[Parker] That's like half way
through the season.
Things in the Klondike
are going pretty well.
Left the place
in good hands I think.
But the problem
is we're running out
of ground to mine.
[narrator] 27 year old
Parker Schnabel
has left his crew
mining Klondike gold
while he heads to Alaska.
I started my life here.
And my goal is to see
if there's a lot better ground
out there
that we can be mining
[narrator] With a w*r
for ground raging
in the Klondike,
Parker needs to land
the new claim to secure
his mining future.
[Parker] How do you
make that transition,
you know, from mining
in one place to the next.
That's really difficult
and it's a thing that a lot
of miners get wrong.
Um, you know,
you do it too soon
and you're spread way thin
and if you do it too late,
then everybody
knows you're desperate.
And as soon as
people in business
know you're desperate,
you're [bleep].
[narrator] Parker's on his way
to meet one of Alaska's
biggest private land owners,
the legendary John Reeves.
John's definitely
one of those guys that,
money talks and [bleep] walks.
Right?
And, um, I'm trying
not to be a [bleep].
But I'm gonna always try
to tie up more ground
than we can handle.
Hopefully I can use
a little persuasion
and keep him from
kicking us out of the deal
before we really
get a chance to get in there.
[narrator] Last season...
As far as deals go,
we're really looking for,
like, large blocks of crown.
[narrator] Parker made
a hand shake deal
to mine on 3,000 acres
of John's ground.
I think it's about time for us
to have a chat
with these guys out of here.
- Yeah? Yeah.
-[woman laughs]
- Yeah, let's have--
- Get out of here, Dave.
[chuckles]
[narrator] But the pandemic
closed the border.
Now, he must convince
the land owning giant
to give him another shot.
And this time, a hand shake
may not be enough.
[Parker] So, let's see
if John and Drew are here.
Let's see
what we can work out.
- Hello?
-[Drew] Come on in.
[Parker] Hey, Drew.
How you doing?
- Doing well. Good to see you.
- Good to see you.
[narrator] Drew Langley
is John's son-in-law
and right hand man.
I just got a hold of John,
he's on his way.
-[Parker] Oh, sweet.
- He'll be here shortly.
You're done.
-[John] Hey, Parker.
- Hi, John, how are you?
Long time no see, dude.
It has been a while.
- Good. How you been?
- Good to see you.
- I've been good.
- Good.
[Parker] Yeah.
Been good. We've been busy.
Yeah, you're supposed
to be mining up here.
-[Parker] I know.
- This summer.
-[Parker] I know.
- It's August.
Yeah, it's been
on the back of my mind that
or the front of mind,
I should say...
Mm-hmm.
...that we didn't make
it over here and get set up.
You, know, like you said,
it's August now and,
um, and that's why I'm here,
is just to sit down with
you guys and talk about that.
And where we left off
last year and,
um, kind of trying
to pick things back up
if we still can.
Uh...
You know, you got some
excuses for not coming over
and a lot of 'em
I can identify with.
The world's been kind of crazy
last year and half.
So...
You know,
I just couldn't swing, like,
getting a whole another
operation going
at this point in,
with what's going on
in the world
and what's going on
with us, you know.
But at the same time,
I don't wanna miss out on
what's a really good
opportunity with you guys.
You know, Parker,
that came out of Fairbanks
just came out of that ground.
So, it's not what they took,
but it's what they left.
[narrator] John owns
of historically rich claims.
Parker's convinced
this land could be key
to his gold mining future.
[John] So, Parker,
what do you wanna do?
[Parker] Last year,
when we were talking
and we did a little bit
of drilling out there,
like, we definitely hit
some interesting stuff.
And I was hoping to finish
proving that up so we can get,
like, a pit, defined
and ready to be
mined for the spring.
It's really
what I'd like to do.
And I know that
it's a big block of ground
to keep tied up.
And, so, I'm willing to do,
you know, within reason,
what it takes to tie that up.
[John] You can tie it up.
But, I'm not gonna just let
you tie it up on a six-pack.
Or, um...
[Parker] I figured
that this conversation--
If you have something
that you wanna offer me
to tie it up, I'm all ears.
- You guys need royalties.
-[John] What?
So, as a sign of good faith
on my end, um,
I'm just gonna bring you
some royalties in advance,
if that works for you.
And it'll just count
towards future production
and if we never produce,
it's yours to keep.
[John] I'm interested.
So, I brought that.
Okay, look,
I don't drink whiskey, dude.
I'm a tequila man.
[chuckling] It's not
a bottle of whiskey, John.
Have a look.
Yeah, you're gonna
wanna look inside the bag.
[John] Right.
What do go in there?
So, that's, um,
that's a 100oz.
Like, advance payment.
[narrator] Parker's deposit
is worth a $180,000.
[John sighs]
What do you think, Drew?
Looks pretty good to me.
[John] Okay let's weld it.
But we expect
you to me be mining,
'cause if you don't
show up next year
and you're not mining,
that's mine.
And it won't go against
any future royalties.
Okay.
Well, it's not nothing
like a little pressure.
- Good seeing you again.
- Good to see you too.
- See you next time.
-[Parker] All right.
Well, I think
that went pretty good.
Like, we got a deal
on some ground.
I'm a 100oz poorer,
but we've got
a very productive creek
to go explore.
[John] I have a lot
of respect for Parker
for showing up
like he did today.
He's put enough
of a down payment
on his future
for me to rely on our future.
The guy knows what he's doing.
And he's a young guy.
And there's not a lot of young
guys with nuts that big.
[narrator] Parker
secured the ground,
but it's a huge gamble.
He still doesn't know
if the old timers
left any gold.
You know, first,
I'm gonna hope
that we come up with
tons and tons of gold,
but, um, we'll just see.
We better get a drill turning.
[engine whirring]
I will admit,
I'm behind this year,
I'm down on people.
But I know for fact that
this is gonna work. So...
[narrator] Rick Ness
is out to prove
he has what it takes
to hit it big.
Once Parker's foremen,
he's been on a roller coaster
ride the first three seasons
running his own operation.
[Rick] Um, we're going deep.
So much deeper
than I've ever gone before.
[narrator] He's made
the biggest gamble of his life
opening a cut 190 ft deep.
Rally Valley could hold
$5 million in gold,
but it'll only pay out
if his eight man crew
can get down
to pay dirt before winter.
[Rick] We've got less than
two months left in the season.
And it's gonna cost
a ton of money.
I mean,
last year the deep cut,
that was about,
you know, 60-65 ft deep.
But this is well over double
that to get down to pay.
This is the biggest risk
I've ever taken.
It's gonna be September
before we start running pay
If we get a month to run it.
We're gonna be real lucky.
And we got a 2,000oz
roll this year.
And that's everything
we had to get
a 1,000oz last year
with our little plant.
