Original subtitles

IT'S AN ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE CORNER TO MAKE.

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LOOK OUT!

Narrator: ON THIS "GOLD RUSH."

Man: WE GOT A BOATING ACCIDENT OUT HERE

IN SCRIBNER CREEK, WE GOT A GUY BUSTED UP PRETTY BAD.

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ALL RIGHT, MAN, BACK IN THE TRUCK.

JUST LIKE THE OLD DAYS.

I THINK I GOT A HOLE IN THE RADIATOR.

GET THAT [BLEEP] CAMERA OFF ME.

ARE WE AT THAT POINT IN THE YEAR WHERE WE CAN'T WIN?

WHY DO YOU NEED EGGS?

TO HOPEFULLY FIX SOME LEAKS.

ARE YOU READY?

-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

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FEELS REALLY GOOD TO BREAK 4,000 OUNCES.

FOR THE FIRST TIME,

I'M STARTING TO THINK THAT WE'LL ACTUALLY DO SIX.

WE'LL BREAK RECORDS IF WE KEEP THIS UP.

AS LONG AS WE KEEP THE PLANTS RUNNING,

WE SHOULD GET THERE.

Narrator: WITH SIX WEEKS LEFT

BEFORE THE KLONDIKE WINTER FREEZE SETS IN,

PARKER SCHNABEL HAS MINED ALMOST $5 MILLION OF GOLD.

WE'RE ON TRACK. WE'RE ON TRACK, YEAH.

THAT -- [BLEEP]!

[ LAUGHTER ]

Narrator: HE'S WELL ON HIS WAY

TO HITTING HIS $7.2 MILLION JACKPOT.

Parker: GOT BRENNAN DOWN IN BIG RED, HE'S DOING GREAT.

DEAN'S DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB AT SLUICIFER.

MITCH BOUNCING BETWEEN THE TWO KEEPING EVERYTHING RUNNING.

Narrator: ON HIS MASSIVE 61 ACRE CUT

PARKER'S HIT THE BEST PAY STREAK OF HIS CAREER.

WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD GOLD HERE.

I MIGHT GET EXITED.

[ LAUGHS ]

Narrator: FOREMAN DEAN IS RUNNING SLUICIFER 24/7,

AND HALF A MILE AWAY BRENNAN IS POUNDING

THE PAY DIRT THROUGH BIG RED.

HEY, AT THE END OF THE DAY I'M THE [BLEEP] BEST THERE IS

AND PARKER'D BE [BLEEP] WITHOUT ME.

[BLEEP] YEAH. [ LAUGHS ]

Narrator: WITH HIS OPERATION RUNNING WELL

PARKER HAS TAKEN ON A BRAND NEW PROJECT.

WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING?

I THOUGHT WE ALREADY MINED ALL THIS.

I'M BUILDING AN OVAL.

FOR WHAT?

THE BOATS.

NO WAY, YOU'VE GOT 'EM?

YEAH, THEY FINALLY MADE IT.

Narrator: PARKER'S CUSTOM MADE JET BOATS

TOOK SIX MONTHS TO DESIGN AND BUILD.

NOW, THEY'RE FINALLY READY TO HIT THE WATER.

WE'LL HAVE A RACE TRACK.

NICE LITTLE CIRCLE TRACK GOING ON.

THEY'RE THE FIRST THINGS THAT'VE

PUT A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE IN A LONG TIME.

YOU GOTTA HAVE SOME FUN EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

RIGHT.

HOW FAST ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO?

WHEN THEY WERE TESTING IT, IT DID 70 MILE AN HOUR.

I LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.

YOU CAN GET YOURSELF IN TROUBLE IN A HURRY,

AND WE WILL.

OH, YEAH.

TONIGHT, YOU DOWN?

YEAH, LET'S DO IT MAN.

Narrator: MITCH BLASCHKE HAS BEEN PARKER'S FRIEND

AND MECHANIC FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

SEE YOU ON THE RACETRACK.

GIVE ME A CALL ON THE RADIO WHEN YOU'RE READY.

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YOU GUYS AIN'T COMING?

Narrator: THE BOATS USE SUPER-CHARGED JET SKI ENGINES

AND CAN DO ZERO TO 50 IN THREE SECONDS.

[ MOTOR CHURNING ]

IT'S THAT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE CORNER TO MAKE.

[ ENGINE REVS ]

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THAT'S ONE WAY TO END UP ON THE BEACH.

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[ ENGINE REVS ]

Man: IT'S TOUGHER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

YOU'VE GOTTA BE FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS FROM HERE ON OUT.

Narrator: RICK NESS IS MINING THE DOWNSTREAM CUT,

BUT RECENTLY HIS GOLD PRODUCTION HAS TAKEN A DIVE.

LAST WEEK'S GOLD TOTAL WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTING,

WE CAN'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE OR WE'RE

JUST NOT GONNA HIT OUR TARGET.

Narrator: HE'S STILL A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS SHORT

OF HITTING HIS $1.2 MILLION SEASON GOAL.

[ ROCKS FALLING ]

DID I TELL YOU WHEN I'M DONE I'M TAKING THIS THING HOME

WITH ME AND I'M GONNA PUT IT IN MY BACK YARD.

Man: I'M SURE YOUR BOYS WILL BE EXCITED,

BUT THE NEIGHBORS AREN'T GONNA BE TOO THRILLED.

