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Good luck.

On this "Gold rush"...

Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Slow down.

Dude, somebody just shot At us out on the road.

Everybody go. Everybody off the mine!

He draws up, he pulls down On us and started shooting.

You know, we haven't Lost to todd,

And we're not about To start right now.

Looking pretty desolate In here.

What the was that?

You think this is funny?

We need every little flake We can get now.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

That's what we're trying to Avoid, like that.

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This is a really Big season for us.

We've got a lot to do, Short time to do it.

We've got a lot of ground To open up.

In the gold fields Of the klondike,

Parker schnabel is 2 weeks Into his mining season.

The biggest thing is, We need all our iron.

Up and running And moving dirt every day.

That's all we've got to do Is just move dirt every day.

Well, todd's bet us 100 ounces this season.

That he's going to beat us.

I mean, this week He got the jump on us.

He did 212 ounces, And we only did 202.

You know, we haven't lost To todd in a long time,

And we're not about To start right now,

Especially not with Money on the line.

Parker has set A massive 5,000ounce,

$6million season goal,

And he's relying on foreman Rick ness to deliver half of it.

There's a common thread Every year,

And that's more And more pressure.

We've done it before.

We've gotten 2,500 ounces Out of big red.

But that's the most We've ever gotten.

But you know how gold mining is, Never a sure thing.

Rick's wash plant, Big red,

Chews through 130 yards Of pay dirt an hour,

And he's tasked operator Brennan ruault.

With loading out the remaining Pay from last year's cut.

Well, I'm just on The last stretch of pay.

I can't get any more.

I'm trying to scrape up what I can to keep my trucks busy.

And keep the plant Fed right now.

Looking pretty desolate In here.

Yeah, no kidding. There Ain't much left, is there?

Wow.

Not much left in here? Nope.

Hard to keep four trucks busy.

No kidding.

What do you figure We've got total left?

Two, three days tops.

Can't believe it went This fast.

I'm just waiting for a little Patch to thaw in the middle,

And then it's done, The whole cut.

Well, we got to Speed this up.

We've got to get this New cut down to pay dirt.

A lot quicker Than we thought.

We should probably go put A dozer in there and rip that

out.

Rip that overburden gravel And get us down to pay.

You want to go hop in a dozer?

If you need me to, I'll get it done.

All right. Let's do it.

- All right. Get to it. - Cool.

Brennan, let's go, man. I'll get in a dozer, too.

Thanks, guys.

Let's keep that Plant sluicing.

Pay dirt in The old cut is shrinking fast.

It will run out in 48 hours.

Two weeks ago,

Parker and rick started Opening up a new cut.

The size of 12 football fields.

They've removed the first 6 feet of overburden,

But they're now in a race To get down to goldrich pay.

In the next two days.

Or they'll have to Shut down big red.

Big red's running Better than it ever has.

It's running really slick, But the price of that is that.

You've got to get A lot of pay up.

In the new cut, Parker's crew.

Is trucking worthless overburden To the waste site.

Bringing in the dozers Is their only hope.

Of getting down To pay dirt in time.

My, man.

These poor dozers Are taking a beating.

, man. I don't know about you,

But this is some Of the worst permafrost

I think we've ever dealt with.

What the was that?

Sakes.

Unreal.

Ripper shank Just broke in half.

Damn it.

We're trying to Get down to the pay.

We never had this hard Of ground to rip,

And it's just killing us.

Lovely.

Parker brings in A spare shank.

Just get out of the way. Just get out of the way!

If they can't keep Their dozers running,

The have no chance of Getting down to pay dirt.

In the new cut before Last year's runs out.

Downtime is the gold Miner's worst enemy.

Doesn't change the fact That we've got to fix it.

And put it back to work.

That's all there is to it.

I really don't want to Shut down the plant.

You know, we've got Big red running.

We need to keep it fed.

That should do it.

Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.

Yeah. Now we're getting somewhere.

This might be Our best season ever.

Plant's running. Hoffmans are back on top.

