Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan
Freddy helps mine owners who've sunk everything into their operations but are ready to call it quits.
Episodes
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E1 · Last Chance Gold
Freddy and Juan go to Arizona to help Fred and Malynda who are struggling due to the pandemic. After Fred's job loss, they need to turn a gold mining hobby into their main source of income.
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E2 · For Pete's Sake
In northwest Colorado Freddy and Juan are answering an SOS from a struggling minor on the brink of going bust. Dealing with superfine gold that is finding its way past the sluice box several fixes are recommended to save the Friedman mine.
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E3 · The Gold Devil
Freddy finds out the hard way that welding flat stock to repair a leaky trammel in the 120-degree Sonoran Desert can be hazardous to your health. The miners learn how to split boulders so they can mine the pay dirt beneath them.
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E4 · Young Guns
Jagger, Wylder, and Rider, three teenagers from Eastern Oregon who love gold mining convinced their parents to purchase a mine with lots of old equipment. Freddy and Juan spend 7 days searching for pay dirt and modifying their old trammel.
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E5 · A Fine Mess
On the banks of the San Miguel River the Macar family struggle with very fine gold that's difficult to catch. Using a 10-year-old wash plant with no moving parts, Freddy and Juan must find a way to capture more gold.
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E6 · Sink or Swim
Freddy and Juan head to Alaska to help a family of Marine Miners on the Bering Sea. Using an excavator on the back of a barge that can dig in 15 feet of water, Judy and Doug Martinson hope to make their operation more profitable.
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E1 · Bonanza or Bust
Freddy and Juan prepare for a new season of saving miners in despair.
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E2 · A Golden Promise
Freddy Dodge and Juan Ibarra attempt to turn Alaskan miner Clay Strickland's struggling mine into a profitable business. With a little help from his friends, Freddy and Juan help Clay fulfill a promise to his young daughter and late wife.
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E3 · The Trommageddon
Freddy and Juan meet Gold Rush veteran Jim Thurber to help turn a 130-year-old mine site in Oregon into a commercially viable mine. But with a team of rookies and a series of bottlenecks in their operation, it's an uphill battle.
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E4 · Dial F for Freddy
Freddy and Juan meet Gold Rush veteran Jim Thurber to help turn a 130-year-old mine site in Oregon into a commercially viable mine. But with a team of rookies and a series of bottlenecks in their operation, it's an uphill battle.
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E5 · Family Fortune
Freddy Dodge and Juan Ibarra help Colorado father and son team Gregg and Trever Morrill transform their fine gold recovery. But their fractured relationship becomes a major obstacle to the rescue.
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E6 · Busch Creek or Bust
In one of their toughest challenges to date, Freddy Dodge and Juan Ibarra fly to a remote mine in Alaska to help three miners struggling to make a profit. Without their trucks or tools, their ingenuity is pushed to the limit.
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E7 · The Gold Thief
Freddy and Juan face one of the toughest wash plant rebuilds of their careers as they battle a horrific clay problem in Montana rescuing the Scott family.
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E8 · Freddy's Gamble
Freddy and Juan race to the depths of the Yukon to help prospector and family man Derek Brown increase his gold recovery. If they succeed, they secure Derek's family's future, but if they fail, their reputation could be at stake.
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E9 · The Gold Wizard
When Juan's wife has a baby, Freddy faces a solo rescue to save the father-and-son M&M mine in the Yukon. With the family unable to mine another year if they can't capture more fine gold, Freddy's fixes become do or die.
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E10 · For Love of Nuggets
The guys travel to British Columbia to save a recluse miner living off grid. With snow approaching, Freddy must persuade him to abandon his dreams of landing only monster-nuggets and to also focus on catching fine gold.
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E11 · Legend of Freddy and Juan
Freddy and Juan help their own operations in the off-season. Plus, they reveal how they got into gold and why they teamed up to help struggling miners.
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E1 · 30,000 Miles to Gold
Freddy and Juan deliver a mining masterclass, revealing their unique way of solving mechanical and historical puzzles. They revisit their most ingenious fixes and show how they approach problem-solving at every part of the mining process.
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E2 · Old Dog, New Tricks
A Nevada miner stages a last-ditch mining intervention to save his stubborn mine boss's 30-year-old mine; it won't be easy as they race to convert the rickety old plant into a new fine gold super sluice.
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E3 · High Country Hail Mary
In the Oregon mountains, Freddy and Juan face the challenging rescue of father-and-son miners on the brink of failure; what starts as a difficult water situation leads Freddy to discover an even bigger issue: their ground may have no gold.
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E4 · Married to the Mine
A "one-man band" British Columbia miner needs Freddy and Juan to triple his gold to avoid ruin. But once the rescue begins, it quickly becomes too much work for a solo operation -- meaning that the miner's reluctant wife must learn to use heavy machinery.
