"Gold Rush" Against All Odds: Gold Rush Special

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Movie Name	"Gold Rush" Against All Odds: Gold Rush Special
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Year	2021
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1 00:00:02,035 --> 00:00:05,104 [narrator] On this Gold Rush, a worldwide crisis... 2 00:00:05,106 --> 00:00:07,606 This is a massive challenge. 3 00:00:07,608 --> 00:00:10,209 [narrator] ...locks down the Yukon. 4 00:00:10,211 --> 00:00:12,511 I'm still at home, not being able to do anything. 5 00:00:13,580 --> 00:00:16,248 [woman] Tony, Tony, Tony, it's the film crew here. 6 00:00:16,250 --> 00:00:18,050 [narrator] But out of the chaos... 7 00:00:18,052 --> 00:00:19,752 [Tony speaking] 8 00:00:19,754 --> 00:00:22,221 [narrator] The perfect storm... 9 00:00:22,223 --> 00:00:26,291 The more [bleep] up the world gets, the higher price gold should go. 10 00:00:26,293 --> 00:00:28,560 [narrator] Soaring gold prices... 11 00:00:28,562 --> 00:00:30,763 [Tony speaking] 12 00:00:30,765 --> 00:00:32,831 [narrator] And plummeting fuel costs... 13 00:00:32,833 --> 00:00:34,600 [Parker] Doesn't get better than this. 14 00:00:34,602 --> 00:00:37,736 [narrator] Create the opportunity of a lifetime... 15 00:00:37,738 --> 00:00:40,005 - It's like the American dream, if you ask me. - [saluting] 16 00:00:40,007 --> 00:00:42,141 [narrator] To strike it rich. 17 00:00:42,143 --> 00:00:44,977 We're trying to buy a piece of ground in Alaska. 18 00:00:44,979 --> 00:00:47,246 That's [bleep] badass. 19 00:00:47,248 --> 00:00:48,313 I want to hit it big. 20 00:00:48,315 --> 00:00:49,948 I want to be a huge success. 21 00:00:49,950 --> 00:00:51,216 [Rick] That's a beauty. 22 00:00:53,086 --> 00:00:55,120 [Tony speaking] 23 00:00:57,924 --> 00:00:59,391 I've emptied every penny I own on this. 24 00:00:59,393 --> 00:01:02,227 - Oh! - [man 1] That is insane. 25 00:01:02,229 --> 00:01:03,328 [man 2] Holy smoke. 26 00:01:03,330 --> 00:01:05,097 - [man 3] Wow! - Hell yeah! 27 00:01:05,099 --> 00:01:06,865 [narrator] Every second counts... 28 00:01:06,867 --> 00:01:08,167 Don't stop for nobody. 29 00:01:08,169 --> 00:01:11,136 [narrator] In the shortest season ever. 30 00:01:11,138 --> 00:01:13,405 [Parker] This is definitely a record-breaker 31 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:21,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 32 00:01:23,016 --> 00:01:25,317 [narrator] It's late May, 2020. 33 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:26,785 [Parker] Home sweet home. 34 00:01:26,787 --> 00:01:28,954 [narrator] And the miners are only just returning 35 00:01:28,956 --> 00:01:32,591 from the long offseason lockdown. 36 00:01:32,593 --> 00:01:36,528 [Parker] It's the latest start we've had since showing up in the Yukon. 37 00:01:36,530 --> 00:01:39,131 With this virus going on and COVID, 38 00:01:39,133 --> 00:01:42,668 this is definitely gonna be probably one of the more challenging years 39 00:01:42,670 --> 00:01:44,236 that we've ever had. 40 00:01:45,305 --> 00:01:48,640 [narrator] The pandemic has put 25-year-old Parker Schnabel 41 00:01:48,642 --> 00:01:51,276 over a month behind schedule. 42 00:01:51,278 --> 00:01:55,214 Now he's in a race to make up lost time 43 00:01:55,216 --> 00:01:59,218 and cash in on soaring gold prices. 44 00:01:59,220 --> 00:02:00,185 Gentlemen. 45 00:02:00,187 --> 00:02:01,620 [Mitch] What's happening? 46 00:02:01,622 --> 00:02:03,589 I mean, the best thing that's happened right now is 47 00:02:03,591 --> 00:02:05,591 fuel price is really low and gold price is up. 48 00:02:05,593 --> 00:02:08,594 That's a good thing because we're trying to buy 49 00:02:08,596 --> 00:02:10,362 a piece of ground in Alaska. 50 00:02:10,364 --> 00:02:12,164 Now you guys need to make us some money 51 00:02:12,166 --> 00:02:13,098 so that we can pay for it. 52 00:02:13,100 --> 00:02:15,033 We need a war chest. 53 00:02:15,035 --> 00:02:16,835 Get a wash plant running and hopefully you can find us 54 00:02:16,837 --> 00:02:18,270 something in Alaska, that'd be nice. 55 00:02:18,272 --> 00:02:20,272 - Yeah, it would be. - Sweet. 56 00:02:22,842 --> 00:02:23,909 Pull it up. 57 00:02:23,911 --> 00:02:26,745 [narrator] To build his war chest, Parker... 58 00:02:26,747 --> 00:02:27,980 [Parker] Let's do this. 59 00:02:27,982 --> 00:02:31,316 [narrator] Turns to the last cut, the richest ground 60 00:02:31,318 --> 00:02:32,985 they've ever mined. 61 00:02:36,789 --> 00:02:38,123 Here we go. 62 00:02:38,125 --> 00:02:41,960 [narrator] Co-foreman, Mitch Blaschke and Brennan Ruautt 63 00:02:41,962 --> 00:02:43,896 fire up Big Red. 64 00:02:43,898 --> 00:02:45,164 - [Brennan] Big cap. - [Mitch] Good to go. 65 00:02:45,166 --> 00:02:46,932 Yay! 66 00:02:47,934 --> 00:02:51,937 [narrator] Four miles west on the 2,000-acre promised land, 67 00:02:51,939 --> 00:02:54,072 Parker takes a big risk with his premier 68 00:02:54,074 --> 00:02:57,309 wash plant, Slucifer. 69 00:02:58,111 --> 00:03:01,146 [Parker] Right now I'm letting Tyson run Slucifer. 70 00:03:01,148 --> 00:03:04,316 Mitch and Brennan are gonna be pretty busy. 71 00:03:04,318 --> 00:03:05,918 And Tyson's come a long way. 72 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:08,887 So I think it's a good chance to see what he's got. 73 00:03:08,889 --> 00:03:12,357 Hopefully this doesn't bite either of us in the ass. 74 00:03:12,359 --> 00:03:15,861 [narrator] Operator Tyson Lee has been on Parker's crew 75 00:03:15,863 --> 00:03:18,764 for five years, but this is his first time 76 00:03:18,766 --> 00:03:20,799 in charge of a wash plant. 77 00:03:20,801 --> 00:03:24,436 [Tyson] The heat's on my shoulders to step up to the plate. 78 00:03:24,438 --> 00:03:26,805 It feels good to have that responsibility on me. 79 00:03:26,807 --> 00:03:29,107 It's, you know, it's kind of what I've been hoping for 80 00:03:29,109 --> 00:03:32,277 over the past few years and it's time to show them what I can do. 81 00:03:36,316 --> 00:03:37,349 Come on. 82 00:03:37,351 --> 00:03:38,450 Rise to the occasion. 83 00:03:38,452 --> 00:03:40,419 Over here. Come on. 84 00:03:46,025 --> 00:03:49,094 Done everything right. I've done all I can. So here's to hoping. 85 00:04:02,976 --> 00:04:06,144 [dramatic music playing] 86 00:04:19,892 --> 00:04:21,960 [Parker] Where's all this water coming from? 87 00:04:28,434 --> 00:04:29,935 [bleep]. 88 00:04:31,037 --> 00:04:31,870 Holy crap! 89 00:04:31,872 --> 00:04:34,273 Tyson! 90 00:04:34,275 --> 00:04:38,310 [narrator] A torrent of 3,300 gallons of water a minute. 91 00:04:38,312 --> 00:04:39,211 [Parker] Holy [bleep]. 92 00:04:39,213 --> 00:04:41,346 [narrator] Is undermining the pad... 93 00:04:43,683 --> 00:04:48,787 threatening to crash the 45-ton wash plant into the pond. 94 00:04:48,789 --> 00:04:50,989 [Parker] I'm just gonna throw some rock in there and hopefully it'll... 95 00:04:50,991 --> 00:04:53,325 it'll keep her shored up here. 96 00:04:53,327 --> 00:04:56,762 [narrator] Parker's solution, use coarse tailings 97 00:04:56,764 --> 00:04:58,297 to strengthen the pad. 98 00:05:09,976 --> 00:05:11,610 [Parker] So hopefully I don't disappear. 99 00:05:19,018 --> 00:05:20,986 I really think it'll be all right. 100 00:05:22,255 --> 00:05:26,291 [narrator] An hour later, his fix seems to hold. 101 00:05:26,293 --> 00:05:27,426 [Tyson] Do you think it helped? 102 00:05:27,428 --> 00:05:28,827 Oh, yeah, it helped a lot. 103 00:05:30,963 --> 00:05:33,398 [Tyson] Now we just have to see if there's any gold in the ground. 104 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:34,866 Your problem. 105 00:05:34,868 --> 00:05:37,436 Right on. Ten forward. 106 00:05:37,438 --> 00:05:39,037 [Parker] You... come on, you knew it was coming? 107 00:05:39,039 --> 00:05:40,405 [Tyson] Yeah. 108 00:05:41,908 --> 00:05:44,042 [narrator] Just two weeks after arriving, 109 00:05:44,044 --> 00:05:48,613 Parker has both his operations up and running, 110 00:05:48,615 --> 00:05:54,753 and he is one step closer to his dream of expanding his mining empire. 111 00:05:54,755 --> 00:05:57,322 It's nice to finally see some money coming in, hopefully, 112 00:05:57,324 --> 00:05:59,191 assuming there's gold in that [bleep]. 113 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,067 [Rick] Back in Keno, buddy. 114 00:06:09,069 --> 00:06:10,635 Oh, look at this, the bar's even open, Kruse. 115 00:06:10,637 --> 00:06:11,870 [Chris] Just my luck. 116 00:06:11,872 --> 00:06:14,606 Bars are back open and we've got [bleep] ton of work to do. 117 00:06:14,608 --> 00:06:18,977 [narrator] Six weeks into the short mining season, Rick Ness 118 00:06:18,979 --> 00:06:22,347 and his buddy Chris Kruse are finally out of lockdown 119 00:06:22,349 --> 00:06:23,982 and back in the Yukon. 120 00:06:23,984 --> 00:06:25,817 I'm real late. 121 00:06:25,819 --> 00:06:27,586 I needed to get my equipment running. 122 00:06:27,588 --> 00:06:29,087 I need to get crew up here. 123 00:06:29,089 --> 00:06:30,689 I'm actually starting off worse than I ever have, 124 00:06:30,691 --> 00:06:34,059 that I'm starting off in a hole this year, and that feels terrible. 125 00:06:34,061 --> 00:06:37,929 [narrator] Last season, Rick barely broke even. 126 00:06:37,931 --> 00:06:43,034 This is his last chance to prove himself as a mine boss. 127 00:06:43,036 --> 00:06:45,570 [Rick] Last year was [bleep] brutal. 128 00:06:45,572 --> 00:06:47,572 Quite honestly I spent all winter 129 00:06:47,574 --> 00:06:49,574 trying to process how last season went. 130 00:06:49,576 --> 00:06:52,043 I've never had such a kick in the ass like that, 131 00:06:52,045 --> 00:06:54,613 but I worked pretty hard all winter to try and get some money to 132 00:06:54,615 --> 00:06:55,781 give this another shot. 133 00:06:55,783 --> 00:06:58,683 There's a whole lot of redemption waiting for me. 134 00:06:58,685 --> 00:07:01,219 If I didn't think that, I wouldn't be here. 135 00:07:01,221 --> 00:07:03,688 [narrator] Rick has staked his mining future 136 00:07:03,690 --> 00:07:07,559 on a new 2,000-acre claim on lower Duncan Creek. 137 00:07:08,628 --> 00:07:11,263 But before he can run any figure, 138 00:07:11,265 --> 00:07:16,001 he has to move his entire camp eight miles to the new site. 139 00:07:18,271 --> 00:07:21,173 And there is only one man for the job, 140 00:07:21,175 --> 00:07:24,476 Yukon trucking legend, Nathan Thornington. 141 00:07:24,478 --> 00:07:26,445 - Good. How you been? - Moving camp first. 142 00:07:26,447 --> 00:07:29,047 [Nathan] It rained last night so those roads are just super slick. 143 00:07:29,049 --> 00:07:30,148 More weight the better. 144 00:07:30,150 --> 00:07:30,982 [Rick] Good, good. 145 00:07:30,984 --> 00:07:32,350 [Nathan and Rick laughing] 146 00:07:34,821 --> 00:07:38,256 [narrator] To get Rick mining as soon as possible, 147 00:07:38,258 --> 00:07:42,594 Nathan needs to haul seven loads down winding mountain roads 148 00:07:42,596 --> 00:07:44,229 by the end of the day. 149 00:07:54,006 --> 00:07:56,007 [metal rumbling] 150 00:07:56,009 --> 00:07:58,109 [Nathan] Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! 151 00:08:01,914 --> 00:08:04,115 You gotta get those guys. 152 00:08:05,117 --> 00:08:07,085 How far are we from there? 153 00:08:07,087 --> 00:08:08,153 [producer speaking] 154 00:08:08,155 --> 00:08:09,554 [bleep]. 155 00:08:09,556 --> 00:08:11,189 Yikes. 156 00:08:13,092 --> 00:08:16,361 [narrator] The trailer and its 1-ton load are hanging 157 00:08:16,363 --> 00:08:19,397 over a 200-foot sheer drop. 158 00:08:22,368 --> 00:08:23,835 [producer speaking] 159 00:08:23,837 --> 00:08:24,903 I don't think so. 160 00:08:24,905 --> 00:08:26,571 I just don't even want to look at it. 161 00:08:31,344 --> 00:08:33,411 [Rick] It had to [bleep] rain last night. 162 00:08:33,413 --> 00:08:36,381 [Nathan] Yeah, see, as soon as it got here, it just slid. 163 00:08:39,018 --> 00:08:41,987 [Rick speaking] 164 00:08:50,963 --> 00:08:54,799 [narrator] It takes Rick a full five hours to walk in 165 00:08:54,801 --> 00:08:58,537 the only machine strong enough to pull the trailer out of danger. 166 00:08:58,539 --> 00:09:01,606 His 70-ton 700 excavator. 167 00:09:04,977 --> 00:09:08,146 It's either gonna lift this thing out of there or it's not. 168 00:09:08,148 --> 00:09:10,849 If it's got the power, but if it doesn't... 169 00:09:10,851 --> 00:09:13,151 [Rick speaking] 170 00:09:13,153 --> 00:09:14,486 [Rick] Am I good to lift? 171 00:09:14,488 --> 00:09:16,154 - Yeah. - [Rick] Okay. 172 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:19,491 Easy. 173 00:09:20,426 --> 00:09:22,460 [Nathan] Try pulling a bit more. 174 00:09:31,304 --> 00:09:33,972 [Rick laughs] 175 00:09:33,974 --> 00:09:34,773 More or less. 176 00:09:34,775 --> 00:09:37,008 [Nathan laughing] 177 00:09:37,010 --> 00:09:40,946 Saved probably the first or second most vital part of my camp, 178 00:09:40,948 --> 00:09:44,082 that's the, that's the bathroom shack. 179 00:09:44,084 --> 00:09:46,918 [bleep], not a [bleep] scratch on it. 180 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:47,919 [Rick laughing] 181 00:09:47,921 --> 00:09:49,421 What the [bleep]. 182 00:09:50,823 --> 00:09:53,124 [Rick] Those might be the four most 183 00:09:53,126 --> 00:09:57,095 pathetic looking yet strongest trees in the [bleep] universe. 184 00:09:57,097 --> 00:09:59,598 All right, get her moving. 185 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:03,969 [narrator] The next day, Rick hauls in the final pieces of his camp 186 00:10:03,971 --> 00:10:07,706 and assembles his slimmed down crew. 187 00:10:07,708 --> 00:10:09,040 All right. 188 00:10:09,042 --> 00:10:11,242 Well, we got everything moved over, the camp, the equipment, 189 00:10:11,244 --> 00:10:12,911 now it's time to get to mining. 