1 00:00:04,401 --> 00:00:06,719 Bear. Bear. Bear. 2 00:00:06,721 --> 00:00:08,399 What ya doin', buddy? 3 00:00:08,401 --> 00:00:10,199 Oh, you don't wanna play. 4 00:00:11,121 --> 00:00:13,759 Bears these days, just don't wanna play anymore. 5 00:00:14,721 --> 00:00:18,679 Goin' up to do a surprise check-up on Kayla's crew 6 00:00:18,721 --> 00:00:20,279 at Mark Siethen's place. 7 00:00:20,281 --> 00:00:21,919 Got a lot on my plate. 8 00:00:22,681 --> 00:00:24,959 Got more to do than I have time. 9 00:00:26,281 --> 00:00:28,639 [narrator] In remote Southeast Alaska, 10 00:00:28,674 --> 00:00:31,919 Dustin Hurt has spent every last cent of his savings 11 00:00:31,994 --> 00:00:34,479 on his new claim at Nugget Creek 12 00:00:34,554 --> 00:00:38,199 and is counting on Kayla's crew at Porcupine Creek 13 00:00:38,241 --> 00:00:40,959 to help bankroll the entire operation. 14 00:00:40,994 --> 00:00:42,792 How's it goin'? 15 00:00:42,794 --> 00:00:45,879 Pretty good. We're starting to get all the little quirks worked out. 16 00:00:45,921 --> 00:00:48,839 -That is some dirty water you got there. -It's awful. 17 00:00:48,841 --> 00:00:52,359 [Dustin] So, thought y'all were gonna kick the tailings over the road. 18 00:00:52,361 --> 00:00:55,239 I mean, the water's gonna be that color regardless. 19 00:00:55,241 --> 00:00:58,399 [Dustin] Well, that's-- Look at the difference. 20 00:01:02,121 --> 00:01:04,999 [narrator] Paul Richardson i three hours into his dive 21 00:01:05,001 --> 00:01:07,119 and dredging blind. 22 00:01:09,281 --> 00:01:11,199 Mind if I talk to him for a sec? 23 00:01:11,201 --> 00:01:12,199 Yeah. 24 00:01:12,201 --> 00:01:13,879 Hey, Paul. How ya doin', man? 25 00:01:13,881 --> 00:01:15,479 [Paul on comms] Not good. 26 00:01:15,521 --> 00:01:18,959 -So what's the diggin' like? -Can't see [bleep]. 27 00:01:21,961 --> 00:01:24,039 Yeah, I'm about ready to call my dive. 28 00:01:26,881 --> 00:01:28,399 [Paul groans] 29 00:01:40,281 --> 00:01:42,479 [Kayla] Here's one piece right there. 30 00:01:42,481 --> 00:01:44,319 It's not-- It's just a flake. 31 00:01:44,394 --> 00:01:46,039 Like 10 cents worth of gold, 32 00:01:46,481 --> 00:01:47,799 if that. 33 00:01:47,801 --> 00:01:49,719 [Paul] That's a lot of [bleep] work for nothin'. 34 00:01:49,761 --> 00:01:51,272 That really [bleep] sucks. 35 00:01:56,121 --> 00:01:58,239 [Dustin] I might be changing some things up here 36 00:01:59,161 --> 00:02:01,719 Might piss a lot of people off. It's okay. 37 00:02:02,801 --> 00:02:04,359 I'm okay with pissing people off. 38 00:02:06,641 --> 00:02:08,719 I don't like the way things are being done. 39 00:02:08,721 --> 00:02:10,359 I got some different ideas. 40 00:02:11,641 --> 00:02:13,352 It's just a [bleep] show. 41 00:02:16,121 --> 00:02:19,919 Kayla and Justin, I'ma need you guys to come up with me to camp 42 00:02:19,921 --> 00:02:21,639 and scout out your new place. 43 00:02:21,641 --> 00:02:23,239 We need to know where y'all are diggin'. 44 00:02:24,961 --> 00:02:26,879 Scott and Paul, 45 00:02:26,954 --> 00:02:29,319 you're gonna stay here and dredge. 46 00:02:29,321 --> 00:02:31,559 It's a lot of damn work, man. 47 00:02:32,681 --> 00:02:34,599 I think we need somebody with experience. 48 00:02:37,641 --> 00:02:40,439 You're not gonna like what he has to say about anything, 49 00:02:40,441 --> 00:02:43,319 but I would like Fred to be here. 50 00:02:51,321 --> 00:02:53,759 What the hell y'all got goin' here? 51 00:02:53,834 --> 00:02:55,399 Three, two, one! 52 00:02:55,474 --> 00:02:56,439 -[explosion] -Watch out! 53 00:02:56,441 --> 00:02:58,159 You almost died. 54 00:03:00,001 --> 00:03:01,439 [Dustin] Nobody fall over the edge. 55 00:03:01,441 --> 00:03:03,199 [grunting] 56 00:03:05,121 --> 00:03:07,159 I only have two rules. Don't get hurt. 57 00:03:07,201 --> 00:03:08,199 [man] And don't die. 58 00:03:09,321 --> 00:03:11,439 [grunts] Holy moly! 59 00:03:11,441 --> 00:03:13,319 My wife would kill me. 60 00:03:16,401 --> 00:03:19,599 -Is that... -[bleep] yeah, dude! 61 00:03:19,601 --> 00:03:22,079 [Kayla] The fact that every pan had a little bit of gold in it 62 00:03:22,081 --> 00:03:23,479 was a really good sign. 63 00:03:23,521 --> 00:03:25,839 -There you go, Scott. -Whoo! 64 00:03:25,841 --> 00:03:27,799 [Fred] That's nice. 65 00:03:37,321 --> 00:03:41,159 Bring as much as you can, 'cause we're gonna need at least two jugs. 66 00:03:41,194 --> 00:03:43,719 If you flip it over, it'll carry real easy, I think. 67 00:03:46,121 --> 00:03:49,039 [narrator] Nine miles up the Tsirku River, 68 00:03:49,041 --> 00:03:51,079 deep in the Alaskan wilderness, 69 00:03:51,081 --> 00:03:54,839 mine boss Dustin Hurt is a month into the mining seas 70 00:03:54,841 --> 00:03:58,079 on his new Nugget Creek clai 71 00:03:58,081 --> 00:04:00,799 [Dustin] It's just costing a lot of money, 'cause we're way out here. 72 00:04:00,801 --> 00:04:03,279 So we need to get in the water and we need to find some gold. 73 00:04:03,281 --> 00:04:05,179 That has to happen. 74 00:04:05,181 --> 00:04:08,239 We're gonna go up there. I need to make a parking spot for the dredge. 75 00:04:08,314 --> 00:04:09,839 That's my goal today. 76 00:04:09,841 --> 00:04:13,159 I need us in the water, or this is costing too much. 77 00:04:13,161 --> 00:04:15,719 And we need to start getting gold in the pocket. 78 00:04:15,721 --> 00:04:18,439 That's all there is to it. It has to pay for itself. 79 00:04:20,281 --> 00:04:25,919 [narrator] Last week, with a little help from mining legend, Fred Hurt, 80 00:04:25,994 --> 00:04:28,599 Dustin finally punched through the ice barrier, 81 00:04:28,601 --> 00:04:32,359 blocking the path to his Golden Gates dive site. 82 00:04:32,434 --> 00:04:34,719 [Fred] Hey! Holy crap. 83 00:04:35,081 --> 00:04:37,199 You've got some gold, man! 84 00:04:39,361 --> 00:04:42,599 [narrator] Now, with his ne dive site free of ice, 85 00:04:42,601 --> 00:04:45,039 Dustin is about to double down. 86 00:04:45,041 --> 00:04:46,599 Go look for your new site. 87 00:04:46,601 --> 00:04:47,879 I would suggest bringing a rope. 88 00:04:47,881 --> 00:04:49,439 Wear some harnesses. 89 00:04:49,514 --> 00:04:51,599 Not that you don't know what you're doing, but slips happen. 90 00:04:51,601 --> 00:04:53,265 We all slip. 91 00:04:53,267 --> 00:04:55,319 -All right, everybody know what to do? All right. -[man] Yup. 92 00:04:55,321 --> 00:04:57,199 -[man 2] It's time to hit it. -Let's get to it. 93 00:05:00,681 --> 00:05:04,759 [narrator] 500 feet up-creek is the sta of Dustin's claims. 94 00:05:06,281 --> 00:05:09,559 And it's here that Fred found their first gold, 95 00:05:09,561 --> 00:05:12,199 dubbing the area "the Golden Gates." 96 00:05:14,041 --> 00:05:15,479 [man] I'm excited about this area. 97 00:05:15,521 --> 00:05:17,119 Look at those boulders. 98 00:05:17,121 --> 00:05:18,999 There's gonna be a line of gold right through here 99 00:05:19,041 --> 00:05:22,279 because this has not been touched. Any of this. 100 00:05:22,354 --> 00:05:24,639 [narrator] The virgin groun looks promising. 101 00:05:24,641 --> 00:05:26,799 But it will take a diver in the water 102 00:05:26,801 --> 00:05:29,599 to see how much gold lies beneath. 103 00:05:29,601 --> 00:05:31,439 [Dustin] You wanna put the dredge right here? 104 00:05:31,921 --> 00:05:33,439 We haven't decided yet. 105 00:05:33,514 --> 00:05:35,719 Now, this seems like a lot of extra work, 106 00:05:35,794 --> 00:05:38,039 but I wanted to make a dam. 107 00:05:39,041 --> 00:05:41,919 All the way across and make that water level match. 108 00:05:41,994 --> 00:05:44,759 It'll slow that water down where we're at. 109 00:05:45,721 --> 00:05:46,959 With that boulder out of the way, 110 00:05:46,961 --> 00:05:48,839 it'll give me a parking spot 111 00:05:49,681 --> 00:05:51,639 so I can put the damn dredge in, 112 00:05:52,241 --> 00:05:53,519 back in a boat 113 00:05:53,521 --> 00:05:56,039 about three or four feet behind this big rock. 114 00:05:56,041 --> 00:05:57,719 That big rock gone, 115 00:05:57,721 --> 00:06:00,039 that would be my perfect world right there. 