Gold Rush

Narrator: IN THE GOLD FIELDS OF THE KLONDIKE,

TODD HOFFMAN IS OUT TO GET TWICE AS MUCH GOLD AS EVER BEFORE.

WE'RE GOING TO TURN THIS THING UP TO 300 YARDS AN HOUR

AND START KICKING SOME ASS.

BUT TO DOUBLE HIS TAKE,

HE HAS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RUN DOUBLE THE DIRT.

THIS IS OUR YEAR, AND WE'RE NOT TURNING IT DOWN.

AND WHEN HIS CREW IS OVERCOME BY A MOUNTAIN OF TAILINGS...

I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH IT.

HIS ATTEMPT TO BRING IN A MASSIVE NEW CONVEYOR...

HIT IT. HIT IT. HIT IT.

PITS FATHER AGAINST SON.

STOP. JUST BE QUIET.

I KNOW HOW TO BACK-DRAG.

NO, YOU DON'T.

PARKER SCHNABEL'S SEASON IS A SHAMBLES.

Schnabel: SEASON'S GOING TO BE A FIGHT.

Narrator: HIS CUT IS FLOODED.

WATER'S POURING IN HERE LIKE A .

HE'S YET TO SEE A SPECK OF GOLD.

THIS IS JUST HELLISH UP THERE.

AND HE'S FORCED TO MAKE A DECISION

THAT COULD MAKE OR BREAK HIS SEASON.

DO WE HIGHTAIL IT OUT OF HERE?

OR DO WE SINK A PILE OF MONEY INTO THAT CUT?

WE ALL HAVE TO LEARN THE HARD WAY SOMETIMES.

AND WHEN TONY BEETS

HANDS THE KEYS TO HIS ANCIENT GOLD DREDGE...

...TO A ROOKIE OPERATOR.

WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE I'M THE NUMBER ONE WINCHMAN.

THE MILLION-DOLLAR DREDGE COMES TO A GRINDING HALT.

Man: SHUT HER DOWN! SHUT HER DOWN!

WHAT? THING.

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Narrator: MCKINNON CREEK.

IN HIS FOURTH YEAR MINING THE KLONDIKE,

TODD HOFFMAN HAS SET HIS CREW THEIR BIGGEST SEASON GOAL YET:

2,700 OUNCES.

TO HIT THEIR $3,000,000 GOAL,

THE HOFFMAN CREW HAS TO RUN THEIR WASH PLANT, MONSTER RED,

HARDER THAN EVER BEFORE.

WE'RE GOING TO TURN THIS THING UP TO 300 YARDS

AND HOUR AND START KICKING SOME ASS.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S DIALED,

EVERYTHING'S PERFECT.

Narrator: JIM THURBER HAS TO LOAD FAR MORE PAY DIRT.

Thurber: GOOD JOB. THREE HUNDRED YARDS AN HOUR.

I THINK, THE FIRST TIME I EVER MINED,

WE DID 25 FRICKIN' YARDS AN HOUR.

WE'RE DOING 300 NOW? HOLY CRAP.

Narrator: AT THE SAME TIME,

HE HAS TO CLEAR AWAY EVEN MORE TAILINGS

BEFORE THEY PILE UP AND HIT THE END OF THE STACKER.

.

ABSOLUTELY STUPID.

HOW YOU DOIN'? HOW ARE YOU DOING?

I'M GREAT, I'M JUST...

I'M CLEAR UP TO MY ASS IN GRAVEL.

LISTEN, JUST -- JUST KEEP AT IT.

WE WERE DOING FINE AT 250.

YOU BUMPED IT UP ANOTHER 50 YARDS, .

I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH IT.

HEY, JUST GET INTO A RHYTHM.

YEAH, I GOT THE RHYTHM -- KILL THE OLD GUY.

I GOT THE RHYTHM.

WHATEVER.

"HURRY UP. HURRY UP. YOU GOTTA GO FASTER."

.

