1 00:00:07,060 --> 00:00:09,430 [radio interference] 2 00:00:09,630 --> 00:00:10,770 [man on radio] We're tracking a serious storm, 3 00:00:10,970 --> 00:00:13,190 equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane, 4 00:00:13,390 --> 00:00:15,510 that's set to hammer the Alaskan interior. 5 00:00:17,410 --> 00:00:19,260 The remnants of Typhoon Merbok, 6 00:00:19,460 --> 00:00:21,050 moving through the Bering Sea, 7 00:00:21,250 --> 00:00:22,640 are on course to make landfall 8 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:24,120 in the next 24 hours. 9 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:25,430 And bring with it 10 00:00:25,630 --> 00:00:27,170 strong winds, rain and snow. 11 00:00:28,750 --> 00:00:30,530 Officials are expecting severe floods 12 00:00:30,730 --> 00:00:32,130 to hit many parts of Alaska. 13 00:00:36,410 --> 00:00:37,570 Apparently, in the forecast 14 00:00:37,770 --> 00:00:40,360 this is supposed to be a five to 10 year event. 15 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:42,050 So, basically, it's batten down the hatches 16 00:00:42,250 --> 00:00:43,260 for the worst? 17 00:00:43,460 --> 00:00:44,740 [Paul Richardson] Yeah. That's what they're calling for 18 00:00:44,940 --> 00:00:46,050 in the next couple days. 19 00:00:46,250 --> 00:00:47,100 - [Carlos Minor] It's that bad, huh? - It's gonna be bad. 20 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:50,530 It rained all night. 21 00:00:50,730 --> 00:00:52,740 - Real hard this morning. - [Paul] Yeah, it did. 22 00:00:52,940 --> 00:00:54,750 [Dustin Hurt] I'm so sick of this [bleep]. 23 00:00:57,310 --> 00:00:59,460 I can't tell what this rain did to the creek. 24 00:00:59,660 --> 00:01:01,950 So, we're about to go find out what happened at the creek, 25 00:01:02,150 --> 00:01:03,330 and what happened to our stuff. 26 00:01:03,530 --> 00:01:05,290 If it's flooding, if we can dive, 27 00:01:05,490 --> 00:01:06,770 if we can still work in this stuff. 28 00:01:06,970 --> 00:01:08,880 It doesn't seem like it. 29 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:10,360 We've got a weather pattern coming so, 30 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:12,910 is it really feasible to try to dredge today? 31 00:01:13,110 --> 00:01:15,170 Well, what if this is the last day that we can dredge? 32 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:18,430 So, I say get in the water, 33 00:01:18,630 --> 00:01:19,950 even if it's only half a day. 34 00:01:20,150 --> 00:01:21,740 Then you better hit it while you can. 35 00:01:21,940 --> 00:01:23,950 But we know we have more rain coming, 36 00:01:24,150 --> 00:01:25,570 so were gonna have to pull the dredges up. 37 00:01:25,770 --> 00:01:26,950 [Dustin] Yeah, we're on the gold. 38 00:01:27,150 --> 00:01:28,220 Snow's obviously almost here, 39 00:01:28,420 --> 00:01:29,640 and pushing us out the door. 40 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:30,710 And we're on the verge. 41 00:01:30,910 --> 00:01:32,120 [Dustin] We're about to get caught out, 42 00:01:32,320 --> 00:01:34,430 but I don't know what to do, so... 43 00:01:34,630 --> 00:01:36,430 Probably the foolish thing to keep trying to get gold. 44 00:01:36,630 --> 00:01:37,950 So, watch yourself out there. 45 00:01:38,150 --> 00:01:39,570 Let's go find out what it looks like. 46 00:01:39,770 --> 00:01:41,330 See if we can work there or not. 47 00:01:41,530 --> 00:01:44,150 I don't know how we would recover 48 00:01:44,350 --> 00:01:47,050 from another wet storm like we had before, 49 00:01:47,250 --> 00:01:48,840 and they say it's gonna be worse. 50 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:49,750 I just don't know what to do. 51 00:01:50,410 --> 00:01:51,430 If it rains too much, 52 00:01:51,630 --> 00:01:53,000 it's gonna put us out of business. 53 00:01:57,650 --> 00:01:59,360 [narrator] A massive storm 54 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:01,510 could end their recent run of luck. 55 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:04,430 [Dustin] I'm seeing gold! 56 00:02:04,630 --> 00:02:06,050 [narrator] For three weeks in a row... 57 00:02:06,250 --> 00:02:08,120 - [James Hamm] I knew there was gold in here! - [laughs] 58 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,400 ...both crews have been on a pay streak. 59 00:02:10,590 --> 00:02:11,710 Right now, we're on gold. 60 00:02:11,910 --> 00:02:13,360 We're finally starting to see good gold. 61 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,260 Look at that! Whoo, doggy! 62 00:02:16,460 --> 00:02:19,020 Everyday we're getting gold, so that's a great thing. 63 00:02:19,220 --> 00:02:20,430 [narrator] Pulling up nuggets... 64 00:02:20,630 --> 00:02:22,220 [James] There's a lot of gold in here. 65 00:02:22,420 --> 00:02:24,220 [Carlos] You know we're on a pay streak 66 00:02:24,420 --> 00:02:27,150 when you still get gold on a bad dive. 67 00:02:27,350 --> 00:02:28,330 - We're getting it guys. - [Kayla Johanson] Yeah. 68 00:02:28,530 --> 00:02:30,430 - This is starting to get exciting now. - [Paul chuckles] 69 00:02:30,630 --> 00:02:33,570 [narrator] And last week there was clear evidence... 70 00:02:33,770 --> 00:02:35,880 [Kayla] Today was the most gold that we've found so far. 71 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,770 ...they're about to hit life-changing gold. 72 00:02:38,970 --> 00:02:39,980 [Paul] We're on the gold streak. 73 00:02:40,180 --> 00:02:41,290 Like a little plunge pool, 74 00:02:41,490 --> 00:02:43,020 and all that gold will be lodged in those boulders. 75 00:02:43,220 --> 00:02:44,510 This could be our best season ever. 76 00:02:45,650 --> 00:02:46,460 There's some hope. 77 00:02:46,660 --> 00:02:48,260 This is going to inspire everybody. 78 00:02:48,460 --> 00:02:50,960 We're gonna get more gold than we ever [bleep] thought. 79 00:02:52,860 --> 00:02:54,790 [narrator] If they can keep dredging. 80 00:02:55,580 --> 00:02:56,770 [Carlos] Holy [bleep], man. 81 00:02:56,970 --> 00:02:58,740 Did it rain here? 82 00:02:58,940 --> 00:03:01,270 [James] Yeah. We were expecting a flood and we got no water. 83 00:03:02,310 --> 00:03:03,570 I was not expecting this, 84 00:03:03,770 --> 00:03:05,400 it rained all night. 85 00:03:05,590 --> 00:03:07,810 and it must be mostly snow up to the top, 86 00:03:08,010 --> 00:03:10,910 'cause the water, not only is it crystal clear, 87 00:03:11,110 --> 00:03:11,820 it's low. 88 00:03:14,130 --> 00:03:17,670 I expected this to be in, uh, complete shambles. 89 00:03:17,870 --> 00:03:19,740 I don't know what the right move is. 90 00:03:19,940 --> 00:03:23,000 This is like the best dive days I've seen ever. 91 00:03:26,890 --> 00:03:29,050 [James] This is like picture perfect right now. 92 00:03:29,250 --> 00:03:31,020 [Wes Richardson] We're on gold, we wanna keep dredging, 93 00:03:31,220 --> 00:03:32,680 but we can't afford to lose all of our stuff either. 94 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:36,260 [Carlos] Are you gonna sleep worse, 95 00:03:36,460 --> 00:03:37,810 knowing that you missed out on a good dive day, 96 00:03:38,010 --> 00:03:39,360 having your [bleep] packed up, 97 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:41,400 or sleep better, 98 00:03:41,590 --> 00:03:44,770 you had a good dive day, couple of ounces of gold, 99 00:03:44,970 --> 00:03:45,930 and nothing packed up? 100 00:03:47,130 --> 00:03:48,310 What's the lesser of the two evils? 101 00:03:50,370 --> 00:03:52,400 [Dustin] I don't think we have a choice, but to dive. 102 00:03:52,590 --> 00:03:53,580 I say we should do this. 103 00:03:54,860 --> 00:03:56,150 I don't think it's the right thing to do. 104 00:03:56,350 --> 00:03:58,910 I think it's what I want to do. 105 00:03:59,110 --> 00:04:01,270 - We're gonna look for gold. - [Carlos] All right. I'm all with it, man. 106 00:04:02,860 --> 00:04:03,750 [Dustin] I'mma dive. 107 00:04:05,340 --> 00:04:07,150 The responsible thing right now, 108 00:04:07,350 --> 00:04:09,640 would be to pack this place up right here, 109 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:11,000 and go pack up camp. 110 00:04:11,820 --> 00:04:13,130 Do I do the responsible thing? 