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00:00George Wright and Skatlomu are deep in the jungle of Ghana on their gold claim.
00:05They only have one man to protect them, their security guard Ernest.
00:09But just as they close in on the gold, their neighbor shows up.
00:17He has a machete, and he's furious.
00:24Oh, oh!
00:26Ernest!
00:28Hey!
00:30Hey!
00:32Ah!
00:46Three weeks ago, Skatlomu and George Wright arrived in Ghana to mine for gold.
00:52The guys had expected to send thousands of dollars home by now, but they haven't found any gold.
00:59Scott is feeling the pressure.
01:01What are you talking about another site?
01:02We have a site.
01:03We fought tooth and nail to get our excavator onto that site.
01:06You're talking about going to another site?
01:08Yeah, dude.
01:08Are we willing to risk that?
01:09Are we willing to risk the last money we have?
01:11Because if we don't find gold, we don't have money to buy the next one.
01:13Are we willing to risk it?
01:14Yeah.
01:14Did you just ask me that?
01:15Yeah, I did.
01:16Scott, I'm sorry.
01:16I thought I was out here with someone that was willing to risk everything.
01:19Oh, I have risked everything.
01:20Doesn't matter, Scott.
01:21We have an excavator sitting on the site right now.
01:24That's a risk.
01:24No.
01:24That's a risk.
01:25Otherwise, we're expecting money two weeks ago, three weeks ago.
01:28You haven't sent them anything.
01:29What have you sent your wife?
01:30Same amount you have.
01:31Exactly.
01:32Nothing.
01:32Nothing.
01:33Finding gold in Ghana may be Scott and George's last chance to climb out of a mountain of debt.
01:39Three weeks ago, they left their families at home in Utah.
01:45I love you.
01:46I like him.
01:49This has to be it because it's too hard on the kids.
01:55Just a couple of years ago, the guys made millions in real estate.
01:59A few years ago, almost anything that you did in real estate made you money, and we made a lot of money.
02:05But then, the bottom fell out of the housing market.
02:08Between my debt of $500,000, $600,000, and you throw Scott's debt in there, which puts us above a million dollars,
02:14you know, we need to pull out 500 ounces of gold immediately.
02:19Scott and George have hatched an unusual plan to pay off their mortgages and debts.
02:24We picked Ghana because everywhere you go in this entire area, you'll find gold.
02:29They've secured a gold claim in the Ashanti Belt, a region in Ghana in the midst of a modern-day gold rush.
02:35The area holds an estimated 125 million ounces of gold worth over $200 billion.
02:43George and I have studied this out, and we can get out of this hole in three months.
02:48But when they arrived in Ghana three weeks ago, they were met with a nasty surprise.
02:56These guys are here pillaging our ground. It's all dug up.
03:00They lost their gold claim to Chinese miners, forcing them to make a deal for a new claim with miners Chris Chandler and Harkurt Singh.
03:08We have mortgage spenders, too. We've got to get in the dirt right now.
03:12Chris and Singh want 25%. Let's do it.
03:18Scott and George are way behind. They need gold immediately.
03:23We have an excavator right there. We can start digging today.
03:26We will find gold, and that's my point.
03:28We will find gold, and we will get that gold home to our families.
03:32That's what we're here for, Scott.
03:33There's gold in the ground. We will find that gold.
03:36Okay. I'll go with you.
03:41Okay. Hand in hand. That's what we're here.
03:42This. Hand in hand. We'll do it.
03:44Okay.
03:45And let's get digging with our excavator.
03:46Let's go do that right now.
03:4925 miles from the town of Dunquah is the guy's new 25-acre ramassal gold claim.
03:57The claim is in the heart of Ghana's jungle, but in the middle of the rainy season, the site is flooded.
04:03The water smells. It stinks more than anything.
04:08And then it gets real cold and real warm in spots, and I don't know why.
04:12I don't want to know why.
04:17Neighboring gold claims have lost equipment to the flooding.
04:20George wades through the murky water to check on their excavator.
04:24It's the only piece of mining equipment they have on site.
04:31If it's underwater, they will have no chance of paying off the $1 million they owe back home.
04:39So far, so good. No problem for the excavator.
04:42I got something on me.
04:48I got something on me.
04:49I got leeches on me.
