Remember the famous movie scene with Charlie Chaplin? Did he “dance” on the table a couple of rolls? These are shots of the comedy The Gold Rush. Attacks of spontaneous and acquisitive
gold mining swept America more than once. Klondike and Alaska, California were places of pilgrimage for thousands of prospectors eager for easy prey. This was neither funny nor funny: people died from hunger and disease, from hard work, from the hands of greedy rivals. But in the series “Gold Rush. Alaska "gold is mined by modern methods and in a civilized way. This documentary project of the Discovery channel is already interesting because viewers from the inside observe the gold mining process, see all the difficulties that the project’s heroes encounter, empathize with them. And, of course, they rejoice if the seekers succeed in conceived.
When the technique fails
Our miners have enough troubles. For example, “Gold Rush. Alaska ", season 3. The team of Todd Hoffman, working in Klondike, set out to extract 30 kg of gold over the summer (the cost of this amount is estimated, among other things, at 1 million 600 thousand dollars). In winter, he ordered a new flushing unit. But the deal fell through, and prospectors were forced to work on the old one. When production costs amount to 4 thousand dollars a day, each grain must be protected, but the trap does not hold back gold, and the losses are enormous. In the third season of the series "Gold Rush. Alaska ”Series 3 tells of Todd’s new problem: it turns out that the Indian River site belongs not to them, but to a completely different person, but it was on this earth that a gold mine was found. Without it, there are no need for 10 rented cars and hired staff. Much to Hoffman's relief, the owner makes concessions. The head of this section, Todd's assistant, Dave Tyurin, is in a hurry to assemble new equipment worth 50 thousand dollars. And now all 50 sections are in place. It remains to try an expensive car. Something goes wrong, the flushing unit vibrates and is about to fall apart. The team strengthens the structure. “The beast is tamed,” says Dave. You can move on.
Another participant of the documentary project “Gold Rush. Alaska ”- Fred - because of the flood, I had to temporarily leave the old site. It’s tight at the new place, and more hands are needed. One of the candidates is a woman, a rider at the Melody Rodeo. Despite its fragility, it cleverly handles mechanisms. When there is a breakdown of the installation shaft, everyone rushes to eliminate the accident. The engine is started again, and if they made at least one mistake, then 4 tons of steel will crush the fruits of their labor. But nothing happened. Fears are in vain. “Another little step towards the goal is completed,” Fred whitens gray-haired.
Not so scary hell ...
The youngest hero of the program “Gold Rush. Alaska ”(he is not even 18) - Patrick Schneibel. He borrowed from his grandfather 150 thousand dollars for the development of the mine. Over the season, 9 kg of gold with a weekly rate of 620 should become its mining. However, things are going badly: the breed is empty. What was the joy of Patrick and his team when at the end of the week they discovered that the trap was all yellow from grains of washed gold! As much as 778 g (in monetary terms, this is 40 thousand dollars). While for the entire second season his “catch” amounted to 1 kg and 100 g. One would like to say: “The devil is not so terrible as he is painted”! Difficult conditions of the north, frozen ground, deep snowdrifts, heavy equipment, lack of human resources - all the participants of the series “Gold Rush. Alaska ", but do not give up. They are fighters, no worse than the courageous heroes of Jack London, from whom they have been separated for more than a hundred years.