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10x28 - Back to the Future

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Gold Rush". Aired: December 3, 2010 –present.*
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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.

10x28 - Back to the Future

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Narrator:
for more than a century...

Parker: come on. Let's go.

Let's move some dirt.

Go wash some rocks, baby.
Yee-haw!

Narrator:
...men and women have braved

The harsh conditions of Alaska

And the Klondike
in search of gold.

-Ah!
-Yeah!

-Whoo!
-Yeah!

Narrator: 10 YEARS AGO,
when a financial crisis

Forced the price of gold
to an all-time high...

Holy smokes.
Look at that thing.

...a new Gold Rush began.

Jack:
you're all millionaires.

The only thing is, you got
to get it out of the ground.

Fearless prospectors set off
to this remote wilderness...

Man: whoa!

...with dreams
of making their fortune.

Nothing ventured...

Nothing gained.

Now we go back to the beginning

And see their journey
over the last 9 years.

-Stop!
-I take all the risk,

And you get all the money.

Man: guys, you are
freaking kidding me!

Narrator: and an exclusive look
at this year's season...

I mean, this is gonna be
a tougher season

Than any one before.

Narrator:
...where the miners face

Their biggest challenge yet...

...as a crisis grips
the Klondike...

...forcing Parker...

Give me one good reason
not to tell you

To go
[Bleep] Yourself.

...Tony, and Rick...

That's scary as [bleep]
Ain't it?

...to start over...

...gambling
all of their past success...

Watch out. [bleep]

...in the hopes
of striking it rich.

[ laughter ]

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

Captions paid for by
discovery communications

The "Gold Rush" story begins


When one man loses it all

And takes his future
into his own hands.

Todd: I've done a lot
of crazy things in my day.

This might be the biggest, most
ambitious thing I've ever tried.

Narrator: Todd Hoffman leaves
his home state of Oregon

And drives 2,000 Miles north
to Alaska with his dad...

Want to go to Alaska?

...and a band of unemployed
buddies who share his dream.

Todd: I'm throwing everything
I got into it.

We're gonna gold mining.
It feels awesome.

It feels like I'm coming home.

-Look at those mountains.
-Geez.

This is amazing.

[ laughs ]

Oh-h*!

Narrator: Todd's come up
with a radical plan.

With a global financial crisis
driving up the value of gold,

He's gambling that his team
of greenhorn miners

Can find enough gold
to turn their luck around.

Hey, guys, listen.
You're out of money.

You're out of money.

You're about ready
to lose your house.

You've moved out
of your house.

You're bankrupt.

You know,
god put us all together

For a fricking reason,
okay?

And this summer, we're gonna
dig that yellow stuff

Out of the ground, man.

-Here we go.
-Come on in here.

-Come on in here.
-Great, great, great.

We got to turn this boat around.

I'm hoping that gold mining
is the key to that.

Maybe respark
the American dream again.

Coming your way.
Man: whoa.

Narrator:
the rookie crew's first task --

Unload their wash plant...

Whoa! Watch! Hey!

...a key piece of equipment

Used to separate gold
from the dirt.

Oh, oh, no!

Oh, sh**t.

Jack:
what the heck happened there?

Look out.
It got hooked under there.

Tell him to start up,
get out -- right now!

-Start up!
-Go, go, go, go, go!

-There you go!
-Okay.

Good lord.

Narrator:
across the creek,

Their neighbors check out
the new arrivals.

Hey, Parker.
Come on out here.

What are you looking at?
Take a look at this.

Veteran gold miner
John Schnabel...

They got
a lot of machinery.

...and his 15-year-old
grandson...

Huh.
...parker.

Looks like a big piece
of junk.

[ laughs ]

I think we've checked
everything out.

We ready to rock?
-Let's do it.

Fire up.

[ engine starts ]

Narrator: Todd believes
there are flakes of gold

Deposited under the ground.

It works good, man.
Dude, did that look good?

That looked great!

To get them, the team digs
deep into the earth.

After 6 weeks, the rookie crew
finally runs its first load

Of gold-rich gravel,
known as pay dirt.

It's not working right.

Hey, thurby!

Shut it off.

It's clogged up.

This is hard to figure out.

Narrator: facing failure,

The novice mine boss is forced
to seek help.

Todd: a little embarrassing.
You got a 15-year-old kid

Telling you how to mine,

But he's got a lot
more experience than I do.

