1 00:00:08,517 --> 00:00:11,137 -ALL RIGHT. -ARE YOU READY? 2 00:00:11,172 --> 00:00:12,655 LET'S HEAD ON OUT. 3 00:00:14,517 --> 00:00:17,103 -YOU'VE NEVER SNOW MACHINED BEFORE? -NO. 4 00:00:17,137 --> 00:00:19,793 WE SHOULD BE IN THE WATER RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE NOT. 5 00:00:19,827 --> 00:00:23,862 WE GOT THE BIGGEST SNOWFALL EVER IN THE LAST 10 YEARS UP HERE. 6 00:00:25,896 --> 00:00:28,344 Carlos: I'M DOING THIS TO PROVIDE FOR MY FAMILY. 7 00:00:28,379 --> 00:00:30,827 MAMA NEEDS GOLD. 8 00:00:33,689 --> 00:00:35,931 WHOO, DON'T FALL DOWN THERE. 9 00:00:38,758 --> 00:00:40,758 I CAN MOVE, DUDE. 10 00:00:46,517 --> 00:00:48,068 OH 11 00:00:48,103 --> 00:00:49,827 THE BRAKE! 12 00:00:53,137 --> 00:00:56,586 Narrator: ON THIS "GOLD RUSH: WHITE WATER"... 13 00:00:56,620 --> 00:00:58,172 HEY, IS THIS THING ON? 14 00:00:58,206 --> 00:01:00,344 DO I NEED TO BE HORIZONTAL OR...? 15 00:01:00,379 --> 00:01:03,344 Narrator: ...THE DAKOTA BOYS FILM THEIR OWN STORY... 16 00:01:03,379 --> 00:01:05,000 TREE CUTTING 101. 17 00:01:05,034 --> 00:01:09,275 Narrator: ...AS A GLOBAL PANDEMIC FORCES THE WORLD INTO LOCKDOWN. 18 00:01:09,310 --> 00:01:12,517 THIS COVID THING, IT'S GOT CRAZY, MAN. 19 00:01:12,551 --> 00:01:15,344 MY BROTHER GOT IT. I WAS TERRIFIED. I COULDN'T SLEEP. 20 00:01:15,379 --> 00:01:18,724 Narrator: THEY PRACTICE EXTREME SOCIAL DISTANCING. 21 00:01:18,758 --> 00:01:21,137 IT STARTS. 22 00:01:21,172 --> 00:01:24,344 AS THEIR MINING SEASON HANGS IN THE BALANCE... 23 00:01:24,379 --> 00:01:27,448 AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE MIGHT NOT EVEN HAVE A SEASON THIS YEAR. 24 00:01:27,482 --> 00:01:29,724 Narrator: ...THEY FIGHT TO GET BACK UP NORTH... 25 00:01:29,758 --> 00:01:32,482 THERE IS NOTHING EXCEPT FOR DEATH 26 00:01:32,517 --> 00:01:34,586 THAT'S GONNA STOP ME FROM DIGGING THAT HOLE. 27 00:01:34,620 --> 00:01:39,275 ...AND BACK ON THE RICHEST GOLD DEPOSIT THEY HAVE EVER DREDGED. 28 00:01:39,310 --> 00:01:43,000 THERE IS GOLD IN THAT THING AND LOTS OF IT. 29 00:01:44,586 --> 00:01:47,551 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 30 00:01:47,586 --> 00:01:50,517 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 31 00:02:20,655 --> 00:02:22,758 Carlos: ARE YOU READY FOR HORSEY? 32 00:02:22,793 --> 00:02:24,793 OKAY, DADDY, I READY. 33 00:02:24,827 --> 00:02:25,896 OOH, DOGGY! 34 00:02:25,931 --> 00:02:27,482 OOH, DOGGY! 35 00:02:29,310 --> 00:02:30,344 HORSEY! 36 00:02:32,551 --> 00:02:34,551 DO I GOT THIS RIGHT? 37 00:02:34,586 --> 00:02:36,896 LET'S SEE. DO I GOT THIS? 38 00:02:36,931 --> 00:02:39,275 IS THIS IS WORKING? 39 00:02:39,310 --> 00:02:42,413 THAT'S ME. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. 40 00:02:42,448 --> 00:02:44,965 RIGHT NOW, I'M A LITTLE BIT WORRIED 41 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,965 WITH ALL THIS COVID THING GOING ON. 42 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,862 HAINES OVERNIGHT JUST KIND OF SHUT DOWN. 43 00:02:50,896 --> 00:02:53,965 IT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT HAPPENED, LIKE, OVERNIGHT. 44 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,206 AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE MIGHT NOT EVEN HAVE A SEASON THIS YEAR. 45 00:02:57,241 --> 00:02:59,827 WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BUYING THIS HOUSE, 46 00:02:59,862 --> 00:03:03,862 SO IF WE DON'T HAVE A SEASON, WE DON'T HAVE -- 47 00:03:03,896 --> 00:03:06,517 WE DON'T HAVE A HOUSE. WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF THIS HOUSE. 48 00:03:18,517 --> 00:03:21,034 GOOD MORNING! -HEY, CARLOS. 49 00:03:21,068 --> 00:03:24,068 I'M SORRY I CAN'T MIC YOU UP. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THAT YOURSELF. 50 00:03:24,103 --> 00:03:26,724 YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. DON'T WORRY. I'LL MIC MYSELF UP. 51 00:03:26,758 --> 00:03:29,000 Narrator: FILMING CARLOS FROM A DISTANCE 52 00:03:29,034 --> 00:03:31,241 IS HAINES RESIDENT, SENIOR PRODUCER, 53 00:03:31,275 --> 00:03:34,068 AND CREW MEDIC TARA BICKNELL. 54 00:03:34,103 --> 00:03:36,206 CAMERA READY AND EVERYTHING. YOU READY TO DO THIS, HUH? 55 00:03:36,241 --> 00:03:37,344 YEAH, LET'S DO IT. 56 00:03:38,931 --> 00:03:43,034 CARLOS MOVED HIS FAMILY FROM CALIFORNIA TO ALASKA LAST SEASON 57 00:03:43,068 --> 00:03:47,724 AND IS THE ONLY ONE ON DUSTIN'S CREW WHO LIVES IN HAINES. 58 00:03:47,758 --> 00:03:48,827 ALL RIGHT. 59 00:03:55,931 --> 00:03:57,275 HE CAN'T EVEN FIGURE OUT HIS OWN -- 60 00:03:57,310 --> 00:03:59,931 I DON'T THINK HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE WEARING A MASK ON A CALL. 61 00:03:59,965 --> 00:04:03,793 EVEN OVER A PHONE CALL, MAN, I'M FRICKIN' DOING MY SOCIAL DISTANCING. 62 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,068 DAMN, DUDE, YOU LOOK PRETTY FRICKIN' ROUGH. 63 00:04:09,344 --> 00:04:12,655 THAT'S COVID BELLY, MAN. 64 00:04:12,689 --> 00:04:15,137 YOUR INTERNET IS SLOW AS HELL, MAN. 65 00:04:15,172 --> 00:04:17,931 YOU'RE COMING THROUGH LIKE A ROBOT. 66 00:04:17,965 --> 00:04:21,000 OH, DUDE, MAN, THIS FRICKIN' HAINES, ALASKA, MAN. 67 00:04:21,034 --> 00:04:24,793 ANYBODY GETS ON THE INTERNET, MAN, IT'S FRICKIN... 68 00:04:24,827 --> 00:04:26,413 SLOW, MAN. 69 00:04:26,448 --> 00:04:28,448 WELL, I'M IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA, TOO, 70 00:04:28,482 --> 00:04:31,724 BUT I'M PROBABLY 100 MILES AWAY FROM YOU RIGHT NOW. 71 00:04:31,758 --> 00:04:33,862 THIS... 72 00:04:33,896 --> 00:04:37,275 THIS COVID THING, IT'S GOT CRAZY, MAN. 73 00:04:37,310 --> 00:04:39,517 WE JUST BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES, MAN, IN THE WHOLE TOWN, 74 00:04:39,551 --> 00:04:42,275 AND WE'RE FRICKIN' COVID-FREE SO FAR, MAN, YOU KNOW? 75 00:04:42,310 --> 00:04:44,379 KNOCK ON WOOD. 76 00:04:44,413 --> 00:04:47,206 WHAT'S THE WORD WITH FRED AND EVERYBODY ELSE? 77 00:04:47,241 --> 00:04:48,551 FRED SEEMS TO BE FINE. 78 00:04:48,586 --> 00:04:50,724 WES IS ALL LOCKED DOWN IN TEXAS. 79 00:04:50,758 --> 00:04:53,310 AND JAMES, HE'S GOOD. 80 00:04:53,344 --> 00:04:55,620 AT 76, FRED'S OLD AS HELL, 81 00:04:55,655 --> 00:04:57,965 SO I'M A LITTLE AFRAID FOR HIM TO START TRAVELING. 82 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,620 THIS COVID THING HAS GOT EVERYBODY ON LOCKDOWN. 83 00:05:00,655 --> 00:05:02,896 WE SHOULD BE UP THERE DIGGING RIGHT NOW, MAN. 84 00:05:02,931 --> 00:05:06,241 WE'RE ON GOLD, MAN. WE SHOULD BE UP THERE WORKING RIGHT NOW, MAN. 85 00:05:06,275 --> 00:05:07,965 LAST SEASON... 86 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,517 I'M GONNA WORK AT TWO FISH THIS YEAR MYSELF. 87 00:05:10,551 --> 00:05:13,517 ...AFTER FRED AND DUSTIN SPLIT CREWS... 88 00:05:13,551 --> 00:05:16,241 I THINK HE'S GONNA FIND OUT IT'S REAL HARD TO WORK WITHOUT ME. 89 00:05:16,275 --> 00:05:20,068 ...DUSTIN HIT THE BIG TIME AT ROCKFALL RAVINE... 90 00:05:20,103 --> 00:05:21,241 AHH! 91 00:05:21,275 --> 00:05:25,758 OH, MY LOOK AT THAT PRETTY THING. 92 00:05:25,793 --> 00:05:29,103 ...DISCOVERING THE RICHEST GOLD DEPOSIT THEY'VE EVER DREDGED... 93 00:05:29,137 --> 00:05:30,965 WE GOT A NUGGET IN MINUTES. 94 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,275 ...HAULING OUT HANDFULS OF GIANT GOLD. 95 00:05:34,310 --> 00:05:36,172 LOOK AT THAT THING, DUDE! 96 00:05:36,206 --> 00:05:38,172 HOLY CRAP! 97 00:05:38,206 --> 00:05:40,551 Dustin: WE OBVIOUSLY GOT MORE GOLD THAN WE'VE EVER GOTTEN, 98 00:05:40,586 --> 00:05:42,620 EVER, EVER ANYWHERE BEFORE. 99 00:05:42,655 --> 00:05:44,517 HELL YEAH! 100 00:05:45,758 --> 00:05:49,482 Narrator: THE CREW ENDED THE SEASON WITH THEIR BIGGEST HAUL EVER, 101 00:05:49,517 --> 00:05:52,275 WORTH NEARLY $50,000. 102 00:05:52,310 --> 00:05:55,758 DUSTIN, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT -- THAT'S ABSOLUTELY GREAT. 103 00:05:55,793 --> 00:05:59,344 LARGE GOLD NUGGETS FROM THE SURFACE OF ROCKFALL RAVINE 104 00:05:59,379 --> 00:06:02,172 HAS THEM CONVINCED THAT DOWN ON BEDROCK 105 00:06:02,206 --> 00:06:05,068 IS AN EVEN BIGGER PILE OF GOLD. 106 00:06:05,103 --> 00:06:07,655 Dustin: I AM ON GUARANTEED GOLD. 107 00:06:07,689 --> 00:06:10,862 NEXT SEASON, THERE IS NO STOPPING US. 108 00:06:10,896 --> 00:06:14,103 THIS COVID, MAN, TRULY MESSED US UP. 109 00:06:14,137 --> 00:06:16,689 DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE, WITH ALL THIS STUFF GOING ON, 110 00:06:16,724 --> 00:06:19,689 MAN, THAT WE'RE GONNA GO UP THERE SOMETIME THIS YEAR? 111 00:06:19,724 --> 00:06:23,689 THERE IS NOTHING EXCEPT FOR DEATH 112 00:06:23,724 --> 00:06:26,896 THAT'S GONNA STOP ME FROM GOING UP THERE AND DIGGING THAT HOLE. 113 00:06:26,931 --> 00:06:33,758 HEY, IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN GET YOU TO GO CHECK ON THINGS? 114 00:06:33,793 --> 00:06:36,068 TO GO TO CAMP? 115 00:06:36,103 --> 00:06:39,758 YEAH, AND FIND OUT WHAT THE SITUATION IS UP THERE. 116 00:06:39,793 --> 00:06:42,931 MAYBE TAKE SOME VIDEOS AND IF ANYTHING GOT SMASHED. 117 00:06:42,965 --> 00:06:45,034 FIND OUT HOW MUCH SNOW IS UP THERE. 118 00:06:45,068 --> 00:06:48,379 IF THERE'S TOO MUCH SNOW, IT WOULD BE TOO DANGEROUS. 