I WAS GONNA BUILD THEM A TREE HOUSE,

BUT I'D RATHER HAVE AN EXCAVATOR THAN A TREE HOUSE.

Narrator: TERRY'S IN THE DOWNSTREAM CUT

STRUGGLING TO GET A FULL LOAD OF PAY INTO BEN'S ROCK TRUCK.

Man: I'M SCRAPING FROZEN PAY DIRT.

I'M GETTING A LITTLE BIT OFF THE TOP,

ENOUGH TO KEEP ONE TRUCK MOVING.

Narrator: UP AT THE PLANT, RYAN'S RUNNING LOW ON PAY.

Ryan: IF THINGS KEEP GOING THE WAY THEY ARE,

THE REALITY IS WE'RE GONNA RUN OUT OF PAY HERE,

PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DAYS.

BEN, YOU GOT IT ON?

COPY.

I THINK I MIGHT HAVE ONE OR TWO MORE

AND THEN WE'LL GET THE HELL OUT OF THIS SLOP.

COPY.

[ DIRT FALLING ]

ALL RIGHT I'M DONE.

YEAH, RICK'S HERE RIGHT NOW.

WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT BETWEEN THE THREE OF US.

THAT'S IT, I NEED A RIPPER DOWN HERE OR SOMETHING

IF WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MOVE ON.

HONESTLY NOBODY RIPS GRAVEL,

NOBODY THAT WANTS TO MAKE MONEY RIPS GRAVEL.

IT'S [BLEEP] EXPENSIVE.

I GET IT.

WELL, WE'RE JUST SITTING HERE SCRATCHING AT THE SURFACE,

YOU KNOW, AND WE HAVEN'T MADE MUCH HEADWAY

IN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.

NO, BUT WE'RE THERE, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.

WE'VE GOT NOTHING THAWED.

LET'S START RIPPING SOME OF IT.

HOPEFULLY WE DON'T GRENADE OR DOZER.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GET THAT DOZER DOWN HERE, START RIPPING, SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. SEE YA IN A BIT.

Narrator: THE PAY DIRT IS FROZEN, COMPACTED GRAVEL.

RIPPING IT WILL PUT A HUGE STRAIN ON RICK'S ONLY DOZER.

A BREAKDOWN NOW COULD COST HIM THE SEASON.

YEAH, NO ONE USES A DOZER UP HERE THROUGH THE GRAVEL,

SO LITERALLY WE'RE KILLING THE MACHINE RIGHT NOW.

[ GRINDING, RUMBLING ]

NOT LOOKING GOOD, I THINK I GOT A HOLE IN THE RADIATOR.

DEFINITELY SEE ANTIFREEZE SPEWING.

[ BLEEP ]

HEY, RICK, DO YOU HAVE A COPY, RICK?

YEP, GO FOR RICK.

I THINK I SPRUNG A LEAK IN THE RADIATOR.

YOU'RE KIDDING ME.

IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING.

WHAT THE [BLEEP].

Narrator: IT'S DOWN TO MECHANIC CARL ROSK

TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION.

-SO WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO? -I WANNA PULL THE CAGES

AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

ALL RIGHT.

WE CAN'T AFFORD ANY MORE DAYS OFF.

WE'RE AT THE END OF THIS SEASON HERE,

AND WITHOUT THE DOZER BEING IN PLACE AND RUNNING

WE'RE SCREWED.

SO, WE'RE WATCHING THE WHEELS IN CARL'S HEAD TURN RIGHT NOW.

DON'T DISTURB HIM.

SMOKE'S A POURING MAN.

CAUSE HE'S LIKE A WILD ANIMAL.

IT'S LIKE POKING A WILD BEAR.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO NEXT.

I'M GOING TO THE PARTS.

BUT IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE SOMETHING STUPID.

[BLEEP] YOU.

[ LAUGHS ]

CAUSE IF WE COULD FIX IT HERE WE'RE SAVING DAYS,

WHICH IN TURN WOULD BE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

THIS THING'S A [BLEEP] EXHAUST,

LIKE HOLY [BLEEP] WE'RE [BLEEP].

WELL HOW HARD IS IT TO GET A RADIATOR REPLACEMENT?

THEY CAN GET EM RIGHT, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A COUPLE DAYS.

HEY DUNN, CAN YOU GET ME SOME ANTIFREEZE AND SOME EGGS?

NO PROBLEM.

OOH, YUM, YUM.

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Narrator: INSTEAD OF WAITING DAYS

FOR A REPLACEMENT RADIATOR,

CARL ATTEMPTS A LAST DITCH BUSH FIX.

CARL... [ LAUGHS ]

I BROUGHT YOUR EGGS. YEAH, BUDDY.

WHY DO YOU NEED EGGS?

HOPEFULLY FIX SOME LEAKS.

Narrator: TO STOP THE LEAKS,

CARL WILL CRACK TWO EGGS INTO THE RADIATOR,

START THE ENGINE, AND THE EGGS WILL COOK IN THE HOT WATER.

AND IF HE'S RIGHT THE SCRAMBLED EGGS

SHOULD BLOCK THE HOLES FIXING THE RADIATOR.

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IT'S OUR LAST HOPE REALLY, THESE EGGS,

NOT A PERMANENT FIX, RIGHT,

BUT IF YOU CAN SLOW IT DOWN IT'D BE AWESOME RIGHT?

