1 00:00:06,924 --> 00:00:08,424 [Bird] Okay, Noah, hit it. 2 00:00:13,347 --> 00:00:15,931 This year has been a wild ride. 3 00:00:17,351 --> 00:00:19,351 It's unbelievable, actually 4 00:00:19,428 --> 00:00:21,353 everything that we have been through. 5 00:00:23,274 --> 00:00:25,899 I normally love the uncertainty that tomorrow will bring, 6 00:00:25,976 --> 00:00:29,319 but the uncertainty has beco a little bit more scary. 7 00:00:31,282 --> 00:00:33,407 It definitely feels like everything has tried to stop us. 8 00:00:34,785 --> 00:00:36,452 Especially now more than eve 9 00:00:37,288 --> 00:00:38,620 we have to stick together. 10 00:00:40,458 --> 00:00:41,957 The ranch is the dream 11 00:00:41,959 --> 00:00:45,711 that we've always fought so hard for. 12 00:00:45,788 --> 00:00:47,504 The dream of living the way we wanna live 13 00:00:47,548 --> 00:00:50,049 and living that way together 14 00:00:50,051 --> 00:00:52,426 I'm very determined to finish strong here. 15 00:00:56,599 --> 00:00:58,465 You never know what tomorrow brings. 16 00:01:01,187 --> 00:01:03,937 [narrator] On the season finale of Alaskan Bush People... 17 00:01:04,014 --> 00:01:05,773 Let's see this thing in action. 18 00:01:05,775 --> 00:01:07,983 [Noah] We're getting close on fixing the mining equipme 19 00:01:07,985 --> 00:01:09,902 and finding gold on the ranch. 20 00:01:09,904 --> 00:01:12,905 -[Ami] That one fell off. -[Bam] Definitely have to make some adjustments. 21 00:01:12,981 --> 00:01:14,156 [Bird] Dang it, Noah! 22 00:01:15,076 --> 00:01:16,784 Rain. She's ready to come home. 23 00:01:16,786 --> 00:01:18,368 And she's really ready, right? 24 00:01:18,370 --> 00:01:20,120 Definitely worried about Rain. 25 00:01:20,122 --> 00:01:22,164 Hoping it's not too soon to bring her back. 26 00:01:22,166 --> 00:01:23,916 Here she comes. 27 00:01:23,992 --> 00:01:26,293 How do we get these nuggets? Let's do this. 28 00:01:26,295 --> 00:01:29,046 We have a hardrock mining expert coming up. 29 00:01:29,090 --> 00:01:30,756 Any hints he can give us? 30 00:01:30,833 --> 00:01:33,008 I would be in shock if it weren't gold. 31 00:01:33,085 --> 00:01:35,052 [Donnie] You can run tons and tons of material.. 32 00:01:35,096 --> 00:01:36,929 And get yellow gold and that's what you want. 33 00:01:49,193 --> 00:01:50,400 [Noah] Okay, hit it. 34 00:01:50,903 --> 00:01:52,528 Big blue is on. 35 00:01:57,201 --> 00:01:59,493 [Noah] Kill it! Kill! 36 00:02:02,873 --> 00:02:04,865 Yeah, that needs to be fixed. 37 00:02:05,626 --> 00:02:09,294 [narrator] ...autumn descend on the northern Cascade mountains 38 00:02:09,296 --> 00:02:13,382 and the Wolfpack's dream of finding gold on North Star Ranch 39 00:02:13,384 --> 00:02:15,843 inches closer than ever before. 40 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,220 [Bird] Be very careful. 41 00:02:18,222 --> 00:02:21,181 With sister Rain still in treatment off mountain, 42 00:02:21,258 --> 00:02:25,060 Bird has taken the lead in her absence. 43 00:02:25,062 --> 00:02:27,271 [Bird] You know, we thought we had everything up and running 44 00:02:27,273 --> 00:02:28,647 and it was gonna work perfect, 45 00:02:28,724 --> 00:02:30,941 but now that we know there's one more little hiccup 46 00:02:30,985 --> 00:02:32,651 with the conveyor belt in the distance, 47 00:02:32,728 --> 00:02:36,196 I'm hoping that Noah can get it fixed before Rain gets back. 48 00:02:38,450 --> 00:02:40,075 [Gabe] How's the mining equipment doing? 49 00:02:40,152 --> 00:02:41,785 [Bird] We're just about to a point 50 00:02:41,787 --> 00:02:45,289 where we can start, like, crushing material and stuff. 51 00:02:45,291 --> 00:02:46,999 [Ami] Where's it going after you crush it? 52 00:02:47,001 --> 00:02:48,876 -Where do you have set up? -[Bird] Onto the... 53 00:02:48,878 --> 00:02:51,003 It's actually called the "table," I believe. 54 00:02:51,005 --> 00:02:53,088 And my goal for this has tried to be, like... 55 00:02:53,090 --> 00:02:55,757 Have it all set up to help get materials 56 00:02:55,759 --> 00:02:57,342 to do, like, a test. 57 00:02:59,096 --> 00:03:01,763 [narrator] To assess the mountain's gold potentia 58 00:03:01,765 --> 00:03:05,475 the Browns arranged for a local rock mining expert 59 00:03:05,477 --> 00:03:07,853 to examine their ore sample 60 00:03:07,930 --> 00:03:09,730 in just a few days' time. 61 00:03:09,806 --> 00:03:12,816 If the test fails to find any traces, 62 00:03:12,818 --> 00:03:16,612 the Wolfpack's dream of a family-owned mining operation 63 00:03:16,614 --> 00:03:18,363 would be crushed. 64 00:03:18,365 --> 00:03:20,324 I admit I have some high expectations. 65 00:03:20,326 --> 00:03:22,618 My expectations are we get some buckets of rock 66 00:03:22,694 --> 00:03:25,287 and pour it down. Boom! On the table, gold. 67 00:03:25,289 --> 00:03:28,123 We'll take any kind of precious metal, mineral, 68 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:29,691 whatever we can get. 69 00:03:30,753 --> 00:03:32,794 I definitely believe that there's gold on the mountain. 70 00:03:33,297 --> 00:03:34,838 We might get really surprise 71 00:03:34,882 --> 00:03:36,840 You know, the first rock we throw in 72 00:03:36,884 --> 00:03:37,883 might just start glittering. 73 00:03:37,885 --> 00:03:39,676 Or we might look for years 74 00:03:39,678 --> 00:03:41,929 and, you know, never find more than a flake. 75 00:03:42,005 --> 00:03:43,597 That's the thing with gold mining. 76 00:03:43,599 --> 00:03:45,015 It's a bit of a gamble. 77 00:03:45,059 --> 00:03:46,433 But it can really pay off. 78 00:03:47,436 --> 00:03:49,019 That was one of the biggest draws 79 00:03:49,021 --> 00:03:50,729 that brought us to this property, 80 00:03:50,731 --> 00:03:52,305 was the mines. 81 00:03:52,307 --> 00:03:54,107 [Gabe] Well, I know ever since we got the gold equipment 82 00:03:54,184 --> 00:03:55,484 from Nighthawk and everything, 83 00:03:55,486 --> 00:03:57,444 Rain has believed in it 100%. 84 00:03:57,521 --> 00:03:59,613 Okay, so, then, what do we need to do? 85 00:03:59,615 --> 00:04:01,657 We have it set up up there. 86 00:04:01,659 --> 00:04:03,066 Now we need to... 87 00:04:04,370 --> 00:04:06,828 [Bird] It's Rain's baby. She knows all the details. 88 00:04:06,830 --> 00:04:08,997 I'm just setting it up and then, hopefully, 89 00:04:08,999 --> 00:04:10,791 she'll be back before we need anything technical. 90 00:04:10,793 --> 00:04:12,584 Okay. 91 00:04:12,661 --> 00:04:15,462 You know, other than the, you know, the "can do" attitude 92 00:04:15,464 --> 00:04:18,298 and the excitement and the "I'm doing this no matter what..." 93 00:04:18,300 --> 00:04:20,008 Yeah, I'm winging it entirely. 94 00:04:20,719 --> 00:04:22,135 I have faith in this equipment. 95 00:04:22,170 --> 00:04:24,012 But it does seem to have a few more setbacks, 96 00:04:24,089 --> 00:04:26,765 a few things we have to fix that I didn't anticipate. 97 00:04:26,842 --> 00:04:28,684 So, before we can collect some rocks 98 00:04:28,686 --> 00:04:30,769 and get it, like, professionally tested, 99 00:04:30,846 --> 00:04:32,104 we have to get it right. 100 00:04:33,232 --> 00:04:34,815 Let's crush some rock and get some gold. 101 00:04:34,817 --> 00:04:36,024 Sounds good. 102 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:42,990 [Noah] No matter how old something is, 103 00:04:42,992 --> 00:04:46,201 if you put enough care and effort into it, it will work. 104 00:04:47,997 --> 00:04:50,831 [narrator] In order to proce good crushed ore samples 105 00:04:50,907 --> 00:04:52,699 for the hardrock expert, 106 00:04:52,701 --> 00:04:56,795 brother Noah must quickly solve the jammed conveyor belt. 107 00:04:57,881 --> 00:05:01,758 All right, so, biggest hit on it and rolled off 108 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,929 and got stuck on the inside of the bottom of the conveyor belt 109 00:05:05,973 --> 00:05:08,682 and here to jam everything. 