1 00:00:16,310 --> 00:00:19,965 [narrator] Evolution is as vital to miners as it is to every species. 2 00:00:21,655 --> 00:00:24,862 Over a century ago, the first form of gold seekers 3 00:00:24,862 --> 00:00:28,827 brought their primitive methods to the Nome shores. 4 00:00:28,827 --> 00:00:32,689 And while today's fleet has advanced far beyond their forefathers, 5 00:00:32,689 --> 00:00:35,689 if they don't continue to evolve, 6 00:00:35,689 --> 00:00:38,034 they'll be left out in the cold. 7 00:00:42,793 --> 00:00:45,379 And on the icy Bering Sea... 8 00:00:52,724 --> 00:00:54,482 There's a storm coming up, 9 00:00:54,482 --> 00:00:57,000 but, you know, I got to make money before that, 10 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:58,689 you know, because it's pretty much 11 00:00:58,689 --> 00:01:00,413 gonna be [bleep] for a while, you know. 12 00:01:00,413 --> 00:01:02,344 Ain't no [bleep] around today. 13 00:01:02,344 --> 00:01:04,137 [narrator] Into the face of adversity, 14 00:01:04,137 --> 00:01:09,448 a young gun's looking for an edge to rise to the top of the gold chain. 15 00:01:09,448 --> 00:01:13,620 [Chris speaking] 16 00:01:17,689 --> 00:01:19,379 This winter is all about letting 17 00:01:19,379 --> 00:01:22,896 the mining community know that there's a new force in town. 18 00:01:22,896 --> 00:01:25,206 I've always got to be thinking outside the box. 19 00:01:25,206 --> 00:01:28,103 I need to use every edge that I can because I'm aiming 20 00:01:28,103 --> 00:01:31,517 for a hundred-ounce season, and that's a Mr. Gold number. 21 00:01:31,517 --> 00:01:35,586 I'm gonna prove that I'm as good as Mr. Gold or anyone in this fleet, 22 00:01:35,586 --> 00:01:37,551 and I want no storm to slow me down. 23 00:01:38,551 --> 00:01:39,896 Push it in there. 24 00:01:41,724 --> 00:01:42,655 [Chris speaking] 25 00:01:43,862 --> 00:01:46,862 [man speaking] 26 00:01:51,482 --> 00:01:53,379 So I got a two-pronged plan to help me 27 00:01:53,379 --> 00:01:56,275 stay ahead of the game before the storm hits. 28 00:01:56,275 --> 00:01:58,896 First, I'm gonna send Yukon John down 29 00:01:58,896 --> 00:02:00,896 and finish up the rest of this hole. 30 00:02:00,896 --> 00:02:03,413 The guy is a killer. Total Nome OG. 31 00:02:03,413 --> 00:02:05,862 I just want to make sure what happened last summer 32 00:02:05,862 --> 00:02:07,379 didn't mess up his confidence. 33 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,862 [Vernon speaking] 34 00:02:13,724 --> 00:02:16,724 A strong diver will fix that in a hurry. 35 00:02:17,689 --> 00:02:19,172 Hey, Freddie. 36 00:02:20,172 --> 00:02:22,517 - [Freddie speaking] - Game time. 37 00:02:22,517 --> 00:02:25,482 And I'm also gonna break out some new technology. 38 00:02:25,482 --> 00:02:27,620 I have this cool underwater drone 39 00:02:27,620 --> 00:02:29,862 that will help me scope out the sea floor. 40 00:02:29,862 --> 00:02:33,551 I want to find some new ground to crush after the storm passes. 41 00:02:33,551 --> 00:02:36,655 A lot of old-time miners shy away from the new technology, 42 00:02:36,655 --> 00:02:38,862 but I think this is the key to progress. 43 00:02:42,206 --> 00:02:45,206 I'm gonna send you the drone down there. 44 00:02:45,206 --> 00:02:47,275 Let us know what you think from there. 45 00:02:47,275 --> 00:02:49,241 [John speaking] 46 00:02:50,344 --> 00:02:52,379 [Chris] Mic check. Mic check. 47 00:02:52,379 --> 00:02:55,620 - [John speaking] - [Chris] Loud and clear. 48 00:03:07,586 --> 00:03:11,448 Diver down, baby. John is my gold dog. 49 00:03:11,448 --> 00:03:15,241 I sent him down there and he gets it like a dog 50 00:03:15,241 --> 00:03:16,793 looking for his bone. 51 00:03:30,965 --> 00:03:32,103 [John speaking] 52 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,586 We'll go idle up. 53 00:03:49,586 --> 00:03:51,517 Hey, John. How's it going? 