1 00:00:04,637 --> 00:00:08,107 [narrator] Deep in Alaska's remote Chilkat Mountains. 2 00:00:08,842 --> 00:00:10,209 [Kayla] Should be a good day. 3 00:00:11,411 --> 00:00:12,778 You want me to tape that? 4 00:00:12,780 --> 00:00:14,713 [narrator] New crew boss Kayla, 5 00:00:14,715 --> 00:00:17,750 is going all in on their hunt for gold. 6 00:00:17,752 --> 00:00:18,951 [Scott] Come on, let's go. 7 00:00:19,619 --> 00:00:21,520 [Mark] Man, it does work. 8 00:00:21,522 --> 00:00:22,721 [Kayla] In order for this season to pay off, 9 00:00:22,723 --> 00:00:25,424 we need to move way more material. 10 00:00:25,426 --> 00:00:28,660 And, the only solution to that problem I see right now 11 00:00:28,662 --> 00:00:29,928 is to run two dredges. 12 00:00:29,930 --> 00:00:32,865 [narrator] Sending two divers 12 feet down, 13 00:00:32,867 --> 00:00:35,634 in one hole, doubling their risk. 14 00:00:35,636 --> 00:00:36,835 Alright, alright, alright. 15 00:00:36,837 --> 00:00:38,971 See if we can find some gold. 16 00:00:38,973 --> 00:00:41,407 [narrator] In a dangerous, last-ditch effort, 17 00:00:41,409 --> 00:00:42,441 to reach bedrock, 18 00:00:42,443 --> 00:00:45,044 before seasons end. 19 00:00:45,046 --> 00:00:47,279 [Kayla] With Tim and Scott both in the water, we'll get a lot moved today. 20 00:00:47,281 --> 00:00:51,016 It'll be a bigger workload, but I think all of us can handle it. 21 00:00:51,018 --> 00:00:53,218 [Mark] Alright, so what are you thinking here, how do you wanna do it? 22 00:00:53,220 --> 00:00:55,988 Well, we'll do it. 23 00:00:56,623 --> 00:00:59,024 [Mark] This is crazy. It's insane. 24 00:01:02,762 --> 00:01:04,430 [Scott] You're clear, I'm watching your back. 25 00:01:05,398 --> 00:01:06,398 Let go of that. 26 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,001 - [Kayla] All clear? - [Scott] All clear. 27 00:01:09,102 --> 00:01:10,202 [Kayla] Alright, going up. 28 00:01:12,739 --> 00:01:14,373 [Mark] Alright, there now, set it down slowly. 29 00:01:15,608 --> 00:01:16,675 That's good. 30 00:01:16,743 --> 00:01:18,744 - [rocks rumbling] - [Kayla] Whoa, whoa, watch out. 31 00:01:18,746 --> 00:01:23,048 - [Kayla] Whoa, whoa. - [Mark] Run, run, run! 32 00:01:23,050 --> 00:01:26,085 -Get up here, guys! Get up here! -[Kayla] Go, go, go! 33 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:31,290 Get down there and get it. 34 00:01:31,292 --> 00:01:34,193 There's a lot of things that can go wrong. A lot of things. 35 00:01:34,195 --> 00:01:36,161 [Carlos] Don't get hurt, don't die. 36 00:01:38,598 --> 00:01:42,534 [Paul] He just pulled his mask off, what the [bleep]? 37 00:01:42,536 --> 00:01:44,670 [Scott] Two dredge, [bleep] yeah. 38 00:01:44,672 --> 00:01:47,272 [Dustin] Tell the other crew we got a dredge. 39 00:01:49,542 --> 00:01:52,411 Mother nature built the perfect sluice spots. 40 00:01:52,413 --> 00:01:55,914 - That is some rich ground, some very rich ground. - [Kayla] Pickers all over. 41 00:01:55,916 --> 00:01:58,183 That's a good little pile right there. 42 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:08,727 - [Dustin] Welcome back. - [Paul] Thank you. 43 00:02:08,729 --> 00:02:11,063 [narrator] More than halfway through the season 44 00:02:11,065 --> 00:02:13,732 and now spread thin across two dive sites, 45 00:02:13,734 --> 00:02:17,436 Dustin finally has an ace up his sleeve. 46 00:02:17,438 --> 00:02:19,805 [Dustin] This project is not [bleep] for everybody. 47 00:02:19,807 --> 00:02:22,374 [Paul] Well, I'm glad to be back. This is like old times again, man. 48 00:02:24,844 --> 00:02:25,711 [James] Is that Paul Richardson? 49 00:02:25,713 --> 00:02:27,779 [Carlos] You gotta be kiddin' me. 50 00:02:27,781 --> 00:02:31,550 Look at you, dude. You look good man. Dude, how much I love you, man. 51 00:02:31,552 --> 00:02:33,318 [bleep] I miss you so much. 52 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,721 -How's it goin', man? Been a while. -[Paul] [bleep] yeah. 53 00:02:35,723 --> 00:02:37,556 We're glad you're [bleep] here, we need the [bleep] help good. 54 00:02:37,558 --> 00:02:39,725 I mean, we need a lot of help. 55 00:02:39,727 --> 00:02:42,794 [narrator] Three weeks ago after an argument with Scott... 