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[Dustin Hurt]
Well, here we go again.
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[Carlos Minor exclaims]
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[Wes Richardson] Careful.
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- [Carlos] Thanks you.
- [Wes] You all right?
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[James Hamm] What the hell?
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This is not good,
we're in the danger zone.
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[Carlos] Oh, [bleep],
it's a landslide.
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Holy crap, dude!
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Look at that.
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The realization of how scary
this creek actually is, huh?
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[Carlos] Anybody could've
been right there, man!
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[Dustin] Yeah.
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[Carlos] Holy [bleep],
man, boulder.
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Oh, [bleep].
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[Dustin] We can't go this way!
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[Wes] Nah.
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- [Dustin] We need
to get out of here.
- [Wes] Yeah.
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[Dustin] This is not
a safe place.
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Just starting.
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[Dustin] Forget this,
we need to get the [bleep]
out of here.
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[Carlos] Wes, we gotta go!
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[James] This whole
[bleep] mountain's
a slide right now.
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This whole thing's going.
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Oh, [bleep]!
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[Kayla Johanson]
Water's definitely picking up.
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[Paul Richardson]
She's angry today!
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[Dustin] Can't get me!
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It's impossible!
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Mother nature gave us
a big box with a pink ribbon,
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and the tag says,
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"For miners,
it's all up to you."
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[Kayla] I want to go back
to actual goldmining.
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We're gonna get [bleep] done.
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[bleep] damn it!
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[Scott Allen]
Throw the weight vest on,
throw the mask on,
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and start sucking up
some of that gold.
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If you stay with it,
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this is what
you're gonna find.
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[laughs]
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[Dustin] Got snow on the top
of the mountains last night.
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Call that termination dust.
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That's how it begins.
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Freak me out, y'all.
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[narrator] At Nugget Creek...
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[Dustin] How high
do you think that was?
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[Wes] I think that peak
is, like, 6,000 feet.
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[narrator] ...the first signs
of winter looming.
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[Dustin] At 6,000, you know
what that means?
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Here it comes.
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[narrator] Dustin Hurt
has invested every penny
to his name
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on his new Nugget Creek claim
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and has just weeks
to dig his way out
from financial ruin.
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[Dustin] I don't know if
we have enough time left.
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We need to find gold,
and the only way you find gold
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is if you're looking for it.
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We're just moving rocks.
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It's time to start dredging.
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I don't want this to be
my last season.
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[narrator] Just over
a week ago,
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a 40-year storm
hit Nugget Creek.
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This place is destroyed.
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Everything we have
is underwater right now.
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Get out! We gotta go!
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[narrator] The surge
redirected the creek,
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exposing a large area
of prime real estate beneath
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a 100,000-pound boulder.
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[Dustin] Loving it.
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[narrator] And James proved
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there is good gold
to be found.
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[Carlos] Are you
[bleep] kidding me?
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Nice job!
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[Dustin] James found
some gold.
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Everyone's always said
it's up here.
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It's so hard to get to,
we know that now.
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Just gotta keep
working at this.
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[narrator] Now,
they just need to clear
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the rest of the overburden
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down to the proven
gold-rich pay layer.
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[Dustin] There's gotta
be gold here.
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Nobody's been here,
I can tell.
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All this stuff's locked up.
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Hold on a minute.
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I've got an idea.
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This is what we do.
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See that little
waterfall right there?
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Get that water over here.
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[Carlos] Hell yeah!
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[Wes] We've got a plan,
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we're setting up our
dredge hose
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to catch this water flow,
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and we're just gonna kinda
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concentrate the gravel down
a little bit.
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[Dustin] Couldn't get these
big rocks to move.
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Decided to dig them out
with water.
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Calling it reverse dredging.
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[narrator] Dustin's plan,
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use the dredge hose
to harness the power
of the creek
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to break free the rocks
so they can rapidly clear
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the worthless top eight feet.
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Then flood the hole
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so they can dredge down
to bedrock.
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[Wes] Normally,
the hose we would use,
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it's like a big vacuum,
and we'll suck up gold
through the dredge.
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What we're actually trying
to do right now
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is just make some area
around these boulders
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so we can pop them apart,
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get them downstream,
and they're out of here.
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[Dustin] Well,
the reverse dredging
is definitely digging a hole
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faster than we could.
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Look how weird
that is on land.
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I've done this 1,000 times
underwater, man.
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I've dug it, I've never really
got to see it sometimes.
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It's just stuck.
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Maybe we can get this one out.
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Look at that!
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[James] The water's carved
a hole behind it.
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This should fall now.
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All right.
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[Dustin] Wes, we got
some pulling to do
over here.
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[James] Yeah!
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Whoo-hoo!
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We are kicking [bleep].
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[Kayla] The faster
we get this done, the better.
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[narrator] Up creek,
Kayla and her crew
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are also in a race
against time.
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This is for the small dredge.
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- [Kayla] I'll do that
as diver one.
- Okay.
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[narrator] To get to bedrock
before the winter freeze,
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Kayla will use two divers
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to double their output.
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Today we're gonna have
Scott and Justin in the water.
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Hopefully they can make
a lot of progress.
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We really need
to see some gold,
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and we need to see it soon.
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Hey, how deep is it there?
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Maybe three feet
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as of yesterday afternoon.
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I'm excited
to be dredging today.
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The water looks really good.
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I'll get to be moving
some rocks.
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It's gonna be a good day.
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[Scott] I think it's time
to go full suit.
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Throw the weight vest on,
throw the hood on,
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throw the mask on, and get in.
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And start sucking up
some of that gold.
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[Kayla] You're gonna be
on this side,
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he's gonna be on
the outer side.
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So you want to go ahead
and go this way.
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[Justin] Definitely nice
to be back in the water
and moving material.
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[Kayla] Scott, look at this.
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[narrator] Two weeks ago...
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That's clay,
that'd lock in gold
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like a [bleep] vice,
wouldn't it?
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[narrator] ...Kayla's crew
were inches from bedrock...
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...but the storm surge
filled their dive hole...
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[Kayla] Tie off the dredge!
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[Scott] [bleep] trying!
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Ain't showing any kind
of stopping,
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and it's still racing.
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[narrator] ...undoing months
worth of work
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in just hours.
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Now Kayla will fight back
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using two dredges
and two divers
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to clear 10 feet of gravel
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between them
and the gold nuggets
on bedrock.
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[Justin Peterson]
There's a lot of rocks,
they're wedged tight.
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Whew.
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[Justin] Can I use it
to pry them open?
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- [Scott] Here you go.
- [Justin] Ah, yeah.
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Thank you, Scott.
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So now Paul's
working on the winch.
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Hopefully we can
get that going.
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In the meantime,
I'm the only tender
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for both people in the water
right now.
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So I have to make sure
I'm paying attention.
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[narrator] One diver
is usually tended
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by a three person crew.
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Kayla risks running
vital fuel, air, and hot water
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for two divers on her own.
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[Kayla] How you doing, Justin?
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[Justin] Lots of stuff
going in the nozzle.
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[Scott] Oh, did something
just happen with my hot water?
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What's up?
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[Scott] Something
isn't right, I'm getting
cold water pumped in.
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[Kayla] Cold water?
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[Scott] It went
from warm to cold really fast.
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I thought I was just
getting flushed,
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but I could feel it,
like, everywhere.
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[Paul] I smell
burning exhaust hose.
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[Kayla] Yeah,
now I smell it, Paul.
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[Scott] [bleep] this [bleep].
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I'm calling it
until that thing's right.
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I get bursts of hot water,
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and last time I got that,
I almost got burned.
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Something's wrong there.
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That's steam!
Look at that [bleep]!
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[narrator] A malfunction
on Scott's hot water system
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could give him
third-degree burns.
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[Kayla] That's so weird.
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That is very weird.
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[Scott] I don't trust that.
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There's something
clogging up the umbilical,
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which is causing the water
to go back in
through the system,
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and since it's
recirculating itself,
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it's overheating.
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With having hot water issues,
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someone could get
seriously injured or burned,
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and I'm not gonna stand around
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and watch that happen
on my watch.
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[narrator] Scott switches
to manhandling rocks
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while diver, Justin,
soldiers on alone.
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[Justin] We're a man down now,
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and it's kind of
my time to shine.
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Today hopefully
we might be able
to see some gold soon.
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We're at a point in the season
where we can't quit,
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we can't call it an early day
just because
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one of the dredges
wasn't working properly.
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We still have to keep going
because if we don't,
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we're not gonna make it
by the end of the season.
