10x01 - Enter a Titan

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Narrator: last winter...

Shawn: woo-hoo!

Narrator:
...on "bering sea gold"...

Shawn: whoo!
Mr. Gold strikes again.

Whoo.

Narrator: ...discovery
of new, rich ground...

We've got gold!

Narrator: ...sparked
a modern-day gold rush.

Emily: the gold belongs
to whoever mines it first.

Load the r*fles, boys, the
old west rules are in effect.

Did you find this?!

Whoo!

Narrator: now, as the summer
mining season begins...

Another huge dredge in town.

Narrator: ...a new bering sea
titan enters the fray.

Woo-hoo,
yeah, we're digging.

The biggest rig
in nome right here.

Give ol' pomrenke
a run for his money.

Shawn: I'm not backing down
from any of these fools.

I'm gonna remind everybody
why they call me "mr. Gold."

One angry bering sea.

Kris: hit the bluffs,
there's big gold.

I have the best plan
in the bering sea.

I've created a light
dredge on wheels.

I can take that boat anywhere

And get gold every single day.

Found gold! Woo-hoo!

Emily: I've barely broke
even every year.

Sometimes not even that.

This season I have
the boat, the crew,

And the ground for it.

There's really no excuse.

No!

Chase!

Shawn: holy

Narrator: this season...

Ken: yee-haw! Whoo!

...a new era begins.

I ain't pushing you
out, I ain't with ya.

Shawn: the mega dredge needs
to happen this summer.

Narrator:
and the battle for gold...

This is the spot!

...will change nome...

Kris: I've never seen
so much gold.

Narrator: ...forever.

-The new kelly's right here.

Shawn: it's gonna be a fight
the whole way.

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Narrator:
nome, alaska -- it's the heart

Of the gold-mining universe.

And the heart of nome
is the american miner.

Since 1898, these
freedom-loving treasure seekers

Have pulled over three and a
half million ounces of gold

From this isolated shore.


The arctic circle,

And closer to siberia
than the lower 48,

Nome has taken all comers
for a century.

This season, the dredgers
are braving deeper waters

Than ever before
and gambling millions

To find the gold...
That's never been found.

It's time to
redefine the limits...

-Whoo!

Narrator: ...or get left behind
in a cloud of gold dust.

♪♪



Shawn: maybe we'll get
some nuggets today.

Narrator:
...on the tomcod claim.

Christine roseis
a gold-getting machine.

Narrator: mr. Gold himself,
captain shawn pomrenke

And christine rose
foreman cody moen...

Kind of tough at the
beginning of the summer,

This weather's been real

Narrator:
...are looking to the past

To secure the future.

Before I go down the bluff,
I got to make sure

The christine rose
is producing gold.

And the tomcod's the key.

Narrator:
setting up the 80-foot,


The richest proven ground

In nome's history.

Shawn:
a lot of fire's burning,

Keep
the christine roseworking,

Number-one priority.

Narrator: it's ground that
shawn's worked extensively

Over the years,

Mining every inch
he could reach with the cr.

But this summer, a new part
of the claim has been opened

To him, and it's an opportunity
that trumps all others.

There's millions of
dollars left at the tomcod.

I've known it for years,
and I'm gonna get it.

It's just, I haven't had
the means to get to it.

Head in the bluffs
a priority, number two,

And building the mega dredge.

So hopefully there's
a nice big fat

Pay streak underneath us.

Man:
this thing is massive.

Narrator: for six years,
shawn has set his sights

On building his $6 million
mega dredge.

Shawn:
man, I see the potential.

Narrator: a 165-foot long,


Shawn: I think we could
do 75,000 a day.

Narrator: he's already spent
$3 million

And he needs $1.5 to begin
building his bespoke behemoth.

Taking this business
to the next level,

Bluff is the key to that.

Narrator: last season,
he left no stone unturned...

Shawn: there's some gold here

But not as much
as I want to find.

Narrator: ...in his quest
to build the dredge.

Shawn:
meeting some investors today,

That's gonna be very profitable

For everybody involved in it.

