FOR TONY TO MINE, 208 00:14:18,710 --> 00:14:22,140 BUT IN A FEW YEARS, IT COULD BE ALL THAT WAS LEFT. 209 00:14:29,050 --> 00:14:31,520 TONY HAD A RISKY BUT BRILLIANT PLAN 210 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:35,590 TO SECURE HIS REIGN OVER THE KLONDIKE FOR YEARS TO COME. 211 00:14:54,610 --> 00:14:56,680 DREDGES HAD BEEN ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT 212 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,280 GOLD-MINING MACHINES EVER BUILT, 213 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:03,090 ABLE TO MINE EVEN POOR GROUND AT A PROFIT. 214 00:15:03,090 --> 00:15:07,590 BUT RESTORING THIS 75-YEAR-OLD GIANT COULD COST MILLIONS. 215 00:15:12,900 --> 00:15:15,500 TO HELP PAY FOR IT, TONY WAS LEASING 216 00:15:15,500 --> 00:15:18,830 SOME OF HIS LEAN GROUND TO PARKER SCHNABEL. 217 00:15:25,510 --> 00:15:28,510 Parker: WE'RE GOING ALL-OUT THIS SEASON. 218 00:15:28,510 --> 00:15:31,050 I'M SETTING A 2,000-OUNCE GOAL FOR US. 219 00:15:31,050 --> 00:15:33,780 -SHOULD WE GET TO IT? -LET'S DO IT. 220 00:15:35,590 --> 00:15:37,450 ALL RIGHT. LET'S CRANK HER UP. 221 00:15:37,460 --> 00:15:40,920 Narrator: PARKER WANTED TO GET OUT FROM UNDER TONY. 222 00:15:40,930 --> 00:15:42,460 HIS AMBITIOUS PLAN? 223 00:15:42,460 --> 00:15:45,460 TO MINE TWICE AS MUCH GOLD AS LAST YEAR 224 00:15:45,460 --> 00:15:48,260 AND EARN ENOUGH TO BUY HIS OWN CLAIM. 225 00:15:48,270 --> 00:15:50,200 Parker: THE KIND OF YARDAGE WE HAVE TO RUN, 226 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:53,140 WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO WASTE. 227 00:15:53,140 --> 00:15:55,200 Narrator: BUT IT WAS HARD TO MAKE MONEY 228 00:15:55,210 --> 00:15:57,470 UNDER A LANDLORD LIKE TONY. 229 00:16:01,350 --> 00:16:03,850 WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? 230 00:16:05,950 --> 00:16:09,020 TONY, WE JUST GOT STARTED SLUICING. REALLY? 231 00:16:09,020 --> 00:16:12,490 Narrator: TONY MADE PARKER INVEST IN SPECIAL EQUIPMENT. 232 00:16:12,490 --> 00:16:15,590 THEN HE TOLD PARKER HOW TO MINE. 233 00:16:18,300 --> 00:16:20,300 WE'RE TAKING A FOOT. 234 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:27,040 WELL, A DAY'S SLUICING IS 15 GRAND, 235 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:30,140 AND I'M THE ONE THAT LOSES MONEY, TONY. 236 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:34,240 BUT WORST OF ALL, 237 00:16:34,250 --> 00:16:37,980 WHEN PARKER MINED MORE THAN 1,500 OUNCES, 238 00:16:37,980 --> 00:16:40,580 TONY'S ROYALTIES WENT UP. 239 00:16:48,260 --> 00:16:49,590 THANKS FOR REMINDING ME. 240 00:16:49,590 --> 00:16:52,730 THE MORE GOLD I FIND, THE MORE YOU TAKE? 241 00:16:52,730 --> 00:16:55,530 THAT'S INSANE. 242 00:16:55,530 --> 00:16:57,200 Tony: I REALLY DON'T GIVE A WHAT HE THINKS 243 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,540 OR WHAT HE LIKES OR WHAT HE DOES. 244 00:16:59,540 --> 00:17:02,140 THESE ARE THE RULES. 245 00:17:02,140 --> 00:17:04,340 Parker: I DON'T KNOW WHO STARTED CALLING HIM A KLONDIKE LEGEND, 246 00:17:04,340 --> 00:17:08,610 BUT IT'S MORE LIKE A KLONDIKE . 247 00:17:13,750 --> 00:17:16,550 LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LINE OF DRILL HOLES DOWN THERE. 248 00:17:16,550 --> 00:17:18,820 BE RIGHT BACK. 249 00:17:18,820 --> 00:17:21,360 REALLY, TONY DOESN'T HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH ME, 250 00:17:21,360 --> 00:17:23,830 BECAUSE HE KNOWS I HAVEN'T GOT ANY OTHER GROUND. 251 00:17:23,830 --> 00:17:26,630 I NEED TO TRY AND FIND SOME OTHER GROUND TO EITHER BUY 252 00:17:26,630 --> 00:17:28,800 OR USE IT TO BRING TONY BACK TO THE TABLE. 253 00:17:32,970 --> 00:17:35,500 Narrator: WHILE PARKER SEARCHED FOR A CLAIM... 254 00:17:38,180 --> 00:17:39,640 Gene: LET'S GET TO WORK. 255 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:42,850 ...HIS RIGHT-HAND MAN, GENE CHEESEMAN, RAN THE MINE. 256 00:17:42,850 --> 00:17:45,380 HEY, SET HER DOWN THERE, MITCH. 257 00:17:45,380 --> 00:17:48,780 UNDER GENE'S COMMAND, THE GOLD FLOWED. 258 00:18:06,470 --> 00:18:08,470 Narrator: BEHIND PARKER'S BACK, 259 00:18:08,470 --> 00:18:13,280 TONY INVITED GENE TO LOOK AT THE DREDGE. 260 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:15,280 -HOW ARE THINGS, MY MAN? -NOT TOO BAD. AND YOU? 261 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:18,750 GOOD. CAN'T COMPLAIN. 