"Gold Rush" Confessions of a Record-Breaking Season

1 00:00:01,260 --> 00:00:03,260 Narrator: ON THIS "GOLD RUSH"... 2 00:00:03,270 --> 00:00:04,450 [ CELLPHONE CAMERA CLICKS ] 3 00:00:04,450 --> 00:00:06,580 CAN YOU SEE THE SWEAT ON MY HEAD? 4 00:00:06,590 --> 00:00:09,920 Narrator: ...THREE GOLD MINERS GO UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT... 5 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:11,620 IF I HAVE ANOTHER SEASON LIKE THAT, 6 00:00:11,620 --> 00:00:12,670 THAT'S GAME OVER. 7 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:14,220 I COULD GIVE A [BLEEP] HOW HE FEELS. 8 00:00:14,230 --> 00:00:15,430 Narrator: ...TO REVEAL THE TRUTH 9 00:00:15,430 --> 00:00:18,100 BEHIND THEIR MOST DRAMATIC SEASON YET. 10 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:24,600 A CRISIS IN THE KLONDIKE 11 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,020 PITS ONE MINER AGAINST THE OTHER... 12 00:00:27,020 --> 00:00:28,690 GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON NOT TO TELL YOU 13 00:00:28,690 --> 00:00:30,020 TO GO [BLEEP] YOURSELF. 14 00:00:33,060 --> 00:00:34,700 ...AND SENDS THE THIRD 15 00:00:34,700 --> 00:00:36,860 ON A HIGH-STAKES TREASURE HUNT. 16 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:38,370 Rick: THIS IS GOLD COUNTRY. 17 00:00:38,370 --> 00:00:40,330 Narrator: THEY RELIVE THE HIGHS. 18 00:00:40,340 --> 00:00:41,540 CHEERS TO ALL YOU GUYS. 19 00:00:41,540 --> 00:00:42,800 [ ALL CHEERING ] 20 00:00:42,810 --> 00:00:45,070 OOH! AAH! THERE'S GOLD. 21 00:00:45,070 --> 00:00:46,240 Narrator: ...AND LOWS. 22 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:47,270 [BLEEP]! 23 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:48,480 Narrator: ...OF GOLD MINING 24 00:00:48,480 --> 00:00:49,740 AT THE LIMIT. 25 00:00:51,750 --> 00:00:53,310 DENNIS! 26 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:54,550 NONE OF THIS IS WORTH PEOPLE 27 00:00:54,550 --> 00:00:57,870 GETTING SERIOUSLY HURT. 28 00:00:57,870 --> 00:01:01,470 Narrator: PLUS, A SNEAK PEEK OF THE ALL-NEW SEASON. 29 00:01:04,790 --> 00:01:05,990 DON'T STOP FOR NOBODY. 30 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,660 Man: YEE-HAW! 31 00:01:07,660 --> 00:01:09,400 [ MEN SHOUTING ] 32 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:10,660 [ LAUGHS ] 33 00:01:10,670 --> 00:01:11,700 THAT'S A BEAUTY. 34 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:17,120 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 35 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,120 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 36 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:24,260 Narrator: AT THE START OF THE SEASON, 37 00:01:24,260 --> 00:01:26,960 KING OF THE KLONDIKE, TONY BEETS, 38 00:01:26,970 --> 00:01:29,970 IS SET FOR HIS BIGGEST GOLD HAUL EVER. 39 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:37,074 40 00:01:41,900 --> 00:01:45,900 PARKER SCHNABEL IS FULFILLING A LIFETIME AMBITION 41 00:01:45,900 --> 00:01:47,600 TO MINE HIS OWN GROUND 42 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:50,350 AND KEEP EVERY OUNCE OF GOLD, 43 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,190 WE WERE GOING INTO A SEASON MINING OUR OWN GROUND 44 00:01:53,190 --> 00:01:54,690 AND DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH TONY. 45 00:01:54,690 --> 00:01:58,160 I WAS CONFIDENT ABOUT, LIKE, WHAT WE HAD AHEAD OF US. 46 00:01:58,160 --> 00:01:59,450 Narrator: RICK NESS, 47 00:01:59,450 --> 00:02:03,000 IN ONLY THE SECOND YEAR RUNNING HIS OWN OPERATION, 48 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,420 MAKES THE BIGGEST GAMBLE OF HIS LIFE. 49 00:02:06,420 --> 00:02:07,540 Rick: I MADE THE DECISION 50 00:02:07,540 --> 00:02:09,210 TO MOVE OUT OF THE KLONDIKE THIS YEAR. 51 00:02:09,210 --> 00:02:11,040 AND KENO IS BEAUTIFUL. 52 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,080 AND JUST THE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE 53 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:14,550 WITH THE BIG GOLD. 54 00:02:14,550 --> 00:02:16,080 YOU KNOW, IT SEEMED DANGEROUS, 55 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:17,880 BUT I HAD TO PULL THE TRIGGER ON IT 56 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:19,130 AND, YOU KNOW, GET OUT 57 00:02:19,140 --> 00:02:21,920 BEFORE YOU GET TRAMPLED ON. 58 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:24,770 Narrator: THEN A CRISIS IN THE KLONDIKE 59 00:02:24,770 --> 00:02:26,640 CHANGES EVERYTHING. 60 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:32,650 [ THUNDER RUMBLES ] 61 00:02:32,650 --> 00:02:34,930 Parker: THE PROBLEM WITH THESE WATER LICENSE ISSUES, 62 00:02:34,930 --> 00:02:37,200 THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO. 63 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:38,450 THEY SUCK. 64 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,620 WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING WITH WATER LICENSES, 65 00:02:42,630 --> 00:02:45,460 I DECIDED I WAS GETTING OUT OF THE KLONDIKE. 66 00:02:45,460 --> 00:02:47,040 I KNOW I'M RISKING... 67 00:02:47,050 --> 00:02:49,050 EVERYTHING I HAD. 68 00:02:56,260 --> 00:02:58,090 TELL ME AGAIN WHERE WE'RE GOING. 69 00:02:58,090 --> 00:02:59,840 PLACE CALLED KENO CITY. 70 00:03:04,010 --> 00:03:07,430 AND WHAT DOES KENO CITY HAVE TO OFFER? 71 00:03:07,430 --> 00:03:09,650 KENO CITY'S GOT GOLD. 72 00:03:09,650 --> 00:03:11,440 Rick: I MADE THE DECISION THAT I JUST WANTED TO GET OUT 73 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:14,300 BEFORE IT BECAME A PROBLEM FOR ME. 74 00:03:14,310 --> 00:03:16,160 I DIDN'T WANT TO CHANCE IT AT ALL, 75 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:17,760 WHICH IS WHY I ENDED UP IN KENO. 76 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,490 Narrator: FROM QUARTZ CREEK, 77 00:03:19,500 --> 00:03:21,160 WHERE HE MINED LAST SEASON, 78 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,200 RICK HEADS 125 MILES EAST 79 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,530 IN SEARCH OF A NEW CLAIM ABOVE KENO CITY. 80 00:03:29,540 --> 00:03:31,820 Rick: IF I'M BEING HONEST, RIDING INTO KENO WITH MY DAD 81 00:03:31,820 --> 00:03:33,540 THAT FIRST TIME, I WAS NERVOUS. 82 00:03:33,540 --> 00:03:34,790 I MEAN, THE PLACE WAS BEAUTIFUL, 83 00:03:34,790 --> 00:03:36,490 BUT I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO. 84 00:03:36,500 --> 00:03:38,430 Narrator: BUT BEFORE HE CAN MINE A YARD, 85 00:03:38,430 --> 00:03:40,850 HE NEEDS TO MAKE A DEAL WITH CLAIM OWNERS 86 00:03:40,850 --> 00:03:42,830 DEAN AND STUART GRAY. 87 00:03:42,830 --> 00:03:44,380 -HOWDY, FELLAS. -HEY, THERE. 88 00:03:44,390 --> 00:03:46,020 INTERESTING PLACE YOU GOT HERE. 89 00:03:46,020 --> 00:03:47,140 WOW. 90 00:03:47,140 --> 00:03:48,140 AND OUR VALUES WERE ANYWHERE 91 00:03:48,140 --> 00:03:50,970 FROM 0.3 TO 0.6. OUNCES AN HOUR 92 00:03:50,980 --> 00:03:53,480 AT 80 TO 100 YARDS AN HOUR. 93 00:03:55,310 --> 00:03:58,200 I MEAN, I WASN'T TOO IMPRESSED IN THE BEGINNING 94 00:03:58,200 --> 00:03:59,570 WITH THE KIND OF GOLD VALUES 95 00:03:59,570 --> 00:04:01,450 THE GRAYS SAID WERE IN THE GROUND. 96 00:04:02,910 --> 00:04:03,740 Rick: WOW. 97 00:04:03,740 --> 00:04:06,160 [ LAUGHS ] HOLY [BLEEP]! 98 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,030 [ CHUCKLES ] NO WAY. 99 00:04:09,030 --> 00:04:10,290 WHAT THE HELL. 100 00:04:10,300 --> 00:04:12,030 BUT, YOU KNOW, THEN THEY PULLED OUT THAT TIN 101 00:04:12,030 --> 00:04:15,550 WITH THE BIG CHUNKY GOLD NUGGETS IN IT. 102 00:04:15,550 --> 00:04:17,420 THAT'LL GET TO ANYBODY RIGHT THERE. 103 00:04:17,420 --> 00:04:18,970 IF I CAN JUST GO HOME WITH ONE OF THOSE, 104 00:04:18,970 --> 00:04:20,340 I'M GONNA BE HAPPY. 105 00:04:20,340 --> 00:04:23,590 Narrator: RICK AGREES TO A 15% ROYALTY RATE, 106 00:04:23,590 --> 00:04:26,590 50% MORE THAN HE PAID IN THE KLONDIKE 107 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,930 FOR THE CHANCE OF MONSTER NUGGETS. 108 00:04:29,930 --> 00:04:32,650 Rick: GOT A PLACE TO MINE. I'M SUPER EXCITED. 109 00:04:32,650 --> 00:04:35,220 IT'S GONNA BE A TREASURE HUNT. 110 00:04:35,220 --> 00:04:38,660 SO THEY CALL THIS DUNCAN CREEK. 111 00:04:38,660 --> 00:04:40,910 I'VE BEEN CALLING IT THE RALLY VALLEY. 112 00:04:40,910 --> 00:04:43,240 YEAH, I'VE NEVER SEEN NOTHING LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE. 113 00:04:43,250 --> 00:04:44,560 WE GOT RUNNING RIGHT AWAY, 114 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:45,860 AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED, 115 00:04:45,860 --> 00:04:48,330 BECAUSE MOVING EVERYTHING IS NOT CHEAP. 