"Gold Rush" Fire and Ice

1 00:00:02,068 --> 00:00:05,034 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 2 00:00:05,068 --> 00:00:08,034 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 3 00:00:10,482 --> 00:00:13,034 THIS HAS BEEN THE TOUGHEST YEAR OF MY LIFE. 4 00:00:13,068 --> 00:00:15,965 HIT THE BYPASS! 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,344 WHAT THE ! 6 00:00:18,379 --> 00:00:20,689 I SET A GOAL OF 1,000 OUNCES. 7 00:00:20,724 --> 00:00:23,793 NOW WINTER HAS HIT, AND WE'VE COME UP SHORT. 8 00:00:23,827 --> 00:00:27,551 WE COULD ALL GO HOME, FORGET THOSE LAST 27 OUNCES, 9 00:00:27,586 --> 00:00:29,551 BUT I MADE A PROMISE TO MY GUYS: 10 00:00:29,586 --> 00:00:32,517 WE'RE GOING TO PULL OUR FIRST MILLION FROM RIGHT HERE. 11 00:00:32,551 --> 00:00:35,758 AND ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, I AM GOING TO DELIVER. 12 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:43,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 13 00:01:09,448 --> 00:01:10,931 AT THE START OF THE SEASON, 14 00:01:10,965 --> 00:01:14,655 TONY BEETS COMPLETELY SHUT US DOWN FROM MINING OUR OWN GROUND. 15 00:01:14,689 --> 00:01:16,862 TONY, WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME RIGHT NOW 16 00:01:16,896 --> 00:01:19,000 IS TO END MY MINING SEASON. 17 00:01:21,724 --> 00:01:23,724 BUT NOW, WE'RE BACK. 18 00:01:23,758 --> 00:01:25,413 DESPITE EVERYTHING THAT WENT WRONG, 19 00:01:25,448 --> 00:01:28,241 WE STILL SMASHED OUR 6,000 OUNCE TARGET. 20 00:01:28,275 --> 00:01:30,896 GOOD JOB, KIDDO! 21 00:01:30,931 --> 00:01:34,068 NOW WE'RE GOING FOR A RECORD OF 7,000 OUNCES. 22 00:01:34,103 --> 00:01:37,000 IT'S FINALLY TIME FOR US TO MINE OUR OWN GROUND, 23 00:01:37,034 --> 00:01:40,862 PAY NOBODY ROYALTIES AND DO THINGS HOW WE WANT. 24 00:01:46,724 --> 00:01:52,620 Narrator: ON THIS, THE SEASON FINALE OF "GOLD RUSH." 25 00:01:52,655 --> 00:01:55,241 Man: WE'RE GOING TO GET OVER THIS 1,000 OUNCES. 26 00:01:55,275 --> 00:01:56,896 WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME LEFT TO DO MUCH, 27 00:01:56,931 --> 00:01:58,275 BUT WE GOT TO GET IT. 28 00:01:58,310 --> 00:02:00,344 I'M BEATING UP THIS DIRT LIKE IT OWES ME MONEY. 29 00:02:00,379 --> 00:02:02,620 WELL, , IT DOES. 30 00:02:02,655 --> 00:02:04,344 SO WE HAD 27 OUNCES TO GET. 31 00:02:04,379 --> 00:02:06,034 I THINK IT'S TIME TO FIND OUT. 32 00:02:10,965 --> 00:02:14,689 THEY SHOULD BE ACROSS THE CREEK. 33 00:02:14,724 --> 00:02:15,862 THINK I GOT SOMETHING HERE. 34 00:02:23,068 --> 00:02:25,137 IT'S GETTING PRETTY COLD OUT. 35 00:02:25,172 --> 00:02:30,310 HOPEFULLY THERE'S ENOUGH GOLD IN THERE TO GET US TO 7,000 OUNCES. 36 00:02:30,344 --> 00:02:32,275 HOLY , LOOK AT THAT! 37 00:02:32,310 --> 00:02:33,793 PLANT IS ON FIRE! 38 00:02:58,344 --> 00:03:00,931 Narrator: OCTOBER -- 39 00:03:00,965 --> 00:03:05,103 7 DEGREES BELOW FREEZING. 40 00:03:05,137 --> 00:03:09,172 WINTER HAS COME TO THE KLONDIKE. 41 00:03:09,206 --> 00:03:12,758 THINGS ARE ON THE UP AND UP, BUT WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. 42 00:03:12,793 --> 00:03:14,793 Narrator: PARKER SCHNABEL HAS ALREADY PULLED 43 00:03:14,827 --> 00:03:21,206 A MASSIVE 6,500 OUNCES OF GOLD OUT OF THE LAST CUT. 44 00:03:21,241 --> 00:03:22,586 Parker: WE AREN'T LEAVING THIS PIECE OF GROUND 45 00:03:22,620 --> 00:03:25,551 UNTIL WE'VE GOT ALL THE GOLD OUT OF IT. 46 00:03:25,586 --> 00:03:28,482 Narrator: NOW, HE'S IN THE FINAL STRUGGLE 47 00:03:28,517 --> 00:03:30,379 TO HIT HIS NEW 7,000 OUNCE, 48 00:03:30,413 --> 00:03:37,000 $8.4 MILLION GOAL BEFORE THE BIG FREEZE ENDS HIS SEASON. 49 00:03:37,034 --> 00:03:38,862 WHAT -- WHAT -- WHAT IS THIS? 50 00:03:40,862 --> 00:03:42,931 THIS THING'S FROZEN UP SOLID. 51 00:03:42,965 --> 00:03:44,655 IT'S KIND OF A DISASTER ISN'T IT? 52 00:03:44,689 --> 00:03:45,793 YEAH. 53 00:03:45,827 --> 00:03:47,827 Narrator: BUT, LAST NIGHT, 54 00:03:47,862 --> 00:03:50,689 SLUICIFER CLOGGED UP WITH FROZEN TAILINGS... 55 00:03:50,724 --> 00:03:51,965 WHOA! 56 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,551 ...AND SHE'S BEEN DOWN FOR 6 HOURS. 57 00:03:54,586 --> 00:03:58,137 WE'VE BEEN SHOVELING SINCE 4:30 IN THE MORNING. 58 00:03:58,172 --> 00:04:01,827 THIS AND THE TAILINGS CONVEYOR FROZE UP. 59 00:04:01,862 --> 00:04:05,551 CONVEYOR STOPPED AND JUST EVERYTHING. 60 00:04:15,620 --> 00:04:16,862 WHY DON'T WE JUST TRY BUMPING THE BELT 61 00:04:16,896 --> 00:04:19,586 AND SEEING IF THIS THING WILL GO OR NOT. 62 00:04:19,620 --> 00:04:21,241 OKAY, FIRE IT UP! 63 00:04:24,793 --> 00:04:26,068 WHOA, WHOA! 64 00:04:26,103 --> 00:04:28,103 THAT DOES NOT SOUND HEALTHY. 65 00:04:28,137 --> 00:04:30,103 OH FOR SAKE! 66 00:04:30,137 --> 00:04:31,896 BELT IS FROZEN TO THE ROLLERS, 67 00:04:31,931 --> 00:04:33,482 SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET SOME HEAT ON IT 68 00:04:33,517 --> 00:04:39,034 AND WARM IT UP, BREAK IT FREE, GO GRAB SOME PROPANE. 69 00:04:39,068 --> 00:04:40,862 HOPEFULLY NOTHING S BROKEN INSIDE 70 00:04:40,896 --> 00:04:44,689 WITH ALL THIS EXTRA WEIGHT AND ICE ON THE MACHINE. 71 00:04:44,724 --> 00:04:46,379 Parker: TRY IT AGAIN, TYSON. 72 00:04:49,172 --> 00:04:51,413 Narrator: THE TAIL DRUMS STILL WON'T TURN. 73 00:04:51,448 --> 00:04:53,275 NOPE. 74 00:04:53,310 --> 00:04:58,068 DEAN CLIMBS THE CONVEYOR TO TRY AND TURN THE FROZEN HEAD ROLLER. 75 00:04:58,103 --> 00:05:00,965 HAVE YOU BEEN TRYING TO BUMP IT? 76 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,965 IT LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD MOVE. 77 00:05:06,068 --> 00:05:09,241 SOUNDS LIKE YOU NEED SOME LUBE OR SOMEBODY WITH SOME MUSCLES 78 00:05:09,275 --> 00:05:10,793 THAT AIN'T OLD LIKE MINE. 79 00:05:10,827 --> 00:05:13,206 SEND ME UP! 80 00:05:13,241 --> 00:05:15,172 WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THINGS TO BREAK FREE RIGHT NOW. 81 00:05:15,206 --> 00:05:16,758 IT'S ALL FROZEN UP. 82 00:05:16,793 --> 00:05:19,034 SO YOU GOT MUSCLES TY HERE... 83 00:05:19,068 --> 00:05:20,172 IT'S SLIPPERY. 84 00:05:20,206 --> 00:05:21,896 DOWNWARD WITH IT. 85 00:05:23,931 --> 00:05:28,413 WE GOT IT WIGGLING, UP HERE ANYWAY. 86 00:05:28,448 --> 00:05:29,896 GO ONE MORE TIME, 87 00:05:29,931 --> 00:05:31,620 AND THAT'LL GET THE PULLEY AROUND THE BACKSIDE. 88 00:05:37,344 --> 00:05:38,482 OH, LOVELY! 89 00:05:38,517 --> 00:05:41,551 HEY, WE MOVED THE BELT LIKE 6 INCHES. 90 00:05:41,586 --> 00:05:43,448 ALL OF THAT WAS 6 INCHES. 91 00:05:43,482 --> 00:05:44,551 PULL THE BREAKER! 92 00:05:49,620 --> 00:05:51,275 WHOA, THERE SHE GOES! 93 00:05:51,310 --> 00:05:53,241 YEP! LOOKS GOOD. 94 00:05:53,275 --> 00:05:56,310 GOOD WORK EVERYBODY! 95 00:05:56,344 --> 00:05:58,793 Narrator: IT'S TAKEN THE CREW NEARLY 8 HOURS 96 00:05:58,827 --> 00:06:02,310 TO GET THE CONVEYOR RUNNING AGAIN. 97 00:06:05,034 --> 00:06:06,655 WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 98 00:06:06,689 --> 00:06:09,034 WE GOT TO... IT COST US JUST ABOUT A WHOLE SHIFT. 99 00:06:09,068 --> 00:06:10,448 YEAH, A LITTLE SCARY. 100 00:06:10,482 --> 00:06:13,827 IT'S ALWAYS THIS BELT THAT GETS US WHEN IT ICES UP. 101 00:06:13,862 --> 00:06:17,137 IT WOULDN'T BE HARD TO PLUMB ONE OF THOSE CLEANUP HOSES 102 00:06:17,172 --> 00:06:21,482 INTO A PROPANE HOT WATER HEATER, BUT THEN, WHERE DO YOU PUT IT? 103 00:06:21,517 --> 00:06:25,068 HOT WATER IN COLD WEATHER FREEZES FASTER. 104 00:06:25,103 --> 00:06:28,172 THE OTHER THING I'VE SEEN IS A PROPANE MANIFOLD 105 00:06:28,206 --> 00:06:29,689 ON THE HEAD DRUM. 106 00:06:29,724 --> 00:06:31,275 YEAH, WE'VE DONE THAT TOO. 107 00:06:31,310 --> 00:06:34,068 WELL, NOT A MANIFOLD, BUT WE'VE RUN A TORCH RIGHT ON. 108 00:06:34,103 --> 00:06:36,379 BUT DO YOU THINK THAT WILL KEEP EVERYTHING GOING? 109 00:06:36,413 --> 00:06:38,137 YOU'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT IN ALL NIGHT LONG. 110 00:06:38,172 --> 00:06:41,827 GO GET ONE OF THE BIG OLD TANKS AND PLUMB IT IN HERE 111 00:06:41,862 --> 00:06:43,724 AND KEEP HER HOT AS WE CAN. 112 00:06:43,758 --> 00:06:45,482 IT'S WORTH A TRY. 113 00:06:47,586 --> 00:06:49,586 Narrator: A TIGER TORCH HEATING THE HEAD DRUM 114 00:06:49,620 --> 00:06:51,896 SHOULD STOP IT FROM FREEZING UP AGAIN 115 00:06:51,931 --> 00:06:53,793 AND KEEP THE TAILINGS BELT 116 00:06:53,827 --> 00:06:56,689 MOVING IN THE SUBZERO TEMPERATURES. 117 00:06:56,724 --> 00:06:59,689 Parker: KEEP AS MUCH HEAT IN THERE AS WE CAN. 118 00:06:59,724 --> 00:07:03,689 GOOD JOB, GUYS! LET'S GO AHEAD AND FIRE THIS THING UP. 119 00:07:03,724 --> 00:07:05,379 CAN WE HIT THE SEEKER? 120 00:07:13,206 --> 00:07:17,172 Narrator: THE RACE IS ON TO SLUICE ANOTHER 500 OUNCES 121 00:07:17,206 --> 00:07:22,172 BEFORE THE BIG FREEZE SHUTS THEM DOWN. 122 00:07:22,206 --> 00:07:25,517 THE FIRST SHOT OVER THE BOW FOR THE WINTER HERE, 123 00:07:25,551 --> 00:07:28,620 BUT, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT TO KEEP SLUICING 124 00:07:28,655 --> 00:07:29,896 SO HOPEFULLY A LITTLE HEAT 125 00:07:29,931 --> 00:07:35,344 WILL DELAY THE END FOR US A LITTLE BIT. 126 00:07:47,896 --> 00:07:50,344 YEAH, IT'S GETTING COLDER AND COLDER EVERY MORNING. 