"Gold Rush" When It All Changes: Gold Rush Special

1 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:09,730 [dramatic music playing] 2 00:00:13,700 --> 00:00:15,830 [Parker] In this business, you grow or you die. 3 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:23,860 [narrator] Since 1896, prospectors have flocked to the Klondike gold fields 4 00:00:23,860 --> 00:00:26,390 with dreams of striking it rich. 5 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:30,990 [Parker] History is full of miners who made a lot of money and lost it all. 6 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:32,360 I'm super nervous. 7 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,890 [narrator] Parker Schnabel came to the Yukon 8 00:00:35,900 --> 00:00:40,260 on the hunt for gold when he was just 18 years old. 9 00:00:40,260 --> 00:00:43,560 After years of fighting to establish a foothold, 10 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:45,990 now, at the age of 28, 11 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,090 he's made the biggest gamble of his career. 12 00:00:49,100 --> 00:00:52,130 We spent $15 million on Dominion. 13 00:00:53,260 --> 00:00:57,390 It's a steep price, but it's a huge block of ground. 14 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,300 Not only is there a ton of ground, but it's richer. 15 00:01:01,460 --> 00:01:03,490 [narrator] In a blockbuster deal, 16 00:01:03,500 --> 00:01:08,060 Parker has gone all in and acquired one of the last big pieces 17 00:01:08,060 --> 00:01:10,300 of ground available in the Klondike. 18 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,160 Dominion Creek. 19 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:16,560 [Parker] After 10 years on the Indian River, we're done there. 20 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:18,560 The license is over. 21 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,400 We're moving our yard and our camp over to Dominion. 22 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:23,660 [Tyson] Come on, Jarvis. 23 00:01:23,660 --> 00:01:25,560 It's time to move to our new home. 24 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,330 -[beeping] -[metal shifting] 25 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:30,990 [Jordan] All right. Let's go trucking. 26 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,160 [narrator] 10 miles northeast of his old claims, 27 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:38,260 Dominion Creek covers roughly 7,500 acres, 28 00:01:38,260 --> 00:01:41,160 an area half the size of Manhattan, 29 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:45,090 potentially holding up to 80,000 ounces of gold 30 00:01:45,100 --> 00:01:48,590 worth $160 million. 31 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:53,460 Parker is now one of the largest landowners in the Klondike. 32 00:01:53,460 --> 00:01:59,600 But the $15 million price tag could wipe him out before he even begins. 33 00:02:00,660 --> 00:02:01,960 [Parker] It's like buying a boat. 34 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,160 Like, if you can barely afford to buy the boat, 35 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:06,530 you shouldn't have a boat. 36 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:08,860 Right? 37 00:02:08,860 --> 00:02:13,060 And if you can barely afford to buy a gold mine, 38 00:02:13,060 --> 00:02:15,860 you shouldn't have a gold mine. [chuckling] 39 00:02:15,860 --> 00:02:18,500 And I can barely afford to. 40 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,960 We're moving 10 years-worth of mining operation 41 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:24,660 in record time. 42 00:02:24,660 --> 00:02:26,300 [adventurous music playing] 43 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,200 This is getting pretty soft. 44 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,160 Yeah, gonna need a push. 45 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:35,790 [metal whining] 46 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:37,490 [tires whirring] 47 00:02:37,500 --> 00:02:39,100 Yeah. Push, push. 48 00:02:40,260 --> 00:02:42,000 Yeah, it's going 49 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,390 [narrator] With the majority of his cash spent on buying the claim, 50 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:53,900 Parker needs to get gold out of the ground immediately to stay afloat. 51 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:56,660 What's happening? 52 00:02:56,660 --> 00:03:00,600 I'm trying to figure out what the best... 53 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,360 Way of dealing with [chuckles] all of this is. 54 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:08,560 This property has taken out a few people, 55 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,860 and nobody has really come out of it very far ahead. 56 00:03:11,860 --> 00:03:13,490 And you're looking at 40 foot deep ground. 57 00:03:13,500 --> 00:03:14,490 [Mitch] Oh wow. 58 00:03:14,500 --> 00:03:16,660 And we're gonna have to have a lot of work done 59 00:03:16,660 --> 00:03:19,260 before we're washing any rocks and making any money. 60 00:03:19,260 --> 00:03:21,690 So I think that, like, just like, step one 61 00:03:21,700 --> 00:03:24,360 is to just get those cuts down to gravel 62 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:25,890 or something that will start falling. 63 00:03:25,900 --> 00:03:27,560 -Right? -Yeah. 64 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,490 Do you have a rough idea of how much you need to pull out 65 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:31,960 or would like to pull out of the ground 66 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:33,760 to kind of keep things floating? 67 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:35,990 Like, to not be totally screwed, 68 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,830 we need to do 5,000 ounces this season. 69 00:03:39,900 --> 00:03:41,830 And so, where that comes from, I don't really know. 70 00:03:43,260 --> 00:03:48,960 [narrator] 5,000 ounces would cover Parker's costs and the payments for Dominion. 71 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:50,760 But to reach the pay layer, 72 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:54,430 he needs to remove 40 feet of worthless overburden. 73 00:03:55,300 --> 00:03:56,890 [Parker] If you start thinking about all of it, 74 00:03:56,900 --> 00:03:58,860 that's an overwhelming amount of work. 75 00:03:58,860 --> 00:04:01,190 -Just put on those horse blinders. -[Mitch] Yep. 76 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,360 -All right. Thanks, guys. -[Mitch] Thanks, man. 77 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:04,830 -[Tyson] Let's go do it. -Yeah. 78 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,430 All right, let's see what this place is all about. 79 00:04:11,260 --> 00:04:12,830 Let's get ready to move some dirt. 80 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,090 [Tyson] I don't know what you're thinking, Mitch, 81 00:04:18,100 --> 00:04:19,990 but, man, this is some deep ground. 82 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,460 It's gonna take a little bit for us to get this out of here. 83 00:04:23,460 --> 00:04:25,860 It doesn't seem that bad when you're just looking at it on paper. 84 00:04:25,860 --> 00:04:28,260 But once you come out here and start moving this dirt, 85 00:04:28,260 --> 00:04:29,960 it's a long way to the bottom. 86 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:31,130 It's not gonna be easy. 87 00:04:31,860 --> 00:04:33,890 We're in the money pit right now here 88 00:04:33,900 --> 00:04:35,490 because we're gonna spend a whole bunch 89 00:04:35,500 --> 00:04:38,160 before we ever see anything come out of this. 90 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,890 [narrator] To offset Dominion's stripping costs, 91 00:04:40,900 --> 00:04:44,490 Parker needs to find a quick stash of gold. 92 00:04:44,500 --> 00:04:48,060 It's a precarious situation we're in at the moment. 93 00:04:48,060 --> 00:04:53,500 We're going to run out of money in about eight to ten weeks. 