116 00:04:48,330 --> 00:04:50,230 YOU KNOW, I WAS NOT GONNA BE IN A POSITION 117 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:52,670 THAT I COULD BE SPENDING MONEY ON FUEL, 118 00:04:52,670 --> 00:04:53,700 RUNNING EQUIPMENT 119 00:04:53,710 --> 00:04:56,410 WITHOUT GOLD COMING IN RIGHT AWAY. 120 00:04:56,410 --> 00:04:57,540 IT'S PRETTY NICE RIGHT NOW. 121 00:04:57,540 --> 00:04:59,710 WE'VE GOT A TON OF PAY DIRT TO RUN. 122 00:04:59,710 --> 00:05:02,680 SO, WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO OUR WASH PLANT. 123 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:04,600 I'VE DOUBLED THE GOAL FOR THIS YEAR. 124 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:06,420 I WANT TO GET 2,000 OUNCES. 125 00:05:06,420 --> 00:05:08,140 I'VE GOT TO MAKE A PROFIT THIS YEAR. 126 00:05:08,140 --> 00:05:10,270 Narrator: AFTER HIS FIRST WEEK OF RUNNING, 127 00:05:10,270 --> 00:05:12,060 RICK SHUTS DOWN. 128 00:05:12,060 --> 00:05:13,020 WHEN YOU SAY, GUYS? 129 00:05:13,030 --> 00:05:15,430 THINK WE'RE READY FOR A MAT PULL? 130 00:05:15,430 --> 00:05:18,280 HOPEFULLY, THERE'S SOMETHING SITTING IN THE MATS. 131 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:21,150 Narrator: TO HIT HIS MASSIVE 2,000 OUNCE GOAL. 132 00:05:21,150 --> 00:05:24,400 RICK NEEDS GOLD COMING IN FROM DAY ONE. 133 00:05:29,210 --> 00:05:30,790 Rick: [ Chuckling ] OH! 134 00:05:30,790 --> 00:05:32,410 HUH? 135 00:05:32,410 --> 00:05:34,800 AH! OKAY. I'M STARTING TO FEEL BETTER. 136 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,580 THE PRESSURE SEEMED TO JUST GO AWAY AT THAT POINT. 137 00:05:37,580 --> 00:05:39,250 YOU KNOW, WE WERE GETTING 138 00:05:39,250 --> 00:05:42,290 THESE BIG, YOU KNOW, NICE-SIZED CHUNKY NUGGETS. 139 00:05:42,290 --> 00:05:43,670 OOH-AH! 140 00:05:43,670 --> 00:05:46,010 THERE'S GOLD. 141 00:05:46,010 --> 00:05:48,460 EVERYTHING I HAD WAS INVESTED IN MOVING TO KENO, 142 00:05:48,460 --> 00:05:50,960 AND TO BE ABLE TO START GETTING GOLD RIGHT AWAY, 143 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:52,130 I MEAN, IT WAS A -- 144 00:05:52,130 --> 00:05:54,300 WHAT A RELIEF. 145 00:05:54,300 --> 00:05:55,730 ALL JOKES ASIDE, THERE COULD BE 146 00:05:55,730 --> 00:05:58,130 A [BLEEP] LIFE-CHANGING AMOUNT OF GOLD IN THAT PILE BACK THERE. 147 00:05:58,140 --> 00:05:59,770 REALLY COULD. 148 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:09,360 NEW YEAR, NEW BEGINNINGS. 149 00:06:09,370 --> 00:06:11,920 PRETTY PUMPED FOR IT, ACTUALLY. 150 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,630 Narrator: AT INDIAN RIVER, THE BEETS FAMILY 151 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,470 STARTS THE SEASON AHEAD OF THE GAME, 152 00:06:17,470 --> 00:06:21,680 SLUICING 100 YARDS OF GOLD-RICH PAY DIRT AN HOUR. 153 00:06:45,070 --> 00:06:46,820 Minnie: THIS COULD BE THE END OF US. 154 00:06:57,030 --> 00:06:58,210 I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. 155 00:06:58,210 --> 00:06:59,580 GOTTA SHUT IT DOWN. 156 00:07:11,390 --> 00:07:13,180 WE DON'T HAVE A WATER LICENSE. 157 00:07:14,850 --> 00:07:16,510 SO, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE SEASON, THEN? 158 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:25,890 Narrator: WITH NO WATER LICENSE, 159 00:07:25,890 --> 00:07:29,910 TONY CAN'T MINE ANY OF HIS INDIAN RIVER CLAIMS. 160 00:08:07,270 --> 00:08:08,280 HEY, DOING ALRIGHT? 161 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:11,600 YOU WANTED US TO COME UP WITH A PLAN 162 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:12,950 FOR WHAT THE [BLEEP] TO DO, RIGHT? 163 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:14,150 Kevin: COOL. 164 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,540 WHAT ABOUT THE STUFF WE BRUSHED BY THE AIRSTRIP? 165 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,280 Narrator: KEVIN WANTS TO MINE A 100-ACRE CUT 166 00:08:28,290 --> 00:08:31,760 THAT COULD CONTAIN $3 MILLION OF GOLD. 167 00:08:34,940 --> 00:08:36,580 FOUR YEARS. 168 00:08:36,580 --> 00:08:40,180 IT'S GOOD TILL FEBRUARY 4, '23. 169 00:08:40,180 --> 00:08:42,350 BUT IT'S ON THE LITTLE FLAKE. 170 00:08:44,570 --> 00:08:46,070 Kevin: LITTLE FLAKE -- ISN'T THAT PARKER? 171 00:08:46,070 --> 00:08:47,600 YES, IT IS. 172 00:08:57,170 --> 00:09:00,580 Narrator: THE BEETS HOPES OF MINING ON INDIAN RIVER 173 00:09:00,590 --> 00:09:02,620 NOW DEPEND ON PARKER SCHNABEL 174 00:09:02,620 --> 00:09:06,040 SHARING HIS WATER LICENSE. 175 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:07,820 PARKER WAS 17 176 00:09:07,830 --> 00:09:10,340 WHEN HE FIRST GOT A FOOTHOLD IN THE KLONDIKE, 177 00:09:10,350 --> 00:09:12,880 LEASING LAND FROM TONY BEETS. 178 00:09:16,940 --> 00:09:18,970 BUT IT CAME AT A COST. 179 00:09:22,470 --> 00:09:25,310 NOW THE TABLES ARE TURNED. 180 00:09:28,010 --> 00:09:29,480 Parker: NOT TOO BAD. 181 00:09:41,940 --> 00:09:43,460 GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON NOT TO TELL YOU 182 00:09:43,460 --> 00:09:45,380 TO GO [BLEEP] YOURSELF. 183 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:52,890 I'D RATHER KEEP TONY HAPPY THAN UPSETTING HIM -- 184 00:09:52,890 --> 00:09:54,220 JUST PURELY POLITICS. 185 00:09:54,220 --> 00:09:56,870 I CAN GIVE A [BLEEP] HOW HE FEELS. 186 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:59,230 IT'S JUST REALLY FRUSTRATING TO DEAL WITH. 187 00:10:25,670 --> 00:10:28,000 Narrator: TO RESCUE HIS MINING SEASON, 188 00:10:28,010 --> 00:10:30,040 TONY MUST PERSUADE PARKER 189 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,610 TO SHARE HIS WATER LICENSE. 190 00:10:33,610 --> 00:10:36,810 WELL, IT APPEARS THE SHOE'S ON THE OTHER HOOF. 191 00:10:41,740 --> 00:10:44,400 I'M GONNA BE CALLING IN A FAVOR ONE OF THESE DAYS. 192 00:10:44,410 --> 00:10:46,740 AND SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, WE MIGHT NOT NEED ANYTHING, 193 00:10:46,740 --> 00:10:48,160 BUT DOWN THE ROAD HERE THIS SEASON, 194 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:49,540 I VERY WELL COULD. 195 00:10:53,370 --> 00:10:54,880 AND SO I'M FINE WITH IT. 196 00:10:56,220 --> 00:10:58,130 WHAT I DON'T WANT IS, I DON'T WANT TO BE LIABLE 197 00:10:58,140 --> 00:11:00,000 FOR ANY MESSES YOU MAKE. 198 00:11:07,100 --> 00:11:08,650 HAVE A GOOD ONE, TONY. 199 00:11:11,770 --> 00:11:13,980 Parker: I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TONY AS AN ENEMY 200 00:11:13,990 --> 00:11:16,240 ANY MORE THAN I ALREADY DO. 201 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,060 AND SO INITIALLY I TOTALLY AGREED TO LET HIM, 202 00:11:19,060 --> 00:11:21,520 YOU KNOW, GO UNDER OUR LICENSE AND MINE. 203 00:11:21,530 --> 00:11:23,160 I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH LIABILITY 204 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:26,660 I WAS OPENING MYSELF UP TO BY DOING THAT. 205 00:11:26,670 --> 00:11:29,250 Parker: IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG, IT'S OUR NAME ON THE LICENSE. 206 00:11:29,250 --> 00:11:30,950 WHAT IF SOMEBODY GETS HURT? 207 00:11:30,950 --> 00:11:33,000 YOU'RE NOT GONNA SIGN THIS, ARE YOU? 208 00:11:34,460 --> 00:11:36,960 I AIN'T SIGNING IT. 209 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,010 Narrator: WITH PARKER REFUSING TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT, 210 00:11:40,010 --> 00:11:42,910 TONY'S FORCED TO SHUT DOWN THE AIRSTRIP 211 00:11:42,910 --> 00:11:44,760 AND LEAVE THE INDIAN RIVER. 212 00:12:05,870 --> 00:12:07,120 FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL 213 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:08,140 FOR COMING THIS SEASON. 214 00:12:08,140 --> 00:12:09,870 Narrator: AT INDIAN RIVER, 215 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:11,440 PARKER SCHNABEL'S MISSION 216 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:14,630 IS TO MIND HIS OWN ROYALTY-FREE GROUND 217 00:12:14,630 --> 00:12:17,960 WITH ENOUGH PAY DIRT TO LAST THREE YEARS. 218 00:12:17,970 --> 00:12:21,580 GOING INTO THE SEASON, I FELT PRETTY PUMPED 219 00:12:21,590 --> 00:12:24,670 ABOUT, LIKE, THE PROSPECT 220 00:12:24,670 --> 00:12:26,560 OF MINING OUR OWN GROUND. 221 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:28,460 AT THE SAME TIME, I WAS PRETTY NERVOUS. 222 00:12:28,460 --> 00:12:30,310 Narrator: BUT THE WATER LICENSE CRISIS 223 00:12:30,310 --> 00:12:32,130 HITS PARKER HARD. 224 00:12:32,130 --> 00:12:34,100 THE GOOD NEWS IS, WE'RE GONNA BE MINING HERE 225 00:12:34,100 --> 00:12:37,430 ON A PIECE OF GROUND WE BOUGHT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. 226 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:39,190 THE BAD NEWS IS, 227 00:12:39,190 --> 00:12:41,820 WE'RE HAVING MASSIVE PERMITTING ISSUES OUT HERE, 228 00:12:41,820 --> 00:12:43,410 THIS PIECE OF GROUND THAT WE BOUGHT 229 00:12:43,410 --> 00:12:45,330 HAS ONE YEAR LEFT -- 230 00:12:45,330 --> 00:12:47,740 JUNE 1st, 2020, IT'S UP. 231 00:12:47,750 --> 00:12:51,280 SO, WE HAVE TO MINE 232 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:54,320 THE WHOLE PIECE OF GROUND OUT THIS SEASON. 