190 00:10:12,913 --> 00:10:15,747 We're all here, this is, uh, this is pretty much it. 191 00:10:15,749 --> 00:10:17,849 We're going for a thousand ounces this year. 192 00:10:17,851 --> 00:10:19,284 I know we've got a short amount of time, 193 00:10:19,286 --> 00:10:22,487 but if we just work and pound it out together, I think we can get it. 194 00:10:22,489 --> 00:10:24,122 Let's do this. We good? All right. 195 00:10:24,124 --> 00:10:25,557 - Let's do it. - Yeah. 196 00:10:33,065 --> 00:10:36,034 And just like that we're up in sluicing. 197 00:10:38,270 --> 00:10:40,238 [narrator] Nearly seven weeks late, 198 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:43,842 Rick's crew finally start their season. 199 00:10:43,844 --> 00:10:46,144 [Chris] I'm amazed that we're even here at this point. 200 00:10:46,146 --> 00:10:48,747 It's a testament to Rick getting all that work done. 201 00:10:48,749 --> 00:10:50,248 It's pretty damn amazing. 202 00:10:50,250 --> 00:10:52,684 This year, man, already a huge change. 203 00:10:52,686 --> 00:10:55,186 Rick stepping up, it's huge for us, right? 204 00:10:55,188 --> 00:10:56,921 [Karla] It's a whole different energy this year. 205 00:10:56,923 --> 00:11:01,159 We can only hope that there's gold in this little spot. 206 00:11:01,161 --> 00:11:05,630 [narrator] Rick is one step closer to redemption. 207 00:11:07,033 --> 00:11:08,833 [Rick] I'm taking this year very personal. 208 00:11:08,835 --> 00:11:11,736 Honestly, when we walk out of here this fall, 209 00:11:11,738 --> 00:11:14,973 I think we're gonna have a huge amount of victory in our corner. 210 00:11:22,948 --> 00:11:28,153 [narrator] In 2020, as gold prices soar to record highs, 211 00:11:28,155 --> 00:11:33,158 a greenhorn seizes the moment to set up his own gold mine. 212 00:11:36,295 --> 00:11:38,897 This is probably the biggest risk I've taken in my life. 213 00:11:38,899 --> 00:11:40,398 [Fred] I don't have a job right now. 214 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,834 I've got nothing coming in. 215 00:11:42,836 --> 00:11:45,170 I'm not willing to take that laying down. 216 00:11:45,172 --> 00:11:48,840 The American dream is to go out and get it with your own hands. 217 00:11:48,842 --> 00:11:50,442 I want to control my own fate. 218 00:11:51,610 --> 00:11:54,079 [narrator] Former Green Beret medic Fred Lewis 219 00:11:54,081 --> 00:11:57,182 got a taste for gold working with Parker 220 00:11:57,184 --> 00:12:01,619 in Papua New Guinea, Australia and the Yukon. 221 00:12:01,621 --> 00:12:03,621 [Fred] I was 14 years in the military, 222 00:12:03,623 --> 00:12:07,092 and then when I got out, having that purpose, it was just gone in one day. 223 00:12:07,094 --> 00:12:11,296 I was a wrestling coach, a girls volleyball coach, a farmer. 224 00:12:11,298 --> 00:12:14,566 I did all these things just trying to find a [bleep] purpose 225 00:12:14,568 --> 00:12:17,168 and none of it made any sense to me, 226 00:12:17,170 --> 00:12:18,336 until I found gold mining. 227 00:12:19,872 --> 00:12:21,940 [narrator] Fred has gambled his life savings, 228 00:12:21,942 --> 00:12:23,908 $20,000, 229 00:12:23,910 --> 00:12:29,581 on a lease to mine a 36-acre claim in Oregon's Elkhorn Mountains. 230 00:12:31,050 --> 00:12:34,886 [Fred] I've emptied every penny I own on this and borrowed some, 231 00:12:34,888 --> 00:12:37,889 but this is a place that we can pull gold out of the ground 232 00:12:37,891 --> 00:12:39,190 and give ourselves a living. 233 00:12:40,926 --> 00:12:42,260 [narrator] To help him mine... 234 00:12:42,262 --> 00:12:43,194 This is the road, man. 235 00:12:43,196 --> 00:12:44,796 We're way up here. 236 00:12:44,798 --> 00:12:47,599 [narrator] Fred calls in a crew of combat veterans. 237 00:12:48,834 --> 00:12:50,368 I think that's Fred right there. 238 00:12:51,170 --> 00:12:53,238 [Fred] In my mind, these are my heroes. 239 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:55,607 These guys have gone through so much [bleep] in their lives 240 00:12:55,609 --> 00:12:58,009 and fought so much adversity. 241 00:12:58,011 --> 00:13:01,880 So what I wanted is to give these guys not only an adventure 242 00:13:01,882 --> 00:13:04,716 and a moment to have that camaraderie back again, 243 00:13:04,718 --> 00:13:08,019 but I could give them a whole new purpose in life. 244 00:13:09,221 --> 00:13:11,389 This isn't just about gold mining, 245 00:13:11,391 --> 00:13:14,125 it's about coming together as brothers, 246 00:13:14,127 --> 00:13:16,161 living the American dream 247 00:13:16,163 --> 00:13:19,063 and pulling gold out of the ground to make ourselves our own living. 248 00:13:19,065 --> 00:13:20,231 Yeah. 249 00:13:20,233 --> 00:13:21,966 We're gonna beat the odds. 250 00:13:24,103 --> 00:13:25,203 Seriously. 251 00:13:25,205 --> 00:13:26,304 You guys in? 252 00:13:26,306 --> 00:13:27,872 - Hell yeah! - [man 3] Yeah! 253 00:13:27,874 --> 00:13:29,808 - Let's [bleep] do it then. - [man 4] Let's go. 254 00:13:29,810 --> 00:13:31,743 One, two, three... 255 00:13:31,745 --> 00:13:33,611 [narrator] There's just one problem, 256 00:13:33,613 --> 00:13:36,581 most of them have never mined before. 257 00:13:48,994 --> 00:13:53,031 [narrator] In Oregon, former Green Beret medic, Fred Lewis, 258 00:13:53,033 --> 00:13:57,235 and his crew of combat veterans are on the hunt for gold. 259 00:13:58,070 --> 00:14:00,572 [Fred] Everybody here is a novice, so I know 260 00:14:00,574 --> 00:14:02,073 where their heads at right now. 261 00:14:02,075 --> 00:14:03,908 They're... they're probably 262 00:14:03,910 --> 00:14:06,144 completely out of their element, but 263 00:14:06,146 --> 00:14:09,047 I can relate to that. So I'm hoping I can 264 00:14:09,049 --> 00:14:11,149 shed some light on this pretty quick to 'em. 265 00:14:13,986 --> 00:14:19,123 I have zero percent experience mining gold, mining anything, 266 00:14:19,125 --> 00:14:22,260 but I started to think, man, I could strike it rich. 267 00:14:22,262 --> 00:14:25,930 [narrator] Former marine, Johnny "Stingray" Stanz 268 00:14:25,932 --> 00:14:28,633 will be in charge of Fred's water system. 269 00:14:28,635 --> 00:14:31,836 I had to retire after ten years in the Marine Corps 270 00:14:31,838 --> 00:14:35,607 when I got a really bad brain injury from getting blown up 271 00:14:35,609 --> 00:14:38,243 in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb. 272 00:14:38,245 --> 00:14:40,812 I actually got some pictures on my phone. 273 00:14:40,814 --> 00:14:42,947 Um, I was in the bed of the truck, 274 00:14:42,949 --> 00:14:47,619 manning the squad automatic weapon when the bomb went off. 275 00:14:47,621 --> 00:14:50,054 [narrator] Johnny was hurt so badly, 276 00:14:50,056 --> 00:14:54,592 doctors rated his chance of walking or talking again at zero. 277 00:14:54,594 --> 00:14:58,129 [Johnny] Still not 100%, but definitely better than 278 00:14:58,131 --> 00:15:00,832 I could be and look at me gold mining. 279 00:15:00,834 --> 00:15:02,533 How many people can say that? 280 00:15:02,535 --> 00:15:04,903 It's gonna be a freaking task, but 281 00:15:04,905 --> 00:15:07,672 why would I have become special operations in the Marine Corps 282 00:15:07,674 --> 00:15:09,207 if I didn't like challenges. 283 00:15:10,042 --> 00:15:12,744 [narrator] To turn a bunch of injured marines, 284 00:15:12,746 --> 00:15:17,482 tank drivers and recon Scout Snipers into gold miners. 285 00:15:17,484 --> 00:15:21,586 Fred's relying on Air Force veteran Kendell Madden, 286 00:15:21,588 --> 00:15:25,690 who learned the business from his uncle, gold catching legend, 287 00:15:25,692 --> 00:15:27,325 Freddy Dodge. 288 00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:30,862 [Kendell] One of the only guys here with mining knowledge, 289 00:15:30,864 --> 00:15:34,032 so teaching these guys something I take a lot of pride in. 290 00:15:34,034 --> 00:15:36,801 I'm really confident that these guys are gonna pull through, 291 00:15:36,803 --> 00:15:38,536 be a bad-ass team by the end of the year. 292 00:15:39,605 --> 00:15:41,339 [narrator] Kendell's first student... 293 00:15:41,341 --> 00:15:44,042 [Kendell] Try to keep the bottom of the bucket flat 294 00:15:44,044 --> 00:15:46,044 and level as you pull it in. 295 00:15:46,046 --> 00:15:48,680 [narrator] Retired Green Beret Master Sergeant, 296 00:15:48,682 --> 00:15:50,381 Stefan Generally. 297 00:15:52,584 --> 00:15:56,621 I spent my first ten years in the army mechanized inventory. 298 00:15:56,623 --> 00:15:59,023 So I've driven in combat. 299 00:15:59,025 --> 00:16:02,393 I figured driving this thing should be a piece of cake. 300 00:16:03,329 --> 00:16:04,762 I was wrong. 301 00:16:07,199 --> 00:16:09,400 [Fred over radio] Probably have to throttle up on that, bad boy. 302 00:16:11,103 --> 00:16:12,270 Say that again? 303 00:16:12,272 --> 00:16:13,271 Curl your bucket more. 304 00:16:13,273 --> 00:16:14,605 Gotcha. 305 00:16:20,479 --> 00:16:22,413 Put it down, put it down nice and soft. 306 00:16:22,415 --> 00:16:24,449 [Kendell] Get it, get it, get it. 307 00:16:25,884 --> 00:16:27,418 Oh, buddy. 308 00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:31,956 [bleep]. 309 00:16:33,125 --> 00:16:34,392 Damn. 310 00:16:35,227 --> 00:16:37,895 [Fred] On a big rock like that, next time, 311 00:16:37,897 --> 00:16:40,365 set it completely on the ground before you let go of it. 312 00:16:40,367 --> 00:16:41,899 I wasn't trying to let go of it. 313 00:16:41,901 --> 00:16:42,934 [both laughing] 314 00:16:42,936 --> 00:16:44,235 I wasn't. 315 00:16:45,104 --> 00:16:47,138 So right now that big rock's in the way, 316 00:16:47,140 --> 00:16:49,207 we can't do anything. We're gonna have to lift that rock. 317 00:16:49,209 --> 00:16:50,842 Man talk about frickin'. 318 00:16:50,844 --> 00:16:53,244 Oh, Harry. 319 00:16:53,246 --> 00:16:55,046 [Fred] We've all proven ourselves as far as tenacity 320 00:16:55,048 --> 00:16:56,914 and overcoming obstacles. 321 00:16:56,916 --> 00:17:00,952 This is his obstacle right now and he's gonna figure it out. 322 00:17:00,954 --> 00:17:02,387 [Kendell] Yes, and just put it to the left. 323 00:17:02,389 --> 00:17:03,588 You got it. 324 00:17:03,590 --> 00:17:05,957 Oh, there she goes. 325 00:17:05,959 --> 00:17:07,225 Perfect. Let it be. 326 00:17:07,227 --> 00:17:09,260 Works for me right now. 327 00:17:09,262 --> 00:17:12,363 [narrator] After graduating from Excavator 101, 328 00:17:12,365 --> 00:17:15,133 Stefan is ready to feed wash plant 329 00:17:15,135 --> 00:17:17,301 Colonel Nugget. 330 00:17:17,303 --> 00:17:19,070 All right, Kendell, let's fire it up. 331 00:17:19,072 --> 00:17:20,138 Let's go. 332 00:17:20,140 --> 00:17:23,374 [engine starting] 333 00:17:23,376 --> 00:17:25,243 [Kendell] There she go. 334 00:17:29,281 --> 00:17:31,115 RPMs are good. 335 00:17:36,855 --> 00:17:38,289 [Fred] All right, guys, it's go time. 336 00:17:38,291 --> 00:17:39,590 Let's do it! 337 00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:42,226 Roll it. 338 00:17:42,228 --> 00:17:44,595 Oh, feed the Colonel. 339 00:17:44,597 --> 00:17:45,930 [Stefan] Hell yeah! 340 00:17:45,932 --> 00:17:48,099 Whoo! Let's get some gold. Whoo! 341 00:17:48,101 --> 00:17:50,868 Finally mining! 342 00:17:50,870 --> 00:17:53,971 [narrator] Fred and his crew have taken the first steps 343 00:17:53,973 --> 00:17:57,408 towards their dream of striking it rich. 344 00:17:57,410 --> 00:17:58,910 Such a good feeling. 345 00:17:58,912 --> 00:18:00,178 Heyo! 346 00:18:00,180 --> 00:18:02,380 Cleaning off the top of the cleanup. 347 00:18:02,382 --> 00:18:04,115 Oh, [bleep]. 348 00:18:04,117 --> 00:18:07,118 We're actually mining. Holy [bleep]. 349 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:08,920 That's where you want to be right here. 350 00:18:08,922 --> 00:18:11,956 If we can just keep this going the rest of the season. 351 00:18:23,035 --> 00:18:27,071 [Tony speaking] 352 00:18:29,675 --> 00:18:32,276 [narrator] After two disastrous seasons, 353 00:18:32,278 --> 00:18:36,981 king of the Klondike, Tony Beets is looking to make a comeback. 354 00:18:36,983 --> 00:18:41,052 [Tony speaking] 355 00:18:44,056 --> 00:18:46,257 [narrator] Son, Mike, leads the way. 356 00:18:46,259 --> 00:18:48,793 Running his trommel with the gold rich 357 00:18:48,795 --> 00:18:51,462 pay dirt from the Mega Cut. 358 00:18:51,464 --> 00:18:56,801 And after two weeks, has banked 140 ounces of gold. 359 00:18:56,803 --> 00:18:57,935 [Monica] Got it. 360 00:18:57,937 --> 00:19:00,204 [narrator] But to hit his goal, 361 00:19:00,206 --> 00:19:03,407 Tony needs to find more gold rich spots. 362 00:19:04,309 --> 00:19:07,145 [Tony speaking] 363 00:19:10,082 --> 00:19:12,583 [narrator] Tony heads to a cut Monica opened up 364 00:19:12,585 --> 00:19:15,019 on Hunker Creek last year, 365 00:19:15,021 --> 00:19:20,191 where he believes the old-timer's dredge left behind a pile of gold. 366 00:19:22,361 --> 00:19:25,196 [Tony speaking] 367 00:19:36,441 --> 00:19:38,209 [Monica] [bleep]. 368 00:19:40,145 --> 00:19:41,212 Uh-oh. 369 00:19:41,214 --> 00:19:45,416 [Tony speaking] 370 00:20:01,900 --> 00:20:04,235 [narrator] Trees washed down by winter storms 371 00:20:04,237 --> 00:20:06,470 have dammed Hunker Creek, 372 00:20:06,472 --> 00:20:08,973 diverting it into Monica's cut 373 00:20:08,975 --> 00:20:13,945 and submerging the pay dirt under two and a half million gallons of water. 374 00:20:13,947 --> 00:20:17,148 [Tony speaking] 375 00:20:18,984 --> 00:20:22,320 [narrator] Tony's plan, build a dam to stop the flow of 376 00:20:22,322 --> 00:20:24,255 water into Monica's cut. 377 00:20:25,023 --> 00:20:27,225 Re-divert the creek, 378 00:20:27,227 --> 00:20:30,328 then dig a channel to drain the flood water 379 00:20:30,330 --> 00:20:33,231 and reveal the gold rich pay dirt underneath. 380 00:20:33,233 --> 00:20:35,166 [Tony speaking] 381 00:20:57,956 --> 00:20:59,223 Lost track. 