08x03 - Hail Mary

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The bluff is a very
Difficult, difficult.

Place to mine.

You just keep pushing forward.

And keep working hard
And don't give up.

Here we go.

Come on, let me see it.

We make it to a point,

And then we get
Knocked back down.

I just need some land
That has a lot of gold on it.

Whoo!

This is gonna be a little bit
More difficult than I thought.

Myself, zeke, we're
Passionate about gold mining.

We'll do whatever it takes.

We're not gonna give up.

Here it goes! Don't stop! Pull!

Yeah! Look at that nugget!

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nobody ever said
Gold mining was easy.

And this season,
For the bering sea miners,

That is truer than ever.

Forced to prospect on
Remote claims far from nome,

They've been struggling
To uncover treasure on new,

Unproven grounds.

Yet, despite failure
After failure,

Their unshakable
Perseverance endures,

As the next million-dollar Score.

Could be right under their Feet.



At sledge island...

This is entirely new territory.
I mean, we've never been...

We've never been This far over.

This is like... this is...

This is an entirely new side
Of the island over here.

Determined to find
The next gold bonanza,

Zeke tenhoff and emily riedel.

Are going back
Into the belly of the beast.

Sledge island Is this enigma.

This is the last chance zeke
And I have.

To find a huge gold deposit.

Otherwise, our entire
Lifestyle is over.

I think that Under the water,

It's gonna look Exactly the same.

As it looks On that cliff.

Yeah, look at all these.

It's just, like,
The cliff keeps going down,

And it goes down 100 feet deep.

It looks like it's
Perpendicular to the current,

Which could be a place
Where heavies build up.

I'm definitely at the point now
Where I'm starting to get.

Frustrated and discouraged
About the lack of gold.

We have prospected
The whole island.

But to me, right now
It's not looking good.

To start the Season...

I don't think that anything
That we know about gold.

Over by nome
Is gonna apply to here.

The business partners
Place their bet.

On mighty sledge island.

I'm not seeing Any gold here.

But their first prospecting
Effort was not only Harrowing...

It proved fruitless, as Well.

This like little area
Right here, for some reason,

There's no claim here.

Despite the setback,

The team will tangle
With sledge once again.

But this time, they'll head
North to untapped.

And unclaimed grounds.

This would be A cool spot.

I'm gonna mark
This spot right here.

It might be a place
To go do a dive.

So far what I've seen from my
Bottom imager is some areas.

Where it looks like there
Could be some of that gravel.

That I've been looking
For the whole time

I've been out here.

I want to go down and see.

If it's actually
What I think it is.

That looks like
Exposed bedrock there.

But the deeper waters
Present greater risks.

Everything's more difficult.

When you're around
Like 30 feet of water.

You're on the edge of the first
And second atmospheres.

Then you have to deal
With the possibility.

Of, like, nitrogen narcosis.

And the bends
And that kind of thing.

Say there's like


At 45-feet out of sledge Island,

Then I want to dive it.

So if I'm doing deeper dives,
Then there is that danger Factor.

Where you could get bent.

And if you get bent
Or something like that,

You may or may not be able
To get back to town.

If there's an accident,
And you're.

All right. I'm headed down.

I don't know what
I'm coming down on.

Kind of murky,
And I'm pretty deep here.

All right.

Weird.

It's like a field of loose
Gravel and small stones.

I don't know what it is.

From the side of the island,
I don't know.

You're about 34-feet now.

Copy that.

I never forget
How dangerous gold mining is.

In pursuit of
Our objective... gold...

We forget how dangerous
What we're doing is.

When I'm on zeke's boat,
I'm terrified for zeke.

He's a crazy diver,
He works really hard,

And that could definitely,
Like, enhance the impact.

The pressure that depth
Has on you.

I mean, this looks like
The kind of place you see gold.

So I'm just digging
A long trench.

Through the gravel
And the pebbles.

He needs to be
Excruciatingly careful.

