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This is the spot where.

One of the biggest gold rushes
Of the 20th century started.

Previously...

Let her rip.

Whoo!

Parker and his team
Worked to clear a landslide.

From the kukukuku's mine...

Yeah! Whoo-hoo!

All this has to get moved? Yes.

Learning how the
Tribe risk their lives every day.

Hard-rock mining
A steep mountain.

What they're doing up here
Is actually chasing the vein,

The source of the gold.

Parker experienced
The dangers firsthand...

Parker!

When he was washed down
A mountain ravine.

I thought he was a goner.

Now parker's team
Has a new mission...

Find a less dangerous location
For the kukukuku to mine...

There's gold nuggets This size?

Yes. Wow.

I can't stand that
They have to use mercury.

Burning it off in front of
The whole family.

I'm used to seeing it.
Fred is not.

And a safer way for
The tribe to clean their gold.

Here's the moment of truth.

But nothing comes easy
In papua new guinea.

There's been a massive
Flash flood out of nowhere.

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It's day 10
Of parker's 5-week expedition.

Across papua new guinea.

I'm feeling pretty sore.

A little banged up.
A little bruised.

Don't feel the best.

A bit of a cut
On the top of my head,

But, I mean, luckily,
Nothing's broke.

So I'm ready to get
Back in the saddle.

In 20 minutes.

Whoo!!

Okay, coming!

Sorry, diana.

So let's do it.
We're ready to work.

How are you guys doing?

A little tired. A little groggy.

So I figure we should just
Start out by getting down there.

And seeing What they're doing.

I'm sure there's still
Mud to move.

And all sorts of To do in there,

So just keep helping.

And keep the gold
Coming in for these guys.

It's dangerous work.

I'd like to really
Just get with demas.

And take a tour
Around the place with him,

Try to find them A safer setup.

We got a lot more Digging to do.

Demas?

Do you mind if I just take
A quick look down here?

Is that okay?

Leaving karla, fred, and sam.

To clear the last of the mud
And mine for gold,

Parker heads off to see
If there's a safer location.

To mine on demas' land.

That's edie creek? Yes, yes.

Is that right on
Your guys' boundary?

Where those two Black rocks are?

Gotcha.

Do you know Where in the valley.

That gold First got discovered?

Just around The corner?

Yes. Wow.

In 1927,
Over 110,000 ounces of gold.

Were dug out by hand
At edie creek,

Part of which demas owns.

And lies in the valley
Directly below his mine.

So you mined In here?

With machines Or by hand?

All by hand?

Wow.

It's a very different scale
Than what I'm used to.

I've yet to see
A machine in here,

And demas wants machinery.

But he's just working
With what he's got, you know?

But to mine it, it takes a lot
Of money and machinery.

What's that?

Very heavy.

So you're saying if you get
Further into the mountain,

There's gold nuggets This size?

Yes. Wow.

If that was gold,
It'd probably be 600 ounces.

3/4 of a million bucks.

Makes sense now.

That's why he's not
Mining in the creek.

Over thousands of years,

Some of the gold
In the quartz veins.

Washed down into edie creek,

Where it was mined during
The gold strike of the 1920s.

Demas and diana believe there's
Still large gold deposits,

Including huge nuggets
In the veins.

On the mountainside
Where they're mining.

It's pretty high-risk In there.

If there's gold
Like that in there,

Then I can see Why you do it.

I hope You guys find it.

None of this made sense to me
Until that conversation.

Because they're just
Barely getting by.

In hopes of...

Finding massive chunks of gold
In that mountain,

And they'll die trying.

Wild.

But while they try
To find a big nugget,

They still need to process
The smaller finds.

To make money and keep
Their operation going.

You're asking a lot of work
Clearing this landslide.

To get back to this vein.

If we can meaningful amounts
Of gold, then happy days.

If not,
The work's been for nothing.

We put some elbow grease in
The last couple of days.

In exchange For shelter.

Fingers crossed
There's a lot of gold.

All by hand? Yep.

The whole family,
They're so excited to find gold.

I can't stand that
They have to use mercury.

The mercury potentially
Is going into the same water.

That they're drinking.