LET'S [BLEEP] DO IT. CRACK EM ON IN.

[ EGG CRACKING ]

GET SOME SHELL IN THERE?

NO SHELL. [ LAUGHS ]

START WITH TWO EGGS AND SEE WHAT'S UP.

THAT WENT RIGHT IN THERE LIKE NOTHING BUDDY.

NOTHING. READY?

THIS WORKS, SO FREE TO FIRE UP BUDDY.

OKAY, COMING UP.

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[ ENGINE STARTS ]

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CARL! CARL, GOOD JOB MAN.

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Man [on radio]: DAWSON CITY, YOU GOT A COPY?

WE GOT A BOATING ACCIDENT OUT HERE AT SCRIBNER CREEK.

WE GOT A GUY BUSTED UP PRETTY BAD.

WE NEED AN EMERGENCY MEDEVAC, NOW.

[ HELICOPTER WHIRRING ]

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Parker: LAST NIGHT MITCH AND I WENT ON A JET BOAT RIDE

THAT RESULTED IN A PRETTY BAD CRASH,

AND IT'S A PRETTY SERIOUS [BLEEP] UP ON MY PART.

Narrator: PARKER WAS DRIVING THE JET BOAT AT HIGH SPEED,

HIT A ROCK, AND LANDED ON TOP OF MITCH.

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I FEEL LIKE A REAL PIECE OF [BLEEP].

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WENT OUT AROUND THE RIVER, PARKER WAS DOING REALLY GOOD,

BUT WE CAME AROUND A CORNER AND JUST A WALL OF ROCKS,

NOWHERE TO GO.

WE ALMOST MADE IT THROUGH, BUT WE DIDN'T.

HIT THE ROCK BOAT, LEANED UP ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE

I WENT INTO THE SIDE OF THE BOAT.

PARKER CAME INTO ME,

I HEARD A BIG SNAP -- AND I'VE BROKE BONES BEFORE,

I KNOW WHAT THAT SOUND IS.

I KNEW RIGHT WHEN IT HAPPENED IT WAS BROKE,

SO I JUST GRABBED ONTO MY RAINCOAT

AND JUST HELD 'ER TIGHT AND STARTED WALKING OUT.

IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT TWO MILES

FROM WHERE WE HAD TO PARK THE BOATS

TO WHERE WE COULD GET BACK TO THE PICKUPS.

GOT A HELICOPTER AND HERE WE ARE.

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Narrator: OPERATOR ZACK SMITH

WAS AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT.

Zack: MITCH WAS IN A LOT OF PAIN.

THERE WAS A 20 MINUTE TRUCK RIDE BACK TO CAMP

AND THAT ROAD IS NOT SMOOTH,

SO YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE BEING IN

THAT MUCH PAIN SHAKING AROUND IN THAT TRUCK.

HE'S A REAL TROOPER, MAN, I REALLY RESPECT THAT DUDE.

IT'S REALLY [BLEEP] TO SEE THAT MITCH IS DOWN, YOU KNOW.

IT'S PROBABLY GONNA REALLY AFFECT THIS SEASON.

WE'RE AT 6,000 OUNCE GOAL THAT WE SET.

TIMING COULDN'T HAVE BEEN WORSE.

I THINK HE'S GOT A BROKEN ARM.

I'M JUST GONNA SEE HIM NOW.

I FEEL [BLEEP] TERRIBLE.

HELLO.

HEY, MAN.

WHAT'S UP, BUDDY?

[BLEEP] MITCH.

HERE'S THE X-RAY.

OH MY [BLEEP].

YEAH, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A QUESTION THERE.

YEAH, I'M NOT A DOCTOR,

BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE THAT.

SOUNDS LIKE WE GOTTA GET SOME PLATES AND SOME SCREWS

AND BEEF 'ER UP A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S KINDA LIKE BREAKING A WASH PLANT,

SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA PUT SOME MORE PARTS ON IT

TO GET IT BACK TOGETHER.

I'M SO [BLEEP] SORRY MAN.

HELL, WE JUST STOPPED REAL QUICK

AND MY ARM WAS THE SOFTEST THING

BETWEEN THE SIDE OF THE BOAT AND US.

WE DID STOP IN A HURRY. YEAH.

OH, MY [BLEEP].

WELL, MAN, I MEAN, IT COULDA BEEN WAY WORSE.

IT COULDA BEEN. YEAH.

[ SIGHS ]

TWO MORE CARS, ONE PLANE.

NO WORRIES.

Narrator: THE NEAREST ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON

IS AT WHITEHORSE HOSPITAL,

330 MILES AWAY.

WE DON'T GOT TOO MANY DAYS OF THE SEASON LEFT THOUGH,

I JUST FEEL LIKE THE GUY THAT GETS SHOT DOWN

ON HIS LAST MISSION THERE, YOU KNOW?

RIGHT.

ARE YOU GOOD? YEAH, I'M ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, WELL.

HAVE A SAFE FLIGHT.

YEP, I'LL SEE YOU IN A FEW DAYS.

YEAH, ME OR THE CAMP PHONE

ANYTIME YOU NEED ANYTHING.

OKAY, THANKS.

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IT'S MY OWN DAMN FAULT, BUT THIS IS

THE LAST THING WE NEEDED THIS SEASON

AND THIS LAST THING MITCH NEEDS IN HIS LIFE.

