"Gold Rush" Smoked Out

1 00:00:01,850 --> 00:00:04,860 WE'RE TWO WEEKS IN, AND WE HAVEN'T MINED AN OUNCE OF GOLD. 2 00:00:04,860 --> 00:00:07,220 Narrator: ON THIS "GOLD RUSH"... 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:12,630 HEY, BUD, I'M ALREADY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS DOZER. 4 00:00:12,630 --> 00:00:13,860 SHE'S TOAST. 5 00:00:13,870 --> 00:00:15,800 . THIS IS RIDICULOUS. 6 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:17,700 HEY, GUYS, I'M GONNA SHUT IT DOWN. 7 00:00:17,700 --> 00:00:19,600 I CALL THIS THE WAKE-UP CALL. 8 00:00:19,610 --> 00:00:22,440 THERE'S NOT ONE PERSON HERE THAT WANTS TO SIT ON THEIR ASS. 9 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:23,810 THIS IS HOW IT'S GONNA BE ALL YEAR. 10 00:00:23,810 --> 00:00:26,540 WHAT THE WOULD I EXPECT BUT, FOR THEM TO BAIL? 11 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:34,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 12 00:00:49,900 --> 00:00:52,300 I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA HAVE A MINING SEASON THIS YEAR. 13 00:00:52,300 --> 00:00:55,510 YOU'VE GOTTA GO MINE SOMEWHERE, SO WHERE DO YOU GO MINE? 14 00:00:55,510 --> 00:00:57,870 Parker: THE CLUSTER CUT SURE PROVED UP TO HER NAME. 15 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:01,780 MITCH, THIS THING'S ON FIRE. 16 00:01:03,820 --> 00:01:06,020 WE'RE IN TROUBLE. 17 00:01:21,170 --> 00:01:24,170 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 18 00:01:24,170 --> 00:01:27,200 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 19 00:01:37,220 --> 00:01:38,920 Parker: I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA HAVE 20 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:40,750 A MINING SEASON THIS YEAR. 21 00:01:40,750 --> 00:01:43,520 TONY HAS CAUSED ENOUGH PROBLEMS TO THE POINT WHERE 22 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,790 OUR ONLY OPTION IS TO REMOVE ALL OUR EQUIPMENT 23 00:01:46,790 --> 00:01:48,590 FROM THE GROUND THAT... 24 00:01:48,590 --> 00:01:50,890 FROM THE GROUND THAT I OWN. 25 00:01:52,430 --> 00:01:54,400 AND I'M DRIVING HOME TO SEE MY FOLKS 26 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:55,600 AND SEE WHAT... 27 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,640 SEE WHAT MY MOM AND DAD HAVE TO SAY. 28 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,670 Narrator: TWO WEEKS INTO THE SEASON, 29 00:02:00,670 --> 00:02:04,140 PARKER SCHNABEL IS FACING A CRITICAL SHORTFALL 30 00:02:04,140 --> 00:02:08,210 AFTER BEING FORCED TO PUT HIS MINING OPERATION ON HOLD. 31 00:02:08,210 --> 00:02:11,010 Parker: YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT I DO KNOW IS THAT 32 00:02:11,020 --> 00:02:12,620 GOT A LOT OF BILLS TO PAY. 33 00:02:12,620 --> 00:02:13,880 SPENT A LOT OF MONEY THIS WINTER, 34 00:02:13,890 --> 00:02:16,320 SPENT A LOT OF MONEY THIS SPRING, 35 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,620 AND, UM... 36 00:02:18,620 --> 00:02:19,820 WE'RE GONNA BE BROKE IN A HURRY 37 00:02:19,830 --> 00:02:21,160 IF WE DON'T FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. 38 00:02:25,100 --> 00:02:26,860 COME ON! COME ON! 39 00:02:28,070 --> 00:02:31,000 Nancy: HI, BUDDY! 40 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,400 HI, HONEY! 41 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,010 DID YOU SLEEP ON THE WAY? I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED. 42 00:02:36,010 --> 00:02:37,410 -OH, YEAH. HEY, DAD. -HEY, PARKER. 43 00:02:37,410 --> 00:02:39,410 -HOW YOU DOING FELLA? -GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? 44 00:02:39,410 --> 00:02:40,440 -NICE TO SEE YA. -DOZER, COME HERE. 45 00:02:40,450 --> 00:02:41,880 REAL PLEASURE. 46 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:45,450 Nancy: SO, PARKER, I'VE HEARD THINGS AREN'T GOING SO WELL. 47 00:02:45,450 --> 00:02:47,480 YEAH, AND NOW THEY'RE GOING WORSE. 48 00:02:47,490 --> 00:02:50,190 TONY IS GIVING YA A LOT OF GRIEF? WHAT'S GOING ON? 49 00:02:50,190 --> 00:02:52,890 YEAH, SO, I MEAN, IT ALL STARTED WITH HIM 50 00:02:52,890 --> 00:02:56,090 BLOWING UP AT ME LAST WEEK. 51 00:02:57,460 --> 00:02:59,730 Narrator: PARKER STARTED THE SEASON TRYING TO MINE 52 00:02:59,730 --> 00:03:02,600 HIS OWN GROUND FOR THE FIRST TIME 53 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,530 AND OPEN THE CLUSTER CUT. 54 00:03:09,910 --> 00:03:12,940 Narrator: BUT HE FAILED TO GET TONY BEETS' PERMISSION 55 00:03:12,950 --> 00:03:17,480 TO ACCESS WATER, TO AND FROM THE INDIAN RIVER. 56 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,080 THIS MINING SEASON'S GONNA END BEFORE IT STARTED. 57 00:03:21,820 --> 00:03:23,920 YEAH, SINCE THEN, TONY'S REFUSED TO TALK TO ME, 58 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:27,890 AND IT LED ME INTO A SITUATION WHERE I'VE -- 59 00:03:27,890 --> 00:03:30,090 I'VE TOLD THE MINING INSPECTORS THAT EITHER AN AGREEMENT 60 00:03:30,100 --> 00:03:31,830 WILL BE IN PLACE OR I'LL LEAVE, 61 00:03:31,830 --> 00:03:33,660 AND I'VE GOTTA HONOR THAT, RIGHT? 62 00:03:33,670 --> 00:03:36,100 AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BECAUSE OF TONY'S ACTIONS, 63 00:03:36,100 --> 00:03:40,640 I DON'T SEE ANY FEASIBLE WAY TO MAKE THAT WORK. 64 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:42,710 THE GROUND THAT WE BOUGHT... 65 00:03:42,710 --> 00:03:45,310 LIKE... 66 00:03:45,310 --> 00:03:48,580 I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS ALL HEADS. 67 00:03:48,580 --> 00:03:50,210 LOOK AT IT FROM CASH FLOW, 68 00:03:50,220 --> 00:03:52,120 YOU'LL HAVE NO CREW TO DO ANYTHING IF YOU DON'T 69 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:56,990 GIVE 'EM -- IF YOU DON'T PAY THEIR PAYROLL, YOU KNOW? 70 00:03:56,990 --> 00:04:00,360 WHAT THIS ALL LEADS TO IS, WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO 71 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,230 TO KEEP OUR BUSINESS, TO SURVIVE? 72 00:04:03,230 --> 00:04:06,460 LIKE, WE'RE IN TROUBLE. 73 00:04:08,170 --> 00:04:09,530 RIGHT? 