These small-scale guys, it's
Really the only way to do it.

Mercury's cheap.

It's terrible for
The environment,

And it's not good for anything.

Except pretty effective
At catching gold.

So he's just Rubbing that in,

And the mercury
Grabs on the gold.

It's called amalgam,

And it's just like
The mercury's stuck to the gold.

It's like a magnet?

It's basically mercury
Is a gold magnet, yeah.

Wow. Yeah.

See the gold and the silver
Together there?

All kinds of it.

So they just burn off
The mercury.

What are some of the effects
Of mercury toxicity?

Bad.

Does it go To the brain?

Yeah, You go crazy.

Don't breathe the smoke.

Not the healthiest thing
In the world.

Certainly not
With family around.

Breathing in
Mercury vapor can devastate.

A person's nervous, digestive,
And immune systems,

As well as damaging
The lungs and kidneys.

It will eventually
Result in death.

I'm gonna take a few steps back.

Throwing a bunch
Of mercury in there.

And then burning it off in
Front of the whole family.

I'm used to seeing it.
Fred is not.

Fred.

You know, those fumes
Are not good to breath in.

I know as a father...

You want to provide for
Your children and your family.

That's all I live for in my life
Is my family.

I can feel from father to father
How that must feel to him,

And I can see it in him.

And then the other part was
Just seeing the kids, you know?

I mean, the only way
They have to get that gold.

Is to basically
Put everybody in danger,

And there's no other option
They have right now.

This is the best
He can give his kids,

And that just kind of hit home.

So what is that?
Gram, gram and a half?

1.8.

1.8 grams of gold
Is worth just $27.

With 1.8 grams, you can afford
To feed your family?

No medicine, No...

Okay, I understand.

You alright?

It's just seeing
The kids, you know?

I mean, I think about
My own kids, and...

It's just horrible.

I'm sorry. No, you're alright.

I just can't imagine My own kids.

Having to Go through that.

I spent my whole life
Trying to help people.

And just trying
To make things better,

And there's just really
Not a lot we can do.

Makes it pretty real.

Yeah.

I just wasn't ready For that.

Coming up...

We should do something about.

The mercury situation.

Parker, you seem like
You're in your happy place.

I know. I don't get to
Do this stuff normally.

I'm looking forward To seeing.

Your Gold-catching creation.

I'm hopeful that it'll work.

Fred!

Pretty vulnerable spot
Right now.

There's been
A massive flash flood.

Slip and hit your head,
And you're a dead man.

I was just thinking about
That cleanup we watched.

Of demas'
And the family last night,

And we should Do something.

About The mercury situation.

These guys are
Subsistence hand to mouth.

They're never gonna be able
To afford a gold table.

Like you guys have
In the yukon, you know?

Well, And I don't think.

They think of
The chemicals or...

They're not thinking
Of health issues.

They're just doing
Whatever they have to do.

To get that gold
So they can feed their family.

We're never gonna get them
To not use mercury.

It's too easy,

And there's no other way
To do it...

But we could certainly.

Help contain it A bit better.

If we can build them A retort.

When we saw them Burning it off.

With the whole family Around,

I think We can prevent that.

That'll contain
The fumes inside of it?

Yeah. Boom.

That's an awesome idea.

You think it's doable?

Sam and I could go
To the nearest town.

And find The welding shop.

They're pretty simple To build.

I love that idea.

But I think
That's the game plan.

Good luck.

I need to make A phone call.

Parker puts in a call
To a local contact.

Hey, this is park schnabel.

Good, how are you doing?

I just wanted to
Pick your brain about.

A mining setup
That we're at right now.

I'm just hoping that we could
Find some place with a welder,

And I was gonna try to build
A retort for them to use.

What we're looking for is
A piece of five-inch pipe.

With an end welded on it.

And a piece of steel
That fits in the pipe.

Okay, great.

We'll make it down there.

Maybe we just have to do
Some hunting around.

All right, bye.

That was actually
A really helpful phone call.

Let's go get on the road.

I really like His idea.

I think It's amazing.

It'll improve
This environment for the kids.

That would be awesome.

Let's go to work.

Yeah. Yes.

