♪♪
I KNOW A LOT OF DIVERS HAVE BEEN KILLED 15, 10 FEET OF WATER.
AND I NEED THE FEAR TO GIVE ME -- TO CAUTION.
LET'S GET SOME HOT WATER GOING.
IT'S GETTING WARM. IT AIN'T HOT YET.
READY TO ROCK AND ROLL, BRO? ROCK AND ROLL!
YOU GUYS GOT ME, RIGHT?!
YOU GOT ME? YOU GOT ME? YOU GOT ME? YOU GOT ME?
YEP. WE GOT YOU, BUDDY. THAT'S ALL I NEED, MAN.
♪♪
OHH, YEAH!
Man: UH, ARE YOU GETTING COLD?
I'M GONNA REV UP THE ENGINE.
ALL RIGHT, WE MAXED OUT THE ENGINES JUST NOW.
-GET HIM OUT OF THERE! -YOU GOT BURNED.
OH, MY [BLEEP]
♪♪
THINK YOU PUT ON A LITTLE WEIGHT, BUDDY.
SUCK IT UP.
HERE WE GO, BUDDY! MOMENT OF TRUTH.
♪♪
WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! STOP! STOP! STOP! STOP!
HI, I'M DUSTIN.
DUSTIN, I'M CASEY. THIS IS MY CAMP.
I WILL GET YOU TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT HOLE
AND FIND THAT GOLD YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
I'LL GET ME DOWN TO THAT HOLE.
♪♪
I'VE GOT $75,000 INTO THIS,
AND I NEED ABOUT 60 OUNCES TO BREAK EVEN RIGHT NOW.
TODAY, WE'RE GONNA PUT IN TWO DREDGES.
FRED'S GONNA BE ON ONE.
I'M GONNA BE ON THE OTHER ONE.
WITH ANY LUCK, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DIG THIS HOLE
IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
I KNOW THERE'S GOLD DOWN THERE.
WE'RE GONNA GET TO IT THIS YEAR.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
Narrator: HIGH IN ALASKA'S CHILKAT MOUNTAINS,
THE DAKOTA BOYS ARE DIVING FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF GOLD
BURIED ON THE BEDROCK BENEATH THE RAGING McKINLEY CREEK.
TO GET DOWN TO THE GOLD FASTER,
FATHER AND SON ARE DIVING WITH TWO DREDGES.
♪♪
SO...
THIS WAS 15 FEET IN THE LAST SEASON.
♪♪
AND NOW IT'S ONLY THREE OR FOUR FEET.
YOU REALIZE WE GOT TO BE TO THE TOP OF THAT POLE?
SO, RIGHT THERE. RIGHT THERE.
WE WERE SITTING AT 15 FEET. IT'S 3 FEET DEEP RIGHT NOW.
HERE'S THE DEAL.
I NEED THIS HOLE TO BE DUG AS FAST AS POSSIBLE
BEFORE THE FLOODS COME.
THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF GOLD DOWN THERE,
AND IT'S ON THE BEDROCK.
I WANT TO GET DOWN TO THE GOLD.
Narrator: AT THE END OF LAST SEASON, AFTER DIGGING 15 FEET,
THEY HIT A PILE OF GOLD ON BEDROCK.
BUT BEFORE THEY COULD GET IT OUT,
A FLASH FLOOD FILLED IN THEIR HOLE WITH GRAVEL AND ROCKS.
OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO GET DOWN TO THE GOLD.
IF WE PUT TWO DREDGES ON IT, TWO DIVERS ON IT,
WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GONNA GET DOWN TO THAT GOLD MUCH QUICKER.
TODAY IS A BIG DAY FOR FRED.
WE'RE GONNA SET HIS DREDGE IN THE WATER.
HE'S GONNA TRY TO GET THIS THING IN WITHOUT LOSING IT.
Narrator: LAST WEEK, THEY STARTED MINING WITH DUSTIN'S BRAND-NEW DREDGE.
THIS WEEK, THEY'RE DOUBLING DOWN
BY LAUNCHING FRED'S OLD FAITHFUL.
Fred: WELL, WE'RE JUST USING THIS ONE THAT WE ALREADY HAD.
WE GOT A NICE, LITTLE SIX-INCH DREDGE HERE.
THIS IS A VERY SOPHISTICATED MACHINE.
IT'S GOT AIR. IT'S GOT HOT WATER.
♪♪
I'VE GOT TO SET UP THIS WINCH SYSTEM
SO FRED CAN GET HIS DREDGE OUT HERE.
♪♪
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE TESTING
THIS [BLEEP] DANG WINCH SYSTEM.
Wes: YEAH, IT IS.
WELL, IF THEY DON'T HAUL THIS DREDGE, WE'RE IN TROUBLE.
Narrator: FIRST, DUSTIN NEEDS TO RETRIEVE THE HOOK THEY'LL USE
TO LIFT FRED'S DREDGE INTO THE CREEK.
Wes: HEY, WE'VE GOT AN ISSUE, MAN.
WHAT?
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS WINCH YET.
DON'T GET ME HURT.
