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Narrator:
AT THE START OF THIS SEASON,
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A CRISIS HIT THE KLONDIKE...
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...SENDING THREE MEN
IN NEW DIRECTIONS.
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WE DON'T HAVE
A WATER LICENSE.
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[BLEEP]
EH?
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Parker: WE'RE DEFINITELY UP
AGAINST IT
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WITH THESE LICENSING ISSUES.
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WE REALLY RISK LEAVING GOLD
IN THE GROUND.
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IT'S A TREASURE HUNT.
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IT'S GONNA BE
A TREASURE HUNT.
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Narrator: RICK NESS HEADED UP
INTO THE MOUNTAINS
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ON A HUNT FOR BIG NUGGETS.
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HOLY [BLEEP]
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THERE COULD BE A LIFE-CHANGING
AMOUNT OF GOLD
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IN THAT PILE BACK THERE.
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Narrator: PARKER SCHNABEL
CONFRONTED THE REALITY
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OF OWNING HIS OWN CLAIM.
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WE HAVE TO MINE THE WHOLE PIECE
OF GROUND OUT THIS SEASON.
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THE WHOLE THING?
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WE'VE NEVER FAILED
A SEASON GOAL YET,
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AND WE'RE NOT ABOUT
TO START RIGHT NOW.
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Narrator:
AND TONY BEETS SHUT DOWN
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HIS DREDGES
AND ABANDONED HIS CLAIMS...
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...AND TURNED TO HIS KIDS
TO REBUILD HIS SEASON.
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NOW ALL OVER THE YUKON,
THE RACE IS ON...
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...AS MINERS FIGHT...
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GOLD!
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...FOR THE LAST GOLD
OF THE SEASON...
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I GOT TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES
TO BREAK EVEN.
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Narrator:
...BEFORE THE BIG FREEZE
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SHUTS THEM DOWN.
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Parker:
LET'S SEE WHERE WE END UP.
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[ ALL CHEERING ]
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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Narrator: RICK NESS' QUEST
TO MAKE HIS FORTUNE
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IN THE LEGENDARY HILLS ABOVE
KENO CITY IS AT A STANDSTILL.
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Rick:
IT'S JUST IT AIN'T WORKING.
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I KNOW THERE'S BIG GOLD HERE
AT DUNCAN CREEK,
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BUT THE GROUND JUST DOES
NOT WANT TO GIVE IT UP.
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TIME IS RUNNING OUT, AND I'M
RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS HERE.
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Narrator: IN THE SECOND YEAR
OF RUNNING HIS OWN OPERATION,
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RICK HAS RUN OUT OF PAY DIRT AND
SHUT DOWN HIS ENTIRE OPERATION.
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Kruse: ALL OF A SUDDEN,
WE FIND OUT WE'RE DONE.
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WE'RE NOT GETTING GOLD BONUSES.
I DON'T KNOW.
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I DON'T LIKE GOING OUT
LIKE THIS.
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Narrator: SO FAR, RICK HAS ONLY
MINED 480 OUNCES OF GOLD,
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NOT EVEN ENOUGH
TO COVER HIS EXPENSES,
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BUT THE SEASON ISN'T OVER
UNTIL THE WATER SUPPLY FREEZES.
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AND RICK HAS ONE FINAL
HAIL MARY.
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WE FELL SHORT OF OUR 500-OUNCE
BREAK-EVEN POINT FOR THE SEASON,
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AND AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW,
I'M GOING HOME BROKE,
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AND I JUST DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO AT THIS POINT.
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SO I'M GOING TO TALK
TO A FRIEND,
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SEE IF HE'S GOT
ANY GROUND TO MINE.
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IT MIGHT JUST SAVE OUR SEASON.
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♪♪
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Troy: COME ON IN, RICK.
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THANKS, TROY.
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GOT TO HAVE YOU DOWN
MORE OFTEN.
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YEAH.
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I ALWAYS MEAN TO GET OUT MORE
OFTEN, BUT IT NEVER HAPPENS.
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I KNOW.
I KNOW.
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DAMN MINING GETS
IN THE WAY, RIGHT?
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IT'S A NICE PLACE, MAN.
I LOVE IT.
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BEEN HERE OVER 40 YEARS NOW,
SO IT'S OUR HOME.
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YEAH.
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SO, RICK,
HOW'D IT GO THIS YEAR?
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IT'S BEEN A ROUGH ONE,
NOT GONNA LIE ABOUT THAT.
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WELL, WE'VE BEEN THERE.
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WE'VE HAD SOME TOUGH YEARS,
SO I KNOW HOW IT FEELS.
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THIS WAS A FIRST FOR ME
THIS YEAR.
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I'VE NEVER COME TO THE END OF
A SEASON AND RAN OUT OF PAY.
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I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T HIT
OUR BREAK-EVEN POINT.
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CAN'T BEAT YOURSELF UP.
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IF THE GOLD IS NOT THERE,
IT'S NOT THERE.
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YOU JUST DO
THE BEST YOU CAN.
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LOOK LIKE
YOU'RE VERY THOROUGH.
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WELL, I'M GLAD YOU THINK THAT
BECAUSE I CAME UP HERE.
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THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KIND
OF TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
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HMM.
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I KNOW THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED
THAT YOU DO HAVE
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A LOT OF GROUND UP HERE.
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YEAH, WE'VE GOTTEN
A LOT OF GROUND.
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YEAH.
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WE DON'T WANT TO BE
FINISHED YET.
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SO WHAT WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT ME
COMING HERE YET THIS FALL,
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MAYBE LETTING US MINE
SOME OF YOUR GROUND HERE?
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WE'RE DONE FOR THE SEASON,
SO IT'S GOOD TIMING
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IF YOU WANT
TO HAMMER OUT A FEW YARDS.
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YEAH.
IT'S FINE WITH US.
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DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND
OF FIGURES OR ANYTHING?
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YEAH, FOR SURE.
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WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY
SHALLOW GROUND,
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BUT THE SHALLOW GROUND
IS NOT VERY GOOD PAY,
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SO THE BETTER GROUND
IS THE DEEPER GROUND.
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OKAY.
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IF WE COULD WORK OUT A
ROYALTY THING OR SOMETHING...
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10% WORK FOR YOU?
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YEAH, THAT WORKS FOR ME.
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I THINK WE'D BE HAPPY
TO HAVE YOU.
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I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, MAN.
I'M EXCITED.
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I'M GONNA GO BACK
RIGHT NOW.
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I'M GONNA TELL MY GUYS AND
GET SOME EQUIPMENT MOBILIZED.
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GREAT TO HAVE YOU
DOWN HERE.
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AWESOME.
SOUNDS GOOD.
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APPRECIATE IT, TROY.RIGHT ON. LET'S DO IT.
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Narrator: THE LAND RICK HAS
LEASED IS DEEP AND UNPROVEN,
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BUT IT'S HIS ONLY SHOT
AT REDEMPTION.
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Rick: GUYS.
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WELL, I GUESS YOU GUYS ARE
WONDERING WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
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THE REALITY IS SETTING IN
IS THAT WE'RE DONE
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AT DUNCAN CREEK THIS YEAR,
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AND IT'S NOT FAIR FOR YOU GUYS
TO SUFFER FOR THAT.
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I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T HIT
OUR BREAK-EVEN POINT YET,
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OUR 500 OUNCES.
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I TAKE THAT PERSONAL,
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS, TOO,
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BUT FOR ME, I DON'T WANT
TO SEE YOU GUYS GO HOME
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WITHOUT A GOLD BONUS.
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SO I MADE A DEAL WITH TROY.
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IT'S ANOTHER SWING FOR THE
FENCES LATE IN THE GAME HERE,
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BUT HE SAID HE'S GOT SOME GROUND
WE CAN MINE FOR 10% ROYALTY.
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IT'S DECENT GROUND.
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ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN WHAT
WE'VE BEEN DOING, SO...
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Kruse: BEEN SPINNING
OUR WHEELS ALL SUMMER.
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IT'D BE NICE TO FINISH
ON A HIGH NOTE.
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I AGREE.
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I MEAN, GOT A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
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WELL, SHOULD WE GET
AFTER IT?
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-YEAH.
-LET'S GET AFTER IT.
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SWEET.
[ WHISTLES ]
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LET'S GO, YOU [BLEEP]
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[ HORN HONKING ]
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♪♪
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♪♪
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IT'S AWFULLY LATE IN THE SEASON
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TO BE TRYING TO START
SOMEWHERE NEW.
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IT'S PROBABLY EVEN RIDICULOUS,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
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I GOT TO PULL OUT THE STOPS.
I GOT TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES
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BECAUSE IF I'M GONNA HAVE
ANY CHANCE AT BREAKING EVEN
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AND BEING ABLE
TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR,
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I GOT TO HAVE A PLAN.
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ALRIGHT, BOYS.
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LET'S GET THE GEAR BACK HERE,
START STRIPPING.
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♪♪
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Narrator: TROY HAS THROWN RICK
A LIFELINE, BUT THERE'S A CATCH.
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TO GET DOWN TO PAY,
THEY'LL HAVE TO REMOVE
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UP TO 30 FEET OF OVERBURDEN.
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WE MIGHT ONLY GET A SMALL PIECE
OF GROUND OPEN TO THE PAY,
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BUT IF IT PAYS REALLY WELL,
IT'LL BE WORTH IT.
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I JUST HOPE WE GET DOWN TO PAY
BEFORE WINTER HITS.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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THE BATTLE IS ON NOW.
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I WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BE
IN SUCH A BIG RUSH,
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BUT WE HAVE
A [BLEEP] TON OF GROUND
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TO GET THROUGH DOWN THERE.
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Narrator: 25-YEAR-OLD
PARKER SCHNABEL
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IS ON THE BRINK OF REALIZING
HIS SEASON GOAL
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TO MINE OUT THE FIRST CLAIM
HE'S EVER OWNED
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IN JUST ONE YEAR.
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NOW, WITH WINTER CLOSING IN,
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HE HAS AROUND 10 DAYS TO MINE
AN ENTIRE CUT -- THE RED ZONE.
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HI, GUYS.
HOW'S IT GOING?
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STARTING TO GET
A LITTLE CHILLY OUT.
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I THOUGHT THAT WAS YOUR BREATH,
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BUT I SHOULD'VE FIGURED
IT'S JUST A CIGAR.
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Doumitt: IT'LL HAPPEN
IN JULY, TOO.
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SO ALL WE'VE REALLY GOT LEFT
IS THE RED ZONE BACK HERE, HUH,
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BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY THE ONLY
PIECE THAT WE'VE LEFT BEHIND.
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IT'S DEFINITELY
THE LAST REMAINING
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PIECE OF GOOD GROUND HERE.
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YEAH.
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IT'S A LOT OF GROUND
TO GET THROUGH.
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YEAH, LOT OF SLUICING,
AND I DON'T INTEND
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ON LEAVING ANY GOLD
IN THE GROUND.
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SO HOW'S IT LOOKING
IN THE GOLD ROOM?
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Doumitt:
BANGING RIGHT ALONG.
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IN FACT, THERE'S A CHANCE
WE MIGHT EVEN MATCH
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LAST YEAR'S TOTAL.
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WE'RE STILL ABOUT 940 OUNCES
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UNDERNEATH WHERE WE FINISHED
LAST SEASON AT.
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Brennan: NOTHING TO COMPLAIN
ABOUT THERE.
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OH, YEAH.
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WELL, LET'S GO CRANK
SOME WASH PLANTS UP
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AND FINISH THIS GROUND OFF WHILE
WE STILL HAVE SLUICING WEATHER.
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-YEAH. SOUNDS GOOD.
-THANKS, GUYS!
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YOU BETCHA.
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♪♪
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Narrator:
AT 115 ACRES, PARKER'S CLAIM
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IS THE SIZE OF 90 CITY BLOCKS.
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70% IS EITHER MINED OUT
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OR HAS TOO LITTLE GOLD
TO BE WORTH MINING.
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PARKER STARTED THIS YEAR
AT THE CLUSTER CUT,
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MOVED ON TO THE CRATER CUT,
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AND LAST WEEK
HE FINISHED DEATH VALLEY.
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THE AREA HE'S DUBBED
THE RED ZONE
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IS THE LAST CUT
HE HAS LEFT TO MINE.
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STARTING RIGHT NOW,
THE RACE IS ON.
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Narrator: PARKER IS NEARLY
1,000 OUNCES SHORT
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OF LAST YEAR'S
RECORD-BREAKING HAUL.
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HE STRATEGICALLY LEFT
THE RED ZONE TO LAST
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AS IT'S LOCATED RIGHT
NEXT TO BIG RED AND SLUICIFER.
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I'M GONNA DIG THIS BIT
OF PAY UP QUICK!
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YEAH, FOR SURE.
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BRENNAN CAN PILE PAY DIRT
RIGHT BESIDE THE HOPPER FEEDERS,
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CUTTING DOWN THE TIME IT TAKES
GETTING TO THE WASH PLANTS.
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Brennan: IT'S ALL RESTING
ON MY SHOULDERS RIGHT NOW.
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I'M THE GUY DIGGING
THE PAY HERE.
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WE NEED TO GET THROUGH
ALL THIS GROUND
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BEFORE THE WEATHER
FREEZES US OUT OF HERE.
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Narrator: LOADER OPERATOR BREE
WORKS IN TANDEM WITH BRENNAN
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TO FEED THE TWO PLANTS.
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Bree: IT'S CRAZY WHAT
WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
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LIKE, BRENNAN IS THROWING IT UP
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WHILE I'M RUNNING IT
TO THE PLANT.
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THIS REALLY IS THE FINAL
PUSH TO THE END.
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Narrator: BUT THE EXTRA SPEED
COMES AT A COST.
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WITH THE EQUIPMENT PACKED
TOGETHER IN SUCH A SMALL SPACE,
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ALL OF THE OPERATORS
HAVE TO BE IN PERFECT SYNC.
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Brennan:
IT'S INSANE DOWN HERE.
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GOT EVERYONE GOING LIKE CRAZY
TRYING TO KEEP THE PLANTS FED.
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VERY CHAOTIC
AND TIGHT DOWN HERE.
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Mitch:
SUCH A GOOD FEELING HERE
225
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TO JUST BE DOWN HERE
AT THE RED ZONE,
226
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AND THIS IS ALL THAT'S LEFT
IS JUST THIS LITTLE SQUARE
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RIGHT HERE.
228
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AND IF THERE'S GOOD GOLD IN IT,
229
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WE GOT A SHOT AT BEATING
WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.
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YOU KNOW, NO SNOW ON THE GROUND,
231
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SO IT'S A REAL COOL THING
WHEN YOU GET ALL DONE WITH IT.
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AARON, GET YOUR TRUCK
OUT OF THE WAY, MAN.
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[ HORN HONKING ]
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AARON, ROLL IT, BUDDY.
235
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GET THAT THING MOVED
OUT OF THE WAY.
236
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I'M [BLEEP] STUCK HERE,
DUDE.
237
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THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO!
238
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SHE AIN'T [BLEEP]
MOVING, BUDDY!
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I PUT HER IN GEAR!
240
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Narrator: AARON'S TRUCK IS
BLOCKING THE WAY TO BIG RED.
241
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MOVE THE [BLEEP] TRUCK!
242
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Mitch: HEY!
WHAT'S THE DEAL?
243
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I DON'T KNOW, MAN.
SHE WON'T [BLEEP] BUDGE.
244
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I GOT NO DRIVE.
245
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RIGHT IN THE [BLEEP] WAY.
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HEY!
HEY!
247
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Narrator: IF THEY RUN THE PLANT
WITH NO PAY,
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EXCESS WATER WILL WASH GOLD
249
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OUT OF THE SLUICES
INTO THE TAILINGS.
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COME ON.
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Mitch: HEY!
252
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SOMETHING HAPPENED
WITH AARON'S TRUCK.
253
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JUST [BLEEP] PUSH IT
OUT OF THE WAY, MAN.
254
00:11:07,172 --> 00:11:08,862
I WAS WONDERING
WHY HE'S [BLEEP] STOP.
255
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♪♪
256
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LET'S GET THAT TRUCK
OUT OF THE WAY
257
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AND GET SOME MATERIAL
BACK IN IT.
258
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HANG ON! HANG ON!
I GOT THE...
259
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HEY!YEAH! WE'RE TRYING TO...
260
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HEY!
