11x07 - Rick's Sixth Sense

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Narrator:
On this "gold rush"...

...Tony beets moves heaven...

...And earth...

...To cash in on lost gold.

Rick ness follows a hunch...

Rick: If there's a pile
of gold in there,

That right there wipes out
my late start.

Narrator: ...That will lead
to ruin or redemption.

Whoa!

And fred lewis...

We're running pay!

...With his crew of veterans,
have their eyes on the prize.

It's been awhile,
but this is it.

Whoo!

[ laughs ]

And now we can taste the gold.

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♪♪

Narrator: Racing to catch up
from his latest-ever start,

Tony beets has son mike
running pay dirt

From the 18-acre mega cut.

He's chasing a
3,000-ounce season goal.

But almost halfway
through the short season,

Tony has less than 1/4
of his target.

Now he's determined to mine
every piece of gold-rich ground

He can find.

Last week, he tested tailings
left by old timers

At the bottom of the hill.

He ran them through
his kiwi plant

And got 4 ounces
from just 400 yards.

That's very sluicible.

♪♪

Have you met me?
I'm [bleep] fantastic.

Tony's bringing his 30-year-old
screen deck wash plant

Out of retirement.

The plant can chew through
200 yards an hour,

Twice as much as the one
he used for the test,

And could earn him
more than $80,000 a day.

But the screen deck currently
sits on top of paradise hill.

Tony must transport

The 50-ton cargo
down a steep mine road,

Navigating a series of narrow
sections and tight corners...

To a custom built pad
beside the old-timer tailings

At the foot of the hill.

[ whistles ]

♪♪

Narrator:
To kickstart the project,

He brings in the 50-ton crane.

Nothing.
What do you want me to do?

All right. The cable
will be coming down.

First, he removes the
45-foot-long conveyor.

Then the 6-ton screen deck.

Man: Oh, no, no, no.
Too much, too much, too much.

Tony: Ah, [bleep].

♪♪

[ engine revs ]

♪♪

The 5-foot-tall steel hopper
above the screen deck

Makes the plant top-heavy.

Usually, we take the hopper off.
Makes it way more stable.

Tony decides to leave the hopper
in place to speed up the move.

Mike: Let's get going.

Son mike brings in the oshkosh,
a turbo-charged v-8 engine,

500-horsepower
military tank transporter.

♪♪

[ whirring ]

Now mike must haul
the top-heavy wash plant

Down the steep road
to the tailings.

[ engine starts ]

♪♪

[ horn blares ]

[ metal creaking ]

♪♪

Monica: This is [bleep]
frustrating.

Okay.

[ laughs ]

Narrator:
Kevin must remove the bolts,

Securing the hopper
to the frame.

Kevin: It is welded.

I don't think these things
slide out anymore.

Narrator: Until they can cut
the hopper off,

The wash plant move
is at a standstill.

♪♪

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Rick: We're moving along
really well.

We've all been hitting it
with everything we got.

Narrator: Rick ness started
mining a full two weeks behind

Parker and tony.

He is now in the race
of his life

To get to his 1,000-ounce gold.

Rick: We finally got our
hopper feeder in,

And I paid off troy
his royalties for the year,

So that feels really good.

With all the gold that went up,

It's just gonna be
really important to start

Putting some back in the safe.

Narrator: After barely
breaking even last season,

Rick needs a big year,
or his mining career is over.

♪♪

Rick: Well, if we were
in a competition

To move the most dirt
with no gold in it,

We would have won
last year, easy.

[ laughs ]

Narrator:
For the last four weeks,

Rick has mined the cheap cut,

Where the gold-rich pay dirt
is near the surface.

But now new recruit
mark doverspike

Is running out of cheap-cut pay
to feed wash plant rocky.

Mark: Yeah, we've got
about a day's worth of

Cheap-cut pay left,
so we're gonna change things up.

New ground.

