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Welcome to my nightmare.
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That river has been known
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to take boats, eat 'em up,
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and spit out
whoever's inside it.
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Right now, this water's
comin' in so fast
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that it's fillin' in.
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If I try to pull on one boat,
nothing happens,
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and the other
one's pinned down.
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So I almost have to unbury
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to dig out both boats
in order for one to move.
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We've made it
all the way past
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the most treacherous
part of the river.
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For some reason,
I guess our steering cable
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came loose,
got stuck in the prop.
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We heard a big bang.
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Ah, ya mother [bleep]!
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And the boat shut off.
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We were coasting
in the water.
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I drove my airboat out
to try to rescue them.
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In this freaking
crazy strong current,
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that smashed us
up against the wall.
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Hold on! Oh!
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Everybody almost nearly died.
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Now, they're full of rocks.
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We have to dig out
these boats.
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The dredge is the only way
that's gonna happen.
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Here it comes.
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So I send a helicopter up
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to get the dredge.
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Otherwise, the boats
just live there forever.
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Holy [bleep]!
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He was straining
to pick that up.
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I hope it makes it.
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This is gonna be
a huge expense to us,
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but at the same time,
it has to be done.
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Can't find any gold
if you can't get to it.
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On the wild Tsirku River,
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Dustin Hurt's season
hangs in the balance.
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This is a huge setback,
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but we have to have the boat.
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There's no way
to get up there feasible
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that's not a billion dollars.
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The airboats are critical
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to their remote operation...
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Let's start that bitch up.
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Start digging
like a [bleep] maniac.
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forcing Dustin to tap
into this season's profits
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to fund the rescue mission.
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Well, honestly, man,
this is freakin' BS crap
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right here, man.
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But we need those airboats.
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Those airboats,
those are our tickets
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back and forth to work.
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If we can't get to work,
we can't get gold.
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Time is of the essence.
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We need our transportation
out of the water.
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I'mma tell you
right now,
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if you stick that inside
to one of these machines,
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it's just gonna
gobble for hours.
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It'll just...
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It'll pull for 2 feet a round.
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Yup. I agree.
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I say turning 'em
all the way up.
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There you go.
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Be ready to go diving.
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Same thing
that we do for gold,
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but right now, these airboats
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is our freaking
nuggets right now.
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More freaking chance at this.
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Come on.
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Our season depends on it.
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Watch out! Pop!
Get out of there.
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Get out of there.
Get out of there.
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It's like the freaking
dominoes of death, man.
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That old
section right here above us
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wants to come loose.
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Find some gold!
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Time to pay the bills,
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get to the bottom
of this damn thing.
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- Hey!
- Oh, [bleep].
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Are you all right?
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You got blood everywhere.
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We can't stop.
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The winter is here already.
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Oh-oh, I think
I just felt bedrock.
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Ooh!
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That's gold, isn't it?
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First gold!
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It's only gonna get
more and more after today.
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Work on and hit
that pay streak.
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Big-ass boulder.
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I know that there's gold
at the bottom of this.
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See if we can empty
that boat.
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There's tons of rock
up in here.
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Barely a month left
of the mining season,
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Dustin is in the fight
of his life.
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and around the other side.
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- Yeah. Don't you hear?
- All right.
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Yeah.
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Spending precious time
and money
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to get his operation
back on the gold.
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Is this person thinking?
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Hey, Carlos.
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Is there anything I can do
to make your life easier?
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Oh, no, man.
I've got a [indistinct] man.
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Over 4 miles
from civilization,
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the strong currents
are filling the two airboats
with gravel,
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pinning them
to the river bottom.
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The plan?
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Use the dredge hose
to suck up
the tons of material
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that has filled the hull,
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so the crew
can attempt to free them
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with a come-along
from the river's
stranglehold.
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I'm just gonna jump
to this other side.
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How's it goin' down there?
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All is fine, dude.
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Hey, James?
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He said
my boat's cleaned out,
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so can I get you
to put that
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big and stupid come-along,
hook it on there?
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Yo! Get it to us,
those couple clicks.
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One more.
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I think it moved.
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Another.
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Holy [bleep]!
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movin'!
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... Yay!
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Let's see if we get it to turn
and flatten out,
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then we could, uh,
empty out all the water
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because I can't get
all the water out of it
at that angle.
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Ready to go for a ride?
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Get to swing a little bit.
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Come on, baby. Yeah!
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Hell yeah! Woo!
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Woo! Woo! Woo!
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- Yay!
- Yeah!
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Oh, she's back, baby!
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Still dirty, but she's back.
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That was something, man.
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That's a huge win.
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We needed this.
we needed this!
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We dredged the boat out
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with minimal damage,
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bent a few things,
but overall,
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the boat came out intact.
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Now we have to do
some engine work
to get it runnin',
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but the guys did great.
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Huge win.
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Dustin's boat,
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his engine
didn't go underwater.
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We might be able to get
his big boat goin' again.
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Yeah. That's easy.
I could fix that, no problem.
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Should we try to start it?
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Yeah.
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Clear prop.
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Yeah!
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Hell yeah!
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Woo! Woo! Woo!
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We got the machine
to run again.
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Less disaster, people.
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Less disaster.
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It's good to be back in camp.
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Twenty-four hours later,
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with both boats
now recovered...
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We just spent too long
diggin' up a boat,
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gettin' it floatin' again.
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Time to get back to work.
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I'mma get diggin'.
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In the first half
of their mining season
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at Nugget Bend...
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Where did that come from?
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Oh! Yeah!
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There's more gold in there.
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Carlos uncovered
a nugget worth over $50,000.
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- Oh, my.
- My.
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That's the biggest nugget
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in Gold Rush
history right there.
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It's not just stories anymore.
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This place is for real.
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Determined to find
more monster nuggets,
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Dustin gambled on a move
250 feet up creek...
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We're gonna go back
where we were last year.
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- Really?
- Holy moly, man.
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back to big-ass boulder,
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the dive site that,
last season,
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nearly broke them.
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Oh! Phew!
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Phewie!
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Everything is falling into place
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and I can't wait to see
how much gold is down there.
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But when Carlos
took the first dive...
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How's it lookin', Carlos?
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Oh,
this is [indistinct] dude.
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his progress was stopped
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by a layer of impenetrable
hard pack.
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This is something
different, man.
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I've never seen
nothing like this before.
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All right.
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- Paul, you going down today?
- Yup.
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All right.
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Let's try
a different method today.
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We're gonna try to take
the bedrock down,
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and with any luck,
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you can pry
off of the bedrock,
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we'll pop that stuff up.
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Dustin's new plan,
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use a pry bar to break down
the ancient hard pack
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from the bedrock wall.
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Then, follow the wall
down to the deepest point
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beneath the small waters
downstream
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of big-ass boulder.
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That should contain
a jackpot of 6-ounce nuggets.
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You got that small
freaking crowbar out there?
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- The small one?
- I think so.
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This might be a lot better.
I like this plan.
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So yeah, let's get out there.
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- You're in?
- Yup.
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And here we go.
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Sounds great.
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We got to find this gold line.
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I'm psyched, man.
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I think we're gonna
get a lot of work done today.
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I think
today's the day, man.
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Your hope's
gonna come through.
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If I can follow
that bedrock down
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and get us
closer to the middle,
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I think it'll put us
right there by that gold line.
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- Well, get as far
as you can obviously, but...
- Yeah.
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Just time-wise.
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Time-wise, it seems like
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if you get down
to the gold line,
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that would be magic.
