"Gold Rush" The Mighty Uppercut

1 00:00:01,790 --> 00:00:04,090 Narrator: ON THIS "GOLD RUSH"... 2 00:00:04,090 --> 00:00:07,520 HOLY COW. THIS ISN'T JUST A LITTLE LEAK. 3 00:00:07,530 --> 00:00:10,090 WE GOT TO SHUT THIS DOWN. 4 00:00:10,100 --> 00:00:12,560 SO THE SEASON IS OVER AND WE'RE ALL DONE RUNNING. 5 00:00:20,410 --> 00:00:22,540 MIKE! SHUT IT DOWN. SHUT IT DOWN. 6 00:00:27,450 --> 00:00:29,350 Blaschke: YOU READY TO MOVE THIS, BIG DADDY? 7 00:00:29,350 --> 00:00:30,880 WHOA. WHOA. WHOA. WHOA. WHOA. 8 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,450 FEEL LIKE WE NEED A LIFEGUARD ON DUTY FOR THIS JOB HERE. 9 00:00:33,450 --> 00:00:35,420 AS SMOOTH AS SILK. 10 00:00:36,990 --> 00:00:38,420 THAT'S IT. 11 00:00:38,420 --> 00:00:40,860 EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTH UNTIL PARKER GETS INVOLVED. 12 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:48,074 13 00:00:55,910 --> 00:00:58,910 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 14 00:00:58,910 --> 00:01:01,950 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 15 00:01:10,690 --> 00:01:13,490 Todd: THE SEASON STARTED OUT SO SO GOOD. 16 00:01:13,490 --> 00:01:17,390 AND IT JUST TURNED SO UGLY. 17 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:19,230 NOW WE'RE NOT GETTING GOLD AT SACRAMENTO. 18 00:01:19,230 --> 00:01:22,670 SO WE'RE JUST -- WE'RE LOSING MONEY. 19 00:01:22,670 --> 00:01:25,270 Narrator: DESPERATE TO SAVE HIS SEASON, 20 00:01:25,270 --> 00:01:29,070 TODD HOFFMAN HAS BEEN RUNNING THREE WASH PLANTS -- 21 00:01:29,070 --> 00:01:31,580 RUSTY RED AT FAIRPLAY, 22 00:01:31,580 --> 00:01:34,410 AND AT SACRAMENTO, TWO PLANTS, 23 00:01:34,410 --> 00:01:37,350 DOUBLE TROUBLE AND MONSTER RED. 24 00:01:40,820 --> 00:01:43,520 WE GOT TO SHUT THIS DOWN. 25 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:45,060 HEY, FREDDY, YOU GOT A COPY? 26 00:01:45,060 --> 00:01:50,260 CAN YOU COME OVER HERE TO SACRAMENTO, PLEASE? 27 00:01:50,260 --> 00:01:55,400 TWO MONTHS IN TO WHAT HE HOPED WOULD BE A 5,000-OUNCE SEASON, 28 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:59,600 TODD SHOULD HAVE THE BEST PART OF 2,000 OUNCES. 29 00:01:59,610 --> 00:02:06,180 HE HAS JUST 643, WORTH WAY SOUTH OF $1 MILLION. 30 00:02:06,180 --> 00:02:08,650 IT'S NO GOOD. IT'S NO GOOD. 31 00:02:11,850 --> 00:02:13,280 HUNTER, YOU GOT A COPY? 32 00:02:13,290 --> 00:02:14,820 I'M RIGHT HERE ON YOUR RIGHT. 33 00:02:17,390 --> 00:02:18,820 YEAH. WHAT'S UP? 34 00:02:18,820 --> 00:02:22,360 Shut it down. Turn it off. Shut it down. 35 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,030 HUNTER: You want me to shut the plant off? 36 00:02:26,030 --> 00:02:29,230 YEAH. SHUT IT DOWN. WE'RE DONE. 37 00:02:30,540 --> 00:02:32,900 I want everybody to meet at the bottom of the stairs. 38 00:02:36,140 --> 00:02:38,640 WHY ARE WE SHUTTING DOWN? 39 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:41,410 WE JUST STARTED. 40 00:02:41,410 --> 00:02:42,880 Todd: HEY, GUYS. 41 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,880 WE SHOULD HAVE GOT COMBINED, AT LEAST, 200 OUNCES A WEEK, 42 00:02:46,890 --> 00:02:48,890 OUT OF BOTH THE PLANTS. 43 00:02:48,890 --> 00:02:52,020 WE GOT LESS THAN 20. 44 00:02:52,020 --> 00:02:53,990 THAT DOESN'T EVEN PAY THE FUEL BILL. 45 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,200 GUYS, I GOT TO SHUT IT DOWN. 46 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,030 I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CHOICE RIGHT NOW. 47 00:03:01,030 --> 00:03:04,200 SO THE SEASON IS OVER, AND WE'RE ALL DONE RUNNING? 48 00:03:06,270 --> 00:03:08,140 WE WERE GETTING OUR ASS KICKED LAST YEAR, 49 00:03:08,140 --> 00:03:12,110 AND WE STUCK WITH IT, AND, YOU KNOW, WE ENDED GOOD. 50 00:03:12,110 --> 00:03:14,680 SO YOU WANT TO JUST QUIT NOW? LOSE THE BET? 51 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:16,580 AND WE ALL GO HOME WITH NOTHING. 52 00:03:19,590 --> 00:03:21,050 WHAT ARE WE WAGERING? 53 00:03:21,050 --> 00:03:22,220 A HUNDRED OUNCES. 54 00:03:22,220 --> 00:03:25,920 Narrator: TODD AND PARKER HAVE $100,000 BET ON 55 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:28,260 WHO WILL GET THE MOST GOLD. 56 00:03:28,260 --> 00:03:30,060 YEAH. SURE. 57 00:03:30,060 --> 00:03:33,260 HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR MONEY. 58 00:03:33,270 --> 00:03:35,930 FORGET THE BET RIGHT NOW. 59 00:03:35,930 --> 00:03:38,000 I'M JUST TRYING TO PAY THE BILLS. 60 00:03:40,410 --> 00:03:43,210 JUST TRYING BREAK EVEN. 61 00:03:43,210 --> 00:03:46,640 FREDDY, IT'S ALL UP TO YOU AND FAIRPLAY AT THIS POINT. 62 00:03:46,650 --> 00:03:48,480 UNLESS WE CAN FIND SOME NEW GROUND, 63 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,580 FAIRPLAY IS IT FOR THIS SEASON. 64 00:03:50,580 --> 00:03:52,680 YOU KNOW FAIRPLAY HAS GOT GOOD GOLD. 65 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:54,020 WE ALL DO. 66 00:03:54,020 --> 00:03:55,950 BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN ONE HELL OF A ZONING BATTLE, 67 00:03:55,950 --> 00:03:58,360 AND IT'S A BATTLE I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO WIN. 68 00:04:00,790 --> 00:04:02,160 FUEL AND GREASE YOUR MACHINES. 69 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:03,890 KEVIN, BRING THAT LOADER OVER TO FAIRPLAY. 70 00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:05,560 FREDDY, LETS GO OVER TO FAIRPLAY. 71 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,370 LETS GO. 72 00:04:11,670 --> 00:04:15,610 Hunter: YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN PUT IN CHARGE OF THIS WASH PLANT. 73 00:04:15,610 --> 00:04:17,070 I FEEL LIKE MY DAD IS TAKING IT AWAY FROM ME 74 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:19,440 BEFORE I GIVE IT EVERYTHING I HAVE. 75 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,680 I REALLY WANT TO GET GOLD, BUT, YOU KNOW, 76 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:23,110 IF IT'S NOT IN THE GROUND, 77 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:25,250 THEN I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. 78 00:04:25,250 --> 00:04:26,920 I UNDERSTAND WHY MY DAD HAS TO SHUT IT DOWN. 79 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:30,350 BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE ALL GOING TO GO HOME IN FOUR DAYS 80 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,690 OR IF A MIRACLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN. 81 00:04:38,460 --> 00:04:40,460 Narrator: ONE MILE DOWN THE STREAM, 82 00:04:40,470 --> 00:04:43,000 TODD AND FREDDY'S FAIRPLAY MINE 83 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,600 HAS THE HOFFMAN'S BEST PAY DIRT, 84 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:50,610 BUT MOST OF THIS CLAIM HAS BEEN RE-ZONED AS RESIDENTIAL. 