WATCH THEM.
IF THAT STARTS GETTING TIGHT, SLOW UP.
OKAY, WAIT. STOP. STOP RIGHT THERE.
STOP!
WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!
STOP! STOP! STOP! STOP!
YOU CRAZY [BLEEP] YOU.
I GOT MY HAND CAUGHT.
I CAN'T --
AAH! WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THING?
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? HE CAUGHT HIMSELF --
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
LUCKILY, WE STOPPED IT JUST BEFORE HE PULLED HIS HAND OFF.
YOU GUYS [BLEEP] COMMUNICATE, ALL RIGHT?
OH [BLEEP] JUST ABOUT RIPPED ME UP, MAN.
WELL, WHAT ARE WE ACCOMPLISHING HERE?
YOU GONNA COME DOWN? YOU NEED MORE WEIGHT?
I'M GONNA DROP IT DOWN FIRST.
♪♪
PERFECT. NOW WE WON'T LOSE IT.
OH, MAN, THAT'S MORE THAN ENOUGH.
ALL RIGHT, I'M DONE WITH THIS [BLEEP]
♪♪
WE GOT TO GET FRED'S DREDGE OUT OF HERE.
YOU WANT TO TAKE CONTROL OF THIS,
OR YOU WANT ME TO DO IT?
OKAY, WELL, WE NEED SIX PEOPLE TO GET IT OUT THERE, THEN.
YOU HAVE TO BE IN CONTROL.
YOU CAN'T BE YELLING AND [BLEEP]
GOOD COMMUNICATIONS, OLD MAN.
[ LAUGHS ]
-WE'RE SLIDING? -SLIDE. -SLIDE.
SLOW. SLOW. SLOW. EVERYBODY SLOW DOWN.
ALL RIGHT.
♪♪
-JUST WATCH THAT SYSTEM! -OH.
Fred: GO AHEAD.
COMING UP.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE COMING UP A LITTLE BIT.
HEY, ANYBODY GOT A HOLD OF THE OTHER LINE?
ALL RIGHT. GET YOUR OTHER LINE.
WHAT THE HELL ARE Y'ALL DOING UP THERE?
I-I DON'T LIKE THE SYSTEM BECAUSE IT RELIES
ON THE COORDINATION BETWEEN THIS WINCH AND THAT WINCH.
Narrator: THE BLUE WINCH LIFTS THE DREDGE OFF THE BRIDGE.
THE RED WINCH MOVES IT HORIZONTALLY ABOVE THE CREEK.
DUSTIN HAS TO SYNCHRONIZE THE TWO WINCHES PERFECTLY.
PERFECT. OH, YEAH!
HEY! YO!
YOU WANT TO TWIST IT?
WE'RE GONNA SPIN IT. TAKE IT ALL THE WAY UP.
TWIST IT AROUND. TWIST IT AROUND.
THERE YOU GO. PASS IT ON OVER HERE.
ALL RIGHT! HEADS UP!
REAL SLOW, BUDDY!
OH! OH! OH! OH! OH!
WHOA!
STOP! STOP! STOP! STOP!
WHOA! HOLD IT!
THAT'S WHAT I DON'T LIKE.
[BLEEP] HAVE ONE DIRECTOR.
JUST ONE DIRECTION AT A TIME.
WELL, YOU GOT TO WATCH WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
I'M WATCHING. I'M WATCHING.
HE WAS IN THE WATER.
LET HER DOWN.
CHECK THE BRAKE.
OH, HE'S GOT IT FIGURED OUT NOW.
ONE MORE TIME.
Fred: THERE YOU GO.
♪♪
Dustin: THERE IT GOES.
YEAH, ALL RIGHT!
GOT IT!
GOOD SHOW, MAN. GOOD SHOW.
Y'ALL ACTUALLY GOT IT IN THERE.
YOU LIKE MY SYSTEM YET? NO, I DON'T.
AW [BLEEP] MAN, COME ON.
[ LAUGHS ] YOU SERIOUS?
I MEAN, TO LAUNCH IT, IT'S FINE.
BUT WE'LL SEE HOW THINGS GO WITH THE ROCKS, OKAY?
LET'S GO WITH IT.
I'VE GOT SO MUCH TIME AND MONEY TIED UP IN THIS
THAT I HAVE TO GET THIS HOLE DUG.
AND WE'RE GONNA START DIGGING TODAY.
TODAY'S DIG DAY.
Narrator: THE DAKOTA BOYS FINALLY HAVE TWO DREDGES IN McKINLEY CREEK.
DUSTIN'S DREDGE WILL MINE ONE SIDE OF THE CREEK.
FRED'S WILL MINE THE OTHER.
I'M GONNA GET IN THE WATER TODAY.
TODAY IS GONNA BE MY FIRST DAY OF DIVING.
WE'RE GONNA SEE IF WE CAN KICK A LITTLE ASS.
♪♪
ALWAYS SAID IF YOU CAN GET INTO A WET SUIT, YOU CAN BE A DIVER.
[ LAUGHS ] MY GOODNESS.
