All language subtitles for Hoffman.Family.Gold.S02E07.1080p.HEVC.x265-MeGusta

All right, guys,
you ready to get it on?

Let's get it on, baby.

Game on.

[narrator] Over a halfway
through the season,

the Black Pearl
and the Holy Roller

have pulled in
371 ounces combined,

far short of their
1000-ounce goal.

Running out of time now,
we're getting farther behind.

[narrator] Now, with paydirt
running critically low...

That big girl needs
some frickin' paydirt.

[narrator] ...the battle of
the plants enters a new phase.

I'm just trying to find
an area where I can
do my own cut.

[narrator] As Todd and Hunter
each scramble to
mine fresh ground...

[Todd]

We're getting there, buddy.

[narrator] ...the team
Holy Roller is forced
to change gears...

Gosh, dang it.

Something's not right.

[narrator] ...when their dozer
goes down for the count.

Crap.

We lose this Cat, we're done.

[narrator] Will Todd
and his team be able to rally?

Without mining, there's
no point of being here.

[narrator] Or will Hunter take
all the gold and glory?

[Hunter] Whoa, dude!

It looks insane.

Keep it coming, Cub,
just like that.

[narrator] After six weeks,
both the Black Pearl

and Holy Roller's breakdowns
are behind them,

and both are now
fully operational.

But with the plants each
turning through 200 yards

of ancient river bed
paydirt an hour,

a new issue is on the horizon.

Their stockpile
is critically low.

[Todd] Without paydirt,
we're dead.

Without pay dirt, none of
these plants are running.

We're basically gonna
pack up our stuff,

and none of these guys
are gonna take
any gold with them.

[narrator] In two short weeks,
the team has exhausted
the ancient river bed,

leaving only a few thousand
yards of paydirt
left to process.

Maybe we have total, together,

a week's worth of pay.

We need paydirt on
a rich piece of ground.

[narrator] In order to
keep the mine running

and hit their 104-ounce goal,

both plants must be fed.

With the ancient
river bed nearly tapped,

the hunt for
new paydirt begins.

[Todd] It's a huge gamble
coming off of
that ancient river channel,

but you know what?
Do the math.

I need pay dirt
and I need it right now.

[narrator] With each
passing week,

the Hoffmans' 1000-ounce
season goal

slips further and further
out of reach.

[Todd] Andy and I are putting
our heads together.

We're just trying to
figure out the path
through this problem.

[narrator] They haven't
hit their weekly target
once so far,

only adding to
the following weekly goal.

'Kay, I'm dropping
dirt right now.

Drop it like it's hot, baby.

[narrator] It's a losing
streak they hope new paydirt

will help them overcome.

[Hunter] We need all the dirt
that we can get.

So, we're gonna find
some new paydirt

and try to locate a new,
a new cut for us.

Pearl is hungry.

That big girl needs
some frickin' paydirt.

[narrator] While
the stock pile of

ancient river bed paydirt
grows smaller,

Andy and Thurber begin
scouting a potential new cut

for the Holy Roller.

-[Thurber] Hey, Andy.
-[Andy] Hey, Buddy.

-So, I peeled
a bunch of this stuff off.
-[Thurber] Yeah.

[Andy] And the old-timers
were in here working,

which, they always left gold.

But I dug a hole right here.

It's got that,
all that red stuff in it.

-[Thurber] Yup.
-And I'm almost positive
that red stuff's really good.

Yeah, look at it. It's got
a lot of ore in it.
It's all rust.

[narrator] The presence
of iron ore,

and the distinct change
in soil color that Andy
has discovered

is a geological indicator
that a high gold concentration

is very likely present.

More often than not,
iron-rich environments

are also gold-bearing
areas as well.

What are you gonna
call this place if it's...

...pans out?

The Narrows of Dahl.

[Thurber] The Narrows of Dahl.

It almost sounds romantic.

[Andy] Well, you're here,
it's romantic.

So, this spot in Dahl Creek,
is a very special place

because it's the lowest point
that the gold can travel.

And it's where Dahl Creek
gets the narrowest.

So, when there's a flood,
or a rain, every bit of gold
that's above us,

has to come through
this point right here.

-[Thurber] I'll go pan
this real quick.
-[Andy] Okay.

So, we pan every, uh,
spot where we might...

...get pay.

You know, and it's just
a small, small test

compared to running a bucket
from the excavator.

To save time panning...

...I classify it down
really quick.

I'll use a 3H mesh,
half-inch mesh.

