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[drilling]
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[man] Whoa!
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Super not ideal.
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I don't like the ice here.
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It's like, there's this big
overhead ice feature
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right behind the dive hole.
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If these blocks were
to just, like, come loose,
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they would plug up
my dive hole, like, instantly.
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[narrator] In Nome,
the miners of the Bering Sea
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hunt in low and dark grounds.
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And their enemy
is the fickle, volatile ice...
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There's not a [bleep] thing
we can do here.
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[narrator] ...unknown depths
of the ocean...
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[man speaking]
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[bleep]
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[narrator] ...and sometimes,
even themselves.
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I'll tell you what,
if you don't wanna do it,
then don't do it!
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[narrator] To succeed
in their quest for gold...
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they must master
the art of war...
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on a frozen battleground.
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[man 2] Bring that gold!
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Yeah!
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What could be better
than this?
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[man 3] Hell yeah.
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[engine revs]
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[Vernon] We got a nice,
flat expense here that, uh,
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hopefully is workable.
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You don't know
what's under the snow.
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It might be, you know,
a... a nasty surprise.
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But this is a nice, big
expanse of flat ice.
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What could be
better than this?
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[narrator]
El Nino wreaked havoc
on most of the mining grounds,
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but not for Vernon Adkison,
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whose Claim 56 boasts
the flattest ice in town.
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And miners throughout Nome
have come knocking
on his door
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to become his tenant.
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I'll give you two weeks,
no royalties,
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and then after that, 15%.
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[narrator]
Including Mr. Gold...
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Sounds like a deal then.
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What are you, uh, asking
for percentages these days?
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[narrator]
...and Zeke Tenhoff.
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The good guy percentage
is 15%.
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Well, 15 is fair.
I appreciate that.
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[Vernon] Right now,
we're getting ready to hit it
hard and heavy.
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[narrator] Claim 56 has become
a bevy of activity.
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Now, it's the field general's
turn to start mining
on his own claim,
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and the salty skipper
has his sights set high.
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[Vernon] Well, that, uh, looks
like the ice is about
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four-and-a-half feet
thick here.
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So, now we'll drop the camera
and take a look around.
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See if it looks like
it's, uh, gonna be
a good area for us.
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I've got an ambitious plan
for this one.
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I wanna pave
for a nitrox dive system
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that will allow
my divers to go deeper
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and stay longer
than ever before.
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That means we'll be able
to access untouched areas
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that should be loaded
with gold.
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I put together
an all-star crew
to try to pull this off.
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I've got Gary Panos
back with me.
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He's been with me
a lot of years,
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and he's the best diver
I've had.
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Kevin, who's a great tender,.
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And I've got some new blood.
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Chris Nunik,
he's a rookie diver
in the Bering Sea.
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And we're going straight
to a spot
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that was hot last season.
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We've got some
nice-sized cobble.
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You know, there...
there's sand.
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So, it's likely right
on the sand cobble land,
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which is a good thing.
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A lot of times, uh,
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you'll find gold right
where the sand
and cobble meet.
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This is where
we're gonna start.
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Yeah, let's get on back
and finish putting
our gear together.
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We ought to go ahead
and just pull it out there.
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We drop down in that hole,
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we're gonna be
on top of some good gold.
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[Shawn] I gotta admit,
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it's pretty nice
being royalty free,
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but we're eating up
the first week already.
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We only have
one more week left,
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and then we gotta start
paying royalties.
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[narrator] Vernon's tenant,
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Shawn Pomrenke,
is looking to cash in on 56
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before he needs to start
paying the landlord a cut.
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[Shawn] Time is money.
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Every hour that
you're not running
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is another hour you ain't
making an ounce of gold.
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[narrator] And today,
he's looking
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for his top lieutenants
to come through big.
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[Shawn] Yes, sir.
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We're here,
back in business.
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Get that gold, Joe.
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-[Joe] Ahoy!
-[Shawn] Ahoy!
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We got to get some gold
before we gotta share it
with Vernon.
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Joe Fullwood,
he's my ace in the hole.
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What's up, Joe? [laughs]
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He's probably one
of the best divers in town.
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He's been working
with me for years.
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[Joe speaking]
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[laughs]
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Smells like gold,
smells like money.
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[Shawn] Right now,
we're way behind
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where we needed to be
to kick start the inland mine.
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But we tapped
into a hot pastry,
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so I need Joe to get
down there and get at it.
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Oh, yeah!
Trying to see some gold.
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[Shawn] I'm gonna get
Joe in the water.
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Let's go, Joe!
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[Joe] All right, you guys
got a copy up there?
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[Shawn over radio]
Copy, over. Roger.
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[Joe over radio] Hell, yeah!
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I'm just gonna poke around
a little bit.
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Ah, nice, big chunk
of weathered bedrock
right under the hole.
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That's a good sign.
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They're bunch of overburden.
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[Joe] Not where I'm at.
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All right, uh, you guys
wanna iron-hook me up?
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Let this silt
suck into the nozzle.
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[Shawn] What are you seeing
down there, Joe?
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[Joe speaking]
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[Shawn] Yeah,
let's get it, Joe.
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[Kris] Okay, let's start
up the air compressor,
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and let's get going here.
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Go get some gold.
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So do you feel lucky?
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Yeah, I feel lucky.
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That's good.
I'm glad. I like luck.
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[narrator] If any team
could use a little luck
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so far this season,
it's Kris Kelly
and Reaper Nation.
