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[Dave] This is the most
difficult season
I've ever had.
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But I still believe
there's great gold in Alaska
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waiting to be found.
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I think we've got
virgin ground
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that's never been mined
by the old timers.
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So I'm gonna come in
with this excavator,
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do a little prospecting
and try to figure out
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where we're gonna go
with our next cut.
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Got a lot riding on this,
our season, a lot of money,
a lot of gold.
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What the hell is that?
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*bleep*
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Jason, I wanna
show you something.
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[Jason] What the heck
we got here?
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[Dave] An old trommel
it looks like.
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That means it's been mined.
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[thunder rumbling]
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[Dave] Holy *bleep*.
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What the hell?
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Our cut's flooded.
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What happened?
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Apparently, the pump
didn't get fueled last night.
I'm not really sure.
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[Dave] What do you mean?
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Were you down here last night
when you walked out of here,
you couldn't check it?
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[Jason] It was running
and I seen the engines
fuel it at about 3:30.
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So, I did not check it.
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[narrator] At Glacier Creek,
a rookie mistake leaves
the Pappy cut unminable,
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drowning in 4 feet of water.
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[Dave] These guys got to start
stepping up
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and I don't know
what to do about it.
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I mean I love these guys
but, uh, *bleep* they can't
even fuel their own machines?
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Everyone here on this mine
site is capable
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of putting fuel in this pump,
including me.
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So, it's everyone to blame.
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[Dave] Fire it up, let's go.
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[engine starts]
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[Jason] Well, it's so damn
late in the season.
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So, I got to keep
the plant running.
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It's a damn good thing
I was out here till 9.30
at night,
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scratching and digging
all this pay up.
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[narrator] It will take
at least three hours
to drain the cut.
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So, Jason digs
into his stockpile of dry pay.
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[Jason] The Pappy cut has been
delivering some gold,
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but we're not here just
to have some gold delivered.
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We need the most
bang for our buck.
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We know that lies right
underneath that water
right there.
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The gold always sits closer
to the bedrock
almost every time.
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[narrator] Over the last
six weeks,
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the Pappy cut has been
besieged by floods.
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But Jason's not ready
to call it quits
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until he digs to the deepest
potentially richest gold.
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If we start getting down
on bedrock, get that water
out of the way.
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Pappy cut will be paying
that real money,
that good gold.
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[Dave] So, the Pappy cut
isn't paying out.
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We're not anywhere close
to our goal.
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I'm hurting.
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I've spent a lot of money here
and we don't have much money
coming in.
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Problem we're fighting
is the water
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and on top of that,
I'm in a predicament
right now,
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uh, without Casey,
I don't know how long
he's gonna be gone.
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[narrator] Last week.
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He was supposed to back
yesterday by 5 o'clock
and he never came back.
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[narrator] Rock truck driver,
Casey Morgan,
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had to race home to Arizona
to be with his wife, Vee,
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after a near-fatal
hiking trip.
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My wife's missing. I need to
get on the first *bleep* plane
out of here.
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[Dave] Well, look, right now,
we are screwed.
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We're one man down.
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And this cut's
been a nightmare.
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[narrator] After pumping out
over 600,000 gallons of water,
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the cut is finally drained.
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[Dave] If this was
a normal area,
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I would just keep
widening this pit
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and I would keep
mining all of this.
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The problem is the larger
of an opening I get,
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the more water that comes in,
I can't manage
that big of a cut.
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So, I got to open up
another cut.
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Hey Jason, you got a copy?
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I wanna talk to you a minute.
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Yeah.
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I think we ought to clean up
that pit, be done with it
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and then, I'm gonna
open up another cut.
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I really think that this cut
is as big as we can manage.
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[narrator] To get to bedrock,
Jason benches down
the Pappy cut,
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stripping 6 feet at a time.
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But every bucket he excavates,
removes dirt
that would otherwise
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soak up run-off
from the surrounding valley.
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Now, 30 feet deep
and a 150 feet wide
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the cut is vulnerable
to much worse
and more frequent flooding.
