Name: Taming the Monster
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 25 min

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Freddy and Juan find a struggling miner who put his entire life savings into 288 claims in Arizona to create a legacy for his grandson. As temperatures soar, Freddy and Juan race to fix the miner's Franken-built wash plant and recover life-changing gold.

Gold Rush: Mine Rescue With Freddy & Juan

Taming the Monster

Freddy and Juan reveal lost rescue footage, exposing the rarely-seen highs and lows of their mining rescues. They showcase the true lengths they go to on their missions to help struggling miners get the gold.

The Lost Tapes

A familiar miner in Alaska desperately needs 150 ounces of gold to save their operation; when Juan learns that their landowner's mine is halfway to $1M in the hole, he and Gold Rush legend Dave Turin face their first-ever double rescue.

Double Trouble

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Gold Rush legend Dave Turin joins Juan in Alaska for an impossible mission: a full plant rebuild. In one of their most epic challenges yet, the duo faces a major setback while turning a mining family's in-laws' hobby plant into a lasting legacy.

Bear Down

In California, a miner with 75 cents in the bank faces ruin at his failing hard-rock mine; when a pivot to placer mining fails, Freddy makes an incredible discovery, and Juan builds their first-ever hard-rock mill hammer system to save this desperate dad.

It's a Hard-Rock Life

With a family facing ruin, setbacks and soaring debt on their BC mine, it's up to Juan and prospecting experts Jeff and Sophia Bond to save them; using 6,000 pounds of steel, Juan creates his largest-ever hopper build to get a massive gold increase.

Bedrock Bottom

Freddy and Juan get an SOS from a group of young miners in Montana after they go $1M into debt with no gold to show for it; facing nonstop breakdowns and a crew mutiny, the guys must resurrect a 60-year-old conveyor and divide forces to save this plant.

Million-Dollar Mine Mayhem

After buying a wildfire-ravaged mine in British Columbia, a family relying on a greenhorn crew while other members work second jobs sends out an SOS to Freddy and Juan to fix the broken equipment and find gold before it turns to ash.

Firestorm Fortunes

Hoping to right the mining mistakes of his father, a rookie Idaho miner closes his failing 30-year-old auto business to chase gold in the remote Idaho Hills.

Last Stand in Silver City

In the Yukon, Freddy and Juan tackle their most extensive treasure hunt yet; 288 claims across 6,000 acres and double the breakdowns; as the seconds tick away on the miner's season, the duo teams up with a local expert to find the gold.

Great Klondike Gold Hunt

Two seasons ago, Freddy and Juan made one of their biggest promises yet: to only take a cut if they can double the gold recovery. Now, they're checking in with these miners to see whether their fixes have stood the test of time.

Double or Nothing

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With nearly 40 years of mining under his belt, Freddy Dodge goes on the road to help struggling mine owners to hit the mother lode; he teams up with Juan Ibarra to overhaul wash plants, introduce gold recovery techniques and transform operations.

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