54 00:03:51,517 --> 00:03:53,517 [John] Oh, it's going pretty good. 55 00:03:54,379 --> 00:03:57,689 [John speaking] 56 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,275 [Chris] Right on. Right on. Okay. Got it. 57 00:04:11,275 --> 00:04:12,827 [Chris speaking] 58 00:04:14,620 --> 00:04:16,344 [John speaking] 59 00:04:17,586 --> 00:04:19,206 Whoo! 60 00:04:19,206 --> 00:04:22,517 - My diver's happy... - [John] Everything's running smooth. 61 00:04:22,517 --> 00:04:25,724 ...we'll get it. No matter how hard it is, we'll get it. 62 00:04:27,896 --> 00:04:31,068 [narrator] As the youngest miner in the fleet forges a new path... 63 00:04:36,862 --> 00:04:40,689 [Kris] Nobody throw, uh, cigarette butts in the tailings, 64 00:04:41,965 --> 00:04:44,655 'cause they film it and make us look like white trash. 65 00:04:47,137 --> 00:04:48,206 Good morning! 66 00:04:49,310 --> 00:04:51,482 Today we're starting off, we're kicking ass. 67 00:04:51,482 --> 00:04:52,793 The plan is simple. 68 00:04:52,793 --> 00:04:55,517 I need a third of an ounce of gold an hour, 69 00:04:55,517 --> 00:04:58,586 and I need less than a foot of overburden 70 00:04:58,586 --> 00:05:00,482 for my crawler to work properly. 71 00:05:01,586 --> 00:05:03,620 [narrator] After a disastrous summer, 72 00:05:03,620 --> 00:05:07,344 Kris Kelly is looking to evolve his winter operation, 73 00:05:07,344 --> 00:05:09,827 if he can just get out of his own way. 74 00:05:09,827 --> 00:05:11,413 We're gonna get Andy in the water, 75 00:05:11,413 --> 00:05:13,793 just because he doesn't trust my prospecting skills, 76 00:05:13,793 --> 00:05:15,793 even though I'm always right. 77 00:05:15,793 --> 00:05:18,034 So it's gonna be an exciting day. 78 00:05:18,034 --> 00:05:19,137 Summer was junk. 79 00:05:19,137 --> 00:05:21,758 We need to absolutely crush it this winter. 80 00:05:21,758 --> 00:05:24,517 We're aiming for 50 ounces and I've got just the ticket 81 00:05:24,517 --> 00:05:27,551 to upgrade Reaper Nation and pull it off. 82 00:05:27,551 --> 00:05:30,655 Tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., my crawler gets here. 83 00:05:30,655 --> 00:05:33,137 I am so pumped. I've been waiting for it. 84 00:05:33,137 --> 00:05:36,275 My secret weapon is an underwater crawler. 85 00:05:36,275 --> 00:05:38,965 Basically, it's like a vacuum cleaner on the ocean floor. 86 00:05:38,965 --> 00:05:40,620 A robot vacuum cleaner. 87 00:05:40,620 --> 00:05:43,344 It's[bleep] strong, powerful, should be able to move 88 00:05:43,344 --> 00:05:45,137 small rocks the size of a truck. 89 00:05:45,137 --> 00:05:48,620 No more diving, just the robot getting our gold. 90 00:05:48,620 --> 00:05:52,965 That's how we'll separate ourselves from everyone else and reach the next level. 91 00:05:52,965 --> 00:05:55,000 So today, we've got to find a good pay streak 92 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,344 with flat ground and not a lot of overburden. 93 00:05:57,344 --> 00:06:00,896 Then we'll dominate when the crawler gets here. 94 00:06:00,896 --> 00:06:02,482 We're getting our sluice box in 95 00:06:02,482 --> 00:06:04,827 I'm getting Andy to reserve his energy. 96 00:06:04,827 --> 00:06:09,793 - [Andy] We're good to go. - He's gonna get down there and make our money today. 97 00:06:09,793 --> 00:06:14,034 I'm expecting more gold and lots of work. So I expanded my team. 98 00:06:14,034 --> 00:06:17,172 I added Daniel and Andrew, and they're both rookies. 