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[narrator] Over 15 years,the miners of "Gold Rush..."
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Yee-haw!
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...have discovered goldall over the world.
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There's some gold right there.
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Now, on the ultimate guideto where to find gold.
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Here we go.
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Every gold miner's looking
for stuff like this.
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[cheering]
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Oh, my God!
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The miners follow a trailfrom the Earth's core...
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[speaking in Spanish]
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[man grunts]
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I think the gold's over there.
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...to the ocean floor.
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[Riley speaking]
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From Papua New Guinea'sfiery volcanoes
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to the alluvial plainsof the Klondike,
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we reveal where the gold is.
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-Boom!
-Look at that.
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How it got there.
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Telling you, Dustin,
that's where the gold's at.
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And how to find it.
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People search their whole life
for this.
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[Rick] Fire it up!
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[motor powers up]
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-Whoo!
-[Zee] Here we go!
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In the Yukon, for six shortmonths, the hunt for gold
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is a frenzy to strike it rich.
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Let's get that gold!
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But this rare, precious metalhas been mined
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for over 6,000 years.
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[Ramo] Have a look at the size
of that, mate.
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Jeez.
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And in that time,more than 170,000 tons
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has been discovered.
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-Yee-haw!
-[bleep] yeah!
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It's the backbone ofthe world's economy and is used
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in nearly every pieceof modern technology.
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But its journeyto your phone
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began billions of years ago.
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The Earth's gold formedwhen a gigantic star exploded.
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Four and a half billion yearsago, dust and debris
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of the dead star combinedtogether to form the Earth,
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with molten minerals, iron,and gold at its core.
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This hot liquidis known as magma.
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When molten magma is ejectedthrough volcanoes,
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it cools and hardens into veinsof quartz and gold known
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as mother lodes.
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These are the source of gold,and are found worldwide.
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Over time, glaciers,rain, and rivers erode
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these veins, carrying gold downthe mountains and into valleys
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below, depositing it as ittravels until rivers finally
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carry any remaining goldout to sea.
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[Mitch]
Hey, let's get some gold!
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[chuckles]
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There's still an estimated50,000 tons left to be found,
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but the hunt to find itis anything but easy.
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[Fred] Wow.
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[Parker] All right, well,
shall we go hike a volcano?
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In 2019, Parker Schnabel goeslooking for gold at its source
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on the slopes of an activevolcano, Mount Tavurvur,
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in Papua New Guinea.
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[Parker]
Yeah, it's good to figure out
what's going on around here.
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[Sam] Basically looking
for any excuse to climb
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an active volcano.
-[Parker] Oh, yeah.
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Every year, this remoteisland nation produces
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over $2.6 billionworth of gold.
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-[Sam] Holy!
-Holy cow.
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-[Sam] Ho-ho-ho-ho!
-[Parker] Look at that.
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[Sam] This is awesome.
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I hope you've got
your learning cap on.
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Papua New Guinea is locatedin a region known
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as the "Ring of Fire,"
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and has more than 60 volcanoes,
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the most inthe Southwest Pacific.
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When tectonic plates coveringthe Earth's surface collide,
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earthquakes forcemineral-rich magma
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up through the Earth's crust.
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The magma crystallizes,becoming a silica-rich fluid
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that pushes through cracksand forms veins
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of quartz and gold.
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Mining these is knownas "hard rock mining."
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-[Danny] Wow.
-Oh, my God, it's huge.
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Three years later,
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still searchingfor a mother lode,
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Parker and his teamtravel to the other side
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of the Ring of Fire,to La Rinconada, in Peru.
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Located over 16,700 feet abovesea level, this remote mining
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town produces almost 80,000ounces of gold a year,
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worth more than $260 million.
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[speaking in Spanish]
Hello, how are you?
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Good morning.
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Oh, are we here?
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[Parker]
It's definitely something
out of another world.
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All right, here we go.
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Tunnel shafts are dug a mileinto the mountain,
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where the crews searchfor the mother lode veins.
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[miners speaking in Spanish]
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That is up there?
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[Christian] The idea is
to detonate this one.
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To remove a five foot squarearea of gold-rich ore,
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the crew drill a networkof 12 holes
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four feet into the rock.
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Each hole is then filledwith 190 pounds of dynamite.
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[speaking in Spanish]
Load it, please.
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[Christian] Now we're going
to load the hole.
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-[Parker] We're gonna
blow it up?
-[Christian] Yeah.
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And when you push,
you have to be very careful.
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[speaking in Spanish]
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[Christian]
"Your first mistake
is your last mistake."
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Boom.
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-Three minutes to get
out the front door?
-Yeah.
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-[Parker] You ready, Dan?
-[Danny] I'm ready, man.
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This seems so wrong
with the lighter.
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[Danny] What the [bleep]!
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-Let's go!
-Vámonos, vámonos.
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-Fuego, fuego!
-[Parker laughs]
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Oh, my God.
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-[thunderous explosion]
-[man grunts]
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-That was not that long.
-[Parker laughs]
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[Danny]
We literally just got here.
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That does not feel like
it's a very long way away.
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[explosion bangs]
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Whoa!
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Once all 12explosions detonate...
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[rumbling explosion]
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[bleep]!
I felt that one.