High in the colorado rockies,

The hoffman crew is on the gold.

With todd's son hunter At the helm of monster red,

The first cleanup of the season Produced 212 ounces,

Worth a quarter Of a million dollars.

That's the best start We've ever had,

But the pressure Is still on me.

I have to keep... you know, I have to keep getting gold.

Shut it off! Shut it off!

We just got a couple rocks Caught in the bottom.

Of the belt On the return roller.

It started smoking.

With those rocks being caught, It'll actually start dragging,

And it'll cut the belt.

Are they, like, Bouncing right here.

And then getting Carried up there?

Or what are they doing?

The rocks that were up top, They must have gotten loose.

They worked their way down.

Okay, it's good. Turn it back on.

Okay. Hopefully that does it.

We can fire back up now. So...

You're up and ready to go, man.

To meet their 5,000ounce, $6million goal,

And to beat parker,

The hoffman crew Needs to run 600 yards an hour,

Day in, day out.

Last year was a disaster. I wanted 5,000 ounces.

I only got 1,000. I want a happy crew.

I want each one of these guys To take some.

Frickin' gold home To their families.

This is just kind of insane.

Where does this come from? Right out of nowhere.

You know, last night We were in tshirts.

It was sunny, and then we wake Up to a foot and a half of snow.

You know, hunter, I don't Know if we can mine in this.

I really... Dude, I don't know.

I mean, we've got To give it a shot.

We need every single day We can.

I don't want to slide A rock truck down the hill.

And somebody get hurt.

That's a foot deep there.

Monster red is just buried.

It's not good.

Where is everybody? Are we the only ones?

- We're the first ones here. - What do you think?

I don't think we're Mining today, todd.

I tried firing up the wash Plant, the water.

I can't get any water Through the spray bars.

Is there anything else We can do to get ready?

I don't think We can run, dude.

- I know we want to get gold. - Well, I don't know.

We're going to lose a whole day.

I say we plow the road And try it.

Plow what?

The pay dirt's under A foot of snow.

I mean, it's a mess.

Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, Whoa, whoa, whoa.

What the hell? Slow down!

- What is he doing? - What the hell is he doing?

Dude, somebody just shot At us out on the road.

Somebody pulled out a gun And just started shooting at us.

- You're kidding. - It was up on county road 14.

- Really? - Guy started shooting at us.

He just... we stopped. We thought he needed help.

He came over and started Chewing our asses,

Pulls out a gun And started shooting.

We need to get the Out of here.

We don't know... Who knows what's going on?

I think we better get the town Sheriff's department.

Let's get to the sheriff. Guys, everybody out.

- You guys, everybody go. - Let's go!

Just go. We're going to The sheriff's station.

You guys need to go. Everybody off the mine!

Dude, somebody just shot At us out on the road.

You're kidding. Everybody out.

- You guys... everybody go. - Let's go!

You guys need to go. Everybody off the mine!

Basically, one of the guys on Our crew got his subaru stuck.

So a bunch of us went up There to kind of go.

Pull him out and help.

As we were driving back, we went Past a gentleman's house,

And he ran out Into the road behind us.

And was waving down, And I noticed him in the mirror.

So logan backs up to see What's going on.

We roll down the window.

And the second logan Rolled the window down,

The guy comes Running up to the door.

And he just starts Yelling at logan,

Telling him how We're not welcome.

And that if we keep on Coming up this road,

We're going to get shot, That we're going to get killed.

And it turned really Ugly really fast.

Juan, in so many words,

Told the gentleman To get away from the truck.

And as I put it in drive, We're creeping forward,

Homeboy puts his hand on a gun.

And the second I saw him getting The gun out, I hammered it.

And we got out of there.

He draws up, he pulls down On us and started shooting.

And... Never in a million years.

Would I imagine That that would happen.

Just talked to the police.

They're going to go up there And try to grab the guy.

- Hopefully they find him. - Who is the guy?

It was the same guy that came And confronted fred.

Okay, Well, that makes sense.

Threatened to shoot me A few weeks back.