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Hopefully we'll get
to bedrock really soon
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and hopefully all this effort
isn't gonna be wasted,
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and we're actually gonna
find gold.
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[Dustin] Oh, wait,
wait, wait, wait.
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- Wait, wait.
- [James] What? What? What?
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[Dustin] What is that?
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[bleep] did that look
like gold to me.
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[James] I know,
it looked like one.
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[Carlos] Damn it!
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[narrator] Reverse dredging
has helped Dustin
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remove a ton of the material
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blocking their path
to bedrock.
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[Dustin] So we open this up,
and we're getting
to dredging, buddy.
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[Wes] I know.
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[Dustin] Don't get got.
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[straining]
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[Dustin] Watch your toes.
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[James] Whole pile's
gonna come down.
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Oh, [bleep]! [laughs]
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[bleep]
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Yeah, baby!
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We found water!
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[laughs]
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Coming through.
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Let's, uh, see if we can
get rid of this rock
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before this wall
comes down on us, all right?
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[Carlos] It's gonna eat
this whole thing up, dude.
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It's all gonna come down.
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Whoo!
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[Dustin] Break some
[bleep], Carlos.
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Don't be afraid of it.
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What's the worst
that could happen?
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[bleep]
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Can't get me!
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It's impossible!
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[James] Wow, that's gonna
flow out anytime too.
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[Dustin] How about we take
control of the situation?
257
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I think this is
useless right now.
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Go open that up
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and let nature do its thing
and see what happens.
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[Wes] Yeah, I agree
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because that flow
is getting bigger,
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and that's the last thing
anybody needs
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to be down here working
and that [bleep] goes...
264
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[imitates rocks falling]
265
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- All right.
- ...because you wouldn't
get out from underneath it.
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[Dustin] Let's wreck
some [bleep]!
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[Carlos] Yeah.
268
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[narrator] Dustin's new plan,
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remove the rocks
next to big ass boulder
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to redirect the creek
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and use the force
of the current
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to clear out
the remaining overburden
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so they can float the dredge
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and suck up
all the gold-rich gravel
towards bedrock.
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We're just gonna get
loco with it,
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put water up above
and just let it clear it out.
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Just gotta go
with the flow, amigo.
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What are we doing?
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Gonna open that up
the best we can.
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- [Carlos] Oh, oh, oh. Yeah!
- [James] Nice!
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Perfect.
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00:12:57,620 --> 00:12:59,070
[Dustin] Once that [bleep]
opens up,
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it's gonna really
start moving on you.
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00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:02,580
- [James] Yeah.
- [Dustin] Don't get caught.
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00:13:03,790 --> 00:13:04,890
[James exclaims]
286
00:13:06,890 --> 00:13:08,930
[Dustin] Come on, it's about
to go underwater, so...
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...keep it going.
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00:13:12,370 --> 00:13:13,480
Yeah.
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00:13:13,680 --> 00:13:14,790
That a boy.
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00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:18,580
Holy [bleep].
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[Carlos] Hey!
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[Dustin] You can do
better than that.
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[Carlos] Let it go.
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00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:26,000
[James] Oh, it's picking up
speed now.
295
00:13:27,370 --> 00:13:28,480
[Carlos] There it goes!
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[all exclaiming]
297
00:13:29,850 --> 00:13:30,900
[Dustin] Do your thing, baby.
298
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[Wes] There she blows.
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00:13:33,130 --> 00:13:34,620
That's what I'm looking for
right there.
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We'll know in the morning
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whether we did
the right thing or not.
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[Carlos] There's no danger
anymore, man.
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- No.
- All we gotta do is just...
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- ...dredge.
- [Dustin] Love it.
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00:13:52,580 --> 00:13:53,790
[narrator] Up ahead...
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Water's definitely picking up.
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00:13:56,370 --> 00:13:57,720
- [Scott] Yeah, quickly.
- [Justin] Yeah, it is.
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00:13:58,370 --> 00:14:00,340
[Paul] She's angry today!
309
00:14:00,540 --> 00:14:02,550
[Dustin] Been raining
all night, gonna go check
on the dredges.
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00:14:02,750 --> 00:14:03,930
Oh, [bleep].
311
00:14:04,130 --> 00:14:06,510
Can't go this way!
This is not a safe place.
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00:14:17,270 --> 00:14:19,270
[Kayla] All right, Justin,
I think you should be clear.
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[narrator] High up
Nugget Creek,
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[Justin] That feels awesome.
315
00:14:22,850 --> 00:14:24,720
[Kayla] Give it a second
before you suck anything else
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00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:26,580
'cause there's tons of rocks
coming through
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- that were in the way.
- [Justin] I just have it
turned up and open. So...
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00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:31,480
[narrator] Justin
is diving solo
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00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,860
after the water system
on the second dredge failed.
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00:14:36,170 --> 00:14:37,790
[Justin] Might check out
some more of those rocks.
321
00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:40,900
[Kayla] No gold, no dinner
322
00:14:41,100 --> 00:14:42,830
[Justin] Moving them by hand
only does so much.
323
00:14:43,030 --> 00:14:44,750
We won't see bedrock
any time soon.
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00:14:45,860 --> 00:14:47,790
[narrator] An operational
winch system
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00:14:47,990 --> 00:14:50,000
is the only chance
that Kayla has
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00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,100
to see bedrock gold
this season.
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00:14:54,170 --> 00:14:55,550
[Paul] Is it just me,
or there's water in here?
328
00:14:56,270 --> 00:14:57,480
[Kayla] Are you kidding me?
329
00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:01,000
[Justin] Got more rocks
to move.
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00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:03,680
Feeling productive.
331
00:15:04,650 --> 00:15:05,890
[Kayla] Hopefully
we can get that going.
332
00:15:08,270 --> 00:15:10,140
We really need
that winch working today
333
00:15:10,340 --> 00:15:11,790
because there's a lot
of bigger rocks
334
00:15:11,990 --> 00:15:13,650
in the bottom of the hole
that really need to be moved
335
00:15:13,850 --> 00:15:16,140
to make more progress
as far as depth goes.
336
00:15:16,340 --> 00:15:17,370
Once that winch is moving,
337
00:15:18,060 --> 00:15:19,890
it'll be full speed ahead.
338
00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:25,100
[Paul] It's clicking,
but it ain't going.
339
00:15:28,790 --> 00:15:30,340
Did you put the brushes
back in it?
340
00:15:31,550 --> 00:15:32,480
No.
341
00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:33,930
[Kayla] That might help.
342
00:15:34,130 --> 00:15:35,340
[Scott laughs]
343
00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:38,580
[Paul] Now we got the motor
back on the winch,
344
00:15:39,340 --> 00:15:40,550
uh,
345
00:15:40,750 --> 00:15:42,100
I think all we got left to do
346
00:15:42,300 --> 00:15:43,760
is Scott's gotta put
the little brushes back
in the motor.
347
00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:45,140
Once he does that,
348
00:15:45,340 --> 00:15:46,890
hopefully we get
a winch that'll work.
349
00:15:49,130 --> 00:15:50,310
[Scott] Alley-oop
350
00:15:50,510 --> 00:15:51,480
All you.
351
00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:53,370
All right, here we go.
352
00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:57,340
Yeah, we're back in business.
353
00:16:02,750 --> 00:16:05,060
[Kayla] Justin, basket,
where do you want it?
354
00:16:06,060 --> 00:16:07,900
[Justin] Right here.
355
00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:09,650
[Kayla] Now that we have
that winch working again,
356
00:16:09,850 --> 00:16:12,760
we'll be able to move rocks
non-stop all day long
357
00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:14,760
from here on out.
358
00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:16,380
[Scott] I'm so happy
Paul came through today
359
00:16:16,580 --> 00:16:19,480
and was able to get
that winch motor swapped out.
360
00:16:20,550 --> 00:16:22,130
We don't have a working
winch system,
361
00:16:22,750 --> 00:16:24,030
might as well go home.
362
00:16:24,230 --> 00:16:26,060
That was the victory
that we needed today.
363
00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:33,720
Right now water's come up
a pretty good amount
364
00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:35,130
since we've been here today.
365
00:16:36,030 --> 00:16:37,790
[narrator] Six hours
into his dive...
366
00:16:39,340 --> 00:16:41,270
[Justin] It's about
probably five foot.
367
00:16:41,470 --> 00:16:43,130
[Paul] Oh, [bleep],
got some depth going.
368
00:16:43,790 --> 00:16:45,480
[Justin] A little bit, yeah.