MITCH IS MUCH LESS OF AN EMPLOYEE

AND MORE OF A, YOU KNOW,

FRIEND AND I JUST DON'T WANT HIM TO BE ANY LASTING ISSUES,

YOU KNOW.

LIKE, I MEAN [BLEEP] THE GOLD.

I JUST HOPE HE'S ALL RIGHT.

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Narrator: TONY BEETS IS RUNNING

A MASSIVE 500 YARDS AN HOUR THROUGH THREE WASH PLANTS.

DREDGE ONE,

MONICA'S WASH PLANT,

AND HIS NEWLY RENOVATED PIERSON BOX.

Narrator: TONY HAS REACHED A MAJOR MILESTONE.

EVERY PART OF HIS SECOND DREDGE IS ON THE CLAIM

READY TO BE ASSEMBLED.

Narrator: THREE YEARS AGO

TONY SPENT A MILLION DOLLARS BUYING THE DREDGE.

Narrator: IT'S TAKEN TWO YEARS,

AND MORE THAN 30 BARGE LOADS TO TRANSPORT IT

ON A MEGA-JOURNEY 160 MILES ACROSS THE YUKON.

TONY HAS SUMMONED HIS CHILDREN, MONICA, KEVIN,

AND MIKE, TO HELP HIM PIECE

HIS 72 YEAR OLD DREDGE BACK TOGETHER.

IT'S ABOUT [BLEEP] TIME.

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE IT'S ALL HERE FINALLY.

Narrator: THE BEETS FAMILY HAS ALREADY BUILT

A DRY DOCK ON GOLD-RICH GROUND.

NEXT, THEY'LL ASSEMBLE STEEL PONTOONS

THAT TOGETHER FORM THE HULL.

ONCE THE REST OF THE DREDGE IS CONSTRUCTED,

THEY WILL FLOOD THE DRY DOCK AND START MINING

THE GOLD-RICH PAY DIRT.

THEY HAVE JUST SIX WEEKS TO DO IT ALL

BEFORE THE KLONDIKE FREEZE SETS IN.

Narrator: MONICA STARTS BY DRAGGING THE PONTOONS

INTO THE DRY DOCK WITH THE LOADER.

Monica: WE JUST GOT THE FIRST ONE IN,

NOW WE'RE GONNA GO GET THE SECOND AND THE THIRD.

BEFORE YOU KNOW IT WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE BOLTING

THIS [BLEEP] TOGETHER AND DREDGE NUMBER TWO

WILL BE WELL ON ITS WAY TO BEING BUILT.

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THIRD PONTOON,

IN AND DOWN.

WOO.

Narrator: MIKE BRINGS IN THE 50 TON CRANE

TO LIFT THE PONTOONS INTO POSITION.

AM I GOOD TO RELEASE IT?

Man: KEV, YOU WANNA JUMP IN THERE REAL QUICK

AND PUT SOME NUTS ON THOSE?

-THAT ONE THERE? -YEAH, THERE'S NUTS.

Narrator: IT WILL TAKE 6,000 BOLTS

TO SECURE THE PONTOONS TOGETHER.

Man: RIGHT NOW IT'S CRUNCH TIME, ALL HANDS ARE ON DECK.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS THING PUT TOGETHER.

MAKES ANOTHER PONTOON.

Narrator: THE FINAL PONTOON IS TWICE THE SIZE

OF THE OTHERS.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

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Narrator: NEXT, MIKE MUST INCH

THE 28 TON PONTOON PRECISELY INTO PLACE...

SO THAT IT'S BOLTS ALIGN.

Narrator: THE CRANE HAS RIPPED ONE OF THE D-RINGS

CLEAN OFF THE PONTOON.

TONY RE-RIGS THE CHAIN.

Narrator: AND AT LAST, THE FINAL PIECE IS IN PLACE.

SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

YEAH, THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.

THERE'S A SINGLE CRACK ON THE WELD,

BUT IT TOOK THE WHOLE DECK OFF.

YOU SHOULD HANG THAT ON YOUR DOOR, A NEW DOOR KNOCKER.

[ LAUGHS ]

Narrator: TONY BEETS IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO HIS DREAM

OF RUNNING A FLEET OF GOLD DREDGES.

THIS WAS A GREAT START, THIS WENT [BLEEP] FANTASTIC.

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WHAT HAPPENED WITH MITCH HAS SHAKEN ME UP A FAIR BIT,

BUT WE'RE TAKING GOOD CARE OF HIM SO THAT'S GOOD.

Narrator: TWO DAYS AGO,

PARKER CRASHED HIS NEW JET BOAT,

SLAMMING INTO HIS BUDDY, MITCH.

HERE'S THE X-RAY.

OH, MY [BLEEP].

Narrator: PARKER BROKE MITCH'S ARM IN TWO PLACES.

I'M SO [BLEEP] SORRY, MAN.

BACK ON THE CLAIM, THINGS ARE FALLING APART.

Man: I JUST RAPPING ON THE CAMPER HERE.

Narrator: PARKER'S SECOND MECHANIC,

CHAD PAULLUS, HAS QUIT.

Chad: BASICALLY PARKER AND I JUST DON'T GET ALONG

AND I'VE PUT UP WITH IT FOR THREE YEARS,

SO I THINK IT'S FINALLY TIME THAT I JUST MOVE ON

TO MAYBE NOT BIGGER THINGS,

BUT DEFINITELY SOME BETTER THINGS.