You could see the look In the guy's eyes.

When he confronted me That day on the road.

A lot of anger and a lot Of craziness there.

I had it in my car.

Did he say he's Going to shoot you?

He said we could get shot.

I thought he was just Coming up being friendly.

He come walking in. I grabbed his hand.

And I said, "I'm freddy dodge."

And he screamed, "you".

As loud as he could Right into my face.

He said, "It's people Like you that are."

Going to get shot here."

the scary part for all The rest of us though is,

We're mining in colorado.

And we have all of Our families with us.

It's not just us.

Yeah.

I see a cop.

You guys stay here. I'll go talk to them.

What do you think? You hear anything?

Yeah, I just wanted to come by And let you know.

We did end up finding the guy. You did.

He is in custody now.

- No kidding. - So... yes, sir.

Awesome, that's good news.

- All righty? - Hey, thank you very much.

Not a problem, sir.

If you need anything, You know who to call.

- Okay, I'll call down there. - All right.

- Thank you, sir. - Thanks.

Good news.

They got him.

He's in jail, at least for now.

Good.

Let's take the rest Of the day off.

And then we'll hit it Again in the morning.

We're all wound up.

I don't want anybody to get hurt On the mine, you know?

Yeah, smart idea. Okay.

Thankfully, Nobody got shot.

We're not going to Let this stop us.

We've got a huge goal, and we're Going to go after it.

This season, Tony beets is on a mission.

To move his $1million second Dredge from thistle creek.

And he's relying on his Power barge, the jasmine b,

To transport The 70yearold dredge

100 miles down the yukon river.

Tony!

Starboard engine's overheating.

Last week, the engines on The 60ton barge got so hot,

They almost seized up...

Bringing tony's entire Operation to a grinding halt.

Time is of the essence Right now.

We are burning up days fast.

It's down to foreman And mechanic.

Sheamus christie to find a fix,

Or tony risks another Failed mission.

We're just going To get it fixed.

Quitting isn't an option.

Sheamus needs to Inspect the heat exchanger.

There's a bunch of little Tubes through there,

So I'm going to Take my borescope.

And I'm going to look Through this little hole.

And see what I might see, see if The tubes are actually plugged.

This is just a little Camera with a screen.

All the coolant flows Through these tubes.

All these little tubes Are just totally clogged.

It's getting a little Frustrating.

The biggest problem We have right now is time.

We're running out of time, And here I am fixing a boat.

I found all this crap In the bloody coolers.

Look at all these rocks.

Yeah, I'm not sure what it is,

But whatever it is, it's not Supposed to be in there.

We need somebody With some marine knowhow.

Somebody that knows this.

And can give us Answers right now.

Unable to barge On the yukon river,

Tony has no option but to fly The 70 miles to thistle creek,

Limiting him to a small crew.

And a 30yearold crane To take the dredge apart.

Definitely looking Forward to get started on this.

Tony's second dredge Was built in 1946,

And after 6 years In operation,

Switched off its engines And has sat dormant.

In thistle creek ever since.

Definitely like to have a plan.

I'd like to take it apart Systematically,

Get everything marked, Everything numbered.

You know, don't kick the tin Out of the wheelhouse.

So we can leave it all together.

We got all the crashing And banging over with.

Tony should be happy now.

Let's get the crane.

I hear the starter clicking.

Try it again.

Well, this is friggin' loose.

What is going on here?

This wire.

That thing is wired For 12 volts,

And it's a 24volt alternator, So...

It's totally wrong.

Well, let's just hook this up Right, and it'll start.

I got it.

Yeah, let her go.

Come on, come on, come on, Come on, come on.

Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.

There we go, man. We got her.

Things are finally Turning around, tony.

We should be good to go now.

I'm concerned about, You know, where we're at.

In indian river right now.

This is our old cut From last year.

Trying to keep the plant fed.

There's not a whole lot Of pay dirt to be had out here.

Parker and rick Are scraping up.

The remaining pay left over From last season.

In less than 24 hours, It will run out.