Parker and sam
Head to the nearest town...

While karla and fred get back
To work with demas and diana.

So, you're rerouting The water.

To hit different area?

Fred and karla
Will divert the water channel.

To hit another section
Of overburden...

Before releasing the water,

Pushing the mud
Down the mountain...

Revealing another part
Of the quartz vein,

Which they hope
Contains more gold.

Getting to that spot is
The most important thing,

Getting to the gold.

We'll get it.

Let's get this beast
Out of the way.

Coming a rock down. Big rock.

Those big ones Feel good.

Good.

Can you get This one?

I'm already tired.

This is really hard work,
And the elevation's not helping.

All right, let's go. I'm good.

Water's coming.

The dam has been released.

Whoa, heads up!

They're just using nature,

Using the force of the water
To clear all this out.

It's so clever
What they're up to.

Parker and sam
Have traveled two hours.

To the town of wau.

What do you reckon
The deal is here?

Do we just knock
On the door and say hi?

The gate's open.

Should we just Go in here?

Hi.

I'm parker. I know.

Through "Gold rush."

Seriously?

You've seen "Gold rush"? Absolutely, yeah.

I'm a fan.

I can't escape it.

What can I do for you? What was your name?

Richard...
Richard's my name, parker.

Nice to meet you. Glad to meet you.

And this is sam. Hey, sam, how are you?

Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.

What can I Help you with?

We're in A village close by.

And helping them Gold mine.

They're using mercury,

As most miners
Around here do, right?

Sure, yeah.

I'm just hoping That we could.

Build a retort For them to use.

Absolutely.

My shed's your shed.

I'm a little bit Lost for words.

I'll be honest With you.

Of all the people in the world,
You walk in through my door.

It's a very good welcome.
Thank you.

Exactly what are
You looking for?

Do you just have A scrap bin.

That I can Take a look at?

Because I can make Almost...

It doesn't need
To match perfectly.

It's gonna be pretty crude
No matter how we do it.

Something like this,
Pipe like this,

If you have Any other pieces.

Yeah, is that
Too big or too small?

No, That'll work, I think.

Okay, I might have
Something else over here.

Let's have a look.

I don't know if I'll know
What I need until I see it.

This is some "Macgyver"
Right here, parker.

Yeah, that'll work. That'll work?

That'll work perfect.Alright.

I've got some 40 mil
And 50 mil over here.

Let me think about this.

Okay, I think we just need
A cap on this.

Do you have Any rolled steel?

Just, like, round stock?

Yeah, yeah, Yeah, yeah.

But not A bent piece.

We got a couple.

Well, actually, The bent piece.

You might not
Charge me money for.

I won't Charge you anything.

And then this will go
Over top of that...

That'll go On top of that.

And they'll build
A fire around that,

And it'll melt The mercury.

And leave the gold In the cup.

A retort is
A purification device.

The gold and mercury amalgam
Is heated in a crucible.

At 674 degrees fahrenheit,
The mercury will boil,

Turn into a gas,
And separate from the gold.

The toxic gas is contained out
Of harm's way in the chamber.

Once the gas cools and
Forms back into liquid mercury,

It collects
At the bottom of the water bowl.

Safely separated from the gold.

Give it A bit of a clean up,

Get some of that
Surface rust off.

It's not real pretty.

No, no,
It's not gonna be pretty.

Nothing I usually do Is pretty.

That's why I have
Very good mechanics

'cause I don't do
That kind of stuff.

I just break stuff. You break stuff.

What are the odds
Of parker turning up in my shed.

On a saturday afternoon?

I just can't believe it.

I really can't.

We build buildings.

We're not into
The mining side of it.

And especially the chemistry
Side of the mining.

We got a grinder, guys.

Above and beyond.

I appreciate it.

Funny how things happen.

We've wandered into
This fab shop,

A bunch of random stuff
Laying around,

And we're gonna build a retort.

And to top it off, the owner's
A big fan of the show.

I guess sometimes,
Being on tv has its perks.

Parker's building
A purification device.

To clean the kukukuku tribe's
Gold safely.

Burnt a hole in my new shoes.

Back at the mine,

Karla and fred are helping
To process dirt.

