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On this "Gold rush"...

Taylor asked me what I was doing For the rest of my life.

He dropped to one knee And gave me a ring.

- Well, your father is not here. - A bit out of my control.

I think we should Get going, dear.

- I do think so too. - Okay.

Will you, monica, keep taylor As your favorite person.

And find new reasons To love him every day?

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Narrator With only a quarter Of this season left,

Tony beets is playing A desperate game of catch-up.

To make up lost ground, He's now running three plants...

Dredge one, the pearson box,

And this year's biggest earner, Monica's wash plant.

But in just four days, Daughter monica.

Will marry boyfriend Taylor mays.

I met taylor when I was 2 years old.

He's, like, easily the nicest And most amazing person

I know, so pretty lucky.

I don't know. We had talked About marriage and the like,

But nothing ever came of it,

And then, it was the end of September, and we went camping.

Taylor picked a very Particular spot.

He asked me what I was doing For the rest of my life,

And I said, "I don't know. Staying in the yukon,".

And he said, "Can I do it with you?"

And he dropped to one knee And gave me a ring.

That's how taylor and I Came to be.

Narrator While monica's away Getting married,

She'll hand her plant To longtime friend ruby mahoney.

Ruby is one of our best Employees, super trustworthy,

So I'm out in the cut today,

Loading out as much pay As I can.

We're going to build a stockpile High enough.

To reach the heavens.

I want to have her As prepared as possible.

Feels very nice to take On the responsibility.

Of monica's plant While she off getting married.

It's a little bit of pressure, But I like the responsibility.

Minnie Well, I'm leaving. We're going to town.

Well, we have to get ready For the wedding, right?

Ruby.

I'm sure she can do it.

She did fine On the... Plant, so...

We're going to take kevin. We're taking kevin, as well.

He's one Of the brosmaids.

Well, he's like a bridesmaid, But he's a dude.

Minnie So he's a bromaid.

No.

We've got a dress And a wig for him.

He's got to go party with taylor For the bachelor party, so...

Don't be late.

If you're not on time, We won't wait for you.

- See you later. - Don't be late.

Bye.

We've definitely picked up Some momentum in the gold,

But we've got to keep The pedal to the metal.

At the last cut, parker schnabel.

Is chasing his 6,000-ounce, $7.2-million target,

But nearly 3/4 of the way Through the season,

He's just over halfway To his goal.

Last week was a killer week.

We've really got to try To keep those numbers up,

And now we're fighting The big red.

Because it's just About out of pay,

And we've got A wash-plant move to do,

And we've got to have A solid plan in place.

You know, it needs to be One of the quickest moves.

We've ever done, because we just Can't afford the downtime.

Narrator Sluicifer is chewing Through 250 yards an hour,

But at the other end Of the cut,

Big red is down To the last few buckets of pay.

It's up to brennan ruault To move big red to its new home.

It would be good to get over To this new pad.

And to have a fresh start.

The faster we get this built, The faster we can move big red.

Narrator When parker promoted Brennan to plant boss,

It came with responsibilities.

Things here at big red Are in your hands.

That's awesome.

If you can't keep this plant Running 24/7,

You'll be back in a hoe,

Loading trucks The rest of the summer.

Brennan needs to finish The new pad,

80-feet high by 200-feet wide, Before big red runs out of pay.

Once complete, the 700 excavator Will drag the plant

1,300 yards to its new home.

Beside the next section Of the cut.

To build the pad,

Brennan has enlisted the help Of operator zack smith.

Hopefully we can get this pad Built, get that wash plant up,

And we'll be looking Pretty good, I think.

Yeah, I think It'll clean up well.

Hey, if we were thinking ahead, We would've had a cooler.

Full of beer down here Waiting for us, though.

B-e-e-r.

I've got pocket cookies.

Now, as always here, you know, We don't have many guys to help.

With this pad build And plant move.

I mean, it's a race Against time.

