I HOPE BY THE END OF THIS DAY, I'LL HAVE FINISHED THE CRACK,
AND I'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S DOWN THERE.
♪♪
-DUSTIN? -YEAH?
THIS IS THE END OF A VERY LONG CHAPTER.
WHEN YOU GET OLD, YOU START REALIZING,
YOU LIVE ON MEMORIES.
WELL, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE FOR THIS DAY, MAN.
Paul: ROCK! ROCK, ROCK, ROCK, ROCK, ROCK, ROCK, ROCK.
LOOK OUT.
OH, YEAH. HEY! WE GOT A LANDSLIDE.
DIVERS UP, DIVERS UP. WE GOT LANDSLIDE.
-WHOO! -OH, MY [BLEEP]
Fred: DREDGING IN THAT CRACK DID THE JOB.
LOOK AT THOSE NUGGETS, DUDE!
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♪♪
BY LATE MORNING, EARLY AFTERNOON,
I WILL BE IN THAT WATER.
YOU BETTER GET IN THE DAMN WATER, MAN.
IT'S REALLY CLOSE TO THE END OF THE SEASON.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO GET GOLD.
WE NEED TO BE DREDGING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
YUP. THAT'S TRUE.
WE WILL GO DIVING, FOR SURE.
[BLEEP] I WAS HAVING SOME CRAMPS IN MY LEGS LAST...
Wes: YOU WEREN'T SLEEPING WITH A PORCUPINE LAST NIGHT, WERE YOU?
OH. I WAS WRASSLING WITH A PORCUPINE, YEAH.
GET OUT OF MY HEAD, FRED.
WHAT KIND OF A LIE YOU WANT TO HEAR?
Y'ALL READY TO GO?
FRED, IT'S STILL REALLY EARLY RIGHT NOW.
BREWED ANOTHER POT, SO COMING UP.
IF FRED HURT DRINKS MORE THAN ONE CUP OF COFFEE,
THE WHOLE WORLD SLOWS DOWN, AND HE GETS SO ANGRY
THAT EVERYBODY IS NOT MOVING AS FAST AS HIS BRAIN.
A THE LITTLE BIT OF TRUTH TO THAT.
TIME TO GET STARTED THIS MORNING.
TODAY IS A BIG DAY.
WE ARE DOWN TO BEDROCK.
I HAVE NO DOUBT WE'RE GOING TO FIND SOME GOLD.
WHERE THE HELL IS EVERYBODY?
[ INSECTS CHIRPING ]
EVERYBODY ELSE IS IN SLOW MOTION.
LET'S GO.
Narrator: HIGH IN ALASKA'S CHILKAT MOUNTAINS,
THE DAKOTA BOYS ARE SEARCHING FOR A PILE OF BEDROCK GOLD
THAT WILL CHANGE THEIR LIVES FOREVER.
Dustin: HOPEFULLY, IT IS ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THE SEASON
AND MAKE SOME MONEY.
Narrator: DUSTIN HURT HAS NOW SUNK
OVER $75,000 INTO HIS OPERATION.
HE NEEDS TO REPAY IT ALL BEFORE WINTER HITS,
OR HIS CREW WON'T GET PAID.
I HAVE A LOT INVESTED.
BROUGHT MY WHOLE FAMILY UP HERE
AND HOPING TO WALK AWAY WITH HUNDREDS OF OUNCES,
YOU KNOW, GET MY DAUGHTER A GOOD START IN LIFE.
IF WE DON'T MAKE OUR FORTUNE THIS YEAR,
IT'S GONNA BE A COLD, HUNGRY WINTER FOR MY FAMILY.
HEY, HONEY. HOW YOU BEEN?
MISSED YOU.
LAST WEEK, EVERYBODY WAS DEPRESSED.
HEADS WERE DOWN.
NOW THAT WE'VE HIT BEDROCK,
YOU CAN SEE HOW CHEERFUL EVERYBODY IS AGAIN.
EVERYBODY IS HAVING FUN.
EVERYBODY IS SMILING.
WE'RE IN A GOOD SPOT TO ACTUALLY HIT THE MOTHER LODE.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS. FRED AND I ARE GONNA GO DOWN.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, WE'LL DIG AND GET ALL THE WAY
UPSTREAM INTO THE CRACK,
ABOUT 8 FEET UP FROM WHERE WE DUG DOWN TO BEDROCK.
IN THE SIDES OF THE WALLS, THIS FORMATION IS PERFECT.
IF IT GOES ACROSS THE BOTTOM,
IT COULD BE THE BIGGEST NUGGET CATCH WE'VE EVER SEEN.