04:54Oh, I got them everywhere.
04:55The floodwater is chock full of leeches.
05:01Going for the blood.
05:02Incredible.
05:03Just incredible.
05:07Scott arrives with their foreman, Victor Kapah.
05:10Victor.
05:10Yeah.
05:10Right here, my man.
05:12Victor will help the guys run the mine.
05:15Four days ago, the guys nearly lost their 330B excavator as they drove it through the swamp onto the claim.
05:22Scott is worried.
05:24The engine may have been damaged.
05:26If it's anything that we can't fix out here, then we've blown another day.
05:31Been here a month and haven't moved an ounce of dirt.
05:36Let's hope they can work some magic here.
05:38Claim owner Chris Chandler gets 25% of any gold the guys find.
05:45To get them started, he has loaned the guys his excavator driver, Bhushan Kumar.
05:53Ready.
05:54So we're about to find out.
05:58All right, we're going?
05:59Nice.
06:00Nice.
06:11Nice.
06:12Nice.
06:12Right here, Bhushan.
06:15Yeah.
06:16I think it's the first time in a month something actually went the way we're supposed to go.
06:21As simple as it sounds, starting an excavator, that's a huge win today.
06:26It's great news.
06:26This is huge.
06:27We need to have our equipment running all the time.
06:30This is a good way to start this day.
06:31The next step is just to get this machine into the jungle and start opening up our pit.
06:37Claim owner Chris has test reports.
06:40They indicate where the gold should be.
06:42And we're going to pinpoint exactly the entry point of our concession with the excavator.
06:48Test reports indicate that there could be 1.5 million in gold on an estimated 8-acre area
06:57of the Ramasso Claim.
06:58Right now, the gold-rich land is flooded.
07:02But Scott and George do have one acre of dry land to dig.
07:06This is huge for us right now.
07:08We're standing right on the edge of our site.
07:11We're digging some dirt.
07:12This is our first hole right here.
07:13This is where it begins.
07:15After almost a month of hustling in Ghana,
07:17Scott and George can finally start digging for gold.
07:21Gold, they hope, will turn their lives around.
07:33We're struggling.
07:36Push on!
07:39Everything okay?
07:45It's not one thing, man.
07:46It is another.
07:47It just never stops out here, man.
07:50It's just so frustrating.
07:52Excavator driver Bouchan assesses the problem.
07:58The injector hose?
07:59No, the injector hose is an injector hose.
08:02It's a return pipe.
08:03But this machine now has a return pipe.
08:05I don't see.
08:06We don't have time to be down.
08:07We need to be operating, running.
08:08Machines need to be going.
08:10If it were within my power to get this excavator started and running smooth,
08:13I would do it, but it's just, I'm completely out of my depth.
08:17Claim owners Chris and Singh have only loaned out their best mechanic, Bouchan, for the day.
08:22And without a working excavator, Scott and George can't get down to the gold.
08:27We rely on good mechanics like Bouchan to come here, but ultimately, you know,
08:32need someone that can be there all the time with us, making sure our machines are staying healthy.
08:35After an hour in the 90-degree heat, Bouchan identifies the problem.
08:44And it's not a quick fix.
08:49Scott and George need a new part to repair the 330B excavator's air pump.
08:54What do you want to do?
08:57Scott, let's go.
08:59The guys are running out of time and money.
09:03To get the gold and begin sending money home,
09:06they will have to fix their excavator and without Bouchan's help.
09:14That night, Scott and George call a top mechanic they know from back home in Utah,
09:19Travis Fotheringham.
09:23Travis?
09:24Yeah.
09:25Hey.
09:25Hey.
09:26What's up, man?
09:27How you doing?
09:28Good.
09:28Good, good.
09:29Good to see you.
09:30Good to see you guys.
09:31How's it going?
09:32Yeah, it's going, man.
09:33The truth is, we could really use your help out here.
09:36Is that something you'll be willing to do?
09:38What kind of help do you guys need?
09:40What shapes your equipment in right now?
09:42It's in pretty bad shape, man.
09:44One of the things that we've learned out here is that if we don't have an experienced,
09:49full-time mechanic on site, then we're dead in the water.
09:52And so we need you.
09:54The payoff could be great.
09:55You know, we're out here, you know, away from our families as well, because we know this
10:00is a great way for us to really change our lives.