Narrator: but in the end,
the deal fell through.

Shawn: the mega dredge is
a huge undertaking.

And without funds, it's
kind of slowed the process

Down a little bit, but it hasn't
stopped it by any means.

We're still moving forward,

And I will build it
one way or another.

Narrator:
shawn has a two-pronged plan

To mine enough gold
to start construction

At the end of the season.

Well, the only way
we're gonna fund it

Is by piling up the gold.

Narrator: the first prong

Is the christine rose
on the tomcod.

Every ounce now counts
more than ever before.

Narrator: and this year,
mr. Gold is on the receiving end

Of an assist from mother nature.

We're as deep as the
christine rosecan dig.

But the north wind stops,
we'll be screwed.

When the north wind blows,

It pushes the water
off the coast

And drops it down
three or four feet,

So we've been able to get out
in a little deeper water

And get that gold that we
haven't been able to get

In the past years.

Narrator: the christine rose
can excavate

To a depth of 10 feet.

According to mr. Gold,
the north wind

Is a localized
weather phenomenon

That pushes the level
of the ocean down

By three or four feet,

Creating a perpetual low tide.

This opens up a 600-yard swath

Of prime virgin ground
for shawn to mine.

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Shawn: go ahead and see
what kind of gold

This combo's holding.

Wow.

There's some gold in there.

Oh, nice. Yeah!

Looks like this is the spot.

There's hundred of
thousands of ounces

Left in this ocean.

Now we're just gonna dig it up,

Put it in the sluice box.

Narrator: 8 miles east...

...in nome harbor...

Keep going, keep going.

Yeah, keep going.

Narrator:
...there's a new beast in town.

Ken: should be the biggest
dredge in nome

Once this goes in the water.

Narrator: what could be shawn's
worst nightmare

Is heading for the bering sea.

We need air bag up here
somewhere, let's go.

Narrator:
overseeing the operation...

Ken: check all the bags,
get 'em all going,

Make sure they all got air.

Narrator: ...co-owner
of arctic sea mining company,

Veteran miner,
captain ken kerr...

I'm the best gold miner
nome's ever seen.

Between me and shawn, I'm a
way better miner than he is.

I got way more
experience than he does.

I was mining
when I was 4 years old.

Pair it up!

My dad was a miner, prospector,
kind of treasure hunter.

Played around it
when I was young,

And later on in life
got married,

Worked in the oil fields,

Took my kids out
mining and dredging

In the rivers of california.

My dream the whole
time to go to alaska,

So we went up to nome,
built a dredge,

And shipped it up there.

Me and my son dredged, like,


Ever since then,
we've liked nome.

We've been there ever
since, nine years.

Narrator:
...and business partner...

Hey, let's go ahead
another five feet.

Narrator: ...dave young.

This is the most critical
point of the whole insertion.

Just a tough one.

Ken:
we hit it off right away.

He brought in just
himself and his checkbook.

That's how we started
arctic sea mining.

And it's kind of --
one thing led to another,

From dredging to a big barge.

Myrtle irene'sgonna blow
everybody out of the water,

Period, bar none.

We're gonna dig all
the gold in nome with it.

Narrator:


And weighing in
at a staggering 600 tons.

The myrtle ireneis the
biggest gold-grabbing machine

In recent history.

First of all,
the christine rose,

We're gonna dig a big
old circle around it.

There won't be no more
gold for them to dig.

Shawn's gonna come over and go,

"Ken, my hat's off to ya,
you did it, you beat me."

Narrator: most gold dredges
can wash 10 cubic yards

Of ocean bottom per hour.

But the myrtle irenecan
turn over 25 times that --

The length and depth of two
and a half football fields.

Dave: there has never been
an excavator dredge

Like the myrtle irene
in nome, alaska.

We're not no rinky-dinky
outfit, we're the real deal.

Pull this sucker left.

About $5 million was
our original investment.

So I need it producing.

Is it going under?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, ken!

Stop!

Ken! Wait!

Aw

Grab it, go, go, go!