PUT IT IN NEUTRAL!
261
00:11:26,137 --> 00:11:29,517
SHE'S IN NEUTRAL!
262
00:11:29,551 --> 00:11:33,862
HEY, DON'T RIP THE [BLEEP]
TAILGATE OFF OF IT!
263
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COME ON!
LET'S GO!
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♪♪
265
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Brennan:
HE'S HOLDING UP PRODUCTION
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FROM GETTING THIS
[BLEEP] FINISHED.
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Man: HEY, BREE.
BE READY WITH A SCOOP.
268
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GET IT OUT OF THE WAY!
269
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HEY, YOU GUYS NEED TO MOVE!
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GET OUT OF THE WAY!
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00:11:57,241 --> 00:11:58,482
[BLEEP] SAKES, MAN.
272
00:12:01,275 --> 00:12:02,448
YOU GOT TO TAKE A LOOK
AT THE TRUCK HERE
273
00:12:02,482 --> 00:12:03,758
TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
274
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MOST IMPORTANT THING IS,
IT'S OUT OF THE WAY HERE,
275
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SO BREE CAN KEEP
FEEDING THE PLANTS!
276
00:12:06,655 --> 00:12:09,034
WE'RE GONNA FINISH
THIS THING UP!
277
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GOOD TO GO!
278
00:12:11,758 --> 00:12:14,206
AH, I DID NOT NEED
THAT BULL [BLEEP] TODAY.
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♪♪
280
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THESE TRUCKS GO THROUGH
A LOT OUT HERE.
281
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BY THE SOUNDS OF IT,
PROBABLY LOST ONE OF THE GEARS.
282
00:12:26,310 --> 00:12:28,068
EVERYTHING IS WORE OUT.
IT'S TIRED.
283
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IT ALL NEEDS WORK.
284
00:12:29,310 --> 00:12:31,379
THAT ONE DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT.
285
00:12:31,413 --> 00:12:34,793
Narrator: MITCH'S QUICK THINKING
KEEPS THE CREW IN THE GAME,
286
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CHASING THEIR BIGGEST
GOLD TOTAL EVER
287
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UNTIL WINTER
FREEZES THEM OUT.
288
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Mitch:
IT'S BEEN A HELL OF A SEASON,
289
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BUT WE'RE NOT OUT
OF THE WOODS YET HERE
290
00:12:43,965 --> 00:12:45,413
BECAUSE WE STILL GOT
SOME DIRT TO GET THROUGH,
291
00:12:45,448 --> 00:12:48,034
AND WE'RE GONNA TRY AND GET
THROUGH THESE WASH PLANTS.
292
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♪♪
293
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Monica: HELLO.
294
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WHILE I'M HERE.
295
00:13:17,310 --> 00:13:19,137
YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST [BLEEP]
TIRED OF EVERYTHING,
296
00:13:19,172 --> 00:13:22,413
AND, I MEAN, LET'S MAKE IT
A STRONG FINISH, WILL YOU?
297
00:13:22,448 --> 00:13:24,000
ALL OUR BILLS ARE PAID.
298
00:13:26,068 --> 00:13:27,724
Mike:
YEP, LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN.
299
00:13:33,448 --> 00:13:35,241
I'LL JUST FINISH MY DRINK.
300
00:13:35,275 --> 00:13:37,206
Kevin: LET'S DO THIS.
301
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Narrator:
AT THE START OF THE SEASON,
302
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THE KING OF THE KLONDIKE,
TONY BEETS,
303
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WAS FORCED TO ABANDON
HIS INDIAN RIVER CLAIM,
304
00:13:49,793 --> 00:13:52,655
BUT DESPITE
THIS DISASTROUS BEGINNING,
305
00:13:52,689 --> 00:13:56,689
HE SUCCEEDED
IN BREAKING EVEN LAST WEEK.
306
00:13:56,724 --> 00:14:00,034
NOW WITH JUST DAYS LEFT
BEFORE WINTER,
307
00:14:00,068 --> 00:14:03,517
HIS KIDS ARE GOING ALL OUT
TO MAKE HIM A PROFIT.
308
00:14:03,551 --> 00:14:05,172
GIVE ME POWER!
309
00:14:08,517 --> 00:14:11,241
MIKE AND KEVIN TEAM UP
ON THE MEGACUT.
310
00:14:12,758 --> 00:14:16,724
NO MATTER HOW THE YEAR GOES,
IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO END THE SAME,
311
00:14:16,758 --> 00:14:18,931
MAD STRUGGLE
IN THE [BLEEP] COLD.
312
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♪ BACK AND FORTH, BACK
AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH ♪
313
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Narrator:
AND DOWN IN THE HUNKER CUT,
314
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MONICA WORKS WITH FRIEND RUBY
TO SLUICE THE LAST
315
00:14:30,172 --> 00:14:33,620
OF HER STOCKPILED PAY DIRT
BEFORE IT FREEZES.
316
00:14:35,034 --> 00:14:36,862
Monica: HOP TO IT.
317
00:14:36,896 --> 00:14:38,000
WHAT?
318
00:14:38,034 --> 00:14:39,965
SWING, SWING, SWING,
SWING, SWING.
319
00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,172
CALM DOWN, MAN.
320
00:14:41,206 --> 00:14:45,758
I CAN ONLY FEED THIS [BLEEP]
THING SO FAST.
321
00:14:45,793 --> 00:14:49,482
Narrator: WITH ONLY ONE PERSON
HELPING HER RUN THE KIWI PLANT,
322
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MONICA IS STRUGGLING
TO GET UP TO FULL SPEED.
323
00:14:53,034 --> 00:14:54,724
Monica:
I PUSH DIRT UP WITH THE 10,
324
00:14:54,758 --> 00:14:57,448
AND THEN USUALLY I'LL DO, LIKE,
A LITTLE WALK-AROUND,
325
00:14:57,482 --> 00:15:01,275
MAKE SURE EVERYTHING
IS HUNKY-DORY.
326
00:15:01,310 --> 00:15:03,137
USUALLY NOT BUILT UP THAT MUCH.
327
00:15:05,655 --> 00:15:07,724
SHOULDN'T HAVE THIS BIG OF ROCKS
IN HERE!
328
00:15:07,758 --> 00:15:09,551
THERE MUST BE A HOLE!
329
00:15:11,931 --> 00:15:13,896
RIGHT [BLEEP] THERE.
330
00:15:13,931 --> 00:15:16,206
HEY, RUBY. DO YOU COPY?
QUIT LOADING.
331
00:15:16,241 --> 00:15:17,931
OH [BLEEP]
332
00:15:21,620 --> 00:15:23,586
DAMN IT!
HEY, KEVIN.
333
00:15:23,620 --> 00:15:24,827
DO YOU COPY, KEVIN?
334
00:15:24,862 --> 00:15:26,482
GO FOR KEVIN.
335
00:15:26,517 --> 00:15:28,862
I HAVE A HOLE IN MY TROMMEL.
336
00:15:28,896 --> 00:15:31,655
I'VE GOT ROCKS IN MY RUN.
337
00:15:31,689 --> 00:15:35,172
I'LL HEAD DOWN.
I'LL HEAD DOWN.
338
00:15:35,206 --> 00:15:38,482
Narrator: THE HOLE IN THE
TROMMEL IS ALLOWING SMALL ROCKS
339
00:15:38,517 --> 00:15:41,448
AND GRAVEL
INTO THE SLUICE RUNS,
340
00:15:41,482 --> 00:15:44,517
FILLING THE RIFFLES
AND DISRUPTING THE FLOW OF WATER
341
00:15:44,551 --> 00:15:48,000
AND CAUSING GOLD
TO WASH OUT INTO THE TAILINGS.
342
00:15:51,896 --> 00:15:54,034
THANK [BLEEP] THIS GUY
IS FINALLY SHOWING UP.
343
00:15:54,068 --> 00:15:55,310
YEAH.
344
00:15:55,344 --> 00:15:57,827
HOPEFULLY HE COULD FIX IT
FASTER THAN HE DRIVES.
345
00:15:57,862 --> 00:15:59,103
-HOLA.
-HEY.
346
00:15:59,137 --> 00:16:00,448
WHAT YOU BREAK?
347
00:16:00,482 --> 00:16:02,724
THERE'S A HOLE
IN THE TROMMEL.
348
00:16:02,758 --> 00:16:05,172
LET'S GO SEE.
349
00:16:05,206 --> 00:16:07,137
I MEAN, WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
WE DID A PATCH THERE.
350
00:16:07,172 --> 00:16:09,413
IT'S JUST NOW
IT'S THIS CHUNK'S TURN.
351
00:16:09,448 --> 00:16:12,862
THESE TWO MIDDLE CHUTES
HAD NOTHING COMING OUT.
352
00:16:12,896 --> 00:16:14,827
YOU MIGHT HAVE
TO GO INSIDE.
353
00:16:14,862 --> 00:16:16,000
LIKE, UNDERNEATH?
354
00:16:16,034 --> 00:16:18,379
UNDERNEATH THE TROMMEL.
355
00:16:18,413 --> 00:16:21,862
YEP, I KNOW.
356
00:16:21,896 --> 00:16:24,344
WE'LL DO 14 TO BE SAFE.
357
00:16:24,379 --> 00:16:28,758
LOOKS LIKE A SMALL PROBLEM,
BUT YOU GOT TO [BLEEP] FIX IT.
358
00:16:28,793 --> 00:16:30,965
Narrator:
WHILE KEVIN GOES TO FETCH
359
00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:32,827
A PUNCH PLATE TO COVER THE HOLE,
360
00:16:32,862 --> 00:16:37,862
MONICA AND RUBY PICK OUT STONES
FROM THE RUNS INSIDE THE PLANT
361
00:16:37,896 --> 00:16:41,448
SO THE WATER WILL FLOW EVENLY
ONCE THE TROMMEL IS FIXED.
362
00:16:41,482 --> 00:16:44,862
SO ROCKS THIS SIZE
AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE IN HERE.
363
00:16:46,310 --> 00:16:48,241
LET'S GO, KEVIN.
TIME IS MONEY.
364
00:16:48,275 --> 00:16:51,068
OKAY.
EVERYBODY READY FOR SOME NOISE?
365
00:16:51,103 --> 00:16:52,103
[ POUNDING ]
366
00:16:52,137 --> 00:16:55,551
BEAUTIFUL.
PASS UP THAT PLATE.
367
00:16:55,586 --> 00:16:57,551
GET A BOLT IN.
OH.
368
00:16:57,586 --> 00:17:00,137
WATCH YOUR EARS.
369
00:17:00,172 --> 00:17:02,172
UGH [BLEEP] [BLEEP]
[BLEEP]
370
00:17:05,206 --> 00:17:06,586
READY?
-YEP.
371
00:17:06,620 --> 00:17:10,896
[ DRILL WHIRRING ]
372
00:17:10,931 --> 00:17:13,206
THERE WE GO.
BEAUTIFUL.
373
00:17:13,241 --> 00:17:14,448
OH [BLEEP]
374
00:17:14,482 --> 00:17:16,448
THE PLANT IS GONNA NEED
A LOT OF WORK SOON.
375
00:17:16,482 --> 00:17:19,517
IT'S ALL GETTING WORN THIN,
AND EVENTUALLY WE'RE GONNA
376
00:17:19,551 --> 00:17:22,241
HAVE TO RESKIN THE INSIDE
OF THIS TROMMEL ENTIRELY.
377
00:17:22,275 --> 00:17:24,206
SO WE'RE JUST DOING A QUICK FIX
SO WE MAKE IT
378
00:17:24,241 --> 00:17:26,241
TO THE END
OF THE SEASON, EH, KEVIN?
379
00:17:26,275 --> 00:17:28,586
NEXT-YEAR PROBLEM.LET'S GO!
380
00:17:28,620 --> 00:17:30,206
FIRE IT UP!
381
00:17:30,241 --> 00:17:35,758
♪♪
382
00:17:35,793 --> 00:17:41,310
♪♪
383
00:17:41,344 --> 00:17:44,724
ALRIGHT.
LET'S GET SLUICING AGAIN.
384
00:17:44,758 --> 00:17:46,827
I'M REALLY HAPPY WE WERE ABLE
TO BOLT THAT UP QUICK.
385
00:17:46,862 --> 00:17:48,689
WE WERE DOWN, WHAT,
HALF-HOUR IF THAT?
386
00:17:48,724 --> 00:17:51,689
GOOD ENOUGH.SO YOU'RE GOOD TO...
387
00:17:51,724 --> 00:17:53,689
GO?
[BLEEP]
388
00:17:53,724 --> 00:17:55,448
I APPRECIATE
EVERYTHING YOU DO!
389
00:17:55,482 --> 00:17:57,551
THANK YOU!
390
00:17:57,586 --> 00:18:00,586
Narrator: KEVIN RETURNS TO PUSH
DIRT FOR MIKE
391
00:18:00,620 --> 00:18:02,482
WHILE MONICA AND RUBY
392
00:18:02,517 --> 00:18:05,620
GET BACK TO CHASING
HUNKER CREEK GOLD.
393
00:18:05,655 --> 00:18:07,862
SUPER GREAT TO BE UP
AND RUNNING AGAIN.
394
00:18:07,896 --> 00:18:09,689
HOPEFULLY
NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS.
395
00:18:09,724 --> 00:18:11,344
WE SHOULD BE ALL GOOD.
396
00:18:12,344 --> 00:18:21,068
♪♪
397
00:18:21,103 --> 00:18:29,827
♪♪
398
00:18:29,862 --> 00:18:30,862
Rick: IF I'M BEING HONEST,
399
00:18:30,896 --> 00:18:32,241
WE ALMOST
PRETTY MUCH WENT ALL SEASON
400
00:18:32,275 --> 00:18:33,620
WITHOUT ONE
REALLY GOOD CLEANUP.
401
00:18:33,655 --> 00:18:35,448
I MEAN, REALLY THERE WAS NONE.
402
00:18:37,620 --> 00:18:40,965
Narrator: RICK NESS
IS FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL.
403
00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,275
HE'S GAMBLED ON MOVING
HIS OPERATION
404
00:18:43,310 --> 00:18:47,206
5 MILES DOWN THE MOUNTAIN
TO NEIGHBOR TROY'S GROUND
405
00:18:47,241 --> 00:18:50,344
IN A DESPERATE EFFORT
TO FIND PAY DIRT RICH ENOUGH
406
00:18:50,379 --> 00:18:52,862
TO END HIS SEASON
WITH A PROFIT.
407
00:18:52,896 --> 00:18:55,517
Rick: NOW IT'S JUST ABOUT TRYING
TO BREAK EVEN, YOU KNOW,
408
00:18:55,551 --> 00:18:57,482
AND IF I CAN GET
THE 500 OUNCES,
409
00:18:57,517 --> 00:18:59,965
BREAKING EVEN FOR ME MEANS THAT,
YOU KNOW,
410
00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,413
I CAN PAY MY BILLS
AND SEND MY GUYS HOME WITH GOLD.
411
00:19:03,448 --> 00:19:06,310
Narrator: RICK IS BURNING
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF FUEL
412
00:19:06,344 --> 00:19:11,000
A DAY HUNTING FOR GOLD
ON UNFAMILIAR GROUND.
413
00:19:11,034 --> 00:19:14,758
Zee: I'M ALL FOR GIVING IT
A SUPER GOOD EFFORT.
414
00:19:14,793 --> 00:19:16,206
I JUST WORRY.
415
00:19:16,241 --> 00:19:19,103
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST
IS JUST TO GET TO THE PAY.
416
00:19:21,758 --> 00:19:23,655
WE ALL HOPE THIS GAMBLE
THAT RICK IS TAKING
417
00:19:23,689 --> 00:19:25,379
IS GONNA PAY OFF.
418
00:19:25,413 --> 00:19:27,310
IF WE CAN FIND SOMETHING
TO GET US PAST
419
00:19:27,344 --> 00:19:31,551
THAT BREAK-EVEN POINT PRETTY
MUCH MEANS A GOLD BONUS OR NOT.
420
00:19:31,586 --> 00:19:33,068
Narrator:
BUT AFTER TWO DAYS,
421
00:19:33,103 --> 00:19:35,344
THEY STILL
HAVEN'T REACHED PAY DIRT.
