All language subtitles for Gold.Rush.Dave.Turins.Lost.Mine.S04E10.Clash.of.the.Cuts.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP2.0.H.264-NTb

af Afrikaans
sq Albanian
am Amharic
ar Arabic
hy Armenian
az Azerbaijani
eu Basque
be Belarusian
bn Bengali
bs Bosnian
bg Bulgarian
ca Catalan
ceb Cebuano
ny Chichewa
zh-CN Chinese (Simplified)
zh-TW Chinese (Traditional)
co Corsican
hr Croatian
cs Czech
da Danish
nl Dutch
en English
eo Esperanto
et Estonian
tl Filipino
fi Finnish
fr French
fy Frisian
gl Galician
ka Georgian
de German
el Greek
gu Gujarati
ht Haitian Creole
ha Hausa
haw Hawaiian
iw Hebrew
hi Hindi
hmn Hmong
hu Hungarian
is Icelandic
ig Igbo
id Indonesian
ga Irish
it Italian
ja Japanese
jw Javanese
kn Kannada
kk Kazakh
km Khmer
ko Korean
ku Kurdish (Kurmanji)
ky Kyrgyz
lo Lao
la Latin
lv Latvian
lt Lithuanian
lb Luxembourgish
mk Macedonian
mg Malagasy
ms Malay
ml Malayalam
mt Maltese
mi Maori
mr Marathi
mn Mongolian
my Myanmar (Burmese)
ne Nepali
no Norwegian
ps Pashto
fa Persian
pl Polish
pt Portuguese
pa Punjabi
ro Romanian
ru Russian
sm Samoan
gd Scots Gaelic
sr Serbian
st Sesotho
sn Shona
sd Sindhi
si Sinhala
sk Slovak
sl Slovenian
so Somali
es Spanish Download
su Sundanese
sw Swahili
sv Swedish
tg Tajik
ta Tamil
te Telugu
th Thai
tr Turkish
uk Ukrainian
ur Urdu
uz Uzbek
vi Vietnamese
cy Welsh
xh Xhosa
yi Yiddish
yo Yoruba
zu Zulu
or Odia (Oriya)
rw Kinyarwanda
tk Turkmen
tt Tatar
ug Uyghur
Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:05,517 --> 00:00:08,896 [Dave] This is the most difficult season I've ever had. 2 00:00:08,931 --> 00:00:12,482 But I still believe there's great gold in Alaska 3 00:00:12,517 --> 00:00:14,275 waiting to be found. 4 00:00:14,310 --> 00:00:16,413 I think we've got virgin ground 5 00:00:16,448 --> 00:00:19,000 that's never been mined by the old timers. 6 00:00:19,034 --> 00:00:21,724 So I'm gonna come in with this excavator, 7 00:00:21,758 --> 00:00:24,758 do a little prospecting and try to figure out 8 00:00:24,793 --> 00:00:27,103 where we're gonna go with our next cut. 9 00:00:27,137 --> 00:00:31,793 Got a lot riding on this, our season, a lot of money, a lot of gold. 10 00:00:37,827 --> 00:00:39,379 What the hell is that? 11 00:00:41,931 --> 00:00:42,827 *bleep* 12 00:00:45,655 --> 00:00:47,586 Jason, I wanna show you something. 13 00:00:49,793 --> 00:00:51,103 [Jason] What the heck we got here? 14 00:00:53,275 --> 00:00:55,000 [Dave] An old trommel it looks like. 15 00:00:56,517 --> 00:00:58,517 That means it's been mined. 16 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,000 [thunder rumbling] 17 00:01:25,034 --> 00:01:26,000 [Dave] Holy *bleep*. 18 00:01:29,965 --> 00:01:31,379 What the hell? 19 00:01:34,896 --> 00:01:35,896 Our cut's flooded. 20 00:01:39,172 --> 00:01:41,206 What happened? 21 00:01:41,241 --> 00:01:44,793 Apparently, the pump didn't get fueled last night. I'm not really sure. 22 00:01:46,034 --> 00:01:47,758 [Dave] What do you mean? 23 00:01:47,793 --> 00:01:50,758 Were you down here last night when you walked out of here, you couldn't check it? 24 00:01:50,793 --> 00:01:55,931 [Jason] It was running and I seen the engines fuel it at about 3:30. 25 00:01:55,965 --> 00:01:57,137 So, I did not check it. 26 00:01:59,931 --> 00:02:05,137 [narrator] At Glacier Creek, a rookie mistake leaves the Pappy cut unminable, 27 00:02:05,172 --> 00:02:07,413 drowning in 4 feet of water. 28 00:02:09,551 --> 00:02:11,310 [Dave] These guys got to start stepping up 29 00:02:12,344 --> 00:02:14,137 and I don't know what to do about it. 30 00:02:14,172 --> 00:02:19,586 I mean I love these guys but, uh, *bleep* they can't even fuel their own machines? 31 00:02:23,724 --> 00:02:26,482 Everyone here on this mine site is capable 32 00:02:26,517 --> 00:02:28,896 of putting fuel in this pump, including me. 33 00:02:28,931 --> 00:02:30,241 So, it's everyone to blame. 34 00:02:31,758 --> 00:02:33,103 [Dave] Fire it up, let's go. 35 00:02:33,965 --> 00:02:34,965 [engine starts] 36 00:02:43,551 --> 00:02:45,482 [Jason] Well, it's so damn late in the season. 37 00:02:45,517 --> 00:02:47,413 So, I got to keep the plant running. 38 00:02:49,172 --> 00:02:52,241 It's a damn good thing I was out here till 9.30 at night, 39 00:02:52,275 --> 00:02:55,724 scratching and digging all this pay up. 40 00:02:55,758 --> 00:02:59,000 [narrator] It will take at least three hours to drain the cut. 41 00:02:59,034 --> 00:03:02,275 So, Jason digs into his stockpile of dry pay. 42 00:03:04,689 --> 00:03:08,517 [Jason] The Pappy cut has been delivering some gold, 43 00:03:08,551 --> 00:03:12,862 but we're not here just to have some gold delivered. 44 00:03:12,896 --> 00:03:15,103 We need the most bang for our buck. 45 00:03:15,137 --> 00:03:18,310 We know that lies right underneath that water right there. 46 00:03:20,034 --> 00:03:25,275 The gold always sits closer to the bedrock almost every time. 47 00:03:25,310 --> 00:03:27,344 [narrator] Over the last six weeks, 48 00:03:27,379 --> 00:03:30,275 the Pappy cut has been besieged by floods. 49 00:03:31,413 --> 00:03:34,000 But Jason's not ready to call it quits 50 00:03:34,034 --> 00:03:37,620 until he digs to the deepest potentially richest gold. 51 00:03:40,068 --> 00:03:43,068 If we start getting down on bedrock, get that water out of the way. 52 00:03:43,103 --> 00:03:47,862 Pappy cut will be paying that real money, that good gold. 53 00:03:52,724 --> 00:03:54,310 [Dave] So, the Pappy cut isn't paying out. 54 00:03:55,793 --> 00:03:57,482 We're not anywhere close to our goal. 55 00:03:58,241 --> 00:03:59,689 I'm hurting. 56 00:03:59,724 --> 00:04:04,068 I've spent a lot of money here and we don't have much money coming in. 57 00:04:04,103 --> 00:04:06,103 Problem we're fighting is the water 58 00:04:06,137 --> 00:04:10,103 and on top of that, I'm in a predicament right now, 59 00:04:10,137 --> 00:04:13,172 uh, without Casey, I don't know how long he's gonna be gone. 60 00:04:15,758 --> 00:04:17,275 [narrator] Last week. 61 00:04:17,310 --> 00:04:20,551 He was supposed to back yesterday by 5 o'clock and he never came back. 62 00:04:20,586 --> 00:04:22,758 [narrator] Rock truck driver, Casey Morgan, 63 00:04:22,793 --> 00:04:26,344 had to race home to Arizona to be with his wife, Vee, 64 00:04:26,379 --> 00:04:29,448 after a near-fatal hiking trip. 65 00:04:29,482 --> 00:04:32,896 My wife's missing. I need to get on the first *bleep* plane out of here. 66 00:04:38,551 --> 00:04:40,482 [Dave] Well, look, right now, we are screwed. 