Narrator: DUSTIN'S PLAN --
START ON THE BEDROCK THEY EXPOSED LAST WEEK.
THEN STRIP MATERIAL FROM THE UPSTREAM WALL,
DIVING DEEPER THAN EVER BEFORE TOWARDS THE NUGGET TRAP,
WHICH COULD CONTAIN MILLIONS IN GOLD.
Dustin: ALL RIGHT. START IT UP.
Narrator: NOW THEY'RE JUST 8 FEET DOWNSTREAM
FROM THE NUGGET TRAP.
Dustin: ALL RIGHT.
YOU JUST SHOOT STRAIGHT DOWN INTO THAT CRACK.
THAT COULD BE FILTHY GOLD RICH, JUST ABSOLUTELY LIFE-ALTERING.
THAT'S WHY WE DO IT.
Carlos: CAN YOU IMAGINE, MAN, GETTING READY FOR RETIREMENT?
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT BIG HOUSES, BIG CARS.
TO BE THERE FOR MY DAUGHTER, FOR US, ME AND MY WIFE --
THAT'S RICH, FOR ME.
OUR SEASON IS COMING TO A CLOSE.
THE WEATHER IS ALREADY STARTING TO GET COLD.
THE SNOW IS COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAINS.
SO WE'RE IN A RACE AGAINST TIME RIGHT NOW,
SO IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE FIND SOME GOLD.
[ FRED LAUGHING ]
[ HOWLS ]
Carlos: UH-HUH?
Narrator: USING HIS 4,000-PSI GOLD BLASTER,
FRED CUTS INTO COMPACTED MATERIAL
IN THE BASE OF THE UPSTREAM WALL.
FIRST TIME EVER THAT I KNOW OF, DUSTIN IS DOUBLE-DREDGING TODAY.
Narrator: WHILE FRED BLASTS MATERIAL ABOVE HIM,
DUSTIN USES BOTH DREDGE HOSES TOGETHER
TO TUNNEL TOWARDS THE CRACK AT DOUBLE SPEED.
WE'VE GOT HURT ONE, HURT TWO IN THE WATER.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING LIKE A TEAM, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
TEAM HURT -- OUR FINAL PUSH TO GOLD.
NICE CHUNKY PIECE OF GOLD IN THERE.
[BLEEP] MAN, WE GOT SOME GOOD GOLD IN THERE, MAN.
IT'S IN THERE. IT'S IN THE BOX.
IT'LL BE SAFE.
CRAZY, MAN.
Paul: ROCK! ROCK, ROCK, ROCK, ROCK, ROCK, ROCK, ROCK.
LOOK OUT.
OH, YEAH. HEY! WE GOT A LANDSLIDE.
DIVERS UP, DIVERS UP, DIVERS UP.
DIVER COMING UP. DIVER COMING UP.
♪♪
Dustin: WE HAD A LANDSLIDE THAT JUST ABOUT TOOK US OUT.
THAT'S THE WORST I'VE EVER HAD RIGHT THERE, IS...
IT'S PRETTY DAMN BAD.
THE WAY WE WERE DIGGING IT, WE JUST KEPT GETTING...
DIGGING ALONG THE BOTTOM.
IT JUST KEPT COMING IN.
I PUT BOTH NOZZLES TOGETHER, AND IT...I THINK IT CAUSED...
THAT'S WHAT CAUSED THE CAVE-IN
BECAUSE I MADE THIS HUGE HOLE WHERE I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE.
Narrator: WHILE DREDGING UPSTREAM
TOWARDS THE NUGGET TRAP,
DUSTIN AND FRED CREATED AN 18-FOOT WALL.
DUSTIN'S DOUBLE-DREDGING UNDERMINED THE WALL,
LOOSENING LARGE OVERHANGING ROCKS.
THEY FELL AND TRIGGERED A LANDSLIDE.
♪♪
Dustin: HEY, FRED.
YOU CAN'T GO DOWN THERE ANYMORE.
[BLEEP]
YOU'RE SHAKING. YOU NEED TO GET IN...
YEAH, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD WARM WATER IN A LITTLE WHILE.
WELL, YOU NEED TO GET IN THE THING, IN THE ROOM.
I'M STILL HIGH OFF OF MY ADRENALINE RUSH RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW. I KNOW.
THERE.
THIS IS THE WORST IT'S EVER BEEN, RIGHT NOW.
IT'S SO BAD.
♪♪
Fred: WE DON'T KNOW HOW STABLE THAT WALL IS.
THAT WHOLE THING COULD COME COLLAPSING IN.
YOUR DAMN HEAD IS LIKE A [BLEEP] PANCAKE.