Narrator: TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE,

TWO MORE CREW HAVE WALKED OUT ON PARKER.

Man: WE'VE LOST A LOT OF PEOPLE.

WE'VE LOST MITCH, AND THAT'S A BIG BLOW TO US.

IT COULD COST US THE SEASON.

I HAVEN'T SEEN PARKER.

Narrator: PARKER'S CLAIM IS IN CRISIS,

AND HIS 6,000 OUNCE GOLD AT RISK.

BUT THE MINE BOSS IS LOCKED AWAY IN HIS TRAILER

STILL DISTRAUGHT ABOUT BREAKING MITCH'S ARM.

Parker: SOMETIMES IT'S PRETTY TOUGH TO DO THIS.

IT'S PRETTY TOUGH TO KEEP GOING.

WHAT WAS I THINKING, AND I SHOULD HAVE JUST,

I'M JUST KICKING MYSELF FOR NOT BEING ALONE IN THERE.

LIKE AT THE END OF THE DAY,

IT SHOULD BE ME THAT'S ALL [BLEEP] UP, NOT HIM.

PARKER WAS DRIVING THE BOAT WHEN THEY CRASHED

AND HE'S TAKING IT PROBABLY HARDER THAN MITCH.

HE FEELS THAT HE'S PRETTY MUCH DESTROYED MITCH'S CAREER,

BUT I HONESTLY BELIEVE HE'LL BOUNCE BACK.

PARKER'S TAKING IT REALLY HARD.

[ KNOCKING ]

PARKER. -YEAH.

HOW YOU DOING, YOUNGIN?

HOW'S MITCH DOING?

YOU GOT HIM DOWN TO WHITEHORSE, TAKEN CARE OF OKAY?

YEAH, I'M JUST FEELING LIKE A PIECE OF [BLEEP].

I KNOW YOU FEEL BAD.

WHO WOULDN'T.

BUT THINGS HAPPEN, HE UNDERSTANDS THAT.

HE KNOWS THAT.

IT'S STACKED ON TOP OF A BUNCH OF [BLEEP]

THAT I ALREADY BLAME MYSELF FOR,

RICK LEAVING,

ASHLEY LEAVING.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I DO THIS [BLEEP] ANYMORE.

I WOULD SAY LONELY AND DEPRESSED,

BUT REALLY I'M JUST FEELING [BLEEP] SORRY FOR MYSELF.

YEAH, WHICH IS [BLEEP]...

WHICH IS PRETTY STUPID, BUT--

WHAT'S HAPPENS HAPPENED.

YEAH, JUST TAKES ME LONGER AND LONGER EVERY DAY

TO CONVINCE MYSELF THAT THIS IS ALL WORTH IT.

WELL, YOU CAN SIT UP HERE AND SMOTHER YOURSELF

IN SELF PITY, OR YOU CAN GET OUT THERE

AND BE A LEADER AGAIN.

EVERYTHING I TOUCH TURNS TO [BLEEP].

[ CHRIS LAUGHS ]

HONESTLY THAT'S HOW I [BLEEP] FEEL.

HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?

WE'RE ON SCHEDULE FOR OUR GOAL

EVEN THOUGH WE STARTED A MONTH LATE.

THAT'S ALL YOU PARKER.

AND NOW IS THE TIME WHERE YOU CAN'T STOP.

THIS IS THE FINAL PUSH OF THE SEASON.

I GET THAT, RIGHT?

OKAY. I GET THAT.

I MEAN, IF THE TEAM CAN'T SCORE A TOUCHDOWN

WITHOUT A QUARTERBACK, YOU'RE THE QUARTERBACK.

YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS ANYMORE, YOU'RE A LEADER.

YOU HAVE TO GET OUT IN THE CUTS

AND SHOW PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE OUT THERE.

YOU'RE IN IT.

IT'S THE ENCOURAGEMENT.

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YOU CAN DO IT, YEAH?

YEAH.

OKAY, BUDDY, I GOTTA GO.

YOU TAKE CARE, RIGHT.

JUMP IN THERE MAN.

YEAH, I'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

YOU'LL MAKE IT, YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL CATCH YA LATER, YOUNGSTER.

THANKS CHRIS.

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THESE GUYS NEED SOME SLEEP,

SO I'M GONNA GO RUN THE FLAT HERE.

YOU KNOW CHRIS IS RIGHT,

I'M DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE TO STEP UP

AND WE CAN GET THROUGH THE SEASON.

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YOU THINK BACK TO WHEN I FIRST STARTED MINING

WITH MY GRANDPA, AT BIG NUGGET MINE

AND I NEVER IN A THOUSAND YEARS

THOUGHT IT WOULD TURN OUT LIKE THIS.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE,

I MEAN YOU LOOK AT LIKE MY GRANDPA AND [BLEEP] WHAT

A GREAT WAY FOR HIM TO SPEND THE LAST, YOU KNOW,

HALF DOZEN YEARS OF HIS LIFE.

HE LOVED IT.

HE LOVED THE MINING.

HE LOVED COMING UP HERE AND SEEING ALL THIS STUFF.

KINDA REMINDS ME WHY I'M UP HERE

AND WHY I STILL DO THIS [BLEEP] CAUSE SOMETIMES I WONDER.