110 00:05:08,759 --> 00:05:11,184 I'm gonna go through and pick out the pieces that I can by hand. 111 00:05:11,687 --> 00:05:13,687 The mining equipment is old 112 00:05:13,689 --> 00:05:16,690 It is rusted. It's beaten up. It's torn up. 113 00:05:16,692 --> 00:05:19,484 There's gonna be stuff that messes up. 114 00:05:19,486 --> 00:05:21,945 You need to realign it, redo this, undo this. It's just... 115 00:05:21,989 --> 00:05:23,713 Part of the process 116 00:05:23,715 --> 00:05:25,949 of putting something like this together is trial and error. 117 00:05:27,661 --> 00:05:30,620 A way to prevent it from happening again, temporarily... 118 00:05:31,749 --> 00:05:36,126 If I can jam this on top of the bottom belt at an angle, 119 00:05:36,128 --> 00:05:37,711 it'll make it to where, as it spins, 120 00:05:37,788 --> 00:05:41,298 any rocks that collect here will hit this and slide off. 121 00:05:42,468 --> 00:05:44,051 There's a lot of pressure. 122 00:05:44,053 --> 00:05:46,236 We don't have much time. 123 00:05:46,238 --> 00:05:48,138 We need to get the crusher and all the mining equipmen up and running. 124 00:05:48,140 --> 00:05:49,639 But I can fix it. 125 00:05:49,641 --> 00:05:51,099 Here goes. 126 00:05:53,604 --> 00:05:55,729 Never mind. 127 00:05:55,731 --> 00:05:58,440 The crowbar that was supposed to stay in place didn't stay in place. 128 00:06:00,027 --> 00:06:01,418 Do that again. 129 00:06:03,989 --> 00:06:06,073 It's really important for Rain and Bird 130 00:06:06,075 --> 00:06:08,617 that find gold on the mountain. 131 00:06:08,619 --> 00:06:09,951 It'll just be a way of lifting Rain up, 132 00:06:09,953 --> 00:06:11,428 lifting her spirits a bit. 133 00:06:11,430 --> 00:06:13,622 Let her complete Dad's dream of finding gold here. 134 00:06:14,541 --> 00:06:17,626 If they get my grinder, maybe a sledge... 135 00:06:18,712 --> 00:06:19,795 It'll work. 136 00:06:25,302 --> 00:06:26,543 [chainsaw whirring] 137 00:06:31,183 --> 00:06:33,100 Definitely helps having a short blade. 138 00:06:34,895 --> 00:06:36,436 [narrator] While the rest of the family 139 00:06:36,438 --> 00:06:38,772 continues their quest for gold, 140 00:06:38,774 --> 00:06:41,274 brother Bear's focus remains on building 141 00:06:41,276 --> 00:06:44,111 a dream cottage for his wife and kids. 142 00:06:44,113 --> 00:06:46,571 After clearing a road to his plot of land 143 00:06:46,573 --> 00:06:49,574 on the northwest corner of the Brown's mountain, 144 00:06:49,609 --> 00:06:52,994 Bear will clear and level the homesite. 145 00:06:54,915 --> 00:06:57,791 Vision that Raiven and I really have for our permanent home 146 00:06:57,793 --> 00:06:59,960 is to have this nice fairy cottage 147 00:06:59,962 --> 00:07:01,878 built up on this perfect hil 148 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:03,839 I think this is the most extreme spot for the house 149 00:07:03,841 --> 00:07:05,257 because it's kinda high up. 150 00:07:05,259 --> 00:07:07,551 It's as high up, really, in the area as you can get. 151 00:07:07,553 --> 00:07:10,595 It's got a nice overview where you can see down. 152 00:07:10,597 --> 00:07:12,347 You could almost take a hang glider down it. 153 00:07:12,349 --> 00:07:14,491 It's an extreme spot. It really is. 154 00:07:15,811 --> 00:07:18,770 I definitely think that Raiven is gonna be happy with the work today for sure. 155 00:07:18,772 --> 00:07:22,023 We're both chomping at the bit to get a house up here. 156 00:07:22,025 --> 00:07:24,985 Alternately, I'm trying to leave this old, crooked tree right here. 157 00:07:24,987 --> 00:07:26,445 It's probably gonna have to go, 158 00:07:26,447 --> 00:07:28,029 but I'm gonna save it for last, so... 159 00:07:28,106 --> 00:07:30,073 Just because it's such a beautiful tree. 160 00:07:30,117 --> 00:07:31,783 It's like a tree that's grown. 161 00:07:31,785 --> 00:07:34,119 The tip of it is, like, broken off 162 00:07:34,121 --> 00:07:35,912 and it grew in so many different directions. 163 00:07:35,914 --> 00:07:37,956 It's perfect for crouching, 164 00:07:37,958 --> 00:07:39,541 for, like, just sitting on. 165 00:07:39,543 --> 00:07:41,084 It's just a really cool tree. 166 00:07:41,086 --> 00:07:43,211 The rest of 'em are probably gonna have to go, 167 00:07:43,213 --> 00:07:45,505 but I need to get these out of here, 168 00:07:45,507 --> 00:07:48,425 get the area, like, flattened and see what all to take and what all to leave. 169 00:07:51,054 --> 00:07:53,430 You know, it feels really go to be in the process of building 170 00:07:53,432 --> 00:07:56,266 our permanent home on the mountain for my family and I. 171 00:07:56,268 --> 00:07:58,977 It's something that just feels like a real victory 172 00:07:58,979 --> 00:08:01,855 because it's been a pretty hard past few years 173 00:08:01,932 --> 00:08:04,733 and it feels good to actually finally have a win. 174 00:08:04,809 --> 00:08:06,818 I now pronounce you husband and wife. 175 00:08:06,820 --> 00:08:08,653 You may kiss the bride. 176 00:08:08,730 --> 00:08:11,948 [Bear] Like most storms, you always have obstacles 177 00:08:11,950 --> 00:08:14,826 and I've never had any doub that Raiven and I would pull through them. 178 00:08:14,903 --> 00:08:16,119 Are you hungry? 179 00:08:16,121 --> 00:08:18,455 Delicious, baby. That's really good. 180 00:08:18,457 --> 00:08:20,832 Raiven and I have accomplished quite a bit with our family. 181 00:08:20,834 --> 00:08:22,083 Getting us up on the mountai 182 00:08:22,085 --> 00:08:24,503 and to have a lovely lady by my side 183 00:08:24,505 --> 00:08:26,505 and a kid looking up to me and another kid on the way.. 184 00:08:26,507 --> 00:08:30,425 -It's a boy! -Blue balloons for boy. 185 00:08:30,427 --> 00:08:32,802 ...ah, it feels like we're finally starting to live the dream. 186 00:08:36,099 --> 00:08:37,724 It made short work of that one. 187 00:08:46,693 --> 00:08:48,443 [Bird] So, we only have the one feeder right now. 188 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:50,612 -Oh, nice! -Right? 189 00:08:50,689 --> 00:08:52,239 [Gabe] Oh, I love it. 190 00:08:52,824 --> 00:08:54,032 [narrator] The next morning 191 00:08:54,034 --> 00:08:56,618 the Browns complete ranch chores 192 00:08:56,695 --> 00:08:59,454 before shifting focus to the mining site. 193 00:08:59,456 --> 00:09:01,623 And for sister Bird, 194 00:09:01,625 --> 00:09:04,876 the hard morning labor is a welcome distraction. 195 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:06,127 Here, catch. 196 00:09:08,173 --> 00:09:09,530 You missed. 197 00:09:09,532 --> 00:09:11,424 Hold on, buddies. I gotta put it in the feeder. 198 00:09:11,426 --> 00:09:12,926 [Gabe] Just one, or do we want more than one? 199 00:09:12,928 --> 00:09:14,611 Uh, we'll do two. 200 00:09:14,613 --> 00:09:16,930 So, I have another doctor's appointment coming up 201 00:09:16,932 --> 00:09:18,205 that's fairly important. 202 00:09:18,283 --> 00:09:19,975 It's to see if I still have tumor markings. 203 00:09:19,977 --> 00:09:22,978 I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little nervous. 204 00:09:22,980 --> 00:09:26,147 And I'm definitely, 1,000% using the mining equipment 205 00:09:26,149 --> 00:09:28,233 to keep my mind off of what's coming up. 206 00:09:28,310 --> 00:09:32,195 And I feel like I just wanna focus more on other things. 