116 00:06:00,041 --> 00:06:02,759 That would be an awesome world right there. 117 00:06:04,361 --> 00:06:06,519 [narrator] To get the dredg in the water, 118 00:06:06,521 --> 00:06:09,799 Dustin must first move monster boulders downstream 119 00:06:09,801 --> 00:06:12,759 to create a dam. 120 00:06:12,801 --> 00:06:16,799 This will raise the water level and slow the raging current, 121 00:06:16,834 --> 00:06:20,439 creating a perfect spot to float the dredge 122 00:06:20,441 --> 00:06:25,119 and dive for what Dustin believes is an untouched deposit of gold. 123 00:06:26,361 --> 00:06:28,399 [Dustin] All right, guys. Let's pop some rocks. 124 00:06:28,401 --> 00:06:31,159 Let's get this dam up. I need this dredge in the water. 125 00:06:31,161 --> 00:06:32,219 We got to get to diggin'. 126 00:06:32,221 --> 00:06:33,439 Let's get a diver in the water, man. 127 00:06:33,441 --> 00:06:34,439 [man] Let's go. 128 00:06:36,961 --> 00:06:38,879 [grunting] 129 00:06:43,121 --> 00:06:45,839 [Kayla] So this gives you an idea of what we're dealing with with the water. 130 00:06:45,914 --> 00:06:50,039 This creek drops, I think, 900 feet per mile. 131 00:06:51,161 --> 00:06:53,159 So it's gonna be fast water. 132 00:06:53,681 --> 00:06:55,359 No kidding. 133 00:06:56,841 --> 00:07:00,959 Kayla, there's a really hard hike going all the way up-creek. 134 00:07:00,961 --> 00:07:02,839 You guys got your work cut out for you. 135 00:07:02,841 --> 00:07:06,879 I've only seen ice and snow as far as I've been up, so. 136 00:07:06,881 --> 00:07:08,392 [Kayla] We need to get an aerial view 137 00:07:08,394 --> 00:07:11,999 so we can find somewhere that's more exposed, less snow. 138 00:07:12,001 --> 00:07:13,399 [Dustin] What I was thinking for you 139 00:07:14,321 --> 00:07:15,959 was to continue right here. 140 00:07:15,961 --> 00:07:17,879 [Kayla] That's what we were looking at. 141 00:07:17,921 --> 00:07:20,759 [Dustin] That's a marathon right there. That's not a sprint. 142 00:07:23,081 --> 00:07:24,392 [Kayla] Let's go! 143 00:07:24,394 --> 00:07:26,159 [narrator] On the hunt for a dive site, 144 00:07:26,161 --> 00:07:29,039 Kayla and Justin are forced to blaze their own trail 145 00:07:29,041 --> 00:07:31,119 up the sheer cliffs 146 00:07:31,121 --> 00:07:33,439 and into the untamed wilderness. 147 00:07:33,514 --> 00:07:34,919 Wait up for me, speedy. 148 00:07:34,921 --> 00:07:36,839 -[Kayla] Hurry up. -I'm hurrying. 149 00:07:36,914 --> 00:07:38,599 -[Kayla] Don't die. -I won't. 150 00:07:39,721 --> 00:07:43,279 [Kayla] I can put a little extra weight in mine if needed. 151 00:07:43,281 --> 00:07:45,519 [Justin] The weight I need to lose, you can't take. 152 00:07:45,921 --> 00:07:47,639 -[Kayla] Nope. -[laughs] 153 00:07:51,361 --> 00:07:52,839 [Justin] I got some bear doo-doo. 154 00:07:52,914 --> 00:07:55,799 [Kayla] Yeah. I don't have a gun either. 155 00:07:55,801 --> 00:07:59,199 [Kayla] If we get up to a ledge that opens up to where we can walk along it, 156 00:07:59,201 --> 00:08:02,519 we might be able to walk upstream to get a better view. 157 00:08:02,521 --> 00:08:03,959 [Justin] So hopefully not too far. 158 00:08:03,961 --> 00:08:05,399 [Kayla] Hopefully. 159 00:08:10,281 --> 00:08:12,319 [narrator] Nine miles north 160 00:08:12,394 --> 00:08:15,599 79-year-old mining legend, Fred Hurt, 161 00:08:15,601 --> 00:08:18,639 returns to Porcupine Creek, 162 00:08:18,714 --> 00:08:21,999 the same creek where he and Dusting first started their adventure. 163 00:08:23,801 --> 00:08:25,639 [Fred] 19 years of memories. 164 00:08:26,201 --> 00:08:27,959 Good old Porcupine Creek mine. 165 00:08:29,201 --> 00:08:30,799 [narrator] Over a decade ago... 166 00:08:30,874 --> 00:08:33,519 [Fred] We know there's gold sitting under our feet. 167 00:08:33,594 --> 00:08:37,039 ...Fred gambled on the legen of the glory hole 168 00:08:37,041 --> 00:08:41,319 and chased an ancient waterfall over 100 feet deep 169 00:08:41,321 --> 00:08:42,759 [Fred] The material is just too hard. 170 00:08:42,761 --> 00:08:46,079 This thing doesn't have enough power to continue. 171 00:08:46,081 --> 00:08:48,399 [narrator] They never reache the bedrock bottom... 172 00:08:48,401 --> 00:08:50,719 Declaring it right now abandoned. 173 00:08:51,681 --> 00:08:54,519 ...but still got to their biggest payday. 174 00:08:54,961 --> 00:08:57,319 [all cheering] 175 00:08:58,321 --> 00:08:59,719 [Fred] We took about three quarters of 176 00:08:59,721 --> 00:09:02,879 a million dollars' worth of gold out of this hole. 177 00:09:02,881 --> 00:09:04,399 Did I have fun doin' it? 178 00:09:05,201 --> 00:09:07,199 Hell yes, I did. 179 00:09:08,681 --> 00:09:12,679 [narrator] Now he's heading a mile up Porcupine Creek 180 00:09:12,681 --> 00:09:16,239 to take over the dredging operation at Mark Siethen's claim. 181 00:09:20,241 --> 00:09:24,679 [Fred] There does seem to be a considerable amount of problems. 182 00:09:24,754 --> 00:09:28,559 I probably have a little more irritating way of dealing with it than Dustin. 183 00:09:29,321 --> 00:09:30,679 As I'm getting a little older, 184 00:09:30,721 --> 00:09:33,359 I'm trying to be a little more tactful. 185 00:09:34,241 --> 00:09:35,639 Just a little. 186 00:09:40,601 --> 00:09:42,879 -[man] How's it going, Fred? -Hey hey! 187 00:09:42,954 --> 00:09:44,319 Hey, Fred. How ya doing, man? 188 00:09:44,394 --> 00:09:45,439 Good to see you, buddy. 189 00:09:45,514 --> 00:09:47,039 Welcome back out to Porcupine. 190 00:09:47,114 --> 00:09:49,439 -Hot damn! -How ya been doin'? 191 00:09:49,441 --> 00:09:51,319 They just sucking down diesel. 192 00:09:51,321 --> 00:09:52,625 [man] Oh, yeah. 193 00:09:53,361 --> 00:09:55,959 [narrator] On this spot a century ago, 194 00:09:56,001 --> 00:09:58,919 the early minors built a huge wooden flume 195 00:09:58,994 --> 00:10:00,879 to divert Porcupine Creek 196 00:10:00,881 --> 00:10:06,199 and mine the riverbed for millions of dollars of gold 197 00:10:06,234 --> 00:10:10,519 Mark believes the remains of the pilings that supported the flume 198 00:10:10,521 --> 00:10:14,719 prove that the ground by the side of the creek was never mined, 199 00:10:15,521 --> 00:10:19,199 leaving behind a treasure trove of gold. 200 00:10:22,161 --> 00:10:24,839 [Fred] But, boy, y'all do have a nasty mess here. 201 00:10:25,641 --> 00:10:28,039 Well, we got a cesspool. 202 00:10:28,041 --> 00:10:29,119 [Fred laughs] 203 00:10:29,121 --> 00:10:30,879 Oh, Lord! 204 00:10:30,954 --> 00:10:33,439 It's so murky that we can't see anything, 205 00:10:33,514 --> 00:10:35,079 so we can't really make good progress. 206 00:10:35,081 --> 00:10:37,399 We end up spending more time taking our plug-ups out. 207 00:10:39,761 --> 00:10:40,999 The way they have it set up now 208 00:10:41,074 --> 00:10:43,959 is just an impossible situation. 209 00:10:43,961 --> 00:10:47,199 They're dumping dirty water into the water they're diving in. 210 00:10:48,681 --> 00:10:51,159 Duh. 211 00:10:51,241 --> 00:10:52,999 [Paul] It'll settle down if we let it alone for a couple of days. 212 00:10:53,074 --> 00:10:54,479 It'll settle down and we'll have some clarity. 213 00:10:54,481 --> 00:10:56,719 But as soon as we fire the dredge up, 214 00:10:56,721 --> 00:10:58,919 poof, it's all back to this again. 215 00:11:05,921 --> 00:11:07,639 I would put two of 'em. 216 00:11:07,641 --> 00:11:09,199 Make two ponds out of one. 217 00:11:09,921 --> 00:11:11,919 -Two ponds? -I would. 218 00:11:13,001 --> 00:11:14,559 [Paul] I'd rather spend the half a day, 219 00:11:14,561 --> 00:11:16,359 divide the pond in two parts 220 00:11:16,361 --> 00:11:18,759 so we can see what we're doin'. 221 00:11:18,834 --> 00:11:21,399 [Fred] We're gonna split this and make two ponds out of this. 222 00:11:21,401 --> 00:11:25,319 And then we're gonna go ahead and put the dredge in the secondary pond. 223 00:11:25,321 --> 00:11:26,999 That will clarify the water 224 00:11:27,001 --> 00:11:29,599 and it should be okay. 225 00:11:32,521 --> 00:11:33,959 [narrator] Fred's plan, 226 00:11:34,034 --> 00:11:37,079 build a berm to divide the pond in two, 227 00:11:37,081 --> 00:11:40,159 placing the dredge between the two ponds 228 00:11:40,161 --> 00:11:44,919 so all the dirty water from the sluice goes straight into the lower pond 229 00:11:46,761 --> 00:11:48,599 keeping the dive pond clear 230 00:11:48,634 --> 00:11:50,799 for the crew to dredge for gold. 231 00:12:05,321 --> 00:12:10,279 Paul and Scott indicated it was just gonna take 'em a half a day 232 00:12:10,354 --> 00:12:13,159 to build that peninsula all the way across that pond. 233 00:12:13,194 --> 00:12:14,679 Ain't gonna happen. 