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E5 · The Nugget Factor
Married Montana miners dream of building a gold mining dynasty on their nugget-rich claim. But the valley's patchy pay and a critical failure at the wash plant lead to Freddy and Juan facing their first-ever failed rescue.
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E6 · True Gold
A trio of Idaho miners struggles to find enough gold. To save them, Freddy and Juan bring new ingenuity to keep their mine alive. First, Freddy must identify a heavy, mysterious material he's never seen before, hindering their clean-ups.
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E7 · Golden Boy
A 17-year-old mining prodigy, his father and grandfather wrestle with wintry weather to get their season underway in central Alaska. With another snowstorm brewing on the horizon, Freddy and Juan race to complete fixes before it's too late
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E8 · Brothers in Arms
Mining struggles threaten to destroy the deep bond of two mining brothers recently reunited in Montana. Finding a mysterious lack of gold in gold country, Freddy and Juan must successfully execute a high-stakes treasure hunt.
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E9 · Rigs to Riches
In British Colombia, the Paradis brothers left the oil fields to follow their mining dream 12 years ago, but they can barely find gold. Juan rushes to modify the wash plant to save their dream while Freddy hunts for completely new ground.
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E10 · Home Is Where the Gold Is
A British Columbia family sold everything to purchase a 150-acre gold-rich property to mine and homestead. But as their families grow, their gold production does not. Shutdowns and broken equipment send Freddy and Juan's plans off track, forcing all-new ingenuity.
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E11 · Gold Habits Die Hard
In his last roll-of-the-dice, a struggling Oregon miner brings in Freddy and Juan to double his gold, which will convince best friend Terry to invest in his Oregon mine. The duo proposes a radical fix, but they may have bitten off more than they can chew.
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E12 · Army of Juan
Juan finds himself in an impossible situation with two Montana soldiers desperate to find enough gold to retire from the military. But with the winter freeze just days away, he calls in critical help from another Gold Rush legend.
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E13 · The Lost Rescue
Freddy and Juan showcase a never-before-seen "Lost Rescue," a situation that pushed the pros to their limit and beyond and give new info into their most challenging rescues yet.
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E1 · For Family and Fortune
Freddy and Juan reflect on the high-stakes rescues of miners striving to establish a legacy for their families. They check in with them, show exclusive footage and get a surprise visit from some unexpected guests.
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E2 · Valley of Riches
The fate of a rookie mountain miner lies in the balance after he sinks his life savings into a British Columbia placer claim. With fine gold proving tricky to capture, Freddy and Juan must develop all-new ideas to boost recovery.
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E3 · Grand Canyon Gold Gamble
Freddy and Juan face a failing gold mine in the Arizona Desert, run by a nephew and his uncle living on the claim. With their money exhausted, the guys devise an ingenious cost-cutting system with their first-ever solar-powered operation.
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E4 · Bust or Gold Boom?
Freddy and Juan rescue a British Columbia miner on his final season without a miracle. They overhaul his operation and search for new ground, leading to one of the most shocking endings yet.
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E5 · Carolina Gold
Freddy and Juan fly to an urgent SOS from a former Marine's mine in North Carolina. Inherited from his war buddy, the miner's dated operation will be the guys' biggest challenge without using any of their equipment.
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E6 · Dry or Die
In Arizona, a scientist turned miner gambles his retirement to secure a legacy for his son. Against logic, Freddy and Juan must turn up the heat to fix the miner's innovative, self-designed "dry washer" to save the mine.
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E7 · Nature's ATM
Freddy and Juan must revive a failing 50-year-old wash plant in Montana's gold-filled mountains, where a mining family must not only turn around the gold mine but also turn a profit to save their aviation business.
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E8 · Fire on the Mountain
Freddy and Juan find a group of rookie miners in British Columbia inspired by what they saw on TV. The guys bring an old wash plant back to life, but things take a turn when a fire breaks out on the mountain.
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E9 · Zeroes to Golden Heroes
An Oregon miner calls Freddy and Juan to help save his mine to pass it on to his greenhorn son. They give the son valuable know-how but discover the property has been completely mined out. It becomes an all-out prospecting hunt to save their dream.
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E10 · Monsoon Millions
Under the threat of severe thunderstorms and floods during monsoon season in Arizona, Freddy and Juan must not only fix the group of friends' operation but also race to recover enough gold to stop the investor from pulling out.
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E11 · School of Hard Rocks
California Freddy and Juan's first hard rock operation takes an unexpected turn when a million-dollar discovery raises the stakes amid big fixes.
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E12 · Pay Dirt to Profit
In California, Freddy and Juan rescue their first-ever hard rock operation. As stakes heat up with big fixes, Freddy makes a million-dollar discovery.
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E1 · Pipe Dreams
At a Cascades hard rock mine, Freddy and Juan tackle tough rock across 3 levels at 4000ft. They create a 180ft chute with spiral concentrator for their first Washington rescue.