262 00:18:18,750 --> 00:18:20,920 -SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED. -THERE YOU GO. 263 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:23,290 YEAH, SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED. ALL RIGHT. YES. 264 00:18:23,290 --> 00:18:25,690 Gene: YOU KNOW, THE DREDGE IS INTERESTING TO ME. 265 00:18:25,690 --> 00:18:28,120 YOU KNOW, I LIKE THE CHALLENGE OF IT. 266 00:18:38,970 --> 00:18:41,440 NOW I'VE GOT OPPORTUNITIES AND I'VE GOT OPTIONS, 267 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,610 SO TIME WILL TELL. 268 00:18:47,180 --> 00:18:50,250 Man: CBC NORTH RADIO ONE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST. 269 00:18:50,250 --> 00:18:53,650 A 30% CHANCE OF SNOW FLURRIES AROUND THE DAWSON CITY AREA. 270 00:18:53,650 --> 00:18:56,320 Narrator: BY THE END OF THE SEASON, 271 00:18:56,320 --> 00:19:00,120 PARKER'S CREW HAD REACHED THEIR 2,000-OUNCE GOAL. 272 00:19:02,790 --> 00:19:05,260 BUT UNDER TONY'S HARSH REGIME, 273 00:19:05,260 --> 00:19:09,000 PARKER STILL HADN'T MADE ENOUGH TO BUY HIS OWN CLAIM. 274 00:19:11,070 --> 00:19:13,500 Parker: CAN'T AFFORD THE 2 MILLION BUCKS. 275 00:19:16,540 --> 00:19:20,480 BUT I'M NOT GONNA END MY SEASON CRAWLING BACK TO TONY. 276 00:19:23,210 --> 00:19:26,280 AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU JUST HAVE TO FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU WANT. 277 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,280 WE DO ANOTHER 400 OUNCES OR SO, 278 00:19:28,290 --> 00:19:30,620 AND I CAN MAKE A GOOD DOWN PAYMENT. 279 00:19:32,620 --> 00:19:35,820 THE GUYS ARE NOT GONNA LIKE IT, BUT WE HAVE MORE GOLD TO FIND. 280 00:19:45,900 --> 00:19:49,140 I'M JUST TRYING TO PACK UP MY TOOLS SO I CAN GET HEADED HOME. 281 00:19:53,180 --> 00:19:55,180 Parker: I'VE GOT SOME BAD NEWS FOR YOU. 282 00:19:55,180 --> 00:19:59,380 WE'RE NOT DONE MINING. WE NEED TO KEEP WORKING. 283 00:19:59,380 --> 00:20:02,780 WE NEED TO STAY AND FIND SOME MORE GOLD. 284 00:20:02,790 --> 00:20:05,850 I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO GET AS MUCH GOLD AS YOU CAN GET. 285 00:20:05,860 --> 00:20:08,990 I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT EVERYBODY'S WORE OUT. 286 00:20:08,990 --> 00:20:11,530 IT'S , PARKER. YOU'RE -- YOU'RE GONE. 287 00:20:11,530 --> 00:20:13,860 I'M NOT HERE, GENE, BECAUSE I'M RUNNING ALL OVER THE PLACE 288 00:20:13,860 --> 00:20:17,000 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HAVE A BUSINESS WHEN TONY BEETS SAYS, 289 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:20,140 ", PARKER, OR GET THE OFF MY GROUND." 290 00:20:20,140 --> 00:20:21,670 -I UNDERSTAND THAT. -DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT, 291 00:20:21,670 --> 00:20:23,740 'CAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IS GOING ON HERE. 292 00:20:23,740 --> 00:20:25,140 UNDERSTANDING THE... 293 00:20:25,140 --> 00:20:27,580 I THINK OUR BACKS HAVE BEEN BROKEN. 294 00:20:30,410 --> 00:20:33,150 THIS IS IT. WE'RE JUST GONNA DO IT, GENE. 295 00:20:33,150 --> 00:20:35,650 THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GONNA BE. 296 00:20:37,890 --> 00:20:40,090 Gene: EVERYBODY'S WORE OUT. EVERYBODY'S TIRED. 297 00:20:40,090 --> 00:20:42,220 YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE, OUT DOING SOMETHING HALF-ASSED 298 00:20:42,230 --> 00:20:44,030 INSTEAD OF DOING IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. 299 00:20:44,030 --> 00:20:47,030 THAT PISSES ME OFF. IT'S NOT THE WAY I LIKE TO DO THINGS. 300 00:20:47,030 --> 00:20:50,830 I HOPE I'M NOT BURNING ANY BRIDGES BY DOING THIS. 301 00:20:59,980 --> 00:21:02,110 WE POURED BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS 302 00:21:02,110 --> 00:21:04,980 INTO GETTING ENOUGH GOLD TO BUY GROUND 303 00:21:04,980 --> 00:21:08,720 AND GET OUT FROM UNDER TONY. 304 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:10,720 AND WE DID IT. 305 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:17,790 THAT'S $2 MILLION RIGHT THERE ON THE TABLE. 306 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:19,860 THAT GROUP OF GUYS CAN MOVE DIRT. 307 00:21:19,860 --> 00:21:22,060 THEY'RE A GROUP OF ASS-KICKERS, RIGHT THERE. 308 00:21:24,940 --> 00:21:26,740 Man: LOVE THIS! 309 00:21:26,740 --> 00:21:29,470 ONE GUY WHO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ESPECIALLY. 