10:02And this same opportunity, you know, is here for you.
10:06So, so Travis, are you in?
10:08I'm in.
10:16Let's do this.
10:19I want to get this done with you guys.
10:21It's good to hear.
10:22All right.
10:23And we'll, uh, we'll see you in a few days, bud.
10:25Welcome to the jungle.
10:26The next day, Scott and George head out to get their second key piece of mining machinery.
10:36Do you know where to go?
10:37Yeah.
10:39The next step is to get our trommel to the site.
10:42And we have to see today if it's even physically possible.
10:47A trommel washes the gold from the dirt.
10:49We can dig a pit, we can get all the gravel ready, but if we can't wash it, we can't get gold.
10:56I mean, it's just that simple.
10:59Scott and George have mined for gold in Ghana before.
11:02Other than their 330B excavator, their key piece of equipment was a trommel.
11:07That's just a beautiful sound, hearing a trommel running.
11:11With their blue trommel, the guys found $300,000 of gold.
11:15It has been 11 months since it last ran, and it's time to transport it to the Ramazzo claim.
11:23Scott and George head to the river, where they left the trommel.
11:27All this water's a really bad sign.
11:31Weeks of rain has them nervous.
11:33This road gets lower and lower, you know, as we get to the river, so I'm just worried that the river's come up too high.
11:40So just beyond this bend is the road.
11:51The last quarter mile of dirt road to the trommel is under 7 feet of water.
11:57We can't move our washing machine until this water goes down.
12:00This is horrible.
12:02I mean, look how far out these guys are in the canoe.
12:04There's no way this trommel's coming out.
12:06Scott and George's Ramazzo claim may hold $1.5 million of gold, but the machine that washes the gold is stranded on an island.
12:16There is no way to make our site run efficiently without a trommel.
12:20We'd be out here for years before we even broke even if we didn't have a trommel.
12:23We have to have it.
12:25But right now, that trommel isn't going anywhere.
12:27Coming up, new mechanic Travis arrives and is hit with severe culture shock.
12:35I've never seen anything like this in my life.
12:37I've never even seen this in the movies.
12:39And in the middle of a mad scramble to get their first gold, chaos erupts on the Ramazzo claim.
12:46Give me the blade.
12:47Four weeks after arriving in Ghana to gold mine, Scott Lomu and George Wright had expected to send thousands of dollars home.
13:05But they've had one problem after another.
13:08We don't have the time or the money or the patience or the financial ability to go find another site.
13:15This is it.
13:16We have to make the site work.
13:17The guys look for help from the men they are leasing their claim from, Chris Chandler and Hakurt Singh.
13:24Nice weather outside.
13:27They get 25% of any gold Scott and George pull from the ground.
13:31But while their trommel wash plant remains stranded, the guys can't find any gold.
13:38Hey, thanks guys for meeting with us today.
13:41We just wanted to sit down with you guys and just kind of talk about what do we do?
13:47You know, because right now the trommel is stuck over here somewhere, a block behind a swollen river.
13:53It's raining right now.
13:54The water level is probably going up as we speak.
13:56Listen, I'm concerned for you guys.
13:58You guys are staring down the barrel of a gun right now.
14:00You're actually right in the middle of the rainy season.
14:03And water is going to be an issue for the next three months.
14:06Okay.
14:07Is there the possibility that our trommel will be stuck for the entire rainy season?
14:16Some, yeah, maybe.
14:18If the rain is continued, it's not stopped, then problem.
14:21So we have to buy one?
14:23We have to buy one.
14:24A new trommel would deplete what is left of Scott and George's $150,000 budget.
14:31But the guys are out of options.
14:34They need gold.
14:36And to get it, they have to have a trommel.
14:38Whatever we can do to help, we'll help.
14:40Making sure that you guys have enough money to keep going.
14:43We appreciate it.
14:44Let's, yeah, let's look before we, before we make a decision.
14:48Yeah, let's move.
14:48Okay.
14:49Okay.
14:50So tomorrow at 9 o'clock?
14:519 o'clock.
14:52Okay.
14:57The next day, the guys travel to the nearby village of Bremen to look at a brand new $85,000 trommel.
15:04If they buy it, their budget will be blown, and they will be forced to rely on claim owners, Chris and Singh.