119 00:06:48,413 --> 00:06:50,793 WE NEED TO KNOW. THEY'LL LIFT ALL THIS STUFF, 120 00:06:50,827 --> 00:06:52,620 AND WE CAN GO MINING. 121 00:06:52,655 --> 00:06:54,965 NO, BRO. UH... 122 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,068 IT'LL BE A GREAT BREAK 123 00:06:57,103 --> 00:06:59,206 FROM SITTING IN YOUR HOUSE ON YOUR COUCH. 124 00:06:59,241 --> 00:07:01,310 THAT'S FOR SURE. 125 00:07:01,344 --> 00:07:04,724 UH... 126 00:07:04,758 --> 00:07:07,137 DUSTIN WANTS ME TO GO UP TO CAMP. 127 00:07:07,172 --> 00:07:09,517 NO WAY. OY, CARLOS. FOR REAL? 128 00:07:09,551 --> 00:07:11,448 YEAH. IF I DON'T DO THIS THIS SUMMER, 129 00:07:11,482 --> 00:07:13,172 HOW ARE WE GONNA SURVIVE NEXT WINTER? 130 00:07:13,206 --> 00:07:14,620 I KNOW IT'S TRUE. 131 00:07:14,655 --> 00:07:16,724 IT'S CRAZY, JUST TO THINK ABOUT IT. 132 00:07:16,758 --> 00:07:20,689 IN 10 YEARS, THIS IS THE WORST SNOW HERE THAT WE HAVE. 133 00:07:20,724 --> 00:07:23,068 I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW CRAZY IT'S GONNA BE OVER THERE. 134 00:07:23,103 --> 00:07:24,758 IT LOOKS DANGEROUS. 135 00:07:24,793 --> 00:07:27,379 WE NEED THIS. I -- WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SHORT SEASON. 136 00:07:27,413 --> 00:07:30,827 THIS COVID THING REALLY MESSED US UP FINANCIALLY. 137 00:07:30,862 --> 00:07:33,689 I -- AND I'M THINKING ABOUT NEXT WINTER, 138 00:07:33,724 --> 00:07:36,034 TO KEEP THE HEAT ON, KEEP THE FOOD IN THE FREEZER. 139 00:07:36,068 --> 00:07:38,275 OKAY, BABE, WELL, JUST BE SURE YOU KNOW THAT, 140 00:07:38,310 --> 00:07:40,586 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ME AND YOU AND, YOU KNOW... 141 00:07:40,620 --> 00:07:41,931 NO, NO, I GET IT. 142 00:07:41,965 --> 00:07:44,793 YOU KNOW, WE JUST -- WE JUST HAVE TO TRUST YOU GUYS. 143 00:07:44,827 --> 00:07:46,413 MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS DO EVERYTHING. 144 00:07:47,758 --> 00:07:49,758 'CAUSE I NEED HIM BACK. -YOU GOT IT, TERESA. 145 00:07:49,793 --> 00:07:51,862 YOU GOT IT, TERESA. 146 00:07:51,896 --> 00:07:53,724 ALL RIGHT, MY BABY. I'LL BE SAFE. 147 00:07:53,758 --> 00:07:55,896 OKAY, BABE. WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU. 148 00:07:55,931 --> 00:07:57,379 MWAH! YOU WANT TO GIVE A KISS TO DADDY? 149 00:07:57,413 --> 00:07:59,862 Narrator: THE THREAT OF COVID-19 IS ANOTHER RISK 150 00:07:59,896 --> 00:08:03,724 TO ADD TO THE ALREADY LONG LIST OF DANGERS IN ALASKA. 151 00:08:03,758 --> 00:08:04,896 -AMO. -AMO. 152 00:08:04,931 --> 00:08:06,068 -LOVE YOU. -LOVE YOU. 153 00:08:06,103 --> 00:08:08,310 THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE YOUR DADDY. 154 00:08:08,344 --> 00:08:10,965 Carlos: YOU KNOW, WITH THIS COVID THING GOING ON 155 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,517 AND WITH US HAVING A 2-YEAR-OLD IN THE HOUSE, 156 00:08:13,551 --> 00:08:15,931 WE GOT TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL. 157 00:08:15,965 --> 00:08:18,517 ME AND MY WIFE GET SICK, WHO'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF OUR BABY, YOU KNOW? 158 00:08:18,551 --> 00:08:21,275 I GOT MY LAYERS ON THAT'S GONNA PROTECT ME FROM THE COLD 159 00:08:21,310 --> 00:08:23,310 AND THE SNOW. 160 00:08:23,344 --> 00:08:25,172 EXTRA AMMO. 161 00:08:25,206 --> 00:08:27,724 I JUST HOPE MAMA BEAR CAN KEEP HER DISTANCE. 162 00:08:27,758 --> 00:08:29,620 ALL I NEED NOW IS A SNOW MACHINE. 163 00:08:29,655 --> 00:08:34,551 AND I GOT AN IDEA ON WHO TO CALL. 164 00:08:35,793 --> 00:08:39,379 Narrator: CARLOS' MISSION -- FIND OUT IF THE MASSIVE SNOWFALL 165 00:08:39,413 --> 00:08:42,724 HAS CAUSED AVALANCHES AND WRECKED THEIR CAMP, 166 00:08:42,758 --> 00:08:44,517 DESTROYED THE CABLE 167 00:08:44,551 --> 00:08:48,448 AND THEIR ONLY ACCESS TO THE GOLD-RICH CLAIMS, 168 00:08:48,482 --> 00:08:52,655 ENDING THEIR SEASON BEFORE IT'S EVEN BEGUN. 169 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,206 Carlos: WE'RE LITERALLY RIGHT THERE ON THE GOLD, 170 00:08:57,241 --> 00:08:59,689 THE BIGGEST GOLD THAT WE EVER FOUND. 171 00:08:59,724 --> 00:09:02,448 ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS JUST GO AND PICK IT UP. 172 00:09:02,482 --> 00:09:04,620 NO. 173 00:09:05,862 --> 00:09:09,724 GONNA GO UP THE MOUNTAIN ON A TRAIL THAT SOMETIMES IT'S ICY. 174 00:09:09,758 --> 00:09:12,551 IF I'M GONNA GO OFF THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN... 175 00:09:12,586 --> 00:09:14,000 I CAN'T LIE, MAN. 176 00:09:14,034 --> 00:09:16,551 I'M A LITTLE BIT DANG WORRIED ABOUT THIS. 177 00:09:16,586 --> 00:09:20,896 I GOT TO BE EXTRA SAFE 'CAUSE IF I GET HURT UP HERE... 178 00:09:24,965 --> 00:09:26,965 ...I'M IN A DEAD ZONE, BROTHER. 179 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,482 Narrator: TO REACH McKINLEY CAMP, 180 00:09:29,517 --> 00:09:34,103 CARLOS FACES AN EIGHT-MILE SNOW MACHINE RIDE 181 00:09:34,137 --> 00:09:36,793 ALONG THE BANKS OF THE KLEHINI RIVER... 182 00:09:38,034 --> 00:09:42,000 ...BATTLING ICY TRAILS TO REACH PORCUPINE CREEK. 183 00:09:43,172 --> 00:09:45,448 FROM THERE, IT'S A STEEP ASCENT -- 184 00:09:45,482 --> 00:09:49,758 2,000 FEET UP THE MOUNTAIN TO GET TO THE MINERS' CAMP. 185 00:09:53,034 --> 00:09:57,379 CARLOS MEETS UP WITH LOCAL GUIDE SEAN BROWNELL. 186 00:09:57,413 --> 00:09:59,103 I NEED A SNOW MACHINE UP THERE, BRO. 187 00:09:59,137 --> 00:10:01,482 AND THAT'S WHERE I'M HOPING YOU'LL COME IN, MAN. 188 00:10:01,517 --> 00:10:04,000 WELL, I GOT A COUPLE SNOW MACHINES. WANT TO CHECK IT OUT? 189 00:10:04,034 --> 00:10:05,448 YEAH. 190 00:10:05,482 --> 00:10:09,517 SEAN HAS BEEN WORKING IN THESE MOUNTAINS FOR OVER 20 YEARS 191 00:10:09,551 --> 00:10:13,275 AND KNOWS THE ROUTE TO McKINLEY LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND. 192 00:10:13,310 --> 00:10:14,896 THIS IS THE SLED I GOT FOR YOU. 193 00:10:14,931 --> 00:10:16,965 I NEVER SNOW MACHINED EVER, MAN. 194 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,724 REALLY? SINCE YOU'VE NEVER RIDDEN ONE BEFORE, 195 00:10:19,758 --> 00:10:23,172 I PROBABLY OUGHT TO RUN YOU THROUGH THE WHOLE ROUTINE. 196 00:10:23,206 --> 00:10:25,103 THIS ORANGE BUTTON IS WHAT STARTS IT. 197 00:10:25,137 --> 00:10:27,103 NO GEARS. IT'S A BELT DRIVE. 198 00:10:27,137 --> 00:10:30,137 SO THE MORE YOU PRESS ON THAT THROTTLE, THE FASTER YOU GO. 199 00:10:30,172 --> 00:10:32,310 IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO KNOW? INJECTOR SEATS? 200 00:10:32,344 --> 00:10:33,758 FRICKIN'... 201 00:10:33,793 --> 00:10:35,793 IF YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG, YOU JUST GO FLYING OFF OF IT. 202 00:10:35,827 --> 00:10:38,586 MAYBE I CAN GO THERE, DO SOME SHOVELING, MAN, 203 00:10:38,620 --> 00:10:41,275 SHAVE A DAY OR TWO OFF OF PREPPING. 204 00:10:41,310 --> 00:10:43,068 THIS IS GONNA BE A HICCUP OF A SEASON, DUDE, 205 00:10:43,103 --> 00:10:45,206 SO EVERY DAY IS GONNA COUNT, MAN. 206 00:10:45,241 --> 00:10:48,586 Sean: IT'S GONNA BE CRAZY FOR CARLOS TO GO UP ON SNOW MACHINES, 207 00:10:48,620 --> 00:10:51,103 ESPECIALLY ON A MOUNTAIN FOR HIS FIRST TRIP. 208 00:10:51,137 --> 00:10:54,034 WE'VE HAD A BIG, BIG WINTER, 209 00:10:54,068 --> 00:10:56,172 ONE OF THE BIGGEST WINTERS I CAN REMEMBER. 210 00:10:56,206 --> 00:11:01,068 Carlos: I NEED TO TAKE ON ALASKA TO PROVIDE FOR MY FAMILY. 211 00:11:01,103 --> 00:11:02,793 THAT'S MY MOTIVATION RIGHT NOW. 212 00:11:02,827 --> 00:11:05,344 WE SHOULD BE IN THE WATER RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE NOT. 213 00:11:05,379 --> 00:11:07,931 WE GOT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, AND WE GOT TO DO IT QUICK. 214 00:11:07,965 --> 00:11:10,379 ALL RIGHT. -ARE YOU READY? 215 00:11:10,413 --> 00:11:12,344 THERE WE GO. 216 00:11:28,413 --> 00:11:30,724 Carlos: WHOO-HOO-HOO! 217 00:11:30,758 --> 00:11:32,724 YEAH! 218 00:11:34,413 --> 00:11:36,965 WHOO-HOO! 219 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,241 YEAH-HA-HA! 220 00:11:39,275 --> 00:11:42,206 WHOO, THIS IS SO FUN! 221 00:11:43,241 --> 00:11:47,034 Narrator: SNOW MACHINES CAN GET YOU TO PLACES NO OTHER VEHICLE CAN. 222 00:11:47,068 --> 00:11:50,724 BUT IN ALASKA, 3% OF ACCIDENTAL DEATHS 223 00:11:50,758 --> 00:11:52,896 HAPPEN ON THESE MACHINES. 224 00:11:52,931 --> 00:11:54,931 I CAN MOVE, DUDE. 225 00:11:56,310 --> 00:11:58,620 OH THE BRAKE! 226 00:12:07,310 --> 00:12:09,620 WHOO-HOO-HOO! 227 00:12:09,655 --> 00:12:11,103 YEAH! 228 00:12:11,137 --> 00:12:13,517 Narrator: IN AMERICA'S LAST FRONTIER, 229 00:12:13,551 --> 00:12:16,896 MARINE CARLOS MINOR IS ON A RECON MISSION 230 00:12:16,931 --> 00:12:18,620 TO GET TO McKINLEY CAMP... 231 00:12:18,655 --> 00:12:20,241 I CAN MOVE, DUDE. 232 00:12:20,275 --> 00:12:22,206 ...TO SEE IF THEY COULD START MINING 233 00:12:22,241 --> 00:12:25,586 AS SOON AS THE CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN ENDS. 234 00:12:30,655 --> 00:12:32,620 OH THE BRAKE! 235 00:12:37,034 --> 00:12:39,137 WHAT HAPPENED, MAN? 236 00:12:39,172 --> 00:12:41,172 YOU PUSHED ON THE THROTTLE SOMEHOW. 237 00:12:41,206 --> 00:12:42,793 NO! I HIT THE BREAK! 238 00:12:42,827 --> 00:12:44,965 I DIDN'T EVEN TOUCH THE THROTTLE ONE BIT! 239 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,172 YOU MIGHT HAVE TOUCHED IT WITH YOUR THIGH. 