207 00:09:34,741 --> 00:09:37,534 I do have one, kinda, bit of, you know, good news. 208 00:09:37,536 --> 00:09:38,702 Good-ish news. 209 00:09:39,246 --> 00:09:40,203 What's going on? 210 00:09:40,205 --> 00:09:41,496 [Bird] Rain. 211 00:09:43,417 --> 00:09:45,709 I talked to her recently, actually. 212 00:09:45,711 --> 00:09:47,794 Just chit-chatting. You know us. You know, just... 213 00:09:47,796 --> 00:09:49,796 You know, seeing how she is and everything. 214 00:09:49,798 --> 00:09:51,298 And she, you know... Then she's like... 215 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:53,008 She's coming back. 216 00:09:54,261 --> 00:09:56,052 She's ready to come home. 217 00:09:56,054 --> 00:09:58,013 How is that "kinda" good news? That's really good news. 218 00:09:58,015 --> 00:09:59,889 I was trying to make you think that it was like, 219 00:09:59,891 --> 00:10:01,808 -"Oh, I got another kitten." -[Gabe] Oh, Bird. 220 00:10:01,885 --> 00:10:03,143 It's really good news. 221 00:10:03,145 --> 00:10:04,728 We've definitely missed her here. 222 00:10:05,105 --> 00:10:06,938 On top of just the workload, 223 00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:09,482 it's, you know, it's not the same without her here. 224 00:10:09,484 --> 00:10:11,526 -Nothing is. -It's very empty. 225 00:10:11,945 --> 00:10:13,320 Yeah. She's been missed. 226 00:10:14,656 --> 00:10:17,532 I'm so excited that Rain is gonna be back. 227 00:10:17,534 --> 00:10:19,826 She's not just my world. She's my entire universe. 228 00:10:21,330 --> 00:10:23,288 She's like the sun that I, like, orbit. 229 00:10:23,365 --> 00:10:25,665 I miss her so much. 230 00:10:25,667 --> 00:10:27,917 This is the longest that Rain and I have ever been apart 231 00:10:27,919 --> 00:10:29,535 since she was born. 232 00:10:29,537 --> 00:10:32,505 I am over the moon that she got the help that she needed 233 00:10:32,582 --> 00:10:34,132 and that she's ready to come home. 234 00:10:34,134 --> 00:10:36,509 She's ready to come home to the Wolfpack and the ranch. 235 00:10:37,888 --> 00:10:39,054 I'm so excited. 236 00:10:40,432 --> 00:10:41,556 [narrator] Coming up... 237 00:10:41,633 --> 00:10:43,350 [Ami singing] We have a gold mine. 238 00:10:43,352 --> 00:10:45,518 [Bam] Well, I have not seen it work yet. 239 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:47,562 [Bird] I wanted to make sur everything ran 240 00:10:47,564 --> 00:10:49,606 before bringing anybody else in 241 00:10:49,608 --> 00:10:50,940 and I think we're ready now. 242 00:10:50,942 --> 00:10:52,150 That one fell off. 243 00:10:52,152 --> 00:10:55,362 -Why are they falling off? -[Noah] Oh! 244 00:10:55,364 --> 00:10:57,822 [Bird] This is why I wanted to do a test-run before Rain got here. 245 00:11:05,791 --> 00:11:06,915 [chainsaw whirring] 246 00:11:11,588 --> 00:11:15,090 Why? Cruel world, why? 247 00:11:15,092 --> 00:11:18,760 [narrator] The quest for gol heats up on North Star Ranch 248 00:11:18,837 --> 00:11:22,764 With a rock mining expert due to arrive in a few days 249 00:11:22,766 --> 00:11:25,058 the family's dream of gold riches 250 00:11:25,135 --> 00:11:28,186 hangs on bringing the 100-year-old rock crushe 251 00:11:28,188 --> 00:11:30,271 back to functionality. 252 00:11:30,348 --> 00:11:33,650 [Noah] Everything's lined up. Try to space them one per run. 253 00:11:35,278 --> 00:11:37,487 [narrator] But for Bird, her mining endeavor 254 00:11:37,531 --> 00:11:40,407 must temporarily take a back seat. 255 00:11:50,502 --> 00:11:53,878 [Bird] So, I have another doctor's appointmen that's fairly important. 256 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,131 Today, they just do a blood test. 257 00:11:59,010 --> 00:12:01,511 It's to see if I still have tumor markings 258 00:12:01,513 --> 00:12:03,722 'cause I had very high tumor markings before the surgery 259 00:12:03,798 --> 00:12:05,807 and they just wanna make sure they all went away. 260 00:12:07,561 --> 00:12:09,811 One of the ways they discovered that it was tumorous 261 00:12:09,813 --> 00:12:12,021 is because there's a certain thing in your blood 262 00:12:12,065 --> 00:12:13,639 that is very elevated. 263 00:12:13,716 --> 00:12:16,651 That's a sign that you most likely have a tumor still. 264 00:12:20,949 --> 00:12:23,032 One of the main things I wan talk to my doctor about 265 00:12:23,034 --> 00:12:25,535 is, you know, if I can have a kid. 266 00:12:27,956 --> 00:12:30,790 On top of being really nervo of what they're gonna tell m 267 00:12:30,867 --> 00:12:33,251 I am really nervous to not have Rain with me. 268 00:12:33,253 --> 00:12:37,255 Uh, and yep, I'm 27 and I need my little sister to come with me. 269 00:12:37,332 --> 00:12:39,591 But I do, you know? I wish she was here with me 270 00:12:39,593 --> 00:12:41,801 and I don't think I've missed her more. 271 00:12:41,803 --> 00:12:44,137 It just calms me down to have her with me. 272 00:12:44,139 --> 00:12:46,181 And I'm so nervous right now. 273 00:12:46,257 --> 00:12:48,391 I could use my little sister. 274 00:13:33,688 --> 00:13:36,773 Her concern is that, with hormones being my enemy, 275 00:13:36,808 --> 00:13:38,724 if I were to get pregnant, 276 00:13:38,726 --> 00:13:41,110 that causes a lot more hormones than your body would even normally have, 277 00:13:41,112 --> 00:13:45,114 and that could even up the chances of the tumors coming back 278 00:13:45,158 --> 00:13:48,535 and that's definitely, you know, disconcerting to hear. 279 00:13:54,501 --> 00:13:55,792 -Okay? -[Bird] Okay. 280 00:14:06,930 --> 00:14:09,305 You didn't tell me they were concrete discs. 281 00:14:09,349 --> 00:14:11,224 They're concrete stepping stones. 282 00:14:12,018 --> 00:14:14,769 Originally, they were going to be a walkway 283 00:14:14,771 --> 00:14:18,815 with glow-in-the-dark, little rocks all the way around them, 284 00:14:18,859 --> 00:14:21,943 but forest fire happened before I was able to do it. 285 00:14:21,945 --> 00:14:26,406 Now I'm thinking about using them up on the island. 286 00:14:27,325 --> 00:14:29,576 [narrator] Up at his old house site, 287 00:14:29,652 --> 00:14:33,162 Noah enlists brother Gabe to help salvage materials 288 00:14:33,206 --> 00:14:38,918 as his family begins preparations for their move to Alaska. 289 00:14:38,995 --> 00:14:42,297 [Noah] There's a lot of stuf that needs to be done at the Meyers Chuck place. 290 00:14:42,299 --> 00:14:43,697 So we're gonna head up. 291 00:14:43,775 --> 00:14:45,758 I'll be able to show Rhain and the kids what it is 292 00:14:45,835 --> 00:14:49,512 and spend a couple days winterizing the cabin and the island. 293 00:14:49,514 --> 00:14:51,848 Then, next summer, it's back to Alaska. 294 00:14:52,684 --> 00:14:54,183 [Gabe] Very professional stacking job. 295 00:14:54,227 --> 00:14:55,952 Thank you. 296 00:14:55,954 --> 00:14:59,731 You wanna hear something, kind of, almost unbelievable-funny? 297 00:14:59,849 --> 00:15:01,624 What's that? 298 00:15:01,626 --> 00:15:06,863 Okay, so, I didn't realize it until I was there on the island. 299 00:15:06,898 --> 00:15:08,615 One of the times we were going on the ferry, 300 00:15:08,617 --> 00:15:10,992 and along the ferry alone, 301 00:15:10,994 --> 00:15:13,411 dad and I were outside by the railing. 