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As the captain's
grand plan to work,
rarely mined claims...
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[man speaking over raido]
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Oh, my God!
It's [bleep] going bad.
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[narrator] ...hasn't been
so grand.
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And if they fail
to find gold again today,
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it could be time
to wave the white flag.
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All we can hope
for right now is hopefully
not too much overburden
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with enough gold to stay here.
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I mean,
if it was amazing gold,
I'd be happy as [bleep].
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But let's-- Right now,
let's worry about
getting a paycheck.
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This season's been a disaster.
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I thought these claims
were gonna be loaded
with gold.
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So far, I've been dead wrong.
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But my diver, Yukon John,
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claims he saw
trace amounts of gold
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on that claim
a couple seasons ago.
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So, we're gonna go
check it out.
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Honestly, this may be
our last hope.
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Comm, check?
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We're good on comms.
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[Kris] Uh, light? Light.
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Okay, now. Bam!
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Good? You're good?
Everything good?
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[Yukon speaking]
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Okay. Good.
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Please, Lord, give us gold!
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[Yukon] Yeah. [laughs]
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[radio static]
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-[Kris] John, how's it going?
-[radio static]
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[John] Uh... Uh...
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-[radio static]
-[bleep]!
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[Kris over radio] Keep-- Well,
keep searching around.
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Do your best, okay?
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[Yukon speaking]
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You know, like,
we just keep running
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across a lot of frozen ground
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underneath the water
and that bull [bleep].
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Okay, report.
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[Yukon speaking]
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[Kris] Well,
that's it for this.
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He said the hole's frozen.
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We can't even get
to the pay layer
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to see if there's gold or not.
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Like, I'm sure
there's gold on this claim,
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but with the ground
being frozen,
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we're not gonna get it.
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And it sucks!
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Okay, let's get out of here.
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[Yukon speaking]
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[Kris] We didn't have
the greatest plan
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coming into this
ice mining season,
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because if you think
you're gonna,
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like, spend
every day prospecting,
making a hole,
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moving your operation,
when, in the summer,
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you wanna move 20 feet,
you just float over 20 feet.
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You know, like, in the winter,
you wanna move 20 feet,
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you gotta [bleep] spend
all day long cutting holes,
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moving the equipment,
making sure everything's
dialed in.
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We're basically a DEFCON 1.
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We'll do one more hole
on John's coordinates,
and then that's it.
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If we don't find anything,
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it might be goodbye season,
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and maybe goodbye
Reaper Nation.
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The ground's frozen,
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we're not gonna waste
any more time here.
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Okay, let's get out of here.
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[narrator] Back in Nome...
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We're getting hooked up.
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Gonna start dragging
the equipment out on the ice.
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We've got a spot
located out there.
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We'll open that hole up
and get everything set up.
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[narrator] Vernon Adkison
is ready to lead his
all-star squad into battle.
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[Kevin] Getting ready to drag
this stuff out on the ice.
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Hopefully, it will tow well.
A lot of fresh snow,
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so it's slick.
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[Vernon] Well, we're getting
ready to get underway
with this comm shack.
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And then when we pull it
out of here,
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because of the way
those pontoons,
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I don't wanna pull it
at a side angle.
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I wanna pull it out
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pretty much keeping
in a straight line.
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And see if the, uh,
snow machine
is gonna move it.
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Kind of embedded
there right now.
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Come over here
and help me shake it.
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Okay.
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-[Chris speaking]
-Okay.
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As soon as it took a jerk,
the... the, uh, rig shifted
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on the pontoons
and the pontoons,
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these lashings have
to be at a diagonal.
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They can't be
straight up and down.
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It ain't gonna work.
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It's gotta
be re [bleep] latch.
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Gary's a hell of a diver,
but he's been slacking.
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This stuff should have
been ready days ago.
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Now he's not doing
things right.
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I told him to lash
these pontoons diagonally
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and he didn't listen.
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So now we gotta do it
all over again.
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This mistake is gonna
cost us even more time.
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Rope? You can get
rope anywhere!
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[Gary speaking]
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-[Vernon] All right,
Gary, I mean, look--
-[Gary speaking]
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Okay. I'll tell you what.
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If you don't wanna do it,
then don't do it!
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[Gary speaking]
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[Chris speaking]
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[Vernon speaking]
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[Chris] The job is hard
enough, you know, physically.
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It's just drama
we don't need.
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Everybody needs to nut up
and shut up.
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So we gotta take a job.
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It's just in a day's work,
you know, [bleep]
light this up.
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So it's just a matter
of blocking up the, uh, shack.
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Deflating the pontoons
and positioning them properly.
246
00:16:57,166 --> 00:17:01,767
And now we gotta relatch them
so that the last thing
go diagonally.
247
00:17:01,767 --> 00:17:04,667
And that way,
when you pull ,
248
00:17:04,667 --> 00:17:07,233
it... it doesn't allow
for any lateral forces.
249
00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:09,500
Yep.
250
00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:19,700
Go! Go, go, go!
251
00:17:22,867 --> 00:17:25,400
Go, go, go, go!
252
00:17:31,967 --> 00:17:35,700
[Vernon] Not everything
is just perfect every minute
of the [bleep] day.
253
00:17:36,967 --> 00:17:39,567
No, you gotta stick
your nose into it,
254
00:17:39,567 --> 00:17:42,533
wiggle around
and try to find
a way to do it.