382 00:20:59,225 --> 00:21:02,560 [Tony speaking] 383 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,269 But unfortunately, it's probably 384 00:21:11,271 --> 00:21:15,039 one of the worst spots to lose track. 385 00:21:15,041 --> 00:21:18,409 He's having to use his boom and arm to lift himself up 386 00:21:18,411 --> 00:21:21,279 and walk the strong track. 387 00:21:22,214 --> 00:21:24,215 The actual [bleep]. 388 00:21:25,250 --> 00:21:27,418 Like, he has no [bleep] track. 389 00:21:27,420 --> 00:21:29,987 I mean, it's chilly beats, he'll probably 390 00:21:29,989 --> 00:21:32,623 do it like it's just another day. 391 00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:35,159 [Tony speaking] 392 00:21:50,008 --> 00:21:53,678 [narrator] After piling 38 tons of rock and mud, 393 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,981 Tony has blocked off the creek from the cut. 394 00:21:57,716 --> 00:22:00,885 A week later, the cut is drained 395 00:22:00,887 --> 00:22:06,257 and Monica has enough pay stockpile to fire up the Kiwi wash plant. 396 00:22:08,026 --> 00:22:10,127 [Tony speaking] 397 00:22:29,114 --> 00:22:31,082 How does it feel sitting on that pile lady? 398 00:22:31,084 --> 00:22:33,184 Oh, you know, I'm living the dream. 399 00:22:33,186 --> 00:22:36,387 [narrator] Monica and Ruby run for 20 hours 400 00:22:36,389 --> 00:22:41,258 before pulling the mats to see if Tony's second spot pays off. 401 00:22:42,394 --> 00:22:45,629 [Tony speaking] 402 00:22:49,101 --> 00:22:50,735 [Monica] Everybody ready? 403 00:22:50,737 --> 00:22:55,206 [narrator] The cut must produce at least 20 ounces to be worth running. 404 00:22:55,208 --> 00:22:56,974 - Nine. - [Monica] Hold on, hold on. 405 00:22:58,043 --> 00:23:01,078 9.92. 406 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:06,751 [narrator] Worth $17,000, way less than Tony hoped for. 407 00:23:06,753 --> 00:23:09,186 [Tony speaking] 408 00:23:13,024 --> 00:23:15,593 [narrator] Tony's fallen at the first hurdle, 409 00:23:15,595 --> 00:23:18,929 unless he finds new gold rich ground, 410 00:23:18,931 --> 00:23:22,833 he could be facing another failed season. 411 00:23:22,835 --> 00:23:25,369 [Tony speaking] 412 00:23:44,790 --> 00:23:47,191 Things here are running good. 413 00:23:47,193 --> 00:23:50,861 The biggest challenge we face right now is that we are 414 00:23:50,863 --> 00:23:53,264 running out of good ground. 415 00:23:53,266 --> 00:23:56,133 [narrator] A third of the way through this season, 416 00:23:56,135 --> 00:24:00,237 Parker is running two wash plants 24/7... 417 00:24:00,239 --> 00:24:01,705 Time to make some money! 418 00:24:01,707 --> 00:24:04,708 [narrator] To build a war chest. 419 00:24:04,710 --> 00:24:07,044 [Parker] You need to make some money up here and a lot of that 420 00:24:07,046 --> 00:24:11,715 needs to go towards finding more and better ground. 421 00:24:11,717 --> 00:24:15,419 [narrator] Now, having already banked 2,500 ounces, 422 00:24:15,421 --> 00:24:17,888 over $4 million worth of gold... 423 00:24:17,890 --> 00:24:20,491 [all laughing] 424 00:24:20,493 --> 00:24:23,794 [narrator] Parker is about to make a big move to expand 425 00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:25,396 his mining empire. 426 00:24:26,965 --> 00:24:30,768 For the first time ever, he is leaving his mine site 427 00:24:30,770 --> 00:24:31,902 during the season... 428 00:24:31,904 --> 00:24:33,871 Mitch, you'll be in charge while I'm gone. 429 00:24:33,873 --> 00:24:36,073 We'll try and keep her on track. 430 00:24:37,142 --> 00:24:41,078 [narrator] To hunt new ground in his home state of Alaska. 431 00:24:42,013 --> 00:24:44,148 [Parker] Right now I'm on my way to Fairbanks. 432 00:24:44,150 --> 00:24:47,084 We've got a really good opportunity on a piece of ground 433 00:24:47,086 --> 00:24:49,386 that has had a lot of historic mining. 434 00:24:49,388 --> 00:24:50,888 It's for sale. 435 00:24:50,890 --> 00:24:53,791 Guy that owns it wants $3 million for it, 436 00:24:53,793 --> 00:24:55,659 which is a lot of money. 437 00:24:55,661 --> 00:24:58,295 [narrator] Buying this claim on Smallwood Creek 438 00:24:58,297 --> 00:25:01,398 could be the biggest risk of Parker's life. 439 00:25:03,168 --> 00:25:05,903 So he's brought in drill expert... 440 00:25:05,905 --> 00:25:08,038 [Parker] Looks like he already been washing rocks. 441 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:09,173 [narrator] Liam Ferguson. 442 00:25:09,175 --> 00:25:10,140 Yeah, we got a few... 443 00:25:10,142 --> 00:25:11,108 few days, had a head start on. 444 00:25:11,110 --> 00:25:14,144 So we've done a little bit of drilling now. 445 00:25:15,013 --> 00:25:18,616 [narrator] For the past five days, Liam has been testing 446 00:25:18,618 --> 00:25:22,019 the ground with his state-of-the-art sonic drill. 447 00:25:23,188 --> 00:25:28,158 [Liam] We're seeing gold but seems to be pretty spotty. 448 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:31,996 For the potential that is here, you want to be sure. 449 00:25:31,998 --> 00:25:33,297 [Parker] Do you want to show me around? 450 00:25:33,299 --> 00:25:34,932 [Liam] Yeah, let's go for a walk. 451 00:25:34,934 --> 00:25:36,600 [Parker] Oh, this looks like fun. 452 00:25:36,602 --> 00:25:38,202 How have you been going back and forth it? 453 00:25:38,204 --> 00:25:39,904 [Liam] Swimming across. 454 00:25:39,906 --> 00:25:41,338 [Parker] Oh, [bleep]. 455 00:25:41,340 --> 00:25:43,107 You might not want to follow me. 456 00:25:44,109 --> 00:25:46,143 Oh, don't go there. 457 00:25:46,145 --> 00:25:48,045 So you should just come down here and slam a line in 458 00:25:48,047 --> 00:25:49,713 somewhere in here, huh? 459 00:25:49,715 --> 00:25:52,983 [Liam] This is kind of the zone that I'd be interested in looking. 460 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:57,588 [narrator] Liam drills two lines of five test holes 461 00:25:57,590 --> 00:25:59,256 deep into the ground. 462 00:26:01,893 --> 00:26:03,227 [Parker] A lot of this ground is 100 feet deep. 463 00:26:03,229 --> 00:26:06,130 So, it's not cheap mining, right? 464 00:26:06,132 --> 00:26:08,999 That's the kind of ground that if the gold's not good, 465 00:26:09,001 --> 00:26:11,235 it'll break you trying to do that. 466 00:26:12,571 --> 00:26:16,073 [narrator] For this ground to be worth the $3 million price tag... 467 00:26:16,075 --> 00:26:18,609 [Liam] Start with the best one first. 468 00:26:18,611 --> 00:26:22,279 [narrator] Parker needs to see 200 milligrams per hole. 469 00:26:24,816 --> 00:26:28,118 [Liam] Do you want to go 100 feet for 32 milligrams, Parker? 470 00:26:29,988 --> 00:26:31,789 I don't know where all the other gold's gone, 471 00:26:31,791 --> 00:26:33,123 it's supposed to be there. 472 00:26:34,025 --> 00:26:35,960 [Parker] Not like we're hitting dead holes, 473 00:26:35,962 --> 00:26:37,861 like there's gold here. 474 00:26:37,863 --> 00:26:41,599 Yeah, but no major hits. 475 00:26:41,601 --> 00:26:44,201 I think we're gonna stop drilling for now. 476 00:26:44,203 --> 00:26:45,569 [Liam] Yeah, I agree. 477 00:26:45,571 --> 00:26:48,172 As for like buying this place right now, 478 00:26:48,174 --> 00:26:50,841 I'm not putting all my eggs in this basket, 479 00:26:50,843 --> 00:26:53,177 because 30 milligrams at 100 feet, 480 00:26:53,179 --> 00:26:56,146 that sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen. 481 00:26:56,148 --> 00:26:58,716 [Liam] Yeah, it's an easy way to lose a lot of money. 482 00:26:58,718 --> 00:27:01,151 [Parker] Thank you for coming out here and making it happen. 483 00:27:02,754 --> 00:27:05,055 [narrator] Back on the Indian River... 484 00:27:05,057 --> 00:27:07,157 Come on, big cat, you're falling behind out there. 485 00:27:07,159 --> 00:27:08,892 Trying my best. 486 00:27:08,894 --> 00:27:12,429 [narrator] Parker's left foreman Mitch Blaschke in charge 487 00:27:12,431 --> 00:27:15,032 of his entire Yukon operation. 488 00:27:16,034 --> 00:27:18,168 Over the last four weeks... 489 00:27:18,170 --> 00:27:19,870 [Mitch] The bottom line, Parker's not here 490 00:27:19,872 --> 00:27:21,872 and we're gonna do it my way. 491 00:27:21,874 --> 00:27:25,075 [narrator] He's helped rookie wash plant boss Tyson... 492 00:27:25,077 --> 00:27:26,110 [Mitch] Whoa! 493 00:27:26,112 --> 00:27:27,678 Hey, hey, hang on! 494 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:29,146 [narrator] Move Slucifer. 495 00:27:29,148 --> 00:27:31,148 If you're telling me you're cool with that setup, 496 00:27:31,150 --> 00:27:32,816 you need to [bleep] rethink your game, man. 497 00:27:32,818 --> 00:27:33,817 [Mitch] Whoa! 498 00:27:33,819 --> 00:27:36,053 [narrator] And struggled to keep Big Red... 499 00:27:36,055 --> 00:27:38,088 Got all kinds of [bleep] hitting the fan around here. 500 00:27:38,090 --> 00:27:39,723 [narrator] On the gold. 501 00:27:39,725 --> 00:27:41,425 I want to have this operation running smooth. 502 00:27:41,427 --> 00:27:43,227 I want to have a lot of gold down the gold room, 503 00:27:43,229 --> 00:27:45,295 but I'm not the boss so we'll have to see if he's happy 504 00:27:45,297 --> 00:27:46,997 when he gets back. 505 00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:49,066 [narrator] When Parker was on site, 506 00:27:49,068 --> 00:27:52,770 they were averaging 450 ounces a week. 507 00:27:52,772 --> 00:27:57,941 For Mitch to match that, he needs a massive 1,800 ounces of gold. 508 00:27:57,943 --> 00:27:58,842 [Parker] Hey. You're back. 509 00:27:58,844 --> 00:28:00,010 [Parker] I'm back. 510 00:28:00,012 --> 00:28:01,912 It looks like things have been going great here. 511 00:28:01,914 --> 00:28:03,113 Like, you guys have been busy. 512 00:28:03,115 --> 00:28:04,281 Been very busy, yeah. 513 00:28:04,283 --> 00:28:06,316 [Parker] About it, Brennan, let's see this stuff. 514 00:28:07,852 --> 00:28:11,422 [narrator] Mitch delivers 2,293 ounces... 515 00:28:11,424 --> 00:28:12,723 [Parker] Holy [bleep]. 516 00:28:12,725 --> 00:28:14,191 That's a good month. 517 00:28:14,193 --> 00:28:19,530 [narrator] ...smashing his target with $4.3 million of gold. 518 00:28:23,735 --> 00:28:25,803 That's like the biggest one we've ever had, isn't it? 519 00:28:25,805 --> 00:28:28,105 - Oh, yeah. - No, this is definitely a record-breaker. 520 00:28:28,107 --> 00:28:29,239 [Parker] I'm pumped. 521 00:28:29,241 --> 00:28:30,941 I mean, like to be able to be gone 522 00:28:30,943 --> 00:28:32,643 and have one of the best months 523 00:28:32,645 --> 00:28:35,145 this company's ever had is awesome, 524 00:28:35,147 --> 00:28:38,248 and like I just can't thank you guys enough. 525 00:28:40,819 --> 00:28:43,821 [narrator] Despite the late start, Parker's mined 526 00:28:43,823 --> 00:28:46,256 nearly 5,000 ounces. 527 00:28:47,192 --> 00:28:48,025 [Parker] It's never enough. 528 00:28:48,027 --> 00:28:49,860 [all laughing] 529 00:28:49,862 --> 00:28:53,263 [narrator] But he still needs to find new ground. 530 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:03,674 [Rick] Well, we had a late start to the season, 531 00:29:03,676 --> 00:29:06,143 but we're definitely making up for lost time right now. 532 00:29:08,079 --> 00:29:12,950 [narrator] At Duncan Creek, Rick Ness is fighting for his mining future. 533 00:29:12,952 --> 00:29:15,486 [Rick] This year's all about proving to myself 534 00:29:15,488 --> 00:29:18,122 and to my crew that we can be successful out here mining. 535 00:29:18,124 --> 00:29:20,057 If I don't get our 1,000 ounce gold this year, 536 00:29:20,059 --> 00:29:22,159 I don't see continuing on. 537 00:29:22,161 --> 00:29:24,194 [narrator] Halfway through the season, 538 00:29:24,196 --> 00:29:28,766 he's still 600 ounces short of his 1,000 ounce gold. 539 00:29:28,768 --> 00:29:31,168 [Rick] I've run the numbers and there's just no way 540 00:29:31,170 --> 00:29:34,738 we're gonna get to 1,000 ounces at the pace we're going. 541 00:29:34,740 --> 00:29:36,607 [narrator] To up his gold count, 542 00:29:36,609 --> 00:29:40,210 Rick is going for broke on the new Deep Cut, 543 00:29:40,212 --> 00:29:45,749 a three-acre piece of ground he believes is rich in gold nuggets. 544 00:29:45,751 --> 00:29:48,385 [Rick] There's 30 feet of pay in here, like they're supposed to be. 545 00:29:48,387 --> 00:29:50,053 It should get us through the rest of the season. 546 00:29:50,055 --> 00:29:53,123 You know, we've had to go down through over 60 feet of overburden, 547 00:29:53,125 --> 00:29:55,125 you know, it's cost a small fortune, 548 00:29:55,127 --> 00:29:57,995 but sometimes you got to bite the bullet, just do it. 549 00:30:00,398 --> 00:30:02,933 The difference with Rick this year is 550 00:30:02,935 --> 00:30:04,401 complete night and day. 551 00:30:04,403 --> 00:30:05,969 He's down here busting his ass. 552 00:30:05,971 --> 00:30:08,038 He's working right alongside us, 553 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:10,507 because he's pumped up just like the rest of us. 554 00:30:13,978 --> 00:30:15,312 [bleep], why is it doing that? 555 00:30:15,314 --> 00:30:17,181 Uh-oh. 556 00:30:18,116 --> 00:30:21,218 That is definitely bedrock. 557 00:30:22,086 --> 00:30:25,255 [narrator] Rick has hit a wall of fractured bedrock 558 00:30:25,257 --> 00:30:29,259 where he expected to find gold-rich pager. 559 00:30:29,261 --> 00:30:32,062 [Rick] It was just overburdened sitting right on the bedrock. 560 00:30:32,064 --> 00:30:34,331 So this whole section right here we're clearing for nothing. 561 00:30:38,036 --> 00:30:39,369 [producer speaking] 562 00:30:39,371 --> 00:30:41,271 Gold. 563 00:30:41,273 --> 00:30:42,773 That's just solid clay. 564 00:30:42,775 --> 00:30:46,977 There's little strips of gravels in it, but that's all... 565 00:30:46,979 --> 00:30:50,214 I don't know. It doesn't look like where we tested last year. 566 00:30:50,216 --> 00:30:54,051 Getting it into the pan as much as I can and try to find some gold in it. 567 00:30:54,053 --> 00:30:57,120 I'm pretty, pretty nervous right now. 568 00:30:59,891 --> 00:31:02,893 [narrator] If the pan contains no gold, 569 00:31:02,895 --> 00:31:07,331 his dreams of a successful season could be over. 570 00:31:15,273 --> 00:31:17,107 There ain't nothing in this. 571 00:31:17,109 --> 00:31:19,142 That's a major, major [bleep]. 