240 00:12:47,206 --> 00:12:48,655 HOW?! 241 00:12:48,689 --> 00:12:50,655 -WERE YOU STANDING UP? -YEAH. 242 00:12:50,689 --> 00:12:52,275 THAT'S HOW. 243 00:12:53,655 --> 00:12:56,206 LOOK AT THIS, MAN. 244 00:12:56,241 --> 00:12:57,931 THREE TREES THAT BLEW OVER. 245 00:12:57,965 --> 00:12:59,517 OH, BRO! 246 00:12:59,551 --> 00:13:04,000 I THINK THIS IS ALL FROM THAT CRAZY TWO WINDSTORMS WE HAD. 247 00:13:04,034 --> 00:13:05,862 UNBELIEVABLE. 248 00:13:05,896 --> 00:13:07,965 TIME IS OUR ENEMY RIGHT NOW. 249 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,827 Narrator: IT'S TAKEN CARLOS AND SEAN TWO HOURS 250 00:13:10,862 --> 00:13:13,620 TO TRAVEL BARELY A MILE OF THE TRAIL. 251 00:13:13,655 --> 00:13:16,068 ONLY EIGHT HOURS OF DAYLIGHT REMAIN, 252 00:13:16,103 --> 00:13:18,931 AND IT'S A 16-MILE ROUND-TRIP. 253 00:13:18,965 --> 00:13:20,620 MAN, THIS IS A LOT MORE WORK THAN I EXPECTED, MAN. 254 00:13:20,655 --> 00:13:23,827 I REALLY HOPE WE CAN GET UP THERE, GET BACK BEFORE SUNDOWN. 255 00:13:23,862 --> 00:13:25,517 I DON'T WANNA GET CAUGHT OUT HERE. 256 00:13:25,551 --> 00:13:29,275 TEMPERATURES CAN PLUMMET WAY BELOW ZERO AT NIGHT. 257 00:13:29,310 --> 00:13:33,172 GETTING STRANDED OUT HERE AFTER DARK IS A DEATH SENTENCE. 258 00:13:33,206 --> 00:13:34,931 -BROUGHT YOUR CHAINSAW. -I BROUGHT THE CHAINSAW. 259 00:13:34,965 --> 00:13:36,620 I'M GLAD I BROUGHT IT, HUH? 260 00:13:36,655 --> 00:13:38,551 WE'LL JUST MAKE A SLOT TO GET THROUGH 261 00:13:38,586 --> 00:13:40,724 AND GET TO THE CAMP. 262 00:13:40,758 --> 00:13:43,379 LET'S JUST HOPE THIS IS THE ONLY TREE THAT'S COMING DOWN ON THE PATH. 263 00:13:43,413 --> 00:13:49,482 Narrator: 350 MILES SOUTH OF CARLOS, IN KETCHIKAN, ALASKA... 264 00:13:52,068 --> 00:13:55,310 ...CONSTRUCTION WORK PAYS THE BILLS FOR DUSTIN HURT 265 00:13:55,344 --> 00:13:57,172 OVER THE WINTER. 266 00:13:57,206 --> 00:13:59,137 TREE CUTTING 101. 267 00:13:59,172 --> 00:14:01,551 Narrator: AN EX-WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER, 268 00:14:01,586 --> 00:14:04,827 HE HAS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE RUNNING A CHAINSAW. 269 00:14:04,862 --> 00:14:07,655 THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP OF OUR JOB. 270 00:14:07,689 --> 00:14:09,724 GONNA DO A LOT OF BRUSH CUTTING. 271 00:14:09,758 --> 00:14:13,206 CLEAR THE ROAD. THERE'S A LOT OF TREES AND BRUSH IN THE WAY. 272 00:14:13,241 --> 00:14:14,896 GET THAT OUT THE WAY. 273 00:14:14,931 --> 00:14:17,379 I'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE AS MUCH AS I COULD HERE 274 00:14:17,413 --> 00:14:19,586 JUST TO SUPPORT US THROUGH THE SEASON. 275 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,172 YOU KNOW, WORKING CONSTRUCTION, 276 00:14:23,206 --> 00:14:25,586 SAVING AS MUCH AS I CAN THROUGH THE WINTER. 277 00:14:25,620 --> 00:14:27,241 IT'S DEEMED ESSENTIAL. 278 00:14:27,275 --> 00:14:29,379 SO, WE'RE DOING ROADWORK. 279 00:14:29,413 --> 00:14:32,448 CONSTRUCTION WORK IS HARD, HARD WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF SHAPE, MAN. 280 00:14:32,482 --> 00:14:34,862 IT'S BEEN A HELL OF A JOB. 281 00:14:34,896 --> 00:14:38,172 I'M LOVING IT, BUT IT'S NOT WHAT I'M MADE FOR. 282 00:14:38,206 --> 00:14:40,896 WHAT I'M MADE FOR IS DIGGING GOLD, MAN. 283 00:14:40,931 --> 00:14:43,068 I NEED SOMETHING EXCITING IN MY LIFE. 284 00:14:43,103 --> 00:14:46,137 Narrator: DUSTIN'S EXTREME APPROACH TO GOLD MINING... 285 00:14:46,172 --> 00:14:47,724 YEE-HAW! 286 00:14:47,758 --> 00:14:51,068 YEAH! WRONG WAY TO DO THIS 287 00:14:51,103 --> 00:14:54,413 ...TAKES HIM PLACES NO OTHER MINER WILL GO. 288 00:14:54,448 --> 00:14:57,413 Carlos: THIS GUY HAS, WHAT, NINE LIVES, MAN? 289 00:14:57,448 --> 00:14:59,241 AHH-HA! 290 00:14:59,275 --> 00:15:01,241 -MY GOD, DUDE. 291 00:15:01,275 --> 00:15:04,758 Narrator: DETERMINED TO FIND A BIG SCORE IN THE CHILKAT MOUNTAINS... 292 00:15:04,793 --> 00:15:06,206 LET'S DO IT. 293 00:15:06,241 --> 00:15:09,344 IF I DIE, I ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. 294 00:15:09,379 --> 00:15:12,310 ...HE PUSHES HIMSELF TO THE LIMIT... 295 00:15:13,586 --> 00:15:15,965 THE CURRENT! WHOA! 296 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,724 PULL! 297 00:15:17,758 --> 00:15:20,448 ...AND PUTS HIS BODY ON THE LINE... 298 00:15:20,482 --> 00:15:22,758 -WHOA! -DUSTIN! 299 00:15:22,793 --> 00:15:26,068 A ROCK HIT ME IN MY FACE. KNOCKED ME INTO STARS. 300 00:15:26,103 --> 00:15:30,793 ...ON THE HUNT FOR A LIFE-CHANGING DEPOSIT OF GOLD. 301 00:15:30,827 --> 00:15:34,000 ABOUT $50,000 SITTING RIGHT THERE. 302 00:15:35,551 --> 00:15:41,241 HOPEFULLY, ALL OF THIS COVID-19 STUFF IS LIFTED, 303 00:15:41,275 --> 00:15:43,413 I'LL BE ABLE TO GRAB MY CREW, 304 00:15:43,448 --> 00:15:48,310 DRAG EVERYBODY UP TO ALASKA, AND WE COULD GET TO MINING. 305 00:15:48,344 --> 00:15:52,068 BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S GOLD THERE. 306 00:15:52,103 --> 00:15:54,620 THERE'S GONNA BE BIG GOLD, TOO. 307 00:15:57,517 --> 00:16:00,206 Narrator: BACK UP NORTH, IN HAINES... 308 00:16:06,724 --> 00:16:09,551 THIS IS THE REASON WHY I GOT SEAN DOG TO DO THIS. 309 00:16:09,586 --> 00:16:12,241 ...CARLOS AND MOUNTAIN MAN SEAN 310 00:16:12,275 --> 00:16:14,758 HAVE SPENT THE LAST HOUR CLEARING A TREE 311 00:16:14,793 --> 00:16:17,551 BLOCKING THE TRAIL EN ROUTE TO McKINLEY CAMP. 312 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,068 AT LEAST I KNOW I'M COVERED GETTING MY WOOD FOR THIS WINTER. 313 00:16:24,379 --> 00:16:26,482 I THINK WE CAN GET THROUGH HERE. 314 00:16:26,517 --> 00:16:28,034 LET'S HOPE SO, MAN. 315 00:16:28,068 --> 00:16:29,724 YOU'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE LIKE AN ALASKAN EVERY DAY. 316 00:16:29,758 --> 00:16:31,000 BRO! 317 00:16:40,448 --> 00:16:42,482 YEAH-HA-HA! 318 00:16:45,551 --> 00:16:47,344 AS THE TRAIL OPENS UP, 319 00:16:47,379 --> 00:16:50,000 CARLOS FINALLY MAKES SOME PROGRESS... 320 00:16:52,896 --> 00:16:54,827 PORCUPINE CREEK! 321 00:16:54,862 --> 00:16:56,965 ...REACHING PORCUPINE CREEK MINE 322 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,758 AT THE FOOT OF THE CHILKAT MOUNTAINS. 323 00:17:01,241 --> 00:17:02,827 THIS IS CRAZY, BRO. 324 00:17:04,482 --> 00:17:06,517 LOOK HOW DEEP IT IS RIGHT HERE. 325 00:17:14,724 --> 00:17:16,517 HOW IN THE HECK...? 326 00:17:16,551 --> 00:17:18,862 Tara: I-I'D GIVE YOU -- I'D GIVE YOU A HAND, CARLOS, 327 00:17:18,896 --> 00:17:20,551 BUT, YOU KNOW, COVID. 328 00:17:24,310 --> 00:17:26,724 I WONDER WHAT FRED'S GONNA THINK ABOUT THIS. 329 00:17:28,344 --> 00:17:30,379 PORCUPINE CREEK IS WHERE 330 00:17:30,413 --> 00:17:34,758 THE DAKOTA BOYS' GOLD MINING ADVENTURE STARTED. 331 00:17:34,793 --> 00:17:36,827 BACK IN 2010, 332 00:17:36,862 --> 00:17:40,448 THE CLAIM OWNER BROUGHT IN VETERAN GOLD MINER FRED HURT 333 00:17:40,482 --> 00:17:42,655 TO HELP TODD HOFFMAN'S FAILING CREW. 334 00:17:42,689 --> 00:17:45,448 HEY, GUYS, THIS A NEW MEMBER OF OUR TEAM. 335 00:17:45,482 --> 00:17:47,241 WELCOME ABOARD. 336 00:17:47,275 --> 00:17:50,620 LET THE GAME BEGIN! 337 00:17:51,620 --> 00:17:53,517 OHH! 338 00:17:53,551 --> 00:17:55,482 IT'S A JUMP SHOT! 339 00:17:57,448 --> 00:18:00,517 HA HA! 340 00:18:00,551 --> 00:18:02,827 -AND WHEN THE HOFFMANS LEFT... -WHOO! 341 00:18:02,862 --> 00:18:07,172 Narrator: ...FRED INTRODUCED SON DUSTIN TO GOLD FEVER. 342 00:18:07,206 --> 00:18:08,482 -HEY, FRED, HOW ARE YOU? -YOU ALL RIGHT? 343 00:18:08,517 --> 00:18:10,586 HEY, DUS. HUH? -I'M DOING GOOD. 344 00:18:10,620 --> 00:18:13,862 Narrator: OVER THREE YEARS, THEY DUG DEEP... 345 00:18:13,896 --> 00:18:15,482 OH, I'M GETTING -- GETTING INTO -- 346 00:18:15,517 --> 00:18:17,482 GETTING INTO SOME GOOD STUFF NOW. 347 00:18:17,517 --> 00:18:20,172 Dustin: WE'RE GOLD CRAZY! 348 00:18:20,206 --> 00:18:23,965 ...TO REACH THE BOTTOM OF THE INFAMOUS GLORY HOLE... 349 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,000 WHOO! WE DIGGING NOW! 350 00:18:26,034 --> 00:18:28,172 GONNA BE A GIANT POT OF GOLD AT THE BOTTOM. 351 00:18:28,206 --> 00:18:31,482 ...AND HAULED OUT OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS 352 00:18:31,517 --> 00:18:32,620 WORTH OF GOLD. 353 00:18:32,655 --> 00:18:36,034 163 OUNCES. 354 00:18:36,068 --> 00:18:38,275 -WHOO. -WE GOT IT. 355 00:18:38,310 --> 00:18:40,482 Narrator: WHEN THE GLORY HOLE WAS TAPPED OUT, 356 00:18:40,517 --> 00:18:42,689 THE TREASURE HUNT LED FRED AND THE CREW 357 00:18:42,724 --> 00:18:44,965 HIGH ABOVE PORCUPINE, 358 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,068 INTO THE CHILKAT MOUNTAINS... 359 00:18:47,103 --> 00:18:50,724 DUSTIN, THERE'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED, RIGHT IN THIS AREA. 360 00:18:52,862 --> 00:18:54,896 LET'S SADDLE UP, BOYS. LET'S GO DIVE. 361 00:18:54,931 --> 00:18:57,620 ...WHERE PILES OF GOLD COULD BE BURIED 362 00:18:57,655 --> 00:18:59,689 BENEATH RAGING WHITE WATERS... 363 00:18:59,724 --> 00:19:02,103 Fred: BOY, DOES THIS REMIND ME OF OLD TIMES. 364 00:19:02,137 --> 00:19:04,068 YEAH, FRED, YOU'RE DREDGING AGAIN 365 00:19:04,103 --> 00:19:05,620 RIGHT NOW, HUH? 366 00:19:05,655 --> 00:19:09,620 ...ON THE HUNT FOR MILLIONS IN GOLD. 367 00:19:09,655 --> 00:19:11,655 -I'LL BE DAMNED. -YEAH! 368 00:19:11,689 --> 00:19:13,896 -WHOO-HOO-HOO! -WE FOUND GOLD! 369 00:19:13,931 --> 00:19:15,413 YEAH! 370 00:19:16,448 --> 00:19:20,689 Narrator: NOW, 3,000 MILES SOUTH OF ALASKA, IN OREGON... 