I THINK YOU PUT ON A LITTLE WEIGHT, BUDDY.
SUCK IT UP.
Narrator: FOR THE FIRST TIME, 74-YEAR-OLD FRED HURT
AND HIS SON DUSTIN ARE DIVING TOGETHER IN THE RAGING WATERS.
FIRE 'EM UP!
♪♪
HEY, FRED. YOU AND ME.
HERE WE GO, BUDDY. MOMENT OF TRUTH.
TODAY'S THE DAY, FELLAS.
Got me on comms?
YOU'RE GOOD. YEAH, YOU'RE GOOD.
LET ME PUT MY COMMS ON.
All right.
Whoo!
ALL RIGHT, FRED, YOU'RE READY TO ROCK.
ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DIVERS IN THE WATER.
Narrator: THE DIVERS ARE CONNECTED TO THE DREDGE
BY AN UMBILICAL LIFELINE MADE UP OF THREE CRUCIAL COMPONENTS.
TO STOP HIM BEING SWEPT AWAY,
THE DIVER HAS A SAFETY CORD ATTACHED TO HIS HARNESS.
A HOSE CARRIES HOT WATER FROM THE DREDGE
TO THE SUIT TO AVOID HYPOTHERMIA.
THE THIRD LINE DELIVERS AIR TO THE DIVER'S MASK.
A FAULT WITH ANY OF THESE COULD BE FATAL.
Let me turn you up. I got you cut down right now.
Are you ready for more?
Yeah. Let's do it.
Okay, open her up.
Okay.
Whoo!
Welp, they're dredging, too.
So, we got two dredges going. That's a first.
FINALLY BACK TO WORK!
Narrator: IN THESE EXTREME CONDITIONS,
FRED'S DREDGE CAN RUN SIX YARDS AN HOUR...
DUSTIN'S, OVER 12.
THEY CAN RUN A FULL THREE TIMES AS FAST AS THEY DID LAST SEASON.
Looks good so far, Fred.
Narrator: UP AHEAD...
♪♪
Narrator: IN McKINLEY CREEK, FRED AND DUSTIN HURT
ARE DIVING SIDE-BY-SIDE FOR THE FIRST TIME
ON THE HUNT FOR BEDROCK GOLD.
Whoo!
PAUL IS RUNNING THE DREDGE AND ON COMMS WITH DUSTIN.
PAUL: Everything looks good right now.
AND CARLOS IS TENDING THE SAFETY LINES TO DUSTIN'S DIVE SUIT.
RICH: Yeah!
GREENHORN RICH IS ON COMMS, RUNNING THE DREDGE,
AND TENDING THE SAFETY LINES FOR 74-YEAR-OLD FRED.
THEY'RE PUSHING THE HOT-WATER RIGS TO THE LIMIT
IN THE 38-DEGREE CREEK.
Oh, wow.
PAUL: He hasn't come up yet, so it looks pretty good for him.
Okay.
MY FEET GOT SO COLD,
I COULDN'T FEEL THE BALANCE UNITS IN THEM.
SORT OF RESTRICTING THE WATER FLOW DOWN TO MY FEET.
Dustin's out of the water already.
OH, YEAH, I SEE SOME DIRTY WATER COMING OUT.
YEAH, I'M JUST NOT SEEING THE WATER
OUT OF THE SLUICE BOX LIKE I SHOULD.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA GET OFF THE COMMS.
ALL RIGHT.
Narrator: RICH PUTS DOWN THE DIVER'S COMMS
TO REMOVE THE BLOCKAGE FROM THE DREDGE.
HOLD ON.
[BLEEP] GET THAT THING OFF FROM ME!
WELL, THEN, TAKE IT OFF, FRED.
I CAN'T DO EVERYTHING AT ONCE, BUDDY.
♪♪
THAT'S IT, MAN. WE AIN'T DOING NO MORE DIVING
TILL I GET ANOTHER PAIR OF MEN OUT HERE.
I CANNOT RUN THE DREDGE, TAKE CARE OF THE FUEL,
UNPLUG THE DREDGE, RUN THE SLATS...
DEAL WITH THE UMBILICAL.
IT'S JUST TOO MUCH FOR ONE PERSON
ON THE TOPSIDE TO DEAL WITH.
I NEED SOME HELP. THAT'S IT.
IT AIN'T GONNA BE HAPPENING NO MORE.
WE AIN'T GONNA DIVE WITH JUST ONE PERSON ON TOP.
Fred: I NEED ANOTHER MAN OUT HERE.
GOT TO. THERE'S JUST NO --
I MEAN, I'M NOT GONNA EVEN BE HERE IF I DON'T GET ANOTHER MAN.
OKAY.
THERE'S NO REASON TO EVEN BE THERE.
I UNDERSTAND YOU NEED SOME HELP.
WHY DON'T YOU GET IN THAT HOT ROOM, MAN?
YEAH.
♪♪
CASEY. HEY, HOW YOU DOING, MAN?
WHAT'S YOUR SITUATION RIGHT NOW?
CAN YOU COME UP LATER THIS WEEK?
ALL RIGHT.