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- It would, wouldn't it?
- Yeah.
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Let me go
get suited up.
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I know that there's gold
in the bottom of this
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and nobody's been
in this damn hole.
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I just have to get down there.
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Let's get this done.
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Let's find some big, big gold.
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It's already September 1st.
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That's good right there, man.
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That's perfect, I think.
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And in Alaska,
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winter comes
with little warning.
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So the season's getting close,
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the weather's starting
to change.
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It's a matter of
time before we either get
froze out or flood out.
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We're gonna conquer this spot.
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Today, I'm gonna follow
the bedrock wall down
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to get close to the middle,
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and hopefully
in the next couple days,
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we'll be putting
a lot of gold in the box.
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Today, I'm gonna crush it.
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You ready?
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Yeah.
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I think this is gonna work.
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Yeah, it's been a while
since I've dredged.
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I hope I can remember
how to do it.
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- All right.
- You're up, buddy.
Let's go.
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Put that hot water on.
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Hot water.
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Sweet.
Paul, dredge ahead.
263
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Let's find some gold.
264
00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:26,482
I'm on bedrock.
265
00:12:26,482 --> 00:12:27,620
Take me to the bottom.
266
00:12:27,620 --> 00:12:29,103
Yeah.
267
00:12:29,103 --> 00:12:31,344
Just follow it, follow it.
Keep going.
268
00:12:32,413 --> 00:12:35,034
That's amazing
how locked in [bleep] it is.
269
00:12:36,068 --> 00:12:37,586
I can feel gravel everywhere,
270
00:12:37,586 --> 00:12:38,896
but won't suck it up
until you break it up.
271
00:12:43,793 --> 00:12:45,448
Never experienced this.
272
00:12:52,103 --> 00:12:54,206
We think that the gold
273
00:12:54,206 --> 00:12:57,724
went straight down the center
because there wasn't
a huge water.
274
00:12:57,724 --> 00:13:01,103
And then the hard pack
laid on top of that.
275
00:13:01,103 --> 00:13:03,689
So we're looking
for the ancient bottom
276
00:13:03,689 --> 00:13:05,413
of the very center
of this thing,
277
00:13:05,413 --> 00:13:08,241
and that's where
the gold is in this creek.
278
00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:15,517
How's it going
with the digging?
279
00:13:15,517 --> 00:13:18,931
Is it speeding up at all
or just slow paced?
280
00:13:18,931 --> 00:13:19,896
A little bit slow, yeah.
281
00:13:19,896 --> 00:13:21,793
Oh, okay.
282
00:13:21,793 --> 00:13:23,379
- It's just all hard pack?
- Yup.
283
00:13:23,379 --> 00:13:24,689
It's all it is?
284
00:13:24,689 --> 00:13:26,793
Man, this hard pack
285
00:13:26,793 --> 00:13:30,172
is gonna be the hardest thing
for us to do.
286
00:13:30,172 --> 00:13:31,586
You know, it's hard to say.
287
00:13:31,586 --> 00:13:33,379
I don't know if Paul's
making a good progress
288
00:13:33,379 --> 00:13:34,931
because we're in
the hard pack
289
00:13:34,931 --> 00:13:36,689
that we've never seen before.
290
00:13:36,689 --> 00:13:38,172
This virgin ground,
291
00:13:38,172 --> 00:13:40,862
it's like trying to dig
through concrete.
292
00:13:46,482 --> 00:13:48,724
That's some
of the hardest dredging
I've ever done.
293
00:13:48,724 --> 00:13:50,241
This [bleep] sucks.
294
00:13:50,931 --> 00:13:52,793
Let's just take a break.
295
00:13:53,482 --> 00:13:54,896
Settle down, James.
296
00:13:58,793 --> 00:14:01,103
I see gold.
Yeah. I see gold.
297
00:14:01,103 --> 00:14:02,586
That's gold, isn't it?
298
00:14:02,586 --> 00:14:04,000
Yeah.
299
00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,896
- Yeah.
- First gold!
300
00:14:17,206 --> 00:14:18,793
I see gold.
301
00:14:18,793 --> 00:14:20,413
Yeah. I see gold.
302
00:14:20,413 --> 00:14:22,206
At Nugget Creek...
303
00:14:22,206 --> 00:14:23,896
That's gold, isn't it?
304
00:14:23,896 --> 00:14:26,896
Yeah, first gold!
305
00:14:26,896 --> 00:14:29,068
After a change in strategy,
306
00:14:29,068 --> 00:14:30,586
Dustin's crew
are on the gold.
307
00:14:31,758 --> 00:14:33,482
It's gonna happen
but it's like you said,
308
00:14:33,482 --> 00:14:34,689
we're just gonna follow
this bedrock down
309
00:14:34,689 --> 00:14:36,896
and find that bottom
and work on
and hit that pay streak.
310
00:14:36,896 --> 00:14:39,000
That's what
we were talking about.
311
00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,310
But we know there's a big
mother lode down there.
312
00:14:40,310 --> 00:14:41,482
- Yeah.
- Yup.
313
00:14:41,482 --> 00:14:43,172
It's only gonna get
more and more after today.
314
00:14:43,172 --> 00:14:44,758
Let's find some more gold.
315
00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,862
I think it's great
that we're finding
little gold
316
00:14:47,862 --> 00:14:49,862
but that's not
what I'm looking for.
317
00:14:49,862 --> 00:14:51,758
I need heavy pay.
318
00:14:51,758 --> 00:14:55,482
I need lots of gold to pay
for all this damn gasoline
that we're using.
319
00:14:55,482 --> 00:14:56,620
All the beans
that we're eating,
320
00:14:56,620 --> 00:14:58,896
knot up on the sides,
321
00:14:58,896 --> 00:15:01,689
and some knot up
behind some little boulder.
322
00:15:01,689 --> 00:15:04,793
It's at the bottom
and that's where
we need to go.
323
00:15:07,379 --> 00:15:08,965
I'm not getting anywhere.
324
00:15:10,689 --> 00:15:14,000
But after nearly
four hours in the water,
325
00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,586
Paul has barely made a dent
in the hard pack.
326
00:15:17,586 --> 00:15:20,172
It's just...
It's just so tight down here.
327
00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,551
Everything is still
hard packed and...
328
00:15:24,862 --> 00:15:27,689
I feel like I'm wasting time.
329
00:15:27,689 --> 00:15:30,586
If it's the same
as the rest of Nugget Creek,
330
00:15:30,586 --> 00:15:32,620
they could have
another 9 feet
331
00:15:32,620 --> 00:15:34,758
before they hit
bedrock bottom.
332
00:15:40,206 --> 00:15:43,000
I mean,
I feel like I've worked
at the same spot all day
333
00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,655
and I have not got anywhere.
334
00:15:45,379 --> 00:15:46,758
What do you wanna do, man?
335
00:15:48,758 --> 00:15:50,586
I think I'm gonna go ahead
and call it.
336
00:15:50,586 --> 00:15:52,896
I mean, I can sit here
and just pick at it,
337
00:15:52,896 --> 00:15:56,413
but I'm not making
any yardage.
338
00:15:56,413 --> 00:16:01,103
I've never dredged anything
this hard packed in like this.
339
00:16:01,103 --> 00:16:04,241
All right.
Just... Let's call it a day.
340
00:16:04,896 --> 00:16:05,896
Okay.
341
00:16:05,896 --> 00:16:07,689
All right. Gather up.