94 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,660 I think the only way we can kind of get over this hump 95 00:04:57,660 --> 00:04:59,190 is to sluice a bunch of tailings 96 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:01,090 and see if there's any gold in it. 97 00:05:01,100 --> 00:05:03,560 [narrator] Gold and tailings from previous miners... 98 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:05,260 Right there is fine. 99 00:05:05,260 --> 00:05:08,260 ...could buy Parker the time needed to unlock 100 00:05:08,260 --> 00:05:12,960 Dominion Creek's $160 million treasure chest. 101 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,990 That is Gold Run, which was a super rich creek, 102 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,560 and where it dumped into Dominion 103 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:22,260 I'm guessing was, you know, in this area right here. 104 00:05:22,260 --> 00:05:24,990 I think there's gonna be a bunch of gold in the tailings. 105 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:29,360 If there is, it's great because there's no stripping, they're thawed. 106 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,290 And we need to get some money coming in 107 00:05:32,300 --> 00:05:34,500 because we're going to be broke very soon. 108 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,260 [narrator] To see if there's enough gold to sluice, 109 00:05:38,260 --> 00:05:42,000 Parker runs a test yard of tailings through a mini trommel. 110 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:47,990 So if we run a yard, we need to get 155 milligrams, 111 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,030 -[Mitch] 40 buckets? -40 buckets. 112 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:53,530 Holy cow! We're flying! 113 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,400 -[Parker] Last one? -Last one. 114 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:07,260 We're going to go pan her down, weigh it up, see what we've got. 115 00:06:07,260 --> 00:06:09,460 [narrator] For the test, Parker wants to see 116 00:06:09,460 --> 00:06:13,160 at least 155 milligrams of gold 117 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:15,800 to know the tailings are good enough to process. 118 00:06:19,260 --> 00:06:20,530 54. 119 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:24,990 That means it sucks. 120 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,160 [man] Right. 121 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:27,590 It's so annoying. 122 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,390 [narrator] Parker needs a new plan fast, 123 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:37,460 or his dreams of $160 million worth of gold will be over before he's begun. 124 00:06:37,460 --> 00:06:41,460 Anytime anybody says, "Oh, so and so has so much money. 125 00:06:41,460 --> 00:06:42,760 They couldn't even spend it all." 126 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:43,900 I'm like... [chuckles] 127 00:06:46,260 --> 00:06:47,700 Does he want to buy a gold mine? 128 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:52,930 [majestic music playing] 129 00:06:56,860 --> 00:06:58,890 [Rick] I made the long trek from Wisconsin right now, 130 00:06:58,900 --> 00:07:01,000 and at the moment I'm up in the gold fields. 131 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,300 I've been gone a year. I had to take a year off. 132 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:12,300 [narrator] Rick Ness has been MIA after his life fell apart. 133 00:07:13,260 --> 00:07:15,530 Now, he's back. 134 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:18,790 [Rick] There was just a lot of turmoil. 135 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,190 A lot of, you know, mental things just, 136 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,090 you know, a lot of things I wasn't paying attention to 137 00:07:25,100 --> 00:07:27,890 just kind of came crashing down on me all at once. 138 00:07:27,900 --> 00:07:33,260 [narrator] Rick needs a big payday to get his life back on track. 139 00:07:33,260 --> 00:07:35,760 [Rick] I need 1,000 ounces of [bleep] to make everything work. 140 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,390 Once I had clarity, you know, I got my [bleep] together. 141 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,290 And now-- Now finally, I'm up here, 142 00:07:41,300 --> 00:07:43,300 and I know what the [bleep] has to be done. 143 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:51,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 144 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:53,660 [Zee] There he is. 145 00:07:53,660 --> 00:07:55,160 [bleep] made it. 146 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,160 [narrator] During his year away, 147 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:00,160 most of Rick's old crew have moved on, 148 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,730 except for hometown buddy, Zee Zaremba. 149 00:08:04,860 --> 00:08:07,530 -To Keno. -Keno or bust. 150 00:08:11,660 --> 00:08:14,860 So last May, when I was over there, 151 00:08:14,860 --> 00:08:17,660 you were thinking about going up, and you ended up not going up, eh? 152 00:08:17,660 --> 00:08:19,560 [Rick] Yeah, yeah, I was leading the game, 153 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:21,300 and I just-- I just was not prepared. 154 00:08:22,460 --> 00:08:24,760 Prepared for mining or prepared for life? 155 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:25,990 [heavy exhale] 156 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,890 Yeah, prepared for pretty much anything. 157 00:08:27,900 --> 00:08:30,630 I mean, it's... A lot of things fell apart, you know. 158 00:08:32,100 --> 00:08:36,060 Being totally open and honest, you know, I just didn't have the energy to do anything. 159 00:08:36,060 --> 00:08:39,160 And you know, I was doing a little [bleep] 160 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:41,190 you know, cocaine to try and get [bleep] gold. 161 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,530 -Yeah. -[Rick] Surprise, surprise, that didn't work. 162 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:45,590 You know, that ain't me now. 163 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,960 Like, I ain't going down that path anymore. 164 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:50,430 All this stuff like, there's something that started it. 165 00:08:51,260 --> 00:08:53,790 You know, like, the depression. 166 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,890 You know, I lost my mom and-- And everything went to [bleep] after that. 167 00:08:56,900 --> 00:08:58,890 [somber music playing] 168 00:08:58,900 --> 00:09:01,160 I mean, I held her as she died in the house, 169 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:05,500 and we-- We brought her out of the house and I locked the door. 170 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:08,760 Okay? I didn't go up there for five years. 171 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,160 I ignored it, you know. I ignored it. I pushed it out. 172 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:12,500 Like, I don't want to go up there. 173 00:09:14,100 --> 00:09:15,230 So... 174 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:19,500 So, um... 175 00:09:20,260 --> 00:09:21,730 Yeah, just give me a second. 176 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:25,690 But, you know, I was pretty solid 177 00:09:25,700 --> 00:09:27,800 going in to deal with it, and-- And I did. 178 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,860 I went up there [voice wavering] and got all the pictures and... 179 00:09:31,860 --> 00:09:34,160 [clears throat] 180 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,760 Well, I got everything I need, you know, to remind me of her. 181 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:38,760 And then, I sold her house. 182 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:40,760 You know what I mean? It's just a house. 183 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:42,260 That's not her. Yeah. 184 00:09:42,260 --> 00:09:43,390 It felt really good to do that, 185 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,030 you know what I mean, so-- It did. 186 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,390 I mean, that was the turning point. 