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[narrator] Evolution
is as vital to miners
as it is to every species.
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Over a century ago,
the first form of gold seekers
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brought their
primitive methods
to the Nome shores.
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And while today's fleet
has advanced far beyond
their forefathers,
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if they don't continue
to evolve,
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they'll be left
out in the cold.
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And on the icy Bering Sea...
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There's a storm coming up,
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but, you know,
I got to make money
before that,
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you know,
because it's pretty much
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gonna be [bleep]
for a while, you know.
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Ain't no [bleep] around today.
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[narrator]
Into the face of adversity,
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a young gun's looking
for an edge to rise to
the top of the gold chain.
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[Chris speaking]
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This winter
is all about letting
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the mining community know
that there's a new force
in town.
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I've always got to be
thinking outside the box.
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I need to use every edge
that I can because I'm aiming
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for a hundred-ounce season,
and that's a Mr. Gold number.
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I'm gonna prove
that I'm as good as Mr. Gold
or anyone in this fleet,
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and I want no storm
to slow me down.
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Push it in there.
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[Chris speaking]
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[man speaking]
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So I got a two-pronged
plan to help me
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stay ahead of the game
before the storm hits.
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First, I'm gonna send
Yukon John down
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and finish up
the rest of this hole.
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The guy is a killer.
Total Nome OG.
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I just want to make sure
what happened last summer
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didn't mess up
his confidence.
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[Vernon speaking]
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A strong diver
will fix that in a hurry.
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Hey, Freddie.
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- [Freddie speaking]
- Game time.
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And I'm also gonna break out
some new technology.
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I have this cool
underwater drone
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that will help me
scope out the sea floor.
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I want to find some new
ground to crush after
the storm passes.
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A lot of old-time miners
shy away from the
new technology,
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but I think
this is the key to progress.
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I'm gonna send you the drone
down there.
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Let us know what you
think from there.
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[John speaking]
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[Chris] Mic check.
Mic check.
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- [John speaking]
- [Chris] Loud and clear.
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Diver down, baby.
John is my gold dog.
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I sent him down there
and he gets it like a dog
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looking for his bone.
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[John speaking]
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We'll go idle up.
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Hey, John. How's it going?
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[John] Oh,
it's going pretty good.
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[John speaking]
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[Chris] Right on.
Right on. Okay. Got it.
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[Chris speaking]
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[John speaking]
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Whoo!
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- My diver's happy...
- [John] Everything's
running smooth.
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...we'll get it.
No matter how hard
it is, we'll get it.
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[narrator] As the youngest
miner in the fleet
forges a new path...
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[Kris] Nobody throw,
uh, cigarette butts
in the tailings,
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'cause they film it
and make us look
like white trash.
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Good morning!
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Today we're starting off,
we're kicking ass.
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The plan is simple.
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I need a third
of an ounce of gold an hour,
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and I need less than
a foot of overburden
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for my crawler
to work properly.
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[narrator]
After a disastrous summer,
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Kris Kelly
is looking to evolve
his winter operation,
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if he can just get
out of his own way.
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We're gonna get
Andy in the water,
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just because he doesn't
trust my prospecting skills,
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even though I'm always right.
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So it's gonna be
an exciting day.
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Summer was junk.
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We need to absolutely
crush it this winter.
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We're aiming for 50 ounces
and I've got just the ticket
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to upgrade Reaper Nation
and pull it off.
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Tomorrow at 2:00 p.m.,
my crawler gets here.
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I am so pumped.
I've been waiting for it.
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My secret weapon
is an underwater crawler.
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Basically, it's like
a vacuum cleaner
on the ocean floor.
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A robot vacuum cleaner.
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It's[bleep] strong, powerful,
should be able to move
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small rocks the size
of a truck.
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No more diving,
just the robot
getting our gold.
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That's how we'll separate
ourselves from everyone else
and reach the next level.
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So today, we've got to find
a good pay streak
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with flat ground and not
a lot of overburden.
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Then we'll dominate
when the crawler gets here.
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We're getting
our sluice box in
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I'm getting Andy
to reserve his energy.
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- [Andy] We're good to go.
- He's gonna get down there
and make our money today.
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I'm expecting more
gold and lots of work.
So I expanded my team.
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I added Daniel and Andrew,
and they're both rookies.
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So there's a lot of work to do
to get them up to speed.
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The foot valves and the
high-pressure line's next.
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Come on, Andrew, get in there.
Let's do this [bleep].
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Andrew, in particular,
he has the reaction
time of a sloth.
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[chuckles]
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[man speaking]
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Okay.
Let's do that right now.
Let's do that right now.
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Look, we don't
need a [bleep] sloth.
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Getting everything set up,
it's a little slow
in the beginning.
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We're like a pit crew.
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Every single day
we do it, we'll get faster.
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Got it.
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[Kris] We're ready to go.
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Water is flowing,
everything's up and ready.
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We're gonna start
making some money.
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Yep.
Ready to dive, get it done.
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[Kris] We really
need less than
a foot of overburden
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- from the crawler
to making sure it works.
- I know.
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And it would be nice
if we run better than
a third of an ounce.
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I'm not stopping
at a third of an ounce.
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- Well, that's nothing,
you know--
- Hey, I wanted...
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If I get a third,
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I want to keep going
and see if I can find better.
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- [Kris] Okay. Check, check.
- Yeah, I can hear you.
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- Idle up.
- [Kris] Okay.
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Idle up, Gabe you do it,
do it slowly.
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[Andy speaking]
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[Kris] But I think it's cobble
with a little bit of sand.
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[Andy speaking]
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Okay. Let me figure out
what's wrong.
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Our engines are idled
all the way up.
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But for some reason, Andy has
no suction under the water.
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Now I have to put
my mechanic's hat on,
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which has never been
my specialty.
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We're good.
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[Kris speaking]
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You know how I fixed it?
With one [bleep] nail.
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So here's Kris,
the mechanic's solution.
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I put a nail in the wall
and hung the fuel line on it,
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so gravity will feed
the fuel to the engine.
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This is not exactly the
revolutionary new operation
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that I envisioned, but, man,
I can't wait till my crawler
gets here.
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- How's your suction?
- [Andy] Good.
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[Kris] Well, thank God.