56 00:02:42,796 --> 00:02:44,963 [Scott] You just shut the [bleep] up and do what you're told. 57 00:02:44,965 --> 00:02:46,431 [Eric] You know what? 58 00:02:46,933 --> 00:02:48,534 [bleep] 59 00:02:48,536 --> 00:02:49,401 [narrator] Eric walked out, 60 00:02:49,403 --> 00:02:52,004 leaving Kayla's crew a man down. 61 00:02:52,006 --> 00:02:54,506 [Dustin] I'm already in the works of trying to get somebody else. 62 00:02:54,508 --> 00:02:57,643 You guys need a four-person crew, it's a safety hazard. 63 00:02:57,645 --> 00:03:02,714 [narrator] Since 2013, Paul Richardson had been Dustin's wingman. 64 00:03:02,716 --> 00:03:06,485 If you can get down there and clean this out, we gonna get paid. 65 00:03:06,487 --> 00:03:08,754 - Okay. - [narrator] He has four years of experience 66 00:03:08,756 --> 00:03:11,323 in the deadly waters around McKinley Creek. 67 00:03:12,926 --> 00:03:14,726 [Mark] We're counting on you today, Paul. 68 00:03:14,728 --> 00:03:15,594 Hell, yeah. 69 00:03:16,696 --> 00:03:18,497 Where did I lie to you? Explain it. 70 00:03:18,499 --> 00:03:20,399 [narrator] But after falling out with Dustin... 71 00:03:20,401 --> 00:03:24,403 -I'm not. -You guys basically [bleep] lied to me. 72 00:03:24,405 --> 00:03:27,139 [narrator] ...he didn't return at the start of the season. 73 00:03:28,875 --> 00:03:30,976 [Dustin] Me and Paul had some, uh, problems. 74 00:03:30,978 --> 00:03:34,646 So, I'm trying to squash the beef with all the stuff we had goin' on. 75 00:03:34,648 --> 00:03:37,082 Well, we can get back to, uh, 76 00:03:37,084 --> 00:03:40,953 - you being you again, and, uh, I'll be me again. - Not a problem. 77 00:03:40,955 --> 00:03:43,021 [Carlos] You came home, man. You came back home, man. 78 00:03:43,023 --> 00:03:45,090 Dude, this season picked up 79 00:03:45,258 --> 00:03:46,692 way better bro. 80 00:03:46,694 --> 00:03:47,726 [Dustin] Paul this is Kayla. 81 00:03:47,728 --> 00:03:49,027 - [Kayla] Hey. - [Paul] Kayla. 82 00:03:49,029 --> 00:03:49,795 - Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you. 83 00:03:49,797 --> 00:03:50,629 I'm glad to be back. 84 00:03:51,731 --> 00:03:53,632 Kayla's gonna be runnin' your side and 85 00:03:53,634 --> 00:03:55,300 she has all the power I have. 86 00:03:56,402 --> 00:03:58,870 She's proven herself quite a few times and she's 87 00:03:58,905 --> 00:03:59,705 tough and 88 00:04:00,807 --> 00:04:02,507 that's what we need over there and 89 00:04:02,509 --> 00:04:04,810 Paul Richardson, he's Wes' brother. 90 00:04:04,812 --> 00:04:06,812 [Wes] He got a bit more skills though, pretty sure. 91 00:04:06,814 --> 00:04:07,879 [Scott] And you're fresh. 92 00:04:07,881 --> 00:04:09,881 They energy went out, didn't it? 93 00:04:09,883 --> 00:04:11,883 [Dustin] That's another thing I'm hoping for. 94 00:04:11,885 --> 00:04:13,919 That's what I'm hoping for as well, 95 00:04:13,921 --> 00:04:16,388 that some of that energy rubs off on everybody else, 96 00:04:16,390 --> 00:04:19,524 - because you know how it feels to be here for a whole season. - [Paul] Oh, [bleep] yeah. 97 00:04:19,526 --> 00:04:22,694 [Dustin] He's a really good worker and, uh, 98 00:04:22,696 --> 00:04:25,430 I think he would be a great addition to you team. 99 00:04:25,432 --> 00:04:27,766 [Paul] I know the creek, I know what to expect. 100 00:04:27,768 --> 00:04:29,568 You know I'm ready to get some gold. 101 00:04:29,570 --> 00:04:30,569 [Kayla] Nice, well, that's really good news. 102 00:04:30,571 --> 00:04:32,804 'Cause, this late in the season, like, 103 00:04:32,806 --> 00:04:34,406 we don't have the time to start over training someone. 104 00:04:34,408 --> 00:04:36,041 - No. - [Kayla] And 105 00:04:36,043 --> 00:04:38,076 having someone else experienced is just going to make us stronger. 106 00:04:38,078 --> 00:04:39,411 [Scott] Yeah. 107 00:04:39,413 --> 00:04:40,812 - [Dustin] Welcome back to the crew, man. - [Paul] Appreciate it. 108 00:04:40,814 --> 00:04:42,781 - [Dustin] And, uh, we gonna have some fun here. - [Carlos] Yeah, man. 109 00:04:42,783 --> 00:04:45,384 - Let's get some work done, let's find some gold. - [Paul] Let's get some gold. 110 00:04:45,386 --> 00:04:46,718 - [Scott] Yeah. - [Paul] It's what it's about. 