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We're trying to look for
a better way to get up
to Nugget creek.
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I don't have a way in
right now.
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The water is getting too deep
for the army truck to
make it through.
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[man] It's gonna be deep,
but it's not as deep as this.
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Can't take a helicopter
'cause fuel and cost are
just outrageous.
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$2,400 an hour?
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Thank that was our last trip.
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Right now, I'm running out
of options.
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Either way, I'm gonna learn
to drive an airboat today.
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Everybody keeps telling me
I'm gonna die,
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just because I've never
actually driven one before.
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Here goes nothing.
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-Whoo-wee. Holy money, dude.
-Whoo!
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That's what I'm talking about,
right here.
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[man 1] It's on loan,
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and if this work for us,
this could be the answer
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to us getting to and from
the dig site.
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All right.
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[man 2] You ready?
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-[man 1] Yeah!
-Here we go.
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[man 3] An old timer
once told me,
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airboats up the
Syracuse is deadly.
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[man 4] Well, I don't know.
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I think once we learn
how to drive it,
it might be all right.
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Sink or swim.
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[man 1] This is not a test
of how to drive up a river.
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I need to find out how
this boat drives.
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It's almost like you're taking
your dad's car out
the first time
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-in the parking lot, you know?
-[man 4 chuckles]
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[man 1] It's about time
I learn how to drive
one of these things.
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You know what I'm most
worried about?
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You can't let off the gas
in the corner
'cause you won't turn.
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-Yeah.
-Zero power, zero steering.
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That's what you
gotta remember.
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[man 2] So, y'all,
I'm a little nervous.
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So, let's just do this before
I lose my nerve.
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[man 2 and 4 laughing]
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[man 2] Oh, man.
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[man 4 laughing]
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[indistinct cheering]
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-Whoo-hoo-hoo! Yeah!
-Yeah!
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Yeah!
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[man 1] Holy moly.
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Damn.
I don't think it likes, these.
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That's not on top of water
as much as I thought
it would be.
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[man 2] No, no, no, no! No!
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-[man 3] Do you see that?
It was dipping into the water.
-But... I know.
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[man 1] I can't believe I just
did that.
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[laughs] It's way harder than
I thought it was gonna be.
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[man 4] It didn't play like
I thought it was going to.
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All right. That did not
instill confidence into me
at all.
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No, I agree. 100 percent.
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With the nose diving in like
that, it'll be treacherous.
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[man 1] As it's running
right now,
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I think it's impossible for me
to bring an entire crew
of people
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up the river
without killing everybody.
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Here we go.
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[man 2] Yeah, James!
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[man 3] There's a will,
there's a way.
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[grunts] Damn it.
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I got hit really hard, man.
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That's a grand entrance.
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Yee-hoo! [bleep] damn,
I made it!
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[all laughing]
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[man 1] Bubbles, the Dozer,
might be a little crazy,
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but I'm pretty sure I heard
Bubbles say, "I love Dustin."
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All the experience in the past
is going to come to bear
right now.
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[woman] I think this
[bleep] too dangerous.
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-[Dustin] Holy [bleep].
-That's a damn good sign.
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Hey! Hey!
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-[man 2] Oh, look at that!
-Dustin! I've got some
gold, man!
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[Dustin] Nugget Creek
turned out to be,
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well, a lot damn harder
than I thought.
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[narrator] In the wilds
of Southeast Alaska,
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Dustin Hurt is gambling
his entire life savings
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on a new and remote claim.
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[Dustin] Did not expect
a whole bunch of snow
to still be there.
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More than we expected.
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[narrator] Two weeks ago,
Dustin moved his operation
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deep into
the chill-capped mountains
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in search of a monster payda
the old timers couldn't reac
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I know there's much larger
gold here.
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It seems like McKinley
on steroids.
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[narrator] But he was blocke
by a 20-foot deep wall of ic
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that covers the entire creek
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[Dustin] It's under that ice!
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It's solid snow up there now.
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[man 7] That's a lot of snow!
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[narrator] But nothing he di
would melt it.
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Right now, it feels like this
place is out of my league.
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We definitely can't dig
at our spot yet because of
all the snow.
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[Dustin] We can't do that.
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Nugget Creek's looking
real rough, but I'm not giving
up on it.
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Be really nice to see some
gold in the meantime, though.
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While we're working on
the snow melting,
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Mark said that he wanted
a dredge crew.
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But I don't know exactly what
he wants us to do yet.
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[narrator] To keep his
operation running,
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Dustin must find a way
to make some money.
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[Mark] Every time I see you,
I'm looking for something...
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[chuckling] ...in my doggone
shed here.
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How are things going
in your world?
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[narrator] At the start of
this season,
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legendary miner, Mark Sebens
offered Dustin an opportunit
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[Dustin] You had mentioned
there was something here
that maybe we could dig.
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[Mark] Oh, well yeah, come on.
You wanna take a walk?
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[Dustin] Sounds great, man.
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[Mark] So, here's what we got.
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The flume was 30-feet wide,
eight feet tall,
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sitting on pilings, and...
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they took all of that creek,
ran it through the flume.
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[narrator] 100 years ago,
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old timers built a massive
wooden flume
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to divert Porcupine Creek,
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so they could mine
the riverbed for thousands
of ounces of gold.
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Mark believed the miners
couldn't dig beneath
the flume.
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So, the area around
the pilings could contain
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the massive payday
Dustin desperately needs.
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Last season, Mark started
excavating this ground.
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[Mark] So, like, it could be
for a small support.
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[narrator] But the pit
constantly fills with
creek water,
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stopping him from reaching
bedrock gold.
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[Mark] I know that I can get
a decent amount of
the material
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with the excavator.
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But I also just know that
I could be leaving...
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-ounces and ounces of gold
on the bottom.
-[woman] Yeah.
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Do you have any
experienced dredgers?
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[laughs] Oh, believe me,
we definitely have
experienced dredgers.
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Maybe we could make
a deal here.
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So, are you interested
in this?
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Because it would be you
and your crew out here.
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It's better than just
sitting around,
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-waiting for the snow to
melt at Nugget Creek.
-Yeah.
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What do you think about
the idea of like, 20 percent?
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-Just throwing it out there.
-Um...
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It seems a little low.
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We meet at like,
25 or something,
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it might be a little
more worthwhile.
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Okay, let me think about this.
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You know, what are my
other options?
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I'd like to be there
for the clean ups. Okay?
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-Of course, yeah. That's fair.
-[Mark] You know?
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25.
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All right, Kayla.
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-Well, it sounds good to me,
if that works for you.
-[Kayla] Sounds good.
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[Mark] All right.
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[Dustin] Mark and Kayla
came up with a deal.
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And if it's only a week
or two of work,
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25 percent of a lot of gold,
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that's a lot of payday.
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[Kayla] So, this is where
we're gonna be digging at.
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I see why the flume was here.
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Gives you a straight line
right down the creek.
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[Kayla] Those are some of
the timbers from
the old flume...
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-[bleep] No [bleep].
-Yeah.
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Oh, wow. This is gonna
be awesome.
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Yeah, I thought it was gonna
be a lot smaller pond
than this.
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-This is actually huge.
-[Kayla] Yeah, it's good.
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He seems to think that
it's been untouched.
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So, if that's true, I mean,
there's potential for
really good gold here.
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[narrator] Before Kayla set
to dredge in the water,
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she samples the dry section
that was also under the flum
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[Kayla] Trying to get that
seam where they
meet each other.
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And hopefully,
there'll be a little bit
of gold in the pan.
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I'd like to see several flakes
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in a pan to consider it good.
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If I just see one
or two specks,
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I don't really get
excited over that.
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[man 8] We good?
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[man 7] Ah, no way.
Holy, [bleep]!
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-[man 7 laughs]
-Holy [bleep]!
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Do you realize that last year,
it was,
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what, two months later than
it is right now,
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before we saw gold like that.
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-[laughs]
-[Kayla] Well, I mean, that
gives us a good idea of what
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-could possibly be on
the bedrock there.
-[man 8] Yeah!
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-[man 7] Yep, that's a damn
good sign.
-[man 8 laughs]
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[man 8] Seeing that in
the test pan, I got a feeling
that when we run a full day,
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there should be some pretty
good gold in the box.
