1 00:00:02,667 --> 00:00:04,733 Narrator: ON THIS "GOLD RUSH"... 2 00:00:06,900 --> 00:00:08,633 I THINK IT'S TIME TO TRY AND PUSH IT A LITTLE MORE. 3 00:00:08,667 --> 00:00:10,900 THIS OLD MACHINE WASN'T DESIGNED TO RUN THAT FAST. 4 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:15,967 IT'S BUSTED! 5 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:22,167 WE'RE NEVER GONNA HAVE A WASH PLANT THIS CLOSE 6 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:23,600 TO FANTASY LAND AGAIN. 7 00:00:23,633 --> 00:00:24,800 HOLY [BLEEP] 8 00:00:24,833 --> 00:00:26,533 I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE THIS DESTROYED. 9 00:00:26,567 --> 00:00:28,033 I DON'T GIVE A [BLEEP] 10 00:00:28,067 --> 00:00:29,900 AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, YOU CAN BOTH GO HOME. 11 00:00:32,433 --> 00:00:34,667 TURN THE FEEDER OFF! 12 00:00:34,700 --> 00:00:37,067 HOLY FRICK! 13 00:00:37,100 --> 00:00:38,833 Todd: WE'RE GONNA BEAT PARKER THIS YEAR. 14 00:00:38,867 --> 00:00:40,300 [ ALL CHEERING ] 15 00:00:40,333 --> 00:00:43,967 WE'RE LOOKING AT SELLING THIS PROPERTY. 16 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,067 ONE OF THE POTENTIAL BUYERS... 17 00:00:47,100 --> 00:00:48,767 IS PARKER. 18 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,567 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 19 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,567 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 20 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:01,700 * 21 00:01:22,667 --> 00:01:26,833 WE'VE FOUND A LOT OF GOLD HERE, AND THAT'S BEEN GOOD. 22 00:01:26,867 --> 00:01:29,633 NOW IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON. 23 00:01:32,433 --> 00:01:35,300 Narrator: AT SCRIBNER CREEK, PARKER SCHNABEL MINES 24 00:01:35,333 --> 00:01:38,833 THE LAST OF THE PAY DIRT IN THE BOUNDARY CUT. 25 00:01:38,867 --> 00:01:41,800 Parker: EVERYTHING'S WORKING WELL AND IT'S GONE BY QUICK, TOO. 26 00:01:41,833 --> 00:01:43,867 YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE NICEST PART OF THIS. 27 00:01:43,900 --> 00:01:45,933 BEEN PRETTY LOW COST 28 00:01:45,967 --> 00:01:49,167 TO SLUICE AS FAR AS PEOPLE GO AND, YOU KNOW, NO TRUCKS. 29 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,733 AND IT'S BEEN NICE TO DO OVER 1,000 OUNCES 30 00:01:52,767 --> 00:01:54,533 WITHOUT HAULING ANY PAY. 31 00:01:57,300 --> 00:02:01,933 Narrator: PARKER'S PLAN TO RUN A MORE EFFICIENT MINE IS PAYING OFF. 32 00:02:01,967 --> 00:02:05,567 WITHOUT SPENDING A DIME TO TRUCK PAY TO HIS WASH PLANT, 33 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,367 HIS MASSIVE BOUNDARY CUT 34 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,133 HAS PRODUCED OVER $1 MILLION IN GOLD 35 00:02:10,167 --> 00:02:14,967 AND TAKEN HIM TO A TOTAL OF 2,104 OUNCES. 36 00:02:15,067 --> 00:02:18,167 PARKER HAS MORE GOLD THAN TODD HOFFMAN 37 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,700 FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON. 38 00:02:20,733 --> 00:02:21,867 IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE TOO LONG AGO 39 00:02:21,900 --> 00:02:23,267 WE WERE JUST SETTING THE PLANT UP, 40 00:02:23,300 --> 00:02:25,367 AND NOW WE'RE ABOUT TO MOVE IT AGAIN, 41 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,367 TO THE FAR END OF THE CUT SO THAT WE CAN SLUICE THE PAD 42 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:29,267 OF THE NORTH END. 43 00:02:29,300 --> 00:02:32,667 I GO WHERE THE GOLD GOES. 44 00:02:32,700 --> 00:02:34,200 Narrator: BY MOVING THE WASH PLANT 45 00:02:34,233 --> 00:02:36,533 TO THE FAR END OF THE BOUNDARY CUT, 46 00:02:36,567 --> 00:02:42,500 PARKER PLANS TO CHASE THE GOLD-RICH PAY TO THE NORTH. 47 00:02:42,533 --> 00:02:46,900 BUT FOREMAN RICK NESS HAS A DIFFERENT PLAN IN MIND. 48 00:02:46,933 --> 00:02:49,133 SO I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT FANTASY LAND. 49 00:02:49,167 --> 00:02:51,067 UH-HUH. AND? 50 00:02:51,067 --> 00:02:52,867 AND I'M THINKING NOW'S THE TIME, MAN. 51 00:02:52,900 --> 00:02:54,467 NOW'S THE TIME TO WHAT? 52 00:02:54,500 --> 00:02:56,267 TO GET FANTASY LAND. 53 00:02:56,300 --> 00:02:57,500 YOU KNOW, WE'VE -- WE'RE NEVER GONNA HAVE 54 00:02:57,533 --> 00:02:59,333 A WASH PLANT THIS CLOSE TO FANTASY LAND AGAIN. 55 00:02:59,367 --> 00:03:02,300 THAT'S KIND OF THE PLAN, THOUGH, IS TO WORK AWAY FROM IT. 56 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:06,833 HAVING MINED OUT THE BOUNDARY CUT, 57 00:03:06,867 --> 00:03:09,433 PARKER WANTS TO MOVE GOLDZILLA NORTH 58 00:03:09,467 --> 00:03:12,500 TO MINE THE NEXT SECTION OF GROUND. 59 00:03:12,533 --> 00:03:16,800 BUT BEFORE THEY SHUT DOWN TO MOVE THE WASH PLANT, 60 00:03:16,833 --> 00:03:19,167 RICK WANTS TO MINE A NEARBY CUT 61 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:23,200 THEY'VE ALREADY STRIPPED CALLED FANTASY LAND. 62 00:03:23,233 --> 00:03:27,733 BUT THEY'D HAVE TO START USING ROCK TRUCKS AGAIN. 63 00:03:27,767 --> 00:03:29,500 I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD, HONESTLY. 64 00:03:29,533 --> 00:03:31,400 LIKE, WE HAVEN'T TRUCKED A YARD OF PAY, 65 00:03:31,433 --> 00:03:33,733 AND WE'VE DONE, OH, WHAT, OVER 1,000 OUNCES HERE? 66 00:03:33,767 --> 00:03:35,867 YEAH. TRUST ME, I LOVE THE NEW SYSTEM. 67 00:03:35,900 --> 00:03:37,967 IT'S WORKING GREAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE -- 68 00:03:38,067 --> 00:03:39,567 WE'RE NEVER GONNA HAVE A WASH PLANT THIS CLOSE 69 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:41,467 TO FANTASY LAND AGAIN, AND IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH 70 00:03:41,500 --> 00:03:43,133 TO JUSTIFY MOVING A WASH PLANT THERE. 71 00:03:43,167 --> 00:03:46,067 SO IT'S -- WE KEEP MOVING FARTHER AWAY FROM IT, 72 00:03:46,067 --> 00:03:47,600 WE'RE NEVER GONNA DO IT, MAN. 73 00:03:47,633 --> 00:03:49,533 YOU GOT A TON OF MONEY IN THAT THING. 74 00:03:49,567 --> 00:03:51,067 YEAH. 75 00:03:51,100 --> 00:03:52,700 AND WE'VE BEEN WAITING, WHAT, HOW LONG NOW 76 00:03:52,733 --> 00:03:53,967 TO FIND OUT WHAT'S IN THERE? 77 00:03:54,067 --> 00:03:55,800 TWO YEARS. 78 00:03:55,833 --> 00:03:58,133 YOU KNOW, I REALLY THINK 79 00:03:58,167 --> 00:03:59,733 THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME GOOD GOLD OVER THERE. 80 00:03:59,767 --> 00:04:01,667 I THINK THAT'S [BLEEP] FANTASY LAND, PARKER. 81 00:04:01,700 --> 00:04:03,267 Narrator: TWO SEASONS AGO, 82 00:04:03,300 --> 00:04:06,200 AGAINST FOREMAN GENE CHEESEMAN'S ADVICE, 83 00:04:06,233 --> 00:04:10,500 PARKER SPENT OVER $100,000 TO STRIP FANTASY LAND. 84 00:04:10,533 --> 00:04:12,433 Parker: IT'S A BIT OF A RISK. YOU KNOW, WE ARE TAKING A GAMBLE 85 00:04:12,467 --> 00:04:13,433 HERE WITH IT. 86 00:04:13,467 --> 00:04:15,067 BUT WE'RE GONNA GIVE IT A SHOT. 87 00:04:15,067 --> 00:04:17,467 Narrator: INITIALLY, IT PAID OUT WELL. 88 00:04:17,500 --> 00:04:20,067 HOW'S THAT FOR FANTASY LAND? 89 00:04:20,067 --> 00:04:21,833 THAT'S, LIKE, A PROPER NUGGET. 90 00:04:21,867 --> 00:04:23,533 BUT FOR TWO YEARS NOW... 91 00:04:23,567 --> 00:04:24,967 WHAT THE [BLEEP] 92 00:04:25,067 --> 00:04:26,400 BROKE THE SHANK OFF. 93 00:04:26,433 --> 00:04:28,533 ...PERMAFROST HAS FROZEN HIM OUT. 94 00:04:28,567 --> 00:04:31,067 THE GOLD WE NEED IS RIGHT THERE. 95 00:04:31,067 --> 00:04:32,867 IT'S JUST FROZEN. 96 00:04:36,100 --> 00:04:38,833 OH, FANTASY LAND, FANTASY LAND. 97 00:04:38,867 --> 00:04:41,433 THIS IS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY WE'VE EVER HAD, YOU KNOW. 98 00:04:41,467 --> 00:04:43,300 I THINK IT SHOULD BE THAWED BY NOW. 99 00:04:43,333 --> 00:04:45,833 I MEAN, IT'S BEEN SITTING FOR OVER A YEAR. 100 00:04:45,867 --> 00:04:49,500 KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD TAKE IT. 101 00:04:49,533 --> 00:04:51,800 YOU'LL JUST NEED TO PREP A ROAD AND PUT A PUMP IN, HUH? 102 00:04:51,833 --> 00:04:53,767 THAT'S IT, MAN. THEN IT'S READY TO GO. 103 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:55,067 WE CAN DO IT IN THREE DAYS. 104 00:04:55,067 --> 00:04:56,367 WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. YOU RECKON? 