85 00:04:50,610 --> 00:04:53,440 HERE'S WHAT I'M THINKING, TODD. 86 00:04:53,450 --> 00:04:56,780 YOU KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A GOLD MINE SINCE 1859. 87 00:04:56,780 --> 00:04:59,650 THE COUNTY PUT THIS LINE IN HERE IN 1975. 88 00:04:59,650 --> 00:05:02,090 THEY JUST DREW IT THROUGH AN EXISTING MINE. 89 00:05:02,090 --> 00:05:04,520 YOU'RE TELLING ME IT'S NEVER BEEN ENFORCED UNTIL NOW? 90 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:05,860 NOT THAT I KNOW OF. 91 00:05:05,860 --> 00:05:08,220 THAT'S WHY WE'RE APPEALING IT. 92 00:05:08,230 --> 00:05:10,830 THE COUNTY IS SAYING WE CAN'T TOUCH ANYTHING OVER HERE, 93 00:05:10,830 --> 00:05:13,060 UP HERE, OVER HERE. 94 00:05:16,030 --> 00:05:20,670 FREDDY'S FAIRPLAY MINE EXTENDS OVER 40 ACRES, 95 00:05:20,670 --> 00:05:26,610 BUT THE COUNTY REZONED 80% OF IT AS RESIDENTIAL. 96 00:05:26,610 --> 00:05:33,380 MOST OF THE REST IS EITHER TOO STEEP OR HAS ALREADY BEEN MINED, 97 00:05:33,390 --> 00:05:38,290 LEAVING AN AREA OF JUST 75 FEET BY 75 FEET, 98 00:05:38,290 --> 00:05:40,660 LESS THAN TWO BASKETBALL COURTS, 99 00:05:40,660 --> 00:05:44,960 THAT FREDDY IS STILL ABLE TO MINE. 100 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:48,160 WE NEED TO MARK IT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DIG ONE ROCK 101 00:05:48,170 --> 00:05:50,170 OVER THESE LINES. 102 00:05:50,170 --> 00:05:52,000 I'LL GRAB MY GPS. 103 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,940 MARK IT OFF. WE WON'T GO OVER THE LINE. 104 00:05:54,940 --> 00:05:57,170 BUT WE GOT TO GET EVERY OUNCE OF PAY DIRT. 105 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:01,380 PUT A CONE HERE, TODD. 106 00:06:01,380 --> 00:06:03,050 RIGHT HERE. OKAY. 107 00:06:03,050 --> 00:06:05,880 I'M TRYING STAY IN JUST A LITTLE BIT, A COUPLE FEET. 108 00:06:07,890 --> 00:06:10,990 RIGHT HERE. 109 00:06:10,990 --> 00:06:13,190 Todd: YOU'RE TELLING ME 110 00:06:13,190 --> 00:06:15,020 WE ONLY HAVE FROM HERE TO HERE? 111 00:06:15,030 --> 00:06:16,630 ALL WE GOT IS THIS LITTLE PIECE RIGHT HERE. 112 00:06:16,630 --> 00:06:19,900 THAT'S IT. 75 FEET BY 75 FEET. 113 00:06:19,900 --> 00:06:23,830 WE GOT A LITTLE FOOTPRINT, BUT WE CAN GO HOW DEEP? 114 00:06:23,840 --> 00:06:26,570 MAYBE 30, 40 FEET. 115 00:06:26,570 --> 00:06:29,010 DIG IT AS DEEP AS THE GOLD ALLOWS US TO GO. 116 00:06:29,010 --> 00:06:30,210 ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO FOR IT. 117 00:06:30,210 --> 00:06:31,940 LET'S START MINING IT. 118 00:06:39,890 --> 00:06:44,090 Narrator: OPERATOR ANDY SPINKS SETS INTO THE MINABLE AREA 119 00:06:44,090 --> 00:06:47,890 WITH THE 700 EXCAVATOR. 120 00:06:47,890 --> 00:06:49,330 Spinks: USUALLY THE ISSUE IS, 121 00:06:49,330 --> 00:06:50,690 THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO DEAL WITH, 122 00:06:50,700 --> 00:06:54,260 IS THE PAY IS NOT VERY GOOD, BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF IT. 123 00:06:54,270 --> 00:06:56,000 HERE, THE PAY IS EXCELLENT. 124 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,870 IT'S THE BEST WE'VE EVER MINED. 125 00:06:57,870 --> 00:07:00,570 JUST DON'T HAVE VERY MUCH OF IT. 126 00:07:00,570 --> 00:07:02,070 Todd: I TELL YOU WHAT. 127 00:07:02,070 --> 00:07:04,410 WE'RE HERE TO MAKE GOLD, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT UP. 128 00:07:04,410 --> 00:07:06,640 WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP NO MATTER WHAT. 129 00:07:14,390 --> 00:07:15,490 Parker: TODAY IS A PRETTY BIG DAY. 130 00:07:15,490 --> 00:07:18,760 WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON. 131 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,420 WE'RE MOVING SLUICIFER, 132 00:07:21,430 --> 00:07:24,490 AND THAT'S ALWAYS A PRETTY BIG ORDEAL. 133 00:07:24,500 --> 00:07:29,100 Narrator: PARKER SCHNABEL IS TWO MONTHS INTO HIS MINING SEASON, 134 00:07:29,100 --> 00:07:32,840 AND HE'S PREPARING TO MOVE HIS WASH PLANT TO A NEW CUT. 135 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,470 RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST BUILDING THE REST OF THIS BERM. 136 00:07:35,470 --> 00:07:38,510 WE'RE SHORT-HANDED WITH GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN LEAVING US. 137 00:07:38,510 --> 00:07:40,180 YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST A HELL OF A LOT OF WORK TO DO 138 00:07:40,180 --> 00:07:42,250 AND NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING IT. 139 00:07:42,250 --> 00:07:45,380 MECHANIC MITCH BLASCHKE IS IN THE EXCAVATOR 140 00:07:45,380 --> 00:07:47,780 HELPING PARKER BUILD THE BERM. 141 00:07:51,590 --> 00:07:53,890 Blaschke: THE CREEK CUT WAS SOME OF THE BEST GROUND 142 00:07:53,890 --> 00:07:55,560 WE'VE EVER SEEN. 143 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:57,260 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE. 144 00:07:57,260 --> 00:07:58,390 IT MIGHT BE BETTER. 145 00:07:58,400 --> 00:07:59,600 IT MIGHT BE WORSE, 146 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,560 BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET SLUICIFER MOVED ONTO THAT 147 00:08:01,570 --> 00:08:04,630 NEW PAD AND FIND OUT. 148 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:08,200 Narrator: PARKER HAS FINISHED MINING THE CREEK CUT. 149 00:08:08,210 --> 00:08:10,640 HE HAS ALREADY OPENED UP HIS NEW CUT, 150 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:15,380 AN AREA THE SIZE OF NINE FOOTBALL FIELDS. 151 00:08:15,380 --> 00:08:19,420 RIGHT NOW, HE'S BUILDING A BERM AND IS ABOUT TO DRAG 152 00:08:19,420 --> 00:08:22,450 SLUICIFER 1,000 FEET TO THE BERM, 153 00:08:22,450 --> 00:08:24,590 WHERE IT WILL SIT BESIDE THE CUT. 154 00:08:27,090 --> 00:08:29,760 PARKER'S CREW SHORTAGE IS SO BAD 155 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:31,960 FOREMAN RICK NESS HAS STEPPED IN 156 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,730 TO PROVIDE DIRT FOR PARKER'S BERM. 157 00:08:35,730 --> 00:08:38,100 Ness: THINGS ARE GOING LIKE RIGHT NOW. 158 00:08:38,100 --> 00:08:40,340 I SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE TOUCHING THIS. 159 00:08:40,340 --> 00:08:42,440 I EVEN SHUT DOWN BIG RED BECAUSE I NEEDED THE GUY 160 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:44,670 I HAD OPERATING THAT TO COME OVER HERE AND RUN TRUCK 161 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:46,340 BECAUSE WE'RE THAT SHORT ON PEOPLE. 