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[dave] I'm done.

We're not mining in colorado.

There's just not enough ground

To make enough money.

[jason] such a good feeling, leaving colorado.

This has been a rollercoaster of a season.

It's a heck of a season. It's been ups and downs.

There's just not enough ground here,

So it's time to get my gold, get the hell home and see my family.

It's a great morning, probably the best morning all season.

I'm gonna go get my cut, and I'm going home.

[narrator] it's one month

Before the end of the mining season in box creek,

But team turin is out of ground.

Oh, oh, looks heavy.

No, that one's my cut.

426.8 ounces?

That's a hell of a season, guys.

Twenty-six ounces above their season goal,

The total gold-haul

Is worth an impressive $810,000.

I'm proud of everybody here.

Through all the adversity, through all the problems,

We did a hell of a job.

Here's what I'm thinking.

Well, I'm not ready to go home yet.

I figured we have another five weeks left.

-We could keep mining. -[nate] why? I thought we're all done.

[jason] we're out of ground, dave.

What if it's not in colorado?

[nate] you wanna do a whole new operation?

What if we had more claims? Would you guys be interested?

Gold's at its highest it's ever been, you guys.

All I need is 100 ounces.

We could have a million-dollar season.

What if we had more claims? Would you guys be interested?

-[jason] what are you talking about? -I'm gonna shoot it straight.

If we had the opportunity to go back to lynx creek, would you all go?

[laughing] really?

But we didn't get as much ground there. We only had a little bit--

[kc] hold on, I've made a few phone calls.

[nate] when did you do this?

I started making calls when we were gonna finish the season kinda early.

[dave] I wanna try it.

I was planning on being here another five weeks.

I've got a budget that would make that up.

If we get set up quick, I know we can fill another one of these.

We can possibly fill two of them.

The last cleanup we had was our best cleanup all season.

Lynx creek is waiting for us and it's got gold.

[narrator] two years ago...

Hey!

...Dave jumped on a tip-off from arizona miner kc morgan...

-How much gold is in there? -[kc] it's gonna shock you.

Frickin' awesome, kc!

...And assembled a rookie crew

To mine a short-term lease at lynx creek, arizona.

[dave] this is it, guys. This is lynx creek.

Home sweet home for a while, boys.

[narrator] after weeks of failure...

That ain't *bleep*. We got a problem.

...They finally hit it big on their very last clean-up...

Bingo.

...Bringing the season's gold total to $96,000.

Oh, my goodness!

[dave] we freaking did it!

[narrator] so, three days ago...

I've got an idea. Go give the fains a call.

Dave and kc hatched a plan to return to arizona.

Thank you so much, that's awesome. Yeah!

We have some unfinished business.

We left a lot of gold in the ground,

And we're gonna go back and get it.

Now, dave has a second shot at lynx creek,

If he can motivate the rest of the crew to join him.

Think of what it's gonna do to you and your families.

If we get a million-dollar season,

We'll be able to blast jesse's family

With the most profitable season we've ever had.

We know you're in. What about you, jason?

I'm a man of word, I said I'd stick with you through it all.

I'm in.

Cutting our gold last year in half was a real kick in the butt.

I really need to make up from last year, dave, so I'm in.

Chris, what do you think?

I've gotta bow out.

What?

Is he serious?

-I'll go talk to him. -Yeah, dave, go get him.

Yeah.

[kc] we have unfinished business in lynx creek,

So now it's an opportunity to turn it into a million-dollar season.

It's pretty damn awesome.

I miss my wife, I miss both my children.

A million-dollar season?

That's me going home with good gold.

Hopefully chris will see that, too.

I love you.

I'll do anything for you, but I just can't do it.

I mean, jesse didn't just impact

-You and I and our crew. -Mmm-hmm.

He impacted my family. I need to go home.

-You know that's a hard thing for me to do. -Yeah, I know.

The turmoil is in my abandoning you guys.

Well, you've gotta take care of your family,

And all the guys are with you on that, chris.

You're part of our team, you always will be,

But you've gotta go home to see your wife and your kinds right now.

Well, I love you.

Okay. All right, brother.

[narrator] six weeks ago, chris's roommate,

Gold room operator jesse goins

Suddenly passed.

[chris] when you lose a guy like this in your life,

It's hard to go about day-to-day...

...Business as usual.

I haven't been able to do it. Um...

I've lost sight on the gold,

I've lost sight in the purpose.