422
00:19:37,758 --> 00:19:39,758
IT IS TAKING A LITTLE LONGER
THAN I'D HOPED,
423
00:19:39,793 --> 00:19:42,827
BUT THIS EXCAVATOR
IS AWFULLY SMALL.
424
00:19:42,862 --> 00:19:47,103
IF I HAD MY 700 HERE,
4 OR 5 BUCKETS
425
00:19:47,137 --> 00:19:48,310
FILLS ONE OF THESE ROCK TRUCKS,
YOU KNOW?
426
00:19:48,344 --> 00:19:51,310
THIS MACHINE TAKES 12 OR 14.
427
00:19:52,896 --> 00:19:54,482
WE ALL THOUGHT WE WERE
GONNA BE
428
00:19:54,517 --> 00:19:56,620
HAULING PAY QUICKER
THAN WHAT WE HAVE.
429
00:19:59,482 --> 00:20:01,827
Narrator:
AFTER DIGGING DOWN 20 FEET,
430
00:20:01,862 --> 00:20:04,517
RICK AND GENE
GO IN TO INSPECT THE DIRT.
431
00:20:04,551 --> 00:20:06,241
WHAT DO YOU
THINK THERE, GENE?
432
00:20:06,275 --> 00:20:08,275
I THINK WE'RE DOWN
TO THE PAY LAYER HERE
433
00:20:08,310 --> 00:20:09,344
FROM WHAT LOOKS LIKE.
434
00:20:09,379 --> 00:20:10,379
THAT'S WHAT
I WANTED TO HEAR.
435
00:20:10,413 --> 00:20:11,931
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE,
I GUESS.
436
00:20:15,034 --> 00:20:16,724
JUST FEELS DIFFERENT
DIGGING IT.
437
00:20:16,758 --> 00:20:18,379
KIND OF FEEL THE ROCKS
CHATTERING OFF THE TEETH.
438
00:20:18,413 --> 00:20:21,896
DEFINITELY GOT A LOT MORE
BIG ROCKS IN IT AND STUFF.
439
00:20:21,931 --> 00:20:23,068
YEAH.
440
00:20:23,103 --> 00:20:25,448
I LIKE THAT, SHOULD GIVE US
SOME ANSWERS.
441
00:20:25,482 --> 00:20:26,482
THAT WATER LOOKS COLD.
442
00:20:26,517 --> 00:20:28,206
YEAH, LOOKS
A LITTLE CHILLY.
443
00:20:28,241 --> 00:20:36,758
♪♪
444
00:20:36,793 --> 00:20:38,448
Rick: THIS PAN RIGHT HERE COULD
BE THE DIFFERENCE
445
00:20:38,482 --> 00:20:40,206
BETWEEN ME GOING HOME
BROKE OR NOT.
446
00:20:40,241 --> 00:20:45,344
♪♪
447
00:20:45,379 --> 00:20:50,517
♪♪
448
00:20:50,551 --> 00:20:52,620
Rick: THERE'S GOLD IN IT.
449
00:20:52,655 --> 00:20:54,413
Gene: THERE'S SOME COLOR IN IT.
IT'S A GOOD SIGN.
450
00:20:54,448 --> 00:20:55,517
WELL, LOOKS PRETTY GOOD
TO ME, GENE.
451
00:20:55,551 --> 00:20:57,620
YEAH.GET THAT PAY TO THE PLANT.
452
00:20:57,655 --> 00:20:58,827
SOUNDS GOOD.
453
00:20:58,862 --> 00:21:01,068
HELL YEAH,
GOLD IN THE PAN.
454
00:21:03,034 --> 00:21:06,586
Narrator: AT LAST, THEY CAN
START HAULING PAY TO THE PLANT.
455
00:21:06,620 --> 00:21:08,310
Kruse:
AH, WE'RE GOOD AT THIS.
456
00:21:08,344 --> 00:21:11,000
TAKING QUITE A BIT LONGER
THAN I THINK ANYBODY EXPECTED,
457
00:21:11,034 --> 00:21:13,862
BUT ONCE WE GET THIS DIRT
OVER TO THAT PLANT,
458
00:21:13,896 --> 00:21:15,724
SHOULD BE SMOOTH SAILING.
459
00:21:15,758 --> 00:21:19,689
I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T
HAVE SAID THAT.
460
00:21:19,724 --> 00:21:21,241
WE CERTAINLY LUCKED OUT
WITH THE WEATHER
461
00:21:21,275 --> 00:21:24,000
AND TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE KIND YUKON NEIGHBORS.
462
00:21:24,034 --> 00:21:26,551
MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE
TO SCROUNGE UP
463
00:21:26,586 --> 00:21:28,965
WHAT WE NEED
TO FINISH THE SEASON STRONG.
464
00:21:32,655 --> 00:21:34,000
SO YOU GUYS READY?
465
00:21:34,034 --> 00:21:35,862
LET'S GO.
START IT UP!
466
00:21:35,896 --> 00:21:37,965
[ ENGINE STARTS ]
467
00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,689
Narrator: RICK FIRES UP
TROY'S OLD WASH PLANT.
468
00:21:40,724 --> 00:21:44,000
HE'S STILL 20 OUNCES SHORT
OF BREAKING EVEN.
469
00:21:47,620 --> 00:21:51,206
THERE SHE GOES.
470
00:21:51,241 --> 00:21:54,000
IF THIS LAST-DITCH EFFORT
PAYS OFF,
471
00:21:54,034 --> 00:21:56,034
HE COULD SAVE HIS SEASON
472
00:21:56,068 --> 00:21:59,896
AND SEND HIS CREW HOME
WITH MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS.
473
00:21:59,931 --> 00:22:01,275
WE GOT IT!
474
00:22:01,310 --> 00:22:02,896
LET'S GO!
475
00:22:06,413 --> 00:22:11,758
♪♪
476
00:22:11,793 --> 00:22:17,137
♪♪
477
00:22:17,172 --> 00:22:20,103
Parker: EVERYBODY DOWN HERE
HAVE JUST BEEN SLAVES
478
00:22:20,137 --> 00:22:23,206
TO THESE WASH PLANTS
ALL SUMMER LONG.
479
00:22:23,241 --> 00:22:26,827
Narrator: PARKER SCHNABEL IS
CHASING HIS BEST SEASON EVER
480
00:22:26,862 --> 00:22:31,103
AND NEEDS TO BANK MORE THAN
900 OUNCES FROM HIS FINAL CUT,
481
00:22:31,137 --> 00:22:34,896
THE RED ZONE,
BEFORE WINTER FREEZES HIM OUT.
482
00:22:34,931 --> 00:22:36,551
Brennan:
EVERYONE HERE IS GETTING TIRED.
483
00:22:36,586 --> 00:22:39,586
WE'RE BUSTING OUT OVER 500 YARDS
AN HOUR,
484
00:22:39,620 --> 00:22:41,517
BUT THERE IS NOT
MUCH DIRT LEFT.
485
00:22:41,551 --> 00:22:43,137
[ WARBLES LIKE CHEWBACCA ]
486
00:22:45,724 --> 00:22:48,931
WE'RE AT 10% OR LESS OF
WHAT WE HAVE LEFT TO MINE HERE.
487
00:22:48,965 --> 00:22:51,413
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE, YOU KNOW,
OVER 6,000 OUNCES,
488
00:22:51,448 --> 00:22:54,655
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN BEAT
WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
489
00:22:54,689 --> 00:22:56,724
IT'S GONNA BE CUTTING HER
PRETTY CLOSE.
490
00:22:56,758 --> 00:23:02,241
♪♪
491
00:23:02,275 --> 00:23:05,000
Narrator: WHILE HIS CREW CHURNS
THROUGH PAY DIRT,
492
00:23:05,034 --> 00:23:08,724
PARKER HEADS UP THE VALLEY.
493
00:23:08,758 --> 00:23:10,620
I GOT TO GO SEE OUR NEIGHBOR.
494
00:23:10,655 --> 00:23:14,137
THAT'S THE GUY THAT WE
BOUGHT THE GROUND FROM.
495
00:23:14,172 --> 00:23:15,172
[ SIGHS ]
496
00:23:15,206 --> 00:23:17,517
SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS UPSET
ABOUT SOMETHING.
497
00:23:17,551 --> 00:23:18,758
HOPEFULLY IT'S NOTHING BAD.
498
00:23:18,793 --> 00:23:24,172
IT COULD JUST BE HE NEEDS
A [BLEEP] CUP OF SUGAR.
499
00:23:24,206 --> 00:23:25,827
WE'LL SEE WHAT IT IS.
500
00:23:28,551 --> 00:23:29,689
CAN YOU JUST STAY HERE?
501
00:23:29,724 --> 00:23:31,206
HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE ON CAMERA.
502
00:23:31,241 --> 00:23:39,793
♪♪
503
00:23:39,827 --> 00:23:48,344
♪♪
504
00:23:48,379 --> 00:23:51,068
[BLEEP]
505
00:23:51,103 --> 00:23:52,103
[ SIGHS ]
506
00:23:52,137 --> 00:23:55,000
[BLEEP]
WE'RE IN TROUBLE.
507
00:23:55,034 --> 00:24:03,137
♪♪
508
00:24:03,172 --> 00:24:05,034
HEY, GUYS.Mitch: WHAT'S HAPPENING?
509
00:24:05,068 --> 00:24:07,068
OH, WE GOT A BIT OF A FLAG
ON THE PLAY.
510
00:24:07,103 --> 00:24:08,310
AND?
511
00:24:08,344 --> 00:24:10,310
WELL, I JUST TALKED
TO OUR NEIGHBOR,
512
00:24:10,344 --> 00:24:13,000
THE ONE THAT HAS THE WATER
LICENSE ON THIS GROUND,
513
00:24:13,034 --> 00:24:17,310
AND IT EXPIRES
IN JUNE OF NEXT YEAR.
514
00:24:17,344 --> 00:24:18,793
BUT WHEN I BOUGHT THE GROUND,
515
00:24:18,827 --> 00:24:23,586
OUR AGREEMENT FOR IT ONLY GOES
TILL THE END OF THIS MONTH,
516
00:24:23,620 --> 00:24:24,965
AND I DIDN'T THINK
THAT IT'D BE AN ISSUE
517
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,517
WITH EXTENDING IT
UNTIL IT EXPIRED.
518
00:24:27,551 --> 00:24:28,827
IT WAS A PRETTY WEIRD
CONVERSATION.
519
00:24:28,862 --> 00:24:32,172
HE SAID, "YOU KNOW, THOSE NICE,
SHINY GOLD BARS
520
00:24:32,206 --> 00:24:34,517
THAT I SEE YOU POUR ON TV,
I WANT ONE OF THEM."
521
00:24:34,551 --> 00:24:36,275
HUH,
THAT'S A [BLEEP] JOKE.
522
00:24:36,310 --> 00:24:38,034
IT'S A REALLY [BLEEP] SITUATION.
523
00:24:38,068 --> 00:24:39,172
SO BETTER GET
OUR ASS IN GEAR
524
00:24:39,206 --> 00:24:40,517
AND GET EVERYBODY
ON THE SAME PAGE HERE.
525
00:24:40,551 --> 00:24:43,206
YEAH.
WE'VE ONLY GOT ONE SHOT AT THIS,
526
00:24:43,241 --> 00:24:45,689
AND THEN, AFTER THAT,
THERE'S NO MORE SLUICING.
527
00:24:45,724 --> 00:24:47,275
IT'S ALL GETTING LEFT BEHIND.
528
00:24:47,310 --> 00:24:49,379
MAYBE NEXT TIME YOU FIND US
A LITTLE NICER NEIGHBORHOOD.
529
00:24:49,413 --> 00:24:51,724
WE'RE IN THE GHETTO
RIGHT NOW.
530
00:24:51,758 --> 00:24:53,965
WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
531
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,517
IT'S EASY FOR ME TO GET UPSET
AT OUR NEIGHBOR
532
00:24:56,551 --> 00:24:59,896
THAT HAS THE LICENSE HERE,
BUT REALLY THIS IS ON ME.
533
00:24:59,931 --> 00:25:03,517
HE'S GOT EVERY RIGHT TO ASK
FOR HOWEVER MUCH MONEY HE WANTS.
534
00:25:03,551 --> 00:25:05,793
IT'S GIVEN OUR SEASON
A PRETTY HARD DEADLINE,
535
00:25:05,827 --> 00:25:10,241
AND, LIKE, MY ONE JOB
IF NOTHING ELSE IS TO MAKE SURE
536
00:25:10,275 --> 00:25:12,413
WE HAVE ALL OUR PAPERWORK
IN ORDER AND ARE LEGAL.
537
00:25:12,448 --> 00:25:16,655
SO PRETTY DISAPPOINTED
WITH MYSELF WITH THAT.
538
00:25:16,689 --> 00:25:20,931
Narrator: NOW THE TEAM HAS JUST
48 HOURS TO SLUICE PAY DIRT
539
00:25:20,965 --> 00:25:24,379
THAT SHOULD TAKE OVER A WEEK.
540
00:25:24,413 --> 00:25:27,827
Brennan: I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT
OUR NEIGHBOR WON'T EVEN
541
00:25:27,862 --> 00:25:29,482
[BLEEP] PLAY BALL WITH US.
542
00:25:32,482 --> 00:25:34,586
HE'S THE GUY WITH THE WATER
LICENSE, NOT US.
543
00:25:34,620 --> 00:25:36,827
HE CALLS THE SHOTS
AT THE END OF THE DAY.
544
00:25:36,862 --> 00:25:42,103
♪♪
545
00:25:42,137 --> 00:25:47,379
♪♪
546
00:25:47,413 --> 00:25:50,241
THERE'S NO FLASHY GOLD
IN SIGHT ANYMORE.
547
00:25:50,275 --> 00:25:52,793
MY HOUSE, EVERYTHING I OWN
IS ON THE LINE.
548
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,793
Narrator:
RICK NESS IS ROLLING THE DICE.
549
00:25:57,827 --> 00:26:01,206
FINALLY ON THE GOLD, HE'S GOT
HIS CREW RUNNING PAY DIRT
550
00:26:01,241 --> 00:26:04,068
FROM THEIR NEW CUT
ON HIS NEIGHBOR'S GROUND
551
00:26:04,103 --> 00:26:07,586
IN THE HOPE
OF TURNING A PROFIT.
552
00:26:07,620 --> 00:26:11,448
OUR GOLD BONUS IS KIND OF
IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW.
553
00:26:11,482 --> 00:26:14,000
I MIGHT HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORK
WHEN I GET HOME.
554
00:26:14,034 --> 00:26:19,310
♪♪
555
00:26:19,344 --> 00:26:20,896
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
556
00:26:20,931 --> 00:26:23,275
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE WEATHER
IS GONNA TURN AROUND HERE.
557
00:26:23,310 --> 00:26:25,275
I DEFINITELY GOT THE FEELING
WE'RE GONNA WAKE UP
558
00:26:25,310 --> 00:26:27,931
ONE MORNING TO SNOW
ON THE GROUND.
559
00:26:36,551 --> 00:26:42,689
♪♪
560
00:26:42,724 --> 00:26:45,344
Zee: I FORESEE A GOOD REST
OF THE DAY, JUST RUNNING IT,
561
00:26:45,379 --> 00:26:47,379
TRYING TO HONE
THE PLANT WITH SOME DIRT.
562
00:26:50,758 --> 00:26:53,172
GENE, YOU GOT A COPY?
563
00:26:53,206 --> 00:26:54,965
ANYONE GET AHOLD OF GENE?
564
00:26:57,689 --> 00:26:59,620
WHAT THE [BLEEP] HAPPENED?
565
00:26:59,655 --> 00:27:01,344
Gene: [BLEEP] [BLEEP]
566
00:27:04,068 --> 00:27:07,103
♪♪
567
00:27:07,137 --> 00:27:10,241
Zee: GENE!
568
00:27:10,275 --> 00:27:12,206
WHAT THE [BLEEP] GENE?
569
00:27:13,344 --> 00:27:16,413
Gene: [BLEEP] [BLEEP]
570
00:27:16,448 --> 00:27:20,034
Narrator: GENE CHEESEMAN IS
A 1/4-CENTURY MINING VETERAN
571
00:27:20,068 --> 00:27:21,724
AND GOLD-RECOVERY LEGEND.
572
00:27:21,758 --> 00:27:24,896
HIS TRUCK HAS SLID OFF
THE SOFT EDGE OF A BERM,
573
00:27:24,931 --> 00:27:26,241
AND HE'S NOT HAPPY.
