1 00:00:03,067 --> 00:00:05,367 Narrator: ON THIS "GOLD RUSH"... 2 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,000 WE'RE LOSING GOLD. 3 00:00:20,567 --> 00:00:22,067 [ GROANS ] 4 00:00:22,100 --> 00:00:24,133 BUNCH OF [BLEEP] [BLEEP] [BLEEP] JOKE. 5 00:00:26,633 --> 00:00:29,133 Todd: HERE WE GO. WE'RE GONNA MAKE A MILLION-DOLLAR MOUNTAIN. 6 00:00:29,167 --> 00:00:31,433 Hiatt: WHOA! HOLY [BLEEP] IT'S ON FIRE. 7 00:00:31,467 --> 00:00:32,933 Todd: THAT'S IT. CUT IT. 8 00:00:32,967 --> 00:00:35,800 TAKE THE SHAFT AND WELD IT RIGHT INTO THE ENGINE. I DON'T CARE. 9 00:00:35,833 --> 00:00:38,967 Ibarra: THIS WAS JUST A STUPID CALL. STUPID. 10 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:40,567 AND NOW WE HIT... WE'RE BROKE DOWN. 11 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:42,567 WE'RE GONNA FAIL IF WE KEEP DOING THIS. 12 00:00:45,267 --> 00:00:48,133 Parker: THAT PLANT NEEDS TO BE RUNNING. UPTIME, UPTIME, UPTIME. 13 00:00:48,167 --> 00:00:49,600 I KNOW TODD'S GOING PRETTY HARD, 14 00:00:49,633 --> 00:00:51,367 BUT I DON'T THINK HE STANDS A CHANCE. 15 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:53,700 HOO! WE BEEN BUSTING OUR ASS FOR THAT STUFF. 16 00:00:53,733 --> 00:00:56,033 Ness: KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING. 17 00:00:56,067 --> 00:00:57,967 YOU GONNA TAKE MY DEAL OR NOT? 18 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:59,500 I WOULD LOVE TO KICK YOUR BUTT. 19 00:00:59,533 --> 00:01:01,467 I'M NOT HERE TO LOSE. 20 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,633 * 21 00:01:17,567 --> 00:01:20,533 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 22 00:01:20,567 --> 00:01:23,600 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 23 00:01:30,767 --> 00:01:32,833 WE'RE IN A [BLEEP] DISASTER ZONE. 24 00:01:32,867 --> 00:01:35,167 Narrator: 21-YEAR-OLD PARKER SCHNABEL 25 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,433 IS VISITING HIS RIVAL, TODD HOFFMAN. 26 00:01:38,467 --> 00:01:40,933 Parker: THAT LOADER'S SMALLER THAN OUR LOADER. 27 00:01:40,967 --> 00:01:44,100 THEY AREN'T RUNNING 300 YARDS AN HOUR, I'LL TELL YOU THAT. 28 00:01:44,133 --> 00:01:45,833 OH, MAN. 29 00:01:45,867 --> 00:01:47,933 Narrator: AFTER A BAD START TO THE SEASON, 30 00:01:47,967 --> 00:01:49,800 PARKER HAS MADE A COMEBACK. 31 00:01:49,833 --> 00:01:53,867 HE NOW HAS 1,450 OUNCES OF GOLD, 32 00:01:53,900 --> 00:01:58,067 TRAILING THE HOFFMAN CREW BY JUST 250 OUNCES. 33 00:01:58,067 --> 00:01:59,700 -HOW'S IT GOING? -HEY, HOW ARE YA? 34 00:01:59,733 --> 00:02:01,367 I'M ALL RIGHT. 35 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,967 SO WHAT CAN I DO YA FOR, BUDDY? 36 00:02:04,067 --> 00:02:06,533 I ACTUALLY HEARD THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SELLING 37 00:02:06,567 --> 00:02:07,933 THAT GOLD RIG YOU GOT. 38 00:02:07,967 --> 00:02:09,433 WELL, I WOULD BE OPEN TO IT. 39 00:02:09,467 --> 00:02:11,500 -THAT'S IT THERE? -YEP. WANT TO GO LOOK AT IT? 40 00:02:11,533 --> 00:02:13,533 YEAH, IF WE COULD. 41 00:02:13,567 --> 00:02:16,500 YOUR TABLE'LL FIT RIGHT ON THERE. 42 00:02:16,533 --> 00:02:18,467 YOUR JIGS'LL GO RIGHT DOWN THERE. 43 00:02:18,500 --> 00:02:21,100 THINK WE USED TO SET IT ABOUT RIGHT HERE, 44 00:02:21,133 --> 00:02:22,800 AND THEN YOU'D JUST SHOVEL IN. 45 00:02:22,833 --> 00:02:25,567 WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR THIS? 46 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,900 I GOT $30,000 IN THIS THING. 47 00:02:27,933 --> 00:02:30,767 BUT LAST YEAR, I DID ABOUT $1.7 MILLION, YOU KNOW? 48 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:32,967 BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT LIKE IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. 49 00:02:33,067 --> 00:02:35,967 WHY DON'T YOU MAKE ME AN OFFER, PARKER? 50 00:02:40,133 --> 00:02:43,400 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE THING'S WORTH. 51 00:02:43,433 --> 00:02:46,967 TAKE 12,000 BUCKS? 52 00:02:47,067 --> 00:02:48,767 THIS IS THE DEAL. 53 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,933 IF I BEAT YOU THIS YEAR, 54 00:02:51,967 --> 00:02:54,633 I'MA GIVE YOU THIS CONTAINER, OKAY? 55 00:02:54,667 --> 00:02:57,133 YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. 56 00:02:57,167 --> 00:03:02,300 IF YOU BEAT ME, PAY ME $15,000 WORTH OF GOLD 57 00:03:02,333 --> 00:03:03,933 AT THE END OF SEASON. 58 00:03:03,967 --> 00:03:05,400 THIS IS A GREAT BET. 59 00:03:05,433 --> 00:03:06,600 IT'S A BET. IT'S A GOOD BET. 60 00:03:06,633 --> 00:03:08,167 -I'VE GOT NOTHING TO LOSE. -YOU REALLY DON'T. 61 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,133 I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOUR ANGLE IS. 62 00:03:11,167 --> 00:03:13,067 IF I BEAT YOU, 63 00:03:13,067 --> 00:03:15,800 I'D PROBABLY PULL OFF A MIRACLE DOWN HERE, 64 00:03:15,833 --> 00:03:18,833 AND YOU PROBABLY HAD SOME THINGS GO WRONG DOWN THERE. 65 00:03:18,867 --> 00:03:22,233 AND AT LEAST ONE GUY DID SOMETHING GOOD FOR YA THIS YEAR. 66 00:03:22,267 --> 00:03:24,067 AND THAT WOULD BE ME. 67 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:28,367 I'M NOT HERE FOR FAVORS, TODD. 68 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,833 WELL, YOU COULD DO IT EITHER WAY. 69 00:03:31,867 --> 00:03:34,367 ARE YOU GONNA TAKE MY DEAL OR NOT? 70 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:36,400 YOU GOT A CHANCE OF NOT PAYING ME. 71 00:03:36,433 --> 00:03:37,533 -BY LOSING. -I'D TAKE THAT ONE. 72 00:03:37,567 --> 00:03:39,200 I'M NOT HERE TO LOSE. 73 00:03:39,233 --> 00:03:40,667 I'M TAKING THE DEAL, AND I'M GONNA PAY YOU 74 00:03:40,700 --> 00:03:41,867 'CAUSE I'M GONNA BEAT YOU. 75 00:03:41,900 --> 00:03:43,733 CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. 76 00:03:43,767 --> 00:03:46,333 IF I KICK YOUR ASS, IT'S YOURS. 77 00:03:46,367 --> 00:03:48,500 CONSIDER IT A BIRTHDAY GIFT. 78 00:03:48,533 --> 00:03:51,300 DON'T GET ME WRONG. I WOULD LOVE TO KICK YOUR BUTT. 79 00:03:51,333 --> 00:03:52,967 BUT I THINK I GOT MORE HEART. 80 00:03:53,067 --> 00:03:54,900 -REALLY? -I DO. 81 00:03:54,933 --> 00:03:56,067 WE'LL FIND OUT. 82 00:03:56,067 --> 00:03:57,833 I THINK WE'VE GOT MORE DISCIPLINE. 83 00:03:57,867 --> 00:04:01,067 WE'LL FIND OUT. I DOUBT IT. 84 00:04:01,067 --> 00:04:02,333 -REALLY? -YEAH. 85 00:04:02,367 --> 00:04:04,733 WE'LL FIND OUT, PARKER. 86 00:04:04,767 --> 00:04:06,300 OH, MAN. 87 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:14,467 Todd: I WAS HIS AGE ONCE. I WAS 21. 88 00:04:14,500 --> 00:04:16,600 NO MATTER WHAT HE SAYS OR WHAT HE DOES 89 00:04:16,633 --> 00:04:18,267 OR HOW HE TREATS PEOPLE, 90 00:04:18,300 --> 00:04:20,067 I DON'T BELIEVE IN PARKER'S ABILITY 91 00:04:20,067 --> 00:04:23,400 TO KEEP HIS TEAM TOGETHER. 92 00:04:23,433 --> 00:04:24,800 Parker: HE'S PLAYING A GAME, 93 00:04:24,833 --> 00:04:28,733 TRYING TO GET US RELAXED, I THINK. 94 00:04:28,767 --> 00:04:31,833 Todd: WE GOT A BETTER TEAM, AND WE GOT BIGGER HEARTS. 95 00:04:31,867 --> 00:04:35,700 AND THAT -- THAT'S WHY WE'RE GONNA BEAT HIM THIS YEAR. 96 00:04:35,733 --> 00:04:38,200 HE SAID THEY'VE GOT MORE HEART THAN US. 97 00:04:38,233 --> 00:04:40,100 THEY DON'T HAVE MORE [BLEEP] HEART THAN US. 98 00:04:40,133 --> 00:04:42,633 WHY THE -- WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? 99 00:04:50,567 --> 00:04:53,800 * 100 00:05:00,567 --> 00:05:04,367 Narrator: KLONDIKE LEGEND TONY BEETS TAKES GENE CHEESEMAN, 101 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:07,233 "BIG MIKE" BEAUDRY, AND HIS SON, KEVIN, 102 00:05:07,267 --> 00:05:08,833 ON A 60-MILE TRIP 103 00:05:08,867 --> 00:05:11,633 TO SEE THE LATEST ADDITION TO HIS OPERATION. 