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 to cough up more, with territorial government lawyer Megan Seiling said to have requested that he be fined in the “$50,000 range”. The stunt saw Beets standing in front of a dredge pond at his mining operation on the Indian River near Dawson City, Yukon,...read more...