162 00:08:46,340 --> 00:08:49,350 WE HAD A COUPLE GUYS BAIL ON US IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. 163 00:08:49,350 --> 00:08:51,150 I HAD ANOTHER ONE JUST BAIL ON US TODAY 164 00:08:51,150 --> 00:08:52,380 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, 165 00:08:52,380 --> 00:08:54,220 JUST HOOKED UP TO HIS TRAILER AND LEFT. 166 00:08:54,220 --> 00:08:57,650 I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THESE PEOPLE. 167 00:08:57,660 --> 00:09:01,590 Narrator: FOR EVERY HOUR THAT BIG RED AND SLUICIFER ARE DOWN, 168 00:09:01,590 --> 00:09:06,060 PARKER IS LOSING OVER $3,500. 169 00:09:06,060 --> 00:09:08,800 Parker: IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG DAY. 170 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:15,510 Narrator: IN THE CREEK CUT, IT'S TIME TO MOVE 171 00:09:15,510 --> 00:09:17,870 THE 45-TON SLUICIFER. 172 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:20,510 BOOM DOWN. 173 00:09:20,510 --> 00:09:23,250 WHAT SHOULD BE A SIX-MAN OPERATION 174 00:09:23,250 --> 00:09:26,480 IS NOW LEFT SOLELY TO RICK AND MITCH. 175 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,390 SHOULDN'T YOU BE RUNNING BIG RED? 176 00:09:29,390 --> 00:09:30,820 YES. YES, I SHOULD. 177 00:09:30,820 --> 00:09:32,990 YOU READY TO MOVE THIS, BIG DADDY? 178 00:09:32,990 --> 00:09:35,220 YEAH. LET'S GET IT OVER WITH. 179 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,300 SLUICIFER HAS BEEN SITTING HERE ALL WINTER. 180 00:09:41,300 --> 00:09:45,570 SO HOPEFULLY IT HASN'T GOTTEN ROOTS IN THE GROUND TOO DEEP. 181 00:09:45,570 --> 00:09:50,010 IT'S EVERYTHING THAT 700 HAS TO DRAG IT. 182 00:09:50,010 --> 00:09:51,910 MITCH, AM I CLEAR? 183 00:09:51,910 --> 00:09:52,980 OH. 184 00:09:52,980 --> 00:09:55,040 EASY. EASY. EASY. 185 00:09:57,250 --> 00:09:58,820 HEY, JUST WATCH IT ON THIS CORNER. 186 00:09:58,820 --> 00:09:59,950 IF SOMETHING IS GOING TO GO BAD, 187 00:09:59,950 --> 00:10:03,890 THIS IS WHERE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 188 00:10:03,890 --> 00:10:05,590 MOST CRUCIAL PART OF THIS PLANT MOVE, 189 00:10:05,590 --> 00:10:08,690 GETTING SLUICIFER TURNED IN LINE TO MATCH UP WITH THIS PAD 190 00:10:08,690 --> 00:10:12,560 THAT PARKER'S BUILT DOWN HERE FOR THE SUPER STACKER CONVEYOR. 191 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:14,130 THAT'S WHEN THE PONTOONS ARE GOING TO TRY AND PEEL 192 00:10:14,130 --> 00:10:16,670 OUT FROM UNDERNEATH IT. 193 00:10:19,470 --> 00:10:21,900 EASY. 194 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:26,640 EASY. 195 00:10:26,650 --> 00:10:27,910 WATCH HOW FAR YOU'RE BACKING UP, RICK. 196 00:10:27,910 --> 00:10:28,950 EASY. 197 00:10:28,950 --> 00:10:32,480 YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE BERM. 198 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:34,920 WHOA. -WHAT THE ? 199 00:10:40,060 --> 00:10:41,320 Parker: HOW'S THAT COMING? 200 00:10:41,330 --> 00:10:43,990 WE JUST USED UP ALL OF OUR GOOD LUCK. 201 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,660 THE ONLY THING I NOTICED IS THAT IT COULD GO, TWIST THAT WAY, 202 00:10:47,670 --> 00:10:49,300 JUST A HAIR. 203 00:10:49,300 --> 00:10:51,970 YEAH. WE GOT TO PULL IT FORWARD YET, SO... 204 00:10:51,970 --> 00:10:54,500 -PERFECT. -YEAH. 205 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:00,040 Narrator: RICK HAS TO GET BENEATH THE PLANT 206 00:11:00,050 --> 00:11:04,180 WITH A SMALLER EXCAVATOR TO PULL IT INTO PLACE. 207 00:11:04,180 --> 00:11:05,980 Blaschke: SO RIGHT NOW RICK HAS GOT TO PULL 208 00:11:05,980 --> 00:11:09,220 SLUICIFER RIGHT TO THE EDGE OF OUR BERM HERE. 209 00:11:09,220 --> 00:11:12,190 PROBABLY ABOUT SIX FEET OF WATER RIGHT BELOW WHERE HE'S SITTING 210 00:11:12,190 --> 00:11:15,590 AND THAT'S BELOW ABOUT A 25-FOOT DROP. 211 00:11:15,590 --> 00:11:18,160 Be careful down there. -YEAH, I HEAR YOU. 212 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:19,460 THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO DO THIS 213 00:11:19,460 --> 00:11:22,000 Where it's not going to be sketchy. 214 00:11:24,740 --> 00:11:26,970 LET'S JUST START WITH GETTING HER AS FAR AS BACK AS WE CAN. 215 00:11:26,970 --> 00:11:28,710 WELL, LET HER RIP. 216 00:11:36,210 --> 00:11:37,910 Just watch that boom height, Rick. 217 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:40,250 You got about a foot. 218 00:11:40,250 --> 00:11:41,450 It sounds good. 219 00:11:41,450 --> 00:11:44,050 I think you need to track back a little bit. 220 00:11:47,930 --> 00:11:51,560 Nice and easy. 221 00:11:52,730 --> 00:11:54,330 You got a lot of height. 222 00:11:57,570 --> 00:11:58,770 WHOA. WHOA. WHOA. WHOA. WHOA. 223 00:11:58,770 --> 00:11:59,940 WHOA. 224 00:12:13,220 --> 00:12:16,850 Blaschke: WHOA. WHOA. WHOA. WHOA. WHOA. 225 00:12:16,860 --> 00:12:18,920 You got about a third of the track 226 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:22,160 OVER-HANGING ON THIS SIDE. 227 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:25,560 I feel like we need a lifeguard on duty for this job here. 228 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:28,970 Narrator: IN PARKER'S NEW CUT, JUST TWO MEN, 229 00:12:28,970 --> 00:12:32,700 RICK NESS AND MITCH BLASCHKE, ARE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE 230 00:12:32,700 --> 00:12:36,370 SLUICIFER INTO ITS FINAL POSITION. 231 00:12:36,370 --> 00:12:37,740 NOW WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT 232 00:12:37,740 --> 00:12:40,240 SLUICIFER RIGHT TO THE EDGE OF THE PAD. 233 00:12:40,250 --> 00:12:44,580 Yo, Rick, can you hear me? 234 00:12:44,580 --> 00:12:45,880 YEAH. GO AHEAD, MITCH. 235 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,420 PROBABLY OFF BY A FOOT AND A HALF. 236 00:12:48,420 --> 00:12:49,520 ROGER THAT. 237 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:51,550 THAT'S KIND OF A LOT. 238 00:12:55,930 --> 00:12:58,360 Maybe like another eight inches. 239 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:03,370 One more of those. 240 00:13:06,470 --> 00:13:08,540 STOP. STOP. STOP. STOP. STOP. 241 00:13:08,540 --> 00:13:09,870 ALL RIGHT. I THINK YOU GOT IT. 242 00:13:09,870 --> 00:13:11,110 She's in her new home? 243 00:13:11,110 --> 00:13:13,580 YEAH. 244 00:13:13,580 --> 00:13:15,880 GOOD. 245 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:18,480 THE TWO-MAN TEAM HAS DELIVERED. 