I think I took care of our
problems up here,
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and we're gonna
start running smoother.
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It wasn't getting fuel at all.
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[Andy] Man, when you were
just giving me that little
speech, dude,
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I just found a crevice
that was full of gold.
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[Kris] Well, good job.
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[Andy speaking]
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[Kris] Found great gold.
I am so pumped.
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Minor difficulties
right now, nothing big.
Nothing I can't handle.
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But everything's fine.
Everything's fine.
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And at least
we're getting a lot of gold.
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[narrator] In Nome,
if you ain't evolving,
you ain't surviving.
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And on the outskirts
of town...
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[Shawn] We got a big storm
coming in.
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Time is money.
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Every hour you're not running,
that's another hour you ain't
making an ounce of gold.
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[narrator] ...the king of Nome
is trying to adapt to stay
ahead of the competition.
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I've never been this excited
about ice season.
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Having the mini excavator
changed the whole game
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you're almost,
even more efficient
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in the winter
than in the summer.
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Every season
on the Bering Sea
is different.
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So my blueprint for mining
has always got to be changing.
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This winter, I developed
a new approach.
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I have the sherp now
that'll maximize my mobility
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and give me access
to new areas.
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And I have an excavator.
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The ultimate tool
for efficiency.
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We'll be able to dig holes
and pivot faster
than anybody else.
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Oh, yeah.
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And this year, I'm aiming
at a big goal, 100 ounces.
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But the biggest change of all
is the spot that I picked,
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the East Tract Claim,
not where I'm used to mining,
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but the drill hole, see,
there's an ancient
channel of gold.
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Trick is, it's deep,
real deep.
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You're 36 feet deep.
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I mean, a lot of guys
won't go out that deep.
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If something goes wrong,
you better figure out
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what the hell you need to do
to get the hell out of there
and get out of there quick.
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Otherwise, you're done.
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A lot of guys wouldn't take
a chance on ground this deep.
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You get far away
from the dive hole,
chance of the bends,
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ground freezing up.
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But I have to take the risk.
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There's guys
like Chris McCully
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just waiting for me
to slow down so they
can be the top dog.
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I just can't stick
to what's comfortable.
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I always have
to be pushing myself.
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Yes, sir.
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We're here, back in business.
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We're on it.
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Get that gold, Joe.
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The second diver on the hole,
I'm gonna get suited up,
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get down,
try to clean the hole up,
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finish it up, it's 'cause
we got a snow storm coming.
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Get down there
and pile up some gold.
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He thinks he's ready.
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We'll see when
he gets to the bottom.
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That gold, it might
just [bleep] shock him.
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[both laughing]
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[Shawn speaking]
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[man speaking]
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[Shawn speaking]
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Sounds like
he can see the bottom.
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That's good.
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If he can see the bottom,
he'll see the gold.
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[Shawn] Oh, yeah.
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There's some big chunks
of ice up above us.
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Right at this particular area,
you can see the big,
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huge chunks of ice
coming down.
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[Shawn speaking]
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That's why we got
the excavator.
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He'll dig me a new hole
and pull me out if he has to.
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But we ain't down here
to google at the ice,
we're here to make some money.
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[man speaking]
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[Shawn] Yeah, go ahead.
Throttle me up.
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[Shawn speaking]
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[Shawn] [bleep] Dammit!
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[Shawn speaking]
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Pry bar in one hand
and kind of pop your way along
as you're sucking it up.
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[Shawn] Come on, baby.
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[Shawn speaking]
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Yeah. You got to bust
through the ground
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and kind of tear it down
layer by layer.
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A lot of potential in it.
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[Shawn speaking]
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Come on, baby.
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We got it.
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Kind of fan it a little bit.
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You should be able
to see the gold
on top of here.
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Oh, yeah. Look at there.
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A piece there, a piece there,
a piece there.
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We can just get this stuff
going up the nozzle.
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We're gonna make
some money, honey.
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Booyah!
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You see gold, just keep
on digging, keep digging.
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Got to keep digging.
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[man] Heck, yeah.[laughs]
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[narrator] As the mining
veteran keeps changing up
his game,
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across the ice...
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[Steve] All right.
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Let's go. Let's go.
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[Jane] Steve and I
got out here early.
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00:16:25,068 --> 00:16:26,620
[Steve] You can get
the ice off here.
246
00:16:26,620 --> 00:16:28,482
[Jane] Waiting on Jeff
and Eddie.
247
00:16:28,482 --> 00:16:31,379
I like to call them Jeff...
What do I call them?
Jeffeddie, like confetti.
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Jeffeddie.
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00:16:34,137 --> 00:16:37,034
[narrator] With Emily
and Homer about to
deliver her baby,
250
00:16:37,034 --> 00:16:40,586
rookie Jane Kilcher
is just beginning
her evolution
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into an ice miner.
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No matter how many times
I do this, it's just...
It's never-ending.
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[Steve]
Really nice to be able to
have all the light possible.
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This is for light,
to get the light down there.
255
00:16:51,827 --> 00:16:53,206
You want the light
down to the bottom.
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[Jane] Water's fine.
Come on in.
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00:16:54,724 --> 00:16:56,172
[Steve] Yeah.
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[Jane]
I'm starting from scratch
when it comes to ice mining.
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And it's pretty stressful
'cause I've never
done it before,
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so this is a big transformation
for me out here.
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Very excited,
but I'm definitely
feeling the pressure,
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because not only
is this my first time
ice mining,
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but I'm expected to be
like "Captain" Jane as well.
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I've got to come through
for Emily 'cause nobody
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00:17:14,482 --> 00:17:17,724
wants to get
a pregnant woman worried
more than they need to.
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It's not pretty.
267
00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,344
[Steve] We're pretty excited.
We're doing real well.
268
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The crew is getting along.
We're well fed.
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- Jane's a hoot to work with.
- [Jane] Whoo!
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Everyone's doing really well.
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- Here come the boys.
- [Jane speaking]
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[Jeff] Hey, guys.
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[Jane] We cleaned your hole.
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Today, we're gonna get
Jeff under the ice,
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which is totally
crazy to begin with.
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And hopefully,
today we get some gold.
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'Cause with the storm
that's coming, today might
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be our only day for getting
gold, like, for a while.