233 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:58,790 THE CREW DIDN'T HAVE THE PARTICULARLY BEST REACTION. 234 00:12:58,790 --> 00:12:59,920 THE WHOLE THING. 235 00:12:59,930 --> 00:13:01,990 Dean: THIS IS THREE YEARS' WORTH OF WORK. 236 00:13:01,990 --> 00:13:04,680 IT'S A LOT OF DIRT. 237 00:13:04,680 --> 00:13:07,710 WE'LL NEVER DO IT. 238 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:09,020 IT'S NUTS. 239 00:13:09,020 --> 00:13:10,520 DEAN WAS -- 240 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:11,940 I WOULDN'T SAY IRATE, 241 00:13:11,940 --> 00:13:14,000 BUT HE WASN'T TOO HAPPY. 242 00:13:14,010 --> 00:13:16,360 DEFINITELY NOT THE REACTION 243 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,030 I HAD HOPED FOR. 244 00:13:19,030 --> 00:13:21,110 WE'RE GONNA WEAR EVERYBODY OUT AND BREAK 245 00:13:21,110 --> 00:13:24,110 EVERY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WE'VE GOT TRYING TO DO THIS. 246 00:13:27,620 --> 00:13:29,370 Narrator: PARKER WANTS TO MINE AN AREA 247 00:13:29,370 --> 00:13:32,490 THE SIZE OF 50 CITY BLOCKS, 248 00:13:32,490 --> 00:13:36,690 FOREMAN DEAN TOSCZAK MUST MAKE IT HAPPEN IN ONE YEAR, 249 00:13:36,690 --> 00:13:38,290 OR PARKER COULD END UP LEAVING 250 00:13:38,300 --> 00:13:41,580 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF GOLD IN THE GROUND. 251 00:13:41,580 --> 00:13:45,030 DEAN'S FIRST BIG TASK WAS GETTING A PAD 252 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:46,540 FOR THE WASH PLANT BUILT. 253 00:13:46,540 --> 00:13:48,920 I REALLY NEEDED DEAN TO STEP UP. 254 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:53,680 YEAH, THAT DIDN'T GO PARTICULARLY WELL. 255 00:13:56,820 --> 00:13:58,970 IT'S ABOUT TIME WE GOT A SLUICING. 256 00:13:58,970 --> 00:14:01,400 BUT I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR TWO [BLEEP] WEEKS. 257 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:04,470 Narrator: THREE WEEKS INTO THE SEASON, 258 00:14:04,470 --> 00:14:07,990 DEAN HAS FINALLY BUILT A PAD FOR BIG RED. 259 00:14:07,990 --> 00:14:10,360 I'VE BEEN BUILDING BERMS AND SETTLING PONDS 260 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:12,230 FOR OVER 30 YEARS. 261 00:14:12,230 --> 00:14:16,330 I THINK THIS MIGHT END UP BEING THE BEST PAD I EVER BUILT. 262 00:14:16,330 --> 00:14:18,570 BEFORE BRINGING IN BIG RED, 263 00:14:18,570 --> 00:14:22,790 PARKER AND DEAN MARK OUT WHERE TO PUT THE PLANT. 264 00:14:22,790 --> 00:14:25,410 YOU GOT 40. 265 00:14:25,410 --> 00:14:27,740 WE'RE AT 40 FEET HERE, AND AT 52 FEET, 266 00:14:27,750 --> 00:14:29,260 WE NEED TO BE 16 FEET WIDE, 267 00:14:29,260 --> 00:14:31,850 AND DOUMITT NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO DO CLEANUPS. 268 00:14:31,850 --> 00:14:34,750 IT WAS A FRUSTRATING THING, 269 00:14:34,750 --> 00:14:39,020 THE WHOLE SITUATION WITH THE PAD THAT DEAN BUILT. 270 00:14:39,020 --> 00:14:40,940 IT WASN'T BIG ENOUGH. 271 00:14:40,940 --> 00:14:45,110 CAN CAN YOU GUYS ALL [BLEEP] BACK OFF? 272 00:14:47,780 --> 00:14:50,320 THAT'S WHEN I KNEW... 273 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:54,440 LIKE, THIS WAS GONNA WORK OUT WITH DEAN AND I, 274 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:56,460 I'LL MEET YOU BACK IN MY OFFICE. 275 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,210 I ASKED DEAN TO COME SEE ME IN MY OFFICE 276 00:15:01,210 --> 00:15:03,080 AFTER THE PAD WAS TOO SMALL, 277 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:06,130 AND IT WAS OBVIOUSLY, 278 00:15:06,130 --> 00:15:07,630 LIKE, AT A STATE 279 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,470 WHERE THINGS NEEDED TO CHANGE. 280 00:15:10,470 --> 00:15:11,790 I JUST WANTED TO TALK TO YOU. 281 00:15:11,790 --> 00:15:13,920 I ASKED YOU TO COME DOWN TO THE OFFICE, BUT... 282 00:15:18,630 --> 00:15:19,800 OKAY. 283 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:21,310 ALRIGHT. 284 00:15:22,850 --> 00:15:26,600 DEAN NEVER GAVE ME OR HIMSELF 285 00:15:26,610 --> 00:15:28,740 THE CHANCE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, 286 00:15:28,740 --> 00:15:31,320 HE NEVER DID COME INTO MY OFFICE. 287 00:15:31,330 --> 00:15:32,660 HEY, DEAN. 288 00:15:34,910 --> 00:15:36,530 THAT'S YOUR LAST PAYCHECK. 289 00:15:36,530 --> 00:15:39,250 I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THE MAN. 290 00:15:39,250 --> 00:15:41,320 HE IS VERY SMART, 291 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,370 AND HE HELPED US OUT AT A TIME WHEN WE REALLY NEEDED IT. 292 00:15:44,370 --> 00:15:47,370 AND FOR THAT, I WILL ALWAYS OWE HIM. 293 00:15:47,380 --> 00:15:49,040 I WISH THINGS WOULD HAVE GONE DIFFERENTLY, 294 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:50,340 BUT THAT'S LIFE. 295 00:15:50,350 --> 00:15:52,680 RIGHT? 296 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:54,710 Narrator: WEEKS BEHIND SCHEDULE 297 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:56,520 AND WITH NO FOREMAN, 298 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:59,300 PARKER COMES UP WITH A RADICAL SOLUTION. 299 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,910 WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO DO IS FOR YOU GUYS TO SHARE THE ROLE. 300 00:16:07,780 --> 00:16:09,950 ULTIMATELY, IT CAME DOWN TO A SITUATION 301 00:16:09,950 --> 00:16:11,230 WHERE I JUST REALLY NEEDED 302 00:16:11,230 --> 00:16:14,680 SOME PEOPLE THAT I TRUSTED AT THE HELM, 303 00:16:14,690 --> 00:16:17,350 AND I TRUST MITCH AND BRENNAN. 304 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:20,370 I TRUST THEM WITH MY LIFE. 305 00:16:20,380 --> 00:16:22,380 SO, BASICALLY, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING 306 00:16:22,380 --> 00:16:23,740 IS TO HAVE SOME CO-FOREMANS THEN. 307 00:16:23,750 --> 00:16:25,240 YEAH, 308 00:16:25,250 --> 00:16:26,380 WHEN DEAN LEFT, 309 00:16:26,380 --> 00:16:29,050 YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY DOING THE JOB 310 00:16:29,050 --> 00:16:31,720 OF FILLING IN THAT GAP THAT GOT LEFT. 311 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:35,140 THAT FOREMAN ROLE -- THE LIFE SPAN OF SOMEONE THERE 312 00:16:35,140 --> 00:16:40,040 IS ABOUT, LIKE, A WORLD WAR II FLAMETHROWER OPERATOR. 313 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:43,350 AND NOT ONLY WAS EVERYBODY SCARED 314 00:16:43,350 --> 00:16:45,870 OF PROBABLY GETTING OFFERED THE JOB, 315 00:16:45,870 --> 00:16:49,670 I WAS SCARED TO OFFER IT TO ANYBODY. 316 00:16:49,670 --> 00:16:50,670 SO I'VE YET TO HEAR IT. 317 00:16:50,670 --> 00:16:53,410 YES OR NO? 318 00:16:53,410 --> 00:16:54,870 I DON'T WORK IT IN THE KILL ZONE. 319 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:57,280 YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE BEING A FOREMAN AROUND HERE 320 00:16:57,280 --> 00:16:59,360 HAS BEEN LIKE A DEATH ROW SENTENCE. 321 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:01,450 YEAH. AND NEITHER OF US WANT THAT. 322 00:17:01,450 --> 00:17:04,370 SO I WON'T TAKE ANY OFFENSE IF YOU GO, "HEY, 323 00:17:04,370 --> 00:17:06,200 WE NEED YOU TO GO BACK TO DOING WHAT YOU WERE DOING 324 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:07,790 BEFORE WE GOT SOMEBODY ELSE IN HERE NOW. 325 00:17:07,790 --> 00:17:09,240 I AGREE WITH MITCH. SAME THING. 326 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:10,840 IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY, THEN I'D LIKE TO KNOW, 327 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:12,510 BECAUSE THINGS ARE GOING GREAT RIGHT NOW. 328 00:17:12,510 --> 00:17:14,010 I'LL DEFINITELY STEP UP. 329 00:17:14,010 --> 00:17:15,580 IT'S JUST MAKING IT OFFICIAL HERE. 330 00:17:15,580 --> 00:17:19,800 YOU GUYS SAYING THAT IS WHAT MAKES YOU THE RIGHT PEOPLE. 331 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:20,970 -CHEERS. -CHEERS. 332 00:17:20,970 --> 00:17:22,970 TO A GOOD SEASON. 333 00:17:22,970 --> 00:17:27,060 MITCH AND BRENNAN BEING CO-FOREMAN, 334 00:17:27,060 --> 00:17:28,690 COVERED ALL THE BASES -- 335 00:17:28,690 --> 00:17:30,190 BRENNAN KNOWING 336 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:32,280 AND BEING PRETTY CONFIDENT ON THE DIRT MOVING SIDE 337 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,150 AND MITCH REALLY KNOWING 338 00:17:34,150 --> 00:17:35,870 THE MECHANICAL SIDE. 339 00:17:35,870 --> 00:17:40,570 BUT THE REAL RISK IS THAT... 340 00:17:41,870 --> 00:17:44,960 IF THEY DIDN'T PERFORM, 341 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,790 THEN YOU RISK LOSING 342 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:51,130 YOUR TWO TOP-PRODUCING GUYS. 343 00:17:51,130 --> 00:17:53,330 Mitch: CO-FOREMAN SOUNDS SUPER WEAK, 344 00:17:53,330 --> 00:17:55,670 I THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE IT FROM BRO-FORMAN. 