302 00:15:13,413 --> 00:15:15,104 It was just he and I. 303 00:15:15,140 --> 00:15:18,082 Dad's like, "Yeah, imagine if I owned that island right there," 304 00:15:18,084 --> 00:15:20,627 and I'm like, "Yeah, and I own that little one." 305 00:15:20,629 --> 00:15:22,837 -That was Mystery Island that dad said... -Whoa. 306 00:15:22,839 --> 00:15:25,757 ...and the one I pointed out is the island I now own. 307 00:15:27,052 --> 00:15:31,429 So I'd actually talked with Da 15 years ago 308 00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:33,514 about if I owned that island 309 00:15:33,591 --> 00:15:35,558 and now I own it. 310 00:15:36,978 --> 00:15:41,397 I still don't think that it's really sunk into me. 311 00:15:42,025 --> 00:15:44,400 I own the island 312 00:15:44,444 --> 00:15:48,446 that Da and I talked about more than 15 years ago. 313 00:15:48,523 --> 00:15:50,114 And that's where we're going 314 00:15:50,909 --> 00:15:52,617 and that's where I'm going to build a home. 315 00:15:56,414 --> 00:15:59,457 In Alaska right now 316 00:15:59,534 --> 00:16:02,293 is a perfect little island waiting for us. 317 00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:03,920 So we're gonna head up. 318 00:16:03,964 --> 00:16:05,630 I'll be able to show Rhain and the kids. 319 00:16:06,633 --> 00:16:11,719 It's all about giving Eli and Adam and my wife 320 00:16:14,516 --> 00:16:15,473 Alaska. 321 00:16:15,550 --> 00:16:17,183 That's all you want? 322 00:16:17,185 --> 00:16:18,851 -[Noah] Yep, that'll do. -All righty. 323 00:16:30,490 --> 00:16:31,823 [Bird] Oh, my gosh! 324 00:16:32,867 --> 00:16:34,659 -They got so excited. -[cats meowing] 325 00:16:35,870 --> 00:16:37,036 Guys, look. 326 00:16:37,038 --> 00:16:39,205 Come here. [clicks teeth] Come here. 327 00:16:45,171 --> 00:16:46,987 [narrator] With sister Rain 328 00:16:46,989 --> 00:16:49,590 scheduled to return to the mountain later that day... 329 00:16:49,592 --> 00:16:53,094 [Ami] I've been waiting a long time for this. 330 00:16:53,171 --> 00:16:57,015 [narrator] ...the Browns convene for one last test of the mining equipment 331 00:16:57,017 --> 00:16:58,516 before her arrival. 332 00:16:58,518 --> 00:17:00,601 [Bird] What do you think Rain's gonna think? 333 00:17:00,603 --> 00:17:03,938 She is going to be speechless, I think, 334 00:17:04,607 --> 00:17:06,357 with amazement. 335 00:17:06,434 --> 00:17:09,068 Gold mining is very important to Rain 336 00:17:09,070 --> 00:17:10,486 and the kids have put a lot of effort 337 00:17:10,488 --> 00:17:12,530 into getting all of this equipment working. 338 00:17:12,532 --> 00:17:14,490 They worked hard to make sure that, 339 00:17:14,492 --> 00:17:16,200 when she gets there, it's running. 340 00:17:16,202 --> 00:17:18,953 And it is sad that she isn't getting to be 341 00:17:18,955 --> 00:17:21,247 in on this portion of it right now, 342 00:17:21,324 --> 00:17:24,333 but I think that all of that will be washed away 343 00:17:24,335 --> 00:17:25,710 when my baby's back. 344 00:17:25,712 --> 00:17:27,795 So, you've tested it. You know the machine works. 345 00:17:27,872 --> 00:17:29,756 -You know that it fires up. -Yes. Yep. 346 00:17:29,832 --> 00:17:31,791 The conveyor belts do actually move. 347 00:17:31,793 --> 00:17:34,510 -Does the crusher crush? -And the crusher does crush. The crusher crushes. 348 00:17:35,305 --> 00:17:36,804 Well, who wants to see it running? 349 00:17:36,881 --> 00:17:38,473 -I'm ready. Let's do it. -Fire it up, Ma. 350 00:17:38,475 --> 00:17:40,308 Let's see this thing in action. 351 00:17:41,019 --> 00:17:42,560 [Bird] Noah's been fixing stuff. 352 00:17:42,562 --> 00:17:45,438 I've been, you know, greasing things and fixing things 353 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:47,106 'cause I wanted to make sur everything ran 354 00:17:47,183 --> 00:17:49,108 before bringing anybody else in 355 00:17:49,110 --> 00:17:50,526 and I think we're ready now. 356 00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:51,611 Good to turn it? 357 00:17:51,687 --> 00:17:52,820 [Noah] Okay. 358 00:17:56,743 --> 00:17:58,618 -Y'all ready? -[Ami] Ready. 359 00:17:58,694 --> 00:18:00,912 Ready when you are, man. Let's see this thing in action. 360 00:18:03,249 --> 00:18:04,832 [Bird] Ah! 361 00:18:04,834 --> 00:18:06,959 [Ami] All right! [singing] We have a gold mine! 362 00:18:06,961 --> 00:18:10,171 Well, I've not seen it work yet, so... 363 00:18:10,248 --> 00:18:12,006 -[Ami] You ready for a rock? -Go for it. 364 00:18:12,083 --> 00:18:14,634 Get them moving slow, but you don't wanna get caught in it. 365 00:18:16,304 --> 00:18:17,804 So, the mining equipment works 366 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:19,388 where there's a conveyor belt 367 00:18:19,432 --> 00:18:21,006 that leads into a big crushe 368 00:18:21,083 --> 00:18:25,019 that crushes big rock into smaller pieces of rock 369 00:18:25,096 --> 00:18:26,813 And then that goes to a conveyor belt 370 00:18:26,889 --> 00:18:28,606 that goes to another crushe 371 00:18:28,608 --> 00:18:30,775 that gets really crushed. 372 00:18:30,852 --> 00:18:32,318 Okay, Mom, watch it here. It's almost in. 373 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:33,861 Those are mine. 374 00:18:33,938 --> 00:18:35,279 [Bird] Oh, it's about to go, Mom. 375 00:18:35,356 --> 00:18:36,823 There it is. Crush! 376 00:18:39,035 --> 00:18:40,701 Oh, my gosh! 377 00:18:41,496 --> 00:18:43,996 [Bam] Well, that one didn't go in the crusher. 378 00:18:45,333 --> 00:18:47,834 And it fell off of the conveyor belt. 379 00:18:47,910 --> 00:18:49,502 There goes another one uncrushed. 380 00:18:50,296 --> 00:18:51,712 That one fell off. 381 00:18:51,714 --> 00:18:53,464 -Why are they falling off? -[Noah] Oh! 382 00:18:53,541 --> 00:18:54,799 Well... 383 00:18:55,593 --> 00:18:56,926 [Bam] I know that Noah and Bird 384 00:18:56,928 --> 00:18:58,469 wanted it to be more of a moment 385 00:18:58,471 --> 00:19:00,346 when we actually first fired it up, 386 00:19:00,381 --> 00:19:02,515 so this hasn't actually been tested that much. 387 00:19:03,643 --> 00:19:05,059 The rocks were just falling off. 388 00:19:05,061 --> 00:19:06,727 And everybody's like, "Yay, it's working!" 389 00:19:06,804 --> 00:19:08,229 I'm like, "It's not working." 390 00:19:08,690 --> 00:19:10,206 [Ami] They're all falling off. 391 00:19:10,208 --> 00:19:12,024 [Bam] They definitely have to make some adjustments. 392 00:19:12,101 --> 00:19:13,359 [Noah] We'll be right back. 393 00:19:13,436 --> 00:19:15,135 [Bird] Dang it, Noah! 394 00:19:15,137 --> 00:19:17,697 This is why I wanted to do a test-run before Rain got here. 395 00:19:17,699 --> 00:19:20,074 [Noah] You said you didn't wanna do it without other people. 396 00:19:20,076 --> 00:19:22,034 -You said you wanted to wait. -[Bird] Well, I know. If it... 397 00:19:22,111 --> 00:19:23,235 [Bird and Noah arguing] 398 00:19:23,237 --> 00:19:25,079 If it worked, I wanted Mom to be here! 399 00:19:25,081 --> 00:19:26,706 [Noah] Well, all the stuff works. 400 00:19:26,708 --> 00:19:28,224 We were really excited 401 00:19:28,226 --> 00:19:30,543 to be able to show Rain the machine working. 402 00:19:30,620 --> 00:19:32,420 However, it's not working. 403 00:19:33,548 --> 00:19:35,339 This is not a case of Brown luck 404 00:19:35,341 --> 00:19:37,216 'cause Brown luck ends good 405 00:19:37,251 --> 00:19:38,593 This is just another problem. 406 00:19:40,096 --> 00:19:41,804 The main reason that Bird and I 407 00:19:41,806 --> 00:19:43,848 are doing all this work on the gold mining stuff 408 00:19:43,850 --> 00:19:44,932 is for Rainy. 