Has anyone watched this show? I watched a few episodes last night, and find it utterly funny. These guys spend all they're money, sold their houses to go gold mine in Alaska, and it seems that they have no idea what they are doing. The only guy with mechanical skills is a broken down old man sucking down morphine. Their leader is a simpleton. I'm just kinda hoping these guys fail miserably.
One of the miners little girls has a seizure because they are drinking un-boiled, unfiltered river water. In the mean time the rest of them realize they are about out of fuel on Friday at 2pm (holiday weekend of coarse). So the old man goes to town to try and get some, and they won't deliver any. So now their out of fuel for 4 days. He fills up 100 gallons, enough to run the operation for 45 minutes, at the end of it he finds about 20$ of gold, brings everyone around, and says by the end of next week we should have 100,000 of gold. and a million dollars by the end of the season! HAHA it's just pure stupidity. Then they get gas and their machine breaks down for a week because they built it with to thin of steel. I recommend it for a laugh.
I love the show and flying Alaska dad and I just like to see home. On Gold Rush they do some really stupid things, but as dad puts it. The first gold rush back in day, lots of people did stupid things.. So he hopes they find something.
i gotta see this. miller makes it sound too awesome. edit: cool, its up to 5 episodes, should give me something to watch tonight. edit2: alright, so this first episode is engaging BUT i will say this. These people are obvious pros and im willing to bet they do this every season. What tv channel is willing to waste time and money on a first run gold hunt?? I know i wouldnt. Theres been lots of planning and preparation and more than likely has been done on a seasonal basis.. Also, i highly doubt these guys are poor or really jobless (this is all drama fluff thrown in), you gotta have money to make money. They throw in a couple stupid acts to wow the audience like theyre new to this shit... but for the most part its mildly entertaining. with all the false reality crap thrown in, im quite interested in this show lol.
haven't missed an episode. First, it's a worse economy and jopb market in Oregon than most anywhere else. They didn't sell their houses, just the airport they owned. They were loosing everything they've worked thier lives for anyhow. What's with all the haters? A group of guys unshackle themselves from the artificial world of banking and credit systems and you want them to fail? Where's your intestinal fortitude levels at anyhow? This nation didn't get built by staying home and dong what your wife tells you to do. I'd love to be up there with them. I think I'd have shot that EPA guy or the fish and game guy though...left them for bear food. They don't have to read the writing on the wall, they've lived the collapse and took a bold move. The Dad was a miner 30 years previous in Porcupine creek, so they aren't total greenhorns.
i watched all 5 episodes now and im enjoying it! while theres alot of fluff thrown in, these ARE MEN. I admire these guys.. REAL Men building SHIT with their BARE hands, in the fucking wilderness, WITH GUNS, repairing broken shit, trial and error, TEAMWORK, AND DIGGING IN FUCKING DIRT. It doesnt get any better than that! They shoulda kept the women and kids out of the show though. damn, wish i had the skills these guys got. whats up with the guy building a house down the road?? theres alot of weird stuff going on, i thought they were gonna be there for a couple months and thats it?? Do they actually own the land or are they leasing it?? Is he going to rent the house out when hes not there? did anyone figure out what got the girl sick? And whats the icky shit that was growing next to the water?? They said it was something i cant remember. good show though. and the dude going off fishing.. i wanna know more behind the scenes stuff about this.. i thought it was gonna turn into another discovery channel fishing for crabs crap again.
I admire them for going up and following their dream, but their leader Todd is an asshole, he gets all pissed off for the one guy to try and build a house for his family? he treats dorsey like shit, and tell him to leave, then gets pissed at him when he does? what did they think was going to happen when they rerouted a river? of coarse thats a DNR violation! even the 15 year old kid across the creek that fixes their machine thinks their in over their heads.
Todd's a typical a-hole. there's one in every crew. usually the guy that bottles shit up and unloads on one particular person. Dorsey is the crew's gilligan. there's usually one in every real life crew. As for the dude building the house. I'm guessing that he isn't leaving come winter and has relocated himself there on a permanent basis. They are leasing the claim from the dude they bought the duplex jig from. As a past time, I believe I'd be checking unclaimed or expired/inactive claims in the area to file for one of thier own. the equipment is already there, just move it over. I get all squirmy when they go to the 93 year old farty acrost the creek and see all the gold that guy has just lying around. All that gold gets me all giddy, especially the nuggets. There may be a time when this whole system of ponzi schemes that we know of as an economy just evaporates overnight. This may happen at any time. These guys (albeit highly dramatized for your viewing pleasure) signify just what exactly the alternative to sitting on one's duff complaining and starving may be. God! I want to go to Alaska or the Klondike really bad now :wink:.
Yup, that's cold alrighty. But if it were any different, there'd be an overpopulation problem, liers, cheats and theives just like the lower 48 and it just wouldn't be Alaska any longer. I don't believe Alaska will have a Californication or illegal immigration problem any time soon as a result. A man just isn't allowed to be a man anywhere but there any longer. That is what appeals to me the most. It's like one big huge ginormous man-cave. Siberia aqnd the Northwest Territories have the same appeal to me for the same reasons.
Just watched all 5 episodes per this thread... Its an interesting show to say the least. Anyone who has ever worked a manual labor job with a group of guys can relate to this group of guys in a comical way lol...right wiskas?
Yeah. Every crew has it's standard players: The Gilligan, the experienced one, the druggy/alky, the quiet type, the bossy type and the clown type. Pretty much standard issue cast and chartacters. It's a total miracle this society ever got built.
Being as remote as Porkypine Cr. has to multiply the degree of difficulty by 20 fold. I've lived that far out all by my one-sees. It was awesome, although a mechanical injury could have spelt death. I'd do it all again in a heartbeat.
latest episode is pretty good. looks like dorsey is gone for good, thank goodness.. hes like a little child.. wish i lived in a gold prospecting location. would be a nice past time or hobby.
