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This season's been
about man versus nature,
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about us versus Alaska.
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And this is the final battle.
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We still need 49 ounces
to hit our target.
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And I don't know
if we're gonna win
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but I do know
that we're gonna battle
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to the bitter end.
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We got a big storm moving in,
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that'll dump five
to six feet of snow.
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And there's already five
to six feet of snow up there.
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So it's the tipping point.
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Yeah.
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Avalanche is gonna start
hitting the road
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and blocking access.
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It's a high consequence
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and loss of life with how big
these avalanches are.
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Yeah.
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Think I got much time left?
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I would highly recommend
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getting out of here
in the next few days.
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On the season finale
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of Dave Turin's Lost Mine.
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All right, boys,
let's do this.
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It's the final push.
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Here we go.
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Alaska has been trying
to kick our ass
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but we're gonna do a little
kicking back right now.
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We ain't stopping
until we hit 450.
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The guys are actually
banking on it
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to get through the off season.
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But Alaska pushes back.
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It doesn't look good.
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The Cottonwood is
starting to drop out.
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I don't have time
to open another cut.
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Holy crap...
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I mean, this could happen
again tomorrow.
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****.
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We're all tired,
we're all pushing hard.
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How much
is the crew prepared to risk?
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They call this place
Avalanche Alley.
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And we're right
in the center of it.
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And we're on borrowed time.
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To bring home the gold.
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Back a little bit, Nate.
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- Back?
- A little more.
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Good.
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It's getting dangerous.
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I don't wanna be stuck
behind an avalanche.
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We need to get out
while we can.
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Boy, we got to go,
we're getting the hell out.
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We've been on the road
for ten months,
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eighteen different properties,
about five, six states.
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And it all comes down to this.
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7:00 a.m. at Glacier Creek.
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- Good morning.
- Good morning.
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Right now,
we're at 400 ounces.
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We could walk away
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and it's been an amazing accomplishment.
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I'm very proud
of all you guys.
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But I'd like to finish strong.
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I really wanna hit 450 ounces.
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- Let's do it.
- Do it.
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We're in Alaska,
winter's coming.
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Three or four days
is all we got
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before the snowstorms.
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The warnings
I've gotten is that
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you don't stay
till the snow is here
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but we're on the verge
of kicking ass
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with five guys.
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And I think
we need a few more days.
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I'm here till the end.
I want that 450.
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We need to push hard.
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- Let's keep churning away.
- Right.
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- We all in?
- Hell, yeah.
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All in!
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The season is open
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and we're still prospecting.
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Four months ago,
Dave Turin and his crew
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had nowhere to mine.
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We're just having
a hell of a time.
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After 16 failed
prospects across five states.
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Show me
the promised land, Turin.
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I got to move on.
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No gold.
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They abandoned
civilization to seek fortune
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in the wilds of Alaska.
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This place will chew you up
and spit you out.
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For the first time,
Dave purchased a claim.
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It's Shelly
and my money on the line.
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Huge risk,
it's what we got to do.
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Starting eight weeks late,
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they set up
three different plants.
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Right now, Old Den is
the only wash plant we have.
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The roach
is gonna live again.
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The Eagle's about twice
the size, look at that.
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The crew battled
the Alaskan elements.
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This is what nightmares
are made out of.
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And work ground
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nothing like
they'd mined before.
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We have no idea
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why there's not
a lot of gold down here.
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You got to be
**** kidding me.
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But they beat the odds,
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banking 401 ounces
in just 12 weeks.
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These guys have
really picked up their game.
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We're going faster,
more production
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than we've ever gone.
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It's an amazing achievement.
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But last week
came the shock departure
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of loader operator
Chris Taylor.
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I hope Dave Turin
hits that 450 but to me,
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it's time
to start a new chapter.
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Five guys left.
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It's tough.
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Now, the five-man crew
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has just three days
to find forty-nine ounces
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before the weather
shuts them down.
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We're gonna buckle down,
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work longer, work harder,
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more than we ever have before.
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Nathan's got that
thing turned up to about
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200 yards an hour.
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Jason and KC are busting
their ass to keep up.
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As long as we got weather
and the plant runs,
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we're making money.
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Gotta get our 450
come hell or high water.
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It's the only way
you can justify
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being away from your family
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is you damn well better
bring home the money.
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The team mines
the Cottonwood cut.
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My teeth are clicking
big rocks,
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which means good gold.
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Ground that in
the past five weeks
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has produced $340,000
in gold.
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We're moving in the right
direction and that's deep.
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I genuinely freaking hope
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this gold stays good
going down,
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might as well
have a crystal ball...
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trying to see down
in the ground.
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Doing some nice
moves there, Sanchez.
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Yeah, buddy.
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Here we go.
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The Eagle runs
at high speed
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and demands 240 tons
of pay every hour.
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I'm the guy
loading the plant
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until the end of the season.
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And this Eagle
is very, very hungry.
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We're all tired and been
working 12, 14-hour days.
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Pain is temporary,
gold is forever.
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It's true. True.
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After 12 hours
running Cottonwood pay,
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it's time to check the mess.
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Yeah, turn it off.
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Go to the box.
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What's it look like?
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To hit their goal,
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they need at least 17 ounces
of gold a day.
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Like ****
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There is no way in hell,
not with this box.
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I'm not impressed
with what I see.
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All right,
let's get this cleaned up.
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It doesn't look good.
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I don't know
what's going on.
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I think the Cottonwood cut
is just like the Pappy,
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the deeper you go,
the **** it's gonna get.
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Over today.
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It's not exactly what
we wanted to see in the box.
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But tomorrow's another day,
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and gold miners
are eternally optimistic.
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A new day dawns
at Glacier Creek.
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I'm gonna go down and see
what Jason's got going.
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You know, maybe between
the two of us,
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we can figure something out.
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With minimal gold
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showing in the box
last night,
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their season goal
hangs in the balance.
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- Hey, Jason.
- What's up, Dave?
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What's going on
down here?
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You know, Dave,
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you know, you look over
across at that wall,
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and you see nothing but nice
river gravel, shingles.
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That upper five feet,
it's carrying good gold,
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but everything below that.
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I mean, it's like all sand.
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Yeah, it's just weird.
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It's just not
paying out.
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Well, it's like this
across this whole cut.
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Well, you can see
the big rocks down there
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a little bit lower level.
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There really should be
a pot of gold down here.
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Take a pan.
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Some... We're in this
big stuff.
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See if it gets
any better on this side.
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I got to clean it up a little
bit but you got one and two.
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I mean, that's top
gravel gold, Dave.
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Which is not normal
with the placer mine.
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****.
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****.
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Normally, any deposits,
the deeper you go
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or right above bedrock,
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that's where you end up
with your best gold.
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Not the case here.
It's all towards the surface.
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The only theory
I can really come up with
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is the fact that
it's a younger deposit.
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Nearly all gold
deposits modern miners chase
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are hundreds of thousands
of years old,
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enough time for gold
to collect
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on impenetrable bedrock.
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Jason's theory,
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the crew has now hit ground
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containing relatively
young placer gold
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that hasn't had time
to settle.
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So the deeper they mine,
the less gold there is.
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The question is,
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how much gold we're gonna get
out of this cut?
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I know you said,
"Stay on the gold,"
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but I don't think I can do it
here in Cottonwood, Dave,
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because this isn't
gonna cut it.
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I've got to find
freaking glory hole,
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you know, or something
to hit us at that 450.
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We can't be stopped,
but we're running out of days.
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You're right.
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Could I have a little time
to go check around,
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punch a few holes?
