Thanks for watching!

@CameronCC

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting! Always love to see a Cerro Gordo video!

@singahsung712

Жыл бұрын

No thank you for posting the video thanks so much Brent when i watch your videos i feel like im there with you

@VoyagesNow

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate you sharing with us, thank you.

@alilonghair7792

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking us with you 😀🏜️☀️

@trevorkenny

Жыл бұрын

Always.

Brent, a hiking boot company should send you a pair and you can give them a true review!

I can see it now... Brent Underwood breaks record for longest zipline, creating Cerro Gordo Zipline Tours.

@ghosttown2

Жыл бұрын

Let's do it!

@kelaarin

Жыл бұрын

I'm hoping for a gondola system someday, from the valley floor up to the town.

@elizabethbullock801

Жыл бұрын

Just what I was thinking! Make a Zipline!

@chuckthebull

Жыл бұрын

Funny I was thinking that...what sort of rig would work you could control your speed.. But what fun

@Dillon6191

Жыл бұрын

Haha I was thinking that, or making it to where you could ride something like the old buckets up to town.

I am a coal miners daughter and my daddy is gone bless him he loved being a minor I'm 66yrs old and this never ceases to amaze me. Thankyou from my heart Brent for bringing us with you on your adventures and discoveries

One thing that always hits me when seeing these amazing feats of engineering and the reason it seems to difficult today is because in today's world we wouldn't ever do work like that in a blatantly hazardous way, I'm sure many, many men lost their lives building the amazing things we can't imagine building today.

@blaz988

Жыл бұрын

True. And also, with modern technology and tools, the materials are accessible at a lower price, so we don't have to do it.

@Snaakie83

Жыл бұрын

There are hundreds of lifts in the mountains of Austria alone...the things are simply flown up there by choppers and constructed on locations even more remote. It's being done still...just different.

@lowstringc

Жыл бұрын

I’d say there was far more patience in those days in the sense that building went slow, with many, many hands. We often filter history through our own modern sensibilities where the hardship and patience to do these things is very foreign to us. Tons of people living hard in the mountains for months, or even years working on this.

@_dan_gutierrez

9 ай бұрын

You might be surprised to learn that no lives were lost in the construction of the much more difficult to build, nearby Saline Valley Salt Tram! Dangerous work can be done safely, if the lead construction engineers value people as much as the project.

Hi Brent! The green mineral looks more like Malachite. Chrysicolla is closer looking to Azurite but is a silicate mineral. If the morningstar mine was a gold producer it was likely quartz vein gold. If you are able to get in there look for prominent quartz veins. The reason why you get those pronounced ridges is because you have planar formations such as shale, siltstone, etc that have been structurally deformed (going from depositional horizontal to some other azimuth/dip). Once deformed these planar formations erode on the depositional planar. What you are walking on looks and sounds like talus! Please let me know if you have any questions! Thanks!

@yeetandskeet

Жыл бұрын

Can you say that again but in english lmao

@leechurchill1965

Жыл бұрын

Are we talking glacial deposits?

@BombproofCraftsman

Жыл бұрын

@@leechurchill1965 if I remember correctly, shallow sea bed deposits. Where it alternated every x-thousand years of dry spells.

I cannot describe how beautiful that view is

@ghosttown2

Жыл бұрын

Stunning indeed!

Ive been to the salt tram way via the swansea-cerro gordo ohv route. I’ve seen the aerial tramway by the cerro gordo road. Truly, truly a treat for someone like me. I tend to make a trip out there to check in on Cerro Gordo and the surrounding towns/mines once a year. To me you’re a lifesaver for documenting these aspects. Without your efforts I would’ve lead a more dull life. Also, thank you to Brent, Cerro Gordo staff and volunteers for your efforts in the revival of Cerro Gordo!

