Everyday life and holidays of the project “Gold Rush. Alaska"

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Remember the famous scene from the movie with Charlie Chaplin? Did he "dance" on the table with a couple of buns? This is the footage of the comedy "Gold Rush". Bouts of spontaneous and acquisitive gold mining have seized America more than once. The Klondike and Alaska, California were places of pilgrimage for thousands of prospectors looking for easy prey. It was not at all funny and not funny: people died from hunger and disease, from hard work, at 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 observe the process of gold mining from the inside, see all the difficulties that the heroes of the project face, empathize with them. And, of course, they rejoice if the seekers succeed in their plan.

When technology fails

Our miners have enough problems. Take, for example, Gold Rush. Alaska, season 3. Todd Hoffman's team working in the Klondike set themselves the goal of extracting 30 kg of gold over the summer (the cost of suchamount is estimated, among other things, at 1 million 600 thousand dollars). In the winter, he ordered a new washing plant. But the deal fell through, and the prospectors are forced to work on the old one. When mining costs are $4,000 a day, every grain must be protected, but the trap does not delay the gold, and the losses are enormous. In the third season of the series Gold Rush. Alaska”Series 3 tells about Todd’s new problem: it turns out that the site on the Indian River does not belong to them, but to a completely different person, but it was on this land that a gold-bearing vein was found. Without it, 10 rented cars and hired staff are useless. Much to Hoffman's relief, the owner makes concessions. Todd's assistant Dave Tyurin, the head of this section, is in a hurry to assemble new equipment worth 50,000 dollars. And here are all 50 sections in their places. It remains to test an expensive car. Something is going wrong, the washing plant is vibrating and about to fall apart. The team strengthens the strapping of the structure. “The beast is tamed,” states Dave. You can move on.

To another participant of the documentary project “Gold Rush. Alaska" - to Fred - because of the flood, the old site had to be temporarily abandoned. The new place is tight, and more working hands are needed. One of the candidates is a woman, rodeo rider Melody. Despite her fragility, she deftly manages mechanisms. When the installation shaft breaks, everyone rushes to eliminate the accident. They start the engine again, and if they make at least one mistake, then 4 tons of steel will crush the fruits of their labor. But it worked out. Fear is in vain. "Another small step towardsgoal accomplished,” smiles gray-haired Fred.

The devil is not so scary…

The youngest hero of the Gold Rush. Alaska "(he is not even 18) - Patrick Schneibel. He borrowed $150,000 from his grandfather to develop the mine. During the season, 9 kg of gold with a weekly norm of 620 should become his prey. However, things are not going well: the breed is empty. What was the joy of Patrick and his team when, at the end of the week, they found that the trap was all yellow with grains of panned gold! As much as 778 g (in monetary terms, this is 40 thousand dollars). Whereas for the entire second season his "catch" was 1 kg and 100 g. One would like to say: "The devil is not so terrible as he is painted"! The difficult conditions of the north, frozen ground, deep snowdrifts, heavy equipment, lack of human resources - participants in 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 are separated by more than a hundred years.