105 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:57,833 YEAH. IT'S A BIT OF A HAUL. 106 00:04:57,867 --> 00:05:01,067 IT IS, BUT WE'LL PUT THE PEOPLE ON IT, HAMMER DOWN -- 107 00:05:01,067 --> 00:05:02,600 THREE DAYS. 108 00:05:02,633 --> 00:05:04,833 ALL RIGHT. COOL. 109 00:05:04,867 --> 00:05:07,067 ALL RIGHT. THREE DAYS OF HAULING PAY AIN'T THE END OF THE WORLD. 110 00:05:07,067 --> 00:05:08,200 NO. GOOD CALL, RICK. 111 00:05:08,233 --> 00:05:09,200 THANKS, BUDDY. 112 00:05:09,233 --> 00:05:10,867 AS MUCH AS I HATE IT. 113 00:05:10,900 --> 00:05:12,967 AS MUCH AS IT PAINS ME. 114 00:05:13,067 --> 00:05:14,800 [ LAUGHS ] 115 00:05:14,833 --> 00:05:16,367 NOW IT'S THAWED, 116 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,233 THE 50,000 SQUARE FEET OF VIRGIN GROUND 117 00:05:19,267 --> 00:05:22,433 SHOULD BE EASY PICKINGS. 118 00:05:22,467 --> 00:05:24,667 RICK RALLIES THE TROOPS. 119 00:05:24,700 --> 00:05:26,167 GONNA GET IT DONE. 120 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:28,167 AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE JUST WHAT WE NEED TO GET US 121 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,067 PAST OUR SEASON TOTAL AND WHUP TODD HOFFMAN'S ASS. 122 00:05:31,067 --> 00:05:33,200 SO I'D SAY LET'S JUST HIT IT WITH EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT 123 00:05:33,233 --> 00:05:34,700 AND GET IT DONE. 124 00:05:34,733 --> 00:05:35,767 LET'S DO IT. LET'S GO. 125 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:36,867 WHOO! 126 00:05:39,667 --> 00:05:42,367 Narrator: TO KEEP THE PLANT FED, FOUR ROCK TRUCKS 127 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,833 HAVE TO HAUL 160 LOADS OF DIRT 128 00:05:44,867 --> 00:05:47,667 FOR EACH OF THE NEXT THREE DAYS. 129 00:05:49,900 --> 00:05:52,233 Parker: THIS WHOLE CUT, I MEAN, IF WE CAN GET ALL THIS AROUND THAT, 130 00:05:52,267 --> 00:05:55,333 IT'S GONNA REALLY BE A BIG BOOST FOR US. 131 00:05:55,367 --> 00:05:57,533 Rick: THERE IT IS, MITCH. 132 00:05:57,567 --> 00:05:59,067 FIRST LOAD OF PAY OUT OF FANTASY LAND. 133 00:05:59,067 --> 00:06:00,600 ABOUT TIME, HUH? 134 00:06:00,633 --> 00:06:02,100 WHOO! 135 00:06:02,133 --> 00:06:04,233 YOU PROBABLY THOUGHT THIS DAY WAS NEVER GONNA COME. 136 00:06:07,300 --> 00:06:09,867 WE HOPE IT'S GOT EVERYTHING WE NEED TO GET 3,000 OUNCES 137 00:06:09,900 --> 00:06:12,100 AND BEAT THE HOFFMANS THIS SEASON. 138 00:06:12,133 --> 00:06:15,067 THAT'S PARKER'S BIG GOAL. 139 00:06:15,100 --> 00:06:17,100 THAT'S THE GOAL WE'VE SET FOR OUR TEAM, 140 00:06:17,133 --> 00:06:19,433 AND IT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE HAPPEN WITH THIS CUT HERE, 141 00:06:19,467 --> 00:06:21,800 HOPEFULLY. 142 00:06:21,833 --> 00:06:24,233 Parker: NICE TO BE FINALLY SLUICING IT, YOU KNOW? 143 00:06:24,267 --> 00:06:26,400 NOT THE WAY I WANT TO DO IT. 144 00:06:26,433 --> 00:06:28,667 AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEVIATING FROM THE PLAN 145 00:06:28,700 --> 00:06:30,733 QUITE A BIT BY TRUCKING IT AND ALL THAT. 146 00:06:30,767 --> 00:06:33,233 BUT HOPEFULLY IT PAYS OFF. 147 00:06:43,100 --> 00:06:45,333 IT'S A REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TIME. 148 00:06:45,367 --> 00:06:47,533 WE NEED TO REACH OUR GOALS. 149 00:06:47,567 --> 00:06:50,233 Narrator: AT McKINNON CREEK, THE HOFFMAN CREW 150 00:06:50,267 --> 00:06:52,733 IS BACK TO MINING THEIR SUPERCUT. 151 00:06:52,767 --> 00:06:56,067 BUT FOR THE LAST FOUR WEEKS, THEIR ENORMOUS CUT 152 00:06:56,067 --> 00:06:59,100 HAS FAILED TO PRODUCE THE 200 OUNCES OF GOLD 153 00:06:59,133 --> 00:07:00,867 THEY NEED A WEEK 154 00:07:00,900 --> 00:07:02,900 TO HIT THEIR 2,700 OUNCE, 155 00:07:02,933 --> 00:07:06,233 $3 MILLION SEASON GOAL. 156 00:07:06,267 --> 00:07:07,800 Pierce: WITH THE AMOUNT OF DIRT WE'VE RUN, 157 00:07:07,833 --> 00:07:11,900 WE SHOULD HAVE MANY THOUSANDS OF OUNCES, 158 00:07:11,933 --> 00:07:14,900 BUT JUST HASN'T WORKED OUT THAT WAY THIS YEAR. 159 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,300 Narrator: FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, 160 00:07:20,333 --> 00:07:25,333 TODD HOFFMAN HAS FALLEN BEHIND HIS YOUNG RIVAL, PARKER. 161 00:07:25,367 --> 00:07:27,667 TO CATCH UP, HE HAS TO FIGURE OUT 162 00:07:27,700 --> 00:07:30,433 WHAT THEY'RE DOING WRONG IN THE SUPERCUT. 163 00:07:30,467 --> 00:07:32,400 I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU GUYS THIS, 164 00:07:32,433 --> 00:07:36,667 BUT 2,700, IN MY ESTIMATION, IS SLIPPING AWAY. 165 00:07:36,700 --> 00:07:38,233 PART OF THE REASON WHY I MINED HERE 166 00:07:38,267 --> 00:07:39,667 IS 'CAUSE I HAD DRILL HOLES. 167 00:07:39,700 --> 00:07:41,533 THIS DIDN'T MINE LIKE IT DRILLED. 168 00:07:41,567 --> 00:07:42,867 PLAIN AND SIMPLE. 169 00:07:42,900 --> 00:07:46,167 IF IT DID, I'D BE KICKING PARKER'S ASS. 170 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,367 THIS HOLE RIGHT HERE IS 12 OUNCES PER 100. 171 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,767 THERE SHOULD BE A LOT MORE GOLD IN THAT SLUICE BOX, 172 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,067 ACCORDING TO THE DRILL HOLES. 173 00:07:53,067 --> 00:07:56,767 THE GOLD JUST WASN'T IN THE DIRT. 174 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:58,833 YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO? 175 00:07:58,867 --> 00:08:01,833 WE OUGHT TO GO OUT THERE AND TAKE A REALLY GOOD LOOK AT IT. 176 00:08:01,867 --> 00:08:03,933 WE COULD DO SOME TEST PANS IN THERE AT BEDROCK. 177 00:08:03,967 --> 00:08:05,533 SOUND GOOD? YEAH. 178 00:08:05,567 --> 00:08:06,667 LET'S DO IT. 179 00:08:08,267 --> 00:08:10,067 Narrator: DAVE HEADS OUT TO TEST AN AREA 180 00:08:10,100 --> 00:08:15,133 OF THE CUT THEY THOUGHT THEY'D PICKED CLEAN. 181 00:08:15,167 --> 00:08:17,167 Turin: SO THIS IS BEDROCK. 182 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,500 AND SOMETIMES THE GOLD CAN SETTLE DOWN 183 00:08:19,533 --> 00:08:23,600 IN BETWEEN THESE ROCKS THAT ARE LAYING SIDEWAYS. 184 00:08:23,633 --> 00:08:26,500 SO I'M JUST GONNA TEST HERE, 185 00:08:26,533 --> 00:08:29,067 SEE IF WE LEFT ANY GOLD IN HERE. 186 00:08:29,100 --> 00:08:31,333 THIS COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE IN OUR SEASON. 187 00:08:34,733 --> 00:08:36,700 SEE THAT? SEE THERE? 188 00:08:36,733 --> 00:08:40,233 THERE'S PROBABLY 25 PIECES OF GOLD IN THAT. 189 00:08:40,267 --> 00:08:42,900 MULTIPLY THIS BY 100,000 -- 190 00:08:42,933 --> 00:08:45,633 THAT'S A LOT OF GOLD. 191 00:08:45,667 --> 00:08:48,233 WE'RE GOING AFTER 2,700 OUNCES. 192 00:08:48,267 --> 00:08:50,300 WE SPENT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS 193 00:08:50,333 --> 00:08:53,333 TO GET TO THIS POINT, AND WE START LEAVING GOLD. 194 00:08:53,367 --> 00:08:55,167 THAT'S BAD. 195 00:08:57,167 --> 00:09:00,733 Narrator: IT'S LOGAN'S JOB TO GET ALL OF THE GOLD-RICH PAY DIRT 196 00:09:00,767 --> 00:09:02,067 OUT OF THE SUPERCUT. 197 00:09:02,067 --> 00:09:04,233 WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM. 198 00:09:04,267 --> 00:09:06,600 WHAT'S THAT? AT THE OTHER END, 199 00:09:06,633 --> 00:09:08,533 WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS DONE -- 200 00:09:08,567 --> 00:09:11,067 THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LEAVING BEHIND. 201 00:09:11,067 --> 00:09:12,467 SHOOT. 