We came here to make money At the end of the day,

And money's what I want to make.

We're getting pretty down To the wire here,

But hopefully The gold's good.

Hey, parker, I'm coming up To the grizzlies right now.

With the last bucket For big red.

All right.

Aaron just threw the last bucket Of pay in,

So as soon as That hopper's empty,

The clock starts on us Not making any money down here,

And we can't afford To lose any time right now.

Brennan better have that Pad done as soon as he can.

Or I'm going to revert back To very angry parker.

Every hour big red is down, Parker loses $1,600.

- What's she look like? - What?

- Looking good? - Why are you here?

Shouldn't you be Building the pad?

Are you ready for a plant Right now?

Not right now.

What the

Parker wasn't happy The pad wasn't ready,

But it's not my fault.

There's not much We can do about it.

We just haven't had The machines to do it,

So it is frustrating.

Narrator Even though brennan Is still half a day away.

From completing the pad,

Parker sends in mitch To remove the hopper feeder.

We'll take it.

Little digging... She'll be ready to come out.

Let's just pull this thing ahead.

This.

- Parker Come on. - Let's go.

You must be joking.

I think we need more horsepower.

See what we're fighting here?

Lot of this wet material We been running.

Little bit that's been Boiling out's come back here.

Turned into concrete Right around the axles.

Of the tires over The hopper feeder here.

Parker pulls brennan away From the pad build.

To break the hopper Feeder free.

Don't pull too hard.

Parker Easy.

Now we're getting somewhere.

Crap!

Narrator At the last cut, Big red is sitting idle.

This certainly isn't An ideal plant move.

The pad is not ready.

I broke the chain.

We've moved big red In 24 hours before,

And I'd be amazed If this plant is running.

Within the next 5 days At this rate.

The longer big red is down...

The less likely parker Will hit his goal.

Parker rolled in, saw we were Trying to dig this out,

Thought it was good enough,

Jumped in, And blew our chain apart,

So he realized now why we were Doing what we were doing.

With the dirt cleared,

Alec and mitch can attempt To pull the hopper forward.

Alec Ready to rock?

Narrator Mitch will drive it Into position,

While brennan races To finish the pad.

I need to be able to get That plant set up.

Every day's super valuable.

To shut down for any length Of time right now.

Is just the worst thing We could imagine.

Four hours later, brennan levels Off the last few yards of dirt.

Now we got the pad completed, It's time to just get.

The wash plant, the stacker, And the feeder in place.

I mean, it sounds easy, But it's a huge job.

It's time to get that hooked up.

And get back to sluicing here.

Does your truck Smell like fart?

No, smells like Pure.

Narrator Rick ness has mined Over 760 ounces of gold.

Well, I don't mean To get cocky.

Season's not over yet.

But the way things are looking,

Yeah, I'm happy I did What I wanted to do,

Which was bring My friends up here.

Pretty much everybody thought It would be a bad idea.

To bring rookies up here, But where we're at right now.

Because of them, Because they stepped up,

I mean, I pretty much must be The smartest person alive.

He and his crew of greenhorns Are on track.

To hit their 1,000-ounce, $1.2-million goal.

We're doing everything That we can,

Keeping up with our maintenance, Taking care of our machines,

But you just never know At this point.

Zee Starting to come to The conclusion.

That any piece of Equipment you're in is...

It just gets pretty Mind-numbingly boring.

After a while.

The new car smell's Kind of wearing off.

Rick and ryan are keeping Zee's plant fed with pay dirt...

If we don't succeed, It ain't from lack of effort.

Narrator While terry Clears the tailings.

This point into the season, It's time to sprint.

You know, everybody's A little beat up.

Everybody's sore and tired,

But we really need to kick these Last few weeks in the ass.

These speed bumps Are killing me.

The last two days, I've been Passing a kidney stone,

So every time I hit a bump out here,

It kind of aggravates it, I guess you could say.

Got a pretty bad pain and, Yeah, not good.