572 00:31:19,144 --> 00:31:20,110 [bleep]. 573 00:31:20,112 --> 00:31:21,445 [bleep]. 574 00:31:28,253 --> 00:31:29,920 [Rick] Right now I'm just scrambling 575 00:31:29,922 --> 00:31:32,256 to look for the future here for the rest of the season 576 00:31:32,258 --> 00:31:33,790 because the Deep Cut was supposed to be it. 577 00:31:33,792 --> 00:31:37,828 So plan is get out and find some different ground. 578 00:31:37,830 --> 00:31:40,430 [narrator] In the mountains above Keno, 579 00:31:40,432 --> 00:31:43,033 Rick Ness' future as a gold miner 580 00:31:43,035 --> 00:31:46,970 hangs in the balance after striking out in the Deep Cut. 581 00:31:46,972 --> 00:31:48,272 That's a disaster, right? 582 00:31:48,274 --> 00:31:50,007 We spent a lot of time and money on that and it's... 583 00:31:50,009 --> 00:31:51,975 it's going to produce zero. 584 00:31:51,977 --> 00:31:55,946 Rick's out there looking for dirt, but you see we don't got much time left, so. 585 00:31:55,948 --> 00:31:58,815 It's not good, man. It's not good. 586 00:31:58,817 --> 00:32:01,018 [Rick] I'm just gonna keep looking until I find us some 587 00:32:01,020 --> 00:32:02,185 ground we could run. 588 00:32:02,220 --> 00:32:04,154 I'm hoping that that good red gravel we were running 589 00:32:04,156 --> 00:32:05,222 continues across the creek. 590 00:32:05,224 --> 00:32:07,057 I don't see why it shouldn't. 591 00:32:07,059 --> 00:32:09,726 [narrator] All of Rick's gold this season 592 00:32:09,728 --> 00:32:13,864 has come from the Cheap Cut, a pay streak of red pay gravel, 593 00:32:13,866 --> 00:32:16,166 just two feet below the surface. 594 00:32:16,168 --> 00:32:19,102 Rick believes the pay streak continues 595 00:32:19,104 --> 00:32:21,371 on the other side of the creek. 596 00:32:21,373 --> 00:32:24,942 If his hunch is right, it could save his season. 597 00:32:26,044 --> 00:32:29,179 [Rick] Crossing the creek was never part of the plan this year. 598 00:32:30,515 --> 00:32:33,150 Thinking my best bet is to hug the creek a bit 599 00:32:33,152 --> 00:32:36,086 because that should afford me some thaw off the creek. 600 00:32:41,326 --> 00:32:43,193 Oh, [bleep] yeah. 601 00:32:44,829 --> 00:32:47,264 We've got red gravel right here. 602 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,502 Hey, Kruse, let's get those rock trucks rounded up, we've got pay gravel. 603 00:32:57,141 --> 00:33:00,143 [Chris] Rick's given me an opportunity to 604 00:33:00,145 --> 00:33:02,813 make more money than I've ever made in my life. 605 00:33:02,815 --> 00:33:04,982 It's a chance for me to make a better life 606 00:33:04,984 --> 00:33:07,184 for me and my fiancee. 607 00:33:07,186 --> 00:33:09,786 I mean, for Rick to just hand that to me, 608 00:33:09,788 --> 00:33:13,090 it's humbling and I don't want to let him down. 609 00:33:17,962 --> 00:33:20,230 [Rick] These are nice boulders, nice looking rock, so 610 00:33:20,232 --> 00:33:21,898 looking a lot better here. 611 00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:23,266 We're back on the good pay. 612 00:33:28,906 --> 00:33:31,141 We have an emergency, we have... 613 00:33:31,143 --> 00:33:33,076 Kruse has rolled his truck in the Deep Cut. 614 00:33:33,078 --> 00:33:34,111 [bleep]. 615 00:33:34,113 --> 00:33:35,979 [bleep]. [bleep]. 616 00:33:41,986 --> 00:33:46,423 [indistinct chatter on radio] 617 00:33:51,696 --> 00:33:53,397 It's all right. 618 00:33:53,399 --> 00:33:55,265 You okay? Your neck doesn't hurt nothing, buddy? 619 00:33:55,267 --> 00:33:56,400 [Chris] No. 620 00:33:57,402 --> 00:33:58,268 Oh. 621 00:33:58,270 --> 00:34:00,404 Oh. 622 00:34:00,406 --> 00:34:01,972 [Rick] Your back's not hurting, nothing? 623 00:34:01,974 --> 00:34:03,240 You all right, brother? 624 00:34:08,980 --> 00:34:10,047 Oh, yeah, I'm [bleep] great. 625 00:34:10,049 --> 00:34:11,148 [bleep]. 626 00:34:11,150 --> 00:34:13,116 You scared the [bleep] out of me, dude. 627 00:34:13,885 --> 00:34:16,186 Yeah, I know. I [bleep] up. 628 00:34:16,188 --> 00:34:18,221 No, I suddenly turned around, I didn't see any of it happen. 629 00:34:18,223 --> 00:34:20,190 I see the [bleep] truck here laying on the side. 630 00:34:20,192 --> 00:34:22,192 I didn't see anybody moving around it. 631 00:34:22,194 --> 00:34:24,161 [bleep] bugs. 632 00:34:24,163 --> 00:34:25,595 I'm just happy you're okay, dude. 633 00:34:25,597 --> 00:34:26,863 - Oh. - This is... 634 00:34:26,865 --> 00:34:28,298 [Chris] It was, it was... 635 00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:30,100 super [bleep] slow-mo. 636 00:34:30,102 --> 00:34:35,472 I've got it to the point where it picked up that front wheel before 637 00:34:36,507 --> 00:34:40,744 and it started feeling like that 638 00:34:40,746 --> 00:34:42,712 and then it didn't stop feeling like that. 639 00:34:42,714 --> 00:34:45,015 Prided myself in doing a pretty good job of 640 00:34:45,017 --> 00:34:49,286 taking care of these trucks and now I [bleep] up. 641 00:34:50,121 --> 00:34:53,023 [narrator] Rick brings in the 480 Excavator 642 00:34:53,025 --> 00:34:55,125 and a loader to right the truck. 643 00:34:55,127 --> 00:34:57,294 Well, I'm just trying to figure a good spot to rig it here. 644 00:34:57,296 --> 00:34:58,995 [Chris] Yeah. 645 00:34:58,997 --> 00:35:00,464 It's going to be a pretty hillbilly. 646 00:35:03,668 --> 00:35:06,303 This is not how you rig stuff, but 647 00:35:06,305 --> 00:35:09,072 we need to get this thing flopped over in a timely fashion, 648 00:35:09,074 --> 00:35:10,107 so this is what we're gonna do. 649 00:35:10,109 --> 00:35:11,408 Okay. Go ahead, start pulling. 650 00:35:11,410 --> 00:35:14,978 Costing us time and money, that's not a good feeling. 651 00:35:14,980 --> 00:35:16,246 Just watch yourself. 652 00:35:16,248 --> 00:35:18,081 You should tilt it a bit more, tilt it. 653 00:35:20,718 --> 00:35:21,985 Okay. 654 00:35:24,255 --> 00:35:26,056 If you wanted out of a truck that bad, 655 00:35:26,058 --> 00:35:27,591 you just had to [bleep] tell me, dude. 656 00:35:27,593 --> 00:35:29,960 [Rick laughing] 657 00:35:29,962 --> 00:35:31,828 Zero physical harm, 658 00:35:31,830 --> 00:35:34,464 quite possibly irreparable damage to my pride. 659 00:35:38,536 --> 00:35:41,171 [narrator] Later, Karla checks the sluices 660 00:35:41,173 --> 00:35:46,276 to see if Rick's decision to cross the creek has paid off. 661 00:35:46,278 --> 00:35:47,878 [Karla] It looks really good. 662 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:49,379 [man 1] Oh, my [bleep]. 663 00:35:49,381 --> 00:35:50,914 [Karla] Holy [bleep], dude. 664 00:35:50,916 --> 00:35:52,149 I can't believe that. 665 00:35:52,151 --> 00:35:53,216 Wow! 666 00:35:53,218 --> 00:35:54,951 Look at that. 667 00:35:54,953 --> 00:35:57,087 [all laughing] 668 00:35:57,089 --> 00:35:59,089 [Rick] Holy [bleep]. 669 00:36:00,791 --> 00:36:02,292 [Chris] Christmas came early. 670 00:36:02,294 --> 00:36:04,194 That's like an ounce right there. 671 00:36:04,196 --> 00:36:07,130 That's a [bleep] beauty, like that's worth some serious money. 672 00:36:07,132 --> 00:36:10,000 Probably be [bleep] four grand right there. 673 00:36:10,002 --> 00:36:11,902 As far as I know, that's bigger than anything 674 00:36:11,904 --> 00:36:13,770 Parker or Tony's pulled out of the ground. 675 00:36:13,772 --> 00:36:16,773 [narrator] Last season, Rick left the Klondike to 676 00:36:16,775 --> 00:36:19,042 come to the mountains above Keno 677 00:36:19,044 --> 00:36:21,511 in the hope of finding monster nuggets. 678 00:36:22,914 --> 00:36:25,115 That's bigger than anything I expected ever out here. 679 00:36:25,117 --> 00:36:26,483 [Karla] Yeah. 680 00:36:27,752 --> 00:36:31,354 [narrator] His gamble is finally paying off. 681 00:36:31,356 --> 00:36:32,989 [Rick] This year just feels different, you know, 682 00:36:32,991 --> 00:36:36,793 and it's got a better vibe, but I still need to hit my 1,000-ounce target. 683 00:36:36,795 --> 00:36:38,695 As long as we don't hit any major snags, 684 00:36:38,697 --> 00:36:40,363 I think we're right on track. 685 00:36:47,738 --> 00:36:49,739 [Fred] All of you fought some pretty hard battles 686 00:36:49,741 --> 00:36:51,808 in your life and now we just need to do that here. 687 00:36:51,810 --> 00:36:55,212 [narrator] In Oregon, rookie miner Fred Lewis 688 00:36:55,214 --> 00:37:00,016 and his team of combat veterans dream of striking it rich. 689 00:37:00,018 --> 00:37:01,284 Fred's right. 690 00:37:01,286 --> 00:37:02,819 Let's get this [bleep] gold, boys! 691 00:37:02,821 --> 00:37:04,321 Oh, yeah! 692 00:37:07,358 --> 00:37:09,859 [Kyle] Came out here as a group of injured vets 693 00:37:09,861 --> 00:37:11,027 and yet here we are. 694 00:37:11,029 --> 00:37:14,097 We're doing everything we can in our power to 695 00:37:14,099 --> 00:37:17,267 try to bring money home, make life good again. 696 00:37:17,269 --> 00:37:20,503 [narrator] For three months, Fred's Greenhorn crew 697 00:37:20,505 --> 00:37:22,806 has struggled to get on the gold, 698 00:37:22,808 --> 00:37:25,075 banking just one ounce. 699 00:37:26,177 --> 00:37:27,944 This is really bad. 700 00:37:29,180 --> 00:37:30,880 [narrator] They've battled breakdown. 701 00:37:30,882 --> 00:37:32,115 [coughing] 702 00:37:32,117 --> 00:37:33,250 [Stefan] I'm no mechanic. 703 00:37:33,252 --> 00:37:34,251 I don't know what that means. 704 00:37:34,253 --> 00:37:36,119 [narrator] Water problems. 705 00:37:36,121 --> 00:37:37,954 Hey, hey, hey, cut off that water. 706 00:37:37,956 --> 00:37:39,589 [narrator] And each other. 707 00:37:39,591 --> 00:37:41,791 Are you gonna [bleep] do anything right? 708 00:37:41,793 --> 00:37:43,126 Shut your fat mouth. 709 00:37:43,128 --> 00:37:44,995 You know, morale is down. 710 00:37:44,997 --> 00:37:45,895 People want to see gold. 711 00:37:45,897 --> 00:37:47,230 They're not seeing gold. 712 00:37:48,165 --> 00:37:50,200 This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, 713 00:37:50,202 --> 00:37:53,203 but it's kind of turning into a nightmare. 714 00:37:53,205 --> 00:37:55,105 [narrator] But despite all their problems, 715 00:37:55,107 --> 00:37:58,241 the combat veterans aren't giving up. 716 00:37:59,243 --> 00:38:00,143 [Fred] Hurry up back there. 717 00:38:00,145 --> 00:38:02,078 Let's go. 718 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,848 We keep getting kicked, but we keep getting back up. 719 00:38:04,850 --> 00:38:06,182 If we can keep the plant up and running 720 00:38:06,184 --> 00:38:08,885 and not have as many issues, we'll get more gold. 721 00:38:08,887 --> 00:38:11,054 [Kendell] Thankfully we got a team that won't quit, 722 00:38:11,056 --> 00:38:13,757 no matter how much you put problems or obstacles in their way, 723 00:38:13,759 --> 00:38:15,158 they're gonna keep fighting. 724 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:17,927 I might just kind of try and put as many buckets as I can through. 725 00:38:17,929 --> 00:38:19,229 [Stefan] We need to make some money. 726 00:38:19,231 --> 00:38:20,530 We need to find some gold. 727 00:38:28,205 --> 00:38:29,306 [Stuart] Hey, Kyle, the... 728 00:38:29,308 --> 00:38:30,774 the hopper is jamming up, man. 729 00:38:30,776 --> 00:38:32,676 Can you come up there and knock something loose? 730 00:38:32,678 --> 00:38:34,311 - [bleep]. - [Kyle] Yeah, let's do it. 731 00:38:34,313 --> 00:38:36,413 Leave that thing running I gotta go up there and fix it. 732 00:38:39,750 --> 00:38:41,985 [Stuart speaking] 733 00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:44,721 Hey, man, be careful up there. 734 00:38:44,723 --> 00:38:46,790 [Kyle] Yeah, it's jammed up real bad here. 735 00:38:46,792 --> 00:38:48,892 We're running completely jacked up. 736 00:38:48,894 --> 00:38:51,361 [bleep]. You know, you shouldn't be up on the wash plant while it's running. 737 00:38:53,431 --> 00:38:55,765 [bleep] 738 00:38:55,767 --> 00:38:56,866 [Kyle] Hey, hey, hey. 739 00:38:56,868 --> 00:38:59,169 Cut the water, Johnny. Cut the water. 740 00:39:02,273 --> 00:39:04,240 Kyle, you can't be up there while it's running. 741 00:39:04,242 --> 00:39:05,508 What's going on? 742 00:39:06,977 --> 00:39:08,345 [bleep]. 743 00:39:16,721 --> 00:39:20,156 We're here to mine and go home with gold in our hands. 744 00:39:20,158 --> 00:39:22,392 We need to wake the beast and we need to get things going. 745 00:39:23,961 --> 00:39:25,695 Oh, boy! 746 00:39:25,697 --> 00:39:28,898 [narrator] In Oregon's Elkhorn Mountains, Fred Lewis' 747 00:39:28,900 --> 00:39:32,702 operation is at a standstill again. 748 00:39:32,704 --> 00:39:34,504 [Fred] This... this is a mess. 749 00:39:34,506 --> 00:39:36,673 [narrator] To get back on the gold, 750 00:39:36,675 --> 00:39:41,911 Fred's crew needs to stop pay dirt clogging the wash plant's hopper. 751 00:39:41,913 --> 00:39:44,848 [Kyle] The bottom of our hopper is just wavy as can be 752 00:39:44,850 --> 00:39:46,616 and I think that's where part of our issue is. 753 00:39:46,618 --> 00:39:48,685 The water is not able to rush down right, which means 754 00:39:48,687 --> 00:39:51,121 that's where you're starting to get piles and build up. 755 00:39:51,123 --> 00:39:53,656 [narrator] Ex-army sergeant Kyle Pletzke 756 00:39:53,658 --> 00:39:57,594 comes up with a plan, cover the dented hopper base 757 00:39:57,596 --> 00:40:00,196 with a sloping sheet of smooth steel. 