Gold Rush: Dave Turin's Lost Mine
Dave Turin visits several disused gold mines around the Western United States and decides which mine to get up and running, turning it into a profitable, working mine.
Seasons
1. Dozer Dave Returns
Air Date: 2019-04-06
Dave Turin, a former Gold Rush miner, sets out on his own prospecting for an abandoned gold mine to reopen. But when an investor backs out, Dave has to decide if he's willing to risk his family's life savings on his ability to bring home the gold.
2. Rookie Mistakes
Air Date: 2019-04-12
Dozer Dave bets his life savings that he can unearth piles of gold from an abandoned mine using salvaged equipment and a team of amateur miners.
3. Paydirt Mystery
Air Date: 2019-04-19
Dave faces a nightmare scenario when the ground he's mining goes cold and no one knows why; with his season hanging in the balance, the pressure mounts for Dave to get them back on the gold.
4. Last Chance Cut
Air Date: 2019-04-26
Dave's entire season comes down to the final 24 hours and a bold risk that threatens to shut down his operation and force him out of the gold game for good.
1. Rocky Mountain Gold
Air Date: 2020-02-21
Dave Turin and his crew kick off an epic new mining season in the historic hills of Montana. After a freak accident nearly derails their expedition from the start, they rally and find the first big gold of the season.
2. Big Bowl Bet
Air Date: 2020-02-28
After a great start, Dave and his crew hit their first problem. A potential flaw with their trommel could end their season before it's even begun.
3. Vanishing Gold
Air Date: 2020-03-06
Dave gambles on a new piece of machinery. Tensions grow when gold goes missing somewhere on the mine, and Jason makes a game-changing discovery.
4. Gold Will Surrender
Air Date: 2020-03-13
Dave and his crew are low on morale and behind on their target. He calls in a friend to search for gold at Birdseye while he investigates a mine below...
5. Back on Gold
Air Date: 2020-03-20
Dave Turin and his crew turn their trommel up to double speed hoping to get the most gold from Montana’s historic Birdseye mine; dirty water and ground that’s not producing challenge the crew, forcing Dave to call an audible at the last minute.
6. Boundary Blowout
Air Date: 2020-03-27
On the scent of big gold, Turin and his crew test the limits of the landowner's patience when they cut a fence to access ground on his cattle grazing land. Dave investigates another promising hard rock mine.
7. Blue Room Bonanza
Air Date: 2020-04-03
Chris makes an incredible discovery that sets the team up on the best gold all season. As winter starts to close in, Dave gets a hot tip that takes him 2,500 miles north to a mine where he pans the biggest nugget of his career.
8. All In
Air Date: 2020-04-10
In the season finale, it's a race against mother nature at the Blue Room Cut to capitalize on a short weather window before winter closes Team Turin out of Montana. Overcoming early mechanical setbacks, the team perseveres to a surprising end.
1. Mountain Of Gold
Air Date: 2021-03-19
Armed with a revolutionary new washplant, Team Turin kickstarts the new season on a Colorado lost mine with the highest gold potential ever. But unwanted attention from the local community threatens to shut down mining before it starts.
2. Say a Prayer
Air Date: 2021-03-26
Pressure mounts on Jason to locate legendary "main channel" gold, following the team's first big gold weigh. But just as the operation begins firing on all cylinders, Dave faces devastating family news.
3. The Fifty Ounce Test
Air Date: 2021-04-02
With Dave home for his father's memorial, Team Turin makes a promise to hit it big in his honor. But with the Bank Cut running out, Jason must think outside the box to find new ground and keep them on the gold.
4. Gold Vault Gamble
Air Date: 2021-04-09
Team foreman Jason takes a huge gamble by opening a new cut. But when the team is besieged by mishaps, Dave returns to find the team in disarray and fights to prove the Vault Cut is a risk willing to take.
5. No Country for Gold Men
Air Date: 2021-04-16
As the mid-summer Colorado heat bears down on the team, Jesse heads to Montana to salvage parts from the old washplant and Dave struggles to keep the operation together for another major gold haul.
6. Dynamic Trio
Air Date: 2021-04-23
Dave calls in Freddy Dodge and Juan Ibarra to troubleshoot a faulty hopper. With the Vault Cut running low, a local old-timer points Dave to new gold-rich ground the old doodlebug dredge missed.
7. Good Man Down
Air Date: 2021-04-30
To help boost production, Dave gives gold room operator Jesse Goins the opportunity he's been waiting for, to become a first-time rock truck driver. But all work stops when the crew faces a sudden and unimaginable tragedy.
8. Forged in Fire
Air Date: 2021-05-07
After the devastating loss of teammate Jesse Goins, the crew struggles to mine with one man down. When Dave comes under fire from the team about the lack of access to the gold-rich Hummocks, he heads off for a do or die showdown with the local community.
9. Enter The Promised Land
Air Date: 2021-05-14
The team finally gains access to the potential motherlode in the Hummocks. But as soon as the crew begins, Box Creek is hit by a huge snow storm and Jason makes an alarming discovery.
10. Winter's Warning
Air Date: 2021-05-21
Team Turin racees to smash their 400-ounce season goal in Hummocks gold. But the increasing amounts of heavy black sand, early snow and pressure from the local community threaten to derail their operation.
11. X Marks The Spot
Air Date: 2021-05-28
Dave returns to the Doodlebug Cut in hopes of beating their 400-oz season goal. But when the channel they're mining is lost, Dave tracks down the son of an old-timer who gives him a lead that could send them over the top.