Rick, you got a copy?

Yeah, go for rick.

Hey. Sorry to do this To you, dude.

I'm not feeling good.

Some pretty bad pain.

I think I might have to Get switched out.

All right.

Just, yeah, go lay down. Get some rest, man.

Let me know How you feel.

Hopefully it's nothing big.

He can just go rest For a bit and come back.

Hey, ryan, do you got a copy?

Ryan.

Yeah, rick, go for ryan.

Something wrong with zee.

He's in some pain or he's sick Or something,

But he's going to go rest.

But until that's sorted out,

I don't think we're going to be Able to run two shifts.

Probably going to have to Shut down for the night shift.

Yeah, whatever it takes.

That's too bad, though, But I'll get it taken care of.

I never want to shut The wash plant down ever,

But it's not looking like

I'm going to have a choice In this case.

Rick, you copy? Rick?

Yeah, go for rick.

You might want to come back To camp pretty quick here.

Zee's not doing too well.

He's... we might have to Send him to the hospital.

Zee's one of my best friends.

I just hope he's okay.

Man, I could give a Less about that right now.

I just want my friend To be okay.

This is not the area.

Where you want to get sick Like that.

How are you feeling, Buddy?

- Not the best. - No?

Unh-unh.

Kidney stones getting worse, Or what?

Yeah, I think so.

I mean, its just not...

I know I passed them through The kidney, but I don't know.

Just doesn't feel right. I think something else is up.

So, yeah, I mean, I've never Experienced kidney stones,

But, I mean, That's really something.

You're supposed To mess with, is it?

No, and I have had it Once prior.

Yeah.

And I had that pain In the past.

Yeah.

And it's just not The same this time.

Narrator It's a 16-hour drive To the hospital in fairbanks.

Just get to town And see what they say.

And take the time You need.

All right. All right.

Appreciate it, dude. I'm sorry.

Yeah. No worries, bud.

I just hope he's all right.

I mean, you know, he's the guy That runs my plant.

During the day.

It's never good to be Short-handed,

But making sure that zee's All right is number one,

And we'll continue on The best we can without him.

At the last cut,

Parker wants big red moved And running.

In time for the night shift.

If we want to sluicing By the end of the day,

We got to get big red set up, The sluice runs lined up.

We've got to get A hopper feeder in.

It's all doable.

Let's do it.

As you're coming out, Swing to the right.

Get right over And pull it.

Because you're going to Catch on the back,

And then get Your machine over.

It's just, like, Figuring out how to move.

A wash plant. Come on, boys.

We've done this a few times.

Hang on.

Why would you only hook One leg up?

He just needed To budge it a hair.

Have we not destroyed enough Rigging around here?

Put the other three on.

Yeah, I will.

This makes me want To blow my brains out.

The last thing we need is him Coming down here.

And having a attitude Over a broken cable back.

It's not the end of The world around here.

I hate when he comes out here And does that.

It pisses me off.

One of our pipes is wedged A little bit,

So doesn't come apart Like it should.

I'd watch that other side, Brennan.

Make sure you don't get him Snagged over there.

- Everything's broke down. - We can't afford the time.

Cables breaking and here We are,

We don't have another Excavator lift, sluice...

So now we're jimmying This back and forth.

Pain in the ass.

A wash plant that we have moved Six or seven times,

We can't figure out How to move, apparently.

- How do we look back there? - Is it going to clear?

It's still going to snag That piece of steel.

Well, who's in charge Around here?

Mine boss parker can't sit On the sidelines any longer.

No, no, no, no. No.

Watch those wings On that thing.

You'll just can-opener it.

Mitch Parker just wants to be In a rush here,

And all it's going to take Is for him to have one mistake.

Stand back, guys.

There you go.

You know, we got one angry boss. It is what it is.

We'll just plug along, Get this out of the way.

Doing good, zack. Nice and straight.

Little bit more.