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PAY PILE'S PRETTY SMALL.

Narrator: IT'S TWO DAYS SINCE RICK'S CREW

RIPPED THE FROZEN PAY IN THE DOWNSTREAM CUT.

-HEY, RICK, YOU GOT A COPY? -YEAH, GO FOR RICK.

YEAH, MAN, GOT SOME GOOD NEWS

THIS PAY DIRT'S THAWED OUT ENOUGH

AND LOOKS LIKE SOME PRETTY GOOD [BLEEP] TOO.

THAT'S AWESOME.

LET'S GET IT RUN THROUGH THE PLANT.

I'LL JUST RUN THE TRUCK I GUESS.

YOU'RE GONNA GO IN THE ROCK TRUCK?

ALL RIGHT.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT I'VE SPENT A LOT OF HOURS

IN THOSE THINGS SO I'M PRETTY SURE I CAN STILL DO IT.

[ LAUGHS ]

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ALL RIGHT, MAN, BACK IN THE TRUCK

HAULING SOME PAY DIRT JUST LIKE THE OLD DAYS.

YEAH, MAN, IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

I'M EXCITED, THIS TRUCK IS A LOT NICER

THAN THE ONE I SPENT A LOT OF HOURS IN.

HEY, RICK?

YEAH, GO AHEAD.

YEAH, YOU MIGHT WANNA TAKE IT OUT OF REVERSE

WHILE I LOAD YA. EASY NOW, EASY.

[ LAUGHS ]

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HALF THESE BUTTONS IN THIS THING DO.

OKAY, THAT ONE'S GOING TO THE PAY PILE,

YOU REMEMBER WHERE THAT IS?

TRY NOT TO GET LOST HARRY.

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Narrator: RICK'S BACK ON TRACK

TO HIT HIS $1.2 MILLION GOAL.

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I'M STRANGELY INTO IT.

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WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

[BLEEP] ME, REALLY?

THAT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD AT ALL.

[BLEEP] RICK, DO YOU COPY?

YEAH, GO AHEAD.

SOMETHING'S GOING ON WITH THIS LOADER,

THE BUCKET'S NOT WORKING THE WAY IT SHOULD.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SHUT THE PLANT DOWN.

YOU GOTTA BE [BLEEP] KIDDING ME.

I WISH I WAS, MAN.

[BLEEP] KIDDING ME?

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GET THAT [BLEEP] CAMERA OFF ME.

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Man: IF WE'RE WAITING ON A NEW PIN, IT COULD BE DAYS,

BUT I'M GONNA DO WHATEVER I HAVE TO DO

TO KEEP THE PLANT GOING.

Narrator: RICK NESS ISN'T RUNNING ANY PAY

AT THE DOWNSTREAM CUT.

THE WINTER FREEZE IS COMING, AND EVERY SECOND COUNTS --

BUT HIS LOADER'S BUSTED,

SO HE CAN'T FEED DIRT REYNOLDS.

-NOT GOOD. -JUST WATCH YOURSELF, RON.

IT'S NOT CLEAN IN HALF.

Narrator: A NEW LOADER PIN WOULD COST ONLY $600,

BUT WILL TAKE DAYS TO ARRIVE.

[BLEEP]

Narrator: AND EVERY HOUR THE PLANT IS DOWN

COULD COST RICK $1,000 IN LOST GOLD.

SO WERE YOU AT THAT POINT IN THE YEAR

WHERE YOU CAN'T [BLEEP] WIN?

IT SURE SEEMS THAT WAY, BUDDY.

HOLY [BLEEP].

Narrator: TO GET THE LOADER UP AND RUNNING

AS FAST AS POSSIBLE,

CARL IS GOING TO ATTEMPT A BUSH FIX.

Carl: SO WE'LL TACK IT AND THEN WE'RE GONNA

GOUGE A BIG CHUNK OUT AND THEN WE'RE GOING FILL IT

FULL OF WELDS.

Narrator: FIRST HE TACKS THE TWO PARTS TOGETHER.

♪♪

Carl: GOUGED IT OUT SO NOW WE'RE GONNA WELD IT,

PREHEAT, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA COOL IT DOWN NICE AND SLOW,

RIGHT, SO THAT WE DON'T TEMPER IT TOO MUCH.

Narrator: NEXT, CARL HEATS THE PIN

TO HELP THE WELDS STICK.

Carl: THIS PIN COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN US MAKING OUR GOAL OR NOT, RIGHT?

SO THIS IS HOW WE'RE DOING IT.

Narrator: THE STEEL ELECTRODE MELTS AT 2,500 DEGREES.

PERFECT!

THAT LOOKS GOOD!

I LIKE IT!

SO ANOTHER LONG DAY.

TOMORROW MORNING, GRIND IT DOWN, SAND IT DOWN,

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA POLISH IT.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND GET IT BACK IN THERE.

I GOT A BIG HAMMER.

WE'LL GET THIS THING IN THERE.

♪♪

Narrator: FOURTEEN HOURS AFTER THE BREAK.

I WORKED ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT LAST NIGHT.

CLEANING IT UP NOW AND WE'RE GONNA TRY STUFFING IT IN,

HOPEFULLY THAT WORKS.

JUST LIKE THAT, BRO.

THERE YA GO!

GOOD!

PUT HER TO WORK.

HOLY [BLEEP]. IS THAT RYAN COMING IN THE LOADER?