310 00:21:29,470 --> 00:21:31,540 -THANK YOU, GENE. -IT'S BEEN A GOOD YEAR, GENE. 311 00:21:31,540 --> 00:21:32,870 -YEAH. YEAH. -APPRECIATE IT. 312 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,340 YOU ARE THE BEST GUY I'VE EVER WORKED WITH. 313 00:21:35,350 --> 00:21:37,280 Parker: HE'S DONE A DAMN GOOD JOB. 314 00:21:39,550 --> 00:21:43,290 Narrator: BUT GENE HAD HAD ENOUGH OF THE YOUNG MINE BOSS. 315 00:21:43,290 --> 00:21:46,820 I'M DONE WITH PARKER. I'M NOT COMING BACK NEXT YEAR. 316 00:21:46,820 --> 00:21:52,160 THIS MORNING, HE GAVE ME A PHONE CALL THAT HE'S -- 317 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:55,360 WANTS TO MOVE ON AND DOESN'T THINK HE'S GONNA COME BACK. 318 00:21:55,370 --> 00:21:57,570 HE'S BEEN THE KEY TO EVERYTHING, 319 00:21:57,570 --> 00:22:02,270 AND WITHOUT HIM, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M GONNA DO. 320 00:22:05,510 --> 00:22:06,980 WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS. 321 00:22:06,980 --> 00:22:11,910 WE CAN EITHER BUY GROUND AND TAKE THAT ON, BUT WITHOUT GENE, 322 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,320 I DON'T THINK I'M IN A POSITION TO START THE SEASON OFF 323 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:16,720 JUST POURING MYSELF INTO DEBT. 324 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:20,120 AND THE OTHER OPTION IS, GO BACK AND MINE WITH TONY BEETS. 325 00:22:21,860 --> 00:22:24,530 AS MUCH AS I HATE THAT I'M SAYING THAT, 326 00:22:24,530 --> 00:22:26,460 MIGHT BE THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS. 327 00:22:26,460 --> 00:22:29,260 YOU JUST NEED TO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE WALKING INTO. THAT'S ALL. 328 00:22:29,270 --> 00:22:31,530 HE THINKS HE'S THE KING OF THE KLONDIKE. 329 00:22:31,540 --> 00:22:33,800 I GUESS HE DOES. 330 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:37,740 THE LAST PHONE CALL I WANT TO MAKE IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW 331 00:22:37,740 --> 00:22:40,940 IS TO TONY BEETS. 332 00:22:40,940 --> 00:22:43,350 CAN'T BELIEVE I'M ABOUT TO DO THIS. 333 00:22:47,350 --> 00:22:50,090 GOOD. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON. 334 00:22:50,090 --> 00:22:52,550 I'M HAVING A LOT OF ISSUES THIS WINTER, 335 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,090 AND, UM, I, UM -- 336 00:22:55,090 --> 00:22:58,190 I'D REALLY LIKE TO JUST COME BACK. 337 00:23:00,830 --> 00:23:03,700 RIGHT NOW THAT GROUND'S ALL I'VE GOT TO GO TO, SO... 338 00:23:23,390 --> 00:23:26,120 Narrator: TONY HAD SPENT MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS 339 00:23:26,120 --> 00:23:28,920 ON A 75-YEAR-OLD DREDGE. 340 00:23:45,010 --> 00:23:48,810 100 MILES AWAY, TONY FOUND ANOTHER. 341 00:23:53,020 --> 00:23:56,080 SERIOUSLY? NO. 342 00:23:56,090 --> 00:23:58,150 YOU KEEP THIS UP, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING 343 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:00,290 FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES TO PAY OFF THESE SUCKERS. 344 00:24:00,290 --> 00:24:02,320 NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. 345 00:24:09,100 --> 00:24:11,600 THAT'S TRUE. 346 00:24:13,370 --> 00:24:16,510 BUT BUYING AND RENOVATING A SECOND DREDGE 347 00:24:16,510 --> 00:24:19,440 WOULD COST MILLIONS MORE. 348 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:21,110 TO HELP BALANCE THE BOOKS, 349 00:24:21,110 --> 00:24:24,180 TONY LEASED HIS LOW-GRADE SCRIBNER CREEK CLAIM 350 00:24:24,180 --> 00:24:25,780 TO PARKER SCHNABEL. 351 00:24:25,780 --> 00:24:28,050 Parker: SO, I JUST GOT THE NEW CONTRACT FROM TONY 352 00:24:28,050 --> 00:24:29,850 AND WENT THROUGH SOME CHANGES IN IT. 353 00:24:29,850 --> 00:24:33,390 NONE OF THEM GOOD. BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO? 354 00:24:33,390 --> 00:24:36,320 HE'S JUST A POWER-HUNGRY . 355 00:24:36,330 --> 00:24:38,390 SIGN IT. MAKE HIM HAPPY. 356 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,800 DEAL WITH ALL THEIR B.S. GET THE JOB DONE. 357 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,930 Narrator: DESPITE HIS FAMILY'S RESERVATIONS, 358 00:24:43,930 --> 00:24:47,400 PARKER WAS BACK ON TONY'S GROUND. 359 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:49,070 I'M WITH YOU ALL THE TIME. 360 00:24:49,070 --> 00:24:50,940 I KNOW. THANK YOU, GRANDPA. 361 00:24:50,940 --> 00:24:52,880 THINK IT WILL HELP. 362 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:54,740 -YOU OKAY, DAD? -PARDON? 363 00:24:54,750 --> 00:24:56,550 -ARE YOU OKAY? -SURE. 364 00:24:56,550 --> 00:24:57,950 OKAY, GOOD. 365 00:24:57,950 --> 00:25:01,020 I HAVE TO BE A LITTLE SAD, 366 00:25:01,020 --> 00:25:04,420 BUT IF WE DON'T START, WE'RE NEVER GONNA WIN. 367 00:25:04,420 --> 00:25:09,020 Narrator: THIS WOULD BE PARKER'S TOUGHEST SEASON SO FAR. 368 00:25:09,030 --> 00:25:12,230 Parker: I HAVE PRETTY MUCH A LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE KLONDIKE. 