"Gold Rush" Gold Gurus

1 00:00:02,020 --> 00:00:03,050 Freddy: FIRE IN THE HOLE. 2 00:00:03,090 --> 00:00:05,460 [ AIHORNLOWS 3 00:00:05,490 --> 00:00:07,520 -GOOJOB,ARK. -MY PLEASURE. 4 00:00:07,540 --> 00:00:09,910 Narrator: ON TS "GRUSH.. 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,720 ...THE EXPERTS WITH THE MIDAS TOUCH... 6 00:00:14,750 --> 00:00:17,700 WE NEED TO FIND A LOT OF GOLD HERE IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. 7 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,170 Narrator: ...WHOSE TECHNOLOGY... 8 00:00:20,210 --> 00:00:22,140 THE IT GOES. 9 00:00:22,140 --> 00:00:24,090 ...INGENUI. 10 00:00:24,140 --> 00:00:25,510 Dave: I'VE NEVER MET ANYBODY THAT COULD BUILDES. 11 00:00:25,540 --> 00:00:27,890 A SLCE BOXUT OF OD. 12 00:00:27,930 --> 00:00:30,180 Narrator: ...AND MECHANICAL INNOVATION... 13 00:00:30,220 --> 00:00:31,880 I WANT TO GET ONE BUILT. 14 00:00:31,900 --> 00:00:33,380 Narrator: ...TO SEEK OUT 15 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,240 THE MOSTRIZED ELEMENT IN HUMAN HISTORY. 16 00:00:36,270 --> 00:00:38,320 [BLEEP] IS THAT HOT. 17 00:00:42,780 --> 00:00:45,830 THIS IS THE SCIENCE OF GOLD MINING, 18 00:00:45,860 --> 00:00:50,030 D THE ARE THE GURUS OF GOLD. 19 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,810 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 20 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:58,810 CAPTIONS PD FOR BY DISCOVERCOUNICATIONS 21 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:06,074 -== [ www.OpenSubtitles.org ] ==- 22 00:01:14,730 --> 00:01:16,080 Man: THE MOMENT OF TRUTH. 23 00:01:16,130 --> 00:01:17,530 Narrator: GOLD IS SCARCE. 24 00:01:17,550 --> 00:01:21,050 EVERY SINGLE OUNCE EVER MINED WOULD COVER A FOOTBALL FIELD 25 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:25,870 TO A DEPTH OF ONLY 18 INCHES, WHICH IS WHY MINERS 26 00:01:25,890 --> 00:01:29,140 USE SPECIALISTS TO LOCTHE PAY STREAK... 27 00:01:29,170 --> 00:01:31,480 Man #2: WE'VE NEVER MINED A YARD OF DIRT 28 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,530 ...REMOVE EVERYTHING THAT DIDN'IN TAY... INT. 29 00:01:41,050 --> 00:01:45,460 .SEPARATE GOLD FROM THE WORTHLESS DIRT... 30 00:01:45,490 --> 00:01:46,760 GOOD LORD. 31 00:01:46,790 --> 00:01:51,730 -FRACK! -THERE IT IS! 32 00:01:51,750 --> 00:01:54,580 Narrator: ...AND SMELT NUGGETS INTO SOLID GBULLN. 33 00:02:01,510 --> 00:02:05,260 EN Y[ TAPE REWINDING ] 34 00:02:05,290 --> 00:02:08,600 ...THEIGGE BST CHALLENGE FOR GOLD MINER 35 00:02:08,630 --> 00:02:11,920 IS FINDING WHERE THE GOLD IS. 36 00:02:11,950 --> 00:02:14,470 IN SEASON FOUR, PARKER SCHNABEL 37 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:18,470 STARTS HIS KLONDIKE MINING CAREER WITH A VISIT 38 00:02:18,470 --> 00:02:20,720 TO LOC GOLD GURU TONY BEET 39 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:22,610 HEY, TONY.IS KLONDIKE MINING CAREER WITH A VISIT 40 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:25,150 GOOD. 41 00:02:27,430 --> 00:02:32,070 TONY RUNS ONE OF THE BIGGESTD, OPERATIONS IN THE KLONDIKE, 42 00:02:32,100 --> 00:02:36,260 AND HIS SUCCESS IS BUILT NE GDEN RULE. 43 00:02:46,350 --> 00:02:47,550 LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING OUT 44 00:02:47,570 --> 00:02:49,650 AND LOOKING AT THE GROUND. 45 00:02:49,690 --> 00:02:52,390 PARKER HAS LEASED AIM OM TONY, 46 00:02:52,410 --> 00:02:55,110 BUT HIS NEW LANDLO N'T LET HIM MINE 47 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,750 UNL TEOLESROVE THERE'S GOLD IN THE GROUND. 48 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,950 NO. DO YOU? 49 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:09,940 GREAT.LET'S IT. 50 00:03:21,150 --> 00:03:27,060 GREAT.LET'S I♪♪ 51 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,280 [ HORN HONKING ] 52 00:03:55,020 --> 00:03:56,250 SO GOOTO ME. 53 00:03:56,270 --> 00:03:57,940 HUH? 54 00:03:59,730 --> 00:04:05,800 OD TO GO! 55 00:04:05,830 --> 00:04:07,200 Narrator: THE PLAN -- 56 00:04:07,230 --> 00:04:09,930 MAKE A SERIES OF TEST HOLES DRILLING DOWN 57 00:04:09,970 --> 00:04:14,770 THROUGH PERMAFROST IN SEARCH OF GOLD-RICH GRAVEL. 58 00:04:14,810 --> 00:04:18,640 TO BE WORTH MINING, THE DRILL'S SAMPLES SHOULD CONTAIN 59 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,410 AT LEAST 10 FLAKES OF GOLD. 60 00:04:30,220 --> 00:04:31,920 DON'T TURN -- DON'T SPIN IT. 61 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:42,730 THIS THINGURNS, AND IT GOES INTO THE GROUND, 62 00:04:42,770 --> 00:04:44,070 AND IF THERE'S GOLD DOWN THERE, 63 00:04:44,100 --> 00:04:45,940 IT'LL COME UP OUT OF THE HOLE OR SOMETHING. 64 00:04:45,970 --> 00:04:47,870 HOW MANY HOLES SHOULD I DRILL? 65 00:04:56,210 --> 00:04:57,680 ISHAT TAILING? 66 00:05:01,350 --> 00:05:02,390 Parker: MY FIRST HOLE WENT INTO TAILINGS. 67 00:05:02,420 --> 00:05:03,590 TH'S GRE. 68 00:05:03,610 --> 00:05:06,720 Naator: MEONE HAS ALREADY MINED THIS SPOT. 69 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,810 I WOD MUCHATHER ILLSOMEING ANFIT 70 00:05:14,870 --> 00:05:18,100 THAT THERE'S NO GOLD RATHER THAN JUST DIG HOLES 71 00:05:18,140 --> 00:05:20,000 AND GUESS WHERE WE'RE GOING. 72 00:05:28,250 --> 00:05:30,410 STTINGO LO PRETTY DIFFERENT. 73 00:05:30,450 --> 00:05:33,920 HOPEFULLY THIS THING IS ON SOME PAY DIRT RIGHT NOW. 74 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:39,790 WHAT DOES THAT SOUND LIKE TO YOU? 75 00:05:48,150 --> 00:05:49,930 YEAH, BABY! 76 00:06:12,790 --> 00:06:14,020 GHON. 77 00:06:35,110 --> 00:06:36,980 RIGHT THERE. -LOOK AT THAT. 78 00:06:38,250 --> 00:06:39,920 BUNCH OF LITTLE FLAKES. 79 00:06:53,670 --> 00:06:55,470 YEAH. 80 00:07:02,510 --> 00:07:04,870 Narrator: FOLLOWING TONY'S DRILLING ADVICE, 81 00:07:04,910 --> 00:07:09,780 PARKER WAS SOON MAKING MONEY IN THE KLONDIKE. 82 00:07:09,820 --> 00:07:14,020 NEW TECHNOLOGY IS CONSTANTLY EVOLVING TO HELP GOLD MINERS 83 00:07:14,050 --> 00:07:16,350 PICK EXACTLY WHICH SPOTS TO MINE. 84 00:07:16,390 --> 00:07:17,820 Freddy: IF THERE'S SOMETHING GO UNDERNEATH 85 00:07:17,860 --> 00:07:20,820 THE SIDE OF THIS MOUNTAIN, WE WANT TO GET IT OUT. 86 00:07:22,740 --> 00:07:25,730 YOU KNOW, I'M SEARCHING FOR EL DORADO UP HERE. 87 00:07:25,750 --> 00:07:29,730 Naor: IN SEASON FIVE, UP A NARROW YUKON VALLEY, 88 00:07:29,750 --> 00:07:32,740 FREDDY DODGE AND OLDER BROTHER DEREK 89 00:07:32,750 --> 00:07:35,000 ARE CONVINCED THEIR CLAIM CONTAINS 90 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:40,080 MILLIONS IN CHUNKY GOLD NUGGETS. 