371 00:19:22,172 --> 00:19:24,448 YOO-HOO. I GOT MY NEW BOOTS. 372 00:19:24,482 --> 00:19:26,103 Narrator: ...DESPITE BEING ON LOCKDOWN, 373 00:19:26,137 --> 00:19:29,827 FRED HURT'S GOLD FEVER STILL RUNS STRONG 374 00:19:29,862 --> 00:19:31,862 AS HE PREPARES FOR THE SEASON AHEAD. 375 00:19:31,896 --> 00:19:34,551 Jen: COULD YOU BE EXCITED? I'M RECORDING IT. 376 00:19:34,586 --> 00:19:37,448 LET'S SEE WHAT I GOT HERE. 377 00:19:37,482 --> 00:19:39,517 OH, MY GOSH. 378 00:19:39,551 --> 00:19:42,620 THAT THING WEIGHS ABOUT FIVE POUNDS. 379 00:19:42,655 --> 00:19:45,344 BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHAT -- 380 00:19:45,379 --> 00:19:47,275 WE'RE READY TO GO UP AND GET SOME GOLD. 381 00:19:47,310 --> 00:19:50,103 THIS BOOT IS GONNA HELP ME GET IT. 382 00:19:50,137 --> 00:19:52,206 HEY, IS THIS THING ON? 383 00:19:52,241 --> 00:19:55,206 I'M IN LOCKDOWN DOWN HERE IN OREGON, 384 00:19:55,241 --> 00:19:59,103 BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR. 385 00:19:59,137 --> 00:20:00,758 MY MINING SEASON, OF COURSE, 386 00:20:00,793 --> 00:20:03,724 HAS BEEN JUST DELAYED, DELAYED, DELAYED 387 00:20:03,758 --> 00:20:06,000 BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS. 388 00:20:06,034 --> 00:20:08,275 YOU GOT TO REMEMBER THAT MINING IN ALASKA 389 00:20:08,310 --> 00:20:10,448 IS THE FAMILY FARM. 390 00:20:10,482 --> 00:20:12,275 THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE A LIVING. 391 00:20:12,310 --> 00:20:17,034 FORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, I'VE KEPT VERY BUSY. 392 00:20:17,068 --> 00:20:19,965 JEN AND I, WE BOUGHT US A NEW HOUSE. 393 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:23,034 Narrator: 76-YEAR-OLD FRED HAS SPENT THE WINTER 394 00:20:23,068 --> 00:20:25,137 RENOVATING THEIR NEW HOME. 395 00:20:25,172 --> 00:20:28,758 NOW WE CAN WALK FROM ONE ROOM TO THE OTHER. 396 00:20:28,793 --> 00:20:33,689 MOST PEOPLE MY AGE JUST ARE SITTING IN A ROCKING CHAIR 397 00:20:33,724 --> 00:20:36,448 ROCKING AWAY. 398 00:20:37,793 --> 00:20:39,655 WHEW! 399 00:20:39,689 --> 00:20:43,344 A THOUSAND TRIPS UP AND DOWN THE LADDER. 400 00:20:43,379 --> 00:20:46,724 I WASN'T GONNA SIT AROUND ALL WINTER AND GET FAT AND LAZY. 401 00:20:48,620 --> 00:20:52,620 YOU HAVE GOT TO PICK YOURSELF UP BY YOUR OWN BOOTSTRAPS, 402 00:20:52,655 --> 00:20:55,482 JUST KEEP GOING, AND LEARN SOMETHING NEW. 403 00:20:59,586 --> 00:21:02,482 THIS WINTER, I -- I GOT INVITED 404 00:21:02,517 --> 00:21:06,000 TO GO WORK IN AN UNDERGROUND PLACER MINE. 405 00:21:07,482 --> 00:21:09,862 Narrator: ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND NEW WAYS 406 00:21:09,896 --> 00:21:12,310 TO IMPROVE HIS OWN GOLD RECOVERY... 407 00:21:12,344 --> 00:21:14,172 Man: LET'S GIVE IT A SHOT, SEE WHAT WE GOT. 408 00:21:14,206 --> 00:21:17,000 ...FRED CONSULTED AT AN UNDERGROUND MINE 409 00:21:17,034 --> 00:21:21,068 AND LEARNED HOW THEY FIND GOLD ON AN ANCIENT RIVERBED. 410 00:21:21,103 --> 00:21:25,827 THAT IS MY DRIVE, IS TO LEARN AND WATCH OTHER PEOPLE, 411 00:21:25,862 --> 00:21:28,379 PICK UP ON THE BEST THINGS THAT THEY DO. 412 00:21:28,413 --> 00:21:32,482 AND I MAY SUGGEST WAYS THAT THEY CAN IMPROVE CERTAIN THINGS 413 00:21:32,517 --> 00:21:34,413 THAT ARE NOT WORKING SO WELL. 414 00:21:34,448 --> 00:21:37,137 OH, LOOK AT THAT! 415 00:21:37,172 --> 00:21:38,724 NICE LITTLE FATTY. 416 00:21:38,758 --> 00:21:40,586 -COUPLE GRAMS. -COUPLE GRAMS. 417 00:21:40,620 --> 00:21:43,862 Fred: YEAH. 418 00:21:43,896 --> 00:21:45,172 WOW. 419 00:21:45,206 --> 00:21:48,068 ONE HELL OF A DAMN FIRST DAY. 420 00:21:48,103 --> 00:21:50,034 THAT'S ONLY TWO OR THREE HOURS OF WORK. 421 00:21:50,068 --> 00:21:52,448 BUT WE FOUND US A NICE LITTLE NUGGET. 422 00:21:52,482 --> 00:21:55,275 Narrator: FRED'S FOUND CREEK-BED GOLD 423 00:21:55,310 --> 00:21:59,034 WITHOUT HAVING TO BATTLE RAGING WATER. 424 00:21:59,068 --> 00:22:03,724 Fred: I LEARNED AN IMPORTANT THING ABOUT GOLD. 425 00:22:03,758 --> 00:22:07,793 LET'S JUST SAY, IT MIGHT START ANOTHER GOLD RUSH. 426 00:22:09,724 --> 00:22:10,862 Narrator: UP AHEAD... 427 00:22:10,896 --> 00:22:12,379 TIME TO GO PLAY IN THE FIELD A LITTLE BIT 428 00:22:12,413 --> 00:22:14,034 AND SEE IF I GOT FULL THROTTLE. 429 00:22:14,068 --> 00:22:18,241 WE ARE GONNA KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK THIS YEAR. 430 00:22:18,275 --> 00:22:20,379 WHOO-HOO-HOO! 431 00:22:20,413 --> 00:22:23,275 BRO! -I'LL HAVE TO GET THAT ON VIDEO. 432 00:22:28,965 --> 00:22:33,344 Narrator: THE WORLD IS IN LOCKDOWN AS COVID-19 REACHES ITS PEAK. 433 00:22:33,379 --> 00:22:36,551 HOPE EVERYBODY'S STAYING SAFE, STAYING AT HOME, 434 00:22:36,586 --> 00:22:38,137 NOT GETTING SICK. 435 00:22:38,172 --> 00:22:40,896 Narrator: AT THEIR WORKSHOP IN PIPE CREEK, TEXAS, 436 00:22:40,931 --> 00:22:43,689 THE RICHARDSON BROTHERS, PAUL AND WES, 437 00:22:43,724 --> 00:22:46,482 ARE FIXING UP A UNIQUE WAY TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE 438 00:22:46,517 --> 00:22:48,310 THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. 439 00:22:48,344 --> 00:22:51,793 RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING ALL THE HOSES ON OUR PLANES. 440 00:22:51,827 --> 00:22:54,482 WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO FLY, BUT IT'S GOT SAFETY ISSUES. 441 00:22:54,517 --> 00:22:57,172 WE NEED TO REPLACE THE HOSES. WE THINK THEY'RE LEAKING. 442 00:22:57,206 --> 00:23:00,172 THE LAST THING YOU WANT IS FAILURE WHEN YOU'RE UP IN THE AIR. 443 00:23:00,206 --> 00:23:03,655 PAUL AND I HAVE WORKED TOGETHER NOW FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS. 444 00:23:03,689 --> 00:23:07,137 I WAS 18 WHEN HE WAS BORN, SO WE DIDN'T GROW UP AS KIDS. 445 00:23:07,172 --> 00:23:10,620 BUT AS ADULTS, WE SEEM TO SPEND A LOT MORE TIME TOGETHER. 446 00:23:10,655 --> 00:23:13,000 WE'RE LIKE 18-YEAR-OLD-APART TWINS. 447 00:23:13,034 --> 00:23:15,241 WE BOTH LIKE TO BUILD THINGS. 448 00:23:15,275 --> 00:23:17,793 Narrator: BACK IN 2012, 449 00:23:17,827 --> 00:23:22,172 PAUL AND WES JOINED THE DAKOTA BOYS' CREW AT PORCUPINE CREEK. 450 00:23:22,206 --> 00:23:24,620 -PAUL? HOW'S IT GOING, MAN? -HOW'S IT GOING, DUSTIN? 451 00:23:24,655 --> 00:23:26,793 -WES? -HOW YOU DOING, DUSTIN? GOOD TO SEE YOU. 452 00:23:26,827 --> 00:23:28,758 Narrator: THEY USE THEIR FABRICATION SKILLS 453 00:23:28,793 --> 00:23:31,034 TO HELP IMPROVE THE OPERATION... 454 00:23:31,068 --> 00:23:32,793 YEAH, WE GOT TO GET UP THERE AND GET GOLD. 455 00:23:32,827 --> 00:23:34,482 Narrator: ...BUILDING A MOBILE WASH PLANT 456 00:23:34,517 --> 00:23:37,862 FOR THE HURTS' FIRST PROSPECTING TRIP ON CAHOON CREEK. 457 00:23:37,896 --> 00:23:41,724 THIS IS THE LAST LITTLE PIECE, SO WE'RE JUST ABOUT DONE. 458 00:23:41,758 --> 00:23:43,862 IF THINGS WERE TOO EASY, IT WOULDN'T BE A CHALLENGE. 459 00:23:43,896 --> 00:23:45,275 Narrator: OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS, 460 00:23:45,310 --> 00:23:48,206 THEY BECAME THE TEAM'S GO-TO ENGINEERS, 461 00:23:48,241 --> 00:23:49,793 BUSH-FIXING DREDGES 462 00:23:49,827 --> 00:23:52,551 AND FABRICATING CUSTOM CLAWS AND SLEDS 463 00:23:52,586 --> 00:23:54,965 TO REMOVE GIANT RIVER BOULDERS... 464 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,862 Wes: WE'VE GOT OUR SUPER CLAW GOING TODAY. 465 00:23:56,896 --> 00:23:59,517 ANYTHING THAT CAN HELP US GET THESE ROCKS OUT FASTER IS GREAT. 466 00:23:59,551 --> 00:24:02,034 CAME UP WITH THIS SUPER CLAW, 467 00:24:02,068 --> 00:24:04,862 AND, SO FAR, IT'S BEEN WORKING EXACTLY THE WAY WE WANT IT TO. 468 00:24:04,896 --> 00:24:07,655 Narrator: ...ON THE HUNT FOR A FISTFUL OF NUGGETS 469 00:24:07,689 --> 00:24:09,413 AND A LIFE-CHANGING PAYDAY. 470 00:24:09,448 --> 00:24:11,103 I'M EXCITED TO KEEP MOVING UPSTREAM, 471 00:24:11,137 --> 00:24:12,862 BECAUSE IF WE GOT THIS HERE, THERE'S BOUND TO BE 472 00:24:12,896 --> 00:24:14,758 SOME MORE GOLD, AND IT MIGHT BE EVEN BIGGER. 473 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,206 GOING THAT GOLD'S THERE, 474 00:24:18,241 --> 00:24:20,241 KNOWING WE DIDN'T GET IT ALL LAST SEASON, 475 00:24:20,275 --> 00:24:23,862 IT'S JUST -- IT'S KILLING US NOT TO BE UP THERE RIGHT NOW. 476 00:24:25,448 --> 00:24:28,172 I'M READY TO GO FLY. LET'S DO THIS. 477 00:24:33,068 --> 00:24:35,482 THAT THING FIRED RIGHT UP. 478 00:24:37,413 --> 00:24:38,931 GOT IT RUNNING. 479 00:24:38,965 --> 00:24:41,758 GONNA DO SOME SOCIAL DISTANCING FROM 1,000 FOOT. 480 00:24:41,793 --> 00:24:44,931 Narrator: WITH A TOP SPEED OF 35 MILES PER HOUR 481 00:24:44,965 --> 00:24:47,827 AND ALTITUDES OF UP TO 10,000 FEET, 482 00:24:47,862 --> 00:24:51,000 THESE POWERED PARACHUTES ARE THE PERFECT GETAWAY 483 00:24:51,034 --> 00:24:53,241 FROM THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC. 484 00:25:01,206 --> 00:25:03,689 Paul: IN THESE CRAZY TIMES, WE'RE LITTLE BIT FORTUNATE 485 00:25:03,724 --> 00:25:05,551 THAT WES AND I, WE CAN GET UP IN THE AIR 486 00:25:05,586 --> 00:25:07,551 AND FLY AND SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE. 487 00:25:07,586 --> 00:25:09,000 IT'S AMAZING. 