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[Vernon] 2.62 ounces.

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It's not like, "Yay!"
We're rich.

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[Kris] Ooh.

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- [Shawn] Little late.
- Little late, huh?

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Got to get it.

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Got to do a little better
than that.

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[Kris] 10.47 ounces
and it's unacceptable.

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[narrator] This season
has already been a rough ride

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for the miners.

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Now it's about to go from bad
to worse.

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[Vernon]
If this rain keeps up,
it's going to put

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a hurtin' on us.

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[Kris] The storm
is really putting

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a damper on everything.

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We're not on the water,
not on the land.

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I've never seen this much rain
and known before.

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[Vernon] We're going
to call it Fight of the Day.

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[Zeke] And so we're all just
here stumbling

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around in circles in the rain.

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It's just frustrating.
I don't know what to do.

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Just like struggling
really hard to, like,

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not be depressed.

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[Kris] Right now, one
of the skips are flipped over.

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Ninety percent
of the time, when you see

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a boat flipped over like that,
someone's dying.

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But look at it.
If there was somebody
dead right now,

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the ambulance would be here.

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Every time you go out there
in bad weather,

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you're taking your life
in your own hands.

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[narrator] Days of relentless
rain have started to subside.

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But rough currents,
the limited visibility

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below leave few options
for a battered fleet

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desperate to return to mining.

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[Zeke] Bad things can happen
in this harbor if you're just

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leaving your boat anchored.

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It's like
[imitating waves crashing]

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[narrator]
With rising waves,

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Zeke Tenhoff isn't taking
any chances.

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[Zeke] I'm gonna take the boat
across the harbor,

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and I'm gonna
pull the boat out.

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I've got a killer deal going
with Shawn.

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He's letting me and my brother
take the Havilah out

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on the Tomcord
later this summer.

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[Zeke] In order to be
as efficient as possible,

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I'm prospecting around
with this little boat.

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I made so that we'll know
where the good ground is.

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But there's no way to do
that with the currents,

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how they are right now,
it's not even safe

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to keep the boat on the water.

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The weather this summer
is not improving.

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I have to, like,
reset kind of

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and just like,
take the boat out
because if the wind gets

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really strong
and then the storm surge

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comes up, it stops
being like a safe place

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for your boat to live.

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I just need to park it.

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[Zeke] We've already
lost days.

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If these conditions continue
like this
for very much longer,

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it's just going to ruin
the season for me.

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It'll be a total bust.

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We're good. We got it.

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And I'm just going to, like,
leave the boat out until...

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the weather gets
a little better.

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[narrator] As Zeke retreats
for the safety of shore...

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[Emily] Forecast
doesn't look great.

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So just step out,

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get a lay of the land,
see what the swirl is like.

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[narrator] One captain,
despite the fierce winds,

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is still determined to get
a firsthand look

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before throwing in the towel.

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[Emily] To play down enough,
we will take the boat out.

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Mining in the Bering Sea
is complicated.

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You invest tons of money.

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You have to find tons of gold
to be profitable.

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But the Bering Sea
doesn't care

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about any of that.

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There are going to be days
where the Bering Sea makes it

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impossible to mine.

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And if there's too many
of those days,

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you're going to lose
your opportunity

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and lose all your money.

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So you have to use
your best judgment.

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And sometimes you just
have to dig your heels in

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and go for it.

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[Emily] It's not just
about your vessel

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being seaworthy or not.

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The boat's going like this.

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It's really making it
impossible for the diver

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to stay and work the ground
and the--

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You know, put gold
in this new spot.

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We got a rough boat.

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We got some pretty,
pretty good swells.

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[Emily] I'm determined to hit
250 ounces this summer.

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I will have a family and build
a legacy, and it will take

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at least that much.

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I really want
to risk it today,

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but I have to be honest,
it's too dangerous.

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What this weather could do
to the Eroica,

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it'll cost me more
in the long run.

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Oh, man.

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It's pretty choppy out there.

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[Emily speaking]

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[narrator] Back in town...

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[Kris] Okay. It was the first
hard cleanup.

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Our numbers were not
where we need to be.

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[narrator] The rough sea
conditions threatened

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to derail the fledgling
Reaper Nation even further.

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But they're not going down
without a fight.

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[Kris] I know we're not going
to fail.

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We just need to push hard.

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We need to stick together
and we need to make this work.

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And I know we can do it.

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Keep our heads in the game
and let's not get bummed out.

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The gold is gonna come.

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Okay, everybody, give me
some [bleep] fist love.

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[man 1] Yeah, baby.
Let's make it happen.

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And I know it's going
to work out, okay?

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- [man 2] We need it.
- [Kris] Okay.

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[Kris] This season
has not really gone the way

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I thought it was going to.

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Not even close.

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We need to turn everything
around fast.

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But right now, Mother Nature
is trying to screw me.

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[man 3] It is starting
to blow up a little bit
like the wind

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starting to pick up
a little bit, you guys.

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I just want to make sure
everybody's safe.

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We could be pushing it,
but like,

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aren't we kind of at that
point where we got it?

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- [man 3] We have to push it.
- We got to push it like...

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[man 3] That's why I want
Kris to make the call.

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[Kris] Hey, we're going.

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And I know I'm pushing
to get out there.

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Do you want me
to lift the spud?

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Stand by.

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No one in Nome is going out
in these conditions

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except for us.

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We owe $125,000
at the end of the month,

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or the Mistress is probably
gonna get repossessed.

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So even though
this is a [bleep] situation

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we're still going mining,
we don't have a choice.

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[Kris] Yeah. We're ready.

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- [man 4] Yeah.
- [Kris] Okay.

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- Okay, let's go.
- [man 5] All right.

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[Kris] Right now
we're underway

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with the Mistress.

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We're going into a little bit
of a bad weather situation,

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but I don't get it [bleep]
at this point,

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I know the boat can handle it.

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I know my crew's trained well enough.

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I know we're going
to make money today.

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I know it.

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A little bit of waves.

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That's not going to stop us
right now.

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[bleep]

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[James] And that currents.
Where you've been?

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That right there is bigger
than it seems.

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[Kris] It's a little rougher
than we thought

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when we came out here.

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So this is the point
of no return.

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Do you want to go back
or do you want to keep going?

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[James] Nobody's mining
[bleep]

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that we're going to work.

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Everybody else wants
to stay in.

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Not us.

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We're gonna get
what we can and go.

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[Kris] Okay, full steam ahead.

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[man 7] Well, we'll work
full steam in the head.

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[Kris] Okay. Beautiful.

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[Kris] Okay, Well, the waves
are bigger than I thought.

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But so is the amount of money
we still owe.

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Today we're going to find out
what the Mistress can take.

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If not, we're going
to the bottom

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of the Bering Sea
one way or another.

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So the last time
I was anywhere near

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the spot was in 2018.

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And we were doing good.

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But I had a million breakdown,
so I really didn't get

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to finish this area.

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Well, that's prospecting.
So let's start.

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[Kris] Yeah, let's just give
it a shot.

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[James] Okay. I think
this is a great spot to start.

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Get ready to drop a spud.

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[Kris] Dropping.

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Both of them are down.

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This [bleep] wind
is picking up again.

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We're taking waves
from the side.

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Hope I made the right call
right now.

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[James] So this isn't exactly
ideal taking swells, you know,

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they're just broadsiding us.

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So right now, this is [bleep].

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[Kris speaking]

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[man 7 speaking]

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[Kris] Okay, This is nuts.

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The winds are so high.

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We're having trouble putting
the spuds down

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and getting into position.

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That's pretty crazy.

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It's not gonna work.

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[Kris] What are we doing?

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[James] We've got two options,

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like in motor is out deeper,
drop a spud,

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get out of the trough,
or we can save the views

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on the barge and motoring.

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So you think it's too rough
to dig, though?

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[James] Yeah.

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There's a reason
why no one else is out.

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[Kris] It's looking like
we should motor in.

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So maybe it was a bad idea,
a waste of time.

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It's not possible to do
any mining.

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Not now.
Not in these conditions.

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So we're going down
the tubes fast at this point.

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[James] It is time
to get out of here.

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[Kris] We had our shot,
we couldn't make it work.

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And that's it.

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We'll come back tomorrow
morning at 10:00

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and do it again.

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Desperation makes you
do [bleep] things.

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Do you know what I'm saying?

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[Shawn]
When the weather's good,
we're all on water.

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But the weather is keeping us
off the water.

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So here we are
at the inland mine.

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Here comes the haul truck.

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One of the key things
to keep an operation

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this big running is diversity.

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Sure, I got my baby, the CR,
the Money Merle,

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and soon the Havilah.

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But I also have
the Inland Mine.

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It's a monster.

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It makes a ton of gold,

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but it's way more costly
to operate.

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And it takes up
way more resources.

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The biggest thing
on the inland

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is keeping everything running.

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[Shawn] Offshore you got
a water pump, an excavator,

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and a wash plant.

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Inland, you got dozers,
excavators, haul trucks,

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wash plants, water pumps,
dewatering pumps.

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And you burn a lot more fuel.

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So in order to keep
this operation going,

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you got to keep everything
greased and groomed

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and oiled and ready
to rock and roll.

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[Shawn]
It is a lot to maintain.

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Hopefully, all this works out
because it's a big gamble.

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But with big gambles come
big rewards.

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I've been looking at an area
called Cooper Gulch,

246
00:12:48,910 --> 00:12:51,677
which I'm betting is going
to be our next hotspot.

247
00:12:51,677 --> 00:12:54,176
This is Cooper Gulch here.

248
00:12:54,176 --> 00:12:57,243
This is all been mined
by the old-timers.

249
00:12:57,243 --> 00:12:59,309
They didn't get it all, though.

250
00:12:59,309 --> 00:13:03,977
For some reason, they missed
this little area right here.

251
00:13:04,977 --> 00:13:08,109
And with the way,
the price of gold is at...

252
00:13:09,376 --> 00:13:10,843
we're gonna get after it.

253
00:13:13,309 --> 00:13:16,343
Inland mining is nothing
like mining on the ocean.

254
00:13:16,343 --> 00:13:18,543
We're going after the same
type of material,

255
00:13:18,543 --> 00:13:21,209
but in the inland,
you have to move

256
00:13:21,209 --> 00:13:24,610
a mountain of overburden
to get to the pay.

257
00:13:24,610 --> 00:13:28,810
And once you're to the pay,
then you bring it
to the wash plant.

258
00:13:28,810 --> 00:13:31,343
If you're wrong,
you burn a ton of money.

259
00:13:31,343 --> 00:13:32,677
It'll hurt big.

260
00:13:32,677 --> 00:13:34,977
But if you're right,
it pays off big.

261
00:13:40,677 --> 00:13:42,276
Let's go get this cut started.

262
00:13:48,043 --> 00:13:50,143
[alarm beeping]

263
00:13:51,176 --> 00:13:52,777
[Shawn] I'm pretty excited
to see

264
00:13:52,777 --> 00:13:54,877
what's at the bottom
of this cut here.

265
00:13:56,543 --> 00:13:58,643
Could be a little bit.
Could be a lot.

266
00:13:58,643 --> 00:14:00,243
We are hoping for a lot.

267
00:14:02,510 --> 00:14:04,910
[narrator] Shawn's not
the only member of the fleet

268
00:14:04,910 --> 00:14:06,510
working off the water.

269
00:14:10,710 --> 00:14:11,877
With damp weather,

270
00:14:11,877 --> 00:14:14,176
I can't stand being
around Nome

271
00:14:14,176 --> 00:14:16,243
and not being able to
get out to dredge.

272
00:14:16,243 --> 00:14:17,510
Yeah.

273
00:14:17,510 --> 00:14:20,476
[narrator] With the Bering Sea
off limits, Vernon Adkison

274
00:14:20,476 --> 00:14:24,309
is on the hunt to somehow
keep the gold coming in.

275
00:14:25,743 --> 00:14:28,276
[Vernon] Today, it's just
a scouting expedition.

276
00:14:28,276 --> 00:14:30,276
And I've been
interested in this claim

277
00:14:30,276 --> 00:14:32,343
for several years now.

278
00:14:32,343 --> 00:14:34,543
I think the time is right
to go check them out.

279
00:14:34,543 --> 00:14:36,810
And these claims,

280
00:14:36,810 --> 00:14:39,376
I've got it from several
government sources

281
00:14:39,376 --> 00:14:41,076
that they're good.

282
00:14:41,076 --> 00:14:42,977
Here's the thing.

283
00:14:42,977 --> 00:14:46,010
I'm looking to build
a gold-filled kingdom,

284
00:14:46,010 --> 00:14:48,943
not some rinky-dink operation.

285
00:14:48,943 --> 00:14:51,710
Mother Nature is not making
that easy right now.

286
00:14:51,710 --> 00:14:54,510
So I'm looking inland.

287
00:14:54,510 --> 00:14:55,810
Way inland,

288
00:14:55,810 --> 00:14:58,710
like 80 miles
from town to inland.

289
00:14:58,710 --> 00:15:02,143
I've got to lead on some
potentially hot river claims.

290
00:15:02,143 --> 00:15:03,677
Well, you never know
if it's true.

291
00:15:03,677 --> 00:15:06,443
It could be someone just
yanking your chain.

292
00:15:10,743 --> 00:15:13,443
[Bryan] My lady one,
we're almost there.

293
00:15:13,443 --> 00:15:15,243
Can you smell that gold?

294
00:15:15,243 --> 00:15:17,443
Yeah, I can.

295
00:15:17,443 --> 00:15:18,977
That's gonna be exciting.

296
00:15:21,076 --> 00:15:22,576
There it is.
The end of the world.

297
00:15:24,276 --> 00:15:26,076
[Vernon] Well, it might not
be the end of the world,

298
00:15:26,076 --> 00:15:29,510
but it's pretty much
the end of the road.

299
00:15:29,510 --> 00:15:33,343
This is the last bridge
on Kougarok Road.

300
00:15:33,343 --> 00:15:34,510
[Bryan] You sure, it's safe?

301
00:15:34,510 --> 00:15:36,143
[laughing]

302
00:15:36,143 --> 00:15:37,877
[Bryan] We could wind up
in the river.

303
00:15:37,877 --> 00:15:39,743
We'll find out. Won't we?

304
00:15:39,743 --> 00:15:41,877
[Vernon] You know,
it's one of those...

305
00:15:41,877 --> 00:15:44,243
you're taking your life
in your hands.

306
00:15:44,243 --> 00:15:45,410
But just...

307
00:15:46,309 --> 00:15:47,843
This place's to hell and gone.

308
00:15:47,843 --> 00:15:49,877
The Kougarok is about
as far as anybody

309
00:15:49,877 --> 00:15:51,076
in Nome goes.

310
00:15:51,076 --> 00:15:52,410
Maybe even further.

311
00:15:53,943 --> 00:15:56,543
It's a pain in the rough
getting out of here.

312
00:15:56,543 --> 00:15:58,143
So it better be worth it.

313
00:15:58,143 --> 00:16:00,276
So it's gonna be right
down here little ways.

314
00:16:06,677 --> 00:16:12,476
So from here, it's about
1,200 feet down
to the river...

315
00:16:13,643 --> 00:16:16,543
2,000 feet to the claims.

316
00:16:16,543 --> 00:16:18,643
Once we get down here
for 3000 feet,

317
00:16:18,643 --> 00:16:19,977
that's half a mile.

318
00:16:21,777 --> 00:16:23,209
It's gonna be a hike
down there.

319
00:16:23,209 --> 00:16:26,176
And I doubt my knee
is gonna hold up.

320
00:16:26,176 --> 00:16:29,677
But I'm saying, let's take
a walk down this trail awaits.

321
00:16:29,677 --> 00:16:30,810
[Bryan] All right.

322
00:16:37,843 --> 00:16:39,943
I want to get my eye
on these river clams.