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...the crew retrievethe blasted ore.
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[Parker]
This is, like, the veins
that they're looking for.
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That's what they'll take
and crush up
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and get gold out of.
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[Danny] There it is.
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Let's have a look.
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[Parker]
One there and one there.
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[Danny] Very cool.
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Awesome.
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[Christian] Because you are
new to this mine,
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you need to carry your ore.
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[Christian] Now we can go.
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That was cool, dude.
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After the ore is crushedand processed,
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the crew are leftwith pure gold.
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Oh, look!
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Whoa.
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[Parker] I'm not sure I could
do it as a business, but, like,
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that was an experience
like none other.
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Almost 17,000 feet,
unventilated mine site,
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all by hand.
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Yeah, I think the most hardcore
people we've ever met.
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[Danny] Yeah, I reckon.
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Still to come...
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The claim starts right here.
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The crew find goldas it journeys away
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from the mother lode.
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[Rick] The big gold that we're
looking for is going to be
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up one of these tributaries.
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-Dustin!
-What!
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I got some gold!
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-[Sam] Holy!
-Holy cow!
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On this guide to finding gold,we followed its journey
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from the Earth's core to quartzveins deep inside mountains.
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Boom.
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[thunderous explosion]
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If miners can't accessthe gold-rich veins,
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they must follow gold's journeyas it travels away
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from the mother lode.
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And the closer you areto the source,
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the richer the groundshould be.
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Tell me again
where we're going?
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A place called Keno City.
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In 2018, Rick Ness searchesfor a fortune in gold high up
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in the Yukon Mountains.
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I did OK last year,
and it was all right.
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And, like, that's just not
good enough for me,
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you know what I mean?
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Like, I want something
better than OK.
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He's on the hunt forthe region's legendary
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big nuggets.
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-[Rick] Howdy, fellas.
-[Dean] Hi there.
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[Rick] Interesting place
you got here.
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Thank you.
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It's beautiful,
that's for sure.
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[Dean] Yeah.
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The claims on Rick's potentialnew mine site lay close
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to a massive mother lode.
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[Stuart]
Well, basically, Mount Hinton
is the mountain at the very
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tops of our claims,
and it's a known gold source
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for this entire area.
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Hundreds of thousands of yearsago, a giant glacier eroded
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Mount Hinton's exposedgold veins,
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plucking up debrisand large gold nuggets.
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The ice sheet bulldozeddown the mountain,
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carrying the gold with it.
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When the ice melted,it deposited pockets
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of coarse goldin the valley below.
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-[Rick] Wow.
-Holy [bleep]!
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[Rick] No way!
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-[Big Rick] What the hell?
-[Rick] Holy [bleep]!
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Any geologist will tell you
by looking at some of that,
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that we're not very far
from the source.
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Some of it might not have
moved 50 feet.
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Each of these nuggetsis worth upwards of $20,000.
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[Dean] This is just part
of our collection.
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They're probably twice as good
when you get down there.
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[Rick]
No, that's, that's [stutters].
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[Big Rick] I wasn't expecting
this type of --
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[Rick] I wasn't either.
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It's like finding that
in a sluice box, like,
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that'll drive a guy nuts.
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So now that you've got
my interest.
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[laughing]
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Let's find some nuggets!
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In the hopes of catchingMount Hinton's nuggets,
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Rick sets up what's calleda "placer mining operation."
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Let's go! Whoo!
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First, he must dig outthe glacial deposit
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of gold-bearing dirt.
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[Ryan over radio]
We're making money.
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We are making money.
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Then use a wash plantand water to separate
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the heavier goldfrom the waste dirt.
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I'm a little bit happy.
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Let's shut her down.
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[motor winds down]
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-What do you think?
-[Karla] It looks really good.
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[Mark] Oh my God.
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Look at this.
It's just sitting in the sluice.
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[Karla]
Holy [bleep], dude.
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I can't believe that, dude!
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Wow, look at it.
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That's the heaviest nugget
I've ever felt.
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People search their whole life
for this type of material.
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[Rick]
Big smile on your face.
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[Karla]
No, you don't even know.
You don't even...
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This is, like,
what dreams are made of.
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-What!
-I know!
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-[Rick] Holy [bleep]!
-[Karla] Yeah.
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[Mark] Christmas came early.
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That's like an ounce
right there.
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That's a [bleep] beauty.
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Like, that's worth
some serious money.
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This here is one of the reasons
I'm here.
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It's coming from right there,
Mount Hinton.
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That's the source
of all this big gold.
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So as far as I know,
that's bigger than anything
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Parker or Tony has pulled out
of the ground.
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I'm here to hunt for these,
and that's the first of many.
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[triumphant music plays]
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The awesome power of glaciers
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played a crucial rolein the distribution
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of gold across the legendaryYukon territories
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and beyond.
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[rattling heavily]
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Boulders are fricking huge.
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In 2016, the Hoffman crew aretrying to find their own
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glacial deposits of gold
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in Colorado's Rocky Mountains.
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I've never even begun to see
boulders this size.
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The Hoffman's claim islittered with huge boulders.
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I got one down here
that's even bigger than that.
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[Freddy]
Big rocks can mean bigger
and more gold.
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It's a good sign.
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But at the same time, those big
ass rocks slow us way down.