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-This is gonna be fun.
-This is exciting. This is
gonna be [bleep] sweet.
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[man 7] Damn, now I'm ready
to get the dredge together
and get in the water.
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[narrator] As Kayla crew
prepares for the first time
of this season,
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nine miles south,
at Nugget Creek,
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Dustin has a big problem.
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[on radio] ...there better b
a lot of gold here.
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[narrator] The only safe wa
to access his claim,
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is completely unsustainable
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[Dustin] Just that flight here
cost us $1,200.
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Gotta make some changes.
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Gotta take some risk 'cause
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this isn't gonna
work out anymore.
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Just not gonna work.
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[narrator] After nearly
killing himself trailing
an airboat,
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Dustin has an ambitious
Plan B.
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[Dustin] We have to get a wa
in and out of here.
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So, next step is,
I gotta build an airstrip.
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[narrator] To stand any chan
of running an effective
mining operation,
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Dustin needs a supply line
for equipment and crew.
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Yeah!
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[laughs]
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Little sketchy.
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Right now, we're looking for
an area for a runway.
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There's this hill right here,
and I cannot get up on top
of it,
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but that's where we wanna be.
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And all the maps say
there is the best spot.
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[narrator] Dustin and his
D-4 dozer
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face dense vegetation
in the hunt for an airstrip
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[Dustin] [bleep] ...
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Do you see another way?
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I can try to do some hiking
and see what I can find.
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-All the way out that way?
-[man 9] Yeah.
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[narrator] Wes scouts ahead
for suitable ground.
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[Wes] Well, I wish I had
a freaking machete.
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[narrator] A flat area,
at least 200 by 1000 feet.
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[Wes] At this rate,
we keep going like this,
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we're gonna have to find
ten times as much gold as
we have in the past
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just to cover our expense
to get out here.
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Holy [bleep]!
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Short alders,
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probably a mile
of clearing there.
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It couldn't be any better
than this.
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This is a perfect place
for our new runway.
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-It looks good up here.
-[Dustin speaks indistinctly]
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If you could just
get here, yeah.
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[Dustin] I may not make it
up there.
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But I'm gonna [bleep] try.
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Come on, baby.
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[Wes] You can make it.
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[bleep]
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-[bleep]
-[Wes] They have tracks.
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That dozer is a beast.
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[Dustin groans]
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I got hit really hard, man.
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Yeah. [bleep]
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Some of these plants is just
trying to take me out.
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[laughs]
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Got a little loopy there
for a little while.
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-[bleep], yeah! [laughs]
-[Wes laughing]
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[Dustin] Yeah!
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-[Wes] I found the perfect
way! Yeah!
-[shouts]
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[Wes] This is awesome up here.
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-[groans]
-Dude, we found it.
We're here.
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-So, you think we can get
a 1000 feet out of this?
-[Wes] Yep.
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-[Dustin] Oh, wow. It just
keeps going, huh?
-[Wes] Yeah, look right here.
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-How beautiful is that?
-[Dustin] Oh, that is nice.
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[Wes] There's only like,
that tree there,
couple of them on the side.
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[Dustin] I think we should
do this.
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-Let me get on it and let's
just start tearing it up.
-[Wes] Yeah.
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[Dustin] Whoo-hoo!
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I know it's a lot of work
but I think it's gonna be
worth it.
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The hell do I know about
landing an airplane?
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I mean, it's good,
but I guess it's supposed
to be flat.
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But I don't know how flat.
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[narrator] Back at
Porcupine Creek...
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[Kayla] I need you to get
this dredge fired up,
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-I'm gonna go get dressed.
-Okay.
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[narrator] After finding
the first nugget
of this season,
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Kayla has high hopes for
a huge deposit at the botto
of the pilings pond.
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[Kayla] We've been here for
so long without dredging.
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I'm excited to get
in the water and, hopefully,
see some gold today.
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That would be ideal.
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[laughing]
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[man 7] How are you feeling
for your first dive?
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Hopefully, we'll see
some gold.
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-Can you hear me, Kayla?
-[Kayla breathes]
Loud and clear.
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Yep, loud and clear.
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There you go.
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Just be careful,
you're weighed down.
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[Kayla] Okay.
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[on radio] Oh,
what the [bleep]?
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There's so much sludge
down here, it feels like
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when you're stuck in
a giant pile of dog [bleep.
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Like, the biggest pile of
dog [bleep] I've ever fe
in my life.
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[narrator] Silt, made of
quartz and shale,
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gives the pond
near zero visibility.
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[Kayla] Can't even touch
a [bleep] thing.
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There's logs sticking out.
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There's [bleep] sticks
sticking out of the side
everywhere, to get tangled o
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[man 7] And if she gets
wrapped around,
it is gonna be hard
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to try to get her
out of there.
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[Kayla] [bleep] Damn it.
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My [bleep] stuck on someth
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Man, she's hung up
on something now.
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That's what I was
worried about.
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[Kayla] Can't see nothing.
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This is too dangerous.
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I think we need to figure ou
a different way to do this.
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[Kayla on radio] There's
[bleep] sticks sticking out
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of the side everywhere,
to get tangled on.
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00:16:16,401 --> 00:16:18,119
Man, she's hung up
on something now.
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I was worried about that.
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[narrator] At
Porcupine Creek...
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[Kayla] I think this [blee]
is too dangerous.
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[narrator] Kayla experience
every diver's worst nightmar
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[Kayla] Yeah, you can't see
With your hand right here,
you can't even see.
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[bleep] Coming up.
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00:16:42,521 --> 00:16:44,392
[man 7] You want your
mask off?
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-Even with white like this...
-[man 7 and Kayla] ...you
can't see nothing.
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It goes black.
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I'm okay with
the low visibility,
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-but not when there's [bleep]
to get tangled on.
-Exactly.
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00:16:56,681 --> 00:16:59,799
I think we need to regroup.
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[Dustin singing]
I'm the bulldozer...
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[narrator] Across
the mountain,
at Nugget Creek...
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[Dustin continues singing]
Plowing through the alders..
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[narrator] ...Dustin makes
headway on an airstrip,
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a vital supply line for
his mining operation.
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[singing] I'm a bulldozer!
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Here I come!
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[narrator] His goal,
to build a runway
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to allow bush planes to brin
in essential mining supplies
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[narrator] The airstrip
is useless
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unless Dustin can unlock
Nugget Creek from the 20-foo
blanket of ice.
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Last week...
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-[Dustin] Hey, Fred.
-[Fred on phone] What's
going on?
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[Dustin] Having a whole bunch
of trouble.
317
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[narrator] ...Dustin reache
out to his father, Fred,
for a solution.
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[Dustin] Yeah, man.
I need some help.
319
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[narrator] Now, Fred
races north,
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but he's sent ahead
a secret weapon
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to tackle the ice.
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[Dustin] Fred came up with
an idea to use a heater
to try to melt the ice.
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There it goes, right there.
324
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I guess it weighs almost
500 pounds,
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so we had to fly it up there.
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[garbled radio talk]
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[man 3 on radio] 10-4.
Thanks, man.
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00:18:43,681 --> 00:18:47,919
Fred's idea is to take this
and melt the snow with it.
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I think he's onto something.
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[narrator] Fred's plan,
repurpose a diver
hot water system
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to melt the snow and ice
from above,
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clearing a path so they can
dive for bedrock gold.
333
00:19:07,401 --> 00:19:09,559
But all the gear they need
to run it
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is 500 feet down the creek.
335
00:19:13,641 --> 00:19:16,119
[man 2] Without this
generator, we have no power
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With no power,
we have no hot water.
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With no hot water, we still
have two football fields
of snow and ice
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between us and gold.
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[narrator] To move
the 80 pound generator...
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[James] There we go.
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00:19:31,594 --> 00:19:35,679
[narrator] ...a portable
cap stand winch will be use
to pull the gear
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up the step bear trail.
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[James grunting]
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Mountain goat today.
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[man 2] You have to do
in stages, man.
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[James] And then, tie off
up there and go straight
from there.
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00:19:48,401 --> 00:19:50,199
[man 2] Yep. It's a good idea.