15:11More than anything, it's going to put us in a horrible position with Chris and Singh, and it's going to give them more power of us.
15:16And we're going to be giving them that power as soon as we buy that trommel.
15:18And it just freaks me out, and it pisses me off that we have to do it.
15:21Look at Chris and Singh, like, a credit card.
15:23That's a line of credit that's been extended to us.
15:25If we didn't have the credit card, then we're just screwed anyway.
15:28We have to take that risk.
15:29That's the only way that we can get gold and send it home.
15:37Awesome.
15:38Let's take a look at this thing.
15:39Let's check it out.
15:44This looks good, man.
15:45Yeah, it does.
15:46It's slightly different than our last model, but...
15:49It looks good, man.
15:53It looks real good.
15:55Yeah.
15:55It looks expensive, but, yeah, it looks good.
15:58This trommel can process 900 tons of pay gravel a day.
16:02If there's gold on the Ramazzo claim, it could produce 30 ounces of gold per day, worth about $48,000.
16:10I don't think we have any other option, you know?
16:12I think we need to do it.
16:15Think about it, you know?
16:16No breakdowns.
16:17If we could be washing every day and not have to give this thing another thought, you know?
16:21Yeah.
16:25I think you might be right.
16:27Buying the trommel is only half the battle.
16:30Now the guys have to get it through 50 miles of jungle and onto their flooded claim.
16:35If we're going to get mining, we've got to get this thing going.
16:38We've got to get it onto our site.
16:40And it's not going to be easy to get it there, I'll tell you that.
16:477,000 miles away in Utah, the guy's new mechanic, Travis Fotheringham, is leaving for Ghana.
16:52It's just sad.
16:59I just don't think I'm quite ready.
17:02I guess I just hope everything's worth it from this point.
17:05America's recession has hit Travis hard.
17:10In the last year, he moved his family into temporary housing and lost his steady job as a mechanic.
17:16Losing my house meant my kids losing the school they went to, the friends they had.
17:21But Travis is an ex-military mechanic, and he has the skills to work in Ghana's jungle.
17:28This is his best chance to turn his family's lives around.
17:32I would do anything to be able to provide for my family like I once did.
17:39It still feels like the right thing to do.
17:42It still feels like this is the opportunity, this is the chance, this is what we've been waiting for.
17:48Um, I'm still really confident that this is going to work out.
17:53Is that alright with you?
18:03I feel horrible.
18:04I don't want to miss him.
18:07I don't want to miss him.
18:09You know what I need you to do?
18:21I need you to be tough for your mom and your little sister.
18:25Okay?
18:28I'm just so torn.
18:30Um, I know that this is, like, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it's do-or-die right now.
18:39You can do this.
18:44Travis is out of work and lost his home.
18:47But he will earn $5,000 a month in Ghana working for Scott and George.
18:51It's a 20-hour flight to Kamasi, the second-largest city in Ghana.
19:01What's up, dude?
19:02What's happening?
19:03How are you?
19:04It's good to finally see you again.
19:06Victor, nice to meet you.
19:13Scott takes Travis right to the vast spare parts magazine market.
19:17They're on a hunt for an air filter to fix the 330B excavator.
19:23We have a problem.
19:24We need parts.
19:25There are hundreds and hundreds of shops just like this, all up and down here.
19:29This is good 10 square miles of just this.
19:34Travis has never been out of the United States.
19:38Magazine market is not in his comfort zone.
19:41This is, uh, it's crazy.
19:42It looks like a war zone just full of people everywhere.
19:45I've never seen anything like this in my life.
19:48I've never even seen anything like this in the movie.
19:52After an hour, they finally find the air filter they need.
19:56Right now they're trying to score some air filters and fuel filters for the excavator.
20:02If it don't work, do I bring it back?
20:04No problem.
20:06Thanks, guys.
20:07Travis and site foreman Victor Kapah head to the Ramasso Gold Claim.
20:16It's a big test for me.
20:18It's a big, uh, opportunity to improve myself.
20:22Travis is just off the plane, but he has to fix the excavator.
20:25If Scott and George can't find gold, Travis won't get his $5,000 a month.
20:31Any engine is, uh, just a great big air pump, and without proper airflow, it's never going
20:38to run correctly.