255
00:17:43,266 --> 00:17:44,734
Now I have hope.
256
00:18:00,567 --> 00:18:01,867
[Zeke] Pump engines
are all hooked up.
257
00:18:01,867 --> 00:18:04,500
All that's running,
water flowing through
the sluice box.
258
00:18:04,500 --> 00:18:06,166
Water heater's been
running all day.
259
00:18:06,166 --> 00:18:07,567
And we have
all the pumps running.
260
00:18:07,567 --> 00:18:08,467
Everything's running great.
261
00:18:08,467 --> 00:18:09,900
We should be able to dive.
262
00:18:09,900 --> 00:18:13,800
-All right, sounds good, man.
Come on.
-Whoo!
263
00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,100
[narrator]
After striking a deal
with Vernon to mine
264
00:18:16,100 --> 00:18:17,634
on Claim 56,
265
00:18:17,634 --> 00:18:23,100
new daddy, Zeke Tenhoff,
is ready to begin
the war for gold this winter.
266
00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,467
[Zeke] I had this memory
from 15 years ago.
267
00:18:26,467 --> 00:18:30,600
I was wandering
around in the west end
and I got into some good gold,
268
00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:34,567
and I got, like,
20 ounces of gold
in a few days.
269
00:18:34,567 --> 00:18:38,467
I just feel like
it's kind of fortuitous
that I remembered this now,
270
00:18:38,467 --> 00:18:41,100
and, like, I hadn't
remembered it
for a long time.
271
00:18:41,100 --> 00:18:43,000
This is kind of an out
of the way area
272
00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,066
that dredgers
don't usually go,
273
00:18:45,066 --> 00:18:46,734
that could work
to our benefit.
274
00:18:48,500 --> 00:18:52,500
I worked this area
a long time ago,
like, 15 years ago,
275
00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:54,533
and I remember seeing
some good gold.
276
00:18:55,467 --> 00:18:57,266
Since it's so far off
the beaten path
277
00:18:57,266 --> 00:18:59,000
of where everyone
usually dredges,
278
00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,233
maybe nobody has hit it yet.
279
00:19:02,767 --> 00:19:04,367
I really hope that the gold
is still hot here
280
00:19:04,367 --> 00:19:06,266
because I need to stack
some serious bank
281
00:19:06,266 --> 00:19:08,300
to get my yurt ready
for my wife and kid.
282
00:19:17,900 --> 00:19:22,367
I'm just gonna
smash down there
and just start punching holes.
283
00:19:22,367 --> 00:19:23,667
There's the possibility
that we're gonna run into
284
00:19:23,667 --> 00:19:26,266
a bunch of frozen ground.
If there's a bunch
of frozen ground,
285
00:19:26,266 --> 00:19:29,066
I'll know pretty quick
that we're not gonna
to stay here.
286
00:19:29,066 --> 00:19:30,900
See, I don't wanna
burn any time
if it doesn't look good.
287
00:19:30,900 --> 00:19:33,000
I'll be able to know
after, like, a couple hours,
288
00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,667
whether or not
we're gonna stay here.
289
00:19:34,667 --> 00:19:37,033
Right, this should, uh, tell
us what we need to know.
290
00:19:45,767 --> 00:19:47,166
[man over radio]
Everything's looking great.
291
00:19:47,166 --> 00:19:49,900
[Zeke] That's great.
Awesome, awesome.
All systems go.
292
00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:14,100
Whoa!
293
00:20:14,100 --> 00:20:16,767
You guys got me up there
on the comm?
294
00:20:16,767 --> 00:20:18,266
[man] Yeah, I got you.
295
00:20:18,266 --> 00:20:20,266
[Zeke] Yeah, super not ideal.
296
00:20:20,266 --> 00:20:22,300
Dude, I don't like
the ice here.
297
00:20:22,300 --> 00:20:24,266
It's like,
there's this big, like,
298
00:20:24,266 --> 00:20:28,900
overhead ice feature
right behind the dive hole.
299
00:20:28,900 --> 00:20:32,400
It goes through, like,
three feet of ice
to, like 10 feet of ice.
300
00:20:34,367 --> 00:20:35,667
And and it looks
really sketchy
301
00:20:35,667 --> 00:20:40,166
because it's, like,
all super loose blocks, dude.
302
00:20:40,166 --> 00:20:44,500
If these loose blocks
were to just, like,
come loose...
303
00:20:46,667 --> 00:20:49,500
they would plug up
my dive hole, like, instantly.
304
00:20:57,567 --> 00:20:59,367
Hopefully, I can
still get through it.
305
00:20:59,367 --> 00:21:02,834
I mean, they're, like,
kind of, like, slushy.
306
00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:06,834
It's like a big chandelier
of ice.
307
00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,567
All right, well,
I'm gonna start
digging holes here.
308
00:21:13,567 --> 00:21:15,800
I don't see
any cobble around.
309
00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:19,266
It's just like all, uh, sand.
310
00:21:19,266 --> 00:21:21,300
There's probably rocks
under the sand.
311
00:21:22,100 --> 00:21:24,166
I'll find a layer
that the gold would be at,
312
00:21:24,166 --> 00:21:26,500
but, you know, and we'll see
if there's gold on that layer.
313
00:21:27,166 --> 00:21:28,934
[man] All right,
that sounds good.
314
00:21:33,967 --> 00:21:37,700
[Zeke] Uh, you wanna spool up
both of those pumps
to about three-quarter?
