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[narrator]
This season, the miners
of the Bering Sea
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have fought harder...
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No!
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Oh, man, that was the scariest
dive I've ever done.
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...and gone deeper
than ever before.
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-[Zeke] The mother lode.
-[Gabe] Got him.
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Bam.
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With all new weapons
in their arsenal...
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[Chris speaking]
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...to fearlessly wage
the battle for gold.
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[Zeke speaking]
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But now...
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their common adversary,
Mother Nature,
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has launched a sneak attack.
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Get every piece we can before
winter arrives.
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A sudden cold front
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has brought freezing
temperatures that'll ice over
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the harbor and put an end
to summer mining.
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But with targets within
striking distance,
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can they risk
one last shot at glory?
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[Kris] Something's wrong.
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Ah!
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Or...
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is it already too late?
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[Zeke speaking]
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You OK?
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[Zeke] What the [bleep]?
[screaming]
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So what are you saying?
I'm fired?
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But every morning,
it's getting colder and colder
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and colder,
and the season's done.
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In summer's final hours,
Shawn Pomrenke needs a miracle.
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The cold front is bringing
arctic temperatures,
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icing over equipment,
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and making the ground
at the inland mine too solid
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to dig through.
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And it couldn't have come
at a worse time for Mr. Gold.
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[Shawn] I'm about
1,000 ounces shy.
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of this 4,000 ounce gold
in the contract,
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unless, like, a miracle happens
and there's 1,100 ounces
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in the box this next cleanup,
there's no way I'm hitting
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the 4,000 ounces.
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This season, I made the biggest
deal of my career and took
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a stab at gold mining history.
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There's the potential to make
a few million dollars
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by tapping into
the original pay streak
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from the original
Nome Gold Rush.
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Well, hopefully we find
a big area
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where they just missed it all.
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-You will.
-We will.
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I guarantee you,
you will.
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[Shawn] But it meant delivering
4,000 ounces to satisfy
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the deal with Dave.
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[Dave]
Well, hopefully it works.
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You just hope you don't
make too big of mistakes
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that you can't recover from.
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Things at the mine
started off hot.
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Gold, baby.
Gold.
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[bleep] gold miner!
Yeah!
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[Shawn]
The pay dirt pile's dwindling.
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That's the last of it
right there.
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But then it turned out to be
more of a challenge
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than I originally thought.
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And we don't have the new cut
opened up.
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It's gonna be a problem.
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To boost production...
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We'll get rolling.
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...I gambled on $5 million
worth of new equipment.
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Full steam ahead!
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That helped us get
on some amazing gold.
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156.
Loving it.
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Now I got $80,000 a month
payments to make all winter.
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But I'm in debt,
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and summer's finally coming
to an end.
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Pretty scary.
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I mean, since we got the new
equipment, the numbers have
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definitely come up.
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The last cleanup was
the best cleanup of the season.
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But now it's freezing,
so now it's [bleep]
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maybe too little too late.
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I believe in this project.
We're on legendary ground.
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But I need a thousand
more ounces.
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And if I don't deliver,
Dave can end the deal,
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and I'll lose everything.
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[Shawn speaking]
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I don't care if the ground's
basically frozen.
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We're gonna keep mining
until we can't mine anymore.
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[engine whirring]
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[Shawn speaking]
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We're into some high-grade
material in the back corner.
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It's the best ground
we've seen yet.
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I need the biggest cleanup
of the season to show everybody
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what we're capable of.
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And to save my deal.
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Well, I'm gonna keep pushing.
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We're doing everything we can
to make it happen.
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While the cold front puts
the squeeze on Mr. Gold,
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in the harbor,
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the fleet faces the cold,
hard facts of winter.
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Frigid temperatures have
started to freeze
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the harbor water.
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And come nightfall,
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temperatures will plummet
even further.
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[Zeke] Holy [bleep].
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Still short of
his season goal...
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[Zeke] We'll see if we can break
out of this ice.
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I don't know.
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...Zeke Tenhoff is electing
to brave it.
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[Zeke] When you start to get
thick ice in the harbor,
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that's the end of the season.
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Pretty soon, this harbor is
gonna be too frozen
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to keep going.
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I mean, there's a line there.
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If it gets too icy, you're not
gonna be able to pull your
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dredge out because you're
gonna be stuck in the ice.
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The dredge is made
out of aluminum.
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And if you're trying to drive
through ice,
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you could potentially
put a hole
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in the hull of your boat.
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Almost everyone else
has already bailed.
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Let's see if we can bust
through this ice.
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But I want to keep pushing
it a little longer.
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[engine whirring]
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[indistinct], we're stuck.
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The Synergy is like locked
in a big pan of ice.
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Sam's gonna ram the ice
around the dredge and try
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to break it up enough so that
we can get the boat moving.
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All right, there you go.
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Sweet.
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I think we probably got it now.
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It's starting to kind of feel
like the end today, for sure.
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My goal this season
was to get enough ounces
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to pay off the boat.
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We found great gold
under a big pile of boulders.
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There's a bunch
of gold in there.
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[Zeke] But moving those boulders
started to take too much
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of a toll on us
physically and mentally.
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[screaming]
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[Joe speaking]
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I don't feel comfortable.
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That's a problem.
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So we moved over to a sand field
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where we're able
to work longer hours
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and move more material
more consistently.
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Yet again, we persist.
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[Zeke]
We're still all pretty beat up
from moving those big boulders,
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but I need Sam, myself,
Jeff, and Gabe to all get
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good, solid dives in today
to wrap this up.
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-Shall we?
-Yeah, let's do it.
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[machinery stuttering]
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[Gabe] It doesn't want
to turn over.
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[Zeke] Oh, no.
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This is our air compressor.
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It doesn't want to start.
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You're just cold.
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What if we got a torch and just
kind of heated it up a little?
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[Zeke]
It's crazy to have to deal
with all this ice and to have
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to blast everything with heat to
get it started in the morning,
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but it'll be worth it
if it gets us one more day.
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[machinery stuttering]
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Yeah.
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[loud rumbling]
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-Yeah!
-There we go.
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Copy on here?
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[Zeke speaking]
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[Gabe] How's it look down there?
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[Zeke and Gabe speaking]
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-[Gabe] Is it doable?
-[Zeke] Um...
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[Gabe speaking]
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[Gabe] You're very quiet.
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[Zeke] What the [bleep]?
[groans]
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Are you OK?
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-[Zeke, unintelligible]
-Oh, my [bleep] god!
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Oh, my [bleep] god!
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[intense music playing]
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[Zeke coughing]
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[Zeke groans]
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[Gabe speaking]
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[Zeke speaking]
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[Zeke] A line on a buoy
got wrapped around my mask
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and ripped it off of my face.
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Ah!
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I just felt a rush of water,
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and I had no air left
to breathe.
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Yeah, it's scary when something
like that happens.
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You just kind of have to let,
like, your muscle memory
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take over and not get afraid.
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Because you can't see your way
back to the surface.
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You don't really know how long
it's gonna take.
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You're not in a good spot.
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I could hear, like,
water going into the regulator,
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and I could hear gurgling.
[imitates gurgling sounds]
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And then it was
just like "Bleh!"
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So I ran out, and it was like
a while before he was up.
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And you could see air free
flowing up through the top.
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The thing that would kill
you down there
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is getting tangled
up and [bleep]
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and then having your mask
get ripped off.
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That's how you drown.
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Sure gets get your
adrenaline going.
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Now get your ass
back down there, dude.
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[Zeke] We've got ice
in the harbor.
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Our equipment's not running
because it's too cold.
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I got my mask ripped
off my face.
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And the visibility's really bad.
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We've got a lot working
against us.
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But it's the last day.
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We all need a little bit
more gold.
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We just got to go for it.
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[Zeke] Gabe, you got me?
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-Yeah, I got you.
-[Zeke] OK, good.
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[Gabe] You all right
down there, bud?
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[Zeke] OK.
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[Gabe and Zeke speaking]
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Gotcha.
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Try to keep your [bleep] mask
on this time, dude.
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[Zeke] OK.
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Back at the dock...
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[Vernon] All right, here we go.
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Harbor's freezing up.
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Well, we're just going to have
to work around it.
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We're going.
[bleep] it.
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With his season goal
within reach...
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-[Vernon] How's my stern?
-[crew] You're OK.
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...the harbor ice isn't
stopping Vernon Adkinson.
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[Vernon] [bleep] damn it.
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[Vernon] I've been trying
to save up to fund all this.
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This is my retirement.
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With a nitrox system,
we've been able to go deeper,
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but it's not been that easy.
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[diver speaking]
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[crew member speaking]
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I got you.
Don't let go.
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Don't let go.
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I was hanging on
for my dear life.
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[Vernon] Nothing went right with
the first half of the season.
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Vernon.
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[Vernon] [bleep] damn it.
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And Richie struggled
to find his sea legs.
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[Rich speaking]
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Pull him up.
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He's all [bleep] up.
He's not gonna get any better.
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But the team finally
started to gel.
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[Rich speaking]
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All right, that's perfect.
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And we pulled marathon
after marathon.
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[Rich] Ha-ha!
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I'd say that's a pretty
good day's work.
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The gold started flowing,
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and Richie turned
into a rock star.
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[Rich speaking]
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You suck!
In a good kind of way.
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This is absolutely the best.
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A really smart person would
probably go ahead and pull
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the boat right now.
I must not be that damn smart.
255
00:16:54,166 --> 00:16:57,266
The guys want to take it
to the last gasp.
256
00:16:57,433 --> 00:16:58,767
And so do I.
257
00:16:58,934 --> 00:17:01,934
I'm gonna need a healthy
combination of royalties
258
00:17:02,100 --> 00:17:05,000
and a big haul from these guys
to make my target.
259
00:17:06,867 --> 00:17:10,667
We lucked out on a really good
spot the other day.
260
00:17:10,834 --> 00:17:13,400
So now we're going back out,
try to duck right back down
261
00:17:13,567 --> 00:17:17,066
on top of it, get one last lick.
262
00:17:17,233 --> 00:17:19,667
At this point,
every little bit helps.
263
00:17:21,166 --> 00:17:23,567
I wanna be the last team
off the water.
264
00:17:24,667 --> 00:17:26,867
I'm gonna get Richie on
the gold, and then we're gonna
265
00:17:26,867 --> 00:17:31,200
push these weary souls
for as long as they will go.
266
00:17:31,367 --> 00:17:32,600
You're doing great.
267
00:17:33,367 --> 00:17:36,467
Deep into the night until
their bodies or the equipment
268
00:17:36,467 --> 00:17:37,567
breaks down.
269
00:17:50,500 --> 00:17:53,600
[Vernon] OK, let it go,
let it go. Drop that anchor.
270
00:17:53,767 --> 00:17:58,166
[metallic rattling]
271
00:17:58,166 --> 00:17:59,600
[crew member] OK, we're good.
272
00:18:01,066 --> 00:18:05,066
We will grind it out
until the bitter end.
273
00:18:06,066 --> 00:18:08,767
I'm not gonna say we'll die
trying, but we're gonna give
274
00:18:08,767 --> 00:18:10,100
it everything we've got.
275
00:18:10,266 --> 00:18:13,100
So, other than that,
I have nothing else to say.
276
00:18:16,567 --> 00:18:18,467
[Rich] The season is running
out, as we speak.
277
00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:21,400
Ready to get some gold.
278
00:18:21,567 --> 00:18:24,567
Weather like this could mean
thousands of dollars in
279
00:18:24,734 --> 00:18:28,066
our pocket if we can just keep
the equipment running
280
00:18:28,233 --> 00:18:30,000
and keep the bodies functioning.