574
00:27:28,344 --> 00:27:29,551
WHAT?
575
00:27:29,586 --> 00:27:31,206
NOTHING.
576
00:27:31,241 --> 00:27:33,206
I PARKED IT THERE.
577
00:27:33,241 --> 00:27:34,517
WASN'T REALLY A MISTAKE.
578
00:27:34,551 --> 00:27:36,379
I PARKED IT THERE.
579
00:27:36,413 --> 00:27:38,000
NOTHING REALLY TO SEE.
580
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,068
I COULD PROBABLY DRIVE
OUT OF THERE.
581
00:27:43,103 --> 00:27:44,793
Narrator:
EVERY MINUTE THEY'RE DOWN
582
00:27:44,827 --> 00:27:47,965
MEANS LESS GOLD.
583
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,965
Gene: [BLEEP] LIKE A BUNCH
OF [BLEEP] VULTURES.
584
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:51,620
GET OUT OF THE [BLEEP] WAY.
585
00:27:54,482 --> 00:27:56,310
Zee: OUR PLAN WAS TO USE ALL
THOSE COARSE TAILINGS
586
00:27:56,344 --> 00:27:58,310
TO ACTUALLY WIDEN THE ROAD,
587
00:27:58,344 --> 00:28:04,034
SO WE JUST DIDN'T GET IT
WIDE ENOUGH IN TIME.
588
00:28:04,068 --> 00:28:12,000
♪♪
589
00:28:12,034 --> 00:28:14,724
Zee: STOP!
590
00:28:14,758 --> 00:28:17,655
[BLEEP]
591
00:28:17,689 --> 00:28:19,379
NOTHING.
592
00:28:19,413 --> 00:28:21,448
I DON'T TRUST THAT...NO, I DON'T LIKE IT.
593
00:28:21,482 --> 00:28:24,413
...THING.
IT'S...
594
00:28:24,448 --> 00:28:27,620
WE TRIED HOOKING IT UP
TO THE FRONT OF THE LOADER HERE,
595
00:28:27,655 --> 00:28:31,103
BUT THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH
POWER TO PULL IT OVER.
596
00:28:31,137 --> 00:28:32,965
THE LOADER JUST DOESN'T HAVE IT.
597
00:28:35,310 --> 00:28:37,793
Narrator: THE ONLY MACHINE
ON-SITE STRONG ENOUGH
598
00:28:37,827 --> 00:28:41,310
TO RESCUE GENE'S TRUCK
IS THE EXCAVATOR,
599
00:28:41,344 --> 00:28:43,310
BUT THAT'S LOADING THE PLANT.
600
00:28:46,034 --> 00:28:47,620
Rick: WHAT THE HELL
IS GOING ON?
601
00:28:47,655 --> 00:28:49,034
Gene: I TRYING TO DUMP OFF
THE SIDE HERE,
602
00:28:49,068 --> 00:28:52,482
AND IT'S JUST SOFT SHOULDER,
SO FRONT WHEEL SUNK IN
603
00:28:52,517 --> 00:28:56,034
AND JUST STOPPED
BEFORE IT WENT ANY FURTHER.
604
00:28:56,068 --> 00:28:57,965
Narrator:
THERE'S NO OTHER OPTION
605
00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,413
BUT TO SHUT DOWN THE PLANT
606
00:28:59,448 --> 00:29:03,241
SO THE EXCAVATOR
CAN RESCUE GENE'S TRUCK.
607
00:29:03,275 --> 00:29:04,793
Gene:
I DON'T WANT TO SHUT DOWN,
608
00:29:04,827 --> 00:29:07,275
BUT I'M GONNA GET THIS TRUCK
OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD,
609
00:29:07,310 --> 00:29:09,620
AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK
AND START RUNNING AGAIN.
610
00:29:09,655 --> 00:29:18,344
♪♪
611
00:29:18,379 --> 00:29:20,000
Rick: HEY, GENE!
612
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,379
OKAY.
613
00:29:23,413 --> 00:29:25,758
YOU MIGHT HAVE TO BACK UP,
BUT I'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.
614
00:29:25,793 --> 00:29:28,275
YEAH.
615
00:29:28,310 --> 00:29:34,965
♪♪
616
00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:36,689
[BLEEP]
617
00:29:36,724 --> 00:29:39,137
NO, DON'T GO. DON'T GO.
DON'T GO.
618
00:29:39,172 --> 00:29:45,000
♪♪
619
00:29:45,034 --> 00:29:50,862
♪♪
620
00:29:50,896 --> 00:29:52,965
GENE HAS GOT IT.
621
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:59,241
♪♪
622
00:29:59,275 --> 00:30:05,551
♪♪
623
00:30:05,586 --> 00:30:09,517
Narrator: IT'S COST THEM
AN HOUR'S DOWNTIME,
624
00:30:09,551 --> 00:30:13,551
BUT GENE'S TRUCK IS SAFE,
625
00:30:13,586 --> 00:30:17,344
AND RICK IS BACK SLUICING.
626
00:30:17,379 --> 00:30:21,068
IT'S NOT AN IDEAL SITUATION,
BUT I'LL GET OVER IT.
627
00:30:22,965 --> 00:30:24,862
Zee: GENE HAS BEEN RUNNING
THIS STUFF SINCE HE WAS 12,
628
00:30:24,896 --> 00:30:28,482
SO KIND OF MAKES YOU REALIZE
GENE IS HUMAN.
629
00:30:28,517 --> 00:30:35,517
♪♪
630
00:30:35,551 --> 00:30:42,620
♪♪
631
00:30:42,655 --> 00:30:46,413
Mike: YOU KNOW, COMING TO THE
END OF THE SEASON HERE.
632
00:30:46,448 --> 00:30:48,275
GOT THIS TROMMEL RUNNING 24/7,
633
00:30:48,310 --> 00:30:51,862
AIN'T GONNA STOP
FOR NOTHING BUT A CLEANUP.
634
00:30:51,896 --> 00:30:55,275
I'M GONNA RUN THE CREW
HARD UNTIL THE END.
635
00:30:55,310 --> 00:30:59,137
Narrator: MIKE BEETS STARTS HIS
FOURTH SHIFT OF THE WEEK,
636
00:30:59,172 --> 00:31:01,379
FEEDING THE PARADISE
HILL TROMMEL
637
00:31:01,413 --> 00:31:05,000
AT A MASSIVE 300 YARDS
OF DIRT AN HOUR.
638
00:31:06,620 --> 00:31:08,379
Mike:
IT'S JUST A GIANT OLD PARTY.
639
00:31:10,517 --> 00:31:13,896
Narrator: IN THE MEGA CUT ON TOP
OF PARADISE HILL,
640
00:31:13,931 --> 00:31:17,758
KEVIN IS WORKING THROUGH
A MOUNTAIN OF PAY DIRT.
641
00:31:17,793 --> 00:31:21,137
THE GOLD LAYER HERE CAN BE
40 FEET DEEP,
642
00:31:21,172 --> 00:31:24,413
AND MIKE IS GOING TO RUN IT ALL.
643
00:31:24,448 --> 00:31:26,137
Kevin: SO, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST
TRYING TO GET THROUGH
644
00:31:26,172 --> 00:31:28,000
THE LAST LITTLE BIT.
645
00:31:28,034 --> 00:31:30,344
WEATHER SUCKS.
IT'S COLD.
646
00:31:30,379 --> 00:31:33,344
IT'S MISERABLE, THE USUAL
END-OF-SEASON FUN.
647
00:31:33,379 --> 00:31:42,551
♪♪
648
00:31:42,586 --> 00:31:44,068
HEY, KEVIN, DO YOU COPY?
649
00:31:44,103 --> 00:31:45,551
KEVIN?
650
00:31:45,586 --> 00:31:47,206
GO FOR KEVIN.
651
00:31:47,241 --> 00:31:48,689
THE FEEDER IS MAKING
A FUNNY NOISE.
652
00:31:48,724 --> 00:31:51,275
CAN YOU HAVE A GO LOOK AT IT
FOR ME PLEASE?
653
00:31:51,310 --> 00:31:52,689
YEAH.
I'LL GO HAVE A LOOK.
654
00:31:52,724 --> 00:32:01,241
♪♪
655
00:32:01,275 --> 00:32:03,793
Narrator: THE BASE OF THE
TROMMEL'S HOPPER FEEDER
656
00:32:03,827 --> 00:32:06,931
IS IN A SHELTER
UNDERNEATH THE PLANT.
657
00:32:09,482 --> 00:32:12,758
[BLEEP] [BLEEP]
658
00:32:12,793 --> 00:32:14,068
[BLEEP]
659
00:32:14,103 --> 00:32:16,413
SHUT DOWN THE WATER.
SHUT DOWN THE WATER, MIKE.
660
00:32:18,862 --> 00:32:24,000
♪♪
661
00:32:24,034 --> 00:32:27,448
Narrator: AT PARADISE HILL,
KEVIN HAS DISCOVERED SMOKE
662
00:32:27,482 --> 00:32:29,344
COMING OUT OF THE WASH PLANT.
663
00:32:31,137 --> 00:32:33,172
SHUT DOWN THE WATER.
SHUT DOWN THE WATER, MIKE.
664
00:32:33,206 --> 00:32:34,241
TURN IT DOWN.
665
00:32:34,275 --> 00:32:40,689
♪♪
666
00:32:40,724 --> 00:32:42,517
[BLEEP] [BLEEP]
667
00:32:42,551 --> 00:32:45,000
THAT'S IT.
668
00:32:45,034 --> 00:32:47,241
TONY AND JUAN, TONY AND JUAN.
YOU GUYS GOT A COPY?
669
00:32:49,344 --> 00:32:51,000
YEAH, CAN YOU COME TO THE FEEDER
AT THE TROMMEL?
670
00:32:51,034 --> 00:32:52,931
SOMETHING IS [BLEEP]
671
00:32:55,551 --> 00:32:57,379
Mike:
WHAT DID YOU BREAK?
672
00:32:57,413 --> 00:32:59,896
-THAT THING WAS JIGGLING.
-THAT'S NOT GOOD.
673
00:32:59,931 --> 00:33:01,448
THERE WAS SMOKE.
NO.
674
00:33:01,482 --> 00:33:03,172
Narrator:
TONY AND JUAN JOIN THEM
675
00:33:03,206 --> 00:33:04,724
AT THE BASE OF THE HOPPER FEEDER
676
00:33:04,758 --> 00:33:07,275
TO FIND THE SOURCE
OF THE SMOKE.
677
00:33:10,275 --> 00:33:12,689
MIKE HEARD A SOUND,
SO I CAME IN THE BACK.
678
00:33:12,724 --> 00:33:14,827
I SAW SMOKE, SO I MAYBE
KIND OF PANICKED
679
00:33:14,862 --> 00:33:16,137
AND SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN.
680
00:33:18,241 --> 00:33:20,000
THOSE ARE FINE.
I LOOKED AT THOSE.
681
00:33:21,689 --> 00:33:23,275
YEAH.
682
00:33:24,517 --> 00:33:26,896
Juan: WHERE WAS THE SMOKE
COMING FROM, KEVIN?
683
00:33:26,931 --> 00:33:28,000
HONESTLY, NEAR THE BACK.
684
00:33:28,034 --> 00:33:29,758
I THOUGHT I SAW SOME
IN THE FRONT, TOO.
685
00:33:29,793 --> 00:33:32,275
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING UP HERE,
WALKING THE PATHS.
686
00:33:34,931 --> 00:33:36,310
OH [BLEEP]
THAT'S HOT.
687
00:33:36,344 --> 00:33:37,793
OH, DON'T TELL ME THAT.
688
00:33:37,827 --> 00:33:38,862
OH [BLEEP]
689
00:33:38,896 --> 00:33:41,448
THAT BEARING
IS FRICKING HOT, GUYS.
690
00:33:41,482 --> 00:33:43,379
SHOULD WE BUMP HER REAL QUICK,
SEE WHAT'S GOING ON OVER HERE?
691
00:33:45,793 --> 00:33:47,551
HEY, KEVIN. LET'S GO AHEAD
AND BUMP THIS THING.
692
00:33:47,586 --> 00:33:48,862
LET'S SEE WHAT IT DOES.
693
00:33:48,896 --> 00:33:50,517
RIGHTY-O.
HERE SHE GOES.
694
00:33:52,689 --> 00:33:55,482
[ ENGINE STARTS ]
695
00:33:55,517 --> 00:33:57,896
OH [BLEEP]
696
00:33:57,931 --> 00:34:00,620
HAVE THIS WHOLE HOUSING
STARTING TO TWIST A LITTLE BIT.
697
00:34:00,655 --> 00:34:03,758
WE'RE BUMPING IT JUST TO
MAKE SURE THAT IT'S [BLEEP]
698
00:34:03,793 --> 00:34:05,379
I MEAN, WE KNOW IT'S HOT.
699
00:34:05,413 --> 00:34:06,689
WE CAN SMELL IT.
700
00:34:06,724 --> 00:34:08,586
BUT IF WE SEE THAT
IT'S NOT [BLEEP] TURNING,
701
00:34:08,620 --> 00:34:09,827
THEN YOU'RE [BLEEP]
702
00:34:09,862 --> 00:34:11,413
HEY, KEVIN, CAN YOU BUMP IT
A LITTLE LESS,
703
00:34:11,448 --> 00:34:13,034
JUST REAL, REAL QUICK?
704
00:34:16,620 --> 00:34:17,689
THAT'S DONE.
705
00:34:17,724 --> 00:34:19,586
THAT WHOLE BEARING
IS SEIZED, TONY.
706
00:34:19,620 --> 00:34:21,310
IT WANTS TO PULL
THAT WHOLE HOUSING OUT.
707
00:34:26,620 --> 00:34:30,689
Narrator: AT ONE END, THE HOPPER
FEEDER BELT IS KEPT TENSIONED
708
00:34:30,724 --> 00:34:32,344
BY A TAIL PULLEY.
709
00:34:34,689 --> 00:34:38,206
THE BEARINGS HAVE SEIZED,
CREATING FRICTION
710
00:34:38,241 --> 00:34:42,379
AND ENOUGH HEAT TO CAUSE
THE GREASE TO START SMOKING.
711
00:34:42,413 --> 00:34:43,482
HOW'D IT LOOK?
712
00:34:45,413 --> 00:34:46,413
Juan:
IT PROBABLY SEIZED.
713
00:34:46,448 --> 00:34:47,586
THAT'S WHAT YOU SAW,
714
00:34:47,620 --> 00:34:49,000
AND THEN
YOU SAW THE BELT SLIPPING.
715
00:34:51,896 --> 00:34:53,793
SO HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO GET
THE PART AND GET HER FIXED?
716
00:34:53,827 --> 00:34:55,862
BECAUSE I KNOW IT ONLY TAKES
ABOUT A DAY TO PULL HER OUT.
717
00:35:02,241 --> 00:35:03,310
THAT IS UNFORTUNATE.
718
00:35:16,275 --> 00:35:17,724
[BLEEP]
719
00:35:26,068 --> 00:35:28,275
[BLEEP]
720
00:35:28,310 --> 00:35:29,896
[BLEEP] WAY FOR IT TO GO.
721
00:35:43,206 --> 00:35:46,206
Narrator: EIGHT WEEKS AGO,
TONY HAD ALL THREE KIDS
722
00:35:46,241 --> 00:35:48,137
RUNNING THEIR OWN WASH PLANTS,
723
00:35:48,172 --> 00:35:52,655
SLUICING A COLOSSAL 600 YARDS
OF PAY DIRT AN HOUR.
724
00:35:52,689 --> 00:35:56,620
NOW HE'S DOWN TO ONE PLANT,
HIS SMALLEST,
725
00:35:56,655 --> 00:35:59,655
WHICH CAN RUN
JUST 100 YARDS AN HOUR.
726
00:36:02,448 --> 00:36:04,241
ME, MY BROTHER AND MY SISTER
ARE GONNA TRY
727
00:36:04,275 --> 00:36:06,793
TO KEEP THAT PLANT RUNNING
UNTIL THE END OF THE SEASON.
728
00:36:06,827 --> 00:36:10,620
Narrator: TO SQUEEZE EVERY LAST
DIME OUT OF THE HUNKER CUT,
729
00:36:10,655 --> 00:36:13,655
KEVIN AND MIKE HEAD STRAIGHT
OVER TO HELP MONICA,
730
00:36:13,689 --> 00:36:16,206
WHO'S RUNNING
THE KIWI PLANT ALONE.