Get rid of the big rocks.

I'll, uh, make sure that
we don't have a big nugget,

which I'll probably faint
the day that ever happens.

But, uh, then screen it down
to where I can pan it.

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, my gosh. You have
got to be [bleep] me.

You got a lot of fine gold...

...in here.

And you have obviously
a lot of bigger gold.

So...

...pretty cool.

What's neat about it
is there's all this
fine gold with it.

Better than we ever
had in the Yukon.

I never get tired
of saying it,

but it, uh, that's one of
the best gold pans
I've ever seen.

You're gonna find
big gold in here.

[narrator] While Thurber
and Andy take stock

of the Holy Roller's
promising new cut
at the Narrows of Dahl,

Hunter heads north of the mine
with geologist Jeff Keener

in a search for fresh paydirt
to feed the Black Pearl.

[Keener] Most of those piles
are tailings.

-[Hunter] Yeah.
-[Keener] They,
they were pulled up

with a Bagley scraper.

Nobody knows
this property like Keener.

You know, he's been doing
test holes and trenches

in this before
I was even born.

So, he's gonna be
my best bet to pin point

where the best gold would be.

And then we'll figure out
where's the best place for
me to break ground.

The reason I wanted
to have you come out here

is 'cause I'm just trying
to find an area where
I can do my own cut.

And I wanted to start heading
towards Atlas Creek.

-[Keener] Yeah.
-We know it's super rich
up that way,

so I just figure head towards
where we know it's good.

[Keener] We've got
the prospect map.

I only went up a very short
distance up Quartz Creek

and to be honest, my results
weren't that good.

I think the best ground
that you're gonna find

on this part of
the Quartz Creek drainage

is at the mouth of North Fork

and then up on Atlas Creek.

Gotta keep in mind
that drilling

-is not a perfect science.
-[Hunter] Yeah.

-Yeah.
-[Jeff] We collect samples.

We process 'em,
come up with a grade,

and then plot it on a map
and then try to figure out

-well, what's it really
trying to tell us.
-Yeah.

And so, if I can find an area
that has a number
of good results...

-Mmm-hmm.
-[Keener]...then I'll
focus on that.

-If you were 23...
-Yeah.

...and you got a giant Trommel
that could eat through clay...

...where, where would you go?

[Keener] It's gonna be
on North Fork here.

There are old workings
in there that were
probably worked by hand

back, you know, gold rush era.

And they have not
been re-worked.

And so, that's actually
really easy mining,

'cause there's just about
two or three feet
of mud that's gonna come in.

You take that off,

and then you mine
the next three or four feet

of gravel and bedrock.

-Yeah.
-And so they did a little bit
of the work for you?

Yeah, they did a lot
of the work for you.

[Hunter] Okay.

Is any of that stuff thawed?

Were, they were
old-timers working?

In the old workings, yeah,
that's all thawed.

Wow.

The Black Pearl is gonna
give us an advantage

just because it's custom-built
for this kind of terrain.

There's a lot of clay,
and there's a lot of stuff

that you really
need to break up
inside the Trommel,

and, uh, it's a little bit
different than
the Holy Roller.

You know, we custom built
the Holy Roller

for Colorado where
we had a lot of rock,

and this, uh, terrain's kinda
the opposite of that, so...

I feel like we're at
a little bit of an advantage.

At least I know
I can get to it,

and it has potential
to be really good ground.

-Right.
-Okay.

I appreciate it.

Let's get out of here.

[narrator] While Hunter finds
new ground in North Fork...

...Todd is closing in
on his own new cut
at the Narrows of Dahl.

So this came from
what Andy calls
The Narrows of Dahl,

Okay, that's where it all...

-[Thurber] Super narrow.
-Right past the Z-plant was...

-[Thurber] Yeah.
-[Todd] ...and right narrows
up the canyon?

Yup. Well, I counted
up to 20 of the really fine,

-but then there's that.
-Oh, look at those.

One of the best pans
I've ever seen.

You know what, dude,
we're gonna go for it.

We're gonna run that stuff.

Pretty good, I love it.

Okay.

All right.

You know what?
It's a good test.

Then we know there's gold
in this little bit of dirt,

so why not run this stuff?

That's what we're doing.

[narrator] With Todd's
green light

and a waning
pay dirt stock pile,

Andy wastes no time
ripping new dirt from
The Narrows of Dahl.

We're gonna drop the ripper,
do our first rip.

Here we go!

We're just about
out of paydirt.