281
00:18:31,934 --> 00:18:33,767
Get after it.
Make our time count.
282
00:18:37,834 --> 00:18:38,934
[crew member] Go get it!
283
00:18:40,367 --> 00:18:41,467
All right, diver down.
284
00:18:56,266 --> 00:18:58,000
[Rich speaking]
285
00:18:58,166 --> 00:19:00,200
[Vernon]
OK, you're on the clock.
286
00:19:02,667 --> 00:19:05,300
[Scott] No pressure, but the
only thing standing between us
287
00:19:05,467 --> 00:19:08,033
and gold in our pockets right
now is you.
288
00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:10,300
[Rich speaking]
289
00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:15,500
[Vernon] OK.
290
00:19:25,967 --> 00:19:27,967
So, Rich, how is
your visibility?
291
00:19:30,300 --> 00:19:33,100
[Rich speaking]
292
00:19:33,266 --> 00:19:36,266
[Vernon] OK, you've got five
feet of visibility.
293
00:19:36,266 --> 00:19:38,000
How does the material look?
294
00:19:38,166 --> 00:19:41,500
[Rich speaking]
295
00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,100
Are you seeing any gold?
296
00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,100
Are you seeing gold?
297
00:19:55,567 --> 00:19:56,667
Yes or no?
298
00:19:58,600 --> 00:19:59,734
[Rich speaking]
299
00:20:07,967 --> 00:20:09,100
[Vernon] What did you say?
300
00:20:10,834 --> 00:20:12,467
[Rich speaking]
301
00:20:14,100 --> 00:20:16,266
[Vernon] All right.
Well, just do better.
302
00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:18,467
[Rich] Roger that.
303
00:21:04,667 --> 00:21:06,567
[Vernon] Those little pickers
look good, man.
304
00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:09,500
[Rich speaking]
305
00:21:20,266 --> 00:21:21,266
All right.
306
00:21:21,266 --> 00:21:23,000
Sound like we've got a really
good spot here.
307
00:21:24,100 --> 00:21:25,567
[Rich] Roger that.
308
00:21:33,300 --> 00:21:35,634
Couldn't be sweeter than that.
309
00:21:38,100 --> 00:21:40,500
It's damn good to get
on some good gold.
310
00:21:40,667 --> 00:21:42,266
[Rich speaking]
311
00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,467
[Vernon] You're doing great.
Stay on it.
312
00:21:46,467 --> 00:21:47,600
[Rich] Roger that.
313
00:21:52,133 --> 00:21:53,467
With summer freezing out,
314
00:21:54,934 --> 00:21:59,033
the fleet races for a final
shot at golden glory.
315
00:22:04,867 --> 00:22:07,934
[Joe] Cast off and go get one
more day's gold.
316
00:22:08,100 --> 00:22:11,567
Get every piece we can before
winter arrives.
317
00:22:11,567 --> 00:22:14,367
Ready to make a couple bucks
before we're unable to,
318
00:22:15,266 --> 00:22:16,533
before we're frozen in.
319
00:22:17,934 --> 00:22:21,967
In summer's waning hours,
hometown hero, Joe Fullwood,
320
00:22:22,133 --> 00:22:23,600
still needs to pay the piper.
321
00:22:29,133 --> 00:22:31,300
[Joe] Deck's cold,
everything's frozen.
322
00:22:33,166 --> 00:22:35,300
Let's hope everything
fires up this morning.
323
00:22:37,166 --> 00:22:39,500
I want to be able to go
even further offshore,
324
00:22:39,667 --> 00:22:41,934
take the operation
to a new level.
325
00:22:42,100 --> 00:22:44,734
But it's been a roller coaster
ride this season.
326
00:22:44,900 --> 00:22:48,100
-Let's get to sea, boys.
-Go check out Tomcod.
327
00:22:48,266 --> 00:22:49,967
[Joe] Time to get moving.
328
00:22:50,133 --> 00:22:53,367
I started on Tomcod because
it's ground that I knew well.
329
00:22:53,533 --> 00:22:54,767
We're ready to get some gold.
330
00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:01,900
But McCully was there.
331
00:23:02,066 --> 00:23:04,834
He jumped on my spot and made
it an unbearable place to work.
332
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,467
So I left Tomcod.
333
00:23:14,634 --> 00:23:16,467
Just pulling up to 56 right now.
334
00:23:16,634 --> 00:23:18,266
Good to be out here
on Vernon's ground.
335
00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:24,033
Real good gold.
336
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,467
Made a deal with Vernon
to work 56.
337
00:23:29,767 --> 00:23:30,967
It's been paying off well.
338
00:23:33,467 --> 00:23:34,734
Working Vernon's claim,
339
00:23:34,900 --> 00:23:36,734
I've got to pay
him a 15% royalty,
340
00:23:36,900 --> 00:23:39,400
so I've got to get
15% on top of what I need.
341
00:23:41,300 --> 00:23:44,200
Hit this really good,
fresh, soft pan right between
342
00:23:44,367 --> 00:23:46,066
us and the cut we've been
hitting to the south.
343
00:23:47,667 --> 00:23:50,767
I'm heading into deeper water,
but the later it gets
344
00:23:50,767 --> 00:23:53,567
in the season,
the worse the viz gets.
345
00:23:53,734 --> 00:23:54,934
You just can't see what
you're working,
346
00:23:55,867 --> 00:23:57,166
and that's risky.
347
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:03,166
As temperatures fall,
plankton and algae thrive,
348
00:24:03,166 --> 00:24:05,667
turning the water
a murky green.
349
00:24:07,300 --> 00:24:09,266
And the deeper a diver works,
350
00:24:09,266 --> 00:24:11,967
the harder it is
for sunlight to reach.
351
00:24:13,266 --> 00:24:15,767
If we find a little more gold,
we're gonna put a [bleep] sail
352
00:24:15,934 --> 00:24:17,467
on this boat.
353
00:24:17,634 --> 00:24:19,266
Turn this into a sail boat.
354
00:24:21,033 --> 00:24:24,600
A sail that won't do much, but
it'll look pretty [bleep] cool.
355
00:24:24,767 --> 00:24:27,266
I need to figure out how to put
a big metal finger on it
356
00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:28,967
for when I see Chris out here.
357
00:24:30,166 --> 00:24:32,300
[imitates explosion sounds]
358
00:24:34,767 --> 00:24:36,767
We're gonna try
to get two dives in today,
359
00:24:36,934 --> 00:24:38,567
one from me, one from Wilson.
360
00:24:39,867 --> 00:24:42,767
We can't stay down more
than three hours, but I think
361
00:24:42,934 --> 00:24:44,166
it's gonna get us
the gold we need.
362
00:24:56,867 --> 00:24:58,000
All right, here goes.
363
00:25:01,467 --> 00:25:04,066
Oh, I'm hungry for some gold.
364
00:25:05,734 --> 00:25:06,834
That's good.
365
00:25:08,867 --> 00:25:10,500
See if she fires up today.
366
00:25:11,867 --> 00:25:13,767
Oh, [bleep] yeah, she did.
367
00:25:14,734 --> 00:25:15,834
She's running great.
368
00:25:16,767 --> 00:25:18,300
All right, looks like
we got prime.
369
00:25:19,967 --> 00:25:21,734
Dredge appears to be
running well.
370
00:25:22,834 --> 00:25:24,467
[Wilson speaking]
371
00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,367
[Joe]
It's honestly not the easiest
getting in and out of the water
372
00:25:28,367 --> 00:25:30,100
when it gets cold out like this.
373
00:25:30,266 --> 00:25:31,200
Deck's cold.
374
00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,166
You know, we're walking
on deck barefoot.
375
00:25:34,467 --> 00:25:35,767
All righty, one more dive.
376
00:25:39,734 --> 00:25:41,367
Yeah, ready to get some gold.
377
00:25:43,367 --> 00:25:45,400
Oh yeah, let's do it.
378
00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,066
[Wilson] All right, comms check.
379
00:26:00,066 --> 00:26:01,667
[Joe] Yeah, got you loud
and clear.
380
00:26:03,100 --> 00:26:05,500
Notice about a 10 degree
difference in water.
381
00:26:08,767 --> 00:26:10,266
It means winter's coming.
382
00:26:12,300 --> 00:26:14,266
[Wilson] Just hope there's
some visibility down there.
383
00:26:27,133 --> 00:26:28,834
How's the viz looking so far?
384
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:35,367
[Joe] Um, viz is...
385
00:26:56,467 --> 00:26:58,100
[Wilson] Got some good
[bleep], huh?
386
00:26:58,266 --> 00:26:59,734
[Joe] Yeah, real nice.
387
00:27:17,867 --> 00:27:20,867
[Joe speaking]
388
00:27:38,467 --> 00:27:40,133
Yeah, it looks workable
down here.
389
00:27:40,300 --> 00:27:41,266
Hell yeah.
390
00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,467
[Joe]
Might be in business today.
391
00:28:05,166 --> 00:28:06,467
[whistles]
392
00:28:07,667 --> 00:28:09,667
[Joe] Sucking it up quick
as we can.
393
00:28:10,667 --> 00:28:13,367
Got to make every bit
of this day count.
394
00:28:13,367 --> 00:28:17,734
-[Wilson] Hell yeah.
-[Joe] Yeah, this is it.
395
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:21,367
Outside the harbor...
396
00:28:26,934 --> 00:28:29,000
[Chris] This is it.
I'm out here.
397
00:28:29,166 --> 00:28:31,600
This is my last push.
398
00:28:31,767 --> 00:28:35,000
...rival Chris McCully is
throwing his own Hail Mary.
399
00:28:41,767 --> 00:28:44,667
[Chris] It's cold this morning.
Just a little window.
400
00:28:46,066 --> 00:28:50,066
I'm trying to finish strong,
and this is what I must do.
401
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:53,266
I wanted to get my crawler
up this summer
402
00:28:54,166 --> 00:28:55,367
and start expanding
403
00:28:55,533 --> 00:28:58,867
so I won't have to rely
on divers ever again.
404
00:28:59,033 --> 00:29:01,500
I started on the hot ground
on Tomcod.
405
00:29:01,667 --> 00:29:04,867
41.3 ounces.
Beat that.
406
00:29:06,300 --> 00:29:08,600
You need to get the [bleep]
out of my place.
407
00:29:08,767 --> 00:29:11,133
And everybody wanted to be
on my spot.
408
00:29:11,300 --> 00:29:12,667
And it got really crazy
out there.
409
00:29:14,667 --> 00:29:17,867
Oh-ho!
410
00:29:19,567 --> 00:29:22,266
But I held my ground
and stayed on the gold.
411
00:29:22,266 --> 00:29:25,467
And I found the biggest nugget
ever offshore Nome.
412
00:29:30,100 --> 00:29:33,367
But the crawler never made
it up here, so I'm not where
413
00:29:33,367 --> 00:29:35,200
I wanted to be at the end
of the season.
414
00:29:36,166 --> 00:29:38,200
Now I'm rolling the dice.
415
00:29:38,367 --> 00:29:40,467
Gold's right there.
Gold's in front of me.
416
00:29:41,467 --> 00:29:43,834
Just got to chase it now.
That's it.
417
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:46,467
I've been chasing
the gold lately.
418
00:29:47,467 --> 00:29:49,200
I'm hoping to strike
another jackpot.
419
00:29:50,500 --> 00:29:53,200
So this is leading me
further out.
420
00:29:53,367 --> 00:29:55,967
Ultimately, there's a lot more
risk further out.