348
00:19:55,161 --> 00:19:56,432
Hopefully, this works.
349
00:19:56,507 --> 00:19:58,159
You know, this is a lot
of work and effort.
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00:19:58,161 --> 00:20:00,679
It has to work.
All right, James?
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00:20:00,681 --> 00:20:02,719
-[James] There's a will,
there's a way.
-[man 2] Sure.
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00:20:03,961 --> 00:20:07,639
Come on, baby.
Give me some love.
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00:20:14,041 --> 00:20:15,319
[James] Ooh, here we go.
[chuckles]
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00:20:20,281 --> 00:20:22,119
You're good. It's working.
355
00:20:24,721 --> 00:20:25,799
Phew!
356
00:20:28,761 --> 00:20:30,239
[man 2 laughs]
357
00:20:32,201 --> 00:20:33,799
Yeah, James!
358
00:20:39,481 --> 00:20:41,319
[James] I just got a mouthful
of that lettuce.
359
00:20:43,481 --> 00:20:45,999
Yeah! This is just
the first part, man.
360
00:20:46,001 --> 00:20:49,759
We still have, like, a [bleep]
marathon to go, dude.
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00:20:49,834 --> 00:20:51,879
[narrator] Now, from the to
of the hill,
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the cap stand is no use.
363
00:20:55,154 --> 00:20:58,599
Lowering the generator
is the toughest part
of the mission.
364
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[man 2 grunting]
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[bleep]
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00:21:09,161 --> 00:21:11,719
I think, just with
the generator alone, right,
367
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-smaller and everything.
-[James] Smaller, we can
maneuver easier
368
00:21:13,641 --> 00:21:15,399
-without tripping.
-[man 2] Yeah.
369
00:21:15,401 --> 00:21:16,799
-[James groaning] On three!
-[grunts]
370
00:21:17,921 --> 00:21:20,079
[James and man 2 grunting]
371
00:21:20,081 --> 00:21:22,599
[James] We're literally
rappelling with a generator.
372
00:21:22,601 --> 00:21:24,879
[man 2] Yeah! We're rappelling
with a generator, dude.
373
00:21:24,954 --> 00:21:27,119
Holy [bleep], man. Ha!
374
00:21:27,681 --> 00:21:29,519
[exhales] Grab it. Whoo!
375
00:21:30,921 --> 00:21:32,919
[Dustin] Hey, fellas.
How's it going, man?
376
00:21:32,921 --> 00:21:34,952
[James grunts]
377
00:21:34,954 --> 00:21:36,679
[Dustin] You guys are getting
your ass kicked over here,
that's what it looks like.
378
00:21:36,681 --> 00:21:38,312
[James] Pretty much.
[chuckles]
379
00:21:39,161 --> 00:21:41,559
-[Dustin] You can set it
right there for a sec.
-All right.
380
00:21:41,601 --> 00:21:43,959
-[Dustin] Good?
-[James grunts]
381
00:21:44,961 --> 00:21:46,119
[Dustin] Uh, grab that rope.
382
00:21:47,641 --> 00:21:49,399
-Come with me.
-[James grunts]
383
00:21:52,961 --> 00:21:54,359
-[Dustin] Slow down.
-[James]Yep.
384
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[Dustin] Keep going.
385
00:21:56,601 --> 00:21:57,799
-Letting go.
-[James] Yep.
386
00:21:58,641 --> 00:21:59,599
-Atta boy.
-[James groans]
387
00:22:01,281 --> 00:22:03,039
Ooh, well, we got it.
388
00:22:05,761 --> 00:22:06,919
[grunts]
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00:22:08,641 --> 00:22:11,199
[grunting]
390
00:22:13,641 --> 00:22:15,319
[Dustin] So, this is it, huh?
391
00:22:16,201 --> 00:22:19,879
-This looks fancy, man.
-[James] Yeah.
392
00:22:19,881 --> 00:22:23,159
[narrator] Fred's hot
water heater is Dustin's
Hail Mary attempt
393
00:22:23,161 --> 00:22:26,199
to melt last season's snow.
394
00:22:26,241 --> 00:22:29,719
[man 2] This is a Cadillac,
man, for hot water heaters.
395
00:22:29,721 --> 00:22:33,959
[narrator] If it doesn't wor
they could be locked out
of Nugget Creek for good.
396
00:22:34,961 --> 00:22:37,399
Well, fellas, this looks too
complicated for me.
397
00:22:37,441 --> 00:22:38,759
-You guys gonna set this up?
-Yeah.
398
00:22:38,761 --> 00:22:41,519
I gotta get back
to my airstrip.
399
00:22:41,521 --> 00:22:43,319
You guys okay with me
leaving you with this?
400
00:22:43,321 --> 00:22:45,359
-[Wes and man 2] Yeah.
-[Dustin] All right, guys,
401
00:22:45,361 --> 00:22:46,472
get it going, man.
402
00:22:48,721 --> 00:22:51,199
[Wes] I got this nice
plastic water hose
403
00:22:51,274 --> 00:22:53,239
and I drilled holes
all through it,
404
00:22:53,241 --> 00:22:54,799
so it makes like,
a little sprinkler.
405
00:22:57,761 --> 00:22:59,519
[James] There you go! Oh!
406
00:22:59,594 --> 00:23:02,079
[Wes] Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's perfect.
407
00:23:02,081 --> 00:23:03,999
-Is that where you want it?
-Yep.
408
00:23:05,161 --> 00:23:07,559
-[Wes] That's pretty far.
-[James] That is pretty far.
409
00:23:08,361 --> 00:23:10,079
[Wes] We get warm water
going on that,
410
00:23:10,081 --> 00:23:12,159
that's gonna open up
a big hole, I think.
411
00:23:12,161 --> 00:23:13,745
[man 2] Let's turn this
baby on.
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00:23:15,201 --> 00:23:17,719
I just wanna make sure
we've got water coming out
of the...
413
00:23:18,241 --> 00:23:19,519
...this hose, here.
414
00:23:21,201 --> 00:23:23,799
[James] We got water.
Lots of it.
415
00:23:24,921 --> 00:23:26,439
Look at that. [laughs]
416
00:23:29,281 --> 00:23:32,119
[Wes] That's [bleep] gonna
steam pretty good.
417
00:23:32,161 --> 00:23:34,239
[man 2] We got water pressure.
418
00:23:34,241 --> 00:23:38,159
The question is, is it gonna
get enough heat to melt
the snow?
419
00:23:41,001 --> 00:23:44,399
[narrator] As the hot water
sprinkler system is left to
it's work,
420
00:23:46,041 --> 00:23:47,399
at the airstrip,
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00:23:48,041 --> 00:23:50,279
the pressure is now on Dusti
422
00:23:50,354 --> 00:23:52,639
to open up the much needed
supply line
423
00:23:52,714 --> 00:23:53,839
for his operation.
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00:23:55,601 --> 00:23:57,559
[Dustin] This stuff is awful.
425
00:23:59,001 --> 00:24:00,719
A couple alders aren't
a problem.
426
00:24:01,401 --> 00:24:03,239
Hundreds of thousands
of alders,
427
00:24:03,881 --> 00:24:05,799
that is the damn problem.
428
00:24:08,521 --> 00:24:09,559
Come on, baby.
429
00:24:14,281 --> 00:24:16,759
Whoo! Feeling crazy.
430
00:24:19,561 --> 00:24:21,799
Oh, ... light came back on.
431
00:24:21,874 --> 00:24:23,399
It didn't like that [bleep].
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00:24:31,441 --> 00:24:32,319
What was that?
433
00:24:34,201 --> 00:24:35,119
[bleep]
434
00:24:36,081 --> 00:24:37,599
I don't know what these mean.
435
00:24:37,601 --> 00:24:40,599
I know that one's oil. I don't
know what that one means.
436
00:24:41,601 --> 00:24:42,959
Dozer doesn't work.
437
00:24:44,441 --> 00:24:46,959
[sighs in frustration]
438
00:24:53,721 --> 00:24:54,919
[narrator] Up ahead...
439
00:24:54,921 --> 00:24:56,479
[Kayla] This is Justin.
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00:24:56,481 --> 00:24:58,399
I heard you got a lot of
mining experience.