So, this couldn't come
at a better time.

I literally have
maybe five days,

but things can change quick.

Rip it nice.

[Todd]

We're getting her, buddy.

First rip of the year.

Exciting.

[narrator] Before Andy can
begin delivering paydirt
to the Holy Roller,

he must first expose it
through a process
they call ripping,

where the rough
top layer of growth

is scraped away to reveal soil
they hope is rich in gold.

We're needy right now.

We gotta take
whatever we can get.

Anything that's
got gold in it,

I'm running it through
The Holy Roller.

I gotta get every
speck of gold...

...and try to keep
from going broke.

And hopefully,
in the meantime,

we hit the motherload.
You never know.

Dude, we're gonna need
a lot of paydirt
for The Holy Roller.

Okay, bud?

Get me as much as you can.

[Andy] It's all just clay,
just mud basically.

What the heck is going on?

Something's not right.

It's not going
into gear right.

There's just one challenge
after another.

Crap.

Gosh, dang it.

[Andy] Something's not right.

It's not going
into gear right.

Crap.

[narrator] At the Narrows
of Dahl creek...

Son of a gun.

[narrator] ...Andy's first cut
of the clay-rich top soil

has stopped their bulldozer
in its tracks.

[Andy] Todd, Randy,
do you guys copy?

[Randy] Yeah, go for Randy.

[Andy] Hey, this pan is, uh...

...it's making
a whining noise.

And it's not going
into gear right.

I don't know what's wrong.

You got time to
come down here?

[Randy] Yeah,
I'll be right there.

Hopefully it's just
a simple little fix.

[narrator] As long as
the bulldozer sits dormant,

Andy and the team are stuck
without a way to resupply

their shrinking
paydirt stock pile.

[Andy] We lose this Cat,
we're done.

We got an issue here, bud.

We can't get this pay out.

[Randy] What happened?

Every time you shift...

...it, it just, like, it gets
tighter and tighter.

But there's whining noise
that wasn't there before.

[Randy] Noises aren't good
in a transmission.

Dude...

...we've got a big issue
going on here.

How long do I have?

The sooner the better.

I say top priority, man,

grab your gages
and then give us a, uh,

diagnosis as soon as you can.

-[Andy] All right, will do.
-Okay, bud?

-[Andy] All right.
-All right, man.

Thanks, guys.

[narrator] In order to get
paydirt moving to
the plants again,

Randy must fix
the dozer's transmission.

[Randy] There's nothing
about a dozer that's
ever easy it seems like.

And Andy normally parks
them in really good spots.

Top of a glacier.

All right.

Now that we got
that connected...

...we can go ahead
and start the dozer...

...and, uh, figure out
what our pressure is.

We'll see what we get.

We need 430 PSI of pressure
for a normal transmission.

Problem is, I don't think
it's gonna get it.

We've only got 20 PSI.

That's why it's not
going into gage.

The clutches aren't collapsing
and engaging.

Now we've got
a busted transmission.

Now I gotta go tell Todd
some bad news.

-Hey.
-[Todd] Dude.

Give us the bad news.

Took a sample of that oil.

Smell it.

It smells
like friction material.

That means it's
got metal in it.

All of the clutches are gone
in that transmission.

[narrator] The clutch
is a series of rotating
mechanical disks

that link the engine
to the transmission

and allow the gears to shift.

When engaged, hydraulics
press them together,

locking the transmission
and drive line,

letting the motor
and drive wheels rotate
at the same speed.

Over time, friction
can degrade the clutch

and prohibit the gears
from locking in place.

[Randy] That's why
the fluid pressure's so low.

We've got no clamping power
to keep those gears moving.

There's nothing in there
that's of any value.

That transmission is junk.

That oil's supposed
to be clear.

We gotta get
another transmission.

I need a good used one
or a new one.

-[Todd] Okay.
-Or a re-manufactured
transmission.

All right, if I can find one,

you're gonna
have to put it in,

and you got maybe
24 hours to put it in.

Can you try to get
it up to the shop?

It, can you bring it up?

Is it still moving?

It was still moving
when I shut it down.

I'll try to limp it
up to the shop.

Get it to the shop,
you rip it open,

and everybody
say a prayer, right?

-Okay.
-All right, let's go.

Sup?

How you doing?

[clears throat]

So, I had Keener come out...

...'cause I wanted to
just pick his brain...

-Wow.
-[Hunter]...on any other
areas that we could mine.

So, you talked to Keener?