323
00:16:39,943 --> 00:16:42,510
I want to see how much trouble
it's going to be to get

324
00:16:42,510 --> 00:16:45,109
the equipment
in and if it's even worth it.

325
00:16:46,010 --> 00:16:48,176
These remote things can get dodgy.

326
00:16:49,309 --> 00:16:50,943
And the last thing
I want to do

327
00:16:50,943 --> 00:16:52,977
is to make some big effort
to get out here,

328
00:16:52,977 --> 00:16:54,643
and then take it
in the shorts.

329
00:16:57,977 --> 00:16:59,810
The owner says
there's a little bit of a hike

330
00:16:59,810 --> 00:17:01,176
getting down there.

331
00:17:01,176 --> 00:17:02,777
So we'll see.

332
00:17:02,777 --> 00:17:04,910
I think the trail gets
pretty muddy on down,

333
00:17:04,910 --> 00:17:06,243
but we'll walk away.

334
00:17:10,743 --> 00:17:13,576
Well, see if it's gonna be
a global thing.

335
00:17:13,576 --> 00:17:14,977
[Vernon grunting]

336
00:17:24,443 --> 00:17:26,043
I don't know what the hell
he would tell me.

337
00:17:26,043 --> 00:17:27,810
A couple of hundred yards,
my ass.

338
00:17:27,810 --> 00:17:29,143
[Bryan] No way.

339
00:17:29,143 --> 00:17:31,043
[Vernon] I don't think
we're gonna make it
all the way there.

340
00:17:31,043 --> 00:17:32,543
[James] All right.

341
00:17:32,543 --> 00:17:35,209
Anyway, there the claim is--

342
00:17:35,209 --> 00:17:38,777
Where that sandbar is
is where the claims start.

343
00:17:38,777 --> 00:17:40,476
And if you'll notice,
over on this side,

344
00:17:40,476 --> 00:17:41,743
there are two pieces
of equipment,

345
00:17:41,743 --> 00:17:45,476
an excavator and a trommel.

346
00:17:45,476 --> 00:17:48,576
And that's what the claim
owner told me,

347
00:17:48,576 --> 00:17:50,643
that he thought his partner
had left something there.

348
00:17:50,643 --> 00:17:55,576
So we get back
and launch the drone

349
00:17:55,576 --> 00:17:57,143
and take a good close look
at it.

350
00:17:57,143 --> 00:17:58,276
Yeah. Yeah, that'd be.

351
00:17:58,276 --> 00:18:00,209
- [Vernon] Yeah.
- That'd be great.

352
00:18:00,209 --> 00:18:01,777
[Vernon] To hell with walking
down there.

353
00:18:01,777 --> 00:18:03,643
I'm going to get a drone
in the air

354
00:18:03,643 --> 00:18:06,510
and get a full overhead view
of what we're getting into.

355
00:18:06,510 --> 00:18:08,109
So I know
what I'm dealing with.

356
00:18:09,643 --> 00:18:12,810
It's better to rely
on technology
if you've got it.

357
00:18:12,810 --> 00:18:14,910
And that's kind of
my specialty anyway.

358
00:18:16,343 --> 00:18:17,943
[man 7 speaking]

359
00:18:17,943 --> 00:18:21,576
[Vernon] No, that ain't good.

360
00:18:21,576 --> 00:18:22,877
[Vernon] Fire it up, Bryan.

361
00:18:26,476 --> 00:18:27,677
Go.

362
00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:32,343
Okay, so check out
that equipment shift.

363
00:18:32,343 --> 00:18:34,376
That's a mini excavator
and a trommel.

364
00:18:41,010 --> 00:18:43,076
[Bryan] There it is.
There's an excavator
and a trommel.

365
00:18:43,076 --> 00:18:44,410
That definitely is.

366
00:18:47,043 --> 00:18:48,443
Check the other bank.

367
00:18:48,443 --> 00:18:49,910
Check the bank on this side.

368
00:18:50,910 --> 00:18:52,076
[drone hovering]

369
00:18:57,443 --> 00:18:58,610
[Vernon] I like it.

370
00:18:58,610 --> 00:18:59,777
Yeah. Yeah.

371
00:19:02,376 --> 00:19:04,076
[Vernon] This site
does look promising.

372
00:19:04,076 --> 00:19:06,576
It's wide and relatively deep.

373
00:19:06,576 --> 00:19:09,910
There's a flat ground
where we can park
the equipment.

374
00:19:09,910 --> 00:19:11,810
I think it's worth giving it
a shot,

375
00:19:11,810 --> 00:19:13,576
especially
with the sea conditions.

376
00:19:14,843 --> 00:19:16,643
So we'll get the team down
here tomorrow

377
00:19:16,643 --> 00:19:18,977
if the weather
is still not cooperating

378
00:19:18,977 --> 00:19:20,209
and get to work.

379
00:19:21,543 --> 00:19:23,877
All right, Well, good enough.

380
00:19:23,877 --> 00:19:25,109
Let's get the hell
out of here.

381
00:19:26,109 --> 00:19:27,743
I don't know what the hell
he was telling me.

382
00:19:27,743 --> 00:19:29,843
A couple of hundred yards,
my ass.

383
00:19:31,677 --> 00:19:33,443
Kind of makes me wonder
if the guy's ever actually

384
00:19:33,443 --> 00:19:35,109
even been down here himself.

385
00:19:35,109 --> 00:19:36,643
[James] Yeah.

386
00:19:45,643 --> 00:19:47,943
[narrator] A new dawn
on the Bering Sea.

387
00:19:52,376 --> 00:19:53,677
And as the day starts...

388
00:19:54,710 --> 00:19:56,576
the gods refused
to cooperate.

389
00:19:58,043 --> 00:20:01,143
As currents pick up steam
on the high seas.

390
00:20:05,143 --> 00:20:07,276
[Brad] Where do you guys
want to launch the boat
over right here?

391
00:20:07,276 --> 00:20:08,610
Right here. [bleep]

392
00:20:08,610 --> 00:20:11,143
[Kris] Yeah. We've got
to take it over
to the other side.

393
00:20:11,143 --> 00:20:13,309
[narrator] Well, conditions
are too rough to mine.

394
00:20:13,309 --> 00:20:14,410
[Andy] One, two, three.

395
00:20:14,410 --> 00:20:16,443
- [man 7] Yeah.
- Okay.

396
00:20:16,443 --> 00:20:19,176
[narrator] There's potentially
good news for Captain Kris.

397
00:20:19,176 --> 00:20:20,510
[Brad] We're good.

398
00:20:20,510 --> 00:20:22,710
[narrator] The new
and improved Reaper is ready

399
00:20:22,710 --> 00:20:25,576
to be tested in the calm
waters of the harbor.

400
00:20:26,476 --> 00:20:28,610
[Kris] That's plowing down.

401
00:20:28,610 --> 00:20:30,243
This trailer
is a hunk of [bleep].

402
00:20:30,243 --> 00:20:33,610
[Brad] And the pontoon...
[speaks indistinctly]

403
00:20:33,610 --> 00:20:35,810
[Kris] Sea conditions suck,
we can't mind.

404
00:20:35,810 --> 00:20:37,343
And if this continues,
we're probably

405
00:20:37,343 --> 00:20:39,443
going to lose everything.

406
00:20:39,443 --> 00:20:40,977
But my dad and brother
finally got

407
00:20:40,977 --> 00:20:42,977
the work done on the Reaper.

408
00:20:42,977 --> 00:20:44,176
So we're going to try it out.

409
00:20:44,176 --> 00:20:46,043
Make sure
they didn't screw up anything.

410
00:20:47,410 --> 00:20:48,743
The boat's good to go.

411
00:20:48,743 --> 00:20:51,576
Moving forward,
this will be a big part
of the Reaper's success.

412
00:20:52,677 --> 00:20:53,910
[Andy] Load them Kev.

413
00:20:54,943 --> 00:20:56,376
Grinds.

414
00:20:59,209 --> 00:21:00,677
God, that's a terrible sound.

415
00:21:01,710 --> 00:21:02,943
Stop right there, Kev.

416
00:21:02,943 --> 00:21:05,176
[Kev] That's how
the professionals do it, baby.

417
00:21:08,343 --> 00:21:10,043
[Andy] Okay, let's go.
Start her up.

418
00:21:22,543 --> 00:21:23,777
Is it not starting?

419
00:21:23,777 --> 00:21:25,243
[Brad] No, it's not.

420
00:21:26,076 --> 00:21:27,143
[Andy] Oh, this is great.

421
00:21:28,777 --> 00:21:30,176
What happened, Andy?

422
00:21:30,176 --> 00:21:31,977
[Andy] I don't know.
My dad's in there [bleep]
with it.

423
00:21:33,309 --> 00:21:36,010
[bleep]

424
00:21:36,010 --> 00:21:38,010
[Kris] You guys need
to make it work.

425
00:21:38,010 --> 00:21:40,076
The boat should have been
in the water a week ago.

426
00:21:40,076 --> 00:21:41,977
I'm not really understanding
how he's not getting it.

427
00:21:44,376 --> 00:21:45,877
We got the boat in the water

428
00:21:45,877 --> 00:21:47,576
and the outboard
is not running.

429
00:21:47,576 --> 00:21:49,010
So I don't know
what's going on,

430
00:21:49,010 --> 00:21:50,877
but I know I've got
other [bleep] things to do.

431
00:21:58,476 --> 00:22:00,576
[Andy] You're not going
to get it.

432
00:22:00,576 --> 00:22:02,076
[Kris] What's going on?

433
00:22:02,076 --> 00:22:04,543
It just-- It's not starting.
I'm choking it.

434
00:22:04,543 --> 00:22:06,143
Hey, let's bring it out
of the water

435
00:22:06,143 --> 00:22:07,610
because we're not making
this work.

436
00:22:07,610 --> 00:22:09,476
[Andy] Let's get this
[bleep] thing out of here.

437
00:22:09,476 --> 00:22:11,977
[Kris] Yeah. Great job.

438
00:22:11,977 --> 00:22:16,376
So, shocker of all shockers,
I give my dad and brother
one simple job,

439
00:22:16,376 --> 00:22:18,043
get the Reaper ready to mine,

440
00:22:18,043 --> 00:22:20,143
and they completely
face-planted.

441
00:22:20,143 --> 00:22:21,877
[Kris] I should
have known better.

442
00:22:21,877 --> 00:22:24,410
The problem is I need
this boat working this summer

443
00:22:24,410 --> 00:22:25,643
if I'm going
to have any chance

444
00:22:25,643 --> 00:22:27,309
of Reaper Nation surviving.

445
00:22:27,309 --> 00:22:30,209
So this might sink us
if I can't fix it.

446
00:22:30,209 --> 00:22:31,543
[engine sputtering]

447
00:22:33,309 --> 00:22:34,743
[Kris] Dad. Dad!

448
00:22:34,743 --> 00:22:36,410
You need to stop.

449
00:22:36,410 --> 00:22:38,743
You guys all.

450
00:22:38,743 --> 00:22:40,376
You need to get off my boat.

451
00:22:40,376 --> 00:22:42,209
You guys all.

452
00:22:42,209 --> 00:22:44,710
[Andy] I already see how
this season's going to go,
dude. It's so great.

453
00:22:44,710 --> 00:22:46,643
[Kris] Let me call Chris
and see if there's a trick

454
00:22:46,643 --> 00:22:48,443
that we have to do
to start this.

455
00:22:48,443 --> 00:22:50,777
My dad and brother clearly
have no idea

456
00:22:50,777 --> 00:22:52,410
what they're doing.

457
00:22:52,410 --> 00:22:54,977
We bought the engine
secondhand from Chris McCully,

458
00:22:54,977 --> 00:22:57,910
so hopefully, he can get
in here and get it working.

459
00:22:57,910 --> 00:23:00,576
[Andy] Here he comes now. McCully.

460
00:23:00,576 --> 00:23:02,576
Hey, I tried
to get it started, but...

461
00:23:02,576 --> 00:23:04,643
- [Chris] What happened?
- [Andy] It just
turns over, bro.

462
00:23:05,843 --> 00:23:07,777
You got to put it on neutral.
You got to rev it up.

463
00:23:07,777 --> 00:23:09,410
Do you remember
I told you that?

464
00:23:09,410 --> 00:23:10,843
[Andy] Try to get it
going right now.

465
00:23:19,476 --> 00:23:20,910
That thing is in running.

466
00:23:21,943 --> 00:23:23,476
[Kris] Good job buddy.

467
00:23:23,476 --> 00:23:25,410
Let's get this in the water.

468
00:23:25,410 --> 00:23:26,677
So that's all it took.

469
00:23:26,677 --> 00:23:28,376
My dad and brother
are useless.

470
00:23:31,043 --> 00:23:32,410
[Brad] Okay. Let's go.

471
00:23:41,877 --> 00:23:42,910
We're going.

472
00:23:42,910 --> 00:23:44,677
I don't feel good secure
driving it,

473
00:23:44,677 --> 00:23:46,510
but we're driving it.

474
00:23:46,510 --> 00:23:47,777
Do you know what I mean?

475
00:23:47,777 --> 00:23:49,410
Yeah, baby.

476
00:23:52,143 --> 00:23:53,376
[Kris] The Reaper is alive.

477
00:23:53,376 --> 00:23:56,043
And with that payment coming,
thank God.

478
00:23:56,043 --> 00:23:58,143
We just need the weather
to clear up so we can get

479
00:23:58,143 --> 00:23:59,843
all of Reaper Nation
on the water

480
00:23:59,843 --> 00:24:01,276
so we can make big money.

481
00:24:02,777 --> 00:24:03,910
Oh, yeah.

482
00:24:05,143 --> 00:24:07,076
[Andy] Yeah, everything
is done. Ready to go.

483
00:24:07,076 --> 00:24:08,643
The boat sits perfectly
in the water

484
00:24:08,643 --> 00:24:10,010
with all the weight on it.

485
00:24:10,010 --> 00:24:11,376
I'm happy with this.

486
00:24:12,743 --> 00:24:14,276
[Brad] Next Wednesday,
we will go get gold.

487
00:24:14,276 --> 00:24:15,677
[Andy] Yep.

488
00:24:15,677 --> 00:24:18,376
[narrator] As the new Reaper
finally springs to life.

489
00:24:21,176 --> 00:24:22,877
On the other side
of the harbor.

490
00:24:22,877 --> 00:24:24,843
[Vernon] Let's get
this thing loaded up, guys.

491
00:24:24,843 --> 00:24:26,510
Get on down the road.

492
00:24:26,510 --> 00:24:28,643
The Kougarok is waiting
for us.

493
00:24:28,643 --> 00:24:30,576
[narrator] Vernon Adkison prepares

494
00:24:30,576 --> 00:24:33,309
for a long day's journey
to the Kougarok River.

495
00:24:33,309 --> 00:24:36,943
[Vernon] We're all loaded up
with our prospecting dredge.

496
00:24:36,943 --> 00:24:39,843
We got a four-wheeler,
a trailer,

497
00:24:39,843 --> 00:24:41,010
some other equipment.

498
00:24:41,010 --> 00:24:43,576
Going back to Kougarok...

499
00:24:43,576 --> 00:24:47,710
and we got
the dredge out there
and start prospecting.

500
00:24:47,710 --> 00:24:50,276
Yeah, that's good.
That's good.

501
00:24:50,276 --> 00:24:51,810
All right.
Let's get out of here.

502
00:24:53,343 --> 00:24:55,643
These conditions
can turn on a dime,

503
00:24:55,643 --> 00:24:58,309
especially
in the next two days.

504
00:24:58,309 --> 00:25:00,209
It might be good
for a few hours,

505
00:25:00,209 --> 00:25:02,209
and then they'll turn
to garbage.

506
00:25:02,209 --> 00:25:04,209
That's why we're looking
for an inland claim

507
00:25:04,209 --> 00:25:07,543
that we can call home
and go to any time.

