Bering Sea Gold

We got two or three inches of solid ice.

The weather dropped like 25 degrees last couple days.

But we need this gold no matter what.

Time has run out for the miners.

We got one more day left of the season.

It's like now or never.

With ice forming in the harbor

and a winter storm speeding toward Nome

that'll bring the mining season to an end...

It's all about the gold!

Here we go.

...it's the fleet's last push for gold.

Get mining!

Oh, yeah.

We're killing it right now.

This is the best gold I've seen in Nome.

Woo-hoo, we're making money at the end.

In the final showdown

between the miners and the Bering Sea...

Looks like the storm is coming in earlier than we thought.

We're gonna keep pressing hard

before the ocean makes us leave.

Who will fold first

and who will be the last one standing?

Oh, .

You can't see anything. It's just black.

We gotta get out of here.

Come up, come up.

Our last run of the season.

It's time to get the hell out of here and go make some gold.

On the final day of summer mining,

the first one out of the gate pre-dawn

is Mr. Gold, Shawn Pomrenke.

Security, security. The Myrtle Irene

leaving the inner harbor, heading for sea.

This is our lucky run.

We're gonna have a smooth run.

Smooth.

I mean, because we need the gold.

We've had a horrible season.

But right now, hopefully, we've gotten everything fixed

to where we could just go out and run and make some gold.

The last day of every mining season, you get butterflies.

The pressure's on.

But this season,

more than ever, I'm feeling it.

The Myrtle's given me a lot of fits this summer.

It could be the end of the Myrtle's season.

Shut everything off. Hey!

Damn it.

The bearings went out on the plant.

bull .

I've been fighting with my dad

over the deal for the inland mine.

you.

I ain't gonna stand down anymore!

And the storm of the century

threatened to shut us down completely.

The water is rising and rising.

I could lose every boat I own.

All right, Myrtle. Be nice to us.

No breakdowns.

You think you can handle that?

In the end, I cut my goal for the season in half.

That'll be enough to pay the bills, pay out my dad

for the inland mine, and to have just enough

to keep my investor Dave Young willing to move forward.

But I need everything to go right for me

to hit that number.

Today is gonna be a good day.

Gonna get out there, gonna pile a whole bunch

of gold into the box.

That's the plan.

Gold. Gold, gold, gold.

Here we are on the spot.

Let's get ready to drop the spuds.

Copy that.

Go ahead and fire up that water pump.

Plant is running.

Nice.

Cody was on a solid pay streak last time out,

so the plan is to get the Myrtle on it, too.

We got about 12 to 14 hours before the weather kicks in

and the fat lady calls it.

Till then, we need the Christine Rose

and the Myrtle on the gold every second.

Plant's shaking.

Moving and grooving.

Cody found a little spot.

It's a little too deep for him to dig on

but not too deep for the Myrtle.

Here we go.

The Christine Rose can dig 19 feet deep.

And the Myrtle, it can dig 25, just past it.

So Cody's gonna hit the shallow part

of the pay streak, while I hit the deeper.

With both of us tag teaming it,

we should be able to hit our goal.

But time's almost up.

We're gonna have to thread a needle to pull this one off.

Cody found it was sand and then a nice good cobble,

so let's see.

What do we got?

We got our sand.

So then, there should be nice some rock.

Come on, you son of a bitch.

Make some gold today.

Where's this cobble at?

Where's the gold at?

Can't make no money with buckets like that.

See what the hell we can find here.

Show me some gravel underneath there.

Steady as she goes.

Oh, there it is.

Look at that.

Oh, yeah.

You got big rock, gravel, sand, and everything you want.

This is some of the best looking material

I've seen all year.

But with the clock running down,

I'm not leaving anything to chance.

We're gonna check the box, see how we're doing.

I gotta see if this dirt is really paying.

Beautiful.

Box is looking good.

Got a bunch of gold in the box.

Oh, yeah.

This is what we wanna run.

Yeah, there's gold in that stuff right there.

Boom.

Now I just have to stay on the gold

long enough to end the season strong.

Every hour that you're feeding dirt in the plant,

every bucket that goes into the wash plant

is gold in the box.

Right now we need it.

We need a really good cleanup.

We're gonna get as many hours on the box as we can.

You gotta make hay while the sun shines.

Back in Nome...

The final push. No excuses right now.

We need this gold no matter what.

I'm going out on the Mistress.

It's gonna be bad weather

-at midnight. -Okay.

So just push it as long as you can.

Hopefully, we have visibility

and hopefully you guys get some gold

-to save our season. -Okay.

With just hours remaining,

Kris Kelly is intent on unleashing

the full might of Reaper Nation.

Okay. I'll see you guys tonight.

-Okay. -Good luck.

-Any problems, call me... - Don't call you.

But I won't be able to do anything

-because I'm not-- -That's what I said.

-Don't call you. -Okay.

What are you gonna do for me?

You know what, we are broke. Make that money.

Yeah, let's go get it.

Yeah.

Get on the boat, everybody.

-Let's go. - Okay. Let's hit it.

So this is it, last day to mine.

This season hasn't exactly lived up to my expectations.

We had issues pretty much all the way around.

Oh, good thing I came down here

because we got about six inches of water

going through the whole boat.

That doesn't look right.

Wow. I can't believe I got so hard.

The crawler was supposed to be ready from day one,

but that didn't happen.

And when it was on the water, it was far from flawless.

You lost the crawler?

I'm ! I just got it going.

Okay, let's rock and roll.

Now it's all come down to the last few hours

to hit our goal.

If we could hit that mark, it'll prove

that Reaper Nation has a future.

And it will show Kevin that it's all worth it.

But if not, it might be all she wrote

and we'll have to pack it in.

Now that makes me happy.

See my boats come out in a line.

Everybody going out there to make money.

Good luck, everybody!

I'll see you tonight!

Don't come back without gold!

I came here living in a tent with my boat on the river.

Now I own my own excavation barge,

my own crawler.

I becoming a force

to be reckoned with in this town.

Next year will be ten times better.

Every year will just keep getting better

and I'm building on my empire.

This is just the start.