Nice and easy. We're just about clear.

Zack.

Slippery level, too.

Nice job.

Narrator Two hours before The night shift starts,

Big red is finally On top of the new pad.

It's time to unpack The stacker...

Looking real nice.

And feeder.

Whoa! Perfect.

Brennan's completed the move.

Before the start Of the night shift.

All that's left is for parker To inspect the plant.

I know we're a little bit Behind on time,

But you guys did A great job on this.

Like, it's a Nice setup.

Yeah, everybody pulled together Really nice. It was awesome.

I figured once I broke a chain And whatnot,

I probably should Just stay the away.

And let things happen In one piece.

"Yeah, parker got The wash plant over there.

It should have been 5 pieces, But it was 10."

Mitch I think we start throwing Some rocks through it.

All right. Let's do it.

Here we go!

Everything in here Looks pretty good.

Nice.

There's no way in hell We're getting to 6,000 ounces.

Without big red pounding away And sluicifer pounding away,

So it's good to hear This thing washing rocks again.

That's for damn sure.

This sucks, man, But it is what it is.

I'll deal with it.

Narrator At quartz creek, Rick ness is a man down.

Zee's unexpected Kidney-stone operation.

Has forced rick to shut down The night shift,

Costing him $14,000 a day.

Rick Once we got the wash plant Running 24/7,

I mean, that plan Was to never stop, you know,

Not till The end of the season.

Ben I don't know What's going on with zee,

But he certainly looked like He was in a lot of pain.

Yeah, I hope he's got it Fixed up now, man.

He was really toughing It out there for a long time.

I miss having him here, and we Got lots of work left to do.

Hopefully he's getting Taken care of.

And we'll see him Again shortly.

Concerned about zee, rick heads Back to the only place.

He has wi-fi... his office.

I just got a text From zee's wife or...

Asking if I've heard from him, So nobody...

Apparently no one has heard From him, and she's worried,

And it's weird that He wouldn't contact anyone.

That's up.

Look at that, A text from zee.

Holy.

Internal bleeding And a blood clot in his lungs.

What the.

This was supposed to be A simple thing.

Well, now he texted His wife, too.

She's texting me.

"I asked them if I was going To die, and they said no."

That sounds like zee.

That...

That sounds Serious, though.

I mean, a blood clot can Kill you in a second.

At least he stayed there Last night 'cause.

If he'd have started Driving home,

There's nothing On that drive back here.

You know, if that would have Happened on the way,

He'd have been screwed.

We need zee back, But this sounds serious,

And I don't need him Rushing back.

When he's already Having complications,

So I'd rather him Just stay there, stay put,

Make sure he's okay Before he comes back.

That's just All there is to it.

His health is way more important Than trying to get back here.

Hope he's all right.

Come on, dude.

Parker is still behind.

On his 6,000-ounce, $7.2-million season goal.

To hit his target, he needs To pull in 340 ounces a week.

- Hi. - How are you?

Wait, there's a pile Of gold there. I'm good.

- Yeah. - Right on.

Well, Let's weigh some gold.

Here's sluicifer. Throw it on there.

20, 50...

80...

100...

200...

250...

- you're going to break three? - 270...

Going to get there close.

306.8.

306.8?

Nice one, dino. That's awesome.

You weren't kidding About it getting better.

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

For parker to stay on track,

Brennan needs big red To bring in at least 40 ounces.

Give her hell.

20...

40...

80...

90...

Triple digit again.

Mitch Nice.

140, 146.

Give her a smack. There's a lot dust in there.

151.1.

- I mean, that's not bad. - No.

No, especially with the time We lost moving the plant.

So for the week We have 457.95 ounces.

- We're on track. - We're on track, yeah.

We're on track.

Narrator 4,076.4 ounces, Worth a little under $5 million.

For the first time this year,

Parker's exactly Where he needs to be.

To hit his $7.2-million season goal.

Starting a month late And to be on track,

That's awesome, you guys.

