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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,820 in the frozen north seven down on their luck miners are back for a second gold mining season 2 00:00:09,820 --> 00:00:16,560 this year it's make or break we need six figures out of this season we'll do good we don't i'm done 3 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:24,360 they are back bigger and better than ever just as they got started they had to leave the claim 4 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:29,760 i own porcupine creek but even without a claim to mine they refuse to give up their 5 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:36,160 dream followed me and my dad at the end of the earth we'll get the gold now the hoffmans are 6 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:42,640 playing catch-up they need a new gold claim and fast we don't get land we're gonna have mutants 7 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:50,240 it's time to pack up and go as the hoffmans hunt new land fred rips their old claim apart and just 8 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:58,880 across porcupine creek 16 year old parker schno puts his elders to shame in the quest to strike it rich 9 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:07,280 today was a good day 10 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:26,400 in porcupine creek southeast alaska 11 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:34,640 the new claim owner gets to work 10 days into the 150 day mining season 12 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:36,640 woohoo 13 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,320 let the game begin 14 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,080 that's the kota boys against the hoffmans 15 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:53,040 24 hours after taking over porcupine creek from the hoffmans dakota fred fills in their holding 16 00:01:53,040 --> 00:02:07,840 pond 17 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:08,880 Tight game, folks. 18 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,260 But the Dakota mine wins. 19 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:15,200 Yeah! 20 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,880 To strike it rich at Porcupine Creek, 21 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,340 Fred plans on doing things very differently this season. 22 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:28,780 Last year, Todd and Jack disagreed on how to mine Porcupine Creek. 23 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,160 Todd planned to dig for a pastry. 24 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:34,460 On this claim, there's a pastry cagoule. 25 00:02:34,460 --> 00:02:37,360 Until Jack convinced him to dig for nuggets 26 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,860 at the bottom of an ancient waterfall called a glory hole. 27 00:02:40,940 --> 00:02:42,620 I know what I'm doing. 28 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:49,000 But in one season, they found just 14 ounces of gold worth a measly $20,000. 29 00:02:50,140 --> 00:02:53,820 This year, Fred's going back to Todd's original plan. 30 00:02:53,940 --> 00:02:57,200 This is the glory hole from this vantage point. 31 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,600 We intend to move that out about another 75 feet or so. 32 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:05,840 The way Jack dug to get down as deep as possible, totally wrong. 33 00:03:06,980 --> 00:03:10,580 Instead of digging down to bedrock like Jack did last year, 34 00:03:11,100 --> 00:03:14,540 Fred will dig horizontally, clearing the first 20 feet of dirt. 35 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:17,760 He can then process the gold-rich pastry 36 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,560 he thinks runs across the entire claim. 37 00:03:21,860 --> 00:03:25,400 To move this much pay dirt, Fred needs a new road. 38 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,940 He'll build one right over the Hoffman's old holding pond. 39 00:03:31,580 --> 00:03:36,220 Fred is gambling that his radical claim will pay off, big time. 40 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,220 I'd be highly embarrassed, highly embarrassed 41 00:03:39,220 --> 00:03:42,520 that I don't wind up with at least 100 ounces of gold out of this place. 42 00:03:43,180 --> 00:03:47,580 Meanwhile, after a 600-mile drive from Porcupine Creek, 43 00:03:48,180 --> 00:03:50,920 the Hoffmans and their crew arrive in Dawson City. 44 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:56,920 They have no claim to mine 10 days into the season. 45 00:03:58,100 --> 00:04:01,700 If they can't find land in the gold-rich Klondike soon, 46 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,400 their second mining season could be their last. 47 00:04:07,300 --> 00:04:10,740 Oh, what a day, you know? 48 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:13,360 Yeah, we're finally here. 49 00:04:14,300 --> 00:04:17,200 It's like midnight, and it's still bright out. 50 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:18,960 That's how far north we are, man. 51 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,440 We're way north. We're up in the Klondike now. 52 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:23,240 So this is sweet. 53 00:04:23,580 --> 00:04:25,540 Last time I was here, it was all snowy. 54 00:04:26,660 --> 00:04:30,200 This is not the first time the Hoffmans have been to Dawson City. 55 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:32,700 They're back for a reason. 56 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:35,440 Back in the off-season, 57 00:04:35,980 --> 00:04:38,340 the Hoffmans ventured north into the Klondike. 58 00:04:38,460 --> 00:04:39,480 This is double or nothing. 59 00:04:39,780 --> 00:04:41,980 They got lucky and found virgin ground 60 00:04:41,980 --> 00:04:44,540 in one of the richest gold fields in the world. 61 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:46,580 This is drop-dead killer claim. 62 00:04:46,580 --> 00:04:49,240 To mine it, they spent $40,000 63 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,640 on the only wash plant they could find, 64 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,380 a machine that separates gold from dirt. 65 00:04:54,420 --> 00:04:55,540 Well, that's it, huh, Wayne? 66 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,900 It looks like it's in pretty decent shape. 67 00:04:58,980 --> 00:05:01,780 At the last minute, they lost the Klondike claim, 68 00:05:01,780 --> 00:05:04,480 but not their new wash plant. 69 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,620 Four months after buying it, 70 00:05:06,620 --> 00:05:10,400 they're back at Wayne Fisher's yard, 71 00:05:10,940 --> 00:05:13,040 desperate to set up for this season. 72 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:13,800 I think we did good. 73 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:14,620 Piece of cake, yeah. 74 00:05:14,780 --> 00:05:15,440 It'll work. 75 00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:18,260 Those have pretty decent belts on them. 76 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:21,080 Can we start it and stop it real quick? 