441
00:24:59,081 --> 00:25:01,159
After the rock smashed it,
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00:25:01,161 --> 00:25:02,959
I was stuck there
for two hours.
443
00:25:12,441 --> 00:25:16,999
Where we're working right now
isn't necessarily our norm.
444
00:25:17,074 --> 00:25:20,519
It's not gonna be our normal
dredging that you get
introduced to.
445
00:25:21,281 --> 00:25:22,719
All I wanna see is the gold.
446
00:25:23,481 --> 00:25:25,032
[narrator] At Porcupine Cree
447
00:25:26,601 --> 00:25:30,039
after an aborted first dive
into the pilings pond...
448
00:25:30,121 --> 00:25:32,072
Hey, guys.
449
00:25:32,074 --> 00:25:34,639
[narrator] ...Kayla adds
much needed manpower
to the operation.
450
00:25:35,321 --> 00:25:36,825
This is Justin.
451
00:25:36,827 --> 00:25:38,799
-Justin, Paul and Scott.
-How you doing, Justin? Paul.
452
00:25:38,801 --> 00:25:40,479
-Hello, Paul.
-Nice to meet you.
453
00:25:40,481 --> 00:25:44,399
[narrator] She has called i
an experienced mining contac
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00:25:44,401 --> 00:25:46,399
[Scott] I heard you got a lot
of mining experience.
455
00:25:47,521 --> 00:25:49,239
[Justin] Yeah, I've been
mining for almost 30 years.
456
00:25:49,841 --> 00:25:51,359
Most of my life,
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00:25:51,361 --> 00:25:53,119
since my first pan at
nine years old.
458
00:25:55,321 --> 00:25:59,039
[narrator] Justin Peterson,
a welder from Wasilla, Alask
459
00:26:00,201 --> 00:26:02,479
and a power lifter,
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00:26:02,481 --> 00:26:05,879
is no stranger to the risks
of gold mining.
461
00:26:05,881 --> 00:26:08,879
He lost his finger
to a boulder.
462
00:26:08,881 --> 00:26:13,039
After the rock had landed
on my finger and smashed it,
463
00:26:13,041 --> 00:26:14,759
I was stuck there
for two hours.
464
00:26:14,834 --> 00:26:17,239
It actually damaged these two
as well.
465
00:26:17,241 --> 00:26:21,199
And... But they were able to
save those two fingers.
466
00:26:21,201 --> 00:26:23,719
And now, only things slip
through my pinky.
467
00:26:28,521 --> 00:26:32,159
Let's just look at it
real quick and figure it out.
468
00:26:32,161 --> 00:26:37,399
[narrator] The extra set
of muscles allows Kayla to
change up her mining strateg
469
00:26:37,441 --> 00:26:40,319
ahead of her second dive
in the dangerous conditions
470
00:26:43,041 --> 00:26:46,999
This whole location thing,
this isn't ideal.
471
00:26:47,001 --> 00:26:50,439
I think we're gonna have to
revert to putting
the dredge over here.
472
00:26:51,641 --> 00:26:55,079
[Paul] We can almost hang
a ladder off that platform.
473
00:26:55,081 --> 00:26:56,519
[Justin] That'd be kind of
awesome to have a little
474
00:26:56,594 --> 00:26:58,039
floating island out there
with it.
475
00:27:02,441 --> 00:27:03,952
[narrator] On their last div
476
00:27:03,954 --> 00:27:07,199
the crew used the upstream
bank to enter the pond,
477
00:27:08,561 --> 00:27:11,519
but disturbed the loose
material on the bottom
478
00:27:11,521 --> 00:27:15,159
and got dangerously tangled
on the remains of the piling
479
00:27:16,001 --> 00:27:17,432
Kayla's new plan,
480
00:27:17,441 --> 00:27:20,319
move the dredge into
the middle of the pond
481
00:27:20,321 --> 00:27:24,919
to gain clear access and div
directly down to bedrock gol
482
00:27:26,521 --> 00:27:28,159
[Justin] I'll clear the rocks.
483
00:27:30,161 --> 00:27:32,319
-[Kayla] Can you hold this
in place for me?
-[Paul] I sure can.
484
00:27:37,041 --> 00:27:39,119
-Let's see if that works.
-[Justin] Yeah.
485
00:27:42,321 --> 00:27:43,599
So, hopefully,
486
00:27:44,321 --> 00:27:46,719
today goes a lot smoother.
487
00:27:46,721 --> 00:27:49,319
I would love to say that
we're gonna find gold today.
488
00:27:49,321 --> 00:27:50,719
I really hope we do.
489
00:28:00,481 --> 00:28:01,905
[motor switches on]
490
00:28:05,361 --> 00:28:07,959
[Paul] You gotta lower that
nozzle all the way down.
491
00:28:08,001 --> 00:28:11,239
[Justin] I'd come over there
and help you,
but I might tip the boat over.
492
00:28:11,241 --> 00:28:13,159
-I got it.
-[Justin laughs]
493
00:28:13,561 --> 00:28:15,592
[Kayla] Okay.
494
00:28:15,594 --> 00:28:18,959
[narrator] This time,
Kayla's also prepared
for the bad visibility.
495
00:28:18,961 --> 00:28:20,119
[Kayla on radio] Turn my lig
on for me?
496
00:28:21,961 --> 00:28:22,839
Thank you.
497
00:28:23,481 --> 00:28:24,799
See you later.
498
00:28:30,441 --> 00:28:33,079
How is your visibility with
having that light on?
499
00:28:33,081 --> 00:28:34,719
[Kayla on radio] Um,
not that great.
500
00:28:39,121 --> 00:28:40,959
I can't see the rocks but..
501
00:28:41,034 --> 00:28:43,359
Like, I can see the light
on my hand, maybe.
502
00:28:43,361 --> 00:28:44,999
But I can't see any rocks.
503
00:28:46,761 --> 00:28:49,159
Copy that.
504
00:28:49,234 --> 00:28:52,559
[Kayla] I'm still, like,
feeling my way around
to get to the bottom.
505
00:28:52,634 --> 00:28:55,999
There's like, so much [blee]
sludge in the bottom of
this hole.
506
00:28:58,161 --> 00:28:59,839
One's stuck to my wrists.
507
00:29:02,361 --> 00:29:04,399
[Paul] In this pond,
we stir stuff up,
508
00:29:04,401 --> 00:29:05,959
it spreads around everywhere
509
00:29:05,961 --> 00:29:08,119
and then, we're just diving in
a cloud of silt.
510
00:29:08,921 --> 00:29:10,879
It's gonna be frustrating
for the diver.
511
00:29:10,914 --> 00:29:15,159
Who knew that a pond would
create so many problems?
512
00:29:21,881 --> 00:29:24,359
[Kayla on radio] Need a litt
section of that sludge
cleared off.
513
00:29:26,481 --> 00:29:28,399
I feel like there's
a block up.
514
00:29:30,361 --> 00:29:34,439
[Paul] I'll check and see.
There is water coming,
but it looks low.
515
00:29:34,514 --> 00:29:38,439
[narrator] Dredging blind,
Kayla senses a blockage
in her hose.
516
00:29:40,241 --> 00:29:41,959
[Kayla on radio] Thank you.
517
00:29:41,961 --> 00:29:45,639
So, Kayla's water flow
has slowed down and...
518
00:29:45,714 --> 00:29:48,559
we used the cable to try
and snake
519
00:29:48,561 --> 00:29:51,319
to see if we can get
the plug up and the hose out.
520
00:29:54,401 --> 00:29:55,799
[bleep]
521
00:30:01,481 --> 00:30:02,999
-[Kayla] Feel something?
-[Paul] Yeah.
522
00:30:06,281 --> 00:30:08,039
[Kayla] How deep and down
is it?
523
00:30:10,521 --> 00:30:12,199
[Paul] Oh, I see it
right there.
524
00:30:20,401 --> 00:30:22,639
[Kayla] Um, you know what?
525
00:30:22,641 --> 00:30:25,719
If we pull the hose
over the ladder
and drape the nozzle over,
526
00:30:25,761 --> 00:30:28,399
that way it'll fall back out,
instead of getting
wedged again.
