Hoffman Family Gold

Todd must deliver 300 ounces of gold in just seven weeks. To make it happen, his first step is getting Hot Mess, a massive broken-down wash plant, up and running. Todd goes rogue and opens a new cut behind the mine owners back.

Its Jack Hoffmans birthday, but no time for cake. He must fix Hot Mess that leaks more gold than it catches. Freddy and Juan hope to save a Colorado father and sons gold recovery and relationship before heading to Alaska to help three remote miners.

When Alaskan temperatures plunge, Todd and the team are caught by surprise. Their biggest wash plant is frozen and the Hoffmans rush to thaw out their other plants before theyre iced out for the season.

The Hoffmans discover a huge vein of gold that could save their season if they can get it out of the ground in time.

As Alaska’s brutal winter bites, Todd works the night shift hoping to hit his million dollar goal. Will the final gold weigh be a big win - or another disaster.

Todd gets Holy Roller running and catching nuggets. Looking to make his mark, Hunter transports the largest wash plant the Hoffmans have ever used to the site. Unloading the mammoth wash plant leads to a mammoth fight between father and son.

As Todds Holy Roller plant runs non-stop, Hunters Black Pearl plant is finally ready to wash dirt. But the mine is shut down when Hunters plant blocks access to rocks from Todds tailings. An epic father-and-son showdown puts the season in jeopardy.

With both plants running, the competition between Todd and Hunter is on. Pushing to get ahead, Hunter works into the night, but a damaged waterline shuts down the Black Pearl. Todd is looking to pull ahead, but hose problems force him to make a quick fix.

When a grizzly stalks the mine, Jack springs into action. Finding Holy Roller leaking gold, Todd races to get it fixed. When a government inspection threatens to shut the mine, Hunter sacrifices his gold count and scrambles to keep the site running.

With winter closing in on the mine, Todd rolls the dice and looks for richer paydirt by opening the Lost Cut. The geology looks promising, but opening a new cut this late puts the Hoffmans season at risk. Tater must keep paydirt running to both plants.

As winter closes in on the mine, paydirt dwindles and the Black Pearl is down, Todds 1,000-ounce goal looks out of reach. The Hoffmans gamble by running the Holy Roller day and night. Hunter races to find a new clutch for the Black Pearl.

As melting permafrost makes mud out of pay dirt, Andy devises an engineering longshot to prove the Lost Cut is rich with gold.

The Hoffmans are succeeding on an Alaskan mine site that ruined generations of miners before them.

When state inspectors make a surprise visit to the mine, Todd braces for citations and fines. But when it appears the government could shut them down completely, the Hoffman team races to save their operation before the inspectors return with a verdict.

As the Hoffman crew completes a marathon of government fixes in record time, Todd promises a gold bonus to everyone who completes the season. When Todd hires new miners to get the plant into operation, one greenhorn struggles with the rigors of the job.

When the motor in Todds Black Pearl trommel catches fire, the Hoffman crew attempts to modify the smaller wash plant Jack built decades ago to run more pay dirt. But after Todd orders round-the-clock mining to hit their goal, failures begin to mount.

In the season finale, Todds crew races to beat 1,000 ounces and make a profitable final season for Grampa Jack. But with a season-ending snowfall in the forecast, the rich pay dirt they need may be in the last place an old-school miner would ever look.