758 00:40:00,198 --> 00:40:02,232 [Kyle speaking] 759 00:40:07,805 --> 00:40:09,706 [Kyle] Definitely not afraid of hard work, 760 00:40:09,708 --> 00:40:11,875 after being in the military for five years, 761 00:40:11,877 --> 00:40:14,010 a lot of it was spent in the hospital for me, 762 00:40:14,012 --> 00:40:18,148 and that was probably harder work than actually going out and be an infantryman. 763 00:40:18,849 --> 00:40:21,217 [narrator] While serving in Afghanistan, 764 00:40:21,219 --> 00:40:26,156 Kyle's light-armored vehicle rolled and crushed his legs and pelvis. 765 00:40:27,024 --> 00:40:28,591 [Kyle] Had to relearn how to walk. 766 00:40:28,593 --> 00:40:31,961 Doctors kind of gave me a bad prognosis at one point. 767 00:40:31,963 --> 00:40:34,164 After leaving the hospital and leaving the military, 768 00:40:34,166 --> 00:40:35,598 it was tough to know what to do. 769 00:40:37,001 --> 00:40:38,234 This is... 770 00:40:38,269 --> 00:40:41,104 I think this is what I needed, you know, it's being out here 771 00:40:41,106 --> 00:40:44,207 with a good group of guys, running around a mine site, 772 00:40:44,209 --> 00:40:46,876 hopping up, still able to fix things. 773 00:40:46,878 --> 00:40:49,078 I think this might be a real calling for me. 774 00:40:49,914 --> 00:40:51,114 I've got to give it everything I can. 775 00:40:51,116 --> 00:40:52,782 There's nothing that's going to stop me from 776 00:40:52,784 --> 00:40:54,150 making this be a success. 777 00:40:55,753 --> 00:40:58,188 All right, let's fire up. We're clear. 778 00:41:00,691 --> 00:41:03,526 We'll know in about ten minutes if that hopper is gonna feed it correctly. 779 00:41:07,765 --> 00:41:09,866 Right now it is looking pretty good. 780 00:41:09,868 --> 00:41:12,101 It looks like we might have solved the problem. 781 00:41:12,970 --> 00:41:14,237 It's looking a lot better. 782 00:41:15,206 --> 00:41:16,039 Keep feeding it, Stu. 783 00:41:16,041 --> 00:41:18,741 Let's get some gold, baby! 784 00:41:18,743 --> 00:41:22,712 [narrator] Kyle's fix allows Fred's crew to run uninterrupted 785 00:41:22,714 --> 00:41:24,614 for the first time this season. 786 00:41:26,083 --> 00:41:28,151 - You guys want to see? - [man] Yeah, let's get it. 787 00:41:34,291 --> 00:41:36,025 [Fred] 0.24. 788 00:41:37,027 --> 00:41:39,896 [narrator] Despite stepping up to fix the plant 789 00:41:39,898 --> 00:41:44,534 on their own, the crew banks just $456. 790 00:41:45,135 --> 00:41:46,402 [Fred] I don't like it. 791 00:41:46,404 --> 00:41:52,075 [narrator] Fred's season gold hall is still only 1.2 ounces. 792 00:41:52,077 --> 00:41:54,110 [Fred] If we kept going the way we're going, I don't... 793 00:41:54,112 --> 00:41:56,412 I don't have another week, maybe two weeks in me 794 00:41:56,414 --> 00:41:59,148 running like this without something coming back in. 795 00:42:12,196 --> 00:42:16,766 [Tony speaking] 796 00:42:16,768 --> 00:42:19,302 [narrator] Twelve weeks into the short season, 797 00:42:19,304 --> 00:42:25,141 Tony Beets has mined only $1,000 ounces of his 3,000-ounce gold. 798 00:42:25,143 --> 00:42:28,278 [Tony speaking] 799 00:42:33,951 --> 00:42:37,453 [narrator] All season, Tony has been desperately searching 800 00:42:37,455 --> 00:42:40,657 for new gold rich pay streaks... 801 00:42:40,659 --> 00:42:43,226 [Tony speaking] 802 00:42:43,228 --> 00:42:45,862 [narrator] But so far has drawn a blank. 803 00:42:45,864 --> 00:42:48,164 [Tony speaking] 804 00:42:51,402 --> 00:42:55,004 [narrator] Now, Tony has come up with a new plan. 805 00:42:55,006 --> 00:42:58,441 [Tony speaking] 806 00:43:05,649 --> 00:43:08,117 [narrator] Just down the hill from Mike's trommel 807 00:43:08,119 --> 00:43:12,088 lies a huge pile of waste rocks and gravel 808 00:43:12,090 --> 00:43:15,525 left by miners more than 80 years ago. 809 00:43:15,527 --> 00:43:18,127 [Tony speaking] 810 00:43:29,940 --> 00:43:33,443 [narrator] Tony believes the old-timers' wooden sluice boxes 811 00:43:33,445 --> 00:43:35,244 were so primitive, 812 00:43:35,246 --> 00:43:39,215 they could have washed out hundreds of ounces in their tailings. 813 00:43:39,217 --> 00:43:43,353 [Tony speaking] 814 00:43:58,335 --> 00:44:00,136 [Monica] He's not the one that has to lift them. 815 00:44:00,138 --> 00:44:02,438 [Tony speaking] 816 00:44:04,475 --> 00:44:07,276 [narrator] If Tony finds gold in the tailings, 817 00:44:07,278 --> 00:44:12,248 it could be the monster payday he's been looking for all season. 818 00:44:14,718 --> 00:44:18,588 [Tony speaking] 819 00:44:23,427 --> 00:44:27,997 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine ten. 820 00:44:27,999 --> 00:44:30,133 [Tony speaking] 821 00:44:38,008 --> 00:44:40,910 [narrator] To run the old-timer tails, 822 00:44:40,912 --> 00:44:44,580 Tony brings his 30-year-old shaker deck out of retirement... 823 00:44:44,582 --> 00:44:47,316 Let's get going. 824 00:44:47,318 --> 00:44:51,954 [narrator] And trucks it down the hill to a narrow pad beside the tailgate. 825 00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:58,394 [Tony speaking] 826 00:45:04,868 --> 00:45:07,970 [narrator] Tony hauls in two old dredge pontoons 827 00:45:07,972 --> 00:45:10,006 to help build the pad. 828 00:45:10,008 --> 00:45:12,542 [Tony speaking] 829 00:45:14,378 --> 00:45:15,578 [Ruby] No way. 830 00:45:15,580 --> 00:45:17,280 [Tony speaking] 831 00:45:20,818 --> 00:45:21,984 Where do you like to have it? 832 00:45:21,986 --> 00:45:23,953 [Tony speaking] 833 00:45:32,896 --> 00:45:37,133 I'm waiting for it to hit that thing. Oh, [bleep]. 834 00:45:37,135 --> 00:45:40,002 [Tony speaking] 835 00:45:49,046 --> 00:45:50,213 [Ruby] Tony! 836 00:45:51,415 --> 00:45:53,015 [Tony] Oh, no! 837 00:45:53,017 --> 00:45:54,283 Tony! 838 00:45:55,452 --> 00:45:57,386 [Tony speaking] 839 00:46:06,196 --> 00:46:07,263 Yes. 840 00:46:07,265 --> 00:46:08,998 [Tony speaking] 841 00:46:16,206 --> 00:46:18,107 Thank [bleep]. 842 00:46:18,109 --> 00:46:20,209 [Tony speaking] 843 00:46:48,338 --> 00:46:49,906 Should I get going? 844 00:46:49,908 --> 00:46:51,240 [Tony speaking] 845 00:47:03,220 --> 00:47:04,720 That's [bleep] beautiful. 846 00:47:04,722 --> 00:47:08,558 [Tony speaking] 847 00:47:11,929 --> 00:47:14,430 [narrator] Tony runs the plant for three days 848 00:47:14,432 --> 00:47:16,098 before pulling the mats... 849 00:47:16,100 --> 00:47:18,201 72.12. 850 00:47:18,203 --> 00:47:22,138 [narrator] Worth almost $130,000. 851 00:47:22,140 --> 00:47:23,105 [bleep] awesome. 852 00:47:23,107 --> 00:47:27,076 [Tony speaking] 853 00:47:29,479 --> 00:47:34,350 [narrator] Tony's plan to find gold in the old-timer tailings has paid off. 854 00:47:34,352 --> 00:47:40,022 If it continues to deliver, his 3,000-ounce gold is in his reach. 855 00:47:40,057 --> 00:47:42,358 [Tony speaking] 856 00:47:51,602 --> 00:47:53,369 [Parker] This season's been a hell of a season 857 00:47:53,371 --> 00:47:58,407 with the whole COVID thing, but, you know, we've had two wash plants, 858 00:47:58,409 --> 00:48:00,042 pounding away all season. 859 00:48:00,044 --> 00:48:01,711 It's been really good. 860 00:48:01,713 --> 00:48:05,248 [narrator] Over halfway through the shortest season ever, 861 00:48:05,250 --> 00:48:08,251 Parker's crew is tearing through ground, 862 00:48:08,253 --> 00:48:13,022 banking a war chest of over 5,000 ounces. 863 00:48:13,024 --> 00:48:14,156 [Brennan] Yeah, buddy! 864 00:48:14,158 --> 00:48:15,291 [Parker] It's about time. 865 00:48:15,726 --> 00:48:18,394 [narrator] But their success is creating a problem. 866 00:48:20,063 --> 00:48:22,331 They're almost out of the pay. 867 00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:25,968 Everything's been motoring along really nice here, but 868 00:48:25,970 --> 00:48:28,571 we're certainly getting down to the last of our pay dirt. 869 00:48:28,573 --> 00:48:31,207 [Parker] The amount of ground we're going through is crazy. 870 00:48:31,209 --> 00:48:33,943 Just keeping ground out ahead of Big Red and Slucifer 871 00:48:33,945 --> 00:48:36,078 is gonna be our big challenge. 872 00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:37,914 [narrator] For his season to be a success, 873 00:48:37,916 --> 00:48:42,585 Parker urgently needs new gold rich ground. 874 00:48:42,587 --> 00:48:45,554 I've got my eye on a piece of ground here on the Indian River, 875 00:48:45,556 --> 00:48:48,090 that looks like it should have some really good potential. 876 00:48:48,092 --> 00:48:51,260 [narrator] The Airstrip Cut, a million square foot claim 877 00:48:51,262 --> 00:48:54,897 just two miles downstream from Parker's camp. 878 00:48:54,899 --> 00:48:58,000 He owns the water license, but to mine it, 879 00:48:58,002 --> 00:49:00,369 he needs to persuade the landowner. 880 00:49:01,438 --> 00:49:02,939 Hello. 881 00:49:02,941 --> 00:49:04,240 [Tony speaking] 882 00:49:05,008 --> 00:49:06,309 Can I come in? 883 00:49:11,048 --> 00:49:12,048 [Parker] I'm good. How are you doing? 884 00:49:12,050 --> 00:49:14,083 [Tony speaking] 885 00:49:17,788 --> 00:49:19,822 [Parker] Part of the reason why I'm here is 886 00:49:19,824 --> 00:49:24,160 we're just about done, like, around our camp 887 00:49:24,162 --> 00:49:27,730 and so I'm here... I know you've done some work in there. 888 00:49:27,732 --> 00:49:29,031 [Tony] Mmm-hmm. 889 00:49:29,033 --> 00:49:30,433 [Parker] But I'd love to mine around the Airstrip 890 00:49:30,435 --> 00:49:32,501 if you're game. 891 00:49:40,410 --> 00:49:43,412 [Tony speaking] 892 00:49:43,414 --> 00:49:44,680 Okay. 893 00:49:44,682 --> 00:49:47,616 [Tony speaking] 894 00:49:51,855 --> 00:49:53,889 This is a new Tony. I'm not used to this. 895 00:49:53,891 --> 00:49:56,192 [Tony speaking] 896 00:49:57,227 --> 00:49:59,829 Well, yeah, I appreciate that 'cause we're... 897 00:49:59,831 --> 00:50:01,330 we're always hungry for ground. 898 00:50:02,666 --> 00:50:05,267 And with that, we'll be... 899 00:50:05,269 --> 00:50:07,370 I guess we'll be paying you a lot more royalties 900 00:50:07,372 --> 00:50:08,971 than I thought we would, but that's... 901 00:50:08,973 --> 00:50:10,039 that's okay, I guess. 902 00:50:10,041 --> 00:50:11,407 [Tony speaking] 903 00:50:13,810 --> 00:50:14,877 [Parker] Thanks, Tony. 904 00:50:14,879 --> 00:50:16,145 [Tony speaking] 905 00:50:21,251 --> 00:50:22,985 [Parker] Wow. 906 00:50:24,121 --> 00:50:26,555 That was definitely one of the more strange meetings 907 00:50:26,557 --> 00:50:28,190 I've had with Tony Beets. 908 00:50:31,128 --> 00:50:32,962 I don't know. I mean, we got another block of ground, 909 00:50:32,964 --> 00:50:34,964 so that's the best part. 910 00:50:36,099 --> 00:50:38,968 [narrator] With only eight weeks left in his season, 911 00:50:38,970 --> 00:50:43,039 Parker goes all in on the Airstrip Cut. 912 00:50:43,041 --> 00:50:47,943 His crew races to open up ground before hauling Slucifer 913 00:50:47,945 --> 00:50:50,579 five miles to its new pad. 914 00:50:50,581 --> 00:50:52,148 That's [bleep] badass. 915 00:50:52,150 --> 00:50:55,351 [narrator] A week later, he doubles down 916 00:50:55,353 --> 00:50:59,188 and brings in Big Red from the last cut. 917 00:50:59,190 --> 00:51:00,489 Come on, old girl. 918 00:51:04,928 --> 00:51:07,163 [Mitch] Nice and easy. 919 00:51:07,165 --> 00:51:08,898 Hold there. 920 00:51:08,900 --> 00:51:10,599 Phew. 921 00:51:10,601 --> 00:51:11,967 [Mitch] Here we go. 922 00:51:14,071 --> 00:51:17,073 [narrator] With both plants running side-by-side, 923 00:51:17,075 --> 00:51:20,142 Parker's dreams of expanding his empire 924 00:51:20,144 --> 00:51:23,579 now rest on the Airstrip paying out. 925 00:51:32,222 --> 00:51:33,889 [Rick] You know, I'm always worried we're gonna get 926 00:51:33,891 --> 00:51:36,225 froze out of here before we hit our goal. 927 00:51:36,227 --> 00:51:38,994 This year that's just really not an option. 928 00:51:38,996 --> 00:51:42,565 [narrator] It's late summer in the mountains above Keno. 929 00:51:42,567 --> 00:51:45,734 In a few short weeks, temperatures will plummet 930 00:51:45,736 --> 00:51:49,805 and snow will blanket the area for six months. 931 00:51:49,807 --> 00:51:52,741 That plant's got to be running flat out 24 hours a day 932 00:51:52,743 --> 00:51:53,742 for the rest of the season. 933 00:51:53,744 --> 00:51:55,578 I've got to hit my target this year. 934 00:51:55,580 --> 00:51:57,980 Honestly, if I don't, this just could be my last year. 935 00:51:57,982 --> 00:52:00,983 [narrator] Rick has pushed hard all year 936 00:52:00,985 --> 00:52:06,889 but is still nearly 400 ounces short of his 1,000-ounce gold. 937 00:52:06,891 --> 00:52:09,692 If we don't find a sizeable amount of gold, I mean, 938 00:52:09,694 --> 00:52:12,027 that could be the same boat as last year. 939 00:52:13,897 --> 00:52:15,965 I want to go home with a bunch of gold in my pocket. 940 00:52:15,967 --> 00:52:17,333 I know Rick does, too. 941 00:52:20,036 --> 00:52:21,370 Coming your way. 942 00:52:21,372 --> 00:52:22,438 Coming your way. 943 00:52:25,075 --> 00:52:27,009 Holy [bleep]. 944 00:52:30,113 --> 00:52:32,214 What the [bleep] is going on here? 945 00:52:35,318 --> 00:52:38,053 Holy [bleep]. Yeah. 946 00:52:38,055 --> 00:52:39,755 That roller's piled right up. 947 00:52:39,757 --> 00:52:40,956 [bleep] damn it. 948 00:52:40,958 --> 00:52:43,459 [bleep] thing sitting there sideways. 949 00:52:43,461 --> 00:52:48,230 [narrator] One of the 700s' carry rollers has bent out of alignment. 950 00:52:48,232 --> 00:52:50,065 [bleep] me. 951 00:52:50,067 --> 00:52:53,135 [narrator] And the track is unable to move. 952 00:52:54,337 --> 00:52:56,105 Something might have got in there like a big rock 953 00:52:56,107 --> 00:52:58,073 and got jammed in there, who knows. 954 00:52:58,075 --> 00:53:01,477 We're gonna have to dig those bolts out and 955 00:53:01,479 --> 00:53:04,580 bolt that roller back in there if it's not too far gone, Rick. 956 00:53:04,582 --> 00:53:06,315 Yeah. 957 00:53:06,317 --> 00:53:08,050 - Watch out. - Oh, yeah. 958 00:53:08,919 --> 00:53:10,186 Dude, it's coming out. 959 00:53:10,188 --> 00:53:11,554 - Dude, that's pretty sweet. - [Rick] Wow! 960 00:53:15,992 --> 00:53:17,092 That thing is [bleep]. 