Mmm-hmm.

Yeah.

You know, nobody knows
this property like he does.

Okay, what did he say?

[Hunter] So...

We went out towards
North Fork area,

'cause to me, that's
the closest area
towards Atlas Creek...

...that has a road to it.

I asked him, "Where
would you go?"

He said that's where
he would go if he was me.

So, that's kinda where
I wanna do my first real cut
for the Black Pearl.

Well, that clay in there
is gonna make hard to run,

but actually the Black Pearl
might be designed
for that stuff, so...

I think if the Black Pearl
didn't run it, we might
not run it at all this season.

-[Todd] Wow.
-And I think we need
all the pay we can get.

Well, when you're ready,

we'll get the trucks in there
and start hauling it.

All right, all right, Bub.

It's surprising that he
met with Keener on his own,

but you know what?
That's the next move
I would make.

North Fork, I actually think
is pretty good pay.

But it's got so much
dirt and clay in it,

it's gonna take something
like the Black Pearl

to even get it to process.

I dunno.

He might just actually
be on to something here.

[Jack] Hey, Todd.

We got the trannie
for the D10,

and we're heading up the hill.

Okay, 10-4.

So, I sent my dad
and Thurber to town

to pick up this transmission.

We gotta get this
thing off the truck,

and we gotta get it put on,
inside this D10.

And we don't have a lot
of time to do it.

-Come on, come on, come on.
-Sweet, sweet looking.

Right about right there.
That's good.

Randy, unhook this thing.

[Jim] Uh, I can't believe
you found this.

Go ahead and,
and unbolt this thing.

-[Jim] Yeah.
-Uh, we're gonna go ahead

and lift it out, and then
we're gonna hopefully

-do a quick switch.
-[groans]

That sucker is heavy.

It's about 2,800 pounds
or something like that.

Oh.

Whoa.

-Okay, whoa.
-How in the world...

-No wonder it was so heavy.
-[Randy] Holy.

The transmission
actually sits on
a roller inside the body,

and you just roll it out,
and pick it out.

Let us know if
you have any issues.

Do you need any help?
What do we need?

[Randy] I'm gonna
need some help.

-Okay.
-Can I get maybe
Tater to help me?

[Todd] Want you to have Tater.
You guys attack it.

The faster the better,
but, hey,

do not screw this up,
that's $40,000 in this box.

You know, Todd,
I can't believe

you pulled a rabbit
out of the hat again.

Yeah, it's
a $40,000 rabbit, Dad.

Yeah, but without it,
there wouldn't be a season.

We're, we'd be done right now.

We need this thing in, quick.

I don't want any
mistakes though, man.

You ever put something
together from Ikea,

and you get done
and you have extra parts?

-[Randy] All the time.
-You can't do that on this.

-And do you think we'll get
through the season with this?
-Yes.

All the way.

Without paydirt,
boys, we're done.

All right, let's get on it.

[narrator] Before
the transmission
can be swapped out,

Randy and Tater
need to unhook it
from the drive line.

And the only way to access it
is through the belly pan,
beneath the dozer.

Well, we're gonna have
to drop that belly pan...

...uh, drive line.

Drain the oil.

Drain the 50 gallons of oil,
I don't know.

-Quick buckets.
-You got a 50-gallon pan?

-[Tater] Yeah.
-Just slide a small
50-gallon pan in there.

It'll be quick buckets.

[Randy] Yes.

Quick buckets.

We're gonna strap a chain
from, uh, this link

down underneath the dozer
up to the link
on the other side.

[Tater] We're tightening
this thing up

so that when I take the bolts
out of the belly pan,

I don't get killed.

'Cause these belly pans
are extremely heavy.

It's probably in
the 2000-pound range

right now with
all the dirt in it.

We're doing this in order
to keep the production up,

'cause we need
to get stripping.

And this machine
is what we strip with, so...

...we gotta get this done.

All right, you ready for this?

[Tater] It's starting
to smell.

It...I'm ready
whenever you are.

-Okay.
-[Randy] Here.

This one might
be a little long,

you're gonna have to
grab it on the other side.

And then you're gonna
have to hook it up top.

-Copy that?
-[Randy] Got it.

Okay.

-[Tater] Real long.
-[Randy] You're through
the eyelet?

[Tater] Oh, yeah.

-[Randy] You are?
-[Tater] You got lots of room.

Liking it?

[Tater] Yeah.

We have the belly pan
strapped up.