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E2 · Gold Today, Gone Tomorrow
When nuggets dry up on a couple's mine, the guys must crack the case: The miners or the mine? Battling a faulty operation, they build a new shaker table and a never-before-seen sluice scissor mechanism, making everything out of nothing.
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E3 · Blue Channel Gold
When Freddy and Juan get an SOS from an Oregon couple, they must unravel an underground mystery buried beneath a dried riverbed. Facing misleading dredge tailings and a faulty homemade wash plant, the guys call in all-new tech, last hope.
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E4 · The Goldy Locks
An all-female mine crew in Arizona struggles to mine for legendary riches. As temps soar, Freddy and Juan scramble to build more efficient solutions and locate higher-grade gold in an ambitious attempt to triple the women's production.
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E5 · All the Pretty Gold
Two rookie miners in MT desperately need to double their gold after a disastrous start to the season. Battling a personal crisis, Juan rejoins Freddy as they follow signs of old mining tunnels and use new technology to uncover ancient river channel gold.
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E6 · Tricks of the Mine
Freddy and Juan expose the truth behind the pitfalls of gold-hungry miners they've encountered over the years. Checking in with them, they share decades' worth of mining tips and tricks on how to avoid expensive mistakes and strike gold.
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E7 · Shake Rattle and Gold
A BC miner fights to set up a legacy mine for his son, located beside the gold-rich Fraser River. With his money exhausted, Freddy and Juan resurrect a boneyard shaker and Franken-build an entire wash plant to triple production, saving a father's dream.
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E8 · The Jig Is Up
A mining pair finds no gold in BC's gold rush region. Freddy and Juan struggle with a dual-plant upgrade and battle "The Octopus," a complex wash plant.
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E9 · Mining Miracles
Freddy and Juan test their innovative mining solutions using advanced tech and expert welding. The pair demonstrates their greatest gold recovery breakthroughs and creative fixes.
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E10 · Truth or Dare
A mining pair finds no gold in prime BC rush territory. Freddy and Juan struggle with a dual-plant upgrade and battle "The Octopus," a complex wash plant.
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E1 · Great Klondike Gold Hunt
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E2 · Last Stand in Silver City
Hoping to right the mining mistakes of his father, a rookie Idaho miner closes his failing 30-year-old auto business to chase gold in the remote Idaho Hills. But with a failing hobby plant and no gold, a desperate rescue turns into a tough reality check.
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E3 · Firestorm Fortunes
In the Yukon, Freddy and Juan tackle their most extensive treasure hunt yet: 288 claims across 6,000 acres and double the breakdowns. As the seconds tick away on the miner's season, the duo teams up with a local expert to find the gold.
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E4 · Million-Dollar Mine Mayhem
Freddie and Juan attempt the most complex mine rescue to date. The mine needs help on every front. The rescue duo pulls up their sleeves in an attempt to save this million dollar mine and help the miners try to make a profit.
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E5 · Bedrock Bottom
With a family facing ruin, setbacks, and soaring debt on their BC mine, it's up to Juan and prospecting experts Jeff and Sophia Bond to save them. Using 6,000 pounds of steel, Juan creates his largest-ever hopper build to get a massive gold increase.
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E6 · It's a Hard-Rock Life
Freddy and Juan fight to save a broke father of seven's hard rock mine.
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E7 · Bear Down
Gold Rush legend Dave Turin joins Juan in Alaska for an impossible mission: a full plant rebuild. In one of their most epic challenges yet, the duo faces a major setback while turning a family's in-laws' hobby plant into a lasting legacy.
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E8 · Double Trouble
A familiar miner in Alaska desperately needs 150 ounces of gold to save their operation. But when Juan learns that their landowner's mine is halfway to $1M in the hole, he and Gold Rush legend Dave Turin face their first-ever double rescue
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E9 · The Lost Tapes
Freddy and Juan reveal lost rescue footage, exposing the rarely-seen highs and lows of their mining rescues. They showcase the true lengths they go to on their missions to help struggling miners get the gold.
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E10 · Taming the Monster
A miner's hope of passing on his mine lies in fixing a Frankenstein plant.
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E11 · Desert Storm
Freddy and Juan face a failing dry mine in Arizona run by military veterans. But when a monsoon wreaks havoc on the rescue, they create their first-ever pay dryer system to quadruple the gold yield.
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E12 · Gold Dreams or Old Disasters
Freddy and Juan revisit the miners they helped pull back from the brink. Did their fixes survive the test of time, or are old problems roaring back? With gold prices at record highs, the difference between a dream year and disaster has never been sharper.
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E13 · Forty Days to Fail or Fortune
Two miners in Colorado face financial ruin on a gold-rich claim.
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E1 · Zeros to golden heroes