About the amount of time
He spends down there.

He could really hurt himself
At that depth.

Hey, zeke, we're at


Copy that. Really?

Really.

Just be careful.

I'm seeing hardpan,
Like I wanted.

But there's not even
A speck of gold on it.

Well, let's go somewhere
Else more interesting.

Yeah. Roger.

Whoa, boy, is this...

It's a gold worm.

But I don't know if they
Necessarily correlate exactly.

To there being A lot of gold.

It would be really Nice to see.

Just a little flake
Of gold, you know?

Are we getting deeper?

Yes.

After 2 hours At 37-feet...

Hey, you doing okay?

The first stages
Of nitrogen narcosis.

Are setting in.

Dangerous. Zeke, that's way too.

You need To get out of there.

So zeke has two choices,

He can call it quits
Or get bent.

If there's nothing out there,

It's gonna be
A huge disappointment.

But I'm not gonna give up.



Shawn pomrenke is trying
To strike gold.

At a remote spot of his own.

We made great time.
Like glass out here.

And he's not about
To let any previous mishaps.

Hold him back.

I think this hunting for
Treasure at the bluff.

Is gonna Finally pay off.

Everybody's always wondering.

Why I get more gold
Than everybody else.

It's because I work
A hell of a lot harder.

Than they do.

This summer...

I know there's a
Pile of gold down there.

Mr. Gold has gambled
On the bluff...

Puddles and puddles Of gold.

A coastal trench nearly
A 100 miles east of town...

There it is Right there.

Where he's convinced
An untapped hot spot.

Could set off
The next alaskan gold rush.

But so far, instead of gold,
It's only yielded Frustration...

Damn it! I wanted to go.

Here we are. Another day.

And he's feeling
The heat from dad.

A couple hundred thousand bucks
In the bluff,

And we ain't got no gold
Out of it yet.

With each round trip to
The bluff costing thousands...

Let's go ahead and get
That anchor set.

Shawn can't afford
To come up empty again.

Anchors away!

It's the only miles
I can hike today underwater.

So today, he's hoping to
Get maximum mobility underwater.

By trying something new...

Harnessing a mini-dredge
And oxygen supply to his back.

Hopefully, we didn't come out
Here, spend all this time.

And money for nothing.

If there's gold on the claim,
I'm gonna know about it today.

On the bottom.

Big boulders.

Big boulders. Copy?

Okay, I got you. Copy.

How's the visibility?

Good.

Just go ahead And cut me loose.

Okay, shawn, I've cut you loose.

That's good.

I'm working my way over here.
There's a lot.

I cut the dredge loose
From the pier.

So the dredge can go away
From this big boat.

And we can stay on anchor
And safe.

And look how far he just Walked.

He just walked 50, 80 feet.

Free from any constraints,

Shawn marches along the Seafloor
At depths of over 25 feet.

Not seeing anything here.

Head to the south,
See what I can find.

Yeah, copy that.

Didn't see once piece of gold
In that hole.

Am I headed
In the right direction?

You need to turn right.

Turn right.

Look where he is.
He's way out there.

He's on his own.

I don't know. It's looking like.

All the right materials,
Nice heavy material,

But there ain't Anything here.

Now I'm starting to get Worried.

I can't see over here.



At the bluff...

Shawn pomrenke's
Pump motor has run out of gas.

And within seconds, mr. Gold
Will be out of air.

Here he comes.

We ran out of gas.

Umbilical's All twisted up.

Oof.

Out of breath.

That was a lot
Of hard work that time.

When Just doesn't go right.

When things are breaking
And there's no gold,

It gets stressful.

As soon as that pump died,
I could tell the air pressure.

Was dropping
And I was losing air.

It was off.

I feel a lot of pressure
Right now.

I mean, building a legacy
For the pomrenkes.

Is what it's all about.

That's why I get out there
And work as hard as I do.

That's all that's
On my mind right now.