246 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:20,580 NOT TOO BAD. 247 00:13:20,590 --> 00:13:23,450 MIGHT ONLY BE A COUPLE GUYS DOING IT, BUT 248 00:13:23,450 --> 00:13:25,560 NAILED IT ON THE FIRST TRY. 249 00:13:33,130 --> 00:13:38,700 8:00 A.M., IT'S TIME FOR FREDDY DODGE TO FIRE UP 250 00:13:38,700 --> 00:13:41,040 THE HOFFMAN'S ONLY WASH PLANT, 251 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,010 RUSTY RED. 252 00:13:49,810 --> 00:13:52,750 WHAT THE HELL? 253 00:13:52,750 --> 00:13:54,780 HEY, TODD, TREY, DO YOU GUYS HAVE A COPY? 254 00:13:54,790 --> 00:13:57,020 IF YOU DO, WE GOT A MAJOR FREAKING ISSUE HERE. 255 00:13:57,020 --> 00:14:00,090 WE LOST ALL THE WATER IN THE FREAKING POND. 256 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,400 THAT'S ALL WE NEED. 257 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:12,770 Narrator: WITHOUT WATER, THE CREW WON'T BE ABLE TO RUN RUSTY RED. 258 00:14:15,370 --> 00:14:18,170 HOLY COW. 259 00:14:18,180 --> 00:14:21,840 Freddy: ONE NIGHT. 260 00:14:21,850 --> 00:14:25,380 UNBELIEVABLE. WE'VE GOT TO GET RON IN. 261 00:14:25,380 --> 00:14:28,050 THIS IS HORRIBLE. 262 00:14:28,050 --> 00:14:29,390 LET'S GET SOMEBODY IN THERE, 263 00:14:29,390 --> 00:14:31,790 SEE IF WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. 264 00:14:34,490 --> 00:14:35,830 Trey: IS THAT LINER HOT? 265 00:14:35,830 --> 00:14:38,730 Narrator: TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, 266 00:14:38,730 --> 00:14:42,060 TODD VOLUNTEERS HIS NEPHEW, STERLING ANDERSON. 267 00:14:42,070 --> 00:14:44,470 ALL RIGHT. YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT. 268 00:14:44,470 --> 00:14:46,070 PUT YOUR FACE DOWN IN THERE. 269 00:14:46,070 --> 00:14:48,140 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DIVE DOWN IN. 270 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:55,010 THIS ISN'T JUST A LITTLE LEAK. AM I RIGHT, GUYS? 271 00:14:55,010 --> 00:14:56,910 THIS BLEW UP. 272 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:59,280 IN A POND THIS SIZE, IF THERE'S A 1-INCH HOLE, 273 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:01,650 IT WILL ONLY LOSE 40,000 GALLONS IN 24 HOURS. 274 00:15:01,650 --> 00:15:04,990 WE LOST 4 MILLION. 275 00:15:08,530 --> 00:15:10,660 Sterling: FOUND IT. IT'S RIGHT HERE. 276 00:15:10,660 --> 00:15:12,560 BIG TEAR. 277 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:16,600 IT COULD BE A TEAR ON A SEAM, BUT IT'S REALLY CLEAN. 278 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:20,500 DUDE, I KNEW IT. WE GOT SABOTAGED LAST NIGHT. 279 00:15:20,510 --> 00:15:25,210 SOMEBODY CAME IN THERE AND RIPPED THAT THING WITH A KNIFE. 280 00:15:25,210 --> 00:15:27,010 IT'S A A SEAM. 281 00:15:27,010 --> 00:15:29,380 WHATEVER. 282 00:15:29,380 --> 00:15:34,080 ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER, AFTER ANOTHER. 283 00:15:34,090 --> 00:15:37,490 IT'S KILLING US, FREDDY. 284 00:15:37,490 --> 00:15:40,760 Trey: COME ON UP, STERLING. 285 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:42,430 HOW CAN WE GET AROUND IT, FREDDY? 286 00:15:42,430 --> 00:15:45,860 WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO BYPASS THIS POND FOR NOW, TODD. 287 00:15:45,860 --> 00:15:49,400 Narrator: FREDDY'S PLAN -- USE THE PUMP AND PIPES 288 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,030 DOWN BY THE PLATTE RIVER 289 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:54,170 THAT USED TO SUPPLY THE LEAKING POND 290 00:15:54,170 --> 00:15:58,440 TOGETHER WITH AN ADDITIONAL 400 FEET OF PIPE 291 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:03,250 TO PUMP WATER INTO A NEW POND CLOSER TO RUSTY RED. 292 00:16:05,750 --> 00:16:08,950 JUST PERFECT. LEAVE IT RIGHT THERE. 293 00:16:08,950 --> 00:16:11,120 WE'RE FILLING UP THE POND, FREDDY. 294 00:16:14,030 --> 00:16:15,730 NOW THEY HAVE WATER. 295 00:16:15,730 --> 00:16:19,530 THE HOFFMAN CREW CAN FINALLY GET BACK TO MINING. 296 00:16:19,530 --> 00:16:23,100 WELL, LET'S MAKE SOME GOLD, TODD. 297 00:16:23,100 --> 00:16:24,930 LET'S DO IT. 298 00:16:24,940 --> 00:16:26,770 YOU GUYS READY TO FIRE UP? 299 00:16:26,770 --> 00:16:28,200 WHOO! 300 00:16:28,210 --> 00:16:29,670 FIRE IN THE HOLE. 301 00:16:37,020 --> 00:16:40,680 Narrator: ANDY SPINKS IS DIGGING DEEP INTO THE CORNER CUT. 302 00:16:40,690 --> 00:16:43,720 YOU KNOW, THIS CUT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS, LIKE, 303 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,760 ABOUT THE SMALLEST FOOT PRINT THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD TO WORK ON. 304 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:49,160 THERE'S REALLY GOOD GOLD HERE. 305 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:52,130 RIGHT NOW, IT'S ALL WE GOT. 306 00:16:52,130 --> 00:16:54,760 Todd: EVERYBODY HAS GOT TO HAVE ALL HANDS ON DECK, 307 00:16:54,770 --> 00:16:57,970 AND WE JUST GOT TO RUN AS MUCH DIRT AS WE CAN OUT OF RUSTY RED. 308 00:17:11,050 --> 00:17:12,310 Tony: 309 00:17:19,820 --> 00:17:21,890 Narrator: AT EUREKA CREEK, 310 00:17:21,890 --> 00:17:24,830 TONY BEETS HAS ORDERED HIS DAUGHTER, MONICA, 311 00:17:24,830 --> 00:17:29,470 TO START UP HER WASH PLANT FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON. 312 00:18:07,310 --> 00:18:10,970 Monica: MORNING. BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY, HUH? 313 00:18:10,980 --> 00:18:14,410 Narrator: MONICA HAS RECRUITED A FEMALE CREW. 314 00:18:14,410 --> 00:18:17,550 THIS MORNING, IT MIGHT BE A BIT 315 00:18:17,550 --> 00:18:20,280 I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE HAULING SOME TAILINGS WITH A 360. 316 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,050 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ROCK TRUCKS WITH PAY, 317 00:18:22,050 --> 00:18:24,020 AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ROCK TRUCKS WITH RED GRAVEL. 318 00:18:24,020 --> 00:18:26,560 LET'S GO MAKE SOME MONEY. 319 00:18:28,990 --> 00:18:33,730 19-YEAR-OLD ROOKIE MOLLY KOCH WILL BE IN THE HOT SEAT 320 00:18:33,730 --> 00:18:36,730 FEEDING THE PLANT WITH THE EXCAVATOR. 321 00:18:36,730 --> 00:18:38,730 WHEN YOU'RE FEEDING THE PLANT, YOU GOT TO WATCH THE CONVEYOR 322 00:18:38,740 --> 00:18:39,970 AND MAKE SURE THERE IS DIRT ON IT. 323 00:18:39,970 --> 00:18:41,340 IF THERE'S NO DIRT ON IT YOUR HOPPER IS 324 00:18:41,340 --> 00:18:42,370 THERE'S A ROCK STUCK IN IT. 325 00:18:42,370 --> 00:18:45,910 SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED WITH THAT. 326 00:18:45,910 --> 00:18:47,180 HERE WE GO. 327 00:18:47,180 --> 00:18:49,480 -ALL RIGHT. 328 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:51,450 SO THESE ARE GRIZZLY BARS. 329 00:18:51,450 --> 00:18:54,750 SO ALL THESE BIG ROCKS THAT ARE IN HERE CAN'T GO THROUGH. 