Gold Rush: Alaska (2010–…): Season 9, Episode 5 - The Return of Freddy Dodge - full transcript

I can't catch a break.

Rrator:
On this "gold rush"...

That's my entire livelihoo
up there, ready to fall.

Biingsre staing
o wrong.

The only reason why
I'm still sitting here

is because I don't have a
job to go back to.

Rick: Freddy dodge, am I glad
to see you, buddy.

Yoknowu're asking
for a miracle.

-Firit up.
E're finally gold mini.

Rick:
Our first little nugget.

Is cut for big red h to be
ady re in the next 5 days.



-Yeah,uddy.
-Want me to youut?

Parker:
No. I don't.

You've had 5 Days
to get this done!

This cut -- it's gonna be
massive.

The chain to the feeder
jumng.

Ll the water.

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Narrator:
At quartz creek, Rick's dream
of finding gold is in pieces.

I can't
believe this.

The slui box arefeet
wn thebleeank,

and the wash plant
is about to follow it.

I t cah a brk.

Narrator: Last week,
Rick and his team fired up

durt rlds
for the first time.



Hoo, hoo, hoo,
hoo,oo, hoo.

T after just
one scoop of pay...

Hit the bypass.

...disaster struck.

Hit the bypass!

Ouce b is laying down
on the bottom of the hill.

Rick:
Is that close.

I think it's time for me
to call in some help.

Karla Ann: Yeah.

Here im,
picking my sluice boxes

out of the bottom of the bank
and looking at my wash plant

sittg ther just out y
toopple wn op ofs,

as wl.

I'm numb, at this point,
honestly.

Narror: Before Rick
can secure his wash plant,

they need to salvage
the sluice box

randed 30 feet below
the teetering 20-ton plant.

Karla Ann: We're doing
as much as we can,

but big things are starting
to go wrong.

Rick:
Like, this is sketchy.

Let's just get it
hooked up and go.

Karla Ann: Agreed.

Ryan:
Alit t is e shif

d if ifaller the edge,
we're done.

Yeah.

We won't be sluicing any gold if
that thing falls down the hill.

Ck o stu,
head home broke.

Narrator:
Six weeks ago,

Rick ness set
a 1,000-ounce goal --

the nimum nee

toreak en and pay his crew
for the season.

Rick:
Watcyourselves.

Ryan: It looks to me like
it kind of hung there,

and then ripped this one cable
right out of the clamp.

Rick:
We got the box out.

It's saved, but there's nothing
holding that corner up.

E bier problem
we got right now is,

our wash plantnow ght
thedgewithll t eroon.

That's my entire livelihood
up there.

Everything I've got
is sitting on the edge

of this pad right now.

I've got to just do what I can
to shore it up.

Rick spent around $400,000

e cat slui,
he't p his dts.

Ck: All right.
Good job, guys.

That's gettingter.

Oh, yeah.

Narrator: Rick's called in
sh-pla expfred dodge

Freddy:
How's it going, Rick?

In h 40-ye
miniaree

Freddy has custom-built
dozens of wash plants

on gold mines
across the globe.

Freddy, man,m I glad
to see you, buddy.

Holy.
It's been too long.

Man, I don't mind telling you
ght f thbat,

I'm in a
bad way, here.

-Is that right?
-Yeah.

I bought this wash plant.

We tried running it.

Th Sluice box
just fell right off.

The sluices fell off?

The sluice box just
fell right out.

You are me.
No.

You're walking into a
storm right now.

-Is that right?
-Absolutely.

I've got $180,000
into this thing.

-Right.
-And I want your honest opinion

on it.
But I'm just about out of funds.

-I'll look at it.
-Thanks, Freddy.

Rick: What I need from him
is to get this thing working.

I need gold right away.

I've got a my moy
ti up int,

and it's just got to work.

Well, these are a joke.

Sluice boxes
are just pure garbage.

What do you think?

I think you bought
somebody else's nightmare, Rick.

- Really?
- Yeah.

No bull, you're gonna
lose 40% of your gold.

My advice,ick -- doze this
thing off the hill.

Oh, my.

We need to get
long sluice boxes on it,

not those 10-foot little things
you got there.

That's just not an option.
I just don't have the money.

I may know where some sluices
are toet uing.

-Really?
-We'll have to modify them.

Okay.

If it's losing 40%
of the gold,

what choice
do I have?

Yeah. So, I'll go try
to round the sluices up.

But we're gonna need some
guys to help to get this done.

Thanks, Freddy.