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Thousands of years ago,a massive glacier deposited
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these monster bouldersand gold-rich dirtacross the claim.
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Then, meltwater washed downdirt and gold, leaving behind
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valuable pockets of goldunder the boulders.
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[Andy] Come on.
Come on.
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[rattling, creaking]
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Before they can getto the gold, the crew have
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to clear the boulders.
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[Freddy] Whoa!
Look out!
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[Andy grunts]
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Ugh...
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[Andy] At this point, Todd,
I am frustrated with this.
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I cannot get
these boulders out.
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You want -- what do you want
to do, Freddy?
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I mean.
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Fireworks.
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Make big rocks
into small rocks.
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Yeah, let's frickin'
blow them up.
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Freddy calls inMaster Blaster Mark Mayer.
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I love my job.
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Where else in the world do
you get to go blow things up
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on somebody else's property,
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make a mess,
and let them clean it up?
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To blast a 20,000 poundboulder, Mark will use
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a stick and a half of dynamite.
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The energy equivalent of this
is on the order of about
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100 million horsepower.
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Finish her up with sand.
That'll do it.
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Let's get out of here.
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The detonator box is wired
and ready to fire.
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[air horn blaring]
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[Mark]
Ten, nine, eight, seven,
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six, five, four,
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three, two, one.
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-Blasting.
-Fire in the hole!
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[Mark] Ten, nine, eight...
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In the playbookon where to find gold,
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the Hoffmans are chasingglacial gold deposits
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trapped undermonster boulders.
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Fire in the hole.
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[loud explosions]
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-Bye, bye boulders.
-[Mark] You gotta love blasting.
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-You know, I've been pretty --
-Mark, kick ass, man.
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-[Todd] Look at that.
-[Freddy] No more big boulders.
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[Andy] That'll work.
That I can move.
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-Good job, Mark.
-My pleasure.
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Bring it in.
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Andy, get the excavator.
Let's go.
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That's all I needed,
just a little bit of help.
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Because it is loaded with gold.
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The pockets of gold foundunderneath the glacial boulders
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deliver the Hoffmans their besthaul of the season...
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105.2.
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Whoa!
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...proving that big bouldersreally can mean big gold.
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That's a hell of a lot of gold
in a short period of time.
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This is just fantastic.
I love it.
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Glaciers are nature'sconveyors, slowly moving gold
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from the mother lodedown the mountain.
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But when these enormousbodies of ice melt,
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they turn into fast flowingcreeks that can rapidly carry
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gold on the next legof its journey.
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-[river gushing]
-[Carlos] Ha-ha-ha!
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[Dustin] She's angry today!
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[Carlos]
It's not safe out here.
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[Fred] We're in a danger zone.
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Raging whitewater creeks aresome of the most inaccessible
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and dangerous places to huntfor gold in the world.
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[Carlos] Holy cow!
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And it takes a special breedof miner to take them on.
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Whoa, look out, look out!
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[Dustin] Ah!
This is dangerous!
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[Dustin]
So there's four claims
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that I'd like to go
look at right now.
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They're over the top of
the mountains, zero access,
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middle of nowhere.
-[Kayla] Looks pretty steep.
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[Dustin]
Yeah, it does look steep,
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but told there's
good gold in it.
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Daredevil gold minerDustin Hurt is searching
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for goldin the nugget-rich creeks
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of Alaska's Chilkat Mountains.
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[Dustin] What do you think?
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[Kayla]
There's a lot of exposed water
once you get out of that
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canyon, so it's workable.
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Gold has been broughtdown these mountains
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by slow-moving glaciers.
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These then melt, forming fastflowing creeks that can erode
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even more gold from exposedmother lode veins,
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rapidly carrying it downstreamand depositing it
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in plunge pools at the bottomof waterfalls.
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Big gold nuggets can be foundsitting on the surface or just
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below the riverbed.
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[Dustin]
Now, here's the deal.
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You're gonna dredge.
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[Carlos] All right.
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[Dustin]
You're gonna find gold.
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[Carlos] Dredge, find gold.
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All right, guys.
Going in the water.
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Diver Carlos Menor must bravethe whitewater, using a hose
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to suck up paydirt,
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sending it to a floating dredgewhere riffles
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in the sluice runswill catch the gold.
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[Wes]
We just got to keep an eye on,
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watch on that one rock
right there.
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[Dustin] I don't like that.
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The more he comes into
the weir, the steeper the wall
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gets, the more chance of some
of these rocks falling in
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on top of him.
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So, if they move,
I'll get them out of the way.
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We do not want
to crush the diver.
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[Carlos]
That looks pretty good.
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This is a little bit
deeper spot.
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Getting a lot of material out,
for sure.
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[Carlos grunts]
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[James]
Carlos, get out of there!
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-[panting]
-[grunting]
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[Dustin] Come get him!
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-[James] You all right?
-[Carlos] Yeah.
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[Dustin]
Did you get clipped?
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[Carlos]
Yeah, pretty good.
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[Dustin]
That was a close one, dude.
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Good time to double down
and check the box, huh?
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[Dustin] I'm just curious.
Did he get all of it?
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[crew screaming] Oh!
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[Dustin] Oh, my God!
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Carlos!
Carlos!
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You ready for this?