91 00:07:40,100 --> 00:07:43,630 TIT HHE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BRING IN SOME GOLD, 92 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:47,880 NOT JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE BUT BIG NUGGETS. 93 00:07:53,420 --> 00:07:56,230 17.73 OUNCES. 94 00:07:58,860 --> 00:08:01,900 I DIDN'T COME ALL THIS WAY TO MESS AROUND. 95 00:08:01,930 --> 00:08:03,600 I CAME HERE TOCEED 96 00:08:09,740 --> 00:08:12,390 Narrator: TO IDENTIFY THE GOOD GROUND, 97 00:08:12,390 --> 00:08:15,210 FREDDY CAL IN GOLD-EXPLORATI. 98 00:08:15,250 --> 00:08:17,500 -HOW YOU DOING, ISAAC? TO IDE-...ISAAC FAGE...OUND, 99 00:08:17,550 --> 00:08:18,970 -DAN, RIGHT? -I DAN, YEAH. 100 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,580 rrator: ...AND DAN MURRAY. 101 00:08:20,620 --> 00:08:24,490 THEIR GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR AND AERIAL MAPPING 102 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:25,720 HELP TO PINPOINT 103 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:29,230 THE EXACT LOCATION OF ANY GOLD DEPOSITS. 104 00:08:29,260 --> 00:08:31,130 SO WE'RE GONNA FLY THE DRONE UP ABOVE HERE, 105 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:32,560 AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE A DETAILED MAP 106 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:34,700 OF WHAT THIS GROUND SURFACE LOOKS LIKE, 107 00:08:34,730 --> 00:08:36,730 AND THEN THE RADAR IS GOING TO MAKE A DETAILED MAP 108 00:08:36,770 --> 00:08:37,970 OF WHAT THE BEDROCK LOOKS LIKE. 109 00:08:37,990 --> 00:08:39,240 -THAT'S WHAT I'M AFTER. -YEP. 110 00:08:39,270 --> 00:08:41,600 THAT'S EXACTLY AT WE'RE HERE FOR. 111 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:42,810 THAT'S PERFECT. 112 00:08:42,820 --> 00:08:45,360 Narrator: THE DRONE FLIES UP THE CREEK 113 00:08:45,410 --> 00:08:50,080 TAKING DETAILED AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE VALLEY. 114 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:54,950 NEXT, THE GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR MOVES FROM SIDE TO SIDE 115 00:08:54,990 --> 00:08:58,450 ACROSS THE CREEK, 116 00:08:58,490 --> 00:09:01,260 SENDING OUT RADIO WAVES FROM A TRANSMITTER. 117 00:09:01,290 --> 00:09:02,510 [ WAVES PINGING ] 118 00:09:02,540 --> 00:09:07,010 THE WAVES BOUNCE BACK OFF THE BEDROCK TO A RECEIVER. 119 00:09:07,050 --> 00:09:11,550 THE TIME IT TAKES THE SIGNAL TO RETURN GIVES AN EXACT DEPTH 120 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:16,190 AND CONTOUR OF THE BEDROCK BELOW. 121 00:09:16,220 --> 00:09:17,840 SOOU'RNNA GURE IT OUTARE YOU? 122 00:09:17,860 --> 00:09:19,140 aac: WL, W GON DO OUR BEST HERE, 123 00:09:19,180 --> 00:09:21,810 SO WE BROUGHT A COUPLE GOOD TOOLS 124 00:09:21,850 --> 00:09:23,280 TO HELP US MAP THE BEDROCK. 125 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,370 WE CAN GATHER ALL THIS DATA IN A DAY NOW. 126 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,870 YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF OLD-TIME MINER, 127 00:09:27,900 --> 00:09:29,900 SO IT'S ALL NEW TECHNOLOGY TO ME, 128 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:32,160 AND I'LL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT. 129 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,360 THE TECHNOLOGY WAY, IT STILL DOESN'T TELL YOU 130 00:09:36,380 --> 00:09:39,630 WHETHER THERE'S ANY GOLD THERE TELLS YOU WHERE THE BEDROCK IS. 131 00:09:39,660 --> 00:09:44,330 THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY TELLS YOU BOTH, SO WE'LL SEE. 132 00:09:46,370 --> 00:09:48,170 Narrator: TO BEGIN THE SURVEY, 133 00:09:48,210 --> 00:09:51,310 DAN WALKS THE VALLEY WITH THE GPR UNIT. 134 00:09:51,340 --> 00:09:52,480 Dan: SO ALL I'M DOING 135 00:09:54,710 --> 00:09:57,780 IS DRAGGING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE CLAIM. 136 00:09:57,820 --> 00:10:00,750 THE SNAKE THAT I'M DRAGGING AROUND BEHIND ME 137 00:10:00,790 --> 00:10:03,290 HAS A RADIO TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER. 138 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:08,760 AT GS THILITTLE DATA LOGGER THAT'S Y POET, 139 00:10:08,790 --> 00:10:11,260 AOF WHAT THE BEDROCK YOU'LOOKS LIKE UNDERNEATH US.E 140 00:10:14,180 --> 00:10:18,640 Narrator: FOR AN AERL VIEWF CREETO MAT WITH E GP 141 00:10:18,670 --> 00:10:20,940 ISAAC PREPARES THE DRONE. 142 00:10:20,970 --> 00:10:24,190 Isaac: A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY PACKED ONBOARD WITH THIS THING. 143 00:10:24,230 --> 00:10:27,280 IT CAN FLY A MISSION COMPLETELY AUTONOMOUSLY. 144 00:10:27,310 --> 00:10:28,650 IT'S SENSING THE GROUND. 145 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:31,280 THIS SENSES WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION. 146 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,370 YEAH. LET'S GET THIS THING IN THE AIR. 147 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:36,650 FreddyTHERE IT GOES. 148 00:10:36,690 --> 00:10:38,490 NOW IT'S OFF TO ITSSIO 149 00:10:40,710 --> 00:10:42,360 [ IMITATES GUNSHOT ] 150 00:10:42,380 --> 00:10:45,330 [ LAUGHS ] 151 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,500 SEE THE LITTLE THING ON HERE. 152 00:10:47,530 --> 00:10:49,470 IT'S TAKING THE PHOTOS AS IT GOES DOWN THE LINE. 153 00:10:49,500 --> 00:10:51,300 THAT'S HOW WE BUILD THIS COOL ELEVATION MODEL. 154 00:10:51,340 --> 00:10:52,590 -THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING. -YEAH. 155 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:54,870 I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE RESULT. 156 00:10:54,890 --> 00:10:56,260 YEA AGO,YOU'D VE N THOHT 157 00:10:56,310 --> 00:10:59,640 ABOUT A LITTLE PLANE HELPING YOU FIND GOLD. 158 00:10:59,680 --> 00:11:02,480 YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNOGY HERE 159 00:11:02,510 --> 00:11:06,100 KEYED WITH THE GPR THAT DAN IS DOING UP THERE, 160 00:11:06,150 --> 00:11:08,650 IT MAY DICTATE THE MINING PLAN, HUH, DEREK? 161 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:13,820 Narrator: UP AHEAD... 162 00:11:13,860 --> 00:11:16,830 I THINK OUR BEST GOLD IS RIGHT HERE. 163 00:11:16,860 --> 00:11:18,900 FIRE IN THE HOLE. 164 00:11:18,930 --> 00:11:21,730 AND IN EXCLUSIVE UNSEEN FOOTAGE... 165 00:11:21,770 --> 00:11:25,320 Rick: THAT IS ONE FRANKENSTEIN MACHINE RIGHT THERE. 