104 00:05:17,700 --> 00:05:19,333 DESPITE AN EPIC STRUGGLE 105 00:05:19,367 --> 00:05:22,067 TO GET HIS FIRST DREDGE TO PAY FOR ITSELF, 106 00:05:22,067 --> 00:05:26,333 TONY HAS DOUBLED DOWN AND BOUGHT A SECOND ANTIQUE MINING MACHINE, 107 00:05:26,367 --> 00:05:28,133 THE THISTLE CREEK DREDGE. 108 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,833 THIS MACHINE WAS BUILT IN THE 1940s, 109 00:05:35,867 --> 00:05:39,233 BUT IT RAN DIRT FOR LESS THAN 5 YEARS 110 00:05:39,267 --> 00:05:43,267 AND HAS SURVIVED 70 YUKON WINTERS. 111 00:06:04,900 --> 00:06:07,067 JUST FOR THE [BLEEP] HELL OF IT, WHY NOT MAKE IT RUN? 112 00:06:07,067 --> 00:06:09,867 EVERYTHING'S PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE. 113 00:06:18,967 --> 00:06:23,067 Narrator: THE THISTLE CREEK DREDGE IS MISSING ITS BUCKET LINE. 114 00:06:25,700 --> 00:06:28,233 WITHOUT THE 77 CAST-IRON BUCKETS 115 00:06:28,267 --> 00:06:31,333 TO CHEW THROUGH THE PAY DIRT, THE DREDGE IS USELESS. 116 00:06:36,733 --> 00:06:38,633 Cheeseman: COULD'VE FOUND AN EASIER TRAIL MAYBE. 117 00:06:38,667 --> 00:06:40,900 [ LAUGHS ] 118 00:06:46,533 --> 00:06:47,967 THEY LOOK TO BE HORRIBLE. 119 00:06:55,633 --> 00:06:57,600 Cheeseman: I GOT 37 ALSO. 120 00:07:03,433 --> 00:07:06,833 WITH NO SPARE BUCKETS AVAILABLE, TONY'S ONLY OPTION 121 00:07:06,867 --> 00:07:09,433 IS TO TAKE ONE BUCKET TO USE AS A MODEL 122 00:07:09,467 --> 00:07:11,633 TO HAVE REPLACEMENTS CAST. 123 00:07:21,300 --> 00:07:24,400 THEY NEED TO FIND A BUCKET LYING UPSIDE DOWN 124 00:07:24,433 --> 00:07:26,733 SO THEY CAN REMOVE ITS CONNECTING PIN. 125 00:07:26,767 --> 00:07:28,900 UH, THIS IS GONNA BE THE EASIEST ONE TO TRY. 126 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:33,967 Kevin: OH, YEAH. THERE WE GO. 127 00:07:37,900 --> 00:07:39,233 [ GROANS ] 128 00:07:41,900 --> 00:07:43,967 GET IT! 129 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:47,267 GET THAT CHAIN. 130 00:07:58,333 --> 00:07:59,767 NOT ONLY DOES THE CHOPPER 131 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:03,167 HAVE TO LIFT THE 700-POUND CAST-IRON BUCKET, 132 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,367 IT ALSO HAS TO FREE IT FROM THE MUD 133 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:08,900 IT'S BEEN SITTING IN FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY. 134 00:08:42,500 --> 00:08:45,800 * 135 00:08:50,067 --> 00:08:51,400 Todd: HERE WE GO. 136 00:08:51,433 --> 00:08:54,467 Narrator: AFTER 3 MONTHS OPENING UP THEIR BIGGEST CUT, 137 00:08:54,500 --> 00:08:57,900 THE HOFFMAN CREW HAS REACHED A WATERSHED MOMENT. 138 00:09:01,733 --> 00:09:04,433 RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STRIPPING THE VERY, VERY LAST 139 00:09:04,467 --> 00:09:09,733 OF THE OVERBURDEN IN THE EXTENSION OF THE SUPERCUT. 140 00:09:09,767 --> 00:09:12,533 I WANT TO GET THIS OUT OF HERE AS FAST AS WE CAN. 141 00:09:14,733 --> 00:09:16,567 SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS MOVE EVERY PIECE 142 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:17,933 OF EQUIPMENT WE HAVE. 143 00:09:17,967 --> 00:09:20,833 A 700 EXCAVATOR, AN 800 EXCAVATOR, 144 00:09:20,867 --> 00:09:24,967 AND FIVE 40-TON ROCK TRUCKS AND A D11 DOZER. 145 00:09:25,067 --> 00:09:28,467 AND THAT'S A LOT OF HORSEPOWER, LOT OF MANPOWER. 146 00:09:28,500 --> 00:09:30,333 AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. 147 00:09:30,367 --> 00:09:31,800 WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO BE ON OUR GAME. 148 00:09:31,833 --> 00:09:33,667 LET'S GET THIS STUFF OUT OF HERE. 149 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:38,333 JUST 2 MONTHS AGO, I SAID TO MYSELF, 150 00:09:38,367 --> 00:09:39,800 "THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN." 151 00:09:39,833 --> 00:09:42,300 WE WILL NEVER GET TO THE END OF IT. 152 00:09:42,333 --> 00:09:43,900 AND NOW HERE WE ARE. 153 00:09:51,433 --> 00:09:54,433 THIS IS IT. THIS IS THE LAST OF THE OVERBURDEN. 154 00:09:57,667 --> 00:10:00,700 Narrator: TO HIT THEIR $3 MILLION SEASON GOAL, 155 00:10:00,733 --> 00:10:02,167 THE HOFFMANS STILL NEED 156 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,167 OVER A MILLION DOLLARS' WORTH OF GOLD. 157 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,067 Todd: WE'RE GONNA START RUNNING PAY. 158 00:10:07,100 --> 00:10:08,833 WE'RE GONNA KEEP SENDING IN ENOUGH PAY 159 00:10:08,867 --> 00:10:10,433 TILL WE GOT A MILLION DOLLARS' WORTH OF PAY 160 00:10:10,467 --> 00:10:13,733 SITTING UP ON THE RAMP. 161 00:10:13,767 --> 00:10:16,133 WE'RE GONNA MAKE A MILLION-DOLLAR-MOUNTAIN. 162 00:10:18,233 --> 00:10:19,933 Narrator: ALL SEASON, THE HOFFMAN CREW 163 00:10:19,967 --> 00:10:21,467 HAS USED TWO ROCK TRUCKS 164 00:10:21,500 --> 00:10:23,633 TO HAUL PAY DIRT TO THE WASH PLANT, 165 00:10:23,667 --> 00:10:27,167 AND THREE ROCK TRUCKS TO REMOVE OVERBURDEN. 166 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:30,100 NOW THAT THEY'VE REMOVED THE LAST OF THE OVERBURDEN 167 00:10:30,133 --> 00:10:31,433 FROM THE SUPERCUT, 168 00:10:31,467 --> 00:10:33,433 THEY CAN USE ALL FIVE ROCK TRUCKS 169 00:10:33,467 --> 00:10:35,767 TO HAUL PAY TO THE PLANT. 170 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,733 THAT WILL DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF PAY DIRT THEY CAN MOVE, 171 00:10:38,767 --> 00:10:42,267 ALLOWING TODD TO BUILD A 40-FOOT-TALL STOCKPILE 172 00:10:42,300 --> 00:10:45,700 THAT HE HOPES WILL HOLD $1 MILLION IN GOLD. 173 00:10:45,733 --> 00:10:48,133 HEY, KEVIN. THE OVERBURDEN'S DONE. 174 00:10:48,167 --> 00:10:50,367 I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A MILLION-DOLLAR PAY PILE. 175 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,133 BRING IT ON, LOGAN. 176 00:10:54,233 --> 00:10:56,867 TODD'S THREATENING TO BURY ME IN -- IN PAY. 177 00:10:56,900 --> 00:11:00,700 BEING DROWNING IN PAY RIGHT NOW ISN'T SUCH A BAD THING. 178 00:11:00,733 --> 00:11:03,067 IF TODD BRINGS $1 MILLION WORTH OF PAY UP HERE, 179 00:11:03,067 --> 00:11:05,367 OUR PAY PROBLEMS ARE OVER. 180 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,500 MILLION-DOLLAR PAY PILE, BRING IT ON. 181 00:11:08,533 --> 00:11:11,600 * 182 00:11:20,567 --> 00:11:22,733 WHOA! HOLY [BLEEP] IT'S ON FIRE. 183 00:11:22,767 --> 00:11:24,467 CUT THE POWER! 184 00:11:31,467 --> 00:11:34,700 * 185 00:11:38,700 --> 00:11:40,300 Hiatt: FIRE. GET UP HERE QUICK. 186 00:11:40,333 --> 00:11:44,633 Narrator: SMOKE IS POURING OUT OF THE HOFFMAN'S RADIAL STACKER. 187 00:11:49,367 --> 00:11:52,233 Hiatt: LOOK, I'M TELLING YOU, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. 188 00:11:52,267 --> 00:11:54,633 BUT I DON'T KNOW... 189 00:11:54,667 --> 00:11:56,367 Turin: WHAT'S GOING ON? 190 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:58,067 Hiatt: WE GOT TO WAIT FOR IT TO COOL DOWN. 191 00:11:58,067 --> 00:12:00,367 Ibarra: OH, NO. 192 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,267 OH, NO, NO. 193 00:12:03,300 --> 00:12:05,767 WE CAN'T AFFORD TO BE DOWN. 194 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,667 THAT FRONT SEAL IS COMPLETELY GONE. 195 00:12:08,700 --> 00:12:11,067 I MEAN, IT'S SIZZLING STILL. 196 00:12:11,067 --> 00:12:13,067 TODD, I THINK IT GOT CAUGHT ON FIRE 197 00:12:13,067 --> 00:12:14,433 AND BURNT UP. 198 00:12:19,900 --> 00:12:22,900 HOW BAD IS IT? 199 00:12:22,933 --> 00:12:25,533 THERE'S SOMETHING MASSIVELY WRONG. 200 00:12:32,067 --> 00:12:33,700 -HANG ON A SECOND. -[BLEEP] 201 00:12:33,733 --> 00:12:35,500 -YOU ALL RIGHT? -YEAH. 202 00:12:35,533 --> 00:12:37,367 THIS IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE LITTLE SPROCKETS 203 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,633 RIGHT HERE FOR THE GEAR TO GRAB. 204 00:12:39,667 --> 00:12:42,500 IT TORE 'EM ALL OUT. IT'S PLASTIC. 