But I'm glad we made our gold

For him and his family.

But I've gotta get back to what means the most to me.

And... [sniffles]

It just sucks that he doesn't get to pack up with me

And go back to his.

It's hard to deal with.

[dave] I didn't expect that at all.

Chris has talked to me about it.

I get it now, I understand.

I have to set him free, let him go.

I'll be praying for him that he comes back.

[narrator] next morning at box creek...

[dave] well, I'm excited to go to arizona.

The problem is, I want to leave colorado

Better than I came here,

And so it's important to me

That I get the reclamation taken care of.

So, I'm staying back while they go

And get set up in arizona.

[narrator] over the past 11 weeks,

Team turin moved 300,000 tons of dirt...

...Mining five cuts at box creek.

Now, dave must stay behind

To reclaim the land.

Only when it's returned to its original state

Will he get back his $20,000 bond...

...Leaving it down to jason, nate and kc

To haul the equipment over 600 miles

And set up at lynx creek.

[nate] I'm excited about lynx, I really am.

Even though it's gonna be hard as *bleep*.

We see cold temperatures in the morning at 18 degrees,

And now we're gonna go somewhere where it's burning up hell

With scorpions and *bleep* rattle snakes.

I don't like snakes.

Yeah, you may not like them, but you know what?

They're slithering all over that gold you need.

We'll have to get those damn rocks out there.

I was just trying to get lower to the ground.

It's a lot of responsibility to get a whole wash plant set up,

Everything lined out.

It's just three of us.

We've never had that small of a crew for a setup,

But we can handle it, no big deal.

All right, I think we're ready.

All right, chris and I are on the front edge.

-You ready to move it? -Go ahead! Go!

[chris] looking good, nate.

The price is right. Come on down!

[narrator] after 517 hours sluicing gold-rich box creek dirt,

The quarter of a million-dollar roach

Sets sail for arizona.

Straight ahead, there you go. There you go, now you got it.

There goes the roach crawling out of colorado.

[dave] looking good!

[dave] got her now, nate.

Talk about an easy plant move, that's for damn sure.

[man whooping]

*bleep*.

[dave] on our way to arizona, baby!

Hold your heads high.

What we've accomplished here is amazing.

I know chris would love to be with you guys, but, uh...

[kc] family first, brother.

So, with that said, be up and sluicing in a week.

-When I get there, I wanna see some gold. -[jason] yes, sir.

Think you can do it?

We're gonna figure it out.

[jason] we've been doing it together for three years now.

Dave, we can do this.

[dave] all right.

I will see you guys in arizona.

-All right, drive safe. -All right, thanks.

All right, dave.

All right, fellas.

Here comes that fork in the road

Where you go right and I go left.

[jason] safe travels, christopher. Safe travels, brother.

All right, fellas, love you.

[dave] I got the best crew in the world,

And I have confidence in them, but I'm still nervous.

Without me and chris, it's just three guys.

Hopefully, there's gold there and we know how to mine it,

But I want them to be sluicing within a week.

These guys are up for the challenge.

[honks blaring]

[jason] get the hell out of colorado, I can't wait for arizona!

[honks blaring]

[jason] a million dollars, baby.

[narrator] coming up...

With only half a crew

-Damn it! -Watch out!

It's a hell of a lot to get set up.

...The hunt for lynx creek gold heats up...

We hope that it's a lot more

Professional operation this time around.

...And team turin's million-dollar gamble

Rests solely on kc's shoulders.

God bless america.

Whoo-hoo!

Lynx creek awaits.

Kc's gotta be on cloud nine right now.

Gotta be getting close, I can smell the gold.

Hell yeah!

[narrator] after making the 600-mile journey

From the colorado rockies,

Dave's crew lands at lynx creek,

Their mining home for the next five weeks.

-[kc] here we are, boys. Lynx creek. -Yeah!

We made it!

We made it, bro.

Good to see you two.

This is where team turin was born,

Right here in lynx creek.

[kc] pretty excited to be here. All the pressure's on me.

I've gotta go out and do a prospect.

There's a lot of gold in these canyons.

The old-timers didn't get it all.

[narrator] since its first gold discovery in 1863,

Lynx creek's fortune-seeking miners

Have worked the ground with draglines,

Floating wash plants

And even hydraulic operations.

To date, the creek has produced gold

That today would be worth 190 million dollars.

Keep on going, keep on going.

