09x10 - Father's Day

[bunniefuu]

Narrator:
on this "gold rush"...

Oh, my [bleep] hand.

What's up?

Apparently, chad broke
his hand or something.

[Bleep]

-Is it bad?
-Yep, it's bad.

Rick: my dad's in at 475.

I mean, I'm having a blast.
This thing is awesome.

Rick: holy [bleep]

Come on!

[Bleep]

I fell in a [bleep] sinkhole
over here.

[ Thuds ]

-Whoa
-i love that sound.

-We maxed out.
-Oh, no, we broke the scale!

We broke the scale!
[ Laughing ]

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We're halfway through
the season here,

And it's kind of crunch time.

I surely wouldn't do this
for the rest of the season.

Narrator:
it's dawn at quartz creek.

Rick ness' dad is
helping him run 140 yards

Through his wash plant 24/7,

Chasing their 1,000 ounce,
$1.2 million target.

My dad came up to help me out.

I feel a little bad that
he took on the night shift,

But that's just what
he does, you know,

He's just trying to help me out,

So, I'll take it, man,
I need the help,

And my dad's good help, so...

Narrator: big rick's been
running a night shift

Since his son discovered
the ground was paying

Half what he hoped.

Rick: you know, it's something
I knew we had to do,

But I just really
couldn't afford it,

So, my dad just stepped
up to run the plant

And here we go 24/7.

Put a dent
in that pay pile, huh?

Hey, it was a great night.

We moved some dirt
last night, man.

I'm tired though,
I need to go to bed.

Alright, sounds good.
I'll see ya.

♪♪

-Morning, dad.
-Morning, man.

-How'd it go?
-It was a good night.

I think we made
some progress, man.

Yeah?

We moved a lot of
dirt last night.

When was the last time you
did a night shift?

[ Laughs ]

Not that long ago,
actually.

Oh, really?

I do pull those
every once in a while.

But it went good,
though, good run time?

Excellent run time,
I mean,

We moved
some ground last night...

Yeah, yeah.

...through that sluice,
so...

There's only one problem.

I think we're gonna be
running out of pay real quick,

The rate
we're going right now.

Oh, yeah,
running it 24/7, huh?

I think
you're gonna end up

Having to open up some more
ground here, real quick.

Yeah, the ground's
going fact, and I mean,

We are stripping,
I mean, you know,

I've been pushing back
that edge

And then wanting to work
around the perimeter

To get all the thaw
that we can out of this,

What we've got, basically just
trying to expand it, right?

It's just going so slow.

We need to open up
some more ground

In a hurry here, or
you're gonna be screwed.

And I [bleep] know
that, but I just,

I don't have any
way of doing it.

If I need to open up
a couple acres at least,

That might be enough to get us
to the end of the season.

You know, trying to do it
with this little d9

Is just taking forever.

Narrator: rick calculated that
the 6-acre freedom cut

Would give him
the $1.2 million payday

He needs to cover his
cost and pay his crew,

But since it's paying
half what he hoped,

He now needs to double
the size of the cut.

Big rick: maybe you ought
to think about trying

To get another machine
in here, start strippin'.

Well, yeah, I mean, I used
sheamus' 475 this spring,

And it helped me
out a lot,

But [bleep] the thing's
$10,000 a day.

I can't afford that.

Well, I mean, let's go see

If we can't work
a deal with him.

It ain't making him any
money just sittin' there.

Yeah, and that 475 would
do good right here.

I mean, we could
just be pushin' that

Right into
the [bleep] cut.

You know, hey, I mean,
I can run that thing.

Let's give it a shot.

Let's see
if he'll go for it.

[Bleep] it, let's
go talk to him.

Narrator: rick's plan,

Extend the existing
6-acre freedom cut

By taking his d9
and the 475 dozer

And opening up 2 1/2 acres
of new ground

On the downstream
side of his claim.

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There it is, 475.

Sweet.

[Bleep] huge, huh?

Yeah,
that is a whopper.

Hey, sheamus.

-Hey, how's it going, rick?
-Good.

I want you to meet my dad.
This is also a rick.

[ Laughing ]

That's easy to remember.

Hey, rick.
Sheamus, nice to meet you.

So, what are you up to,
a little maintenance?

Yeah, getting caught
up on some maintenance,

Getting it ready to go.

Well, that's kind of what I came
here to talk to you about,

Is maybe puttin' it
to work tomorrow.

Oh, yes.

Is there any kind of a deal
you can give me on it?