315
00:21:39,700 --> 00:21:41,934
-[man] It's ready for suction.
-[man 2] Okay.
316
00:21:52,266 --> 00:21:53,800
[man] How's it looking
down there?
317
00:21:54,700 --> 00:21:56,100
Have you hit cobble yet?
318
00:21:57,300 --> 00:21:59,500
[Zeke] I got
a bunch of sand here.
319
00:22:00,867 --> 00:22:03,967
I think what we'll have to do
is just dig a big hole
in this sand
320
00:22:03,967 --> 00:22:08,200
and it'll take me
a while to uncover
wherever the pay layer is.
321
00:22:13,567 --> 00:22:15,433
Well, I'll give it a try here.
322
00:22:17,166 --> 00:22:18,800
[narrator]
While Zeke fights on...
323
00:22:19,367 --> 00:22:20,634
across the ice...
324
00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:33,266
[Vernon]
It's a beautiful day today.
325
00:22:33,266 --> 00:22:37,467
The only problem is
it's about 15 degrees
below zero.
326
00:22:37,467 --> 00:22:41,266
[narrator]
Vernon Adkison is looking
to get orders to his troops
327
00:22:41,266 --> 00:22:43,700
and start heating up
on the ice.
328
00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:53,767
[Vernon] Well, what do
you think, Gary?
329
00:22:53,767 --> 00:22:55,600
We about ready to kick it off?
330
00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:59,800
Yeah, we've probably
got another half hour
of unthaw and everything,
331
00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:01,166
running water through it.
332
00:23:01,166 --> 00:23:03,500
But other than that,
yeah, we're getting closer.
333
00:23:03,500 --> 00:23:06,100
Damn near, I mean, I think
we're about ready to go.
334
00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:14,967
[Vernon] So we had
a rocky start today,
335
00:23:14,967 --> 00:23:17,367
but we're finally ready
to fire up
336
00:23:17,367 --> 00:23:19,300
and get on some of
the millions in gold
337
00:23:19,300 --> 00:23:20,634
that's under our feet.
338
00:23:26,300 --> 00:23:27,433
[Chris] We're good to go, man.
339
00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:31,900
[muffled chugging]
340
00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:44,400
So it's quite cold.
341
00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:46,600
When it gets this cold,
equipment breaks.
342
00:23:47,166 --> 00:23:48,100
[Gary speaking]
343
00:23:48,100 --> 00:23:49,133
I think so. Yep.
344
00:23:49,133 --> 00:23:51,233
Fuel is off,
but you can turn
the fuel back on.
345
00:23:52,266 --> 00:23:53,200
[scratching]
346
00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,567
Well, actually,
it has better compression.
347
00:23:55,567 --> 00:23:58,100
-[muffled explosion]
-Whoa! What the... [bleep]
348
00:23:58,100 --> 00:23:59,533
Something's not right
in there, dude.
349
00:24:02,100 --> 00:24:03,333
Nothing is working.
350
00:24:04,266 --> 00:24:05,400
[sighs]
351
00:24:06,867 --> 00:24:09,333
So, the generators blew up?
352
00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,700
[Vernon] So, uh,
we're dead in the water.
353
00:24:16,300 --> 00:24:18,900
I got to go dig up
another generator.
354
00:24:18,900 --> 00:24:21,600
I just got to get on the phone
and start working the phone.
355
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,467
We're done here,
there's not a [bleep] thing
we can do here.
356
00:24:26,467 --> 00:24:28,266
All our equipment is dead.
357
00:24:28,266 --> 00:24:30,467
We're going to pack
this scrap up,
358
00:24:30,467 --> 00:24:33,100
go back in
and find a generator.
359
00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:38,600
Nothing's [bleep] working.
360
00:24:39,700 --> 00:24:42,133
[narrator] As Vernon hopes
to generate some gold,
361
00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,433
five miles west...
362
00:24:46,467 --> 00:24:48,700
[machine whirring]
363
00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,100
[Kris] Right now, let's worry
about getting a paycheck.
364
00:24:56,567 --> 00:24:58,433
Gold is
the most important thing.
365
00:24:59,300 --> 00:25:00,467
[narrator] Once again,
366
00:25:00,467 --> 00:25:03,900
Reaper Nation has
dug themselves into a foxhole,
367
00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:06,800
and they're
down to their soldier's
last coordinates.
368
00:25:07,266 --> 00:25:08,600
[Kris] Come on, John!
369
00:25:10,567 --> 00:25:13,100
We can't keep moving
and moving. It costs money.
370
00:25:13,100 --> 00:25:17,066
And we haven't seen
anything promising
on this claim so far.
371
00:25:17,066 --> 00:25:19,967
We have to
make something happen
on this claim right now.
372
00:25:19,967 --> 00:25:22,767
If we don't find gold
on this hole, we're done.
373
00:25:22,767 --> 00:25:23,867
I'll pull the plug.
374
00:25:23,867 --> 00:25:26,133
I'll be forced
to admit defeat.
375
00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:30,367
Go get some gold.
376
00:25:30,367 --> 00:25:31,967
-[John] Yeah?
-[Kris] Yeah.
377
00:25:47,667 --> 00:25:51,367
Got the engine idles up,
John's down there
starting to prospect.
378
00:25:51,367 --> 00:25:52,700
I'm gonna get on the comp.
379
00:25:56,667 --> 00:25:57,867
[static scratches]
380
00:25:57,867 --> 00:25:59,500
[over radio]
John, how's it going?