Big red needs to be Running solid.

If we fall behind, we just ain't Gonna be able to play catchup.

Over in the new cut, Mike and brennan are in a race.

To get to pay dirt.

So they don't have Shut down big red.

We got all the dozers We can get out here.

We've got the hoes going.

The trucks are all helping out.

We can do it.

For sakes.

Unbelievable.

I just grabbed The turn lever.

And the truck Just broke in half.

This isn't the first time We've seen this,

So definitely not good.

Mechanics Mitch and big mike.

Have to get the dozer fixed, And fast.

This looks like The bolts fell out.

You're working in this muck all the time.

Your undercarriages Are right full of mud.

They'll be tight in the morning And work themselves loose.

The broken end of the track Is stuck beneath the dozer.

Brennan has to pull it forward.

So mitch and mike Can bolt it together.

Just nice, easy pressure, Brennan.

Nice and easy, brennan.

It's... it's going.

Yeah. A little bit more!

Hey!

And that's how you do that.

A little bit more.

We're just trying to get The track house back in place.

And then bolt Everything back up.

I'm going to save This broken bolt.

And throw it at brennan's Head tonight at dinner.

Or make him eat it, One or the other.

A lot of things can be fixed,

Especially on these dozers, Before they break.

Just by walking around The piece of equipment, right?

Everything is hold on By a bunch of bolts.

You know, I don't know How many times

I have to tell guys to Do a walkaround.

What do I have to do?

He says He's been doing them.

But he's not.

Brennan and his dozer Are back in action.

I'm just ripping the ground They're telling me to rip.

In the old cut, Rick loads the last of the pay.

It's going to come Down to the wire.

We're burning through it Pretty quick.

All these 2, 3hour setbacks Are killing us, right?

Brennan has just feet to go.

Before he should hit Goldrich pay dirt.

One step closer to pay dirt, You betcha.

What the?

What'd you break?

The bearing piled up In the back idler.

This is brennan's Third breakdown in 2 days.

What's the deal, Dude?

I don't know, man.

I've been trying my hardest To keep an eye on this stuff.

I'm keeping my eye...

But why are they always Happening to you?

You think this is funny?

- Really? - No.

You're going to sit here And laugh.

About a bunch of Breakdowns that are your fault?

No, I'm not.

Well, you have a grin on your face.

Well, it's just Frustrating.

Every day these Things are breaking down,

And I got to come and tell you, And then I get this response.

I don't know if it's just you Or it's luck.

Or if it's our dozers, But, dude, you're.

Done on the dozers.

You're gonna go run a hoe.

- All right? - All right.

Like, I'm just Over this.

Well, so am I. It's frustrating.

There's only so many Breakdowns one guy can have.

Just hop in a hoe And start loading trucks.

All right.

And don't touch My dozers.

I'll take When I deserve it,

But that really is Just house luck.

It's just His pouty attitude.

I can't stand kids.

I'm a man, Not a boy.

Parker's chances of Getting his new cut down to pay.

Before the old cut runs out.

Are getting slimmer and slimmer.

We're pretty Right now, actually.

We need everything to work Just about perfectly to try.

To get 2,500 ounces,

And it sure as hell Ain't starting perfect.

We've got to run, And we got to get gold.

So let's see if we can Get this sucker going.

In colorado, the man Who shot at logan and juan.

Is in police custody,

And todd's crew can Get back to mining.

Come on, come on, start.

Come on, baby, go.

There we go.

It's going to take a while For it to warm up.

I thought it was supposed To get warm today.

Todd's lost a day's mining.

Snow or no snow, he needs His wash plants producing gold,

Or he'll fall behind.

The valves are all closed.

We got everything opened up So nothing was frozen.

We just got to get some water Going through the plant.

And let everything thaw out.

Looks like we've got full Water down our sluice box.

That's a good thing Because we can't run.

Unless this is thawed out,

And it's showing signs That it's thawed out.

Got it.

Let's go.

Hey, you know that feeder's Full of dirt?

It's frozen.