731
00:36:19,482 --> 00:36:20,896
Monica: RUBY HAD TO LEAVE,
732
00:36:20,931 --> 00:36:23,241
SO IT'S JUST ME AND THE DOGS
DOWN HERE.
733
00:36:25,655 --> 00:36:28,068
SO EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE,
I'VE GOT TO STOP
734
00:36:28,103 --> 00:36:30,793
AND GIVE MYSELF MORE DIRT.
735
00:36:30,827 --> 00:36:32,620
SUCKS WHEN YOU'RE BY YOURSELF.
736
00:36:35,275 --> 00:36:36,862
RELEASE THE HOUNDS!
737
00:36:42,689 --> 00:36:45,482
-'SUP?
-HI.
738
00:36:45,517 --> 00:36:46,551
WHAT HAPPENED UP THERE?
739
00:36:46,586 --> 00:36:49,172
THE BEARING SEIZED
ON THE FEEDER.
740
00:36:49,206 --> 00:36:50,413
COOL.
741
00:36:50,448 --> 00:36:51,827
NO, IT WAS HOT,
VERY, VERY HOT.
742
00:36:51,862 --> 00:36:54,137
THAT'S [BLEEP] BUT I'VE BEEN
DOWN HERE BY MYSELF,
743
00:36:54,172 --> 00:36:56,517
WHICH IS DOABLE,
BUT HELLA [BLEEP] SUCKS.
744
00:36:56,551 --> 00:36:58,034
YEAH.
SO IT'D BE GREAT
745
00:36:58,068 --> 00:37:00,517
TO HAVE ONE OR TWO
DOZER OPERATORS AROUND.
746
00:37:00,551 --> 00:37:02,379
YEAH, I'LL RUN THE 10.
I'LL FEED YOU SOME PAY.
747
00:37:02,413 --> 00:37:03,896
I CAN HELP YOU
WITH THOSE TAILINGS.
748
00:37:03,931 --> 00:37:04,793
IT'D BE NICE.
ALRIGHT.
749
00:37:04,827 --> 00:37:06,034
I BETTER GET BACK
ON THAT HOE.
750
00:37:06,068 --> 00:37:07,689
YEP.
751
00:37:10,896 --> 00:37:14,310
ALRIGHT. LET'S DO THIS THING,
CHICKEN WINGS.
752
00:37:16,310 --> 00:37:19,448
Narrator: WITH ALL THREE WORKING
THE HUNKER CUT,
753
00:37:19,482 --> 00:37:21,275
THE BEETS KIDS SHOULD BE ABLE
754
00:37:21,310 --> 00:37:23,758
TO GET THROUGH
THE REMAINING PAY DIRT.
755
00:37:23,793 --> 00:37:31,413
♪♪
756
00:37:31,448 --> 00:37:32,620
WE WORKED PRETTY DAMN HARD
757
00:37:32,655 --> 00:37:34,827
TO GET WHAT PAY
WE COULD OUT OF THE CUT.
758
00:37:34,862 --> 00:37:38,517
IT'D BE NICE IF WE COULD END
THE SEASON
759
00:37:38,551 --> 00:37:40,586
BY HAVING SLUICED EVERYTHING.
760
00:37:44,068 --> 00:37:46,310
Mike: CONSIDERING HOW MANY
HEADACHES MY SISTER HAD
761
00:37:46,344 --> 00:37:48,068
TRYING TO GET HER PLANT UP
AND RUNNING,
762
00:37:48,103 --> 00:37:50,517
IT IS NICE TO SEE THAT AT LEAST
IT KEEPS RUNNING
763
00:37:50,551 --> 00:37:52,172
UNTIL THE [BLEEP] END.
764
00:37:56,068 --> 00:37:59,586
WE ALL STARTED THE SEASON
WORKING ON THE KIWI PLANT.
765
00:37:59,620 --> 00:38:01,034
IT'S KIND OF FITTING
THAT WE'RE ALL GONNA
766
00:38:01,068 --> 00:38:02,620
END UP HERE, TOO.
767
00:38:02,655 --> 00:38:10,586
♪♪
768
00:38:10,620 --> 00:38:18,586
♪♪
769
00:38:18,620 --> 00:38:21,620
Brennan:
IT'S CHAOS DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW.
770
00:38:21,655 --> 00:38:23,931
Narrator:
FOR THE LAST 42 HOURS,
771
00:38:23,965 --> 00:38:26,448
PARKER'S CREW
HAS BEEN IN A PANIC,
772
00:38:26,482 --> 00:38:28,000
WORKING 'ROUND THE CLOCK,
773
00:38:28,034 --> 00:38:30,862
TRYING TO GET ALL THE GOLD
OUT OF THE RED ZONE
774
00:38:30,896 --> 00:38:33,068
TO BREAK LAST SEASON'S TOTAL
775
00:38:33,103 --> 00:38:36,965
BEFORE THEIR WATER LICENSE
EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
776
00:38:39,068 --> 00:38:41,551
Tyson: I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL BE
ABLE TO TOP THE LAST SEASON,
777
00:38:41,586 --> 00:38:42,896
7,000 OUNCES.
778
00:38:42,931 --> 00:38:44,310
IT'S A LOT OF GOLD.
779
00:38:44,344 --> 00:38:48,068
IF WE DO, IT WILL BE A RECORD
SEASON, THAT'S FOR SURE.
780
00:38:48,103 --> 00:38:50,517
SO I JUST TURNED THE FEED RATE
UP A BIT.
781
00:38:50,551 --> 00:38:53,827
THAT'S THE NICE THING
ABOUT THIS PLANT.
782
00:38:53,862 --> 00:38:57,310
WHEN YOU NEED IT, IT'S GOT
SOME CAPACITY FOR WASHING ROCKS.
783
00:38:57,344 --> 00:39:06,241
♪♪
784
00:39:06,275 --> 00:39:07,241
HEY, MITCH.
785
00:39:07,275 --> 00:39:09,103
DUDE, I GOT TO GO.
786
00:39:09,137 --> 00:39:10,344
SO I JUST TALKED
TO HAILEY,
787
00:39:10,379 --> 00:39:11,827
AND SHE JUST HAD
HER DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT,
788
00:39:11,862 --> 00:39:13,965
AND THEY'RE SAYING
ANY DAY, MAN, SO...
789
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:15,344
YOU HAVE A CHILD IMMINENT.
790
00:39:15,379 --> 00:39:16,965
YEAH, LIKE...YOU BETTER [BLEEP] GO.
791
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,172
SO I KNOW WE DON'T GOT
MANY HOURS LEFT HERE, BUT...
792
00:39:19,206 --> 00:39:20,206
OH, NO.
NONE OF THIS IS WORTH
793
00:39:20,241 --> 00:39:21,413
BEING IN THE DOGHOUSE
IN THAT WAY.
794
00:39:21,448 --> 00:39:22,931
YEAH.MITCH, HAVE A SAFE DRIVE.
795
00:39:22,965 --> 00:39:24,724
THANKS, BUDDY.
HAVE A GOOD ONE.
796
00:39:27,482 --> 00:39:29,862
HONESTLY, MITCH.
797
00:39:29,896 --> 00:39:31,000
I KNOW YOU'RE IN A RUSH,
798
00:39:31,034 --> 00:39:32,137
BUT THANK YOU
FOR THE HELP THIS SUMMER.
799
00:39:32,172 --> 00:39:33,655
YEAH, NO PROBLEM, MAN.ALRIGHT.
800
00:39:33,689 --> 00:39:34,896
THANKS FOR GIVING ME
THE SHOT.
801
00:39:34,931 --> 00:39:36,310
DUDE,
IT'S BEEN UNBELIEVABLE.
802
00:39:36,344 --> 00:39:37,482
YOU ARE A HELL OF A LEADER.
803
00:39:37,517 --> 00:39:38,724
WELL, THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE IT.
804
00:39:38,758 --> 00:39:41,275
HAVE A SAFE DRIVE.SEE YOU NEXT YEAR, MAN.
805
00:39:44,551 --> 00:39:46,689
THERE'S BIGGER THINGS IN LIFE
THAN GOLD MINING,
806
00:39:46,724 --> 00:39:49,689
AND THIS IS DEFINITELY
ONE OF THEM.
807
00:39:49,724 --> 00:39:51,758
I COULDN'T HAVE ASKED
FOR MORE OF HIM.
808
00:39:53,758 --> 00:39:56,448
Narrator: WHILE MITCH RACES
TO GET BACK HOME,
809
00:39:56,482 --> 00:39:58,793
THE CREW PUSHES ON
WITHOUT HIM.
810
00:39:58,827 --> 00:40:06,172
♪♪
811
00:40:06,206 --> 00:40:08,241
Brennan: WE DON'T HAVE A WATER
LICENSE COMING UP NEXT YEAR,
812
00:40:08,275 --> 00:40:10,965
SO WE CAN'T LEAVE A SPECK
OF PAY IN THE GROUND HERE.
813
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,275
Parker: HEY. I JUST WANTED
TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP.
814
00:40:22,310 --> 00:40:23,793
WE'VE ONLY GOT ABOUT AN HOUR
LEFT HERE.
815
00:40:23,827 --> 00:40:26,241
AND THEN WE HAVE TO [BLEEP]
WRAP UP IN A HURRY.
816
00:40:26,275 --> 00:40:27,586
SOUNDS GOOD, MAN.
817
00:40:27,620 --> 00:40:28,586
HAVE FUN.
818
00:40:28,620 --> 00:40:30,689
OH, ALWAYS.
YOU TOO.
819
00:40:30,724 --> 00:40:33,551
Narrator: PARKER STILL
HAS 500 YARDS TO GO,
820
00:40:33,586 --> 00:40:35,896
AND IT'S ALREADY 11:00.
821
00:40:37,896 --> 00:40:40,310
Parker: WE'RE JUST SO CLOSE
TO THE FINISH LINE HERE.
822
00:40:40,344 --> 00:40:44,620
GOLD-WISE, WE'RE DAMN CLOSE
TO WHERE WE WERE AT LAST YEAR.
823
00:40:44,655 --> 00:40:50,413
♪♪
824
00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:56,206
♪♪
825
00:40:56,241 --> 00:40:58,758
Brennan: WE'RE DOWN TO THE LAST
SCOOP OF PAY HERE.
826
00:41:01,344 --> 00:41:03,689
OH, MAN.
827
00:41:03,724 --> 00:41:05,034
THAT'S A GOOD FEELING.
I'M TIRED.
828
00:41:05,068 --> 00:41:06,689
IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.
829
00:41:06,724 --> 00:41:08,655
NICE COLD BEER
AND HIT THE BED, MAN.
830
00:41:08,689 --> 00:41:10,241
I'M BEAT.
831
00:41:10,275 --> 00:41:16,655
♪♪
832
00:41:16,689 --> 00:41:17,896
LAST ONE OF THE YEAR.
833
00:41:17,931 --> 00:41:20,655
-OH, YEAH.
-WHOO!
834
00:41:20,689 --> 00:41:22,620
-YEAH!
-YES!
835
00:41:22,655 --> 00:41:25,068
YEAH! YEAH!
WE'RE DONE.
836
00:41:25,103 --> 00:41:26,310
WE'RE DONE.
837
00:41:26,344 --> 00:41:28,241
[ LAUGHTER ]
838
00:41:28,275 --> 00:41:34,068
♪♪
839
00:41:34,103 --> 00:41:39,827
♪♪
840
00:41:39,862 --> 00:41:40,793
HI, BOYS.
841
00:41:40,827 --> 00:41:43,448
-HEY.
-HEY.
842
00:41:43,482 --> 00:41:44,482
WELL, HOPEFULLY
THERE'S SOME GOLD IN IT
843
00:41:44,517 --> 00:41:46,103
BECAUSE WHAT A [BLEEP] FIGHT.
844
00:41:46,137 --> 00:41:49,827
HOW MANY MORE [BLEEP]
SANDWICHES YOU GONNA FEED US?
845
00:41:49,862 --> 00:41:50,827
WE'RE FULL.
846
00:41:50,862 --> 00:41:53,482
I GOT [BLEEP]
IN MY TEETH.
847
00:41:53,517 --> 00:41:54,862
I GOT [BLEEP]
IN MY FACE.
848
00:41:54,896 --> 00:41:56,379
YOU WANT ANOTHER [BLEEP]
SANDWICH, MY FRIEND?
849
00:41:56,413 --> 00:41:58,034
NO.
I'M FULL.
850
00:41:58,068 --> 00:41:59,448
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT, EH?
851
00:41:59,482 --> 00:42:01,206
WE WERE SCARED WE WOULD NEVER
GET THROUGH IT THIS YEAR.
852
00:42:01,241 --> 00:42:02,655
IT'S BEEN GREAT,
HAVING YOU GUYS HERE.
853
00:42:02,689 --> 00:42:04,275
YEAH, WHERE THE [BLEEP]
854
00:42:04,310 --> 00:42:06,586
IS MY BROTHER FOREMAN,
MITCHELL?
855
00:42:06,620 --> 00:42:07,689
HE'S HAVING A BABY.
856
00:42:07,724 --> 00:42:09,241
HOPEFULLY HE MAKES IT HOME,
OR ELSE.
857
00:42:09,275 --> 00:42:10,275
GOD, I HOPE SO.
858
00:42:10,310 --> 00:42:11,448
PRETTY EXCITED FOR HIM.
859
00:42:11,482 --> 00:42:12,896
-YEAH.
-YEAH.
860
00:42:12,931 --> 00:42:14,655
IT'S NICE TO FINISH OFF
WHEN IT'S NOT MINUS 20 OUT.
861
00:42:14,689 --> 00:42:15,827
YEAH, DON'T GET USED TO THAT.
862
00:42:15,862 --> 00:42:17,310
YEAH.
863
00:42:17,344 --> 00:42:20,172
NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE BACK TO
ICICLES HANGING OFF WASH PLANTS.
864
00:42:20,206 --> 00:42:21,379
-AW.
-AW.
865
00:42:21,413 --> 00:42:23,241
BOY, I'VE GOT TO GET
SOMEONE PREGNANT.
866
00:42:23,275 --> 00:42:26,586
[ LAUGHTER ]
867
00:42:26,620 --> 00:42:28,862
Parker: ANYWAYS, WE FINISHED
WITH NOT MUCH TIME TO SPARE,
868
00:42:28,896 --> 00:42:32,724
SO THANK YOU ALL
FOR STAYING IT LATE.
869
00:42:32,758 --> 00:42:34,000
DOUMITT WILL CLEAN IT UP
IN THE MORNING,
870
00:42:34,034 --> 00:42:35,689
AND WE'LL FIND OUT
WHAT WE'VE GOT.
871
00:42:35,724 --> 00:42:37,275
HOPEFULLY THERE'S
LOTS OF GOLD IN IT.
872
00:42:37,310 --> 00:42:39,758
Narrator:
FIVE YEARS AGO, PARKER'S GRANDPA
873
00:42:39,793 --> 00:42:42,344
ADVISED HIM TO MINE
HIS OWN LAND.
874
00:42:42,379 --> 00:42:44,172
-I'LL SEE YOU IN THE MORNING.
-GOOD NIGHT, PARKER.
875
00:42:44,206 --> 00:42:45,965
-THANKS, GUYS.
-ANYTIME, BUDDY.
876
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:47,517
YOU GOT ANY BEERS?
877
00:42:47,551 --> 00:42:49,689
Narrator:
NOW IT'S TIME TO SEE
878
00:42:49,724 --> 00:42:52,206
IF THAT DECISION WILL PAY OFF.
879
00:42:53,413 --> 00:42:55,137
Parker: PRETTY SATISFYING TO BUY
A PIECE OF GROUND
880
00:42:55,172 --> 00:42:57,586
AND MINE IT
AND MAKE MONEY DOING IT.
881
00:42:57,620 --> 00:43:01,137
IT WASN'T WITHOUT ITS HEADACHES,
BUT, UM...
882
00:43:01,172 --> 00:43:04,793
YEAH, GOOD SEASON.
883
00:43:06,413 --> 00:43:11,896
♪♪
884
00:43:11,931 --> 00:43:17,448
♪♪
885
00:43:17,482 --> 00:43:20,655
Parker:
WE MINED SO MUCH AREA IN A YEAR.