I'll help Rick out.
I like Rick.

But he's not here
to wash rocks.

He's here to catch gold, and
the sluices he's got right now

aren't worth.

I might knowheresomeluic,

but it's still gonna be
a lot of work.

Park: This year,
we've been completely

By that whole situation
with Tony.

We're so fehin it's st
not even unny.

Narr:
Six weeks intoeason,

both of Parker's wash plants
are idle.

He's playing a desperate game of
catchup, fighting frozen ground.

This time last year,
we had almost 000 oues,

and, what, right now,
we've got 200?

The only way we're getting
anywhere close to 6,000 ounces

is getting big red
up and running

sooas
leep] Possible.

I know Tony's pullg out
l thstops,

and help me,
there's no way

I'm letting that mad man
beat us this year.

Narrator: Parker plans
to open up 61 acres of ground,

running his two wash plants

at either end
of the massive cut.

Tasked new reman
Dean tosczak

withpari groun
for cife

but they're still
2 weeks from sluicing.

'Re trying to play catchup,
here.

The quicker we
get this done,

the quicker we can get
these cuts dried out.

After weeks of stripping,
park cre

is aost wn tpay di
besiig red.

Now, he needs to
build a pad

d movehe wasplan
into place

before he can
start sluing.

I'd like for you to try
to make it your missio

to havthisnt ready
to go in 5 days.

Well, I'll try and work some
magic with old Zack, here.

En it mes tohe d
rking here,

I really need you
to te thatn,

d get done,
and have it ready.

We need to start seeing
some gold in the box, here.

D get done,
wellwe've st woo mh
of t seaalready.Eady.

-Yep.
-All right.

Good luck.

Fives, tre's aig,
big ep] B.

So, I mean, and maybe
if I have to work

some late nights,
I'm gonna do it.

I want to
make this happen.

Narrator: Last week,
Parker bypassed brnan

when he chose
a w foreman.

Parker:
This is an tosczak.

He is our new foreman.

Well, it is a
bummer

th I didt get
thremarole.

I mean, I've been working
as hard as I can

proveo park

I mean, it sucks.

It's almost like'mt
running my own cut down here,

because they trust me
that I can get it done.

Who knows?

The tuer re on ts crew
prey high

so there's a possibility

that the new foreman
may not last that long.

Narrator:
To meet Parker's deadline,

ennan eds uild pad
for bired eet gh

by 200eet in st 5 ds
ing supeonveyor.

Brenn: We learned the first
year we got this conveyor

that it's actually
the best way

to build a pad
for the wash plant

becae yon bud it shigh
out ving trun trucks

so far up and around
every time to dump.

So, it really speeds it up.

Can you hear me, Zack?
-Yeah. Go ahead.

Things are starting to shape up
down here pretty good, now, eh?

Zack: Yeah, man.
It's looking good.

The superconveyor he
is kind of Parker's baby,

and he doesn't let
just anybody run it.

So, I guess it's something
to be proud of.

Mightave tonock ese Cole con w

one more time
to finish this off.

What the?

Zack, why is
thnvey stu?

What's gng on, man?

Parker's gonna
be pissed, man.

The whole floor
is peeling up.

Ma that'not .

I just don't want tonow
wh theeep]Oss' md

is gonna be in
over this one.

Narrator: At Eureka creek,
Tony beets is on a mission.

Kevin's dredge
is running 24-7.

Now, Monica is ready
to start her operaon.

Monica: This cut -- it's going
to be massive.

I mean, I haven't seen anything
this size in the Indian

since I've been
working here.

Narrator: Tonys openg up
a net

the size of eight football
fields called "the lucky cut

the beets' season plan --

sluice pay dirt from their new
cut with Monica's wash plant

while Kevin's dredge runs dirt
just half a mile away.

And by the end
of the season,

Tony should have his second
dredge up and running.

Tony's youngest son, Mike,

is in charge of
the stripping crew,

diing
to find pay dirt.

With a cut this size,

we've got everything we got
right now, stripping here.

So, we'll start sluicing
as soon as possible.

I just hope that we can
get sluicing soon.

This stripping,
it's all fine and fun,

but at the end
of the day,

you're still spending way more
money than you're bringing in.

Mike:
Oh, beautiful.

The plant found some pay,
so I should get my dad down here

to have a look.

Ay.

Narrator:
Now, they have pay dirt.

Kevin preps
the wash plant

that's been idle
since last season.

Kevin: She's piled up
with.

I got dirt stopping me
from getting gold.