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Jeff's gonna drop down first.
We're ready to just get gold.
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[Jeff] Oh, thank you.
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If the word 'pull'
ever comes up on the
comms, start pulling.
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That's it.
Somebody needs to leave
the shack and start pulling.
283
00:18:01,241 --> 00:18:05,551
When it's 'pull' or 'air'
or 'I'm frozen' or...
284
00:18:05,551 --> 00:18:06,724
- [Eddie] 'Get me up.'
- ...you know--
285
00:18:06,724 --> 00:18:08,068
- [Steve] Yeah.
- [Jeff] 'Help.'
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When the regulator freezes,
it freezes.
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There's no, like, it's...
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- I'm coming out of the water.
- [Jane] Okay.
289
00:18:14,827 --> 00:18:15,965
- So...
- [Jane] I hear ya.
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00:18:15,965 --> 00:18:17,344
- [Steve] Okay, all right.
- [Jeff] So,
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here we go.
Let's, uh...
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[Eddie] There it is.
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[Jane] Eureka!
It's really gushing.
294
00:18:28,413 --> 00:18:29,689
[Jeff] All right.
295
00:18:32,241 --> 00:18:33,482
[Jeff speaking]
296
00:18:34,551 --> 00:18:35,965
[Jane speaking]
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00:18:35,965 --> 00:18:37,551
[Jeff speaking]
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00:18:37,551 --> 00:18:39,517
- Yeah, do you hear me?
- [Jeff] Yeah. Getting you
loud and clear.
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00:18:39,517 --> 00:18:41,172
- [bleep].
- Wow, loud.
300
00:18:41,758 --> 00:18:42,931
[Jeff speaking]
301
00:18:44,172 --> 00:18:45,517
That's what we're here for.
302
00:19:03,793 --> 00:19:04,931
You're at 120.
303
00:19:06,655 --> 00:19:07,793
[Jeff] Thank you, Jane.
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00:19:12,620 --> 00:19:15,586
- [Jeff speaking]
- [Jane] Whoo!
305
00:19:17,620 --> 00:19:20,413
- He's on the bottom.
- [Jeff speaking]
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00:19:21,103 --> 00:19:22,379
[Jane] Oh, that's awesome.
307
00:19:25,517 --> 00:19:27,655
[Jeff speaking]
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00:19:32,275 --> 00:19:33,413
Copy that.
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00:19:33,862 --> 00:19:34,517
[Jane speaking]
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00:19:38,827 --> 00:19:41,482
[Jeff speaking]
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00:19:42,413 --> 00:19:45,068
- [Jane chuckling]
- [Jeff speaking]
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Whoo!
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00:19:46,931 --> 00:19:48,655
[man speaking]
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00:19:49,172 --> 00:19:51,896
[Jeff speaking]
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00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:56,137
Oh, man.
316
00:19:56,137 --> 00:19:57,827
I'm gonna text Emily
and let her know.
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00:19:57,827 --> 00:19:59,379
- [Jeff speaking]
- [chuckles]
318
00:20:06,206 --> 00:20:07,931
[Jeff speaking]
319
00:20:24,862 --> 00:20:26,172
What are you on?
320
00:20:26,172 --> 00:20:28,551
[Andy] I'm on really
good gold.
321
00:20:29,793 --> 00:20:32,379
[Andy speaking]
322
00:20:42,448 --> 00:20:43,655
So packed full of gold?
323
00:20:43,655 --> 00:20:46,448
[Andy speaking]
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00:20:49,344 --> 00:20:50,965
[narrator] For the first time
this winter,
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00:20:50,965 --> 00:20:54,965
the Kellys may finally
have the building blocks
for success...
326
00:20:54,965 --> 00:20:55,827
Well, good job.
327
00:20:56,620 --> 00:20:59,551
[engine whirring]
328
00:21:02,310 --> 00:21:03,586
[stops whirring]
329
00:21:03,586 --> 00:21:05,137
[man] [bleep]
330
00:21:07,689 --> 00:21:09,103
[narrator] ...or maybe not.
331
00:21:11,034 --> 00:21:13,482
Sorry, buddy.
We're having engine
problems again.
332
00:21:13,482 --> 00:21:15,137
[Kris]
Oh, that [bleep] sucks.
333
00:21:21,275 --> 00:21:22,896
It's running
like a sack of[bleep].
334
00:21:31,448 --> 00:21:34,206
[Kris] The problem is, they've
been running the engine
335
00:21:34,206 --> 00:21:37,586
with the choke on
for two days.
336
00:21:37,586 --> 00:21:40,103
Everything just went
to [bleep] real fast.
337
00:21:41,344 --> 00:21:43,068
[Kris] So the guys have been
leaving the choke on.
338
00:21:43,068 --> 00:21:44,448
That's not good.
339
00:21:44,448 --> 00:21:46,275
Guess who? Everybody
out there knows,
340
00:21:46,275 --> 00:21:49,241
not putting the choke back in
will ruin your engine
341
00:21:49,241 --> 00:21:51,034
if you run it at high speeds.
342
00:21:51,034 --> 00:21:52,551
It can fry it fast.
343
00:21:52,551 --> 00:21:54,931
[bleep]!
344
00:21:55,965 --> 00:21:57,448
[Kris] Hey look.
We're lighting
345
00:21:57,448 --> 00:22:00,172
everything on fire in there.
346
00:22:00,172 --> 00:22:03,172
That right there was wrapped
around like a circle
347
00:22:03,172 --> 00:22:05,827
around the foot valves
and the extension cord.
348
00:22:05,827 --> 00:22:08,551
So everything's touching it
and melting it.
349
00:22:08,551 --> 00:22:11,413
So we're literally
gonna light everything
on fire today.
350
00:22:13,896 --> 00:22:16,413
While inspecting the engines,
I also noticed that
351
00:22:16,413 --> 00:22:18,379
someone coiled
the exhaust line,
352
00:22:18,379 --> 00:22:19,931
and everything is heating up.
353
00:22:19,931 --> 00:22:23,000
Trust me, I know
what a fire hazard looks like.
354
00:22:25,413 --> 00:22:29,241
Oh, we just lost our entire
winter mining operation.