369
00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:49,030
[narrator] ...Justin's
got them two feet closer
to bedrock gold.
370
00:16:50,170 --> 00:16:51,790
But the rain keeps coming,
371
00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:54,370
and Nugget Creek keeps rising.
372
00:16:56,100 --> 00:16:57,480
[Kayla] We'll go ahead
and call it.
373
00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:59,000
We gotta tidy this dredge up.
374
00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:00,370
[Justin] Okay.
375
00:17:01,550 --> 00:17:03,370
[narrator] After last week's
super storm...
376
00:17:04,580 --> 00:17:07,140
[Kayla] Pull it forward
and tie it up somewhere.
377
00:17:07,340 --> 00:17:09,370
[narrator] ...Kayla's crew
takes no chances.
378
00:17:11,790 --> 00:17:13,140
[Paul] Justin, come here,
pull on this.
379
00:17:13,340 --> 00:17:14,450
[Justin straining]
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00:17:14,650 --> 00:17:15,680
Go for it.
381
00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:20,680
Let's get that
other dredge up.
382
00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:22,520
- Ready?
- [Paul] Yes.
383
00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:23,680
[Scott] Yeah.
384
00:17:31,650 --> 00:17:33,100
[Paul] She's angry today!
385
00:17:40,790 --> 00:17:42,030
Both winches are wrapped.
386
00:17:42,230 --> 00:17:43,170
[Kayla] Thank you.
387
00:17:43,370 --> 00:17:44,790
Water's definitely picking up.
388
00:17:44,990 --> 00:17:45,860
[Scott] Yeah, quickly.
389
00:17:46,060 --> 00:17:47,240
[Justin] Yeah, it is.
390
00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:48,750
[Paul] I can barely hold on
going across.
391
00:17:50,860 --> 00:17:52,550
She's coming, she's coming.
392
00:17:52,750 --> 00:17:54,100
[Scott] Watch your leg, Paul.
393
00:17:55,580 --> 00:17:57,170
- Think we should be
safe with that.
- [Kayla] How does that look?
394
00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,060
[Paul] I feel much better now.
395
00:18:00,790 --> 00:18:01,890
We got both dredges
396
00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:04,830
up and out of harm's way.
397
00:18:05,030 --> 00:18:06,550
[Kayla] We got
the winches wrapped up,
398
00:18:06,750 --> 00:18:08,100
we got the dredges up.
399
00:18:08,300 --> 00:18:09,860
All we can do is just
hope for the best.
400
00:18:10,060 --> 00:18:11,550
Hopefully, it doesn't
get too much worse.
401
00:18:18,370 --> 00:18:20,790
[thunder rumbling]
402
00:18:28,370 --> 00:18:29,720
It's been raining all night.
403
00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:31,030
We gotta go check
on the dredges.
404
00:18:42,270 --> 00:18:43,200
[Carlos exclaims]
405
00:18:43,410 --> 00:18:45,550
[Wes] Careful, you all right?
406
00:18:45,750 --> 00:18:47,550
- It's slippery.
- [Carlos] Yeah, watch out
for those roots.
407
00:18:48,170 --> 00:18:49,580
[Dustin exclaims]
408
00:18:50,790 --> 00:18:51,860
Ooh.
409
00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:55,310
[Wes] Good thing we got
everything up here high.
410
00:18:55,510 --> 00:18:56,550
[Dustin] Right?
411
00:18:56,750 --> 00:18:57,960
Won't be walking up there.
412
00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:00,370
Oh, man!
413
00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,580
There's a landslide.
Holy crap, dude!
414
00:19:06,890 --> 00:19:09,070
[James] What the hell?
415
00:19:09,270 --> 00:19:10,900
This is not good,
we're in the danger zone.
416
00:19:11,100 --> 00:19:12,550
[thunder rumbling]
417
00:19:13,550 --> 00:19:14,680
[Wes] Oh, listen to that.
418
00:19:15,370 --> 00:19:16,520
[Carlos] [bleep] You hear it?
419
00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:18,380
- Hear the thunder?
- Oh, [bleep].
420
00:19:18,580 --> 00:19:19,900
You see it, right?
421
00:19:20,100 --> 00:19:21,100
[Wes] Yeah.
422
00:19:21,300 --> 00:19:22,620
[Carlos] Damn, dude.
423
00:19:22,820 --> 00:19:24,790
That could've happened
to anybody right there.
424
00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:27,890
God, really?
425
00:19:29,580 --> 00:19:31,070
Holy [bleep], dude.
426
00:19:31,270 --> 00:19:33,480
[Dustin] Yeah, we don't
want to be down there anymore.
427
00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:35,200
[Carlos] Anybody could've been
right there, man.
428
00:19:35,410 --> 00:19:36,650
[Dustin] Yeah.
429
00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:40,170
[Kayla] Whoa, whoa, watch out!
430
00:19:40,370 --> 00:19:41,650
[narrator] A year ago...
431
00:19:41,850 --> 00:19:43,450
[Kayla] Whoa, whoa, whoa!
432
00:19:43,650 --> 00:19:44,650
[Paul] Run, run, run!
433
00:19:44,850 --> 00:19:46,930
- Get up here, guys!
Get up here!
- [Kayla] Go!
434
00:19:47,130 --> 00:19:49,200
[narrator] ...a landslide
at McKinley Creek
435
00:19:49,410 --> 00:19:52,060
nearly killed the miners
and the film crew.
436
00:19:54,550 --> 00:19:58,170
Now the rain-soaked high walls
of Nugget Creek
437
00:19:58,370 --> 00:20:01,340
that turned their dive site
into a death trap.
438
00:20:01,540 --> 00:20:03,830
We're not hanging out
down here.
439
00:20:04,030 --> 00:20:05,690
This is what I was
talking about right here.
440
00:20:05,890 --> 00:20:07,030
- [Wes] Yeah.
- This can happen...
441
00:20:07,230 --> 00:20:09,960
- [Wes] And trap us.
- [Dustin] ...anywhere
anytime here.
442
00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:11,370
[James] Holy [bleep].
443
00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:18,000
The realization of how scary
this creek actually is, huh?
444
00:20:21,060 --> 00:20:22,650
[Carlos] Holy [bleep],
man, boulders.
445
00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:30,790
Holy [bleep].
446
00:20:30,990 --> 00:20:32,000
[Dustin] I need
to get out there.
447
00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:33,200
[Wes] It's still there.
448
00:20:33,410 --> 00:20:36,270
That dredge
is remarkably okay.
449
00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,030
[Dustin] I kinda figured.
450
00:20:38,790 --> 00:20:40,100
We need to take the high road.
451
00:20:40,300 --> 00:20:41,200
[Wes] He wants to go
on the high road.
452
00:20:41,410 --> 00:20:42,550
[Dustin] You can't
go this way.
453
00:20:43,580 --> 00:20:45,000
[Wes] Nah.
454
00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:45,960
- [Dustin] We need to get
out of here.
- [Wes] Yeah.
455
00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:47,270
[Dustin] This is not
a safe place.
456
00:20:48,100 --> 00:20:49,140
Get out.
457
00:20:49,340 --> 00:20:51,480
[Wes] Yeah, that's some
serious [bleep].
458
00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:53,060
Look at that just starting.
459
00:20:55,100 --> 00:20:56,340
[Carlos] Wes, let's go man!
460
00:20:56,540 --> 00:20:57,580
[Dustin] Yeah, dude,
forget this.
461
00:20:57,780 --> 00:20:59,760
[Carlos] I know,
we gotta go, dude!
462
00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:01,030
[Wes] Yeah, we need
to get out of here.
463
00:21:01,230 --> 00:21:02,830
There's a waterfall starting
on the other side even,
464
00:21:03,030 --> 00:21:04,450
this is crazy.
465
00:21:04,650 --> 00:21:06,690
[James] This whole
[bleep] mountain's
a slide right now.
466
00:21:06,890 --> 00:21:08,790
[Carlos] Oh, yeah.
This whole [bleep] mountain
can go, dude.
467
00:21:09,550 --> 00:21:10,750
[Dustin] Oh, yeah.
468
00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:15,380
[James] Oh, [bleep].
469
00:21:15,580 --> 00:21:17,270
[Carlos] Would've been better
taking the freaking low road.
470
00:21:19,790 --> 00:21:21,340
[Wes] Careful.
471
00:21:21,540 --> 00:21:22,760
[Carlos] Somebody could've
been on top of this
472
00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:24,480
or somebody could've been
in the bottom of this.
473
00:21:25,790 --> 00:21:26,790
[James] This whole
thing's going.