77 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:21,440 Okay. 78 00:05:21,700 --> 00:05:22,020 All right. 79 00:05:22,020 --> 00:05:22,760 We'll know. 80 00:05:23,180 --> 00:05:25,460 The Hoffmans set to fire up the wash plant 81 00:05:25,460 --> 00:05:27,980 for the first time in a long time. 82 00:05:28,100 --> 00:05:31,980 This has sat there six years in one place, 83 00:05:31,980 --> 00:05:34,800 so nothing's been ran in at least that long, 84 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:35,640 maybe even longer. 85 00:05:36,300 --> 00:05:39,100 Todd needs to salvage their second mining season. 86 00:05:39,660 --> 00:05:40,980 To keep the dream alive, 87 00:05:41,300 --> 00:05:43,040 the wash plant has to work. 88 00:05:43,420 --> 00:05:44,300 We'll find out. 89 00:05:44,300 --> 00:05:48,300 Just real quick. 90 00:05:52,860 --> 00:05:54,080 Tanker, start. 91 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:02,060 Shut it down! 92 00:06:10,540 --> 00:06:12,420 After running for just seconds, 93 00:06:12,420 --> 00:06:14,820 it's clear Todd's new wash plant 94 00:06:14,820 --> 00:06:16,600 needs a major overhaul. 95 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,860 One of the motors might not be hooked up right. 96 00:06:20,100 --> 00:06:21,240 I'm trying to figure it out. 97 00:06:21,420 --> 00:06:23,220 Unfortunately for the crew, 98 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:25,940 the broken motor is not the only thing wrong. 99 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:30,160 A working wash plant separates the gold from the dirt. 100 00:06:31,260 --> 00:06:32,680 Todd's has a conveyor belt 101 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:35,660 that feeds gold-bearing material into the wash plant, 102 00:06:35,860 --> 00:06:38,960 but it needs a new belt and replacement rollers. 103 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,340 After leaving the conveyor, 104 00:06:42,740 --> 00:06:45,700 the material falls onto screens where it is washed. 105 00:06:46,500 --> 00:06:50,060 But the plant's water pump and pipes are broken. 106 00:06:51,180 --> 00:06:55,340 Finally, any gold is caught in trays of hydraulic riffles. 107 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,560 Todd's riffles are in bad need of repair. 108 00:06:59,740 --> 00:07:01,860 For crew mechanic James Harness, 109 00:07:02,380 --> 00:07:03,900 it's not a quick fix. 110 00:07:03,900 --> 00:07:05,360 There's a lot of bad welds, 111 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:07,900 a lot of rusty parts that are ready to fall apart. 112 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:09,080 It needs to be gone through, 113 00:07:09,620 --> 00:07:10,780 not only just for safety, 114 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,320 but so we don't have to fix it every day. 115 00:07:13,780 --> 00:07:14,640 Season's short. 116 00:07:15,180 --> 00:07:17,160 We want to get going as fast as we can, 117 00:07:17,260 --> 00:07:18,640 so the issue is time. 118 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:21,740 Todd heads into town, 119 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:24,120 leaving the crew behind to start the repairs 120 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,320 and to question their future. 121 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:28,960 Right now, we don't have a claim to mine at. 122 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:30,080 We're fixing this up. 123 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:32,560 We may be fixing it up for nothing 124 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:34,400 unless Todd finds a claim. 125 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:36,800 I'm just kind of watching my clock here, 126 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,520 waiting and hoping that he's coming back 127 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:41,020 with some good news for this team. 128 00:07:42,660 --> 00:07:46,380 Already 10 days into the 150-day mining season, 129 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:49,440 the Hoffmans have to act fast to find a claim, 130 00:07:49,860 --> 00:07:53,000 or their dream of striking it rich will die. 131 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,860 After losing Porcupine to Dakota Fred, 132 00:07:56,860 --> 00:08:00,480 Todd spent the 24-hour journey up to the Klondike 133 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:02,320 on the phone with claim owners. 134 00:08:02,900 --> 00:08:06,160 I need any mine owner that wants to do a 10% lease. 135 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:07,480 All right, man, thanks. 136 00:08:08,820 --> 00:08:11,700 Say a little prayer that we can find a home. 137 00:08:11,980 --> 00:08:12,720 Copy that. 138 00:08:13,100 --> 00:08:15,440 I will find us a place. 139 00:08:17,220 --> 00:08:20,100 Now, Todd follows up leads in Dawson City. 140 00:08:21,180 --> 00:08:21,440 Hello? 141 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:22,940 My name's Todd Hoffman. 142 00:08:23,180 --> 00:08:26,380 I wanted to know if you had a claim 143 00:08:26,380 --> 00:08:28,320 that you might not be mining yourself. 144 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,680 But finding a good claim up here is not easy. 145 00:08:32,980 --> 00:08:34,980 Gold is more valuable than ever, 146 00:08:35,420 --> 00:08:38,560 and there's a full-fledged gold rush in the Klondike. 147 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:43,080 Last year, $52 million in gold 148 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:44,700 was pulled from the ground here. 149 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:50,040 The competition for good claims on virgin ground is fierce. 150 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:56,780 14 phone calls later, Todd finally gets a break. 151 00:08:56,980 --> 00:08:57,900 That's a good sign. 152 00:08:58,660 --> 00:09:00,960 All right, man, we'll look at it and talk terms. 153 00:09:01,060 --> 00:09:01,440 Thank you. 154 00:09:02,980 --> 00:09:04,940 It sounds like we got something here 155 00:09:04,940 --> 00:09:07,120 that is definitely worth looking at. 156 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:12,340 600 miles south, on the road to Porcupine Creek, 157 00:09:12,340 --> 00:09:15,760 a young miner is on his way to an important meeting. 158 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:17,960 I'm on my way to go see Fred. 159 00:09:18,460 --> 00:09:22,120 I think that this visit will kind of set the stage for the summer. 160 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:26,260 You know, I'm hopeful that we can be on good terms all summer. 161 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:30,060 Last summer, 16-year-old Parker Schnabel 162 00:09:30,060 --> 00:09:32,500 worked with his 91-year-old grandfather 163 00:09:32,500 --> 00:09:34,260 at the Big Nugget Mine, 164 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:36,780 just across the creek from Porcupine. 165 00:09:37,780 --> 00:09:41,120 But this season, John Schnabel is retiring. 166 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,360 I've been doing it for 45 years. 167 00:09:43,860 --> 00:09:46,620 Parker will take over as the new boss of Big Nugget. 