Jul 31, 2020 Hoffman decided to follow in his father’s footsteps, and relocated to Porcupine Creek, Alaska to begin a career in gold mining. Hoffman was able to sink $1 million into mining equipment, and spent three years learning and perfecting the trade, with the help of his father and a small crew of those in a similar position to him

Apr 01, 2016 The ever-diligent Gold Rush ologists in the Gold Rush Alaska Gossip Facebook group have revealed that the High Bar Placer Mine leased by the

Oct 03, 2019 In “Gold Rush,” there was one scene where Jack Hoffman drove a 40-ton excavator across the Kleheni River. The show made it look like this was such a big deal. However, as it turns out, it’s more of a common practice for a vehicle with equipment to pass this way when it is too heavy for the nearby Porcupine Bridge

Jan 14, 2018 8 lawsuits to ban gold rush from mining communities The miners and producers of the show have been sued a number of times by people in the communities they dig for various reasons. Following the 2017 season, the residents of South Park have filed a lawsuit attempting to prevent the crew from returning to their claim in the Colorado town in 2018

Jan 12, 2017 As we reported waaaay back in October, Gold Rush star Todd Hoffman and his crew of gold miners didn’t have much luck finding gold in their home state of Oregon, so they packed up their mining equipment (yet again) and headed a few states over to Colorado

Mar 28, 2018 Gene Cheeseman is an expert contractor best know as the cast of reality TV show Gold Rush.He has worked under two different bosses in Gold Mining. Though this star’s great-great-grandfather was a gold miner in Alaska in the late 1800s, Gene came into

Mar 29, 2020 A surprise social media post on Twitter in March 2020 revealed that Todd Hoffman would be returning to gold mining this year. The star revealed he had bought equipment and would go back to Alaska where he has been most successful. It won’t be shown on Discovery’s Gold Rush though and will attempt to show the true financial cost of mining gold

Oct 09, 2021 Todd Hoffman isn’t returning to Gold Rush season 12 in 2021. However, he is coming back to gold mining with his very own Discovery show in 2022. The goldminer says in the series trailer for his show: “ Three years ago I walked away from gold mining a beaten man. Now, I’m going back to Alaska, I know its a long shot, its our last shot

At the beginning of season 5, the McKinnon Mine lay abandoned after the previous mining group went bankrupt. The claim is owned by CEO Peter Tallman's company, Klondike Gold. The Hoffmans investigate it to acquire a claim for season 5. They lease the claim promising to give Klondike Gold a 20% cut with a minimum royalty of 100oz

Oct 16, 2021 Discovery's official press release lays out the stakes for Hoffman and his crew as they jump back into the gold-digging fray: After ending a checkered mining season in Colorado in 2018, Todd is ready to get back in the game. He’s emptying his life savings with the hope to turn around a distressed mine located nearly 100 miles north of Nome, Alaska

Sep 24, 2021 A Look Back at Todd Hoffman's Gold Mining Legacy 11 Photos Hit by the recession, Todd Hoffman decided to make the biggest gamble of his life and head north in search of gold. Armed with little more than a dream and dedicated crew, Todd learned gold mining the hard way

Sep 25, 2021 OG Gold Rush miner Todd Hoffman is returning to Discovery for his own spin-off mining series, and he’s bringing his family with him!. On the same day as the Gold Rush Season 12 premiere

Apr 01, 2016 The ever-diligent Gold Rush ologists in the Gold Rush Alaska Gossip Facebook group have revealed that the High Bar Placer Mine leased by the