345 00:17:55,670 --> 00:17:58,340 [ BOTH LAUGH ] 346 00:17:58,340 --> 00:18:00,220 Parker: WITH MITCH AND BRENNAN, I DEFINITELY FELT LIKE 347 00:18:00,230 --> 00:18:02,390 WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH ALL THAT DIRT. 348 00:18:02,390 --> 00:18:06,230 Narrator: BUT MINING ALL THIS GROUND IN ONE SEASON 349 00:18:06,230 --> 00:18:10,070 PROVES A BIGGER CHALLENGE THAN ANY OF THEM COULD KNOW. 350 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:16,660 Rick: I FEEL REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE FOUND THIS NEW SPOT 351 00:18:16,660 --> 00:18:18,780 SURROUNDED BY THESE MOUNTAINS. 352 00:18:18,780 --> 00:18:20,580 WE'RE TRYING TO DOUBLE THE GOLD THIS YEAR. 353 00:18:20,580 --> 00:18:22,750 Narrator: RICK IS RISKING IT ALL 354 00:18:22,750 --> 00:18:26,370 IN THE MOUNTAINS OUTSIDE KENO CITY. 355 00:18:26,370 --> 00:18:27,670 AT DUNCAN CREEK, 356 00:18:27,670 --> 00:18:30,840 HIS CREW IS RUNNING 100 YARDS OF PAY DIRT AN HOUR 357 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,210 AND CATCHING FINE GOLD. 358 00:18:33,210 --> 00:18:34,990 YEAH, MAN, WE'RE WASHING ROCKS HERE, 359 00:18:34,990 --> 00:18:37,090 WHICH MEANS THERE'S GOLD IN THE BOX. 360 00:18:37,100 --> 00:18:39,460 Narrator: BUT RICK'S GOT BIGGER PLANS, 361 00:18:39,460 --> 00:18:42,930 MY DAD'S FLYING ALL THE WAY HERE FROM MICHIGAN ON THIS AIRPLANE. 362 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,640 I WANTED HELP TO FIND THOSE NUGGETS 363 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:49,670 THAT, YOU KNOW, STUART AND DEAN HAD SHOWED ME IN THE BEGINNING, 364 00:18:49,670 --> 00:18:51,860 AND THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT WAS FROM ABOVE. 365 00:18:51,860 --> 00:18:54,180 Narrator: TO HELP THEM FIND THE BIG GOLD 366 00:18:54,180 --> 00:18:57,400 AND HIT HIS 2,000 OUNCE SEASON GOAL, 367 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,120 RICK'S PERSUADED HIS DAD 368 00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:01,700 TO MAKE THE 2,000 MILE JOURNEY 369 00:19:01,700 --> 00:19:03,900 IN HIS PIPER SUPER CAR. 370 00:19:03,910 --> 00:19:05,710 Rick: HE ACTUALLY BUILT THAT AIRPLANE HIMSELF. 371 00:19:05,710 --> 00:19:07,990 I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE FOUND THE PATIENCE TO DO THAT. 372 00:19:07,990 --> 00:19:09,380 HE DIDN'T HAVE THAT WITH ME GROWING UP, 373 00:19:09,380 --> 00:19:10,540 THAT'S FOR SURE. 374 00:19:13,460 --> 00:19:15,750 I REALLY HOPE MY RUNWAY DOESN'T KILL MY DAD. 375 00:19:15,750 --> 00:19:18,080 [ LAUGHS ] 376 00:19:20,090 --> 00:19:22,040 HOLY [BLEEP]! 377 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:22,810 WHOA! 378 00:19:26,860 --> 00:19:28,860 I REALLY HOPE MY RUNWAY DOESN'T KILL MY DAD. 379 00:19:28,860 --> 00:19:31,150 [ LAUGHS ] 380 00:19:31,150 --> 00:19:33,780 Narrator: TO HELP RICK FIND THE BIG NUGGETS 381 00:19:33,790 --> 00:19:35,700 AND BOOST HIS GOLD TOTAL, 382 00:19:35,700 --> 00:19:37,170 HIS DAD HAS FLOWN 383 00:19:37,170 --> 00:19:39,120 OVER 2,000 MILES 384 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:42,790 IN HIS LIGHT AIRCRAFT. 385 00:19:42,790 --> 00:19:44,710 HOLY [BLEEP]! 386 00:19:44,710 --> 00:19:46,960 [ LAUGHS ] 387 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:52,300 MADE HER. 388 00:19:52,300 --> 00:19:54,190 [BLEEP] YOU MEAN? THAT AIN'T THE [BLEEP] RUNWAY! 389 00:19:54,190 --> 00:19:56,190 [ LAUGHS ] 390 00:19:56,190 --> 00:19:57,360 I THOUGHT FOR SURE YOU WOULD HAVE 391 00:19:57,360 --> 00:19:59,190 A LOT NICER STRIP THAN THAT. 392 00:19:59,190 --> 00:20:01,640 WELL, THE FUNNY THING WAS, MY DAD GOT OUT, 393 00:20:01,650 --> 00:20:04,200 AND AFTER A MINUTE OF CALMING DOWN, 394 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:07,700 HE'S LIKE, "I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO EVER SEE THAT LANDING," 395 00:20:07,700 --> 00:20:09,820 AND I WAS LIKE, "OH, DAD. 396 00:20:09,820 --> 00:20:10,990 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TELL YOU THIS, 397 00:20:10,990 --> 00:20:14,320 BUT THEY'RE GONNA SHOW THAT SO MANY TIMES. 398 00:20:14,330 --> 00:20:15,990 [ LAUGHS ] 399 00:20:19,530 --> 00:20:21,210 [ LAUGHS ] 400 00:20:22,970 --> 00:20:24,330 WE'RE GONNA FIRE UP. 401 00:20:24,340 --> 00:20:25,670 Rick: COOL. 402 00:20:32,310 --> 00:20:33,680 THE BIG GOLD THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR 403 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:37,180 IS GONNA BE UP ONE OF THESE TRIBUTARIES. 404 00:20:37,180 --> 00:20:38,930 WE DID QUITE A BIT OF FLYING AROUND 405 00:20:38,930 --> 00:20:40,230 AND LOOKING FOR TRACES 406 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:44,070 OF, YOU KNOW, OLD MINING AND STUFF. 407 00:20:44,070 --> 00:20:48,740 I THINK BELOW US, THERE'S SOME KIND OF OLD CABIN. 408 00:20:48,740 --> 00:20:50,030 OH, YEAH? 409 00:20:50,030 --> 00:20:52,390 AND WE DID. WE SAW A CABIN. 410 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,580 AND THAT'S USUALLY A PRETTY GOOD SIGN. 411 00:20:55,580 --> 00:20:58,420 SO ONCE WE ESTABLISH WHERE THAT CABIN WAS FROM THE AIR, 412 00:20:58,420 --> 00:20:59,570 WE LANDED. 413 00:20:59,570 --> 00:21:01,870 -THERE SHE IS. -HOLY [BLEEP]. 414 00:21:01,870 --> 00:21:03,620 WE DECIDED TO POKE AROUND 415 00:21:03,630 --> 00:21:05,070 BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAD BEEN OVERGROWN, 416 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:07,130 AND IT'S JUST LIKE, YOU REALLY AREN'T GONNA KNOW 417 00:21:07,130 --> 00:21:09,910 UNTIL YOU DIG AROUND A BIT, YOU KNOW? 418 00:21:09,910 --> 00:21:12,050 HOLY [BLEEP]. THERE'S AN OLD GOLD PAN IN HERE. 419 00:21:12,050 --> 00:21:15,080 NO KIDDING. 420 00:21:15,090 --> 00:21:16,090 WOW. 421 00:21:16,090 --> 00:21:17,270 I'LL BE DAMNED. 422 00:21:17,270 --> 00:21:19,020 THAT'S [BLEEP] COOL. 423 00:21:19,020 --> 00:21:21,190 SOMEONE SPENT ENOUGH TIME HERE, 424 00:21:21,190 --> 00:21:23,940 FOUND ENOUGH GOLD TO JUSTIFY BUILDING THE CABIN. 425 00:21:23,950 --> 00:21:25,610 IT'S PROBABLY A PRETTY GOOD SPOT TO START. 426 00:21:25,610 --> 00:21:27,530 Narrator: THE OLD MINER'S CABIN 427 00:21:27,530 --> 00:21:30,950 SHOULD POINT RICK TO NUGGET-RICH GROUND. 428 00:21:30,950 --> 00:21:34,120 WE DECIDED THAT IT WAS WORTH IT TO GET A MACHINE IN THERE. 429 00:21:34,120 --> 00:21:35,940 LET'S JUST DO A LITTLE TESTING. 430 00:21:35,940 --> 00:21:37,040 LET'S CLEAR A LITTLE SPOT 431 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,790 AND GOT A NICE CREEK HERE TO PAN IN. 432 00:21:39,790 --> 00:21:41,610 SO, WE SCRATCHED AROUND A BIT, 433 00:21:41,610 --> 00:21:43,210 FOUND SOME STUFF THAT LOOKED PROMISING, 434 00:21:43,210 --> 00:21:44,280 PANNED IT. 435 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:45,800 I'M GONNA GO STRAIGHT TO THE CREEK. 436 00:21:51,810 --> 00:21:53,560 Big Rick: WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. 437 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:55,470 WHAT IS THAT? 438 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:57,060 Rick: WHOA. 439 00:21:57,060 --> 00:21:58,760 WHAT THE HELL. 440 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:00,850 THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 441 00:22:00,850 --> 00:22:02,850 YEAH, THERE'S A NICE, BIG PIECE OF GOLD IN THERE, 442 00:22:02,850 --> 00:22:05,070 AND IT WASN'T FAR FROM THE SURFACE, 443 00:22:05,070 --> 00:22:07,270 SO IT LOOKED VERY PROMISING. 444 00:22:09,020 --> 00:22:12,440 Narrator: BUT WITH ONLY 80 OUNCES MINED SO FAR, 445 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:14,330 RICK NEEDS TO MAKE MORE GOLD 446 00:22:14,330 --> 00:22:16,310 BEFORE HE CAN MOVE INTO THE HILLS 447 00:22:16,310 --> 00:22:18,810 TO HUNT FOR BIG NUGGETS. 448 00:22:18,820 --> 00:22:21,370 HE NOW NEEDS TO UPGRADE HIS WASH PLANT 449 00:22:21,370 --> 00:22:24,700 TO HIT HIS 2,000 OUNCE GOAL. 450 00:22:24,710 --> 00:22:26,260 SO, IN THE BACKGROUND, 451 00:22:26,260 --> 00:22:28,210 WE'RE RUNNING DIRT WITH TROY'S WASH PLANT, 452 00:22:28,210 --> 00:22:31,540 AND, YOU KNOW, WE AIN'T GONNA GET TO A 2,000-OUNCE GOAL. 453 00:22:31,550 --> 00:22:33,300 SO, TO RUN MORE DIRT, 454 00:22:33,300 --> 00:22:35,770 YOU'RE JUST GONNA NEED A BIGGER WASH PLANT. 455 00:22:35,770 --> 00:22:37,670 SO I REACHED OUT TO FREDDY DODGE. 456 00:22:37,670 --> 00:22:39,300 THERE IT IS, RICK. 457 00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:44,010 Narrator: RICK HEADS TO COLORADO IN SEARCH OF A NEW WASH PLANT. 458 00:22:44,010 --> 00:22:47,390 I WAS PRETTY SPECIFIC WITH FREDDY ABOUT WHAT I WANTED. 459 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,350 YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO BE PUSHING 300 YARDS AN HOUR. 460 00:22:50,350 --> 00:22:52,850 Narrator: AND BUYS MONSTER RED, 461 00:22:52,850 --> 00:22:55,900 A WASH PLANT CAPABLE OF RUNNING THREE TIMES 462 00:22:55,900 --> 00:22:57,350 MORE GOLD-RICH PAY 463 00:22:57,350 --> 00:22:59,520 THAN HIS CURRENT SETUP. 