YOU JUST MADE MY DAY.
[ CHUCKLES ]
♪♪
Narrator: CASEY MORGAN HAS OVER 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE GOLD MINING
AND DREDGING IN ARIZONA.
HI, I'M DUSTIN.
DUSTIN, I'M CASEY. THIS IS MY CAMP.
ALL RIGHT, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE REAL DEAL.
THIS IS DANGEROUS. WHAT IS IT YOU'VE DONE?
LIKE, WHAT KIND OF MINING HAVE YOU DONE?
I'VE DONE JUST ABOUT EVERY TYPE OF MINING THERE IS FOR GOLD.
DONE BLASTER MINING,
I'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF LOAD MINING, DREDGING.
I WILL GET YOU TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT HOLE
AND FIND THAT GOLD YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
I'LL GET ME DOWN TO THAT HOLE.
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS FOR ME IS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE ABOUT THIS.
SAYING THE WORDS, "THIS IS A LOT OF WORK,"
"BUT WE CAN'T DO THIS," ALL THE TIME
IS GONNA GET YOU SENT OUT OF HERE.
I'VE PUT PEOPLE OUT BEFORE BECAUSE OF THAT.
WELCOME TO THE MINE SITE.
STAY SAFE, AND LET'S GET SOME WORK DONE, ALL RIGHT?
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
WHERE DO I GET IN THE WATER?
♪♪
Fred: TODAY IT'S GONNA BE A BAPTISM OF FIRE, MAN.
GONNA LET CASEY TRY HIS FIRST DAY OF DIVING OUT HERE.
SEE IF IT'LL FIT. YOU GOT TO STEP INTO IT, THOUGH.
STEP INTO IT? OH, IT'S A SPRING SUIT. ALL RIGHT.
HE CAN'T WEAR MINE 'CAUSE HE'S TALLER THAN ME.
Fred: I WILL BE TENDING YOU PERSONALLY.
I WILL NOT BE EVER OFF THE COMMS.
YOU'RE TOO HOT, YOU'RE FLOODING YOUR MASK, YOU'RE --
WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING, YOU YELL, "HELP! HELP! HELP!"
THIS IS WHAT I CAME TO DO --
HELP FRED GET THAT DAMN GOLD OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THIS RIVER.
THAT'S MY GOAL.
NEED TO GET ALL OF IT! I WANT ALL THE GOLD!
Narrator: EXPERIENCED MINER CASEY MORGAN IS DIVING ON HIS FIRST DAY.
-Are you ready? -READY?
ALL RIGHT.
♪♪
THERE YOU GO. YOU GOT IT.
BIG, STRONG GUY, LIKES THE WATER, LIKES THE WORK.
I THINK HE'S HAVING A BLAST.
CASEY: [ Laughs ]
Oh, yeah. How's your water? How's everything feeling?
What?
Hold on. Slow down. Slow down. Slow down.
Catch your breath.
All right, I'll take them.
All right, there's a pick over your head with a screwdriver.
All right.
Don't want to drop them.
All right. Diver's preference.
Well, he's gonna do what he can to get it out,
so I'm gonna have to trust him.
All right.
IT'S NOT GOLD.
[ LAUGHS ] Damn it!
CASEY THOUGHT HE SAW SOME GOLD STUCK IN A CRACK IN THE WALL.
THE FIRST ONE'S NOT IT.
Well...what did the other one look like?
That's all right, man. That's all right.
We'll teach you what the gold looks like eventually.
[ Laughs ]
Diver coming up.
Oh, boy, that's a --
-GOOD JOB! -WHOO!
Fred: CASEY HAD HIS FIRST DAY IN THE WATER.
I KNOW WHERE THE HELL I'M GONNA USE HIM A LOT THIS YEAR.
GOOD JOB, MAN. THANK YOU.
GOOD JOB.
I'VE SEEN GOLD A MILLION TIMES. LOOKED LIKE GOLD.
LITTLE ROUND, NICE, LITTLE NUGGETS.
I WAS WRONG.
GOT TO ADMIT -- PROUD OF HIM.
Dustin: CASEY'S IN TRAINING RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE [BLEEP] HE'S DOING.
♪♪
TIME TO GET STARTED THIS MORNING.
FULL OF PISS AND VINEGAR.
ALL OF US ARE GONNA GO DOWN AND FIND ME A WHOLE BUNCH OF GOLD.
♪♪
WE GOT 14 FEET TO -- WHAT YOU CALL IT -- DIG UP.
-SO THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. -ALL TODAY, MAN.
-YOU GETTING IT ALL. -[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: TODAY, FORMER MARINE CARLOS MINOR IS STEPPING UP
FOR HIS FIRST DIVE OF THE SEASON.
INTO THE WATER I GO, BROTHER.
INTO THE GOLD I GET.
CONTACT.
GOOD LAUNCH, BROTHER! GOOD LAUNCH!
♪♪
I'M READY TO GO ROCK AND ROLL, BROTHER.
YOU GOT BOOTS, YOU GOT GLOVES.
I GOT BOOTS, GOT GLOVES.
