All language subtitles for Gold.Rush.White.Water.S06E11.WEBRip.x264-ION10

[Dustin Hurt]
Well, here we go again.

[Carlos Minor exclaims]

[Wes Richardson] Careful.

- [Carlos] Thanks you.
- [Wes] You all right?

[James Hamm] What the hell?

This is not good,
we're in the danger zone.

[Carlos] Oh, [bleep],
it's a landslide.

Holy crap, dude!

Look at that.

The realization of how scary
this creek actually is, huh?

[Carlos] Anybody could've
been right there, man!

[Dustin] Yeah.

[Carlos] Holy [bleep],
man, boulder.

Oh, [bleep].

[Dustin] We can't go this way!

[Wes] Nah.

- [Dustin] We need
to get out of here.
- [Wes] Yeah.

[Dustin] This is not
a safe place.

Just starting.

[Dustin] Forget this,
we need to get the [bleep]
out of here.

[Carlos] Wes, we gotta go!

[James] This whole
[bleep] mountain's
a slide right now.

This whole thing's going.

Oh, [bleep]!

[Kayla Johanson]
Water's definitely picking up.

[Paul Richardson]
She's angry today!

[Dustin] Can't get me!

It's impossible!

Mother nature gave us
a big box with a pink ribbon,

and the tag says,

"For miners,
it's all up to you."

[Kayla] I want to go back
to actual goldmining.

We're gonna get [bleep] done.

[bleep] damn it!

[Scott Allen]
Throw the weight vest on,
throw the mask on,

and start sucking up
some of that gold.

If you stay with it,

this is what
you're gonna find.

[laughs]

[Dustin] Got snow on the top
of the mountains last night.

Call that termination dust.

That's how it begins.

Freak me out, y'all.

[narrator] At Nugget Creek...

[Dustin] How high
do you think that was?

[Wes] I think that peak
is, like, 6,000 feet.

[narrator] ...the first signs
of winter looming.

[Dustin] At 6,000, you know
what that means?

Here it comes.

[narrator] Dustin Hurt
has invested every penny
to his name

on his new Nugget Creek claim

and has just weeks
to dig his way out
from financial ruin.

[Dustin] I don't know if
we have enough time left.

We need to find gold,
and the only way you find gold

is if you're looking for it.

We're just moving rocks.

It's time to start dredging.

I don't want this to be
my last season.

[narrator] Just over
a week ago,

a 40-year storm
hit Nugget Creek.

This place is destroyed.

Everything we have
is underwater right now.

Get out! We gotta go!

[narrator] The surge
redirected the creek,

exposing a large area
of prime real estate beneath

a 100,000-pound boulder.

[Dustin] Loving it.

[narrator] And James proved

there is good gold
to be found.

[Carlos] Are you
[bleep] kidding me?

Nice job!

[Dustin] James found
some gold.

Everyone's always said
it's up here.

It's so hard to get to,
we know that now.

Just gotta keep
working at this.

[narrator] Now,
they just need to clear

the rest of the overburden

down to the proven
gold-rich pay layer.

[Dustin] There's gotta
be gold here.

Nobody's been here,
I can tell.

All this stuff's locked up.

Hold on a minute.

I've got an idea.

This is what we do.

See that little
waterfall right there?

Get that water over here.

[Carlos] Hell yeah!

[Wes] We've got a plan,

we're setting up our
dredge hose

to catch this water flow,

and we're just gonna kinda

concentrate the gravel down
a little bit.

[Dustin] Couldn't get these
big rocks to move.

Decided to dig them out
with water.

Calling it reverse dredging.

[narrator] Dustin's plan,

use the dredge hose
to harness the power
of the creek

to break free the rocks
so they can rapidly clear

the worthless top eight feet.

Then flood the hole

so they can dredge down
to bedrock.

[Wes] Normally,
the hose we would use,

it's like a big vacuum,
and we'll suck up gold
through the dredge.

What we're actually trying
to do right now

is just make some area
around these boulders

so we can pop them apart,

get them downstream,
and they're out of here.

[Dustin] Well,
the reverse dredging
is definitely digging a hole

faster than we could.

Look how weird
that is on land.

I've done this 1,000 times
underwater, man.

I've dug it, I've never really
got to see it sometimes.

It's just stuck.

Maybe we can get this one out.

Look at that!

[James] The water's carved
a hole behind it.

This should fall now.

All right.

[Dustin] Wes, we got
some pulling to do
over here.

[James] Yeah!

Whoo-hoo!

We are kicking[bleep].

[Kayla] The faster
we get this done, the better.

[narrator] Up creek,
Kayla and her crew

are also in a race
against time.

This is for the small dredge.

- [Kayla] I'll do that
as diver one.
- Okay.

[narrator] To get to bedrock
before the winter freeze,

Kayla will use two divers

to double their output.

Today we're gonna have
Scott and Justin in the water.

Hopefully they can make
a lot of progress.

We really need
to see some gold,

and we need to see it soon.

Hey, how deep is it there?

Maybe three feet

as of yesterday afternoon.

I'm excited
to be dredging today.

The water looks really good.

I'll get to be moving
some rocks.

It's gonna be a good day.

[Scott] I think it's time
to go full suit.

Throw the weight vest on,
throw the hood on,

throw the mask on, and get in.

And start sucking up
some of that gold.

[Kayla] You're gonna be
on this side,

he's gonna be on
the outer side.

So you want to go ahead
and go this way.

[Justin] Definitely nice
to be back in the water
and moving material.

[Kayla] Scott, look at this.

[narrator] Two weeks ago...

That's clay,
that'd lock in gold

like a [bleep] vice,
wouldn't it?

[narrator] ...Kayla's crew
were inches from bedrock...

...but the storm surge
filled their dive hole...

[Kayla] Tie off the dredge!

[Scott] [bleep] trying!

Ain't showing any kind
of stopping,

and it's still racing.

[narrator] ...undoing months
worth of work

in just hours.

Now Kayla will fight back

using two dredges
and two divers

to clear 10 feet of gravel

between them
and the gold nuggets
on bedrock.

[Justin Peterson]
There's a lot of rocks,
they're wedged tight.

Whew.

[Justin] Can I use it
to pry them open?

- [Scott] Here you go.
- [Justin] Ah, yeah.

Thank you, Scott.

So now Paul's
working on the winch.

Hopefully we can
get that going.

In the meantime,
I'm the only tender

for both people in the water
right now.

So I have to make sure
I'm paying attention.

[narrator] One diver
is usually tended

by a three person crew.

Kayla risks running
vital fuel, air, and hot water

for two divers on her own.

[Kayla] How you doing, Justin?

[Justin] Lots of stuff
going in the nozzle.

[Scott] Oh, did something
just happen with my hot water?

What's up?

[Scott] Something
isn't right, I'm getting
cold water pumped in.

[Kayla] Cold water?

[Scott] It went
from warm to cold really fast.

I thought I was just
getting flushed,

but I could feel it,
like, everywhere.

[Paul] I smell
burning exhaust hose.

[Kayla] Yeah,
now I smell it, Paul.

[Scott] [bleep] this [bleep].

I'm calling it
until that thing's right.

I get bursts of hot water,

and last time I got that,
I almost got burned.

Something's wrong there.

That's steam!
Look at that [bleep]!

[narrator] A malfunction
on Scott's hot water system

could give him
third-degree burns.

[Kayla] That's so weird.

That is very weird.

[Scott] I don't trust that.

There's something
clogging up the umbilical,

which is causing the water
to go back in
through the system,

and since it's
recirculating itself,

it's overheating.

With having hot water issues,

someone could get
seriously injured or burned,

and I'm not gonna stand around

and watch that happen
on my watch.

[narrator] Scott switches
to manhandling rocks

while diver, Justin,
soldiers on alone.

[Justin] We're a man down now,

and it's kind of
my time to shine.

Today hopefully
we might be able
to see some gold soon.

We're at a point in the season
where we can't quit,

we can't call it an early day
just because

one of the dredges
wasn't working properly.

We still have to keep going
because if we don't,

we're not gonna make it
by the end of the season.

Hopefully we'll get
to bedrock really soon

and hopefully all this effort
isn't gonna be wasted,

and we're actually gonna
find gold.

[Dustin] Oh, wait,
wait, wait, wait.

- Wait, wait.
- [James] What? What? What?

[Dustin] What is that?

[bleep] did that look
like gold to me.

[James] I know,
it looked like one.

[Carlos] Damn it!

[narrator] Reverse dredging
has helped Dustin

remove a ton of the material

blocking their path
to bedrock.

[Dustin] So we open this up,
and we're getting
to dredging, buddy.

[Wes] I know.

[Dustin] Don't get got.

[straining]

[Dustin] Watch your toes.

[James] Whole pile's
gonna come down.

Oh, [bleep]! [laughs]

[bleep]

Yeah, baby!

We found water!

[laughs]

Coming through.

Let's, uh, see if we can
get rid of this rock

before this wall
comes down on us, all right?

[Carlos] It's gonna eat
this whole thing up, dude.

It's all gonna come down.

Whoo!

[Dustin] Break some
[bleep], Carlos.

Don't be afraid of it.

What's the worst
that could happen?

[bleep]

Can't get me!

It's impossible!

[James] Wow, that's gonna
flow out anytime too.

[Dustin] How about we take
control of the situation?

I think this is
useless right now.

Go open that up

and let nature do its thing
and see what happens.

[Wes] Yeah, I agree

because that flow
is getting bigger,

and that's the last thing
anybody needs

to be down here working
and that [bleep] goes...

[imitates rocks falling]

- All right.
- ...because you wouldn't
get out from underneath it.

[Dustin] Let's wreck
some [bleep]!

[Carlos] Yeah.

[narrator] Dustin's new plan,

remove the rocks
next to big ass boulder

to redirect the creek

and use the force
of the current

to clear out
the remaining overburden

so they can float the dredge

and suck up
all the gold-rich gravel
towards bedrock.

We're just gonna get
loco with it,

put water up above
and just let it clear it out.

Just gotta go
with the flow, amigo.

What are we doing?

Gonna open that up
the best we can.

- [Carlos] Oh, oh, oh. Yeah!
- [James] Nice!

Perfect.

[Dustin] Once that [bleep]
opens up,

it's gonna really
start moving on you.

- [James] Yeah.
- [Dustin] Don't get caught.

[James exclaims]

[Dustin] Come on, it's about
to go underwater, so...

...keep it going.

Yeah.

That a boy.

Holy [bleep].

[Carlos] Hey!

[Dustin] You can do
better than that.

[Carlos] Let it go.

[James] Oh, it's picking up
speed now.

[Carlos] There it goes!

[all exclaiming]

[Dustin] Do your thing, baby.

[Wes] There she blows.

That's what I'm looking for
right there.

We'll know in the morning

whether we did
the right thing or not.

[Carlos] There's no danger
anymore, man.

- No.
- All we gotta do is just...

- ...dredge.
- [Dustin] Love it.

[narrator] Up ahead...

Water's definitely picking up.

- [Scott] Yeah, quickly.
- [Justin] Yeah, it is.

[Paul] She's angry today!

[Dustin] Been raining
all night, gonna go check
on the dredges.

Oh, [bleep].

Can't go this way!
This is not a safe place.

[Kayla] All right, Justin,
I think you should be clear.

[narrator] High up
Nugget Creek,

[Justin] That feels awesome.

[Kayla] Give it a second
before you suck anything else

'cause there's tons of rocks
coming through

- that were in the way.
- [Justin] I just have it
turned up and open. So...

[narrator] Justin
is diving solo

after the water system
on the second dredge failed.

[Justin] Might check out
some more of those rocks.

[Kayla] No gold, no dinner

[Justin] Moving them by hand
only does so much.

We won't see bedrock
any time soon.

[narrator] An operational
winch system

is the only chance
that Kayla has

to see bedrock gold
this season.

[Paul] Is it just me,
or there's water in here?

[Kayla] Are you kidding me?

[Justin] Got more rocks
to move.

Feeling productive.

[Kayla] Hopefully
we can get that going.

We really need
that winch working today

because there's a lot
of bigger rocks

in the bottom of the hole
that really need to be moved

to make more progress
as far as depth goes.

Once that winch is moving,

it'll be full speed ahead.

[Paul] It's clicking,
but it ain't going.

Did you put the brushes
back in it?

No.

[Kayla] That might help.

[Scott laughs]

[Paul] Now we got the motor
back on the winch,

uh,

I think all we got left to do

is Scott's gotta put
the little brushes back
in the motor.

Once he does that,

hopefully we get
a winch that'll work.

[Scott] Alley-oop

All you.

All right, here we go.

Yeah, we're back in business.

[Kayla] Justin, basket,
where do you want it?

[Justin] Right here.

[Kayla] Now that we have
that winch working again,

we'll be able to move rocks
non-stop all day long

from here on out.

[Scott] I'm so happy
Paul came through today

and was able to get
that winch motor swapped out.

We don't have a working
winch system,

might as well go home.

That was the victory
that we needed today.

Right now water's come up
a pretty good amount

since we've been here today.

[narrator] Six hours
into his dive...

[Justin] It's about
probably five foot.

[Paul] Oh, [bleep],
got some depth going.

[Justin] A little bit, yeah.

[narrator] ...Justin's
got them two feet closer
to bedrock gold.

But the rain keeps coming,

and Nugget Creek keeps rising.

[Kayla] We'll go ahead
and call it.

We gotta tidy this dredge up.

[Justin] Okay.

[narrator] After last week's
super storm...

[Kayla] Pull it forward
and tie it up somewhere.

[narrator] ...Kayla's crew
takes no chances.

[Paul] Justin, come here,
pull on this.

[Justin straining]

Go for it.

Let's get that
other dredge up.

- Ready?
- [Paul] Yes.

[Scott] Yeah.

[Paul] She's angry today!

Both winches are wrapped.

[Kayla] Thank you.

Water's definitely picking up.

[Scott] Yeah, quickly.

[Justin] Yeah, it is.

[Paul] I can barely hold on
going across.

She's coming, she's coming.

[Scott] Watch your leg, Paul.

- Think we should be
safe with that.
- [Kayla] How does that look?

[Paul] I feel much better now.

We got both dredges

up and out of harm's way.

[Kayla] We got
the winches wrapped up,

we got the dredges up.

All we can do is just
hope for the best.

Hopefully, it doesn't
get too much worse.

[thunder rumbling]

It's been raining all night.

We gotta go check
on the dredges.

[Carlos exclaims]

[Wes] Careful, you all right?

- It's slippery.
- [Carlos] Yeah, watch out
for those roots.

[Dustin exclaims]

Ooh.

[Wes] Good thing we got
everything up here high.

[Dustin] Right?

Won't be walking up there.

Oh, man!

There's a landslide.
Holy crap, dude!

[James] What the hell?

This is not good,
we're in the danger zone.

[thunder rumbling]

[Wes] Oh, listen to that.

[Carlos] [bleep] You hear it?

- Hear the thunder?
- Oh, [bleep].

You see it, right?

[Wes] Yeah.

[Carlos] Damn, dude.

That could've happened
to anybody right there.

God, really?

Holy [bleep], dude.

[Dustin] Yeah, we don't
want to be down there anymore.

[Carlos] Anybody could've been
right there, man.

[Dustin] Yeah.

[Kayla] Whoa, whoa, watch out!

[narrator] A year ago...

[Kayla] Whoa, whoa, whoa!

[Paul] Run, run, run!

- Get up here, guys!
Get up here!
- [Kayla] Go!

[narrator] ...a landslide
at McKinley Creek

nearly killed the miners
and the film crew.

Now the rain-soaked high walls
of Nugget Creek

that turned their dive site
into a death trap.

We're not hanging out
down here.

This is what I was
talking about right here.

- [Wes] Yeah.
- This can happen...

- [Wes] And trap us.
- [Dustin] ...anywhere
anytime here.

[James] Holy [bleep].

The realization of how scary
this creek actually is, huh?

[Carlos] Holy [bleep],
man, boulders.

Holy [bleep].

[Dustin] I need
to get out there.

[Wes] It's still there.

That dredge
is remarkably okay.

[Dustin] I kinda figured.

We need to take the high road.

[Wes] He wants to go
on the high road.

[Dustin] You can't
go this way.

[Wes] Nah.

- [Dustin] We need to get
out of here.
-[Wes] Yeah.

[Dustin] This is not
a safe place.

Get out.

[Wes] Yeah, that's some
serious[bleep].

Look at that just starting.

[Carlos] Wes, let's go man!

[Dustin] Yeah, dude,
forget this.

[Carlos] I know,
we gotta go, dude!

[Wes] Yeah, we need
to get out of here.

There's a waterfall starting
on the other side even,

this is crazy.

[James] This whole
[bleep] mountain's
a slide right now.

[Carlos] Oh, yeah.
This whole[bleep] mountain
can go, dude.

[Dustin] Oh, yeah.

[James] Oh, [bleep].

[Carlos] Would've been better
taking the freaking low road.

[Wes] Careful.

[Carlos] Somebody could've
been on top of this

or somebody could've been
in the bottom of this.

[James] This whole
thing's going.

Oh, [bleep].

Oh!

[Wes] [bleep]
is getting serious.

[James] Careful, Wes.

That [bleep] going.

Dude.

[Wes] Oh, my gosh.
That's insane, right?

[James] Ain't it supposed
to rain all night?

- [Wes] Yep.
- [James] Oh, man.

Bye-bye, campsite.

They're expecting this rain
to continue for a couple days.

So I assume

the, uh, dive site
that we have

is not gonna be recognizable
by the time we get back.

I think all the walls
are gonna start to slip off...

...and, uh, we're not
gonna be there
when the walls slip.

When the saturation
goes down, we can return,

but until then...

...we're just in
a holding pattern
right now because

not gonna risk
the life of my people.

That high road
is completely gone,

slid off at one place.

- Oh, [bleep].
- [Dustin] It was a death zone.

I don't want to
lay down the law,

but I don't want anybody
out there anymore.

Uh, you're gonna die.

[Kayla] Well, we got
our stuff pretty much
locked down.

We got both the dredges
pulled up and out
of the water.

Both the winches are tied up.

Um, so I mean, it's as best
as we can do.

This has been
the hardest season
I've ever had, man.

[Paul] I agree with you.

[Dustin] I can't believe
what's happening here.

It's like the gold gods
don't want us here.

Ah, [bleep] it.
Let's get out of here.

[Carlos] If Dustin says that
we need to get out of here

before things get bad,
we need to go now.

[narrator] The crew
has only just recovered

from the last big storm.

Now once again,

they're forced
to escape to town

down the raging Tsirku River.

We're gonna hop
on the airboat,

and we're gonna try
to get out of here

before the Tsirku river
comes up any more.

We get stranded out here,

no telling how long
we'll be stranded out here

with no supplies or anything.

Well, that stuff's
moving, huh?

Y'all see this?

[James] The weather is
the worst I've ever seen.

It is flooding, landslides...

Everything's dangerous
that's going on out here.

It's time to go.

Everybody on.

Everybody got their stuff?

Let's go!

- Whoo!
- [bleep], yeah.

[Dustin] Nugget Creek is not
like McKinley Creek.

Uh, we get floods,
but it's nothing like this.

We've been out here working
for three months,

and still no gold.

[narrator] After risking
his life and all his savings

on Nugget Creek,

Dustin is in desperate need
of answers.

I thought I'd come talk
to the previous owner.

He knows a lot
about this place.

He's owned it
for a very long time

before I got ahold of it.

I need to know
what I'm looking for,

what it's supposed
to look like.

See if he's got
any information

and pick his brain
and find out.

Maybe he can help me.

- [Al] Hey.
- Hey, Al. How's it going?

[Al] Yeah, about time.
How's the weather
treating you, bud?

- Ugh, awful.
- [chuckles]

Nugget Creek is not the place
I would wanna be right now.

[narrator] For nearly
half a century,

Al Gilliam has braved
the treacherous
and deadly terrain

of the Chilkat Mountains.

After working
as a logger, prospector,

and professional
hunting guide,

his knowledge of the area
is second to none.

The weather's beating me.

You could not have picked
a worse year to start up here.

[Dustin] That's what I hear.

This has been
an obscenely wet year.

[Al] It's the wettest
I've seen.

[Dustin] How long
have you been here?

[Al] I got here
in spring of '76.

I've never seen
anything like this.

- In 46 years?
- No.

This is a lot of water.

I just really wanted
you guys to see

some of those big nuggets
up there this year.

[Dustin] I really want
to see them too, man.

[Al] Tell me, is the job gonna
be bigger than you are,

or are you gonna be able
to stay with it?

[Dustin] Uh, I'm...

Strangely enough,
I'm hard to kill.

We got these holes
dug down right now

and just non-stop rain,

and there's nothing
I can do about it.

Destroy some of my stuff,
and I would rebuild that

and get set up again,
and by the time
we're re-set-up,

it literally floods
the next day.

[Al] Well, the Old Timers,
they mined up down from below.

Don't expect to find gold
until you get down to bedrock.

- [Dustin] Okay.
- And when you get
close to bedrock,

you're gonna find a layer.

It's usually anywhere
from that deep to that thick,

and it's just all
rusted, reddish-colored,

and it's all bound
together tight.

It actually looks
like the false bottom,

and the big nuggets are
gonna be on the bottom.

If you stay with it...

...this is what
you're gonna find.

That weighs
slightly over four ounces.

There you are.
It's very, very good gold.

- [Dustin] That's awesome.
- [Al] Yeah.

[Dustin] Well,
I'm still looking for it.

[Al] Well, it sounds to me

like if anybody's gonna
make it up there,
you're going to.

The gold is there.
Best of luck to you.

Stay safe. Stay alive.

- [Dustin] Well,
thanks for all the info.
- All right. Bye-bye.

[Dustin] Uh, I just had
a good meeting.

Al just informed me
that there's a rust layer
of false bedrock.

We haven't found that yet,

so that's probably
why we're not finding nuggets.

That's where
all the big gold is.

Gotta get out of here.

Now it's time to get to work.

[narrator] The storm clouds
finally retreating...

Once again,
Dustin and the crews

head back to survey
the damage.

All right, let's get in sight,
see what we got.

Anybody taking bets
on whether the dredge
is still there, though?

Don't go through there fast.

Landslide. Oh, [bleep].

That's a lot of [bleep].

[Paul] I would have
never expected this.

I figured these walkways
were safe.

[Kayla] Dang.

[Paul] Well, you would not
wanna be walking on that
when it let go.

Where did all these big rocks
come from?

- [Kayla] I know,
they're everywhere.
- [Paul] Oh, wow.

[narrator] At Kayla's,
her crew get a first look

at the havoc
Mother Nature has wreaked.

Wow.

Holy [bleep].

[Kayla] It looks
completely different.

We gotta start
completely over again.

We need to definitely start
moving some rocks,

'cause we have nowhere
to put the dredge.

Unbelievable.

I think that was the best plan
we could have ever done,

was prepared and get
our dredges up on dry ground,

because now, we still got
two dredges to go back
into the water with.

You know, we live
to dredge another day.

[narrator] Both dredges
and winch systems survived.

But the raging river
has ripped through
their dive hole...

...filling it with huge rocks

and smashing apart
their downstream dam.

[Kayla] This is the third
or fourth time now

that we're starting over
from scratch.

And it's really frustrating,

but I think we've got it
down to a system now.

We're really fast
at recuperating.

I wanna go back
to actual gold mining
when I find actual gold.

That's what I wanna do.

Today, we're gonna
get [bleep] done.

[Justin] So, this is where
I was dredging last week,

and it was roughly
just height of me.

And now, it's maybe a foot.

We've got all
these large rocks
that have washed out,

either came from up high

or just cleaned out
from the kitty litter
and stuff,

but it's a drastic change
to the place.

[narrator] To get the dredges
back in safe harbor,

the dam needs to be rebuilt

to raise the water.

[Kayla] We need to focus
on the [bleep] back here,

'cause this is where
the dredges need to float.

The rest of it,
we could do later.

This will raise
the water level up.

[Paul] I'm so glad our winches
are still working.

Fast way to move a lot of rock
and pretty quickly.

Now only are we getting rocks
out of our way,

but as we build the dam up,
it's raising our water level.

So if we get the water level
where we can actually float
the two dredges,

then it's back to getting
those in and seeing if we can
get a diver in the water.

[Justin] The winch
is doing their job.

We've got some...

We've got some
big rocks here moved.

The dam's coming along

for the third time.

Maybe it's a charm.

Still a lot of work
to do, so...

Hopefully, that means good
going forward.

[narrator] This season,
storms have continued

to hit Nugget Creek
in quick succession.

Kayla must race to rebuild
and dredge to bedrock

before the next one strikes.

[Kayla] We're making
pretty good progress today.

We're getting our dam rebuilt.

We've moved
a lot of rock already.

Trying to get these last ones
moved real quick.

[Scott] That's a beast
of a rock.

- [laughs]
- [Justin] [bleep], yeah.

Get Paul and I in the water
and move a lot of material.

Hopefully, we can make
some really good progress,

hit bedrock soon.

Yeah, yeah.

There you go.

Oh my [bleep].

Couple of landslides
came down.

[narrator] Down creek,
Dustin Hurt prepares
for the worst.

Oh!

Watch out, it's gonna tilt.

[Wes] Look at this.

[Carlos] Oh, [bleep].

- [Wes] Holy crap, dude.
- [Carlos] Holy crap.

- Oh, [bleep].
- Holy crap.

- Wow.
- Wow.

[narrator] After being hit
by the second storm
in as many weeks,

Dustin Hurt assesses
the damage.

Oh my [bleep], look up there.

Look underneath
them gold gates.

Holy smokes.

- Holy [bleep].
- We got bedrocks
right here, guys.

Hey, Dustin,
come look at this.

[narrator] The previous storm
diverted the creek
to the far side,

leaving the near side dry.

- Oh my [bleep], look at this.
- It's amazing.

[narrator] This time,
the storm surge crested
over Big Ass Boulder...

...and cleared away eight feet
of rocks and gravel

from under Nugget Creek's
best gold trap.

- Has anybody been
underneath that rock?
- I doubt it.

Hey, Dustin,
what do you think?
Dredge here?

[Carlos] This is perfect
for the end of a season.

This is perfect.

So you're gonna dredge
underneath that giant rock?

Along with those
other rocks in there?

What happens when you dredge
underneath those other rocks?

Next year, this is gonna be
filled back in, man.

[Wes] It'll be
filled in, yeah.

This is the perfect time.

Did this [bleep]
set us up or what?

[Carlos] The wheels are
turning in Dustin's head
for what to do.

Mother Nature freaking gave us
a big box with a pink ribbon,

and a tag says,

"For miners,
it's all up to you.

It's all yours, amigos.
All yours."

The water did exactly
what I wanted it to do.

But it exposed
a little bit more
than I thought it would.

What these guys wanna do
is go underneath this big,
giant boulder right here.

And I'll admit,
I want to as well.

If we're gonna dig
underneath a gigantic boulder,

there's gonna be
some huge risk involved.

If we go down here...

...there's less danger,
but less chance of big gold.

Bigger chance
of bigger gold up here,

but higher danger.

What do you do?

Decision time.

[narrator] Dustin's plan
was always to start
with the safer ground

20 feet downstream

and work his way up

towards the 50-ton boulder.

This is one big sluice box
right here.

It's a no-brainer.

[Wes] Just the bedrock
and follow the bedrock down.

That could be
the payday we've been
looking for forever,

and Mother Nature
set us up for it.

[Dustin] All right.

You talked me into it.

Yeah?

We're gonna give it a go.

- Oh, I'm excited about this!
- I know, me too.

- [bleeps]
- [Dustin] All right,
you got me convinced.

- [bleep]
- [laughs]

[sighs]

[Dustin] I think
we should bury this up,

make a little wall
right there.

- We'll put the dredge
in the water.
- Yep.

Start her up.

Start dredging here
and straight into there.

[narrator] Dustin now plans
to mine directly beneath

what the miners have dubbed
"Big Ass Boulder."

First, he'll build a dam
with rocks,

then flood the area
so he can float a dredge.

The diver can then get
beneath the boulder

and dredge down to bedrock

and a season-saving payday.

- All right, Carlos.
- Yes, sir.

Make me a wall right here.

[Carlos] Wall right here,
I got it.

[Dustin] Originally, we were
gonna dig right here.

Now, this is where
we're gonna set the dredge

and dig up there.

This is our last effort.

If there's no gold right here,
we're not gonna get
any gold this season.

We're putting all of our eggs
in one basket right now.

It better be
a damn good basket.

- We need to get
these dredges floating.
- [Paul] All right.

And then once we get those in,

- I'll change into my suit.
- All right.

[narrator] The downstream
dam repaired...

...Kayla's crew have raised
the water levels high enough

to get their dredges
back in the creek.

[Kayla] I'm gonna
get in the water,

starting up
by the bedrock wall.

Then Paul's gonna get
in the water as well.

That way, we can both be in,
moving lots of material

and hopefully make
lots of progress.

Let's go.

So far, so good.

Got two dredges
floating again.

[Justin] Nice to see
two dredges back in the water.

We just gotta get set up
quickly and get the divers in

so we can maybe see
a little color, little gold.

I'd like to see
some eventually.

[bleep]

[Paul] [bleep] current
is strong.

[Kayla] That should be good.

- [Paul] Right there?
- [Kayla] Yeah.

So where are we at now?

I think we're just about ready
to fire all the dredges up.

[narrator] Last dive,
the heating system on one
of the dredges malfunctioned.

To make sure
nobody gets burned,

they need to test
their repair.

[Paul] So, I just
swapped the fittings.

I put the intake on the front,
the outtake on the back.

It seems to be going
pretty good now. Yep.

Try to get it in,
see if we can get some, uh...

...more rock and boulders
out of our way.

See if we can get
some depth going

so we can actually do
some good dredging.

[narrator] Before this storm
set Kayla's crew back,

they were five feet down,
halfway to bedrock gold.

[Kayla] Starting a new haul
always sucks.

[Paul] It does.

We were pulling
the first basket of rocks.

[bleep] Damn it! I'm done.

[narrator] On Nugget Creek...

- That water took out
a lot of stuff for us.
- Yeah, it did.

[narrator] ...gold fever
has set in.

This is how deep
the material was.

You could see
the water level right here,

'cause the moss
stops right there.

And then you can see it
underneath that big boulder.

The moss level stops there.

That is gonna have gold, dude.

[Wes] Yeah, it is.
There is no way it's not.

This particular creek is known
for large gold.

Because it's
such a steep terrain,

we know there's huge nuggets,

so that's what we're after
at this site right here.

This is where we get gold.

[Kayla] Starting a new haul
always sucks.

[Paul] It does.

[Scott] We're pulling
the first batch of the rocks.

[bleep] Damn it! I'm done.

[Justin] Line broke.

It's not a good thing.

[Paul] Hell did you do
to break the rope?

That rope shouldn't break.

[narrator] At Kayla's,
a broken winch rope could
set them back hours.

[Paul] It just needs
a regular figure eight.

- [Kayla] You wanna go fix it?
- [Paul] I'm gonna have to.

Slip that through there.

[Justin] We good? Okay.

Hopefully, hopefully,
this is the last of it.

Hopefully, this just
works from here.

[Kayla] Got it! [laughs]

We got the winch lines
working again.

We'll live to dredge
another day.

[Paul] All right, crank it up!

[Scott] If we have any hope
of hitting bedrock at all

and actually getting
some gold,

we don't need
any more hang-ups.

We don't need
any more setbacks.

We gotta have everything
working every day.

But you know what?

This winch line will
get us to bedrock.

This winch line will
get us to gold.

Oh, that's a decent-size rock.

[Paul] Current's definitely
picked up on us.

[Kayla] It has.

[Scott] Yeah, you're laying
down there getting a massage

from that [bleep] current.

The [bleep] current
is that strong.

It's starting to get deep.
We got some depth going.

[narrator] After four hours
battling the current...

- I'm [bleep] done.
- [Kayla] Me too.

[narrator] ...Paul calls it.

Today went good.

We got one nice hole
going right now.

We're probably five feet deep.

So we're right back
to where we were at
before the flood.

[Kayla] I don't expect
to see any gold right now.

This is the first day
starting a new haul.

But it never hurts to check.

Nothing.

Hopefully, within
the next couple days,

we can hit some bedrock
and see a lot of gold.

James got her going good
right there. Holy [bleep].

That looks nice.

- I think the dredge
should go in.
- Let's do it.

[narrator] With
their dam complete...

It's time to put
the dredge in.

Float the boat!

[narrator] ...Dustin is
one step closer to getting
a diver back in the water.

All right, uh,
tie off the pulley
to where it's up high.

- [Carlos] I gotcha.
- And you're gonna drag
the forward momentum.

So yeah, as soon
as he lets us get slack there,

- we'll pull this off
and put it over here.
- Please.

[narrator] It's a 20-foot haul
to get the dredge to the pool.

All right, is that enough?

One winch?

Let's see if we can get
a little forward momentum.

Oh, there it goes.

Oh, yeah.

- Whoo-hoo! It's working.
- [Dustin] I know.

- That'll work.
- Just keep going.
Hold on, hold on.

Let me get ahead.

Now we're gonna just ease it
into our freaking pool.

[Dustin] Hold up!

- Boo.
- Ugh, that sucks.
It's dragging that rock.

Now would be the time
to use the skyline.

- [Carlos] Yeah.
- Yeah.

Disconnect, go hook it
back up, bring me
a headache ball.

Right now,
we're trying to drag rocks.

We don't want it to do that,
'cause we'll disturb the wheel
we just made.

So I think we can
pick the other side
of the dredge up,

get it level and just kinda
just snake it right in there
real easy-like.

She's gonna move, like,
really move, so...

James, I need you
to come along just in case.

- Right.
- Perfect.

[Carlos chuckles]
It's perfect, man.

[Dustin] Go upstream
a little bit more.

[Carlos] Oh, it's perfect!

[Dustin] All stop.

James, disconnect.

- We got it!
- [giggles]

[Dustin] You gotta
go upstream.

[Carlos chuckles]

- Yes!
- Let it down.

That'll do it.

Just barely long enough
though, man.

What do you mean?
It's perfect.

Well, we didn't get
much play room.

- [chuckles]
- Holy cow.

Dredge is
in the water, Carlos!

[Carlos] Dredge is
back in the water.

The dredge is in and, uh,
it's a little tight there.

But it's working.

Now it's time to start it up
and see what's in this rock.

Well, if there's
no gold there,

this is our last season here.

These are decisions that
echo through everybody's
lives here.

I make the wrong decision...

...everybody goes home broke.

- Come on! Let's go.
- Fire it up.

[Carlos] James,
get in the dredge, man!

This is where
we get going, bro.

This is where we get going.

Come on, baby.

[Dustin] Gotta get the flap
completely underwater.

- There's a hole right there.
- Ah, [bleep].

- That's what you're doing.
It's right there.
- Damn it.

God [bleep]!

[narrator] Manhandling
the hose has caused a crack

right beside
the dredge nozzle.

- Argh!
- Hey, Wes! Where's
that cellophane at?

I ran out of tape,
so what we have is
this stretchy wrap stuff.

And if I can't seal off
this hose, it's probably
gonna suck it right in.

[chuckles] But I don't
have anything else,
so we're gonna try it.

There you go.

Nozzle up.

This is a first, man.

- That is a first.
- Holy crap.

We're desperate
to get ahold of...

[all chuckling]

[Carlos] Well, let's see
if that works, man.

[Dustin] Yeah,
see if it works.

There it is! We got it!

Oh, man.

- Seriously?
- We got it! [laughs]

- We're dredging!
- The cellophane worked.

- [laughs]
- Try to get this
over here, too.

[Dustin] I can't believe
that worked.

I'm pretty happy with the way
everything got set up now.

Got the dredge
back in the water,

got enough boulders moved,

got enough water flow
to make our dredge work.

Game on, now.

[James] I couldn't be happier.

It's a weird way,
what we're doing.

I didn't expect this
to happen this way.

But underneath
this big, giant boulder,

I got a feeling
that there's a lot of gold

and this could
change our lives.

[narrator] On the next
Gold Rush: White Water...

[bleep], let's go!

Scott, I have to have
you communicate.

We aren't quitters.
We're not gonna give up.

Hopefully, we see
some really good gold.

We're not gonna have
a hole again in a minute.

[Carlos] We can't catch
a freaking break!

Why can't we dredge
in the Bahamas?

Somewhere nice and warm.

[Kayla] I am tired
of your [bleep] attitude.

[Scott] I [bleep] work
my [bleep] into
the dirt for her,

- Is she firing me? Yep.
- She said that?

We need to regroup,
'cause we're on a steady path
to destruction here.

- Whoa!
- [bleep]

When the water bleeds,
you are so close to gold.

I'm excited
that you're diving.

I'm more excited
that I think you're
gonna get gold.