DUSTIN COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THEM, RIGHT THERE.
THAT'D BEEN...
...BASICALLY THE END OF MY WORLD.
♪♪
Carlos: BY THE END OF THE SEASON,
THE STRESS THAT FRED IS FEELING RIGHT NOW...
CAN'T DREDGE.
CAN'T GET NO GOLD FOR MY FAMILY, MAN.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS, MAN.
STAY TUNED TILL THE END.
♪♪
ROUGH DAY TODAY.
I MESSED UP,
AND NOW I'VE GOT GIGANTIC ROCKS EVERYWHERE.
Narrator: CHASING A FORTUNE IN GOLD IN McKINLEY CREEK,
FRED AND DUSTIN CHEATED DEATH
WHEN A BOULDER FELL INTO THEIR HOLE.
NOW, GOOD THING THAT THIS... NOBODY GOT HURT, SO...
Narrator: THERE'S ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT BEFORE THE HARSH
ALASKAN WINTER ENDS THEIR SEASON,
BUT ALL DIVING IS ON HOLD UNTIL THEY MAKE THE DIVE SITE SAFE.
Fred: WE'VE GOT TO CLEAN OFF THOSE OVERHANGING ROCKS
OUT OF THAT WALL.
I MEAN, THEY ARE SERIOUS ROCKS OUT THERE.
I WANT TO PULL THE ROCKS OFF THE HILL AND PUT THEM
IN A SAFE PLACE WAY DOWNSTREAM.
MAN, WE DON'T HAVE TIME.
IF WE DRAG THOSE BIG ROCKS DOWNHILL
AND OUT OF THE HOLE AND BACK DOWNSTREAM,
IT'LL TAKE YOU TWO WEEKS.
THAT'S MORE TIME TO GIVE THE FLOODS A CHANCE TO COME
AND KILL US ALL AND FILL IN OUR HOLE.
WE FAILED LAST SEASON,
AND I CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.
I KNOW WE CAN DO IT.
OH, THE HISTORY OF THIS PLACE, THERE'S SO MUCH GOLD STILL HERE.
TOMORROW, WE'RE GONNA TRY A DIFFERENT
AND FASTER SYSTEM.
WE'LL MAKE AN ATTEMPT AT PULLING THEM BIG ROCKS,
AND WE'RE GONNA PULL EVERYTHING UPSTREAM.
SINCE WE'VE ALL LEFT OUR FAMILIES AND OUR BUSINESSES,
OUR JOBS BEHIND, IT'S A MUST THAT WE FIND THE GOLD.
OTHERWISE, WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE IN REALLY BAD SHAPE.
♪♪
Fred: AH, DUSTIN WANTS TO PULL ROCKS UPSTREAM,
BACK UP THAT WAY A LITTLE WAYS, GET IT OFF THE TOP OF US.
CARLOS, SO TODAY, WE ARE GONNA BE RUNNING A LINE
GOING FROM BLUE TO THAT BLOCK...
Carlos: YUP.
...BACK DOWN, AND WE'RE GONNA DRILL ALL THESE
AND START DRAGGING THEM AND STACKING THEM UP RIGHT THERE,
UNDERNEATH WHERE THAT CHAIN IS.
PERFECT. I LOVE IT.
Narrator: DUSTIN'S PLAN --
REROUTE THE WINCH UPSTREAM THROUGH TWO PULLEYS,
ATTACH THE LINE TO EACH ROCK WITH ANCHOR BOLTS
THEN DRAG THEM SAFELY UPSTREAM OUT OF THE DIVE SITE.
Dustin: THIS IS DANGEROUS, LIKE, EVEN JUST WHERE WE'RE STANDING
RIGHT NOW.
OH. I LIKE THAT MUCH BETTER.
IF I CAN GET ENOUGH ROCKS OUT OF THERE,
YOU COULD MAKE IT SAFE ENOUGH FOR, WELL, US NOT TO DIE.
I'M STARTING TO LOOK AT IT.
WILL THAT FIT? -IS IT GONNA HOLD?
-I THINK THIS WILL WORK. -OKAY.
WE DEFINITELY CAN'T PULL THEM DOWNSTREAM NOW
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TOO DEEP A HOLE.
Fred: WE COULD ALWAYS HAVE THE POSSIBILITY
OF PULLING ANCHOR BOLTS OUT, SOME OF THIS SHALE ROCK UP HERE
THAT'S NOT ALWAYS IN THE BEST OF SHAPE.
WE'LL SEE IF IT WOULD HOLD, BUT, YOU KNOW,
ALL YOU CAN DO IS JUST GIVE IT A TRY.
