A Nevada miner stages a last-ditch mining intervention to save his stubborn mine boss's 30-year-old mine. But it won't be easy as they race to convert the rickety old plant into a new fine gold super sluice.

A "one-man band" British Columbia miner needs Freddy and Juan to triple his gold to avoid ruin. But once the rescue begins, it quickly becomes too much work for a solo operation -- meaning that the miner's reluctant wife must learn to use heavy machinery.