Todd.

How are you, buddy?
Pretty good.

I want you to take a look
at my jig.

Something's wrong.

I don't know what I'm doing
with it.

Narrator: Todd's duplex jig is
designed to wash out fine gold

Mixed in with black sand.

This thing needs more
water pressure,

A valve on each of those,

And then you can adjust how much
comes out through the bottom.

That's where I screwed up.

I was running them
both in together.

I got to take that apart.

I got to do them separately.

Jack: I think this whole pipe
is just plugged up with gold.

Todd: dude.

Dude,
you are [bleep] Me.

I see gold on my fingers.

Man: we got gold!

You're kidding.
No.

We're serious.

I'm going to disneyland.

When they opened the valve,
"Oh, there's gold everywhere.

It's covered in gold.
Look at my hands."

I saw three little, tiny flakes.

That's just gold fever.

That's all it is.

Narrator:
the hoffmans get their plant

Dialed in
for the rest of the season.

Looks really good so far.

Yeah.
This stuff is really hot.

And despite only netting
$20,000 worth of gold,

Todd and his buddies
are hooked.

Todd:
I'm not playing around now.

Now is serious for me.

This is our last class
of the semester,

So summer break after this.

I'm pretty excited to get it
over with and get out of here.

Narrator:
in the 2011 season,

Parker graduates
from high-school junior

To 16-year-old mine boss.

At the age of 91, I've had


Productive years
at the mine,

And I am pleased
that you feel

That you'd like
to continue it.

I have faith in your management
that it will be successful.

Thanks.

Shake. [ laughs ]

Parker takes over
running his grandfather's

Alaskan gold mine, big nugget.

I love you.

He has visions that he's gonna
make thousands of dollars

Every day,
and I hope he's right.

Narrator: from the start,
the kid works alone,

Racing to dig pay dirt
and get it to the wash plant.

I'm going so fast 'cause
I need to feed the plant.

That's probably about


Keep admiring that,
you'll increase it to 3 ounces.

I think it is 3 ounces.

[ laughs ]

Narrator: determined to get
more gold in the 2012 season,

Parker expands
his grandpa's mine.

Parker:
we need to get up there,

And this rock is giving us
a bit of a problem.

The only option might be
to just blow it up.

[ air horn blows ]

Ready, dad?

Fire in the hole!

Go. Do it. Do it.

[ expl*si*n ]

We're going big on Smith creek.

Narrator: to help him mine
the new ground,

Parker a bass player
from Wisconsin -- Rick Ness.

Rick: you know, this is the
start of something big for me.

I'm excited.

Narrator: Rick has
no gold-mining experience,

But grew up
working heavy machinery,

And Parker sees his potential.

How many loads
are you at?


Really?

Yeah.
Nice job.

We'll need a lot of dirt,
so keep doing your thing.

You got it.

Oh, yeah.

Parker: today, we'll put about


This plant has never
seen 1,000 yards

In a week before,
let alone in a day.

So, here's what we've got.

Narrator: at the end
of the season, to break even,

Parker needs 190 ounces,
worth $300,000.



So you got 2-ounce
profit, huh?

Yeah.
[ laughter ]

No, I'm happy.

Congratulations, man.
Yeah, it's great.

I'm real proud of you.
Thanks, dad.

You put in a good effort.

I mean, we tried
everything we could.

That's for sure.

Narrator: it's a successful
first season together

For Parker and Rick,

A promising start
to their partnership.

Still ahead...

The bad news is,
we have to mine

The whole piece of ground
out this season.

...on a new season
of "Gold Rush"...

I really just think
that the Klondike's dead.

...the miners confront
a crisis in the Klondike.

Narrator:
spring 2013 in Alaska.

I want you to be really,
really careful.

Bye.

[ laughs ]


sets off on a new quest...

Oh, it's goodbye.
Bye, grandpa.

...to make his fortune in the
goldfields of the Klondike.

When gold was discovered here
in the late 1800s,

It lured thousands of miners
to this remote wilderness.

Parker: if I want to play
with the big boys,

I got to get up here,
where the big boys play.

Hey, Tony.

Good.

Narrator:
Parker leases claims

From local Klondike miner
Tony Beets.

Parker and his new landlord
test-drill the ground,

Hoping to find gold.

Tony:
have a look there.

T-r?

Just, like, barely anything?