961 00:53:17,094 --> 00:53:18,460 This is toast. 962 00:53:20,497 --> 00:53:23,866 [narrator] The 700 needs a new roller 963 00:53:23,868 --> 00:53:29,905 and the only man on site with the skills to replace it is mechanic Carl Rosk. 964 00:53:29,907 --> 00:53:31,807 [Carl] Let's pop it up. 965 00:53:31,809 --> 00:53:33,075 So, yeah, man, this is our money-maker. 966 00:53:33,077 --> 00:53:34,176 This is our main hole. 967 00:53:34,178 --> 00:53:36,011 Without this thing, we're [bleep], right? 968 00:53:36,013 --> 00:53:37,513 Yeah, fire it up, give me a spin. 969 00:53:39,049 --> 00:53:40,349 Yep, better. 970 00:53:43,119 --> 00:53:44,186 Back the other way. 971 00:53:46,890 --> 00:53:48,057 Looking good, mate. 972 00:53:48,059 --> 00:53:49,225 We're in business. 973 00:53:49,227 --> 00:53:50,326 Put it down there, buddy. 974 00:53:50,328 --> 00:53:51,627 [Carl] Coming down. 975 00:53:53,129 --> 00:53:54,597 [Rick] I like that. 976 00:53:54,599 --> 00:53:56,098 I like that. 977 00:53:57,234 --> 00:53:58,968 Oh, yeah. 978 00:53:58,970 --> 00:53:59,868 That's it? 979 00:53:59,870 --> 00:54:01,337 You made it look easy, buddy. 980 00:54:01,339 --> 00:54:04,206 [narrator] Carl's got the 700 back up and running 981 00:54:04,208 --> 00:54:06,041 in just three hours. 982 00:54:06,043 --> 00:54:07,443 Carl saves the day again. 983 00:54:07,445 --> 00:54:09,745 I'm not convinced you don't pull that [bleep] on purpose. 984 00:54:09,747 --> 00:54:11,947 [bleep] gonna be down for a week, Rick, 985 00:54:11,949 --> 00:54:14,216 and then you pull it out of your ass in a couple of hours. 986 00:54:14,918 --> 00:54:16,452 [Rick] We're back to full speed. 987 00:54:22,158 --> 00:54:25,594 I just got a message here from my doctor that he wants me to call him ASAP, 988 00:54:25,596 --> 00:54:28,097 so it could be something to do with my back. 989 00:54:29,666 --> 00:54:32,201 [narrator] Two years ago, Carl revealed 990 00:54:32,203 --> 00:54:35,204 he had a benign tumor growing on his spine. 991 00:54:35,206 --> 00:54:37,072 I have a tumor inside me on my lung. 992 00:54:37,074 --> 00:54:39,975 I got one on my spine and I got to get it looked at. 993 00:54:39,977 --> 00:54:41,877 - [bleep], man. - [Carl] Yeah. 994 00:54:41,879 --> 00:54:43,879 Tumor, do you have cancer? 995 00:54:43,881 --> 00:54:45,514 No, well, that's we got to check it out, right? 996 00:54:48,318 --> 00:54:49,618 What's up, man? 997 00:54:51,187 --> 00:54:53,055 Yeah, I got a little bad news here, dude. 998 00:54:53,057 --> 00:54:57,326 So, um, talked to my doctor and he wants 999 00:54:57,328 --> 00:54:59,128 me to go under the knife like right now. 1000 00:55:00,096 --> 00:55:01,530 Holy [bleep]. 1001 00:55:01,865 --> 00:55:04,233 Yeah, it's like non-negotiable, right, like, it's a special surgeon. 1002 00:55:04,235 --> 00:55:07,536 So you gotta go right away. 1003 00:55:07,538 --> 00:55:10,372 I'm obviously gonna leave all my stuff here for everyone, my tools and stuff, but 1004 00:55:10,374 --> 00:55:12,875 I don't know if I'll be able to come back to get everything or what. 1005 00:55:12,877 --> 00:55:14,743 Yeah. Well, I... 1006 00:55:14,745 --> 00:55:17,479 None of that should matter, I mean, it's gonna hurt us, 1007 00:55:17,481 --> 00:55:18,947 like you're my [bleep] guy here, right? 1008 00:55:18,949 --> 00:55:21,383 Like, this place doesn't go without you, but... 1009 00:55:21,385 --> 00:55:23,585 - I feel like I'm letting everybody down. - No, no. 1010 00:55:23,587 --> 00:55:25,688 You shouldn't, I mean, I was shocked at first, Carl, 1011 00:55:25,690 --> 00:55:26,622 but honestly I'm happy for you. 1012 00:55:26,624 --> 00:55:29,124 - I hate seeing you like that, so. - Yeah. 1013 00:55:29,126 --> 00:55:31,427 [Rick] You think about it, Carl, you won't have to do that all the time. 1014 00:55:31,429 --> 00:55:32,728 I know I can't wait. 1015 00:55:32,730 --> 00:55:33,996 Yeah. My man. 1016 00:55:35,965 --> 00:55:37,166 You're gonna be a new man, Carl. 1017 00:55:37,168 --> 00:55:38,567 You're gonna be a new man. 1018 00:55:38,569 --> 00:55:40,169 You know, losing my mom a couple years ago, 1019 00:55:40,171 --> 00:55:44,206 it helped me realize, you know, that health is really important and, 1020 00:55:44,208 --> 00:55:47,910 you know, it's gonna hurt us really bad not having him here, but 1021 00:55:47,912 --> 00:55:50,946 honestly it's what's best for him and I'm happy for him. 1022 00:55:50,948 --> 00:55:54,883 [Carl] Leaving the crew, the worst possible time, but, yeah, 1023 00:55:54,885 --> 00:55:56,819 you know, I will be back soon, so. 1024 00:55:56,821 --> 00:55:59,221 I'm leaving my stuff all here, I'm leaving my dog, so. 1025 00:55:59,223 --> 00:56:01,123 Yeah, I gotta come back, so. 1026 00:56:02,492 --> 00:56:03,392 I'm sorry, buddy. 1027 00:56:03,394 --> 00:56:05,027 You can't come with me, no. 1028 00:56:05,029 --> 00:56:07,963 I know, I know, I know. 1029 00:56:11,668 --> 00:56:14,036 [dog whimpering] 1030 00:56:15,705 --> 00:56:19,975 [narrator] With Carl gone, Rick's goal of hitting a 1,000 ounces 1031 00:56:19,977 --> 00:56:24,346 and securing his mining future is on a knife edge. 1032 00:56:24,348 --> 00:56:27,349 Carl, you know, my buddy, my mechanic, I mean, he's... 1033 00:56:27,351 --> 00:56:29,585 he's gonna be sorely missed. 1034 00:56:29,587 --> 00:56:31,220 Man, it's just... 1035 00:56:31,222 --> 00:56:32,254 I'm not gonna let my guard down. 1036 00:56:32,256 --> 00:56:34,790 I'm very, very aware of what time of year it is 1037 00:56:34,792 --> 00:56:36,258 and how every second counts. 1038 00:56:45,969 --> 00:56:48,237 We're all in on this right now. 1039 00:56:49,672 --> 00:56:53,642 [narrator] In Oregon, ex-Special Forces medic Fred Lewis 1040 00:56:53,644 --> 00:56:57,045 is fighting to save his first season as a mine boss. 1041 00:56:57,047 --> 00:56:59,114 [Fred] Any obstacles that come at this point, 1042 00:56:59,116 --> 00:57:01,183 we're just gonna punch 'em in the face and keep moving. 1043 00:57:01,185 --> 00:57:03,519 Pay dirt, plant, gold. 1044 00:57:03,521 --> 00:57:04,787 That's pretty easy. 1045 00:57:04,789 --> 00:57:08,690 [narrator] Fred sunk his life savings into the Elkhorn claim 1046 00:57:08,692 --> 00:57:13,529 with the dream of paying his crew of combat veterans in gold. 1047 00:57:13,531 --> 00:57:15,731 You know, this gold means a lot to all of us, 1048 00:57:15,733 --> 00:57:19,902 just another disabled vet who kind of, you know, come on rough times. 1049 00:57:19,904 --> 00:57:22,004 So this has to be a success or 1050 00:57:22,006 --> 00:57:24,139 I'm gonna end up living out of my truck for real. 1051 00:57:26,910 --> 00:57:29,711 [narrator] But with just weeks left of the season, 1052 00:57:29,713 --> 00:57:36,185 they've only mined 2.7 ounces, worth just over $5,000. 1053 00:57:36,187 --> 00:57:38,187 [Khara] Babe, we have a huge problem. 1054 00:57:38,189 --> 00:57:40,155 We're almost broke. 1055 00:57:41,858 --> 00:57:44,726 We need more gold or we need more money. 1056 00:57:44,728 --> 00:57:47,463 If we had the money, we can get more gold. 1057 00:57:49,599 --> 00:57:51,800 Actually, I think the only way we're gonna be able to do this 1058 00:57:51,802 --> 00:57:53,502 is with an outside investor. 1059 00:57:53,504 --> 00:57:55,804 [narrator] Fred asks old marine buddy 1060 00:57:55,806 --> 00:58:01,043 and successful businessman Karl Smith to invest $40,000 1061 00:58:01,045 --> 00:58:03,479 for a share of the gold. 1062 00:58:03,481 --> 00:58:04,980 All right. You got a deal. 1063 00:58:04,982 --> 00:58:06,648 Let's do it. 1064 00:58:06,650 --> 00:58:08,083 [Fred] It's great that we have an investor, 1065 00:58:08,085 --> 00:58:10,686 but that puts us under a lot more pressure. 1066 00:58:10,688 --> 00:58:13,222 It's not just my money now, it's one of my best friends' money, 1067 00:58:13,224 --> 00:58:15,824 but it gives us the financial freedom to keep mining 1068 00:58:15,826 --> 00:58:17,192 and to keep that dream alive. 1069 00:58:18,294 --> 00:58:19,928 Hey, everybody. 1070 00:58:19,930 --> 00:58:22,097 Karl is officially on board. 1071 00:58:22,099 --> 00:58:23,365 We have an investor. 1072 00:58:23,367 --> 00:58:25,601 Let's get that gold! 1073 00:58:25,603 --> 00:58:28,837 Back in business! 1074 00:58:28,839 --> 00:58:31,607 Getting Karl on board, getting the investor, that's [bleep] awesome, 1075 00:58:31,609 --> 00:58:33,141 that's exactly what we needed. 1076 00:58:33,143 --> 00:58:35,143 [Fred] We're gonna keep pushing and we're gonna give it 1077 00:58:35,145 --> 00:58:36,478 everything we got. 1078 00:58:42,919 --> 00:58:44,553 [Kyle] Whoa. What the [bleep]! 1079 00:58:47,023 --> 00:58:49,024 [bleep], this thing is overheating. 1080 00:58:49,026 --> 00:58:51,393 Fred! 1081 00:58:53,329 --> 00:58:55,397 Fred, yo, we got an issue here. 1082 00:58:56,866 --> 00:58:57,933 [Fred] Holy crap. 1083 00:58:57,935 --> 00:58:59,268 Listen to it. 1084 00:58:59,270 --> 00:59:00,802 [Kyle] This could be a bad head gasket. 1085 00:59:00,804 --> 00:59:02,004 That's the cheap part. 1086 00:59:02,006 --> 00:59:03,872 However, it could be weeks to get that thing torn apart 1087 00:59:03,874 --> 00:59:05,073 and get everything here that we need. 1088 00:59:05,075 --> 00:59:07,776 [Fred] It's if they have the part anywhere near here. 1089 00:59:07,778 --> 00:59:11,813 [narrator] Fred relies on the 988 Loader to haul pay 1090 00:59:11,815 --> 00:59:15,918 from the cut to the plant, while a much smaller L60 1091 00:59:15,920 --> 00:59:17,553 clears the tail ends. 1092 00:59:18,855 --> 00:59:22,124 Now, with the 988 out of action, 1093 00:59:22,126 --> 00:59:26,094 the L60 has to do the work of both loaders. 1094 00:59:27,063 --> 00:59:29,031 [Kyle] Just look at our buckets standing here, man. 1095 00:59:29,033 --> 00:59:31,133 I mean I've got less than half the amount of yardage 1096 00:59:31,135 --> 00:59:33,101 that I can move at one time. 1097 00:59:33,103 --> 00:59:35,270 [Fred] We're gonna have to do night shifts, I think. 1098 00:59:35,272 --> 00:59:38,407 Stockpiling the day and at night, keep the plant up and running. 1099 00:59:38,409 --> 00:59:39,441 That's the only way to do it. 1100 00:59:39,443 --> 00:59:40,909 Yeah. 1101 00:59:40,944 --> 00:59:45,614 [narrator] Fred's plan, split the crew into day and night shifts. 1102 00:59:45,616 --> 00:59:49,484 The day crew will use the L60 to stockpile pay dirt. 1103 00:59:54,290 --> 00:59:56,892 Then the night shift will use the same loader 1104 00:59:56,894 --> 01:00:00,762 to feed the plant and clear tails. 1105 01:00:00,764 --> 01:00:04,166 [Kyle] Pretty sunset on the mine, but not enough time to look up and enjoy it. 1106 01:00:04,168 --> 01:00:08,236 I got to keep my nose down in the ground and keep on working hard. 1107 01:00:08,238 --> 01:00:11,373 Longer we can run, the better chances we'd have 1108 01:00:11,375 --> 01:00:13,842 finding as much gold as possible. 1109 01:00:13,844 --> 01:00:17,746 Double shift is gonna get us about 20% more productivity here. 1110 01:00:17,748 --> 01:00:20,148 Well, trying to keep everything flowing is 1111 01:00:20,150 --> 01:00:24,186 a lot more difficult when you can only see a few feet in front of your face. 1112 01:00:24,188 --> 01:00:26,321 Bucket number 100 in the hopper. 1113 01:00:26,323 --> 01:00:27,589 Whoo! 1114 01:00:27,591 --> 01:00:29,191 Yee-ha! 1115 01:00:29,959 --> 01:00:33,095 Sometimes, we even impress ourselves. 1116 01:00:33,097 --> 01:00:36,498 [Kendell] Looks like close encounters of the third kind or something. 1117 01:00:44,173 --> 01:00:45,273 Whoa, whoa! 1118 01:00:45,275 --> 01:00:46,475 Stop, stop, stop. 1119 01:00:46,477 --> 01:00:48,810 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 1120 01:00:48,812 --> 01:00:50,178 Oh! 1121 01:00:50,180 --> 01:00:52,881 Stop, stop stop, stop. 1122 01:00:52,915 --> 01:00:54,249 Dude. 1123 01:00:55,084 --> 01:00:57,786 Rock slipped out under there or what? 1124 01:00:57,788 --> 01:01:00,455 This shift is getting a little tired or something. 1125 01:01:00,457 --> 01:01:02,424 I think you might have to help me back out of this, dude, 1126 01:01:02,426 --> 01:01:03,592 this is a little sketchy. 1127 01:01:03,594 --> 01:01:04,993 All right, yeah. 1128 01:01:06,763 --> 01:01:08,397 [indistinct radio chatter] 1129 01:01:11,300 --> 01:01:13,068 Scared the living [bleep] out of me. 1130 01:01:13,070 --> 01:01:14,836 Yeah, that makes two of us. 1131 01:01:14,838 --> 01:01:17,172 Let's keep all the wheels down on the ground, please. 1132 01:01:17,174 --> 01:01:19,241 - Yeah, sounds good, bro. - You got it, man. 1133 01:01:20,243 --> 01:01:23,812 [narrator] The late shift keep the plant running through the night, 1134 01:01:23,814 --> 01:01:26,615 but it takes its toll on the crew. 1135 01:01:29,118 --> 01:01:31,286 Doing the night shift is difficult and, you know, 1136 01:01:31,288 --> 01:01:33,455 it's been really wearing on me personally. 1137 01:01:34,657 --> 01:01:37,392 Got to come up with something else. 1138 01:01:37,394 --> 01:01:39,594 [narrator] To save his crew from burnout, 1139 01:01:39,596 --> 01:01:43,765 Fred uses the investment to lease a new loader. 1140 01:01:43,767 --> 01:01:45,300 [Fred] When I say all in, I mean all in. 1141 01:01:45,302 --> 01:01:47,602 This doesn't work, I'm gonna go down fighting. 1142 01:01:50,139 --> 01:01:51,573 Look at what we got. 1143 01:01:51,575 --> 01:01:53,008 Whoa! 1144 01:01:53,010 --> 01:01:54,142 [laughing] 1145 01:01:54,144 --> 01:01:55,210 Oh! 1146 01:01:55,212 --> 01:01:56,978 [indistinct chatter] 1147 01:01:58,214 --> 01:02:00,248 Looks like we got a new loader. 1148 01:02:02,218 --> 01:02:03,285 Awesome. 1149 01:02:03,287 --> 01:02:04,886 We got her till the end of the season. 1150 01:02:04,888 --> 01:02:06,988 - Really? - So we can go get it dirty. 