464 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:00,970 WHOO! 465 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:03,810 FIRE IT UP! 466 00:23:05,710 --> 00:23:07,300 Man: YEAH. 467 00:23:07,300 --> 00:23:08,330 Rick: I'VE GOT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS 468 00:23:08,330 --> 00:23:09,360 IN THIS WASH PLANT -- 469 00:23:09,370 --> 00:23:11,220 PLAYTIME'S OVER. 470 00:23:11,220 --> 00:23:13,140 BUSINESS TIME STARTS NOW. 471 00:23:13,140 --> 00:23:17,060 Narrator: WITH $300,000 STILL OWED ON THE PLANT, 472 00:23:17,060 --> 00:23:19,560 RICK NEEDS MONSTER RED TO DELIVER. 473 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:22,210 Rick: BUYING THAT NEW WASH PLANT TOOK ALL THE GOLD THAT I HAD. 474 00:23:22,210 --> 00:23:23,760 THAT'S JUST MORE PRESSURE FOR ME. 475 00:23:23,770 --> 00:23:27,230 AND I REALLY HAD TO SCRAMBLE TO GET THE GOLD TO PAY IT OFF. 476 00:23:35,860 --> 00:23:37,690 COULD YOU THROW TWO BUCKETS INTO THE FEEDER, 477 00:23:37,700 --> 00:23:39,450 AND THEN SIT THERE. 478 00:23:39,450 --> 00:23:41,280 Narrator: THREE YEARS AGO, 479 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:44,120 TONY SET ASIDE A MASSIVE GOLD-RICH CLAIM 480 00:23:44,120 --> 00:23:46,500 ON TOP OF PARADISE HILL. 481 00:23:46,500 --> 00:23:49,260 AFTER BEING KICKED OUT OF INDIAN RIVER, 482 00:23:49,260 --> 00:23:52,430 NOW IT'S TIME TO CASH IN ON THE BONANZA HE BANKED. 483 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:05,860 Narrator: YOUNGEST SON MIKE RUNS A 300-YARD-AN-HOUR TROMMEL 484 00:24:05,860 --> 00:24:07,310 ON GOLD-RICH GROUND 485 00:24:07,310 --> 00:24:09,020 ON TOP OF THE HILL. 486 00:24:16,820 --> 00:24:18,870 DAUGHTER MONICA IS LOOKING 487 00:24:18,870 --> 00:24:20,440 FOR A RICH PAY STREAK 488 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:22,240 DOWN ON HUNKER CREEK. 489 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:23,620 Monica: HUNKER CUT HAS ALWAYS 490 00:24:23,620 --> 00:24:26,290 BEEN ONE OF TONY'S, LIKE, A DREAM SPOT. 491 00:24:26,290 --> 00:24:29,550 IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO START SLUICING. 492 00:24:29,550 --> 00:24:31,910 HOPEFULLY, WE'LL BE GETTING GOLD. 493 00:24:39,470 --> 00:24:42,510 Narrator: TONY HAS A HUNCH THIS COULD BE GOOD GROUND. 494 00:24:56,690 --> 00:24:59,860 -GERONIMO! -OH [BLEEP]! 495 00:24:59,860 --> 00:25:02,330 I SAW MY LIFE FLASH BEFORE MY EYES RIGHT THERE. 496 00:25:05,330 --> 00:25:06,200 Kevin: YEAH. 497 00:25:08,820 --> 00:25:10,000 -YEAH. -I'M GAME. 498 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:23,300 Kevin: THAT'S GOLD. LOOK AT THAT. 499 00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:34,690 Narrator: THE OLD MINE SHAFT GOES DOWN OVER 40 FEET -- 500 00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:37,480 A SURE SIGN THERE'S GOLD-RICH PAY 501 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:39,820 RUNNING DEEP INTO KEVIN'S GROUND. 502 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:08,180 [ CELLPHONE CAMERA CLICKS ] 503 00:26:16,390 --> 00:26:19,720 Narrator: TO GET THE GOLD THE OLD TIMERS LEFT BEHIND, 504 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:21,570 KEVIN BRINGS IN THE SHAKER DECK 505 00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:23,730 AND FIRES IT UP. 506 00:26:23,730 --> 00:26:25,660 LET'S FIRE IT UP. GET SOME [BLEEP] GOLD. 507 00:26:25,660 --> 00:26:28,910 Narrator: WITH ALL THREE KIDS RUNNING, 508 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:30,550 TONY IS SET TO SALVAGE 509 00:26:30,550 --> 00:26:32,590 HIS DISASTROUS SEASON. 510 00:26:48,100 --> 00:26:49,350 LAST SEASON, 511 00:26:49,350 --> 00:26:51,690 PARKER PAID TONY BEETS A ROYALTY 512 00:26:51,690 --> 00:26:53,560 TO MINE THE LAST CUT. 513 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,440 I GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PAY WE LEFT IN HERE. 514 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:58,030 THERE COULD BE A THOUSAND OUNCES IN HERE. 515 00:26:58,030 --> 00:27:01,430 THIS YEAR, HE FIRES UP SLUICIFER AGAIN, 516 00:27:01,430 --> 00:27:04,100 CHASING THE LAST OF THE GOLD, 517 00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:07,770 EVENTUALLY GETTING OVER 1,400 OUNCES. 518 00:27:07,770 --> 00:27:10,370 I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT CUT WAS DEFINITELY NOT DONE. 519 00:27:10,370 --> 00:27:12,630 -SO, WHAT'S THAT? 685? -YES. 520 00:27:12,630 --> 00:27:13,880 -IN A WEEK. -IN A WEEK. 521 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:15,210 THAT'S A PRETTY [BLEEP] GOOD WEEK. 522 00:27:15,210 --> 00:27:16,910 Narrator: BUT AS THE SEASON WEARS ON, 523 00:27:16,910 --> 00:27:19,300 PARKER HAS A CHANGE OF PLAN. 524 00:27:19,300 --> 00:27:21,450 THERE WAS LIKE SIX WEEKS LEFT IN THE SEASON. 525 00:27:21,450 --> 00:27:25,220 AND WE HAD LIKE 40% OR SOMETHING OF THE AREA 526 00:27:25,220 --> 00:27:27,390 THAT WE WANT TO MINE STILL IN MIND. 527 00:27:27,390 --> 00:27:29,790 Narrator: PARKER DECIDES HE HAS ONLY ONE HOPE 528 00:27:29,790 --> 00:27:34,180 OF MINING ALL HIS GROUND BEFORE THE WATER LICENSE EXPIRES. 529 00:27:34,180 --> 00:27:37,350 BRINGS SLUICIFER BACK FROM THE LAST CUT. 530 00:27:37,350 --> 00:27:38,520 NICE JOB, BUDDY. 531 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:39,320 SAME TO YOU! 532 00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:46,830 Parker: SEEING THOSE TWO WASH PLANTS 533 00:27:46,830 --> 00:27:49,330 SET UP SIDE BY SIDE, 534 00:27:49,330 --> 00:27:51,150 CHEWING THROUGH 500 YARDS AN HOUR, 535 00:27:51,150 --> 00:27:52,830 I WAS FEELING PRETTY GOOD 536 00:27:52,830 --> 00:27:54,320 ABOUT THAT. 537 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,490 BUT KEEPING THEM FED 538 00:27:56,490 --> 00:27:59,710 BECAME QUITE THE MAMMOTH TASK. 539 00:27:59,710 --> 00:28:01,810 YOU'VE JUST GOT TO PUT EVERYBODY YOU CAN IN A TRUCK 540 00:28:01,810 --> 00:28:04,040 AND DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO KEEP UP. 541 00:28:04,050 --> 00:28:05,260 YEAH, IT'S GOING TO TAKE EVERYTHING WE GOT 542 00:28:05,260 --> 00:28:07,260 TO KEEP UP WITH THESE TWO PLANTS. 543 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,100 Brennan: PARKER JUST RADIOED ME AND SAID 544 00:28:10,100 --> 00:28:12,100 I HAVE TO MAKE SURE I HAUL ENOUGH PAY DOWN 545 00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:15,840 TO BOTH THOSE WASH PLANTS TO RUN FOR 24 HOURS STRAIGHT. 546 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:17,370 LET'S GO, GO, GO, GO, GO. 547 00:28:17,380 --> 00:28:19,040 TO TRY AND KEEP THESE PLANTS RUNNING. 548 00:28:21,550 --> 00:28:25,010 EVERY DAY, CO-FOREMAN MITCH AND BRENNAN 549 00:28:25,020 --> 00:28:26,650 HAVE TO FEED THE PLANTS 550 00:28:26,650 --> 00:28:30,540 WITH 400 LOADS OF GOLD-RICH PAY. 551 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:36,210 Dennis: IT'S GONNA BE A LONG END OF THE SEASON 552 00:28:36,210 --> 00:28:37,660 TO GET ALL THIS PAY DIRT OUT, 553 00:28:37,660 --> 00:28:42,330 BUT PARKER'S DOING THE PAYIN', SO HE'LL DO THE SAYIN', I GUESS. 554 00:28:42,330 --> 00:28:44,370 [ HORN BLARES ] 555 00:28:45,970 --> 00:28:47,500 WHO THE [BLEEP] IS THAT? 556 00:28:51,630 --> 00:28:52,620 [ METAL CREAKS ] 557 00:28:52,630 --> 00:28:54,360 HEY! HEY! HEY! 558 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:02,330 Mitch: DENNIS! 559 00:29:18,900 --> 00:29:20,570 Mitch: DENNIS! 560 00:29:27,340 --> 00:29:29,610 Narrator: RACING TO GET ALL THE GOLD OUT 561 00:29:29,610 --> 00:29:31,650 BEFORE THE END OF THE SEASON... 562 00:29:34,790 --> 00:29:37,650 ...PARKER'S CREW GO A STEP TOO FAR. 563 00:29:39,070 --> 00:29:40,370 Parker: DENNIS HAD A REALLY CLOSE CALL 564 00:29:40,370 --> 00:29:41,570 IN ROCK TRUCK, ACTUALLY, 565 00:29:41,580 --> 00:29:44,290 PROBABLY THE CLOSEST CALL WE HAD ALL YEAR, 566 00:29:44,300 --> 00:29:46,510 SEE SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY. 567 00:29:46,510 --> 00:29:47,930 YOU WANT TO BE AS PRODUCTIVE AS YOU CAN, 568 00:29:47,930 --> 00:29:50,330 BUT ULTIMATELY, IT HAS TO GET DONE SAFELY. 569 00:29:51,650 --> 00:29:53,490 THERE SHE COMES! 570 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:00,930 NONE OF THIS IS WORTH PEOPLE GETTING SERIOUSLY HURT. 571 00:30:00,930 --> 00:30:03,230 ABOUT THE ONLY WAY TO GET THROUGH ALL THAT GROUND 572 00:30:03,230 --> 00:30:04,980 WAS KEEPING THOSE TWO WASH PLANTS 573 00:30:04,980 --> 00:30:07,870 FED AND RUNNING 24/7. 574 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,540 Narrator: AT DUNCAN CREEK. 575 00:30:13,540 --> 00:30:17,610 RICK IS RUNNING MONSTER RED AT 300 YARDS AN HOUR, 576 00:30:17,610 --> 00:30:20,160 BUT WITH SIX WEEKS LEFT OF HIS SEASON, 577 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:24,500 RICK'S PULLED IN JUST 265 OUNCES. 