YOU GOT -- OKAY. I'M READY TO ROCK AND ROLL.
ALL RIGHT, I GOT TO GO TAKE CARE OF STUFF.
Narrator: CARLOS HAS 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE
AS A COMMERCIAL DIVER,
BUT THIS IS HIS FIRST TIME WITH DUSTIN'S NEW DREDGE.
Dustin: I WANT TO GET CARLOS IN AND SEE WHAT HE CAN DO TODAY.
HE'S EXCITED TO GET IN. I'M EXCITED TO HAVE HIM IN.
IT JUST -- TODAY'S THAT DAY.
LET'S GET SOME HOT WATER GOING!
Rich: HOT WATER!
Narrator: DUSTIN WAS FORCED TO ABANDON HIS LAST DIVE
IN THE FREEZING CREEK WHEN THE HOT-WATER RIG FAILED.
THAT IS OUR WATER THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE HEATER.
IT SEEMS TO BE DOING THE TRICK.
Narrator: WES' HOMEMADE HOT-WATER SYSTEM
PUMPS COLD CREEK WATER INTO AN INSULATED CHAMBER
BUILT AROUND THE ENGINE EXHAUST PIPE.
THE HOT EXHAUST HEATS THE WATER AS IT RISES.
SCALDING WATER EXITS THE CHAMBER AND IS MIXED WITH COLD CREEK
WATER BEFORE IT'S FED TO THE DIVER.
♪♪
I LOVE TO GO COWBOY.
YOU HAVE TO GO COWBOY IN ALASKA, MAN,
'CAUSE IT DOESN'T PLAY BY YOUR RULES.
BUT TOO MUCH COWBOY IN HERE... MAKES TROUBLE, MAN.
BAD MEDICINE IF YOU GET TOO CRAZY HERE.
READY TO ROCK AND ROLL, BRO! ROCK AND ROLL!
WHOO!
Dustin: YOU GOT HIM, PAUL?
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET HIM STRAIGHTENED OUT.
I'M COMING IN.
OH, MAN, FEELING GOOD, DUDE.
♪♪
OH, HOT WATER.
WHOO, DOGGY! YEAH!
YOU GUYS GOT ME, RIGHT?
YOU GOT ME. YOU GOT ME. YOU GOT ME. GOOD.
WE GOT YOU, BUDDY. THAT'S ALL I NEED, MAN.
I'M FEELING IN MY ELEMENT NOW, DUDE.
I'M TRYING TO GET TO 14 FEET, MAN, WHERE WE GOT LAST TIME.
GREAT GOLD IS UNDER THE 14 FEET.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT.
YOU WANT THE MASK INSIDE OR OUTSIDE?
HUH?
IS THAT BETTER? Yeah.
Whoo!
Ohh, yeah!
Ohh [bleep]
Yeah, baby.
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE?
YOU ALL RIGHT? LET'S PUT IN SOME TIME, MAN.
OH, YEAH.
DUDE, I FELT IT WAS PERFECT FOR THAT CURRENT RIGHT THERE, MAN.
What's up?
Well, you'll find out.
We have first plug-up if that's the case.
Nope, looks like everything's coming through so far.
That's what I'm talking about, man, right there.
YEAH!
Uh...
Okay, I'm gonna work on the hot water a little bit.
All right, I moved it, so you got to tell me how it goes.
It's a work in progress right now, man.
Are you getting cold?
I'm gonna rev up the engine a bit.
Sorry, I'm getting familiar with this machine right now,
So you're gonna have to deal with me for a little bit.
[ ENGINE REVVING INCREASES ]
I maxed it up.
All right, we maxed out the engine just now.
OHH.
The water going out's pretty damn warm right now.
Yeah, sorry for that.
Maybe -- You're not twisted?
You might want to pop up and see if we can look at your lines
and see if you're twisted.
That's kind of my thoughts on it right now.
Paul, can you pull these lines to see what it looks like?
Let's get you turned around, buddy.
So, we got to take a look at you.
Yeah, you're kinked off.
You're kinked off, right?
So, you're gonna have to come up to Paul.
Sorry, that's what's going on.
I don't want to make this water too hot.
If you're kinked off, it's gonna burn the [bleep] out of you.
Yeah, you're kinked off real bad, man. Sorry.
Narrator: CARLOS' HOSE HAS FOLDED OVER ON ITSELF,
BLOCKING THE FLOW OF HOT WATER TO HIS SUIT
IN THE FREEZING CREEK.
Paul, do I need to come up with the water a little bit?
Yeah. Okay, I see it.
It's a work in progress. We'll get there.
I'm working on it.
Okay, you were kinked off. I'm sorry.
We're gonna have to work on the hose system.
Whoo!
Is it too hot?
All right, open up your valve.
[BLEEP] [ Screaming ]
Get it off! Get it off! Get it off! Get it off!
Get it off! Get it off! Get it off!
Get it off! Get it off!
Undo him! Carlos!
GET HIM OUT OF THERE! GET HIM OUT OF THERE! HURRY!
Get it off! Get it off! Paul! Get it off!