Carlos: LIFT THE BIT.
THAT'LL WORK.
Narrator: TO ATTACH A CABLE TO THE OVERHANGING BOULDERS,
A DIVER NEEDS TO POSITION THE DRILL BIT.
ALL RIGHT. PAUL, YOU GO DOWN.
LET'S START DRILLING BOULDERS AND PULL THEM ALL BACK
AS FAR AS WE CAN GET THEM OUT OF THE WAY.
Paul: YEAH.
BUT 75-YEAR-OLD FRED HAS OTHER IDEAS.
Fred: DUSTIN, THAT WALL IS JUST NOT SAFE ENOUGH
FOR ANYBODY TO BE DOWN THERE,
SO I WILL GO DOWN AND ASSESS THE SITUATION MYSELF
AND MAKE IT SAFE.
IS THERE ANY WAY I COULD GET YOU ON WINCH
INSTEAD OF IN THE WATER?
THE ROCKS -- YOU SAW WHAT SIZE THEY WERE.
I'M JUST SCARED YOU'RE GONNA DIE.
HE'S JUST NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO ME.
HE JUST WON'T DO IT.
Wes: YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WORRY ABOUT FRED
WHEN HE GOES DOWN LIKE THIS
BECAUSE HE IS THE OLDEST MAN ON THE TEAM,
AND HE'S NOT THE FASTEST ANYMORE AND NOT THE MOST AGILE.
Carlos: WHAT CAN I SAY, MAN?
LET'S JUST PRAY FOR THE BEST, WHICH I HAVE BEEN.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA DRILL THE HELL
OUT OF ALL THE TOP ROCKS
AND JUST KEEP GOING DOWN FROM THE TOP.
OKAY, IF THAT'S WHAT THE DEAL IS.
HEY, FRED.
LET'S JUST DO A FIRST TEST RUN TO SEE
IF THE ANCHORS ARE GONNA BLOW.
PAUL HAS GOT A DRILL IN HAND,
AND HE'S READY TO START DRILLING
[BLEEP] RIGHT THERE.
Narrator: FRED ATTACHES ANCHOR BOLTS
TO THE LETHAL OVERHANGING ROCKS
SO THEY CAN BE DRAGGED UP AND OUT OF THE DIVE SITE.
THE NEW UNTESTED PULLEY SYSTEM
COMES UNDER STRAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME.
PAUL, YOU'RE IN THE WORST SPOT EVER, DUDE.
IF THIS ANCHOR BLOWS, IT'S GONNA CUT YOU IN HALF.
♪♪
UH...YEP...
YEAH.
YEAH!
[BLEEP] THAT WAS FAST.
IT'S WORKING.
[ LAUGHS ]
Rich: EACH TIME WE GET ONE OF THESE BIG PIGS OUT OF THERE,
THAT'S ONE STEP CLOSER TO THE GOLD.
LET'S JUST START DRILLING AND PUNCHING THEM.
DRILL AND PUNCH.
THIS IS GONNA BE REAL EASY, I HOPE.
WE'RE GONNA BE HITTING THIS SO HARD,
I WANT TO SEE THIS HOLE BACK TO WHERE WE WERE IN NO TIME,
I MEAN, NO TIME.
WE HAVE TO GET THIS DONE FAST.
-OH! OH, HO! -MADE IT!
THAT WAS AWESOME!
A [BLEEP] NINJA, MAN.
THAT WAS AN AWESOME CATCH.
ALL RIGHT.
CAN I GET RID OF THAT ROCK COMING TOWARDS THE CAMP?
FRED, YOU'RE IN A GOOD SPOT?
ALL RIGHT. COMING UP, WES.
HERE WE GO. COMING UP AND...SWING.
FRED. MOVE, MOVE, MOVE, MOVE, MOVE.
FRED, FRED, FRED!
HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND
WHY I DON'T WANT HIM DOWN THERE.
Narrator: UP AHEAD...
LOOK AT THIS [BLEEP] GOLD!
JUST [BLEEP]
WE KNEW WITHOUT A DOUBT
THAT THERE WAS GOLD DOWN THERE.
♪♪
Wes: YEAH. THAT [BLEEP] WASN'T IT?
Narrator: AT McKINLEY CREEK,
WINTER IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
THE DAKOTA BOYS ARE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE
OF A NUGGET TRAP THAT COULD HOLD MILLIONS IN GOLD.
Dustin: IF IT DOESN'T FLOOD, IT WILL SNOW,
AND EVERY SINGLE DAY IS PRECIOUS.