330 00:18:54,750 --> 00:18:57,390 OH, OKAY. 331 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,730 WHOO-HOO. LET'S MAKE SOME MONEY. 332 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:17,870 FIRING UP. 333 00:19:19,380 --> 00:19:21,210 Narrator: BROTHERS KEVIN AND MIKE 334 00:19:21,210 --> 00:19:24,050 HAVE COME TO HELP MONICA GET STARTED. 335 00:19:24,050 --> 00:19:26,050 YEAH. WE GOT WATER. 336 00:19:27,220 --> 00:19:29,790 THE DISCHARGE CONVEYOR. 337 00:19:33,820 --> 00:19:36,390 SHAKER DECK. 338 00:19:52,010 --> 00:19:55,740 Koch: THIS IS MY FIRST TIME OPERATING AN EXCAVATOR. 339 00:19:55,750 --> 00:19:58,950 IT'S TOUGH TO GET THE DIRT INTO THIS LIKE, 340 00:19:58,950 --> 00:20:00,720 GRIZZLY, THEY CALL IT, OR SOMETHING. 341 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,520 AND IT'S HARD BECAUSE YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT, 342 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:06,790 AND YOU HAVE ALL THESE BIGGER ROCKS THAT WILL CLOG IT UP. 343 00:20:06,790 --> 00:20:08,990 AND YOU WANT TO KEEP THE DIRT GOING ON THE CONVEYOR BELT 344 00:20:08,990 --> 00:20:13,830 SO IT'S NOT JUST RUNNING WATER THROUGH THE THINGS 345 00:20:13,830 --> 00:20:16,430 OR WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLED. 346 00:20:16,430 --> 00:20:18,870 IT'S HARD TO JUST KIND OF JUST BE THROWN ON HERE. 347 00:20:18,870 --> 00:20:21,100 IT'S KIND OF STRESSFUL. 348 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:30,250 SO THIS MATERIAL THAT I'M DIGGING IS QUITE ROCKY, 349 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:34,480 ALL THESE CHUNKS. 350 00:20:34,490 --> 00:20:40,120 Narrator: IN THE CUT, LISA BIGRAS IS DIGGING GOLD RICH DIRT, 351 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:44,590 BUT IT'S FULL OF BOULDERS THAT COULD DAMAGE THE PLANT. 352 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:48,130 Bigras: YOU GOT TO TRY AND BREAK IT UP 353 00:20:48,130 --> 00:20:50,200 INTO MANAGEABLE PIECES 354 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,330 FOR THE LADIES UP AT THE PLANT. 355 00:20:52,340 --> 00:20:53,970 BUT THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE THEN, THEORETICALLY, 356 00:20:53,970 --> 00:20:55,700 THERE SHOULD BE LOTS OF GOLD THERE. 357 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:09,620 Koch: OKAY. THANK YOU. 358 00:21:09,620 --> 00:21:11,220 YEAH. I'LL JUST PUT THIS IN THE CUP HOLDER. 359 00:21:16,290 --> 00:21:17,290 OH, MY GOD. 360 00:21:17,300 --> 00:21:19,560 HEY! 361 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,400 SHUT IT DOWN. SHUT IT DOWN. 362 00:21:58,270 --> 00:22:00,700 EVERY TIME YOU TURN, TAKE A LOOK. 363 00:22:00,710 --> 00:22:03,370 Narrator: AT EUREKA CREEK, ROOKIE OPERATOR 364 00:22:03,370 --> 00:22:08,680 MOLLY KOCH HAS BROKEN THE FEEDER WITH A QUARTER-TON BOULDER. 365 00:22:12,050 --> 00:22:14,550 Man: CAN YOU GET IT ON THIS SIDE? 366 00:22:22,790 --> 00:22:24,330 YEAH, I KNOW. I CAN'T SEE THAT. 367 00:22:24,330 --> 00:22:26,100 LIKE, I'M DUMPING SO MUCH OVER THE EDGE. 368 00:22:26,100 --> 00:22:28,760 I'M SORRY. 369 00:22:30,300 --> 00:22:32,270 OKAY. 370 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:37,040 OKAY. 371 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:38,710 YEAH. 372 00:22:38,710 --> 00:22:41,480 OKAY. YEAH, OKAY. 373 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,210 KEVIN BRINGS IN AN 11-FOOT I-BEAM 374 00:22:44,220 --> 00:22:48,280 TO REPLACE THE BROKEN GRIZZLY BAR. 375 00:22:48,290 --> 00:22:52,120 RIGHT HERE, GENTLEMEN. 376 00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:53,620 Monica: IF YOU FINISH THIS UP FOR ME, KEVIN, 377 00:22:53,620 --> 00:22:56,890 AND WE CAN START IT UP AGAIN, THAT WOULD ACES. 378 00:22:56,890 --> 00:22:59,960 SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN. 379 00:22:59,960 --> 00:23:03,030 90 MINUTES LATER, THE QUARTER-TON BOULDER 380 00:23:03,030 --> 00:23:06,240 IS STILL LODGED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FEEDER. 381 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:08,170 Monica: WE'RE GETTING ABOUT AN OUNCE AN HOUR WITH THIS PLANT. 382 00:23:08,170 --> 00:23:12,210 SO EVERY HOUR WE HAVE TO BE SHUT DOWN, WE LOSE ABOUT 1,200 BUCKS. 383 00:23:12,210 --> 00:23:13,640 I'M NOT HAPPY WHEN WE LOSE THAT MUCH MONEY, 384 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,380 AND I KNOW MY DAD IS NOT. 385 00:23:40,870 --> 00:23:43,340 Mike: Copy. 386 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:47,580 Yeah. 387 00:24:14,510 --> 00:24:15,740 Kevin: MONICA, IT'S ALL DONE. 388 00:24:15,740 --> 00:24:17,340 WE'RE GOOD TO GET SLUICING AGAIN. 389 00:24:17,340 --> 00:24:19,640 GREAT. THANKS, KEVIN. 390 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:21,080 All right, guys. We're good to fire up. 391 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:22,850 Get to your machines. 392 00:24:22,850 --> 00:24:24,480 ALL RIGHT, MOLLY, LET'S GET THROUGH. 393 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,320 Let's get that gold. 394 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:28,380 OKAY. GOT IT, MONICA. 395 00:24:35,660 --> 00:24:37,430 Monica: YEAH. AT LEAST WE'RE SLUICING AGAIN. 396 00:24:37,430 --> 00:24:40,860 WE'RE ONLY DOWN A COUPLE HOURS, BUT EVERY HOUR COUNTS. 397 00:24:51,010 --> 00:24:52,340 WE'LL GET THOSE CONVEYORS IN, 398 00:24:52,340 --> 00:24:54,510 AND WE SHOULD BE SLUICING TONIGHT. 399 00:24:54,510 --> 00:24:58,250 Narrator: AT SCRIBNER CREEK, PARKER SCHNABEL IS HALFWAY 400 00:24:58,250 --> 00:25:00,950 THROUGH MOVING SLUICIFER TO HIS NEW CUT. 401 00:25:00,950 --> 00:25:02,750 Parker: IT LOOKS PRETTY NICE UP THERE. 402 00:25:02,750 --> 00:25:05,390 I LIKE IT. 403 00:25:05,390 --> 00:25:08,090 Blaschke: OH, WE'RE SO SHORT HANDED ON PEOPLE RIGHT NOW. 404 00:25:08,090 --> 00:25:09,590 WE'RE NOT EVEN A SKELETON CREW. 405 00:25:09,590 --> 00:25:12,900 WE'RE LIKE A PAPER CUTOUT THAT YOUR GRANDMA HAS HANGING UP 406 00:25:12,900 --> 00:25:16,300 AT HALLOWEEN. 407 00:25:16,300 --> 00:25:20,740 Narrator: PARKER IS SERIOUSLY SHORT ON CREW, SO FOREMAN RICK 408 00:25:20,740 --> 00:25:24,270 TEAMS UP WITH MECHANIC MIKE BEAUDRY TO INSTALL 409 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:29,080 THE 120-FOOT SUPER STACKER CONVEYOR. 410 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:32,050 SOME OF THESE CORNERS ARE TIGHT 411 00:25:32,050 --> 00:25:34,220 IN HERE FOR THIS LONG 412 00:25:36,420 --> 00:25:38,220 Ness: SUPER STACKER IS KIND OF A BEAST TO GET LINED UP 413 00:25:38,220 --> 00:25:40,690 AND GET MOVING AROUND. 