1 00:00:14,700 --> 00:00:17,133 Narrator: NORTH IN THE KLONDIKE, 2 00:00:17,167 --> 00:00:20,100 GOLD MINING HISTORY IS BEING REWRITTEN. 3 00:00:20,133 --> 00:00:22,267 I CHRISTEN YOU "MINNIE'S A.T.M." 4 00:00:22,300 --> 00:00:24,200 WHOO! 5 00:00:25,967 --> 00:00:29,133 Narrator: TONY BEETS' 75-YEAR-OLD GOLD DREDGE 6 00:00:29,167 --> 00:00:32,133 GOES TO WORK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE DECADES. 7 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:38,867 BUT WHEN TONY SURPRISES HIS CREW WITH A NEW DREDGE CAPTAIN... 8 00:00:38,900 --> 00:00:41,900 GENE CHEESEMAN. HOW'S IT GOING, BUDDY? 9 00:00:41,933 --> 00:00:45,367 ...IT'S A SLAP IN THE FACE FOR THE MEN WHO BUILT IT. 10 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:46,767 GENE'S GOT IT MADE. 11 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:48,667 MIKE AND I PUT IT ALL TOGETHER FOR HIM. 12 00:00:48,700 --> 00:00:50,600 GENE AIN'T GONNA BE MY BOSS. 13 00:00:50,633 --> 00:00:52,667 Narrator: AND WHEN THE ANCIENT MINING MACHINE 14 00:00:52,700 --> 00:00:54,433 PROVES TOO HARD TO HANDLE... 15 00:00:57,500 --> 00:01:00,100 ...SKEPTICS LIKE TODD HOFFMAN... 16 00:01:00,133 --> 00:01:02,667 I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH GOLD THIS DREDGE IS GONNA GET. 17 00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:05,333 ...LOOKED LIKE THEY JUST MIGHT BE PROVED RIGHT. 18 00:01:05,367 --> 00:01:08,067 BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A TOURIST ATTRACTION. 19 00:01:09,733 --> 00:01:12,267 MEANWHILE, 20-YEAR-OLD PARKER SCHNABEL 20 00:01:12,300 --> 00:01:14,533 RACES 500 MILES WEST 21 00:01:14,567 --> 00:01:18,167 WHEN HIS BELOVED GRANDPA IS MEDEVACED TO THE HOSPITAL... 22 00:01:21,700 --> 00:01:26,067 ...AS 95-YEAR-OLD JOHN SCHNABEL FACES EMERGENCY HEART SURGERY. 23 00:01:29,633 --> 00:01:32,600 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 24 00:01:32,633 --> 00:01:35,667 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 25 00:01:50,867 --> 00:01:52,900 * 26 00:02:04,300 --> 00:02:07,400 LAST SEASON, TONY BEETS SHELLED OUT $1 MILLION 27 00:02:07,433 --> 00:02:12,067 FOR A GOLD DREDGE BUILT IN 1938. 28 00:02:12,100 --> 00:02:14,533 AFTER FIVE MONTHS OF BACKBREAKING WORK, 29 00:02:14,567 --> 00:02:17,200 HE FINALLY GOT IT RUNNING. 30 00:02:17,233 --> 00:02:19,900 NOW, HE'S DESPERATE TO CATCH GOLD 31 00:02:19,933 --> 00:02:23,400 SO THE DREDGE CAN START PAYING FOR ITSELF. 32 00:02:23,433 --> 00:02:24,667 HEY, TONY. WHAT'S UP? 33 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:29,233 HUH? 34 00:02:36,233 --> 00:02:39,067 LIST IS GETTING SHORTER. 35 00:02:39,067 --> 00:02:42,067 IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO ACTUALLY JUST BEING OPERATIONAL HERE NOW. 36 00:02:45,067 --> 00:02:46,967 WE UNDERSTAND YOUR DILEMMA, TONY. WE'RE TRYING. 37 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,300 Narrator: ALL OF LAST SEASON, 38 00:02:52,333 --> 00:02:55,167 MACHINISTS JERRY RHODES AND MIKE KRISHER 39 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,067 PAINSTAKINGLY REBUILT THE DREDGE, 40 00:02:58,067 --> 00:03:00,967 BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN FAST ENOUGH FOR TONY. 41 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:33,200 ONCE THE DREDGE IS AFLOAT, 42 00:03:33,233 --> 00:03:35,200 ITS BUCKET LINE SHOULD CHEW 43 00:03:35,233 --> 00:03:39,100 THROUGH 100 YARDS OF PAY DIRT AN HOUR. 44 00:03:39,133 --> 00:03:41,800 THE PAY DIRT WILL THEN DROP INTO THE TROMMEL, 45 00:03:41,833 --> 00:03:45,100 WHERE WATER WILL WASH ANY GOLD OFF THE ROCKS 46 00:03:45,133 --> 00:03:48,367 AND DOWN INTO THE INTERNAL SLUICE BOX. 47 00:03:50,767 --> 00:03:52,867 HISTORICALLY, DREDGES HAVE BEEN 48 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:56,267 INCREDIBLY EFFICIENT GOLD MINING MACHINES. 49 00:03:56,300 --> 00:03:58,800 BUT UNTIL THIS ONE FLOATS, 50 00:03:58,833 --> 00:04:02,767 IT'S JUST 350 TONS OF RUSTED METAL. 51 00:04:14,067 --> 00:04:16,067 [ ENGINE TURNS OVER ] 52 00:04:26,467 --> 00:04:28,433 TONY RIPS INTO THE DAM, 53 00:04:28,467 --> 00:04:32,267 WHICH IS HOLDING BACK 10 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER. 54 00:04:48,967 --> 00:04:50,067 [ LAUGHS ] 55 00:04:59,567 --> 00:05:02,067 WHOA! IT'S COMING IN. 56 00:05:02,067 --> 00:05:04,267 KEVIN, WE GOT A PROBLEM HERE. 57 00:05:04,300 --> 00:05:07,167 WHOA. [BLEEP] OH, CRAP. 58 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,733 Narrator: WITHIN MINUTES, 59 00:05:09,767 --> 00:05:14,833 WATER FROM THE HOLDING POND SURROUNDS THE DREDGE. 60 00:05:14,867 --> 00:05:17,267 GOT TO GET MIKE [BLEEP] OUT OF HERE AND HIS TRUCK. 61 00:05:17,300 --> 00:05:19,933 COOL. GONNA GET WET. 62 00:05:23,467 --> 00:05:27,067 WATCH OUT. I'D GET OFF THE GROUND IF I WAS YOU GUYS. 63 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,067 THE WATER'S COMING UP PRETTY FAST. 64 00:05:33,067 --> 00:05:35,300 I HOPE TONY KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING. 65 00:05:35,333 --> 00:05:36,433 HE HASN'T THOUGHT. 66 00:05:36,467 --> 00:05:39,067 SEE, HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THE RIGGING NOW? 67 00:05:39,100 --> 00:05:40,333 THIS IS [BLEEP] 68 00:05:40,367 --> 00:05:42,400 I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THIS. 69 00:05:42,433 --> 00:05:44,467 THE FORKLIFT IS DOWN HERE. 70 00:05:44,500 --> 00:05:45,833 Rhodes: OH, REALLY? 71 00:05:45,867 --> 00:05:47,933 YEAH. 72 00:06:02,667 --> 00:06:05,800 I ALMOST GOT A LITTLE WET. [ LAUGHS ] 73 00:06:05,833 --> 00:06:07,467 WATER'S GOING IN. 74 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:09,500 SHE'S CLIMBING FAST, ACTUALLY. 75 00:06:09,533 --> 00:06:11,067 WELL, WE WANTED WATER. 76 00:06:11,067 --> 00:06:13,500 NOW WE GOT TONS OF IT. 77 00:06:21,700 --> 00:06:26,200 Narrator: WITH $1 MILLION AND HIS REPUTATION ON THE LINE, 78 00:06:26,233 --> 00:06:29,800 TONY'S HIRED SOMEONE THAT HE BELIEVES WILL RUN THE DREDGE 79 00:06:29,833 --> 00:06:33,733 BETTER THAN JERRY AND MIKE -- THE MEN WHO REBUILT IT. 80 00:06:42,500 --> 00:06:44,400 * 81 00:06:48,433 --> 00:06:50,100 PERMISSION TO COME ON? 82 00:07:00,700 --> 00:07:02,567 FOR THE PAST TWO SEASONS, 83 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:06,367 GENE CHEESEMAN WAS PARKER SCHNABEL'S TRUSTED FOREMAN. 