168 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:48,860 Ten days into the season, 169 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:50,660 John is de-winterized 170 00:09:50,660 --> 00:09:52,640 and the mine is ready for his grandson. 171 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:56,360 Parker is just finishing up 11th grade. 172 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:58,080 Pretty excited to get out of here. 173 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:04,160 On his way to his claim, 174 00:10:04,220 --> 00:10:06,360 he drops by Porcupine Creek. 175 00:10:06,900 --> 00:10:07,840 Not too much. 176 00:10:08,220 --> 00:10:09,040 Getting through school. 177 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,040 All right, you just got done with school? 178 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:11,640 Yeah. 179 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,040 I hear rumors you're going to play over here 180 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:15,300 with your grandpa's mind. 181 00:10:15,900 --> 00:10:16,260 Yeah. 182 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,780 So what are you going to do about gold this year? 183 00:10:20,140 --> 00:10:21,180 I'm going to find it. 184 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:22,800 Is that all? 185 00:10:23,180 --> 00:10:23,840 How much? 186 00:10:25,420 --> 00:10:26,760 You don't have any idea? 187 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:26,800 Wow. 188 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:35,760 Fred, you need to be a little more diplomatic. 189 00:10:38,300 --> 00:10:40,140 Sometimes I just say what I feel. 190 00:10:41,540 --> 00:10:43,060 Sometimes that gets you in trouble. 191 00:10:48,060 --> 00:10:49,060 We'll see you later. 192 00:10:49,140 --> 00:10:50,580 You got a good plan there. 193 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:51,880 Good luck, young man. 194 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:53,720 We'll see, huh? 195 00:10:55,060 --> 00:10:57,060 I'm not going to say to Fred, 196 00:10:57,300 --> 00:10:59,060 I think I'm going to get more gold than you. 197 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,740 But I think we both kind of take it 198 00:11:02,740 --> 00:11:05,040 as a challenge to beat each other, you know? 199 00:11:06,420 --> 00:11:08,100 Back up in Dawson City, 200 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:13,040 the Hoffmans head out to check an available claim. 201 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,180 I just hope this is it 202 00:11:15,180 --> 00:11:17,420 because the guys are really apprehensive, 203 00:11:17,540 --> 00:11:17,860 you know? 204 00:11:17,860 --> 00:11:18,200 Yeah, I know. 205 00:11:18,560 --> 00:11:19,540 And I don't blame them. 206 00:11:19,700 --> 00:11:20,660 This is the end of the road. 207 00:11:20,780 --> 00:11:21,620 We don't make it here. 208 00:11:21,820 --> 00:11:22,860 We don't make it. 209 00:11:23,020 --> 00:11:23,800 Oh, my God. 210 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:25,100 We're done. 211 00:11:25,980 --> 00:11:26,840 Back in town, 212 00:11:27,100 --> 00:11:29,440 the crew discusses the situation. 213 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:30,920 Porcupine's gone, 214 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:32,300 and we're up here with nothing. 215 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:33,380 I don't know what to do. 216 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:35,440 I just wondered what Todd was thinking 217 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:37,260 when he brought us up here. 218 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:40,560 What was I thinking by following him? 219 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:43,240 We're working on a piece of equipment, 220 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:44,520 and we have nowhere to go. 221 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:46,940 I'm afraid we're wasting our time. 222 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:48,580 I tell you what, 223 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:50,240 I can't stick around here much longer, though. 224 00:11:50,300 --> 00:11:51,380 This is getting ridiculous. 225 00:11:51,380 --> 00:11:52,960 Well, crap, we don't even know where we're going. 226 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:57,140 I mean, I'm kind of thinking we give him a time limit. 227 00:11:57,680 --> 00:11:58,740 If he can't find a place, 228 00:11:59,880 --> 00:12:01,180 it's time to pack up and go. 229 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,740 Coming up, reinforcements arrive, 230 00:12:07,220 --> 00:12:09,560 giving Dakota Fred a big boost. 231 00:12:10,560 --> 00:12:11,760 Goldzilla, man. 232 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:13,260 And for the Hoffman crew, 233 00:12:13,460 --> 00:12:14,560 it's decision time. 234 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:16,700 Gamble on a claim in the Klondike, 235 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:18,380 or quit and go home. 236 00:12:18,680 --> 00:12:20,640 I'm asking you guys to trust me again. 237 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:22,140 Did they show you any gold? 238 00:12:22,300 --> 00:12:24,920 Their mining season hangs in the balance. 239 00:12:25,340 --> 00:12:26,460 Oh, crap! 240 00:12:26,460 --> 00:12:39,520 11 days into the mining season, 241 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,280 the Hoffman crew still has no gold claim. 242 00:12:42,540 --> 00:12:44,460 Instead of making money every day, 243 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:45,740 they're losing it. 244 00:12:45,740 --> 00:12:47,380 If Todd doesn't come back with a claim, 245 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,620 I think that's when we would just turn around and go home. 246 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:53,760 But 30 miles away, 247 00:12:53,940 --> 00:12:56,020 Todd and Jack Hoffman are on their way 248 00:12:56,020 --> 00:12:57,820 to check out some promising land. 249 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:00,800 Holy crap! 250 00:13:01,020 --> 00:13:02,620 This is the big leagues here. 251 00:13:03,300 --> 00:13:03,980 Oh, my God. 252 00:13:03,980 --> 00:13:04,520 Look at that. 253 00:13:05,180 --> 00:13:05,660 Oh, yeah? 254 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:06,580 Grilling rig. 255 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:07,640 They're getting prepped. 256 00:13:07,780 --> 00:13:09,060 They're about ready to sluice. 257 00:13:09,060 --> 00:13:10,320 We're going to have to up our game 258 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:11,960 a little bit more than where we're at. 259 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:15,520 The gold mines here are bigger 260 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:17,480 than anything the Hoffmans have ever seen. 261 00:13:18,140 --> 00:13:19,740 Into the second week of the season, 262 00:13:20,180 --> 00:13:21,900 these mines are already running, 263 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:24,660 churning out millions of dollars of gold. 264 00:13:27,560 --> 00:13:28,440 Is that it? 265 00:13:28,540 --> 00:13:29,120 That is it. 266 00:13:30,340 --> 00:13:31,820 As I see here, though, 267 00:13:32,260 --> 00:13:33,320 that is tailing. 