All right, let's hit freedom, guys.
Freedom. Oh.
100 miles from Indian River, high up in the Yukon wilderness.
We've had a lot of problems this season.
The bills are stacking up.
I've spent 80,000 more on fuel this season than last season.
All ready to come back next season.
We've got to finish strong.
You know, right now it's do or die.
Third year mine boss Fred Lewis is in the fight of his life.
Deep in debt. He needs 200oz to save his mining career.
But with time running out.
He's 62oz short.
That 200 is looking very bleak.
We would have to have our best clean out this this week in order to even come close to
it. But it ain't over till the fat lady sings.
We're going to fight to the end.
We're going for it.
Fred's Hail Mary plan open up a new corner of the freedom cut on a last ditch hunt for the
elusive gold rich quartz vein running through his claim.
The gold isn't consistent here.
You have to chase that treasure map.
If we can't get to this pay, there's no freaking way we're going to hit our 200 ounce
goal. It has to come out of the freedom cut.
All their lives are impacted by this.
Every miner I have here is relying on this to work.
So I've put a lot of people at risk and myself and my family included.
This has to work.
And we're just going to fight every step along the way.
If we can't pull it off, we're done.
Push, push, pull.
Keep this show going.
I could care less about the mud, the cold and everything goes along with it.
If I don't quit, whatever it takes.
Everyone wants to go home, wants to see their loved ones, but also understands that if we
don't do what we came here to do, there isn't a next time.
The whole thing is trying to get financial freedom and to be able to set it up for your
family to be able to go and give them the life that they deserve.
Hey, Christopher. How's that dozer going?
Moving smooth.
All right. Keep it up, bud. There is no other option.
Fred gives stepson Chris the critical job of stripping overburden in the 53 ton Komatsu
dozer.
He's pretty new. Buzz is right there beside him.
He's been training him.
Right now, I'm seeing good control.
I'm seeing he's pushing the blade at the right depth.
He's not going too deep.
I'm freaking stoked because my son is stepping up.
We have a ton of muck that we got to move before we can get down to pay.
Things are starting to freeze because of how wet it is.
Is either sloppy or it's ice.
And this dozer, even though it's got big ass tracks and it's heaviest, it caused me to
slip a little bit here and there.
Buzz. I need you to come rescue me.
Like time now.
Dude, I got myself stuck.
How the hell did you do that?
I'm literally backing up to push forward, and then I just stop moving.
Okay, I'll come and try and pull you with the 460.
Hopefully it will work.
Try not to break swing gear again.
Are you stuck, Christopher?
Yes. Obviously.
All right. Okay. Just listen to Buzz and hopefully you guys can get it out pretty
quick.
All right. What do you want me doing here?
Hey, try. Try forward.
The 315 horsepower for 60 is Fred's most powerful excavator.
Yeah, but we're still going nowhere.
Hey, guys, you can making some progress over there or is it completely stuck?
I'm trying to push and drive, you see.
I'm just spinning here.
Without that dozer, we can't rip.
We can't push up this overburden.
That dozer stuck.
We're completely. What's the deal?
Still trying.
Just smoking, bro.
Shut it out. Shut it.
Out. Chris For what?
The going on.
You okay? Okay.
Yeah. What happened?
Start smoking.
On a desperate hunt for a gold rich hotspot in the freedom cut.
Fred's dozer has gone up in smoke.
Well, Buzz, what do you think it is, dude?
Obviously, it's nothing good.
Great. Bit of an incident with the with the dozer looks like it's freaking oil pressure
line.
Over revving the engine has blown a pressurized oil line spraying oil on the red
hot engine.
Lay it on me.
Like, What do you mean?
Yeah. Freaking have to get some oil and go find some parts.
This late in the game.
There's no way we're going to get parts in time.
There's no way we're going to get it fixed.
This bowl.
What do you say from here?
The tired of this. Everything's breaking that dozers done for me.