Season 3

Episodes • 2012

Parker Schnabel
Todd Hoffman
Jack Hoffman
Tony Beets
Freddy Dodge
Chris Doumitt
Jim Thurber
Rick Ness
Paul Christie
John Schnabel
The Long Road

1. The Long Road

41 min

Relive the most heart pounding and heart breaking moments of Gold Rush as the Hoffman crew and their rivals Parker Schnabel and 'Dakota’ Fred fight Mother Nature, mining machines and each other to get gold out of the ground in the frozen North.

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Million Dollar Season

2. Million Dollar Season

44 min

Loaded with bonus footage, production facts and tweets. Todd doubles down with two claims, twice the crew and twice the gear. Dakota Fred's glory hole is thought to contain millions in gold. Parker hires a new crew and sets his sights on new land.

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The Wrong Claim

3. The Wrong Claim

44 min

Dave faces disaster when he finds his new claim is un-minable. Todd is thousands of dollars in the hole and the 1000 ounce goal looks impossible. The Dakota boys face the threat of historic floods and Parker desperately needs to secure new ground.

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Secret Weapons

4. Secret Weapons

44 min

Todd does a deal on a new gold-rich claim to get Dave's crew back in action.The Dakota boys hire new miners and one is quickly terminated. Todd junks his old wash plant, and replaces it with the new Super-Trommel, and Parker sets an unprecedented goal to get $40,000 worth of gold in his first week.

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Battle of the Bridge

5. Battle of the Bridge

44 min

Todd Receives a suprise visit from his investor; a broken-down bulldozer causes problems for Dave Turin's crew.

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The Ultimatum

6. The Ultimatum

44 min

Todd's chief investor demands to see 100 ounces of gold in the next three weeks, or he will pull the plug on the Klondike operation. At Indian River, Dave Turin is on the gold. Parker's crew goes into meltdown when he forces them to replace a bridge, while Fred attempts to make a precision part for the 270's track out of scrap metal.

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Game Changer

7. Game Changer

44 min

Parker sets a hefty goal; Dave's mine faces a potential shutdown.

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Road To Gold

8. Road To Gold

44 min

Todd and his crew finally get to test the new Turbo Trommel. Dave pushes his crew to double their last clean out. The Dakota Boys receive a visit from an inspector with the power to shut down their mine and Parker brings in dynamite to blast a boulder.

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Up Smith Creek

9. Up Smith Creek

44 min

Todd faces closure; Parker receives bad news from his grandfather.

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Leprechaun Gold

10. Leprechaun Gold

44 min

Parker finds out about the fate of his Grandpa. Todd has to rebuild his turbo trammel, Indian River faces a shutdown and the Dakota boys investigate whether the Glory Hole is truly an ancient waterfall.

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Dozer Wars

11. Dozer Wars

44 min

Todd and Dave go to war over the dozer they both need to keep mining and Todd banks on finding virgin ground beneath a pile of dredge tailings. Parker faces a crew rebellion and Dakota Fred attacks the Glory Hole with his secret weapon- the bedrock shark.

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Pink Slip

12. Pink Slip

44 min

Parker hits bedrock at Emerson Trench; Todd shuts down the Quartz Creek operation; and Dave has a mishap with a bulldozer.

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The Merger

13. The Merger

44 min

Todd forces his crew and Dave's crew to merge into one team. The Dakota Boys use their new equipment to get back down to the bottom of the Glory Hole. Parker risks his life to get paydirt from an abandoned mine site down a dangerous mountain road.

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The Night Shift

14. The Night Shift

44 min

Tensions mount between the dayshift and nightshift as Todd pushes his men harder than ever. Parker battles his ancient washplant and the treacherous road from Discovery Claim while Dustin risks it all diving for hidden gold in the frozen glory hole water.

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Bedrock Blowout

15. Bedrock Blowout

44 min

Todd pushes the Big Red washplant to near breaking point on his best ground yet. Fred and Dustin battle to save a broken down excavator as water floods the glory hole and Parker faces his worst nightmare as the dangerous mine road claims its first victim.

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Redemption Road

16. Redemption Road

44 min

Out of Indian River paydirt, Todd comes up with a risky plan to hit his 1,000 ounce goal. A bad fall could put Fred out of the game, leaving Dustin to dig the glory hole. Parker worries his season is over but his grandpa is convinced he's near the motherlode.

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The Motherlode

17. The Motherlode

44 min

Winter strikes and the miners wage the final battle for the mother lode. The Hoffmans pull out a secret weapon to thaw frozen gold-rich paydirt. Dustin plunges into the freezing waters of the Glory Hole and Parker mines the last ground at Big Nugget.

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