@alilonghair7792

Жыл бұрын

Did you need new shoes after? Just curious 😀

BRENT!! I love history. I'm the type of person who wants to see proof of history and I want to know why... I always said I wish I can talk to someone from the 1800 I would ask them so many questions. I LOVE YOUR DEDICATION you have. I keep telling my husband I want to go to north Cali and Utah to go metal detecting. YOU SHOULD OF BROUGHT a metal detecter with you!! - I saw the first tram and the view I wondered if they ever stopped and looked at a piece if heaven they worked in... THANK YOU for everything your doing been watching since day 1 and can't wait to see your videos

What a great hike…..would be cool if you could interview some people who were mining there in the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s when some of these trams were possibly still useable. They’d all be close to 100 now, but if they’re sharp like my Pa, they would have EPIC stories that should be told and recorded. Your KZread reach could pull these people out to tell their stories 👊🏻 🎥

@clarkpalace

Жыл бұрын

Good idea

@1927su

Жыл бұрын

Our elderly have lots of value and experiences most would love to share! Wish our Society and Country values our seniors better!

one day i will visit a place like this. i’ve always loved the history in old places.

@ghosttown2

Жыл бұрын

I hope you do! Aerial tramways in the West are a dying breed!

@Av-vd3wk

Жыл бұрын

@@ghosttown2 Why is this on Ghost Town 2!?? Thanks for getting back to weekly videos Brent! Really makes for a great start to Sunday for so many!!

@Elektrotechniker

Жыл бұрын

@@Av-vd3wk Please don‘t spam the comments with your question… You‘ve already written the exact same thing here.

@Av-vd3wk

Жыл бұрын

@@Elektrotechniker shut up 🤐

@Av-vd3wk

Жыл бұрын

@@Elektrotechniker Why is this on Ghost Town 2!?? Thanks for getting back to weekly videos Brent! Really makes for a great start to Sunday for so many!! 😇😇

Thank you for sharing your adventure with all of us.

@ghosttown2

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Why is this on Ghost Town 2!?? Thanks for getting back to weekly videos Brent! Really makes for a great start to Sunday for so many!!

love your videos! thank you for it If the topic interests you The "dinosaur's back" was probably formed from alternating soft rock and hard rock sediments. After that there were wrinkles and fractures in the rock as a result of tectonic shifts (which created the ridge) that exposed the edges of the layers as you can see in the video in different areas. The weather, wind and water caused accelerated wear of the soft layers and slow wear of the hard layers

It was my mining engineering background that initially bought me to your channel. It is the beautiful landscape and your engaging narrative that keeps me coming back to what is now my favourite youtube channel.

Your Ghost Town channels give me such a “Borderlands” video game vibe. I wish there were more channels like these.

You truly are living a dream, the preservation of and rebuilding of the past is a calling. 💜

The beauty is worth the effort. Thank you for taking us along.

Brent. A great hike with stunning views. I have a place in the Northern California Redwoods and have always gravitated towards woods and streams; but sharing your adventures with us has given me a new appreciation for desert landscapes, and just how much interesting discoveries exist there; not to mention that the views in your neck of the woods are second to none, and the immense open space is breathtaking. Thank you for bringing us along on another adventure.

I’ve missed hearing from you Brent and hearing of Cerro Gordo - I’m going to go back and rewatch from the beginning. Just love this channel.

Thank you very much for sharing another adventure, Mr Brent! I wish I was there with you 🥰 Greeting from Slovakia.

@damiondee1

Жыл бұрын

@Ghost.TownTwo oh wow! I have never won anything before, thank you so much! Will text you in a minute!

@damiondee1

Жыл бұрын

This turned out to be a scam, be careful please. This account is not Mr Brent.

I am glad that you appreciate the landscape. I know so many people that just talk about how bleak such a land is and never see the beauty.

always nice to see a video from Cerro Gordo, keep up the good work man!

@ghosttown2

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate you checking them out.

Great treck Brent. The boots didn't last long lol. Imagine what it cost back then and the manpower needed. Cable still looks good today after years out in the elements

You always make me feel so happy Brent! The way you ponder, theorise, and actively immerse yourself in EVERYTHING is beyond amazing and truly inspirational 🤘🥰🤘

@valerielove9837

Жыл бұрын

I agree.