111 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,053 [Dustin] And we'll have some fun too. 112 00:04:48,055 --> 00:04:50,789 [Paul] I love this group of guys, I mean, 113 00:04:50,791 --> 00:04:52,024 there was a couple years that, 114 00:04:52,026 --> 00:04:54,393 yeah, we had a little bit of differences, but, 115 00:04:54,395 --> 00:04:55,927 we've worked through that and 116 00:04:55,929 --> 00:04:58,230 now we're back to one big family again. 117 00:04:58,232 --> 00:05:00,332 Now, I feel better with Paul there. 118 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:01,700 And, uh, 119 00:05:01,767 --> 00:05:04,870 his presence is gonna help them get down to the gold because 120 00:05:04,872 --> 00:05:08,006 of all the things he can fix and the extra help. 121 00:05:13,813 --> 00:05:16,181 [narrator] With their crew back to full strength, 122 00:05:16,582 --> 00:05:19,151 Kayla sees an opportunity. 123 00:05:19,153 --> 00:05:20,886 [Kayla] In order to make this season pay off, 124 00:05:20,888 --> 00:05:22,854 we need to move way more material. 125 00:05:22,856 --> 00:05:25,157 Um, and the only 126 00:05:25,625 --> 00:05:26,725 solution to that problem I see 127 00:05:26,727 --> 00:05:29,361 right now is to run two dredges at a time. 128 00:05:29,363 --> 00:05:30,796 Um, that's gonna get us to bedrock faster 129 00:05:30,798 --> 00:05:34,399 and hopefully get us way more gold than what we're seeing right now. 130 00:05:34,401 --> 00:05:35,867 [Kayla] I'll talk to Dustin and see what he says 131 00:05:35,869 --> 00:05:38,737 about letting' us using the second dredge. 132 00:05:38,739 --> 00:05:40,405 - [Kayla] Hey, guys. - [Dustin] Hey, how's it goin'? 133 00:05:40,407 --> 00:05:42,507 [Kayla] In all honesty, we're way behind 134 00:05:42,509 --> 00:05:44,042 in how much gold we should have. 135 00:05:44,044 --> 00:05:45,711 So I was wondering if it would be an option 136 00:05:45,713 --> 00:05:48,980 for you to leave the big dredge behind because I think 137 00:05:48,982 --> 00:05:52,017 between the four of us, we'd be able to operate two dredges. 138 00:05:53,686 --> 00:05:54,586 [narrator] Last week, 139 00:05:54,588 --> 00:05:57,255 Dustin gave up on House Rock... 140 00:05:58,458 --> 00:06:01,259 [Dustin] I don't wanna waste any more time digging here. 141 00:06:01,261 --> 00:06:04,196 [narrator] ...to focus all their attention on the Chute. 142 00:06:05,531 --> 00:06:07,766 [Dustin] This is what we've been thinking about all weather long. 143 00:06:07,768 --> 00:06:10,936 [narrator] A place they've already proven has gold. 144 00:06:10,938 --> 00:06:15,273 I need to know what's at the bottom of that hole right there. 145 00:06:17,009 --> 00:06:18,310 Both dredges, huh? 146 00:06:19,078 --> 00:06:20,912 [Kayla] Yeah, it's gettiin' 147 00:06:20,914 --> 00:06:22,414 late in the season and 148 00:06:22,416 --> 00:06:23,949 since we're already on gold, 149 00:06:23,951 --> 00:06:26,551 to make it pay off real big right now, 150 00:06:26,553 --> 00:06:27,619 we need to get to bedrock faster 151 00:06:27,621 --> 00:06:30,622 and I think if we have two dredges going, 152 00:06:30,624 --> 00:06:33,125 two people diving and two people up top at all times, 153 00:06:33,127 --> 00:06:34,159 then we can move way more material. 154 00:06:34,161 --> 00:06:36,094 That's four people to two dredges 155 00:06:36,096 --> 00:06:37,596 and it can be done, 156 00:06:37,598 --> 00:06:38,897 but that's not easy. 157 00:06:38,899 --> 00:06:41,733 - No, man, it's not easy, man. - [James] Hard rotation. 158 00:06:41,735 --> 00:06:42,868 - [Kayla] Yeah, just... - [Dustin] No. 159 00:06:42,870 --> 00:06:45,036 You guys are gonna be running in circles. 160 00:06:45,038 --> 00:06:47,372 You think [bleep] fixing a winch right now is hard. 161 00:06:49,041 --> 00:06:51,643 [Kayla] I think my crew would be able to handle it 162 00:06:51,677 --> 00:06:52,944 with two dredges. 163 00:06:53,679 --> 00:06:55,781 I mean, I see your point about wanting two dredges there, but, 164 00:06:55,783 --> 00:06:58,316 if we leave them both dredges, what're we gonna do for a dredge? 165 00:06:58,951 --> 00:07:02,220 I've got a junkyard full of old parts and pieces 166 00:07:02,222 --> 00:07:05,123 and I may be able to put together a dredge. 167 00:07:05,958 --> 00:07:07,058 Junkyard dredge. 168 00:07:07,593 --> 00:07:08,493 Hm. 169 00:07:08,495 --> 00:07:10,061 [Wes] I think I can make that happen. 170 00:07:10,063 --> 00:07:12,397 If not, you're gonna be stuck with one dredge. 