886
00:43:20,689 --> 00:43:22,448
YOU REALLY HAVE TO REPLACE
THAT EVERY YEAR
887
00:43:22,482 --> 00:43:24,793
IF YOU'RE GOING
TO RUN A BUSINESS.
888
00:43:24,827 --> 00:43:26,965
Narrator:
THE MORNING AFTER SHUTDOWN,
889
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:30,586
PARKER SCHNABEL STARTS
THINKING ABOUT NEXT SEASON.
890
00:43:30,620 --> 00:43:33,758
HE SUCCEEDED IN MINING
OUT HIS OWN GROUND,
891
00:43:33,793 --> 00:43:36,034
BUT WITHOUT A CLAIM
FOR NEXT YEAR,
892
00:43:36,068 --> 00:43:38,620
HIS CREW WILL BE HOMELESS.
893
00:43:41,172 --> 00:43:42,896
Parker: IT'S REALLY HARD
TO FIND GOOD GROUND.
894
00:43:42,931 --> 00:43:45,310
SO RIGHT NOW, I'M HEADING
OVER TO ADRIAN HOLLIS'.
895
00:43:45,344 --> 00:43:47,103
HE'S BEEN A GREAT RESOURCE
FOR US,
896
00:43:47,137 --> 00:43:50,689
LIKE, MASSIVELY HELPED US
OUT MINING MULTIPLE TIMES.
897
00:43:50,724 --> 00:43:53,551
HE IS ONE OF THE SMARTEST
GOLD MINERS UP HERE.
898
00:43:53,586 --> 00:43:56,689
I'M HOPING TO TALK TO ADRIAN
A BIT ABOUT WHAT GROUND
899
00:43:56,724 --> 00:43:58,586
HE KNOWS OF
THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE.
900
00:43:58,620 --> 00:44:03,931
♪♪
901
00:44:03,965 --> 00:44:05,551
HOW YOU DOING?WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
902
00:44:05,586 --> 00:44:06,931
HOW YOU DOING, MATE?
903
00:44:06,965 --> 00:44:10,103
JUST COMING TO SAY HI
AND PICK YOUR BRAIN A LITTLE.
904
00:44:10,137 --> 00:44:11,448
AH, GOOD MAN.
905
00:44:11,482 --> 00:44:13,206
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
GOOD.
906
00:44:13,241 --> 00:44:14,448
YEAH.
GOOD SEASON, YEAH.
907
00:44:14,482 --> 00:44:16,413
GOOD.LOTS OF GOLD, LOTS OF FUN.
908
00:44:16,448 --> 00:44:18,724
BOY, IT MUST BE A WHOLE
DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE HERE.
909
00:44:18,758 --> 00:44:20,482
YOU LIKE CHAOS, RIGHT?
910
00:44:20,517 --> 00:44:21,655
I DO LIKE CHAOS.
YEAH.
911
00:44:21,689 --> 00:44:22,896
AND WE'VE GOT THAT.
912
00:44:22,931 --> 00:44:24,310
YEAH, WELL,
I'M GETTING OLDER, YOU SEE.
913
00:44:24,344 --> 00:44:27,103
I LIKE
THE TRANQUILITY BETTER.
914
00:44:27,137 --> 00:44:29,862
YOU'VE GOT GOLD
ON YOUR TABLE.
915
00:44:29,896 --> 00:44:31,724
WE USE IT LIKE SALT.
916
00:44:31,758 --> 00:44:35,344
WE HAVE GOLD-FLAVORED
SANDWICHES.
917
00:44:35,379 --> 00:44:37,931
I'M REALLY TRYING
TO HUNT HARD FOR GROUND.
918
00:44:37,965 --> 00:44:40,172
BOY, IT'S JUST...
PICKINGS ARE SLIM, YOU KNOW?
919
00:44:40,206 --> 00:44:41,655
WE'VE DONE
A BUNCH OF DRILLING,
920
00:44:41,689 --> 00:44:44,000
AND THEN I SPENT
A DAY OUT
921
00:44:44,034 --> 00:44:47,103
DOING SOME TESTING OUT
ON BLACK HILLS.
922
00:44:47,137 --> 00:44:48,965
WHAT WAS THE RESULT LIKE?
923
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:50,275
ALL OVER THE PLACE.
924
00:44:50,310 --> 00:44:51,965
THAT'S WHY ALL THAT STUFF
IS LEFT.
925
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:56,000
IT'S EITHER LEAN,
OR IT'S 150 FEET DEEP.
926
00:44:56,034 --> 00:44:59,896
I DON'T LIKE WHAT PROSPECTS
ARE OUT THERE.
927
00:44:59,931 --> 00:45:01,241
WELL,
GO OFF TO AUSTRALIA,
928
00:45:01,275 --> 00:45:03,931
AND YOU COULD LOOK OVER THERE
IF YOU LIKE.
929
00:45:03,965 --> 00:45:06,034
YEAH, I GUESS THEY WOULDN'T
HAVE THE COLD TO WORRY ABOUT.
930
00:45:06,068 --> 00:45:07,620
DO YOU THINK
THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES
931
00:45:07,655 --> 00:45:09,068
WORTH EXPLORING
OVER THERE?
932
00:45:09,103 --> 00:45:12,793
WELL, ANYWHERE IT WAS EASY,
THE GOLD IS ALREADY GONE.
933
00:45:12,827 --> 00:45:14,068
SAME AS UP HERE, RIGHT?
934
00:45:14,103 --> 00:45:15,862
EXACTLY THE SAME.
935
00:45:15,896 --> 00:45:19,275
BUT THEY PRODUCE A LOT
OF GOLD OVER THERE.
936
00:45:19,310 --> 00:45:21,310
HUH.
YOU'VE GOT ME THINKING.
937
00:45:21,344 --> 00:45:25,413
I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A PLACE
TO GO THIS WINTER.
938
00:45:25,448 --> 00:45:27,344
WE'RE JUST GOING INTO
THEIR SUMMER, RIGHT?
939
00:45:27,379 --> 00:45:28,827
YEAH.
YEAH.
940
00:45:28,862 --> 00:45:31,931
YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW,
BE A GOOD TIME
941
00:45:31,965 --> 00:45:34,586
NOT TO BE GOING THERE,
YOU KNOW.
942
00:45:34,620 --> 00:45:36,068
THINK IT'S GONNA BE
TOO HOT?
943
00:45:36,103 --> 00:45:37,655
DO YOU LIKE
40 DEGREES HEAT?
944
00:45:37,689 --> 00:45:39,103
LIKE 110.
945
00:45:39,137 --> 00:45:40,689
THAT'S PRETTY HOT.
OH.
946
00:45:40,724 --> 00:45:43,689
YOU HAVE TO PUT UP
WITH THE BIG BUGS AND SNAKES.
947
00:45:43,724 --> 00:45:45,137
BECAUSE, MAN,
THERE'S SOME ADVANTAGES.
948
00:45:45,172 --> 00:45:49,517
LIKE, NOT HAVING PERMAFROST
WOULD BE A BIG ONE.
949
00:45:49,551 --> 00:45:53,137
MAN, I MIGHT GO TRY AND FIND
SOME GROUND OVER THERE.
950
00:45:53,172 --> 00:45:56,172
WELL, TALK TO THE LOCAL PEOPLE
AND GET LOCAL KNOWLEDGE.
951
00:45:56,206 --> 00:45:57,310
YEAH.
952
00:45:57,344 --> 00:45:58,655
YOU CAN GO AND TALK
TO THIS TED FELLOW.
953
00:45:58,689 --> 00:46:00,000
I KNEW HIM BACK IN SCHOOL,
954
00:46:00,034 --> 00:46:01,724
AND HE'S WANDERING AROUND OUT
IN THE BUSH THERE.
955
00:46:01,758 --> 00:46:03,827
I'LL GET AHOLD OF HIM HERE,
AND YOU CAN GO AND TALK TO HIM.
956
00:46:03,862 --> 00:46:05,379
OH, I SEE.
IS HE A GOLD MINER?
957
00:46:05,413 --> 00:46:06,344
YES, HE IS.
958
00:46:06,379 --> 00:46:07,413
AWESOME.
YEAH.
959
00:46:07,448 --> 00:46:10,379
HAVING AN INSIDER
IS REALLY HELPFUL.
960
00:46:10,413 --> 00:46:12,034
THERE YOU GO.
961
00:46:12,068 --> 00:46:14,137
ALTHOUGH, FOR ME, UP HERE,
I DON'T KNOW THAT TONY BEETS
962
00:46:14,172 --> 00:46:16,517
WAS THE RIGHT INSIDER
TO HAVE,
963
00:46:16,551 --> 00:46:18,310
BUT GOT US GOING ANYWAYS.
964
00:46:18,344 --> 00:46:20,482
YEAH.
OKAY.
965
00:46:20,517 --> 00:46:21,793
WELL, I'LL TALK TO HIM,
966
00:46:21,827 --> 00:46:23,827
AND THEN
I'LL SEND YOU AN E-MAIL.
967
00:46:23,862 --> 00:46:25,137
SWEET.
AWESOME.
968
00:46:25,172 --> 00:46:26,413
THANKS FOR DOING THAT, ADRIAN.YEAH, NOT A PROBLEM.
969
00:46:26,448 --> 00:46:27,551
APPRECIATE IT.
MY PLEASURE.
970
00:46:27,586 --> 00:46:28,896
COME ANYTIME.
971
00:46:28,931 --> 00:46:31,896
CHEERS.
972
00:46:31,931 --> 00:46:33,724
IF ADRIAN HAS CONTACTS
IN AUSTRALIA,
973
00:46:33,758 --> 00:46:35,482
THAT MIGHT BE
THE PLACE TO GO.
974
00:46:35,517 --> 00:46:37,517
I KNOW THERE'S A HELL
OF A LOT OF GOLD THERE
975
00:46:37,551 --> 00:46:39,034
AND A LOT OF PRODUCTION,
976
00:46:39,068 --> 00:46:42,241
SO IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING
WE'RE GONNA LOOK INTO.
977
00:46:42,275 --> 00:46:52,172
♪♪
978
00:46:52,206 --> 00:46:59,965
♪♪
979
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:03,482
Rick: THE WEATHER IS JUST
GOING TO HELL.
980
00:47:03,517 --> 00:47:06,034
TODAY IS GONNA SUCK.
981
00:47:06,068 --> 00:47:09,655
Narrator: THE BIG FREEZE HAS HIT
THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE KENO.
982
00:47:09,689 --> 00:47:14,379
FOR MOST MINERS AT THIS
ELEVATION, THE SEASON IS OVER.
983
00:47:14,413 --> 00:47:18,275
BUT RICK NESS IS DETERMINED
TO GET ONE FINAL DAY'S SLUICING
984
00:47:18,310 --> 00:47:22,482
ON THE NEW CLAIM
IN THE HOPES OF TURNING A PROFIT
985
00:47:22,517 --> 00:47:25,827
AND SENDING HIS GUYS
HOME WITH GOLD.
986
00:47:25,862 --> 00:47:28,551
EVEN RUNNING WATER RIGHT NOW HAS
ICE SHELFS ON THE SIDES OF IT.
987
00:47:28,586 --> 00:47:30,206
YEAH.
IT'S COLD.
988
00:47:32,379 --> 00:47:35,172
THERE'S DEFINITELY ICE IN HERE.
989
00:47:35,206 --> 00:47:37,413
FIRST STRUGGLE IS JUST
GET THE WATER FLOWING.
990
00:47:37,448 --> 00:47:40,965
ONCE YOU GET THE WATER FLOWING,
IT'LL THAW IT OUT, I HOPE.
991
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:43,172
THIS TIME OF YEAR,
TRYING TO RUN A WASH PLANT,
992
00:47:43,206 --> 00:47:44,413
A WASH PLANT
NEEDS LOTS OF WATER.
993
00:47:44,448 --> 00:47:46,517
THE WATER IS TRYING
TO FREEZE RIGHT NOW.
994
00:47:46,551 --> 00:47:52,413
♪♪
995
00:47:52,448 --> 00:47:54,448
WHAT'S GOING ON, GENE?
JUST DIED?
996
00:47:54,482 --> 00:47:55,896
IT'S FROZEN.
997
00:47:55,931 --> 00:47:57,655
WELL, THE PUMP DIED
AS SOON AS WE TRIED
998
00:47:57,689 --> 00:47:59,137
TO SEND THE WATER TO THE PLANT.
999
00:47:59,172 --> 00:48:02,068
PROBABLY JUST THE DIESEL FUEL
GELLING UP IN THE PUMP.
1000
00:48:02,103 --> 00:48:04,620
IT'S JUST TOO COLD.
1001
00:48:07,137 --> 00:48:09,482
YOU READY?
YEAH.
1002
00:48:11,793 --> 00:48:13,793
WE'RE GOOD.
1003
00:48:13,827 --> 00:48:22,965
♪♪
1004
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:25,620
OH [BLEEP] [BLEEP]
SHUT HER DOWN!
1005
00:48:25,655 --> 00:48:26,827
SHUT IT!
1006
00:48:29,413 --> 00:48:31,689
[BLEEP] SAKE.
1007
00:48:31,724 --> 00:48:33,896
WELL, A BUNCH OF ICE
IN THE LINE
1008
00:48:33,931 --> 00:48:35,206
BUILT UP A BUNCH OF PRESSURE,
1009
00:48:35,241 --> 00:48:37,034
AND IT [BLEEP] BLEW THE WATER
LINE OFF THE PLANT.
1010
00:48:37,068 --> 00:48:39,517
SO GONNA HAVE GENE
TURN THE PUMP ON.
1011
00:48:39,551 --> 00:48:41,620
WE'LL FLUSH ANY ICE
THAT'S IN THERE OUT OF THERE.
1012
00:48:41,655 --> 00:48:44,034
WE'LL REHOOK IT UP,
AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE FINE.
1013
00:48:46,551 --> 00:48:48,344
Narrator: IF THE WATER PRESSURE
FROM THE PUMP
1014
00:48:48,379 --> 00:48:51,931
IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO FORCE
THE ICE THROUGH THE LINE,
1015
00:48:51,965 --> 00:48:54,310
RICK'S SEASON WILL BE OVER.
1016
00:48:56,724 --> 00:48:58,724
YOU WANT ME TO TURN THE PUMP
BACK ON, READY TO GO?
1017
00:48:58,758 --> 00:49:00,793
Rick: LET'S GO.STAND BACK.
1018
00:49:00,827 --> 00:49:09,206
♪♪
1019
00:49:09,241 --> 00:49:17,620
♪♪
1020
00:49:17,655 --> 00:49:19,344
YEAH.
I CAN SEE CHUNKS OF ICE
1021
00:49:19,379 --> 00:49:21,000
[BLEEP] ROLLING OUT OF THERE.
1022
00:49:23,068 --> 00:49:24,689
THAT'S GOOD.
1023
00:49:28,586 --> 00:49:30,068
SO WE GET IT
CLEARED OUT?
1024
00:49:30,103 --> 00:49:32,344
YEAH. A BUNCH OF ICE
BLEW OUT OF IT, GENE.
1025
00:49:32,379 --> 00:49:35,000
HOPEFULLY THAT'S IT.
LET'S FIRE THIS THING BACK UP.
1026
00:49:39,827 --> 00:49:41,448
Narrator:
WITH THE WATER FLOWING,
1027
00:49:41,482 --> 00:49:44,413
IT'S TIME TO CLEAR
THE SLUICES OF ICE.
1028
00:49:44,448 --> 00:49:47,172
WELL, IT'S FROZEN, SO WE JUST
GOT TO LET THE WATER TRICKLE
1029
00:49:47,206 --> 00:49:48,620
ACROSS THINGS
AND THAW THINGS OUT.
1030
00:49:48,655 --> 00:49:50,275
Rick; TURN IT UP.
1031
00:49:53,586 --> 00:49:55,206
HERE.
HOLD ON.
1032
00:49:55,241 --> 00:49:58,034
THERE YOU GO.
THERE WE GO.
1033
00:49:58,068 --> 00:49:59,068
Kruse: LOOK AT THAT.
1034
00:49:59,103 --> 00:50:01,379
I'M MELTING WATER.