84 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,167 GENE PLAYED A VITAL ROLE 85 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:11,667 HELPING PARKER BANK OVER $4 MILLION IN GOLD. 86 00:07:11,700 --> 00:07:12,667 THANK YOU, GENE. 87 00:07:12,700 --> 00:07:16,133 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 88 00:07:16,167 --> 00:07:20,633 BUT, TIRED OF ANSWERING TO A TEENAGE BOSS, 89 00:07:20,667 --> 00:07:23,567 GENE QUIT. 90 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,233 I'M NOT GONNA TAKE ANY [BLEEP] FROM THE LITTLE PUNK. 91 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:31,133 GENE [BLEEP] CHEESEMAN. HOW'S IT GOING, BUDDY? 92 00:07:48,067 --> 00:07:49,367 LET'S GO. 93 00:07:51,667 --> 00:07:56,600 YEAH, I WORKED FOR GENE LAST YEAR 94 00:07:56,633 --> 00:07:58,633 AT PARKER SCHNABEL'S SITE. 95 00:08:00,533 --> 00:08:02,233 YOU DON'T [BLEEP] AROUND WITH GENE. 96 00:08:02,267 --> 00:08:04,500 LIKE, WE'RE GONNA GET A -- 97 00:08:04,533 --> 00:08:10,233 A BETTER TEAMWORK SCENARIO OUT OF GENE BEING HERE, 98 00:08:10,267 --> 00:08:12,467 WHERE EVERYBODY CAN WORK A LITTLE MORE TOGETHER 99 00:08:12,500 --> 00:08:14,867 INSTEAD OF INDEPENDENTLY 100 00:08:14,900 --> 00:08:16,967 AND DOING WHATEVER THE [BLEEP] THEY FEEL LIKE. 101 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:24,500 Narrator: BUT NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY TO HAVE A NEW BOSS. 102 00:08:24,533 --> 00:08:27,200 HAVING ANOTHER BOSS TELLING US WHAT TO DO 103 00:08:27,233 --> 00:08:29,133 IS NOT GONNA MOVE THIS ANY FASTER. 104 00:08:29,167 --> 00:08:31,433 WE ALL KNOW OUR JOBS ON HERE. 105 00:08:31,467 --> 00:08:33,967 WE NEEDED [BLEEP] HELP LAST YEAR IN CLEAR CREEK. 106 00:08:34,067 --> 00:08:35,733 MIKE AND I TOOK THIS [BLEEP] THING APART 107 00:08:35,767 --> 00:08:37,067 BY OURSELVES PRETTY MUCH. 108 00:08:37,067 --> 00:08:38,767 SO GENE'S GOT IT MADE. 109 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,400 MIKE AND I PUT IT ALL TOGETHER FOR HIM. 110 00:08:43,967 --> 00:08:46,567 I'M JUST GONNA TALK TO EVERYBODY FOR A MINUTE HERE. 111 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,867 Beaudry: COOL. 112 00:08:48,900 --> 00:08:50,800 IS EVERYBODY... Y'ALL READY? 113 00:08:50,833 --> 00:08:52,933 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS AGAIN. 114 00:08:52,967 --> 00:08:54,133 PERFECT. 115 00:08:56,833 --> 00:09:01,467 OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO TALK TO YOU GUYS FOR A MINUTE. 116 00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:03,233 FIRST OF ALL, 117 00:09:03,267 --> 00:09:08,333 I'M EXCITED TO COME WORK ON THIS PROJECT WITH ALL YOU GUYS. 118 00:09:08,367 --> 00:09:10,733 I'M NOT HERE TO STEAL ANYBODY'S GLORY, THUNDER. 119 00:09:10,767 --> 00:09:12,900 EVERYBODY'S BUSTED THEIR ASS TO DO THIS. 120 00:09:16,333 --> 00:09:17,667 WE GOT NO PROBLEM, GENE. 121 00:09:17,700 --> 00:09:19,067 WELL, THAT'S -- THAT'S GREAT. I'M JUST, UH... 122 00:09:19,067 --> 00:09:20,600 -WE NEVER HAVE, OKAY? -GLAD YOU'RE ON BOARD, GENE. 123 00:09:20,633 --> 00:09:22,233 WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE. 124 00:09:22,267 --> 00:09:23,567 YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. 125 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:25,300 AND I'M NOT GONNA COME IN HERE AND START BARKING ORDERS. 126 00:09:25,333 --> 00:09:30,267 I JUST WANT TO GET THIS THING DIGGING AND FINDING SOME GOLD. 127 00:09:30,300 --> 00:09:32,200 I'M NOT SURE WHAT EVERYBODY'S ROLE IS 128 00:09:32,233 --> 00:09:33,667 AND JOB, WHO'S BEEN DOING WHAT. 129 00:09:33,700 --> 00:09:35,067 WELL, WE ALL JUST KIND OF GO AROUND 130 00:09:35,067 --> 00:09:36,600 AND DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE. 131 00:09:36,633 --> 00:09:39,667 YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST... MM-HMM. 132 00:09:41,667 --> 00:09:46,933 WELL, TONY WANTS ME TO COME HERE AND PUSH IT ALONG. 133 00:09:46,967 --> 00:09:48,867 I WANT TO GET THE THING RUNNING. 134 00:09:48,900 --> 00:09:50,067 OKAY. 135 00:09:56,667 --> 00:09:58,300 GENE AIN'T GONNA BE MY BOSS. 136 00:09:58,333 --> 00:10:00,067 WHY SHOULD HE COME OVER AND START 137 00:10:00,067 --> 00:10:03,667 RIGHT IN THE END OF THE PROJECT AND SAY, "HEY, THIS IS MINE. 138 00:10:03,700 --> 00:10:04,667 GET TO WORK"? 139 00:10:04,700 --> 00:10:06,033 NO. IT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN. 140 00:10:14,633 --> 00:10:17,167 Parker: MY GRANDPA GOT MEDEVACED TO ANCHORAGE LAST NIGHT 141 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:18,567 WITH HEART ISSUES. 142 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,167 NOBODY'S HEARD FROM HIM IN A LITTLE BIT. 143 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,000 IT'S NOT GOOD. 144 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:29,033 20-YEAR-OLD PARKER SCHNABEL RACES OVER 500 MILES 145 00:10:29,067 --> 00:10:32,800 TO BE WITH HIS BELOVED GRANDPA, JOHN. 146 00:10:32,833 --> 00:10:36,500 Parker: HIS HEART RATE WAS, LIKE, 35 OR 40. 147 00:10:36,533 --> 00:10:37,700 THE DOCTORS WERE PRETTY SURPRISED 148 00:10:37,733 --> 00:10:39,267 THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE A HEART ATTACK. 149 00:10:41,833 --> 00:10:43,367 Narrator: JUST THREE WEEKS AGO, 150 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:47,300 PARKER LEFT HIS FAMILY IN HAINES, ALASKA. 151 00:10:47,333 --> 00:10:50,667 SAYING GOODBYE TO HIS 95-YEAR-OLD GRANDPA, 152 00:10:50,700 --> 00:10:53,367 WHO'S ALREADY HAD TWO HEART OPERATIONS, 153 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,300 WAS ESPECIALLY HARD. 154 00:10:55,333 --> 00:10:57,233 GRANDPA. 155 00:10:57,267 --> 00:10:58,800 HUH? 156 00:10:58,833 --> 00:11:00,100 I LOVE YOU. 157 00:11:00,133 --> 00:11:01,167 [ CHUCKLES ] 158 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:03,333 I KNOW YOU DO, AND I LOVE YOU, TOO. 159 00:11:03,367 --> 00:11:05,100 BYE. TAKE CARE. 160 00:11:09,933 --> 00:11:12,600 BY THE TIME PARKER ARRIVES AT THE HOSPITAL, 161 00:11:12,633 --> 00:11:16,333 JOHN IS ALREADY BEING PREPPED FOR SURGERY. 