171 00:07:12,399 --> 00:07:14,399 - Sounds good, thanks. - [Wes] Yeah. 172 00:07:19,572 --> 00:07:22,340 [Kayla] So, hopefully we can have two divers in the water today. 173 00:07:22,342 --> 00:07:23,975 And we'll get it cleaned out a lot faster. 174 00:07:23,977 --> 00:07:25,710 [Paul] Water's nice and low. Golly. 175 00:07:25,712 --> 00:07:26,978 [Scott] Yeah. I like this area. 176 00:07:27,447 --> 00:07:29,815 [narrator] At House Rock, for the last month 177 00:07:29,817 --> 00:07:31,917 Kayla's original three-man crew has been on 178 00:07:31,919 --> 00:07:33,685 a gold pay streak. 179 00:07:33,687 --> 00:07:35,120 [Scott] This looks like a really good spot. 180 00:07:36,389 --> 00:07:38,723 So our hole goes from right up here 181 00:07:38,725 --> 00:07:41,660 - all the way to where that line is right there. - [Scott] Yeah. 182 00:07:41,662 --> 00:07:43,862 [Kayla] And all the way to the current. 183 00:07:43,864 --> 00:07:45,897 [narrator] In a bid to get to bedrock gold 184 00:07:45,899 --> 00:07:47,732 before season's end, 185 00:07:47,734 --> 00:07:50,402 Kayla will now attempt to run two dredges, 186 00:07:50,404 --> 00:07:51,970 with just four people. 187 00:07:51,972 --> 00:07:55,006 It's a little bit challenging running two dredges, uh, 188 00:07:55,008 --> 00:07:58,243 in an ideal situation, yeah, we would have a tender for each dredge. 189 00:08:00,413 --> 00:08:03,615 [narrator] To keep the operation running, and the two divers alive, 190 00:08:03,617 --> 00:08:06,017 the two crew on the surface must 191 00:08:06,019 --> 00:08:09,554 run comms to the diver, operate winches, 192 00:08:09,556 --> 00:08:11,957 unload baskets, clear tailing, 193 00:08:11,959 --> 00:08:15,160 ensure the four gas tanks remain fueled, 194 00:08:15,162 --> 00:08:17,395 and monitor the air compressors 195 00:08:17,397 --> 00:08:19,698 that supply vital air to the diver. 196 00:08:19,700 --> 00:08:23,101 Failure to keep up could cost a diver their life. 197 00:08:27,006 --> 00:08:29,274 I can't see us running two dredges. 198 00:08:29,909 --> 00:08:31,977 Two people teams, 199 00:08:31,979 --> 00:08:32,544 that might be a little, 200 00:08:32,546 --> 00:08:33,578 little crazy. 201 00:08:33,580 --> 00:08:36,081 But you gotta be a little crazy to get into this. 202 00:08:36,083 --> 00:08:39,317 I hope everything she decides is the right decisions. 203 00:08:40,853 --> 00:08:42,187 All I can do is give suggestions. 204 00:08:42,722 --> 00:08:43,922 So far, 205 00:08:44,490 --> 00:08:47,792 the only person I've worked with o this team is Scott, so, 206 00:08:47,794 --> 00:08:49,594 working with Kayla, and working with Stamper 207 00:08:49,596 --> 00:08:52,764 is gonna be a whole new experience for me. I don't know. 208 00:08:52,766 --> 00:08:56,935 I don't know how they work, I know they're both experienced dredgers, um, 209 00:08:57,770 --> 00:09:00,071 it's just getting used to everybody. 210 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:01,806 [narrator] But in Alaska, 211 00:09:01,808 --> 00:09:03,909 the learning curve is steep. 212 00:09:03,911 --> 00:09:05,844 And mistakes can cost lives. 213 00:09:05,846 --> 00:09:08,246 [Scott] It's official guys, the dredge is ours. 214 00:09:08,915 --> 00:09:11,750 Now for the big question, who's diving when? 215 00:09:11,752 --> 00:09:13,785 [Kayla] Well, I'm diving today, um, 216 00:09:13,787 --> 00:09:15,787 if we can get to where both dredges are running, 217 00:09:15,789 --> 00:09:18,123 then Stamper will be diving with me as well. 218 00:09:19,325 --> 00:09:21,126 So, what's the game plan with the comms? 219 00:09:21,128 --> 00:09:23,728 [Kayla] We gotta work on getting a comm cable across the creek 220 00:09:23,730 --> 00:09:25,764 so, that way, we can link 221 00:09:25,766 --> 00:09:30,035 both divers together and we can all use the same comms system. 222 00:09:30,736 --> 00:09:32,704 [narrator] They can't tandem dive without 223 00:09:32,706 --> 00:09:34,806 upgrading the vital comms system 224 00:09:34,808 --> 00:09:37,208 to connect the two divers to each other 225 00:09:37,510 --> 00:09:39,411 and the tenders. 