127 00:07:50,379 --> 00:07:51,724 I CAN'T EVEN SEE OUT THE WINDSHIELD ANYMORE, 128 00:07:51,758 --> 00:07:53,482 THERE'S SO MUCH FROST. 129 00:07:53,517 --> 00:07:55,448 WE'RE SO CLOSE TO OUR TARGET. 130 00:07:55,482 --> 00:07:56,827 I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ANYMORE. 131 00:07:56,862 --> 00:07:59,655 I MEAN, WE'VE EXHAUSTED ALL THE THAWED GROUND. 132 00:07:59,689 --> 00:08:02,034 Narrator: RICK NESS IS WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE 133 00:08:02,068 --> 00:08:04,551 OF HIS 1,000 OUNCE SEASON GOAL. 134 00:08:07,379 --> 00:08:09,655 HE'S JUST 27 OUNCES SHORT, 135 00:08:09,689 --> 00:08:11,793 BUT HE'S ALL OUT OF THAWED GROUND 136 00:08:11,827 --> 00:08:14,931 AND HE'S COME TOO FAR TO FAIL NOW. 137 00:08:17,551 --> 00:08:18,793 Rick: WE AIN'T GIVING UP. 138 00:08:18,827 --> 00:08:20,103 I KNOW WE CAN RUN THE PLANT. 139 00:08:20,137 --> 00:08:21,862 WE JUST NEED THE DIRT. 140 00:08:24,448 --> 00:08:27,344 I GOT SOMEBODY FLYING IN TODAY TO HELP ME OUT. 141 00:08:46,241 --> 00:08:49,068 HEY! ARRIVING IN STYLE! 142 00:08:49,103 --> 00:08:50,068 YEAH, WELL YOU KNOW. 143 00:08:50,103 --> 00:08:51,379 HOW YOU DOING, DAD? 144 00:08:51,413 --> 00:08:52,517 GOOD TO SEE YOU MAN. 145 00:08:52,551 --> 00:08:54,620 YOU, TOO.I'M HERE TO HELP. 146 00:08:54,655 --> 00:08:56,655 THAT'S AWESOME! 147 00:08:56,689 --> 00:08:57,931 WELL, YOU CAME AT A HELL OF A TIME. 148 00:08:57,965 --> 00:08:59,551 YOU'RE HERE UNTIL THE END NOW RIGHT? 149 00:08:59,586 --> 00:09:00,931 I AM. I WANT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. 150 00:09:00,965 --> 00:09:02,413 THAT'S WHY I CAME, SO... 151 00:09:02,448 --> 00:09:03,620 WELL, I'LL BRING YOU RIGHT OUT THERE. 152 00:09:03,655 --> 00:09:06,448 ALL RIGHT. LET'S DO IT. 153 00:09:06,482 --> 00:09:10,068 Narrator: CONSTRUCTION BOSS BIG RICK IS BACK TO HELP HIS SON 154 00:09:10,103 --> 00:09:13,689 ACHIEVE HIS ROOKIE SEASON GOAL. 155 00:09:13,724 --> 00:09:15,896 Rick: WE'RE SHORT 27 OUNCES. 156 00:09:15,931 --> 00:09:18,206 Big Rick: YOU'VE EXHAUSTED EVERY SINGLE RESOURCE? 157 00:09:18,241 --> 00:09:20,827 Rick Jr: I'VE HAD TERRY SCRAPING EVERY LAST LITTLE BIT HE CAN, 158 00:09:20,862 --> 00:09:24,344 BUT THERE'S JUST NOTHING LEFT. 159 00:09:24,379 --> 00:09:25,448 HOLY COW! 160 00:09:25,482 --> 00:09:26,931 THIS PLACE HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT. 161 00:09:26,965 --> 00:09:30,689 WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING OUT OF HERE, ALL THROUGH HERE, 162 00:09:30,724 --> 00:09:33,758 THAT SIDE, UPSTREAM, DOWNSTREAM, MIDDLE. 163 00:09:33,793 --> 00:09:35,448 IT'S ALL MINED OUT, RIGHT? 164 00:09:35,482 --> 00:09:39,068 IF WE'VE GOT NO GROUND, IT MEANS WE'VE GOT TO STRIP SOME GROUND. 165 00:09:39,103 --> 00:09:41,344 NO MATTER WHERE WE GO RIGHT NOW, IT'S GONNA BE FROZEN. 166 00:09:41,379 --> 00:09:43,827 IT'S GOING TO BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO RUN. 167 00:09:43,862 --> 00:09:45,344 DAMN IT, YOU'VE GOT TO GET THAT 168 00:09:45,379 --> 00:09:46,724 THOUSAND OUNCES! 169 00:09:46,758 --> 00:09:48,206 I KNOW! 170 00:09:48,241 --> 00:09:49,310 SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT WE MIGHT AS WELL GO 171 00:09:49,344 --> 00:09:51,241 FOR THE BEST GROUND THAT WE HAVE. 172 00:09:51,275 --> 00:09:53,827 WELL, PERHAPS A SECOND LOOK AT YOUR DRILL CHARTS THERE 173 00:09:53,862 --> 00:09:55,896 AND SEE WHERE THOSE... SEE WHERE YOUR BEST VEINS ARE. 174 00:09:55,931 --> 00:10:01,413 MAYBE YOU GOT SOME MORE LEFT THAT YOU CAN QUICKLY ACCESS. 175 00:10:01,448 --> 00:10:04,275 THERE IS. THERE'S A CHANNEL THAT GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE... 176 00:10:04,310 --> 00:10:07,413 EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE, FRONT TO BACK. 177 00:10:07,448 --> 00:10:11,517 Narrator: THIS SEASON, RICK HAS MINED THREE CUTS. 178 00:10:11,551 --> 00:10:15,413 RUNNING THROUGH THEM IS AN OLD RIVER CHANNEL RICH IN GOLD. 179 00:10:19,068 --> 00:10:20,275 WHERE THAT PILE OF OVERBURDEN IS, 180 00:10:20,310 --> 00:10:21,793 THAT'S WHERE THE BEDROCK CAME UP, 181 00:10:21,827 --> 00:10:23,793 AND THAT'S WHERE ALL THE BEST DRILL HOLES WERE, 182 00:10:23,827 --> 00:10:26,448 AND IT IS WHERE WE DID OUR BEST GOLD. 183 00:10:26,482 --> 00:10:27,931 YOU'RE UP AGAINST TIME SO I GUESS... 184 00:10:27,965 --> 00:10:29,517 YEAH. 185 00:10:29,551 --> 00:10:33,448 ...WHAT'S THE BEST OPTION FOR WHAT WE GOT LEFT IN TIME? 186 00:10:33,482 --> 00:10:34,655 THIS IS PROBABLY IT. 187 00:10:34,689 --> 00:10:37,655 YEAH. YEAH, IT. 188 00:10:37,689 --> 00:10:39,586 LET'S DO IT. 189 00:10:39,620 --> 00:10:41,103 WE'VE GOT 30 OUNCES TO GET. 190 00:10:41,137 --> 00:10:43,448 I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE THE EASIEST WAY TO GET IT. 191 00:10:43,482 --> 00:10:45,482 I'LL JUMP ON THAT D9 AND GIVE IT MY BEST SHOT. 192 00:10:45,517 --> 00:10:47,827 ALL RIGHT. LET'S DO IT! YEP. 193 00:10:47,862 --> 00:10:49,137 IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A VERY BIG CUT, 194 00:10:49,172 --> 00:10:50,620 BUT HOPEFULLY IF WE'RE FOLLOWING THAT CHANNEL, 195 00:10:50,655 --> 00:10:53,241 IT'LL HAVE WHAT WE NEED IN IT. 196 00:10:53,275 --> 00:10:55,620 Narrator: BIG RICK WILL OPEN A SMALL EXTENSION 197 00:10:55,655 --> 00:11:01,103 TO THE UPSTREAM CUT FOLLOWING THE OLD RIVER CHANNEL. 198 00:11:01,137 --> 00:11:03,931 THIS WILL ALLOW RICK TO ACCESS THE BEST PAY DIRT 199 00:11:03,965 --> 00:11:05,689 LEFT ON HIS CLAIM. 200 00:11:08,241 --> 00:11:10,620 I'VE RUN A LOT OF EQUIPMENT OVER THE YEARS, 201 00:11:10,655 --> 00:11:13,758 AND I GUESS THAT'S WHERE MY EXPERTISE COMES IN. 202 00:11:13,793 --> 00:11:15,862 WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME LEFT HERE TO DO MUCH, 203 00:11:15,896 --> 00:11:17,344 BUT WE GOT TO GET IT. 204 00:11:17,379 --> 00:11:20,448 RICK PROMISED HE WAS GOING TO DO THE THOUSAND OUNCES. 205 00:11:20,482 --> 00:11:22,793 LIKE I'VE SAID IN THE PAST, I'VE ALWAYS HAD MY DOUBTS 206 00:11:22,827 --> 00:11:25,275 WITH SOME OF THE SCHEMES THAT HE COMES UP WITH. 207 00:11:25,310 --> 00:11:28,931 BUT, I AM JUST HAPPY THAT'S HE INCLUDED ME TO HELP HIM OUT, 208 00:11:28,965 --> 00:11:30,413 YOU KNOW, FOR THE PUSH TO THE END HERE. 209 00:11:32,310 --> 00:11:34,275 IT'S GREAT HAVING MY DAD HERE. 210 00:11:34,310 --> 00:11:35,655 KIND OF LIKE REVERSING THE ROLES, 211 00:11:35,689 --> 00:11:39,206 THIS IS WHAT HE USED TO DO TO ME WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. 212 00:11:39,241 --> 00:11:41,034 ONE THOUSAND OUNCES. 213 00:11:43,344 --> 00:11:45,000 Narrator: UP AHEAD... 214 00:11:45,034 --> 00:11:46,448 WE'RE STILL NOT AT OUR GOAL SO I DON'T GIVE A . 215 00:11:46,482 --> 00:11:48,172 WE'RE STILL RUNNING. 216 00:11:56,137 --> 00:11:57,310 YEAH! 217 00:12:11,275 --> 00:12:14,206 BIG RED IS OFF TONY'S GROUND, AND WE'RE GOING TO RUN THIS CUT 218 00:12:14,241 --> 00:12:17,206 THAT WE JUST OPENED UP, THE BANK CUT. 219 00:12:17,241 --> 00:12:18,689 WE'RE ON OUR OWN CLAIM AT LAST. 220 00:12:18,724 --> 00:12:22,275 YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO TONY BEETS AND NO ROYALTIES HERE. 221 00:12:22,310 --> 00:12:25,689 HOPEFULLY IT'S A GOOD ONE. 222 00:12:25,724 --> 00:12:27,137 Narrator: PARKER'S SECOND WASH PLANT 223 00:12:27,172 --> 00:12:29,103 IS AT THE BANK CUT. 224 00:12:29,137 --> 00:12:32,034 HE'S REALIZING A LIFETIME AMBITION: 225 00:12:32,068 --> 00:12:35,482 HE'S FINALLY RUNNING HIS OWN PAY DIRT ON HIS OWN 226 00:12:35,517 --> 00:12:38,620 KLONDIKE CLAIM. 227 00:12:38,655 --> 00:12:40,586 Parker: THIS ISN'T A BIG CUT SO ANYTHING 228 00:12:40,620 --> 00:12:43,068 OVER 80 OUNCES IS GOING TO BE A KILLER. 229 00:12:43,103 --> 00:12:47,862 THAT'S BASICALLY TESTING FOR OUR FUTURE. 230 00:12:47,896 --> 00:12:50,068 Narrator: PARKER BOUGHT THIS CLAIM FOR 231 00:12:50,103 --> 00:12:53,517 HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT THE GROUND IS UNPROVEN. 232 00:12:53,551 --> 00:12:57,827 WHATEVER GOLD HE GETS BEFORE WINTER WILL DETERMINE HIS FUTURE 233 00:12:57,862 --> 00:13:01,689 AS A KLONDIKE CLAIM OWNER. 234 00:13:01,724 --> 00:13:03,275 Man: PARKER PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR THIS GROUND 235 00:13:03,310 --> 00:13:06,206 SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TURN A PROFIT ON IT. 236 00:13:06,241 --> 00:13:08,862 IF WE ONLY PULL 10 OUNCES OUT OF THIS, I'M GOING BACK LOGGING. 237 00:13:08,896 --> 00:13:10,620 YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN. 238 00:13:13,068 --> 00:13:16,620 Narrator: BRENNAN DIGS PAY FROM THE BANK. 239 00:13:16,655 --> 00:13:18,103 Brennan: WE STILL GOT A LOT OF GOLD TO FIND, 240 00:13:18,137 --> 00:13:19,965 AND THERE'S JUST NOT MUCH TIME LEFT TO DO IT 241 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,068 BEFORE EVERYTHING FREEZES UP. 242 00:13:23,103 --> 00:13:25,344 Narrator: TYSON REMOVES THE COARSE TAILINGS. 