474
00:21:26,990 --> 00:21:28,340
Oh, [bleep].
475
00:21:29,030 --> 00:21:30,860
Oh!
476
00:21:31,060 --> 00:21:32,340
[Wes] [bleep]
is getting serious.
477
00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:34,890
[James] Careful, Wes.
478
00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:36,890
That [bleep] going.
479
00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:40,650
Dude.
480
00:21:40,850 --> 00:21:43,620
[Wes] Oh, my gosh.
That's insane, right?
481
00:21:43,820 --> 00:21:45,450
[James] Ain't it supposed
to rain all night?
482
00:21:45,650 --> 00:21:46,580
- [Wes] Yep.
- [James] Oh, man.
483
00:21:47,370 --> 00:21:48,860
Bye-bye, campsite.
484
00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,890
They're expecting this rain
to continue for a couple days.
485
00:21:59,860 --> 00:22:01,480
So I assume
486
00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,140
the, uh, dive site
that we have
487
00:22:04,340 --> 00:22:06,960
is not gonna be recognizable
by the time we get back.
488
00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,240
I think all the walls
are gonna start to slip off...
489
00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,900
...and, uh, we're not
gonna be there
when the walls slip.
490
00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:16,240
When the saturation
goes down, we can return,
491
00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:17,550
but until then...
492
00:22:18,580 --> 00:22:21,370
...we're just in
a holding pattern
right now because
493
00:22:22,170 --> 00:22:24,100
not gonna risk
the life of my people.
494
00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,100
That high road
is completely gone,
495
00:22:28,300 --> 00:22:29,760
slid off at one place.
496
00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:31,790
- Oh, [bleep].
- [Dustin] It was a death zone.
497
00:22:32,750 --> 00:22:34,760
I don't want to
lay down the law,
498
00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:37,030
but I don't want anybody
out there anymore.
499
00:22:37,230 --> 00:22:38,860
Uh, you're gonna die.
500
00:22:40,370 --> 00:22:42,200
[Kayla] Well, we got
our stuff pretty much
locked down.
501
00:22:42,410 --> 00:22:44,340
We got both the dredges
pulled up and out
of the water.
502
00:22:44,540 --> 00:22:46,070
Both the winches are tied up.
503
00:22:46,270 --> 00:22:49,620
Um, so I mean, it's as best
as we can do.
504
00:22:49,820 --> 00:22:51,960
This has been
the hardest season
I've ever had, man.
505
00:22:52,790 --> 00:22:54,030
[Paul] I agree with you.
506
00:22:54,230 --> 00:22:56,000
[Dustin] I can't believe
what's happening here.
507
00:22:57,270 --> 00:22:59,100
It's like the gold gods
don't want us here.
508
00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:03,680
Ah, [bleep] it.
Let's get out of here.
509
00:23:06,790 --> 00:23:08,650
[Carlos] If Dustin says that
we need to get out of here
510
00:23:08,850 --> 00:23:11,930
before things get bad,
we need to go now.
511
00:23:12,130 --> 00:23:14,310
[narrator] The crew
has only just recovered
512
00:23:14,510 --> 00:23:16,200
from the last big storm.
513
00:23:16,410 --> 00:23:18,100
Now once again,
514
00:23:18,300 --> 00:23:20,520
they're forced
to escape to town
515
00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:22,620
down the raging Tsirku River.
516
00:23:22,820 --> 00:23:23,930
We're gonna hop
on the airboat,
517
00:23:24,130 --> 00:23:25,030
and we're gonna try
to get out of here
518
00:23:25,230 --> 00:23:27,270
before the Tsirku river
comes up any more.
519
00:23:27,470 --> 00:23:28,580
We get stranded out here,
520
00:23:28,780 --> 00:23:30,340
no telling how long
we'll be stranded out here
521
00:23:30,540 --> 00:23:31,580
with no supplies or anything.
522
00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:33,790
Well, that stuff's
moving, huh?
523
00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:35,860
Y'all see this?
524
00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,550
[James] The weather is
the worst I've ever seen.
525
00:23:38,750 --> 00:23:41,620
It is flooding, landslides...
526
00:23:41,820 --> 00:23:43,760
Everything's dangerous
that's going on out here.
527
00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:45,170
It's time to go.
528
00:23:45,370 --> 00:23:46,930
Everybody on.
529
00:23:47,130 --> 00:23:48,130
Everybody got their stuff?
530
00:23:51,550 --> 00:23:52,750
Let's go!
531
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,580
- Whoo!
- [bleep], yeah.
532
00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,960
[Dustin] Nugget Creek is not
like McKinley Creek.
533
00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,000
Uh, we get floods,
but it's nothing like this.
534
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,170
We've been out here working
for three months,
535
00:24:22,370 --> 00:24:23,750
and still no gold.
536
00:24:26,270 --> 00:24:29,790
[narrator] After risking
his life and all his savings
537
00:24:29,990 --> 00:24:31,580
on Nugget Creek,
538
00:24:31,780 --> 00:24:34,170
Dustin is in desperate need
of answers.
539
00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,450
I thought I'd come talk
to the previous owner.
540
00:24:38,650 --> 00:24:40,030
He knows a lot
about this place.
541
00:24:40,230 --> 00:24:41,860
He's owned it
for a very long time
542
00:24:42,060 --> 00:24:43,000
before I got ahold of it.
543
00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,240
I need to know
what I'm looking for,
544
00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,030
what it's supposed
to look like.
545
00:24:47,230 --> 00:24:48,720
See if he's got
any information
546
00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:50,370
and pick his brain
and find out.
547
00:24:51,130 --> 00:24:52,240
Maybe he can help me.
548
00:25:01,340 --> 00:25:02,900
- [Al] Hey.
- Hey, Al. How's it going?
549
00:25:03,100 --> 00:25:04,690
[Al] Yeah, about time.
How's the weather
treating you, bud?
550
00:25:04,890 --> 00:25:06,100
- Ugh, awful.
- [chuckles]
551
00:25:06,300 --> 00:25:08,960
Nugget Creek is not the place
I would wanna be right now.
552
00:25:10,030 --> 00:25:11,720
[narrator] For nearly
half a century,
553
00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,100
Al Gilliam has braved
the treacherous
and deadly terrain
554
00:25:15,300 --> 00:25:17,000
of the Chilkat Mountains.
555
00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,620
After working
as a logger, prospector,
556
00:25:19,820 --> 00:25:21,690
and professional
hunting guide,
557
00:25:21,890 --> 00:25:24,790
his knowledge of the area
is second to none.
558
00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:30,840
The weather's beating me.
559
00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:32,960
You could not have picked
a worse year to start up here.
560
00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:33,930
[Dustin] That's what I hear.
561
00:25:34,130 --> 00:25:36,450
This has been
an obscenely wet year.
562
00:25:36,650 --> 00:25:37,900
[Al] It's the wettest
I've seen.
563
00:25:38,100 --> 00:25:39,200
[Dustin] How long
have you been here?
564
00:25:39,410 --> 00:25:41,000
[Al] I got here
in spring of '76.
565
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:42,830
I've never seen
anything like this.
566
00:25:43,030 --> 00:25:44,440
- In 46 years?
- No.
567
00:25:45,170 --> 00:25:46,790
This is a lot of water.
568
00:25:48,580 --> 00:25:50,480
I just really wanted
you guys to see
569
00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:52,070
some of those big nuggets
up there this year.
570
00:25:52,270 --> 00:25:53,930
[Dustin] I really want
to see them too, man.
571
00:25:54,130 --> 00:25:55,930
[Al] Tell me, is the job gonna
be bigger than you are,
572
00:25:56,130 --> 00:25:57,170
or are you gonna be able
to stay with it?
573
00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,240
[Dustin] Uh, I'm...
574
00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:00,960
Strangely enough,
I'm hard to kill.
575
00:26:03,340 --> 00:26:05,000
We got these holes
dug down right now
576
00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:06,690
and just non-stop rain,
577
00:26:06,890 --> 00:26:08,580
and there's nothing
I can do about it.
578
00:26:08,780 --> 00:26:11,000
Destroy some of my stuff,
and I would rebuild that
579
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,070
and get set up again,
and by the time
we're re-set-up,
580
00:26:13,270 --> 00:26:16,580
it literally floods
the next day.
581
00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:23,170
[Al] Well, the Old Timers,
they mined up down from below.
582
00:26:23,370 --> 00:26:26,690
Don't expect to find gold
until you get down to bedrock.
583
00:26:26,890 --> 00:26:29,900
- [Dustin] Okay.