234 00:12:14,721 --> 00:12:17,319 It'll be a day, day and a half, 235 00:12:17,394 --> 00:12:20,519 maybe two days, especially the way they're doin' it. 236 00:12:29,881 --> 00:12:33,119 Hey! Put your dirt on top of dirt. 237 00:12:33,641 --> 00:12:35,032 Like right here... 238 00:12:35,041 --> 00:12:38,359 -Okay. -...and then just ease it, then dump it. 239 00:12:38,361 --> 00:12:41,159 Don't ever dump dirt in the water. 240 00:12:41,234 --> 00:12:42,719 Copy that. 241 00:12:42,794 --> 00:12:44,919 [Fred] Water is like kryptonite 242 00:12:44,921 --> 00:12:47,439 if you drop dirt through it 243 00:12:47,441 --> 00:12:50,199 Just dispenses it. 244 00:12:50,201 --> 00:12:53,639 You lose 80% of the buoyancy of your dirt. 245 00:12:54,481 --> 00:12:55,999 I could get on that thing, 246 00:12:56,074 --> 00:12:59,719 and get that thing out ther 15 feet in about an hour. 247 00:13:00,961 --> 00:13:03,159 It's hell to know stuff 248 00:13:03,161 --> 00:13:05,439 and not be able to pass it on to people. 249 00:13:08,761 --> 00:13:11,519 What the hell y'all got goin' here? 250 00:13:13,201 --> 00:13:15,359 You want me to get that thing started for you 251 00:13:15,361 --> 00:13:18,239 so you can get your ass moving? 252 00:13:18,241 --> 00:13:21,559 If you wanna show me like exactly what you're talking about. 253 00:13:21,561 --> 00:13:24,879 -'Cause I think I got an idea but if I can-- -I'll go out there 20 minutes. 254 00:13:24,954 --> 00:13:26,919 -Cool. Go for it, man. -All right. 255 00:13:28,881 --> 00:13:31,399 I kinda bowed to the experience that Fred has. 256 00:13:31,474 --> 00:13:34,319 He's got a ton of time on excavators. 257 00:13:40,681 --> 00:13:45,279 [narrator] With nearly a quarter of a century in the construction business 258 00:13:45,354 --> 00:13:48,439 there is nothing Fred doesn' know about moving dirt. 259 00:13:50,121 --> 00:13:51,599 [Fred] Come on, let's go. 260 00:13:52,561 --> 00:13:53,999 Now in the hotseat, 261 00:13:54,001 --> 00:13:56,719 the berm build shifts into overdrive. 262 00:13:58,401 --> 00:14:01,119 [Fred] You gotta teach these young bucks everything. 263 00:14:06,201 --> 00:14:07,359 [narrator] Up ahead... 264 00:14:07,921 --> 00:14:09,519 [Justin] Ready for some noise? 265 00:14:11,041 --> 00:14:12,919 Nobody fall over the edge. 266 00:14:13,321 --> 00:14:14,799 Man, holy moly. 267 00:14:14,801 --> 00:14:18,359 This is what white water's all about, folks. 268 00:14:26,121 --> 00:14:28,519 Man, if that'd go on top of those, that'd be good. 269 00:14:29,121 --> 00:14:31,279 This is gonna go down there. 270 00:14:31,281 --> 00:14:32,879 We're gonna use it for a dam. 271 00:14:32,954 --> 00:14:34,599 Come on, you [bleep]! 272 00:14:34,674 --> 00:14:36,799 Oh, yeah. Yeah, it's a busy, busy day, amigo. 273 00:14:36,874 --> 00:14:38,519 Busy, busy day. 274 00:14:40,121 --> 00:14:41,919 [narrator] At the Golden Gates, 275 00:14:41,921 --> 00:14:45,199 Dustin's crew battle some of the most challenging conditions 276 00:14:45,201 --> 00:14:46,639 they've ever faced. 277 00:14:46,641 --> 00:14:48,712 [Dustin] That's it! 278 00:14:48,714 --> 00:14:52,279 [narrator] The goal, to hav their dredge in the water by week's end. 279 00:14:52,281 --> 00:14:55,479 But first, they must build i a safe harbor. 280 00:14:55,521 --> 00:14:57,679 [Carlos] We are way behind schedule. 281 00:14:57,754 --> 00:14:59,319 Ideally we would've been in the water already, 282 00:14:59,321 --> 00:15:02,119 had a couple of ounces to show for it 283 00:15:03,121 --> 00:15:04,719 and it's just taking us forever. 284 00:15:09,441 --> 00:15:11,119 [man] Three, two, one! 285 00:15:12,041 --> 00:15:14,039 [all cheering] 286 00:15:15,601 --> 00:15:16,959 [Kayla] You hear that? 287 00:15:18,481 --> 00:15:20,239 They just popped a rock. 288 00:15:22,481 --> 00:15:24,719 [narrator] High on the ridgeline overhead, 289 00:15:24,721 --> 00:15:28,439 Kayla and Justin bushwack deep into bear country 290 00:15:28,481 --> 00:15:32,159 in a desperate search for a second dive site. 291 00:15:32,161 --> 00:15:34,919 We've got enough elevation gain right here. 292 00:15:34,921 --> 00:15:37,719 If we start kind of traversing across, 293 00:15:37,761 --> 00:15:39,959 maybe to find an edge instead of keep going up, 294 00:15:39,961 --> 00:15:42,679 we might be able to get a good view. 295 00:15:42,721 --> 00:15:45,319 We really need to find somewhere where the snow has melted. 296 00:15:55,641 --> 00:15:57,919 I'm just trying to get a little foot-grab. 297 00:15:57,921 --> 00:16:00,439 That way, we at least have good traction. 298 00:16:00,441 --> 00:16:04,879 [Justin] And avoid sliding down to who knows what would stop us. 299 00:16:04,881 --> 00:16:07,119 I don't like how it looks down there. 300 00:16:12,801 --> 00:16:14,959 We've made it higher up the mountain. 301 00:16:15,881 --> 00:16:17,599 Try to get a view, vantage, 302 00:16:17,674 --> 00:16:20,639 So we can determine where we might have a good spot 303 00:16:20,714 --> 00:16:21,799 to start mining, 304 00:16:22,641 --> 00:16:25,199 and we're still bushwhacking. 305 00:16:30,921 --> 00:16:33,559 [narrator] After a grueling 4-hour climb, 306 00:16:33,601 --> 00:16:36,359 they have yet to find what they're looking for. 307 00:16:36,361 --> 00:16:38,599 [Justin] It's definitely not easy. 308 00:16:38,674 --> 00:16:41,279 I thought I'd do a little better, personally, at this than I have been, 309 00:16:41,281 --> 00:16:45,079 but it's, uh... it's exhausting. 310 00:16:45,081 --> 00:16:47,399 [narrator] For new recruit, Justin Peterson, 311 00:16:47,401 --> 00:16:51,199 the harsh trail is a long way from his old job 312 00:16:51,201 --> 00:16:55,599 From being a regular worker at a weld shop to... 313 00:16:55,601 --> 00:16:56,945 -trekking in the-- -[Kayla] Mountain goat. 314 00:16:57,021 --> 00:16:59,279 [laughs] To a mountain goat and following Kayla, 315 00:16:59,801 --> 00:17:02,439 this is something else. 316 00:17:02,441 --> 00:17:04,599 -What have you gotten yourself into? -I know! 317 00:17:09,841 --> 00:17:12,599 It just keeps getting thicker and thicker as we go. 318 00:17:12,601 --> 00:17:15,199 [Kayla] Let's go up and through all this [bleep]. 319 00:17:16,721 --> 00:17:18,079 Like, I think there's a cliff edge right over here, 320 00:17:18,081 --> 00:17:19,752 but it's so overgrown, 321 00:17:19,827 --> 00:17:22,119 I don't know if we're even gonna be able to see from this side. 322 00:17:22,121 --> 00:17:25,999 With all this plant debris and duff, it's real slick. 323 00:17:26,001 --> 00:17:27,879 There's really no good footing right here. 324 00:17:27,881 --> 00:17:29,959 I wouldn't recommend following me right here. 325 00:17:37,121 --> 00:17:39,199 I'm gonna climb up here for just a second 326 00:17:39,201 --> 00:17:41,959 to see if maybe there's an opening where we can see something. 327 00:17:42,034 --> 00:17:44,479 There's no point in both of us climbing up here right now 328 00:17:44,554 --> 00:17:46,039 if it doesn't open up. 329 00:17:46,041 --> 00:17:47,919 -So I'll be back in a minute. -All right. 330 00:17:51,201 --> 00:17:52,519 [Justin] Careful. 331 00:17:53,561 --> 00:17:55,719 [Kayla] It's so [bleep] overgrown, 332 00:17:55,721 --> 00:17:57,839 it's just so hard to tell where to go. 333 00:17:58,721 --> 00:18:00,599 I can't tell where the ledge is. 334 00:18:01,521 --> 00:18:03,039 Can you see anything yet? 335 00:18:06,521 --> 00:18:07,705 [Kayla] Heck yeah. 336 00:18:07,707 --> 00:18:10,719 I see two good sections without snow. 337 00:18:10,794 --> 00:18:13,599 -[Justin] That is excellent. -Yeah, that water's open. 338 00:18:14,321 --> 00:18:16,719 [narrator] Running east to west, 339 00:18:16,721 --> 00:18:20,559 this stretch of creek is exposed to twice as much sunlight. 