162 00:11:16,367 --> 00:11:18,900 CARDIOLOGIST DR. YEE MING WU 163 00:11:18,933 --> 00:11:22,167 UPDATES PARKER ON HIS GRANDPA'S CONDITION. 164 00:11:30,833 --> 00:11:32,433 OKAY. 165 00:11:40,900 --> 00:11:42,133 NICE. 166 00:12:04,067 --> 00:12:06,067 * 167 00:12:10,067 --> 00:12:12,267 Narrator: IT'S THE FIRST DAY ON THE JOB 168 00:12:12,300 --> 00:12:14,600 FOR NEW DREDGE MASTER GENE CHEESEMAN 169 00:12:14,633 --> 00:12:16,567 AND HIS DOG, PUCK. 170 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:18,067 Cheeseman: HEY. COME HERE. 171 00:12:18,100 --> 00:12:20,567 OH, I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S ALWAYS CHALLENGES TO EVERYTHING. 172 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,167 YOU KNOW, IT'S... 173 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,133 BIG THING FOR ME IS JUST NEVER BEING AROUND ONE, 174 00:12:26,167 --> 00:12:28,467 YOU KNOW, NOT KNOWING EXACTLY HOW THINGS ARE GONNA WORK. 175 00:12:28,500 --> 00:12:30,700 SO IT'S A LEARNING CURVE. 176 00:12:30,733 --> 00:12:33,067 Narrator: GENE'S AN EXPERT AT MOVING DIRT, 177 00:12:33,067 --> 00:12:35,133 BUT HE'S NEVER RUN A DREDGE. 178 00:12:35,167 --> 00:12:37,433 SO TONY'S BROUGHT IN GORDON MARTIN, 179 00:12:37,467 --> 00:12:39,667 WHO WAS A WINCHMAN WHEN TONY'S DREDGE 180 00:12:39,700 --> 00:12:42,567 WAS LAST AFLOAT IN THE 1980s. 181 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:47,467 IT WAS A HIGHLY-SKILLED JOB, 182 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:50,167 MANEUVERING THE DREDGE IN ITS POND 183 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,633 TO MAXIMIZE THE GOLD HAUL. 184 00:12:56,500 --> 00:13:00,567 Martin: OH, IT'D BE ABOUT 30 YEARS NOW I GUESS SINCE I WAS ON HERE. 185 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:01,767 QUITE SOMETHING. 186 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:03,700 I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THEM TURNING AGAIN. 187 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,200 YEAH, THIS PARTICULAR DREDGE AT ONE TIME 188 00:13:08,233 --> 00:13:13,200 WAS THE MOST EFFICIENT GOLD RECOVERY UNIT IN CANADA. 189 00:13:13,233 --> 00:13:14,900 Rhodes: HOW MUCH GOLD DID YOU SEE? 190 00:13:14,933 --> 00:13:16,500 Martin: YOU'D JUST REACH IN THERE WITH YOUR HAND 191 00:13:16,533 --> 00:13:18,200 AND PICK IT UP LIKE A HANDFUL OF LEAVES. 192 00:13:18,233 --> 00:13:19,933 REALLY? [ Laughing ] YEAH. 193 00:13:22,967 --> 00:13:25,100 Narrator: GORDON WILL TRAIN JERRY AND MIKE 194 00:13:25,133 --> 00:13:26,500 TO BE WINCHMEN, 195 00:13:26,533 --> 00:13:29,433 RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATING THE DREDGE. 196 00:13:29,467 --> 00:13:31,067 BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME 197 00:13:31,100 --> 00:13:34,800 SINCE GORDON LAST RAN THIS MASSIVE MACHINE. 198 00:13:34,833 --> 00:13:37,067 AND THE BRAKES WOULD JUST BE LEFT OFF, RIGHT? 199 00:13:37,067 --> 00:13:38,467 YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO OPERATE THE BRAKES 200 00:13:38,500 --> 00:13:40,433 ON THE FRONT WINCHES. Martin: NO. 201 00:13:40,467 --> 00:13:42,433 YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT 202 00:13:42,467 --> 00:13:45,067 IF YOU... 203 00:13:45,100 --> 00:13:47,067 MM-HMM. 204 00:13:47,067 --> 00:13:48,200 BUT THEY'RE BOTH ON NOW. 205 00:13:48,233 --> 00:13:49,333 NO. THIS IS OFF. 206 00:13:49,367 --> 00:13:50,933 THIS ONE'S OFF. YOU GOT THIS ONE ON. 207 00:13:50,967 --> 00:13:52,133 AND THIS IS OFF. MM-HMM. 208 00:13:52,167 --> 00:13:53,200 YEAH. YEP. 209 00:13:53,233 --> 00:13:56,067 Narrator: THEIR FIRST TASK -- 210 00:13:56,067 --> 00:13:58,533 MOVE THE FLOATING DREDGE INTO POSITION 211 00:13:58,567 --> 00:14:02,333 ON PAY DIRT AT THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE POND. 212 00:14:02,367 --> 00:14:04,767 Cheeseman: SO I THINK WE'RE READY TO PULL THIS THING OUT 213 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:06,233 INTO THE MIDDLE THERE INTO POSITION. 214 00:14:06,267 --> 00:14:08,567 SO I WAS THINKING WE'D JUST GET THE CAT 215 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:09,967 AND RUN ALONG THIS BERM OVER HERE 216 00:14:10,067 --> 00:14:12,100 AND GET IT PULLING THE DREDGE AROUND 217 00:14:12,133 --> 00:14:13,867 AND JUST KIND OF MOVE ALONG AS WE NEED IT. 218 00:14:13,900 --> 00:14:15,967 THE 350-TON DREDGE 219 00:14:16,067 --> 00:14:19,633 HAS NO PROPELLER TO POWER IT OR RUDDER TO STEER. 220 00:14:19,667 --> 00:14:23,767 INSTEAD, GENE WILL MANEUVER THE DREDGE 221 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:27,133 USING CABLES ATTACHED TO A PAIR OF DOZERS. 222 00:14:27,167 --> 00:14:29,733 ONE DOZER WILL PULL THE FRONT OF THE DREDGE 223 00:14:29,767 --> 00:14:31,733 FORWARD TOWARDS PAY DIRT 224 00:14:31,767 --> 00:14:35,133 WHILE A SECOND WILL SWING THE REAR OF THE DREDGE AROUND, 225 00:14:35,167 --> 00:14:38,900 KEEPING IT POINTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 226 00:14:38,933 --> 00:14:43,067 JERRY TAKES CHARGE IN THE WHEELHOUSE WITH GORDON 227 00:14:43,067 --> 00:14:45,600 WHILE MIKE IS STATIONED BELOW DECK 228 00:14:45,633 --> 00:14:48,333 TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE WINCHES. 229 00:14:52,133 --> 00:14:54,367 [ ENGINE TURNS OVER ] 230 00:14:58,733 --> 00:15:01,067 GENE TOWS THE FRONT CABLE... 231 00:15:08,233 --> 00:15:12,067 ...WHILE TONY'S SON KEVIN PULLS ON THE REAR CABLE. 232 00:15:14,100 --> 00:15:16,067 Tony: GO. GO. GO. GO. GO. GO. 233 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,600 OKAY. I'M GONNA NEED TO GET A LITTLE MORE SLACK. 234 00:15:50,933 --> 00:15:54,467 Narrator: TO CLEAR THE BEND IN THE ROAD, GENE NEEDS MORE CABLE. 235 00:16:04,233 --> 00:16:06,300 JUST TRYING TO KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS. 236 00:16:10,067 --> 00:16:12,233 Narrator: ONCE GENE HAS THE SLACK HE NEEDS, 237 00:16:12,267 --> 00:16:15,100 JERRY AND GORDON LOCK OFF THE WINCHES 238 00:16:15,133 --> 00:16:16,600 SO HE CAN RESUME TOWING. 239 00:16:16,633 --> 00:16:19,333 I THINK WE'RE GOOD. AND THE BRAKE IS SET. 240 00:16:19,367 --> 00:16:21,233 ALL RIGHT, GORDON? 241 00:16:36,367 --> 00:16:37,933 [ CABLE SNAPS ] 242 00:16:37,967 --> 00:16:40,267 [ METAL CLANKS ] [BLEEP] 243 00:16:40,300 --> 00:16:42,267 SOMETHING AIN'T WORKING HERE. 244 00:16:42,300 --> 00:16:44,967 I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY WE'RE NOT [BLEEP] MOVING. 