20:39So somebody had replaced this air filter before with the wrong one.
20:45I'm going to put this brand new one in here.
20:46If the new air filter solves the problem, the guys will finally be able to dig for Ghana
20:53gold.
20:54All right, Victor, let's just fire this thing up.
21:01You know, right now it's not feeling like it's made a whole lot of difference.
21:07It's acting like the throttle is not as high as it needs to be.
21:11So when I hit this and it activates hydraulic, it just wants to kill the machine.
21:16Done.
21:21Travis quickly identifies a big problem.
21:25These injectors, you can tell that there's a lot of fuel coming from there, causing fuel
21:29leak and causing lack of power.
21:32Without enough power, they won't be able to operate the hydraulic system, lift the arm,
21:37and move the excavator.
21:39It could take weeks to get new fuel injector parts in Ghana.
21:42Every day they're not digging, Scott and George are potentially losing out on thousands
21:48in gold.
21:49Travis has to come up with a quick fix in the middle of the jungle.
21:52We'll keep working on it.
21:54Scott Lomo is transporting his new $85,000 trommel to the Romaso gold claim.
22:10You can do it, Kwame.
22:14You can do it.
22:17This gold-catching machine can pull 30 ounces of gold, or $48,000, from the ground a day.
22:24This is a critical piece.
22:25All the money that we're going to make is going to come out the end of this machine.
22:29We've got to get it out there.
22:30And without this machine, there's no money to be made.
22:32So between here and between our side is a good, you know, four miles or so.
22:36These roads are bad.
22:38We've been stuck every time we've come down here.
22:40We may not make it very far.
22:41It's the middle of the rainy season.
22:44Ghana's dirt roads are treacherous.
22:46We've got an $85,000 piece of equipment.
22:49I mean, the thing weighs 10 tons, and it's bouncing around like a rag doll back there.
22:56Crap.
22:57They're stopping us.
22:58The driver's pissed.
23:04The driver just saw the road, and it looks like this is as far as we're going.
23:14There's no way.
23:16He'll sink right here.
23:18I think our day's done.
23:26The truck driver unhooks the trommel.
23:28He won't go the last four miles to the claim.
23:31Scott and the $85,000 machine are stranded in the middle of nowhere.
23:37He calls George with the bad news.
23:40Hey, dude.
23:40It's me.
23:42Nope.
23:42We're still here sitting with the trauma.
23:45Everything's come to a screeching halt here.
23:48So we're going to have to pick up first thing in the morning with Singh and everybody.
23:52Okay.
23:52Thanks, dude.
23:52See you.
23:53See you.
23:53See you.
23:53See you.
23:53See you.
23:53See you.
23:53See you.
23:55See you.
23:57See you.
23:58There he goes.
24:03The goal was to get the pit open today.
24:06Now that won't happen until probably this time tomorrow because we've got to get the excavator
24:11out here.
24:11So, yeah, this is a huge setback for us.
24:14The guys can't get the trommel to their claim without a working excavator to drag it there.
24:20But just hours before nightfall, Travis comes up with a fix.
24:25So I'm going to start it and I'll have you tie that off tight again with a high throttle.
24:29Travis, do you want me to tie it very tight?
24:31Pull it as tight as you can.
24:33As much RPMs as much RPMs as possible, but don't break that string.
24:37That string's all we have.
24:38Okay.
24:39Travis has improvised.
24:42He uses a piece of string to restore the excavator's power.
24:48With this throttle, you guys should have been running the machine at this RPM.
24:53Where we need it to be running.
25:00The throttle is held open by a string, and the excavator is temporarily able to run at
25:04full power.
25:05This excavator's being controlled, the throttle's being held open with just a piece of string.
25:12Simple as that.
25:13This is how you do it.
25:14This is how you do it.
25:15Yeah.
25:16I definitely think that the work we did today made a big difference.
25:21So, I'm happy with the outcome.
25:24At dawn, the team gathers to get their brand new trommel onto the claim.
25:33Back up.
25:34Singh's expert driver, Bouchan, is at the controls of the excavator.
25:38All right.
25:39Bring it in.
25:41If Travis's bush fix holds, the excavator should have the power to drag the trommel to
25:46the Ramasso claim.
25:47Listen, there's a thousand things that can go wrong.