355
00:22:29,241 --> 00:22:30,310
[bleep]
356
00:22:32,103 --> 00:22:33,413
Now we're down an engine.
357
00:22:33,413 --> 00:22:36,275
And so, basically,
our suction power will suck.
358
00:22:39,931 --> 00:22:42,068
Sorry, one of our engines
are[bleep] up.
359
00:22:42,068 --> 00:22:43,482
I figured out
what the problem was.
360
00:22:43,482 --> 00:22:44,931
[Andy speaking]
361
00:22:44,931 --> 00:22:46,517
I got a bunch
of [bleep] idiots
362
00:22:46,517 --> 00:22:49,172
constantly surrounding me
at all times.
363
00:22:49,172 --> 00:22:51,482
[Andy speaking]
364
00:22:51,482 --> 00:22:54,241
So we were running it
yesterday [bleep]
365
00:22:54,241 --> 00:22:57,862
with the choke on
and ruining our engine.
366
00:22:59,620 --> 00:23:01,482
[Andy speaking]
367
00:23:01,482 --> 00:23:03,586
[Kris] 'Cause everything's
falling apart in there.
368
00:23:03,586 --> 00:23:05,862
The exhausters
are burning everything.
369
00:23:05,862 --> 00:23:07,551
[Andy speaking]
370
00:23:07,551 --> 00:23:10,000
[Kris] How's your
suction down there
with just one engine?
371
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,724
[Andy speaking]
372
00:23:12,620 --> 00:23:14,482
Hey, do you want
to call it a day?
373
00:23:14,482 --> 00:23:17,137
Break down everything,
fix everything again?
374
00:23:17,137 --> 00:23:19,482
[Andy speaking]
375
00:23:19,482 --> 00:23:21,241
[Kris speaking]
376
00:23:22,448 --> 00:23:25,448
[Andy speaking]
377
00:23:25,448 --> 00:23:27,413
We can point fingers
and guess all day long,
378
00:23:27,413 --> 00:23:30,551
but someone left that
throttle open since yesterday.
379
00:23:30,551 --> 00:23:34,379
And now it's time for
a game I like to call
"Who [bleep] me?"
380
00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,517
[inaudible]
381
00:23:38,896 --> 00:23:40,448
[Kris] It could
have been Andrew.
382
00:23:40,448 --> 00:23:41,793
It could have been Daniel.
383
00:23:41,793 --> 00:23:43,793
Let's not forget about
my brother,
384
00:23:43,793 --> 00:23:46,793
and last but not least,
Turtle, who set up my engine
385
00:23:46,793 --> 00:23:48,724
and who's not here today.
386
00:23:48,724 --> 00:23:50,827
So who's the POS
that did this?
387
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,862
Were you running
the engine yesterday
388
00:23:54,862 --> 00:23:56,344
with that throttle not off?
389
00:24:00,344 --> 00:24:02,137
- Who said that? Turtle?
- Turtle.
390
00:24:02,793 --> 00:24:04,517
Yeah.
391
00:24:04,517 --> 00:24:05,965
It was Turtle. [bleep]
392
00:24:09,896 --> 00:24:11,379
Turtle!
393
00:24:13,206 --> 00:24:15,034
This is the second day
of mining.
394
00:24:15,034 --> 00:24:16,862
These are all the problems
that, you know,
395
00:24:16,862 --> 00:24:18,586
at the beginning
of the season,
396
00:24:18,586 --> 00:24:20,827
even though these are dumb
[bleep] problems.
397
00:24:20,827 --> 00:24:22,379
Dumb [bleep] problems.
398
00:24:24,379 --> 00:24:26,172
Okay, well, let's pack up
and get the [bleep]
out of here.
399
00:24:26,172 --> 00:24:27,275
I've had enough for today.
400
00:24:27,275 --> 00:24:29,965
[Kris speaking]
401
00:24:32,068 --> 00:24:33,448
[Andy] Saw a nice
amount of gold,
402
00:24:33,448 --> 00:24:35,241
I can't even
[bleep] touch it.
403
00:24:35,241 --> 00:24:37,172
That was a bust to me.
404
00:24:37,172 --> 00:24:38,931
Nothing pisses me off
more than
405
00:24:38,931 --> 00:24:42,241
looking at the gold
and knowing I can't touch it.
406
00:24:42,241 --> 00:24:44,068
That's the worst [bleep] part.
407
00:24:45,655 --> 00:24:47,379
[bleep]
408
00:24:48,655 --> 00:24:50,689
[narrator] While the Kellys
face more problems...
409
00:24:53,275 --> 00:24:54,275
across the ice...
410
00:24:57,448 --> 00:24:59,000
[Chris] Hey, John.
411
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,896
How you doing with the Gs?
412
00:25:00,896 --> 00:25:04,482
[John speaking]
413
00:25:04,482 --> 00:25:05,620
[Chris] Woohoo!
414
00:25:06,827 --> 00:25:10,172
John is the gold dog
in this operation right now.
415
00:25:10,172 --> 00:25:12,931
[narrator] Chris McCully's
operation is blossoming,
416
00:25:12,931 --> 00:25:16,413
as his gold dog has logged
four hours of bite
417
00:25:16,413 --> 00:25:17,620
under the ice.
418
00:25:17,620 --> 00:25:18,827
[Chris] All right, John.
419
00:25:18,827 --> 00:25:21,206
I'm gonna send you
the drone down there.
420
00:25:21,206 --> 00:25:22,724
I'll give it instructions.
421
00:25:22,724 --> 00:25:24,172
[John] That sounds good.
422
00:25:25,172 --> 00:25:26,344
[Chris] John is killing it.
423
00:25:26,344 --> 00:25:28,379
The gold is flowing nonstop.
424
00:25:28,379 --> 00:25:31,068
The storm is coming in fast,
so it's time to unleash
425
00:25:31,068 --> 00:25:32,517
my other gold dog.
426
00:25:32,517 --> 00:25:35,827
It's the missing link,
the underwater drone.
427
00:25:37,103 --> 00:25:39,241
It's like an animal
out in the wild,
428
00:25:39,241 --> 00:25:41,413
always searching for that
next meal.
429
00:25:44,379 --> 00:25:45,275
The same thing as me.
430
00:25:49,275 --> 00:25:50,896
So this drone is really sick.