I left my g*n on my table.

I love that g*n.

We got all the dredging.

That's the more important
Than my g*n.

The fighting Kellys
Are rolling the dice,

Going where many believe
They'd wind up anyway...

I've never River mined before.

I've wanted to do this
For a long time.

Up a river.

I know we're going up against
A lot of unknowns today.

And I know that
It's gonna be a b*tch.

So far this season...

I was wondering
If it'd be a possibility.

If I could get
My family on your claim.

I just don't think I want to
Take a chance on you.

Due to their
Less than stellar reputation,

The kellys have struggled
To gain access to claims.

Well, I haven't heard
Any kind of good.

From anybody on you guys.

Okay, well, thank you.

And even when they have...

Seriously?

It hasn't lasted long.

We don't have
Anywhere else to work.

Could you imagine The old miners.

Having to walk out here
Back in the day?

Good thing we have
A truck and we drive.

But now captain kris kelly.

Has secured a deal
To mine 80-miles inland.

Through alaskan bat country
On the kougarok river.

This day's gonna be A good day.

I got a buddy that says
He's gonna put us on a claim.

That's for sure good gold.

But, like, it's a little bit
Off the beaten path.

Because there's no
Easy gold left out there.

River mining will be A new
experience for the Kellys.

Well, We're almost here.

And the first challenge...
Getting to the river.

That's where
We are on this road.

Where's the claim?

The claim is right here.

You see these
Little strips here?

- Those are roads.
- I'm pretty sure they're roads.

- Me.
- Man.

My buddy said
That we're gonna find.

A trail already marked
And it's how he gets there.

What's the marked the trail,
What's it say?

It doesn't say anything.
It's just a trail in the middle.

Of nowhere on the side
Of the road in about this area.

How's it marked, though?

It's not marked.
It's just a trail.

You said it was just marked.
A marked trail.

It's a marked trail.
It's a trail.

So we're going through
The middle of bum.

The only trail there.

Those are a lot
Of mights and maybes.

We might find a trail.
It may be marked.

There's supposed To be a path.

When they find
The access point to the claim,

They'll have to
Bring in a dredge.

Built specifically
To launch from riverbanks,

One that brad's commandeered
For the mission.

You know what?

We really should've came here
One day of scouting.

Without the boat And everything.

It doesn't matter.
It's here now.

We need it here,
Regardless of what we do.

I know a few miners around
Town, And my buddy let me use.

His dredge.

- Good, take it forward.
- There we go.

I bring a lot of
Different things.

You know, always trying to
Inspire the other family Member.

That's what We try and do.

You know, maybe we do it
In an unorthodox way,

But we're trying
To inspire each other.

To become better citizens,
Better people overall.

And probably better
Gold dredgers.

Now, hopefully, The river claim.

Is only an atv ride away...

find us the easiest
Road down there.

Or the kellys' plan
Could be washed away.

Growing up in the kellys' House,

You know, we had good times
And we had bad times.

But what makes a family.

Is if they stick together
Through thick and thin.

You know, my brother's
Always been with me.

We're a great team,
Great combination.

- Whoo!
- Batman and robin.

You know, he's robin, of Course.

Whoo, yeah!

You know, my dad
Doesn't expect me to succeed.

And I just need to prove
There's money here,

And this is all gonna work out.

They just need
To trust me a little bit.

Maybe that's not a path.

There's the path. Get on that.

Hey, Stop for a second.

- Right here?
- Yeah.

Okay, this is it.

All the what up there,
A couple of miles.

And all the way down there,
One or two miles.

J.J., I really love
Your adventures, man,

But you know this one's
In the middle of nowhere.

Even when you're at the bottom,
There's only way place to go.

And that's up.

So I can't do any worse
Than from right here.

It's only gonna get better.

I kind of, you know,
Expecting to show up here,

We drive the bank,
And we jump right in the water.

We're gonna make this
River mining thing work.