Feeder is full of material.

It was left full through the Storm so now it's froze solid.

We've got the world's Biggest dirtsicle.

Hunter should have run All the dirt out of the feeder.

Before shutting down The plant 2 days ago.

You left dirt on the belt And the feeder.

Next time, take leadership And run it out.

This is a mistake, okay? We gotta get this off of here.

I'm an. Fire it up.

Hunter turns on The feeder in the hope.

It will break up The frozen dirtsicle.

Good on the feeder. You ready?

- Working? - It's not going, I don't think.

Is anything coming out at all?

The whole load's frozen Suspended above the belt.

How about he drops Some more dirt in?

And then try To break it up.

Is it not going at all?

The whole valve's spinning Underneath the whole load.

Why don't you open The grizzly bars.

A couple times to get it To bang it around a little bit?

Try them.

Okay.

I'm going to hit it again.

There it goes.

- Dirt? - Yeah!

Here it comes. Whoo!

Good call, brother.

Just kind of maybe bang it Around a little bit,

I don't know.

Let it eat. Keep it going.

Do not stop. Everything's working.

Start putting dirt in.

Hunter, feed it. Put some dirt in, buddy.

Put some dirt in. We're sluicing.

Monster red is gonna Kick ass this year.

This will be the biggest Season that we've ever had,

Ever in the history Of us mining.

Whoo, yeah!

Sparks are going To come your way.

After endless delays,

Tony beets is finally Tearing down his 500ton,

Milliondollar second dredge.

His barge is out of action, So he and sheamus.

Have to use the 20ton crane.

That has sat here Since last year.

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Whoa.

That's what we're trying to Avoid, like that.

I like to think it out A little bit.

And just plan Just a little bit.

The crew's now ready For the first major lift,

One of the 3ton sluice runs.

We don't want to damage These sluice runs.

Trying to get them out... They need to be straight.

We don't want to bend them up.

It's a lot of work To build them.

Pretty important piece Of the dredge.

There she comes.

Yeah.

Great job. Thank you.

So that's it. We've got as far as we can.

Next project is to get The jasmine b going.

We have to get The engine problem solved.

Get her going, Get the 50ton crane here,

Then we can really Make things happen.

Well, I'm back in the hoe.

Probably little bit Of a demotion.

Sitting in the excavator looking Straight forward all day,

That's definitely Not fun at all.

It sucks getting Punished, you know?

In parker's new cut,

The crew is racing To get down to pay.

Before big red Runs out of dirt.

Brennan has been demoted To sending the worthless.

Overburden to the dump site.

What is he doing?

He moved the Dirt, that's for sure.

- What are you doing? - I just hit some pay.

- Bull. - Yeah, I'm serious, man.

Look at the rock size.

It is pretty nice Looking stuff.

Holy.

Didn't want to be sending The wrong material.

- To the waste site. - Well, yeah.

It's been a battle To get here, so...

Well, , Maybe we should pan it.

- Yeah, you got a pan in there? - You bet.

Be pretty nice to be On gold already.

Yeah, no kidding.

I wasn't expecting you to hit Anything like this yet.

No, me either.

This might be your Redemption moment, brennan.

I sure hope so.

What do we got?

Come on, baby.

- We got garnets, richard. - Yeah.

- Nice. - Nice.

- Those are big flakes. - Yeah, they are.

That's some nice gold.

- Yeah. - Looks like pay to me.

- Yeah. - Good job, big cat.

Thanks, buddy.

Yeah, we got Some dirt to run now.

Start sending that To the plant, bud.

- For sure. - Nice catch, brennan.

I'm glad we weren't Throwing this stuff away.

Yeah, perfect. No problem, guys. Good job.

Thanks.

Brennan has found The first goldrich pay dirt.

In the new cut At indian river.

Where's this going, buddy?

Finally back in the pay.

I need you to take that to The plant as quick as possible.

- Whoo, woohoo. Yeah! - Yeah!

Thanks, dude.

Brennan is not The only member of the crew.

Who's given parker A hard time this week.