67 00:04:40,517 --> 00:04:41,448 We're one man down. 68 00:04:42,310 --> 00:04:44,655 And this cut's been a nightmare. 69 00:04:44,689 --> 00:04:48,931 [narrator] After pumping out over 600,000 gallons of water, 70 00:04:51,482 --> 00:04:53,379 the cut is finally drained. 71 00:04:54,758 --> 00:04:58,137 [Dave] If this was a normal area, 72 00:04:58,172 --> 00:05:01,206 I would just keep widening this pit 73 00:05:01,241 --> 00:05:03,896 and I would keep mining all of this. 74 00:05:03,931 --> 00:05:07,862 The problem is the larger of an opening I get, 75 00:05:07,896 --> 00:05:11,310 the more water that comes in, I can't manage that big of a cut. 76 00:05:12,931 --> 00:05:14,551 So, I got to open up another cut. 77 00:05:19,586 --> 00:05:21,655 Hey Jason, you got a copy? 78 00:05:21,689 --> 00:05:23,000 I wanna talk to you a minute. 79 00:05:23,517 --> 00:05:24,379 Yeah. 80 00:05:25,724 --> 00:05:28,931 I think we ought to clean up that pit, be done with it 81 00:05:28,965 --> 00:05:32,862 and then, I'm gonna open up another cut. 82 00:05:32,896 --> 00:05:37,758 I really think that this cut is as big as we can manage. 83 00:05:40,310 --> 00:05:44,620 [narrator] To get to bedrock, Jason benches down the Pappy cut, 84 00:05:44,655 --> 00:05:46,379 stripping 6 feet at a time. 85 00:05:47,931 --> 00:05:52,206 But every bucket he excavates, removes dirt that would otherwise 86 00:05:52,241 --> 00:05:54,931 soak up run-off from the surrounding valley. 87 00:05:56,310 --> 00:06:00,413 Now, 30 feet deep and a 150 feet wide 88 00:06:00,448 --> 00:06:04,655 the cut is vulnerable to much worse and more frequent flooding. 89 00:06:09,586 --> 00:06:13,206 [Dave] You got to get her done, buddy. TIme to move on. 90 00:06:13,241 --> 00:06:17,000 [narrator] Digging deeper hasn't seen richer gold. 91 00:06:17,034 --> 00:06:21,000 So, Dave plans to open a new smaller cut downstream. 92 00:06:22,793 --> 00:06:25,448 [Jason on radio] I get that we've had some bad situations, 93 00:06:25,482 --> 00:06:27,586 with pumps and water, but... 94 00:06:27,620 --> 00:06:29,379 ...we're still not at the bottom. 95 00:06:30,655 --> 00:06:32,827 If that bedrock drops down, 96 00:06:32,862 --> 00:06:38,172 it's very likely that gonna be a great pocket, you know, of gold. 97 00:06:38,206 --> 00:06:40,965 [Dave] The amount of time and effort and money that we're spending 98 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,000 to get to the bottom, it's just not worth it. 99 00:06:44,551 --> 00:06:46,068 Really, it's... 100 00:06:46,103 --> 00:06:48,206 It's paying about the same all the way down. 101 00:06:49,482 --> 00:06:53,000 Looks like you got four days, that's the way I see it. 102 00:06:53,034 --> 00:06:55,482 And by that time, I'll have you another cut on the other side 103 00:06:55,517 --> 00:06:58,551 and we we'll manage it better than we managed this one. 104 00:06:59,931 --> 00:07:03,000 [Jason] 10-4, but not happy about it. 105 00:07:11,413 --> 00:07:14,206 [Dave] There's always a fine line of how I manage. 106 00:07:14,241 --> 00:07:17,448 I like to empower my guys to make decisions, 107 00:07:17,482 --> 00:07:20,724 but I'm the one that has my retirement tied up in this. 108 00:07:20,758 --> 00:07:25,241 There's times when I have to make unpopular decisions and choices 109 00:07:25,275 --> 00:07:28,310 that, you know, they don't like. 110 00:07:34,172 --> 00:07:37,103 There was a group, a mining company, 111 00:07:37,137 --> 00:07:39,517 that was doing a testing program 112 00:07:40,310 --> 00:07:41,758 and they stopped. 113 00:07:41,793 --> 00:07:45,931 Years later, another mining company picks up where they left off. 114 00:07:45,965 --> 00:07:51,758 They were 3 feet from hitting a $3 billion strike. 115 00:07:53,068 --> 00:07:55,413 I know Dave says we have to move on, 116 00:07:55,448 --> 00:07:57,931 but if I can show him good value's down there, 117 00:07:58,862 --> 00:08:00,103 I bet we stay. 118 00:08:01,965 --> 00:08:04,034 [narrator] Just 100 yards south. 119 00:08:08,103 --> 00:08:10,965 [Dave] This, to me, is virgin ground. 120 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,517 Thick, big trees. 121 00:08:12,551 --> 00:08:15,206 Thousand acres that way, there's a thousand acres that way 122 00:08:15,241 --> 00:08:17,206 that's never been touched. 123 00:08:17,241 --> 00:08:18,896 You know there's got to be gold under there. 124 00:08:21,896 --> 00:08:24,896 [narrator] Tracing a path of the ancient riverbed 125 00:08:24,931 --> 00:08:28,517 out of the Pappy cut into a Cottonwood grove, 126 00:08:28,551 --> 00:08:30,275 Dave breaks new ground. 127 00:08:36,379 --> 00:08:39,448 [Dave] The old river channel came on this side. 128 00:08:39,482 --> 00:08:42,172 So, I'm going to poke a couple holes 129 00:08:42,206 --> 00:08:45,379 and see where the gold lives. 130 00:08:45,413 --> 00:08:49,827 I just gotta try to figure out where we're going to go with our next cut. 131 00:08:49,862 --> 00:08:52,344 Just what we have to do. That Eagle's hungry. 132 00:08:59,206 --> 00:09:00,448 [Chris] Man, what the hell? 133 00:09:01,137 --> 00:09:02,827 [narrator] Across site... 134 00:09:03,620 --> 00:09:05,068 [Chris] That was off plan. 135 00:09:09,758 --> 00:09:10,758 [engine stopping] 136 00:09:16,172 --> 00:09:18,310 [narrator] A ruck jam shuts down the plant. 137 00:09:21,862 --> 00:09:24,551 To stay in the race, for a 60-ounce clean-up 138 00:09:24,586 --> 00:09:27,862 this week, the crew can't afford any downtime. 139 00:09:29,241 --> 00:09:31,827 [Nathan] I thought there was something caught in there. 140 00:09:31,862 --> 00:09:33,655 I thought I ran out of feed real quick. 141 00:09:33,689 --> 00:09:35,103 And I was like, it don't make sense. 142 00:09:36,137 --> 00:09:37,862 'Cause I can't see this. 143 00:09:45,344 --> 00:09:46,862 [Dave] What's wrong, Nater? 144 00:09:46,896 --> 00:09:48,517 [Nathan] Ah, looks like something in the hopper. 145 00:09:48,551 --> 00:09:50,931 Maybe it's clogged up a little bit. Dust and rock or something. 146 00:09:55,344 --> 00:09:56,758 [Dave] Come over here and look. 147 00:09:56,793 --> 00:09:57,931 Look in there. 148 00:09:59,448 --> 00:10:01,000 That's too full. 149 00:10:04,275 --> 00:10:05,827 [Chris] I thought we ran out of material. 150 00:10:06,551 --> 00:10:07,655 That's my fault. 151 00:10:09,413 --> 00:10:12,620 [narrator] Chris has crammed in so much dirt, 152 00:10:12,655 --> 00:10:14,620 the conveyors jam up. 153 00:10:18,689 --> 00:10:19,965 [Dave] It's irresponsible. 