342
00:16:07,689 --> 00:16:09,827
Let's, uh,
let's shut her down.
343
00:16:22,379 --> 00:16:24,344
Well, that didn't go
the way I expect it.
344
00:16:26,103 --> 00:16:29,862
Really hoping
we'd get a big solid hole.
345
00:16:29,862 --> 00:16:31,586
Just... The...
346
00:16:31,586 --> 00:16:33,862
We see a little bit of gold
and then we gotta quit?
347
00:16:36,413 --> 00:16:38,482
I guess the hard pack's
harder than I think it is.
348
00:16:38,482 --> 00:16:39,827
That's all.
349
00:16:44,103 --> 00:16:47,172
I'm struggling so hard to get
a good day of dredging in.
350
00:16:47,172 --> 00:16:48,827
It's killing me.
351
00:16:52,310 --> 00:16:54,793
I was really hoping we'd make
some heavy progress today
352
00:16:54,793 --> 00:16:56,103
- and we didn't.
- We do.
353
00:16:57,379 --> 00:16:59,172
It's a little disappointing,
I ain't gonna lie.
354
00:17:00,379 --> 00:17:02,206
We're gonna run out of time
if we keep doing this.
355
00:17:02,206 --> 00:17:03,206
I know.
356
00:17:03,206 --> 00:17:05,172
We need a solution,
not more problems.
357
00:17:05,172 --> 00:17:07,103
- [indistinct] off.
- [indistinct] off.
358
00:17:07,103 --> 00:17:08,931
What's the box look like?
359
00:17:10,275 --> 00:17:11,862
That's actually
a cool-looking piece.
360
00:17:12,620 --> 00:17:13,793
To be honest with you,
for real,
361
00:17:13,793 --> 00:17:15,448
I did not expect
to see any gold.
362
00:17:17,068 --> 00:17:19,275
It's not a half-ounce
nugget, but it's a start.
363
00:17:20,379 --> 00:17:21,275
Time to pay the bills,
364
00:17:21,275 --> 00:17:23,172
get to the bottom
of this damn thing,
365
00:17:23,172 --> 00:17:26,862
and I'm confident
there's huge gold here.
366
00:17:26,862 --> 00:17:29,586
Something that will actually
change our lives.
367
00:17:38,689 --> 00:17:39,758
Morning.
368
00:17:40,931 --> 00:17:42,482
What I saw
on the weather forecast,
369
00:17:42,482 --> 00:17:43,862
it's not looking good.
370
00:17:43,862 --> 00:17:45,241
They've got us
under flood warning.
371
00:17:46,068 --> 00:17:47,931
So is that for today?
372
00:17:47,931 --> 00:17:49,000
It starts tonight.
373
00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:53,586
If we're gonna try to make it
to the end of this dig
374
00:17:53,586 --> 00:17:54,689
by the start of snow,
375
00:17:54,689 --> 00:17:55,931
at this pace,
376
00:17:55,931 --> 00:17:57,172
we'll be working
at this whole...
377
00:17:57,172 --> 00:17:59,793
Just start section
for the next three weeks
378
00:17:59,793 --> 00:18:03,655
and I don't think
we have more than a month.
379
00:18:05,517 --> 00:18:06,862
Right now, man,
380
00:18:06,862 --> 00:18:08,103
it's the beginning
of September,
381
00:18:08,103 --> 00:18:09,310
so it's like 30 days,
you know.
382
00:18:09,310 --> 00:18:10,689
Depending on the weather, man,
383
00:18:10,689 --> 00:18:12,965
give 15 days
or take away 15 days.
384
00:18:13,689 --> 00:18:15,000
You know,
I got to thinking
385
00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,482
about all that hard pack,
386
00:18:17,482 --> 00:18:21,000
I think we need to bring
the high pressure sprayer
back out.
387
00:18:22,379 --> 00:18:24,068
This thing's working perfect!
388
00:18:24,068 --> 00:18:26,379
At the start of the season,
389
00:18:26,379 --> 00:18:30,275
the crew used steam
and a high pressure spray gun
390
00:18:30,275 --> 00:18:31,517
to break up the snow bridge.
391
00:18:31,517 --> 00:18:32,758
- Whoa.
- It's gonna go.
392
00:18:32,758 --> 00:18:34,000
It's gonna go.
393
00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,103
Holy moly, man.
394
00:18:35,103 --> 00:18:36,620
Woo!
395
00:18:36,620 --> 00:18:37,965
Yeah.
396
00:18:38,793 --> 00:18:40,000
Yeah.
397
00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,482
Paul's idea?
398
00:18:43,482 --> 00:18:45,793
Use the high-powered
pressure washer
399
00:18:45,793 --> 00:18:48,896
to blast through
the concrete like hard pack.
400
00:18:48,896 --> 00:18:50,689
All right.
All right. All right.
401
00:18:50,689 --> 00:18:52,413
We need to speed up.
402
00:18:52,413 --> 00:18:55,206
I hope this pressure washer's
a damn good solution.
403
00:18:55,206 --> 00:18:56,482
I think it is.
404
00:19:00,379 --> 00:19:01,758
I'mma set it down.
405
00:19:01,758 --> 00:19:03,655
All right.
406
00:19:06,758 --> 00:19:08,206
We've been failing.
407
00:19:08,206 --> 00:19:10,000
The pressure washer
has to be the answer.
408
00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,482
Hopefully it just chews
this stuff up.
409
00:19:12,482 --> 00:19:14,068
If not, then...
410
00:19:17,482 --> 00:19:19,310
Actually, I don't even know
what the hell to do
411
00:19:19,310 --> 00:19:21,172
because we gotta
get through this.
412
00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,275
Gold in the box today, guys.
413
00:19:25,275 --> 00:19:28,862
Guaranteed
because the Gold Hound
said so.
414
00:19:30,896 --> 00:19:33,482
I just have
the good luck with gold.
415
00:19:33,482 --> 00:19:36,862
Dustin's really chomping
at the bit because
416
00:19:36,862 --> 00:19:38,965
the, uh...
417
00:19:40,620 --> 00:19:42,517
the production right now
is not good.
418
00:19:42,517 --> 00:19:46,551
So my mission today is to rip
through this hard pack
419
00:19:47,862 --> 00:19:49,482
and I'm gonna try my hardest.
420
00:19:52,517 --> 00:19:54,413
Let me know
if that pressure washer works
421
00:19:54,413 --> 00:19:56,793
because I'm getting
desperate here.
422
00:19:56,793 --> 00:19:59,482
I need you to change that.
423
00:19:59,482 --> 00:20:00,793
I'll make it happen.
424
00:20:00,793 --> 00:20:02,172
I need some digging done.
425
00:20:06,793 --> 00:20:08,689
We're good to go.
Rock and roll!
426
00:20:08,689 --> 00:20:10,000
All right.
427
00:20:13,758 --> 00:20:14,862
Our goal right now
428
00:20:14,862 --> 00:20:16,862
is to cut a trench
429
00:20:16,862 --> 00:20:18,034
from right over there,
430
00:20:19,275 --> 00:20:20,862
- over to that wall.
- Okay.
431
00:20:20,862 --> 00:20:25,000
I need to know
where the center is,
432
00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,379
doesn't matter
about hard pack.
433
00:20:26,379 --> 00:20:27,482
It doesn't matter
about the red stuff.
434
00:20:27,482 --> 00:20:28,793
No Clay.
435
00:20:28,793 --> 00:20:30,379
Don't get stuck
on the boulder.
