Gold Rush star Tony Beets fined $31,000 over ‘Viking baptism’ fire stunt

Gold Rush star Tony Beets has been fined $31,000 for allowing employees to set a pond alight with gasoline — in a stunt which appeared on the show. The 57-year-old miner and his company, Tamarack Inc., were hit with the penalty by a judge at the Yukon territorial court. The prosecuting attorneys reportedly wanted Beets

Gold Rush exclusive: Swearing Tony Beets tells kids to ‘make me some money’

Last year, Tony Beets shocked the Gold Rush world by going back to the future, as it were, when he resurrected the old bucket dredge. Tonight, we see the Beets clan meeting to strategize profits and losses — with a pivotal plan underway for the family. Tony’s son Kevin is in charge of the bucket dredge operation,

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Exclusive clip: Tony Beets’ dredge dismantling goes well on Gold Rush, still swears

Expletive-spouting Tony Beets has got a big project on his hands this week as he starts dismantling his 70-year-old dredge. As Gold Rush winds down, the luck of the Irish is with the Canadian Dutchman — whose subtitles on the show regularly have a high proportion of words starred out due to his flowery language. Certainly, Beets