409 00:19:45,768 --> 00:19:47,393 But we have run out of time 410 00:19:52,150 --> 00:19:53,608 [Ami] Where are they? 411 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:56,944 [Gabe] It's really good to get her back, huh? 412 00:19:57,021 --> 00:19:58,237 Yes, it is. 413 00:19:58,239 --> 00:19:59,647 She's been gone too long. 414 00:20:01,701 --> 00:20:04,535 It's very difficult when a mother sees her children 415 00:20:04,537 --> 00:20:06,204 going through a difficult, tough time. 416 00:20:06,206 --> 00:20:08,748 I couldn't even speak to her on the phone for a while. 417 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:11,751 Uh, we had it arranged for me to... 418 00:20:15,423 --> 00:20:17,131 Rainy was the baby. 419 00:20:18,176 --> 00:20:20,843 She'd never been away from Mommy that long. 420 00:20:22,055 --> 00:20:23,930 I know she will come through 421 00:20:24,390 --> 00:20:26,349 I have faith in God. 422 00:20:26,384 --> 00:20:28,226 What she's going through is His will, 423 00:20:28,302 --> 00:20:29,602 or it wouldn't be happening. 424 00:20:31,648 --> 00:20:32,939 [Gabe] Here she comes. 425 00:20:51,918 --> 00:20:53,125 Here she comes. 426 00:21:02,553 --> 00:21:04,095 -[Ami] Hey, hey! -[Gabe] Hey! 427 00:21:04,171 --> 00:21:06,347 -[Bird] Hi. -There she is! 428 00:21:06,432 --> 00:21:08,182 Look who I found wandering around. 429 00:21:08,184 --> 00:21:09,600 [Gabe] Welcome back, kiddo. 430 00:21:09,602 --> 00:21:10,768 It's good to be back. 431 00:21:10,845 --> 00:21:11,894 [tearfully] Hi, Mom. 432 00:21:11,896 --> 00:21:12,937 [Ami] Missed you. 433 00:21:12,939 --> 00:21:14,063 [Gabe] Aw. 434 00:21:17,902 --> 00:21:19,026 [Rain crying] 435 00:21:35,295 --> 00:21:38,129 I know. I know. 436 00:21:39,674 --> 00:21:41,048 You can't do that again. 437 00:21:41,718 --> 00:21:43,009 No, I can't. 438 00:21:44,012 --> 00:21:45,970 [Ami] I love you. 439 00:21:47,432 --> 00:21:52,184 To finally see Rainy getting back to the ranch was overwhelming. 440 00:21:52,186 --> 00:21:54,145 I never want them to leave my sight. 441 00:21:54,147 --> 00:21:56,856 When they're not with me, I miss them so much. All of them. 442 00:21:56,858 --> 00:22:00,401 And it always does a mother's heart good 443 00:22:00,403 --> 00:22:02,611 to see her babies and hold them. 444 00:22:02,613 --> 00:22:04,405 My baby's back. 445 00:22:06,826 --> 00:22:08,701 Wow. It's weird being up here again. 446 00:22:09,412 --> 00:22:11,120 Good weird or bad weird? 447 00:22:11,122 --> 00:22:12,646 Good weird. 448 00:22:12,723 --> 00:22:14,332 -It's good weird having you back. -[Rain chuckles] 449 00:22:16,044 --> 00:22:17,460 How you doing? How you feeling? 450 00:22:17,754 --> 00:22:18,961 I feel good. 451 00:22:18,963 --> 00:22:20,963 I feel a lot better than I did. 452 00:22:21,007 --> 00:22:22,214 Okay. 453 00:22:24,135 --> 00:22:26,218 So, I don't know how much Bird has shared. 454 00:22:27,805 --> 00:22:28,971 Not a lot. 455 00:22:28,973 --> 00:22:32,016 Um, but, basically, I just... 456 00:22:34,062 --> 00:22:35,144 [sighs] 457 00:22:36,230 --> 00:22:37,605 I felt like 458 00:22:39,192 --> 00:22:42,234 I lost connection with that part of me, 459 00:22:42,311 --> 00:22:44,528 the little me, the real me. 460 00:22:46,115 --> 00:22:50,159 And when we went to Alaska, 461 00:22:51,579 --> 00:22:53,412 especially with Eli being there, 462 00:22:53,414 --> 00:22:57,583 it made me remember what it was like to be that little kid. 463 00:22:57,585 --> 00:23:01,170 And realizing that I'm not anymore. 464 00:23:01,172 --> 00:23:02,963 And I couldn't handle it 465 00:23:04,884 --> 00:23:08,260 and so I went to a psychiatric hospital, 466 00:23:11,265 --> 00:23:13,849 somewhere that I knew could help heal my mind. 467 00:23:13,851 --> 00:23:16,685 Because it's just like when you have a broken bone. 468 00:23:16,729 --> 00:23:20,272 Brown's, reluctantly, won't wanna go to the doctor. 469 00:23:20,274 --> 00:23:23,025 But you have to get it fixed. 470 00:23:23,069 --> 00:23:25,986 And, you know, sometimes they re-break it and they set it, 471 00:23:25,988 --> 00:23:27,613 and that's what they did. 472 00:23:29,784 --> 00:23:31,826 Leading up to the trip going to Alaska, 473 00:23:31,902 --> 00:23:33,244 I had some reservations. 474 00:23:34,789 --> 00:23:37,957 Um, and then when we arrived in Alaska, 475 00:23:37,959 --> 00:23:41,836 everything reminded me about how Dad was never gonna be here again. 476 00:23:42,755 --> 00:23:44,630 And that hit me really hard. 477 00:23:47,093 --> 00:23:49,218 I started feeling kinda off, 478 00:23:50,263 --> 00:23:51,887 um, is the best way I can describe it. 479 00:23:51,889 --> 00:23:54,390 Like, my head just wasn't right. 480 00:23:54,434 --> 00:23:58,602 Um, you know, I started having weird thoughts 481 00:23:58,604 --> 00:24:02,148 and, you know, feeling really depressed, really down. 482 00:24:02,150 --> 00:24:05,234 But I knew that something wasn't right. 483 00:24:07,530 --> 00:24:11,532 I stayed in a psychiatric hospital for about a month. 484 00:24:11,534 --> 00:24:15,077 And there they taught me, you know, what was going on, 485 00:24:15,079 --> 00:24:17,538 uh, why I was feeling the way that I was feeling, 486 00:24:17,615 --> 00:24:20,124 what was happening and how to deal with what was happening. 487 00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:28,299 They helped me move past... 488 00:24:28,375 --> 00:24:31,510 Not move on, but move past my grief. 489 00:24:32,263 --> 00:24:34,054 It gave me a new perspective. 490 00:24:35,057 --> 00:24:36,715 Yeah. 491 00:24:37,226 --> 00:24:40,352 [Rain] Being in the hospita helped me exponentially. 492 00:24:40,354 --> 00:24:43,439 It helped bring everything together 493 00:24:43,524 --> 00:24:45,858 and helped me understand that what was happening 494 00:24:45,860 --> 00:24:48,402 wasn't that un-normal, you know? 495 00:24:48,404 --> 00:24:51,071 That it was something that people do go through. 496 00:24:51,073 --> 00:24:55,493 I might not be back to fully-operating Rainy 100% yet, 497 00:24:55,995 --> 00:24:57,569 but I'll get there. 498 00:25:00,541 --> 00:25:03,417 I know you're leaps and bounds better than you were before. 499 00:25:04,545 --> 00:25:06,837 Whatever you need from any of us, 500 00:25:06,839 --> 00:25:09,548 just say the word and we'll be here. 501 00:25:11,427 --> 00:25:14,803 I'm proud of Rainy for facing this situation, 502 00:25:14,805 --> 00:25:16,514 the problem she's having. 503 00:25:17,058 --> 00:25:18,757 I feel for her. 504 00:25:18,759 --> 00:25:21,810 She's not an infant or a toddler that I can pick up 505 00:25:21,812 --> 00:25:23,854 and make the bad things go away. 506 00:25:25,024 --> 00:25:27,525 But I know she will come through 507 00:25:28,361 --> 00:25:31,153 because I know God has faith in her. 508 00:25:31,989 --> 00:25:35,616 And what she's going through is His will, 509 00:25:35,693 --> 00:25:37,576 or it wouldn't be happening. 510 00:25:37,578 --> 00:25:40,996 No matter how dark and strange it seems right now, 511 00:25:41,707 --> 00:25:43,523 it will all be good. 512 00:25:47,004 --> 00:25:50,506 Something that has been so hard not to tell you when we speak 513 00:25:50,550 --> 00:25:55,094 is that I have been working on the gold. 514 00:25:56,305 --> 00:25:59,557 And I knew that, if I could have it up and running, 515 00:25:59,559 --> 00:26:03,352 so all we have to do is pour rock into it and start getting gold, 516 00:26:03,396 --> 00:26:05,437 that you would be very happy. 