245 00:16:45,067 --> 00:16:48,900 WE JUST LOST OUR CABLE. [BLEEP] 246 00:16:48,933 --> 00:16:52,700 THE CABLE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE FRONT HERE, IT'S GONE. 247 00:16:52,733 --> 00:16:55,433 -WE PARTED OUR CABLE. -[BLEEP] 248 00:16:57,967 --> 00:17:01,567 Narrator: GORDON AND JERRY APPLIED THE WRONG BRAKE. 249 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:06,167 THE CABLE HAS COME OFF THE DRUM AND FALLEN INTO THE POND. 250 00:17:18,900 --> 00:17:21,133 [ METAL GROANING ] 251 00:17:23,967 --> 00:17:26,233 Rhodes: WE'VE RUN AGROUND. 252 00:17:26,267 --> 00:17:29,267 Narrator: WITH THE FRONT WINCH LINE NO LONGER ATTACHED, 253 00:17:29,300 --> 00:17:31,967 THE DREDGE HAS DRIFTED OFF COURSE 254 00:17:32,067 --> 00:17:34,767 AND IS NOW BEACHED ON A SANDBAR. 255 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:36,233 THAT WAS A BIG [BLEEP] 256 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:42,133 THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO. WE'RE STRANDED. 257 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,833 Cheeseman: LIKE A BUNCH OF RATS ON A SINKING SHIP, 258 00:17:53,867 --> 00:17:55,933 SCURRYING AROUND. 259 00:17:55,967 --> 00:18:00,067 Narrator: GENE TAKES CHARGE. 260 00:18:00,100 --> 00:18:02,267 CHEESEMAN: Gordon or Jerry, you guys got a radio? 261 00:18:02,300 --> 00:18:03,533 GO AHEAD. 262 00:18:03,567 --> 00:18:05,067 I WAS THINKING WE COULD JUST USE THE BUCKETS REVERSED 263 00:18:05,100 --> 00:18:06,467 TO PADDLE IT OVER TO THE OTHER BANK. 264 00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:07,567 WE COULD TRY IT. 265 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:09,500 WE'RE REALLY SLOW IN REVERSE, THOUGH. 266 00:18:09,533 --> 00:18:10,767 WELL, LET'S JUST SEE IF IT WORKS. 267 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:12,100 IF IT'S TOO SLOW, WE'LL GET THE SKIFF 268 00:18:12,133 --> 00:18:14,267 AND PADDLE A LINE OVER THERE. 269 00:18:14,300 --> 00:18:16,400 THE THING IS, THEY WANTED TO MAYBE USE THE BUCKETS 270 00:18:16,433 --> 00:18:17,933 AND MOVE IT ACROSS. 271 00:18:17,967 --> 00:18:19,100 WALK IT OVER THERE? 272 00:18:19,133 --> 00:18:21,067 BUT YOU KNOW HOW SLOW REVERSE IS? 273 00:18:21,067 --> 00:18:23,667 YEAH, I KNOW. BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT. 274 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:31,633 Narrator: GORDON LOWERS THE BUCKET LINE. 275 00:18:31,667 --> 00:18:34,900 GENE'S HOPING THAT BY RUNNING THE BUCKETS BACKWARDS, 276 00:18:34,933 --> 00:18:38,233 THE DREDGE WILL SLOWLY BACK OFF THE SANDBAR. 277 00:18:41,767 --> 00:18:44,967 I DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING ANYTHING. 278 00:18:45,067 --> 00:18:47,167 I THOUGHT HE HURRIED UP, DID THINGS IN A HURRY 279 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,367 INSTEAD OF JUST [BLEEP] AROUND. 280 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:50,967 [BLEEP] [ SCOFFS ] 281 00:18:51,067 --> 00:18:54,967 Narrator: GENE'S PLAN GETS OFF TO A SLOW START... 282 00:18:55,067 --> 00:18:57,700 BUT IT WORKS. 283 00:18:57,733 --> 00:19:00,133 WE'RE FINE, GENE. WE'RE GOOD. 284 00:19:00,167 --> 00:19:01,967 Tony: NO [BLEEP] 285 00:19:08,633 --> 00:19:12,367 Narrator: BY THE END OF THE DAY, THANKS TO GENE'S INGENUITY, 286 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,300 THE DREDGE IS IN POSITION ON PAY DIRT 287 00:19:15,333 --> 00:19:19,100 AND FINALLY READY TO START MINING. 288 00:19:24,667 --> 00:19:27,367 GONNA NEED A LOT OF WD-40 FOR THAT. 289 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:28,867 [ BOTH LAUGH ] 290 00:19:32,933 --> 00:19:34,967 [ BOTH LAUGH ] 291 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:43,933 500 MILES WEST AT THE HOSPITAL IN ANCHORAGE, 292 00:19:43,967 --> 00:19:49,267 PARKER'S 95-YEAR-OLD GRANDPA JOHN IS OUT OF SURGERY. 293 00:19:57,267 --> 00:19:59,267 I'M SORRY I CAN'T GET UP. 294 00:19:59,300 --> 00:20:00,867 [ CHUCKLES ] 295 00:20:00,900 --> 00:20:03,733 OH. 296 00:20:03,767 --> 00:20:06,833 I-I-I APOLOGIZE. 297 00:20:06,867 --> 00:20:09,467 [ Laughing ] WHAT? YOU HAVE NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR. 298 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:13,867 WELL, I LOVE YOU, AND I WANT TO HUG YOU, 299 00:20:13,900 --> 00:20:16,333 BUT I CAN'T DO A VERY GOOD JOB LAYING HERE. 300 00:20:18,067 --> 00:20:21,900 OH, PARKER. YOU'RE LOOKING BEAUTIFUL. 301 00:20:21,933 --> 00:20:24,533 I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU. [ LAUGHS ] 302 00:20:24,567 --> 00:20:27,300 YOU'RE THE ONE LOOKING GOOD. 303 00:20:27,333 --> 00:20:29,933 [ LAUGHS ] 304 00:20:29,967 --> 00:20:31,567 OH. 305 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,100 YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY FEELING GOOD THEN. 306 00:20:34,133 --> 00:20:38,000 I'M NOT TOO RATIONAL BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD ME DRUGGED UP, 307 00:20:38,033 --> 00:20:43,700 AND I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT OFF-KILTER. 308 00:20:43,733 --> 00:20:47,967 THE PACEMAKER, IS IT KICKING IN? 309 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,667 YEAH. 310 00:20:49,700 --> 00:20:51,833 I RUN LIKE A CLOCK NOW. 311 00:20:51,867 --> 00:20:54,133 I DON'T VARIATE AT ALL. 312 00:20:54,167 --> 00:20:56,700 I'M SET ON 60, 313 00:20:56,733 --> 00:20:58,200 SO I CAN SIT HERE 314 00:20:58,233 --> 00:21:01,800 AND SYNCHRONIZE WITH THAT CLOCK. 315 00:21:01,833 --> 00:21:05,067 AND WE'LL ALL BE IN THE SAME BOAT. 316 00:21:05,100 --> 00:21:07,700 [ LAUGHS ] 317 00:21:07,733 --> 00:21:10,100 [ LAUGHING ] 318 00:21:11,933 --> 00:21:14,200 HI. OH, DOC! HI, JOHN. 319 00:21:14,233 --> 00:21:16,067 HEY, LOOK AT -- BACK AT YOU. 320 00:21:16,067 --> 00:21:17,167 YEAH. YEAH. 321 00:21:19,833 --> 00:21:23,233 OH, I LOVE THAT MAN, AND I'M HAPPY. 322 00:21:23,267 --> 00:21:26,767 I MIGHT EVEN DECIDE TO LIVE. 323 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:28,733 [ LAUGHTER ] 324 00:21:30,833 --> 00:21:33,967 YOU CUT ME OPEN AND PUT A PACER IN THERE. 