We need the big g*ns,
so, you know,
Monster doesn't have to go
back in action this year.
[narrator] To chew through
the Rally Valley
in record time,
Rick will swap out
his 100 yard an hour
wash plant for months to Red.
This half million dollar plant
can run dirt
three times as fast.
[Rick] We need a lot of work,
that's, uh, that's part of it.
But, uh, the other is getting
it here and finding the space.
So, it's quite
a big undertaking
with the small crew here.
- Hey, Rick.
-[Rick] Get on
down here, buddy.
Wanna get out there for a bit?
-[Brennan] Oh, thanks.
-[Chris grunts]
So, a little shake a today.
Uh, a little change up.
And I wanna be prepared
for when we hit pay.
And we gotta go
get Monster out.
That does mean we'll have
to shut down Rocky.
[Chris] Are you serious?
[Rick] We're gonna
have to stop sluicing.
[Chris] All right.
[Rick] And we're gonna
have to go get it.
I'm gonna haul
an excavator up there
and it shouldn't be
that big of a deal.
I mean, it's not that far
but the road sucks.
Right.
Brennan, so, I gotta put
you in charge of this cut.
Sounds good, buddy.
- Let's get at it.
- Yeah.
While, this decision,
I know wasn't easy,
I'm glad it wasn't one
I had to make.
There just better be a bunch
of [bleep] gold in that pay
if we're gonna stop
sluicing right now.
[narrator] Shutting down Rocky
means cutting his only income.
Can we just hit the water?
Yeah.
[squeaking]
I got quite a bit
of work cut out for,
but, you know,
I gotta get overburden off,
I'm gonna have to figure out
where we want the plant.
[narrator] Brennan leads
the huge stripping effort
in the deepest cut
he's ever mined.
Rick's taken the right
approach to this right now
with making sure
we got a good plan together.
Uh, I think
that's great that he's,
uh, on top of it like that.
Time to swing her out.
[Chris]
Get her strapped down
and we'll head over to Duncan
and then get Monster Red
loaded up on this trailer
and bring it back.
[narrator]
From Upper Duncan Creek,
Rick must haul the plant
from a 1,000 ft of elevation.
Over 8 miles mountain trail.
Through thick forest,
over a river crossing
and along a 200 ft ravine.
[engine whirring]
Well, I like a challenge.
[laughs]
[bleep]
-[hisses]
- Oh joy, oh, joy.
[engine revving]
[Chris] Well,
that burnt the clutch.
The trailer must be
sunk or something.
[Rick] This is not good.
This corner's always
a bit of a [bleep].
I was gonna
just keep on driving
and wait for you
by the wash plant.
i really wish
I would have now.
Figured we'd unload
the excavator.
Uh, just to give 'em a shot.
How am I looking
on the other side?
Looks good over here.
[bleep]
[engine roaring]
[creaks]
[Rick] Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa!
[engine sputtering]
[Rick] Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa!
[bleep]
[narrator] At Duncan Creek...
We just tried to off load
the haul off the trailer
and it slide off a little bit.
[narrator]
...Rick Ness' low-boy
is stuck
on a slick mountain road.
[Rick] It is what it is.
Yeah, I gotta--
'Cause this is right
on the ground so...
[Rick] I just don't know
what that's gonna
do to this trailer.
[bleep]
We figured
we'd unload the excavator,
uh, just to give
'em a better shot
and the whole [bleep] thing
side off the trailer.
[narrator]
If Rick's not careful,
the 58 t 480 excavator
could destroy the trailer.
[Brennan] Yeah,
you're almost on the ground!
[rattling]
[bleep]
I'm just worried about
[bleep] this thing up.
Well, the other side is pretty
much right on, so, you know...
You're about at the point
where's it's gonna
go through this. So...
- Go ahead.
-[Rick] Be ready.
Good. About time.
[Rick laughs]
I'll swing it around then.
[Brennan] Back up.
Just come straight back.
Right there. Spin around.
[narrator] The 480 is safe,
but the trailer
is still stuck.
-[grunts]
- I wish I'd start
this whole up
and [bleep] use
a broom and stick
to kind of push us along.
Back end of this trailer's
buried in the mud,
so, just gonna try
and get us out of here.
[engine whirring]
[Chris over radio]
It's still buried.
[engine whirring]
[Chris over radio]
We're out of the mud now.
[Brennan over radio]
Hey, uh, just keep going.
Okay, that's enough
excitement for today.
[Chris laughs]
We haven't even
gotten there yet.
Think we finally
got 2 miles to go.
[horn tooting]
[man] Whoo!
Well, that was supposed
to be the [bleep] easy part.
I hope the trip over here is
an indication
of how the trip back is
gonna be.
Well, I've about had it
for today.
I don't know about you.
This road is [bleep].
Hopefully it dries out
a little bit overnight.
Yeah.
We'll just call it for today.
Come back at it tomorrow.
- I'm happy with that.
-[Rick] All right.
It was hard enough
getting this 480 up here.
I don't how we're gonna
get the washplant
down to lower Duncan.
It's gonna be
a [bleep] nightmare.
[Tony speaking]
[narrator]
King of the Klondike,
Tony Beets, is fighting back.
[Tony speaking]
[narrator] Tony gambled
on mining gold-rich ground
on Indian River.
He spent $5 million
on new equipment
and hired extra crew.
But it was
a rare error of judgment.
[Tony speaking]
[narrator] Last week,
Tony started his fight back
by opening
the new 25 acre wall cut.
Its nugget-rich
white channel pay
could hold
$3 million in gold.
The key to saving his season.
[Tony speaking]
[Tony speaking]
[narrator] At the trommel,
Kevin has a stockpile
of dry, white channel pay
to feed the plant.
We really gotta run
as much material as we can.
[narrator] But it will run out
in days.
Tony needs to get dried pay
to the plant fast.
or his operation will
shut down.
[Tony speaking]
[Ruby] We have to get
all of this water out
of our cuts
or otherwise our trucks
are gonna get stuck
and we're just gonna
have an all-around bad time.
Weather is always
your biggest factor.
Every minute, every hour
is valuable.
There's nothing worst
than getting flooded cuts
and of course,
you know, right now
in our most crucial time,
really, is when it decides
to downpour.
[Tony speaking]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Tony speaking]
[narrator] At Paradise Hill...
[Tony speaking]
[narrator]...Tony Beets'
season rides on a culvert
under an access route
to his washplant holding.
[narrator] If the road
is taken out,
his washplant
will be inaccessible.
[water splashing]
[Tony speaking]
[narrator] The culvert seems
to be holding.
Now Tony needs
to get new dried pay
to the plant
before the stockpile
runs out.
So we been sluicing
a couple weeks,
so I think
we're doing pretty well
right now.
We're beating
our season total
from last year
on every gold way
which is fantastic.
[narrator] Fred Lewis has
come out swinging.