- And when you get
close to bedrock,
584
00:26:30,100 --> 00:26:31,170
you're gonna find a layer.
585
00:26:31,370 --> 00:26:34,720
It's usually anywhere
from that deep to that thick,
586
00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,170
and it's just all
rusted, reddish-colored,
587
00:26:37,370 --> 00:26:39,690
and it's all bound
together tight.
588
00:26:39,890 --> 00:26:41,380
It actually looks
like the false bottom,
589
00:26:41,580 --> 00:26:43,410
and the big nuggets are
gonna be on the bottom.
590
00:26:43,610 --> 00:26:45,480
If you stay with it...
591
00:26:46,580 --> 00:26:47,750
...this is what
you're gonna find.
592
00:26:53,270 --> 00:26:55,270
That weighs
slightly over four ounces.
593
00:26:56,550 --> 00:26:59,140
There you are.
It's very, very good gold.
594
00:26:59,340 --> 00:27:00,380
- [Dustin] That's awesome.
- [Al] Yeah.
595
00:27:00,580 --> 00:27:02,440
[Dustin] Well,
I'm still looking for it.
596
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:05,690
[Al] Well, it sounds to me
597
00:27:05,890 --> 00:27:08,550
like if anybody's gonna
make it up there,
you're going to.
598
00:27:08,750 --> 00:27:11,070
The gold is there.
Best of luck to you.
599
00:27:11,270 --> 00:27:12,620
Stay safe. Stay alive.
600
00:27:12,820 --> 00:27:15,130
- [Dustin] Well,
thanks for all the info.
- All right. Bye-bye.
601
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:18,340
[Dustin] Uh, I just had
a good meeting.
602
00:27:18,540 --> 00:27:21,620
Al just informed me
that there's a rust layer
of false bedrock.
603
00:27:21,820 --> 00:27:23,140
We haven't found that yet,
604
00:27:23,340 --> 00:27:25,270
so that's probably
why we're not finding nuggets.
605
00:27:26,370 --> 00:27:27,890
That's where
all the big gold is.
606
00:27:28,650 --> 00:27:29,690
Gotta get out of here.
607
00:27:29,890 --> 00:27:31,030
Now it's time to get to work.
608
00:27:38,890 --> 00:27:41,170
[narrator] The storm clouds
finally retreating...
609
00:27:43,030 --> 00:27:45,000
Once again,
Dustin and the crews
610
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,170
head back to survey
the damage.
611
00:27:50,170 --> 00:27:52,650
All right, let's get in sight,
see what we got.
612
00:27:52,850 --> 00:27:55,370
Anybody taking bets
on whether the dredge
is still there, though?
613
00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:57,960
Don't go through there fast.
614
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,060
Landslide. Oh, [bleep].
615
00:28:07,060 --> 00:28:08,240
That's a lot of [bleep].
616
00:28:11,100 --> 00:28:12,580
[Paul] I would have
never expected this.
617
00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:15,170
I figured these walkways
were safe.
618
00:28:15,790 --> 00:28:17,140
[Kayla] Dang.
619
00:28:17,340 --> 00:28:19,340
[Paul] Well, you would not
wanna be walking on that
when it let go.
620
00:28:21,370 --> 00:28:23,310
Where did all these big rocks
come from?
621
00:28:23,510 --> 00:28:25,440
- [Kayla] I know,
they're everywhere.
- [Paul] Oh, wow.
622
00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,620
[narrator] At Kayla's,
her crew get a first look
623
00:28:29,820 --> 00:28:32,170
at the havoc
Mother Nature has wreaked.
624
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:34,790
Wow.
625
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:36,650
Holy [bleep].
626
00:28:36,850 --> 00:28:39,520
[Kayla] It looks
completely different.
627
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,690
We gotta start
completely over again.
628
00:28:42,890 --> 00:28:44,340
We need to definitely start
moving some rocks,
629
00:28:44,540 --> 00:28:45,860
'cause we have nowhere
to put the dredge.
630
00:28:46,060 --> 00:28:47,720
Unbelievable.
631
00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:49,620
I think that was the best plan
we could have ever done,
632
00:28:49,820 --> 00:28:51,930
was prepared and get
our dredges up on dry ground,
633
00:28:52,130 --> 00:28:54,830
because now, we still got
two dredges to go back
into the water with.
634
00:28:55,030 --> 00:28:56,680
You know, we live
to dredge another day.
635
00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:01,720
[narrator] Both dredges
and winch systems survived.
636
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,890
But the raging river
has ripped through
their dive hole...
637
00:29:06,580 --> 00:29:08,200
...filling it with huge rocks
638
00:29:08,410 --> 00:29:11,930
and smashing apart
their downstream dam.
639
00:29:12,130 --> 00:29:14,450
[Kayla] This is the third
or fourth time now
640
00:29:14,650 --> 00:29:16,790
that we're starting over
from scratch.
641
00:29:16,990 --> 00:29:19,620
And it's really frustrating,
642
00:29:19,820 --> 00:29:22,140
but I think we've got it
down to a system now.
643
00:29:22,340 --> 00:29:24,790
We're really fast
at recuperating.
644
00:29:24,990 --> 00:29:28,310
I wanna go back
to actual gold mining
when I find actual gold.
645
00:29:28,510 --> 00:29:30,650
That's what I wanna do.
646
00:29:30,850 --> 00:29:33,690
Today, we're gonna
get [bleep] done.
647
00:29:33,890 --> 00:29:36,340
[Justin] So, this is where
I was dredging last week,
648
00:29:36,540 --> 00:29:38,890
and it was roughly
just height of me.
649
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,170
And now, it's maybe a foot.
650
00:29:42,370 --> 00:29:44,900
We've got all
these large rocks
that have washed out,
651
00:29:45,100 --> 00:29:46,690
either came from up high
652
00:29:46,890 --> 00:29:49,380
or just cleaned out
from the kitty litter
and stuff,
653
00:29:49,580 --> 00:29:51,790
but it's a drastic change
to the place.
654
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,650
[narrator] To get the dredges
back in safe harbor,
655
00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,270
the dam needs to be rebuilt
656
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,270
to raise the water.
657
00:30:03,550 --> 00:30:05,720
[Kayla] We need to focus
on the [bleep] back here,
658
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:07,410
'cause this is where
the dredges need to float.
659
00:30:07,610 --> 00:30:08,790
The rest of it,
we could do later.
660
00:30:08,990 --> 00:30:10,830
This will raise
the water level up.
661
00:30:11,030 --> 00:30:13,310
[Paul] I'm so glad our winches
are still working.
662
00:30:13,510 --> 00:30:16,100
Fast way to move a lot of rock
and pretty quickly.
663
00:30:16,300 --> 00:30:18,380
Now only are we getting rocks
out of our way,
664
00:30:18,580 --> 00:30:20,380
but as we build the dam up,
it's raising our water level.
665
00:30:20,580 --> 00:30:24,720
So if we get the water level
where we can actually float
the two dredges,
666
00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:27,440
then it's back to getting
those in and seeing if we can
get a diver in the water.
667
00:30:29,550 --> 00:30:30,790
[Justin] The winch
is doing their job.
668
00:30:30,990 --> 00:30:32,140
We've got some...
669
00:30:32,340 --> 00:30:34,000
We've got some
big rocks here moved.
670
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:36,480
The dam's coming along
671
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,620
for the third time.
672
00:30:38,820 --> 00:30:39,960
Maybe it's a charm.
673
00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,170
Still a lot of work
to do, so...
674
00:30:43,100 --> 00:30:46,380
Hopefully, that means good
going forward.
675
00:30:46,580 --> 00:30:48,830
[narrator] This season,
storms have continued
676
00:30:49,030 --> 00:30:51,200
to hit Nugget Creek
in quick succession.
677
00:30:51,410 --> 00:30:55,100
Kayla must race to rebuild
and dredge to bedrock
678
00:30:55,300 --> 00:30:56,960
before the next one strikes.
679
00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:58,760
[Kayla] We're making
pretty good progress today.
680
00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:00,100
We're getting our dam rebuilt.
681
00:31:00,300 --> 00:31:02,200
We've moved
a lot of rock already.
682
00:31:02,410 --> 00:31:04,790
Trying to get these last ones
moved real quick.
683
00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:07,270
[Scott] That's a beast
of a rock.
684
00:31:07,470 --> 00:31:09,170
- [laughs]
- [Justin] [bleep], yeah.
685
00:31:10,790 --> 00:31:13,580
Get Paul and I in the water
and move a lot of material.