268 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:34,920 Just tailing. 269 00:13:35,540 --> 00:13:36,340 I don't know. 270 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:38,620 I hope not. 271 00:13:39,060 --> 00:13:46,540 I didn't plan on tailings. 272 00:13:46,660 --> 00:13:48,420 I thought we had some virgin ground. 273 00:13:49,260 --> 00:13:51,680 There's no virgin ground in sight. 274 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,120 This claim is covered in tailings, 275 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:56,560 rocks left over from previous mining. 276 00:13:57,140 --> 00:13:58,860 I don't want to mine right here. 277 00:13:59,700 --> 00:14:01,900 Todd and Jack search out the claim owner. 278 00:14:01,900 --> 00:14:02,460 I don't want to see you. 279 00:14:02,460 --> 00:14:02,500 I don't want to see you. 280 00:14:02,500 --> 00:14:02,900 I don't want to see you. 281 00:14:02,900 --> 00:14:03,540 I don't wanna see you. 282 00:14:03,540 --> 00:14:04,340 I don't want to see you. 283 00:14:12,540 --> 00:14:13,220 Did you hear Greg? 284 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:13,860 Yes, Todd? 285 00:14:13,860 --> 00:14:14,640 Hey, I'm Todd. 286 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:15,460 Entend it. 287 00:14:15,460 --> 00:14:16,140 Hey, good to meet ya! 288 00:14:16,140 --> 00:14:21,380 is this is it looks like I'm pretty much worked worked over huh I tell you 289 00:14:21,380 --> 00:14:25,920 what if you guys got time we could just take a little walk and I can show you 290 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:32,220 do it yeah here on Quartz Creek yeah this is where I would go what I'm going 291 00:14:32,220 --> 00:14:36,840 to show you Greg takes the Hoffman's away from the tailings to the other side 292 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:44,280 of his claim to Quartz Creek everything from this side in fact maybe even back 293 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:49,860 a few feet has never been touched by any kind of machine ever what yes never 294 00:14:49,860 --> 00:14:55,380 urging ground all this in this side is virgin ground the dredge couldn't get it 295 00:14:55,380 --> 00:15:01,500 and it's never had a machine on it sitting next to Quartz Creek is a giant 296 00:15:01,500 --> 00:15:08,880 dredge that worked its way through this valley between 1935 and 1950 its 297 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:14,160 revolving chain of buckets scooped up seven million cubic yards of dirt into 298 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:20,380 its internal wash plant the dredge extracted gold worth over a billion 299 00:15:20,380 --> 00:15:29,040 dollars today the tailings were left in its wake but at the edge of the valley 300 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:34,380 there's only a few feet of soil down to bedrock not enough dirt for the dredge 301 00:15:34,380 --> 00:15:40,840 buckets to mine these strips of virgin ground called side pay may still hold 302 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:49,420 millions in gold claim owner Greg McNeil is offering this ground up for lease you 303 00:15:49,420 --> 00:15:55,840 know the offer would be there ten percent off the top before any expenses any fuel 304 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:58,900 anything's paid 305 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:05,000 normally ground like this is tested before a lease is signed but with their season 306 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:10,340 slipping away and their crew ready to quit Todd and Jack are running out of options 307 00:16:10,340 --> 00:16:18,000 you know I know that we were all screwed up last year if we don't get some land and I 308 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:23,000 mean quick the guys are gonna we're gonna have mutiny on the bounty we have no place 309 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:31,580 else to go but here yeah while the Hoffman's decide whether to risk their future on quartz creek 310 00:16:31,580 --> 00:16:41,240 600 miles south at the big nugget mine 16 year old Parker Schnabel starts his first day as the man in 311 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:48,860 charge thanks grandpa Parker is now responsible for the mine his grandfather ran successfully for 25 years 312 00:16:48,860 --> 00:16:56,840 but for the last three years the claim has barely broken even Parker's in a position now to where he has 313 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:03,740 to make the mind make a profit to stay in business so if he doesn't turn a profit this year we won't run 314 00:17:03,740 --> 00:17:09,480 next year Parker has a plan to turn the mine around 315 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:24,900 my grandpa mine this bench up here he mined it 20 years earlier they've got about a hundred ounces in 316 00:17:24,900 --> 00:17:31,760 just a couple of weeks this is all the tailings from that big two weeks Parker is confident that 20 317 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:38,980 years later his modern machinery can extract gold from the tailings his grandfather threw away decades 318 00:17:38,980 --> 00:17:45,520 ago if their sluice box caught 50% of the gold and they got a hundred ounces then then there would 319 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:52,540 be another hundred ounces here so we're gonna give a crack at it today a hundred ounces of gold is worth 320 00:17:52,540 --> 00:17:59,500 over a hundred and fifty thousand dollars Parker fires up the 330 excavator to begin clearing the 321 00:17:59,500 --> 00:18:08,100 undergrowth next he stockpiles bucket loads of freshly dug tailings that then get dumped into the wash plan 322 00:18:08,100 --> 00:18:19,020 material is washed off the rocks falling through the shaker while big boulders are discarded 323 00:18:19,020 --> 00:18:27,480 the spinning trommel separates gold dirt under quarter of an inch from the remaining gravel 324 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:37,860 this gold bearing material then passes through the trommel screens into sluice boxes below because gold is 325 00:18:37,860 --> 00:18:46,400 19 times heavier than water it sinks to the bottom of the sluice box but after only 30 minutes of running 326 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:47,880 right out that heavy 327 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:52,140 Parker's wash plant shuts down without warning 328 00:18:52,140 --> 00:19:01,020 he checks the generator the source of power to the wash plant it's dead 329 00:19:01,020 --> 00:19:07,680 there's nothing I can do up here really could talk to my grandpa 330 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:18,300 we shut down huh I guess we stopped luckily his grandfather has not yet left the mine Parker needs 331 00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:27,840 his years of experience there's somewhere in the circuitry there's a bad terminal connection and we lose 332 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:37,080 the voltage I would order a new regulator we had this problem about 10 years ago what was it we put a new 333 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:46,720 regulator on it and it worked yeah