1 00:00:07,108 --> 00:00:10,309 [man 1] yeah, it'll be good to have kris back again, you know, 2 00:00:10,311 --> 00:00:13,712 he's got a lot of responsibility now besides being the captain. 3 00:00:13,714 --> 00:00:15,214 He's got a little baby now. 4 00:00:16,417 --> 00:00:17,649 [man 2] there he comes. 5 00:00:17,651 --> 00:00:19,018 [kris] I'm back. 6 00:00:19,020 --> 00:00:22,388 Meet the newest member of the family. 7 00:00:22,390 --> 00:00:25,491 Okay, so here's the deal, I just have my new baby, 8 00:00:25,493 --> 00:00:30,062 I owe a bunch of money on my mining equipment and I'm not sleepy. 9 00:00:30,064 --> 00:00:31,263 And while I was gone, 10 00:00:31,265 --> 00:00:34,033 I had to trust my dad and brother to get gold. 11 00:00:34,035 --> 00:00:35,100 It's cold out here. 12 00:00:35,102 --> 00:00:36,268 Come on, baby, let's go. 13 00:00:36,270 --> 00:00:37,970 -[man 2] this baby's cute as hell. -Be careful. 14 00:00:37,972 --> 00:00:40,005 I know, let me watch my baby there. 15 00:00:40,007 --> 00:00:41,073 [kris] I'm freaking out. 16 00:00:41,075 --> 00:00:43,442 I need this to work more than ever. 17 00:00:43,444 --> 00:00:46,011 I just need to stay positive, focus on the future. 18 00:00:46,013 --> 00:00:48,414 And, man, I hope my dad and brother came through. 19 00:00:49,417 --> 00:00:51,083 You better got gold yesterday. 20 00:00:51,085 --> 00:00:53,152 [baby crying] 21 00:01:09,170 --> 00:01:11,003 [andy] everything's actually going good today. 22 00:01:12,406 --> 00:01:14,773 Kris ain't here, so I got to keep this [bleep] going, 23 00:01:14,775 --> 00:01:16,208 and I told them I would, too, 24 00:01:16,210 --> 00:01:17,509 so I'm a man of my word. 25 00:01:17,511 --> 00:01:18,811 When I say I'm going to do something, 26 00:01:18,813 --> 00:01:20,446 I'm going to [bleep] try my hardest. 27 00:01:21,515 --> 00:01:23,215 [narrator] with bills to pay... 28 00:01:23,217 --> 00:01:24,483 [andy] it's game time. 29 00:01:24,485 --> 00:01:27,686 [narrator] ...There's a different kelly at the helm. 30 00:01:27,688 --> 00:01:29,555 So my brother's in anchorage right now 31 00:01:29,557 --> 00:01:31,924 dealing with his new daughter. 32 00:01:31,926 --> 00:01:34,593 And here we are, we're making the operation run 33 00:01:34,595 --> 00:01:37,596 while he's away and start the engines, suit up, 34 00:01:37,598 --> 00:01:40,032 jump in the water and start making our money. 35 00:01:40,034 --> 00:01:42,868 So my brother's down in anchorage dealing with his new baby. 36 00:01:42,870 --> 00:01:45,537 He's worried about how the operation is going to run without him. 37 00:01:45,539 --> 00:01:47,372 But think about it, without my brother, 38 00:01:47,374 --> 00:01:48,474 there's not going to be yelling 39 00:01:48,476 --> 00:01:50,309 and people are going to actually start working 40 00:01:50,311 --> 00:01:52,544 and they're going to do what the hell I tell them to do. 41 00:01:52,546 --> 00:01:54,146 I got this while he's gone. 42 00:01:55,416 --> 00:01:57,549 It's a lot quieter without kris here. 43 00:01:57,551 --> 00:01:59,218 He gets too excited too easy. 44 00:01:59,220 --> 00:02:00,419 You know what I mean? 45 00:02:00,421 --> 00:02:01,820 If he'd calm down, 46 00:02:01,822 --> 00:02:04,089 take a step back and take a look at the operation, 47 00:02:04,091 --> 00:02:05,924 it's running all right. 48 00:02:05,926 --> 00:02:08,193 We're in debt this season and it sucks. 49 00:02:08,195 --> 00:02:11,263 We need to get another six ounces just to break even. 50 00:02:11,265 --> 00:02:13,465 The plan today is for me to go down first 51 00:02:13,467 --> 00:02:16,235 and hit the box hard and then have another diver go behind me. 52 00:02:16,237 --> 00:02:18,971 James is sick, so my brother has a new guy coming out, 53 00:02:18,973 --> 00:02:20,205 so we'll check him out. 54 00:02:20,207 --> 00:02:22,574 High pressures are on. 55 00:02:22,576 --> 00:02:25,444 Once these things start [bleep], I can go sit up. 56 00:02:25,446 --> 00:02:28,947 We never sit up until it's [bleep] running. 57 00:02:28,949 --> 00:02:31,550 My brother's full of negativity and it brings the morale down 58 00:02:31,552 --> 00:02:33,519 and makes it hard to be focused on the gold. 59 00:02:33,521 --> 00:02:35,721 We just got to stay positive and on our game 60 00:02:35,723 --> 00:02:37,389 and we'll make more gold. 61 00:02:39,126 --> 00:02:41,426 [man speaking] 62 00:02:43,130 --> 00:02:44,730 where's it? I packed it all. 63 00:02:48,402 --> 00:02:50,102 I don't know how I didn't bring my boots. 64 00:02:50,104 --> 00:02:51,236 I had it all packed. 65 00:02:51,238 --> 00:02:53,238 [man speaking] 66 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,641 [man] I don't know how am I going to make it? 67 00:02:55,643 --> 00:02:58,043 [man speaking] 68 00:02:58,045 --> 00:03:01,046 [music] 69 00:03:07,087 --> 00:03:09,521 [andy] my family just got bigger. 70 00:03:09,523 --> 00:03:10,789 Need that money. 71 00:03:27,241 --> 00:03:29,641 [air hissing] 72 00:03:29,643 --> 00:03:31,810 andy, we just got to keep the operation going 73 00:03:31,812 --> 00:03:34,079 while kris is away or you know what'll happen. 74 00:03:35,816 --> 00:03:39,985 [andy speaking] 75 00:03:39,987 --> 00:03:42,054 yeah. You're an uncle, I'm a grandfather now. 76 00:03:42,056 --> 00:03:43,822 Yeah. Wow. This is great. 77 00:03:43,824 --> 00:03:45,057 [andy] yeah. 78 00:03:46,493 --> 00:03:48,026 [brad] how's it looking, andy? 79 00:03:49,563 --> 00:03:51,363 [andy] it's looking good. 80 00:03:51,365 --> 00:03:53,465 [brad] take your time, just work the material. 81 00:03:53,467 --> 00:03:54,967 [andy] I am. 82 00:03:58,672 --> 00:04:00,405 [brad] what material are you seeing, andy? 83 00:04:00,407 --> 00:04:05,344 [andy speaking] 84 00:04:05,346 --> 00:04:06,745 [andy] oh. 85 00:04:09,516 --> 00:04:10,782 -Hey, pop. -[brad] what? 86 00:04:10,784 --> 00:04:14,086 [andy speaking] 87 00:04:17,524 --> 00:04:19,224 keep working that wall of gold, andy, 88 00:04:19,226 --> 00:04:21,093 I love to hear that. 89 00:04:21,095 --> 00:04:24,763 Put that gold in the box, that's all that matters andy. 90 00:04:24,765 --> 00:04:26,531 [andy] oh yeah, there we go. 91 00:04:28,469 --> 00:04:32,704 [brad] make sure your brother won a big clean out this time. 92 00:04:32,706 --> 00:04:35,874 [narrator] while the kelly's skeleton team gets on the gold, 93 00:04:35,876 --> 00:04:37,509 11 miles east. 94 00:04:41,382 --> 00:04:43,181 [vernon] we got to get some gold today. 