325 00:21:34,067 --> 00:21:39,400 SO I NOW CAN BEAT 60 PULSES PER MINUTE. 326 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:42,267 AT LEAST? YES. 327 00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:44,067 WAIT, IT'S NOT STABLE? 328 00:21:44,100 --> 00:21:45,767 [ LAUGHTER ] 329 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:47,333 AT LEAST I SAY -- 330 00:21:47,367 --> 00:21:49,567 YOU MEAN, IF I SEE A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, 331 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:50,633 IT'LL GO UP? 332 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:52,633 OOH. 333 00:21:58,467 --> 00:22:00,367 [ PARKER CHUCKLES ] 334 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:01,533 OKAY? 335 00:22:01,567 --> 00:22:05,067 THAT SOUNDS LIKE I GOT A BRIGHT FUTURE. 336 00:22:19,767 --> 00:22:21,500 HEY, YOU. 337 00:22:27,900 --> 00:22:32,100 PRETTY AMAZING COMPARED TO WHEN I LAST SAW IT DRY DOCKED. 338 00:22:34,167 --> 00:22:35,433 NOW SHE'S FLOATING. 339 00:22:35,467 --> 00:22:37,300 Monica: NOW IT LOOKS LIKE AN ACTUAL DREDGE. 340 00:22:37,333 --> 00:22:39,167 Narrator: TONY BEETS' DREDGE 341 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:42,733 IS FINALLY IN POSITION ON PAY DIRT. 342 00:22:42,767 --> 00:22:45,367 OH, IT'S AMAZING. I CAN'T WAIT. 343 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:47,067 Narrator: AFTER A 30-YEAR BREAK, 344 00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:48,200 THE ONLY WORKING 345 00:22:48,233 --> 00:22:51,067 BUCKET LINE GOLD DREDGE IN NORTH AMERICA 346 00:22:51,067 --> 00:22:53,633 IS ONCE AGAIN READY TO CATCH GOLD. 347 00:23:04,100 --> 00:23:06,200 LET'S PARTY. LET'S PARTY. 348 00:23:06,233 --> 00:23:07,333 WE'LL HAVE A PARTY. [ LAUGHS ] 349 00:23:07,367 --> 00:23:09,100 Narrator: TONY'S WIFE, MINNIE, 350 00:23:09,133 --> 00:23:12,867 AND HIS KIDS MIKE, KEVIN, AND MONICA 351 00:23:12,900 --> 00:23:15,067 GATHER TO CHRISTEN THEIR VESSEL. 352 00:23:15,067 --> 00:23:16,767 I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS THING FINALLY GOING. 353 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:18,400 IT'S NICE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY FLOATING. 354 00:23:21,733 --> 00:23:23,800 OH! HEY! WHAT? 355 00:23:23,833 --> 00:23:25,067 WE NEED A LAWN CHAIR HERE. 356 00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:33,300 I'M CHRISTENING YOU "MINNIE'S A.T.M." 357 00:23:33,333 --> 00:23:35,367 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 358 00:23:36,333 --> 00:23:38,500 THERE WE GO. 359 00:23:40,167 --> 00:23:41,533 LET'S GO. 360 00:23:41,567 --> 00:23:47,333 Narrator: AFTER $1 MILLION AND FIVE MONTHS OF HARD WORK, 361 00:23:47,367 --> 00:23:49,833 THIS IS THE MOMENT OF TRUTH. 362 00:23:58,233 --> 00:23:59,267 [ ENGINE TURNS OVER ] 363 00:23:59,300 --> 00:24:02,067 "BIG MIKE" BEAUDRY HITS THE POWER. 364 00:24:07,433 --> 00:24:09,767 2,000 GALLONS OF WATER A MINUTE 365 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,233 SURGE INTO THE ANCIENT PLANT. 366 00:24:18,333 --> 00:24:20,367 * 367 00:24:32,067 --> 00:24:33,800 [ TONY WHOOPS ] 368 00:24:51,333 --> 00:24:56,300 Narrator: BUILT IN 1938 AND SHUT DOWN AFTER 50 YEARS, 369 00:24:56,333 --> 00:25:00,667 THE DREDGE IS ONCE AGAIN DIGGING KLONDIKE DIRT. 370 00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:01,900 [ LAUGHTER ] 371 00:25:01,933 --> 00:25:04,900 TONY'S DREAM OF MINING LIKE THE OLD-TIMERS... 372 00:25:06,367 --> 00:25:08,067 ...HAS BECOME A REALITY. 373 00:25:08,067 --> 00:25:10,433 FOR ALL THE HUBBA-BUBBA OVER THE LAST YEAR AND HALF, 374 00:25:10,467 --> 00:25:13,467 IT'S FINALLY NICE TO GET TO SEE THE DAMN THING ACTUALLY MOVE. 375 00:25:17,567 --> 00:25:20,233 GROUP HUG. AWW. 376 00:25:20,267 --> 00:25:21,967 WHOA. THAT'S TERRIFYING. 377 00:25:22,067 --> 00:25:24,200 FORGET IT. [ LAUGHTER ] 378 00:25:57,367 --> 00:26:00,133 Narrator: THE DREDGE IS CHEWING THROUGH PAY DIRT, 379 00:26:00,167 --> 00:26:01,933 BUT NOW IT'S TIME FOR JERRY 380 00:26:01,967 --> 00:26:04,067 TO START SWEEPING THE BUCKET LINE 381 00:26:04,067 --> 00:26:05,633 FROM SIDE TO SIDE. 382 00:26:05,667 --> 00:26:08,267 DROP THE SPUD, AND FIRE UP THE WINCHES. 383 00:26:08,300 --> 00:26:10,233 [ LEVER CLICKS ] 384 00:26:13,867 --> 00:26:15,867 TO ACT AS A PIVOT POINT, 385 00:26:15,900 --> 00:26:22,100 THEY DROP THE 9-TON STEEL SPUD AT THE REAR OF THE DREDGE. 386 00:26:22,133 --> 00:26:24,200 BY PULLING ON THE RIGHT-HAND CABLE, 387 00:26:24,233 --> 00:26:26,433 THE DREDGE WILL MOVE TO THE RIGHT, 388 00:26:26,467 --> 00:26:27,933 ALLOWING THE BUCKET LINE 389 00:26:27,967 --> 00:26:31,200 TO CARVE ITS WAY THROUGH PAY DIRT IN AN ARC. 390 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:35,667 WELL, YEAH, IT'S KIND OF A UNIQUE 391 00:26:35,700 --> 00:26:38,067 OPERATING SKILL, I THINK. 392 00:26:39,467 --> 00:26:41,233 PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING WOULD BE 393 00:26:41,267 --> 00:26:45,067 YOU HAVE TO REALLY KEEP AN EYE ON HOW YOU'RE DIGGING, 394 00:26:45,100 --> 00:26:48,200 HOW DEEP, HOW FAST. 395 00:26:50,433 --> 00:26:53,833 THERE IT GOES. IT'S GOING. 396 00:26:58,300 --> 00:27:00,900 HEY. HEY! 397 00:27:00,933 --> 00:27:02,333 DON'T BE PULLING OVER TOO HARD. 398 00:27:02,367 --> 00:27:04,400 I CAN SEE THAT BUCKET LINE MOVES OVER LIKE THAT, 399 00:27:04,433 --> 00:27:05,500 WE'RE ON THE DIRT. 400 00:27:05,533 --> 00:27:07,233 OKAY. IT'S TOO FAST. 401 00:27:07,267 --> 00:27:09,833 WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE THE DREDGE 402 00:27:09,867 --> 00:27:11,533 SWING AT A NICE, SLOW RATE. 403 00:27:11,567 --> 00:27:13,133 IT'S GOING, LIKE, THREE TIMES AS FAST 404 00:27:13,167 --> 00:27:16,233 AS IT SHOULD BE ON THE SWEEP HERE. 405 00:27:16,267 --> 00:27:19,133 [BLEEP] WAY TOO FAST. 406 00:27:19,167 --> 00:27:22,167 Narrator: GORDON AND JERRY ARE MOVING THE BUCKET LADDER 407 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,500 TO THE LEFT TOO FAST. 408 00:27:27,533 --> 00:27:29,367 WHAT WAS THAT? 409 00:27:32,067 --> 00:27:35,300 [BLEEP] WE BETTER STOP WINCHING BACK THE OTHER WAY. 410 00:27:37,367 --> 00:27:38,767 WE CAN'T CONTROL THE SPEED. 