We're gonna remove
the bolts out of it,

and, uh, try to let it down
carefully as we can,

get at the drive line
for this transmission.

[Randy] Coming at you.

[Tater] All right, clear.

Go ahead.

Thank you.

[Randy] Belly pans are known
as widow makers.

[Tater] I'm gonna
get a little closer to it.

If you make a mistake,
and you just
zip the bolts off,

they smack down
and kill people.

[Tater] Dang it,
I can't see it.

[bleep]

[Randy] Belly pans are known
as widow makers.

[Tater] I'm gonna get
a little closer to it.

If you make a mistake
and you just
zip the bolts off,

they smack down
and kill people.

[Tater] Dang it,
I can't see it.

[bleep]

We're patching over it.

That one's...

-...is it coming loose
or is it spinning?
-[Tater] No.

-Just spinning.
-[bleep]

[Tater] Just spinning.

When taking off
this belly pan,

I ran into a bolt
that won't come off.

I have to cut the head off.

It's costing us gold
because we can't strip.

Without stripping,
we can't mine,

and without mining, there's
no point of being here.

You're up, boss.

I'm clear.

Okay, coming down.

-Nice and controlled.
-[Tater] Yup.

Keep her coming,
you're looking good, Randy.

[Randy] It's what
my wife says.

[Tater] I'm gonna have to
ask her about that,
if that's true.

Okay.

Wow.

Not as bad with the dirt
as I thought it was gonna be,

but it's still pretty bad.

[Randy] That's it.

[Tater] All right,
belly pan's down.

We're making progress,
but unfortunately,

we've only got 24 hours
to get this done,

and it's taking way
too long just to get
this stupid belly pan off.

Now that we got the bolt cut,
the pan's down,

we gotta get this guard off,
get the drive line off,

and then we gotta get
that thing out of there.

What's sitting there?

-[Tater] What?
-[Randy] What is that?

That's the yoke out of
the front of the transmission.

[Randy] Okay, so
the drive line's off?

The drive line's
laying up here.

[Randy] Oh, nice.

There you go.

-[Randy sighs]
-[Tater] Okay.

[narrator] With Todd's crew
scrambling to replace
their dozer's transmission...

...Hunter and his crew
are taking advantage of
the last dozer standing

to scratch a fresh cut
on North Fork.

[Hunter] Hoping that it's
a little bit hotter

than the last stuff
we were running.

If this doesn't work out,
uh, I don't really
have a plan B.

I don't have another area
I can go to.

You know, the Holy Roller
has already eaten
through so much pay,

and, uh, I don't want us
to be stepping on
each other's toes.

So, we'll see.

[narrator] Although Hunter's
found his new paydirt...

...it's only enough to keep
one plant running.

[Dakota] It's a lot
to keep up with
to have two plants going.

All we can do is just try
and stack the yardage up
the best we can now.

[narrator] With no paydirt
coming out of
the Narrows of Dahl,

the Black Pearl
and Holy Roller

are eating through
paydirt faster than
it can be resupplied.

[Cub] It's been a real
struggle with the paydirt.

it takes two trucks just
to keep up with
the wash plant,

'cause it's just so far.

It's, like, 15 minutes for me
to even take material there
and come back.

[narrator] The remaining
stockpile will only keep

the plants fed for
another day or two.

Without new material from
the Narrows of Dahl cut,

the mine may be
forced to shut down.

[Tater] I don't think
this is gonna work.

[narrator] Tasked with
ensuring that doesn't happen,

Tater and Randy
are working to replace

the broken
bulldozer transmission.

But first, they must overcome
one more challenge,

removing the cumbersome
axel shaft threaded
into the transmission

that is standing between them
and finishing the job.

-[Randy] That's gonna
be way too big.
-It's too big.

-[Todd] Where are we at, boys?
-[Randy] And that's--

-Hey.
-[Tater] Hey, Todd.

[Randy] We ran into
a bit of a snag.

This dozer has an inner
and an outer axle shaft.

This is the outer axle shaft.

They are threaded...

...on the ends.

[Randy] And the inner one
has that same thread on it.

To pull it out, you have
this special tool

that you thread on here,
and you pull
the outer one out.

-And you use that same tool
to thread on...
-Okay.

...the inner one.

-[Todd] Special tool.
-[Randy] Yeah.

I'm guessing from the looks
of our shop, we do not
have that tool.

No.

And we're kind of screwed.

-'Cause, uh, we're, what,
miles from Nome.
-Yeah.