95 00:04:44,118 --> 00:04:46,451 Got everything thought out. 96 00:04:46,453 --> 00:04:49,021 We've got some good ground to work on. 97 00:04:49,023 --> 00:04:51,790 We've got to take advantage of every minute. 98 00:04:51,792 --> 00:04:54,660 [narrator] vernon adkison enters the home stretch, 99 00:04:54,662 --> 00:04:58,063 and he's stretching his operation as far as it'll reach. 100 00:04:59,133 --> 00:05:03,835 The deal is we want to stay on this much longer. 101 00:05:03,837 --> 00:05:07,906 We had a 40-foot hose, which by the time you get down to the bottom, 102 00:05:07,908 --> 00:05:12,044 it's only about a 20-foot radius to work in. 103 00:05:12,046 --> 00:05:15,113 We put another 15 feet on the hose, 104 00:05:15,115 --> 00:05:17,616 a lot more area, three times as much area, 105 00:05:18,552 --> 00:05:21,953 which means we'll have to move three times fast. 106 00:05:23,223 --> 00:05:26,224 This season has been balls to the wall fantastic. 107 00:05:26,226 --> 00:05:30,262 And now we're on what's probably the best gold of my career. 108 00:05:30,264 --> 00:05:33,665 That's why we're calling it primo gold. 109 00:05:35,002 --> 00:05:37,669 I'm thinking we'll got more gold doing it this way. 110 00:05:37,671 --> 00:05:40,172 I did not want to move again. 111 00:05:40,174 --> 00:05:43,575 Problem is, the gold trail is going straight towards 112 00:05:43,577 --> 00:05:46,111 that open water lead out there 113 00:05:46,113 --> 00:05:48,180 and we've already tapped out this hole. 114 00:05:48,182 --> 00:05:51,450 Honestly, that lead is getting bigger every day 115 00:05:51,452 --> 00:05:54,186 and the ice is getting thinner. 116 00:05:54,188 --> 00:05:57,222 It's not safe to move any closer to that lead. 117 00:05:57,224 --> 00:05:59,991 But I can put an extension on this hose 118 00:05:59,993 --> 00:06:01,993 and get my diver closer. 119 00:06:01,995 --> 00:06:03,962 Let's keep the good times coming. 120 00:06:05,366 --> 00:06:06,932 Bam! 121 00:06:06,934 --> 00:06:09,801 [vernon] having a diver this far from the hole, 122 00:06:09,803 --> 00:06:13,772 especially this close to the lead is very risky, 123 00:06:13,774 --> 00:06:16,508 but we're aiming for 200 ounces 124 00:06:16,510 --> 00:06:18,944 and I'm going to press our luck. 125 00:06:18,946 --> 00:06:20,679 [gary] there's a lot of gold down there. 126 00:06:20,681 --> 00:06:23,081 I'm looking forward to the dive today, 127 00:06:23,083 --> 00:06:24,649 it'd probably be a marathon. 128 00:06:24,651 --> 00:06:26,952 [vernon] all right, gary. 129 00:06:26,954 --> 00:06:28,220 -[laughs] yeah. -I like it. 130 00:06:29,423 --> 00:06:31,256 Big money today. 131 00:06:38,098 --> 00:06:39,464 [gary speaking] 132 00:06:41,068 --> 00:06:42,634 good. 133 00:06:43,036 --> 00:06:44,436 Diver's down. 134 00:06:50,577 --> 00:06:53,078 Gary, good time. Good time, gary. 135 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:56,148 Be a little bit extra careful with that extension. 136 00:06:56,150 --> 00:06:58,417 [gary speaking] 137 00:06:58,419 --> 00:07:02,854 [vernon] the suction, does it feel about the same or less or what? 138 00:07:02,856 --> 00:07:06,091 [gary speaking] 139 00:07:11,432 --> 00:07:14,900 the more suction, the more material you can move, 140 00:07:14,902 --> 00:07:19,171 so by adding the extra length to the hose, 141 00:07:19,173 --> 00:07:21,573 we sacrifice some suction. 142 00:07:21,575 --> 00:07:27,312 It took that much further, our system has to pull the material. 143 00:07:27,314 --> 00:07:33,485 But I'm hoping we'll be able to, to function. 144 00:07:40,294 --> 00:07:42,260 So, gary, tell me about the bottom, 145 00:07:42,262 --> 00:07:44,129 what are you seeing down there. 146 00:07:44,131 --> 00:07:45,297 [gary] uh... 147 00:07:45,999 --> 00:07:48,567 [gary speaking] 148 00:08:02,616 --> 00:08:04,282 [vernon] oh, hell, that's great man. 149 00:08:04,284 --> 00:08:05,317 That's perfect. 150 00:08:05,319 --> 00:08:08,954 [gary speaking] 151 00:08:08,956 --> 00:08:14,025 oh, that, that is sweet. Very, very sweet. 152 00:08:14,027 --> 00:08:15,627 [gary speaking] 153 00:08:15,629 --> 00:08:19,631 [vernon] so far, it looks like there's something, 154 00:08:19,633 --> 00:08:21,233 knocking on wood. 155 00:08:21,235 --> 00:08:23,235 [gary] whoa, yeah. 156 00:08:24,171 --> 00:08:26,238 [vernon] all right. Play it up. 157 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,940 We don't have much time left in this season, 158 00:08:28,942 --> 00:08:31,977 so we got to make hay while the sun shines. 159 00:08:31,979 --> 00:08:33,879 [gary] roger that, vernon. 160 00:08:33,881 --> 00:08:38,116 Leave no gold behind, just suck it up. 161 00:08:40,954 --> 00:08:42,487 [narrator] ten miles west. 162 00:08:48,962 --> 00:08:50,295 [shawn] beautiful day in godiva, 163 00:08:50,297 --> 00:08:55,133 but we have to get as much time on the bottom as possible, 164 00:08:55,135 --> 00:08:58,670 figure out exactly which direction this gold's headed. 165 00:08:58,672 --> 00:09:01,673 [narrator] the end of winter mining is fast approaching. 166 00:09:01,675 --> 00:09:03,275 And shawn pomrenke believes 167 00:09:03,277 --> 00:09:07,145 he's finally on to a storied jackpot, 168 00:09:07,147 --> 00:09:11,216 lurking on an ancient riverbed on the tomcod claim. 169 00:09:13,587 --> 00:09:17,122 I've seen really good gold, where I was diving, 170 00:09:17,124 --> 00:09:21,927 going to head down and see if that thing continues to the west, 171 00:09:21,929 --> 00:09:26,998 that big pile of gold. There's gonna be a big pile out there somewhere. 172 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,600 Season's almost over. 173 00:09:28,602 --> 00:09:31,603 I still need 45 ounces to make all my payments, 174 00:09:31,605 --> 00:09:34,339 so I need to pinpoint this jackpot. 175 00:09:34,341 --> 00:09:35,507 Oh, yeah. 176 00:09:35,509 --> 00:09:37,208 Last time I used the dowsing rods, 177 00:09:37,210 --> 00:09:39,978 I got one of the most promising gold I've seen yet. 178 00:09:39,980 --> 00:09:42,547 This is the spot. I'm feeling good. 179 00:09:42,549 --> 00:09:46,818 [shawn speaking] 180 00:09:46,820 --> 00:09:48,353 I took a big gamble hunting 181 00:09:48,355 --> 00:09:51,289 for it this winter instead of playing it safe, 182 00:09:51,291 --> 00:09:53,224 but I have faith, in the end, 183 00:09:53,226 --> 00:09:55,060 it'll prove to be the right move. 184 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:04,202 Got the hot water on. Till we find some gold, 185 00:10:04,204 --> 00:10:05,303 we're not giving up. 186 00:10:05,305 --> 00:10:07,706 We're going to keep on fighting for it. 187 00:10:07,708 --> 00:10:09,107 We'll get it. 188 00:10:17,351 --> 00:10:18,483 Fix me up. 189 00:10:18,485 --> 00:10:21,086 Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Good job closing up here. 190 00:10:21,088 --> 00:10:22,621 [shawn] thank you. 191 00:10:22,623 --> 00:10:25,690 Time is ticking. Failure is not an option. 