"Gold Rush" Confessions of a Record-Breaking Season

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