431
00:25:50,896 --> 00:25:52,620
I can just send it down there
432
00:25:52,620 --> 00:25:54,172
and move it around
the sea floor
433
00:25:54,172 --> 00:25:56,068
and I can easily
find new ground.
434
00:25:56,068 --> 00:25:58,931
And it's way faster than
sending a diver down there.
435
00:25:58,931 --> 00:26:01,379
If I'm gonna end up
on top this winter,
436
00:26:01,379 --> 00:26:03,689
I've got to keep looking
for this kind of edge.
437
00:26:04,965 --> 00:26:08,034
This is the baddest,
the greatest,
438
00:26:08,034 --> 00:26:11,137
the latest prospecting tool.
439
00:26:11,137 --> 00:26:12,931
All right.
We're gonna go down.
440
00:26:12,931 --> 00:26:14,379
I'm gonna start descending.
441
00:26:22,034 --> 00:26:23,068
Okay.
442
00:26:23,068 --> 00:26:26,034
Now I'm slowly
approaching John.
443
00:26:26,034 --> 00:26:28,034
- [man] Yeah.
- [Chris] I can
see his umbilical.
444
00:26:31,206 --> 00:26:33,724
[John speaking]
445
00:26:33,724 --> 00:26:34,896
[Chris] Hey, John. Come on.
446
00:26:34,896 --> 00:26:37,137
I'll let you grab
the ROV and then...
447
00:26:39,862 --> 00:26:42,034
[John speaking]
448
00:26:42,034 --> 00:26:44,206
[Chris] All right. Okay.
Here we go. Approaching.
449
00:26:45,551 --> 00:26:46,689
[John] All right. I got it.
450
00:26:46,689 --> 00:26:48,034
[Chris] All right.
Go ahead. Yep.
451
00:26:48,034 --> 00:26:49,689
Keep it level.
452
00:26:49,689 --> 00:26:51,068
[John] I'm gonna take, uh...
453
00:26:54,413 --> 00:26:57,379
[Chris] It looks like it
is facing towards north east.
454
00:26:57,862 --> 00:27:00,206
[John speaking]
455
00:27:00,206 --> 00:27:03,000
[Chris] Okay.
You can let go of the drone
and then I'll go, uh...
456
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:04,586
We'll go ahead
and scout that area.
457
00:27:08,310 --> 00:27:09,241
[John] There you go.
458
00:27:21,758 --> 00:27:23,103
[Chris] Yeah!
459
00:27:28,310 --> 00:27:29,689
[Chris speaking]
460
00:27:38,448 --> 00:27:40,482
Wow.
461
00:27:42,379 --> 00:27:43,620
Yeah. So look at this.
462
00:27:43,620 --> 00:27:46,275
This is real promising area.
463
00:27:46,275 --> 00:27:50,620
I like this ground
because it goes uphill
and then it goes...
464
00:27:50,620 --> 00:27:52,103
[whistles]
465
00:27:52,103 --> 00:27:57,000
[Chris speaking]
466
00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:58,586
I think we're gonna...
We're gonna make
467
00:27:58,586 --> 00:28:00,344
our next hole over here, dude.
468
00:28:00,344 --> 00:28:02,275
I had a great feeling
about this.
469
00:28:02,275 --> 00:28:04,448
I'm locked into the position
right now.
470
00:28:04,448 --> 00:28:06,758
I... I know exactly
where it is.
471
00:28:07,620 --> 00:28:09,827
John, it's been four hours.
472
00:28:09,827 --> 00:28:13,344
I'm ready to get out here
before the storm comes in,
you know.
473
00:28:13,344 --> 00:28:15,137
So, come up
whenever you're ready.
474
00:28:15,137 --> 00:28:16,586
[John speaking]
475
00:28:16,586 --> 00:28:17,620
[Chris] Yeah.
476
00:28:18,724 --> 00:28:21,655
So this storm is about to hit,
but John killed it.
477
00:28:21,655 --> 00:28:23,000
He was on the gold
the whole time
478
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:24,551
and the drone found
some new ground
479
00:28:24,551 --> 00:28:27,172
and I can't wait to dive on it
next time.
480
00:28:27,172 --> 00:28:28,862
This is my plan
for the season.
481
00:28:28,862 --> 00:28:31,275
I'm just gonna keep producing
and producing
482
00:28:31,275 --> 00:28:33,137
and always stay
one step ahead.
483
00:28:38,206 --> 00:28:39,896
I did my due diligence.
484
00:28:39,896 --> 00:28:43,310
So now you have ground
for the next hole, really.
485
00:28:43,310 --> 00:28:44,379
So...
486
00:28:46,724 --> 00:28:49,000
[Chris] I'm ready
to get out of here.
487
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,482
We're done we're finished.
488
00:28:50,482 --> 00:28:51,827
Finito.
489
00:29:02,482 --> 00:29:04,620
[man speaking]
490
00:29:05,689 --> 00:29:06,586
[Shawn] Yeah.
491
00:29:06,586 --> 00:29:08,551
[Shawn speaking]
492
00:29:12,241 --> 00:29:13,310
Little by little.
493
00:29:16,103 --> 00:29:17,103
[man] Booyah!
494
00:29:17,103 --> 00:29:18,413
[narrator]
Mr. Gold's rolling with
495
00:29:18,413 --> 00:29:21,344
every punch
Mother Nature throws,
496
00:29:21,344 --> 00:29:24,034
determined to crack through
a frozen pay streak
497
00:29:24,034 --> 00:29:25,620
before the storm hits Nome.
498
00:29:25,620 --> 00:29:27,620
[Shawn] Oh, yeah.
Look at there.
499
00:29:30,448 --> 00:29:31,206
[man] Yeah, it is.
500
00:29:34,172 --> 00:29:36,586
[Shawn] There's definitely
gonna be some good
gold in the box.
501
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:42,172
Big storm coming in, so
I better come on up, honey.
502
00:29:42,172 --> 00:29:43,620
[man speaking]
503
00:29:57,172 --> 00:29:58,000
Whoo!
504
00:29:58,931 --> 00:30:00,482
[bleep] yeah.