74 00:04:09,530 --> 00:04:12,340 I MEAN, IS HE JUST BEING THIS WAY BECAUSE HE CAN? 75 00:04:12,340 --> 00:04:14,040 'CAUSE HE WANTS TO MESS WITH YOU, 76 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,010 WHAT'S HIS END GAME? 77 00:04:16,010 --> 00:04:20,410 I REALLY THINK THIS WAS ALL MALICIOUS ON TONY'S PART 78 00:04:20,410 --> 00:04:23,650 TO GET ME RIGHT BACK TO HIS GROUND 79 00:04:23,650 --> 00:04:25,180 AND KEEP PAYING HIM ROYALTIES. 80 00:04:25,180 --> 00:04:26,620 AND HE NEEDS THE MONEY. 81 00:04:26,620 --> 00:04:28,650 IS THERE ANY OTHER GROUND ANYWHERE THAT YOU KNOW 82 00:04:28,650 --> 00:04:30,390 THAT YOU CAN MINE? 83 00:04:30,390 --> 00:04:33,120 THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS, THIS TIME OF YEAR, 84 00:04:33,130 --> 00:04:36,530 IF ANYBODY YOU APPROACH, THEY KNOW THAT YOU'RE DESPERATE. 85 00:04:36,530 --> 00:04:37,990 YOU'RE DESPERATE, SO... 86 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,760 AND IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT I'VE LEARNED UP THERE... 87 00:04:39,770 --> 00:04:40,930 YEAH, IT'S DON'T BE DESPERATE. 88 00:04:40,930 --> 00:04:42,370 ...IT'S THAT MOVES THAT ARE MADE IN DESPERATION... 89 00:04:42,370 --> 00:04:46,600 -DON'T WORK OUT. -...ARE JUST TERRIBLE. 90 00:04:46,610 --> 00:04:47,770 I MEAN, YOU'VE GOTTA GO MINE SOMEWHERE, 91 00:04:47,770 --> 00:04:50,610 SO WHERE DO YOU GO MINE? 92 00:04:50,610 --> 00:04:52,680 UM... 93 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,150 THE ONLY THING FEASIBLE RIGHT NOW 94 00:04:55,150 --> 00:04:57,850 WOULD BE... 95 00:04:57,850 --> 00:05:00,180 UM.... 96 00:05:00,190 --> 00:05:02,850 GOING BACK TO LEASING FROM TONY BEETS. 97 00:05:05,020 --> 00:05:08,290 GOING BACK TO THE LAST CUT, WHERE WE LEFT OFF LAST YEAR. 98 00:05:09,590 --> 00:05:11,430 WHAT I'M REALLY HAVING TROUBLE WITH, 99 00:05:11,430 --> 00:05:14,260 WHAT I DON'T THINK I COULD DO, 100 00:05:14,270 --> 00:05:17,970 IS GO MINE HIS GROUND AND PAY HIM ROYALTIES EVERY WEEK 101 00:05:17,970 --> 00:05:20,300 AFTER ALL THAT HE'S DONE TO YOU THIS SEASON. 102 00:05:20,310 --> 00:05:23,910 I MEAN, HE HAS TOTALLY RUINED YOUR SEASON. 103 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:30,310 FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT, YEAH, IT MAKES ME DISGUSTED 104 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:34,350 BUT IT'S THE ONLY FEASIBLE MOVE TO SURVIVE. 105 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:41,930 IT IS THE TIME TO PUT MONEY IN THE BANK AS SOON AS WE CAN. 106 00:05:41,930 --> 00:05:43,190 -THANKS, MOM. 107 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,900 Narrator: INSTEAD OF MINING HIS OWN GROUND, 108 00:05:45,900 --> 00:05:50,630 ROYALTY FREE, PARKER WILL ONCE AGAIN LEASE FROM TONY 109 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,670 AND PAY A ROYALTY THAT LAST YEAR TOTALED 110 00:05:53,670 --> 00:05:57,270 OVER $1.3 MILLION. 111 00:05:57,280 --> 00:05:59,480 YEAH, I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY IS DOES KIND OF FEEL 112 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:04,350 LIKE TONY HAS BEAT US INTO SUBMISSION, YOU KNOW. 113 00:06:04,350 --> 00:06:06,820 IT REALLY FEELS LIKE HE WON 114 00:06:06,820 --> 00:06:09,950 AND THAT WE'RE CRAWLING BACK TO HIM. 115 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,420 TONY IS LIKE A COCKROACH. 116 00:06:12,420 --> 00:06:15,230 HE WILL SURVIVE ANYTHING. 117 00:06:15,230 --> 00:06:18,030 I WILL GET TONY BEETS BACK FOR WHAT HE'S DONE. 118 00:06:35,180 --> 00:06:37,510 AT THIS POINT, WE'RE TWO WEEKS IN, 119 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:38,980 SPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, 120 00:06:38,980 --> 00:06:40,850 AND I GOT NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT RIGHT NOW. 121 00:06:40,850 --> 00:06:43,390 WE HAVEN'T MINED AN OUNCE OF GOLD. 122 00:06:46,830 --> 00:06:50,230 Narrator: AT QUARTZ CREEK, NEW MINE BOSS RICK NESS 123 00:06:50,230 --> 00:06:53,330 IS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN UP HIS FIRST EVER CUT, 124 00:06:53,330 --> 00:06:54,830 THE FREEDOM CUT, 125 00:06:54,830 --> 00:06:59,740 A PIECE OF GROUND THE SIZE OF FOUR FOOTBALL FIELDS. 126 00:06:59,740 --> 00:07:01,540 Rick: I'VE GOT EVERYTHING I HAVE ON THE LINE, 127 00:07:01,540 --> 00:07:04,870 BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO MY FRIENDS AS WELL, 128 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,110 AND THEY'VE GOT WIVES, KIDS. 129 00:07:08,850 --> 00:07:10,350 AND IF I CAN'T START SHOWING THEM SOME GOLD, 130 00:07:10,350 --> 00:07:13,680 I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY CAN AFFORD TO STICK AROUND. 131 00:07:13,690 --> 00:07:15,550 ALL I'VE GOT IS A DOG TO FEED. 132 00:07:15,550 --> 00:07:17,650 IT'S NOT REALLY THE SAME, YOU KNOW. 133 00:07:20,130 --> 00:07:23,530 I LEFT MY WIFE AND MY 8-YEAR-OLD SON 134 00:07:23,530 --> 00:07:24,690 TO COME UP HERE. 135 00:07:24,700 --> 00:07:27,800 AND WE GOTTA GET SOME GOLD IN OUR HANDS. 136 00:07:29,130 --> 00:07:30,630 Rick: OUR MAJOR PROBLEM RIGHT NOW 137 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:35,100 IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A DOZER TO GET THROUGH THIS PERMAFROST. 138 00:07:35,110 --> 00:07:36,840 IT'S JUST THIS TIME A YEAR UP HERE, MAN, 139 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:38,540 THERE'S JUST NONE AVAILABLE. 140 00:07:38,540 --> 00:07:40,140 EVERYBODY'S USING THEIR STUFF. 141 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,480 Narrator: LAST WEEK, RICK HIRED 142 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:49,620 SHEAMUS CHRISTIE'S MONSTER 475 DOZER. 143 00:07:49,620 --> 00:07:52,120 IT GOT HIM DOWN TO FROZEN GRAVEL. 144 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:56,930 BUT AT $10,000 A DAY, HE COULDN'T AFFORD TO KEEP IT. 145 00:07:58,160 --> 00:07:59,760 SO HE SWAPPED IT OUT 146 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:02,800 FOR A 700 EXCAVATOR OPERATED BY TERRY, 147 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:07,100 THE ONLY MEMBER OF HIS CREW WITH MINING EXPERIENCE. 148 00:08:08,270 --> 00:08:11,070 HEY, TERRY, YOU GOTTA COPY? 149 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:12,940 Terry: Yeah. Go. 150 00:08:12,940 --> 00:08:15,880 -HOW'S IT GOING, BUDDY? -This stuff is so frozen, 151 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,580 YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY LABORING OVER HERE TO GET A BUCKETFUL. 