202 00:09:12,500 --> 00:09:15,900 IT'S WAY TOO MUCH GOLD TO BE LEAVING IN THIS CUT. 203 00:09:15,933 --> 00:09:17,967 WELL, WHAT WAS IT IN? 204 00:09:18,067 --> 00:09:21,233 I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT IT'S IN. IT'S KIND OF A WEIRD DEAL. 205 00:09:21,267 --> 00:09:23,200 SEE THIS KIND OF STUFF? 206 00:09:25,433 --> 00:09:27,433 IT'S THIS BEDROCK. 207 00:09:27,467 --> 00:09:30,500 IN HERE, TRY TO GET IN THESE BROWN SPOTS 208 00:09:30,533 --> 00:09:31,933 AND DIG IT DEEP. 209 00:09:31,967 --> 00:09:33,433 THROW IT IN TRUCKS. LET'S GET IT GOING. 210 00:09:33,467 --> 00:09:34,433 Pierce: ALL RIGHT. 211 00:09:34,467 --> 00:09:35,967 OKAY, MAN. SEE YA. 212 00:09:38,733 --> 00:09:40,600 I CAN'T BE TOO HARD ON LOGAN. 213 00:09:40,633 --> 00:09:43,933 THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR HE'S ACTUALLY DIGGING BEDROCK. 214 00:09:43,967 --> 00:09:46,067 SO IT'S A LEARNING CURVE 215 00:09:46,100 --> 00:09:49,200 THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE THAT MUCH GOLD IN THIS CUT. 216 00:09:49,233 --> 00:09:52,167 THIS IS OUR YEAR, AND WE'VE GOT TO GET BETTER AT IT. 217 00:09:54,667 --> 00:09:58,067 I'M OKAY WITH LEAVING ONE OR TWO COLOR PANS BEHIND, 218 00:09:58,067 --> 00:10:01,167 BUT THAT WAS 20 COLORS, AND THEY WERE BIG COLORS. 219 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,133 IT'S -- THAT'S THE KIND OF GOLD THAT ADDS UP. 220 00:10:09,300 --> 00:10:11,800 Narrator: MINING MORE BEDROCK COULD BE THE KEY 221 00:10:11,833 --> 00:10:15,133 TO TURNING THE HOFFMAN CREW'S SEASON AROUND. 222 00:10:18,433 --> 00:10:21,333 Hiatt: HEY, DAVE, CHECK OUT THE BEDROCK GOING UP BIG GREEN UGLY 223 00:10:21,367 --> 00:10:22,800 RIGHT NOW. 224 00:10:22,833 --> 00:10:25,367 HOLY CRAP. THAT'S THE BIGGEST BEDROCK 225 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:27,867 AND THE BEST BEDROCK WE'VE SEEN THIS WHOLE SEASON. 226 00:10:27,900 --> 00:10:30,333 I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS KIND OF BEDROCK YET. 227 00:10:30,367 --> 00:10:31,867 THAT'S WHERE THE GOLD SHOULD BE. 228 00:10:31,900 --> 00:10:33,533 THAT'S SOME NICE BEDROCK, HUH? 229 00:10:33,567 --> 00:10:36,300 SEE IT RUNNING WITH THESE ROUND QUARTZ? 230 00:10:36,333 --> 00:10:37,567 OH. WHERE THEY MEET, HUH? 231 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:39,400 WHERE THEY MEET. 232 00:10:39,433 --> 00:10:41,333 SHOULD BE GOOD. 233 00:10:41,367 --> 00:10:44,233 Narrator: BACK IN THE CUT... 234 00:10:46,233 --> 00:10:48,067 Pierce: OH. 235 00:10:48,100 --> 00:10:50,600 I JUST GOT A LOT OF WOOD. 236 00:10:53,133 --> 00:10:56,167 HOLY FRICK. 237 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,000 LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF WOOD IS JUST STUCK RIGHT HERE. 238 00:10:59,033 --> 00:11:02,500 BUT IT'S ON BEDROCK, WHERE OUR BEST GOLD IS. 239 00:11:02,533 --> 00:11:04,600 MY BEST JUDGEMENT IS GET AS MUCH GOLD 240 00:11:04,633 --> 00:11:07,367 UP TO THAT PLANT AS POSSIBLE, SO I'M GONNA SEND IT. 241 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,667 IT'S MY JOB, MOVING PAY DIRT. 242 00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:15,300 [ SIGHS ] ARE YOU KIDDING ME? 243 00:11:23,300 --> 00:11:25,800 HEY, WHAT'S WITH THIS CRAP YOU'RE SENDING ME? 244 00:11:25,833 --> 00:11:28,333 IT'S, LIKE, ALL LOADED WITH WOOD. 245 00:11:28,367 --> 00:11:30,867 I CAN RUN THIS GARBAGE THROUGH THE WASH PLANT. 246 00:11:30,900 --> 00:11:32,500 IT'S DEFINITELY BIG, KEVIN. 247 00:11:32,533 --> 00:11:34,867 I WOULDN'T SEND YOU ANYTHING THAT'S NOT PAY. 248 00:11:34,900 --> 00:11:37,367 THERE'S WOOD IN IT, BUT IT'S PAY. 249 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,133 DUDE, NEXT TIME YOU SEE A TRUCK FULL OF WOOD, 250 00:11:40,167 --> 00:11:43,867 TELL 'EM TO GO DUMP IT OFF THE OVERBURDEN PILE. 251 00:11:43,900 --> 00:11:46,300 HE LOVES TO COMPLAIN. 252 00:11:46,333 --> 00:11:49,167 IF THIS CUT HAS WOOD, IT HAS BEDROCK. 253 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:51,667 SORRY. TOUGH LUCK. 254 00:11:51,700 --> 00:11:53,467 HE CAN DEAL WITH IT. 255 00:12:02,367 --> 00:12:05,567 [ WASH PLANT RUMBLING ] 256 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,667 FREDDY! 257 00:12:07,700 --> 00:12:09,900 THAT'S NOT GOOD. 258 00:12:09,933 --> 00:12:12,600 STOP THE FEEDER! IT'S JAMMED UP THE CHUTE! 259 00:12:12,633 --> 00:12:13,967 NEED TO SHUT THE FEEDER DOWN! 260 00:12:14,067 --> 00:12:15,767 YOU GOT IT? DOWN! 261 00:12:16,867 --> 00:12:18,900 GOT ROCKS PILING IN THERE. 262 00:12:18,933 --> 00:12:21,700 HOLY FRICK! 263 00:12:35,167 --> 00:12:37,667 OH, I TELL YA WHAT, IT WON'T BREAK! 264 00:12:37,700 --> 00:12:38,933 WOW. 265 00:12:38,967 --> 00:12:42,267 Narrator: McKINNON CREEK IS AT A STANDSTILL. 266 00:12:42,300 --> 00:12:45,333 THE HOFFMAN CREW'S TAILING CHUTE IS JAMMED. 267 00:12:45,367 --> 00:12:47,133 DO YOU SEE WHAT THERE IS? 268 00:12:47,167 --> 00:12:48,567 THERE'S A LOG. WHAT? 269 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,200 Dodge: CHUNK OF WOOD, IT WAS STUCK, AND THEN THE ROCK. 270 00:12:51,233 --> 00:12:55,700 WHY IS THERE A PIECE -- LIKE A LOG? 271 00:12:55,733 --> 00:12:57,267 OH, MY GOD, LOOK AT THAT THING. 272 00:12:57,300 --> 00:12:59,100 TELL YA WHAT, IT WON'T BREAK. 273 00:12:59,133 --> 00:13:01,267 Jack: IT'S FLAT WEDGED. 274 00:13:01,300 --> 00:13:03,300 GOT A LOT OF WEIGHT BEHIND IT. CAREFUL, THOUGH. 275 00:13:03,333 --> 00:13:06,367 WHEN THAT BREAKS LOOSE, IT'LL BURY THIS. 276 00:13:08,967 --> 00:13:13,167 Narrator: KEVIN HEADS INTO THE CUT TO SETTLE A SCORE. 277 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:14,600 Hiatt: CAN'T GET GOLD IF YOU'RE BROKE DOWN, 278 00:13:14,633 --> 00:13:17,600 SO APPARENTLY LOGAN DIDN'T THINK I WAS SERIOUS. 279 00:13:17,633 --> 00:13:19,267 I'LL TAKE CARE OF THIS RIGHT NOW. 280 00:13:19,300 --> 00:13:22,600 YOU SEE THIS? LOOK AT THAT. 281 00:13:25,300 --> 00:13:26,833 GUESS WHAT? 282 00:13:26,867 --> 00:13:28,500 THAT'S A FRICKIN' BREAK-DOWN RIGHT THERE. 283 00:13:28,533 --> 00:13:29,900 I'VE ALREADY HAD TO SHUT DOWN 284 00:13:29,933 --> 00:13:33,467 BECAUSE SOMETHING GETS STUCK IN THE WASH PLANT. 285 00:13:33,500 --> 00:13:37,300 I'VE LOADED 1,500 TRUCKS A WEEK FOR 10 WEEKS. 286 00:13:37,333 --> 00:13:39,900 THAT'S 15,000 TRUCKS, KEVIN. 287 00:13:39,933 --> 00:13:41,767 SO YOU GET FIVE TRUCKS OF THIS [BLEEP] 288 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:43,233 I DON'T CARE. 289 00:13:43,267 --> 00:13:46,833 HEY. THERE'S THE HILL. DUMP IT FREAKING OVER THE HILL! 290 00:13:46,867 --> 00:13:48,333 I DON'T DECIDE WHAT'S IN THIS CUT. 291 00:13:48,367 --> 00:13:51,267 I DON'T NEED THIS CRAP. GO DUMP IT OVER THE EDGE. 292 00:13:54,367 --> 00:13:56,733 Narrator: EVERY HOUR THE PLANT IS DOWN 293 00:13:56,767 --> 00:14:01,467 COSTS TODD AND CREW THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN GOLD. 294 00:14:01,500 --> 00:14:04,533 THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST PIECE OF ANCIENT WOOD. 295 00:14:04,567 --> 00:14:06,767 IT'S MOVING IT. 296 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,833 Jack: WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING, IT'S WORKING. 297 00:14:21,667 --> 00:14:22,800 Turin: DID YOU GET IT? 298 00:14:22,833 --> 00:14:24,067 Dodge: YEAH, WE GOT IT. 299 00:14:24,067 --> 00:14:25,967 THAT WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE GRIZZLY BARK. 300 00:14:26,067 --> 00:14:29,300 Todd: WELL, HOPEFULLY WE DIDN'T DAMAGE THIS CONVEYER. 301 00:14:29,333 --> 00:14:31,267 WE COULD HAVE JAMMED THIS UP. 302 00:14:31,300 --> 00:14:32,867 WE COULD HAVE EVEN BROKE THE SHAKER. 303 00:14:32,900 --> 00:14:34,167 WE COULD HAVE BROKE THE CONVEYER. 304 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:36,333 THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. 305 00:14:36,367 --> 00:14:37,933 BUT LUCKILY WE WERE ON IT. 306 00:14:37,967 --> 00:14:40,333 SO THAT'S GOOD. ALL CLEAR! 