1035
00:50:01,413 --> 00:50:03,310
I DON'T WORK OUTSIDE
MUCH BACK HOME,
1036
00:50:03,344 --> 00:50:06,103
SO THIS IS A FIRST FOR ME.
1037
00:50:06,137 --> 00:50:13,344
♪♪
1038
00:50:13,379 --> 00:50:14,586
Ryan: GOOD JOB.
1039
00:50:14,620 --> 00:50:15,931
THAT WATER IS REALLY
RUNNING THROUGH THERE NOW.
1040
00:50:15,965 --> 00:50:17,724
YEAH.
I KNOW.
1041
00:50:17,758 --> 00:50:19,827
Narrator: IT'S TAKEN THEM
OVER THREE HOURS,
1042
00:50:19,862 --> 00:50:23,137
BUT, AT LAST, THEY'RE READY
TO SLUICE FOR GOLD.
1043
00:50:23,172 --> 00:50:26,620
[ ENGINE STARTS ]
1044
00:50:26,655 --> 00:50:29,206
Rick: WE'RE GOING.
1045
00:50:29,241 --> 00:50:30,862
[BLEEP] YOU, ICE.
1046
00:50:36,275 --> 00:50:39,206
AW, I LOVE THAT SOUND.
LOVE IT.
1047
00:50:39,241 --> 00:50:46,517
♪♪
1048
00:50:46,551 --> 00:50:49,413
Narrator: RICK SLUICES
FOR NINE STRAIGHT HOURS.
1049
00:50:52,379 --> 00:50:56,862
BUT AS THE SUN SETS,
THE TEMPERATURE PLUMMETS.
1050
00:50:56,896 --> 00:50:58,758
Rick: WASH PLANT IS JUST ONE
BIG SHOWER, YOU KNOW,
1051
00:50:58,793 --> 00:51:00,862
AND AS SOON AS THAT WATER
HITS THE COLD STEEL,
1052
00:51:00,896 --> 00:51:02,482
IT'S TRYING TO FREEZE.
1053
00:51:02,517 --> 00:51:04,310
Narrator:
IF HE RUNS ANY LONGER,
1054
00:51:04,344 --> 00:51:06,931
FROZEN PIPES WILL DESTROY
THE WASH PLANT
1055
00:51:06,965 --> 00:51:10,448
HE'S BORROWING
FROM THE CLAIM OWNER.
1056
00:51:10,482 --> 00:51:12,689
Rick: IT'S TOO COLD.
THERE'S ICE EVERYWHERE.
1057
00:51:12,724 --> 00:51:16,517
SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOT TO KNOW
WHEN TO WALK AWAY.
1058
00:51:16,551 --> 00:51:17,724
YEAH.
1059
00:51:17,758 --> 00:51:19,931
THAT'S THE LAST BUCKET OF DIRT,
SO [BLEEP]
1060
00:51:19,965 --> 00:51:22,862
I REALLY HOPE THE GOLD IS
IN THE BOX BECAUSE THAT'S IT.
1061
00:51:22,896 --> 00:51:23,965
WE'RE DONE.
1062
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:33,517
♪♪
1063
00:51:33,551 --> 00:51:42,517
♪♪
1064
00:51:42,551 --> 00:51:45,172
FOR WHAT WE RAN,
I THINK THAT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
1065
00:51:45,206 --> 00:51:46,620
BUT I'VE BEEN FOOLED BEFORE,
SO I'M NOT GONNA TRY
1066
00:51:46,655 --> 00:51:49,000
AND GUESS, SO WE'RE JUST
GONNA PULL THESE MATS,
1067
00:51:49,034 --> 00:51:50,862
SEE WHERE WE'RE AT, MAN.
1068
00:51:50,896 --> 00:51:53,482
Narrator:
THE FINAL GOLD WEIGH WILL REVEAL
1069
00:51:53,517 --> 00:51:57,379
IF RICK'S LAST GAMBLE
OF THE SEASON HAS PAID OFF.
1070
00:51:57,413 --> 00:51:59,137
Rick: WHAT'D YOU FIND?
OH, LOOK AT THAT.
1071
00:51:59,172 --> 00:52:00,931
WE FINALLY GOT SOME NUGGETS.
1072
00:52:00,965 --> 00:52:03,344
Karla: WAY AT THE BOTTOM.OH.
1073
00:52:03,379 --> 00:52:04,862
WELL, I LIKE THAT, MAN.
THAT'S COOL.
1074
00:52:04,896 --> 00:52:07,137
ANYTIME I CAN PICK NUGGETS
OUT OF THE BOX
1075
00:52:07,172 --> 00:52:09,896
AND SHOVE THEM IN MY POCKET,
THAT'S A GOOD DAY.
1076
00:52:09,931 --> 00:52:11,379
WE DID THE WORK.
1077
00:52:11,413 --> 00:52:13,862
HOPEFULLY THERE'S ENOUGH THERE
TO GET US OVER 500 OUNCES.
1078
00:52:13,896 --> 00:52:16,482
THAT MEANS EVERYBODY GOES HOME
WITH GOLD IN THEIR POCKETS
1079
00:52:16,517 --> 00:52:18,379
AND I DON'T LOSE MY ASS.
1080
00:52:18,413 --> 00:52:21,862
I CUT IT EVEN AGAIN AND HAVE
ANOTHER SHOT
1081
00:52:21,896 --> 00:52:23,586
AT REDEMPTION NEXT YEAR.
1082
00:52:23,620 --> 00:52:27,896
♪♪
1083
00:52:29,931 --> 00:52:38,137
♪♪
1084
00:52:38,172 --> 00:52:41,172
Narrator: AFTER A FINAL PUSH
AT THE HUNKER CUT,
1085
00:52:41,206 --> 00:52:44,931
TONY BEETS HAS SHUT DOWN
FOR THE WINTER.
1086
00:52:49,241 --> 00:52:50,793
Minnie: HEY.
1087
00:52:50,827 --> 00:52:52,448
WHAT'S UP?
1088
00:52:55,482 --> 00:52:56,482
HI, GUYS.
1089
00:52:56,517 --> 00:52:58,586
AT THE END
OF A DIFFICULT SEASON,
1090
00:52:58,620 --> 00:53:01,172
THE FAMILY IS FINALLY IN PROFIT,
1091
00:53:01,206 --> 00:53:04,241
AND THEY STILL HAVE
A WEEK'S GOLD TO WEIGH.
1092
00:53:04,275 --> 00:53:07,103
HI, EVERYBODY.
1093
00:53:07,137 --> 00:53:10,206
THEY GATHER TO DISCOVER
THEIR FINAL TOTAL.
1094
00:53:10,241 --> 00:53:12,586
SO HOW DID THE SEASON
GO FOR YOU?
1095
00:53:12,620 --> 00:53:15,793
CONSIDERING OUR MASS EXODUS
FROM THE INDIAN RIVER
1096
00:53:15,827 --> 00:53:17,655
AND EVERYTHING ELSE
THAT [BLEEP] FOLLOWED...
1097
00:53:17,689 --> 00:53:19,862
IT WAS NOT
A PROBLEM-FREE YEAR.
1098
00:53:19,896 --> 00:53:21,413
LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.
1099
00:53:21,448 --> 00:53:24,172
AT THE START OF THE SEASON,
WHEN THE BEETS FAMILY
1100
00:53:24,206 --> 00:53:27,103
LOST THEIR WATER LICENSE
ON THE INDIAN RIVER,
1101
00:53:27,137 --> 00:53:29,000
THEY WERE FACED WITH DISASTER.
1102
00:53:31,931 --> 00:53:36,551
BUT THE FAMILY PULLED TOGETHER
AND SAVED THEIR SEASON.
1103
00:53:36,586 --> 00:53:38,586
YOU BETTER START WEIGHING
THAT STUFF.
1104
00:53:38,620 --> 00:53:40,241
-WHOSE IS THIS?
-MINE.
1105
00:53:43,068 --> 00:53:45,862
Narrator: MONICA, WITH THE HELP
OF HER BROTHERS,
1106
00:53:45,896 --> 00:53:49,586
SUCCEEDED IN KEEPING
THE KIWI PLANT RUNNING ALL WEEK
1107
00:53:49,620 --> 00:53:52,172
AND MADE IT THROUGH
ALL THE STOCKPILED PAY.
1108
00:53:52,206 --> 00:53:55,965
Monica: 35, 40, 45,
1109
00:53:56,000 --> 00:53:59,517
50, 55...
1110
00:54:02,413 --> 00:54:04,689
...60.52.
1111
00:54:04,724 --> 00:54:06,655
THAT'S NOT TOO, TOO BAD.
1112
00:54:06,689 --> 00:54:08,758
WOW.
THAT'S NICE.
1113
00:54:08,793 --> 00:54:10,482
Mike: I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER
SEEN ONE BIGGER.
1114
00:54:10,517 --> 00:54:12,655
ANYWAYS,
THE NEXT ONE IS MIKE.
1115
00:54:15,310 --> 00:54:18,655
Narrator: MIKE ONLY MANAGED
TO RUN HIS TROMMEL WITH KEVIN
1116
00:54:18,689 --> 00:54:21,620
FOR JUST FOUR DAYS
BEFORE IT BROKE DOWN.
1117
00:54:21,655 --> 00:54:24,206
40...
1118
00:54:24,241 --> 00:54:29,068
60, 70, 80...
1119
00:54:29,103 --> 00:54:31,172
96.76.
1120
00:54:33,275 --> 00:54:35,724
2,259.36 --
1121
00:54:35,758 --> 00:54:37,862
THAT'S OUR TOTAL
FOR THE SEASON.
1122
00:54:37,896 --> 00:54:41,241
WORTH OVER $3 MILLION,
1123
00:54:41,275 --> 00:54:44,068
$2 MILLION LESS THAN LAST YEAR,
1124
00:54:44,103 --> 00:54:46,896
BUT STILL A DECENT PROFIT.
1125
00:54:52,517 --> 00:54:54,000
THIS SPRING,
TONY ASKED YOU GUYS
1126
00:54:54,034 --> 00:54:55,827
TO KIND OF STEP IT UP,
AND I THINK YOU ALL DID.
1127
00:54:55,862 --> 00:54:57,344
SO ARE YOU PROUD OF US?
1128
00:55:01,034 --> 00:55:02,310
OH, MAN.
1129
00:55:02,344 --> 00:55:04,206
OH, MY GOD, THAT FACE.
1130
00:55:04,241 --> 00:55:05,965
HE LOOKS SO PROUD
RIGHT NOW.
1131
00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:07,793
Kevin: I'M JUST AWESOME.
1132
00:55:07,827 --> 00:55:09,448
I'M PROUD OF YOU.
1133
00:55:13,344 --> 00:55:15,275
[ SLURPING ]
1134
00:55:15,310 --> 00:55:21,931
♪♪
1135
00:55:21,965 --> 00:55:28,551
♪♪
1136
00:55:28,586 --> 00:55:29,586
Rick: HELLO, FELLAS.
1137
00:55:29,620 --> 00:55:30,793
WHAT'S GOING ON?
1138
00:55:30,827 --> 00:55:32,172
THERE WE GO.
1139
00:55:32,206 --> 00:55:33,517
-OH, YEAH.
-YEAH.
1140
00:55:33,551 --> 00:55:34,827
THAT'S WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT.
1141
00:55:34,862 --> 00:55:37,034
-OH.
-IT'S GOOD-LOOKING STUFF, HUH?
1142
00:55:37,068 --> 00:55:39,068
Rick: I MEAN, THAT'S NOT
EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE GOT.
1143
00:55:39,103 --> 00:55:40,586
I JUST WANTED TO SHOW
YOU GUYS THAT
1144
00:55:40,620 --> 00:55:41,482
BECAUSE IT'S STILL IMPRESSIVE.
1145
00:55:41,517 --> 00:55:42,724
-YEAH.
-YEAH, MAN.
1146
00:55:42,758 --> 00:55:44,517
LOTS OF NICE,
CHUNKY STUFF IN THAT ONE.
1147
00:55:44,551 --> 00:55:45,758
YEAH. YEAH.
1148
00:55:45,793 --> 00:55:47,448
THAT'S SOME OF THE MORE
MEDIUM-SIZED NUGGETS
1149
00:55:47,482 --> 00:55:50,206
THAT WE GOT AT DUNCAN CREEK.
1150
00:55:50,241 --> 00:55:51,275
WE ENDED UP AT DUNCAN CREEK
1151
00:55:51,310 --> 00:55:54,000
WITH JUST BARELY
OVER 480 OUNCES,
1152
00:55:54,034 --> 00:55:58,620
AND 500 WAS THE NUMBER
TO BEAT FOR A BREAK-EVEN POINT.
1153
00:55:58,655 --> 00:56:00,827
Narrator:
AFTER RUNNING OUT OF PAY
1154
00:56:00,862 --> 00:56:02,586
ON HIS CLAIM AT DUNCAN CREEK,
1155
00:56:02,620 --> 00:56:06,103
RICK NESS MOVED HIS OPERATION
IN A LAST-DITCH EFFORT
1156
00:56:06,137 --> 00:56:07,793
TO AVOID A LOSS
1157
00:56:07,827 --> 00:56:12,172
AND TO BE CERTAIN HE CAN SEND
HIS CREW HOME WITH A GOLD BONUS.
1158
00:56:12,206 --> 00:56:14,931
NOW IT'S THE MOMENT OF TRUTH.
1159
00:56:14,965 --> 00:56:18,241
RICK NEEDS AT LEAST
20 OUNCES TO BREAK EVEN.
1160
00:56:18,275 --> 00:56:20,724
Gene: IT WAS A HELL
OF A GAMBLE TO GO,
1161
00:56:20,758 --> 00:56:23,724
YOU KNOW, DOWN THERE
TO TROY'S.
1162
00:56:23,758 --> 00:56:25,862
IT WAS PRETTY DEEP PAY,
AND IT GOT COLD.
1163
00:56:25,896 --> 00:56:28,137
THERE WAS A CALCULATED AMOUNT
OF RECKLESSNESS THERE.
1164
00:56:28,172 --> 00:56:31,896
ALL WE NEEDED WAS 20 OUNCES
TO HIT THAT BREAK-EVEN POINT.
1165
00:56:31,931 --> 00:56:37,310
DOING WHAT WE DID, AT THE END,
AT TROY'S, DID IT PAY OFF?
1166
00:56:40,275 --> 00:56:41,896
KARLA, YOU GOT THAT?
1167
00:56:44,241 --> 00:56:46,275
67.09.
1168
00:56:46,310 --> 00:56:48,206
-WOW.
-NO WAY.
1169
00:56:48,241 --> 00:56:49,517
Karla: YEAH.
1170
00:56:49,551 --> 00:56:50,931
Narrator: THEIR SEASON TOTAL
1171
00:56:50,965 --> 00:56:58,000
IS 547 OUNCES,
WORTH $766,000.
1172
00:56:58,034 --> 00:57:01,241
RICK'S MADE A PROFIT
OF 47 OUNCES,
1173
00:57:01,275 --> 00:57:05,241
WORTH OVER $65,000.
1174
00:57:05,275 --> 00:57:09,000
AND THERE'S ONE LAST THING.
1175
00:57:09,034 --> 00:57:12,620
WELL, WE WENT OVER OUR GOAL
BY 47 OUNCES, AND...
1176
00:57:15,931 --> 00:57:17,620
-OH, MAN.
-...THAT ONE'S FOR YOU GUYS.
1177
00:57:17,655 --> 00:57:19,413
-GUYS.
-YEAH, MAN.
1178
00:57:19,448 --> 00:57:22,482
Narrator: EACH OF RICK'S CREW
WILL GO HOME WITH A BONUS
1179
00:57:22,517 --> 00:57:25,000
OF OVER $11,000 IN GOLD.
1180
00:57:28,413 --> 00:57:30,655
-APPRECIATE IT.
-YEAH. IT MEANS A LOT.
1181
00:57:30,689 --> 00:57:32,655
I MEAN, IF I'M BEING
COMPLETELY HONEST,
1182
00:57:32,689 --> 00:57:34,827
THINGS DID NOT
GO GREAT THIS YEAR.
1183
00:57:34,862 --> 00:57:37,655
ABOUT A MONTH AGO, I DIDN'T KNOW
IF THERE WAS A FUTURE,
1184
00:57:37,689 --> 00:57:40,448
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU GUYS ALL STUCK HERE WITH ME,
1185
00:57:40,482 --> 00:57:42,965
AND I'VE STILL GOT ANOTHER SHOT
TO COME BACK UP HERE
1186
00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:44,551
AND DO IT AGAIN.