25:50There's only one thing that can go right, and that's getting the trommel to the site.
25:53The trommel will be towed down four miles of flooded dirt road and through a 90 foot
26:02long swamp.
26:05Its final destination, an acre of dry land that could hold nearly $200,000 in gold.
26:14This trommel was not meant to be towed like this.
26:20Go.
26:21Go.
26:22Go.
26:23Go.
26:24Up.
26:25Up.
26:26You're clear.
26:27He's got to come down.
26:28Straight down.
26:29With George acting as Bouchan's eyes, the team slowly heads downhill.
26:32Watch.
26:33Watch.
26:34Hold on.
26:35Around these side bends, this excavator's just tossing that trommel like a rag doll.
26:43Oh, my gosh.
26:44The excavator is struggling to pull the 10-ton trommel.
26:51Back up.
26:52Turn it.
26:53The whole freakin' rope just snapped.
26:58They make it to level ground, but their tow rope has snapped.
27:13Scott replaces the rope with steel cables.
27:16To get across the last stretch of swamp, the excavator now has to lift the trommel.
27:21All right, Bouchan.
27:22Let's lift it up.
27:23Pull it straight out.
27:25The lift will test Travis's bush fix.
27:32If the string tied around the excavator's throttle snaps, they'll lose their hydraulics,
27:37and the trommel will fall into five feet of flood water.
27:47Really muddy.
27:48This is really deep mud.
27:49Look at this.
27:52The guys push into the deepest part of the swamp.
27:56Why is he stopping?
27:59What's up?
28:00We're adjusting this to make it shorter.
28:02Oh, so you can lift it higher?
28:03Yeah.
28:04Oh, that's good.
28:06Okay.
28:07Okay.
28:08If the trommel's engine gets submerged, it could mean a rebuild.
28:19And every day lost out here costs the guys thousands in potential profit.
28:24This rolls back on me.
28:26That'd be a bad day.
28:36You can hear it.
28:37This is awesome.
28:38This is a great sign.
28:39Travis's fix holds.
28:40The excavator maintains power.
28:41The machine George and Scott spent the last of their money on is finally safe on high ground.
28:58You get a big, wet hug.
28:59Nice job.
29:00Awesome.
29:01It's here.
29:02It's here.
29:03We wanted to.
29:04Thanks to their new hire, Travis, the guys can now finally begin processing gold on the
29:16Ramazzo claim.
29:17Yes!
29:18To say this is a win is a massive understatement.
29:22Now we can start digging and this is a phenomenal day.
29:31Let's go.
29:35After four weeks of frustration, Scott Lomu and George Wright are ready to start mining.
29:41Their new trommel is finally in position to catch gold.
29:44Their excavator is running.
29:46They can now dig for the estimated 1.5 million in gold on the Ramazzo claim.
29:52Let's get in there.
29:53Let's tear it all down.
29:55There's only one acre of dry land on the Ramazzo claim.
30:00The guys think this acre could hold $187,000 of gold.
30:05The first pit will be 100 feet wide and 20 feet down.
30:09And they hope to hit gold-rich pay gravel.
30:12This is where it all begins.
30:14Right here, baby.
30:16Unbelievable.
30:17It's been a long time coming.
30:19It's awesome.
30:20Right now, we're digging.
30:23We should be watching within a few days.
30:25But after just a half hour of digging, everything comes to an abrupt halt.
30:43A local farmer named Kwesi claims the land they are digging on belongs to him.
30:49He wants to be paid for knocking down his cocoa trees.
30:52He's angry and has a machete.
30:55We're going to have big problems with this guy.
31:00He's not going away.
31:02When claim owners Chris and Singh bought this land, they paid a cocoa farmer named Kofi for the right to remove his trees.
31:11Kwesi is Kofi's brother-in-law and is unaware that a deal was struck.
31:17We sit with him.
31:18We sit with him.
31:19He has all his sisters there to talk.
31:21Even the two sisters signed an agreement with us.
31:24Man.
31:25Huh?
31:26Don't reject my patience, okay?
31:28What's up?
31:29What's up?
31:30What's up?
31:31Kwesi refuses to let them mind.
31:36Kristen Singh's security guard, Ernest, calls Kofi, the landowner, to straighten things out.
31:42They're talking to him right now and they're trying to resolve this peacefully.