IF WE DON'T GET A LOT OF WORK DONE EVERY DAY,
WE WILL NEVER FINISH THIS.
I WILL SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE
WONDERING WHAT THE HELL IS DOWN THERE.
ANYBODY WHO DREDGES DOWN THERE RIGHT NOW,
THE CHANCES OF DYING ARE HUGE.
Narrator: THEIR 18-FOOT HOLE IS SURROUNDED BY LOOSE BOULDERS
THAT COULD FALL AT ANY TIME, CRUSHING ANY DIVER BENEATH THEM.
TODAY IS ALL ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE THIS SAFE FOR THE DIVERS.
THE GOAL IS TO TAKE THE FIRST 12 TO 15 FEET
OF GIANT HANGERS OVER FROM MY HEAD.
Paul: TOMORROW WE'LL GO IN A LITTLE...
THAT CRACK AT THE BOTTOM.
Carlos: THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH.
OKAY.
Fred: OOH, WHEE!
WE CAN'T PULL ON IT UNTIL IT WIGGLES.
TODAY'S RULE -- IT MUST WIGGLE
BEFORE YOU PULL ON IT.
I'M GONNA HAND YOU DOWN THE BLASTER.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF YOU CAN GET IT WIGGLED LOOSE,
BUT DON'T DROP IT INTO THE [BLEEP] BOTTOM.
Narrator: TO FREE THE WIDOW-MAKER,
FRED BREAKS UP THE MATERIAL
HOLDING IT IN PLACE WITH HIS GOLD BLASTER.
♪♪
PAUL, SUIT UP!
AHH.
[BLEEP]
THAT'S LIKE CARRYING A COUPLE BAGS OF CONCRETE.
WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE A LOT OF WEIGHT ON OUR BACKS
BECAUSE THAT CURRENT IS SO BAD, AND, LIKE, FOR ME, I'M SO LIGHT,
SO IT JUST WANTS TO JUST TWIRL ME
LIKE I'M IN A WASHING MACHINE.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO DO THIS.
BECAUSE, SEE, WE'VE GOT TO GET OTHER DIVERS IN THERE.
WE CAN'T DO IT WITH JUST ONE DIVER AND ONE DIVER ALONE,
AND WE GOT TO DO THAT TO GET DOWN TO THE BOTTOM
TO GET TO THE GOLD.
NOBODY WANTS TO GET CRUSHED BY ONE OF THOSE ROCKS.
YOU'D NEVER SEE THE ROCK COMING AT YOU UNTIL AFTER IT HITS YOU.
Paul: SO WHAT'S THE GAME PLAN?
I'M GONNA SEND YOU OVER HERE WITH THE DREDGE,
AND IF YOU COULD EXPOSE THAT BIG ROCK?
YUP.
LET'S RUN THEM, GET THEM FREED UP.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT, FROM THE BOTTOM.
Dustin: OKAY.
AHH.
♪♪
Narrator: THE PLAN -- TO DISLODGE THE WIDOW-MAKER
AND MAKE THE DIVE SITE SAFE,
McKINLEY VETERAN PAUL RICHARDSON DREDGES
ON THE FACE OF THE WALL
WHILE FRED BLASTS MATERIAL ABOVE HIM.
Dustin: YEAH.
AND, PAUL, YOU ARE TWISTED [BLEEP] UP
ON THIS HOSE.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S RELAX.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
JUST RELAX. JUST RELAX.
Paul: SHUT THIS OFF.
Narrator: RICH TURNS OFF THE MOTOR
POWERING FRED'S GOLD BLASTER TO CLEAR THE WATER.
PAUL NEEDS TO SEE.
FRED, YOU'RE NOT CUTTING ANYMORE, ARE YOU?
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, PAUL. YOU'RE COMING BACK, RIGHT?
AHH. -ALL RIGHT, PAUL.
WE'RE... YOU GOT TO COME UP, MAN.
PAUL IS IN A SCARY SITUATION.
HE'S IN THE BOTTOM OF A HOLE,
AND HE CAN'T GET HIMSELF UNTANGLED.
THE BOTTOM, RIGHT NOW, IS A DANGER ZONE.
ALL RIGHT. CALM DOWN. THIS IS A MESS.
I NEED YOU TO CALM DOWN, FOR REAL.
LIKE, WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING, STOP DOING IT.
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
I JUST NEED YOU TO QUIT IT FOR JUST A SECOND.
CAN I PULL ON YOU A LITTLE BIT?
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, PAUL.
I NEED YOU START BREATHING LONG BREATHS, DUDE,
LONG BREATHS.
IF YOU HYPERVENTILATE, YOU'RE GONNA PASS OUT.