226 00:09:39,413 --> 00:09:41,713 [Mark] Cut the end off, wire 'em all back together, 227 00:09:41,715 --> 00:09:44,316 pull it straight across and plug it in. 228 00:09:45,117 --> 00:09:48,153 So, we can have two dredges operating at one time. 229 00:09:50,856 --> 00:09:53,024 My science teacher would have been proud of that one. 230 00:09:53,026 --> 00:09:55,193 Look at that, perfect. 231 00:09:55,928 --> 00:09:57,429 [Scott] Alright, start it up. 232 00:10:02,702 --> 00:10:03,702 We'll get both dredges going, 233 00:10:03,704 --> 00:10:06,204 I got a feeling it's gonna be really good. 234 00:10:06,206 --> 00:10:09,975 We're gonna blast through material at a speed that's unbelievable. 235 00:10:09,977 --> 00:10:11,109 [Scott] There you go. 236 00:10:14,380 --> 00:10:17,983 [Kayla] I'm glad Paul came and, uh, joined our team, 237 00:10:17,985 --> 00:10:22,821 we really needed a fourth person in order to be able to run two divers at a time. 238 00:10:22,823 --> 00:10:23,855 [Scott] Double production, double the gold. 239 00:10:23,857 --> 00:10:26,391 Two dredge, [bleep] yeah. 240 00:10:28,427 --> 00:10:30,762 [narrator] So far, with just one dredge, 241 00:10:30,764 --> 00:10:32,831 they've dug a hole 12 feet deep 242 00:10:32,833 --> 00:10:35,700 and hope they're already halfway down 243 00:10:35,702 --> 00:10:37,902 to the massive payday on bedrock. 244 00:10:37,904 --> 00:10:39,170 [Kayla] Ready to go again? 245 00:10:40,606 --> 00:10:41,673 [Scott] You're clear to go. 246 00:10:41,675 --> 00:10:43,875 [Kayla] Their side went off too? 247 00:10:43,877 --> 00:10:45,710 - [Scott] They are cleared. - [Kayla] Okay. 248 00:10:45,712 --> 00:10:47,278 [Scott] Clear, good job. 249 00:10:49,148 --> 00:10:52,784 [Kayla] Whoa, this is really not good. 250 00:10:52,786 --> 00:10:55,020 [Paul] What is it? 251 00:10:55,022 --> 00:10:57,222 [Kayla] Oh, our hole's [bleep] filled in. 252 00:10:58,591 --> 00:11:00,158 What the [bleep]? 253 00:11:05,798 --> 00:11:09,200 - [Scott] What is it? - [Kayla] Oh, our hole's [bleep] filled in. 254 00:11:10,936 --> 00:11:12,037 What the [bleep]? 255 00:11:12,039 --> 00:11:13,838 [narrator] At House Rock, 256 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:17,676 Kayla's crew has just been dealt a massive blow. 257 00:11:17,678 --> 00:11:18,576 [Kayla] I'm standing. 258 00:11:20,012 --> 00:11:23,048 Where I'm at right now, was 12 feet, 259 00:11:23,050 --> 00:11:25,383 and now we're only at five. 260 00:11:25,918 --> 00:11:26,718 [narrator] Last week... 261 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:29,120 Yeah, that water's comin' way up. 262 00:11:29,122 --> 00:11:31,723 [narrator] ...a violent flood raged through McKinley Creek. 263 00:11:31,725 --> 00:11:33,491 [Kayla] Diver up, diver up. 264 00:11:33,493 --> 00:11:35,760 [narrator] Causing the miners to evacuate. 265 00:11:35,762 --> 00:11:37,495 [Kayla] We need to get the [bleep] outta here. 266 00:11:37,497 --> 00:11:39,931 This is not divable water right now. 267 00:11:39,933 --> 00:11:43,501 [narrator] Abandoning their gear in 12 foot deep gold stream. 268 00:11:43,503 --> 00:11:44,936 [Scott] Think let's just leave it. 269 00:11:44,938 --> 00:11:47,205 [Mark] Yeah, we gotta get outta here man, this is crazy. 270 00:11:48,407 --> 00:11:51,009 [Kayla] That kinda sucks because we were on a roll finding chunky gold 271 00:11:51,011 --> 00:11:53,311 the past few days and now we're gonna have to start all over. 272 00:11:53,979 --> 00:11:55,980 [Paul] Oh, that's not good. 273 00:11:56,515 --> 00:12:01,252 [Mark] Man, McKinley Creek strikes again. 274 00:12:01,887 --> 00:12:03,588 [narrator] To get back on the pay streak, 275 00:12:03,590 --> 00:12:07,659 Kayla's four-man crew must successfully run two dredges 276 00:12:07,661 --> 00:12:12,931 if they are to move 7 feet of fill-in in a matter of days. 277 00:12:12,933 --> 00:12:15,734 [Scott] So, we got just loose material that we just blast through, 278 00:12:15,736 --> 00:12:18,603 dredge through real fast right there. 279 00:12:18,605 --> 00:12:20,171 [Paul] So, the majority of it should be loose 280 00:12:20,173 --> 00:12:21,739 and we have to dredge that stuff all out. 281 00:12:22,108 --> 00:12:24,409 [Kayla] Yeah, we can definitely do it, it'll be a bigger workload. 