243 00:13:25,379 --> 00:13:27,275 WE'RE GOING TO GIVE HER ALL WE GOT HERE 244 00:13:27,310 --> 00:13:29,517 AT THE FINAL STRETCH OF THE SEASON. 245 00:13:29,551 --> 00:13:31,827 WINTER IS COMING. 246 00:13:31,862 --> 00:13:33,931 Narrator: AND BECAUSE THE HOPPER FEEDER IS DOWN 247 00:13:33,965 --> 00:13:35,793 AND THERE'S NO TIME TO FIX IT, 248 00:13:35,827 --> 00:13:39,551 PARKER IS FORCED TO LOAD PAY DIRECTLY INTO THE CONVEYOR 249 00:13:39,586 --> 00:13:44,413 WITH NO GRIZZLY BARS TO KEEP THE BOULDERS OUT. 250 00:13:44,448 --> 00:13:45,793 Parker: WE'RE RUNNING WITHOUT GRIZZLY BARS 251 00:13:45,827 --> 00:13:49,172 SO WE'RE FEEDING EXTRA SLOW. 252 00:13:49,206 --> 00:13:51,413 THE PROBLEM WITH FEEDING WITH THE CONVEYOR 253 00:13:51,448 --> 00:13:54,137 IS IT'S JUST A LOT MORE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE WASH PLANT, 254 00:13:54,172 --> 00:13:57,275 ON THE SCREENS, ON THE WELDS, PRETTY MUCH ON EVERYTHING. 255 00:13:57,310 --> 00:14:00,310 IT'S NOT IDEAL, BUT IT'S OUR A LAST RESORT. 256 00:14:05,793 --> 00:14:09,551 I THINK THAT'S A BIG ONE. 257 00:14:09,586 --> 00:14:10,586 BIG ROCK! 258 00:14:10,620 --> 00:14:12,000 OH YEAH, THAT'S A MONSTER! 259 00:14:12,034 --> 00:14:14,379 BOO, PRE-WASH BUSTER. 260 00:14:19,241 --> 00:14:22,517 OOH, HERE IS A BIG CHUNK OF BROKEN BEDROCK. 261 00:14:25,413 --> 00:14:26,827 HMM. 262 00:14:26,862 --> 00:14:29,137 Narrator: A BOULDER THIS SIZE COULD PUT 263 00:14:29,172 --> 00:14:32,344 THE PLANT OUT OF ACTION FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON. 264 00:14:35,137 --> 00:14:38,137 HEY! TYSON! YO! 265 00:14:38,172 --> 00:14:39,896 GET THE OUT THE LOADER! 266 00:14:45,793 --> 00:14:47,724 LET'S GO! COME ON, THE PLANT IS RUNNING! 267 00:14:47,758 --> 00:14:51,620 I'M COMING, ! 268 00:14:51,655 --> 00:14:57,586 TYSON, YOU'RE SO SLOW! 269 00:14:57,620 --> 00:15:01,965 I THINK THE TWO OF US SHOULD BE ABLE TO PICK THIS THING UP. 270 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:05,310 THE SCRAWNIEST GUYS IN THE KLONDIKE. 271 00:15:05,344 --> 00:15:07,103 WELL, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER 272 00:15:07,137 --> 00:15:09,379 PROBLEM IS WHERE THE IS EVERYBODY? 273 00:15:09,413 --> 00:15:10,551 BRENNAN, ARE YOU GOING TO 274 00:15:10,586 --> 00:15:12,172 MOVE OR WHAT? 275 00:15:12,206 --> 00:15:13,827 I'M COMING, MAN! 276 00:15:17,793 --> 00:15:18,827 COME ON! 277 00:15:18,862 --> 00:15:20,241 SLIPPERY. 278 00:15:20,275 --> 00:15:21,689 DRIVE AROUND IN YOUR TRUCK. 279 00:15:21,724 --> 00:15:23,655 WALK OVER HERE. 280 00:15:23,689 --> 00:15:25,379 THIS JOB! 281 00:15:33,448 --> 00:15:35,758 WE JUST GOT TO KEEP THE PLANT RUNNING. 282 00:15:37,965 --> 00:15:40,827 THIS IS THE GROUND WE'RE COMING TO MINE, RIGHT? 283 00:15:40,862 --> 00:15:43,827 SO MAY NOT BE A BIG PILE OF GOLD WE GET, 284 00:15:43,862 --> 00:15:46,896 BUT REALLY GOT TO KNOW IF THIS CUT IS WORTH MINING. 285 00:16:11,655 --> 00:16:15,689 Narrator: TONY BEETS HAS SHUT DOWN ALL HIS WASH PLANTS 286 00:16:15,724 --> 00:16:19,379 AND ABANDONED HIS GOAL OF MINING 6,000 OUNCES 287 00:16:19,413 --> 00:16:20,896 IN A LAST-DITCH EFFORT 288 00:16:20,931 --> 00:16:24,655 TO GET HIS SECOND DREDGE MINING GOLD THIS SEASON. 289 00:16:34,310 --> 00:16:40,517 HIS ENTIRE CREW, INCLUDING KIDS KEVIN, MONICA, AND MIKE, 290 00:16:40,551 --> 00:16:42,931 ARE HARD AT WORK GETTING THE LAST PIECES 291 00:16:42,965 --> 00:16:45,241 OF THE PUZZLE IN PLACE. 292 00:16:50,206 --> 00:16:54,172 FIRST UP, THE BUCKET LADDER, THE HEAVIEST PART OF THE DREDGE. 293 00:16:56,482 --> 00:16:57,758 SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 294 00:16:57,793 --> 00:16:59,103 MIKE LIFT UP ONE SIDE. 295 00:16:59,137 --> 00:17:01,379 I'M LIFTING UP THE OTHER. 296 00:17:01,413 --> 00:17:02,586 WE'RE USING AN EXCAVATOR 297 00:17:02,620 --> 00:17:04,275 THAT WILL TWIST IT INTO POSITION. 298 00:17:04,310 --> 00:17:06,655 WE'RE GOING TO SUCK IT UP TIGHT, BOLT IT ALL TOGETHER 299 00:17:06,689 --> 00:17:07,931 AND CALL IT A DAY. 300 00:17:17,379 --> 00:17:19,275 Narrator: MONICA NEEDS TO LINE UP 301 00:17:19,310 --> 00:17:20,965 THE TWO SECTIONS ALONG WITH MIKE 302 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,655 SO THE CREW CAN BOLT THEM BACK TOGETHER. 303 00:17:51,137 --> 00:17:52,862 YO! 304 00:17:55,241 --> 00:17:56,965 SOUNDS GOOD. 305 00:18:00,448 --> 00:18:02,551 Narrator: TO WRAP AROUND THE BUCKET LADDER, 306 00:18:02,586 --> 00:18:07,793 TONY NEEDS A CHAIN OF 90 750-POUND BUCKETS. 307 00:18:13,068 --> 00:18:14,793 YEP, YEP. 308 00:18:21,482 --> 00:18:25,620 PIECE OF CAKE. 309 00:18:25,655 --> 00:18:27,413 I JUST CHAINED UP THE FIRST STRING. 310 00:18:27,448 --> 00:18:29,758 LET'S SEE HOW THIS GOES. 311 00:18:29,793 --> 00:18:31,068 THERE WE GO! 312 00:18:31,103 --> 00:18:32,827 WHEE! 313 00:18:36,034 --> 00:18:38,896 THAT WENT WAY BETTER THAN EXPECTED! 314 00:18:38,931 --> 00:18:41,586 , I'M GOOD SOME DAYS! 315 00:18:45,551 --> 00:18:47,758 EASY, EASY, EASY, EASY. 316 00:19:02,896 --> 00:19:04,551 AH. 317 00:19:13,827 --> 00:19:15,551 WHAT YOU THINKING TONY? 318 00:19:21,862 --> 00:19:23,586 EVERYTHING ON SITE IS HERE. 319 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,344 Narrator: TO MOVE HIS SECOND DREDGE, 320 00:19:38,379 --> 00:19:41,413 TONY HAD TO BREAK IT DOWN INTO OVER 1,000 PIECES, 321 00:19:41,448 --> 00:19:44,586 BUT HE LOST TRACK OF 30 BUCKETS, 322 00:19:44,620 --> 00:19:49,448 AND WITHOUT A FULL BUCKET LINE, HIS DREDGE IS USELESS. 323 00:20:12,413 --> 00:20:17,068 Narrator: TONY BEETS HAS NEARLY REBUILT HIS 72-YEAR-OLD DREDGE, 324 00:20:17,103 --> 00:20:19,034 BUT HE'S 30 BUCKETS SHORT. 325 00:20:19,068 --> 00:20:21,206 AND WITHOUT A COMPLETE BUCKET LINE, 326 00:20:21,241 --> 00:20:22,965 HE'S DEAD IN THE WATER. 327 00:20:31,448 --> 00:20:35,068 IT'S BEEN 2 YEARS SINCE TONY DRAGGED THE FIRST BUCKETS 328 00:20:35,103 --> 00:20:37,413 OUT OF THISTLE CREEK. 329 00:20:37,448 --> 00:20:39,689 HE'S BEEN TRANSPORTING THEM IN SECTIONS 330 00:20:39,724 --> 00:20:43,896 OVER MULTIPLE SHIPMENTS EVER SINCE. 331 00:20:43,931 --> 00:20:46,206 TONY NEEDS TO KNOW IF THE MISSING BUCKETS 332 00:20:46,241 --> 00:20:48,310 ARE STILL AT THISTLE CREEK, 333 00:20:48,344 --> 00:20:52,000 AND HIS BEST CHANCE OF FINDING OUT IS TO ASK A LOCAL. 334 00:21:09,103 --> 00:21:10,896 TONY, HEY! 335 00:21:10,931 --> 00:21:12,655 GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? 336 00:21:14,793 --> 00:21:17,724 OH, YEAH, HOW'S THAT GOING? 337 00:21:17,758 --> 00:21:21,137 YEAH. 338 00:21:28,448 --> 00:21:29,965 I HAVE SEEN THEM... 339 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,379 ...IN THE PAST, YEAH, LIKE 20-SOME YEARS AGO. 340 00:21:32,413 --> 00:21:35,448 THEY SHOULD BE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE CREEK. 341 00:21:36,931 --> 00:21:41,724 BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CREEK. YEAH. 342 00:21:41,758 --> 00:21:43,482 YOU GOT A MAP? 343 00:21:46,413 --> 00:21:48,000 YEAH. 344 00:21:48,034 --> 00:21:51,344 IT'LL BE JUST ON THIS SIDE, ABOUT 15 FEET FROM THE CREEK. 345 00:21:51,379 --> 00:21:53,310 I DO REMEMBER SEEING THE TAIL-END OF THEM 346 00:21:53,344 --> 00:21:54,551 STICKING OUT OF THE BANK. 347 00:21:54,586 --> 00:21:57,931 AND THERE COULD BE 30 TO 40 IN THAT STRIP. 348 00:21:57,965 --> 00:21:59,689 IT'LL BE RIGHT ON THIS WAY. 349 00:22:03,241 --> 00:22:04,827 THEY'RE STILL THERE. 350 00:22:04,862 --> 00:22:07,448 YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO DIG FOR THEM. 351 00:22:07,482 --> 00:22:10,758 I'VE GOT A HOE OUT THERE IF YOU NEED IT. 352 00:22:10,793 --> 00:22:12,241 YEP, YOU BET YOU. 353 00:22:12,275 --> 00:22:14,724 GOOD LUCK! 354 00:22:14,758 --> 00:22:17,517 Narrator: TWO MONTHS AGO, TONY WAS GLAD TO LEAVE 355 00:22:17,551 --> 00:22:19,275 THISTLE CREEK FOREVER. 356 00:22:22,275 --> 00:22:26,275 BUT NOW HE'S FLYING BACK TO HUNT FOR HIS MISSING BUCKETS... 357 00:22:30,379 --> 00:22:33,586 WITH HIS SON MIKE AND A METAL DETECTOR. 358 00:22:37,206 --> 00:22:38,413 AH! 359 00:22:56,000 --> 00:23:00,068 TONY FOUND PARTS OF THE BUCKET LINE ALL OVER THE DREDGE SITE, 360 00:23:00,103 --> 00:23:04,793 BUT SOMEHOW HE MISSED A MASSIVE SECTION OF 30 BUCKETS. 361 00:23:06,931 --> 00:23:08,275 MERRIT REMEMBERS SEEING THEM 362 00:23:08,310 --> 00:23:11,448 ON THE OPPOSITE BANK 20 YEARS AGO. 363 00:23:11,482 --> 00:23:15,758 EVERY TIME THE CREEK FLOODED IT LEFT A LAYER OF MUD BEHIND, 364 00:23:15,793 --> 00:23:19,206 WHICH COULD'VE HIDDEN THE BUCKETS. 365 00:23:19,241 --> 00:23:20,862 IF THEY'RE STILL THERE, 366 00:23:20,896 --> 00:23:23,103 TONY WILL FIND THEM IN THE STRIP OF LAND 367 00:23:23,137 --> 00:23:26,310 BETWEEN THE CREEK BED AND VIRGIN FOREST. 368 00:23:34,931 --> 00:23:36,655 NOT A PEEP. 369 00:23:47,620 --> 00:23:51,172 OH, SEEM TO HAVE GOTTEN SOMETHING HERE. 370 00:23:51,206 --> 00:23:53,000 YEAH, RIGHT THERE, SEE? 371 00:24:17,862 --> 00:24:22,413 WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. 