187 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:51,860 You know, it was like my mom was helping me out again. 188 00:09:51,860 --> 00:09:53,060 You know, I sold her house, and-- 189 00:09:53,060 --> 00:09:55,290 And that was the money I needed to-- To get back up here. 190 00:09:55,300 --> 00:09:56,900 -You know, to get going again. -Right. 191 00:09:58,000 --> 00:09:59,260 [groans] It is-- 192 00:09:59,260 --> 00:10:01,360 -Well, let's do this. Let's do her proud. -Yeah. [chuckles] 193 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:02,830 That's why I'm here. 194 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:06,000 [melancholic music playing] 195 00:10:07,560 --> 00:10:09,400 -Huh. -Oh boy. 196 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,890 [Zee] I need snowshoes so I don't go through. 197 00:10:13,900 --> 00:10:17,290 [narrator] Rick's first step to jumpstart his comeback, 198 00:10:17,300 --> 00:10:19,230 get his equipment up and running. 199 00:10:20,060 --> 00:10:21,200 [Rick] There she is, buddy. 200 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:25,590 Monster Red. Right where I left her. 201 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:26,900 [Zee] Did you think it would move? 202 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:28,800 You never know. 203 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:31,700 The [bleep] is hitting me now. 204 00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:34,390 I appreciate you coming up this year, 205 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,260 especially just to get me started like this. 206 00:10:36,260 --> 00:10:38,100 -I appreciate it, buddy. -Yeah, no problem. 207 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:42,060 [Rick] Yeah, it almost feels like I never left. 208 00:10:42,060 --> 00:10:42,930 We could start it up right now. 209 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:47,860 [narrator] Rick and Zee work all week 210 00:10:47,860 --> 00:10:49,700 to get his operations sluicing. 211 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:52,690 -It's in. -She's in. 212 00:10:52,700 --> 00:10:54,200 [engine starts] 213 00:10:57,060 --> 00:10:59,360 We're gonna run some [bleep] dirt and get some gold. 214 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,060 The nugget sluice is raging, sluice boxes are even. 215 00:11:02,060 --> 00:11:03,760 -Let's put some power to it. -[button clicks] 216 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:05,430 -[machinery whirring] -[rattling] 217 00:11:06,660 --> 00:11:09,000 Ah, isn't that smooth? Smooth, smooth, smooth. 218 00:11:09,500 --> 00:11:11,100 [bleep] yeah. 219 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:16,460 I hope you don't mind, but I'm gonna take the first few scoops in. 220 00:11:16,460 --> 00:11:18,530 That's fine. I'll watch. 221 00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:21,130 [Rick] Holy [bleep] 222 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,600 Whoa Nelly. 223 00:11:25,900 --> 00:11:29,300 [narrator] Rick loads stockpiled pay dirt into Monster Red. 224 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:35,900 First scoop is in, boys! 225 00:11:36,660 --> 00:11:37,990 [Zee] Rick is probably the most motivated 226 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,990 that I've seen him, which is great. 227 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:44,000 This is old Rick, but with, you know, a new outlook. 228 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:47,490 [narrator] After running several hours... 229 00:11:47,500 --> 00:11:48,990 [machine powers down] 230 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,860 ...Rick shuts down to check for gold. 231 00:11:51,860 --> 00:11:53,330 [Zee] How's she looking? 232 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:56,560 [Rick] It's really tough to see this box. 233 00:11:56,560 --> 00:11:58,990 -[Zee] Hey. Hey, hey. There's some here. -Is there? 234 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,000 -[Zee] Yeah, yeah. -[Rick] No [bleep] way. 235 00:12:02,660 --> 00:12:04,860 -Oh yeah. -In the left. 236 00:12:04,860 --> 00:12:07,230 -[Rick] Look at that [bleep] -[Zee chuckling] 237 00:12:07,660 --> 00:12:08,900 Look-- Look at that. 238 00:12:09,260 --> 00:12:10,960 [chuckles] 239 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:12,730 [Rick] It ain't that big, but it's definitely a picker. 240 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:14,990 [Zee] Nice. 241 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,600 [Rick] Who else has got a gold in the box right now? 242 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:19,560 This is huge, man. I'm proud of you. 243 00:12:19,560 --> 00:12:21,860 Oh [bleep]. Thanks, man. 244 00:12:21,860 --> 00:12:24,760 -Seriously. It just holds more weight this year. -[Rick] Oh yeah. 245 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:26,990 [narrator] Rick's one step closer 246 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,990 to getting his life back on track. 247 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:30,890 [Rick] It means a hell of a lot 248 00:12:30,900 --> 00:12:32,790 just to get started like this, and... 249 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:37,060 You know, it's emotional for me at the moment, just from-- 250 00:12:37,060 --> 00:12:39,430 You know, what I did, what I had to do to get back here. 251 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:41,160 And this is just the start. 252 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:42,290 We got a lot of gold to get yet 253 00:12:42,300 --> 00:12:43,930 before we hit 1,000 ounces of gold. 254 00:12:56,460 --> 00:12:59,230 [Tony speaking] 255 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:09,690 [narrator] King of the Klondike, Tony Beets, is determined 256 00:13:09,700 --> 00:13:14,100 to expand one of the biggest mining empires in the Yukon. 257 00:13:14,500 --> 00:13:16,100 [Tony] 258 00:13:25,860 --> 00:13:28,890 [narrator] 6,000 ounces would be more gold 259 00:13:28,900 --> 00:13:31,330 than he's ever mined in a season. 260 00:13:31,660 --> 00:13:33,900 [Tony] 261 00:13:41,700 --> 00:13:43,990 [Mike] If my dad were to croak, I'd be the one 262 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,130 to take over operations here. 263 00:13:48,260 --> 00:13:51,860 I'm sure T. Beets has always kind of had it in his head 264 00:13:51,860 --> 00:13:56,490 that he was gonna to pass this business on to his kids. 265 00:13:56,500 --> 00:14:01,090 It's kind of what he's been training us to do for the last 20-odd years. 266 00:14:01,100 --> 00:14:05,360 We didn't really get a chance to explore other things we might like. 267 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,860 [narrator] To hit his ambitious target, 268 00:14:07,860 --> 00:14:11,360 Tony plans to open cuts on Paradise Hill 269 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:15,430 and his 5,000-acre Indian River claims. 270 00:14:16,660 --> 00:14:18,990 Tony starts by having daughter Monica 271 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:23,300 and youngest son Mike lead the stripping on Paradise Hill. 272 00:14:25,060 --> 00:14:29,630 But oldest son, Kevin, has decided not to mine this season. 273 00:14:31,260 --> 00:14:35,000 [Tony] 274 00:14:38,460 --> 00:14:39,700 [machinery rumbling] 275 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:43,630 [dramatic music playing] 276 00:14:47,500 --> 00:14:52,160 [narrator] After eight weeks of stripping at Paradise Hill, and zero gold, 277 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:56,500 Tony pivots and moves everyone to his Indian River claim. 278 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,690 [man on radio] 279 00:14:58,700 --> 00:15:04,300 [narrator] The Indian holds Tony's best and biggest gold with cuts ready to sluice. 280 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:06,000 [Tony] 281 00:15:08,860 --> 00:15:10,790 [narrator] But without his chief mechanic, 282 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:14,330 starting up the second claim is a huge gamble. 