Well, you know what
it costs, rick.

You rented it in the spring.
It's 10 grand a day.

This spring when
I rented it from you,

It was with an operator
and all that stuff, right?

And I don't really
need that.

I was kind of hoping my
dad could jump in there

And do that part.

Yeah, I'm just --
have a hard time

Just sticking anybody
on this machine, man.

I only put people on it
that I trust.

Big rick: let me put you
at ease a little bit, eh?

So, I've been doing
this thing for 38 years.

I've been running
all kinds

Of different-sized
dozers and stuff.

I am certainly not gonna
abuse your machine, so...

Well, abusing's one thing,

But it's also, you can
get into trouble, too.

If it could sink, it
could get badly stuck.

I think we'd be
able to handle it

Without any issue
at all, so...

Okay, well, the worst
that can happen

Is I can ask you to get off.

Yeah, well, if my dad's
gonna operate it,

What sort of a deal
can you give us?

No operator fee,
no fuel.

So, $600 an hour,
that's the best I can do.

Sorry, man, don't want
to be a dink about it,

But, man, it's expensive.

-I get it.
-I have to cover my costs

Or I'm not getting
any further ahead.

-Alright, let's do it.
-Alright.

-Thanks, sheamus.
-You betcha.

-Thanks, sheamus.
-You're welcome.

Narrator:
big rick's idea paid off.

On a 10-hour day,
the 475 will cost $6,000,

Down $4,000 from the spring.

Steep, but I guess
we need it, huh?

Well, all I can say is we
better make good use of that.

♪♪

Parker: we are just way
behind this year.

And we're nowhere
near where I want to be.

Narrator:
halfway through his season,

Parker schnabel has
mined 1,586 ounces,

Worth $1.9 million,

But less than a third
of his 6,000-ounce,

$7.2 million target.

Parker: but one good thing that
did happen here last week

Is we overtook tony beets,
so, you know,

It might not mean much,
but it feels good to me.

Don't want that old, mad
viking beatin' us this season.

♪♪

Parker: parker has two
working wash plants

On his 61-acre cut.

His biggest plant, sluicifer,

Is running 250 yards
of dirt every hour.

At the other end of the cut,

Loader operator bree harrison,
is pushing 200 yards an hour

Through parker's
second plant, big red.

It's definitely important that
we keep this plant moving.

We're already really far behind.

It's late into the season.

We're about halfway
through and definitely not

Where we need to be,
so it's good

That we finally got
everything sorted,

But we can't afford
for any more downtime.

It really screws us over.

♪♪

[ Beeping ]

Why are you beeping?

[ Beeping continues ]

Oh [bleep]

For [bleep] sake.

You got to be [bleep] kidding
me.

One thing after another.

[Bleep]

Bree: parker,
you got a copy?

Yeah, go ahead.

My loader's got a [bleep]
flat down at big red.

[Bleep] that's just
what we need right now.

And that's the only
[bleep] loader down there.

Alright, well, you'll just
have to shut the plant down

Until we can get that fixed.

Alright, thank you.

This is just what we
[bleep] need right now.

♪♪

Narrator:
changing a loader tire's a job

For mechanic mitch blaschke,

But mitch is about to head
home to see his family.

-Yo, mitch.
-How's it going, man?

The loader down at
big red has a flat.

Any way you could get that
fixed before you leave?

Sorry, man, if I
don't leave right now,

I don't think I'm
gonna catch my flight.

Do you have to leave?

I do, man.

I made my wife a promise I'd
be home for our anniversary.

-Of course.
-That's a...

I would never
want to be responsible

For haley being mad, so
you've got my full support.

Well,
I appreciate it, man.

-Have a good trip.
-Thanks.

♪♪

Narrator: parker's wash plant,
big red, is down.

He's losing $1,600 an hour

Until they can replace
the tire on the feed loader.

Do we have any spares?

Alec: I've looked around
the yard here,

We don't have anything.

Mitch is gone, so mechanic
alec kelly is stepping up.

Well,
what do you think about

Just taking a tire off
that loader over there?

It's [bleep] sat there.

It'd be the fastest,
if it all fits together.

Well, no matter what,

We've just got to get the
[bleep] plant up and running,

So do whatever you have to do
to get a tire off that thing.

You can take chad

And that get that [bleep]
plant up and running.

Yeah, okay, will do.

Oh, and when you're done,

Have chad fix that
[bleep] fuel truck.

Okay.