372 00:24:28,965 --> 00:24:30,379 FOUND SOMETHING? 373 00:24:55,827 --> 00:24:58,344 IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO COME UP HERE AND WORK WITH THE KID, 374 00:24:58,379 --> 00:25:00,517 FRUSTRATING AT TIMES, BUT FUN. 375 00:25:00,551 --> 00:25:03,517 IT BEATS SITTING IN THE OFFICE. 376 00:25:03,551 --> 00:25:05,482 LOOK LIKE SOME TOUGH RIPPING, BUT HE'S GETTING HER DONE. 377 00:25:05,517 --> 00:25:09,965 WE GOT TO GET THAT THOUSAND OUNCES. 378 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,689 Narrator: RICK NESS IS STILL 379 00:25:11,724 --> 00:25:14,689 27 OUNCES SHORT OF THE 1,000 OUNCES 380 00:25:14,724 --> 00:25:18,068 HE PROMISED HIS CREW HE'D MINE THIS YEAR. 381 00:25:18,103 --> 00:25:20,241 ON THE EDGE OF THE UPSTREAM CUT, 382 00:25:20,275 --> 00:25:23,379 HIS DAD IS DIGGING DOWN TO THE PAY LAYER 383 00:25:23,413 --> 00:25:28,068 ATTEMPTING TO HIT A GOLD-RICH VEIN IN AN ANCIENT RIVERBED. 384 00:25:28,103 --> 00:25:33,206 BUT WITH NO DIRT READY TO RUN, THE WASH PLANT IS SITTING IDLE. 385 00:25:33,241 --> 00:25:35,379 Big Rick: EVERYTHING S GOING TO HAVE TO GO REALLY WELL FOR HIM 386 00:25:35,413 --> 00:25:36,862 TO HIT THAT GOAL THAT HE'S LOOKING FOR, 387 00:25:36,896 --> 00:25:39,482 BUT YOU GOT TO TRY. 388 00:25:39,517 --> 00:25:43,241 WE JUST WANT TO GAIN THIS ONE LITTLE EXTRA SECTION OF PAY DIRT 389 00:25:43,275 --> 00:25:46,000 THAT WE CAN RUN BEFORE IT GETS TOO COLD OUT. 390 00:25:53,551 --> 00:25:56,551 OH... THAT AIN'T GOOD. 391 00:25:56,586 --> 00:25:59,689 THE TEMPERATURE JUST FRICKING WENT OFF THE MAP. 392 00:25:59,724 --> 00:26:01,827 IT'S OVERHEATING REALLY BAD. 393 00:26:06,103 --> 00:26:09,241 RADIATOR HAS GOT A HOLE IN IT SOMEWHERE. 394 00:26:09,275 --> 00:26:11,482 . IS IT BAD OR WHAT? 395 00:26:11,517 --> 00:26:13,482 YOU SEE WHERE IT PISSED IT OUT ON THE BLADE RIGHT THERE? 396 00:26:13,517 --> 00:26:14,793 YEAH. 397 00:26:14,827 --> 00:26:16,206 I DOUBT THAT'S A REPAIRABLE RADIATOR. 398 00:26:16,241 --> 00:26:17,965 I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO END UP HAVING TO REPLACE IT. 399 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,068 YOU JUST DON'T HAVE TIME TO EVEN 400 00:26:20,103 --> 00:26:22,827 REMOTELY START REPAIRING THIS THING. 401 00:26:22,862 --> 00:26:24,413 WELL, IT'S HAD A HARD YEAR. 402 00:26:24,448 --> 00:26:25,827 WHAT I WAS THINKING WAS IS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW... 403 00:26:25,862 --> 00:26:28,068 I MEAN, WE USE SHEAMUS' 475 404 00:26:28,103 --> 00:26:29,655 FOR THE SMALL AREA WE'RE TRYING TO GET HERE, 405 00:26:29,689 --> 00:26:31,068 I THINK THAT MACHINE WOULD DO IT. 406 00:26:31,103 --> 00:26:34,275 I DON'T REALLY WANT TO PAY $6,000 FOR THAT 475, 407 00:26:34,310 --> 00:26:36,689 BUT IF WE KEEP RUNNING THIS D9 AND BLOW THAT MOTOR UP, 408 00:26:36,724 --> 00:26:39,413 IT'S GOING TO END UP COSTING ME OVER 100. 409 00:26:39,448 --> 00:26:41,000 WE GOT TO MAKE A DECISION, I GUESS. 410 00:26:41,034 --> 00:26:43,379 I MEAN, THAT'S UP TO YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, BUT... 411 00:26:43,413 --> 00:26:45,655 YEAH. YOU KNOW WHAT, IT! 412 00:26:45,689 --> 00:26:47,448 I'M SURE SHEAMUS WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE MY MONEY. 413 00:26:47,482 --> 00:26:49,517 LET'S JUST GO GET THE THING. 414 00:26:49,551 --> 00:26:51,413 LET'S GIVE HER! 415 00:26:51,448 --> 00:26:53,241 YOU GOT TO SPEND MONEY TO MAKE MONEY. 416 00:26:58,482 --> 00:27:01,758 Narrator: TWICE THE HORSEPOWER, THREE TIMES THE WEIGHT 417 00:27:01,793 --> 00:27:05,758 AND OVER SIX TIMES THE PUSHING CAPACITY OF THE D9, 418 00:27:05,793 --> 00:27:10,689 SHEAMUS CHRISTIE'S 475 IS A MASSIVE STEP UP. 419 00:27:10,724 --> 00:27:14,206 WHOA, IT'S REALLY OBVIOUS THE DIFFERENCE! 420 00:27:14,241 --> 00:27:15,965 JUST THE SHEER POWER. 421 00:27:19,448 --> 00:27:20,551 I'M GOING TO LAY DOWN SOME RIPS HERE. 422 00:27:20,586 --> 00:27:22,034 IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME PROBABLY 423 00:27:22,068 --> 00:27:23,689 ABOUT AN HOUR TO GET THIS THING RIPPED UP. 424 00:27:23,724 --> 00:27:25,379 THEN I'LL PUSH IT ALL OFF AGAIN. 425 00:27:29,724 --> 00:27:32,482 Narrator: THE CREW IS READY TO TRUCK THE FIRST PAY 426 00:27:32,517 --> 00:27:35,827 FROM BIG RICK'S CUT TO THE WASH PLANT. 427 00:27:35,862 --> 00:27:38,448 YEAH, I'VE GOT TWO TRUCKS WAITING, AND I DON'T LIKE IT. 428 00:27:38,482 --> 00:27:39,517 FRUSTRATING FOR ME. 429 00:27:39,551 --> 00:27:42,034 I KNOW THAT THEY'RE BORED. 430 00:27:42,068 --> 00:27:45,689 HOW MANY BARS ARE YOU GOING TO HIT UP WHEN YOU GET HOME, ZEE? 431 00:27:45,724 --> 00:27:47,896 I DON'T EVEN GO OUT TO THE BARS ANYMORE. 432 00:27:47,931 --> 00:27:51,448 THINKING ABOUT GETTING SOME GOOD CHINESE FOOD, 433 00:27:51,482 --> 00:27:54,931 LIGHTING SOME CANDLES, LAYING OUT SOME ROSES 434 00:27:54,965 --> 00:27:57,413 AND THEN SENDING MY WIFE SOMEWHERE FOR THE NIGHT. 435 00:28:06,103 --> 00:28:07,689 HEY, BIG RICK. 436 00:28:07,724 --> 00:28:08,965 HOW'S IT GOING? 437 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,137 SO HEY, WE'RE DOWN TO GRAVEL HERE. 438 00:28:10,172 --> 00:28:12,241 WE ARE GETTING DOWN TO GRAVEL. 439 00:28:12,275 --> 00:28:14,724 WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET THIS PAY OUT OF HERE PRETTY QUICK. 440 00:28:14,758 --> 00:28:17,862 TERRY, YOU WANT TO GET YOURSELF AND THE TRUCKS DOWN HERE? 441 00:28:17,896 --> 00:28:20,482 ALL RIGHT, BUDDY. 442 00:28:20,517 --> 00:28:23,517 Narrator: NOW, THE CREW IS IN A RACE TO RUN ALL 443 00:28:23,551 --> 00:28:27,034 BIG RICK'S PAY BEFORE WINTER FREEZES THEM OUT. 444 00:28:27,068 --> 00:28:30,448 ANY DAY NOW IT WILL BE TOO COLD TO SLUICE 445 00:28:30,482 --> 00:28:32,689 SO THE CREW IS GOING ALL OUT TO RUN 446 00:28:32,724 --> 00:28:37,103 BIG RICK'S PAY AS FAST AS THEY CAN. 447 00:28:37,137 --> 00:28:38,965 THIS IS IT, GUYS. 448 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,689 THIS IS OUR ROLL OF THE DICE. 449 00:28:42,724 --> 00:28:45,310 I'LL GO UNTIL THIS BUCKET CAN'T SCOOP ANYTHING ANYMORE, 450 00:28:45,344 --> 00:28:47,034 AND WE'RE GOING TO GET IT. 451 00:28:49,931 --> 00:28:51,862 ALL RIGHT. BIG RICK, CROSS YOUR FINGERS, 452 00:28:51,896 --> 00:28:53,586 THIS IS THE FIRST OF THE LAST. 453 00:28:53,620 --> 00:28:56,241 ROGER THAT. I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE 454 00:28:56,275 --> 00:28:58,034 TO HELP YOU GUYS OUT, MAN. 455 00:28:58,068 --> 00:28:59,931 LET'S FIRE UP DURT REYNOLDS. 456 00:29:02,137 --> 00:29:04,724 I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET ALL THE DIRT RUN THROUGH THE PLANT. 457 00:29:04,758 --> 00:29:06,551 THIS PAY DIRT IS STILL FROZEN AND FULL OF CHUNKS, 458 00:29:06,586 --> 00:29:07,689 BUT I DON'T EVEN GIVE A . 459 00:29:07,724 --> 00:29:09,379 WE'RE GOING TO RUN IT ANYWAYS. 460 00:29:12,965 --> 00:29:17,103 HOPEFULLY THIS PUTS US OVER THE TOP. 461 00:29:17,137 --> 00:29:19,241 DAMN IT, YOU GOT TO GET THAT THOUSAND OUNCES. 462 00:29:41,241 --> 00:29:43,000 Narrator: TONY AND MIKE BEETS 463 00:29:43,034 --> 00:29:44,965 ARE AT THE END OF A LONG DAY BACK 464 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:49,000 AT THISTLE CREEK HUNTING FOR THEIR MISSING DREDGE BUCKETS. 465 00:29:54,586 --> 00:29:56,758 Narrator: HE'S STILL 26 SHORT, 466 00:29:56,793 --> 00:30:01,034 AND THE DREDGE WON'T WORK WITHOUT A COMPLETE BUCKET LINE. 467 00:30:23,620 --> 00:30:25,620 Narrator: TONY WAS TOLD THEY WOULD BE 468 00:30:25,655 --> 00:30:27,275 ON THE BANK OPPOSITE THE DREDGE, 469 00:30:27,310 --> 00:30:30,655 BUT HE'S SEARCHED EVERY INCH OF IT AND ONLY FOUND FOUR. 470 00:30:45,034 --> 00:30:47,310 THAT'S KIND OF A SHOW, AIN'T IT? 471 00:31:10,137 --> 00:31:11,448 HEY, GUYS. 472 00:31:11,482 --> 00:31:12,965 HOW DID IT GO? 473 00:31:30,793 --> 00:31:32,172 NOT WHAT WE WANTED. 474 00:31:32,206 --> 00:31:34,620 NO, NOT AT ALL. 475 00:31:38,206 --> 00:31:39,896 YEAH. 476 00:31:57,379 --> 00:31:58,758 NO MORE BUCKETS? 477 00:32:01,724 --> 00:32:02,931 DID YOU DIG AROUND? 478 00:32:08,586 --> 00:32:10,000 THERE'S NO WAY AROUND IT? 479 00:32:16,482 --> 00:32:18,206 Minnie: PROBABLY NEXT SPRING WHEN WE GET THEM. 480 00:32:18,241 --> 00:32:19,896 WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO? 481 00:32:29,482 --> 00:32:32,862 Narrator: TONY'S DREDGE IS ON HOLD UNTIL THEY CAN CAST 482 00:32:32,896 --> 00:32:36,172 A SET OF REPLACEMENT BUCKETS. 483 00:32:36,206 --> 00:32:38,827 HE'S FAILED TO REACH HIS GOLD TARGET, 484 00:32:38,862 --> 00:32:41,344 FAILED TO BEAT PARKER, 485 00:32:41,379 --> 00:32:44,896 AND FAILED TO FINISH HIS SECOND DREDGE. 486 00:32:44,931 --> 00:32:46,172 Minnie: TIME TO GO HOME. 487 00:33:05,862 --> 00:33:07,310 Parker: WE GOT BIG RED RUNNING RIGHT NOW, 488 00:33:07,344 --> 00:33:08,896 AND WE GOT SLUICIFER RUNNING RIGHT NOW 489 00:33:08,931 --> 00:33:11,379 SO WE'RE PRETTY SHORT ON PEOPLE. 490 00:33:11,413 --> 00:33:13,206 EVERYBODY'S DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN, 491 00:33:13,241 --> 00:33:16,241 BUT I THINK A LOT OF GUYS ARE CLOSE TO THEIR BREAKING POINT. 