283 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:23,230 -[machines rumbling] -[Mike groans] 284 00:15:25,900 --> 00:15:27,700 [Tony] 285 00:15:33,100 --> 00:15:34,130 [wheel squeaking] 286 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,960 [Monica] Here we go. First bucket of the season. 287 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:49,460 [narrator] For the first time in four years... 288 00:15:49,460 --> 00:15:50,960 [Tony] 289 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:55,000 ...the Beets are sluicing Indian River paydirt. 290 00:16:02,660 --> 00:16:04,860 [rumbling] 291 00:16:04,860 --> 00:16:07,130 [loud metal crashing] 292 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:14,700 [Tony] 293 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:18,530 [machine powering down] 294 00:16:24,660 --> 00:16:26,500 [Monica] For [bleep] sakes. 295 00:16:29,060 --> 00:16:31,290 [narrator] The tailings diverter has broken off 296 00:16:31,300 --> 00:16:33,490 and crashed into the sluice box, 297 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:36,260 blocking the riffles from catching gold. 298 00:16:36,260 --> 00:16:38,300 [Tony] 299 00:16:45,060 --> 00:16:46,890 [narrator] To get back on the gold, 300 00:16:46,900 --> 00:16:49,300 the king jumps into action. 301 00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:53,660 It's Tony who's got to fix the [bleep] up, man. 302 00:16:53,660 --> 00:16:55,360 That probably makes him more pissed off 303 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:57,000 than the [bleep] in the first place. 304 00:16:59,260 --> 00:17:01,000 [Tony] 305 00:17:08,460 --> 00:17:11,300 -[Monica] Yeah. -[Tony] 306 00:17:14,060 --> 00:17:15,330 We'll have to start sometime. 307 00:17:18,100 --> 00:17:19,730 [machine powering up] 308 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:34,730 [narrator] But four weeks later... 309 00:17:37,060 --> 00:17:39,200 [crashing, rumbling] 310 00:17:44,100 --> 00:17:47,330 [narrator] Tony's ancient wash plant fails again. 311 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:49,890 [Tony] 312 00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:52,130 -[Monica] No, it's not! -[Tony] 313 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,000 [powering down] 314 00:18:06,060 --> 00:18:08,990 [Monica] Steel's bent, bent in half here, 315 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,800 plastic decking is gone. 316 00:18:20,860 --> 00:18:23,360 So what do you think about this 6,000 ounce gold? 317 00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:24,900 Because I don't see it happening. 318 00:18:32,660 --> 00:18:34,130 [dramatic music playing] 319 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,760 [Parker] It has been an outrageously expensive spring, 320 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:43,060 and we've already spent more this year 321 00:18:43,060 --> 00:18:44,590 than we've ever spent in a season. 322 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:48,860 The only hope is by throwing everything we've got at this. 323 00:18:48,860 --> 00:18:50,860 [narrator] Halfway through the season, 324 00:18:50,860 --> 00:18:55,060 Parker Schnabel's operation is in big trouble. 325 00:18:55,060 --> 00:19:00,290 The $15 million Dominion purchase has put him way into the red. 326 00:19:00,300 --> 00:19:02,760 Going broke has to be in the back of all of our minds. 327 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:06,700 Nothing coming in, everything going out. We're going broke. 328 00:19:07,500 --> 00:19:09,290 [narrator] With no gold coming in, 329 00:19:09,300 --> 00:19:13,260 stripping Dominion's 40-foot deep money pit cut 330 00:19:13,260 --> 00:19:17,090 has stretched Parker's finances to the breaking point. 331 00:19:17,100 --> 00:19:19,190 [Parker] We're gonna have to come down here to Ken and Stuart's here 332 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,560 to get a plant going and get some money coming in. 333 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:27,460 [narrator] Desperate, Parker opens up operations on the Indian River 334 00:19:27,460 --> 00:19:30,230 and on a new claim at Australia Creek. 335 00:19:31,660 --> 00:19:33,930 -[Parker] Coarse gold. -[Mitch] Yeah, real coarse. 336 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:35,360 I like that. 337 00:19:35,360 --> 00:19:39,560 [narrator] But he's brought in just over 1,200 ounces. 338 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,690 -I just need a lot more of it. -Yeah. 339 00:19:41,700 --> 00:19:44,390 Anything less than 5,000 ounces this year 340 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,000 is gonna put us in a pretty tight spot. 341 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:51,190 [narrator] Finally, 12 weeks after buying Dominion, 342 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,900 its first cut is ready to be sluiced. 343 00:19:58,360 --> 00:19:59,460 That's pretty good right there. 344 00:19:59,460 --> 00:20:00,730 [machinery whirring] 345 00:20:03,460 --> 00:20:04,790 [Tyson] So here we go. 346 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:07,230 The first fire up of Big Red of the season. 347 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:09,500 [whirring increases] 348 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:14,790 [Mitch] So nice to have Big Red finally fired up. 349 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:16,890 And if there's any gold out here in the money pit, 350 00:20:16,900 --> 00:20:18,800 guaranteed this wash pan will find it. 351 00:20:21,660 --> 00:20:24,090 End of the week, we'll see if there's any gold in this thing. 352 00:20:24,100 --> 00:20:25,230 We need it to be good. 353 00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:35,990 [Mitch on radio] The dam just blew. 354 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,130 Water is flowing out here pretty quick. 355 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:41,500 [Patrick] That's not good. 356 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,330 That's a [bleep] ton of water. 357 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,000 That is not good. 358 00:20:51,860 --> 00:20:53,900 [tense music playing] 359 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:56,460 [Patrick] When the dam blew out, 360 00:20:56,460 --> 00:20:57,890 the only place left for the water to go 361 00:20:57,900 --> 00:20:59,290 is a sump where our pump is. 362 00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:01,190 And if we don't get that pump safe, 363 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,960 then we're [bleep] because that pump is-- 364 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:06,390 The pump is the only pump that will run this plant. 365 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,590 [narrator] On Parker Schnabel's Dominion Creek claim, 366 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:13,560 a burst dam threatens to destroy Big Red's pump 367 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:15,800 and shut down gold production. 368 00:21:17,100 --> 00:21:19,190 Hey, Kayden. Just start hogging material. 369 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,090 We're trying to rebuild that dam. 370 00:21:21,100 --> 00:21:22,300 [Kayden on radio] Right on. 371 00:21:25,460 --> 00:21:28,100 [Patrick] Walk, you [bleep] piece of [bleep] 372 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:32,290 You can still see a gap right where my bucket is. 373 00:21:32,300 --> 00:21:34,990 That's where the failure happened. 374 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,930 So we're just gonna shove a bunch of dirt in there and try to see if it'll stop. 375 00:21:40,900 --> 00:21:42,730 Just want to really seal that up good. 376 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:48,290 All right. Well, we need to pack the [bleep] out of it. 377 00:21:48,300 --> 00:21:53,200 Now it's just a matter of Kayden shoving the rest of the dirt in there. 378 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,500 I'm super sketchy right there. 379 00:22:01,700 --> 00:22:03,990 Don't take this as a lack of confidence in you, 380 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,490 but I want to do this in case something goes wrong. 381 00:22:06,500 --> 00:22:08,090 -Okay. -It has nothing to do with you. 382 00:22:08,100 --> 00:22:09,390 It's really sketchy. 