I'm hoping if the wheels
and studs all match up

And the tire diameters
are the same,

Just be able to pull
one of these wheels off

And get this hung up on
that loader at big red

And we'll get running again.

Narrator: a new tire
would cost $10,000

And take days to arrive.

So, with mitch gone, welder
chad paullus steps up

To help alec remove
the used tire.

Do you have a shallow
inch and a quarter?

We don't have quite
the proper tooling

To be able to get past
this valve cover protection

To get at these last few
nuts to pull our wheel.

So, we're just
getting creative.

[ Clanging ]

[Bleep]

I bet mitch has run
into this problem before.

I'm sure he's got a tool
hiding away in his truck.

Unfortunately,
he's got it locked up

And the key's with him,
probably down south.

So, we're on our own
for this one.

If we get a hammer
on that, chad...

Narrator: eventually, chad
scavenges an extension tool...

[Bleep] yeah.

Good news?

...which will allow them
to access the stuck bolts

With a pneumatic torque wrench.

Can you fire it up, alec?

[ Engine starts ]

[ Tool whirring ]

She's free.

♪♪

You want it
inside or what?

Lift up and tilt down.

We don't exactly have
all the right tools here,

So we're just trying
to make do with what

We've got right now.

The other way.

[ Engine revving ]

It actually lifts it.

♪♪

Yeah, a little less,
a little bit.

Yeah, boom!

Lift it up a bit, you're
looking pretty clear there.

Like a glove.

She's free.

Narrator:
chad heads off to repair

Parker's broken fuel truck,

Leaving alec to finish the
rest of the job on his own.

We're pretty smoking busy,
but it's tough,

One guy on my own here,
trying to sort everything out.

♪♪

[ Metal clangs ]

Oh, my [bleep] hand!

Oh [bleep]

[Bleep]

Oh.

Jp, jp, do you got a copy?

I think
I broke my [bleep] hand.

Parker, hey, parker!

What's up?

Apparently, chad broke
his hand or something.

I don't know the rest
of the story, so...

[Bleep]

Parker: as if we're not
dealing with enough issues,

Now big red's down with a
blown tire, but mitch is gone.

Right now, I just got to make
sure that chad's all right.

Man: can we get a chair
in here, please?

[ Chair clanging ]

You okay?

Narrator: camp medic, jp,
attends to chad's damaged hand.

This is gonna hurt,
buddy.

I'm going to be
touching your hand.

Chad: [bleep]

It's alright, okay, just
keep your hand there.

Can you move it at all?

A little bit.

How's that feel?

-Sore.
-Sore, like in that finger?

Or sore because
the other one's moving?

-Uh, I don't know, just sore.
-Okay, sorry.

I got to clean this
up a little bit,

So I can see it better.

How's the pain?

It hurts.

Okay, this is gonna hurt
a little bit worse.

Oh [bleep]

Parker: what happened?

The jack kicked out
and my hand was

In between the axle
and the leaf springs.

And all I heard
was a bang.

I'm gonna need you to
flip your hand over,

If you can for me.

Oh, yes.

Is it bad?

Yep, it's [bleep] bad.

[Bleep]

You've done some,
what looks like,

Major damage
to your palm.

[Bleep] sakes.

It can't be that bad.

Ah, you got [bleep]
underlying structure

Fighting out of a cut
in your palm, dude.

If you really want to know,

But you probably didn't,
did you?

Not really.

Just hang in there.

Remember, if you feel like
you're gonna pass out,

Let me know
before you do.

I really hate to see one of
our guys get hurt like this,

You know, we do our best
to keep everybody safe

And it's just, accidents happen.

And it's a terrible situation,

But it really makes
it show how dangerous

Some of the stuff up
here really is, you know.

♪♪

[ Clanging ]

♪♪

Narrator:
tony beets is dismantling

The last sections
of his 1940s dredge

At remote thistle creek,

Ready to transport it
100 miles to dawson city.

There are no roads,

So each monster piece
is barged downriver

On a 3-day round trip and
then trucked to eureka creek.

Time is working against them.

Tony's plan
for the last few sections

Of the dredge --

Remove the two front pontoons.

Then unbolt and lift out the
28-ton steel super structure.

♪♪

First up, mike beets lifts
the massive front pontoon.

Juan:
these welds got to be right.

We got to re-weld it.

Okay. Cody,
let's fire up that welder.

You know, this is a big lift,
so these welds got to be right.

You can't be too careful
with a lift like this.

You don't want to hurt anybody

Because at the end of the day,

Someone's life is
dependent on that.