152 00:08:18,580 --> 00:08:21,620 THE 700 HERE IS NOT GOING TO DO IT. 153 00:08:21,620 --> 00:08:24,750 WE'RE NOT DIGGING FROZEN GRAVEL OUT. 154 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:25,990 We're about to be at a standstill 155 00:08:25,990 --> 00:08:29,560 unless I can find an affordable dozer. 156 00:08:36,170 --> 00:08:38,940 Narrator: RICK CALLS IN AN OLD FRIEND... 157 00:08:41,370 --> 00:08:42,570 WHAT'S GOING ON, BUDDY? 158 00:08:42,570 --> 00:08:44,710 ...PARKER'S MECHANIC FROM THREE YEARS AGO. 159 00:08:44,710 --> 00:08:47,110 -GOOD TO SEE YOU MAN. -GOOD TO SEE YA. 160 00:08:47,110 --> 00:08:48,850 Rick: BEEN A WHILE. DUDE, YOUR TIMING IS IMPECCABLE, MAN. 161 00:08:48,850 --> 00:08:50,850 -YEAH? -I NEED YOU HERE. 162 00:08:50,850 --> 00:08:52,250 BEEN SCARY RUNNING WITHOUT A MECHANIC. 163 00:08:52,250 --> 00:08:53,680 YEAH, YOU BEEN PRETTY LUCKY, RIGHT? 164 00:08:53,690 --> 00:08:55,620 NOW THAT I'M HERE, EVERYTHING'S GONNA BREAK DOWN, SO... 165 00:08:55,620 --> 00:08:57,120 YEAH. OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM RIGHT NOW 166 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:58,620 IS WE'RE JUST ABOUT GRINDING TO A HALT 167 00:08:58,620 --> 00:09:01,090 BECAUSE WE'VE GOT NO THAWED MATERIAL TO MOVE. 168 00:09:01,090 --> 00:09:02,260 -OKAY. -NOTHING. 169 00:09:02,260 --> 00:09:05,130 I BEEN STRIPPING GROUND WITH THIS MONSTER 475 170 00:09:05,130 --> 00:09:07,460 THAT SHEAMUS OWNS. -YEP. 171 00:09:07,470 --> 00:09:09,000 BUT, DUDE, 10 GRAND A DAY IT'S COSTING ME. 172 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:12,140 SO YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET YOURSELF A CHEAP DOZER THEN? 173 00:09:12,140 --> 00:09:13,870 YEAH. WE GETTING DESPERATE HERE. 174 00:09:13,870 --> 00:09:16,570 SO ON MY WAY IN HERE, I SEEN A 275 175 00:09:16,580 --> 00:09:17,770 ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. 176 00:09:17,780 --> 00:09:19,980 SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT... 177 00:09:19,980 --> 00:09:21,340 IT'S KIND OF A JUNKER, BUT I DON'T THINK 178 00:09:21,350 --> 00:09:22,980 IT'S BEEN RUN IN QUITE A WHILE. 179 00:09:22,980 --> 00:09:25,480 IT DOESN'T HAVE A BLADE ON IT, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW 180 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:26,780 IF IT'S EVEN GONNA FIRE UP. 181 00:09:26,790 --> 00:09:28,590 I HATE TO... -PUT ME RIGHT TO WORK? 182 00:09:28,590 --> 00:09:30,790 PUT YOU RIGHT TO WORK, BUT, , I NEED TO, 183 00:09:30,790 --> 00:09:32,060 PUT YOU RIGHT TO WORK. 184 00:09:32,060 --> 00:09:33,390 -OKAY, I CAN DO THAT BUDDY. -OKAY. 185 00:09:33,390 --> 00:09:35,060 IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. IT'S JUST GET DOWN TO IT, RIGHT? 186 00:09:35,060 --> 00:09:36,490 ALL RIGHT. 187 00:09:36,490 --> 00:09:38,230 I TELL YOU WHAT, YOU'RE SHOWING UP AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME. 188 00:09:40,230 --> 00:09:42,900 Rick: MAN, AM I GLAD TO HAVE CARL BACK, JUST IN TIME. 189 00:09:42,900 --> 00:09:45,970 IF HE CAN GET THAT 275 GOING, WE'RE BACK IN BUSINESS. 190 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:51,910 Carl: WHAT I THINK WE'RE GONNA DO IS 191 00:09:51,910 --> 00:09:55,710 WE'RE JUST GONNA GRAB WITH THE LOADER, 192 00:09:55,710 --> 00:09:57,610 DRIVE IT IN, HOOK IT UP. 193 00:09:58,820 --> 00:10:00,750 I THINK WE'LL DO ONE ARM AT A TIME. 194 00:10:00,750 --> 00:10:02,590 Narrator: CARL'S PLAN -- 195 00:10:02,590 --> 00:10:05,490 HAVE RYAN RAISE THE BLADE ARM SOCKET 196 00:10:05,490 --> 00:10:09,530 SO THAT RICK CAN DRIVE THE 275 INTO POSITION 197 00:10:09,530 --> 00:10:11,530 WITH ITS BALL MOUNT. 198 00:10:11,530 --> 00:10:13,600 Rick: SHEAMUS HAS SAID THAT IF WE PUT IT TOGETHER 199 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:14,860 AND GET IT FIRED UP, 200 00:10:14,870 --> 00:10:17,900 THAT WE CAN USE IT, SO THAT'S AWESOME. 201 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:26,140 SO I WANT YOU TO LIFT IT UP. 202 00:10:31,220 --> 00:10:32,480 GO AHEAD WITH IT. 203 00:10:37,490 --> 00:10:39,720 BACK UP A BIT, RICK. JUST TRY A LITTLE BIT. 204 00:10:41,460 --> 00:10:42,990 GOOD. 205 00:10:48,170 --> 00:10:50,130 Carl: WE'RE FIGHTING HOW HE'S ANGLED. 206 00:10:50,140 --> 00:10:51,800 Rick: YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF TOUGH, 207 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:54,170 LINING IT UP WITH THE EQUIPMENT WE HAVE, 208 00:10:54,170 --> 00:10:56,870 BUT CARL KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING, SO... 209 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:58,570 -CAN YOU DRIVE FORWARD AT ALL? -OH, YOU WANT FORWARD? 210 00:10:58,580 --> 00:11:00,440 JUST COME FORWARD A BIT. 211 00:11:01,750 --> 00:11:04,910 BACK UP JUST A PAIR. 212 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:06,420 -THERE YOU GO. 213 00:11:06,420 --> 00:11:09,720 OH, WE GOT ONE STARTED. IT'LL BE A LOT EASIER NOW, RIGHT? 214 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:11,320 YOU'RE GONNA GO FORWARD WITH IT. 215 00:11:13,560 --> 00:11:15,860 -Rick: YEEHAW! 216 00:11:15,860 --> 00:11:17,730 YEAH, YOU'RE GOOD FOR NOW. I'LL PUT THESE CAPS ON 217 00:11:17,730 --> 00:11:19,160 AND HOOK UP THE LINES. YEAH, SHUT HER DOWN. 218 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:28,770 IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK. 219 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:33,610 OKAY, THIS THING'S READY TO WORK THE CUT. 220 00:11:33,610 --> 00:11:37,310 Narrator: THE 275 RESURRECTED, RICK CAN RIP THROUGH 221 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:42,750 THE FROZEN GRAVEL AND GET DOWN TO GOLD RICH PAY DIRT. 222 00:11:42,750 --> 00:11:45,860 WE NEEDED THIS DOZER, LIKE, FOUR DAYS AGO. 223 00:11:47,330 --> 00:11:50,230 THIS CAN'T HAPPEN SOON ENOUGH. 224 00:11:50,230 --> 00:11:51,760 Rick: I KNOW THE GUYS HAVE BEEN GETTING FRUSTRATED 225 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:54,160 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING HERE TO RIP GROUND. 226 00:11:54,170 --> 00:11:56,470 I THINK THEM JUST SEEING THIS THING OUT HERE, WORKING, 227 00:11:56,470 --> 00:11:59,370 IS GONNA MAKE EVERYBODY BREATHE A LITTLE EASIER. 