154 00:10:21,379 --> 00:10:22,413 Pretty elementary. 155 00:10:23,517 --> 00:10:24,517 [Chris] Sorry. 156 00:10:26,482 --> 00:10:28,551 [Dave] Chris needs to*bleep* figure it out. 157 00:10:30,068 --> 00:10:31,724 When I keep breaking down, 158 00:10:31,758 --> 00:10:35,379 we're not gonna get enough gold to pay the bills. 159 00:10:41,034 --> 00:10:43,206 [Dave] *bleep* a *bleep* circus, is what it is. 160 00:10:43,241 --> 00:10:45,172 A mother *bleep* circus. 161 00:10:49,310 --> 00:10:50,448 [narrator] Coming up. 162 00:10:50,482 --> 00:10:52,413 [Jason] I'm not leaving this cut. 163 00:10:52,448 --> 00:10:54,448 [Dave] Get your butt moving, Sanchez. 164 00:10:54,482 --> 00:10:56,172 Trying to get the gold, Dave. 165 00:11:00,275 --> 00:11:02,862 [Chris] I think I overfed it, 'cause I couldn't see it. 166 00:11:02,896 --> 00:11:05,551 [Dave] Oh don't make *bleep* excuses. 167 00:11:05,586 --> 00:11:07,689 We just gotta keep this stuff running. 168 00:11:08,758 --> 00:11:10,931 [narrator] At Glacier Creek, 169 00:11:10,965 --> 00:11:14,000 Team Turin's new wash plant, the Eagle, 170 00:11:14,034 --> 00:11:17,103 is shut down after Chris overfed the hopper. 171 00:11:20,034 --> 00:11:21,689 [Nathan] I don't think it's the best idea, but... 172 00:11:21,724 --> 00:11:25,482 [Dave] I would rev it up and turn your speed up. 173 00:11:26,655 --> 00:11:27,793 [Nathan] I hope it works out. 174 00:11:31,241 --> 00:11:33,724 [narrator] If the conveyor is pushed too hard, 175 00:11:33,758 --> 00:11:37,724 a torn belt would cost Dave thousands of dollars to replace. 176 00:11:39,068 --> 00:11:40,931 [wash plant creaks] 177 00:11:40,965 --> 00:11:42,275 [Nathan] That's not right. 178 00:11:42,310 --> 00:11:44,517 [plant squeaking and creaking] 179 00:11:47,517 --> 00:11:48,586 [Dave] Come on. 180 00:11:53,586 --> 00:11:55,413 [water plant starts] 181 00:12:00,448 --> 00:12:01,862 That going. 182 00:12:03,034 --> 00:12:04,896 Pretty simple fix, 183 00:12:04,931 --> 00:12:06,620 but this isn't working. 184 00:12:06,655 --> 00:12:08,482 We can't continue to do this. 185 00:12:11,448 --> 00:12:12,551 Chris... 186 00:12:14,310 --> 00:12:16,413 You can't keep making dumb mistakes. 187 00:12:17,448 --> 00:12:19,931 [Chris] But, I am loading blind. 188 00:12:19,965 --> 00:12:21,620 I thought it ran out of pay. 189 00:12:21,655 --> 00:12:24,586 I came back from lunch and I was like, "Oh, God Almighty," and I went up, 190 00:12:24,620 --> 00:12:26,137 and whenever I started dumping, I looked, 191 00:12:26,172 --> 00:12:27,655 and I was like, "Oh, we're full." 192 00:12:28,862 --> 00:12:30,172 - [Dave] God! - [Chris] Hey, you can't see. 193 00:12:31,827 --> 00:12:34,034 [Dave] He can't see when it's closer. 194 00:12:34,068 --> 00:12:37,896 If he fills it to those slots, that's way too much. 195 00:12:38,896 --> 00:12:40,310 [Chris] I thought it was a slot. 196 00:12:40,344 --> 00:12:42,448 [Nathan] Let's just cut a little slot right here, just like this. 197 00:12:42,482 --> 00:12:44,517 - [Chris] I could do that. - [Dave] We could do that, not here. 198 00:12:44,551 --> 00:12:46,724 Here, and you keep it at that level. 199 00:12:47,586 --> 00:12:48,689 [Chris] That's easy. 200 00:12:55,793 --> 00:12:57,206 [Nathan] Is that good, Chris? Okay with that? 201 00:12:57,724 --> 00:12:58,793 It's good. 202 00:12:59,344 --> 00:13:00,448 Start it up! 203 00:13:02,034 --> 00:13:04,068 We gave Chris some sight holes. 204 00:13:04,103 --> 00:13:05,413 He can see in there 205 00:13:05,448 --> 00:13:08,137 and he should be able to adjust the level in the feeder. 206 00:13:12,586 --> 00:13:17,448 [Chris] It's the first time that I've ever been told I overfed anything. 207 00:13:17,482 --> 00:13:19,758 So now they cut me two little holes out, 208 00:13:19,793 --> 00:13:22,620 looking into a black box, looking for black dirt. 209 00:13:22,655 --> 00:13:25,310 So, uh, not the easiest thing to do. 210 00:13:30,655 --> 00:13:32,896 But I can see the dirt better. 211 00:13:32,931 --> 00:13:36,206 - [Dave] Oh yeah. - [Nathan] Go Chris! 212 00:13:36,241 --> 00:13:38,551 It's good. All right, good job, Nate. See you later. 213 00:13:39,827 --> 00:13:41,862 The truth is, I don't hide my emotions well. 214 00:13:41,896 --> 00:13:44,103 The guys know when I'm stressed. 215 00:13:44,137 --> 00:13:46,103 You know, that's my style of leadership. 216 00:13:46,137 --> 00:13:48,275 I want them to know what's going on 217 00:13:48,310 --> 00:13:49,862 because they're my partners. 218 00:13:49,896 --> 00:13:51,241 They really are. 219 00:13:51,275 --> 00:13:52,758 Full steam ahead. 220 00:13:57,482 --> 00:13:59,241 [wind blowing] 221 00:14:02,310 --> 00:14:04,551 [birds chirping] 222 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,068 [Jason] Time is of the essence. 223 00:14:14,103 --> 00:14:15,448 Getting the bedrock? 224 00:14:16,034 --> 00:14:17,448 It has to happen. 225 00:14:18,896 --> 00:14:21,724 [narrator] Dave has given Jason just four days 226 00:14:21,758 --> 00:14:24,655 to dig to the deepest gold in the Pappy cut 227 00:14:24,689 --> 00:14:26,137 and prove its worth. 228 00:14:28,931 --> 00:14:30,344 I gotta see where the bottom is 229 00:14:30,379 --> 00:14:32,000 or at least see if I can reach it. 230 00:14:33,586 --> 00:14:35,172 I think we're really on the right path 231 00:14:35,206 --> 00:14:37,310 to some unbelievable gold down there. 232 00:14:39,620 --> 00:14:40,896 Holy *bleep*. 233 00:14:45,379 --> 00:14:48,482 Seemed to hit some drabbles underneath this brown layer. 234 00:14:50,586 --> 00:14:52,068 And now, I gotta pan. 235 00:14:58,344 --> 00:15:00,586 I just hope that as we're going down, 236 00:15:01,413 --> 00:15:02,379 it's getting better. 237 00:15:04,758 --> 00:15:05,793 Hmm. 238 00:15:07,379 --> 00:15:09,896 There's nothing in this pan to really speak of. 239 00:15:11,448 --> 00:15:12,793 Should be rich as hell. 240 00:15:14,172 --> 00:15:18,413 Unless it drops off here and we're not anywhere near the bedrock. 241 00:15:21,137 --> 00:15:25,000 For me, it's frustrating because I know there's better gold down there. 242 00:15:25,620 --> 00:15:27,275 Problem is... 243 00:15:27,310 --> 00:15:29,551 ...what if it's in just another 5 foot. 244 00:15:38,758 --> 00:15:40,344 Can't give up, can't stop. 245 00:15:41,379 --> 00:15:42,344 We'll find it. 246 00:15:44,620 --> 00:15:46,448 I don't know how to quit. 247 00:15:46,482 --> 00:15:52,655 My expectations, personally, every year are to do as much as we possibly can 248 00:15:52,689 --> 00:15:55,206 to obtain as much gold as we possibly can. 249 00:15:55,241 --> 00:15:57,206 If it's really, really great gold, 250 00:15:57,827 --> 00:16:00,034 it's gonna be super deep. 251 00:16:00,068 --> 00:16:01,689 I'll keep scratching on her. 252 00:16:02,655 --> 00:16:05,344 We've fought this hard so far, to get here. 253 00:16:05,379 --> 00:16:07,137 I don't want to leave any gold behind. 