340 00:18:21,521 --> 00:18:24,199 This open water could be their only chance 341 00:18:24,201 --> 00:18:27,479 to mine the creek this seaso 342 00:18:27,521 --> 00:18:29,639 [Kayla] It looks like there's a good-sized stretch of creek here 343 00:18:29,714 --> 00:18:32,599 that's way more exposed so it has no snow. 344 00:18:32,601 --> 00:18:34,959 Just knowing that it's not covered in snow all the way up 345 00:18:35,034 --> 00:18:36,872 is a huge accomplishment. 346 00:18:36,947 --> 00:18:41,759 If we cannot have to spend that extra time messing with the snow as much, 347 00:18:41,761 --> 00:18:43,919 that would save us a lot of work. 348 00:18:43,921 --> 00:18:46,959 [Justin] It's been quite the day of a hike but it was totally worth it. 349 00:18:46,961 --> 00:18:50,319 If we can bypass that patch of snow above the other crew's site, 350 00:18:50,321 --> 00:18:53,359 we could start sampling and then find a spot to put our dredge. 351 00:18:54,081 --> 00:18:55,665 I say we go back down 352 00:18:55,667 --> 00:18:57,399 and then start figuring out where we're gonna cut a trail. 353 00:19:03,081 --> 00:19:05,179 [Fred] Come on, let's go! 354 00:19:05,181 --> 00:19:08,559 [narrator] On the other sid of the mountain at Porcupine Creek, 355 00:19:08,561 --> 00:19:11,239 in need of an injection of cash, 356 00:19:11,241 --> 00:19:15,359 Dustin has turned to his father, Fred, for help. 357 00:19:15,434 --> 00:19:17,839 Pretty soon I'm gonna have my bucket into the wall, aren't I? 358 00:19:19,721 --> 00:19:21,119 Just shove your bucket down. 359 00:19:22,921 --> 00:19:25,119 Don't dump. Don't dump. 360 00:19:25,641 --> 00:19:26,959 Hey! 361 00:19:28,041 --> 00:19:29,479 Don't dump. 362 00:19:29,481 --> 00:19:31,039 Just put it level 363 00:19:31,041 --> 00:19:32,719 and push right on out there. 364 00:19:33,761 --> 00:19:35,519 There you go. 365 00:19:35,594 --> 00:19:37,519 [Paul] I know you know how to build a road. 366 00:19:42,241 --> 00:19:43,999 Pretty soon, they'll have it cut off. 367 00:19:44,001 --> 00:19:46,959 They'll be doing all their activity out into this pond here. 368 00:19:46,961 --> 00:19:49,759 This other pond over here will be their discharge pond. 369 00:19:49,761 --> 00:19:52,719 We'll see how quick he can get this peninsula finished here. 370 00:19:58,161 --> 00:19:59,919 Flatten your bucket out a little bit there. 371 00:20:00,801 --> 00:20:02,559 All right, back drag. Right there. 372 00:20:07,881 --> 00:20:09,119 Whoo! 373 00:20:15,561 --> 00:20:16,945 Look at that, huh? 374 00:20:17,021 --> 00:20:18,559 -Oh, yeah. -Almost like we know what we're doing. 375 00:20:18,561 --> 00:20:19,839 [Scott] [bleep] yeah. 376 00:20:20,961 --> 00:20:22,839 -What a day. -Whoo. That's what I mean. 377 00:20:22,841 --> 00:20:24,159 What a day. 378 00:20:24,161 --> 00:20:25,999 After nine, ten hours, 379 00:20:26,001 --> 00:20:29,559 you start feeling a little bit on the rough side. 380 00:20:29,601 --> 00:20:31,239 -[Paul] I think we're in great shape. -Yeah. 381 00:20:31,241 --> 00:20:33,359 -Good job, guys. -I'm excited about tomorrow. 382 00:20:33,434 --> 00:20:34,779 Me too. 383 00:20:34,781 --> 00:20:37,559 There's a pretty good chance that Scott and Paul, 384 00:20:37,561 --> 00:20:39,719 they're gonna be dredging up gold tomorrow. 385 00:20:51,841 --> 00:20:54,119 We may need to go over there and fish for that other drill. 386 00:20:54,121 --> 00:20:57,839 [narrator] After finding the only section of open water up-creek, 387 00:20:57,841 --> 00:21:00,999 Kayla and Justin's job has just begun. 388 00:21:02,521 --> 00:21:05,999 [Kayla] Today's main goal is to get a trail started to our site. 389 00:21:06,001 --> 00:21:09,359 I have an idea of the area that we're gonna go scout out. 390 00:21:09,361 --> 00:21:12,079 Either way, we need to get a trail established 391 00:21:12,081 --> 00:21:16,719 to get around that cliff wall that is blocking us right now. 392 00:21:16,721 --> 00:21:20,519 [narrator] Dustin has just the trail-busting tool for the mammoth task. 393 00:21:21,321 --> 00:21:23,559 We got ourself a really awesome jackhammer. 394 00:21:23,561 --> 00:21:26,399 We got the biggest widest paddles I could get on it. 395 00:21:26,401 --> 00:21:29,359 [Justin] I've used jackhammers plenty of times before 396 00:21:29,361 --> 00:21:32,479 at different construction jobs I've had in the past. 397 00:21:32,481 --> 00:21:35,239 But I've never quite used 'em on a... 398 00:21:35,241 --> 00:21:39,359 bedrock wall over a creek, trying to make a trail. So... 399 00:21:39,361 --> 00:21:41,279 this'll be something really new for me. 400 00:21:42,401 --> 00:21:43,639 [sighs] 401 00:21:44,081 --> 00:21:45,719 [Kayla] And we're off. 402 00:21:45,761 --> 00:21:48,039 [Justin] All right. Get ready to jack! 403 00:21:54,401 --> 00:21:56,599 [panting] 404 00:21:57,481 --> 00:21:59,599 Definitely a top-heavy load. 405 00:22:05,281 --> 00:22:07,199 [Kayla] It's not gonna be easy, but... 406 00:22:07,201 --> 00:22:10,639 hopefully it kind of flattens out a little bit once we get farther up. 407 00:22:10,641 --> 00:22:13,719 It's just really hard to tell past that corner. 408 00:22:13,721 --> 00:22:15,505 If we can at least just get to that point, 409 00:22:15,507 --> 00:22:17,599 and then figure out where to go from there, that would be great. 410 00:22:19,241 --> 00:22:21,559 So, let's get at it. 411 00:22:21,561 --> 00:22:23,159 [Justin] All right. Ready for some noise? 412 00:22:33,201 --> 00:22:35,479 This rock's a little more solid under the top stuff. 413 00:22:35,521 --> 00:22:37,759 -Oh, really? -Yeah. 414 00:22:37,761 --> 00:22:39,359 I'll try and get to this edge a little more. 415 00:22:39,361 --> 00:22:41,999 I was hoping I'd pop the whole line and fracture it down, but. 416 00:22:44,041 --> 00:22:46,879 [narrator] As Justin cuts a path with a jackhammer 417 00:22:46,914 --> 00:22:50,999 that delivers nearly 900 impacts per minute, 418 00:22:51,001 --> 00:22:54,519 Kayla must find rocks stron enough to risk her life on. 419 00:22:55,881 --> 00:22:57,799 [Kayla] The rock that we're dealing with here is shale 420 00:22:57,801 --> 00:22:59,519 and shale's really crumbly. 421 00:22:59,594 --> 00:23:02,919 So it's hard to set anchors in 422 00:23:02,994 --> 00:23:05,479 because they don't secure very well. 423 00:23:05,481 --> 00:23:07,719 The rock shatters. There's a lot of cracks in it. 424 00:23:07,721 --> 00:23:10,679 And there can be cracks behind that you don't even see. 425 00:23:10,681 --> 00:23:12,479 Sometimes when you're hammering the anchor in, 426 00:23:12,554 --> 00:23:13,979 the rock just shatters. 427 00:23:13,981 --> 00:23:16,559 So it's kind of [bleep] rock to be putting anchors in. 428 00:23:19,241 --> 00:23:22,199 [Justin] Cutting a path on this kind of grade and stuff 429 00:23:23,161 --> 00:23:26,439 it's a new experience. It's a bit crazy. 430 00:23:27,161 --> 00:23:28,839 But... 431 00:23:28,841 --> 00:23:31,279 if you can do what others didn't do, you're gonna get the gold. 432 00:23:31,281 --> 00:23:32,799 That's... it takes... 433 00:23:32,801 --> 00:23:34,919 It takes crazy to find the gold. 434 00:23:44,921 --> 00:23:48,999 [narrator] 700 feet down-creek, to get his dredge in the water, 435 00:23:49,001 --> 00:23:51,959 Dustin hauls in some heavy equipment. 436 00:23:51,961 --> 00:23:54,999 [Dustin] So we're gonna go, uh, set up some winches. 437 00:23:55,001 --> 00:23:56,879 Wes is gonna be on winches. 438 00:23:56,954 --> 00:23:59,239 We're gonna be in charge of carrying them up there 439 00:23:59,241 --> 00:24:01,519 and bringing all this stuff up for 'em, 440 00:24:01,521 --> 00:24:03,319 'cause this is some heavy junk. 441 00:24:03,361 --> 00:24:05,319 It's not gonna be fun. 442 00:24:07,601 --> 00:24:09,679 If you don't mention how heavy it is, then I can't feel it. 443 00:24:09,754 --> 00:24:12,199 So don't remind me, man, about how heavy it is. 444 00:24:13,321 --> 00:24:15,599 [grunts] This is heavy. 445 00:24:15,674 --> 00:24:16,999 These are real heavy. 