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Look what you just
found, buddy.
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[Carlos] Oh my God!
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[Carlos laughing]
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[Dustin] OK, OK, OK, OK.
Don't fall.
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Look at that big,
beautiful sucker.
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That's at least four ounces.
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00:22:19,133 --> 00:22:22,266
That's the biggest nugget in
"Gold Rush" history right there.
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Prized for its rarityand collectability,
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this 5.8-ounce nugget is worthmore than its weight in gold,
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valued at over $25,000.
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Holy stinking moly, man.
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00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:40,367
You see the size
of that nugget?
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These remote mountainplunge pools may still hold
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thousands of ounces ofundiscovered treasures,
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but gold's journeydoesn't stop there.
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When gold-bearing creeksdischarge into rivers,
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the gold moves furtherdownstream, spreading out
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into the valleys below.
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00:23:10,166 --> 00:23:12,166
No matter what has to happen
down here, I'm getting gold
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out of Indian River.
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Nowhere is therea better example of this
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than the legendary Klondikein the Northwest of Canada.
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Here, multiple ancient riversconverge to concentrate
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gold deposits, creating oneof the richest regions
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in the world, where placer crewlike Parker Schnabel
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and Tony Beets recoverthousands of ounces every year.
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Keep her going,
keep her going.
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[crew cheering]
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Thousands of years ago,a river flowed through
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Parker and Tony's claims,depositing ground down
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fine gold on the riverbed.
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Over time, this was covered upby organic layers of dirt,
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known as "overburden,"
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trapping the gold below.
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Recovering tiny flakes of goldburied under thousands of tons
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of worthless dirt
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is no easy task, and crew mustread the ground for clues
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on where to find it.
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00:24:27,467 --> 00:24:30,166
At the rate we're going,
we will not make it.
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00:24:30,166 --> 00:24:32,867
We don't have the ground that's
providing the amount of gold
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we need to reach our goal.
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In 2013, a young Parkeris mining an ancient riverbed
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on Scribner Creek, a tributaryof the Indian River.
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00:24:45,867 --> 00:24:48,600
But he's strugglingto find good gold.
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00:24:53,467 --> 00:24:57,266
This ground we're on isn't
quite doing what we need.
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00:24:59,567 --> 00:25:01,867
See, the valley comes up this
way and then it bends down
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00:25:02,033 --> 00:25:03,800
and makes a big turn in here.
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00:25:03,967 --> 00:25:06,266
You know, we're mining up
on the outside of the turn,
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but heavy material is deposited
on the inside of the turn.
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We could have the best
wash plant in the world,
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but a wash plant
doesn't make gold,
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good ground does.
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When fast flowing watercarrying gold
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hits the inside bendof a river,
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it slows, causing the heavygold to sink and settle
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on the creek bed.
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00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,467
We're not very far away from
where we're sluicing right now,
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00:25:37,367 --> 00:25:40,367
but that small of a distance
can make a lot of difference
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in the gold.
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To mine across the creek,Parker will have to abandon
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the ground he's workedall season.
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It's a high risk plan,and he needs his foreman,
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Gene Cheeseman, to buy inon his hunch.
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I think the gold's over there.
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00:25:58,767 --> 00:26:00,100
You know, my honest opinion
about it, I think,
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00:26:00,266 --> 00:26:01,333
you know, we need to stick
over here.
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00:26:01,333 --> 00:26:03,500
It's just we need to find
some better ground, so.
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00:26:03,667 --> 00:26:05,600
I think that's [bleep]
fantasy land, Parker.
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00:26:05,767 --> 00:26:09,266
Yeah, well, we've got to do
something, and fantasy land
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might just be our next cut,
because if there's good gold
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00:26:11,367 --> 00:26:13,467
over there, I'm not afraid
to move this whole show
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00:26:13,467 --> 00:26:14,700
over there.
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00:26:14,867 --> 00:26:16,567
I hope your fantasies
come true, then.
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[Parker] This is what I was
looking for.
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As we reveal the secretson where to find gold,
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Parker Schnabel is on the huntfor a new pay streak.
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00:26:41,266 --> 00:26:44,700
I'm going to grab a pan
and do a test here and see
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what it looks like.
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00:26:46,100 --> 00:26:50,000
He's trying to prove his hunchthat the inside bend
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of an ancient river holds goldthat will lead
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to a monster payday.
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00:26:56,300 --> 00:26:57,600
[chuckles softly]
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00:27:01,367 --> 00:27:02,700
Oh, God.
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00:27:08,967 --> 00:27:10,800
That flake in here is probably
the biggest one
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00:27:10,967 --> 00:27:12,166
I've panned out.
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00:27:12,333 --> 00:27:13,633
I mean, this is
promising, though.
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00:27:13,633 --> 00:27:16,200
It's not too often that you can
come over into a completely new
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00:27:16,367 --> 00:27:19,367
area and within two hours
have, you know,
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00:27:19,533 --> 00:27:20,867
a bunch of gold in your pan.
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00:27:23,266 --> 00:27:24,867
Nice little flake popped out.
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00:27:24,867 --> 00:27:26,266
It's never happened
to me before.
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00:27:30,166 --> 00:27:32,667
All right, Gene, have fun
mining with the crew.