Okay, thanks.

Parker:
I've made a commitment here.

I've hired my crew.

I bought a wash plant.

I'm way too deep in
to back out now.

Narrator: Parker needs to move
a lot of dirt

If he's going
to make any money.

He's agreed to pay Tony
a 15% royalty.

Hey, Tony.

Good.

Yeah.

You know, this week,
we're pushing to do 1,500 yards.

Yeah.

It's our first week running.

That's a lot of dirt.

Narrator:
the young mine boss doubles down

And supersizes his operation.

Look at that thing.

He gambles his earnings
to rent big red --

A wash plant
that runs twice the pay dirt.

The crew works flat-out
through the season,

Fighting the freeze
until the bitter end.

That's pretty bad,

But what can you do?

It's minus-15 out.

And there's no doubt
we did our best.

And, you know,
I really appreciate your time,

And thanks for staying.
It was a pleasure.

Yeah.

Parker returns home...

Parker!

Great to see you.
You too.

...to find out if he has
hit his 1,000-ounce goal.



Oh, my gosh!

Wow.

[ laughs ]

Man: geez.

You made a great decision.

$1 million
on the table.

Nice.

Narrator: Parker's dream of
striking it big as a gold miner

Is becoming a reality.

We just found $1.4 million
worth of gold,

And it was an amazing challenge,

Probably the hardest


But just seeing
my grandpa's face

When we put all that down on the
table made it all worth it.

Narrator: IN 2014,
maverick mine mogul Tony Beets

Sets out
to achieve the impossible.

The dredge is a run-down


That has not worked in decades.

Man: are you nuts?

Man #2: this thing's older
than we are, Tony.

For Tony,
it is an enormous gamble,

But when the dredge was running,

It produced millions of dollars'
worth of gold,

And it only takes
a two-man crew to operate.

If he can breathe
new life into it,

Tony thinks the dredge
will mine gold

At a quarter of the cost
of a regular operation.

What do you think, Mike?
I don't know.

What have we got
ourselves into here?

His mission --
move the 350-ton dredge



And have it running
before the end of the season.

Tony brings in daughter monica
and son Kevin

To dismantle
the 14-ton bucket ladder.

Man: whoa.
Watch the ladder, Tony.

Go!

Tony: watch out.

[ thud ]
[Bleep]

Now, there was a [bleep]

It swung out, over, and around

And just missed
smashing into Jerry's cabin.

Hey!

Narrator:
but Tony's not about to stop.

He pushes his kids and
their equipment to the limit.

[ crash ]
Monica: WHAT?!

You broke my new chain.

Tony's way of doing things is
weird and odd,

But you do what you got to do
to get it done.

Narrator:
with 6 weeks left of the season,

He transports the dredge
to his claim at Eureka Creek.

Days before the winter freeze,

The dredge is finally ready
to catch gold.

[ engine starts ]

It's a little wet, but, yeah,
it works.

[ Laughing ]
Really good.

Pretty [bleep] Cool,
isn't it?

What a night.
Yeah. I know.

Ah!

The monster comes alive.

Parker: it's a lot bigger
than a funeral.

[ g*nshots ]

Narrator:
April the 2nd, 2016.

The Schnabel family gathers

To bid farewell
to John Schnabel,

Parker's grandpa and mentor.

[ "taps" plays ]

Parker: of course, I don't know
what that's gonna mean

For the next few months, but...

[Sighs]

It's not gonna be fun.

[ horn honks ]

There she is.

Narrator: determined to live up
to his grandpa's legacy,

Parker starts the season

By bringing in a massive
new wash plant...

[ thunder crashes ]

Sluicifer!

...and running more dirt
than ever before.

Parker: we've got to give it
everything we've got.

Narrator:
and by the end of the season...

Doumitt,
what's our season total?

You ready for this one?

How about 4,311 ounces?

-Yeah!
-Yeah!

[ group cheering ]

So that's just over 5 million
bucks' worth of gold.

Man: whoo!

Over a million more
than last year.

But none of this would be
happening without my grandpa,

And it's been a bit
of a weird season without him.

He definitely was a big part
of what we do.

-Hello.
-Cheers.

-To grandpa John.
-To grandpa John.

-To grandpa John.
-To John.

I really need Rick and big red
to step up.

Rick promised


And he's got to deliver on that.