been running for the last 10 years okay no problem I guess 334 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:56,040 the regulator maintains the right voltage coming out of the generator Parker heads into town to order a new 335 00:19:56,040 --> 00:20:03,540 one it's a bad first day for the new boss of the big nugget mine first thing we're doing is losing 336 00:20:03,540 --> 00:20:14,640 money and not running any dirt it could be a problem in July of 1897 boatloads of gold rich miners docked in 337 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:24,120 San Francisco over the next six months 100,000 men headed north in the Klondike gold rush many turned back or died on 338 00:20:24,120 --> 00:20:41,520 the way only 40,000 completed the epic Trek North up in the Klondike the short mining season is already 339 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:48,540 12 days old the Hoffman crew overhauls their new wash plant while they wait for Todd and Jack to return 340 00:20:48,540 --> 00:20:55,540 from their hunt for a new claim Todd and Jack are here 341 00:20:55,540 --> 00:21:01,540 well guys hey what's up found it I cut a deal we got it we got ourselves a mine 342 00:21:01,540 --> 00:21:16,540 really guys we got ourselves a virgin ground so Todd we went to porcupine believing there was gold I know there was gold but we didn't get any of it I know what's to say that this mine is going to pay 343 00:21:16,540 --> 00:21:31,540 did they show you any gold I mean here's the deal taking his word for it my gut feeling is good that's where I'm going I've already shook on it that's our home I feel I feels right 344 00:21:31,540 --> 00:21:44,540 I'm asking you guys to trust me again and you know what there's every possibility I can be wrong but I mean if at some point we got to trust somebody somewhere 345 00:21:44,540 --> 00:21:49,540 we don't have much time 346 00:21:49,540 --> 00:21:56,540 I think we can do it what do you guys think I haven't seen the lay of the land up there but right here we're running out of time already 347 00:21:56,540 --> 00:22:00,540 the race is on to get to the gold 348 00:22:00,540 --> 00:22:11,540 as the crew repairs the wash plants water pipes Dave Turin measures for the new conveyor belt that will feed dirt into the wash plant 349 00:22:11,540 --> 00:22:16,540 we can build this to a certain extent and then we need the parts hopefully they'll be here tomorrow 350 00:22:16,540 --> 00:22:22,540 the Hoffman crew is behind and losing money with every passing day 351 00:22:22,540 --> 00:22:27,540 but now they have a real chance at striking it rich in the Klondike 352 00:22:27,540 --> 00:22:32,540 600 miles south at Porcupine Creek 353 00:22:32,540 --> 00:22:39,540 Dakota Fred is also scrambling to get mining 354 00:22:43,540 --> 00:22:48,540 to build a new road over the Hoffman's old holding pond he moves tons of dirt 355 00:22:48,540 --> 00:22:55,540 a lot of gold is going to come up this road probably going to be plated on the tracks by the time we get done 356 00:22:55,540 --> 00:23:00,540 but Fred is doing the work of three men his crew hasn't arrived yet 357 00:23:01,540 --> 00:23:05,540 they are still prepping their mining equipment down in North Dakota 358 00:23:08,540 --> 00:23:12,540 with the road finished there is nothing else Fred can do 359 00:23:14,540 --> 00:23:16,540 sometimes I do wish I had help 360 00:23:16,540 --> 00:23:19,540 Fred's claim isn't the only one at a standstill 361 00:23:19,540 --> 00:23:25,540 across the creek at the big nugget mine power is the problem 362 00:23:26,540 --> 00:23:31,540 I was hoping to get up here and hit the ground running run the plant 363 00:23:31,540 --> 00:23:34,540 but that's not quite happening 364 00:23:34,540 --> 00:23:38,540 Parker Schnabel finally has the new regulator for his broken generator 365 00:23:39,540 --> 00:23:42,540 it should get their wash plant up and running 366 00:23:42,540 --> 00:23:45,540 but he needs his crew to install it 367 00:23:45,540 --> 00:23:48,540 oh well we'll get going sometime today hopefully 368 00:23:49,540 --> 00:23:53,540 Grandpa John has Parker's crew repairing the road to the claim 369 00:23:54,540 --> 00:23:59,540 it's clear that Parker isn't really the boss of the big nugget mine just yet 370 00:24:00,540 --> 00:24:03,540 I'm just confused because I thought last night I told 371 00:24:03,540 --> 00:24:06,540 I thought I made it pretty clear that the plan was to run the plant 372 00:24:06,540 --> 00:24:08,540 I thought Gary was going to meet me up here 373 00:24:08,540 --> 00:24:10,540 everything's screwed up 374 00:24:10,540 --> 00:24:13,540 I have to have this figured out this morning 375 00:24:13,540 --> 00:24:16,540 like as in 20 minutes ago 376 00:24:16,540 --> 00:24:19,540 I'll go get the man with the toolbox 377 00:24:20,540 --> 00:24:21,540 relax 378 00:24:22,540 --> 00:24:24,540 he's awful impatient 379 00:24:24,540 --> 00:24:28,540 young people think that they can do everything in a big hurry 380 00:24:28,540 --> 00:24:31,540 but you have to get older to slow down a little 381 00:24:32,540 --> 00:24:36,540 in the Klondike 382 00:24:36,540 --> 00:24:40,540 the Hoffman crew works tirelessly to replumb their wash plant 383 00:24:40,540 --> 00:24:50,540 they need to hire a truck to haul their old 20,000 pound wash plant up to their new claim 384 00:24:51,540 --> 00:24:59,540 the 45 mile road from Dawson City to Quartz Creek rises 4,000 feet over King Solomon's Dome 385 00:24:59,540 --> 00:25:03,540 transporting a heavy load on this winding dirt road is treacherous 386 00:25:03,540 --> 00:25:05,540 this is kind of a big deal 387 00:25:05,540 --> 00:25:06,540 this is kind of a big deal 388 00:25:06,540 --> 00:25:10,540 I'm heading over to see like the only trucker that will bring our equipment 389 00:25:10,540 --> 00:25:13,540 over the pass and down into our gold mine 390 00:25:13,540 --> 00:25:17,540 on the outskirts of Dawson City lives Tom Fenton 391 00:25:17,540 --> 00:25:25,540 hey are you Tom? 392 00:25:25,540 --> 00:25:26,540 yeah I am 393 00:25:26,540 --> 00:25:27,540 you Tom? I'm Todd 394 00:25:27,540 --> 00:25:28,540 how you all doing? 395 00:25:28,540 --> 00:25:29,540 good 396 00:25:29,540 --> 00:25:30,540 oh I'm hanging in there 397 00:25:30,540 --> 00:25:32,540 oh 398 00:25:32,540 --> 00:25:33,540 good 399 00:25:33,540 --> 00:25:35,540 I got a question for you 400 00:25:35,540 --> 00:25:39,540 you're the only guy that'll go up and down those big hills 401 00:25:39,540 --> 00:25:40,540 I'm the only guy 402 00:25:40,540 --> 00:25:41,540 you're the man huh? 403 00:25:41,540 --> 00:25:43,540 no I'm just the only guy 404 00:25:43,540 --> 00:25:44,540 okay 405 00:25:44,540 --> 00:25:48,540 I have a list about as long as my arm of other people 406 00:25:49,540 --> 00:25:55,540 the gold mining crews spread throughout the Klondike keep trucker Tom Fenton a busy man 407 00:25:58,540 --> 00:26:00,540 do you want to do the plant on Monday? 