all I can think is she had just found out the Hoffman crew’s wash plant broke down again assuring that they would have another miserable season
The Hoffman - the Wrong Way Corrigans of gold mining.
I gave up on that "reality" show after a few episodes. I call them "Manufactured Crisis" shows, with the narrator trying to generate some angst by saying "it COUlD happen", "this MIGHT happen," ad nauseum.
What got me right in the beginning was when they couldn't get their big machine across the bridge because of the weight - no planning - nobody thought to send a car ahead or check bridge limits with the county? Please.