FRICKIN' SICK AND TIRED OF IT.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

KEEP GOING.

I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH IT. I GOT TO WATCH THE PLANT.

I GOT TO CHECK OTHER THINGS.

LOOK AT IT, FRICKIN' MOUNTAIN OF TAILINGS.

I'M NOT TURNING IT DOWN.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO JUST FRICKIN' DO IT.

TRY IT. YOU DON'T THINK I'M TRYING, BUSTIN' MY ASS.

I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING,

BUT YOU JUST, YOU GOT TO GET THIS PILE OVER THAT CLIFF.

GET BACK IN THERE AND JUST KEEP DOING IT. OKAY?

I'M BUSTING MY ASS.

YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS IS OUR YEAR,

AND WE'RE NOT TURNING IT DOWN.

Narrator: AFRAID HE MIGHT HAVE A MUTINY ON HIS HANDS,

TODD CALLS THE CREW IN FOR A MEETING.

LISTEN, GUYS. IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH.

YOU'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE YOUR DOUBTS, OKAY?

BUT GUESS WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO WIN THIS YEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO CONQUER THIS THING.

WE'RE GOING TO BECOME TRUE, HARDCORE MINERS

IF WE CAN GET 2,700 OUNCES.

THAT'S LIKE $3,000,000 IN GOLD,

MORE GOLD THAN WE'VE EVER SEEN.

Narrator: TO HIT HIS AMBITIOUS GOAL,

TODD NEEDS TO PUSH HIS CREW LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

WE GOT TO RUN MORE DIRT.

I'VE DONE THE MATH, AND I'M NOT KIDDING YA,

IT'S GOING TO TAKE 300 YARDS AN HOUR.

THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO FRICKIN' MAKE IT, THOUGH,

IS IF WE'RE A TEAM.

WE GOT A NEW FACE IN CAMP, JUAN.

NICE TO MEET YA, JUAN.

JUAN'S A MECHANIC.

HE HAD A GREAT RESUME. HE'S WORKED AT MINES.

THE MAIN THING IS HE'S A FAMILY GUY LIKE US.

JUAN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH RANDY.

HOPEFULLY, YOU GUYS CAN KEEP THIS STUFF FLOATING

BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS SEASON

IF WE CAN'T KEEP THIS STUFF RUNNING.

ALL RIGHT. DEFINITELY. I'LL WORK MY HARDEST,

AND WE'LL GET AT IT.

YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU GUYS?

JACK HAS ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT PUTTING GOLD

IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS, AND I THINK THIS IS THE YEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK AND GO,

"WE KICKED ASS."

AND IT STARTS NOW.

DEFINITELY A REALLY TALL ORDER.

YOU KNOW, 2,700 OUNCES IS, UH, NO SMALL FEAT,

BUT, UH, NEVER BEEN A SLOUCH FOR WORK, SO, UH,

I'M HERE TO HELP AND, UH, IN ANY WHICH WAY I CAN.

HEY, LISTEN TO ME. I LOVE YOU, MAN.

WE'VE BEEN IN THROUGH WORSE THINGS,

BUT YOU GOTTA KEEP UP.

YOU GOTTA FIGURE IT OUT.

THIS CANNOT BE OUR BOTTLENECK.

WE JUST CAN'T DO IT, YOU KNOW.

.

I'LL KEEP WORKING, DO TAILINGS ALL FRICKIN' NIGHT LONG.

YOU KNOW, I'VE TRAVELED A LOT OF ROAD WITH THURBER.

I'VE SEEN HIM OVERCOME A LOT OF THINGS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THEM.

Narrator: TEN MILES EAST, AT SCRIBNER CREEK,

PARKER SCHNABEL IS A MONTH INTO THE SHORT MINING SEASON.

AND HE'S YET TO FIND A SINGLE FLAKE OF GOLD.

HIS CREW'S BEEN CLEARING 40 FEET OF OVERBURDEN IN THE BERM CUT.