307 00:14:45,700 --> 00:14:48,900 Narrator: CRISIS AVERTED, THE CREW QUICKLY GETS BACK 308 00:14:48,933 --> 00:14:51,633 TO RUNNING BEDROCK THROUGH MONSTER RED. 309 00:14:55,233 --> 00:14:56,933 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY ON PACE 310 00:14:56,967 --> 00:14:59,533 AND KEEP REACHING OUR GOALS EVERY WEEK. 311 00:14:59,567 --> 00:15:02,200 IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE GOT TO KEEP THIS PLANT RUNNING. 312 00:15:02,233 --> 00:15:04,533 WE HAVE TO STAY FOCUSED WHEN WE'RE RUNNING IT 313 00:15:04,567 --> 00:15:06,733 AND JUST WATCH EVERYTHING CONSTANTLY. 314 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,233 Narrator: THERE'S ONLY A MONTH LEFT IN THE SEASON, 315 00:15:24,267 --> 00:15:28,433 AND TONY BEETS HAS ONLY 447 OUNCES, 316 00:15:28,467 --> 00:15:31,567 WORTH LESS THAN HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. 317 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:36,067 HE'S LESS THAN HALFWAY TO HIS 900-OUNCE GOAL. 318 00:15:36,067 --> 00:15:39,133 HIS DREDGE PROJECT IS IN TROUBLE. 319 00:16:08,133 --> 00:16:09,333 WE'VE GOT THE POTENTIAL 320 00:16:09,367 --> 00:16:11,500 TO GET SOME MORE SPEED OUT OF THE BUCKET LINE HERE. 321 00:16:11,533 --> 00:16:12,933 SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE IT GO QUICKER. 322 00:16:12,967 --> 00:16:14,233 WE BEEN KIND OF COASTING. 323 00:16:14,267 --> 00:16:16,100 AND, I MEAN, YOU GOT TO WALK BEFORE YOU RUN, 324 00:16:16,133 --> 00:16:18,867 BUT IT'S TIME TO PICK IT UP. 325 00:16:18,900 --> 00:16:20,800 MORE BUCKETS A MINUTE MEANS MORE GOLD. 326 00:16:20,833 --> 00:16:24,400 I THINK IT'S TIME TO TRY AND PUSH IT A LITTLE MORE. 327 00:16:28,167 --> 00:16:30,233 MY CONCERN WOULD BE IS THAT THIS OLD MACHINE 328 00:16:30,267 --> 00:16:31,800 WASN'T DESIGNED TO RUN THAT FAST. 329 00:16:31,833 --> 00:16:34,433 I'D BE PUSHING THAT MOTOR PAST IT'S NAMEPLATE RATING, 330 00:16:34,467 --> 00:16:35,800 BUT WE COU-- 331 00:16:35,833 --> 00:16:37,500 NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. 332 00:16:42,700 --> 00:16:44,167 I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT SELF-DESTRUCT 333 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:45,933 RIGHT OFF THE BAT. JUST, LET'S TRY IT. 334 00:16:47,467 --> 00:16:50,733 Narrator: THE ONLY WAY FOR ELECTRICIAN JASON FOLSTER 335 00:16:50,767 --> 00:16:53,600 TO INCREASE THE SPEED OF THE BUCKET LINE 336 00:16:53,633 --> 00:16:55,867 IS TO OVERRIDE THE SAFETY SETTINGS 337 00:16:55,900 --> 00:16:57,500 ON ITS MOTORS. 338 00:16:57,533 --> 00:17:00,067 Cheeseman: HEY, JASON, BUMP THIS THING UP. 339 00:17:00,067 --> 00:17:01,933 I HAVE MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE OLD EQUIPMENT, BUT... 340 00:17:01,967 --> 00:17:03,833 YEAH, WELL, I GET IT, 341 00:17:03,867 --> 00:17:05,533 BUT I DON'T -- I THINK IT WAS BUILT PRETTY HEAVY, 342 00:17:05,567 --> 00:17:07,433 AND, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS THIS STUFF CAN HANDLE IT... 343 00:17:07,467 --> 00:17:09,433 WE HAVEN'T DONE IT BEFORE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW 344 00:17:09,467 --> 00:17:12,367 HOW HARD TO PUSH THIS MACHINE, BUT I CAN REPROGRAM IT. 345 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,700 WE CAN GET PROBABLY ANOTHER 25%, 30% OUT OF IT. 346 00:17:15,733 --> 00:17:17,667 NOW WE'RE GONNA PUSH IT TO THE MAX. 347 00:17:19,767 --> 00:17:21,533 ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO SEE IF IT WORKS. 348 00:17:23,533 --> 00:17:25,367 FIRE HER UP AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 349 00:17:30,933 --> 00:17:34,267 THE BUCKET LINE IMMEDIATELY PICKS UP SPEED. 350 00:17:39,133 --> 00:17:41,067 Cheeseman: I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT THE POTENTIAL WAS, 351 00:17:41,067 --> 00:17:42,600 AND KNOWING IT, WE SHOULD BE ABLE 352 00:17:42,633 --> 00:17:44,300 TO GET MORE SPEED OUT OF IT. 353 00:17:51,500 --> 00:17:53,833 CAN YOU TIME THE BUCKETS, MONICA, REAL QUICK? 354 00:17:53,867 --> 00:17:55,067 YES. 355 00:18:00,267 --> 00:18:03,433 FULL ROUND, THAT WAS 2 MINUTES AND 15 SECONDS. 356 00:18:03,467 --> 00:18:05,933 SO 35 A MINUTE. 357 00:18:07,300 --> 00:18:09,333 YEAH, I KNOW THAT. TWELVE BUCKETS A MINUTE MORE. 358 00:18:11,067 --> 00:18:14,067 Narrator: BY SPEEDING UP THE BUCKETS BY 30%, 359 00:18:14,067 --> 00:18:18,833 PRODUCTION JUMPS FORM 100 TO 130 YARDS PER HOUR. 360 00:18:18,867 --> 00:18:21,167 THINKING WE SHOULD DO A TEST FOR 48 HOURS 361 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:22,933 AND SEE IF WE HAVE MUCH DIFFERENCE IN OUR RECOVERY, 362 00:18:22,967 --> 00:18:24,067 YOU KNOW. 363 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:31,267 GENE PLANS TO RUN THE DREDGE 364 00:18:31,300 --> 00:18:33,967 AT HIGH SPEED FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS 365 00:18:34,067 --> 00:18:36,633 TO SEE IF IT CAN DELIVER THE GOLD TONY NEEDS 366 00:18:36,667 --> 00:18:40,933 BEFORE WINTER HITS THE KLONDIKE. 367 00:18:40,967 --> 00:18:44,800 HE SUPERVISES AS MATT BEAUDRY AND MONTANA BAILEY 368 00:18:44,833 --> 00:18:47,267 START THE FIRST SHIFT. 369 00:18:47,300 --> 00:18:49,233 YEAH, THOSE ROCKS COME UP QUITE A BIT QUICKER, EH? 370 00:18:49,267 --> 00:18:50,667 IT'S LIKE OPERATING ANYTHING -- 371 00:18:50,700 --> 00:18:52,167 IT'S GOING FASTER, YOU GOT TO PAY MORE ATTENTION. 372 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:53,900 SO... 373 00:18:53,933 --> 00:18:57,067 SO IS THIS OLD DREDGE GONNA BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS SPEED, 374 00:18:57,100 --> 00:18:59,133 LIKE ALL THE WENCHES 375 00:18:59,167 --> 00:19:01,167 AND THE MOTORS AND STUFF LIKE THAT? 376 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,133 I DON'T THINK -- IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GOING LIGHT SPEED HERE. 377 00:19:03,167 --> 00:19:05,400 WE'RE JUST -- IT'S -- YEAH, I KNOW IT'S OLD 378 00:19:05,433 --> 00:19:07,700 AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT THEY BUILT STUFF TOUGH BACK THEN, 379 00:19:07,733 --> 00:19:09,833 AND ALL THE STUFF I READ UP ON THE THING 380 00:19:09,867 --> 00:19:13,367 IS THEY WERE DOING 30 -- 30-PLUS BUCKETS A MINUTE OUT BEFORE. 381 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,267 SO WHY CAN'T WE DO IT? YEAH. 382 00:19:17,467 --> 00:19:19,367 I'M PRETTY AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, 383 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:23,667 SO AS LONG AS YOU PAY ATTENTION, WATCH YOUR STUFF. 384 00:19:27,067 --> 00:19:30,467 HEY, MONTANA, WE GOT A ROCK COMING, SO JUST WATCH UP THERE. 385 00:19:30,500 --> 00:19:33,067 Bailey: OH, IT'S A GOOD ONE, EH? GONNA CHECK IT OUT? 386 00:19:36,067 --> 00:19:39,367 MATT LOWERS THE GRIZZLY BARS TO KEEP A BIG ROCK 387 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:41,933 FROM FALLING DOWN INTO THE TROMMEL. 388 00:19:46,767 --> 00:19:49,067 [BLEEP] IT'S BUSTED, MATT! 389 00:19:49,100 --> 00:19:50,600 IT'S BUSTED! 390 00:19:50,633 --> 00:19:52,533 [BLEEP] 391 00:20:07,100 --> 00:20:08,467 [BLEEP] 392 00:20:08,500 --> 00:20:12,333 Narrator: JUST THREE HOURS INTO THEIR TWO-DAY SPEED TEST 393 00:20:12,367 --> 00:20:13,767 ON THE DREDGE, 394 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:15,333 TONY BEETS' CREW 395 00:20:15,367 --> 00:20:18,100 HAS DESTROYED THEIR GRIZZLY BARS. 396 00:20:24,433 --> 00:20:27,767 BECAUSE THE BUCKET LINE'S MOVING QUICKER NOW, 397 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:29,600 THE GRIZZLY NEVER HAD ENOUGH TIME 398 00:20:29,633 --> 00:20:31,167 TO FLIP ITSELF UP. 399 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,767 THE NEXT BUCKET CAME AND HIT THAT ROCK, 400 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,567 WHICH HIT THE GRIZZLY AND BROKE IT. 401 00:20:39,133 --> 00:20:42,167 Narrator: THE GRIZZLY BARS ARE DESIGNED TO PREVENT BOULDERS 402 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:43,767 FROM ENTERING THE TROMMEL 403 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:47,200 BY DIVERTING THEM DOWN THE BOULDER CHUTE. 