111 00:04:14,170 --> 00:04:15,410 Or do I try to find gold? 112 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,460 Obviously, I'm putting on my dive suit. 113 00:04:19,660 --> 00:04:21,580 and, uh, not doing the responsible thing. 114 00:04:41,860 --> 00:04:43,500 Hopefully... 115 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:46,050 I can get us down to the bottom of this thing. 116 00:04:46,250 --> 00:04:48,670 I believe that Nugget Creek 117 00:04:48,870 --> 00:04:50,740 still has a huge payload, 118 00:04:50,940 --> 00:04:52,510 and I'm gonna keep digging until I find it. 119 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:55,190 I'm gonna dig as deep as I can. 120 00:04:55,390 --> 00:04:57,150 Tell my guys never to do it, but... 121 00:04:57,350 --> 00:04:59,150 I dig straight down. 122 00:04:59,350 --> 00:05:01,330 [narrator] With a storm bearing down, 123 00:05:01,530 --> 00:05:02,810 and only days left 124 00:05:03,010 --> 00:05:05,640 before the Alaskan winter forces them out, 125 00:05:05,840 --> 00:05:07,670 Dustin Hurt and his crew 126 00:05:07,870 --> 00:05:09,680 are throwing caution to the wind. 127 00:05:11,060 --> 00:05:12,710 So, you guys wanna just go that way. 128 00:05:12,910 --> 00:05:14,150 One right here is your deepest point, man. 129 00:05:14,350 --> 00:05:16,740 Go suck that out. There's a lot of gold down there. 130 00:05:16,940 --> 00:05:18,060 - [Dustin] All right. - [Carlos] A lot of rock moving. 131 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,020 It's probably filled in right now, 132 00:05:21,220 --> 00:05:21,960 but with gold. 133 00:05:24,270 --> 00:05:25,710 [narrator] Beneath the unstable 134 00:05:25,910 --> 00:05:27,440 50-ton granite boulder, 135 00:05:28,790 --> 00:05:31,130 they've discovered a rust-colored pay layer. 136 00:05:32,370 --> 00:05:34,880 Now, if Dustin can clear the rocks, 137 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:36,030 and punch through, 138 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:38,910 he could hit a massive pile 139 00:05:39,110 --> 00:05:41,810 of the legendary four ounce chunks 140 00:05:42,010 --> 00:05:43,930 that gave Nugget Creek its name. 141 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,050 I'm happy that Dustin's getting in. 142 00:05:50,250 --> 00:05:54,080 because ever day could be one of our last dives. 143 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:56,600 Mother Nature's, uh, rearing her head, 144 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:58,000 saying, "Winter's coming early." 145 00:05:59,310 --> 00:06:00,360 [Dustin] Everything good? 146 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:01,910 - All good? - [James on radio] Have a good dive, man. 147 00:06:02,110 --> 00:06:03,060 [Dustin] All right. Let's rock and roll. 148 00:06:09,620 --> 00:06:11,200 [Dustin] Hello, old friend. 149 00:06:14,860 --> 00:06:16,770 Let's see if I can find some gold. 150 00:06:16,970 --> 00:06:18,100 All right. I'm gonna need a basket. 151 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:22,600 It's a double-edged sword we've got going on right now. 152 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:24,050 Do we keep trying to find gold? 153 00:06:24,250 --> 00:06:25,810 Or do we secure our stuff at camp? 154 00:06:26,010 --> 00:06:27,190 Water's down and clear. 155 00:06:27,390 --> 00:06:28,710 We're gonna take a chance today. 156 00:06:28,910 --> 00:06:31,570 Man, there could be a bonanza sitting right there. 157 00:06:31,770 --> 00:06:33,120 We're gonna push it to the limits now. 158 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:34,860 It's, uh, now or never. 159 00:06:37,030 --> 00:06:39,770 Feel a bit jealous that I'm not diving right now. 160 00:06:39,970 --> 00:06:41,880 That water's so [bleep] dang clear. 161 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,570 There is big gold in there. I know that for a fact. 162 00:06:44,770 --> 00:06:47,910 He might be able to actually see gold, 163 00:06:48,110 --> 00:06:50,200 pick it out like we used to back in the old days, you know? 164 00:06:51,170 --> 00:06:52,980 [Dustin on radio] Start to take this out. 165 00:06:53,180 --> 00:06:54,400 Missed this[bleep], man. 166 00:06:54,590 --> 00:06:55,890 I missed diving. 167 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:58,680 I hope there's a lot of gold down here. 168 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:13,410 That's gotta be the clearest I've seen the water yet. 169 00:07:15,130 --> 00:07:18,150 I don't wanna be a Debbie Downer, 170 00:07:18,350 --> 00:07:21,190 but if this weather system is as bad as they're calling for, 171 00:07:21,390 --> 00:07:24,570 there's a chance that today might be the last dive. 172 00:07:24,770 --> 00:07:26,050 I just want a successful dive today 173 00:07:26,250 --> 00:07:27,570 and get as much as we can. 174 00:07:27,770 --> 00:07:29,810 With the way that this weather forecast is looking, 175 00:07:30,010 --> 00:07:31,840 I think I'm gonna get in the water. 176 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:33,260 Only because if it's the last dive 177 00:07:33,460 --> 00:07:35,820 - I need a much material moved as possible. - Yeah. 178 00:07:37,130 --> 00:07:38,910 [Kayla] So, it needs to be a fast, 179 00:07:39,110 --> 00:07:40,670 one-and-done type of thing. 180 00:07:40,870 --> 00:07:41,740 [Justin Peterson] Okay. 181 00:07:41,940 --> 00:07:43,080 Work on getting that other dredge 182 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:44,330 taken apart and pulled up. 183 00:07:44,530 --> 00:07:45,910 [Paul] We can definitely do that. 184 00:07:46,110 --> 00:07:47,880 But that way we're still moving material, 185 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:49,460 making progress, but... 186 00:07:49,660 --> 00:07:52,060 - we won't get caught if the water starts coming up. - [Paul] No, I agree. 187 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,360 How's it going, Fred? 188 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:57,910 I'm gonna have these guys start breaking down 189 00:07:58,110 --> 00:07:59,220 the other dredge. 190 00:07:59,420 --> 00:08:02,020 Get you with, uh, working on the winch remotes. 191 00:08:02,220 --> 00:08:03,500 - Yeah. All right. - All right. 192 00:08:03,700 --> 00:08:05,150 - So, everyone knows what they're doing? - Yup. 193 00:08:05,350 --> 00:08:07,360 - We got a game plan in place? - Yup. 194 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:08,410 [Kayla] Let's get it. 195 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:11,600 I'm gonna try to get as much material 196 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:13,460 moved as possible in a short amount of time, 197 00:08:13,660 --> 00:08:15,150 'cause this very well could be the last day 198 00:08:15,350 --> 00:08:16,640 that we get to dredge this season. 199 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,810 So, we need to make the most of it, really. 200 00:08:19,010 --> 00:08:21,240 Hopefully, there will be a lot bigger gold at the bottom. 201 00:08:24,170 --> 00:08:25,220 [narrator] Two days ago, 202 00:08:25,420 --> 00:08:26,980 at 10 feet down, 203 00:08:27,180 --> 00:08:29,120 Paul discovered a plunge pool, 204 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,860 that could hold the deepest point in the creek. 205 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:34,260 In just minutes, 206 00:08:34,460 --> 00:08:37,740 he dredged up their best gold of the season. 207 00:08:37,940 --> 00:08:41,840 Now, if Kayla can remove the last rocks from the bottom 208 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:44,120 and get to the lowest point, 209 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:46,500 there should be a golden payday 210 00:08:46,700 --> 00:08:47,440 for the taking. 211 00:08:50,820 --> 00:08:53,050 The pressure is definitely on. 212 00:08:53,250 --> 00:08:54,980 We definitely don't have enough gold to show 213 00:08:55,180 --> 00:08:56,710 for all of the hard work that we've put in. 214 00:08:56,910 --> 00:08:58,200 Hopefully, today will change that. 215 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:01,840 Well, I wish her a good day of, uh, 216 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:03,080 dredging today. 