Gold Rush

IT'S AN ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE CORNER TO MAKE.

LOOK OUT!

Narrator: ON THIS "GOLD RUSH."

Man: WE GOT A BOATING ACCIDENT OUT HERE

IN SCRIBNER CREEK, WE GOT A GUY BUSTED UP PRETTY BAD.

ALL RIGHT, MAN, BACK IN THE TRUCK.

JUST LIKE THE OLD DAYS.

I THINK I GOT A HOLE IN THE RADIATOR.

GET THAT CAMERA OFF ME.

ARE WE AT THAT POINT IN THE YEAR WHERE WE CAN'T WIN?

WHY DO YOU NEED EGGS?

TO HOPEFULLY FIX SOME LEAKS.

ARE YOU READY?

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FEELS REALLY GOOD TO BREAK 4,000 OUNCES.

FOR THE FIRST TIME,

I'M STARTING TO THINK THAT WE'LL ACTUALLY DO SIX.

WE'LL BREAK RECORDS IF WE KEEP THIS UP.

AS LONG AS WE KEEP THE PLANTS RUNNING,

WE SHOULD GET THERE.

Narrator: WITH SIX WEEKS LEFT

BEFORE THE KLONDIKE WINTER FREEZE SETS IN,

PARKER SCHNABEL HAS MINED ALMOST $5 MILLION OF GOLD.

WE'RE ON TRACK.WE'RE ON TRACK, YEAH.

THAT -- !

Narrator: HE'S WELL ON HIS WAY

TO HITTING HIS $7.2 MILLION JACKPOT.

Parker: GOT BRENNAN DOWN IN BIG RED, HE'S DOING GREAT.

DEAN'S DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB AT SLUICIFER.

MITCH BOUNCING BETWEEN THE TWO KEEPING EVERYTHING RUNNING.

Narrator: ON HIS MASSIVE 61 ACRE CUT

PARKER'S HIT THE BEST PAY STREAK OF HIS CAREER.

WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD GOLD HERE.

I MIGHT GET EXITED.

Narrator: FOREMAN DEAN IS RUNNING SLUICIFER 24/7,

AND HALF A MILE AWAY BRENNAN IS POUNDING

THE PAY DIRT THROUGH BIG RED.

HEY, AT THE END OF THE DAY I'M THE BEST THERE IS

AND PARKER'D BE WITHOUT ME.

YEAH.

Narrator: WITH HIS OPERATION RUNNING WELL

PARKER HAS TAKEN ON A BRAND NEW PROJECT.

WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING?

I THOUGHT WE ALREADY MINED ALL THIS.

I'M BUILDING AN OVAL.

FOR WHAT?

THE BOATS.

NO WAY, YOU'VE GOT 'EM?

YEAH, THEY FINALLY MADE IT.

Narrator: PARKER'S CUSTOM MADE JET BOATS

TOOK SIX MONTHS TO DESIGN AND BUILD.

NOW, THEY'RE FINALLY READY TO HIT THE WATER.

WE'LL HAVE A RACE TRACK.

NICE LITTLE CIRCLE TRACK GOING ON.

THEY'RE THE FIRST THINGS THAT'VE

PUT A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE IN A LONG TIME.

YOU GOTTA HAVE SOME FUN EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

RIGHT.

HOW FAST ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO?

WHEN THEY WERE TESTING IT, IT DID 70 MILE AN HOUR.

I LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.

YOU CAN GET YOURSELF IN TROUBLE IN A HURRY,

AND WE WILL.

OH, YEAH.

TONIGHT, YOU DOWN?

YEAH, LET'S DO IT MAN.

Narrator: MITCH BLASCHKE HAS BEEN PARKER'S FRIEND

AND MECHANIC FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

SEE YOU ON THE RACETRACK.

GIVE ME A CALL ON THE RADIO WHEN YOU'RE READY.

YOU GUYS AIN'T COMING?

Narrator: THE BOATS USE SUPER-CHARGED JET SKI ENGINES

AND CAN DO ZERO TO 50 IN THREE SECONDS.

IT'S THAT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE CORNER TO MAKE.

THAT'S ONE WAY TO END UP ON THE BEACH.

Man: IT'S TOUGHER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

YOU'VE GOTTA BE FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS FROM HERE ON OUT.

Narrator: RICK NESS IS MINING THE DOWNSTREAM CUT,

BUT RECENTLY HIS GOLD PRODUCTION HAS TAKEN A DIVE.

LAST WEEK'S GOLD TOTAL WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTING,

WE CAN'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE OR WE'RE

JUST NOT GONNA HIT OUR TARGET.

Narrator: HE'S STILL A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS SHORT

OF HITTING HIS $1.2 MILLION SEASON GOAL.

DID I TELL YOU WHEN I'M DONE I'M TAKING THIS THING HOME

WITH ME AND I'M GONNA PUT IT IN MY BACK YARD.

Man: I'M SURE YOUR BOYS WILL BE EXCITED,

BUT THE NEIGHBORS AREN'T GONNA BE TOO THRILLED.

I WAS GONNA BUILD THEM A TREE HOUSE,

BUT I'D RATHER HAVE AN EXCAVATOR THAN A TREE HOUSE.

Narrator: TERRY'S IN THE DOWNSTREAM CUT

STRUGGLING TO GET A FULL LOAD OF PAY INTO BEN'S ROCK TRUCK.