488 00:25:09,034 --> 00:25:12,931 Wes: PAUL AND I GOT INTO POWERED PARACHUTES THREE YEARS AGO. 489 00:25:12,965 --> 00:25:16,931 ONE OF OUR ULTIMATE GOALS IS TO BRING OUR PLANES TO ALASKA 490 00:25:16,965 --> 00:25:19,862 AND FLY AROUND AND SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND. 491 00:25:19,896 --> 00:25:23,379 RIGHT NOW, WE'D RATHER BE IN ALASKA MINING FOR GOLD. 492 00:25:23,413 --> 00:25:26,275 THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO BE. THAT'S THE ULTIMATE RIGHT THERE. 493 00:25:31,448 --> 00:25:33,586 Narrator: 4,000 MILES NORTH, 494 00:25:33,620 --> 00:25:36,344 IN THE OLD MINING TOWN OF WILLOW, ALASKA... 495 00:25:36,379 --> 00:25:39,034 I THOUGHT BEING OUT HERE IN REMOTE ALASKA, 496 00:25:39,068 --> 00:25:42,896 IN A TOWN WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN 2,000, 497 00:25:42,931 --> 00:25:44,275 THAT I WOULDN'T REALLY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION 498 00:25:44,310 --> 00:25:46,379 TO TOO MUCH OF THIS COVID-19 THING. 499 00:25:46,413 --> 00:25:49,103 I FIGURED, "HELL, IT'LL NEVER GET OUT IN HERE. 500 00:25:49,137 --> 00:25:50,965 THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE." 501 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:52,448 BUT THIS MORNING WHEN I WOKE UP, 502 00:25:52,482 --> 00:25:54,551 THE LOCAL HEADLINES READ THERE'S A CASE, 503 00:25:54,586 --> 00:25:56,172 AND IT'S RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM ME. 504 00:25:56,206 --> 00:25:59,034 YOU KNOW, IF IT CAN REACH WAY OUT HERE, 505 00:25:59,068 --> 00:26:01,448 THAT MEANS IT CAN REACH ANYWHERE. 506 00:26:01,482 --> 00:26:04,448 ONE INFECTION COULD END OUR WHOLE MINING SEASON. 507 00:26:04,482 --> 00:26:06,517 THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS TAKE THAT VIRUS 508 00:26:06,551 --> 00:26:09,551 DOWN TO HAINES AND GET FRED SICK. 509 00:26:09,586 --> 00:26:12,000 I THINK MY ONLY OPTION HERE IS TO PLAY HERMIT. 510 00:26:12,034 --> 00:26:15,241 Narrator: RYAN CARDOZA, THE NEWEST MEMBER OF FRED'S CREW, 511 00:26:15,275 --> 00:26:19,586 IS DETERMINED TO AVOID THE VIRUS AND GET BACK ON THE GOLD. 512 00:26:19,620 --> 00:26:21,655 I'M HEADED DOWN TO THE CREEK TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF FISHING 513 00:26:21,689 --> 00:26:24,034 AND A LITTLE BIT OF PROSPECTING. 514 00:26:24,068 --> 00:26:25,827 AND, WITH ANY LUCK, BY THE END OF THE DAY, 515 00:26:25,862 --> 00:26:28,068 I'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MEAT AND GOLD. 516 00:26:28,103 --> 00:26:29,655 NORMALLY, WHEN I LEAVE FOR HAINES, 517 00:26:29,689 --> 00:26:32,034 ALL THIS STUFF'S STILL FROZEN UP. 518 00:26:32,068 --> 00:26:34,275 AND THEN, ACTUALLY, WHEN I RETURN FROM HAINES, 519 00:26:34,310 --> 00:26:35,620 THE STUFF'S FREEZING UP, 520 00:26:35,655 --> 00:26:37,758 SO I DON'T GET A REAL GOOD OPPORTUNITY 521 00:26:37,793 --> 00:26:39,758 TO GO OUT INTO MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD 522 00:26:39,793 --> 00:26:42,448 AND POKE AROUND A LITTLE BIT AND SEE WHAT'S THERE. 523 00:26:42,482 --> 00:26:44,620 Narrator: OVER THE YEARS, 524 00:26:44,655 --> 00:26:47,482 MORE THAN $18 MILLION WORTH OF GOLD 525 00:26:47,517 --> 00:26:50,965 WAS MINED FROM WILLOW CREEK. 526 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,103 I'M HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME JUST STANDING UP IN THIS CURRENT. 527 00:26:54,137 --> 00:26:55,965 IT'S REALLY, REALLY UGLY. 528 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:59,172 BUT, HEY, I NEED SOME FISH FOR THE FREEZER. 529 00:26:59,206 --> 00:27:02,517 BEEN CASTING THAT FLY ROD NOW FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF, 530 00:27:02,551 --> 00:27:04,482 AND I HAVEN'T GOT SO MUCH AS A HIT. 531 00:27:04,517 --> 00:27:07,655 SO I'M GONNA TURN MY ATTENTION TO A LITTLE BIT OF GOLD MINING 532 00:27:07,689 --> 00:27:11,172 AND SEE IF WE CAN'T FIND A LITTLE BIT OF GOLD TO TAKE HOME WITH US. 533 00:27:11,206 --> 00:27:13,689 WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LITTLE SAMPLE OF THIS MATERIAL DOWN HERE, 534 00:27:13,724 --> 00:27:16,758 PAN IT OUT, AND I BET WE GET SOME CLUES OUT OF IT. 535 00:27:16,793 --> 00:27:18,896 THAT'S LOOKING REAL, REAL RUSTY. 536 00:27:18,931 --> 00:27:21,034 I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE THE COLOR DIFFERENCE HERE. 537 00:27:21,068 --> 00:27:25,344 RUST IS IRON, AND IRON HANGS OUT WITH GOLD. 538 00:27:25,379 --> 00:27:27,689 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN'T FIND SOME GOLD IN THERE. 539 00:27:27,724 --> 00:27:30,137 Narrator: UNABLE TO DIVE FOR GOLD IN HAINES, 540 00:27:30,172 --> 00:27:32,413 RYAN HAS A RARE OPPORTUNITY 541 00:27:32,448 --> 00:27:35,241 TO TRY TO FIND GOLD ON HIS DOORSTEP. 542 00:27:35,275 --> 00:27:38,206 GOLD'S HEAVY. IT GOES TO THE BOTTOM. EVERYTHING ELSE IS ABOVE IT. 543 00:27:38,241 --> 00:27:40,379 YEAH, I'M STARTING TO SEE A LOT OF BLACK SAND IN HERE. 544 00:27:40,413 --> 00:27:42,241 THAT'S A GOOD SIGN. 545 00:27:42,275 --> 00:27:43,793 OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR. 546 00:27:43,827 --> 00:27:46,172 WE GOT ONE COLOR, TWO. 547 00:27:46,206 --> 00:27:48,206 WE GOT A NICE LITTLE PIECE RIGHT HERE 548 00:27:48,241 --> 00:27:49,896 AND A COUPLE LITTLE SPECKS. 549 00:27:49,931 --> 00:27:53,034 YOU KNOW, JUST WALKING DOWN HERE AND TAKING A RANDOM PAN, 550 00:27:53,068 --> 00:27:55,172 THAT'S PRETTY NICE. 551 00:27:55,206 --> 00:28:00,413 Narrator: 2,500 MILES SOUTH, IN OREGON... 552 00:28:00,448 --> 00:28:03,137 I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF PHONE CALLS FOR MY HELP. 553 00:28:03,172 --> 00:28:06,103 A GENTLEMAN NAMED ERIC, HE HAD TROMMEL, 554 00:28:06,137 --> 00:28:07,896 BUT HE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH IT 555 00:28:07,931 --> 00:28:10,137 BECAUSE IT WAS A PROTOTYPE. 556 00:28:10,172 --> 00:28:13,241 Narrator: FRED HAS SPENT HIS WINTER WORKING AS A CONSULTANT, 557 00:28:13,275 --> 00:28:17,275 HELPING OUT SMALL MINING OUTFITS IMPROVE THEIR OPERATIONS. 558 00:28:17,310 --> 00:28:19,724 IN CALIFORNIA, HE HELPED A FELLOW MINER 559 00:28:19,758 --> 00:28:21,379 WITH A FAULTY TROMMEL. 560 00:28:21,413 --> 00:28:22,620 WHAT'S HAPPENING, ERIC? 561 00:28:22,655 --> 00:28:24,827 WHEN THE GRAVEL'S GOING OUT THE FAR END, 562 00:28:24,862 --> 00:28:26,724 IT LIFTS UP THE BACK END OF THE TROMMEL 563 00:28:26,758 --> 00:28:28,448 AND TAKES IT OFF THE DRIVE WHEEL. 564 00:28:28,482 --> 00:28:30,448 -AHH. -SO IT SPINS AND BURNS THE TIRE, 565 00:28:30,482 --> 00:28:32,379 WHICH ISN'T GOOD FOR LONG-TERM OPERATION. 566 00:28:32,413 --> 00:28:34,206 ALL RIGHT. WE GONNA NEED SOME WELDING DONE. 567 00:28:34,241 --> 00:28:38,379 THIS TECHNICAL-TYPE STUFF LIKE THIS, I LIKE THIS. 568 00:28:38,413 --> 00:28:42,413 Narrator: FRED HAS BEEN MINING FOR OVER 18 YEARS. 569 00:28:42,448 --> 00:28:44,241 LOOKS LIKE THE SHAFT IS BROKEN. 570 00:28:44,275 --> 00:28:47,482 AND WITH MONEY IN PART SHOPS IN SHORT SUPPLY... 571 00:28:47,517 --> 00:28:50,379 HE'S GONNA MAKE THIS THING RIGHT HERE OUT OF STEEL 572 00:28:50,413 --> 00:28:51,931 THAT WE GOT FROM THE GRIZZLY BOYS. 573 00:28:51,965 --> 00:28:54,103 ...HE'S BECOME THE KING OF BUSH FIXES... 574 00:28:54,137 --> 00:28:55,862 Fred: I'M GONNA WORK ON THIS THING NONSTOP 575 00:28:55,896 --> 00:28:57,517 TILL I GET IT FINISHED. 576 00:28:57,551 --> 00:28:59,344 Narrator: ...REPAIRING BUSTED EQUIPMENT 577 00:28:59,379 --> 00:29:01,793 WITH WHATEVER JUNK HE CAN FIND... 578 00:29:03,103 --> 00:29:05,965 FIND OUT IF THIS THING'S GONNA DO IT FOR US. 579 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,724 ...TO GET HIS OPERATION BACK UP AND RUNNING. 580 00:29:08,758 --> 00:29:11,103 OH! RIGHT THERE! IT'S ON! IT'S ON! 581 00:29:11,137 --> 00:29:12,896 GOOD JOB, FRED. 582 00:29:12,931 --> 00:29:15,068 ALL RIGHT, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS LIFTED UP THAT BARREL, 583 00:29:15,103 --> 00:29:18,344 TAKEN OFF THE DRIVE CHUTE, THE SUPPLY CHUTE. 584 00:29:18,379 --> 00:29:22,310 INSPIRATION FOR PUTTING A BIG RING AROUND THIS BARREL. 585 00:29:22,344 --> 00:29:24,482 GETTING WELDED IN PLACE. 586 00:29:24,517 --> 00:29:27,068 Narrator: TO STOP THE TROMMEL FROM BOUNCING... 587 00:29:27,103 --> 00:29:29,551 COME BACK A LITTLE BIT WITH IT. 588 00:29:29,586 --> 00:29:32,413 ...FRED WELDS A STEEL RING AROUND THE BARREL 589 00:29:32,448 --> 00:29:34,517 TO ACT AS A TRACK. 590 00:29:34,551 --> 00:29:36,862 WE GOT OUR RING ON. 591 00:29:36,896 --> 00:29:41,206 HE REPLACES THE OLD RUBBER TIRE DRIVE WITH METAL WHEELS 592 00:29:41,241 --> 00:29:44,517 TO GUIDE THE NEW TRACK AND DRIVE THE BACK. 593 00:29:44,551 --> 00:29:46,827 WHOO-HOO-HOO! WE GOT A BARREL! 594 00:29:46,862 --> 00:29:48,379 GOOD JOB! 595 00:29:48,413 --> 00:29:50,517 WE ARE DEFINITELY ON THE WAY 596 00:29:50,551 --> 00:29:52,482 TO GETTING SOME GOLD WITH THIS MACHINE. 597 00:29:57,344 --> 00:29:58,758 Narrator: UP AHEAD... 598 00:29:58,793 --> 00:30:01,379 -OH! DUDE! -I THINK WE GOT SIX FEET OF SNOW UP HERE. 599 00:30:01,413 --> 00:30:03,689 IF WE SINK THESE MACHINES, MAN, WE'RE FRICKIN' DONE FOR. 600 00:30:03,724 --> 00:30:06,758 I GOT TO GET UP THERE. I GOT TO LET DUSTIN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 601 00:30:14,275 --> 00:30:16,689 Narrator: DEEP IN THE ALASKAN WILDERNESS... 