192 00:10:25,692 --> 00:10:27,058 I won't accept it. 193 00:10:27,060 --> 00:10:29,160 I'm the top guy up here for a reason. 194 00:10:29,162 --> 00:10:31,930 I plan on keeping that streak intact this winter. 195 00:10:31,932 --> 00:10:33,298 We're running out of time. 196 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:34,966 We've got to make the best of this. 197 00:10:34,968 --> 00:10:38,069 [shawn speaking] 198 00:10:58,358 --> 00:11:00,625 [man 3] let me know when you want me to throttle up. 199 00:11:00,627 --> 00:11:02,293 [shawn speaking] 200 00:11:02,295 --> 00:11:04,195 [man 3] going for it. 201 00:11:12,639 --> 00:11:15,006 [shawn speaking] 202 00:11:29,923 --> 00:11:32,490 [man 3] we're getting close, close to it. 203 00:11:34,461 --> 00:11:37,028 [shawn speaking] 204 00:11:38,331 --> 00:11:40,398 [man 3] oh, nice. 205 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,100 Sounds like he likes what he's seeing. 206 00:11:43,503 --> 00:11:47,572 [shawn speaking] 207 00:12:00,287 --> 00:12:01,386 booyah. 208 00:12:03,123 --> 00:12:07,225 [shawn speaking] 209 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,167 [shawn] there's a big pile of gold down here. 210 00:12:20,307 --> 00:12:21,873 [narrator] throughout nome, 211 00:12:21,875 --> 00:12:24,042 the fleet is keeping hope alive, 212 00:12:27,013 --> 00:12:29,714 as time quickly runs out on the season. 213 00:12:32,219 --> 00:12:33,651 And nine miles west. 214 00:12:35,555 --> 00:12:37,922 [zeke] so I looked at shawn's gps 215 00:12:37,924 --> 00:12:40,258 and where we're at is right 216 00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:43,561 about at the southern boundary, where 217 00:12:43,563 --> 00:12:45,196 shawn shoveled a whole bunch. 218 00:12:45,198 --> 00:12:46,331 We found a little spot 219 00:12:46,333 --> 00:12:48,066 and it's just over to the west. 220 00:12:48,068 --> 00:12:51,469 He doesn't have any record of the christine rose having shoveled right there. 221 00:12:51,471 --> 00:12:53,371 It may be a little too deep for the christine rose, 222 00:12:53,373 --> 00:12:55,406 so I think that's a good next step for us. 223 00:12:55,408 --> 00:12:57,776 [narrator] zeke tenhoff sees his last chance, 224 00:12:57,778 --> 00:12:59,277 as his best chance. 225 00:13:00,380 --> 00:13:02,347 -All right. -Let's go shovel, boys. 226 00:13:02,349 --> 00:13:03,448 [man 4] shovel. 227 00:13:03,450 --> 00:13:05,116 [zeke] this season has been brutal. 228 00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:07,318 We basically have no gold. 229 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:09,988 We've moved over to the coveted tomcod claim, 230 00:13:09,990 --> 00:13:11,890 but we're still coming up empty. 231 00:13:11,892 --> 00:13:14,826 But finally, some positive vibes are coming our way. 232 00:13:14,828 --> 00:13:16,027 Shawn gave us some coordinates 233 00:13:16,029 --> 00:13:18,196 where he hasn't mined yet. 234 00:13:18,198 --> 00:13:20,498 That probably means that there's some gold there. 235 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:22,000 If there is, we can get enough gold 236 00:13:22,002 --> 00:13:24,536 to save our season and keep the operation going. 237 00:13:32,012 --> 00:13:35,046 Look at all this water, it just poured out of here. Damn! 238 00:13:38,418 --> 00:13:41,553 [zeke speaking] 239 00:13:42,923 --> 00:13:46,157 ...Causing the ice to be pressed down under the water level, 240 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:49,227 and it's just, it's not ideal. 241 00:13:49,229 --> 00:13:51,830 This is the challenge for the last days of winter. 242 00:13:51,832 --> 00:13:53,464 We're on what should be promising ground, 243 00:13:53,466 --> 00:13:55,533 but we have massive overflow. 244 00:13:55,535 --> 00:13:58,036 All this water is weighing down on the ice, 245 00:13:58,038 --> 00:13:59,971 which is already pretty thin and weak 246 00:13:59,973 --> 00:14:01,539 and could easily break apart. 247 00:14:01,541 --> 00:14:04,142 We set up out here and the ice collapses, 248 00:14:04,144 --> 00:14:06,211 like, us and all of our equipment could drop 249 00:14:06,213 --> 00:14:07,378 into the bottom of the sea. 250 00:14:07,380 --> 00:14:10,081 But there's nothing I can do about this overflow. 251 00:14:10,083 --> 00:14:12,217 But I'm just going to set up in this big pool of water 252 00:14:12,219 --> 00:14:13,284 and hope it works out. 253 00:14:13,286 --> 00:14:14,686 I don't have a choice. 254 00:14:17,757 --> 00:14:21,926 I'm trying to get a hole through this watery ice in this big puddle, 255 00:14:21,928 --> 00:14:24,596 and it looks like a chainsaw is making pretty short work of it. 256 00:14:24,598 --> 00:14:28,433 We can get our block free and get a get a hole open, 257 00:14:28,435 --> 00:14:31,169 then we'll pull the sluice right into it, 258 00:14:31,171 --> 00:14:33,071 we'll see how it works out. 259 00:14:33,073 --> 00:14:36,207 I didn't anticipate being in water like this, 260 00:14:36,209 --> 00:14:38,443 so it's going to be a challenge. 261 00:14:42,148 --> 00:14:44,749 [screaming] 262 00:14:50,891 --> 00:14:52,991 [zeke] everything is in place, 263 00:14:52,993 --> 00:14:57,695 so there's no reason why I shouldn't be able to dive on this. 264 00:14:57,697 --> 00:14:59,497 This whole setup is kind of crazy, 265 00:14:59,499 --> 00:15:00,531 but this is it. 266 00:15:00,533 --> 00:15:02,600 I got to find some gold here. It's over. 267 00:15:04,337 --> 00:15:06,271 We need to catch a break here and get into some gold for sure. 268 00:15:23,623 --> 00:15:26,324 [zeke speaking] 269 00:15:30,363 --> 00:15:33,097 [man 5] what's the ground look like down there by? 270 00:15:33,099 --> 00:15:35,700 [zeke speaking] 271 00:15:54,988 --> 00:15:56,487 but these are all good signs. 272 00:15:58,024 --> 00:16:01,025 [zeke speaking] 273 00:16:26,086 --> 00:16:28,152 all right. That sounds great. 274 00:16:28,154 --> 00:16:31,289 [zeke] this is good stuff. It's actually pretty phenomenal. 