205 00:12:43,700 --> 00:12:45,733 AS YOU COULD SEE, I MEAN, IT MELTED 'EM OUT, 206 00:12:45,767 --> 00:12:48,433 AND IT'S TOAST. ALL THOSE LITTLE RIBS ARE GONE. 207 00:12:48,467 --> 00:12:52,200 Narrator: THE TAILINGS CONVEYOR IS POWERED BY A MOTOR AT ITS BASE. 208 00:12:52,233 --> 00:12:54,200 THE MOTOR TURNS A PLASTIC WHEEL 209 00:12:54,233 --> 00:12:56,400 THAT POWERS THE CONVEYOR MECHANISM, 210 00:12:56,433 --> 00:12:58,433 BUT TEETH ON THE METAL COG 211 00:12:58,467 --> 00:13:01,667 HAVE DESTROYED THE TEETH ON THE PLASTIC WHEEL, 212 00:13:01,700 --> 00:13:05,500 AND THE FRICTION EVENTUALLY STARTED A FIRE. 213 00:13:05,533 --> 00:13:07,100 IT WOULD TAKE 2 WEEKS 214 00:13:07,133 --> 00:13:10,800 TO GET A REPLACEMENT PART ALL THE WAY UP TO THE YUKON. 215 00:13:10,833 --> 00:13:12,467 TO GET BACK UP AND RUNNING, 216 00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:15,333 MECHANIC AND FABRICATOR JUAN IBARRA 217 00:13:15,367 --> 00:13:17,800 HAS TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. 218 00:13:17,833 --> 00:13:19,567 I'M GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENT STYLE COUPLER 219 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:21,267 OUT OF MILD STEEL. 220 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:22,967 IT'S STILL NOT 100% PERFECT 221 00:13:23,067 --> 00:13:24,400 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE TOOLING HERE 222 00:13:24,433 --> 00:13:26,533 TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT IT'S 100% CENTERED. 223 00:13:26,567 --> 00:13:28,067 WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN. 224 00:13:28,067 --> 00:13:30,367 HOPEFULLY, IT'LL GET US BY FOR A COUPLE MORE WEEKS. 225 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,067 Narrator: MACHINING A STEEL WHEEL AND GETTING IT PERFECTLY 226 00:13:33,067 --> 00:13:35,367 ALIGNED COULD TAKE 2 DAYS. 227 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,133 AND EVERY HOUR THE HOFFMANS ARE NOT RUNNING, 228 00:13:38,167 --> 00:13:40,733 THEY'RE LOSING $3,000 IN GOLD. 229 00:13:40,767 --> 00:13:45,400 DUDE. WALK WITH ME. WALK WITH ME. 230 00:13:45,433 --> 00:13:46,900 NORMALLY, I WOULD NEVER DO THIS. 231 00:13:46,933 --> 00:13:49,133 BUT I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER OPTION ON THIS ONE. 232 00:13:49,167 --> 00:13:50,400 SO... -YEAH. 233 00:13:50,433 --> 00:13:52,400 YOU GOT TO GET THAT FRICKING RADIAL STACKER -- 234 00:13:52,433 --> 00:13:54,100 YOU GOT TO GET IT RUNNING. 235 00:13:54,133 --> 00:13:56,433 AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT PART. 236 00:13:56,467 --> 00:13:57,867 TODD, THAT THING'S A PIECE OF CRAP. 237 00:13:57,900 --> 00:13:59,300 THERE'S NO WAY IT CAN WORK. 238 00:13:59,333 --> 00:14:00,500 TAKE THE SHAFT IN THERE 239 00:14:00,533 --> 00:14:01,667 AND JUST FRICKING WELD IT RIGHT INTO THE ENGINE. 240 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:03,100 I DON'T CARE. 241 00:14:03,133 --> 00:14:05,800 JUAN'S BUSH-FIXED A LOT OF STUFF. 242 00:14:05,833 --> 00:14:08,867 TWO DAYS IS TOO LONG. 243 00:14:08,900 --> 00:14:11,300 YOU GOT TO FRICKING FIGURE IT OUT. 244 00:14:11,333 --> 00:14:13,567 IF WE DO A TWO-PART EPOXY 245 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:15,867 AND WE STICK IT IN THERE WITH THE DRIVE GEAR 246 00:14:15,900 --> 00:14:17,367 AND LET IT SIT, 247 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,333 WHAT IT DOES IS THAT IT FILLS IN ALL THE HOLES 248 00:14:20,367 --> 00:14:22,333 AND THEN TURNS HARD AS A FREAKING ROCK. 249 00:14:22,367 --> 00:14:26,400 IT BASICALLY RENEWS ALL THOSE PLASTIC TEETH. 250 00:14:26,433 --> 00:14:28,500 -THEN WE GOT HER? -WE'RE GOOD TO GO. 251 00:14:28,533 --> 00:14:30,333 GET ON IT, RANDY. GET THAT PART. 252 00:14:30,367 --> 00:14:32,567 LET'S EPOXY IT ON THERE. AND LET'S GIVE IT HELL. 253 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:34,967 TODD GOES WITH A QUICK GLUE FIX 254 00:14:35,067 --> 00:14:38,133 OVER JUAN'S STEEL REPLACEMENT WHEEL. 255 00:14:38,167 --> 00:14:41,300 WE GOT TO COME UP WITH SOME OTHER PLAN. 256 00:14:41,333 --> 00:14:42,667 THAT WON'T WORK. 257 00:14:42,700 --> 00:14:44,233 THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN? THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK, HUH? 258 00:14:44,267 --> 00:14:45,567 NOPE. 259 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,167 -I THOUGHT IT WOULD, MAN. -NO, IT WON'T, JUAN. 260 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:51,300 * 261 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,267 THIS IS JUST FRICKING STUPID, MAN. 262 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:01,267 THIS WAS JUST A STUPID CALL. 263 00:15:01,300 --> 00:15:04,267 THIS IS JUST TAKING TIME AWAY FROM US FROM BEING ABLE TO RUN. 264 00:15:04,300 --> 00:15:06,400 WE WANTED TO GET THIS DONE, BUT HOW IN THE HELL ARE 265 00:15:06,433 --> 00:15:08,400 WE GONNA DO IT IF WE'RE JUST SHOOTING OURSELVES IN THE FOOT? 266 00:15:08,433 --> 00:15:11,300 WE'RE SCREWING OURSELVES. IT'S STUPID. 267 00:15:11,333 --> 00:15:14,633 * 268 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:20,233 Hubler: HOW DID JUAN GET IN HERE? HE'S BIGGER THAN ME. 269 00:15:20,267 --> 00:15:23,567 Narrator: MECHANIC RANDY HUBLER BEGINS HIS BUSH FIX. 270 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:26,667 GOOD GRIEF. I'M GONNA MIX IT HERE. 271 00:15:26,700 --> 00:15:29,067 -OKAY. -APPLY IT, 5 MINUTES. 272 00:15:29,067 --> 00:15:30,267 -FIVE MINUTES TICKING. -READY? 273 00:15:30,300 --> 00:15:31,533 YEAH. 274 00:15:31,567 --> 00:15:34,500 DAVE AND RANDY HAVE JUST ONE CHANCE TO MAKE IT WORK. 275 00:15:34,533 --> 00:15:36,867 THERE'S A LOT RIDING ON PLASTIC. 276 00:15:36,900 --> 00:15:39,833 IF THEY FAIL TO GET THE COG AND WHEEL IN PLACE 277 00:15:39,867 --> 00:15:43,767 BEFORE THE GLUE SETS, BOTH PARTS WILL BE USELESS. 278 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,067 THIS PART UP. 279 00:15:46,067 --> 00:15:47,300 -GO IN TIP. -THERE. 280 00:15:47,333 --> 00:15:49,500 -THERE, IT WENT IN. -NICE! 281 00:15:49,533 --> 00:15:51,867 NOW WE GOT TO GET THIS BOLTED UP, LET IT SIT, 282 00:15:51,900 --> 00:15:54,567 AND THEN THE REAL TEST WILL BE THE FIRST TIME WE FIRE IT UP. 283 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:57,900 * 284 00:16:11,100 --> 00:16:13,833 Narrator: BACK AT EUREKA CREEK, TONY BEETS 285 00:16:13,867 --> 00:16:16,067 IS STILL STRUGGLING TO MINE THE GOLD 286 00:16:16,100 --> 00:16:19,667 HE NEEDS TO PAY OFF HIS MILLION-DOLLAR DREDGE. 287 00:16:19,700 --> 00:16:22,867 * 288 00:16:32,467 --> 00:16:35,233 BUNCH OF [BLEEP] [BLEEP] [BLEEP] JOKE. 289 00:16:35,267 --> 00:16:36,767 HEY, MATT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND SHUT DOWN. 290 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:38,300 WE'VE GOT SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE SLUICER ON US HERE. 291 00:16:38,333 --> 00:16:39,333 OH, SERIOUSLY? 292 00:16:39,367 --> 00:16:41,367 -YEAH. -OKAY. 293 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,667 Narrator: THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, THEY'VE HAD A PROBLEM 294 00:16:43,700 --> 00:16:46,233 WITH FINE TAILINGS BLOCKING THE RIFFLES 295 00:16:46,267 --> 00:16:48,233 WHERE THE GOLD SHOULD COLLECT. 296 00:16:48,267 --> 00:16:50,433 NOW IT'S GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL. 297 00:16:50,467 --> 00:16:53,800 I MEAN, I KNOW WE WANT TO MAKE IT RUN, MAKE IT WORK, 298 00:16:53,833 --> 00:16:56,500 BUT THIS ISN'T REALLY [BLEEP] WORKING. 299 00:16:56,533 --> 00:16:57,733 Cheeseman: THE WAY OUR PLUMBING IS RIGHT NOW, 300 00:16:57,767 --> 00:16:59,100 WE CAN'T REALLY SPEED THE WATER SUPPLY UP. 301 00:16:59,133 --> 00:17:00,300 SO IT'S GONNA BACK UP. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE -- 302 00:17:00,333 --> 00:17:04,100 IT'S NOT WASHING IT OUT AS FAST ENOUGH. 303 00:17:04,133 --> 00:17:05,767 WELL, IT'S NOT JUST TODAY. 304 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,067 FOR THE PAST, LIKE, FOUR CLEANUPS, 305 00:17:08,067 --> 00:17:10,667 THE RIFFLES HAVE BEEN CLOGGED. 306 00:17:10,700 --> 00:17:13,867 WE'RE LOSING GOLD, SO IT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE, RIGHT? 307 00:17:18,633 --> 00:17:22,067 UNTIL I COMPLETELY REVAMP THE RUNS AND THE DISTRIBUTION 308 00:17:22,067 --> 00:17:25,133 AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IT'S JUST GONNA BE AN ISSUE. 309 00:17:25,167 --> 00:17:27,167 Narrator: IT'S ON FOREMAN GENE CHEESEMAN 310 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:29,367 TO COME UP WITH A PERMANENT SOLUTION. 311 00:17:30,967 --> 00:17:32,667 Cheeseman: I JUST DON'T SEE HOW IT WORKED BEFORE. 312 00:17:38,833 --> 00:17:41,367 WHERE THE STUFF COMES UNDERNEATH THE TROMMEL, 313 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:43,800 RIGHT NOW, IT'S GOING OUT IN ALL THEM RUNS THIS WAY. 314 00:17:43,833 --> 00:17:45,067 Tony: YEAH. 315 00:17:45,067 --> 00:17:47,100 I WAS THINKING ABOUT JUST CLOSING THIS OFF 316 00:17:47,133 --> 00:17:51,333 SO IT ALL -- ELIMINATES THESE SIDE RUNS. 317 00:17:51,367 --> 00:17:54,533 Narrator: FIVE SLUICE RUNS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TROMMEL 318 00:17:54,567 --> 00:17:59,200 COLLECT ALL THE GOLD AND FINE MATERIAL. 319 00:17:59,233 --> 00:18:01,867 Gene's plan: ELIMINATE FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE SLUICES 320 00:18:01,900 --> 00:18:03,667 ON EACH SIDE. 321 00:18:03,700 --> 00:18:08,467 THEN INSTALL A PAIR OF 15-FOOT-LONG SLUICE RUNS. 322 00:18:08,500 --> 00:18:12,267 BECAUSE THEY ARE NARROWER, THE WATER SHOULD FLOW FASTER 323 00:18:12,300 --> 00:18:14,700 AND FLUSH FINE MATERIAL OUT, 324 00:18:14,733 --> 00:18:17,200 ALLOWING GOLD TO COLLECT IN THE RIFFLES. 325 00:18:23,633 --> 00:18:24,667 -OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD. -PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, MAN. 326 00:18:24,700 --> 00:18:25,667 -I'LL GET ON IT. -PERFECT. 327 00:18:25,700 --> 00:18:27,900 THE DREDGE CREW GETS TO WORK, 328 00:18:27,933 --> 00:18:31,333 BLOCKING OFF EIGHT OF THE SLUICE RUNS WITH STEEL. 329 00:18:31,367 --> 00:18:34,567 IT SHOULD KEEP OUR WATER EVEN AND CONSISTENT SO THAT 330 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:36,933 WE SHOULDN'T HAVE AS MUCH OF A SAND BARRING ISSUE AS WE'VE HAD. 331 00:18:44,433 --> 00:18:46,567 Narrator: EIGHT RUNS ARE BLOCKED OFF. 332 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:51,300 WATER WILL NOW BE DIVERTED INTO TWO NEW CUSTOM-BUILT SLUICES. 333 00:18:52,633 --> 00:18:57,267 TONY'S CREW NOW INSTALLS THE MASSIVE 1-TON SLUICE RUNS. 334 00:18:58,533 --> 00:19:00,733 YEAH, JUST KEEP COMING. 335 00:19:02,967 --> 00:19:05,167 Tony: LITTLE MORE. 336 00:19:07,233 --> 00:19:08,400 WE'RE AN INCH AND A HALF, 337 00:19:08,433 --> 00:19:10,567 INCH AND THREE EIGHTHS RIGHT THERE, SO... 338 00:19:14,100 --> 00:19:16,833 WE EXTENDED THE RUNS GOING OUT THE BACK, 339 00:19:16,867 --> 00:19:18,300 A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GO. 340 00:19:18,333 --> 00:19:21,067 AND SHE WILL RUN AGAIN, JUST GOT TO PUT THESE -- 341 00:19:21,067 --> 00:19:23,500 BEND IT IN AS SOON AS I FINISH CUTTING THEM. 342 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,967 FINISHING UP THE LAST DETAILS, FIRE THINGS UP HERE. 343 00:19:31,067 --> 00:19:34,433 Narrator: THE NEW SLUICES, MATS, AND RIFFLES ARE IN. 344 00:19:34,467 --> 00:19:36,333 IT'S TIME FOR A TEST. 345 00:19:38,167 --> 00:19:40,500 [ LAUGHS ] 346 00:19:40,533 --> 00:19:43,533 [ DREDGE MOTOR STARTS ] 347 00:19:43,567 --> 00:19:47,067 * 348 00:20:02,167 --> 00:20:03,967 WITH THE WATER FLOW INCREASED, 349 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,433 TONY AND CREW HAVE TO RUN FOR AT LEAST A DAY 350 00:20:06,467 --> 00:20:10,033 TO FIND OUT IF THEIR NEW SLUICES ARE CATCHING GOLD. 351 00:20:10,067 --> 00:20:11,833 OFF WE GO. 352 00:20:17,967 --> 00:20:20,067 IF WE WANT TO REACH OUR 3,000-OUNCE GOAL, 353 00:20:20,100 --> 00:20:22,400 WE GOT TO KEEP THIS PLANT RUNNING ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW. 354 00:20:22,433 --> 00:20:25,033 Narrator: PARKER'S CREW IS RUNNING 200 YARDS AN HOUR, 355 00:20:25,067 --> 00:20:26,867 ALMOST TWICE WHAT THEY PUT THROUGH 356 00:20:26,900 --> 00:20:29,100 THEIR OLD WASH PLANT, BIG RED. 357 00:20:29,133 --> 00:20:31,733 THEY'RE DETERMINED TO HIT THEIR SEASON GOAL 358 00:20:31,767 --> 00:20:33,467 AND BEAT THE HOFFMANS. 359 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:35,100 Blaschke: WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SHUT IT DOWN. 360 00:20:35,133 --> 00:20:39,267 WHEN IT'S NOT RUNNING, WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY MONEY. 361 00:20:39,300 --> 00:20:42,400 Narrator: BUT KEEPING THEIR NEW PLANT, GOLDZILLA, FED 362 00:20:42,433 --> 00:20:44,833 IS TAKING ITS TOLL. 363 00:20:44,867 --> 00:20:46,533 I GUESS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM RIGHT NOW I CAN SEE, 364 00:20:46,567 --> 00:20:48,700 WITH HOW MUCH DIRT WE'RE RUNNING THROUGH GOLDZILLA, 365 00:20:48,733 --> 00:20:50,300 IS JUST HOW FAST THAT YOU'RE WEARING OUT. 366 00:20:50,333 --> 00:20:52,367 YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST THE COST OF RUNNING THAT FAST, 367 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:54,033 I GUESS. 368 00:20:54,067 --> 00:20:57,167 * 369 00:21:09,167 --> 00:21:12,600 [BLEEP] ROCK. 370 00:21:19,900 --> 00:21:23,067 * 371 00:21:27,900 --> 00:21:29,367 I KNOW NOBODY LIKES IT BEING TURNED OFF, 372 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:31,700 BUT THEY HAVEN'T MADE A PLANT YET 373 00:21:31,733 --> 00:21:34,133 THAT, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY MAINTENANCE ON. 374 00:21:34,167 --> 00:21:38,300 Narrator: RICK NESS HAS TO SHUT DOWN THEIR WASH PLANT, GOLDZILLA. 375 00:21:38,333 --> 00:21:41,200 Ness: [BLEEP] 376 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:44,667 Parker: WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP? 377 00:21:44,700 --> 00:21:47,733 UH, THESE SCREENS ARE ABOUT READY TO GO HERE. 378 00:21:47,767 --> 00:21:50,267 JUST THIS FIRST FOOT'S GETTING PRETTY SHOT. 379 00:21:50,300 --> 00:21:52,067 WELL, AND I WAS WONDERING IF WE SHOULD TAKE 380 00:21:52,067 --> 00:21:54,067 THAT LITTLE 2-FOOT SECTION AT THE BOTTOM 381 00:21:54,067 --> 00:21:55,267 AND PUT IT UP AT THE TOP. 382 00:21:55,300 --> 00:21:59,233 GET A FEW MORE HOURS ON 'EM. 383 00:21:59,267 --> 00:22:01,567 Narrator: TWO LAYERS OF SCREEN PREVENT ROCKS 384 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:03,100 FROM ENTERING THIS SHAKER, 385 00:22:03,133 --> 00:22:07,167 BUT SHARP BEDROCK HAS CUT HOLES IN THE UPPER SCREEN, 386 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,600 ALLOWING LARGE ROCKS TO FALL THROUGH 387 00:22:09,633 --> 00:22:12,833 AND DAMAGE THE LOWER SCREEN. 388 00:22:12,867 --> 00:22:17,467 WORSE, THEY ARE CAUSING CRACKS IN GOLDZILLA'S STEEL STRUCTURE. 389 00:22:19,933 --> 00:22:21,167 Parker: I DON'T KNOW. 390 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:22,533 LET'S JUST PULL ALL THE BOLTS OUT 391 00:22:22,567 --> 00:22:24,067 AND REPLACE THE ONES THAT NEED TO GET REPLACED 392 00:22:24,067 --> 00:22:26,667 AND MOVE THIS UP THERE AND DRAG IT DOWN, SLIDE IT DOWN. 393 00:22:26,700 --> 00:22:30,567 Ness: [BLEEP] [BLEEP] PIECE OF [BLEEP] 394 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,667 IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE RUN IT HARD, 395 00:22:32,700 --> 00:22:35,067 AND STUFF LIKE THE SCREENS WEAR OUT FAST, 396 00:22:35,067 --> 00:22:37,100 BUT THEN WE NEED THE UPTIME TOO. 397 00:22:37,133 --> 00:22:39,300 Narrator: HITTING PARKER'S 3,000-OUNCE, 398 00:22:39,333 --> 00:22:41,700 $3.3 MILLION GOAL 399 00:22:41,733 --> 00:22:44,967 GETS TOUGHER EVERY HOUR THE WASH PLANT IS DOWN. 400 00:22:45,067 --> 00:22:48,733 5% UPTIME IN THE NEXT 2 MONTHS WOULD BE -- 401 00:22:48,767 --> 00:22:52,133 MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAKING AND LOSING IT, REALLY. 