31:54This guy is the brother-in-law of Kofi.
31:56He had no idea that Kofi just sold all this land.
31:59It's the right family.
32:00It's the right brother-in-law.
32:01He just doesn't know anything about it and he is pissed.
32:06Kofi is saying that the land is not for this man.
32:08Okay.
32:09It's obvious the guys are caught in the middle of a messy family dispute.
32:19But they do have the right to mind this land.
32:22Ernest forces Kwesi to leave.
32:28But Singh fears he will return to seek revenge.
32:32This fight is coming.
32:34We need to now, today, good security.
32:37Somebody should have to stay.
32:39Otherwise, he can spoil anything.
32:41Who is going to stay here tonight?
32:44We'll stay.
32:45We're happy to stay.
32:46No problem.
32:47After a three-hour standoff, the guys continue mining.
32:58But as they get deeper into their pit,
33:00Big hole.
33:01A lot of water.
33:03They run into another problem.
33:09About four feet beneath the top, it's just running water.
33:13They are mining the claim's only dry land,
33:15but the water table is just below the surface.
33:20The water will wash away the gold before they can get to it.
33:23If there's water, we're not going to be able to get the gravel out to start washing.
33:26So we got to get it out.
33:27We got to get it out now.
33:28To fight off the water, the guys bring in a pair of three-inch pumps,
33:33each capable of draining 250 gallons a minute.
33:38On an operation like this, we're going to need pumps running 24 hours a day,
33:49just based on what I'm seeing here.
33:51Hey, it's good.
34:02At dusk, Scott heads to set up camp.
34:05After the Kwesi run-in, they will have to guard their equipment overnight.
34:10People who you're having fights with and disputes with are known to come in
34:13and wreak havoc on your equipment,
34:15so we're going to camp right on top of our equipment tonight.
34:19Not only do we have to make sure that this equipment stays safe,
34:22but we got to make sure that these pumps are pumping all night.
34:25Today's going to be a day that we'll remember for a long time, man.
34:37There are some things that we need to do.
34:38You know, like I said, the hard part starts now, but today was huge.
34:42Our entire investment's in this equipment.
34:44We have to make sure we protect it.
34:46We've got to make sure we have just a good a day tomorrow.
34:49That's right.
34:50We need a whole bunch of good days for the next several days
34:52if we're going to pull this out, so let's do it, man.
34:55Scott, George, and security guard Ernest
34:58settle in for the first night on the claim,
35:01deep in the African jungle.
35:06After an uneventful night, the guys wake to a nightmare.
35:10They're set to begin mining for gold.
35:12So let's go check this out.
35:13But their pit is a pond.
35:15This pit's full.
35:17Oh, .
35:19I got up.
35:20I tried to get them going.
35:21This one kept popping off.
35:23Their three-inch pumps were no match for the water.
35:26The last thing I wanted to see.
35:28We can't dig today.
35:29I should probably run into town
35:31and buy some bigger heavy junior clamps.
35:34All right.
35:40We're going to take a look.
35:43Our pit's full of water.
35:45So all in all, it was a bad night.
35:51But the water is the least of George's concerns.
35:54Suddenly, Kwesi emerges from the jungle.
35:58Why?
35:59Why?
36:00Why?
36:01Why?
36:02Why?
36:03Why?
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36:38out of their reach.
36:53Kwesi has another machete.
36:59Ernest is able to wrestle it away.
37:08As soon as they start throwing punches,
37:15Kwesi gets the upper hand.
37:20George has no choice but to take matters
37:23into his own hands.
37:38Pedestrians don't have the right of way.
37:40The cars do.
37:42Scott, Travis, and mine foreman Victor
37:44are on a mission to find new hose clips
37:46for their water pumps.
37:48You think the jungle's out there where the gold is?
37:50The jungle's right here when you're buying parts.
37:52Each hour they aren't running,
37:54Scott and George are losing money.
37:56We can't go here because we owe these guys money.
37:58We're going to go this way.
38:00Again, this is 10 square miles.
38:02You'll find anything you need out here.
38:04These are Ghanaian Walmarts.
38:06The parts they need are worth only a couple of bucks.
38:09You literally walk your ass off
38:11just to find one little part.
38:13It's a hassle. It's a pain.