517 00:26:05,439 --> 00:26:06,638 Is that what you did? 518 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:08,307 I'm not gonna tell you everything we've done, 519 00:26:08,309 --> 00:26:10,609 I wanna show it to you, but I have been working on the gold. 520 00:26:12,989 --> 00:26:14,905 [Rain] It feels really good to hear 521 00:26:14,907 --> 00:26:17,074 that everyone's working so hard on the gold mine while I've been away. 522 00:26:17,076 --> 00:26:19,326 It definitely gives me wind in my sails 523 00:26:19,403 --> 00:26:21,954 to know how much my family cares and supports me. 524 00:26:21,956 --> 00:26:24,164 Honestly, I think finding gold on the mountain 525 00:26:24,241 --> 00:26:25,791 is just what everybody needs. 526 00:26:26,419 --> 00:26:28,568 [Noah] You ready? 527 00:26:28,570 --> 00:26:31,005 [narrator] With the Browns' mining leader back on the mountain... 528 00:26:31,081 --> 00:26:32,131 Okay, look up! 529 00:26:32,633 --> 00:26:34,124 [Rain] Wow. 530 00:26:34,126 --> 00:26:35,676 [narrator] ...the siblings turn their attention 531 00:26:35,678 --> 00:26:36,927 to a gap in the conveyor, 532 00:26:36,929 --> 00:26:38,804 the final hurdle 533 00:26:38,881 --> 00:26:41,724 before the pack can begin processing gold. 534 00:26:43,144 --> 00:26:44,343 [Rain] Yeah. 535 00:26:44,345 --> 00:26:46,645 We thought it was gonna run fast enough 536 00:26:46,722 --> 00:26:48,188 to just boom it in. 537 00:26:48,190 --> 00:26:50,357 -No. -It doesn't... Yeah. It does not. 538 00:26:50,434 --> 00:26:53,152 When we got it, the conveyor belt was actually on top of that... 539 00:26:53,154 --> 00:26:55,904 -[Bird] Oh! -[Rain] ...and it was placed into it. 540 00:26:55,906 --> 00:26:58,574 I'm gonna cut out the funnel. 541 00:26:59,452 --> 00:27:02,286 I'm gonna cut the sides here and here 542 00:27:02,363 --> 00:27:04,246 and then I'm going to bend it 543 00:27:04,248 --> 00:27:07,166 so that it meets and just, like... Yay away from the belt. 544 00:27:07,168 --> 00:27:08,542 Then just... It'll go right in. 545 00:27:08,619 --> 00:27:11,920 I need someone to bend 546 00:27:12,590 --> 00:27:13,881 and someone to hold. 547 00:27:13,957 --> 00:27:15,049 I'll bend. 548 00:27:15,676 --> 00:27:16,925 Okay. Ready? 549 00:27:16,927 --> 00:27:18,010 -Yep. -Ready. 550 00:27:18,012 --> 00:27:19,053 [Noah] Here we go. 551 00:27:20,389 --> 00:27:21,722 -You good? -Yep. 552 00:27:23,392 --> 00:27:24,933 This is warm. This is nice. 553 00:27:24,935 --> 00:27:26,435 [Noah] Okay, so it's not burning you? 554 00:27:26,437 --> 00:27:27,770 -[Rain] No. -[Noah] Okay, good. 555 00:27:27,813 --> 00:27:29,480 Make sure you don't cut through it. 556 00:27:29,482 --> 00:27:31,231 All right. I'm gonna count to three, 557 00:27:31,308 --> 00:27:32,816 -then y'all are gonna go. Ready? -Ready. 558 00:27:32,818 --> 00:27:36,320 One, two, three, go! 559 00:27:37,406 --> 00:27:38,906 Rain was not supposed to see it 560 00:27:38,982 --> 00:27:40,407 until we were finished and it was running. 561 00:27:40,409 --> 00:27:42,618 Hammer time. 562 00:27:42,620 --> 00:27:44,536 But it's nice to have Rain back. 563 00:27:44,538 --> 00:27:46,330 I'm glad that she's doing go 564 00:27:46,332 --> 00:27:48,791 and she's dealt with everything that she needed to 565 00:27:48,793 --> 00:27:50,042 and she's back on the mountain. 566 00:27:50,044 --> 00:27:51,743 It's where she belongs. 567 00:27:51,820 --> 00:27:53,671 [Bird] I think that's about as close as we're gonna get it. 568 00:27:53,673 --> 00:27:55,881 -We're burning the rubber. -I know, but... 569 00:27:55,883 --> 00:27:57,091 Yeah, I think that'll do. 570 00:27:58,636 --> 00:27:59,843 [Bird whoops] 571 00:28:13,192 --> 00:28:15,859 You know how dirty that water probably is? 572 00:28:15,861 --> 00:28:18,445 As long as it's not the one that had the dead chipmunk in it, I'm good. 573 00:28:20,574 --> 00:28:24,535 [narrator] A hard rock gold expert is due to asses the mountains potential 574 00:28:24,537 --> 00:28:26,519 in just a few hours. 575 00:28:26,597 --> 00:28:30,499 But while brother Noah continues repairs on their rock crusher 576 00:28:30,543 --> 00:28:34,795 youngest sister, Rain, must employee a more old-fashioned method 577 00:28:34,797 --> 00:28:37,548 to generate sufficient material to pan. 578 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,720 -[Rain] Okay. -How do we get these nuggets? Let's do this. 579 00:28:42,796 --> 00:28:45,639 So, it's not gonna be quite nuggets, it's more of a powder. 580 00:28:45,641 --> 00:28:47,224 So I'm not just gonna sledge hammer this open 581 00:28:47,301 --> 00:28:48,726 -and find a gold nugget? -No. 582 00:28:49,729 --> 00:28:52,229 This is called a pumice. 583 00:28:54,734 --> 00:28:56,859 So then, you just pick this up. 584 00:29:00,698 --> 00:29:05,367 I am beyond hopeful. I absolutely know that there's gold in these rocks. 585 00:29:05,369 --> 00:29:08,328 I just... I just know that it's there. 586 00:29:08,330 --> 00:29:11,498 I don't even know how to explain it, I just have a sense for it, 587 00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:13,876 and I'm very excited to actually see if I'm right. 588 00:29:13,919 --> 00:29:16,712 So, we have these sifters. 589 00:29:16,756 --> 00:29:19,465 Obviously, the big one goes on top of the little one. 590 00:29:19,541 --> 00:29:21,925 And then, you have a pan underneath. 591 00:29:22,002 --> 00:29:24,970 -And then you get gold. -Basically. 592 00:29:24,972 --> 00:29:27,306 -Ah, yes, shaking. -You have to hold the bottom. 593 00:29:29,351 --> 00:29:32,227 The goal isn't to get all of the rock into the pan. 594 00:29:37,526 --> 00:29:40,694 So, see all those sparkles that are just kinda floating around with everything else? 595 00:29:40,771 --> 00:29:42,279 -Mmm-hmm. -And see the sparkles 596 00:29:42,281 --> 00:29:44,114 that are staying on the bottom in the pan? 597 00:29:46,702 --> 00:29:48,952 The sparkles that are staying on the bottom of the pan are gold. 598 00:29:52,291 --> 00:29:54,249 I don't have woven paper, leave me alone. 599 00:29:54,251 --> 00:29:56,919 See, now you get what I've been saying. 600 00:29:58,088 --> 00:30:02,549 Rain, she's pointing out where the gold is from the rock we crushed 601 00:30:02,551 --> 00:30:05,552 and we're panning it and she's pointing out, "Oh, look, there's cold." 602 00:30:05,554 --> 00:30:07,095 I'm a little nervous for sur 603 00:30:07,097 --> 00:30:08,755 'cause it's like, it looks like gold, 604 00:30:08,757 --> 00:30:12,142 and I want it to be gold, and Rain's saying it's gold 605 00:30:12,144 --> 00:30:14,478 And, you know, I'm a little nervous that they're just gonna be like, 606 00:30:14,555 --> 00:30:17,439 "Nah, you just got gold fever. That's not gold." 607 00:30:18,484 --> 00:30:21,485 If we're finding little sparkles, just doing this, 608 00:30:21,487 --> 00:30:24,446 can you imagine when we get these into the big crusher, 609 00:30:24,448 --> 00:30:27,908 and we're doing, like, loads upon loads of giant... Like... 610 00:30:28,828 --> 00:30:30,719 Oh, I know. 611 00:30:30,721 --> 00:30:33,121 A couple flakes are gonna turn into let's go buy us some lamas. 612 00:30:35,668 --> 00:30:37,225 What? 613 00:30:39,463 --> 00:30:41,713 -[Rain] This is Donnie. -Yep. Noah invited me up here. 614 00:30:41,715 --> 00:30:44,216 -[Ami] Nice meeting you, Donnie. -Nice to meet you. 615 00:30:44,218 --> 00:30:49,137 My name's Donnie Hobert and I've been gold mining always, 616 00:30:49,139 --> 00:30:51,598 been mining off and on for 20 years. 617 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:53,642 Did it commercially for 15. 618 00:30:53,644 --> 00:30:56,270 So, it's been in my blood really. 619 00:30:56,346 --> 00:30:59,231 So this is, kinda, our first go at hard rock mining. 620 00:30:59,308 --> 00:31:02,609 It's gonna be a lot of work, but pays off when you're running tons of it. 621 00:31:02,611 --> 00:31:05,279 Hard rock, you can end up melting it at one point. 