PAUL. PAUL...
I KNOW. YOU NEED TO SLOW DOWN.
SLOW DOWN. SLOW DOWN.
YOU CAN BREATHE.
IT'S OKAY.
CALM DOWN. YOU'RE PANICKING, DUDE.
YOU'RE PANICKING.
SLOW DOWN.
STOP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING, MAN.
YOU'RE FREAKING ME OUT.
PAUL, CAN YOU HEAR ME? PAUL!
♪♪
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
Narrator: PAUL RICHARDSON'S AIRLINE AND UMBILICAL
ARE TANGLED AROUND HIS DREDGE HOSE,
TRAPPING HIM 18 FEET DOWN IN THE DIVE HOLE
UNDERNEATH A 1,500-POUND BOULDER.
PANIC KILLS, BRO.
FEAR KILLS, AND WHEN FEAR AND PANIC GETS TOGETHER,
THAT'S LIKE A LOADED GUN TO YOUR FRICKING HEAD, MAN.
DON'T GO DOWN THERE.
PAUL, I NEED YOU TO CALM DOWN, DUDE.
YOU'RE FREAKING OUT.
YOU'RE GONNA HYPERVENTILATE, AND THEN I CAN'T HELP YOU.
PAUL?
I NEED YOU TO BREATHE, OKAY?
I NEED YOU TO SLOW YOUR BREATHING DOWN.
I NEED YOU TO CALM DOWN. THERE YOU GO.
THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT, RIGHT THERE.
NEED TO HAVE YOU COME BACK, ALMOST ALL THE WAY UP,
JUST OVER THE THRESHOLD AND THEN BACK UNDER IT.
Paul: UGH.
CAN YOU MAKE IT UP?
ALL RIGHT.
HEY. CONNECT THE HOSE TO THE WINCH,
AND LET'S PULL HIM UP.
WE HAVE AN IDEA TO HELP YOU.
WE ARE THINKING ABOUT PULLING THE HOSE
ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE DREDGE.
GET HOOKED INTO THE NOZZLE.
Narrator: CARLOS' PLAN --
ATTACH A CABLE TO THE DREDGE NOZZLE
AND WINCH PAUL AND HIS HOSE SAFELY UP OUT OF THE DIVE HOLE.
KEEP YOUR BREATHING DOWN.
I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO PASS OUT.
PAUL! JUST HOOK IT UP, SOMEBODY.
WE'RE COMING UP ON IT.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET HIM OUT OF HERE.
♪♪
OKAY. YOU'RE OKAY.
YEAH, YEAH. I GOT YOU.
[BLEEP] THAT'S ALL GOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
GOOD, YEAH. GOOD, YEAH.
-HOW ARE YOU, BROTHER? -I'M GOOD.
YOU SCARED ME FOR A SECOND, MAN.
SOMEHOW, I ACTUALLY TIED MYSELF IN A KNOT
AROUND THE DREDGE HOSE.
YEAH, FOR A MOMENT, I PANICKED.
I DIDN'T WANT YOU PASSING OUT.
YOU WERE CLOSE. -YEAH.
WELL, I'M GLAD YOU'RE STILL BREATHING, MAN.
IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN, STOP EVERYTHING.
CALM THE [BLEEP] DOWN.
YEAH.
AND THEN EVERYTHING BECOMES EASIER.
WANT TO TRY AGAIN?
UH, YEAH.
ALL RIGHT.
SLOW DOWN. TAKE FIVE OR SIX BREATHS.
ALL RIGHT?
Narrator: CONQUERING HIS FEAR,
PAUL VOLUNTEERS TO GO BACK AND REMOVE THE WIDOW-MAKER.
HOW YOU DOING DOWN THERE?
COMING UP, BUDDY.
♪♪
Fred: [BLEEP] THAT WAS OVER MY HEAD, HUH?
YUP.
GOOD JOB, MAN.
♪♪
Fred: WE PULLED ALL THE ROCKS AND BIG HANGERS OFF THE WALL.
IT'S A WHOLE LOT SAFER FOR THE DIVERS TO GO DOWN THERE NOW.
Narrator: AFTER A DAY'S WORK, THE CREW CAN FINALLY GET BACK
TO DREDGING TOWARDS THE NUGGET TRAP.
Dustin: EVERYTHING IS GOING PERFECT RIGHT NOW.
-OH! -TOUCHDOWN!
[ LAUGHTER ]
Paul: FELL?
-YEAH. -UH-OH.
Fred: TELL ME THEY GOT A GoPro ON THAT.
OH! -[BLEEP]
DUSTIN FACE-PLANT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Dustin: I'M HAPPY TO DO IT, FRED.
COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED TO A BETTER GUY.
I GOT WATER ITCH.
YOU GOT FLEAS, FRED?
YEAH, WATER FLEAS.
TURNS MINE INTO DREADLOCKS.
Rich: IF I HAD A BUNCH OF HAIR,
MINE WOULD DO THAT, TOO.
THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T. YOU'VE BEEN IN IT TOO LONG.
Dustin: ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
WE HAD A GOOD DAY, BUT TOMORROW, LET'S HIT IT HARD.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW.
TWO WEEKS OF THAT CRACK,
I MEAN, WE'RE GETTING REALLY FAR DOWN IN THERE.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING DOWN HERE AT ALL,
I THINK THE GOLD IS GONNA BE HUGE.
I GOT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE, DUDE.
LISTEN. MY FAMILY IS HUGELY INVESTED IN THIS.
Paul: OUR BIGGEST THING IS GONNA BE MOTHER NATURE.
WE GOT TO BEAT MOTHER NATURE.
Fred: WELL, WE KNOW THAT.
YEAH. WE KNOW THAT.
GOOD JOB TODAY. -ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS.
GETTING THE GOLD MEANS A BETTER LIFE
FOR MY BABY DAUGHTER, YOU KNOW?
THIS MEANS A BETTER LIFE FOR MY FAMILY.
Dustin: I NEED TO FIND SOME GOLD
FOR THE CREW, FOR ME, FOR EVERYONE.
[ SIGHS ]
IF THERE'S NOT GOLD THERE IN THAT CRACK,
YOU'RE GONNA SEE A GROWN MAN CRY.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO.
♪♪
TODAY, MY GOAL IS TO GO DOWN AND FINISH THIS HOLE.
I HOPE BY THE END OF THIS DAY, I'LL HAVE FINISHED THE CRACK,
AND I'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S DOWN THERE.
Narrator: FOR 3 1/2 MONTHS, THE DAKOTA BOYS HAVE BATTLED
MOTHER NATURE, DIGGING 18 FEET DOWN TO BEDROCK
AND PUSHING UPSTREAM TO THE VERY DEEPEST SPOT.
THEY CAN NOW FINALLY FIND OUT
IF IT CONTAINS A FORTUNE IN GOLD.
Fred: TOOK US WEEKS, MONTHS, TO GET HERE.
WE'RE SO CLOSE TO SO MUCH GOLD.
I'M PERSONALLY HOPING FOR NUGGETS.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, RICH AND I ARE GOING DOWN TODAY.
IT'S BEEN A HARD SEASON.
YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED YOUR ASS OFF,
BUT I NEED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM AND SEE WHAT'S IN IT.
Paul: A THOUSAND OUNCES WILL FIT IN A SMALL AREA.
IT ONLY TAKES ONE POCKET.
-ONE SPOT. -YEAH.
I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO COME BACK HERE
AND DIG THIS HOLE AGAIN.
SO THIS IS THE ONLY CHANCE
WE HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT'S DOWN THERE.
Narrator: AFTER TWO LONG HARD SEASONS,
DUSTIN AND RICH WILL NOW ATTEMPT THEIR DEEPEST DIVE EVER,
HOPING TO REACH THOUSANDS OF OUNCES OF GOLD.
MY FRICKING STOMACH AND CHEST IS IN KNOTS RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS IT, MAN.
WE'RE AT THE END OF OUR JOURNEY, GO HOME TO TELL MY FAMILY
THAT ALL OUR HARD WORK PAID OFF, AND THIS HAS TO PAY OUT.
I WANT GOLD IN MY POCKET.
I WANT TO FIND THE BOTTOM
AND FIND OUT WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
Carlos: FINISH IT, DUDE.
♪♪
GET IT, BROTHER. GO GET IT.
YOU FIND THAT GOLD FOR ME.
MY FAMILY WILL THANK YOU, BRO.
THE WEATHER IS REALLY CHANGEABLE HERE.
YOU COULD DEFINITELY GET SNOWED IN OVERNIGHT.
WE HAVE TO WATCH OUR FORECAST FOR ANY SIGNS OF RAIN
BECAUSE RAIN TURNS INTO SLEET AND THEN SNOW.
I REMEMBER JOHN SCHNABEL.
HE USED TO CLOSE UP USUALLY BY THIS TIME
BECAUSE HE SAID HE NEVER WANTED TO GET CAUGHT BY SNOW,
AND IF SNOW HITS US,
THAT'S DEFINITELY THE END OF YOUR SEASON.