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No, now's not the time
to go on a wild goose chase.
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I don't have time
to open another cut.
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Maybe we just run
the top gravels,
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at least it's paying
the bills.
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I mean, we can hope...
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but I don't know
450 is gonna happen.
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You wanna have a good season
ending, just didn't wanna...
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do all this for the last
10 months for nothing.
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I can't make gold just appear
in this stuff.
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I wish I had
that superpower but I don't.
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With season-ending
snow now just two days away,
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Dave faces
a critical decision.
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You know what?
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Those guys are busting
their butts for this.
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It's a really risky gamble.
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But there's not a gold miner
on this planet
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that hasn't taken a risk.
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And that's the same way
with this crew.
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These guys
are all risk-takers.
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So if Jason wants to go
find another spot,
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I should let him, maybe that
will get us over 450 ounces.
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You got to let him go.
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Hey, Jason...
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Jason, you got a copy?
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Yeah, go ahead, Dave.
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Go for it.
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Go do your prospect.
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Yeah!
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Let's roll the dice.
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Get over 450 ounces.
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It's on you, buddy.
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Go get it.
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Coming up,
will the hunt for gold...
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I hope Jason finds something
that saves us, I really do.
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00:11:52,862 --> 00:11:54,778
You know what?
It might be our Hail Mary.
260
00:11:54,862 --> 00:11:57,743
...be enough to
keep the Alaskan dream alive?
261
00:11:57,827 --> 00:11:58,984
This is it.
262
00:11:59,068 --> 00:12:00,778
You think we got
50 ounces in here?
263
00:12:00,862 --> 00:12:02,481
See what we got in that bag.
264
00:12:10,034 --> 00:12:12,433
We got to get something
that's gonna hit and hit hard,
265
00:12:12,517 --> 00:12:14,274
otherwise we're not
gonna make it.
266
00:12:14,965 --> 00:12:16,502
Jason's mission,
267
00:12:16,586 --> 00:12:18,916
recover 50 more
ounces of gold
268
00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,998
before mining in Alaska
is shut down by winter.
269
00:12:25,620 --> 00:12:28,502
First stop, Valdez Museum.
270
00:12:28,586 --> 00:12:30,122
Really on our property,
271
00:12:30,206 --> 00:12:32,950
there's historic hard rock
operations up above us.
272
00:12:33,034 --> 00:12:34,881
I need to do some research.
273
00:12:34,965 --> 00:12:38,984
I phoned ahead requesting
any mining info, maps,
274
00:12:39,068 --> 00:12:41,481
anything that may help me
out on the ground.
275
00:12:43,068 --> 00:12:44,640
- Hello. Are you Jason?
- Yes, ma'am.
276
00:12:44,724 --> 00:12:47,398
Hopefully that will
provide you what you need.
277
00:12:47,482 --> 00:12:48,709
Thank you, ma'am.
You have a wonderful day.
278
00:12:48,793 --> 00:12:49,916
You, too.
279
00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,502
Jason scans for
historic hard rock mines
280
00:12:52,586 --> 00:12:55,329
in the Glacier Creek area.
281
00:12:55,413 --> 00:12:56,916
Let's see where we...
282
00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,122
His plan,
open a new cut
283
00:12:59,206 --> 00:13:02,122
close to a hard rock
gold source
284
00:13:02,206 --> 00:13:05,998
in the hope of finding more
gold near to the surface.
285
00:13:07,137 --> 00:13:09,481
Glacier Creek is right there.
286
00:13:10,344 --> 00:13:13,881
Probably
the closest mine is...
287
00:13:13,965 --> 00:13:15,640
Golden Sunlight,
288
00:13:15,724 --> 00:13:18,467
I'll be damned.
289
00:13:18,551 --> 00:13:20,950
That would have been a good
percentage of the source
290
00:13:21,034 --> 00:13:22,536
coming into that Cottonwood
291
00:13:22,620 --> 00:13:24,515
and further
on down river as well.
292
00:13:25,551 --> 00:13:27,674
You know,
this report actually is
293
00:13:27,758 --> 00:13:30,619
going back as early as 1898.
294
00:13:31,586 --> 00:13:33,191
I mean, right here
this talks about...
295
00:13:33,275 --> 00:13:36,984
Yeah, three to four foot
quartz vein outcrops.
296
00:13:37,068 --> 00:13:39,343
The largest of which is
three inches in thickness.
297
00:13:40,068 --> 00:13:42,019
The Golden Sunlight Mine
298
00:13:42,103 --> 00:13:44,433
was one of hundreds
of small operations
299
00:13:44,517 --> 00:13:47,191
open during
the far northern gold rushes.
300
00:13:47,275 --> 00:13:50,502
Between 1906 and 1942,
301
00:13:50,586 --> 00:13:53,605
mines like these contributed
to hard rock gold
302
00:13:53,689 --> 00:13:58,446
pulled from this region
totaling 55,000 ounces.
303
00:13:59,137 --> 00:14:02,364
If I can get
right on the mouth
304
00:14:02,448 --> 00:14:04,812
where that Golden Sunlight
opens up
305
00:14:04,896 --> 00:14:07,019
and lays out
into that drainage,
306
00:14:07,103 --> 00:14:08,847
might be one hell of a payday
sitting there.
307
00:14:16,068 --> 00:14:18,674
Back at Glacier Creek...
308
00:14:18,758 --> 00:14:20,571
Yeah, we are shorthanded
right now.
309
00:14:20,655 --> 00:14:22,481
I'm on my own.
310
00:14:23,275 --> 00:14:24,847
We got to jump
from vehicle to vehicle,
311
00:14:24,931 --> 00:14:26,550
it takes way longer.
312
00:14:27,551 --> 00:14:29,536
Just doing the best I can.
313
00:14:29,620 --> 00:14:32,950
The bottom line is I got
to keep pay to the plant.
314
00:14:41,034 --> 00:14:42,743
I'ma grab
one more of these
315
00:14:42,827 --> 00:14:45,019
and then I'ma go up there
and I'ma jump on in the dozer.
316
00:14:52,827 --> 00:14:53,950
As far as you can turn.
317
00:14:54,034 --> 00:14:55,536
We all got to be very
318
00:14:55,620 --> 00:14:57,950
efficient on machine.
319
00:14:58,034 --> 00:15:01,812
I've learned more,
uh, than any other year.
320
00:15:01,896 --> 00:15:03,467
We dealt with four plants
this year.
321
00:15:03,551 --> 00:15:04,950
I mean, I've worked
on little machines
322
00:15:05,034 --> 00:15:06,295
and I worked
on big-ass machines,
323
00:15:06,379 --> 00:15:08,088
you know,
I got to go on the prospects.
324
00:15:13,413 --> 00:15:14,950
Getting out front
these prospects
325
00:15:15,034 --> 00:15:16,550
is what I really wanna do.
326
00:15:17,758 --> 00:15:20,502
- There's three pieces.
- Just little microns.
327
00:15:20,586 --> 00:15:23,157
It means a lot to me.
It makes me feel more whole.
328
00:15:23,241 --> 00:15:26,157
They see me as more
than just a mechanic.
329
00:15:26,241 --> 00:15:30,295
What I set out to achieve,
I'm achieving now this season.
330
00:15:30,379 --> 00:15:33,226
For Nathan, this season
is a huge confidence builder.
331
00:15:33,310 --> 00:15:35,157
He really stepped up
another level.
332
00:15:35,241 --> 00:15:37,502
We're running.
Let's just find the gold.