We keep blowing air bags,
we're gonna get on the ground

And be in a big bind.

It weighs 600 tons.

There's not a crane big enough
around here to lift it.

End up on the ground,
take us two weeks

To figure out how to get it up.

$10,000 Bucks we just blew,
$5,000 bucks a bag,

$6,000 Plus shipping,
somewhere in there.

So, we got to get some more.

We'll figure it out.

Narrator: coming up...

Are you ready?
And we're floating.

We could be on our way
to being rich, who knows?

Ka-ching, ka-ching, ka-ching.

Funding ourselves right there.

Narrator: and this season
on "bering sea gold"...

Here's the biggest bucket
in nome right here,

Full of gold.

I got to pull my barge out.

It's 30 feet longer than
that boat right there.

We don't get nervous,
we just get even.

Yeah, we're digging!

Shawn, look out.
We're coming to nome.

This is my spot
from this winter!

Emily:
watch the outboard motor.

If I lose my boat,
my career is over.

George:
last year, I was the new guy,

And this year, I'm gonna be
part of something bigger.

A totally new design,
a dredge with wheels.

Barge my to you.

Little bit of chaos
never hurt anybody.

It's just too much gold,
I can barely carry it.

-Wow!
-Oh!

Yeah!
-No!

Just a little bit stressful.

I love conflict in the morning.

Narrator:
on the outskirts of nome...

Back in nome,
it's time to go work.

Narrator: ...captain
emily riedel refuses to quit.

Emily:
this is my seventh year in nome,

And this year's
an important year for me,

Because I've invested
a lot of myself

And a lot of my money
into making this work.

Narrator: seven years ago...

Not even god could
sink this skip.

...emily came to town to dredge

With then love
interest, zeke tenhoff.

Gold's out there,
it's ridiculous.

Looks friggin' awesome.

You have to pay
your debts.

You can't own property
for free.

But the relationship
fell apart.

You're welcome
for everything.

Emily:
this dredge needs to be renamed.

The eroica,it means
hero in italian.

Narrator:
so, she set her own course...

...and became nome's first
and only female dredge owner...

...pulling in nearly 300 ounces

In her first two
seasons as captain.

All you doubting

You can take this boat

And see how it does
without a crew.

Narrator:
but the good times didn't last.

Wait, you guys
are both leaving?

I'm not gonna work
for free.

Thanks to bad partnerships...

Emily: where the
are those guys?

My dudes just went awol.

Narrator:
...and crews that jumped ship.

Now...

Emily: all right, let's go
find some money, y'all.

Narrator: ...at the helm of her


Emily's brought on new
muscle for the new season,

Including veteran diver
daryl galipeau...

Daryl has worked for me
for three years already

And under the water,
he's really uncomparable.

Narrator: ...and greenhorn
tender chase taylor.

Chase is inexperienced,
but he brings other things

To the table like he's
a good friend of mine

And the crew likes
and trusts chase.

Narrator:
in pursuit of pay dirt...

That's 14, right there.



...emily has secured
access to claim 14.

Thousands of ounces have
come off of that claim.

We've missed
the best of the gold

That you'd find in shallow,

But there's still a lot
of potential out deep.

Start suiting up.

We're one of the few operations

That can handle working
in deeper water.

So the strategy this year is
to venture into deeper water,

Try to find the gold
that's been left behind.

I've spent many, many
thousands of dollars

Making this boat what it is,

And so it's critical that
it makes me money this year.

We're diving at 35 feet,
and we're gonna be limited

About four to five hours
per dive.

So we need to get on ground

That is at least ounce
an hour producing.

Narrator:
at depths of 35 feet,

Atmospheric pressure
increases to the point

That a diver is at risk
of decompression sickness,

Or the bends, a potentially
deadly condition

Caused by bubbles
of nitrogen gas

Forming in the blood
and tissues.

Emily:
daryl, how's it going?

Daryl: I'm looking
for a place to start.

Narrator:
to avoid the bends,

U.s. Navy dive tables
set a time limit

Of 5 hours for
a dive at 35 feet,

And 3 hours for a dive at 40.

