Rick Ness has faced difficult seasons before, but Gold Rush Season 17 appears to have placed him at one of the most complicated crossroads of his career.

In the brutal, high-stakes world of Klondike placer mining, heavy machinery is useless without experienced operators sitting in the cab.

In the Klondike, ambition and capital can get you a claim and heavy machinery, but they cannot guarantee you gold.

In the brutal environment of Klondike placer mining, heavy machinery isn't the only thing that breaks down under pressure.

In the hyper-competitive Klondike goldfields, a mine boss's entire season can be defined by the first few weeks in the dirt.

In the brutal world of Klondike placer mining, momentum is everything. A strong start to the season can set a crew up for record-breaking hauls, while early stumbles can bleed...

The battle for gold in the Yukon is already taking shape, and the opening stages of Gold Rush Season 17 have created very different stories for Tony Beets and Parker Schnabel.

Life in the Yukon gold fields is usually defined by demanding shifts, heavy machinery, mechanical breakdowns and the constant pressure to keep production moving.

In the high-stakes, capital-intensive world of Klondike placer mining, the first clean-up of the season is the most critical moment of the summer.

In the hyper-competitive world of Klondike placer mining, breaking into the established hierarchy of veteran mine bosses is nearly impossible.

In the hyper-regulated world of modern placer mining, a crew can have the most powerful heavy machinery, the richest ground, and the most experienced operators in the Klondike,...

In the Klondike, a veteran crew is just as valuable as a fleet of brand-new excavators. When a mine boss shakes up his core team at the start of a season, the operational transition is...

In the high-stakes world of Klondike placer mining, heavy machinery and rich pay dirt are useless without one critical ingredient: water.

For more than a decade, Tony Beets has been one of the most recognizable faces on Gold Rush. His enormous mining operation, demanding leadership style and determination to find...

Season 17 of Gold Rush is still in its early stages, but the preview for Episode 2, titled Welcome to the Jungle, suggests that the season is wasting very little time putting its...

The most expensive piece of machinery on a gold mining claim is an idle wash plant. In the brutal economics of the Klondike, a crew needs to hit the ground running the moment the...

In the high-stakes world of Klondike placer mining, property lines are absolute. You can have the most efficient crew, the heaviest machinery, and the richest pay dirt in the...

In the Klondike, a veteran crew is just as valuable as a fleet of brand-new excavators. When a mine boss shakes up his core team at the start of a season, the operational transition is...