After a long hunt for ground
in the Klondike,
the Special Forces medic
is finally on the gold
and one step closer
to his dream
of a mining future
for his band
of military vets.
If I can give my guys
a new sense of purpose
in something that
they're gonna continue to do
for the rest of their lives
or even for long enough
to make them happy,
then we succeeded.
Back to work.
[narrator] To cover his cost,
and give his crew
a gold bonus,
Fred needs
at least 100 ounces.
That means 10 ounces a week
to the end of the season.
[JB] Today I'm doubling up.
I get to drive the rock truck
and the excavator today.
[chuckles]
[narrator] He's counting
on his crew
to keep the washplant fit
with 30 yards
of pay dirt an hour.
Recon scout sn*per
Stuart McKenzie
digs pay.
Fred's son, Christopher,
trucks it to the pay pile
where Khara Lewis
feeds the washplant.
I think it's really,
really important for everybody
to know every single job
on the mine site,
just in case,
for, you know,
you have to fill in
for something.
All right, Klint.
What's up, Fred?
We're having a bottleneck
over at the washplant.
You know,
I've got JB
doing double duty
pulling tailings
with the excavator
and doing the rock truck.
- Yeah.
-[Fred] So I'm thinking
of plopping you
in the rock truck
down there.
How do you feel about that?
[Klint] Uh, I've never driven
anything like that before,
but I'll give it a go.
-[Fred] Sound good.
- Yeah, I'm good with that.
[Fred] You good with that?
If you need anything else,
ask me.
[Klint] Cool, dude.
Well, see ya.
Later.
[narrator] Klint Janulis is
Fred's newest recruit.
He's a Green Beret
Special Forces medic
and he has
a degree in Geology,
but he's never
worked on a mine.
[Fred] I've known
Klint since 2006.
Quite a long time.
Uh, we served together.
We are both
Special Forces medics.
Um, the last time
I saw Klint was in Iraq.
So it was almost 15 years ago
and in combat.
[narrator]
Green Beret mechanic,
JB Mayer...
Good. Sit down.
[narrator] ...teaches Klint
some rock truck basics.
- Is that what's up?
- See that thing right there?
Yeah, I see that thing.
That, puts,
push your foot on it.
Now the other foot.
See all the lights come on.
Everything is locked in.
That's six-wheel drive.
That's locked in.
[Fred] So, he's always
had that desire to serve
and desire to help veterans
that I'm looking for.
Uh, he doesn't know
anything about gold mining,
but outside of that,
he's a hell of a hard worker
and I know
I can trust him on it.
He's got my back
and I'd take a b*llet
for him, too, so...
[narrator] JB loads
overburden for Klint to take
to the dump site.
I'm a little bit nervous about
Klint in the rock truck.
He's extremely intelligent.
But, uh...
as long as he stays slow
and steady, it'll be okay.
Klint's never ridden
a rock truck,
it articulates so
it's a little bit different,
it's like a mix between
driving an RV
and driving a regular truck.
Uh, it doesn't turn
the way you think it does
so it takes some
getting used to.
I just hope he picks it up
pretty quick.
[bleep]
[sighs]
[Khara] Oh, [bleep].
Oh, he's really at an angle.
[Klint] Hey, Kat.
[Khara] Can you go back?
Stop, stop.
Don't even try
and wiggle it out,
it's so deep back there.
[Klint] Can I try once?
- I got a little bit--
- I don't wanna--
like I just don't wanna...
- I don't--
If I feel like it...
- I don't want to get worse.
No, no, no.
All right.
I'm gonna get the 250.
Good idea.
Oh, [bleep], damn it.
[narrator] This isn't
the first time
Klint has made
a rookie mistake.
- What happened?
- He's stuck good.
He's so buried.
And he just keeps digging it
worse and worse.
And I told him don't--
"don't do it anymore."
And he's like,
"just let me try
one more time."
I'm like, "it's getting worse
every time."
- Yeah.
- All right.
- Yeah, uh, I'll get up there.
- Okay.
Non-rock truck
driving guy. [laughs]
I'm like,
I just got done saying, too.
I'm like, "I really think
that Klint just needs
to be in the rock truck
and focus on that."
And then this happens
and then I'm like--
- First load of the day!
- What the hell.
-[laughs]
- All right.
Klint came here,
he's... he's trying.
But, uh,
one disaster after another.
Babe.
You should see
the other side of that thing.
It's parked next to the ramp
that I built for the drive up.
[Khara] You can clearly see
the difference of what
the ramp looks like
and the mush around it.
Ready?
Whoa!
Whoa!
I was hooked on you.
I'm gonna try.
Get that [bleep] outta here!
[laughs] Go!
[Fred] This mistake
has cost us
quite a bit of time.
And to be honest
it's cost us gold
because we aren't running
yards in with that
truck, right?
And I think Klint's
a little out of his element.
I think there's something up.
We'll give him time to adjust,
but right now...
he's gonna have to step it up.
We're millionaires, Liam.
You're a millionaire.
You just have to get it
out of the ground.
I just have to get it out
of the miners. [chuckles]
[narrator] In Fairbanks,
Alaska,
Parker Schnabel has brought in
his drilling buddy.
Liam Ferguson.
Mine the miners, Parker,
it's the oldest trick
in the book.
It really is.
[narrator] Parker's dropped
$180,000 in gold.
For the right to 3,000 acres
of historically
lucrative ground.
Like what happens when
you show up to the, like,
the gold fields and all
the good stuff's been staked?
You go and open a brothel,
or like a bar,
or like a laundry place--
- Or a drilling company.
- Or a drilling company.
[both laugh]
- And it went
pretty good, right?
- Yeah.
[narrator] Parker wants Liam
to test drill two areas
of John Reeves's land.
Cleary Creek
and Little Eldorado creek.
The ground has been mined
since the early 1900s.
So back in October of 1940,
Effie Company had an auction
on this block of ground
at the mouth
of Little Eldorado.
Before they paid for it,
they went and drilled it.
And the best block has--
Had.
[narrator] Worth today
over $100,000,000.
The allure of 60,000 ounces.
[narrator] Parker's gambling
the old timers have
left enough gold
in Little Eldorado
for a monster payday.
That will secure his future.
- Bring your boots today?
- Uh-huh.
- Walking from here?
- Yeah.
Come on.
Let's go and see
if we can find a...
mine site.
Well, to me,
this road is going to it.
So I'm guessing
it's somewhere over here.
[Liam] Oh, yeah,
this is totally the portal!
[narrator] Liam's found
the entrance to a mine
abandoned 30 years ago.
-[Parker] Open it up.
- It's open.
- Can you walk in it?
- Totally can.
- Let's go.
- Let's go to the bottom.
[Liam] That's gonna
be sketchy as[bleep].
It's caving in, even the--
even the steel pipe's
caving in.
[Parker] You don't think
it's open?