421
00:29:58,467 --> 00:30:00,467
One, you're diving deep.
422
00:30:00,467 --> 00:30:03,033
And two, you're far
from the harbor.
423
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:04,367
But this is my best shot.
424
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,367
I think this is the spot,
right here.
425
00:30:14,367 --> 00:30:17,367
Cross my finger, we can land
straight on the gold.
426
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,000
[Chris speaking]
427
00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:51,600
[Robert speaking]
428
00:31:07,300 --> 00:31:08,667
Hey, Chris, how's it looking?
429
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,066
[Chris speaking]
430
00:31:57,166 --> 00:32:01,266
[Kris] The end is here, baby.
This is it for the Mistress.
431
00:32:01,266 --> 00:32:03,967
We're gonna get out there
and make sure we get as much
432
00:32:04,133 --> 00:32:07,767
gold as we can
to salvage everything.
433
00:32:07,767 --> 00:32:12,166
In the summer's final hours,
Reaper Nation joins the fight
434
00:32:12,333 --> 00:32:13,834
with their lone
remaining vessel.
435
00:32:20,133 --> 00:32:23,667
This will be it, baby.
We did everything we could.
436
00:32:26,133 --> 00:32:27,934
[Kris] I'll go out there
and I'll get gold for sure.
437
00:32:28,100 --> 00:32:30,066
It's important that we get
as much as we can,
438
00:32:30,233 --> 00:32:31,667
one last cleanup,
439
00:32:31,667 --> 00:32:33,767
and whatever we get
is what we get.
440
00:32:33,767 --> 00:32:35,567
[Kevin] Let's just try
to salvage what we can.
441
00:32:35,734 --> 00:32:36,767
[Kris] We will.
442
00:32:39,100 --> 00:32:41,567
My goal this season was
to become a millionaire,
443
00:32:41,734 --> 00:32:43,233
but now I might lose my ass.
444
00:32:44,467 --> 00:32:48,266
Good job, boys!
OK, let's go!
445
00:32:48,433 --> 00:32:49,467
I wanted the Mistress
446
00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:51,967
and the crawler
both working all season.
447
00:32:53,066 --> 00:32:54,867
The Mistress started
out making gold.
448
00:32:56,166 --> 00:32:58,734
This is the most gold I've ever
seen in this sluice box.
449
00:33:00,066 --> 00:33:02,767
We [bleep] killed it,
gentlemen!
450
00:33:02,934 --> 00:33:05,166
It took a while for the crawler
to get on the water.
451
00:33:06,266 --> 00:33:07,367
Jackpot!
452
00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:11,266
But when we finally did,
we got it down 70 feet,
453
00:33:11,433 --> 00:33:13,166
and the material
looked amazing.
454
00:33:14,266 --> 00:33:18,000
Those test pans are hot!
We're going mining, baby!
455
00:33:22,467 --> 00:33:25,066
But the Mistress had major
repairs that knocked it
456
00:33:25,233 --> 00:33:26,233
off the water.
457
00:33:27,567 --> 00:33:29,467
And the crawler had
a bunch of trouble, too.
458
00:33:31,500 --> 00:33:32,600
[crew member speaking]
459
00:33:34,734 --> 00:33:37,100
[Kris] What's the diagnosis?
Pack it up?
460
00:33:37,266 --> 00:33:38,233
Yeah.
461
00:33:39,500 --> 00:33:40,767
[Kris] We had to shut it down.
462
00:33:41,767 --> 00:33:45,000
1.15 of an ounce.
463
00:33:45,166 --> 00:33:47,767
And there wasn't much in
the sluice box to show for all
464
00:33:47,934 --> 00:33:48,967
the hard work we did.
465
00:33:54,367 --> 00:33:56,066
-[Kevin] Yes.
-Bring the barge in afterwards,
466
00:33:56,233 --> 00:33:57,367
do a cleanup.
467
00:33:57,367 --> 00:33:59,166
-[Kevin] Yes to everything.
-[Kris] Yes to everything.
468
00:33:59,333 --> 00:34:00,567
I love yes to everything.
469
00:34:01,467 --> 00:34:04,600
I'm just trying to break even,
and I'm not there yet.
470
00:34:04,767 --> 00:34:06,166
I can't be in debt.
471
00:34:06,333 --> 00:34:08,934
We're just gonna run
the Mistress nonstop.
472
00:34:09,100 --> 00:34:11,834
Kevin's taking the night,
I'm taking the day.
473
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:12,967
Skeleton crew.
474
00:34:13,133 --> 00:34:15,033
Just me and the new
operator, James.
475
00:34:16,266 --> 00:34:17,567
OK, I'm ready
to rock and roll.
476
00:34:22,066 --> 00:34:25,133
Last push of the year.
Everybody's gone.
477
00:34:26,867 --> 00:34:27,867
Andy flew home,
478
00:34:27,867 --> 00:34:29,500
and everybody else
abandoned us.
479
00:34:30,467 --> 00:34:32,867
We're desperate.
We have to stay out here.
480
00:34:34,166 --> 00:34:36,667
Screw everybody.
We're going out one more time.
481
00:34:47,834 --> 00:34:49,400
Well, [bleep] man.
I'm glad you're here.
482
00:34:49,567 --> 00:34:51,266
Without you, James,
we would not have
483
00:34:51,433 --> 00:34:53,867
a 24-hour crew right now.
484
00:34:53,867 --> 00:34:55,600
We just don't have
enough people.
485
00:34:55,767 --> 00:34:56,667
No problem, bro.
486
00:34:56,667 --> 00:34:58,567
I love helping you guys out
when I can.
487
00:34:58,567 --> 00:35:00,767
[Kris] We're gonna do
well together.
488
00:35:00,934 --> 00:35:02,200
Yeah, I feel like it.
489
00:35:04,667 --> 00:35:06,867
Light that box up like
a Christmas tree.
490
00:35:12,667 --> 00:35:16,133
So I'd like to go as close as
we can to the right side
491
00:35:16,300 --> 00:35:17,600
of that green cabin.
492
00:35:17,767 --> 00:35:19,667
And I know that gold
is in there.
493
00:35:19,667 --> 00:35:20,834
I know that.
494
00:35:22,567 --> 00:35:24,600
-[Kris] That's right,
big buckets.
-Big buckets.
495
00:35:29,300 --> 00:35:31,133
[Kris] There's supposed to be
big swells later,
496
00:35:31,300 --> 00:35:32,667
so I'm staying close to shore.
497
00:35:34,100 --> 00:35:36,667
If we can tap into an old hot
spot, we should be able
498
00:35:36,667 --> 00:35:38,367
to ride it
for the rest of the day.
499
00:35:40,834 --> 00:35:43,100
Yeah, let me just go start
up everything.
500
00:35:45,567 --> 00:35:48,300
You got to hustle, make this
happen as fast as you can,
501
00:35:48,467 --> 00:35:49,467
'cause time is money.
502
00:35:58,133 --> 00:36:00,233
I've gotten a lot of gold
around this spot.
503
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:02,834
I know there's a lot
of gold here.
504
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,934
Right now, we only need to see
100 colors in the test pan.
505
00:36:06,100 --> 00:36:07,233
Let's just get to work.
506
00:36:20,767 --> 00:36:22,500
Something's wrong.
507
00:36:27,934 --> 00:36:29,300
Hey, uh...
508
00:36:29,467 --> 00:36:31,934
I need you to help me
out real quick.
509
00:36:32,100 --> 00:36:34,433
Something's going
on with the shaker.
510
00:36:36,867 --> 00:36:39,300
The shaker is vital
to the wash plant.
511
00:36:41,667 --> 00:36:44,567
Shaking everything that's
collected in the bucket,
512
00:36:44,734 --> 00:36:46,667
filtering out
the larger material,
513
00:36:48,166 --> 00:36:51,400
and depositing what's left
into the sluice box.
514
00:36:53,867 --> 00:36:55,266
[Kris]
So what's going on...
515
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:04,800
Rah!
516
00:37:07,266 --> 00:37:09,467
The shaker's not starting up,
so we can't mine.
517
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,066
It just needs a little bit
of help.
518
00:37:12,233 --> 00:37:14,367
So I'm gonna have to hand
fire it to get it going.
519
00:37:15,767 --> 00:37:17,767
Ready?
Go!
520
00:37:27,734 --> 00:37:29,867
Good Lord, please help me.
521
00:37:40,133 --> 00:37:41,233
You're OK.
522
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:44,767
Oh my life is a charmed one.
523
00:37:44,767 --> 00:37:47,033
OK, let's see what kind
of material we're on.
524
00:37:48,133 --> 00:37:49,233
Right through that [bleep].
525
00:38:02,934 --> 00:38:04,166
[Kris] Jackpot.
526
00:38:04,166 --> 00:38:06,400
I found it!
Right off the bat!
527
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:09,400
Oh, I'm lucky!
528
00:38:18,367 --> 00:38:21,100
[Kris] That's exactly what
I'm looking for.
529
00:38:21,266 --> 00:38:22,867
[Kris speaking]
530
00:38:30,967 --> 00:38:33,567
[Kris]
First test pan of the day.
531
00:38:33,567 --> 00:38:35,400
Some chunky pieces.
532
00:38:35,567 --> 00:38:39,300
A bunch of fine gold.
We're well over 100 colors.
533
00:38:41,300 --> 00:38:43,467
All season, I've been counting
on other people
534
00:38:43,467 --> 00:38:44,834
to run this dredge.
535
00:38:47,300 --> 00:38:51,266
I already fixed the shaker
and got us on gold by myself.
536
00:38:51,266 --> 00:38:52,433
I know what I'm doing.
537
00:38:54,867 --> 00:38:57,100
Whatever we got to do to stay
on that, let's do that.
538
00:38:57,266 --> 00:38:58,400
[James replies indistinctly]
539
00:38:58,567 --> 00:39:00,166
That's the gold, baby.
540
00:39:05,166 --> 00:39:06,266
We're killing it.
541
00:39:07,667 --> 00:39:10,266
I made something really
amazing happen.
542
00:39:10,433 --> 00:39:12,066
Man, I'm getting good
at this job.
543
00:39:13,667 --> 00:39:14,934
Coming up....
544
00:39:15,100 --> 00:39:16,567
[Vernon] It's our last shot.
545
00:39:16,567 --> 00:39:18,567
[Rich] Dear Heavenly Father,
please bless Scott.
546
00:39:18,734 --> 00:39:21,266
Watch over him and keep him
safe as he goes down.
547
00:39:21,266 --> 00:39:25,166
With the harbor freezing,
who will be the last dredge
548
00:39:25,166 --> 00:39:26,467
on the water?
549
00:39:26,634 --> 00:39:27,600
[Kris] Finish strong!
550
00:39:39,367 --> 00:39:42,233
[Zeke groans]
551
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:45,500
As the cold front continues
to assault Nome,
552
00:39:45,667 --> 00:39:48,734
Zeke Tenhoff
is tormented by currents.
553
00:39:50,033 --> 00:39:53,000
Hey, buddy.
How is it down there?
554
00:39:54,500 --> 00:39:56,333
[Zeke speaking]
555
00:40:01,834 --> 00:40:02,934
He's struggling.
556
00:40:03,934 --> 00:40:05,567
[Zeke groaning]
557
00:40:05,567 --> 00:40:08,867
It just turned up quite a bit
in the last 10, 15 minutes.
558
00:40:14,467 --> 00:40:17,367
OK.
Yikes.
559
00:40:18,834 --> 00:40:20,000
It's gonna get worse.