Wegettg it.
'Re done yet.

Let me just get the dirt
out from in the actual

Things.

Monica: It's always nice
tartluicg.

Yep. First time
this season.

The eeter,t's actually
kind of a piece of crap,

but Tony's all gung ho
rea his gl,

so that means we're gonna
run this full capacity.

Y, kev, the ainto t feed e ju.

Kevin:
Kill the water.

Kill the water.

It's jumping.

She snapped off the bolts
she pulled out of the frame.

Narrator: Last season's dirt
jaed up e convor

on the hopper feeder,
and it ground to a halt.

But the drive cog
kept turning on its bearing,

causing the housing to break
its bolts and come loose.

Monica: Yeah.

So they've probably got to go
find a new feeder.

That's probably
what we got to do.

If we don't get up and running,
and I'm out of money,

then, I just
ruined everything.

I ruined my own life,
ruined my friends' lives.

It just sucks, man.

Rrator:
At quartz creek,

Rick ness' operation
is at a standstill.

He's fixed his pad, got enough
pay ready to run for a week,

but without a sluice box,
he's got no way to get the gold.

My guys, my crew, everybody,
they need to see gold.

You know, it's just,
everybody is down in the dumps.

Everybody is ready to bail.

You know,
i wouldn'tlame tm.

We nd to tn thin
around, here.

Rick's only hope?
He's brought in Freddy dodge

helsalve
s seon.

Freddy:
I know they aren't sexy, Rick,
but this is all that's around.

Man, if they're straight,
that's all that matters to me.

-They're straight enough.
-Yeah.

-So, my thoughts --
we use these.
-Yep.

There's another sluice
over tre.

We cut it in half,
add 10 more feet on.

We're goa have to
fabricate the whole thing.

Rock: I mean, this has to be our
number-one focus right now

like, Anything else
right now.

We can't do anything
until we get up and running.

I mean, they're not
clean one-owners,

bu's wt's re.

Man, if they're straight,
and they catch gold,

I don't care
what they look like.

-They'll catch gold.
-Yeah.

Narrator: Rick's old sluices
are only 10 feet long --

too short
for all the gold to settle.

Up to 40% of all the gold
is washing off the end.

Freddy's plan --
convert to 30-foot sluices.

By increasing
the recovery area,

all the gold should settle
in the riffles.

:
Frdy fou a se Bo

it lks like
a pile of junk to me,

but of course, I gave him
a budget of zero,

so I guess
i can't complain

he claims he can make this
into a sluice box.

That's why he's here.

Coming down. Easy.

That'll work,
Mr. Rick.

Okay.

Any other place, I wouldn't care
about this big hunk of garbage,

but up here, it's about the most
beautiful thing I've er seen.

Is iall wee got
work with, and it's rotten.

It's rusty,
but it's gonna work.

We're gonna put all new
angle clips in.

We're gonna need carpets,
and we'rgonna Ed res.

So, you guys cut and hack
and do all that stuff.

I'll be here to help.

Quesons, a me.

You just point us in the right
direction, and we'll do it.

And when we're
done with it,

these will be
gold-catching mach.

Narrator: Ryan and zee
are lderricars...

But karla has never even held
an oxyacetylene torch before.

This is our pure oxygen.

Th is oxyg
todjust r tiight

-okay.
-Red, your acetylene,

is your fuel.

Get it warm, right?

Then, give it oxygen, right?

-Okay.
-See what you can do.

Karla Ann: Oh, I blasted
those two at once.

Yeah, you did.

Perfect.
You got her.

-Thanks, man.
-You're welcome.

You rule.

Everybody was
a bi a baking int,

and I think,
if Freddy didn't show up,

we would have had a couple guys
out of here, for sure.

Naator: Freddy and the crew
work a 15-hour shift

to get the new sluice
into shape.

Freddy: Got to weld these on
to the end of the other set,

and we're on our way.

Things are looking good.

Well, we got a lot done,
and everyboded ass.

-Yep
-you gs ha lot of skills.

You've just never
mined gold before.

Yeah. Well, we're here to learn,
and here to work.

Let's get this
thing set up,

so you can see some gold
in the sluice box.

Thank you, Freddy,
looking forward to it.

Rick: Freddy and my guys
did a great job on this.

They got it done,
but we still got to get it

moved down to the plant.

This is ready.
Leget me gol

Brennan: You've got to
be kdinge.

Narrator: Parker schnabel
is still n sluing.