♪♪
Fred: DUSTIN, WHAT'S GOING ON?
Narrator: WITH WINTER THREATENING TO END THEIR SEASON,
DUSTIN AND RICH ARE DIVING FOR THE LAST TIME,
CHASING A MONSTER PILE OF GOLD IN A CRACK ON BEDROCK.
Carlos: RICHARD IS CLEARING A PATH,
AND DUSTIN, HE'S COMING RIGHT BEHIND HIM
AND PICKING IT UP.
Narrator: OVER TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS,
NUGGETS OF GOLD WASHED DOWN THIS CREEK
AND SETTLED AT THE LOWEST POINT ON THE BEDROCK.
WHEN THEY REACH THAT, THEY'LL KNOW AT LAST
IF THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE RICH.
I WANT TO LOOK THERE.
THIS IS THE BASKET WE'RE PUTTING ALL OUR EGGS INTO, RIGHT HERE.
Fred: DUSTIN?
YEAH, RIGHT NOW,
IT'S STARTING TO RAIN A LITTLE BIT.
Rich: I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOT THAT MUCH TIME.
IT'S A TIME BOMB IF THIS THING FLOODS, MAN.
YEAH! YEAH, YOU DID!
-[ LAUGHING ] -WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
[BLEEP] YEAH.
[ LAUGHING ]
Narrator: AFTER SEVEN HOURS,
THEY'VE DREDGED THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE CRACK
AND SENT ANY GOLD UP TO THE SLUICE BOX.
Fred: SOMETIMES, YOU'RE HOT. SOMETIMES, YOU'RE NOT.
TODAY, WE WERE HOT.
YEAH!
-AHH! -GOLD, BUDDY.
THAT'S IT, HUH?
-GOOD JOB! -[BLEEP]
-WE GOT IT, FRED. -GOOD JOB, MAN. GOOD JOB.
THANKS, BUDDY.
UGH.
A LOT OF EFFORT WENT INTO DIGGING THIS HOLE OUT.
WHOO! -OH, MY [BLEEP]
-[BLEEP] NUGGETS, BOYS! -OH, [BLEEP] YEAH!
WHOO!
[ LAUGHTER ]
LOOK AT THOSE NUGGETS, DUDE!
Fred: DUDE, DREDGING IN THAT CRACK DID THE JOB.
I KNOW.
-[BLEEP] -GOOD JOB, MAN.
OH, GOD, DUDE.
Dustin: THIS IS EXCITING, THOUGH.
WE KNEW WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT THERE WAS GOLD DOWN THERE.
I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT HOW MUCH IS IN THERE.
WE'LL DO A CLEANUP, AND WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT WE GOT.
ALL RIGHT.
WHEW.
I WANT TO JUST FEEL THIS.
WE MADE THIS HAPPEN.
Fred: YOU LOOK BACK.
YOU SAY, "LOOK WHERE WE ARE.
LOOK WHAT WE DID."
UNBELIEVABLE.
THIS IS THE END OF A VERY LONG CHAPTER.
THINK ABOUT IT, TWO SEASONS, MAN.
♪♪
WHEN YOU GET OLD,
AND YOU'RE GONNA GET OLD ONE OF THESE DAYS,
YOU START REALIZING, YOU LIVE ON MEMORIES.
WELL, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE FOR THIS DAY, MAN.
Wes: SO I'M CLEANING UP OUR CONCENTRATES,
GETTING THE GOLD SEPARATED FROM EVERYTHING ELSE.
I'M PRETTY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT I'M SEEING.
WE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE'D GET IN THE CRACK,
AND HERE WE ARE, CLEANED IT OUT.
YOU SHOULD HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH FOR THAT.
LOOK AT THIS [BLEEP] GOLD!
Wes: THAT'S STARTING TO LOOK PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, BOYS.
OH, MY [BLEEP]
THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN THAT CARPET.
-I LOVE MY [BLEEP] JOB. -YEAH, MAN.
THANK YOU, GUYS FOR [BLEEP] STICKING WITH ME, MAN.
[BLEEP]
WE HAD CAVE-INS, AND THE WALLS GOT DANGEROUS,
AND THINGS GOT REALLY BAD AND SCARY, MAN.
BUT I'M GLAD Y'ALL SURVIVED THIS [BLEEP]
[ LAUGHTER ]
LET'S GET IT WEIGHED UP AND FIND OUT WHAT IT IS.
Narrator: COMING UP ON THE SEASON FINALE
OF "GOLD RUSH: WHITE WATER"...
Dustin: WELL, WE GOT SOME GOLD, GUYS,
MOMENT OF TRUTH.
[BLEEP]