414 00:25:40,690 --> 00:25:42,520 IT'S GOT A STEEP RAMP. WE GOT TO GET IT UP. 415 00:25:42,530 --> 00:25:45,360 I DON'T KNOW IF THE TRUCK WILL BE ABLE TO BACK IT UP 416 00:25:45,360 --> 00:25:47,460 THERE OR NOT. 417 00:25:47,460 --> 00:25:50,670 Narrator: MIKE AND RICK HAVE TO PLACE THE SUPER STACKER 418 00:25:50,670 --> 00:25:55,400 PERFECTLY IN LINE WITH THE WASH PLANT. 419 00:25:55,410 --> 00:25:57,740 MAKE SURE YOU DON'T BEAUDRY THIS UP. 420 00:26:00,010 --> 00:26:02,540 STRAIGHTEN HER OUT. 421 00:26:02,550 --> 00:26:05,250 YOU'RE A LITTLE TOO FAR TO YOUR RIGHT THERE. 422 00:26:06,980 --> 00:26:09,590 YEAH, A LITTLE MORE TO THE LEFT. 423 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:14,890 GIVE HER 424 00:26:20,360 --> 00:26:22,230 OH, NO. SPINNING ALREADY. 425 00:26:31,410 --> 00:26:34,540 Narrator: THE SLOPE IS TOO STEEP FOR THE TRUCK. 426 00:26:34,550 --> 00:26:35,780 WE'LL TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS TIME, 427 00:26:35,780 --> 00:26:39,350 MAYBE TRY TO PUSH IT UP THERE WITH OUR DOZER. 428 00:26:39,350 --> 00:26:43,720 PARKER LEAVES HIS BERM TO HELP OUT. 429 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,320 Parker: COME ON! 430 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,760 GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD. 431 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,860 Ness: HE'S IN NEUTRAL. 432 00:26:50,860 --> 00:26:53,060 EASY. EASY. 433 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,140 NICE AND EASY THERE, BOSS. 434 00:27:08,110 --> 00:27:09,710 STRAIGHTEN HER OUT. 435 00:27:11,180 --> 00:27:13,880 STOP. STOP. STOP! 436 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,950 OH, FOR SAKE. 437 00:27:18,120 --> 00:27:21,360 Narrator: PARKER HAS JACKKNIFED THE SEMI. 438 00:27:21,360 --> 00:27:24,030 EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTH UNTIL PARKER GETS INVOLVED. 439 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:37,010 Ness: THE FRONT END WAS OFF THE GROUND, 440 00:27:37,010 --> 00:27:38,110 THAT'S WHY IT WOULDN'T STEER. 441 00:27:38,110 --> 00:27:39,710 GRAB THAT CHAIN OFF THE SIDE OF THAT. 442 00:27:39,710 --> 00:27:41,740 I'VE GOT THE FOUR-WAY UP THERE. 443 00:27:41,750 --> 00:27:44,650 Narrator: AT SCRIBNER CREEK, PARKER IS ATTEMPTING 444 00:27:44,650 --> 00:27:48,520 TO GET THE SUPER STACKER UP A STEEP SLOPE, 445 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:49,850 BUT IT'S JACK-KNIFED. 446 00:27:49,850 --> 00:27:51,850 YOU WANT TO TRY AND PULL IT STRAIGHT? 447 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,600 LET'S GO. 448 00:28:09,740 --> 00:28:14,610 Beaudry: HOLY THAT WAS A RIDE. 449 00:28:14,610 --> 00:28:17,350 THAT'S HOW YOU DO HER. 450 00:28:17,350 --> 00:28:19,350 LINE IT UP. 451 00:28:19,350 --> 00:28:21,250 GOOD JOB, PARKER. 452 00:28:21,250 --> 00:28:24,820 SO JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHY NOT USE THE EXCAVATOR? 453 00:28:24,820 --> 00:28:26,320 I GUESS WE COULD. 454 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:27,690 WELL, WE COULD. 455 00:28:27,690 --> 00:28:30,530 PROBABLY HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER IT. 456 00:28:35,500 --> 00:28:37,230 Ness: I'D JUST KEEP YOUR TIRES STRAIGHT, MIKE. 457 00:28:42,170 --> 00:28:48,240 Narrator: INSTEAD OF DOZING THE SUPER STACKER UP THE HILL... 458 00:28:48,250 --> 00:28:51,710 PARKER OPTS FOR A MORE DELICATE SOLUTION. 459 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:53,680 Ness: YOU GOT TO PUSH ON THE FRONT OF THAT. 460 00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:01,090 YOU'RE GOING TO PUNCH RIGHT THROUGH THE INTERCOOLER. 461 00:29:13,700 --> 00:29:16,840 THAT'S IT! 462 00:29:18,780 --> 00:29:23,150 -WE BROKE IT A LITTLE. -HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? 463 00:29:23,150 --> 00:29:26,480 I WASN'T EVEN THINKING ABOUT HOW CLOSE WE WERE BACK THERE. 464 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:30,550 YEAH, WE STOPPED ABOUT FOUR INCHES AWAY. 465 00:29:30,550 --> 00:29:33,020 I'M GOING TO SPIN OVER AND SEE HOW MITCH IS GETTING ON... 466 00:29:33,020 --> 00:29:35,460 -OKAY. COOL. -...WITH THAT FEEDER. 467 00:29:35,460 --> 00:29:39,130 AS SMOOTH AS SILK. 468 00:29:39,130 --> 00:29:40,760 BASHED OUT A LIGHT, PUT A HOLE IN THE BUMPER. 469 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:44,030 BUT THE THING IS UP THERE. 470 00:29:46,970 --> 00:29:48,740 Narrator: ALL THAT'S LEFT, 471 00:29:48,740 --> 00:29:51,170 BRINGING THE 70-FOOT HOOPER FEEDER 472 00:29:51,180 --> 00:29:54,980 AND LINE IT UP WITH THE SUPER STACKER. 473 00:29:54,980 --> 00:29:57,080 Ness: MORE OR LESS THE LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE HERE. 474 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:02,920 OH, YEAH. WE GOT TO GET THESE RIGHT IN LINE WITH EACH OTHER. 475 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:04,220 THIS WAY? 476 00:30:04,220 --> 00:30:05,390 -MORE YET? -YEAH. 477 00:30:05,390 --> 00:30:07,920 JUST A LITTLE BIT. 478 00:30:10,090 --> 00:30:12,560 -HEY, OH, THAT'S GOOD. -TOO MUCH? 479 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:14,000 YOU WANT TO GO THE OTHER WAY? -NO. 480 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,130 I DON'T WANT TO GO ANYWHERE. 481 00:30:16,130 --> 00:30:19,300 BEAUTIFUL. 482 00:30:19,300 --> 00:30:22,800 Narrator: AFTER A THREE-DAY MOVE, PARKER HAS SLUICIFER 483 00:30:22,810 --> 00:30:26,340 READY TO RUN PAY DIRT FROM THE NEW CUT. 484 00:30:26,340 --> 00:30:29,850 -RICK, YOU READY? -YEAH. FIRE IT UP. 485 00:30:30,210 --> 00:30:32,880 WHOO-HOO. 486 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:36,820 HEY, TYSON, FIRE IT UP! 487 00:30:36,820 --> 00:30:40,220 HERE WE GO, FIRST SCOOP. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE. 488 00:30:40,220 --> 00:30:42,290 THIS WILL SHOW US WHAT THIS CUT HAS TO OFFER. 489 00:30:42,290 --> 00:30:44,530 JUST GOT TO MAKE SURE WE GET AS MUCH RUN TIME IN 490 00:30:44,530 --> 00:30:47,200 IN THE NEXT THREE, FOUR DAYS HERE AND DO A CLEAN UP, 491 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,830 AND WE'LL KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT. 492 00:30:49,830 --> 00:30:51,230 Parker: IT TOOK LONGER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE. 493 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:55,770 BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE TO SCREW WITH ANYTHING NOW, 494 00:30:55,770 --> 00:30:59,370 AND IT JUST RUNS SMOOTH, THEN THAT'S OKAY, YOU KNOW. 495 00:30:59,380 --> 00:31:00,540 IT'S A NICE CLEAN SETUP. 496 00:31:00,540 --> 00:31:02,610 WE GOT THE LOADER FEEDING AGAIN. 