508
00:25:07,543 --> 00:25:09,977
Hopefully, that'll be
the verdict with Kougarok,

509
00:25:09,977 --> 00:25:12,910
because it's a major trek
getting out there.

510
00:25:19,576 --> 00:25:21,677
[Vernon] We'd see
supposed gold.

511
00:25:21,677 --> 00:25:23,243
We'll bring out a bigger rig.

512
00:25:23,243 --> 00:25:24,410
Sweet.

513
00:25:24,410 --> 00:25:26,243
[speaking indistinctly]

514
00:25:26,243 --> 00:25:28,010
- Yeah.
- Yeah, sure.

515
00:25:28,010 --> 00:25:30,576
And I'm kicking a square
in the ass.

516
00:25:30,576 --> 00:25:32,877
Suck up to make some gold,
that's what I'm looking for.

517
00:25:35,343 --> 00:25:36,643
[horn honking]

518
00:25:36,643 --> 00:25:37,843
[Bryan] Damn.

519
00:25:37,843 --> 00:25:38,943
[Vernon] Get off the road.

520
00:25:40,010 --> 00:25:43,043
[Vernon] Got him going
at 22 miles an hour.

521
00:25:43,043 --> 00:25:44,343
He's doing a haul ass.

522
00:25:46,810 --> 00:25:48,410
Get along little doggie.

523
00:25:50,243 --> 00:25:52,743
Maybe he took up a little jog
down the highway,

524
00:25:52,743 --> 00:25:54,109
We'll slow him down
to nothing.

525
00:25:54,109 --> 00:25:56,677
Get out there
and ride his ass.

526
00:25:56,677 --> 00:26:00,010
I mean, he got
the entire state of Alaska
on the left and the right,

527
00:26:00,109 --> 00:26:02,843
but he's choosing to run down
the middle of the road.

528
00:26:02,843 --> 00:26:04,109
[horn honking]

529
00:26:06,510 --> 00:26:08,443
Oh, there he goes.

530
00:26:08,443 --> 00:26:09,710
Goodbye, little buddy.

531
00:26:31,610 --> 00:26:34,276
I don't think people realize
the amount of equipment,

532
00:26:34,276 --> 00:26:37,576
effort, and time it takes
to dredge for gold.

533
00:26:37,576 --> 00:26:38,710
[Bryan] Let's go.

534
00:26:39,977 --> 00:26:41,076
Come on.

535
00:26:41,076 --> 00:26:43,143
[Vernon] Even in the little
river, it still takes

536
00:26:43,143 --> 00:26:45,677
a decent-sized operation.

537
00:26:45,677 --> 00:26:49,643
And all that had to be
transported over 80 miles.

538
00:26:49,643 --> 00:26:52,843
Hopefully, we're only a few
steps away from being set up.

539
00:26:54,276 --> 00:26:55,777
[Bryan] The thing,
looking good?

540
00:27:00,610 --> 00:27:02,510
[Bryan] Oh.

541
00:27:02,510 --> 00:27:04,043
Hey.

542
00:27:04,043 --> 00:27:05,276
That didn't work.

543
00:27:14,443 --> 00:27:15,977
Oh, there goes that idea.

544
00:27:19,209 --> 00:27:20,710
[bleep] that, man.

545
00:27:20,710 --> 00:27:22,176
Damn it.

546
00:27:22,176 --> 00:27:23,243
You know...

547
00:27:26,076 --> 00:27:27,677
Don't [bleep] with me
right now.

548
00:27:27,677 --> 00:27:29,276
I don't even know
if there's gold

549
00:27:29,276 --> 00:27:31,243
in this damn place.

550
00:27:31,243 --> 00:27:33,276
We've been working at it
for two days,

551
00:27:33,276 --> 00:27:36,043
and now we got
a wheeler stuck.

552
00:27:36,043 --> 00:27:39,176
This is slowly turning
into a clutter [bleep].

553
00:27:39,176 --> 00:27:41,643
I'm beginning to wonder
if this mission is a curse.

554
00:27:51,109 --> 00:27:52,276
All right.

555
00:27:55,143 --> 00:27:57,010
Finally, two days.

556
00:28:00,309 --> 00:28:01,877
240 miles.

557
00:28:03,043 --> 00:28:04,143
[Bryan] I got it.

558
00:28:04,143 --> 00:28:06,076
And I don't know how many
tons of equipment

559
00:28:06,076 --> 00:28:07,476
were transported later.

560
00:28:08,677 --> 00:28:09,943
That won't go anywhere.

561
00:28:12,810 --> 00:28:15,510
We're finally ready to get
a body in the water and see

562
00:28:15,510 --> 00:28:17,243
if there's any damn gold here.

563
00:28:17,243 --> 00:28:19,209
That water is freezing cold.

564
00:28:19,209 --> 00:28:23,043
It's like literally ice water.

565
00:28:23,043 --> 00:28:25,643
The water in the ocean
is pretty warm throughout,

566
00:28:25,643 --> 00:28:29,610
48 degrees just up here at 34,
a couple of degrees

567
00:28:29,610 --> 00:28:31,076
above freezing.

568
00:28:31,076 --> 00:28:33,143
Well, Bryan, look here.

569
00:28:33,143 --> 00:28:35,543
I don't want you
to go hypothermic.

570
00:28:35,543 --> 00:28:36,710
You just stay out there.

571
00:28:36,710 --> 00:28:39,710
And when you get--
when you start getting
[bleep].

572
00:28:39,710 --> 00:28:41,476
You just come out
and get warm.

573
00:28:41,476 --> 00:28:43,476
[Bryan speaking]

574
00:28:44,743 --> 00:28:46,810
[Vernon] Maybe
he can get the...

575
00:28:46,810 --> 00:28:48,010
[Bryan speaking]

576
00:28:48,010 --> 00:28:49,510
[Vernon] ...water warming
up the sick guys,

577
00:28:49,510 --> 00:28:51,043
but at least get his toes warm.

578
00:28:51,043 --> 00:28:54,176
The thing about it
is that once your feet go

579
00:28:54,176 --> 00:28:55,843
right after that,
your brain goes.

580
00:28:55,843 --> 00:28:57,043
You go hypothermic.

581
00:29:02,076 --> 00:29:04,109
Yeah. Bryan's got some
hot water now.

582
00:29:04,109 --> 00:29:07,010
So he's the man of the moment.

583
00:29:07,010 --> 00:29:08,643
I mean, that water
right there

584
00:29:08,643 --> 00:29:11,109
is way colder than the water
in the ocean right now.

585
00:29:13,576 --> 00:29:15,343
That damn Bryan
is a polar bear.

586
00:29:27,076 --> 00:29:28,443
[narrator] On the Bering Sea.

587
00:29:30,010 --> 00:29:32,810
For the first time
in five days,

588
00:29:32,810 --> 00:29:35,343
Mother Nature
may be giving the miners

589
00:29:35,343 --> 00:29:36,610
a short break
in the weather.

590
00:29:39,209 --> 00:29:41,376
[Emily] Holly. Come here.
Holly, come here.

591
00:29:41,376 --> 00:29:42,510
Come here.

592
00:29:42,510 --> 00:29:44,243
Come on.

593
00:29:44,243 --> 00:29:45,843
Yeah, you did it.

594
00:29:47,476 --> 00:29:49,843
Good girl. You're a champion.

595
00:29:49,843 --> 00:29:51,743
Good girl.

596
00:29:51,743 --> 00:29:53,309
[narrator] And after being
turned back

597
00:29:53,309 --> 00:29:54,910
by rough seas yesterday...

598
00:29:56,710 --> 00:29:59,877
[Emily] The weather's good
again for a bit.

599
00:29:59,877 --> 00:30:01,877
The visibility
should be improving.

600
00:30:01,877 --> 00:30:04,810
[narrator] Emily Riedel
is doggedly jumping

601
00:30:04,810 --> 00:30:07,743
at Mother Nature's
sudden opportunity.

602
00:30:07,743 --> 00:30:09,643
[Emily] We've got to really
take advantage of this good

603
00:30:09,643 --> 00:30:12,810
weather window, so we'll get
out there and see

604
00:30:12,810 --> 00:30:14,010
how she rolls.

605
00:30:16,877 --> 00:30:18,410
We got a good window here

606
00:30:18,410 --> 00:30:19,943
and we're not going
to waste time,

607
00:30:19,943 --> 00:30:21,743
so we're going
to get two dives in

608
00:30:21,743 --> 00:30:23,610
and make up
for the lost time.

609
00:30:23,610 --> 00:30:25,510
When the Bering Sea
throws you a curveball,

610
00:30:25,510 --> 00:30:26,710
you just have to adjust.

611
00:30:26,710 --> 00:30:27,910
and that's what
we're gonna do.

612
00:30:31,977 --> 00:30:33,343
It's nice out.
And it's swelly.

613
00:30:35,977 --> 00:30:37,777
I bring in a new... Rick,

614
00:30:37,777 --> 00:30:39,143
a new diver for the boat.

615
00:30:40,576 --> 00:30:41,743
[Emily] Here's Rick.

616
00:30:41,743 --> 00:30:43,443
I got to send Rick down
and see

617
00:30:43,443 --> 00:30:44,843
what we're working with.

618
00:30:46,610 --> 00:30:47,810
I don't need another diva.

619
00:30:47,810 --> 00:30:49,910
I just need someone
to get us on the gold

620
00:30:49,910 --> 00:30:52,410
so the next driver
can guzzle it up.

621
00:30:52,410 --> 00:30:53,943
Fingers crossed.
He's a good hire.

622
00:30:53,943 --> 00:30:56,376
[Rick speaking]

623
00:31:19,977 --> 00:31:21,510
[Emily] Hey, what's up, Rick?

624
00:31:22,576 --> 00:31:23,943
[Rick] Kind of dark down here.

625
00:31:26,576 --> 00:31:28,476
Pretty clear, but dark.

626
00:31:28,476 --> 00:31:30,443
Just dark.

627
00:31:30,443 --> 00:31:31,610
[Emily] Yeah. Roger that.

628
00:31:31,610 --> 00:31:34,309
[Rick speaking]

629
00:31:34,309 --> 00:31:36,743
[Emily] No. We need
to get some gold, man.

630
00:31:36,743 --> 00:31:39,476
[Rick speaking]

631
00:31:43,043 --> 00:31:45,143
[Emily] All right, Roger. Roger.

632
00:31:45,143 --> 00:31:46,977
[Rick speaking]

633
00:31:55,610 --> 00:31:57,343
[Emily]
Okay, copy that.

634
00:31:58,843 --> 00:32:00,576
[Rick speaking]

635
00:32:04,476 --> 00:32:06,143
[Emily] [bleep] Yeah.
That's awesome, dude.

636
00:32:06,143 --> 00:32:07,510
[Rick speaking]

637
00:32:09,076 --> 00:32:10,276
[Emily] That sounds good.

638
00:32:11,810 --> 00:32:13,143
This is what I wanted to hear.

639
00:32:13,143 --> 00:32:16,410
These old timers are amazing
at sniffing out
untouched ground.

640
00:32:16,410 --> 00:32:18,176
And that's exactly
what Rick did.

641
00:32:18,176 --> 00:32:19,710
Now we're off and running.

642
00:32:20,777 --> 00:32:23,010
Trying to make the most out
of good weather.

643
00:32:24,076 --> 00:32:25,977
God willing.

644
00:32:25,977 --> 00:32:27,643
[Emily singing]

645
00:32:31,743 --> 00:32:33,576
[narrator] Soon, though,
Emily's dredge

646
00:32:33,576 --> 00:32:35,276
will not be the only one
at work.

647
00:32:40,343 --> 00:32:41,476
[Zeke] It looks like
good weather.

648
00:32:41,476 --> 00:32:44,276
So might as well bring
the boat over to the lawn,

649
00:32:44,276 --> 00:32:46,276
tramp over on the other side
of the harbor.

650
00:32:46,276 --> 00:32:47,877
You're back in the water.

651
00:32:47,877 --> 00:32:50,677
[narrator] Zeke Tenhoff
is ready to join the fun.

652
00:32:52,510 --> 00:32:55,309
And rush onto the water
with his personally

653
00:32:55,309 --> 00:32:56,643
constructed dredge.

654
00:32:57,677 --> 00:32:59,576
[Zeke] So, I mean,
I'm going to go out there.

655
00:32:59,576 --> 00:33:03,143
I'm going to get six or seven
hours, get a bunch of gold.

656
00:33:03,143 --> 00:33:04,743
It's heartbreaking
that we've been pushed off

657
00:33:04,743 --> 00:33:06,476
the water as long
as we have.

658
00:33:06,476 --> 00:33:09,176
The good news is that
the wind has died down,

659
00:33:09,176 --> 00:33:10,743
the visibility is improving.

660
00:33:10,743 --> 00:33:12,510
And I finally got a chance
to get out there

661
00:33:12,510 --> 00:33:13,843
and get some more gold.

662
00:33:13,843 --> 00:33:15,010
And I'm going to take it.

663
00:33:15,010 --> 00:33:16,343
We're ready to go.

664
00:33:19,209 --> 00:33:21,243
Get out and do
some mining here.

665
00:33:22,476 --> 00:33:23,643
I've got to get out
on the water

666
00:33:23,643 --> 00:33:25,143
before the weather changes again.

667
00:33:25,143 --> 00:33:27,576
Steve is MIA.

668
00:33:27,576 --> 00:33:29,743
So, I'm going to have to bring
in a new tender

669
00:33:29,743 --> 00:33:30,877
on short notice.

670
00:33:30,877 --> 00:33:32,109
It's not just anyone.

671
00:33:32,109 --> 00:33:34,243
It's my girlfriend, Lexi.

672
00:33:34,243 --> 00:33:35,777
[Lexi speaking]

673
00:33:39,643 --> 00:33:41,777
[Zeke] Some might say
that bringing your girlfriend

674
00:33:41,777 --> 00:33:45,043
into a work situation
is unwise.

675
00:33:45,043 --> 00:33:48,309
And judging by the history
I have had with this,

676
00:33:48,309 --> 00:33:50,209
they would have a point.

677
00:33:50,209 --> 00:33:52,543
You can just clarify
what it's like,

678
00:33:52,543 --> 00:33:53,977
what the nature
of our relationship is.

679
00:33:53,977 --> 00:33:55,376
It's gotten personal.

680
00:33:55,376 --> 00:33:56,910
You said you're gonna come up

681
00:33:56,910 --> 00:33:59,510
and burn my [bleep] house
down with me in it.

682
00:33:59,510 --> 00:34:02,176
Come on. You know,
calm down [bleep] on.

683
00:34:02,176 --> 00:34:04,143
All right. It's been nice
working with you.

684
00:34:04,143 --> 00:34:06,143
I'm hoping that this time
it works out better

685
00:34:06,143 --> 00:34:07,943
having my girlfriend
on the boat.

686
00:34:15,309 --> 00:34:17,610
Good to go. Perfect.

687
00:34:19,043 --> 00:34:20,243
- Thank you.
- Yeah.

688
00:34:25,543 --> 00:34:27,243
It's like shavings
on your head.

689
00:34:38,977 --> 00:34:40,209
[Lexi] Well, good luck.

690
00:34:42,209 --> 00:34:43,343
[Zeke] I'm really excited.

691
00:34:44,743 --> 00:34:45,843
I'm on the bottom.

692
00:34:55,943 --> 00:34:57,710
[Zeke grunting]

693
00:34:57,710 --> 00:34:59,943
I don't have any suction
at all.

694
00:35:02,043 --> 00:35:03,510
Turn the pumps
all the way up.

695
00:35:03,510 --> 00:35:05,710
So I have enough suction
to dig this hole.

696
00:35:05,710 --> 00:35:06,843
All right.

697
00:35:08,309 --> 00:35:09,777
Coming right up.

698
00:35:25,276 --> 00:35:26,543
[Zeke] Yes.