578 00:30:24,500 --> 00:30:26,640 DESPITE RUNNING FLAT OUT, 579 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:28,590 THE GOLD ISN'T IMPROVING 580 00:30:28,590 --> 00:30:30,460 AND RUNNING MONSTER RED 581 00:30:30,460 --> 00:30:32,590 IS COSTING RICK MORE MONEY 582 00:30:32,590 --> 00:30:35,390 THAN HE'S BRINGING IN. 583 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:38,130 I WAS GOING FARTHER IN THE RED JUST BY RUNNING THE PLANT. 584 00:30:38,130 --> 00:30:41,470 YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS JUST WEREN'T THERE. 585 00:30:41,470 --> 00:30:42,650 IT'S [BLEEP]. 586 00:30:42,650 --> 00:30:45,650 WE'RE GRINDING AWAY ON THIS MEDIOCRE DIRT. 587 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:51,140 JUST CANNOT AFFORD TO THROW MORE MONEY AT SOMETHING 588 00:30:51,140 --> 00:30:54,500 THAT JUST HASN'T BEEN PAYING BACK ALL SEASON. 589 00:30:54,500 --> 00:30:55,750 WITH HOW BAD THE GROUND WAS, 590 00:30:55,750 --> 00:30:57,700 I WAS LOSING MONEY BY RUNNING THAT. 591 00:30:57,700 --> 00:30:59,120 THAT GOES HOME WITH ME. 592 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:00,040 YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 593 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:01,500 I'VE GOT BILLS AT HOME 594 00:31:01,510 --> 00:31:04,040 THAT I HAVE BECAUSE OF TRYING TO MINE, 595 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:06,760 AND I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE THE END RIGHT THERE. 596 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,960 Fred: HEY, RICK. YOU GOT A MOMENT? 597 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,980 GENE AND MYSELF, WE HAVE A PLAN. 598 00:31:12,980 --> 00:31:15,570 GENE AND FREDDY DECIDED TO GET A LITTLE MORE SCIENTIFIC 599 00:31:15,570 --> 00:31:16,740 WITH THE DIRT WE WERE RUNNING. 600 00:31:16,740 --> 00:31:19,520 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS STUFF LIKE THIS. 601 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:22,110 YOU SEE ALL THE FLAT ROCKS ARE LAYING HORIZONTAL. 602 00:31:22,110 --> 00:31:26,650 WELL, THIS HAS BEEN MILDLY REWORKED BY WATER. 603 00:31:26,650 --> 00:31:29,150 SO WHAT THAT DOES IS RECONCENTRATE SOME MATERIAL. 604 00:31:29,150 --> 00:31:30,350 IT ENRICHES IT. 605 00:31:30,350 --> 00:31:32,280 IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE NATURE'S SLUICE BOX. 606 00:31:32,290 --> 00:31:35,370 SO, THIS IS THE TYPE OF MATERIAL WE NEED TO TEST. 607 00:31:35,370 --> 00:31:37,320 YEP. SO IF I CAN JUST RUN THAT 608 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:40,160 FOR AN HOUR, DO A CLEAN UP ON IT, 609 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,580 AND SEE WHAT KIND OF NUMBERS COME OUT OF IT. 610 00:31:42,580 --> 00:31:44,000 AFTER THIS ONE-HOUR TEST, 611 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,000 IF THERE'S NOT A QUARTER OUNCE OF GOLD 612 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,870 IN EACH ONE OF THESE SLUICE RUNS. 613 00:31:47,870 --> 00:31:49,220 I'M SHUTTING THEM DOWN. I'M GOING HOME. 614 00:31:49,220 --> 00:31:50,840 IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. 615 00:31:55,510 --> 00:31:57,810 THAT'S ONE RUN FROM HOW LONG? 616 00:31:57,810 --> 00:31:59,260 ONE HOUR. EXACTLY ONE HOUR. 617 00:31:59,260 --> 00:32:01,710 300 YARDS. 618 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:03,070 Rick: THERE'S A TON ON THE LINE FOR ME, 619 00:32:03,070 --> 00:32:05,050 YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT, WHERE I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 620 00:32:05,050 --> 00:32:07,440 WHAT'S THE REAL ABSOLUTE RAMIFICATIONS 621 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:09,070 OF, YOU KNOW, LOSING EVERYTHING. 622 00:32:09,070 --> 00:32:12,490 AND IT'S SCARY. 623 00:32:12,490 --> 00:32:13,740 Freddy: OH! 624 00:32:13,740 --> 00:32:15,940 EXACTLY HALF AN OUNCE. 625 00:32:15,950 --> 00:32:17,750 [ SIGHS ] 626 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:20,780 THAT'S BETTER THAN YOU'VE BEEN DOING 627 00:32:20,780 --> 00:32:22,570 A [BLEEP] OF A LOT BETTER. 628 00:32:22,570 --> 00:32:23,870 AT THIS POINT, IF WE COULD BE PULLING 629 00:32:23,870 --> 00:32:25,870 [BLEEP] 2 OUNCES AN HOUR... 630 00:32:28,630 --> 00:32:31,790 ...CHANGE A LOT OF THINGS. 631 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:33,580 BLOOD PRESSURE COME DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT. 632 00:32:33,580 --> 00:32:36,550 [ CHUCKLES ] 633 00:32:36,550 --> 00:32:39,130 THAT'S THE FIRST SMILE I'VE SEEN ON YOUR FACE TODAY. 634 00:32:39,140 --> 00:32:40,750 [ CHUCKLES ] 635 00:32:40,750 --> 00:32:41,940 THANKS SO MUCH, GUYS. 636 00:32:41,940 --> 00:32:43,860 YOU'RE WELCOME, RICK. 637 00:32:43,860 --> 00:32:46,140 WITH GENE AND FREDDY DOING WHAT THEY DID, YOU KNOW, 638 00:32:46,140 --> 00:32:48,640 THEY MADE IT SO THAT IT WASN'T WORTH SHUTTING DOWN 639 00:32:48,650 --> 00:32:50,150 AND, YOU KNOW, 640 00:32:50,150 --> 00:32:52,060 PROBABLY SENDING ALL MY GUYS HOME 641 00:32:52,070 --> 00:32:53,980 WITH NOTHING. 642 00:32:53,980 --> 00:32:57,100 IT WENT FROM THAT TO, HEY, WE CAN MAKE THIS PROFITABLE, 643 00:32:57,100 --> 00:32:59,120 AND IT REALLY TURNED THINGS AROUND. 644 00:33:05,130 --> 00:33:07,630 Narrator: TONY BEETS HAS ALL THREE KIDS 645 00:33:07,630 --> 00:33:09,580 WITH THEIR OWN OPERATIONS 646 00:33:09,580 --> 00:33:11,050 WORKING HARD TO SAVE 647 00:33:11,050 --> 00:33:13,000 HIS MINING EMPIRE. 648 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,050 BUT AFTER THREE WEEKS OF RUNNING, 649 00:33:15,060 --> 00:33:17,470 KEVIN'S OPERATION STRUGGLES. 650 00:33:17,470 --> 00:33:19,170 THE STUFF WE'RE RUNNING HAS A LOT OF CLAY IN IT. 651 00:33:19,180 --> 00:33:20,480 NO [BLEEP] WONDER WE'RE NOT GETTING 652 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:21,680 A LOT OF GOLD IN THE BOX. 653 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:38,780 [ SIGHS ] WE CAN HAVE A LOOK-SEE. 654 00:33:38,780 --> 00:33:40,250 WE CAN PULL CLAY FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. 655 00:33:44,620 --> 00:33:45,450 YEAH. 656 00:33:47,790 --> 00:33:49,200 Narrator: IN A LAST DITCH ATTEMPT 657 00:33:49,210 --> 00:33:51,510 TO SAVE KEVIN'S OPERATION, 658 00:33:51,510 --> 00:33:53,840 TONY HEADS OUT TO SEARCH FOR PAY DIRT 659 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:56,880 THAT HIS SHAKER DECK CAN HANDLE IN THE GULLY CUT. 660 00:34:03,940 --> 00:34:05,140 WHAT THE [BLEEP]! 661 00:34:14,850 --> 00:34:16,150 UGH, [BLEEP]. 662 00:34:23,490 --> 00:34:25,740 HOLY [BLEEP]. OH, MY [BLEEP]. 663 00:34:25,740 --> 00:34:27,990 TONY, YOU SUNK HER GOOD, EH? 664 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:29,660 [ LAUGHTER ] 665 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:45,810 TONY'S PLAN -- 666 00:34:45,810 --> 00:34:48,600 USE THE 18-TON OSHKOSH 667 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,600 WITH ITS TWO 27 1/2 TON WINCHES 668 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:53,990 TO PULL THE EXCAVATOR FREE. 669 00:35:03,250 --> 00:35:06,450 [ WHIRRING ] 670 00:35:20,350 --> 00:35:22,050 [ MEN SHOUTING ] 671 00:35:28,190 --> 00:35:30,310 Narrator: AFTER TONY'S EPIC FAIL, 672 00:35:30,310 --> 00:35:32,560 DAUGHTER MONICA TAKES OVER 673 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,430 AND BRINGS IN FRIEND LISA BIGRAS 674 00:35:35,430 --> 00:35:37,110 IN THE D10 DOZER. 675 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:45,370 Monica: LET'S GO! 676 00:35:51,610 --> 00:35:52,880 Monica: TRYING! 677 00:36:06,090 --> 00:36:07,260 [BLEEP] NAILED IT. 678 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:11,400 ALL YOU NEEDED WAS THE [BLEEP] BRIGADE ON IT, HUH? 679 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:13,430 -[ LAUGHS ] -YEAH. 680 00:36:16,740 --> 00:36:18,270 [BLEEP] YOU. 681 00:36:34,250 --> 00:36:37,790 Narrator: IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO KEEP HIS OPERATION GOING, 682 00:36:37,790 --> 00:36:40,710 KEVIN RUNS NEW PAY FROM THE GULLY CUT 683 00:36:40,710 --> 00:36:43,010 HOPING FOR A BIG GOLD HAUL. 684 00:36:55,690 --> 00:36:58,390 Kevin: WELL, SHAKER DECK IS [BLEEP] DEAD. 685 00:36:58,400 --> 00:36:59,810 DOESN'T WORK WITH ANY [BLEEP]. 686 00:37:01,950 --> 00:37:04,400 IT'S BEEN A [BLEEP] THIS YEAR FOR ME. 687 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:05,620 [BLEEP]! 688 00:37:20,620 --> 00:37:22,520 THIS IS IT, MAN. THIS IS THE FINAL PUSH. 689 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:24,300 Narrator: AT DUNCAN CREEK, 690 00:37:24,300 --> 00:37:28,060 RICK HAS BEEN RUNNING HIGH-GRADE PAY FOR FIVE WEEKS. 