408 00:26:00,540 --> 00:26:05,540 Tom has only one free day to haul Todd's wash plant in the next two weeks 409 00:26:05,540 --> 00:26:07,540 and uh if it's raining 410 00:26:07,540 --> 00:26:08,540 I ain't going 411 00:26:08,540 --> 00:26:09,540 Roger 412 00:26:09,540 --> 00:26:10,540 no problem 413 00:26:10,540 --> 00:26:11,540 alright man 414 00:26:11,540 --> 00:26:12,540 thank you 415 00:26:12,540 --> 00:26:13,540 see ya 416 00:26:15,540 --> 00:26:20,540 Tom's limited availability means Todd's wash plant has to be ready in just two days 417 00:26:22,540 --> 00:26:24,540 but it's still in pieces 418 00:26:24,540 --> 00:26:26,540 all the other guys are up in the hills running right now 419 00:26:26,540 --> 00:26:27,540 so 420 00:26:27,540 --> 00:26:29,540 I want to go up there 421 00:26:29,540 --> 00:26:30,540 I want to dig gold 422 00:26:30,540 --> 00:26:32,540 the guys will be you know on my back 423 00:26:32,540 --> 00:26:33,540 I don't care 424 00:26:33,540 --> 00:26:34,540 I don't care 425 00:26:34,540 --> 00:26:35,540 we need gold 426 00:26:35,540 --> 00:26:36,540 we need to get it fast 427 00:26:36,540 --> 00:26:37,540 so 428 00:26:37,540 --> 00:26:38,540 wish me luck 429 00:26:49,540 --> 00:26:50,540 Dawson City 430 00:26:50,540 --> 00:26:51,540 the Klondike 431 00:26:52,540 --> 00:26:58,540 the Hoffman crew has fitted their wash plant with a new screen to filter gold bearing material 432 00:26:58,540 --> 00:27:00,540 and new water pipes 433 00:27:00,540 --> 00:27:03,540 they have made good progress 434 00:27:03,540 --> 00:27:08,540 but every day the Hoffman crew spends making fixes is another day lost 435 00:27:10,540 --> 00:27:16,540 the wash plant has to be hauled to their new claim on Quartz Creek in just two days 436 00:27:19,540 --> 00:27:21,540 you want to talk to me? 437 00:27:21,540 --> 00:27:30,540 dude I know time is an issue and we're trying to get things done in a hurry but I just don't feel we're ready to take that thing up there 438 00:27:30,540 --> 00:27:33,540 we have the shop here we've got tools we've got the things we need 439 00:27:33,540 --> 00:27:36,540 once we get up there it's going to be twice as hard to work on 440 00:27:36,540 --> 00:27:41,540 thing is I can only get this trucker a Monday so it's now or never 441 00:27:41,540 --> 00:27:45,540 I don't want to take it up there in pieces because we'll lose half the stuff on the way up there 442 00:27:45,540 --> 00:27:48,540 I booked them with this guy we got to go 443 00:27:48,540 --> 00:27:51,540 can you live with that? 444 00:27:51,540 --> 00:27:53,540 we don't have much choice 445 00:27:53,540 --> 00:27:54,540 alright 446 00:27:54,540 --> 00:27:56,540 stick with it 447 00:28:03,540 --> 00:28:06,540 hauling a rickety old wash plant up to Quartz Creek 448 00:28:06,540 --> 00:28:09,540 could end in disaster 449 00:28:09,540 --> 00:28:12,540 the journey could lead to weeks of repairs 450 00:28:12,540 --> 00:28:14,540 but like I said time is an enemy 451 00:28:14,540 --> 00:28:16,540 we have to be out of here and not have this stuff up there 452 00:28:16,540 --> 00:28:18,540 so I guess we have to roll with it 453 00:28:20,540 --> 00:28:23,540 600 miles south at Porcupine Creek 454 00:28:23,540 --> 00:28:27,540 Dakota Fred has finished his new road 455 00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:30,540 it's day 14 of the mining season 456 00:28:30,540 --> 00:28:34,540 but Fred can't begin to mine Porcupine his way 457 00:28:34,540 --> 00:28:39,540 without his crew or his mining equipment 458 00:28:43,540 --> 00:28:46,540 luckily Fred isn't alone for much longer 459 00:28:52,540 --> 00:28:58,540 his crew winds their way up to the claim in an 18-wheeler loaded with supplies from North Dakota 460 00:28:58,540 --> 00:29:03,540 oh y'all are a sight for sore eyes 461 00:29:03,540 --> 00:29:04,540 good to see you man 462 00:29:04,540 --> 00:29:05,540 take care 463 00:29:05,540 --> 00:29:07,540 Paul is Fred's business partner 464 00:29:07,540 --> 00:29:09,540 Dustin is Fred's son 465 00:29:09,540 --> 00:29:11,540 and Darren is their truck driver and rigger 466 00:29:11,540 --> 00:29:14,540 told you I'd get up here one way or another 467 00:29:14,540 --> 00:29:17,540 what do they do hide you in a sleeper or something 468 00:29:17,540 --> 00:29:18,540 put you in a cargo 469 00:29:18,540 --> 00:29:19,540 put you in a little boxes for her man 470 00:29:19,540 --> 00:29:20,540 stuck you in a box 471 00:29:22,540 --> 00:29:23,540 what do y'all got on here 472 00:29:23,540 --> 00:29:24,540 oh man I didn't even look 473 00:29:24,540 --> 00:29:27,540 the crew has brand new mining equipment 474 00:29:27,540 --> 00:29:29,540 including a container full of tools 475 00:29:29,540 --> 00:29:30,540 a pump 476 00:29:30,540 --> 00:29:33,540 and a new clean-out trommel to extract the gold 477 00:29:33,540 --> 00:29:34,540 wow 478 00:29:36,540 --> 00:29:37,540 goldzilla man 479 00:29:37,540 --> 00:29:38,540 that's goldzilla 480 00:29:41,540 --> 00:29:42,540 Dakota Fred and his crew 481 00:29:42,540 --> 00:29:45,540 can finally get down to the business of pulling millions in gold 482 00:29:45,540 --> 00:29:47,540 out of Porcupine Creek 483 00:29:47,540 --> 00:29:48,540 what do y'all think 484 00:29:48,540 --> 00:29:49,540 let's start mining 485 00:29:49,540 --> 00:29:50,540 let's go 486 00:29:50,540 --> 00:29:51,540 get the water coming 487 00:29:54,540 --> 00:29:56,540 across the creek at Big Nugget Mine 488 00:29:56,540 --> 00:30:01,540 Parker Schnabel's crew installs the new regulator on the wash plant's generator 489 00:30:05,540 --> 00:30:06,540 those bolt 490 00:30:06,540 --> 00:30:08,540 the bolt meter on the left there 491 00:30:08,540 --> 00:30:10,540 when he turns the knob 492 00:30:10,540 --> 00:30:12,540 we want that to adjust 493 00:30:12,540 --> 00:30:14,540 see he's turning it down 494 00:30:16,540 --> 00:30:17,540 it works 495 00:30:17,540 --> 00:30:20,540 you turn the thing and the voltage 496 00:30:20,540 --> 00:30:22,540 goes up and down 497 00:30:22,540 --> 00:30:24,540 see it's holding steady at 484 498 00:30:24,540 --> 00:30:27,540 and with the 480 volt system 499 00:30:28,540 --> 00:30:29,540 so 500 00:30:29,540 --> 00:30:31,540 with the generator up and running 501 00:30:31,540 --> 00:30:33,540 they power up the wash plant 502 00:30:37,540 --> 00:30:39,540 I think we should run about two hours 503 00:30:39,540 --> 00:30:41,540 and if it's still running then 504 00:30:41,540 --> 00:30:42,540 we'll probably be good 505 00:30:42,540 --> 00:30:43,540 so 506 00:30:43,540 --> 00:30:45,540 I'll go feed the plant 507 00:30:45,540 --> 00:30:47,540 and we've got water 508 00:30:47,540 --> 00:30:48,540 so 509 00:30:52,540 --> 00:30:53,540 once again 510 00:30:53,540 --> 00:30:56,540 the marker feeds his grandpa's 20 year old tailings 511 00:30:56,540 --> 00:30:57,540 into the plant 512 00:30:57,540 --> 00:30:58,540 you know we put the part in 513 00:30:58,540 --> 00:30:59,540 I did everything I could 514 00:30:59,540 --> 00:31:00,540 so 515 00:31:00,540 --> 00:31:01,540 now you just gotta wait 516 00:31:01,540 --> 00:31:02,540 it's tough 517 00:31:10,540 --> 00:31:11,540 we got 20 minutes so far 518 00:31:11,540 --> 00:31:12,540 so 519 00:31:12,540 --> 00:31:29,540 in about 20 minutes we'll start getting a little more confident and about an hour after that we'll be pretty sure we fixed it 520 00:31:29,540 --> 00:31:36,540 two weeks into the 150 day mining season 521 00:31:36,540 --> 00:31:39,540 Parker Schnabel's mine is fully operational 522 00:31:39,540 --> 00:31:41,540 hopefully there's a pile of gold sitting in there somewhere 523 00:31:41,540 --> 00:31:56,540 at the big nugget mine in southeast Alaska 524 00:31:56,540 --> 00:31:59,540 Parker Schnabel's generator is back up and running 525 00:31:59,540 --> 00:32:02,540 then you turn it up and it goes up 526 00:32:02,540 --> 00:32:07,540 15 days into the 150 day mining season 527 00:32:07,540 --> 00:32:10,540 he is closing in on his first clean out 528 00:32:10,540 --> 00:32:12,540 as