best episodes of Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan poster

With nearly 40 years of mining under his belt, Freddy Dodge goes on the road to help struggling mine owners to hit the mother lode; he teams up with Juan Ibarra to overhaul washplants, introduce gold recovery techniques and transform operations.

4 Seasons
37 Episodes
Returning Series
Reality
Cast & Characters
episode image The Gold Devil
8.7/10 (25 votes)

#1 The Gold Devil

S1:E4

Freddy and Juan battle Arizona's heat to turn around the "gold devil".

episode image A Golden Promise
8.3/10 (15 votes)

#2 A Golden Promise

S2:E1

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.

episode image For Pete's Sake
8.2/10 (23 votes)

#3 For Pete's Sake

S1:E2

Freddy and Juan discover an easy fix that changes a builder's fortunes.

episode image A Fine Mess
8.2/10 (17 votes)

#4 A Fine Mess

S1:E5

Freddy and Juan help capture Colorado's fine gold and turn a big profit.

episode image Young Guns
8.1/10 (19 votes)

#5 Young Guns

S1:E3

Freddy and Juan help skyrocket a 23-year-old Oregon man's mining operation.

episode image Last Chance Gold
8.0/10 (525 votes)

#6 Last Chance Gold

S1:E1

Freddy and Juan rescue a homemade operation in Arizona.

episode image Legend of Freddy and Juan
8.0/10 (13 votes)

#7 Legend of Freddy and Juan

S2:E10

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.

episode image Married to the Mine
7.5/10 (14 votes)

#8 Married to the Mine

S3:E3

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.

episode image High Country Hail Mary
7.4/10 (11 votes)

#9 High Country Hail Mary

S3:E2

Freddy and Juan face the challenging rescue of father-and-son miners on the brink. But what starts as a water situation leads Freddy to discover an even bigger issue: their ground may contain no gold at all.

episode image True Gold
7.4/10 (11 votes)

#10 True Gold

S3:E5

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; Freddy must identify a heavy, mysterious material he's never seen before, hindering their clean-ups.

episode image Sink or Swim
0.0/10

#11 Sink or Swim

S1:E6

Freddy and Juan visit a floating wash plant that is losing gold in Alaska.

episode image The Trommageddon
0.0/10

#12 The Trommageddon

S2:E2

Freddy and Juan head to the Klondike to save an operation from bankruptcy.

episode image Dial F for Freddy
0.0/10

#13 Dial F for Freddy

S2:E3

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.

episode image Family Fortune
0.0/10

#14 Family Fortune

S2:E4

Freddy and Juan head to southwest Colorado to help a father and son team turn their hobby mine into a commercial success – and fix their fractured relationship.

episode image Busch Creek or Bust
0.0/10

#15 Busch Creek or Bust

S2:E5

In one of their toughest challenges to date, Freddy Dodge and Juan Ibarra fly to a remote mine in Alaska to help three miners struggling to make a profit. Without their trucks or tools, their ingenuity is pushed to the limit.

episode image The Gold Thief
0.0/10

#16 The Gold Thief

S2:E6

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.

episode image Freddy's Gamble
0.0/10

#17 Freddy's Gamble

S2:E7

Freddy and Juan race to the depths of the Yukon to help prospector and family man Derek Brown increase his gold recovery. If they succeed, they secure Derek's family's future, but if they fail, their reputation could be at stake.

episode image The Gold Wizard
0.0/10

#18 The Gold Wizard

S2:E8

When Juan's wife has a baby, Freddy faces a solo rescue to save the father-and-son M&M mine in the Yukon. With the family unable to mine another year if they can't capture more fine gold, Freddy's fixes become do or die.

episode image For the love of nuggets
0.0/10

#19 For the love of nuggets

S2:E9

Expert gold miner Freddy Dodge helps struggling mine owners. If he can increase the owner's gold haul, he gets a cut of the profits but nothing if he fails.

episode image Old Dog, New Tricks
0.0/10

#20 Old Dog, New Tricks

S3:E1

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

episode image Nugget Factor
0.0/10

#21 Nugget Factor

S3:E4

Married Montana miners dream of building a gold mining dynasty on their nugget-rich claim. But the valley's patchy pay and a critical failure at the wash plant lead to Freddy and Juan facing their first-ever failed rescue.