404 00:20:47,233 --> 00:20:51,200 BUT NOW, THE BUCKETS ARE RUNNING 30% FASTER, 405 00:20:51,233 --> 00:20:53,933 THEY WERE ABLE TO CATCH THE BIG BOULDER, 406 00:20:53,967 --> 00:20:56,233 BUT IT GOT CAUGHT ON THE NEXT BUCKET. 407 00:20:56,267 --> 00:21:01,133 THE FORCE OF THE BUCKET LINE HAS CRACKED THE HINGE MECHANISM. 408 00:21:15,467 --> 00:21:17,200 [BLEEP] THING. 409 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:20,200 I KNEW SOMETHING WAS GONNA HAPPEN 410 00:21:20,233 --> 00:21:21,900 'CAUSE IT WAS GOING TOO GOOD TODAY. 411 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,700 Narrator: EVERY HOUR THE DREDGE IS DOWN, 412 00:21:28,733 --> 00:21:31,867 TONY LOSES HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN GOLD. 413 00:21:36,933 --> 00:21:39,067 YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. Tony: [BLEEP] DO IT. 414 00:21:39,100 --> 00:21:41,533 WANT TO GO OPEN THE GATE? 415 00:21:42,733 --> 00:21:44,167 Narrator: THE TWO-DAY TRIAL 416 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:47,867 CAN'T CONTINUE UNTIL MATT HAS TESTED THE GRIZZLIES. 417 00:21:47,900 --> 00:21:49,533 Beaudry: AND PUT THE GRIZZLY DOWN. 418 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:52,867 YEAH. 419 00:21:55,433 --> 00:21:58,167 IT WORKS. 420 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:01,533 KIND OF A TRIAL AND ERROR, WITH THE SPEED BUMPED UP. 421 00:22:01,567 --> 00:22:05,067 THE BUCKETS ARE MOVING FASTER, AND [BLEEP] CAN HAPPEN. 422 00:22:09,667 --> 00:22:14,367 Narrator: MATT FINALLY RESTARTS THEIR TEST. 423 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,067 Beaudry: BACK ON, GOOD TO GO. 424 00:22:16,067 --> 00:22:19,133 PRETTY MUCH DISASTER DIVERTED. 425 00:22:19,167 --> 00:22:20,800 DREDGE CAN'T BEAT ME. 426 00:22:35,333 --> 00:22:36,833 COME ON. 427 00:22:36,867 --> 00:22:38,533 IF WE'RE GONNA BEAT FRICKIN' PARKER, 428 00:22:38,567 --> 00:22:40,700 WE GOT TO GO HARDER THAN THIS. 429 00:22:42,733 --> 00:22:44,800 Narrator: TO INCREASE THEIR WEEKLY GOLD COUNT, 430 00:22:44,833 --> 00:22:46,067 THE HOFFMAN CREW 431 00:22:46,067 --> 00:22:48,833 HAS BEEN DIGGING DEEPER IN THE SUPERCUT. 432 00:22:48,867 --> 00:22:52,600 THEY'VE BEEN RUNNING BEDROCK FOR THREE DAYS NOW. 433 00:22:52,633 --> 00:22:55,067 HOPEFULLY THIS CLEANUP, COMING UP, 434 00:22:55,067 --> 00:22:57,533 RUNNING ALL THIS BEDROCK WILL JUST BE AMAZING 435 00:22:57,567 --> 00:22:59,467 AND ONE OF OUR BEST. 436 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:04,633 [ WASH PLANT CREAKING ] 437 00:23:04,667 --> 00:23:06,067 TURIN! 438 00:23:09,267 --> 00:23:11,433 GOT SOMETHING WRONG. 439 00:23:17,067 --> 00:23:19,233 WE'VE GOT SOMETHING BROKE. 440 00:23:19,267 --> 00:23:21,267 FREDDY DODGE, YOU GOT TO COPY. 441 00:23:21,300 --> 00:23:24,400 IT'S JUST NOISE COMING OUT OF THIS THING, 442 00:23:24,433 --> 00:23:27,433 AND IT WAS RIGHT OUT OF THE MIDDLE. 443 00:23:27,467 --> 00:23:29,733 I GOT BROKEN WELDS ON THIS SIDE. 444 00:23:29,767 --> 00:23:32,333 Dodge: I GOT TWO ON JUST THIS CROSS-SUPPORT. 445 00:23:32,367 --> 00:23:33,900 OH, MAN. 446 00:23:33,933 --> 00:23:37,067 THEY'RE CRACKING OUT AT THE TOP, TOO. 447 00:23:37,100 --> 00:23:39,433 WHEN THE SCREEN SHAKES, IT'S SHAKING THOUSANDS 448 00:23:39,467 --> 00:23:41,567 AND THOUSANDS OF TIMES AN HOUR. 449 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:43,733 THE SIDES OF THIS SCREEN ARE ACTING LIKE THEY'RE TRYING 450 00:23:43,767 --> 00:23:47,400 TO BREAK THEMSELVES APART FROM ONE ANOTHER. 451 00:23:47,433 --> 00:23:50,833 Narrator: TO SEPARATE ROCKS FROM GOLD-RICH MATERIAL, 452 00:23:50,867 --> 00:23:56,467 MONSTER RED'S SHAKER VIBRATES 745 TIMES PER MINUTE. 453 00:23:56,500 --> 00:23:58,833 AFTER TWO LONG SEASONS, 454 00:23:58,867 --> 00:24:01,733 THE WELDS THAT HOLD THE STRUCTURE TOGETHER 455 00:24:01,767 --> 00:24:04,067 HAVE STARTED TO FAIL. 456 00:24:04,067 --> 00:24:06,067 IF THEY DON'T FIX THE PROBLEM, 457 00:24:06,067 --> 00:24:09,567 THEIR SHAKER WILL SHAKE ITSELF TO PIECES. 458 00:24:11,733 --> 00:24:13,233 CAN WE FIX IT OR NOT? 459 00:24:13,267 --> 00:24:15,833 Turin: I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO IS TRY WELDING 'EM UP, FRED, 460 00:24:15,867 --> 00:24:17,400 BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA -- 461 00:24:17,433 --> 00:24:18,667 HOW WILL WE GET IT -- 462 00:24:18,700 --> 00:24:20,767 JUST WELDING THEM IS NOT GONNA DO IT. 463 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,067 BECAUSE IT BROKE THESE WELDS, RIGHT? 464 00:24:23,100 --> 00:24:24,533 THERE'S A CHANCE, THE WAY THIS IS WRECKED, 465 00:24:24,567 --> 00:24:26,467 IT WON'T MAKE THE REST OF THE SEASON. 466 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,967 DO WE KNOW OF ANY OTHER DECKS OR ANYTHING? 467 00:24:32,067 --> 00:24:35,067 WE'D NEVER GET ONE IN TIME HERE BEFORE IT FREEZES SOLID. 468 00:24:35,067 --> 00:24:36,533 WELL, THIS -- THIS SEASON 469 00:24:36,567 --> 00:24:40,100 JUST TOOK A DRASTIC TURN FOR THE FRICKIN' WORST. 470 00:24:40,133 --> 00:24:41,900 ALL OF OUR GOLD IS SITTING RIGHT HERE 471 00:24:41,933 --> 00:24:43,367 IN THIS MOUNTAIN OF PAY. 472 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:44,800 AND I DON'T CARE WHAT IT TAKES, 473 00:24:44,833 --> 00:24:46,500 WE'RE GONNA GET IT THROUGH THAT FREAKIN' PLANT 474 00:24:46,533 --> 00:24:48,067 IF IT KILLS US. 475 00:24:48,067 --> 00:24:50,433 OR IF IT KILLS MONSTER RED. 476 00:24:50,467 --> 00:24:53,700 Narrator: WITHOUT A REPLACEMENT SHAKER FOR MONSTER RED, 477 00:24:53,733 --> 00:24:56,400 FREDDY HAS TO COME UP WITH A BUSH FIX 478 00:24:56,433 --> 00:24:59,767 AND FAST. 479 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,200 Dodge: THE PLAN IS, I'M GONNA PUT TWO CABLES IN HERE 480 00:25:02,233 --> 00:25:05,800 AS AN "X" WITH TIGHTENERS ON EACH END OF THE CABLES 481 00:25:05,833 --> 00:25:08,067 AND PULL IT TIGHT, PULL IT INTO ITSELF, 482 00:25:08,067 --> 00:25:11,633 AND SEE IF I CAN'T CONTROL IT FROM GOING SIDEWAYS. 483 00:25:11,667 --> 00:25:15,100 Narrator: BY INSTALLING AND THEN TIGHTENING FOUR CABLES, 484 00:25:15,133 --> 00:25:18,600 FREDDY PLANS TO PULL THE JOINTS BACK TOGETHER 485 00:25:18,633 --> 00:25:20,467 BEFORE HE RE-WELDS THEM. 486 00:25:20,500 --> 00:25:22,433 HE'S HOPING THAT THE CROSS BRACE 487 00:25:22,467 --> 00:25:27,667 WILL HOLD THE SHAKER TOGETHER FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON. 488 00:25:27,700 --> 00:25:31,333 PULL THAT TIGHT, JUAN. 489 00:25:31,367 --> 00:25:33,233 SEE IF I CAN'T KNOCK A COUPLE TEETH OUT 490 00:25:33,267 --> 00:25:35,733 WITH A WRENCH UNDER HERE. 491 00:25:35,767 --> 00:25:37,367 OH! 492 00:25:39,533 --> 00:25:43,800 HOW TIGHT'S IT FEEL, KEVIN? TIGHTER THAN A GUITAR STRING? 493 00:25:43,833 --> 00:25:44,967 IT'S GOOD. 494 00:25:46,933 --> 00:25:49,300 IT'S NOT GONNA FIX IT, BUT IF I CAN SLOW IT DOWN, 495 00:25:49,333 --> 00:25:51,067 THEN MAYBE MORE WELDS WON'T BREAK. 496 00:25:51,067 --> 00:25:52,967 MAYBE WE CAN GET THESE OTHER ONES WELDED UP, 497 00:25:53,067 --> 00:25:56,667 AND MAYBE IT'LL MAKE THE SEASON. 498 00:25:56,700 --> 00:26:00,633 KEVIN AND JUAN NEED TO WELD THE DECK BACK TOGETHER. 499 00:26:00,667 --> 00:26:04,233 WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOUR, FIVE HOURS OF JUST WELDING ON THAT. 500 00:26:04,267 --> 00:26:06,067 Todd: YES OR NO, CAN WE FIX IT? 501 00:26:06,100 --> 00:26:07,833 WE'RE GONNA FIX IT. OKAY, FIX IT. 502 00:26:07,867 --> 00:26:09,067 COME ON. GO. 503 00:26:09,067 --> 00:26:10,300 I JUST STARTED. 