602 00:30:16,724 --> 00:30:19,448 Carlos: WHOO, DON'T FALL DOWN THERE. 603 00:30:19,482 --> 00:30:22,206 ...GOLD MINING MARINE CARLOS MINOR 604 00:30:22,241 --> 00:30:26,896 IS RACING 2,000 FEET UP A STEEP MOUNTAIN TRAIL, 605 00:30:26,931 --> 00:30:29,586 ON A MISSION TO REACH THEIR CAMP AND CABLE 606 00:30:29,620 --> 00:30:32,103 TO ASSESS IF THE HEAVY WINTER SNOWFALL 607 00:30:32,137 --> 00:30:34,793 HAS CAUSED SEASON-ENDING DAMAGE. 608 00:30:39,068 --> 00:30:41,241 Sean: I THINK WE GOT LIKE SIX FEET OF SNOW UP HERE. 609 00:30:41,275 --> 00:30:43,068 HOLY MOLY, MAN. 610 00:30:43,103 --> 00:30:44,793 -WHOA! -YOU ALL RIGHT? 611 00:30:44,827 --> 00:30:47,172 YEAH, I JUST POST-HOLED UP TO MY WAIST. 612 00:30:47,206 --> 00:30:50,482 OH! HOLY CRAP! 613 00:30:50,517 --> 00:30:52,310 I THINK THAT'S A GOOD CALL, 614 00:30:52,344 --> 00:30:54,931 TO NOT TAKE THESE ANY FURTHER. 615 00:30:54,965 --> 00:30:58,827 Narrator: CARLOS AND SEAN HAVE BEEN ON THE TRAIL FOR OVER SEVEN HOURS. 616 00:30:58,862 --> 00:31:01,413 IF WE SINK THESE MACHINES, MAN, WE'RE FRICKIN' DONE FOR. 617 00:31:01,448 --> 00:31:03,034 WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DITCH THE MACHINES. 618 00:31:03,068 --> 00:31:04,862 THEY'RE ONLY A MILE FROM CAMP 619 00:31:04,896 --> 00:31:07,275 BUT ARE FAST RUNNING OUT OF DAYLIGHT. 620 00:31:07,310 --> 00:31:09,206 THE SUN'S COMING DOWN, IT'S STARTING TO GET DARK. 621 00:31:09,241 --> 00:31:11,275 TIME IS OUR ENEMY RIGHT NOW. 622 00:31:11,310 --> 00:31:13,137 WE STILL GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE. 623 00:31:13,172 --> 00:31:15,034 I JUST WANT TO LET DUSTIN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON 624 00:31:15,068 --> 00:31:17,068 AND GET BACK HOME IN ONE PIECE. 625 00:31:20,068 --> 00:31:22,896 BUT WE'RE AT THE HIGHEST POINT WE'RE GONNA BE. 626 00:31:22,931 --> 00:31:25,275 NOW IT'S JUST DROP INTO CAMP, RIGHT? 627 00:31:25,310 --> 00:31:26,310 YEAH. 628 00:31:26,344 --> 00:31:27,896 WE'VE GOT THE GEAR. 629 00:31:27,931 --> 00:31:30,586 I THINK WE SHOULD JUST SNOWBOARD INTO CAMP. 630 00:31:30,620 --> 00:31:32,517 SNOWBOARD TO THE CAMP? 631 00:31:32,551 --> 00:31:34,000 OH, MAN. 632 00:31:35,517 --> 00:31:36,758 YEAH. -YEAH. 633 00:31:36,793 --> 00:31:39,034 A SNOWBOARD ADVENTURE, BRO. 634 00:31:39,068 --> 00:31:41,862 THAT'S FRICKIN' AMAZING, MAN. 635 00:31:41,896 --> 00:31:44,241 THE ONLY THING ELSE WE NEED IS A GOD DANG BEAR, MAN, 636 00:31:44,275 --> 00:31:46,034 TO COME OUR WAY. 637 00:31:46,068 --> 00:31:48,586 AND I DID SEE BEAR TRACKS ON THE WAY UP. 638 00:31:48,620 --> 00:31:50,206 OH-OH-OH. 639 00:31:50,241 --> 00:31:51,793 ALL RIGHT. 640 00:31:51,827 --> 00:31:53,931 I THINK I'D RATHER BE DEALING WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW 641 00:31:53,965 --> 00:31:55,689 THAN WHAT THE REST OF THE WORLD'S DEALING WITH. 642 00:31:55,724 --> 00:31:58,103 EXACTLY. PEOPLE ARE STUCK IN THEIR HOUSE. 643 00:31:58,137 --> 00:32:00,655 CAN'T GET TOILET PAPER. 644 00:32:00,689 --> 00:32:02,689 WE CAN WIPE OUR BUTTS WITH SNOW. 645 00:32:04,310 --> 00:32:06,827 WE'RE TAKING MINING TO A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL. 646 00:32:06,862 --> 00:32:09,689 ONE FALSE MOVE, I'M OFF THE GOD DANG SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. 647 00:32:11,379 --> 00:32:13,482 DUSTIN, CHECK THIS OUT, BRO. 648 00:32:13,517 --> 00:32:18,482 THE SNOWBOARD HAS BECOME OFFICIALLY MINERS EQUIPMENT. 649 00:32:18,517 --> 00:32:21,551 I HAVE TO BE QUICK ON MY FEET, WATCH OUT FOR THESE CRAZY ROCKS. 650 00:32:21,586 --> 00:32:23,206 HOLY MOLY. 651 00:32:23,241 --> 00:32:25,965 I KNOW YOU WOULD HAVE A BALL DOING THIS, MAN. I'M SORRY, BROTHER. 652 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,862 BUT RIGHT NOW, I KIND OF WISH THAT YOU WERE TAKING MY PLACE RIGHT NOW. 653 00:32:28,896 --> 00:32:30,758 WE'RE GONNA LET YOU KNOW HOW THE CAMP IS, 654 00:32:30,793 --> 00:32:33,206 AND WE'LL GET RIGHT BACK TO YOU, BROTHER. 655 00:32:33,241 --> 00:32:34,965 ENJOY THE COUCH. 656 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,482 GET IN THERE AND ASSESS THE SITUATION, 657 00:32:37,517 --> 00:32:39,724 'CAUSE IT'S LATE ALREADY. 658 00:32:39,758 --> 00:32:41,172 READY TO ROCK AND ROLL, DAWG? 659 00:32:41,206 --> 00:32:42,551 I'M READY. 660 00:32:42,586 --> 00:32:43,620 LEAD THE WAY, BROTHER. 661 00:32:43,655 --> 00:32:46,137 -DROPPING IN. -MARCH ON, BROTHER. 662 00:32:52,724 --> 00:32:54,172 HERE WE GO. 663 00:32:54,206 --> 00:32:56,413 WHOO-HOO-HOO! 664 00:32:57,482 --> 00:33:00,758 Narrator: RUNNING OUT OF DAYLIGHT, CARLOS ROLLS THE DICE 665 00:33:00,793 --> 00:33:03,034 ON SNOWBOARDING DOWN TO CAMP, 666 00:33:03,068 --> 00:33:06,137 BUT THE STEEP TRAIL SNAKES ALONG A CLIFF EDGE. 667 00:33:06,172 --> 00:33:07,482 ONE WRONG MOVE, 668 00:33:07,517 --> 00:33:11,379 AND IT'S A 4,000-FOOT DROP TO THE CREEK BELOW. 669 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:21,310 THIS IS SOME UGLY SNOW. 670 00:33:22,793 --> 00:33:26,034 I GOT SNOW IN MY BUM. THAT SUCKS. 671 00:33:26,068 --> 00:33:28,206 AAH! 672 00:33:33,206 --> 00:33:36,379 Narrator: AFTER EIGHT PUNISHING HOURS... 673 00:33:36,413 --> 00:33:38,275 FRICKIN' MADE IT, MAN. 674 00:33:38,310 --> 00:33:40,448 HOLY CRAP! 675 00:33:40,482 --> 00:33:42,482 ...THEY ARRIVE AT McKINLEY CAMP. 676 00:33:42,517 --> 00:33:44,586 Sean: WOW, THERE IS A LOT OF SNOW. 677 00:33:44,620 --> 00:33:46,896 DUDE. 678 00:33:46,931 --> 00:33:49,172 OH, WAIT A MINUTE. 679 00:33:49,206 --> 00:33:51,413 YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! 680 00:33:51,448 --> 00:33:53,965 -BRO! -HOLY 681 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,103 I'LL HAVE TO GET THAT ON VIDEO. 682 00:33:57,965 --> 00:34:00,758 Narrator: 1,500 MILES SOUTH, IN WASHINGTON, 683 00:34:00,793 --> 00:34:03,620 THE NEWEST MEMBER TO JOIN DUSTIN'S CREW, 684 00:34:03,655 --> 00:34:07,551 JAMES HAMM, PROSPECTS THE CREEKS NEAR HIS HOUSE. 685 00:34:07,586 --> 00:34:10,689 I'M GOING DOWN TO THE STILLAGUAMISH RIVER. 686 00:34:10,724 --> 00:34:12,827 GONNA GO PROSPECT FOR GOLD 687 00:34:12,862 --> 00:34:18,896 DUE TO THE COVID-19 PUTTING A HALT ON OUR TRAVEL TO ALASKA. 688 00:34:18,931 --> 00:34:21,482 MY BROTHER GOT IT. 689 00:34:21,517 --> 00:34:23,689 HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A FEW DAYS. 690 00:34:23,724 --> 00:34:26,620 HE HAD A TEMPERATURE OF 102. 691 00:34:26,655 --> 00:34:29,206 THAT'S VERY SCARY. 692 00:34:29,241 --> 00:34:33,103 AND HE'S COUGHING SO HARD, A VEIN BURST. 693 00:34:33,137 --> 00:34:36,551 HE WOULD SPIT UP BLOOD IN THE SHOWER. 694 00:34:36,586 --> 00:34:38,517 AND HE WAS SO SCARED FOR HIS LIFE 695 00:34:38,551 --> 00:34:39,862 THAT HE WAS SHIVERING IN THE SHOWER. 696 00:34:39,896 --> 00:34:41,413 AND I'M LIKE, "GOD, HE'S TELLING THIS." 697 00:34:41,448 --> 00:34:44,310 I'M LIKE, "THAT IS JUST TERRIFYING, MAN." 698 00:34:44,344 --> 00:34:46,310 GOD. 699 00:34:50,241 --> 00:34:52,137 HE GOT THROUGH IT. HE GOT THROUGH IT. 700 00:34:52,172 --> 00:34:55,517 MY BROTHER IS TOUGHER NAILS, AND HE GOT THROUGH IT. 701 00:34:55,551 --> 00:35:00,586 SO I HOPE THAT ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S CAUGHT IT, 702 00:35:00,620 --> 00:35:04,068 I HOPE THEY MAKE IT, AND GOD BLESS WHO HASN'T MADE IT. 703 00:35:04,103 --> 00:35:05,655 IT'S JUST TERRIBLE, 704 00:35:05,689 --> 00:35:08,620 AND IT'S PUTTING THE WORLD ON HOLD. 705 00:35:08,655 --> 00:35:11,275 THAT'S CRAZY. 706 00:35:11,310 --> 00:35:14,206 WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THIS WOULD PUT THE WORLD ON HOLD? 707 00:35:14,241 --> 00:35:15,965 IT'S -- IT'S SCARY. 708 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,000 I MEAN... 709 00:35:18,034 --> 00:35:20,206 UGH! 710 00:35:24,896 --> 00:35:28,000 I'VE ACTUALLY PROSPECTED A COUPLE OF TIMES HERE. 711 00:35:28,034 --> 00:35:30,034 DO A LOT OF PANNING. 712 00:35:30,068 --> 00:35:31,793 THEY GOT FUNNY LAWS HERE IN WASHINGTON, 713 00:35:31,827 --> 00:35:35,827 SO YOU CAN ONLY DREDGE ONE WEEK OUT OF THE YEAR, 714 00:35:35,862 --> 00:35:37,172 WHICH IS RIDICULOUS. 715 00:35:37,206 --> 00:35:39,448 UP UNDER THOSE BIG TREES THAT ARE HANGING OUT, 716 00:35:39,482 --> 00:35:41,034 GET A LITTLE -- PROSPECT THAT. 717 00:35:41,068 --> 00:35:43,310 I BELIEVE THAT'S A GOOD CORNER THERE. 718 00:35:43,344 --> 00:35:45,793 THAT'S WHERE THE GOLD'S AT. 719 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,137 ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE READY. 720 00:35:49,172 --> 00:35:50,413 Narrator: LAST SEASON... 721 00:35:50,448 --> 00:35:51,965 -ALL RIGHT, BROTHER. -ALL RIGHT. 722 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:53,931 -ROCK AND ROLL, RIGHT? -ROCK AND ROLL. 723 00:35:53,965 --> 00:35:58,931 Narrator: ...JAMES JOINED DUSTIN'S CREW TO HELP DREDGE RAINBOW'S END. 724 00:35:58,965 --> 00:36:00,655 I'M STUCK. 725 00:36:00,689 --> 00:36:02,586 Dustin: BRO, YOUR HARNESS IS STUCK IN THE NOZZLE. 726 00:36:02,620 --> 00:36:04,068 TAKE IT EASY. TAKE IT EASY. 727 00:36:04,103 --> 00:36:05,172 AAH! 728 00:36:05,206 --> 00:36:06,241 JUST DON'T PANIC. 