Two days into building a pad
for big red,

Brennan broke
the superconveyor.

We've put a lot of weight
on Brennan's shoulders, here,

getting big red all sorted out,
and tting the cut done,

put the plants in place.
But this conveyor is broke down,

and Brennan is
a fair bit behind.

Narrator: Mechanic Chad paullus
is aemptg

to get them
back on track.

Parkerso, thsoone ge
this cveyoxed,

the sooner I'm gonna
stop buggingou.

-I know. I know.
-But I'm gonna be in your

All day.
We have two plants.

We should at least have one
going at all times.

Brennan has goa prty
taskhead ohim,

as far as having
this cut ready.

So, he's gonna really have to
have his ducks in a row,

and have this organized
and up pperly,ou kno

yeah, it's definitely
a lot better

wh parkeis notroun
becauswe just get

Done,
and we do right

ile,hen he aroun
he gets pretty frustrated,

and he's like
a bull in a China shop.

Narrator: The base plate
on the hopper has worn through.

To replace it,
they need to remove

the 12-foot ladder chain
that drives pay onto the belt.

Parker takes charge.

That first lever on the --
on this side,

just pull it backwards
when we're ready.

- Did I pull it apart?
- Holy.

-Was it going the wrong way?
-N

I pulled backwards
on that lever.

I probably just
went t hard.

Naator:
Round two.

Rker: 'S caut up on
that chunk of steel right there.

I think, if we go ahead,
though, right?

-I'll try running it ahead.
-What if we go backwards?

It will unkink itself.

[ Taing distctly

-good.
Ow, we're getting somewhere.

Narrator: The chain ladder
out of the way,

Chad can fit
the new floor plate.

Dennis is just finishing
welding out the skin.

I think it looks good.
It should work.

As soon as Parker left,
everything kind of

came together.
So, she should do the trick.

Narratorone la job -fit e chae

there you go.

Brennan: Fire it up.

Slow.

I t thk
he kws tterm

-gjob,uys.
-Thanks.

-You, too.
-I like it.

Man:
I liket a lo

are you happy?
I'm happy.

You ys bui a pad
we can.

Can you put a
wash plant on it?

Yep.
Can you find some gold?

Yep.
All right.

Why don't you do that?
We will.

Oh, heigh-ho, heigh-ho,
pad building I go.

Now that the conveyor
is back up and running,

'll padn no te,
anlp g

big red going.
That's for damn sure.

We've opened up
this ginormous cut.

We called it
"the lucky cut."

We got dirt ready for
the Skeeter, but it's broken.

Naator: Monica beets
is trying to help her father

hit his 6,000-ounce,
$7.2 dollar goal.

But after running
just 2 yards of pay,

her ancient
hopper feeder died.

Today, we're putting on
a new feeder.

So, we're gonna slide
that into place,

and hopefully,
life will be easier.

Monica:
It looks good.

With this, if you only need
two people,

you can run on
eight shifts.

Right there,
that doubles your income.

Let's crank it up.

Narrator: The replacement feeder
is capable

of moving 200 yards
of pay dt per hour.

Can you an ch o2
your ght?

Stop.

Nica:
Undsd toe.

It's really great
to see this thing running,

especially as efficiently
ast is n.

narrat: Mo's wh plan
is fly uand ruing.

Tony jps ie 700 excavator
to help load pay dirt.

Yeah. I love long walks.

Narrator: Rick ness is hauling
his new 3-ton sluice box

a mile and a half
to the cut.

Freddy follows
with the distribution box.

Freddy, you got your
diving gear just in case

I do drop this
in t lak

. I n't, rk.
And I swim like a lead balloon.

I'actual notn doing
anything in this machine.

I'm just letting karla
drag the sluice boxes

and the excavator.

I just got her in neutral.
Karla is pulling her.

Take her down.

I never would have thought
that our season

would be resting on
a bunch of rusty garbage.

We ma this leeprk,
'll be a miracle.

Narr: Ne up, sng theew
slce boxnto ple.

Everybody keeps an eye
out from each other.

Nobody gets hurts.
-Yep.

Anck, u watc
my hsigns.

I got it.
Let's do this.

-Ready for a hump?
Ope.

Iw th
would make you smile.

Let'leepdo this.

Narrator:
Rick needs to center the sluices

exactly beneath
the distribution box.

Easyrick

easy.

Sweet.

Perfect right there, Rick.

Whoo.
-Ts all I needman.

That's a huge
relief for me.

We're looking good, right now,
r outche

nice.