Just go for a swim.
- Dude, I am not
going in there.
- It's water.
- You can't sink.
- This is how
every horror movie starts.
[Liam] Ooh, that went
pretty far down.
It splashed up dirt, though.
- This is cool.
- Yeah.
Let's go get a drill in here.
Let's get [bleep] rich!
Or you're gonna get rich,
no matter what.
Let's spend some money!
Let's mine some miners!
[narrator] Liam's just bought
a second brand-new
million-dollar sonic drill.
It can reach 1,000 feet.
Enough to hit this claim's
deep bedrock.
[Barry] So, Parker,
what do you think
of the new rig?
Barry, you got it all dirty.
Yeah.
[narrator] The crew
are drilling test holes
in a line across
Little Eldorado.
Each day of drilling
costs Parker $20,000.
You may as well just light
my money on fire.
[Barry] We can do that too.
[Parker] Holy crap!
What's going on?
Guess it hit a shaft.
Old mine shaft
it fell through.
Oh, like, just like,
that's where it just dropped?
- Yeah, just fell
right through a shaft.
- Right.
[narrator] From the 1920s,
old timers dug tunnels
known as drift mines
on the hunt for pay streaks.
Leaving the ground honeycombed
with a network of shafts.
Parker's looking for an area
of virgin ground.
[Parker] All the ones on
this line have been like this?
Yeah, we've hit a few shafts.
- Must be a pretty big shaft.
- Yeah.
All right.
[Liam Ferguson] Yeah,
Little Eldorado
was a tough one to drill.
A lot of shafting,
a lot of water,
and it's extremely deep.
All right.
Liam and I are both
used to mining
with lots of margin for error.
And that
dwindles with deeper ground.
Even if there's 60,000 ounces
here,
or there was 60,000 ounces
here,
spending that kind of money
before you get down there
is dangerous.
High risk.
[narrator] After 8 hours
running the samples,
Liam's found
no significant gold.
Now, for the last and deepest
test holds.
[Liam] Just comes down
to how good those guys were.
[Parker Schnabel] Let's hope
they were a bunch of drunks.
[laughs]
Oh, there's some gold
in there.
[Parker] I'm gonna take it
in the light where I can see.
[Parker] Well,
that'd be really good
if we were
on the Indian River,
and it was 20 or 30 feet deep.
But at 180,
I don't quite think so.
It looks like those guys
that went in there
they went down and hit
the El Dorado pretty hard.
So I'd probably say
that the significant portion
of the gold there
is cleaned out
to about 70-80%.
And then obviously,
it's not there
'cause you can't find it.
Yeah.
All right.
Thanks, dude!
See ya, Parker.
[narrator] After his
plus drilling costs,
Parker's $200,000 in the hole.
[Parker]
This Little El Dorado stuff
is frustrating.
So [sighs]
basically another strike out
for the time being.
[narrator] Parker has
just one more piece
of land to drill
at Cleary Creek.
[Rick Ness]
Get this plant loaded up
and get the hell out of here.
Got a lot of work to do
down in Lower Duncan.
I don't need to be [bleep]
around up here anymore.
[narrator]
Rick Ness is in a race to haul
his $500,000
Monster Red wash plant
eight miles
down to Lower Duncan Creek...
- Am I good?
- Yeah, you're good, man. Yep.
...where he's gambling
on his deepest cut ever.
We're hooking,
uh, machine onto each corner
just so it's more
of an even pull.
[Rick shouting] Let's go!
[narrator] Rick in the 480
and Kyle in a loader
are cabled up
to the 50 ton wash plant.
-[Chris Kruse] Whoa.
-[Kyle Lawson] Damn it!
[Nathan Thornington]
What was that?
-[Chris] Broke it, didn't it?
-[Nathan] Yeah.
- Because he gave it a jerk?
- Yeah.
Just snapped the chain,
but easy fix.
Try to be
a little more gentle.
[shouting] Yeah,
so try not to jerk it,
ya jerk.
You can't be serious!
[Rick] Guess that chain's
a real piece of [bleep], huh?
We just needed to move it out
of that little hole it was in
so it would be easier to load
it on the flat deck.
It's not designed to be moved
with that shaker on there.
-[Nathan]
Not altogether. [laughs]
-[laughs]
[narrator]
Monster Red's 9.5 ton
shaker deck sits
atop a 26 foot frame.
The thing about Monster Red
is the shaker deck
literally just sits
on the springs
that it shakes around on.
So we've gotta...
We gotta get that secured
to the frame here
so it isn't able to bounce
around
or tilt off from the frame
to make it extra top heavy.
So that's our first step here.
[Chris] Hold up!
Hold up!
- We're doing all four corners?
-[Rick] Yeah.
[Chris] That should accomplish
everything, right?
- Yeah, we don't want it
to go this way either
- Yeah.
-'cause it will just tear
those things in half.
- Yeah.
I'm not unhappy to see
this thing get the hell
out of here.
I'm done with this place.
We're all done
with this place.
'Cause I'm sure
this thing's gonna be
for sure top heavy.
[Nathan]
So it's gonna be hairy.
-[Rick] Let's do her!
-[Nathan] Yeah, let's get her.
I wish this was down there.
-[Nathan] [bleep], man.
- What?
[bleep]!
[bleep] [bleep]
[machine thuds]
[Rick] Whoo! [bleep]
All right, stop there. Stop.
That was impressive.
It's a [bleep] road
all the way home.
I'll be relieved
at the end of the day
if this thing's in one piece
on my site.
[Rick] You chained
the [bleep] out of it, right?
[Kyle chuckles] Yeah.
Holy, [bleep]. Look at that.
Wish this side-by-side
had a mirror.
It's starting to hurt my neck
looking back at you guys.
I'm sorry.
You don't have to do that.
I wanna be able to see
if you guys [bleep] up.
Oh, yeah.
It looks pretty cool though.
I gotta be honest.
[laughs]
[narrator]
The road is only just
wide enough for the plant.
I don't know
if you guys noticed,
but there's a left hand turn
up here.
[Chris] Whoa! Ah!
[Chris] Whoa!
[bleep]!
He's shaking his head.
[laughs]
- That was a tight one.
-[Chris] Ah!
That's about as sketchy
as I've seen yet today.
[Scott Power] We need
to speed up.
All right, I'm gonna quit
looking back.
Here we go.
Like a glove.
[chuckles]
I'm not gonna lie.
This is pretty damn sweet.
[Chris] Monster Red's coming
to its new home.
I think we're
pretty smooth sailing
from here on out.
I'm not too worried
about any of it.
I don't think.
[Rick] Yee-haw!
[laughs] Yeah.
[bleep], yeah.
That is a "[bleep], yeah,"
for sure.
[Chris] That's pretty neat.
[Rick] That was
one of the scariest things
I've seen
is being behind that thing
going down the road.
