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[narrator] Deep in Alaska's
remote Chilkat Mountains.
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[Kayla] Should be a good day.
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You want me to tape that?
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[narrator] New crew boss Kayla,
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is going all in
on their hunt for gold.
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[Scott] Come on, let's go.
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[Mark] Man, it does work.
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[Kayla] In order for
this season to pay off,
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we need to move
way more material.
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And, the only solution to
that problem I see right now
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is to run two dredges.
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[narrator] Sending two divers
12 feet down,
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in one hole,
doubling their risk.
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Alright, alright, alright.
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See if we can find some gold.
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[narrator] In a dangerous,
last-ditch effort,
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to reach bedrock,
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before seasons end.
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[Kayla] With Tim and Scott both in
the water, we'll get a lot moved today.
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It'll be a bigger workload, but
I think all of us can handle it.
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[Mark] Alright, so what are you
thinking here, how do you wanna do it?
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Well, we'll do it.
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[Mark] This is crazy.
It's insane.
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[Scott] You're clear,
I'm watching your back.
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Let go of that.
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- [Kayla] All clear?
- [Scott] All clear.
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[Kayla] Alright, going up.
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[Mark] Alright, there now,
set it down slowly.
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That's good.
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- [rocks rumbling] - [Kayla]
Whoa, whoa, watch out.
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- [Kayla] Whoa, whoa.
- [Mark] Run, run, run!
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-Get up here, guys! Get up here!
-[Kayla] Go, go, go!
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Get down there and get it.
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There's a lot of things that
can go wrong. A lot of things.
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[Carlos] Don't get hurt,
don't die.
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[Paul] He just pulled his
mask off, what the [bleep]?
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[Scott] Two dredge,
[bleep] yeah.
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[Dustin] Tell the other crew
we got a dredge.
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Mother nature built
the perfect sluice spots.
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- That is some rich ground, some very rich ground.
- [Kayla] Pickers all over.
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That's a good little pile
right there.
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- [Dustin] Welcome back.
- [Paul] Thank you.
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[narrator] More than halfway
through the season
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and now spread thin
across two dive sites,
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Dustin finally has
an ace up his sleeve.
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[Dustin] This project
is not [bleep] for everybody.
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[Paul] Well, I'm glad to be back.
This is like old times again, man.
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[James] Is that Paul Richardson?
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[Carlos] You gotta be
kiddin' me.
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Look at you, dude. You look good
man. Dude, how much I love you, man.
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[bleep] I miss you so much.
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-How's it goin', man? Been a while.
-[Paul] [bleep] yeah.
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We're glad you're [bleep] here,
we need the [bleep] help good.
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I mean, we need a lot of help.
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[narrator] Three weeks ago
after an argument with Scott...
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[Scott] You just shut the [bleep]
up and do what you're told.
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[Eric] You know what?
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[bleep]
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[narrator] Eric walked out,
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leaving Kayla's crew a man down.
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[Dustin] I'm already in the works
of trying to get somebody else.
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You guys need a four-person
crew, it's a safety hazard.
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[narrator] Since 2013, Paul
Richardson had been Dustin's wingman.
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If you can get down there and
clean this out, we gonna get paid.
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- Okay.
- [narrator] He has four years of experience
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in the deadly waters
around McKinley Creek.
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[Mark] We're counting
on you today, Paul.
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Hell, yeah.
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Where did I lie to you?
Explain it.
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[narrator] But after falling
out with Dustin...
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-I'm not.
-You guys basically [bleep] lied to me.
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[narrator] ...he didn't return
at the start of the season.
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[Dustin] Me and Paul had some,
uh, problems.
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So, I'm trying to squash the beef
with all the stuff we had goin' on.
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Well, we can get back to, uh,
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- you being you again, and, uh, I'll be me again.
- Not a problem.
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[Carlos] You came home, man.
You came back home, man.
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Dude, this season picked up
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way better bro.
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[Dustin] Paul this is Kayla.
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- [Kayla] Hey.
- [Paul] Kayla.
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- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
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I'm glad to be back.
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Kayla's gonna be runnin'
your side and
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she has all the power I have.
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She's proven herself quite
a few times and she's
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tough and
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that's what we need
over there and
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Paul Richardson,
he's Wes' brother.
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[Wes] He got a bit more
skills though, pretty sure.
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[Scott] And you're fresh.
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They energy went out, didn't it?
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[Dustin] That's another thing
I'm hoping for.
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That's what
I'm hoping for as well,
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that some of that energy
rubs off on everybody else,
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- because you know how it feels to be here for a whole season.
- [Paul] Oh, [bleep] yeah.
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[Dustin] He's a really good
worker and, uh,
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I think he would be
a great addition to you team.
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[Paul] I know the creek,
I know what to expect.
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You know I'm ready
to get some gold.
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[Kayla] Nice, well,
that's really good news.
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'Cause, this late in
the season, like,
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we don't have the time to
start over training someone.
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- No.
- [Kayla] And
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having someone else experienced
is just going to make us stronger.
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[Scott] Yeah.
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- [Dustin] Welcome back to the crew, man.
- [Paul] Appreciate it.
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- [Dustin] And, uh, we gonna have some fun here.
- [Carlos] Yeah, man.
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- Let's get some work done, let's find some gold.
- [Paul] Let's get some gold.
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- [Scott] Yeah.
- [Paul] It's what it's about.
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[Dustin] And we'll have
some fun too.
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[Paul] I love this
group of guys, I mean,
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there was a couple years that,
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yeah, we had a little bit
of differences, but,
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we've worked through that and
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now we're back
to one big family again.
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Now, I feel better
with Paul there.
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And, uh,
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his presence is gonna help
them get down to the gold because
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of all the things he can fix
and the extra help.
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[narrator] With their crew
back to full strength,
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Kayla sees an opportunity.
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[Kayla] In order to make
this season pay off,
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we need to move
way more material.
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Um, and the only
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solution to that problem I see
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right now is to run
two dredges at a time.
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Um, that's gonna get us
to bedrock faster
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and hopefully get us way more
gold than what we're seeing right now.
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[Kayla] I'll talk to Dustin
and see what he says
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about letting' us using
the second dredge.
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- [Kayla] Hey, guys.
- [Dustin] Hey, how's it goin'?
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[Kayla] In all honesty,
we're way behind
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in how much gold we should have.
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So I was wondering if
it would be an option
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for you to leave the big
dredge behind because I think
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between the four of us, we'd
be able to operate two dredges.
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[narrator] Last week,
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Dustin gave up on House Rock...
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[Dustin] I don't wanna waste
any more time digging here.
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[narrator] ...to focus all
their attention on the Chute.
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[Dustin] This is what we've been
thinking about all weather long.
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[narrator] A place they've
already proven has gold.
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I need to know what's at the
bottom of that hole right there.
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Both dredges, huh?
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[Kayla] Yeah, it's gettiin'
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late in the season and
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since we're already on gold,
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to make it pay off
real big right now,
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we need to get to bedrock faster
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and I think if we have
two dredges going,
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two people diving and two
people up top at all times,
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then we can move
way more material.
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That's four people
to two dredges
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and it can be done,
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but that's not easy.
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- No, man, it's not easy, man.
- [James] Hard rotation.
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- [Kayla] Yeah, just...
- [Dustin] No.
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You guys are gonna be
running in circles.
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You think [bleep] fixing
a winch right now is hard.
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[Kayla] I think my crew
would be able to handle it
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with two dredges.
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I mean, I see your point about
wanting two dredges there, but,
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if we leave them both dredges,
what're we gonna do for a dredge?
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I've got a junkyard full
of old parts and pieces
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and I may be able
to put together a dredge.
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Junkyard dredge.
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Hm.
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[Wes] I think I can make
that happen.
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If not, you're gonna
be stuck with one dredge.
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- Sounds good, thanks.
- [Wes] Yeah.
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[Kayla] So, hopefully we can
have two divers in the water today.
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And we'll get it
cleaned out a lot faster.
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[Paul] Water's nice and low.
Golly.
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[Scott] Yeah.
I like this area.
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[narrator] At House Rock,
for the last month
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Kayla's original three-man
crew has been on
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a gold pay streak.
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[Scott] This looks like
a really good spot.
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So our hole goes
from right up here
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- all the way to where that line is right there.
- [Scott] Yeah.
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[Kayla] And all the way
to the current.
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[narrator] In a bid
to get to bedrock gold
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before season's end,
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Kayla will now attempt
to run two dredges,
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with just four people.