527
00:30:28,474 --> 00:30:29,959
-Gotcha.
-That's right. That's right.
528
00:30:30,601 --> 00:30:31,719
[Justin] All right.
529
00:30:35,761 --> 00:30:37,399
[Kayla] Ah, it's a
[bleep] stick.
530
00:30:40,321 --> 00:30:44,279
[Paul] That should be it.
I think that's it.
531
00:30:44,281 --> 00:30:47,719
With that murky water
down there, you cannot see
what goes in your nozzle.
532
00:30:48,601 --> 00:30:51,679
So, you end up taking a stick,
533
00:30:51,681 --> 00:30:54,359
it gets wedged,
rock wedges against it,
534
00:30:55,041 --> 00:30:56,999
and then you got a plug up.
535
00:30:57,074 --> 00:30:58,559
But being underwater
with no visibility,
536
00:30:58,561 --> 00:31:00,639
you can't find where
the plug up is in your hose.
537
00:31:00,641 --> 00:31:04,199
So, no visibility
is definitely a...
538
00:31:04,841 --> 00:31:06,632
It's gonna slow us down a lot.
539
00:31:08,321 --> 00:31:11,199
[narrator] Despite
the challenges of
the pilings pond...
540
00:31:13,001 --> 00:31:14,865
[Paul on radio] Did you fin
the nozzle?
541
00:31:14,867 --> 00:31:16,699
[Kayla on radio] Yeah,
I'm trying to unhook it
right now.
542
00:31:16,701 --> 00:31:19,199
[narrator] ...Kayla is
straight back to
hunting bedrock.
543
00:31:19,201 --> 00:31:20,919
[Kayla] There's a deeper
section here.
544
00:31:22,401 --> 00:31:23,839
I exposed that rock bed.
545
00:31:23,841 --> 00:31:26,319
But you could feel, like,
there's some ridges in it.
546
00:31:26,321 --> 00:31:28,599
But there's still
good sized rocks.
547
00:31:30,521 --> 00:31:32,599
You think you're clearing off
bedrock now?
548
00:31:33,561 --> 00:31:35,719
[Kayla] Well, I cleared off
the section.
549
00:31:35,721 --> 00:31:38,159
I cleaned off the mid-sectio
of the sludge,
550
00:31:38,161 --> 00:31:40,519
at the bottom of that is
a bunch of rocks that
I went through.
551
00:31:40,521 --> 00:31:44,559
And now, it feels like I mig
be cleaning off bedrock.
552
00:31:44,634 --> 00:31:47,199
But, you know,
with no visibility,
it's hard to see. But...
553
00:31:47,641 --> 00:31:49,039
that's what it feels like.
554
00:31:51,441 --> 00:31:54,319
[Justin] Kayla's getting
after it.
555
00:31:54,321 --> 00:31:56,999
She knows how to work.
She set the bar high for me
being the new guy.
556
00:31:57,001 --> 00:31:59,399
[Scott and Paul laugh]
557
00:31:59,401 --> 00:32:02,839
If you have a bad start
to a day, but at the end,
there's gold in that pot,
558
00:32:02,921 --> 00:32:04,799
you forget about that
bad start for the day.
559
00:32:04,801 --> 00:32:08,759
-Yeah, the problems all
are worth it.
-Exactly.
560
00:32:08,801 --> 00:32:11,119
[Kayla] I'm hoping to get
a good amount of
material moved,
561
00:32:11,121 --> 00:32:14,039
and I hope that we can ...
562
00:32:17,921 --> 00:32:19,079
[narrator] Up ahead...
563
00:32:19,081 --> 00:32:21,199
[Fred] Whee-hoo! [laughs]
564
00:32:21,721 --> 00:32:23,159
Yeah!
565
00:32:23,161 --> 00:32:24,912
[bleep] damn, I made it!
566
00:32:24,914 --> 00:32:28,799
All the experience in the past
is going to come to bear
right now.
567
00:32:28,874 --> 00:32:31,599
Come see! I've got some
gold, man!
568
00:32:31,634 --> 00:32:32,879
[James] Hell yeah!
569
00:32:32,881 --> 00:32:34,759
[Fred] Right there.
Right there.
570
00:32:34,761 --> 00:32:36,919
-[Wes] Oh, yeah!
-[Carlos] Whoo-hoo!
571
00:32:40,441 --> 00:32:41,919
[narrator] At Nugget Creek,
572
00:32:43,641 --> 00:32:46,479
as Fred's hot water
sprinkler system attempts
573
00:32:46,481 --> 00:32:48,959
to melt Dustin's
ice-covered claim,
574
00:32:50,921 --> 00:32:53,879
1,500 feet down creek,
575
00:32:53,881 --> 00:32:56,119
his dream of constructing
an airstrip,
576
00:32:56,121 --> 00:32:59,839
a vital supply line,
hangs in the balance.
577
00:32:59,914 --> 00:33:02,599
[Carlos] Does this come
off, too? Is there a way
to get in here?
578
00:33:02,601 --> 00:33:04,999
[Dustin] If I can't keep
this thing running,
579
00:33:05,001 --> 00:33:08,879
my guys will have to look
for another job.
580
00:33:12,081 --> 00:33:13,359
We're at a standstill, guys.
581
00:33:15,201 --> 00:33:17,759
Until we get this fixed,
this is done.
582
00:33:19,681 --> 00:33:20,945
[Carlos] Is that dirty?
583
00:33:20,947 --> 00:33:23,119
[James] Look how dirty that is
on the bottom.
584
00:33:23,841 --> 00:33:25,039
Well, cool.
585
00:33:25,114 --> 00:33:26,879
[Dustin] So, radiator's
plugged up.
586
00:33:26,954 --> 00:33:29,919
[narrator] 30 years of dirt
on the radiator fins
587
00:33:29,921 --> 00:33:32,199
has caused the dozer
to overheat.
588
00:33:32,761 --> 00:33:34,919
That could be the problem.
589
00:33:34,921 --> 00:33:37,599
[Dustin] Hopefully, that is
what's killing us right now.
590
00:33:38,521 --> 00:33:41,399
So, we're gonna pressure wash
these fins off.
591
00:33:44,561 --> 00:33:46,439
We've been working this
thing pretty hard.
592
00:33:47,121 --> 00:33:48,559
I've been on it
almost everyday.
593
00:33:52,201 --> 00:33:55,159
[sighs heavily] Without
this dozer, we're in trouble.
594
00:34:02,201 --> 00:34:05,119
-[Fred] Holy, [bleep].
Look at that [bleep].
-[James] ...all that grit.
595
00:34:05,121 --> 00:34:06,599
That'll make it heat up, dude.
596
00:34:07,281 --> 00:34:08,519
I hope this works.
597
00:34:09,641 --> 00:34:10,959
I'm starting to see
through it.
598
00:34:10,961 --> 00:34:12,379
-You see the difference?
-[James] Nice.
599
00:34:12,381 --> 00:34:13,959
-[Carlos] I see
the difference, dude.
-Yeah.
600
00:34:13,961 --> 00:34:15,639
-I thought that was normal.
-[Carlos] Holy smokes.
601
00:34:15,641 --> 00:34:17,199
-[James] Do you see where
it stopped?
-[Dustin] Yeah.
602
00:34:17,201 --> 00:34:19,879
Thank that's it, man.
What do you think?
603
00:34:19,881 --> 00:34:22,599
[Carlos] Dude, you can see
right through it, man.
It's tissue paper now.
604
00:34:26,001 --> 00:34:27,879
[Dustin] You guys wanna see
if this thing runs?
605
00:34:27,881 --> 00:34:28,719
-[James] Yeah.
-[Carlos] Yeah.
606
00:34:29,241 --> 00:34:30,559
All right. Power on.
607
00:34:31,321 --> 00:34:32,359
Come on, baby.
608
00:34:33,281 --> 00:34:35,239
[engine starts]
609
00:34:36,961 --> 00:34:38,359
[revs]
610
00:34:39,441 --> 00:34:42,279
[all laugh]
611
00:34:42,354 --> 00:34:44,039
[Dustin] Guarantee it wouldn't
be blowing bubbles.