497 00:31:02,610 --> 00:31:04,350 I'M HAPPY. 498 00:31:04,350 --> 00:31:06,210 IT'S A LOT OF WORK GETTING IT HERE, 499 00:31:06,220 --> 00:31:08,250 BUT, MAN, IT FEELS GOOD ONCE YOU DO. 500 00:31:10,490 --> 00:31:13,520 -THANKS, GUYS. -ANYTIME, PARKER. 501 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:19,030 NEXT PRIORITY IS GETTING TO BIG RED 502 00:31:19,030 --> 00:31:21,800 AND GETTING IT GOING AGAIN. 503 00:31:38,350 --> 00:31:39,750 YEAH. HUH? 504 00:31:44,390 --> 00:31:47,220 Narrator: TONY BEETS IS HEMORRHAGING MONEY, 505 00:31:47,220 --> 00:31:50,290 SO MONICA HAS STARTED UP HER WASH PLANT 506 00:31:50,290 --> 00:31:52,590 IN A DESPERATE BID TO HELP. 507 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,800 AND IT'S TIME FOR HER FIRST WEIGH-IN. 508 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:56,930 SO HOW WAS YOUR DAY? 509 00:32:14,220 --> 00:32:16,750 THIS IS WHAT I GOT FOR 4½ DAYS. 510 00:32:19,820 --> 00:32:20,990 Minnie: YEAH. 511 00:32:20,990 --> 00:32:24,690 Mike: 20, 40, 50, 512 00:32:24,700 --> 00:32:27,830 60, 70, 513 00:32:27,830 --> 00:32:30,430 90. 514 00:32:30,430 --> 00:32:31,630 HOW MUCH, MIKE? 515 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:35,700 101.76 516 00:32:35,710 --> 00:32:39,010 Narrator: OVER $120,000. 517 00:32:42,750 --> 00:32:44,350 DOESN'T MATTER WHAT'S BETWEEN YOUR LEGS, 518 00:32:44,350 --> 00:32:45,880 MATTERS HOW YOU OPERATE. 519 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,150 WE HAD TO COME HELP MOVE THAT ROCK 520 00:32:47,150 --> 00:32:49,220 AND FIX THE GRIZZLYS THOUGH. 521 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:55,690 WE GOT ABOUT 2 WEEKS' WORTH. 522 00:32:58,300 --> 00:33:00,860 IT'S HEAVY. I DON'T TRUST THE TABLE. 523 00:33:00,860 --> 00:33:05,170 Narrator: OVER A THIRD OF THE WAY THROUGH THE SEASON, 524 00:33:05,170 --> 00:33:08,870 TONY BEETS SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 1,000 OUNCES 525 00:33:08,870 --> 00:33:11,740 TOWARDS HIS 3,000-OUNCE GOAL. 526 00:33:11,740 --> 00:33:17,450 WITH MONICA'S GOLD, HE ONLY HAS 455. 527 00:33:17,450 --> 00:33:18,780 Minnie: I DON'T WANT YOU TO DROP IT 528 00:33:18,780 --> 00:33:20,080 BECAUSE THAT'S A LITTLE SCARY. 529 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:22,620 WE'D BE ALL ON OUR KNEES, SWEEPING. 530 00:33:22,620 --> 00:33:26,290 TO STAND A CHANCE OF HITTING 3,000, 531 00:33:26,290 --> 00:33:30,290 HE NEEDS KEVIN TO DELIVER AROUND 600 OUNCES. 532 00:33:30,290 --> 00:33:32,290 Monica: 420, 460. 533 00:33:32,300 --> 00:33:34,200 Tony: GETTING UP THERE. 534 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:35,360 550. 535 00:33:35,370 --> 00:33:37,270 560. 536 00:33:37,270 --> 00:33:40,300 600. 600. 537 00:33:43,610 --> 00:33:45,110 631.04 538 00:33:45,110 --> 00:33:46,910 Kevin: NOBODY BREATHE. 539 00:33:49,980 --> 00:33:57,150 Narrator: MONICA AND KEVIN HAVE DELIVERED A STAGGERING $880,000. 540 00:34:02,190 --> 00:34:05,630 YOU'D BE THE ONLY ONE WORKING. 541 00:34:20,810 --> 00:34:22,310 COMING UP... 542 00:34:22,310 --> 00:34:26,180 HOLY THAT DOESN'T EVEN JUSTIFY BEING IN A PAN. 543 00:34:26,180 --> 00:34:28,420 WELL, WE HAVE TO DO IT, FELLAS. 544 00:34:53,410 --> 00:34:55,580 Parker: FIRST CLEAN UP AFTER OUR PLANT MOVE. 545 00:34:55,580 --> 00:34:57,050 WE'LL SEE HOW SHE LOOKS. 546 00:34:57,050 --> 00:34:59,510 Narrator: AFTER FOUR DAYS RUNNING THE NEW CUT, 547 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:03,790 IT'S TIME TO PULL THE MATS. 548 00:35:03,790 --> 00:35:06,190 LOOK AT THAT UP THERE, DOUMITT. 549 00:35:06,190 --> 00:35:10,830 OH, MY. THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE. 550 00:35:10,830 --> 00:35:12,060 OH, YEAH. 551 00:35:12,060 --> 00:35:14,130 OH, LOOK AT THAT. 552 00:35:14,130 --> 00:35:15,600 -THAT'S COOL. -YEAH. 553 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,570 YOU GUYS BE SURE TO WASH YOUR BOOTS OFF BEFORE YOU GET OUT. 554 00:35:18,570 --> 00:35:19,770 THAT'S FOR SURE. 555 00:35:19,770 --> 00:35:21,270 I'M PRETTY HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL BE GOOD. 556 00:35:43,660 --> 00:35:45,560 HOW'S IT GOING, DOUMITT? 557 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:47,060 Doumitt: PRETTY GOOD. 558 00:35:47,060 --> 00:35:51,030 Narrator: IN THE KLONDIKE, IT'S TIME FOR PARKER'S GOLD WEIGH. 559 00:35:51,030 --> 00:35:54,100 HE'S LOST HALF OF THE WEEK TO A PLANT MOVE. 560 00:35:54,100 --> 00:35:55,740 Ness: COLD BEERS IN THE TANK THERE, MITCH. 561 00:35:55,740 --> 00:35:59,310 BUT TO REACH HIS 5,000-OUNCE SEASON GOAL, 562 00:35:59,310 --> 00:36:04,810 HE STILL NEEDS 120 OUNCES FROM EACH WASH PLANT. 563 00:36:04,810 --> 00:36:06,880 -OH, MY... -WHAT THE... 564 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,380 THAT DOESN'T EVEN JUSTIFY BEING IN A PAN. 565 00:36:09,390 --> 00:36:11,420 WELL, WE HAVE TO DO IT, FELLAS. 566 00:36:11,420 --> 00:36:12,490 HERE WE GO. 567 00:36:12,490 --> 00:36:17,590 FIRST UP IS RICK AND BIG RED'S GOLD. 568 00:36:17,590 --> 00:36:20,090 20. WE BROKE 20. 569 00:36:20,100 --> 00:36:21,730 25. 570 00:36:21,730 --> 00:36:24,930 MIGHT EVEN BE 30. 571 00:36:24,940 --> 00:36:27,200 26.25 572 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:31,410 WORTH JUST OVER $30,000. 573 00:36:31,410 --> 00:36:33,310 HOLY 574 00:36:33,310 --> 00:36:35,840 THAT'S VERY UNACCEPTABLE. 575 00:36:35,850 --> 00:36:37,250 THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT PAINFUL, 576 00:36:37,250 --> 00:36:39,680 BUT I GOT SOMETHING TO EASE THE PAIN A LITTLE BIT HERE. 577 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:41,580 BETTER BE A LOT OF GOLD IN THAT NEXT PAN. 578 00:36:41,590 --> 00:36:43,720 -MORE BOOZE? -MORE BOOZE. 579 00:36:45,190 --> 00:36:49,190 -HOLY -HOW'S THAT? 580 00:36:49,190 --> 00:36:51,330 20, 30, 581 00:36:51,330 --> 00:36:54,900 40, 50, 60, 582 00:36:54,900 --> 00:36:59,270 70, 80, 90, TRIPLE DIGIT. 583 00:36:59,270 --> 00:37:00,470 HERE WE GO. 584 00:37:00,470 --> 00:37:02,540 110, 585 00:37:02,540 --> 00:37:05,310 118, 120 586 00:37:05,310 --> 00:37:08,410 122.55 OUNCES. 587 00:37:08,410 --> 00:37:13,820 Narrator: WORTH NEARLY $150,000 FOR JUST FOUR DAYS RUNNING, 588 00:37:13,820 --> 00:37:15,720 IT'S THE SIGN THEY NEEDED 589 00:37:15,720 --> 00:37:19,820 THAT THE NEW CUT WILL DELIVER BIG TIME. 590 00:37:19,820 --> 00:37:23,560 THANK THAT'S SOME GOOD NEWS. 591 00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:26,490 WELL, CONSIDERING WE HAD A PLANT MOVE AND ALL OF THE DIALING IN 592 00:37:26,500 --> 00:37:29,000 AND WHAT NOT, THAT'S DAMN IMPRESSIVE. 