Gold Rush - Is it fake?

I watched Gold Rush - Full Disclosure last night. It created some doubts in me.

First, Schnabel leases the claim to Hoffman's for 20% of the gold, but never shows up to guide them on the most basic things. I think if I had 20% riding on it, I'd come over and show them some things instead of letting them blunder along. UNLESS, he just wanted them to come in and take out the overburden, and then he's get the prime stuff, which it looks like Fred, the new boss is going to do this coming season.

When Fred broke the hose off the loader, one scene really looked like James (or Fred, he pounded on it with a drift punch, too) got it seriously boogered up. IIRC, they said they tapped it out, but from what I saw, it was seriously mangled. If they had taps from the start, why didn't they EZ out the stub, or at least try using a smaller tap as an EZ out.

I have worked at a dirt plant, and could have told them the shaker would come apart if they put that big product in it without gizzlying or crushing it first. I have owned gold sluices and built them, and knew theirs was totally flawed. Seems like Schnabel would have been there on that, too. He's been there what, Twice? I'd be over there a hell of a lot more than that for 20%. Unless he just keeps releasing it to people and taking their money and letting them fail, which is common in gold mining.

Everyone brought some skill set to the job. Why even ask Dorsey, a known whiner tie and suit type? For the drama factor, I believe.

Lastly, the math doesn't fit. They said they had $250k in it plus another $25k from Todd's sister, making $275k. Said they got $7k worth of gold, but say they got $10k. That leaves $265k in the hole, and now they're looking for bigger trucks and equipment to head to a region that has a shorter mining season?

I think it's getting a little too much to believe. Either that, or they never showed all the gold that was supposed to be at the bottom of the glory hole. Gold miners have two stashes of gold: one they show to raise money, the other the one they really got.

I'll bet in fact that Era Air flew them a lot of special equipment drops out of Unakleet paid for by the producers. Obviously, there's going to be another season, and although some people keep throwing money down a rat hole, I don't think the Hoffman's have it to spend. Either that, or Todd is one slick behind the scenes craftsman of all this drama. And all these news twists are scripted.

If they are -$268k, how can they now go farther up Alaska into the Yukon and open a bigger operation? The logistics of just getting food and supplies up there is very expensive.

We'll see.

I'm starting to smell a rat.

SteveB

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Read a nice book, Steve. TV, especially shitcoms and reality TV, is nothing but shit. Read a book, take a walk, spend some quality shop time, etc.

_Anything_ else is better than watching broadcast TV. Oy vay!

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