Dustin's crew finds an ideal claim to mine, but to get down to the gold they have to make it through the waterfall's pound zone. Fred brings in a new miner, only to have his path to bedrock gold is blocked by massive boulders.

The Dakota boys bank their first gold hauls of the season. Dustin invents a custom super claw to remove massive boulders from his plunge pool. Fred and his crew are confronted by a deadly cable malfunction.