166 00:11:25,370 --> 00:11:26,990 WANTO GET E BUILT. 167 00:11:34,650 --> 00:11:37,680 Narrator: IN CARCKS, YUKON, FREDDY DODGE 168 00:11:37,700 --> 00:11:42,690 HAS THE SURVEY OF HIS GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR. 169 00:11:42,700 --> 00:11:44,020 ABOUT DINNERTIME? 170 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:45,240 HEY.HOW'S GOIFRED? 171 00:11:45,270 --> 00:11:47,770 I GOT E RESUS BACK FROM DAN AND ISAAC. 172 00:11:51,300 --> 00:11:54,760 HAVE A LOOK AT THIS. 173 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:56,770 SO THIS IS THE FUNNY LITTLE AIRPLANE PICTURES. 174 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:58,840 THAT RIGHT? -YEAH. 175 00:11:58,870 --> 00:12:03,390 Narrator: 728 PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY ISAAC'S DRONE 176 00:12:03,430 --> 00:12:07,010 FORM AN AERIAL MAP OF THE CREEK. 177 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:11,430 LOOK HOW THIS VALLEY OPENS UP RIGHT THERE. 178 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:13,930 WITH THE GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR DATA 179 00:12:13,990 --> 00:12:16,190 PLACED OVER THE IMAGES, 180 00:12:16,220 --> 00:12:21,770 THE BEDROCK DEPTH, INDICATED BY COLORS, BECOMES CLEAR. 181 00:12:21,830 --> 00:12:23,240 LOOK AT RIGHT HERE. 182 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:25,180 SEE WHERE IT JUST FANS OUT RIGHT THERE? 183 00:12:25,210 --> 00:12:26,980 THAT SHOULD BE ALLUVIAL FAN. 184 00:12:27,020 --> 00:12:32,170 E GPREVES WHERE AN ANCIENT CREEK WIDENED AND SLOWED, 185 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:33,840 DEPOSITING GD GGET 186 00:12:33,870 --> 00:12:36,540 CARRIED DOWN FROM THE MOTHER LODE. 187 00:12:36,570 --> 00:12:42,410 TH GEOGICAL FEATURE IS KNOWN AS AN ALLUVIAL FAN. 188 00:12:42,450 --> 00:12:44,580 I THINK OUR BEST GOLD IS RIGHT H 189 00:12:48,220 --> 00:12:51,800 THE DODGE BROTHERS FOLLOW THEIR HIGH-TECH TRSURE MAP 190 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:55,090 HOPING FOR A PILE OF CHUNKY GOLD NUGGETS. 191 00:12:58,100 --> 00:12:59,760 LAST BUCKET, DEREK? 192 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:03,300 COUPLE MORE. 193 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:05,820 WE'RE DOWN TO OUR LAST FEW BUCKETS OF THIS FAN CUT. 194 00:13:05,850 --> 00:13:09,160 WE'RE GONNA DO A CLEANUP AND SEE WHAT KIND GOLD WE GOT. 195 00:13:14,250 --> 00:13:16,480 WEEED 100UNCES. 196 00:13:16,500 --> 00:13:19,530 YEAH. 197 00:13:19,580 --> 00:13:22,870 HERE'S OUR FINE GOLD -- 31.20. 198 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,120 OKAY. HERE'S OUR MID-SIZE GOLD... 199 00:13:33,330 --> 00:13:34,550 WE, IT AIN'T 100 YET. I'LL NOW, LOOK AT THIS. 200 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,630 WELL, NUGGETS ALWAYS WEIGH DIFFERENT 201 00:13:37,670 --> 00:13:41,840 THAN YOU THINK THEY'RE GONNA. 202 00:13:41,860 --> 00:13:47,480 40...42.14. 203 00:13:47,510 --> 00:13:50,230 109.18. 204 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:55,950 rrat109 NCES,WORTH $131,0- 205 00:13:55,990 --> 00:13:58,450 THEIR LAST WEEK OF RUNNING 206 00:13:58,490 --> 00:14:02,790 PRODUCES A FULL 20% OF THEIR SEASON'S GOLD. 207 00:14:02,830 --> 00:14:05,860 FredLIKELOOK ASOME OF T NUGTS, BO 208 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:07,880 THAT'S THE FINAL RESULT. 209 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:10,800 Narrator: ISAAC AND DAN'S HIGH-TECH MAPPING 210 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:14,890 DRAGS THE DODGE BROTHERS INTO THE 21st CENTURY 211 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,210 ANLEADS THEM STRAIG TO THE GOLD. 212 00:14:17,230 --> 00:14:21,060 Freddy42 OUNCES OF NUGGETS FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT OF DIRT, 213 00:14:21,100 --> 00:14:22,650 THAT'S A VICTORY TO ME. 214 00:14:29,570 --> 00:14:31,420 Narrator: IN THEIR QUEST FOR GOLD, 215 00:14:31,460 --> 00:14:36,080 A MINE BOSS' SINGLE BIGGEST EXPENSE IS THE FUEL BILL. 216 00:14:36,110 --> 00:14:39,830 ROCK TCKS,AVATS AND, WORSOF A 217 00:14:39,830 --> 00:14:44,230 DOZERS BURN THOUSANDOF DOLRS FUEA DAY. 218 00:14:44,250 --> 00:14:46,200 SO WHERE ARE WE GOING? ROCK TCKS,AVATS AND, WORSOF A 219 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:49,120 WELL, I MET THIS GUY THAT MINES DOWN HERE ON DOMINION. 220 00:14:49,170 --> 00:14:53,130 HE'S CUSTOM-BUILT AND DESIGNED THESE CONVEYORS THAT HE USES. 221 00:14:53,130 --> 00:14:56,430 FRUSATED WH A ILLI FU BILL, 222 00:14:56,460 --> 00:14:58,680 HE'S CUSTOM-BUILT AND DESIGNED TPARKER SEEKS OUT A GOLD GURU 223 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,100 WITH AN INGENIOUS WAY TO MOVE DIRT 224 00:15:01,140 --> 00:15:03,270 A FRAION OFHE C 225 00:15:05,260 --> 00:15:07,090 SO THOSE ARE WHAT HE USES. 226 00:15:07,110 --> 00:15:09,610 THAT IS ONE FRANKENSTEIN MACHINE RIGHT THERE. 227 00:15:12,650 --> 00:15:14,430 THESMONSTEMACHINES 228 00:15:14,450 --> 00:15:18,900 ARE THE BRAIHILDAUSTLIAN INVENTOR ADRIAN HOLLIS. 229 00:15:20,270 --> 00:15:21,940 GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? 230 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:23,120 GOOD TO SEE YOU. 231 00:15:30,250 --> 00:15:32,050 WOW. 232 00:15:36,490 --> 00:15:40,920 ADRIAN'S MOBILE CONVEYOR SITS ON AN OLD EXCAVATOR. 233 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:43,990 A SINGLE OPERATOR CLEARS WORTHLESS OVERBURDEN 234 00:15:44,030 --> 00:15:46,100 FROM ABOVE THE GOLD-RICH PAY DIRT 235 00:15:46,130 --> 00:15:48,300 AND LOADS IT INTO THE HOPPER. 236 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:53,800 THE CONVEYOR THEN SHIFTS IT 120 FEET UP AND OUT OF THE CUT. 237 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:56,040 ONCE FINISHED IN ONE AREA, 238 00:15:56,060 --> 00:16:00,180 THE OPERATOR SIMPLY MOVES THE CONVEYOR AND STARTS AGAIN. 239 00:16:04,170 --> 00:16:10,450 SO WHAT'S THIS THING COST TO RUN? 240 00:16:10,490 --> 00:16:13,260 AND YOU'RE MOVING 4,000 YARDS A DAY? 241 00:16:14,460 --> 00:16:18,530 AT 400 YARDS PER HOUR, ONE MAN WITH ADRIAN'S CONVEYOR 242 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:19,900 SHIFTS MORE DIRT 243 00:16:19,930 --> 00:16:26,770 THAN A FOUR-MAN, THREE-ROCK TRUCK STRIPPING CREW. 244 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:28,470 THAT'S A THIRD OF WHAT WE'RE AT. 245 00:16:34,510 --> 00:16:35,750 PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. 