402 00:22:52,167 --> 00:22:55,133 EVERY MINUTE THAT PLANT'S DOWN, IT NEEDS TO BE PANIC MODE. 403 00:22:55,167 --> 00:22:56,800 IT NEEDS TO BE RUNNING. 404 00:22:56,833 --> 00:22:59,500 UPTIME. UPTIME, UPTIME, UPTIME. 405 00:23:02,567 --> 00:23:06,900 OH, WHOEVER BUILT THIS THING IS A [BLEEP] IDIOT. 406 00:23:06,933 --> 00:23:08,567 SOME PEOPLE ROTATE THEIR TIRES. 407 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:12,433 WE ROTATE OUR SCREENS. GET EVERY MILE OUT OF 'EM. 408 00:23:12,467 --> 00:23:13,833 SHOULD BE THROWN AWAY, BUT... 409 00:23:13,867 --> 00:23:15,467 SCRAP PILE COMES TO MIND WHEN I THINK ABOUT 410 00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:18,333 WHERE THIS SHOULD GO. 411 00:23:18,367 --> 00:23:21,767 Parker: SCREEN CHANGES SHOULD TAKE A HALF-HOUR, REALLY. 412 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,367 WE NEED TO START FOCUSING ON UPTIME. 413 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,500 WE SHOULD'VE BEEN RUNNING 20 MINUTES AGO. 414 00:23:26,533 --> 00:23:27,900 NOW THAT WE'RE RUNNING, 415 00:23:27,933 --> 00:23:29,067 WE NEED TO TRY TO KEEP IT RUNNING, RIGHT? 416 00:23:29,100 --> 00:23:30,333 YEAH. 417 00:23:30,367 --> 00:23:32,333 FROM HERE ON OUT, THAT KIND OF [BLEEP] IS DONE. 418 00:23:32,367 --> 00:23:35,067 THE DOWNTIME'S GONNA STOP. 419 00:23:35,067 --> 00:23:36,267 ANOTHER EXPENSIVE MEETING. 420 00:23:36,300 --> 00:23:39,667 I'LL, UH -- I'LL HIT THE BELTS. 421 00:23:39,700 --> 00:23:42,833 * 422 00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:54,367 SHOULD WE REALLY DO THIS? 423 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:58,600 Narrator: THE HOFFMAN'S RADIAL STACKER HAS BEEN DOWN FOR OVER 6 HOURS. 424 00:23:58,633 --> 00:24:02,200 TODD WENT WITH A QUICK FIX USING GLUE. 425 00:24:02,233 --> 00:24:04,133 GET READY WITH THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER. 426 00:24:04,167 --> 00:24:06,833 IF IT FAILS, THEY'LL HAVE LOST 6 HOURS 427 00:24:06,867 --> 00:24:09,067 AND $18,000 DOLLARS 428 00:24:09,067 --> 00:24:11,067 JUST WAITING FOR IT TO CURE. 429 00:24:11,067 --> 00:24:12,867 Hubler: ALL RIGHTY, HERE SHE COMES. 430 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:20,633 THAT'S IT. CUT IT. 431 00:24:20,667 --> 00:24:23,833 DONE. 432 00:24:23,867 --> 00:24:25,267 IT'S TOAST. 433 00:24:25,300 --> 00:24:28,533 RANDY'S EPOXY FIX HAS FAILED. 434 00:24:31,067 --> 00:24:33,433 IT DOESN'T LOOK PRETTY. 435 00:24:33,467 --> 00:24:35,667 I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO RUN THIS AGAIN. 436 00:24:35,700 --> 00:24:36,967 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT. 437 00:24:37,067 --> 00:24:38,700 IT'S A PIECE OF PLASTIC. 438 00:24:38,733 --> 00:24:42,800 THE HOFFMANS ARE BACK AT SQUARE ONE. 439 00:24:42,833 --> 00:24:44,167 KEVIN TO JUAN. 440 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,467 We lost the radial stacker again. 441 00:24:54,167 --> 00:24:57,233 Ibarra: SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS, UH, THEY PUT A BUNCH OF EPOXY. 442 00:24:57,267 --> 00:24:59,633 WELL, IT DIDN'T HOLD, AND WE KNEW IT WASN'T GONNA HOLD. 443 00:24:59,667 --> 00:25:02,100 SO WHY THEY EVEN DID IT IS STUPID. 444 00:25:02,133 --> 00:25:03,767 AND NOW WE'RE HERE. WE'RE BROKE DOWN. 445 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,100 SO, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD'VE FIXED IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, 446 00:25:06,133 --> 00:25:08,333 OR AT LEAST DONE A BETTER JOB REPAIRING IT. 447 00:25:08,367 --> 00:25:10,900 YOU KNOW, IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DONE THAT WAY. 448 00:25:10,933 --> 00:25:12,867 THIS FIX IS GONNA BE A BUSH FIX AS WELL, 449 00:25:12,900 --> 00:25:14,667 BUT IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THE SENSE 450 00:25:14,700 --> 00:25:16,500 THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE USING GLUE. 451 00:25:16,533 --> 00:25:19,900 Narrator: JUAN WILL FABRICATE A STEEL REPLACEMENT WHEEL. 452 00:25:19,933 --> 00:25:23,733 AND INSTEAD OF GLUING IT, HE'LL WELD IT FIRMLY IN PLACE. 453 00:25:23,767 --> 00:25:26,467 Ibarra: I HAVE NO IDEA WHY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE. 454 00:25:26,500 --> 00:25:28,467 WE'RE GONNA DO IT NOW. 455 00:25:28,500 --> 00:25:31,833 AND, UH, WE'LL GET IT UP AND RUNNING. 456 00:25:31,867 --> 00:25:36,167 Narrator: TODD'S MILLION-DOLLAR PAY PILE IS GROWING BY THE MINUTE. 457 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,833 BUT HE HASN'T RUN A YARD OF DIRT IN 9 HOURS. 458 00:25:40,867 --> 00:25:42,867 IT'S 2 OUNCES AN HOUR THAT PARKER'S CATCHING ME. 459 00:25:42,900 --> 00:25:44,367 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 460 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,167 THAT'S -- FAR AS I'M FRICKING CONCERNED, 461 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,067 THAT'S 2 OUNCES TOO MUCH. 462 00:25:50,100 --> 00:25:53,067 Narrator: TO GET MONSTER RED BACK UP AND RUNNING, 463 00:25:53,100 --> 00:25:55,333 JUAN AND KEVIN WORK INTO THE NIGHT. 464 00:25:55,367 --> 00:25:58,600 * 465 00:26:02,333 --> 00:26:04,967 -WANT TO GIVE IT A SHOT? -YEAH, I'LL GIVE IT A SHOT. 466 00:26:06,067 --> 00:26:07,800 Hiatt: SEE IF IT FITS. 467 00:26:11,833 --> 00:26:13,100 THAT'S IT, MAN. 468 00:26:13,133 --> 00:26:15,367 -THAT'S IT? -THAT'S IT. 469 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,433 Ibarra: YEAH! 470 00:26:18,467 --> 00:26:21,567 BY 4:00 A.M., THEY'RE FINALLY READY TO TEST 471 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,200 JUAN'S CUSTOM-BUILT PART. 472 00:26:24,233 --> 00:26:26,200 IF THE WELD ON THE REPLACEMENT WHEEL 473 00:26:26,233 --> 00:26:27,700 ISN'T STRONG ENOUGH, 474 00:26:27,733 --> 00:26:30,633 IT'LL SHEAR OFF AS SOON AS THEY HIT START. 475 00:26:30,667 --> 00:26:31,833 -YOU READY, JUAN? -YEP. 476 00:26:31,867 --> 00:26:33,233 OKAY. 477 00:26:33,267 --> 00:26:36,067 [ RADIAL STACKER STARTS ] 478 00:26:39,700 --> 00:26:41,633 SHE'S SPINNING, YOU CAN SEE. 479 00:26:44,667 --> 00:26:48,400 ENGAGE THE -- THE CONVEYOR. 480 00:26:48,433 --> 00:26:50,067 Ibarra: THERE SHE GOES. 481 00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:54,267 NO, SHE DIDN'T THIS TIME. -THAT'S IT, BUDDY. 482 00:26:54,300 --> 00:26:55,400 RIGHT ON, MAN. 483 00:26:55,433 --> 00:26:56,933 Narrator: IT'S TAKEN 14 HOURS, 484 00:26:56,967 --> 00:26:59,067 BUT JUAN HAS FIXED THE STACKER. 485 00:26:59,100 --> 00:27:02,467 HE'S SAVED THE HOFFMAN CREW 2 WEEKS OF RUNNING TIME 486 00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:04,500 AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. 487 00:27:04,533 --> 00:27:05,900 EVERYTHING'S LOOKING GOOD. 488 00:27:05,933 --> 00:27:08,067 WE JUST NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. 489 00:27:11,367 --> 00:27:14,633 * 490 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:23,767 ALL RIGHT, FELLAS. LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN. 491 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,067 THERE'S PAY DIRT TO HAUL. WE GOT TO KEEP IT GOING. 492 00:27:26,067 --> 00:27:30,733 Narrator: FOREMAN RICK NESS IS ENFORCING PARKER'S NEW NO-DOWNTIME RULE. 493 00:27:30,767 --> 00:27:34,600 BUT WASH PLANT OPERATOR DAVID KROEKER HAS A PROBLEM. 494 00:27:34,633 --> 00:27:36,433 I HELPED RUN THIS PLANT BEFORE. 