282 00:12:24,411 --> 00:12:26,845 But, I think if we're gonna run both dredges, 283 00:12:26,847 --> 00:12:27,946 all of us can handle it. 284 00:12:27,948 --> 00:12:29,147 [Mark] I know we can. 285 00:12:35,988 --> 00:12:37,222 [James] Come on, let's go. 286 00:12:39,625 --> 00:12:40,925 [narrator] At Porcupine, 287 00:12:40,927 --> 00:12:42,894 Dustin and James are on a mission 288 00:12:42,896 --> 00:12:44,662 to build a third dredge 289 00:12:44,664 --> 00:12:47,232 and further expand the operation. 290 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,069 [Dustin] This is where I keep all my spare parts. 291 00:12:51,470 --> 00:12:55,073 Anything smashed, bonked, broken. 292 00:12:55,075 --> 00:12:57,976 Gonna try to take some of this stuff and put a dredge together. 293 00:13:00,746 --> 00:13:03,815 [narrator] To build a dredge from junkyard parts, 294 00:13:03,817 --> 00:13:07,085 they'll need motors, air compressors, 295 00:13:07,087 --> 00:13:09,521 sluice box, hose, floats, 296 00:13:09,523 --> 00:13:14,592 and heaters. It needs to be small enough to fit in the narrow Chute, 297 00:13:14,594 --> 00:13:18,897 but powerful enough to supply a diver with vital air and hot water 298 00:13:18,899 --> 00:13:22,300 and suction to get down to bedrock gold. 299 00:13:25,471 --> 00:13:29,107 Things we have to do to get gold. 300 00:13:29,109 --> 00:13:32,143 - [James] Here's a sluice box. - [Dustin] That's a sluice box right there, he could probably 301 00:13:32,145 --> 00:13:33,644 set it up, right? 302 00:13:33,646 --> 00:13:36,414 - [James] Yeah, and a jet log. - [Dustin] Wanna bring both of these up-- 303 00:13:36,416 --> 00:13:38,783 - [James] Look at that. - [Dustin] Which one is the best one, then? 304 00:13:38,785 --> 00:13:41,986 - Obvious it's smashed, look at it. - [James] Yeah. 305 00:13:41,988 --> 00:13:44,689 So, let's both of these and he can decide, 306 00:13:44,691 --> 00:13:46,191 since he might get upset, you know. 307 00:13:47,126 --> 00:13:49,194 [James] Oh, suction hose. 308 00:13:50,796 --> 00:13:53,031 Like a damn Slinky. 309 00:13:57,036 --> 00:13:59,170 Desperate times, desperate measures. 310 00:14:00,873 --> 00:14:02,040 We need to 311 00:14:03,042 --> 00:14:04,275 put together a dredge 312 00:14:05,444 --> 00:14:06,711 ASAP. 313 00:14:06,713 --> 00:14:09,047 And we'll go divin' and we're gonna find some gold 314 00:14:09,049 --> 00:14:10,315 for me to clean that Chute out. 315 00:14:10,649 --> 00:14:11,349 Ready? 316 00:14:11,351 --> 00:14:13,251 [James] Let's get outta here. 317 00:14:14,653 --> 00:14:18,923 [narrator] If Dustin can't build a dredge out of these scavenged parts, 318 00:14:18,925 --> 00:14:21,159 Kayla's dream of double dredging 319 00:14:21,161 --> 00:14:22,327 will be short lived. 320 00:14:34,039 --> 00:14:35,073 [Dustin] Almost everything. 321 00:14:35,075 --> 00:14:37,408 Missing one jet log. 322 00:14:37,410 --> 00:14:38,610 Do we have a jet log up here? 323 00:14:38,612 --> 00:14:39,711 [Wes] Yeah, we do. We got it up here. 324 00:14:39,713 --> 00:14:42,013 - [Dustin] Well, there she is. - [Wes] Yeah. 325 00:14:42,015 --> 00:14:44,115 - [Dustin] So, we got a full dredge now? - [Wes] Yep. 326 00:14:45,751 --> 00:14:46,985 Need a gasket here. 327 00:14:46,987 --> 00:14:49,854 [Wes] This'll work fine because it goes to the other hose. 328 00:14:49,856 --> 00:14:51,522 And I think I can get this dredge together pretty fast. 329 00:14:51,524 --> 00:14:54,826 I mean, we've got-- we've run out of time already, so, 330 00:14:54,828 --> 00:14:58,029 it's uh, it's not make-it-look-pretty-dredge this time, it's just the 331 00:14:58,031 --> 00:14:59,731 "Slap it together as fast as I can." 332 00:14:59,733 --> 00:15:02,133 As long as we can get it in and get to dredging and get after this gold, 333 00:15:02,135 --> 00:15:03,968 that's the main thing right now. 334 00:15:05,271 --> 00:15:07,238 [Dustin] That's a full. 335 00:15:08,874 --> 00:15:10,108 No? 336 00:15:10,609 --> 00:15:12,076 What am I looking at wrong? 337 00:15:12,745 --> 00:15:14,245 - Am I missing a metal piece? - [Wes] No. 338 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:18,082 [Dustin] I just did that. Just did that. 339 00:15:18,084 --> 00:15:19,117 [Wes] Well, that fits right in there. 340 00:15:19,119 --> 00:15:20,385 - [Dustin] That's how that goes. - [Wes] Yeah. 341 00:15:20,387 --> 00:15:21,419 [Dustin] Okay. 342 00:15:22,655 --> 00:15:24,956 [Dustin] I'm scrounging just to get this going. 