275 00:16:33,159 --> 00:16:35,159 I love to hear it. 276 00:16:35,161 --> 00:16:37,829 [zeke] I'm seeing some pieces of gold now. 277 00:16:37,831 --> 00:16:39,297 Yeah. 278 00:16:39,299 --> 00:16:40,565 Thank god. 279 00:16:42,202 --> 00:16:43,801 [man 4] 40 ounces of gold. 280 00:16:43,803 --> 00:16:45,303 Let's go! 281 00:16:47,774 --> 00:16:49,173 [narrator] two miles east... 282 00:17:00,020 --> 00:17:01,386 [brad] what's happening, andy? 283 00:17:01,388 --> 00:17:02,787 You're on pretty good gold there? 284 00:17:02,789 --> 00:17:04,122 [andy] yeah. 285 00:17:04,124 --> 00:17:05,656 I got 286 00:17:05,658 --> 00:17:11,095 flower gold all right here and then I got the bigger pieces over here. 287 00:17:11,097 --> 00:17:13,331 [brad] you're kidding me. You hitting like that? 288 00:17:13,333 --> 00:17:15,400 [andy] I got gold off [bleep]. 289 00:17:15,402 --> 00:17:16,801 [narrator] no kris? 290 00:17:16,803 --> 00:17:21,406 No problem, as andy kelly is knee deep in the good stuff. 291 00:17:21,408 --> 00:17:22,774 [andy] really good gold. 292 00:17:22,776 --> 00:17:25,309 [brad] come on, andy. Lead us to victory. 293 00:17:25,311 --> 00:17:26,778 We're on big gold right now. 294 00:17:26,780 --> 00:17:28,346 Coarse gold, fine gold. 295 00:17:28,348 --> 00:17:29,914 Andy, everything is running smooth. 296 00:17:29,916 --> 00:17:31,849 This is how we need to run every day. 297 00:17:31,851 --> 00:17:34,519 [andy speaking] 298 00:17:37,123 --> 00:17:41,459 andy's on gold right now and there's chunkies on one side, 299 00:17:41,461 --> 00:17:42,627 fine on the other. 300 00:17:42,629 --> 00:17:45,363 So what more can you ask for, except for pounds... 301 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,500 Are you hungry? You want me to start barbecuing? 302 00:17:49,502 --> 00:17:51,536 [andy speaking] 303 00:17:51,538 --> 00:17:52,970 okay. Come on, andy. 304 00:17:52,972 --> 00:17:55,206 This shift's over for you. Come on back up. 305 00:18:02,115 --> 00:18:04,115 You did a good job. 306 00:18:04,117 --> 00:18:06,217 Well, what do you know, kris is gone and we're having 307 00:18:06,219 --> 00:18:07,919 the best day of the season yet. 308 00:18:07,921 --> 00:18:09,954 Sometimes you just got to get that bad [bleep] out of the way 309 00:18:09,956 --> 00:18:11,255 and things come together. 310 00:18:12,992 --> 00:18:14,025 So here's the deal, 311 00:18:14,027 --> 00:18:15,827 we're going to get more hours on the box. 312 00:18:15,829 --> 00:18:18,296 We're bringing a guy to pull in the second shift. 313 00:18:18,298 --> 00:18:21,566 I hear he's good, so hopefully, he keeps the gold flowing. 314 00:18:21,568 --> 00:18:24,535 Kris calls me, said he had a baby, 315 00:18:24,537 --> 00:18:27,572 so I said, "well, I'm in to help." 316 00:18:27,574 --> 00:18:30,942 I need to redeem myself for the last one. 317 00:18:30,944 --> 00:18:32,910 [narrator] if mikel henry looks familiar, 318 00:18:32,912 --> 00:18:35,580 you may remember him from his short stint with vernon, 319 00:18:35,582 --> 00:18:38,516 which didn't go so hot. 320 00:18:39,519 --> 00:18:42,620 [mikel] oh, vernon, I didn't have any hot water, 321 00:18:42,622 --> 00:18:44,589 so I had to come up three times... 322 00:18:44,591 --> 00:18:47,058 [mikel speaking] 323 00:18:47,060 --> 00:18:48,926 oh, [bleep] damn it. 324 00:18:48,928 --> 00:18:51,062 [mikel speaking] 325 00:18:51,064 --> 00:18:55,133 [mikel] I just sat there and froze for over 15 minutes trying to get this done. 326 00:18:55,135 --> 00:18:57,168 He's aggravating the [bleep] out of me. 327 00:18:57,170 --> 00:18:58,469 We're done. 328 00:18:58,471 --> 00:19:01,239 And here I am. 329 00:19:01,241 --> 00:19:03,040 [man 5] one thing I have to say about mikel, 330 00:19:03,042 --> 00:19:05,042 the weights on his boots. 331 00:19:05,044 --> 00:19:07,211 He brought his own weights though. 332 00:19:07,213 --> 00:19:11,482 That's an indication that he possibly could know what the [bleep] he's doing. 333 00:19:12,752 --> 00:19:13,918 Don't show these young guys that. 334 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:15,720 They will feel real bad if you show 'em up, okay? 335 00:19:15,722 --> 00:19:17,722 -All right. -[man 5] are you ready to go? 336 00:19:17,724 --> 00:19:18,990 [mikel] yes. 337 00:19:34,974 --> 00:19:37,074 [mikel speaking] 338 00:19:37,076 --> 00:19:38,209 [man speaking] 339 00:19:38,211 --> 00:19:39,510 [brad speaking] 340 00:19:42,549 --> 00:19:44,315 it's right where that nozzle is. 341 00:19:46,319 --> 00:19:48,686 [mikel speaking] 342 00:19:50,156 --> 00:19:51,455 [brad] are you seeing any gold? 343 00:19:51,457 --> 00:19:54,225 That's the most important thing of all. 344 00:19:54,227 --> 00:19:58,095 [mikel speaking] 345 00:19:59,432 --> 00:20:01,999 andy's saying, do you have your glasses on? 346 00:20:05,205 --> 00:20:06,671 Yeah. 347 00:20:06,673 --> 00:20:08,139 [andy speaking] 348 00:20:08,141 --> 00:20:10,107 don't look for chunkies, it's all flower. 349 00:20:10,109 --> 00:20:11,342 Just work it out, mike. 350 00:20:12,612 --> 00:20:14,679 [mikel speaking] 351 00:20:28,161 --> 00:20:29,260 [brad] lots of quartz. 352 00:20:29,262 --> 00:20:31,495 -[andy] I know. -[brad] that's a good sign. 353 00:20:31,497 --> 00:20:34,165 [mikel speaking] 354 00:20:34,167 --> 00:20:35,366 [brad] things are going smooth. 355 00:20:35,368 --> 00:20:37,535 I mean, there's no problems with mike so far, 356 00:20:37,537 --> 00:20:41,005 he's sucking up the material, everything's going real good. 357 00:20:45,245 --> 00:20:48,779 [mikel speaking] 358 00:20:53,052 --> 00:20:56,020 just pee, go pee real quick, mike. 359 00:20:56,022 --> 00:20:58,522 [andy speaking] 360 00:20:58,524 --> 00:21:00,424 [brad] come on, mike, you're doing good. 361 00:21:00,426 --> 00:21:02,660 You got lots of material flowing through the box. 362 00:21:04,163 --> 00:21:05,563 [mikel speaking] 363 00:21:13,339 --> 00:21:14,772 [brad] are you [bleep] real? 364 00:21:17,310 --> 00:21:19,343 [brad] it's like two minutes in. 365 00:21:19,345 --> 00:21:21,779 [mikel speaking] 366 00:21:35,895 --> 00:21:36,994 well, that sucked. 367 00:21:36,996 --> 00:21:38,929 The jackass got cold after five minutes. 368 00:21:38,931 --> 00:21:40,097 What the [bleep]. 