254 00:16:09,482 --> 00:16:12,137 [narrator] Downstream... 255 00:16:12,172 --> 00:16:15,413 [Dave] Feel like I'm Jason Sanchez, I'm digging a hole, man! 256 00:16:15,448 --> 00:16:17,448 [narrator] Dave hunts for new ground. 257 00:16:21,034 --> 00:16:25,448 [Dave] I just wanna see depths, uh, see what the makeup is. 258 00:16:25,482 --> 00:16:29,275 Starting to get into it now, it's pretty deep, there's uh... 259 00:16:29,310 --> 00:16:32,241 Actually, it's about 4 foot overburden on this, 260 00:16:32,275 --> 00:16:35,448 so I will pull a sample 261 00:16:35,482 --> 00:16:39,275 at the top of this gravel zone, and hopefully find some gold. 262 00:16:41,241 --> 00:16:44,827 Well, looks like main channel came through here one time. 263 00:16:44,862 --> 00:16:51,137 There's been, uh, I can see one, two, three, four, five different layers. 264 00:16:51,172 --> 00:16:55,965 Five different distinct zones where, uh, water flows have changed. 265 00:16:56,413 --> 00:16:57,551 That's good news. 266 00:17:00,965 --> 00:17:04,965 This is the first pan of a potential new kind cut, so. 267 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,482 You know, you're always hoping for good gold 268 00:17:07,517 --> 00:17:10,689 that's up high, so I don't have to, uh, 269 00:17:11,793 --> 00:17:13,206 move a lot of overburden. 270 00:17:17,206 --> 00:17:20,068 That's just 3 feet. 271 00:17:20,103 --> 00:17:23,965 Then, you got three, four little ones, and then, a decent size right there. 272 00:17:24,896 --> 00:17:26,206 That's encouraging. 273 00:17:28,068 --> 00:17:31,517 What I found there, it's a good indication there's gold. 274 00:17:31,551 --> 00:17:36,620 I know that as you go down, it's going to get better, so at the bottom of that 275 00:17:36,655 --> 00:17:37,965 will be bigger gold. 276 00:17:38,896 --> 00:17:39,896 And that's our cut. 277 00:17:41,931 --> 00:17:44,000 Whoo! 278 00:17:44,034 --> 00:17:47,482 [narrator] Dave must now clear all the trees and vegetation, 279 00:17:47,517 --> 00:17:49,931 before his new cut is ready to mine. 280 00:17:56,724 --> 00:17:58,413 [Dave] Hey, Jason. 281 00:17:58,448 --> 00:18:00,206 Pushing all these pinewood trees, 282 00:18:00,241 --> 00:18:04,034 so I think our new cut's gonna be the Cottonwood Pass. 283 00:18:04,068 --> 00:18:05,965 [Jason] I can see those trees from here. 284 00:18:06,827 --> 00:18:08,586 Cottonwood cut it is, I like it! 285 00:18:16,551 --> 00:18:18,275 [Dave] What the hell is that? 286 00:18:20,103 --> 00:18:21,034 *bleep* 287 00:18:23,586 --> 00:18:25,827 [Dave on radio] Jason, I want to show you something. 288 00:18:31,931 --> 00:18:33,137 What the heck is out here? 289 00:18:35,620 --> 00:18:37,137 I don't know what it is. 290 00:18:39,103 --> 00:18:40,827 An old trommel, it looks like. 291 00:18:42,827 --> 00:18:44,689 [Dave] That means it's been mined. 292 00:18:45,896 --> 00:18:47,000 [Jason] That's not good. 293 00:18:48,793 --> 00:18:49,758 [Dave sighs] 294 00:18:51,172 --> 00:18:53,862 [narrator] On the hunt for virgin ground, 295 00:18:53,896 --> 00:18:56,448 Dave discovers old mining equipment. 296 00:18:59,517 --> 00:19:02,620 [Dave] I think this was a hydraulic mine thing. 297 00:19:02,655 --> 00:19:06,620 It's half of the pipe, and he probably just 298 00:19:06,655 --> 00:19:10,275 hydraulic-ed into it, and then out the bottom through those holes, 299 00:19:10,310 --> 00:19:11,517 went to a sluice. 300 00:19:14,827 --> 00:19:21,137 [narrator] Hydraulic mining was a technique favored by the Alaskan old-timers. 301 00:19:21,172 --> 00:19:25,034 Water cannons washed banks of gold-rich material 302 00:19:25,068 --> 00:19:27,275 into a basic handmade sluice. 303 00:19:28,344 --> 00:19:30,275 The process was cheap and easy, 304 00:19:30,310 --> 00:19:33,379 and is still, sometimes used today. 305 00:19:36,172 --> 00:19:40,241 [Dave] It's not that old, I mean, modern day welding. 306 00:19:40,275 --> 00:19:46,034 They got galvanized stuff, they didn't have that till maybe the '40s. 307 00:19:46,068 --> 00:19:49,896 I think this was just a really cheap way to mine. 308 00:19:49,931 --> 00:19:53,896 That's amazing though, that they were hand working in the '40s. 309 00:19:53,931 --> 00:19:58,068 You know, with all the equipment and technology that was advancing. 310 00:19:58,103 --> 00:20:01,517 I think it was just somebody came in here and tried to get a quick buck. 311 00:20:01,551 --> 00:20:04,379 You know? [chuckles] Dragged that old piece of pipe in here and, 312 00:20:05,137 --> 00:20:06,068 you know, tried it. 313 00:20:06,862 --> 00:20:08,586 We go below where they mined, 314 00:20:09,344 --> 00:20:10,896 we should find a lot of gold. 315 00:20:10,931 --> 00:20:13,172 - [Jason] They never got to see bedrock. - No. 316 00:20:13,206 --> 00:20:15,586 - [chuckles] - Nope. 317 00:20:15,620 --> 00:20:21,172 They were in here mining with old-style hand workings. 318 00:20:21,862 --> 00:20:23,241 Who knows what's below here? 319 00:20:26,379 --> 00:20:27,344 [narrator] At the wash plant... 320 00:20:29,827 --> 00:20:32,448 Oh, it's been a week now, and Casey's been home. 321 00:20:33,310 --> 00:20:34,620 So, it's been kind of rough, you know, 322 00:20:34,655 --> 00:20:36,206 I've been running the whole truck around 323 00:20:36,241 --> 00:20:38,724 and trying to do two or three jobs at once. 324 00:20:39,793 --> 00:20:41,965 [narrator] With Casey off-site, 325 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:46,310 Nate, Chris, and Andrew have to work overtime just to keep the Eagle running. 326 00:20:48,517 --> 00:20:50,620 [Chris] As long as they keep bringing the material to us, 327 00:20:50,655 --> 00:20:52,068 I'll keep putting rocks in the box. 328 00:20:59,655 --> 00:21:01,310 [Andrew on radio] Hey, shut it down, shut it down. 329 00:21:02,931 --> 00:21:04,103 [Nathan on radio] What's going on? 330 00:21:06,103 --> 00:21:08,137 [Nathan] We got a grizzly squawking around. 331 00:21:16,586 --> 00:21:18,310 I think the*bleep* grizzly's loose. 332 00:21:22,034 --> 00:21:23,620 See that? Loose. 