So for captain emily,

Monitoring her diver's
down time is crucial.

Roger.

This is, like, definitely
the most dangerous

And the hardest thing
you can do out here.

So we're not gonna settle for
less than really good ground.

Narrator: 80 miles east
at the bluff...

Kris: I can feel
the gold.

Narrator: ...captain kris
and kelly united are back...

No one else mining here
but us. Look, it's empty.

...and ready for another rumble
with the bering sea.

Kris:
last winter, we barely dredged

After the million
problems that I had,

And we got the most gold
I've ever had in ice mining.

This summer, I'm more prepared,

I've already got my
spots established

And we're gonna
k*ll it this season.

Narrator: over the years...

There we go.

...the fighting irish

Have struggled to find
their place in nome.

Man
I'm sick of this.

We're going on this
crazy adventure,

This is the first day of it.

Narrator: last season,

Captain kris was
struck by inspiration...

Kris: we're going to follow
shawn to the bluffs.

Narrator:
...follow mr. Gold.

Kris:
I found a thousand flakes,

All in here all
underneath this one rock.

Narrator:.
...to proven ground...

Brad: yeah!

Kris: that is the best
gold cleanup

We've ever had in our lives.
-In our lives!

Narrator: ...giving the family
a taste of golden glory.

Comm line is busted.

Until breakdowns...

Kris: what the

...sent them back to nome
for parts...

-Again...
-Right there!

-..,And again...
-Nothing's working.

Narrator: ...proving you can
lead the kellys to gold,

But they're still the kellys.

So this summer I know that
I have the best chance

Of getting
the biggest amount of gold

I ever have in my entire life.

I know I have the best
plan in the bering sea.

Narrator:
the captain's plan?

A self-sufficient home
base at the bluff,

To avoid costly and
time-consuming trips

To nome for parts.

We could live
at the bluffs all summer.

New motors,
new everything.

I just tested
the air system.

Regulator's working.

And we have a new reaper.

Narrator:
an all-new amphibious dredge.

Kris: I can take the little
dredge on wheels

And get gold every single day.

We're ready to roll it out.

Narrator:
a whole new point of view.

This year I'm giving
more of, what is it?

Positive affirmation, you
know, pats on the backs,

"Good job, team,
you can do it, andy,

You're the best!"

Are you ready, dad?

Narrator: and a whole new goal
for this season.

I should get between


If I mine 100 days,
I should get between 500

And 1,000 ounces for the year.

Narrator: and beyond.

Are you ready?

Kris: I've got a real
serious 5-year plan.

We're gonna reinvest and
just keep going bigger.

We're never gonna go
back to the way we are.

There's only one way
for us and that's up.

Man #2: drop your rudder!

♪♪

Kris:
and we're floating!

Narrator: as chairman kris
embarks on his 5-year plan,

The first order of business?

Brad: this mark on the gps.

Narrator:
get back on their hot spot
from last winter.

Kris:
that's why we have a gps.

It shows us
exactly where to go.

Gonna be a good day.

Right there.

Narrator: hoping to find
gold 10 feet below,

Lead diver andy kelly.

Kris: you know irish people,
we always say it's better

To be lucky than talented,

And andy's got luck
coming out of his a*s.

He's a damn good diver
because of it.

Kris: are you ready to
make some money?

Okay, good,
get some gold, eh?

♪♪

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Andy: looks like
a lot of rocks

And a lot of overgrowth.

But if it has gold
in it, I'll be happy.

Grab the box.

♪♪

Brad: first dive of the year.

We could be on our way
to being rich, who knows?

Happens, you know?

So far so good.

Narrator: coming up...

Do you want me to drive?

Calm down, I'm not
gilligan.

You know what I mean?

This is a great claim.

Narrator:
in the center of nome...

Shawn: there's another huge
dredge in town.

I want to take a drive
out there and see it.

Narrator: ...fresh off setting
the christine rose

On a pay streak he hopes
will lead to the construction

Of his $6 million mega dredge,

Mr. Gold, shawn pomrenke,
is putting eyes

On his latest challenger
in the nome gold game.