NOW, THE EARLY SUMMER SUN IS RAPIDLY THAWING THE GROUND.

Man: THE WATER IS POURING IN HERE LIKE A .

IT'S JUST A MESS.

THAT'S THE REAL BUMMER ABOUT THIS CUT IS THAT,

EVERY LEVEL WE'RE AT, WE'RE FIGHTING THE WATER.

IT'S FRUSTRATING.

YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, WE FOUND NEARLY $3,000,000 WORTH OF GOLD.

BUT THIS SEASON, I'M A LITTLE SCARED.

WE DON'T HAVE THE SECURITY OF HAVING GENE AROUND ANYMORE,

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM.

YOU KNOW, GENE WAS THE ONE THAT HAD US UP ON STEP

FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND WE'RE IN OVER OUR HEADS.

YOU KNOW, THIS CUT IS KICKING OUR ASS.

Narrator: PARKER'S OLD FOREMAN,

GENE CHEESEMAN, REFUSED TO WORK WITH HIM THIS SEASON.

WITHOUT GENE, PARKER'S HAD A DISASTROUS START.

HE DESPERATELY NEEDS TO REPLACE HIM.

WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WHERE...

YOU KNOW HOW LOSING GENE IS GOING TO AFFECT THE OPERATION.

THAT'S, KIND OF, CONSEQUENCES FOR MY ACTION

TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, YOU KNOW? SURE.

AND, UH, I APOLOGIZE.

YOUR ATTITUDE CONTROLS THE ATTITUDE AROUND HERE.

100 PERCENT... ALL RIGHT.

PROBABLY A LOT MORE THAN YOU KNOW.

AND YEAH, AND I DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF.

YOU KNOW. YEAH.

I BULLDOZE AROUND WHEN I'M PISSED OFF LIKE A MANIAC.

YOU KNOW, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT,

I'M SCARED BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF GREEN PEOPLE,

AND I AM NOT GOING TO LOOK LIKE A FAILURE UP HERE.

RIGHT. THIS SEASON HAS TO WORK BECAUSE SUCCESS IS THE THING

THAT MATTERS TO ME. MM-HMM.

I KNOW THAT YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY.

MM-HMM. SO I NEED A NEW FOREMAN.

HUH.

YOU KNOW, I NEED -- I NEED SOMEBODY IN THE CUT,

THAT'S THERE EVERY DAY, THAT CAN RUN STUFF,

YOU KNOW. WELL...

WELL, I HADN'T -- I CERTAINLY HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT,

BUT I GUESS, WITH THE GREEN CREW,

I DON'T THINK I HAVE MUCH OF A CHOICE, DO I?

WELL, IT'S YOUR CHOICE BECAUSE THIS HAS GOT TO BE YOUR LIFE

FOR THE NEXT 6 MONTHS.

IT IS A BIG RESPONSIBILITY.

BUT I'M UP FOR IT.

GOOD.

THANKS, BROTHER. LET'S GET IT.

I'M BEYOND PROUD THAT HE'S ASKED ME TO DO THAT.

I MEAN, HE... I -- I KIND

OF FEEL I'VE STUCK BY HIM THE LAST 4 YEARS.

I THINK I EARNED THIS SHOT,

AND, UH, I'M SUPER GLAD HE'S GIVING IT TO ME.

Narrator: RICK'S FIRST TASK AS FOREMAN

IS A TOUGH ONE -- DRAIN THE BERM CUT.

OH, BOY.

THAT'S DEEP YET.

BOUNCING THROUGH THOSE PUDDLES

IS, UH, DEFINITELY TIRESOME BY THE END OF 12 HOURS.

THIS IS A NIGHTMARE, FOR SURE.

DEFINITELY COULD USE SOME DRY GROUND.

AS FAR AS WATER MANAGEMENT GOES, THIS IS A PRETTY BIG PROJECT

AND, YOU KNOW, GENE WAS ALWAYS OUR GUY FOR THAT.

HE'S A MASTERMIND.