612
00:34:44,041 --> 00:34:45,719
[Fred laughs]
613
00:34:46,641 --> 00:34:48,359
[Dustin] Hey, the oil light
went out.
614
00:34:48,361 --> 00:34:49,499
[James] Awesome.
615
00:34:49,501 --> 00:34:51,319
[Dustin] I think that's
gonna do it.
616
00:34:51,361 --> 00:34:55,119
There's only one real way
to find out, I gotta go work
it hard.
617
00:35:00,121 --> 00:35:03,599
Holy, [bleep]. I thought this
[bleep] was gone.
618
00:35:04,241 --> 00:35:05,199
Wow.
619
00:35:06,961 --> 00:35:08,719
It hasn't overheated yet.
620
00:35:09,601 --> 00:35:11,959
Think our little
pressure washer trick worked.
621
00:35:13,241 --> 00:35:16,119
The radiator was stopped up
and now it's not.
622
00:35:19,921 --> 00:35:21,519
Bubbles, the Dozer,
623
00:35:22,001 --> 00:35:23,579
it might be a little crazy,
624
00:35:23,581 --> 00:35:25,719
you might've sucked up
a little too much
exhaust fumes.
625
00:35:25,761 --> 00:35:29,119
I'm pretty sure I heard
Bubbles say,
"I love you, Dustin."
626
00:35:30,961 --> 00:35:35,839
[narrator] Bubbles, the Doze
and her spring cleaned
radiator limp on
627
00:35:35,841 --> 00:35:38,679
in an attempt to
salvage a season
628
00:35:38,681 --> 00:35:40,759
that is slowly slipping away
629
00:35:41,241 --> 00:35:42,759
[Dustin] Whoo!
630
00:35:46,641 --> 00:35:48,599
Ah, [bleep].
631
00:35:48,601 --> 00:35:49,919
We got 'em done!
632
00:35:50,921 --> 00:35:53,119
No more trees in the way.
633
00:35:53,121 --> 00:35:55,959
[exhales] I can't believe
this dozer did that.
634
00:35:57,001 --> 00:35:59,719
That, right there, is the la
of the vegetation.
635
00:36:01,241 --> 00:36:03,639
All I have is dirt work left.
636
00:36:03,641 --> 00:36:06,319
This should be no problem
after this.
637
00:36:12,401 --> 00:36:13,839
[Justin] She's on
the bottom, man.
638
00:36:13,841 --> 00:36:15,825
[Paul] Yeah. Yeah.
639
00:36:15,827 --> 00:36:18,239
[Kayla on radio] There's mor
material down here
than I thought.
640
00:36:18,241 --> 00:36:19,679
[narrator] Back across
the mountain,
641
00:36:19,681 --> 00:36:22,119
at Mark Seben's
Porcupine claim...
642
00:36:22,761 --> 00:36:24,319
Lot of material.
643
00:36:25,921 --> 00:36:29,439
[narrator] Kayla's three hou
into her zero-vis dive,
644
00:36:29,841 --> 00:36:31,839
dredging on bedrock.
645
00:36:31,841 --> 00:36:36,279
Both crews are banking on
the piling's pond deliverin
fast gold
646
00:36:36,321 --> 00:36:40,039
to keep Dustin's
operation afloat.
647
00:36:40,114 --> 00:36:43,519
[Paul on radio] I was
kind of curious if Mark sai
he just barely touched bedro
648
00:36:43,594 --> 00:36:46,039
and he was getting gold
out of what he was running,
649
00:36:47,361 --> 00:36:50,199
that means, he left a lot of
good material down there.
650
00:36:51,681 --> 00:36:53,959
[Kayla on radio] Feels like
I don't have good suction.
651
00:36:55,521 --> 00:36:57,719
[Paul on radio] All right.
I'll try running a snake
down it real quick.
652
00:37:03,081 --> 00:37:04,719
-[suctioning air]
-[Kayla] Oh, now it
feels better.
653
00:37:05,801 --> 00:37:08,439
-[Paul] You got it. [laugh]
-[Kayla] Whatever it was,
654
00:37:08,481 --> 00:37:10,679
it must've come loose.
655
00:37:10,681 --> 00:37:13,279
No, there was a big rock that
was stuck on this and
We got it out.
656
00:37:13,281 --> 00:37:15,199
[Kayla] Gotcha. Thank you.
657
00:37:17,561 --> 00:37:20,319
[Paul] Yeah, so every time we
encounter those green rocks,
658
00:37:20,394 --> 00:37:22,065
we usually find gold.
659
00:37:22,067 --> 00:37:24,959
[Justin] That's one of
the most common signs
of serpentine or
660
00:37:24,961 --> 00:37:27,439
the dense, green stones,
the heavy, green ones.
661
00:37:27,514 --> 00:37:29,032
[Paul] Yeah.
662
00:37:29,034 --> 00:37:31,079
It's always been a good thing
for me on my gold encounters.
663
00:37:31,154 --> 00:37:32,719
I take it as a good sign.
664
00:37:32,721 --> 00:37:34,319
And the history of this place
right here,
665
00:37:34,394 --> 00:37:36,999
all the old timers,
when the hit bedrock,
666
00:37:37,001 --> 00:37:38,879
that's when they hit
the paystreak.
667
00:37:38,954 --> 00:37:40,919
-That's when they did
jazz hands?
-[Paul] Yeah.
668
00:37:40,961 --> 00:37:42,599
So, I kind of expect to see
some gold in the box
669
00:37:42,674 --> 00:37:44,719
if she's actually
cleaning up bedrock.
670
00:37:45,161 --> 00:37:47,559
It might be... a good dive.
671
00:37:49,241 --> 00:37:53,279
[Kayla on radio] I feel lik
a dog chasing its own tail.
672
00:37:53,354 --> 00:37:55,199
I can't see [bleep] down h
673
00:37:55,641 --> 00:37:57,112
I'm coming up.
674
00:37:57,121 --> 00:37:59,599
[narrator] After four hours
diving blind,
675
00:38:00,401 --> 00:38:01,799
Kayla calls time.
676
00:38:02,721 --> 00:38:04,359
[Kayla] Grab my, this hand,
right here.
677
00:38:04,361 --> 00:38:06,459
Pull me up.
678
00:38:06,461 --> 00:38:09,719
[narrator] Now, she's eager
to see if the risk will
earn a reward.
679
00:38:18,041 --> 00:38:19,959
[Kayla] I'm not
seeing anything.
680
00:38:19,961 --> 00:38:21,759
-[Justin] Nothing obvious.
-[Paul] No.
681
00:38:22,441 --> 00:38:23,519
That sucks.
682
00:38:25,681 --> 00:38:28,839
[Kayla] Struggling,
all for nothing.
683
00:38:28,841 --> 00:38:30,759
[Paul] I'm ready to go back
to the creek.
684
00:38:30,761 --> 00:38:32,239
[Kayla] If we're completely
wasting our time,
685
00:38:32,241 --> 00:38:35,039
I'm not gonna spend much more
time in this hole.
686
00:38:35,041 --> 00:38:37,119
I think it's just, like,
a death trap.
687
00:38:37,761 --> 00:38:39,025
I'm gonna call it.
688
00:38:50,921 --> 00:38:53,119
-It has been a rough week.
-[Wes] Yeah, it has.
689
00:38:54,681 --> 00:38:56,919
I got so much done
on that dozer.
690
00:38:59,841 --> 00:39:02,559
-What's that?
-[Wes] Ooh,
that's the fast one.
691
00:39:02,561 --> 00:39:05,719
[narrator] At Nugget Creek,
Dustin's new airstrip
692
00:39:05,721 --> 00:39:07,199
is open for business.
693
00:39:09,721 --> 00:39:11,319
[Wes] Hope he lands right.
694
00:39:11,321 --> 00:39:12,799
[Dustin] Holy [bleep]!
695
00:39:14,161 --> 00:39:15,439
Of course he did.
696
00:39:15,514 --> 00:39:17,439
I think that's what Fred's
coming in.
697
00:39:17,441 --> 00:39:19,319
Wonder what he'd think
about Nugget Creek.
698
00:39:23,201 --> 00:39:26,479
-Yee-hoo! [laughs]
-That's a grand entrance
you made there.