446 00:24:17,001 --> 00:24:18,199 [narrator] To complete the dam, 447 00:24:18,201 --> 00:24:21,159 they need the 132-pound winches 448 00:24:21,161 --> 00:24:23,919 to drag the creeks boulders into place. 449 00:24:23,994 --> 00:24:25,399 [Dustin] Nobody fall over the edge. 450 00:24:28,401 --> 00:24:30,079 [grunts] 451 00:24:30,154 --> 00:24:31,599 [Dustin] Whoa! [bleep] 452 00:24:31,674 --> 00:24:33,119 Need a break. 453 00:24:37,601 --> 00:24:39,399 I've been trying to set up camp. 454 00:24:40,401 --> 00:24:43,119 I have not been lifting winches up mountains. 455 00:24:43,721 --> 00:24:45,439 But if we don't get any gold, 456 00:24:45,514 --> 00:24:47,159 we won't make the end of damn season. 457 00:24:47,961 --> 00:24:49,199 [sighing] 458 00:24:53,281 --> 00:24:54,399 We're doing this. 459 00:24:56,041 --> 00:24:57,119 [exhaling] 460 00:25:04,241 --> 00:25:06,559 Yeah! [laughing] 461 00:25:06,561 --> 00:25:08,279 Holy crap! 462 00:25:08,321 --> 00:25:10,239 Whoo-hoo! 463 00:25:10,241 --> 00:25:12,159 Ha, pressure marks. 464 00:25:12,601 --> 00:25:14,399 Look at that. 465 00:25:18,161 --> 00:25:21,119 [Wes] So right now we're trying to set up our re-direct on the other side. 466 00:25:21,121 --> 00:25:23,639 [narrator] To create a dam, 467 00:25:23,641 --> 00:25:26,359 Wes's plan is to install a pair of winches 468 00:25:26,361 --> 00:25:28,759 on the near side of the creek 469 00:25:28,761 --> 00:25:31,199 and a re-direct on the far bank 470 00:25:31,201 --> 00:25:34,199 which will allow them to maneuver the lift pulley 471 00:25:34,201 --> 00:25:35,839 up and down the creek. 472 00:25:38,921 --> 00:25:40,079 [Wes] Looking good. 473 00:25:40,154 --> 00:25:41,919 We're gonna use this pulley 474 00:25:41,921 --> 00:25:45,199 to re-direct this line to grab any rock 475 00:25:45,201 --> 00:25:47,119 anywhere up this creek. 476 00:25:47,121 --> 00:25:48,625 Anywhere, anywhere. 477 00:25:48,627 --> 00:25:51,959 [narrator] But before they can start dragging rocks 478 00:25:51,961 --> 00:25:56,399 Carlos has the dangerous tas of crossing the raging river 479 00:25:56,401 --> 00:25:59,719 [Carlos] I don't know how to get a re-direct on that side 480 00:25:59,794 --> 00:26:03,599 without getting hurt, washed away or killed. 481 00:26:05,121 --> 00:26:07,719 That's the fastest part of this creek right now 482 00:26:07,721 --> 00:26:12,959 and that's going millions and millions of gallons in freakin' seconds. 483 00:26:13,441 --> 00:26:15,439 And it's freakin' deep. 484 00:26:15,441 --> 00:26:17,319 [Dustin] This water's next level fast, dude. 485 00:26:17,321 --> 00:26:20,279 Yeah, no, I agree. It's, uh, that's rough. 486 00:26:20,281 --> 00:26:21,799 Rough [bleep]. 487 00:26:21,801 --> 00:26:26,359 [Carlos] If I can get out to this main rock right here. 488 00:26:27,041 --> 00:26:29,719 Set up a temporary anchor point. 489 00:26:29,721 --> 00:26:31,599 [Dustin] Yeah, dude, it sounds like a great plan. 490 00:26:34,681 --> 00:26:35,999 [Carlos] Argh! 491 00:26:36,281 --> 00:26:37,999 Holy moly! 492 00:26:43,361 --> 00:26:45,839 I'm doing this again, man, holy moly. 493 00:26:46,361 --> 00:26:47,439 Argh! 494 00:26:48,681 --> 00:26:49,559 Argh! 495 00:26:52,441 --> 00:26:53,519 I've got it. 496 00:26:53,881 --> 00:26:55,039 [Wes] Made it. 497 00:26:55,041 --> 00:26:57,199 Good, good. 498 00:26:58,121 --> 00:26:59,199 Perfect. 499 00:27:00,161 --> 00:27:02,039 My wife would kill me. 500 00:27:04,481 --> 00:27:05,359 Argh. 501 00:27:05,961 --> 00:27:08,119 Oh, my, argh. 502 00:27:20,361 --> 00:27:23,319 Kids, stay in school otherwise you'll be doing this. 503 00:27:30,481 --> 00:27:32,919 [Carlos] Woo-hoo! 504 00:27:32,921 --> 00:27:33,799 Hoo. 505 00:27:33,874 --> 00:27:37,639 This is crazy. Wow. 506 00:27:39,841 --> 00:27:42,919 This is what white water's all about, folks. 507 00:27:44,401 --> 00:27:46,439 Everything's so cold. 508 00:27:46,441 --> 00:27:48,239 All the sake of gold. 509 00:27:53,841 --> 00:27:55,679 [narrator] First safety line secured, 510 00:27:55,754 --> 00:27:59,799 Carlos can now brave the white water further down the creek 511 00:27:59,801 --> 00:28:02,279 to bring the new winch system online. 512 00:28:02,314 --> 00:28:03,519 [Carlos] How the hell am I gonna get out of here? 513 00:28:05,601 --> 00:28:08,319 He's going swimming, it's not even break time. 514 00:28:10,401 --> 00:28:12,039 [Carlos] I need that back. 515 00:28:14,401 --> 00:28:17,639 Yeah, there you go. 516 00:28:17,641 --> 00:28:22,079 Carlos is working right now to put us a re-direct on the other side. 517 00:28:22,081 --> 00:28:24,919 It'll just give us the ability to, uh, direct our rocks 518 00:28:24,961 --> 00:28:26,319 and put 'em where we want. 519 00:28:28,801 --> 00:28:31,039 [Carlos] Looking good. Let's do it. 520 00:28:33,361 --> 00:28:35,319 [Wes] You gonna be dumb you gotta be tough. 521 00:28:40,721 --> 00:28:42,192 Good job, man. 522 00:28:44,001 --> 00:28:46,519 -Coming up. -Ah, you're not getting over there. 523 00:28:50,841 --> 00:28:52,839 Little, hey, one at a time. 524 00:28:54,761 --> 00:28:56,999 How you do what you do, man, I don't know. 525 00:28:57,074 --> 00:28:59,959 [Carlos] No problem, man, we're good, we're good. 526 00:29:00,001 --> 00:29:02,919 Woo-hoo! Yeah. 527 00:29:02,994 --> 00:29:04,239 [Dustin] Rock water, man. 528 00:29:04,241 --> 00:29:07,199 Dude, I am such a badass, bro, [bleep]. 529 00:29:10,601 --> 00:29:12,465 [Dustin] Couldn't get that to stick. 530 00:29:12,467 --> 00:29:15,199 [narrator] Finally, with the heavy use winches installed, 531 00:29:15,201 --> 00:29:16,839 the miners can get to work. 532 00:29:16,841 --> 00:29:18,159 [Carlos laughing] Yeah! 533 00:29:18,234 --> 00:29:19,999 [Dustin] Oh, yeah, now we're moving. 534 00:29:20,001 --> 00:29:22,239 [Wes] We're so close to getting the dredge in. 535 00:29:22,241 --> 00:29:23,799 I think this is gonna work to our advantage, 536 00:29:23,841 --> 00:29:25,319 that's what I got going right now. 537 00:29:28,561 --> 00:29:29,599 [narrator] Up ahead... 538 00:29:29,674 --> 00:29:30,779 [Fred] Fire it up. 539 00:29:30,781 --> 00:29:33,359 This water is nasty and we can't see. 540 00:29:34,641 --> 00:29:36,519 [Kayla] Last thing I wanna do is bust through the ice. 541 00:29:37,281 --> 00:29:38,679 Three, two, one! 542 00:29:38,681 --> 00:29:39,739 [explosion] 543 00:29:39,741 --> 00:29:41,799 -[Carlos] Whoa. -You almost died. 544 00:29:54,921 --> 00:29:56,839 [narrator] At Porcupine Creek... 545 00:29:57,681 --> 00:29:59,359 [Paul] Time to get dressed. 546 00:29:59,361 --> 00:30:01,119 Let's see what that water looks like. 547 00:30:02,761 --> 00:30:04,879 [narrator] ...it's time to p Fred's master plan 548 00:30:04,954 --> 00:30:07,719 to increase visibility to the test. 549 00:30:08,961 --> 00:30:13,839 Ideally they would let this front pond settle just a little bit more 550 00:30:13,841 --> 00:30:16,639 but they need to get in there and find out... Get some gold. 551 00:30:16,641 --> 00:30:17,799 Fire it up. 552 00:30:18,721 --> 00:30:19,639 [engine starting] 553 00:30:20,281 --> 00:30:22,559 Come on, baby. 554 00:30:22,561 --> 00:30:24,919 [narrator] Dustin is bankin on the Pilings Pond 555 00:30:24,921 --> 00:30:26,639 delivering some fast gold 556 00:30:26,641 --> 00:30:29,319 to fund his Nugget Creek operation. 557 00:30:31,281 --> 00:30:35,759 The possibility that there's just a pocket of gold down there 558 00:30:35,761 --> 00:30:38,519 that's untouched, I mean... 559 00:30:39,841 --> 00:30:41,599 I won't let that haunt me, I gotta find out. 560 00:30:45,481 --> 00:30:46,599 All right, there we go. 561 00:30:48,121 --> 00:30:50,519 -[Scott] You copy? -Got you. 562 00:30:50,521 --> 00:30:52,399 Yeah, loud and clear. 563 00:30:52,401 --> 00:30:53,999 Loud and clear. 564 00:30:58,721 --> 00:31:00,199 Good luck down there, Scott. 565 00:31:00,681 --> 00:31:02,139 [Scott] Good luck. 566 00:31:02,141 --> 00:31:04,599 [narrator] So far, the crew is yet to dredge 567 00:31:04,601 --> 00:31:07,519 a single ounce of gold from the pond. 568 00:31:07,521 --> 00:31:10,359 How's all your systems working down there, Scott? 