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Gold Rush: South America

Season 1
The Hoffman Crew heads to South America in search of glimmering opportunities. The greenhorn miners try their luck at gold mining in Peru, Chile and Guyana and face dense jungles, lethal roads and turf wars with local miners.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - The Frozen North
    August 23, 2013
    43min
    TV-PG
    Eighteen-year-old Parker Schnabel leaves home and the Big Nugget mine to set up his own operation in the Klondike on Tony Beet's land. In Alaska, the Dakota boys take to the skies trying to find a way to the source of all the gold in Porcupine Creek.
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  2. S1 E2 - Ends of the Earth
    August 30, 2013
    43min
    TV-PG
    The production crew goes to extremes as they follow the miners' epic quests for gold. During the journey they suffer dangerous mountain passes, unstable riverboats and an upturned car in a dangerous fast-flowing river.
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  3. S1 E3 - South America - Peruvian Gold
    August 2, 2013
    43min
    TV-PG
    After quitting mining in the Klondike, Todd sets his sights on South America and flies his crew to Peru. But to find rich gold ground to mine, they must overcome dense jungle, lethal roads, and turf wars with local miners on their epic journey.
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  4. S1 E4 - South America - Chilean Gold
    August 9, 2013
    43min
    TV-PG
    Determined to find gold rich ground, the Hoffman crew moves on to Chile, where prospecting on a remote beach and high in the Andes Mountains pushes the crew to its limits.
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  5. S1 E5 - South America - Guyanese Gold
    August 16, 2013
    43min
    TV-PG
    The Hoffman crew heads to the jungles of Guyana after striking out in their hunt for South American gold in Chile and Peru. Running short on time and money, Todd needs to deliver gold-rich pay dirt in order to convince his crew to abandon the Klondike.
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  6. S1 E6 - Southern Quest
    October 18, 2013
    43min
    TV-PG
    In the quest for gold, the Hoffman crew quits the Klondike to hunt down gold-rich ground in South America. The Dakota boys set their sights on virgin mountain claim, Cahoon Creek. Eighteen-year-old Parker Schnabel leaves home to mine for Klondike gold.
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Producers
Carter Figueroa
Cast
Parker SchnabelFred HurtPaul ChristieDustin Hurt
Studio
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