504 00:26:10,333 --> 00:26:11,733 THERE'S A KID UP THE CREEK 505 00:26:11,767 --> 00:26:14,067 THAT'S GETTING 2 MORE OUNCES THAN US AN HOUR, 506 00:26:14,067 --> 00:26:16,233 SO JUST GET ON IT. 507 00:26:17,567 --> 00:26:19,833 Hiatt: THERE'S A LOT OF METAL IN HERE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT. 508 00:26:29,633 --> 00:26:31,933 SO IS THAT IT FOR THE SHAKER? THAT'S IT. 509 00:26:31,967 --> 00:26:34,167 THOSE WERE THE LAST WELDS WE HAD TO DO. 510 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:35,533 OH. 511 00:26:35,567 --> 00:26:37,267 GOOD JOB, KEVIN. GOOD JOB. 512 00:26:40,567 --> 00:26:42,167 Todd: LET'S HOPE IT HOLDS. 513 00:26:47,267 --> 00:26:49,067 DO YOU HEAR THAT SOUND? 514 00:26:54,933 --> 00:26:57,100 SOUNDS LIKE MONEY. YEAH. 515 00:26:57,133 --> 00:26:58,867 LOOKS GOOD, DAVE. 516 00:26:58,900 --> 00:27:01,133 YEAH. EVERYTHING'S WORKING. 517 00:27:12,867 --> 00:27:14,500 Croaker: NIGHT SHIFT IS DEFINITELY CONSIDERED 518 00:27:14,533 --> 00:27:16,167 THE TOUGHEST SHIFT AROUND, 519 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:17,733 BUT IT'S OUR PRODUCTION SHIFT. 520 00:27:17,767 --> 00:27:20,833 IT'S WHEN WE MAKE THE MOST GOLD. 521 00:27:20,867 --> 00:27:23,200 Narrator: AT SCRIBNER CREEK, DAVID CROAKER 522 00:27:23,233 --> 00:27:25,433 IS IN CHARGE OF THE NIGHT SHIFT, 523 00:27:25,467 --> 00:27:29,833 RUNNING PAY DIRT FROM THEIR FANTASY LAND CUT. 524 00:27:29,867 --> 00:27:32,300 Croaker: WE SLUICE THE MOST AT NIGHT BECAUSE THERE'S NO DISTRACTIONS. 525 00:27:32,333 --> 00:27:34,100 IT'S JUST GO, GO, GO. 526 00:27:34,133 --> 00:27:35,500 EVERYBODY ELSE SPENDS IT. 527 00:27:35,533 --> 00:27:37,700 WE MAKE IT ON NIGHTS. 528 00:27:37,733 --> 00:27:39,567 MORNING COMES EVENTUALLY, 529 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,767 AND DAY SHIFT CAN DO ANY OF THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS 530 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,567 THEY NEED TO DO. 531 00:27:47,267 --> 00:27:49,733 Narrator: BEFORE THE DAY SHIFT TAKES OVER, 532 00:27:49,767 --> 00:27:53,467 FOREMAN RICK DOES HIS DAILY INSPECTION. 533 00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:56,533 HOLY [BLEEP] MITCH! 534 00:27:56,567 --> 00:27:58,567 DUDE, YOU GOT TO -- YOU GOT TO LOOK AT THIS! 535 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:00,800 I DON'T LIKE THAT LOOK ON YOUR FACE. 536 00:28:00,833 --> 00:28:04,167 OH, [BLEEP] 537 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,567 THESE SCREENS ARE SHOT TO [BLEEP] 538 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,633 HOW LONG YOU THINK THEY RAN THIS LIKE THAT? 539 00:28:08,667 --> 00:28:10,533 'CAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE THIS DESTROYED 540 00:28:10,567 --> 00:28:12,867 AND STILL IN THERE. 541 00:28:12,900 --> 00:28:16,067 IT'S NOT JUST THE SCREENS THAT ARE WORN OUT. 542 00:28:18,067 --> 00:28:21,667 OUR SHAKER DECK IS ABOUT DESTROYED. 543 00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:25,933 SEE THESE GIANT HOLES I COULD PUT MY WHOLE HAND INSIDE OF? 544 00:28:25,967 --> 00:28:27,300 NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THAT WAY. 545 00:28:27,333 --> 00:28:29,767 WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE IS, THESE CROWN BARS HAVE WORN DOWN, 546 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:31,367 SO AS WE'RE RUNNING THE SHAKER DECK, 547 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,267 THE SCREEN'S JUMPING UP AND DOWN, 548 00:28:33,300 --> 00:28:34,733 AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DIVOTS THAT IT'S MAKING 549 00:28:34,767 --> 00:28:37,433 IN THE CROWN BARS HERE, JUST TEARING ITSELF APART. 550 00:28:37,467 --> 00:28:39,067 Narrator: TO KEEP THE SCREENS LEVEL, 551 00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:43,067 THE STRUCTURE BENEATH SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY FLAT. 552 00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:45,767 MITCH HAS HOURS OF REPAIRS AHEAD 553 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:49,233 BEFORE THEY CAN RUN GOLDZILLA AGAIN. 554 00:28:49,267 --> 00:28:51,067 NEEDS A LOT OF WORK. 555 00:28:51,067 --> 00:28:53,233 WE CAN FIX IT, JUST NEED TIME. 556 00:28:53,267 --> 00:28:55,633 SO IT WAS PROBABLY LIKE THIS FOR A LONG TIME. 557 00:28:55,667 --> 00:28:58,433 THEY PROBABLY JUST [BLEEP] IGNORED IT. 558 00:28:58,467 --> 00:29:03,967 Narrator: THE NIGHT SHIFT'S MISTAKE WILL COSTS PARKER VALUABLE RUN TIME. 559 00:29:04,067 --> 00:29:05,900 Parker: FOR [BLEEP] SAKE. 560 00:29:05,933 --> 00:29:07,300 DON'T GET A CONFUSED LOOK. 561 00:29:07,333 --> 00:29:09,333 DON'T GIVE ME THAT [BLEEP] CROAKER. 562 00:29:09,367 --> 00:29:10,800 THAT'S A PILE OF [BLEEP] 563 00:29:10,833 --> 00:29:12,633 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF THIS THING 564 00:29:12,667 --> 00:29:13,833 AND KEEPING AN EYE ON IT. 565 00:29:13,867 --> 00:29:15,733 IT RAN HALF THE NIGHT WITH NO [BLEEP] SCREEN 566 00:29:15,767 --> 00:29:16,900 IN THE TOP DECK. 567 00:29:16,933 --> 00:29:19,200 THE CROWN BARS ARE POUNDED TO [BLEEP] 568 00:29:19,233 --> 00:29:20,267 [BLEEP] 569 00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:22,067 Ness: JUST DID A TOP AND BOTTOM DECK, 570 00:29:22,067 --> 00:29:23,433 AND IT WAS COMPLETELY GONE, 571 00:29:23,467 --> 00:29:26,267 BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN A SCREEN THAT GONE. 572 00:29:26,300 --> 00:29:28,167 THERE'S JUST NO WAY THAT IT WASN'T -- 573 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,367 IT DIDN'T HAPPEN WITHIN A MATTER OF A COUPLE HOURS. 574 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,933 LIKE, IT WAS LITERALLY HALF [BLEEP] GONE. 575 00:29:33,967 --> 00:29:36,467 SO THIS STOPS NOW. RIGHT NOW. 576 00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:38,667 THIS [BLEEP] STOPS. 577 00:29:38,700 --> 00:29:40,867 AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, YOU BOTH GO HOME. 578 00:29:52,700 --> 00:29:55,267 Narrator: AT SCRIBNER CREEK, 579 00:29:55,300 --> 00:29:57,633 INSTEAD OF RUNNING GOLD-RICH PAY DIRT 580 00:29:57,667 --> 00:29:59,067 FROM FANTASY LAND, 581 00:29:59,100 --> 00:30:02,233 PARKER'S CREW IS STUCK REPAIRING A SCREEN DECK 582 00:30:02,267 --> 00:30:04,500 THAT WAS DESTROYED ON THE NIGHT SHIFT. 583 00:30:04,533 --> 00:30:05,933 Parker: IF THEY DON'T GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER 584 00:30:05,967 --> 00:30:06,967 AND START TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS, 585 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:08,667 THEY'RE BOTH GOING HOME. 586 00:30:08,700 --> 00:30:10,567 I'M NOT GONNA DEAL WITH IT ANYMORE. 587 00:30:12,933 --> 00:30:14,333 IF I CAN EXPLAIN IT TO YOU 588 00:30:14,367 --> 00:30:16,567 WITHOUT EVERYBODY BEING ALL PISSED OFF. 589 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,033 I'VE ALWAYS JUST DONE MY JOB, AS YOU KNOW. 590 00:30:19,067 --> 00:30:21,467 HAVE I EVER NOT DONE MY JOB? 591 00:30:21,500 --> 00:30:23,067 BUT IT'S... 592 00:30:23,100 --> 00:30:24,767 WELL, WHAT THE [BLEEP] HAPPENING LATELY, THEN? 593 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:27,167 EVERY [BLEEP] DAY WE'RE GETTING [BLEEP] ON. 594 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:28,600 I DON'T THINK I'VE GIVEN YOU MUCH [BLEEP] AT ALL. 595 00:30:28,633 --> 00:30:30,367 I DON'T THINK I'VE GIVEN ANYBODY ANY [BLEEP] 596 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:32,333 I THINK MAYBE THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM. 597 00:30:32,367 --> 00:30:34,067 NO [BLEEP] ISSUES TOMORROW MORNING, ALL RIGHT? 598 00:30:34,100 --> 00:30:36,667 'CAUSE HE -- OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN TELL HE'S HOT AS [BLEEP] 599 00:30:36,700 --> 00:30:38,233 AND HE'S POURING IT ON ME BECAUSE OF IT. 600 00:30:38,267 --> 00:30:40,500 SO SINCE WE'RE [BLEEP] CLOSE TO THE END, 601 00:30:40,533 --> 00:30:44,333 LET'S JUST HOLD IT TOGETHER AND FINISH, RIGHT? 