Narrator: Rick heads out
to look for a new area to mine.

♪♪

Rick: So, this is where we've
mined the cheap cut up to.

You know, this ground
has been paying really well,

And it's kind of got --
it's given me a renewed interest

To, like,
investigate and search.

I'd like to think
after eight years,

I'm starting to be able
to read the ground.

I just get a feeling
there's more gold here.

The way this material
is piled up in here,

I think the best stuff
that there is

Could be at this corner.

Narrator: On lower duncan creek
20,000 years ago,

A glacier pushed up
a mound of rock and dirt,

Known as a moraine,
on the edge of the cheap cut.

Rick believes the moraine
has trapped gold washed down

From the mother lode.

Rick: If the glacier made
some kind of a hard stop here,

All that gold would have
stopped in this corner.

It could be the best stuff
we've seen all year.

And with gold price
the way it is,

Like, the profit margins
are big.

See what we got.

♪♪

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I need to see at least
15 to 20 colors in this pan

To make it worth
extending this cut.

Yeah, there's gold in here.

Look, guys, there's a whole
bunch of fine gold

Mixed in down there.

I like that.

If there's a [bleep] pile
of gold in there,

That right there wipes out
my late start,

You know, due to
the whole covid thing.

Hey, can you guys all meet me
at the wash plant, please?

♪♪

Oh, hey, guys.

I've got a bit of a hunch
on the cheap cut here.

And there's more ground
to be had.

It's right in a corner.

There's not much
overburden there.

Like, we could get in there
and strip, you know,

A week's worth
of pay in, like, one day.

Chris: You're the boss.
[ carl laughs ]

[ laughs ]

Hope your hunch is right.

Let's get the trucks fired up,

Get everything fired up here,
and let's go get it.

-Okay.
-Let's do this.

Narrator: Rick gets the crew
stripping the extension cut.

Gambling,
they'll get to pay dirt

Before the existing
stockpile runs out.

It's no secret rick spent
a lot of time and money

Chasing after big nuggets
last year on a hunch.

I hope this isn't last year
all over again.

I don't need that.

Rick: I've got
a really good feeling

About the cheap-cut extension.

I know I made some mistakes
last year, and I know

The guys are skeptical,
but this year is different.

I know things are gonna pay off.

♪♪

Karl: Look out!

Holy [bleep]! [bleep]!

♪♪

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[ crashing ]

Narrator: On rick ness's
duncan creek claim,

Operator chris kruse
has just rolled his rock truck

While hauling overburden
from the new extension cut.

Carl: Got to be [bleep]
kidding me. Stand back.

Narrator: Rick's already
battling a late start

This season.

Now he could be down
a truck, as well.

Carl: If we don't
get there in a rush,

This whole thing's upside down.

Carl and the crew improvise
to right the truck

Using an excavator and webbing.

Carl: Up.

Up!

Chris:
A rock truck flopped over,

And we're trying to flop it
back over the right way.

Not the way you're
supposed to park these.

♪♪

Carl: We got it!

Sweet.

♪♪

Narrator: With the truck up
and running, the team gets back

To digging down
to pay dirt in the new cut.

Rick: Nice job, guys.

♪♪

Narrator: Three hours later,
the extension is stripped

And ready to run.

Rick: Hell, yeah, we're already
down to pay. I like that.

♪♪

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♪♪

[ car door closes ]

[ groans ]

Feeling pretty good
right now.

We're right where
we need to be.

Narrator: Rookie miner
fred lewis has gambled

His last $20,000

Leasing a 36-acre claim
in oregon's elkhorn mountains.

You know, last week was
kind of tough.

We had to deal with
a lot of msha compliances

And kra compliances, but...

We stepped it up,
got everything done.

We just got to put in the work
and get on the gold.

Narrator: Up to now, the team
has only run their operation

For a total of eight hours.

Now fred and his crew
of veteran buddies

Are racing to cash in
on record-high gold prices.

