1 00:00:00,667 --> 00:00:03,369 I NEED THAT MAMMOTH CHANNEL TO HAVE FRICKIN' GOLD IN IT. 2 00:00:03,371 --> 00:00:06,672 Narrator: ON THIS "GOLD RUSH".... 3 00:00:06,674 --> 00:00:08,841 THAT MUD WILL NOT GO THROUGH. 4 00:00:08,843 --> 00:00:11,810 WE'VE GOT TO SHUT DOWN. 5 00:00:11,812 --> 00:00:12,778 WHOA! 6 00:00:12,780 --> 00:00:16,548 Todd: I THINK THE SKY'S THE LIMIT, I REALLY DO. 7 00:00:16,550 --> 00:00:19,918 THEY'RE NOT GETTING SCRUBBED CLEAN ENOUGH. 8 00:00:21,354 --> 00:00:23,489 I DON'T HAVE ANY CURL! 9 00:00:23,491 --> 00:00:25,290 IT'LL HAVE TO [BLEEP] WORK. 10 00:00:27,093 --> 00:00:28,427 THAT'S IT? 11 00:00:30,830 --> 00:00:32,898 OUR WHOLE [BLEEP] CUT'S FLOODED. 12 00:00:32,900 --> 00:00:33,699 WHAT A [BLEEP] MESS. 13 00:00:33,701 --> 00:00:34,833 Ness: PARKER DOESN'T LIKE TO LOSE. 14 00:00:34,835 --> 00:00:38,137 YOU KNOW, THE WINNER OF THE GAME IS WHO FINDS THE MOST GOLD. 15 00:00:38,139 --> 00:00:40,439 I HATE THE THOUGHT OF GETTING BEAT BY TODD. 16 00:00:40,441 --> 00:00:44,410 LOOK OUT, PARKER. YOU BETTER FRICKIN' MINE HARD. 17 00:00:44,412 --> 00:00:47,413 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 18 00:00:47,415 --> 00:00:51,350 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 19 00:01:22,315 --> 00:01:27,252 I LOST THE BET. KEVIN SUCKERED ME INTO THIS ONE. 20 00:01:27,254 --> 00:01:28,487 Narrator: IT'S 6:00 A.M., 21 00:01:28,489 --> 00:01:32,724 AND THERE'S A NEW BULL COOK AT McKINNON CREEK. 22 00:01:32,726 --> 00:01:34,259 Turin: MORNING, KEVIN. 23 00:01:34,261 --> 00:01:37,229 Hiatt: [ LAUGHS ] FUNNY, HUH? 24 00:01:37,231 --> 00:01:40,632 SEE, I BET HIM ON THAT CLEANUP, 25 00:01:40,634 --> 00:01:41,233 AND I WON. 26 00:01:41,235 --> 00:01:45,737 Narrator: LAST WEEK, DAVE'S DECISION TO SHUT DOWN THEIR WASH PLANT... 27 00:01:45,739 --> 00:01:48,340 Hiatt: DAVE, THAT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE LINGERIE. 28 00:01:48,342 --> 00:01:49,441 IT'S NOT LINGERIE. 29 00:01:49,443 --> 00:01:51,343 IT LOOKS LIKE IT. [ LAUGHS ] 30 00:01:51,345 --> 00:01:57,249 ...LED TO A DISAPPOINTING 121-OUNCE CLEANUP. 31 00:01:57,251 --> 00:02:00,152 AND DAVE LOST HIS BET. 32 00:02:00,154 --> 00:02:02,554 WELL, DAVE, YOU'RE A MAN OF YOUR WORD. 33 00:02:02,556 --> 00:02:03,689 A BET'S A BET. 34 00:02:03,691 --> 00:02:06,425 I WISH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 200 OR PLUS. 35 00:02:06,427 --> 00:02:09,595 BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET IT NOW. 36 00:02:09,597 --> 00:02:10,829 WE'LL SEE. 37 00:02:10,831 --> 00:02:13,465 WELL, I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT. 38 00:02:13,467 --> 00:02:15,868 SO ANDY SAYS HE'S PROBABLY GONNA START RUNNING 39 00:02:15,870 --> 00:02:16,935 THE MAMMOTH CHANNEL TODAY. 40 00:02:16,937 --> 00:02:19,838 SO, TODAY, WE'LL KNOW HOW GOOD THAT THING IS. 41 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,876 AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME. 42 00:02:23,878 --> 00:02:24,810 JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, 43 00:02:24,812 --> 00:02:29,348 THE ENTIRE HOFFMAN CREW STOPPED SLUICING TO EXCAVATE A CHANNEL 44 00:02:29,350 --> 00:02:34,686 OF MUD THAT PRODUCED A 9-FOOT MAMMOTH TUSK. 45 00:02:34,688 --> 00:02:35,354 DAVE HAS A HUNCH 46 00:02:35,356 --> 00:02:40,626 THAT THE BLACK MUCK ALSO CONTAINS A PILE OF GOLD. 47 00:02:41,794 --> 00:02:46,331 ANDY SPINKS GETS A FIRST LOOK AT THEIR NEW PAY DIRT. 48 00:02:46,333 --> 00:02:48,333 WELL, THIS IS SOME OF THE FIRST DIRT 49 00:02:48,335 --> 00:02:50,702 FROM THE MAMMOTH CHANNEL THAT'S GOING TO THE PLANT. 50 00:02:50,704 --> 00:02:55,140 THIS IS SOME BLACK, NASTY STUFF. IT'S RIGHT ON TOP OF BEDROCK. 51 00:02:55,142 --> 00:02:58,644 IT'S NOT USUALLY THAT CLOSE TO THE PAY. 52 00:02:58,646 --> 00:03:02,214 BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY IT'S GOT SOME GOOD GOLD IN IT. 53 00:03:02,216 --> 00:03:04,016 I THINK IT WILL. 54 00:03:06,786 --> 00:03:11,890 Narrator: KEVIN FEEDS THE NEW PAY INTO MONSTER RED. 55 00:03:11,892 --> 00:03:14,126 Hiatt: WE HAVE TO HOPE THAT THIS MAMMOTH CHANNEL 56 00:03:14,128 --> 00:03:18,096 PAYS OFF LIKE DAVE AND ANDY THINK. 57 00:03:18,098 --> 00:03:19,565 I WASN'T FOR IT. 58 00:03:19,567 --> 00:03:23,468 I STILL KIND OF THINK IT WAS A BAD IDEA. 59 00:03:23,470 --> 00:03:24,336 NOW WE'RE IN A DEFICIT. 60 00:03:24,338 --> 00:03:27,439 AND IF WE DON'T MAKE THAT UP WITH THIS MAMMOTH CHANNEL, 61 00:03:27,441 --> 00:03:30,509 THEN WE'RE IN BIG TROUBLE. 62 00:03:32,178 --> 00:03:37,316 Narrator: SO FAR, THE HOFFMANS HAVE MINED 743 OUNCES, 63 00:03:37,318 --> 00:03:43,488 BARELY A QUARTER OF THE 2,700 OUNCES TODD WANTS THIS SEASON. 64 00:03:43,490 --> 00:03:44,590 I NEED A BREAK. 65 00:03:44,592 --> 00:03:48,327 I NEED THAT MAMMOTH CHANNEL TO HAVE FRICKIN' GOLD IN IT. 66 00:03:48,329 --> 00:03:51,930 WE FOUND A HUGE MAMMOTH TUSK. 67 00:03:51,932 --> 00:03:55,534 SO I CALLED A TUSK EXPERT. 68 00:03:55,536 --> 00:03:56,235 YOU BRUCE? 69 00:03:56,237 --> 00:03:58,470 -IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU FINALLY. -HEY, MAN, NO KIDDING. 70 00:03:58,472 --> 00:03:59,605 I'VE HEARD YOUR NAME AROUND THESE PARTS. 71 00:03:59,607 --> 00:04:04,910 Narrator: BRUCE SCHINDLER HAS WORKED WITH MAMMOTH IVORY FOR OVER 20 YEARS. 72 00:04:04,912 --> 00:04:07,246 -LOOK AT THIS THING. -THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 73 00:04:07,248 --> 00:04:10,182 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REALIZE HOW RARE IT IS TO FIND A PIECE 74 00:04:10,184 --> 00:04:11,850 THIS BIG INTACT. 75 00:04:11,852 --> 00:04:12,684 IT'S AMAZING. 76 00:04:12,686 --> 00:04:15,387 WE FOUND THIS IN A MUD SEAM. 77 00:04:15,389 --> 00:04:19,258 IT ALMOST LOOKED LIKE A RIVER WENT THROUGH THIS AREA. 78 00:04:19,260 --> 00:04:21,460 SO I'M HOPING IT'S A GOOD SIGN. 79 00:04:21,462 --> 00:04:24,162 I THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE VERY PLEASED. 80 00:04:24,164 --> 00:04:24,896 FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, 81 00:04:24,898 --> 00:04:28,233 EVERY SINGLE TIME, WHEN YOU FIND MAMMOTH TUSKS, 82 00:04:28,235 --> 00:04:29,301 YOU'RE FINDING GOLD. 83 00:04:29,303 --> 00:04:30,502 THEY'RE ALWAYS FOUND TOGETHER. 84 00:04:30,504 --> 00:04:33,205 AND THINK ABOUT IT, THE MAMMOTH ARE LIKE PEOPLE, 85 00:04:33,207 --> 00:04:34,339 THEY LIKE TO LIVE WHERE LIVING'S EASY. 86 00:04:34,341 --> 00:04:36,341 AND THE LIVING IS EASY IN THESE WIDE-OPEN PLAINS. 87 00:04:36,343 --> 00:04:38,944 THESE ARE THE SAME PLAINS THAT THE GOLD'S BEING DEPOSITED IN 88 00:04:38,946 --> 00:04:41,113 BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE WATER'S SLOWING DOWN. 89 00:04:41,115 --> 00:04:43,782 SO THESE GOLD-BEARING CREEKS ARE THE SAME CREEKS 90 00:04:43,784 --> 00:04:44,750 THE MAMMOTH ARE DRINKING OUT OF. 91 00:04:44,752 --> 00:04:47,552 SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OMEN FOR YOU. 92 00:04:47,554 --> 00:04:49,288 BRUCE, I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT. 93 00:04:49,290 --> 00:04:50,222 THANKS FOR COMING OUT, MAN. 94 00:04:50,224 --> 00:04:55,093 Todd: AS HE SAID, WHERE YOU FIND MAMMOTH TUSKS, 95 00:04:55,095 --> 00:04:56,561 SOMETIMES YOU FIND GOOD GOLD. 96 00:04:56,563 --> 00:04:58,230 AND THAT'S WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. 