RYAN, IS THAT YOU IN THE LOADER?

IT'S ME, MAN. CARL GOT ON IT.

HAMMERED THAT PIN OUT AND IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.

I THINK WE ARE GOOD TO RUN.

FIRE IT UP!

[ PUMP RUNNING ]

AWESOME! THANKS CARL.

♪♪

HI, HOW ARE YOU?

HEY, TONY!

OH, WELL, WE'RE HERE.

GOT A LITTLE BIT OF IT.

SO THOSE PONTOONS WENT TOGETHER PRETTY [BLEEP] NICE.

Narrator: BESIDES STARTING TO ASSEMBLE HIS NEW DREDGE,

TONY BEETS HAS BEEN WORKING HARD

ON HIS $7.2 MILLION SEASON GOAL.

THIS WEEK DREDGE 1,

MONICA'S WASH PLANT,

AND THE RENOVATED PEARSON BOX WERE ALL RUNNING STRONG.

TWO DREDGES, THE PEARSON BOX, A SHAKER DECK...

SEE THE GRAYS?

SO LET'S START WITH THE PEARSON BOX.

10,

40, 50,

60, 70,

80.

3, 4.

SO 84.58...

Narrator: WORTH AROUND $100,000.

THIS IS THE DREDGE.

LET'S DO THIS THING.

1...8...25

30,

55, 60,

65, 70, 75, 80.

82.52...

Narrator: WORTH ANOTHER $100,000.

DON'T BLAME THIS ON ME.

HE TOOK OFF BECAUSE HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS HERE.

CAN YOU BLAME ME?

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN TIME OFF FOR THE WEDDING

IF SHE WASN'T INVITED. NO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE.

PROBABLY NOT.

SO NOW THAT WE'VE DONE THE TWO LITTLE WAYS,

LET'S DO WHERE THE REAL GOLD IS.

FIGHT YOU, CHILD. NOT A CHILD.

LISTEN. WELL, LET'S JUST POUR.

LET'S DO IT! OKAY, LET'S DO IT.

36.

Narrator: THE COMPETITION IS PITTING BROTHER

AGAINST SISTER.

160, 170, 180

184.04.

Narrator: WORTH $220,000.

DON'T SEEM LIKE MUCH OF A COMPETITION ANYMORE.

IT SEEMS LIKE AN OUTRIGHT SLAUGHTER.

HEY, NOW! YUP, IT DOES.

I'M FEELING SO ATTACKED RIGHT NOW.

OH, MY [BLEEP]!

SO DO YOU GUYS WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR WEEKLY TOTAL IS?

Narrator: TO STAY ON TARGET, TONY NEEDS 530 OUNCES.

THAT'S 351.14.

THAT'S KINDA LEAN.

Narrator: ALMOST 200 OUNCES SHORT

AND NEARLY 1,000 OUNCES BEHIND RIVAL PARKER SCHNABEL,

BUT TONY STILL PULLED IN OVER $420,000.

SO OUR SEASON TOTAL IS 3,165.7 SO WE ARE HALFWAY THERE,

BUT WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME SO...

SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN!

SEE YA LATER!

♪♪

♪♪

Narrator: IN THE YUKON CAPITAL, WHITEHORSE,

PARKER'S MECHANIC, MITCH, IS ON THE MEND.

THIS IS MITCH BLASCHKE,

COMING AT YOU LIVE FROM THE YUKON HOSPITAL HERE.

I BROKE MY RADIUS AND MY ULNA IN MY RIGHT ARM

WHICH IS THE TWO BONES THAT CONNECT

BETWEEN YOUR WRIST AND YOUR ELBOW.

GOT 13 SCREWS AND A COUPLE PLATES.

IT'S ALL PUT BACK TOGETHER.

NOT GONNA SAY IT'S AS GOOD AS NEW,

BUT, HEY, ALL THAT HARDWARE IN THERE, MAYBE IT'S BETTER.

COUPLE OF DAYS BE BACK AT THE MINE SITE

TO FINISH OFF THE SEASON.

♪♪

♪♪

-CARLA! -HI, EVERYONE!

YOU GOT GOLD?

I DO, YEAH.

Narrator: RICK NESS AND HIS GREENHORN CREW

ARE READY FOR THEIR WEEKLY WEIGH IN.

CARL YOU WERE THROWING GROCERIES AT MACHINES.

YEAH, PRETTY MUCH.

AND EGG IN THE RADIATOR.

YOU DID AN EGG-CELENT JOB ON THAT!

[ ALL LAUGHING ]

THE REAL IMPRESSIVE ONE WAS THE PIN

IN THAT LOADER THOUGH.

I THOUGHT THAT LOADER WAS GOING TO BE DOWN FOR DAYS.

WAY TO STEP IT UP, CARL. YOU DID A GREAT JOB!

[ GROUP APPLAUDING ]

WITH ALL WE WENT THROUGH, I HOPE IT'S WORTH IT.

CARLA YOU THINK IT IS?

LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT. IS IT EMPTY?

[BLEEP]

I'VE SEEN WAY BETTER.

THAT'S A [BLEEP] JOKE.

SEE WHAT WE GOT.

Narrator: TO HIT HIS 1,000 OUNCE TARGET,

RICK NEEDS 34 OUNCES A WEEK.

28.20...