686
00:31:13,780 --> 00:31:16,380
Hopefully, we can make
some really good progress,
687
00:31:16,580 --> 00:31:18,000
hit bedrock soon.
688
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:22,060
Yeah, yeah.
689
00:31:22,580 --> 00:31:23,650
There you go.
690
00:31:38,860 --> 00:31:41,270
Oh my [bleep].
691
00:31:42,340 --> 00:31:44,480
Couple of landslides
came down.
692
00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:48,060
[narrator] Down creek,
Dustin Hurt prepares
for the worst.
693
00:31:50,170 --> 00:31:51,310
Oh!
694
00:31:51,510 --> 00:31:52,960
Watch out, it's gonna tilt.
695
00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:54,240
[Wes] Look at this.
696
00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:55,690
[Carlos] Oh, [bleep].
697
00:31:55,890 --> 00:31:58,580
- [Wes] Holy crap, dude.
- [Carlos] Holy crap.
698
00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:19,380
- Oh, [bleep].
- Holy crap.
699
00:32:19,580 --> 00:32:22,140
- Wow.
- Wow.
700
00:32:22,340 --> 00:32:25,580
[narrator] After being hit
by the second storm
in as many weeks,
701
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:28,860
Dustin Hurt assesses
the damage.
702
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,200
Oh my [bleep], look up there.
703
00:32:32,410 --> 00:32:33,860
Look underneath
them gold gates.
704
00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:37,550
Holy smokes.
705
00:32:37,750 --> 00:32:40,140
- Holy [bleep].
- We got bedrocks
right here, guys.
706
00:32:40,340 --> 00:32:41,860
Hey, Dustin,
come look at this.
707
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:46,860
[narrator] The previous storm
diverted the creek
to the far side,
708
00:32:47,750 --> 00:32:49,790
leaving the near side dry.
709
00:32:49,990 --> 00:32:52,860
- Oh my [bleep], look at this.
- It's amazing.
710
00:32:53,060 --> 00:32:57,100
[narrator] This time,
the storm surge crested
over Big Ass Boulder...
711
00:32:58,370 --> 00:33:01,310
...and cleared away eight feet
of rocks and gravel
712
00:33:01,510 --> 00:33:04,030
from under Nugget Creek's
best gold trap.
713
00:33:07,270 --> 00:33:09,480
- Has anybody been
underneath that rock?
- I doubt it.
714
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,480
Hey, Dustin,
what do you think?
Dredge here?
715
00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:19,480
[Carlos] This is perfect
for the end of a season.
716
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:20,960
This is perfect.
717
00:33:22,270 --> 00:33:24,580
So you're gonna dredge
underneath that giant rock?
718
00:33:25,860 --> 00:33:28,070
Along with those
other rocks in there?
719
00:33:28,270 --> 00:33:30,790
What happens when you dredge
underneath those other rocks?
720
00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:34,100
Next year, this is gonna be
filled back in, man.
721
00:33:34,300 --> 00:33:35,410
[Wes] It'll be
filled in, yeah.
722
00:33:35,610 --> 00:33:36,890
This is the perfect time.
723
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,340
Did this [bleep]
set us up or what?
724
00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:47,650
[Carlos] The wheels are
turning in Dustin's head
for what to do.
725
00:33:47,850 --> 00:33:51,900
Mother Nature freaking gave us
a big box with a pink ribbon,
726
00:33:52,100 --> 00:33:53,410
and a tag says,
727
00:33:53,610 --> 00:33:55,860
"For miners,
it's all up to you.
728
00:33:56,060 --> 00:33:57,960
It's all yours, amigos.
All yours."
729
00:33:59,890 --> 00:34:03,450
The water did exactly
what I wanted it to do.
730
00:34:03,650 --> 00:34:06,520
But it exposed
a little bit more
than I thought it would.
731
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:10,650
What these guys wanna do
is go underneath this big,
giant boulder right here.
732
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,680
And I'll admit,
I want to as well.
733
00:34:16,170 --> 00:34:19,310
If we're gonna dig
underneath a gigantic boulder,
734
00:34:19,510 --> 00:34:21,580
there's gonna be
some huge risk involved.
735
00:34:22,890 --> 00:34:24,030
If we go down here...
736
00:34:25,170 --> 00:34:27,580
...there's less danger,
but less chance of big gold.
737
00:34:29,030 --> 00:34:31,140
Bigger chance
of bigger gold up here,
738
00:34:31,340 --> 00:34:32,450
but higher danger.
739
00:34:32,650 --> 00:34:33,550
What do you do?
740
00:34:34,270 --> 00:34:35,930
Decision time.
741
00:34:38,550 --> 00:34:42,410
[narrator] Dustin's plan
was always to start
with the safer ground
742
00:34:42,610 --> 00:34:44,170
20 feet downstream
743
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:46,170
and work his way up
744
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,030
towards the 50-ton boulder.
745
00:34:49,230 --> 00:34:51,580
This is one big sluice box
right here.
746
00:34:52,340 --> 00:34:53,480
It's a no-brainer.
747
00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:55,620
[Wes] Just the bedrock
and follow the bedrock down.
748
00:34:55,820 --> 00:34:57,900
That could be
the payday we've been
looking for forever,
749
00:34:58,100 --> 00:34:59,860
and Mother Nature
set us up for it.
750
00:35:02,580 --> 00:35:03,580
[Dustin] All right.
751
00:35:03,780 --> 00:35:05,140
You talked me into it.
752
00:35:05,340 --> 00:35:06,200
Yeah?
753
00:35:06,410 --> 00:35:07,240
We're gonna give it a go.
754
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,170
- Oh, I'm excited about this!
- I know, me too.
755
00:35:09,370 --> 00:35:11,720
- [bleeps]
- [Dustin] All right,
you got me convinced.
756
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,030
- [bleep]
- [laughs]
757
00:35:13,580 --> 00:35:14,450
[sighs]
758
00:35:14,650 --> 00:35:16,310
[Dustin] I think
we should bury this up,
759
00:35:16,510 --> 00:35:17,830
make a little wall
right there.
760
00:35:18,030 --> 00:35:19,680
- We'll put the dredge
in the water.
- Yep.
761
00:35:20,580 --> 00:35:21,480
Start her up.
762
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,000
Start dredging here
and straight into there.
763
00:35:26,060 --> 00:35:28,830
[narrator] Dustin now plans
to mine directly beneath
764
00:35:29,030 --> 00:35:31,480
what the miners have dubbed
"Big Ass Boulder."
765
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:35,650
First, he'll build a dam
with rocks,
766
00:35:35,850 --> 00:35:39,170
then flood the area
so he can float a dredge.
767
00:35:40,650 --> 00:35:43,480
The diver can then get
beneath the boulder
768
00:35:44,130 --> 00:35:46,000
and dredge down to bedrock
769
00:35:46,790 --> 00:35:48,890
and a season-saving payday.
770
00:35:50,240 --> 00:35:51,960
- All right, Carlos.
- Yes, sir.
771
00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:53,340
Make me a wall right here.
772
00:35:53,540 --> 00:35:54,750
[Carlos] Wall right here,
I got it.
773
00:35:57,270 --> 00:36:00,550
[Dustin] Originally, we were
gonna dig right here.
774
00:36:00,750 --> 00:36:02,520
Now, this is where
we're gonna set the dredge
775
00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:03,750
and dig up there.
776
00:36:05,650 --> 00:36:07,340
This is our last effort.
777
00:36:07,540 --> 00:36:10,240
If there's no gold right here,
we're not gonna get
any gold this season.
778
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,000
We're putting all of our eggs
in one basket right now.
779
00:36:14,170 --> 00:36:15,750
It better be
a damn good basket.
780
00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:26,000
- We need to get
these dredges floating.
- [Paul] All right.
781
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:28,170
And then once we get those in,
782
00:36:28,370 --> 00:36:30,030
- I'll change into my suit.
- All right.
783
00:36:32,270 --> 00:36:35,100
[narrator] The downstream
dam repaired...
784
00:36:35,300 --> 00:36:38,000
...Kayla's crew have raised
the water levels high enough
785
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,100
to get their dredges
back in the creek.
786
00:36:41,790 --> 00:36:43,340
[Kayla] I'm gonna
get in the water,
787
00:36:43,540 --> 00:36:46,000
starting up
by the bedrock wall.
788
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,000
Then Paul's gonna get
in the water as well.
789
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:51,270
That way, we can both be in,
moving lots of material
790
00:36:51,470 --> 00:36:53,130
and hopefully make
lots of progress.