729 00:36:06,275 --> 00:36:08,517 THE GUYS CANNOT HELP YOU IF YOU FLIP OUT. 730 00:36:08,551 --> 00:36:10,655 AFTER A ROCKY START... 731 00:36:10,689 --> 00:36:12,827 MY BROTHER GOT THIS FOR GOOD LUCK 732 00:36:12,862 --> 00:36:14,724 'CAUSE HE KNOWS I'M INTO GOLD MINING. 733 00:36:14,758 --> 00:36:17,758 EVERYWHERE I GO MINING, I FIND GOLD WITH THIS. 734 00:36:17,793 --> 00:36:20,034 ...JAMES GETS A HANDLE ON THE DIVING. 735 00:36:20,068 --> 00:36:22,206 OH, MY THAT'S A NICE PIECE. 736 00:36:22,241 --> 00:36:25,103 THERE'S PICKERS EVERYWHERE. -GET OUT OF HERE! 737 00:36:25,137 --> 00:36:28,413 Narrator: ...AND DISCOVERS A MONSTER PILE OF GOLD. 738 00:36:28,448 --> 00:36:31,517 GOOD JOB! 739 00:36:31,551 --> 00:36:33,620 IT WAS A LOT OF FUN, MAN. 740 00:36:33,655 --> 00:36:35,931 I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. 741 00:36:35,965 --> 00:36:38,000 Narrator: DURING THE LOCKDOWN, 742 00:36:38,034 --> 00:36:41,689 JAMES HAS FABRICATED HIS OWN TROMMEL OUT OF JUNK 743 00:36:41,724 --> 00:36:44,275 TO TAKE TO ALASKA THIS SEASON. 744 00:36:44,310 --> 00:36:46,931 James: I GOT A PIECE OF AN AIR COMPRESSOR TANK 745 00:36:46,965 --> 00:36:48,862 THAT I'M GONNA USE FOR MY HOPPER. 746 00:36:48,896 --> 00:36:51,620 IT'LL FIT RIGHT INSIDE. I'M GONNA WELD THAT ON THERE. 747 00:36:51,655 --> 00:36:53,482 THAT'LL BE THE CHUTE GOING IN. 748 00:36:53,517 --> 00:36:55,000 SAVE ME SOME MONEY. 749 00:36:59,310 --> 00:37:01,034 JUST ABOUT DONE WITH IT. 750 00:37:01,068 --> 00:37:02,689 A LOT OF WELDING, A LOT OF GRINDING. 751 00:37:02,724 --> 00:37:05,965 IT'S GONNA TURN OUT REALLY SLICK, I THINK. 752 00:37:07,310 --> 00:37:12,206 SO, I BUILT THIS HOPPER OUT OF A SHEET METAL DOOR 753 00:37:12,241 --> 00:37:14,517 THAT MY BROTHER HAD. 754 00:37:14,551 --> 00:37:16,758 AND THEN, OUT OF A PORTABLE AIR COMPRESSOR TANK, 755 00:37:16,793 --> 00:37:18,413 FOR THE ROUNDNESS ON THE BOTTOM, 756 00:37:18,448 --> 00:37:20,793 I WANTED IT TO GO RIGHT INTO THIS CYLINDRICAL PART 757 00:37:20,827 --> 00:37:23,482 THAT I ROLLED AND WELDED UP. 758 00:37:23,517 --> 00:37:25,620 I PUT THIS SPROCKET ON THERE. 759 00:37:25,655 --> 00:37:28,931 THESE PARTS RIGHT HERE WERE THE SQUARE TUBING OUT OF THE RECLINER. 760 00:37:28,965 --> 00:37:32,620 I DECIDED TO PUT THAT IN THERE 'CAUSE IT WAS FREE. 761 00:37:32,655 --> 00:37:34,586 THIS STUFF'S EXPENSIVE IF YOU GO BUY IT. 762 00:37:34,620 --> 00:37:37,896 KIND OF FUNNY HOW YOU CAN JUST FIND STUFF TO PUT IT TOGETHER. 763 00:37:37,931 --> 00:37:41,103 ROLLED THIS, WELDED IT UP, BENT THIS OUT. 764 00:37:41,137 --> 00:37:45,655 USED A PLASMA CUTTER TO CUT THIS ALL OUT AND WELD IT IN. 765 00:37:45,689 --> 00:37:47,068 IT'S READY FOR ALASKA, I THINK 766 00:37:47,103 --> 00:37:50,517 I'M GONNA SHIP IT UP THERE, SEE WHAT I CAN GET. 767 00:37:50,551 --> 00:37:52,862 Narrator: BEFORE SHIPPING UP NORTH, 768 00:37:52,896 --> 00:37:57,724 JAMES NEEDS TO KNOW HIS JUNKYARD TROMMEL ACTUALLY RUNS. 769 00:37:57,758 --> 00:37:59,482 James: FIRST TEST RUN. 770 00:38:08,551 --> 00:38:10,689 ALL RIGHT. SHE'S RUNNING GOOD. 771 00:38:10,724 --> 00:38:12,758 SHE'S RUNNING REALLY GOOD. 772 00:38:14,137 --> 00:38:16,482 LOOKING GOOD. 773 00:38:20,965 --> 00:38:22,931 LET'S GET THE GOLD. 774 00:38:31,724 --> 00:38:35,103 Narrator: AFTER A HARD DAY TAKING ON THE ALASKAN WILDERNESS, 775 00:38:35,137 --> 00:38:37,137 CARLOS IS BEAT. 776 00:38:37,172 --> 00:38:38,896 Carlos: THAT MOUNTAIN KICKED MY BUTT. 777 00:38:38,931 --> 00:38:42,793 LAST NIGHT, HAD TWO CRAZY CRAMPS ON EACH LEG, 778 00:38:42,827 --> 00:38:44,517 ONE RIGHT AFTER ANOTHER. 779 00:38:44,551 --> 00:38:46,724 MY WIFE, MY MY LITTLE GIRL WAS ALL FREAKED OUT 780 00:38:46,758 --> 00:38:48,413 BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T DO NOTHING, YOU KNOW? 781 00:38:48,448 --> 00:38:50,724 IT WAS VERY SCARY. 782 00:38:50,758 --> 00:38:53,310 I RESTED THIS MORNING, HAD TWO CUPS OF COFFEE. 783 00:38:53,344 --> 00:38:55,344 MY WIFE MADE ME A GREAT BREAKFAST. 784 00:38:55,379 --> 00:38:58,172 I WAS TELLING HIM, "WELL, YOU HAVE TO GO AND CUT WOOD. 785 00:38:58,206 --> 00:39:00,827 I MEAN, IT'S GONNA BE GOOD FOR YOUR MUSCLES." 786 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,896 AS SORE AS I AM, 787 00:39:06,931 --> 00:39:09,241 THE CHORES HERE IN ALASKA, IT DOESN'T STOP. 788 00:39:11,689 --> 00:39:14,965 I AM BEAT TIRED, 789 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,206 SO I'M JUST GONNA LAY DOWN HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT. 790 00:39:17,241 --> 00:39:18,896 THANK YOU. 791 00:39:18,931 --> 00:39:21,931 I'M GONNA EAT SOME ICE CREAM BECAUSE I DESERVE SOME ICE CREAM. 792 00:39:21,965 --> 00:39:23,206 GOODBYE, AMIGOS. 793 00:39:23,241 --> 00:39:24,931 GOODBYE, AMIGOS. 794 00:39:31,620 --> 00:39:35,482 Narrator: THE GLOBAL COVID PANDEMIC IS ON THE DECLINE. 795 00:39:35,517 --> 00:39:37,586 AFTER MONTHS IN LOCKDOWN, 796 00:39:37,620 --> 00:39:40,827 THE WORLD SLOWLY REOPENS ITS DOORS. 797 00:39:49,862 --> 00:39:53,172 ALL RIGHT. LET'S DO THIS HERE. OKAY. 798 00:39:54,448 --> 00:39:57,724 LOOKS LIKE EVERY-- ALL THIS CRAZINESS THAT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE 799 00:39:57,758 --> 00:39:59,586 IS KIND OF DYING DOWN A LITTLE BIT, 800 00:39:59,620 --> 00:40:01,103 ESPECIALLY HERE IN HAINES. 801 00:40:01,137 --> 00:40:02,344 WHAT I MEAN BY DYING DOWN, 802 00:40:02,379 --> 00:40:04,482 THEY'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE LAX. 803 00:40:04,517 --> 00:40:09,344 EVERYBODY CAN COME DOWN HERE AND GET READY TO GO TO WORK. 804 00:40:09,379 --> 00:40:12,620 Narrator: NOW, THE DAKOTA BOYS' SEASON WILL BE DECIDED 805 00:40:12,655 --> 00:40:15,103 BY WHETHER THE HEAVY WINTER SNOW 806 00:40:15,137 --> 00:40:18,551 HAS DESTROYED ACCESS TO THEIR GOLD-RICH CLAIMS. 807 00:40:18,586 --> 00:40:20,758 Dustin: HEY, GUYS. 808 00:40:20,793 --> 00:40:22,724 HEY, DUSTIN. HOW'S IT GOING, MAN? 809 00:40:22,758 --> 00:40:25,068 DUDE, YOU ARE WAY TOO CLOSE. 810 00:40:25,103 --> 00:40:27,827 THERE YOU GO. THERE IT IS. 811 00:40:27,862 --> 00:40:29,413 WHAT'S UP, JAMES? 812 00:40:29,448 --> 00:40:30,586 WHAT'S UP, MAN? 813 00:40:30,620 --> 00:40:32,586 CAN YOU SEE ME YET? I CAN'T SEE ME YET. 814 00:40:32,620 --> 00:40:34,655 -NOT YET. - IT SAYS THAT IT'S RE-- IT'S -- 815 00:40:34,689 --> 00:40:36,068 I CAN'T EVEN SEE ME. 816 00:40:36,103 --> 00:40:38,310 OH! 817 00:40:38,344 --> 00:40:39,724 WHAT DID YOU FORGET TO DO? 818 00:40:39,758 --> 00:40:41,517 SOME SORT OF STICKER OVER MY CAMERA. 819 00:40:41,551 --> 00:40:44,413 WELL, I TRY NOT TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD HURT THAT I GOT FILMED, 820 00:40:44,448 --> 00:40:46,034 SO I GUESS -- -YEAH. YEAH. 821 00:40:46,068 --> 00:40:47,931 WELL YOU KNOW? 822 00:40:50,931 --> 00:40:53,862 OH, HE'S FROZEN. 823 00:40:53,896 --> 00:40:55,931 CARLOS CAME ON AND THEN LEFT, MAN. 824 00:40:55,965 --> 00:40:57,551 DAMN, CARLOS. 825 00:40:57,586 --> 00:41:00,310 THAT'S A CONSTANT THING, MAN. THAT'S HAINES FOR YOU. 826 00:41:00,344 --> 00:41:01,758 THAT'S FOR SURE. 827 00:41:01,793 --> 00:41:03,965 WHAT'S GOING ON, GUYS? 828 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:05,586 MAN, JUST THIS COVID STUFF. 829 00:41:05,620 --> 00:41:07,931 STAYING HERE AND STAYING SAFE. 830 00:41:07,965 --> 00:41:11,551 SO I JUST GOT A VIDEO. 831 00:41:11,586 --> 00:41:15,482 CARLOS WENT UP AND CHECKED OUT THE CABIN AND EVERYTHING. 832 00:41:15,517 --> 00:41:18,344 SO WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 833 00:41:18,379 --> 00:41:19,862 SEE WHAT HE DID. 834 00:41:21,620 --> 00:41:25,241 Carlos: ALL RIGHT, DUSTIN. I MADE IT TO GOD DANG CAMP, DUDE. 835 00:41:25,275 --> 00:41:28,275 IT WAS NO FRICKIN' PICNIC. 836 00:41:30,793 --> 00:41:33,344 CABIN'S STILL IN ONE PIECE. GOOD NEWS. 837 00:41:33,379 --> 00:41:37,206 SNOW IS DEEP AS HELL, BRO. I MEAN, DEEP. 838 00:41:37,241 --> 00:41:39,931 HOLY MOLY, MAN! 839 00:41:39,965 --> 00:41:43,551 PICNIC FUN? THAT WENT AWAY A LONG TIME AGO. 840 00:41:43,586 --> 00:41:45,344 HUH! 841 00:41:45,379 --> 00:41:47,724 THERE'S -- OUR DOOR IS RIGHT HERE, 842 00:41:47,758 --> 00:41:49,689 AND IT'S STILL BURIED IN SNOW, MAN. 843 00:41:49,724 --> 00:41:53,275 WE'D HAVE TO DIG OURSELVES TO GET INTO OUR CABIN RIGHT NOW 844 00:41:53,310 --> 00:41:55,103 IF WE HAD TO START. 845 00:41:55,137 --> 00:41:56,931 CHECK THIS OUT. 846 00:41:56,965 --> 00:42:00,482 I'M TOUCHING THE ROOF, BRO, AND I'M STANDING ON SNOW, MAN. 847 00:42:00,517 --> 00:42:01,896 IT'S NOT LIKE I'VE GOTTEN ANY STEROIDS 848 00:42:01,931 --> 00:42:03,827 AND JUST FRICKIN' HAD A GROWTH SPURT, MAN. 849 00:42:03,862 --> 00:42:05,793 I MEAN, I'M ACTUALLY STANDING ON SNOW. 850 00:42:10,344 --> 00:42:12,586 GOT TO CHECK OUT THIS CABLE. 851 00:42:12,620 --> 00:42:14,620 THE CABLE'S STILL GOOD. 852 00:42:14,655 --> 00:42:17,034 CHASTITY BELT IS STILL ON THERE. 853 00:42:17,068 --> 00:42:21,241 WHAT THE CHASTITY BELT IS IS A DETERRENT. 854 00:42:21,275 --> 00:42:25,655 AND THIS JUST KEEPS ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY OFF OF IT. 855 00:42:25,689 --> 00:42:28,000 THIS MISSION, 856 00:42:28,034 --> 00:42:30,689 I GOT TO GET MY EYES ON THESE FALLS RIGHT NOW, 857 00:42:30,724 --> 00:42:33,896 AND I CAN SEE JUST BITS OF IT. 858 00:42:33,931 --> 00:42:35,896 ALL RIGHT, DUSTIN, 859 00:42:35,931 --> 00:42:39,344 I CAN ONLY TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF PEEKS OF THE FALLS. 