228 00:12:02,140 --> 00:12:04,610 Terry: WE'RE THAT MUCH CLOSER TO PAY DIRT. 229 00:12:04,610 --> 00:12:08,110 EVERY SINGLE BUCKETLOAD THAT I'M PUTTING IN THOSE TRUCKS 230 00:12:08,110 --> 00:12:10,980 IS MONEY IN MY BANK ACCOUNT 231 00:12:10,980 --> 00:12:15,450 AND WILL HELP PAY MY MORTGAGE AND FEED MY KIDS. 232 00:12:20,790 --> 00:12:23,830 -Narrator: UP AHEAD... -FINALLY! IT'S COMING TOGETHER. 233 00:12:23,830 --> 00:12:24,990 -YEAH! 234 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,530 THAT MAKES ME A VERY HAPPY GUY. 235 00:12:27,530 --> 00:12:29,370 Parker: , THAT'S SMOKE. 236 00:12:29,370 --> 00:12:31,070 MITCH, THIS THING'S ON FIRE. 237 00:12:31,070 --> 00:12:33,570 SO WE MUST BE KICKING PARKER'S ASS. 238 00:13:22,420 --> 00:13:26,290 Narrator: ON THE YUKON RIVER, TWO HOURS FROM DAWSON CITY, 239 00:13:26,290 --> 00:13:30,990 LEN HOEKSTRA AND MIKE BEETS ARE BARGING THE FIRST PONTOONS 240 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,600 FROM DREDGE TWO. 241 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:38,430 THERE ARE REALLY QUITE A FEW 242 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:39,570 NASTY LITTLE SANDBARS HERE, ISN'T THERE? 243 00:13:39,570 --> 00:13:40,800 YEAH. 244 00:13:40,810 --> 00:13:42,070 'CAUSE YOU CAN SEE THAT LITTLE 245 00:13:42,070 --> 00:13:43,340 RIGHT THERE, CAN'T YOU? 246 00:13:43,340 --> 00:13:44,840 JUST ABOUT POPPING OUT OF THE WATER. 247 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:48,380 Narrator: EARLY IN THE SEASON, WATER LEVELS ARE SO LOW, 248 00:13:48,380 --> 00:13:52,580 THE JASMINE B IS FORCED TO NAVIGATE SHALLOW CHANNELS 249 00:13:52,580 --> 00:13:54,380 BETWEEN SANDBARS. 250 00:13:54,390 --> 00:13:55,690 OH, YOU SEE THAT BROWN STREAK RIGHT? 251 00:13:55,690 --> 00:13:56,890 YEAH. 252 00:13:59,560 --> 00:14:02,990 Narrator: EN ROUTE, THEY'LL PASS BY THE INDIAN RIVER, 253 00:14:02,990 --> 00:14:07,900 WHICH LEADS TO TONY'S CLAIMS, BUT IS TOO SMALL TO NAVIGATE. 254 00:14:07,900 --> 00:14:10,870 INSTEAD, THEY'LL HEAD TO DAWSON CITY, 255 00:14:10,870 --> 00:14:13,370 WHERE TONY CAN TRUCK THE PONTOONS 256 00:14:13,370 --> 00:14:15,170 DOWN TO EUREKA CREEK. 257 00:14:22,710 --> 00:14:24,350 Len: . 258 00:14:43,770 --> 00:14:45,200 HERE, I'LL TAKE OVER. 259 00:15:18,100 --> 00:15:19,640 HOW'S SHE LOOKING, LEN? 260 00:16:10,820 --> 00:16:15,020 GONNA PUT IT UNDERNEATH THE V TRAIN NEAR THE PONTOONS. 261 00:16:15,030 --> 00:16:18,330 IT'S GONNA BE THE FIRST OF MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY TRIPS. 262 00:16:22,870 --> 00:16:26,600 Narrator: THE PONTOONS SET OFF ON THE 60 MILE JOURNEY 263 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:27,970 TO EUREKA CREEK. 264 00:16:35,410 --> 00:16:38,580 Narrator: TO FIX THE PROPS, MIKE BEETS WILL USE 265 00:16:38,580 --> 00:16:42,220 THE TWO HYDRAULIC WENCHES ON THE OSHKOSH TO DRAG 266 00:16:42,220 --> 00:16:46,290 THE 60-TON JASMINE B OUT OF THE WATER. 267 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:49,260 YEAH. 268 00:17:18,820 --> 00:17:20,090 Mike: WHAT?! 269 00:17:48,590 --> 00:17:50,050 Narrator: TONY'S PLAN? 270 00:17:50,050 --> 00:17:53,220 USE TWO LOADERS AND NEW CHAINS 271 00:17:53,220 --> 00:17:56,230 TO SPREAD THE LOAD. 272 00:17:56,230 --> 00:17:57,590 SHORTER? OR IS THAT GOOD? 273 00:18:58,360 --> 00:19:00,290 I MEAN, WE MOVED A LOT OF DIRT IN HERE, 274 00:19:00,290 --> 00:19:03,230 BUT NONE OF THAT MATTERS NOW. 275 00:19:03,230 --> 00:19:04,990 Narrator: BACK IN THE KLONDIKE, 276 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,400 PARKER COMES TO TERMS WITH ABANDONING 277 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,630 HIS OWN GROUND, THE CLUSTER CUT. 278 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:12,300 Parker: LAST YEAR, I PAID OVER A HALF A MILLION BUCKS 279 00:19:12,300 --> 00:19:14,100 FOR THIS GROUND, AND THIS YEAR, WE'VE PUT THAT MUCH AGAIN 280 00:19:14,110 --> 00:19:16,140 INTO IT STRIPPING. 281 00:19:16,140 --> 00:19:18,440 I MEAN, WE MAY AS WELL JUST LIT A MILLION BUCKS 282 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,810 ON FIRE AT THIS POINT. 283 00:19:25,650 --> 00:19:28,650 SO, WE'VE GOT AN ISSUE HERE. 284 00:19:28,650 --> 00:19:33,360 WE'VE BEEN GIVEN AN ORDER TO STOP DISCHARGING 285 00:19:33,360 --> 00:19:38,330 OR INTAKING WATER FROM TONY'S GROUND, IMMEDIATELY. 286 00:19:38,330 --> 00:19:40,500 HE'S CALLED THE MINING INSPECTORS ON US. 287 00:19:40,500 --> 00:19:43,970 HE'S PRETTY WELL, RUINED ANY CHANCE OF US MINING DOWN HERE. 288 00:19:43,970 --> 00:19:45,970 I CAN DEAL WITH A PISSED OFF TONY BEETS. 289 00:19:45,970 --> 00:19:49,540 I'M NOT ABOUT TO DEAL WITH A PISSED OFF MINING INSPECTOR. 290 00:19:49,540 --> 00:19:52,370 SO AS FAR AS WHERE THIS LEADS US, 291 00:19:52,380 --> 00:19:56,380 WE STILL HAVE OUR LEASE UP WITH HIM ON THE LAST CUT. 292 00:19:58,650 --> 00:20:01,120 I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT WE'RE GONNA COME BACK 293 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:03,820 TO THE LAST CUT AND MINE THAT THIS SEASON. 294 00:20:05,890 --> 00:20:07,560 NO WAY, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT 295 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:09,990 WE'VE GOT TO PAY ROYALTIES AGAIN, THOUGH. 296 00:20:09,990 --> 00:20:11,030 IT'S -- I'M NOT DOING THIS 297 00:20:11,030 --> 00:20:12,390 BECAUSE ITS THE GOOD OPTION HERE. 298 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:13,660 NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT THOUGH. 299 00:20:13,660 --> 00:20:15,200 IT'S THE ONLY LEGAL OPTION WE HAVE. 300 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,130 EVERY FOURTH SCOOP GOES TO HIM, 301 00:20:17,130 --> 00:20:19,740 LIKE, THIS IS GETTING OUT OF CONTROL. 302 00:20:21,470 --> 00:20:23,240 MESSED UP AS THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE 303 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:24,640 TO HAVE A MINING SEASON. 304 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:26,180 SO WE WANT TO PULL ALL THE GEAR OUT THEN 305 00:20:26,180 --> 00:20:28,380 FROM DOWN BY TONY'S AND GET EVERYTHING BACK TO BIG RED? 306 00:20:28,380 --> 00:20:29,650 OR WHAT'S THE PLAN? 307 00:20:29,650 --> 00:20:31,980 YEAH, WE'LL START BRINGING STUFF UP. 308 00:20:31,980 --> 00:20:34,080 THANKS, GUYS. 309 00:20:34,090 --> 00:20:35,380 UNBELIEVABLE. 