383 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,700 I don't want you to get hurt. 384 00:22:12,060 --> 00:22:12,860 Sounds good. 385 00:22:19,860 --> 00:22:21,290 I didn't really want Kayden up here 386 00:22:21,300 --> 00:22:23,660 because he doesn't have a lot of time in dozers. 387 00:22:23,660 --> 00:22:26,660 And if something bad happens, there's not much you can do 388 00:22:26,660 --> 00:22:29,860 in a dozer to save yourself. 389 00:22:29,860 --> 00:22:31,330 I don't want to see somebody get hurt. 390 00:22:33,860 --> 00:22:39,300 Sketches me out a bit because I'm right on the edge. 391 00:22:43,100 --> 00:22:46,030 That's super [bleep] sketchy right there. 392 00:22:56,360 --> 00:22:58,400 I'm gonna end up upside down in this pond. 393 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:09,230 All right. Well, we made it a good ten feet wider. 394 00:23:09,700 --> 00:23:11,200 See if that works. 395 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,090 [narrator] Parker has rebuilt the dam stronger than before, 396 00:23:16,100 --> 00:23:18,900 and Big Red hasn't missed a beat. 397 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,560 We've raised the dam up 398 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,790 and tried to kind of reinforce things. 399 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:28,860 I've done as best I can. 400 00:23:28,860 --> 00:23:31,060 These are definitely not headaches that we need. 401 00:23:31,060 --> 00:23:34,800 But, hopefully... hopefully, that's it. 402 00:23:38,460 --> 00:23:41,460 Ready to see what a good round at Dominion's all about here? 403 00:23:41,460 --> 00:23:43,800 [Parker] This is really our first proper run, isn't it? 404 00:23:44,860 --> 00:23:47,860 [narrator] After a week of running at Dominion, 405 00:23:47,860 --> 00:23:51,460 Parker is about to get the first true measurement 406 00:23:51,460 --> 00:23:53,460 of how good the ground is. 407 00:23:53,460 --> 00:23:55,630 [Parker] If it's 100 oz, I'm gonna be upset, Chris. 408 00:23:56,260 --> 00:23:58,390 So much riding on this. 409 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:00,390 [narrator] For dominion to be viable, 410 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,430 he wants at least 230 oz. 411 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,290 Dominion money pit, 70... 412 00:24:07,300 --> 00:24:13,660 Keep going. 100, 130, 150, 180, 200. 413 00:24:13,660 --> 00:24:18,400 Keep her going. 240, 250, 300... 414 00:24:18,900 --> 00:24:21,290 Can that scale go that high? 415 00:24:21,300 --> 00:24:26,600 -Yeah, I'm pushing it. -...340, 380, 410.55. 416 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:28,900 Thank [bleep]. 417 00:24:30,660 --> 00:24:32,260 It's smoking down there. 418 00:24:32,260 --> 00:24:33,900 That's good ground. 419 00:24:34,300 --> 00:24:35,760 That's relieving. 420 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:40,160 [narrator] To have any hope of hitting his 5,000 oz target, 421 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,660 Parker must keep his foot on the gas 422 00:24:42,660 --> 00:24:44,230 for the rest of the season. 423 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,300 [Parker] This is a good start. 424 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:47,660 Yeah. 425 00:25:05,100 --> 00:25:06,660 [Rick] I had to make a lot of sacrifices 426 00:25:06,660 --> 00:25:08,300 to be able to come up here this year. 427 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:10,760 I had to get rid of my mother's house 428 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:12,860 that I had inherited after she passed. 429 00:25:12,860 --> 00:25:14,560 My ma always knew I was a risk-taker. 430 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:15,660 It was all... 431 00:25:15,660 --> 00:25:17,290 It's always been all or nothing with me. 432 00:25:17,300 --> 00:25:19,000 I want to do more than just hit our goal. 433 00:25:19,300 --> 00:25:20,560 I want to smash it. 434 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,890 [narrator] 15 weeks into the season, 435 00:25:22,900 --> 00:25:26,860 Rick Ness is barely keeping his head above water. 436 00:25:26,860 --> 00:25:28,860 [Rick] I need enough people here to keep the plant going 437 00:25:28,860 --> 00:25:30,800 while I make our next moves for us. 438 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:33,590 -Buzz. -Buzz, nice to meet you. 439 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:36,060 [narrator] After bringing on new crew members... 440 00:25:36,060 --> 00:25:37,900 First time ever on a gold mine. 441 00:25:42,260 --> 00:25:44,090 [Rick] I'm building a team, and that's what I'm most excited about. 442 00:25:44,100 --> 00:25:46,090 Now all we need is the ground with the gold in it. 443 00:25:46,100 --> 00:25:48,460 [narrator] ...and mining hot spots around his claim, 444 00:25:48,460 --> 00:25:51,200 using his small plant, Rocky... 445 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,790 11.93 oz. 446 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,260 That's half of what I was expecting, so. 447 00:25:57,260 --> 00:25:58,390 That's not very good. 448 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:03,260 [narrator] ... Rick has 552 oz of his 1,000 oz goal 449 00:26:03,260 --> 00:26:05,860 and is struggling to keep up with payments 450 00:26:05,860 --> 00:26:07,990 to his landowner, Troy Taylor. 451 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,460 [Rick] I know we're running out of time. 452 00:26:09,460 --> 00:26:10,430 The gold's coming. 453 00:26:10,430 --> 00:26:12,460 I'll have everything I need to pay you off. 454 00:26:12,460 --> 00:26:14,360 [Troy] I don't see gold coming in. 455 00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:16,090 You're gonna lose the ground. 456 00:26:16,100 --> 00:26:18,030 This is your last [bleep] chance. 457 00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:24,860 [Rick] If we don't get 1,000 oz, 458 00:26:24,860 --> 00:26:29,260 you know, it's likely that, uh, I'm not coming back here. 459 00:26:29,260 --> 00:26:30,760 You know the best gold we're going to mine all year 460 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:31,990 is here in Rally Valley. 461 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,560 [narrator] In a bid to get the gold he desperately needs, 462 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,160 Rick's digging deep at Rally Valley, 463 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,560 where he believes there's enough gold 464 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,160 to save his season. 465 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:43,990 [Rick] We're going to get as much pay out of here as we can, 466 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:45,160 try and run it all 467 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:46,800 before the winter chases us out of here. 468 00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:49,090 It's going to be a struggle. 469 00:26:49,100 --> 00:26:51,690 The bottom line is we just got to [bleep] fight hard. 470 00:26:51,700 --> 00:26:55,760 [narrator] Before he fires up his wash plant, Monster Red, 471 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:59,130 Rick's building a massive stockpile of pay dirt. 472 00:27:03,260 --> 00:27:04,690 I'm just gonna run it down by bus 473 00:27:04,700 --> 00:27:08,560 and get, uh, Monster Red set up for the final push. 474 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:13,160 Yeah. I mean, it's not the most ideal piece of equipment to be running, 475 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,530 uh, but it's kind of all we got right now. 476 00:27:26,500 --> 00:27:29,760 [Zee] The last time I was in a rock truck would have been five years ago. 477 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:30,900 It's been a while. 478 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:35,990 No! No, no, no. 479 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:36,990 Oh, [bleep]! 480 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,430 [crashing] 481 00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:44,030 What the [bleep]? 482 00:27:51,100 --> 00:27:52,500 [Zee] What the [bleep]? 483 00:27:56,300 --> 00:27:58,490 [Rick] What the [bleep]? 