560
00:40:22,367 --> 00:40:26,233
Hey, it's getting --
it's turned up a notch,
561
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:27,500
and the weather forecast says
562
00:40:27,667 --> 00:40:29,734
it's gonna be getting
progressively worse.
563
00:40:31,367 --> 00:40:33,834
[Zeke speaking]
564
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:35,834
[Gabe] Yeah, I think it
might be time.
565
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:36,867
[Zeke speaking]
566
00:40:37,033 --> 00:40:38,000
OK, let's do it.
567
00:40:51,467 --> 00:40:53,834
[Zeke] We overcame a lot
of problems, but eventually,
568
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,266
it's just Mother Nature
that ended our season.
569
00:41:00,967 --> 00:41:03,433
We did get a lot of quality
hours on the box.
570
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:06,500
[Gabe] Come on.
571
00:41:06,667 --> 00:41:07,834
Speak to me, Papi.
572
00:41:11,033 --> 00:41:12,767
This is great.
573
00:41:12,767 --> 00:41:14,133
That looks good.
574
00:41:14,300 --> 00:41:15,266
[Zeke] [bleep] yeah.
575
00:41:16,567 --> 00:41:18,266
This material looked
really good,
576
00:41:18,266 --> 00:41:19,967
so we'll see if it was worth it.
577
00:41:21,467 --> 00:41:23,467
I got four hours in, so...
578
00:41:23,634 --> 00:41:25,100
[laughing]
579
00:41:29,967 --> 00:41:31,100
Across the water...
580
00:41:39,100 --> 00:41:41,000
[groans]
581
00:41:42,166 --> 00:41:43,734
[Joe] Well...
582
00:41:57,100 --> 00:42:01,367
Despite the bad viz,
Joe Fullwood is still trying
583
00:42:01,367 --> 00:42:02,667
to get down to biz.
584
00:42:04,734 --> 00:42:06,867
Just taking what you can
where you are?
585
00:42:06,867 --> 00:42:08,734
[Joe] Yes, yes.
586
00:42:08,900 --> 00:42:11,500
-Right where I'm at right now.
-Good.
587
00:42:31,100 --> 00:42:34,166
-You can't see [bleep], huh?
-[Joe] No.
588
00:42:39,433 --> 00:42:41,166
[Joe] This uh...
589
00:43:07,100 --> 00:43:09,567
[Joe speaking]
590
00:43:14,166 --> 00:43:16,100
Sounds like real bad viz.
591
00:43:19,667 --> 00:43:22,133
Too bad, 'cause we're
on hot gold.
592
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:27,667
[Joe speaking]
593
00:43:32,133 --> 00:43:33,133
[producer] He's calling it?
594
00:43:33,300 --> 00:43:35,567
Yeah, he's calling it.
He just can't see.
595
00:43:35,567 --> 00:43:38,567
It's like trying to mine
blind, so we gotta go back.
596
00:43:50,166 --> 00:43:51,266
[Joe groans]
597
00:44:13,734 --> 00:44:15,667
This is the best ground
of the season.
598
00:44:15,834 --> 00:44:17,567
You just can't see
what you're doing down there.
599
00:44:22,567 --> 00:44:23,967
It was hard work.
600
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:30,600
I spent every last bit
of energy I had
601
00:44:30,767 --> 00:44:31,767
getting what we got.
602
00:44:32,767 --> 00:44:35,000
See what kind of gold we put
in here today.
603
00:44:37,467 --> 00:44:39,967
No.
[indistinct]
604
00:44:42,233 --> 00:44:44,734
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, not bad.
605
00:44:44,900 --> 00:44:46,233
Yeah, I see some gold in there.
606
00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:49,467
Not bad at all for such
[bleep] conditions.
607
00:44:49,467 --> 00:44:50,600
[Wilson] Not too shabby.
608
00:44:50,767 --> 00:44:53,367
[Joe] Uh-huh.
I'd say we did pretty good.
609
00:44:55,667 --> 00:44:58,834
We did as much as
we could do today.
610
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:01,567
Rolled the dice, managed to get
a good amount of time in.
611
00:45:03,767 --> 00:45:05,767
Yeah, it's rich [bleep] gold.
612
00:45:05,934 --> 00:45:09,834
It's too bad we can't
get a couple more days on it.
613
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:11,166
More gold would be better.
614
00:45:12,767 --> 00:45:14,467
Get this [bleep]
out of the water.
615
00:45:16,934 --> 00:45:18,867
It's a coin flip at this point,
whether we're gonna hit
616
00:45:18,867 --> 00:45:20,033
our goal or not.
617
00:45:21,667 --> 00:45:23,467
But it could have been worse.
618
00:45:23,634 --> 00:45:26,734
Luckily, for a few good dives
out here on 56,
619
00:45:26,900 --> 00:45:28,266
it amounted to something.
620
00:45:30,734 --> 00:45:33,133
We'll get what we get,
and we won't throw a fit.
621
00:45:47,266 --> 00:45:49,367
Got ice forming in the pit now.
622
00:45:53,367 --> 00:45:56,967
Starting to have to run
a little bit of frozen material.
623
00:45:58,734 --> 00:45:59,934
It's not good.
624
00:46:01,333 --> 00:46:05,133
Shawn Pomrenke fights to keep
his historic project
625
00:46:05,300 --> 00:46:06,433
from getting iced out.
626
00:46:13,667 --> 00:46:16,000
[Shawn] We're gonna have to keep
water running over
627
00:46:16,166 --> 00:46:19,233
the sluice box.
Keep that thawed out.
628
00:46:21,567 --> 00:46:22,667
But it's getting tough.
629
00:46:28,667 --> 00:46:30,867
I'm using every trick
in the book to keep going.
630
00:46:30,867 --> 00:46:33,467
I got water running through
the wash plant,
631
00:46:33,467 --> 00:46:36,667
the water cannon spraying
the ground, and Cody out here
632
00:46:36,667 --> 00:46:37,767
digging with me.
633
00:46:39,467 --> 00:46:41,700
It's just getting too damn cold.
634
00:46:44,166 --> 00:46:46,433
And the ground's getting more
frozen by the hour.
635
00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:12,333
My ace in the hole is this spot.
636
00:47:16,867 --> 00:47:18,500
What the hell is that?
637
00:47:18,667 --> 00:47:19,967
Yeah, there's something
going on right there.
638
00:47:20,867 --> 00:47:24,567
So this is the vertical shaft,
and then they have horizontal,
639
00:47:24,567 --> 00:47:27,567
and they went that way
and that way.
640
00:47:27,734 --> 00:47:28,734
What's in the middle?
641
00:47:29,734 --> 00:47:31,033
Our cut.
642
00:47:32,367 --> 00:47:34,667
When I uncovered it,
I knew it was special.
643
00:47:38,667 --> 00:47:41,467
If there's any spot I can
achieve this, it's right here.
644
00:48:01,567 --> 00:48:04,333
[Cody speaking]
645
00:48:08,767 --> 00:48:10,333
Shawn, you got a copy?
646
00:48:12,033 --> 00:48:13,300
Yeah, go ahead.
647
00:48:15,767 --> 00:48:17,967
I'm down to my last load
of pay here.
648
00:48:18,133 --> 00:48:19,266
This is it.
649
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:29,433
Yeah, I tried to scrape
up as much as I could.
650
00:48:30,567 --> 00:48:31,767
Copy that.
651
00:48:34,734 --> 00:48:35,934
This is the end.
652
00:48:36,100 --> 00:48:38,367
We're past the point where
we should have stopped.
653
00:48:40,834 --> 00:48:43,900
But Mother Nature, she's not
gonna let us mine anymore.
654
00:48:46,367 --> 00:48:47,667
Well, we're done.
655
00:48:49,767 --> 00:48:52,266
Gonna do the last cleanup
of the season,
656
00:48:52,433 --> 00:48:55,200
see what it added
up to be.
657
00:48:57,667 --> 00:49:00,266
While the freeze claims
a victim at the inland mine,
658
00:49:02,233 --> 00:49:03,333
back out on the water...
659
00:49:06,934 --> 00:49:08,066
[Robert] Hey, Chris,
how's it looking?
660
00:49:10,967 --> 00:49:12,367
[Chris speaking]
661
00:49:24,467 --> 00:49:28,767
Far from shore, Chris McCully
gambles on his remote hotspot.
662
00:49:30,100 --> 00:49:32,033
[Robert] Whoo!
Damn, it's ripping.
663
00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:35,767
But deteriorating conditions
664
00:49:35,767 --> 00:49:38,734
could make the deepwater gamble
a losing bet.
665
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:42,033
[Robert] The wind's starting
to pick up out of the north.
666
00:49:42,200 --> 00:49:45,266
We'll see how the weather
holds up.
667
00:49:45,433 --> 00:49:47,467
It's the name
of the game, [bleep] weather.
668
00:49:52,467 --> 00:49:55,133
[Chris speaking]
669
00:50:01,033 --> 00:50:02,467
Ow, [bleep].
670
00:50:06,500 --> 00:50:09,333
Yeah, Chris,
the wind's picked up.
671
00:50:09,500 --> 00:50:11,367
We're already getting spray
off the white caps.
672
00:50:18,734 --> 00:50:21,734
[Chris speaking]
673
00:50:21,900 --> 00:50:22,967
[groaning]
674
00:50:38,867 --> 00:50:41,367
[Robert speaking]
675
00:50:44,734 --> 00:50:46,667
[Chris speaking]
676
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:51,834
[Robert] Yep.
677
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:52,934
[Chris speaking]
678
00:51:01,166 --> 00:51:02,266
All right, I got you.
679
00:51:03,567 --> 00:51:04,667
Idling down.
680
00:51:13,166 --> 00:51:14,266
Whew!
681
00:51:20,767 --> 00:51:22,734
[Chris] I held out as long
as I could.
682
00:51:22,900 --> 00:51:25,100
Great gold,
but maybe not enough.
683
00:51:25,266 --> 00:51:28,033
Usually, I'm way past my goal
by the end of the season.
684
00:51:28,200 --> 00:51:31,333
So it feels really weird being
behind where I want to be.
685
00:51:32,567 --> 00:51:35,266
Mother Nature wins.
It really did picked up.
686
00:51:35,433 --> 00:51:39,200
So yeah, pretty much
it's time to go home.
687
00:51:41,667 --> 00:51:42,767
Coming up...
688
00:51:42,934 --> 00:51:44,166
[Vernon] Who knows what
we're gonna end up with?
689
00:51:44,333 --> 00:51:47,266
Who will savor the sweet taste
of success?
690
00:51:48,266 --> 00:51:49,767
[Vernon] Four, five, six.
691
00:51:50,734 --> 00:51:52,100
-[Kris] Oh my god.
-[crew member] We got 10.
692
00:51:53,166 --> 00:51:56,834
-10, 12.
-14, 15.
693
00:51:57,000 --> 00:51:58,000
[Shawn] That's a lot of gold.
694
00:51:59,100 --> 00:52:01,133
-Oh my god!
-[Chris] Let's do it.
695
00:52:04,467 --> 00:52:05,567
On the outskirts of town...
696
00:52:10,867 --> 00:52:12,333
[Zeke] Damn, look at all
that gold.
697
00:52:12,500 --> 00:52:13,533
Hell yeah.
698
00:52:13,533 --> 00:52:17,033
Something about gold is,
it's like, so it's pure.
699
00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:18,367
We love it.
700
00:52:19,233 --> 00:52:22,734
Team Tenhoff awaits the result
of their mad dash
701
00:52:22,900 --> 00:52:24,934
for the 150-ounce finish line.
702
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:27,667
[Zeke] It's a long season,
it's six months.
703
00:52:28,567 --> 00:52:30,934
We would have liked to have
more hours in October,
704
00:52:31,100 --> 00:52:32,467
but that's just always
how it is.
705
00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:36,634
We're at my family's place
to do this last cleanup.
706
00:52:39,100 --> 00:52:41,867
We got this little pile
and this little pile, so...
707
00:52:41,867 --> 00:52:43,133
Yep.
708
00:52:43,300 --> 00:52:45,967
It just makes me feel good.
That's what this is all about.
709
00:52:46,133 --> 00:52:47,066
Since I've had a kid,
710
00:52:47,233 --> 00:52:49,133
being successful
in this mining business
711
00:52:49,300 --> 00:52:50,967
has taken on a new meaning.
712
00:52:51,133 --> 00:52:53,533
I want to be able to pay off
this dredge and then save
713
00:52:53,700 --> 00:52:54,634
for the future.
714
00:52:58,967 --> 00:53:00,066
All right, here we go.
715
00:53:05,867 --> 00:53:09,333
Two...three...
716
00:53:11,634 --> 00:53:15,133
Five, six, seven, eight, nine...
717
00:53:16,467 --> 00:53:17,567
Ten...
718
00:53:18,567 --> 00:53:21,166
11, 12, 13...
719
00:53:23,266 --> 00:53:25,266
13 ounces.
720
00:53:25,266 --> 00:53:29,667
13.1 ounces rings in
at nearly $33,000,
721
00:53:29,667 --> 00:53:35,000
bringing team Tenhoff's final
number to 152 ounces,
722
00:53:35,166 --> 00:53:39,333
cashing in at a stellar
380 grand.
723
00:53:39,500 --> 00:53:43,166
And with his final weigh out,
Zeke Tenhoff finally owns
724
00:53:43,333 --> 00:53:45,367
the Synergy free and clear.
725
00:53:52,867 --> 00:53:54,867
[Zeke] It's a tidy little pile
of gold here.
726
00:53:54,867 --> 00:53:56,667
[Gabe] I'm glad I got some
more money.
727
00:53:56,834 --> 00:53:57,867
Yeah, you have to be stoked.
728
00:53:58,033 --> 00:53:59,934
Yes, that's what we got.
729
00:54:02,467 --> 00:54:04,166
[Zeke] This was
a really tough season for us,
730
00:54:04,333 --> 00:54:06,166
and our bodies
and our brains are just done.
731
00:54:07,467 --> 00:54:09,567
But it was worth it because
moving forward,
732
00:54:09,567 --> 00:54:11,000
it's gonna be all profit.
733
00:54:11,867 --> 00:54:14,367
So, I'm so happy about that.
734
00:54:14,367 --> 00:54:17,767
It's like been kind
of a roller coaster this summer,
735
00:54:17,934 --> 00:54:19,967
but all's well that ends well.
736
00:54:24,333 --> 00:54:25,433
Back out on the water...
737
00:54:32,533 --> 00:54:34,100
[Vernon] Hey, Rich.
738
00:54:34,266 --> 00:54:35,667
What are you seeing down there?
739
00:54:37,467 --> 00:54:38,567
[Rich speaking]
740
00:54:42,100 --> 00:54:44,233
[Vernon] It doesn't look like
much over burden.
741
00:54:45,133 --> 00:54:47,634
[Rich speaking]
742
00:54:48,934 --> 00:54:51,367
With temperatures
dropping rapidly,
743
00:54:51,533 --> 00:54:54,066
only one suction dredge remains
744
00:54:54,233 --> 00:54:55,266
on the Bering Sea.
745
00:54:58,667 --> 00:55:00,367
[Rich speaking]
746
00:55:14,533 --> 00:55:15,934
[Vernon] Richie's out of gas.
747
00:55:16,100 --> 00:55:17,734
He's pushed as far as he can go.
748
00:55:19,567 --> 00:55:20,667
[Rich] I'm gonna call it.
749
00:55:22,433 --> 00:55:24,667
-[Vernon] Come on up.
-[Rich] Copy.
750
00:55:31,967 --> 00:55:33,066
All right.
751
00:55:42,166 --> 00:55:44,333
We're doing this last gasp.
752
00:55:46,266 --> 00:55:47,767
[groaning]
753
00:55:47,934 --> 00:55:49,166
We'll just try to...
754
00:55:50,266 --> 00:55:52,433
get another big old handful
of gold.
755
00:55:54,667 --> 00:55:57,467
Richie gave it his all
this season.
756
00:55:57,467 --> 00:55:58,567
[Rich] Some more in the bag.
757
00:56:00,100 --> 00:56:01,767
-[Vernon] Nice work.
-Thank you.
758
00:56:01,934 --> 00:56:03,100
[Vernon] Hell of a dive.
759
00:56:04,066 --> 00:56:06,000
There were times
when I did not think
760
00:56:06,166 --> 00:56:07,367
he was gonna make it.
761
00:56:07,533 --> 00:56:09,533
He had a lot of problems
to work through.
762
00:56:10,433 --> 00:56:11,533
Good diving.
763
00:56:13,066 --> 00:56:14,634
Good, powerful dive.
764
00:56:15,867 --> 00:56:17,333
I'm tired.
765
00:56:17,500 --> 00:56:21,967
[Vernon]
But I got to say, in the
final analysis, he did his duty.
766
00:56:22,133 --> 00:56:25,066
He put gold in the box.
He learned a hell of a lot.
767
00:56:25,233 --> 00:56:27,266
And he's turned into a pretty
decent shipmate.
768
00:56:31,166 --> 00:56:33,433
This is Scott's last
dive of the season.
769
00:56:35,634 --> 00:56:37,266
Last time, he called it short.
770
00:56:39,467 --> 00:56:41,266
[screaming]
771
00:56:41,433 --> 00:56:43,634
[Scott speaking]
772
00:56:46,133 --> 00:56:48,066
[bleep] [bleep]
773
00:56:49,867 --> 00:56:52,467
He's got to be strong
and show some toughness.
774
00:56:52,467 --> 00:56:56,767
You either got it or you don't.
Everybody is worn out.
775
00:56:56,767 --> 00:56:57,934
They're tired of this.
776
00:56:58,100 --> 00:57:02,000
They want to go to the house,
and you just got to dig
777
00:57:02,166 --> 00:57:05,567
really deep to push on through
to the end.
778
00:57:06,734 --> 00:57:08,667
Because after everything
we've been through,
779
00:57:08,834 --> 00:57:11,533
this could be the difference
between hitting our goal
780
00:57:11,700 --> 00:57:12,767
and coming up short.
781
00:57:15,266 --> 00:57:16,233
[Scott speaking]
782
00:57:16,400 --> 00:57:17,367
[Rich] Yeah?
783
00:57:17,367 --> 00:57:19,467
[Scott speaking]
784
00:57:19,467 --> 00:57:20,600
[Rich] Yeah.
785
00:57:22,066 --> 00:57:24,634
Dear Heavenly Father,
please bless Scott and watch
786
00:57:24,800 --> 00:57:27,867
over him and keep him safe
as he goes down to explore
787
00:57:27,867 --> 00:57:30,100
the bottom of this ocean
you gave us.
788
00:57:30,266 --> 00:57:33,333
I pray that you give him
guidance and courage
789
00:57:33,500 --> 00:57:36,667
and strength to deal with what
he needs to deal with smoothly,
790
00:57:36,667 --> 00:57:39,000
freely, and safely down there.
791
00:57:39,166 --> 00:57:42,767
I ask that you watch over all
of us as we make an attempt
792
00:57:42,767 --> 00:57:44,033
to help our families.
793
00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:45,867
We ask these things
in Jesus' name.
794
00:57:45,867 --> 00:57:47,033
-Amen.
-[Scott] Amen.
795
00:57:49,467 --> 00:57:50,533
[Scott speaking]
796
00:57:50,700 --> 00:57:51,667
[Rich] Diver down.
797
00:58:06,867 --> 00:58:07,967
[Scott speaking]
798
00:58:18,266 --> 00:58:19,967
[Scott] This is good
looking material.
799
00:58:21,133 --> 00:58:23,367
[Rich] OK, so that cut kind
of stretches south
800
00:58:23,533 --> 00:58:25,467
and then back west.
801
00:58:25,467 --> 00:58:27,567
Just take all of it.
You'll see it.
802
00:58:29,367 --> 00:58:30,467
[Scott] Copy that.
803
00:58:35,767 --> 00:58:37,834
OK, go ahead and throttle up.
804
00:58:38,000 --> 00:58:38,967
Throttling up.
805
00:58:42,100 --> 00:58:43,667
[Vernon]
See anything Scott?
806
00:58:44,567 --> 00:58:47,233
[Scott speaking]
807
00:58:52,467 --> 00:58:53,567
[Rich] Yeah!
808
00:58:57,367 --> 00:58:58,467
Across the water...
809
00:59:08,100 --> 00:59:09,266
[Kris]
How's everything going with you?
810
00:59:09,433 --> 00:59:12,834
Good, that's a -- [bleep].
You like that?
811
00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:14,667
[Kris] Yeah, awesome job.
Good.
812
00:59:14,667 --> 00:59:15,967
Everything's going good
on my end.
813
00:59:16,133 --> 00:59:17,233
We're killing it.
814
00:59:19,266 --> 00:59:22,233
In the final stretch,
Kris Kelly is running
815
00:59:22,400 --> 00:59:23,367
a tight ship.
816
00:59:26,834 --> 00:59:28,000
[Kris] Well, what can I say?
817
00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:30,734
We're getting a lot of gold
and nothing's breaking down.
818
00:59:30,900 --> 00:59:33,867
The end is near.
Everything's going great.
819
00:59:33,867 --> 00:59:38,000
You know, when mining's boring,
and, you know, you're just
820
00:59:38,166 --> 00:59:40,734
relaxing, that's when
everything's going the best.
821
00:59:40,900 --> 00:59:43,433
That's when you know
you're making gold.
822
00:59:43,600 --> 00:59:45,734
It's good, because I need
something right now
823
00:59:45,900 --> 00:59:47,033
to go good for me.
824
00:59:49,433 --> 00:59:51,767
It's nice to see
the Northern Lights.
825
00:59:51,767 --> 00:59:53,033
It's beautiful.
826
00:59:54,867 --> 00:59:56,166
It is very beautiful.
827
00:59:58,266 --> 01:00:00,767
I put in eight hours,
and it went smooth.
828
01:00:02,567 --> 01:00:05,166
I don't know how many clowns
we've had out here in the past,
829
01:00:05,166 --> 01:00:09,367
but I did fine, and James
killed it in the excavator.
830
01:00:09,533 --> 01:00:12,467
It's not the boat,
the boat's not the reason
831
01:00:12,467 --> 01:00:13,767
why we failed.
832
01:00:13,767 --> 01:00:16,266
It's the people that were
working the boat.
833
01:00:19,767 --> 01:00:21,467
The night crew's finally here.
834
01:00:25,367 --> 01:00:26,834
OK, thank you very much.
835
01:00:28,133 --> 01:00:29,133
Everything's good.
836
01:00:29,300 --> 01:00:30,767
You're on good gold,
everything's good.
837
01:00:30,934 --> 01:00:33,367
Just run all night and then do
a cleanup tomorrow.
838
01:00:33,533 --> 01:00:34,834
[crew member speaking]
839
01:00:35,767 --> 01:00:37,066
[Kris] Everything's
coming together.
840
01:00:37,934 --> 01:00:40,367
The night crew's gonna go a few
more hours, then I'll take all
841
01:00:40,533 --> 01:00:43,266
the gold in the box and hope
we hit 150 ounces
842
01:00:43,266 --> 01:00:44,367
for the season.
843
01:00:45,667 --> 01:00:48,066
I need to end this summer
without any bills
844
01:00:48,233 --> 01:00:49,533
hanging over my head.
845
01:00:51,000 --> 01:00:53,667
It's really important we finish
strong, and I know you guys are
846
01:00:53,834 --> 01:00:56,266
gonna do a good job.
Thank you!
847
01:01:00,066 --> 01:01:01,166
Finish strong!
848
01:01:16,867 --> 01:01:18,266
-[Vernon] Hey, Scott.
-[Scott] Yeah?
849
01:01:18,433 --> 01:01:20,333
[Vernon]
What is it looking like?
850
01:01:20,500 --> 01:01:22,266
[Scott speaking]
851
01:01:27,467 --> 01:01:28,567
[Vernon] Yeah, roger.
852
01:01:29,634 --> 01:01:32,266
With the clock ticking,
Scott hangs tough
853
01:01:32,433 --> 01:01:36,266
for team Adkinson in the last
gasp of summer mining.
854
01:01:37,667 --> 01:01:39,634
[Scott speaking]
855
01:01:47,367 --> 01:01:48,433
[Vernon] All right, Scott.
856
01:01:48,600 --> 01:01:49,967
-Good stuff.
-[Scott] Yeah.
857
01:01:51,166 --> 01:01:52,967
[Vernon]
Scott's showing me something.
858
01:01:53,133 --> 01:01:55,667
I was wondering if he had
anything left in the tank.
859
01:01:57,767 --> 01:01:58,967
But he's hanging in there.
860
01:02:00,934 --> 01:02:02,600
[machinery sputtering]
861
01:02:05,066 --> 01:02:06,166
[Scott] Oh.
862
01:02:07,266 --> 01:02:08,367
Um...
863
01:02:10,734 --> 01:02:11,834
Um...
864
01:02:20,667 --> 01:02:21,867
[bleep]
865
01:02:22,033 --> 01:02:23,100
[Rich speaking]
866
01:02:23,266 --> 01:02:26,066
[Scott speaking]
867
01:02:31,567 --> 01:02:34,567
[singing] Got me working
all night long.
868
01:02:44,634 --> 01:02:46,166
[Rich speaking]
869
01:02:46,333 --> 01:02:47,567
[Scott] OK.
870
01:02:49,233 --> 01:02:50,333
Damn it, man.
871
01:02:51,233 --> 01:02:52,834
[machinery abruptly stops]
872
01:02:54,166 --> 01:02:55,667
[Vernon] The motor just died.
873
01:02:55,667 --> 01:02:58,133
Just stopped.
The engine died.
874
01:02:58,300 --> 01:03:00,467
[Scott] I can hear
it's turned off.
875
01:03:00,634 --> 01:03:02,367
-[Vernon] Come on up.
-[Scott] OK.
876
01:03:04,767 --> 01:03:06,033
[Vernon speaking]
877
01:03:10,767 --> 01:03:12,133
The um...
878
01:03:18,166 --> 01:03:19,266
[Rich speaking]
879
01:03:25,166 --> 01:03:27,467
Kind of sounds like the end
of our season right there.
880
01:03:27,467 --> 01:03:31,000
-[Scott groans]
-Good freaking job, man.
881
01:03:31,166 --> 01:03:33,100
[Vernon] These guys
outlasted the equipment,
882
01:03:33,266 --> 01:03:35,634
so they can leave
with their heads held high.
883
01:03:37,033 --> 01:03:38,867
[Rich] Honestly,
I'm just so tired.
884
01:03:41,333 --> 01:03:44,166
So that thrust bearing is fried?
That's what you're saying?
885
01:03:44,166 --> 01:03:46,667
[Vernon speaking]
886
01:03:57,667 --> 01:04:00,533
You always want to get
that last little lick.
887
01:04:00,700 --> 01:04:03,066
But when the equipment breaks
down, and we have
888
01:04:03,233 --> 01:04:05,867
no more time left,
what's in the box?
889
01:04:05,867 --> 01:04:06,934
That's it.
890
01:04:07,100 --> 01:04:08,166
That's what's in the box.
891
01:04:09,266 --> 01:04:11,233
We can call this heartbreaker.
892
01:04:11,400 --> 01:04:15,567
You know, this is like that
900-pound marlin
893
01:04:15,567 --> 01:04:16,634
that you're reeling in,
894
01:04:16,800 --> 01:04:19,333
and right before
you get ready to boat it,
895
01:04:19,500 --> 01:04:22,667
it throws the hook
and swims merrily away.
896
01:04:23,567 --> 01:04:24,667
[sighs]
897
01:04:29,367 --> 01:04:31,533
As the old saying goes,
it is what it is.
898
01:04:48,467 --> 01:04:51,467
[Kris] This is the worst season
we've ever had in our lives.
899
01:04:51,467 --> 01:04:53,467
Puncturing the boat,
blowing up the boat.
900
01:04:53,467 --> 01:04:55,867
You know, that's not
the boat's fault.
901
01:04:56,033 --> 01:04:57,367
You know, that boat gets gold.
902
01:04:57,533 --> 01:04:59,233
It just needs someone
to [bleep].
903
01:05:00,266 --> 01:05:02,367
It should have been me.
I blame myself.
904
01:05:02,533 --> 01:05:03,700
I do.
905
01:05:03,700 --> 01:05:06,367
After his tour de force
on the Mistress, Captain Kris
906
01:05:06,533 --> 01:05:09,767
will find out if he lands
in the black or in the red.
907
01:05:11,834 --> 01:05:14,767
I promise I will be there
more next season.
908
01:05:14,934 --> 01:05:17,266
I promise I'll jump back
and forth both boats.
909
01:05:17,266 --> 01:05:19,467
Well, I mean, it looks
like a good amount.
910
01:05:19,634 --> 01:05:21,667
It's not a disappointing amount
for the run that we had.
911
01:05:21,667 --> 01:05:22,967
It's a good amount of gold.
912
01:05:23,834 --> 01:05:27,433
[Kris] This was a disappointing
season, but there is redemption
913
01:05:27,600 --> 01:05:31,033
knowing that the Mistress
works, when I'm on it.
914
01:05:31,200 --> 01:05:34,533
And the crawler works.
At least it moves material.
915
01:05:34,700 --> 01:05:37,567
I just need to be on top of
both boats every day,
916
01:05:37,734 --> 01:05:39,467
and I can do that next summer.
917
01:05:39,467 --> 01:05:43,133
As long as I get enough gold
to make it to summer.
918
01:05:43,300 --> 01:05:44,867
Let's just weigh it out
and see what we get, yeah?
919
01:05:44,867 --> 01:05:46,166
[Kris] Yeah, we'll put it
on there.
920
01:05:46,333 --> 01:05:48,066
It's not like it's gonna
[bleep] matter.
921
01:05:48,233 --> 01:05:51,467
I'm not gonna say no
to whatever there is.
922
01:05:51,467 --> 01:05:53,166
[Kevin] OK.
923
01:05:53,333 --> 01:05:54,867
All right, Kris, let's see
what we got here.
924
01:05:56,066 --> 01:05:58,367
-There's one.
-[Kris] Yeah, there's one.
925
01:05:58,367 --> 01:06:00,166
-Took forever to get there.
-[Kevin] Two....
926
01:06:00,166 --> 01:06:03,166
-[Kevin]...three, four...
-[Kris] Four.
927
01:06:03,166 --> 01:06:06,634
-[Kevin]...five, six, seven.
-Oh, my god.
928
01:06:06,800 --> 01:06:08,767
-[Kevin] We got 10.
-[Kris] That sucks.
929
01:06:08,767 --> 01:06:11,233
-We got 12.
-Come on, you [bleep].
930
01:06:14,133 --> 01:06:15,900
12.85.
931
01:06:18,367 --> 01:06:19,634
We definitely did
a little bit better,
932
01:06:19,800 --> 01:06:20,967
but we're not
jumping up and down.
933
01:06:22,367 --> 01:06:25,467
12.8 ounces is worth 32 grand,
934
01:06:25,634 --> 01:06:30,467
bringing Reaper Nation's season
haul to 153 ounces.
935
01:06:30,467 --> 01:06:35,567
Cashing in at
a respectable $384,000.
936
01:06:35,734 --> 01:06:39,266
And the captain breaks even
with a couple ounces to spare.
937
01:06:47,667 --> 01:06:49,266
You know, this was a tough year.
938
01:06:49,433 --> 01:06:52,934
I worked myself to death
to try to get to this point.
939
01:06:53,100 --> 01:06:55,467
And all we can do is just keep
making it better.
940
01:06:56,467 --> 01:06:58,166
Well, I didn't lose money.
941
01:06:58,333 --> 01:07:01,000
I made enough to pay off
all my bills
942
01:07:01,166 --> 01:07:04,066
and be broke, but that's better
than being in debt.
943
01:07:04,233 --> 01:07:07,934
We had a lot of bad luck this
season, but I learned a ton,
944
01:07:08,100 --> 01:07:10,567
and I know we're gonna crush
it next summer.
945
01:07:10,734 --> 01:07:14,166
So right now, all we can do is
just clean up our mess,
946
01:07:14,333 --> 01:07:17,567
put everything away properly,
and get ready for next year.
947
01:07:22,634 --> 01:07:23,767
Across town...
948
01:07:27,667 --> 01:07:30,066
[Chris] Water's freezing, eh?
It's slushing already.
949
01:07:30,233 --> 01:07:31,233
I know, it's ice.
950
01:07:31,400 --> 01:07:32,233
Yeah, we're just, like,
951
01:07:32,400 --> 01:07:34,166
right in that freezing
point, eh?
952
01:07:35,433 --> 01:07:38,266
This is the last cleanup of
the year, and I went out there
953
01:07:38,433 --> 01:07:40,266
and tried to get
as much dive hours
954
01:07:40,433 --> 01:07:41,934
in this little window we got.
955
01:07:43,467 --> 01:07:46,000
We got a decent amount of gold
on the last few dives.
956
01:07:46,867 --> 01:07:50,433
It's starting to fill up,
so that's pretty good.
957
01:07:52,266 --> 01:07:53,967
But we'll see if it's enough.
958
01:07:54,133 --> 01:07:55,066
You guys ready?
959
01:07:57,433 --> 01:07:59,967
There's two, four...
960
01:08:00,967 --> 01:08:05,433
6, 8, 10, 12.
961
01:08:05,600 --> 01:08:06,867
Got our pickers here.
962
01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:19,667
14.7 ounces is worth nearly
$37,000.
963
01:08:19,667 --> 01:08:23,367
But Chris McCully,
the winter gold count champ,
964
01:08:23,367 --> 01:08:26,000
falls well short
of his summer goal.
965
01:08:34,567 --> 01:08:38,266
I have a small dive window
on this front, so for me to get
966
01:08:38,266 --> 01:08:42,467
this much, it's a very,
very humbling moment.
967
01:08:43,667 --> 01:08:45,333
I'm used to crushing it.
968
01:08:45,500 --> 01:08:47,667
Not getting the crawler up here
really killed me.
969
01:08:47,667 --> 01:08:51,166
All I can do from now is focus
on my plans for next year.
970
01:08:51,333 --> 01:08:55,166
I'm going to get the crawler
up here, put her on the Norpac,
971
01:08:55,166 --> 01:08:57,100
and after that, sky's the limit.
972
01:08:57,266 --> 01:09:00,634
But I still got a ton of gold,
so I'm really proud of that.
973
01:09:00,800 --> 01:09:03,967
Anytime I see three digit
numbers, I'm happy.
974
01:09:04,133 --> 01:09:06,066
Yeah, buddy.
Good job, guys.
975
01:09:06,233 --> 01:09:07,233
Good job.
976
01:09:07,233 --> 01:09:09,734
There's more ground to be
uncovered out there.
977
01:09:14,767 --> 01:09:17,166
We got a lot of buckets today,
a whole truckload.
978
01:09:18,634 --> 01:09:20,767
Time to tally things up
and see what we got.
979
01:09:21,767 --> 01:09:25,567
With the gold count title on
the line, Nome's hometown hero
980
01:09:25,734 --> 01:09:27,867
preps for his final
clean out of summer.
981
01:09:29,233 --> 01:09:31,734
Slump this in the pan here
and go barbecue some gold.
982
01:09:33,166 --> 01:09:35,867
Getting close
to our final number.
983
01:09:35,867 --> 01:09:37,100
We might have had
a short window,
984
01:09:37,266 --> 01:09:38,233
but we made
the best of it.
985
01:09:39,667 --> 01:09:41,467
Moving to 56 was the right call.
986
01:09:42,433 --> 01:09:44,433
And this material proves it.
987
01:09:45,834 --> 01:09:47,533
I just hope it's enough
to pay off Vernon
988
01:09:47,700 --> 01:09:48,934
and still hit 300 ounces.
989
01:09:52,166 --> 01:09:53,433
All righty, moment of truth.
990
01:09:55,166 --> 01:09:58,333
Get this final weight on
the scale, see what we got.
991
01:10:01,967 --> 01:10:05,266
One, four...
992
01:10:05,266 --> 01:10:08,033
...8, 14, 15.
993
01:10:08,200 --> 01:10:10,567
-Oh, [bleep] Wilson.
-Ooh.
994
01:10:10,567 --> 01:10:12,567
[Joe] Oh, yeah.
995
01:10:13,467 --> 01:10:15,133
[bleep] yeah, dude.
996
01:10:16,033 --> 01:10:18,033
22.6.
997
01:10:19,100 --> 01:10:21,734
I'd say we [bleep] tore it up.
998
01:10:21,900 --> 01:10:24,767
-Yeah, that's [bleep] beautiful.
-That's good.
999
01:10:24,767 --> 01:10:29,467
22.6 ounces
cashes out at 56 grand,
1000
01:10:29,467 --> 01:10:33,867
bringing Joe's season total,
sans Vernon's royalties,
1001
01:10:33,867 --> 01:10:36,467
to 317 ounces
1002
01:10:36,634 --> 01:10:39,567
worth nearly $800,000.
1003
01:10:39,734 --> 01:10:42,934
And Joe hits his target
on summer's last day.
1004
01:10:50,767 --> 01:10:52,266
-Man, good job.
-This is good.
1005
01:10:52,433 --> 01:10:54,734
[Joe] [bleep] yeah, dude.
Happy.
1006
01:10:56,166 --> 01:10:57,467
It's been a great season.
1007
01:10:57,467 --> 01:10:59,634
I'm looking forward to getting
out there again next summer.
1008
01:11:01,433 --> 01:11:04,066
-[Wilson] All right.
-[Joe] Very good.
1009
01:11:04,233 --> 01:11:05,967
[whistles]
1010
01:11:06,133 --> 01:11:08,133
With this money, we're gonna
go deeper and further than
1011
01:11:08,300 --> 01:11:09,567
I've ever been before.
1012
01:11:09,734 --> 01:11:12,667
Man, this 56 has been amazing
this summer.
1013
01:11:12,834 --> 01:11:14,567
Time to settle up with Vernon.
1014
01:11:14,734 --> 01:11:17,367
He might even be a little more
excited about it than us.
1015
01:11:18,367 --> 01:11:20,266
Oh, yeah.
Pretty amazing.
1016
01:11:24,634 --> 01:11:27,567
[upbeat music playing]
1017
01:11:31,467 --> 01:11:33,367
[Vernon]
It's the end of the season,
1018
01:11:33,533 --> 01:11:36,233
and now I've got to go
over here and collect
1019
01:11:36,400 --> 01:11:37,934
some royalties from Larry.
1020
01:11:40,367 --> 01:11:41,567
[seal barking]
1021
01:11:44,867 --> 01:11:46,133
-Hey Larry.
-[Larry] Hey.
1022
01:11:46,300 --> 01:11:47,467
-[Vernon] All right.
-How you doing?
1023
01:11:47,467 --> 01:11:50,767
-How's it going out there?
-Oh, it's going better.
1024
01:11:50,767 --> 01:11:53,033
Since I'm on a roll, I thought
I'd come over and see if
1025
01:11:53,200 --> 01:11:54,266
you got anything for me.
1026
01:11:54,266 --> 01:11:55,467
I do.
1027
01:11:55,634 --> 01:11:58,000
Yeah, I've got
a ten and a half here for you.
1028
01:11:58,166 --> 01:11:59,133
Oh.
1029
01:12:00,066 --> 01:12:01,266
[cash register dings]
1030
01:12:05,467 --> 01:12:07,100
All right.
1031
01:12:07,266 --> 01:12:08,400
Yeah, yeah.
1032
01:12:08,400 --> 01:12:11,166
Well, I'll just put it
in this pocket and keep it warm.
1033
01:12:11,166 --> 01:12:12,467
Sounds good.
We'll keep this rolling.
1034
01:12:12,467 --> 01:12:14,533
-Well, it was a pleasure.
-Absolutely.
1035
01:12:14,700 --> 01:12:15,667
-Thank you.
-Thank you.
1036
01:12:16,634 --> 01:12:18,000
[Vernon] All right.
Catch you later.
1037
01:12:19,634 --> 01:12:21,266
[seal barking]
1038
01:12:25,967 --> 01:12:28,133
Yeah, this is gonna
be a good day.
1039
01:12:37,467 --> 01:12:39,967
-[Rich] Looking juicy, Vern.
-[Vernon] Is it?
1040
01:12:40,133 --> 01:12:42,166
-[Rich] Yes, I think so.
-[Vernon] All right.
1041
01:12:43,634 --> 01:12:46,467
This is our last cleanup
for the season.
1042
01:12:46,467 --> 01:12:49,567
So this is whatever we get,
that's it.
1043
01:12:49,734 --> 01:12:50,867
We had a malfunction,
1044
01:12:51,033 --> 01:12:53,734
but I think we'll be looking
pretty good.
1045
01:12:56,133 --> 01:12:58,533
Pan it good, guys.
Don't miss a speck.
1046
01:13:00,233 --> 01:13:02,233
We're in the short throws here.
1047
01:13:02,400 --> 01:13:04,166
I don't know if we're gonna
be able to pull this nut
1048
01:13:04,333 --> 01:13:07,667
off or not.
The royalties are a big help.
1049
01:13:07,667 --> 01:13:11,166
I already got 10 ounces from
Larry, and now I need to see
1050
01:13:11,166 --> 01:13:12,467
what Joey's gonna bring me.
1051
01:13:13,433 --> 01:13:14,467
[Joe] Hello, Vernon.
1052
01:13:14,467 --> 01:13:16,433
Hey, Joe.
1053
01:13:16,600 --> 01:13:18,433
-Come on in.
-How you doing?
1054
01:13:18,600 --> 01:13:19,567
All right.
1055
01:13:21,867 --> 01:13:24,467
-Good to see you.
-Yeah, same here.
1056
01:13:24,467 --> 01:13:26,567
-Pretty good season?
-Yeah, it's been well.
1057
01:13:26,567 --> 01:13:28,266
Yeah, Tomcod was
a little bit rough.
1058
01:13:28,433 --> 01:13:30,734
A lot of difficulties
with our neighbors out there.
1059
01:13:30,900 --> 01:13:33,967
And heading out there to 56,
and having such wonderful
1060
01:13:34,133 --> 01:13:35,767
neighbors has been
just a pleasure.
1061
01:13:35,934 --> 01:13:38,467
That's where I get
my kicks on 56.
1062
01:13:38,634 --> 01:13:40,867
That's right,
us too this season.
1063
01:13:41,033 --> 01:13:44,634
Got a little pile of gold
here for you.
1064
01:13:44,800 --> 01:13:45,667
Damn.
1065
01:13:45,667 --> 01:13:47,867
-Yeah, that...
-[gold rattling]
1066
01:13:48,033 --> 01:13:49,667
Oh, yes.
1067
01:13:49,834 --> 01:13:52,166
Damn.
Holy moly.
1068
01:13:53,266 --> 01:13:55,767
-That's the number?
-Yeah, 23.2.
1069
01:13:55,934 --> 01:13:59,567
That's two pounds,
2.28 pounds of gold.
1070
01:13:59,567 --> 01:14:00,800
That is nice.
1071
01:14:00,800 --> 01:14:03,166
That's about the best present
I think I've ever received
1072
01:14:03,333 --> 01:14:04,367
in my life.
1073
01:14:04,367 --> 01:14:06,867
It's my pleasure to give it
to you, Vernon.
1074
01:14:07,033 --> 01:14:08,567
-I appreciate
the heck out of you.
-All right.
1075
01:14:08,734 --> 01:14:09,767
-Thank you.
-Thank you.
1076
01:14:10,767 --> 01:14:13,367
[Vernon] Joey's the best
in town, hands down.
1077
01:14:13,533 --> 01:14:15,100
Been knowing him a long time.
1078
01:14:15,266 --> 01:14:19,000
I was expecting a good little
lick from him, but I wasn't
1079
01:14:19,166 --> 01:14:20,133
expecting this much.
1080
01:14:21,767 --> 01:14:23,266
Good, Joe.
Take care.
1081
01:14:23,433 --> 01:14:25,467
Thanks so much, Vernon.
We'll see you guys later.
1082
01:14:25,467 --> 01:14:26,834
[Vernon] Yep.
1083
01:14:27,000 --> 01:14:29,367
On top of that, he's honest.
1084
01:14:29,533 --> 01:14:31,266
I mean, he could have brought
me half this much, and I would
1085
01:14:31,433 --> 01:14:33,100
have been jumping up and down.
1086
01:14:33,266 --> 01:14:35,734
It might end up being
a very golden day.
1087
01:14:35,900 --> 01:14:37,967
Who knows what we're gonna
end up with here?
1088
01:14:38,133 --> 01:14:39,467
Yeah, it might be a real
golden day.
1089
01:14:39,634 --> 01:14:40,567
[Rich] I'm telling you, Vern,
1090
01:14:40,567 --> 01:14:41,767
I think it's gonna be
all right.
1091
01:14:43,433 --> 01:14:45,166
All right.
Let's see what we got.
1092
01:14:47,467 --> 01:14:49,133
One...
1093
01:14:49,300 --> 01:14:50,266
...two...
1094
01:14:52,567 --> 01:14:55,367
four, five, six,
seven, eight...
1095
01:14:56,667 --> 01:14:59,767
7, 13, 14...
1096
01:15:04,266 --> 01:15:07,233
14.575.
1097
01:15:07,400 --> 01:15:08,367
Nice.
1098
01:15:09,367 --> 01:15:12,934
14.5 ounces banks
over 36 grand,
1099
01:15:13,100 --> 01:15:18,467
bringing the surly skipper's
final haul to 207.9 ounces,
1100
01:15:18,467 --> 01:15:22,333
worth a hefty $519,000.
1101
01:15:31,734 --> 01:15:35,000
That's not bad for
an 8-inch suction dredge.
1102
01:15:36,033 --> 01:15:37,834
The first half of the season
was rough,
1103
01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:40,166
but these guys toughed it out.
1104
01:15:40,166 --> 01:15:43,333
And now that we've got
the nitrox system dialed in,
1105
01:15:43,500 --> 01:15:45,734
the sky is the limit.
1106
01:15:45,900 --> 01:15:48,233
Right now,
I'm damn near ecstatic.
1107
01:15:48,400 --> 01:15:51,033
I'm about as happy as I ever
allow myself to be.
1108
01:15:52,066 --> 01:15:55,066
You can't pull me away from 56.
1109
01:15:55,233 --> 01:15:56,767
That is nice.
1110
01:15:57,867 --> 01:15:59,367
It's been a golden day.
1111
01:16:00,634 --> 01:16:02,734
Great job.
Bag it and tag it.
1112
01:16:20,767 --> 01:16:21,867
[Shawn] Here we go.
1113
01:16:22,767 --> 01:16:25,533
Last cleanup of the season.
1114
01:16:25,700 --> 01:16:29,166
The site of Nome's original
gold rush is hibernating
1115
01:16:29,333 --> 01:16:30,567
under the ice for the winter.
1116
01:16:32,367 --> 01:16:34,967
Oh, [bleep].
This box is loaded.
1117
01:16:35,867 --> 01:16:40,634
But Shawn Pomrenke is looking
to stay hot one last time.
1118
01:16:43,100 --> 01:16:44,166
That's quite a bit.
1119
01:16:45,266 --> 01:16:46,867
-Whoo!
-[bleep] yeah!
1120
01:16:48,433 --> 01:16:51,166
-It's all the way right there.
-[Shawn] Oh, yeah!
1121
01:16:51,333 --> 01:16:53,567
[laughing]
1122
01:16:53,567 --> 01:16:56,734
-[Dave] What?
-Look [bleep] down there.
1123
01:17:01,100 --> 01:17:03,133
-[Dave] About time.
-[Shawn] Great job, boy!
1124
01:17:03,300 --> 01:17:04,266
Whoo!
1125
01:17:05,667 --> 01:17:06,867
We got into this corner,
1126
01:17:07,033 --> 01:17:08,567
and it's some
high-grade material.
1127
01:17:12,233 --> 01:17:14,033
It's the best I've probably
seen all season.
1128
01:17:15,266 --> 01:17:18,867
-[bleep] team.
-It's a lot of gold.
1129
01:17:18,867 --> 01:17:19,767
[Shawn] I've got us on the gold
1130
01:17:19,934 --> 01:17:21,834
everybody's been after
for decades.
1131
01:17:23,567 --> 01:17:24,767
[laughing]
1132
01:17:25,834 --> 01:17:27,567
This is just a taste
of what's to come
1133
01:17:27,567 --> 01:17:29,066
if we can keep
this deal going.
1134
01:17:29,233 --> 01:17:31,767
Yee-haw!
1135
01:17:31,767 --> 01:17:34,867
But I don't know -- will there
be a future here for me or not?
1136
01:17:36,433 --> 01:17:39,433
We have a smasher cleanup to do.
1137
01:17:39,600 --> 01:17:43,867
Our best cleanup yet was 156.
We're gonna go check it out.
1138
01:17:52,066 --> 01:17:54,667
-How's it looking?
-[Dave] It's looking good.
1139
01:17:55,667 --> 01:17:58,333
I think you might break
a couple hundred this time.
1140
01:17:58,500 --> 01:17:59,767
I hope so.
1141
01:18:00,433 --> 01:18:03,567
After this cleanup, it'll be
the most gold I've ever mined
1142
01:18:03,734 --> 01:18:04,967
in a single season.
1143
01:18:06,033 --> 01:18:09,667
But if Dave doesn't extend
the deal, I'll be out of work,
1144
01:18:09,667 --> 01:18:12,133
and my crew,
and I'll still be on the hook
1145
01:18:12,300 --> 01:18:13,367
for all this equipment.
1146
01:18:15,367 --> 01:18:16,767
I'll lose everything.
1147
01:18:18,033 --> 01:18:19,867
[bleep] that's a lot of gold.
1148
01:18:22,367 --> 01:18:23,867
[Dave speaking]
1149
01:18:23,867 --> 01:18:25,066
Oh, my god.
1150
01:18:26,367 --> 01:18:27,967
Let's weigh it.
Let's do it.
1151
01:18:32,867 --> 01:18:38,767
[Shawn] 20, 30, 40, 50, 70, 80.
1152
01:18:38,934 --> 01:18:41,467
-[Dave] 80, 90, 100.
-[Shawn] There's 100.
1153
01:18:41,467 --> 01:18:42,467
[Dave] 20.
1154
01:18:42,634 --> 01:18:46,000
-Ooh, 140, 50, 60.
-[Shawn] 150.
1155
01:18:46,166 --> 01:18:49,166
Come on, there.
We just beat our best cleanup.
1156
01:18:49,166 --> 01:18:51,066
-180.
-[Dave] 190.
1157
01:18:52,867 --> 01:18:55,834
[Shawn] 200 and...
1158
01:19:01,000 --> 01:19:04,867
209, hey.
Good job.
1159
01:19:04,867 --> 01:19:06,100
[Cody] It's a record.
1160
01:19:06,100 --> 01:19:11,767
209 ounces banks 522 grand,
bringing Shawn's season total
1161
01:19:11,934 --> 01:19:16,533
to 3,067 ounces,
worth a staggering
1162
01:19:16,700 --> 01:19:21,934
$7.7 million.
A personal record for Mr. Gold.
1163
01:19:30,767 --> 01:19:33,266
-[Dave] Good job.
-Yeah.
1164
01:19:33,266 --> 01:19:35,533
-[Dave] Needed that.
-Yeah.
1165
01:19:35,700 --> 01:19:40,266
But will it be enough
in the eyes of Dave Young?
1166
01:19:40,266 --> 01:19:43,533
We had about 31.
3,800 short.
1167
01:19:45,266 --> 01:19:47,533
We got every ounce
we could get this year.
1168
01:19:49,433 --> 01:19:50,433
So what are you saying?
1169
01:19:50,600 --> 01:19:51,533
-I'm fired?
-[Dave] Huh?
1170
01:19:51,700 --> 01:19:52,700
Am I fired?
1171
01:19:53,867 --> 01:19:57,033
I talked to the guys
in Colorado and, uh...
1172
01:20:02,433 --> 01:20:04,166
you know, they were
impressed with you
1173
01:20:04,166 --> 01:20:06,000
getting that new equipment.
1174
01:20:06,166 --> 01:20:09,934
That really impressed them
that you were willing to...
1175
01:20:10,100 --> 01:20:11,266
-Risk it all?
-[Dave] Yep.
1176
01:20:12,634 --> 01:20:14,033
-That's what I did.
-That's what it takes sometimes.
1177
01:20:18,734 --> 01:20:22,100
-Yep, it's nice to have --
-So what are you looking for?
1178
01:20:24,567 --> 01:20:27,767
I mean, I got five years to
pay for the equipment,
1179
01:20:27,934 --> 01:20:30,433
so it'd be nice to have
a five-year lease.
1180
01:20:33,533 --> 01:20:35,066
Five years, huh?
1181
01:20:40,000 --> 01:20:43,000
Well, we mapped out
what's left there.
1182
01:20:43,166 --> 01:20:45,667
We figure it's gonna
take you 10 years.
1183
01:20:45,834 --> 01:20:47,834
Yeah, it probably would.
1184
01:20:49,000 --> 01:20:50,767
You willing to sign
a 10-year lease?
1185
01:20:58,266 --> 01:20:59,367
I'd do a 10-year lease.
1186
01:21:05,667 --> 01:21:08,667
We'll give it to you, OK?
Don't [bleep] it up, OK?
1187
01:21:08,667 --> 01:21:11,934
[laughter]
1188
01:21:15,266 --> 01:21:16,767
Yeah, 10 years is good.
1189
01:21:16,934 --> 01:21:19,033
It's job security for my guys.
1190
01:21:20,767 --> 01:21:22,367
I've been doing this a lot
of years.
1191
01:21:23,367 --> 01:21:25,767
I've been rich and broke
a million times over.
1192
01:21:26,834 --> 01:21:29,166
But this time, it's different.
1193
01:21:29,166 --> 01:21:31,867
A 10-year deal on this ground
is life changing,
1194
01:21:32,033 --> 01:21:34,433
not only for me,
but for my crew.
1195
01:21:34,600 --> 01:21:35,867
We're gonna write
a new chapter
1196
01:21:35,867 --> 01:21:38,567
in the Nome gold mining
history book.
1197
01:21:38,734 --> 01:21:41,166
I didn't expect
a 10-year contract.
1198
01:21:41,166 --> 01:21:42,400
Yeah, you got it.
1199
01:21:44,867 --> 01:21:47,567
[Shawn] I'm excited.
It's been a long season.
1200
01:21:48,567 --> 01:21:49,834
Hard work does pay off.
1201
01:21:55,100 --> 01:21:58,467
Shawn makes history
with his biggest total ever,
1202
01:21:58,467 --> 01:22:01,467
and Joe Fullwood emerges
as the offshore
1203
01:22:01,634 --> 01:22:03,467
summer gold count champ.
1204
01:22:10,567 --> 01:22:13,066
[Vernon] All that funky white
stuff falling out of the sky,
1205
01:22:13,233 --> 01:22:16,166
that's what we call
termination dust.
1206
01:22:20,533 --> 01:22:23,000
[Joe] I'm excited to hang
this thing up.
1207
01:22:23,166 --> 01:22:25,667
Got the gold we need
to get through winter,
1208
01:22:25,834 --> 01:22:28,000
get everything packed up
for the season.
1209
01:22:30,467 --> 01:22:32,834
[Kris] You know it's the end.
Harbor's freezing.
1210
01:22:33,000 --> 01:22:34,834
Everything's going to [bleep].
1211
01:22:35,000 --> 01:22:37,066
It's been a tough struggle
all year.
1212
01:22:37,233 --> 01:22:40,433
But what do you do?
You just keep going.
1213
01:22:40,600 --> 01:22:41,667
I'm not ready to give up.
1214
01:22:42,967 --> 01:22:45,166
[Zeke] We're done.
We are done.
1215
01:22:45,166 --> 01:22:47,467
Got to get it parked.
We got to get it up on blocks.
1216
01:22:47,634 --> 01:22:48,700
Then we'll be good to go.
1217
01:22:50,433 --> 01:22:53,100
[Chris] All in all,
it's been a great season.
1218
01:22:53,266 --> 01:22:56,367
And I think I'm already set up
for success in the future.
1219
01:22:57,333 --> 01:22:58,767
We're building an empire here.
1220
01:23:00,066 --> 01:23:03,333
This year definitely was
a learning curve.
1221
01:23:03,500 --> 01:23:06,567
But I'm good.
I got enough to pay the bills.
1222
01:23:06,567 --> 01:23:09,467
Next year, we should be able
to just hit the ground running
1223
01:23:09,467 --> 01:23:11,000
and just kick some ass.
1224
01:23:11,166 --> 01:23:13,567
You've seen what we did this
year, just wait till you see
1225
01:23:13,734 --> 01:23:14,734
what we do next year.
1226
01:23:16,867 --> 01:23:17,967
I'm excited.