333
00:15:37,586 --> 00:15:39,605
I hope that Jason finds
something that saves us,
334
00:15:39,689 --> 00:15:40,847
I really do.
335
00:15:46,724 --> 00:15:48,446
Now, back on site.
336
00:15:50,275 --> 00:15:54,812
Golden Sunlight Mine should be
right about here right now.
337
00:15:54,896 --> 00:15:57,778
The question is where the hell
the opening is.
338
00:15:57,862 --> 00:16:01,260
Jason puts his
mining theory into practice.
339
00:16:01,344 --> 00:16:04,446
You can almost see
a dark spot.
340
00:16:05,689 --> 00:16:07,260
I think that's the opening,
341
00:16:07,344 --> 00:16:09,136
correlates with the map
really well.
342
00:16:09,862 --> 00:16:11,791
So if you follow that down,
343
00:16:13,862 --> 00:16:15,881
it's gonna put it
right over there.
344
00:16:15,965 --> 00:16:17,950
I'm gonna pop a hole there.
345
00:16:18,034 --> 00:16:19,826
See if we can find some gold.
346
00:16:22,310 --> 00:16:24,122
Jason identifies a spot
347
00:16:24,206 --> 00:16:26,364
where he thinks
the adit or entrance
348
00:16:26,448 --> 00:16:29,053
to the Sunlight Mine
was made.
349
00:16:29,137 --> 00:16:31,157
Tracing the drainage channel,
350
00:16:31,241 --> 00:16:33,467
he lands on an area
of organics
351
00:16:33,551 --> 00:16:35,674
just beyond
the Cottonwood cut.
352
00:16:35,758 --> 00:16:38,916
Now,
he must prove his theory.
353
00:16:41,206 --> 00:16:42,812
All right.
354
00:16:42,896 --> 00:16:44,860
Let's get into this stuff, huh.
355
00:16:45,517 --> 00:16:47,398
Roll the dice and dig a hole.
356
00:16:47,482 --> 00:16:49,812
Hopefully not let
the team down.
357
00:16:49,896 --> 00:16:52,826
As Jason searches
for Sunlight gold,
358
00:16:54,241 --> 00:16:57,812
Dave must push even harder
in the Cottonwood cut.
359
00:17:04,344 --> 00:17:06,260
Right now,
it's just late in the season.
360
00:17:06,344 --> 00:17:07,881
I don't really know the answer
361
00:17:07,965 --> 00:17:11,571
whether I, uh,
open up another cut
362
00:17:11,655 --> 00:17:16,467
or try to just accept this cut
for what it is
363
00:17:16,551 --> 00:17:18,502
and how it's producing.
364
00:17:18,586 --> 00:17:22,122
By the time I strip
with that little dozer,
365
00:17:22,206 --> 00:17:24,757
it could be snowing
and I'm kicked out of here.
366
00:17:25,482 --> 00:17:27,467
This year
is the learning year,
367
00:17:27,551 --> 00:17:29,895
and we're gonna be back
next year.
368
00:17:31,241 --> 00:17:33,433
If we hit more
than 50 ounces,
369
00:17:33,517 --> 00:17:35,157
it would prove to me
370
00:17:35,241 --> 00:17:37,778
that we have figured out
how to mine the ground
371
00:17:37,862 --> 00:17:40,157
and we're gonna kick it
next year.
372
00:17:44,862 --> 00:17:46,412
Oh, my God.
373
00:17:49,103 --> 00:17:50,584
****.
374
00:17:51,793 --> 00:17:53,722
I didn't know
that was back there.
375
00:17:57,586 --> 00:17:58,984
Are you okay?
376
00:17:59,068 --> 00:18:00,653
Yeah, I'm fine.
377
00:18:02,517 --> 00:18:05,274
That thing could have
gone over backwards.
378
00:18:05,827 --> 00:18:07,343
God, dang it.
379
00:18:13,068 --> 00:18:14,743
****.
380
00:18:14,827 --> 00:18:18,019
It just goes to show how fast
accidents happen
381
00:18:18,103 --> 00:18:20,171
and, uh, when you're tired,
382
00:18:21,241 --> 00:18:22,364
you know, it makes it worse.
383
00:18:22,448 --> 00:18:24,122
I'm pushing hard right now.
384
00:18:24,206 --> 00:18:26,398
Yeah, there's pressure
to get us over that 450 mark,
385
00:18:26,482 --> 00:18:28,364
so you we just got
to be careful with it.
386
00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,860
I'm clicking some damn good
river gravels there.
387
00:18:36,068 --> 00:18:38,778
Over in the new Sunlight cut.
388
00:18:38,862 --> 00:18:39,743
Listen to that.
389
00:18:39,827 --> 00:18:41,709
That's that money.
390
00:18:41,793 --> 00:18:44,260
Please be the money.
I need it to be the money.
391
00:18:54,551 --> 00:18:56,860
See, this came
right off that mountain.
392
00:18:58,068 --> 00:19:00,964
Some of the ore that the old
timers kind of threw out.
393
00:19:01,862 --> 00:19:03,757
Let's run a pan of that.
394
00:19:06,137 --> 00:19:07,881
All right.
395
00:19:07,965 --> 00:19:11,433
If I can pan 15, 20,
then I found what we need
396
00:19:11,517 --> 00:19:12,895
and we're in the money.
397
00:19:28,724 --> 00:19:30,502
****.
398
00:19:30,586 --> 00:19:32,502
That is a little bit
of a fresh
399
00:19:32,586 --> 00:19:35,433
right out of the damn
source nugget.
400
00:19:35,517 --> 00:19:38,329
This is genuinely
out of the hard rock.
401
00:19:38,413 --> 00:19:42,033
22, 24, there's like 26
freakin' colors there, man.
402
00:19:44,310 --> 00:19:46,881
I don't have to go back
to Dave empty-handed.
403
00:19:46,965 --> 00:19:51,515
That's 450 ounces
is what that's gonna equal.
404
00:19:53,068 --> 00:19:54,778
Dave, you got a copy?
405
00:19:54,862 --> 00:19:56,191
Go ahead, Jason.
406
00:19:56,275 --> 00:19:59,053
I'm looking at
two little nuggets
407
00:19:59,137 --> 00:20:01,950
that are wrapped
with quartz and bedrock.
408
00:20:10,482 --> 00:20:11,826
What's up, Jason?
409
00:20:13,344 --> 00:20:14,984
The little nuggets.
410
00:20:15,068 --> 00:20:16,329
That's a nugget right there?
411
00:20:16,413 --> 00:20:17,640
A little nugget there.
412
00:20:17,724 --> 00:20:19,329
Yeah, but look at all
the fines in there, too.
413
00:20:19,413 --> 00:20:21,191
Yeah, that's the other one.
414
00:20:21,275 --> 00:20:22,950
Woo, you might
have found something.
415
00:20:23,034 --> 00:20:24,778
Well, we got to get some
to the plant and find out.
416
00:20:24,862 --> 00:20:26,812
Let me clear off
some of the topsoil,
417
00:20:26,896 --> 00:20:29,191
clear some of this brush,
get a road back here.
418
00:20:29,275 --> 00:20:31,929
You know what?
It might be our Hail Mary.
419
00:20:33,241 --> 00:20:35,019
Great job, Jason. Woo!
420
00:20:35,103 --> 00:20:36,847
He's out there hustling,
he's working his ass off
421
00:20:36,931 --> 00:20:39,122
to make sure he's getting
the best gold as it gets
422
00:20:39,206 --> 00:20:41,640
and I admire that.
423
00:20:41,724 --> 00:20:43,847
I tell you what.