436
00:20:30,379 --> 00:20:33,620
I don't give a
about any of that stuff.
437
00:20:33,620 --> 00:20:35,482
What I need to know
is where the gold line's at.
438
00:20:35,482 --> 00:20:37,379
And that's what
you're doing right now.
439
00:20:37,379 --> 00:20:39,241
We're gonna find
that gold line.
440
00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,172
Yes, sir.
441
00:20:45,689 --> 00:20:47,172
The new plan.
442
00:20:47,172 --> 00:20:49,310
Use the heavy duty
pressure washer
443
00:20:49,310 --> 00:20:51,482
to cut through
the dent's hard pack,
444
00:20:53,103 --> 00:20:55,482
and make a trench
across the dive hole
445
00:20:55,482 --> 00:20:59,068
to locate the ancient
gold line buried below.
446
00:21:07,413 --> 00:21:08,482
There it goes.
447
00:21:08,482 --> 00:21:09,758
Look at that.
448
00:21:14,758 --> 00:21:16,275
Good job, man.
449
00:21:16,275 --> 00:21:18,620
I hope that...
I hope that tip works.
450
00:21:18,620 --> 00:21:20,965
You got
your high pressure sprayed in?
451
00:21:23,793 --> 00:21:26,931
I really have high hopes
on this pressure washer.
452
00:21:33,793 --> 00:21:36,206
This is working great.
453
00:21:36,206 --> 00:21:38,206
- Is it working good?
- Yeah.
454
00:21:38,206 --> 00:21:40,172
So it just cuts
right through it like butter?
455
00:21:40,172 --> 00:21:41,965
- That's what I wanna hear.
- Yup.
456
00:21:42,931 --> 00:21:45,172
See material real quick.
457
00:21:46,896 --> 00:21:48,689
Finally, we can make
some real progress.
458
00:21:48,689 --> 00:21:50,793
That's some pretty
good looking material
459
00:21:50,793 --> 00:21:52,206
you got coming over the box
now, looking real good.
460
00:21:52,206 --> 00:21:53,689
- Oh, yeah.
- That's perfect.
461
00:21:53,689 --> 00:21:55,965
It looks like
it's working really good.
462
00:21:57,758 --> 00:21:59,551
Actually,
turning into a fun dig.
463
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,172
Now we're getting somewhere.
464
00:22:03,172 --> 00:22:04,586
Pressure washer is working.
465
00:22:04,586 --> 00:22:06,793
We're not dead stopped now.
466
00:22:06,793 --> 00:22:08,931
That hard pack meant
what's stopping us
467
00:22:08,931 --> 00:22:12,103
to get the gold,
the gold's right there.
468
00:22:12,103 --> 00:22:13,172
So, with this
high pressure sprayer
469
00:22:13,172 --> 00:22:14,482
cutting right through
all that junk,
470
00:22:14,482 --> 00:22:16,413
oh, man, for sure,
471
00:22:16,413 --> 00:22:19,034
James is gonna find
some color today.
472
00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,758
What I'm doing is that
I'm uncovering this boulder
473
00:22:28,758 --> 00:22:30,689
and I got it deep
over here.
474
00:22:33,517 --> 00:22:35,344
So, how's he doing?
475
00:22:35,862 --> 00:22:37,000
He's doing good.
476
00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,551
He's working on that boulder.
477
00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:42,965
Yeah, I know.
478
00:22:46,206 --> 00:22:48,172
Hey man,
what are you getting into?
479
00:22:48,172 --> 00:22:51,068
Oh, there's a big
boulder down here.
480
00:22:52,275 --> 00:22:54,655
I'm, uh,
exposing the hard pack.
481
00:22:56,517 --> 00:22:58,275
All right.
482
00:22:58,275 --> 00:22:59,793
If you're digging
on something,
483
00:22:59,793 --> 00:23:01,137
I know I want you to use...
484
00:23:02,103 --> 00:23:03,482
I want you to use the sprayer.
485
00:23:03,482 --> 00:23:04,482
Okay.
486
00:23:04,482 --> 00:23:06,000
Well, it's a big boulder.
487
00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,172
All right,
that's okay.
488
00:23:07,172 --> 00:23:08,586
Let's not focus on that.
489
00:23:08,586 --> 00:23:09,793
Just keep going, man.
490
00:23:09,793 --> 00:23:10,965
Just keep going.
491
00:23:12,206 --> 00:23:13,862
Yardage, yardage,
yardage, yardage,
492
00:23:14,689 --> 00:23:16,827
much yardage as you can get.
493
00:23:20,310 --> 00:23:21,931
There's lots of hard pack.
494
00:23:24,586 --> 00:23:27,379
I'm gonna clean
this whole area
495
00:23:28,275 --> 00:23:30,000
and I'm gonna start
496
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,172
trying to get further
up this way here in a minute.
497
00:23:34,931 --> 00:23:36,206
Is he moving any material?
498
00:23:36,206 --> 00:23:37,931
Uh, yeah.
499
00:23:46,620 --> 00:23:48,206
He's stuck on getting
that boulder unstuck
500
00:23:48,206 --> 00:23:50,862
and that's all he's gonna do
the whole day.
501
00:23:57,586 --> 00:23:59,896
Hey, man, you've moved on
from that boulder
already, right?
502
00:23:59,896 --> 00:24:01,172
Huh?
503
00:24:01,172 --> 00:24:02,586
You've moved on
from that boulder
504
00:24:02,586 --> 00:24:04,172
and you're working
on yardage, right?
505
00:24:04,172 --> 00:24:07,517
No, I'm working
on the hard pack.
506
00:24:07,517 --> 00:24:09,000
Under the boulder?
507
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,620
Around or...
I don't know
what you want me to do.
508
00:24:10,620 --> 00:24:11,758
Okay. Just... Let...
509
00:24:11,758 --> 00:24:13,586
I want you to do yardage.
That's what I'm saying.
510
00:24:13,586 --> 00:24:15,482
Let's get as much yardage
as we can.
511
00:24:15,482 --> 00:24:16,758
- Okay.
- Don't focus
on the boulder.
512
00:24:16,758 --> 00:24:18,000
- That's what I said earlier.
- Okay.
513
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:19,862
- Don't focus
on the boulder.
- Oh, okay.
514
00:24:23,793 --> 00:24:26,413
Some of my guys
get stuck on task,
515
00:24:26,413 --> 00:24:29,172
get focused on one thing
and they can't get it undone,
516
00:24:29,172 --> 00:24:31,793
and they won't look
at the big picture.
517
00:24:31,793 --> 00:24:34,448
I don't care about that one
single boulder right now.
518
00:24:35,758 --> 00:24:37,482
I'm getting a little desperate
with this one.
519
00:24:37,482 --> 00:24:40,517
We need to speed the hell up
and stop playing around.
520
00:24:40,517 --> 00:24:42,758
He's working hard,
521
00:24:42,758 --> 00:24:45,241
just not on the right
damn thing sometimes.
522
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,482
It's crazy
how much hard pack there is.
523
00:25:08,482 --> 00:25:10,241
Got to be loaded down there.
524
00:25:12,068 --> 00:25:14,655
Armed with
a high pressure washer.
525
00:25:16,689 --> 00:25:17,965
I got a deep over here.
526
00:25:17,965 --> 00:25:20,586
James has battled
the cement-like hard pack
527
00:25:20,586 --> 00:25:22,931
for nearly five hours.
528
00:25:27,689 --> 00:25:28,758
All right.