Narrator:
the dredge was abandoned

When gold mining
declined in the 1950s,

And the freezing yukon winters
have locked it to the ground.

That's a heavy [bleep]

It's got to be
at least 30 tons.

What do you want me to
do because this thing

Is literally right on my
weight limit right now.

Narrator: tony brings in
the 375-horsepower loader.

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Narrator:
after 66 years abandoned

In the klondike wilderness,
the biggest pontoon

On tony's dredge is stuck fast.

This is a 5/8 chain,

Rated for 18,000 pounds,
and it just snapped it,

So I'm not sure what
tony's got planned,

But we're gonna have to
figure something else out

Because we're not
moving it that way.

Narrator: round two.

Attach two chains,
with a combined rating

Of 31,000 pounds.

The pontoon is free.

Mike can crane it
onto the truck.

Okay, a little more, a
little more, a little more.

A little more.

Right there, right there.

♪♪

Mike quickly gets
the second pontoon out,

Leaving just the super
structure remaining.

Juan:
this is a big, awkward piece.

It's really heavy on this side,

And it's about 20 feet tall.

So, this is a very crucial lift.

The last one, we got to
get it just right.

Hopefully, after
all this trouble,

We can finally get it
on the barges to eureka,

Put it together and be
done with this crap.

Narrator: the crew now needs

To unbolt the legs of
the super structure,

So mike can crane it
down to the ground.

[ Loud clank ]

Yeah.

I thought the whole [bleep]
thing was gonna fall off.

Tony: ohhh.

[ Engine roaring and clanking ]

♪♪

[ Bangs ]

Love that sound.

Narrator:
after two long years,

The last of tony's dredge can
finally be shipped to eureka.

♪♪

♪♪

Rick: oh, things have definitely
180'd from this morning.

Was looking
at a pretty bleak day,

And it's turning out
pretty [bleep] damn good.

Narrator:
rick and his dad, big rick,

Are opening a new cut.

Rick: dad's in that 475 and
I'm over here in this d9.

Our problem this year is that
the ground's just not producing

What the drill hole suggested
it was, so here we are,

Towards the end of summer
here in a mad panic,

Trying to open up more ground,

Just so we can try
to hit our goal.

Narrator:
to get the job done,

Rick's leasing
the monster 475 dozer

For 2 days at $6,000 a day.

This thing is an absolute beast.

Narrator: they need
to get down to pay dirt

Before the wash plant runs
out and has to shut down.

Rick: he's getting a lot
more done than I am,

But all that matters is
that [bleep] get done, so...

Big rick: [ imitating hans ]
that little d9 looks puny

Compared to my big 475.

[ Laughing ]

Narrator:
the 475 produces 890 horsepower

And can push up
to 100 yards of dirt

With its 17-foot blade.

Big rick: [ normal voice ]
everything about it is so heavy,

It's unbelievable.

Just the way it moves,
it's like a tank.

I can't even [bleep]
believe it, holy [bleep]

That's insane, look at that.

[Bleep] thing
just doesn't stop.

Rick: is it smooth?

Does it beat the [bleep]
out of you? How is it?

Yeah, I mean,
it's going really well.

Actually, I'm thinking,
better than I expected.

You know, I'm having a blast.
This thing is awesome.

♪♪

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Oh [bleep]

Holy [bleep]

[ Metal clangs ]

Come on!

♪♪

Dad, I fell in a [bleep]
sinkhole over here.

♪♪

Oh [bleep]

Narrator: to stand any chance
of reaching his season goal,

Rick is desperately attempting
to open up a new cut.

Holy [bleep]

Come on!

♪♪

Dad, I fell in a [bleep]
sinkhole over here.

It's pretty swampy, but I
need a push out of here.

Big rick: alright, man,

I'll just take
a little look at it.

Just want
to be super careful

We don't get both these
things stuck, right?

Alright,
you ready for this?

Yeah, give me a shove
straight out back,

Where it should be
pretty good behind me.

Alright, coming at you
now, nice and easy.

♪♪

Yeah, baby.

Yeah, that's it, I'm just
about out, keep pushing.

♪♪

You got her.

You're my dad, aren't
you supposed to warn me

Before I do stupid
[bleep] like that?

[ Both laughing ]

I think you have more
experience than we do

In this [bleep]

You should be warning me,
not the other way around.

Yeah, yeah
[bleep] happens.

[ Big laughing ]

Narrator: rick needs to get
the new cut open.

Renting the 475
has cost $12,000,

Money that wasn't in his budget.