I'm pretty proud of that guy.
424
00:20:43,931 --> 00:20:47,260
He did the research
and guess what?
425
00:20:47,344 --> 00:20:48,757
We found some gold.
426
00:20:49,827 --> 00:20:53,088
I think Jason is becoming
a very good leader.
427
00:20:53,172 --> 00:20:55,329
He's learning
and conquering and adapting.
428
00:20:55,413 --> 00:20:58,019
He's willing
to take those risks.
429
00:20:58,103 --> 00:21:00,260
If you don't have gamble
in your blood,
430
00:21:00,344 --> 00:21:02,260
you're never gonna be able
to make it as a gold miner
431
00:21:02,344 --> 00:21:03,812
because there's a lot
against you,
432
00:21:03,896 --> 00:21:05,329
there's a lot
that you can't control.
433
00:21:05,413 --> 00:21:06,860
I've learned that.
434
00:21:10,034 --> 00:21:13,171
Alaska's thrown us
a lot of curve balls.
435
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,467
Right now, we need a break.
436
00:21:15,551 --> 00:21:18,743
Maybe this is the break
we need.
437
00:21:18,827 --> 00:21:22,791
All right. Sunlight cut
is open for business.
438
00:21:32,379 --> 00:21:34,191
Let's go get
that freaking gold, dude.
439
00:21:34,275 --> 00:21:35,916
At Glacier Creek...
440
00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,640
I'll load as fast I can.
441
00:21:37,724 --> 00:21:39,847
You find that pedal
on the right and let's get it.
442
00:21:39,931 --> 00:21:41,778
All right. There we go.
443
00:21:41,862 --> 00:21:44,709
Jason and KC
race to deliver pay
444
00:21:44,793 --> 00:21:47,033
from the newly opened
Sunlight cut.
445
00:21:53,931 --> 00:21:56,122
I got to get as many loads
up there as fast as I can
446
00:21:56,206 --> 00:21:59,860
and, uh, safe as I can.
447
00:22:01,034 --> 00:22:03,398
Rick got up to 61 loads,
448
00:22:03,482 --> 00:22:05,433
if we can beat it,
that would be great,
449
00:22:05,517 --> 00:22:06,778
record-breaking time.
450
00:22:06,862 --> 00:22:09,122
Here comes the Sunlight cut.
451
00:22:09,206 --> 00:22:11,019
This is always that last push.
452
00:22:11,103 --> 00:22:13,088
It's best when you give
yourself a good
453
00:22:13,172 --> 00:22:15,191
kick in the ass
and keep going,
454
00:22:15,275 --> 00:22:17,688
dig down deep and see
what you're made of.
455
00:22:23,413 --> 00:22:26,171
There goes load number one
out of the Sunlight cut.
456
00:22:29,655 --> 00:22:33,088
While I'm out here mining,
my family has struggled.
457
00:22:33,172 --> 00:22:34,950
My wife is missing.
458
00:22:35,034 --> 00:22:37,329
They got search and rescue
looking for them.
459
00:22:37,413 --> 00:22:40,743
I have to get back there.
This is horrible.
460
00:22:40,827 --> 00:22:43,191
It was the most horrific
thing I ever went through
461
00:22:43,275 --> 00:22:44,916
and I knew
we had a mission to do.
462
00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:46,536
Once I knew they were safe,
463
00:22:46,620 --> 00:22:48,329
I came back to finish out
the season
464
00:22:48,413 --> 00:22:50,033
all the way to the end.
465
00:22:51,586 --> 00:22:53,364
It's been a rough year for KC.
466
00:22:53,448 --> 00:22:55,743
You have to have courage
and determination
467
00:22:55,827 --> 00:22:58,916
to live up here
and KC has that.
468
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,122
But that's what it takes to
make money in this business,
469
00:23:01,206 --> 00:23:03,171
that you'd be willing
to work that hard.
470
00:23:03,965 --> 00:23:06,191
KC, man,
he's such a good guy.
471
00:23:06,275 --> 00:23:08,916
His heart is a solid
piece of gold.
472
00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,433
He will would do anything
for this team, anything.
473
00:23:18,655 --> 00:23:20,709
I'm out
checking the roads out.
474
00:23:20,793 --> 00:23:22,640
As the weather deteriorates,
475
00:23:22,724 --> 00:23:25,674
Dave assesses
the five-mile dirt road,
476
00:23:25,758 --> 00:23:28,984
the only way
in and out of the mine.
477
00:23:29,068 --> 00:23:30,433
I'm a little worried about
478
00:23:30,517 --> 00:23:32,088
getting our equipment
out of here,
479
00:23:32,172 --> 00:23:35,136
getting people out of here
before the snow falls.
480
00:23:36,931 --> 00:23:39,205
We're in a avalanche zone.
481
00:23:40,241 --> 00:23:42,536
Avalanche Alley
they call this.
482
00:23:42,620 --> 00:23:44,329
We've got to pay
attention to that.
483
00:23:44,413 --> 00:23:45,984
Six feet of snow
484
00:23:46,068 --> 00:23:48,950
already blankets
the slopes above.
485
00:23:49,034 --> 00:23:51,812
With more forecast
to hit tomorrow,
486
00:23:51,896 --> 00:23:55,653
the entire mine site
is at risk of avalanche.
487
00:23:57,103 --> 00:23:58,812
The steep slopes
of this valley
488
00:23:58,896 --> 00:24:01,295
are known as a terrain trap.
489
00:24:01,379 --> 00:24:04,550
When an avalanche hits,
there's nowhere to run.
490
00:24:08,379 --> 00:24:10,571
Look, Den Dempsey
showed me pictures
491
00:24:10,655 --> 00:24:13,191
of avalanches coming
right down to this road.
492
00:24:13,275 --> 00:24:15,226
We were mining up here
in the winters.
493
00:24:15,310 --> 00:24:17,019
- You mined in the winter?
- Yeah.
494
00:24:17,103 --> 00:24:18,950
It was the most dangerous
thing I've ever done.
495
00:24:19,034 --> 00:24:22,053
- Holy cow.
- I mean we'd watch avalanches
496
00:24:22,137 --> 00:24:25,502
come out of this and we had
one come right behind us.
497
00:24:25,586 --> 00:24:26,847
I thought
I was gonna get buried.
498
00:24:26,931 --> 00:24:28,571
- Oh, my goodness.
- And you could see...
499
00:24:28,655 --> 00:24:30,467
- It's got to be 30 feet, doesn't it?
- Oh, yeah.
500
00:24:37,379 --> 00:24:39,067
Holy ****,
501
00:24:39,965 --> 00:24:42,019
that wasn't here yesterday.
502
00:24:42,103 --> 00:24:44,881
You know,
it was cold last night,
503
00:24:44,965 --> 00:24:47,743
froze, you getting
a little bit of moisture,
504
00:24:47,827 --> 00:24:50,019
freeze-thaw action
and you end up with this.
505
00:24:50,103 --> 00:24:54,019
I mean you look around,
look how steep this valley is.
506
00:24:54,103 --> 00:24:56,467
We got a lot of snow up top,
you know,
507
00:24:56,551 --> 00:24:57,916
we get an avalanche
or something,
508
00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,364
blocks the road,
we're stuck in here.
509
00:25:00,448 --> 00:25:03,088
But we got a lot
of work to do,
510
00:25:03,172 --> 00:25:04,964
try to beat winter.
511
00:25:10,379 --> 00:25:12,191
It's time to kick ass.
512
00:25:12,275 --> 00:25:14,743
Our season
is coming down to hours.