246 00:16:35,750 --> 00:16:38,180 WOULD YOU BE WILLINGTO HP BUD U? 247 00:16:41,950 --> 00:16:43,420 Parker: COULD YOU BUILD PRETTY IMPRESA BIGGER ONE? 248 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:52,400 Paer HE THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THIS, 249 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:56,430 SO IF HE'S WILNG THELP EN IANT GETNE BLT. 250 00:16:56,470 --> 00:17:01,870 Paer HE THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THIS, 251 00:17:03,780 --> 00:17:04,970 Parker: YEAH. 252 00:17:05,010 --> 00:17:09,280 Narrator: ADRIAN BUILDS PARKER'S MEGA MACHINE 253 00:17:09,310 --> 00:17:12,150 BY COMBINING AN EXCAVATOR BODY... 254 00:17:12,180 --> 00:17:13,980 -UP A LITTLE BIT. -OKAY. 255 00:17:14,020 --> 00:17:16,090 Narrator: ...WITH A MONSTER CONVEYOR 256 00:17:16,120 --> 00:17:19,390 MADEROM THREE 50-FOOT STEEL SECTIO 257 00:17:25,900 --> 00:17:28,950 HATE WCHING IS ND OF [BLEEP] 258 00:17:28,980 --> 00:17:31,400 BECAUSE THIS IS WHEN A LOT CAN GO WRONG. 259 00:17:36,940 --> 00:17:40,480 RIGHT THERE! 260 00:17:40,510 --> 00:17:42,950 IN THE WORDS OF TONY BEETS, "I DON'T WANT THE LABOR PAINS. 261 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:44,780 I JUST WANT THE BABY." 262 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:47,130 -DOWN. -WE'RE IN. 263 00:17:47,170 --> 00:17:49,090 Park: THANGOD WE DT DROP IT. 264 00:17:52,290 --> 00:17:54,790 SEEMS PRETTY STURDY, HUH? 265 00:17:54,830 --> 00:17:56,630 Narrator: TO INCREASE RELIABILITY, 266 00:17:56,660 --> 00:18:01,660 ADRIAN USES A CONVEYOR BELT MADE FROM ONE CONTINUOUS LOOP, 267 00:18:01,700 --> 00:18:03,270 AN ENORMOUS RUBBER BAND 268 00:18:03,300 --> 00:18:06,690 THRDS AUND THTHRECONV. 269 00:18:06,740 --> 00:18:08,600 U KNOW, THIS IS THE ONLY BELT WE HAVE, 270 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:09,860 AND WE HAD TO HAVE IT CUSTOM-MADE, 271 00:18:09,910 --> 00:18:13,030 SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT SMOOTHLY 272 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:14,780 WITHOUT RIPPING ANYTHING 273 00:18:14,810 --> 00:18:16,950 BECAUSE THAT WOULD CAUSE AN ANGRY PARKER. 274 00:18:19,030 --> 00:18:20,830 BINGO. 275 00:18:23,290 --> 00:18:28,460 Narr: PAER WAL HIS $300 COLOSSUS INTO THE CUT. 276 00:18:29,930 --> 00:18:32,260 Parker: RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST UP BESIDE THE CREEK DIVERSION, 277 00:18:32,300 --> 00:18:34,000 SEE HOW IT LIKES SOME MUD. 278 00:18:41,140 --> 00:18:43,510 TH'S PY NAY STUF 279 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:44,970 IF IT CAN MOVE MUD LIKE THIS, 280 00:18:45,010 --> 00:18:50,180 THE CONVEYOR WILL PROVE TO BE PRETTY VERSATILE. 281 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,800 Man #3: THERE IT GOES. 282 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:55,370 THIS IS ABSOLUTELY BADASS. 283 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:56,700 MI LOVE IT.RE IT GOES. 284 00:19:01,660 --> 00:19:03,880 Narrator: AFTER USING IT TO MOVE OVERBURDENT GOES. 285 00:19:03,910 --> 00:19:06,630 AT A THIRD OF THE COST OF ROCK TRUCKS, 286 00:19:06,660 --> 00:19:08,500 PARKER'S SUPER CONVEYOR 287 00:19:08,530 --> 00:19:13,370 BUIL SLUFER' NAL TH IRECO TIM 288 00:19:13,390 --> 00:19:16,110 Parker: WE'RE READY FOR A WASH PLANT. 289 00:19:16,140 --> 00:19:18,770 Narrator: AND WITH WINTER CLOSING IN, 290 00:19:18,780 --> 00:19:21,540 PARKER GAINSS OF VALBLE UICI... 291 00:19:21,580 --> 00:19:23,780 -ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THAT? AND WITH W-OKAY!CLOSING IN, 292 00:19:23,810 --> 00:19:26,250 ...BY SWITCHING THIS VERSATILE MACHINE 293 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:27,650 FROM MOVING OVBURDEN... 294 00:19:27,690 --> 00:19:30,270 LOOK AT THAT. BOOM, NO MORE SUPER STACKER. 295 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,160 ...TO FEEDING PAY DIRT INTO HIS WASH PLAN 296 00:19:33,190 --> 00:19:35,990 ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS. 297 00:19:36,030 --> 00:19:39,560 NarratorADRIAN'S SUPER CONVEYOR SAVES PARKER 298 00:19:39,580 --> 00:19:40,910 $100,000 IN FUEL 299 00:19:40,950 --> 00:19:43,200 ON HIS WAY TO A RECORD-BREAKING SEASON. 300 00:19:43,230 --> 00:19:45,730 -WHAT'S OUR SEASON TOT -YOU READY FOR THIS ONE? 301 00:19:45,750 --> 00:19:48,570 HOW ABOUT 4,311 OUNCES? 302 00:19:48,590 --> 00:19:49,760 [ ALL CHEERING ] 303 00:19:54,380 --> 00:19:56,250 Parker: SO THAT'S JUST OVER 5 MILLION BUCKS WORTH OF GOLD. 304 00:20:07,460 --> 00:20:10,710 Narrator: WHEN A GOLD MINER CAN'T GET TO PAY DIRT, 305 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:11,880 HE'S IN TROUBLE. 306 00:20:11,930 --> 00:20:13,380 BOULDERS A FRICKG HUGE 307 00:20:13,430 --> 00:20:17,270 I'VE NEVER EVEN BEGUN TO SEE BOULDERS THIS SIZE. 308 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:20,340 SEASON SEVEN IN COLORADO -- 309 00:20:20,350 --> 00:20:23,610 ANDY SPINKS IS STRUGGLING WITH A GIANT PROBLEM. 310 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:27,310 I GOT BOULDERS THE SIZE OF SMALL CARS IN MY WAY 311 00:20:27,340 --> 00:20:29,010 FROM GETTING THIS PAY DIRT OUT. 312 00:20:34,140 --> 00:20:35,330 Andy: WELL, AT THIS POINT,ODD, 313 00:20:35,370 --> 00:20:36,370 I AM FRUSTRATED WITH THIS. 314 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,820 I CANNOT GET THESE BOULDERS OUT. 315 00:20:38,860 --> 00:20:41,870 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO, FREDDY? I MEAN... 316 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:45,380 FIREWORKS, MAKG ROS IN SMALLOCKS 317 00:20:45,410 --> 00:20:47,910 WHAT DOYEAH.WANT TO DO, LET'S FREAKING BLOW 'EM UP. 318 00:20:52,250 --> 00:20:53,970 Narrator: TO SAVE THEIR SEASON, 319 00:20:54,010 --> 00:20:57,970 THE HOFFMANS CALL IN EXPLOSIVES GURU MARK MAYER. 320 00:20:58,010 --> 00:21:00,710 I LOVE MY JOB. 321 00:21:00,730 --> 00:21:03,430 WHERE SE IN E WODO YOU GET TO GO AND BLOW THINGS UP 322 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:08,220 ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY, 323 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,740 -MARK, HOW YOU DOING? AND LET T-ANDY!EAN IT UP 324 00:21:10,770 --> 00:21:12,050 NICE TO MEET YOU. 325 00:21:12,070 --> 00:21:14,160 WHAT DO WE GOT GOING ON HERE? 326 00:21:14,190 --> 00:21:15,610 THERE'S GOOD GOLD IN THE GROUND. 