Fred: Fire it up, johnny.
Fire it up. Fire it up.

[ engine starts ]

♪♪

Water's coming!

[bleep]. Here it comes!

♪♪

Fred: Let's do this!
Run some gold!

♪♪

♪♪

Former special forces
master sergeant

Stefan generally digs pay dirt
in the swamp cut

With the 400 excavator.

Stefan: My wife -- she's never
owned a house before.

Come out here, mine for gold,
make some money.

Make one of my wife's
dreams come true.

Sergeant kyle pletzke then
hauls the pay dirt to the plant

In a 988 loader.

Kyle: Pretty much dead broke,
so this has to be a success

Or I'm going to end up
living out of my truck for real.

And sergeant stuart mckenzie

Feeds the pay dirt into
the plant with the 225.

Stuart: If this pays off,

It'll allow me to give
my wife and child

The life that they deserve.

♪♪

We're running pay!

Kendell: I'm pretty sure
this is gold mining.

It's been a while,
but this is it.

We're doing it.

♪♪

We got a new record
for running, baby.

We spent all this time
getting this thing going,

And now we can taste the gold.

♪♪

♪♪

[ truck beeps ]

[ sighs ]

Man! [ groans ]

h*, h*, h*!
What's going on, man?

I don't know, man. It just died.
I didn't do anything.

[bleep].

Hey, shut down the plant,
and shut down the water.

[ engine shuts off ]

Johnny:
What is going on?

We got to get this crap
straightened out

'cause this is ridiculous.

Dude, this looks
like [bleep].

I'm looking at all this
oil down in here.

-Stuart: Yeah.
-The exposed wires.

Dude, something --
something is causing that.

Kendell: This thing is
a fire hazard.

And it's completely dead.

Narrator: Fred worked a deal
with the claim owner

To include
all the site's equipment.

But so far, he's run
into problem after problem.

This place is [bleep]
haunted, fred.

♪♪

We are so close to the edge.
We have to have other options.

We have to rent some equipment,
we have to lease some equipment,

Something.

We don't have the budget.

We're gonna have to run that
[bleep] 400 nonstop

From the swamp, March it
back up, and feed the colonel.

That's all we can do.

Fred's plan -- use the
working excavator,

The 400, to dig pay dirt
at the swamp cut,

Then send the 988 loader

To stockpile the dirt
at the wash plant.

Finally, walk the 400
from the cut to feed the plant.

Walking the
30-year-old excavator

From the cut to the plant
comes with a big risk.

Look, it's your call,
but if that goes down,

Our season is done.

Fred: I know, dude. I'm sorry.
It's a temporary fix.

♪♪

Stefan: All right.

Narrator: Down in the cut,
stefan is still digging pay dirt

With the 400.

Hey, stefan,
2:25 is deadline.

We're gonna have to have
the 400 pull double duty.

So once you're done
with that bucket,

Can you March it up
to the ramp?

Stuart's gonna have to feed
the colonel with it.

Stefan:
All right, you got it.

♪♪

He wants us to run these
[bleep] into the ground,

You know what I'm saying?

♪♪

♪♪

Stefan: All right, brother,
she's all yours.

No pressure, right?
No pressure whatsoever.

Okay.
Get that gold, baby.

All right.
All right.

♪♪

Let's fire it up,
misfits.

Stuart: All righty,
let's get her going.

[ engine starts ]

♪♪

All right, stuart,
the colonel's hungry. Feed him.

Whoo!

Narrator:
Colonel nugget can only run

Until the pay pile runs out.

So, with the 225
being down right now,

We only have one excavator.

That pretty much puts us
at 50 percent.

It's not ideal, but 50 percent's
better than zero.

Narrator: After only two hours,
the 50-yard pay pile is sluiced.

Colonel nugget is shut down
while stefan walks the 400

Back to the cut to dig more.