Oh, my [BLEEP]
You got burned. You got burned.
We burned you.
Oh, my [bleep]
[ Screaming ]
Get it off! Get it off! Paul! Get it off!
Oh, my [BLEEP]
You got burned. You got burned.
Oh, no.
Let's go check him out.
We got to go check him out.
♪♪
Narrator: CARLOS HAS BEEN BURNED BY BOILING WATER
FROM A DREDGE MALFUNCTION.
Dustin: JUST RELAX. JUST SLOW DOWN. SLOW DOWN.
EVERYBODY SLOW DOWN.
RIGHT NOW'S THE TIME YOU NEED TO NOT PANIC.
ALL RIGHT, FRED.
♪♪
COME IN HERE?
Fred: WHO'S FIRST AID OUT HERE? WHO IS FIRST AID?
I NEED A HALF A DOZEN LITTLE PATCHES.
I AM THOROUGHLY TRAINED IN ADVANCED FIRST AID.
CARLOS. Carlos: YEAH?
CAN I COME IN A MINUTE? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
JUST ME. YOU CAN COME IN.
NOBODY ELSE.
HEY, LOOK. OKAY, I GOT YOU.
WHAT ELSE? RIGHT THERE.
THIS IS YOUR WORST ONE RIGHT HERE.
YEAH, A LITTLE BIT OF LEG.
TELL YOU WHAT -- WRAP THAT UP THERE.
WE'LL JUST CATCH IT ALL THE WAY RIGHT THERE.
BOY, THAT'S SOME BAD STUFF.
WE GOT TO GET HIM TO THE HOSPITAL RIGHT AWAY,
GET HIM TREATED FOR WHATEVER HE'S GOT THERE.
Dustin: HE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
HE'S GONNA HAVE TO GO. HE HAS TO GO.
HE'S GOT A SECOND-DEGREE BURN IN ABOUT FOUR PLACES.
HE HAS NO CHOICE, BUT HE HAS TO GO.
GO AHEAD AND HEAD OUT. DO SLOW. DON'T SWEAT A BUNCH.
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
YOU AND I GOT TO GET TO TOWN, MAN.
I'LL CARRY ALL YOUR STUFF. GOT IT. I GOT IT.
♪♪
Narrator: THE MILE-LONG HIKE TO THE CABLE CROSSING
IS THE FIRST PART OF A PAINFUL TWO-HOUR JOURNEY
TO THE NEAREST DOCTOR OVER 30 MILES AWAY.
♪♪
SECOND-DEGREE BURNS.
A COUPLE DAYS BED REST -- THREE DAYS BED REST --
THREE TO FIVE DAYS BED REST AND TRY TO KEEP IT CLEAN.
TRY TO KEEP THE INFECTION AWAY.
NO INFECTION DOWN HERE IN ALASKA.
BAD MEDICINE.
♪♪
HEY, HOW'S CARLOS DOING?
HE LOST 1.5% OF HIS SKIN.
YOUR FIST IS 1% PART OF YOUR SKIN.
HE HAD A FIST AND A HALF OF SKIN MISSING.
SO, HE'LL BE HEALING FOR A WHILE.
I PUT HIM IN TOWN.
I THINK WHAT HAPPENED IS I BURNED HIM MORE
BY FLIPPING THAT LEVER THE WRONG WAY.
I THINK I GAVE HIM TOO MUCH WATER.
INSTEAD OF CAPPING IT OFF, I THINK I WENT THE WRONG WAY.
SO, I FEEL PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THIS.
I JUST ABOUT WANTED TO SHUT THIS DOWN YESTERDAY.
SO WE ALL NEED TO KNOW WHERE I'M AT IN MY HEAD
'CAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE THIS AGAIN.
NOBODY CAN GET HURT AGAIN.
WE UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM NOW. NOW WE HAVE TO FIX IT.
THIS IS A HUGE WAKE-UP CALL.
LET'S, UH...
LET'S DO BETTER, HUH?
WE GOT BROAD SHOULDERS, TOO, MAN.
YEAH.
♪♪
DOWN. DOWN, DOWN, DOWN.
I KNOW, MAN. I'M NOT GOOD COMPANY RIGHT NOW.
I GOT TO WALK MY DOG, SO, THAT'S...
BUT DOCTOR SAID IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE.
I GUESS SHE KNEW WHAT HOT-WATER SUITS WERE,
AND SHE SAID IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE.
THIS IS ABOUT -- RIGHT HERE, THE WAY I AM RIGHT NOW
IS THE ABOUT THE MOST COMFORTABLE I CAN GET.
YOU THINK THAT LOOKS PRETTY BAD?
ALL THIS TIME I WORK WITH THE HOT-WATER SUITS,
I JUST PUT IT ON, AND I JUST TRUST THE FACT
THAT I'M GETTING HOT WATER.
NOW I KNOW WHERE THEY ACTUALLY EXIT, YOU KNOW?
THIS IS MY BACK HERE.
I GOT ONE BACK HERE, WHICH ONE'S A MENACE
BECAUSE THAT MEANS I GOT TO HAVE MY PANTS SAGGING.