97 00:04:58,232 --> 00:05:02,968 SO I HOPE THAT MAMMOTH CHANNEL PAYS OFF. 98 00:05:20,153 --> 00:05:22,888 Hiatt: YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. 99 00:05:22,890 --> 00:05:25,590 KEVIN TO ANDY. KEVIN TO ANDY. 100 00:05:25,592 --> 00:05:26,525 GO AHEAD, KEV. 101 00:05:26,527 --> 00:05:29,795 HEY, THIS STUFF IS NOT RUNNING THROUGH THIS FEEDER. 102 00:05:29,797 --> 00:05:31,997 IT'S GETTING STUCK. IT'S JAMMED UP. 103 00:05:31,999 --> 00:05:35,100 IT IS NOT RUNNING. THAT MUD IS CAUSING HAVOC, DUDE. 104 00:05:35,102 --> 00:05:37,269 WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE SOMETHING ELSE OUT. 105 00:05:37,271 --> 00:05:38,970 TOO BAD, LOAD IT. IT'S GOT GOLD IN IT. 106 00:05:38,972 --> 00:05:43,642 IT'S TOO CLOSE TO SEPARATED, SO PUT IT THROUGH THE PLANT. 107 00:05:43,644 --> 00:05:44,810 WE'RE NOT GONNA THROW GOLD AWAY. 108 00:05:44,812 --> 00:05:47,612 SO YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. 109 00:05:47,614 --> 00:05:49,781 IT WON'T WORK. 110 00:05:55,888 --> 00:05:58,023 Turin: YEAH, WE'RE RUNNING THE MAMMOTH CHANNEL, 111 00:05:58,025 --> 00:06:00,258 AND IT'S ALL MUD. 112 00:06:00,260 --> 00:06:01,460 THERE'S NOT JUST ENOUGH ROCK 113 00:06:01,462 --> 00:06:05,097 IN IT TO MAKE IT GO THROUGH OUR FEEDER. 114 00:06:05,099 --> 00:06:05,997 THAT MUD JUST HANGS UP, 115 00:06:05,999 --> 00:06:11,803 AND IT JUST BLOCKS EVERYTHING UP, AND IT WILL NOT GO THROUGH. 116 00:06:11,805 --> 00:06:15,707 Narrator: BRANDON UNSWORTH CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE BUILDUP 117 00:06:15,709 --> 00:06:17,843 OF THE THICK BLACK MUD. 118 00:06:17,845 --> 00:06:18,410 KNOW WHAT? 119 00:06:18,412 --> 00:06:20,879 I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. 120 00:06:20,881 --> 00:06:25,150 IT'S JUST [BLEEP] ABSOLUTE [BLEEP] 121 00:06:25,152 --> 00:06:27,552 YEAH, LOOK. 122 00:06:27,554 --> 00:06:29,254 CONSISTENCY OF COW [BLEEP] 123 00:06:29,256 --> 00:06:32,591 MY FOOT'S STUCK IN IT AND I'M SHOVELING IT. 124 00:06:32,593 --> 00:06:39,664 THIS IS A PLANT OPERATOR'S WORST NIGHTMARE, IS WHAT IT IS. 125 00:06:39,666 --> 00:06:42,134 THIS BETTER PAY OFF. 126 00:06:48,775 --> 00:06:50,642 Turin: WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF GOLD IN THERE, 127 00:06:50,644 --> 00:06:53,512 BUT I CAN'T RUN STRAIGHT MUD. 128 00:06:53,514 --> 00:06:56,381 SO I EITHER GOT TO LET IT SIT AND DRY, 129 00:06:56,383 --> 00:06:59,251 OR I GOT TO HAVE TWO GUYS SHOVELING ALL DAY LONG, 130 00:06:59,253 --> 00:07:00,752 AND THAT AIN'T GONNA WORK. 131 00:07:00,754 --> 00:07:03,455 Narrator: BLACK MUD IS CLOGGING UP THE FEEDER 132 00:07:03,457 --> 00:07:07,859 FASTER THAN THEY CAN CLEAR IT. 133 00:07:07,861 --> 00:07:09,995 Turin: RIGHT THERE, THAT COULD BE THE BEST GOLD 134 00:07:09,997 --> 00:07:11,229 IN THAT WHOLE SUPER CUT, 135 00:07:11,231 --> 00:07:14,132 AND I CAN'T RUN IT THROUGH THE PLANT. 136 00:07:14,134 --> 00:07:17,602 WE CAN'T RUN THE MAMMOTH CHANNEL. 137 00:07:17,604 --> 00:07:20,705 WE GOT TO SHUT DOWN. 138 00:07:25,978 --> 00:07:27,078 Parker: RIGHT NOW, I'M HEADING TO TODD'S 139 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,348 TO SEE IF HE WANTS TO BUY A DOZER. 140 00:07:31,384 --> 00:07:34,853 Narrator: 20-YEAR-OLD MINE BOSS PARKER SCHNABEL 141 00:07:34,855 --> 00:07:36,388 IS ON HIS WAY TO McKINNON CREEK. 142 00:07:36,390 --> 00:07:39,925 I HAD A ITCHY TRIGGER FINGER AT AN AUCTION THE OTHER DAY 143 00:07:39,927 --> 00:07:41,760 AND ENDED UP BUYING A NEW D10. 144 00:07:41,762 --> 00:07:44,262 SO, RIGHT NOW, I'M TRYING TO SELL OUR OLD ONE, 145 00:07:44,264 --> 00:07:48,366 SO THAT I CAN KEEP SOME MONEY IN THE BANK. 146 00:07:54,273 --> 00:07:56,308 -HEY, DAVE. -HI, PARKER. 147 00:07:56,310 --> 00:07:57,409 -HOW ARE YOU DOIN'? -I'M GOOD. 148 00:07:57,411 --> 00:07:58,577 -HOW ARE YOU DOIN'? -GOOD. 149 00:07:58,579 --> 00:07:59,911 I THINK YOU WANTED TO TALK TO TODD. 150 00:07:59,913 --> 00:08:02,347 -IS HE AROUND? -HE'S IN HIS OFFICE, YEAH. 151 00:08:02,349 --> 00:08:03,248 OKAY. THANKS. 152 00:08:03,250 --> 00:08:04,249 THANKS, PARKER. 153 00:08:04,251 --> 00:08:05,851 I'LL TALK TO HIM. 154 00:08:05,853 --> 00:08:08,286 DOZER, LOAD UP. 155 00:08:10,056 --> 00:08:15,026 Narrator: PARKER SNEAKS A LOOK AT THE HOFFMANS' SUPER CUT. 156 00:08:15,028 --> 00:08:17,162 THAT'S A BIG [BLEEP] CUT. 157 00:08:17,164 --> 00:08:19,965 HE'S GONE BIG-SCALE THIS YEAR. 158 00:08:19,967 --> 00:08:21,867 YOU KNOW, THOSE D11s AND THOSE 475s, 159 00:08:21,869 --> 00:08:27,172 I MEAN, THOSE ARE WHAT, YOU KNOW, MASSIVE COAL MINES RUN. 160 00:08:27,174 --> 00:08:29,407 THE COST ON THOSE IS PHENOMENAL. 161 00:08:29,409 --> 00:08:32,711 YOU KNOW, THE WINNER OF THE GAME IS WHO FINDS THE MOST GOLD. 162 00:08:32,713 --> 00:08:35,847 Narrator: PARKER HAS YET TO SET HIS SEASON GOAL. 163 00:08:35,849 --> 00:08:41,720 BUT TODD HAS HIS SIGHT SET ON A MASSIVE 2,700-OUNCE, 164 00:08:41,722 --> 00:08:44,523 $3 MILLION GOLD HAUL. 165 00:08:44,525 --> 00:08:47,425 SEEMS LIKE IT'S A FRIENDLY VISIT. 166 00:08:50,963 --> 00:08:54,966 HE'S PROBABLY GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT. 167 00:09:07,013 --> 00:09:08,547 DOZER, COME HERE. 168 00:09:08,549 --> 00:09:11,016 DOES HE BITE, OR IS HE GOOD? 169 00:09:11,018 --> 00:09:12,784 -WHAT? -HE BITE, OR IS HE GOOD? 170 00:09:12,786 --> 00:09:14,252 -NO, HE'S FINE. -SO, DUDE, 171 00:09:14,254 --> 00:09:16,221 YOU GOT A GOOD START THIS YEAR OR NOT? 172 00:09:16,223 --> 00:09:19,524 YOU KNOW, IT'S A ROUGH START, BUT WHEN ISN'T IT? 173 00:09:19,526 --> 00:09:21,826 SO, YOU'RE ALL SETTLED IN FOR THE SEASON NOW? 174 00:09:21,828 --> 00:09:23,261 -YEAH. -LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE 175 00:09:23,263 --> 00:09:24,529 -A LACK OF IRON AROUND. -YEAH. 176 00:09:24,531 --> 00:09:25,897 THAT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF WHAT I'M HERE. 177 00:09:25,899 --> 00:09:27,499 -REALLY? -I PICKED UP A NEW DOZER, 178 00:09:27,501 --> 00:09:30,035 AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WANTED TO BUY THE OLD 10 179 00:09:30,037 --> 00:09:31,236 THAT YOU SOLD ME. 180 00:09:31,238 --> 00:09:32,070 HOW MUCH? 181 00:09:32,072 --> 00:09:34,172 I GAVE YOU 120 FOR IT. 182 00:09:34,174 --> 00:09:36,808 AND WE PUT ABOUT 120 INTO IT LAST YEAR. 183 00:09:36,810 --> 00:09:38,376 AND SO I'M TRYING TO GET 200 OUT OF IT. 184 00:09:38,378 --> 00:09:41,513 SO, YOU GUYS WOULD BE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME LOOK AT IT. 185 00:09:41,515 --> 00:09:44,215 'CAUSE I'M MAKING THE ROUNDS, SO... 186 00:09:44,217 --> 00:09:44,649 YEAH. 187 00:09:44,651 --> 00:09:46,918 ...IF YOU WANT IT, LET ME KNOW. 188 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,254 DON'T HOLD IT FOR ME. 189 00:09:49,256 --> 00:09:53,124 ALL RIGHT. 