[ rattling ]

♪♪

[ brakes squeal ]

Stefan: The [bleep]?

[bleep].

Am I stuck on a rock
on this one or something?

Fred:
It's clean as hell.

Trucking forward,
the left side stopped.

The right side kept going.

Oh, [bleep].

Fred:
Well, does it move?

It can move, but it's not
gonna be happy about it.

Fred, this thing is going
to break down.

We can't have it
running double duty

Up top and down below.

This thing has to stay down here
and dig dirt for us.

[bleep] piece of [bleep].

Narrator: With the 400
stranded at the cut,

Fred's operation
is shut down.

Dude, I beg you, there's too
many things to fix right here.

We need some help.

Fred: You're right.

Fred needs a mechanic.

Luckily, he knows the best
in the business -- juan ibarra.

[line ringing]

Juan: Hello?

Juan, how's it going?
It's fred.

Hey, what's going on, man?

I hate to call you
with bad news,

But our equipment is
breaking down constantly.

I wanted to see if you were
maybe anywhere near.

I'd love to help you out,

But I'm a little
busy right now.

I have a couple of pieces
of equipment available.

Really?

What kind are you
looking for?

So, the 225, the smaller
excavator -- it went down.

I'm also looking at that loader.
It's got a lot of issues itself.

We can help
you guys out here.

Awesome. I really
appreciate it, juan.

But I got a lot of money
invested in this equipment,

So I'd like to send
one of my operators with it

To kind of
help you guys out

And kind of look
after my equipment.

Okay, I understand.

Still to come...

Tony fights to get the
screen deck move back on track.

Oh, you [bleep].

♪♪

♪♪

Kevin:
[bleep] everybody else?

Narrator: The beets family
is in the middle

Of moving a monster
screen deck wash plant

Down to tony's new target,
the old-timer tailings.

Cody's gone up
and caught the material,

Holding that upper end.

So we can haul it down the
[bleep] hill, get in position.

That's the battle plan.

Subject to change
at a moment's notice.

Narrator: The hopper feeder
made the plant too unstable

To transport.

[ sparks crackling ]

And after a day spent
cutting it loose...

...Tony is now ready to lift it
from the screen deck frame.

Don't know what
you mean, tony.

Wash plant secured, mike heads
down the steep dirt road.

Mike: Let's get going.

[ horn blares ]

If any of the guys
in the film crew can hear me,

I would avoid being in front
of this truck on the hill.

It's highly hazardous.

[ laughs ]

Ooh, come on. Turn, you.

Kevin:
Easy, mike. Easy, mike.

♪♪

Mike:
Since it's an automatic,

You have to use
the brakes all the time.

Oh, you [bleep].

[bleep] automatics.

I hate automatics.

♪♪

Narrator:
Two days after they started

At the top of paradise hill,

They finally get the screen deck
down to the old-timer tailings.

Now all that's left is
to unload the 50-ton beast,

And tony has an old trick
up his sleeve.

-Piece of cake.
-Let's go.

Narrator: Tony's plan --

Excavate a pit
with a slope at one end

To reverse the oshkosh down,

Then drag the wash plant
directly onto the pad,

Where it will sluice
the tailings.

♪♪

All by yourself?

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

Is it good?

The plant is in place,

But before the beets can cash in
on the old-timer tailings,

There's still work to do.

♪♪

Rick: You know, we've got to
have gold coming in all season.

Narrator: Rick ness is chasing a
hunch and mining pay dirt

From an extension
of the cheap cut.

Rick: I really need this
extension on the cheap cut

To pay off.

I had a bad season last year,

So I got a lot of ground
to make up this year.

Narrator:
If his hunch is a bust,

Rick will be even further behind
after the late start.

Loader operator mark

Has a growing stockpile
of extension pay dirt

To feed into the wash plant.

Mark: Oh, [bleep].

Hey, carl, we got a problem.
You got to get down here.

We're losing water pressure.