1187
00:57:44,586 --> 00:57:45,965
Zee:
WE DIDN'T STRIKE IT RICH.
1188
00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:48,103
I MEAN, WE'RE STILL ABLE TO HANG
OUR HAT ON SOMETHING,
1189
00:57:48,137 --> 00:57:49,827
I THINK, AFTER THIS YEAR.
1190
00:57:49,862 --> 00:57:52,931
Rick: I CAN'T WAIT TO COME BACK
UP HERE, DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
1191
00:57:52,965 --> 00:57:55,310
I AM JUST THANKFUL THAT YOU GUYS
ALL STUCK WITH ME,
1192
00:57:55,344 --> 00:57:57,896
AND I GET TO SEND EVERYBODY HOME
WITH SOME GOLD IN THEIR POCKETS.
1193
00:57:57,931 --> 00:57:59,655
RIGHT?
1194
00:57:59,689 --> 00:58:02,931
BRING IT IN HERE, FELLAS.
LET'S GET ONE LAST ONE.
1195
00:58:02,965 --> 00:58:04,793
All: HEY!
1196
00:58:11,620 --> 00:58:14,758
Narrator: PARKER SCHNABEL'S
CO-FOREMAN, MITCH BLASCHKE,
1197
00:58:14,793 --> 00:58:18,896
MADE IT HOME IN TIME FOR
THE BIRTH OF HIS DAUGHTER, MIA.
1198
00:58:18,931 --> 00:58:20,379
DUDE, LOOK AT THOSE FISTS.
1199
00:58:20,413 --> 00:58:22,482
YOU SO ANGRY.
1200
00:58:22,517 --> 00:58:24,517
JUST HUNGRY.
1201
00:58:24,551 --> 00:58:25,724
YEAH, IS THAT BETTER?
1202
00:58:25,758 --> 00:58:27,793
SHE'S ALL HAPPY AGAIN HERE,
1203
00:58:27,827 --> 00:58:29,034
SO WE'RE GONNA WORK
ON SOME RACECARS.
1204
00:58:29,068 --> 00:58:30,344
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
1205
00:58:30,379 --> 00:58:33,965
ALRIGHT.
1206
00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:35,896
OH, PERFECT.
1207
00:58:35,931 --> 00:58:38,068
NO SAFER SPOT.
1208
00:58:40,034 --> 00:58:48,310
♪♪
1209
00:58:48,344 --> 00:58:56,689
♪♪
1210
00:58:56,724 --> 00:58:59,448
Parker: HEY, BUDDY.
WHERE'S YOUR STICK?
1211
00:59:04,344 --> 00:59:05,344
Brennan: WE GONNA WEIGH
SOME GOLD?
1212
00:59:05,379 --> 00:59:07,517
Man:
LET'S WEIGH UP SOME GOLD.
1213
00:59:07,551 --> 00:59:09,172
LET'S WEIGH UP SOME GOLD.
1214
00:59:09,206 --> 00:59:12,896
Narrator: AFTER MINING OUT EVERY
INCH OF HIS CLAIM,
1215
00:59:12,931 --> 00:59:17,724
PARKER'S CREW ASSEMBLES FOR THE
LAST GOLD WEIGH OF THE SEASON.
1216
00:59:17,758 --> 00:59:18,827
Parker: WHERE'S MY TRUCK?
1217
00:59:18,862 --> 00:59:21,172
THERE'S STILL A NUGGET
IN MY GLOVE BOX.
1218
00:59:21,206 --> 00:59:22,379
Doumitt: JUST THINK
WHAT THE NUMBER WOULD BE
1219
00:59:22,413 --> 00:59:24,172
IF ALL THE GOLD MADE IT
TO THE GOLD ROOM.
1220
00:59:24,206 --> 00:59:27,758
YEAH.
CHRIS, YOU'RE ONE TO TALK.
1221
00:59:27,793 --> 00:59:30,241
TALK WHAT?
IT EVAPORATES.
1222
00:59:30,275 --> 00:59:32,103
[ LAUGHTER ]
1223
00:59:32,137 --> 00:59:34,896
EVERY SEASON UP HERE
IS A BIG CHALLENGE,
1224
00:59:34,931 --> 00:59:38,413
AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN
PHENOMENAL THIS SEASON.
1225
00:59:38,448 --> 00:59:41,413
THAT PIECE OF GROUND WE BOUGHT
WAS A PRETTY BIG GAMBLE,
1226
00:59:41,448 --> 00:59:44,620
AND YOU GUYS MADE IT WORTHWHILE.
1227
00:59:44,655 --> 00:59:48,000
LAST YEAR, WE DID, WHAT, 7,400,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
1228
00:59:48,034 --> 00:59:49,965
WE'RE AT...
6,483?
1229
00:59:50,000 --> 00:59:52,275
LET'S SEE WHERE WE END UP.LET'S START WITH BIG RED.
1230
00:59:52,310 --> 00:59:54,482
READY?
YUP.
1231
00:59:54,517 --> 00:59:57,206
Narrator:
PARKER NEEDS OVER 900 OUNCES
1232
00:59:57,241 --> 01:00:00,655
TO SET A NEW GOLD-TOTAL RECORD.
1233
01:00:00,689 --> 01:00:04,137
Brennan: 320, 330...
1234
01:00:04,172 --> 01:00:06,689
337.35.
1235
01:00:06,724 --> 01:00:08,413
-WHOO!
-[BLEEP] YEAH!
1236
01:00:08,448 --> 01:00:09,517
HOLY [BLEEP]
1237
01:00:09,551 --> 01:00:11,172
Doumitt:
SO TOTAL FOR THIS SEASON...
1238
01:00:11,206 --> 01:00:13,896
WITH WEIGHING OUT BIG RED,
OUR SEASON TOTAL
1239
01:00:13,931 --> 01:00:16,137
IS 6,820 OUNCES.
1240
01:00:16,172 --> 01:00:17,206
OH, BOY.
1241
01:00:17,241 --> 01:00:20,448
WE NEED 607 OUNCES
TO BEAT LAST YEAR.
1242
01:00:23,172 --> 01:00:24,310
THIS IS ALL WE GOT LEFT.
1243
01:00:24,344 --> 01:00:27,413
Aaron: 100, 150.
1244
01:00:27,448 --> 01:00:30,344
COME ON, COME ON,
COME ON, 250.
1245
01:00:30,379 --> 01:00:32,103
300...
1246
01:00:32,137 --> 01:00:35,379
401.8.
1247
01:00:35,413 --> 01:00:37,482
-WHOO!
-[BLEEP]
1248
01:00:37,517 --> 01:00:39,448
JUST SHY, GUYS!
1249
01:00:39,482 --> 01:00:42,068
SO THAT MAKES OUR
SEASON TOTAL...
1250
01:00:42,103 --> 01:00:44,344
7,223.
1251
01:00:44,379 --> 01:00:45,827
[ ALL CHEERING ]
1252
01:00:45,862 --> 01:00:50,034
Narrator: DESPITE A FINAL HAUL
WORTH MORE THAN $1 MILLION,
1253
01:00:50,068 --> 01:00:53,862
PARKER HAS ENDED HIS SEASON
204 OUNCES SHORT
1254
01:00:53,896 --> 01:00:58,586
OF LAST SEASON'S TOTAL,
BUT BY MINING HIS OWN GROUND,
1255
01:00:58,620 --> 01:01:02,689
HE'S INCREASED HIS PROFIT
BY MORE THAN A MILLION.
1256
01:01:02,724 --> 01:01:06,517
WE PAID, LIKE, 1,400 OUNCES
IN ROYALTIES LAST YEAR,
1257
01:01:06,551 --> 01:01:09,896
AND THIS YEAR,
A 700-OUNCE DIFFERENCE.
1258
01:01:09,931 --> 01:01:11,206
AFTER ROYALTIES...
1259
01:01:11,241 --> 01:01:12,758
Doumitt: IT'S OUR MOST
SUCCESSFUL SEASON.
1260
01:01:12,793 --> 01:01:14,344
YEAH. IT WAS
A LOT BETTER OF A SEASON.
1261
01:01:14,379 --> 01:01:19,000
Narrator: AND WITH GOLD PRICES
PEAKING ABOVE $1,500 AN OUNCE,
1262
01:01:19,034 --> 01:01:22,689
PARKER SCHNABEL HAS BROKEN
THROUGH TO THE NEXT LEVEL,
1263
01:01:22,724 --> 01:01:26,620
MINING OVER $10 MILLION
IN GOLD.
1264
01:01:26,655 --> 01:01:27,896
IN GOLD MINING,
YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD
1265
01:01:27,931 --> 01:01:29,689
AS THE GROUP
OF PEOPLE YOU HAVE,
1266
01:01:29,724 --> 01:01:32,448
AND WE'VE GOT
THE BEST OF THE BEST.
1267
01:01:32,482 --> 01:01:34,000
SO CHEERS
TO ALL OF YOU GUYS.
1268
01:01:34,034 --> 01:01:35,206
THANK YOU.
1269
01:01:35,241 --> 01:01:36,586
[ ALL CHEERING ]
1270
01:01:39,862 --> 01:01:43,724
AFTER ACHIEVING HIS BEST SEASON
EVER IN THE KLONDIKE,
1271
01:01:43,758 --> 01:01:46,827
PARKER'S THOUGHTS
TURN TO THE FUTURE.
1272
01:01:46,862 --> 01:01:48,965
IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT BUSINESS
TO HAVE A FUTURE IN
1273
01:01:49,000 --> 01:01:52,413
BECAUSE YOU EAT UP GROUND.
1274
01:01:52,448 --> 01:01:54,827
ONCE IT'S MINED, IT'S DONE.
1275
01:01:54,862 --> 01:01:57,793
LUCKILY, WE HAD A GOOD SEASON,
SO WE'VE GOT MONEY IN THE BANK,
1276
01:01:57,827 --> 01:01:59,275
BUT, REALLY,
WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME.
1277
01:01:59,310 --> 01:02:01,241
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE
A DECISION AND GO MINING AGAIN,
1278
01:02:01,275 --> 01:02:02,896
AND THAT'S WHAT SCARES ME.
1279
01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:07,206
Narrator:
AFTER MINING OUT HIS CLAIM,
1280
01:02:07,241 --> 01:02:10,517
HE NEEDS TO FIND A NEW CLAIM
FOR NEXT YEAR,
1281
01:02:10,551 --> 01:02:13,724
AND HE'S LOOKING WAY
OUTSIDE OF THE YUKON.
1282
01:02:13,758 --> 01:02:20,000
♪♪
1283
01:02:20,034 --> 01:02:25,000
ON THE NEXT EPISODE OF
"GOLD RUSH: PARKER'S TRAIL"...
1284
01:02:27,620 --> 01:02:28,827
Parker:
FOR THIS TRIP TO BE A SUCCESS,
1285
01:02:28,862 --> 01:02:30,275
I REALLY WANT TO FIND
A PIECE OF GROUND
1286
01:02:30,310 --> 01:02:31,758
THAT EITHER HAS
LOTS OF GOLD ON IT
1287
01:02:31,793 --> 01:02:34,344
OR SOME REALLY BIG GOLD ON IT.
1288
01:02:35,896 --> 01:02:38,724
AND AUSTRALIA HAS THE BIGGEST
GOLD RESERVES IN THE WORLD,
1289
01:02:38,758 --> 01:02:42,137
AND THEY'RE PRODUCING MORE GOLD
THAN THEY EVER HAVE.
1290
01:02:42,172 --> 01:02:44,620
I MEAN, TAKE A LOOK
AT THE NUGGETS
1291
01:02:44,655 --> 01:02:46,103
THAT COME OUT OF AUSTRALIA
AND TELL ME
1292
01:02:46,137 --> 01:02:48,448
THAT YOU WOULDN'T
WANT TO COME HERE.
1293
01:02:48,482 --> 01:02:50,586
IT'S JUST GONNA BE
A WHOLE NEW WORLD.
1294
01:02:55,034 --> 01:02:58,551
THESE ARE THE TWO LARGEST
NUGGETS I HAVE EVER FOUND.
1295
01:02:58,586 --> 01:03:02,172
WHERE WE GET FROZEN OUT
OF THE YUKON AFTER SIX MONTHS,
1296
01:03:02,206 --> 01:03:03,758
HERE,
YOU DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM.
1297
01:03:03,793 --> 01:03:04,586
LOOK AT THAT.
1298
01:03:04,620 --> 01:03:05,896
NO.
SEE?
1299
01:03:05,931 --> 01:03:07,551
JUST PULLING GOLD OUT THE WALL.
1300
01:03:07,586 --> 01:03:10,793
YOU CAN MINE HERE
12 MONTHS A YEAR.
1301
01:03:10,827 --> 01:03:12,034
THIS IS A NEW TEAM,
1302
01:03:12,068 --> 01:03:15,379
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THAT DYNAMIC WILL HAVE.
1303
01:03:15,413 --> 01:03:16,482
YES!
1304
01:03:16,517 --> 01:03:17,551
YOU'RE A HERO.
1305
01:03:17,586 --> 01:03:19,034
I HAVE A GREAT TEACHER.
THANK YOU.
1306
01:03:19,068 --> 01:03:20,344
[ LAUGHTER ]
1307
01:03:20,379 --> 01:03:23,517
I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT WE'LL
COME OUT OF HERE SMILING
1308
01:03:23,551 --> 01:03:25,551
AND HAVING FUN AND LAUGHING.
1309
01:03:25,586 --> 01:03:27,206
GOOD JOB.
YOU DID GREAT.
1310
01:03:27,241 --> 01:03:28,724
BUT I'D BE LYING IF I SAID
1311
01:03:28,758 --> 01:03:30,482
IT WAS GONNA BE
THAT WAY THE WHOLE TIME.
1312
01:03:30,517 --> 01:03:32,137
EVERY SINGLE THING IS BROKEN.
1313
01:03:32,172 --> 01:03:34,000
IT'S JUST BULL [BLEEP]
THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN DONE.
1314
01:03:34,034 --> 01:03:35,448
WE CAN'T MINE AT ALL.
1315
01:03:35,482 --> 01:03:36,827
I'M DONE.
I'M JUST DONE WITH IT.
1316
01:03:36,862 --> 01:03:39,517
-TERRY!
-OH [BLEEP]
1317
01:03:39,551 --> 01:03:41,827
-OOH!
-PARKER!
1318
01:03:41,862 --> 01:03:43,137
SMOKING UP A BIT.
1319
01:03:43,172 --> 01:03:44,655
WHAT THE [BLEEP] IS THAT?
1320
01:03:44,689 --> 01:03:46,793
-OH!
-WHOA!
1321
01:03:46,827 --> 01:03:48,206
[BLEEP] BRUTAL.
1322
01:03:48,241 --> 01:03:51,068
WELL, I KNOW WE'LL HAVE
SOME HARD TIMES.
1323
01:03:51,103 --> 01:03:53,655
-WHAT THE [BLEEP] IS IT DOING?
-IT'S A BLOODY DEATH TRAP.
1324
01:03:53,689 --> 01:03:55,172
SOMEBODY IS GONNA GET HURT.
1325
01:03:55,206 --> 01:03:57,586
I KNOW AUSTRALIA IS GONNA
BE HOTTER THAN HELL.
1326
01:03:57,620 --> 01:03:59,758
LOOK AT THE FIRE.
IT'S HUGE.
1327
01:03:59,793 --> 01:04:03,275
THERE'S THE FIVE MOST DEADLY
SNAKES AND SPIDERS IN THE WORLD.
1328
01:04:03,310 --> 01:04:05,241
-AAH!
-WHOA!
1329
01:04:05,275 --> 01:04:06,137
-AAH!
-AAH!
1330
01:04:06,172 --> 01:04:07,241
BUT NONE OF THAT MATTERS
1331
01:04:07,275 --> 01:04:08,758
IF YOU FIND A GOOD ENOUGH
PIECE OF GROUND.
1332
01:04:08,793 --> 01:04:10,000
-HOLY [BLEEP]
-WHOA.
1333
01:04:10,034 --> 01:04:12,931
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
SHUT UP.
1334
01:04:14,172 --> 01:04:16,379
I WILL MINE IN HELL
IF THE GROUND'S GOOD.97607
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