529
00:25:28,758 --> 00:25:30,862
He got something going
today finally.
530
00:25:30,862 --> 00:25:32,965
Don't waste your whole
day on a boulder.
531
00:25:35,137 --> 00:25:36,862
How far...
How deep are you...
532
00:25:36,862 --> 00:25:38,413
Think you are right now?
533
00:25:39,551 --> 00:25:42,275
Well, the deepest point
over there is probably
5 feet.
534
00:25:42,275 --> 00:25:43,379
Okay.
535
00:25:43,379 --> 00:25:44,482
5 feet.
536
00:25:44,482 --> 00:25:45,862
And you're coming up here,
537
00:25:45,862 --> 00:25:47,586
how deep you think
you are right now
538
00:25:47,586 --> 00:25:48,862
at this point?
539
00:25:48,862 --> 00:25:50,034
This?
540
00:25:50,034 --> 00:25:51,586
Um, about 4... 3, 4 feet.
541
00:25:51,586 --> 00:25:53,241
Okay.
542
00:25:53,241 --> 00:25:56,689
From the point
where you started till here,
543
00:25:56,689 --> 00:25:58,310
how far do you think you went?
544
00:25:59,655 --> 00:26:02,482
I'm gonna say 10 feet
all the way over to here.
545
00:26:02,482 --> 00:26:05,172
Damn, dude. That's some...
That's in yardage, amigo.
546
00:26:08,551 --> 00:26:10,482
Freakin' James.
547
00:26:10,482 --> 00:26:12,689
He freakin' ate through a lot
of material today
548
00:26:12,689 --> 00:26:17,689
and he is putting us
on our way to a solid trench,
549
00:26:17,689 --> 00:26:19,655
going across the whole creek,
550
00:26:19,655 --> 00:26:23,413
which we are trying
to find the gold line.
551
00:26:24,379 --> 00:26:26,172
That's a lot of work, man.
552
00:26:26,172 --> 00:26:27,896
- Yeah, man,
- I can tell, man.
553
00:26:27,896 --> 00:26:29,862
That's a long, long day, too.
554
00:26:29,862 --> 00:26:31,482
All right, you're up, man.
555
00:26:31,482 --> 00:26:32,551
Diver up.
556
00:26:33,344 --> 00:26:35,896
James, he dug a lot today.
557
00:26:35,896 --> 00:26:37,275
He's got...
558
00:26:37,275 --> 00:26:39,655
We have an actual
dig site now.
559
00:26:39,655 --> 00:26:40,862
Yeah, we do.
560
00:26:40,862 --> 00:26:42,137
Last two days,
561
00:26:42,137 --> 00:26:44,482
we didn't get very far
without that pressure washer,
562
00:26:44,482 --> 00:26:45,896
is what happened.
563
00:26:45,896 --> 00:26:48,379
Today was our first
real, real dig.
564
00:26:48,379 --> 00:26:52,172
- That's what that was.
- Yeah.
565
00:26:52,172 --> 00:26:55,000
And I'm glad he didn't
get stuck on a boulder.
566
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:56,344
Ah, dug a hole.
567
00:26:56,344 --> 00:26:57,379
Yeah, you did.
568
00:26:57,379 --> 00:26:58,931
Watch your head.
569
00:27:00,068 --> 00:27:01,758
Watch it, watch it.
570
00:27:03,034 --> 00:27:04,172
Good job, man.
571
00:27:04,172 --> 00:27:05,586
That's a big area.
572
00:27:05,586 --> 00:27:07,448
I can see
that you moved a lot, right?
573
00:27:07,448 --> 00:27:08,551
Yeah, I'm sorry.
574
00:27:08,551 --> 00:27:10,448
- I was confused earlier.
- That's okay, man.
575
00:27:13,482 --> 00:27:16,344
It was nice to use
the pressure sprayer today.
576
00:27:16,344 --> 00:27:19,655
The pressure sprayer
is very productive.
577
00:27:19,655 --> 00:27:21,793
There's just so much
hard pack down there
578
00:27:21,793 --> 00:27:23,586
that, uh,
it needs to be broken up.
579
00:27:26,379 --> 00:27:27,965
There's got to be
some gold, guys.
580
00:27:31,586 --> 00:27:33,482
You got gold
on the grind, man?
581
00:27:33,482 --> 00:27:35,862
Not yet.
582
00:27:37,275 --> 00:27:39,034
No gold today.
583
00:27:39,034 --> 00:27:40,758
It's kind of
what we have expected.
584
00:27:40,758 --> 00:27:43,000
The pressure washer
worked really well for him,
585
00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,344
so we'll get there.
586
00:27:49,896 --> 00:27:51,862
Before the crew clock off,
587
00:27:51,862 --> 00:27:54,758
they must prepare
for an incoming storm
588
00:27:54,758 --> 00:27:57,206
that could wreak havoc
on their dive site.
589
00:27:58,275 --> 00:27:59,482
We gonna pull the hose up?
590
00:27:59,482 --> 00:28:02,172
Wes, put it as high
as you can get it, man.
591
00:28:02,172 --> 00:28:03,758
Knowing what
this creek can do,
592
00:28:03,758 --> 00:28:04,896
with the floods
that are coming,
593
00:28:04,896 --> 00:28:07,000
we're not gonna take
any chances.
594
00:28:14,758 --> 00:28:16,379
The weather changes
so drastically around here,
595
00:28:16,379 --> 00:28:19,068
we're gonna have to stay
through some crazy weather
596
00:28:19,068 --> 00:28:20,068
if we don't get
to the bottom of this
597
00:28:20,068 --> 00:28:22,172
because we know
there's a lot of gold there.
598
00:28:22,172 --> 00:28:23,793
Right now,
it's just a long push,
599
00:28:23,793 --> 00:28:25,379
long hard push to the finish.
600
00:28:25,379 --> 00:28:26,655
We just have to go for it.
601
00:28:31,275 --> 00:28:33,000
Overnight.
602
00:28:35,793 --> 00:28:37,965
Rain south winds
20 knots
603
00:28:37,965 --> 00:28:41,068
increasing to 25 knots late.
604
00:28:41,068 --> 00:28:43,103
Mother Nature serves notice.
605
00:28:43,103 --> 00:28:47,000
That the end of the season
is on its way.
606
00:28:51,689 --> 00:28:52,793
According to the weather reports,
607
00:28:52,793 --> 00:28:55,068
it's not gonna slow down
anytime soon.
608
00:28:56,344 --> 00:28:58,793
It's supposed to be like this
for the next two, three days.
609
00:28:58,793 --> 00:29:00,137
Really?
610
00:29:01,172 --> 00:29:02,103
Wait, do you see this?
611
00:29:02,103 --> 00:29:03,586
Oh [bleep].
612
00:29:03,586 --> 00:29:05,068
- Landslides.
- landslide.
613
00:29:05,068 --> 00:29:06,551
This is what's about
to start happening.
614
00:29:06,551 --> 00:29:08,586
You see
all the bunch of [bleep].
615
00:29:08,586 --> 00:29:10,172
- Oh, my God.
- Wow.
616
00:29:10,172 --> 00:29:12,275
We're at saturation level.
617
00:29:12,275 --> 00:29:15,034
Danger. Very dangerous.
618
00:29:15,034 --> 00:29:16,448
Ground's giving out.
619
00:29:18,068 --> 00:29:19,379
That's what's about
to start happening
620
00:29:19,379 --> 00:29:20,448
everywhere around here.
621
00:29:20,448 --> 00:29:22,413
- Oh my, God.