411 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,833 [ METAL THUDS ] 412 00:27:40,867 --> 00:27:42,067 LOOK OUT! 413 00:27:44,300 --> 00:27:47,933 [ METAL SCREECHING ] 414 00:27:47,967 --> 00:27:49,967 STOP! STOP! 415 00:27:50,067 --> 00:27:51,533 [ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ] [BLEEP] 416 00:28:05,900 --> 00:28:08,500 [ WATER TRICKLING ] 417 00:28:11,067 --> 00:28:14,600 Narrator: JUST ONE HOUR INTO ITS MINING SEASON... 418 00:28:14,633 --> 00:28:16,167 Rhodes: WE'VE ALREADY SCREWED UP TODAY. 419 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,900 WE KNOCKED THE BUCKET LADDER OFF THE DRUM. 420 00:28:18,933 --> 00:28:21,067 BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LEARNING CURVE. 421 00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:23,100 THIS IS THE FIRST DAY. 422 00:28:23,133 --> 00:28:26,300 Narrator: TONY BEETS' DREDGE IS DEAD IN THE WATER. 423 00:28:27,833 --> 00:28:30,467 I GUESS WE WERE PUSHING SO HARD SIDEWAYS 424 00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:34,400 IT FLIPPED THE BUCKETS OFF THE SIDE OF THE DRUM. 425 00:28:34,433 --> 00:28:36,967 I'LL TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT ONE. 426 00:28:38,667 --> 00:28:41,067 Minnie: SO THAT'LL BE IT FOR THE DAY? 427 00:28:41,067 --> 00:28:42,067 PROBABLY SO. 428 00:28:42,067 --> 00:28:43,833 I'M NOT INTERESTED IN REPAIRS. 429 00:28:43,867 --> 00:28:46,733 I'LL BE BACK WHEN THERE'S GOLD IN THE BOX. 430 00:28:46,767 --> 00:28:51,233 JERRY AND GORDON PUSHED THE OLD DREDGE TOO HARD TO THE LEFT, 431 00:28:51,267 --> 00:28:55,900 CAUSING THE 24-TON BUCKET LINE TO DERAIL. 432 00:28:55,933 --> 00:28:58,500 THE BUCKET LINE SLIPPED OFF THE TIP OF THE LADDER. 433 00:28:58,533 --> 00:29:00,867 IT'S LIKE LOSING A TRACK ON AN EXCAVATOR. 434 00:29:00,900 --> 00:29:02,333 WE GOT TO GET ALL THE EQUIPMENT ROUNDED UP 435 00:29:02,367 --> 00:29:04,633 AND THE RIGGING TO TRY AND PULL IT BACK ON THERE. 436 00:29:04,667 --> 00:29:08,067 Narrator: TO GET THE BUCKETS BACK ON TRACK, 437 00:29:08,067 --> 00:29:10,367 GENE, THE NEW DREDGE MASTER, 438 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,100 BRINGS IN THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT. 439 00:29:12,133 --> 00:29:14,800 YOU NEED TO BE RIGHT ALONGSIDE OF HIM. 440 00:29:14,833 --> 00:29:20,500 BIG MIKE USES THE SIDE BOOM TO LIFT THE BUCKET LINE... 441 00:29:20,533 --> 00:29:24,067 WHILE KEVIN USES THE WINCH ON THE D6 DOZER 442 00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:26,667 TO PULL THE BUCKETS BACK IN LINE WITH THE LADDER. 443 00:29:26,700 --> 00:29:28,733 PULL. 444 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:38,833 PERFECT. OKAY. 445 00:29:38,867 --> 00:29:40,433 GO UP AGAIN JUST A LITTLE BIT. 446 00:29:44,367 --> 00:29:46,333 Krisher: YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET IT ON THIS WAY. 447 00:29:46,367 --> 00:29:48,833 WE'RE GONNA TRY IT THIS WAY, 448 00:29:48,867 --> 00:29:50,333 BUT I THINK THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO DO IT. 449 00:29:51,633 --> 00:29:52,800 THAT'S GOOD, MIKE. 450 00:29:52,833 --> 00:29:55,333 BE CAREFUL THEY DON'T BREAK A BUCKET. 451 00:30:06,300 --> 00:30:08,367 LET GO OF IT, MIKE. BACK OFF. 452 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,800 I WANT TO CUT YOU LOOSE. 453 00:30:12,733 --> 00:30:13,767 JUST HOLD UP, KEVIN. 454 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,600 Narrator: GENE TRIES ONE LAST TRICK. 455 00:30:16,633 --> 00:30:18,600 Cheeseman: PICK UP ON THE BUCKET LINE 456 00:30:18,633 --> 00:30:20,467 SO THAT WE CAN GET IT TO RUN IN REVERSE, 457 00:30:20,500 --> 00:30:21,900 AND WE'LL GET IT TO RIDE ON THERE. 458 00:30:21,933 --> 00:30:26,000 Narrator: A MANEUVER USED TO RESEAT THE TRACK ON A DOZER. 459 00:30:28,900 --> 00:30:31,800 THAT MIGHT GET IT ON THERE. 460 00:30:31,833 --> 00:30:35,367 THERE'S SO MUCH WEIGHT HANGING ON THAT SLACK SIDE RIGHT NOW. 461 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:36,733 Rhodes: WELL, AND IT'S GOT A LOT OF FRICTION 462 00:30:36,767 --> 00:30:38,667 IN THE DIRT DOWN THERE. 463 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,533 OKAY. ARE YOU GUYS READY TO RUN IT IN REVERSE? 464 00:30:42,567 --> 00:30:45,233 WE'RE READY, GENE. GIVE US A SIGNAL. 465 00:30:45,267 --> 00:30:47,200 OKAY. REVERSE. 466 00:30:49,867 --> 00:30:51,900 [ WHIRRING ] 467 00:30:54,467 --> 00:30:56,500 [ METAL CREAKING ] 468 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:03,233 [ METAL CLANKS ] JUST KEEP HER COMING. 469 00:31:06,967 --> 00:31:08,067 OKAY. HOLD HER. HOLD IT. 470 00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:10,067 OH, STOP. 471 00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:11,967 Narrator: THE BUCKETS WON'T CLEAR 472 00:31:12,067 --> 00:31:15,600 THE CIRCULAR FLANGE ON THE END OF THE LADDER. 473 00:31:15,633 --> 00:31:17,433 Martin: HOW FAR IS IT ON THERE? I MEAN... 474 00:31:17,467 --> 00:31:20,067 IT'S SITTING ON TOP OF THE DRUM. 475 00:31:20,067 --> 00:31:21,567 Krisher: 'CAUSE YOU'LL NEVER DRIVE THOSE BUCKETS 476 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:24,100 BACK OVER THE EDGE OF THAT FLANGE. 477 00:31:24,133 --> 00:31:28,900 WELL, I THINK THE DIRT MIGHT BE KEEPING IT FROM SLIDING OVER. 478 00:31:28,933 --> 00:31:32,167 WE JUST NEED TO BUMP IT OVER NOW. 479 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:33,567 WE SHOULD CUT THAT LOOSE. 480 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,667 WE COULD JUST COME OVER WITH THE CAT AND PUSH ON IT IN THERE. 481 00:31:35,700 --> 00:31:39,300 HE'S TURNING OUT TO BE QUITE THE OPERATION. 482 00:31:39,333 --> 00:31:42,700 Narrator: GENE'S ONLY OPTION -- USE BRUTE FORCE 483 00:31:42,733 --> 00:31:46,333 TO GET THE 75-YEAR-OLD BUCKETS BACK INTO PLACE. 484 00:31:46,367 --> 00:31:48,967 Cheeseman: GOT TO COME IN WITH THE CORNER OF THE BLADE ON THAT. 485 00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:53,567 Narrator: IF HE BREAKS JUST ONE BUCKET, 486 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:57,067 THE DREDGE WILL BE CRIPPLED FOR WEEKS. 