AND THEN EACH BACK ARM.
THAT PAIN WAS SO UNDESCRIBABLE HOT.
ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS OPEN MY SUIT
AND JUST GET THE COLD WATER INSIDE.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK ABOUT, LITERALLY.
I HAD WHITE LIGHT JUST SHOOTING THROUGH MY WHOLE BODY,
AND I COULDN'T CONCENTRATE.
IT WAS A CRAWFISH BOIL, MAN.
THAT'S HOW I FELT LIKE.
I'LL NEVER EAT ANOTHER CRAWFISH WITHOUT FEELING SORRY
FOR THE [BLEEP]
♪♪
TODAY WE ARE HERE NOT TO DIVE,
BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ANOTHER PERSON GETS HURT HERE.
BEFORE SOMEBODY ELSE GETS IN THAT WATER,
WE WILL HAVE THIS SO LOCKED DOWN
IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE TO GET BURNED.
♪♪
Narrator: WES IS UPGRADING DUSTIN'S HOT-WATER SYSTEM.
LUCKILY, I SCROUNGED THIS OVER THE WEEKEND --
AN OLD OXYGEN TANK, BUT IT'S GONNA BE OUR NEW MIXING TANK.
SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THIS BULLETPROOF.
SO, YOU GOT YOUR ADJUSTMENT HERE.
COLD WATER COMING IN.
HOT WATER COMES INTO THIS.
SO IT'S GONNA MAKE THE HOT-WATER RESERVOIR.
AND THEN HOT WATER FEEDS THAT.
SO IF WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH A DIVER, THIS WILL SHUT OFF.
THAT SHUTS THE WATER OFF TO THE DIVER,
AND THEN WE CAN HIT THAT AND DUMP THE HOT WATER
IF WE NEED TO.
Narrator: PAUL HAS COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO THE KINKING PROBLEM.
THIS IS THE HOSE RIGHT HERE THAT CONNECTS TO OUR HOT-WATER UNIT.
NOW I'VE GOT SPRINGS ALL THE WAY DOWN
TO WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE SUIT.
SO, THERE SHOULD BE NO ISSUE.
WITH THAT SPRING ON THERE, THAT HOSE CANNOT KINK OFF.
IT'LL COIL UP, BUT IT WILL NOT COLLAPSE ON ITSELF.
EVERY PART OF IT -- EVERYTHING --
YOU'RE GONNA TURN IT UP, YOU'RE GONNA TURN IT DOWN,
VALVES ON, VALVES OFF, EMERGENCY SHUT-OFF HOT WATER -- ALL OF IT.
EVERYBODY -- EVERYONE IS GOING TO DO THIS.
EMERGENCY FIRE DRILLS. THAT'S ALL WE GOT TO HAVE.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF GOLD DOWN THERE,
BUT AT THE COST OF WHAT, MAN?
WE HAVE TO BE SAFE.
♪♪
Narrator: WES AND PAUL FIT THE NEW MIXING TANK
AND EMERGENCY SHUT-OFF VALVES.
♪♪
FEELS GOOD. I LIKE THAT.
I GUESS JUST LET IT RUN FOR A WHILE
AND SEE HOW HOT IT WILL GET.
IT'S GONNA BE A MATTER OF JUST FINE-TUNING IT.
AFTER INJURING ONE OF HIS CREW,
DUSTIN'S NOT GOING TO INJURE ANOTHER.
I'M GONNA TAKE ALL THE RISK RIGHT NOW.
IF ANYBODY ELSE IS GONNA GET HURT, IT HAD BETTER BE ME.
♪♪
[ Line ringing ]
-Hey. -HEY, MY UGLY WIFE.
WHAT YOU DOING, MY BABY?
I'm just waiting for you.
I WENT TO GO WALK KANDA RIGHT NOW,
AND, OH, MY GOSH, MY WOUNDS ARE GETTING A LITTLE BIT SENSITIVE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
WHEN YOU GET DOWN HERE, YOU CAN WHATCHACALIT --
YOU CAN BABY ME THEN, HUH?
-I love you very much. -I LOVE YOU, TOO.
AND GIVE MY BABY A KISS FROM ME, PLEASE.
I will.
WHAT WILL PUT THE CHERRY ON TOP OF THIS SUNDAE RIGHT NOW
IS THAT MY WIFE'S RIGHT HERE
GIVING ME A HUG AND PUTTING THE CREAM ON MY BACK.
AND I WILL TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF IT, TOO, MAN.
I'LL BE LIKE, "OH, I'M HURTING.
OH, GO GET ME THIS. OH, MASSAGE MY FEET."
BOY, YOU BETTER BELIEVE I'LL TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF IT.
♪♪
Narrator: AFTER CARLOS GOT BURNED,
DUSTIN'S CALLED "TIME" ON GOLD MINING
UNTIL HE'S TESTED THE NEW HOT-WATER SYSTEM.
♪♪
GONNA BE OUR FIRST TEST DIVE SINCE CARLOS GOT BURNED.
HOPEFULLY WE GOT ALL THE BUGS WORKED OUT OF THIS.