369 00:25:12,230 --> 00:25:15,500 IT'S LIKE A GIRL THAT JUST KEEPS REJECTING YOU. 370 00:25:15,500 --> 00:25:17,430 Narrator: FOR THE THIRD YEAR RUNNING, 371 00:25:17,430 --> 00:25:20,700 PARKER WAS MINING TONY'S POOR GROUND, 372 00:25:20,700 --> 00:25:24,710 AND THIS YEAR, HE'D HAVE TO DO IT WITHOUT AN EXPERIENCED CREW. 373 00:25:24,710 --> 00:25:26,710 Parker: I GOT SO FOCUSED ON THE GOLD 374 00:25:26,710 --> 00:25:28,980 THAT I DROVE MY GUYS INTO THE GROUND. 375 00:25:28,980 --> 00:25:32,650 SOME OF MY BEST MEN QUIT, AND THAT WAS MY FAULT. 376 00:25:32,650 --> 00:25:36,850 Narrator: HIS NEW TEAM WAS MADE UP ALMOST ENTIRELY OF ROOKIES. 377 00:25:36,850 --> 00:25:38,190 -YOU MUST BE EMILY. -YEAH. 378 00:25:38,190 --> 00:25:39,590 -HOW'S IT GOING? -OH, DOING DANDY. 379 00:25:39,590 --> 00:25:40,920 A BUNCH OF YOUNG'UNS. 380 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,590 -ARE YOU YOUNGER THAN RICK? -I THINK SO. I'M 30. 381 00:25:43,590 --> 00:25:45,460 YOU'RE THE OLDEST ONE HERE. 382 00:25:45,460 --> 00:25:47,460 NOT MUCH MINING EXPERIENCE STANDING HERE. 383 00:25:47,460 --> 00:25:49,600 YOU KNOW, THIS SEASON IS GONNA BE A ROUGH ONE, 384 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,470 BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN SIT HERE AND POUT ABOUT IT, RIGHT? 385 00:25:52,470 --> 00:25:54,070 -COOL. -SOUND GOOD? 386 00:25:54,070 --> 00:25:57,010 Narrator: WITHOUT HIS TALENTED FOREMAN, GENE CHEESEMAN, 387 00:25:57,010 --> 00:26:00,740 PARKER'S MINING SKILLS WOULD BE TESTED TO THE LIMIT. 388 00:26:00,740 --> 00:26:02,280 Parker: IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH, 389 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:06,480 BUT, HEY, WHAT'S EASY, ESPECIALLY AROUND HERE? 390 00:26:10,550 --> 00:26:12,290 Narrator: TONY WAS READY TO UNLEASH 391 00:26:12,290 --> 00:26:15,190 HIS FIRST DREDGE ON THE KLONDIKE. 392 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:28,700 FIRST OF ALL, I'M NOT HERE TO STEAL ANYBODY'S GLORY, THUNDER. 393 00:26:28,710 --> 00:26:31,910 EVERYBODY'S BUSTED THEIR ASS TO DO THIS. 394 00:26:31,910 --> 00:26:33,110 WE GOT NO PROBLEM, GENE. 395 00:26:33,110 --> 00:26:35,040 WELL, THAT'S -- THAT'S GREAT. I'M JUST, UH... 396 00:26:35,050 --> 00:26:36,380 GLAD YOU'RE ON BOARD, GENE. 397 00:26:36,380 --> 00:26:38,980 I JUST WANT TO GET THIS THING DIGGING AND FINDING SOME GOLD. 398 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:50,320 Narrator: WITH GENE AT THE HELM AND THE DREDGE OPERATIONAL, 399 00:26:50,330 --> 00:26:53,600 TONY HAD NO USE FOR THE MEN WHO'D REBUILT IT. 400 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,500 MIKE! AND JERRY! 401 00:27:08,210 --> 00:27:09,880 SO... 402 00:27:12,550 --> 00:27:14,620 WE DO THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK. 403 00:27:14,620 --> 00:27:16,620 WE WORE OURSELVES OUT TAKING THAT DREDGE APART. 404 00:27:16,620 --> 00:27:18,920 WHAT HAVE WE NOT DONE FOR YOU? 405 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:27,860 -THAT'S A FACT. -THAT'S HOW IT IS. 406 00:27:41,780 --> 00:27:46,110 Narrator: TONY HAD PUT ALL HIS FAITH IN PARKER'S EX-FOREMAN. 407 00:27:54,190 --> 00:27:56,790 AT SCRIBNER CREEK, 408 00:27:56,790 --> 00:27:59,990 PARKER'S YOUNG CREW WERE STRUGGLING. 409 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:04,400 -OH, MY GOD. - JOKE. 410 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:07,700 Narrator: BUT PARKER HAD BIGGER PROBLEMS. 411 00:28:09,210 --> 00:28:12,410 TONY STILL HADN'T SIGNED THE LEASE AGREEMENT. 412 00:28:12,410 --> 00:28:15,740 TONY'S JUST A PRETTY UNSTABLE PERSON. 413 00:28:15,750 --> 00:28:18,010 YOU KNOW, HE SCARES ME A LITTLE. 414 00:28:18,020 --> 00:28:20,150 Narrator: WITHOUT A SIGNED LEASE, 415 00:28:20,150 --> 00:28:22,350 TONY HAD THE POWER TO KICK PARKER 416 00:28:22,350 --> 00:28:25,220 OFF THE CLAIM AT ANY MOMENT. 417 00:28:25,220 --> 00:28:26,690 -HEY, PARKER. -HOW YOU DOING? 418 00:28:26,690 --> 00:28:30,360 -HOW'S IT GOING, MY MAN? -I HAVE TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING. 419 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:33,560 THAT YELLOW PIECE -- YOU NEED TO READ THAT. 420 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,030 "NEITHER PARKER SCHNABEL NOR ANY OTHER COMPANIES 421 00:28:36,030 --> 00:28:37,900 OF WHICH HE IS A SHAREHOLDER SHALL MINE 422 00:28:37,900 --> 00:28:41,670 ANY OTHER CLAIMS DURING THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT." 423 00:28:45,180 --> 00:28:46,980 I'M NOT SIGNING THAT. 424 00:28:46,980 --> 00:28:48,440 OKAY, GOOD ENOUGH. 