the new boss of the big nugget mine 529 00:32:12,540 --> 00:32:14,540 Parker is sitting on top of the world 530 00:32:14,540 --> 00:32:20,540 he has visions that he's going to make thousands of dollars every day and I hope he's right 531 00:32:20,540 --> 00:32:25,540 Parker shut down the wash plant 532 00:32:25,540 --> 00:32:31,540 but leaves the water running to push any remaining gold through the machine and into the Schnabel's sluice box 533 00:32:31,540 --> 00:32:35,540 it's the first clean out of dirt that I've picked out I guess 534 00:32:41,540 --> 00:32:47,540 what he'll do now is work it around and get it down to about a pan full of dirt 535 00:32:47,540 --> 00:32:52,540 as they work the water into the dirt the lighter material washes away 536 00:32:52,540 --> 00:32:58,540 only the heaviest material including any gold stays in the sluice box 537 00:32:58,540 --> 00:33:00,540 see those nuggets right there? wait 538 00:33:00,540 --> 00:33:04,540 so there's a few nuggets sitting right up top there 539 00:33:04,540 --> 00:33:13,540 the nuggets in the sluice box are an early indication that Parker's plan just might work 540 00:33:13,540 --> 00:33:19,540 he won't know for sure if running his grandpa's discarded tailings has paid off 541 00:33:19,540 --> 00:33:22,540 until he can pan all of the wash plant dirt 542 00:33:22,540 --> 00:33:26,540 the reason I'm here is I ran this dirt a long time ago 543 00:33:26,540 --> 00:33:30,540 with a real primitive system of sluice, just a sluice box 544 00:33:30,540 --> 00:33:33,540 and we threw away lots of gold 545 00:33:34,540 --> 00:33:36,540 he's trying to be conservative and say it's half time 546 00:33:36,540 --> 00:33:38,540 we're hopefully as a thousand dollars 547 00:33:38,540 --> 00:33:44,540 less than a half mile away at Porcupine Creek 548 00:33:44,540 --> 00:33:48,540 Dakota Fred and his crew rush to unload their gold mining equipment 549 00:33:48,540 --> 00:33:50,540 bring your bucket over here Fred 550 00:33:50,540 --> 00:33:53,540 but a container weighing 25,000 pounds 551 00:33:53,540 --> 00:33:56,540 forces them to think through their next move 552 00:33:56,540 --> 00:33:59,540 I trust his abilities to run and operate machinery 553 00:33:59,540 --> 00:34:01,540 on everything out here pretty much 554 00:34:01,540 --> 00:34:04,540 so I have faith that he's not going to get me killed 555 00:34:04,540 --> 00:34:08,540 one on each side, you got one right there, huh? 556 00:34:26,540 --> 00:34:27,540 you alright? 557 00:34:27,540 --> 00:34:28,540 yeah 558 00:34:28,540 --> 00:34:33,540 Darren, the crew's rigger, takes the lead 559 00:34:33,540 --> 00:34:36,540 we're going to walk around to the other side of the container in the trailer 560 00:34:36,540 --> 00:34:39,540 and we're going to lift up on the bottom end over there 561 00:34:39,540 --> 00:34:41,540 as soon as it clears the truck 562 00:34:41,540 --> 00:34:44,540 I'm going to go ahead and pull out from underneath it 563 00:34:44,540 --> 00:34:47,540 alright, step back folks, we got a turn here 564 00:34:47,540 --> 00:34:50,540 Darren rigs one side of the container to the excavator 565 00:34:50,540 --> 00:34:53,540 so that the truck can simply pull away 566 00:34:53,540 --> 00:34:55,540 looks like that plan will work fine for me 567 00:34:55,540 --> 00:35:00,540 looking good Fred 568 00:35:00,540 --> 00:35:02,540 yay 569 00:35:02,540 --> 00:35:05,540 so far so good 570 00:35:05,540 --> 00:35:08,540 we got it down, no problems 571 00:35:08,540 --> 00:35:12,540 15 days into the season 572 00:35:12,540 --> 00:35:15,540 the Porcupine crew is ready to mine for gold 573 00:35:15,540 --> 00:35:16,540 alright 574 00:35:16,540 --> 00:35:20,540 meanwhile, just outside Dawson City 575 00:35:20,540 --> 00:35:24,540 Tom Fenton arrives to haul the Hoffman's broken down wash plant 576 00:35:24,540 --> 00:35:27,540 to their new claim 577 00:35:27,540 --> 00:35:30,540 the crew has worked day and night 578 00:35:30,540 --> 00:35:33,540 but the wash plant is far from finished 579 00:35:33,540 --> 00:35:35,540 we'll have to take it up there in pieces 580 00:35:35,540 --> 00:35:37,540 hope that it works, won't be able to test it 581 00:35:37,540 --> 00:35:39,540 and it's a mess 582 00:35:39,540 --> 00:35:42,540 with only one shot at the move 583 00:35:42,540 --> 00:35:47,540 the Hoffman crew has no choice but to make the remaining fixes on the claim 584 00:35:47,540 --> 00:35:51,540 45 miles out in the Yukon wilderness 585 00:35:51,540 --> 00:35:54,540 it's a little premature but you know what 586 00:35:54,540 --> 00:35:56,540 we booked the trucker, we're going 587 00:35:56,540 --> 00:35:58,540 let's go get in the truck, let's load up 588 00:35:58,540 --> 00:36:06,540 first, they have to get the 20,000 pound wash plant onto the trailer 589 00:36:06,540 --> 00:36:08,540 the trailer 590 00:36:12,540 --> 00:36:13,540 the trailer's up here 591 00:36:13,540 --> 00:36:15,540 and this plant's down here 592 00:36:15,540 --> 00:36:18,540 and all you're lifting it with is what they call a bra 593 00:36:18,540 --> 00:36:20,540 and it's a cable 594 00:36:24,540 --> 00:36:26,540 I hope he doesn't flip it over 595 00:36:26,540 --> 00:36:29,540 Tom's winch drags the wash plant towards the low boy 596 00:36:29,540 --> 00:36:32,540 but the old machine is aging 597 00:36:32,540 --> 00:36:34,540 and not structurally sound 598 00:36:41,540 --> 00:36:42,540 if it falls over 599 00:36:42,540 --> 00:36:46,540 it could easily end the Hoffman's second season of mining 600 00:36:46,540 --> 00:36:48,540 before it even starts 601 00:36:48,540 --> 00:37:06,540 up in the Klondike 602 00:37:06,540 --> 00:37:10,540 the Hoffman's wash plant is getting winched onto a trailer 603 00:37:10,540 --> 00:37:14,540 it needs to make the trip to their new claim in Quartz Creek 604 00:37:14,540 --> 00:37:16,540 but it weighs 20,000 pounds 605 00:37:16,540 --> 00:37:18,540 if it fails 606 00:37:18,540 --> 00:37:20,540 their mining season will be in jeopardy 607 00:37:20,540 --> 00:37:21,540 easy, easy 608 00:37:21,540 --> 00:37:22,540 enough 609 00:37:22,540 --> 00:37:23,540 stop 610 00:37:29,540 --> 00:37:30,540 ah 611 00:37:30,540 --> 00:37:31,540 hold up Tom 612 00:37:37,540 --> 00:37:38,540 did it make it? 613 00:37:40,540 --> 00:37:43,540 oh and it rolled right over like that 614 00:37:43,540 --> 00:37:46,540 how'd that other side look? 615 00:37:46,540 --> 00:37:47,540 pretty good 616 00:37:47,540 --> 00:37:48,540 yeah 617 00:37:48,540 --> 00:37:52,540 he's got it on the trailer 618 00:37:52,540 --> 00:37:54,540 it looked a little sketchy 619 00:37:54,540 --> 00:37:55,540 but I mean oh my gosh 620 00:37:55,540 --> 00:37:56,540 he got her on there 621 00:37:56,540 --> 00:37:57,540 what can you do? 622 00:37:57,540 --> 00:37:59,540 the wash plant is secure 623 00:38:00,540 --> 00:38:01,540 for now 624 00:38:01,540 --> 00:38:02,540 going around those corners 625 00:38:02,540 --> 00:38:04,540 that's the thing that really scares me 626 00:38:04,540 --> 00:38:07,540 Tom Fenton has 20,000 pounds of shaker 627 00:38:07,540 --> 00:38:09,540 strapped to his trailer 628 00:38:09,540 --> 00:38:11,540 and a treacherous journey ahead 629 00:38:11,540 --> 00:38:12,540 we're following a trucker 630 00:38:12,540 --> 00:38:13,540 with a top heavy wash plant 631 00:38:13,540 --> 00:38:14,540 but that's it 632 00:38:14,540 --> 00:38:15,540 you know we're moving in 633 00:38:15,540 --> 00:38:16,540 we've got our wash plant 634 00:38:16,540 --> 00:38:17,540 we're