38:15And after a three-hour trip,
38:17they finally head back to the claim
38:19with two new hose clips.
38:36George Wright just choked out Quacey
38:41after he attacked their security guard, Ernest.
38:44You calm down.
38:45Hey, calm down.
38:47We're friends.
38:48But you need to calm down.
38:50We can figure it out.
38:52Quacey is stunned, but fine.
38:55He had no idea that George is an experienced MMA fighter.
38:59Are you OK?
39:00Quacey, are you OK?
39:02Quacey, are you OK?
39:03Quacey, are you OK?
39:04Quacey is bitter that his family made a deal
39:08with Scott and George behind his back.
39:11Even after being subdued,
39:13he is angry and still wants compensation.
39:16Ernest suspects that they have not seen the last of Quacey.
39:26My problem is when these boyfriends go to the town,
39:29you always go and call his people to come and attack us,
39:32even I in particular.
39:34So my life is now in danger to even kill me.
39:41George calls Scott to break the news.
39:44I mean, I'm not kidding you.
39:45For a split second, I thought somebody was going to die.
39:47But at the end of the day, he was trying to drown Ernest,
39:50and I had to get involved and neutralize it.
39:52Ernest has injured his hand
39:54and needs to go to the hospital in Dunquois fast.
39:58All right, bye.
40:07Let's go inside.
40:08OK.
40:11So we're coming into the hospital right now.
40:13Our security guard, Ernest, needs to get a full medical workup.
40:16He risked his life for us today.
40:18He can't move his hand.
40:19We're pretty sure it's broken.
40:20So we just got to get him in here and make sure everything's OK.
40:26Ernest is quickly examined.
40:28We're just happy that it's not broken.
40:30So they're going to put this cream on there to help dole the pain.
40:31They are going to bandage it.
40:36Scott has set up a meeting outside the hospital with Kofi.
40:42He is the landowner on the Ramaso claim and Kwesi's brother-in-law.
40:47They need to find a peaceful solution.
40:51Kofi, we want to work it out.
40:53We want to be friends.
40:54Even with Kwesi, we don't want any problems.
40:56We don't want problems.
40:57We want to be friends with him.
40:59You let him know.
41:00If you talk to him, you let him know that we want to be friends.
41:03We don't want enemies here.
41:04We want to be able to create an environment where we can provide for our families in the
41:17gold mining industry.
41:18And that's it.
41:19That's our goal.
41:20So we hope that he's OK.
41:22And we hope that he will be OK with us.
41:24We need to be friends with this guy.
41:26We need to be able to stay in our village.
41:27We need to be able to walk down the streets and feel safe.
41:31Scott and George make peace with Kwesi's family.
41:36But if the locals find out that George subdued Kwesi, the situation could quickly fall apart.
41:46George lays low to avoid retaliation, while Scott and Travis look for Kwesi to make amends.
41:52Look, we don't want any hard feelings.
41:55We don't want any trouble in this village.
41:57So we're actually going to try to talk to the guy.
41:59He's OK.
42:00Just to see if we can't bury the hatchet.
42:01I have no idea how it's going to go.
42:03On the outskirts of Uncontumso, they spot Kwesi on the side of the road.
42:08Here he is.
42:13How are you?
42:16Are you OK?
42:17Hey, listen.
42:18We just want to talk and see if you're OK.
42:21OK.
42:22Are you OK?
42:23I'm not OK.
42:24Why?
42:25We didn't want any trouble.
42:27We want to be friends with you.
42:29We don't want any problems.
42:31Is it OK?
42:33You know, the only reason my friend jumped on was because our guy was in danger.
42:38He was drowning.
42:39We don't want any problems with you.
42:43Is it OK?
42:44Will you be...
42:45Can we talk?
42:46Put the camera down.
42:47I don't want him...
42:48We don't want any problems with you, OK?
42:50It's still alive.
42:52If I get stronger, I'll do another work.
42:57But no problem.
42:58OK.
42:59We don't want any problems with you, OK?
43:03If we can help you, we will help you.
43:05OK?
43:06All right.
43:07In their quest for Ghana gold, Scott and George have encountered one problem after another.
43:13But now, their biggest problem isn't the jungle.
43:17They might just have their first real enemy in Africa.
43:21I think I just not like you.
43:22No.
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