425 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:50,650 I ALREADY SIGNED A CONTRACT AND SENT IT TO YOU GUYS. 426 00:28:50,650 --> 00:28:51,850 NOT... 427 00:28:52,980 --> 00:28:54,780 WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THAT CLAIM? 428 00:28:54,790 --> 00:28:58,190 I WANT TO GO HOME AND MINE WITH MY GRANDPA IF I WANT TO. 429 00:29:02,530 --> 00:29:06,460 I SIGNED IT. I SENT IT TO YOU. AND NOW YOU'RE CHANGING IT? 430 00:29:06,460 --> 00:29:09,430 IT'S NOT VALID UNTIL TONY SIGNS IT, RIGHT? 431 00:29:12,540 --> 00:29:15,070 BUT YOU CAN'T TELL ME TO TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT 432 00:29:15,070 --> 00:29:17,000 AND THEN CHANGE IT AFTER I SIGN IT. 433 00:29:17,010 --> 00:29:19,670 I'VE ALREADY GOT MONEY IN THE GROUND. 434 00:29:21,750 --> 00:29:24,380 HAVE A JUDGE TELL ME THAT, TONY. 435 00:29:26,220 --> 00:29:27,880 OKAY. 436 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:43,360 Tony: DONE. 437 00:30:02,390 --> 00:30:07,120 Narrator: TONY WAS THREATENING TO KICK PARKER OFF THE CLAIM. 438 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,660 WITHOUT A CLAIM, PARKER WOULD LOSE 439 00:30:09,660 --> 00:30:12,590 THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS HE'D INVESTED 440 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,900 BEFORE HE'D RECOVERED EVEN AN OUNCE OF GOLD -- 441 00:30:15,900 --> 00:30:21,540 A LOSS THAT COULD SPELL THE END OF HIS GOLD-MINING CAREER. 442 00:30:21,540 --> 00:30:23,610 Parker: THERE'S A LOT OF MINERS THAT COME TO THE YUKON 443 00:30:23,610 --> 00:30:24,940 AND GET SCREWED OVER, 444 00:30:24,940 --> 00:30:28,740 AND I'M NOT GONNA LAY THERE AND TAKE IT. 445 00:30:28,750 --> 00:30:30,810 I'M NOT GOING TO. 446 00:30:34,820 --> 00:30:36,620 I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. 447 00:30:36,620 --> 00:30:38,420 AT SOME POINT, YOU HAVE TO PUSH BACK. 448 00:30:38,420 --> 00:30:40,220 SO WE'RE GONNA KEEP DOING OUR THING, 449 00:30:40,220 --> 00:30:42,560 AND, UM, I HOPE YOU'RE WITH ME ON THAT. 450 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:44,030 I'M HERE, MAN. I'M WITH YOU. 451 00:30:44,030 --> 00:30:46,030 -GOOD. -I'VE DEALT WITH TOUGHER. 452 00:30:46,030 --> 00:30:48,160 -THANKS, MAN. 453 00:30:50,230 --> 00:30:53,370 Narrator: FOR YEARS, TONY'S RESTRICTIVE CONTRACTS 454 00:30:53,370 --> 00:30:56,040 HAD KEPT PARKER UNDER HIS THUMB, 455 00:30:56,040 --> 00:31:00,110 BUT PARKER WAS ABOUT TO TURN THE TABLES ON HIS LANDLORD. 456 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:18,530 GENE AND I HAVE A NONCOMPETE THAT PREVENTS HIM FROM WORKING 457 00:31:18,530 --> 00:31:21,900 AT CERTAIN OPERATIONS IN THE KLONDIKE. 458 00:31:28,070 --> 00:31:30,010 Tony: DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 459 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:39,550 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN, WELL, EVER, 460 00:31:39,550 --> 00:31:42,420 I'VE GOT SOME LEVERAGE WITH TONY. 461 00:31:42,420 --> 00:31:46,050 SO I'LL TRY TO CASH GENE IN FOR SOME GROUND. 462 00:31:48,490 --> 00:31:52,630 Narrator: UP UNTIL NOW, TONY HAD REFUSED TO LET PARKER MINE 463 00:31:52,630 --> 00:31:55,630 HIS GOLD-RICH VIRGIN CLAIMS. 464 00:31:55,630 --> 00:32:00,030 Parker: BOTTOM 123, BOTTOM 124, BOTTOM 125, BOTTOM -- 465 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:01,970 AND I'LL WANT 1,000 FEET THAT WAY, 466 00:32:01,970 --> 00:32:04,570 SO THAT'S TWO MORE MILES OF GROUND THAN WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW. 467 00:32:06,780 --> 00:32:09,840 I'M THINKING TONY IS NOT GONNA LIKE WHAT I WANT. 468 00:32:09,850 --> 00:32:12,150 WE'LL SEE. 469 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:17,550 -KNOCK-KNOCK. -KNOCK-KNOCK. 470 00:32:22,130 --> 00:32:25,330 YEAH, I'M JUST WONDERING HOW WE'RE GONNA GET THIS DONE. 471 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:35,800 UM... I NEED GROUND. 472 00:32:35,810 --> 00:32:38,110 THAT'S ALL I NEED. 473 00:32:41,750 --> 00:32:45,280 I WANT TO PULL OUT 124 TO 135. 474 00:32:54,290 --> 00:32:57,960 WELL, THAT'S NOT REALLY BINDING. 475 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,300 -RIGHT? -I KNOW THAT. 476 00:33:00,300 --> 00:33:02,430 LIKE I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS GONNA BE ANY CHANGES. 477 00:33:02,430 --> 00:33:04,770 OH. 478 00:33:04,770 --> 00:33:07,270 I DON'T HAVE A SIGNED CONTRACT. 479 00:33:10,310 --> 00:33:13,580 BUT IT'S JUST, LIKE, KEEPING ME ON A CHOKE CHAIN, 480 00:33:13,580 --> 00:33:15,640 YOU KNOW, IS WHAT IT IS, RIGHT? 