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It's a little bit challenging
running two dredges, uh,
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in an ideal situation, yeah, we
would have a tender for each dredge.
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[narrator] To keep the operation
running, and the two divers alive,
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the two crew on the surface must
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run comms to the diver,
operate winches,
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unload baskets, clear tailing,
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ensure the four gas tanks
remain fueled,
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and monitor the air compressors
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that supply vital air
to the diver.
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Failure to keep up
could cost a diver their life.
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I can't see us
running two dredges.
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Two people teams,
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that might be a little,
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little crazy.
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But you gotta be a little
crazy to get into this.
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I hope everything she decides
is the right decisions.
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All I can do is
give suggestions.
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So far,
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the only person I've worked
with o this team is Scott, so,
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working with Kayla,
and working with Stamper
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is gonna be a whole new
experience for me. I don't know.
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I don't know how they work, I know
they're both experienced dredgers, um,
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it's just getting
used to everybody.
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[narrator] But in Alaska,
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the learning curve is steep.
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And mistakes can cost lives.
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[Scott] It's official guys,
the dredge is ours.
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Now for the big question,
who's diving when?
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[Kayla] Well,
I'm diving today, um,
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if we can get to where
both dredges are running,
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then Stamper will be diving
with me as well.
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So, what's the game plan
with the comms?
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[Kayla] We gotta work on getting
a comm cable across the creek
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so, that way, we can link
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both divers together and we can
all use the same comms system.
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[narrator] They can't
tandem dive without
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upgrading the vital comms system
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to connect the two divers
to each other
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and the tenders.
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[Mark] Cut the end off,
wire 'em all back together,
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pull it straight across
and plug it in.
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So, we can have two dredges
operating at one time.
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My science teacher would
have been proud of that one.
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Look at that, perfect.
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[Scott] Alright, start it up.
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We'll get both dredges going,
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I got a feeling it's
gonna be really good.
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We're gonna blast through material
at a speed that's unbelievable.
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[Scott] There you go.
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[Kayla] I'm glad Paul came
and, uh, joined our team,
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we really needed a fourth person in order
to be able to run two divers at a time.
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[Scott] Double production,
double the gold.
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Two dredge, [bleep] yeah.
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[narrator] So far,
with just one dredge,
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they've dug a hole 12 feet deep
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and hope they're
already halfway down
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to the massive payday
on bedrock.
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[Kayla] Ready to go again?
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[Scott] You're clear to go.
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[Kayla] Their side went off too?
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- [Scott] They are cleared.
- [Kayla] Okay.
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[Scott]
Clear, good job.
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[Kayla] Whoa,
this is really not good.
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[Paul] What is it?
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[Kayla] Oh, our hole's
[bleep] filled in.
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What the [bleep]?
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- [Scott] What is it?
- [Kayla] Oh, our hole's [bleep] filled in.
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What the [bleep]?
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[narrator] At House Rock,
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Kayla's crew has just
been dealt a massive blow.
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[Kayla] I'm standing.
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Where I'm at right now,
was 12 feet,
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and now we're only at five.
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[narrator] Last week...
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Yeah, that water's
comin' way up.
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[narrator] ...a violent flood
raged through McKinley Creek.
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[Kayla] Diver up, diver up.
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[narrator] Causing the miners
to evacuate.
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[Kayla] We need to get
the [bleep] outta here.
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This is not divable water
right now.
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[narrator] Abandoning their
gear in 12 foot deep gold stream.
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[Scott] Think let's
just leave it.
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[Mark] Yeah, we gotta get
outta here man, this is crazy.
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[Kayla] That kinda sucks because
we were on a roll finding chunky gold
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the past few days and now
we're gonna have to start all over.
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[Paul] Oh, that's not good.
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[Mark] Man, McKinley Creek
strikes again.
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[narrator] To get back
on the pay streak,
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Kayla's four-man crew must
successfully run two dredges
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if they are to move 7 feet
of fill-in in a matter of days.
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[Scott] So, we got just loose
material that we just blast through,
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dredge through
real fast right there.
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[Paul] So, the majority
of it should be loose
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and we have to
dredge that stuff all out.
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[Kayla] Yeah, we can definitely
do it, it'll be a bigger workload.
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But, I think if we're gonna
run both dredges,
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all of us can handle it.
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[Mark] I know we can.
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[James] Come on, let's go.
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[narrator] At Porcupine,
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Dustin and James
are on a mission
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to build a third dredge
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and further expand
the operation.
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[Dustin] This is where I keep
all my spare parts.
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Anything smashed,
bonked, broken.
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Gonna try to take some of this
stuff and put a dredge together.
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[narrator] To build a dredge
from junkyard parts,
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they'll need motors,
air compressors,
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sluice box, hose, floats,
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and heaters. It needs to be small
enough to fit in the narrow Chute,
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but powerful enough to supply a
diver with vital air and hot water
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and suction to get down
to bedrock gold.
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Things we have
to do to get gold.
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- [James] Here's a sluice box.
- [Dustin] That's a sluice box right there, he could probably
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set it up, right?
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- [James] Yeah, and a jet log.
- [Dustin] Wanna bring both of these up--
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- [James] Look at that.
- [Dustin] Which one is the best one, then?
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- Obvious it's smashed, look at it.
- [James] Yeah.
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So, let's both of these
and he can decide,
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since he might get upset,
you know.
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[James] Oh, suction hose.
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Like a damn Slinky.
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Desperate times,
desperate measures.
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We need to
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put together a dredge
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ASAP.
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And we'll go divin' and
we're gonna find some gold
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for me to clean that Chute out.
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Ready?
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[James] Let's get outta here.
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[narrator] If Dustin can't build a
dredge out of these scavenged parts,
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Kayla's dream of double dredging
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will be short lived.
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[Dustin] Almost everything.
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Missing one jet log.
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Do we have a jet log up here?
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[Wes] Yeah, we do.
We got it up here.
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- [Dustin] Well, there she is.
- [Wes] Yeah.
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- [Dustin] So, we got a full dredge now?
- [Wes] Yep.
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Need a gasket here.
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[Wes] This'll work fine because
it goes to the other hose.
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And I think I can get this
dredge together pretty fast.
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I mean, we've got-- we've run
out of time already, so,
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it's uh, it's not make-it-look-pretty-dredge
this time, it's just the
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"Slap it together
as fast as I can."
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As long as we can get it in and get
to dredging and get after this gold,
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that's the main thing right now.
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[Dustin] That's a full.
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No?
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What am I looking at wrong?
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- Am I missing a metal piece?
- [Wes] No.
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[Dustin] I just did that.
Just did that.
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[Wes] Well, that fits
right in there.
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- [Dustin] That's how that goes.
- [Wes] Yeah.
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[Dustin] Okay.
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[Dustin] I'm scrounging just
to get this going.
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I'm trying to optimize
everything. I think,
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gonna get all
three dredges runnin',
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two dredges with Kayla,
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and I get some crappy dredge
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put together for us,
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get into the Chute,
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find gold.
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[Dustin] See this?
This is smashed.
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So, let's put something on
it to keep it together, alright?
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The only hose we got
with holes in it.
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And this is
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straight from the junkyard.
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- [Carlos] Nah.
- [James] Yeah.
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[Carlos] This Chute
has to pay off.
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Seriously.
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Mother Nature herself built
the perfect sluice box.
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So.
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[James scoffs]
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But there's--
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God, I hope there's
gold in there.
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There's gold in there, brother.
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I guarantee you, man,
we're gonna do it.
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We'll find a record breaking
nugget, man. Talking about
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morning interviews
nugget find, you know?
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It's there, man.
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It's there.
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[James] All taped up.
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You'd be surprised
what tape does.
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The whole problem I'm having with
this dredge is, I'm gonna get out there,
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put everything together and
find out what's really wrong with it.
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Will the engine run?
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Will...
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the hot water heaters work?
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Will the floats float?
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Everything needs to do its job but
they've already been beaten to death by us.
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[narrator] They'll have
to send the junkyard dredge
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piece by piece down
an old haul line.
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Until they get it assembled
and in the water,
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they have no way
of knowing if it will run.
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[Dustin] Well, I don't have any
damn gold and I need to find some.
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And the Chute has gold in it.
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Just needed to get this
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mixed together,
piece of junk dredge
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over there and I need
it to get me gold.
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[narrator] Up creek
at House Rock.
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[Scott] But I think
we can get it done.