381
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,000
John, status report.
382
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:11,800
[laughs]
383
00:26:12,500 --> 00:26:14,767
[in sing-song voice]
384
00:26:14,767 --> 00:26:16,300
Yeah!
385
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,400
Good job, buddy.
386
00:26:20,667 --> 00:26:23,500
That's why I let you take
this lot today.
387
00:26:26,300 --> 00:26:27,734
PJ, we're on gold.
388
00:26:28,467 --> 00:26:29,600
About time, baby.
389
00:26:31,100 --> 00:26:33,200
[John speaking]
390
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,000
Yeah!
391
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,100
Yeah, baby!
392
00:26:48,100 --> 00:26:49,834
[upbeat music playing]
393
00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:58,600
[Shawn] How you doing
down there, partner?
394
00:26:59,667 --> 00:27:01,834
[Joe speaking]
395
00:27:06,767 --> 00:27:08,500
[Shawn over radio]
Get it, Joe, get it!
396
00:27:09,066 --> 00:27:10,166
[narrator] After four hours,
397
00:27:10,166 --> 00:27:12,967
it's still "all systems Joe"
398
00:27:12,967 --> 00:27:14,600
for Team Pomrenke.
399
00:27:15,667 --> 00:27:17,433
[Joe speaking]
400
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:24,333
What's even better is there's
no royalty here. [laughs]
401
00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:26,100
[Joe speaking]
402
00:27:34,867 --> 00:27:36,500
[Shawn] Joe went down
and crushed it.
403
00:27:37,667 --> 00:27:40,700
And with all the gold I need
to start this inland mine,
404
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,200
it couldn't have come
at a better time.
405
00:27:44,367 --> 00:27:45,834
[Joe speaking]
406
00:27:48,066 --> 00:27:50,233
[Shawn] Hell yeah.
Good job, Joe.
407
00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:52,567
[Joe speaking]
408
00:27:52,567 --> 00:27:55,900
Seeing good gold falling
out of the loose material,
409
00:27:56,467 --> 00:27:57,433
good news.
410
00:28:01,500 --> 00:28:03,233
Time to clean the box.
411
00:28:08,266 --> 00:28:09,667
Payday.
412
00:28:09,667 --> 00:28:12,100
That's what
we call this. Payday.
413
00:28:13,467 --> 00:28:14,900
[Joe speaking]
414
00:28:19,467 --> 00:28:20,934
[Shawn] Time to clean
some gold.
415
00:28:21,367 --> 00:28:22,634
Ooh, yeah!
416
00:28:23,867 --> 00:28:24,734
Payday!
417
00:28:26,900 --> 00:28:28,133
[narrator]
Across the battlefield...
418
00:28:34,567 --> 00:28:37,800
[Kris] Hey, so what kind
of gold are we on?
Tell me about it.
419
00:28:40,567 --> 00:28:42,000
[John speaking]
420
00:28:47,967 --> 00:28:49,900
[Kris] That's exactly
what we want.
421
00:28:50,567 --> 00:28:51,834
Good job, buddy!
422
00:28:52,767 --> 00:28:53,967
[narrator] After three hours,
423
00:28:53,967 --> 00:28:56,700
Yukon John
is still on the gold,
424
00:28:56,700 --> 00:29:00,900
and Reaper Nation is enjoying
their first successful day
of the season.
425
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,800
I'm real thankful.
You know, God loves us.
426
00:29:05,467 --> 00:29:06,967
Sometimes.
427
00:29:09,100 --> 00:29:11,133
[Kris over radio]
Okay, come on,
let's get out of here.
428
00:29:11,867 --> 00:29:12,734
[John speaking]
429
00:29:14,367 --> 00:29:15,900
[Kris] Okay, he's coming up.
Get ready.
430
00:29:15,900 --> 00:29:17,834
Stand by to burst into action.
431
00:29:18,500 --> 00:29:21,100
Start pulling
the umbilical light in.
432
00:29:24,367 --> 00:29:25,400
Grab him.
433
00:29:31,367 --> 00:29:32,500
How'd it go?
434
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:34,734
[both laugh]
435
00:29:36,967 --> 00:29:38,634
Yeah! [growls]
436
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:40,600
[John speaking]
437
00:29:44,467 --> 00:29:45,533
Good!
438
00:29:47,567 --> 00:29:49,367
Good things come
to those who wait.
439
00:29:49,367 --> 00:29:51,800
And we've been waiting
a long time.
440
00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,533
So I hope that scale
tells me something good today.
441
00:29:56,867 --> 00:29:58,867
Okay, good job, everybody!
442
00:29:58,867 --> 00:30:00,300
Good job, John, mainly.
443
00:30:01,100 --> 00:30:02,667
Let's go.
444
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,233
[narrator] Reaper Nation
tastes victory
for the first time.
445
00:30:08,367 --> 00:30:09,700
But three miles east...
446
00:30:13,100 --> 00:30:14,800
[Vernon] So once you put those
in there,
447
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:16,433
they're gonna stay
in there, right?
448
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:18,266
[narrator] ...the Adkison team
449
00:30:18,266 --> 00:30:21,000
is still struggling
to join the battle.
450
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,867
We, uh, roused up
some more generators,
451
00:30:23,867 --> 00:30:27,300
and spent the rest of the day
getting them back up
and running.
452
00:30:27,300 --> 00:30:29,300
And the reason
all these things have been...