Now, to hit their million-dollar season in lynx creek,

Team turin has less than a week to set up the operation

[nate] you wanna swing my way?

[narrator] ...With only half a crew.

[jason] we already made good money,

But we're taking that extra risk

Because of the price of gold being up, the price of fuel being down.

We're taking our winnings and we're doubling down, basically.

[engine starts]

We good, kc?

-[jason] good! Keep going. -[kc] good! You're good, dude.

[narrator] for arizona-born kc,

Proving lynx creek's riches is a lifelong passion.

My personal connection to lynx creek is I grew up in prescott,

And I always heard the stories about lynx creek.

I drove by here since I was eight, nine years old.

Spent a lot of years digging down here by myself.

So I never gave up on that dream.

So many people had doubted me about lynx creek,

And for me it was proving a lot of people wrong.

I was surprised dave wanted to come back here

And brought it up to me.

And he believed in it as much as I did.

-It's pretty exciting, isn't it, dude? -Yeah.

Give kc in on the front end, let him go find us some gold.

I don't know if I wanna be in kc's shoes right now. He's got a lot to fill.

It's a lot to deal with. You know, kc's gotta find the ground.

-[nate] mr. Morgan! -This is his baby here!

A little bit of pressure. We'll make it happen.

You know, with a full crew, a week's okay,

But we're half a crew.

So that would usually take about two weeks.

*bleep* load of work to do for three guys,

But we're up for the task.

[narrator] while nathan stays to set up...

...Jason and kc head out to finalize the deal

With the landowners.

[kc] I've met with the fains many a time.

They're firm but fair.

We get them to agree to allow us to go

All passes, limited areas,

We could really... Million-dollar season plus.

Let's walk out with as much ground as possible, brother.

[narrator] two years ago...

Hi, jeff.

...The fain brothers gave the crew

Restricted access to a five-mile section of the creek...

It's really putting me at risk.

...But dave struggled to make it pay...

[dave] could be my last year gold mining at this rate.

...Until he and jason crossed a boundary...

I feel like a thief in the night.

...And found the gold that saved their season.

Whoo, yeah!

[laughing]

Now, to stand any chance of hitting their five-week,

One hundred-ounce gold,

Kc and jason must negotiate

Full access to lynx creek.

-You ready? -[jason] well, here we go, man.

[narrator] the fains, a powerful cattle ranching family,

Has owned land around lynx creek

For 150 years.

Yeah, yeah.

-Gentlemen. -Hey.

How are you doing?

-Good to see you again, brad. -Good to see you.

-This is jason sanchez. -I'm jason.

-Pleasure to meet you guys. -Pleasure.

-How've you been? -Pretty good.

Lots of change since you were last.

It's been a while,

And there is a rock and gravel operation in there.

Yep.

So, we have... We're under contract with them,

And we need to be respectful.

Wasn't I noticed that you kinda drifted on us a little bit

From the original boundaries

That we kinda had set for you?

We hope that it's a lot more professional operation

This time around.

That would help us set a lot.

[jason] completely understand.

[brad] good.

What's your goal for this year?

Our goal's 100 ounces.

That'll put us into a million-dollar season.

Should we look at a map and see what these guys are interested in?

[ron] love to.

We'd love access to prospect

Every one of the tributaries that you guys own.

If we find it a legit prospect,

You guys grant us the ability to mine that area.

And you guys will get some pretty good gold out of it with us.

[brad] what do you think?

We know how to work lynx creek.

We know how to get in there and get the gold and get out.

When we lost jesse, his gold percentage is still going to his family.

So by you allowing us in, you actually are giving us an opportunity

To even send more gold to jesse's wife and his kids.

[rob] let them have access...

...To all of it...

...Because they're keeping jesse in to the profit share,

And I acknowledge that and what you're doing for his family.

-Thank you. -[brad] and I, too, really

Respect and admire that you have jesse in the deal,

So I'm willing to work with you.

Okay. [laughs]

Honor our contract up here with the rock and gravel operation.

You guys stay out of their way.

-[jason] yes, sir. -[kc] yes, sir.

Find all the gold you can.

-Thank you, gentlemen. Appreciate it. -Thank you very much.

-Thank you very much. -Thank you, appreciate it.

-High... -...Five!

-That's what I'm talking about, dude! -We got all that ground!

We did dave proud right there.

[narrator] 600 miles away, in box creek.

This is the doodlebug cut.

If you look at that, that wall's 50 feet deep.