♪♪

Narrator: WORTH JUST $34,000,

HIS LOWEST GOLD WEIGH OF THE SEASON.

WE ARE [BLEEP] BANGING OUR HEADS AGAINST THE WALL ALL WEEK

AND TO GET THAT IS A SLAP IN THE [BLEEP] FACE.

CLEAN UPS LIKE THIS WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO OUR GOAL.

WE'RE JUST NOT.

I THINK WE'RE JUST SPINNING OUR WHEELS DOWNSTREAM RIGHT NOW.

THAT DOWNSTREAM CUT IS [BLEEP] DEAD.

YEAH, YOU KEEP HAVING WEEKS LIKE THIS

AND WE'RE GONNA GO BROKE.

THE UPSTREAM CUT'S ALL WE GOT LEFT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THAWED

AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY [BLEEP] DRILL HOLES.

RIGHT? [BLEEP]. LET'S GET BACK TO IT.

SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

MY GUYS ARE OUT THERE KILLING IT.

WE'RE KILLING OURSELVES TRYING TO DO THIS

AND THE GROUND'S JUST NOT GIVING IT UP.

LIKE I SAID I'M NOT BROKEN

BUT I'M GETTING REALLY [BLEEP] MAD.

♪♪

WHAT'S UP, GUYS?

NOT MUCH, HOW ARE YOU?

THAT'S A WHOLE PILE OF GOLD.

WE GOT A PILE OF GOLD THIS WEEK.

THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFERENT WEEK THAN NORMAL.

BEEN ONE OF THE TOUGHER WEEKS

OF THE SEASON THAT'S FOR DAMN SURE.

Narrator: PARKER'S MANAGED TO KEEP BOTH WASH PLANTS

RUNNING 24/7 DESPITE A NIGHTMARE WEEK

IN WHICH HE LOST THREE VALUABLE CREW MEMBERS

AND INJURED MECHANIC, MITCH.

HOW'S OLD MITCHY BOY DOING?

HE GOT OUT OF SURGERY.

HE'S GOT 13 SCREWS AND 2 PLATES IN HIS ARM.

IF I WERE YOU I'D THANK HIM FOR BREAKING YOUR FALL.

HE DID! I WALKED AWAY FINE.

LET'S THROW ONE OF THOSE ON THE SCALE

AND SEE WHERE WE ARE AT.

50, 70...

Narrator: BRENNAN HAS HAD A SOLID WEEK

RUNNING ON BIG RED.

150 -- HO!

232.75!

[BLEEP]

THAT'S A BIG A [BLEEP] FEED OFF OF BIG RED.

Narrator: WORTH $280,000.

♪♪

THERE YOU GO, JUNIOR!

WELL DONE, MY BOY!

WELL DONE!

YEAH, THAT'S NICE LOOKING STUFF [BLEEP].

ALL RIGHT... SLUICIFER TIME.

Narrator: TO STAY ON TARGET FOR HIS 6,000 OUNCE GOAL...

THIS IS GONNA BE A GOOD ONE.

YEAH, THAT'S 20.

Narrator: PARKER NEEDS SLUICIFER TO PULL IN 88 OUNCES.

150, 70...

200, 250

275, 280

HOLY MOLY! 321.3 OUNCES!

GEEZ! WELL DONE, DEANO!

Narrator: WORTH OVER $380,000.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE GOT BEAT UP THIS WEEK WITH MITCH

AND GUYS QUITTING AND STUFF,

OUR WEEK'S TOTAL IS 554 OUNCES.

Narrator: A COLOSSAL $660,000 IN GOLD.

IT'S THE BIGGEST CLEAN UP OF THEIR SEASON SO FAR.

SMOKIN' WEEK REALLY.

HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND CHANGE IN A WEEK.

WE GIVE TONY $400,000 OF THAT AND....

SO FOR THE SEASON TOTAL, WE HAVE 4,630.5 OUNCES YOU GUYS.

Narrator: THAT'S $5.6 MILLION.

GOOD JOB THIS WEEK. THANKS.

YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN A ROUGH ONE.

AND FOR ME IT'S BEEN A ROUGH ONE TOO,

BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS JUST KEEPING THOSE PLANTS RUNNING

AND CREDIT TO YOU GUYS FOR DOING THAT.

PEOPLE ARE DROPPING LIKE FLIES,

BUT BOTH THOSE PLANTS STAYED BANGING AWAY

SO GOOD JOB ON BOTH YOU GUYS FOR THAT.

YOU GONNA TAKE CARE OF THAT[BLEEP]?

YEAH. THANKS GUYS!

KEEP THE DOOR OPEN.

♪♪

SO WE'RE TURNING THIS THING UP.

Narrator: ON THE NEXT "GOLD RUSH"...

TOLD HIM IT WAS A BAD IDEA!

ALL IT'S GOTTA DO IS GET ROCKS FROM THERE

TO [BLEEP] THERE [BLEEP].

IF THIS DOESN'T GET THAW THE COT WE'RE [BLEEP]

HOW LONG BEFORE THE CORN COMES UP?

I'LL PUNCH THE [BLEEP] GOLD OUT OF THE GROUND.

I GOT ONE WORD FOR YOU GUYS. [BLEEP] YOU!

LOOK OUT! -TONY!

NOW THAT LOOKS LIKE A DREDGE.

WONDER WHAT THE [BLEEP] SHE WANTS.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.