99 00:06:17,172 --> 00:06:20,448 So there's a lot of work to do to get them up to speed. 100 00:06:20,448 --> 00:06:23,137 The foot valves and the high-pressure line's next. 101 00:06:24,586 --> 00:06:26,620 Come on, Andrew, get in there. Let's do this [bleep]. 102 00:06:28,206 --> 00:06:31,482 Andrew, in particular, he has the reaction time of a sloth. 103 00:06:33,206 --> 00:06:35,344 [chuckles] 104 00:06:35,344 --> 00:06:37,137 [man speaking] 105 00:06:46,655 --> 00:06:49,482 Okay. Let's do that right now. Let's do that right now. 106 00:06:49,482 --> 00:06:51,206 Look, we don't need a [bleep] sloth. 107 00:06:51,206 --> 00:06:54,482 Getting everything set up, it's a little slow in the beginning. 108 00:06:54,482 --> 00:06:55,689 We're like a pit crew. 109 00:06:55,689 --> 00:06:58,758 Every single day we do it, we'll get faster. 110 00:06:58,758 --> 00:06:59,793 Got it. 111 00:07:01,965 --> 00:07:03,172 [Kris] We're ready to go. 112 00:07:06,931 --> 00:07:09,241 Water is flowing, everything's up and ready. 113 00:07:09,241 --> 00:07:11,137 We're gonna start making some money. 114 00:07:11,137 --> 00:07:13,275 Yep. Ready to dive, get it done. 115 00:07:17,413 --> 00:07:20,724 [Kris] We really need less than a foot of overburden 116 00:07:20,724 --> 00:07:23,172 - from the crawler to making sure it works. - I know. 117 00:07:23,172 --> 00:07:26,551 And it would be nice if we run better than a third of an ounce. 118 00:07:26,551 --> 00:07:28,034 I'm not stopping at a third of an ounce. 119 00:07:28,034 --> 00:07:29,689 - Well, that's nothing, you know-- - Hey, I wanted... 120 00:07:29,689 --> 00:07:30,827 If I get a third, 121 00:07:30,827 --> 00:07:32,862 I want to keep going and see if I can find better. 122 00:07:53,620 --> 00:07:56,689 - [Kris] Okay. Check, check. - Yeah, I can hear you. 123 00:07:56,689 --> 00:07:58,344 - Idle up. - [Kris] Okay. 124 00:07:58,344 --> 00:08:00,862 Idle up, Gabe you do it, do it slowly. 125 00:08:03,965 --> 00:08:05,275 [Andy speaking] 126 00:08:07,344 --> 00:08:09,689 [Kris] But I think it's cobble with a little bit of sand. 127 00:08:09,689 --> 00:08:11,137 [Andy speaking] 128 00:08:17,034 --> 00:08:18,655 Okay. Let me figure out what's wrong. 129 00:08:23,724 --> 00:08:25,517 Our engines are idled all the way up. 130 00:08:25,517 --> 00:08:28,965 But for some reason, Andy has no suction under the water. 131 00:08:28,965 --> 00:08:30,896 Now I have to put my mechanic's hat on, 132 00:08:30,896 --> 00:08:32,965 which has never been my specialty. 133 00:08:48,344 --> 00:08:49,758 We're good. 134 00:08:52,482 --> 00:08:54,000 [Kris speaking] 135 00:08:55,689 --> 00:08:58,275 You know how I fixed it? With one [bleep] nail. 136 00:09:01,310 --> 00:09:03,931 So here's Kris, the mechanic's solution. 137 00:09:03,931 --> 00:09:06,655 I put a nail in the wall and hung the fuel line on it, 138 00:09:06,655 --> 00:09:10,068 so gravity will feed the fuel to the engine. 139 00:09:10,068 --> 00:09:12,931 This is not exactly the revolutionary new operation 140 00:09:12,931 --> 00:09:17,137 that I envisioned, but, man, I can't wait till my crawler gets here. 141 00:09:17,137 --> 00:09:19,413 - How's your suction? - [Andy] Good. 142 00:09:19,413 --> 00:09:22,206 [Kris] Well, thank God. I think I took care of our problems up here, 143 00:09:22,206 --> 00:09:23,931 and we're gonna start running smoother. 144 00:09:23,931 --> 00:09:27,000 It wasn't getting fuel at all. 145 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,965 [Andy] Man, when you were just giving me that little speech, dude, 146 00:09:29,965 --> 00:09:32,310 I just found a crevice that was full of gold. 147 00:09:33,137 --> 00:09:35,379 [Kris] Well, good job. 148 00:09:35,379 --> 00:09:38,068 [Andy speaking] 149 00:09:38,068 --> 00:09:40,551 [Kris] Found great gold. I am so pumped. 