We'll break records If we keep this up.

Killing it.

In dawson, it's the morning Of monica beets' wedding,

And brosmaid kevin beets Has joined his sister.

For a last-minute cleanup.

You being a brosmaid means You have to have good nails.

What's wrong With these ones?

They're disgusting.

They're probably The dirtiest hands I've seen.

Nails are in actually Really great shape.

It's just the dirt That crawled underneath them.

I'm almost getting gold, Actually.

- Probably. - I wouldn't be surprised.

I really wouldn't.

There's gold In them there nails.

How long have the folks Been together?

They got married 1980, So 38 years.

How weird is it Having clean hands?

It's really weird. Weird.

Let's see.

Wow.

60 miles south,

Tony starts the two-hour journey Into dawson city.

While the beets family Celebrates in dawson,

Ruby is looking after Monica's wash plant.

Ruby I know monica's dress Wasn't cheap,

And their honeymoon Won't be either,

So it's very important That this thing runs 24/7.

For sakes.

Tony, do you got a copy?

We have a big Rock stuck in the feeder.

Can you get over here, Please?

Big Rock stuck in that feeder.

Yeah.

Narrator If tony doesn't fix The wash plant, he'll be losing

$36,000 worth of gold each day He's away from the mine.

Yeah.

Monica's wedding Is less than three hours away.

Tony needs to fix the plant And get back on the road.

If he's going to make it To the ceremony on time.

Narrator After being In the hospital for three days.

And having a near-death Experience with a blood clot,

Zee returns to camp.

- Karla. - Zee.

- How we doing? - Welcome back.

How you doing?

I'm better than you.

Well, I should be good now.

Are you okay, man? I was worried about you.

I was worried, too.

A lot worried, yeah.

So are you... Do you feel ready?

I'm going to kind of Give it a whirl.

Well, That's what you got to do.

Well, yeah, I mean, Finish what I started.

What's up, bud? How you feeling?

- Good. Better. - Yeah?

- Good enough. - That's good, but you think.

You're seriously good To go, though?

- Yeah. - Yeah?

All right. That's what the doctor said?

- Yes. - Okay.

Well, I would certainly hope A doctor would know.

More than you and I, so... yeah.

I'm just worried because, You know,

Get beat up in that thing again, It's not, you know...

I mean, there's only one way To find out, right?

Yeah, I suppose.

Thanks, zee.

Zee gets straight to work Loading the plant.

Zee's in the loader.

Didn't lift a Finger yesterday.

Let's get back to work.

Put your foot on the gas, and Blow the rainbow out your ass.

Don't be a.

Time to put your big-boy pants On and get back to work.

- Get back to work. - Quit around!

We got the band Back together.

I had a kidney stone that Wreaked havoc, pretty much.

Thought I could make it Through the season,

And then things just Kind of turned for the worst.

I ended up having a blood clot And internal bleeding,

And that's what sent me Back to hospital.

Think of all the crazy I've done in my life.

That probably Should've killed me.

And then something Like this almost did.

I didn't see the light.

I didn't see satan, either, So that's a good thing, right?

Narrator Over in the gold room, Rick checks in on karla.

To see how much Durt reynolds pulled in.

Hey, karla. How's it looking?

- That's it? - Yeah, yikes.

That's of all it?

I don't even know if I want To call the guys in for that.

Maybe don't.

Dare I say worst ever?

It ain't over Till it's over.

We'll just use this as fuel And keep going.

Many more of these, And it is over.

Weigh it up and try And put it behind us.

10...

20...

32.1.

Narrator 32.1 ounces, Worth just $37,500,

Bringing rick's season total To just under 800 ounces.

That barely pays for the fuel For the week.

I'll tell the guys like It's no big deal.

"It's just 32 ounces."

Well, it's just one of those Weeks, you know?

I mean, it was tough, And we just can't keep rolling.

When we lose people.

Bomb that was.