699
00:35:26,543 --> 00:35:27,710
[Lexi] Is it better?

700
00:35:27,710 --> 00:35:29,943
[Zeke] Okay, yeah.
That's better.

701
00:35:29,943 --> 00:35:31,243
Thanks.

702
00:35:32,877 --> 00:35:35,010
[Zeke] It's just like
a little patch of rocks.

703
00:35:36,543 --> 00:35:38,076
I'm just going to excavate.

704
00:35:39,576 --> 00:35:42,209
I might pick up and wait
for a little over the door.

705
00:35:42,209 --> 00:35:43,877
And I found this spot.

706
00:35:43,877 --> 00:35:45,343
It'll be easy to miss.

707
00:35:46,576 --> 00:35:47,843
Great. Okay.

708
00:35:49,943 --> 00:35:52,476
[Zeke] Oh, yeah.
There's a piece
of course gold.

709
00:35:52,476 --> 00:35:53,643
[Lexi] Awesome.

710
00:35:57,476 --> 00:36:00,510
[Zeke] Yeah, there's I think
there's nuggets under here.

711
00:36:00,510 --> 00:36:02,610
[Lexi] No way!

712
00:36:02,610 --> 00:36:04,843
[Zeke] The gold
is just unbelievably hot.

713
00:36:06,810 --> 00:36:08,143
It's just crazy.

714
00:36:08,143 --> 00:36:09,643
Thinking my eyes pop out.

715
00:36:11,309 --> 00:36:13,743
But they are really just
getting into it.

716
00:36:13,743 --> 00:36:15,743
There's a lot more gold here
for me to dredge.

717
00:36:15,743 --> 00:36:17,610
[Lexi] That's crazy.

718
00:36:17,610 --> 00:36:19,476
[Zeke] Crazy. Crazy rich.

719
00:36:21,610 --> 00:36:23,777
[Zeke] He's tried to do
this before with girlfriends,

720
00:36:23,777 --> 00:36:27,043
I think,
and it didn't work out.

721
00:36:27,043 --> 00:36:30,943
[Zeke] I'm not getting
a lot of gold out here
as it is.

722
00:36:30,943 --> 00:36:32,309
Like I can't [bleep].

723
00:36:35,243 --> 00:36:37,043
[Lexi speaking]

724
00:36:38,410 --> 00:36:39,843
[narrator] 11 miles east.

725
00:36:47,209 --> 00:36:48,643
[Shawn speaking]

726
00:36:52,677 --> 00:36:55,176
[narrator] His operations
on the water may be down,

727
00:36:55,176 --> 00:36:58,209
but Mr. Gold is determined
not to skip a beat.

728
00:36:58,209 --> 00:36:59,743
[Shawn speaking]

729
00:37:03,977 --> 00:37:05,777
[narrator] As he tears
into the new cut

730
00:37:08,176 --> 00:37:09,510
at the inland mine.

731
00:37:13,176 --> 00:37:15,243
[Shawn speaking]

732
00:37:20,810 --> 00:37:23,176
You got to be fast
on your toes in gold mining.

733
00:37:23,176 --> 00:37:25,610
You have to be able to focus
on all aspects

734
00:37:25,610 --> 00:37:26,810
of your business.

735
00:37:33,543 --> 00:37:35,443
Got some dirt moved.

736
00:37:35,443 --> 00:37:37,843
We're gonna name this
new cup, Cooper Gulch

737
00:37:37,843 --> 00:37:39,677
because it's right next
to Cooper Golf.

738
00:37:41,243 --> 00:37:43,376
Hopefully, this cut delivers
what we need

739
00:37:43,376 --> 00:37:45,410
because we have not
been on the water

740
00:37:45,410 --> 00:37:47,043
with the weather being so bad.

741
00:37:49,476 --> 00:37:51,143
Can't have any downtime.

742
00:37:51,143 --> 00:37:52,343
Not in any way.

743
00:37:52,343 --> 00:37:53,977
Not in operation this big.

744
00:37:55,777 --> 00:37:58,343
All right, now we're going
to run a haul truck...

745
00:37:59,376 --> 00:38:01,410
bring pay to the wash plant.

746
00:38:01,410 --> 00:38:03,910
First thing in the step
of gold mining,

747
00:38:03,910 --> 00:38:05,376
you need paydirt.

748
00:38:05,376 --> 00:38:07,443
Dirt with gold in it.

749
00:38:07,443 --> 00:38:09,343
That's the moneymaker
right there.

750
00:38:11,877 --> 00:38:13,276
[Shawn] This is a haul truck.

751
00:38:16,010 --> 00:38:18,143
Dump truck hauls ten yards.

752
00:38:18,143 --> 00:38:19,910
This holds 20.

753
00:38:19,910 --> 00:38:22,510
And it's made to be go
on the off-road.

754
00:38:24,176 --> 00:38:26,943
You know, my dad and I used
to run this mine together

755
00:38:26,943 --> 00:38:29,877
for many years,
but it wasn't pretty.

756
00:38:29,877 --> 00:38:32,510
You keep being a [bleep] ass.

757
00:38:32,510 --> 00:38:34,710
- You are [bleep].
- [bleep].

758
00:38:34,710 --> 00:38:36,943
[Steve] Clean up
your damn mess
when you get done.

759
00:38:36,943 --> 00:38:38,910
I'm gonna sell my half
of this [bleep] company,

760
00:38:38,910 --> 00:38:40,743
and you can do it by yourself.

761
00:38:40,743 --> 00:38:42,109
Thanks for the gold boys.

762
00:38:42,109 --> 00:38:43,710
We may have
to fight you for it.

763
00:38:44,743 --> 00:38:45,910
Now that's mine.

764
00:38:45,910 --> 00:38:47,309
I'm going to run it my way.

765
00:38:47,309 --> 00:38:49,977
Efficient, smart,
and a money-making machine.

766
00:38:52,543 --> 00:38:53,710
[Shawn] Here we go.

767
00:38:53,710 --> 00:38:56,843
Now he's going to put
a load of paydirt in here.

768
00:38:59,043 --> 00:39:01,309
That's a 992 loader.

769
00:39:01,309 --> 00:39:03,010
Every bucket is ten yards.

770
00:39:04,810 --> 00:39:06,443
Once we get it to load,

771
00:39:06,443 --> 00:39:07,977
give her a little shake,

772
00:39:07,977 --> 00:39:09,576
and now we're on our way.

773
00:39:11,176 --> 00:39:15,376
So we got 45,000 pounds worth
of dirt

774
00:39:15,376 --> 00:39:17,243
in the back of the truck.

775
00:39:17,243 --> 00:39:18,810
We're headed
to the wash plant.

776
00:39:20,309 --> 00:39:23,243
We're gonna dump
the paydirt in the pay pile.

777
00:39:30,476 --> 00:39:31,610
[Shawn] Wow.

778
00:39:31,610 --> 00:39:34,576
That is a pretty simple process.

779
00:39:34,576 --> 00:39:36,610
Load up the paydirt
from the cut.

780
00:39:36,610 --> 00:39:37,910
Bring it to the wash plant.

781
00:39:37,910 --> 00:39:39,910
Wash it.

782
00:39:39,910 --> 00:39:43,943
Now we just got to do it
about 10,000 more times.

783
00:40:00,243 --> 00:40:02,043
[Emily] Hey, what's up, Rick?

784
00:40:03,043 --> 00:40:04,376
[Rick speaking]

785
00:40:14,910 --> 00:40:16,476
[Emily] Time to score.

786
00:40:16,476 --> 00:40:18,376
[narrator] After days
on the sidelines.

787
00:40:18,376 --> 00:40:21,343
Emily Riedel is looking
to make the most of a break

788
00:40:21,343 --> 00:40:23,943
in the weather
with a double dive day.

789
00:40:25,543 --> 00:40:27,977
He's working some really
challenging ground right now.

790
00:40:27,977 --> 00:40:29,677
It's just
a lot of overburden...

791
00:40:30,877 --> 00:40:34,910
a lot of really tightly packed
gravel, difficult to move.

792
00:40:34,910 --> 00:40:37,176
[Rick speaking]

793
00:40:37,176 --> 00:40:38,476
[Emily] All right.
All right, Rick.

794
00:40:38,476 --> 00:40:40,209
That's good. I'll see you
when you get up.

795
00:40:40,209 --> 00:40:42,176
You don't have to hook up
the nozzle.

796
00:40:42,176 --> 00:40:44,109
We got another driver
coming right out.

797
00:40:44,109 --> 00:40:45,276
[Rick] Okay.

798
00:40:50,109 --> 00:40:51,743
[Emily] Rick's super
old-school diver.

799
00:40:51,743 --> 00:40:54,443
He's done an awesome job
at getting us

800
00:40:54,443 --> 00:40:56,010
on some unworked ground.

801
00:40:56,010 --> 00:40:58,743
He's worked through a lot
of the overburden and rocks.

802
00:40:58,743 --> 00:41:00,109
You're good.

803
00:41:01,443 --> 00:41:02,643
Bueno.

804
00:41:04,309 --> 00:41:05,877
It's snug enough.

805
00:41:05,877 --> 00:41:07,143
[Emily] And now
we're going to get

806
00:41:07,143 --> 00:41:08,710
Grant down there
to suck up the gold.

807
00:41:10,343 --> 00:41:11,743
Go kick-ass.

808
00:41:43,977 --> 00:41:45,309
[Emily] How's it looking
down there?

809
00:41:46,677 --> 00:41:48,943
[Grant] The visibility
is terrible.

810
00:41:50,710 --> 00:41:52,209
The water is looking
pretty dark.

811
00:41:53,510 --> 00:41:54,710
[Emily] Yeah, 10-4.

812
00:41:58,643 --> 00:42:02,076
[Grant] Up. Coming up
on some cobble.

813
00:42:02,076 --> 00:42:03,410
Let me try this for a second.

814
00:42:04,843 --> 00:42:06,209
[Emily] Yeah, roger that.

815
00:42:15,043 --> 00:42:16,610
[Grant] I'm starting to see
a couple of specks

816
00:42:16,610 --> 00:42:17,810
of gold down here.

817
00:42:17,810 --> 00:42:19,343
That's exciting.

818
00:42:19,343 --> 00:42:22,576
[Emily] Oh, yeah. Do you see
some gold down there?

819
00:42:22,576 --> 00:42:24,143
[Grant speaking]

820
00:42:28,010 --> 00:42:30,010
[Emily yelling]

821
00:42:31,977 --> 00:42:33,076
[Emily] After that time,

822
00:42:33,076 --> 00:42:34,910
that's exactly
what we're looking for.

823
00:42:34,910 --> 00:42:36,710
Now, hopefully,
Grant can hit it big

824
00:42:36,710 --> 00:42:38,910
and pull in enough ounces
for two days.

825
00:42:38,910 --> 00:42:40,209
We need it.

826
00:42:40,209 --> 00:42:44,309
Definitely have high hopes,
but I'm aiming big
this summer.

827
00:42:44,309 --> 00:42:45,610
[Emily speaking]

828
00:42:47,843 --> 00:42:49,143
[Emily] Rattle, rattle, rat.

829
00:42:51,877 --> 00:42:53,076
[narrator] Ten miles west.

830
00:42:56,143 --> 00:42:57,977
[Lexi] Zeke, do you copy?

831
00:42:59,076 --> 00:43:00,576
How's it looking down there?

832
00:43:03,143 --> 00:43:06,309
[Zeke] I'm just bugging out
on all this gold here.

833
00:43:06,309 --> 00:43:07,843
It's just tripping me off.

834
00:43:07,843 --> 00:43:09,877
[Lexi] That's great.

835
00:43:09,877 --> 00:43:11,943
[narrator] Finally back
on the sea floor.

836
00:43:11,943 --> 00:43:14,543
A fresh face topside.

837
00:43:14,543 --> 00:43:16,943
Maybe a good luck charm
for Zeke Tenhoff.

838
00:43:18,309 --> 00:43:20,476
[Zeke] I have only seen stuff
this good a couple of times.

839
00:43:22,143 --> 00:43:24,276
There haven't been that
many people that have searched

840
00:43:24,276 --> 00:43:26,010
around here a lot.

841
00:43:26,010 --> 00:43:27,143
And...

842
00:43:28,677 --> 00:43:30,410
it's just crazy.

843
00:43:30,410 --> 00:43:31,710
[Lexi] Wow.

844
00:43:33,209 --> 00:43:34,309
[Zeke] How are you doing?

845
00:43:34,309 --> 00:43:35,710
[Lexi] A little exhausted,
I guess.

846
00:43:35,710 --> 00:43:37,109
I mean.

847
00:43:37,109 --> 00:43:38,710
It's great on the ocean.

848
00:43:39,777 --> 00:43:41,276
[Zeke] It's great
to have a tender.

849
00:43:41,276 --> 00:43:42,510
[Lexi] Aw!

850
00:43:44,576 --> 00:43:46,343
[Zeke speaking]

851
00:43:47,843 --> 00:43:49,109
[Lexi speaking]

852
00:43:50,643 --> 00:43:53,510
[Zeke] It helps me know
that I don't have to make

853
00:43:53,510 --> 00:43:55,376
so many trips to the surface.

854
00:43:56,877 --> 00:43:58,977
[Zeke speaking]

855
00:44:04,209 --> 00:44:06,243
[Zeke] I'm going to wrap it up
for today.

856
00:44:06,243 --> 00:44:07,843
[Lexi] Okay. Copy.

857
00:44:07,843 --> 00:44:09,443
Sounds good.

858
00:44:09,443 --> 00:44:10,476
[Zeke] Okay.

859
00:44:11,510 --> 00:44:14,343
Got to get it
when the going is good.

860
00:44:14,343 --> 00:44:16,276
[Zeke] Without a tender,
I probably wouldn't even

861
00:44:16,276 --> 00:44:17,610
been able to come out today.

862
00:44:17,610 --> 00:44:19,810
Thank God I had Lexi around
to help.

863
00:44:19,810 --> 00:44:21,510
I would have missed
this window,

864
00:44:21,510 --> 00:44:23,510
and a setback like that
would have really put me

865
00:44:23,510 --> 00:44:25,877
behind the curve for gold
production this summer.

866
00:44:27,309 --> 00:44:30,343
I think this is the best gig
that there is.

867
00:44:30,343 --> 00:44:32,777
Maybe the rule about
not bringing your girlfriend

868
00:44:32,777 --> 00:44:35,710
onto the boat
just depends a lot

869
00:44:35,710 --> 00:44:37,309
on who your girlfriend is.

870
00:44:42,243 --> 00:44:44,143
Because this has been working
out fine.

871
00:44:45,443 --> 00:44:47,143
I was on gold all day.

872
00:44:48,910 --> 00:44:50,043
Good day.

873
00:44:50,043 --> 00:44:51,276
[Lexi] That's awesome.

874
00:44:53,576 --> 00:44:55,443
[narrator] Eighty miles
outside Nome.

875
00:44:59,010 --> 00:45:01,109
[Vernon] I think,
we're gonna need more gas.

876
00:45:06,510 --> 00:45:08,343
[narrator] As Vernon Adkison
burns up

877
00:45:08,343 --> 00:45:09,810
the Kougarok coastline,

878
00:45:10,877 --> 00:45:13,643
Bryan Wilder braves
the frigid river water

879
00:45:13,643 --> 00:45:15,043
in search of gold.

880
00:45:22,576 --> 00:45:24,743
[Vernon] Damn wind
is blowing it out.

881
00:45:24,743 --> 00:45:26,843
Let's move that...

882
00:45:26,843 --> 00:45:29,109
Move that sled over here
to buck the wind.

883
00:45:30,376 --> 00:45:32,443
It's getting colder
than a winter...

884
00:45:32,443 --> 00:45:34,343
well, colder than
a witch out here.

885
00:45:41,743 --> 00:45:44,209
And just like
everything else out here,

886
00:45:44,209 --> 00:45:47,376
starting a fire is proving
to be a royal pain.