492 00:33:16,275 --> 00:33:18,206 IT'S BEEN A BIT TOUGH. 493 00:33:18,241 --> 00:33:20,827 Narrator: TEN DEGREES BELOW FREEZING, 494 00:33:20,862 --> 00:33:23,068 PARKER AND TYSON ARE BATTLING THE COLD 495 00:33:23,103 --> 00:33:28,206 IN A FINAL PUSH TO GET TO 7,000 OUNCES BEFORE WINTER. 496 00:33:28,241 --> 00:33:32,206 THIS IS PARKER'S LAST YEAR MINING TONY BEETS' LAND, 497 00:33:32,241 --> 00:33:36,068 SO ANY PAY HE LEAVES BEHIND WILL BE THERE FOR TONY 498 00:33:36,103 --> 00:33:38,310 TO SCOOP UP IN THE SPRING. 499 00:33:38,344 --> 00:33:40,620 Parker: THIS PAY IS STARTING TO GET QUITE CHUNKY. 500 00:33:40,655 --> 00:33:42,206 IT'S FREEZING UP ON US A BIT. 501 00:33:42,241 --> 00:33:44,517 HAVE TO BREAK UP A LOT OF THESE CHUNKS, 502 00:33:44,551 --> 00:33:46,827 BUT THEY USUALLY BREAK UP PRETTY GOOD. 503 00:33:54,517 --> 00:33:56,172 OH, ! 504 00:33:59,827 --> 00:34:01,724 THERE'S NO DIRT ON THE BELT! 505 00:34:13,241 --> 00:34:15,689 WHAT'S GOING ON? -GOT A JAM IN THE HOPPER! 506 00:34:15,724 --> 00:34:18,241 -I'LL GET THE PLANT. -I'LL GO GRAB A SLEDGE. 507 00:34:24,551 --> 00:34:27,344 JUST... OH, . 508 00:34:31,068 --> 00:34:34,379 WE'RE RUINED. 509 00:34:34,413 --> 00:34:36,931 SO THE TOP OF THE PAY STARTING TO FREEZE FROM HOW COLD IT IS, 510 00:34:36,965 --> 00:34:41,655 AND THERE MUST BE A CHUNK IN THE FEEDER. 511 00:34:45,793 --> 00:34:48,137 THAT'S NOT GOOD, MAN. 512 00:34:48,172 --> 00:34:49,689 NO! 513 00:34:49,724 --> 00:34:51,068 SHE'S A SLABBY ONE. 514 00:34:51,103 --> 00:34:52,379 YEP! 515 00:34:52,413 --> 00:34:54,103 WELL, WE BETTER HURRY 516 00:34:54,137 --> 00:34:56,689 BECAUSE THE PLANT IS GOING TO FREEZE UP IF WE DON'T. 517 00:35:03,379 --> 00:35:06,517 BIG CHUNK OF IN HERE! 518 00:35:06,551 --> 00:35:08,689 Narrator: PARKER AND TYSON ATTACK THE BLOCK 519 00:35:08,724 --> 00:35:11,344 OF FROZEN PAY FROM BOTH ENDS. 520 00:35:11,379 --> 00:35:13,586 WE'RE LUCKY IT DIDN'T CUT OUR BELT IN HALF! 521 00:35:20,206 --> 00:35:23,275 I HAVEN'T SWUNG A HAMMER IN A LONG TIME. 522 00:35:33,275 --> 00:35:35,724 I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD JUST BREAK IT IN HALF, 523 00:35:35,758 --> 00:35:37,379 BUT IT'S QUITE SOLID. 524 00:35:45,517 --> 00:35:48,655 OH, BOY! 525 00:35:48,689 --> 00:35:51,137 YOU BETTER GET IN HERE AND SWAP ME OUT. 526 00:35:51,172 --> 00:35:52,206 OKAY. 527 00:35:52,241 --> 00:35:53,965 I'M RUNNING OUT OF STEAM. 528 00:35:58,724 --> 00:36:00,620 TAKE A BREATHER.RIGHT THERE. 529 00:36:10,931 --> 00:36:12,827 THERE YOU GO!OH, YEAH! 530 00:36:12,862 --> 00:36:16,275 YEAH, BUDDY! 531 00:36:16,310 --> 00:36:17,931 THINK IT'LL GO THROUGH NOW? 532 00:36:17,965 --> 00:36:19,379 GIVE HER A TRY. 533 00:36:19,413 --> 00:36:22,448 SO WE'LL CLICK IT UP TO THE TOP AND THEN ROLL IT OFF. 534 00:36:22,482 --> 00:36:24,310 SOUNDS GOOD. 535 00:36:24,344 --> 00:36:27,034 HOLY , LOOK AT THAT! 536 00:36:27,068 --> 00:36:28,896 OH ! 537 00:36:41,586 --> 00:36:43,620 PLANT IS ON FIRE! 538 00:36:56,586 --> 00:36:58,379 HOLY ! 539 00:36:58,413 --> 00:37:00,172 PLANT IS ON FIRE! 540 00:37:02,586 --> 00:37:04,862 Narrator: PARKER SHUT DOWN SLUICIFER 541 00:37:04,896 --> 00:37:07,620 TO BREAK UP A CHUNK OF FROZEN PAY DIRT. 542 00:37:12,448 --> 00:37:15,896 BUT HE LEFT A TIGER TORCH HEATING THE TAILINGS CONVEYOR, 543 00:37:15,931 --> 00:37:20,137 AND WHEN EVERYTHING STOPPED, IT SET FIRE TO THE RUBBER BELT. 544 00:37:20,172 --> 00:37:23,241 WE'LL NEED ANOTHER ONE! GO GET ANOTHER ONE! 545 00:37:23,275 --> 00:37:25,620 THAT'S THE ONLY WE GOT. SHOULD I TURN ON THE WATER? 546 00:37:25,655 --> 00:37:27,448 WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT! 547 00:37:32,344 --> 00:37:35,620 NO, NO! 548 00:37:35,655 --> 00:37:39,103 OH ! WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOMETHING ELSE! 549 00:37:39,137 --> 00:37:41,068 OKAY, I'M GOING TO TURN ON THE WATER! 550 00:38:05,310 --> 00:38:07,172 TORCH WAS RIGHT ON THAT ROLLER. 551 00:38:07,206 --> 00:38:09,448 WHEN IT'S TURNING WITH WATER ON IT, IT'S FINE, BUT... 552 00:38:09,482 --> 00:38:12,000 IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST, MAN. 553 00:38:12,034 --> 00:38:14,172 DID YOU GET A LOOK AT ANY DAMAGE? 554 00:38:14,206 --> 00:38:17,379 WELL, IT'S ALL RUBBER IN THERE. 555 00:38:17,413 --> 00:38:20,448 THERE'S A LOT OF THAT , I'M SURE. 556 00:38:20,482 --> 00:38:21,655 WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S OUT 557 00:38:21,689 --> 00:38:24,793 AND COME BACK IN THE MORNING AND ASSESS. 558 00:38:24,827 --> 00:38:28,413 I MEAN, OUR 7,000 OUNCE GOAL MAY HAVE JUST GONE UP IN FLAMES, 559 00:38:28,448 --> 00:38:31,965 BUT MIGHT BE IN THE BOX. 560 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,862 BIG RED MIGHT GET IT. 561 00:38:34,896 --> 00:38:36,137 WHO KNOWS? 562 00:38:36,172 --> 00:38:40,551 BUT, HONESTLY RIGHT NOW I'M TIRED. 563 00:38:49,413 --> 00:38:53,068 Narrator: AT FIRST LIGHT, PARKER BRINGS DEAN AND MECHANIC MITCH 564 00:38:53,103 --> 00:38:54,758 TO GAUGE THE DAMAGE. 565 00:39:02,517 --> 00:39:08,310 MAN, THE BELT IS SMOKED. 566 00:39:08,344 --> 00:39:11,931 NOW IT'S GOT 4 INCHES OF ICE ON TOP OF IT. 567 00:39:11,965 --> 00:39:15,551 OH MY ! LOOK AT THOSE SPRAY MARKS. 568 00:39:17,655 --> 00:39:21,482 I THINK SHE'S FRIED, DEAN. -Dean: PRETTY MUCH. 569 00:39:21,517 --> 00:39:24,482 Parker: FIRE AND ICE. 570 00:39:24,517 --> 00:39:26,517 BUT WE'RE NOT LEAVING MUCH BEHIND, ARE WE? 571 00:39:26,551 --> 00:39:28,551 MAN, THAT HAS TO BE THE BIGGEST SINGLE CUT 572 00:39:28,586 --> 00:39:30,620 THAT WE'VE EVER DONE IN ONE SHOT. 573 00:39:33,103 --> 00:39:35,413 HOW MANY YARDS YOU THINK WE MOVED THIS YEAR? 574 00:39:35,448 --> 00:39:43,137 OH, , PROBABLY 2.2, 2.3 MILLION YARDS OVER. 575 00:39:43,172 --> 00:39:46,655 THAT'S A LOT OF DIRT. 576 00:39:46,689 --> 00:39:48,517 I MUST SAY, GOOD JOB, GUYS. 577 00:39:48,551 --> 00:39:49,793 THANK YOU. 578 00:39:49,827 --> 00:39:51,413 DEAN, THAT WAS A HELL OF A CHALLENGE IN HERE. 579 00:39:51,448 --> 00:39:54,344 YEP. 580 00:39:54,379 --> 00:39:56,413 Narrator: PARKER HAS MINED TONY BEETS' LAND 581 00:39:56,448 --> 00:40:00,068 EVER SINCE HE CAME TO THE KLONDIKE. 582 00:40:00,103 --> 00:40:01,965 OVER THE LAST 6 YEARS, 583 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:06,000 HE'S DUG UP OVER $29 MILLION WORTH OF GOLD, 584 00:40:06,034 --> 00:40:10,206 BUT HIS TIME AS TONY'S TENANT IS OVER. 585 00:40:10,241 --> 00:40:11,517 HOPEFULLY THERE WAS ENOUGH GOLD IN THERE 586 00:40:11,551 --> 00:40:14,310 TO GET US TO 7,000 OUNCES. 587 00:40:14,344 --> 00:40:16,000 IT'S BEEN A HELL OF A SEASON. 588 00:40:23,827 --> 00:40:25,724 THERE'S DEFINITELY A POINT WHERE YOU GOT TO CALL IT QUITS 589 00:40:25,758 --> 00:40:28,758 AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET. 590 00:40:28,793 --> 00:40:31,068 I SET A GOAL OF 1,000 OUNCES. 591 00:40:31,103 --> 00:40:34,413 Narrator: IN A DESPERATE BID TO HIT HIS SEASON GOAL, 592 00:40:34,448 --> 00:40:36,586 RICK NESS IS RUNNING FROZEN PAY 593 00:40:36,620 --> 00:40:40,896 FROM THE NEW CUT HIS DAD JUST OPENED. 594 00:40:40,931 --> 00:40:43,620 YEAH, THERE'S BIG OLD FROZEN CHUNKS OF PAY DIRT RIGHT THERE, 595 00:40:43,655 --> 00:40:46,931 BUT AT THIS POINT OF THE YEAR, WE'RE RUNNING WHAT WE HAVE LEFT. 596 00:40:46,965 --> 00:40:48,793 WE'RE STILL NOT AT OUR GOAL, SO I DON'T GIVE A . 597 00:40:48,827 --> 00:40:51,655 WE'RE STILL RUNNING. 598 00:40:51,689 --> 00:40:54,793 BEN, DO YOU LIKE YOUR PAY DIRT CRISPY OR EXTRA CRISPY? 599 00:40:54,827 --> 00:40:56,068 EXTRA CRISPY. 600 00:40:56,103 --> 00:40:58,103 EXTRA CRISPY COMING RIGHT UP. 601 00:41:00,724 --> 00:41:03,689 THERE YOU GO, ONE BUCKET OF EXTRA CRISPY. 602 00:41:03,724 --> 00:41:06,275 HEY, DO YOU THINK YOU CAN PUT SOME BIGGER CHUNKS IN THERE? 603 00:41:06,310 --> 00:41:08,586 I MEAN, THEY LOOK PRETTY BIG. 604 00:41:08,620 --> 00:41:10,827 Man: AH, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME -- 605 00:41:10,862 --> 00:41:15,103 THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE END OF IT RIGHT HERE. 606 00:41:15,137 --> 00:41:17,344 Narrator: AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL, 607 00:41:17,379 --> 00:41:20,620 THE ENTIRE CREW PUSHES ON INTO THE NIGHT. 608 00:41:22,896 --> 00:41:24,068 WE CAN'T SHUT DOWN. 609 00:41:24,103 --> 00:41:25,517 WE GOT TO GET IT ALL THROUGH TONIGHT 610 00:41:25,551 --> 00:41:29,931 BECAUSE AT THIS POINT WE SHUT DOWN, WE'RE FROZEN OUT. 611 00:41:29,965 --> 00:41:31,241 WE'RE INTO THE MINUSES. 612 00:41:31,275 --> 00:41:34,137 EVERYTHING HAS GOT TO KEEP MOVING, EVEN US. 613 00:41:42,241 --> 00:41:44,103 RICK, YOU GOT A COPY? 614 00:41:44,137 --> 00:41:45,827 YEAH, YEAH, GO AHEAD. 615 00:41:45,862 --> 00:41:47,310 LOOKS LIKE WE'RE NOT FEEDING RIGHT, 616 00:41:47,344 --> 00:41:49,103 THINK YOU CAN GIVE ME A HAND? -WHAT THE HAPPENED? 617 00:41:49,137 --> 00:41:50,862 I'M GUESSING THAT CHUNKY 618 00:41:50,896 --> 00:41:54,206 GOT STUCK IN THERE AND FROZE UP AND WE'RE NOT FEEDING THE PLANT. 