It looked like it wanted
to tip over.
[Chris] I don't know how
it does it.
Like, I really, like...
- When it goes, like,
two feet beyond center,
- Yeah, yeah.
- why isn't it tipping over?
- Yeah.
[Rick] Instead of Monster Red,
I think we gonna rename it
the Monster Gold Dumpster.
- It just rolls of the tongue.
- It does!
It's got a nice ring to it.
- Rick's Monster Gold Dumpster.
-[laughs]
[narrator]
At California Creek,
crew member Klint Janulis
has got
another rock truck stuck.
[Rick Douglas] I don't know
what his problem is.
Whether he's just not capable
of handling heavy equipment,
if he's never done anything
like this before.
But, uh, we definitely can't
afford to be stopping
and recovering vehicles
and making repairs
because he can't drive
or operate a rock truck.
He could've rolled
off that cliff.
Then we got major injury,
you know,
- or even worse--
- I mean,
the fact of the matter
is he's also taking
all of you guys at risk.
- Yeah.
- If he had rolled
down that hill
into the wash plant,
or into the excavator
and hurt one of you guys.
[narrator]
After the rock truck accident,
Klint left the mine site.
And today,
he hasn't shown up for work.
I tried for 30 minutes
to get Klint out of bed
this morning.
Thirty [bleep] minutes
to get him out of bed,
and he would not wake up!
If Klint's having problems,
and if he's not willing
to show up for work,
and if he's just not even
communicating with me,
I don't know what we can do
to facilitate him anymore.
At this point,
I honestly don't know
how to react.
He's a really good friend
of mine. I've known
him forever.
But there's something
going on here.
And at this point,
it's holding us back.
[narrator]
Fred and Klint served together
as Green Beret medics
in Iraq in 2008.
[Klint] That was an ugly tour.
Our graduating medical class
lost a lot of guys that tour.
I mean, a lot! [sighs]
Class leader died.
We lost a bunch of buddies.
[chokes up] Sorry.
[bleep], hey. [sniffles]
Sometimes,
that [bleep] just hits ya.
[Fred Lewis] All right, Klint,
- the team has had a talk.
- Yeah.
Um, and then, I guess,
we kinda need to know
where you're at.
- I'm good... I--
- No, you're not.
You're not. You're not, bud.
You're not.
[Fred] Klint,
I'm gonna be honest with you.
- I haven't felt from you
since the day you got here
-[Klint] Mm-hmm.
that you're
in the right mindset.
All right.
I'm terrible
with the rock truck.
- I can't see behind me--
- Klint, that's...
Klint, we don't need excuses.
You're work ethic is good.
You mean well.
But you're very not
concentrated on task.
You're not falling
into the team like you should.
We love you like a brother.
This may not be your time
to be here.
[Klint] All right,
how about I...
- I'll make a proposition.
-[Fred] Okay.
Give me a shot. I can
be a part of this team
that contributes in a way
that's different.
I can solve problems
on the fly.
I can make bush fixes.
I can do [bleep] like that.
Okay, Klint,
I can do one thing for you.
I will have a meeting
with the team
- without you there.
No offense.
- Sure. Yeah.
-[Fred] Come away
from cameras if ya...
-[man] Yeah.
And we'll all talk about this.
And we'll see if we...
what we think as a team
moving forward
is the best option.
-[Klint] Okay.
- I'll give you that.
[Klint] Yeah, no,
I appreciate that.
Can you guys...
Can you guys back off
a little bit?
Give us a little bit.
[Fred] Over here, guys.
[narrator] Fred puts it
to a vote on whether Klint
should stay or leave the mine.
I knew coming into this
that hiring guys
that have been combat,
hiring guys
that have been through some
pretty horrible ordeals
would come with baggage.
[Fred sighs]
There just has to be a line
that's drawn between
are you able to do this
or are you not.
And I think that's
the tough thing
we have to figure out.
[narrator]
At California Creek,
Fred Lewis's crew has held
a secret vote on whether
to let team member Klint stay
on the claim.
In all honesty, I could give
a [bleep] if Klint and Fred
have known each other forever.
He needs to deal
with it like a boss
and not like a friend.
-[Fred] Klint.
-[Stuart McKenzie]
What's up, brother?
Hey, what's going on, guys?
[Fred] How ya doing, man?
-[Fred sighs]
- I'm doing okay.
All right, um,
first off the bat,
I wanna point
something out, Klint.
Honestly, when I hired you,
I didn't know you were going
through these problems,
which makes me realize
we don't showcase--
That's it.
Ya have to [bleep] hide it.
- Ya hide it.
-[Stuart] Mm-hmm.
Only us know what
- those tours were like
-[Fred] Yeah.
and what it does to your mind
'cause it literally changes
your brain.
- Mm-hmm.
All the chemicals. Yeah.
-[Fred] Yeah.
Day in and day out thinking
you're gonna die
every [bleep] day.
[Stuart] Mm-hmm.
Look at our wall of medics
we graduated with
in the medical course.
There's a wall of every medic
that's died in combat.
Our class...
our graduating class is
- slaughtered.
I mean, just on that--
- It's 40%.
Dude, it's almost 40%
of our class is dead.
Yeah.
[Stuart] Those skeletons,
those demons,
whatever you wanna call it
is put in a closet
and locked away.
-[Fred] Right.
- I mean, like, it is always
gonna be with you.
We don't wanna admit
this [bleep]. We're [bleep]
tough guys, right?
- We're [bleep]
-[Stuart] Mm-hmm.
-[Fred] That's part
of the problem.
- That's what we do, right?
Yeah, that's part
of the problem, man.
Nobody helped me.
Nobody helped Stuart.
We got [bleep].
[Stuart]
When I had my problems, man,
and, like, when I
first started doing pills...
I mean, it ended up
with, like, a needle
in my arm.
You know what I mean.
Like, when I say, like,
I was opi addict.
I was a heroin addict.
Yeah, definitely... Wow.
To be... I'll be completely
honest with you.
I overdosed on morphine.
So I was laying in bed
and thinking my last breath
was coming literally.
-[bleep], man.
- And that was my epiphany.
I got lucky, man.
So we had our meeting.
We had a vote.
It wasn't unanimous.
But what it boils
down to, um, is basically
we've got your back.
Overwhelmingly,
we just don't wanna
let you go.
You don't have to worry
about being alone.
You don't have to worry
about no one
understanding you.
- You're home.
-[Stuart] Mm-hmm.
- Thanks.
- And we're gonna keep you here
because you belong here.
[Klint] I appreciate it.
[Fred] And I think
the best bet would be
to stay away from alcohol.
We'll help you
get through this as much as
we possibly can,
but, obviously,
most of it's on you.
[sniffs] I saw it--
Come here.
- I love you.
- I love you too, man.
[Klint]
That was a tough conversation.