495 00:27:36,467 --> 00:27:38,233 WELL, THE GUY WHO OWNS IT WAS RUNNING IT, 496 00:27:38,267 --> 00:27:39,600 AND I TOLD HIM I'D TAKE CARE OF IT 497 00:27:39,633 --> 00:27:42,133 AND I'D LET HIM KNOW IF [BLEEP] GETS BAD ON IT. 498 00:27:42,167 --> 00:27:45,333 Narrator: IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO CATCH UP WITH THE HOFFMANS, 499 00:27:45,367 --> 00:27:48,067 PARKER HAS PUT MAINTENANCE ON HOLD. 500 00:27:48,067 --> 00:27:50,700 OH, YEAH. ALL YOU NEED IS SOME ROCKS TO PLUG THE HOLE. 501 00:27:50,733 --> 00:27:52,533 LET ME GET THE RUBBER. 502 00:27:52,567 --> 00:27:54,067 ALL RIGHT. IT'S RIGHT IN THERE. 503 00:27:54,100 --> 00:27:56,633 GOLDZILLA'S SLUICE HAS SPRUNG A LEAK. 504 00:27:56,667 --> 00:27:59,733 WITH A PLANT LIKE GOLDZILLA, MAINTENANCE IS KEY. 505 00:27:59,767 --> 00:28:01,867 IF YOU DO KEEP UP YOUR MAINTENANCE, 506 00:28:01,900 --> 00:28:04,267 THEN YOU KEEP UP YOUR RUN TIME. 507 00:28:04,300 --> 00:28:06,667 Narrator: RICK AND MITCH ATTEMPT TO PLUG THE HOLE 508 00:28:06,700 --> 00:28:09,833 WITHOUT TURNING OFF THE OSCILLATING SLUICE BOX. 509 00:28:09,867 --> 00:28:12,067 WE DON'T EVEN NEED TO SHUT DOWN TO FIX LEAKS, 510 00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:13,900 WE JUST DRILL HOLES IN THE SLUICE BOX 511 00:28:13,933 --> 00:28:16,433 AND PLUG IT WITH RUBBER. 512 00:28:16,467 --> 00:28:17,933 HOW'S THAT FEEL? 513 00:28:17,967 --> 00:28:20,633 UH, LIKE MY HAND'S GETTING SANDBLASTED. 514 00:28:20,667 --> 00:28:22,433 I'LL JUST STAND HERE ALL NIGHT. 515 00:28:22,467 --> 00:28:25,967 BRING ME SOME DINNER AND SOME BEERS. 516 00:28:26,067 --> 00:28:30,100 MITCH OPENS UP THE HOLE TO ALLOW THE PLUG TO FIT. 517 00:28:30,133 --> 00:28:32,100 THAT'S GOT TO BE GOOD FOR A DRILL. 518 00:28:32,133 --> 00:28:34,833 I CAN'T GET THE RUBBER DOWN BECAUSE THE ROCKS GET UNDER IT. 519 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:41,833 YOU RUN IT TOO LONG, AND THEN YOU GET A MAJOR FAILURE ON IT, 520 00:28:41,867 --> 00:28:44,167 SOMETHING REALLY BREAKS ON IT, AND THEN YOU'RE SCREWED. 521 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:45,967 LIKE RIGHT NOW. 522 00:28:46,067 --> 00:28:48,233 SOMETHING'S SMOKING UP THERE. 523 00:28:48,267 --> 00:28:51,067 * 524 00:29:02,733 --> 00:29:06,067 * 525 00:29:12,900 --> 00:29:15,067 SAW THE SMOKE, I THOUGHT WE MIGHT'VE SMOKED A BEARING, 526 00:29:15,067 --> 00:29:18,367 BUT IT'S JUST A ROCK CAUGHT IN THE BELT. 527 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,667 Narrator: AFTER PROMISING GOLDZILLA'S OWNER 528 00:29:20,700 --> 00:29:22,567 THAT HE'D KEEP AN EYE ON HIS PLANT, 529 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:26,633 DAVID KROEKER CHECKS FOR DAMAGE. 530 00:29:26,667 --> 00:29:28,400 Ness: WHAT'S THE MATTER? WHAT'S UP? 531 00:29:28,433 --> 00:29:30,167 WE SHORT ON STEEL AROUND HERE? 532 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,400 -WHAT'S THAT? -ARE WE SHORT ON STEEL? 533 00:29:32,433 --> 00:29:33,800 I DON'T THINK SO. WHY? 534 00:29:33,833 --> 00:29:34,967 WHY DIDN'T THEY FIX THAT STUFF 535 00:29:35,067 --> 00:29:36,067 WHEN THEY HAD THE SCREENS OUT? 536 00:29:36,100 --> 00:29:37,100 WE WERE GONNA DO IT ON THE NEXT ROUND, 537 00:29:37,133 --> 00:29:38,600 WE JUST WANT TO TRY TO GET GOING. 538 00:29:38,633 --> 00:29:40,333 ALL RIGHT. WE JUST NEED TO GET THE RIGHT [BLEEP] 539 00:29:40,367 --> 00:29:43,200 IT'S WEARING ON ORIGINAL STEEL. 540 00:29:43,233 --> 00:29:44,333 I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT IT. 541 00:29:44,367 --> 00:29:45,733 WE'LL GET NEW STEEL PUT IN IT. 542 00:29:45,767 --> 00:29:49,067 IT'S JUST... 543 00:29:49,100 --> 00:29:51,667 TRY TO GET IT RUNNING NOW. THAT'S ABOUT IT. 544 00:29:51,700 --> 00:29:53,133 EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOOD TO RUN, THOUGH? 545 00:29:53,167 --> 00:29:55,267 UH, IT SHOULD BE. 546 00:29:55,300 --> 00:29:57,500 I ASKED IF HE COULD SHOVEL THAT MOUTH OUT OF, 547 00:29:57,533 --> 00:29:59,300 UH, RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE BELT THERE. 548 00:29:59,333 --> 00:30:01,767 OH, I CAN GO SHOVEL IT WHILE IT'S RUNNING. 549 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,267 WELL, YOU GOT TO GET IN THE MOUTH TO GET IT -- 550 00:30:03,300 --> 00:30:04,500 IS WHAT I'M SAYING. 551 00:30:04,533 --> 00:30:05,700 -I DON'T CARE. -THAT'S ALL I -- 552 00:30:05,733 --> 00:30:06,767 GET THE [BLEEP] THING RUNNING, MAN. 553 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:08,033 I -- I KNOW. I GET IT. 554 00:30:08,067 --> 00:30:11,533 I -- I GET [BLEEP] [BLEEP] BUT LET'S JUST RUN. 555 00:30:11,567 --> 00:30:13,467 ALL RIGHT? 556 00:30:13,500 --> 00:30:15,033 [BLEEP] 557 00:30:15,067 --> 00:30:17,600 SICK OF ARGUING WITH THIS GUY. 558 00:30:17,633 --> 00:30:20,833 * 559 00:30:24,833 --> 00:30:27,033 ANY LITTLE REASON HE CAN FIND TO NOT RUN THIS THING, 560 00:30:27,067 --> 00:30:28,533 IT SEEMS LIKE HE WANTS TO DO IT. I GET IT. 561 00:30:28,567 --> 00:30:30,200 [BLEEP] AIN'T RIGHT. [BLEEP] [BLEEP] 562 00:30:30,233 --> 00:30:32,600 BUT WE GOT TO RUN, YOU KNOW? THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT. 563 00:30:32,633 --> 00:30:36,367 I -- UGH -- I'D LOVE TO SHUT DOWN FOR A [BLEEP] WEEK 564 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:38,467 AND GET EVERYTHING PERFECT, BUT IT'S JUST NOT IN THE CARDS. 565 00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:40,767 SO... 566 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,567 Narrator: DESPITE THE RISK OF SERIOUS DAMAGE, 567 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:45,333 RICK FOLLOWS PARKER'S ORDERS... 568 00:30:45,367 --> 00:30:47,967 GET IT RUNNING. 569 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,533 ...FIRING UP GOLDZILLA ONCE AGAIN. 570 00:30:50,567 --> 00:30:53,700 * 571 00:31:01,567 --> 00:31:03,733 THE PLANT MAY BE BACK UP AND RUNNING, 572 00:31:03,767 --> 00:31:05,233 BUT KROEKER'S CONVINCED 573 00:31:05,267 --> 00:31:08,467 THAT IGNORING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WILL BACKFIRE. 574 00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:10,733 PARKER GAVE THE PLANT OWNER HIS WORD 575 00:31:10,767 --> 00:31:12,267 THAT HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. 576 00:31:12,300 --> 00:31:14,267 HE WAS TOLD THAT IF HE DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF IT, 577 00:31:14,300 --> 00:31:15,333 IT'LL JUST GET TAKEN AWAY, 578 00:31:15,367 --> 00:31:18,800 AND HE WON'T HAVE ANY PRODUCTION THEN. 579 00:31:18,833 --> 00:31:22,167 Narrator: JUST 2 HOURS LATER, GOLDZILLA'S OWNER 580 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:26,067 SENDS ONE OF HIS MEN TO PERFORM A SURPRISE INSPECTION. 581 00:31:28,367 --> 00:31:30,567 IF THE INSPECTION DOESN'T GO WELL, 582 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,600 THE PLANT WILL BE REPOSSESSED 583 00:31:33,633 --> 00:31:36,433 AND PARKER WILL BE UNABLE TO MINE. 584 00:31:36,467 --> 00:31:39,700 * 585 00:31:43,500 --> 00:31:45,067 IN 2 DAYS. 586 00:31:49,233 --> 00:31:50,267 YEAH. 587 00:31:50,300 --> 00:31:52,333 I KNOW THE OWNER OF THE PLANT VERY WELL, 588 00:31:52,367 --> 00:31:54,367 KNOW THE AGREEMENT THAT HE HAS. 589 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:56,067 AND PART OF THAT IS THAT THEY REPAIR IT 590 00:31:56,067 --> 00:31:59,600 AND MAINTAIN IT PROPERLY, WHICH I DON'T THINK ANYBODY, 591 00:31:59,633 --> 00:32:03,100 HONESTLY, AROUND HERE COULD SAY THAT THEY ARE. 592 00:32:03,133 --> 00:32:04,800 I TOLD THE GUYS THAT THE NEXT SHUTDOWN IS -- 593 00:32:04,833 --> 00:32:06,467 WE'RE GONNA BE SHUT DOWN FOR A WHILE. 