In time for his return.

Me and fred
Have been manpowering.

For the last four hours.

In order to find the gold
And provide for their family.

Trying to get
This overburden out of the way.

So we can get to the gold.

Is that my eyes,
Or is it moving?

It's like a glacier
Just kind of...

You think your eyes
Are playing trick on you,

But it's moving.

Eventually, it's just gonna go.

Fred, get out!

Fred!

This is another level.

You just got to look around you
At all times.

Because just happens.

You get like
A one-second warning, and boom.

Whoo-hoo!

We're helping out,
Pretty successful.

Hope that parker and sam
Are just as successful.

In their mission.

Alright, So that piece is done.

That's our crucible and holder.

Don't judge my welding.

I'm looking forward To seeing.

Your frankenstein
Gold-catching creation.

Basically, we're making
A gold and mercury barbecue.

Damn it.

How's it looking, Parker?

Yeah, I botched it
A little bit, but it's alright.

I've done worse.

Parker, you seem like
You're in your happy place.

I know. I don't get to
Do this stuff normally,

Except in the summertime,
And even then,

Mitch doesn't let me touch
Any of the cool stuff.

Should we see what
A finished retort looks like?

So we got this thing.

It's gonna go on top
Of a bowl of water.

With this thing...

Underneath it.

This goes on here like so.

This goes on here like so.

We'll build a big fire in there.

Mercury and gold,
Which is in there.

And then this fills
With mercury gas,

Leaves the gold behind...

And condenses down in
The water that it's all sat in.

It'll save the mercury,

And they can continue
Using it again and again.

Rather than just
Letting it burn off.

While the kiddies breathe it in.

The boys made you
A quick box to...

Wow!

Easier to carry
Wherever you're going.

Thank you so much.

You didn't Have to do that.

You guys have gone
Above and beyond.

Really glad we ran into
Richard and the guys here.

That let us use their shop
And scraps and yeah, it's great.

Well, it's 500 somewhere
In the world, isn't it?

Here, cheers, parker.Thanks.

I think You deserve that.

Cheers. Great meeting you.

There is a lot of gold
In papua new guinea.

There's new mines
Opening up all the time.

And of course, the mercury issue
Is a bit of a worry,

But at least
What he's built here's.

Gonna contain the mercury
And keep it safe.

Thanks, guys.

I hope you find some gold
In them hills.

Starting to get
To the end of the day.

We're getting right to the point
Where we're about out of water,

So I don't know how much more
We're gonna be able to get done.

We're finished.

That's good work, Though.

Good hustle today.

I think We got further.

Than they thought
We were gonna get.

I mean, It is getting late.

It's starting to rain.

I'm starting to think
Sam and parker.

Are not On their way back.

I'm a little worried.

What's going on here?

Roadblock?

I don't know,
Roadblock or something.

All the cars Are piled up.

Let's check it out.

Beautiful, sunny day.

There must have been
Rain upstream.

Because there's been
A massive flash flood,

And the road's been
Cut in half, basically.

We've got lorries, trucks,
Lot of locals on both sides.

There's a dude trying
To get across right now.

You slip and hit your head,
And you're a dead man.

It looks like we're stranded
Out here for the night.

It's nuts, right?

You don't want To up in there.

This must have been what,
Like, a little creek?

There must have been
Rain upstream.

Because there's been
A massive flash flood,

And the road's been
Cut in half, basically.

There's a lot of cars
On that side...

And we've got lorries, trucks,
Lot of locals on both sides.

So yeah, we're stuck.

They brought in an excavator,

And hopefully they're gonna
Be able to build a stone bridge.

So that we can get across.

It's about two hours that way.

To meet up with
The rest of the crew.

It's raining.

We really need this to work.

So I'm trying to gauge
This excavator here...

And whether he's gonna
Be able to get us across...

Going downstream in this.

It's a recipe for disaster.

These locals, though.

Dangerous place to be.

Are they moving?

Look.

Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Look, they're moving.

The cars are moving.

That's it, man. They've done it.

The vehicles are starting
To move, so great news.

We need to get the vehicle here
And get across this.

In case the water
Rises any more.