- And that's not good.
622
00:29:25,172 --> 00:29:27,275
The rain
has saturated the high wall
623
00:29:27,275 --> 00:29:28,965
above the dive site
624
00:29:28,965 --> 00:29:32,931
and the threat of a deadly
landslide looms.
625
00:29:35,862 --> 00:29:37,379
That whole section
right here above us
626
00:29:37,379 --> 00:29:38,689
wants to come loose.
627
00:29:38,689 --> 00:29:40,275
God, can you imagine
that getting buried, man?
628
00:29:40,275 --> 00:29:42,862
- That's... I think...
- Buried alive?
629
00:29:42,862 --> 00:29:45,034
I think you only got
a couple seconds left maybe
630
00:29:45,034 --> 00:29:46,344
before you get crushed.
631
00:29:46,344 --> 00:29:49,275
That's like a frickin'
dominoes of death, man.
632
00:29:49,275 --> 00:29:51,275
Starting to get
that weird feeling
633
00:29:51,275 --> 00:29:52,586
that we're not
gonna finish again.
634
00:29:52,586 --> 00:29:53,965
I hate that.
635
00:29:53,965 --> 00:29:55,034
In the beginning
of the season,
636
00:29:55,034 --> 00:29:57,172
you feel like you got
all the time in the world,
637
00:29:57,172 --> 00:30:00,172
and once it starts
almost snowing around you,
638
00:30:01,862 --> 00:30:03,896
everything kind of goes downhill.
639
00:30:03,896 --> 00:30:05,448
I get a little panicky
right now.
640
00:30:06,034 --> 00:30:08,275
Ah, come on, rain.
641
00:30:08,275 --> 00:30:10,000
Just need you to hold off
for another couple weeks,
642
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,655
and I'll be done with this.
643
00:30:23,482 --> 00:30:25,310
- Felt violent--
- That felt violent.
644
00:30:26,068 --> 00:30:27,275
Yikes.
645
00:30:27,275 --> 00:30:30,275
In the remote
Alaskan backcountry,
646
00:30:30,275 --> 00:30:33,482
the unwelcome signs
of an early winter
647
00:30:33,482 --> 00:30:35,758
have descended
on Nugget Creek.
648
00:30:37,172 --> 00:30:38,344
Look at that.
649
00:30:38,344 --> 00:30:39,379
Freaking water
is definitely up.
650
00:30:39,379 --> 00:30:41,344
Look at that mud coming down.
It's washing.
651
00:30:41,344 --> 00:30:42,758
Look at that.
652
00:30:44,172 --> 00:30:45,793
Starting to turn
different color.
653
00:30:45,793 --> 00:30:48,448
The crew
have a tough decision.
654
00:30:48,448 --> 00:30:52,275
Dive under the threat of
flash floods and landslides
655
00:30:52,275 --> 00:30:56,137
or retreat
and fall further behind.
656
00:30:59,275 --> 00:31:01,068
Just when you're starting
to get somewhere,
657
00:31:01,068 --> 00:31:03,655
we need to get back
to dredging for gold.
658
00:31:05,586 --> 00:31:08,448
Very clearly,
we're starting to get behind.
659
00:31:10,344 --> 00:31:11,862
It looks like
we got another way,
660
00:31:11,862 --> 00:31:14,000
just fixing,
to cut right over us anyway,
661
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,896
- and I mean--
- Another wave's
coming our way.
662
00:31:15,896 --> 00:31:17,379
It would...
It would be nice
if we could dredge today,
663
00:31:17,379 --> 00:31:18,655
but I'm afraid that... Yeah.
664
00:31:18,655 --> 00:31:21,862
I know in the past
we've dug in conditions
like this, though.
665
00:31:21,862 --> 00:31:22,896
I think we'd be
wasting more gas
666
00:31:22,896 --> 00:31:24,862
than anything, man.
667
00:31:24,862 --> 00:31:26,275
I'm like you, James,
that I'd still like
to be down there,
668
00:31:26,275 --> 00:31:27,793
but if that's how
we're gonna find gold,
669
00:31:27,793 --> 00:31:28,896
then we are
running out of time, like--
670
00:31:28,896 --> 00:31:30,482
I just don't like
how we're running out of time.
671
00:31:30,482 --> 00:31:31,896
I don't want it
to be like last, though.
672
00:31:31,896 --> 00:31:32,896
- Yeah.
- No. But--
673
00:31:32,896 --> 00:31:34,344
You're feeling it, too.
I am, too.
674
00:31:34,344 --> 00:31:35,965
Uh, right now,
it's getting to a weird place
675
00:31:35,965 --> 00:31:37,655
where we're running
out of time.
676
00:31:37,655 --> 00:31:39,482
We just... I just heard
about the snow up north
677
00:31:39,482 --> 00:31:41,379
which is freaking me out,
by the way.
678
00:31:41,379 --> 00:31:42,482
I think they don't...
679
00:31:42,482 --> 00:31:44,000
They had like a couple
of inches of snow already
680
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,379
up north from us right now,
and I get what you're feeling,
681
00:31:47,379 --> 00:31:48,965
but it's a high-risk day.
682
00:31:48,965 --> 00:31:50,586
We do a lot of risky things,
683
00:31:50,586 --> 00:31:53,655
if this is on that edge
of you're no longer brave,
684
00:31:53,655 --> 00:31:54,655
you're being dumb.
685
00:31:54,655 --> 00:31:55,689
What do you wanna do?
686
00:31:55,689 --> 00:31:56,689
I'm down for it.
687
00:31:56,689 --> 00:31:57,689
All right.
688
00:31:57,689 --> 00:31:59,172
So we're gonna go ahead
and dredge in this.
689
00:31:59,689 --> 00:32:00,827
Let's do it.
690
00:32:03,241 --> 00:32:05,965
There's definitely
a fighting chance today.
691
00:32:05,965 --> 00:32:07,103
We can't stop.
692
00:32:07,103 --> 00:32:09,275
The winter is here already.
693
00:32:09,275 --> 00:32:11,655
We have to find a way
to put food on the table
for winter.
694
00:32:12,344 --> 00:32:13,517
Gold.
695
00:32:14,448 --> 00:32:16,586
All right.
Let's get you
in the water, eh?
696
00:32:19,586 --> 00:32:21,310
If I get you up,
it'll be in a hurry.
697
00:32:22,586 --> 00:32:25,034
You never know how hard
to drain an upstream
is the problem.
698
00:32:25,034 --> 00:32:27,137
That water drops,
uh, comes up,
699
00:32:27,137 --> 00:32:29,137
we're gonna pop you up
real fast.
700
00:32:29,137 --> 00:32:30,275
Copy that.
701
00:32:30,275 --> 00:32:32,862
We're taking risks
diving on days like this.
702
00:32:32,862 --> 00:32:33,758
Reason being...
703
00:32:36,793 --> 00:32:39,137
this wall of dirt right here,
704
00:32:39,137 --> 00:32:43,896
if it gets anywhere saturated,
that comes down, all that.
705
00:32:43,896 --> 00:32:46,586
Doesn't seem like a lot,
but that's a lot of dirt.
706
00:32:46,586 --> 00:32:50,448
If that comes down, whoo,
707
00:32:52,448 --> 00:32:54,379
the other danger,
708
00:32:54,379 --> 00:32:56,793
it's damming up
the stream somewhere,
709
00:32:56,793 --> 00:32:59,448
setting us up
for a freaking
inland tsunami.