That piece of Malachite Azurite looked nice! Some rock hounds would love to get their hands on that to turn into gems!

So glad to see another video from you!

I’ve been hunting for a geologist comment that tells us what the “dinosaur back” bones are but can’t seem to find one 🤔

Thanks Brent! It amazes me to think how they were able to set all of that up so long ago, and that it still stands to this day!

I love history stuff like this...especially the how. Truly mind boggling how they built some of those structures on a rock hard cliff side. Thanks for sharing!

Brent, you are doing a great job at Cerro Gordo thank you for sharing your journey with us. have a great week working on the hotel.

Just when I begin to worry about you, you post another vlog! Glad you got out and hiked, prevents cabin fever. You have such a great curiosity. Enjoy these vlogs.

coming from a little island called the uk the vastness and beauty of cerro gordo is breath taking im making it my mission to visit someday your very lucky to be able to have a life that you love and enjoy the ups and downs will only make you stronger keep up the good work hope to see you soon 👍

I really want to see the ore processed in that highly suspended ore bucket on the Cerro Gordo tramway. That is the last load from back in the days of Cerro Gordo 's final days.

Brent. Thanks for the history lesson. The Hercules cable used on these tramways was made in my hometown. St Louis Mo. the Gateway to the west. The plant location was near the riverfront just north of the Gateway Arch. The location is now a parking lot but the legacy lingers on. I look forward to construction of the new hotel.

Brent. In your video you were wondering how those towers for the tramway got there. Here's my theory. If mules were used to pull the material up on to those mountains think about the possibility of the guys that were building them let the mules in the canyons below to pull on a snatch line with a snatch block located where the tower was to be built. And so these guys took with them snatch block pulleys and really heavy rope up to the location to tie off the snatch blocks. Then they strung the rope through the pulley on the snatch block and went back down the hill with one end tied to the material and the other end hooked up to the mules the mules went one way while the material went up the hill to the location. Now the snatch block had to be tied off to something, maybe a boulder or some other type of anker. Think about that for a moment.

Brent it's really cool seeing you out there following the tram trail Sorry you wor out your second pair of boots I did see the sharp stones out there Thanks for sharing this video Loved it Fireman 🔥🔥🔥

Cerro Gordo is so beautiful .

Just unbelievably cool. Those tram towers have been sitting up there for a century give or take, it’s amazing to see that some of them continue to stand even today with some of the cables are still hanging tight.

Here is how I would had built it. May not be correct, but it is my guess. Build the top tower and run power to it first, connect a smaller cable to the ground, use the top power to drag larger cable to the top, then slowly drag materials to locations up the main cable to build the different stations. My guess. Thank you Matt for the great clip!

People were smarter, better at problem solving and way more industrious back then than people of today. Great video and stunning views!❤️

Perfect episode to watch on a rainy Monday morning whilst drinking my coffee. Good stuff as always Brent

I just love your videos! I have long loved the geology and history of California, most especially the desert. I’ve made it a goal to bring my family down to visit Cerro Gordo someday. It’s just an awesome place

Although I am a year late there are two things I like to add for future reference: First, there are generally only two stations on a ropeway. The salt tram probably had three - with the third one at the top to transition between the two sections. Every other structure you see are not stations but masts. Some are bigger, one looked like it was a guy mast, but still no stations. For the number and the function of the wires: These kind of ropeways have four of them, two pairs. The thicker, upper pair are the carrying rope. This is fixed on one end and has a massive weight dangling at the other end (speaking of 50 or a 100 tons - depending on the length of the section). That is where the bucket's rollers would travel. The other pair is the actual traction wire. It can be a lot lighter, because it doesn't actually have to carry most of the load, but only the potential energy of the moving bucket. The masts have guide irons and rollers for this pair, as the traction wire is not physically attached to the masts, and if there is no bucket on the rope it would otherwise dangle down to the ground - something you definitely not want. The buckets had clamps on them, when leaving the station they would roll down a slope to speed up to roughly the speed of the moving traction wire, grab it and clamp on to it, at the destination the same thing would happen in reverse, unclamping from the wire and then roll out in the arrival. A feat that would take a long time before it was used on a gondola intended for persons. And for your most often repeated question: HOW did they get the stuff up there? 'Easy'... They had some guys with a small rope and enough equipment to build temporary masts hike up the hill. Then pulled another, thicker wire up with the rope, and with that they build a building ropeway. You even showed a picture of such a building ropeway at 2:26. They are lightweight, easy to construct, temporary structures, but sturdy enough to haul the needed timber for the permanent masts up the mountain. Yes, still not an easy feat, but far removed from "alien intervention"