And we've been working
on this for 8 hours,

-trying to get that
stupid axel out.
-[Todd] Yeah.

[narrator] The axel
and thread they need
to reach to unscrew it,

can only be access through
the wheel well of the dozer.

With time running out
and no tool to
make the connection,

it's up to Randy
and Tater to think fast.

What do you got? Idea?

Well, we were thinking
about melting
some plastic around it

and pulling it out,
but it's gotta be hot

-to slide it in.
-All right.

What's your idea?

I'm thinking we melt it
on the one out here
and make threads.

-Oh.
-Screw it off, screw it on.

-Dude.
-'Cause ABS plastic
melts pretty good.

Put a hose clamp around it.

-Tighten it down.
-And then screw it off.

[Tater] And then screw it off.

-Smart man.
-[Tater] Might work.

-[Todd] All right, try it.
-It might work.

[Todd] If it doesn't work,
I wanna know.

[Randy and Tater] Okay.

[Randy] All right,
we'll let you know.

Dude, that's a good idea.

I just thought of it.

What do you mean,
"What's the problem?"

I got a D10, I'm almost
out of paydirt,

and both of my mechanics
are trying to melt
the piece of plastic

and pull an actual shaft
out of the transmission.

You tell me, you tell
me what's wrong.

No, it's not gonna work.

They're just...
This isn't gonna work.

-[Tater] That's getting soft.
-[Randy] Is it?

-Yeah.
-[Tater] See that?

Oh, sorry. Didn't mean to
light you on fire there.

-Ooh, ooh, ohh.
-[Tater] That's hot.

[Randy] Oh, yeah.

-[Tater] See it smashing?
-[Randy] I'm liking that.

Let me throw
a little more heat on that.

[Tater] Yeah.

That's pretty soft.

Okay.

[Randy] Well, it took
a squish, didn't it?

Yup.

-Oh, boy.
-[Tater] All right,
you got that end.

Let me know when you're ready.

Okay.

You're kidding me.

[Tater]

[Randy] It is.

You're kidding me.

[Tater] No, I think there's
threads in there, buddy.

It is screwing on,
it's getting tighter.

[Tater] Wow.

Oh, grab it, grab it, grab it!

We don't wanna lose one...
lose our threads.

That is a solid win.

-All right, nice work.
-[Randy] Whoo! PVC pipe.

All right, dude, we gotta
pull this other one out,
we gotta get going.

[Randy] Okay, it's free!

You put it on that palate.

-[Todd] All right.
-[Randy] Looks good.

[narrator] After
some determination
and ingenuity,

the crew is ready
to install the new
dozer transmission.

Operation is half-over.

Now we gotta
get the new one in
and hooked up.

What happens if
we screw this up?

Don't screw it up.

[exhales]

$40,000 transmission.

[Todd] Oh, golly.

All right, what could
go wrong?

[Randy] That transmission
weighs 3,000 pounds.

Good luck.

I'll need you to
hold it in the air

-when you get it up,
so I can take--
-[Todd] Get the L-ring?

-Take, take that plug
and that L-ring.
-[Todd] Okay.

[Randy] Oh, [bleep].

Whoops.

I guess they come with
a little oil in 'em.

[Randy] Let me get a bucket.

Normally, they don't come
with oil in 'em.

It was, uh,
shipped on its back,

so I didn't expect there
to be any oil in it.

But, you know, that proves
that they tested it.

That's what we want.
We want a good,
good transmission.

We don't want a one
that we put in and then
have to take back out.

Go easy.

-Oh, I will, I will try.
-Okay?

[Randy] We got one shot, Todd.

We can't mess this up.

Jeez, then why am I doing it?

[Randy] Keep going.

Stick towards you.

There ya go.

[grunting]

Oh, you're there, aren't ya?
Curl in just a bit.

Set it down.

Stay there you big boy.

We gotta pick it
and set it on the rails.

So our transmission
has these rollers,
it has to sit on those rails

and it guides
that transmission
into the input shaft hole.

[grunting] Ah, come on, you.

Up just a bit.

Hold that.

Very crucial part,
it's gotta go straight in.

Can't be messed up
at this point.

If it goes in incorrectly
we'll have an issue
with O-rings and it'll leak.

We don't wanna leak.

There ya go.

Up a little more.

We got, like, 12 inches to go
and he's only got
2 inches left.

Half curl your bucket.

'Kay, hold that. Beautiful.

That is one
heavy transmission.

[Todd] Well, that wasn't easy.

-She ain't light.
-No.