150 00:09:40,551 --> 00:09:44,448 Minor difficulties right now, nothing big. Nothing I can't handle. 151 00:09:44,448 --> 00:09:46,793 But everything's fine. Everything's fine. 152 00:09:46,793 --> 00:09:49,206 And at least we're getting a lot of gold. 153 00:10:02,724 --> 00:10:06,034 [narrator] In Nome, if you ain't evolving, you ain't surviving. 154 00:10:09,689 --> 00:10:11,758 And on the outskirts of town... 155 00:10:11,758 --> 00:10:14,000 [Shawn] We got a big storm coming in. 156 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,724 Time is money. 157 00:10:15,724 --> 00:10:19,689 Every hour you're not running, that's another hour you ain't making an ounce of gold. 158 00:10:19,689 --> 00:10:23,931 [narrator] ...the king of Nome is trying to adapt to stay ahead of the competition. 159 00:10:23,931 --> 00:10:27,275 I've never been this excited about ice season. 160 00:10:27,275 --> 00:10:30,655 Having the mini excavator changed the whole game 161 00:10:30,655 --> 00:10:32,724 you're almost, even more efficient 162 00:10:32,724 --> 00:10:35,000 in the winter than in the summer. 163 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,034 Every season on the Bering Sea is different. 164 00:10:37,034 --> 00:10:40,379 So my blueprint for mining has always got to be changing. 165 00:10:40,379 --> 00:10:43,344 This winter, I developed a new approach. 166 00:10:43,344 --> 00:10:46,689 I have the sherp now that'll maximize my mobility 167 00:10:46,689 --> 00:10:48,862 and give me access to new areas. 168 00:10:48,862 --> 00:10:50,344 And I have an excavator. 169 00:10:50,344 --> 00:10:52,551 The ultimate tool for efficiency. 170 00:10:52,551 --> 00:10:56,689 We'll be able to dig holes and pivot faster than anybody else. 171 00:10:56,689 --> 00:10:58,310 Oh, yeah. 172 00:10:58,310 --> 00:11:02,103 And this year, I'm aiming at a big goal, 100 ounces. 173 00:11:03,551 --> 00:11:06,103 But the biggest change of all is the spot that I picked, 174 00:11:06,103 --> 00:11:09,206 the East Tract Claim, not where I'm used to mining, 175 00:11:09,206 --> 00:11:12,655 but the drill hole, see, there's an ancient channel of gold. 176 00:11:12,655 --> 00:11:14,827 Trick is, it's deep, real deep. 177 00:11:15,793 --> 00:11:18,482 You're 36 feet deep. 178 00:11:18,482 --> 00:11:21,517 I mean, a lot of guys won't go out that deep. 179 00:11:21,517 --> 00:11:24,413 If something goes wrong, you better figure out 180 00:11:24,413 --> 00:11:28,965 what the hell you need to do to get the hell out of there and get out of there quick. 181 00:11:28,965 --> 00:11:31,551 Otherwise, you're done. 182 00:11:31,551 --> 00:11:34,344 A lot of guys wouldn't take a chance on ground this deep. 183 00:11:34,344 --> 00:11:37,275 You get far away from the dive hole, chance of the bends, 184 00:11:37,275 --> 00:11:39,413 ground freezing up. 185 00:11:39,413 --> 00:11:41,275 But I have to take the risk. 186 00:11:41,275 --> 00:11:42,724 There's guys like Chris McCully 187 00:11:42,724 --> 00:11:46,241 just waiting for me to slow down so they can be the top dog. 188 00:11:46,241 --> 00:11:48,448 I just can't stick to what's comfortable. 189 00:11:48,448 --> 00:11:50,931 I always have to be pushing myself. 190 00:11:54,620 --> 00:11:55,724 Yes, sir. 191 00:11:55,724 --> 00:11:57,413 We're here, back in business. 192 00:12:02,551 --> 00:12:03,655 We're on it. 193 00:12:03,655 --> 00:12:05,000 Get that gold, Joe. 194 00:12:08,689 --> 00:12:11,862 The second diver on the hole, I'm gonna get suited up, 195 00:12:11,862 --> 00:12:13,896 get down, try to clean the hole up, 196 00:12:13,896 --> 00:12:17,448 finish it up, it's 'cause we got a snow storm coming. 