505
00:30:01,068 --> 00:30:02,793
[man speaking]
506
00:30:02,793 --> 00:30:04,896
[Shawn speaking]
507
00:30:11,068 --> 00:30:12,517
That wasn't easy.
508
00:30:12,517 --> 00:30:15,034
The water at this depth
is so cold,
509
00:30:15,034 --> 00:30:17,068
it freezes
the bottom rock hard.
510
00:30:17,068 --> 00:30:19,310
Had to chip away at it
for hours.
511
00:30:19,310 --> 00:30:22,689
Good thing is, I cleared out
the hole before the storm hit,
512
00:30:22,689 --> 00:30:24,793
and I think
it's gonna be huge.
513
00:30:24,793 --> 00:30:27,241
- [man] Yeah.
- [Shawn speaking]
514
00:30:28,862 --> 00:30:30,172
[man speaking]
515
00:30:30,172 --> 00:30:31,379
[Shawn] Yeah, it's beautiful.
516
00:30:31,862 --> 00:30:33,379
That's a wrap.
517
00:30:34,482 --> 00:30:35,586
[Shawn] Way too good.
518
00:30:42,310 --> 00:30:43,344
[narrator] Five miles east...
519
00:30:45,068 --> 00:30:46,344
[Jane] How are you
doing down there?
520
00:30:46,344 --> 00:30:48,000
[Jeff speaking]
521
00:30:48,965 --> 00:30:51,034
[Jane speaking]
522
00:30:52,620 --> 00:30:55,965
Are you talking about
the air or your hair?
523
00:30:55,965 --> 00:30:59,103
[Jeff speaking]
524
00:30:59,103 --> 00:31:01,068
Oh, that's at 110.
Your hair...
525
00:31:01,068 --> 00:31:03,000
[speaking other language]
526
00:31:03,551 --> 00:31:06,241
[Jeff speaking]
527
00:31:06,241 --> 00:31:08,896
[narrator] As the storm
creeps a 'hair' closer,
528
00:31:08,896 --> 00:31:11,413
Jane's knee deep
in the earliest stage
529
00:31:11,413 --> 00:31:13,379
of her ice-mining career.
530
00:31:16,241 --> 00:31:17,793
[Jane] Just coming up
on three hours.
531
00:31:18,344 --> 00:31:19,344
How's the view?
532
00:31:21,724 --> 00:31:24,068
[Jeff speaking]
533
00:31:28,655 --> 00:31:30,379
All right.
What do you need me to do?
534
00:31:31,793 --> 00:31:33,655
[Jeff speaking]
535
00:31:34,517 --> 00:31:35,896
All right, [bleep].
536
00:31:38,931 --> 00:31:40,206
[bleep]
537
00:31:42,655 --> 00:31:43,655
[Jane speaking]
538
00:31:54,448 --> 00:31:56,000
[Jeff] Nope, one more time.
539
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,275
Eddie, he said one more time.
540
00:31:59,344 --> 00:32:00,310
Give it a couple seconds.
541
00:32:10,275 --> 00:32:12,586
- [Jane] How are you doing?
- [Jeff speaking]
542
00:32:14,034 --> 00:32:16,000
[Jane speaking]
543
00:32:27,758 --> 00:32:29,000
[Jeff speaking]
544
00:32:43,172 --> 00:32:45,034
Okay, I'll tell them.
545
00:32:45,034 --> 00:32:46,103
Hey.
546
00:32:46,103 --> 00:32:47,965
Cut. You can't...
Killin' it.
547
00:32:47,965 --> 00:32:49,137
We're done.
548
00:32:52,275 --> 00:32:54,034
I'm gonna be honest,
I'm not really sure
what happened,
549
00:32:54,034 --> 00:32:55,793
but Jeff wanted to call it.
550
00:32:55,793 --> 00:32:57,586
Something stuck
in one of these blue pipes,
551
00:32:57,586 --> 00:32:59,172
and tore out the full power.
552
00:32:59,172 --> 00:33:00,586
We have to fix that.
553
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,448
So we're having a great day
and we're doing really well,
554
00:33:04,448 --> 00:33:07,310
but then now,
something's totally
freaky with the hose
555
00:33:07,310 --> 00:33:09,482
and we're having no suction.
556
00:33:09,482 --> 00:33:10,758
So we're shutting down
for the day
557
00:33:10,758 --> 00:33:13,034
and we're gonna figure out,
like, what is the problem?
558
00:33:13,034 --> 00:33:15,724
Not the way I wanted things
to go on our first dive.
559
00:33:22,034 --> 00:33:22,965
Yeah.
560
00:33:26,862 --> 00:33:28,034
[Jeff speaking]
561
00:33:29,310 --> 00:33:30,448
[Jeff] Okay. So...
562
00:33:33,896 --> 00:33:36,862
[Eddie]
When we were building it,
had a buddy of mine helping,
563
00:33:36,862 --> 00:33:39,827
and we mysteriously
lost a tape measure.
564
00:33:41,793 --> 00:33:42,931
But we found it.
565
00:33:42,931 --> 00:33:43,758
[woman speaking]
566
00:33:44,241 --> 00:33:45,724
Today is the day.
567
00:33:45,724 --> 00:33:47,379
[Jeff] Obviously, you know,
we had a little plug.
568
00:33:47,379 --> 00:33:48,724
And I'm coming up trying
to figure out
569
00:33:48,724 --> 00:33:52,000
where this plug is,
and long story short,
570
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,724
there's a tape measure
in a four-inch pipe.
571
00:33:54,724 --> 00:33:56,758
- It's literally...
- [Steve] Yeah.
572
00:33:56,758 --> 00:33:58,724
- ...sideways
in the venturi.
- [Steve] Yeah.
573
00:33:58,724 --> 00:34:02,275
Taking about 70%
of the power easily.
574
00:34:02,275 --> 00:34:03,517
- Oh, my gosh.
- Yeah.
575
00:34:03,517 --> 00:34:04,689
- Easy, easy.
- [Steve] Yeah.
576
00:34:04,689 --> 00:34:06,310
[machinery whirring]
577
00:34:09,034 --> 00:34:13,379
Well, you know,
surgeons leave scissors
578
00:34:13,379 --> 00:34:16,068
sometimes inside your body
and then they stitch you up
579
00:34:16,068 --> 00:34:17,413
and then you've got
a pair of scissors.