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[Kayla] Yeah, I think
we can handle it.
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[narrator] After a storm dumped
7 feet of gravel into their dive hole,
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Kayla's crew is on a rescue
mission to save their season.
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[Mark] We got this.
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[narrator] And the return
of Paul Richardson
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couldn't have come
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at a better time.
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[Kayla] Running two dredges,
that's exactly what we needed.
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We're moving this [bleep]
material already.
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So, just for comparison,
see my fingertips?
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[Scott] Holy [bleep]!
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-[Paul] Holy [bleep]! Yeah, barely.
-[Kayla] I'm standing.
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I'm standing with
my arms fully extended.
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That's how much [bleep]
stuff is here.
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[Paul] And you were like
at your chest level before.
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00:18:16,863 --> 00:18:17,728
[Kayla] Exactly. [bleep]
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[Paul] So that's,
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that's at least 3 foot of
material out of there already.
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00:18:22,836 --> 00:18:25,703
[Mark] That a lot of overburden.
I didn't realize it was this much.
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[Kayla] Hey do you see
where the basket is?
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[Scott] Stamper, can you
hear Kayla?
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Stamper do you copy?
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[narrator] The double dredging
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is making short work
of clearing the in-fill.
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But the vital comms system
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that Stamper rigged is failing.
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[Paul] I can hear
him breathing'.
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- [Kayla] Yeah, I can too.
- [Paul] Yeah.
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[Kayla] Hey, Stamper.
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[Paul] Mark, you gotta copy.
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00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,047
[Mark] Can anybody
hear me? I can't hear [bleep].
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Stamper, can you hear me?
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00:19:16,588 --> 00:19:17,822
That's not cool.
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We are gonna have to
get that worked out.
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Absolutely. Gotta figure out
why the [bleep]
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he can't hear us as soon
as he goes in the water.
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[Kayla] Yeah.
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Well,
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if we can't communicate,
he's gotta get out.
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00:19:30,936 --> 00:19:32,270
Hang on, I'll find him.
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00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:39,310
Stamper, I'm right behind you.
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00:19:40,179 --> 00:19:42,146
[Mark] Ah! [bleep]
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00:19:42,748 --> 00:19:43,414
That's my foot.
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00:19:45,484 --> 00:19:46,483
[Scott] Any luck?
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00:19:46,785 --> 00:19:48,186
[Kayla] Hang on, I'm trying
to get Stamper.
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00:19:49,888 --> 00:19:50,888
[Mark] Okay.
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00:19:50,890 --> 00:19:52,190
[Kayla] So, go that way.
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00:19:52,958 --> 00:19:54,959
- [Mark] This way?
- [Kayla] That way.
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00:19:54,961 --> 00:19:57,028
You gotta go that way
and take the hose.
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00:19:57,030 --> 00:19:58,062
[Mark] Yeah.
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00:19:58,630 --> 00:19:59,997
Alright.
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- [Kayla] Go that way, go.
- [Mark] I don't know
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what the [bleep]
anybody's saying.
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00:20:05,838 --> 00:20:07,205
[Kayla] Go.
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00:20:09,341 --> 00:20:10,441
[Scott] He's going
the wrong way.
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00:20:10,443 --> 00:20:11,842
[Kayla] Oh, no,
I'm trying to tell him.
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00:20:11,844 --> 00:20:14,212
[Scott] He just pulled his
mask off, what the [bleep]?
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00:20:14,214 --> 00:20:16,247
[Paul] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What's goin' on?
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00:20:16,515 --> 00:20:17,481
[bleep]
448
00:20:17,950 --> 00:20:20,618
I will never deal with that
[bleep] again.
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00:20:20,620 --> 00:20:22,286
[Scott] Oh, [bleep] great.
Here we go.
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[Scott] Oh, [bleep] great.
Here we go.
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[narrator] Diver, Mark Stamper
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has abandoned his dive
after a comms failure.
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Hold on, slow down, slow down.
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00:20:51,783 --> 00:20:53,117
[Mark] I can't hear anything.
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[Kayla] What's goin' on?
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[Scott] I think he's getting frustrated
about the fact that he can't communicate.
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00:20:59,057 --> 00:20:59,857
[Paul] You good?
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Good deal.
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00:21:01,094 --> 00:21:02,727
[Mark] Go ahead and do
what you gotta do.
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[Paul] Okay.
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[Kayla] Open it up.
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[Scott] Alright, Kayla, I am
opening the dredge back up.
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00:21:12,638 --> 00:21:14,138
[narrator] Stamper's
comms problem
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means Kayla's crew is back
to just one dredge
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and one diver.
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[Mark] I had communications
in and out, in and out.
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00:21:21,781 --> 00:21:24,081
They're yelling,
asking me stuff.
468
00:21:24,083 --> 00:21:25,082
She came over, she patted me
469
00:21:25,084 --> 00:21:27,752
on my shoulder or somethin',
and I was--
470
00:21:27,754 --> 00:21:29,420
I wasn't upset, I was just
471
00:21:29,422 --> 00:21:31,422
being me, cussing, and
472
00:21:32,624 --> 00:21:34,525
that was that.
473
00:21:34,527 --> 00:21:36,661
[Kayla] I mean, it sucks
I wanted to keep goin'.
474
00:21:36,663 --> 00:21:38,763
Hopefully we can get
that worked out.
475
00:21:38,765 --> 00:21:41,265
Let's just see what we got.
Take a look at it.
476
00:21:45,037 --> 00:21:47,805
[narrator] 1,000 feet
downstream at the Chute.
477
00:21:47,807 --> 00:21:49,707
Putting the dredge together.
478
00:21:49,709 --> 00:21:52,910
[narrator] Dustin's crew is over
halfway through their season
479
00:21:52,912 --> 00:21:54,912
and have found no gold.
480
00:21:54,914 --> 00:21:56,847
[Wes] Another floaty device.
481
00:21:56,849 --> 00:21:58,149
[James] Junkyard dredge.
482
00:21:59,751 --> 00:22:00,751
[narrator] Their future
483
00:22:00,952 --> 00:22:03,421
depends on this pile
of salvaged parts
484
00:22:03,423 --> 00:22:06,190
functioning as a gold
catching dredge.
485
00:22:06,192 --> 00:22:10,961
Right now, we are in a hurry to
get this dredge assembled today,
486
00:22:11,697 --> 00:22:12,697
get it runnin',
487
00:22:12,699 --> 00:22:14,632
we can't waste any more time,
488
00:22:14,634 --> 00:22:17,134
we have to-- we have to get
to the bottom of the Chute.
489
00:22:20,872 --> 00:22:22,940
Got a little bit of, uh,
construction to do here.
490
00:22:22,942 --> 00:22:27,345
So, the rest of our season is riding
on JD here and we gotta get him goin'.
491
00:22:27,347 --> 00:22:29,980
And hopefully everything
works right because
492
00:22:29,982 --> 00:22:33,017
pretty sure we left a large
amount of gold left in the Chute.
493
00:22:33,719 --> 00:22:34,719
[Dustin] Wes is gonna make
494
00:22:34,721 --> 00:22:38,289
this mixed together,
piece of junk dredge
495
00:22:38,291 --> 00:22:41,892
that's gonna last us for the
rest of the season hopefully.
496
00:22:41,894 --> 00:22:45,096
I don't care what it looks
like, just need it to get me gold.
497
00:22:48,633 --> 00:22:50,034
[Dustin] Grab that end.
498
00:22:50,535 --> 00:22:51,969
- [Wes] Alright.
- [Dustin] Let's go.
499
00:22:51,971 --> 00:22:52,737
- [Wes] Got that other end?
- [Carlos] I got it.
500
00:22:52,739 --> 00:22:54,338
[James] Got it.
501
00:22:55,741 --> 00:22:58,175
- [Dustin] Alright, y'all got that?
- [Carlos] Yeah, I got this.
502
00:22:58,177 --> 00:23:00,077
- [James] Got it. So, that's it?
- [Carlos] I got it.
503
00:23:00,212 --> 00:23:01,312
[Dustin] Come on down.
504
00:23:01,947 --> 00:23:03,114
Flatten it out.
505
00:23:03,882 --> 00:23:04,949
Here you go, James.
506
00:23:05,016 --> 00:23:06,550
And one for Carlos.
507
00:23:06,552 --> 00:23:07,785
- [Carlos] Yeah.
- [Dustin] Grab that?
