The BEST episodes of Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan
Every episode of Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan!
A gold mining veteran with more than 40 years of mining under his belt, Freddy Dodge has earned the name “Gold Guru.” After proving himself to be an invaluable gold recovery expert on GOLD RUSH, Freddy is taking his tool belt on the road to stop struggling mine owners from striking out.
#2 - A Golden Promise
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2022
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.
#3 - Great Klondike Gold Hunt
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/13/2026
In the Yukon, Freddy and Juan tackle their most extensive treasure hunt yet: 288 claims across 6,000 acres and double the breakdowns. As the seconds tick away on the miner's season, the duo teams up with a local expert to find the gold.
#4 - Army of Juan
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/8/2023
Juan finds himself in an impossible situation with two Montana soldiers desperate to find enough gold to retire from the military. But with the winter freeze just days away, he calls in critical help from another Gold Rush legend.
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Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/23/2024
Freddy and Juan face a failing gold mine in the Arizona Desert, run by a nephew and his uncle living on the claim. With their money exhausted, the guys devise an ingenious cost-cutting system with their first-ever solar-powered operation.
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#7 - Dry or Die
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/13/2024
In Arizona, a scientist turned miner gambles his retirement to secure a legacy for his son. Against logic, Freddy and Juan must turn up the heat to fix the miner's innovative, self-designed "dry washer" to save the mine.
#8 - Bedrock Bottom
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/13/2026
With a family facing ruin, setbacks, and soaring debt on their BC mine, it's up to Juan and prospecting experts Jeff and Sophia Bond to save them. Using 6,000 pounds of steel, Juan creates his largest-ever hopper build to get a massive gold increase.
#9 - Valley of Riches
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/16/2024
The fate of a rookie mountain miner lies in the balance after he sinks his life savings into a British Columbia placer claim. With fine gold proving tricky to capture, Freddy and Juan must develop all-new ideas to boost recovery.
#10 - The Gold Thief
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/22/2022
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.
#14 - Gold Habits Die Hard
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/1/2023
In his last roll-of-the-dice, a struggling Oregon miner brings in Freddy and Juan to double his gold, which will convince best friend Terry to invest in his Oregon mine. The duo proposes a radical fix, but they may have bitten off more than they can chew.
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#15 - Legend of Freddy and Juan
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/13/2022
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.
#16 - Zeroes to Golden Heroes
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/4/2024
An Oregon miner calls Freddy and Juan to help save his mine to pass it on to his greenhorn son. They give the son valuable know-how but discover the property has been completely mined out. It becomes an all-out prospecting hunt to save their dream.
#17 - Nature's ATM
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/20/2024
Freddy and Juan must revive a failing 50-year-old wash plant in Montana's gold-filled mountains, where a mining family must not only turn around the gold mine but also turn a profit to save their aviation business.
#19 - Dial F for Freddy
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/8/2022
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.
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Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/20/2025
A BC miner fights to set up a legacy mine for his son, located beside the gold-rich Fraser River. With his money exhausted, Freddy and Juan resurrect a boneyard shaker and Franken-build an entire wash plant to triple production, saving a father's dream.
#22 - For Pete's Sake
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/3/2021
Freddy and Juan discover an easy fix that changes a builder's fortunes.
#23 - The Gold Devil
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/3/2021
Freddy and Juan battle Arizona's heat to turn around the "gold devil".
#25 - True Gold
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/21/2023
A trio of young Idaho miners struggles to find enough gold. To save them, Freddy and Juan bring new ingenuity to keep their mine alive. First, Freddy must identify a heavy, mysterious material he's never seen before, hindering their clean-ups.
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