369 00:21:40,099 --> 00:21:42,133 [mikel] I'm diving same way as andy, 370 00:21:42,135 --> 00:21:46,671 and it just wasn't enough for water to get down in and stay in the boot. 371 00:21:46,673 --> 00:21:48,906 Maybe we should have had mike dive in a hot tub. 372 00:21:48,908 --> 00:21:50,641 It was a complete waste of time. 373 00:21:50,643 --> 00:21:51,809 So when I was down there, 374 00:21:51,811 --> 00:21:53,878 I got enough for the day to make it profitable, 375 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,846 so it wasn't a total loss. 376 00:21:55,848 --> 00:21:58,215 He's not diving with us anymore, I can't have him. 377 00:21:58,217 --> 00:21:59,450 Let's go and come back tomorrow, 378 00:21:59,452 --> 00:22:01,085 if it's not blizzarding. 379 00:22:02,655 --> 00:22:05,089 [narrator] hot gold versus cold feet. 380 00:22:06,159 --> 00:22:07,425 You can't win them all. 381 00:22:14,067 --> 00:22:15,499 [vernon] gary, give me an update. 382 00:22:16,936 --> 00:22:19,337 [gary speaking] 383 00:22:19,339 --> 00:22:21,072 yeah, yeah, I see it, gary. 384 00:22:22,975 --> 00:22:27,211 [gary speaking] 385 00:22:27,213 --> 00:22:28,813 [vernon] that's great, man. 386 00:22:28,815 --> 00:22:32,850 [vernon speaking] 387 00:22:32,852 --> 00:22:35,986 ...We'll finish this damn season with a bang. 388 00:22:35,988 --> 00:22:39,156 [narrator] after four hours at the end of 40 feet of hose 389 00:22:39,158 --> 00:22:41,992 underneath a widening open water lead, 390 00:22:41,994 --> 00:22:47,098 diver gary simpson is leading the charge straight into primo gold. 391 00:22:48,267 --> 00:22:50,968 [vernon] it's about as good as it gets right here. 392 00:22:50,970 --> 00:22:54,472 We're on the best ground that you can imagine. 393 00:22:54,474 --> 00:22:56,574 Very little overburden, 394 00:22:56,576 --> 00:23:00,678 there's gold in the two or three inches of overburden there is down there. 395 00:23:02,014 --> 00:23:04,982 It doesn't get any sweeter than this. 396 00:23:04,984 --> 00:23:07,518 A lot of people who looked out there at that lead 397 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,621 and said "the hell with it" and hightailed out of there. 398 00:23:10,623 --> 00:23:13,391 But I'm a greedy son of a bitch. 399 00:23:13,393 --> 00:23:15,926 If I'm on great gold and there's something standing 400 00:23:15,928 --> 00:23:18,028 in my way to keep me from getting more, 401 00:23:18,030 --> 00:23:19,430 you can bet your bippy, 402 00:23:19,432 --> 00:23:21,966 I'll figure out a way of getting around it. 403 00:23:21,968 --> 00:23:25,503 And that's what this hose extension is going to do today. 404 00:23:25,505 --> 00:23:27,772 [gary speaking] 405 00:23:30,610 --> 00:23:32,643 hey, that's money n the bank, baby. 406 00:23:34,046 --> 00:23:36,781 [gary speaking] 407 00:23:38,618 --> 00:23:42,086 [vernon] all right, gary, get that gold. 408 00:23:43,956 --> 00:23:45,122 [gary speaking] 409 00:23:46,459 --> 00:23:48,993 you got four hours and 40 minutes. 410 00:23:50,062 --> 00:23:54,365 [gary speaking] 411 00:23:54,367 --> 00:23:55,533 okay. 412 00:23:56,636 --> 00:24:00,304 This gold cow, boy, a couple more days, 413 00:24:00,306 --> 00:24:02,072 I'll hit a record for sure. 414 00:24:02,074 --> 00:24:03,474 Milk it baby. 415 00:24:09,816 --> 00:24:11,916 But the ice has got to hold out. 416 00:24:11,918 --> 00:24:13,784 That's the great unknown, 417 00:24:13,786 --> 00:24:16,120 moving forward this late in the season. 418 00:24:17,290 --> 00:24:18,823 Yeah. 419 00:24:18,825 --> 00:24:22,993 If it does, I'll be giving mr. Gold a run for his money. 420 00:24:22,995 --> 00:24:24,195 You can bet on it. 421 00:24:24,197 --> 00:24:27,097 We'll see who's the daddy goose around here. 422 00:24:27,099 --> 00:24:28,466 That went really well. 423 00:24:28,468 --> 00:24:31,168 Where we dredged, there's gold. 424 00:24:31,170 --> 00:24:33,504 [vernon] you got everywhere, everywhere. 425 00:24:33,506 --> 00:24:34,805 Absolutely. 426 00:24:36,075 --> 00:24:38,042 Good dive. Good dive. 427 00:24:40,379 --> 00:24:42,112 [narrator] twelve miles west. 428 00:24:49,055 --> 00:24:51,522 We're seeing some good stuff down there. 429 00:24:51,524 --> 00:24:56,527 [shawn speaking] 430 00:24:58,798 --> 00:25:00,130 hell, yeah. 431 00:25:00,132 --> 00:25:01,599 [narrator] for shawn pomrenke, 432 00:25:01,634 --> 00:25:05,803 the trail to a golden jackpot keeps getting hotter and hotter. 433 00:25:05,805 --> 00:25:08,172 [shawn speaking] 434 00:25:14,647 --> 00:25:15,746 perfect. 435 00:25:17,383 --> 00:25:19,483 [shawn speaking] 436 00:25:52,785 --> 00:25:55,653 let me see if I can get you a little more umbilical. 437 00:25:55,655 --> 00:25:58,422 [shawn speaking] 438 00:26:09,035 --> 00:26:10,668 I think that's about all we got. 439 00:26:18,477 --> 00:26:21,211 [shawn speaking] 440 00:26:21,213 --> 00:26:24,081 yeah, sounds good. Where at, you reckon? 441 00:26:24,083 --> 00:26:26,817 [shawn] probably, here right north. 442 00:26:26,819 --> 00:26:31,021 All right. We'll all just auger a hole and I'll tie a rope to that one, red hook, 443 00:26:31,023 --> 00:26:32,856 drop her down, so we can find you. 444 00:26:32,858 --> 00:26:34,792 [shawn] okay. 445 00:26:34,794 --> 00:26:37,461 [man 2] shawn's stretched out into the drift right now, 446 00:26:37,463 --> 00:26:39,463 we're going to see if we can find him. 447 00:26:39,465 --> 00:26:41,799 That will give us a little bit of an idea 448 00:26:41,801 --> 00:26:43,334 where we want to do our next dive hole. 449 00:26:44,437 --> 00:26:46,770 [driller whirring] 450 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,454 we're going to tie a rope to this hook here, 451 00:27:03,456 --> 00:27:04,822 and we'll lower it down the hole 452 00:27:04,824 --> 00:27:07,157 we just augured and see if shawn can find it. 453 00:27:07,159 --> 00:27:09,393 He's seeing some really good gold over this way. 454 00:27:11,230 --> 00:27:13,263 Here goes. 455 00:27:13,265 --> 00:27:15,899 Well, right here. You almost hit me. 456 00:27:15,901 --> 00:27:17,134 [shawn laughing] 457 00:27:18,971 --> 00:27:22,006 I got a few air bubbles coming up out of the hole here. 458 00:27:22,008 --> 00:27:23,674 Looks like he might be in the vicinity. 459 00:27:23,676 --> 00:27:25,242 [shawn] there it is. 460 00:27:29,382 --> 00:27:31,081 You get a hold of that hook down there. 461 00:27:31,083 --> 00:27:33,150 [shawn] ...Yeah. You're good, buddy. 462 00:27:33,152 --> 00:27:36,120 That... Just pulled on top of my head. 463 00:27:36,122 --> 00:27:39,023 You drilled it right in the right spot. 464 00:27:39,025 --> 00:27:42,192 Booyah, that's right where we want to go, eh? 465 00:27:42,194 --> 00:27:45,663 [shawn] yeah, that's exactly where we want to move to. 466 00:27:45,665 --> 00:27:48,632 Ah, perfect. Excellent. 