episode image Golden Boy
0.0/10

#22 Golden Boy

S3:E6

A 17-year-old mining prodigy, his father and grandfather wrestle with wintry weather to get their season underway in central Alaska. With another snowstorm brewing on the horizon, Freddy and Juan race to complete fixes before it’s too late.

episode image Brothers in Arms
0.0/10

#23 Brothers in Arms

S3:E7

Mining struggles threaten to destroy the deep bond of two mining brothers recently reunited in Montana. Finding a mysterious lack of gold in gold country, Freddy and Juan must successfully execute a high-stakes treasure hunt.

episode image Rigs to Riches
0.0/10

#24 Rigs to Riches

S3:E8

In British Colombia, the Paradis brothers left the oil fields to follow their mining dream 12 years ago, but now they can barely find gold. Juan rushes to modify the wash plant to save their dream while Freddy hunts for completely new ground.

episode image Home Is Where the Gold Is
0.0/10

#25 Home Is Where the Gold Is

S3:E9

A British Columbia family sold everything to purchase a 150-acre gold-rich property to mine and homestead. But as their families grow, their gold production does not. Shutdowns and broken equipment send Freddy and Juan's plans off track, forcing all-new ingenuity.

episode image Gold Habits Die Hard
0.0/10

#26 Gold Habits Die Hard

S3:E10

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.

episode image Army of Juan
0.0/10

#27 Army of Juan

S3:E11

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.

episode image Valley of Riches
0.0/10

#28 Valley of Riches

S4:E1

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.

episode image Grand Canyon Gold Gamble
0.0/10

#29 Grand Canyon Gold Gamble

S4:E2

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.

episode image Bust or Gold Boom?
0.0/10

#30 Bust or Gold Boom?

S4:E3

Freddy and Juan rescue a British Columbia miner on his final season without a miracle. They overhaul his operation and search for new ground, leading to one of the most shocking endings yet.

episode image Carolina Gold
0.0/10

#31 Carolina Gold

S4:E4

Freddy and Juan fly to an urgent SOS from a former Marine's mine in North Carolina. Inherited from his war buddy, the miner's dated operation will be the guys' biggest challenge without using any of their equipment.

episode image Dry or Die
0.0/10

#32 Dry or Die

S4:E5

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.

episode image Nature's ATM
0.0/10

#33 Nature's ATM

S4:E6

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.

episode image Fire on the Mountain
0.0/10

#34 Fire on the Mountain

S4:E7

Freddy and Juan find a group of rookie miners in British Columbia inspired by what they saw on TV. The guys bring an old wash plant back to life, but things take a turn when a fire breaks out on the mountain.

episode image Zeroes to Golden Heroes
0.0/10

#35 Zeroes to Golden Heroes

S4:E8

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.

episode image Monsoon Millions
0.0/10

#36 Monsoon Millions

S4:E9

Under the threat of severe thunderstorms and floods during monsoon season in Arizona, Freddy and Juan must not only fix the group of friends' operation, but also race to recover enough gold to stop the investor from pulling out.

episode image School of Hard Rocks
0.0/10

#37 School of Hard Rocks

S4:E10

In California, Freddy and Juan rescue their first-ever hard rock operation; as stakes heat up with big fixes, Freddy makes a million-dollar discovery.

Cast & Chracters

character image Self

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Actor: Freddy Dodge
character image Self

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Actor: Juan Ibarra

Narrator (voice)

Actor: Paul Christie

The highest rated episode of Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan is "The Gold Devil" (S1E4) with a rating of 8.70.

This episode received 25 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "High Country Hail Mary" (S3E2) with a rating of 7.40.

This episode received 11 votes.

The highest rated episode is "The Gold Devil" (S1E4) with a rating of 8.70.

This episode received 25 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Last Chance Gold" (S1E1) with a rating of 8.00.

This episode received 525 votes.

The highest rated episode is "A Golden Promise" (S2E1) with a rating of 8.30.

This episode received 15 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Legend of Freddy and Juan" (S2E10) with a rating of 8.00.

This episode received 13 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Married to the Mine" (S3E3) with a rating of 7.50.

This episode received 14 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "High Country Hail Mary" (S3E2) with a rating of 7.40.

This episode received 11 votes.

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