508
00:23:07,787 --> 00:23:09,420
- [Carlos] Got it.
- [Dustin] Thank you.
509
00:23:09,422 --> 00:23:10,421
Got it, got it, got it.
510
00:23:11,823 --> 00:23:13,057
[Dustin] Up.
511
00:23:14,659 --> 00:23:15,826
Alright, together, everyone.
512
00:23:15,828 --> 00:23:18,262
- Don't hurry it up.
- [James] Okay, got it.
513
00:23:20,532 --> 00:23:21,899
[Dustin] Hold on, hold on,
that side's jamming somehow.
514
00:23:21,901 --> 00:23:24,034
[Wes] Did anybody
ever bring that mallet?
515
00:23:24,036 --> 00:23:25,669
[Dustin] Junkyard dredge
in full effect,
516
00:23:25,671 --> 00:23:28,205
we about to find out
if it works.
517
00:23:29,474 --> 00:23:32,343
[Dustin] Trying to give the other
crew as much advantage as I can.
518
00:23:32,345 --> 00:23:35,479
Without two dredges they
won't finish for the season.
519
00:23:35,481 --> 00:23:39,417
But I have to have a dredge
because I can't go another season,
520
00:23:39,419 --> 00:23:41,652
without knowing what's
in the bottom of this Chute.
521
00:23:41,654 --> 00:23:44,422
If I gotta go take one of
my dredges from them, I will.
522
00:23:53,465 --> 00:23:55,633
[Kayla over radio]
Working now?
523
00:23:55,635 --> 00:23:58,502
[Paul] So, there could be a
lose connection, right in there.
524
00:23:58,504 --> 00:24:03,407
[Kayla] You just gotta figure out at
this point what the [bleep] problem is.
525
00:24:03,409 --> 00:24:06,710
[narrator] Kayla's dream of
running two dredges is over,
526
00:24:06,712 --> 00:24:10,748
unless Paul Richardson, can
repair the vital comms system.
527
00:24:10,750 --> 00:24:12,716
[Paul] That could be
the problem right there.
528
00:24:12,718 --> 00:24:14,718
So, splicing them together,
we [bleep] those wires up.
529
00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,288
If the diver can't hear
the tender,
530
00:24:17,290 --> 00:24:20,691
it's no good because if they get into
a situation, and we call for diver up,
531
00:24:20,693 --> 00:24:25,262
and they don't hear us, it
could get really bad really quick.
532
00:24:25,264 --> 00:24:28,399
That box has two outputs, we
could have just run from there.
533
00:24:28,401 --> 00:24:31,402
Over to here to run the second diver.
So, we have diver one and diver two.
534
00:24:33,705 --> 00:24:36,173
So, this should
take care of that problem.
535
00:24:37,809 --> 00:24:40,678
[narrator] Thanks to
their newest crew member,
536
00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:44,215
it's now safe to run
two drivers side by side.
537
00:24:50,755 --> 00:24:53,057
[Scott over radio] Diver two,
back in the water.
538
00:24:54,726 --> 00:24:56,427
Maybe they will last longer
than a half hour.
539
00:24:58,029 --> 00:24:59,897
There's the hose.
540
00:24:59,899 --> 00:25:02,166
- [Scott] Yeah.
- [Mark] Alright.
541
00:25:02,934 --> 00:25:04,802
[breathing through mask]
542
00:25:04,804 --> 00:25:06,904
Alright. Comm check Stamper,
you hear me?
543
00:25:06,906 --> 00:25:09,440
[Mark] Yes. I can hear you.
544
00:25:09,442 --> 00:25:11,375
Alright.
That's fine.
545
00:25:11,377 --> 00:25:14,144
- [Mark] Can you hear me?
- [Scott] Yes, we can hear you.
546
00:25:14,146 --> 00:25:16,981
If we can't hear you, we're gonna
yank out don't worry about that.
547
00:25:17,549 --> 00:25:19,149
[Mark laughs]
548
00:25:24,055 --> 00:25:28,592
[Kayla] Stamper, focus on that side
of the hole and I'll do from here over.
549
00:25:28,594 --> 00:25:30,661
[Mark] I know. Alright.
550
00:25:30,663 --> 00:25:33,197
Is there any material
coming out of the dredge?
551
00:25:33,932 --> 00:25:35,366
Yeah, there's material
coming out.
552
00:25:38,036 --> 00:25:40,170
[Mark] Nice little hole
to work out of here.
553
00:25:40,539 --> 00:25:43,974
[Kayla] I have some
good news for you, Scott.
554
00:25:44,876 --> 00:25:50,414
-[Scott] Go.
-[Kayla] I got a [bleep] crater on this side.
555
00:25:50,416 --> 00:25:53,284
- [Mark] [bleep] Yeah.
- That's what I wanna hear.
556
00:25:59,591 --> 00:26:02,293
Guys it looks like
a dredge again.
557
00:26:04,930 --> 00:26:08,866
[narrator] After a day building a
dredge, made of parts from a junkyard,
558
00:26:08,868 --> 00:26:11,869
it's the moment of truth.
559
00:26:11,871 --> 00:26:15,873
The only thing the dredge
has to provide is air,
560
00:26:15,875 --> 00:26:19,209
hot water and the means
to pick up gold.
561
00:26:19,778 --> 00:26:23,013
That's it. That is it.
562
00:26:23,015 --> 00:26:25,282
Alright! Let's crank it up.
Let's see if it works.
563
00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:27,818
I'm excited. Are you?
564
00:26:27,820 --> 00:26:30,955
Yeah, we're gonna bring JD
from sitting out in the junkyard
565
00:26:30,957 --> 00:26:34,091
to back to making money.
566
00:26:34,093 --> 00:26:36,360
Gotta choke
the hell out of it, man.
567
00:26:43,068 --> 00:26:45,369
[Carlos]
Gas on, choke.
568
00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:48,839
Yeah, let's choke.
569
00:26:48,841 --> 00:26:52,042
[Dustin] They were empty.
They were very empty.
570
00:26:58,483 --> 00:27:00,284
[engine struggles]
571
00:27:01,953 --> 00:27:05,189
[Carlos] We're almost there,
gents. We're almost freaking there.
572
00:27:05,957 --> 00:27:08,092
[Dustin] Come on.
573
00:27:09,027 --> 00:27:11,962
- Come on, baby!
- You can do it.
574
00:27:12,797 --> 00:27:14,131
There it goes.
575
00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:17,167
[Dustin]
There it is.
576
00:27:17,169 --> 00:27:19,436
- Wow, dude.
- Come on.
577
00:27:19,904 --> 00:27:21,271
Woo-wee!
578
00:27:21,706 --> 00:27:23,841
There it goes.
579
00:27:23,843 --> 00:27:27,544
This thing really wants to work,
guys. Look at that water flow.
580
00:27:27,546 --> 00:27:29,546
- [Carlos] That's a lot of water, dude.
- [all cheering]
581
00:27:29,548 --> 00:27:32,716
I guess we could tell the
other crew, we got a dredge.
582
00:27:32,718 --> 00:27:35,919
[Wes] Yeah. Hell, yeah.
JD is gonna find us some gold.
583
00:27:35,921 --> 00:27:39,456
[Dustin] You guys did great today.
They got the dredge ready to go.
584
00:27:39,458 --> 00:27:42,259
Now, all I need
is a diver in the water.
585
00:27:49,100 --> 00:27:53,037
[narrator] At House Rock,
Kayla's four men crew is five hours
586
00:27:53,039 --> 00:27:55,539
into their first tandem
dredge dive.
587
00:27:55,541 --> 00:27:58,108
- [Scott] Can you hear me?
- [both] Yes.
588
00:27:59,411 --> 00:28:02,079
I'm looking at gold.
There are rocks, people.
589
00:28:02,414 --> 00:28:03,981
Boom!
590
00:28:03,983 --> 00:28:05,949
[bleep] yeah.
591
00:28:05,951 --> 00:28:07,918
[singing in joy]
592
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,187
You've got a bottle
to put it in?
593
00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:14,991
[Paul] Yeah,
get a load of this stuff.
594
00:28:14,993 --> 00:28:17,961
- [Mark] That's a nice one, isn't it?
- Yeah, it is, nice picker.
595
00:28:17,963 --> 00:28:21,298
[Paul] Oh, we've never got
gold on the first of the mine site,
596
00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:24,968
but these guys have been
busting ass.
597
00:28:25,970 --> 00:28:27,538
They're definitely on top of it.