619 00:41:59,862 --> 00:42:02,896 Narrator: IN THE HOPPER, FROZEN CHUNKS OF PAY 620 00:42:02,931 --> 00:42:05,379 HAVE FORMED A SOLID MASS. 621 00:42:05,413 --> 00:42:10,482 THIS LUMP IS PRESSING DOWN ON THE INTERIOR BELT 622 00:42:10,517 --> 00:42:15,517 AND PREVENTING ANY DIRT REACHING THE WASH PLANT. 623 00:42:15,551 --> 00:42:17,034 Man: BOTH BELTS ON? 624 00:42:17,068 --> 00:42:18,310 Rick: YEAH, WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO SEE 625 00:42:18,344 --> 00:42:19,896 IF WE CAN GET IT TO BREAK LOOSE. 626 00:42:19,931 --> 00:42:21,689 OKAY, BOTH BELTS COMING HOT. 627 00:42:21,724 --> 00:42:23,137 YEP! 628 00:42:23,172 --> 00:42:25,103 Narrator: RICK'S HIGH-RISK PLAN: 629 00:42:25,137 --> 00:42:26,965 RUN BOTH CONVEYORS IN THE HOPE 630 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,655 THAT THEY WILL DISLODGE THE BLOCKAGE. 631 00:42:29,689 --> 00:42:31,000 WE JUST HIT IT FULL SPEED. 632 00:42:31,034 --> 00:42:32,793 WE'LL KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO COME LOOSE. 633 00:42:32,827 --> 00:42:34,344 BECAUSE IF IT AIN'T FREED UP, 634 00:42:34,379 --> 00:42:37,724 IT'S GOING TO TEAR THAT BELT, AND OUR SEASON IS DONE. 635 00:42:40,862 --> 00:42:43,344 BEN, BUMP THE ! 636 00:42:48,206 --> 00:42:51,137 THAT DON'T SOUND GOOD. 637 00:42:51,172 --> 00:42:52,827 OH, YOU'RE KIDDING ME. 638 00:43:08,241 --> 00:43:09,758 I'M HOPING THERE AIN'T TOO MUCH WEIGHT ON IT. 639 00:43:09,793 --> 00:43:11,103 I MEAN, WE SHUT IT OUT... 640 00:43:11,137 --> 00:43:12,620 WE SHUT IT DOWN AS PRACTICALLY A FULL HOPPER. 641 00:43:12,655 --> 00:43:14,482 IT AIN'T GOOD FOR IT. 642 00:43:14,517 --> 00:43:17,551 Narrator: RICK IS RUNNING THE LAST OF HIS FROZEN PAY DIRT 643 00:43:17,586 --> 00:43:20,379 IN THE HOPE OF HITTING HIS 1,000 OUNCE, 644 00:43:20,413 --> 00:43:24,517 $1.2 MILLION SEASON GOAL... 645 00:43:24,551 --> 00:43:26,586 BEN, BOTH BELTS NOW! 646 00:43:26,620 --> 00:43:31,482 ...BUT HIS HOPPER FEEDER IS JAMMED WITH A MASSIVE ICE BALL. 647 00:43:31,517 --> 00:43:33,241 NOTHING!NOTHING. 648 00:43:43,655 --> 00:43:46,862 NO WAY. 649 00:43:46,896 --> 00:43:48,310 ONE MORE TIME! 650 00:43:50,344 --> 00:43:52,448 THERE SHE GOES!THERE SHE GOES! 651 00:43:52,482 --> 00:43:55,724 HOLY LOOK AT THOSE BIG CHUNKS! 652 00:43:55,758 --> 00:43:58,344 I THINK THOSE WERE THE TWO THAT WERE REALLY BLOCKING IT. 653 00:43:58,379 --> 00:44:00,275 KEEP IT GOING.YEP, LET HER GO! 654 00:44:00,310 --> 00:44:01,862 LET IT GO! 655 00:44:01,896 --> 00:44:03,620 YEAH, IT'S CLEAR NOW. 656 00:44:06,517 --> 00:44:07,965 WHEW! 657 00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:11,620 Narrator: NOW, RICK NEEDS TO RUN EVERY YARD OF FROZEN PAY DIRT, 658 00:44:11,655 --> 00:44:14,551 AND HE CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER ICE BLOCKAGE. 659 00:44:20,965 --> 00:44:23,655 I'M DOING MY BEST TO HAMMER UP SOME OF THESE CHUNKS. 660 00:44:23,689 --> 00:44:25,689 IF YOU CAN'T GET THEM CRUSHED UP, 661 00:44:25,724 --> 00:44:28,000 THERE'S NO USE RUNNING THEM THROUGH THE PLANT. 662 00:44:31,275 --> 00:44:33,344 MAN, THAT DIRT LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER. 663 00:44:36,241 --> 00:44:37,758 YOU KNOW WHAT, FROZEN DIRT? 664 00:44:37,793 --> 00:44:40,482 TOO BAD, I'M GOING TO SMASH YOU TO 665 00:44:40,517 --> 00:44:42,862 , RUN YOU THROUGH THE WASH PLANT ANYWAY. 666 00:44:45,793 --> 00:44:48,655 I'M BEATING UP THIS DIRT LIKE IT OWES ME MONEY. 667 00:44:48,689 --> 00:44:51,793 WELL, , IT DOES! 668 00:44:51,827 --> 00:44:54,724 WOO! 669 00:44:54,758 --> 00:44:56,689 TOO DUMB TO QUIT. 670 00:45:04,206 --> 00:45:06,206 THAT PILE KEEPS GETTING SMALLER. 671 00:45:10,517 --> 00:45:12,965 HEY, RYAN, HOW WE LOOKING UP THERE, BUDDY? 672 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:14,413 THIS IS IT, RICK. 673 00:45:14,448 --> 00:45:17,206 THIS IS THE LAST BUCKET OF PAY DIRT FOR THE YEAR. 674 00:45:17,241 --> 00:45:19,827 ALL RIGHT. SHOVE HER ON THROUGH, AND WE'LL SHUT IT DOWN. 675 00:45:19,862 --> 00:45:21,517 COPY THAT. 676 00:45:27,068 --> 00:45:30,379 MAN, IT'S ALMOST SURREAL GOING OVER THERE. 677 00:45:35,655 --> 00:45:38,482 THIS IS ALWAYS A SPECIAL MOMENT OF THE SEASON, 678 00:45:38,517 --> 00:45:41,413 BUT NONE OF THE OTHER ONES HAVE EVER MATCHED THIS ONE. 679 00:45:41,448 --> 00:45:44,448 THIS IS THE END OF MY SEASON, MY FIRST SEASON. 680 00:45:47,275 --> 00:45:52,482 MAN, THE FIGHT IS OVER, AND WE FOUGHT IT UNTIL THE VERY END. 681 00:45:52,517 --> 00:45:55,206 WHEN I THINK BACK ON HOW HARD WE FOUGHT FOR EVERYTHING 682 00:45:55,241 --> 00:45:56,793 AND JUST LIKE THAT, IT'S OVER. 683 00:45:56,827 --> 00:45:58,310 IT'S OVER.WE'RE DONE. 684 00:45:58,344 --> 00:46:01,482 WHAT DO YOU SAY, GIVE THAT SUN A LITTLE BIT TO COME UP 685 00:46:01,517 --> 00:46:02,862 AND LET'S PULL THE MATS. 686 00:46:02,896 --> 00:46:04,379 AND THE GOLD THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR MAY 687 00:46:04,413 --> 00:46:06,689 OR MAY NOT BE IN THAT LITTLE SLUICE BOX, 688 00:46:06,724 --> 00:46:08,275 THAT'S THE INDUSTRY WE'RE IN MAN. 689 00:46:08,310 --> 00:46:09,862 WE DON'T KNOW. 690 00:46:09,896 --> 00:46:11,517 BUT I'M EXCITED TO FIND OUT. 691 00:46:11,551 --> 00:46:12,827 ALL RIGHT.YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST. 692 00:46:12,862 --> 00:46:14,862 AWESOME.GOOD DEAL. 693 00:46:26,448 --> 00:46:28,000 Parker: IT'S GETTING PRETTY COLD OUT. 694 00:46:28,034 --> 00:46:29,482 WITH SLUICIFER BEING DOWN, 695 00:46:29,517 --> 00:46:33,482 BIG RED IS THE ONLY THING GETTING US ANY MORE GOLD. 696 00:46:33,517 --> 00:46:34,965 IT'S BEEN A REAL STRUGGLE TO GET HERE, 697 00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:36,931 BUT IT FEELS GOOD TO FINALLY BE MINING OUR OWN GROUND 698 00:46:36,965 --> 00:46:39,482 AND NOT BE PAYING ROYALTIES. 699 00:46:39,517 --> 00:46:42,793 Narrator: PARKER IS PUSHING BIG RED TO THE LIMIT, 700 00:46:42,827 --> 00:46:47,000 SLUICING ROYALTY-FREE GOLD ON LAND THAT HE OWNS. 701 00:46:47,034 --> 00:46:49,896 MOST MINERS HAVE ALREADY CALLED IT QUITS. 702 00:46:49,931 --> 00:46:52,896 PARKER NEEDS TO KNOW THIS LAND WILL PAY OUT 703 00:46:52,931 --> 00:46:55,689 IF HE'S GOING TO MINE IT ALL NEXT SEASON. 704 00:46:58,896 --> 00:47:01,379 HOLY , LOOK AT THE PLANT! 705 00:47:04,827 --> 00:47:08,137 WHAT THE ? 706 00:47:08,172 --> 00:47:09,448 WHAT HAPPENED TO NIGHT SHIFT? 707 00:47:09,482 --> 00:47:11,241 THEY HAD SOME JAM-UPS LAST NIGHT, 708 00:47:11,275 --> 00:47:12,620 AND THEY SAID THAT THEY TRIED EVERYTHING 709 00:47:12,655 --> 00:47:13,793 THEY COULD DO TO KEEP RUNNING, 710 00:47:13,827 --> 00:47:18,137 AND I THINK THIS IS THE END RESULT. 711 00:47:18,172 --> 00:47:21,482 I THINK IT MIGHT BE TIME JUST TO PUT HER TO BED. 712 00:47:21,517 --> 00:47:23,413 THERE'S STILL A BIT OF GROUND IN THAT CUT, 713 00:47:23,448 --> 00:47:26,137 AND WE NEED EVERY OUNCE WE CAN GET RIGHT NOW. 714 00:47:26,172 --> 00:47:27,586 SO THERE'S A GOOD POSSIBILITY YOU'RE GOING 715 00:47:27,620 --> 00:47:28,827 TO CREATE MORE DAMAGE AND LESS WORK. 716 00:47:28,862 --> 00:47:30,344 I MEAN THE WATER IS STILL RUNNING. 717 00:47:30,379 --> 00:47:31,689 LET'S JUST TRY TO START IT. 718 00:47:31,724 --> 00:47:33,379 ALL RIGHT. 719 00:47:45,586 --> 00:47:47,206 SEE IF IT'LL START! 720 00:47:59,068 --> 00:48:01,137 BUMP IT AGAIN! 721 00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:07,034 MAN, IS IT TURNING OVER? 722 00:48:07,068 --> 00:48:09,758 I MEAN, IT'S POWERED UP. YOU CAN HEAR IT DRAWING... 723 00:48:09,793 --> 00:48:11,965 IT'S MAKING SOME WEIRD NOISES. 724 00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:15,655 HEY WE'RE GOING TO END UP BURNING THAT MOTOR OUT! 725 00:48:15,689 --> 00:48:17,482 WE'RE CALLING IT A SEASON! 726 00:48:22,275 --> 00:48:24,034 Narrator: WITH ONE WASH PLANT ICED UP 727 00:48:24,068 --> 00:48:26,482 AND THE OTHER BURNED OUT, 728 00:48:26,517 --> 00:48:29,758 PARKER IS DONE MINING FOR THE YEAR. 729 00:48:32,344 --> 00:48:33,482 Parker: IS THERE ANY GOLD IN HERE? 730 00:48:33,517 --> 00:48:35,758 YEAH, THERE IS, ACTUALLY. 731 00:48:35,793 --> 00:48:37,551 WE DIDN'T END THINGS ON THE TERMS WE WANTED, 732 00:48:37,586 --> 00:48:39,241 BUT GOOD JOB, GUYS. 733 00:48:39,275 --> 00:48:42,000 Narrator: NEXT YEAR, PARKER IS BETTING THE FARM 734 00:48:42,034 --> 00:48:43,862 ON THE GROUND HE'S BOUGHT. 735 00:48:43,896 --> 00:48:47,241 THE GOLD IN THIS SLUICE BOX WILL BE HIS FIRST SIGN 736 00:48:47,275 --> 00:48:50,103 OF HOW NEXT SEASON WILL PAN OUT. 737 00:48:50,137 --> 00:48:52,689 IT'S BASICALLY TESTING FOR OUR FUTURE. 738 00:48:52,724 --> 00:48:54,517 LOOK AT THAT! 739 00:48:54,551 --> 00:48:56,793 OH, THAT'S A NICE NUGGET! 740 00:48:56,827 --> 00:48:59,172 THIS IS MY EIGHTH YEAR RUNNING A MINE SITE, 741 00:48:59,206 --> 00:49:00,620 AND THIS YEAR WAS LIKE THE LAST 742 00:49:00,655 --> 00:49:03,310 7 ALL THROWN INTO ONE, JUST SO MUCH 743 00:49:03,344 --> 00:49:04,482 GOING ON. 744 00:49:04,517 --> 00:49:07,275 LUCKILY, EVERYBODY STAYED FOCUSED. 