190 00:09:53,126 --> 00:09:53,858 YOU KNOW WHAT? 191 00:09:53,860 --> 00:09:57,128 WE'RE GONNA COME OUT OF HERE WITH THE MOST AMOUNT OF GOLD. 192 00:09:57,130 --> 00:10:00,498 THIS IS GONNA BE OUR SEASON. 193 00:10:02,535 --> 00:10:04,803 ALL THE POWER TO YOU. 194 00:10:04,805 --> 00:10:10,141 LOOK OUT, PARKER. YOU BETTER FRICKIN' MINE HARD. 195 00:10:10,143 --> 00:10:11,843 WHATEVER. 196 00:10:20,386 --> 00:10:25,790 Todd: I GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T TRUST PARKER SCHNABEL. 197 00:10:25,792 --> 00:10:28,960 YEAH, I GOT KIND OF SORDID HISTORY WITH THE KID. 198 00:10:28,962 --> 00:10:32,364 AND I'D LIKE TO BEAT PARKER THIS YEAR. 199 00:10:32,366 --> 00:10:33,465 I THINK HE'S NERVOUS 'CAUSE 200 00:10:33,467 --> 00:10:35,634 I GOT A LOT OF GROUND OPENED UP ALREADY, 201 00:10:35,636 --> 00:10:36,668 AND I'M NOT PANICKING. 202 00:10:36,670 --> 00:10:38,837 HE REALLY WANTS TO PULL MORE GOLD 203 00:10:38,839 --> 00:10:40,038 OUT OF THE GROUND THAN US. 204 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:40,872 IF HE SPENDS ENOUGH MONEY 205 00:10:40,874 --> 00:10:43,541 AND PUTS IN THE EFFORT, HE'LL BEAT US. 206 00:10:43,543 --> 00:10:44,275 I'M VERY COMPETITIVE, 207 00:10:44,277 --> 00:10:48,647 AND I HATE THE THOUGHT OF GETTING BEAT BY TODD. 208 00:10:48,649 --> 00:10:49,614 I'M NOT HERE TO LOSE, 209 00:10:49,616 --> 00:10:54,219 AND I'M NOT ABOUT TO LET THAT HAPPEN. 210 00:11:06,732 --> 00:11:10,468 Narrator: AFTER A DISASTROUS START TO THE SEASON, 211 00:11:10,470 --> 00:11:14,673 PARKER SCHNABEL IS SLOWLY CLAWING HIS WAY BACK. 212 00:11:14,675 --> 00:11:23,014 HE NOW HAS 711 OUNCES, JUST 32 OUNCES LESS THAN TODD HOFFMAN. 213 00:11:23,849 --> 00:11:28,386 PARKER'S TREASURE ISLAND IS RUNNING OUT FAST. 214 00:11:31,857 --> 00:11:32,590 WHOA. 215 00:11:32,592 --> 00:11:34,559 HE NEEDS TO FIND MORE GROUND. 216 00:11:34,561 --> 00:11:38,863 AND THIS TIME HE WANTS TO GO BIG. 217 00:11:40,833 --> 00:11:43,134 I THINK THAT POST RIGHT IN THERE 218 00:11:43,136 --> 00:11:44,769 IS OUR BOUNDARY LINE. 219 00:11:44,771 --> 00:11:45,236 OKAY. 220 00:11:45,238 --> 00:11:48,606 SO WHAT I WAS THINKING, IF WE CAME OVER HERE, 221 00:11:48,608 --> 00:11:50,742 WE COULD GO RIGHT UP TO OUR LINE 222 00:11:50,744 --> 00:11:54,212 AND THEN OVER TO THE EDGE OF THE OTHER CUT, 223 00:11:54,214 --> 00:11:55,580 THAT THE OLD MINERS DID. 224 00:11:55,582 --> 00:11:57,916 LIKE 2,000 FEET? 225 00:11:57,918 --> 00:11:59,584 PROBABLY PRETTY DAMN CLOSE. 226 00:11:59,586 --> 00:12:01,553 -THAT'S A GOOD DISTANCE. -YEAH, I KNOW. 227 00:12:01,555 --> 00:12:02,253 IT'S A LOT OF GROUND. 228 00:12:02,255 --> 00:12:04,456 YEAH, IF WE PLAN THIS RIGHT, THIS COULD -- 229 00:12:04,458 --> 00:12:07,325 WE COULD SPEND THE REST OF THE SEASON OVER HERE. 230 00:12:07,327 --> 00:12:09,661 -POSSIBLY. -WELL, YEAH, MAYBE. 231 00:12:09,663 --> 00:12:11,996 WELL, DO YOU THINK WE'RE READY TO TACKLE THIS? 232 00:12:11,998 --> 00:12:14,966 IT'D BE A BIG UNDERTAKING. 233 00:12:14,968 --> 00:12:15,633 WE'LL GET IT. 234 00:12:15,635 --> 00:12:18,169 LIKE YOU ALWAYS SAID, "IT'S JUST MOVING DIRT." 235 00:12:18,171 --> 00:12:20,105 IT'S JUST MOVING DIRT. 236 00:12:22,241 --> 00:12:26,745 Narrator: PARKER STARTED THE SEASON IN LAST YEAR'S BERM CUT, 237 00:12:26,747 --> 00:12:30,515 BEFORE MOVING SOUTH TO TREASURE ISLAND. 238 00:12:30,517 --> 00:12:34,552 NOW HE PLANS TO OPEN UP HIS BIGGEST CUT YET, 239 00:12:34,554 --> 00:12:38,123 BETWEEN THE CREEK AND THE BOUNDARY OF HIS CLAIM. 240 00:12:38,125 --> 00:12:43,061 THE BOUNDARY CUT WILL BE THE SIZE OF 17 FOOTBALL FIELDS, 241 00:12:43,063 --> 00:12:49,267 300,000 SQUARE FEET BIGGER THAN TODD'S SUPER CUT. 242 00:12:52,104 --> 00:12:56,174 PARKER LEADS THE CHARGE INTO HIS MASSIVE NEW CUT 243 00:12:56,176 --> 00:12:58,143 IN HIS NEW D10 DOZER. 244 00:12:58,145 --> 00:13:00,512 Parker: THERE'S A BIT OF A SENSE OF URGENCY HERE. 245 00:13:00,514 --> 00:13:02,313 RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THIS GROUND 246 00:13:02,315 --> 00:13:03,281 STRIPPED AS QUICK AS WE CAN. 247 00:13:03,283 --> 00:13:08,353 AND THIS IS GONNA BE THE MAIN TOOL TO GET THAT DONE. 248 00:13:08,355 --> 00:13:11,890 WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND NOT A LOT OF TIME 249 00:13:11,892 --> 00:13:13,224 TO DO IT. 250 00:13:13,226 --> 00:13:15,059 Ness: TODD'S GOT ONE GIANT SUPER CUT 251 00:13:15,061 --> 00:13:17,162 THAT HE'S BEEN PULLING OUT OF ALL SEASON. 252 00:13:17,164 --> 00:13:18,930 PARKER DOESN'T LIKE TO LOSE. 253 00:13:18,932 --> 00:13:21,833 AND IF HE WANTS TO HAVE A COMPETITION WITH TODD HOFFMAN, 254 00:13:21,835 --> 00:13:22,667 I'M IN IT WITH HIM. 255 00:13:22,669 --> 00:13:23,835 YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE TO LOSE EITHER. 256 00:13:23,837 --> 00:13:25,970 SO WE'RE REALLY THROWING EVERYTHING WE GOT AT THIS CUT. 257 00:13:25,972 --> 00:13:30,375 IT'S TAKING ALL OF OUR MACHINES, ALL OF OUR GUYS. 258 00:13:30,377 --> 00:13:31,910 WE GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO DOWN YET, 259 00:13:31,912 --> 00:13:34,279 BUT WE'RE MOVING A TON OF DIRT, 260 00:13:34,281 --> 00:13:36,681 AND IT'S GONNA BE A NICE BIG AREA. 261 00:13:36,683 --> 00:13:40,318 THE HOFFMANS, I THINK WE'LL SMOKE THEM NO PROBLEM. 262 00:13:55,434 --> 00:13:58,169 HOLY COW, KEV. 263 00:14:01,974 --> 00:14:06,144 THAT'S JUST PURE MUD. 264 00:14:06,146 --> 00:14:08,413 Narrator: THE HOFFMANS' WASH PLANT 265 00:14:08,415 --> 00:14:10,849 IS JAMMED FULL OF THICK BLACK MUD 266 00:14:10,851 --> 00:14:12,483 FROM THE MAMMOTH CHANNEL. 267 00:14:12,485 --> 00:14:15,753 AND THEY'RE LOSING VALUABLE SLUICING TIME. 268 00:14:15,755 --> 00:14:18,690 THIS MAMMOTH CHANNEL'S BECOMING A PAIN IN THE ASS. 269 00:14:18,692 --> 00:14:22,193 NOT ONLY DID WE LOSE 24 HOURS DIGGING THROUGH IT, 270 00:14:22,195 --> 00:14:24,629 NOW WE'RE LOSING TIME BECAUSE WE CAN'T RUN IT. 271 00:14:24,631 --> 00:14:27,398 WELL, HERE IT IS. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING. 272 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,668 THIS IS THE MAMMOTH CHANNEL MUD THAT WE WANT TO RUN, 273 00:14:30,670 --> 00:14:31,870 AND IT'S GOT GOLD IN IT. 274 00:14:31,872 --> 00:14:32,770 AND IT'S SO STICKY. 275 00:14:32,772 --> 00:14:35,406 I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE THE WAY IT STICKS TO THE SIDE 276 00:14:35,408 --> 00:14:36,341 OF THE EQUIPMENT. 277 00:14:36,343 --> 00:14:38,509 THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. 278 00:14:40,079 --> 00:14:42,213 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS, DAVE. 279 00:14:42,215 --> 00:14:44,249 THIS WHOLE PLANT'S JAMMING UP. 280 00:14:44,251 --> 00:14:46,718 YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULDN'T JUST 281 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,554 GO AROUND THE MAMMOTH CHANNEL AND JUST FORGET IT? 282 00:14:49,556 --> 00:14:52,657 AND THEN WE CAN KEEP FRICKIN' RUNNING. 283 00:14:52,659 --> 00:14:53,925 I'M NOT READY TO ABANDON IT. 284 00:14:53,927 --> 00:14:56,594 I THINK THERE'S GOLD IN THAT STUFF. 