594 00:32:06,500 --> 00:32:07,967 THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT. OKAY. 595 00:32:08,067 --> 00:32:09,733 AND THEN, AND MITCH AND DERRICK ARE GONNA HAVE TO GET IN THERE 596 00:32:09,767 --> 00:32:11,533 AND WELD UP ALL THOSE CRACKS, AND THEN WE JUST GOT TO, UH -- 597 00:32:16,333 --> 00:32:18,700 PEOPLE IN CHARGE AROUND HERE, LIKE PARKER AND RICK, 598 00:32:18,733 --> 00:32:21,933 YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD LISTEN TO SOME OF IT, BUT NO. 599 00:32:21,967 --> 00:32:23,233 I WAS TRYING TO TELL KROEKER THAT I KNOW 600 00:32:23,267 --> 00:32:24,700 HE WAS UPSET ABOUT IT, AND I WAS LIKE, 601 00:32:24,733 --> 00:32:26,733 "I DON'T -- I DON'T LIKE IT ANY MORE THAN YOU, 602 00:32:26,767 --> 00:32:29,433 BUT IF WE'RE PREPARED FOR IT, YOU KNOW, 603 00:32:29,467 --> 00:32:32,100 WE CAN MAKE A LOT OF REPAIRS PRETTY QUICKLY." 604 00:32:32,133 --> 00:32:34,800 YEAH, EXACTLY. 605 00:32:34,833 --> 00:32:36,233 YEAH, EXACTLY. 606 00:32:38,500 --> 00:32:41,633 WE'LL GET HER DIALED IN. 607 00:32:41,667 --> 00:32:43,233 SNEAKY. 608 00:32:45,700 --> 00:32:48,400 I JUST THINK THAT'S PRETTY SHADY. 609 00:32:48,433 --> 00:32:50,533 I FIND IT PRETTY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS GUY JUST 610 00:32:50,567 --> 00:32:53,967 WANDERED IN HERE TODAY ON A COINCIDENCE. 611 00:32:54,067 --> 00:32:55,333 I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT, 612 00:32:55,367 --> 00:32:57,067 YOU KNOW, KROEKER PROBABLY CALLED HIM AND RATTED ON US. 613 00:32:57,067 --> 00:33:01,100 I GUESS HIS ALLEGIANCE IS MORE TOWARDS HIS BUDDY 614 00:33:01,133 --> 00:33:02,733 THAT OWNS THE PLANT THAN IT IS TO THIS TEAM, 615 00:33:02,767 --> 00:33:08,167 SO PRETTY SHADY WAY TO GO ABOUT THINGS. 616 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:09,933 Narrator: RICK HAS NO CHOICE 617 00:33:09,967 --> 00:33:13,233 BUT TO SHUT DOWN TO MAKE REPAIRS. 618 00:33:13,267 --> 00:33:15,967 EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU HAVE TO STOP AND MAINTAIN. 619 00:33:16,067 --> 00:33:18,233 THE SIDEBOARD SCREENS, AND LET'S JUST WELD UP 620 00:33:18,267 --> 00:33:20,067 ALL THOSE CRACKS OF THE [BLEEP] THAT'S WORN OUT 621 00:33:20,100 --> 00:33:22,500 SO THAT WHEN ON THE NEXT -- ON THE NEXT CLEANOUT, 622 00:33:22,533 --> 00:33:25,833 EVERY -- WE GOT EVERYTHING [BLEEP] READY. 623 00:33:25,867 --> 00:33:29,633 MECHANICS MITCH AND DERRICK WELD THE STRUCTURAL CRACKS 624 00:33:29,667 --> 00:33:33,500 AND REPLACE THE SCREENS. 625 00:33:33,533 --> 00:33:36,867 WE GOT EVERYTHING WE NEED OUT HERE, SO WE'LL JUST DO IT. 626 00:33:36,900 --> 00:33:39,233 Blaschke: IT'S BURNING WAY TOO HOT. 627 00:33:39,267 --> 00:33:41,633 I'M GONNA DROP. WATCH YOURSELF. -YEAH. 628 00:33:41,667 --> 00:33:46,067 Narrator: IN LESS THAN 4 HOURS, THEY'RE READY TO RUN DIRT AGAIN. 629 00:33:46,100 --> 00:33:49,267 * 630 00:33:49,300 --> 00:33:52,433 -OH, YEAH. WE'RE JUST WORKING. -BOOM. 631 00:33:55,567 --> 00:33:56,700 WE GOT A LOT GOING ON, 632 00:33:56,733 --> 00:33:59,300 BUT AT LEAST WE KNOW IT WON'T FALL APART. 633 00:34:01,733 --> 00:34:05,067 Narrator: PARKER'S CREW LOST A TOTAL OF 12 HOURS 634 00:34:05,067 --> 00:34:06,733 TO REPAIRS THIS WEEK. 635 00:34:06,767 --> 00:34:09,067 THEY WON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S COST THEM 636 00:34:09,100 --> 00:34:12,433 UNTIL THEIR WEEKLY CLEANUP. 637 00:34:12,467 --> 00:34:14,933 WELL, IT'S UP AND RUNNING. LET'S HOPE IT LASTS. 638 00:34:14,967 --> 00:34:16,867 IF IT'S NOT RUNNING, WE'RE NOT MAKING GOLD. 639 00:34:16,900 --> 00:34:19,967 * 640 00:34:27,500 --> 00:34:31,300 Narrator: THE BEETS CREW HAS STRUGGLED ALL SEASON TO GET GOOD GOLD. 641 00:34:31,333 --> 00:34:32,900 ALL OF THEIR HOPES NOW REST 642 00:34:32,933 --> 00:34:35,867 ON GENE CHEESEMAN'S NEW SLUICE BOXES. 643 00:34:49,067 --> 00:34:52,267 THE INCREASED WATER FLOW HAS CLEARED THE SLUICES OF SILT. 644 00:34:52,300 --> 00:34:54,900 BUT TO PROVE IT'S WORKED, THEY NEED TO CHECK 645 00:34:54,933 --> 00:34:58,067 THAT IT'S NOT BLOWING ALL THEIR GOLD ALONG WITH IT. 646 00:34:59,667 --> 00:35:01,333 YEAH. 647 00:35:01,367 --> 00:35:03,233 AFTER 2 DAYS OF RUNNING, 648 00:35:03,267 --> 00:35:07,600 A PAN SHOULD PRODUCE AT LEAST SOME VISIBLE COLORS. 649 00:35:07,633 --> 00:35:11,133 * 650 00:35:32,467 --> 00:35:35,800 GENE'S NEW SLUICES HAVE THE ANCIENT DREDGE 651 00:35:35,833 --> 00:35:38,667 CATCHING GOOD GOLD ONCE AGAIN. 652 00:35:47,067 --> 00:35:51,067 * 653 00:36:11,833 --> 00:36:14,267 WE'RE WEARING OUT OUR DOZER PUSHING TAILINGS. 654 00:36:14,300 --> 00:36:17,433 Narrator: AT MCKINNON CREEK, THE HOFFMAN'S WASH PLANT PAD 655 00:36:17,467 --> 00:36:21,800 HAS ONCE AGAIN GROWN TOO BIG FOR THEIR TAILINGS CONVEYOR. 656 00:36:21,833 --> 00:36:25,400 TODD HAS A 180-FOOT SOLUTION. 657 00:36:25,433 --> 00:36:27,533 WE GOT ALL THESE CONVEYORS HERE. 658 00:36:27,567 --> 00:36:29,267 RADIAL STACKERS. 659 00:36:29,300 --> 00:36:30,933 DAVE, SWING HER OVER, 660 00:36:30,967 --> 00:36:34,400 AND WE'LL BUILD IT OUT ANOTHER 70 TO 100 FEET. 661 00:36:34,433 --> 00:36:38,067 HO, DAVE. LET'S SET HER THERE. 662 00:36:38,067 --> 00:36:42,067 Turin: ANDY. WE'RE LIKE A HALF-MILE FROM THE WASH PLANT. 663 00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:43,933 Todd: THINK WE'RE READY TO TRY IT. 664 00:36:43,967 --> 00:36:45,867 DROP THAT FIRST BUCKET IN, DOUG. 665 00:36:45,900 --> 00:36:48,800 Narrator: WITH CONVEYORS LONGER THAN A FOOTBALL FIELD, 666 00:36:48,833 --> 00:36:52,167 THE CREW SHOULD SPEND LESS TIME DOZING TAILINGS 667 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,400 AND MORE TIME RUNNING THEIR MILLION-DOLLAR PAY PILE. 668 00:36:55,433 --> 00:36:57,167 Todd: WILL THAT BE ENOUGH? I DON'T KNOW. 669 00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:58,767 WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT. 670 00:37:05,667 --> 00:37:08,733 * 671 00:37:12,733 --> 00:37:13,900 Dodge: THERE'S SOME GOLD IN IT. 672 00:37:13,933 --> 00:37:15,367 DOESN'T LOOK AS GOOD AS IT DID THE OTHER DAY, 673 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:18,133 BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE DAYS, 674 00:37:18,167 --> 00:37:19,633 YOUR UPS AND YOUR DOWNS. 675 00:37:19,667 --> 00:37:22,300 Narrator: JUAN'S FIX ON THE RADIAL STACKER 676 00:37:22,333 --> 00:37:25,300 HAS KEPT MONSTER RED RUNNING THE REST OF THE WEEK. 677 00:37:25,333 --> 00:37:26,600 Dodge: THAT'S WHAT GOLD IS. 678 00:37:26,633 --> 00:37:29,067 ONCE YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT IT ALL FIGURED OUT, 679 00:37:29,067 --> 00:37:30,800 THAT'S WHEN IT BITES YOU IN THE BUTT. 680 00:37:30,833 --> 00:37:32,633 Narrator: THIS IS THE FIRST TEST 681 00:37:32,667 --> 00:37:35,800 OF TODD'S MILLION-DOLLAR MOUNTAIN OF PAY. 682 00:37:41,067 --> 00:37:44,200 OKAY. JUST WORK ON DRAINING UNDERNEATH THERE. 683 00:37:46,300 --> 00:37:47,967 WELL, WE'LL FIND OUT, HUH? 684 00:37:48,067 --> 00:37:49,367 Thurber: YEAH. 685 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,500 AFTER RUNNING THE GOLD CONCENTRATE, 686 00:37:51,533 --> 00:37:53,533 IT'S TIME FOR JACK TO REVEAL 687 00:37:53,567 --> 00:37:56,900 IF THEY'VE HIT THEIR WEEKLY GOAL OF 200 OUNCES. 688 00:37:56,933 --> 00:37:59,400 -WHAT DO YOU THINK? -WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT. 689 00:37:59,433 --> 00:38:00,900 WHAT IS IT? HOW MUCH, DAD? 690 00:38:00,933 --> 00:38:02,400 WE GOT 200? DO WE NEED -- 691 00:38:02,433 --> 00:38:04,333 WE NEED 200 THIS WEEK. 692 00:38:06,567 --> 00:38:08,633 160. 693 00:38:08,667 --> 00:38:13,567 Narrator: 160 OUNCES, WORTH AROUND $175,000, 694 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,300 TAKES THEIR TOTAL FOR THIS SEASON 695 00:38:15,333 --> 00:38:20,300 TO 1,862 OUNCES, WORTH $2 MILLION. 696 00:38:20,333 --> 00:38:22,733 AW, SHOOT. IF WE REACH 2,700, 697 00:38:22,767 --> 00:38:24,467 WE NEED 200 A WEEK. 698 00:38:24,500 --> 00:38:26,467 WE'RE -- WE'RE OVER 40 SHORT. 