887
00:45:48,543 --> 00:45:50,410
Damn wind.

888
00:45:50,410 --> 00:45:52,343
You know, damn it.

889
00:45:54,143 --> 00:45:56,977
Bryan has been pretty good,
but off for a few hours now,

890
00:45:56,977 --> 00:45:59,043
dredging out
that river bottom.

891
00:45:59,043 --> 00:46:01,276
Hopefully, he's gotten
into something good

892
00:46:01,276 --> 00:46:04,176
and this hasn't been
a fool's errand from hell.

893
00:46:06,209 --> 00:46:07,843
Hey, Bryan.

894
00:46:07,843 --> 00:46:10,510
Let's go ahead
and shut it down.

895
00:46:10,510 --> 00:46:12,643
Get a shot.
We've got a good fire going.

896
00:46:12,643 --> 00:46:14,476
Come over here and get warm.

897
00:46:14,476 --> 00:46:16,877
He's freezing
his ass off out there.

898
00:46:16,877 --> 00:46:19,143
That water is ice cold.

899
00:46:23,410 --> 00:46:25,977
He's just praying
that I'd call him.

900
00:46:25,977 --> 00:46:27,343
He wouldn't call it.

901
00:46:27,343 --> 00:46:29,576
He would stay in
until he's blue all over.

902
00:46:32,143 --> 00:46:34,710
Just get the anchor up here
on the beach.

903
00:46:34,710 --> 00:46:36,510
You guys come on over
and get warm.

904
00:46:41,943 --> 00:46:43,610
[Bryan speaking]

905
00:46:44,677 --> 00:46:46,576
[Bryan] Oh, I feel that, though.

906
00:46:46,576 --> 00:46:48,510
Oh, yeah.

907
00:46:48,510 --> 00:46:49,743
- [Vernon] Yeah.
- [Bryan speaking]

908
00:46:49,743 --> 00:46:51,910
[Vernon] I thought
you'd like that.

909
00:46:51,910 --> 00:46:53,410
[Bryan speaking]

910
00:46:53,410 --> 00:46:55,109
[Vernon] Yeah.

911
00:46:55,109 --> 00:46:56,943
Your face
is a little bit blue.

912
00:46:56,943 --> 00:46:58,143
You know?

913
00:46:58,143 --> 00:47:00,010
I mean, you look good in blue.

914
00:47:00,109 --> 00:47:01,476
[Bryan speaking]

915
00:47:02,610 --> 00:47:03,777
[man 8 speaking]

916
00:47:03,777 --> 00:47:05,176
[Bryan speaking]

917
00:47:08,476 --> 00:47:11,376
[Vernon] My goal is to become
the gold king of Nome.

918
00:47:11,376 --> 00:47:14,476
And if the weather is going
to kick us off the ocean

919
00:47:14,476 --> 00:47:16,176
from time to time,

920
00:47:16,176 --> 00:47:18,143
I need an inland
spot to keep me

921
00:47:18,143 --> 00:47:20,410
on top of the throne.

922
00:47:20,410 --> 00:47:22,910
So if this claim is as loaded
as the stories

923
00:47:22,910 --> 00:47:25,243
I'm hearing,
this could be the spot.

924
00:47:25,243 --> 00:47:28,743
[Bryan] So, let's see
if there's any gold
in the box.

925
00:47:28,743 --> 00:47:30,109
It's in here,

926
00:47:31,043 --> 00:47:32,243
kind of washed out.

927
00:47:33,743 --> 00:47:36,343
We're going to have to do
a cleanup in the carpet here
and see what we got.

928
00:47:41,143 --> 00:47:42,543
[Bryan speaking]

929
00:47:43,610 --> 00:47:45,309
[Bryan] No. No gold.

930
00:47:45,309 --> 00:47:46,777
Well, no visible gold.

931
00:47:46,777 --> 00:47:48,109
[Bryan speaking]

932
00:47:52,243 --> 00:47:53,743
[Vernon] If there's none showing,

933
00:47:53,743 --> 00:47:55,710
maybe we'll see something
later when we clean it.

934
00:48:01,176 --> 00:48:03,743
If we come up empty
after busting our balls

935
00:48:03,743 --> 00:48:06,576
to get out here,
I would not be a happy camper,

936
00:48:06,576 --> 00:48:07,677
to say the least.

937
00:48:07,677 --> 00:48:09,076
There have been times
when the box

938
00:48:09,076 --> 00:48:12,076
doesn't look great,
but we end up
with a strong cleanout.

939
00:48:12,076 --> 00:48:14,043
So here's to hoping
that happens.

940
00:48:14,043 --> 00:48:16,309
We'll give it about
one more beer,

941
00:48:16,309 --> 00:48:20,109
and then we'll put
[bleep] away
and get on out of here.

942
00:48:20,109 --> 00:48:22,109
- [man 8] All right.
- Sounds good to me.

943
00:48:23,309 --> 00:48:24,877
[Vernon] When we're done,
we've got to take

944
00:48:24,877 --> 00:48:26,410
all these beer cans
out of here.

945
00:48:35,710 --> 00:48:37,910
[Emily] Hey,
you got a copy.

946
00:48:37,910 --> 00:48:39,109
[Grant speaking]

947
00:48:40,309 --> 00:48:42,443
[Emily] How's the pipe
down there? How's it going?

948
00:48:43,943 --> 00:48:45,209
[Grant] Oh, pretty good.

949
00:48:47,877 --> 00:48:49,510
[Emily] Weather
is a little edgy.

950
00:48:49,510 --> 00:48:51,043
[Grant] Se we can wrap it up.

951
00:48:52,143 --> 00:48:53,376
All right.

952
00:48:55,743 --> 00:48:56,910
Well, I better...

953
00:48:59,643 --> 00:49:00,843
tag out.

954
00:49:02,743 --> 00:49:04,977
[Emily] All right.
That's great. That's great.
Sounds good.

955
00:49:06,276 --> 00:49:08,010
All right, buddy.
I'll see you at the top.

956
00:49:14,243 --> 00:49:16,043
The Bering Sea kept us
off the water.

957
00:49:16,043 --> 00:49:17,410
But we cannot be stopped.

958
00:49:19,543 --> 00:49:21,610
We got two awesome
dives today

959
00:49:21,610 --> 00:49:23,076
and we came back
really strong.

960
00:49:23,076 --> 00:49:25,276
I think we just had
our biggest day of the season.

961
00:49:27,209 --> 00:49:28,543
We'll see how it goes.

962
00:49:28,543 --> 00:49:30,243
But if we keep up
at this rate,

963
00:49:30,243 --> 00:49:32,610
I can legit build a legacy
for my family.

964
00:49:36,543 --> 00:49:37,643
You kept me hanging.

965
00:49:39,243 --> 00:49:40,743
Back again are the waters.

966
00:49:45,143 --> 00:49:46,743
[narrator] As the waves
pick up steam...

967
00:49:48,877 --> 00:49:51,610
one member of the fleet
is just getting started.

968
00:49:56,810 --> 00:49:58,710
[Kris] We're off to do it again.

969
00:49:58,710 --> 00:50:01,877
The truth is, it is [bleep]
South breeze.

970
00:50:01,877 --> 00:50:03,243
Ninety percent of the time,

971
00:50:03,243 --> 00:50:05,309
you do not go out
into these situations.

972
00:50:05,309 --> 00:50:07,643
[James speaking]

973
00:50:07,643 --> 00:50:12,076
[narrator] Likely a day late
and $125,000 short,

974
00:50:12,076 --> 00:50:14,843
Kris Kelly looks to give
it a go just

975
00:50:14,843 --> 00:50:17,443
as Mother Nature's wrath returns.

976
00:50:18,476 --> 00:50:19,877
[James speaking]

977
00:50:25,576 --> 00:50:26,743
[Kris] I got it.
I got it.

978
00:50:26,743 --> 00:50:27,910
Let's go for a boat ride.

979
00:50:27,910 --> 00:50:30,176
Come on, buddy.
Be in a better mood.

980
00:50:30,176 --> 00:50:31,610
Come on, let's go.

981
00:50:36,243 --> 00:50:37,677
Fire up the generator.

982
00:50:43,777 --> 00:50:45,877
So we tested out the Reaper,
and then we heard

983
00:50:45,877 --> 00:50:47,276
there was a break
in the weather.

984
00:50:47,276 --> 00:50:49,176
So we rushed out here
as fast as we can

985
00:50:49,176 --> 00:50:50,643
to get some mining in.

986
00:50:50,643 --> 00:50:53,043
Is it better today
than yesterday?

987
00:50:53,043 --> 00:50:54,843
At this point, not really.

988
00:50:54,843 --> 00:50:58,376
But we owe a boatload of money
at the end of the month.

989
00:50:58,376 --> 00:50:59,943
We're going. Simple as that.

990
00:51:02,410 --> 00:51:04,343
[James] Security.
Security, security.

991
00:51:04,343 --> 00:51:06,410
This is Mistress leaving
the south wall, exiting

992
00:51:06,410 --> 00:51:09,710
the harbor, and in concerning
traffic on 16 and 72.

993
00:51:12,376 --> 00:51:14,710
[James] From the point
where we're super desperate

994
00:51:14,710 --> 00:51:16,543
to get after it, we're going
to push.

995
00:51:16,543 --> 00:51:18,209
We're going to see
if we can get something

996
00:51:18,209 --> 00:51:20,043
a little something
better than nothing.

997
00:51:21,176 --> 00:51:22,376
What have we got to lose?

998
00:51:24,209 --> 00:51:25,510
Maybe a barge.

999
00:51:31,109 --> 00:51:33,410
This is exactly the way
it was yesterday.

1000
00:51:35,243 --> 00:51:37,810
Except the winds coming
from the south slightly,

1001
00:51:37,810 --> 00:51:39,376
yesterday it was coming
from the west.

1002
00:51:40,743 --> 00:51:42,376
The south is always
the worst.

1003
00:51:42,376 --> 00:51:44,910
The south-- Anything
south builds waves.

1004
00:51:51,209 --> 00:51:53,209
[Kris] This is what's known
as the Hail Mary.

1005
00:51:53,209 --> 00:51:55,677
Either we get destroyed
or we get gold.

1006
00:51:55,677 --> 00:51:58,543
I wish it was 50/50,
but that's optimistic.

1007
00:52:05,443 --> 00:52:07,076
Get ready in position.

1008
00:52:08,610 --> 00:52:09,810
Dropping.

1009
00:52:12,376 --> 00:52:14,977
So we're going
on a different strategy.

1010
00:52:14,977 --> 00:52:17,610
What we're going to do
is we're going to do
a giant U-turn...

1011
00:52:19,176 --> 00:52:22,376
and then have our ass
in taking the power
of the wave.

1012
00:52:25,510 --> 00:52:26,643
Here we go.

1013
00:52:26,643 --> 00:52:28,877
Bull spuds down,
we're getting...
get the wash plant up

1014
00:52:28,877 --> 00:52:30,643
and going and start running
some material.

1015
00:52:35,610 --> 00:52:37,610
[Kris] Everything
is running great.

1016
00:52:37,610 --> 00:52:38,777
Very good.

1017
00:52:39,977 --> 00:52:42,877
[James] So we're about to turn
around prospecting.

1018
00:52:42,877 --> 00:52:44,109
Let's see how it goes.

1019
00:52:59,877 --> 00:53:01,376
That's what
we're looking for.

1020
00:53:01,376 --> 00:53:03,076
This is the right ground.

1021
00:53:03,076 --> 00:53:05,043
[Kris] Ha-ha.
We're on cobble.

1022
00:53:05,043 --> 00:53:07,309
Stand by for a test pass.

1023
00:53:07,309 --> 00:53:08,643
Yeah, baby.

1024
00:53:13,076 --> 00:53:15,376
What I want to hear
from them is I got like,

1025
00:53:15,376 --> 00:53:18,410
you know, 5,000 colors
in that test count.

1026
00:53:18,410 --> 00:53:20,209
I'm hoping they got some good.

1027
00:53:22,777 --> 00:53:24,276
[Kris speaking]

1028
00:53:29,476 --> 00:53:31,343
[bleep]

1029
00:53:31,343 --> 00:53:33,810
We lost our test pans somewhere.

1030
00:53:40,410 --> 00:53:42,376
[Kris] Hey, you're not going
to believe this.

1031
00:53:42,376 --> 00:53:44,343
Our test pan is gone.

1032
00:53:44,343 --> 00:53:46,843
The gold.
The gold pan is gone.

1033
00:53:46,843 --> 00:53:50,109
I'm looking around for it,
but I have no idea

1034
00:53:50,109 --> 00:53:51,743
where it went to.

1035
00:53:51,743 --> 00:53:53,010
I don't know what to do.

1036
00:53:54,410 --> 00:53:56,777
But I think
you're a good gold.

1037
00:53:56,777 --> 00:53:59,209
There's some weird,
crusty layer on that.

1038
00:53:59,209 --> 00:54:01,076
- [James] Okay.
- [James speaking]

1039
00:54:01,076 --> 00:54:03,243
Okay. We'll just keep
processing the material.

1040
00:54:05,410 --> 00:54:07,109
[Kris] So this is a major
screw-up.

1041
00:54:07,109 --> 00:54:09,043
We forgot the gold pan.

1042
00:54:09,043 --> 00:54:10,610
That thing is like 20 bucks.

1043
00:54:10,610 --> 00:54:13,343
But without it, we don't even
know if we're on gold or not.

1044
00:54:13,343 --> 00:54:16,376
So we could be completely
wasting our time.

1045
00:54:16,376 --> 00:54:17,476
I think.

1046
00:54:17,476 --> 00:54:19,643
I think
the material looks good.

1047
00:54:19,643 --> 00:54:21,043
We're just going to go
for it.

1048
00:54:23,643 --> 00:54:27,443
Not ideal, but yeah,
it's not ideal.

1049
00:54:27,443 --> 00:54:30,043
Basically, I have no idea
what I'm digging.

1050
00:54:30,043 --> 00:54:32,209
If we're digging just
for funsies...

1051
00:54:33,476 --> 00:54:35,877
we have no way to [bleep]
even see our color.

1052
00:54:35,877 --> 00:54:37,710
Once again, an amazing day.

1053
00:54:50,843 --> 00:54:52,643
[James] It's kind of hard
to prospect.

1054
00:54:55,209 --> 00:54:56,710
I'm bouncing off spuds.

1055
00:54:56,710 --> 00:54:58,343
We're twisting this spud.

1056
00:55:00,610 --> 00:55:02,677
Swells coming in

1057
00:55:02,677 --> 00:55:04,743
from all sorts of different directions.

1058
00:55:09,010 --> 00:55:11,076
Getting pulled
all the way around.

1059
00:55:11,076 --> 00:55:13,176
[Kris] Oh, [bleep]
we're spinning.

1060
00:55:15,977 --> 00:55:17,309
[Kris] Hey, we're spinning.

1061
00:55:17,309 --> 00:55:18,443
[James] I know.

1062
00:55:21,276 --> 00:55:23,010
[James]
Turn on the Thrustmaster,

1063
00:55:23,010 --> 00:55:24,476
get me north and south.

1064
00:55:24,476 --> 00:55:27,176
Spin us against this wind
and current.

1065
00:55:27,176 --> 00:55:28,910
[Kris] Turn the Thrustmaster on.

1066
00:55:33,209 --> 00:55:35,443
So with the spuds
being beaten up this bad,

1067
00:55:35,443 --> 00:55:37,743
we really need to get
this barge under control.

1068
00:55:39,243 --> 00:55:41,677
And the only way to do
that is with the Thrustmaster.

1069
00:55:43,710 --> 00:55:47,043
Which is like a super-sized
outboard for this massive

1070
00:55:47,043 --> 00:55:48,743
excavation barge.