343 00:15:24,958 --> 00:15:27,926 I'm trying to optimize everything. I think, 344 00:15:27,928 --> 00:15:29,694 gonna get all three dredges runnin', 345 00:15:29,696 --> 00:15:31,029 two dredges with Kayla, 346 00:15:31,031 --> 00:15:33,164 and I get some crappy dredge 347 00:15:33,166 --> 00:15:34,399 put together for us, 348 00:15:35,234 --> 00:15:36,334 get into the Chute, 349 00:15:36,702 --> 00:15:38,102 find gold. 350 00:15:40,439 --> 00:15:41,906 [Dustin] See this? This is smashed. 351 00:15:41,908 --> 00:15:44,976 So, let's put something on it to keep it together, alright? 352 00:15:45,978 --> 00:15:48,980 The only hose we got with holes in it. 353 00:15:49,715 --> 00:15:50,415 And this is 354 00:15:51,283 --> 00:15:52,850 straight from the junkyard. 355 00:15:52,852 --> 00:15:54,385 - [Carlos] Nah. - [James] Yeah. 356 00:15:54,387 --> 00:15:57,021 [Carlos] This Chute has to pay off. 357 00:15:57,323 --> 00:15:58,456 Seriously. 358 00:15:59,992 --> 00:16:03,294 Mother Nature herself built the perfect sluice box. 359 00:16:04,930 --> 00:16:05,997 So. 360 00:16:05,999 --> 00:16:06,831 [James scoffs] 361 00:16:06,833 --> 00:16:08,666 But there's-- 362 00:16:08,668 --> 00:16:09,901 God, I hope there's gold in there. 363 00:16:09,903 --> 00:16:11,769 There's gold in there, brother. 364 00:16:11,771 --> 00:16:12,937 I guarantee you, man, we're gonna do it. 365 00:16:12,939 --> 00:16:16,274 We'll find a record breaking nugget, man. Talking about 366 00:16:17,776 --> 00:16:20,979 morning interviews nugget find, you know? 367 00:16:22,948 --> 00:16:24,082 It's there, man. 368 00:16:24,883 --> 00:16:26,050 It's there. 369 00:16:28,687 --> 00:16:29,988 [James] All taped up. 370 00:16:30,356 --> 00:16:32,390 You'd be surprised what tape does. 371 00:16:36,328 --> 00:16:39,797 The whole problem I'm having with this dredge is, I'm gonna get out there, 372 00:16:39,799 --> 00:16:42,266 put everything together and find out what's really wrong with it. 373 00:16:42,268 --> 00:16:44,135 Will the engine run? 374 00:16:44,803 --> 00:16:46,004 Will... 375 00:16:46,705 --> 00:16:49,173 the hot water heaters work? 376 00:16:49,241 --> 00:16:51,376 Will the floats float? 377 00:16:51,378 --> 00:16:55,279 Everything needs to do its job but they've already been beaten to death by us. 378 00:16:57,816 --> 00:16:59,884 [narrator] They'll have to send the junkyard dredge 379 00:16:59,886 --> 00:17:03,554 piece by piece down an old haul line. 380 00:17:03,556 --> 00:17:05,556 Until they get it assembled and in the water, 381 00:17:05,558 --> 00:17:09,961 they have no way of knowing if it will run. 382 00:17:09,963 --> 00:17:13,197 [Dustin] Well, I don't have any damn gold and I need to find some. 383 00:17:13,199 --> 00:17:15,266 And the Chute has gold in it. 384 00:17:15,934 --> 00:17:18,503 Just needed to get this 385 00:17:18,505 --> 00:17:21,272 mixed together, piece of junk dredge 386 00:17:21,274 --> 00:17:23,207 over there and I need it to get me gold. 387 00:17:23,742 --> 00:17:26,110 [narrator] Up creek at House Rock. 388 00:17:28,614 --> 00:17:30,515 [Scott] But I think we can get it done. 389 00:17:30,517 --> 00:17:32,950 [Kayla] Yeah, I think we can handle it. 390 00:17:34,286 --> 00:17:39,390 [narrator] After a storm dumped 7 feet of gravel into their dive hole, 391 00:17:39,392 --> 00:17:42,727 Kayla's crew is on a rescue mission to save their season. 392 00:17:42,729 --> 00:17:44,162 [Mark] We got this. 393 00:17:45,064 --> 00:17:47,098 [narrator] And the return of Paul Richardson 394 00:17:47,433 --> 00:17:48,466 couldn't have come 395 00:17:48,468 --> 00:17:49,733 at a better time. 396 00:17:52,638 --> 00:17:55,373 [Kayla] Running two dredges, that's exactly what we needed. 397 00:17:56,442 --> 00:17:59,143 We're moving this [bleep] material already. 398 00:18:01,780 --> 00:18:04,949 So, just for comparison, see my fingertips? 399 00:18:06,018 --> 00:18:07,351 [Scott] Holy [bleep]! 400 00:18:07,353 --> 00:18:08,653 -[Paul] Holy [bleep]! Yeah, barely. -[Kayla] I'm standing. 401 00:18:08,655 --> 00:18:11,456 I'm standing with my arms fully extended. 402 00:18:11,458 --> 00:18:13,925 That's how much [bleep] stuff is here. 403 00:18:13,927 --> 00:18:16,861 [Paul] And you were like at your chest level before. 