197 00:12:17,448 --> 00:12:20,482 Get down there and pile up some gold. 198 00:12:20,482 --> 00:12:21,379 He thinks he's ready. 199 00:12:21,379 --> 00:12:23,275 We'll see when he gets to the bottom. 200 00:12:23,275 --> 00:12:26,310 That gold, it might just [bleep] shock him. 201 00:12:26,310 --> 00:12:28,172 [both laughing] 202 00:12:29,517 --> 00:12:32,379 [Shawn speaking] 203 00:12:44,034 --> 00:12:45,620 [man speaking] 204 00:13:12,172 --> 00:13:15,206 [Shawn speaking] 205 00:13:21,103 --> 00:13:23,482 Sounds like he can see the bottom. 206 00:13:23,482 --> 00:13:24,965 That's good. 207 00:13:24,965 --> 00:13:26,931 If he can see the bottom, he'll see the gold. 208 00:13:32,137 --> 00:13:33,655 [Shawn] Oh, yeah. 209 00:13:33,655 --> 00:13:36,344 There's some big chunks of ice up above us. 210 00:13:38,068 --> 00:13:41,275 Right at this particular area, you can see the big, 211 00:13:41,275 --> 00:13:43,827 huge chunks of ice coming down. 212 00:13:43,827 --> 00:13:46,551 [Shawn speaking] 213 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,862 That's why we got the excavator. 214 00:13:50,862 --> 00:13:54,103 He'll dig me a new hole and pull me out if he has to. 215 00:13:54,103 --> 00:14:00,413 But we ain't down here to google at the ice, we're here to make some money. 216 00:14:00,413 --> 00:14:02,034 [man speaking] 217 00:14:02,034 --> 00:14:03,931 [Shawn] Yeah, go ahead. Throttle me up. 218 00:14:08,862 --> 00:14:10,551 [Shawn speaking] 219 00:14:20,068 --> 00:14:21,344 [Shawn] [bleep] Dammit! 220 00:14:23,758 --> 00:14:25,000 [Shawn speaking] 221 00:14:56,896 --> 00:15:00,482 Pry bar in one hand and kind of pop your way along as you're sucking it up. 222 00:15:01,551 --> 00:15:03,000 [Shawn] Come on, baby. 223 00:15:04,758 --> 00:15:07,034 [Shawn speaking] 224 00:15:09,482 --> 00:15:11,103 Yeah. You got to bust through the ground 225 00:15:11,103 --> 00:15:14,275 and kind of tear it down layer by layer. 226 00:15:14,275 --> 00:15:15,724 A lot of potential in it. 227 00:15:18,137 --> 00:15:21,310 [Shawn speaking] 228 00:15:27,517 --> 00:15:28,896 Come on, baby. 229 00:15:32,172 --> 00:15:33,275 We got it. 230 00:15:34,689 --> 00:15:36,275 Kind of fan it a little bit. 231 00:15:37,931 --> 00:15:41,310 You should be able to see the gold on top of here. 232 00:15:44,620 --> 00:15:46,137 Oh, yeah. Look at there. 233 00:15:47,482 --> 00:15:49,931 A piece there, a piece there, a piece there. 234 00:15:51,448 --> 00:15:54,586 We can just get this stuff going up the nozzle. 235 00:15:55,517 --> 00:15:58,137 We're gonna make some money, honey. 236 00:15:58,137 --> 00:15:59,310 Booyah! 237 00:15:59,310 --> 00:16:02,965 You see gold, just keep on digging, keep digging. 238 00:16:04,103 --> 00:16:05,344 Got to keep digging. 239 00:16:06,275 --> 00:16:08,241 [man] Heck, yeah.[laughs] 240 00:16:09,793 --> 00:16:12,862 [narrator] As the mining veteran keeps changing up his game, 241 00:16:14,344 --> 00:16:16,000 across the ice... 242 00:16:20,689 --> 00:16:21,827 [Steve] All right. 243 00:16:21,827 --> 00:16:23,379 Let's go. Let's go. 244 00:16:23,379 --> 00:16:25,068 [Jane] Steve and I got out here early. 245 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. 248 00:16:31,379 --> 00:16:32,586 Jeffeddie. 249 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 251 00:16:40,586 --> 00:16:42,344 into an ice miner. 252 00:16:42,344 --> 00:16:46,241 No matter how many times I do this, it's just... It's never-ending. 253 00:16:46,241 --> 00:16:48,586 [Steve] Really nice to be able to have all the light possible. 254 00:16:48,586 --> 00:16:51,827 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. 