I wish I could join you guys mining. A very very fun adventure. Maybe if this place ever gets restored it could be true one day. Keep it up! Living the dream.

The tram towers often carried the power and telephone lines up to the shaft sites. Definitely worth picking up those early power porcelain insulators even if broken. Rarer manufacturers including LIMA NY, Fred Locke, Thomas, New Lexington made early porcelain insulators for Western mines. Rare in collector circles. At 12:30, looks like a broken Thomas 2-piece insulator, for around 12-15 kV. My best hiking shoes have been the Oboz Firebrand. On my third pair in 12 years but old ones are still usable for mud runs, etc.

@blueman5924

Жыл бұрын

rule : take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints. 👍

I like the way you think about the artifacts you find, I like to think that way as well, very cool!!

These ore carriers back in the day were definitely a engineering masterpiece. Think about the amount of weight load these lines had on them when in operation. Not to mention building that in those days without semis delivering material etc.

I just love the history , but not just the history , it’s the contagious thirst for it. Was born in Cali , left and came back, and sadly planking my final exit. But I feel I’ve missed so much history . I do cherish the times as a child growing up in the foothills and discovering much of its history from long child walks with my imaginary stick gun.

I like these abandoned places where a guy had low tech stuff, but great mind's to make thing's happen. Thanks for showing us these thing's i will never get to see. G-d bless everyone.

@ghosttown2

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. It was a beautiful time.

Brent! your relaxing style of talking and editing are really helping me en making my life richer. So much to see and to discover! greetings from cold, windy wet Holland

What an inspiring life you are living! I so wish I could join you there. But this will suffice until then! Thanks for bringing us with you and sharing your thoughts and ramblings ;) As a side note, your editing skills have really grown since your first video on GTL. These last few have seriously been professional grade. The lighting, the audio, the picture quality-I’m really impressed. This one was stunning!

Geology answer on the "dinosaur back" looking rocks. Millions or billions of years ago, those were flat sedimentary rock layers (deposited by some long gone body of water). Over huge geologic time periods, the ground was pushed vertical by plate tectonics. Some layers weathered differently based on their composition, leaving the denser/stronger levels sticking up.

Those views were outstanding! Thank you for sharing!

the clouds look cool, i also love nature and wildlife so i get it when you said to stop and take it all in with the nature etc.

Great content. You have audio documented many places at and near Cerro Gordo. I truly see a book on all the material and history you have accumulated and assembled. Thank you for sharing.

Wow wow wow.. sometimes watching your channel I just don't have the words. I can't imagine how hard those men worked how hard the mules worked! People that day were certainly not lazy!! Thank you for sharing Brent.!

The grease bucket has an interesting feature about its wire handle. On one end the hook is rather open where it goes through the "ear" on the bucket while the other end has the loop more tightly closed. This seems to be designed to be carried up the ladder (where the squeaky wheel gets the grease) and hung from the wire, with the handle easy to hook /unhook on one end. (but what do I know? 😐)

The minute details of the history of that bucket is the kind of stuff I love. Like opening the door on a home that's connected to your family tree, and wondering how many of your ancestors also opened the door with that handle. It's the small things that fascinate me.

Another interesting perspective to think about is that these tramways and everything else to do with mining here were cutting edge technologies for their time, when they were first introduced…

Brent, You are totally right about the tramway being amazing!!! 🙂

Incredibly beautiful. Bless you for sharing your knowledge and passion.