She's a little over 280.

Yeah, she is.

Uh, wow, what's left?

Well, I forgot to remove
that back plate,

-turn it around.
-Okay.

-[Randy] We're 90%
of the way there.
-'Kay.

So, uh, I'll turn
that plate around, pick it up,
and it'll slide right in.

Hey, radio me when you're
ready to test drive.

Thanks. Thanks for your help.

-Good job, man.
-Thanks.

[narrator] With not a moment
to spare, the replacement
transmission is in

and Todd's dozer
is back in action.

♪ Whoa whoa-oh♪

[narrator] Now, Andy can
finally get back to their cut

and start contributing
to the paydirt's stockpile
feeding their plants.

♪ Set the world on fire♪

♪ I'ma burn
I'ma burn this to the ground♪

[Andy] I believe
that we might be okay.

Now it's our job
to get the gold
outta the ground,

and make money,
and get it done.

♪ I'll burn
the whole thing down♪

We've got Andy
up in the Narrows of Dahl
on the D10.

We're gonna get
some of that paydirt
into The Holy Roller

and see how it weighs up.

We're trying to get
as much pay from North Fork
as possible.

It's looking
pretty good right now
and we're not gonna quit.

We're not gonna
stop this plant, 100%.

♪ I'ma burn
I'ma burn it to the ground♪

♪ I'll burn
the whole thing down♪

♪ Whoa whoa-ho♪

♪ Hey♪

♪ Whoa whoa-ho♪

-[Hunter] You ready?
-Yeah.

Yeah, I'm ready.

Yeah, I'm really interested
to see how it's gonna look,

this North Fork
is where it's at.

Okay.

I hope it is.

[narrator] After running
material from their new cut
on North Fork nonstop...

-[Hunter] Cub,
do you have a copy?
- Yeah, what's the plan?

We're about to shut down,
I'm gonna sent Sparky
to the pump right now.

[Cub] Copy that.

[narrator] ...Hunter is ready
to see if the ground he bet on
is going to payout.

[Hunter speaking over radio]

Yeehaw!

[Hunter] You ready, Sparky?

[Sparky over radio] Yes, sir.
I'm ready whenever you are.

Go ahead and bring it down.

[narrator] Is their new
North Fork paydirt as rich
as Hunter hopes?

And if so, will it be enough
to push the Hoffmans closer

to the 1,000 ounce
season goal?

[Cub] This's that crazy
gold Jack was talking about,
this is frickin' crazy.

[Hunter] Yeah,
but this rounds packing.

See, this is why
I wanna do a full pull,
look at this.

[Cub] Told you North Fork
was good.

Right now, we're getting
the first glace at the box,
it looks insane.

It's something
I've been wanting to see
for a long time.

We're gonna pull this thing,
get it up to the gold room,

and I'm really eager to see
how good it really is.

Oh, my gosh, I'm liking this.

That's better
than what I thought
it was gonna be,

and I thought it was gonna
be really good.

[Hunter] This is all
our hard work.

Look at these bugs, dude.
Look at these bugs.

-Mosquitos are bad.
-[Hunter] Good lord.

I think we can do it...
[spits] I just ate a
[bleep] mosquito. [spits]

Let me get ya there,
hold on. There.

You know what?
I'd rather get bit.

I'd rather get bit...
Oh, jeez, that was big,
thank you.

-[chuckling]
-You actually saved me.

Holy smokes,
it's the Alaskan Air Force.

I mean, I personally,
I had... [gags]

Did you see that thing
fly in my [bleep] mouth?

Get the [bleep]
eaten out of me
by mosquitos.

What you do on a mosquito
is you kill it on your hand,
you leave it there

to let all the other ones know
this is what's gonna
happen to ya.

So you leave
squished bugs on ya.

That's how you do it up here.

[Hunter] You got like
blood and stuff.

Yeah, you're bleeding.
There's one on your
forehead too

-[spits]
-[bleep]

[narrator] Andy and his crew
are finally stocking paydirt
from the Narrows of Dahl

after losing hours of daylight
to a broken transmission.

While Jack and Thurber
are getting their first look
at the mats from North Fork.

[Jim] This is paydirt
that came from North Fork

that went through
the Black Pearl.

Everyone gets excited,
including myself,

but you gotta
get it on the table,

dry it, weigh it,
and then that's the proof.

[narrator] If the new dirt
can produce 104 ounces
this week,

it will mark their highest
payout of the season,

and keep
their 1,000 ounce goal
for the year within reach.