While his crew signs a deal on new ground,

Dave must reclaim the old.

[dave] we probably pulled almost 8,000 truckloads

Out of here.

We dug the hole, we took the gold out,

Now we have to put it back.

Okay, time to get some work done.

I feel like if miners don't do the right thing,

We won't be mining in america.

And so I'm doing it for the next generation.

And also, if I do it right, I get my bond back.

If I fail, don't do it the right way,

They keep my money.

At times it feels like I'm filling in grand canyon.

I've got a hell of a lot of work left to do,

And I also have to get my butt back to arizona

With the boys.

I've gotta make every prospect count,

Put a lot of gold in everyone's pockets.

[narrator] with the keys to the lynx creek kingdom firmly in his grasp,

Kc now has four days

Before dave wants the first cleanup,

So he picks up where he left off

Two years ago.

[kc] I believe there's good gold down here

Past the pipeline.

Tributary right here,

Only mined a part of it the first season.

Now it's all open to us.

Lynx creek has provided us gold in the past.

It'll do it again.

So many people laughed at me about it.

They said, "oh, lynx creek's been mined out."

No, it hasn't. I never believed that.

The gold here is good. It's like 93% pure.

[narrator] over thousands of years,

Gold washed down from the mountains...

...And bursts of heavy rainfall

Flooded lynx creek...

...Depositing shallow and rich streaks of gold...

...But the old-timers mined out the main channel,

And some of the tributaries.

Now, kc's first stop

Is at the eastern edge of the claim...

...To hunt in an unmined tributary

Near where they last struck gold.

I know I got six to eight feet of river gravels there.

Now, let's hope it's got as much gold

As I think it does.

Okay, let's go do a little pan.

Let's see how this looks.

I'm looking for about 15 good colors in here.

*bleep*. No gold in here.

Bad news, boys.

I got nothing in this pan.

This isn't looking good.

*bleep*. There's not enough to mine.

[narrator] coming up...

Hey, jason, found your gold, brother.

Team turin's prospecting partners...

Right on, man. [laughing]

...Take their next step towards million-dollar gold.

-[dave] look at that, guys! -[jason] in one day!

[nate] yeah! Whoo!

[jason] whoo! *bleep*.

[narrator] in arizona...

[jason] that's what I'm talking about, though, buddy!

[nate] good job, dude.

[narrator] ...Jason and nate plumb in the roach

Great job!

[narrator] they want to be running pay dirt

Before dave arrives in three days.

All the pressure's on kc right now.

He's gotta find something now.

-Just look at us. -I know!

A few hours we're ready to fire up.

[narrator] kc is hunting for gold in the tributaries

To the east of the plant.

No, I'm just getting pissed off

'cause it should be right here.

Let's go and see what's going on here.

I know this place has gold in it.

I'm a one-man band, so I'm trying to figure out the land

And all this in a very short amount of time.

[narrator] to reach their goal of a million-dollar season,

Team turin has just five weeks

To mine at least 100 ounces.

I'm trying to find the pay zone here.

I'm just trying to figure out what's going on

Because I'm not seeing a lot of color.

And the flood gold on top can be misleading.

So, suddenly you think, "oh, there's gold all the way down,"

But the old-timers may've already got it.

I don't know.

[grunting]

Let's go see what's in this.

If I don't deliver *bleep*, dave's gonna give me

That look on his face that I don't like to see.

Oh, I'll be damned.

Ka-pow!

That's big particle size right there.

This is what makes lynx creek so badass.

So, we're good to go with that pan.

And I'll show jason this pan, see what he thinks.

[honking]

Hey, man.

I hope you got good news. We're about ready to turn and burn, kc.

-Check this out. -What'd you got?

-Take look at this. -Oh, *bleep*.

[kc] that's pretty good. I like it.

Particle size is good, we're in business.

My big question is with it,

How far down and how long does it last?

It seems like it's got a lot, so we might be lucky for a while.

So, if I can get into that tributary, refine it down

And take the best paying ground,

I could actually start stockpiling,

And that'll give you a chance to maybe go find our next cut.

That's what I need, I need more time.

-Then I can go find us some more of that. -Good job, brother.

I'm very impressed with kc coming back with a pan like that.

He's got the most time in lynx creek,

And his knowledge shows.

The pressure is definitely on me to find some gold,

And I found it.

I showed jason this pan.

Now the pressure's gonna be on them. They get it out of the ground.