going in 635 00:38:17,540 --> 00:38:19,540 the Hoffman's convoy 636 00:38:19,540 --> 00:38:20,540 hits the road 637 00:38:20,540 --> 00:38:21,540 to their new home 638 00:38:29,540 --> 00:38:31,540 it's a 45 mile journey 639 00:38:31,540 --> 00:38:32,540 from Dawson City 640 00:38:32,540 --> 00:38:33,540 to their gold claim 641 00:38:33,540 --> 00:38:36,540 it's like driving on a bunch of marbles 642 00:38:36,540 --> 00:38:38,540 on a cookie sheet 643 00:38:42,540 --> 00:38:44,540 they summit King Solomon's Dome 644 00:38:44,540 --> 00:38:47,540 and head down into the Quartz Creek Valley 645 00:38:51,540 --> 00:38:53,540 there's a mine right down there in that valley 646 00:38:53,540 --> 00:38:56,540 alright let's go on into the promised land 647 00:38:56,540 --> 00:39:03,540 with a 20,000 pound load behind him 648 00:39:03,540 --> 00:39:05,540 Tom Fenton has to control his speed 649 00:39:05,540 --> 00:39:07,540 where the top heavy wash plant 650 00:39:07,540 --> 00:39:09,540 could fall off at any turn 651 00:39:09,540 --> 00:39:12,540 this hill is basically straight down 652 00:39:12,540 --> 00:39:15,540 I can hear his engine revving up 653 00:39:15,540 --> 00:39:18,540 Tom's an experienced Klondike trucker 654 00:39:18,540 --> 00:39:21,540 and uses a low gear to stay in control 655 00:39:21,540 --> 00:39:25,540 he negotiates the 4,000 foot descent 656 00:39:25,540 --> 00:39:27,540 to the claim with no problems 657 00:39:30,540 --> 00:39:31,540 the Hoffman's new wash plant 658 00:39:31,540 --> 00:39:33,540 survives the trip 659 00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:38,540 meanwhile at the big nugget mine 660 00:39:40,540 --> 00:39:42,540 Parker Schnabel weighs his first gold 661 00:39:42,540 --> 00:39:44,540 to kick off the season 662 00:39:44,540 --> 00:39:45,540 he made the risky decision 663 00:39:45,540 --> 00:39:48,540 to run his grandpa's 20 year old tailings 664 00:39:48,540 --> 00:39:50,540 I like my gold golden brown 665 00:39:50,540 --> 00:39:53,540 now he finds out if it's paid off 666 00:39:53,540 --> 00:39:56,540 see how fine that stuff is 667 00:39:56,540 --> 00:39:59,540 weighing the gold has been his grandfather's 668 00:39:59,540 --> 00:40:02,540 evening ritual for 25 years 669 00:40:02,540 --> 00:40:04,540 now it's Parker's turn 670 00:40:04,540 --> 00:40:05,540 it's a big day for me 671 00:40:05,540 --> 00:40:07,540 I must be doing something right 672 00:40:07,540 --> 00:40:10,540 for my grandpa to put this much faith in me 673 00:40:10,540 --> 00:40:11,540 it's quite an honor 674 00:40:11,540 --> 00:40:13,540 because he's an amazing man 675 00:40:13,540 --> 00:40:16,540 really well he is a hero 676 00:40:16,540 --> 00:40:18,540 but that's what he's always been 677 00:40:22,540 --> 00:40:24,540 three-fifths of an ounce 678 00:40:24,540 --> 00:40:25,540 which is about 679 00:40:25,540 --> 00:40:27,540 eight 680 00:40:27,540 --> 00:40:28,540 eight hundred dollars 681 00:40:28,540 --> 00:40:30,540 we only ran four hours 682 00:40:30,540 --> 00:40:31,540 so 683 00:40:31,540 --> 00:40:33,540 I think we're gonna have a good week next week 684 00:40:33,540 --> 00:40:36,540 if every day is as good as his first 685 00:40:36,540 --> 00:40:39,540 Parker will make over $200,000 686 00:40:39,540 --> 00:40:42,540 during the five month mining season 687 00:40:42,540 --> 00:40:46,540 ten times what the Hoffman's made last year 688 00:40:46,540 --> 00:40:49,540 and enough to keep his grandpa's mine in business 689 00:40:49,540 --> 00:40:51,540 you know I'm in charge now 690 00:40:51,540 --> 00:40:52,540 and he's not 691 00:40:52,540 --> 00:40:56,540 I hope that he doesn't lose motivation to keep going 692 00:40:56,540 --> 00:40:59,540 because that's the worst thing that could happen this summer 693 00:40:59,540 --> 00:41:03,540 I could walk away from the mine in a heartbeat 694 00:41:03,540 --> 00:41:06,540 if it meant keeping my grandpa around 695 00:41:20,540 --> 00:41:22,540 At Quartz Creek 696 00:41:22,540 --> 00:41:25,540 45 miles south of Dawson City 697 00:41:25,540 --> 00:41:28,540 the Hoffman crew arrives at their new home 698 00:41:28,540 --> 00:41:29,540 this is it guys 699 00:41:29,540 --> 00:41:32,540 this is our claim right here 700 00:41:32,540 --> 00:41:34,540 I guess this is home 701 00:41:34,540 --> 00:41:36,540 it doesn't really look like it 702 00:41:36,540 --> 00:41:37,540 but apparently it is 703 00:41:37,540 --> 00:41:39,540 this is weird looking 704 00:41:39,540 --> 00:41:40,540 I don't know 705 00:41:40,540 --> 00:41:44,540 there is lots of tailings here 706 00:41:44,540 --> 00:41:49,540 I think someone may have chocolate coated some dog poo here 707 00:41:49,540 --> 00:41:53,540 no one likes what they see 708 00:41:53,540 --> 00:42:00,540 but Todd quickly takes them over to see the virgin ground across Quartz Creek 709 00:42:00,540 --> 00:42:02,540 those tailings that you saw 710 00:42:02,540 --> 00:42:03,540 okay 711 00:42:03,540 --> 00:42:05,540 those came from that old dredge right there 712 00:42:05,540 --> 00:42:08,540 in the 1950s 713 00:42:08,540 --> 00:42:14,540 the dredge mined what today would be over a billion dollars in gold out of this valley 714 00:42:14,540 --> 00:42:19,540 if the ground across Quartz Creek was untouched by the dredge 715 00:42:19,540 --> 00:42:22,540 their new claim could hold a fortune in gold 716 00:42:22,540 --> 00:42:24,540 they never could get up to our claim 717 00:42:24,540 --> 00:42:28,540 that virgin ground over there has never been touched 718 00:42:28,540 --> 00:42:31,540 all through the gold rush all through all this time 719 00:42:31,540 --> 00:42:35,540 we're gonna frickin do this 720 00:42:35,540 --> 00:42:38,540 cuz we're gonna go right over there and we're gonna kick some straight butt 721 00:42:38,540 --> 00:42:39,540 don't give up 722 00:42:39,540 --> 00:42:40,540 okay 723 00:42:40,540 --> 00:42:41,540 and I know we've had troubles 724 00:42:41,540 --> 00:42:44,540 last year we had a horrible season 725 00:42:44,540 --> 00:42:46,540 we've lost a lot of money 726 00:42:46,540 --> 00:42:48,540 we've had blood sweat and tears into this 727 00:42:48,540 --> 00:42:49,540 okay 728 00:42:49,540 --> 00:42:52,540 if you guys got the cojones 729 00:42:52,540 --> 00:42:56,540 let's team up again and really hit it hard 100% 730 00:42:56,540 --> 00:42:59,540 we will not have another chance at this 731 00:42:59,540 --> 00:43:02,540 we represent the best country in the world 732 00:43:02,540 --> 00:43:03,540 that's where we live 733 00:43:03,540 --> 00:43:05,540 that's where we were born 734 00:43:05,540 --> 00:43:08,540 and people have died for the freedoms that we have 735 00:43:08,540 --> 00:43:09,540 so who's with me 736 00:43:09,540 --> 00:43:11,540 we can do it 737 00:43:15,540 --> 00:43:18,540 my expectations just shot through the roof 738 00:43:18,540 --> 00:43:19,540 this is cool 739 00:43:19,540 --> 00:43:20,540 this is really exciting now 740 00:43:20,540 --> 00:43:22,540 Todd came through once again 741 00:43:22,540 --> 00:43:23,540 woo 742 00:43:23,540 --> 00:43:24,540 here we are 743 00:43:24,540 --> 00:43:25,540 all right 744 00:43:25,540 --> 00:43:26,540 we gotta start 745 00:43:26,540 --> 00:43:28,540 my guys have been kicked in the teeth 746 00:43:28,540 --> 00:43:31,540 and they followed me and my dad to the ends of the earth 747 00:43:31,540 --> 00:43:33,540 we'll get the gold 748 00:43:33,540 --> 00:43:37,540 we just have to keep the faith 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