[Jack] We only have so many
days left to run, we wanna
run the good stuff.

We have a goal,
I wanna make sure
that we hit that goal.

And, hopefully,
it's gonna be 3 ounces
per 100 yards.

If it is, we're home free.
If it isn't...

We, uh... The proverbial,
up the creek without a paddle,

you know, and we don't
wanna be there.

[Jim] Hey, Jack.

Whoa. Whoa-ho-ho.

[Jim] That's pretty darn good.

That's crazy gold,
there we go.

[Jim] Thank you young guns,
that's a lot of gold.

[Jack] We'll see which plant
produces the best.

I don't know until
this cleanup's done.

I just hope
that I make enough money
to get a new sweatshirt.

[narrator] Last week,
Hunter's Black Pearl
brought in 21 ounces,

far less than Todd's 65 ounces
on The Holy Roller,

but combined for 86 ounces,
the highest output
of the season.

However,
still short of hitting
their weekly target.

Despite both plants
breaking down,

will they finally hit
their goal this week?

Okay, how you feel
about this week?

Really good.

I seen, uh, an old guy
show up the other day.

Hunter, uh, hired Keener
to come out, so

he said that's, uh,
kind of a pretty good move.

Feeling good
about your cleanup?

Feel a lot better
than last week.

How do you guys feel
about your cleanup?

We didn't get a lot
of yards through it,

but I think
that this breakdown
that we had to deal with,

uh, kinda screwed us
over a little bit.

But I think
we're on to something.
Right, Andy?

Yeah, I think
the Narrows of Dahl
are gonna surprise us.

I think there's...

This is one time
that the surprise
is a good surprise.

I've heard you guys
make a lot of predictions
on the dirt this season,

so I'll make a prediction,
I think that North Fork

is a little bit richer
than the Narrows of Dahl.

And what I saw in the box,
probably gonna smoke
you guys this week.

Yeah, I do. I mean,
that's my prediction,
I could be dead wrong.

-[Jack] Hey.
-What's up, fellas.

Well, what'd you think's up?

Who's got the heavier bottle
is what I'd like the know.

[Jack] All right, here we go.

[Jim] We need
to get 104 ounces,
see how it goes.

-[Jim] Ten.
-[Jack] Fifteen.

[Todd] Let that run.

-[Jim] It's over 20.
-[Todd] Twenty.

-[Jim] Twenty-six, 28.
-[Todd] Thirty.

[Jim] Thirty-six, 37,
slow down.

I don't like it.
I don't like what's
happening here.

-Yeah, that's almost out.
-[Andy] Why we went little.

-[Sparky] It's good
you guys can count
-[Jim] Forty-eight.

-Three plus the one...
-[Todd] Beats three.

No, it's not gonna do it.

-[Jack] 54.8.
-Whoa, not good.

I don't feel like that's...
Are we going backwards?
What's happening?

-[Hunter] Let's hear this.
-[Todd chuckles]

[Hunter] Thirty-seven.

-[Jim] Still feels heavy.
-Guys, I have a bad feeling
we're gonna get beat.

-56.05. Suck it!
-[Todd] Yeah, okay.

[Hunter] Everybody stop,
everybody stop.

Just want everybody
to close their eyes right now
and just soak that in.

-How does that feel?
-[all chuckling]

-[all chuckling]
-[Hunter] Okay.

[narrator] The Black Pearl's
second cleanup comes in
at just over 56 ounces,

while The Holy Roller
comes in at just under 55.

For the first time this season
their 111 ounces combined
exceeds their weekly goal.

The Hoffmans
now have 482 ounces.

They'll need nearly 520
more ounces to hit their
season goal of 1,000 ounces.

What I've seen
is that the young guys

they kicked your butts.

You know?

This, uh...

just is a lot of gold.

Well, you know,
don't ever let anybody

saying anything about you.
You guys came out on top.
You worked hard, you did it.

We appreciate ya, Jack.
Really do.

You know what it is.
You guys earned it, man.
Way to go.

You know,
this is the first time
we broke 100,

we're at 111 [chuckles]
for the week.

-Awesome.
-We're there, we hit it.
We hit it at least one week.

Now, we just gotta
put one week together
with another and away we go.

Good job.

The victory this week
is yours, you earned it.
And you know what?

I hope it feels good.

We almost had $190 grand,
pretty good.

Yeah, that's just this week.
So we gotta just
keep this pace.

We do, we do.
Great job. Let's go.