481 00:33:15,650 --> 00:33:18,880 ONE YEAR AT A TIME, AND, "OH, EVERY YEAR, WE GET TO CHANGE THE LEASE." 482 00:33:30,660 --> 00:33:32,930 RIGHT. 483 00:33:32,930 --> 00:33:35,430 OKAY. 484 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:52,750 THEY'RE INITIALED. 485 00:33:52,750 --> 00:33:54,220 -PERFECT. -THANK YOU, TONY. 486 00:33:54,220 --> 00:33:56,080 -WE HAPPY? -I'M HAPPY. 487 00:33:56,090 --> 00:33:58,350 -I'M HAPPY. -PARKER, YOU HAPPY? 488 00:33:58,360 --> 00:33:59,950 -YEP. -GOOD, PERFECT. 489 00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:01,820 Parker: WENT GREAT. 490 00:34:01,820 --> 00:34:06,090 I'VE GOT GROUND. TONY'S GOT A DREDGE CAPTAIN. 491 00:34:06,100 --> 00:34:08,560 GOT THE JOB DONE. 492 00:34:17,240 --> 00:34:19,440 Narrator: WITH RICH PAY DIRT TO MINE, 493 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:24,650 PARKER COULD FINALLY SHINE ON GOLD-MINING'S BIGGEST STAGE. 494 00:34:24,650 --> 00:34:26,920 Parker: THE MORE I LOOK AT IT, THE MORE I WANT TO TRY SOMETHING NEW 495 00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:29,450 AND PUT THE PLANT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CUT. 496 00:34:29,450 --> 00:34:31,450 IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO. 497 00:34:31,450 --> 00:34:32,590 THANKS, RICK. 498 00:34:32,590 --> 00:34:34,120 Narrator: PARKER ORDERED THE CREW TO STRIP 499 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:37,330 A MASSIVE ONE-MILLION-SQUARE-FOOT CUT. 500 00:34:37,330 --> 00:34:40,130 Parker: A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND NOT A LOT OF TIME TO DO IT. 501 00:34:40,130 --> 00:34:41,860 Narrator: THEN, IN A RADICAL MOVE, 502 00:34:41,870 --> 00:34:44,930 PARKER BUILT A 400-FOOT-LONG MEGA PAD 503 00:34:44,940 --> 00:34:46,400 RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. 504 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:48,670 Man: YOU GOT TO ADMIT, WHEN THE KID TAKES A CHANCE, 505 00:34:48,670 --> 00:34:50,370 HE TAKES A CHANCE, DOESN'T HE? 506 00:34:50,370 --> 00:34:51,870 HE DOESN'T GO SMALL. 507 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:53,740 Narrator: TO SIT ON THE MEGA PAD, 508 00:34:53,740 --> 00:34:56,680 PARKER LEASED A 200-YARD-AN-HOUR WASH PLANT. 509 00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:59,810 Man: WHOO! OH, YEAH! 510 00:34:59,820 --> 00:35:04,890 WE ARE COMMITTED 100% NOW. THIS CUT, THAT PLANT. 511 00:35:04,890 --> 00:35:08,420 Parker: THIS IS GONNA BE A GAME-CHANGER FOR OUR SEASON. 512 00:35:08,430 --> 00:35:10,290 LET'S CRANK IT UP, BOYS! 513 00:35:20,170 --> 00:35:22,570 Tony: 30, 40, 50... 514 00:35:22,570 --> 00:35:24,910 60, 70, 80. 515 00:35:24,910 --> 00:35:26,980 150, 200. 516 00:35:26,980 --> 00:35:28,780 GONNA MAKE 230? 517 00:35:28,780 --> 00:35:31,110 250, 260, 270. 518 00:35:31,110 --> 00:35:33,580 Parker: 283.2. 519 00:35:33,580 --> 00:35:34,880 GEEZ. 520 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:38,120 YEAH. 521 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:40,450 A LITTLE UNDER, ONCE YOU GET YOUR CUT. 522 00:35:43,630 --> 00:35:45,730 Parker: THINGS WITH TONY SEEM PRETTY GOOD. 523 00:35:45,730 --> 00:35:49,260 IT'S KIND OF BACK TO THE OLD FUN-LOVING, 524 00:35:49,270 --> 00:35:51,530 BOTH-MAKING-MONEY TIMES. 525 00:35:53,340 --> 00:35:55,000 Narrator: DESPITE EVERYTHING, 526 00:35:55,010 --> 00:35:57,870 PARKER HAD PROVEN HIS MINING TALENT 527 00:35:57,870 --> 00:36:01,010 WITH A HAUL OF MORE THAN 3,000 OUNCES OF GOLD, 528 00:36:01,010 --> 00:36:04,610 WORTH $3.5 MILLION. 529 00:36:16,630 --> 00:36:19,230 Narrator: IN 2015, 530 00:36:19,230 --> 00:36:21,760 TONY TRANSPORTED HIS FIRST DREDGE 531 00:36:21,770 --> 00:36:23,830 RIGHT PAST SCRIBNER CREEK. 532 00:36:23,830 --> 00:36:26,100 Parker: WELL, TONY KEEPS TALKING ABOUT THIS DREDGE, 533 00:36:26,100 --> 00:36:28,300 BUT NOW MOST OF IT IS FINALLY SHOWING UP. 534 00:36:28,300 --> 00:36:31,070 -THERE'S THE TROMMEL. -WHAT'S THAT? 535 00:36:31,070 --> 00:36:34,710 OH, THERE'S THE WHEELHOUSE. IT'S SO OLD-SCHOOL. 536 00:36:34,710 --> 00:36:37,580 IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO THE ANTIQUE SHOW WITH ALL THAT. 537 00:36:37,580 --> 00:36:40,720 THEY'RE A LONG WAYS AWAY FROM GETTING GOLD WITH THAT THING. 538 00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:42,520 THEY'VE GOT TO GET IT BACK TOGETHER, 539 00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:44,790 AND THEY DON'T HAVE A WHOLE HELL OF A LOT OF TIME TO DO IT. 540 00:36:44,790 --> 00:36:46,920 GOD. TONY'S A MADMAN. I LOVE IT. 541 00:36:54,660 --> 00:36:56,900 STILL SLUICIN'. 