Alright, well, The excavator's.

In the middle Of the creek.

Letting cars by right now,
So we might make it across.

They're letting everybody
Come this way first.

Look.

No way.

Good evening!

They're collecting what?

The owner of
The excavator is charging a fee.

To cross the road.

How much money Do they want?

50? Yes.

Alright, lads, Thank you.

Good road, man.

Love it.

You, too.

See you again.

They saw us coming.

Hello? Hey!

Yes, yes, yes. Holy.

You guys must be freezing.

It was terrible. Get inside, get inside.

You guys.

What the hell, guys? Avengers?

Yeah...

The road got cut in half.

We had to wait for a local guy
In an excavator to, like, come.

And basically build a new road
Through, like, a raging torrent.

What? Yeah.

And then he ripped us off
For what, a 50?

Alright, did he ask for
A hundred keys there?

I would literally
Would have given him.

My entire life savings.

My.

So parker's built A retort.

Okay.

It's a Self-contained unit.

The mercury stays
All confined in this.

Wow.

What'd you get up to?

Well, That landslide's gone,

And tomorrow, we're gonna
Reach that frickin' main.

Yeah, Overall good day,

Sounds like, From all of us.

Right now, I need some sleep.

- Yes.
- Yeah.

Have we found The vein?

Yes.

That's the vein.

Parker, yes. Gotcha.

This boy's just told me
I finally got down to the vein.

You know,
It still runs pretty deep.

We got a lot of digging to do.

It's parker
And his team's last day.

At the kukukuku mine.

They're finally on a quartz vein
They hope is rich with gold.

I really want to learn
More about this whole process,

And I think that
It's really just a matter.

Of finding the best part
Of that vein.

By panning,
And then you start crushing.

You know, there's a lot of steps
That need to be taken,

But the first one is just
To see what we can do.

To help find some gold today.

And take it from there.

Alright.

You saw that there's like
8 or 10 little line.

Yeah.

And it's gonna be one small one
That's carrying the gold.

That we need to help find.

Right.

I'm sure it's like that wide.

Yeah.

When gold is deposited in veins,

It doesn't concentrate evenly
Throughout.

Some parts of the vein have gold
And others don't.

Follow the line of the rock.
Yes, follow this.

Okay. White line.

I'm gonna start
Testing like each layer.

And hopefully, we'll find
A spot that has some gold.

And then we'll
Chase that section.

Alright, let's try
Panning this stuff.

Sorry.

I suddenly Feel like a weakling.

Yeah.

Whoa.

Demas machine.

The more time we spend here
With demas...

Is, like, pretty cool.

Like, I'm actually really
Enjoying the puzzle of this.

This I find way more fascinating
Than anything I've seen...

Mining-wise ever.

Fascinating.

I kind of do
Feel like a kid again.

Because I was finding gold
Before I really remember.

You know, like with my grandpa
At the wash plant, whatever,

You know, I don't remember
Falling in love with mining.

And it's cool to come here,
Someplace completely different,

And kind of fall in love
With it again.

Nothing in this one.

Try another spot.

Pretty vulnerable spot
Right now.

We've got a spotter,
And it's just gonna let us know.

If there's any falling rock.

We'll try to work hard and fast.

And try to get out of here
As soon as possible.

Whoa!

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Are you still okay?

Yeah.

I'm sorry. It's alright.

You didn't do it
On purpose, did you?

No.

Maybe when I'm in there,
I'll dump it.

Maybe no prying On the roof.

When you're in the hole.
I'll not be in there.

I think That simplifies things.

We've been jumping around
A whole bunch of different spots.

Trying to find the best spot,

And demas reckons
This might be the best one.

We kind of need this
To deliver, really,

Given our timeframe, Right?

Right there in there?

Those two? Yeah, yeah.

Look at that. Yes!

Is that gold?

Yeah. Yeah!

Yes. Found gold?

Nice!

I'm not even Done panning,

But there's two pieces
Right there.

It's a lot Of hard work, demas.

Should we go Get some more?

Yeah, yeah.

We're on it now. Sweet.

Let's do it.

So we finally got into a spot
Where there's some good gold.

It's good to finally see,
But we're on it.

