The Thistle dredge only operated for about 5 years during the 1940's. He has already refurbished another dredge in the Klondike and it is producing placer gold. He has purchased the dredge and plans to get it up and running later this year. One of the main characters in the TV series is Tony Beets. The dredge is located about 100 kilometers south of Dawson City of Klondike fame. What was amazing is that I first visited the dredge in 2009. I was amazed to see footage of an abandoned gold dredge on Thistle Creek a tributary of the Yukon River. Last Friday (January 22, 2015) I watched a new episode of the Gold Rush series on the Discovery channel. In a touching moment, Tony says he must wave goodbye to the “old lady,” his wife Minnie Beets, who is on the banks watching them sail on the river as she waves away.Īfter five months of delays, Tony’s power barge is finally heading upriver to bring back his dredge.This post is for the fans of the show Gold Rush on the Discovery Channel, Tony as the team finally get the dredge off the sandbank Tony is pleased with the whole operation after its all said and ******* done The forced air heater works well as Kevin and Brad coordinate with Tony and some welders to finally get the dredge up and off the sandbank. Tony uses a forced air heater to warm the engine room and heat up the rig.

Tony tells him that he doesn’t care for “that ice”.

We also see son Kevin Beets working on this problem, as he swears a long string of unintelligible dialogue - even more than his dad.

Poor Brad gets in the way, and Tony screams: “Just get the f*** off,” as they chip away at the frozen river nestling the metal rig. Tony says: “All we gotta do is get it off the f****** sandbank!” Not if Tony’s potty mouth’s got anything to do with it.

Thistle creek dredge