791
00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:05,030
Let's go.
792
00:37:14,750 --> 00:37:16,690
So far, so good.
793
00:37:16,890 --> 00:37:18,790
Got two dredges
floating again.
794
00:37:18,990 --> 00:37:20,620
[Justin] Nice to see
two dredges back in the water.
795
00:37:20,820 --> 00:37:23,650
We just gotta get set up
quickly and get the divers in
796
00:37:23,850 --> 00:37:27,130
so we can maybe see
a little color, little gold.
797
00:37:28,060 --> 00:37:29,790
I'd like to see
some eventually.
798
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:31,650
[bleep]
799
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:34,100
[Paul] [bleep] current
is strong.
800
00:37:35,370 --> 00:37:36,900
[Kayla] That should be good.
801
00:37:37,100 --> 00:37:38,550
- [Paul] Right there?
- [Kayla] Yeah.
802
00:37:38,750 --> 00:37:39,930
So where are we at now?
803
00:37:41,340 --> 00:37:43,480
I think we're just about ready
to fire all the dredges up.
804
00:37:45,890 --> 00:37:49,960
[narrator] Last dive,
the heating system on one
of the dredges malfunctioned.
805
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:53,520
To make sure
nobody gets burned,
806
00:37:53,720 --> 00:37:55,830
they need to test
their repair.
807
00:37:56,030 --> 00:37:57,240
[Paul] So, I just
swapped the fittings.
808
00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:01,100
I put the intake on the front,
the outtake on the back.
809
00:38:01,300 --> 00:38:04,270
It seems to be going
pretty good now. Yep.
810
00:38:05,370 --> 00:38:07,000
Try to get it in,
see if we can get some, uh...
811
00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:10,550
...more rock and boulders
out of our way.
812
00:38:10,750 --> 00:38:11,650
See if we can get
some depth going
813
00:38:11,850 --> 00:38:13,480
so we can actually do
some good dredging.
814
00:38:16,340 --> 00:38:19,340
[narrator] Before this storm
set Kayla's crew back,
815
00:38:19,540 --> 00:38:23,750
they were five feet down,
halfway to bedrock gold.
816
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:27,310
[Kayla] Starting a new haul
always sucks.
817
00:38:27,510 --> 00:38:28,480
[Paul] It does.
818
00:38:31,370 --> 00:38:33,240
We were pulling
the first basket of rocks.
819
00:38:37,240 --> 00:38:39,170
[bleep] Damn it! I'm done.
820
00:38:49,060 --> 00:38:50,310
[narrator] On Nugget Creek...
821
00:38:50,510 --> 00:38:52,830
- That water took out
a lot of stuff for us.
- Yeah, it did.
822
00:38:53,030 --> 00:38:54,960
[narrator] ...gold fever
has set in.
823
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:56,520
This is how deep
the material was.
824
00:38:56,720 --> 00:38:58,830
You could see
the water level right here,
825
00:38:59,030 --> 00:39:01,450
'cause the moss
stops right there.
826
00:39:01,650 --> 00:39:03,480
And then you can see it
underneath that big boulder.
827
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:05,270
The moss level stops there.
828
00:39:05,470 --> 00:39:07,100
That is gonna have gold, dude.
829
00:39:07,300 --> 00:39:08,900
[Wes] Yeah, it is.
There is no way it's not.
830
00:39:09,100 --> 00:39:12,030
This particular creek is known
for large gold.
831
00:39:12,230 --> 00:39:13,900
Because it's
such a steep terrain,
832
00:39:14,100 --> 00:39:14,960
we know there's huge nuggets,
833
00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:17,240
so that's what we're after
at this site right here.
834
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:19,030
This is where we get gold.
835
00:39:28,580 --> 00:39:30,140
[Kayla] Starting a new haul
always sucks.
836
00:39:30,340 --> 00:39:31,370
[Paul] It does.
837
00:39:32,270 --> 00:39:34,310
[Scott] We're pulling
the first batch of the rocks.
838
00:39:39,030 --> 00:39:40,930
[bleep] Damn it! I'm done.
839
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:42,340
[Justin] Line broke.
840
00:39:43,650 --> 00:39:44,720
It's not a good thing.
841
00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:46,100
[Paul] Hell did you do
to break the rope?
842
00:39:48,620 --> 00:39:50,620
That rope shouldn't break.
843
00:39:50,820 --> 00:39:54,750
[narrator] At Kayla's,
a broken winch rope could
set them back hours.
844
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:57,900
[Paul] It just needs
a regular figure eight.
845
00:39:58,100 --> 00:40:00,200
- [Kayla] You wanna go fix it?
- [Paul] I'm gonna have to.
846
00:40:03,580 --> 00:40:04,820
Slip that through there.
847
00:40:16,930 --> 00:40:18,200
[Justin] We good? Okay.
848
00:40:22,860 --> 00:40:25,340
Hopefully, hopefully,
this is the last of it.
849
00:40:25,540 --> 00:40:27,170
Hopefully, this just
works from here.
850
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:33,960
[Kayla] Got it! [laughs]
851
00:40:35,370 --> 00:40:37,030
We got the winch lines
working again.
852
00:40:37,230 --> 00:40:38,550
We'll live to dredge
another day.
853
00:40:39,550 --> 00:40:40,960
[Paul] All right, crank it up!
854
00:40:46,030 --> 00:40:47,720
[Scott] If we have any hope
of hitting bedrock at all
855
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:49,210
and actually getting
some gold,
856
00:40:49,410 --> 00:40:50,340
we don't need
any more hang-ups.
857
00:40:50,540 --> 00:40:51,900
We don't need
any more setbacks.
858
00:40:52,100 --> 00:40:54,170
We gotta have everything
working every day.
859
00:40:57,890 --> 00:40:59,380
But you know what?
860
00:40:59,580 --> 00:41:01,790
This winch line will
get us to bedrock.
861
00:41:01,990 --> 00:41:03,370
This winch line will
get us to gold.
862
00:41:10,370 --> 00:41:11,750
Oh, that's a decent-size rock.
863
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:20,960
[Paul] Current's definitely
picked up on us.
864
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:22,410
[Kayla] It has.
865
00:41:22,610 --> 00:41:24,380
[Scott] Yeah, you're laying
down there getting a massage
866
00:41:24,580 --> 00:41:26,100
from that [bleep] current.
867
00:41:26,300 --> 00:41:28,270
The [bleep] current
is that strong.
868
00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:40,340
It's starting to get deep.
We got some depth going.
869
00:41:44,860 --> 00:41:47,690
[narrator] After four hours
battling the current...
870
00:41:47,890 --> 00:41:50,510
- I'm [bleep] done.
- [Kayla] Me too.
871
00:41:51,930 --> 00:41:53,130
[narrator] ...Paul calls it.
872
00:41:54,550 --> 00:41:55,380
Today went good.
873
00:41:55,580 --> 00:41:57,680
We got one nice hole
going right now.
874
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:01,860
We're probably five feet deep.
875
00:42:02,060 --> 00:42:04,550
So we're right back
to where we were at
before the flood.
876
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:08,900
[Kayla] I don't expect
to see any gold right now.
877
00:42:09,100 --> 00:42:10,720
This is the first day
starting a new haul.
878
00:42:11,720 --> 00:42:13,170
But it never hurts to check.
879
00:42:18,410 --> 00:42:19,410
Nothing.
880
00:42:21,930 --> 00:42:23,720
Hopefully, within
the next couple days,
881
00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:26,370
we can hit some bedrock
and see a lot of gold.
882
00:42:40,130 --> 00:42:42,480
James got her going good
right there. Holy [bleep].
883
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:44,340
That looks nice.
884
00:42:44,540 --> 00:42:46,650
- I think the dredge
should go in.
- Let's do it.
885
00:42:47,890 --> 00:42:49,960
[narrator] With
their dam complete...
886
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:51,480
It's time to put
the dredge in.
887
00:42:52,370 --> 00:42:54,100
Float the boat!
888
00:42:55,130 --> 00:43:00,000
[narrator] ...Dustin is
one step closer to getting
a diver back in the water.
889
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:03,580
All right, uh,
tie off the pulley
to where it's up high.
890
00:43:03,780 --> 00:43:06,030
- [Carlos] I gotcha.
- And you're gonna drag
the forward momentum.
891
00:43:06,230 --> 00:43:08,240
So yeah, as soon
as he lets us get slack there,
892
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:10,790
- we'll pull this off
and put it over here.
- Please.
893
00:43:10,990 --> 00:43:14,100
[narrator] It's a 20-foot haul
to get the dredge to the pool.