And the 2-day lease
is almost over.

♪♪

Big rick: definitely in a battle
with time here.

So, we got about a half
a day left on this machine,

And we have two pockets of
mud here in this new cut

That we're trying
to rip out of here,

So hoping that we can
finish that up

By the end of the day here.

♪♪

What do you say there,
dad,

Looks like we're pretty much
down to gravel here, huh?

Yeah, lookin' good, man,
we got gravel level

The whole cut here,

So I think
we're in pretty good shape.

Alright, thanks for
runnin' that thing, dad,

I really appreciate it.

You're welcome, son, just
happy to help you out, man.

I've enjoyed every
minute of this thing,

It's been a riot.

♪♪

Narrator: rick and his dad
have opened a cut

The size of two football fields.

Time to hand the monster
dozer back to sheamus.

How'd it go, rick?

You have a smile
on your face.

That [bleep] thing
pushes the dirt,

I tell you what.
-It's pretty cool, eh?

Freakin' awesome.

This machine makes
it so much easier.

Right on, yep.

I got a sign that we made
the right move today.

Did you?

Holy [bleep]

[Bleep] [bleep]

That's a nice piece.

That's by far the biggest
one we've found this year.

Holy [bleep]
I guess so, wow!

-Nice, huh?
-That's awesome, man.

-Things are looking up, man.
-Yeah!

♪♪

Parker: so all in all,
it's not been a great week.

I mean, we're having
massive equipment problems,

We're having big
people problems,

And chad just went down
with a broken hand.

I really hope he's okay

And that it can
get fixed up properly.

Narrator: 60 miles north
in dawson city,

Chad's leaving the hospital.

Chad: turns out my hand's
broken in two spots.

Smashed here,
shattered here, he says,

And it's broken right here.

And then I got a whole
bunch of stitches.

Narrator: while chad's been
away, the loader's been down,

Which means big red
has lost nearly $10,000.

-What's happening, brother?
-You made it.

-Yeah, man.
-You got all 10?

I got all 10, yeah.

What do you got
goin' on here?

Alec:
big red's down still.

Trying to get it running.

Tough working on my own.

What I can do is, I'll
just go get suited up.

Yeah.

I won't do much, but I'll
come give you a hand at least.

Right on,
see you in a bit.

Narrator:
the crew urgently needs to fit

The loader's new tire.

Am I far enough back?

But the only machine available

To loader operator bree
is an excavator.

It's incredibly difficult
using the excavator

Because we're coming in from
the top instead of the side.

So the precision
is a lot harder,

I can't see the angle from here.

You just want it down?

Chad: set her down and just
try and pull it over.

Bring it in.

Closer, closer.

One wrong move
and I could seriously hurt

Chad or alec and I really,
really don't want to do that.

All she's got to do is
curl out a little bit.

Alec:
curl out a little bit.

-Slow.
-Real slow.

Narrator:
the wheel's finally in position.

Time to bolt it onto the loader.

Alright, she's all
buttoned up, man.

Yeah, looks good.

Right on.

Ready to get this
plant spinning?

High five.

Yeah, buddy.

Hey, parker, you got a copy?

Chad just got back
from the hospital

And helped us get
the loader tire back on,

So we're good to go.

Parker:
oh, thank [bleep]

♪♪

Fire it up!

♪♪

Everything in here
looks pretty good.

Now we're getting somewhere.

♪♪

Chad: so it's kind of a bummer
that I'm heading home

Because of a broken hand,

But hopefully when I get
back, we'll be a whole lot

Closer to 6,000 ounces.

♪♪

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Narrator: at eureka creek,

Permafrost
has shut down dredge 1.

But monica has been
running all week,

And it's time for
her gold weigh.

-Hey, guys.
-Hi, minnie.

I've been waiting
for you.

Mike: everybody ready?

Narrator: tony needs over
370 ounces a week

To hit his 6,000-ounce,
$7.2 million goal.

100, 120, 140.

160, 190, 200.

207.60.

Minnie: wow.

Narrator: 162 ounces short,

But still worth almost
a quarter million dollars.

Halfway through the season,

Tony has just 1,765 ounces.

That's less than 30%
of his 6,000-ounce target.

So you're slowly but
surely getting there,

But not nearly to where
we want to be, though.

Right? So...

[ Laughing ]

Narrator: at quartz creek...

Oh, that's how it works?

...big rick has his eye

On sheamus christie's
1978 lincoln.

Oh, I'm not gonna
start it.