333 00:21:25,689 --> 00:21:29,206 The grizzly box bolts to the main shaker box 334 00:21:29,241 --> 00:21:31,655 and these bolts that go through here, that actually hold it up 335 00:21:31,689 --> 00:21:33,172 against there, came loose. 336 00:21:38,241 --> 00:21:42,068 [narrator] The Eagle's grizzly bars bolt to the shaker box 337 00:21:42,103 --> 00:21:46,724 that vibrates to prevent larger rocks slipping inside. 338 00:21:46,758 --> 00:21:50,172 A constant vibration has loosened the bolts, 339 00:21:50,206 --> 00:21:53,344 and left the Eagle unable to process the pay. 340 00:21:55,379 --> 00:21:56,931 So, we'll just tighten 'em all up real quick, 341 00:21:56,965 --> 00:21:58,931 go to the other end and tighten the *bleep* out of them. 342 00:21:58,965 --> 00:22:00,379 And, fire it back up, man. 343 00:22:00,413 --> 00:22:01,344 All right. 344 00:22:06,620 --> 00:22:08,379 [Nathan] Dave, we're gonna fire it up real quick. 345 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:10,448 [machinery revving] 346 00:22:12,689 --> 00:22:13,689 [clanking] 347 00:22:15,310 --> 00:22:16,275 [Nathan speaking] 348 00:22:19,068 --> 00:22:20,068 Damn it! 349 00:22:21,551 --> 00:22:23,965 [Nathan] It vibrates so aggressive, 350 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,931 that it is basically beats itself to death. 351 00:22:26,965 --> 00:22:28,482 And, it don't take no time. 352 00:22:28,517 --> 00:22:30,137 I mean no time. 353 00:22:30,172 --> 00:22:31,206 I mean, five minutes... 354 00:22:32,482 --> 00:22:34,724 She done and it comes loose, no matter what. 355 00:22:36,448 --> 00:22:38,379 [Dave] It's the nature of a frickin' screen, man. 356 00:22:38,413 --> 00:22:40,068 They wanna tear themselves apart. 357 00:22:40,103 --> 00:22:41,068 [Dave grunts] 358 00:22:42,448 --> 00:22:44,482 They just tightened them, and then, they just came loose. 359 00:22:45,862 --> 00:22:46,862 Loose. 360 00:22:48,241 --> 00:22:49,241 Loose. 361 00:22:50,689 --> 00:22:53,206 That's a stout piece of steel. 362 00:22:53,965 --> 00:22:56,241 Um, if a guy can get a... 363 00:22:56,275 --> 00:22:57,965 ...A damn good weld here, 364 00:23:00,068 --> 00:23:01,241 it ain't going anywhere. 365 00:23:03,689 --> 00:23:05,586 It's all held together with nuts and bolts. 366 00:23:05,620 --> 00:23:08,689 You weld them in, then you're done. 367 00:23:08,724 --> 00:23:10,517 You'll never tighten it up again. 368 00:23:11,896 --> 00:23:12,896 That's frustrating. 369 00:23:15,448 --> 00:23:17,724 It was running so good, and then... 370 00:23:19,689 --> 00:23:20,862 It's always something. 371 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,448 [Casey] Hi, babe. Got you some food. 372 00:23:42,137 --> 00:23:43,068 [Vee] Oh, awesome. 373 00:23:43,827 --> 00:23:45,241 [narrator] 10 days ago, 374 00:23:45,275 --> 00:23:48,137 Casey had to return home to Arizona 375 00:23:48,172 --> 00:23:49,655 to look after his wife, Vee. 376 00:23:49,689 --> 00:23:51,275 - She's looking for a treat. - She is. 377 00:23:51,310 --> 00:23:52,724 [chuckles softly] 378 00:23:52,758 --> 00:23:54,413 [Casey] Who the hell gets a call that their wife disappeared 379 00:23:54,448 --> 00:23:55,413 in the Grand Canyon? 380 00:23:55,448 --> 00:23:56,724 I did. 381 00:23:56,758 --> 00:23:59,000 It was the most devastating thing I've ever gone through. 382 00:24:01,862 --> 00:24:04,724 My brother called me to see if I wanted to go hike the Grand Canyon, 383 00:24:04,758 --> 00:24:06,655 and I'm always down for new adventure. 384 00:24:06,689 --> 00:24:09,448 We started our descent down and all of a sudden 385 00:24:09,482 --> 00:24:10,862 my brother started cramping, 386 00:24:10,896 --> 00:24:13,068 and he asked me to get help. 387 00:24:13,103 --> 00:24:16,689 So, I started hiking back and I realized that I was off track. 388 00:24:16,724 --> 00:24:18,413 So, I slept there overnight, 389 00:24:18,448 --> 00:24:20,931 and as soon as the sun came up, 390 00:24:20,965 --> 00:24:25,275 made it to the top and I waved down a bus driver. 391 00:24:25,310 --> 00:24:27,551 It took 'em two more days to find my brother. 392 00:24:30,551 --> 00:24:33,310 I thought he was not gonna make it. 393 00:24:34,689 --> 00:24:36,413 I'm glad you're okay. 394 00:24:36,448 --> 00:24:38,793 And, I'm glad you're here. I need you. 395 00:24:38,827 --> 00:24:40,275 I don't know if I want you to go back. 396 00:24:40,724 --> 00:24:42,827 To be honest. 397 00:24:42,862 --> 00:24:45,827 [Casey] It was super, super hard being away from my wife and son. 398 00:24:45,862 --> 00:24:48,862 This is a lot of seasons of me being gone. 399 00:24:48,896 --> 00:24:51,862 It beats up on her, and I'm not there to help. 400 00:24:53,586 --> 00:24:55,034 Let's show 'em what you're building. Come on. 401 00:24:57,137 --> 00:24:59,379 If you're going to be in this gold mining game, 402 00:24:59,413 --> 00:25:00,931 you're going to pay a price. 403 00:25:01,896 --> 00:25:04,137 And, you have to decide when that price 404 00:25:04,172 --> 00:25:05,275 is too high to pay. 405 00:25:06,827 --> 00:25:08,413 - Bam! - Good job. 406 00:25:08,448 --> 00:25:09,793 Hey, let's go check on Mom, okay? 407 00:25:10,379 --> 00:25:11,827 [mimics plane flying] 408 00:25:11,862 --> 00:25:15,172 My wife's gone through a pretty traumatic event. 409 00:25:15,206 --> 00:25:17,482 And, right now I'm not sure I'm gonna go back to Alaska. 410 00:25:27,724 --> 00:25:28,724 [engine whirring] 411 00:25:30,379 --> 00:25:32,689 I'm not leaving this cut until I punch down 412 00:25:32,724 --> 00:25:35,068 and I see what's down there. 413 00:25:35,103 --> 00:25:38,517 [narrator] With the Eagle down and with just three days left 414 00:25:38,551 --> 00:25:41,172 until Dave pulls the plug on the Pappy cut, 415 00:25:42,379 --> 00:25:45,655 Jason targets a 20 square foot section of ground 416 00:25:45,689 --> 00:25:47,517 to fight down to bedrock. 417 00:25:49,862 --> 00:25:52,241 [Jason] I'm trying to get through this as quick as possible. 418 00:25:52,275 --> 00:25:54,793 That way I can dig and see if... 419 00:25:54,827 --> 00:25:57,344 ...I'm gonna have to ask for more time in this cut. 420 00:26:02,034 --> 00:26:05,827 Gold fever is when you start making decisions 421 00:26:05,862 --> 00:26:08,137 that make absolutely no sense. 422 00:26:08,172 --> 00:26:12,034 And, you start running off of instincts and gut feelings 423 00:26:12,068 --> 00:26:15,241 of something that's in the ground that you can't see. 424 00:26:15,275 --> 00:26:18,310 There's a grilled cheese sandwich of gold sitting down there. 