Shawn: all these guys that
want to be gold miners

Come up and think
that they're gonna do

As good as the pomrenkes.

Well, you know,
you got a lot to learn.

Wow.

There are the crews.

Narrator: it's something he's
seen time and time again.

Shawn: the more you know,
the more you're worth.

I'm gonna go learn
a little something.

Narrator: but this one...

Shawn: oh, are you
kidding me?

Narrator:
...may be a real comer.

We need one more bag right
here or right there.

Oh, you son of a

It's off.

Oh, it's a big dredge.

♪♪

How's this going?

Ken: we're rolling in.

How deep can you dig?

-30.
-30 With big spot.

-Yeah, we can go into 30 feet.

Ken kerr, he's been in
nome quite a few years now.

He outbid me on
the nome gold deal

And is a big player in
the mining community.

But I've been mining in
the bering sea my whole life,

And I've watched millions
pour through nome

On failed huge dredges.

The myrtle,
she's a huge dredge.

I mean, yeah, that's
gonna move some dirt,

But you got to have
everything dialed in,

Everything's got to work right,

And everything's
got to work together

To make a good dredge.

They're a lot further
along than I am.

I don't know what's gonna
happen with the myrtle irene.

I mean, it does kind of light
a fire under your a*s

Because every day he's
out there is the less gold

That there's gonna be
for my dredge to mine.

My dredge I'm building is
a totally different beast.

I mean, that's a harbor dredge

That's been modified
with a gold plan.

I'm gonna build a gold
dredge from scratch.

♪♪

Narrator:
just east of town...

Emily: you seeing anything
down there, dude?

Daryl: why don't you take
a look here?

Narrator:
...three and a half hours

Into her first dredge,
captain emily riedel

Is looking to set up her season

By pushing the limits
of her dive team

And hunting for pay dirt

In the deep-water
portion of claim 14.

Emily: he's about 31 feet
in this spot.

We want to generally want to
scout out for the combo

'Cause it's a bit easier
access to the gold.

Narrator:
if she doesn't strike gold,

She'll be back to square one

And looking for a new
strategy to make it pay.

♪♪

Yeah?

Oh, sweet!

What are you seeing?

Oh, that's great,
that's good.

Feels good to be mining.

People think that
it's unfortunate

That I can't take
my boat more places,

But the irony is, is
like I don't need to,

This is a great claim.

Let's hope.

♪♪

♪♪

Emily: oh, damn, hello.

♪♪

I think the current's changed.

♪♪

Yeah, it really did
come up out here.

You, west wind!

Daryl:
hello, dragging away.

-Yep.

It's getting a little
bit gnarly out.

I've had the wind and current
change on me,

Like eight times.

We got sets of 4- or


They're hitting the
outboard motors pretty hard.

You want to come up?

Uh...

Oy, I'm dredging.

I'm gonna spend
a little more time here

And then we'll...

No, I'm sorry, babe.
We got to pull the boat out.

I figure we'd kind of held
on as long as we can.

Now we got to bail
out of here.

Okay, yeah, I'm coming up.

He feels really good
about this spot,

But he's got to get
out of the water.

Operating within the margins
of safety here.

Narrator: with ripping currents
at 45 feet below

And building chop up top...

It makes me nervous, man.

...the captain calls it a day.

I understand my
responsibilities as a leader,

And the crew is my top priority.

When the conditions
are borderline,

When the wind's picking up,

Or the visibility's uncertain,

Or the current is uncertain,

It ends up falling on
me to make this call,

That could be the difference

Between us making thousands
of dollars that day,

Or us making nothing at all.

Welcome back!

It got really rough
on us, man.

But I'm not gonna do anything

That's gonna jeopardize
my boat or my operation.

We can't have one day,
bering sea?

You're just gonna
be a big old b*tch?

Why?!

Narrator: coming up...

Gonna be floating
here pretty soon.

Come on, baby, float.

Cody: looking pretty good,

There's over
a hundred there, huh?