Narrator:
in the next season,

Parker piles
the pressure on foreman Rick

To hit his ambitious


Parker: this is the second time
you've changed the mining plan

Without talking to me.

That ain't okay, Rick.

Rick: all right. You want me
to pack my [bleep] Then?

That's not what I'm saying,
Rick.

I'm just saying that you don't
seem to take it seriously.

Rick: it's not that I don't like
it that he shows up down here.

It's that he always overlooks
great progress

To try to tear you down.

You know, nobody wants to bust
their a*s and be hassled for it.

Narrator: in the end, despite
a record gold weigh...

Our 5,000-ounce gold turned out
to be 6,280 ounces.

[ group cheering ]

Man: yeah!

...Rick has made a decision

That will transform
his life forever.

Rick: I've been working for
Parker for 6 years,

But I'm done working
for somebody else.

I want to work for myself.

I'll either be broke,

Or I'll have my own successful
gold-mining operation

And a pile of gold.

Narrator:
over 8 years of mining,

Todd Hoffman has mixed results.

We got here early.
We're gonna get it set up.

We're gonna kick some a*s.

After a disastrous season
in Oregon,

He persuades his crew to come
to a new claim in Colorado.

Guys, we got a real shot
at this,

But everybody's
got to believe it.

But the frustrated miners are
pushed to the breaking point.

Uh, something just broke
on this truck.

Oh.
That u-joint's all [bleep] Up.

Freddy!

We need to shut her down.

Well, that's kind of
[Bleep] Todd.

I fought all fricking summer
to get this running.

But we're broken
by this season.

We failed.

Sorry, but we're done.

Narrator: finally,
the Hoffman crew calls it quits.

It's time.
It's over.

I'm not mining anymore.

Narrator: after one mine boss
quits, another begins.

I've never had this much
responsibility before.

I've never put, you know, my own
money on the line like this.

Narrator:
in 2018, Rick Ness leaves Parker

To take a chance
on running his own claim.

Man:
we finally made it.

Right here, guys, is
our [bleep] Freedom.

Man: let's find
that million bucks.

Narrator: he brings in
a rookie crew of buddies

From his hometown, Milwaukee.

I've worked with
a lot of idiots,

And I took great care
to make sure

I didn't bring any idiots
up with me.

Whoo!

Narrator:
at the start of the season,

Rick drops $180,000
on a wash plant.

Yee-hee-hee!
Yes!

-Hey, bud.
-Look at that.

Rick: this is
the big beautiful b*stard

That's gonna catch all
the gold for us this year.

Fire it up.
[ engine starts ]

I'm gonna put a bucket
of dirt in.

It's like we're finally
gold mining, man.

This is a wicked day.
This is huge.

Narrator: in the final gold
weigh of his first season,

Rick needs 27 ounces
to hit his 1,000-ounce goal...

That's 20.

...and prove he has a future
as a mine boss.

There's our 27 ounces.

-Yeah!
-Oh, yeah!

-Huh? Huh?
-Yeah!

Man: there you go.

There's another 100 or so.

-Ohh!
-Ohh!

-Yeah!
-Whoa!

The final gold weigh --


-No!
-We're over 1,100.

Nice.


Narrator:
worth $1.3 million.

I appreciate you guys, you know,
believing in me

'cause I couldn't have done it
without you guys, every one.

That being said,
I got something for you guys.

-Oh.
-Got a little bucket here.

It's got six jars in it.

Man: wow.
[ clapping ]

Oh, man.

There's a little over 50 ounces
in every one of those jars.

Three.

-Yay!
Yay!

Narrator: in the 2018 season,
Parker is once again

Mining ground
leased from landlord Tony Beets.

Parker: we're just trying to get
things to break free right now.

It's all frozen up.

Narrator: as the season ends,
he fights the Yukon winter

In the hunt
for a 7,000-ounce target.

Parker: and go get one
of them big old tanks

And plumb it in here
and keep her hot as we can.

To stop sluicifer freezing up,
he runs a propane torch

On the tailing's conveyor.

Keep as much heat in there
as we can.

Good job, guys.

Let's go ahead
and fire this thing up.

Man:
go hit the shaker.

Parker: this pay is starting
to get quite chunky.

It's freezing up on us a bit.

Narrator: Parker and Tyson
sluice into the night.

[ thud ]

Oh [bleep]

But frozen pay dirt clogs
the hopper feeder.

It's not good, man.