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00:27:32,667 --> 00:27:34,300
I'm picking gold.
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00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,667
Parker decidesto move his operation
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to the inside bendof the river.
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00:27:44,433 --> 00:27:47,100
[Parker]
This is the first scoop
of our 1,000 yard test.
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Hope it's lucky.
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And it pays out big.
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[Parker] 75, 85...
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Delivering almost500 ounces of gold
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in just four weeks.
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00:28:04,233 --> 00:28:06,767
[all cheering]
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The gold mining prodigy showshow reading the lay of the land
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can lead to a big score.
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00:28:17,767 --> 00:28:21,767
And it's a skill every minermust have as they track
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the ancient path of gold.
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[Rick]
See what we got in here.
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2023...
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Rick Ness is attemptingto decode the ground
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of his Duncan Creek claim.
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[Rick]
What I'm looking for here is
a bench up top where the creek
502
00:28:43,734 --> 00:28:44,834
ran at one time.
503
00:28:46,567 --> 00:28:49,867
Thousands of years ago,a glacial river carrying
504
00:28:49,867 --> 00:28:53,500
fine gold ranthrough Rick's claim.
505
00:28:53,667 --> 00:28:57,767
Over time, it erodedthe ground, cutting a valley
506
00:28:57,934 --> 00:29:01,100
and leaving gold depositson higher ground,
507
00:29:01,100 --> 00:29:02,567
known as "benches."
508
00:29:04,567 --> 00:29:07,467
[Rick]
Troy Taylor, whose family
mined this before I did,
509
00:29:07,467 --> 00:29:09,567
they had really good luck
up here.
510
00:29:09,734 --> 00:29:12,567
They spent a day mining
in this one particular spot
511
00:29:12,734 --> 00:29:15,166
and hit 400 ounces.
512
00:29:15,166 --> 00:29:16,667
There's no reason that there
couldn't be another one
513
00:29:16,834 --> 00:29:18,066
of them days up here.
514
00:29:18,233 --> 00:29:20,900
So I am excited about
this spot, this area.
515
00:29:25,700 --> 00:29:27,567
-Hey, Troy.
-Hey, Rick.
516
00:29:27,567 --> 00:29:28,667
[Rick] How you doing?
517
00:29:29,700 --> 00:29:31,667
I'm definitely on bedrock,
518
00:29:31,834 --> 00:29:34,400
but I don't see
a whole lot of gravel.
519
00:29:34,567 --> 00:29:36,900
[Troy] Yeah, it doesn't look
too good, eh?
520
00:29:37,066 --> 00:29:38,867
[Rick] No.
521
00:29:38,867 --> 00:29:40,867
[Troy] I think we may be
just a little too low.
522
00:29:40,867 --> 00:29:42,200
This is where we were mining.
523
00:29:42,367 --> 00:29:44,166
Just over there, there's a nice
bedrock channel.
524
00:29:44,333 --> 00:29:45,200
[Rick] Yeah.
525
00:29:45,367 --> 00:29:47,400
And it's at
a higher elevation.
526
00:29:47,567 --> 00:29:49,367
So, this is the section
you guys did?
527
00:29:49,533 --> 00:29:50,400
[Troy] Yeah.
528
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,767
This is where we had
450-ounce cleanup.
529
00:29:52,767 --> 00:29:55,100
-[Rick] Yeah.
-[Troy] Follow this
as far as you can.
530
00:29:55,100 --> 00:29:56,467
Yeah.
All right, thanks, bud.
531
00:30:03,667 --> 00:30:06,266
[Rick] Troy showed me exactly
where they left off.
532
00:30:06,266 --> 00:30:08,467
And the channel
that they mined previously
533
00:30:08,633 --> 00:30:09,700
is actually visible.
534
00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:12,700
So I can dig straight down
right here.
535
00:30:15,166 --> 00:30:16,967
Looks like I might be...
536
00:30:18,467 --> 00:30:20,800
getting down to a gravel layer
down here.
537
00:30:20,967 --> 00:30:22,600
So that would be a good sign.
538
00:30:24,066 --> 00:30:26,700
It's definitely undisturbed
gravel, that's for sure.
539
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,700
Potential gold depositson this kind of ground
540
00:30:31,867 --> 00:30:35,133
rest beneathmultiple layers of dirt.
541
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:41,166
The first and thickest isthe worthless overburden.
542
00:30:42,100 --> 00:30:45,567
The second is the rockymaterial known as "gravels."
543
00:30:47,166 --> 00:30:52,467
Finally, the pay layer thatsits on top of hard bedrock.
544
00:30:52,467 --> 00:30:57,166
Gold is concentrated betweenthe bottom six inches of gravel
545
00:30:57,333 --> 00:30:59,367
and the top six inchesof bedrock.
546
00:31:00,867 --> 00:31:02,467
[Rick]
I'm going to grab a pan
547
00:31:02,633 --> 00:31:03,767
and take it
down the creek with me.
548
00:31:03,934 --> 00:31:05,100
Let's see what we got in here.
549
00:31:11,567 --> 00:31:13,767
You're always waiting
for that one time you,
550
00:31:13,767 --> 00:31:15,967
you know, you pull a pan
and it's just,
551
00:31:16,133 --> 00:31:17,266
the whole bottom's
covered in gold.