484 00:27:58,500 --> 00:28:00,860 Get over to the tailings pond! We're about to lose a truck. 485 00:28:00,860 --> 00:28:02,100 [bleep] 486 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,660 [narrator] At Duncan Creek, 487 00:28:06,660 --> 00:28:10,160 Zee is hanging over a 20-foot drop-off 488 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:11,760 into a tailings pond. 489 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:13,990 -You all right? -Yeah. I'll be fine. 490 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:14,900 [Rick] Just hang tight. 491 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:18,560 I don't like that it's leaning like that. 492 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,730 I don't want that thing to tip over into the [bleep] water. 493 00:28:36,060 --> 00:28:37,700 [Rick] It's all good, buddy. 494 00:28:38,100 --> 00:28:39,300 There you go. 495 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,300 We grabbed the no-[bleep]-around chain... 496 00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:44,160 [narrator] To rescue Zee... 497 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:45,790 -Yup. It's good. -Here you go. Good! 498 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:49,660 ...Buzz's excavator is chained to the dangling truck. 499 00:28:49,660 --> 00:28:52,960 If the heavy machine slips off the soft bank, 500 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:56,690 it could take Zee and Buzz down with it. 501 00:28:56,700 --> 00:28:58,460 [Rick] Don't turn your wheel! 502 00:28:58,460 --> 00:29:00,500 Straighten that [bleep] wheel out! 503 00:29:01,260 --> 00:29:02,730 Straighten the wheels! 504 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:04,930 [crashing] 505 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:10,700 [Rick] There we go. 506 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,400 [bleep] 507 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:18,800 [bleep] 508 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,230 -You all right, buddy? You all right? -Yeah. Yeah. 509 00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:25,090 It could have been a lot worse. 510 00:29:25,100 --> 00:29:26,230 He's lucky. 511 00:29:26,660 --> 00:29:28,130 That's a bad spot to be. 512 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,060 [narrator] With the truck back in action, 513 00:29:31,060 --> 00:29:36,400 the team stockpiles pay dirt and fires up Monster Red. 514 00:29:38,660 --> 00:29:41,490 It's a pretty pivotal moment of the season. 515 00:29:41,500 --> 00:29:43,690 I just wanna turn this thing on. 516 00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:45,160 -[man] Yeah! -[woman] Hell yeah! 517 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:46,500 Let's do it, man. 518 00:29:49,660 --> 00:29:51,190 It's running! 519 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:52,690 Basically, we're gonna get one run at this. 520 00:29:52,700 --> 00:29:53,530 And when we shut it off, 521 00:29:53,530 --> 00:29:55,260 we're gonna have it or we're not. 522 00:29:55,260 --> 00:30:00,160 [narrator] Still hundreds of ounces short of his 1,000 oz goal, 523 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:02,260 Rick's comeback now hinges 524 00:30:02,260 --> 00:30:05,160 on the results of his final push. 525 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:07,290 [Rick] A lot of people didn't think I'd be back at all, 526 00:30:07,300 --> 00:30:08,460 but I've been putting in the work. 527 00:30:08,460 --> 00:30:10,160 I put together a hell of a team. 528 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,190 All we gotta do is finish this strong. 529 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:14,900 We're that [bleep] close. 530 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:32,360 Ah! 531 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:38,000 This season has been bull [bleep]. 532 00:30:39,660 --> 00:30:46,490 [narrator] Without chief mechanic Kevin, Tony's operation is in chaos. 533 00:30:46,500 --> 00:30:49,160 Where's all this [bleep] water coming from? 534 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,460 [Minnie] We're 6, 7 million in the hole. 535 00:30:51,460 --> 00:30:52,790 [Tony speaking] 536 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:56,160 I know, but I can't pay people with pay dirt, right? 537 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:58,360 [narrator] Kevin briefly returns to help... 538 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,330 Hey, Tony. You got a copy, Tony? 539 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:04,930 I mean, we could have tested that a while ago. 540 00:31:06,860 --> 00:31:07,890 Okay. 541 00:31:07,900 --> 00:31:09,760 He's kind of running it into the [bleep] ground. 542 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:11,290 [narrator] ...but soon leaves, 543 00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:14,230 despite the offer of his own mine site. 544 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,460 The problem is, I honestly don't think I can trust 545 00:31:19,460 --> 00:31:20,900 that you'll keep your hands out of it. 546 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:27,590 [narrator] To stop bleeding cash, 547 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:30,200 Tony returns to Paradise Hill. 548 00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:34,760 I'd rather you didn't film me crying. 549 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,800 [narrator] But the breakdowns and setbacks continue. 550 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:45,490 And with winter threatening to shut him down in just weeks, 551 00:31:45,500 --> 00:31:48,860 Tony has barely 2,000 oz total 552 00:31:48,860 --> 00:31:52,700 and is on track for his worst season ever. 553 00:31:53,260 --> 00:31:54,900 [Tony speaking] 554 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,330 [narrator] But there's no quitting for the King of the Klondike. 555 00:32:20,660 --> 00:32:22,160 [narrator] Tony's plan, 556 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:25,890 run four wash plants in an all-out blitz 557 00:32:25,900 --> 00:32:28,900 to end the season with a massive gold haul. 558 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:42,060 [narrator] The crown jewel of Tony's 4-wash-plant plan, 559 00:32:42,060 --> 00:32:46,130 the dredge, requires an experienced operator. 560 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:49,790 [Kevin] I'm back. 561 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,790 So we've been thinking about Tony's offer. 562 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:54,560 The biggest thing is going to be nailing down 563 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:56,460 what he's committing to. 564 00:32:56,460 --> 00:32:58,990 [narrator] After taking most of the season off, 565 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:00,660 Tony's oldest son, Kevin, 566 00:33:00,660 --> 00:33:04,660 returns once again to discuss his father's offer 567 00:33:04,660 --> 00:33:07,030 to run his own operation next season. 568 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:09,800 [Tony speaking] 569 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:14,560 We've given some more thought to the Scribner offer. 570 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:16,900 So we kind of think maybe trying to go with that. 571 00:33:42,860 --> 00:33:44,600 Yeah, no, I think we can make that work. 572 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,400 Okay, I'll go get started with that. 573 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:03,460 There's the dredge. 574 00:34:03,460 --> 00:34:05,430 Still as pretty as I remember. 575 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,760 Dredging is essentially a lost art form. 576 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:10,560 Tony wanted me to help run this for a little bit, 577 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:12,090 get the last few ounces out of the ground 578 00:34:12,100 --> 00:34:13,700 before end of season. 579 00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:19,060 [narrator] Kevin has five years' experience 580 00:34:19,060 --> 00:34:20,500 running the dredge. 