But honestly, it felt
like a burden
off my shoulders.
It really was.
It's one to say
that you're supporting
each other.
Uh, it could just be
lip service.
But these guys showed
that they actually were.
- Well, come in.
You [bleep] lug.
- What's up, man?
[Stuart] I hate having
to, like, do this type
of, like, confrontation.
But I think it went
really, really well.
I don't want Klint to leave.
I want Klint to stay here.
I know what pain
he's going through.
The gold is important,
and the gold is what we're
here for.
But nothing is more important
than watching
your brothers' backs.
And that's what we're doing
right now
[narrator]
After the cut was flooded,
Tony's almost out
of stockpile pay dirt.
[narrator] His crew are
frantically racing to get paid
from the recently drained cut
to the wash plant,
but are now fighting
overnight rain.
[Monica Beets] This season
we haven't had a whole lot
of problems with trauma.
It's a blessing and a curse
'cause, uh, in the sense
that we haven't had
any breakdowns.
We've been running
really quite steady.
And now, we're actually facing
running out of pay.
We get this cut extended
as quick as possible,
and there's actually some
good pay, and we're not
wasting even more time.
We gotta get stripping
to have some spots ready
so we can keep on going.
We're seasonal operation.
Every day counts.
[man speaking over radio]
Easier said than done
'cause I keep sliding away
from it every time
I try to push it.
[Tony speaking]
[Mike] This [bleep] rain is
not [bleep] helping anything
right now.
A [bleep] nightmare.
[bleep] hell.
[bleep] slimy-a*s
[bleep] hell.
Tony Beets.
Do you copy, Tony Beets?
[Mike] I'm stuck.
D11 is stuck.
[Mike] Since it rained so hard
and so much,
it makes it sometimes
just dig itself in.
[Tony on radio]
[Mike] The rain makes
everything slick.
It turned everything to slaw.
We all [bleep] in
[bleep] soup.
[Tony speaking]
[narrator] The entire cut
is shut down.
while Tony tries to free
the 115-ton D11.
It's been stuck
for almost an hour
and a half now.
I'd rather be [bleep].
[sighs]
I want it to be running.
[Tony speaking]
Whoa!
[narrator] Tony Beets is
trying to rescue
his stricken
[narrator] The 600-horsepower
most powerful machine.
[Tony on radio]
[honking]
[Tony speaking]
[narrator] The Beets are back
on the gold.
And trucking the season-saving
white channel pay
to the wash plant.
Got stuck, though.
It was a pain in the a*s.
We got it out.
Cleared out the wet spot,
now I'm [bleep] back
in action over here.
Grass ends, give them to Pile.
Did you just call me a pile?
[both laughing]
[narrator] On Indian River,
Parker Schnabel has taken
a massive gamble.
In the w*r for ground, he sunk
over three million dollars
into the deepest cut
he's ever mined.
Foreman Mitch Blaschke
is in charge,
and tasked with bringing
in the gold
at the Yukon operation,
while Parker searches
for new ground
in Alaska.
You know, I think going out
looking, uh, for ground
is a lot like going out
and trying to buy a used car.
[Mitch] And, you know,
just like there's lots
of shady car salesmen,
well, there's lots
of shady landowners, and, uh,
you gotta be smart, you know.
I worked for the Hoffmans
for a couple years,
and, you know,
Todd believed what people told
him when it came to ground,
and, you know,
it's definitely, uh,
it's not something
you wanna do.
[narrator] Over
at the promised land,
Tyson Lee runs Sluicifer
in the good cut.
Peaceful down here right now.
[Tyson] If nothing goes wrong
that will be a success
in my eyes.
[narrator] While Mitch calls
time on the air strip,
before moving to Mud Mountain.
[Mitch] All right, Justin.
There it is, right there.
That's what we've been
waiting for.
That is the last pay dirt.
Throw that in, we'll shuttle
Big Red off here.
All right. This is her
last scoop of pay,
then it's off to Mud Mountain,
baby. Let's go.
[narrator] At Mud Mountain,
Ken Tatlow...
[Ken] Some people think
I'm crazy.
"You're too old to be
doing this."
Well, they might be too old
to do it but I'm not.
[narrator] ...is almost down
to pay.
[Ken] The load I got in front
of me now,
I can see quite a bit
of gravel,
so we're close to being done.
[on radio]
Hey, Chris. It's Ken.
I'm down at Mud Mountain,
do you have a copy?
- Yeah, Ken, this is Chris.
What's up?
- Hey, Chris.
I'm on gravel, so if you have
time, I'd like you
to come down,
and we'll do some test
planning, see if there's any
gold here.
Yeah, no, I'll meet you down
at Mud Mountain.
I'll do the panning
and just let him point.
Hey, old timer!
[Ken] How are ya, young fella?
I hope I'm as tough as that
old dog when I'm his age,
if I make to his age.
- How you doing, old dog?
- I'm doing good, good.
How are you?
Good, good.
[Chris] All right.
Well, you point your finger
and we'll dig up some dirt.
[narrator] It's taken 15 weeks
to strip over a million yards
of overburden
from Mud Mountain.
Almost enough
to fill the whole
Empire State Building.
Parker is chasing
an 8,000 ounce pay streak
which could be worth
over 14 million dollars.
[Ken] Well, now, we could try
one here.
[Chris] Oh, let's give
this a try.
[Ken] We'll look
at the concentrate here.
[Ken] If there's gold here,
we're gonna get it.
[Chris] Yeah.
We'd be the first ones.
Well, Chris, have you seen
the drill record?
I really don't trust
drill reports.
[Chris] We've had
outstanding drill reports
and lousy cuts.
We've had lousy panning
and outstanding cuts.
You know, it's just...
Gold is where,
where you find it.
-[Ken] You see anything
in there?
- No.
[Chris] Boy, there's nothing
there, Ken.
[Ken] Well, this could make
a person pretty nervous.
[Chris] For the money we've
invested in this place?
Oh, for sure.
Not even a flyspeck.
- Might be doing a lot
of stripping for...
- For nothing.
[Chris] We've been panning
and panning.
Mitch and Tyson and I have
been down here.
Parker's been down here.
I've been down here by myself.
We're panning. Nothing.
I don't know, Ken.
- I just don't think
we've hit the channel.
- No.
[Ken] Yeah. So we'll see.
- Thank you, Chris.
- Yup.
[Ken] I've got to get back
to work and move some dirt.
-[Chris] We'll see you
at dinner.
- Yup.
[Chris] You know, Ken's...
He knows his stuff.
I thought for sure we were
just gonna find
buckets of gold.
So yes,
it's very disappointing.
It's getting to the point
where it's getting
kind of scary.
Moving, literally,
a mountain of mud.
And, uh...
Not a flake of gold
to show for it.
But there's still a glimmer
of hope.
You know, if we can hit
that channel,
that gold channel...