♪♪

[bleep] me.

♪♪

Every day, I go behind a day,
it seems like,

So by the end of the week, we're
gonna be behind a week, right?

Crazy.

What's going on, boys?
What's the problem?

Mark:
Water pressure decreased.

♪♪

So, you see
this leak in here?

That's not good. That's our
[bleep] seal going, right?

[ dog barking in distance ]

That sucks.

Sucks big time.

Narrator: Without
a working water pump,

Rick's operation is shut down.

Too much downtime.

We're gonna
stretch the pump out.

We need to speed up.

Let's go.

Narrator: With no time
to fix the problem,

Carl brings in the backup pump.

Carl:
Nice and easy, right?

Yeah.

We don't want to lose it.

Okay, let it out!

♪♪

That's more like it.
Get ready.

Let's fire it up.

[ engine starts ]

♪♪

[ engine shuts off ]

[bleep]. Didn't work.

What the [bleep]
is this [bleep]?

♪♪

Narrator:
Rick ness's wash plant is down

With a broken water pump.

Mechanic carl swapped it out,

But now the replacement
won't start.

Carl: Why the [bleep]
doesn't it run?

[ engine sputtering ]

♪♪

What, is there a pinched
fuel line or something here?

That's the fuel line.
It's not pinched there.

Carl needs to find out

Why there's no fuel
to the injectors.

There'll be a tube that goes
down into the tank, right?

So I think the tube
has fallen off.

Here's what you do.
Don't like doing this, but...

I'm gonna suck on
a hose here.

Mark: [ laughs ]
got to get your face right in.

If carl's wrong and the tube
is still connected,

He'll get a mouthful of fuel.

See, it's pulled right off.
There's nothing there.

Tube has fallen off,
so now it can't pick up fuel.

Narrator: The pump won't fire

Because the uptake hose
has fallen into the fuel tank.

No room, eh?

Carl: It's just tough
to get in there, right?

Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Cooking with ether now.

[ carl grunts ]

[ engine starts,
metal clanging ]

Just like that.

♪♪

Narrator: The ness crew
is back in business.

♪♪

♪♪

Hey, rick?

Yep?

Yeah, this pump's
up and running,

So we're pumping water.

[bleep], yeah.
Nice job, carl.

Thank god for that.

Rick's back on the gold.

And thanks to carl,
he'll soon discover if his hunch

On the extension cut
will pay off.

Chris: Yeah, the good news is
the plant's running again,

And hopefully
by the end of the week,

There's gold in the box

Because if there's not,
it's gonna start feeling

An awful lot like last year
all over again.

♪♪

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Narrator: In oregon,

Fred lewis is facing
another day of downtime.

Really difficult trying
to get proficient at a new job

When there's no job
to actually do.

Stefan: Been doing more
hanging around waiting

Than we have
actually doing mining.

That breaks,
then we fix that.

That breaks. We fix that.
Then that'll break again.

Morale is at an all-time
low right now.

We're all kind of bummed out.

The absolute worst thing
about being here is that

We're not mining gold right now

Because all of us
have sacrificed a lot.

We'll stick it out for
one another no matter what.

But I know fred
is gonna come through for us.

Fred: Last couple of days
have been really tough.

We've had a lot of equipment
problems and a lot of downtime,

And that's been really tough
on the guys.

So I've been in contact
with juan,

And that equipment
is on its way now.

♪♪

That's what I'm talking about.

Narrator: Fred has leased
an excavator

And a loader from juan ibarra

And agreed to pay him
only when he gets enough gold.

Fred: I don't like offering
up future gold,

But, hey, if you're not gonna
be willing to take a risk,

You shouldn't be mining gold.

Narrator: Juan has sent
specialist operator alex voight

To make sure
it comes back in one piece.

Fred!
You must be alex.

Good to meet you,
finally.

Fred: Nice to meet you, finally.
That's what we need.