513
00:25:14,827 --> 00:25:18,743
KC is going back and forth
like a crazy person.
514
00:25:18,827 --> 00:25:20,295
We're running hard.
515
00:25:20,379 --> 00:25:21,778
Back on the mine...
516
00:25:21,862 --> 00:25:23,881
I got a short window
to get as much pay
517
00:25:23,965 --> 00:25:27,260
out of this Sunlight cut
as I can to that Eagle.
518
00:25:27,344 --> 00:25:29,536
The team runs
the plant all out
519
00:25:29,620 --> 00:25:32,102
at 200 yards per hour.
520
00:25:34,896 --> 00:25:38,502
I'm trying to kind of feather
the material into this plant
521
00:25:38,586 --> 00:25:42,122
because we don't wanna put
a big jolt of weight at once
522
00:25:42,206 --> 00:25:44,136
on the belt.
523
00:25:45,137 --> 00:25:46,295
Thank you, Andrew,
for your attention,
524
00:25:46,379 --> 00:25:47,998
I appreciate it.
525
00:25:49,586 --> 00:25:51,329
I mean, Andrew's fed the plant
526
00:25:51,413 --> 00:25:52,674
hundred percent correct.
527
00:25:52,758 --> 00:25:54,191
It's not overfilling it.
528
00:25:54,275 --> 00:25:56,274
Doing good. Doing real good.
529
00:25:59,310 --> 00:26:01,640
You know,
Andrew has definitely grown
530
00:26:01,724 --> 00:26:04,122
for his first season
with Team Turin.
531
00:26:04,206 --> 00:26:06,122
I've never seen somebody
show so much interest.
532
00:26:06,206 --> 00:26:07,605
He wants to learn.
533
00:26:07,689 --> 00:26:09,398
I've never operated
an articulating
534
00:26:09,482 --> 00:26:10,812
haul truck before.
535
00:26:10,896 --> 00:26:12,157
There's a lot
of buttons in here.
536
00:26:12,241 --> 00:26:13,433
We'll figure it out.
537
00:26:13,517 --> 00:26:14,743
Nice and easy, Andrew.
538
00:26:14,827 --> 00:26:15,812
All right. I got this.
539
00:26:15,896 --> 00:26:17,067
There you go.
540
00:26:18,275 --> 00:26:22,377
Now I just need to learn
how to operate a dozer.
541
00:26:23,206 --> 00:26:24,812
I believe by the end of this,
542
00:26:24,896 --> 00:26:26,398
I'm gonna be a lot
better miner
543
00:26:26,482 --> 00:26:28,157
that I was on day one.
544
00:26:28,241 --> 00:26:29,743
Dave took a chance with me
545
00:26:29,827 --> 00:26:31,640
bringing me on to this crew.
546
00:26:31,724 --> 00:26:33,122
Being a trusted crew member,
547
00:26:33,206 --> 00:26:34,984
it's an accomplishment.
548
00:26:35,068 --> 00:26:37,847
You never really know how good
somebody is gonna be
549
00:26:37,931 --> 00:26:39,847
until you actually
put him to work.
550
00:26:39,931 --> 00:26:42,571
As far as I'm concerned,
I hit a home run with Andrew.
551
00:26:42,655 --> 00:26:43,847
He's been great.
552
00:26:55,413 --> 00:26:58,709
All right. Jason,
61 is equal in Rick's load
553
00:26:58,793 --> 00:27:02,053
so everything after this
is gravy.
554
00:27:02,137 --> 00:27:03,584
The next one is a record.
555
00:27:03,931 --> 00:27:05,640
Hell yeah, dude.
556
00:27:05,724 --> 00:27:08,433
Attaboy, Morgan.
Way to go, my man.
557
00:27:08,517 --> 00:27:10,191
Woo!
558
00:27:10,275 --> 00:27:11,895
Good job, KC.
559
00:27:15,310 --> 00:27:16,964
Come on, big money.
560
00:27:18,931 --> 00:27:20,674
I got this truck pedal
to the metal.
561
00:27:20,758 --> 00:27:23,688
I'm talking full speed ahead.
I'm hauling ass.
562
00:27:32,655 --> 00:27:35,653
**** carnage.
563
00:27:39,793 --> 00:27:42,019
****. Ahh.
564
00:27:42,103 --> 00:27:44,881
Nate, Nate,
you got a copy, dude?
565
00:27:44,965 --> 00:27:46,640
Yeah. Go ahead, KC.
566
00:27:46,724 --> 00:27:49,205
Dude, I think
I just clipped a rock.
567
00:27:50,689 --> 00:27:51,929
****.
568
00:27:54,413 --> 00:27:55,433
Clipped something.
569
00:27:55,517 --> 00:27:57,481
Let's go backwards some,
I hear it.
570
00:27:58,413 --> 00:28:00,571
Ho, oh, oh. ****.
571
00:28:04,482 --> 00:28:06,847
It's got definitely
a hole in the tire.
572
00:28:06,931 --> 00:28:09,157
It must've got right in there.
It must have hit something.
573
00:28:09,241 --> 00:28:11,226
Like, I didn't see
anything. Just bam.
574
00:28:11,310 --> 00:28:13,019
Hit me.
575
00:28:13,103 --> 00:28:14,812
Well, we ain't got
**** your tire with.
576
00:28:14,896 --> 00:28:16,295
If it's got a hole
and it's that bad,
577
00:28:16,379 --> 00:28:19,709
I mean, it's blowing out
pretty good. Yeah.
578
00:28:19,793 --> 00:28:22,481
****.
579
00:28:23,413 --> 00:28:25,481
- Hey, Dave.
- Hey.
580
00:28:26,413 --> 00:28:28,433
- There you go.
- ****.
581
00:28:28,517 --> 00:28:30,122
Well, that's a hell of a hole.
582
00:28:30,206 --> 00:28:32,778
Look at the air
coming out of there.
583
00:28:32,862 --> 00:28:34,502
Why don't you go
get on the phone,
584
00:28:34,586 --> 00:28:37,605
and I don't care
if you wake somebody up.
585
00:28:37,689 --> 00:28:40,640
We gotta find a tire guy
because this is our last hope.
586
00:28:40,724 --> 00:28:42,226
If we don't have a front tire
on that
587
00:28:42,310 --> 00:28:44,550
**** we're not running.
588
00:28:45,758 --> 00:28:48,571
This is not
what I need right now.
589
00:28:48,655 --> 00:28:50,950
That's the one piece of
equipment I can't do without.
590
00:28:51,034 --> 00:28:53,433
I mean without a haul truck,
we're done.
591
00:29:05,620 --> 00:29:07,088
Let's dump it.
592
00:29:07,172 --> 00:29:08,709
Okay.
593
00:29:13,241 --> 00:29:16,295
A burst tire
cripples the rock truck.
594
00:29:16,379 --> 00:29:18,191
Hey, Andrew,
595
00:29:18,275 --> 00:29:20,536
sorry about the pile
in the middle of your road.
596
00:29:20,620 --> 00:29:22,226
But I had to get this truck
out of here.
597
00:29:22,310 --> 00:29:23,950
He's got a flat tire.
598
00:29:24,034 --> 00:29:25,640
Go ahead and put it
in the plant.
599
00:29:25,724 --> 00:29:27,709
Copy that.
600
00:29:27,793 --> 00:29:30,157
The crew mechanic
makes a last ditch call
601
00:29:30,241 --> 00:29:32,433
for a replacement.
602
00:29:32,517 --> 00:29:35,398
Hey, it's Nathan.