542 00:37:25,430 --> 00:37:27,560 Tony: HA HA! 543 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:31,370 Narrator: SINCE TONY BEETS' FIRST MASSIVE DREDGE 544 00:37:31,370 --> 00:37:34,970 HAD COME TO LIFE... 545 00:37:34,970 --> 00:37:36,640 IT HAD PROVED ITSELF TO BE 546 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:40,710 ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT GOLD-MINING MACHINES EVER BUILT. 547 00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:49,380 TONY STOOD TO EARN MILLIONS FROM HIS DREDGES, 548 00:37:49,390 --> 00:37:51,950 BUT ONLY IF THEY WORKED. 549 00:38:03,670 --> 00:38:07,800 ONE OF HIS DREDGES LAY DERELICT IN THISTLE CREEK, 550 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:11,310 AND THE OTHER HAD NEEDED A COMPLETE OVERHAUL. 551 00:38:15,950 --> 00:38:19,210 THAT'S, BALLPARK, 600 GRAND. 552 00:38:19,220 --> 00:38:21,220 REALLY? 553 00:38:23,690 --> 00:38:26,690 NOT YET. HEY, MUM. 554 00:38:26,690 --> 00:38:29,360 I HEAR IT'S GONNA COST OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS 555 00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:31,960 FOR YOUR MODIFICATIONS THAT YOU'RE DOING. 556 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:34,160 WE'RE HAVING TWO DREDGES TO PAY FOR. 557 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:36,560 IT'S NOT QUITE MAKING ME HAPPY RIGHT NOW, 558 00:38:36,570 --> 00:38:39,300 BECAUSE I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW TO PULL THIS ONE OFF. 559 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:46,440 Narrator: AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE BEETS FAMILY INCOME... 560 00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:48,910 -HI. HAVEN'T SEEN YOU YET. -I KNOW. 561 00:38:48,910 --> 00:38:52,510 Narrator: ...HAD COME FROM LEASING GROUND TO PARKER SCHNABEL. 562 00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:54,050 HI, TONY. 563 00:38:54,050 --> 00:38:55,380 ARE YOU BRINGING US GOODIES? 564 00:38:55,390 --> 00:38:57,850 I AM. 100 OUNCES FOR YOU. 565 00:39:00,790 --> 00:39:02,390 Narrator: FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, 566 00:39:02,390 --> 00:39:05,730 HE'D MINED THEIR GOLD-RICH VIRGIN CLAIMS 567 00:39:05,730 --> 00:39:09,400 AND HE'D BROUGHT THEM OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN ROYALTIES. 568 00:39:11,930 --> 00:39:14,940 BUT PARKER THOUGHT HE WAS PAYING TOO MUCH. 569 00:39:14,940 --> 00:39:18,540 Parker: WOW. WE'VE GOT PROBLEMS. 570 00:39:18,540 --> 00:39:19,810 Tony: WHATEVER. 571 00:39:19,810 --> 00:39:22,940 AND THIS SEASON, HE PLANNED HIS ESCAPE. 572 00:39:26,550 --> 00:39:29,950 I JUST CAN'T KEEP MINING UNDER TONY. 573 00:39:29,950 --> 00:39:34,490 RIGHT NOW, WE GIVE HIM A HUGE AMOUNT OF ROYALTY PAYMENTS, 574 00:39:34,490 --> 00:39:36,890 AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT HE'S GONNA BE TOO HAPPY 575 00:39:36,890 --> 00:39:39,830 TO GIVE THAT UP. 576 00:39:39,830 --> 00:39:44,030 Narrator: IN THE SPRING, PARKER WENT TO CALIFORNIA. 577 00:39:44,030 --> 00:39:45,430 HEY, PARKER. HOW ARE YOU? 578 00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:46,900 GOOD TO SEE YOU. COME ON IN. 579 00:39:46,900 --> 00:39:48,040 NICE TO MEET YOU. 580 00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:50,910 SO, PARKER, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU? 581 00:39:50,910 --> 00:39:52,770 WELL, I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT ABOUT THAT GROUND 582 00:39:52,780 --> 00:39:55,780 YOU'VE GOT IN THE INDIAN RIVER. 583 00:39:55,780 --> 00:39:58,050 WHAT ARE YOU INTERESTED IN DOING WITH IT? 584 00:39:58,050 --> 00:39:59,780 WE'VE DISCUSSED IT BETWEEN OURSELVES, 585 00:39:59,780 --> 00:40:01,850 AND WE'D PROBABLY BE INTERESTED IN LEASING IT. 586 00:40:01,850 --> 00:40:04,790 I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. 587 00:40:04,790 --> 00:40:07,520 AND IT DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF ROYALTY RATE, I GUESS, YOU GUYS. 588 00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,930 WE WERE THINKING OF THE STANDARD 10%. 589 00:40:10,930 --> 00:40:13,390 WOW. IS THAT STANDARD? 590 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:16,530 RIGHT NOW IF I DO 6,000 OUNCES, I WOULD PAY DOUBLE THAT, 591 00:40:16,530 --> 00:40:18,600 'CAUSE IT'S 30% ROYALTY. 592 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:21,000 -WHAT? -OVER 5,000 IS 30%. 593 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:22,340 WOW. 594 00:40:22,340 --> 00:40:24,340 THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE, REALLY, TO PAY THAT KIND OF ROYALTY. 