I hope so.

Narrator:


...at the bluff...

How you doing
down there, andy?

So far I'm not seeing
a damn thing, no gold.

And it's kind of depressing.

Narrator: ...kelly united is
five hours into the first dive

Of their summer season.

We're trying to get back
onto that same spot that was

Pinning us huge in the winter.

Narrator: captain kris' plan
is right on track.

They have the bluff
all to themselves,

And the all-new amphibious
reaperis working like a charm.

I think
it was out deeper.

Brad: just let me
do this, okay?

There's just one problem.

Do you see gold?

No gold yet.

We're still on sand.

This isn't
the spot!

We're still on sand.

You want me to drive?!

You know, whatever.
Calm down.

You may be the skipper, but
I'm not gilligan.

You know what I mean?

Dad, go straight
that way.

To the right, dad.

Head in a little
bit that way, too.

♪♪

We were never this close
to the bluffs.

Kris: honest to god,
my dad and brother,

They don't really
know what to do.

You know, they look
to me for guidance.

You know, and that's just
the way it is in my world.

Narrator: heavy lies the head
that runs the dredge

And feeling the weight
of seasons past.

Captain kris is determined
to start this one right

By putting the reaper
on pay dirt.

Kris: this mining thing...

Every day's a deadline.

Every day's one day down,
one day down.

We only have 100 days maximum

And that's like
the ideal season.

Time's ticking.

I don't want to go
for a boat ride.

I'm here to get gold.

♪♪

♪♪

I got to show andy.

It shouldn't be that hard.

♪♪

I'm just checking
around this wall.

How's the gold looking?

Hey, you know all
this lallygagging

Is costing us money,
right?

I don't have anybody
to prove to anybody.

I just show you the gold.

Woo-hoo-hoo.

Describe it to me.

I think it's coming off
a couple different layers.

It's definitely coming
out of this black crap.

You know, and I really just
want us to all work together.

Kris --he's doing a good job.

We're getting gold.

Everything is beautiful,
you know, for a change.

We're on our way to glory.

♪♪

Narrator:


We're looking good.

Get these tied up.

Not worried to go in.

...after a grueling 48 hours...

Dave: we're getting ready
to move the barge,

So everybody's getting
into position for a signal.

Narrator: ...captain ken kerr
and business partner

Dave young are on the verge
of revolutionizing

Gold mining in nome.

That close to getting in the
water to go mining in nome.

Narrator: launching the 600-ton
myrtle irene.

Ken: it costs us money
every day that thing sits,

Whether it's in the water or not

We have to pay
the insurance on it

And have harbor fees.

I mean, it's big money.

$10,000 To $15,000 a day
I'd have to say.

Looks good.

Keep in mind we've invested
$5 million into it, right?

I need it producing.

Alright, let's roll.

Let's go.

We're moving.

♪♪

So far so good.

Come on, baby, float.

Check it out.

Float, baby, float.

We're going.

Big bad boy
going in the water.

♪♪

Made her.

Thank you, lord.

No problemo.
Got her done.

Yeah, finally.

Total relief.

Like the weight just
came off your chest

And okay, now you
got that part done.

Now it's at least in the water.

Tied up.
Safe and sound.

And we didn't hit nothing.

Now it's just a matter
of, you know, produce gold

Enough to make it profitable.

So, yeah, it's exciting.

At the same time, you know what?

We're looking forward
to keeping it running

And seeing how the season goes.

The biggest rig in nome
right here.

Yep.
We're back at it, buddy.

Narrator: coming up...

We need every ounce
of gold we can get.

Ka-ching, ka-ching, ka-ching.



Narrator: and now "no place
like nome with ken kerr."

Everybody's an outsider
that comes to nome.

The first year I got up there,

I brought some
equipment up there.

And the next thing I know
the nome police department's

Looking at my crane
and staring at me.

Got off.
I went over.

"Hey, can I help you guys?"

"Oh, no, we were just wondering
who's crane that is."

I said, "my crane."