581 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,190 [Kevin] Everything looks about the same. 582 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:27,130 Where is my power switch? 583 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,230 Oh. That sounds like it's on. 584 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:32,990 Okay. Ready? 585 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,030 Stacker on. Bada bing. 586 00:34:36,300 --> 00:34:37,830 Trommel on. 587 00:34:38,660 --> 00:34:40,000 Bada bing. 588 00:34:41,660 --> 00:34:43,000 Bucket line. 589 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:46,400 We are dredging. 590 00:34:48,900 --> 00:34:51,490 I ain't even going fast yet. [makes speeding sound] 591 00:34:51,500 --> 00:34:54,160 [narrator] The bucket line dredge can be operated 592 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:57,990 by just two crew members, allowing Tony to focus 593 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,800 on his three other working wash plants. 594 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:09,090 [Kevin] Tony has never run the dredge. 595 00:35:09,100 --> 00:35:10,460 I don't think he could, honestly. 596 00:35:10,460 --> 00:35:12,000 It's too much patience. 597 00:35:14,460 --> 00:35:16,060 Oh, you should not be on high anymore. 598 00:35:16,060 --> 00:35:17,330 Slow it [bleep] down, bud. 599 00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:27,000 [banging] 600 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:29,400 Oh, [bleep]! 601 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:33,230 Ah, [bleep]! 602 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:35,400 Bucket line came off. 603 00:35:37,260 --> 00:35:39,000 Yep, it's [bleep]. 604 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:41,800 Oh, [bleep]. 605 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:44,300 Argh. 606 00:35:45,900 --> 00:35:47,730 Hey, Tony. You got a copy, Tony? 607 00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:52,260 Yeah, the bucket line came off. 608 00:35:52,260 --> 00:35:57,790 [narrator] Kevin has thrown the dredge's 34-ton bucket line off its track. 609 00:35:57,800 --> 00:35:59,560 If not fixed quickly, 610 00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:03,060 the breakdown could cost Tony the sluice time needed 611 00:36:03,060 --> 00:36:04,600 to hit his goal. 612 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:06,400 [Tony speaking] 613 00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:09,560 [Kevin] I think I was a little greedy when I was digging, 614 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,230 so it must have caught the bottom of the bucket line and knocked it off. 615 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:15,230 [Tony speaking] 616 00:36:18,460 --> 00:36:22,690 [narrator] Tony will use a D8 dozer to pull on the bucket line, 617 00:36:22,700 --> 00:36:26,530 then lift it with an excavator back into place. 618 00:37:17,100 --> 00:37:18,290 Like, what did you do? 619 00:37:18,300 --> 00:37:19,500 I'm impressed. 620 00:37:21,300 --> 00:37:22,400 Well, let's go. 621 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:28,730 [narrator] Bucket line repaired, 622 00:37:29,700 --> 00:37:31,290 for the first time ever, 623 00:37:31,300 --> 00:37:36,090 Tony has four wash plants running simultaneously, 624 00:37:36,100 --> 00:37:43,130 the dredge, two shaker decks, and the trommel at Paradise. 625 00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:46,030 [Tony speaking] 626 00:37:50,100 --> 00:37:55,460 [narrator] Tony is still miles off from his new 2,500-oz goal, 627 00:37:55,460 --> 00:37:58,660 but with Kevin's help, the 4-plant blitz 628 00:37:58,660 --> 00:38:02,360 is the Beets' last shot at saving their season. 629 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:05,300 [Tony speaking] 630 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,960 [Tony speaking] 631 00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:24,760 Yeah, it's been good. 632 00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:26,360 [narrator] At Dominion Creek, 633 00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:31,000 Tony Beets visits his former protege's new kingdom. 634 00:38:34,260 --> 00:38:35,430 Thanks, Tony. 635 00:38:43,700 --> 00:38:46,560 Yeah, it's been quite the journey. 636 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:49,000 And I know you and I have fought-- had our fights-- 637 00:38:58,100 --> 00:38:59,290 But that's one thing about this 638 00:38:59,300 --> 00:39:01,000 is we don't see each other much anymore. 639 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,600 [laughing] I'm not 22. 640 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,500 [laughing] 641 00:39:10,700 --> 00:39:12,130 I'm 29. 642 00:39:23,660 --> 00:39:25,230 Whoo, she's frosty. 643 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:27,000 Winter has arrived. 644 00:39:29,500 --> 00:39:32,560 [narrator] In the final hours of the mining season... 645 00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:34,660 [Rick] It's like the end of a battle, 646 00:39:34,660 --> 00:39:36,990 but we don't know if we won yet. 647 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,230 [narrator] ...it's a fight to the bitter end... 648 00:39:40,660 --> 00:39:42,600 [Tony speaking] 649 00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:46,660 [narrator] ...until winter shuts them down. 650 00:39:46,660 --> 00:39:48,760 That pump is not liking the cold. 651 00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:50,860 At this point, you're starting to burn more money 652 00:39:50,860 --> 00:39:52,300 than you're gonna be making. 653 00:39:57,600 --> 00:39:59,200 [Minnie] Hi, guys. How are you? 654 00:39:59,500 --> 00:40:01,660 [Monica] Hello. 655 00:40:01,660 --> 00:40:04,490 [narrator] After Tony's desperate 4-plant gambit 656 00:40:04,500 --> 00:40:07,690 to hit his 2,500-oz goal, 657 00:40:07,700 --> 00:40:11,130 the Beets family gather for the moment of truth. 658 00:40:14,100 --> 00:40:16,000 -Thank goodness. -Yeah. 659 00:40:28,660 --> 00:40:31,790 [narrator] First up, gold from the Indian River, 660 00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:33,500 starting with the dredge. 661 00:40:39,260 --> 00:40:42,330 69.02 oz. 662 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,400 Not too bad. 663 00:40:45,300 --> 00:40:47,260 [narrator] Next, the shaker deck. 664 00:40:47,260 --> 00:40:51,500 60, 70, 80... 665 00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:55,000 85.76. 666 00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:57,100 Here's Sluice-A-Lot. 667 00:40:57,260 --> 00:40:58,260 [grunts] 668 00:40:58,260 --> 00:40:59,600 All right, let's go. 669 00:41:00,260 --> 00:41:03,530 [narrator] Tony's third plant, Sir Sluice-A-Lot. 670 00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:11,100 140, 160, 173.96. 671 00:41:11,660 --> 00:41:13,260 [Tony speaking] 672 00:41:13,260 --> 00:41:17,000 [narrator] Finally, gold from the trommel at Paradise Hill. 673 00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:18,800 [Mike] 310... 674 00:41:20,300 --> 00:41:23,790 319.40. 675 00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:28,160 So you're looking at roughly 650 oz for this gold weigh. 676 00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:29,690 [Tony speaking] 677 00:41:29,700 --> 00:41:30,760 [Kevin] That's pretty [bleep] good. 678 00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:32,190 [all] Yeah. 679 00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:35,490 [narrator] The Beets family deliver their biggest haul of the season, 680 00:41:35,500 --> 00:41:40,290 bringing Tony's total to 3,054 oz, 681 00:41:40,300 --> 00:41:43,300 worth over $6 million. 682 00:41:59,300 --> 00:42:02,090 I'll be happy to have you back in the Yukon, brother. 683 00:42:02,100 --> 00:42:03,660 -Same. -You love us? 684 00:42:03,660 --> 00:42:05,790 [Minnie] Did I just hear that right? 685 00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:07,600 I can be cheesy, too. 686 00:42:21,900 --> 00:42:23,190 Nice fire. 687 00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:24,790 Uh, nice briefcase. 