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[Dave] You got
to get her done, buddy.
TIme to move on.
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[narrator] Digging deeper
hasn't seen richer gold.
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So, Dave plans to open
a new smaller cut downstream.
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[Jason on radio] I get
that we've had some
bad situations,
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with pumps and water, but...
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...we're still not
at the bottom.
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If that bedrock drops down,
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it's very likely
that gonna be a great pocket,
you know, of gold.
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[Dave] The amount of time
and effort and money
that we're spending
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to get to the bottom,
it's just not worth it.
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Really, it's...
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It's paying about the same
all the way down.
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Looks like you got four days,
that's the way I see it.
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And by that time, I'll have
you another cut
on the other side
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and we we'll manage it better
than we managed this one.
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[Jason]
10-4, but not happy about it.
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[Dave] There's always
a fine line of how I manage.
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I like to empower my guys
to make decisions,
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but I'm the one that has
my retirement
tied up in this.
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There's times when I have
to make unpopular
decisions and choices
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that, you know,
they don't like.
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There was a group,
a mining company,
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that was doing
a testing program
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and they stopped.
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Years later, another
mining company picks up
where they left off.
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They were 3 feet from hitting
a $3 billion strike.
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I know Dave says
we have to move on,
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but if I can show him
good value's down there,
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I bet we stay.
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[narrator]
Just 100 yards south.
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[Dave] This, to me,
is virgin ground.
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Thick, big trees.
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Thousand acres that way,
there's a thousand acres
that way
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that's never been touched.
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You know there's got
to be gold under there.
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[narrator] Tracing a path
of the ancient riverbed
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out of the Pappy cut
into a Cottonwood grove,
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Dave breaks new ground.
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[Dave] The old river channel
came on this side.
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So, I'm going to poke
a couple holes
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and see where the gold lives.
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I just gotta try to figure out
where we're going to go
with our next cut.
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Just what we have to do.
That Eagle's hungry.
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[Chris] Man, what the hell?
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[narrator] Across site...
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[Chris] That was off plan.
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[engine stopping]
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[narrator] A ruck jam
shuts down the plant.
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To stay in the race,
for a 60-ounce clean-up
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this week, the crew
can't afford any downtime.
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[Nathan] I thought there
was something caught in there.
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I thought I ran out
of feed real quick.
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And I was like,
it don't make sense.
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'Cause I can't see this.
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[Dave] What's wrong, Nater?
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[Nathan] Ah, looks
like something in the hopper.
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Maybe it's clogged up
a little bit. Dust and rock
or something.
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[Dave] Come over here
and look.
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Look in there.
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That's too full.
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[Chris] I thought we ran out
of material.
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That's my fault.
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[narrator] Chris has crammed
in so much dirt,
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the conveyors jam up.
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[Dave] It's irresponsible.
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Pretty elementary.
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[Chris] Sorry.
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[Dave] Chris needs
to*bleep* figure it out.
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When I keep breaking down,
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we're not gonna get enough
gold to pay the bills.
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[Dave] *bleep*
a *bleep* circus,
is what it is.
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A mother *bleep* circus.
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[narrator] Coming up.
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[Jason] I'm not leaving
this cut.
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[Dave] Get your butt
moving, Sanchez.
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Trying to get the gold, Dave.
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[Chris] I think I overfed it,
'cause I couldn't see it.
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[Dave] Oh don't make
*bleep* excuses.
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We just gotta keep
this stuff running.
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[narrator] At Glacier Creek,
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Team Turin's new wash plant,
the Eagle,
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is shut down after Chris
overfed the hopper.
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[Nathan] I don't think
it's the best idea, but...
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[Dave] I would rev it up
and turn your speed up.
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[Nathan] I hope it works out.
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[narrator] If the conveyor
is pushed too hard,
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a torn belt would cost Dave
thousands of dollars
to replace.
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[wash plant creaks]
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[Nathan] That's not right.
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[plant squeaking and creaking]
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[Dave] Come on.
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[water plant starts]
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That going.
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Pretty simple fix,
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but this isn't working.
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We can't continue to do this.
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Chris...
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You can't keep
making dumb mistakes.
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[Chris] But,
I am loading blind.
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I thought it ran out of pay.
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I came back from lunch
and I was like, "Oh,
God Almighty," and I went up,
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and whenever I started
dumping, I looked,
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and I was like,
"Oh, we're full."
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- [Dave] God!
- [Chris] Hey, you can't see.
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[Dave] He can't see
when it's closer.
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If he fills it to those slots,
that's way too much.
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[Chris] I thought it was
a slot.
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[Nathan] Let's just cut
a little slot right here,
just like this.
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- [Chris] I could do that.
- [Dave] We could do that, not here.
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Here, and you keep
it at that level.
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[Chris] That's easy.
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[Nathan] Is that good, Chris?
Okay with that?
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It's good.
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Start it up!
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We gave Chris some
sight holes.
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He can see in there
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and he should be able
to adjust the level
in the feeder.
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[Chris] It's the first time
that I've ever been told
I overfed anything.
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So now they cut me
two little holes out,
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looking into a black box,
looking for black dirt.
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So, uh, not the easiest
thing to do.
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But I can see the dirt better.
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- [Dave] Oh yeah.
- [Nathan] Go Chris!
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It's good. All right,
good job, Nate.
See you later.
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The truth is, I don't hide
my emotions well.
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The guys know
when I'm stressed.
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You know, that's my style
of leadership.
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I want them to know
what's going on
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because they're my partners.
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They really are.
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Full steam ahead.
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[wind blowing]
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[birds chirping]
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[Jason] Time
is of the essence.
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Getting the bedrock?
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It has to happen.
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[narrator] Dave has given
Jason just four days
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to dig to the deepest gold
in the Pappy cut
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and prove its worth.
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I gotta see where
the bottom is
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or at least see if I can
reach it.
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I think we're really
on the right path
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to some unbelievable gold
down there.
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Holy *bleep*.
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Seemed to hit some drabbles
underneath this brown layer.
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And now, I gotta pan.
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I just hope
that as we're going down,
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it's getting better.
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Hmm.
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There's nothing in this pan
to really speak of.
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Should be rich as hell.
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Unless it drops off here
and we're not anywhere
near the bedrock.
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00:15:21,137 --> 00:15:25,000
For me, it's frustrating
because I know there's
better gold down there.
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Problem is...
243
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...what if it's in just
another 5 foot.
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Can't give up, can't stop.
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We'll find it.
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I don't know how to quit.
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My expectations, personally,
every year are to do as much
as we possibly can
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to obtain as much gold
as we possibly can.
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If it's really,
really great gold,
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it's gonna be super deep.
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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.
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I don't want to leave
any gold behind.
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00:16:09,482 --> 00:16:12,137
[narrator] Downstream...
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[Dave] Feel like
I'm Jason Sanchez,
I'm digging a hole, man!
256
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[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
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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,
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00:16:32,275 --> 00:16:35,448
so I will pull a sample
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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.
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Five different distinct zones
where, uh, water flows have changed.
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That's good news.
266
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This is the first pan
of a potential
new kind cut, so.
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You know, you're always
hoping for good gold
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that's up high,
so I don't have to, uh,
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move a lot of overburden.
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That's just 3 feet.
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Then, you got three,
four little ones, and then,
a decent size right there.
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That's encouraging.
273
00:17:28,068 --> 00:17:31,517
What I found there,
it's a good indication
there's gold.
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I know that as you go down,
it's going to get better,
so at the bottom of that
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will be bigger gold.
276
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And that's our cut.
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Whoo!
278
00:17:44,034 --> 00:17:47,482
[narrator] Dave must now
clear all the trees
and vegetation,
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before his new cut is ready
to mine.
280
00:17:56,724 --> 00:17:58,413
[Dave] Hey, Jason.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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00:19:53,931 --> 00:19:58,068
You know, with all
the equipment and technology
that was advancing.
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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.
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