1071
00:55:48,743 --> 00:55:51,910
Otherwise, we could just smash
into shore and possibly lose

1072
00:55:51,910 --> 00:55:53,309
everything we have.

1073
00:56:02,176 --> 00:56:04,076
[man 9] The batteries
are dead on the Thrustmaster.

1074
00:56:04,076 --> 00:56:05,543
[Kris] Oh, we're in trouble.

1075
00:56:05,543 --> 00:56:07,309
Get out of the way.
Get out of the way.

1076
00:56:10,877 --> 00:56:12,843
The batteries
on the Thrustmaster died

1077
00:56:12,843 --> 00:56:14,209
for some weird reason.

1078
00:56:14,209 --> 00:56:16,643
There's a power drain
somewhere going on.

1079
00:56:18,576 --> 00:56:20,076
And the waves
are getting bigger.

1080
00:56:21,877 --> 00:56:23,209
We might have to take off.

1081
00:56:23,209 --> 00:56:24,610
[James] This is all bad, dude.

1082
00:56:27,710 --> 00:56:29,109
This is all bad.

1083
00:56:49,576 --> 00:56:51,710
[Kris] I hear nothing
but screeching metal.

1084
00:56:53,043 --> 00:56:54,877
[James] We're gonna end up
[bleep] snapping

1085
00:56:54,877 --> 00:56:56,443
this spud cable eventually.

1086
00:56:58,276 --> 00:56:59,910
This is [bleep] stupid.

1087
00:57:05,510 --> 00:57:06,610
We got to get out of here.

1088
00:57:06,610 --> 00:57:08,076
Calm down.
We'll be fine.

1089
00:57:08,076 --> 00:57:10,610
My spuds are really getting
hammered right now.

1090
00:57:13,910 --> 00:57:15,710
Like the metal is cracking.

1091
00:57:15,710 --> 00:57:17,510
Well, pull them up.
We've to move...

1092
00:57:17,510 --> 00:57:19,276
We can't do that
because the boat

1093
00:57:19,276 --> 00:57:20,743
will drift into the shore.

1094
00:57:22,677 --> 00:57:24,443
All right, let me get
the jumper cables ready.

1095
00:57:26,143 --> 00:57:28,643
So the Mistress is getting
absolutely pounded.

1096
00:57:30,209 --> 00:57:31,843
And the spuds are getting beat
to hell.

1097
00:57:34,943 --> 00:57:37,410
Our only hope of not crashing
into shore is getting

1098
00:57:37,410 --> 00:57:39,443
that engine going.

1099
00:57:39,443 --> 00:57:41,576
If we can't jump-start
this Thrustmaster

1100
00:57:41,576 --> 00:57:43,243
kiss the Mistress goodbye.

1101
00:57:43,243 --> 00:57:44,610
[man 9] Yeah, it's hooked up.

1102
00:57:44,610 --> 00:57:47,510
[Kris] I just got
[bleep] electrocuted.

1103
00:57:47,510 --> 00:57:48,843
[man 9 speaking]

1104
00:57:53,610 --> 00:57:55,276
[James] All right.
Let me check it.

1105
00:58:10,243 --> 00:58:12,309
All right. We're on, baby,
we're on.

1106
00:58:12,309 --> 00:58:14,643
[Kris] Hey.
Crisis averted.

1107
00:58:14,643 --> 00:58:16,010
Good job, team.

1108
00:58:16,010 --> 00:58:17,376
Let's get fired back up.

1109
00:58:17,376 --> 00:58:18,543
We're not quitting yet.

1110
00:58:21,010 --> 00:58:22,209
Let's do it.

1111
00:58:23,376 --> 00:58:24,476
Take that off.

1112
00:58:32,610 --> 00:58:34,977
James, why don't we just stay
and work tonight?

1113
00:58:34,977 --> 00:58:37,410
[James speaking]

1114
00:58:37,410 --> 00:58:39,543
Okay. Well, let me...

1115
00:58:40,910 --> 00:58:43,143
[bleep] We just had
such an epic moment

1116
00:58:43,143 --> 00:58:45,610
there pushing
through our problem.

1117
00:58:45,610 --> 00:58:46,843
Problem averted guys.

1118
00:58:46,843 --> 00:58:47,977
Well, let's get back
on the gold.

1119
00:58:47,977 --> 00:58:50,043
[Kris] James says
he's getting real tired.

1120
00:58:50,043 --> 00:58:52,176
- Huh?
- [James speaking]

1121
00:58:52,176 --> 00:58:54,309
[Kris] So I realized
we've been out a long time

1122
00:58:54,309 --> 00:58:55,843
and it's getting late.

1123
00:58:55,843 --> 00:58:57,309
Still, we have to keep pushing.

1124
00:58:57,309 --> 00:58:58,410
We have no choice.

1125
00:58:59,510 --> 00:59:01,576
But James is acting
like a little bitty baby,

1126
00:59:01,576 --> 00:59:03,209
and he's too tired
to keep going.

1127
00:59:04,576 --> 00:59:06,610
With that giant bill due
at the end of the month,

1128
00:59:06,610 --> 00:59:08,276
it's time to bring
in the night crew.

1129
00:59:15,843 --> 00:59:17,410
[Taylor speaking]

1130
00:59:17,410 --> 00:59:19,677
Go jump in, do it.

1131
00:59:22,877 --> 00:59:25,043
[Kris] James, Kevin
and all the other lightweights

1132
00:59:25,043 --> 00:59:26,610
can go crawl in their beds,

1133
00:59:26,610 --> 00:59:28,576
but me, I'm just getting started.

1134
00:59:28,576 --> 00:59:30,710
We always can do this, baby.

1135
00:59:31,810 --> 00:59:32,977
We got this!

1136
00:59:34,810 --> 00:59:35,943
Yeah!

1137
00:59:45,010 --> 00:59:48,276
So, it's all up to me now,
everybody took off.

1138
00:59:48,276 --> 00:59:51,143
I'm left with a bunch of guys
that are...

1139
00:59:51,143 --> 00:59:52,943
let's just say untrained.

1140
00:59:52,943 --> 00:59:55,677
We're gonna make this work,
we have a game plan.

1141
00:59:55,677 --> 00:59:58,010
Really, I'm just staying up
and making sure

1142
00:59:58,010 --> 00:59:59,410
everything runs smooth.

1143
00:59:59,410 --> 01:00:02,410
If I see a problem, I run
down there and hammer at it.

1144
01:00:02,410 --> 01:00:04,743
Everything is going
to work out just fine.

1145
01:00:07,076 --> 01:00:10,043
Man, 16 hours
straight up work today.

1146
01:00:11,743 --> 01:00:13,977
Well, everyone's asleep anyway.

1147
01:00:33,777 --> 01:00:35,977
We got Cooper gold
opened up,

1148
01:00:35,977 --> 01:00:37,710
hopefully there's pay dirt.

1149
01:00:37,710 --> 01:00:39,443
[narrator] After two round
the clock days

1150
01:00:39,443 --> 01:00:40,777
of inland mining...

1151
01:00:40,777 --> 01:00:43,510
I'm gonna check the box here
and see how it's running.

1152
01:00:45,543 --> 01:00:48,643
See if all this fuel and money

1153
01:00:48,643 --> 01:00:50,543
that we're spending
is worth it.

1154
01:00:51,677 --> 01:00:53,476
[narrator] ...Mr. Gold
is ready to see

1155
01:00:53,476 --> 01:00:56,576
if the new cut makes the cut.

1156
01:01:01,076 --> 01:01:03,309
Let's just keep our fingers crossed.

1157
01:01:05,109 --> 01:01:07,309
With the weather kicking
the Myrtle off the ocean,

1158
01:01:07,309 --> 01:01:09,076
me and the crew
have been working
day and night

1159
01:01:09,076 --> 01:01:11,143
on this new cut
on the inland.

1160
01:01:11,143 --> 01:01:13,476
I need this cut
to tap into the gold,

1161
01:01:13,476 --> 01:01:15,877
and I need it
to be a killer streak.

1162
01:01:15,877 --> 01:01:18,610
I'm gonna need it, considering
all the things on the water

1163
01:01:18,610 --> 01:01:20,043
have been going thus far.

1164
01:01:31,943 --> 01:01:34,376
♪ Do you see what I see? ♪

1165
01:01:36,376 --> 01:01:38,010
We got gold in the box.

1166
01:01:39,309 --> 01:01:41,843
[Shawn speaking]

1167
01:01:45,276 --> 01:01:47,610
We're on the right track.

1168
01:01:47,610 --> 01:01:49,010
[Shawn speaking]

1169
01:01:52,643 --> 01:01:55,176
My back's been up against
the wall a thousand times

1170
01:01:55,176 --> 01:01:56,443
in this business.

1171
01:01:56,443 --> 01:01:59,010
Mother Nature is throwing
a few curveballs,

1172
01:01:59,010 --> 01:02:02,710
pay streaks dry up, investments
don't come through.

1173
01:02:02,710 --> 01:02:05,243
But every time you see
that pile of gold, you know

1174
01:02:05,243 --> 01:02:06,810
you're coming back strong.

1175
01:02:06,810 --> 01:02:09,209
It never fails to give you
that rush.

1176
01:02:09,209 --> 01:02:11,843
It's almost like
the first time you saw gold
in the box.

1177
01:02:13,476 --> 01:02:16,343
Big operation,
lots of money going out.

1178
01:02:17,443 --> 01:02:20,109
We need lots of gold
coming in to support it.

1179
01:02:22,043 --> 01:02:25,143
Get the box cleaned out,
get it in the Gold Room...

1180
01:02:26,476 --> 01:02:28,243
weigh it out,
see what we have.

1181
01:02:32,343 --> 01:02:35,209
[narrator] And now it's time
to flex your BSG brain muscles

1182
01:02:35,209 --> 01:02:38,343
with everyone's favorite
fake game show, Reveal It!

1183
01:02:39,476 --> 01:02:40,943
Rough sea conditions
have always

1184
01:02:40,943 --> 01:02:42,710
been a part of gold
mining in Nome.

1185
01:02:42,710 --> 01:02:44,176
I'm sinking!

1186
01:02:44,176 --> 01:02:46,810
[narrator] Which member
of the fleet once bore

1187
01:02:46,810 --> 01:02:49,376
the brunt of giant swells?

1188
01:02:49,376 --> 01:02:50,777
[in unison] Reveal it!

1189
01:02:54,443 --> 01:02:55,643
Blargh!

1190
01:02:55,643 --> 01:02:58,677
[narrator] It was Steve Riedel
who was thrown up...

1191
01:02:58,677 --> 01:02:59,777
Blarghh!

1192
01:02:59,777 --> 01:03:02,109
[narrator] ...and down
by the rocky seas.

1193
01:03:02,109 --> 01:03:03,643
Blarghh!

1194
01:03:03,643 --> 01:03:05,043
[Steve] I feel better now.

1195
01:03:05,043 --> 01:03:07,410
A little puking always does it
for a guy.

1196
01:03:07,410 --> 01:03:11,243
[narrator] Which team endured
an epic torrential downpour?

1197
01:03:11,243 --> 01:03:12,843
[in unison] Reveal it!

1198
01:03:18,443 --> 01:03:19,710
[narrator]
That would be the Kellys

1199
01:03:19,710 --> 01:03:22,810
who got hosed while testing
out a brand-new bridge.

1200
01:03:22,810 --> 01:03:24,243
Take the boat back
to the shore.

1201
01:03:24,243 --> 01:03:26,376
We're done for today,
[bleep], [bleep].

1202
01:03:26,376 --> 01:03:28,043
We gotta redo everything.

1203
01:03:28,043 --> 01:03:30,677
[narrator] And which captain
came face to face

1204
01:03:30,677 --> 01:03:31,977
with a hurricane?

1205
01:03:31,977 --> 01:03:33,410
[in unison] Reveal it!

1206
01:03:37,243 --> 01:03:40,143
They don't have a weight belt.

1207
01:03:40,143 --> 01:03:41,410
[man 1] Just chill out, okay?

1208
01:03:41,410 --> 01:03:44,209
[narrator]
That was Vernon Adkison,
who brought aboard

1209
01:03:44,209 --> 01:03:45,476
a real live hurricane...

1210
01:03:45,476 --> 01:03:46,643
Bye, Dave.

1211
01:03:46,643 --> 01:03:47,877
[narrator] ...Hurricane Dave.

1212
01:03:47,877 --> 01:03:51,076
That was the last [bleep]
straw.

1213
01:03:51,076 --> 01:03:52,209
[narrator] Thanks for playing.

1214
01:03:52,209 --> 01:03:54,677
We'll see you next time on...

1215
01:03:54,677 --> 01:03:56,010
[in unison] Reveal it!

1216
01:04:06,410 --> 01:04:08,943
I wasn't planning
on being here 24 hours

1217
01:04:08,943 --> 01:04:10,743
and I'm [bleep] hungry.

1218
01:04:10,743 --> 01:04:13,076
[narrator] Through the night
and well into the morning,

1219
01:04:13,076 --> 01:04:18,109
Captain Kris is the last man
standing on the Bering Sea.

1220
01:04:19,043 --> 01:04:22,309
This is working 24 hours,
and it sucks.

1221
01:04:22,309 --> 01:04:25,977
You know, just because
this is really heavy,
dangerous equipment

1222
01:04:25,977 --> 01:04:31,076
and when you're up
over 24 hours straight,
in this [bleep] condition.

1223
01:04:32,343 --> 01:04:34,043
We're gonna push
through this, so.

1224
01:04:41,910 --> 01:04:43,309
It's going in right now.

1225
01:04:44,843 --> 01:04:48,209
We've been going so long,
I can't count
the hours anymore.

1226
01:04:48,209 --> 01:04:50,143
Reaper Nation,
breaking records.

1227
01:04:51,877 --> 01:04:53,843
But hey,
I really have no choice,

1228
01:04:53,843 --> 01:04:55,943
desperate times call
for desperate measures,

1229
01:04:55,943 --> 01:04:57,543
and we're gonna try
to keep going.

1230
01:04:57,543 --> 01:04:59,643
I'm gonna pull this spud up.

1231
01:04:59,643 --> 01:05:02,643
They're going to push back
and make it go that way.

1232
01:05:04,309 --> 01:05:06,276
We're gonna lift the spud
and push backwards

1233
01:05:06,276 --> 01:05:07,710
to stay on this gold.

1234
01:05:07,710 --> 01:05:08,910
Ready?

1235
01:05:12,877 --> 01:05:14,176
I think we're good.

1236
01:05:18,943 --> 01:05:20,043
Here we go.

1237
01:05:28,143 --> 01:05:29,910
[bleep]

1238
01:05:29,910 --> 01:05:31,476
Whoa!

1239
01:05:31,476 --> 01:05:34,510
[bleep], man, stop.

1240
01:05:34,510 --> 01:05:37,010
Taylor! Taylor!

1241
01:05:37,010 --> 01:05:39,343
[bleep]

1242
01:05:39,343 --> 01:05:41,710
Taylor.
Hold on, hold on, hold on.

1243
01:05:41,710 --> 01:05:43,243
Did you see, you lift it up,

1244
01:05:43,243 --> 01:05:45,543
the whole [bleep] thing
lifted up?

1245
01:05:45,543 --> 01:05:48,476
I almost fell off the boat
right now, too.

1246
01:05:48,476 --> 01:05:50,010
We're overtired right now.

1247
01:05:50,010 --> 01:05:54,276
Everybody's making dumb
[bleep] mistakes right now,
it's dangerous.

1248
01:05:54,276 --> 01:05:57,376
Let's cut everything down.
I've had enough.

1249
01:05:57,376 --> 01:05:59,677
Twenty-four hours
is all we can do.

1250
01:05:59,677 --> 01:06:01,109
We're gonna hurt ourselves.

1251
01:06:02,443 --> 01:06:04,109
So there's a point
you can keep pushing

1252
01:06:04,109 --> 01:06:05,910
and there's a point
you gotta stop.