We're here.
We brought equipment.

I am stoked.
So, welcome...

Well, thank you.
...First off.

Let's get these bad boys off
and get out of here.

We had to make the call
and up the ante

And get better equipment.

Juan came through.
Now it's go time.

This volvo excavator

Is probably one of the
nicest machines I've ran.

[ wrench cranking ]

She's only got about
1,200 hours on her.

Very nice, very smooth.

Guy on it's
kind of cool, too.

I want to get moving because
I want to get this to the guys.

They're gonna be
so excited. They need it.

Let's go meet the guys.

Hey, what the [bleep]
is that?

Is that fred?

[ stefan laughs ]

Holy crap.
Is that our machine?

Why isn't this stuff
covered in oil?

♪♪

Fred: Hey, everybody,
this is alex.

He's our new teammate.

Look at that. He's fixing
our road right off the bat.

How you doing? Alex.

I heard you guys
needed some equipment,

So this is it, guys.

Yeah, so these are basically
on lease from juan, so...

Alex, too?

Alex comes with the equipment,
but he's our new teammate.

He's here to train us

And to make sure we use
the equipment properly

And to make sure the equipment
goes back in the same shape

That it was in
when we got it.

This is the fresh start
for our freakin' claim.

And I think it's
a game-changer.

All right, guys,
we've got the equipment.

We got everything we need.
Let's get to work.

Get your stations.
Let's fire up the colonel, man!

Alex: Who's coming with me
to the excavator?

Fire up the colonel!

♪♪

Stuart, you're good to go.

Whoo!

Stuart:
Looking good right now!

Narrator: With a fully working
fleet of machines...

Yeah!

The colonel's
getting gold.

Narrator:
...The mine is back in action.

It's about [bleep] time we got
everything up and rolling.

That's where we want
to be right here,

If we could just keep this
going the rest of the season.

I'm in, man.

♪♪

Parker: We cannot have this
wash plant down.

It's just --
that can't happen.

Narrator:
At parker schnabel's claim,

Tyson has been
struggling to deal

With overnight breakdowns
at wash plant sluicifer.

So he's come up
with a radical solution.

-Hi.
-Hi.

How's that holiday trailer
of yours looking?

Why? Do you want
to move down here?

Really?
For a week.

Would that be cool
with you?

Where are
we gonna [bleep]?

In the creek?

I just want to
play it safe

And be down there
in case anything happens.

Well, I appreciate
the dedication.

Well, I'm going to bed.

♪♪

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Narrator:
The beets family gathers

For the weekly gold weigh.

Hola.

Hola.

Minnie: Where's faith?

She's on her way.

Well, I'm glad
to see you're all here.

I mean, it's not like we had
much choice, really.

Accurate.

We'll get it, though.
Not too worried.

Anyways, we should maybe
see how much we got.

Narrator: Until they can get
the screen deck assembled

And running, the beats are
relying on just one plant --

Mike's trommel at the mega cut.

Trusty trommel pumped out
about a jar, so...

Oh, god, geez.

[ laughter ]

Monica:
Ha, ha, mike's pouring.

Ready?

Faith: 5, 10, 15, 20...

Narrator: To hit their
3,000-ounce target,

They need an average
of 177 ounces a week,

But 11 weeks in,
they have yet to hit it.

160, 170,

178...

178.6.

Mike's trommel is keeping
the family afloat

With a gold haul
worth $312,000.

Faith:
How much do we have now?

732.6

We still have quite a bit
of time left, right?

And with the gold price
being so high,

That is a tremendous help.

Narrator: Even with a big haul,
the beets are still

More than 2,000 ounces
off their season goal.

That's true.

♪♪

♪♪

It's the end of a tough week
on the lewis claim.

♪♪

You know, I really feel like
getting this new equipment in

And alex, especially, with his
experience and ability

To help teach us
a little better,

I think we're getting
a boost right now.

Stefan: Hell, yeah.

