Soaring gold prices and plummeting fuel costs create a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to strike it rich and break records during the shortest season yet.
A young Parker Schnabel moves to the Yukon to mine under the King of the Klondike, Tony Beets. But what starts as a mentorship, quickly turns into a battle for power and gold.
Modern miners follow in the footsteps of the original gold rush pioneers.
Tony Beets buys and builds insane mining gear ... is he a genius or madman?
Gold miners push themselves to the limit while traveling the globe.
Parker bets on a risky claim and loses a key team member. Tony storms a new cut with a fleet of new mega machines. Rick's skeleton crew pulls off a miracle. Fred heads to Klondike seeking an alliance.
Parker pivots to a new cut, hoping to reverse his cash flow. Rick's season rests in the hands of a green mechanic. Tony taps a favorite honey hole and welcomes a new addition. Fred finds gold in the wilderness.
Rick's crew races to rescue a greenhorn and her rock truck. In a rush to get on the gold, Parker's team sends water flooding into their claim. Tony's team attempts a Stone Age fix to keep his operation running.
Tony's confronted with news that throws him into a tailspin. Fred banks his first gold of the season. Parker's crew stalls out at the Airstrip.
Parker cranks up Sluicifer to fuel his big gamble while Fred faces shutdown after a surprise inspection. Brennan sinks Rick's 475 bulldozer hunting for new ground.
Tony returns to defeat the Hunker Creek curse and bank some quick gold. Rick puts Brennan in charge of finding new ground. Fred bets big on a new wash plant.
Parker returns to Promised Land but the claim owner's grandson threatens to derail a big pay day. Tony calls in his secret weapon to get down to pay at the new 80 pup cut. Fred risks destroying the new wash plant when hauling down a steep road.
Parker hatches a cunning move to limit the royalties he pays Tony at the Airstrip. Tony's sons fight frozen pay at 80 Pup and a sluice box disaster. Rick gets helps from an unexpected person.
Parker breaks out Big Red to double his gold. Rick's wash plant disintegrates in front of his own eyes. Freddy Dodge spots a flaw in Fred's set up.
Fred's team gather for the critical first weigh-in post-sluicing. Tony faces unexpected repairs while Freddy and Juan soup up a massive trommel.
Parker clocks his first double-gold weigh of the year. Tony discovers a new glory hole. Rick calls Freddy and Juan to keep Rocky alive.
Parker does the unthinkable to get down to gold. Fred Lewis sends his son-in-law packing.
Rick pivots to chase a vein of gold-rich paydirt that's bankrupted other Keno miners. Parker heads to Alaska to prospect, leaving Mitch with a difficult decision to make at the Airstrip. Tony targets white channel paydirt to turn his season around.
Parker gambles 100 ounces to prospect Little Eldorado Creek in Alaska. Fred confronts a crew member with a secret. Rick launches a risky mission to rescue Monster Red. Tony's crew sink the new D11 chasing gold rich white channel pay.
Parker gets a lead on virgin ground at Cleary Creek in Alaska. Rick puts Brennan to the test as the night foreman in the Rally Valley. A quick fix on Tony's trommel feeder balloons into a major headache.
Parker finally runs paydirt and weighs his first gold from Mud Mountain. Fred scrambles to locate a better way to clean his increasing gold hauls. Tony invents a faster way to move excavators and stay on the white channel gold.
Rick strikes a pay layer in a sea of Rally Valley overburden. Fred speeds up the team's gold production at California Creek, resulting in a devastating setback. Tony's determined to put an end to his wet paydirt problems at 80 Pup.
Rick soups up Monster Red to battle the rocky and increasingly rich Rally Valley pay. Parker tasks Tyson with running Bad Cut on a skeleton crew. Fred fights a flood to stay on the gold.
Parker risks destroying Big Red to finally find Mud Mountain's big gold. Rick's forced to slow down his operation when massive rocks threaten to destroy Monster Red. Tony heads to the Yukon River for a quick cash infusion.
As gold from Mud Mountain rolls in Parker's crew builds a massive pad to get through the Ugly Cut in record time. Fred forms an unexpected partnership to double his gold. Tony revives his Indian River plans.
Rick calls in his secret weapon to get down to the Rally Valley pay layer. Parker splurges big to keep his operation running. Fred's new alliance with the Claytons is tested when their cut is flooded.
Rick hits it big in Rally Valley while Tony prospects new ground in Keno. Tensions rise in California Creek when Fred and Clayton get shut down.
Parker's team missteps and cripples Big Red. Tony heads back to Hunker, determined to reverse the curse.
Parker gambles on another record and Rick shoots for another personal best.