One way or another.



this is all Gonna be easy today.

Let's just get it over there
And start making some money.

Despite being knocked down
Repeatedly this season,

The kellys are off the mat...

- we made it.
- But now their dredge.

Is positioned on the banks
Of the kougarok river.

Gold is really what
We're supposed to be making,

And I'm not making a huge
Amount Of gold for my family.

Thanks for Flying the colors.

The flag's up.
Everything's going good.

I don't have the opportunity
To get big gold,

Not until we increase
Our reputation in this town.

Hey-h*!

We got to show we can go
Anywhere we need to.

And we're willing to do
Anything we need to.

And that we're not
Gonna give up.

- You ready?
- Go.

There it goes, Don't stop, pull!

Okay, just calm down, Calm down.

I don't have Rubber boots on.

Well, neither do I.

Washed down from
Volcanic mountaintops,

Gold often collects where
There's a change in river flow,

Including bends
And bedrock formations.

- Okay, get the boat set up.
- Get the hose out.

This is how it works, okay?

I tell you what to do,
You do it.

, you know what?
No respect around here.

That's why we're not
Making big gold right now.

I don't really now
How to river mine.

Can't be that much
Different than the ocean.

Suck it all up.

The kougarok river Can Reach
depths of 6 to 8 feet.

But at this river bend,

Kris will brave depths of...

Less than three.

Wearing a wave belt when he's In
The water that's 2 feet deep.

Just get down and dive!

Okay, I'm sorry, But.

How's it looking Over there?

It looks good, Lots of red sand.

I want the gold Not the garnet.

Keep going, jay,
You're going good.

It could be
A good day after all.

Really fine gold here.

Okay, Keep sucking it up.

I got to say, jay,

That is the fastest
You've ever found gold.

Dude, I'm not even trying,
And there's gold.

I told you!

I told you!

It's gold, it's gold, it's Gold!

Okay, not gonna lie,
We didn't exactly know.

Where to go in the beginning.

But it turned out great.

I think all of our hard work
Is gonna pay off.

I told you!
I told you it was good here!



Off sledge island...

- hey, zeke, you copy?
- Yes, I copy.

I'm gonna crawl down
The hose here.

After narrowly
Escaping the bends,

Zeke tenhoff is
Down under once again,

This time in shallower waters.

It would be really encouraging.

Just to see one little
Micro flyspeck of gold.

It's been a while
Since I've seen one.

But the team is still
Coming up empty handed.

I don't want to think
Of what's gonna happen.

If we don't succeed
In making money at all.

This is really
Our very last chance.

To make a future for ourselves.

What is this place?

Good god.

I can see some rocks down here,

A lot of big old boulders.

Well, um, I mean I think we
Just have to keep looking, man.

Well, um, looks like there's
Some pockets of gravel.

In between some of these rocks
I haven't tried dredging on.

Where is the gold?
I miss gold so much.

I didn't realize how Emotionally
Dependent I am on gold.

Kind of does look like
It might be bedrock.

So it's a bunch of boulders
On top of bedrock.

If there's gold here,
We're just gonna have to.

Keep hunting around
Everywhere to find it.

You know, I think
I just want to lift up.

One of these boulders and see
Maybe underneath the boulder,

It has, like,
Compressed some minerals.

Gold likes to travel,

But gold gets stuck with
Other heavies pretty easily.

So we're thinking
All we have to do.

Is jack up one of these Boulders.

And that might give us a clue
On where the gold deposits are.

So we got to boulder here,

But I got to get some straps
Around the boulder.

Zeke will try
To float the massive stone.

Using straps and an air bag.

I don't do a lot of
Boulder floating so

I don't know
How this is gonna go down.

All right,
Just don't be under the boulder.

When you lift it.

But hoisting
A 200-pound rock 35 feet down.

In the bering sea
Is easier said than done.

Is that Enough slack?

Yes.

I think I'm gonna try to lift
On it and see what happens.