745 00:49:07,310 --> 00:49:09,655 I'M THE SCATTERBRAIN. 746 00:49:09,689 --> 00:49:11,413 COME ON! DOZER! 747 00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:27,448 Narrator: MINING IS OVER AT SCRIBNER CREEK. 748 00:49:27,482 --> 00:49:30,275 PARKER GATHERS HIS ENTIRE CREW TO FIND OUT 749 00:49:30,310 --> 00:49:33,448 IF THEY'VE HIT HIS 7,000 OUNCE GOAL, 750 00:49:33,482 --> 00:49:35,517 THE HIGHEST HE'S EVER SET. 751 00:49:39,655 --> 00:49:44,172 SO THE LAST GOLD TOTAL WAS 6,472.5 OUNCES, 752 00:49:44,206 --> 00:49:47,310 WHICH IS BETTER THEN WE DID LAST YEAR BY ABOUT 200 OUNCES. 753 00:49:47,344 --> 00:49:49,103 THERE'S A LOT OF GOLD THERE ON THE TABLE. 754 00:49:49,137 --> 00:49:52,586 BUT WHAT MEANS THE MOST TO ME IS THE SMALLEST PAN OUT HERE, 755 00:49:52,620 --> 00:49:55,000 WHICH IS WHAT BIG RED DID DOWN THERE 756 00:49:55,034 --> 00:49:56,862 ON THE GROUND THAT WE BOUGHT. 757 00:49:56,896 --> 00:49:59,724 ALL RIGHT. SO BIG RED PRODUCED 95 OUNCES. 758 00:49:59,758 --> 00:50:02,034 WOW! CHEERS TO THAT! 759 00:50:02,068 --> 00:50:03,586 WOO! 760 00:50:03,620 --> 00:50:07,586 THOSE 95 OUNCES CAME FROM LIKE, 30 OR 35 HOURS OF SLUICING. 761 00:50:07,620 --> 00:50:08,793 WHEN WE STARTED, I SAID WE NEEDED 762 00:50:08,827 --> 00:50:10,172 80 OUNCES FOR IT TO BE GOOD, 763 00:50:10,206 --> 00:50:12,241 SO I THINK THAT'S A DAMN GOOD RESULT. 764 00:50:12,275 --> 00:50:13,758 GOT TO CHEERS TO THAT, MAN! 765 00:50:13,793 --> 00:50:16,965 IT'S OUR OWN GROUND AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. 766 00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:18,448 ME, TOO! 767 00:50:18,482 --> 00:50:21,344 IT'S SOMETHING THAT WHEN I CAME UP HERE 6 YEARS AGO, 768 00:50:21,379 --> 00:50:24,965 LIKE, THAT WAS THE DREAM. 769 00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:30,793 Narrator: BIG RED'S GOLD BRINGS THE TOTAL TO 6,567 OUNCES, 770 00:50:30,827 --> 00:50:37,103 BUT PARKER IS STILL MORE THAN 400 OUNCES SHORT OF HIS GOAL. 771 00:50:37,137 --> 00:50:40,206 WE'VE BEEN RUNNING FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS. 772 00:50:40,241 --> 00:50:46,551 SLUICIFER PRODUCED 859.8 OUNCES. 773 00:50:46,586 --> 00:50:49,034 Narrator: WORTH OVER $1 MILLION... 774 00:50:49,068 --> 00:50:50,862 FIGURE THAT OUT! 775 00:50:50,896 --> 00:50:54,379 Narrator: THE BIGGEST CLEANUP PARKER'S EVER HAD. 776 00:50:54,413 --> 00:50:56,379 UNREAL! 777 00:50:56,413 --> 00:51:00,068 OUR SEASON TOTAL, BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS 7,000 OUNCES, 778 00:51:00,103 --> 00:51:04,965 7,427.25 OUNCES. 779 00:51:07,206 --> 00:51:10,241 Narrator: DESPITE THE DISASTROUS START, 780 00:51:10,275 --> 00:51:15,482 PARKER'S CREW HAS MINED NEARLY $9 MILLION WORTH OF GOLD, 781 00:51:15,517 --> 00:51:18,344 A NEW RECORD FOR "GOLD RUSH." 782 00:51:18,379 --> 00:51:21,344 THIS SEASON STARTED OUT AS ONE OF THE WORST SEASONS 783 00:51:21,379 --> 00:51:24,034 WE'VE EVER HAD AND ENDED UP THE ABSOLUTE BEST, 784 00:51:24,068 --> 00:51:26,517 AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT. 785 00:51:26,551 --> 00:51:27,620 AND I THANK YOU ALL TO THAT. 786 00:51:27,655 --> 00:51:29,413 CHEERS TO THAT! 787 00:51:29,448 --> 00:51:31,793 YOU GOT A SMOKING CREW. 788 00:51:31,827 --> 00:51:33,482 THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. 789 00:51:33,517 --> 00:51:37,758 NEXT YEAR, WE'RE ON OUR OWN GROUND, PLAY BY OUR OWN RULES. 790 00:51:37,793 --> 00:51:40,310 AND WE ARE HEADING INTO THE UNKNOWN, 791 00:51:40,344 --> 00:51:43,275 BUT THE FUTURE IS OURS. 792 00:51:43,310 --> 00:51:45,206 CHEERS! 793 00:51:45,241 --> 00:51:48,586 THANK YOU ALL! 794 00:52:01,448 --> 00:52:04,931 OH.OH, YEAH! 795 00:52:04,965 --> 00:52:06,413 ABOUT TIME, RICK! 796 00:52:06,448 --> 00:52:08,482 Narrator: RICK NESS HAS COMPLETED 797 00:52:08,517 --> 00:52:10,034 HIS ROOKIE MINING SEASON... 798 00:52:10,068 --> 00:52:12,551 CAN YOU BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 6 MONTHS? 799 00:52:12,586 --> 00:52:15,206 Narrator: BUT HE'S YET TO FIND OUT IF HE'S HIT 800 00:52:15,241 --> 00:52:19,862 HIS 1,000 OUNCE, $1.2 MILLION GOAL. 801 00:52:19,896 --> 00:52:23,068 SO KARLA, WHERE DID WE END UP WITH ON THE LAST GOLD WEIGH? 802 00:52:23,103 --> 00:52:24,620 WE WERE AT 973. 803 00:52:24,655 --> 00:52:26,620 SO WE HAD 27 OUNCES TO GET. 804 00:52:26,655 --> 00:52:28,137 MIGHT BE IN THAT JAR. 805 00:52:28,172 --> 00:52:29,827 I THINK IT'S TIME TO FIND OUT. 806 00:52:34,965 --> 00:52:36,896 THAT'S 20. 807 00:52:36,931 --> 00:52:39,068 -LOOKING GOOD. -YEAH! 808 00:52:39,103 --> 00:52:40,758 THERE'S OUR 27 OUNCES. 809 00:52:43,275 --> 00:52:44,655 YEAH! 810 00:52:44,689 --> 00:52:46,379 THERE'S ANOTHER ! 811 00:52:46,413 --> 00:52:48,931 WHOA!YEAH! 812 00:52:48,965 --> 00:52:50,448 WHOA! 813 00:52:50,482 --> 00:52:54,310 THE FINAL GOLD WEIGHED 132.49 OUNCES. 814 00:52:54,344 --> 00:52:55,413 YEAH! 815 00:52:55,448 --> 00:52:59,448 Narrator: WORTH WELL OVER $150,000. 816 00:52:59,482 --> 00:53:01,931 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? WE'RE OVER 1,100. 817 00:53:01,965 --> 00:53:06,310 NICE.ELEVEN OH FIVE... BLEW BY IT! 818 00:53:06,344 --> 00:53:09,000 Narrator: IN HIS FIRST YEAR AS A MINE BOSS, 819 00:53:09,034 --> 00:53:13,379 RICK NESS HAS DUG UP OVER $1.3 MILLION IN GOLD. 820 00:53:13,413 --> 00:53:15,793 Rick: ARE YOU GLAD WE STUCK AROUND NOW? 821 00:53:15,827 --> 00:53:18,758 Narrator: HE'S KEPT HIS WORD HIS CREW. 822 00:53:18,793 --> 00:53:22,000 THEY'LL GO HOME WITH MONEY FOR THEIR FAMILIES. 823 00:53:22,034 --> 00:53:25,172 A FATHER TO A SON, I AM, YOU KNOW, SO PROUD OF YOU. 824 00:53:25,206 --> 00:53:28,827 AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOU GUYS STICKING IT OUT WITH THIS GUY. 825 00:53:28,862 --> 00:53:31,724 THAT IS FRICKING AMAZING TO ME, SO... 826 00:53:31,758 --> 00:53:33,379 YEAH, DAD, I MEAN AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, 827 00:53:33,413 --> 00:53:34,827 THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, 828 00:53:34,862 --> 00:53:36,620 YOU KNOW, I TOLD THESE GUYS THAT YOU SAID 829 00:53:36,655 --> 00:53:39,413 I WAS GOING TO GO BROKE AND COME HOME WITH NO FRIENDS. 830 00:53:39,448 --> 00:53:43,068 YOU KNOW, IN THIS CASE, KIND OF THROWING IT IN YOUR FACE HERE. 831 00:53:43,103 --> 00:53:45,034 MADE IT WORK AND I GOT ALL MY FRIENDS! 832 00:53:48,275 --> 00:53:49,758 THANKS, DAD. I LOVE YOU, MAN! 833 00:53:49,793 --> 00:53:51,034 I LOVE YOU TOO, MAN! 834 00:53:51,068 --> 00:53:52,655 I GUESS I SHOULD STOP DOUBTING YOU. 835 00:53:52,689 --> 00:53:54,137 YEAH. 836 00:53:54,172 --> 00:53:57,517 AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, BELIEVING IN ME 837 00:53:57,551 --> 00:53:59,931 BECAUSE I COULDN'T HAD DONE IT WITHOUT YOU GUYS, EVERY ONE. 838 00:53:59,965 --> 00:54:02,206 THAT BEING SAID, I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU GUYS. 839 00:54:02,241 --> 00:54:05,724 GOT A LITTLE BUCKET HERE, IT'S GOT 6 JARS IN IT. 840 00:54:10,551 --> 00:54:13,655 AND THERE'S ONE OF THOSE HERE FOR EACH OF YOU GUYS. 841 00:54:17,344 --> 00:54:21,413 A LITTLE OVER 50 OUNCES IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE JARS. 842 00:54:21,448 --> 00:54:23,310 Narrator: THEIR FINAL 2-WEEK PUSH 843 00:54:23,344 --> 00:54:27,827 ALLOWS RICK TO HAND OUT OVER $360,000. 844 00:54:27,862 --> 00:54:29,482 THANK YOU, GUYS! 845 00:54:29,517 --> 00:54:31,758 Narrator: EACH CREW MEMBER WILL GO HOME 846 00:54:31,793 --> 00:54:36,551 WITH OVER $60,000 IN GOLD. 847 00:54:36,586 --> 00:54:38,931 Man: SIX MONTHS AGO RICK, WE WERE SITTING IN MILWAUKEE, 848 00:54:38,965 --> 00:54:41,310 AND YOU PULLED OUT SOME OF YOUR GOLD, 849 00:54:41,344 --> 00:54:43,448 AND WE SHOWED IT TO MY KIDS AND EVERYTHING TO SEE, 850 00:54:43,482 --> 00:54:45,827 YOU KNOW, WHAT DAD WAS GOING TO GO UP AND TRY TO CHASE. 851 00:54:45,862 --> 00:54:47,310 I'M GOING TO BRING THAT HOME TO THEM. 852 00:54:47,344 --> 00:54:48,931 THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO SEE IT. 853 00:54:48,965 --> 00:54:50,586 THIS REALLY HELPS, MAN.YEAH, BUDDY. 854 00:54:50,620 --> 00:54:52,068 APPRECIATE IT.YOU GUYS EARNED IT. 855 00:54:52,103 --> 00:54:53,448 I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU GUYS 856 00:54:53,482 --> 00:54:55,827 THAT MY FIRST YEAR UP HERE MINING WITH PARKER, 857 00:54:55,862 --> 00:54:59,793 WE STAYED TO THE VERY BITTER END AND WE HIT 1,029 OUNCES. 858 00:54:59,827 --> 00:55:03,482 AND US, NO EXPERIENCE, NO NOTHING, 859 00:55:03,517 --> 00:55:06,413 WE BEAT THAT BY A MILE. 860 00:55:06,448 --> 00:55:08,137 YEAH, RICK! 861 00:55:10,827 --> 00:55:13,827 Narrator: SIX MONTHS AFTER ARRIVING IN THE KLONDIKE 862 00:55:13,862 --> 00:55:18,275 WITH FOUR GREENHORNS AND NO WASH PLANT, 863 00:55:18,310 --> 00:55:22,862 RICK NESS HAS BECOME THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ROOKIE MINE BOSS 864 00:55:22,896 --> 00:55:26,793 IN "GOLD RUSH" HISTORY. 865 00:55:26,827 --> 00:55:28,620 YOU GUYS ARE LUNATICS! 