7.1/1023 votes#1 - The Long Road
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/19/2012
Relive the most heart pounding and heart breaking moments of Gold Rush as the Hoffman crew and their rivals Parker Schnabel and 'Dakota’ Fred fight Mother Nature, mining machines and each other to get gold out of the ground in the frozen North.
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7.6/1060 votes#2 - Million Dollar Season
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 12/14/2012
Loaded with bonus footage, production facts and tweets. Todd doubles down with two claims, twice the crew and twice the gear. Dakota Fred's glory hole is thought to contain millions in gold. Parker hires a new crew and sets his sights on new land.
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7.3/1056 votes#3 - The Wrong Claim
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 12/21/2012
Dave faces disaster when he finds his new claim is un-minable. Todd is thousands of dollars in the hole and the 1000 ounce goal looks impossible. The Dakota boys face the threat of historic floods and Parker desperately needs to secure new ground.
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7.4/1054 votes#4 - Secret Weapons
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 12/28/2012
Todd does a deal on a new gold-rich claim to get Dave's crew back in action.The Dakota boys hire new miners and one is quickly terminated. Todd junks his old wash plant, and replaces it with the new Super-Trommel, and Parker sets an unprecedented goal to get $40,000 worth of gold in his first week.
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7.3/1053 votes#5 - Battle of the Bridge
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/2013
Todd Receives a suprise visit from his investor; a broken-down bulldozer causes problems for Dave Turin's crew.
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7.2/1050 votes#6 - The Ultimatum
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/2013
Todd's chief investor demands to see 100 ounces of gold in the next three weeks, or he will pull the plug on the Klondike operation. At Indian River, Dave Turin is on the gold. Parker's crew goes into meltdown when he forces them to replace a bridge, while Fred attempts to make a precision part for the 270's track out of scrap metal.
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7.2/1051 votes#7 - Game Changer
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 2/15/2013
Parker sets a hefty goal; Dave's mine faces a potential shutdown.
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7.3/1054 votes#8 - Road To Gold
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 2/22/2013
Todd and his crew finally get to test the new Turbo Trommel. Dave pushes his crew to double their last clean out. The Dakota Boys receive a visit from an inspector with the power to shut down their mine and Parker brings in dynamite to blast a boulder.
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7.3/1052 votes#9 - Up Smith Creek
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 3/1/2013
Todd faces closure; Parker receives bad news from his grandfather.
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7.5/1051 votes#10 - Leprechaun Gold
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 5/10/2013
Parker finds out about the fate of his Grandpa. Todd has to rebuild his turbo trammel, Indian River faces a shutdown and the Dakota boys investigate whether the Glory Hole is truly an ancient waterfall.
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7.8/1054 votes#11 - Dozer Wars
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 5/17/2013
Todd and Dave go to war over the dozer they both need to keep mining and Todd banks on finding virgin ground beneath a pile of dredge tailings. Parker faces a crew rebellion and Dakota Fred attacks the Glory Hole with his secret weapon- the bedrock shark.
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7.3/1050 votes#12 - Pink Slip
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 5/24/2013
Parker hits bedrock at Emerson Trench; Todd shuts down the Quartz Creek operation; and Dave has a mishap with a bulldozer.
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7.2/1051 votes#13 - The Merger
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 5/31/2013
Todd forces his crew and Dave's crew to merge into one team. The Dakota Boys use their new equipment to get back down to the bottom of the Glory Hole. Parker risks his life to get paydirt from an abandoned mine site down a dangerous mountain road.
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7.2/1050 votes#14 - The Night Shift
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 6/7/2013
Tensions mount between the dayshift and nightshift as Todd pushes his men harder than ever. Parker battles his ancient washplant and the treacherous road from Discovery Claim while Dustin risks it all diving for hidden gold in the frozen glory hole water.
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7.2/1047 votes#15 - Bedrock Blowout
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 6/14/2013
Todd pushes the Big Red washplant to near breaking point on his best ground yet. Fred and Dustin battle to save a broken down excavator as water floods the glory hole and Parker faces his worst nightmare as the dangerous mine road claims its first victim.
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7.3/1046 votes#16 - Redemption Road
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 6/21/2013
Out of Indian River paydirt, Todd comes up with a risky plan to hit his 1,000 ounce goal. A bad fall could put Fred out of the game, leaving Dustin to dig the glory hole. Parker worries his season is over but his grandpa is convinced he's near the motherlode.
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7.1/1045 votes#17 - The Motherlode
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 6/28/2013
Winter strikes and the miners wage the final battle for the mother lode. The Hoffmans pull out a secret weapon to thaw frozen gold-rich paydirt. Dustin plunges into the freezing waters of the Glory Hole and Parker mines the last ground at Big Nugget.
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The Best Episodes of Gold Rush Season 3
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"The Long Road" is the best rated episode of "Gold Rush" season 3. It scored 7.1/10 based on 23 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/19/2012. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Million Dollar Season".