487 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,367 WE DID IT! I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT. 488 00:32:11,633 --> 00:32:13,400 YEAH. IT'S BACK ON THERE NOW. 489 00:32:13,433 --> 00:32:16,100 WE GOT TO GET EVERYTHING ALL HOOKED BACK UP 490 00:32:16,133 --> 00:32:17,800 AND ANCHORS HOOKED BACK UP 491 00:32:17,833 --> 00:32:19,767 AND OUR [BLEEP] PICKED UP 492 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:21,900 AND START SLUICING AGAIN, I HOPE. 493 00:32:21,933 --> 00:32:24,367 MIKE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET THE WATER GOING 494 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:25,567 AND GET EVERYTHING SPINNING. 495 00:32:28,067 --> 00:32:30,200 Narrator: AFTER A THREE-HOUR DELAY, 496 00:32:30,233 --> 00:32:33,433 THE DREDGE GETS BACK TO CATCHING GOLD. 497 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:36,533 Cheeseman: WE'RE GETTING THE WATER GOING AGAIN 498 00:32:36,567 --> 00:32:37,933 SO IT CAN GET TO RUNNING AGAIN. 499 00:32:39,733 --> 00:32:41,133 OKAY. 500 00:32:49,067 --> 00:32:50,700 CHEESEMAN'S [BLEEP] SMILING. 501 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,200 IT'S A GREAT DAY. [ LAUGHS ] 502 00:33:00,300 --> 00:33:03,333 WORD THAT TONY'S DREDGE IS UP AND RUNNING 503 00:33:03,367 --> 00:33:05,867 HAS REACHED HIS NEIGHBORS, THE HOFFMANS. 504 00:33:05,900 --> 00:33:07,433 [ ENGINE TURNS OVER ] 505 00:33:27,567 --> 00:33:29,967 HEY, TONY. 506 00:33:30,067 --> 00:33:31,500 HOW YOU DOING? YOU REMEMBER MY SON HUNTER? 507 00:33:36,533 --> 00:33:37,600 SO THIS IS IT, HUH? 508 00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:40,400 SHE'S RUNNING TOO, HUH? 509 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,300 YEP. I'M GOING BIG. 510 00:33:55,333 --> 00:33:56,700 300 YARDS AN HOUR. 511 00:34:04,067 --> 00:34:07,367 DID YOU JUST SAY YOU DO 10 GALLONS AN HOUR? 512 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,833 I'M DOING 10 GALLONS A SECOND RIGHT NOW. 513 00:34:15,533 --> 00:34:19,267 I GOT DOZERS GOING, AND I GOT BIG BILLS. 514 00:34:19,300 --> 00:34:21,533 Narrator: TODD IS BURNING THROUGH FUEL. 515 00:34:21,567 --> 00:34:24,633 BUT WITH HIS BIG CREW AND MASSIVE WASH PLANT, 516 00:34:24,667 --> 00:34:29,067 HE'S ALSO RUNNING THREE TIMES AS MUCH PAY DIRT AS TONY. 517 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:30,167 I WONDER IF YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE 518 00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:31,567 TO MOVE ENOUGH GROUND, THAT'S ALL. 519 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,267 I'M HAULING ASS AND MY PLANT'S -- 520 00:34:34,300 --> 00:34:40,067 I MEAN, TALK ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM. 521 00:34:40,067 --> 00:34:44,333 TODD'S SEASON DEPENDS ON PULLING GOLD OUT OF HIS SUPERCUT 522 00:34:44,367 --> 00:34:46,833 BEFORE IT TURNS TO A LAKE OF MUD. 523 00:34:56,300 --> 00:34:59,067 WELL, I DON'T KNOW IN THE END WHAT'S GONNA BE BETTER, 524 00:34:59,100 --> 00:35:01,767 BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT. 525 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:03,533 ALL RIGHT, MAN. 526 00:35:03,567 --> 00:35:04,767 YEAH. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. 527 00:35:12,067 --> 00:35:14,500 YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH GOLD THIS DREDGE IS GONNA GET, 528 00:35:14,533 --> 00:35:19,067 BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S DEFINITELY A TOURIST ATTRACTION. 529 00:35:19,067 --> 00:35:20,800 PRETTY COOL. 530 00:36:04,233 --> 00:36:08,333 Narrator: IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, JUST 2 DAYS AFTER HEART SURGERY, 531 00:36:08,367 --> 00:36:12,233 95-YEAR-OLD JOHN SCHNABEL IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, 532 00:36:12,267 --> 00:36:13,900 AND HE'S EAGER FOR AN UPDATE 533 00:36:13,933 --> 00:36:17,400 ON PARKER'S ROCKY START TO THE SEASON. 534 00:36:17,433 --> 00:36:22,767 John: HOW ARE THINGS GOING WITH YOU OVER ON YOUR MINE? 535 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,600 YEAH. I DON'T KNOW. 536 00:36:24,633 --> 00:36:27,667 WITH GENE NOT COMING BACK, IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH. 537 00:36:27,700 --> 00:36:31,100 BUT GOOD GROUP OF GUYS, YOU KNOW? 538 00:36:31,133 --> 00:36:32,600 IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE. 539 00:36:32,633 --> 00:36:33,900 THAT'S RIGHT. 540 00:36:33,933 --> 00:36:37,867 YOUR CREW IS THE NEXT BEST THING TO YOUR FAMILY. 541 00:36:37,900 --> 00:36:42,067 PARKER, YOU'LL NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH I REALLY APPRECIATE 542 00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:48,067 YOU COMING TO HELP ME GET THROUGH THIS DAY OR YESTERDAY 543 00:36:48,067 --> 00:36:50,133 AND GET BACK ON THE ROAD TO HOME. 544 00:36:50,167 --> 00:36:52,633 YOU KNOW YOU DON'T NEED TO THANK ME. 545 00:36:52,667 --> 00:36:54,500 YOU'D HAVE DONE THE SAME THING IN A HEARTBEAT. 546 00:36:54,533 --> 00:36:55,900 [ LAUGHS ] 547 00:37:09,633 --> 00:37:11,667 * 548 00:37:16,267 --> 00:37:17,700 GOOD. GOOD. 549 00:37:17,733 --> 00:37:21,500 Narrator: TONY BEETS HAS BEEN RUNNING HIS DREDGE NONSTOP 550 00:37:21,533 --> 00:37:23,200 FOR 20 HOURS. 551 00:37:23,233 --> 00:37:25,700 IT'S FINALLY TIME TO FIND OUT 552 00:37:25,733 --> 00:37:30,300 IF IT HAS CAUGHT ITS FIRST OUNCE OF GOLD IN 30 YEARS. 553 00:37:35,067 --> 00:37:36,267 OKAY. 554 00:37:37,767 --> 00:37:38,800 YEAH. 555 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:40,967 SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 556 00:37:42,367 --> 00:37:44,267 OKAY. 557 00:37:47,767 --> 00:37:49,500 SHUT HER DOWN! 558 00:37:54,433 --> 00:37:56,067 WHEN TONY BEETS ANNOUNCED 559 00:37:56,067 --> 00:37:59,133 HE WAS GOING TO RESURRECT THIS ANCIENT DREDGE, 560 00:37:59,167 --> 00:38:04,200 THE MINING COMMUNITY THOUGHT HE WAS CRAZY. 