580
00:34:18,931 --> 00:34:21,275
Well, in this case,
it's a tape measure
581
00:34:21,275 --> 00:34:22,793
that's in our jet.
582
00:34:24,517 --> 00:34:26,931
First day of my
ice-mining experience
583
00:34:26,931 --> 00:34:28,655
and the good news
is we found gold.
584
00:34:28,655 --> 00:34:31,517
Bad news is we had
to shut down for the day.
585
00:34:31,517 --> 00:34:35,275
It was kind of a gong show,
so I definitely have
room to grow.
586
00:34:35,275 --> 00:34:37,137
I'm definitely gonna
tell Emily about the gold.
587
00:34:37,137 --> 00:34:39,310
I'm definitely
not going to tell Emily
588
00:34:39,310 --> 00:34:40,482
about the tape measure.
589
00:34:42,068 --> 00:34:43,310
Somebody grab
the tape measure?
590
00:34:44,586 --> 00:34:45,655
[Jane] I haven't seen it.
591
00:34:46,724 --> 00:34:49,586
[all laughing]
592
00:34:51,413 --> 00:34:53,000
- [Eddie] Yeah!
- [Jeff] Yeah.
593
00:35:00,103 --> 00:35:04,896
So right here,
we have the pimpmobile,
John's pimpmobile.
594
00:35:06,689 --> 00:35:09,103
John always rides
with a flat tire.
595
00:35:09,103 --> 00:35:12,586
He, uh,
he said it adds traction.
596
00:35:12,586 --> 00:35:14,655
Manual deflation tire.
597
00:35:14,655 --> 00:35:18,034
So, every...
Every night, after he dives,
598
00:35:18,034 --> 00:35:22,310
he has to pump his...
He has to pump his tire
every night.
599
00:35:31,172 --> 00:35:33,379
[Chris] One night, he, uh,
he was pumping his tire
600
00:35:33,379 --> 00:35:35,103
and his 12-volt pump
caught on fire...
601
00:35:37,275 --> 00:35:39,482
and he had to walk home.
602
00:35:39,482 --> 00:35:41,896
[John screams]
603
00:35:41,896 --> 00:35:44,586
[Chris] So I was like, "Oh,
[bleep] happens, I guess."
604
00:35:44,586 --> 00:35:45,862
[laughing]
605
00:35:46,724 --> 00:35:49,931
John's pimpmobile. [chuckles]
606
00:36:00,827 --> 00:36:03,034
[narrator]
The storm has arrived,
607
00:36:03,034 --> 00:36:06,241
and although it's wiped out
all life on the ice,
608
00:36:06,241 --> 00:36:08,793
two miners manage to thrive.
609
00:36:11,206 --> 00:36:12,275
And in Nome...
610
00:36:13,965 --> 00:36:16,793
[Chris] So freaking
heavy, dude.
611
00:36:19,275 --> 00:36:21,172
[narrator]
...the fleet's young gun
is looking for proof
612
00:36:21,172 --> 00:36:23,827
that he's got the momentum
to reach the top.
613
00:36:23,827 --> 00:36:25,413
[Chris] Yeah.
614
00:36:25,413 --> 00:36:26,758
Looking good so far.
615
00:36:26,758 --> 00:36:28,517
Lumps of gold right there.
616
00:36:28,517 --> 00:36:31,482
On the Bering Sea,
you've always got
to be adapting.
617
00:36:31,482 --> 00:36:34,827
We knew the storm was coming
and that we needed
to clear out
618
00:36:34,827 --> 00:36:38,827
this hole fast and, you know,
find a new one simultaneously.
619
00:36:38,827 --> 00:36:40,137
We did that.
620
00:36:40,137 --> 00:36:43,241
Now, I just want to see
a strong number on that scale.
621
00:36:43,241 --> 00:36:45,862
All right, we're ready.
We're ready to weigh it out.
622
00:36:45,862 --> 00:36:47,379
Yeah, we're gonna
go by grams.
623
00:36:47,379 --> 00:36:49,000
- [John] Okay, here we go.
- [Chris] Got it.
624
00:36:51,517 --> 00:36:56,482
We got 40, 60, 100, 200.
625
00:36:57,931 --> 00:36:59,275
300.
626
00:37:01,275 --> 00:37:02,793
400.
627
00:37:07,482 --> 00:37:09,206
446.
628
00:37:09,206 --> 00:37:11,137
442 grams.
629
00:37:11,137 --> 00:37:15,586
So that translates
into 442 grams
630
00:37:15,586 --> 00:37:19,344
divided by 31.1 troy ounces.
631
00:37:20,413 --> 00:37:22,000
We got 14 ounces.
632
00:37:23,241 --> 00:37:24,965
Whoo!
633
00:37:26,413 --> 00:37:31,206
[narrator] Fourteen ounces
is worth over $26,000.
634
00:37:31,206 --> 00:37:35,241
Evidence that
Chris's blueprint
for growth has legs.
635
00:37:35,241 --> 00:37:37,482
This is a good start
for us.
636
00:37:37,482 --> 00:37:39,275
My crew is happy.
637
00:37:39,275 --> 00:37:41,965
Olson and John
is really happy.
638
00:37:41,965 --> 00:37:43,965
I could not be
more excited the way
639
00:37:43,965 --> 00:37:45,275
this winter's been going.
640
00:37:45,275 --> 00:37:47,758
I don't know
where Shawn's season's
at right now,
641
00:37:47,758 --> 00:37:49,310
but I think
he'll be hard-pressed
642
00:37:49,310 --> 00:37:50,793
to have this much gold.
643
00:37:50,793 --> 00:37:53,413
We're just gonna keep crushing
anything in our path
644
00:37:53,413 --> 00:37:55,655
for the rest of the season.
645
00:37:55,655 --> 00:37:58,068
Tomorrow is a new day.
We're gonna go back again.
646
00:37:58,068 --> 00:38:00,551
We're gonna keep mining,
but right now,
647
00:38:00,551 --> 00:38:02,586
we're ahead
of the game, baby.
648
00:38:02,586 --> 00:38:05,862
We're ahead of the game,
kicking ass, you know.
649
00:38:07,448 --> 00:38:09,655
[narrator] Chris grows
stronger by the day.