217 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:04,640 Hopefully uneventful. 218 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:06,220 Other than get some gold. 219 00:09:06,420 --> 00:09:08,020 Hopefully at the event happens at the end 220 00:09:08,220 --> 00:09:09,750 when we all look at the sluice box and... 221 00:09:10,820 --> 00:09:13,460 - that's the event I want. - [chuckles] 222 00:09:13,660 --> 00:09:15,410 [Paul over radio] All right. You're good. Good luck. 223 00:09:26,340 --> 00:09:27,810 [Paul] Kayla is one of the best divers we have. 224 00:09:28,010 --> 00:09:29,530 So, we figured, get her in, 225 00:09:29,730 --> 00:09:31,770 she's dredging that nice, little plunge pool. 226 00:09:31,970 --> 00:09:33,510 This could be one hell of a gold cache. 227 00:09:36,340 --> 00:09:38,050 Where should we start breaking this down? 228 00:09:38,250 --> 00:09:39,400 [Paul] We'll pull the sluice box out. 229 00:09:39,590 --> 00:09:40,570 We'll take the engines off. 230 00:09:40,770 --> 00:09:41,880 Anything that's heavy on this dredge, 231 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:43,600 if we can get it off and get it up there, 232 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,400 and then we're just down to a frame with some floats. 233 00:09:46,590 --> 00:09:48,340 That's gonna make it easier trying to pick it up and out. 234 00:09:52,650 --> 00:09:54,880 [Justin] Oh, yeah. There we go. 235 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,260 Man that was wedged in there good. 236 00:09:57,460 --> 00:09:58,790 Now that's a true Alaskan. 237 00:09:59,650 --> 00:10:01,260 Short-sleeved shirt. 238 00:10:01,460 --> 00:10:04,020 It's 38 degrees out here and raining. 239 00:10:04,220 --> 00:10:06,710 [chuckles] Justin's gotta be awful tough 240 00:10:06,910 --> 00:10:09,860 to do that, that's all I got to say. [chuckles] 241 00:10:14,550 --> 00:10:16,200 [Kayla] There's some rusty stuff down here. 242 00:10:18,130 --> 00:10:19,460 [Paul on radio] That's a good sign. 243 00:10:19,660 --> 00:10:21,480 That's where all the gold is, in that rusty layer. 244 00:10:23,650 --> 00:10:25,580 [Kayla] Hey, guys. I see a piece of gold in the bottom. 245 00:10:27,100 --> 00:10:28,120 There's a crack in the bedrock 246 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:29,880 and can I see a piece of gold. 247 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:31,770 [Paul on radio] Seriously? 248 00:10:31,970 --> 00:10:33,880 [Kayla] There's a crack in the bedrock. 249 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:35,840 and I can see a nice picker laying in it. 250 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:37,190 - [Justin] Whoo! - [Paul] Nice. 251 00:10:37,390 --> 00:10:39,340 [Justin] Dig it out. Dig it out! 252 00:10:44,930 --> 00:10:46,370 [water gurgling] 253 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:00,410 [Kayla] Hey guys, I see a piece of gold in the bottom. 254 00:11:02,310 --> 00:11:03,500 There's a crack in the bedrock. 255 00:11:03,700 --> 00:11:05,710 and I can see a nice picker laying in it. 256 00:11:05,910 --> 00:11:08,150 [narrator] With a typhoon threatening to wreak havoc 257 00:11:08,350 --> 00:11:10,220 on southeast Alaska, 258 00:11:10,420 --> 00:11:12,260 Kayla is running out of time 259 00:11:12,460 --> 00:11:13,980 to uncover the big gold 260 00:11:14,180 --> 00:11:16,810 Nugget Creek was named for. 261 00:11:17,010 --> 00:11:19,460 [Paul] So far, Kayla's dive is going pretty well. 262 00:11:19,660 --> 00:11:21,510 She's kicking ass today, holy[bleep]. 263 00:11:22,820 --> 00:11:25,220 We know we've got rain coming, but... 264 00:11:25,420 --> 00:11:26,740 this is the start of it. 265 00:11:26,940 --> 00:11:28,460 I just want the rain to hold off for today 266 00:11:28,660 --> 00:11:30,770 so we can finish this dive, get to the bottom, 267 00:11:30,970 --> 00:11:33,510 and, uh, see if we can get a lot more gold. 268 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:43,980 [Dustin] The good news is 269 00:11:44,180 --> 00:11:46,500 I went in that bedrock straight down, but... 270 00:11:46,700 --> 00:11:48,510 bad news I can't see anything. 271 00:11:50,860 --> 00:11:52,220 [narrator] Down creek, 272 00:11:52,420 --> 00:11:53,950 Dustin is diving blind 273 00:11:54,150 --> 00:11:55,680 beneath a 50-ton boulder. 274 00:11:56,790 --> 00:11:59,080 His mission, remove the rocks 275 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:01,860 that stand in the way of the bedrock gold. 276 00:12:03,620 --> 00:12:04,950 [Dustin] Sorry, there's a rock right here 277 00:12:05,150 --> 00:12:07,270 that is just not gonna give its way. 278 00:12:09,750 --> 00:12:11,840 Carlos, can you grab me a choker, please? 279 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:13,400 [Carlos on radio] Hell yeah! 280 00:12:13,590 --> 00:12:14,740 [Dustin] I bet there's gold down here 281 00:12:14,940 --> 00:12:16,340 at the bottom of this damn hole. 282 00:12:17,620 --> 00:12:19,440 [Carlos] Oh, there's some gold right there! Gold! 283 00:12:21,510 --> 00:12:22,910 [James on radio] There's gold in the box already. 284 00:12:23,110 --> 00:12:25,770 Go. Whatever you're doing, just keep doing it. 285 00:12:25,970 --> 00:12:27,770 [Dustin] So, we are getting gold, huh? 286 00:12:27,970 --> 00:12:29,290 See a little something? 287 00:12:29,490 --> 00:12:30,880 [James] Yup. Already got gold in the box, 288 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:33,190 that's[bleep] awesome, dude. 289 00:12:33,390 --> 00:12:34,310 [Carlos on radio] Good job! 290 00:12:37,410 --> 00:12:38,810 Getting gold! 291 00:12:39,010 --> 00:12:40,460 [James] I have a good feeling about, uh, 292 00:12:40,660 --> 00:12:42,020 how much gold we're gonna have in the box 293 00:12:42,220 --> 00:12:43,570 at the end of the day. 294 00:12:43,770 --> 00:12:45,750 [Wes] Yeah, if he can get deep enough, for sure, hopefully. 295 00:12:47,550 --> 00:12:49,170 [Dustin] There's a whole bunch of gold down here. 296 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:54,460 Can take any more of it. [chuckles] 297 00:12:54,660 --> 00:12:56,200 This is a pile of rocks. 298 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:59,100 I'd love to get out of here. 299 00:13:00,510 --> 00:13:01,950 [Dustin groaning] 300 00:13:02,150 --> 00:13:03,460 [Wes on radio] You all right? 301 00:13:03,660 --> 00:13:05,190 [Dustin] I just need a second. 302 00:13:05,390 --> 00:13:06,710 Scratched my hand. 303 00:13:06,910 --> 00:13:08,460 Wow. That was something. 304 00:13:08,660 --> 00:13:11,190 My thumb is destroyed, dude. 305 00:13:11,390 --> 00:13:13,360 He [bleep] smashed it between the rock 306 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:15,530 and the [bleep] edge of the dill 307 00:13:15,730 --> 00:13:17,340 That [bleep] got him hard. I just saw it. 308 00:13:19,130 --> 00:13:21,240 That's a heavy [bleep] he just had right there. 309 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:25,000 [Dustin grunts] 310 00:13:27,410 --> 00:13:28,680 [Dustin groaning] 311 00:13:30,270 --> 00:13:31,710 [Dustin] That was something. 312 00:13:31,910 --> 00:13:32,960 [crane whirring] 313 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:38,000 Yeah. There's another gigantic boulder down there. 314 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:41,050 Imagine what's under these. 315 00:13:41,250 --> 00:13:42,640 I wonder if these are sitting on bedrock. 316 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:44,840 [Carlos] I think right here is the deepest spot, right here. 317 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:46,880 [Wes] All is takes is that deep hole pocket. 318 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:48,570 - [Carlos] That's it. - [Wes] That's all it takes. 319 00:13:48,770 --> 00:13:49,770 A coffee can full of nuggets 320 00:13:49,970 --> 00:13:51,750 - is a lot of gold. - [Carlos] Absolutely. 321 00:13:53,410 --> 00:13:55,400 [Dustin] All right. Hopefully I got it. 322 00:13:55,590 --> 00:13:57,050 Come on, baby. 323 00:13:57,250 --> 00:13:58,220 [Carlos] Whoo! 324 00:13:58,420 --> 00:14:00,330 Look at that boulder, you see how red it is? 325 00:14:00,530 --> 00:14:02,400 [Dustin] Oh, yeah. That rusty stuff? 