569 00:31:11,921 --> 00:31:13,199 [Scott] All pretty good so far. 570 00:31:13,201 --> 00:31:15,239 Water's good, air's good. 571 00:31:15,241 --> 00:31:16,999 Good water, good air? 572 00:31:17,074 --> 00:31:18,239 [Scott] Good water, good air. 573 00:31:18,241 --> 00:31:20,319 [Fred] How's the visibility down there? 574 00:31:20,321 --> 00:31:22,359 [Scott] I got about two inches. 575 00:31:22,401 --> 00:31:24,919 Well it's better than, uh, last time 576 00:31:24,921 --> 00:31:27,719 when you said you couldn't even see your fingers in front of your mask. 577 00:31:27,721 --> 00:31:30,599 So, uh, hell, you got visibility now. 578 00:31:30,674 --> 00:31:33,119 We'll call it, you got visibility down there now. 579 00:31:33,154 --> 00:31:34,079 [laughing] 580 00:31:34,081 --> 00:31:35,825 [Scott] I'm zero to somethin 581 00:31:35,827 --> 00:31:40,999 Just remember the old, uh, woman and making love to her at night. 582 00:31:41,074 --> 00:31:43,559 [Scott] You're just kind of feeling your way around. 583 00:31:43,961 --> 00:31:45,585 [chuckling] 584 00:31:47,161 --> 00:31:49,319 [Scott] I'm bring something to get it out of the way. 585 00:31:51,481 --> 00:31:53,279 [bleep] 586 00:31:53,281 --> 00:31:55,199 He pulled a piece of board out 587 00:31:55,201 --> 00:31:57,599 that's got a big, old metal spike sticking out of it. 588 00:31:57,601 --> 00:31:58,759 Just sounds like... 589 00:31:58,761 --> 00:31:59,959 Wow. 590 00:31:59,961 --> 00:32:00,959 [Scott] Running in to that. 591 00:32:00,961 --> 00:32:02,599 [Fred] Damn. 592 00:32:02,601 --> 00:32:04,599 [Scott] That's a homemade nail. 593 00:32:05,481 --> 00:32:07,039 [Paul] It can be deadly. 594 00:32:13,561 --> 00:32:16,719 [Scott] Material is changing not, uh, the sludgy stuff. 595 00:32:16,794 --> 00:32:18,239 [Fred] Yep. 596 00:32:18,241 --> 00:32:20,559 [Scott] It feels a lot more like that glacial fill 597 00:32:20,561 --> 00:32:24,159 [Paul] Huh, I'd be rising those off the bedrock, man. 598 00:32:24,161 --> 00:32:27,159 [Fred] Scott is down there trying to, uh, find the very bottom 599 00:32:27,161 --> 00:32:31,519 of, uh, where that bedrock kind of flattens out down there. 600 00:32:31,521 --> 00:32:34,879 That's where the, uh, gold always is in, uh, Porcupine. 601 00:32:34,954 --> 00:32:37,519 [Scott] This material feels great. 602 00:32:37,521 --> 00:32:41,639 Hey, that's a good sign. That is a good sign. 603 00:32:41,641 --> 00:32:44,399 [Scott] I got a 12-foot area cleared. 604 00:32:44,474 --> 00:32:47,639 Uh-oh, we got a little problem here. 605 00:32:47,681 --> 00:32:51,239 [narrator] The landlocked dive site presents a new problem. 606 00:32:51,241 --> 00:32:53,439 [Fred] Uh, we got dirty water 607 00:32:53,441 --> 00:32:56,199 but it's circulating back up here. 608 00:32:56,201 --> 00:32:58,999 It's three inches higher in the back 609 00:32:59,001 --> 00:33:00,799 that it is at the front. 610 00:33:00,801 --> 00:33:04,959 In 15 minutes, that'll all be right over the top of Scott. 611 00:33:04,961 --> 00:33:08,319 We gotta drain that water out of there, I can guarantee. 612 00:33:08,641 --> 00:33:10,319 All right, Scott? 613 00:33:10,321 --> 00:33:12,759 You're in some good hands with Paul. 614 00:33:13,841 --> 00:33:15,759 [Paul] Fred's gonna go grab the excavator. 615 00:33:18,641 --> 00:33:20,439 Dig us a trench see if we can get this water 616 00:33:20,441 --> 00:33:23,679 to flow up and hopefully that changes our flow. 617 00:33:23,681 --> 00:33:26,039 This water's nasty and you can't see. 618 00:33:28,681 --> 00:33:32,919 [narrator] If Fred's new pla to clear the backed up tailings doesn't work, 619 00:33:33,641 --> 00:33:35,679 the crew can forget any chance 620 00:33:35,681 --> 00:33:37,919 of their much needed pay day. 621 00:33:41,401 --> 00:33:44,639 [Fred] Uh, about one more dig and we ready to, uh... 622 00:33:45,681 --> 00:33:47,159 ...dump some water. 623 00:33:51,001 --> 00:33:52,479 There she goes! 624 00:33:52,481 --> 00:33:53,599 [laughing] 625 00:33:54,401 --> 00:33:56,359 He's flying out of here now. 626 00:33:56,434 --> 00:33:59,159 That should clear that pond up in the front. 627 00:33:59,161 --> 00:34:00,559 [Paul] Good job, man. 628 00:34:00,561 --> 00:34:02,599 All right, that's just about done it. 629 00:34:02,601 --> 00:34:06,719 We got enough of a, we got a good flow coming out of the dirty water pond 630 00:34:06,721 --> 00:34:09,559 into the, uh, creek. 631 00:34:09,601 --> 00:34:11,759 [Scott] Now, visibility is a lot better than what it has been, 632 00:34:11,834 --> 00:34:12,959 so, I'll take it. 633 00:34:13,361 --> 00:34:15,599 Looks really good. 634 00:34:15,601 --> 00:34:18,279 [Paul] Hey, Scott, I think you set the record here for, uh, 635 00:34:18,354 --> 00:34:20,199 the longest session without no plug ups. 636 00:34:21,601 --> 00:34:23,199 [Scott indistinct] 637 00:34:31,401 --> 00:34:33,599 [narrator] On the other side of the mountain 638 00:34:33,601 --> 00:34:36,959 Kayla and Justin are six hours into their missio 639 00:34:36,961 --> 00:34:39,199 to reach their potential new dive site. 640 00:34:39,201 --> 00:34:43,319 But they still have another 300-feet to go. 641 00:34:43,321 --> 00:34:46,559 Hand cutting a trail, it's definitely challenging. 642 00:34:46,634 --> 00:34:49,119 It seems like it goes so slow, 643 00:34:49,121 --> 00:34:51,039 there's so much that needs to be done. 644 00:34:51,041 --> 00:34:54,159 It makes it feel like you're not really getting any progress done 645 00:34:54,234 --> 00:34:56,959 and it's just an endless chore, but... 646 00:34:56,961 --> 00:34:58,799 ...slowly but surely we'll get it done. 647 00:34:59,641 --> 00:35:00,719 Hey. 648 00:35:00,794 --> 00:35:02,319 What's going on? 649 00:35:03,041 --> 00:35:04,559 How do you like our highway? 650 00:35:04,634 --> 00:35:06,559 [Dustin] I could drive my four wheeler up here. 651 00:35:06,634 --> 00:35:08,279 All right, wait, wait, wait. 652 00:35:08,321 --> 00:35:11,839 This is way too much work for you to do this. 653 00:35:11,841 --> 00:35:13,959 I need to know if there's gold up there. 654 00:35:14,601 --> 00:35:16,199 So what I would do, 655 00:35:16,201 --> 00:35:17,719 I would go and put, like... 656 00:35:18,801 --> 00:35:20,239 They call it a P-line. 657 00:35:20,241 --> 00:35:25,199 And it's just basically, an exploration trail. 658 00:35:25,274 --> 00:35:27,039 And then you find out if it's possible, 659 00:35:27,041 --> 00:35:28,719 it's worth putting in that effort. 660 00:35:28,721 --> 00:35:32,559 Makes sense if you just go across the wall trying to get it, 661 00:35:32,634 --> 00:35:34,879 you hit a dead end, you've wasted all that time 662 00:35:34,954 --> 00:35:36,719 when you could've discovered it with a little bit less 663 00:35:36,721 --> 00:35:38,319 and figured another route. 664 00:35:38,321 --> 00:35:39,519 You cut only enough. 665 00:35:39,521 --> 00:35:41,279 Just enough to where it's not a lot of effort 666 00:35:41,354 --> 00:35:42,619 and you're moving fast. 667 00:35:49,521 --> 00:35:51,319 [Kayla] I'm gonna check this rock right here 668 00:35:51,321 --> 00:35:52,999 figure out where to put my first anchor bolt. 669 00:35:56,961 --> 00:35:58,159 It's all crumbly. 670 00:35:58,761 --> 00:35:59,999 Let's see. 671 00:36:01,521 --> 00:36:02,919 That's not the greatest. 672 00:36:08,201 --> 00:36:10,719 [narrator] Using Justin's P-line strategy, 673 00:36:10,721 --> 00:36:13,959 Kayla makes rapid progress across the cliff. 674 00:36:17,801 --> 00:36:19,359 Can you see anything yet? 675 00:36:21,121 --> 00:36:22,439 Once we get around this crest, 676 00:36:22,441 --> 00:36:24,239 there's land right here. 677 00:36:25,681 --> 00:36:28,479 Problem is, I just don't see any good rock for an anchor bolt. 678 00:36:28,554 --> 00:36:30,519 Unless I do it, like, right here. 679 00:36:31,401 --> 00:36:32,999 But this isn't that great a rock either. 680 00:36:34,121 --> 00:36:35,579 [narrator] One failed bolt 681 00:36:35,581 --> 00:36:38,399 and it's a 20-foot drop to the creek below. 682 00:36:38,474 --> 00:36:40,759 [Kayla] Last thing I wanna do is bust through the ice. 683 00:36:40,761 --> 00:36:44,639 I don't like it but I'm gonna go for it. 684 00:36:56,601 --> 00:37:00,239 [narrator] In Alaska, you always have to keep your head on a swivel. 