285 00:14:56,596 --> 00:14:58,396 BUT IT'S MUD, DAVE. 286 00:14:58,398 --> 00:14:59,564 AND WE AIN'T GETTING ANY GOLD 287 00:14:59,566 --> 00:15:03,067 IF WE CAN'T GET IT THROUGH THE FRICKIN' PLANT. 288 00:15:03,069 --> 00:15:06,437 I GOT AN IDEA -- IF WE PUT SOME PLASTIC AND LINE 289 00:15:06,439 --> 00:15:08,172 THAT CHUTE ON OUR FEEDER, 290 00:15:08,174 --> 00:15:12,010 I THINK THAT STUFF WILL SLIDE RIGHT THROUGH. 291 00:15:12,012 --> 00:15:14,879 Narrator: MAMMOTH CHANNEL MUD IS STICKING 292 00:15:14,881 --> 00:15:16,014 TO THE SIDES OF THE HOPPER, 293 00:15:16,016 --> 00:15:21,619 BLOCKING PAY DIRT FROM RUNNING THROUGH TO THE WASH PLANT. 294 00:15:21,621 --> 00:15:26,157 DAVE'S SOLUTION IS TO LINE THE HOPPER WITH SMOOTH PLASTIC 295 00:15:26,159 --> 00:15:31,930 SO THAT THE THICK, WET MUD CAN SLIDE DOWN INTO THE PLANT. 296 00:15:31,932 --> 00:15:34,799 YOU PUT THAT LINER IN, HOW LONG IS IT GONNA FRICKIN' TAKE? 297 00:15:34,801 --> 00:15:37,669 SHOULD TAKE ABOUT A DAY, BUT I THINK THE MAMMOTH CHANNEL 298 00:15:37,671 --> 00:15:41,239 HAS ENOUGH GOLD TO MAKE IT WORTH ONE DAY OF DOWNTIME. 299 00:15:41,241 --> 00:15:45,743 GIVE ME ONE MORE SHOT AT THIS. 300 00:15:45,745 --> 00:15:47,445 OKAY, WE'LL TRY YOUR IDEA. 301 00:15:47,447 --> 00:15:51,382 IF IT DOESN'T WORK, I SAY WE FORGET THE MAMMOTH CHANNEL, 302 00:15:51,384 --> 00:15:53,918 JUST FORGET THE WHOLE FRICKIN' THING, EH? 303 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:55,653 I THINK IT'S WORTH IT. 304 00:15:55,655 --> 00:15:57,188 I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT. 305 00:15:58,657 --> 00:16:02,627 FIRST, DAVE AND KEVIN HAVE TO GET ALL OF THE MUD 306 00:16:02,629 --> 00:16:04,862 OUT OF THE HOPPER. 307 00:16:10,336 --> 00:16:11,102 WELL, DAVE, 308 00:16:11,104 --> 00:16:15,306 YOUR FRICKIN' MAMMOTH CHANNEL GOT ME SOME GOOD DIGGING. 309 00:16:18,143 --> 00:16:20,178 CAN'T AVOID IT. 310 00:16:20,180 --> 00:16:22,447 THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE 311 00:16:22,449 --> 00:16:25,350 IS TO LEAVE THIS PAY IN THE CHANNEL, 312 00:16:25,352 --> 00:16:28,987 AND WE WOULDN'T SLUICE IT. 313 00:16:28,989 --> 00:16:32,523 DAVE, JUST SAY IT -- I'M RIGHT, YOU'RE WRONG. 314 00:16:32,525 --> 00:16:33,491 RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE RIGHT, 315 00:16:33,493 --> 00:16:36,394 BUT WHEN WE SLUICE THIS, I'LL BE RIGHT. 316 00:16:36,396 --> 00:16:40,131 IF WE CAN SLUICE IT. 317 00:16:40,133 --> 00:16:41,833 WITH THE HOPPER EMPTY... 318 00:16:41,835 --> 00:16:42,533 -READY? -YEP. 319 00:16:42,535 --> 00:16:46,771 Narrator: ...THEY CAN INSTALL THE PLASTIC LINING. 320 00:16:48,273 --> 00:16:48,906 THANKS, BUDDY. 321 00:16:48,908 --> 00:16:52,310 YOU WANT TO GRAB THAT OTHER PIECE, KEVIN, HAND THEM TO DAVE? 322 00:16:52,312 --> 00:16:54,946 -IS IT THIS ONE? -YEAH. 323 00:16:57,783 --> 00:17:00,585 YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS ARE PRETTY HEAVY, JUAN. 324 00:17:00,587 --> 00:17:03,688 OH, MAN, YEAH. 325 00:17:03,690 --> 00:17:04,756 LOOK HOW SLICK IT IS. 326 00:17:04,758 --> 00:17:09,260 I HOPE THAT MUD WILL HIT THAT AND JUST SLIDE RIGHT DOWN. 327 00:17:09,262 --> 00:17:10,461 IT'S BOLTED IN. 328 00:17:10,463 --> 00:17:14,265 Narrator: KEVIN AND MECHANIC JUAN IBARRA 329 00:17:14,267 --> 00:17:16,067 BOLT DOWN THE PLASTIC. 330 00:17:16,069 --> 00:17:18,169 -CAN YOU SEE THAT? -YEAH. 331 00:17:18,171 --> 00:17:19,737 WANT ME TO SUCK IT DOWN? 332 00:17:19,739 --> 00:17:21,706 ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. 333 00:17:23,142 --> 00:17:25,410 IT'S A LOT OF MATERIAL THAT'S GONNA GET POURED ON TO THIS, 334 00:17:25,412 --> 00:17:28,046 SO WE'RE GONNA PUT A PIECE OF STEEL ON THE VERY TOP 335 00:17:28,048 --> 00:17:31,549 TO KIND OF SAFEGUARD IT FROM GETTING ANY DIRT OR ROCKS 336 00:17:31,551 --> 00:17:32,650 BEHIND THE SHEET. 337 00:17:32,652 --> 00:17:33,551 WATCH YOUR EYES, DAVE. 338 00:17:33,553 --> 00:17:38,222 Narrator: IF DAVE'S PLASTIC FIX DOESN'T WORK, THE HOFFMAN CREW 339 00:17:38,224 --> 00:17:39,090 WILL NEVER FIND OUT 340 00:17:39,092 --> 00:17:43,327 HOW MUCH GOLD IS IN THE MAMMOTH CHANNEL MUD. 341 00:17:43,329 --> 00:17:44,896 YOU'RE GOOD, BUDDY. 342 00:17:44,898 --> 00:17:45,763 Ibarra: IT'S GOT TO WORK. 343 00:17:45,765 --> 00:17:47,365 WE GOT TO BE ABLE TO RUN THAT PAY, SO... 344 00:17:47,367 --> 00:17:50,601 AND WE GOT TO GET BACK UP AND RUNNING AS SOON AS WE CAN. 345 00:17:50,603 --> 00:17:53,838 GO AHEAD AND GET THAT THING DOWN, FIRE THIS THING UP. 346 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:55,473 WE NEED TO RUN. 347 00:18:11,090 --> 00:18:12,123 OKAY, WE'RE BACK GOING. 348 00:18:12,125 --> 00:18:14,325 IT COST US SOME TIME. 349 00:18:14,327 --> 00:18:15,560 I HOPE IT WORKS. 350 00:18:15,562 --> 00:18:17,695 Narrator: IF THE PLASTIC LINING WORKS, 351 00:18:17,697 --> 00:18:21,966 THE CREW WILL BE ABLE TO RUN OVER 50,000 YARDS 352 00:18:21,968 --> 00:18:24,335 OF MAMMOTH CHANNEL PAY DIRT. 353 00:18:30,542 --> 00:18:31,209 IT'S WORKING. 354 00:18:31,211 --> 00:18:33,644 IT ALL JUST SLIDES RIGHT INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE FEEDER, 355 00:18:33,646 --> 00:18:36,280 ONTO THE BELT, AND THROUGH THE PLANT LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO. 356 00:18:36,282 --> 00:18:39,884 SO THOSE PLASTIC PIECES DID THE TRICK. 357 00:18:39,886 --> 00:18:40,551 ANDY, GOOD NEWS. 358 00:18:40,553 --> 00:18:42,854 WE ARE BACK UP AND RUNNING. SEND ME THAT MUD. 359 00:18:42,856 --> 00:18:46,157 IF IT'S GOT PAY, I'LL TAKE THAT MUD. 360 00:18:46,159 --> 00:18:48,025 10-4, KEV. 361 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:51,095 THIS IS THE SOLUTION. IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEEDED. 362 00:18:51,097 --> 00:18:53,831 THAT'S MAMMOTH CHANNEL MUD, WE'LL RUN IT THROUGH THE PLANT. 363 00:18:53,833 --> 00:18:56,334 AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE GOOD GOLD. 364 00:19:14,486 --> 00:19:16,354 Narrator: LAST WEEK, THE TWO MEN 365 00:19:16,356 --> 00:19:22,026 THAT REBUILT THE DREDGE REFUSED TO WORK OVERTIME AND LEFT. 366 00:19:31,970 --> 00:19:33,504 TONY IS IN TROUBLE. 367 00:19:33,506 --> 00:19:38,075 HE BOUGHT HIS OLD GOLD DREDGE FOR $1 MILLION. 368 00:19:38,077 --> 00:19:43,114 BUT SO FAR THIS SEASON, IT'S ONLY PRODUCED 97 OUNCES, 369 00:19:43,116 --> 00:19:47,919 A TENTH OF WHAT TONY NEEDS TO RECOUP HIS INVESTMENT. 370 00:19:59,932 --> 00:20:04,869 THE LAST DREDGE CLEANUP PRODUCED A PATHETIC 11 OUNCES. 371 00:20:04,871 --> 00:20:09,140 TONY AND FOREMAN GENE CHEESEMAN HEAD TO THEIR TAILINGS PILE 372 00:20:09,142 --> 00:20:15,213 TO FIGURE OUT WHY THE DREDGE IS UNDERPERFORMING. 373 00:20:17,816 --> 00:20:19,951 LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE A PIECE. 374 00:20:20,953 --> 00:20:24,555 YEAH, WELL THEY'RE NOT GETTING QUITE SCRUBBED CLEAN ENOUGH. 375 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,394 RIGHT NOW, THE ROCK IS JUST RIDING IN THE BOTTOM 376 00:20:30,396 --> 00:20:33,130 OF THE TROMMEL, NOT ROLLING OVER TO GET CLEAN. 