622 00:31:05,355 --> 00:31:07,531 Breaking the rest of that minerals out of it, 623 00:31:07,649 --> 00:31:10,784 and then, you get yellow gold and then that's what you want. 624 00:31:10,861 --> 00:31:13,912 There's still gold here. There's lots of gold here all over this mountain. 625 00:31:13,989 --> 00:31:17,457 You know, back in the day this was booming and it jus shut down for a while 626 00:31:17,459 --> 00:31:19,585 they don't have our technolo we got. 627 00:31:19,661 --> 00:31:22,838 'Course, this ain't the best of technology, but it's working at it. 628 00:31:22,882 --> 00:31:25,424 Compared to rock and hammer, you know. 629 00:31:25,500 --> 00:31:29,261 I'm a little bit nervous to see what Donnie has to say about the gold. 630 00:31:29,338 --> 00:31:31,972 I would be in shock if it weren't gold 631 00:31:31,974 --> 00:31:34,850 because I have researched this extensively. 632 00:31:34,852 --> 00:31:36,685 It would also be very embarrassing 633 00:31:36,729 --> 00:31:38,270 'cause I was like, "Oh, look, there's gold!" 634 00:31:38,347 --> 00:31:41,273 And then, come to find out that if isn't gold, that's... 635 00:31:41,350 --> 00:31:44,234 It's gonna be crushing my dreams like that crusher is crushing the rocks. 636 00:31:46,071 --> 00:31:47,529 So, what'd you think? We got gold? 637 00:31:51,493 --> 00:31:53,410 Oh, yeah. I think you got gold. 638 00:31:55,205 --> 00:31:57,706 You can run tons. Tons and tons of material. 639 00:31:58,375 --> 00:32:00,250 That's just a bucket full, you know. 640 00:32:00,327 --> 00:32:02,144 -I agree. -[Ami] That's right. 641 00:32:02,146 --> 00:32:03,629 -Little more turning and you'll catch it all too. -[Rain] Yeah. 642 00:32:04,423 --> 00:32:06,465 The validation that Donnie gave me 643 00:32:06,541 --> 00:32:10,719 saying that this is in fact gold just made my heart sing. 644 00:32:10,721 --> 00:32:13,180 I'm just over the moon excited. 645 00:32:13,215 --> 00:32:15,557 The next step, is to take a bunch of the materials, 646 00:32:15,559 --> 00:32:18,226 and run it through the processer, and see if we can get some gold. 647 00:32:18,270 --> 00:32:20,354 And I am more than ready. 648 00:32:20,430 --> 00:32:23,649 -We got gold, Mom. We got gold! -Yeah, we got gold, baby girl. 649 00:32:32,993 --> 00:32:34,409 [Bird] Oh, it just smells so good. 650 00:32:35,621 --> 00:32:38,497 -Mmm. [mumbles] -[Ami] What? 651 00:32:39,375 --> 00:32:41,541 It does taste as good as it smells. 652 00:32:41,543 --> 00:32:43,518 It, kinda, makes me wanna gag. 653 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:47,422 I mean, it is right next to a cow patty, but it just smells so good. 654 00:32:50,219 --> 00:32:54,137 [narrator] The next morning before the family returns to mining, 655 00:32:54,139 --> 00:32:58,600 Bird receives important test results from her follow-up appointment. 656 00:33:00,270 --> 00:33:02,646 I mean, honest, I just wanted to grow old with all my cats 657 00:33:02,648 --> 00:33:07,109 and not have to make any decision ever in my life, but here we are. 658 00:33:08,696 --> 00:33:11,905 I haven't necessarily spoken to my family about, 659 00:33:11,907 --> 00:33:15,742 you know, the decision that I have to make to, you know, have a kid or not. 660 00:33:15,744 --> 00:33:19,204 I do have a hard time talking to, really, anybody 661 00:33:19,206 --> 00:33:23,542 Especially when it comes to, like, medical or, you know, life decisions. 662 00:33:25,087 --> 00:33:27,062 Have you spoken to your doctor? 663 00:33:29,383 --> 00:33:33,927 My doctor tells me if I wanna go down the path of having kids that I can. 664 00:33:34,513 --> 00:33:35,804 But I've decided to... 665 00:33:36,932 --> 00:33:37,931 have a kid. 666 00:33:41,687 --> 00:33:43,395 Another grandbaby. 667 00:33:44,773 --> 00:33:48,442 And I get to be an aunty for my sister this time. 668 00:33:48,518 --> 00:33:51,153 I know there's something special about having kids. 669 00:33:51,155 --> 00:33:53,613 It's always been something that's almost seemed a littl scary for me. 670 00:33:53,615 --> 00:33:56,074 But I know there's something special about it. 671 00:33:56,151 --> 00:34:01,455 And the risk of possible cancer to try and have that is worth it. 672 00:34:03,333 --> 00:34:05,167 I guess one thing that everything has showed me 673 00:34:05,169 --> 00:34:07,044 is that it's not always a straight line, 674 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:08,795 it's not always what you think it's gonna be. 675 00:34:09,715 --> 00:34:11,715 Life is an adventure. 676 00:34:12,134 --> 00:34:14,125 Live your dream. 677 00:34:14,928 --> 00:34:17,179 [Rain] You know, this is the first time we've heard Bird say 678 00:34:17,181 --> 00:34:19,097 that she does want to have a baby someday. 679 00:34:19,725 --> 00:34:21,683 And it feels really good. 680 00:34:21,685 --> 00:34:25,062 Bird means everything to me, she is my whole world. 681 00:34:25,138 --> 00:34:28,231 And I just wanna see her happy and fulfilled, 682 00:34:28,391 --> 00:34:30,400 and I'll be by her side no matter what. 683 00:34:31,487 --> 00:34:36,656 Obviously, you know, babies there's two people involved. 684 00:34:36,733 --> 00:34:38,408 Is there? 685 00:34:39,369 --> 00:34:45,123 So, I know before you would, kinda, entertain the idea of dating. 686 00:34:45,125 --> 00:34:49,086 I'm open to the future, but I'm not headed to the Quick Stop. 687 00:34:49,088 --> 00:34:52,506 I would have taken you somewhere you were actually going to meet a guy. 688 00:34:52,582 --> 00:34:55,383 -[Ami] Wear your cute little skirt. -Who do you think I am? 689 00:34:55,385 --> 00:34:58,178 [all laughing] 690 00:34:58,180 --> 00:35:01,348 [Bird] Honestly, the more people pester me into, like try and find a guy, 691 00:35:01,350 --> 00:35:02,557 the more I don't want to. 692 00:35:02,601 --> 00:35:04,768 I like things to be on my terms, 693 00:35:04,845 --> 00:35:06,228 uh, which is what's been hard with this. 694 00:35:06,230 --> 00:35:08,772 'Cause this isn't on my term. [chuckles] 695 00:35:08,849 --> 00:35:11,274 I don't know. I guess you could say I'm a hopeless romantic. 696 00:35:11,276 --> 00:35:13,944 I just, kinda, believe I'll run into the guy. 697 00:35:16,740 --> 00:35:18,198 What are you doing? 698 00:35:19,034 --> 00:35:20,200 That's not how you spit. 699 00:35:20,202 --> 00:35:22,911 I was never taught how to spit. 700 00:35:22,913 --> 00:35:24,704 -Project it. -[Rain] I'm a lady. 701 00:35:24,706 --> 00:35:26,957 -[Bird] You project it. -Lady's aren't supposed to spit. 702 00:35:27,918 --> 00:35:28,941 [Ami] Everyone spits. 703 00:35:32,047 --> 00:35:35,048 -[Noah] Hey, Gabe, look. -Yeah. 704 00:35:35,050 --> 00:35:37,008 -Nothing in my hat, right? -Nothing in your hat. 705 00:35:37,085 --> 00:35:39,553 If I set the hat down, like so, right? There's nothing in my hat. 706 00:35:39,555 --> 00:35:41,471 I'm gonna take the hat, I'm gonna go like this. 707 00:35:41,548 --> 00:35:43,598 Next time I remove the hat, I have my ferret! 708 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:45,142 [exaggerated gasp] 709 00:35:45,144 --> 00:35:48,687 It's literally the cutest tricky thing I've ever seen. 710 00:35:48,689 --> 00:35:52,107 Triss is my ferret. She is just the best ferret ever. 711 00:35:52,109 --> 00:35:54,818 She's a super-good helper. She's my mascot. 712 00:35:54,820 --> 00:35:58,530 I figured I needed some intelligent help for this so I thought I'd bring her. 713 00:36:04,621 --> 00:36:06,538 [Noah] You are the generator, I'll go to the breaker, 714 00:36:06,615 --> 00:36:08,456 then on our way back we'll start loading rocks. 