602 00:30:44,367 --> 00:30:45,567 [BLEEP] 603 00:30:47,333 --> 00:30:49,633 Narrator: MECHANIC MITCH BLASCHKE 604 00:30:49,667 --> 00:30:52,867 STEPS IN TO WELD THE WORN-OUT SHAKER DECK. 605 00:30:54,033 --> 00:30:56,433 Blaschke: RIGHT NOW I GOT A LOT OF REPAIR WORK TO DO HERE 606 00:30:56,467 --> 00:30:59,300 BEFORE WE CAN GET THIS WASH PLANT RATTLING AGAIN. 607 00:31:04,067 --> 00:31:06,167 THAT'S STEEL THAT USED TO BE 1/4-INCH THICK, 608 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:09,067 AND IT'S DISINTEGRATED DOWN TO NOTHING. 609 00:31:09,067 --> 00:31:11,400 THIS RIGHT HERE'S GONNA COST PARKER A LOT OF TIME 610 00:31:11,433 --> 00:31:14,300 AND DEFINITELY COST US ALL A LOT OF GOLD. 611 00:31:14,333 --> 00:31:16,533 Narrator: RICK VOWED HE'D RUN ALL OF THE PAY DIRT 612 00:31:16,567 --> 00:31:20,267 FROM FANTASY LAND IN JUST THREE DAYS. 613 00:31:20,300 --> 00:31:25,233 IT'S DAY THREE, AND THE CREW IS BUSY FIXING THE PLANT. 614 00:31:25,267 --> 00:31:27,067 IT'S JUST DRAWING FANTASY LAND OUT, YOU KNOW. 615 00:31:27,067 --> 00:31:29,367 FANTASY LAND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A QUICK SMASH AND GRAB, 616 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:30,933 GET IT AND GO, AND NOW IT'S NOT. 617 00:31:30,967 --> 00:31:34,300 YOU KNOW, NOW IT'S TAKING WAY LONGER THAN IT SHOULD. 618 00:31:34,333 --> 00:31:36,267 IT'S NOT PART OF THE PLAN. 619 00:31:39,900 --> 00:31:41,333 WE'RE BACK TOGETHER. 620 00:31:41,367 --> 00:31:43,900 IT'S NOT A PERMANENT FIX, BUT IT'LL GET US BY FOR A WHILE. 621 00:31:46,100 --> 00:31:48,067 Narrator: AFTER 10 HOURS OF WELDING, 622 00:31:48,100 --> 00:31:50,967 THE CREW REPLACES THE SCREEN DECKS. 623 00:31:55,900 --> 00:31:57,400 EVERY HOUR THIS THING'S DOWN, 624 00:31:57,433 --> 00:31:58,567 IT'S COSTING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. 625 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:00,233 SO I JUST GOT TO GET IT RUNNING. 626 00:32:08,767 --> 00:32:13,567 Narrator: THEY'RE FINALLY BACK TO MINING FANTASY LAND PAY. 627 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,267 Ness: FOR ALL THESE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD IN HERE, WE REALLY NEED -- 628 00:32:16,300 --> 00:32:18,200 WE REALLY NEED THERE TO BE A LOT OF GOLD 629 00:32:18,233 --> 00:32:20,333 TO MAKE THIS PAY OFF. 630 00:32:20,367 --> 00:32:22,967 ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE LOADED. GET A MOVE ON. 631 00:32:23,067 --> 00:32:26,333 I'M GETTING FANTASY LAND DONE THIS YEAR NO MATTER WHAT. 632 00:32:30,467 --> 00:32:33,600 Pierce: I REALLY THINK ALL THE GOLD WE NEED TO GET 3,000 OUNCES 633 00:32:33,633 --> 00:32:36,200 AND TO BEAT THE HOFFMANS IS IN THESE TRUCKS RIGHT NOW. 634 00:32:49,467 --> 00:32:53,067 Narrator: AT EUREKA CREEK, GENE HAS RUN TONY'S DREDGE 635 00:32:53,067 --> 00:32:56,567 AT 130 YARDS AN HOUR FOR 2 DAYS. 636 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,867 THIS WEIGH-IN WILL TELL THEM IF RUNNING THE DREDGE FASTER 637 00:32:59,900 --> 00:33:02,800 IS PAYING OFF IN GOLD. 638 00:33:02,833 --> 00:33:05,900 I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME WE POUR IT BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS. 639 00:33:05,933 --> 00:33:07,067 Cheeseman: YEAH, ME, TOO. 640 00:33:10,267 --> 00:33:13,767 BASED ON 100 OUNCES A WEEK, THIS TWO-DAY TEST 641 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:17,833 SHOULD PRODUCE JUST OVER 30 OUNCES. 642 00:33:17,867 --> 00:33:20,500 5... 643 00:33:20,533 --> 00:33:22,533 10... 644 00:33:22,567 --> 00:33:25,233 15... 645 00:33:25,267 --> 00:33:27,067 20... 646 00:33:28,700 --> 00:33:30,833 25... 647 00:33:34,233 --> 00:33:36,367 30... 648 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:38,900 40... 649 00:33:38,933 --> 00:33:42,067 42, 48, 49, 50. 650 00:33:44,700 --> 00:33:46,933 56.3. 651 00:33:46,967 --> 00:33:49,533 THAT'S, I THINK, WHAT WE'VE BEEN SHOOTING FOR. 652 00:33:54,833 --> 00:33:55,867 I MEAN... 653 00:33:59,867 --> 00:34:01,233 THAT WORKS FOR ME. 654 00:34:03,467 --> 00:34:07,967 Narrator: 56 OUNCES IS WORTH OVER $60,000. 655 00:34:08,067 --> 00:34:12,400 TONY'S GOLD TOTAL NOW STANDS AT 503 OUNCES, 656 00:34:12,433 --> 00:34:16,300 OR $553,000. 657 00:34:20,833 --> 00:34:23,333 ALL IN ALL, IT WAS GOING PRETTY GOOD. 658 00:34:23,367 --> 00:34:24,667 JUST HAVE TO PAY MORE ATTENTION. 659 00:34:31,467 --> 00:34:34,067 BY INCREASING PRODUCTION 30%, 660 00:34:34,100 --> 00:34:39,067 TONY AND CREW ARE BACK ON TRACK TO HIT THEIR 900-OUNCE TARGET. 661 00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:47,067 Cheeseman: IT'S A GOOD FEELING WHEN YOU CAN SEE STUFF COME TO ITS POTENTIAL. 662 00:34:47,067 --> 00:34:48,967 IT'S LIKE ANYTHING I DO, I DON'T WANNA DO IT HALF-ASSED. 663 00:34:49,067 --> 00:34:51,200 IF I WANNA DO SOMETHING, I WANNA DO A GOOD JOB, 664 00:34:51,233 --> 00:34:53,200 THE BEST JOB I CAN DO. 665 00:35:26,500 --> 00:35:30,433 EVERY TIME IT SHUTS DOWN, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BE IN HERE. 666 00:35:30,467 --> 00:35:31,933 Narrator: AT McKINNON CREEK, 667 00:35:31,967 --> 00:35:34,633 FREDDY DODGE INSPECTS MONSTER RED 668 00:35:34,667 --> 00:35:38,633 TO SEE IF HIS BUSH FIX ON THE SHAKER DECK IS HOLDING. 669 00:35:38,667 --> 00:35:42,133 I'M JUST LOOKING FOR ANYTHING THAT'S STRETCHED, CRACKED, 670 00:35:42,167 --> 00:35:44,300 BROKEN. 671 00:35:44,333 --> 00:35:47,067 I'VE GOT TO LOOK ONE WELD AT A TIME. 672 00:35:47,067 --> 00:35:50,333 THIS IS THE HEART OF THE PLAT RIGHT HERE. 673 00:35:50,367 --> 00:35:52,300 THIS SCREEN GOES DOWN, 674 00:35:52,333 --> 00:35:56,400 ALL [BLEEP] ASIDE, SEASON'S PROBABLY OVER. 675 00:35:56,433 --> 00:35:58,967 HEY, FREDDY, HOW'S OUR FIX HOLDING UP? 676 00:35:59,067 --> 00:36:01,167 IT LOOKS GOOD SO FAR, KEVIN! 677 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:04,067 FOR THE UNORTHODOX THING WE DID HERE. 678 00:36:04,067 --> 00:36:06,600 THAT'S -- THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR, MAN. 679 00:36:06,633 --> 00:36:08,367 BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GONNA HOLD UP. 680 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,233 IT'S A TEMPORARY FIX, 681 00:36:11,267 --> 00:36:13,167 NOT A PERMANENT SOLUTION. 682 00:36:30,467 --> 00:36:32,400 ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT. 683 00:36:35,133 --> 00:36:38,400 LAST TRUCK OUT OF FANTASY LAND. 684 00:36:38,433 --> 00:36:42,300 Narrator: IT'S TAKEN RICK NESS AND THE CREW FOUR LONG DAYS 685 00:36:42,333 --> 00:36:45,333 TO RUN ALL THE PAY FROM THEIR NEW CUT. 686 00:36:45,367 --> 00:36:47,567 PARKER, THAT'S THE LAST TRUCK 687 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:49,800 OUT OF FANTASY LAND HEADING TO THE WASH PLANT RIGHT NOW. 688 00:36:49,833 --> 00:36:53,600 ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE JUST FINISHING UP RUNNING IT. 689 00:36:53,633 --> 00:36:55,800 HOPE THERE'S SOME GOLD IN THIS [BLEEP] 690 00:36:59,367 --> 00:37:03,133 Narrator: PARKER DELAYED MOVING THE WASH PLANT FURTHER UPSTREAM 691 00:37:03,167 --> 00:37:07,300 BECAUSE RICK PERSUADED HIM TO RUN TRUCKS INTO FANTASY LAND. 692 00:37:11,533 --> 00:37:14,600 THE CUT'S FINALLY FINISHED. 693 00:37:14,633 --> 00:37:17,700 IT'S TIME TO FIND OUT IF RICK WAS RIGHT. 694 00:37:17,733 --> 00:37:19,600 AM I WALKING INTO MY EXECUTION HERE? 695 00:37:21,167 --> 00:37:23,267 YOU AREN'T. 696 00:37:27,833 --> 00:37:31,667 SO THERE'S THE FIRST 34.9. 697 00:37:31,700 --> 00:37:33,800 FOR EACH OF THE LAST THREE WEEKS, 698 00:37:33,833 --> 00:37:35,533 PARKER'S BOUNDARY CUT 699 00:37:35,567 --> 00:37:37,533 HAS PAID OVER 300 OUNCES, 700 00:37:37,567 --> 00:37:39,733 A THIRD OF $1 MILLION, 701 00:37:39,767 --> 00:37:40,967 EVERY CLEANUP. 