561 00:38:04,233 --> 00:38:06,133 Cheeseman: I DON'T KNOW IF I'D SAY THE SYSTEM'S WORKING WELL. 562 00:38:06,167 --> 00:38:07,633 IT'S WORKING, I JUST -- 563 00:38:07,667 --> 00:38:09,267 YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE START DOING THE CLEANUP, 564 00:38:09,300 --> 00:38:11,067 THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING. 565 00:38:11,067 --> 00:38:12,767 Narrator: TONY'S ABOUT TO FIND OUT 566 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:14,867 IF HIS GAMBLE HAS PAID OFF. 567 00:38:21,333 --> 00:38:23,067 Minnie: YEAH, I'D BE HAPPY WITH THAT, TOO. 568 00:38:27,333 --> 00:38:30,900 Narrator: IF THE DREDGE CAN PRODUCE AN OUNCE AN HOUR, 569 00:38:30,933 --> 00:38:32,667 50 HOURS A WEEK, 570 00:38:32,700 --> 00:38:35,733 TONY WILL GET 1,000 OUNCES THIS SEASON 571 00:38:35,767 --> 00:38:40,700 AND RECOUP THE $1 MILLION HE SPENT ON IT. 572 00:38:40,733 --> 00:38:42,233 DON'T COUNT YOURSELF RICH YET. 573 00:38:45,367 --> 00:38:46,800 THAT'S ABOUT SIZE OF IT. 574 00:38:50,267 --> 00:38:51,967 SO THOSE ARE THE LAST BUCKETS, KEVIN? 575 00:38:52,067 --> 00:38:53,333 YEP. LAST BALES. 576 00:38:53,367 --> 00:38:55,700 OKAY, SO ARE YOU GONNA HEAD OUT TO THE HILL RIGHT AWAY? 577 00:38:55,733 --> 00:38:57,067 I CAN DO THAT, YEAH. 578 00:38:57,067 --> 00:38:58,400 BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY REALLY CURIOUS 579 00:38:58,433 --> 00:38:59,600 TO SEE HOW MUCH IS THERE. 580 00:38:59,633 --> 00:39:01,500 'CAUSE THE PANS LOOKED OKAY. 581 00:39:01,533 --> 00:39:03,433 BUT YOU NEVER KNOW UNTIL YOU WEIGH IT, RIGHT? 582 00:39:03,467 --> 00:39:04,700 Kevin: OH, I KNOW THAT. 583 00:39:04,733 --> 00:39:08,067 SO GET TO THE HILL, CLEAN IT UP, AND WE'LL SEE YOU THERE. 584 00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:09,200 HOW'S THAT? SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN. 585 00:39:09,233 --> 00:39:10,300 OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. SEE YOU. 586 00:39:10,333 --> 00:39:11,967 COOL. 587 00:39:16,300 --> 00:39:18,200 KEVIN AND MONICA BEETS SEPARATE 588 00:39:18,233 --> 00:39:20,700 THE DREDGE'S FIRST GOLD CONCENTRATE 589 00:39:20,733 --> 00:39:23,533 WITH A PULSATING JIG. 590 00:39:23,567 --> 00:39:25,467 IT'S EXCITING TO BE DOING THE FIRST JIG FOR THE DREDGE 591 00:39:25,500 --> 00:39:27,233 'CAUSE, I MEAN, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME, 592 00:39:27,267 --> 00:39:29,500 MONEY, AND EFFORT ON THAT THING, 593 00:39:29,533 --> 00:39:30,900 SO IT'LL BE REALLY NICE TO SEE IT 594 00:39:30,933 --> 00:39:33,433 ACTUALLY PRODUCING AND SEE WHAT'S COMING OUT OF IT. 595 00:39:33,467 --> 00:39:34,933 I MEAN, WE KNOW THERE'S GOLD IN THE GROUND. 596 00:39:34,967 --> 00:39:37,633 WE JUST GOT TO SEE IF THE DREDGE ACTUALLY WORKS RIGHT. 597 00:39:39,267 --> 00:39:40,633 Kevin: SO AT THE END OF THIS PROCESS, 598 00:39:40,667 --> 00:39:43,067 ALL THE GOLD'S IN THE PAILS DOWN HERE. 599 00:39:43,067 --> 00:39:45,567 ALL THE OTHER JUNK -- PBHT -- GONE. 600 00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:47,600 LIKELY GONNA GET A LOT OF GARNETS IN THERE. 601 00:39:47,633 --> 00:39:49,367 Monica: AND GARNETS ARE WHAT YOU WANT 602 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:51,400 'CAUSE GARNETS AND GOLD GO HAND-IN-HAND. 603 00:39:51,433 --> 00:39:53,567 YOU CAN HAVE THE GARNETS. I'LL TAKE THE GOLD. 604 00:39:59,567 --> 00:40:01,567 TONY AND MINNIE, WE'RE READY FOR THE GOLD WEIGH. 605 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:03,367 COME ON UP, GUYS. 606 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:12,000 Narrator: GENE CHEESEMAN AND THE BEETS FAMILY 607 00:40:12,033 --> 00:40:13,600 HEAD TO THE GOLD ROOM 608 00:40:13,633 --> 00:40:16,200 FOR THE FIRST WEIGH-IN OF THE SEASON. 609 00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:36,133 OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, 610 00:40:36,167 --> 00:40:39,967 THE DREDGE RAN PAY DIRT FOR A TOTAL OF 20 HOURS. 611 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,433 FOR THIS OPERATION TO BE VIABLE, 612 00:40:42,467 --> 00:40:47,600 TONY NEEDS A MINIMUM OF 20 OUNCES. 613 00:40:50,233 --> 00:40:51,700 [ BOWL THUDS ] 614 00:40:51,733 --> 00:40:54,100 Kevin: THAT'S 21 OUNCES. 615 00:40:54,133 --> 00:40:58,567 Narrator: THE DREDGE'S FIRST CLEANUP IN ALMOST 30 YEARS 616 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:03,267 YIELDS 21 OUNCES, WORTH $23,000. 617 00:41:03,300 --> 00:41:05,400 IT'S HONESTLY BETTER 618 00:41:05,433 --> 00:41:06,667 THAN WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE 619 00:41:06,700 --> 00:41:08,800 FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS IN THE LEARNING CURVE. 620 00:41:08,833 --> 00:41:10,767 IT'S ACTUALLY BETTER WHAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, TOO. 621 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:12,367 I'M IMPRESSED. 622 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:13,967 I REALLY AM IMPRESSED WITH WHAT YOU GUYS DONE. 623 00:41:14,067 --> 00:41:16,300 SO IT CATCHES. THERE IS NO DOUBT. 624 00:41:16,333 --> 00:41:18,300 AND WE KNOW IT'S THERE. WE'VE PROVEN IT. 625 00:41:24,533 --> 00:41:26,300 OKAY. [ LAUGHS ] 626 00:41:26,333 --> 00:41:30,167 Narrator: TONY'S 75-YEAR-OLD DREDGE IS CATCHING GOLD 627 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:34,133 AT JUST A FRACTION OF THE RUNNING COSTS OF OTHER CLAIMS. 628 00:41:41,067 --> 00:41:44,133 IT LOOKS LIKE TONY'S CONTROVERSIAL INVESTMENT 629 00:41:44,167 --> 00:41:46,567 JUST MIGHT PAY OFF. 630 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:07,067 ON THE NEXT "GOLD RUSH"... 631 00:42:07,067 --> 00:42:08,200 READY TO ROCK 'N' ROLL! 632 00:42:08,233 --> 00:42:09,367 [ AIR HORN BLOWS ] 633 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:11,133 Todd: AND COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, 634 00:42:11,167 --> 00:42:12,433 WE'RE GONNA START KICKING SOME ASS. 635 00:42:12,467 --> 00:42:14,800 [ ALL CHEER ] 636 00:42:14,833 --> 00:42:16,700 SOME OF THESE PEOPLE GET ALL WORKED UP 637 00:42:16,733 --> 00:42:18,467 OVER ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. 638 00:42:18,500 --> 00:42:20,300 ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU NEED A SENSE OF URGENCY. 639 00:42:20,333 --> 00:42:21,600 OH, [BLEEP] 640 00:42:21,633 --> 00:42:23,700 [ WOMAN CRIES ] 641 00:42:23,733 --> 00:42:24,867 YOU GUYS CAN'T BE HERE. NO. 642 00:42:24,900 --> 00:42:26,067 DON'T. GET OUT WITH THAT CAMERA. 643 00:42:26,067 --> 00:42:27,833 [BLEEP] 644 00:42:27,867 --> 00:42:29,700 OKAY, PARKER, SOMETHING'S GOING ON WITH EMILY. 645 00:42:29,733 --> 00:42:30,667 I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. 646 00:42:30,700 --> 00:42:32,267 DO WE NEED, LIKE, A HELICOPTER?