There's still a chance
it could be
totally outstanding.
Obviously, Klint being
one of my best friends,
I'm not just gonna kick him
to the curb, and tell him
to fix [bleep].
That not how this works.
[narrator] At California
Creek, Fred Lewis and his crew
have given crewmember Klint
a chance at redemption.
I guess it's just, you know,
put up or shut up.
Are we actually here to do,
you know, what we said
we're here to do?
[narrator] But he's been
demoted to water
monitoring duty,
until he proves he can
stay focused.
Fred asked me to check
our silt readings coming out
of this middle pond.
This is important
because if we release
too much silt downstream
because we're not managing
our water effectively,
we can get shut down,
and they will.
[narrator] The silt level
must stay below one milliliter
per liter.
Anything above that,
risks getting them shut down.
Uh, we are almost at 0.5.
So that means we're getting
real close, uh, to losing
control of our pond system.
What's up, man?
Uh, probably should have
a chat about our
sediment level.
-[bleep]
- We're still below
the legal limit.
But that's too close.
- We wanna be like, 0.2, 0.1.
- Yeah, I know.
So, uh, what's the solution?
This thing is too narrow
and too shallow,
so I think we gotta move
the pump to the newer pond.
But I think this newer pond
needs dug out deeper.
We need a big, deep pit.
And let's move the pump
to there, in its own hole,
that's not picking up
the sediment and rewashing it.
[narrator] Fred's water system
has three settling ponds.
Silty water
from the wash plant drains
through the ponds,
where the silt
gradually settles,
running clean water back
into the river.
Klint wants to dig out
the lower pond
to make it deeper,
and let more silt settle.
Then he'll move the pump
from the middle
to the lower pond.
The water will be less silty.
Better for the wash plant
and better for the river.
To move the pump,
they have to shut down
the plant.
- Hi, J.B.
- Hi, you ready to do this?
If you're belaying me, man.
You're a water rescue guy,
yeah?
- On belay! Yup.
- All right, good.
Problem is, there's
a giant box that covers
the intake valve
for this pump.
And the chain that lifts it
is about one foot high.
It's about four foot
below water.
And there's no way to get it
without going into
the freakin' water.
And since it was,
kind of, my good idea,
I'm basically the guy
that has to do it.
Uh, I can't ask the other guys
to do it.
Our ponds on our, our roads
at night actually have
ice on 'em
when we come down here
in the morning.
So we're gonna definitely have
a safety line hooked to him.
[narrator] At two degrees
above freezing,
Klint has 15 minutes
before hypothermia sets in.
- I got your safety. Yeah.
- And pull me out
- in case I just thermal shock
myself into a heart attack.
- Yeah, yeah, sounds good.
- All right. Let's go make
it happen. You ready?
- No.
We know it has to be done,
and there's really no other
easy way
but to do it this way.
Get him in. Get to the chain.
And get it hooked,
and get him out.
Yup.
[narrator] Local operator
Buzz Legault
stands by in the excavator.
Hey Buzz, you ready?
Ready when you are.
All right, I know I asked you
- to hold tension
as you are now?
-[JB] Yup.
-Andale.
- Andale.
All right, out.
- Whoa! [bleep]
-[laughing] You all right?
Keep going. Whoa!
Keep going.
[yelps]
Give me about two feet.
[JB] See if we getting close
to the box right there.
Oh, my [bleep],
this is cold! [laughs]
Holy [bleep].
- Wow!
- All right.
All right, I can feel it,
I can feel it.
- Got it! Got it.
- You got the chain?
Oh, [bleep] yes.
Buzz, bring the bucket over.
Down, down, down.
Perfect.
Yeah, my system's
shutting down.
[JB] Yeah, no,
we need to get you out.
Aw, it's not fitting.
JB, would you go grab me
another chain?
- I'm telling you, that's it.
- With two hooks on it.
Holy hell.
JB, anywhere you think
you can make that land
in there without hitting me
in the face?
[JB] He's trying to get it
so it don't slip off
when we lift.
Roll tension up.
Up, Buzz!
Uh-- no, [bleep], damn it!
- That is...
- Awful.
Don't think my brain's
working very good right now.
[narrator] Some of the first
signs of hypothermia
are confusion
and loss of coordination.
Are you okay, Klint?
[narrator] Klint's been in
the water for 11 minutes.
Four more and he can start
to lose consciousness.
Hook it on that chain.
All right? Now get--
grab the other hook.
And hook it on
that chain as well.
You'll need both hooks.
- It's in the loop.
- All right,
so you're good then.
- Yeah. Let's try that, then.
- All right.
[JB] You ready?
You're getting
friggin' awful pink.
[chuckles]
[Klint] [bleep] Pull up.
Want me to pull you?
[Klint grunts]
All right, lift up.
Yeah, yeah, you, uh,
you're getting awful pink.
Ready?
Whoa!
[JB] Curl it!
- All right, we're good,
we're good.
- Good work.
Hopefully that [bleep]
gets the--
- No, we're good.
- We can at least
get it to the side.
- I got-- I got it.
- You're good? Okay.
All right Buzz, let's go.
[JB] Going down,
or you just gonna set it down?
JB, I'm getting in the truck.
[shivering] Oh.
[breath trembling]
Well, it was a success.
I was the last guy here,
I'm the greenest greenhorn
on the team.
I stepped on my crank
a couple times
the way I'm just stepping up
and showing the team,
I'm here for them.
They were here for me.
I'm here for them.
[Klint] Uh, we're back up
and running.
[laughs] That was
a good job, man.
Let's get you
some coffee, man.
- Let's go, uh--
- I'm like a pink mouse.
I got a thermos over there.
Thank [bleep] that's over.
You know,
I was down on the cut there
running that 475,
and I watched
that plant go by,
it's just like this
on the bed butt.
For the life of me
I don't know why
that thing didn't tip over.
So top-heavy.
[narrator] Rick Ness's monster
red was plant
is at Rally Valley
ready for repairs.
But before they can start
running it,
Rick must get down
I'm not gonna lie,
it's gonna be tough
to run a plant like that
with an eight-person crew.
We are digging
a big [bleep] hole
to justify having that
plant here.
-[man laughs]
- Right?
Because that's what
it's gonna take.
And the amount of work
we have to get done
with eight people is...
gonna seem insurmountable
for a while.
It's over 1,000,000 yards
of dirt that we gotta move
just to get to anything
resembling something
that we can put through
that wash plant.
At this point, hope to...
- just hoping to sluice.
-[man] Yeah, exactly.
Are we gonna be up
in the run 24 hours?
No more days off.
- No, no more days off.
-[man] What are those?
Whatever it takes.
Appreciate that.
We'll make it work.
Oh, yeah,
I guess it's just time
to go full throttle, so.
I'm in.
Yeah, go get some beer
and I'll full throttle.