425 00:26:18,344 --> 00:26:19,586 I just gotta get to it. 426 00:26:19,620 --> 00:26:20,655 [thudding] 427 00:26:22,413 --> 00:26:24,793 Now is that bedrock or frickin' boulders? 428 00:26:28,068 --> 00:26:29,344 Yep, that's bedrock. 429 00:26:31,137 --> 00:26:32,172 Whoo! 430 00:26:32,206 --> 00:26:33,206 [laughing] 431 00:26:38,689 --> 00:26:41,206 This is one of those things where... 432 00:26:41,241 --> 00:26:43,551 When your job is to find the gold, 433 00:26:43,586 --> 00:26:45,517 stay on the gold and chase the gold, 434 00:26:45,551 --> 00:26:46,793 you gotta know what's at the bottom. 435 00:26:46,827 --> 00:26:48,586 You don't give up till you see the bottom 436 00:26:49,827 --> 00:26:52,896 or the boss man says, "No offence, but you're done." 437 00:27:04,724 --> 00:27:06,896 We got one piece and a bunch of fines. 438 00:27:08,655 --> 00:27:09,655 Hey, Nater! 439 00:27:09,689 --> 00:27:13,482 Look how round, like, how thick this one is. 440 00:27:13,517 --> 00:27:17,827 I wanted to see that thick, coarser, nuggety-looking gold. 441 00:27:19,241 --> 00:27:21,793 In the first pan, to grab something, have a little thicker, 442 00:27:21,827 --> 00:27:23,655 little bit of that bedrock gold look. 443 00:27:24,620 --> 00:27:26,206 I'm pretty confident. 444 00:27:26,241 --> 00:27:28,103 We'll send it to the burner pay. Let's go. 445 00:27:30,068 --> 00:27:32,000 Yeah! 446 00:27:32,034 --> 00:27:33,620 [Jason] That's what we've been saying all along. 447 00:27:34,689 --> 00:27:37,000 Good gold should be down on bedrock. 448 00:27:37,034 --> 00:27:40,482 [narrator] Now, Jason must send as much bedrock pay 449 00:27:40,517 --> 00:27:42,517 to the plant as he can, 450 00:27:42,551 --> 00:27:44,482 before this week's gold weigh. 451 00:27:46,344 --> 00:27:48,517 [Jason] Now, I'm feeling pretty optimistic. 452 00:27:48,551 --> 00:27:50,862 The particle size was... It was decent. 453 00:27:51,827 --> 00:27:53,620 I know there's good gold down there. 454 00:27:53,655 --> 00:27:54,793 At least I think there is. 455 00:27:55,793 --> 00:27:56,827 Damn, I hope I'm right. 456 00:27:59,379 --> 00:28:00,413 [thunder rumbling] 457 00:28:12,620 --> 00:28:17,413 This is, uh, Alaska weather at its best, right here. 458 00:28:17,448 --> 00:28:21,206 [narrator] A violent thunderstorm sweeps through Glacier Creek 459 00:28:21,241 --> 00:28:23,241 at the worst possible time. 460 00:28:26,724 --> 00:28:28,689 [Dave] These breakdowns are costly. 461 00:28:28,724 --> 00:28:31,448 Every minute you're not sluicing, you're losing money. 462 00:28:32,931 --> 00:28:36,275 [narrator] The wash plant's been out of action for two hours. 463 00:28:36,310 --> 00:28:37,620 Dave has no choice. 464 00:28:37,655 --> 00:28:40,448 He must weld the bolts to the grizzly bars 465 00:28:40,482 --> 00:28:43,206 in the middle of the downpour. 466 00:28:43,241 --> 00:28:45,793 I've got to tighten it down as tight as we can get it. 467 00:28:45,827 --> 00:28:47,172 And then, we will weld it. 468 00:28:47,206 --> 00:28:49,275 Problem is that it's raining. 469 00:28:49,310 --> 00:28:53,034 Welding in the rain can be difficult at times. 470 00:28:53,068 --> 00:28:56,172 But, we'll put a tarp over us, and then weld it. 471 00:28:56,206 --> 00:28:57,448 That's all we can do. 472 00:29:10,793 --> 00:29:12,137 *bleep* 473 00:29:12,172 --> 00:29:14,000 [Nathan] That electricity and water don't mix very well. 474 00:29:14,034 --> 00:29:16,448 You're welding up there, you get zingered, 475 00:29:16,482 --> 00:29:17,620 and you go, "Zzzt!" 476 00:29:18,448 --> 00:29:19,413 Zingered! 477 00:29:19,448 --> 00:29:20,724 [electricity crackling] 478 00:29:21,620 --> 00:29:22,517 *bleep* 479 00:29:25,551 --> 00:29:28,275 Well, I could wait for better weather, but 480 00:29:28,310 --> 00:29:30,275 I'm running out of time on this claim. 481 00:29:31,137 --> 00:29:32,034 Always moving. 482 00:29:41,965 --> 00:29:44,172 Hey, Nate! Think we're set. 483 00:29:47,241 --> 00:29:49,000 Welded up. Bolted up tight. 484 00:29:50,206 --> 00:29:51,551 Just hope and pray it holds. 485 00:29:52,758 --> 00:29:54,137 [engine starts] 486 00:29:59,931 --> 00:30:01,931 Okay Chris, load it up. We're ready to go. 487 00:30:07,448 --> 00:30:10,517 [Dave] Oh, Lord, please let this thing stay together. 488 00:30:15,965 --> 00:30:17,517 That's the sound I wanna hear. 489 00:30:22,344 --> 00:30:23,758 Grizzly sounds good. 490 00:30:25,206 --> 00:30:27,655 Eagle's running. Eagle's flying again. 491 00:30:28,758 --> 00:30:29,793 Back in business. 492 00:30:30,827 --> 00:30:33,137 It's a wet, nasty day, but we're making gold. 493 00:30:54,517 --> 00:30:57,068 [narrator] Now, the Eagle is back running. 494 00:30:57,103 --> 00:30:58,931 [Dave] There's evidence that the Cottonwood cut 495 00:30:58,965 --> 00:31:01,137 had been mined by the old timers. 496 00:31:01,172 --> 00:31:03,034 And, I don't think it's been mined very deep. 497 00:31:03,758 --> 00:31:05,827 But, I wanna make sure. 498 00:31:05,862 --> 00:31:08,793 [narrator] Dave heads to Valdez to search for more clues 499 00:31:08,827 --> 00:31:11,724 of historical mining at the Cottonwood cut. 500 00:31:13,862 --> 00:31:16,724 [Dave] I love to go into the archives, 501 00:31:16,758 --> 00:31:18,689 libraries and museums and find out 502 00:31:19,517 --> 00:31:21,655 who's mined here before. 503 00:31:21,689 --> 00:31:24,344 Any information I can gather will help all of us 504 00:31:24,379 --> 00:31:26,275 go home with more gold in our pockets. 505 00:31:36,862 --> 00:31:38,758 Pretty neat, I love history. 506 00:31:38,793 --> 00:31:44,655 Um, it just gives me such a appreciation for what the old timers did. 507 00:31:44,689 --> 00:31:49,103 You know, they didn't have pickup trucks and excavators. 508 00:31:49,137 --> 00:31:51,965 They really either had a mule or a dog team 509 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,620 and they just went out prospecting, so. 510 00:31:54,655 --> 00:31:57,344 I love this part, it's pretty amazing. 511 00:32:03,724 --> 00:32:05,137 Here's what I'm looking for. 512 00:32:06,379 --> 00:32:07,965 Plaster mines, 513 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:11,758 and they actually talk about Glacier Creek here. 514 00:32:11,793 --> 00:32:17,931 The surface gravels on some of the streams have been sluiced in a small way. 515 00:32:17,965 --> 00:32:22,034 Gold content was not high enough to warrant profitable exploitation 516 00:32:22,068 --> 00:32:23,758 by the simple methods used. 517 00:32:27,103 --> 00:32:31,172 Their simple methods probably were old-time equipment, right? 