715 00:36:08,458 --> 00:36:11,918 -[Rain] Go for it. -[Bird] All right. Oh, my God, I'm excited. 716 00:36:11,995 --> 00:36:15,422 -[Bam] Do you know for sure you fixed it? -It should work. 717 00:36:15,498 --> 00:36:18,216 [Bird] There's only one way to know if this works, go turn it on. 718 00:36:19,469 --> 00:36:22,804 [narrator] Eighteen months ago, patriarch Billy Brown, 719 00:36:22,806 --> 00:36:26,183 imparted his dream of gold mining to the youngest sibling. 720 00:36:26,185 --> 00:36:30,103 Gold, it's here. It's worth looking into, it really is. 721 00:36:30,189 --> 00:36:34,274 [narrator] And the wolfpack has transformed the mountai into a boom town. 722 00:36:34,276 --> 00:36:36,109 That's what I'm talking about. 723 00:36:36,111 --> 00:36:38,445 [narrator] Now, with Rain at the helm, 724 00:36:38,447 --> 00:36:41,990 the Browns are finally read to test their equipment. 725 00:36:42,034 --> 00:36:44,326 If they can yield even trace amounts of gold 726 00:36:44,328 --> 00:36:47,829 they can kick their mining endeavor into overdrive, 727 00:36:47,831 --> 00:36:52,375 turning the mountain's natural resource into self-sustainability. 728 00:36:52,452 --> 00:36:53,877 Go for it. 729 00:36:57,591 --> 00:37:00,425 I have my doubts that the mining equipment will run, 730 00:37:00,427 --> 00:37:02,260 but I'm pushing that to the back of my mind. 731 00:37:02,262 --> 00:37:04,429 [Noah] 'Kay let's just start piling it on, come on. 732 00:37:04,431 --> 00:37:08,516 This is the moment that Mom, Da, and I have talked about since forever, 733 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:10,435 this is what we've been waiting for. 734 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:20,362 [Bird] Oh, my goodness. 735 00:37:22,157 --> 00:37:25,533 It's working, guys. 736 00:37:25,535 --> 00:37:28,745 -[Noah] It's working. -[Rain] See, it's coming out and falling in little pieces. 737 00:37:28,747 --> 00:37:31,331 -Oh, the big ones. -[all cheering] 738 00:37:32,793 --> 00:37:37,045 Pretty much everybody's here and the mining equipment is actually working. 739 00:37:37,047 --> 00:37:38,579 Honestly, I'm relieved. 740 00:37:38,590 --> 00:37:40,882 I thought something else was gonna go wrong, 741 00:37:40,884 --> 00:37:42,342 but it's actually crushing all the rock, 742 00:37:42,419 --> 00:37:44,469 all the conveyor belts are working, 743 00:37:44,471 --> 00:37:47,514 and it's just so exciting that everybody's here for that. 744 00:37:48,684 --> 00:37:50,600 [Rain] Oh, those are so small. 745 00:37:55,482 --> 00:37:57,190 I knew it would work. 746 00:37:57,192 --> 00:37:59,526 Of course, baby girl. Of course. 747 00:38:00,112 --> 00:38:02,320 Perseverance pays off. 748 00:38:02,322 --> 00:38:04,906 -Determination. -[Bird] Yeah. 749 00:38:04,908 --> 00:38:06,616 [Rhain] Hey, I think it's almost done. 750 00:38:07,119 --> 00:38:08,343 Huh. 751 00:38:09,913 --> 00:38:12,580 I am just overcome with emotion, 752 00:38:12,615 --> 00:38:15,583 seeing all of the mining equipment working and crushing rocks. 753 00:38:15,585 --> 00:38:17,711 It's just insane that we've come this far. 754 00:38:17,713 --> 00:38:20,588 And it just makes me feel more connected to Da than ever 755 00:38:20,590 --> 00:38:24,175 because this is a dream that him, Mom, and I dreamed. 756 00:38:24,177 --> 00:38:26,720 And so, it feels really goo that all of our hard work 757 00:38:26,722 --> 00:38:30,348 and all of our dream determination, is finally paying off. 758 00:38:30,350 --> 00:38:32,225 All right, let's go look at the pile. 759 00:38:32,227 --> 00:38:34,728 [Bird] I hope we just go down and just have gold. 760 00:38:34,730 --> 00:38:37,814 Is everybody else as excited as I know Rain and I are? 761 00:38:37,816 --> 00:38:39,607 That we just... 762 00:38:39,651 --> 00:38:42,569 turned the gold mine on, crushed rock, 763 00:38:42,571 --> 00:38:45,405 back in the day the miners purely did it by hand. 764 00:38:47,367 --> 00:38:48,742 Mom, do you wanna see gold? 765 00:38:50,871 --> 00:38:53,413 Right there, it sparkles. 766 00:38:53,490 --> 00:38:54,998 -[Ami gasps] -[Rhain] See it? 767 00:38:57,669 --> 00:39:00,003 [Ami] You know, it's a little. 768 00:39:00,964 --> 00:39:02,714 But a lot of a little makes a lot. 769 00:39:03,967 --> 00:39:06,051 It's like learning to walk. 770 00:39:06,928 --> 00:39:08,828 First there's a little, 771 00:39:08,830 --> 00:39:11,222 then there's a little mini walks, and then, soon he'll be running. 772 00:39:11,224 --> 00:39:13,141 And so, soon we'll have... 773 00:39:14,686 --> 00:39:16,061 bags full maybe. 774 00:39:16,137 --> 00:39:18,246 I think Da would be proud. 775 00:39:21,485 --> 00:39:25,862 It has been a rough year and it feels like everything this year, and last year, 776 00:39:25,939 --> 00:39:28,198 has tried to stop us from trying to get this going, 777 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:29,908 and trying to build the ranch up, 778 00:39:29,910 --> 00:39:32,619 and get everything back to how it was, even before the fire. 779 00:39:33,914 --> 00:39:38,625 -But, in the end, we come together and we do this. -[Ami] That's right. 780 00:39:38,627 --> 00:39:42,837 It brings me very much joy to see the kids and the family stick together 781 00:39:42,839 --> 00:39:45,673 and preserver so much like they have. 782 00:39:45,717 --> 00:39:47,217 Billy would definitely be proud. 783 00:39:48,261 --> 00:39:49,803 [Bird] Eli has something to say. 784 00:39:50,263 --> 00:39:52,472 -Gold. -[Ami] Gold. 785 00:39:52,549 --> 00:39:54,099 -[Rhain] Wow. -[Bird] I just told him that. 786 00:39:54,976 --> 00:39:56,643 He's got the fever! 787 00:39:58,897 --> 00:40:00,730 [all howling] 788 00:40:03,527 --> 00:40:06,277 [Rain] It's not even about the amount of gold that we get, 789 00:40:06,354 --> 00:40:09,864 the gold represents a dream that came from a spark. 790 00:40:09,866 --> 00:40:13,868 And that turned into a reality and that's what North Star Ranch is all about. 791 00:40:13,912 --> 00:40:16,037 It's all about a dream made real. 792 00:40:17,082 --> 00:40:19,791 The last couple years have not been easy for any of us. 793 00:40:19,793 --> 00:40:24,963 And just maybe it's a sign that Brown luck could be changing. 794 00:40:24,965 --> 00:40:28,216 [Bird] There was definitely a lot up in the air for the family right now. 795 00:40:28,218 --> 00:40:31,845 Uh, I'm excited to see... To see what happens. 796 00:40:31,847 --> 00:40:33,930 And I'm hoping it's a good year. 797 00:40:36,184 --> 00:40:37,308 [thunder rumbling] 798 00:40:40,063 --> 00:40:42,254 [Noah] Okay. Good to go. 799 00:40:44,151 --> 00:40:48,236 This is what the wolfpack does, we band together and we get stuff done. 800 00:40:48,238 --> 00:40:49,929 And it feels good. 801 00:40:49,931 --> 00:40:52,907 It feels good to be able to help people achieve their goals. 802 00:40:52,909 --> 00:40:57,120 Uh, but I'm definitely ready for the next part of this adventure. 803 00:41:02,210 --> 00:41:04,002 -[Noah] Again. -[Rhain] Again. 804 00:41:04,713 --> 00:41:08,715 This time, I get to come! And baby Adam. 805 00:41:08,750 --> 00:41:11,050 People go to Alaska for a variety of reasons. 806 00:41:11,052 --> 00:41:14,888 They're running away from something or they're running to something. 807 00:41:14,890 --> 00:41:19,851 I was going to something. The future. The Meyers Chuck property. 808 00:41:19,853 --> 00:41:22,479 It's a blank canvas and I'm going to fill it. 809 00:41:22,481 --> 00:41:24,731 -Happy Alaska. -Happy Alaska. 810 00:41:24,816 --> 00:41:25,982 [Eli] Happy Alaska!