Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan — Season 2
About this season
With nearly 40 years of mining under his belt, Freddy Dodge goes on the road to help struggling mine owners to hit the mother lode; he teams up with Juan Ibarra to overhaul washplants, introduce gold recovery techniques and transform operations.
Episodes (10)
1. A Golden Promise
Aired 1 April 2022 • 44 min
Freddy Dodge and Juan Ibarra attempt to turn Alaskan miner Clay Strickland's struggling hobby mine into a profitable business. With a little help from his friends, Freddy and Juan help Clay fulfill a promise to his young daughter and late wife.
2. The Trommageddon
Aired 8 April 2022 • 44 min
Freddy and Juan head to the Klondike to save an operation from bankruptcy.
3. Dial F for Freddy
Aired 8 April 2022 • 44 min
Freddy and Juan meet Gold Rush veteran Jim Thurber to help turn a 130-year-old mine site in Oregon into a commercially viable mine. But with a team of rookies and a series of bottlenecks in their operation, it's an uphill battle.
4. Family Fortune
Aired 15 April 2022 • 44 min
Freddy and Juan head to southwest Colorado to help a father and son team turn their hobby mine into a commercial success – and fix their fractured relationship.
5. Busch Creek or Bust
Aired 15 April 2022 • 44 min
In one of their toughest challenges to date, Freddy Dodge and Juan Ibarra fly to a remote mine in Alaska to help three miners struggling to make a profit. Without their trucks or tools, their ingenuity is pushed to the limit.
6. The Gold Thief
Aired 22 April 2022 • 44 min
Freddy and Juan face one of the toughest wash plant rebuilds of their careers as they battle a horrific clay problem in Montana rescuing the Scott family.
7. Freddy's Gamble
Aired 22 April 2022 • 44 min
Freddy and Juan race to the depths of the Yukon to help prospector and family man Derek Brown increase his gold recovery. If they succeed, they secure Derek's family's future, but if they fail, their reputation could be at stake.
8. The Gold Wizard
Aired 29 April 2022 • 44 min
When Juan's wife has a baby, Freddy faces a solo rescue to save the father-and-son M&M mine in the Yukon. With the family unable to mine another year if they can't capture more fine gold, Freddy's fixes become do or die.
9. For the love of nuggets
Aired 6 May 2022 • 44 min
Expert gold miner Freddy Dodge helps struggling mine owners. If he can increase the owner's gold haul, he gets a cut of the profits but nothing if he fails.
10. Legend of Freddy and Juan
Aired 13 May 2022 • 44 min
Freddy and Juan help their own operations in the off-season. Plus, they reveal how they got into gold and why they teamed up to help struggling miners.