Exploring The 900 Level of The Union Mine!
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- This week I went to the very bottom of Cerro Gordo's Union Mine - the 900 level! This is a level I've been wanting to explore since I first purchased Cerro Gordo but was just looking for the right moment. What better time than reaching 1,000,000 subscribers?
Getting down there is easier said than done and was full of all sorts of surprises, hiccups, and tense moments.
More photos from 900 level here: / brentwunderwood
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If you aren't already, I hope you'll subscribe to the channel! LOTS more explorations and renovations in the coming weeks!
Thank you!
Thank you all so so much for all the support! I hope if you aren't already, you'll subscribe because there are TONS more explorations and renovations coming up in the next weeks. The American Hotel is underway, new mines to find, and all sorts of other adventures!
If you're curious about other levels of the Union Mine, here are the
200 Level: th-cam.com/video/eGgMfDTcum8/w-d-xo.html
700 Level: th-cam.com/video/6c7MiqYdTEw/w-d-xo.html
THANK YOU!
Oh my goodness, that was some video!! I was scared, but I think other ones have been scarier or maybe I'm getting used to it. Loved it anyway, such history you visited. Thank-you as always! (stay safe)
Brent, by putting that plaque in the mine, you made us, the You tube family, a part of Cerro Gordo history. Thank you for that. It's a humbling thought; becoming a part of history.
✌🏻💙🐱
Thank _you_ Brent! But please do look after yourself going forward ❤
17 sad bastards dont like this video love from Ireland
Can i be your intern...:) i got da skillz.
The "Chattering" that was happening when the cable and car were free was mostly likely caused by the "memory" of the cable releasing.
Since nobody had run the cable out that far in likely decades, it had never had a chance to adjust from its spooled condition, to bearing tension...
Cable, depending on type and quality will gain or lose several inches per 100ft depending on diameter, load, temperature of the cable.
Although this may seem like a small change over time, you can imagine that only part of your spool of cable for the lift has been used and "trained" to bear a load. And the other part has remained rigid/static for a long time.
The differential in the structure of the cable as part of it relaxes and the other "stiffer" part of it finally gains tension could easily cause some very odd behavior.
I would recommend sending a test load of several hundred pounds down the shaft at least 2x a year so you can inspect and manage the cable if you intend to use it into the future. I'd hate to see you and your neighbors end up as new ghosts. ;)
I'm a contractor/engineer by trade and I specialize in historic structures. So I'd love to pay a visit sometime and offer whatever help I can on the trickier aspects of archaic buildings and machinery. Also love me some wilderness.
What an incredible offer! Thank you for the education as well.
I love engineers and geologists! Every old town should have at least one!
Guy doesn't seem to concerned with anyone elses opinion or advice on here. I don't think he'll be following through.
Underrated comment, I hope he read this
interesting fact i wish not to forget
"Does your Mother know what you're doing down here?!"
Had me dying laughing for some reason. These old fellas are a trip man.
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Can I presume that those old fellas (with age old wisdom) at first were like, "your on your own any farther down than the water pump". Brent: One Million people might view this video", Old fellas: "Ah Hell, Whynot!!"...I could be wrong.
😂😂
I think the same as Dave every single time I watch Brent!
Old timers are always the best lol
I was intrigued by the graffiti "DDH UCLA 1927" at the 900 level. I did a search to see if this person was in yearbook for the class of 1927 at UCLA, but they were not. However, UCLA did for a long time have a mining course! The earliest mention of it was in the curriculum for 1921; I also found a course "Pre-mining" listed in 1935. It was a fun search, and I have not totally given up. I am a UCLA retiree and still have connections in the libraries there, so I may dig deeper to see if I can uncover this "mystery miner".
Have you found out their name?
Yes update please!!
Any updates?
94 years from now, some explorers are gonna come across that cave and end up going down there, then find his youtube plaque. mans just made history and we got to witness it
Or the cave collapses or becomes unusable for whatever reason and the plaque is lost for the rest of time, never to be seen by anyone or anything again
Why 94 years
And then this video will be the only thing that tells us that it ever existed.
When silver prices start escalating and the mine reopened for production that plack will be thrown in a muck pile without a thought
High chances he fucks with fabric in a dynamite box and kills himself and others.
Lord give this man his long desired pair of hundred year old blue jeans.
A working man will go a long ways for a good pair of jeans. a loooong way
I agree someone hook him up!
The mine was operated until 1957, it's honestly probably pretty unlikely much exists down there from 100 years ago.
Some hundred year old Levi’s😂😂
@@theangrypainter826 yeah I don't think he's wanting anyone to hand him some.. I think he's wanting to find them..
I think the thing that made me appreciate just how deep they were was remembering that the top observation deck of the Eiffel Tower is 906ft.
Oh dang, I was about to look up how far down it was, but imagining it like that really helps
Woah that really puts it in perspective!
Wow shit that's high thinking about it that way, I went to the viewing glass bottom platform on the Blackpool Tower in the UK and that is only 518ft high, walking out onto the glass bottom made me feel dizzy looking down it looked so high, I'm just imagining nearly twice that height I think I'd pass out 😂😂😂
Yeah well he was only down 900' not 906'. That simple fact says it all. There is a big difference between 900 and 906..
That’s 276 Metres.
“Does your mother know what you’re doin’ down here?” 😆
Another way of saying “Keep your hands away from the dynamite box Brent.”
Brent: “But jeans!!!!!”
Hi Brent, I am an Engineer with experience troubleshooting process equipment in factories. After following your pump issues, I have a couple of suggestions:
1) please consider installing 1x or more Check Valves downstream of your pump to relieve some of the load on it from the 700ft water column. The fact this pump has been relatively recently replaced & is drinking oil suggests it may be working too hard
2) please consider installing a monitoring system for the sump level. A very simple low cost solution for this could be using timelapse cameras aimed at the the sump.
After seeing the state of the supply to the sump, I wonder whether you are pumping more water from the sump than is being replenished by that supply, so over a week or so you are possibly draining the sump near dry, then "losing prime" as there is nothing left to pump, and then by the time you get down there to check it, it is mostly replenished.
If you had timestamped timelapse images of the sump level, it would be interesting to identify the moment that the pump fails to provide a flow to within an hour or so, and compare that to the image of the sump level at time of failure.
Mercury float switch with an alarm would be handy
@@dwightvoeks9970 What kind of alarm? Having a wailer near the pump is pointless. Wireless doesn't work. If you want an alarm you need 600 feet of wire and then you have to deal with the electrical resistance of passing 1.5v to activate a beeper up that much wire.
What kind of alarm?
The timelapse monitoring system that OP suggested is not meant for real-time monitoring, but to investigate after the fact.
Capturing rain/snow water might be an option. How much lead is in the water?
The duck with the hat drawing is implied to watch your head and duck down !
ok well maybe they want to warn people to make goose down quilts instead, idk
Old miners were shitposting in meaningful ways with good messages. I aspire to reach their level
"Ok I've set foot on every level of this mine"
Starts gushing about another level and gets excited about the prospect of exploring it.
Gotta love this guy.
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I stopped at the 12 minute mark to say this: with the water source being farther back and having to trickle in I believe that after a few days/week(s) of pumping the water level is dropping in the pool there cause the drip can not keep up with the pump so the pump starts sucking air looses its “prime” and then runs dry on oil due to not enough water! So you need to instal a water level sensing switch of some kind so it’ll turn off the pump before it sucks air and turns it back on when there is sufficient water to pump again
Sounds smart
As the pump was recently maintained already this theory would fail to stand as the water would still be at a significantly lower level after the pump taking that much water out. I think he said the pump worked fine for a couple of weeks so I think the problem is not the water level. Much rather I think adding a pump at the top also would significantly reduce the strain on the pump and using a larger diamater trasport tube to bring the water to the top would also be good. If they are still using the original pipe to run the water up (or one that is like 10 years old) it could mean a lot of mineral deposits that cause a turbulent flow in the pipe. All this could make the pump run hot with a lot of internal pressure and use up a lot of oil
Or install a security camera down at the water so he can look at it on a camera before heading all the way down there
@@timekeeper4 its called using a remote camera
@@cmcc3505 Theres not even light. What makes you think they would install a camera.
Holy crap I was riding with you guys the whole time what a awesome video. I'm 75 and used to do that fun stuff and it's so cool to be able to sit in my living room and enjoy being with you guys on that elevator wow what a a ticket ride. Thanks for that. May God be with you and always be safe
People today: Why would anyone back then leave their denim jeans in a mine?
People in the future: Why would anyone back then leave their TH-cam Golden Plaque in a mine?
LoL ! yes, in 100 years a Gold Play will mean as much as the Hat-Duck graffiti 😍
Epic comment
Probably cause people shit there pants 100 years ago just as they still do today?lol
Cause that’s where free speech suppressing TH-cam plaque belongs along with its CEO
Hahahaha
Did I just crank my neck to see down the side of the shaft while knowing perfectly well this is filmed and I'm not gonna see more? Yes, I did. More than once.
Yes, yes WE did.
Hahaaa TRUE 🙈😂😂
LMAO i did to, that's funny.
The feeling you get when you make it back to the top and step off the cage onto safe ground is one that can't be explained. I spent 4 years working in a 1200 foot deep lead and copper mine and I always had that feeling of safety when I hit the top. Thanks for your content, it's very intriguing!!
I mean I work underground at 4950 ft. But I totally get what you mean. our shaft goes to 4150 ft and theres not a day go by at work that I pray the ropes don't let go while we are traveling up or down in the cage. our cage runs at 1000 ft a minute so having those ropes let go would probably be the end .
On another note. considering I work 4950 ft underground.. 900' ft just seems to be not really that much until i think that these miners dug that by hand , or with very little mechanical assistance, its just unfathomable considering the labour that goes into mining now a days even with all the automated/semi automated equipment. Our mine is still 60 years behind everyone else and we are still using a lot of machinery that most mines haven't used in years, but still. I have experience on a jack leg and stoper drill and now I drive drift with a jumbo drill but to think that this mining would still be before any of those pieces tools existed..... mind blowing...just seeing those drifts with no bolts in the walls or back blows my mind.!
I even got that feeling watching the video, I cant imagine actually being down there.
I haven't had that experience, but I certainly felt a sense of relief just watching! Even though I knew they were safe I still felt relieved!
imagine how much weight is above you at all times when youre in a mine like that. crazy stuff
17 years in anthracite mines, always nice to be outside..
@Ghost Town Living - I was a miner (mechanic) in a German coal mine. There were 2 shafts here and 3 others several miles away. In the coal shaft (4265 ft / 1300m deep) the coal was pulled up in large vessels. The workers and material were driven in the transport shaft (2800 ft / 854m deep). The deeper you went down, the higher the temperature got. The highest annual production was 3,135,415 tons of coal in 1979. The highest workforce was in 1958 with 5,234 employees. The mine was closed in 2005. Coal mining in Germany has began in the 17th century. The last coal mine closed in 2018. All because of money and cheap coal from abroad.
*See's a decaying stick of high explosive that's over 100 years old*
"This would look great in the General Store."
It belongs in a museum!
@@GhostTownLiving Okay Dr Jones XD
It’s going to be in the back of his mind until he does something about it 😂
@@GhostTownLiving Print off a picture and stick it in the museum... only risk is a paper cut then!
@@GhostTownLiving The Cerro Gordo Museum!
To me, that graffiti signals that the miners, even though it was their everyday experience, were in one way thinking about the future of Cerro Gordo just like Brent is doing today. They knew that the place they worked in might be a place people would visit decades later and they knew they could leave a lasting mark down there to remember their presence.
It is fun to think like that but having spent a lifetime in industry I think the truth is closer to "DAMN I am bored the freeking mine owner is putting on another dog and pony show to get some investor to drop a load of cash." or they were just waiting for the explosives to go off and thought a pair of ducks on the wall would pass the time.
or some random miner decided to show to his friends how well he could graffiti a duck
@@wayneparris3439 I hear you, but it's the ones with a date and a name that make me think some of them are meant as spur-of-the-moment time capsules.
Imagine how long it took to DIG the shafts, then BUILD all the structures down there. Holy cow!
Imagine all the people injured or died in the construction of the mine. Not including the collapse in the 200 level
Think of how going down into that shaft/tunnel system with *Live Dynamite* was so routine that the trash was just left strewn about. Mind boggling.
Imagine how many times a day that thing went up and down a day!?
And EVERYTHING that went in or out used that same slow hoist... wild!
@@inlangford It was probably going non-stop up or down.
I want to thank you for making this channel. I am the great granddaughter of a goldminer in Cripple Creek, CO. I have him to thank for my massive rockhounding fever. He was the boss of the Crescent Mine which is still being mined today but in a most different way. I am vicariously living through you to understand more about what his life must have been like and share in your excitement as you find cool stuff, rocks and history. As a young girl I was given a burlap sack of ore from my grandma and have been carrying it with me my whole life. Thanks for reading this. I will be watching your adventures. Be safe and take care.
THE CRIPPLE CREEK IN COLORADO WAS A VERY RICH MINING DISTRICT, HAD SOME VERY RARE GOLDS ORES IN THERE MINES. VERY INTERESTING HISTORY OF THAT AREA.
@@jamesadams7504
I have loved hiking and teaching people about the city.
I love what TH-camr's do with their play buttons: melt them down and change them into other things, send them back for a laugh, bury them in mines. It makes the achievement that much cooler when people utilize an achievement as a way to further what they do or who they are. Love this!
Melt it down...
🤔Sounds like Big Stacks D in Australia 🤣🤣🤣
“Does your mother know what your doing down here?”
That guys got a good sense of humor.
I bet you that she don't know
@@Andre-ww5sr It's probably for the best that she doesn't lmao
Seconds before: Are your mom and dad still alive?
200 years from now mine explorer: "We found a gold TH-cam plaque" Other guy: "But did you find the Levi's?"
Brent did include a 2021 Levi's jeans in his time capsule buried underneath the new American Hotel. It will be treasure in the future.
TH-cam????was that a media thing once 🤣🤣🤣
LOL 😄 yeah
If the human race hasn't destroyed itself lol
Mine explorer will ask "What's TH-cam" other explore days "beats me"
Non-fictional minecraft is damn fascinating!
I can’t figure out how in the world they built all those shafts! And the hoist going down! I mean, it’s hard for you guys in 2021 and yet look at all they did! Blows my mind away. I’m so glad you left the TH-cam award down there. I agree with you, it’s exactly where it belongs.
Agreed totally!
Never underestimate the power of a mans will and hard work.
I think It's so difficult now because Brent has to hire people who are bound by modern day safety regulations. They didn't know as much, about as much a hundred years ago
People complained less
Someone had money, the other ones did not, and they mostly died because of it. That is how.
He's gonna find the Denim Throne of Cerro Gorde made entirely out of denim jeans but it will be covered top to bottom with dynamite sticks.
I appreciate this comment
Lol imagine that would be a BUST
To all the people that help brent out i just want to say a huge thank you as so many want to help all over the world,but in reality we are all to far away so to see people willing to put themselves out there i just want you all to know it does not go unseen. A big THANK YOU
what would be really cool is making a 3d scan of the whole mine and town so people can visit it in VR
if the world ever came to that id off myself ngl
@@felixschmidtmayr6578 link for 3D material? without knowing anything it is weirdly dry and has enough oxygen.
@@felixschmidtmayr6578 funniest thing i've read for a while
VR is lame. Do things in reality, just as the creators of this mine did, and that's where the magic happens.
no one would ever do that
Wow imagine someone unaware, 50 years from now, finds the plaque, sees the name on it and searches it on their chip then finds all these great videos.
Not only entertaining, but you are doing well in preserving history and have opened up a lot of minds doing so :)
Love from Australia
After the nukewar.
be lucky if it survives 50 yrs. nothing made today lasts 50 yrs.. from aus. s.a. tradie.. houses.
watch forgotten & abandoned mines.
Respect to those who built the lift shaft all the way down there…. it still look strong and sturdy after all these years. That’s the main adventure root from past to future.
And that wooden ladder completely vertical for 900 feet. Crazy
Brent, when pumping water from 100's of feet below the surface you need a pump that can handle the head pressure of the depth and the pressure loss of the piping used from bottom to top. A pump that has to push water that far up usually requires multiple pump impeller stages to achieve the pump flow needed to overcome the piping pressure drop loss and the static head pressure of the water in the vertical pipe. You also need a couple of good check valves to keep your vertical pipe full so it does not lose its prime.
Exactly....
This. Honestly seems like too much work to do it right. I'd just do multiple lift pumps, sure you'd have more points of failure, but it would require a much cheaper and simpler pump.
I think you better email him about this ❤️
Daisy chained tankard with vacuum breaks every 2 levels. 700 ft is alot of head pressure.
Testify!!!
You may not realize this but your an inspiration to people. And not because people want to live isolated in a ghost town, but because the genuine loyalty you have for what you do….that’s an inspiration 💫
Agreed, even if he is faking it it is still contagious.
One thing that is amazing is, we can just sit in the comfort of our homes and experience the exploration without the danger or the cost. Anyone around the world can see this. Well done.
"Dude we don't see you around town these days, what you upto?"
"Playing Minecraft"
you could say “Playing MineSHAFT”
🤣🤣🤣
In summary, a man buys a mining town and deposits some gold into it.
nice
Under rated 👍
And what better security than 900 feet down a 150 year old mineshaft, that requires a team of highly trained specialists to operate the lift engine that can be heard for miles around (so the locals always know when the lift is in operation, and some know when it is not supposed to be in operation), that was placed most publicly on social media, branded TH-cam, so not only can this "gold" ever be fenced, but at least 1 million subscribers might recognize and snitch if this stuff was hot? Cerro Gordo Mine. As a small bonus, it is physically protected by a potentially 100-year-old dynamite pile in near proximity. It is a mystery to me though, of whether those 100-year-old dynamite sticks would, in fact, be dangerous to pick up by hand? My hypothesis is that the nitro glycerin, over the last 100-years, degraded, through a combination of natural degradation, amplified by the relatively high-humidity, even purified by mineralization, to a state of being completely inert, thereby making the dynamite no more dangerous to pick up than the next rock. But the idea of dynamite guarding your publicly secure loot pile and artists tag that is deeper in the mine than the last CEO who thought the 900 level entrance was far enough for the "owner", only the help goes beyond this point. I see two adventures from this point.
The blue pill, Hollywood summer blockbuster version of this adventure brings us a heist of epic proportions where a gang of rival TH-camrs penetrates the security of Cerro Gordo Mine, complete with daring stunts, orchestrated soundtrack, and cave dwelling monsters that run in gangs. The Golden TH-cam button has been stolen by the best (and worst) high adventure cat-burglars that come from, and retreat to, El Salvador (because, yes, Bitcoin). Will the Golden TH-cam button be recovered in 104 minutes or less, but no less than 90 minutes?
The red pill version is brought to us by Brent. Brent is proving, as the new CEO, he is willing to go deeper in the mine than he is willing to carry TH-cam's loot pile. Brent is also proving that he is earnest about searching out as much of the mine as can safely be done with no loss of life. So far, his safety record is 100%, no loss of life. Also, Brent is willing to shlep your stuff, deep into his mine, to be recovered by our future selves, or descendants. Certainly, it must be recovered at a future point for some sufficiently more profitable endeavor, or your stuff will rot like wet timbers and be reabsorbed by the earth in a way that is like a horror show in super-slow-motion. Brent does not provide this service for free. He absolutely deserves to charge a storage fee. And a 36 minute vlog style, produced, edited, proofed, and distributed proof-of-work video, that ought to be an NFT, minted on Hedera Hashgraph, and legal proof of the location of the item. The NFT specifies rightful ownership of the item. Imagine who else could sponsor a plaque be placed in the secure environs of the Cerro Gordo Mine. Which is more secure, the NFT, or the TH-cam miner and his mine?
Man buys a mining town to find vintage Levi’s, could of went to trift store
@@kev9385 those vintage Levi's could be worth hundred's of thousands if he finds an early enough pair in suitable shape!
It’s amazing how good of shape all the equipment is
There ain't no way in he'll I'd crawl around in there 900 feet down. I'm glad you're willing to do it with a camera because it's kinda cool.
OSHA - "SEE!! Even after 100 years our warning signs save lives!" LOL
@CRVentures lolwut? You mean to say wearing a facemask SPREADS disease?
@@coldpressedgrapefruit True out it does
i have a feeling if osha was watching this channel, brent would be evicted and that entire property would be bulldozed within a week or two. that entire place is a death trap, the "improvements" brent is doing are actually making issues more dangerous by the day. i honestly find it very hard to believe he ever secured an occupancy permit, little lone a building permit. brent desperately needs a good lawyer, a good general contractor, and a security expert on hand for anything he does here or he will end up being sued into the ground or in prison for gross negligence that will eventually lead to someone's death. if it wasn't for the fact that i live in illinois, and it would cost a small fortune to do so, i'd be very tempted to go out there to cover the building and security aspects in exchange for a couple acres on the land that i could homestead on. honestly wouldn't be a bad deal... there is plenty of land out there, and i wouldn't want to be in town, I'd rather be at one of the far corners if possible so i could escape the insanity when i wanted to lol.
@@Smokey420Greenleaf he did get a building permit
Gets a gold play button, hides it in a mineshaft. Legend.
Thoughtful
Appropriate
I know some folks would find a deeper hole for it but id say its deep enough 😂
Tasteful
Applicable
I worked underground for 5 years and yes miners love to have fun down there. Brought back a lot of memories.
I could'nt think of a more deserving person to get that award than yourself Brent, congratulations and keep up the great work, you're an insperation.
Watching this channel has become a family thing. I got my dad hooked on it and we discuss each episode. We're big fans of history and what is so great is that you go into detail with research and facts that makes it feel so more amazing. This episode was fantastic. Every time you go underground, I hold my breath for dear life and watch in amazement at the stuff you uncover. Congratulations on 1 million Brent!
I also hold my breath when the are in the mine. It will be the only show people “died” of stop breathing 😂❤️
It is a familiy event once you realize your sons wants to become a cave diver, which is an extremely dangerous hobby ;)
The real reason you received this honor is... you. Your educational, entertaining presentations rate #1 with your followers. Do, please, continue sharing your amazing adventures with us. Cheers, Dick from Vancouver.
Hey GTL,
I just wanted to tell you that you are living my childhood dreams! My father and grandfather have been showing me old mines since I was a boy. Since then, I became obsessed with mining and have been a coal/moly/gold miner for 11 years. Recently, I have transferred to being a mining technology specialist. I still take care of the underground mines and am 1 of 6 reps in the nation, on the white iron side. Thank you for helping me discover the insides on the old mines I would die to traverse! I would love to be a part of this!
Who comes here just for the "HELLO!!!" So much enthusiasm.
The graffiti on the walls is so interesting, these signs of humanity and personality across the walls everywhere..! Amazing you guys made it down and congrats on 1 million!!! Can't wait to see the journey continue :)
Imagine telling the old timers back then that the town would be funded by people watching videos on a screen they woulda called you crazy and laughed 😂 🤣
"What are videos?"
"What's a screen?"
"What is watching?"
"What is?"
“What?”
Another record set, onward to the next! Kudos to the 2 guys that descended to the 900 leve with you!
Man when the TH-cam algorithm recommended me this channel when Brent made his trip to snowy Cerro Gordo in his 2wd Truck, I wouldn't thought that we will get to that point so fast. Congratulations man!
Totally gonna visit once I'll get to the US again!
Shit me too lmao
Same here, was instantly intrigued. Has been an awesome adventure to share
WE NEED TO GET TO 1000 LEVEL AND FIND THOSE LOST MINERS.
Trapped in the dungeon…
I would have taken an up dated photo in the exact location as the one in your Gen Store.
Kind of of a then and now to show everyone what's changed.
Also put the YT award next to the sign on the wall. Only because if the tunnel caves the plack will still be seen in the future.
That's just my 2 cents...
I get how excited you were and I really enjoyed the video.
When will you start taking reservations for the Hotel?
Were excited to see it finished.
Your doing an amazing job!
Thank you for all your videos.
At 900 level. Dave was hilarious hahaha! "Hey, don't be poking on dog turds and !@#$ down here, alright alright let me get around the corner so when it does explode...lol". "Your Mom and Dad still alive right? Does yoourr Mother knows what you're doing down here!" He's got some good sense of humor and was excited like a kid in Christmas morning because he got down that far to explore. Definitely subscribing to your channel lol! Stay safe and God bless.
Watching these videos every week is the best part of my week
lol how sad. 😭
@@quyngo8203 Hey dude, it's the best part of my week too. Don't be hating because we love Brent and what he does
These old guys are an amazing mix of tough-as-nails, cautious but curious, and just all-around badass.
The thing I keep thinking about is 100 years from now. Someone might manage to find this again and find the playbutton. It's such a cool idea. Not only are you exploring history you're also making it
I used to read a lot of Louis Lamour as a kid. He wrote several books that feature Cerro Gordo. I've always wanted to visit. Maybe I'll get a chance to come out and volunteer sometime. Love the content man. Keep it up. 👍
Really?? I'll have to check that out.
@@GhostTownLiving I would recommend reading his Memoirs of a Wandering Man. He lead a fascinating life and details his travels all over the west.
@@wes52101 i love luis lamour. My dad had a cassette collection that i listened to every night before bed.
Really? I've read a few of his books but never seen it referenced....new hobby incoming lol.
@@gathererofmagic5350 Yup! His books were the first time I heard of the town. He wrote about quite a few mining towns. The cool thing about him is he traveled to most of the places he wrote about. He even had some mining experience of his own. He was an avid historian, and his library was over 30 thousand volumes at the time of his death.
Brent, you have gotten me through too many bad days recently. Thankyou for the great content,looking forward to planning a visit!
Thank you. That's a nice note to see. Hope you can make it out sometime!
you can actually buy extra play buttons from youtube. it would be cool to get another one so you have one in the mine and one in the museum for people to look at
Well, ……That was a lot of FUN! Thank You!
I’m a 62 yr old, 100% disabled guy. Watching this, and feeling the enthusiasm, along with the safety stays,
really allowed me to feel like I was right there with you fellows. And with a lot of safety concerns met and dealt with as you moved along. That meant I didn’t get aggravated about safety things that wouold have bothered me making it
not as much fun.
I felt 42 years younger again. Free of pain and brokenness. FREE!
People just love to watch someone really live the dream... Really living it.. Not for viewers, but for you.
You need to document all the different graffiti in the mines and make an album of them. If you had some people that would be willing to help, you could clean all the rocks from each level to make it safer to do more exploring. You could contact a mining school and see if an instructor and some students would like to come there to stabilize any area that would need it.
very good idea,
just wait for him to have 5 or 10million subscribers, what amazing things he could do.
@@koloblicin Why would he have to wait till then?
You’re literally a “rock star” ! LOL.
Dad joke but take my like
The realest person on all of TH-cam! Been watching since the beginning and continue to look forward to all your videos each week. Can’t wait to make the trip out there one day to lend a helping hand.
It’s like there is a part of everyone who subbed pre-one million, is now down there
Its like.... no not really.
Yep, We're immortalized down there too! 👍
That’s a cool way to think about it. I think I was around 300k
I was around 70k when I subbed.
No idea how many subs this channel had when I did it, but it was about 6 months ago I think.
It has changed from wondering every week whether Brent is alive to “huh I wonder it brents water is working today…”
The answer is no
you're living in the coolest museum ive ever seen, i wonder how difficult would it be to 3d map the mine shafts so you can get a perspective on where you've managed to explore
Get the guy from Prometheus to release his two floating mapping orbs.
@@brettbaratheon9776 more like the dudes mapping the paris catacombs with phones bit sure that works too
@@OscarGonzoJim drones would surely be safer to map the mine and be able to reach more difficult places of the mine
I tried with the map he is using: cerrogordo.johannes-mittendorfer.com
@@JohannesMittendorfer that is really cool
You're blessed with these people around you..
If you want a pump that will not fail at priming or pumping look up the peristaltic pump by randolph austin. It works awesome and is very rugged, simple, and reliable.
The pump you’re using requires net positive suction head, in other words input pressure, such as from a tank at a higher level or from a booster pump. With that pump you’re using you’re gonna continue having problems unless it can be under the water level.
To bad you didn’t read the comments in hear , you could be geting a lot more help . Pumping water that far up is not gonna work your always gona have problems . Ide come down and get that piping right but , I cannot afford it however if you can post a video of your hole piping system I can see what’s going on and give you some ideas . First off I can tell you that you need some check valves installed from your water supply to the pump and more after the pump going up the shaft , second you need to put your tanks and what ever is suppling your water down hill a ways from we’re your pipe is coming up out the mine . Gravity will help with a siphon affect and take a little work off your pump . Good luck and hope
You read my comment
I've been a building engineer all my life, and totally agree with you about the improvements he needs to his system. 700 feet is a lot of head pressure to overcome. The checks valves are an easy fix. He might be better off with an air driven water pump, but that would involve more work and expense. Good job guys. Stay safe!!
He’s getting finessed by his pump guy
The pope of pumping
Pump god
email him dude
According to a linguistic podcast (Lexicon Valley) I was listening to, the world's first attested use of the word "gringo" was in Cerro Gordo !
I think you spelled that wrong.
Did you mean ginko or gringo
Or Ginger?
Gringo!
Edited now ! Lexicon Valley Podcast
@@kevind3974 gringo
Never thought I'd see what appears to be a Neptune pump below ground in a mining cave. Neptune's are great pumps that will pump just about anything even against very high pressure. Yea they HAVE to have oil. They won't work without it. You should build a reservoir to hang above it that would atleast buy you some time and have less trips down
“In our excitement we all went different ways…” start of a scary cave movie for sure.
Thanks so much for doing all this. You help my depression a lot, your videos make me feel alive. Living the dream my friend, much love!
dont be depressed
This has legit been one of the most well done, fascinating and captivating TH-cam channels out there
I could go on, especially since covid, this channel has been incredibly uplifting and inspiring
So stoked, can’t wait to see you grow, I hope to visit one day!
Wow. This is absolutely amazing. Brings tears to my eyes seeing that much history in 1 spot. Absolutely stunning how she held herself.
1 million is crazy but the content you produce here deserves way more!
For the communication issue underground, get some repeater walkie-talkies! They use eachother to repeat the signal. As you're going down leave one every so often and another at the bottom they'll can repeat the signal to the surface so you can communicate while exploring, just remember to grab them on your way back up !
The direct line top to bottom seemed to wotk just fine.
Repeaters would be useful for communicating to top while exploring the level.
A couple of cheap baofengs 👍
Spoken like a TRUE NON-USER of radio technology.
Preach on, Daxton.
@@manifold1476 a couple of BaoFengs work.
he should have oiled the cables while pulling you back up as corosion protection....
Yup, in all the mining museums i visited here in germany the hoistcable was greasy af
But its quite dry where he is so maybe not that bad
Would more than likely be a good idea. Making the guides on the cart adjustable would eliminate a lot of anxiety too, I think.
There should be (probably worn away) an "auto-greaser" somewhere in the cable system. If not, it would be easy to add a few floor sweep brooms into a box with a line tethered somewhere pre-scrub the cable and a grease roller that applies a bit of grease as the cable goes by.
So happy to have gone down to the 9 with you. How amazing. It boggles my mind about what it took for those men back in the 17-1800's. How courageous they were and hard work they performed in the depths of the earth. I always wonder about the air under there. I know at the coal mines I worked, I had to always check the huge fans on intake and output area's. Very interesting for sure. Again thanks for the tour.
Congratulations on your 1 Million plack. Way to go ⚒️ people.
I wonder what archeologists would conclude in 4000 years when they discover the gold TH-cam play button 900ft down a mine shaft...?
Hopefully it is an interesting moment in time/culture for them to think about. Also the ideas of getting awards for followers might be interesting phenomenon at that point?
It will most likely never be found, since the mine will probably collapse without a few hundred years or so. As much as us humans dig, build and destroy, we dont go that deep anymore.
But hey, we can always hope i guess :)
Maybe Brent will become so rich that before his death, he will go full on Batman and reinforce the mine with tons and tons of titanium, just like Batman did with the Batcave.
The real question is: will they take this or the jeans back up?
They will say it is a relic from the caveman area.
They would say some stuff like "it's ritualistic or religious"
That's a bit of a meme among the community :')
It probably means SO much for these old gentlemen to get down there. The rush, and being able to explore. They must feel so young again. Amazing stuff
"old gentlemen"! Yikes! How old do you think they are!! You must be a teenager.
@@toniasalways Half the people on TH-cam still have umbilical cords attached.....
Absolutely incredible. I get excited when a new ghost town living video gets posted. I can feel Brent’s excitement with new explorations. Thank you for sharing your story Brent. What an incredible human being.
ALL I CAN SAY IS.....WOWEEWOWOW!!!!!
God bless your efforts.....this is very difficult what you're doing! You are courageous! My inspiration!
hard to believe that the cage was all these miners commute to work everyday, and that brent would be walking in their foot steps 150 years later, unreal big fan of the videos x
"This channel is having an Impact on Cerro Gordo's Future." That is awesome. You should have a town live feed just posted up 24/7, would be cool to see.
The water is a running joke around Cerro Gordo, except it isn't running!
Haaaaaa
@@GhostTownLiving Don't forget to distill the water before using it, to remove unwanted trace elements like lead. Its easy and non expensive. Equipment only cost like $100 on amazon.
@@GhostTownLiving That was a dry laugh...
@@xXxcastenada I have been worried about precisely this the whole time... and also about other potential impurities and occasional contamination.
i love everything about this channel, you're casually exploring an old mineshaft and finding museum pieces for fun. looking forward to watching a bunch of your old videos while i wait for new ones
theres something in me that feels satisfaction watching you take down modern tools and grabbing a chunk of ore, and bringing new machinery in to explore, its really cool how you've brought us with you into a time capsule.
living the dream. angels watching over you.
Every time I watch you go down into a mine I get absolutely anxious lol
Love you Brent! You getting that cement up to Cerro Gordo has highly motivated me towards my goals and it puts a smile on my face to think of you working and adventuring in Cerro Gordo. Thank you for this glimpse into this journey. I've said it before and I'll say it again. I adore this channel 💕
That's so cool of you. Imagine an explorer finding that hanging on a wall at the 900 level in 100 or so years. So sureal to me.
I still wait for this moment, when you turn around and see a "person" in the distance who doesn't make any noise and disappears around the corner. o_o
It's already happened with the lights turning on and someone was looking at him thru the window curtain
@Max Fu It's just a story he told in another video where he had an unexplained "ghost" sighting at one of the houses on the property
@Max Fu don't hate you yourself may end up a ghost lol
I wonder if the guy who drew that goose tought that in a 100 years millions of people would see his art on this thing called the internet
“Get out there” is a great sign-off!
I love how adventurous you are, I wish I could do the same without getting so panicked, heck, I get panicked if I get lost driving somewhere! God be with you and never loose that explorer in yourself! Love what you are doing!
Get some vitamin b complex 😘
The grandad of the group
“DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING DOWN HERE”
I’m fucking crying 🤣🤣🤣🤣👌
I died when he said that, how did Brent not laugh his ass off!? Too distracted by jeans!
@@g0thique Brent got caught with his pants on the floor, in a dynamite box. Granddad was not afraid the dynamite was wrapped in the jeans. Brent was mezmerized, but I think he was cognizant there was no great risk if he was gentle. Someone brought the dynamite down, and it sat for 100-years without blowing up: surely, it is safe to handle blue jeans in a box, 900 feet beneath the earth. I'd go down there and pick up the dynamite myself. I'm sure many more would do the same, for the right price.
Once again, reminding myself you did load this video. You guys lived!
I love the way you refer to these working class miners as people there out of circumstance with hopes and dreams of their own for them and their families.
The graffiti just like you said, represents these people were more than just ore extracting flesh machines and I bet the conversations down there between people with bigger hopes and aspirations were deep and meaningful. Thanks Brent.
Great energy coming from your explorations and your outlook on life. Thank you.