326 00:14:02,590 --> 00:14:04,400 [Wes] That last foot and a half of that 327 00:14:04,590 --> 00:14:05,770 is supposed to be full of gold. 328 00:14:05,970 --> 00:14:07,430 [Carlos] Ooh! 329 00:14:07,630 --> 00:14:09,400 Oh, my... [laughing] 330 00:14:09,590 --> 00:14:10,740 [Wes] Can, uh... think it'll pull up? 331 00:14:10,940 --> 00:14:12,840 Woo-hoo! 332 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,670 [Dustin] Oh, my[bleep] still on. 333 00:14:15,870 --> 00:14:16,770 [Wes grunts] 334 00:14:16,970 --> 00:14:18,460 See that[bleep]? 335 00:14:18,660 --> 00:14:21,120 - [all exclaiming] - [Dustin laughing] 336 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:22,910 - [Dustin] Look at that[bleep]. - [Carlos laughing] 337 00:14:23,110 --> 00:14:25,430 - [Carlos] What. - [Dustin] Dude, that looked like[bleep] gold. 338 00:14:25,630 --> 00:14:28,360 - [Carlos] Oh! - [Dustin] Yeah, look at that[chuckles]. 339 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:30,330 I can't believe that held. 340 00:14:30,530 --> 00:14:34,340 Look at it. That does not look like it should've held. 341 00:14:35,370 --> 00:14:36,670 If that boulder was sitting on bedrock, 342 00:14:36,870 --> 00:14:38,530 there should be some nice gold. 343 00:14:38,730 --> 00:14:39,810 The gold would be visible 344 00:14:40,010 --> 00:14:42,650 if it was not encased in all the orange rust. 345 00:14:44,060 --> 00:14:45,670 [Dustin] I got all the big boulders out, finally. 346 00:14:45,870 --> 00:14:47,330 Now I've got bedrock 347 00:14:47,530 --> 00:14:50,130 all the way to this big rock right here. 348 00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:54,220 [Wes] It's just one boulder after another. 349 00:14:54,420 --> 00:14:57,670 And they keep getting larger as we go, so... 350 00:14:57,870 --> 00:14:59,640 Sooner or later we get under the right boulder, 351 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:01,650 that's just gonna have a lot of gold there. 352 00:15:12,340 --> 00:15:13,290 [Kayla] Ah! All right. 353 00:15:13,490 --> 00:15:14,640 Pull up on the basket, please. 354 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:15,620 Up and out. 355 00:15:18,750 --> 00:15:21,360 [narrator] Up creek, Kayla inches closer 356 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:22,480 to bedrock. 357 00:15:24,100 --> 00:15:26,400 [Kayla] That was on the very bottom. 358 00:15:26,590 --> 00:15:27,840 Where you left off, Paul. 359 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:28,890 [Paul] Oh, wow. 360 00:15:30,790 --> 00:15:32,190 [Kayla] It was wedged in there. 361 00:15:32,390 --> 00:15:33,720 That thing was a[bleep] to get out. 362 00:15:36,130 --> 00:15:38,050 Kayla's down there moving them big ole rocks, 363 00:15:38,250 --> 00:15:40,080 that, uh, 200 pound guys, 364 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:41,530 picking up and moving around, 365 00:15:41,730 --> 00:15:43,710 just grabbing them and moving them around and, uh... 366 00:15:43,910 --> 00:15:45,840 underwater, uh, she's moving them up. 367 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:47,100 and getting them into the basket. 368 00:15:48,620 --> 00:15:49,580 Good for her. 369 00:15:51,890 --> 00:15:53,950 [Paul] You got some really nice material coming through. 370 00:15:54,150 --> 00:15:56,020 [Kayla] You know, it's really rusty down there. 371 00:15:56,220 --> 00:15:58,190 [Paul] That's what we're looking for. 372 00:15:58,390 --> 00:16:00,500 [Kayla] Red-clouded myself out. 373 00:16:00,700 --> 00:16:02,570 Lots of rust down here. 374 00:16:02,770 --> 00:16:04,960 Hopefully there's a good amount of gold in that material. 375 00:16:06,550 --> 00:16:07,910 [narrator] Four hours in, 376 00:16:08,110 --> 00:16:10,120 Kayla has hit 13 feet, 377 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,860 the deepest point yet in the plunge pool. 378 00:16:14,270 --> 00:16:16,640 I was under mine, some of the big rocks, 379 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:18,400 now, it's kinda tunneled, so... 380 00:16:18,590 --> 00:16:20,950 I'm running out of material I can work. 381 00:16:21,150 --> 00:16:22,270 Pretty insane. 382 00:16:25,060 --> 00:16:26,330 [narrator] Kayla's desperate bid 383 00:16:26,530 --> 00:16:29,220 to tunnel vertically down to bedrock, 384 00:16:29,420 --> 00:16:31,480 has left widowmakers hanging up above. 385 00:16:32,750 --> 00:16:34,810 Before they can go any deeper, 386 00:16:35,010 --> 00:16:37,550 they'll need to widen the mouth of the dive hole. 387 00:16:41,410 --> 00:16:43,360 [Kayla] All righty. I'm gonna put this... 388 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:45,670 hose up and I'm gonna come up. 389 00:16:45,870 --> 00:16:47,500 [Fred Hurt on radio] Copy that. 390 00:16:47,700 --> 00:16:49,430 [Kayla] Nozzle is hooked. 391 00:16:49,630 --> 00:16:50,340 Coming up. 392 00:16:51,860 --> 00:16:53,530 I ran out of material to work. 393 00:16:53,730 --> 00:16:55,430 without going from the top and expanding 394 00:16:55,630 --> 00:16:56,880 and then coming back down. 395 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:58,570 I got some more depth though. 396 00:16:58,770 --> 00:17:00,460 [Paul] Good deal. 397 00:17:00,660 --> 00:17:02,910 That's badass you saw a piece of gold down there. 398 00:17:03,110 --> 00:17:04,120 I like that. 399 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:06,480 [Fred] The prettiest sight would be some gold in the box. 400 00:17:07,620 --> 00:17:08,880 How'd you make out? 401 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:11,360 - That's the piece I saw in the bottom. - [Fred] There you go. 402 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:13,260 - [Justin] Nice. - [Fred] There's some pieces right there. 403 00:17:13,460 --> 00:17:14,570 [Kayla] Yeah. 404 00:17:14,770 --> 00:17:16,640 [Fred] That the one y'all saw earlier? 405 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:17,980 - [Kayla] Yeah. - Ah, no [bleep]. 406 00:17:18,180 --> 00:17:20,740 - [Kayla] It was stuck in a crack. - Damn. 407 00:17:20,940 --> 00:17:23,120 - [Fred] There's a bunch of other little pieces in there. - [Kayla] Yeah there's a... 408 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:24,840 - a bunch right here. - [Fred] Quite a few of them. 409 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:27,810 [Kayla] There's one. There's a bunch of small stuff. 410 00:17:28,010 --> 00:17:28,810 There's some in the corner. 411 00:17:29,010 --> 00:17:30,460 There's a bunch stuck up here. 412 00:17:30,660 --> 00:17:32,810 Looking pretty good. Looking pretty good. 413 00:17:33,010 --> 00:17:34,840 Still have to look and see what's in the fines. 414 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:35,790 The big stuff. 415 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:38,430 Really good. 416 00:17:38,630 --> 00:17:40,670 If it stays like this and that moisture river 417 00:17:40,870 --> 00:17:42,710 just dumps a bunch of snow upstream, 418 00:17:42,910 --> 00:17:44,640 I think we'll get a few more days of dredging. 419 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:46,370 And all that gold will be locked in that plunge pool. 420 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:48,430 [Kayla] That would be nice. 421 00:17:48,630 --> 00:17:49,640 I gotta get changed. 422 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:51,220 - 'Cause I'm cold. - [Justin] Yeah, you get warmed up. 423 00:17:51,420 --> 00:17:52,550 - I'm frozen. - You put in a good dive today. 424 00:17:54,030 --> 00:17:57,150 Everybody was expecting this to be flooded today. 425 00:17:57,350 --> 00:17:59,640 But, uh, got some dredging done. 426 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:01,640 picked up some gold. 427 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:04,100 And, uh, I think everybody's pretty happy with it. 428 00:18:05,130 --> 00:18:06,740 Tried to clean up as much material 429 00:18:06,940 --> 00:18:08,020 as possible today. 430 00:18:08,220 --> 00:18:10,020 Hopefully, the weather holds out. 431 00:18:10,220 --> 00:18:11,600 The last thing we need right now 432 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:13,500 is a huge flood. 