Whoa.

Off the coast
Of remote sledge island...

I think I'm gonna try to Lift
on it and see what Happens.

Zeke tenhoff Is trying to pull.

A 200-pound boulder from
The depths of the bering sea.

Whoop.

Whoa.

I see it.

There it is.

Are you okay?

Well, I just Lost a float bag.

Looks like you didn't
Strap it on good enough.

Um, well, I'm just gonna
Look under this boulder.

Because I managed
To flip it over.

It's starting to look
A little black.

So that's almost
A little bit compelling.

Yeah, if zeke can
Get past this, like,

Jumble of boulders down There...

And there's got to Be something,

Something heavy
Underneath the boulder.

Hey, zeke, you,
You seeing anything down there?

I kind of just think I'm
Seeing more bedrock down here.

And there isn't really a layer
That has any gold on it,

You know what I'm saying?

Yeah, no, I get it.

I think we've done
All we can do on this side.

I mean, I'm just... I'm not
Seeing any heavy minerals.

Zeke finally found some Bedrock,

Which, you know,
Could be a potential place.

For gold to hang out,

But the bedrock
Is just completely clean.

Theres no minerals or anything
On it and definitely no gold.

I think on this side
Of the island,

All we're gonna find
Is rock, dude.

Just rock after rock.

Okay. Roger.

Neither zeke nor I
Have the financial means.

To just spend this season
Looking for new ground.

At some point, if we don't
Find what we're looking for,

We're gonna have to know
When to throw in the towel.

With pinpointed areas
Coming up dry,

The partnership is
Running out of options.

And will need a new plan.

If they hope to continue
Their hunt at sledge.

Rock and rock And rock and rock.

If you don't find any gold,

You can't call yourself a Miner.

So if I can't find Anything new,

Then there's no reason
To keep doing this.



Right now it's gonna tell us
Whether we've wasted our time.

Or if we've made a good Decision
And we're gonna get rich.

Fuel is back in the air pump.

And shawn is ready once more...

To hunt for elusive gold
At the bluff.

I got a reputation to uphold.

I come out here and fail,
I'm gonna look like a fool.

I don't like failing.

Each expedition
At the bluff costs thousands.

And if shawn fails again,

His plan for the empire
Will be on it's last leg.

I'm here because
I have a feeling.

That there's a lot of gold Here.

I just have a feeling.

My gut tells me
That I'm gonna find.

Some nice big chunks
Of gold today.

I mean, I've been to the bluff
Multiple times and failed.

But every time you go back,

You're hoping
You're gonna succeed.

You got to always stay Positive.

Ooh, here we go.

Do or die.

Here we go.

I think we're gonna find
Something really,

Really good down here.

Can you copy up on top?

Anybody copy?

Come again?

Just making sure
We can communicate.

How am I looking?

I should be headed
Right towards the beach.

Yeah, you're about 20 to 40 Feet
Past where you were before.

Far from the boat,
Shawn is truly on his own.

Come on, shawn.

Here's a big boulder.

It's a big, big rock.

I like big rocks.

Here we go.

Come on, keep it up.

Come on, let me see it.

I've been in nome
About five years.

It was my dad's
Get-rich-quick idea.

So we're sitting in hawaii.

Everything was cool
In my happy little life,

And I had my own
Painting company.

He's like, "Yeah,
We just got to pump dirt."

And we'll get rich,
And we'll come back here,

"And we only have to work
Six months a year."

At that point, I was already.

A master painter
Living a great life.

So looking back, you have
To be very selective.

On who you get ideas from.



Here's a big boulder.

Determined to keep
His gold empire from failing,

Shawn pomrenke is going
For broke at the bluff.

Here I'm seeing
Some much better color.

Here already.

Come on, shawn.

Prior dives
At the remote location.

Have come up empty.

But if shawn can strike
Pay dirt,

He'll prove to his dad that
He still has a nose for gold.

Here we go.