467 00:27:48,634 --> 00:27:50,000 [shawn] I'm out of here. 468 00:27:56,642 --> 00:27:58,976 [shawn] gold is scorching hot at the end, 469 00:27:58,978 --> 00:28:01,812 it kills me that my umbilical couldn't reach further, 470 00:28:01,814 --> 00:28:03,947 this jackpot keeps teasing me. 471 00:28:05,951 --> 00:28:08,419 At least now I know where the crazy good stuff is, 472 00:28:08,421 --> 00:28:10,087 and we'll have the hole ready. 473 00:28:10,089 --> 00:28:13,123 Only thing is I don't know how much time we have left. 474 00:28:13,125 --> 00:28:16,093 Whatever the bering sea gods have in store for us, 475 00:28:16,095 --> 00:28:17,294 I'll be ready. 476 00:28:17,296 --> 00:28:19,930 I stretched out all the way down to my line. 477 00:28:19,932 --> 00:28:21,932 There's a bunch of gold right there. 478 00:28:21,934 --> 00:28:24,968 There's going to be some gold in that hole. 479 00:28:24,970 --> 00:28:26,603 We're going to keep fighting for it. 480 00:28:40,152 --> 00:28:41,685 Hey, how you doing down there, bud? 481 00:28:43,622 --> 00:28:46,590 [zeke speaking] 482 00:28:51,997 --> 00:28:54,064 [gabe] you're perfecting the art of this whole thing, 483 00:28:54,066 --> 00:28:55,666 punching around. 484 00:28:55,668 --> 00:29:00,604 This is the area that shawn kind of gave us the okay that the shovels didn't hit. 485 00:29:00,606 --> 00:29:03,340 Now at least we have some good looking ground. 486 00:29:04,410 --> 00:29:06,977 [narrator] after nearly six hours down below, 487 00:29:06,979 --> 00:29:09,747 zeke's last ditch effort is paying off. 488 00:29:12,084 --> 00:29:16,053 [zeke speaking] 489 00:29:31,003 --> 00:29:33,003 right. Well, that's great. 490 00:29:33,005 --> 00:29:34,438 Now we're onto something. 491 00:29:35,641 --> 00:29:40,244 [zeke speaking] 492 00:29:55,694 --> 00:29:56,960 yeah, come on up. 493 00:29:56,962 --> 00:29:58,595 We got lots of work left to do. 494 00:29:58,597 --> 00:30:00,097 [zeke] okay. 495 00:30:00,099 --> 00:30:02,032 [zeke speaking] 496 00:30:04,403 --> 00:30:05,803 [gabe] yeah. 497 00:30:06,539 --> 00:30:08,105 Ye-hee-hee-hee! 498 00:30:13,345 --> 00:30:15,012 How you feeling? 499 00:30:15,014 --> 00:30:16,446 Good. I'm over the moon. 500 00:30:16,448 --> 00:30:17,548 That is awesome. 501 00:30:17,550 --> 00:30:20,250 You gave the direction and you do-- 502 00:30:20,252 --> 00:30:22,553 [zeke speaking] 503 00:30:24,423 --> 00:30:25,989 [zeke] dude, that could've gone a lot of ways, 504 00:30:25,991 --> 00:30:29,827 it's really like really hot, it really could have. 505 00:30:29,829 --> 00:30:33,530 I feel vindicated. I feel relief and hope. 506 00:30:33,532 --> 00:30:34,832 We're on some gold. 507 00:30:34,834 --> 00:30:36,767 It's not just a few specks at gold. 508 00:30:36,769 --> 00:30:38,335 It's really good gold. 509 00:30:38,337 --> 00:30:41,271 It may be the 11th hour, but we're definitely on it. 510 00:30:41,273 --> 00:30:44,541 Now we've just got to milk it for as long as mother nature will allow. 511 00:30:44,543 --> 00:30:46,777 [indistinct chatter] 512 00:30:47,947 --> 00:30:49,112 yeah. 513 00:30:51,283 --> 00:30:52,583 [narrator] back in nome. 514 00:30:58,057 --> 00:31:00,224 [shawn] no, it's there. 515 00:31:00,226 --> 00:31:01,525 Sooner or later, 516 00:31:01,527 --> 00:31:03,327 there's nuggets in this dirt pouring 517 00:31:03,329 --> 00:31:05,262 out of the, out of the gravels 518 00:31:05,264 --> 00:31:09,633 or they're just going to be like a slab of gold in there. 519 00:31:11,503 --> 00:31:14,037 I got it. Put her on the scale. 520 00:31:14,039 --> 00:31:16,907 That was easily the hottest gold I've been in this season. 521 00:31:16,909 --> 00:31:18,842 Only got a few hours on it. 522 00:31:18,844 --> 00:31:20,410 But if this is a big number, 523 00:31:20,412 --> 00:31:22,980 it can mean the rest of the season is going to be massive. 524 00:31:24,250 --> 00:31:25,482 See what we got. 525 00:31:28,187 --> 00:31:31,788 Four, five, six, seven, 526 00:31:31,790 --> 00:31:35,359 eight, nine, 10, 11, 527 00:31:40,232 --> 00:31:43,066 17.40. 528 00:31:43,068 --> 00:31:44,234 Oh, yeah. 529 00:31:44,236 --> 00:31:45,802 Perfect. 530 00:31:47,172 --> 00:31:51,308 [narrator] 17.4 ounces is worth over $30,000, 531 00:31:51,310 --> 00:31:55,646 a hefty haul for a limited day and quite possibly 532 00:31:55,648 --> 00:31:57,681 the sign of bigger things to come. 533 00:31:57,683 --> 00:32:00,083 [shawn] we need to keep it up. 534 00:32:00,085 --> 00:32:01,551 This is looking good. 535 00:32:01,553 --> 00:32:03,220 Complete confirmation. 536 00:32:03,222 --> 00:32:05,656 This spot's exactly what we've been looking for. 537 00:32:05,658 --> 00:32:07,224 I just need mother nature 538 00:32:07,226 --> 00:32:09,059 to cooperate a little bit longer. 539 00:32:09,061 --> 00:32:11,128 These numbers are going to get sick. 540 00:32:11,130 --> 00:32:12,496 I'm talking nuggets. 541 00:32:12,498 --> 00:32:14,031 I'm thinking it's that good. 542 00:32:14,033 --> 00:32:15,599 We're definitely on the trail. 543 00:32:15,601 --> 00:32:17,534 -Mm-hmm. -Oh, yeah. 544 00:32:17,536 --> 00:32:19,636 -We'll come across it. -We'll get on it. 545 00:32:22,274 --> 00:32:23,774 [narrator] on the other side of town. 546 00:32:26,478 --> 00:32:28,145 [andy] take a look what we got. 547 00:32:29,248 --> 00:32:31,515 [andy speaking] 548 00:32:31,517 --> 00:32:33,050 oh, yeah. 549 00:32:33,052 --> 00:32:35,953 [narrator] after their new diver left them out in the cold, 550 00:32:35,955 --> 00:32:39,523 it's time for the kris-less kellys to weigh their riches. 551 00:32:39,525 --> 00:32:41,892 [andy] good job. Let's see. 552 00:32:41,894 --> 00:32:44,394 So mikel was a complete waste of time jackass 553 00:32:44,396 --> 00:32:46,997 before his epic five-minute dive, 554 00:32:46,999 --> 00:32:50,133 I knew I was on some really hot stuff and it's been peaceful 555 00:32:50,135 --> 00:32:52,135 with my brother being gone and out of our hair. 556 00:32:53,439 --> 00:32:55,505 Okay. Go. 557 00:32:55,507 --> 00:32:57,140 [brad] hopefully, I'm happy with this. 558 00:32:57,142 --> 00:32:59,476 One-and-a-half, two, two-and-a-half. 559 00:32:59,478 --> 00:33:01,678 [andy] still keeping the operation running. 