685 00:37:00,314 --> 00:37:02,299 [Carlos] There it goes! 686 00:37:03,161 --> 00:37:06,399 [narrator] Because you neve know what may fall out of the sky. 687 00:37:06,474 --> 00:37:08,279 Woo-hoo! All right. 688 00:37:08,281 --> 00:37:12,719 Literally, literally dropped us a package. 689 00:37:12,721 --> 00:37:17,639 Literally one of the hoses that we need for the dredge. 690 00:37:17,641 --> 00:37:18,759 This looks... 691 00:37:20,601 --> 00:37:21,639 ...perfect. 692 00:37:37,921 --> 00:37:39,199 [narrator] On Nugget Creek, 693 00:37:39,961 --> 00:37:42,319 Kayla and Justin are within inches 694 00:37:42,321 --> 00:37:45,119 of what could be their dive site for the season. 695 00:37:45,121 --> 00:37:48,359 So the good news is, once we get around this crest 696 00:37:48,361 --> 00:37:50,759 there's land right here. 697 00:37:50,761 --> 00:37:53,119 [Justin] Oh, my goodness, I can hear the water around the corner. 698 00:37:53,121 --> 00:37:55,199 -Right there. -Right there. 699 00:37:57,881 --> 00:37:59,099 [Kayla] All cleared. 700 00:38:04,361 --> 00:38:06,759 What I did was put my butt against the snow 701 00:38:06,761 --> 00:38:07,639 and, like, shimmy my feet across. 702 00:38:07,681 --> 00:38:09,512 All right. 703 00:38:09,514 --> 00:38:12,159 -We got a lot of land to work with over here. -[Justin] Definitely. 704 00:38:15,841 --> 00:38:17,119 [Kayla] You see what I see? 705 00:38:18,121 --> 00:38:20,119 [Justin] Look at those banks over there. 706 00:38:21,401 --> 00:38:23,519 That's quite the sweep. 707 00:38:24,161 --> 00:38:25,359 [Kayla] I like this spot. 708 00:38:26,721 --> 00:38:27,519 What do you think? You like it? 709 00:38:27,521 --> 00:38:30,319 Yeah. 710 00:38:30,321 --> 00:38:32,959 [Kayla] You can tell, like, the way the bedrock comes out right there 711 00:38:32,961 --> 00:38:34,679 that it pushed everything. 712 00:38:34,721 --> 00:38:36,559 -So this was where everything was pushed to. -[Justin] Yeah. 713 00:38:36,561 --> 00:38:38,039 -Same with that... -Same with that. 714 00:38:38,041 --> 00:38:39,719 -...on that side. -'Cause it hits rim, 715 00:38:40,161 --> 00:38:41,399 comes this way. 716 00:38:42,401 --> 00:38:44,199 Smashes over there. 717 00:38:44,274 --> 00:38:45,959 -This way. -Here and backs up. 718 00:38:47,001 --> 00:38:48,799 You can tell material's built up here. 719 00:38:52,601 --> 00:38:54,759 [narrator] Free of ice and snow, 720 00:38:54,761 --> 00:38:59,199 this section of creek is Kayla's only hope for a successful season. 721 00:38:59,841 --> 00:39:01,639 Now it's time to do some sampling. 722 00:39:01,641 --> 00:39:04,319 It's a lot more exciting because now we know 723 00:39:04,394 --> 00:39:05,999 we have potential to find some gold. 724 00:39:12,881 --> 00:39:14,119 So obviously when we're panning 725 00:39:14,194 --> 00:39:16,959 we're looking for gold, if it's obvious, 726 00:39:17,034 --> 00:39:20,319 but we're looking for the black sands, 727 00:39:20,354 --> 00:39:22,759 pyrites, other heavy minerals 728 00:39:22,834 --> 00:39:25,639 that would give us an idea of the gold being here. 729 00:39:25,714 --> 00:39:28,319 Gold tends to be the deepest one of them all. 730 00:39:37,561 --> 00:39:38,639 [Kayla] I got gold already. 731 00:39:40,001 --> 00:39:41,599 [Justin laughing] 732 00:39:47,041 --> 00:39:48,185 Bingo. 733 00:39:49,401 --> 00:39:50,759 [Kayla] Usually with water this fast 734 00:39:50,834 --> 00:39:53,319 most of it settles all the way down to the bottom. 735 00:39:53,321 --> 00:39:55,999 So that fact that every pan at least had a little bit 736 00:39:56,001 --> 00:39:57,599 was a really good sign. 737 00:39:57,601 --> 00:40:00,919 So the next step is to get Paul and Scott back with us 738 00:40:00,961 --> 00:40:02,312 and start dredging. 739 00:40:06,201 --> 00:40:08,759 I need a parking spot right here for this dredge. 740 00:40:08,761 --> 00:40:10,199 These rocks are in my way 741 00:40:10,201 --> 00:40:13,359 and I need those rocks right there. 742 00:40:13,361 --> 00:40:15,159 [narrator] Down creek at the golden gates... 743 00:40:15,161 --> 00:40:17,339 [Dustin] Bottle up. 744 00:40:17,341 --> 00:40:19,999 [narrator] ...in a desperat attempt to get his dredge in the water... 745 00:40:21,241 --> 00:40:24,439 Hell yeah! Nice job. 746 00:40:24,481 --> 00:40:27,999 [narrator] ...Dustin pushes his winch system to the brink. 747 00:40:28,001 --> 00:40:30,599 [Carlos] We need to get rid of that big rock too right there. 748 00:40:30,601 --> 00:40:32,719 That's the asteroid rock 749 00:40:32,721 --> 00:40:35,279 and we're gonna send it back to outer space. 750 00:40:35,281 --> 00:40:39,119 To make this dam, it's ideal to use big rocks like this 751 00:40:39,121 --> 00:40:41,039 but, God, if we can't move 'em, 752 00:40:42,241 --> 00:40:44,479 we have to make smaller rocks, more manageable. 753 00:40:44,481 --> 00:40:46,399 We're ready for power heads. 754 00:40:47,961 --> 00:40:51,799 [narrator] The huge asteroid rock is too large for the winches. 755 00:40:51,801 --> 00:40:54,039 so they'll need to blow it to pieces. 756 00:41:00,761 --> 00:41:02,039 [Dustin] Come on out of there. 757 00:41:03,961 --> 00:41:05,599 Hey, and... 758 00:41:05,674 --> 00:41:06,519 [explosion] 759 00:41:06,961 --> 00:41:08,159 [all] Argh! 760 00:41:08,234 --> 00:41:09,879 Come on, [bleep]. 761 00:41:09,881 --> 00:41:13,399 There's our nemesis right now. Need it out of the way. 762 00:41:14,761 --> 00:41:15,479 Three, two, one. 763 00:41:15,481 --> 00:41:16,552 [explosion] 764 00:41:16,554 --> 00:41:18,559 [Carlos] That didn't do anything, dude. 765 00:41:18,634 --> 00:41:19,919 Try that again. 766 00:41:19,921 --> 00:41:22,439 Has to move because it's in my damn way. 767 00:41:23,441 --> 00:41:24,239 [Dustin] Ready! 768 00:41:24,241 --> 00:41:25,439 [explosion] 769 00:41:25,441 --> 00:41:27,279 [narrator] But blast after blast 770 00:41:27,281 --> 00:41:29,959 the asteroid rock refuses to budge. 771 00:41:30,034 --> 00:41:33,439 Get rid of this damn thing, it's ruining my life right now. 772 00:41:35,841 --> 00:41:38,359 In my opinion this should've [bleep] been done 773 00:41:38,361 --> 00:41:40,159 so I'm flipping out a little bit. 774 00:41:41,401 --> 00:41:43,679 I need my [bleep] dredge in the water 775 00:41:43,681 --> 00:41:45,799 and I'm losing my [bleep]. 776 00:41:46,481 --> 00:41:48,319 It's freaking me the [bleep]. 777 00:41:48,321 --> 00:41:52,599 Like, nobody understands how [bleep] important this really is right now. 778 00:41:52,641 --> 00:41:55,519 But we all have to apply for a new [bleep] job 779 00:41:55,521 --> 00:41:57,279 because we didn't get this [bleep] done. 780 00:41:57,354 --> 00:41:59,599 What's our main objective today, brothers? 781 00:42:00,321 --> 00:42:01,639 Parking spot for the boat. 782 00:42:01,641 --> 00:42:03,319 Is that right? 783 00:42:03,321 --> 00:42:05,119 Can you help me do that today, man? 784 00:42:05,121 --> 00:42:06,159 Yeah, yep, yeah. 785 00:42:06,234 --> 00:42:07,559 I'd really appreciate it. 786 00:42:08,641 --> 00:42:10,039 Really appreciate it. 787 00:42:12,841 --> 00:42:15,039 Put another head in there. 788 00:42:15,114 --> 00:42:17,019 Oh, you wanna put another one in there? 789 00:42:17,021 --> 00:42:19,399 [Dustin] Yeah, put, like, [bleep] as many boosters that'll fit in there. 790 00:42:20,521 --> 00:42:21,672 Yeah, one more, yeah. 791 00:42:21,674 --> 00:42:23,719 Let's drill some more holes, pop some more. 792 00:42:23,794 --> 00:42:26,439 Just snap that [bleep] into a million pieces. 793 00:42:31,761 --> 00:42:33,159 Argh. 794 00:42:36,441 --> 00:42:37,639 [Dustin] Ready! 795 00:42:39,321 --> 00:42:41,319 Three, two, one. 796 00:42:41,394 --> 00:42:42,439 No. 797 00:42:44,561 --> 00:42:45,592 Nothing. 798 00:42:46,321 --> 00:42:48,879 What the [bleep] just happened? 799 00:42:48,881 --> 00:42:49,999 That's our first misfire. 800 00:42:50,001 --> 00:42:51,399 Did they get unplugged somehow? 801 00:42:51,474 --> 00:42:53,279 They probably unplugged 'cause of the current. 802 00:42:53,281 --> 00:42:54,719 Unplugged. 