595 00:40:24,340 --> 00:40:25,670 WE SHOULDN'T TALK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH. 596 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:27,610 I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO CHANGE YOUR MIND. 597 00:40:29,140 --> 00:40:31,880 THIS MAY BE PICKING A BIG OLD BATTLE WITH TONY BEETS. 598 00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:35,150 YEAH, SHOULD PROBABLY KEEP IT QUIET FOR A WHILE. 599 00:40:35,150 --> 00:40:37,680 THAT MAKES THIS VERY INTERESTING. 600 00:40:37,690 --> 00:40:39,490 -MM-HMM. IT'LL BE FUN. -"IT'LL BE FUN." 601 00:40:39,490 --> 00:40:41,620 WELL, HE CAN'T STOP YOU. 602 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:45,560 -DRIVE SAFELY. BYE, NOW. -THANKS, KEN. 603 00:40:47,900 --> 00:40:50,630 WHOO! 604 00:40:50,630 --> 00:40:52,700 Narrator: AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, 605 00:40:52,700 --> 00:40:55,500 PARKER CHECKED OUT HIS NEW CLAIMS. 606 00:40:55,510 --> 00:40:57,440 Parker: THE ONLY ROAD ACCESS TO THIS GROUND 607 00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:00,480 OF KEN AND STUART'S IS RIGHT THROUGH TONY'S CAMP. 608 00:41:02,510 --> 00:41:04,350 HOPEFULLY, HE'S NOT AROUND. 609 00:41:06,050 --> 00:41:08,750 OH, . THIS IS TONY. 610 00:41:12,660 --> 00:41:15,460 WELL, NOW'S AS GOOD A TIME AS EVER. 611 00:41:17,730 --> 00:41:22,130 WELL, UH, I'M ON A LEASE WITH KEN AND STUART 612 00:41:22,130 --> 00:41:25,000 ON THE GROUND RIGHT NEXT TO YOU. 613 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:26,270 NO WAY. 614 00:41:26,270 --> 00:41:28,270 I'M DONE JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS. 615 00:41:28,270 --> 00:41:30,470 I'M JUST TRYING TO HAVE A GOOD LEASE 616 00:41:30,470 --> 00:41:32,410 THAT DOESN'T HAVE , TONY. 617 00:41:32,410 --> 00:41:35,080 AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT IS, IS I -- 618 00:41:36,950 --> 00:41:38,680 I DON'T KNOW. 619 00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:42,480 I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS I'M GOING OVER THERE. 620 00:41:42,490 --> 00:41:44,150 YOUR GROUND. 621 00:41:44,150 --> 00:41:46,020 THERE YOU GO. 622 00:41:48,220 --> 00:41:50,290 YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE THIS EASY. 623 00:42:03,770 --> 00:42:06,970 WHATEVER, TONY. LEASE. 624 00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:17,920 Narrator: PARKER HAS COMMITTED HIMSELF 625 00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:21,520 TO MINING 5,000 OUNCES FROM TONY'S GROUND 626 00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:25,190 BEFORE HE MOVES TO THE NEW CLAIM. 627 00:42:25,190 --> 00:42:28,730 AND TONY'S BEEN WAITING FOR HIM TO MAKE A MISTAKE. 628 00:42:28,730 --> 00:42:31,700 Parker: 629 00:42:33,670 --> 00:42:36,270 WHAT, UH -- WHAT YOU DOING? 630 00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:47,080 I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, 631 00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:48,380 AFTER A FEW YEARS. 632 00:42:49,690 --> 00:42:51,990 ARE YOU OKAY WITH ALL THIS? 633 00:43:08,700 --> 00:43:13,640 Narrator: SO FAR, PARKER'S PLAN HAS WORKED WELL. 634 00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:15,980 BUT THE SEASON'S NOT OVER YET. 635 00:43:15,980 --> 00:43:17,510 THE DAYS OF TONY BEETS ARE OVER. 636 00:43:17,510 --> 00:43:18,710 -YEAH! -WHOO! 637 00:43:18,710 --> 00:43:20,110 Narrator: STILL TO COME... 638 00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:21,920 Parker: MY GUTS ARE TORN UP. 639 00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:24,450 Narrator: ...PARKER MAKES A BID FOR FREEDOM. 640 00:43:24,450 --> 00:43:26,250 -IS THAT TONY BEETS? -YEAH. 641 00:43:26,260 --> 00:43:27,990 Narrator: AND HIS OLD LANDLORD... 642 00:43:27,990 --> 00:43:29,520 Parker: THAT WAS A PRACTICE RUN. 643 00:43:29,530 --> 00:43:31,530 MEANING THIS TIME, IT'S THE BOMBING RUN. 644 00:43:31,530 --> 00:43:33,930 Narrator: ...BECOMES HIS NEW NEIGHBOR FROM HELL. 645 00:43:33,930 --> 00:43:36,460 Parker: IT'S JUST TONY BEETS NEEDING TO BE THE KING OF THE WORLD. 646 00:43:36,470 --> 00:43:37,730 TONY DUG THE ROAD OUT. 647 00:43:37,730 --> 00:43:40,740 THIS IS THE ACT OF A DESPERATE MAN. 648 00:43:42,540 --> 00:43:44,810 TONY, DO YOU REALLY HAVE THAT BIG OF A PROBLEM 649 00:43:44,810 --> 00:43:47,140 WITH ME BEING YOUR NEIGHBOR? 649 00:43:48,305 --> 00:44:48,464 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm