Original subtitles

Can I help you, sir?

- Can I help you? - I used to work here.

- Buddy, how you doin'? - Good, man.

- Damn, it's good to see you, man. - How are you?

Feel good, I feel good.

After 20 days off the site,

mine boss, Dave Turin returns to his claim,

Glacier Creek.

Very blessed to be here right now. I'm back with my guys.

On the gold and we're doing it.

How are you?

Jason, he made good decisions.

When I left, I told him we're gonna run the top gravel.

He basically went against what I said,

told KC to push that crap off, there's no gold in it.

Nice job.

And the good part is, he's on the gold.

And we need it. We need a good gold weight.

We set out this year to do 50 ounces a week.

Now we, you know, we hit that.

Watch this. We're done here.

You know, I mean, it can only get better.

If it gets worse, we need to go ahead and pack up, and head home.

Let's weigh it up. See what we got.

We need 50, boys. We need 50.

Nuggets there.

- Oh, I like the nuggets. - Ooh, here comes another one.

Oh, right there, 15.

- There's 35.48. - Here we go, come on.

40... Oh! 48.75.

Okay, I'll take that.

- Good job, you guys. - Yeah.

So where does that put us?

- 369.65. - All right.

- Cannot complain. - No, I'm happy.

Happy, happy. Damn good for what we ran.

I had my doubts 'cause we had three or four bad gold weighs in a row,

and now, hopefully put some gold in our pockets.

Through thick and thin, good and bad,

we're still a team.

And, uh, we put the effort in

to hit 450 ounces and I think we're gonna do it.

From here on out,

it's clear sailing. I say we just run, run, run.

- Let's do it. All in? - All in!

- Thanks for everything. - Oh, yeah. Appreciate it, Rick.

Sounds good, buddy.

After four weeks on the site,

time is called on Rick Tolbert at Glacier Creek.

Me leaving doesn't mean goodbye forever.

By no means, I hope.

I like to feel needed again, and if they call me, I'll be here.

Tough to watch him go.

But, uh, I'll catch him back up on the flip side when I get back to Tennessee.

We'll go get a burger.

I love Rick. That guy fit in well. He did a great job.

And I'm gonna miss him.

Morning.

Winter is coming,

and we're a long ways from 450 ounces.

You know, we walk away from here and

we're gonna put gold in people's pockets,

it changes their lives.

That's how they pay their bills.

So, we've got a lot of work ahead of us.

Overnight, thick frost blankets Glacier Creek mine.

That little dusting's nothing.

But it might be a little warning shot at us. Who knows?

At least it ain't too cold right now. Still above freezing.

Fire it up.

All right, I think we're good.

I think y'all can turn it up.

- I think so. Good. - Full speed. See what we can do.

Told me to turn it up as fast as she'll go.

Full speed ahead, see what she does.

With time running out,

Dave pushes the Eagle up to 195 yards an hour.

Almost double speed from the start of the season.

Dave cranked up the, uh, Eagle.

I think the strategic move right now is not real strategic.

You know, God forbid for something to happen big to this plant,

we won't be able to fix it in time and it means operation is gonna stop.

Better hope this **** good.

As the frost thaws, in the Cottonwood cut...

The next bet's I go down...

it's always that mystery.

After two gold weighs,

Jason battles to stay on the tail of the rich pay layer.

Well, every time I go deeper in the Cottonwood,

I like to continue to get pans from it to make sure that I'm not running into,

like, complete dead zone.

There's no reason to keep going. We learned that.

I'm gonna run a pan, man. Gotta be a quick one, though.

Yeah, this is one of the hardest places to read.

It's all the same color, it's all grey and black.

And because it's such a young formation,

I don't think it's had enough time to settle the gold all the way to bedrock.

It's basically we're chasing a pay layer

that's flood gold and it hasn't gone below that level

that it was deposited at.

So that's a really good pan for here.

But the nice thing is

it's not all super fine.

We've got little, little pieces in there. Little tiny ones.

I gotta get as much of this dirt to the plant as I can

before the season ends.

Hey, Dave, you got a copy?

- Yeah. - That pan was 18 colors.

And some nice pieces, little pieces in her, too.

Looking good. We're on the gold, buddy.

Long as the weather holds out, I think we're good, Jason. Good job.

10-4, senor.

- Come on. - Jason, let's get some more of this.

Yep.

This cut has done a lot for Team Turin.

And it even kind of shows towards what our future may be here.

This is the ground we came to Alaska for.

Right here in the Cottonwood cut.

Morgan, that is **** cool as hell.

Oh, yeah, dude. Get as much

pay up in that plant as possible,

go home to our families.

But it looks good. I haven't seen any issues.

Sounds good.

At the plant,

Chris now regularly loads more dirt than ever before.

Over 234 tons of pay every hour.

Ugh.

- Nathan? - Go ahead.

Did you see it? This shouldn't be this big. Can you see that?

Hardly any material on the belt.

Ooh, skinny, skinny, skinny.

Nate, you better turn this thing down.

Oh, ****

What's that lump, though? Down there at the very end on the right?

Definitely got something in her.

Oh, man.

You got a part of the belt ripped out.

Rocks get jammed up into it.

Hey, Dave, you got a copy?

Yeah, go ahead.

Mate, come down here and look at the hopper belt. We got a tear in it.

- Looks wearing it out there. - But it's got wear marks...

throughout the belt. Where they rub up against it, they get caught up.

This... Anywhere, it's gouged out.

Sharp rocks.

Uh, we got a ripped belt. It's bad.

It's really hard to repair something like that.

****

Let's get it cleaned out.

These rocks come down, hit this edge and it's cut that belt.

I mean, these rocks are unforgiving.

So, it's one of those things. You start running faster.

There's no ways around it.

It's running like ten yards an hour in this thing, but...

what kind of fun would that be?

It's frustrating that I make a call and it goes upon deaf ears.

Do I wanna be around people that know more than me? Yes.

Am I around those people right now? No.

The rip is about 40 inches long.

And, uh, sometimes if you try to temporary something,

you end up doing it all over again.

So, it's not an easy decision.

Stop.

It's Friday afternoon and we're in Alaska.

Chances of finding a belt, getting it by tomorrow are pretty slim,

to be honest. Um, the way things have been going,

I mean, everything I think should take a week,

it's usually two to three weeks. That'll be the end of the season.

I know you guys want an absolute...

What are you gonna do? I don't **** know.

I don't know.

We're broke down. End of the season.

Hello, John. How are ya?

Really?

As soon as possible.

All right, I appreciate it.

Bye.

Yeah...

Lot to process right now.

Just received a...

very important phone call from Jonathan at Willow Creek.

They want me to join the team.

In 2018,

Dave first met Chris while he was mining at Willow Creek, Nevada.

Good to see ya.

Under horrible circumstances.

Our business partner stole $20 million from about 100 different families.

You know, my dad got taken about $800,000.

Three years later,

the new owner of Willow Creek's placer ground,

hard rock miner, Jonathan Ferucci,

offered Dave and Chris a new opportunity.

- It's loaded with gold. - Oh, yeah.

- Looks pretty good. - And we believe we had a lot more veins

throughout this whole entire property.

But delays in test results halted all plans.

When do you start drilling?

- Right now, it's first week of June. - What?

We can't wait for the drill results.

No way.

Now, Jonathan offers Chris a huge chance.

Return to Willow Creek to process the excess placer as a one-man band.

Feeling pretty mixed emotions right now.

It would mean the world to me if I was able to mine Willow Creek to help the debt

that it caused my family.

To have a redemption call.

I mean, you really couldn't dream it up any better.

We work hand-in-hand with each other.

You know, I get to come back to the ground that caused my family a bunch of problems.

Got a tough decision to make.

I'm kind of stuck in the middle here. I don't know where I'm at.

I'm gonna call and see if I can find a, uh, belt.

A ripped belt on the Eagle

threatens an early end to the crew's season.

This is a long shot, but I need

a 30-foot long conveyer belt.

No, we don't.

Out of everything.

All right, well, thank you.

Could you cut it tonight and we'll pick it up in the morning?

You could?

Okay.

All right, bye.

- So... - Here's what we do.

Let's send...

- KC. - He's in by the gold room, I think.

All right, let's go talk to him.

Well, we found a belt.

Um, he's gonna cut it for us tonight.

We're six hours away from Anchorage.

So, gonna get somebody headed that way.

Hey, you guys.

What's up?

- I need you to go to Anchorage. - Okay.

- You wanna go with him? Keep him awake? - Sure. Sure.

- Why don't we do that? - Yeah.

We don't have time for, "Oh, I forgot." We don't have time for,

"I don't wanna do it now." We just do it.

That's everybody on the crew.

- You ready? All right. Let's go. - Yeah. Let's go.

With the plant down,

Dave's on a mission of his own.

So, I'm headed out to the airport to, uh,

meet a local lady.

I'm a little nervous about the weather here in Valdez.

I've heard a lot of stories about dumping a lot of snow.

So I'm just trying to get a sense

of how much longer I can stay.

- Hi. I'm looking for Josie. Hi, Josie. - Oh, that's me.

Local resident, Josie Scott...

- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.

...monitors the weather at Valdez airport.

- You write a report then, that the pilots see or the... - I do.

- I do. Yeah. So, it's 24x7. - Okay.

If you got into a plane, you could hear what we do.

So, I'm just trying to get a sense of...

how much time I got.

So, the current weather system that we're having right now

- could be done in a couple days. - Mm-hmm.

- It's the next one that might push you out. - Right.

I've seen snow come in

and dump eight feet in two days.

- That's a lot of snow, Dave. - That's a lot of snow.

With his Glacier Creek claim five miles

off road in the Chugach Mountains,

heavy snow could potentially trap the crew in the mine site.

So, you see this dome mountain here? - Yeah.

That is Sugarloaf. That's about 3,500 feet to the top.

And there's a local, it's not a myth, but we all go by this.

When there's snow on Sugarloaf,

there'll be snow on the ground here in six weeks.

Think I got a couple of weeks left?

I think it's coming.

Well, that gives me an idea.

- Thanks, Josie. - Thanks, bye-bye.

We might be packing up pretty soon. You never know.

The next big weather storm could hit

and trap us, so I've got some big decisions to make.

So KC and Andrew have driven all through the night.

Uh, Dave's come down with the belt.

Let those guys get a few hours of sleep.

Okay, go up.

You know, we're trying to get this belt on...

quick as we can.

- That's good, Nate. - Yeah.

The team must feed the new 30-foot belt through the Eagle.

Haul her out there.

And secure it with heavy-duty rivets.

It's definitely, uh...

something else watching Dave do. I've seen people fight and fight and fight with belts.

Going on like butter, Dave!

We've got a **** ton of pay sitting over there and it's good pay.

The fact that this belt's up and going means we're that much closer to rolling.

Once we're turning, we're earning.

Good, good, good. That'll work.

Right now, belt's fixed, Eagle's in good shape.

Uh, it's time to run.

Fire this thing up. Let's move it!

Go ahead, Chris, go ahead.

Yeah, they got the belt fixed.

Putting one foot forward. So, now it's time to turn it up and let's rock and roll.

Put some rocks in the box.

I'm really expecting us to get in the mid-50's for the week.

Gotta keep pushing forward, hope it all goes good.

Winter's approaching.

Let's hope for the best.

It's all we can do right now.

We're way behind.

But I'm not giving up on this year.

This has been a set-up year. Shelly and I will not...

make a profit.

I mean, you think of the costs that we,

we had this year.

You know, brand-new wash plant, the Eagle.

Cost us a lot of money.

We bought the mine.

And that set us back.

So, I feel like if we do get 450 ounces...

at least the guys can pay their bills.

And their families will be happy.

But the only way we're gonna do it is run more hours.

When we have good weather, we have to go dark to dark.

And that's the only way we've got a chance at going over 450 ounces.

Radio check, radio check.

- 10-4. - Come on through, Dave.

That's a big 10-4.

Well, at this point, you know, we've had some setbacks.

This is the time we have to put in the hours.

One last hard push.

If the boss told we're to work two extra hours, I'll do it.

Just who I am.

As much run time as we get in, the more gold we can get in.

Everybody's gotta step up. We're gonna start working longer hours.

Ain't no one gonna like it too much, but you know what? It's part of it.

Grow a set.

I don't like being told one thing

and then done another.

We started this season saying, "Oh, we'll make

these working decisions all together."

All together.

After four seasons with Dave,

Chris faces a major decision.

Forge ahead with the team

or accept a job on his old claim.

Willow Creek is more than just a property for me.

It's a place where I started off on my own.

Through bad business partner

and what have you, we fell right on our face.

And it was a costly fail.

And now, I have the opportunity to go back.

I never would have thought or never could have orchestrated

what has happened in the past year.

I feel like I have to take this opportunity and run with it.

That's what's best for my family.

If you don't appreciate me and don't respect me that you can

call and talk to me about moving hours

and doing whatnot, having to work harder and longer for his ill decisions,

then we might have to move on.

And that might be today.

7:00 a.m. at Glacier Creek.

Holy, ****. It's cold!

And in a bid to catch up,

the team begins its first dark-to-dark shift.

Oh, for...

You've got to be **** me!

But overnight, the pump has failed.

Dave, Nate... You gotta copy.

Cut's flooded, guys.

Damn it!

Lake Sanchez here for you.

Come take a swim.

It's flooded. I don't know what's wrong.

I need to get to my pumps, I need to figure this **** out,

and try and start getting this sucked down.

All right. What's going on?

She just will not pump.

Any bit of pay I had is going under water again.

We'll pull the suction off and see. It's all in all to do right now.

I hear something in here.

- Whatcha got? - All right, hold that up.

- Something in there? - Yeah.

Oh, ****.

Oh, boy...

- Holy ****, Nate. - Oh, yeah.

It's gotta be something between the pump and the engine. It has to be.

The only thing I know to do now is I have to pull it out, Jason.

All right, man.

Stupid rock.

The key component of the water pump

is an impeller to draw water into the machine.

But overnight, the pump has sucked in a large rock

which has become jammed in the system.

Nate hopes that the coupler,

the engine's rubber fitting

has done its job and sheared,

allowing the motor to keep spinning,

saving the pump engine from catastrophic damage.

Damn rock. Always.

Get some more of this sheet metal off,

so we can kinda get down to the heart of the operation.

Well, I'll be damned. Look 'er there.

So, you got these splits and this coupler right here.

The coupler is completely sheared

after saving the motor from the rock jam.

You know, it's got a part number on it.

And hopefully, they will have the part number exactly.

And we'll be good to go. But...

You just never know these days.

And I can't tell you, KC, how frustrated I am

to see this cut start going under water.

With the pump out of action,

and Jason unable to access the cut,

the crew runs dangerously low on pay.

I'm actually taking a really thin layer across the entire width of the cut.

And just trying to get enough pay, you know, to last through the day.

Maybe two feet is all he's got there.

And I don't know if it'll last the day.

So, we may be fighting...

a losing battle.

Coming in on your left side, Jason.

Come on in.

Think that little pump's gonna keep up?

I'm just worried about...

keeping enough pay to that plan.

- It's about it, isn't it? - It is.

Got a half-a-day here.

- It's gonna be tight. - I could...

I could pretty easily strip that where that pump is.

Strip all that vegetation off and get in some pay.

Yep, 10-4.

Worst case scenario, it takes a week to get that coupling.

Then I'm kinda screwed.

Yeah, we're running out of time.

And any day, we could wake up and be kicked outta here.

I'm up here getting this area ready.

Got about five or six feet of material

that I gotta move in order to get Jason in here.

We're gonna call it our emergency pay.

To keep the plant running,

Dave moves to higher ground above the water table,

stripping organics, revealing a layer of emergency pay

20 feet above the Cottonwood cut.

All season long, we've been fighting the water,

fighting the weather,

and now we're fighting getting parts.

So, yeah. It's very, very frustrating.

I should be down there

in the good gold, but

all I can do, I gotta keep us in pay, and basically get what we can.

Before winter shuts us out.

After dozing for four hours,

Dave has stripped almost 500 square yards of organics.

That's it, I'm done.

Got to the corner, call it emergency pay,

but it's gonna get us by until Nate can get us that pump.

10-4, senor.

All right, Morgan. That's good, right there.

Nose is off the gravel, but it's got some pretty big rocks in there.

Just keep that bird in pay and keep it fed, right? Right.

Right.

Just gonna get us by.

Got 'em on it.

Jason's bringing us dry dirt and, uh,

Dave has opened up the emergency cut.

That gives us a little bit of time.

If we wanna get down

to where the good gold's at, we're gonna need that pump fixing.

Get it fixed quick.

You know, we've hit our gold twice since we've been here. That's it.

This year seems to be thrown away.

And I didn't leave my house for a throwaway season.

That's irritating.

With a new job offer on the table,

loader Chris has just 24 hours

to decide his immediate future.

To go mine Willow Creek and knock it out of the park, that excites me.

But we've been a band of brothers. We've been through a lot with Team Turin.

Hey, Dave, you got a copy?

When I met Dave, what a huge blessing that was, and an opportunity.

Got me off my knees and basically got me back on my feet.

Kept me in the mining game.

And I appreciate that.

Dave and I became real close. Gave me a sense of hope.

For the future, for me and my family,

my father and I'll give honor where honor is due, and I'll love Dave Turin,

you know, as long as I live.

- We actually got some gold. - True, we do.

- But the treasure is this right here. - You're right.

We're progressing as a team each year.

And it's a good team.

You know, I've learned a lot with Team Turin, with Dave.

He now has, you know, his own land.

And I'm trying to get every bit of gold as we can.

I don't know.

You know, it's a hard decision for me to make.

Bro, we got a part.

Let's see exactly what we've got going on. Hopefully, it's the right one.

After almost two days with no pump,

mechanic Nate returns from town

with vital parts.

This the old one.

I mean, we had parts come in, they're always wrong, I mean,

hoping it's the right one. You just never know what someone's gonna send you.

Come with the whole shebang.

I don't need everything, I just need this piece here in the middle.

This piece actually attaches to the engine.

And this piece actually attaches to the pump.

And it's got rubber on it that gives it a flex.

While as you can see on this one here, it's busted out.

And this one here is basically solid.

So, we'll put that in place.

Ooh, baby doll, she's right. Good.

Oh, that was kinda good.

And start putting it together.

This is the pump, this is the engine.

Basically, this coupler, attach them together.

This will last a long time, long as we don't come into another jam.

If we're gonna have a plan to hit our gold,

we gotta get this pump up and going as fast as possible.

Give her a couple little love taps, get her just right.

I think everybody is, you know,

tired, wore out. It's not good for us right now. It's really not.

Pain in the ass.

It's gonna go in there just right.

So hopefully, this will get us going.

Get down to that good pay we've been trying to get to all season long.

So, the hardest part is done. We got it stabbed in there, new coupler on it.

Ready to rock and roll.

We're gonna show you what a small crew can do that has a lot of heart.

And, uh, don't mind working.

And I really believe it's gonna do us well.

Dave, ready to fire up?

- Fire it up, Nate! Turn it on, let's run some water. - Sure?

- Some of that good pay. - Yes, sir!

Pumping that down.

Oh, yeah!

That son of a gun's pumping some water now.

Whoo!

****

You know, it feels good getting the pump back in there.

The water's dropping down like no other.

So, I'm ready to get back to that good gold.

Every minute, the 150-horsepower pump

removes around 4,000 gallons of water from the Cottonwood Cut.

I'm definitely glad to be out of that emergency cut.

It was a little bit of a pain for the Eagle, but this is where we need to be

if we're gonna have a fighting chance at our gold.

In just four hours,

Jason is back on the gold.

Pump's running.

We're moving back in the right direction, Morgan.

Going back deep.

Get some pan to the plant. Shake and bake, baby. Here we go!

Gotta get some gold!

With the pumps running, de-watering, we finish strong.

Good day. Damn good day.

The only thing I will say, though...

is as far as this Cottonwood Cut,

I'm kicking Alaska's ass.

- What up? - Hey, Chris.

- How's it going? - I need to talk to ya.

Got an opportunity, Dave, that has been knocking on the door.

Oh, my God almighty.

Uh, you know Jonathan up at Willow Creek.

He's wanting me to...

join... the group.

You are?

Yeah, I'm... I'm leaving.

Whoa.

- You're kidding me. Right now? - Yeah.

Number one thing, Dave, it's gonna allow me to stay with my family longer.

I've been away more months than I've been home since I've been married.

It's not a good way to start a marriage,

and that's playing a big role in my decision.

She's a keeper, so I definitely wanna be around her.

It does leave us in a tough spot.

But...

I'm not gonna hold you back.

I want you to be... happy.

I want the best for your family.

But...

It's gonna be tough losing you, it's gonna be tough,

you know, to replace a valuable team member, not just because

you're a good operator, but because you've been part of this team.

Well, I'll never forget...

- the times. It's been wild and crazy. - It's been a good run. Yeah.

Why don't you stick around till this last gold weigh and...

I appreciate that, I really do.

Change is hard.

- I love ya. - Love you, too.

You can go home and see your family.

Do what you gotta do.

- Thank you, Dave. Love ya. - Love you, too, Chris.

Lot of emotion. Lot of things to process, but...

I know that I've made the right decision.

That was tough.

Very difficult conversation with Chris. Um...

He's leaving, he's a good friend, and it hurts. It really does.

Coming up...

Time for this week's gold weigh. Come on in.

Here we go. Big money, no whammy. Come on.

Oh, oh!

I've gotta get to the loader, I can't talk to you right now.

Chris is the heart and soul of our team.

The opportunity to be tied in with Dave Turin, the burden was lifted off my shoulders.

Chris was the first one I signed.

I love Chris.

He's like a brother.

He's the guy that understands people's emotions.

For me and family, I've gotta go. See you the next time around, guys.

Now we have a fighting chance at hitting our goal.

450, here we come!

At Glacier Creek,

Chris loads the pay-hungry Eagle with his final bucket.

Emotional moment right now.

This is my last bucket I'll be putting in the Eagle.

End of an era.

Yeah, I'm, I'm leaving Alaska. It's...

God, it's beautiful.

I would rather mine in the lower 48 any day.

So, I'm off onto a grand adventure.

Hopefully down the road of redemption.

All right. Let's go ahead and shut her down.

So I've got some difficult news to tell the guys.

I really don't know how they're gonna handle it.

But I gotta tell 'em that Chris is leaving.

I got something serious to tell ya.

I sent Chris to pack his stuff up.

He's leaving us.

What? - He's got a job offer at Willow Creek.

He feels like it's an amazing opportunity.

And so, I basically released him.

Let him go.

We don't have much time left here. I mean,

that's gonna leave us really freaking short-handed.

It is difficult, it's tough.

It's gonna be hard.

But we'll get through it.

Yeah.

There's not a man left standing here that isn't willing to pick up the pace

and pick up the slack. So, we'll be all right.

- We'll get it done. - We'll make it happen, Captain.

So without Chris, can you run this wash plant?

Absolutely, Dave. I'll give it my all.

All in? Are we all in?

All in!

You know, it's a shock,

you know, that Chris is leaving. Didn't see it coming, didn't expect it.

But I mean, it is what it is. We're gonna strive on, we're gonna push through.

It's what we do.

Chris' God-given right. He can do whatever he wants.

I think Dave might be pretty disappointed that he left.

Everyone has to make decisions that's best for them.

It's gonna better him and his family. Good for him.

Didn't look as good as I'd hoped,

but you never know until you run it down the gold room.

The crew is still 80 ounces short of its new 450-ounce season goal.

That's the gold weigh.

- That's this week? Okay. - Mm-hmm.

To have any hope of hitting the season target,

this cleanup must be worth at least 50 ounces.

Oh, we got Chris' gold here.

- You ready to call the guys? All right. - Yep.

Hey, guys. Time for this week's gold weigh. Come on in.

Final gold weigh.

It's hard to leave the guys that you've been through the trenches with

for four years. But...

I gotta do what I gotta do.

Dave, Shelly, how's it going?

- Good. - Hey, Shelly, Dave.

- Good. - Hi.

It's been a tough week. It's difficult.

But you know what?

We survived and we pushed through.

You know, we're still getting gold. We're at 369.7.

- That's good. Good. - Let's see what the gold weigh is.

- Shelly? - All right. Ready?

I'll be happy with 50.

- Yeah, that's true. - It's always been our goal on the week. It's 50.

Last gold weigh for Chris. Here we go. Come on. Big money, no whammy.

Come on, Chris.

24, oh, yeah, there we go. Oh, oh!

28, oh!

31...

It is 31.3.

That's half of what I was hoping for, at least.

That ain't gonna cut it, guys.

So what's this bring our season total to?

401 ounces, you guys. We've got 49 to go.

This week's top gravels

gave the crew just over 60% of the gold it needed,

piling the pressure on next week's final weigh.

Chris, that's your gold.

Thank you, sir.

- Not too shabby. - Thank you.

Chris, we've been through a lot together.

- Yes, sir. We all have. - Um...

We want the best for you, moving on.

This is a hard, hard thing.

Well, you haven't lost a friend here.

Okay.

For me, it hurts. I would love to have him stay.

I'd love, you know, for him to be the guy that I met

four years ago at Willow Creek.

I wish you the best, man. I really do, seriously, man.

- Thank you. - Seriously, man.

Pleasure working with you.

- Yeah. Nice meeting you. A year. - Nice meeting you, Andrew.

- For sure. - Guess I got my new... plant operator.

You know, you're the youngest guy on the crew, so you're gonna pick up slack.

- You better. 'Cause I'm getting... - 'Cause my back keeps

going out on me.

You know, with Chris leaving, it sucks.

He's been one of my good friends since I started.

It's gonna be tough that he's leaving us.

But...

I'm happy for him.

I'd like to say a prayer for Chris.

Lord Jesus, we ask that you would have your hand upon his shoulder

as he goes out on a new adventure.

And just bless him in everything that he does.

- Amen. - Amen.

Good luck, Chris.

We're, you know, once again a man down.

And in order to get 450 ounces,

we all have to pick up the slack.

But I still think we can do it because,

when the chips are down, these guys pick it up.

And we put our boots on and go to work, and I still feel like we can hit 450 ounces.

All right, boys, let's do this!

Next time on the season finale of Dave Turin's Lost Mine...

- Think I got much time left? - Avalanches are gonna start hitting the road

and blocking access.

It's a high consequence.

We've lost a life with how big these avalanches are.

Get out of here in the next few days.

The struggle for life-changing gold...

Pain's temporary. Gold's forever.

...pushes Team Turin

- to the brink. - ****

We need to get out while we can.

The world says success is 450 ounces.

Let's see what we got in that bag.

- Come on, Shelly. Pour that gold. - Come on.

Come on.