gold rush season 2

[ted4887]

Greg left.

Jack's 400 is still drop dead fantastic.

And Todd still thinks they will find the friggen gold.

[LMITOUT]

Greg left.

...after he ran the dozer out of fuel.

[ted4887]

...after he ran the dozer out of fuel.

He went out in style!

[LMITOUT]

LOL!

That was the one time the announcer couldn't comment on how much fuel they were burning.

[CJH]

Gotta love that they started working on the second dig site before they had extinguished the gold from first one!!! I swear if they didn't have someone telling them what to do they would burn the most fuel with the least amount of gold in the Klondike!!

[lookincalifornia]

Greg left.

one less hard hat to join in the circle

[caseymcq]

LOL!

That was the one time the announcer couldn't comment on how much fuel they were burning.

... And something that wasn't "drop-dead fantastic."

[RiverFish]

They've wasted 8 episodes on essentially nothing. Discovery must have had a bunch of money into this or they'd have shut it down.

The Hoffman crew is praying to get 100 ounces at this point. 70 ounces will clear their expenses. That would give them 30 ounces to split between 7 guys. That means they will split aroung $52,000. About $7,500 per guy????? What's the point?? They have to be getting a pay check from the Discovery Channel.

[wormdunker]

How long are they frickin mining? 3 frickin months? I frickin new that frickin gold was frickin there.

[LwnmwnMan2]

The Hoffman crew is praying to get 100 ounces at this point. 70 ounces will clear their expenses. That would give them 30 ounces to split between 7 guys. That means they will split aroung $52,000. About $7,500 per guy????? What's the point?? They have to be getting a pay check from the Discovery Channel.

That's the way it is with alot of the channels. If you broke it down like you did, then yes, it leans towards these TV channels paying the "stars".

[caseymcq]

How long are they frickin mining? 3 frickin months? I frickin new that frickin gold was frickin there.

They had to get some drop-dead fantastic stuff otherwise they'd be straight screwed.

[Chef]

LMFAO

[mrklean]

So they stuck around for $8000 that's worth not getting a real job with insurance and everything they truly are gold miners now

[Dave S]

[rushing]

OMG his voice is so annoying lol

[LMITOUT]

Just finished watching Friday's episode. 1000oz is the goal for next year? Hmmmm.

[Dave S]

Now that's funny. 1000 oz. RFLMAO

About as funny as the relationship between Scott and Steve on Bering Sea Gold.

[ted4887]

$8000 over 5 months? Are you kidding me?! I'm not sure how any single person can be at all happy with that. Oh well, at least they got Discovery paying their bills.

[LMITOUT]

About as funny as the relationship between Scott and Steve on Bering Sea Gold.

Steve needs a lead weight tied to his ankle. Chalk it up to a "diving accident".

He has GOT to be Dorsey's brother. (from Gold Rush last year) How he has made it this far in life without a complete thrashing has got to be a miracle. What a weasel.

[Powerstroke]

How about 93oz for 5 months of work moving thousands of yards of dirt in the Klondike and the big backhoe dredge on the Bering Sea has already gotten 300oz.

I'd be thinking about buying a boat.

[Kyhl]

How about 93oz for 5 months of work moving thousands of yards of dirt in the Klondike and the big backhoe dredge on the Bering Sea has already gotten 300oz.

I'd be thinking about buying a boat.

I do not understand that show. Why isn't everyone working that shallow water where the dredge is bringing in ounces per hour?

Why does the dredge need a million dollars to break even? Is he amortizing the investment over one season?

[CAMAN]

Quote:

Why does the dredge need a million dollars to break even? Is he amortizing the investment over one season?

To make the show more dramatic. I'm sure the rig cost close to a million to build, so the producers make it sound like if he doesn't find that million dollars to pay for it he will lose everything. Which if you had no business sense (or common sense for that matter) you would believe them.

Quote:

Built in 2009, The Christine Rose is more than three times larger than any other gold dredge in the waters off of Nome, Alaska. This 80-foot river barge is armed with an excavator, five diesel engines, twin propellers and two-35 foot stakes that can be lowered to anchor the dredge to the ocean floor. Instead of sucking silt off the bottom through a hose (like almost all the other rigs), this behemoth scoops the bottom with its excavating arm. In action, it looks like a steel dinosaur feeding off the ocean floor. In bad weather, The Christine Rose mines after all the smaller dredges have been forced to shore. Owner Steve is looking for a haul in the two million dollar range this season.

Quote:

STEVE POMRENKE, 59 — OWNER

Steve is by far the most successful gold dredger on the Nome scene. In 2010, he and his team carved a small fortune in gold off the ocean floor. Steve grew up on a dairy farm in Minnesota, became a mechanic, and then in the 1990s, owned his own open pit gold mining operation. Gruff and no-nonsense with a sometimes combative relationship with his son Shawn, Steve drives his dredging team hard.

[adamr]

1000 ounces, ya last year he was a big talker too and then never paid his lease . He needs to cut that [PoorWordUsage] off his chin get a real job were hes not the manager. Did his dad get kicked in the nuts real hard once.

[gixxer01]

$20,000 a season with a clause in the contract that allows Discovery to sue for $5Mil if the cast does anything that would affect ratings.

Producers demands are usually so outrageous that the miners usually lose that or more in lost productivity.

From a reputable source.

[Kyhl]

$20,000 a season with a clause in the contract that allows Discovery to sue for $5Mil if the cast does anything that would affect ratings.

I wonder if harmony and successfully finding gold would be concidered a negative affect on ratings.