1151 01:02:06,990 --> 01:02:09,157 - Yeah. - [Fred] All right, let's freaking fire it up. 1152 01:02:09,159 --> 01:02:11,626 [narrator] With the new loader on the site, 1153 01:02:11,628 --> 01:02:17,232 Fred has a shot of finding the gold he needs to pay his investor and crew. 1154 01:02:17,234 --> 01:02:20,469 Should be pretty easy to finish out the season in this big thing. 1155 01:02:20,471 --> 01:02:22,404 Just what we need to find a lot more gold. 1156 01:02:24,607 --> 01:02:28,043 [Fred] We got this new piece of equipment and I can tell morale is high. 1157 01:02:28,045 --> 01:02:30,412 We're gonna work as hard as we possibly can 1158 01:02:30,414 --> 01:02:32,314 and hopefully we can salvage the season. 1159 01:02:40,590 --> 01:02:43,191 [Tony speaking] 1160 01:02:48,664 --> 01:02:51,366 [narrator] The end of the season is in sight, 1161 01:02:51,368 --> 01:02:57,072 but Klondike legend Tony Beets is still 400 ounces short of his gold. 1162 01:02:57,074 --> 01:03:00,075 [Tony speaking] 1163 01:03:03,379 --> 01:03:05,413 [narrator] And he's running out of pay dirt 1164 01:03:05,415 --> 01:03:07,516 in the 18-acre Mega Cut. 1165 01:03:10,019 --> 01:03:13,121 [Tony speaking] 1166 01:03:56,065 --> 01:03:59,568 [narrator] Tony has taken one scoop too many, 1167 01:03:59,570 --> 01:04:02,337 punching a hole in the wall between the cut 1168 01:04:02,339 --> 01:04:06,007 and a two million gallon tailings pond. 1169 01:04:07,410 --> 01:04:11,179 [Tony speaking] 1170 01:04:15,117 --> 01:04:16,952 [Mike] Holy [bleep]. 1171 01:04:16,954 --> 01:04:18,987 That ain't gonna stop for a while. 1172 01:04:18,989 --> 01:04:22,324 [Tony speaking] 1173 01:04:24,093 --> 01:04:25,994 Okay, so if we're done in the Mega Cut, 1174 01:04:25,996 --> 01:04:27,495 where are we gonna get paid for the rest of the season? 1175 01:04:27,497 --> 01:04:29,264 [Tony speaking] 1176 01:04:29,565 --> 01:04:34,970 [narrator] Unless Tony can find new ground, his season will be dead in the water. 1177 01:04:34,972 --> 01:04:38,039 [Tony speaking] 1178 01:04:47,216 --> 01:04:50,051 [Tony speaking] 1179 01:04:55,625 --> 01:04:58,260 [narrator] With just weeks left in the season, 1180 01:04:58,262 --> 01:05:01,129 Tony's flooded the last corner of the Mega Cut, 1181 01:05:01,131 --> 01:05:04,099 his only source of gold. 1182 01:05:04,101 --> 01:05:09,204 If he can't find new ground fast, his season is over. 1183 01:05:12,708 --> 01:05:14,609 [Tony speaking] 1184 01:05:21,918 --> 01:05:25,320 [narrator] Tony is banking on an area of virgin ground 1185 01:05:25,322 --> 01:05:30,392 between the Mega Cut and an old cut he knows had good gold. 1186 01:05:30,394 --> 01:05:31,960 [Tony speaking] 1187 01:05:31,962 --> 01:05:33,094 Okay. 1188 01:05:33,096 --> 01:05:35,597 [Tony speaking] 1189 01:05:35,599 --> 01:05:36,564 Yeah. 1190 01:05:36,566 --> 01:05:39,567 [Tony speaking] 1191 01:05:46,042 --> 01:05:49,778 And the... the idea is to clear off the whole section down to pay. 1192 01:05:49,780 --> 01:05:51,713 It's a pain in the ass to deal with, when it rains, 1193 01:05:51,715 --> 01:05:53,915 it's almost impossible to deal with. 1194 01:05:53,917 --> 01:05:56,618 And unfortunately, it rained just before we're gonna be dealing with it. 1195 01:05:58,821 --> 01:06:01,323 [Richard] Here at the soupy mess. 1196 01:06:01,325 --> 01:06:04,092 It's like a skate rink, it's hard to turn the tire, 1197 01:06:04,094 --> 01:06:05,293 it just slides. 1198 01:06:07,096 --> 01:06:09,230 Holy [bleep]. 1199 01:06:11,334 --> 01:06:13,335 That [bleep] sucks. 1200 01:06:16,305 --> 01:06:17,906 Kevin, you got a copy? 1201 01:06:17,908 --> 01:06:19,307 Found a sinkhole here. 1202 01:06:19,309 --> 01:06:21,142 [Kevin] I'll come by, I'll pull you out. 1203 01:06:21,844 --> 01:06:23,845 [Richard] Copy that. 1204 01:06:23,847 --> 01:06:25,814 We'll get the cable. Hook it up, pull it out. 1205 01:06:25,816 --> 01:06:27,415 Not a [bleep] problem. 1206 01:06:30,119 --> 01:06:31,453 [Richard] We're good to go. 1207 01:06:33,422 --> 01:06:36,224 [engine revving] 1208 01:06:39,061 --> 01:06:40,295 Come on. 1209 01:06:40,297 --> 01:06:41,596 You stubborn [bleep]. 1210 01:06:44,266 --> 01:06:45,333 [bleep]! 1211 01:06:45,335 --> 01:06:47,235 Oh, whoa, whoa, Kevin. 1212 01:06:47,237 --> 01:06:50,772 [bleep] That's not good. 1213 01:06:50,774 --> 01:06:52,307 Well, [bleep]. 1214 01:06:53,943 --> 01:06:55,710 Yeah, that's in two pieces. 1215 01:06:55,712 --> 01:06:57,979 I've never seen a rock truck pull apart yet. 1216 01:06:57,981 --> 01:07:00,281 I've seen other breaks, I've seen frame breaks, 1217 01:07:00,283 --> 01:07:03,485 but I've not seen one pulling two, that's a new one for me. 1218 01:07:05,454 --> 01:07:07,489 [Tony speaking] 1219 01:07:33,983 --> 01:07:35,250 [Kevin] We got it. 1220 01:07:35,252 --> 01:07:37,152 [Richard] Very nice. 1221 01:07:40,589 --> 01:07:42,323 [narrator] After three days stripping, 1222 01:07:42,325 --> 01:07:45,360 Tony's down to pay dirt in the Upper Cut. 1223 01:07:46,562 --> 01:07:48,630 [Tony speaking] 1224 01:07:50,499 --> 01:07:52,801 [narrator] But with winter just around the corner, 1225 01:07:52,803 --> 01:07:56,971 he's in a race against time to hit his season goal. 1226 01:07:56,973 --> 01:07:59,674 [Kevin] Hopefully, we can get our 3,000 ounces, 1227 01:07:59,676 --> 01:08:02,577 just shoving through as much as we can, fingers crossed. 1228 01:08:13,089 --> 01:08:15,723 [Brennan] We got two plants side by side, you know, 1229 01:08:15,725 --> 01:08:19,194 we got to fill Parker's old war chest up with all this gold here, 1230 01:08:19,196 --> 01:08:21,429 so we can put it towards this new ground that we need. 1231 01:08:21,431 --> 01:08:24,899 [narrator] Just five weeks to the end of the season, 1232 01:08:24,901 --> 01:08:29,737 Parker's crew still has more than half of the Airstrip left to mine. 1233 01:08:29,739 --> 01:08:32,373 Hey! Crank it up. 1234 01:08:32,375 --> 01:08:35,710 [narrator] When his trusted right-hand man Mitch Blaschke 1235 01:08:35,712 --> 01:08:38,313 receives a call from home. 1236 01:08:38,315 --> 01:08:40,048 Can you see the fire from the house? 1237 01:08:40,050 --> 01:08:41,149 [woman on phone] It's really smoky. 1238 01:08:41,151 --> 01:08:42,684 Which way is the wind going? 1239 01:08:42,686 --> 01:08:44,152 [woman on phone] Towards our house. 1240 01:08:44,154 --> 01:08:46,187 Grab what you can and get out of there. 1241 01:08:47,123 --> 01:08:49,023 - Hey, Parker, you got a minute. - Yeah. 1242 01:08:49,025 --> 01:08:52,026 There's some really bad wildfires down there and they're getting close to us. 1243 01:08:52,028 --> 01:08:53,394 [Parker] Holy cow. 1244 01:08:53,396 --> 01:08:56,598 So my wife's down there trying to pack up everything she can 1245 01:08:56,600 --> 01:08:57,866 in the back of her car. 1246 01:08:57,868 --> 01:09:01,269 When it comes to your home being threatened by some fires, 1247 01:09:01,271 --> 01:09:04,606 it's obviously a lot more important than whatever we've got going on here. 1248 01:09:05,708 --> 01:09:08,343 I don't want you to even consider not going 1249 01:09:08,345 --> 01:09:10,078 after the conversation we've had. 1250 01:09:10,080 --> 01:09:12,847 [narrator] With Mitch making an emergency departure. 1251 01:09:12,849 --> 01:09:14,149 Let me give you a hug, brother. 1252 01:09:14,151 --> 01:09:16,184 Take care and drive safe. 1253 01:09:18,120 --> 01:09:21,923 [narrator] Co-foreman Brennan Ruautt must step up and run 1254 01:09:21,925 --> 01:09:24,025 the day-to-day operations. 1255 01:09:25,060 --> 01:09:27,095 It's a lot extra pressure on my shoulders. 1256 01:09:27,097 --> 01:09:29,097 At the end of the day, I have one job to do is 1257 01:09:29,099 --> 01:09:31,966 just to find as much gold as we possibly can. 1258 01:09:32,902 --> 01:09:34,702 [narrator] Parker's tasked Brennan with 1259 01:09:34,704 --> 01:09:38,606 finishing the remaining 13 acres of the Airstrip Cut 1260 01:09:38,608 --> 01:09:41,109 before the Yukon winter freezes them out. 1261 01:09:41,111 --> 01:09:42,677 [Brennan] There's still a lot of work to do here, 1262 01:09:42,679 --> 01:09:45,046 so we got to just put the hammer down to get it done. 1263 01:09:46,582 --> 01:09:50,185 [narrator] But while investigating a mined out corner of the cut... 1264 01:09:50,187 --> 01:09:52,587 What the [bleep]! 1265 01:09:52,589 --> 01:09:55,156 [narrator] Parker discovers a rookie error. 1266 01:09:55,158 --> 01:09:59,460 Someone has left behind gold bearing river rock. 1267 01:10:02,831 --> 01:10:04,132 I shouldn't have to walk your floor. 1268 01:10:04,134 --> 01:10:05,934 What's up, buddy? 1269 01:10:07,269 --> 01:10:09,337 I thought everybody knew how to dig pay, 1270 01:10:09,339 --> 01:10:11,539 but there are round rock everywhere. 1271 01:10:15,211 --> 01:10:18,446 Like, I shouldn't have to walk the floor and find like yards of the wrong. 1272 01:10:20,382 --> 01:10:22,050 I have hardly dug any of this. 1273 01:10:22,052 --> 01:10:23,484 I don't care. 1274 01:10:25,287 --> 01:10:27,922 You're in charge or you're not in charge? 1275 01:10:27,924 --> 01:10:29,257 [Brennan] Well, Mitch was in charge. 1276 01:10:29,259 --> 01:10:30,258 [Parker] Mitch ain't here. 1277 01:10:30,260 --> 01:10:31,826 Yeah, well. 1278 01:10:31,828 --> 01:10:34,829 [Brennan] There's quite a bit missed, whoever took the last strip in the back. 1279 01:10:34,831 --> 01:10:38,800 I don't give a [bleep] who it is, but it needs to get cleaned up. 1280 01:10:38,802 --> 01:10:41,069 I don't know if guys are in a rush to go home or whatever, 1281 01:10:41,071 --> 01:10:43,271 but if anybody wants to go home, they can [bleep] go home. 1282 01:10:43,273 --> 01:10:46,708 That's not a reason to rush through any cuts or do anything 1283 01:10:46,710 --> 01:10:49,244 sloppy or whatever is going on. 1284 01:10:49,246 --> 01:10:52,046 We've done this racket for eight years now. 1285 01:10:52,048 --> 01:10:54,048 I shouldn't have to walk our floors. 1286 01:10:54,050 --> 01:10:56,551 [Brennan] There's no need to come here and be [bleep] about it. 1287 01:10:58,354 --> 01:11:04,792 [Brennan groans] I'll pack and [bleep] leave right now. 1288 01:11:04,794 --> 01:11:07,028 [bleep] I don't give a [bleep] about any of this [bleep]. 1289 01:11:13,202 --> 01:11:15,370 [Chris] Hey, junior. Come here, boy. 1290 01:11:15,372 --> 01:11:17,105 [Brennan] Sick of being treated like that, 1291 01:11:17,107 --> 01:11:19,407 like it's just a nightmare. 1292 01:11:19,409 --> 01:11:21,643 I mean, when is enough enough around here. 1293 01:11:21,645 --> 01:11:22,810 Yeah. 1294 01:11:22,812 --> 01:11:24,979 In the ten years I've been here, I've noticed that 1295 01:11:24,981 --> 01:11:28,716 he pushes a little bit more at this point. 1296 01:11:28,718 --> 01:11:32,186 And sometimes, it creates more damage than good. 1297 01:11:32,188 --> 01:11:35,790 He forgets that a lot of us are 3,000 miles away from home. 1298 01:11:35,792 --> 01:11:36,824 That's the tough part. 1299 01:11:36,826 --> 01:11:40,028 What can you say, you know, it happens every year. 1300 01:11:40,863 --> 01:11:42,530 [narrator] After some cooling off time... 1301 01:11:44,166 --> 01:11:46,267 Brennan returns to the cut. 1302 01:11:47,002 --> 01:11:48,770 Just [bleep] angry still. 1303 01:11:48,772 --> 01:11:51,072 This isn't the first time he's been [bleep] miserable like that. 1304 01:11:51,074 --> 01:11:52,273 There's no need for it. 1305 01:11:52,275 --> 01:11:53,574 That's what I'm getting tired of. 1306 01:12:04,053 --> 01:12:04,786 [Brennan] Howdy! 1307 01:12:04,788 --> 01:12:06,287 Um... 1308 01:12:07,589 --> 01:12:13,027 I wanted to explain a little more my little blowup in the cut. 1309 01:12:15,130 --> 01:12:18,466 I apologize because I shouldn't do it that way. 1310 01:12:19,601 --> 01:12:22,236 [bleep], Brennan, since you've shown up here, 1311 01:12:22,238 --> 01:12:25,206 like you've come so far and you've been doing a great job, 1312 01:12:25,208 --> 01:12:27,075 honestly you have. 1313 01:12:27,077 --> 01:12:28,276 - Great. - [Parker] And that's... 1314 01:12:28,278 --> 01:12:30,111 I know you've got a lot on your plate, 1315 01:12:30,113 --> 01:12:35,216 but we still have to make sure that we are following the basics 1316 01:12:35,218 --> 01:12:37,218 and that's where I'm coming from. 1317 01:12:37,220 --> 01:12:38,753 [Brennan] Okay. Yeah. 1318 01:12:38,755 --> 01:12:40,154 - [Parker] Does that make sense? - [Brennan] Yep, fair. 1319 01:12:40,156 --> 01:12:42,023 Thank you. Appreciate it. 1320 01:12:42,025 --> 01:12:43,825 -[Parker] No sweat. Thanks, Brennan. -Yeah, no worries. 1321 01:12:43,827 --> 01:12:45,193 Appreciate it. Thanks a lot. 1322 01:12:45,195 --> 01:12:47,061 I definitely was taken aback a little bit with Parker. 1323 01:12:47,063 --> 01:12:52,066 I do really respect him coming to apologize in a sincere way, you know. 1324 01:12:53,736 --> 01:12:56,771 [narrator] Parker now needs Brennan to mine out the Airstrip 1325 01:12:56,773 --> 01:12:59,240 before winter shuts them down. 1326 01:13:00,242 --> 01:13:03,811 [Brennan] I want to try and conquer this season for Parker 1327 01:13:03,813 --> 01:13:05,279 and hopefully put some money in the bank 1328 01:13:05,281 --> 01:13:06,848 for some new ground for it. 1329 01:13:12,254 --> 01:13:17,258 [narrator] In Oregon, wildfires have ripped through Mitch's hometown. 1330 01:13:18,594 --> 01:13:20,061 [Mitch] This definitely isn't looking good here. 1331 01:13:20,063 --> 01:13:22,230 I mean, stuff still smoking. 1332 01:13:23,065 --> 01:13:26,000 Crossing my fingers here and hoping for the best but... 1333 01:13:28,871 --> 01:13:32,306 There she is and it's still standing. 1334 01:13:32,308 --> 01:13:35,076 [Mitch laughs] Oh, man. 1335 01:13:37,212 --> 01:13:39,147 I mean, everything's looking good. 1336 01:13:40,783 --> 01:13:42,049 [Parker] Hi, Mitch. 1337 01:13:42,051 --> 01:13:43,351 It looks like you're in your house? 1338 01:13:43,353 --> 01:13:44,752 Yeah, in the house. 