518 00:32:31,206 --> 00:32:32,413 It's kind of good news. 519 00:32:33,551 --> 00:32:35,965 Means it shows me that there's gold there. 520 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,103 They mined it, but they couldn't get deep enough. 521 00:32:38,137 --> 00:32:40,448 Which then, opens it up for us with our equipment. 522 00:32:41,241 --> 00:32:42,551 We can get down to bedrock. 523 00:32:43,586 --> 00:32:46,206 It really encourages me to keep going. 524 00:32:47,655 --> 00:32:50,896 So, now we just gotta get after it and start mining. 525 00:33:04,034 --> 00:33:06,000 [narrator] Morning at Glacier Creek. 526 00:33:07,482 --> 00:33:09,758 [Dave] Yeah, the Cottonwood cut's ready to go. 527 00:33:09,793 --> 00:33:12,206 Last of the cottonwood trees. 528 00:33:12,241 --> 00:33:15,241 Jason's got about 12 hours left, that's it. 529 00:33:16,724 --> 00:33:19,034 [narrator] As Dave clears the new Cottonwood cut, 530 00:33:20,068 --> 00:33:21,689 the crew has already sluiced 531 00:33:21,724 --> 00:33:25,206 over 2,500 yards of Jason's bedrock pay. 532 00:33:27,724 --> 00:33:30,413 [Chris] We're running more than we've ever ran before. 533 00:33:30,448 --> 00:33:33,241 But this property has definitely shown that we're gonna have to run 534 00:33:33,275 --> 00:33:35,275 high volume to make any gold here. 535 00:33:36,310 --> 00:33:38,724 [narrator] Jason has just one day left 536 00:33:38,758 --> 00:33:41,689 to prove the Pappy cut holds good gold. 537 00:33:43,517 --> 00:33:47,137 [Jason] I'll dig down to the core if there's gold down there. 538 00:33:47,172 --> 00:33:49,827 Dave will probably get mad, "Jason, why you digging another hole?" 539 00:33:50,793 --> 00:33:52,068 Trying to get the gold, Dave. 540 00:33:53,275 --> 00:33:54,344 [laughs] 541 00:33:56,448 --> 00:33:59,310 [Dave] I'm learning to, uh, figure Jason out. 542 00:33:59,344 --> 00:34:01,586 He wants to do the right things. 543 00:34:02,413 --> 00:34:04,655 He hates to make a mistake. 544 00:34:04,689 --> 00:34:09,137 But I'm so proud of him for learning and conquering and adapting. 545 00:34:09,172 --> 00:34:11,862 I think Jason's gonna make a great mine-boss some day. 546 00:34:11,896 --> 00:34:12,862 He's on the way. 547 00:34:13,931 --> 00:34:15,931 [Jason] Whoo-hoo! Yeah, baby. 548 00:34:16,517 --> 00:34:17,517 [laughs] 549 00:34:23,827 --> 00:34:27,758 I was three years old when I first came up to see my papa mining. 550 00:34:27,793 --> 00:34:29,586 And I always liked it. 551 00:34:29,620 --> 00:34:30,965 When I got here, this year, 552 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,862 the Dempseys had actually left a little sluice. 553 00:34:33,896 --> 00:34:35,068 Let's try it. 554 00:34:38,103 --> 00:34:41,034 There we go! Looks like we have enough water to run some dirt. 555 00:34:45,068 --> 00:34:47,344 I'm just gonna keep scooping some dirt on, 556 00:34:47,379 --> 00:34:49,482 keep rinsing it through. 557 00:34:49,517 --> 00:34:52,862 Feel pretty lucky having my grandpa being a gold miner. 558 00:34:52,896 --> 00:34:54,241 It's a really cool profession. 559 00:34:56,137 --> 00:34:57,862 [Dave] I just love having Micaiah here. 560 00:34:57,896 --> 00:34:59,931 To see my grandson enjoying 561 00:35:00,827 --> 00:35:03,000 the Alaska experience 562 00:35:03,034 --> 00:35:06,068 and getting gold out of the ground, it's priceless. 563 00:35:06,103 --> 00:35:09,655 So for a little bit of gold... Holy crap! That's quite a bit. 564 00:35:10,724 --> 00:35:11,965 That's way more than I thought. 565 00:35:12,896 --> 00:35:14,206 Yeah, this is awesome. 566 00:35:14,965 --> 00:35:15,965 Whoo! 567 00:35:22,103 --> 00:35:23,482 [Jason] Go big or go home, right? 568 00:35:25,103 --> 00:35:27,000 I just don't wanna go home without hitting that gold. 569 00:35:27,862 --> 00:35:29,034 [narrator] In Alaska, 570 00:35:29,068 --> 00:35:31,862 after a four-day dig to bedrock, 571 00:35:31,896 --> 00:35:34,620 Jason's quest to prove the Pappy cut 572 00:35:34,655 --> 00:35:37,758 can yield good gold is almost over. 573 00:35:40,172 --> 00:35:43,689 I believe that our 600 ounces 574 00:35:43,724 --> 00:35:45,068 is sitting down on bedrock. 575 00:35:45,620 --> 00:35:47,241 But, you know, 576 00:35:47,275 --> 00:35:49,413 I am definitely feeling the pressure, 577 00:35:49,448 --> 00:35:50,586 If this fails, 578 00:35:50,620 --> 00:35:52,965 it's not just a failure for me, 579 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:56,068 it's a failure for the team as well. 580 00:35:56,103 --> 00:36:00,172 [narrator] Now, his bedrock theory will be put to the ultimate test. 581 00:36:02,931 --> 00:36:04,517 [Nathan] All right, shut her down, boy. 582 00:36:12,896 --> 00:36:16,137 It's time to make a call on the Pappy cut, see if it's over with. 583 00:36:19,137 --> 00:36:20,206 How's it look, boys? 584 00:36:22,724 --> 00:36:23,758 [Dave] We're onto gold. 585 00:36:23,793 --> 00:36:24,965 - [Jason] See here. - [Dave] Oh, yeah! 586 00:36:25,965 --> 00:36:27,000 Oh, yeah. 587 00:36:28,172 --> 00:36:29,448 [Dave] Oh, yeah, both sides. 588 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:32,448 It's laying on top. 589 00:36:32,482 --> 00:36:33,379 Look at that *bleep*. 590 00:36:34,482 --> 00:36:35,655 I think Jason's on it. 591 00:36:36,172 --> 00:36:37,241 He's on bedrock. 592 00:36:38,724 --> 00:36:39,620 We're onto gold. 593 00:36:41,103 --> 00:36:42,620 How's it look? 594 00:36:42,655 --> 00:36:43,965 [Dave] The box is looking really good. 595 00:36:45,655 --> 00:36:47,000 [Jason] That's what I like to hear. 596 00:36:51,241 --> 00:36:52,034 Been a grind. 597 00:36:52,655 --> 00:36:53,448 [Dave] Yeah. 598 00:36:54,103 --> 00:36:54,965 [Jason] Hope we did it. 599 00:36:58,241 --> 00:37:01,103 Gonna be pretty anxious to see this, uh, outcome. 600 00:37:01,137 --> 00:37:02,896 Sluice boxes lie. 601 00:37:02,931 --> 00:37:05,896 So gotta wait till I see it on the scale. 602 00:37:25,034 --> 00:37:27,896 Yeah, there wasn't much black sand in that one last one, but... 603 00:37:30,275 --> 00:37:31,241 [Casey] Ooh! 604 00:37:32,689 --> 00:37:33,758 Hi, guys. 605 00:37:34,551 --> 00:37:36,137 [Shelly] Hey, you. 606 00:37:36,172 --> 00:37:37,482 - How you doing? - [Shelly] Welcome back. 607 00:37:37,517 --> 00:37:38,448 Yeah. 608 00:37:38,482 --> 00:37:40,068 [Dave] Come on, give me a hug. 609 00:37:40,103 --> 00:37:42,310 - How you doing? - [Dave] Good to see you, man. 610 00:37:42,344 --> 00:37:45,965 [narrator] After two weeks nursing his wife back home in Arizona... 