Yukon Gold

- Season 2

(2014)

Karl races to get 100 ounces in the first week. Ken weighs the cost of an eager but careless hand who keeps breaking equipment. Big Al has to replace big iron without a big payday.

Ken sinks big money to dig out a narrow cut. New miner Cam's big payday is threatened by fire. Karl's experienced but unreliable operator forces his hand.

Ken must choose between paying his crew and his debtors. Big Al smells gold in the ground, but gets shut down by equipment breakdowns. Dennis has to scrape $10,000 out of hostile ground to replace a part or face permanent shutdown.

Ken fights a double mutiny when his plant and a crew-member go rogue. Cam's veteran welder is stuck down and airlifted to hospital. A bear forces Karl's crew to gun for their lives.

Karl fights permafrost on his cut. Ken's wife visits to discover he's on the verge of going broke. Big Al's excavator takes a nosedive.

Ken's rush to sluice rocky ground breaks his sluice. Dennis chooses between his drive to mine and loyalty to Cam. Karl's cut floods, putting his season in jeopardy.

Ken rolls his only dozer. Karl's loader springs a leak. Beavers threaten to shut down Big Al.

Crews are racing to rip through ground as winter descends. Ken and right hand man Guillaume fight to keep the Beast sluicing through subzero temperatures only to discover the dirt they've banked on has run dry. Cam's plans to mine an ancient waterfall go sideways when the treacherous ground threatens to bench his iron for good. Karl and right hand man Kyle's mechanical skills are put to the test when the season takes its toll on Sulphur Creek's operation.

The short Yukon gold mining season is almost over, and crews are battling the elements in a mad push for gold. Ken is forced to call in reinforcements when winter hits Moose Creek hard. Cam hits an impenetrable ice wall that freezes him out of his cut and moves to risky new ground only to have crucial iron go down. Big Al's plans to rip through promising dirt are sidelined when his only stripping dozer suffers a catastrophic breakdown that puts right hand man Hiro's mechanical skills to the ultimate test.

The miners battle nature's wrath in an epic final push for gold. Ken's bid to pull 100 ounces out of hot ground goes sideways when the mine runs out of fuel, forcing him to shut down sluicing and fight his way up Moose Creek's treacherous road in a desperate bid to get to a fuel station at the top. Karl's race to mine Sulphur Creek out so he can stake his own claim is benched when one of his crew deals his prize sluice plant a near­ fatal blow. Big Al follows his gut to high stakes ground only to be shut out when his only stripping dozer goes down for the count.