1253
01:06:05,910 --> 01:06:07,276
Because you're so exhausted,

1254
01:06:07,276 --> 01:06:08,943
you start making
stupid mistakes

1255
01:06:08,943 --> 01:06:11,010
where someone's gonna
get hurt.

1256
01:06:11,010 --> 01:06:12,276
I almost fell off the boat,

1257
01:06:12,276 --> 01:06:14,276
and that excavator
could've tipped into water.

1258
01:06:15,276 --> 01:06:17,010
We're calling it time
to head in.

1259
01:06:18,143 --> 01:06:20,343
[phone ringing]

1260
01:06:20,343 --> 01:06:25,043
We're ready to be picked up
or shift change or something.

1261
01:06:25,043 --> 01:06:29,410
Everybody's real [bleep]
tired here right now.

1262
01:06:29,410 --> 01:06:31,109
Maybe you can bring James.

1263
01:06:32,410 --> 01:06:34,343
I don't know what to say,
if we have nobody...

1264
01:06:34,343 --> 01:06:36,777
I can't stay out here [bleep]
ten more hours,

1265
01:06:36,777 --> 01:06:39,643
I really can't,
I'm at the [bleep] limit.

1266
01:06:39,643 --> 01:06:41,476
So, James, Kevin,
and all those [bleep],

1267
01:06:41,476 --> 01:06:42,910
they're too tired
to relieve us.

1268
01:06:42,910 --> 01:06:44,476
I'm the one out here
all night,

1269
01:06:44,476 --> 01:06:47,309
and those guys are too tired, unbelievable.

1270
01:06:47,309 --> 01:06:48,777
James is asleep,

1271
01:06:48,777 --> 01:06:51,176
and he was supposed
to be here in 20 minutes.

1272
01:06:51,176 --> 01:06:53,643
I'm not going to worry
about it, I killed it.

1273
01:06:53,643 --> 01:06:56,777
Running the boat by myself
for the very first time,

1274
01:06:56,777 --> 01:06:58,276
we got gold in the box.

1275
01:06:58,276 --> 01:06:59,643
You want to know why that is,

1276
01:06:59,643 --> 01:07:02,043
because we force-fed
that box today

1277
01:07:02,043 --> 01:07:03,943
so everybody can go
[bleep] themselves.

1278
01:07:05,243 --> 01:07:07,677
You can take my boat
and go home.

1279
01:07:07,677 --> 01:07:10,343
Turn that up to 1,200
and then help you
with the spuds.

1280
01:07:14,943 --> 01:07:16,543
Almost there.

1281
01:07:16,543 --> 01:07:17,743
Whew!

1282
01:07:17,743 --> 01:07:18,910
I'm just tired.

1283
01:07:18,910 --> 01:07:20,543
I'm gonna pilot
this thing back in,

1284
01:07:20,543 --> 01:07:21,777
I've never done it before,

1285
01:07:21,777 --> 01:07:23,610
but that's never stopped me before.

1286
01:07:23,610 --> 01:07:25,710
I've done everything else
in the last 24 hours,

1287
01:07:25,710 --> 01:07:28,309
might as well add this
to the resume, too.

1288
01:07:28,309 --> 01:07:29,943
Okay, let's get going.

1289
01:07:32,943 --> 01:07:34,143
Let's go.

1290
01:07:35,943 --> 01:07:37,243
We're on our way.

1291
01:07:40,777 --> 01:07:42,076
[narrator]
Eleven miles east...

1292
01:07:43,443 --> 01:07:44,877
on the outskirts of Nome...

1293
01:07:48,043 --> 01:07:50,443
[Zeke] I'm excited about doing
a cleanup today.

1294
01:07:50,443 --> 01:07:52,510
I want to kill it,
I want to crush it.

1295
01:07:52,510 --> 01:07:55,309
[narrator] ...it's time
for Zeke's first clean
out of the summer.

1296
01:07:55,309 --> 01:07:57,677
But like, I would be happy
with an ounce gold.

1297
01:07:57,677 --> 01:07:59,576
I'd like it to be more,

1298
01:07:59,576 --> 01:08:01,476
but you always want it
to be more.

1299
01:08:01,476 --> 01:08:04,610
I think this would be better
than my clean up last winter.

1300
01:08:04,610 --> 01:08:06,943
I didn't get a lot of gold,
talking about last winter,

1301
01:08:06,943 --> 01:08:09,243
but being here, a lot
of good gold to exploit.

1302
01:08:10,576 --> 01:08:12,643
I'm not expecting
to break the bank today,

1303
01:08:12,643 --> 01:08:15,309
but the goal is to do
better than I did last season

1304
01:08:15,309 --> 01:08:16,510
and hopefully a lot better.

1305
01:08:17,910 --> 01:08:20,743
All right, yeah,
I think the sluice box
is working good.

1306
01:08:24,209 --> 01:08:25,777
This spot looks
super promising,

1307
01:08:25,777 --> 01:08:27,243
so if the numbers
turn out good,

1308
01:08:27,243 --> 01:08:29,343
I think we could start
making some real money.

1309
01:08:29,343 --> 01:08:30,810
That would be
a huge step forward.

1310
01:08:34,043 --> 01:08:35,243
All right, here we go.

1311
01:08:38,810 --> 01:08:39,910
One ounce.

1312
01:08:41,943 --> 01:08:43,109
Two ounces here.

1313
01:08:46,343 --> 01:08:47,443
Three ounces.

1314
01:08:48,843 --> 01:08:50,810
All right,

1315
01:08:50,810 --> 01:08:54,243
3.39, almost 3.5 ounces.

1316
01:08:54,243 --> 01:08:58,276
[narrator] 3.39 ounces,
that's worth over $6,000,

1317
01:08:58,276 --> 01:09:00,877
and after his first round
of prospecting,

1318
01:09:00,877 --> 01:09:04,943
the prospects of a strong
summer season
are looking good.

1319
01:09:04,943 --> 01:09:08,576
If I can keep the boat
in gold of this value,

1320
01:09:08,576 --> 01:09:10,343
then I'll do really well.

1321
01:09:10,343 --> 01:09:12,643
This is exactly
what I wanted to see,

1322
01:09:12,643 --> 01:09:15,209
it's a better cleanout
than I had all of last season.

1323
01:09:15,209 --> 01:09:17,610
Once we get to have
a little running
on this ground,

1324
01:09:17,610 --> 01:09:19,977
we could be looking at killer
gold numbers this summer.

1325
01:09:19,977 --> 01:09:23,410
I want my next cleanup
to be, like, five
or six spots like this,

1326
01:09:23,410 --> 01:09:25,610
you know, and then, like,
have a 20-ounce cleanup.

1327
01:09:27,743 --> 01:09:29,176
- Good start.
- Solid.

1328
01:09:33,243 --> 01:09:34,643
[narrator] On the other side
of town...

1329
01:09:37,309 --> 01:09:39,243
[Emily] La-la-la-la-la.

1330
01:09:41,143 --> 01:09:44,309
This is why our cleanouts
take till [bleep]
ten o'clock at night.

1331
01:09:44,309 --> 01:09:48,476
Emily, can you not play
and just dump that stuff
so we can get going?

1332
01:09:53,910 --> 01:09:55,010
It happens.

1333
01:09:55,010 --> 01:09:56,143
[laughs]

1334
01:09:57,410 --> 01:09:58,877
I can make fun of her.

1335
01:09:58,877 --> 01:10:00,910
We have a good relationship,
it worked out well.

1336
01:10:01,977 --> 01:10:03,410
[narrator]
After a double dive day,

1337
01:10:03,410 --> 01:10:06,043
Emily Riedel is hoping
for double gold

1338
01:10:06,043 --> 01:10:07,710
to keep her summer
going strong.

1339
01:10:09,309 --> 01:10:11,143
[Emily] We're hoping
that we're on
at least

1340
01:10:11,143 --> 01:10:13,443
three-quarter ounce
an hour in this clean up.

1341
01:10:13,443 --> 01:10:14,943
I think we did a lot better
than that.

1342
01:10:18,943 --> 01:10:20,710
So, I'm gonna find gold.

1343
01:10:20,710 --> 01:10:22,243
Hmm, so fine.

1344
01:10:22,243 --> 01:10:24,309
Even though Mother Nature
tried to stop us,

1345
01:10:24,309 --> 01:10:26,543
she couldn't,
and we got two dives in

1346
01:10:26,543 --> 01:10:28,576
and there's really no setback
for us here.

1347
01:10:30,276 --> 01:10:34,343
We had an amazing day,
and I'm expecting
a pretty healthy number.

1348
01:10:36,677 --> 01:10:37,943
Sweet, guys, look at this.

1349
01:10:40,010 --> 01:10:42,443
One, two.

1350
01:10:44,309 --> 01:10:48,476
Three, four, five, six,

1351
01:10:48,476 --> 01:10:52,910
seven, eight, nine, ten,

1352
01:10:52,910 --> 01:10:56,276
eleven, 12, 13,

1353
01:10:56,276 --> 01:11:02,176
fourteen, 15, 16,
17, 18, 19, 20.

1354
01:11:02,176 --> 01:11:03,610
There you go.

1355
01:11:03,610 --> 01:11:06,943
Twenty-one, 22,

1356
01:11:06,943 --> 01:11:11,543
twenty-three, 24, 25.

1357
01:11:11,543 --> 01:11:13,410
- Yeah!
- [Emily] Woo-hoo!

1358
01:11:13,410 --> 01:11:18,176
[narrator] Twenty-five ounces
is worth a whopping 45 grand.

1359
01:11:18,176 --> 01:11:21,010
All right, 25,
doing pretty good.

1360
01:11:21,010 --> 01:11:23,243
It's awesome.
I'm so stoked.

1361
01:11:23,243 --> 01:11:26,877
I think that not only
I'll replenish the nest egg,

1362
01:11:26,877 --> 01:11:28,710
but I'll go above
and beyond it.

1363
01:11:28,710 --> 01:11:30,877
This year I'm aiming for 250,

1364
01:11:30,877 --> 01:11:33,743
and at this point,
I'm starting to believe
it'll happen.

1365
01:11:33,743 --> 01:11:35,343
Rocking it, man.

1366
01:11:35,343 --> 01:11:36,777
- [indistinct chatter]
- Good.

1367
01:11:38,810 --> 01:11:40,543
[Emily laughs]
Good job.

1368
01:11:44,777 --> 01:11:46,376
- [Vernon] Hey, Jen.
- [Jen] Hey, Vernon.

1369
01:11:46,376 --> 01:11:48,309
- How are you doing?
- Good, how are you doing?

1370
01:11:48,309 --> 01:11:51,710
I'm doing all right,
but I could do
with a cocktail.

1371
01:11:51,710 --> 01:11:53,176
[Jen] Enjoy.

1372
01:11:53,176 --> 01:11:56,109
Let's see what people
have to say today.

1373
01:11:56,109 --> 01:12:00,910
[narrator] And now,
another episode
of Social Hour with Vernon.

1374
01:12:00,910 --> 01:12:02,677
Oh, let's see, all right.

1375
01:12:02,677 --> 01:12:06,710
[Vernon speaking]

1376
01:12:06,710 --> 01:12:08,376
Yes, I've got a couple.

1377
01:12:08,376 --> 01:12:13,510
I do the TV stuff,
and I am a professional
marine pilot.

1378
01:12:13,510 --> 01:12:17,309
And I guarantee you
95% of you people out there

1379
01:12:17,309 --> 01:12:18,977
don't even know
what the [bleep] that is.

1380
01:12:18,977 --> 01:12:22,943
I've been piloting ships
for about 30 years.

1381
01:12:22,943 --> 01:12:25,176
Started out
as an ordinary seaman,

1382
01:12:25,176 --> 01:12:27,643
worked my way
up to Unlimited Master,

1383
01:12:27,643 --> 01:12:31,176
became an Alaska State
Marine pilot,

1384
01:12:31,176 --> 01:12:35,543
and I still do that work
when I'm not up here
gold mining.

1385
01:12:35,543 --> 01:12:38,476
Being on a ship at sea
is like being in jail,

1386
01:12:38,476 --> 01:12:42,443
except you get to work
12 hours a day, okay.

1387
01:12:42,443 --> 01:12:46,910
I mean, you don't get
that kind of tonnage
for, like, serial murders.

1388
01:12:48,443 --> 01:12:50,243
But after a while,
it came to the point

1389
01:12:50,243 --> 01:12:52,777
where I enjoyed being at sea.

1390
01:12:52,777 --> 01:12:55,276
And then when I became
a master

1391
01:12:55,276 --> 01:12:58,510
for you landlubbers out there,
that's captain.

1392
01:12:58,510 --> 01:13:02,109
When I became master
of a 900-foot tanker,

1393
01:13:02,109 --> 01:13:03,943
life became fairly sweet.

1394
01:13:03,943 --> 01:13:06,010
I didn't have to do jack
diddly-squat.

1395
01:13:06,010 --> 01:13:08,376
Fill up paperwork,
and look important.

1396
01:13:10,176 --> 01:13:13,510
[narrator] This has
been another episode
of Social Hour with Vernon.

1397
01:13:16,010 --> 01:13:17,410
My phone just went dead.

1398
01:13:20,376 --> 01:13:22,543
I guess this cocktail hour
is over.

1399
01:13:28,109 --> 01:13:30,543
[Shawn] Boogie on down
the river, find a spot
to fish.

1400
01:13:32,943 --> 01:13:34,643
The weather is finally
calming down,

1401
01:13:34,643 --> 01:13:36,977
but it's too late to get
the Myrtle out right now.

1402
01:13:36,977 --> 01:13:38,576
So with the inland killing it,

1403
01:13:38,576 --> 01:13:42,343
I decided to take
a couple hours, take
my boys out fishing.

1404
01:13:42,343 --> 01:13:43,476
Ready?

1405
01:13:43,476 --> 01:13:44,710
[engine revving]

1406
01:13:45,843 --> 01:13:47,276
[Shawn speaking]

1407
01:13:55,143 --> 01:13:56,476
Hang on.

1408
01:13:58,610 --> 01:14:00,810
[laughs]

1409
01:14:00,810 --> 01:14:02,043
Yeah!

1410
01:14:02,043 --> 01:14:03,176
[indistinct chatter]

1411
01:14:03,176 --> 01:14:06,143
[laughter]

1412
01:14:06,143 --> 01:14:08,410
We made it.

1413
01:14:08,410 --> 01:14:11,109
Running a massive operation
like this,

1414
01:14:11,109 --> 01:14:12,576
it's easy to get so busy,

1415
01:14:12,576 --> 01:14:14,610
you don't spend enough time
with your kids.

1416
01:14:14,610 --> 01:14:16,376
That's what happened
with my dad.

1417
01:14:16,376 --> 01:14:17,810
Got one.

1418
01:14:20,643 --> 01:14:22,777
[Shawn] Bring it over to me.

1419
01:14:22,777 --> 01:14:25,710
Ooh, that's a keeper,
that's a keeper.

1420
01:14:25,710 --> 01:14:28,376
I'm determined
to make sure it doesn't happen
with these guys.

1421
01:14:28,376 --> 01:14:31,910
My relationship with my kids
is way more valuable
than gold.

1422
01:14:31,910 --> 01:14:33,143
Nice job.

1423
01:14:35,710 --> 01:14:38,343
We got fish in the cooler,

1424
01:14:38,343 --> 01:14:39,843
life's good.

1425
01:14:39,843 --> 01:14:41,010
That's all that matters.

1426
01:14:42,176 --> 01:14:43,610
Even if we didn't have fish,

1427
01:14:43,610 --> 01:14:46,209
it... it'd still be just fun
being out here with the boys.

1428
01:14:47,710 --> 01:14:49,209
We're gonna do this
a lot more.

1429
01:14:52,076 --> 01:14:53,309
[Shawn's son] Oh, I got one.