Hi, I'm trying to find
603
00:29:35,482 --> 00:29:37,260
a frickin' tire guy.
604
00:29:37,344 --> 00:29:39,916
Tire guy the number I have,
he didn't answer his phone.
605
00:29:44,344 --> 00:29:46,171
He stops in October.
606
00:29:46,586 --> 00:29:47,881
****.
607
00:29:47,965 --> 00:29:49,743
Do you know anybody else?
608
00:29:49,827 --> 00:29:51,688
Anybody at all around Valdez?
609
00:29:52,310 --> 00:29:53,743
In late October,
610
00:29:53,827 --> 00:29:55,812
Team Turin
is the only operation
611
00:29:55,896 --> 00:29:58,571
still mining the valley.
612
00:29:58,655 --> 00:30:01,433
The end might be nearer
than we thought.
613
00:30:04,275 --> 00:30:05,984
- Tell me what you got.
- Nothing.
614
00:30:06,068 --> 00:30:08,171
Oh, man.
615
00:30:09,034 --> 00:30:11,295
- We got nothing.
- We've been
616
00:30:11,379 --> 00:30:13,916
I mean, I can't run that
material up with loaders,
617
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,191
- that's not gonna do any good.
- Right.
618
00:30:18,379 --> 00:30:21,536
If we run what's left
in the pay pile
619
00:30:21,620 --> 00:30:23,584
and let's just pack it up.
620
00:30:25,827 --> 00:30:27,536
End of the season, boys.
621
00:30:27,620 --> 00:30:29,688
When that pile is gone,
we're done.
622
00:30:31,482 --> 00:30:33,191
Well, that sucks.
623
00:30:33,275 --> 00:30:34,950
- Party's over.- That's it.
624
00:30:35,034 --> 00:30:37,171
Hopefully, we got over
our 450 ounces.
625
00:30:39,344 --> 00:30:40,984
I think we really
pushed our luck here.
626
00:30:41,068 --> 00:30:43,122
I mean, you know,
we had a truck tire go out
627
00:30:43,206 --> 00:30:45,053
and we have weather coming in.
628
00:30:45,137 --> 00:30:47,481
Maybe it's God's way telling
us it's time to go home.
629
00:30:48,793 --> 00:30:51,088
You know, Alaska tried
to break us. It didn't.
630
00:30:51,172 --> 00:30:53,860
It broke a tire before
it ever broke Team Turin.
631
00:30:55,793 --> 00:30:58,019
When you think about
what we've been through,
632
00:30:58,103 --> 00:30:59,881
you know, overcoming things
633
00:30:59,965 --> 00:31:02,778
that...
are almost insurmountable
634
00:31:02,862 --> 00:31:05,191
and I feel like that's
what we've done this year.
635
00:31:05,275 --> 00:31:07,467
It's about a group of guys
coming together
636
00:31:07,551 --> 00:31:09,536
and doing something extraordinary.
637
00:31:09,620 --> 00:31:11,757
This is the last
of the pay.
638
00:31:12,517 --> 00:31:14,033
Season over.
639
00:31:15,620 --> 00:31:17,571
Last bucket, boys.
640
00:31:17,655 --> 00:31:19,088
Woo-hoo!
641
00:31:19,172 --> 00:31:20,743
Good job.
642
00:31:20,827 --> 00:31:23,502
That's it, boys.
Last bucket. Woo-hoo!
643
00:31:23,586 --> 00:31:28,226
Last of the Glacier Creek gold
for 2021.
644
00:31:28,310 --> 00:31:29,860
Good job, you guys.
645
00:31:31,724 --> 00:31:35,205
All right, KC,
let's kill that pump.
646
00:31:35,965 --> 00:31:38,157
Woo-hoo!
647
00:31:38,241 --> 00:31:39,536
Yeah.
648
00:31:39,620 --> 00:31:41,791
Good job, baby.
649
00:31:44,862 --> 00:31:46,329
Three months ago,
650
00:31:46,413 --> 00:31:48,329
I didn't even have a place
to mine.
651
00:31:48,413 --> 00:31:51,398
So for us to be
where we're at right now,
652
00:31:51,482 --> 00:31:54,984
I think
it's an amazing achievement.
653
00:31:55,068 --> 00:31:57,881
Hopefully, the Sunlight cut
gives us what we need.
654
00:31:57,965 --> 00:32:00,467
You know, our season comes
down to this box right here.
655
00:32:00,551 --> 00:32:02,929
That's where our answers are.
656
00:32:05,172 --> 00:32:07,398
- What's up?
- Hey, dude.
657
00:32:07,482 --> 00:32:09,088
How's she looking, brother?
658
00:32:09,172 --> 00:32:11,019
Under cover of darkness,
659
00:32:11,103 --> 00:32:13,916
it's time to see
if their Sunlight cut gamble
660
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,329
has paid off.
661
00:32:15,413 --> 00:32:17,171
There ain't ****
down here, Nater.
662
00:32:20,068 --> 00:32:21,226
You got some pickers.
663
00:32:21,310 --> 00:32:22,826
A picker up there.
664
00:32:24,551 --> 00:32:25,984
The middle
is looking pretty good.
665
00:32:26,068 --> 00:32:28,329
Yeah.
666
00:32:28,413 --> 00:32:31,040
- There's some down there on the left side.
- Oh, yeah.
667
00:32:31,124 --> 00:32:32,523
That's so much better than...
668
00:32:32,608 --> 00:32:34,364
Because I wasn't seeing
**** at first.
669
00:32:34,448 --> 00:32:37,364
You think we got
50 ounces in here?
670
00:32:37,448 --> 00:32:40,088
Well, I guess
the gold room will tell.
671
00:32:40,172 --> 00:32:41,778
You know, this isn't
really the way we wanted
672
00:32:41,862 --> 00:32:43,398
to end the season
on a flat tire,
673
00:32:43,482 --> 00:32:47,433
- but I think it's time.
- Yup. I agree.
674
00:32:47,517 --> 00:32:49,571
You know,
the snow's right there.
675
00:32:49,655 --> 00:32:51,950
We've been warned and...
676
00:32:52,034 --> 00:32:54,743
I feel really proud
of what we've accomplished.
677
00:32:54,827 --> 00:32:57,916
We're in Alaska and you guys,
you figured it out.
678
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,226
You managed it.
You conquered it.
679
00:33:00,310 --> 00:33:02,778
- I'm **** proud of everybody.
- Amen.
680
00:33:02,862 --> 00:33:04,709
- Yes, we are.
- It looks pretty good in the box.
681
00:33:04,793 --> 00:33:07,964
- Yup.
- We'll clean it up. Get it up to Shelly.
682
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,053
See if the Sunlight cut
put us over the top.
683
00:33:12,137 --> 00:33:14,226
I've been doing this for a
while but I have to say
684
00:33:14,310 --> 00:33:17,226
that this year stands out
685
00:33:17,310 --> 00:33:20,640
to me as one of the most
amazing accomplishments.
686
00:33:20,724 --> 00:33:23,743
We've overcome Alaska.
687
00:33:23,827 --> 00:33:28,205
If it's there, great.
If it's not **** we tried.
688
00:33:42,931 --> 00:33:45,950
Morning in Alaska.
689
00:33:46,034 --> 00:33:49,398
Snow's here. She's here.
690
00:33:49,482 --> 00:33:52,778
Pretty big flakes
coming down, boys.
691
00:33:52,862 --> 00:33:55,157
Mother Nature
finally issues
692
00:33:55,241 --> 00:33:56,778
her eviction notice.