1339 01:13:44,754 --> 01:13:46,187 We got really lucky. 1340 01:13:46,189 --> 01:13:47,789 Unfortunately, some people did lose their houses. 1341 01:13:47,791 --> 01:13:51,225 It was a bad deal, but I mean I was planning on trying to head back up. 1342 01:13:51,227 --> 01:13:54,996 [Parker] Whether you come back this fall or next spring, 1343 01:13:54,998 --> 01:13:56,597 you've always got a spot here. 1344 01:13:56,599 --> 01:13:59,100 All right, thanks. Let me know how things go. 1345 01:13:59,102 --> 01:14:01,135 It's just really nice to talk to Parker and know that 1346 01:14:01,137 --> 01:14:04,305 I've got a good place up there and, you know, I might not 1347 01:14:04,307 --> 01:14:07,375 make it back this season, but I'll certainly be back in the future. 1348 01:14:18,053 --> 01:14:20,288 [Rick] No disguising it now. 1349 01:14:20,290 --> 01:14:22,123 Snow's been coming down for a bit. 1350 01:14:22,125 --> 01:14:23,791 We're near the end here. 1351 01:14:23,793 --> 01:14:27,862 [narrator] At Duncan Creek, the big freeze has hit 1352 01:14:27,864 --> 01:14:32,133 and Rick is still 90 ounces short of his 1,000-ounce gold. 1353 01:14:32,135 --> 01:14:35,736 [Rick] I don't like one bad season and I'm not willing to go for two. 1354 01:14:35,738 --> 01:14:39,040 [narrator] But Rick has one last roll of the dice. 1355 01:14:39,042 --> 01:14:40,942 [Rick] This last ditch effort, for me it's all about 1356 01:14:40,944 --> 01:14:42,610 redemption from last year. 1357 01:14:42,612 --> 01:14:46,514 [narrator] To hit his goal and pay his crew a gold bonus, 1358 01:14:46,516 --> 01:14:50,084 Rick's embarking on a high-risk nugget hunt. 1359 01:14:50,086 --> 01:14:52,553 [Rick] I'm going to divert the creek next to this lazy bend 1360 01:14:52,555 --> 01:14:54,355 and run the creek bed. 1361 01:14:55,824 --> 01:14:59,293 The best gold that we got all season was right next to this creek bed. 1362 01:14:59,295 --> 01:15:02,897 It's where we found the big one and a half ounce nugget. 1363 01:15:02,899 --> 01:15:04,999 All right, here we go. 1364 01:15:05,001 --> 01:15:06,200 Water's coming. 1365 01:15:11,139 --> 01:15:13,040 Oh, yeah, I like that. 1366 01:15:13,809 --> 01:15:15,443 Really happy with how it looks. 1367 01:15:16,211 --> 01:15:17,945 The old creek bed should dry right up 1368 01:15:17,947 --> 01:15:19,747 and we can start to pull the gold out of it 1369 01:15:19,749 --> 01:15:21,582 and get it to the [bleep] damn wash line. 1370 01:15:23,051 --> 01:15:25,786 [narrator] Rick runs every yard of creek bed pay... 1371 01:15:25,788 --> 01:15:28,022 [Rick] That looks like that's the last bucket right there. 1372 01:15:28,024 --> 01:15:31,292 [narrator] Before shutting down for the season. 1373 01:15:31,294 --> 01:15:32,493 [Rick] Fingers crossed. 1374 01:15:35,564 --> 01:15:37,031 [narrator] The crew gathers... 1375 01:15:37,033 --> 01:15:39,767 Oh, back in time for the gold bonus. 1376 01:15:39,769 --> 01:15:41,569 - Yeah, man. - I don't blame you. 1377 01:15:41,571 --> 01:15:43,404 [narrator] To see if Rick's diversion 1378 01:15:43,406 --> 01:15:46,574 has delivered the nuggets he needs. 1379 01:15:46,576 --> 01:15:47,942 Part of the reason we diverted the creek was 1380 01:15:47,944 --> 01:15:49,777 we found that monster gold nugget there. 1381 01:15:49,779 --> 01:15:54,382 So I was hoping we'd find some chunky gold and here it is. 1382 01:15:54,384 --> 01:15:57,585 You know, we got some nice coarse gold out of there. 1383 01:15:57,587 --> 01:15:58,686 [man 1] Holy [bleep]. 1384 01:15:58,688 --> 01:16:00,021 [Rick] Oh, yeah. 1385 01:16:00,023 --> 01:16:02,890 [narrator] Rick's hunch has paid out big. 1386 01:16:02,892 --> 01:16:04,325 Well, I want to see that fine gold. 1387 01:16:04,327 --> 01:16:05,993 I know that's the stuff that adds up. 1388 01:16:05,995 --> 01:16:10,398 [narrator] To beat his goal, Rick needs 90 ounces. 1389 01:16:12,768 --> 01:16:15,336 It just kind of keeps going, it kind of keeps going. 1390 01:16:16,939 --> 01:16:19,040 And then the scale goes to E. 1391 01:16:19,775 --> 01:16:22,877 - Holy crap. - [bleep] yeah, buddy. 1392 01:16:22,879 --> 01:16:24,178 [Rick] It's actually too much for our scale, 1393 01:16:24,180 --> 01:16:25,313 but I already weighed it. 1394 01:16:25,315 --> 01:16:27,615 At the end of the day, I tell you guys that we did 1395 01:16:27,617 --> 01:16:29,216 178 ounces, just over. 1396 01:16:29,218 --> 01:16:30,084 [Karla] Yes. 1397 01:16:30,086 --> 01:16:33,120 And so we're at just over 1,080 ounces. 1398 01:16:33,122 --> 01:16:37,325 [narrator] A year ago, Rick was on the brink of bankruptcy. 1399 01:16:37,327 --> 01:16:42,997 This season, he's led his crew to a gold haul worth over $2 million. 1400 01:16:42,999 --> 01:16:45,299 [all laughing] 1401 01:16:45,301 --> 01:16:46,734 [Rick] I can't thank you enough for coming back. 1402 01:16:46,736 --> 01:16:49,236 If we hadn't done this this year, 1403 01:16:49,238 --> 01:16:52,306 I don't know that there would have been another year, and you guys made it happen. 1404 01:16:52,308 --> 01:16:53,474 Appreciate it! 1405 01:16:53,476 --> 01:16:54,208 - Cheers. - Cheers. 1406 01:16:54,210 --> 01:16:56,277 - Cheers! - Cheers! 1407 01:17:02,918 --> 01:17:06,821 [narrator] In Oregon, freezing temperatures have forced 1408 01:17:06,823 --> 01:17:11,926 Fred Lewis to call time on his first season. 1409 01:17:11,928 --> 01:17:14,662 [Fred] The season hasn't panned out like we wanted it to 1410 01:17:14,664 --> 01:17:17,365 and the ground has just not been as good as we needed it to be 1411 01:17:17,367 --> 01:17:19,834 to pay the bills, but my major focus here was to 1412 01:17:19,836 --> 01:17:22,436 give these guys a new purpose, you know, a lot of them 1413 01:17:22,438 --> 01:17:25,606 coming out of the military are in that awkward transition, 1414 01:17:25,608 --> 01:17:30,044 trying to figure things out, and I think that was a freaking success this season. 1415 01:17:30,046 --> 01:17:34,115 [narrator] After sinking $40,000 into Fred's operation 1416 01:17:34,117 --> 01:17:37,184 eight weeks ago, investor Karl Smith 1417 01:17:37,186 --> 01:17:39,787 is back for the final reckoning. 1418 01:17:39,789 --> 01:17:42,256 [Fred] It's kind of time to face the music here with Karl. 1419 01:17:42,258 --> 01:17:45,026 I've got to convince him, after losing all his money, 1420 01:17:45,028 --> 01:17:49,163 that we're good enough to invest in another season, if not we're done. 1421 01:17:51,133 --> 01:17:54,035 All right, guys, this is the last gold weigh of the season. 1422 01:17:54,037 --> 01:17:55,169 Shoot, man. 1423 01:17:55,171 --> 01:17:56,370 Let's see what we got. 1424 01:17:59,975 --> 01:18:01,375 Some big chunks. 1425 01:18:04,713 --> 01:18:09,283 1.93 ounces that's our best cleanup yet. 1426 01:18:10,619 --> 01:18:15,389 That puts our total at 6.39 which is honestly embarrassing. 1427 01:18:15,391 --> 01:18:17,058 [narrator] In their rookie season, 1428 01:18:17,060 --> 01:18:22,596 Fred's crew has mined just $12,000 worth of gold. 1429 01:18:22,598 --> 01:18:25,266 [Fred] But we've come up with every single obstacle thrown 1430 01:18:25,268 --> 01:18:27,001 at us and we've kicked it right in the face. 1431 01:18:27,003 --> 01:18:28,402 We pulled what we could out of this ground. 1432 01:18:28,404 --> 01:18:31,205 I don't think anybody could have done any better. 1433 01:18:31,207 --> 01:18:33,107 What do you guys think? 1434 01:18:33,109 --> 01:18:34,208 Is that a true statement? 1435 01:18:34,210 --> 01:18:36,577 - Yeah. 100%. - Yeah. 1436 01:18:36,579 --> 01:18:38,612 [Kyle] No way to get any more gold out of that ground. 1437 01:18:40,315 --> 01:18:43,317 If we can't get more gold out of this ground, 1438 01:18:45,253 --> 01:18:47,288 that means this is the end. 1439 01:18:52,094 --> 01:18:53,694 [Fred] If you're willing to go for another year, 1440 01:18:53,696 --> 01:18:58,132 I know with as much as we've learned, we can get you that money back. 1441 01:19:00,035 --> 01:19:04,939 The way I see it, I've got two options, walk away 1442 01:19:04,941 --> 01:19:10,244 or we can double down and you guys can go find some good ground 1443 01:19:10,246 --> 01:19:12,313 and we can make back my money. 1444 01:19:13,415 --> 01:19:15,249 [clears throat] 1445 01:19:15,251 --> 01:19:16,984 Why don't we do this? 1446 01:19:16,986 --> 01:19:20,154 You guys go find the ground and we'll talk. 1447 01:19:20,156 --> 01:19:22,890 Are you saying that you're still interested in... in investing? 1448 01:19:22,892 --> 01:19:25,526 This team is one hell of a team. 1449 01:19:26,928 --> 01:19:30,030 I want you guys to prove to me that the ground is good 1450 01:19:30,032 --> 01:19:31,866 and I'll invest more money. 1451 01:19:31,868 --> 01:19:33,234 We'll do that right now. 1452 01:19:33,236 --> 01:19:34,702 [indistinct chatter] 1453 01:19:34,704 --> 01:19:35,870 [Fred] Thank you. 1454 01:19:35,872 --> 01:19:37,838 [Karl] If I walk away now, I lose everything. 1455 01:19:37,840 --> 01:19:41,108 The only way for me to make more money is to put my faith in 1456 01:19:41,110 --> 01:19:44,111 Fred, tell him to go find a better claim, find that pay dirt. 1457 01:19:44,113 --> 01:19:46,013 [Fred] You know, we came out here, we learned a lot. 1458 01:19:46,015 --> 01:19:47,915 The next season, we're gonna hit the ground running. 1459 01:19:47,917 --> 01:19:50,184 We're gonna pay back all this debt and we're gonna get 1460 01:19:50,186 --> 01:19:52,920 to the point where we're actually gonna be putting gold in our pockets. 1461 01:19:52,922 --> 01:19:56,023 [all] Let's get that gold! 1462 01:20:02,931 --> 01:20:03,798 Hey, hey. 1463 01:20:03,800 --> 01:20:06,200 [Tony speaking] 1464 01:20:06,202 --> 01:20:09,069 [narrator] After five months racing to cash in 1465 01:20:09,071 --> 01:20:11,338 on record high gold prices, 1466 01:20:11,340 --> 01:20:15,309 the Beets gather for their final gold weigh of the season. 1467 01:20:16,344 --> 01:20:17,912 Ready to weigh up the trommel now? 1468 01:20:17,914 --> 01:20:19,613 [Tony speaking] 1469 01:20:20,782 --> 01:20:23,851 [narrator] To hit their 3,000-ounce gold, 1470 01:20:23,853 --> 01:20:27,188 they still need 321 ounces. 1471 01:20:29,391 --> 01:20:35,729 [Monica] 290, 350, 351.36. 1472 01:20:35,731 --> 01:20:37,031 [Tony speaking] 1473 01:20:37,033 --> 01:20:41,335 [narrator] Worth over $660,000. 1474 01:20:41,337 --> 01:20:43,270 So, Mom, what's our season total? 1475 01:20:43,272 --> 01:20:45,973 3,030.26. 1476 01:20:45,975 --> 01:20:47,107 [Monica] Whoa! 1477 01:20:47,109 --> 01:20:48,242 [Tony speaking] 1478 01:20:48,244 --> 01:20:51,045 3,030 is better than 2020. 1479 01:20:51,047 --> 01:20:52,012 [all laughing] 1480 01:20:52,014 --> 01:20:54,248 [narrator] In their shortest season ever, 1481 01:20:54,250 --> 01:20:59,253 the Beets have mined $5.6 million worth of gold. 1482 01:20:59,255 --> 01:21:01,355 [Tony speaking] 1483 01:21:10,966 --> 01:21:13,300 [narrator] Fired up by hitting his target, 1484 01:21:13,302 --> 01:21:16,704 Tony's already thinking big for next season. 1485 01:21:16,706 --> 01:21:19,940 [Tony speaking] 1486 01:21:25,247 --> 01:21:27,114 Want to have a little side bet here, buddy? 1487 01:21:27,116 --> 01:21:29,216 [Tony speaking] 1488 01:21:29,218 --> 01:21:32,419 If I win, I get a new truck, red one. 1489 01:21:32,421 --> 01:21:35,222 If you win, you'll get three SUVs. 1490 01:21:35,224 --> 01:21:37,391 [Tony speaking] 1491 01:21:39,027 --> 01:21:40,194 [Monica] Started. 1492 01:21:40,196 --> 01:21:42,162 No, no, no, we're closing up. 1493 01:21:48,403 --> 01:21:49,803 [man] Get into that thing. 1494 01:21:49,805 --> 01:21:52,006 Went right at it. 1495 01:21:52,008 --> 01:21:55,142 [narrator] This season, Parker has run his wash plants 1496 01:21:55,144 --> 01:22:00,948 and his crew hard to build a war chest and find new ground in Alaska. 1497 01:22:00,950 --> 01:22:03,250 This is what you're looking for right there. 1498 01:22:03,252 --> 01:22:06,921 Wait, Chris, where are we at right before these numbers? 1499 01:22:06,923 --> 01:22:10,758 Right now, we're at 6,988 ounces. 1500 01:22:10,760 --> 01:22:13,093 [bleep]. So we've had a hell of a good season. 1501 01:22:13,828 --> 01:22:18,165 The most we ever got in a year was 7,400. 1502 01:22:18,167 --> 01:22:20,334 [narrator] To top his best season ever, 1503 01:22:20,336 --> 01:22:23,570 he needs just over 400 ounces. 1504 01:22:23,572 --> 01:22:25,272 We're gonna weigh up Slucifer first. 1505 01:22:25,274 --> 01:22:27,041 - [Parker] Tyson, here we go. - [Tyson] Yes, sir. 1506 01:22:28,910 --> 01:22:30,044 20. 1507 01:22:30,078 --> 01:22:33,614 [narrator] Slucifer's rookie wash plant boss Tyson 1508 01:22:33,616 --> 01:22:36,984 delivers 290 ounces. 1509 01:22:38,119 --> 01:22:40,020 Good job, you guys. 1510 01:22:40,022 --> 01:22:42,356 [Parker] Brennan, this is Red. 1511 01:22:42,358 --> 01:22:47,861 [narrator] While Brennan and Big Red bring in a further 226. 1512 01:22:47,863 --> 01:22:49,163 Yeah! 1513 01:22:49,165 --> 01:22:50,798 [Chris] You guys, you just broke another record. 1514 01:22:50,800 --> 01:22:52,800 [all cheering] 1515 01:22:52,802 --> 01:22:57,171 [Chris] Our record is 7,400, and for the season, 1516 01:22:57,173 --> 01:23:01,075 we have 7,504.9 ounces. 1517 01:23:01,077 --> 01:23:02,176 [all cheering] 1518 01:23:02,178 --> 01:23:03,077 Cheers, guys. 1519 01:23:03,079 --> 01:23:06,013 [all cheering] 1520 01:23:06,015 --> 01:23:08,148 [narrator] In a season like no other, 1521 01:23:08,150 --> 01:23:12,987 Parker and his crew have mined more gold than ever before. 1522 01:23:12,989 --> 01:23:16,924 And at 2020's record high gold prices, 1523 01:23:16,926 --> 01:23:21,161 it's worth almost $14 million. 1524 01:23:21,163 --> 01:23:22,496 To many more. 1525 01:23:22,498 --> 01:23:24,565 Cheers, guys. 1526 01:23:24,567 --> 01:23:26,000 [man] Let's go home! 1527 01:23:26,002 --> 01:23:27,468 [all laughing] 1527 01:23:28,305 --> 01:24:28,654