552
00:31:18,367 --> 00:31:19,567
It's never happened yet to me.
553
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:22,266
There's always that chance.
554
00:31:25,767 --> 00:31:27,367
Hey!
555
00:31:27,367 --> 00:31:28,667
Oh, you got some dirt?
556
00:31:29,667 --> 00:31:31,667
Hey, Buzz.
557
00:31:31,667 --> 00:31:33,667
Wouldn't it be nice to see
some gold in here?
558
00:31:33,667 --> 00:31:35,567
[water sloshing]
559
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:44,500
[Morgan] See any colors?
560
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,667
-Yeah, look at it.
-[Rick] Gold, gold, gold.
561
00:31:49,834 --> 00:31:50,800
Gold, gold.
562
00:31:52,166 --> 00:31:53,867
[Morgan] That's awesome.
563
00:31:54,033 --> 00:31:55,467
If we're going to need
a spot to go for gold,
564
00:31:55,633 --> 00:31:56,900
I think this might be it.
565
00:31:58,166 --> 00:32:00,767
Rick runs the paydirtfrom the bench.
566
00:32:02,100 --> 00:32:04,600
And it delivers.
567
00:32:04,767 --> 00:32:06,767
[Trey] 62.46.
568
00:32:06,934 --> 00:32:09,066
[Rick] 75.46 ounces!
569
00:32:09,233 --> 00:32:10,400
[Morgan] Yes!
570
00:32:10,567 --> 00:32:12,467
Almost 600 ounces.
571
00:32:12,467 --> 00:32:16,400
Today, worth nearly$1.8 million.
572
00:32:18,266 --> 00:32:20,166
-[Rick] That's a pile
of gold, guys.
-[Buzz] Nice.
573
00:32:20,166 --> 00:32:21,667
-[bleep] yeah!
-Whoo!
574
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:30,066
From ancient river beds,gold's journey continues
575
00:32:30,233 --> 00:32:32,667
onwards toits final destination...
576
00:32:32,834 --> 00:32:34,400
[Todd] Yeah, you don't have
these kind of problems
577
00:32:34,567 --> 00:32:35,467
in the Klondike.
578
00:32:35,633 --> 00:32:37,467
-Whoa!
-[laughing]
579
00:32:37,633 --> 00:32:39,467
It's going to get interesting.
580
00:32:39,633 --> 00:32:43,767
...where crew, searching fora big payday, face their most
581
00:32:43,934 --> 00:32:46,266
unexpected environment yet.
582
00:32:46,266 --> 00:32:48,600
[Riley speaking]
583
00:32:58,467 --> 00:33:00,467
Holy crap.
584
00:33:00,633 --> 00:33:07,100
In 2015, a creature that walkedthe Earth 20,000 years ago
585
00:33:07,266 --> 00:33:11,100
returns to helpthe Hoffman crew find gold.
586
00:33:11,266 --> 00:33:13,266
[worker] All right, go!
[grunting]
587
00:33:13,266 --> 00:33:14,467
Jeez.
588
00:33:14,633 --> 00:33:16,367
[Dave]
You know what they say?
589
00:33:16,367 --> 00:33:18,600
Where there's a mammoth tusk,
there's good gold.
590
00:33:18,767 --> 00:33:21,100
[Sterling]
Did Jack tell you that?
591
00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:23,166
-[Dave] All the old
miners say that.
-[Sterling] Really?
592
00:33:23,333 --> 00:33:25,367
Where you start finding
mammoth tusk and you can smell
593
00:33:25,533 --> 00:33:27,567
that stinky, rotten smell,
594
00:33:27,567 --> 00:33:29,767
you're going to start
finding gold.
-Find good gold.
595
00:33:29,934 --> 00:33:32,266
Hoping for a monster payday,
596
00:33:32,433 --> 00:33:35,867
they put the old timer's legendto the test.
597
00:33:36,033 --> 00:33:37,900
-[Jack] It's good.
-[Dave] How good?
598
00:33:38,066 --> 00:33:39,467
-[heavy clank]
-[Dave] Whoa!
599
00:33:39,633 --> 00:33:43,000
236 ounces.
600
00:33:43,166 --> 00:33:46,600
[Todd] The old timer said,
"Where you find mammoth tusks,
601
00:33:46,767 --> 00:33:49,467
you find big gold."
And you know what?
602
00:33:49,633 --> 00:33:50,567
They were right.
603
00:33:57,667 --> 00:34:00,266
[Dustin]
Come hell or high water.
That's where we're going.
604
00:34:01,367 --> 00:34:06,066
For millions of years,water has transported gold
605
00:34:06,233 --> 00:34:07,867
from the high mountains...
606
00:34:07,867 --> 00:34:09,200
[Parker] So, that's your
pay zone, right?
607
00:34:09,367 --> 00:34:10,367
Yep.
608
00:34:10,533 --> 00:34:11,967
...to lowland valleys...
609
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:18,867
...and all the wayto the coast.
610
00:34:22,967 --> 00:34:24,266
[Freddy speaking]
611
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:32,000
In 2013, the Hoffmanssearch for gold
612
00:34:32,166 --> 00:34:34,300
on Chipana Beach, Chile.