453
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:32,367
[coughs]
454
00:30:32,367 --> 00:30:34,700
...malfunctioning,
[clears throat]
455
00:30:35,300 --> 00:30:37,133
is because of
this cold weather.
456
00:30:37,967 --> 00:30:40,467
[exhales, inhales]
All right, so,
457
00:30:40,467 --> 00:30:42,266
if we can get
in the water today,
458
00:30:42,266 --> 00:30:45,800
get all the systems
tested out...
459
00:30:54,467 --> 00:30:57,166
[Chris] I heard you last night
coughing and sneezing.
460
00:30:57,166 --> 00:30:58,567
I heard him getting sick
last night,
461
00:30:58,567 --> 00:31:00,567
and I was worried that
you both are now sick.
462
00:31:00,567 --> 00:31:01,800
[Gary speaking]
463
00:31:08,467 --> 00:31:09,767
Well, I'll tell you what.
464
00:31:09,767 --> 00:31:11,266
If you feel like
you're coming...
465
00:31:11,266 --> 00:31:15,000
If you're on the verge,
you're not going down,
that's 100%,
466
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,467
until you get well.
467
00:31:17,467 --> 00:31:20,900
[narrator] Why is congestion
such a serious issue
for divers?
468
00:31:20,900 --> 00:31:22,367
-[reel clicks]
-[serene music playing]
469
00:31:22,367 --> 00:31:24,767
Let's get a BSG
schoolroom lesson
470
00:31:24,767 --> 00:31:27,500
on why a cold isn't so hot.
471
00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,667
While it may seem harmless
to us folks on dry land,
472
00:31:33,667 --> 00:31:37,233
the cold can be
a major complication
for divers...
473
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:39,500
[groans] Damn it.
474
00:31:39,500 --> 00:31:43,500
...causing congestion
that blocks ears and sinuses,
475
00:31:43,500 --> 00:31:47,000
preventing equalization
of air pressure in their head.
476
00:31:47,500 --> 00:31:49,233
[diver speaking]
477
00:31:51,166 --> 00:31:53,533
Yeah, yeah, come on up.
Come on up.
478
00:31:54,166 --> 00:31:55,667
There's blood.
479
00:31:55,667 --> 00:31:57,166
[narrator]
And in extreme cases,
480
00:31:57,166 --> 00:31:59,300
can lead to ruptured eardrums.
481
00:32:00,166 --> 00:32:01,433
Something's wrong.
482
00:32:03,066 --> 00:32:06,500
I will not send anybody down
if they're sick.
483
00:32:07,266 --> 00:32:08,600
It ain't going to happen.
484
00:32:09,367 --> 00:32:11,133
You, on the other hand,
485
00:32:11,900 --> 00:32:14,867
still need
a familiarization dive.
486
00:32:14,867 --> 00:32:17,100
We could get that
out of the way today
487
00:32:17,100 --> 00:32:19,500
-and coach you
through the process...
-Yeah.
488
00:32:19,500 --> 00:32:22,200
...and get you comfortable
down there.
489
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,900
So, what do you think, Gary?
Can you roll with that?
490
00:32:29,066 --> 00:32:31,400
Well, wait a minute.
What the... [bleep] Gary?
491
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,767
-Well, what do you want?
Okay, let's... Let's do it...
-[Gary speaking indistinctly]
492
00:32:33,767 --> 00:32:35,500
[Vernon]
Let's do it the way you want.
How you want to do it?
493
00:32:35,500 --> 00:32:37,166
You tell me
how you want to do it.
494
00:32:37,166 --> 00:32:38,400
[Chris speaking]
495
00:32:45,100 --> 00:32:46,900
[indistinct chatter]
496
00:32:49,266 --> 00:32:52,400
Okay, all right, let's just
shut everything down.
497
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,867
Shut it down.
We're getting off the ice.
498
00:32:54,867 --> 00:32:57,734
-Shut it down.
We're getting off the ice.
-[Gary] We're doing it!
499
00:33:00,266 --> 00:33:01,533
[Vernon] [bleep] ...me.
500
00:33:09,066 --> 00:33:11,233
Uh, I'm sick and tired
of this... [bleep]
501
00:33:11,767 --> 00:33:13,200
It's costing me money.
502
00:33:15,567 --> 00:33:19,100
Hey, Chris,
I need you to take me
back over the road.
503
00:33:19,100 --> 00:33:20,333
[Chris] Okay.
504
00:33:20,333 --> 00:33:22,133
[Vernon] I got to get
the [bleep] out of here,
before I...
505
00:33:22,867 --> 00:33:24,333
before I lose it.
506
00:33:33,100 --> 00:33:37,634
I got to get out of here
before some things
start exploding.
507
00:33:38,767 --> 00:33:40,600
Tomorrow, if [bleep]
doesn't happen,
508
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:42,500
they will explode,
I guarantee you.
509
00:33:43,266 --> 00:33:44,467
[engine starts]
510
00:33:44,467 --> 00:33:47,700
Put divers in the water
or somebody's going.
511
00:33:56,166 --> 00:33:58,467
[Kris] Come on,
come on, come on!
512
00:33:58,467 --> 00:33:59,433
Hell yeah!
513
00:34:00,166 --> 00:34:01,567
Three, four ounces.
514
00:34:01,567 --> 00:34:03,300
-We'll do a fist bump.
-Yeah!