699
00:39:26,481 --> 00:39:28,239
[bleep] damn, I made it!
700
00:39:28,241 --> 00:39:31,919
It's been 17 years since
I've been up this canyon.
701
00:39:31,921 --> 00:39:34,079
-Yeah? What'd you think?
-[Fred] Beautiful.
702
00:39:34,234 --> 00:39:35,799
Beautiful.
703
00:39:35,801 --> 00:39:38,359
[narrator] Dustin's father,
Dakota Fred,
704
00:39:38,361 --> 00:39:40,519
could not have come
at a better time.
705
00:39:41,681 --> 00:39:42,719
All right.
706
00:39:43,401 --> 00:39:45,199
-Hey, fellas!
-How's it going, Fred?
707
00:39:45,201 --> 00:39:46,839
[Fred] How y'all doing?
708
00:39:46,841 --> 00:39:49,159
-[bleep] damn, Carlos.
-Nice to see you, man.
709
00:39:49,161 --> 00:39:50,879
--..., Fred.
-Yeah. Yeah.
710
00:39:51,121 --> 00:39:52,359
Whoa!
711
00:39:53,361 --> 00:39:54,839
Well, welcome to camp, Fred.
712
00:39:54,841 --> 00:39:58,399
-[Fred] Well, good.
-This is our new life for now.
713
00:39:58,474 --> 00:40:00,759
What do you think about our
new site, Nugget Creek, here?
714
00:40:00,761 --> 00:40:04,359
Well, one of the most
beautiful spots on the world.
715
00:40:04,361 --> 00:40:07,239
[Dustin] Problem what we're
dealing with right now is,
there is
716
00:40:07,241 --> 00:40:09,559
lots of ice and snow
right now,
717
00:40:09,561 --> 00:40:10,792
tons of it.
718
00:40:10,794 --> 00:40:12,639
But we're trying that heater
that you sent up,
719
00:40:12,641 --> 00:40:16,519
and everything we can
to melt snow.
720
00:40:16,521 --> 00:40:20,559
This has been the hardest to
get to place we've ever been,
I think.
721
00:40:20,561 --> 00:40:22,879
-It's dangerous.
-[Fred] I can imagine.
722
00:40:22,881 --> 00:40:26,319
Up here, it's white water.
A lot of white water, man.
723
00:40:26,321 --> 00:40:27,559
-Wow.
-It's way different.
724
00:40:28,201 --> 00:40:29,439
Tell you what...
725
00:40:29,514 --> 00:40:32,799
[clicks tongue] ...all
the experience in the past
726
00:40:32,874 --> 00:40:34,959
is gonna come to bear
right now.
727
00:40:35,681 --> 00:40:37,879
Oh, Lord.
728
00:40:37,881 --> 00:40:41,319
I'm stoked to get out there
and take a look at that thing
729
00:40:41,394 --> 00:40:43,799
and give it
a critical eyeball.
730
00:40:43,801 --> 00:40:45,999
-Yeah.
-And see if I got any ideas.
731
00:40:46,001 --> 00:40:47,759
Let's go find out what
we gotta do.
732
00:40:47,761 --> 00:40:49,192
-All right.
-[grunts]
733
00:40:50,401 --> 00:40:52,159
[Fred] Dustin bit off more
than he could chew?
734
00:40:52,234 --> 00:40:54,139
I don't think so.
735
00:40:54,141 --> 00:40:56,199
But we're gonna have
to do a lot of figuring
to figure out
736
00:40:56,201 --> 00:40:58,279
how to make this doable.
737
00:40:58,354 --> 00:41:01,599
I'm gonna try to give him
just as much advice,
738
00:41:01,601 --> 00:41:03,999
even if it irritates
the [bleep] out of him.
739
00:41:07,201 --> 00:41:09,519
[narrator] The first 500 yar
to the creek
740
00:41:09,521 --> 00:41:12,199
are quickly covered in an AT
741
00:41:12,921 --> 00:41:14,679
[Fred] There's no snow here
742
00:41:14,721 --> 00:41:17,719
I don't see a damn piece
of snow anywhere.
743
00:41:17,761 --> 00:41:20,239
There's a ton of snow
up there.
744
00:41:20,241 --> 00:41:23,119
I mean, 20 plus feet.
745
00:41:23,121 --> 00:41:25,199
So, there's a hike that
goes up and over.
746
00:41:25,201 --> 00:41:28,199
If you want, we could put you
in weights and walk
you straight up the creek.
747
00:41:28,201 --> 00:41:29,279
There's some ropes for you.
748
00:41:29,354 --> 00:41:32,039
-I... I decline that.
-[Dustin] Okay.
749
00:41:32,041 --> 00:41:33,879
-[laughs]
-[Dustin] Well...
750
00:41:33,881 --> 00:41:38,239
This goes up 500 feet,
straight up and down.
751
00:41:38,241 --> 00:41:40,599
-[Fred] Where's the elevator?
-Yeah.
752
00:41:40,601 --> 00:41:41,959
[Dustin] Let's see what
you think?
753
00:41:42,921 --> 00:41:45,319
-Be careful, Fred.
-I'll go up last.
754
00:41:45,601 --> 00:41:47,185
[Dustin] No, I need to be...
755
00:41:47,187 --> 00:41:49,799
-If you fail, I need to
be there. So...
-[Fred] Uh...
756
00:41:49,801 --> 00:41:52,239
You guys head up
and we'll catch up to you.
757
00:41:52,241 --> 00:41:55,159
-[Carlos] All right.
-[Fred] All right, I'll just
follow you guys up.
758
00:42:00,161 --> 00:42:03,239
[Fred panting]
759
00:42:03,241 --> 00:42:07,559
[narrator] 78-years old Fre
starts a 500-foot climb.
760
00:42:09,121 --> 00:42:10,799
[Dustin] Been hiking
much, Fred?
761
00:42:11,601 --> 00:42:13,439
[Fred] Nope. [laughs]
762
00:42:13,441 --> 00:42:15,519
Unfortunately.
763
00:42:15,721 --> 00:42:17,672
[pants]
764
00:42:17,674 --> 00:42:20,039
[Dustin] Man, if you don't
come hang out with me more,
you're gonna get old.
765
00:42:20,641 --> 00:42:22,319
[Fred] Bull [bleep]. [laughs]
766
00:42:22,921 --> 00:42:25,199
[panting]
767
00:42:31,481 --> 00:42:34,319
-[Fred] Give me two.
-[Dustin] Yeah, take your
time, man.
768
00:42:36,121 --> 00:42:38,439
-[Fred] Holy cow.
-[Dustin] That's
beautiful, man.
769
00:42:39,241 --> 00:42:40,519
Wow.
770
00:42:42,641 --> 00:42:44,439
-Intimidating.
-Oh, man.
771
00:42:44,481 --> 00:42:46,679
-[laughs]
-[Dustin] Look, we got here,
772
00:42:46,681 --> 00:42:50,359
and I gotta tell you,
I've been in over my head
the entire time.
773
00:42:57,321 --> 00:43:00,719
[Fred] You couldn't have
picked any easier place to go?
774
00:43:00,721 --> 00:43:05,159
[narrator] Fred's hot water
sprinkler has been running
across the clock.
775
00:43:05,234 --> 00:43:08,799
[Dustin] I hope that that
heater that you sent up
worked for us to melt snow.
776
00:43:09,961 --> 00:43:11,759
[narrator] If the ice
hasn't melted,
777
00:43:11,761 --> 00:43:13,959
Dustin's season will be ove
778
00:43:13,961 --> 00:43:15,679
before it's even begun.
779
00:43:16,601 --> 00:43:18,385
[Dustin] Check it out.
780
00:43:27,241 --> 00:43:30,279
-[narrator] Dustin
and his crew...
-[Dustin] Check it out.
781
00:43:30,354 --> 00:43:34,519
[narrator] ...are about to
find out if Fred's plan to
melt the ice has worked.
782
00:43:36,161 --> 00:43:38,559
Holy [bleep], y'all did it!
783
00:43:40,481 --> 00:43:41,879
It worked.
784
00:43:41,881 --> 00:43:44,319
[Wes] All the snow has melted.