327 00:21:15,660 --> 00:21:17,740 I JUST NEED TO GET TO IT, AND THOSE ROCKS ARE IN MY WAY. 328 00:21:17,780 --> 00:21:20,410 WELL, LOOKS LIKE WE HAV. 329 00:21:20,450 --> 00:21:23,950 WE C WAIT R GOTO SEND DOWN A , 330 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,700 BREAK THOSE ROCKS, OR I'VE GOT SOME DYNAMITE. 331 00:21:26,740 --> 00:21:29,870 LET'S GO WITH THE DYNAMITE. I'LL GET OUT OF YOUR WAY. 332 00:21:29,910 --> 00:21:33,210 NO WORRIES. 333 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:37,650 Narrator: MARK BRINGS IN THE COMMANDO DRILL TRUCK. 334 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:41,930 ITS DIAMOND-CORE DRILL WILL BORE A 2-INCH-WIDE HOLE 335 00:21:41,990 --> 00:21:44,020 INTO THE HEART OF THE BOULDER. 336 00:21:47,740 --> 00:21:50,160 I STARTED WHEN I WAS 13, 337 00:21:50,190 --> 00:21:53,080 BL THESE TWO FINGERS OFF, BIG MISTAKE. 338 00:21:53,110 --> 00:21:54,780 I'VE GOTTEN BETTER. 339 00:21:57,540 --> 00:21:58,830 LOOK AT THAT. . 340 00:21:58,870 --> 00:22:00,750 HE'S CUTTING LIKE A HOT KNIFE THROUGH BUTTER RIGHT THERE. 341 00:22:03,370 --> 00:22:05,340 THROUGH PRETTY QUICK. 342 00:22:05,380 --> 00:22:06,680 Jack: UNDERNEATH THOSE BOULDERS, 343 00:22:06,710 --> 00:22:09,180 I GUARANTEE THERE'S A LOT OF GOLD. 344 00:22:13,180 --> 00:22:14,970 ILL'S JOB IS DONE. 345 00:22:20,220 --> 00:22:23,260 EXTRA-GELAN DYMITE AT OUGHT TO DO IT. 346 00:22:23,290 --> 00:22:26,330 Narrator: TO BLAST A 20,000-POUND BOULDER, 347 00:22:26,360 --> 00:22:31,170 MARK USES A STICK AND A HALF OF DYNAMITE. 348 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:34,670 THE ENERGY EQUIVALENT OF THIS IS ON THE ORDER 349 00:22:34,710 --> 00:22:38,270 OF ABOUT 100 MILLION HORSEPOWER. 350 00:22:38,310 --> 00:22:40,410 Freddy: WHAT'S CUTTING IT DO, MARK? 351 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,510 CUTTING WILL ALLOW THE CARTRIDGE 352 00:22:42,550 --> 00:22:44,810 TO SHRINK AND EXPAND IN THE BOREHOLE 353 00:22:44,850 --> 00:22:47,120 SO WE GET MOST OF THE ENERGY DOWN ON THE GROUND... 354 00:22:47,150 --> 00:22:49,720 -MAKES SENSE. -...IN THE ROCK. 355 00:22:49,750 --> 00:22:54,320 I'M GONNA HAVE TO TAMP IT A LITTLE BIT, VERY LIGHTLY. 356 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:58,690 FINISH HER UP WITH SAND, THAT'LL DO. 357 00:22:58,730 --> 00:23:00,530 LET'S GET OUT OF HERE. 358 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,770 THE DETONATOR BOX IS WIRED AND READY TO FIRE. 359 00:23:07,810 --> 00:23:11,410 AIR RN BWING 360 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,310 THEY'RE GONNA BLAST. WEOR 361 00:23:13,340 --> 00:23:18,150 Mark: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 362 00:23:18,180 --> 00:23:22,250 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 363 00:23:23,990 --> 00:23:25,790 FIRE IN THE HOLE. 364 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:32,680 HOLYBLEEP] 365 00:23:36,330 --> 00:23:38,030 Man #4: DAMNTHATAS ASOME 366 00:23:38,070 --> 00:23:39,370 BYE-BYE, BOULDERS. 367 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,570 I LOVE BLASTING, YOU KNOW? I MEAN... 368 00:23:41,610 --> 00:23:43,640 MARK, KICK-ASS, MAN. 369 00:23:45,940 --> 00:23:47,610 [ AIALL CLEAR!WS ] 370 00:23:47,610 --> 00:23:50,200 AWESOME. 371 00:23:50,230 --> 00:23:52,900 -NO MORE BIG BOULDERS. [ -LOOK AT THAT! ] 372 00:23:52,950 --> 00:23:54,900 TH'LL . THAT IAN MOVE. 373 00:23:54,950 --> 00:23:57,790 -GOOJOB, MK. -MY PLEASURE. 374 00:23:57,820 --> 00:23:59,390 BRING IT I 375 00:23:59,390 --> 00:24:01,820 ANDY, T THE CAVATOR, AND LET'S ! 376 00:24:05,530 --> 00:24:08,750 THAT'S ALL I NEEDED, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HELP. 377 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:10,580 BEING ABLE TO RUN THIS MATERIAL RIGHRE 378 00:24:10,630 --> 00:24:12,370 IS WHAT'S GONNA GET US OUR 1,0 OUNCES 379 00:24:12,390 --> 00:24:15,050 BECAUSIT IS LOADED WITH GOLD. 380 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,880 CLEARED FAAY'S MARKAYERMONSTEBOULDERS, 381 00:24:20,900 --> 00:24:25,210 HELPING THE HOFFMAN CREW AVOID ANOTHER SEASON FROM HELL. 382 00:24:25,230 --> 00:24:26,600 Todd: W'D WE DO, DAD? 383 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,170 105.2. 384 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:32,720 Todd[ ALL CHEERING ]? 385 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,060 THIS IS JUST FANTASTIC. I LOVE IT. 386 00:24:35,090 --> 00:24:36,460 GOOD JOB, YOU GUYS. 387 00:24:42,730 --> 00:24:44,680 ALL RIGHT. LET'S CRANK HER UP. 388 00:24:47,940 --> 00:24:51,140 Narrator: ONCE A GOLD MINER HAS SOME PAY DIRT, 389 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:55,610 HE NEEDS A KICK-ASS WASH PLANT TO WASH AWAY THE DIRT 390 00:24:55,650 --> 00:24:59,450 AND CATCH EVERY SINGLE GRAIN OF PRECIOUS GOLD. 391 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:00,920 Parker: LOOK AT THAT. 392 00:25:00,950 --> 00:25:04,650 Narrator: AND NO ONE PUTS TOGETHER A WASH PLANT 393 00:25:04,670 --> 00:25:06,840 LI GOLD RU FY DOE. 394 00:25:06,870 --> 00:25:09,120 40 FEET LONG, 16 FEET WIDE. 395 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,830 THIS ONE IS GOING TO KICK BUTT. 396 00:25:12,850 --> 00:25:14,760 Todd: FIRE IT UP! 397 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:19,050 HIS CREATIONS, BIG RED AND MONSTER RED, 398 00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:22,800 E HIGH-CAPACITY, CUSTOM-BUILT SLUICE PLANTS 399 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:26,510 DESIGNED TO RUN HUNDREDS OF YARDS OF DIRT... 400 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,980 ...AND CATCH THOUSANDS OF OUNCES OF GOLD. 401 00:25:35,650 --> 00:25:37,370 BUT IN SEASON FOUR, 402 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,020 FREDDY ADAPTED THE SAME TECHNIQUES 403 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,210 TO A S-SCA PLANT WHENHE HW 404 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:46,800 WENT PROSPECTING IN CHILE, SOUTH AMERICA. 405 00:25:46,830 --> 00:25:49,830 WE NEED TOT A CKHOE, AND NA 406 00:25:49,870 --> 00:25:52,080 THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET MATERIALOUGH. 407 00:25:52,090 --> 00:25:53,970 I DON'KNOW WT 'LL ILD ITUT OF, 408 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:55,300 THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY BUT WE'LL FIND SOMETHING. 409 00:26:00,230 --> 00:26:04,880 Narror: FIRST STOP -- THE LOCAL HARDWARE STORE. 410 00:26:04,900 --> 00:26:06,900 LET'S FIND LR FIRST. I'VE GOT AN IDEA. 411 00:26:06,930 --> 00:26:09,070 AN U PLYWO. 