515
00:34:03,300 --> 00:34:05,900
[narrator] So how does gold
from the sluice box
516
00:34:05,900 --> 00:34:08,800
wind up looking like
a glistening mound of...
517
00:34:09,700 --> 00:34:11,133
well, gold?
518
00:34:11,667 --> 00:34:13,600
[man] It looks like
a fat cleanup.
519
00:34:14,300 --> 00:34:16,166
[narrator] Miners clean out
the sluice box
520
00:34:16,166 --> 00:34:18,467
by removing and washing mats
521
00:34:18,467 --> 00:34:20,467
that collect gold
and heavy minerals
522
00:34:20,467 --> 00:34:22,800
in a mixture
called concentrates.
523
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:24,900
[rumbling]
524
00:34:24,900 --> 00:34:28,166
Those concentrates are run
through fine filters...
525
00:34:28,166 --> 00:34:30,467
Gold rolling up the wheel.
526
00:34:30,467 --> 00:34:32,000
[narrator] ...like gold wheels
527
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,600
to separate the gold
from the other minerals.
528
00:34:35,100 --> 00:34:36,967
The miners then cook the gold
529
00:34:36,967 --> 00:34:40,200
to remove impurities,
such as mercury.
530
00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:42,867
And, finally, the gold
is put on a scale
531
00:34:42,867 --> 00:34:45,600
for miners to weigh
their new fortune.
532
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:47,767
[Shawn laughs] That'll put
a smile on his face.
533
00:34:47,767 --> 00:34:49,133
[man] Oh, yeah.
534
00:34:55,667 --> 00:34:57,767
[Zeke over radio] All right,
yeah, so it looks like
535
00:34:57,767 --> 00:35:01,233
a lot of deep silt
and sand here.
536
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,867
The kind of silt and sand
537
00:35:03,867 --> 00:35:07,500
that's just gonna murk us out,
like, way too bad.
538
00:35:09,367 --> 00:35:12,600
[narrator] After three hours
with little sign of gold,
539
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:16,000
Commander Zeke Tenhoff
is still fighting the fight.
540
00:35:19,700 --> 00:35:22,567
[Zeke] I'm able
to expose, basically,
541
00:35:22,567 --> 00:35:24,500
the clay underneath the sand.
542
00:35:26,667 --> 00:35:30,400
But, I mean, I'm not
even seeing any specks
of gold on it, either.
543
00:35:31,867 --> 00:35:35,400
Yeah. I don't really have
any more business down here
that I wanna do.
544
00:35:37,767 --> 00:35:41,567
I'm just seeing, like,
layers of silt and, like,
boring gravel.
545
00:35:41,567 --> 00:35:43,967
Uh, I don't know, guys.
I think we might have to
546
00:35:43,967 --> 00:35:46,767
go find somewhere
that's not quite as sandy
547
00:35:46,767 --> 00:35:49,266
and where there's
deeper water.
548
00:35:49,266 --> 00:35:52,300
Yeah, roger that.
We can do better.
549
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,667
[Zeke] Ah, I mean, like, yeah.
I mean, it sucks having
to move all of our gear.
550
00:35:57,667 --> 00:36:01,400
But, you know,
we're going into this knowing
that we have to prospect,
551
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,867
so I think it's reasonable
that we're going to have to
dig a couple holes
552
00:36:04,867 --> 00:36:06,634
before we get on something
we like.
553
00:36:07,500 --> 00:36:09,467
Yeah, that's just
the name of the game, man.
554
00:36:09,467 --> 00:36:10,700
Comes with the territory.
555
00:36:11,467 --> 00:36:12,800
[Zeke] All right,
I'm gonna head up.
556
00:36:13,667 --> 00:36:14,900
[over radio] Yeah, roger that.
557
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:24,133
Grab him up.
558
00:36:29,500 --> 00:36:30,300
[blows nose]
559
00:36:31,467 --> 00:36:33,300
I saw, like,
three specks of gold.
560
00:36:33,867 --> 00:36:35,266
-Not good enough.
-[man] All right.
561
00:36:35,266 --> 00:36:36,300
You know,
we're just getting gold.
562
00:36:36,300 --> 00:36:37,400
We need to get something
where it--
563
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:38,700
Find something
we're excited about,
564
00:36:38,700 --> 00:36:40,667
even if it takes
a couple of moves to do it.
565
00:36:40,667 --> 00:36:42,000
Yeah.
566
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:45,100
I'm not looking forward
to moving again,
but I'm prepared to do it.
567
00:36:45,100 --> 00:36:47,367
Somewhere around here,
there's got to be more gold
than that.
568
00:36:47,367 --> 00:36:48,333
Yeah.
569
00:36:48,900 --> 00:36:50,233
[Zeke] I know there will be.
570
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,467
[Shawn] Oh, yeah,
ready to see some nuggets.
571
00:37:04,467 --> 00:37:07,000
The fruits of our labor.
572
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,567
[narrator]
With Vernon's royalty
right around the corner,
573
00:37:09,567 --> 00:37:14,166
the Pomrenke team
is looking for an army
of ounces on the scale.
574
00:37:14,166 --> 00:37:17,767
Well, we've got one more week
of no royalty.
575
00:37:17,767 --> 00:37:20,567
[Joe] We better get back
out there and suck up
some more of this gold, eh?
576
00:37:20,567 --> 00:37:22,166
[Shawn] Yeah. Yeah.
577
00:37:22,166 --> 00:37:24,834
We better take advantage of it
while we can.