693
00:33:56,862 --> 00:33:59,743
Winter's here,
a hundred percent.
694
00:33:59,827 --> 00:34:03,619
Ten inches of snow
can fall in an hour.
695
00:34:10,724 --> 00:34:12,674
The team
must collect the essentials
696
00:34:12,758 --> 00:34:14,674
and get out.
697
00:34:14,758 --> 00:34:18,950
Anywhere else in the Lower 48,
I'd be okay with it snowing.
698
00:34:19,034 --> 00:34:21,122
But this place, you know,
is Valdez Alaska.
699
00:34:21,206 --> 00:34:23,019
We have one road in,
one road out.
700
00:34:23,103 --> 00:34:25,502
We don't need to be
getting trapped here.
701
00:34:28,517 --> 00:34:29,950
You know, this is
an eye opener.
702
00:34:30,034 --> 00:34:31,640
I just hope we can
get everything cleaned up
703
00:34:31,724 --> 00:34:33,191
and get the hell out of here
before we're sitting
704
00:34:33,275 --> 00:34:34,364
under 30, 40 feet of this.
705
00:34:34,448 --> 00:34:35,895
Jason.
706
00:34:37,448 --> 00:34:39,722
Back a little bit, Nate.
707
00:34:41,310 --> 00:34:42,640
A little more.
708
00:34:42,724 --> 00:34:44,433
- There you go.
- There, we got it.
709
00:34:45,896 --> 00:34:47,295
Alaska throws snowballs
at you,
710
00:34:47,379 --> 00:34:48,812
it ain't a snowball,
it's an avalanche.
711
00:34:55,206 --> 00:34:56,743
And that's it.
Mine's shut down.
712
00:34:56,827 --> 00:34:58,536
Just at the right time.
713
00:34:58,620 --> 00:35:00,640
I'm not being caught
with my pants down.
714
00:35:00,724 --> 00:35:02,191
No way in hell.
715
00:35:10,655 --> 00:35:11,881
If you'd asked me
eight months ago,
716
00:35:11,965 --> 00:35:14,260
I'd be in the position
that I'm at,
717
00:35:14,344 --> 00:35:16,847
I would have
never expected this.
718
00:35:16,931 --> 00:35:21,191
It's crazy how we started
and I had nothing.
719
00:35:21,275 --> 00:35:24,019
No prospects.
Had no ground to mine.
720
00:35:24,103 --> 00:35:26,502
Now, I'm mining in Alaska.
721
00:35:26,586 --> 00:35:27,984
And now, I've got
an opportunity
722
00:35:28,068 --> 00:35:29,778
to have a great mine
in Montana.
723
00:35:32,793 --> 00:35:35,743
I've never been in
a place where I'm doing good mining,
724
00:35:35,827 --> 00:35:37,674
but I've got great ground
in the future.
725
00:35:37,758 --> 00:35:39,722
It's a really good place
to be.
726
00:35:41,551 --> 00:35:43,467
If you try to balance it
all out,
727
00:35:43,551 --> 00:35:46,398
I've got so much wrapped up
in Alaska,
728
00:35:46,482 --> 00:35:48,467
you know,
Alaska I own the claims
729
00:35:48,551 --> 00:35:49,984
and, you know, the amount
730
00:35:50,068 --> 00:35:51,950
of effort and time
that we put in there,
731
00:35:52,034 --> 00:35:54,088
all my equipment's up there,
the guys are there.
732
00:35:54,172 --> 00:35:57,226
But great gold in Montana,
733
00:35:57,310 --> 00:35:58,605
we can get permits.
734
00:35:58,689 --> 00:36:00,916
Could be great.
What do you do?
735
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:02,778
We've got some big decisions
to make.
736
00:36:02,862 --> 00:36:04,502
But as problems go,
737
00:36:04,586 --> 00:36:06,791
this is a great problem
to have.
738
00:36:17,068 --> 00:36:19,364
The Sunlight cut, I mean
it can make or break us.
739
00:36:19,448 --> 00:36:21,329
I mean, that's the truth.
It's a make or break.
740
00:36:21,413 --> 00:36:22,950
Believe me, I know
because I'm sweating that break.
741
00:36:23,034 --> 00:36:24,812
Either you're gonna make
it, or you're gonna break it.
742
00:36:24,896 --> 00:36:26,433
After a five-month season,
743
00:36:26,517 --> 00:36:29,778
but just 13 weeks
spent mining...
744
00:36:29,862 --> 00:36:31,778
I think you made
the right decision taking the gamble,
745
00:36:31,862 --> 00:36:33,881
even if we don't hit 450.
746
00:36:33,965 --> 00:36:36,019
We'll see.
747
00:36:36,103 --> 00:36:38,433
It's time
for the crew to discover
748
00:36:38,517 --> 00:36:42,053
if its epic Alaskan gamble
has paid out.
749
00:36:42,137 --> 00:36:43,674
- Hey, guys.
- Hey, Dave. Hey, Shelly.
750
00:36:43,758 --> 00:36:45,605
- What's up, guys?
- Woo-hoo!
751
00:36:45,689 --> 00:36:47,260
I think you're carrying
quite a heavy backpack there.
752
00:36:47,344 --> 00:36:49,053
Well, that's a good sign.
753
00:36:49,137 --> 00:36:50,502
- Bring it over.
- Yeah.
754
00:36:50,586 --> 00:36:52,033
Sweet.
755
00:36:52,689 --> 00:36:54,019
Oh, oh.
756
00:36:54,103 --> 00:36:56,157
You know what, you guys,
three months ago,
757
00:36:56,241 --> 00:36:58,191
I didn't think I'd be here.
758
00:36:58,275 --> 00:37:00,239
I didn't think
we'd have this...
759
00:37:01,586 --> 00:37:03,191
bag full of gold.
760
00:37:03,275 --> 00:37:05,329
I didn't think
we'd have any gold at all.
761
00:37:05,413 --> 00:37:09,088
The world says
success is 450 ounces.
762
00:37:09,172 --> 00:37:11,743
But I view success
as this team
763
00:37:11,827 --> 00:37:13,467
and what we've become.
764
00:37:13,551 --> 00:37:15,743
And I feel like regardless
of whether we hit
765
00:37:15,827 --> 00:37:18,019
450 ounces after this year,
766
00:37:18,103 --> 00:37:20,343
I think we can
conquer anything.
767
00:37:21,206 --> 00:37:22,467
- Five guys and a gal.
- And here we are
768
00:37:22,551 --> 00:37:24,226
still standing strong.
769
00:37:24,310 --> 00:37:26,053
And let's hope that it shows
770
00:37:26,137 --> 00:37:27,778
- in that gold total.
- Yeah.
771
00:37:27,862 --> 00:37:30,550
- I believe that...
- Oh, there's a hundred.
772
00:37:31,896 --> 00:37:33,260
So...
773
00:37:41,517 --> 00:37:44,757
So this is 401 ounces.
774
00:37:45,586 --> 00:37:46,743
Right.
775
00:37:46,827 --> 00:37:48,239
Well?
776
00:37:50,344 --> 00:37:52,191
- Oh!
- No way.
777
00:37:52,275 --> 00:37:54,088
- Here's what's left.
- Wow.
778
00:37:54,172 --> 00:37:55,950
The crew needs 49 ounces
779
00:37:56,034 --> 00:37:59,916
to hit its 450 ounce target.
780
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,019
- Okay.
- Come on, Shelly. Let's see what we got.
781
00:38:02,103 --> 00:38:04,166
- All right.
- Come on, Shelly. Pour that gold.