710
00:33:00,482 --> 00:33:02,896
Anything changes,
diver has to come out,
711
00:33:02,896 --> 00:33:04,862
no ifs and butting.
712
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,379
All right.
You should be good to go.
713
00:33:09,379 --> 00:33:10,689
- You good?
- Yup.
714
00:33:10,689 --> 00:33:11,793
Let's get to diving, man.
715
00:33:11,793 --> 00:33:12,793
Let's see
what we got down there.
716
00:33:12,793 --> 00:33:14,103
Copy that.
717
00:33:16,896 --> 00:33:18,068
Storm is threatening
718
00:33:18,068 --> 00:33:20,862
to end their season early.
719
00:33:20,862 --> 00:33:23,172
Looks like there's still
a hole down there.
720
00:33:24,448 --> 00:33:26,586
Paul will put it
all in the line
721
00:33:26,586 --> 00:33:29,482
to try and break through
the cement-like hard pack,
722
00:33:29,482 --> 00:33:33,310
searching for the gold-rich
center line.
723
00:33:34,896 --> 00:33:36,448
All right.
724
00:33:36,448 --> 00:33:38,137
Paul, what's it looking like
down there, man?
725
00:33:38,137 --> 00:33:40,103
Not bad.
726
00:33:40,103 --> 00:33:41,931
There is something
littering in the bottom.
727
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:44,862
A lot of sticks and debris.
728
00:33:48,655 --> 00:33:50,965
I feel like, man,
there's a whole [bleep] tree
down here.
729
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,172
I put all my eggs
in this basket,
730
00:33:54,172 --> 00:33:56,896
and if there's no gold
at the bottom of that basket,
731
00:33:56,896 --> 00:33:59,103
then we're in trouble.
732
00:34:00,379 --> 00:34:02,655
Pressure wash is ready
when you are, buddy.
733
00:34:03,275 --> 00:34:04,965
Copy that.
734
00:34:09,068 --> 00:34:10,448
We've dug all...
Almost all the way across.
735
00:34:12,379 --> 00:34:14,068
That's a trench right now.
736
00:34:14,068 --> 00:34:15,275
Find the bottom.
737
00:34:15,275 --> 00:34:16,551
Yeah.
738
00:34:28,793 --> 00:34:31,758
God, I can't get
how you're locked in
on this [bleep].
739
00:34:32,965 --> 00:34:34,586
So is this straight or what?
740
00:34:34,586 --> 00:34:35,655
It's working
with the sprayer right now.
741
00:34:35,655 --> 00:34:37,689
Yeah.
742
00:34:37,689 --> 00:34:38,965
Copy that.
743
00:34:47,275 --> 00:34:49,034
I don't like it
when it does that.
744
00:34:49,034 --> 00:34:50,448
We're getting slacking
and going upstream too much,
745
00:34:50,448 --> 00:34:52,793
but it's doing
something weird.
746
00:34:52,793 --> 00:34:54,034
God dang [bleep].
747
00:34:55,793 --> 00:34:59,137
I'm tired of this
don't [bleep] work.
748
00:34:59,137 --> 00:35:00,275
What's wrong with it?
749
00:35:00,275 --> 00:35:02,000
- Huh?
- What's wrong
with it?
750
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,344
It got slack in it.
751
00:35:06,172 --> 00:35:08,068
I'm trying to go upstream
and trying to pick up,
752
00:35:08,068 --> 00:35:09,413
and then, it...
753
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:12,655
I'm gonna pull it now.
754
00:35:12,655 --> 00:35:14,482
Hey!
755
00:35:14,482 --> 00:35:17,655
[bleep] hell.
756
00:35:17,655 --> 00:35:19,068
are you all right?
757
00:35:19,068 --> 00:35:20,827
Ooh. Look at his hand.
758
00:35:22,379 --> 00:35:24,206
He's bleeding like crazy.
759
00:35:31,482 --> 00:35:33,379
The weather,
it just turn up a storm dial,
760
00:35:33,379 --> 00:35:34,793
it's coming down.
761
00:35:34,793 --> 00:35:36,275
Snow on top of the mountain,
762
00:35:36,275 --> 00:35:37,379
I'm gonna see
if I can't get us
763
00:35:37,379 --> 00:35:38,793
a big pile of firewood.
764
00:35:40,689 --> 00:35:43,275
Keep us warm
around the fire pit.
765
00:35:43,275 --> 00:35:45,724
After a long wet day
in the water.
766
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:56,586
I'd like to call this
our camp fire gold.
767
00:35:56,586 --> 00:35:59,310
It gets cold
and they need to stay warm.
768
00:36:00,896 --> 00:36:02,862
All right.
I think that'll do it.
769
00:36:13,379 --> 00:36:14,655
You guys okay?
770
00:36:14,655 --> 00:36:16,793
Oh [bleep].
771
00:36:16,793 --> 00:36:18,310
He's bleeding bad, y'all.
772
00:36:19,241 --> 00:36:20,241
How bad?
773
00:36:21,448 --> 00:36:22,586
So is these stitches?
774
00:36:22,586 --> 00:36:24,551
You got me worried
because you got blood
everywhere.
775
00:36:24,551 --> 00:36:25,586
Jesus.
776
00:36:26,413 --> 00:36:28,068
It hit me
at full [bleep] force.
777
00:36:28,068 --> 00:36:29,068
I think
778
00:36:29,068 --> 00:36:30,793
Anything broken, busted,
besides the blood?
779
00:36:30,793 --> 00:36:31,896
Nuh-uh.
780
00:36:31,896 --> 00:36:33,000
Okay.
781
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:34,241
No, it tweaked me pretty good,
but that was it.
782
00:36:34,241 --> 00:36:35,172
Yeah.
783
00:36:35,965 --> 00:36:38,103
I got a little bit
careless today
784
00:36:38,103 --> 00:36:40,310
and I don't need stitches
or anything,
just peeled skin.
785
00:36:40,310 --> 00:36:42,551
And today, I was sloppy,
I'm paying for it.
786
00:36:42,551 --> 00:36:44,137
But luckily,
it was just a small thing
787
00:36:44,137 --> 00:36:45,896
and, uh, I'm good to go.
788
00:36:49,103 --> 00:36:51,517
Six hours into his dive,
789
00:36:51,517 --> 00:36:56,103
Paul is still searching
for the gold-rich center
of the creek.
790
00:36:59,896 --> 00:37:01,793
Oh, the water is starting
to get dirty above.
791
00:37:01,793 --> 00:37:03,551
Looks like the water's
changing a little bit.
792
00:37:06,689 --> 00:37:08,137
You ready
for a [indistinct] Paul?
793
00:37:08,137 --> 00:37:09,586
Watch out, Paul!
794
00:37:09,586 --> 00:37:11,172
Hey, get out
of there, get out of there,
get out of there.
795
00:37:11,172 --> 00:37:12,655
Whoa.
796
00:37:12,655 --> 00:37:14,965
I thought that wall
was coming down.
797
00:37:15,758 --> 00:37:17,586
Holy cow.
798
00:37:17,586 --> 00:37:19,241
Is that whole thing
gonna slip?
799
00:37:22,689 --> 00:37:24,310
Because you had
a little bit of a...
800
00:37:24,310 --> 00:37:25,793
A little landslide there.
801
00:37:28,793 --> 00:37:31,137
Before the weather
shuts them down,
802
00:37:31,137 --> 00:37:34,000
the crew needs to bank
more gold
803
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,206
to secure
their mining future.