578
00:37:25,767 --> 00:37:27,033
Here you go.
579
00:37:32,300 --> 00:37:34,100
One...
580
00:37:34,100 --> 00:37:36,800
two, three, four, five,
581
00:37:37,100 --> 00:37:39,233
six, seven...
582
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:40,700
eight...
583
00:37:43,266 --> 00:37:45,233
-Damn near nine.
-Heck yeah.
584
00:37:46,300 --> 00:37:49,634
[narrator] 8.9 ounces
is worth over 20 grand.
585
00:37:51,166 --> 00:37:54,800
And just like that, there's
a new gold leader in Nome.
586
00:38:04,567 --> 00:38:05,767
[Shawn] I'm excited.
587
00:38:05,767 --> 00:38:06,767
Oh, yeah.
588
00:38:06,767 --> 00:38:08,467
[Shawn] We're gonna go get
some more dives in.
589
00:38:08,467 --> 00:38:11,367
It sounds like we're coming
into something pretty hot.
590
00:38:11,367 --> 00:38:12,467
-Yeah--
-Hopefully, this week,
591
00:38:12,467 --> 00:38:15,767
because we got this last week
of no royalties, so...
592
00:38:15,767 --> 00:38:17,467
Otherwise, we'd have to
give Vernon
593
00:38:17,467 --> 00:38:20,100
and his greedy little paws
in there.
594
00:38:20,100 --> 00:38:22,600
-Let's keep this
to ourselves, right?
-[both laugh]
595
00:38:24,300 --> 00:38:25,533
[narrator] Across town...
596
00:38:35,166 --> 00:38:36,700
Very cold over there, eh?
597
00:38:38,700 --> 00:38:40,166
[laughs]
598
00:38:41,367 --> 00:38:44,000
[Kris] You'll be fine.
We're not gonna be
too much longer.
599
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,567
No matter what
this cleanup says right now,
600
00:38:46,567 --> 00:38:48,133
things are going to
get better.
601
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,000
[narrator] The soldiers
of Reaper Nation
602
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,900
look to reap gold for
the first time this season.
603
00:38:54,700 --> 00:38:56,000
Note to editing team...
604
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:57,834
We really want to go from...
605
00:38:59,667 --> 00:39:02,900
Skip all this [bleep],
and just do the clean...
the weighing at the end.
606
00:39:02,900 --> 00:39:05,300
[upbeat music playing]
607
00:39:17,900 --> 00:39:19,634
-Here we go.
-[box thudding]
608
00:39:22,567 --> 00:39:23,600
Come on, baby.
609
00:39:25,100 --> 00:39:26,300
Come on!
610
00:39:28,266 --> 00:39:29,133
Come on!
611
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:33,634
Oh, we almost got five.
Come on, baby!
612
00:39:36,700 --> 00:39:38,233
4.99...
613
00:39:39,367 --> 00:39:40,667
So we got five ounces.
614
00:39:40,667 --> 00:39:42,700
Good job, everybody.
That wasn't bad.
615
00:39:43,367 --> 00:39:45,400
Yeah, good job.
616
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:48,367
[narrator] This haul
is worth over $11,000,
617
00:39:48,367 --> 00:39:52,700
and the Kelly team's
relentless combat
finally pays off.
618
00:40:03,066 --> 00:40:06,166
[Kris] I know
we're gonna make more.
This is just the beginning.
619
00:40:06,166 --> 00:40:08,767
Five ounces,
it's a great start.
620
00:40:08,767 --> 00:40:10,900
You know? Like, we know
we're on great gold.
621
00:40:10,900 --> 00:40:12,667
We know that
we're gonna kill it.
622
00:40:12,667 --> 00:40:14,700
Everything is gonna work out
for us.
623
00:40:14,700 --> 00:40:16,266
-Should be a really nice week.
-[spits]
624
00:40:16,266 --> 00:40:18,200
-You okay?
-[all laughing]
625
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,467
Andy's having
a little trouble over there.
626
00:40:20,467 --> 00:40:21,700
-Andy...
-Where's your paper towels?
627
00:40:21,700 --> 00:40:24,133
[Kris] Andy's very excited
we got five ounces.
628
00:40:24,867 --> 00:40:26,800
We know where the gold is,
so watch us.
629
00:40:30,867 --> 00:40:33,667
[narrator] Shawn Pomrenke
takes the lead
in the gold count,
630
00:40:33,667 --> 00:40:37,233
while the Kelly army
marches onto the scoreboard.
631
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:41,200
Next time
on Bering Sea Gold...
632
00:40:42,467 --> 00:40:43,266
[Vernon] Today is D day.
633
00:40:43,266 --> 00:40:45,266
Either we get this
straightened out
634
00:40:45,266 --> 00:40:47,800
or he gets on a plane
and gets the hell out of here.
635
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,900
Pull him in! Pull him in!
636
00:40:50,900 --> 00:40:52,800
[Joe] She's locked up solid.
637
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:54,266
She's done for, boys.
638
00:40:54,266 --> 00:40:55,500
We're... [bleep]
639
00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:00,333
I can't feel my left hand
in this.
640
00:41:01,166 --> 00:41:02,700
[Vernon] Come on, baby.
641
00:41:03,767 --> 00:41:06,433
We're getting a lot more gold
than we thought
we were getting.
642
00:41:07,266 --> 00:41:09,233
[man speaking]
643
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:20,367
[yells]