650
00:38:12,482 --> 00:38:13,482
But across town...
651
00:38:17,275 --> 00:38:18,758
[Shawn] What have we got here?
652
00:38:18,758 --> 00:38:20,931
Nice, big, fat clean-up.
653
00:38:20,931 --> 00:38:23,172
That's what we're looking for.
654
00:38:23,172 --> 00:38:24,655
[narrator]
...Shawn's new strategy
655
00:38:24,655 --> 00:38:26,482
also looks to be
reaping dividends.
656
00:38:27,758 --> 00:38:29,068
[Shawn] Get that gold, Joe.
657
00:38:35,068 --> 00:38:37,000
I was seeing gold
the whole time I was down,
658
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,310
but it was frozen.
Really hard to move.
659
00:38:39,310 --> 00:38:41,758
Need to hit the jackpot
before the storm hit.
660
00:38:41,758 --> 00:38:43,517
By the looks of it,
we killed it.
661
00:38:43,965 --> 00:38:45,000
Feels good.
662
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,413
Feels nice, a handful of gold.
663
00:38:48,413 --> 00:38:50,241
Now it's time to put it
on the scale.
664
00:38:50,241 --> 00:38:51,586
Let's see a big number.
665
00:38:53,931 --> 00:38:57,068
Oh, baby.
666
00:38:57,068 --> 00:38:59,068
That's a nice pile
of gold there.
667
00:38:59,068 --> 00:39:00,413
Oh, yeah.
668
00:39:00,413 --> 00:39:02,000
- [Shawn chuckles]
- It's looking good.
669
00:39:02,862 --> 00:39:03,862
Ooh.
670
00:39:04,620 --> 00:39:06,793
Let's see what we got here.
671
00:39:07,517 --> 00:39:08,655
What are you thinking?
672
00:39:08,655 --> 00:39:10,241
Over 20, that's for sure.
673
00:39:11,310 --> 00:39:14,896
Five, ten, 15.
674
00:39:15,310 --> 00:39:16,448
Come on.
675
00:39:16,448 --> 00:39:17,896
17.
676
00:39:17,896 --> 00:39:19,137
20.
677
00:39:19,137 --> 00:39:21,517
Oh, 22.
678
00:39:21,517 --> 00:39:23,482
27.
679
00:39:24,517 --> 00:39:26,275
28.15.
680
00:39:28,034 --> 00:39:30,965
Heck, yeah. [laughing]
681
00:39:30,965 --> 00:39:33,620
That will put a smile
on your face.
682
00:39:33,620 --> 00:39:38,482
[narrator] 28.15 ounces
is worth over $53,000.
683
00:39:38,482 --> 00:39:41,931
And the frozen pay streak
proved to be red hot.
684
00:39:42,931 --> 00:39:44,000
[man] This is beautiful.
685
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,172
[Shawn] It looks like
a big pile of cash to me.
686
00:39:46,172 --> 00:39:47,931
[Joe] Yeah. Yes, indeed.
687
00:39:49,068 --> 00:39:52,275
Off the bottom of
the ocean floor, in the pan,
688
00:39:52,275 --> 00:39:54,655
it'll be in the bank here
pretty soon.
689
00:39:54,655 --> 00:39:56,034
Oh, yeah.
690
00:39:56,034 --> 00:39:57,793
Well, the moral
of the story is,
691
00:39:57,793 --> 00:39:59,724
no matter how many years
you've been mining,
692
00:39:59,724 --> 00:40:01,551
no matter
how successful you are,
693
00:40:01,551 --> 00:40:03,275
you always have
to keep learning,
694
00:40:03,275 --> 00:40:06,482
growing and improving,
and you can't ever quit.
695
00:40:06,482 --> 00:40:08,275
That's the only way
to stay on top
696
00:40:08,275 --> 00:40:11,241
and to keep everybody
that's chasing you
at a distance.
697
00:40:12,310 --> 00:40:14,482
I think we can fill it up
if we hit the right spot.
698
00:40:14,482 --> 00:40:15,551
Mmm-hmm.
699
00:40:15,551 --> 00:40:17,689
[Shawn] Keep moving at pace.
700
00:40:17,689 --> 00:40:19,275
Get back out there
and get it.
701
00:40:19,275 --> 00:40:20,482
[Joe] Mmm-hmm.
702
00:40:23,137 --> 00:40:25,758
[narrator] Mr. Gold
still atop the gold chain,
703
00:40:25,758 --> 00:40:28,172
but young gun, Chris McCully,
is quickly growing
704
00:40:28,172 --> 00:40:29,379
into a threat.
705
00:40:32,137 --> 00:40:35,655
Next time
on Bering Sea Gold...
706
00:40:35,655 --> 00:40:38,379
[man] There's a
snowmachine race
called the Nome-Golovin.
707
00:40:38,379 --> 00:40:40,103
[Shawn] Oh, yeah.
708
00:40:42,448 --> 00:40:43,724
[Chris] All right. Go on in.
709
00:40:45,206 --> 00:40:46,517
[Chris speaking]
710
00:40:49,551 --> 00:40:51,448
[John] Heck yeah, baby.
711
00:40:51,448 --> 00:40:52,758
Sweet, I'm gonna suit up
712
00:40:52,758 --> 00:40:54,482
and then I'll send
you down, Nate.
713
00:40:54,482 --> 00:40:57,793
We're supposed
to go down to the ice
for the first time today.
714
00:40:57,793 --> 00:41:01,724
I'm expecting Daniel
and Andrew to get down there.
715
00:41:03,379 --> 00:41:06,620
Hey, you're not
supposed to [bleep]
swallow the gasoline.
716
00:41:07,931 --> 00:41:09,655
[man speaking]
717
00:41:11,379 --> 00:41:12,689
- [Nate speaking]
- [man] Come up.
718
00:41:12,689 --> 00:41:13,551
[Nate speaking]
719
00:41:14,413 --> 00:41:16,000
All right, this is the spot.
720
00:41:21,310 --> 00:41:22,931
[man 1 speaking]
721
00:41:24,689 --> 00:41:25,827
[man 2 speaking]
This is very bad.
722
00:41:25,827 --> 00:41:27,482
Very bad. Very bad.