1430
01:15:04,076 --> 01:15:05,143
There you go, Vernie.

1431
01:15:05,143 --> 01:15:07,576
These are mats
from the Kougarok first.

1432
01:15:07,576 --> 01:15:10,376
So yeah, let's clean
those Kougarok mats

1433
01:15:10,376 --> 01:15:12,743
and see what...
how well we did.

1434
01:15:12,743 --> 01:15:14,677
[narrator] After the journey
of a lifetime,

1435
01:15:14,677 --> 01:15:16,977
Vernon Adkison
is about to find out

1436
01:15:16,977 --> 01:15:20,510
if all the blood, sweat
and tears were worth it.

1437
01:15:20,510 --> 01:15:23,010
It was a pain in the ass
getting set up out there.

1438
01:15:23,010 --> 01:15:28,309
Just the road, I mean,
that was a justifying
transit, let me tell you.

1439
01:15:28,309 --> 01:15:31,943
Getting to the Kougarok
is about as convenient
as getting to the moon.

1440
01:15:31,943 --> 01:15:34,176
However, it's not
a deal-breaker for me

1441
01:15:34,176 --> 01:15:35,710
if it's loaded with gold.

1442
01:15:35,710 --> 01:15:38,677
But considering the hours
it takes to get
back and forth,

1443
01:15:38,677 --> 01:15:41,977
it better be claimed
56 level of goodness,

1444
01:15:41,977 --> 01:15:44,109
or it's time to say sayonara.

1445
01:15:48,143 --> 01:15:49,743
- [man 3] We got
a little chunky.
- [Vernon] Yeah.

1446
01:15:49,743 --> 01:15:51,076
- [man 3] Yeah.
- Kougarok's paying out.

1447
01:15:51,076 --> 01:15:52,576
Yeah. Hey, look,
we got riffles.

1448
01:15:52,576 --> 01:15:54,309
We got riffles of gold here.

1449
01:15:54,309 --> 01:15:55,877
Depending on what we get,

1450
01:15:55,877 --> 01:15:57,877
I've got to call out
for a bottle of champagne.

1451
01:16:00,943 --> 01:16:03,010
[man 3] Oh, look
at that, nice.

1452
01:16:06,476 --> 01:16:08,376
That sound never gets old.

1453
01:16:08,376 --> 01:16:10,076
How's that coming along?

1454
01:16:10,076 --> 01:16:11,443
[man 3] I guess it's ready.

1455
01:16:11,443 --> 01:16:14,076
[Vernon] All right,
well, bring it on over here
and let's do it.

1456
01:16:16,376 --> 01:16:17,643
[man 3] All right.

1457
01:16:19,510 --> 01:16:21,710
It's quarter ounce,

1458
01:16:21,710 --> 01:16:27,443
half ounce.
1.2, 1.3, 1.6.

1459
01:16:28,143 --> 01:16:31,209
She's still going, 1.78.

1460
01:16:31,209 --> 01:16:32,977
Ugh!

1461
01:16:32,977 --> 01:16:35,543
[narrator] 1.78 ounces,

1462
01:16:35,543 --> 01:16:38,777
it's worth a little over
3,200 bucks.

1463
01:16:38,777 --> 01:16:41,643
Ah, that to me
is not cutting it.

1464
01:16:41,643 --> 01:16:44,209
Ah, you know,
considering all the trouble
of getting there

1465
01:16:44,209 --> 01:16:46,710
and back and forth
and all that,

1466
01:16:46,710 --> 01:16:49,943
using what we've got
right now, we can't play
for that.

1467
01:16:49,943 --> 01:16:52,710
1.78 ounces is not horrible

1468
01:16:52,710 --> 01:16:55,176
for an average day
of river dredging.

1469
01:16:55,176 --> 01:16:58,977
But considering
the unholy pain it took
to get to the Kougarok,

1470
01:16:58,977 --> 01:17:01,343
I'm not sure it even paid
for the gas.

1471
01:17:01,343 --> 01:17:04,510
So thank you,
but no thank you, Kougarok.

1472
01:17:04,510 --> 01:17:06,410
You can rot for all I care.

1473
01:17:06,410 --> 01:17:07,510
So...

1474
01:17:07,510 --> 01:17:08,777
[man 3] Yeah, came in better.

1475
01:17:08,777 --> 01:17:12,243
I mean, that's good beer
and pizza money right there,

1476
01:17:12,243 --> 01:17:15,443
but it's not sticking
around forever money,
I'll tell you that.

1477
01:17:21,043 --> 01:17:23,410
[narrator] On the other side
of the harbor...

1478
01:17:23,410 --> 01:17:25,877
[bleep] Day.

1479
01:17:25,877 --> 01:17:27,777
Every day is a [bleep] day.

1480
01:17:27,777 --> 01:17:29,743
[indistinct chatter]

1481
01:17:29,743 --> 01:17:31,843
[narrator] Kris Kelly
is hoping an all-nighter

1482
01:17:31,843 --> 01:17:34,443
was enough to get
our Reaper Nation
back on track.

1483
01:17:36,710 --> 01:17:38,276
[Kris] Let's get this [bleep]
and get going.

1484
01:17:39,276 --> 01:17:41,576
The last run was really hard

1485
01:17:41,576 --> 01:17:43,810
and we had a couple
of little problems,

1486
01:17:43,810 --> 01:17:45,710
but we got gold
that nobody else got

1487
01:17:45,710 --> 01:17:48,109
because we were out
when nobody else was out.

1488
01:17:48,109 --> 01:17:49,877
So, overseeing
a giant operation

1489
01:17:49,877 --> 01:17:52,510
has not been as lucrative
as I thought it would be,

1490
01:17:52,510 --> 01:17:54,143
not by a long shot,

1491
01:17:54,143 --> 01:17:57,143
and it's given me plenty
of sleepless nights.

1492
01:17:57,143 --> 01:18:00,410
But I'm stubborn as hell,
and if I see any way
to get gold,

1493
01:18:00,410 --> 01:18:03,343
I'm gonna keep pushing
until I make this work.

1494
01:18:03,343 --> 01:18:05,543
See, like, all in here,
all in here,

1495
01:18:05,543 --> 01:18:07,943
it's already starting
to stack up on the riffles.

1496
01:18:07,943 --> 01:18:09,977
And I'm starting to see
gold in the box.

1497
01:18:09,977 --> 01:18:13,576
Look at this piece, man,
this has some weight to it.

1498
01:18:13,576 --> 01:18:16,643
Fingers crossed, this way out
is a good one, we need it.

1499
01:18:16,643 --> 01:18:17,977
Okay, let's go.

1500
01:18:17,977 --> 01:18:19,643
Yeah, baby.

1501
01:18:24,176 --> 01:18:27,243
Yeah, lay every bucket,
this is, this is a good one.

1502
01:18:27,243 --> 01:18:29,176
This is...
was a very good bucket.

1503
01:18:29,176 --> 01:18:31,076
That's a lot of gold.

1504
01:18:31,076 --> 01:18:33,443
We're seeing lots
of hard-earned gold,

1505
01:18:33,443 --> 01:18:35,209
probably
the hardest-earned gold

1506
01:18:35,209 --> 01:18:37,276
you're supposed to make
on an excavator.

1507
01:18:37,276 --> 01:18:40,109
There you go, I like that.
Oh, yeah, that's nice.

1508
01:18:40,109 --> 01:18:41,943
Last cleanout
was an embarrassment,

1509
01:18:41,943 --> 01:18:44,710
I get more gold off
a suction operation,

1510
01:18:44,710 --> 01:18:46,510
not a giant excavator barge.

1511
01:18:46,510 --> 01:18:48,977
We have to start doing
way better or this summer

1512
01:18:48,977 --> 01:18:50,677
is gonna be
a financial bloodbath.

1513
01:18:51,810 --> 01:18:53,576
[man 4] Oh, this is going
to tell the tale.

1514
01:18:55,276 --> 01:18:56,576
Okay, here we go.

1515
01:18:56,576 --> 01:18:58,076
We're at zero.

1516
01:19:01,943 --> 01:19:04,510
Two and... Oh, my God,
it's like two or three ounces.

1517
01:19:04,510 --> 01:19:06,076
[man 4] Keep going,
keep going, keep going.

1518
01:19:06,076 --> 01:19:08,010
- [Kris] Come on, come
on, come on.
- [bleep].

1519
01:19:08,010 --> 01:19:09,576
[man 5] 3.34.

1520
01:19:12,010 --> 01:19:13,343
[man 4] 3.34.

1521
01:19:13,343 --> 01:19:16,043
[Kris] Which is [bleep]
pretty bad.

1522
01:19:16,043 --> 01:19:19,543
[narrator] 3.34 ounces
is worth about $6,000

1523
01:19:19,543 --> 01:19:25,410
and Reaper Nation is still far
from the behemoth
their captain envisioned.

1524
01:19:25,410 --> 01:19:27,810
[Kris]
There's a lot of variables
that come in mining.

1525
01:19:27,810 --> 01:19:29,343
We didn't have a test pan.

1526
01:19:29,343 --> 01:19:30,576
The weather was really bad,

1527
01:19:30,576 --> 01:19:32,576
so we had to fight
against all everything,

1528
01:19:32,576 --> 01:19:34,643
but we need those numbers
to go up.

1529
01:19:37,343 --> 01:19:38,610
Self-reflection time.

1530
01:19:38,610 --> 01:19:40,977
This has been a disaster
so far.

1531
01:19:40,977 --> 01:19:43,276
I realized we had everything
going against us

1532
01:19:43,276 --> 01:19:46,209
the last couple of days
and we still managed
to get gold.

1533
01:19:46,209 --> 01:19:48,910
But let's be real,
these numbers are terrible.

1534
01:19:48,910 --> 01:19:51,309
All I can do is hope
once the weather clears,

1535
01:19:51,309 --> 01:19:52,943
we get the Reaper
in the water

1536
01:19:52,943 --> 01:19:55,677
and Reaper Nation rises
to the top.

1537
01:19:55,677 --> 01:19:57,610
Okay, let's go, we're done.

1538
01:19:57,610 --> 01:20:00,877
And that concludes
another episode
of What the [bleep]!

1539
01:20:03,777 --> 01:20:05,076
[narrator] Across town...

1540
01:20:08,443 --> 01:20:11,376
[Shawn] Time to do a cleanup,
the funnest part of the job.

1541
01:20:14,343 --> 01:20:15,777
Buckets look good.

1542
01:20:23,643 --> 01:20:27,543
I want to get gold out, scale
will know how good it is.

1543
01:20:27,543 --> 01:20:30,410
[narrator] The first cleanout
from the inland mine's new cut

1544
01:20:30,410 --> 01:20:33,309
will determine if it's a cut
above the rest.

1545
01:20:34,677 --> 01:20:36,176
[Shawn] Things
are looking good.

1546
01:20:37,943 --> 01:20:40,443
I have a goal for 3,000 ounces
this summer,

1547
01:20:40,443 --> 01:20:43,576
and with the crap
that's been going on
in the water,

1548
01:20:43,576 --> 01:20:46,710
I need the inland to be firing
on all cylinders.

1549
01:20:46,710 --> 01:20:49,910
So, I need this new cut
to be ringing the bell,
big time.

1550
01:20:51,677 --> 01:20:54,043
That's a pile
of gold right there,

1551
01:20:54,043 --> 01:20:58,176
hopefully the deeper
we get in the Cooper Gulch,
the better the gold gets.

1552
01:20:58,176 --> 01:21:00,010
Let's bring it in,
weigh it up.

1553
01:21:03,977 --> 01:21:10,443
20, 30, 40, 60, 80.

1554
01:21:10,443 --> 01:21:15,476
120, 130, 140,

1555
01:21:15,476 --> 01:21:18,476
150,

1556
01:21:18,476 --> 01:21:19,710
160.

1557
01:21:20,910 --> 01:21:24,643
[Shawn] 190, 206, 212...

1558
01:21:29,309 --> 01:21:30,343
219.

1559
01:21:30,343 --> 01:21:31,843
Cooper Gulch is paying.

1560
01:21:33,643 --> 01:21:39,410
[narrator] 219 ounces,
it's worth over $395,000.

1561
01:21:39,410 --> 01:21:41,777
And Cooper Gulch
has made the cut.

1562
01:21:42,810 --> 01:21:45,209
Two-nineteen,
that's a good cleanup.

1563
01:21:46,309 --> 01:21:48,643
And just like that,
we're back on track.

1564
01:21:48,643 --> 01:21:52,777
Feels good taking this
over from my dad,
not missing a beat.

1565
01:21:52,777 --> 01:21:54,643
It feels damn good.

1566
01:21:54,643 --> 01:21:56,376
Hopefully when the weather clears,

1567
01:21:56,376 --> 01:21:58,309
we can get back out
on the water

1568
01:21:58,309 --> 01:22:00,977
and gonna be kicking ass
on all fronts.

1569
01:22:00,977 --> 01:22:02,510
[Shawn speaking]

1570
01:22:04,777 --> 01:22:07,209
Keep drawing dirt,
keep putting dirt
through the box,

1571
01:22:07,209 --> 01:22:09,777
keep sluicing,
keep making gold.

1572
01:22:11,209 --> 01:22:12,543
So far so good.

1573
01:22:13,777 --> 01:22:15,243
It'll get better and better.

1574
01:22:18,410 --> 01:22:20,777
[narrator] Mr. Gold starts
living up to his name...

1575
01:22:22,443 --> 01:22:25,243
while Kris and Vernon
continue to sputter.

1576
01:22:28,043 --> 01:22:30,877
Next time
on Bering Sea Gold...

1577
01:22:30,877 --> 01:22:33,376
We're getting out.
We're going digging.

1578
01:22:33,376 --> 01:22:35,043
What do you say, Vernon?

1579
01:22:35,043 --> 01:22:36,276
[bleep] damn it, brother.

1580
01:22:36,276 --> 01:22:37,977
I've been waiting nine years
to do this.

1581
01:22:37,977 --> 01:22:40,410
I came back to get the gold.

1582
01:22:40,410 --> 01:22:41,510
That's it.

1583
01:22:41,510 --> 01:22:42,910
We're ready to turn
everything on

1584
01:22:42,910 --> 01:22:44,843
and finally start making
some money.

1585
01:22:44,843 --> 01:22:47,076
Good.

1586
01:22:47,076 --> 01:22:48,376
Hey!

1587
01:22:48,376 --> 01:22:49,677
We're almost there.

1588
01:22:49,677 --> 01:22:51,510
Nothing has changed
in 100 years,

1589
01:22:51,510 --> 01:22:54,376
and everybody that's out here
mining is crazy.

1590
01:22:54,376 --> 01:22:57,276
Oh, man, you need to be able
to do this yourself.

1591
01:22:57,276 --> 01:22:58,843
Not me.

1592
01:22:58,843 --> 01:23:00,710
Well, what are you doing
on the boat, man?

1593
01:23:00,710 --> 01:23:02,476
Everything's all [bleep] up.

1594
01:23:02,476 --> 01:23:05,143
There's only one thing
that puts a smile on my face,

1595
01:23:05,143 --> 01:23:06,843
make some gold.

1596
01:23:06,843 --> 01:23:08,576
Whoo!

1597
01:23:08,576 --> 01:23:11,677
Somebody on this [bleep] boat
is going to die.

1598
01:23:11,677 --> 01:23:13,443
- Yeah.
- Oh, my God.

1599
01:23:13,443 --> 01:23:15,677
I got a fever.

1600
01:23:15,677 --> 01:23:16,877
Gold fever.

1601
01:23:16,877 --> 01:23:19,043
That somebody hasn't already.

1602
01:23:19,043 --> 01:23:21,610
- [man speaking]
- Hell yeah.

1603
01:23:21,610 --> 01:23:24,443
It's only by the grace
of whatever God exists.

1604
01:23:24,443 --> 01:23:26,109
Pow!