803 00:42:54,721 --> 00:42:56,959 I know y'all are working hard and everybody's working hard 804 00:42:56,961 --> 00:42:59,239 I just, I don't think everybody understands 805 00:42:59,241 --> 00:43:00,759 how important it really is. 806 00:43:06,841 --> 00:43:09,719 Fire in the hole! Three, two, one. 807 00:43:09,761 --> 00:43:11,199 [explosion] 808 00:43:11,921 --> 00:43:12,679 Whoa! 809 00:43:12,681 --> 00:43:14,359 [Dustin] Almost died. 810 00:43:14,361 --> 00:43:15,359 Oh, [bleep], you all right? 811 00:43:15,361 --> 00:43:16,272 Whoa, dude. 812 00:43:16,347 --> 00:43:18,239 -Holy [bleep]. -Freakin'... 813 00:43:18,241 --> 00:43:20,999 -[Dustin] You almost died just now. -[Wes] Holy [bleep]. 814 00:43:21,074 --> 00:43:22,459 You almost died. 815 00:43:22,461 --> 00:43:24,599 -[Wes] You all right? -[Dustin] Lucky [bleep] man. 816 00:43:24,601 --> 00:43:26,639 That's some [bleep] that come flying, that was... 817 00:43:26,641 --> 00:43:27,839 That piece is [bleep]. 818 00:43:27,841 --> 00:43:29,599 Three, two, one. 819 00:43:29,674 --> 00:43:30,399 [explosion] 820 00:43:30,401 --> 00:43:32,199 Whoa, whoa. 821 00:43:32,881 --> 00:43:34,679 That was freakin'... 822 00:43:34,721 --> 00:43:36,799 [Dustin] You almost died just now. 823 00:43:37,721 --> 00:43:39,119 Did it get ya? 824 00:43:39,641 --> 00:43:41,559 Holy [bleep]. 825 00:43:41,561 --> 00:43:44,599 This is 60-feet away and it hit right here, 826 00:43:44,641 --> 00:43:46,279 Carlos was laying right there. 827 00:43:46,281 --> 00:43:48,119 Holy [bleep]. 828 00:43:48,161 --> 00:43:52,839 Fly rock is absolutely the deadliest thing that there is. 829 00:43:52,914 --> 00:43:56,039 I thought Carlos was a goner, dude. I was standing next to him 830 00:43:56,041 --> 00:43:57,799 and it him and he went like this. 831 00:43:58,441 --> 00:43:59,519 I... Oh, my God. 832 00:43:59,521 --> 00:44:01,319 It just happened so fast. 833 00:44:01,321 --> 00:44:04,439 It, like, hit the bank but it hit his shoulder at the same time. 834 00:44:04,441 --> 00:44:07,719 And that rock weighs probably, 20, 25 pounds. 835 00:44:09,561 --> 00:44:11,319 It blew the hell out of that rock though. 836 00:44:11,481 --> 00:44:12,552 Are you hurt? 837 00:44:12,627 --> 00:44:15,199 No, just tell me I'm not dead, dude. 838 00:44:15,201 --> 00:44:17,319 He was bleeding for a little bit. 839 00:44:19,001 --> 00:44:21,239 Well, I only got two rules, what are they? 840 00:44:21,241 --> 00:44:22,519 [Carlos] Don't die. 841 00:44:22,521 --> 00:44:24,239 -Don't get hurt. -[Carlos] Don't die. 842 00:44:26,081 --> 00:44:28,199 No one tells my wife. 843 00:44:28,201 --> 00:44:30,799 Oh, my God, do not put this on TV. 844 00:44:30,801 --> 00:44:32,392 [Dustin] She'll kill ya. 845 00:44:32,467 --> 00:44:34,479 Yeah, we figured it was a good time to call it for the day. 846 00:44:34,481 --> 00:44:36,559 Yeah, dude, we're done. 847 00:44:38,001 --> 00:44:39,519 [Dustin] It was almost catastrophic. 848 00:44:39,594 --> 00:44:42,159 We're superstitious when it comes to big problems. 849 00:44:42,234 --> 00:44:43,599 Holy moly. 850 00:44:43,674 --> 00:44:45,039 [Dustin] When things start to go wrong 851 00:44:45,041 --> 00:44:47,119 we bail, that's it. 852 00:44:48,001 --> 00:44:50,439 I'm getting desperate right now. 853 00:44:50,441 --> 00:44:53,039 It's going on too long, I'm running out of damn money. 854 00:44:53,114 --> 00:44:55,039 [narrator] No dam, no dredge, 855 00:44:55,041 --> 00:44:57,599 and one of his crew almost critically injured. 856 00:44:57,674 --> 00:45:00,559 Dustin's week is left in ruins. 857 00:45:00,634 --> 00:45:02,919 I've got too much tied up into this 858 00:45:02,921 --> 00:45:04,759 and I thought we'd be in the damn water by now, 859 00:45:04,761 --> 00:45:08,759 I was naive and dumb and now I'm desperate. 860 00:45:15,841 --> 00:45:19,919 [narrator] At Porcupine, Scott Allen is the only member of Dustin's crew 861 00:45:19,994 --> 00:45:21,919 that's actually dredging for gold. 862 00:45:23,841 --> 00:45:27,079 All the pressure is on him to deliver a big pay day. 863 00:45:27,081 --> 00:45:28,552 [Paul] Done. 864 00:45:29,441 --> 00:45:30,679 [Scott] I think we found a good spot here, buddy. 865 00:45:30,721 --> 00:45:32,479 Perfect. 866 00:45:32,554 --> 00:45:35,159 Give me a tug on my umbilical so I can orientate myself. 867 00:45:36,121 --> 00:45:38,799 All right, I'm pulling up on your hose. 868 00:45:38,874 --> 00:45:42,799 That's not a bad dive, Scott, you've been in for like, five hours now, so. 869 00:45:43,961 --> 00:45:45,439 [Fred] He's following the hose there. 870 00:45:48,201 --> 00:45:49,919 [narrator] After a five hour dive 871 00:45:49,921 --> 00:45:53,359 it's time to see if all their hard work has paid off. 872 00:45:53,361 --> 00:45:54,799 Did you started cleaning bedrock? 873 00:45:54,801 --> 00:45:56,199 [Scott] I was on bedrock for a good long while 874 00:45:56,201 --> 00:45:59,999 so, I'm really excited to see what's in this. 875 00:46:00,074 --> 00:46:01,239 [Paul] One way to find out. 876 00:46:01,241 --> 00:46:02,312 Let's check it. 877 00:46:02,314 --> 00:46:03,719 Shut it down, let's go check it out. 878 00:46:11,241 --> 00:46:12,759 All right, come on, baby. 879 00:46:13,761 --> 00:46:14,559 Is that? 880 00:46:14,561 --> 00:46:16,359 [Bleep] yeah, dude. 881 00:46:16,361 --> 00:46:17,919 There's three pieces right there. 882 00:46:17,994 --> 00:46:19,152 That's nice. 883 00:46:19,227 --> 00:46:22,199 That's, whoa, look. There you go, Scott. 884 00:46:22,201 --> 00:46:23,439 [Scott] Wow. 885 00:46:24,201 --> 00:46:26,039 Wow, that's some weight, man. 886 00:46:28,281 --> 00:46:30,399 [narrator] Seven jewelry grade nuggets, 887 00:46:30,401 --> 00:46:32,599 worth a lot more than fine gold. 888 00:46:32,601 --> 00:46:34,919 It's been a long dry spell but... 889 00:46:34,921 --> 00:46:38,239 -Somebody had to break it. -You found the right spot. 890 00:46:38,241 --> 00:46:40,039 [Ryan] It's good to start finally seeing some gold. 891 00:46:40,041 --> 00:46:42,599 I mean, this is the first good gold of the season. 892 00:46:42,601 --> 00:46:44,599 This pond almost had us defeated. 893 00:46:44,601 --> 00:46:45,879 It actually almost did. 894 00:46:45,881 --> 00:46:48,599 Oh, yeah. Look at that. 895 00:46:48,601 --> 00:46:50,039 [Fred] I made a few suggestions 896 00:46:50,081 --> 00:46:52,199 on how to clarify that water a little bit. 897 00:46:52,201 --> 00:46:56,199 Well finally today we got in there 898 00:46:56,201 --> 00:46:58,599 we actually found a little bit of gold. 899 00:47:00,841 --> 00:47:02,999 It's a little bit hard to leave right now. 900 00:47:03,001 --> 00:47:05,119 Just found some gold. 901 00:47:05,121 --> 00:47:07,839 But it's up to them to continue this 902 00:47:07,841 --> 00:47:11,359 and it's time for me to exit stage left. 903 00:47:13,601 --> 00:47:16,799 [narrator] On the next Gold Rush: White Water. 904 00:47:16,874 --> 00:47:20,719 [Dustin laughing] The dredge made it to Nugget Creek. 905 00:47:20,721 --> 00:47:23,679 All right, you guys, we're gonna do some heavy off-roading. 906 00:47:23,754 --> 00:47:26,479 [Carlos] Oh, [bleep], it's working, man. 907 00:47:26,481 --> 00:47:28,079 Keep on going, pull, pull. 908 00:47:28,154 --> 00:47:29,512 Even with their head start, 909 00:47:29,587 --> 00:47:31,999 my crew still got a dredge in the water first. 910 00:47:32,074 --> 00:47:33,999 That's an awesome sight, seeing the dredge go in. 911 00:47:34,074 --> 00:47:37,399 We are in the water, we are mining now. 912 00:47:37,401 --> 00:47:38,279 [Dustin] My [bleep] chest hurts. 913 00:47:38,281 --> 00:47:39,579 Freaking me out. 914 00:47:39,581 --> 00:47:41,199 So I'm either having an anxiety attack 915 00:47:41,201 --> 00:47:43,519 or a [bleep] heart attack. 916 00:47:43,521 --> 00:47:46,639 He's gotta be all right 'cause we gotta get gold out of Nugget Creek. 917 00:47:46,641 --> 00:47:49,639 Kayla's a beast, I just try to keep up. 918 00:47:49,714 --> 00:47:51,439 [Kayla] You ready to find some gold? 919 00:47:52,201 --> 00:47:53,799 Today's gonna be the change. 920 00:47:54,441 --> 00:47:55,639 The change we needed.