310 00:20:35,390 --> 00:20:38,790 Parker: THE CLUSTER CUT SURE PROVED UP TO HER NAME. 311 00:20:38,790 --> 00:20:41,320 Narrator: PARKER PULLS ALL HIS HEAVY EQUIPMENT 312 00:20:41,330 --> 00:20:45,430 FROM HIS CLUSTER CUT BACK TO TONY'S LAST CUT. 313 00:20:45,430 --> 00:20:49,130 THE FUEL BILL ALONE FOR THE 4-MILE JOURNEY 314 00:20:49,130 --> 00:20:51,370 WILL BE OVER $2,000. 315 00:20:56,740 --> 00:20:57,810 WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE TONY'S WON THIS BATTLE 316 00:20:57,810 --> 00:21:00,280 BUT THE WAR's NOT OVER YET. 317 00:21:03,610 --> 00:21:05,010 IT JUST BLOWS MY MIND, 318 00:21:05,020 --> 00:21:07,380 BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO 319 00:21:07,390 --> 00:21:09,820 AND IT'S NOT LIKE HE'S GONNA PLAY BALL WITH US. 320 00:21:14,460 --> 00:21:15,890 EVERYTHING I'VE GOT PRETTY, FOR THE MOST PART, 321 00:21:15,890 --> 00:21:18,390 IS TIED UP IN THESE MACHINES AND THAT GROUND. 322 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:21,160 IN THIS SEASON, WE'VE BOUGHT TWO D10s. 323 00:21:21,170 --> 00:21:24,700 THIS ONE I'M DRIVING WAS 1.5 MILLION BUCKS. 324 00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:26,240 THE OTHER ONE WAS $1 MILLION. 325 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:29,200 AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE AN OUNCE OF GOLD 326 00:21:29,210 --> 00:21:32,070 TO SHOW FOR ANY OF THIS. 327 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:35,440 AND WE'RE WAY BEHIND SCHEDULE AND $3 MILLION IN THE HOLE. 328 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:39,380 I'M PRETTY JUST DISGUSTED WITH THE WHOLE SITUATION. 329 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,690 WHAT THE IS THAT? 330 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000 SMOKE OR STEAM? 331 00:21:54,570 --> 00:21:57,170 . THAT'S SMOKE. 332 00:21:57,170 --> 00:21:59,470 MITCH, THIS THING'S ON FIRE. 333 00:22:20,690 --> 00:22:22,760 Narrator: PARKER'S MOVING HIS MINING EQUIPMENT 334 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:23,990 BACK TO THE LAST CUT. 335 00:22:23,990 --> 00:22:26,330 MITCH, THIS THING'S ON FIRE. 336 00:22:26,330 --> 00:22:30,170 Narrator: BUT HIS BRAND-NEW $1.5 MILLION D10 337 00:22:30,170 --> 00:22:32,500 IS POURING SMOKE. 338 00:22:32,500 --> 00:22:34,640 Parker: THING'S ON FIRE! 339 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:36,670 ! DO YOU HAVE ANY WATER? 340 00:22:36,670 --> 00:22:39,540 YEAH. THERE'S A CRICK RIGHT OVER HERE. 341 00:22:45,620 --> 00:22:47,120 Parker: IT MUST NOT BE OIL OR ANYTHING 342 00:22:47,120 --> 00:22:50,490 'CAUSE IT WOULD'VE LIT UP FURTHER THAN THAT BY NOW. 343 00:22:50,490 --> 00:22:53,790 OH, YEAH, IT'S DOWN THERE. GET ANOTHER ONE. 344 00:23:02,300 --> 00:23:03,600 MITCH! 345 00:23:10,510 --> 00:23:12,710 WHAT THE ? 346 00:23:12,710 --> 00:23:15,240 LIKE WE NEED THIS RIGHT NOW. 347 00:23:15,250 --> 00:23:16,480 THERE'S A BUNCH OF MOSS IN HERE, 348 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:17,780 GOT UP AGAINST THE ENGINE. 349 00:23:17,780 --> 00:23:20,250 OH, . 350 00:23:20,250 --> 00:23:22,480 SERIOUSLY? 351 00:23:22,490 --> 00:23:23,990 BUT THAT MAKES SENSE. 352 00:23:23,990 --> 00:23:25,420 THAT'S THE WE'RE MOVING RIGHT NOW, 353 00:23:25,420 --> 00:23:27,720 IS THAT TOP COUPLE FEET IS LIKE THAT, 354 00:23:27,730 --> 00:23:29,360 OR I GUESS WE WERE. 355 00:23:29,360 --> 00:23:31,560 JUST NEED TO GET IT ALL OUT OF HERE. 356 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:33,030 MAN, IF THAT WOULD'VE BURNT THROUGH AN OIL LINE, 357 00:23:33,030 --> 00:23:35,730 THIS THING WOULD HAVE BEEN UP IN SMOKE IN NO TIME. 358 00:23:35,730 --> 00:23:37,730 WE ALMOST JUST WATCHED A MILLION AND A HALF BUCKS 359 00:23:37,740 --> 00:23:39,370 BURN TO THE GROUND. 360 00:23:39,370 --> 00:23:41,570 YOU KNOW THE SCARY PART? -WHAT'S THAT? 361 00:23:41,570 --> 00:23:43,770 THING'S NOT INSURED. 362 00:23:43,770 --> 00:23:45,340 YOU MIGHT WANT TO CALL AND PUT SOME INSURANCE ON IT. 363 00:23:45,340 --> 00:23:47,780 I'M THAT SERIOUS. I'M AN IDIOT. 364 00:23:47,780 --> 00:23:49,340 WELL, LET'S GET THIS THING OUT OF THE ROAD. 365 00:23:49,350 --> 00:23:51,680 -ALL RIGHT, THANKS, MITCH. -YEP. 366 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,950 Mitch: SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, WE'LL JUST TRY AND GET IT BACK 367 00:23:53,950 --> 00:23:55,620 TO BIG RED AND THEN WE'LL PULL THE PANS ON IT, 368 00:23:55,620 --> 00:23:56,850 CLEAN IT OUT? 369 00:23:56,850 --> 00:23:59,390 IF THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO. 370 00:23:59,390 --> 00:24:01,720 WELL, LET'S HOPE IT STARTS. 371 00:24:09,770 --> 00:24:11,000 THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER BEEN 372 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,940 IN A DOZER THAT'S CAUGHT ON FIRE. 373 00:24:12,940 --> 00:24:15,540 AT THIS POINT WITH WHAT'S HAPPENED THIS YEAR, 374 00:24:15,540 --> 00:24:19,510 THIS DOZER IS THE MOST VALUABLE THING I'VE GOT. 375 00:24:19,510 --> 00:24:21,640 NEED THIS MACHINE TO WORK. 376 00:24:27,650 --> 00:24:29,050 Narrator: TWO HOURS LATER, 377 00:24:29,050 --> 00:24:34,320 PARKER'S FINALLY BACK, READY TO MINE THE LAST CUT. 378 00:24:34,330 --> 00:24:39,090 BUT HIS SEASON IS NOW THREE WEEKS BEHIND SCHEDULE. 379 00:24:43,730 --> 00:24:46,130 Parker: HELLO, EVERYBODY. 380 00:24:46,140 --> 00:24:50,910 WELL, GUYS, I'M SORRY TO BRING YOU BACK HERE TO THE LAST CUT. 381 00:24:50,910 --> 00:24:53,710 WE'RE STANDING ON TONY BEET'S GROUND YET AGAIN. 382 00:24:53,710 --> 00:24:56,250 WE'RE WAY BEHIND, BUT I PROMISE, YOU GUYS, 383 00:24:56,250 --> 00:24:58,550 AT SOME POINT, WE WILL START FINDING SOME GOLD. 384 00:24:58,550 --> 00:25:00,320 WE WILL GET LOADERS, FEEDING WASH PLANTS, 385 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,220 AND THERE WILL BE GOLD IN THE SLOUGH SPOTS. 