This won't be the sexiest,
but it will freaking work.

I don't care how it looks,
as long as it works.

- Let's get running.
- . Okay.

Hee ar
it a bigbleeoment, here.

This is our shot, and I know
it's been hard on your gs.

Nd there's been no gold, right?
But you know what?

I ink we're about
to see results.

- This is it.
- Let's turn it

re it up.

Yee-haw!

You want me to put
some dirt in it?

Feed the beast.

Thsluiceox
is still in place.

That's a good sign.
It's running.

It looks like we're finally
gold mining, man.

Thiss a Ed day.
This is huge.

Narrator: Six weeks into his
first season as a mine bos

Rick is finally sluicing

maybe there's even
some gold her

who knows?

Narrator:
And thanks to Freddy,

his 1,000-ounce goal
is in reach.

Right now,
I'm just on my way down

too sew
brennais doi.

We need to start getting
some gold coming in here

narrator: After 4 days,
Brennan has finished the pad.

He's now ready to haul big red
into place.

I feel like Parker sees that
I'm stepping up to the plate

and taking on
moreesponsibilit

and I just want
to prove to m

that Ian tak
thesresponbilities on.

How's it going?

Well, we got the sluice
runs up there.

Got the plant
to break free.

I usually use the stick.

Oh, and justeep
dragging it? Yeah.

You're like a student driver
in there with this thing.

You're feeling really confident,
until the boss comes in

and is watching
what you're doing.

That doesn't
sound healthy.

Narrator: Brennan needs to drag
big red up the 200-foot ramp

to the top of
the new pad.

Parker: He should be able
to get that up the hill.

I mean, we drug it up
the hill

but I too close
to that side?

Hey, whoa.
Hold up.

Rker:
Brennan.

You t start pulling
that thing up a little bit.

You're digging in.

Wh.
Nerves are kicking.

Hurry up.

Boss.
I'tryi

you' had 5bleep]Ays
to get this done.

Well, I'm trying..

Man: Almost there, man.
Let's keep her going.

Keep her going.

Keep her going.
Keep her going.

Nice job.
- , yeah.

-Nice job.
-Thanks, man.

I think that
will work.

You guys have all done
a killer job.

Weere running big red
40 days ago la year,

but I think we can
make the time up.

- All right.
- Let's fire this up.

-Yeah.
-Let's do it.

Oh, what a good feeling.

On we stt slng, run
24-7, d thtartright w.

I know you've wanted
more responsibility, so as far

that's awesome.

If you can't keep this plant
running 24-7, you'll be

back in a hoe, loading trucks
the rest of the summer.

You know, no secret, I've been
wanting to move up and show you

I can it on.
So, let's go.

- All right.
- This thing needs to run.

Gotcha.

I feel on top of the world
right now.

I've never been put in charge
of a plant,

so, now is our
chance to shine,

and hopefully, that box will
have some yellow stuff in it

at the end of the day,
and we'll all be happy.

Time to get rid of
thbig ri.

Bed reis b baby!

That baby's not
going off the edge.

-That's more like it.
-Thank you.

Narrator:
At quartz creek,

Rick has managed
to keep his new wash plant,

durt Reynolds, running for
2 days without a hch.

Ck: E be runni
for t no

my first gold might be
thix.

We've just got to get it
right this time.

Freddy:: Rick and is whole
team has put, you know,

their heart and soul
into this plant.

Ony or ather,
itot twork.

Ben:
We've been herfor hs.

Itbout time we start getting
some damn gold

out of the ground.

All right.
Let's shut her down, then.

We'lleavher ere
for now.

Damn..

Well, holy.

As aunch rht her
i casee them.

Man laughs ]

-There.
-Nice.

-Look at that.
Man -yeah. ]

Finally. This is what we've been
waiting on, right here.

There's good gold deep
in the carpet over here, guys,

so, it's running
pretty good.

Rick:
Our first little nugget.

It's an earring nugget.

I mighhave to hold
onto this one, actually.

I think you should
keep that one.

Yeah?

Finally seeing it,
you know.

It went from
everything falling apart

to, now, everying
is starting to work.

Everyone pitched in
and made it happen, though.

Wl ca up he for
, anto actlly seit

in the sluice box, you know,
when we worked for this.

Ryan: It's been a
long time coming.

Rick: I want to thank you guys
for sticking it out.

Freddy, I wao thk you
r co in.

-You're welcome.
-Man, I appreciate it,

and, guys, we got
gold in the box.

-Amen.
-Yeah.

