Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan
With nearly 40 years of mining under his belt, Freddy Dodge goes on the road to help struggling mine owners to hit the mother lode; he teams up with Juan Ibarra to overhaul washplants, introduce gold recovery techniques and transform operations.
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Episodes (7)
Pipe Dreams
Freddy and Juan face off at a hard rock mine spanning three elevations at 4,000 feet in the Cascades; battling impenetrable rock, the guys devise an innovative 180-foot chute featuring a spiral concentrator in their first Washington state rescue.
Gold Today, Gone Tomorrow
When nuggets dry up on a couple's mine, the guys must crack the case, is it 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.
Blue Channel Gold
When Freddy and Juan get an SOS from an Oregon couple's mine, 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 as a final hope.
The Goldy Locks
With gold prices surging to new records, the modern-day rush is on. Chasing gold fever, miners take big risks on poor ground with outdated equipment. Gold recovery experts Freddy Dodge and Juan Ibarra are back, turning those pitfalls into profits.
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.
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.
The Jig is Up
Constant shutdowns and an overly complicated wash plant threaten to destroy a BC family's $1.2 million mining investment. When a personal crisis turns the rescue into a one-man mission, Juan must pull off a masterclass in jig upgrades to get the gold.