386 00:25:02,220 --> 00:25:03,420 Mitch: COPY THAT. 387 00:25:03,420 --> 00:25:05,390 THANKS, GUYS. 388 00:25:05,390 --> 00:25:07,760 GO FOR IT! 389 00:25:10,260 --> 00:25:12,730 Parker: AND WE ARE BACK ON TONY'S GROUND THIS YEAR, 390 00:25:12,730 --> 00:25:14,300 LEASING GROUND FROM HIM, 391 00:25:14,300 --> 00:25:16,130 AND THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT THAT 392 00:25:16,130 --> 00:25:18,600 IS WHERE WE LEFT OFF LAST YEAR IN THE LAST CUT 393 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,670 WAS THE BEST GROUND THAT WE'VE EVER MINED. 394 00:25:21,670 --> 00:25:24,110 IF THAT CONTINUES, WE COULD HAVE A REALLY GOOD SEASON 395 00:25:24,110 --> 00:25:26,280 DESPITE HOW FAR BEHIND WE ARE. 396 00:25:43,530 --> 00:25:47,330 Rick: THIS THING IS BASICALLY A SIGN OF PROGRESS 397 00:25:47,330 --> 00:25:49,130 A SIGN OF GETTING BACK GOING, 398 00:25:49,130 --> 00:25:51,300 A SIGN OF EVERYTHING COMING TOGETHER. 399 00:25:51,300 --> 00:25:55,470 Narrator: RICK IS BACK ON TRACK IN THE FREEDOM CUT. 400 00:25:55,470 --> 00:25:59,840 HIS BARGAIN BASEMENT DOZER IS RIPPING PERMAFROST 401 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:05,110 SO HIS GREENHORN CREW CAN GET DOWN TO GOLD RICH PAY. 402 00:26:05,120 --> 00:26:06,450 Terry: THIS IS A GREAT DAY, 403 00:26:06,450 --> 00:26:08,580 GETTING ALL THE MACHINES IN PLACE THAT WE NEED, 404 00:26:08,590 --> 00:26:10,620 GETS MY BLOOD PUMPING, 405 00:26:10,620 --> 00:26:12,020 AND I START THINKING ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, 406 00:26:12,020 --> 00:26:15,990 WE'RE THAT MUCH CLOSER TO PAY DIRT. 407 00:26:17,260 --> 00:26:18,860 Zee: IT'S ABOUT TIME, EH? 408 00:26:18,860 --> 00:26:20,560 IF I WASN'T STUCK IN THIS ROCK TRUCK, 409 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,830 I'D BE DOING CARTWHEELS RIGHT NOW. 410 00:26:22,830 --> 00:26:25,100 Terry: Yeah, my heart's about to beat out of my chest. 411 00:26:25,100 --> 00:26:27,170 CAN'T WAIT. 412 00:26:41,020 --> 00:26:42,520 . 413 00:26:51,460 --> 00:26:53,130 YEAH, CARL, YOU THERE? 414 00:26:53,130 --> 00:26:54,700 You bet. 415 00:26:54,700 --> 00:26:56,600 HEY, MAN, I'M ALREADY HAVING PROBLEMS 416 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,270 WITH THIS DOZER. -10-4, man. 417 00:27:02,110 --> 00:27:04,370 UGH. I HOPE IT'S NOTHING MAJOR. 418 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:08,410 -SHE HOT? -IT COOLED RIGHT DOWN. 419 00:27:08,410 --> 00:27:10,150 I HAPPEN TO LOOK AT IT. -YEP. 420 00:27:10,150 --> 00:27:13,050 AND I WAS IN THE RED HERE AND RIGHT WHEN I -- 421 00:27:13,050 --> 00:27:14,320 THAT'S TRANSMISSION THEN. 422 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:19,150 YEAH, AND I WAS IN THE RED, AND THEN, 423 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:20,320 AS SOON AS I LOOKED AT IT, THE ALARM WENT OFF. 424 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,590 WE'LL CHECK THE TRANSMISSION FOR YOU. 425 00:27:22,590 --> 00:27:23,730 Carl: TRANSMISSIONS GETTING HOT LIKE THAT 426 00:27:23,730 --> 00:27:26,400 USUALLY MEANS YOUR TORQUE'S SLIPPING, RIGHT? 427 00:27:28,100 --> 00:27:31,630 SEE THAT? THROW THAT IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK THERE FOR NOW. 428 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:32,930 THE OTHER ONE OUT. 429 00:27:32,940 --> 00:27:34,170 WE'RE GOING TO CUT THIS APART, 430 00:27:34,170 --> 00:27:36,070 SHE'S NOT GOOD IF THERE'S METAL IN IT. 431 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:39,510 Narrator: REMOVING THE TRANSMISSION 432 00:27:39,510 --> 00:27:42,010 TO FIND OUT THE CAUSE OF THE OVERHEATING 433 00:27:42,010 --> 00:27:44,450 WOULD TAKE AN ENTIRE DAY, 434 00:27:44,450 --> 00:27:48,180 CARL'S BUSH FIX ALTERNATIVE -- PULL THE FILTER. 435 00:27:48,190 --> 00:27:50,690 IF HE FINDS SMALL METAL FILINGS, 436 00:27:50,690 --> 00:27:53,760 HE'LL KNOW THE GEARS INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION 437 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:55,890 ARE GRINDING TOGETHER. 438 00:27:55,890 --> 00:27:58,230 -THERE'S A BUNCH OF GARBAGE IN. -Rick: YEAH. 439 00:27:58,230 --> 00:27:59,590 Carl: TRANSMISSION'S EATING ITSELF. 440 00:28:01,770 --> 00:28:02,960 SHE'S TOAST. 441 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,400 HOLY NO, THERE'S NO WAY TO FIX THIS. 442 00:28:08,410 --> 00:28:09,600 YEAH. 443 00:28:11,010 --> 00:28:12,770 HOLY SMOKES, EH. IT'S EVERYWHERE. 444 00:28:14,110 --> 00:28:16,310 I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT. 445 00:28:16,310 --> 00:28:19,180 PRETTY WITHOUT A DOZER. 446 00:28:19,180 --> 00:28:21,950 THIS IS A TOTAL LOAD OF BULL RIGHT HERE. 447 00:28:21,950 --> 00:28:24,750 THIS IS THE LAST BIT OF RIPPED AND STRIPPED GROUND 448 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:28,020 THAT WE GOT TO HAUL OUT THAT I'M SITTING ON RIGHT HERE. 449 00:28:28,030 --> 00:28:30,430 HEY, GUYS, I'M GONNA SHUT IT DOWN. 450 00:28:32,360 --> 00:28:34,260 DUDE, WHAT THE ? 451 00:28:38,170 --> 00:28:39,940 Rick: EVERYTHING'S FROZEN, MAN, AND WITHOUT A RIPPER, 452 00:28:39,940 --> 00:28:41,540 WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING. 453 00:28:42,770 --> 00:28:46,440 HERE WE ARE YET AGAIN, STRUGGLING TO FIND WORK. 454 00:28:48,250 --> 00:28:51,180 Narrator: UNTIL HE FINDS A RELIABLE DOZER, 455 00:28:51,180 --> 00:28:54,350 RICK'S ENTIRE OPERATION IS SHUT DOWN. 456 00:28:54,350 --> 00:28:57,620 TERRY PULLS THE CREW OUT OF THE CUT. 457 00:29:03,630 --> 00:29:05,560 -Rick: HEY. -WHAT'S UP? 458 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:08,600 WE HIT A WALL, MAN. WE'RE JUST... 459 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,930 I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE TO KEEP THESE GUYS BUSY 460 00:29:10,930 --> 00:29:15,170 AND I NEED SOME DIRECTION. -OKAY. 461 00:29:15,170 --> 00:29:16,710 WELL, I MEAN, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH... 462 00:29:18,140 --> 00:29:20,810 PRETTY MUCH OUT OF THAWED TO MOVE, AREN'T WE? 463 00:29:20,810 --> 00:29:22,480 ABSOLUTELY OUT. 464 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,180 AND THERE'S -- I'M JUST OUT OF IDEAS. 