598
00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:30,974
Any time they get gold's
not a [bleep] day.
599
00:28:30,976 --> 00:28:34,478
[narrator] The gold is a sign
they're already through the fill in,
600
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,413
and back to new rich ground.
601
00:28:36,415 --> 00:28:40,417
- [Kayla] It's back down to where it was.
- [Mark laughs]
602
00:28:40,419 --> 00:28:44,822
[Kayla] Yeah. It's like back to where
we left off. It's a 100 percent gold.
603
00:28:44,824 --> 00:28:46,023
[mouthing]
Yes.
604
00:28:46,025 --> 00:28:48,792
[Scott]
That's [bleep] great, dude.
605
00:28:48,794 --> 00:28:51,729
- [Paul] Go ahead and come on out.
- [Kayla] Alright.
606
00:28:51,731 --> 00:28:53,330
[Kayla] I'm coming.
I'm coming.
607
00:28:58,069 --> 00:29:00,137
We need to check the sluice.
608
00:29:02,841 --> 00:29:05,209
There might be
a piece right there.
609
00:29:07,412 --> 00:29:09,213
Yeah, there is gold in it.
610
00:29:11,015 --> 00:29:12,549
That's gold right there.
611
00:29:12,551 --> 00:29:15,119
Yeah baby. [bleep]
612
00:29:15,121 --> 00:29:16,887
There's another piece
right there, I see.
613
00:29:16,921 --> 00:29:18,355
[rolling tongue]
614
00:29:19,491 --> 00:29:20,557
Yeah, that's definitely a piece.
615
00:29:20,559 --> 00:29:23,293
- Yeah, that's [bleep].
- Yeah, that's a big piece.
616
00:29:23,295 --> 00:29:25,629
- Whoo! Whoo!
- [Kayla] We weren't even expecting to see gold today,
617
00:29:25,631 --> 00:29:28,899
because we were just trying
to clean out that flood material.
618
00:29:28,901 --> 00:29:31,201
- [Mark] See that piece right there?
- [Paul] Oh, yeah.
619
00:29:32,804 --> 00:29:35,205
Gold feels good.
620
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:37,341
How's that for a welcome back?
621
00:29:37,408 --> 00:29:38,942
[bleep] yeah.
622
00:29:38,944 --> 00:29:42,513
[narrator] Any gold from this
double dredge dive, is a huge bonus.
623
00:29:42,515 --> 00:29:44,081
To the other side!
624
00:29:44,083 --> 00:29:48,152
[narrator] As they spent most of
their dive moving the flood infill.
625
00:29:48,586 --> 00:29:50,287
[Kayla]
Not seeing pickers.
626
00:29:50,289 --> 00:29:52,790
The main goal today was
to open the hole back
627
00:29:52,792 --> 00:29:56,093
to where it was and mission
accomplished. We got all that [bleep]
628
00:29:56,095 --> 00:29:57,561
- out there.
- [Paul] Hey! That's a victory.
629
00:29:57,563 --> 00:30:00,464
I was thinking, when I
first saw it, I was like,
630
00:30:00,466 --> 00:30:03,901
"Oh, it might take two days to clear
to it out." But we got it done in one.
631
00:30:03,903 --> 00:30:06,537
-So, that's good. Back on track.
-And we got gold.
632
00:30:06,539 --> 00:30:09,072
[Kayla] I just really hope that Dustin
will let us keep that dredge over here.
633
00:30:09,074 --> 00:30:10,641
'Cause I feel that's gonna
be a game changer.
634
00:30:10,643 --> 00:30:12,409
[Paul] Yeah.
635
00:30:14,712 --> 00:30:19,383
You know for such a bad start,
it turned into a really good day.
636
00:30:19,385 --> 00:30:22,586
I mean, anytime we put gold in
the box is always a good day so...
637
00:30:22,588 --> 00:30:26,356
I'm thoroughly impressed.
This is a good spot.
638
00:30:26,358 --> 00:30:29,526
This crew seems to be pretty
good. They're on top of their game.
639
00:30:29,528 --> 00:30:33,230
[narrator] Kayla's crew has
successfully pioneered double diving
640
00:30:33,232 --> 00:30:37,501
with just four crew.
And are back on the gold.
641
00:30:37,503 --> 00:30:41,438
[Kayla] In the end, it benefits
everyone if I got two divers in the water
642
00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:45,642
and move more material.
We cleaned out the entire hole.
643
00:30:45,644 --> 00:30:49,847
All the flood debris is out of there. So,
now we can have a fresh start tomorrow
644
00:30:49,849 --> 00:30:51,982
and we're right back on track.
645
00:30:52,717 --> 00:30:54,384
[narrator]
Up ahead...
646
00:30:54,386 --> 00:30:56,820
I'm a bit nervous
to come back to the Chute.
647
00:30:56,822 --> 00:30:58,021
[Dustin]
Don't get hurt.
648
00:31:00,491 --> 00:31:01,925
[breathing heavily]
649
00:31:01,927 --> 00:31:04,094
[Scott] Oh, dude.
Do you see that [bleep]?
650
00:31:04,096 --> 00:31:05,996
[all shouting]
Run run!
651
00:31:05,998 --> 00:31:08,065
[Kayla]
Go, go, go...
652
00:31:08,733 --> 00:31:10,300
[Mark]
Get out of there!
653
00:31:17,108 --> 00:31:18,976
[Carlos]
Today is a dive day.
654
00:31:19,110 --> 00:31:21,011
And let's get to work.
655
00:31:21,613 --> 00:31:24,781
[narrator] Dustin's dream of
a million dollar pay day,
656
00:31:24,783 --> 00:31:28,986
now relies on a dredge
cobbled together from scraps.
657
00:31:28,988 --> 00:31:33,690
Huge day. Today is our first
dive in the Chute for the year.
658
00:31:33,692 --> 00:31:36,059
The rest of
the season starts today.
659
00:31:36,061 --> 00:31:37,261
- Alright ready?
- Let's go.
660
00:31:37,263 --> 00:31:40,130
Alright. Off you go.
661
00:31:40,132 --> 00:31:44,034
[narrator] He's put his last dollar
into his biggest operation yet.
662
00:31:44,036 --> 00:31:47,037
And needs
to see a return in gold.
663
00:31:48,539 --> 00:31:50,440
[Dustin]
I need the focus up.
664
00:31:50,442 --> 00:31:54,111
Get to dredging, find some
gold so we we can pay for this.
665
00:31:57,615 --> 00:32:01,218
We won't be able to come back
next year if we don't find enough gold.
666
00:32:02,453 --> 00:32:05,422
[Carlos] Dive day one
on the Chute today.
667
00:32:05,424 --> 00:32:09,760
We hope everything goes smooth.
We're working with the junkyard dredge.
668
00:32:09,762 --> 00:32:12,896
There's a lot of things that
can go wrong. Lot of things.
669
00:32:12,898 --> 00:32:14,231
[Dustin]
Fire it up.
670
00:32:17,635 --> 00:32:19,937
Open that valve over there.
671
00:32:19,939 --> 00:32:22,005
You see if it's got
air coming out?
672
00:32:22,807 --> 00:32:25,342
Oh, yeah. It's got air.
673
00:32:25,743 --> 00:32:29,279
[Dustin] The junkyard dredge
is ready to go.
674
00:32:29,281 --> 00:32:33,550
It is a patch up job. It is dangerous.
It wasn't ever meant to run.
675
00:32:33,552 --> 00:32:36,887
So, I'm taking a huge risk.
I'm not sure about it but
676
00:32:36,889 --> 00:32:40,090
if that's what we gotta do,
there are no other options.
677
00:32:42,527 --> 00:32:44,428
[Carlos]
How's the hot water, hot?
678
00:32:44,430 --> 00:32:48,732
Yeah! It's diveable. It's not
the best but it's not horrible.
679
00:32:48,734 --> 00:32:51,802
Huh! That will work. I guess.
That should work.
680
00:32:51,804 --> 00:32:55,205
[narrator] James has
volunteered for the risky first dive,
681
00:32:55,207 --> 00:32:58,809
on a bush engineered dredge
that's never been tested.
682
00:32:58,811 --> 00:33:03,747
Just dig as deep down as you can right here.
But don't go point down and hurt yourself.
683
00:33:03,749 --> 00:33:06,149
-[James] Got you.
-[Dustin] Alright. Ready for our best?
684
00:33:06,151 --> 00:33:09,786
- Yup.