702 00:37:41,067 --> 00:37:44,067 SO THAT'S ANOTHER 34.065. 703 00:37:44,067 --> 00:37:46,833 69. 704 00:37:46,867 --> 00:37:48,700 31... 705 00:37:48,733 --> 00:37:51,433 NO, 29.9. 706 00:37:53,433 --> 00:37:57,367 IT'S NOT EVEN 100. NOT EVEN 100 OUNCES. 707 00:37:57,400 --> 00:37:59,333 98.8. 708 00:37:59,367 --> 00:38:01,967 OH [BLEEP] 709 00:38:02,067 --> 00:38:03,167 THAT'S PATHETIC. 710 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,533 THAT IS PRETTY PATHETIC. 711 00:38:05,567 --> 00:38:09,533 OH, AND FOR ALL THE EFFORT. 712 00:38:09,567 --> 00:38:12,267 WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO GET 300. 713 00:38:12,300 --> 00:38:13,667 98 OUNCES, 714 00:38:13,700 --> 00:38:16,633 WORTH A LITTLE OVER $100,000, 715 00:38:16,667 --> 00:38:21,367 PROVES FANTASY LAND WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A FANTASY. 716 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:24,633 SO THAT PUTS US AT 22... 717 00:38:24,667 --> 00:38:27,433 2,202, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 718 00:38:27,467 --> 00:38:30,267 WE GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO IF WE'RE GONNA HIT 3,000. 719 00:38:30,300 --> 00:38:33,400 THAT'S FOR SURE. 720 00:38:33,433 --> 00:38:35,933 800 OUNCES. 721 00:38:35,967 --> 00:38:37,900 LONG WAYS TO GO AND A SHORT TIME TO GET THERE. 722 00:38:37,933 --> 00:38:39,933 THAT'S THE PROBLEM. YEAH. 723 00:38:39,967 --> 00:38:42,900 Narrator: WITH THE UNFORGIVING KLONDIKE WINTER 724 00:38:42,933 --> 00:38:46,667 ON THE HORIZON, PARKER IS RUNNING OUT OF TIME. 725 00:38:46,700 --> 00:38:50,333 THINK WE GO WHERE WE KNOW THE GOLD IS, WHICH IS UPSTREAM. 726 00:38:50,367 --> 00:38:53,500 SO WE GOT TO GET BACK UP IN THE BOUNDARY CUT, 727 00:38:53,533 --> 00:38:54,900 FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING. 728 00:38:54,933 --> 00:38:58,233 GET SOME GROUND OPENED UP THERE, GET A SPOT FOR THE PLANT, GET -- 729 00:38:58,267 --> 00:39:00,067 GET DIRT THROWN THROUGH THE BLOCKS. 730 00:39:00,067 --> 00:39:01,667 AGREED. 731 00:39:01,700 --> 00:39:03,067 Ness: OF COURSE I'M UPSET ABOUT FANTASY LAND. 732 00:39:03,100 --> 00:39:04,600 IT'S A KICK IN THE TEETH. 733 00:39:04,633 --> 00:39:07,833 BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE HAS TO TAKE A RISK SOMETIME. 734 00:39:07,867 --> 00:39:09,233 AND WE ALL THOUGHT IT WAS A HOME RUN, 735 00:39:09,267 --> 00:39:10,467 AND IT WASN'T. 736 00:39:10,500 --> 00:39:12,900 SO...NEXT TIME. 737 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:21,733 Hiatt: FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU FOR THIS FOOD, 738 00:39:21,767 --> 00:39:23,167 AND THANK YOU FOR THIS SEASON 739 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:25,933 AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE JUST BLESSED US WITH -- 740 00:39:25,967 --> 00:39:28,933 ALL THE GOLD, EQUIPMENT, JUST EVERYTHING. 741 00:39:28,967 --> 00:39:30,600 WE PRAISE YOU, IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 742 00:39:30,633 --> 00:39:32,300 All: AMEN. 743 00:39:32,333 --> 00:39:34,467 THANKS, KEV. 744 00:39:35,633 --> 00:39:37,367 Narrator: SO FAR THIS SEASON, 745 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:41,800 THE SUPERCUT HAS LET THE HOFFMAN CREW DOWN. 746 00:39:41,833 --> 00:39:43,733 TO GET BACK ON TRACK, 747 00:39:43,767 --> 00:39:47,400 DAVE HAS HAD THE CREW DIGGING DEEPER INTO BEDROCK. 748 00:39:50,633 --> 00:39:51,600 WHEW! 749 00:39:51,633 --> 00:39:53,100 HEY, EVERYBODY, JACK'S HERE. 750 00:39:53,133 --> 00:39:54,600 OKAY. WHOA! 751 00:39:54,633 --> 00:39:56,933 HOLY CRAP. THERE'S A PAN OF GOLD. 752 00:39:56,967 --> 00:39:59,233 Turin: WHAT IS IT, JACK? HOW MUCH? 753 00:39:59,267 --> 00:40:02,033 279. 754 00:40:02,067 --> 00:40:04,700 [ ALL CHEERING ] 755 00:40:04,733 --> 00:40:09,767 Narrator: 279 OUNCES, WORTH OVER $300,000, 756 00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:12,933 THE HOFFMANS' BIGGEST CLEANUP THIS SEASON. 757 00:40:12,967 --> 00:40:15,900 WE'RE AT 23 -- JUST OVER 2,300 OUNCES. 758 00:40:15,933 --> 00:40:17,633 WE ONLY GOT 400 MORE, 759 00:40:17,667 --> 00:40:20,933 AND WE'RE GONNA DOUBLE WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR. 760 00:40:20,967 --> 00:40:22,933 WE KICKED SOME BUTT. 761 00:40:22,967 --> 00:40:26,400 Narrator: BY INSISTING THAT THEY MINE DEEPER INTO BEDROCK, 762 00:40:26,433 --> 00:40:29,667 DAVE HAS THE HOFFMAN CREW BACK ON TOP. 763 00:40:29,700 --> 00:40:32,733 WITH 2,376 OUNCES, 764 00:40:32,767 --> 00:40:35,367 WORTH $2.6 MILLION, 765 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:38,733 TODD HAS OVERTAKEN PARKER IN THE QUEST 766 00:40:38,767 --> 00:40:40,533 TO BE KING OF THE KLONDIKE. 767 00:40:40,567 --> 00:40:42,533 Todd: WE'RE GONNA BEAT PARKER THIS YEAR. 768 00:40:42,567 --> 00:40:45,533 WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH -- WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT TO THE END. 769 00:40:45,567 --> 00:40:47,700 WE'RE GONNA KICK SOME ASS. 770 00:40:50,633 --> 00:40:56,167 Narrator: THE HOFFMAN'S 2,700-OUNCE SEASON GOAL IS WITHIN REACH. 771 00:40:58,233 --> 00:41:00,400 BUT THE NEXT MORNING, CLAIM OWNER 772 00:41:00,433 --> 00:41:05,067 PETER TALLMAN ARRIVES UNANNOUNCED. 773 00:41:05,100 --> 00:41:06,867 YOU GUYS STAY OUT. 774 00:41:09,900 --> 00:41:12,500 TWO YEARS INTO THIS, I HAVEN'T HAD ANY TROUBLE, 775 00:41:12,533 --> 00:41:15,867 AND YOU'VE BEEN VERY RESPECTFUL 776 00:41:15,900 --> 00:41:18,967 AND YOU'VE DONE WHAT YOU SAID YOU WOULD DO. 777 00:41:19,067 --> 00:41:22,400 IT'S BEEN THE BEST MINING SEASON THAT I'VE EVER HAD. 778 00:41:22,433 --> 00:41:24,167 IT'S -- IT'S BEEN GREAT. 779 00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:26,200 COULD POSSIBLY GO OVER 3,000. 780 00:41:26,233 --> 00:41:28,533 THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD FEAT. 781 00:41:28,567 --> 00:41:30,467 AN IMPRESSIVE ONE. 782 00:41:30,500 --> 00:41:33,967 BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOME CORPORATE CHANGES, 783 00:41:34,067 --> 00:41:38,600 AND ONE OF THEM IS SELLING THIS PROPERTY. 784 00:41:38,633 --> 00:41:41,300 WHAT -- WHAT'S THE PRICE? 785 00:41:41,333 --> 00:41:44,567 $5 MILLION. 786 00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:48,733 YEAH, I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA BE IN A POSITION TO BUY ANYTHING. 787 00:41:48,767 --> 00:41:53,233 YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT ON THE BUYER'S LIST, 788 00:41:53,267 --> 00:41:56,833 ONE OF THE POTENTIAL BUYERS IS PARKER. 789 00:42:01,300 --> 00:42:03,867 Narrator: ON THE NEXT "GOLD RUSH"... 790 00:42:03,900 --> 00:42:06,733 IF I DON'T FIND ANOTHER MINE, THEY'RE GONNA BE OUT OF A JOB. 791 00:42:06,767 --> 00:42:09,267 I GOT A TIP ON A MINE IN OREGON. 792 00:42:09,300 --> 00:42:11,100 [ DEVICE WHINING ] I THINK I FOUND SOMETHING! 793 00:42:11,133 --> 00:42:12,167 IT'S FRICKIN' GOLD. 794 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,933 HEY, GUYS! RATTLESNAKE! 795 00:42:16,300 --> 00:42:17,567 IF WE TURN RIGHT NOW, 796 00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:19,800 WE MIGHT STILL GET SOME GOLD IN THE BOX. 797 00:42:19,833 --> 00:42:22,067 Cheeseman: KICK IT THAT WAY MORE! 798 00:42:22,067 --> 00:42:23,433 NOW IT'S ALL [BLEEP] 799 00:42:24,533 --> 00:42:25,800 LET'S GET [BLEEP] MOVED. 800 00:42:25,833 --> 00:42:28,067 YOU'RE NOT GONNA -- IT'S GONNA [BLEEP] FALL OVER! 801 00:42:28,067 --> 00:42:29,767 IF WE TOOK CARE OF OUR [BLEEP] THIS WOULDN'T HAPPEN. 802 00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:31,467 Ness: [BLEEP] SICK OF IT. 803 00:42:31,500 --> 00:42:32,467 [ TIRES SQUEAL ] 804 00:42:32,500 --> 00:42:34,133 WHERE'D EVERYBODY [BLEEP] GO?