465 00:29:26,180 --> 00:29:28,280 -YEAH. -SO... 466 00:29:28,290 --> 00:29:29,620 AND, YEAH, I'M SCRATCHING MY HEAD, 467 00:29:29,620 --> 00:29:30,820 TRYING TO COME UP WITH A PLAN. TOO, 468 00:29:30,820 --> 00:29:32,020 BECAUSE WITHOUT A RIPPING MACHINE, 469 00:29:32,020 --> 00:29:35,420 WE'RE PRETTY MUCH SHOT RIGHT NOW. 470 00:29:35,430 --> 00:29:39,090 THERE'S CERTAINLY A LACK OF PLANNING ON MY PART. 471 00:29:39,100 --> 00:29:42,800 THERE'S NOT ONE PERSON HERE THAT WANTS TO SIT ON THEIR ASS. 472 00:29:44,270 --> 00:29:46,230 YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL COUNTING ON GETTING PAID HERE. 473 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:49,840 IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, WHY WOULD I STAY? 474 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,210 I'M DONE WITH AROUND HERE. 475 00:29:52,210 --> 00:29:53,380 YEAH. 476 00:29:57,010 --> 00:29:59,880 I BROUGHT MY FRIENDS ALL THE WAY UP HERE 477 00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:01,280 THEY CAME UP HERE TO WORK, 478 00:30:01,290 --> 00:30:03,190 AND THEY CAME UP HERE TO FIND GOLD 479 00:30:03,190 --> 00:30:08,120 AND IF THEY START THINKING THAT THINGS AREN'T GONNA CHANGE, 480 00:30:08,130 --> 00:30:10,860 THEN WHAT WOULD EXPECT BUT FOR THEM TO BAIL 481 00:30:10,860 --> 00:30:12,630 BEFORE THEY GET IN TOO DEEP, YOU KNOW? 482 00:30:12,630 --> 00:30:15,360 IT'S...IT'S HOW IT IS. 483 00:30:15,370 --> 00:30:18,030 SO, I GOTTA GET FIGURED OUT FAST! 484 00:30:21,310 --> 00:30:23,000 FIND ME A DOZER, RUBY. 485 00:30:59,140 --> 00:31:02,580 Narrator: TWO YEARS AFTER TONY BEETS PLEDGED 486 00:31:02,580 --> 00:31:06,310 TO RELOCATE DREDGE TWO FROM THISTLE CREEK, 487 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:11,050 THE FIRST PONTOONS ARRIVE AT HIS EUREKA CREEK MINE SITE. 488 00:31:34,310 --> 00:31:37,010 Narrator: TONY HAS PREPARED A DRY DOCK 489 00:31:37,010 --> 00:31:39,380 ON SOME OF HIS BEST GROUND, 490 00:31:39,380 --> 00:31:42,150 WHERE HE WILL ASSEMBLE THE PONTOONS. 491 00:31:42,150 --> 00:31:46,190 AND EVENTUALLY, THE ENTIRE DREDGE 492 00:31:46,190 --> 00:31:51,160 BEFORE FILLING IT WITH WATER AND STARTING TO MINE GOLD. 493 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:47,020 Kevin: FIRST TWO, YEAH. IT'S A GOOD START. 494 00:32:47,020 --> 00:32:48,380 NOW I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO FINALLY 495 00:32:48,390 --> 00:32:49,750 STARTING TO PUT THIS THING TOGETHER. 496 00:33:11,380 --> 00:33:13,640 Narrator: RICK NESS' BRAND-NEW OPERATION 497 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:16,510 IS AT A STANDSTILL. 498 00:33:18,780 --> 00:33:21,150 HE'S GOT NO DOZER, 499 00:33:21,150 --> 00:33:24,220 AND THE CREW IS SPINNING THEIR WHEELS. 500 00:33:24,220 --> 00:33:27,520 SO THIS IS A 1948 HARLEY-DAVIDSON 501 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:29,190 SUPER COOL BIKE. 502 00:33:29,190 --> 00:33:32,430 BUT SHOULD START. AGREED? 503 00:33:32,430 --> 00:33:37,270 -IT SHOULD START AND GO TO HIGH. -I STILL GOTTA GET GAS IN IT. 504 00:33:37,270 --> 00:33:40,040 Ben: YEAH, RICK'S STRESSED BEYOND BELIEF 505 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:44,610 HE DEFINITELY NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD. 506 00:33:44,610 --> 00:33:48,880 IF HE CAN'T START DIGGING GOLD OUT OF THE GROUND, WE'RE DONE. 507 00:33:55,950 --> 00:33:58,490 OLD BEN, HE'S GONNA BE HAPPY NOW. 508 00:33:58,490 --> 00:34:00,660 GONNA TAKE HIS BABE FOR A RIDE. 509 00:34:02,690 --> 00:34:06,630 Narrator: MORALE IS AT ROCK BOTTOM. 510 00:34:06,630 --> 00:34:07,800 Rick over radio: Hey, Carl. 511 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:10,300 Can you get the whole crew down at the cut? 512 00:34:10,300 --> 00:34:12,370 YEAH. GOOD. 513 00:34:18,740 --> 00:34:21,140 IS THAT RICK STANDING NEXT TO A DOZER? 514 00:34:21,140 --> 00:34:23,550 -OHH. -ARE YOU SERIOUS? 515 00:34:23,550 --> 00:34:25,580 -YEAH, MAN! 516 00:34:25,580 --> 00:34:27,950 -RICK! 517 00:34:27,950 --> 00:34:31,190 -WHOA! -YEAH! 518 00:34:31,190 --> 00:34:33,890 Rick: BOOYAH. WE'VE GOT SOME HORSEPOWER. 519 00:34:33,890 --> 00:34:35,090 -HELL, YEAH! -ABOUT TIME! 520 00:34:35,090 --> 00:34:37,530 Rick: I KNOW, BUDDY. WE GOT SOME HORSEPOWER! 521 00:34:37,530 --> 00:34:39,230 THIS D9N IS PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY ONE 522 00:34:39,230 --> 00:34:40,400 AVAILABLE IN THE YUKON. 523 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:42,560 AND SURPRISINGLY AFFORDABLE 524 00:34:42,570 --> 00:34:46,070 THE 475 WAS ALMOST 10 GRAND A DAY, 525 00:34:46,070 --> 00:34:48,570 THIS THING IS LESS THAN 100 BUCKS AN HOUR 526 00:34:48,570 --> 00:34:49,670 YEAH! 527 00:34:49,670 --> 00:34:51,910 WELL, IT JUST CAME OFF A DIFFERENT JOB 528 00:34:51,910 --> 00:34:53,110 AT ANOTHER MINE NEARBY, 529 00:34:53,110 --> 00:34:54,640 I HEARD THAT THEY MIGHT BE GETTING DONE WITH IT, 530 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:58,910 SO I WENT TO TALK TO THE OWNER, AND WE AGREED ON A PRICE, MAN. 531 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:03,280 IT'S GO A NEW TOOTH ON THE BACK, READY TO RIP. 532 00:35:03,290 --> 00:35:05,090 FINALLY! IT'S COMING TOGETHER! 533 00:35:05,090 --> 00:35:07,060 All: YEAH! 534 00:35:07,060 --> 00:35:09,620 GET TO WORK! GET TO WORK! 535 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,900 YEAH, WE FINALLY GOT A WORKING DOZER, HERE. 536 00:35:19,100 --> 00:35:20,340 THE FREEDOM CUT -- 537 00:35:20,340 --> 00:35:23,170 WE GOTTA GET IT OPEN. WE GOTTA GET IT THAWED. 538 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:28,110 EVERY SCOOP I TAKE, I'M GETTING 3 FEET DEEPER 539 00:35:28,110 --> 00:35:31,110 TO HITTING THAT PAY DIRT. 540 00:35:33,020 --> 00:35:36,250 THAT MAKES ME A VERY HAPPY GUY. 541 00:35:38,260 --> 00:35:40,860 NOW IT'S TIME TO ROCK-N-ROLL. 542 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:10,550 Doumit: SUMMER'S HERE, SO WITH 20 HOURS OF DAYLIGHT 543 00:36:10,550 --> 00:36:14,320 AND AFTER A 12 HOUR DAY, WE GOT TIME TO DO A LITTLE R&R. 544 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:15,660 WE'RE GOING FISHING. 545 00:36:15,660 --> 00:36:19,030 THIS IS ACTUALLY A POND WE CREATED FIVE YEARS AGO 546 00:36:19,030 --> 00:36:20,230 ONE OF PEOPLE'S BIGGEST CONCERNS, 547 00:36:20,230 --> 00:36:23,230 THEY THINK WE DON'T RECLAMATION ALL SUMMER LONG. 548 00:36:23,230 --> 00:36:26,070 THERE'S DUCKS AND GEESE ON IT. THERE'S FISH IN HERE. 549 00:36:26,070 --> 00:36:29,270 NOW WE GET TO REAP SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF THE RECLAMATION 550 00:36:29,270 --> 00:36:31,370 THEY GET TO GO FISHING AFTER WORK. 551 00:36:33,540 --> 00:36:35,980 OH, THERE HE IS! THERE HE IS! 552 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,550 ALL RIGHT, SETTLE DOWN NOW. I'M NOT GONNA PICK HIM UP 553 00:36:40,550 --> 00:36:42,450 CAUSE I DON'T WANNA GET MY HANDS ON HIM, 554 00:36:42,450 --> 00:36:46,420 SO I'M JUST GONNA RELEASE HIM REAL EASY RIGHT HERE. 555 00:36:46,420 --> 00:36:49,460 GO ON. LOOK, WE DID THAT. IT WORKED. 