- That's a lot of weight, dude.
685
00:33:09,788 --> 00:33:12,689
You're gonna need it.
686
00:33:12,691 --> 00:33:18,462
Little bit nervous to come back to
the Chute but gotta get the job done.
687
00:33:18,464 --> 00:33:22,733
I worry about rocks falling down and
junkyard dredge and Mother Nature,
688
00:33:22,735 --> 00:33:25,402
whatever she wants
to throw at me.
689
00:33:25,404 --> 00:33:28,405
So, I'd like to... get this
thing done and get outta here.
690
00:33:28,407 --> 00:33:31,742
I think you'd be safe if you
hug that wall.
691
00:33:31,744 --> 00:33:33,877
-[Dustin] Don't get hurt.
-[Carlos] Don't get hurt. Don't die.
692
00:33:33,879 --> 00:33:34,845
[Dustin] Don't die.
693
00:33:34,879 --> 00:33:36,279
Good.
694
00:33:40,351 --> 00:33:43,253
- [Dustin] Let's get him down.
- [Wes] All cleared.
695
00:33:47,125 --> 00:33:49,860
- Though we need to untie this, there you go.
- Hey, help me.
696
00:33:49,862 --> 00:33:52,262
I'm gonna let this go,
give you some slack.
697
00:33:52,930 --> 00:33:55,065
[Dustin] Diver in the water.
698
00:33:55,767 --> 00:33:58,001
How you doing?
Go check air?
699
00:33:58,569 --> 00:34:00,370
[James]
Got air, got hot water.
700
00:34:00,372 --> 00:34:03,306
- You got suction?
- [James] Yeah, got good suction.
701
00:34:10,281 --> 00:34:13,216
[narrator] Dustin's junkyard
dredge works for now.
702
00:34:13,218 --> 00:34:19,890
But it needs to keep supplying vital
air and hot water for James to find gold.
703
00:34:19,892 --> 00:34:24,127
[Dustin] James's goal today is to start off
for a five foot hole all the way across.
704
00:34:24,495 --> 00:34:28,065
[narrator] The Chute is the
narrowest spot on McKinley Creek.
705
00:34:28,067 --> 00:34:32,936
They must dredge beneath the raging water,
to uncover a plunge pool in the bedrock.
706
00:34:32,938 --> 00:34:35,405
That they believe
contains a pile of gold.
707
00:34:37,775 --> 00:34:39,776
So, let's get all this [bleep]
708
00:34:39,778 --> 00:34:42,079
all done, all those step downs.
709
00:34:46,350 --> 00:34:50,187
Right now, our total count
with gold is...
710
00:34:51,289 --> 00:34:53,457
[James] I've a hard spot, the
water is pushing really hard.
711
00:34:53,459 --> 00:34:57,360
[Dustin] Love it. It looks like it's
beating you up right now even.
712
00:34:59,597 --> 00:35:02,532
[Dustin] All the rock here is looking
good. He's starting a good dig.
713
00:35:02,534 --> 00:35:05,102
We're already-- All the
baskets we're pulling out.
714
00:35:05,104 --> 00:35:08,972
This place is uh... It's moving
so quickly. You have to be
715
00:35:08,974 --> 00:35:10,774
a heavy rock or gold...
716
00:35:10,776 --> 00:35:15,412
to stay in here.
So, this is where we wanna be.
717
00:35:15,414 --> 00:35:17,881
[Carlos] So far James is
doing a good job.
718
00:35:17,883 --> 00:35:20,584
He's getting a
lot of material out.
719
00:35:20,586 --> 00:35:22,619
Dredge is looking good.
Very cute.
720
00:35:22,621 --> 00:35:28,992
And the Chute right here is--
The gold is at the very, very bottom.
721
00:35:28,994 --> 00:35:32,395
So, anything that's on top
of that, has to come out.
722
00:35:32,397 --> 00:35:35,732
You're not gold,
you gotta come out.
723
00:35:35,734 --> 00:35:39,035
[James] I think that basket,
I can't tell how full it is.
724
00:35:39,403 --> 00:35:41,238
[Dustin] Coming up.
725
00:35:44,008 --> 00:35:48,145
This is probably the most
amazing dig we've ever done.
726
00:35:48,379 --> 00:35:52,415
And I hope, with all my person,
727
00:35:52,417 --> 00:35:56,419
that this is the life changing
hole right here. That's what I want.
728
00:35:56,421 --> 00:35:59,122
The amount of gold down
there that I hope is there.
729
00:36:02,627 --> 00:36:06,263
It could be life altering
in a huge way.
730
00:36:07,365 --> 00:36:08,932
Or it could be nothing.
[laughing]
731
00:36:08,934 --> 00:36:12,702
If it's [bleep] empty, I'll
[bleep] cry all the way home.
732
00:36:12,704 --> 00:36:17,207
[mimicking crying]
We don't have any gold.
733
00:36:23,347 --> 00:36:27,284
[Paul] I'll get suited up,
then we can find some gold.
734
00:36:27,286 --> 00:36:30,954
[narrator] After their first
successful dive running two dredges,
735
00:36:30,956 --> 00:36:35,292
Kayla's now expecting every
crew member to pull double duty.
736
00:36:36,561 --> 00:36:39,162
It's gonna be my first dive
for this season.
737
00:36:39,797 --> 00:36:43,466
I'm definitely looking forward
to it. It's... an amazing spot.
738
00:36:43,468 --> 00:36:47,337
[narrator] At 12 feet and back
on virgin ground,
739
00:36:47,339 --> 00:36:51,575
Kayla's banking on two divers and
two dredges cutting in half the time
740
00:36:51,577 --> 00:36:53,543
it takes to get to bedrock gold.
741
00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:56,813
[Paul] The gold's coming up
so high up on top.
742
00:36:56,815 --> 00:37:01,218
That's a really good sign this is a really
good spot. I mean it's set up perfect
743
00:37:01,220 --> 00:37:03,887
for a perfect gold
drop out so...
744
00:37:03,889 --> 00:37:06,990
I've got real high hopes for
finding some pretty good gold today.
745
00:37:06,992 --> 00:37:10,060
That's it.
Time to get in the water.
746
00:37:11,929 --> 00:37:15,999
Today is Paul's first dive on our crew,
I've heard that he's a really good diver
747
00:37:16,001 --> 00:37:19,102
and he knows what he's doing. So,
I'm excited to have him on our team.
748
00:37:19,104 --> 00:37:22,072
With him and Scott both in the water,
I think we'll get a lot moved today.
749
00:37:22,074 --> 00:37:23,273
[Mark] Fire it up.
750
00:37:24,208 --> 00:37:25,342
[engine starts]
751
00:37:26,677 --> 00:37:29,012
[Mark]
Alright, alright, alright.
752
00:37:29,014 --> 00:37:32,082
- [Kayla] Try it now.
- Oh, that's a lot better.
753
00:37:32,383 --> 00:37:34,017
Come on, let's go.
754
00:37:36,754 --> 00:37:38,989
[Paul]
Oh! It's cold water.
755
00:37:38,991 --> 00:37:41,391
Scott, get your ass down here
and get to work.
756
00:37:41,492 --> 00:37:43,693
I'm getting there.
757
00:37:43,695 --> 00:37:46,096
[Kayla] Alright. Everything
is set up. You're good to go?
758
00:37:46,098 --> 00:37:48,031
[Scott]
Good to go.
759
00:37:49,066 --> 00:37:51,968
Alright. Here we go!
760
00:37:53,437 --> 00:37:55,672
Man in the water.
761
00:37:55,674 --> 00:37:59,609
[narrator] Kayla's plan, both
divers will follow the pay streak
762
00:37:59,611 --> 00:38:02,679
down the creek wall
to the bedrock bottom
763
00:38:02,681 --> 00:38:06,049
where they believe there
is a massive pile of gold.
764
00:38:08,686 --> 00:38:12,822
There is a big ass rock.
Holy [bleep].
765
00:38:12,824 --> 00:38:16,159
How's the visibility down there? It
looks like you guys have good water.
766
00:38:16,161 --> 00:38:19,396
It's about two feet,
maybe two and a half.
767
00:38:20,531 --> 00:38:22,165
It's alright.
768
00:38:22,167 --> 00:38:25,101
I'm up for this kind of dredging.
I don't have to move anywhere.
769
00:38:25,636 --> 00:38:27,137
[Paul laughing]
770
00:38:27,738 --> 00:38:29,939
- This is Fred's kind of dredging.