Come on. Keep it up.

Come on. Let me see it.

Let me see it.

Yeah!

Ooh, here we go, boys.

Here we go.

Right there. Right there.

Ooh, right there.

Gold here, boys.

There's gold here.

Whoo-hoo!

Yeah!

k*lling it.

I'll mark that A new wake point.

It'll be wake point 5-1.
Marking now.

So exciting, Treasure hunting.

I think I'm gonna
Start heading out...

This is the coolest Thing ever!

It is beautiful.

We're in the gold, buddy.

It is pouring up
The hose right now.

Whoo!

I'm right... First big piece!

First big piece.

It just went up the hose.

After empty searches.

And near-death dives.

And with the weight
Of the pomrenke empire.

On his shoulders...

Mr. Gold strikes again.

Shawn Has finally found gold.

Where his dad always
Doubted he would.

Whoo!

I've dealt with setbacks
My whole life.

And, you know,
You don't give up.

You just keep pushing forward.

Yeah, buddy! Yeah, buddy!

Hard work pays off.

Yeah!

Flip that flap up, and let's
See what it looks like.

Look at that!

Yeah! Look at that nugget!

- Wow!
- -holy.

That's a big Nugget there.

Now for the pomrenke name,
The sky is the limit.

There's a lot of gold
Off this ground.

There's gold at the bluff.

So dad can't give Me anymore.



Back in nome...

it's important
This goes well today.

Let me just do
The ceremonial scoop.

After their miraculous haul
On the river...

Hopefully, big gold
Right off the bat.

It's time for the kellys'
First cleanup of the season.

Whoa!

- Look at that.
- Whoa!

Do you see that?

Today we're gonna
Clean up the river gold.

Yeah, the gold's
Looking very clean.

That's awesome.

This is gonna prove
I'm great at running things.

And increase our reputation
In this town.

I'm just gonna pour it,
You guys count off the numbers.

It's gonna make me Feel good.

- One.
- That's one.

That's two.

Three.



That's awesome!

Yeah, no, it's good.


Is worth nearly $5,000.

This is what Team kris gets you.

Team kris gold.

You guys have to see now
That I'm a great captain.

And things are gonna
Go well underneath me.

We're not here to go
On an adventure.

We're not here
To have a great time.

We're just here to make money.
It's all about success.

I don't mind going


I think this is proof that
We need to keep going back.

Captain kris kelly
Finally notches a success.

Let's get the boat Ready.

And things are looking up
For the kellys.

We're gonna make 100 ounces
In the river this season.

Everybody's on my team now.

We're gonna go back there
And k*ll it.

I packed the trailer.

So we can get the quad
In the back-up.

- My god.
- -what the

I got too many bills to pay.
You can't do this.

You said you'd use it
Before for one day.

I got to work.
I got to make a living, too.

I need it back down there.

Gearing up this morning,

Getting ready to hit
The river again,

And what happens?

My dad's friend comes along.

That he's borrowing
The boat from.

So now I'm back at square one.

I don't have a boat
To go river mining with.

I've got a claim that we know
There's gold at.

And we just can't get it again.

Okay, we'll meet You down there.

We'll put it Back in there.

I don't want to go down a bad
Road with you guys.

Don't worry,
We'll bring it right back.

Without a dredge Built
Specifically for river Mining...

We're right behind You.

The promising claim.

Is not an option,
And once again,

Captain kris is forced to go
Back to the drawing board.

That means we're not
Working tomorrow.

That's what that means.

It pisses me off, man.

That's life.

Man, I can't win.

It just seems like I can't stop.

From getting screwed over
On a daily basis.

Under the command
Of captain kris,

The kellys have secured
Second place on the scoreboard.

Today is our first
Day of mining.

Go find us Lots of gold, zeke!

It's gonna be fun.

You need to come up Immediately.

Now I'm starting To get worried.

I can't see over here.

Take my hand, zeke!

I am a miner!