433 00:18:13,700 --> 00:18:16,340 We're preparing for the worst, but hoping for the best. 434 00:18:19,550 --> 00:18:21,050 Looks like they're getting it ready to 435 00:18:21,250 --> 00:18:22,840 haul it up the hill here. 436 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:24,460 [Kayla] I think between the three of us 437 00:18:24,660 --> 00:18:26,440 we should be able to walk it over there. 438 00:18:27,510 --> 00:18:29,220 [Fred] Well, it's definitely a good idea 439 00:18:29,420 --> 00:18:32,530 to, uh, do a little preventive maintenance. 440 00:18:32,730 --> 00:18:35,640 Rather than coming out here and doing a rescue mission. 441 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:37,810 [Justin] That's so much easier without those side pontoons. 442 00:18:38,010 --> 00:18:40,770 [Paul] Oh, my [bleep]. That made a world of difference. 443 00:18:40,970 --> 00:18:42,150 - [Kayla] That should be good. - [Paul] Yup. 444 00:18:42,350 --> 00:18:43,670 - [Fred] Looking good. - [Kayla sighs] 445 00:18:43,870 --> 00:18:46,640 [Paul] Now tie off every rope we got. 446 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:48,460 Everything's safe and sound now, huh? 447 00:18:48,660 --> 00:18:49,980 [Paul] I think so. 448 00:18:50,180 --> 00:18:52,190 - Good. - [Paul] I think we're in good shape now. 449 00:18:52,390 --> 00:18:54,360 We got both the dredges pulled up and out, 450 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:55,950 just in case it floods. 451 00:18:56,150 --> 00:18:57,430 Hopefully, in the next day or so 452 00:18:57,630 --> 00:18:59,840 once this storm passes, 453 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:01,150 we'll be able to get back to work, 454 00:19:01,350 --> 00:19:03,200 get back in the water, and get back on the gold. 455 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:07,890 [narrator] Up ahead... 456 00:19:08,930 --> 00:19:10,220 - [Dustin groans] - [bleep] 457 00:19:10,420 --> 00:19:12,890 That is some fast moving water, man. 458 00:19:14,340 --> 00:19:15,840 I finally realized 459 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:17,460 y'all are tougher than I am. 460 00:19:17,660 --> 00:19:19,000 [all chuckling] 461 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:21,020 [Dustin] Is that all gold? 462 00:19:21,220 --> 00:19:23,410 - [Wes] There's gold. - Whoo-hoo! 463 00:19:27,100 --> 00:19:28,510 [water gurgling] 464 00:19:36,790 --> 00:19:38,620 [Wes] It's definitely cold now. [bleep] 465 00:19:39,890 --> 00:19:42,220 Do we have enough time to get to this point? 466 00:19:42,420 --> 00:19:44,190 That is the question. 467 00:19:44,390 --> 00:19:45,980 I don't know. 468 00:19:46,180 --> 00:19:48,400 It's not that we're not willing to do so, 469 00:19:48,590 --> 00:19:50,950 it's all about what Alaska will let us do. 470 00:19:51,150 --> 00:19:52,720 We're fighting against Alaska right now. 471 00:19:53,890 --> 00:19:55,400 [narrator] Mining 8 feet 472 00:19:55,590 --> 00:19:57,530 beneath a 50-ton boulder, 473 00:19:57,730 --> 00:20:00,640 Dustin is racing to put gold in the box 474 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:02,860 before a giant storm hits. 475 00:20:04,310 --> 00:20:07,060 [Dustin] I cleaned off 6 feet worth of bedrock 476 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,530 And I got this wall, until about here, completely cleaned. 477 00:20:11,730 --> 00:20:13,270 It just goes down right here. 478 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:15,770 But I can't get underneath this 479 00:20:15,970 --> 00:20:17,290 big, giant rock right here. 480 00:20:17,490 --> 00:20:19,020 It has to go away. 481 00:20:19,220 --> 00:20:21,530 In order to continue, that rock has to move, 482 00:20:21,730 --> 00:20:24,260 and we don't have time... 483 00:20:24,460 --> 00:20:25,500 there's a storm coming. 484 00:20:25,700 --> 00:20:26,890 It's time for me to get out of here. 485 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:29,740 [narrator] Dustin will need to blast 486 00:20:29,940 --> 00:20:31,150 the large boulder. 487 00:20:31,350 --> 00:20:33,810 But an explosion this close to the... 488 00:20:34,010 --> 00:20:38,190 to the 50 ton monster could cause it to crash down into their dive hole, 489 00:20:38,390 --> 00:20:40,960 ending their season for good. 490 00:20:45,060 --> 00:20:46,750 [Carlos] Good dive. Good, good, good dive. 491 00:20:48,750 --> 00:20:52,810 Cleaned up under a whole bunch of really big rocks, all on bedrock. 492 00:20:53,010 --> 00:20:56,460 So, if there's going to be gold, it should be there. 493 00:20:56,660 --> 00:21:00,020 Time to clean the dredge, get all the mats out, 494 00:21:00,220 --> 00:21:02,330 clean the box, take it back to camp. 495 00:21:02,530 --> 00:21:03,480 See what we got. 496 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:07,670 Dustin definitely moved some frickin' big rocks. 497 00:21:07,870 --> 00:21:11,570 So, if we get rid of this big, big one right here, 498 00:21:11,770 --> 00:21:14,710 and we're getting closer and closer to the middle, 499 00:21:14,910 --> 00:21:17,670 which I think is the deepest point of this pool. 500 00:21:17,870 --> 00:21:22,310 We're getting there. We're getting there, actually pretty quicker than I thought. 501 00:21:27,750 --> 00:21:30,220 [Dustin] Oh, look at that. Was that all gold? 502 00:21:30,420 --> 00:21:32,150 [man] That is gold. 503 00:21:32,350 --> 00:21:35,330 [Dustin] Looks like about an ounce or so a day, maybe two, 504 00:21:35,530 --> 00:21:39,710 if we can just continue on with that, that's a great haul. 505 00:21:39,910 --> 00:21:43,640 There's still huge payload down there, but we're running out of time. 506 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,720 We're about to get really hammered with some water apparently. 507 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:53,980 I think we should prepare for a flood. 508 00:21:54,180 --> 00:21:56,430 - With any luck, it's just snow on top. - [Wes] Yeah. 509 00:21:56,630 --> 00:22:01,980 - But, if it doesn't rain, storm is gonna wipe us out. - Yeah. 510 00:22:02,180 --> 00:22:05,080 - If we leave it in a precarious situation. - Mm-hmm. 511 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:07,000 - The dredge isn't safe. - Okay. 512 00:22:10,310 --> 00:22:12,400 I'm just trying to secure the dredge as best I can 513 00:22:12,590 --> 00:22:14,360 if we've got a flood comin'. 514 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:16,740 We don't really have a way to pick it all the way out. 515 00:22:16,940 --> 00:22:19,400 So I'm just trying to secure it, pick it up the best I can 516 00:22:19,590 --> 00:22:22,050 and hope for the best. 517 00:22:22,250 --> 00:22:25,670 [narrator] Both Kayla and Dustin are on the verge of unearthing 518 00:22:25,870 --> 00:22:27,840 Nugget Creek's gold. 519 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:31,290 Just one more day of mining could be all they need 520 00:22:31,490 --> 00:22:34,460 to have the season of a lifetime. 521 00:22:34,660 --> 00:22:38,050 We got another flood comin', it's supposed to be the biggest one of all of 'em. 522 00:22:38,250 --> 00:22:40,910 So, trying to imagine what's about to happen. 523 00:22:41,110 --> 00:22:44,880 What is this place gonna look like after the biggest flood I've ever seen 524 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:46,840 comes through here? 525 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,330 Getting ready for the worst, wrapping up my winches. 526 00:22:49,530 --> 00:22:51,840 We can't afford to lose any of the equipment. 527 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:54,840 It's [bleep]. It's... it's all the gears, man... 528 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,340 - [Wes] Yeah. - ...that has to get [bleep] wrapped up, man. 529 00:23:02,550 --> 00:23:04,270 [Dustin] That's good right there, man. 530 00:23:06,100 --> 00:23:08,080 That looks great. I like the way it looks. 531 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:09,790 Okay, sounds good. 532 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,400 Are you ready? 