860 00:42:39,379 --> 00:42:41,379 OH, WAIT A MINUTE. 861 00:42:41,413 --> 00:42:46,379 ON TOP OF THE FALLS, LOOK HOW HIGH THE SNOW IS. 862 00:42:49,517 --> 00:42:53,862 HOLY MOLY, THAT'S A LOT OF SNOW. 863 00:42:53,896 --> 00:42:56,689 -CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING UNDERNEATH THAT? -NO. 864 00:42:56,724 --> 00:42:59,241 -YOU'D BE DEAD. COMPLETELY BE DEAD. -YOU'D BE DEAD. 865 00:43:00,689 --> 00:43:02,413 Carlos: THE GOLD IS STILL THERE. 866 00:43:02,448 --> 00:43:05,620 THAT'S ALASKA. THAT'S FRICKIN' KILLING US RIGHT NOW. 867 00:43:05,655 --> 00:43:07,379 I'M SIGNING OFF, MAN. 868 00:43:07,413 --> 00:43:12,517 Dustin: IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT, IT GETS REALLY HOT, 869 00:43:12,551 --> 00:43:15,000 THAT SNOW IS GONNA MELT, FLOOD US OUT. 870 00:43:16,517 --> 00:43:19,034 -GOT ME? -OH! 871 00:43:19,068 --> 00:43:20,344 HEY, CARLOS. 872 00:43:20,379 --> 00:43:23,586 I HAD TO GO KICK EVERYBODY OFF THE INTERNET, DUDE. 873 00:43:23,620 --> 00:43:26,448 THERE IS A BOATLOAD OF SNOW UP THERE, RIGHT? 874 00:43:26,482 --> 00:43:28,137 THERE IS WAY TOO MUCH SNOW. 875 00:43:28,172 --> 00:43:30,551 EVEN IF THIS COVID THING WASN'T HERE, 876 00:43:30,586 --> 00:43:32,517 WE STILL COULDN'T GET UP THERE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 877 00:43:32,551 --> 00:43:33,896 DAMN. 878 00:43:33,931 --> 00:43:35,965 EVEN WITH ALL THE BULL WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, 879 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:38,448 WITH WHAT WE LEFT AT ROCKFALL RAVINE LAST YEAR, 880 00:43:38,482 --> 00:43:39,965 IT'S GONNA BE EPIC WHEN WE GET THERE 881 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,551 BECAUSE WE KNOW WE LEFT A TON OF GOLD THERE. 882 00:43:42,586 --> 00:43:45,000 AT THE END OF OUR LAST SEASON, 883 00:43:45,034 --> 00:43:47,000 WE CAME OUT WITH A ONE-OUNCE NUGGET, 884 00:43:47,034 --> 00:43:48,896 AND WE WERE NOT AT THE BOTTOM. 885 00:43:48,931 --> 00:43:51,482 THAT'S ONE OF MANY NUGGETS TO COME, MAN. 886 00:43:51,517 --> 00:43:53,655 THAT'S JUST MAYBE THE BABY BROTHER. 887 00:43:53,689 --> 00:43:56,068 AND WE HAVE A WHOLE FRICKIN' FAMILY REUNION, MAN, TO CRASH. 888 00:43:56,103 --> 00:43:58,689 I'M TELLING YOU, MAN. -WE'LL FIND OUT. 889 00:43:58,724 --> 00:44:01,413 THERE'S GONNA BE SO MUCH GOLD THERE, WE'RE NOT GONNA KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT. 890 00:44:01,448 --> 00:44:03,793 ONCE WE FINALLY GET THERE AND GET STUFF GOING -- 891 00:44:03,827 --> 00:44:07,241 AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE SUN'S COMING UP SO STRONG 892 00:44:07,275 --> 00:44:09,758 THAT EVERYTHING'S MELTING JUST AS QUICK. 893 00:44:09,793 --> 00:44:11,655 SO WE GOT A SHORT SEASON THIS YEAR. 894 00:44:11,689 --> 00:44:13,482 LET'S GET UP THERE AND START DIGGING, MAN. 895 00:44:13,517 --> 00:44:16,689 WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET AT IT LIKE TODAY IS YOUR LAST DAY TO DIG. 896 00:44:16,724 --> 00:44:19,413 WATER'S GONNA BE HIGH BECAUSE OF THE SNOW 897 00:44:19,448 --> 00:44:21,241 AND REALLY FAST. 898 00:44:21,275 --> 00:44:24,620 GONNA HAVE TO STEP UP OUR GAME, MAN, 899 00:44:24,655 --> 00:44:27,793 BECAUSE, WELL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE A LITTLE MORE BRAVE 900 00:44:27,827 --> 00:44:30,206 THAN WE HAVE BEEN. -YEAH, WE HAVE TO. 901 00:44:30,241 --> 00:44:33,310 IT'S TIME TO GET UP TO HAINES SO WE CAN GO MINING. 902 00:44:33,344 --> 00:44:35,137 GUYS, GET UP THERE QUICK. 903 00:44:35,172 --> 00:44:37,793 I CAN'T WAIT TO BE UP THERE WITH YOU GUYS. 904 00:44:37,827 --> 00:44:41,379 ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'LL SEE YOU ALL IN PERSON REAL SOON. 905 00:44:41,413 --> 00:44:43,172 -COOL. -GOOD DEAL. 906 00:44:43,206 --> 00:44:45,241 LATER. 907 00:44:45,275 --> 00:44:48,448 Narrator: 1,500 MILES SOUTH OF KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, 908 00:44:48,482 --> 00:44:50,413 IN OREGON. 909 00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:57,827 I DON'T SEE ANYBODY HERE. WHERE ARE YOU GUYS AT? 910 00:44:57,862 --> 00:44:59,689 READY TO GO GOLD MINING, 911 00:44:59,724 --> 00:45:03,034 FRED RALLIES HIS CREW FOR THE SEASON AHEAD. 912 00:45:03,068 --> 00:45:04,655 ALL RIGHT. THERE YOU -- 913 00:45:04,689 --> 00:45:06,965 ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE COMING ON. THERE WE GO. 914 00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,413 HEY, HOW YOU DOING? -HOW'S IT GOING? 915 00:45:09,448 --> 00:45:11,724 IS THAT A CORONA BEER I JUST SAW? 916 00:45:11,758 --> 00:45:14,275 I WISH, RIGHT? 917 00:45:16,310 --> 00:45:18,620 HEY, RYAN. 918 00:45:18,655 --> 00:45:20,413 I DON'T THINK RYAN CAN HEAR US. 919 00:45:20,448 --> 00:45:21,965 I HEAR SOMEBODY NOW. 920 00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:24,379 ALL RIGHT, GUYS, LOOK -- 921 00:45:24,413 --> 00:45:26,310 THEY'RE EASING UP JUST A LITTLE BIT 922 00:45:26,344 --> 00:45:28,310 AFTER A MONTH OR MONTH AND A HALF NOW. 923 00:45:28,344 --> 00:45:31,586 SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA BE HEADING UP TO ALASKA. 924 00:45:31,620 --> 00:45:35,137 WE WERE DOING PRETTY GOOD RIGHT AT THE END OF LAST SEASON. 925 00:45:35,172 --> 00:45:36,620 OH, MY GOD, YEAH. 926 00:45:36,655 --> 00:45:38,172 I HOPE ALL YOU GUYS ARE READY 927 00:45:38,206 --> 00:45:41,620 TO REALLY JUST KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK THIS YEAR. 928 00:45:41,655 --> 00:45:43,793 Narrator: LAST SEASON... 929 00:45:43,827 --> 00:45:46,827 WE HAD TO WORK DAMN HARD TO GET THAT GOLD. 930 00:45:46,862 --> 00:45:49,793 ...FRED'S CREW HAD THEIR BEST SEASON EVER 931 00:45:49,827 --> 00:45:52,931 AND HAULED IN MORE GOLD THAN EVER BEFORE. 932 00:45:52,965 --> 00:45:55,689 -13 -- 13.1. -.1 933 00:45:57,724 --> 00:45:59,793 THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE. 934 00:45:59,827 --> 00:46:01,758 CHEERS, GUYS. 935 00:46:06,551 --> 00:46:08,482 Narrator: BUT IT WAS OVERSHADOWED... 936 00:46:08,517 --> 00:46:09,620 HOW YOU ALL DOING? 937 00:46:09,655 --> 00:46:11,586 ...WHEN SON DUSTIN REVEALED 938 00:46:11,620 --> 00:46:14,724 HE HAD MINED OVER DOUBLE THE AMOUNT. 939 00:46:14,758 --> 00:46:16,620 WE JUST DID A WEIGH-IN OVER HERE. 940 00:46:16,655 --> 00:46:20,275 TURNED OUT TO BE 33.6 OUNCES. 941 00:46:20,310 --> 00:46:22,310 WOW. 942 00:46:22,344 --> 00:46:26,137 THIS IS MINE -- 13.1. 943 00:46:26,172 --> 00:46:27,965 THAT'S WHAT WE GOT. 944 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:30,103 Carlos: GOOD FOR YOU GUYS. THAT'S SOME GOOD GOLD, MAN. 945 00:46:30,137 --> 00:46:31,931 GOOD JOB! 946 00:46:31,965 --> 00:46:34,586 -CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS. -ALL RIGHT. 947 00:46:36,482 --> 00:46:37,965 I'M EXCITED TO GET BACK UP THERE. 948 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:39,241 ME TOO. 949 00:46:39,275 --> 00:46:42,344 IT'D BE REAL NICE TO WHOOP DUSTIN'S CREW'S BUTT. 950 00:46:45,586 --> 00:46:47,448 WILL IT MAKE ME FEEL GOOD? 951 00:46:47,482 --> 00:46:49,241 -HELL YEAH. -YEAH. 952 00:46:50,517 --> 00:46:51,793 THE SEASON GONNA BE SHORT? 953 00:46:51,827 --> 00:46:54,551 I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REALLY GET WITH THE PROGRAM. 954 00:46:54,586 --> 00:46:57,482 NO HORSING AROUND. WE'RE GONNA DOUBLE UP ON DREDGING. 955 00:46:57,517 --> 00:46:58,724 I LIKE THAT. 956 00:46:58,758 --> 00:47:01,793 I PLAN ON BRINGING IN ANOTHER DIVER. 957 00:47:01,827 --> 00:47:03,206 WE COULD REALLY USE A HAND OUT THERE, 958 00:47:03,241 --> 00:47:05,827 SO IT'S GONNA BE A BIG BENEFIT TO HAVE THE EXTRA HELP. 959 00:47:05,862 --> 00:47:08,724 BEEN WORKING WITH AN UNDERGROUND MINE SITE. 960 00:47:08,758 --> 00:47:11,379 DURING WINTERTIME, I LEARNED A LOT. 961 00:47:11,413 --> 00:47:15,241 I THINK WE'RE GONNA FIND SOME MONUMENTAL FINDS. 962 00:47:15,275 --> 00:47:17,758 -OOH. WOW. -OOH. THAT'S EXCITING, MAN. 963 00:47:17,793 --> 00:47:19,620 THAT GETS ME REALLY EXCITED. 964 00:47:19,655 --> 00:47:22,103 WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET UP THERE AS QUICK AS WE CAN, 965 00:47:22,137 --> 00:47:24,034 HIT IT HARD, GIVE IT HELL. 966 00:47:24,068 --> 00:47:25,172 SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN. 967 00:47:25,206 --> 00:47:26,172 ALL RIGHT, FELLAS, 968 00:47:26,206 --> 00:47:28,517 I'M GONNA SEE YOU GUYS UP IN ALASKA. 969 00:47:28,551 --> 00:47:30,137 AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT. 970 00:47:30,172 --> 00:47:31,551 ALL RIGHT, HAVE A GOOD ONE, GUYS. SEE YOU ALL UP THERE. 971 00:47:31,586 --> 00:47:33,379 AU REVOIR. AU REVOIR. 972 00:47:33,413 --> 00:47:34,517 LATER. 973 00:47:38,758 --> 00:47:41,103 Fred: THIS WHOLE UNIT IS GONNA GO ON A BARGE 974 00:47:41,137 --> 00:47:43,275 AND SHIPPED UP TO ALASKA. 975 00:47:43,310 --> 00:47:45,275 -PERFECT. -GOT IT LOADED UP. 976 00:47:45,310 --> 00:47:47,275 LET'S HEAD OUT. -ALL RIGHT. 977 00:47:47,310 --> 00:47:50,206 -ALL THE WAY ALASKA, HERE WE COME. -LET'S DO IT. 978 00:47:54,206 --> 00:47:56,344 ARE YOU READY? -YEP. 979 00:47:56,379 --> 00:47:58,689 ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO.