1 00:00:02,536 --> 00:00:04,636 ♪ I'm never lettin' up until I get what's mine ♪ 2 00:00:09,043 --> 00:00:12,111 [man] it's nome's worst winter in almost 100 years. 3 00:00:13,881 --> 00:00:16,815 And with the season almost halfway over, 4 00:00:16,817 --> 00:00:18,951 the pressure is gonna build to a boil. [indistinct] 5 00:00:22,456 --> 00:00:23,789 ♪ up against the wall [indistinct] ♪ 6 00:00:25,826 --> 00:00:26,925 we're not gonna quit 7 00:00:26,927 --> 00:00:28,927 until we find this pile of gold. 8 00:00:28,929 --> 00:00:31,230 ♪ I'm unstoppable ♪ 9 00:00:31,232 --> 00:00:33,332 [zeke] I've never been so hungry for gold. 10 00:00:33,334 --> 00:00:36,468 There's a lot riding on there being gold here. 11 00:00:36,470 --> 00:00:38,437 [zeke] and if we can't find any gold today, 12 00:00:38,439 --> 00:00:39,905 I might be out of options. 13 00:00:39,907 --> 00:00:41,106 It's too thick. 14 00:00:41,108 --> 00:00:42,608 Cannot even get through this ice. 15 00:00:42,610 --> 00:00:45,244 ♪ I run through fire and ice ♪ 16 00:00:45,246 --> 00:00:47,112 [man] I'm running out of time to pay my debts. 17 00:00:47,114 --> 00:00:49,348 Come on down. 18 00:00:49,350 --> 00:00:51,216 And there's no time to play it safe. 19 00:00:51,218 --> 00:00:53,419 I'm getting a lot of water in my mask. 20 00:00:53,421 --> 00:00:54,853 As long as you're getting gold, 21 00:00:54,855 --> 00:00:55,954 that's all that matters. 22 00:00:55,956 --> 00:00:57,956 ♪ I'm never lettin' up ♪ 23 00:00:57,958 --> 00:00:59,558 [vernon] the ice is getting weaker, 24 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:01,160 but when the gold is this good, 25 00:01:01,162 --> 00:01:03,529 we'll follow it wherever it leads. 26 00:01:03,531 --> 00:01:05,931 That's some nice, clean goal right there. 27 00:01:05,933 --> 00:01:07,466 ♪ I'm unstoppable ♪ 28 00:01:07,468 --> 00:01:10,836 we're close to something big, and we know it's there. 29 00:01:10,838 --> 00:01:12,538 That might be primo gold. 30 00:01:12,540 --> 00:01:13,639 I like it. 31 00:01:13,641 --> 00:01:15,140 ♪ I'm unstoppable ♪ 32 00:01:15,142 --> 00:01:17,309 I'm seeing all these rivers of gold. 33 00:01:17,311 --> 00:01:18,977 [man] that's the stuff we were looking for. 34 00:01:18,979 --> 00:01:20,446 Yeah. 35 00:01:20,448 --> 00:01:22,714 ♪ I'm unstoppable I'm never lettin' up until I get what's mine ♪ 36 00:01:38,199 --> 00:01:40,499 I'll write on this damn pizza box. 37 00:01:40,501 --> 00:01:44,069 We'll just go about 40 feet to the south. 38 00:01:44,071 --> 00:01:48,574 We'll put the sluice box in, and then we'll start cutting the holes 39 00:01:48,576 --> 00:01:50,075 and getting everything set up. 40 00:01:50,077 --> 00:01:52,044 All right. Sounds good. 41 00:01:52,046 --> 00:01:54,012 All right, let's start. All right. 42 00:01:55,583 --> 00:01:57,216 Going to a new hole. 43 00:01:57,218 --> 00:02:00,686 [narrator] halfway through the stormiest season in 100 years, 44 00:02:00,688 --> 00:02:03,288 vernon adkison is on the move, 45 00:02:04,492 --> 00:02:07,559 following a rich vein of gold under the ice, 46 00:02:07,561 --> 00:02:09,828 he could be playing with fire. 47 00:02:09,830 --> 00:02:11,830 We'll put the show on the road. 48 00:02:11,832 --> 00:02:13,932 [engines revving] 49 00:02:17,738 --> 00:02:19,638 [vernon] this winter, we've been killing it. 50 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:22,141 Absolutely primo gold. 51 00:02:22,143 --> 00:02:23,575 That's the good news. 52 00:02:25,446 --> 00:02:26,845 Unfortunately, 53 00:02:26,847 --> 00:02:30,916 the trail is headed directly towards a huge open water lead. 54 00:02:30,918 --> 00:02:32,317 This thing is massive. 55 00:02:33,654 --> 00:02:35,687 But if I want to hit 200 ounces, 56 00:02:35,689 --> 00:02:38,223 I got to drill a new hole and keep following it. 57 00:02:38,225 --> 00:02:39,892 We'll be pressing our luck, 58 00:02:39,894 --> 00:02:41,627 but that's where we got to go. 59 00:02:43,964 --> 00:02:45,497 [machinery whirring] 60 00:02:48,903 --> 00:02:50,936 [vernon] what a beautiful hole. 61 00:02:50,938 --> 00:02:53,372 That is a nice one. 62 00:02:53,374 --> 00:02:56,341 We got everything moved over here to the new area. 63 00:02:56,343 --> 00:02:59,912 Right now, we're all set to get a diver down. 64 00:02:59,914 --> 00:03:03,148 If I'm gonna roll the dice on a hole this close to that lead, 65 00:03:03,150 --> 00:03:06,485 I've got to get as many hours on that box as I possibly can. 66 00:03:06,487 --> 00:03:07,753 So that's the plan. 67 00:03:07,755 --> 00:03:10,789 Tempt fate and load up on hours. 68 00:03:10,791 --> 00:03:13,125 I'm gonna send gary simpson down first. 69 00:03:13,127 --> 00:03:14,726 And if he can get us on the gold, 70 00:03:14,728 --> 00:03:17,296 we can double up with old jerry right after that. 71 00:03:23,804 --> 00:03:28,140 [music] 72 00:03:28,142 --> 00:03:30,142 [gary speaking] 73 00:03:31,845 --> 00:03:33,278 [vernon] yeah. Roger that. 74 00:03:36,750 --> 00:03:38,450 [music] 75 00:03:40,421 --> 00:03:42,854 [gary speaking] 76 00:03:47,828 --> 00:03:48,860 hey, gary, 77 00:03:48,862 --> 00:03:51,797 can you tell if it looks like it's been worked? 78 00:03:51,799 --> 00:03:53,465 [gary speaking] 79 00:03:53,467 --> 00:03:55,067 all right. All right. 80 00:03:56,870 --> 00:04:00,138 [gary speaking] 81 00:04:00,140 --> 00:04:01,974 come on. This all looks good. 82 00:04:03,010 --> 00:04:05,344 [gary speaking] 83 00:04:21,729 --> 00:04:22,928 all right. All right. 84 00:04:22,930 --> 00:04:24,997 That's the shallow stuff we were looking for. 85 00:04:24,999 --> 00:04:26,665 [gary speaking] 86 00:04:27,868 --> 00:04:30,569 uh-huh. That is looking good, gary. 87 00:04:30,571 --> 00:04:33,605 When you're hot, you're hot and we're smoking right now. 88 00:04:33,607 --> 00:04:36,541 We keep following the trail and it's delivering. 89 00:04:36,543 --> 00:04:39,444 My only concern is the ice is getting thinner 90 00:04:39,446 --> 00:04:41,913 and that lead is getting wider. 91 00:04:41,915 --> 00:04:44,616 So this is turning into a game of chicken, 92 00:04:44,618 --> 00:04:47,586 but miners like to live dangerously, 93 00:04:47,588 --> 00:04:49,187 especially this one. 94 00:04:49,189 --> 00:04:51,256 [gary speaking] 95 00:04:53,861 --> 00:04:55,160 [vernon] yeah. 96 00:04:55,195 --> 00:04:57,929 This might be that primo ground we've been looking for. 97 00:04:57,931 --> 00:05:02,100 Matter of fact, that might be the name for it, primo gold. 98 00:05:02,102 --> 00:05:04,303 If it plays out, that's what we're gonna name it. 99 00:05:05,939 --> 00:05:09,107 [gary speaking] whoo! 100 00:05:15,716 --> 00:05:19,851 [narrator] while vernon rakes it in, 12 miles west. 101 00:05:22,990 --> 00:05:24,823 [shawn] storm just got over. 102 00:05:24,825 --> 00:05:28,193 We're gonna go shovel a bunch of crap out of the snow. 103 00:05:28,195 --> 00:05:32,831 [narrator] shawn pomrenke is still trying to get his operation back on track, 104 00:05:32,833 --> 00:05:37,703 still on the hunt for a jackpot hiding in an ancient riverbed. 105 00:05:37,705 --> 00:05:40,639 We're close to something big and we're not gonna quit 106 00:05:40,641 --> 00:05:44,209 till we find this pile of gold. And we know it's there. 107 00:05:44,211 --> 00:05:47,646 I made enough money to put a down payment on the tomcod, 108 00:05:47,648 --> 00:05:49,981 put a down payment to buy my dad up, 109 00:05:49,983 --> 00:05:53,251 but now I still have to make these huge payments. 110 00:05:53,253 --> 00:05:54,986 So if I don't make these payments, 111 00:05:54,988 --> 00:05:56,321 then I lose it all. 112 00:05:56,323 --> 00:05:59,591 But if you don't gamble, you'll never win. 113 00:05:59,593 --> 00:06:02,160 And I'm a gambling fool. 114 00:06:02,162 --> 00:06:04,563 I have payments on the tomcod, 115 00:06:04,565 --> 00:06:07,966 the inland mine, and the myrtle 116 00:06:07,968 --> 00:06:12,704 and I'm not even halfway to the 120 ounces I need to pull it off. 117 00:06:12,706 --> 00:06:15,674 The easy thing to do would be to squeeze it out. 118 00:06:15,676 --> 00:06:17,442 But that's not the plan I'm going with. 119 00:06:17,444 --> 00:06:19,578 I'm gonna go for the motherlode. 120 00:06:19,580 --> 00:06:22,147 I know what's out there, I'm getting closer. 121 00:06:22,149 --> 00:06:24,182 [wind howling] 122 00:06:24,184 --> 00:06:25,684 oh, it's blowin'. 123 00:06:31,191 --> 00:06:34,926 [shawn] everything's still here, but everything's getting buried. 124 00:06:34,928 --> 00:06:37,095 This is not good. 125 00:06:37,097 --> 00:06:39,064 Well, there's no crying in gold mining. 126 00:06:41,402 --> 00:06:42,868 This is the problem. 127 00:06:42,870 --> 00:06:45,170 The weight of all the snow is changing everything. 128 00:06:46,340 --> 00:06:48,807 This generator is sinking into the overflow. 129 00:06:48,809 --> 00:06:50,976 We got to get it jacked up out of the water. 130 00:06:50,978 --> 00:06:53,111 Otherwise, the whole operation will be [bleep]. 131 00:06:54,415 --> 00:06:55,914 Snow's so heavy, 132 00:06:55,916 --> 00:06:59,151 it's forcing the ice down and the water up through the dive hole 133 00:06:59,153 --> 00:07:01,219 and any cracks in the ice. 134 00:07:01,221 --> 00:07:03,955 The result is massive overflow that can destroy 135 00:07:03,957 --> 00:07:09,795 all your equipment and all that additional weight weakens the ice. 136 00:07:09,797 --> 00:07:11,630 So if we stay here, 137 00:07:11,632 --> 00:07:14,533 it's a good chance that all of our equipment 138 00:07:14,535 --> 00:07:16,168 and us are gonna end up 139 00:07:16,170 --> 00:07:17,869 at the bottom of the bering sea. 140 00:07:17,871 --> 00:07:19,171 [music] 141 00:07:21,742 --> 00:07:24,109 [bleep] snow. [bleep] wind. 142 00:07:29,082 --> 00:07:31,116 Generator is in the water, 143 00:07:31,118 --> 00:07:34,853 pump is in the water, tom cat is in the water. 144 00:07:34,855 --> 00:07:36,221 If we leave this stuff, 145 00:07:36,223 --> 00:07:38,857 where it's at, we'll be done for the season. 146 00:07:41,128 --> 00:07:44,029 There's a [bleep] hole right here, too, somewhere. 147 00:07:46,433 --> 00:07:47,833 Oh, come on, you [bleep]. 148 00:07:52,873 --> 00:07:54,005 [shawn speaking] 149 00:07:55,676 --> 00:07:56,808 trying to fight through it, 150 00:07:56,810 --> 00:07:59,311 but it just doesn't want to go our way. 151 00:07:59,313 --> 00:08:02,747 Right now, mother nature is kicking our ass. 152 00:08:02,749 --> 00:08:04,316 We have to do something different, 153 00:08:04,318 --> 00:08:07,152 because we can't just keep doing this. 154 00:08:07,154 --> 00:08:09,855 This is turning into a dangerous situation 155 00:08:09,857 --> 00:08:11,490 and possibly a season ender 156 00:08:11,492 --> 00:08:13,325 if we can't get our shacks off. 157 00:08:13,327 --> 00:08:14,860 Digging ain't gonna cut it. 158 00:08:14,862 --> 00:08:16,895 We're gonna have to try yanking them out. 159 00:08:16,897 --> 00:08:19,898 But if they're frozen in too solid, 160 00:08:19,900 --> 00:08:21,733 it's just gonna tear them apart. 161 00:08:21,735 --> 00:08:23,134 That'd be game over. 162 00:08:32,813 --> 00:08:34,045 Ah, come on. 163 00:08:38,352 --> 00:08:40,118 [engine revving] 164 00:08:45,058 --> 00:08:46,591 [shawn] holy [bleep]. 165 00:08:51,265 --> 00:08:53,064 Holy [bleep]. [strains] 166 00:08:59,706 --> 00:09:01,806 it's going [bleep] amazing. 167 00:09:02,910 --> 00:09:04,242 Oh, no. 168 00:09:04,244 --> 00:09:06,177 It's not going well at all. 169 00:09:06,179 --> 00:09:07,746 Pulling them out, it's a bust. 170 00:09:07,748 --> 00:09:09,381 Nothing's working. 171 00:09:09,383 --> 00:09:11,650 The ice is getting weaker by the second. 172 00:09:11,652 --> 00:09:14,052 This could possibly be a season ender 173 00:09:14,054 --> 00:09:16,388 if I don't figure out something quick. 174 00:09:16,390 --> 00:09:18,290 Can't work in a foot of slush. 175 00:09:20,093 --> 00:09:21,259 [bleep] nightmare. 176 00:09:22,663 --> 00:09:24,162 [man speaking] 177 00:09:27,935 --> 00:09:30,135 [shawn] yeah, I don't know, we need to do something else. 178 00:09:35,809 --> 00:09:38,510 We don't get rid of the snow, we're done. 179 00:09:38,512 --> 00:09:39,878 Season's over. 180 00:09:43,483 --> 00:09:45,350 [music] 181 00:09:47,754 --> 00:09:50,255 [shawn] it went down to subzero temperatures. 182 00:09:50,257 --> 00:09:52,524 We got to move the operation. 183 00:09:52,526 --> 00:09:54,726 Everything is really frozen into the ice. 184 00:09:54,728 --> 00:09:58,296 It's gonna be a big project to get everything thawed out and moved. 185 00:09:58,298 --> 00:10:00,565 [narrator] heading into the second half of the season, 186 00:10:00,567 --> 00:10:04,336 zeke tenhoff needs to chip away at his gold deficit, 187 00:10:04,338 --> 00:10:08,440 but as usual, mother nature didn't get the memo. 188 00:10:08,442 --> 00:10:10,775 Our track is stuck in the ice. 189 00:10:10,777 --> 00:10:14,279 See the water, when it reaches a certain temperature, it freezes. 190 00:10:14,281 --> 00:10:17,382 This is something that we were completely caught off guard by. 191 00:10:17,384 --> 00:10:19,250 Chemical reactions, it happens. 192 00:10:19,252 --> 00:10:21,453 I mean, really, there was no way to know. 193 00:10:22,489 --> 00:10:24,956 [zeke] this winter has been absolutely brutal. 194 00:10:24,958 --> 00:10:27,225 I've only gotten like two ounces. 195 00:10:27,227 --> 00:10:29,961 And if I don't get substantially more before the winter ends, 196 00:10:29,963 --> 00:10:31,563 I might have to call it quits. 197 00:10:31,565 --> 00:10:33,298 It's that serious. 198 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:35,800 I'm thinking that if we yank on it real hard, 199 00:10:35,802 --> 00:10:38,770 it'll pull the shack right out of the snowbank and we can just pull it up... 200 00:10:38,772 --> 00:10:40,905 -[man] yeah. -...Kind of right above where the hole is gonna be, 201 00:10:40,907 --> 00:10:42,540 -and it can just live there. -Okay, let's do it. 202 00:10:42,542 --> 00:10:43,708 [zeke] all right. 203 00:10:45,412 --> 00:10:48,113 On my last dive, I used a long hose extension 204 00:10:48,115 --> 00:10:51,583 and I found a trail of gold at the very end of my reach. 205 00:10:51,585 --> 00:10:54,252 We're gonna find out if this is the real deal or not. 206 00:10:54,254 --> 00:10:57,288 If not, I'm gonna have to switch to a new claim, 207 00:10:57,290 --> 00:11:00,125 which this late in the winter might cost me my season. 208 00:11:01,561 --> 00:11:02,794 All right? 209 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:08,366 [snowmobile beeping] [man speaking] 210 00:11:09,670 --> 00:11:11,970 [man] okay. One, two, three. 211 00:11:11,972 --> 00:11:14,072 [engines revving] 212 00:11:27,220 --> 00:11:28,253 [zeke] all right. 213 00:11:28,255 --> 00:11:29,621 I think that'll be good. 214 00:11:30,891 --> 00:11:32,957 The plan is to start a new dive hole like 215 00:11:32,959 --> 00:11:36,027 40 feet over to the left by where I found that new trail. 216 00:11:36,029 --> 00:11:38,263 That should give us a good radius to be able to move 217 00:11:38,265 --> 00:11:39,330 and follow the gold. 218 00:11:39,332 --> 00:11:41,199 That looks like it's a pretty good space. 219 00:11:41,201 --> 00:11:42,500 This has got to work. 220 00:11:42,502 --> 00:11:44,669 I'm running out of time, and I need five or six 221 00:11:44,671 --> 00:11:47,238 more ounces to keep this operation going. 222 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,207 We can move over to tomcod, 223 00:11:49,209 --> 00:11:52,444 but it'll eat up a lot of time that I don't have, 224 00:11:52,446 --> 00:11:54,612 and we can still end up with no gold. 225 00:11:54,614 --> 00:11:55,814 [machinery whirring] 226 00:11:55,816 --> 00:11:57,515 -wow. -Nice. 227 00:11:57,517 --> 00:11:59,250 That was easy. 228 00:11:59,252 --> 00:12:00,852 Let's see how thick this ice is. 229 00:12:09,362 --> 00:12:11,396 Man, that's deep ice. 230 00:12:11,398 --> 00:12:13,631 [machinery whirring] 231 00:12:13,633 --> 00:12:14,866 goodness gracious. 232 00:12:14,868 --> 00:12:16,000 Wow. 233 00:12:16,002 --> 00:12:17,102 Dude, what the hell? 234 00:12:17,104 --> 00:12:18,970 Oh, my god. 235 00:12:18,972 --> 00:12:20,905 [indistinct] 236 00:12:28,148 --> 00:12:30,381 [zeke] damn. Ice is at least this deep, 237 00:12:30,383 --> 00:12:31,549 which is pretty deep, 238 00:12:31,551 --> 00:12:33,351 'cause I'm like six feet tall, 239 00:12:33,353 --> 00:12:34,853 it's a whole person deep. 240 00:12:34,855 --> 00:12:36,821 A short dude. 241 00:12:36,823 --> 00:12:38,990 [man] there's still like a sheet of bottom ice there. 242 00:12:38,992 --> 00:12:40,925 [zeke] yeah, there's something else going on down there. 243 00:12:40,927 --> 00:12:42,427 Yeah, yeah, we're not actually through. 244 00:12:42,429 --> 00:12:43,828 [man] no, we're not. 245 00:12:45,465 --> 00:12:47,232 If we can't get a hole made in this ice, 246 00:12:47,234 --> 00:12:49,000 we'll have to make a ice hole elsewhere, 247 00:12:49,002 --> 00:12:50,802 where the ice is not as thick. 248 00:12:50,804 --> 00:12:52,771 I'm just processing this information 249 00:12:52,773 --> 00:12:55,206 and trying to think of a plan. 250 00:12:55,208 --> 00:12:57,442 I just can't catch a break right now. 251 00:12:57,444 --> 00:13:00,478 Seven feet of ice is just too thick to drill through. 252 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,147 This is just not gonna work. 253 00:13:02,149 --> 00:13:04,816 Once again, we're gonna have to reassess 254 00:13:04,818 --> 00:13:07,318 and figure out a new plan of attack. 255 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:08,820 Dude, if we can't get through the ice, 256 00:13:08,822 --> 00:13:10,121 we can't get through the ice. 257 00:13:11,224 --> 00:13:12,590 What the hell? 258 00:13:17,798 --> 00:13:18,997 [narrator] eight miles west... 259 00:13:22,602 --> 00:13:25,236 Your umbilical line is the biggest problem 260 00:13:25,238 --> 00:13:26,738 you have underneath the water, 261 00:13:26,740 --> 00:13:28,740 because that [bleep] if it gets tangled up, 262 00:13:28,742 --> 00:13:30,708 it will kill you. 263 00:13:30,710 --> 00:13:32,977 [narrator] ...Kris kelly embarks on his big plan 264 00:13:32,979 --> 00:13:34,679 for the back half of winter. 265 00:13:34,681 --> 00:13:36,080 [man] there's also a current underneath 266 00:13:36,082 --> 00:13:38,383 this ice that will wash you away. 267 00:13:38,385 --> 00:13:41,619 So, you know, don't worry, you're gonna be just fine. 268 00:13:41,621 --> 00:13:44,522 So we're way behind where we need to be right now. 269 00:13:44,524 --> 00:13:48,126 I owe a boatload of money, and we only have seven ounces. 270 00:13:48,128 --> 00:13:49,627 We need to catch up fast, 271 00:13:49,629 --> 00:13:52,897 but I have an itty bitty little life-changing situation 272 00:13:52,899 --> 00:13:54,933 coming in right now. 273 00:13:54,935 --> 00:13:57,268 The baby could come any time right now. 274 00:13:58,705 --> 00:14:00,138 We've got to expand our team. 275 00:14:00,140 --> 00:14:03,441 That means teaching james, who has never dove for gold, 276 00:14:03,443 --> 00:14:05,510 has never seen gold underneath the water, 277 00:14:05,512 --> 00:14:07,545 and doesn't know what the [bleep] he's doing. 278 00:14:07,547 --> 00:14:09,013 [brad] taking bets right now on james. 279 00:14:09,015 --> 00:14:10,248 I have faith in him, what do you... 280 00:14:10,250 --> 00:14:11,683 How long do you think he's gonna last? 281 00:14:11,685 --> 00:14:13,084 [andy] I want less than 15. [indistinct] 282 00:14:13,086 --> 00:14:17,422 [kris] put in 20 bucks on less than 10 minutes for me. 283 00:14:17,424 --> 00:14:19,290 [man] kris is saying you're gonna last less than ten. 284 00:14:19,292 --> 00:14:20,458 Andy says you're gonna last 15, 285 00:14:20,460 --> 00:14:22,227 but I'd say you're gonna last 20 minutes at least. 286 00:14:22,229 --> 00:14:26,030 [kris] I'm just saying 15 minutes out of the water, dude, hey. 287 00:14:26,032 --> 00:14:27,532 We're gonna see if he can do it. 288 00:14:27,534 --> 00:14:28,933 We all have faith in him. 289 00:14:30,070 --> 00:14:31,703 We're gonna see. 290 00:14:31,705 --> 00:14:34,672 [kris] jim's ready to go underneath the water. 291 00:14:34,674 --> 00:14:36,841 [man] if you see my mom, say hi. 292 00:14:36,843 --> 00:14:38,643 If you see your mom, you're not gonna have to. 293 00:14:38,645 --> 00:14:40,645 [laughing] 294 00:14:44,050 --> 00:14:46,517 first dive ever, and just so happens, 295 00:14:46,519 --> 00:14:49,087 it's gonna be under the ice, 296 00:14:49,089 --> 00:14:50,588 probably not the smartest thing 297 00:14:50,590 --> 00:14:54,259 and then diving with people that may not dive properly, 298 00:14:54,261 --> 00:14:56,628 but what could go wrong? 299 00:14:56,630 --> 00:14:59,530 Come on down, you're the next contestant. 300 00:15:00,867 --> 00:15:03,534 The timer is not starting until he touches 301 00:15:03,536 --> 00:15:05,403 the bottom of the [bleep] ground, 302 00:15:05,405 --> 00:15:07,605 because anybody can stay on the ladder. 303 00:15:09,609 --> 00:15:11,743 Mining underneath the ice is brutal. 304 00:15:11,745 --> 00:15:14,979 I need james to kill it, but I've got to be realistic. 305 00:15:14,981 --> 00:15:19,450 There's always a learning curve and it's steep, very steep. 306 00:15:19,452 --> 00:15:20,885 You can do it. 307 00:15:20,887 --> 00:15:23,187 You can do it, james. 308 00:15:23,189 --> 00:15:25,223 [james speaking] 309 00:15:30,363 --> 00:15:32,030 wow! This is awesome. 310 00:15:33,066 --> 00:15:34,198 Yeah, I'm looking right at you, 311 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:35,833 that's not awesome. Get down there. 312 00:15:37,404 --> 00:15:38,670 He's two feet down, 313 00:15:38,705 --> 00:15:41,372 you know, it's gonna take half-an-hour just to start the timer. 314 00:15:43,276 --> 00:15:45,276 Hey, you can swim, right? 315 00:15:45,278 --> 00:15:46,711 [james] uh, yeah. 316 00:15:46,713 --> 00:15:47,879 [kris] get your ass down there. 317 00:15:47,881 --> 00:15:49,681 We're waiting to start the time on you. 318 00:15:51,551 --> 00:15:53,151 [james] dude, this is cold. 319 00:15:53,153 --> 00:15:54,552 [kris] that's great. 320 00:15:54,554 --> 00:15:57,388 Now, pull your ass down to the bottom and make my money. 321 00:16:01,428 --> 00:16:02,727 [james] I'm on the bottom. 322 00:16:03,930 --> 00:16:05,964 [kris] okay. Timer started, tell me 323 00:16:05,966 --> 00:16:09,033 when you get to the nozzle and you want to tie it all up 324 00:16:09,035 --> 00:16:11,235 so you can actually start working. 325 00:16:11,237 --> 00:16:13,171 [james] dude, this is a trip. 326 00:16:15,175 --> 00:16:18,676 Hey, is water supposed to come at the bottom of my mask? 327 00:16:21,047 --> 00:16:24,215 There's no water supposed to come in your mask? 328 00:16:24,217 --> 00:16:27,952 [james] oh. Uh, I got salt water in my mouth. 329 00:16:27,954 --> 00:16:30,154 [kris] drink it and keep going. 330 00:16:30,156 --> 00:16:32,724 [james] all right. Okay. 331 00:16:32,726 --> 00:16:34,092 Come up. 332 00:16:34,094 --> 00:16:36,694 We'll drain the mask and figure it out. Guess who won. 333 00:16:36,696 --> 00:16:38,162 [james] ah! 334 00:16:38,164 --> 00:16:40,965 That [bleep] counts, he made it to the floor 335 00:16:40,967 --> 00:16:42,667 and he had to come back up. 336 00:16:45,905 --> 00:16:47,839 Hey, you know what, [bleep] that, stay on the bottom 337 00:16:47,841 --> 00:16:49,907 for another 14 minutes until I win. 338 00:16:49,909 --> 00:16:51,442 [james laughs] 339 00:16:54,114 --> 00:16:56,581 [james] can somebody fix the mask? 340 00:16:56,583 --> 00:16:58,049 I know what the problem is, 341 00:16:58,051 --> 00:16:59,717 the mask is too tight. 342 00:16:59,719 --> 00:17:02,720 At least you're not scared when you're down there. 343 00:17:02,722 --> 00:17:04,889 The learning curve is always super steep. 344 00:17:04,891 --> 00:17:07,558 But for james, it's the size of mount everest. 345 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:09,927 But hey, where there's risk, there's a reward, 346 00:17:09,929 --> 00:17:13,064 and james is gonna make or break my season. 347 00:17:13,066 --> 00:17:14,198 Comfortable? 348 00:17:15,602 --> 00:17:17,635 Okay, go underneath the water, try it. 349 00:17:23,777 --> 00:17:25,510 [james speaking] 350 00:17:26,980 --> 00:17:28,946 [brad] all right. Tell me when you're at the bottom. 351 00:17:33,286 --> 00:17:34,786 [james speaking] 352 00:17:38,792 --> 00:17:40,358 dude, we all know what the bottom looks like. 353 00:17:40,360 --> 00:17:41,392 Just get to work. 354 00:17:41,394 --> 00:17:43,394 [james speaking] 355 00:17:46,332 --> 00:17:48,599 [brad] I didn't mean walk like a grandma, dude. 356 00:17:51,337 --> 00:17:54,072 [james speaking] 357 00:17:55,942 --> 00:17:57,241 grab the nozzle 358 00:17:57,243 --> 00:18:00,611 and start sucking the bottom up and get to the clay. 359 00:18:04,417 --> 00:18:07,385 And don't let a lot of big rocks go up the nozzle, okay? 360 00:18:07,387 --> 00:18:08,686 [james speaking] 361 00:18:12,058 --> 00:18:13,191 wow! 362 00:18:15,562 --> 00:18:17,228 Are you vacuuming up the bottom? 363 00:18:17,230 --> 00:18:19,397 [james] yeah. I'm vacuuming. 364 00:18:22,769 --> 00:18:26,204 [james speaking] 365 00:18:28,241 --> 00:18:30,908 oh, dude, I'm gonna blow past 15 minutes. 366 00:18:42,655 --> 00:18:45,423 Either we find a thin spot around here, 367 00:18:45,425 --> 00:18:46,757 where we can get through the ice 368 00:18:46,759 --> 00:18:50,094 or we just like pack up and, like, move down to tomcod. 369 00:18:50,096 --> 00:18:52,530 But like, there is gold here. 370 00:18:52,532 --> 00:18:55,299 So like, that's why I am careful with making that decision 371 00:18:55,301 --> 00:18:56,634 because it's gonna be a big, 372 00:18:56,636 --> 00:18:58,970 huge effort moving. 373 00:18:58,972 --> 00:19:03,774 [narrator] zeke tenhoff is giving his current claim one last shot at greatness. 374 00:19:03,776 --> 00:19:08,713 But the ice gods are making a desperate situation even more desperate. 375 00:19:08,715 --> 00:19:09,981 [zeke] well, I just want to check 376 00:19:10,049 --> 00:19:13,918 and see if the ice is any thinner right over here. 377 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:17,021 I'm watching my career die right before my eyes 378 00:19:17,023 --> 00:19:19,123 thanks to this seven-foot thick ice. 379 00:19:20,827 --> 00:19:22,660 Can't even get through this ice. 380 00:19:22,662 --> 00:19:26,063 I haven't found nearly enough gold so far to keep this operation running. 381 00:19:26,065 --> 00:19:28,032 If we can't find any thinner ice, 382 00:19:28,034 --> 00:19:30,735 then I think that just might be it for me this season. 383 00:19:32,906 --> 00:19:34,505 Did it go all the way down? 384 00:19:34,507 --> 00:19:36,407 Yeah. 385 00:19:36,409 --> 00:19:38,776 This is gonna give me a radius, 386 00:19:38,778 --> 00:19:41,112 you know, of another 30, 40 feet around this way. 387 00:19:41,114 --> 00:19:43,381 But it's... You know, it's not, 388 00:19:43,383 --> 00:19:47,051 it's not as much new territory as I would like. 389 00:19:47,053 --> 00:19:48,953 But I know there's some gold here 390 00:19:48,955 --> 00:19:50,555 that I don't want to leave behind. 391 00:19:50,557 --> 00:19:52,557 [machinery whirring] 392 00:20:02,135 --> 00:20:03,801 -[man] you good? -Yeah. 393 00:20:03,803 --> 00:20:05,236 [man speaking] 394 00:20:12,045 --> 00:20:14,345 okay. Here we go. 395 00:20:14,347 --> 00:20:17,248 We got this whole ice pan right here. 396 00:20:18,484 --> 00:20:21,485 The blocks are like stacked on top of each other. 397 00:20:21,487 --> 00:20:24,755 But it doesn't look like it goes all the way to the bottom. 398 00:20:24,757 --> 00:20:26,157 Oh, yeah, looks like this is right 399 00:20:26,159 --> 00:20:29,126 about where I was dredging before, I think. 400 00:20:34,801 --> 00:20:36,767 You might as well get the pump going. 401 00:20:36,769 --> 00:20:38,102 [man] all right. 402 00:20:39,973 --> 00:20:42,473 [machinery whirring] 403 00:20:44,544 --> 00:20:45,776 [man] yeah, there we go. 404 00:20:47,046 --> 00:20:49,046 [man] yeah, it's super dark, it's spooky. 405 00:20:50,950 --> 00:20:54,252 Got giant ice cones that are just, like, terrifying. 406 00:20:54,254 --> 00:20:56,187 Yeah, I don't really want to go under there. 407 00:20:56,189 --> 00:20:57,888 There's plenty of gold everywhere else. 408 00:20:57,890 --> 00:21:00,958 Let's just mop up what we can here and the [bleep] out. 409 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:04,061 [man] this is right where I left off last time I was diving, 410 00:21:04,063 --> 00:21:07,298 basically right underneath our new hole. 411 00:21:07,300 --> 00:21:09,467 But if the gold is gonna lead me way out there, 412 00:21:09,469 --> 00:21:11,235 I'll go out there, mark my words. 413 00:21:16,009 --> 00:21:18,442 [music] 414 00:21:21,581 --> 00:21:23,914 okay, now that you're down there, you're comfortable, 415 00:21:23,916 --> 00:21:27,051 make sure you have an exit in case everything goes bad, 416 00:21:27,053 --> 00:21:28,352 which it does sometimes. 417 00:21:28,354 --> 00:21:30,087 [james speaking] 418 00:21:30,089 --> 00:21:32,156 [man] okay. That's called planning your exit. 419 00:21:32,158 --> 00:21:35,993 [james speaking] 420 00:21:35,995 --> 00:21:38,129 [kris] don't look up too much. 421 00:21:38,131 --> 00:21:40,064 [james speaking] 422 00:21:40,066 --> 00:21:42,933 [narrator] kris' second half plan is underway, 423 00:21:42,935 --> 00:21:46,570 as james barclay attempts to get his sea legs ice mining. 424 00:21:47,740 --> 00:21:51,375 [james speaking] 425 00:21:53,946 --> 00:21:55,946 I wish there was a river of gold down there, 426 00:21:55,948 --> 00:21:57,381 but that doesn't exist, 427 00:21:57,383 --> 00:22:00,818 so you have to look for itty bitty little flakes. 428 00:22:00,820 --> 00:22:02,720 James knows his way around an excavator, 429 00:22:02,722 --> 00:22:04,021 but that's all topside. 430 00:22:04,023 --> 00:22:05,222 This is real work, 431 00:22:05,224 --> 00:22:07,458 under the ice, it's a whole new ballgame. 432 00:22:07,460 --> 00:22:08,993 Hopefully, he learns this fast. 433 00:22:08,995 --> 00:22:11,729 We're gonna need a third diver for the rest of the season. 434 00:22:11,731 --> 00:22:13,864 Make sure you get all the black sand, 435 00:22:13,866 --> 00:22:16,300 even if you don't see gold in the black sand, 436 00:22:16,302 --> 00:22:17,635 there's gold in it. 437 00:22:18,805 --> 00:22:20,938 [james speaking] 438 00:22:39,125 --> 00:22:40,791 [kris] that's great. Good job. 439 00:22:41,828 --> 00:22:43,627 I told you he was gonna work out. 440 00:22:43,629 --> 00:22:45,463 You know, what makes the best miner, 441 00:22:45,465 --> 00:22:48,532 when you're too stupid to [bleep] know you're in trouble. 442 00:22:48,534 --> 00:22:50,668 Right now, he's doing it, he's making gold. 443 00:22:50,670 --> 00:22:53,270 He doesn't know about all the problems that could happen. 444 00:22:53,272 --> 00:22:54,572 And it's beautiful. 445 00:22:54,574 --> 00:22:56,774 He doesn't need to know. 446 00:22:56,776 --> 00:22:58,409 [man] welcome to the reaper. 447 00:23:01,614 --> 00:23:04,648 [music] 448 00:23:09,789 --> 00:23:11,589 [shawn] time to get the little dozer going. 449 00:23:12,925 --> 00:23:14,725 [narrator] with his season on the line, 450 00:23:14,727 --> 00:23:18,396 shawn pomrenke is bringing out the big guns. 451 00:23:18,398 --> 00:23:20,898 [shawn] time to move some snow. 452 00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:22,533 Priority number one, 453 00:23:22,535 --> 00:23:25,936 I need to get as much snow off this site as I possibly can. 454 00:23:25,938 --> 00:23:27,671 It's weighing down the ice so much. 455 00:23:27,673 --> 00:23:31,742 It's bursting through all the holes and any cracks in the ice. 456 00:23:31,744 --> 00:23:35,679 Of course, putting this much pressure on weak ice is risky, 457 00:23:35,681 --> 00:23:38,416 but with only a few weeks left in the season, 458 00:23:38,418 --> 00:23:40,284 it's a chance I have to take. 459 00:23:46,325 --> 00:23:48,325 It's gonna take a whole lot of work. 460 00:23:48,327 --> 00:23:50,528 [joe] definitely a lot easier than shoveling. 461 00:23:52,331 --> 00:23:53,664 Ooh, yeah! 462 00:23:53,666 --> 00:23:55,366 [shawn] obviously, I can't plow 463 00:23:55,368 --> 00:23:57,968 all the snow off the entire bering sea. 464 00:23:57,970 --> 00:24:00,371 Hopefully, I can clear off a big enough area 465 00:24:00,373 --> 00:24:05,476 that the ice will float up and we won't be working in five feet of overflow 466 00:24:05,478 --> 00:24:07,344 and we can get back to diving. 467 00:24:13,152 --> 00:24:15,219 [man] we got a little bit of overflow. 468 00:24:17,023 --> 00:24:18,989 [shawn] well, that's not working out well. 469 00:24:20,193 --> 00:24:23,160 The ocean is coming up on top of the ice. 470 00:24:23,162 --> 00:24:25,463 There's too much weight on the ice. 471 00:24:26,666 --> 00:24:28,132 [man] you see that? 472 00:24:30,736 --> 00:24:33,871 [shawn] you got a foot of water on top of the ice. 473 00:24:33,873 --> 00:24:36,240 Get the dozer stuck in that, 474 00:24:36,242 --> 00:24:39,710 it'll be the end of that dozer. 475 00:24:39,712 --> 00:24:42,780 I can't be anywhere near of these holes. 476 00:24:42,782 --> 00:24:44,582 I'm not gonna lie. 477 00:24:44,584 --> 00:24:45,983 It's pretty grim. 478 00:24:45,985 --> 00:24:47,518 Plan's not working at all. 479 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,120 But we're gonna go try a new spot, 480 00:24:50,122 --> 00:24:51,589 where we haven't drilled. 481 00:24:51,591 --> 00:24:53,190 See if it works there. 482 00:24:53,192 --> 00:24:54,825 Hopefully, I can get enough weight off 483 00:24:54,827 --> 00:24:56,393 that area to stop the flooding. 484 00:24:56,395 --> 00:24:59,530 If not, it's game over. 485 00:24:59,532 --> 00:25:02,700 [shawn] we got a lot of weight in this area with all the shacks, 486 00:25:02,702 --> 00:25:05,002 we're gonna go over a little further, 487 00:25:06,405 --> 00:25:07,972 try to clear our area, 488 00:25:07,974 --> 00:25:09,106 see what it does. 489 00:25:09,108 --> 00:25:11,742 Hopefully, I can get this ice to come up. 490 00:25:11,744 --> 00:25:15,145 If it doesn't, then that's the end of this ice season. 491 00:25:16,682 --> 00:25:19,383 [engine revving] 492 00:25:24,056 --> 00:25:25,723 [shawn] we're gonna have to clear a big area. 493 00:25:25,725 --> 00:25:26,991 There's no doubt. 494 00:25:30,696 --> 00:25:32,496 Look, there's so much snow. 495 00:25:34,233 --> 00:25:37,201 [music] 496 00:25:42,742 --> 00:25:44,141 [man] I don't know, what do you reckon? 497 00:25:44,143 --> 00:25:46,343 [shawn] drill a hole and see what happens. 498 00:25:46,345 --> 00:25:49,146 [machinery whirring] 499 00:25:52,151 --> 00:25:53,984 [man speaking] 500 00:26:06,065 --> 00:26:07,231 [shawn] yeah. 501 00:26:08,734 --> 00:26:09,967 Our plan worked. 502 00:26:09,969 --> 00:26:12,703 We got all the weight of the snow off the ice. 503 00:26:12,705 --> 00:26:14,838 Ice raised up. 504 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,440 We're good. 505 00:26:16,442 --> 00:26:18,008 Thank god it worked. 506 00:26:18,010 --> 00:26:20,678 Now, let's get back to mining and get some gold. 507 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:24,415 I think, get out here tomorrow morning and get all the stuff pulled, 508 00:26:24,417 --> 00:26:28,619 get it back underwater and get to mining and dredging. 509 00:26:28,621 --> 00:26:31,055 I love it when a plan comes together. 510 00:26:33,459 --> 00:26:36,060 [music] 511 00:26:41,834 --> 00:26:43,567 -[man] hey, gary. -[gary] yeah. 512 00:26:43,569 --> 00:26:47,438 Why does the ocean roar all the time? 513 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:49,006 [gary] why does the what? 514 00:26:49,008 --> 00:26:52,376 Why does the ocean roar all the time? 515 00:26:52,378 --> 00:26:53,744 [gary] why is that? 516 00:26:55,982 --> 00:26:57,381 [man] well, if you had that many crabs 517 00:26:57,383 --> 00:26:59,316 on your bottom, you'd roar too. 518 00:26:59,318 --> 00:27:01,952 [gary laughing] 519 00:27:01,954 --> 00:27:04,555 [gary] all right. 520 00:27:04,557 --> 00:27:08,726 [narrator] vernon adkison is laughing all the way to the bank 521 00:27:08,728 --> 00:27:14,798 and in the face of danger, as the operation marches towards an ever growing lead. 522 00:27:17,169 --> 00:27:21,672 Okay, well, you've got 5 hours and 20 minutes, 523 00:27:21,674 --> 00:27:23,507 then it's time to come up. 524 00:27:23,509 --> 00:27:25,843 All right. 525 00:27:25,845 --> 00:27:27,211 Throw a little gold out there 526 00:27:27,213 --> 00:27:30,781 in front of your nose and I'll know it's time to get you up. 527 00:27:30,783 --> 00:27:32,349 [gary] I mean, I don't know what it is. 528 00:27:32,351 --> 00:27:34,051 I kind of like it down here. 529 00:27:34,053 --> 00:27:38,522 [vernon] good. Iron man. Or a gold man I should say. 530 00:27:38,524 --> 00:27:41,325 We're getting closer and closer to that open lead. 531 00:27:41,327 --> 00:27:43,727 And with all our equipment up on that thin ice 532 00:27:43,729 --> 00:27:45,663 and our divers underneath it, 533 00:27:45,665 --> 00:27:47,898 we've got to be extremely careful. 534 00:27:47,900 --> 00:27:49,566 So we're gonna take a break, 535 00:27:49,568 --> 00:27:53,871 check the box and make sure the gold is as good as we think it is. 536 00:27:55,374 --> 00:27:57,241 Holy [bleep]. Look at all that. [bleep] yeah. 537 00:27:58,878 --> 00:28:00,577 See all that, right there? 538 00:28:00,579 --> 00:28:01,679 [man] oh, yeah. 539 00:28:01,681 --> 00:28:03,614 Got a lot of gold in there. 540 00:28:03,616 --> 00:28:06,316 Good gold. Love it. 541 00:28:06,318 --> 00:28:08,585 All I got to say is booyah. 542 00:28:08,587 --> 00:28:10,754 Our hot streak just keeps going. 543 00:28:10,756 --> 00:28:13,424 So we're gonna keep creeping closer to that lead 544 00:28:13,426 --> 00:28:16,493 as long as the ice holds up and the guys are willing, 545 00:28:16,495 --> 00:28:19,630 but we'll need to keep our eyes and ears open at all times. 546 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:22,733 The hole is looking really good. 547 00:28:22,735 --> 00:28:26,003 We'll send gary down to finish up the day 548 00:28:26,005 --> 00:28:28,806 and put some more gold in the box. 549 00:28:28,808 --> 00:28:30,207 All right, gary. 550 00:28:30,209 --> 00:28:31,675 Get after it, buddy. 551 00:28:41,787 --> 00:28:45,756 [gary] all right, I'm working my way back towards the hole. 552 00:28:45,758 --> 00:28:47,057 All right. 553 00:28:49,762 --> 00:28:53,464 Oh, this looks like some good stuff. 554 00:28:53,466 --> 00:28:56,166 [vernon] that looks like a pretty easy dredging right now, huh? 555 00:28:56,168 --> 00:28:59,369 [gary speaking] 556 00:29:01,807 --> 00:29:05,275 you see this little air, right here, the hole keeps coming out. 557 00:29:06,312 --> 00:29:08,245 That looks good. 558 00:29:08,247 --> 00:29:11,749 [vernon] this might end up being an extremely good hole. 559 00:29:15,721 --> 00:29:17,254 [narrator] ten miles west. 560 00:29:23,095 --> 00:29:25,696 [james speaking] 561 00:29:25,698 --> 00:29:27,431 [kris] see lots of gold? [james speaking] 562 00:29:27,433 --> 00:29:31,401 we're all gonna make a nice paycheck out of this. 563 00:29:31,403 --> 00:29:33,737 [narrator] for kris' newest diving protege, 564 00:29:33,739 --> 00:29:37,040 james barclay, things are going swimmingly 565 00:29:37,042 --> 00:29:39,510 after nearly four hours under the ice. 566 00:29:40,780 --> 00:29:43,313 [james speaking] 567 00:29:46,252 --> 00:29:47,484 [man] that's great. 568 00:29:47,486 --> 00:29:49,987 [james speaking] 569 00:30:02,034 --> 00:30:03,300 [man] don't worry about it, 570 00:30:03,302 --> 00:30:04,568 as long as you're getting gold, 571 00:30:04,570 --> 00:30:06,203 that's all that matters. 572 00:30:06,205 --> 00:30:07,571 [james speaking] 573 00:30:07,573 --> 00:30:09,406 [kris] that mask is a piece of [bleep]. 574 00:30:09,408 --> 00:30:11,441 It's too [bleep] small for our [bleep] face. 575 00:30:11,443 --> 00:30:15,546 Reach up and grab the strap and pull it a little bit. 576 00:30:15,548 --> 00:30:18,081 [james speaking] 577 00:30:27,026 --> 00:30:29,359 [brad] he's seeing more gold than he sees on his excavator. 578 00:30:33,332 --> 00:30:36,466 [james speaking] 579 00:30:36,468 --> 00:30:38,468 [kris] this is the rich area, huh? 580 00:30:38,470 --> 00:30:40,838 [james speaking] 581 00:30:50,049 --> 00:30:51,048 okay. 582 00:30:51,050 --> 00:30:54,284 Uh, how much is too much? 583 00:30:54,286 --> 00:30:57,487 [james speaking] 584 00:30:57,489 --> 00:30:58,956 well, that's not bad. 585 00:30:58,958 --> 00:31:01,225 Keep working. 586 00:31:01,227 --> 00:31:04,528 Is it still coming in or is it just like that's it? 587 00:31:04,530 --> 00:31:08,532 [james speaking] 588 00:31:08,534 --> 00:31:10,367 [bleep] man. 589 00:31:10,369 --> 00:31:12,536 Okay, well, come up, that's too much water. 590 00:31:12,538 --> 00:31:14,271 [james speaking] 591 00:31:21,881 --> 00:31:23,313 -how you doing, buddy? -Good. 592 00:31:23,315 --> 00:31:24,514 You did better than 593 00:31:24,516 --> 00:31:26,183 I thought you were gonna do. 594 00:31:26,185 --> 00:31:27,451 [james] [bleep] loads of water. 595 00:31:27,453 --> 00:31:30,287 I was holding my mask the whole time I tried to dredge. 596 00:31:30,289 --> 00:31:31,421 [laughing] 597 00:31:31,423 --> 00:31:33,023 I didn't want to stop. 598 00:31:33,025 --> 00:31:35,292 Honestly, I thought james was gonna get down there, 599 00:31:35,294 --> 00:31:36,560 cause nothing but trouble. 600 00:31:36,562 --> 00:31:39,129 Get a rock jam. Make no gold. 601 00:31:39,131 --> 00:31:40,998 This is way better than I hoped for. 602 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:44,268 I think we set ourselves up for the rest of the season. 603 00:31:44,270 --> 00:31:45,702 Hey, buddy, you did a good job. 604 00:31:45,704 --> 00:31:48,372 I knew you would. All right. And you made me money. 605 00:31:52,211 --> 00:31:54,878 [music] 606 00:32:00,085 --> 00:32:01,952 [zeke] I am seeing flakes here and there, 607 00:32:01,954 --> 00:32:04,121 but nothing like super awesome yet. 608 00:32:04,123 --> 00:32:05,622 Gotcha. 609 00:32:05,624 --> 00:32:09,192 We put a lot of work into digging this hole and getting set up on it. 610 00:32:09,194 --> 00:32:11,194 So there's a lot riding on there 611 00:32:11,196 --> 00:32:15,098 being a good amount of gold here. 612 00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:18,702 [narrator] looking to tap into a new pay street and save his season, 613 00:32:18,704 --> 00:32:22,039 zeke tenhoff is giving west beach one more try. 614 00:32:24,376 --> 00:32:27,010 [man] zeke, you've been down there a couple hours. 615 00:32:27,012 --> 00:32:28,278 Does it looked like it's worth staying? 616 00:32:30,382 --> 00:32:35,185 [zeke] well, it's not looking super hot out here. 617 00:32:36,522 --> 00:32:37,955 There's a lot of sand around here, 618 00:32:37,957 --> 00:32:40,490 and I was just dredging up a bunch of sand. 619 00:32:40,492 --> 00:32:42,693 What's the ice look like above you? 620 00:32:43,896 --> 00:32:47,130 All I see above me is like all these ice blocks 621 00:32:47,132 --> 00:32:48,832 that are on top of other ice blocks. 622 00:32:50,569 --> 00:32:52,135 It's pretty sketch up there, I don't like it. 623 00:32:52,137 --> 00:32:54,838 I don't like thinking about that on me, you know. 624 00:32:57,543 --> 00:33:01,211 And I haven't seen a single little puddle of gold that I like. 625 00:33:04,950 --> 00:33:06,883 I think this hole is just a dud. 626 00:33:09,121 --> 00:33:11,021 I think that it's a clear sign 627 00:33:11,023 --> 00:33:12,823 that it's time to move out of here. 628 00:33:15,427 --> 00:33:17,127 Yeah, I'm just gonna head on up. 629 00:33:22,935 --> 00:33:24,334 Here he comes. 630 00:33:26,271 --> 00:33:28,338 [indistinct] 631 00:33:29,808 --> 00:33:33,110 [zeke] right where I stopped dredging last time, that was like 632 00:33:33,112 --> 00:33:35,479 the end of there being really anything at all. 633 00:33:39,184 --> 00:33:42,219 This is a huge disappointment. 634 00:33:42,221 --> 00:33:43,954 It's already the back half of the season, 635 00:33:43,956 --> 00:33:46,256 we're gonna have to move this entire operation 636 00:33:46,258 --> 00:33:48,692 and set it up on a new claim. 637 00:33:48,694 --> 00:33:52,262 And it's not like I can just show up at tomcod and start diving. 638 00:33:52,264 --> 00:33:55,699 First, I'm gonna have to make a deal with pomrenke. 639 00:33:55,701 --> 00:33:57,267 It's not a cool ice hole. 640 00:33:57,269 --> 00:34:00,537 There's no gold in it, so it's time to bail. 641 00:34:01,774 --> 00:34:03,240 Let's get out of here. 642 00:34:06,745 --> 00:34:08,912 [kris] hello and welcome to another edition of kris kelly's secret guide 643 00:34:08,914 --> 00:34:10,147 to successful mining. 644 00:34:10,149 --> 00:34:13,016 So today, we're gonna be talking about a 6-inch operation 645 00:34:13,018 --> 00:34:15,285 and an 8-inch operation. 646 00:34:15,287 --> 00:34:16,386 Hold on, calm down. 647 00:34:16,388 --> 00:34:17,721 Get your head out of the gutter. 648 00:34:17,723 --> 00:34:19,523 I'm talking about mining. 649 00:34:19,525 --> 00:34:20,757 I'm freezing. 650 00:34:20,759 --> 00:34:23,226 I didn't even bring my pants or nothing. 651 00:34:23,228 --> 00:34:25,896 In mining, size does matter, 652 00:34:25,898 --> 00:34:28,265 maybe not in everything in life. 653 00:34:28,267 --> 00:34:31,001 But whoever says that's kind of [bleep] too. 654 00:34:31,003 --> 00:34:33,770 The 6-inch is lighter, easier to handle. 655 00:34:33,772 --> 00:34:38,408 6-inch operation is also probably under half the price. 656 00:34:38,410 --> 00:34:39,876 But what do you really want to do? 657 00:34:39,878 --> 00:34:42,813 You want to get down there and get as much gold as you can. 658 00:34:42,815 --> 00:34:45,482 And that's what an 8-inch operation will get you. 659 00:34:46,552 --> 00:34:49,152 [man] oh, yeah. Yeah! 660 00:34:49,154 --> 00:34:51,488 6-inch nozzle. 8-inch nozzle. 661 00:34:51,490 --> 00:34:53,256 Two inches count. 662 00:34:53,258 --> 00:34:55,859 With that extra two inches that you have, 663 00:34:55,861 --> 00:34:58,095 you're not gonna have to move as many rocks. 664 00:34:58,097 --> 00:34:59,863 You know, you're not going to have to get down there 665 00:34:59,865 --> 00:35:02,432 and physically work all [bleep] day long. 666 00:35:02,434 --> 00:35:03,867 Once you've been with an eight, 667 00:35:03,869 --> 00:35:06,103 it's extremely hard to go back to a six 668 00:35:06,105 --> 00:35:08,738 and everybody out there will probably agree with me. 669 00:35:08,740 --> 00:35:10,140 Thank you very much for watching 670 00:35:10,142 --> 00:35:13,343 another edition of secret... What the [bleep] am I doing? 671 00:35:13,345 --> 00:35:14,911 Thank you very much for watching 672 00:35:14,913 --> 00:35:18,582 another episode of kris kelly's secret guide to successful mining. 673 00:35:22,454 --> 00:35:25,789 [music] 674 00:35:31,029 --> 00:35:33,296 [brad] that spot we're on now is the motherlode. 675 00:35:33,298 --> 00:35:35,031 [kris] that's a lot of gold. 676 00:35:35,067 --> 00:35:40,036 [narrator] kris' plan for the back half of winter may already be bearing fruit. 677 00:35:40,038 --> 00:35:42,806 James is working all right, you know, his first dive. [indistinct]. 678 00:35:42,808 --> 00:35:43,907 Yeah. 679 00:35:43,909 --> 00:35:45,509 He did better than any other diver 680 00:35:45,511 --> 00:35:47,744 we've had down there, and you got to admit he's a pretty good diver. 681 00:35:47,746 --> 00:35:49,579 Let's not start high-fiving each other yet. 682 00:35:49,581 --> 00:35:52,048 For the reaper to hit 25 ounces this season, 683 00:35:52,050 --> 00:35:55,018 I need james to be a reliable diver. 684 00:35:55,020 --> 00:35:57,020 He actually did pretty good for his first time. 685 00:35:57,022 --> 00:35:59,890 Now, we'll weigh it out and the proof will be in the pudding. 686 00:35:59,892 --> 00:36:01,658 Let's weigh this up. Let's see where we're at. 687 00:36:01,660 --> 00:36:02,993 Okay. 688 00:36:04,696 --> 00:36:07,731 That's one ounce, two ounces, two and a half, three, 689 00:36:09,334 --> 00:36:10,367 four, 690 00:36:12,137 --> 00:36:13,303 five, 691 00:36:15,140 --> 00:36:16,540 six ounces. 692 00:36:18,243 --> 00:36:20,577 [kris] whoa, 6.4 ounces. 693 00:36:20,579 --> 00:36:21,845 All right. 694 00:36:21,847 --> 00:36:22,979 That's really good money. 695 00:36:22,981 --> 00:36:24,381 That is awesome money. 696 00:36:24,383 --> 00:36:27,918 [narrator] 6.4 ounces is worth over $12,000. 697 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:30,554 A successful haul for any diver, 698 00:36:30,556 --> 00:36:33,023 let alone a first timer. 699 00:36:33,025 --> 00:36:34,991 -Hey, cap that [bleep] up. Let's go. -Okay. 700 00:36:34,993 --> 00:36:36,126 Everything's good. 701 00:36:36,128 --> 00:36:37,460 [man] mission successful so far, 702 00:36:37,462 --> 00:36:39,196 now that I move us to the real goal. 703 00:36:39,198 --> 00:36:40,664 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 704 00:36:40,666 --> 00:36:42,032 The sun shines on a dog's ass some days. 705 00:36:42,034 --> 00:36:43,900 [brad] well, it always shines on my ass. Let's go. 706 00:36:46,038 --> 00:36:48,738 [music] 707 00:36:54,346 --> 00:36:56,313 [zeke] we got to figure out how to make this work. 708 00:36:57,482 --> 00:36:58,982 [indistinct] 709 00:36:58,984 --> 00:37:02,285 [narrator] zeke's looking to tomcod to pick up a sagging season. 710 00:37:02,287 --> 00:37:04,454 And that means making a deal. 711 00:37:04,456 --> 00:37:05,522 [zeke] hey, shawn. 712 00:37:05,524 --> 00:37:06,590 [shawn] what's up, zeke? 713 00:37:06,592 --> 00:37:08,725 [narrator] with mr. Gold. 714 00:37:08,727 --> 00:37:10,994 [zeke] we got our ice operation pretty much running. 715 00:37:10,996 --> 00:37:12,162 Yeah. 716 00:37:12,164 --> 00:37:15,832 But where we are by the causeway, 717 00:37:15,834 --> 00:37:17,867 kind of feel like pretty well picked over. 718 00:37:17,869 --> 00:37:19,369 Yeah, well, you know, 719 00:37:19,371 --> 00:37:21,938 that area is close to the... Close to the port, 720 00:37:21,940 --> 00:37:25,008 so it gets hammered because it's easy. 721 00:37:25,010 --> 00:37:27,444 I was wondering if you still had any spots open on tomcod 722 00:37:27,446 --> 00:37:28,678 we could go out and check out. 723 00:37:30,983 --> 00:37:32,515 [shawn] we've got some spots out there for you. 724 00:37:32,517 --> 00:37:34,251 [zeke] nice. 725 00:37:34,253 --> 00:37:37,053 Moving the entire operation this late in the game 726 00:37:37,055 --> 00:37:39,189 could just be a disaster for me. 727 00:37:39,191 --> 00:37:40,724 But I'm desperate. 728 00:37:40,726 --> 00:37:42,959 If I can't find enough gold to keep going, 729 00:37:42,961 --> 00:37:44,961 my mining season is over. 730 00:37:44,963 --> 00:37:46,229 Cool. 731 00:37:46,231 --> 00:37:48,164 We'll probably need to get some paperwork together for you. 732 00:37:48,166 --> 00:37:49,332 [shawn] yeah. 733 00:37:49,334 --> 00:37:50,567 And get all that straight. 734 00:37:50,569 --> 00:37:52,002 But as soon as we get that straight, 735 00:37:52,004 --> 00:37:53,436 I'm ready to go out there. 736 00:37:53,438 --> 00:37:54,871 What about royalty? 737 00:37:58,043 --> 00:37:59,442 What are you thinking? 738 00:38:00,779 --> 00:38:01,945 I'd like 20. 739 00:38:03,115 --> 00:38:04,447 Fifteen would be better. 740 00:38:06,585 --> 00:38:08,752 It's up to you. 741 00:38:08,754 --> 00:38:10,620 [shawn] I mean, I like it, 742 00:38:10,622 --> 00:38:12,722 and I know how hard ice mining is, 743 00:38:12,724 --> 00:38:15,992 so I'll give you a 15% royalty. 744 00:38:15,994 --> 00:38:18,328 -[zeke] right on. I appreciate it. -Yeah, no problem. 745 00:38:18,330 --> 00:38:21,631 I could have probably squeeze zeke for a little bit more. 746 00:38:21,633 --> 00:38:24,200 It's late in the season and he's getting desperate, 747 00:38:24,202 --> 00:38:25,468 but zeke's a good dude. 748 00:38:25,470 --> 00:38:27,037 I know he's gonna bust his ass. 749 00:38:27,039 --> 00:38:28,538 And the more gold he gets, 750 00:38:28,540 --> 00:38:30,040 it's better for both of us. 751 00:38:30,042 --> 00:38:31,408 Right on. We'll see you out there. 752 00:38:31,410 --> 00:38:33,443 -[shawn] okay. Yeah. -We'll see you on the ice. 753 00:38:33,445 --> 00:38:34,878 -Thanks, shawn. -Yep. We'll see you. 754 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:36,179 [zeke] see ya. 755 00:38:40,452 --> 00:38:43,420 [music] 756 00:38:46,325 --> 00:38:47,490 [gary] this is looking good. 757 00:38:47,492 --> 00:38:49,159 Packing the box full. 758 00:38:50,429 --> 00:38:52,696 [vernon] that's some nice, clean gold right there. 759 00:38:52,698 --> 00:38:55,665 [narrator] after pushing closer to the open water lead, 760 00:38:55,667 --> 00:39:01,237 the question is will it lead vernon's team to make a gold? 761 00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:03,239 [vernon] weigh it up, gary, let's see what we got there. 762 00:39:03,241 --> 00:39:04,607 [gary] all right. Here we go. 763 00:39:07,479 --> 00:39:14,317 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, 764 00:39:14,319 --> 00:39:20,123 eight, nine, ten, eleven, 765 00:39:20,125 --> 00:39:24,627 twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, 766 00:39:24,629 --> 00:39:26,596 sixteen, seventeen. 767 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:31,935 18.04. 768 00:39:31,937 --> 00:39:36,973 [narrator] 18.04 ounces is worth over $34,000. 769 00:39:36,975 --> 00:39:40,210 Proof that if they can outlast the thinning ice, 770 00:39:40,212 --> 00:39:43,546 this spot may lead vernon straight to the top. 771 00:39:43,548 --> 00:39:46,750 I'm telling you, buying 56 was the best move 772 00:39:46,752 --> 00:39:48,852 I've ever made in my life. 773 00:39:48,854 --> 00:39:49,953 [gary] yeah. 774 00:39:49,955 --> 00:39:51,054 I mean, that's gonna be 775 00:39:51,056 --> 00:39:53,590 my retirement program right out there on 56. 776 00:39:53,592 --> 00:39:55,992 More money, more money, more money. 777 00:39:55,994 --> 00:39:58,561 This claim just keeps on delivering, 778 00:39:58,563 --> 00:40:01,331 and this new spot might be the richest of all. 779 00:40:01,333 --> 00:40:04,267 I'm hoping the lead doesn't expand any further. 780 00:40:04,269 --> 00:40:06,803 Otherwise, both our underwater atm 781 00:40:06,805 --> 00:40:09,706 and our safety will be at risk. 782 00:40:09,708 --> 00:40:12,776 We might have to call this el primo. 783 00:40:12,778 --> 00:40:14,144 I mean, I'm liking super gold, 784 00:40:14,146 --> 00:40:18,548 but this is the cream of the crop right here. 785 00:40:18,550 --> 00:40:20,550 All right, gary, let's get this tucked away 786 00:40:20,552 --> 00:40:22,619 and get the hell on back out there. 787 00:40:26,024 --> 00:40:31,828 [narrator] vernon takes the lead. While mr. Gold stalls out. 788 00:40:33,198 --> 00:40:35,999 Next time on bering sea gold. 789 00:40:36,001 --> 00:40:38,468 [kris] the baby could come pretty much any time right now, 790 00:40:38,470 --> 00:40:40,103 so we need to get as much gold as we can today. 791 00:40:40,105 --> 00:40:44,207 We need to kill ourselves to get that gold. 792 00:40:44,209 --> 00:40:46,643 Where you at gold? Right. 793 00:40:46,645 --> 00:40:47,944 Oh! 794 00:40:47,946 --> 00:40:50,146 This is the spot. 795 00:40:50,148 --> 00:40:52,549 Time to make some money right now. 796 00:40:52,551 --> 00:40:53,917 [man] we're on the best ground 797 00:40:53,919 --> 00:40:56,486 that we've seen since we've been in nome. 798 00:40:58,723 --> 00:41:00,023 [man speaking] 799 00:41:00,025 --> 00:41:01,958 oh, come on. 800 00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:03,593 [man] ready to get on a new hole. 801 00:41:04,930 --> 00:41:07,997 [man] I love it. So glad we're out here. 802 00:41:07,999 --> 00:41:11,034 [man] I know we'll find some gold. I can feel it, dude. 803 00:41:12,370 --> 00:41:15,472 -[man] all right. -Heck, yeah. Booyah. 804 00:41:15,474 --> 00:41:18,575 Hi, baby. Oh, she's cute.