All right.
-No. -Okay.
DUSTIN: Paul! Shut it off!
Okay.
Hell, yeah.
Narrator: DUSTIN RACKS UP 30 YARDS OF GRAVEL THROUGH THE SLUICE BOX.
All right, you coming up?
Good dive today, man. Good dive.
All right. Comms off. Off comms.
SOME GOOD TENDING TODAY, MAN. I APPRECIATE YOU.
NO WORRIES.
[BLEEP] GOOD JOB, STUD.
ACTUALLY STACKING UP.
WE WERE STARTING TO GET BACK INTO OUR GROOVE TODAY.
EVERYTHING CLICKED.
WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT CONTROLS NOW
THAT THE HOT WATER CAN BE SHUT OFF
SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO YOU
THAT NO ONE SHOULD BE IN DANGER ANYMORE.
I NEED CARLOS TO COME BACK OUT HERE AFTER HE'S HEALED UP.
I'M SORRY IT HAPPENED, AND I FEEL REALLY BAD ABOUT IT.
BUT WHEN HE COMES BACK AND GETS IN THAT WATER,
I WANT HIM TO BE 100% CONFIDENT
HE CAN GET IN THAT WATER WITHOUT GETTING BURNED AGAIN.
IT'LL MAKE CARLOS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE'VE GOT ALL THIS SOLVED.
WE'RE READY FOR CARLOS TO COME BACK.
WE SURE MISS HIM.
Narrator: AFTER A TOUGH WEEK,
THEY'VE DREDGED SIX FEET TO BEDROCK,
AND IT'S TIME TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY GOLD IN THE MATS.
IF THERE'S ANY GOLD IN THIS, IT'S GONNA BE FLOOD GOLD
'CAUSE IT'S RIGHT OFF THE TOP,
AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE A WHOLE BUNCH,
BUT IT'LL BE A GOOD SIGN TO TELL US
IF THE GOLD'S SITTING IN THIS AREA.
WE NEED TO KNOW IF THE GOLD'S SLOWING DOWN HERE.
HERE COMES CASEY. CASEY, COME HELP ME OUT HERE.
Casey: ALL RIGHT.
♪♪
THIS IS OUR CONCENTRATE.
HOPEFULLY, WE GOT SOME GOLD IN IT.
Narrator: WES RUNS THE CONCENTRATE THROUGH THE MACHINE
HE DESIGNED AND BUILT HIMSELF.
THE ROCKS AND GRAVEL DROP OUT THE END OF THE TROMMEL,
AND THE GOLD COLLECTS IN THE MATS.
-WE HAVE GOLD IN THERE, FRED. -YEAH, FRED.
-I'M SURE WE DO. -WE FOUND GOLD.
Wes: SERIOUSLY, MAN, LOOK AT THAT.
HEY, IT'S THE FIRST TEST.
IT'S OUR FIRST CLEAN-OUT, SO IF WE'VE GOT
ANY AMOUNT OF GOLD AT ALL, IT'S GOOD.
Narrator: WES PANS THE GOLD FROM DUSTIN'S DREDGE,
AND FRED PANS HIS OWN CONCENTRATE.
IT'S INCREDIBLE HOW IT JUST -- IT WILL STAY IN ONE PLACE.
ALL THE LITTLE TOP STUFF JUST COMES RIGHT OUT THE SIDES.
FRED, CHECK THIS OUT.
GOT SOME GOOD COLOR THERE. HELL, YEAH.
Fred: WE GOT A COUPLE OF LITTLE CHUNKY PIECES
IN THERE THAT LOOK PRETTY GOOD TO ME.
THEIRS IS LIKE GROUND-UP SALT AND PEPPER.
Narrator: DUSTIN'S DREDGE PRODUCED MORE GOLD,
BUT FRED'S GOLD IS CHUNKIER.
MAN, THAT'S NOT BAD FOR THE FIRST CLEAN-OUT, GUYS.
CHECK IT OUT.
THIS IS DAMN GOOD.
I'M GLAD THIS IS ON THE TOP, RIGHT IN THE SURFACE.
THIS IS ALL FLOOD GOLD, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO GET DOWN
AND FIND OUT WHAT'S ACTUALLY DOWN THERE.
WE GOT TO GET BACK DOWN TO WHERE WE WERE.
I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE THAT MUCH IN THE OVER-BURDEN.
NOT AT ALL.
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S SMALL GOLD OR BIG GOLD.
I JUST WANT A LOT OF GOLD.
AND LET'S GET A WHOLE BUNCH MORE.
♪♪
Narrator: COMING UP...
-WOW. WHAT THE HELL'S THAT? -THAT'S THE BEAR.
THIS BEAR TRIED TO GET IN MY [BLEEP] DANG TENT!
THIS BEAR'S WATCHING US RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE WE'RE HERE IN THEIR BACKYARD.
HOLY [BLEEP] WATER IS SINKING THE FRONT DOWN.
WE'VE GOT TO GET THAT SMALL DREDGE UP.
UP! UP!
WHOA! WHOA!