'S F 412 00:26:09,100 --> 00:26:11,220 CAN CUT IT TH SAWS, PUT IT TOGETHER. 413 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:12,270 WELL, LET'S GET ON IT, MAN. 414 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,520 LET'S GET ROLLING. 415 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,690 SO I WANT FIVE SHEETS, SIX SHEETS OF THIS. 416 00:26:22,580 --> 00:26:23,780 WHAT'S NEXT? 417 00:26:23,830 --> 00:26:26,920 LET'S GET SOME 2-BY-8S FOR THE SIDES. 418 00:26:26,950 --> 00:26:29,960 Freddy: TODD'S RELYING ON ME TO GET THIS THING PUT TOGETHER. 419 00:26:30,010 --> 00:26:31,570 I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN, 420 00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:33,540 T I'HAVINGO DO IWITHVERYIMITED . 421 00:26:33,580 --> 00:26:35,210 I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN FIND THE MATERIAL 422 00:26:35,250 --> 00:26:37,960 I NEED TO CATCH THIS FGOLD. 423 00:26:38,020 --> 00:26:41,020 HOPEFULLY I CAN. 424 00:26:41,050 --> 00:26:43,440 NORM I'D LIKE TO BUILD THIS ALL OUT OF STEEL. 425 00:26:43,470 --> 00:26:45,190 WE DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION HERE. 426 00:26:45,220 --> 00:26:46,140 WE'RE NNA MAKE DO. 427 00:26:46,190 --> 00:26:49,610 CAN'T BUY ONE, WE'LL BUILD IT. 428 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:51,260 OKAY, SO WHAS NEXT? 429 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,900 LET'FINDE PI. 430 00:26:54,930 --> 00:26:56,150 Todd: RUNN OFSEAWAT. 431 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:57,820 GOT TO GET ITY FROM T OCEAN 432 00:26:57,870 --> 00:26:59,820 SO I'M THINKING, WHAT, 100 FEET? 433 00:26:59,870 --> 00:27:01,040 -I'D SAY 100 FEET. -OKAY. 434 00:27:01,070 --> 00:27:03,820 LET'S GET SOME CUT. 435 00:27:03,870 --> 00:27:05,460 Freddy: IT'S NOT GONNA BE FANCY. 436 00:27:05,490 --> 00:27:07,610 DUDE, JUST PUT LIPSTICK ON THIS PIG, 437 00:27:07,630 --> 00:27:09,410 AND LES GE THIS TEST DONE. 438 00:27:09,450 --> 00:27:11,880 HEY. 439 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:13,420 WE NEED A BATH? 440 00:27:13,450 --> 00:27:17,470 WE GOT A FREAKING BATHTUB RIGHT HERE. 441 00:27:17,500 --> 00:27:19,300 AND THE GUN. 442 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,180 Todd: NOBODY HAS EVER BUILT A WASH PLANT IN CHILE 443 00:27:24,230 --> 00:27:50,820 FROM A DO-IT-YOURSELF STORE LIKE WE HAVE. 444 00:27:55,030 --> 00:27:58,560 Todd: I HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE A LITTLE ADVENTURE IN YOUR LIFE. 445 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:00,460 Dave: THIS HAS TO BE THE AZIE THI 446 00:28:00,500 --> 00:28:02,360 THAT FREDDY DODGE AND I HAVE EVER DONE. 447 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,930 Narrator: IN CHILE, SOUTH AMERICA, 448 00:28:04,970 --> 00:28:06,540 GO GURFRED DOD 449 00:28:06,570 --> 00:28:09,500 IS BUILDING A WASH PLANT FROM SCRATCH. 450 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:10,940 WE'LL TRY TO MAKE A PUNCH PLATE 451 00:28:10,970 --> 00:28:13,860 TO CLASSIFY OUR MATERIAL OUT OF THIS PLYWOOD. 452 00:28:13,890 --> 00:28:16,480 DRILL A PILE OF HOLES PRLY PLACED 453 00:28:16,510 --> 00:28:18,310 AND HOPE IT DOES A GOOD JOB. 454 00:28:20,820 --> 00:28:22,980 Narrator: FREDDY HAS DESIGNED THE WASH PLANT 455 00:28:23,020 --> 00:28:27,160 TO WORK LIKE A MINI VERSION OF BIG RED. 456 00:28:27,190 --> 00:28:32,530 A DRILLED PIPE SPRAYS SEAWATER ONTO A PERFORATED PLYWOOD SHEET 457 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,030 KNOWN AS A PUNCH PLATE. 458 00:28:35,070 --> 00:28:38,830 THE BACKHOE THEN LOADS PAY DIRT ONTO THIS PLATE, 459 00:28:38,870 --> 00:28:42,200 AND WATER WASHES THE FINE MATERIAL THROUGH IT 460 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:44,370 TO THE SLUICE BOX BELOW 461 00:28:44,410 --> 00:28:49,140 WHERE THE GOLD SHOULD COLLECT IN THE STEEL RIFFLES AND MATS. 462 00:28:49,180 --> 00:28:51,050 Freddy: SO NOW WE'LL START ASSEMBLING THE SIDES, 463 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:52,750 PUTTING STIFFENERS ON IT. 464 00:28:55,090 --> 00:28:57,350 Dave: MEASURE IT TWICE AND CUT IT ONCE. 465 00:29:01,530 --> 00:29:02,820 LOOKING GOOD. 466 00:29:02,860 --> 00:29:05,030 Todd: YEP. PROGRESS IS AWESOME. 467 00:29:06,860 --> 00:29:08,660 REMEMBER OUR PLANT LAST YEAR, BIG RED? 468 00:29:08,700 --> 00:29:09,600 YEP. 469 00:29:09,630 --> 00:29:11,370 LET'S CALL THIS LITTLE FRED. 470 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,600 [ Laughing ] LITTLE FRED. 471 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:17,040 THE WOOD CRAFTSMAN'S GUIDE TO BUILDING SLUICE BOXES. 472 00:29:17,070 --> 00:29:19,510 AND I'M A STEEL FABRICATOR. 473 00:29:19,540 --> 00:29:21,580 I DON'T KNOW WOOD. WOOD IS FOR BURNING. 474 00:29:21,610 --> 00:29:24,880 NOT ANYMORE. 475 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:26,980 THIS IS REALLY COMING TOGETHER WELL. 476 00:29:27,020 --> 00:29:29,120 I'VE NEVER MET ANYBODY THAT COULD BUILD A SLUICE BOX 477 00:29:29,150 --> 00:29:30,990 OUT OF WOOD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT 478 00:29:31,020 --> 00:29:32,690 INHE MDLE OF CHILE. 479 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:40,800 GREAT WORK, GUYS. 480 00:29:40,830 --> 00:29:44,080 -DANG. -LITTLE FREDDY SLUICE BOX! 481 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:58,350 Todd: LET'S GET THE WATER PUMP HOOKED UP. 482 00:30:01,220 --> 00:30:04,350 Freddy: WE'LL PLUMB IT, GET OUR HOSES TO IT, 483 00:30:04,390 --> 00:30:06,440 STARFEEDINMATE ROUGH IT. 484 00:30:08,390 --> 00:30:11,360 -HERE IT COMES. -THERE IT GOES. 485 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,770 Dave: WE GOT WATER. 486 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:18,470 Todd: HOW'S IT LOOK? 487 00:30:18,500 --> 00:30:21,840 Freddy: WHAT DO WE GOT, TODD? GOOD WATER. 488 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:29,850 THE FLOW GOING DOWN THE SLUICE BOX IS REALLY EV. 489 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:31,610 TELL YOU WHAT, FOR A BUNCH OF LUMBER 490 00:30:31,630 --> 00:30:32,950 THAT WE PICKED UP AT THE STORE, 491 00:30:32,970 --> 00:30:34,550 WE MADE IT INTO SOMETHING PRETTY DARN NICE. 492 00:30:34,590 --> 00:30:35,970 -ISN'T THAT COOL? -YEAH. 493 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,300 GOOD JOB, FREDDY! 494 00:30:37,340 --> 00:30:40,670 -THANKS. -WHOO! 495 00:30:40,670 --> 00:30:43,840 LITTLE WOOD, LITTLSCREWS AN. 496 00:30:47,180 --> 00:30:48,100 -FREDDY, THIS THING ROCKS, BU 497 00:30:48,130 --> 00:30:49,150 THANKS. 