804
00:37:37,586 --> 00:37:38,689
Sorry,
I yelled at you like that,
805
00:37:38,689 --> 00:37:41,517
but, uh,
I thought that whole thing
was coming down,
806
00:37:41,517 --> 00:37:42,620
and I didn't want you
to get caught.
807
00:37:45,275 --> 00:37:46,482
We need gold.
808
00:37:46,482 --> 00:37:49,344
Winter's coming too quick,
we need gold now.
809
00:37:50,896 --> 00:37:53,275
Everybody can smell
the end of the season.
810
00:37:54,275 --> 00:37:56,275
The weather
is a constant reminder
811
00:37:56,275 --> 00:37:58,448
that the end of the season
is almost here.
812
00:38:06,655 --> 00:38:08,275
Now, there's this one big
boulder right here,
813
00:38:08,275 --> 00:38:10,275
got me blocked in
a little bit.
814
00:38:10,275 --> 00:38:12,758
Uh, I'm not seeing
a nightshift here,
815
00:38:12,758 --> 00:38:16,655
so it looks like
you're at a 10-minute warning
right now,
816
00:38:16,655 --> 00:38:18,137
10-minute warning.
817
00:38:18,137 --> 00:38:19,482
That's news.
818
00:38:19,482 --> 00:38:21,965
There's about a foot
of hard pack
819
00:38:21,965 --> 00:38:24,000
underneath the boulder.
820
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:25,034
All right.
821
00:38:25,034 --> 00:38:26,413
Well, clean up
what you can on it
822
00:38:26,413 --> 00:38:27,896
and just clean up.
823
00:38:27,896 --> 00:38:30,000
What I'm really
interested in right now
824
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,103
is where
the bottom gonna be is.
825
00:38:32,103 --> 00:38:33,896
It's usually
a little bitty piece
826
00:38:33,896 --> 00:38:35,413
that's got a little
round bottom,
827
00:38:35,413 --> 00:38:37,586
that's where the gold will be.
828
00:38:37,586 --> 00:38:40,068
I woke up this morning
where I'm starting to feel
829
00:38:40,068 --> 00:38:43,448
that gutteral...
830
00:38:45,103 --> 00:38:47,896
don't fail,
find the gold, don't fail,
831
00:38:47,896 --> 00:38:50,896
find the gold,
don't fail, find the gold.
832
00:38:50,896 --> 00:38:54,103
It just... It's running
a loop in my damn head.
833
00:38:55,206 --> 00:38:57,758
I'm on the downstream
side of that boulder.
834
00:38:59,172 --> 00:39:00,689
Okay.
835
00:39:00,689 --> 00:39:03,413
And I almost think
I can feel bedrock.
836
00:39:04,448 --> 00:39:06,344
Did you just...
I'm trying...
837
00:39:06,344 --> 00:39:07,551
I can't understand you.
838
00:39:07,551 --> 00:39:09,586
Did you just say you think
you found bedrock down there?
839
00:39:09,586 --> 00:39:11,586
That's what it feels like.
840
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:14,000
Woo.
841
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:15,137
It don't feel
like a boulder, yeah,
842
00:39:15,137 --> 00:39:18,448
I'm kind of curious,
because this feels
like bedrock.
843
00:39:18,448 --> 00:39:20,862
Do you think that big boulder
is sitting on bedrock?
844
00:39:20,862 --> 00:39:22,310
I think so.
845
00:39:22,310 --> 00:39:23,862
So we might be in the bottom
846
00:39:23,862 --> 00:39:26,896
It definitely feels
like it's slipping up.
847
00:39:26,896 --> 00:39:28,689
He's saying
848
00:39:28,689 --> 00:39:32,448
he think that boulder
is lying on bedrock.
849
00:39:33,275 --> 00:39:35,344
That means he's on the bottom.
850
00:39:35,344 --> 00:39:38,310
Hey, Paul, how big
do you think that boulder is?
851
00:39:38,310 --> 00:39:39,931
Somehow, I can't...
I can't reach around it.
852
00:39:41,620 --> 00:39:43,517
It's pretty good size.
853
00:39:43,517 --> 00:39:46,137
Maybe like this,
but it's a little bit bigger.
854
00:39:47,620 --> 00:39:49,965
Yeah. I think he says
something like that.
855
00:40:00,793 --> 00:40:02,620
Yeah.
We're glad to see you, buddy.
856
00:40:03,655 --> 00:40:06,103
Come on, back up.
Go sit on that rock.
857
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:08,724
We'll get you...
We'll get you right.
858
00:40:09,896 --> 00:40:12,034
We got to deal
with the
859
00:40:12,034 --> 00:40:15,896
the constant setback
this place is
860
00:40:15,896 --> 00:40:18,310
There's a lot
of material down there.
861
00:40:18,310 --> 00:40:21,172
Everything coming this way,
so locked up.
862
00:40:21,172 --> 00:40:23,379
So that big boulder
down there,
863
00:40:23,379 --> 00:40:24,965
hopefully,
it's gonna let itself go,
864
00:40:24,965 --> 00:40:26,413
and we'll get it out tomorrow.
865
00:40:27,344 --> 00:40:28,896
We get that boulder out,
it's gonna open up
866
00:40:28,896 --> 00:40:30,000
a lot of real estate.
867
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:31,655
Hell, yeah, dude.
That's what we need, man.
868
00:40:31,655 --> 00:40:34,068
We gotta get to the bedrock.
869
00:40:34,068 --> 00:40:37,241
Just not gonna make
the end of the season,
870
00:40:37,241 --> 00:40:40,758
uh, before it starts,
you know, snow flying.
871
00:40:40,758 --> 00:40:43,068
I need to find out
what's at the bottom
of this thing.
872
00:40:43,068 --> 00:40:45,620
Just if there's gold
down there, I need to know,
873
00:40:45,620 --> 00:40:47,241
I'm getting little worried.
874
00:40:47,241 --> 00:40:50,862
If there's no gold here,
um, we're screwed.
875
00:40:50,862 --> 00:40:52,862
It's gonna be the end of it.
876
00:40:52,862 --> 00:40:55,896
This pace, I have to do
something to speed this up.
877
00:41:00,206 --> 00:41:06,275
Next time
on Gold Rush: White Water.
878
00:41:06,275 --> 00:41:09,000
I am [indistinct] coat
blaster, rock and rolling.
879
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,379
This is exciting.
880
00:41:10,379 --> 00:41:11,655
There's lots of gold, baby.
881
00:41:11,655 --> 00:41:12,586
Nice.
882
00:41:13,137 --> 00:41:15,344
Three, two, one.
883
00:41:15,344 --> 00:41:17,310
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- [bleep].
884
00:41:17,310 --> 00:41:18,689
Stop, stop, stop,
come on, come on, come on.
885
00:41:18,689 --> 00:41:20,655
I don't know
if one engine is enough,
but we're gonna try.
886
00:41:20,655 --> 00:41:22,551
So right now,
he's on a time limit.
887
00:41:22,551 --> 00:41:24,689
This is a very risky idea.
888
00:41:24,689 --> 00:41:27,137
Everybody,
cross your fingers.
889
00:41:27,137 --> 00:41:29,896
He's gonna get
pulled damn, damn fast.
890
00:41:29,896 --> 00:41:30,965
Holy crap, man.
891
00:41:30,965 --> 00:41:33,137
Pretty little piece of gold.
892
00:41:33,137 --> 00:41:34,482
- Yeah!
- Back in business.