613
00:34:36,767 --> 00:34:38,700
-Where do you want to start?
-Down by the water.
614
00:34:38,867 --> 00:34:40,100
[Todd] OK, let's go.
615
00:34:43,667 --> 00:34:46,800
This will be a good spot
to find color if this ocean
616
00:34:46,967 --> 00:34:48,266
brought stuff
and washed it out,
617
00:34:48,433 --> 00:34:50,000
brought stuff
and washed it out.
618
00:34:50,166 --> 00:34:54,166
It'll just tell us if there's
color in it, not how much.
619
00:34:54,166 --> 00:34:55,266
Let's have a look at it.
620
00:34:55,433 --> 00:34:56,633
-[Freddy] All right.
-[Todd] Let's go.
621
00:34:57,667 --> 00:35:00,100
[Freddy]
It's my first time ever,
panning in the ocean.
622
00:35:02,567 --> 00:35:04,467
-What the hell is that?
-[Dave] Jellyfish.
623
00:35:05,567 --> 00:35:07,166
[Todd] Yeah, you don't have
these kind of problems
624
00:35:07,333 --> 00:35:08,667
in the Klondike -- ugh!
625
00:35:10,367 --> 00:35:11,567
Whoa!
626
00:35:11,567 --> 00:35:13,200
[laughing]
627
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:15,667
This is going
to get interesting.
628
00:35:19,367 --> 00:35:22,000
One color.
Two colors.
629
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:23,033
[Dave] Where?
630
00:35:23,033 --> 00:35:24,467
-[Freddy] You can see it...
-[Todd] Right there.
631
00:35:24,633 --> 00:35:25,867
[Dave] Oh, yeah, yeah.
632
00:35:25,867 --> 00:35:27,767
-Yup, right here?
-[Freddy] Yeah.
633
00:35:27,934 --> 00:35:29,166
There's two of them here.
634
00:35:29,166 --> 00:35:31,266
[Jack] Well, now we know
it's here, so...
635
00:35:31,433 --> 00:35:32,767
[Dave]
There's gold in the beach.
636
00:35:37,567 --> 00:35:41,600
From the beach, gold comesto its final destination.
637
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:44,233
Let's go.
638
00:35:46,500 --> 00:35:48,100
[Tyler] We haven't done a lot
of prospecting this trip,
639
00:35:48,100 --> 00:35:50,867
so I thought we would do a bit
of prospecting in the ocean.
640
00:35:51,033 --> 00:35:53,166
Something you'd ever be
interested in?
641
00:35:53,333 --> 00:35:56,867
[Parker]
Um, I mean, under the right
circumstances, I suppose I'd be
642
00:35:56,867 --> 00:36:00,166
interested in anything.
-But the thing is...
643
00:36:00,333 --> 00:36:04,567
there's a chance there could
potentially be sharks.
644
00:36:04,734 --> 00:36:06,166
[crew laughs]
645
00:36:08,100 --> 00:36:11,100
Parker Schnabel's questfor gold has brought him
646
00:36:11,266 --> 00:36:13,867
to the coast of New Zealand'sNorth Island.
647
00:36:18,467 --> 00:36:22,967
The Coromandel Mountain rangeis historically rich in gold.
648
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:28,767
Creeks have eroded this goldfrom quartz veins,
649
00:36:28,767 --> 00:36:31,900
discharging itinto the Tairua River.
650
00:36:34,367 --> 00:36:37,266
The waterway quicklyhits the coastline,
651
00:36:37,266 --> 00:36:39,867
dumping goldon the ocean floor.
652
00:36:41,367 --> 00:36:43,800
-[Danny] All right.
-G'day, guys -- how are we?
653
00:36:43,967 --> 00:36:45,467
-[Tyler] Riley, hello.
-How's it?
654
00:36:45,467 --> 00:36:46,767
-[Tyler] Good to see you.
-Riley.
655
00:36:46,767 --> 00:36:48,100
-Parker.
-Parker, good to meet you.
656
00:36:48,100 --> 00:36:49,333
Nice to meet you.
657
00:36:49,500 --> 00:36:52,100
There's a rich gold history
around here, and why not go
658
00:36:52,266 --> 00:36:53,767
search where people haven't
searched before?
659
00:36:55,166 --> 00:36:56,567
[engine revving]
660
00:37:06,166 --> 00:37:09,266
[Riley and Parker speaking]
661
00:37:27,667 --> 00:37:30,000
Round here, there is
a huge gold history.
662
00:37:30,166 --> 00:37:32,667
So there is every chance that
we're going to be able to pull
663
00:37:32,667 --> 00:37:35,467
a sample off the bottom
of the ocean floor, pan it,
664
00:37:35,633 --> 00:37:36,700
and there's some gold in it.
665
00:37:36,867 --> 00:37:39,266
which would be
an incredible thing.
666
00:38:07,867 --> 00:38:09,767
Yeah, we've got two large
sharks just swimming
667
00:38:09,934 --> 00:38:12,266
around here, just off the stern
of the boat.
668
00:38:12,266 --> 00:38:13,900
Just keep your eyes open,
all right?
669
00:38:19,066 --> 00:38:20,967
[Danny]
There it is, right there,
right in front of him,
670
00:38:21,133 --> 00:38:22,200
right bang next to him.