782
00:38:04,250 --> 00:38:05,614
KC, read the numbers.
783
00:38:05,698 --> 00:38:08,407
- You see them?
- All right. Seven.
784
00:38:08,491 --> 00:38:09,855
There's 10.
785
00:38:09,939 --> 00:38:11,903
Going 14.
786
00:38:12,732 --> 00:38:13,821
- Come on.
- Come on 20.
787
00:38:13,905 --> 00:38:15,455
Come on 49.
788
00:38:16,319 --> 00:38:18,214
Now, there's 24.
789
00:38:18,974 --> 00:38:20,500
- Twenty-eight.
- Come on.
790
00:38:20,703 --> 00:38:22,136
There's 30.
791
00:38:22,220 --> 00:38:25,136
- Come on. There's 33.
- Come on. Please, come on.
792
00:38:25,220 --> 00:38:26,757
- Thirty-six.
- Whoa.
793
00:38:26,841 --> 00:38:28,447
- Forty-seven.
- Here we go. Here we go.
794
00:38:28,531 --> 00:38:29,723
Forty-eight.
795
00:38:29,807 --> 00:38:30,895
- Woo!
- That's 50.
796
00:38:30,979 --> 00:38:32,696
- Yeah.
- All right.
797
00:38:32,781 --> 00:38:34,309
We're over.
798
00:38:36,703 --> 00:38:37,619
Oh, that's the big money.
799
00:38:37,703 --> 00:38:39,826
- Come on, Shelly.
- Keep on pouring.
800
00:38:39,910 --> 00:38:41,964
Keep going.
Oh, big money. Come on.
801
00:38:42,048 --> 00:38:44,378
- Come on.
- Sixty. Woo.
802
00:38:44,462 --> 00:38:47,412
- Look at that.
- 61.9. We are in business.
803
00:38:47,496 --> 00:38:49,033
- Here we go.
- That's what I'm talking about.
804
00:38:49,117 --> 00:38:51,723
- A beautiful sight.
- That is good **** right there.
805
00:38:51,807 --> 00:38:53,274
- Outstanding.
- Yup.
806
00:38:53,358 --> 00:38:56,907
Their high stakes
gamble in the Sunlight cut
807
00:38:56,992 --> 00:39:00,240
pays out a record
61.9 ounces.
808
00:39:00,575 --> 00:39:02,250
We worked our asses off
for that.
809
00:39:02,335 --> 00:39:04,133
You know,
starting when we started,
810
00:39:04,218 --> 00:39:07,055
and to come up
with 463 ounces,
811
00:39:07,140 --> 00:39:09,087
- it's a hell of an achievement.
- Yes. Yes.
812
00:39:09,171 --> 00:39:11,068
In just 13 weeks,
813
00:39:11,152 --> 00:39:12,964
the crew extracts a total
814
00:39:13,048 --> 00:39:16,571
of 463 ounces of gold
815
00:39:16,656 --> 00:39:21,094
worth over $833,000.
816
00:39:21,179 --> 00:39:22,171
You put your heart and soul
into something,
817
00:39:22,255 --> 00:39:23,907
you accomplish anything.
818
00:39:23,992 --> 00:39:26,118
That right there proves it.
819
00:39:26,203 --> 00:39:28,930
I feel like the future
looks good right now.
820
00:39:29,014 --> 00:39:32,861
This is the first year
I've been able to return.
821
00:39:32,945 --> 00:39:35,343
So I'm excited to be back
next year.
822
00:39:35,427 --> 00:39:37,550
Where we go from here,
823
00:39:37,634 --> 00:39:39,205
this is our hub,
824
00:39:39,289 --> 00:39:40,619
we're gonna branch out.
825
00:39:40,703 --> 00:39:42,412
This is
just a starting point.
826
00:39:42,496 --> 00:39:44,033
This is just
the beginning of my dream.
827
00:39:44,117 --> 00:39:46,550
I got to come out here
and experience Alaska,
828
00:39:46,634 --> 00:39:49,585
and I don't take it
for granted.
829
00:39:49,669 --> 00:39:51,654
Alaska has definitely
put me to the test.
830
00:39:51,738 --> 00:39:53,412
But next season,
to take this operation
831
00:39:53,496 --> 00:39:55,654
to whatever heights
we possibly can.
832
00:39:55,738 --> 00:39:57,240
For my future,
I've got to make sure
833
00:39:57,324 --> 00:39:59,654
family first, mining second.
834
00:39:59,738 --> 00:40:02,102
But one way or another,
I'm gonna stay a gold miner.
835
00:40:02,186 --> 00:40:05,068
It's always been a dream
of mine to be a gold miner.
836
00:40:05,152 --> 00:40:08,861
I'm just gonna keep building
to be better for the future.
837
00:40:08,945 --> 00:40:10,447
All right, gentlemen.
Drinks are on me.
838
00:40:10,531 --> 00:40:11,999
- Hey, I'd like that.
- Let's go have a drink.
839
00:40:12,083 --> 00:40:14,033
- It's all good.
- Love you, guys.
840
00:40:14,117 --> 00:40:16,240
Love you, guys.
841
00:40:20,772 --> 00:40:22,550
You got everything?
Yeah.
842
00:40:22,634 --> 00:40:25,343
- Everybody's got their bags?
- Yeah, man.
843
00:40:25,427 --> 00:40:26,412
I got something for you, boys.
844
00:40:26,496 --> 00:40:28,136
- There you go.
- Yeah. Now, we're talking.
845
00:40:28,220 --> 00:40:30,516
- Nathan.
- Hey.
846
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:32,516
That's what I like to see,
right there.
847
00:40:32,601 --> 00:40:34,532
- Andrew.
- Thank you.
848
00:40:34,617 --> 00:40:36,982
I put some nuggets in there,
you guys.
849
00:40:37,066 --> 00:40:39,602
- Oh, sweet.
- That's cool, man.
850
00:40:39,686 --> 00:40:40,892
Jason.
851
00:40:42,652 --> 00:40:44,602
- KC.
- Thank you.
852
00:40:44,686 --> 00:40:46,223
- Here you go.
- Thank you.
853
00:40:46,307 --> 00:40:47,671
- Go see your families.
- Thank you, brother.
854
00:40:47,755 --> 00:40:49,982
- Love you, guys. All right. Good job.
- Love you, man.
855
00:40:50,066 --> 00:40:51,706
Good job, Andrew.
856
00:40:51,790 --> 00:40:53,982
Jason, good job, buddy.
857
00:40:54,066 --> 00:40:56,671
- Good job. JC.
- Let's catch that jet plane, boys.
858
00:40:56,755 --> 00:40:58,444
- Let's go see our family.
- Yeah.
859
00:40:59,859 --> 00:41:01,533
Good team.
860
00:41:01,617 --> 00:41:03,844
Yeah, great team.
861
00:41:06,445 --> 00:41:09,671
I believe the American Dream
is getting enough gold
862
00:41:09,755 --> 00:41:13,085
to start looking
to the future.
863
00:41:13,169 --> 00:41:15,292
I'm gonna miss 'em.
864
00:41:15,376 --> 00:41:16,602
- Yeah, I know.- You will too.
865
00:41:16,686 --> 00:41:18,533
- Oh, I'll miss those guys.- Yeah.
866
00:41:18,617 --> 00:41:20,706
There's great gold in Alaska
867
00:41:20,790 --> 00:41:22,051
waiting to be found.
868
00:41:24,238 --> 00:41:27,809
Next year is the season
that's gonna change.
869
00:41:27,893 --> 00:41:29,499
It's gonna change everything.
60912
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