I hope I can describe it in a way that makes sense, but I have always had a true passion for paths and trails. Paths that have been walked for many years, paths that kids used to get to school quicker, or an old hunting trail, maybe an ATV tracks. Through all the paths and trails I see the history behind them, why they were walked and used, how many years it took to make. I don’t know, I just love them 😊

I watch all of your videos on ‘Ghost Town Living’. I loved this video and I’m subscribed to this channel now!

Great video Loved the hike, the history, the beautiful scenery. Thank you for sharing. Stay safe and dry.

The view once again is incredible! Keep it up!

@ghosttown2

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Will do!

Brent I love your videos. On my list of People Living Their Best Life you are at the top!!

This video feels very much like a motion painting. So many great scenic shots as you make your way down the tramway. Encourages me to save for a trip down there!👍

Yes!!!!! I love those clouds and need to get there to paint them sometime!

Enjoyed the adventure threw the tram system. Thank you for sharing your life this way. God Bless you and yours.

That ride up or down must have been the most epic ride with a full Owen's Lake..... to have seen those views would have been awesome. I wonder how many letters were written about someone's journey up there the first time.

Thanks for sharing the Magic,Brent!

That last tramway is the one we all see (who's been lucky enough to get up that road in the last 10 years). I have a few pics of it.

i think at the time the tram ways where build the land was very different . like your road was be for the rain . i sure over a 100 years the snow rain ice an wind have changes the land a lot ...

There is definitely history in artifacts! They tell a tale that’s for sure!!

As always an awesome show. Thank you for sharing with us.

so cool that you're like a detective of this history. can't wait to visit

Thank you for sharing your journey

Looks like a nice mine entrance behind you at 11:13

@serokitty4068

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing!

@Elektrotechniker

Жыл бұрын

True! Bump this!

Absolutely stunning views. What a magical place. Thank you Brent xx

Beautiful area! Thanks for walking and sharing it.

Thank you for a nice hiking in the moutens

What beautiful scenery, looks like someone just got up early in the morning and painted the sky. What scenery you must see (at times) at Cerro Gordo. The people that built and used these Ziplines must have had nerves of steel - absolutely amazing. Just love how you notice everything - the wee flower growing in the desert in December, the size of the place and you can notice that. ❤️❤️❤️

Would love to visit this place sometime. Nature unlike anything ive seen before, keep posting brent.

Shale is a sedimentary rock from a very ancient ocean floor. Talk about history! I hear you walking and the crunch of your steps, and that Tramway scaling down your mountain is built into that ancient ocean floor now high in a mountain. Isn't that some wonderful history to ponder about. Did you notice any Marine Fossils in the Shale?

@lotharschiese8559

Жыл бұрын

Google fossils of Cerro Gordo

Lovely place. Thanks for showing us.

Do you have one of the best channels on KZread so informative such a beautiful area you do it justice great photography. Thanks for your videos.

Ty for taking us on your hike

Great part of history. Thanks for sharing!

I will visit your town someday and help out for awhile, looks like the heavens in your backyard. Bless you.

I live in Las Vegas, almost directly on the other side of the mountains that you're looking at at the 4:00 mark. It's very surreal to think that that's what the other side of the mountains I see everyday look like LOL

Beautiful video, fantastic work, amazing mountain, you have a wonderful video.

I so look forward to your videos but I seem to miss this channel often! Come to find out that my notifications were not set to “all” so I clicked it and should be good to go for this channel! Love your work Brent!

Gorgeous views!! Thanks for sharing!

Excellent!! Thanks for another great video

Seeing formations that used to be under water flat turned up on a 30+ degree angle and over a thousand feet above current sea level is always interesting.

Thanks for another inspirational video. We have travelled across the country this winter from WV and are close to you here in southern CA. Would love to meet you some day.

The views are stunning. The history is facinating.

My guy, have you considered selling any photos of Cerro Gordo? Make a calendar for sure (especially matched with the seasons; pretty snowy valley in December, post-rain lushness in the spring). I would love a giant print on my wall of a sunset from the town looking out into the valley. Silver font all around, wherever it appears.

Amazing views up there ! Thanks for sharing. 🤙