Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan
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Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan

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 Chasing gold fever, miners take big risks on poor ground with outdated equipment.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.
20258 episodes16+
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Episodes

  1. S5 E1 - Pipe Dreams

    May 8, 2025
    1 h 25 min
    16+
    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-ever Washington state rescue.
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  2. S5 E2 - Gold Today, Gone Tomorrow

    May 15, 2025
    42min
    16+
    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.
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  3. S5 E3 - Blue Channel Gold

    May 22, 2025
    42min
    16+
    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.
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  4. S5 E4 - The Goldy Locks

    May 29, 2025
    42min
    16+
    An all-female mine crew in Arizona struggles to mine for legendary riches with recycled water. As temps soar, Freddy and Juan scramble to build more efficient solutions and locate higher-grade gold in an ambitious attempt to triple the women's production.
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  5. S5 E5 - All the Pretty Gold

    June 5, 2025
    42min
    16+
    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.
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  6. S5 E6 - Shake, Rattle and Gold

    June 19, 2025
    42min
    16+
    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.
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  7. S5 E7 - The Jig is Up

    June 26, 2025
    42min
    16+
    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.
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  8. S5 E8 - Truth or Dare

    July 10, 2025
    1 h 23 min
    16+
    Despite sitting in the epicenter of a famous BC gold rush, a mining couple's ground yields no gold. Freddy and Juan's limits are tested as the rescue becomes a two-plant upgrade; they face off against an overcomplicated wash plant nicknamed "The Octopus."
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