593 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,330 ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO NAME THIS CUT? 594 00:37:31,330 --> 00:37:33,270 WELL, LOOK AT IT, THIS THING IS FIGHTING BACK, 595 00:37:33,270 --> 00:37:34,770 AND IF YOU'RE FIGHTING, 596 00:37:34,770 --> 00:37:37,370 ONE THING YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE IS A GOOD UPPERCUT. 597 00:37:37,370 --> 00:37:39,910 -I LIKE IT. -CALL IT THE UPPERCUT? 598 00:37:39,910 --> 00:37:42,210 GOOD UPPERCUT, YOU CAN KNOCK THEM OUT, RICK. 599 00:37:42,210 --> 00:37:43,850 YOU KNOW THAT. 600 00:37:43,850 --> 00:37:45,750 BOOM. YEAH. 601 00:37:45,750 --> 00:37:48,020 TO THE UPPERCUT. 602 00:37:48,020 --> 00:37:51,520 -NICE CALL, DOUMITT. -THANK YOU. 603 00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:52,950 LATERS. 604 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:54,620 THANKS, GUYS. 605 00:37:54,620 --> 00:37:58,330 WE GOT THE UPPERCUT. NOW WE NEED THE ONE-TWO COMBO. 606 00:37:58,330 --> 00:38:01,400 WE NEED THAT JAB, THAT OTHER PUNCH. 607 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:03,670 EVERYTHING FALLS ON THE SHOULDERS OF BIG RED AND RICK 608 00:38:03,670 --> 00:38:06,200 RIGHT NOW, THAT HE GETS BACK ON TRACK. 609 00:38:19,450 --> 00:38:21,020 Hunter: I REALLY WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY 610 00:38:21,020 --> 00:38:22,320 OF RUNNING MY OWN PLANT, 611 00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:24,820 AND I REALLY WANT TO MAKE THINGS WORK, 612 00:38:24,820 --> 00:38:27,760 BUT IF THINGS DON'T TURN AROUND, 613 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:29,260 WE'RE NOT ALL GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAY HERE, 614 00:38:29,260 --> 00:38:30,960 AND THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A NEXT YEAR. 615 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:34,060 SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 616 00:38:34,060 --> 00:38:39,130 Narrator: IN COLORADO, TODD IS STARING FAILURE IN THE FACE. 617 00:38:39,140 --> 00:38:41,340 HE'S ABANDONED SACRAMENTO 618 00:38:41,340 --> 00:38:44,410 BECAUSE IT'S NOT EVEN PAYING THE FUEL BILL, 619 00:38:44,410 --> 00:38:50,110 AND AT FAIRPLAY, THEY'VE MINED EVERY SINGLE YARD THEY CAN. 620 00:38:50,110 --> 00:38:52,850 ALL RIGHT. DAD, WHAT DID WE GET? 621 00:38:52,850 --> 00:38:57,550 49.51. 622 00:38:57,550 --> 00:39:00,620 THE SMALL CORNER CUT HAS PRODUCED 623 00:39:00,620 --> 00:39:04,060 ALMOST $60,000 WORTH OF GOLD. 624 00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:10,130 -THAT'S NOT BAD FOR 3 DAYS. -THAT'S REALLY GOOD. 625 00:39:10,130 --> 00:39:12,400 NICE JOB, GUYS. 626 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:16,600 YEAH. KEEP DOING THAT, WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT. 627 00:39:16,610 --> 00:39:19,810 I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR FUTURE HOLDS. 628 00:39:19,810 --> 00:39:21,240 THE CORNER CUT IS DONE. 629 00:39:21,240 --> 00:39:25,280 I'D LOVE TO KEEP DOING IT, JACK, BUT WE'RE OUT OF PAY. 630 00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:27,380 Todd: YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS IS BULL CRAP. 631 00:39:27,380 --> 00:39:28,550 WE GOT SO MUCH GOLD. 632 00:39:28,550 --> 00:39:31,220 HOW MUCH GOLD IS ON THIS PROPERTY, FREDDY? 633 00:39:31,220 --> 00:39:35,420 $20, $30 MILLION-WORTH OF GOLD UNDER OUR FEET RIGHT HERE. 634 00:39:35,430 --> 00:39:38,090 Narrator: BUT THEY'VE HAD A CEASE AND DESIST ORDER 635 00:39:38,090 --> 00:39:39,890 ON THE REST OF THE MINE. 636 00:39:39,900 --> 00:39:42,960 IS THERE ANY OTHER PLACES WE CAN MINE, LEGALLY? 637 00:39:42,970 --> 00:39:45,400 NOPE. THERE'S NO MORE LEGAL SPOTS. 638 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:48,970 THEIR ONLY HOPE -- FREDDY HAS LODGED AN APPEAL. 639 00:39:48,970 --> 00:39:50,840 I'M FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL, GUYS. 640 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:53,340 IF WE CAN GET THIS THROUGH, WE GOT ABOUT 40 MORE ACRES 641 00:39:53,340 --> 00:39:55,780 OF SOME OF THE BEST PLASTERED GOLD AROUND TO MINE. 642 00:39:57,810 --> 00:39:59,880 HEY, DAD, WILL YOU SAY A PRAYER FOR US 643 00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:02,450 JUST TO CONTINUED ON AND... 644 00:40:02,450 --> 00:40:03,890 Jack: YEAH. 645 00:40:05,620 --> 00:40:10,120 YOU KNOW, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS GOLD. 646 00:40:10,130 --> 00:40:15,200 AND, LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD JUST CAUSE A MIRACLE TO HAPPEN. 647 00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:17,200 IT'S IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY. 648 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,730 AMEN. 649 00:40:22,410 --> 00:40:28,080 I'M PRAYING FOR A MIRACLE, AND IF I CAN'T FIGURE SOMETHING OUT, 650 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:29,240 I DON'T KNOW. 651 00:40:29,250 --> 00:40:31,150 I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SEND THESE GUYS HOME. 652 00:40:31,150 --> 00:40:33,680 IT'S GOING TO BREAK MY HEART. 653 00:40:35,790 --> 00:40:39,520 Narrator: NEXT TIME, ONE MEGA EPISODE OF "GOLD RUSH." 654 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:41,060 Parker: YOU ANNOYED? 655 00:40:41,060 --> 00:40:44,030 PARKER AND RICK REACH BREAKING POINT. 656 00:40:44,030 --> 00:40:47,160 IF YOU WANT TO RUN YOUR OWN MINE SITE, THAT'S FINE. 657 00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:50,330 DOING IT WITH MY MONEY WITHOUT ME DOESN'T WORK. 658 00:40:50,330 --> 00:40:53,600 TONY BEETS FINALLY SETS SAIL. 659 00:41:05,420 --> 00:41:09,620 AND TODD HOFFMAN HAS ONE THE LAST ROLL OF THE DICE. 660 00:41:09,620 --> 00:41:11,120 HOW CAN I HELP YOU? 661 00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:12,750 WE'RE LOOKING FOR MORE GROUND. 662 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:16,720 IT'S KIND OF A HAIL MARY, BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S ALL WE GOT. 663 00:41:16,730 --> 00:41:19,030 WHAT IF THIS DIRT HAS NOTHING IN IT? 664 00:41:19,030 --> 00:41:21,160 WELL, THEN, IT'S OVER. 665 00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:23,870 I MIGHT HAVE SOME CANCER STUFF GOING ON. 666 00:41:23,870 --> 00:41:25,000 WHAT? 667 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:26,200 I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 668 00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:27,740 OH. 669 00:41:27,740 --> 00:41:30,270 I DON'T WANT YOUR SYMPATHY, BUT I'LL TAKE ALL YOUR PRAYERS. 670 00:41:31,340 --> 00:41:31,410 OH. 670 00:41:32,305 --> 00:42:32,660