I just want to get
the window down.

[ Laughing ]

♪♪

Big rick: it's like a big,
wallowing, giant yacht.

It just rides like a dream.

What do you think, rick?

The lincoln or the 475?

I'll take this
thing all day long.

It's pretty nice, eh?

It rides
frickin' smooth.

You got a bigger
smile driving this

Than you did the 475.

For sure.
How much do I owe ya?

That's pretty fun.

♪♪

Narrator:
at the end of a tough week,

It's time to find out
how much big red's

Downtime has cost parker.

What's up, guys?

-Mitchy, welcome back.
-Good to see ya.

How was your holiday?

It was nice.

Yeah? Mama bear happy
you made it home?

-Yeah, for sure.
-Good stuff, buddy.

Sounds like [bleep] hit
the fan around here.

It always does
when you leave.

Between breakdowns
and a lack of people,

We're having some issues.
-Yup.

Let's get some gold
on the scale, eh?

Narrator: to stay on target
for the season,

Parker needs 370 ounces a week.

First up, big red.

Hundo...

160 On the money.

Narrator: worth $192,000.

Yeah, I mean, it's not
our best cleanup,

But considering
the time we lost

And the equipment downtime,
it's not too bad.

Really goes to show,
though, if we've got

Any chance of getting
the 6,000 here,

We've got to keep
the equipment running.

Parker now needs his
second wash plant,

Sluicifer,
to deliver 210 ounces.

Well, there's 30.

50, 70, 90, A buck,

Buck and a half, 200,

220, 230, 250.

Now we're talking.

260, Little bit
more, how 'bout it?

How 'bout 270 ounces
point blank?

Yeah!
Now we're talking.

-Nice.
-Good week.

Man #2: good job there,
young feller!

That's a nice
[bleep] pan of gold.

It's been a while since
we've done one of those.

Yeah, no kidding.

Narrator:
parker's weekly haul --

430 Ounces,

More than half
a million dollars.

That'll bring us
up to 2,012 ounces.

We broke
the 2,000 mark.

Third of the way.

Third of the way there.

Good job, guys.

Like, thank you for putting
in a good, hard week.

Goes to show that if we
pay attention to things,

We still got
a shot here.

♪♪

♪♪

Narrator: 11 miles west,

Rick's crew gathers
for their gold weigh.

-You like that sound?
-I love that sound.

-Ooh, nice.
-Yeah.

No, guys, it's been
a hell of a week.

You've all put it in
[bleep] overdrive,

And we pretty much doubled
down basically on everything.

We've been expanding the cut.

All kidding aside, I just
want to thank all you guys.

You're just k*lling
it, honestly.

Dad, again, you were
there for us this week,

And you ran that 475.

For me, personally,
it was just cool

To be in there with you
working on that, right?

I enjoyed that
fully, man,

That's a lifetime memory
right there, for sure.

And I've got a feeling
this is going to be

One of our biggest weeks yet.

Woo woo woo woo woo!

It has to be, it has to be.

Been running 24/7,
we're doing everything right.

So let's see where
the hell we're at, guys.

Let's do this.

Narrator:
to hit his 1,000-ounce goal,

Rick needs to mine
over 50 ounces a week.

Rick: 30, 40...

There we are, over 100,

110, 120...

Yeah!

What the [bleep]

We broke the scale!
We broke the scale!

[ Laughing ]

Did you get that
off the hoffmans?

[ Laughing ]

Alright, well, there's
125 in this pan.

Another six.
That's over 131 ounces, boys.

[ All cheering ]

Narrator:
worth over $150,000.

Rick: that's our best
week so far, guys,

And I'm not the smartest,

But the math I'm doing in my
head says

We're at almost
450 ounces on the season.

Nice.

That's almost halfway
to our goal amount.

That's awesome.

That's pretty impressive
to see that much gold,

Especially in that
short of time.

I know you're excited,
I'm [bleep] excited.

We're not out of the woods yet,

But if we keep this up,

There ain't no [bleep] reason
that we can't get there.

1, 2, 3...

All: rally!

Narrator:
on the next "gold rush"...

Tony:
we got the dredge down,

So we're gonna have to use
the new zealand plant.

I'll do my best for you.

It's a little bit
nerve-racking,

But I hope I make
the beets proud.

I have a tumor
inside me on my lung,

I got one on my spine, and
I got to get it looked at,

And I might not be
able to come back.

Parker: what the [bleep]

Man #3: the screen decks
are popping out.

I need you to start
being a foreman.