533 00:23:13,590 --> 00:23:17,050 Well, it looks like our site's buttoned up, ready for the worst, 534 00:23:17,250 --> 00:23:20,260 the storm. Hopefully, they are wrong about what's coming in. 535 00:23:20,460 --> 00:23:22,600 The weather, we don't need it right now. 536 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:26,640 We do not need another flood taking away all of our stuff. 537 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:28,370 It's all buttoned up, so hopefully we're good 538 00:23:42,410 --> 00:23:48,880 I'll make a toast to you guys. It has been a good time. And I finally realized 539 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:53,770 - y'all are tougher than I am. - [all laughing] 540 00:23:53,970 --> 00:23:56,910 Now, if you take my direction you're gonna get a lot of gold. 541 00:23:57,110 --> 00:23:59,950 - It's about 20 feet from where you're working. - Wherever I'm digging. 542 00:24:00,150 --> 00:24:02,020 - 20 feet away. Got it. - [crew laughing] 543 00:24:02,220 --> 00:24:04,500 [Wes] Appreciate your help, Fred. 544 00:24:04,700 --> 00:24:07,710 Y'all got one hell of a storm coming in here, soon. 545 00:24:07,910 --> 00:24:09,500 There's a big storm comin' right now. 546 00:24:09,700 --> 00:24:12,330 - Huge. - It's either gonna drop snow or a ton of rain. 547 00:24:12,530 --> 00:24:14,400 We'll see what happens. 548 00:24:14,590 --> 00:24:16,190 [Fred] Well, I got to catch a plane. 549 00:24:16,390 --> 00:24:20,710 This is not the best weather for this, but we got to get you back to town, Fred. 550 00:24:20,910 --> 00:24:24,880 Again, thanks everybody. I appreciate it. 551 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,720 All right, let's get down to the boat, get it ready to go. 552 00:24:41,860 --> 00:24:43,750 [Carlos] Dustin, we're about ready to go. 553 00:24:45,580 --> 00:24:47,640 I think we're ready to rock. 554 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,460 You gotta get the hell out of here. 555 00:24:50,660 --> 00:24:53,030 That river don't look friendly out there at all. 556 00:24:58,930 --> 00:25:00,580 Have a safe trip, Fred. 557 00:25:09,890 --> 00:25:12,200 [engine whirring] 558 00:25:36,340 --> 00:25:38,500 [man over radio] We're waking up to reports of flash flooding 559 00:25:38,700 --> 00:25:43,120 and mudslides, as the effects of Typhoon Merbok continue to hammer parts of Alaska. 560 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:46,120 The highest rainfall for 50 years has been recorded 561 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:49,710 and a red weather warning remains in place for many parts of the state. 562 00:25:49,910 --> 00:25:54,840 Officials are recommending all residents remain indoors until the storm passes 563 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:58,770 It's been raining since midnight, that's a lot of rain in a short amount of time. 564 00:25:58,970 --> 00:26:01,020 All that snow that was up there is... 565 00:26:01,220 --> 00:26:05,500 ...is now melted too, so that three inches of rain plus all that snow melt. 566 00:26:05,700 --> 00:26:09,670 [narrator] A series of storms has made the past six months the wettest 567 00:26:09,870 --> 00:26:11,620 in Alaska's recorded history. 568 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:17,360 Now, just as both crews are back on the gold, 569 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:21,460 a monster typhoon has devastated Nugget Creek. 570 00:26:21,660 --> 00:26:23,640 We've had multiple instances of rain overnight, 571 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:25,770 so we're fixing to head up to our site. 572 00:26:25,970 --> 00:26:28,740 Only Paul, Kayla and myself are here, 573 00:26:28,940 --> 00:26:30,770 the rest of the guys, we kind of split up 574 00:26:30,970 --> 00:26:34,500 so they would only have to make one boat ride into town get supplies. 575 00:26:34,700 --> 00:26:36,190 I'm not sure if they can get back today. 576 00:26:36,390 --> 00:26:38,840 So we're stuck out here with just the three of us to go to our site 577 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:40,880 and see what's going on. 578 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,050 All those boulders get in our hole, there's just... 579 00:26:43,250 --> 00:26:45,190 - There's nothing-- - There's no time to get them back out. 580 00:26:45,390 --> 00:26:49,600 No, that would just be stupidity to try to start over again. 581 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,530 - [Wes] Insanity. - Stupidity at this point. 582 00:26:52,730 --> 00:26:53,890 All right, let's get out of here. 583 00:26:58,100 --> 00:27:00,120 [Paul] We're gotta go up there and see what that boulder we've got... 584 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:01,950 that Fred tied off for us did. 585 00:27:02,150 --> 00:27:03,330 [Wes] Yup. 586 00:27:03,530 --> 00:27:05,750 [Paul] With this kind of [bleep], I could see it washing that out. 587 00:27:08,580 --> 00:27:10,980 [Kayla] We thought that last flood was bad. 588 00:27:11,180 --> 00:27:15,020 [Paul] I think this season's over. Holy [bleeping]. 589 00:27:15,220 --> 00:27:16,930 And that [bleep] is hauling ass. 590 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,530 Hear the boulders? [bleep] 591 00:27:20,730 --> 00:27:22,400 [Kayla] That's so [bleep] loud. 592 00:27:22,590 --> 00:27:24,200 [boulders crashing] 593 00:27:26,620 --> 00:27:29,170 Holy crap. That's [bleep]. 594 00:27:36,060 --> 00:27:37,650 [gushing] 595 00:27:58,750 --> 00:28:00,400 [Wes] [bleep] That's insane. 596 00:28:00,590 --> 00:28:03,080 [Kayla] This is way worse than that other flood. 597 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,460 Way worse. 598 00:28:05,660 --> 00:28:10,120 [narrator] In southeast Alaska, the remains of a coastal typhoon 599 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:12,950 have slammed into Nugget Creek, 600 00:28:13,150 --> 00:28:16,860 dropping over three inches of rain in under 12 hours. 601 00:28:18,620 --> 00:28:21,550 [Kayla] The first one was bad but this one's terrible. 602 00:28:32,170 --> 00:28:35,890 [Paul] When we finally started getting on some gold, now this. 603 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:43,740 I mean, you could hear the boulders rolling down the creek, 604 00:28:43,940 --> 00:28:47,580 sounds like thunder, sounds like I'm in a Texas thunderstorm right now. 605 00:28:59,890 --> 00:29:02,120 See all that [bleep] falling. 606 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:04,580 [Paul] Rock slide over there, [bleep] see it coming down. 607 00:29:06,100 --> 00:29:08,950 That's crazy. Damn. 608 00:29:09,150 --> 00:29:12,980 For 10 years I've been up there I've never seen this. 609 00:29:13,180 --> 00:29:17,000 No, no, no. There's not a [bleep] thing we can do here. 610 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,930 The power of this water is just insane, 611 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:31,050 It'd be suicide to be in the water right now. You'd just get... 612 00:29:31,250 --> 00:29:32,930 You'd get pulverized. 613 00:29:35,410 --> 00:29:38,190 It'd eat you alive. 614 00:29:38,390 --> 00:29:41,150 The thought of getting in that water doesn't even cross my mind. 615 00:29:41,350 --> 00:29:45,510 No. I know, one wrong step right now and you end up in there, you're done. 616 00:29:53,750 --> 00:29:55,370 [Wes] This is a freaking nightmare. 617 00:29:57,860 --> 00:30:00,740 So I wonder what we can see if we can at least get around the corner and look 618 00:30:00,940 --> 00:30:02,020 - up to where's your site, - [Kayla] We can go look. 619 00:30:02,220 --> 00:30:03,770 - Wanna look around the corner? - Yeah. 620 00:30:03,970 --> 00:30:05,200 I'm going down. 621 00:30:08,550 --> 00:30:10,740 [Wes] Our [bleep] walk way is washed out. 622 00:30:10,940 --> 00:30:13,150 I think it's safe to say we are going to our site, 623 00:30:13,350 --> 00:30:14,600 [Wes] No. 624 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,570 So, either way, Mother Nature always gives us an end, 625 00:30:17,770 --> 00:30:21,050 she either gives us gold, or gives us [bleep]. 626 00:30:21,250 --> 00:30:25,670 This year, it's just a lot of hard work and [bleep]. 