377 00:20:33,132 --> 00:20:35,333 IT'S OBVIOUS. 378 00:20:51,583 --> 00:20:52,717 THAT MAKES SENSE. 379 00:20:52,719 --> 00:20:54,752 THE LOST GOLD ON THE TAILINGS 380 00:20:54,754 --> 00:20:57,688 SHOULD HAVE BEEN COLLECTED IN THE DREDGE. 381 00:20:57,690 --> 00:21:02,226 TONY'S PLAN -- INSTALL A SPRAY BAR 382 00:21:02,228 --> 00:21:04,462 ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE TROMMEL 383 00:21:04,464 --> 00:21:08,966 AND GROUSER BARS TO FLIP ROCKS AS THEY TRAVEL DOWN. 384 00:21:08,968 --> 00:21:13,437 THE COMBINATION SHOULD CLEAN ALL THE GOLD OFF THE TAILINGS 385 00:21:13,439 --> 00:21:18,643 SO THAT IT CAN COLLECT IN THE SLUICES. 386 00:21:18,645 --> 00:21:22,313 MECHANIC MATT BEAUDRY HAS TO BUILD A SPRAY BAR 387 00:21:22,315 --> 00:21:25,916 OUT OF THE MATERIALS THEY HAVE ON SITE. 388 00:21:25,918 --> 00:21:30,388 THESE ARE THE 2-INCH NOZZLES THAT WE'RE GONNA USE HERE. 389 00:21:30,390 --> 00:21:33,791 JUST GOT TO TRACE IT ALL OUT ON THE PIPE, 390 00:21:33,793 --> 00:21:35,826 CUT IT AND WELD 'EM IN. 391 00:21:35,828 --> 00:21:38,596 Narrator: MATT CUTS A 2-INCH HOLE 392 00:21:38,598 --> 00:21:42,533 EVERY 2 FEET DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE PIPE. 393 00:21:42,535 --> 00:21:46,637 THEN HE WELDS ON 12 NOZZLES. 394 00:21:46,639 --> 00:21:51,776 MEANWHILE, GENE MANUFACTURES THE GROUSER BARS. 395 00:21:58,183 --> 00:22:00,818 NOT MANY EASY WAYS TO GET IN THERE. 396 00:22:00,820 --> 00:22:01,619 PRETTY TIGHT. 397 00:22:01,621 --> 00:22:02,820 YOU WANT TO TRY AND COME IN THROUGH THERE? 398 00:22:02,822 --> 00:22:04,689 WELL, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY UP IN THERE, 399 00:22:04,691 --> 00:22:07,758 AND IT'S GONNA BE A [BLEEP] TO GET IT BACK THAT WAY. 400 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,627 THE CREW HITS A ROADBLOCK. 401 00:22:09,629 --> 00:22:14,198 WITH ONLY A 10-FOOT GAP BETWEEN THE STACKER AND THE TROMMEL, 402 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:18,769 THERE'S NO WAY TO GET THEIR NEW 24-FOOT SPRAY BAR 403 00:22:18,771 --> 00:22:20,738 INTO THE DREDGE. 404 00:22:20,740 --> 00:22:23,541 YEAH, IT'S KIND OF LONG, AWKWARD, 405 00:22:23,543 --> 00:22:24,942 AND JUST TAKING A COUPLE OF MINUTES 406 00:22:24,944 --> 00:22:28,612 AND LOOKING AT THINGS HERE, SEEING IF WE CAN MAKE IT WORK. 407 00:22:28,614 --> 00:22:29,046 MIKE. 408 00:22:29,048 --> 00:22:32,450 IF WE USE THE 235 AND WALK RIGHT UP TO THE EDGE HERE 409 00:22:32,452 --> 00:22:35,086 AND PUSH THE THING THROUGH DOWN THE BELT. 410 00:22:35,088 --> 00:22:39,657 OH. YOU FIGURE I'D GET A STRAIGHT ENOUGH SHOT AT IT? 411 00:22:39,659 --> 00:22:41,525 OH, I DON'T SEE WHY NOT. 412 00:22:41,527 --> 00:22:44,929 Narrator: GENE COMES UP WITH A RADICAL PLAN -- 413 00:22:44,931 --> 00:22:46,831 USE THE 235 EXCAVATOR 414 00:22:46,833 --> 00:22:52,002 TO FEED THE SPRAY BAR DOWN THROUGH THE END OF THE STACKER 415 00:22:52,004 --> 00:22:56,440 WHILE MIKE BEAUDRY DIRECTS FROM THE LIFT. 416 00:22:56,442 --> 00:22:58,909 BUT THERE'S A WINDOW IN THE WAY. 417 00:22:58,911 --> 00:23:03,948 CAN YOU JUST TAKE THE PLEXIGLAS OUT, OR IS IT GONNA BREAK? 418 00:23:03,950 --> 00:23:05,683 WELL, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BREAK, 419 00:23:05,685 --> 00:23:06,617 BUT WE CAN GET IT OUT. 420 00:23:06,619 --> 00:23:08,152 IT'S UP TO YOU. JUST THROUGH THE WINDOW. 421 00:23:08,154 --> 00:23:09,153 YEAH, JUST PULL IT OFF THERE. 422 00:23:09,155 --> 00:23:12,390 IF WE CAN'T SALVAGE IT, WE'LL GET ANOTHER PIECE. 423 00:23:22,501 --> 00:23:26,704 HEY, GOOD JOB ON SALVAGING THAT. [ LAUGHS ] 424 00:23:27,806 --> 00:23:32,543 OKAY, GIANT PIPE COMING THROUGH, MONTANA, SO WATCH YOURSELF. 425 00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:37,915 OH [BLEEP] 426 00:23:37,917 --> 00:23:42,453 HEY, MIKE, IS IT HALFWAY IN THERE YET? 427 00:23:42,455 --> 00:23:43,821 IF YOU JUST KEEP WALKING IT, 428 00:23:43,823 --> 00:23:46,257 YOU MIGHT, UH, BE ABLE TO GET CLOSE ENOUGH. 429 00:23:46,259 --> 00:23:48,692 IT'S GONNA GET HARD FOR ME TO GET LOOSE OF IT. 430 00:23:48,694 --> 00:23:50,161 I DON'T HAVE ANY CURL. 431 00:23:50,163 --> 00:23:52,096 THE ARM ON GENE'S EXCAVATOR 432 00:23:52,098 --> 00:23:56,267 ISN'T LONG ENOUGH TO PUSH THE 350-POUND PIPE 433 00:23:56,269 --> 00:23:58,102 ALL OF THE WAY INTO THE STACKER. 434 00:23:58,104 --> 00:24:00,171 AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THE CHAIN LOOSE, 435 00:24:00,173 --> 00:24:02,873 WE NEED TO GET IT LOOSE. 436 00:24:02,875 --> 00:24:04,675 YOU GUYS ARE OVER CENTER NOW. 437 00:24:04,677 --> 00:24:07,645 HEY, KEEP GOING DOWN, GENE. 438 00:24:07,647 --> 00:24:08,712 PERFECT. 439 00:24:08,714 --> 00:24:10,648 UNDO THE CHAIN, MIKE. 440 00:24:13,185 --> 00:24:15,619 OKAY. RIGHT NOW IT'S ON MY KNEE. 441 00:24:15,621 --> 00:24:17,455 MONTANA, PULL. 442 00:24:17,457 --> 00:24:19,690 OH, THAT'S PRETTY NICE. 443 00:24:19,692 --> 00:24:21,158 Cheeseman: YEAH, EVERYTHING WENT PRETTY GOOD. 444 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,260 NOW WE JUST GOT TO GET THE THING DOWN THE CONVEYOR 445 00:24:23,262 --> 00:24:24,628 AND INTO THE TROMMEL. 446 00:24:24,630 --> 00:24:25,830 LET'S GO. 447 00:24:29,367 --> 00:24:31,101 ONE, TWO, THREE... 448 00:24:31,103 --> 00:24:31,902 Narrator: IN THE TROMMEL, 449 00:24:31,904 --> 00:24:38,742 GENE WINCHES THE SPRAY BAR INTO PLACE USING A COME-ALONG. 450 00:24:38,744 --> 00:24:39,677 ONE MORE, GENE? 451 00:24:39,679 --> 00:24:42,680 ONE MORE CLICK? GOOD? 452 00:24:42,682 --> 00:24:43,848 YEP. 453 00:24:46,852 --> 00:24:50,087 -YEAH, THAT'S PERFECT. -WATCH YOUR EYES. 454 00:24:50,089 --> 00:24:57,595 Narrator: THEN KEVIN BEETS WELDS THE SIX GROUSER BARS INTO PLACE. 455 00:24:57,597 --> 00:25:00,664 TONY'S CHANCES OF PAYING OFF THE DREDGE 456 00:25:00,666 --> 00:25:04,602 DEPEND ON GETTING THIS FIX TO WORK. 457 00:25:04,604 --> 00:25:08,706 IT'LL HAVE TO [BLEEP] WORK. IT'LL HAVE TO [BLEEP] DO. 458 00:25:14,513 --> 00:25:15,813 Narrator: FIVE MILES EAST, 459 00:25:15,815 --> 00:25:18,883 PARKER AND RICK ARE OPENING UP THEIR BIGGEST CUT 460 00:25:18,885 --> 00:25:24,655 EVER IN AN ATTEMPT TO BEAT TODD HOFFMAN THIS SEASON. 461 00:25:24,657 --> 00:25:27,291 Ness: WITH THE RESOURCES AND MACHINES AND THE PEOPLE 462 00:25:27,293 --> 00:25:28,092 THAT TODD HAS, I MEAN, 463 00:25:28,094 --> 00:25:29,627 HE SHOULD BE BLOWING US OUT OF THE WATER. 464 00:25:29,629 --> 00:25:32,796 SO I DO THINK IT WOULD BE FUNNY IF WE DID BEAT HIM. 465 00:25:32,798 --> 00:25:35,599 I MEAN, HOW FRUSTRATING WOULD THAT BE FOR HIM, 466 00:25:35,601 --> 00:25:36,734 YOU KNOW, LIKE, GOD. 467 00:25:36,736 --> 00:25:39,069 HE'D BE HAVING NIGHTMARES ABOUT IT ALL WINTER. 468 00:25:39,071 --> 00:25:40,337 Narrator: TO BEAT THE HOFFMANS, 469 00:25:40,339 --> 00:25:45,242 PARKER WILL HAVE TO PUSH HIS CREW TO THE LIMIT. 470 00:25:45,244 --> 00:25:46,310 IS HE GOOD TO GO? 471 00:25:46,312 --> 00:25:48,913 -YEAH. -GO AHEAD. 472 00:25:48,915 --> 00:25:51,582 Parker: OH, I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP THE TRUCKS MOVING. 