404 00:18:16,863 --> 00:18:17,728 [Kayla] Exactly. [bleep] 405 00:18:17,763 --> 00:18:19,097 [Paul] So that's, 406 00:18:19,099 --> 00:18:22,834 that's at least 3 foot of material out of there already. 407 00:18:22,836 --> 00:18:25,703 [Mark] That a lot of overburden. I didn't realize it was this much. 408 00:18:25,705 --> 00:18:27,972 [Kayla] Hey do you see where the basket is? 409 00:18:35,114 --> 00:18:36,280 [Scott] Stamper, can you hear Kayla? 410 00:18:42,754 --> 00:18:44,055 Stamper do you copy? 411 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:49,660 [narrator] The double dredging 412 00:18:49,862 --> 00:18:52,897 is making short work of clearing the in-fill. 413 00:18:52,899 --> 00:18:55,133 But the vital comms system 414 00:18:55,135 --> 00:18:57,935 that Stamper rigged is failing. 415 00:18:57,937 --> 00:18:59,770 [Paul] I can hear him breathing'. 416 00:18:59,772 --> 00:19:01,205 - [Kayla] Yeah, I can too. - [Paul] Yeah. 417 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:03,274 [Kayla] Hey, Stamper. 418 00:19:04,877 --> 00:19:06,344 [Paul] Mark, you gotta copy. 419 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,047 [Mark] Can anybody hear me? I can't hear [bleep]. 420 00:19:12,084 --> 00:19:14,018 Stamper, can you hear me? 421 00:19:16,588 --> 00:19:17,822 That's not cool. 422 00:19:17,824 --> 00:19:20,758 We are gonna have to get that worked out. 423 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,094 Absolutely. Gotta figure out why the [bleep] 424 00:19:23,096 --> 00:19:25,029 he can't hear us as soon as he goes in the water. 425 00:19:25,264 --> 00:19:26,330 [Kayla] Yeah. 426 00:19:26,532 --> 00:19:27,631 Well, 427 00:19:27,866 --> 00:19:30,001 if we can't communicate, he's gotta get out. 428 00:19:30,936 --> 00:19:32,270 Hang on, I'll find him. 429 00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:39,310 Stamper, I'm right behind you. 430 00:19:40,179 --> 00:19:42,146 [Mark] Ah! [bleep] 431 00:19:42,748 --> 00:19:43,414 That's my foot. 432 00:19:45,484 --> 00:19:46,483 [Scott] Any luck? 433 00:19:46,785 --> 00:19:48,186 [Kayla] Hang on, I'm trying to get Stamper. 434 00:19:49,888 --> 00:19:50,888 [Mark] Okay. 435 00:19:50,890 --> 00:19:52,190 [Kayla] So, go that way. 436 00:19:52,958 --> 00:19:54,959 - [Mark] This way? - [Kayla] That way. 437 00:19:54,961 --> 00:19:57,028 You gotta go that way and take the hose. 438 00:19:57,030 --> 00:19:58,062 [Mark] Yeah. 439 00:19:58,630 --> 00:19:59,997 Alright. 440 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,202 - [Kayla] Go that way, go. - [Mark] I don't know 441 00:20:04,204 --> 00:20:05,836 what the [bleep] anybody's saying. 442 00:20:05,838 --> 00:20:07,205 [Kayla] Go. 443 00:20:09,341 --> 00:20:10,441 [Scott] He's going the wrong way. 444 00:20:10,443 --> 00:20:11,842 [Kayla] Oh, no, I'm trying to tell him. 445 00:20:11,844 --> 00:20:14,212 [Scott] He just pulled his mask off, what the [bleep]? 446 00:20:14,214 --> 00:20:16,247 [Paul] Whoa, whoa, whoa. What's goin' on? 447 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. 449 00:20:20,620 --> 00:20:22,286 [Scott] Oh, [bleep] great. Here we go. 450 00:20:34,933 --> 00:20:36,534 [Scott] Oh, [bleep] great. Here we go. 451 00:20:36,536 --> 00:20:38,069 [narrator] Diver, Mark Stamper 452 00:20:38,071 --> 00:20:41,272 has abandoned his dive after a comms failure. 453 00:20:42,808 --> 00:20:44,408 Hold on, slow down, slow down. 454 00:20:51,783 --> 00:20:53,117 [Mark] I can't hear anything. 455 00:20:53,218 --> 00:20:54,819 [Kayla] What's goin' on? 456 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,221 [Scott] I think he's getting frustrated about the fact that he can't communicate. 457 00:20:59,057 --> 00:20:59,857 [Paul] You good? 458 00:20:59,859 --> 00:21:01,092 Good deal. 459 00:21:01,094 --> 00:21:02,727 [Mark] Go ahead and do what you gotta do. 460 00:21:02,729 --> 00:21:03,394 [Paul] Okay. 461 00:21:05,597 --> 00:21:07,098 [Kayla] Open it up. 462 00:21:07,100 --> 00:21:10,268 [Scott] Alright, Kayla, I am opening the dredge back up. 463 00:21:12,638 --> 00:21:14,138 [narrator] Stamper's comms problem 464 00:21:14,140 --> 00:21:17,375 means Kayla's crew is back to just one dredge 465 00:21:17,377 --> 00:21:19,410 and one diver. 466 00:21:19,412 --> 00:21:21,779 [Mark] I had communications in and out, in and out. 467 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!