Man: I'M SCRAPING FROZEN PAY DIRT.

I'M GETTING A LITTLE BIT OFF THE TOP,

ENOUGH TO KEEP ONE TRUCK MOVING.

Narrator: UP AT THE PLANT, RYAN'S RUNNING LOW ON PAY.

Ryan: IF THINGS KEEP GOING THE WAY THEY ARE,

THE REALITY IS WE'RE GONNA RUN OUT OF PAY HERE,

PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DAYS.

BEN, YOU GOT IT ON?

COPY.

I THINK I MIGHT HAVE ONE OR TWO MORE

AND THEN WE'LL GET THE HELL OUT OF THIS SLOP.

COPY.

ALL RIGHT I'M DONE.

YEAH, RICK'S HERE RIGHT NOW.

WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT BETWEEN THE THREE OF US.

THAT'S IT, I NEED A RIPPER DOWN HERE OR SOMETHING

IF WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MOVE ON.

HONESTLY NOBODY RIPS GRAVEL,

NOBODY THAT WANTS TO MAKE MONEY RIPS GRAVEL.

IT'S EXPENSIVE.

I GET IT.

WELL, WE'RE JUST SITTING HERE SCRATCHING AT THE SURFACE,

YOU KNOW, AND WE HAVEN'T MADE MUCH HEADWAY

IN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.

NO, BUT WE'RE THERE, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.

WE'VE GOT NOTHING THAWED.

LET'S START RIPPING SOME OF IT.

HOPEFULLY WE DON'T GRENADE OR DOZER.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GET THAT DOZER DOWN HERE, START RIPPING, SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. SEE YA IN A BIT.

Narrator: THE PAY DIRT IS FROZEN, COMPACTED GRAVEL.

RIPPING IT WILL PUT A HUGE STRAIN ON RICK'S ONLY DOZER.

A BREAKDOWN NOW COULD COST HIM THE SEASON.

YEAH, NO ONE USES A DOZER UP HERE THROUGH THE GRAVEL,

SO LITERALLY WE'RE KILLING THE MACHINE RIGHT NOW.

NOT LOOKING GOOD, I THINK I GOT A HOLE IN THE RADIATOR.

DEFINITELY SEE ANTIFREEZE SPEWING.

HEY, RICK, DO YOU HAVE A COPY, RICK?

YEP, GO FOR RICK.

I THINK I SPRUNG A LEAK IN THE RADIATOR.

YOU'RE KIDDING ME.

IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING.

WHAT THE .

Narrator: IT'S DOWN TO MECHANIC CARL ROSK

TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION.

-SO WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO? -I WANNA PULL THE CAGES

AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

ALL RIGHT.

WE CAN'T AFFORD ANY MORE DAYS OFF.

WE'RE AT THE END OF THIS SEASON HERE,

AND WITHOUT THE DOZER BEING IN PLACE AND RUNNING

WE'RE SCREWED.

SO, WE'RE WATCHING THE WHEELS IN CARL'S HEAD TURN RIGHT NOW.

DON'T DISTURB HIM.

SMOKE'S A POURING MAN.

CAUSE HE'S LIKE A WILD ANIMAL.

IT'S LIKE POKING A WILD BEAR.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO NEXT.

I'M GOING TO THE PARTS.

BUT IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE SOMETHING STUPID.

YOU.

CAUSE IF WE COULD FIX IT HERE WE'RE SAVING DAYS,

WHICH IN TURN WOULD BE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

THIS THING'S A EXHAUST,

LIKE HOLY WE'RE .

WELL HOW HARD IS IT TO GET A RADIATOR REPLACEMENT?

THEY CAN GET EM RIGHT, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A COUPLE DAYS.

HEY DUNN, CAN YOU GET ME SOME ANTIFREEZE AND SOME EGGS?

NO PROBLEM.

OOH, YUM, YUM.

Narrator: INSTEAD OF WAITING DAYS

FOR A REPLACEMENT RADIATOR,

CARL ATTEMPTS A LAST DITCH BUSH FIX.

CARL...

I BROUGHT YOUR EGGS.YEAH, BUDDY.

WHY DO YOU NEED EGGS?

HOPEFULLY FIX SOME LEAKS.

Narrator: TO STOP THE LEAKS,

CARL WILL CRACK TWO EGGS INTO THE RADIATOR,

START THE ENGINE, AND THE EGGS WILL COOK IN THE HOT WATER.

AND IF HE'S RIGHT THE SCRAMBLED EGGS

SHOULD BLOCK THE HOLES FIXING THE RADIATOR.

IT'S OUR LAST HOPE REALLY, THESE EGGS,

NOT A PERMANENT FIX, RIGHT,

BUT IF YOU CAN SLOW IT DOWN IT'D BE AWESOME RIGHT?

LET'S DO IT. CRACK EM ON IN.

GET SOME SHELL IN THERE?

NO SHELL.

START WITH TWO EGGS AND SEE WHAT'S UP.

THAT WENT RIGHT IN THERE LIKE NOTHING BUDDY.

NOTHING. READY?

THIS WORKS, SO FREE TO FIRE UP BUDDY.

OKAY, COMING UP.

CARL! CARL, GOOD JOB MAN.