498 00:30:49,180 --> 00:30:50,680 WE'RE FREAKING RUNNING SOME DIRT! 499 00:30:50,730 --> 00:30:52,900 YOU KNOW... 500 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:58,810 Narrator: FREDDY IS NOT JUST A WASH-PLANT GURU. 501 00:30:58,830 --> 00:31:01,860 WITH HIS JIG AND OSCILLATING GOLD TABLE, 502 00:31:01,910 --> 00:31:04,950 HE'S A MASTER OF FINE-GOLD RECOVERY. 503 00:31:10,500 --> 00:31:13,870 -SNIFF OUT THE GOLD FOR US. -WE'RE READY. 504 00:31:17,110 --> 00:31:20,550 Narrat: GOLDS FOUR TES HEAVIER THAN BLACK SAN 505 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,550 AND 19 TIMES HEAVIER THAN WATER. 506 00:31:25,390 --> 00:31:28,140 FREDDY'S EQUIPMENT USES THIS DIFRENCE 507 00:31:28,170 --> 00:31:31,060 TO SEPARATE THE HEAVY GOLD PARTICLES. 508 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:36,190 Freddy: KEEP A CONSTANT FEED SO OUR MARIALIN O FEEDE 509 00:31:36,230 --> 00:31:39,480 WE'RE PUTTING IT INTO A SLURRY. 510 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:41,680 THEN IT'S GOG DOWN TO THE SCREEN DECK. 511 00:31:41,700 --> 00:31:43,320 OUR SCREEN DECK IS CLEANING OUR MATERIAL 512 00:31:43,350 --> 00:31:45,950 AND GETTING OUR FINE MATERIAL OUT. 513 00:31:45,990 --> 00:31:50,380 THEN OUR FINE MATERIAL IS GOING TO CARRY THROUGH 514 00:31:50,410 --> 00:31:54,130 AND INTO OUR JIG. 515 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:55,660 Narrator: IN T, 516 00:31:55,700 --> 00:31:59,550 GOLDASSES THROUGH A LAYER OF PULSATING BALL GS. 517 00:32:01,470 --> 00:32:05,090 IT'S A SIMPLE PROCESS THAT WORKS EXTREMELY WELL. 518 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:13,260 HERE'S OUR FINE GOLD. 519 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:18,770 SO NOW WE'VE GOT THE MAJORITY OF OUR HEAVIES AND OUR GOLD. 520 00:32:18,820 --> 00:32:21,070 YOU CAN SEE THE GOLD IN IT. 521 00:32:25,580 --> 00:32:27,280 THAT'Todd:T FADAMN-TTIC,YOU? IS THAT ABOUT IT, FRED? 522 00:32:27,330 --> 00:32:30,530 YEAH. WE'RE DONE WITH THIS PROCESS. 523 00:32:30,570 --> 00:32:33,000 ET'SET THEABLE ROLL HUH 524 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,620 SEE WHYEAH.IN YOUR FTHIS IS THE BIG TIME. 525 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:42,430 LOOKS LIKE WE'RE READY. 526 00:32:46,050 --> 00:32:48,430 NarONTO THE OSCILLATING PER-COEGOLD TABLE... 527 00:32:48,470 --> 00:32:50,520 Freddy: THESE OOVES ARE CATCHING OUR MATERIAL, 528 00:32:53,290 --> 00:32:55,790 SO AND WE'LL GET RIDUT OF THE REST OF THE MATIAIT, 529 00:32:55,830 --> 00:32:58,630 Narrator: ...WHICH TRAPS THE GOLD IN ITS GROOVES 530 00:32:58,660 --> 00:33:02,760 AND WASHES THE WORTHLESS BLACK SANDO THE SIDE. 531 00:33:05,050 --> 00:33:06,550 -THAT IT, DAD? -THAT'S IT. 532 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,000 THAT'S THE FIRST CHUNK THAT CAME , 533 00:33:09,020 --> 00:33:11,270 DROPPED DOWN AND WENT BACK UP HERE, 534 00:33:11,310 --> 00:33:12,560 AND IT'S COMING DOWN. 535 00:33:12,610 --> 00:33:14,860 -WAY TO GO. -THERE IT GOES. 536 00:33:14,900 --> 00:33:16,640 IT'S IN THE BUCKET. 537 00:33:21,030 --> 00:33:22,650 OKAY, GUYS. LET'S SEE WHAT YOU DID. 538 00:33:30,540 --> 00:33:31,690 HERE WE GO, TODD. 539 00:33:33,410 --> 00:33:41,840 SEE HOMUCHD YOU'VEOT. 540 00:33:41,870 --> 00:33:45,870 -FOUR OUNCES. -YEE-HAW! 541 00:33:45,910 --> 00:33:50,980 Narrator: FREDDY'S GOLD MACHINES HAVE PAID OFF BIG TIME. 542 00:33:51,010 --> 00:33:56,180 TO DATE, FREDDY'S WASH PLANTS, BIG RED AND MONSR RE 543 00:33:56,220 --> 00:34:01,610 HAVE, BETWEEN THEM, CAUGHT NEARLY 14,000 OUNCES OF GOLD, 544 00:34:01,660 --> 00:34:05,660 WORTH OVER $16 MILLION. 545 00:34:05,700 --> 00:34:07,560 MEN EERING ] 546 00:34:07,580 --> 00:34:10,920 UP AHEAD, IN NEVER-BEFORE-EN FOOTAGE... 547 00:34:10,950 --> 00:34:12,620 IS THIS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT TO YOURSELF? 548 00:34:12,670 --> 00:34:13,920 OHYEAH 549 00:34:13,950 --> 00:34:16,200 Rick: IT DIDN'T COME WITH ANY INSTRUCTIONS? 550 00:34:16,240 --> 00:34:18,040 Parker: JUST LIKE, "DON'T KILL YOURSELF." 551 00:34:29,270 --> 00:34:30,820 Narrator: SOMETIMES, THS CAN LEAD YOU TO THE GOLD. 552 00:34:30,870 --> 00:34:32,770 IS THAT AN ANCIENT TREE? 553 00:34:32,790 --> 00:34:36,240 IT'S A FREAKING TUSK, DUDE, MAMMOTH TUSK. 554 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,380 -HOLD ON. -TRYING TO WALK. 555 00:34:38,410 --> 00:34:40,410 KNOCK SOME OF THE MUD OFF OF IT. 556 00:34:40,450 --> 00:34:42,050 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 557 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:43,670 I THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE VERY PLEASED. 558 00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:45,300 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REALIZE W RARE IT IS 559 00:34:45,340 --> 00:34:47,470 TO FIND A PIECE THIS BIG INTACT. 560 00:34:47,500 --> 00:34:48,500 IT'S AMAZING. 561 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:50,120 I'M HOPING IT'S A GOOD SIGN. 562 00:34:50,140 --> 00:34:52,760 FROMHAT SEEN, EVERY SINGLE TIME, 563 00:34:52,790 --> 00:34:55,260 WHEN YOU FIND MAMMOTH TUSKS, YOU'RE FINDING GOLD. 564 00:34:55,300 --> 00:34:56,760 HUH. 565 00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:58,600 THEY'RE ALWAYS FOUND TOGETHER, AND THINK ABIT. 566 00:34:58,630 --> 00:34:59,760 THE MAMMOTH WERE LIKE PEOPLE. HUH. 567 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,130 THEY LIKE TO LIVE WHERE LIVING IS EASY, 568 00:35:01,150 --> 00:35:03,070 AND THE LIVING IS EASY IN THESE WIDE, OPEN PLAINS. 569 00:35:03,100 --> 00:35:03,990 THESE ARE THE SAME PLAINS 570 00:35:04,020 --> 00:35:05,320 THAT THE GOLD IS BEING DEPOSITED IN 571 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,570 BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE WATER IS SLOWING DOWN, 572 00:35:07,610 --> 00:35:09,910 SO THESE GOLD-BEARING CREEKS ARE THE SAME CREEKS 573 00:35:09,940 --> 00:35:11,110 THE MAMMOTH ARE DRINKING OUT OF. 574 00:35:11,140 --> 00:35:13,700 SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OMEN FOR YOU. 575 00:35:13,730 --> 00:35:18,680 BRUCE, I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT. 576 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:27,830 rrat: TOURN PURE GOLD DUSTH 577 00:35:27,860 --> 00:35:31,560 INVOLVES ONE FINAL TECHN. 