We all know that the majority of reality shows have a ton of staged, recreated and acted scenes. This series is no exception. The first few seasons are fairly real, then it becomes progressively more sensationalized, acted and staged.
One of the mines is being run by a 19 year old, who is doing a good job running the mine, especially considering his age, but he develops a progressively cocky attitude that gets pretty annoying. It may be the producers editing it that way, doesn't appear to be though.
Another crew has a group prayer every day and asks god to make them rich. That's pretty gross. Also, the guy that runs that crew has a truck that has a laughably and ridiculously huge lift kit on it.