Come to find out
everybody wanted to know

Who the new guy was in nome.

Worried I might start moving
in on people's territory.

It's clique-ish in nome.

It takes a while for people to
get used to you and know you.

When you come in there,
you better do right.

Pay your bills or
you're not gonna last long.

Narrator: 24 hours into
the summer mining season...

Ken: we're moving, baby.

...for the fleet...

Kris: I know it's insane,
but I want to stay

At that 10-ounce average a day.

And I've seen us do it
and I know we can do it.

Now that we're on gold,

Everything's starting
to come together.

I knew this was all gonna be.

I don't want to pat
myself on the back

And hurt my shoulder, but okay.
Okay.

Narrator:
it's full speed ahead.

It's the gold miners' law
of striking a nice spot.

It's that once you
get on something good,

Then everything's
gonna go wrong.

I've invested thousands of
dollars into making my boat

And preparing it, so this
has to be my best season yet.

Narrator: for some...

Dave: myrtle irene's
not a cheap endeavor.

This year, we need to deliver.

Anybody that sees
the myrtle,it would make

Any dredge or anybody drool.

The pressure's on me
to make it work.

Narrator:
...the future is now.

Next year they'll be
calling me mr. Gold.

Narrator: for others...

We've got gold flowing up the
wheels from the christine rose.

Narrator:
...it's a wake-up call.

Shawn: that's the money-maker
right there.

We're about $100 every time
that thing rolls around.

If we can keep this thing
turning for a few hours,

We're doing just fine.

But to make a dredge,
I need to get

That thing up and running.

I mean, they may get
the myrtlefigured out

And do 10,000 ounces.

Narrator: before mr. Gold
can counter ken kerr

And the myrtle irene
with his mega dredge...

Ka-ching, ka-ching, ka-ching.

One ounce at a time.

Funding ourselves right there.

One little turn at a time.

Narrator: ...he'll need

A 1,200-ounce season
to build it.

We need every ounce
of gold we can get.

Narrator:
to accumulate the gold,

He's rolling the dice
on running two operations.

One at the bluff
and one on the tomcod.

I want to build this big dredge
and the big dredge

It's gonna take
a lot of gold to build.

It may take a little longer,
but we'll get there.

Narrator: and he's about to
find out if the tomcod

Is a bust or comes up aces.

We've had lots of north winds.

We've been able to get out
in little deeper water

That we haven't
been able to get,

So hopefully it's
helped the christine rose

Stay on that ground
that's paying.

Cody: I hope
that's over 100 ounces.

If it's over 100 ounces, I
think the bosses will be happy.

Narrator: as always...

What are you thinking?
There's over 100 there, huh?

I hope so.

...the pan tells no lies.

We'll see how good
a trip it was.







Nice job.


Over $135,000...

About a week of mining.

...a colossal first haul.

Shawn: 104 ounces
is a good cleanup.

Ultimately that's
exactly what we need

To keep moving forward.

Narrator:
a successful first step

Towards starting construction
on the mega dredge

And confirmation of shawn's
belief in the north wind

And the untouched grounds
on the tomcod.

Not a bad little router.

Next up for mr. Gold --
establish summer operations

At the bluff.

Shawn: it's gonna be
a fight the whole way,

But I will build it
one way or another.

I'll never give up on it.

We got to keep it going.

Yes, sir.
Keep it going.

Mega dredge ain't
paying for itself.

Narrator: with the summer season
under way,

Mr. Gold's tomcod
takings place him

At the top of the gold count.

As for the rest of the
fleet, hope springs eternal.

Hey!
This is the spot!

Time to get suited up
and go diving.

If we lose power
right here

We got to reverse, daryl.

Daryl: pull me up.

Pull him up.

Man #3:
george, what's up?

You got to go out there
and prospect for us.

George:
I'm in nome to be diving

But family's number one.

Come on, I want
to earn frickin' gold.

Daryl: there's a lot of gold
in five ounces an hour.

I'm on such good gold,
I can't judge it.

Holy

How do you process hearing

That you're making
$6,000 an hour?

Wow!