671
00:38:22,367 --> 00:38:23,867
[dramatic music plays]
672
00:38:23,867 --> 00:38:28,367
[Riley and Parker speaking]
673
00:38:41,266 --> 00:38:42,767
Wow!
674
00:39:01,467 --> 00:39:03,500
[thrilling music plays]
675
00:39:09,567 --> 00:39:12,266
Whoa!
676
00:39:12,433 --> 00:39:13,900
Good job, lads.
Well done.
677
00:39:16,266 --> 00:39:20,567
Parker has collected testmaterial from the seabed,
678
00:39:20,567 --> 00:39:24,300
the furthest place possiblefrom gold's source
679
00:39:24,467 --> 00:39:25,667
in the mountains.
680
00:39:25,834 --> 00:39:27,967
-He's gone quite quiet.
-Don't -- don't even...
681
00:39:29,767 --> 00:39:31,867
[Parker] All right,
here's the moment of truth.
682
00:39:33,467 --> 00:39:35,567
[Riley] [bleep]!
There is...
683
00:39:35,567 --> 00:39:36,967
[Danny] Shut up!
684
00:39:37,133 --> 00:39:38,567
Oh, there's heaps there!
685
00:39:38,734 --> 00:39:41,000
There is not!
Is it?
686
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:42,867
[Riley] I've just have found
a big one there!
687
00:39:42,867 --> 00:39:46,867
Are you serious?
[cackling]
688
00:39:46,867 --> 00:39:48,367
Yes, come on, bro!
689
00:39:48,533 --> 00:39:51,567
Gold and sharks,
you've got to celebrate that.
690
00:39:51,734 --> 00:39:54,200
-That is so...
-[Parker] [bleep] wild.
691
00:39:54,367 --> 00:39:56,467
There's, like,
seven or eight pieces there,
692
00:39:56,633 --> 00:39:57,667
and a bunch over there.
693
00:39:57,667 --> 00:39:59,100
Hang on a minute.
I'm shaking.
694
00:39:59,266 --> 00:40:00,500
Unreal.
695
00:40:00,667 --> 00:40:02,266
This is amazing!
696
00:40:02,266 --> 00:40:04,367
-[Parker] What the [bleep]?
-That is awesome.
697
00:40:05,467 --> 00:40:07,867
[Riley] Like, the whole valley
was a huge gold mine
698
00:40:08,033 --> 00:40:09,367
for hundreds of years.
699
00:40:09,533 --> 00:40:12,667
And that runs out into
the very waters that we dove.
700
00:40:12,667 --> 00:40:14,767
But, like, is that
a good yield?
701
00:40:14,934 --> 00:40:17,567
So if I were on our mine site
and I panned that much dirt
702
00:40:17,567 --> 00:40:19,700
and got that much gold, I would
be like, "We're going to have
703
00:40:19,867 --> 00:40:22,400
a good [bleep] week."
Like, that's really good.
704
00:40:22,567 --> 00:40:24,166
[Danny] Wow!
This is, like...
705
00:40:25,300 --> 00:40:27,266
next level.
This is Indiana Jones.
706
00:40:27,433 --> 00:40:28,400
[Parker] There's actually gold.
707
00:40:29,667 --> 00:40:31,266
Quite a bit.
708
00:40:31,433 --> 00:40:34,467
Like, you could work it out to
a grade, but it's better than
709
00:40:34,633 --> 00:40:36,066
anything that we've ever mined.
710
00:40:37,867 --> 00:40:40,767
Including the 10 ounce an hour
mud mountain.
711
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,367
This is one that'll go down
in the books for me.
712
00:40:44,533 --> 00:40:46,467
Well, you need to keep
that spot a secret, right?
713
00:40:46,633 --> 00:40:48,266
Just make sure you film
the sign on the way out of town
714
00:40:48,433 --> 00:40:50,400
that says, "No mining
in the Coromandel."
-[Danny] Yeah.
715
00:40:50,567 --> 00:40:51,667
Because they keep it
pretty safe.
716
00:40:51,667 --> 00:40:53,667
They're pretty passionate
about it here, so, yeah.
717
00:40:53,834 --> 00:40:55,667
I can assure you that gold
will stay in the ocean,
718
00:40:55,667 --> 00:40:57,967
and that's probably where
it should be protected
719
00:40:58,133 --> 00:40:59,600
by the sharks.
-[Danny] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
720
00:41:03,367 --> 00:41:06,266
From gold-bearingmother lode veins...
721
00:41:06,266 --> 00:41:07,667
[Parker] If we do it wrong,
you'll never know.
722
00:41:07,834 --> 00:41:09,000
[loud explosion]
723
00:41:09,166 --> 00:41:10,867
...to ancient riverbeds...
724
00:41:10,867 --> 00:41:12,467
We're washing rocks, baby!
725
00:41:13,767 --> 00:41:16,266
...and evenon the ocean floor...
726
00:41:16,266 --> 00:41:18,967
That is the weirdest thing
I've ever done.
727
00:41:19,133 --> 00:41:23,367
...there is still trillionsof dollars worth of gold
728
00:41:23,367 --> 00:41:24,867
to be found.
729
00:41:24,867 --> 00:41:28,200
-Whoo!
-[crew cheering]
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