- Then I'll do my best
for you as well.
- Yeah.
Sure, I don't sleep much
so I may as well work,
pan some of us gold.
You got a skeleton crew
with Skeletor on it!
- No way!
-[all laughing]
- Judah!
-[all laughing]
-[cell phone ringing]
- A call.
What's happening, man?
Oh, I just wanted
to touch base with you,
and give you an update
of what we've got
going on over here.
Yeah, what're you finding?
We started drilling on
Little Eldorado Creek
and it's like 180 feet deep.
That's a long ways down there.
If it's gonna be that deep
it needs to be super rich.
So we're gonna try
some more things
over here as far as exploring
some more area, I think.
Well, we're still
plugging away over here.
And just getting things ready
to move, uh,
Big Red over to Mud Mountain.
Sweet.
Well, it sounds like
I don't need to be in
too much of a rush,
you guys have it
under control, huh?
Man, it's been going
really good,
everybody's been working
so good together
and doing everything we can
to just keep the ball rolling
and keep
the wash plants running
and dirt moving, man.
Sweet. It's good to hear.
Thanks for holding down
the fort, Mitch.
[laughs] No problem, man.
You guys have fun over there
and, uh,
find us some gold, man.
[man] What's up?
[Fred] You guys
ready for this?
[man] Si, senor.
[narrator]
At California Creek,
Fred's wash plant,
the Vindication,
has run for most of the week.
All right.
Let's weigh some gold.
I hope it's more
than last time.
Klint, you wanna call it off?
Start pouring.
[narrator] To hit his
Fred needs 10 ounces a week.
[Klint] One. Two.
Three. Four.
Come on.
Come on.
[Klint] Five. Six.
Seven.
Eight.
Nine...
point-five-seven.
[narrator] Worth over $17,000.
[Fred] That's an improvement.
-[Klint] Hey, that's more
than last time.
- Yeah.
- That's better.
-[man] Whoo.
- Hey, that's more
than last time.
- We gained it.
We are learning, so...
[Fred] Yeah. So we should
be proud of that.
And our numbers
are showing it.
[narrator] Fred's season total
so far is 29.17 ounces.
Almost five times
his first season.
And worth over $52,000.
Well, I feel like
we're refining.
- We're getting better, so.
- Cool.
I'm excited.
We just need to keep
pushing like this
and the numbers
will keep going up.
- I like it, man.
- Let's get back to work.
I'll put these up and I'll see
you guys over there.
Sounds good.
I'm really happy to be here.
Uh, to be part of this team.
I had a rough start.
And they showed me
they were committed to...
me, to the team.
And so I felt, uh,
this week was
a great opportunity.
To clear my head,
step up, and...
show the team I'm gonna work
as hard as any of them.
You know,
Klint having these issues
really kind of threw
a monkey wrench
into everything, but...
we decided to stick with him.
It's what the Misfits
are all about.
This is our mission,
and this is why we're here.
So this is gonna equal
more gold,
and more lives helped
at this point.
[narrator] The Beets family
gather to weigh
the first of the wall-cut
White Channel gold.
- Ohhh.
-[baby crying]
My goodness.
Wanna see how many
troy ounces the child is.
[narrator] But first,
Mike's built some scales
for baby Jasmine.
[Minnie] Still not moving.
Look at that.
- Oh!
- Ohhh!
-[woman] Now it's
too much weight.
-[Minnie] Now it's too heavy.
Yep.
Wow, look at that.
Oh, we need to tray that.
[Minnie] And this will
be impressive to see.
-[woman] Seven. Nine.
- Twenty.
Thirty.
[woman] 140. 150.
Ohhh.
-[woman] Wow.
-[Monica] 153.6.
[narrator] Worth $276,000.
You're priceless.
[all laughing]
[man] There we go.
[bleep] water [bleep] water.
Yeah. Where you got stuck?
[Minnie] You found it?
[sighs] I find the one
wet spot on the hill, eh?
- Yeah.
- Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
There's enough dry stuff
that you can pick
and mix it with a bit
of the wet stuff.
Y'all ready?
[narrator] So far this season,
Tony has mined 1,815 ounces.
Only 40% of his
Sixty, 70, 80, 90.
[narrator] Tony needs his new
White Channel pay streak
to be delivering 237 ounces
every week.
One-eighty, 190.
Two hundred and ten.
Fourteen, 20...
[narrator] Worth
over $404,000.
Just shy of a quarter
thousand ounces, so.
-[Tony] Yeah.
- It's all right.
- What's happening, Chris?
- Hey, Mitchell.
- How are you doing, buddy?
- How you doing?
Good. P, how you doing, dog?
Pretty good.
Yourself, general?
Hanging in there.
See if that well-oiled machine
pays off.
[narrator] At the Promised
Land last week,
Slucifer got 152 ounces.
I tell you what,
you were two-fifths this week.
- There you go.
- Ready?
You're hanging on
that thing tight,
- there's gotta
be a lot in there.
- Yeah.
Ten.
Forty, 60.
Hundred, 120.
- One-forty.
-[Mitch] Keep her going.
One-ninety.
Holy. 220.
- Two-forty.
- Still got some in there.
Two-sixty, 270.
Two-ninety-three-point-seven.
[narrator] Worth over
$500,000.
- Well done.
- There it is.
- There we go.
-[laughs]
- That's the stuff.
- Nice week down there.
Almost 300 ounces, eh?
Well we had quite the week.
- Yeah.
- We finished up everything
at the airstrip.
See what we got here. 20.
Fifty.
Seventy, 100. 120.
One-eighty.
Keep her going,
keep her going.
- Two-o-two-point-one.
- Damn.
[narrator] Worth over
$360,000.
Bringing the airstrip's
final total
to 2,874 ounces.
Worth over $5,000,000.
I think Parker would
be pretty proud, you guys.
'Cause for the week,
we ended up with 495.8 ounces.
Almost a 500-ounce week.
[narrator] Taking Parker
to a season total
of over 3,700 ounces.
Worth more than $6,500,000.
And Mud Mountain's
patiently waiting.
Mud Mountain is ready.
It's probably the highest risk
we have ever taken
since I've been with Parker.
- We'll see what happens.
- Yeah.
- All right.
It's either gonna
be Mud Mountain
or Dead Mountain.
-[laughs] Yeah.
- It's time to find out.
- Okay, well,
catch you guys later, man.
- All right, man.
- See you, man.
- Good job, team.
Good job, good job.
- All right,
have a good one, buddy.
- Yeah, you too, man.
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12x14 - Little Eldorado
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Reality based series follows the placer gold mining efforts of various family-run mining companies, mostly in the Klondike region of Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, as well as in the U.S. state of Alaska.
Reality based series follows the placer gold mining efforts of various family-run mining companies, mostly in the Klondike region of Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, as well as in the U.S. state of Alaska.