[narrator] as kc moves to the next prospect,

Jason's work here has just begun.

He must refine the area by making one trench

On the west side of the tributary...

...And a second 50 feet away.

If jason establishes the exact size

Of the flood gold channel,

He can estimate how much volume

There is to mine.

I gotta open up a trench and then start reading,

So I can figure out where I'm going.

What I'm hoping for right here...

...Is that that channel runs down underneath the road...

...And then down the road and into the draw,

So this gives us lots of volume.

I really wish we would have had chris here.

We'd already be throwing rocks in the box.

If I can get a good pan out of that, that means I can take all that.

That'll make each load count.

We don't have time to waste.

Every ounce we add to our total

Is more money I'm taking home.

We got one, two, three, four, five colors in this pan.

So that stuff, it's not looking too good.

This is not a good start.

I gotta see if kc just found a pocket

Or if I'm still on the outside edge.

I'm gonna move down a little bit.

[narrator] the potential for gold in this tributary

Hangs on jason's next trench.

I'm not happy with this pan.

This is the worst pan of them all yet.

There's no gold.

We got a pocket. We don't have mineable ground.

[kc] what's the news?

We're screwed. There ain't *bleep* there.

There's a pocket. That's it.

I believe there's a still good pay in there.

I just think it might be a little spotty.

There's no volume there.

I got nothing to send to that plant right now, man.

I saw five feet of volume.

I wish that was the case. It's not, brother.

We've gonna get two loads out of there.

We're gonna get a 120 bucks worth of gold

For $200 worth of fuel and labor, man.

-I can't justify moving it. -Here we go again.

I prospected on the first tributary, found a good pan,

Have to go a little bit farther now

Because found out it didn't go very far.

I'm stressed out. We don't have a lot of time.

[jason] dave's gonna be here,

And we need to have rocks in the boxes.

We're actually risking the gold that we found in colorado

On this venture down here in arizona.

[narrator] in colorado...

[dave] right over there is where the wash plant sat.

[narrator] ...Dave completes his final day of reclamation.

[dave] and you can see it's all sloped.

It looks nice. Topsoil on it. We pushed the tailings out.

This, in a year, will have sagebrush and grass,

And it'll look nice. It'll look nice.

[narrator] before he leaves for arizona,

Dave needs sign-off from claim owner lance baller.

Hey, dave, how you doing?

Good. So, what do you think of my reclamation?

Yep.

[dave] that's all the topsoil spread out over the top.

Yep. Looks great, dave.

You got the slopes right back to what they needed to be.

Hopefully we get our bond back?

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

So, as soon as I get the seed in the ground and we can get them out there,

-That's when they... -Okay.

...They usually will come back on it,

But all in all it's a good year, you got gold.

Lots of luck. Hope you do really well in arizona.

Thanks, lance. All right, man.

-All right, thanks, dave. -See you.

Well, that's it, done. Colorado's a memory.

Now I'm gonna head to arizona,

Get back with the team. Been away long enough.

I tell you what, I will... Miss that view.

It's hard to leave, 'cause I think of jesse being a mountain man

And how much he was at home here.

Yeah, miss you, jesse.

Heading to arizona.

[kc] I'm under a lot of pressure.

First tributary doesn't have enough volume.

[narrator] in arizona, kc races to locate and prospect a gold-bearing tributary.

To hit their deadline,

The team must be running dirt by morning.

Sometimes when you only see a small area like this,

You think, well, that's just it, it's four feet wide.

Wrong.

It can be over 12 feet wide and 6 feet of pay.

Even though these little tributaries look narrow, they can widen out.

So, hopefully there's enough there.

I got to pan this, see what kind of results we got.

This season is a season of redemption.

Think we're a strong enough team

Where we can figure out where the gold is.

'cause I won't stop looking. I'll look all night long.

That's just how determined I am.

I don't give a *bleep*. I will find it.

With any luck, have a lot of gold in here, 'cause we want to have

Pay going through the sluice before dave gets here.

Let's take a little look-see here, see what we got.

Come on, big money.

God bless america.

Whoo-hoo!

That's good stuff right there, baby.

I'm seeing beautiful, beautiful gold showing up already.

Seeing about 15, 20 little colors in here, a single pan.

That's what we're after, and it's much bigger particle size.

That's what I'm talking about.

-Hey, jason. -Hey, morgan.

Found you gold, brother.

Right on, man! [laughs]

[narrator] if jason can prove the existence of a mineable channel,

The game is on.