627 00:30:25,870 --> 00:30:29,150 [Kayla] We can't even get out to the dredge, 628 00:30:29,350 --> 00:30:32,120 I hate to say it but I think this is it. 629 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:34,190 I think this is the end. 630 00:30:34,390 --> 00:30:37,130 I don't think there's any coming back from this one. 631 00:30:39,860 --> 00:30:41,000 Not this one. 632 00:30:43,410 --> 00:30:45,510 I mean, all we can do is just sit back and wait. 633 00:30:47,130 --> 00:30:49,860 [Paul] That sounds like that just picked up in intensity. 634 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:52,950 Let's get out here. 635 00:30:53,150 --> 00:30:55,190 - Yeah, let's get off this walk way. - Yeah, let's go. 636 00:30:55,390 --> 00:30:56,130 Let's get out of here. 637 00:31:01,270 --> 00:31:05,360 [Wes] This is tragic right now. I mean, we are so close to this large gold. 638 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:07,600 We thought we had figured out how to mine this, 639 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:12,270 this creek, but Mother Nature has shown us a different story this year. 640 00:31:14,890 --> 00:31:16,650 We can't even get to our site. 641 00:31:18,270 --> 00:31:20,260 Right now it's a waiting game. 642 00:31:20,460 --> 00:31:24,170 We just gotta let it run its course and then check the carnage afterwards. 643 00:31:27,790 --> 00:31:29,330 - Let's get the hell outta here. - Get outta here. 644 00:31:29,530 --> 00:31:32,100 All that [bleep] washing away, there's nothing we can do. 645 00:31:34,410 --> 00:31:37,430 Well, that's depressing as [bleep]. 646 00:31:37,630 --> 00:31:39,620 [Kayla] Seems like a good day to just start drinking. 647 00:31:51,930 --> 00:31:53,430 [Dustin] Holy [bleep]. 648 00:31:53,630 --> 00:31:56,650 - [indistinct] - [Carlos] That's scary, wild man. 649 00:31:57,170 --> 00:31:58,220 Woah! 650 00:31:58,420 --> 00:32:02,150 [Dustin] That is some fast moving water, man. 651 00:32:02,350 --> 00:32:04,510 - Is he gonna make it? - [Carlos] [bleep] man, I hope so. 652 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:09,130 [Dustin] Holy crap. 653 00:32:10,370 --> 00:32:11,570 [Carlos] Almost there. 654 00:32:11,770 --> 00:32:13,860 - Yeah, buddy, - That's what I'm talkin' about. 655 00:32:17,580 --> 00:32:21,220 - [Carlos] We made it. - [Dustin] How many times did you think you were gonna die? 656 00:32:21,420 --> 00:32:22,400 Holy [bleep] 657 00:32:22,590 --> 00:32:25,220 [laughs] Yeah, that just happened. 658 00:32:25,420 --> 00:32:26,600 Did all that just happen? 659 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:28,260 Are we still alive? Am I dead? 660 00:32:28,460 --> 00:32:31,840 I was hoping this thing wouldn't freakin' lose power, man. 661 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:33,290 Good driving, dude. 662 00:32:33,490 --> 00:32:36,980 I just felt like a point where I wasn't moving anymore. 663 00:32:37,180 --> 00:32:39,330 Thank god that's over man. [laughs] 664 00:32:39,530 --> 00:32:42,020 Dude, that's scary water, man. 665 00:32:42,220 --> 00:32:44,810 [Dustin] I took it as easy as I could now. 666 00:32:45,010 --> 00:32:47,580 That is some scary water, man. 667 00:32:48,820 --> 00:32:51,430 That's going there, what's happening here? 668 00:32:51,630 --> 00:32:52,530 [Dustin] Ah, I'd agree. 669 00:32:52,730 --> 00:32:54,270 Let's get to the site, see what we got. 670 00:33:03,550 --> 00:33:05,430 The current is ripping. 671 00:33:05,630 --> 00:33:06,840 Gonna chew it out, bud. 672 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:08,190 Okay. [laughs] 673 00:33:08,390 --> 00:33:11,430 [narrator] Torrential rains have rerouted Nugget Creek 674 00:33:11,630 --> 00:33:16,290 and washed out the ATV trail stranding the Whitewater film crew. 675 00:33:16,490 --> 00:33:19,120 - What are you doing, [indistinct]. - A little bump in the middle. 676 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:20,460 Yeah. 677 00:33:20,660 --> 00:33:22,020 You wanna try and wheel it? 678 00:33:22,220 --> 00:33:24,550 Yeah, as long as you have two wheels on the dirt. 679 00:33:26,270 --> 00:33:28,890 All right, you guys ready? Hang on tight. 680 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:35,460 Woo-hoo. Hello country. 681 00:33:35,660 --> 00:33:37,000 All right. [laughs] 682 00:33:38,370 --> 00:33:39,680 Let's see what those minors are up to. 683 00:33:47,550 --> 00:33:49,460 About time you showed up. 684 00:33:49,660 --> 00:33:51,980 [Dustin] You guys go look at the site? How's it look? 685 00:33:52,180 --> 00:33:53,360 [Wes] It's [bleep]. 686 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:56,260 The dredges, got rocks in front of it, it's got rocks behind it, 687 00:33:56,460 --> 00:33:58,430 the waters by shooting six feet over the bridge. 688 00:33:58,630 --> 00:34:00,500 I don't even think the upstream winch is there. 689 00:34:00,700 --> 00:34:03,770 That [bleep] is devastated, dude, I think this is going to be the end of our season. 690 00:34:03,970 --> 00:34:05,680 I don't think we're coming back from this 691 00:34:09,750 --> 00:34:11,530 [Carlos] Did your equipment make it? 692 00:34:11,730 --> 00:34:14,360 We can't even get to our site right now, that water's raging so much, 693 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:16,570 it's over our walkway, it doesn't look good. 694 00:34:16,770 --> 00:34:18,770 Our dredges should be safe. We got them up and out of the water 695 00:34:18,970 --> 00:34:21,030 but I don't think anything else is gonna survive that. 696 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,500 [Dustin] So what you're saying is we're done. 697 00:34:26,700 --> 00:34:29,220 I don't see a recovery from this. 698 00:34:29,420 --> 00:34:34,220 [narrator] Dustin's invested everything he owns to buy the claims at Nugget Creek. 699 00:34:34,420 --> 00:34:39,640 Now, the worst typhoon to hit Alaska in over 50 years 700 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,770 threatens to bankrupt him. 701 00:34:42,970 --> 00:34:44,150 [Wes] I've been coming up for almost 10 years 702 00:34:44,350 --> 00:34:46,050 and I've never seen anything like this. 703 00:34:46,250 --> 00:34:47,710 - I have to wrap my head around this. - Yeah. 704 00:34:47,910 --> 00:34:49,100 - I just, I, uh... - It's devastating. 705 00:34:52,750 --> 00:34:54,750 I'm freaking out a little bit right now, yo. 706 00:34:55,340 --> 00:34:56,270 Freakin' out. 707 00:34:58,750 --> 00:35:00,290 [exhales] 708 00:35:00,490 --> 00:35:04,400 All right, let's get up the hill, I'll start assessing what the problem is. 709 00:35:04,590 --> 00:35:06,220 [Wes] All right. 710 00:35:06,420 --> 00:35:08,440 - [exhales] - Dammit. 711 00:35:15,270 --> 00:35:17,000 [bleeping] 712 00:35:19,790 --> 00:35:21,410 Did we lose all that damn gear? 713 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:23,910 Let's hope not, man. 714 00:35:24,110 --> 00:35:25,670 I feel like I failed y'all. 715 00:35:25,870 --> 00:35:27,960 [Carlos] No one can prepare for something like this, dude, no one can. 716 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:33,400 [exhales] 717 00:35:33,590 --> 00:35:34,790 Freakin' out a little bit. 718 00:35:36,550 --> 00:35:39,950 We only literally have a couple of weeks at the most left, 719 00:35:40,150 --> 00:35:43,860 all this pain and crazy rain is just frickin' unbelievable, man. 720 00:35:45,340 --> 00:35:49,080 I took Fred back so he can catch his flight, and overnight 721 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:52,190 it rained three or four inches apparently. 722 00:35:52,390 --> 00:35:54,980 And it sounds like everything is devastated. 723 00:35:55,180 --> 00:35:58,650 The site's gone. The roads are gone. 724 00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:01,580 The creek is over its... 725 00:36:02,580 --> 00:36:04,930 ...[sighs] sides. 