560 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:04,614 [brad] three, three-and-a-half, four, 561 00:33:04,616 --> 00:33:06,650 four-and-a-half, five-- 562 00:33:06,652 --> 00:33:08,018 six. 563 00:33:09,588 --> 00:33:11,788 Almost six-and-a-half ounces, you did real good. 564 00:33:11,790 --> 00:33:13,190 Proud of you. 565 00:33:13,192 --> 00:33:18,428 [narrator] 6.43 ounces is worth just over $12,000. 566 00:33:18,430 --> 00:33:21,598 And despite the absence of their fearless leader, 567 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:25,402 the kelly's have hit their season goal of 25 ounces, 568 00:33:25,404 --> 00:33:29,406 getting themselves out of debt and into the black. 569 00:33:29,408 --> 00:33:30,507 They'll be happy [bleep]. 570 00:33:30,509 --> 00:33:31,808 [brad speaking] 571 00:33:31,810 --> 00:33:34,511 no, pour it back in the jar and hand me the jar [bleep]. 572 00:33:34,513 --> 00:33:35,779 [brad] I was just checking... 573 00:33:35,781 --> 00:33:36,780 -Yeah. -We're not... 574 00:33:36,782 --> 00:33:38,215 [brad] I wasn't really going to take it, 575 00:33:38,217 --> 00:33:39,349 I'm just seeing if you are into it. 576 00:33:39,351 --> 00:33:40,484 No. 577 00:33:40,486 --> 00:33:42,486 So a shocker, my brother goes to anchorage 578 00:33:42,488 --> 00:33:44,755 to deal with all his [bleep] and everything else, 579 00:33:44,757 --> 00:33:46,656 and we had the best clean out. 580 00:33:46,658 --> 00:33:47,891 We hit our goal. 581 00:33:47,893 --> 00:33:50,627 Get rid of the negativity, and everything's good. 582 00:33:50,629 --> 00:33:52,262 [brad] okay. Let's get out of here. 583 00:33:55,034 --> 00:33:56,466 [andy] yeah, that's the real deal. 584 00:34:01,707 --> 00:34:05,409 [narrator] and now, bering sea gold goes to the dogs. 585 00:34:05,411 --> 00:34:06,743 [brad] here comes my dog. 586 00:34:08,047 --> 00:34:09,446 Here he comes. [whistles] 587 00:34:09,448 --> 00:34:10,514 come on, boy. 588 00:34:10,516 --> 00:34:12,015 Good boy. 589 00:34:14,787 --> 00:34:17,354 [gabe] stormy! Come here, boy! 590 00:34:18,457 --> 00:34:21,425 Yeah, he's probably over at the kelly's. 591 00:34:22,961 --> 00:34:25,829 ...Only knows what he gets up to over there. 592 00:34:25,831 --> 00:34:28,065 Drinking cheap beer... 593 00:34:28,067 --> 00:34:29,633 [man 7] come here, boy. Come on. 594 00:34:29,635 --> 00:34:34,671 Hi, beautiful. Pretty good, baby. 595 00:34:34,673 --> 00:34:36,073 Oh, he's hungry. 596 00:34:36,075 --> 00:34:38,675 Yeah, he is. There you go. 597 00:34:38,677 --> 00:34:40,677 The new addition to the reaper crew. 598 00:34:42,081 --> 00:34:43,480 Hi, beautiful. 599 00:34:43,482 --> 00:34:45,148 He's a good-looking dog, eh? 600 00:34:45,150 --> 00:34:48,351 -Yeah. -There you go. [bleep] 601 00:34:48,353 --> 00:34:50,821 I can't help it, man. I love animals. 602 00:34:50,823 --> 00:34:52,656 -[man 7] you want another hotdog? -[man 8] yeah. 603 00:34:52,658 --> 00:34:54,391 Stormy is zeke's little mascot. 604 00:34:54,393 --> 00:34:55,459 Don't worry, zeke, 605 00:34:55,461 --> 00:34:57,327 we're feeding your dog for you. 606 00:34:57,329 --> 00:34:58,962 Stormy loves being at the reaper, 607 00:34:58,964 --> 00:35:01,131 because we feed him smokeys, hamburgers. 608 00:35:01,133 --> 00:35:02,899 And yeah, we take good care of that dog. 609 00:35:02,901 --> 00:35:05,435 I think the dog gained another 10 pounds this season. 610 00:35:05,437 --> 00:35:07,337 We have special connection with animals. 611 00:35:07,339 --> 00:35:10,774 The kellys are serious animal lovers. 612 00:35:10,776 --> 00:35:13,143 But I'm just worried that my dad is going to steal the dog. 613 00:35:13,145 --> 00:35:15,412 [brad] this dog's not liking the cigarette smoke. 614 00:35:15,414 --> 00:35:19,583 -[andy] well, the dog can get the [bleep] out then. -Come on, boy. 615 00:35:31,964 --> 00:35:34,297 [zeke] I mean, that was some good gold, that's for sure. 616 00:35:34,299 --> 00:35:36,366 I would see gold under some rocks 617 00:35:36,368 --> 00:35:38,034 and I would see it on the clay. 618 00:35:38,036 --> 00:35:39,302 So I'm super stoked. 619 00:35:39,304 --> 00:35:40,937 [narrator] as the end of winter looms, 620 00:35:40,939 --> 00:35:42,939 zeke tenhoff may be breathing 621 00:35:42,941 --> 00:35:45,976 a life-saving gasp into his season. 622 00:35:45,978 --> 00:35:47,544 [zeke] there's lots of gold out there, 623 00:35:47,546 --> 00:35:49,613 you know, I'd see it under the gravel and sometimes 624 00:35:49,615 --> 00:35:51,348 I'd see it on top of the rocks. 625 00:35:53,385 --> 00:35:56,219 Finally, the season was looking like it was essentially over, 626 00:35:56,221 --> 00:35:58,788 but we finally got into some gold on tomcod. 627 00:35:58,790 --> 00:36:00,457 God, this is great. 628 00:36:00,459 --> 00:36:01,992 I love this. 629 00:36:01,994 --> 00:36:04,227 If we can keep grinding on this pastry, 630 00:36:04,229 --> 00:36:07,364 I think we'll get enough gold to keep this operation alive. 631 00:36:07,366 --> 00:36:09,499 Fingers crossed. 632 00:36:09,501 --> 00:36:11,201 It's a tidy little pile of gold here. 633 00:36:11,203 --> 00:36:13,603 I'm not afraid of this weigh out. 634 00:36:13,605 --> 00:36:15,639 [gabe] all right, here we go. 635 00:36:16,275 --> 00:36:18,275 [speaks indistinctly] 636 00:36:18,277 --> 00:36:21,811 I'd always thought tomcod had been beat up and dredged out. 637 00:36:21,813 --> 00:36:24,247 This tells me that it's clearly not. 638 00:36:24,249 --> 00:36:25,982 It's clearly not. 639 00:36:25,984 --> 00:36:28,685 Yeah, we're up to almost two ounces here. 640 00:36:30,222 --> 00:36:32,055 All right. 2.94. 641 00:36:33,392 --> 00:36:34,491 That'll do. 642 00:36:35,661 --> 00:36:40,096 [narrator] 2.94 ounces is worth over $5,000. 643 00:36:40,098 --> 00:36:42,098 And while it's not breaking the bank, 644 00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:44,801 it's the mad scientist's biggest haul of his winter 645 00:36:44,803 --> 00:36:47,904 and just in the nick of time. 646 00:36:47,906 --> 00:36:51,841 This is my favorite way to make money. 647 00:36:51,843 --> 00:36:54,611 [zeke] yeah, I'll do solid. Hopefully, this keeps up. 648 00:36:54,613 --> 00:36:57,380 I need at least eight ounces to get through till summer, 649 00:36:57,382 --> 00:37:01,084 and it really doesn't matter if everything sucked up until today. 650 00:37:01,086 --> 00:37:03,153 All it matters is the final tally, 651 00:37:03,155 --> 00:37:04,921 when we walk off the ice, 652 00:37:04,923 --> 00:37:06,489 and for the first time all winter, 653 00:37:06,491 --> 00:37:08,592 I'm starting to feel optimistic. 