Well, let's see how rich it is.

I'm just gonna grab it from the pile.

This looks really good, everything you want to see.

Man, I just hope it pans.

Well, I'll be damned!

Hell of a pan!

Kc did an amazing job.

So, we're gonna take all of that. From kc's prospect,

We come right up here and head right up that draw.

Thank you, mr. Kc morgan!

We now have our pay channel.

That *bleep* going to the plant today.

Whoo!

[chris m.] whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

No, no, no, no, that can't happen.

-Look at that. -What's that?

You're kicking up way too much dust.

[narrator] chris mathern is quarry supervisor for the fains.

But I was just-- see, I was just coming to get the haul truck.

No, not until you get some water on there.

-You guys got a water truck or... -No.

Gonna have to get a water truck.

I've been here for 48 years. I've never seen it this dry.

And we'll have nothing but complaints from all the neighbors.

They're not gonna say anything to you.

They're gonna come to me.

That's the last thing we want.

'cause if I shut down, you guys are gonna shut down too.

We won't haul, not until we fix it.

Wear that *bleep* damn seatbelt!

*bleep* me running.

[narrator] the next morning, dave arrives in arizona.

It's really good to be back.

It's been a long time since I've seen the guys.

So, you know, I'm almost here. Get together with 'em.

Hopefully they're sluicing.

[horn honks]

Hey, dave, how was your trip?

-What's up, dave? -Hey, guys.

Plant looks good.

Why aren't you running? What's up?

I ran into chris mathern, and he said absolutely no hauling

Until we figure out a way to keep the dust down on the roads,

'cause they've had an entire season of complaints

From air quality, deq, neighbors calling on 'em.

-So... -Well, let's get a water truck.

-Kc, you got any contacts? -Everybody's rented out.

-You work here, man. You're in construction. -I know.

I get it, but everyone's rented out, dave.

I've made some calls,

But water trucks are limited right now in this state.

It's been a really dry year.

Dang it!

What else we got to do to the plant to get started and running?

All we got is gold room left.

Let's get that thing finished. I'll make some calls.

Thanks, dave.

That was not how I wanted his arrival to go.

We were supposed to have gold in this sluice.

Well, can't control everything, brother.

Nobody anticipated us needing a water truck.

I've got to figure out a way to get water on this road, and we're losing time.

We're going to get the gold room set up,

So we got the jig on the trailer here,

Will sit on the concrete pad.

Get the gold room ready.

You *bleep*.

[laughing]

I like to blame kc quite a bit.

Get it out farther so I got to struggle to get it.

It's more fun that way.

There you go. [laugh]

Shut up, *bleep*!

He's the funny *bleep*

But he's got a heart of gold and I love him for that.

Dig's done.

[narrator] a week ago in colorado, dave rolled the dice...

We had another five weeks of the season left. We could keep mining.

[narrator] ...And persuaded his crew...

-On our way to arizona, baby! Whoo! -[truck horn blaring]

[narrator] ...To return to lynx creek...

We could be sitting with our families, but we're doubling down.

[narrator] ...And push for a million-dollar season.

We're gonna need a lot of gold-bearing material.

[narrator] after a week of setbacks...

This is the worst pan of 'em all yet.

There's no gold.

So, now what?

[narrator] ...Just as they were about to start sluicing...

Whoo-hoo!

That *bleep* going to the plant today.

[chris] whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

[narrator] ...Team turin hit the skids once again.

You're kicking up way too much dust.

You ain't hauling today,

Not unless you get a water truck.

[narrator] now, with the operation all set to go,

Team turin is just one piece of equipment away

From running dirt.

On my way back to arizona,

And I got something the boys need.

They're gonna be definitely happy to see me and what I got with me.

Dave made a phone call to me,

And I know an individual that has some construction yards.

His main one's in phoenix,

And he had a water truck that was not being used

And let us borrow it, so here I am.

Going back home to my family was much needed.

I got my batteries recharged,

But I couldn't leave team turin down two guys this season.

We're a band of brothers. You know, we're a family away from home.

Here I come.

[horn honking]

-What the hell? -We got water!

-Hell yeah. -Water truck.

That's what I'm talking about.

Look who we got coming.

-Mr. Chrissy pissy's back! -Is that who that is?

-Chris! -[cheering]

Hey, fellas. What's happening, guys?

How the hell are you doing, dude?

Doing good, man. Good to see you.