[Bleep]
Look at that!

Oh [bleep]

[Bleep]

The plant's on fire!

Stopping the sluicifer
with the torches

Still running has set fire
to the rubber conveyor.

We'll need another one.
Go get another one.

No. No.

Holy [bleep]

Man: we're gonna need
something else.

Okay.
I'm gonna turn on the water.

[ coughing ]

[Bleep]

I mean, our 7,000-ounce goal
may have just gone up in flames.

Who knows?

Narrator: with the season over,
Parker gathers his crew

To find out if
they've made it to 7,000 ounces.

Our season total --



Parker has mined $9 million
worth of gold --

His biggest-ever haul.

This season started out
as one of the worst seasons

We've ever had
and ended up the absolute best.

-Yeah.
-Cheers.

-Cheers, guys.
-Whoo!

-Whoo!
-Yeah!

Man: right on.

Narrator: but Parker still has
unfinished business

Before he heads for home.

Yeah.

He's making his last-ever
royalty payment

To landlord Tony...

There it is,


...worth $1.2 million.

I just wanted to thank you
for the opportunity.

Last time [bleep] Doing that.

I'm free!

Narrator: coming up...

Whoo! [ laughs ]

Rick: holy [bleep]

Narrator: ...on the all-new
season of "Gold Rush"...

We're gonna wear
everybody out and break

Every piece
of equipment we got.

[ crash ]

Narrator:
at the start of the season...

...the Beets family
is ahead of the game.

Well, we had a great start
to the season,

And we got so much
pay dirt opened up,

So many cuts ready to go.

Pretty good start.

Narrator:
kids Kevin, Mike, and monica

Are already sluicing pay dirt...

New year, new beginnings.

Pretty pumped for it, actually.

Narrator: ...when Tony calls
an emergency meeting.

Man: go.

I don't know what's happening.

Got to shut it down.

[ engine Powers off ]

We don't have a water license.

We have to leave.

Kevin:
so, what's that mean?

How long do we got
till we got to be out?

Narrator:
for the first time in 35 years,

Tony's permit to mine ground

He's already invested
millions in

Has not been renewed in time.

[ cawing ]

Tony has just 4 days to clear

All his mining equipment
off the claim.

First up, his 50-ton wash plant.

You sure you got the weight?

Tony: good.

[Bleep] Go.

I don't see it
for [bleep]

[ whistles ]

That was close.

Narrator:
with just hours to spare,

Tony gets the monster wash plant
safely off the claim.

Come on.

Narrator:
right next door to Tony's claim,

Parker is finally fulfilling
a lifetime ambition

To mine his own ground.

How are you guys doing?

-Hey, man.
-Hi, Parker.

Narrator: but he's not escaped
the Klondike crisis.

We're having massive
permitting issues out here,

And we're having issues
with water licenses

That allow us
to mine the ground.

The good news is,
this piece of ground

That we bought
has 1 year left.

The bad news is,
we just can't risk

Having unmined ground
that's unlicensed.

So we have to mine the whole
piece of ground out this season.

The whole thing?

That's at least
twice the ground

That we mined
the last couple years.

I know it's a big ask.

We paid half a million dollars
for these claims,

So we really can't afford
to leave any gold in the ground.

If it was your guys' money,
would you risk it?

Man: nope.

We've got to try to do our best
to get it done.

-Let's go.
-All right.

Man: copy that.

I've got too much money invested

Not to get through
all this stuff,

So we're gonna
have to figure it out.

Narrator: with so much money
sunk into buying his own claim,

Parker is determined

Not to leave
a single ounce of gold behind.

But to get to
gold-rich pay dirt,

He needs to clear 600,000 yards
of worthless overburden.

We're just up against the clock,
and, you know,

The nicest place to put it
would be on Tony's side.

That would be so simple
for us.

That would get us way ahead,
won't it?

Yep, definitely.

[ laughs ]

To save time, Parker's crew
dumps the overburden

Across the line
onto Tony Beets' ground...

Come on.
Let's [bleep] Go.

...scrambling to get it done

Before Tony's permit
runs out at midnight.

Man: we've got everybody
down here working,

And they even got the mechanics
in the cat.

[ clattering ]

Oh, my [bleep]

[ sighs ]
Oh-h*-h*.

I just threw a [bleep] Track.

Sometimes, you can get these
things to pop right back on.

I've never been
good at doing it.