654 00:37:08,594 --> 00:37:10,860 It's going to take another couple of clean -outs to buy a caddy, 655 00:37:10,862 --> 00:37:14,598 but we'll get there. We will. 656 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:18,001 [zeke] I like it. I'm really happy that shawn bought tomcod. 657 00:37:18,003 --> 00:37:20,670 I could see myself dredging out there for the next decade. 658 00:37:21,873 --> 00:37:23,173 [narrator] across town. 659 00:37:25,210 --> 00:37:27,177 -[vernon] we're still on the gold. -[man 9] yeah. 660 00:37:27,179 --> 00:37:29,312 Adding an extension on the hose, that was key. 661 00:37:29,314 --> 00:37:30,981 That gave us that much more ground. 662 00:37:30,983 --> 00:37:33,516 Three times as much ground to work. 663 00:37:33,518 --> 00:37:35,852 [narrator] the man with the hottest hand in nome 664 00:37:35,854 --> 00:37:38,788 prepares to weigh yet another solid haul. 665 00:37:40,225 --> 00:37:42,325 [vernon] so, yeah, weigh it up, gary. Let's see what we got there. 666 00:37:42,327 --> 00:37:43,627 [gary] all right. 667 00:37:44,663 --> 00:37:46,863 [vernon] all right. Let's go. That's two... 668 00:37:46,865 --> 00:37:49,799 [gary] three, four, five, 669 00:37:49,801 --> 00:37:55,205 six, seven, nine, ten, eleven, 670 00:37:55,207 --> 00:38:01,011 twelve, thirteen, fifteen, sixteen 671 00:38:01,013 --> 00:38:03,780 seventeen, eighteen... 672 00:38:05,550 --> 00:38:07,083 ...Twenty... 673 00:38:07,085 --> 00:38:08,551 [vernon] 20.36. 674 00:38:08,553 --> 00:38:09,819 [gary] all right. 675 00:38:10,956 --> 00:38:14,424 [narrator] 20 ounces is worth $38,000, 676 00:38:14,426 --> 00:38:18,194 and the current king of nome still has his grip on the crown. 677 00:38:18,196 --> 00:38:19,262 We're still on the gold. 678 00:38:19,264 --> 00:38:20,897 -Yeah. -Okay. 679 00:38:20,899 --> 00:38:25,001 And I think we've got enough ground left down there for one more cleanup, 680 00:38:25,003 --> 00:38:27,170 but we don't have time to move. 681 00:38:27,172 --> 00:38:28,505 When you got it, you got it. 682 00:38:28,507 --> 00:38:30,607 The gold just keeps getting hotter. 683 00:38:30,609 --> 00:38:32,809 Everything's going right these days. 684 00:38:32,811 --> 00:38:34,210 If it keeps up like this, 685 00:38:34,212 --> 00:38:36,146 I may have to go over to tomcod 686 00:38:36,148 --> 00:38:39,115 and give shawn a few tips on gold getting. 687 00:38:39,117 --> 00:38:43,353 The proof is in the pudding and there's the pudding right there, baby. 688 00:38:44,890 --> 00:38:46,022 We're going to finish with a bang, 689 00:38:46,024 --> 00:38:47,324 looks like to me. 690 00:38:48,527 --> 00:38:50,427 [narrator] while vernon hauls in a bundle... 691 00:38:52,064 --> 00:38:53,129 [kris] back in nome. 692 00:38:54,232 --> 00:38:56,633 I got everything else. 693 00:38:56,635 --> 00:38:58,134 [man speaking] 694 00:38:58,136 --> 00:39:01,571 now you [bleep] start taking bags. 695 00:39:01,573 --> 00:39:05,408 [narrator] kris kelly's back with a bundle of his own. 696 00:39:05,410 --> 00:39:08,611 [kris] $1,900 down on baby crap so far. 697 00:39:08,613 --> 00:39:10,647 But that's a drop in the bucket, I hear. 698 00:39:10,649 --> 00:39:13,383 Now, I'm going to need three times the amount of gold. 699 00:39:14,786 --> 00:39:15,919 I'm a dad now. 700 00:39:15,921 --> 00:39:17,120 That's crazy, 701 00:39:17,122 --> 00:39:19,055 but pretty awesome at the same time. 702 00:39:20,425 --> 00:39:22,158 Hi, my baby. 703 00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:25,428 And here we are the newest member to the kellys. 704 00:39:25,430 --> 00:39:27,597 Christine jade kelly. 705 00:39:28,567 --> 00:39:30,400 She even looked at me when I said it. 706 00:39:32,070 --> 00:39:34,371 In all that time I was gone and worrying about my dad 707 00:39:34,373 --> 00:39:36,106 and brother taking care of things, 708 00:39:36,108 --> 00:39:37,273 they crushed it. 709 00:39:37,275 --> 00:39:39,809 Hell, we're out of debt now. They did so good. 710 00:39:41,313 --> 00:39:42,712 It's a little stressful. 711 00:39:42,748 --> 00:39:46,750 A couple of months of hell and then hopefully 20 years of happiness. 712 00:39:47,986 --> 00:39:49,185 But you know, when you look at her, 713 00:39:49,187 --> 00:39:50,987 you know it's all going to be worthwhile. 714 00:39:50,989 --> 00:39:53,523 Kris started his own little family now. 715 00:39:53,525 --> 00:39:55,492 It's perfect. 716 00:39:55,494 --> 00:39:57,694 [kris] I guess in the end, you need to rely on family, 717 00:39:57,696 --> 00:39:59,662 because family relies on you. 718 00:39:59,664 --> 00:40:01,531 That's the only way to weather this stuff, 719 00:40:01,533 --> 00:40:03,867 what life in mining throws at you. 720 00:40:03,869 --> 00:40:05,368 Now it's all about the future, 721 00:40:05,370 --> 00:40:07,203 and it's never looked brighter. 722 00:40:07,205 --> 00:40:08,805 She just looked at me. 723 00:40:10,242 --> 00:40:14,043 I bought enough food for four children for three months. 724 00:40:14,045 --> 00:40:15,979 You're going to feed andy... 725 00:40:15,981 --> 00:40:18,148 [andy] well, you know, like, I don't think so. 726 00:40:20,285 --> 00:40:22,419 [narrator] vernon played chicken with the lead 727 00:40:23,922 --> 00:40:27,123 and widens his lead over the rest of the fleet. 728 00:40:27,125 --> 00:40:28,224 [vernon] milk it, baby. 729 00:40:29,494 --> 00:40:32,328 [narrator] next time on bering sea gold... 730 00:40:32,330 --> 00:40:34,497 Basically, we've cracked the ice 731 00:40:34,499 --> 00:40:38,802 in a complete circle around us sitting on a chunk of ice, 732 00:40:38,804 --> 00:40:40,937 floating in the middle of the bering sea. 733 00:40:40,939 --> 00:40:43,173 It could go really bad. 734 00:40:43,175 --> 00:40:45,008 [man 8] there's so much snow on the ice, 735 00:40:45,010 --> 00:40:48,077 it's pushing us down and the water's coming up. 736 00:40:48,079 --> 00:40:50,814 [man 9] we're going to flood this entire [bleep] area. 737 00:40:50,816 --> 00:40:53,416 [vernon] if we can do eight hours, 738 00:40:53,418 --> 00:40:56,286 it'll be the gold gorilla. 739 00:40:56,288 --> 00:40:59,289 [man 10] I'm on the gold, man, I'm on the gold. 740 00:40:59,291 --> 00:41:01,157 Does gold dust shoot this far? 741 00:41:03,295 --> 00:41:05,428 [man speaking] 742 00:41:08,366 --> 00:41:09,833 [man 10] move it, move it, move it. 743 00:41:09,835 --> 00:41:11,468 [man speaking] 744 00:41:15,006 --> 00:41:20,276 do hell with gold mining, nobody said it was going to be a safe job.