-Thanks for coming back. -What's happening?

Oh, man, welcome back.

-Welcome back, brother. -Thank you.

Heard you guys needed a little bit of water in the desert.

We need a water truck, and we need you back!

-It's good to have you. -It's great to be back.

We're right back where we started as a team

Here in lynx creek. We know the gold's good.

I'm ready to mine it.

Want me to go ahead and just hit the water right here?

Yeah, turn it on.

There you go.

There you go. You got water now.

We got water now, boys!

Hey, good job, chris. You saved our butt.

Glad to be back, fellas. Glad to help.

Team's back together. Gonna haul some pay now.

[narrator] the first priority?

Establish a new cut in the gold-bearing tributary.

Hey, guys, what should we name this cut we're in?

It's the first cut of lynx creek this season,

And I think it needs to be called the jesse cut.

I agree. Jesse cut.

Ten-four, you got my vote on it.

All right, mr. Morgan, let's get that first little bit of lynx

Creek tributary gold down to that plant, baby.

Here we go, man. First load!

[eagle shrieks]

Okay, nathan, here we go. Firing up the water pump.

[engine starts]

Lynx creek, here we go!

Wash plant's ready.

Sluice box is ready.

We're on our way to a million-dollar season and it starts right now.

Here it comes, pay dirt on jesse's cut.

Hell yeah!

That's what I'm talking about.

Hey, chris, are you ready to put some rocks in the box?

Here we go.

Put some rocks in the box, boys!

Here we go.

Oh, I love that sound!

Boom!

-I love that sound, nathan. -Sounds damn good.

Yeah, buddy!

I thought I'd made a mistake by sending these three guys here alone,

But I was wrong.

They didn't need me. I got my reclamation done.

So, really, these guys proved themselves.

It's one of the best startups we ever had.

I'm looking forward to seeing what's in the sluice box tonight.

[narrator] the crew has spent a day

Sluicing pay dirt from the jesse cut,

And shelley is back onsite preparing the new gold room.

It's time for the first arizona mat pull.

Go all the way down.

We had a good run on jesse's cut. It looks really good.

I think it's gonna pay well.

I'm just excited to see what we got.

Lot of good particle-size gold up on top.

We just got to see what's in the bottom in the mat.

Don't want to bet on it until I see the final cleanup result.

No guarantees in this game. The gold room will tell.

-Hey. -Hey.

-How's it going? -Good.

[narrator] with the gold clean, this first critical weigh will set the odds

On their million-dollar gamble.

-This is in jesse's cut. -Yep, jesse's cut.

-Jesse's cut. -Love you, jesse.

Wish you were here.

It's been a hell of a week, you guys.

You know, we've been spread across three states.

Chris?

-Welcome back! -Welcome back, brother!

Yeah, I know. Whirlwind.

Yeah.

[narrator] in their first season, team turin mined lynx creek

For a daily average of 2.3 ounces.

But to be on track for a hundred ounces

In the next five weeks, they now need four ounces per day.

-Well, let's pour it up. -Come on, shelley, let's weigh it up.

-Yeah! -All right.

-One day in jesse's cut. -And just the top box.

So pretty.

There's one. Two. There's three.

-Come on, big numbers. -There's four.

-Whoo! -All right!

4.2!

-In one day, guys. -Yeah!

[narrator] 4.2 ounces worth nearly $8,000,

Almost double their lynx creek daily average.

If we go four ounces in 24 days, that gives us a hundred ounces.

We're gonna hit our million-dollar season, guys.

Great job!

All in!

I'm so proud of the guys. They did it, and it's nice to have chris back.

I got a pretty good feeling

We're gonna hit that million-dollar season

Without a shadow of a doubt.

It feels good having team turin all together.

Jesse in spirit. We are ready to kick some ass here in arizona.

Just getting started here in lynx creek.

There's a lot of gold down here, and we're gonna find it,

We're gonna haul it, and we're gonna put it in our pockets.

[narrator] on the next episode...

[horn honks]

[narrator] ...Team turin calls in a super sub.

Great timing, man.

We didn't just get somebody. We got juan *bleep* ibarra.

Whatever they need me to do, I'm here to do it.

[narrator] as dave...

Here we are, back in alaska.

Whoo! That's nice stuff.

[narrator] ...Battles to secure their future...

I've got to find ground for next season.

All right, this is out.

[narrator] ...Deep in the last frontier.

There we go. Now we're talking about some gold.