866 00:55:28,655 --> 00:55:31,482 Big Rick: THE SEASON, I MEAN, YOU COULDN'T PUT MORE ON 867 00:55:31,517 --> 00:55:35,793 SOMEBODY'S PLATE, AND HE HAS COME OUT SUCCESSFUL. 868 00:55:35,827 --> 00:55:37,275 IT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST ENDS 869 00:55:37,310 --> 00:55:39,758 TO ONE OF THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE. 870 00:55:39,793 --> 00:55:42,137 MY MOM'S DEATH HAS BEEN REALLY TOUGH. 871 00:55:42,172 --> 00:55:46,068 I HAD TO PUT THAT OUT OF MY MIND TO MAKE THIS WORK THIS SUMMER. 872 00:55:46,103 --> 00:55:49,517 I LOVE MY MOM, AND I MISS HER, AND I KNOW SHE'D BE PROUD 873 00:55:49,551 --> 00:55:53,137 SO I'M HAPPY WITH THAT. 874 00:56:01,517 --> 00:56:04,862 I HAVE ONE BIG REGRET THIS SEASON AND THAT IS, LIKE, 875 00:56:04,896 --> 00:56:06,965 MITCH GETTING HURT. 876 00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:08,689 HEY, MAN.WHAT'S UP, BUDDY? 877 00:56:08,724 --> 00:56:09,758 HERE'S THE X-RAY. 878 00:56:09,793 --> 00:56:12,241 OH, MY ! 879 00:56:12,275 --> 00:56:15,413 Narrator: PARKER CRASHED HIS JET BOAT MID-SEASON 880 00:56:15,448 --> 00:56:19,896 AND BROKE MITCH'S ARM IN TWO PLACES. 881 00:56:19,931 --> 00:56:22,758 Parker: THE STUFF GOING THROUGH MY HEAD 882 00:56:22,793 --> 00:56:24,655 WAS YOU WITH A STUMP BEING, 883 00:56:24,689 --> 00:56:27,241 "PARKER, THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" 884 00:56:27,275 --> 00:56:28,896 AND ME KNOWING THAT'S TRUE, 885 00:56:28,931 --> 00:56:31,275 AND IT REALLY BROUGHT HOME TO ME, 886 00:56:31,310 --> 00:56:35,586 LIKE HOW CLOSE EVERYTHING IS TO LIKE LIFE AND DEATH. 887 00:56:35,620 --> 00:56:37,379 LIKE, WE BOTH COULD HAVE DIED IN THAT 888 00:56:37,413 --> 00:56:38,758 EASY! 889 00:56:38,793 --> 00:56:39,758 OH, YEAH, WE WEREN'T PLANNING ON CRASHING! 890 00:56:39,793 --> 00:56:41,620 IT JUST HAPPENED. 891 00:56:41,655 --> 00:56:45,103 I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DID TO HELP, LIKE, GET IT FIXED. 892 00:56:47,620 --> 00:56:49,344 YOU'RE WELCOME. 893 00:57:02,689 --> 00:57:05,655 Parker: THERE IT IS. 894 00:57:05,689 --> 00:57:08,000 IT'S A LITTLE BITTERSWEET HAVING THIS 895 00:57:08,034 --> 00:57:10,482 KIND OF A RECORD-BREAKING SEASON 896 00:57:10,517 --> 00:57:15,172 BUT ALSO RECORD-BREAKING ROYALTY PAYMENTS. 897 00:57:15,206 --> 00:57:17,275 Narrator: PARKER MAY HAVE MINED 898 00:57:17,310 --> 00:57:19,793 CLOSE TO $9 MILLION WORTH OF GOLD, 899 00:57:19,827 --> 00:57:22,482 BUT EVEN AFTER MILLIONS IN EXPENSES, 900 00:57:22,517 --> 00:57:25,758 HE STILL HAS ONE FINAL, MASSIVE BILL. 901 00:57:25,793 --> 00:57:27,034 WE'RE PAYING MORE ROYALTIES THIS SEASON 902 00:57:27,068 --> 00:57:30,793 THAN WE FOUND OUR FIRST SEASON UP HERE. 903 00:57:30,827 --> 00:57:32,551 DON'T SPILL IT! 904 00:57:35,241 --> 00:57:38,379 AH, MY TABLE IS LEANING. 905 00:57:38,413 --> 00:57:39,620 THANKS, CHRIS. 906 00:57:39,655 --> 00:57:41,379 I'M HERE TO HELP YOU, PARKER. 907 00:57:44,413 --> 00:57:49,000 Narrator: EACH 100-OUNCE BAR IS WORTH $120,000. 908 00:57:51,172 --> 00:57:52,896 OH, JEEZ! 909 00:57:55,551 --> 00:57:57,241 Parker: I'LL SIT HOME ALONE AT NIGHT 910 00:57:57,275 --> 00:57:58,517 AND CRY AND CLEAN GOLD BARS. 911 00:57:58,551 --> 00:57:59,620 GOLD BARS, YEAH. 912 00:57:59,655 --> 00:58:02,413 WHAT A HORRIBLE THING FOR YOU TO DO. 913 00:58:02,448 --> 00:58:04,241 SIT HOME ALONE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT 914 00:58:04,275 --> 00:58:07,068 POLISHING YOUR BARS, HUH? 915 00:58:07,103 --> 00:58:09,000 AND CRYING! 916 00:58:09,034 --> 00:58:10,689 DON'T FORGET THE CRYING. 917 00:58:16,965 --> 00:58:19,206 BEFORE I LEAVE THE YUKON THIS FALL, 918 00:58:19,241 --> 00:58:22,344 I'VE GOT ONE BIG PIECE OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS WITH TONY. 919 00:58:22,379 --> 00:58:24,034 WE'VE HAD OUR UPS, AND WE'VE HAD OUR DOWNS, 920 00:58:24,068 --> 00:58:26,931 BUT TONY HAS NEVER TRIED TO RIP ME OFF 921 00:58:26,965 --> 00:58:28,620 IN ANY WAY THAT WASN'T 922 00:58:28,655 --> 00:58:31,413 IN A CONTRACT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. 923 00:58:31,448 --> 00:58:34,724 AT THE AGE I WAS, COMING UP HERE LOOKING FOR A PIECE OF GROUND, 924 00:58:34,758 --> 00:58:38,413 MOST PEOPLE WOULD HAVE LAUGHED ME OUT OF THE ROOM. 925 00:58:38,448 --> 00:58:40,034 Narrator: PARKER WAS JUST 17 926 00:58:40,068 --> 00:58:44,517 WHEN TONY FIRST WELCOMED HIM TO THE KLONDIKE. 927 00:58:44,551 --> 00:58:46,275 GOOD TO MEET YOU. 928 00:58:48,793 --> 00:58:51,793 Narrator: TONY OFFERED TO LEASE HIM GOOD GROUND. 929 00:58:58,172 --> 00:58:59,965 THIS COULD BE MINE. 930 00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:03,931 IT SCARES ME, BUT IF I WANT TO PLAY WITH THE BIG BOYS, 931 00:59:03,965 --> 00:59:06,379 I'VE GOT TO GET UP HERE WHERE THE BIG BOYS PLAY. 932 00:59:09,620 --> 00:59:12,620 Narrator: AND IN SIX SEASONS PLAYING WITH THE BIG BOYS, 933 00:59:12,655 --> 00:59:16,620 PARKER HAS MINED 25,000 OUNCES OF GOLD, 934 00:59:16,655 --> 00:59:19,862 WORTH OVER $29 MILLION. 935 00:59:19,896 --> 00:59:23,448 WE'RE PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOP 936 00:59:23,482 --> 00:59:25,482 THREE OR FOUR PRODUCERS IN THE YUKON. 937 00:59:28,482 --> 00:59:31,206 THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT TONY'S SUPPORT. 938 00:59:31,241 --> 00:59:34,206 Narrator: THE DEAL HAS WORKED OUT WELL FOR TONY, TOO. 939 00:59:34,241 --> 00:59:38,793 SO FAR, PARKER HAS PAID HIM $4 MILLION IN ROYALTIES. 940 00:59:40,724 --> 00:59:43,034 HOW'S IT GOING? 941 00:59:43,068 --> 00:59:46,620 NOT TOO BAD. 942 00:59:46,655 --> 00:59:48,793 SO HOW'S YOUR SEASON GONE? 943 00:59:50,931 --> 00:59:52,965 HE HAD JUST UNDER 4,400 OUNCES 944 00:59:53,000 --> 00:59:57,482 SO DID ABOUT 700 MORE THAN LAST YEAR. 945 00:59:57,517 --> 00:59:58,827 YEAH, IT'S BEEN GOOD. 946 00:59:58,862 --> 01:00:00,413 YEAH, WE ENDED UP HAVING A PRETTY NICE PIECE 947 01:00:00,448 --> 01:00:01,793 OF GROUND UP THERE. 948 01:00:01,827 --> 01:00:06,758 OUR SEASON ENDED HERE JUST SHY OF 7,300 OUNCES. 949 01:00:06,793 --> 01:00:08,068 GOOD FOR YOU! 950 01:00:08,103 --> 01:00:09,448 GOOD FOR ALL OF US. 951 01:00:09,482 --> 01:00:12,689 THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT YOU GUYS SOMETHING. 952 01:00:20,758 --> 01:00:23,000 NO WONDER HE WAS CROOKED WHEN HE WALKED IN. 953 01:00:26,000 --> 01:00:29,448 Narrator: THIS FINAL PAYMENT MEANS THAT OVER THE 6 YEARS 954 01:00:29,482 --> 01:00:31,448 HE'S MINED IN THE KLONDIKE, 955 01:00:31,482 --> 01:00:37,000 PARKER HAS GIVEN TONY OVER $5.2 MILLION IN ROYALTIES. 956 01:00:37,034 --> 01:00:41,896 Parker: THERE IT IS, 1,000 OUNCES. 957 01:00:47,103 --> 01:00:48,827 YEAH. 958 01:00:51,827 --> 01:00:56,344 Narrator: THIS PAYMENT ALSO MARKS THE END OF AN ERA. 959 01:00:57,862 --> 01:01:00,206 YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO THAT PIECE OF GROUND 960 01:01:00,241 --> 01:01:02,965 THAT WE BOUGHT HERE NEXT TO YOU. 961 01:01:03,000 --> 01:01:05,000 I'M GENUINELY NERVOUS ABOUT GOING OVER THERE. 962 01:01:05,034 --> 01:01:06,275 IT'S A BIT SCARY. 963 01:01:06,310 --> 01:01:09,448 I HOPE WE CAN ALL GET ALONG DOWN HERE. 964 01:01:09,482 --> 01:01:12,344 YOU GOT TO PLAY NICE. 965 01:01:12,379 --> 01:01:13,793 BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. 966 01:01:13,827 --> 01:01:15,620 WE'VE HAD OUR UPS AND DOWNS OVER THE LAST 6 YEARS, 967 01:01:15,655 --> 01:01:19,275 BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 968 01:01:19,310 --> 01:01:20,551 THERE'S NOBODY IN THE YUKON 969 01:01:20,586 --> 01:01:22,655 THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY. 970 01:01:25,068 --> 01:01:31,068 I'M HAPPY FOR YOU. 971 01:01:31,103 --> 01:01:32,827 WELL, HAVE A GOOD WINTER. 972 01:01:34,931 --> 01:01:36,793 DON'T SPEND IT ALL IN ONE PLACE. 973 01:01:41,448 --> 01:01:43,206 LAST TIME DOING THAT. 974 01:01:45,517 --> 01:01:47,172 I'M FREE! 975 01:01:52,000 --> 01:01:53,206 Narrator: UP NEXT, 976 01:01:53,241 --> 01:01:56,620 UNSEEN FOOTAGE AND EXPLOSIVE REVELATIONS. 977 01:01:56,655 --> 01:01:58,172 I MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES THIS YEAR. 978 01:01:58,206 --> 01:01:59,413 GO HOME! 979 01:01:59,448 --> 01:02:02,551 WE KNEW JACK ABOUT GOLD MINING. 980 01:02:02,586 --> 01:02:04,103 Parker: THE PROBLEM THAT I'VE GOT WITH TONY IS, 981 01:02:04,137 --> 01:02:06,689 HE ISN'T HONEST.SUCKS TO BE YOU. 982 01:02:06,724 --> 01:02:08,655 OH, YOU WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM TONY BEETS? 983 01:02:08,689 --> 01:02:10,206 THERE YOU GO. 984 01:02:10,241 --> 01:02:11,965 PARKER AND I'S FRIENDSHIP HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE VOLATILE. 985 01:02:12,000 --> 01:02:13,103 I BROUGHT YOU A CHECK. 986 01:02:13,137 --> 01:02:14,517 IT'S NOT WHAT I EXPECTED. 987 01:02:14,551 --> 01:02:17,137 I'M THE BAD GUY FOR GIVING SOMEBODY $50,000. 988 01:02:17,172 --> 01:02:19,379 Man: PARKER BELIEVED THEY WERE CLOSE FRIENDS. 989 01:02:19,413 --> 01:02:21,413 I JUST DON'T THINK RICK FELT THE SAME WAY. 989 01:02:22,305 --> 01:03:22,248