688 00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:26,190 [all slow-clapping] 689 00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:27,830 [Rick laughs] Oh, yeah, here we go. 690 00:42:30,260 --> 00:42:31,800 Look at me. I'm a businessman. 691 00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,860 [narrator] It's judgment day for Rick Ness. 692 00:42:37,860 --> 00:42:38,890 I knew you guys would make fun of me. 693 00:42:38,900 --> 00:42:39,890 That's why I brought it out here. 694 00:42:39,900 --> 00:42:43,960 [narrator] Rick is still nearly 200 oz short 695 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:46,130 of his 1,000-oz goal. 696 00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:50,560 It's wildly stressful waiting to find out 697 00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:52,160 if you're gonna make it back. 698 00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:54,130 -And, um... -Did we? 699 00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:56,990 I think it's close. 700 00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:58,360 We'll pour out Rocky first. 701 00:42:58,360 --> 00:42:59,760 [narrator] To hit his target, 702 00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:02,790 Rick bet everything on Rally Valley, 703 00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,860 running two wash plants in his final week. 704 00:43:05,860 --> 00:43:09,390 First up, the gold from wash plant Rocky. 705 00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:13,400 5, 10, 25, 45... 706 00:43:15,500 --> 00:43:17,700 50.54. 707 00:43:18,660 --> 00:43:20,990 -[Rick] A little shy. -[crew] Yeah. 708 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:24,430 [narrator] Now, it's all up to Monster Red. 709 00:43:25,260 --> 00:43:26,260 I will tell you this. 710 00:43:26,260 --> 00:43:27,860 It was a good clean-out, 711 00:43:27,860 --> 00:43:31,600 and, um, I did take the first 100 oz out of it. 712 00:43:32,100 --> 00:43:33,160 [man chuckles] 713 00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:35,560 That was a-- that's 100 oz right there out of my-- 714 00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:37,600 -Yeah. -[man] We just need 25 more. 715 00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:42,660 -[woman] Oh, my gosh. -50, 20, 25... 716 00:43:42,660 --> 00:43:48,790 I can't even count that fast. 70, 90, 100... 121.01. 717 00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:51,460 -What? -Yeah! 718 00:43:51,460 --> 00:43:52,990 -[woman] Yes! -[man] [bleep] yeah! 719 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:54,130 [man 2] Hell, yeah, guys. 720 00:43:54,860 --> 00:43:57,760 Oh, [bleep], he's got more! 721 00:43:57,760 --> 00:44:00,760 -[Rick] More gold. -[bleep] more! 722 00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:02,790 [Rick] That's some beautiful stuff right there, guys. 723 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:04,330 [woman] No way! 724 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:06,460 [all cheering] 725 00:44:06,460 --> 00:44:08,500 Yeah, there's nuggets, too. 726 00:44:11,100 --> 00:44:12,790 [all exclaiming] 727 00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,230 -[bleep] -That looks good, man. 728 00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:20,090 So, yeah. Well, I have 30.17 of just the coarse gold. 729 00:44:20,100 --> 00:44:22,000 [all cheering] 730 00:44:24,700 --> 00:44:27,090 [narrator] Rick's Gamble has paid off, 731 00:44:27,100 --> 00:44:31,190 delivering a total of 301.7 oz, 732 00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:37,990 completing his comeback to hit a total of 1125.7 oz, 733 00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:42,130 worth $2.25 million. 734 00:44:46,260 --> 00:44:47,330 We did it. 735 00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:48,700 We did it. 736 00:44:50,860 --> 00:44:53,060 [exhales] I feel great. 737 00:44:53,060 --> 00:44:54,690 I can look towards the future now, 738 00:44:54,700 --> 00:44:57,560 and like... it's real. 739 00:44:57,560 --> 00:44:58,900 [excited chatter] 740 00:45:02,260 --> 00:45:04,100 I'm back. Yeah, I'm back. 741 00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:06,800 [bleep] 742 00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:09,130 [clears throat] 743 00:45:15,860 --> 00:45:17,700 [bleep] 744 00:45:36,360 --> 00:45:37,790 Where's the beer at? 745 00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:39,360 [Chris] Yeah, knock yourself out. 746 00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:43,360 [narrator] Six months after gambling $15 million 747 00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:45,190 to purchase Dominion Creek, 748 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:48,260 Parker Schnabel enters his final gold weigh, 749 00:45:48,260 --> 00:45:51,790 on the brink of breaking 7,000 oz, 750 00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:55,660 2,000 more than his goal at the start of the season. 751 00:45:55,660 --> 00:45:57,500 All right, what we got? 752 00:45:58,000 --> 00:45:59,100 Here we go. 753 00:46:00,260 --> 00:46:04,760 [man] We've got 40, 80, 140, 754 00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:09,760 200, 240, 260... 755 00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:13,400 We have 300 even. 756 00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:16,960 And we've got two jars here. 757 00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:18,390 [Chris] Here we go. 758 00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:20,000 [man] Let's see. 759 00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:26,790 We've got 50, 150, 180, 760 00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:30,300 200, 240... 761 00:46:31,500 --> 00:46:34,160 254.35. 762 00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:39,560 [narrator] A total of 554.35 oz, 763 00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:43,260 worth over $1.1 million. 764 00:46:43,260 --> 00:46:44,430 That's nuts. 765 00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:48,500 Well, you threw a 5,000-oz goal at us. 766 00:46:48,900 --> 00:46:50,360 You nailed that. 767 00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:55,760 Our season total is 7,381.1 for the season. 768 00:46:55,760 --> 00:46:59,660 [narrator] Averaging over 400 oz a week from the money pit, 769 00:46:59,660 --> 00:47:05,560 Parker has nearly covered the $15 million purchase price of Dominion Creek 770 00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:07,500 in just one season. 771 00:47:08,100 --> 00:47:09,260 [Chris] I'm beyond happy. 772 00:47:09,260 --> 00:47:10,730 Thank you for getting us a home. 773 00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:15,160 -The final total was 70... -7,381. 774 00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:18,360 [all cheering and applauding] 775 00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:22,160 It sets us up so well for the next few years. 776 00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:24,160 I really want to thank you all. 777 00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:27,790 And I mean it from the bottom of my heart. 778 00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:30,290 And I hope that every one of you guys wants to come back, 779 00:47:30,300 --> 00:47:33,660 because every one of you guys has a spot here next year. 780 00:47:33,660 --> 00:47:35,590 [narrator] Parker can now turn his sights 781 00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:37,560 on to the ultimate prize, 782 00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:41,090 unearthing the $150 million in gold 783 00:47:41,100 --> 00:47:44,560 believed to still be in the ground at Dominion. 784 00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:49,290 [Parker] We started out in such a precarious position with ground, 785 00:47:49,300 --> 00:47:50,990 and it looks like this purchase was worth it. 786 00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:52,460 I'm really relieved. 787 00:47:52,460 --> 00:47:54,360 We have an unreal project 788 00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:56,690 with an unreal group of people. 789 00:47:56,700 --> 00:48:00,360 We're in a really good place for the future. 789 00:48:01,305 --> 00:49:01,882 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=-