We're gonna go back in there.

And get as much of it out
As we can.

Coming up...

We built something to
Try to help with mercury.

It's a pretty big moment
Right now.

Here's the moment Of truth.

What the...?

What is that?!

Ooh. Hi.

What are you Digging for?

Whoa, whoa. Weird-shaped egg.

What kind of bird?

So you eat?

The megapode bird
Is found exclusively.

In the volcanic region
Of australasia.

And doesn't incubate her eggs
By sitting on them.

Instead, she buries them
In the warm volcanic ash,

Providing the primary source
Of food and income.

For the locals.

Wow.

Digging for eggs.

That's so cool.

Maybe you found
Your next calling.

So freakin' amazing.

Thank you. Such a nice pleasure.

Hi, lima bean.
How are you? Lima bean.

In papua new guinea,

Parker and his team have spent
A week hard-rock mining.

On the side of a mountain
With the kukukuku tribe.

Is there gold in here?
I think like this one.

These kids are awesome.

For them, the stakes
Are very high with this.

Hopefully in all these rocks
We're crushing up,

There's some good gold
And this retort works.

Like many small-scale miners,

Demas has to use mercury
To get the gold out of the rock.

My main priority is
The health issues for the kids,

And being able to contain
That mercury.

For me, that's super important.

I'm gonna let demas
Do this process.

Kind of got mixed messages
On this.

I know we found gold,

But I hope we found enough
To make a difference.

The gold looks so much
Like everything else in there.

I'm guessing there's gold in it.

Yeah!

Yes.

I was getting nervous.
I didn't see anything.

This is step one.

Next step's gonna really
Make a difference to me.

They're so excited to find gold.

That the whole
Family's coming around.

So, demas,
Before we burn that off,

We built something to try
To help with this process.

And I'm hopeful That it'll work.

If it doesn't work,
We're not gonna lose anything.

Basically, the mercury goes
In there with the gold,

And then this goes
Overtop of it.

The mercury will evaporate.

It's a contained system.
There'll be no vapors.

Which is a good thing.

All the gold will stay in here,

And you can catch it afterwards.

He's trusting us.

The challenging part of this
Is gonna be.

Getting it hot enough.

You need probably A good fire.

It's a pretty big moment
Right now.

Pretty intense to me.

I'm just kind of hoping
It works.

All right, well,
Here's the moment of truth.

Hey, hey, look at that!

Nice little chunk of gold.

4.2 grams of gold
Is worth over $60.

That's over 10 times
The average daily income.

For small-scale miners
In papua new guinea.

You happy with that, Demas?

That's good.

This is for You guys.

I hope you use it.
It'll work quite well, I think.

Feel like we left a pretty
Good impact on these people.

We've shown them a way
To save on the mercury,

And more importantly, their kids
Aren't gonna be inhaling it.

That's gonna leave a huge impact
On these little ones.

Patrick.

Good job.

Demas.

Thank you For everything.

When I show up in another
Mine site that is like here,

I can look at the ground.

And have an understanding
What is happening.

It's been a lot of fun.

Thank you so much For having us.

It's the strongest
Work ethic I've ever seen.

Thank you.

I truly honor
And respect these people.

See you, Man.

They take what they have
And they survive with it,

And I'm inspired by it.

And they taught us
Everything they know.

I am really sad
To leave this place.

We've made some friends.

I have so much respect
For these people,

Like, the sense of humor,
The adaptability,

The toughness, you know.

We've seen people
Risking their lives.

To try and get
The tiniest pieces of gold.

That has been one of
The most breathtaking.

Five days of my life.

Right there, man.

Thank you.

Much appreciated.

You guys are legends.

We've put a lot of hard work
In here with demas.

And his family.

We helped them find some gold.

It's been
A really great experience,

But the big thing is

I kind of do feel like
I'm in love with mining again.

Next time...

Look at that!

This is one of the biggest
Gold deposits in the world.

Look, look, look, he's
Climbing the fence right here.

These kids steal from the
Other side of the fence.

That guy has an ax.

The mine has shot people before.

This gold, it belongs to me.
This belongs to my land.

We're in a war zone.