894
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:17,200
All right, is that enough?
895
00:43:18,340 --> 00:43:20,380
One winch?
896
00:43:20,580 --> 00:43:22,820
Let's see if we can get
a little forward momentum.
897
00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:25,620
Oh, there it goes.
898
00:43:25,820 --> 00:43:27,000
Oh, yeah.
899
00:43:28,790 --> 00:43:31,480
- Whoo-hoo! It's working.
- [Dustin] I know.
900
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:33,480
- That'll work.
- Just keep going.
Hold on, hold on.
901
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:34,750
Let me get ahead.
902
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:40,030
Now we're gonna just ease it
into our freaking pool.
903
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:41,620
[Dustin] Hold up!
904
00:43:42,930 --> 00:43:46,650
- Boo.
- Ugh, that sucks.
It's dragging that rock.
905
00:43:46,850 --> 00:43:48,650
Now would be the time
to use the skyline.
906
00:43:48,850 --> 00:43:49,960
- [Carlos] Yeah.
- Yeah.
907
00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:52,620
Disconnect, go hook it
back up, bring me
a headache ball.
908
00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:57,170
Right now,
we're trying to drag rocks.
909
00:43:57,370 --> 00:43:59,960
We don't want it to do that,
'cause we'll disturb the wheel
we just made.
910
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:02,720
So I think we can
pick the other side
of the dredge up,
911
00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:07,310
get it level and just kinda
just snake it right in there
real easy-like.
912
00:44:07,510 --> 00:44:10,550
She's gonna move, like,
really move, so...
913
00:44:10,750 --> 00:44:13,240
James, I need you
to come along just in case.
914
00:44:15,790 --> 00:44:18,450
- Right.
- Perfect.
915
00:44:18,650 --> 00:44:20,620
[Carlos chuckles]
It's perfect, man.
916
00:44:20,820 --> 00:44:21,900
[Dustin] Go upstream
a little bit more.
917
00:44:22,100 --> 00:44:24,000
[Carlos] Oh, it's perfect!
918
00:44:24,620 --> 00:44:25,820
[Dustin] All stop.
919
00:44:26,510 --> 00:44:27,510
James, disconnect.
920
00:44:32,170 --> 00:44:34,720
- We got it!
- [giggles]
921
00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:36,240
[Dustin] You gotta
go upstream.
922
00:44:36,930 --> 00:44:38,650
[Carlos chuckles]
923
00:44:40,890 --> 00:44:42,410
- Yes!
- Let it down.
924
00:44:44,410 --> 00:44:46,070
That'll do it.
925
00:44:46,270 --> 00:44:48,310
Just barely long enough
though, man.
926
00:44:49,100 --> 00:44:50,380
What do you mean?
It's perfect.
927
00:44:50,580 --> 00:44:52,240
Well, we didn't get
much play room.
928
00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:54,100
- [chuckles]
- Holy cow.
929
00:44:54,860 --> 00:44:56,480
Dredge is
in the water, Carlos!
930
00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:58,130
[Carlos] Dredge is
back in the water.
931
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:03,070
The dredge is in and, uh,
it's a little tight there.
932
00:45:03,270 --> 00:45:05,520
But it's working.
933
00:45:05,720 --> 00:45:08,550
Now it's time to start it up
and see what's in this rock.
934
00:45:09,270 --> 00:45:10,270
Well, if there's
no gold there,
935
00:45:10,470 --> 00:45:12,580
this is our last season here.
936
00:45:12,780 --> 00:45:17,310
These are decisions that
echo through everybody's
lives here.
937
00:45:18,340 --> 00:45:20,000
I make the wrong decision...
938
00:45:22,060 --> 00:45:23,340
...everybody goes home broke.
939
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:29,000
- Come on! Let's go.
- Fire it up.
940
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:31,210
[Carlos] James,
get in the dredge, man!
941
00:45:31,410 --> 00:45:32,960
This is where
we get going, bro.
942
00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:34,860
This is where we get going.
943
00:45:35,060 --> 00:45:36,270
Come on, baby.
944
00:45:36,470 --> 00:45:39,410
[Dustin] Gotta get the flap
completely underwater.
945
00:45:39,610 --> 00:45:41,690
- There's a hole right there.
- Ah, [bleep].
946
00:45:41,890 --> 00:45:43,650
- That's what you're doing.
It's right there.
- Damn it.
947
00:45:43,850 --> 00:45:45,510
God [bleep]!
948
00:45:47,270 --> 00:45:49,960
[narrator] Manhandling
the hose has caused a crack
949
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:51,930
right beside
the dredge nozzle.
950
00:45:55,030 --> 00:45:59,720
- Argh!
- Hey, Wes! Where's
that cellophane at?
951
00:45:59,920 --> 00:46:04,650
I ran out of tape,
so what we have is
this stretchy wrap stuff.
952
00:46:04,850 --> 00:46:08,930
And if I can't seal off
this hose, it's probably
gonna suck it right in.
953
00:46:09,130 --> 00:46:12,100
[chuckles] But I don't
have anything else,
so we're gonna try it.
954
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:14,270
There you go.
955
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:16,440
Nozzle up.
956
00:46:19,240 --> 00:46:20,830
This is a first, man.
957
00:46:21,030 --> 00:46:22,960
- That is a first.
- Holy crap.
958
00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:24,240
We're desperate
to get ahold of...
959
00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:27,240
[all chuckling]
960
00:46:28,370 --> 00:46:29,830
[Carlos] Well, let's see
if that works, man.
961
00:46:30,030 --> 00:46:31,000
[Dustin] Yeah,
see if it works.
962
00:46:33,580 --> 00:46:34,930
There it is! We got it!
963
00:46:37,650 --> 00:46:38,480
Oh, man.
964
00:46:39,310 --> 00:46:42,100
- Seriously?
- We got it! [laughs]
965
00:46:42,300 --> 00:46:45,310
- We're dredging!
- The cellophane worked.
966
00:46:45,510 --> 00:46:47,480
- [laughs]
- Try to get this
over here, too.
967
00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:49,510
[Dustin] I can't believe
that worked.
968
00:46:50,790 --> 00:46:53,450
I'm pretty happy with the way
everything got set up now.
969
00:46:53,650 --> 00:46:55,270
Got the dredge
back in the water,
970
00:46:55,470 --> 00:46:56,830
got enough boulders moved,
971
00:46:57,030 --> 00:46:59,550
got enough water flow
to make our dredge work.
972
00:47:00,550 --> 00:47:01,930
Game on, now.
973
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:04,480
[James] I couldn't be happier.
974
00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:06,310
It's a weird way,
what we're doing.
975
00:47:06,510 --> 00:47:09,030
I didn't expect this
to happen this way.
976
00:47:09,230 --> 00:47:12,100
But underneath
this big, giant boulder,
977
00:47:12,300 --> 00:47:14,690
I got a feeling
that there's a lot of gold
978
00:47:14,890 --> 00:47:16,480
and this could
change our lives.
979
00:47:20,240 --> 00:47:23,340
[narrator] On the next
Gold Rush: White Water...
980
00:47:23,540 --> 00:47:24,900
[bleep], let's go!
981
00:47:25,100 --> 00:47:27,480
Scott, I have to have
you communicate.
982
00:47:28,650 --> 00:47:30,620
We aren't quitters.
We're not gonna give up.
983
00:47:30,820 --> 00:47:32,580
Hopefully, we see
some really good gold.
984
00:47:34,510 --> 00:47:36,240
We're not gonna have
a hole again in a minute.
985
00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:38,450
[Carlos] We can't catch
a freaking break!
986
00:47:38,650 --> 00:47:39,960
Why can't we dredge
in the Bahamas?
987
00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:41,410
Somewhere nice and warm.
988
00:47:41,610 --> 00:47:43,720
[Kayla] I am tired
of your [bleep] attitude.
989
00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:46,900
[Scott] I [bleep] work
my [bleep] into
the dirt for her,
990
00:47:47,100 --> 00:47:49,000
- Is she firing me? Yep.
- She said that?
991
00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:52,890
We need to regroup,
'cause we're on a steady path
to destruction here.
992
00:47:55,310 --> 00:47:56,370
- Whoa!
- [bleep]
993
00:47:58,440 --> 00:48:01,340
When the water bleeds,
you are so close to gold.
994
00:48:02,510 --> 00:48:03,960
I'm excited
that you're diving.
995
00:48:04,160 --> 00:48:06,790
I'm more excited
that I think you're
gonna get gold.