Gold Rush - Season 2

With a good old fashioned case of gold fever, the Gold Rush miners are back with a vengeance as they mine their way out of financially hard times. In this season, the Hoffmans and their crew will battle mother nature, and each other, while they head up north. Unforeseen circumstances threaten to jeopardize their dream of striking it rich in this rugged and frozen terrain.

18 Episodes

Twist of Fate

Season 2 - Episode 1

The Hoffmans have to find gold and fast. The crew arrives in Porcupine Creek reinvigorated and in record time, they are on the gold. But jus...

Virgin Ground

Season 2 - Episode 2

The Hoffman crew heads north to the Klondike in a desperate bid to find a new claim and salvage their mining season. 16-year-old Parker Schn...

Family Feud

Season 2 - Episode 3

Jack and Todd go head to head over how to set up their new claim. At Porcupine Creek, Dakota Fred rips out the wash plant and finds gold tha...

Slippery Slope

Season 2 - Episode 4

The Hoffman crew confronts the permafrost that lies between them and the gold. As the Dakota Boys set up their new wash plant, Fred pushes h...

Drill or Die

Season 2 - Episode 5

A crew rebellion forces Todd Hoffman to dig test holes on the claim. The tension mounts as they wait to see if they're sitting on a gold-ric...

Lovestruck

Season 2 - Episode 6

The Hoffmans are finally on the gold, but a new love threatens to derail mechanic James Harness right when the crew needs him most. Desperat...

Gold At Last

Season 2 - Episode 7

The Hoffmans realize they could be losing thousands of dollars of gold out of the end of their sluices and they are forced to tear apart the...

On the Gold

Season 2 - Episode 8

With the washplant prepped, the Hoffman crew finally has their first clean-out of the season. Back in Alaska, Dakota Fred works furiously to...

Behind the Scenes

Season 2 - Episode 9

In this special, exclusive behind the scenes footage capturing the production of Gold Rush is revealed. Four film crews spread over 600 mile...

Dead in the Water

Season 2 - Episode 10

Jack Hoffman's precious excavator gets stranded in the creek and requires emergency surgery in the wilderness. Meanwhile, the crew fine-tune...

Twenty Four Seven

Season 2 - Episode 11

Short on time, the Hoffman Crew decides to run night and day in a struggle to get to the gold, while a federal mining inspector pays a surpr...

Rock Bottom

Season 2 - Episode 12

A broken excavator sidelines the Hoffman crew; Parker Schnabel returns the mine to his grandfather; efforts to reopen a mine beget a clash b...

Bedrock Gold

Season 2 - Episode 13

A key crew member calls it quits at Quartz Creek. Meanwhile, massive rocks break Dakota Fred's derocker and Parker reconsiders his future af...

Man Down

Season 2 - Episode 14

A heart attack has 91 year-old mining legend John Schnabel battling for for his life. The Hoffmans find a gold nugget that becomes a game-ch...

In the Black

Season 2 - Episode 15

The Hoffman crew risks its all to run through the night in a bid to finally break even for the season. Fred has to abandon his best paydirt ...

Frozen Out

Season 2 - Episode 16

The Hoffman crew battles frozen dirt and frozen pipes as they struggle to hit their goal of 100 oz. Parker makes a last ditch effort at Smit...

Judgment Day

Season 2 - Episode 17

The Hoffman crew is desperate to get 100 ounces, but Todd's decision to run the dozer on solid ice ends in disaster. The Big Nugget mine fac...

Revelations

Season 2 - Episode 18

In never before seen footage, the miners unearth the sometimes ugly truth about their 2011 mining seasons. In a shocking development, one mi...