556 00:36:51,530 --> 00:36:54,300 THEY'RE ALMOST LIKE FRESH WATER BARRACUDA 557 00:36:54,300 --> 00:36:56,430 WE JUST RIPPED THE DICKENS OUT OF THAT 558 00:36:56,430 --> 00:36:58,230 IT PROBABLY WASN'T A WHOLE LOT OF FUN FOR THE FISH 559 00:36:58,240 --> 00:37:00,130 BUT I HAD A BLAST 560 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:23,120 Narrator: AT EUREKA, AS FOUR MORE PONTOONS ARRIVE 561 00:37:23,130 --> 00:37:25,630 DREDGE TWO IS TAKING SHAPE, 562 00:37:25,630 --> 00:37:29,760 AND DREDGE ONE HAS BEEN RUNNING PAY DIRT ALL WEEK. 563 00:37:33,970 --> 00:37:35,570 Monica: HEY, GUYS! -PARTY PEOPLE. 564 00:37:35,570 --> 00:37:37,140 Narrator: TONY'S DOUBLING DOWN 565 00:37:37,140 --> 00:37:41,780 AND HAS SET A 6,000-OUNCE SEASON GOLD. 566 00:37:44,450 --> 00:37:47,880 YOU ASK HIM. 567 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:50,180 IT'S CHEWING AWAY. YEAH, LITTLE BIT OF DOWN TIME 568 00:37:50,190 --> 00:37:51,950 BUT NOTHING TERRIBLE IN NATURE. 569 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:53,150 NO? GOOD. 570 00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:58,460 YEAH. 571 00:37:58,460 --> 00:38:01,360 WHO'S COUNTING 572 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:07,040 Narrator: TO STAY ON TRACK, TONY NEEDS 260 OUNCES A WEEK 573 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,200 THAT'S 20, 30. 574 00:38:10,210 --> 00:38:11,910 YOU'VE GOT 40 575 00:38:11,910 --> 00:38:14,040 YOU'VE GOT 50, 60. 576 00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:16,310 YOU'VE GOT 70. 577 00:38:16,310 --> 00:38:18,780 80, 90, 578 00:38:18,780 --> 00:38:20,210 579 578 00:38:20,220 --> 00:38:22,080 110, 120, 580 00:38:22,090 --> 00:38:24,220 130, 140... 581 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:30,290 140.80. 582 00:38:32,060 --> 00:38:35,660 $170,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF GOLD, 583 00:38:35,670 --> 00:38:40,570 BUT 120 OUNCES SHORT OF WHAT THEY NEED. 584 00:38:40,570 --> 00:38:41,800 I KNOW WE'RE EARLY DAYS, 585 00:38:41,810 --> 00:38:44,340 BUT YOU GOT THAT 6,000-OUNCE GOAL. 586 00:38:44,340 --> 00:38:47,140 WHEN ARE WE GONNA GET MORE PLANTS RUNNING? 587 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:53,980 WHEN IS MY PLANT GONNA BE UP AND RUNNING? 588 00:38:53,980 --> 00:38:57,250 -HOPEFULLY SOON. -THAT'D BE GOOD, THOUGH. 589 00:38:57,250 --> 00:39:00,050 -SO...MOM? -YES? 590 00:39:00,060 --> 00:39:03,290 WITH THE NEW 140, WHAT'S OUR NEW TOTAL? 591 00:39:03,290 --> 00:39:05,930 369.9 592 00:39:05,930 --> 00:39:09,460 Narrator: WORTH OVER $440,000 DOLLARS 593 00:39:09,470 --> 00:39:14,940 TOWARDS TONY'S $7.2 MILLION SEASON GOLD. 594 00:39:17,310 --> 00:39:19,210 SO WE MUST BE KICKING PARKER'S ASS. 595 00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:58,380 Parker: WE'RE BACK AT TONY'S MERCY, 596 00:39:58,380 --> 00:40:00,620 AND I'M NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT. 597 00:40:04,390 --> 00:40:07,420 ALL THIS EFFORT TO GET OUT FROM UNDER HIM, 598 00:40:07,420 --> 00:40:10,430 AND HERE WE ARE, BACK UNDER HIS THUMB 599 00:40:12,860 --> 00:40:15,300 Narrator: THREE WEEKS BEHIND SCHEDULE 600 00:40:15,300 --> 00:40:17,170 AND BACK WHERE THEY STARTED 601 00:40:17,170 --> 00:40:20,900 PARKER'S CREW IS IN A RACE AGAINST TIME 602 00:40:20,900 --> 00:40:24,840 TO START PRODUCING GOLD AND SAVE THEIR SEASON. 603 00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:27,680 ALL THE DIFFICULTIES GETTING STARTED 604 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:29,580 THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IN THE LAST CUT IS JUST... 605 00:40:29,580 --> 00:40:31,780 THE SUN'S OUT, IT'S GETTING REALLY WARM. 606 00:40:31,780 --> 00:40:33,150 IT'S RIPPING MUD THIS LATE 607 00:40:33,150 --> 00:40:35,480 AND REALLY TURNS EVERYTHING TO SLOP VERY FAST, 608 00:40:35,490 --> 00:40:37,950 SO JUST MORE WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH 609 00:40:37,950 --> 00:40:41,220 THAT SLOWS US DOWN. 610 00:40:41,220 --> 00:40:43,590 Parker: THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE PROBABLY HAD 1,000 OUNCES 611 00:40:43,590 --> 00:40:47,330 AND WE'RE STILL SITTING ON A BIG FAT ZERO 612 00:40:47,330 --> 00:40:50,430 WE'RE HAVING A TOUGH GO OF IT. 613 00:40:50,430 --> 00:40:51,730 Narrator: AND ONCE AGAIN, 614 00:40:51,730 --> 00:40:54,870 PARKER WILL BE PAYING HIS LANDLORD A ROYALTY 615 00:40:54,870 --> 00:41:00,780 THAT LAST YEAR COST HIM OVER $1.3 MILLION. 616 00:41:00,780 --> 00:41:02,810 Parker: WE'RE BACK AT TONY'S MERCY 617 00:41:02,810 --> 00:41:04,850 AND I'M NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT. 618 00:41:04,850 --> 00:41:07,180 TONY HAS THE CARDS. 619 00:41:08,180 --> 00:41:09,980 IT'S TONY BEETS. 620 00:41:28,610 --> 00:41:30,770 Narrator: ON THE NEXT "GOLD RUSH"... 621 00:41:30,770 --> 00:41:32,310 WHAT THE ? 622 00:41:32,310 --> 00:41:36,140 LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. YOU WANT 100 OUNCES, LIKE, NOW? 623 00:41:36,150 --> 00:41:37,880 HEY! SHUT IT DOWN! 624 00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:39,310 A DEAL IS A DEAL, RIGHT? 625 00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:42,520 LIKE A CHRONIC DISEASE, I CAN'T SHAKE THIS GUY. 626 00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:44,550 I'M NOT GONNA LET YOUR GUYS DOWN. 627 00:41:44,550 --> 00:41:46,090 I WILL HAVE A WASH RIGHT HERE. -LOTS OF BIG DRAMA. 628 00:41:46,090 --> 00:41:48,290 -OH, . -IT'S A MONSTER. 629 00:41:48,290 --> 00:41:50,760 -I GOT 100 -190 OR NOTHING, MATE. 630 00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:53,660 I NEED YOU OVER AT THE DREDGE IN FIVE SECONDS 631 00:41:53,660 --> 00:41:56,230 IF THE BUCKET'S FULL, DON'T BREAK . 632 00:41:56,230 --> 00:41:58,730 -WHAT THE ?! 633 00:41:59,305 --> 00:42:59,471