- Yeah, right?
771
00:38:29,941 --> 00:38:33,943
Hey Paul, how you doing down
there? Everything going good?
772
00:38:33,945 --> 00:38:36,012
[Mark] Do you feel like you're
back at home?
773
00:38:36,147 --> 00:38:37,947
[Paul]
Oh [bleep] yeah.
774
00:38:37,949 --> 00:38:39,382
It's so nice to be back.
775
00:38:40,885 --> 00:38:42,686
[Kayla] Having Paul here
is definitely gonna help us
776
00:38:42,688 --> 00:38:44,854
because we can move
more material
777
00:38:44,889 --> 00:38:47,223
with two dredges running
and two divers at all times.
778
00:38:47,491 --> 00:38:49,726
[breathing heavily]
779
00:38:49,728 --> 00:38:51,661
[Scott] Hey, Paul, Paul! Come
here, come here, come here.
780
00:38:51,663 --> 00:38:54,064
- [Paul] What do you got?
- [Scott] Look right where my light's pointing.
781
00:38:54,865 --> 00:38:56,800
[Paul chuckles]
Oh, dude!
782
00:38:56,802 --> 00:38:59,369
- [Scott] You see it?
- [Paul] Yeah. [bleep]
783
00:38:59,970 --> 00:39:01,971
We have it.
784
00:39:04,408 --> 00:39:05,975
Nice little picker.
785
00:39:05,977 --> 00:39:08,311
Yeah. Yeah.
786
00:39:08,313 --> 00:39:11,981
- Did you find a picker?
- Yup. Yeah.
787
00:39:15,453 --> 00:39:18,888
I had high hopes for today 'cause
yesterday we already found pickers
788
00:39:18,890 --> 00:39:22,225
when were doing the flood
debris so, it should be a good day.
789
00:39:28,766 --> 00:39:31,301
[narrator] After dredging
the lose material,
790
00:39:31,303 --> 00:39:34,771
and collecting the pickers
along the bedrock wall,
791
00:39:34,773 --> 00:39:39,376
Scott and Paul get into a
new layer of rocks at 13 feet.
792
00:39:39,378 --> 00:39:41,945
There's plenty of rocks here
we can put the basket.
793
00:39:41,947 --> 00:39:45,148
- [Kayla] Basket is over the hole.
- Alright.
794
00:39:45,150 --> 00:39:47,117
Wanna lower it down slowly?
795
00:39:47,218 --> 00:39:49,052
[Kayla] Going down.
796
00:40:01,899 --> 00:40:03,933
- [Kayla] Ready to go up?
- [Scott] Yes.
797
00:40:03,935 --> 00:40:06,002
[Scott] Alright. Pull it up.
798
00:40:06,004 --> 00:40:08,037
- All clear?
- [Scott] All clear.
799
00:40:08,039 --> 00:40:10,006
Alright, going up.
800
00:40:10,908 --> 00:40:14,043
Alright there.
Now set it down slowly.
801
00:40:14,545 --> 00:40:16,045
That's good.
802
00:40:16,747 --> 00:40:18,915
- [rocks tumbling]
- [Mark] What the hell?
803
00:40:18,917 --> 00:40:22,018
- [Kayla] Whoa! Watch out.
- [Mark] Run, run, run!
804
00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:24,421
[Mark] Get up here, guys,
get up here!
805
00:40:24,423 --> 00:40:28,091
- Divers up! Divers up!
- [Kayla] Go, go, go...
806
00:40:37,701 --> 00:40:41,070
- [James] Oh oh, I know who's in the water.
- [Dustin] What?
807
00:40:41,072 --> 00:40:42,472
[James] My lucky
miner, Charlie. [laughs]
808
00:40:42,474 --> 00:40:43,973
[laughing]
809
00:40:43,975 --> 00:40:48,745
[narrator] At the Chute, James's
lucky charm wants in on the action.
810
00:40:48,747 --> 00:40:50,680
[James] Oh, I touched this
thing and it went sproing!
811
00:40:50,682 --> 00:40:51,815
I was like, what is that?
812
00:40:51,817 --> 00:40:54,317
Ah! He just wants
to go dredging.
813
00:40:55,753 --> 00:40:58,421
Save some more,
I think we're both gonna be.
814
00:40:58,423 --> 00:41:01,024
[chuckles]
Charlie, that's funny.
815
00:41:09,467 --> 00:41:12,769
Alright. Going up.
816
00:41:12,771 --> 00:41:16,873
[narrator] At House Rock, Kayla's
mission to run two divers on two dredges
817
00:41:16,875 --> 00:41:19,209
is violently cut short.
818
00:41:19,211 --> 00:41:21,578
- [Mark] What the hell?
- [Kayla] Watch out! Watch out!
819
00:41:21,580 --> 00:41:23,613
Whoa, whoa...
820
00:41:23,615 --> 00:41:27,050
[Mark] Run, run, run!
Get up here.
821
00:41:27,052 --> 00:41:29,085
- Divers up! Divers up!
- [Kayla] Go, go, go...
822
00:41:29,087 --> 00:41:30,320
[rocks falling]
823
00:41:31,422 --> 00:41:33,022
[Mark] Get out of there!
824
00:41:34,425 --> 00:41:37,894
[narrator] A landslide from
the 200 foot high cliffs,
825
00:41:37,896 --> 00:41:42,665
has thrown a ton of deadly rocks
on to the miners and film crew.
826
00:41:42,667 --> 00:41:44,767
Oh my [bleep]. This is crazy.
827
00:41:44,769 --> 00:41:46,736
That would have killed someone.
828
00:41:46,738 --> 00:41:49,539
- [Kayla] Everyone out.
- [Mark] Everything in Alaska wants to kill you.
829
00:41:49,541 --> 00:41:51,207
Did anything hit you guys
down there?
830
00:42:04,555 --> 00:42:08,291
[Kayla] Boulders came rolling
down the side of the mountain.
831
00:42:08,293 --> 00:42:12,061
There was no warning. All of
sudden it just came crashing down.
832
00:42:14,698 --> 00:42:18,668
[narrator] Deadly rock fall means calling
the dive at the worst possible time.
833
00:42:18,670 --> 00:42:21,037
Just as they struck gold.
834
00:42:21,039 --> 00:42:23,373
[Paul] With all that stuff coming
down to get the divers out,
835
00:42:23,375 --> 00:42:26,109
call it short, I mean...
836
00:42:26,111 --> 00:42:28,945
There's no gold worth dying for.
So if there's a rock slide coming and
837
00:42:28,947 --> 00:42:30,813
we gotta get out,
that's what we gotta do.
838
00:42:30,848 --> 00:42:33,149
Live to dive another day.
839
00:42:42,059 --> 00:42:43,693
[James] Feel like we're
getting somewhere today.
840
00:42:43,695 --> 00:42:46,429
- That sounds good to me.
- Yeah.
841
00:42:47,398 --> 00:42:51,601
[narrator] After four hours
diving of the junkyard dredge,
842
00:42:51,603 --> 00:42:55,305
James has gotten them four feet
closer to the finish line at the bedrock.
843
00:42:55,307 --> 00:42:57,240
[James] This basket's awesome.
844
00:42:57,242 --> 00:43:01,711
You could get into the basket
with the big rocks if you wanted to.
845
00:43:01,713 --> 00:43:04,514
- [Dustin] Do you know where the bedrock edge is?
- [James] Yes.
846
00:43:04,516 --> 00:43:07,784
On the downstream side
or the upstream?
847
00:43:07,786 --> 00:43:11,688
Downstream... I can go over
to the wall and follow it down.
848
00:43:11,690 --> 00:43:14,223
But I got pretty good
hole going.
849
00:43:14,758 --> 00:43:16,559
[Dustin]
I think we're done.
850
00:43:16,561 --> 00:43:19,329
Let's get him up for now.
Let's get him up.
851
00:43:20,497 --> 00:43:23,800
[Carlos] Hey James,
we're gonna bring you up.
852
00:43:23,802 --> 00:43:27,971
- Your dive is finished.
- [James] Copy that.
853
00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:33,409
[James] I dug a hole
didn't I? Wow! [chuckles]
854
00:43:36,647 --> 00:43:38,448
Alright.
[chuckles]
855
00:43:38,450 --> 00:43:41,784
- [Dustin] Good dive.
- [James] Yeah, I felt like I did a lot.