Bruce! Bruceski! Hey, come here!

Come on! Bruce, come on!

Bruce, come on!

Really, that's where You decide to lay down?

Come on.

Bruce, come on. Come here.

Please?

Come on.

I forgot how frustrating Puppies are.

Um, for me, right now Everything looks good.

We're down to pay, And we're keeping big red going.

At indian river, Rick's team has succeeded.

In keeping Big red running all week.

Now it's time for a cleanup.

Shutting down.

- Looks pretty decent. - Ooh, there's gold in there.

Nice to see you down In the gold room.

At least we know you're not Tearing anything else up.

Out in the cut.

Pretty rough week, man.

Don't even remind me.

You know, we're Experiencing a first here.

You know, we've never been Behind the hoffmans,

And I really don't want To see us finish that way.

To hit his 5,000ounce Season goal,

Parker needs rick to produce At least 100 ounces of gold.

Some nice nuggety stuff, Richard.

- That's a lot of gold. - Yeah, it is.

No kidding. Let's see what It's gonna be, though.

There's 20, 40...

60...

90. Got the 100.

- Nice. - 125.

Keep it going. Shake it all out.

Is there a buck 50 in there?

145.5.

- That's not bad, rick. - No.

145.5 Ounces of gold,

Worth $174,000.

We need every little flake We can get now.

I would imagine that we're Falling a little bit further.

Behind old todd there.

Last week, we were 10 behind,

And we're a little lower now, But that's all right.

We've only got one plant Going, too.

We need to get sluicifer Going and keep our...

Booting our numbers up here.

We basically have to do 400 ounces a week.

So, doumitt, where Does that leave us?

Just under 350, about 347.

So far this season,

Parker has produced $416,000 worth of gold,

7 percent of his $6million Season goal.

Good job this week. Brennan, you're forgiven.

Thank you.

Whoohoo!

That was kind of A week from hell.

After a crazy week Of shootings.

And a freak snowstorm,

Todd and his crew will Struggle to stay on track.

We still got Some run time in.

Hopefully we get some gold To come out of this week,

But I don't know.

I'm going to lose 100 ounces To parker and I don't want that.

Hey, guys, here's jack.

- Jar of gold, jack? - That's it.

You want to see it?

Yeah, I'd like to see What it looks like.

Look at that, guys.

- Wow. - Wow.

Some nice nuggets, jack.

Yeah, there's some Big chunks in there.

Yeah, there is.

How much total?

183.1.

- Yeah, guys. - Wow, awesome.

That is awesome.

$220,000 Worth of gold.

Double trouble Didn't win any prizes.

They got 83.

- Hey, it's all right. - Monster red got 100.1.

- Nice. - Hang on to that thing, freddy.

- Way to go, hunter. - Hunter, you beat us.

- It's heavy. - Good job.

So what's the season total?

Well, for the season total Is 395.

Yeah!

Nailed it!

Whoo!

Three weeks Into the season,

The hoffmans have mined An impressive $475,000.

Worth of gold, Beating parker schnabel.

For the second week in a row.

I want to mention one thing, And I won't mention it again.

I worked a lot of years With dave turin.

He's not here.

I want to wish him The best of luck,

And I hope whatever He does in the future.

That he's successful.

And he gets to spend a lot More time with his grandkids.

This is my first time ever Being in charge of a wash plant.

But even though dave isn't here,

I did learn a lot From him last year.

But I don't think I should get All the credit for, you know,

That gold... I think we all Worked really good as a team.

You guys are the best team In the business.

That's a lot of gold for what The hell happened to us.

Let's hit it again in the Morning and head towards 5,000.

Hunter, hunter, hunter. Are you down?

On the next "Gold rush"...

Not my fault.

I might have promoted hunter A little too early.

We haven't sluiced An ounce of gold yet.

I'm a little Pissed today.

Do we have to make A spaceship.

Out of this thing?

Todd couldn't find gold In a jewelry store.

Whoa! Look out!

Think that will put us Ahead of the hoffmans?