The gold might not be there,

But, you know, making sure That zee's all right,

That's the most Important thing.

In dawson, the time has Finally come for monica beets.

To marry her long-time Boyfriend, taylor mays.

The guests have all turned up,

But the father of the bride Has yet to arrive.

Minnie Man.

It's a little bit concerning Your father's not here,

So I guess we're leaving things To the last minute.

We're not very on-time people, So as long as we can do this.

- We are, as a rule. - Questionable.

But this stuff is, like, Bit out of my control.

So what was Your wedding like, mom?

My wedding was A little bit different.

- Yeah? - I got dressed at home,

Your father came And picked me up,

And then we drove to the city Office, and we got married.

He never really proposed.

He goes, "Hey, we should get engaged."

That was it.

Yeah, well, tony and tradition And doing anything too roman...

- He never went down on one knee. - No, that doesn't surprise me.

You know, it's pretty awesome To see you getting married.

Good old veils.

You look gorgeous.

You think your father's Going to tear up?

Pbht!

You're funny.

I want to get him With the dance,

But I don't think He'll cry.

I'll be crying, But he won't.

You might be surprised.

I think we should get going, Though.

- I do think so, too. - Okay.

Can somebody carry my train Down the stairs?

Lisa, maid of honor.

Ta-da!

The father of the bride Has finally made it to dawson,

And friend len is on hand To make sure.

He gets to the ceremony on time.

You know What time it is?

Big boy, just like a saddle On a sow.

Underneath.

Wow.

Yep.

In dawson city, monica beets Is about to walk down the aisle,

But the father of the bride Has yet to turn up.

Welcome everyone.

On behalf of the mays and beets Family, thank you for coming.

Today is a celebration.

You both fell in love by chance,

But you are here today Because you are making a choice.

You are choosing each other.

Will you, taylor, keep monica As your favorite person,

To laugh with her, Go on adventures with her,

Support her through life's Tough moments,

Be proud of her, Grow old with her,

And find new reasons To love her everyday?

I will.

Will you, monica, keep taylor As your favorite person,

To laugh with him, Go on adventures with him,

Grow old with him, and find new Reasons to love him everyday?

Hell, yeah.

With this ring, I promise To always be there for you.

I promise to love and care For you.

And try every day To be worthy of your love.

May your marriage bring you All the exquisite excitements.

A marriage should bring.

May you have happiness,

And may you find it Making one another happy.

May you have love, and may you Find it loving one another.

By the power vested in me By the government.

Of the yukon territory, I know pronounced you married.

You may kiss the bride.

Did good. Wendy helped me pick it out.

Beautiful, beautiful dress.

Yeah. Well, yeah, It's an important day.

No day for grease.

With the "I dos" out of the way, It's time for the celebration.

Newlyweds monica And taylor arrive.

At the dawson palace grand.

In the town's Vintage 1940 fire truck.

Woman For the first time As husband and wife,

Please stand and welcome Taylor mays and monica beets.

Tony and I got married In holland,

And it's different there.

Being married to tony beets, I Feel like I should get a medal,

Because I've been putting up With the man.

For the last 38 years,

But every time I bring up The medal thing,

He brings up the parole.

He wants parole, so neither Of us is getting what we want.

Monica You know, I've danced With my father once before,

And that was at my graduation.

He didn't cry then. I did.

I didn't cry this time, But I'm pretty sure.

He teared up at my vows, So we're going to call it even.

The softer side of tony beets Does exist.

A job is a job is a job, But at the end of the day,

The only gold that matters To me today is on my finger.

Pretty serious up On my part.

On the next "Gold rush"...

It's that almost-impossible Corner to make.

Man Look out!

We need an emergency Medevac now.

We've got to be firing on All cylinders from here on out.

Get that Camera off me.

That's a joke.

Hopefully, things just fall In place... bang, bang, bang.

- This is a great start. - This is fantastic.

Now we're going to have to put The thing back together.