473 00:25:51,584 --> 00:25:55,553 'CAUSE YOU GOT FIVE TRUCKS MAKING 120 ROUNDS, 474 00:25:55,555 --> 00:25:56,820 THAT'S, UH, 100 MINUTES. 475 00:25:56,822 --> 00:25:59,056 SO IF WE FIND A WAY TO SAVE 10 SECONDS A ROUND, 476 00:25:59,058 --> 00:26:01,992 THAT'S OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF IN A DAY. 477 00:26:01,994 --> 00:26:07,598 SO THE KEY TO DEALING WITH MUD IS JUST KEEP IT MOVING. 478 00:26:08,533 --> 00:26:10,801 Ness: WE'RE OPENING A LOT OF NEW GROUND. 479 00:26:10,803 --> 00:26:12,603 EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 480 00:26:12,605 --> 00:26:14,738 IT'S LIKE A WELL-OILED MACHINE RIGHT NOW. 481 00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:17,975 I'M PRETTY PROUD OF IT. 482 00:26:17,977 --> 00:26:21,845 YEP, THAT'S PAY DIRT. YES! 483 00:26:21,847 --> 00:26:22,680 HEY, PARKER, UH, 484 00:26:22,682 --> 00:26:24,815 WE'RE DOWN TO PAY DIRT IN THE BOUNDARY CUT, BUDDY. 485 00:26:24,817 --> 00:26:26,650 Parker: RIGHT ON! 486 00:26:27,118 --> 00:26:32,590 Narrator: BUT BEFORE PARKER CAN MAKE IT OVER TO HIS MASSIVE NEW CUT... 487 00:26:32,592 --> 00:26:34,525 THE RAIN'S COMING DOWN REALLY HARD. 488 00:26:34,527 --> 00:26:35,693 AND I'M LOOKING AT THE MOUNTAINS. 489 00:26:35,695 --> 00:26:36,694 THERE AIN'T NO END IN SIGHT YET. 490 00:26:36,696 --> 00:26:39,396 THE WATER LEVELS HAVE BEEN WAY DOWN IN THE CREEKS AND STUFF, 491 00:26:39,398 --> 00:26:43,000 BUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD BRING IT UP IN A HURRY. 492 00:26:50,508 --> 00:26:52,543 OH, MY GOODNESS. 493 00:26:52,545 --> 00:26:57,481 OUR WHOLE CUT'S FLOODED, THE WHOLE THING. 494 00:26:58,350 --> 00:26:59,583 Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING, 495 00:26:59,585 --> 00:27:06,023 THE BOUNDARY CUT IS UNDER 6 FEET OF WATER. 496 00:27:06,025 --> 00:27:08,459 HOW THE [BLEEP] IS THERE A LAKE IN OUR CUT? 497 00:27:08,461 --> 00:27:09,460 YEAH, I DON'T KNOW, BUDDY. 498 00:27:09,462 --> 00:27:13,397 SOMETHING, UH -- SOMETHING WENT AWRY LAST NIGHT. 499 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,202 THAT RAIN CAME UP THAT MUCH? 500 00:27:18,204 --> 00:27:20,437 -WAIT, IS THAT -- THAT'S -- -SEE THAT? 501 00:27:20,439 --> 00:27:22,072 THAT'S WHERE IT CAME THROUGH, HUH? 502 00:27:22,074 --> 00:27:22,573 YOU BET. 503 00:27:22,575 --> 00:27:24,541 HOW THE [BLEEP] DID IT COME THROUGH THERE? 504 00:27:24,543 --> 00:27:25,509 IT JUST BLEW THROUGH. 505 00:27:25,511 --> 00:27:28,245 I BET I KNOW WHAT IT WAS, TOO, 'CAUSE WE HAD A [BLEEP] 506 00:27:28,247 --> 00:27:29,647 THERE WAS A BUNCH OF ICE THERE, 507 00:27:29,649 --> 00:27:31,281 AND WE PILED DIRT ON TOP OF ICE. 508 00:27:31,283 --> 00:27:34,051 -AND IT MELTED. -THAT WATER ATE THE ICE AWAY. 509 00:27:34,053 --> 00:27:36,353 THERE'S OUR CULPRIT, I'M THINKING. 510 00:27:36,355 --> 00:27:39,456 Narrator: HEAVY RAINS THAWED OUT THE PERMAFROST DAM 511 00:27:39,458 --> 00:27:42,226 THAT WAS HOLDING BACK A SMALL CREEK. 512 00:27:42,228 --> 00:27:45,562 MILLIONS OF GALLONS POURED INTO THEIR NEW CUT 513 00:27:45,564 --> 00:27:48,432 AND COULD WASH AWAY GOLD IN THE PAY DIRT. 514 00:27:48,434 --> 00:27:49,700 YEAH, NO. I MEAN, THIS IS [BLEEP] 515 00:27:49,702 --> 00:27:52,336 I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA HAVE THE CREW DO TODAY. 516 00:27:52,338 --> 00:27:54,638 NOTHING WE CAN DO IN A [BLEEP] LAKE. 517 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:56,306 I MEAN, UNLESS THEY WANT TO PUT FLOATIES ON 518 00:27:56,308 --> 00:27:59,309 AND GO [BLEEP] SWIMMING. 519 00:27:59,311 --> 00:28:01,812 [BLEEP] DAMN IT. 520 00:28:16,928 --> 00:28:19,697 AH, WE'RE JUST FINISHING UP THIS SPRAY BAR HERE. 521 00:28:19,699 --> 00:28:22,299 BAFFLES ARE DONE. 522 00:28:24,636 --> 00:28:29,840 Narrator: TONY'S DREDGE HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN FOR ONE FULL DAY 523 00:28:29,842 --> 00:28:34,945 WHILE THE CREW MADE CRITICAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE TROMMEL. 524 00:28:34,947 --> 00:28:38,182 WE'LL SEE HOW SHE WORKS WHEN WE FIRE UP. 525 00:28:39,818 --> 00:28:42,019 FIRE IT UP. 526 00:28:42,754 --> 00:28:48,859 FIRST, THEY RUN THE WATER TO SEE IF THEIR NEW SPRAY BAR WORKS. 527 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:56,500 YEAH, IT DOES. 528 00:28:56,502 --> 00:28:59,503 AS LONG AS WE'RE GETTING THE ROCKS CLEAN, YOU KNOW? 529 00:29:02,507 --> 00:29:09,980 NEXT, GENE RUNS PAY DIRT TO SEE IF THE GROUSERS FLIP ROCKS. 530 00:29:23,995 --> 00:29:27,397 YEAH, IT'S KNOCKED ALL THE SHARP EDGES OFF. 531 00:29:32,937 --> 00:29:36,740 YEAH, THIS LOOKS PRETTY GOOD TO ME. 532 00:29:36,742 --> 00:29:38,142 THE COMBINATION OF SPRAY BAR 533 00:29:38,144 --> 00:29:44,381 AND GROUSERS SHOULD PREVENT GOLD FROM ENDING UP IN THE TAILINGS. 534 00:29:44,383 --> 00:29:46,550 TONY NOW HAS A FIGHTING CHANCE 535 00:29:46,552 --> 00:29:50,187 TO RECOUP HIS $1 MILLION INVESTMENT. 536 00:29:59,631 --> 00:30:00,764 YEP. 537 00:30:09,808 --> 00:30:10,941 WE ARE SCREWED. 538 00:30:10,943 --> 00:30:14,912 PARKER SCHNABEL HAS OPENED UP THE BOUNDARY CUT, 539 00:30:14,914 --> 00:30:17,781 THE BIGGEST CUT OF HIS CAREER. 540 00:30:17,783 --> 00:30:19,883 AND NOW IT'S FLOODED. 541 00:30:19,885 --> 00:30:24,288 BOUNDARY CUT IS A GIANT LAKE. YOU KNOW, BREACHED BY WATER. 542 00:30:24,290 --> 00:30:25,055 IT'S JUST A MESS. 543 00:30:25,057 --> 00:30:26,290 WE NEED TO BE RUNNING THIS RIGHT NOW. 544 00:30:26,292 --> 00:30:27,791 I MEAN, THIS IS THE GROUND WE HAVE TO WORK WITH, 545 00:30:27,793 --> 00:30:31,195 SO IF WE CAN'T GET THIS UNDER CONTROL, I DON'T KNOW. 546 00:30:31,197 --> 00:30:32,129 WE'RE SCREWED. 547 00:30:32,131 --> 00:30:38,368 Narrator: PARKER'S CHANCES OF BEATING TODD ARE SINKING FAST. 548 00:30:38,370 --> 00:30:40,804 WHAT A [BLEEP] MESS. 549 00:30:51,449 --> 00:30:53,851 I MEAN, WE'RE NOT HAULING ANY PAY OF HERE TODAY. 550 00:30:53,853 --> 00:30:55,252 WE GOT TO GET THIS LICKED HERE 551 00:30:55,254 --> 00:30:57,387 IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO OR ELSE, UH... 552 00:30:57,389 --> 00:30:59,423 OR, YEAH, WE'RE AT A STANDSTILL, SO... 553 00:30:59,425 --> 00:31:00,557 WE'RE AT A STANDSTILL. 554 00:31:00,559 --> 00:31:02,693 THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE SETTING A PUMP IN HERE 555 00:31:02,695 --> 00:31:03,527 TO PUMP THIS OUT. 556 00:31:03,529 --> 00:31:04,528 THE PUMP WOULD TAKE TOO LONG. 557 00:31:04,530 --> 00:31:06,029 WE'VE GOT TO FIND A DIFFERENT WAY TO DRAIN IT. 558 00:31:06,031 --> 00:31:09,166 YOU BET. I'LL JUST CUT A BIG DITCH, 559 00:31:09,168 --> 00:31:12,603 A GOOD-SIZED DITCH, AND SHE'LL -- 560 00:31:12,605 --> 00:31:16,607 SHE'LL DROP FAST ONCE I GET THAT WATER FLOWING. 