How are you liking
that new machine?

Oh, no, it's awesome.

A/c, heater, radio.

I'm excited for it.

Kyle: You know,
I haven't had much time

In that new loader yet,

But the one thing
that I really like so far

Is that I can actually
maneuver around the mine.

That other one --

Dude, it's like -- I feel
like I'm austin powers,

You know, up against the wall,
trying to go, trying to go.

And there's just nothing
that's happening.

It's gonna be a
game-changer for sure.

Kendell:
So, what's up, guys?

Hi, kendell.

Just wanted to share
a little news.

Katie and I are gonna
have our first kid.

I'm gonna be a new dad.
[ cheering ]

What?
[ laughs ]

Oh, my gosh!
That's amazing!

-Lifetime death sentence.
-[ laughs ]

Let me see.

It's a little nugget.
Ah, whatever.

[ laughter ]

Congratulations, buddy.

Fred: Much bigger than
any nugget we've found.

♪♪

Everything's looking good.
We got all the checks.

Alex: Your first kid?
First kid.

Wow. Congratulations.

Kyle:
Katie's gonna have two.

[ laughs ] exactly.

Kendell, man,
it's so much fun.

I can't -- yeah.
It's awesome.

I'm excited.

♪♪

Narrator: Rick ness is
ready to find out

If his gamble on extending
the cheap cut has paid off.

Ruby! Hi, baby.

Oh, you guys are here, too.

Oh.

[ sighs ]

Yeah.

What's up, kruse?

Remember when you got your
rock truck stuck this week?

Karla: Hey-oh!
[ laughter ]

I was waiting
for this. Yep.

[ laughs ]

First order of business.

What are you gonna do?

Narrator: Rick needs
an ounce per 100 yards

From the extension cut.

After running over 7,000 yards,

He needs at least 70 ounces.

Well...
Karla: Let's see this.

Shall we see if the old
el huncho paid off?

Chris: Ooh.

-Carl: Holy smokes, ricky.
-Looks pretty good, right?

I like it.

You ready?

Karla:
I hope your hunch is right.

We're gonna find out.

All right, we got 10.

We got 20.
Chris: Excellent.

30...

There's 40, going 50...
Awesome.

...60, 70.

No way.
82.37

Narrator: With prices at
a massive $1,750 an ounce,

Rick has mined $144,000

Worth of gold
from the cheap cut extension.

It's his biggest
haul of the season.

-Rick: Unreal.
-Wow.

Carl: That's awesome.

Chris: I've never seen
a clean-up like that.

Yeah, that's true. We never
had any like that last year.

That's awesome, guys.
Awesome.

Sure is pretty.

Yeah!

Karla: Yeah!
Yeah!

Well, I'm just happy
that paid off.

A few more of those,
we're good.

-We've gotten ahead.
-More than a few.

-Let's keep it up.
-Well, let's go get a few more.

All right. Let's do this.

Yeah, I'm super happy
with the gold.

I haven't seen that kind
of stuff in years, right?

So we're on the right track.

If we can keep that up, man,
we're gonna smash our goal.

So I'm happy about it.

Chris: I've never seen a
clean-up like that before.

Keep having clean-ups like that

And we'll be going home
with pockets full gold.

Well, we finally got some money
in the bank, which feels good.

And personally,
I really needed that to pay off.

So I'm happy, and now I can just
focus on the rest of the season.

♪♪

Narrator:
Next time on "gold rush"...

I'm gonna go try to find us
some ground in alaska.

...With parker
out of the picture...

You need to [bleep]
rethink your game, man.

...The crew is
under pressure.

Whoa! [bleep].

Narrator:
The cracks start to show...

Oh, [bleep].

...In rick ness's operation.

Rick: That's not good.

And the screen deck build...

Tony: Back up...

...Puts tony beets
to the test.

-Whoa!
-Whoa!

Oh, my [bleep].