“Gold Rush: Alaska,” a reality TV show featuring a crew of greenhorns who worked a gold claim in the Porcupine mining district last summer, airs Friday night on the Discovery Channel. Ten episodes are planned.

Clips from the show posted on a series website promise drama, as well as dramatic narration and music to sauce up what other residents do without fanfare each summer – operate mom-and-pop placer operations in the upper valley.

Video teasers…