12. Million Dollar Gamble
Air Date: 2021-06-04
Dave makes a dramatic pitch to return to Lynx Creek for a shot at the team's first-ever million-dollar season. But Casey must find gold fast as Jason is hit with a bombshell that could end their Arizona adventure before it begins.
13. Arizona Crush
Air Date: 2021-06-11
In Arizona, Dave spots a clue that could be evidence of main channel gold before leaving for to an epic prospect in Alaska. But when Jason decides to move the crew off questionable pay, the pressure is on to hit their weekly target.
14. The Curse of Lost Mine Gold
Air Date: 2021-06-18
With a 27-ounce goal, Team Turin is back on the hunt when the Jesse Cut runs dry. They strike gold but will it be enough? In Montana, Dave struggles to find the crew’s next lost mine.
15. Shock and Ore
Air Date: 2021-06-25
As Casey takes a gamble that may return to haunt him, Dave travels to a secret Montana mine stacked with piles of gold-rich ore. With the help of two expert miners and their cutting-edge technology, Dave investigates this golden opportunity.
16. End Game
Air Date: 2021-07-02
Out of options, an all-hands prospecting effort leads Dave and the team to what they hope is rich ground. But with just 48 hours to mine it and both men and machines pushed to the breaking point, will Team Turin hit their million-dollar season?
1. Turin's Gamble
Air Date: 2022-05-20
The team divides in the remote Idaho Rockies, as half prospects historic Mores Creek and Dave helicopters into the remote back country of Warren Meadows. Then, already behind schedule, Dave is forced to make a bet that can make or break the season.
2. Ends of the Earth
Air Date: 2022-05-27
Dave gets a lead on a remote claim in Northeastern Alaska, rumored to produce major nuggets. But as he struggles up north. the rest of the team hopes to surprise him with a successful prospect at a lost mine at Skinner's Ranch, Montana
3. Valley of the Galacial Gold
Air Date: 2022-06-03
Dave's crew fights to keep their hopes of mining in the lower 48 with a last-minute lead in Montana. Meanwhile Dave ventures further into the wilds of Alaska where a Hail Mary prospect outside Valdez becomes his most promising ever.
4. Alaskan Hope
Air Date: 2022-06-10
Team Turin arrives in Alaska to mine their new Glacial Creek claim. But with equipment still in transit, the crew must come to grips with the aging machinery on the mine site, as rookie Andrew gets his first taste of gold mining.
5. Double Trouble
Air Date: 2022-06-17
One week into mining on Glacial Creek, Dave brings in his high-tech wash plant The Roach into the fight to increase production. But the crew faces two new dangerous foes: flood and mud.
6. Trial by Water
Air Date: 2022-06-24
The team runs two was plants at the same time, but a water pump malfunctions, turning the cut into muddy soup. Dave turns to a local miner for help as the crew tries to rally for a solid gold weigh to stay on target.
7. H2 ... Oh No
Air Date: 2022-07-01
A major Alaskan rainstorm triggers a landslide that threatens Team Turin's camp. In a bid to make up on the gold, Dave has an idea that speeds up production but puts The Roach in a vulnerable position.
8. The Eagle Has Landed
Air Date: 2022-07-08
As Jason battles a flooded cut, Team Turin’s latest super weapon, the Eagle, arrives in Alaska. The crew navigates it across the river by creating a mobile dam.
9. Fight and Flight
Air Date: 2022-07-15
Team Turin prepares to fire up the Eagle for the first time, when Casey receives shocking news from home. The team must forge ahead as a skeleton crew.
10. Clash of the Cuts
Air Date: 2022-07-22
Tensions mount when Dave and Jason clash on strategies to stay on the gold. And problems with the new wash plant put Chris in a vulnerable position.
11. Crisis at the Creek
Air Date: 2022-08-05
With the team struggling, Dave's business partner arrives on the claim to observe the operation. But his presence creates tension when he identifies one of the miners as the weak link.
12. Shadow of Denali
Air Date: 2022-08-12
With winter closing in fast, Dave and Lance hedge their bet with a prospect in a historical mining district in the foothills of Mt. Denali. Back on the claim, the team faces obstacles from mother nature and machine, but break a long-time team gold record.
13. On the Gold Again
Air Date: 2022-08-19
Dave tests positive for COVID and entrusts team mechanic Nathan with a solo prospect deep into the Alaskan wilderness. Back in Valdez, equipment breakdowns force greenhorn Andrew to step up and save the team's gold.
14. Cowboys & Dreamers
Air Date: 2022-08-26
Dave gets the call from Rob Towner for a once-in-a-lifetime prospect at Gravely Ranch, Montana where he uncovers the best gold-bearing ground he's ever seen in the lower 48. But to mine it, he must earn the trust of a ranching family wary of miners.
15. Risky Business
Air Date: 2022-09-02
Back in Alaska, Dave's risky move with the washplant proves disastrous. Then, with the big final push to close out the season about to begin, one crew member contemplates moving on early.
16. Gold favours the bold
Air Date: 2022-09-09
An approaching snowstorm threatens to shut Team Turin down. The miners face snow, ice and deadly conditions in an effort to best their gold goal.
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Rating
8.2/10
Release Date
2019-04-06
Episodes
44 (4 seasons)
Status
Returning Series
Cast
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Production Companies
RAW