578 00:35:36,470 --> 00:35:38,600 18-YEAR-OLD PARKER SCHNABEL 579 00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:41,470 TAKES HIS BIG NUGGET GOLD TO SALIST 580 00:35:41,490 --> 00:35:47,030 DON KINSEY TO SMELT HIS FIRST-EVER BAR 581 00:35:50,700 --> 00:35:52,820 DON PUTS THE MIXTURE OF GOLD 582 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:56,170 AND FLUX INTO A HEAT-RESISTANT CRUCIBLE... 583 00:35:56,210 --> 00:35:59,040 THIS IS SODA ASH, 584 00:35:59,090 --> 00:36:03,460 AND THE OTHER MATERIAL I'LL ADD IS BORAX, 585 00:36:03,500 --> 00:36:05,680 WHICH IS A SOAP. 586 00:36:05,720 --> 00:36:08,880 SO ONCE AGAIN, YOU'RE CLEANING THE GOLD. 587 00:36:08,940 --> 00:36:12,550 ...THEN INTO THE FURNACE. 588 00:36:12,610 --> 00:36:16,340 I'VE NEVER WATCHED GOLD BEING MELTED OR POURED 589 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:19,280 OR ANY OF THAT KIND OF STUFF BEFORE. 590 00:36:19,310 --> 00:36:22,850 ,943EGREES 591 00:36:22,870 --> 00:36:25,450 THE GOLD ORE STARTS TO MELT. 592 00:36:25,490 --> 00:36:26,530 WHAT'S THAT FOR? 593 00:36:26,570 --> 00:36:29,700 THIS IS A CARBON ROD. 594 00:36:29,740 --> 00:36:32,410 WHAT I CAN DO WITH THAT ROD IS GIVE IT A FEEL 595 00:36:32,460 --> 00:36:35,830 AND SEE IF IT'S GOING TO LIQUID NICELY, 596 00:36:35,860 --> 00:36:39,500 THEN THEREFORE TELLING US, GIVE IT A LITTLE MORE TIME. 597 00:36:49,180 --> 00:36:53,980 COMBINE WITH THE IMPURITIES TO FORM A WASTE PRODUCT, SLAG. 598 00:37:02,890 --> 00:37:04,640 STAY CALM. NOBODY PANIC. 599 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:16,270 OKAY HE WE GO 600 00:37:30,530 --> 00:37:33,370 ALL SEASON WE WORK TO GET THAT, 601 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:36,940 AND, UM, IT'S PRETTY COOL. 602 00:37:36,970 --> 00:37:38,590 ISHIS BIRTHDAY PRESENT TO YOURSELF? 603 00:37:38,630 --> 00:37:40,190 OH, YEAH. 604 00:37:40,230 --> 00:37:42,260 Narrator: SIX SEASONS LATER, 605 00:37:42,300 --> 00:37:47,430 PARKER HAS ENOUGH GOLD TO BUY HIS OWN GOLD SMELTER. 606 00:37:47,470 --> 00:37:48,730 WHAT IS THAT? 607 00:37:48,770 --> 00:37:50,940 IT'S A FURNACE FOR MELTING GOLDOMEHOW. 608 00:37:50,940 --> 00:37:53,440 I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO POUR BARS 609 00:37:53,470 --> 00:37:55,470 I'M JUST ASSEMBLING FOR MELMY TOY.LDOMEHOW. 610 00:37:55,510 --> 00:37:58,110 WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? 611 00:37:58,140 --> 00:37:59,890 Parker: I REALLY DON'T KNOW. 612 00:37:59,950 --> 00:38:01,510 AB BOI 613 00:38:01,530 --> 00:38:03,780 -TRYG TO KILL OUELVES. -GOLBOIL. 614 00:38:03,820 --> 00:38:05,150 -OH. -FURNACE. 615 00:38:05,180 --> 00:38:07,370 OH [BLEEP] FURNACE. 616 00:38:07,370 --> 00:38:09,040 -HOOL IS THAT? -THAT'S PRETTYWEET 617 00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:10,320 DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DTHIS [BLEEP] FURNACE. 618 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:11,460 -HOOL IS THAT? BLEEP]O. ECAUSE WE DON'T.WEET 619 00:38:11,490 --> 00:38:12,520 I'M STARTING TO THINK ABOUT PARKING 620 00:38:12,540 --> 00:38:13,740 A LITTLE FARTHER AWAY, TOO. 621 00:38:13,790 --> 00:38:16,540 THINK YOU SHOULD. 622 00:38:19,870 --> 00:38:21,170 WE JUST TRIED TO LIGHT [BLEEP] 623 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:23,000 SHE'S GOING. 624 00:38:27,510 --> 00:38:29,810 THERE'S NO...IT DIDN'T COME WITH ANY INSTRUCTIONS? 625 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:31,480 -NOT REALLY. -A PIECE OF PAPER. 626 00:38:31,510 --> 00:38:35,150 ONE PIECE OF PAPER JUST LIKE, "DON'T KILL YOURSE." 627 00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:40,150 I'M REY. I'M READY FOR THE BIG LEAGUES. 628 00:38:40,190 --> 00:38:42,270 Narrator: TO MAKE EACH BAR, 629 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,940 PARKER MIXES 100 OUNCES OF GOLD WITH THE FLUX. 630 00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:56,200 IT'S SUPPOSED TO T LI25 MUTES. 631 00:38:56,240 --> 00:38:58,740 HOW HO DOES IT HAVE TGET? 632 00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:01,570 DON'T KNOW HOW HOT IT IS, BUT IT'S HOT. 633 00:39:01,590 --> 00:39:03,710 SOMETHING IS HAPPENING NOW. -IS IT? 634 00:39:03,740 --> 00:39:05,580 IT'S, LIKE, UP THE SIDES. 635 00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:08,380 OHEEP]S THATOT. 636 00:39:08,410 --> 00:39:11,270 BUT, YEAH, I MEA IOKS LIKE. 637 00:39:13,350 --> 00:39:15,600 -I DON'T TRUST IT. -NO,ON'TITHER. 638 00:39:25,650 --> 00:39:27,200 Parker: ONCE IT SOLIDIFIES, 639 00:39:27,230 --> 00:39:29,320 THEN YOU KNOCK IT OUT OF THE CASING 640 00:39:29,370 --> 00:39:30,940 AND OUT OF THE THING. 641 00:39:36,940 --> 00:39:38,540 SEE? JUST LIKE THAT. 642 00:39:38,580 --> 00:39:43,450 Narrator: EACH GOLD BAR IS WORTH OVER $120,000. 643 00:39:47,550 --> 00:39:49,350 ck: , YE. YOU' ALL SET NOW. 644 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:55,690 TH IS E STSSFUL PART. 645 00:40:12,110 --> 00:40:15,610 Chris: TEN 100-OUNCE BARS, 1,000 OUNCES, 646 00:40:15,650 --> 00:40:19,120 FOUR OR FIVE MORE STACKS LIKE THA 647 00:40:19,150 --> 00:40:21,850 Narrator: AT HIS END-OF-SEASON GOLD WEIGH, 648 00:40:21,890 --> 00:40:24,620 USING A MIX OF BACKBREAKING WORK, 649 00:40:24,660 --> 00:40:28,160 SMART DECISIONS, ANSOME HIGH-TECH INGENUITY 650 00:40:28,190 --> 00:40:31,360 FROM THE GURUS OF GOLD, PARKER SCHNABEL 651 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:36,670 PRODUCES OVER 6,000 OUNCES OF THE SHINY YELLOW METAL... 652 00:40:36,700 --> 00:40:40,440 [ L CHRING 653 00:40:40,470 --> 00:40:43,910 ...A COMPONENT USED IN JEWELRY, 654 00:40:43,940 --> 00:40:46,580 WORLD FINANCE, 655 00:40:46,610 --> 00:40:50,650 COUTINND CLPHONE 656 00:40:50,670 --> 00:40:54,650 IT'S EVEN VITAL TO THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE. 657 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:06,200 ON THE NEXT OLD SH". 658 00:41:06,230 --> 00:41:07,330 SHE'S GOOD TO ROCK, HUH? 659 00:41:07,370 --> 00:41:10,530 SPARKY, HERE WE GO AGAIN. 660 00:41:10,550 --> 00:41:12,440 OA! 661 00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:15,470 Tony: LAST PIES OUT OF THISTLE CREEK. 662 00:41:15,510 --> 00:41:17,260 ITS JUIDE D UGLY 663 00:41:17,260 --> 00:41:19,210 HEIGHT-WISE, WE'LL FIND OUT. 664 00:41:19,230 --> 00:41:21,710 ITS JUIDWAIT!GL[B] WA. 665 00:41:23,230 --> 00:41:24,930 [ CLANGI ] 666 00:41:24,980 --> 00:41:26,480 WHAT THE [BLEEP] IS THAT? 667 00:41:30,690 --> 00:41:31,740 HEY, RICK. 668 00:41:31,770 --> 00:41:33,020 NEXT TIME, IT'S GONNA COST YOU. 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