726 00:36:07,030 --> 00:36:09,930 Sounds like we lost everything and everything's over. 727 00:36:14,860 --> 00:36:16,640 - I'm freaking out right now. - [Carlos] I know, I know you are. 728 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:18,500 I'm trying to calm myself down. 729 00:36:18,700 --> 00:36:22,150 And the only way I know how to do that is to go get my eyes on everything, 730 00:36:22,350 --> 00:36:25,620 and go find out what is the deal. 731 00:36:33,240 --> 00:36:34,530 [Dustin grunts] 732 00:36:34,730 --> 00:36:36,480 [bleep] you. Let me go. 733 00:36:39,550 --> 00:36:41,460 No frickin' way. 734 00:36:41,660 --> 00:36:45,150 Wow. Dude, you see that road? 735 00:36:45,350 --> 00:36:48,080 - [Wes] [bleep] yeah, I do. - [Kayla] It's a [bleep] river now. 736 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:51,640 - This looks pretty bad. - I don't know what to think, I don't know what to do. 737 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:52,910 [Wes laughs] 738 00:36:53,110 --> 00:36:54,910 [Dustin] I'm doing the only think I know what to know, 739 00:36:55,110 --> 00:36:57,000 charge at it and see what happens. 740 00:36:59,100 --> 00:37:01,020 [Wes] Holy cow! 741 00:37:01,220 --> 00:37:02,770 [Dustin] That's not a creek anymore. 742 00:37:02,970 --> 00:37:04,000 That's a river. 743 00:37:07,550 --> 00:37:08,640 [Wes] Holy [bleep]. 744 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:10,720 Get the [bleep] outta here. 745 00:37:20,060 --> 00:37:21,100 [breathing heavily] 746 00:37:21,860 --> 00:37:23,290 [gushing] 747 00:37:23,490 --> 00:37:25,740 [Carlos] Holy [bleep]. This is scary. 748 00:37:25,940 --> 00:37:27,820 Lotta hate, lotta destruction. 749 00:37:29,860 --> 00:37:34,000 [Dustin] You'd not have known that yesterday we were diving in his water. 750 00:37:36,100 --> 00:37:37,440 This is a nightmare. 751 00:37:38,860 --> 00:37:41,340 It's beyond anything I thought was possible here. 752 00:37:43,620 --> 00:37:47,950 [narrator] Surging at speeds of over nine feet per second, 753 00:37:48,150 --> 00:37:53,080 Nugget Creek is capable of hurling 100 pound boulders into the dive holes 754 00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:55,200 they've spent weeks digging out. 755 00:37:59,340 --> 00:38:02,460 All our hard work just flushed down the toilet, 756 00:38:02,660 --> 00:38:07,130 just when we're starting to see frickin' gold in the box. 757 00:38:08,130 --> 00:38:09,570 This is crazy. 758 00:38:09,770 --> 00:38:12,020 I've never seen a flood this bad. 759 00:38:12,220 --> 00:38:14,840 I don't know how we're gonna come back on this one. 760 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:17,080 How is that board sitting there like that? 761 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,960 - The walkway-- Yeah. - The walkway got ripped apart. 762 00:38:21,410 --> 00:38:23,500 Looks like the winch is half gone. 763 00:38:23,700 --> 00:38:26,430 [Wes] I hope everything didn't get destroyed. 764 00:38:26,630 --> 00:38:29,150 [Dustin] All right guys, let's see what we can salvage. 765 00:38:29,350 --> 00:38:31,670 Carlos, see if you can find another rope. 766 00:38:31,870 --> 00:38:33,570 and figure out how to tie that thing off. 767 00:38:33,770 --> 00:38:36,950 - Okay, uh... - Figure something out. 768 00:38:37,150 --> 00:38:40,150 Right now it's kind of a rescue mission. We need to just try to save 769 00:38:40,350 --> 00:38:43,260 everything that we can, obviously, we won't be able to save everything, 770 00:38:43,460 --> 00:38:46,950 but we need to really salvage what we can so that next year 771 00:38:47,150 --> 00:38:48,220 we still have equipment to use. 772 00:38:48,420 --> 00:38:50,150 - Can you clean that up, collect the electronics... - Yeah. 773 00:38:50,350 --> 00:38:51,570 - and all that [bleep]. - Yeah. Yeah. 774 00:38:51,770 --> 00:38:52,910 I gotcha. 775 00:38:53,110 --> 00:38:55,290 [Dustin] James, we should bring that and tie that up here, 776 00:38:55,490 --> 00:38:57,150 and that'll keep that going forward. 777 00:38:57,350 --> 00:38:59,640 Right now, the dredge is flowin' down the river so I'm just doing what I can 778 00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:01,170 to try to save our dredge. 779 00:39:04,270 --> 00:39:08,020 [Dustin] Uh, we prepared for the worst, and this is it. 780 00:39:08,220 --> 00:39:09,810 Think we'll be able to dredge again? 781 00:39:10,010 --> 00:39:10,960 [Wes] I don't know. 782 00:39:12,790 --> 00:39:15,080 This is the hardest place we've ever dug, 783 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:18,670 this is more than I ever thought could happen here. 784 00:39:18,870 --> 00:39:20,400 And we thought we were prepared. 785 00:39:20,590 --> 00:39:21,460 Yeah. 786 00:39:21,660 --> 00:39:24,220 This makes me very sad. 787 00:39:24,420 --> 00:39:27,790 I'm having a hard time trying to figure out if I can salvage this. 788 00:39:29,130 --> 00:39:31,910 [narrator] After months of backbreaking work, 789 00:39:32,110 --> 00:39:36,810 Dustin and his crew are on their best gold of the season. 790 00:39:37,010 --> 00:39:44,570 Now, he faces his toughest decision, cut his losses, or attempt a fight back. 791 00:39:44,770 --> 00:39:46,530 [Carlos] All right, now we've got our dredge secured. 792 00:39:46,730 --> 00:39:49,570 Let's say we get the [bleep] outta here before the side come down on us. 793 00:39:49,770 --> 00:39:52,000 [Dustin] I still wanna dig this, I think we can. 794 00:39:52,930 --> 00:39:54,430 [Wes] I think the dredge is all right. 795 00:39:54,630 --> 00:39:57,020 The mechanical stuff looks in good shape. 796 00:39:57,220 --> 00:39:58,770 [Kayla] I don't think we should hang out here. 797 00:39:58,970 --> 00:40:00,190 I'd agree. 798 00:40:00,390 --> 00:40:03,400 Let's just get out of here before it's too dangerous and we die. 799 00:40:03,590 --> 00:40:06,980 Come back up and find out what the devastation is tomorrow. 800 00:40:07,180 --> 00:40:08,770 What we can salvage. 801 00:40:08,970 --> 00:40:12,290 We are so close to this large gold, we don't want to leave it till next year. 802 00:40:12,490 --> 00:40:14,130 I think we can make it work. 803 00:40:14,890 --> 00:40:16,980 There's a lot of devastation. 804 00:40:17,180 --> 00:40:21,150 It's a huge flood, but I think the water will be down tomorrow. 805 00:40:21,350 --> 00:40:24,530 We can find out what the actual damage is. 806 00:40:24,730 --> 00:40:27,120 Just caught me completely off guard. 807 00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:30,600 I thought we'd have us a flood, we dig out the kitty litter 808 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:32,750 and that'd be the end of it. 809 00:40:33,890 --> 00:40:35,770 We thought we were prepared. 810 00:40:35,970 --> 00:40:38,290 I've invested a lot, this has to pay off. 811 00:40:38,490 --> 00:40:40,580 It has to pay or else I'm gonna going broke. 812 00:40:41,620 --> 00:40:42,820 We'll find out tomorrow. 813 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:52,950 [narrator] On the season finale ofGold Rush: White Water... 814 00:40:53,150 --> 00:40:56,400 I need one of you [bleep] to tell me that we can dig this. 815 00:40:56,590 --> 00:40:57,570 Yeah, we can dig this. 816 00:40:57,770 --> 00:40:59,670 Our walk way is completely gone. 817 00:40:59,870 --> 00:41:02,150 I'm gonna get my waders on and see if I can find a way across. 818 00:41:02,350 --> 00:41:05,080 [crew exclaiming] 819 00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:06,330 [Carlos] Let's go, cowboy. 820 00:41:06,530 --> 00:41:08,460 So you guys are done? You're not gonna dig there anymore? 821 00:41:08,660 --> 00:41:10,640 It'll take us a week to get setup. 822 00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:11,910 We'll work for you and give you guys a hand. 823 00:41:12,110 --> 00:41:13,120 It's all hands of deck... 824 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:15,340 When in doubt, blow [bleep] up. 825 00:41:16,030 --> 00:41:17,220 [Kayla] Fire in the hole! 826 00:41:17,420 --> 00:41:18,500 [exploding] 827 00:41:18,700 --> 00:41:19,670 [crew member whoops] 828 00:41:19,870 --> 00:41:21,640 That could be where those big four ounce nuggets 829 00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:22,770 can be lurking out. 830 00:41:22,970 --> 00:41:24,910 This is just the chunky stuff. It's not all of it. 831 00:41:25,110 --> 00:41:26,840 [crew cheering] 832 00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:28,290 [Dustin] Holy, that's good stuff. 833 00:41:28,490 --> 00:41:30,770 - Dig a hole, man. - You can do it, 834 00:41:30,970 --> 00:41:31,710 [Paul] Look out! 835 00:41:31,910 --> 00:41:34,330 - [Dustin] Rock... - Rock, rock, rock... 836 00:41:34,530 --> 00:41:35,750 Move, move, move, move...