561 00:31:16,609 --> 00:31:18,976 Narrator: RICK AND WILLIE DUCHESNE 562 00:31:18,978 --> 00:31:21,311 DIG A 400-FOOT-LONG DRAINAGE DITCH 563 00:31:21,313 --> 00:31:24,882 TO REMOVE THE WATER FROM THE FLOODED CUT. 564 00:31:24,884 --> 00:31:28,385 Duchesne: OUR SEASON'S DEPENDING ON THIS RIGHT NOW. 565 00:31:28,387 --> 00:31:30,187 WE CAN'T LET THIS WATER BEAT US. 566 00:31:30,189 --> 00:31:33,557 IF WE DON'T HAVE OUR DIRT OUT OF THIS BOUNDARY CUT, 567 00:31:33,559 --> 00:31:38,262 WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST GO HOME, 'CAUSE IT'S... 568 00:31:38,264 --> 00:31:41,198 SEASON WILL BE OVER. 569 00:31:46,437 --> 00:31:47,704 Ness: ONE FLOOD IN THE BOUNDARY CUT 570 00:31:47,706 --> 00:31:48,939 IS TOO MANY, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. 571 00:31:48,941 --> 00:31:52,509 SO ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO TO DIG THIS DRAIN DOWN TODAY, 572 00:31:52,511 --> 00:31:55,312 JUST TO GET THE WATER EVEN LOWER, I'M GONNA DO IT, 573 00:31:55,314 --> 00:31:57,414 BECAUSE NOW THAT WE'VE GOT IT DOWN TO PAY DIRT, 574 00:31:57,416 --> 00:32:00,884 I DON'T WANT TO BE LOSING GOLD JUST BECAUSE OF WATER. 575 00:32:11,296 --> 00:32:14,498 THAT'S IT. GOLD, BABY. 576 00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:18,035 Narrator: AFTER 3 HOURS OF DIGGING... 577 00:32:18,037 --> 00:32:20,337 RIGHT ON. SHE'S COMING. 578 00:32:20,339 --> 00:32:22,839 SHE'S COMING. THE WATER'S FLOWING. 579 00:32:22,841 --> 00:32:27,110 WE CAN GET BACK IN THERE AND START MINING. 580 00:32:27,112 --> 00:32:30,314 ...RICK AND WILLIE SAVE THE BOUNDARY CUT. 581 00:32:30,316 --> 00:32:32,816 LOOK AT THAT. RIGHT ON. 582 00:32:32,818 --> 00:32:36,954 THIS IS AWESOME. I LOVE SEEING THIS. 583 00:32:47,165 --> 00:32:47,698 UH, YEP. 584 00:32:47,700 --> 00:32:51,368 AT THE DREDGE, KEVIN BEETS AND JASON FOLSTER 585 00:32:51,370 --> 00:32:55,105 ARRIVE FOR THEIR LAST SHIFT OF THE WEEK. 586 00:32:55,107 --> 00:32:59,543 UNEXPECTED NIGHT SHIFT. NOT OVERLY HAPPY ABOUT IT. 587 00:32:59,545 --> 00:33:02,679 HIT THE, UH, 20 AND THE 60. 588 00:33:02,681 --> 00:33:05,782 OKAY, EVERYTHING'S ON. 589 00:33:05,784 --> 00:33:07,184 Narrator: LOSING MIKE AND JERRY 590 00:33:07,186 --> 00:33:10,887 HAS PILED THE PRESSURE ON THE REMAINING CREW. 591 00:33:10,889 --> 00:33:13,123 CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS ONE TO BE OVER. 592 00:33:13,125 --> 00:33:14,257 AH [BLEEP] 593 00:33:14,259 --> 00:33:18,996 AND FOR ONCE, EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY. 594 00:33:23,501 --> 00:33:26,737 IT'S TIME FOR THE WEEKLY CLEANUP. 595 00:33:30,341 --> 00:33:31,441 WOW. 596 00:33:32,844 --> 00:33:35,512 HONESTLY, DIDN'T LOOK. 597 00:33:38,249 --> 00:33:42,285 -OH, I KNOW THAT'S THERE. -SHAKE IT OUT AND PUT IT BACK. 598 00:33:49,660 --> 00:33:51,294 Narrator: BY 6:00 P.M... 599 00:33:51,296 --> 00:33:52,129 OH, THAT LOOKS PROMISING. 600 00:33:52,131 --> 00:33:56,600 ...TONY HAS SEPARATED THE GOLD FROM THE CONCENTRATE. 601 00:33:58,069 --> 00:33:59,669 AH, SHE GOES, SHE GOES. 602 00:33:59,904 --> 00:34:03,974 THEIR LAST CLEANUP PRODUCED JUST 11 OUNCES, 603 00:34:03,976 --> 00:34:06,810 WORTH ABOUT $12,000. 604 00:34:07,678 --> 00:34:11,448 IF THE DREDGE IS GOING TO PAY FOR ITSELF THIS SEASON... 605 00:34:11,450 --> 00:34:12,649 20, 30... 606 00:34:12,651 --> 00:34:16,887 ...TONY NEEDS AT LEAST 50 OUNCES A WEEK. 607 00:34:16,889 --> 00:34:18,655 40, 50... 608 00:34:18,657 --> 00:34:25,128 80, 90, 100... 609 00:34:25,130 --> 00:34:29,366 110, 120... 610 00:34:29,368 --> 00:34:33,870 130... 611 00:34:33,872 --> 00:34:36,606 132.85. 612 00:34:41,646 --> 00:34:44,781 HELL OF A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT WE DID LAST TIME. 613 00:34:45,550 --> 00:34:46,883 IT'S AWESOME. 614 00:34:47,585 --> 00:34:53,757 Narrator: 132 OUNCES IS WORTH OVER $140,000, 615 00:34:53,759 --> 00:34:57,194 TONY'S BIGGEST GOLD HAUL YET ON THE DREDGE. 616 00:34:57,196 --> 00:34:58,495 Cheeseman: I'M PRETTY IMPRESSED WITH THIS. 617 00:34:58,497 --> 00:34:59,896 PRETTY DAMN GOOD, I THINK. YOU KNOW, THERE'S -- 618 00:34:59,898 --> 00:35:01,364 THERE'S ALWAYS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, 619 00:35:01,366 --> 00:35:03,233 BUT WE'RE LEARNING HOW TO RUN THE DAMN THING. 620 00:35:03,235 --> 00:35:06,002 WE'LL GET IT FIGURED OUT AND MAKE IT AS EFFICIENT 621 00:35:06,004 --> 00:35:07,370 AS WE CAN MAKE IT. 622 00:35:16,848 --> 00:35:23,753 TONY'S SEASON TOTAL SITS AT 230 OUNCES, OR $250,000. 623 00:35:23,755 --> 00:35:27,491 HE'S ONLY A QUARTER OF THE WAY TO $1 MILLION, 624 00:35:27,493 --> 00:35:31,128 BUT THE DREDGE IS FINALLY DIALED IN. 625 00:36:07,999 --> 00:36:12,002 Narrator: DAWN AT SCRIBNER CREEK. 626 00:36:12,004 --> 00:36:14,604 BEFORE HE GETS TO WORK IN THE BOUNDARY CUT, 627 00:36:14,606 --> 00:36:20,177 AN EXHAUSTED RICK NESS OBSERVES HIS DAILY RITUAL. 628 00:36:20,179 --> 00:36:23,180 YEAH, STARTING THE DAY OFF WITH ONE CUP OF COFFEE. 629 00:36:23,182 --> 00:36:27,017 I DON'T REQUIRE MUCH, JUST ONE CUP. 630 00:36:28,586 --> 00:36:31,254 ONE MODERATE CUP. 631 00:36:45,970 --> 00:36:46,803 Parker: YEAH, I MEAN, 632 00:36:46,805 --> 00:36:48,872 THE ONLY WAY WE CAN BEAT TODD AND HAVE A BIGGER SEASON 633 00:36:48,874 --> 00:36:52,175 THAN WE DID LAST YEAR IS TO SPEND MORE MONEY AND -- 634 00:36:52,177 --> 00:36:53,343 AND SCALE UP OUR OPERATION. 635 00:36:53,345 --> 00:36:56,246 SO, RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST GOING TO SELL SOME GOLD. 636 00:36:56,248 --> 00:37:01,651 WE'RE GEARING UP BIG-TIME, AND, UM, AND THE FIGHT'S ON. 637 00:37:01,653 --> 00:37:05,889 Narrator: TO HAVE ANY HOPE OF BEATING TODD HOFFMAN THIS SEASON, 638 00:37:05,891 --> 00:37:12,662 PARKER NEEDS CASH TO DOUBLE DOWN ON FUEL AND MAN-HOURS. 639 00:37:12,664 --> 00:37:14,631 HE TAKES A DRASTIC STEP, 640 00:37:14,633 --> 00:37:17,367 CASHING IN HALF THIS YEAR'S GOLD TAKE. 641 00:37:17,369 --> 00:37:20,437 WE GOT SOME GOLD TO SELL. 300 OUNCES. 642 00:37:20,439 --> 00:37:21,471 300 OUNCES? OKAY. 643 00:37:21,473 --> 00:37:23,540 WE'LL GET THAT GOING THEN. 644 00:37:25,109 --> 00:37:30,480 FIRST, THE GOLD IS HEATED TO AROUND 2,000 DEGREES. 645 00:37:30,482 --> 00:37:31,815 LOOKS PRETTY HOT. 646 00:37:31,817 --> 00:37:32,315 YEAH. 647 00:37:32,317 --> 00:37:35,685 HATE TO SCREW UP AND GRAB THAT. 648 00:37:40,825 --> 00:37:41,958 WHEN THE GOLD HAS COOLED, 649 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:46,529 THE BLACK IMPURITIES, KNOWN AS SLAG, ARE BEATEN OFF. 650 00:37:46,531 --> 00:37:49,799 IT'S A LITTLE BARBARIC. [ CHUCKLES ] 651 00:37:49,801 --> 00:37:51,935 IT'S LIKE WATCHING SOMEBODY SHOOT AT YOUR HOUSE 652 00:37:51,937 --> 00:37:53,370 WITH A SHOTGUN. 653 00:37:53,372 --> 00:37:54,170 HERE YOU GO, PARKER. 654 00:37:54,172 --> 00:37:57,207 ALL RIGHT, WOW. LOOK AT THOSE THINGS. 655 00:37:57,209 --> 00:37:58,541 PRETTY COOL BARS. 656 00:37:58,543 --> 00:37:59,676 THEY LOOK NICE. 657 00:37:59,678 --> 00:38:02,779 TWO 150-OUNCE BARS. 658 00:38:02,781 --> 00:38:03,747 LET'S SELL 'EM. 659 00:38:03,749 --> 00:38:04,648 YEAH, SURE. 660 00:38:04,650 --> 00:38:06,416 PERFECT. 661 00:38:06,418 --> 00:38:10,720 SO IT COMES OUT TO 300 OUNCES, WHICH IS ABOUT 345 GRAND. 