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16 Episodes 2016 - 2016
Episode 1
22 mins
As the last snow melts, Claudia prepares for the long trek to the Wolverine mining camp. After a lackluster season last year, her investors are hungry for results. She and her crew travel down the grueling 120 kilometer trail, but when the untested vehicles start to break down, the team has to pull together and improvise if they want to start the season on time.
Episode 2
22 mins
At the half-way point of the trek to the Wolverine mining claim, Claudia's crew faces a swollen Turnagain river crossing. Josh, eager to prove himself, gets the machines across, but his excavator is slowing down the convoy. Claudia and Robin race ahead to set up camp, leaving Josh behind to bring in the rickety excavator by himself.
Episode 3
22 mins
When more bolts come loose on his excavator, Josh is stranded 20 kilometers from the Wolverine mine and out of radio contact. At camp, Claudia sends Guy to help her son get the excavator going so they can start mining.
Episode 4
22 mins
While the jade plays hard to get with Guy and R2, an overturned semi-truck near Jade City provides free groceries to the community. Alan tells Claudia and Robin that he can add $300,000 to the mining budget if they find high quality jade right away, so they scour the claim.
Episode 5
22 mins
Claudia and Robin set the summer's target: one million dollars worth of jade, or five grade-A boulders. The Bunces head to an auction in Edmonton to bid on a second excavator, leaving Guy in charge of making inroads on the quota. But if he can't get Jay, the floundering new guy, up to speed soon, they could end up with nothing.
Episode 6
22 mins
A fatality on a nearby jade mine serves as a wake-up call for the crew at the Wolverine mine site. But before they can revamp their safety procedures, new guy Jay collapses in terrible pain.
Episode 7
22 mins
Claudia tries to ramp up production with the new auction excavator and a visit from her father. While Steve sifts through thousands of useless rocks, the auction excavator breaks down before Josh is left stranded in the support vehicle. With no jade in sight, the team must make some changes or risk wasting the season.
Episode 8
22 mins
As Claudia's crew digs boulders out of the new mining area at Wolverine, Alan announces that he's bringing a group of buyers to camp. With no good jade to show, the race is on. They struggle through bad boulders and a faulty generator, hoping to find some quality jade on time
Episode 9
22 mins
As rain and mud hamper the hunt for the next big boulder at Wolverine, Josh gets his truck stuck in a sinkhole near town. But things go from bad to worse when the dozers he brings in to save him also start sinking in the muck. Meanwhile, the big boulders that everyone was counting on at camp prove worthless.
Episode 10
22 mins
Guy finds a big boulder with lots of high quality jade between the fractures. Robin and Alan argue about how to slice away the junk without reducing the rock to rubble. Near Jade City, Scrappy Larry gets to work on converting an old rusty diesel tank into a community hot tub.
Episode 11
22 mins
At the Wolverine mine site, Justin's nose for jade uncovers some giant boulders but getting them out risks damaging the excavator. On the trail to Wolverine, Scrappy Larry takes his army truck to rescue the "Crummy," the broken-down crew vehicle. Josh bets Larry that his homemade wooden tow bar won't make the trip.
Episode 12
22 mins
A lack of jade at Wolverine convinces Robin to explore another claim with Justin, while Larry tries to boost morale by turning a filthy old diesel tank into a community hot tub. Frustration mounting, Justin finally finds a unique boulder, but their hopes for the season rest on the cut.
Episode 13
22 mins
While Claudia houses a hydro crew in Jade City, Josh tries to prove himself as an excavator operator at the Wolverine site. But when a sewage back-up pushes the crew out of town and fuel runs out at Wolverine, Claudia scrambles to save both Wolverine and Jade City.
Episode 14
22 mins
Desperate to recover from recent losses, the pressure is on to find jade before the mining season ends. While Josh shreds a tire bringing in a desperately needed load of fuel, Justin and Guy find a colossal boulder, the most promising one of the season. But it's not worth anything if they can't get it through the bush and up to the camp saw on their last drops of fuel.
Episode 15
22 mins
As the crew prepares to cut what could be the best jade boulder of the season, Josh and R2 transport the slashed tire on the rock truck back to town for repairs. But R2 and Josh's daylong trek ends in a potentially fatal crash on the side of a dark highway and Claudia sees it as another sign of the curse of the jade.
Episode 16
30 mins
The race is on to get out of Wolverine camp before the snow buries everything. With R2 back on the trail, driving out the most valuable jade of the season, Alan tells Claudia and Robin that he's opening a jade store in Beijing.