785
00:43:44,394 --> 00:43:47,559
[cheering and laughing]
786
00:43:48,641 --> 00:43:50,959
-[Dustin] So, Fred.
-[Fred] Yeah?
787
00:43:50,961 --> 00:43:53,959
The ice was out to here,
when we got here.
788
00:43:53,961 --> 00:43:55,679
-[Fred] Wow.
-[Dustin] This is where
the ice was,
789
00:43:55,681 --> 00:43:57,719
right here, Fred, look.
790
00:43:57,721 --> 00:44:00,559
And it was ten to 12
to 20 feet thick in places.
791
00:44:00,561 --> 00:44:03,119
Yep, huge!
792
00:44:03,121 --> 00:44:05,599
-It was all the way across
here, Fred.
-Right here.
793
00:44:05,601 --> 00:44:07,079
[Fred] Holy [bleep].
794
00:44:07,154 --> 00:44:09,559
Whoo-hoo-hoo! It's going!
795
00:44:09,841 --> 00:44:12,079
It's go-time.
796
00:44:12,081 --> 00:44:14,879
Good job, guys.
I didn't know what we
did here, but we're here.
797
00:44:14,881 --> 00:44:16,759
[James] Yeah. [bleep] Yeah!
798
00:44:16,761 --> 00:44:18,119
-Dude.
-[Dustin] Good job, dude.
799
00:44:18,194 --> 00:44:21,119
-Look a that [bleep] boulder.
-[Dustin] I see it.
800
00:44:21,121 --> 00:44:23,519
Just seeing that boulder
by itself
801
00:44:23,521 --> 00:44:26,399
makes me think of how much
gold's underneath it.
802
00:44:28,401 --> 00:44:30,639
[James] It's stuck
in the gates,
is what I call that.
803
00:44:30,714 --> 00:44:33,519
It's stuck right in between
these two gates.
804
00:44:33,594 --> 00:44:35,199
-[Carlos] Yeah.
-[Dustin] Look at this.
805
00:44:35,201 --> 00:44:37,919
-[Wes] Golden Gates.
Golden Gates.
-Golden Gates.
806
00:44:37,921 --> 00:44:40,719
-[Carlos] Golden Gates.
-We call it the Golden Gates.
807
00:44:40,721 --> 00:44:44,919
-Look at that.
-[James] Our new dig site
is the Golden Gates, boys.
808
00:44:44,921 --> 00:44:47,679
This is where we're
gonna be for the season, guys.
809
00:44:47,681 --> 00:44:49,399
This is it, right here.
810
00:44:52,721 --> 00:44:54,199
Hey, let's go panning.
811
00:44:54,721 --> 00:44:57,079
Okay. Do what you do.
812
00:44:57,081 --> 00:44:59,399
[narrator] Fred's immediatel
on a mission
813
00:44:59,401 --> 00:45:02,199
to see if the newly christen
Golden Gate
814
00:45:02,681 --> 00:45:04,439
lives up to its name.
815
00:45:06,121 --> 00:45:08,519
[Fred] Let's see what y'all
got in here. Anything?
816
00:45:12,481 --> 00:45:15,319
The fellows brought up
a bunch of dirt.
817
00:45:15,321 --> 00:45:18,719
Maybe they think there's
a little bit of gold in it.
818
00:45:18,721 --> 00:45:21,679
I think we go ahead
and find out if there is.
819
00:45:21,681 --> 00:45:23,959
[Carlos] Pan full of paydirt
for you.
820
00:45:24,841 --> 00:45:25,719
There you go, Fred.
821
00:45:26,721 --> 00:45:27,759
Thank you.
822
00:45:40,401 --> 00:45:43,159
Hey! Hey, Dustin!
823
00:45:45,321 --> 00:45:49,279
-Hey!
-[Carlos] Oh! Look at that.
824
00:45:49,354 --> 00:45:51,119
-[Carlos laughs]
-[James] No way!
825
00:45:51,121 --> 00:45:53,159
Ya got some gold, man!
826
00:45:55,041 --> 00:45:57,559
Right there. Right there.
827
00:45:58,481 --> 00:46:00,879
-That's chunky gold.
-[Fred] Wow!
828
00:46:00,881 --> 00:46:03,239
This ain't nothing like
the stuff at Porcupine.
829
00:46:04,081 --> 00:46:05,799
I see five.
830
00:46:05,801 --> 00:46:08,079
Five entire pieces.
831
00:46:08,081 --> 00:46:09,879
[Dustin] Holy cow.
832
00:46:09,881 --> 00:46:12,519
[Dustin] That's good
gold, dog!
833
00:46:12,521 --> 00:46:15,599
This is means for celebration
right here.
834
00:46:15,601 --> 00:46:17,799
So far, this is my
best day here.
835
00:46:17,801 --> 00:46:19,679
I finally have hope.
836
00:46:20,721 --> 00:46:23,599
-[Carlos] Go, let it!
Hell yeah!
-[Dustin] Wow!
837
00:46:23,601 --> 00:46:25,999
[Fred] I think you're
in for a bonanza.
838
00:46:26,321 --> 00:46:27,239
I'm telling you.
839
00:46:27,314 --> 00:46:29,799
This is exciting, Fred.
840
00:46:29,874 --> 00:46:31,959
[Carlos] A test pan coming u
with that much color,
841
00:46:33,441 --> 00:46:34,799
in this?
842
00:46:34,801 --> 00:46:36,359
Holy moly.
843
00:46:36,434 --> 00:46:39,319
Everybody needs to
switch gears
844
00:46:39,321 --> 00:46:43,039
to get in that damn dredge
in the water right here
behind Fred.
845
00:46:43,041 --> 00:46:45,519
Let's move some rocks.
846
00:46:45,521 --> 00:46:48,599
-Let's dig some holes,
let's find some gold, man.
-[Carlos] Yep.
847
00:46:50,321 --> 00:46:53,479
[Dustin] Today is
an amazing day for me.
848
00:46:53,554 --> 00:46:55,679
I was getting worried that
we were gonna run out of cash.
849
00:46:56,881 --> 00:46:57,959
We're gonna find gold.
850
00:46:58,281 --> 00:46:59,159
Real soon.
851
00:46:59,681 --> 00:47:01,759
This is exciting.
852
00:47:01,761 --> 00:47:05,799
I have no doubt that there is
a bunch of gold here.
853
00:47:06,921 --> 00:47:09,039
I think it's a crew that
could do it.
854
00:47:13,841 --> 00:47:17,359
[narrator] Next time
on Gold Rush White Water...
855
00:47:17,434 --> 00:47:19,839
This is what White Water's
all about.
856
00:47:19,841 --> 00:47:21,439
My wife would kill me.
857
00:47:21,514 --> 00:47:24,199
-Three, two, one!
-[explodes]
858
00:47:24,201 --> 00:47:25,919
-Watch out!
-Whoa! Whoa!
859
00:47:25,921 --> 00:47:27,159
[Justin] Get ready to jack.
860
00:47:27,161 --> 00:47:28,799
[jackhammer hammering]
861
00:47:28,801 --> 00:47:30,919
[Paul] Dump it out.
Just dump it out.
862
00:47:30,921 --> 00:47:33,279
It's hell to know stuff
863
00:47:33,281 --> 00:47:35,519
and not be able to pass it on
to people.
864
00:47:35,521 --> 00:47:38,279
Once we get around this grass,
there's land right here.
865
00:47:38,281 --> 00:47:40,159
[Justin] It takes crazy to
find the gold.
866
00:47:40,234 --> 00:47:42,159
I'm just a little bit crazy.
867
00:47:42,401 --> 00:47:43,879
Whoa, snap.
868
00:47:43,881 --> 00:47:45,119
[Dustin] We gotta get
to digging.
869
00:47:45,121 --> 00:47:47,079
-Let's get a diver
in the water, man.
-[grunts]
870
00:47:48,441 --> 00:47:51,839
They're gonna be
dredging up gold.
I'm kind of betting on it.
871
00:47:51,841 --> 00:47:54,999
- This material
feels great.
-[Wes] That is a good find.
872
00:47:55,001 --> 00:47:57,199
-[Paul] It's been a long
dry spell but...
-Somebody had to break it.