691 00:37:28,060 --> 00:37:30,140 SO WITH HIGH-GRADING THE PAY LIKE WE DID, 692 00:37:30,140 --> 00:37:33,680 THAT WENT FROM, "WE'RE DONE BECAUSE THIS IS LOSING MONEY" 693 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:35,430 TO, "OKAY, WE CAN KEEP GOING 694 00:37:35,430 --> 00:37:37,850 BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY PROFITABLE AGAIN." 695 00:37:37,850 --> 00:37:41,770 UNFORTUNATELY, AS YOU CAN SEE, MY PAY PILE IS KIND OF LOW. 696 00:37:41,770 --> 00:37:44,690 Narrator: BUT RUNNING 300 YARDS AN HOUR, 697 00:37:44,690 --> 00:37:46,990 RICK GETS THROUGH THE DUNCAN CREEK PAY 698 00:37:46,990 --> 00:37:49,410 FASTER THAN EXPECTED. 699 00:37:49,410 --> 00:37:51,280 BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG SEASON FOR THOSE GUYS 700 00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:52,910 THAT HAVE NOT SEEN VERY GOOD GOLD. 701 00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:54,370 I CERTAINLY DIDN'T COME HERE TO FAIL, 702 00:37:54,370 --> 00:37:57,570 AND IF I DARE TRY AND CLEAN IT ANY MORE THAN THIS, 703 00:37:57,570 --> 00:37:58,840 NOTHING'S LEFT IN HERE. 704 00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:01,920 Narrator: GENE SCRAPES THE LAST OF THE PAY. 705 00:38:01,930 --> 00:38:03,960 WE SCRAPED OFF AS GOOD AS YOU CAN. 706 00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:05,910 -NOTHING'S LEFT. -ARE YOU SERIOUS? 707 00:38:05,910 --> 00:38:07,550 WE'VE GOT NOTHING ELSE TO RUN? 708 00:38:11,250 --> 00:38:15,100 WE RAN OUT OF IT A LOT QUICKER BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT LESS, 709 00:38:15,110 --> 00:38:16,770 WHICH IS FINE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE 710 00:38:16,770 --> 00:38:18,420 RUNNING THAT OTHER JUNK ANYWAYS. 711 00:38:18,430 --> 00:38:20,260 BUT, YOU KNOW, WE RAN OUT, 712 00:38:20,260 --> 00:38:23,430 AND WE STILL WEREN'T AT THE BREAK-EVEN POINT. 713 00:38:23,430 --> 00:38:25,430 ALRIGHT, GUYS, LISTEN UP. 714 00:38:25,430 --> 00:38:28,730 WRAP EVERYTHING UP. THERE'S NO OTHER GROUND TO RUN. 715 00:38:28,740 --> 00:38:30,700 WE'RE DONE AT DUNCAN CREEK. 716 00:38:30,700 --> 00:38:31,740 WE'RE GONNA SHUT DOWN. 717 00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:40,410 Zee: HERE IT IS, FOLKS. 718 00:38:40,410 --> 00:38:43,380 THIS IS THE LAST BUCKET 719 00:38:43,380 --> 00:38:46,450 OF PAY DIRT. 720 00:38:46,450 --> 00:38:49,000 THERE'S NO SNOW ON THE GROUND, SO IT FEELS WRONG. 721 00:38:51,510 --> 00:38:53,220 THAT'S IT. THAT'S THE LAST BUCKET OF PAY DIRT 722 00:38:53,230 --> 00:38:54,930 FROM DUNCAN CREEK. 723 00:38:54,930 --> 00:38:56,680 WHAT A STRUGGLE IT'S BEEN. 724 00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:58,260 WHEN THE REALIZATION SET IN, 725 00:38:58,270 --> 00:39:00,680 YOU KNOW, THAT, "HEY, WE'RE NOT GONNA HIT OUR GOAL," 726 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:03,230 I MEAN, THAT WAS TERRIBLE 727 00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:05,900 IN GOLD MINING, FOR ME, I'VE NEVER HAD THAT. 728 00:39:05,910 --> 00:39:07,020 SHUT HER DOWN. 729 00:39:07,020 --> 00:39:09,020 AT THAT POINT WHERE I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 730 00:39:09,030 --> 00:39:11,910 HOW DO I GET OUT OF HERE 731 00:39:11,910 --> 00:39:13,330 WITH EVERYBODY TAKEN CARE OF, 732 00:39:13,330 --> 00:39:15,030 AND ME STILL HAVING A HOUSE TO GO HOME TO. 733 00:39:22,290 --> 00:39:25,070 Narrator: THE YUKON WINTER STRIKES. 734 00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:28,130 TONY BEETS IS SHUT DOWN 735 00:39:28,130 --> 00:39:29,790 AND THE BEETS FAMILY GATHERS 736 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,130 FOR THEIR FINAL GOLD WEIGH. 737 00:39:36,220 --> 00:39:38,220 96.76. 738 00:39:38,220 --> 00:39:42,560 2,259.36 -- THAT'S OUR TOTAL FOR THE SEASON. 739 00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:45,030 WORTH OVER $3 MILLION, 740 00:39:45,030 --> 00:39:47,530 $2 MILLION LESS THAN LAST YEAR, 741 00:39:47,530 --> 00:39:50,400 BUT ENOUGH TO KEEP THE BEETS FAMILY IN BUSINESS. 742 00:39:58,910 --> 00:40:01,490 Narrator: BUT WITH WATER LICENSES STILL AN ISSUE, 743 00:40:01,500 --> 00:40:03,830 THE FUTURE IS FAR FROM SECURE 744 00:40:03,830 --> 00:40:05,550 FOR THE KING OF THE KLONDIKE. 745 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:29,920 Narrator: IN THE FINAL WEEK OF THE SEASON, 746 00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:31,590 RICK THROWS A HAIL MARY 747 00:40:31,590 --> 00:40:34,060 TO STAVE OFF FINANCIAL RUIN. 748 00:40:34,060 --> 00:40:36,230 ALRIGHT, BOYS. LET'S GET THE GEAR BACK HERE. 749 00:40:36,230 --> 00:40:37,760 LET'S GO! 750 00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:40,270 [ HORNS BLARE ] 751 00:40:40,270 --> 00:40:41,320 Narrator: AFTER MINDING OUT 752 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:44,740 ALL THE VIABLE PAY DIRT ON DUNCAN CREEK, 753 00:40:44,740 --> 00:40:47,140 RICK HITS 5 MILES DOWN THE MOUNTAIN 754 00:40:47,140 --> 00:40:50,690 TO GAMBLE ON A NEW PIECE OF GROUND. 755 00:40:50,690 --> 00:40:52,140 I'M TELLING THESE GUYS, I'M LIKE, "THIS IS IT. 756 00:40:52,150 --> 00:40:53,190 WE'RE GONNA GET HERE. 757 00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:54,360 THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA GET TO OUR GOAL, 758 00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:55,580 AND YOU GUYS ARE GOING HOME WITH GOLD. 759 00:40:55,580 --> 00:40:56,980 IN MY HEAD, I'M GOING, "WELL, 760 00:40:56,980 --> 00:40:59,170 THERE COULD BE NOTHING UNDERNEATH IT." 761 00:40:59,170 --> 00:41:01,500 Narrator: RICK AND HIS CREW BATTLE WINTER ICE 762 00:41:01,510 --> 00:41:03,670 TO KEEP THE PLANT RUNNING. 763 00:41:03,670 --> 00:41:04,540 Rick: TURN IT UP. 764 00:41:04,540 --> 00:41:06,670 [ ENGINE IDLING ] 765 00:41:09,850 --> 00:41:10,850 Rick: WHAT'S GOING ON, GENE? 766 00:41:10,850 --> 00:41:11,810 IT JUST DIED? 767 00:41:11,820 --> 00:41:13,350 Gene: PUMP'S FROZEN. 768 00:41:13,350 --> 00:41:14,720 WELL, THE PUMP DIED. 769 00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:17,350 PROBABLY JUST THE DIESEL FUEL GELLING UP IN THE PUMP. 770 00:41:17,350 --> 00:41:18,690 IT'S JUST TOO COLD. 771 00:41:18,690 --> 00:41:20,860 -YOU READY? -YEAH! 772 00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:28,110 [BLEEP] YOU, ICE! 773 00:41:28,110 --> 00:41:30,280 OH! LOVE THAT SOUND! 774 00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,120 LOVE IT! 775 00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:36,620 Narrator: BUT AFTER RUNNING FOR THREE DAYS... 776 00:41:36,620 --> 00:41:38,570 Rick: WASH PLANT'S JUST ONE BIG SHOWER, YOU KNOW, 777 00:41:38,580 --> 00:41:40,690 AND SOON AS THAT WATER HITS THE COLD STEEL, 778 00:41:40,690 --> 00:41:42,660 IT'S TRYING TO FREEZE. 779 00:41:42,660 --> 00:41:44,130 NARRATOR: ...THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES 780 00:41:44,130 --> 00:41:47,300 FINALLY SHUT THEM DOWN FOR THE SEASON. 781 00:41:47,300 --> 00:41:48,630 THAT'S THE LAST BUCKET OF DIRT, 782 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:51,640 SO [BLEEP], I REALLY HOPE THE GOLD'S IN THE BOX 783 00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:53,200 BECAUSE THAT'S IT. 784 00:41:53,210 --> 00:41:54,210 WE'RE DONE. 785 00:41:54,210 --> 00:41:55,420 YOU THINK THAT AT A CERTAIN POINT 786 00:41:55,430 --> 00:41:58,310 THE RISK WOULD JUST KIND OF... 787 00:41:58,310 --> 00:41:59,880 FADE AWAY. 788 00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:02,880 [ RUMBLING ] 789 00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:04,350 BUT THAT'S JUST NOT THE BUSINESS. 790 00:42:04,350 --> 00:42:07,400 IT WAS JUST NERVE WRACKING RIGHT TO THE VERY END. 791 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:10,660 Narrator: RICK'S CHANCES OF BREAKING EVEN 792 00:42:10,660 --> 00:42:13,060 AND PAYING HIS CREW A GOLD BONUS 793 00:42:13,060 --> 00:42:14,190 NOW COME DOWN 794 00:42:14,190 --> 00:42:17,660 TO THE FINAL GOLD WEIGHT. 795 00:42:17,660 --> 00:42:19,860 IT WAS A HELL OF A GAMBLE TO GO, YOU KNOW... 796 00:42:19,870 --> 00:42:21,300 DOWN THERE TO TROY'S. 797 00:42:21,300 --> 00:42:24,120 THERE WAS A CALCULATED AMOUNT OF RECKLESSNESS THERE. 798 00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:27,120 ALL WE NEEDED WAS 20 OUNCES TO HIT THAT BREAK-EVEN POINT. 799 00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:29,020 BUT DOING WHAT WE DID 800 00:42:29,030 --> 00:42:31,040 AT THE END, 801 00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:32,040 AT TROY'S, 802 00:42:32,050 --> 00:42:34,360 DID IT PAY OFF? 803 00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:36,710 THE SEASON DID NOT GO AT ALL LIKE I PLANNED, 804 00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:37,970 AT ALL LIKE I'D HOPED, 805 00:42:37,970 --> 00:42:39,630 BUT WE STILL WERE AT OUR GOAL, 806 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:41,970 AND I STILL WASN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO GIVE MY GUYS GOLD. 807 00:42:41,970 --> 00:42:43,140 AND I TOLD THEM THAT NO MATTER WHAT, 808 00:42:43,140 --> 00:42:44,520 THEY WERE GOING HOME WITH GOLD. 809 00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:46,590 SO I'M FEELING THAT PRESSURE. 