And I'm not getting wealthy doing this yet. Zeke Tenhoff (a 29-year-old sometimes known for his amazing fashion sense, sometimes known for making illogical arguments during verbal altercations) put it all into perspective when he said this: "I started mining back in 2007, I'm about 10 years in. This season, the one legit mining operator, the Pomrenke Family, has decided to let all the chuckleheads prospect a new mining claim, while they focus on their land operation and charge the wannabes 20 percent of their profits.Īfter several seasons of watching the same individuals sink loads of money into marginal returns of gold, there is something ironic about the show. Each spring they set up a shanty town, send divers under the ice with suction dredges and try their best to get rich "quick." There is one legit mining operation that always makes a metric crap-ton of money (over a million dollars), and the rest are pulling themselves up by their oxygen lines living the Alaska dream. Last Friday, the seventh season of this mining program launched on Discovery Channel, and it looks like it's going to be considerably repetitive.įor those unfamiliar with this slice of American television, it takes place just offshore of Nome and features several underwater gold miners trying to strike it rich. When it's springtime in Alaska, "Bering Sea Gold" films and then airs six months later. Zeke Tenhoff on an episode of “Bering Sea Gold.” (Screen capture via ) Updated: SeptemPublished: September 1, 2016
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