Some people can do it
like they're pros.

I'm not one of those people.

Narrator: if Parker can't get
his excavator off Tony's ground,

He, too,
will be liable for a fine.

I'm going for it.

[Bleep]

[ sighs ]

Time's up.

I'm on my side of the line.

I'm missing a leg, but we nailed
some dirt in that.

Narrator: he's broken a track,
but when midnight strikes...

[ horn honks ]

...at least Parker's crew has
gotten rid of his overburden.

All right.
Thanks, guys.

-Okay.
-Have a good night.

Good days.

Time to get sluicing
by the end of the week.

Not too bad.

We're definitely
up against it

With these licensing issues,
though.

Yeah.

What you're saying
is that, basically,

I've got control whether you
can stay in your camp or not.

Give me one good reason
not to tell you

To go
[Bleep] Yourself.

Narrator: in his 2019 season,

Rick ness starts out
behind the eight ball.

He has nowhere to mine.

I think -- I don't think
I can get anything

Better than okay
in the Klondike.

You know, nobody's giving out
good ground anymore,

And even the guys
that have it,

I mean, they're struggling, too,
with their water permits,

And I really just think
that the Klondike's dead.

He and his dad, Rick sr.,
are on a mission.

From his old claim
in the Klondike,

Rick's now 125 Miles east
in the hills above keno

On a quest
for a mountain of nuggets...

Hi. Rick.
Stuart

Stuart?
Nice to meet you.

Narrator:
...owned by father-and-son
miners dean and Stuart gray.

Interesting place
you got here.

Dean: thank you.

It's beautiful.
That's for sure.

Yeah. Yeah, it's
a pretty cool valley.

Yeah.

There's ponds are already
set up, settling ponds,

And there's another
setup there.

Potentially,
I could get set up

To get gold
coming in right away.

It's...
mm-hmm.

It sounds like a dream
come true.

-And there will be gold there.
-Yeah.

And our values are anywhere
from .3 to .6 ounces an hour

At 80 to 100 yards
an hour.

So that's -- I mean,
that's pretty similar

To what I had last year
in the Klondike,

And I had a pretty rough time
making that work, honestly.

Yeah. Yeah.

We get that,
but we have something

That we'd like to show you
that might change your mind.

Hmm.

Dean: the potential
from what we know is huge.

[ laughing ] No way.

Holy [bleep]

That's unreal.

Four of these a day, I don't
even need a crew here.

Narrator:
each of these nuggets

Is worth the best part
of $10,000.

Wow. So, now that you've
got my interest --

What's that phrase?
Shut up and take my money?

[ both laugh ]

Finding that in a sluice box,
like, that'll drive a guy nuts.

Well, it drives the hunt.

Any geologist will tell you
by looking at some of that,

That we're not very far
from the source.

I think
there's potential here. Yeah.

Okay. Well, we'll give you the
data that we already have,

And we'll support
you with it.

If you're willing to give me the
guidance that you're offering,

I think that...

I think we can knock
this one out of the park.

You got her. Okay.
All right, guys.

Good deal.
Appreciate it.

Okay, man. Thank you.
I'll be in touch.

Rick: I've got a place to mine,
and I'm out of the Klondike.

Narrator: in the upcoming season
of "Gold Rush,"

The stakes have
never been higher.

[ grunts ]
Check it out.

I can pull this whole
thing myself.

Yeah!

If you're not wrecking [bleep]
You're not working.

Oh [bleep]

Shut it down!

Narrator:
each miner could lose it all.

Holy [bleep]

[ laughs ]
-Hey! Watch yourself.

Well, not my first rodeo.

Look at that.

I see some gold, Rick.

Rick: oh, baby.

Hoo-ha!

There's gold.

Have to be nice.
Seriously.

Narrator:
they are constantly reminded...

What in the [bleep]
Is going on over there?

Man: dozer just exploded.

Nothing but [bleep]
Smoke in the cut.

Narrator: ...that everything
they've worked for...

Man: run that ditch.

Holy [bleep]

...could be gone
in an instant.

Man #2: when it looks like
it's falling out of the sky,

That means he's coming in.

Oh [bleep]

[ crash ]

Tony:
we've been here now 38 years,

And it has
never happened before.

This is massive.

Looks like an atomic b*mb.

So, am I a little bit excited?

[Bleep] Right
I'm a little bit excited.