611 00:37:46,827 --> 00:37:49,137 Hey guys! Hey, good to see you guys. 612 00:37:49,172 --> 00:37:50,586 - [Chris] What's up, Morgan? - [all laughing] 613 00:37:50,620 --> 00:37:52,103 [narrator] ...Casey returns 614 00:37:52,137 --> 00:37:54,965 - and brings the crew back to full strength. - What's up, buddy? 615 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:56,000 Welcome back, brother. 616 00:37:56,034 --> 00:37:58,448 [Casey] Things at home are a lot better, so 617 00:37:58,482 --> 00:38:01,241 it's time for me to come back up and help my other family, mining family. 618 00:38:02,758 --> 00:38:05,344 Yeah, I missed you guys but I had to take care of family first. 619 00:38:05,379 --> 00:38:06,896 [Dave] Absolutely. 620 00:38:06,931 --> 00:38:09,551 Well, you came back at the right time. We're gonna do a gold weigh tonight. 621 00:38:09,586 --> 00:38:10,965 Sweet! Where's my gold? 622 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,000 [all laughing] 623 00:38:13,034 --> 00:38:15,068 - [Jason] About time you did something. - [Dave] Come over, Casey. 624 00:38:16,172 --> 00:38:17,965 So, with that, 625 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,103 that gold is at the bottom of the Pappy cut. 626 00:38:21,137 --> 00:38:22,965 Let's weigh it up. See what we got! 627 00:38:25,310 --> 00:38:26,172 [Jason] I'm excited. 628 00:38:26,689 --> 00:38:28,344 But I'm nervous. 629 00:38:28,379 --> 00:38:29,379 This*bleep* is all on me. 630 00:38:31,448 --> 00:38:33,103 [Shelly] You know, guys... 631 00:38:33,137 --> 00:38:35,172 [narrator] With a target of 60 ounces... 632 00:38:35,206 --> 00:38:37,241 - [Dave] You count. - [Jason] Three. 633 00:38:37,275 --> 00:38:38,689 Four. 634 00:38:38,724 --> 00:38:41,448 [narrator] ... it's make or break for Jason and the Pappy cut. 635 00:38:42,551 --> 00:38:43,724 [Jason] 17. 636 00:38:48,344 --> 00:38:49,551 [Shelly] Oh. 637 00:38:49,586 --> 00:38:51,000 - [men] 27. - [Shelly] 27. 638 00:38:51,034 --> 00:38:52,000 [man 1] 27. 639 00:38:55,827 --> 00:38:58,448 [narrator] Worth less than $50,000. 640 00:39:00,379 --> 00:39:01,448 We're way short. 641 00:39:02,827 --> 00:39:03,724 [Jason] Damn it. 642 00:39:04,931 --> 00:39:06,344 That's bad. 643 00:39:06,379 --> 00:39:08,827 You know, we hit bedrock all the way down to the pump. 644 00:39:10,068 --> 00:39:11,655 It's the most bizarre 645 00:39:12,137 --> 00:39:13,103 deposit ever. 646 00:39:14,793 --> 00:39:16,172 - The Pappy cut? - [Nathan] Yeah. 647 00:39:16,206 --> 00:39:17,758 - It's done. It's over. - [Nathan] Yeah. 648 00:39:17,793 --> 00:39:19,068 [Dave] There's no gold at the bottom. 649 00:39:20,034 --> 00:39:21,517 It was all in the top gravels. 650 00:39:22,862 --> 00:39:24,413 [Nathan] It was honestly, a waste of time for us. 651 00:39:25,448 --> 00:39:26,931 Big waste of time. 652 00:39:29,931 --> 00:39:31,793 [Jason] A 27-ounce cleanup was 653 00:39:31,827 --> 00:39:33,862 not what I expected from bedrock. 654 00:39:34,655 --> 00:39:36,689 But it gave me an answer. 655 00:39:36,724 --> 00:39:38,793 I'm ready to be done with the Pappy cut. 656 00:39:40,068 --> 00:39:41,689 It's time to move on to the Cottonwood. 657 00:39:44,586 --> 00:39:45,931 [Dave] I really appreciate you guys, 658 00:39:45,965 --> 00:39:47,931 how hard you all worked. 659 00:39:47,965 --> 00:39:51,275 But I just feel like time is slipping away. 660 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:53,689 How do I get to 600 ounces? 661 00:39:53,724 --> 00:39:54,965 We're not even halfway there. 662 00:39:56,896 --> 00:39:57,758 Good news is, 663 00:39:58,793 --> 00:40:00,344 I'm looking forward to the next cut. 664 00:40:01,206 --> 00:40:03,000 We're moving to the Cottonwood cut. 665 00:40:04,655 --> 00:40:06,379 The whole team's back. 666 00:40:06,413 --> 00:40:07,862 We can hit our goal here. 667 00:40:07,896 --> 00:40:11,172 But, we've gotta really step up our game. 668 00:40:12,379 --> 00:40:14,275 Good with that? All in? 669 00:40:14,310 --> 00:40:15,827 - [Chris] All in. - [Shelly] Guys, let's do it. 670 00:40:15,862 --> 00:40:16,896 [all] All in! 671 00:40:19,137 --> 00:40:20,965 [Jason] It's been a really hard, frustrating week. 672 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:22,586 It sucks for our gold total. 673 00:40:22,620 --> 00:40:24,103 So there's quite a bit of pressure right now. 674 00:40:24,137 --> 00:40:26,620 But we're moving on to a new cut and 675 00:40:26,655 --> 00:40:28,965 hopefully we can milk out his 600 ounces. 676 00:40:30,448 --> 00:40:32,758 Super happy to be back, just wanna get back to work. 677 00:40:32,793 --> 00:40:35,758 Get as much gold as we can before winter gets here. You know the clock's ticking. 678 00:40:36,586 --> 00:40:37,793 [mimics car engine starting] 679 00:40:39,413 --> 00:40:40,724 [Dave] This week was bad. 680 00:40:40,758 --> 00:40:42,689 And it's time you never get back, 681 00:40:43,724 --> 00:40:46,448 Am I happy about 27 ounces? Hell no. 682 00:40:47,379 --> 00:40:50,241 But, as the leader, you have to, 683 00:40:50,275 --> 00:40:52,206 you know, keep your spirits up. 684 00:40:52,241 --> 00:40:55,206 - [all laughing] - Why I love this guy, man. 685 00:40:55,241 --> 00:40:56,896 We're moving on to the Cottonwood cut. 686 00:40:57,896 --> 00:40:59,482 Future looks good. 687 00:40:59,517 --> 00:41:01,862 And I feel good about our goals. 688 00:41:06,413 --> 00:41:07,896 [narrator] On the next episode. 689 00:41:07,931 --> 00:41:08,896 It's go time. 690 00:41:08,931 --> 00:41:10,206 [narrator] A new cut. 691 00:41:11,068 --> 00:41:13,551 Who's blocking the Cottonwood pay? 692 00:41:13,586 --> 00:41:15,172 [narrator] And old faces. 693 00:41:15,206 --> 00:41:18,344 Lance is my partner. He's gonna have some things to say. 694 00:41:18,379 --> 00:41:20,862 [narrator] Turn up the heat on Team Turin. 695 00:41:20,896 --> 00:41:22,655 The weak link is the loading. 696 00:41:22,689 --> 00:41:23,896 *bleep* you! 697 00:41:23,931 --> 00:41:25,586 I think he ought to stick to his spreadsheet. 698 00:41:25,620 --> 00:41:27,793 In an instant, everything changed. 699 00:41:27,827 --> 00:41:30,000 [narrator] But when the going gets tough... 700 00:41:30,034 --> 00:41:31,517 Whoa! Whoa! 701 00:41:31,551 --> 00:41:33,793 [narrator] ...the tough get gold. 702 00:41:33,827 --> 00:41:35,103 [Dave] Come on, big money. 57965

Can't find what you're looking for?
Get subtitles in any language from opensubtitles.com, and translate them here.