810 00:42:46,590 --> 00:42:49,260 KARLA, YOU GOT THAT? 811 00:42:49,260 --> 00:42:52,260 Narrator: RICK NEEDS 20 OUNCES TO BREAK EVEN. 812 00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:56,650 67.09 OUNCES. 813 00:42:56,650 --> 00:42:57,920 -[ LAUGHS ] -WOW! 814 00:42:57,920 --> 00:42:59,550 -NO WAY! -YEAH! 815 00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:01,960 Narrator: TAKING HIM TO A SEASON TOTAL 816 00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:04,360 OF 547 OUNCES 817 00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:07,560 WORTH $766,000. 818 00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:11,230 AND THERE'S ONE LAST THING. 819 00:43:11,230 --> 00:43:14,070 WELL, WE WENT OVER OUR GOAL BY 47 OUNCES. 820 00:43:18,240 --> 00:43:20,380 -OH, MAN. -THAT WAS FOR YOU GUYS. 821 00:43:20,380 --> 00:43:22,980 -YEAH! -[ LAUGHS ] 822 00:43:22,980 --> 00:43:24,950 Man: [BLEEP] YEAH, BUDDY. 823 00:43:24,950 --> 00:43:27,680 -APPRECIATE IT. -YEAH, IT MEANS A LOT. 824 00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:30,230 Rick: I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT YOU GUYS ALL STUCK WITH ME. 825 00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:32,370 I GET TO SEND EVERYBODY HOME WITH SOME GOLD IN THEIR POCKETS. 826 00:43:32,370 --> 00:43:33,400 RIGHT? 827 00:43:33,410 --> 00:43:35,470 BRING IT IN HERE, FELLAS! 828 00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:37,280 LET'S GET ONE LAST ONE! 829 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:39,610 [ ALL CHEERING ] 830 00:43:48,470 --> 00:43:50,760 Mitch: CHAOS DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW. 831 00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:52,540 Narrator: AT INDIAN RIVER, 832 00:43:52,540 --> 00:43:55,490 PARKER AND HIS CREW WORK AROUND THE CLOCK TO MINE 833 00:43:55,500 --> 00:43:58,010 OUT THE LAST OF HIS GROUND. 834 00:43:58,010 --> 00:44:00,000 SO I JUST TURNED THE FEEDER RATE UP A BIT. 835 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:02,520 THAT'S THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS PLANT. 836 00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:05,100 IT'S GOT SOME CAPACITY FOR WASHING ROCKS. 837 00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:10,690 Narrator: BUT WHEN HIS WATER LICENSE RUNS OUT AT MIDNIGHT, 838 00:44:10,690 --> 00:44:13,780 PARKER'S SEASON IS OVER. 839 00:44:15,730 --> 00:44:17,120 LAST ONE OF THE YEAR. 840 00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:18,150 Parker: OH, YEAH! 841 00:44:18,150 --> 00:44:19,820 WHOO! 842 00:44:19,820 --> 00:44:21,150 [ ALL CHEERING ] 843 00:44:21,150 --> 00:44:22,990 YEAH! YES! YEAH! 844 00:44:22,990 --> 00:44:24,290 WE'RE DONE! 845 00:44:24,290 --> 00:44:27,460 WE'RE DONE! 846 00:44:27,460 --> 00:44:29,690 THANK YOU ALL FOR STAYING IT LATE. 847 00:44:29,700 --> 00:44:30,530 I'LL SEE YOU IN THE MORNING. 848 00:44:30,530 --> 00:44:32,000 -PARKER. -THANKS, GUYS. 849 00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:33,630 ANY TIME, BUDDY. 850 00:44:33,630 --> 00:44:35,220 Parker: WE HAD A REALLY ROUGH START, 851 00:44:35,220 --> 00:44:38,090 AND IT LEFT US WITH NO ROOM FOR ERROR 852 00:44:38,090 --> 00:44:39,640 THE REST OF THE YEAR. 853 00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:41,340 AND IT'S KIND OF A MIRACLE 854 00:44:41,340 --> 00:44:43,540 THAT WE'VE GOT THROUGH ALL THE GROUND. 855 00:44:43,540 --> 00:44:45,310 BUT OVERALL, 856 00:44:45,310 --> 00:44:48,150 HUGELY SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR US. 857 00:44:48,150 --> 00:44:52,480 Narrator: PARKER SUCCEEDS IN MINING THREE YEARS OF GROUND 858 00:44:52,490 --> 00:44:54,820 IN JUST ONE SEASON. 859 00:44:54,820 --> 00:44:57,570 THE CREW GATHERS FOR THE FINAL GOLD WEIGH. 860 00:44:57,570 --> 00:45:00,440 EVERY SEASON UP HERE IS A BIG CHALLENGE, 861 00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:04,030 AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL THIS SEASON. 862 00:45:04,030 --> 00:45:05,560 THAT PIECE OF GROUND WE BOUGHT 863 00:45:05,570 --> 00:45:07,000 WAS A PRETTY BIG GAMBLE, 864 00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,450 AND YOU GUYS MADE IT WORTHWHILE. 865 00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:15,540 Man: 100! 866 00:45:15,540 --> 00:45:17,070 150! 867 00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:19,790 COME ON! COME ON! COME ON! 250. 868 00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:21,210 300. 869 00:45:21,210 --> 00:45:25,220 401.8. 870 00:45:26,850 --> 00:45:29,050 THAT MAKES OUR SEASON TOTAL... 871 00:45:29,060 --> 00:45:31,640 7,223. 872 00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:33,390 [ ALL CHEERING ] 873 00:45:33,390 --> 00:45:35,230 WORTH $10 MILLION, 874 00:45:35,230 --> 00:45:38,450 204 OUNCES SHORT OF LAST SEASON, 875 00:45:38,450 --> 00:45:41,120 BUT BY MINING HIS OWN ROYALTY-FREE GROUND, 876 00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:42,980 IT COSTS HIM LESS TO MINE, 877 00:45:42,990 --> 00:45:45,700 AND HE BANKS AN EXTRA MILLION DOLLARS. 878 00:45:45,710 --> 00:45:47,790 CHEERS TO ALL YOU GUYS. THANK YOU! 879 00:45:47,790 --> 00:45:50,540 [ ALL CHEERING ] 880 00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:59,130 YEAH, IT WAS A GREAT SEASON, GREAT GUYS. 881 00:45:59,140 --> 00:46:00,670 IN GOLD MINING, YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD 882 00:46:00,670 --> 00:46:02,390 AS THE GROUP OF PEOPLE YOU HAVE, 883 00:46:02,390 --> 00:46:05,010 AND WE'VE GOT THE BEST OF THE BEST. 884 00:46:11,300 --> 00:46:14,470 Narrator: ON THE ALL-NEW SEASON OF "GOLD RUSH"... 885 00:46:14,470 --> 00:46:15,970 DON'T STOP FOR NOBODY. 886 00:46:15,970 --> 00:46:18,470 A WORLD-WIDE CRISIS. 887 00:46:18,470 --> 00:46:19,800 THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 888 00:46:19,810 --> 00:46:22,410 IS DECLARING THE CORONAVIRUS A PANDEMIC. 889 00:46:22,410 --> 00:46:24,690 Narrator: ...SHUTS MINERS OUT OF THE YUKON. 890 00:46:24,690 --> 00:46:27,700 THE COUNTRY IS DENYING ENTRY TO ALMOST EVERYONE. 891 00:46:27,700 --> 00:46:29,200 Narrator: ...BUT SETS THE STAGE 892 00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:31,580 FOR THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME. 893 00:46:31,580 --> 00:46:34,000 GOLD PRICES HIT A SEVEN-YEAR HIGH. 894 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:36,170 Narrator: GOLD REACHES A RECORD HIGH... 895 00:46:36,170 --> 00:46:37,710 Man: YEAH! 896 00:46:37,710 --> 00:46:39,490 ...FUEL BOTTOMS OUT. 897 00:46:39,490 --> 00:46:42,090 OIL PRICES HAVE TURNED NEGATIVE. 898 00:46:42,100 --> 00:46:45,130 Narrator: THE PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR HUGE PROFIT. 899 00:46:45,130 --> 00:46:46,730 Rick: DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN THIS. 900 00:46:46,730 --> 00:46:49,100 A CHANCE FOR MODERN-DAY PIONEERS 901 00:46:49,100 --> 00:46:51,340 TO DEFINE THEIR DESTINY. 902 00:46:51,340 --> 00:46:53,520 THIS IS A LITTLE SLICE OF FREEDOM UP IN HERE. 903 00:46:53,520 --> 00:46:58,560 BUT ONLY IF THEY CAN SURVIVE A SEASON LIKE NO OTHER. 904 00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:00,140 [ ALL CHEERING ] 905 00:47:05,850 --> 00:47:07,150 Man: BEAUTIFUL! 906 00:47:16,410 --> 00:47:17,910 OH, MY GOD. 907 00:47:17,910 --> 00:47:19,410 THAT'S WORTH SOME SERIOUS MONEY. 908 00:47:19,420 --> 00:47:20,970 -ARE YOU WITH ME? -UGH! 909 00:47:20,970 --> 00:47:23,000 I'VE EMPTIED EVERY PENNY I OWN ON THIS. 910 00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:27,670 IT'S A DISASTER. 911 00:47:27,670 --> 00:47:28,740 THIS IS THE BIGGEST RISK 912 00:47:28,740 --> 00:47:30,170 I'VE TAKEN IN MY LIFE. 913 00:47:30,180 --> 00:47:33,240 [ MEN SHOUTING ] 914 00:47:33,250 --> 00:47:35,600 IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO HOME, THEY CAN [BLEEP] GO HOME. 915 00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:37,050 I'LL PACK MY [BLEEP] AND LEAVE RIGHT NOW. 916 00:47:37,050 --> 00:47:38,350 I DON'T GIVE A [BLEEP]. 917 00:47:40,220 --> 00:47:42,690 -YEAH! -YEE-HAW! 918 00:47:42,690 --> 00:47:44,770 LOOK AT THAT THING! [ LAUGHS ] 919 00:47:46,230 --> 00:47:47,610 YIKES! 920 00:47:47,610 --> 00:47:49,410 WHOO! LET'S GET SOME GOLD, BOYS! 921 00:47:49,410 --> 00:47:51,900 -HOLY SMOKES. -HELL, YEAH. 922 00:47:51,900 --> 00:47:54,730 Man: $4.3 MILLION WORTH OF GOLD -- 923 00:47:54,730 --> 00:47:56,620 DEFINITELY A RECORD BREAKER. 924 00:47:56,620 --> 00:47:58,750 THAT'S A [BLEEP] LOAD OF [BLEEP] GOLD. 924 00:47:59,305 --> 00:48:59,267