-Woo-hoo-hoo.
-Nice.

Freddy: All these guys
got to see their first gold,

and I'm proud of that,
because I helped it.

Hopefully,
they see a lot more.

Narrator:
Up ahe..

Somehow, we've got to pull
anotr 5,ounc out.

Whoa there, shaky.

So, it's gonna be
a tight fit.

-Can youee that?
-You better tell me.

I can't see it real well.

Narrator:
Parker and Chris lift

big red's first trailer
of concerate

into the gold room.

Whoa.

He said, "boom down,
then stick out."

No, no, not stick out.

Not this.
-Oh.

Stop.
A little more.

A little more.

Yeah, so you want to keep
woing -- whoa, wa, w

Doom it.

Now, we're.

I dot think we'rgonna
t thn he.

We could just go around
all day long

if toss
esn't tch

exactly.

I can'go
any higher, huh?

-No.
-Want me to start over?

All right.

Watch yourself.

Just a little higher.

A little bit more.

'S I

Narrator:
Brennan hit his 5-dadeadline
to get big red up and running.

It's now time to see
if it's all been worth it.

- Find some?
- I found a little bit.

It's not bad for
2 Days.

Chris: Nobody thought Brennan
would make it this week.

No, it was a team effort,

but I'm glad that you got
that tng running.

Well, Brennan,
you hit your deaine.

You know, for the feshifthat
you ran, that looks really good,

so, I think I'd just
throw it on the scale

and see what
we're doing, here.

-Let's do it
-Brennan ought to pour it.

Brennan should have
the prilege d hono

Pour the ,
Brennan.

All righty.

Narrator: Parker has just 25%
of the gold

he had this time last year.

Toit h,000-ounce
season goal,

he now needs to mine 260 ounces
y week to stay on track.

This 2-day cleanup
should produce 75 ounces.

10...2..

30...40...50...

Mm-hmm.

60...

Keep it going.

70...81.3.

Narrator:
Worth almost0,00

cheers to that.
Cheers to the fist.

-Well, that's all right.
-Yeah.

Man: That's a good start
of the season for red.

20 ounces a shift -- there's
nothing to complain about that.

Chris: Well, Brennan,
the way I see it,

you ought to get a penis
tattooed on your neck.

Th fin

And I just want to say, like,
good job down there.

You know, I appreciate
everything

that you guys
are doing.

I really hope that we can keep
this up down in big red.

An me thisappen
aticifer.

Somehow, we've got to pull
another 5,700 ounces out.

Let's make it happen.
Thanks, gu.

Ep. -Thank you.

-Let's do it.
-Let's do it.

Let's get a couple plants
going, eh?

You betcha.

You dolso ha to big
cuts in order to get there.

Rratorat ea crk, it'
tonyirstouble ld weigh,

Kevin's dredge plus Monica's
retro-fitted wash plant.

It's a good thing
you're bringing in some gold

because we've been spending
a lot of mon, man.

Withhat nefeeder
it was about $200,000.

So, it would be nice if ould
get something out of there.

Wou be ni
ifhe l cuts lucky.

The little one is dredge.

Let's see how much
the dredge got this week.

20...40...60...

80...90...

100...108.42.

Worth over $130,000.

Minnie: There's nothing
wrong with that.

Yeah.
It keeps on chugging.

Yeah, me, to actually.

Narrator: To reach
his 6,000-ounce goal,

just like Parker,

NY nee 260 oces ery we.

Man: 15, 20, 25, 30,
60, 70, 80,

100, 140,
160, 1,

180, 200, 210,

220, 230,
241.12.

Worth $290,000.

That's actually
really darn od.

Living up to its name.

That should pay for
the upgrades your plant.

Doesn't it?
- Yeah.

And we might eveve
a little left ov

m getting married this year.
So, that's expensive.

, betwn
thtwo ofhem,

they jt aboumanaged
to pull in 350, you know?

That's really good.

So, mom, what's the total
in total?

The total is
816.56.

Yeah.

Narrator:
Six weeks into the season,

Tony is already 500 ounces
ahead of Parker.

On the next
"gold rush"...

Rst ll day of runng.

I've got to show them that
ths go in th dirt.

-Shut it down.
-We've got our firstd, here.

Let's weight it up.

Wee way behind schedule,

and we really need to art
bringing in some gold.

What the?

We've done some stupid ,
but this IA top one.

Tony: Today, we arturng
on dredge number two.

Pull on that
thing.

If thing was
built out of wood,