256 00:16:53,206 --> 00:16:54,724 [Jane] Water's fine. Come on in. 257 00:16:54,724 --> 00:16:56,172 [Steve] Yeah. 258 00:16:56,172 --> 00:16:58,034 [Jane] I'm starting from scratch when it comes to ice mining. 259 00:16:58,034 --> 00:17:00,551 And it's pretty stressful 'cause I've never done it before, 260 00:17:00,551 --> 00:17:03,724 so this is a big transformation for me out here. 261 00:17:03,724 --> 00:17:06,103 Very excited, but I'm definitely feeling the pressure, 262 00:17:06,103 --> 00:17:08,482 because not only is this my first time ice mining, 263 00:17:08,482 --> 00:17:11,931 but I'm expected to be like "Captain" Jane as well. 264 00:17:11,931 --> 00:17:14,482 I've got to come through for Emily 'cause nobody 265 00:17:14,482 --> 00:17:17,724 wants to get a pregnant woman worried more than they need to. 266 00:17:17,724 --> 00:17:20,000 It's not pretty. 267 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,344 [Steve] We're pretty excited. We're doing real well. 268 00:17:22,344 --> 00:17:25,413 The crew is getting along. We're well fed. 269 00:17:25,413 --> 00:17:27,517 - Jane's a hoot to work with. - [Jane] Whoo! 270 00:17:27,517 --> 00:17:29,379 Everyone's doing really well. 271 00:17:30,310 --> 00:17:32,655 - Here come the boys. - [Jane speaking] 272 00:17:33,413 --> 00:17:34,517 [Jeff] Hey, guys. 273 00:17:34,517 --> 00:17:36,137 [Jane] We cleaned your hole. 274 00:17:36,137 --> 00:17:37,586 Today, we're gonna get Jeff under the ice, 275 00:17:37,586 --> 00:17:39,344 which is totally crazy to begin with. 276 00:17:39,344 --> 00:17:41,448 And hopefully, today we get some gold. 277 00:17:41,448 --> 00:17:43,137 'Cause with the storm that's coming, today might 278 00:17:43,137 --> 00:17:47,482 be our only day for getting gold, like, for a while. 279 00:17:47,482 --> 00:17:51,103 Jeff's gonna drop down first. We're ready to just get gold. 280 00:17:51,103 --> 00:17:53,413 [Jeff] Oh, thank you. 281 00:17:53,413 --> 00:17:58,103 If the word 'pull' ever comes up on the comms, start pulling. 282 00:17:58,103 --> 00:18:01,241 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.' 286 00:18:08,068 --> 00:18:10,517 When the regulator freezes, it freezes. 287 00:18:10,517 --> 00:18:13,344 There's no, like, it's... 288 00:18:13,344 --> 00:18:14,827 - I'm coming out of the water. - [Jane] Okay. 289 00:18:14,827 --> 00:18:15,965 - So... - [Jane] I hear ya. 290 00:18:15,965 --> 00:18:17,344 - [Steve] Okay, all right. - [Jeff] So, 291 00:18:17,344 --> 00:18:19,379 here we go. Let's, uh... 292 00:18:24,620 --> 00:18:25,896 [Eddie] There it is. 293 00:18:25,896 --> 00:18:28,413 [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] 297 00:18:35,965 --> 00:18:37,551 [Jeff speaking] 298 00:18:37,551 --> 00:18:39,517 - Yeah, do you hear me? - [Jeff] Yeah. Getting you loud and clear. 299 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. 304 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] 306 00:19:21,103 --> 00:19:22,379 [Jane] Oh, that's awesome. 307 00:19:25,517 --> 00:19:27,655 [Jeff speaking] 308 00:19:32,275 --> 00:19:33,413 Copy that. 309 00:19:33,862 --> 00:19:34,517 [Jane speaking] 310 00:19:38,827 --> 00:19:41,482 [Jeff speaking] 311 00:19:42,413 --> 00:19:45,068 - [Jane chuckling] - [Jeff speaking] 312 00:19:45,068 --> 00:19:46,448 Whoo! 313 00:19:46,931 --> 00:19:48,655 [man speaking] 314 00:19:49,172 --> 00:19:51,896 [Jeff speaking] 315 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. 317 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] 324 00:20:49,344 --> 00:20:50,965 [narrator] For the first time this winter, 325 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.