662 00:38:10,722 --> 00:38:12,656 SO, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA SPEND IT ON? 663 00:38:12,658 --> 00:38:13,290 -FUEL. -FUEL? 664 00:38:13,292 --> 00:38:20,063 Narrator: SELLING HIS GOLD GIVES PARKER A WAR CHEST OF $345,000 665 00:38:20,065 --> 00:38:23,099 TO FORGE AHEAD IN THE BOUNDARY CUT... 666 00:38:23,101 --> 00:38:24,968 -THANKS FOR KEEPING US GOING. -YEP. 667 00:38:24,970 --> 00:38:26,202 -APPRECIATE IT. -YEP, NO PROBLEM. 668 00:38:26,204 --> 00:38:29,339 Narrator: ...AND, HE HOPES, TAKE ON THE HOFFMANS. 669 00:38:29,341 --> 00:38:31,107 I'M NOT ABOUT TO GET BEAT BY TODD, 670 00:38:31,109 --> 00:38:32,208 SO DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO, I GUESS. 671 00:38:32,210 --> 00:38:37,180 PUT MONEY IN THE BANK AND KEEP THE OPERATION GOING. 672 00:38:37,182 --> 00:38:44,087 SO GO WRITE A FEW CHECKS AND GET BACK TO WORK. 673 00:38:51,228 --> 00:38:52,962 Narrator: SUNDAY MORNING. 674 00:38:52,964 --> 00:38:53,563 THE HOFFMAN CREW 675 00:38:53,565 --> 00:38:56,900 HAS RUN ALL OF THEIR MAMMOTH CHANNEL PAY DIRT. 676 00:38:56,902 --> 00:39:00,136 AND THEY'RE FINALLY READY FOR A CLEANUP. 677 00:39:00,138 --> 00:39:01,137 LET'S GO. 678 00:39:01,139 --> 00:39:05,075 TO HIT THEIR 2,700-OUNCE SEASON GOAL, 679 00:39:05,077 --> 00:39:08,878 THEY HAVE TO GET 200 OUNCES A WEEK. 680 00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:10,313 IT LOOKS GOOD. 681 00:39:10,315 --> 00:39:13,783 BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOOD ENOUGH. 682 00:39:13,785 --> 00:39:15,418 I DON'T THINK CLEANUP WILL BE 200. 683 00:39:15,420 --> 00:39:16,920 AND THEN I GOT TO FACE TODD. 684 00:39:16,922 --> 00:39:18,988 DAVE'S NECK IS ON THE LINE. 685 00:39:18,990 --> 00:39:22,592 DESPITE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE THICK BLACK MUD, 686 00:39:22,594 --> 00:39:26,730 HE INSISTED THEY RUN ALL OF THE MAMMOTH CHANNEL PAY DIRT 687 00:39:26,732 --> 00:39:30,700 ON THE HUNCH THAT WHERE YOU FIND A MAMMOTH, 688 00:39:30,702 --> 00:39:33,069 YOU'LL FIND BIG GOLD. 689 00:39:33,071 --> 00:39:36,306 YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRETTY GUTSY MOVE, 690 00:39:36,308 --> 00:39:38,475 'CAUSE IT'S NOT JUST DAVE, 691 00:39:38,477 --> 00:39:40,710 IT'S EVERYONE'S EFFORT. 692 00:39:40,712 --> 00:39:41,077 YEAH. 693 00:39:41,079 --> 00:39:45,281 ALL OF US PAY WHEN YOU MAKE A MISTAKE. 694 00:39:46,817 --> 00:39:48,718 DO I THINK HE MADE A MISTAKE? 695 00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:52,622 EH, YOU KNOW, NEVER KNOW. 696 00:39:53,324 --> 00:39:55,592 I GOT A HUNCH HE'S RIGHT. 697 00:39:55,594 --> 00:39:58,361 AND IF, UH, IF THAT HUNCH PROVES OUT, 698 00:39:58,363 --> 00:40:00,196 EVERYBODY WILL PAT HIM ON THE BACK, 699 00:40:00,198 --> 00:40:01,698 AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL GO AWAY HAPPY. 700 00:40:01,700 --> 00:40:04,033 IF NOT, THEY'LL KICK HIM IN THE NUTS. 701 00:40:04,035 --> 00:40:04,601 [ LAUGHS ] 702 00:40:04,603 --> 00:40:08,104 THE MINERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WAIT IN THE COOK SHACK 703 00:40:08,106 --> 00:40:10,974 TO FIND OUT IF DAVE WAS RIGHT 704 00:40:10,976 --> 00:40:15,445 OR IF THEY WASTED THE ENTIRE WEEK. 705 00:40:18,883 --> 00:40:21,017 HEY, GUYS. 706 00:40:21,019 --> 00:40:24,921 LISTEN UP, I KNOW -- I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A CRAPPY WEEK 707 00:40:24,923 --> 00:40:25,955 AND EVERYTHING. 708 00:40:25,957 --> 00:40:30,593 AND EVERYTHING'S REALLY BEEN TOUGH, BUT, WELL... 709 00:40:30,595 --> 00:40:31,728 WHAT IS IT? 710 00:40:31,730 --> 00:40:32,796 IT'S GOOD. 711 00:40:32,798 --> 00:40:34,130 HOW GOOD? 712 00:40:34,132 --> 00:40:35,298 LISTEN. 713 00:40:35,300 --> 00:40:36,533 -WHOA! -OH, MY GOD. 714 00:40:36,535 --> 00:40:39,169 -FREAKING KIDDING ME. -LOOK AT THAT. 715 00:40:39,171 --> 00:40:41,271 OH, MY GOODNESS! WHOA! 716 00:40:41,273 --> 00:40:43,473 HOW MUCH IS IT, JACK? 717 00:40:43,475 --> 00:40:46,543 236 OUNCES. 718 00:40:46,545 --> 00:40:49,112 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 719 00:40:49,114 --> 00:40:51,815 [ LAUGHS ] GOD. 720 00:40:51,817 --> 00:40:54,017 NICE. 721 00:40:54,019 --> 00:40:56,753 GUYS, YOU KNOW WHAT? 722 00:40:56,755 --> 00:40:58,388 THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CLEANUP 723 00:40:58,390 --> 00:41:01,524 WE'VE EVER DONE AS A TEAM, EVER. 724 00:41:01,526 --> 00:41:03,026 236. 725 00:41:03,028 --> 00:41:04,828 OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION BUCKS 726 00:41:04,830 --> 00:41:06,830 CAME OUT OF THE MAMMOTH CHANNEL, 727 00:41:06,832 --> 00:41:08,665 AND GUESS WHAT? 728 00:41:08,667 --> 00:41:12,168 2,700 OUNCES, GUYS, HERE WE COME. 729 00:41:12,170 --> 00:41:14,804 I FEEL SOMEWHAT VINDICATED, YOU KNOW? 730 00:41:14,806 --> 00:41:17,040 -YOU WERE RIGHT, DAVE. -LOOK AT THAT. 731 00:41:17,042 --> 00:41:19,576 IT'S AMAZING. 732 00:41:19,578 --> 00:41:20,043 NICE. 733 00:41:20,045 --> 00:41:22,312 Jack: WELL, IF IT'S A MOUNTAIN THAT'S IN FRONT OF US, 734 00:41:22,314 --> 00:41:23,746 LET'S JUST GO TEAR IT DOWN. 735 00:41:23,748 --> 00:41:25,415 Narrator: HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON, 736 00:41:25,417 --> 00:41:30,753 THE HOFFMAN CREW HAS PRODUCED ALMOST 1,000 OUNCES OF GOLD... 737 00:41:30,755 --> 00:41:32,021 I'D LIKE TO PRAY FOR US. 738 00:41:32,023 --> 00:41:33,089 LET'S PRAY, GUYS. 739 00:41:33,091 --> 00:41:35,525 ...WORTH OVER $1 MILLION. 740 00:41:35,527 --> 00:41:37,160 LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GOLD. 741 00:41:37,162 --> 00:41:42,298 AND WE THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT IN THE GROUND JUST FOR US. AMEN. 742 00:41:42,300 --> 00:41:42,966 -AMEN. -AMEN. 743 00:41:42,968 --> 00:41:46,236 Narrator: THE HOFFMANS ARE ALREADY CLOSING IN 744 00:41:46,238 --> 00:41:48,771 ON THEIR GOLD TOTAL FROM LAST YEAR, 745 00:41:48,773 --> 00:41:52,942 WELL ON THEIR WAY TO A 2,700-OUNCE SEASON. 746 00:41:52,944 --> 00:41:55,478 I THINK THE SKY'S THE LIMIT, I REALLY DO. 747 00:41:55,480 --> 00:42:00,950 YOU KNOW, THE OLD-TIMERS SAID WHERE YOU FIND MAMMOTH TUSKS, 748 00:42:00,952 --> 00:42:02,185 YOU FIND BIG GOLD. 749 00:42:02,187 --> 00:42:05,054 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY WERE RIGHT. 750 00:42:05,956 --> 00:42:06,823 Turin: YEAH! 751 00:42:06,825 --> 00:42:07,991 Narrator: ON THE NEXT "GOLD RUSH"... 752 00:42:07,993 --> 00:42:10,960 YEAH! WE'RE AT THE END OF THE SUPER CUT, BOYS. 753 00:42:10,962 --> 00:42:12,929 WAY BELOW WHERE YOU WANT TO BE. 754 00:42:12,931 --> 00:42:16,165 IF YOU DON'T EXTEND IT, YOU DON'T MAKE YOUR GOAL. 755 00:42:16,867 --> 00:42:19,836 Man: MAN, I THINK YOU'RE TAKING A HECK OF A RISK. 756 00:42:19,838 --> 00:42:20,770 I'M NERVOUS ABOUT THIS, TOO. 757 00:42:20,772 --> 00:42:23,106 Man: GOT TO ADMIT -- WHEN THE KID TAKES A CHANCE, 758 00:42:23,108 --> 00:42:24,707 HE DOESN'T GO SMALL. 759 00:42:25,242 --> 00:42:28,244 HEY, WE GOT NO WATER! 760 00:42:28,246 --> 00:42:29,112 HOLY [BLEEP] 761 00:42:29,114 --> 00:42:31,281 HEY, THAT'S PRETTY [BLEEP] 762 00:42:31,283 --> 00:42:33,516 NOW WHAT THE [BLEEP] WE GONNA DO?