856
00:43:41,786 --> 00:43:44,520
- [Dustin] It looked like you did a lot.
- I got about four feet deep.
857
00:43:44,522 --> 00:43:46,789
Four feet alright.
I'll take that.
858
00:43:46,791 --> 00:43:49,025
You see me when I came up?
I had to go up a mountain.
859
00:43:49,027 --> 00:43:51,160
- [Dustin] Oh wow.
- [James] Yeah.
860
00:43:51,962 --> 00:43:53,563
[James]
First dive in the Chute.
861
00:43:53,565 --> 00:43:56,265
I pulled out a ton of material.
862
00:43:56,267 --> 00:44:01,671
I dug a hole in the roughest
spot that you can dig in so far.
863
00:44:01,673 --> 00:44:05,008
[Wes] It's a great day. I mean, I'm
excited to be down here at the Chute again.
864
00:44:05,010 --> 00:44:07,410
Junkyard dredge's working good.
865
00:44:07,412 --> 00:44:10,213
Winch is working good.
Heat is good.
866
00:44:10,247 --> 00:44:11,781
It's a great day.
867
00:44:11,783 --> 00:44:15,318
It'll be good when we have some
gold, it'll happen here pretty soon.
868
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:19,956
Day one, beautiful,
complete, success.
869
00:44:19,958 --> 00:44:25,028
We're back at the Chute. The
Chute is what's gonna pay off.
870
00:44:25,030 --> 00:44:26,329
I guarantee it.
871
00:44:26,331 --> 00:44:29,298
[narrator] After half a season
of setbacks,
872
00:44:29,300 --> 00:44:33,436
Dustin's crew is finally making
great progress at the Chute,
873
00:44:33,438 --> 00:44:37,874
the site he believes is the
holy grail in their hunt for gold.
874
00:44:37,876 --> 00:44:41,577
You guys did great today. The
Chute will get done this year.
875
00:44:41,579 --> 00:44:43,179
We got to dig it.
876
00:44:43,181 --> 00:44:46,416
If no one's been down there,
we're all about to be rich.
877
00:44:55,492 --> 00:44:56,759
Good dive, man.
878
00:44:56,761 --> 00:44:59,429
[narrator] At House Rock,
after a rockslide
879
00:44:59,431 --> 00:45:02,065
nearly took out their operation.
880
00:45:02,067 --> 00:45:03,065
[Paul] That could have
been really bad.
881
00:45:03,067 --> 00:45:04,734
[Scott] Dude that's some crazy
rock slide there.
882
00:45:04,736 --> 00:45:07,804
[narrator] The miners risk a
quick check in the sluice box.
883
00:45:07,806 --> 00:45:09,305
[Kayla]
Turn that one all the way off.
884
00:45:16,747 --> 00:45:18,247
I see gold already.
885
00:45:18,682 --> 00:45:21,084
[Scott] Holy [bleep] y'all!
886
00:45:21,086 --> 00:45:24,554
[Kayla] Four pickers down there.
There's one there. It's all over.
887
00:45:24,556 --> 00:45:25,788
[Paul] Yeah.
888
00:45:25,790 --> 00:45:27,990
- [Kayla] That's nice.
- [Scott] It's in there.
889
00:45:27,992 --> 00:45:29,759
Look at all this up here still.
890
00:45:29,761 --> 00:45:31,461
You have to get the pickers out.
891
00:45:31,463 --> 00:45:33,830
[Kayla] That's a good
little pile right there.
892
00:45:33,832 --> 00:45:37,700
[Scott] We're killing it down
there too, dude. Look at that.
893
00:45:37,702 --> 00:45:39,936
[Kayla]
It's great. That's a good day.
894
00:45:39,938 --> 00:45:43,005
- [Paul] Good [bleep].
- [Scott] Yeah, it is.
895
00:45:43,007 --> 00:45:45,208
- [rocks clattering]
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
896
00:45:46,944 --> 00:45:49,679
- Is that a rock?
- I think that's where they were coming down from.
897
00:45:49,681 --> 00:45:52,415
[Kayla] Over...
898
00:45:52,417 --> 00:45:55,685
[Paul] You can see where they
creamed everything on the way down.
899
00:45:55,687 --> 00:45:58,788
[Mark] I think y'all need to
go look at the other dredge.
900
00:45:58,790 --> 00:46:00,957
[Paul] Roll the dice and walk
to that side of the creek.
901
00:46:00,991 --> 00:46:03,092
Be careful.
902
00:46:04,628 --> 00:46:06,696
- Whoa whoa whoa.
- It's all over the back.
903
00:46:06,698 --> 00:46:08,965
- Oh! That's a big one.
- Holy [bleep] yeah!
904
00:46:08,967 --> 00:46:11,701
[Scott] That's [bleep]
exciting right there.
905
00:46:11,703 --> 00:46:13,736
I never saw that piece either.
906
00:46:13,738 --> 00:46:18,107
But the amount of gold that we just got
for the area that we actually dredged...
907
00:46:18,876 --> 00:46:23,412
That is some rich ground.
That is some very rich ground.
908
00:46:23,414 --> 00:46:25,615
[narrator] Kayla's gutsy
decision to run two dredges
909
00:46:25,617 --> 00:46:28,584
with just four people
has paid off.
910
00:46:28,586 --> 00:46:30,319
[Paul] Kayla's doing a really
good job. She's more experienced
911
00:46:30,321 --> 00:46:32,755
than any of us on this dredging.
912
00:46:32,757 --> 00:46:36,259
[narrator] The dive may have been
cut short, but her plan is working.
913
00:46:36,261 --> 00:46:38,494
And they are on
the best gold yet.
914
00:46:38,496 --> 00:46:41,597
I can't wait to see bedrock.
Bedrock's gonna be loaded.
915
00:46:41,599 --> 00:46:43,766
We find that bottom valley
or that right track--
916
00:46:43,768 --> 00:46:45,334
[Scott]
Dude, it's gonna be loaded.
917
00:46:45,336 --> 00:46:48,404
- We're gonna be pulling up nuggets bigger than that.
- I hope so.
918
00:46:48,406 --> 00:46:51,841
For me, coming in fresh and
seeing gold in the first dive is just...
919
00:46:51,843 --> 00:46:53,276
that's amazing.
920
00:46:53,278 --> 00:46:56,412
Running two dredges, we were just
able to move so much more material
921
00:46:56,414 --> 00:46:59,615
even in a shorter amount of time.
We don't know how deep bedrock is yet.
922
00:46:59,617 --> 00:47:04,153
We haven't hit bedrock at all so to be
finding gold like this, that's a good sign.
923
00:47:10,093 --> 00:47:13,129
[narrator] On the next,
Gold Rush: White Water...
924
00:47:13,131 --> 00:47:14,997
Right now, we're failing.
925
00:47:14,999 --> 00:47:18,067
[Dustin] No hot water.
Diver's got no hot water.
926
00:47:18,069 --> 00:47:20,203
[Carlos]
Fire, fire...
927
00:47:21,238 --> 00:47:23,039
[all cheering]
928
00:47:23,173 --> 00:47:25,308
Boom!
929
00:47:25,676 --> 00:47:27,009
Wow!
930
00:47:27,011 --> 00:47:29,412
[Mark] That's that shiny stuff.
931
00:47:30,514 --> 00:47:32,515
We have a hose
and it's so flimsy.
932
00:47:32,517 --> 00:47:33,916
That's all we can get
a hold off right now.
933
00:47:33,918 --> 00:47:36,352
We're gonna have
to take their hose. That's it.
934
00:47:36,354 --> 00:47:38,855
[James] Don't drop it,
whatever you do.
935
00:47:38,857 --> 00:47:41,390
What's the chances of me
falling and really hurting myself?
936
00:47:41,925 --> 00:47:43,159
Oh, holy [bleep]!
937
00:47:43,694 --> 00:47:45,061
Yeah, Dustin.
938
00:47:45,063 --> 00:47:46,462
[Kayla] That's not good.
939
00:47:46,464 --> 00:47:49,031
We've blown a lot of gold out.
940
00:47:49,033 --> 00:47:52,034
[Dustin] I keep telling him to stop
digging down and he won't stop.
941
00:47:52,036 --> 00:47:54,003
It fills the death trap.
942
00:47:54,104 --> 00:47:55,872
[all laughing]
943
00:47:55,874 --> 00:47:57,373
Oh, my [bleep]!
944
00:47:57,375 --> 00:47:59,308
We're back on the gold!