699 00:38:26,500 --> 00:38:28,800 Todd: BUT YOU'RE 40 SHORT, AND YOU'RE 40 SHORT NEXT WEEK -- 700 00:38:28,833 --> 00:38:30,333 YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. 701 00:38:30,367 --> 00:38:32,733 AND THEN, NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE'RE WAY SHORT. 702 00:38:32,767 --> 00:38:35,067 WE'RE NOT GONNA REACH IT, SO... 703 00:38:38,467 --> 00:38:39,767 I THINK IT'S GONNA GET BETTER, THOUGH. 704 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:40,967 WE'RE STARTING TO GET OUR GROOVE. 705 00:38:41,067 --> 00:38:42,300 I DON'T KNOW, MAN. 706 00:38:42,333 --> 00:38:43,433 WE'VE MOVED ALL THE OVERBURDEN. 707 00:38:43,467 --> 00:38:44,767 THAT MILLION-DOLLAR MOUNTAIN'S STARTING 708 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:46,200 TO LOOK LIKE ABOUT A HALF-A-MILLION-DOLLAR MOUNTAIN. 709 00:38:46,233 --> 00:38:47,967 I MEAN, IF WE KEEP -- KEEP ON THIS PACE, 710 00:38:48,067 --> 00:38:49,333 WE AIN'T GONNA HIT IT. 711 00:38:49,367 --> 00:38:53,167 WELL, THAT -- YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU'RE RIGHT. 712 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:55,967 WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO KEEP THE PLANT RUNNING. 713 00:38:56,067 --> 00:38:57,700 BUT WE'RE -- WE ARE BEHIND NOW, SO... 714 00:38:57,733 --> 00:38:59,100 YEAH. WE ARE. 715 00:38:59,133 --> 00:39:00,500 ALL RIGHT, DAD. THANKS. 716 00:39:00,533 --> 00:39:03,400 WE GOT A HUGE GOAL OF 2,700. 717 00:39:03,433 --> 00:39:05,167 AND, UH, IT'S AGGRESSIVE. 718 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:06,733 AND CAN WE HIT IT? I DON'T KNOW. 719 00:39:06,767 --> 00:39:08,767 Narrator: WITH ONLY 5 WEEKS LEFT, 720 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:12,067 TODD'S AMBITIOUS $3 MILLION SEASON 721 00:39:12,067 --> 00:39:14,267 IS SLIPPING FROM HIS GRASP. 722 00:39:14,300 --> 00:39:15,700 WE'RE GONNA FAIL. 723 00:39:15,733 --> 00:39:17,533 WE'RE GONNA FAIL IF WE KEEP DOING THIS. 724 00:39:19,467 --> 00:39:22,633 * 725 00:39:27,667 --> 00:39:29,733 THINGS WITH GOLDZILLA ARE GOING WELL. 726 00:39:29,767 --> 00:39:33,400 Narrator: 10 MILES EAST, PARKER HAS SHUT DOWN TO FIND OUT 727 00:39:33,433 --> 00:39:36,167 IF HIS BAN ON DOWNTIME HAS PAID OFF. 728 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:38,700 WHAT I'M DOING IS DOING SOME HAND PANNING, 729 00:39:38,733 --> 00:39:41,867 GETTING AN IDEA OF WHAT KIND OF GOLD'S IN THERE. 730 00:39:41,900 --> 00:39:43,067 THAT'S ONE HANDFUL. 731 00:39:43,100 --> 00:39:45,100 HOW MANY HANDFULS ARE IN THIS TANK ALREADY? 732 00:39:45,133 --> 00:39:47,400 TODD HOFFMAN MIGHT HAVE A MILLION-DOLLAR PAY PILE, 733 00:39:47,433 --> 00:39:49,200 BUT WE HAVE OUR FEEDER SITTING IN THE MIDDLE 734 00:39:49,233 --> 00:39:51,667 OF A MILLION-DOLLAR CUT. 735 00:39:51,700 --> 00:39:54,767 WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE? 736 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:56,767 I AM KIND OF EAGER TO GET THIS DOWN TO THE JIG, THOUGH 737 00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,300 AND START RUNNING IT, SEE WHAT WE GOT. 738 00:39:59,333 --> 00:40:02,567 * 739 00:40:09,133 --> 00:40:11,700 -HO-HO. THAT'S A LOT OF GOLD. -YEAH, LOOKS LIKE. 740 00:40:11,733 --> 00:40:13,000 Doumitt: LOOKS LIKE WE'RE DOING REAL GOOD. 741 00:40:13,033 --> 00:40:15,500 Parker: WE'VE BEEN BUSTING OUR ASS FOR THAT STUFF. 742 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,767 Ness: KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING. 743 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:24,967 SO THAT'S 351.87 OUNCES. 744 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:33,700 Narrator: 352 OUNCES IS WORTH A COLOSSAL $387,000. 745 00:40:33,733 --> 00:40:34,900 -OH. -OH-HO. 746 00:40:34,933 --> 00:40:37,500 -NICE WEEK. -MAN, THAT'S OUTSTANDING. 747 00:40:37,533 --> 00:40:39,067 THANKS FOR KEEPING THE PLANT GOING. 748 00:40:39,100 --> 00:40:40,067 -WELL DONE, RICK. -YEAH. 749 00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:42,000 -CHRIS. -THAT'S AWESOME. 750 00:40:42,033 --> 00:40:43,467 YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A HELL OF A JOB. 751 00:40:43,500 --> 00:40:44,900 GUESS WE GOT TO TAKE BACK ALL THE BAD THINGS 752 00:40:44,933 --> 00:40:46,233 WE SAID ABOUT GOLDZILLA. 753 00:40:46,267 --> 00:40:47,367 -YEAH. -YEAH, NO KIDDING. 754 00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:49,333 WE CALLED IT A LOT OF THINGS LAST WEEK. 755 00:40:49,367 --> 00:40:51,067 Doumitt: WELL, THAT OUGHT TO PAY THE BILLS. 756 00:40:51,100 --> 00:40:52,533 -PAYS THE BILLS. -YOU KNOW, A MONTH -- 757 00:40:52,567 --> 00:40:54,800 THAT'S A MONTH'S WAGES. THAT'S NOT BAD. 758 00:40:54,833 --> 00:40:56,200 WELL, THAT BRINGS US TO LIKE 759 00:40:56,233 --> 00:40:58,667 RIGHT OVER 1,800 OUNCES, JUST A HAIR OVER. 760 00:40:58,700 --> 00:41:00,300 I THINK 1,801 OR SOMETHING. 761 00:41:00,333 --> 00:41:02,900 I KNOW TODD'S UP AND GOING PRETTY HARD, BUT, UH, 762 00:41:02,933 --> 00:41:04,267 IF WE KEEP DOING WEEKS LIKE THIS, 763 00:41:04,300 --> 00:41:06,633 THEN I DON'T THINK HE STANDS A CHANCE. 764 00:41:06,667 --> 00:41:09,700 KEEP AT IT AND JUST KEEP THAT -- KEEP THAT THING CHUGGING ALONG. 765 00:41:09,733 --> 00:41:12,433 Narrator: WITH OVER 1,800 OUNCES, 766 00:41:12,467 --> 00:41:15,133 PARKER SCHNABEL IS ONLY 60 OUNCES SHY 767 00:41:15,167 --> 00:41:17,467 OF CATCHING TODD HOFFMAN. 768 00:41:17,500 --> 00:41:19,633 I'M GONNA START HYPERVENTILATING IF I DON'T DO THIS. 769 00:41:19,667 --> 00:41:20,633 I'VE GOT TO. 770 00:41:20,667 --> 00:41:21,933 OH. OH, MY. 771 00:41:21,967 --> 00:41:23,300 Man: RIGHT AS THE WIND PICKS UP. THE WIND. 772 00:41:23,333 --> 00:41:24,733 -THERE IS A WIND. -THERE IS A WIND. 773 00:41:24,767 --> 00:41:28,567 Narrator: $387,000 DOLLARS IN A WEEK. 774 00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:30,400 PARKER IS ON TRACK TO MINE 775 00:41:30,433 --> 00:41:34,067 OVER $3 MILLION IN GOLD THIS SEASON. 776 00:41:38,133 --> 00:41:39,467 YEAH, THAT'S ONE HELL OF A RESULT. 777 00:41:39,500 --> 00:41:43,167 YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LOT OF GOLD. THE GUYS SEEM STOKED. 778 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:44,533 WE'RE ALL PRETTY WORN OUT. 779 00:41:44,567 --> 00:41:47,133 YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S GONNA KIND OF RAISE THE SPIRITS 780 00:41:47,167 --> 00:41:50,467 ON EVERYBODY RIGHT THERE. 781 00:41:50,500 --> 00:41:53,433 HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP THIS PACE UP 'CAUSE 782 00:41:53,467 --> 00:41:55,200 IT'LL ALL PAY OFF IN THE END. 783 00:41:55,233 --> 00:41:57,233 GO ON. 784 00:41:57,267 --> 00:41:59,633 Narrator: ON THE NEXT "GOLD RUSH"... 785 00:41:59,667 --> 00:42:00,967 Parker: WE BROUGHT YOU SOME GOLD. 786 00:42:01,067 --> 00:42:02,933 CAN'T BELIEVE PARKER JUST DID THAT, MAN. 787 00:42:02,967 --> 00:42:06,600 I REALLY THINK THAT 3,000 OUNCES IS WELL WITHIN REACH. 788 00:42:06,633 --> 00:42:08,067 Blaschke: WHAT THE [BLEEP] 789 00:42:08,100 --> 00:42:10,167 THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE GONNA HIT THAT TARGET. 790 00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:13,467 Kevin: LET'S RIP THIS [BLEEP] UP. 791 00:42:13,500 --> 00:42:16,800 IT'S SITTING TOO LOW. OH, WE'RE VERY MUCH STUCK. 792 00:42:16,833 --> 00:42:18,333 Tony:WHOA. [BLEEP] 793 00:42:18,367 --> 00:42:22,700 [BLEEP] WANT IT DONE RIGHT, YOU GOT TO DO IT YOURSELF. 794 00:42:22,733 --> 00:42:26,767 GIVE ME JUST ONE DAY IN THAT CUT WITH THE D11. 795 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:29,633 -WHOA, WHOA. -IT'S JUST A BLACK MUDDY MESS. 796 00:42:29,667 --> 00:42:31,467 IF WE DON'T HAVE GOLD IN THIS CUT, 797 00:42:31,500 --> 00:42:33,800 WE'RE PRETTY MUCH SCREWED.