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Plant lots of grass and weeds. It will solve your water problem,which seems to be your largest stumbling block. Everything afterward will be easier with water that you can harvest locally on your own land. Most importantly it will restore the land to former glory and make the place all the more nicer to visit for your Hotel guests. I urge you to give this serious consideratioon to make the town economically viable again. :D
Maybe a good alternative option to conventional concrete would be to use concrete blocks (CMU) to build foundation...? You would still have to work out transportation of material to site but at least you don't have to deal with concrete mixing trucks etc. You would need a water source for mortar but still much less water than mixing concrete. Just a suggestion obviously the elevation and isolation of the site complicates everything but just figured it might be worth considering. Keep up the great work and awesome content! My favorite channel on the tube!
I would agree but hybrid calisthenics is out there and I think these guys are equally optimistic and I would love to see a face off of who you s more optimistic, but yeah yer pretty much right this guy is great.
MAJOR SAFETY TIP!! When you’re in the mines, be sure not to step on your ropes. When you do, dirt and grit can get inside the outer sheath and they can cause micro tears inside which compromises the structural integrity of the rope which can end up with it snapping on you.
Yes, PLEASE! 100% agreement with this comment. And I saw another video that said the wife in the couple who ran Cerro Gordo before you had it died of cancer possibly brought on by drinking water there with lead in it. Take care of yourself, you've got lots to do!
No need for a respirator. Miners worked long hours and were making dust bydigging and drilling. Not the same as spending a non- digging hour so now nd then.
As a carpenter, avid history nerd, and as someone who works near Bodie every summer, I really appreciate all the time and effort you've put into keeping Cerro Gordo alive. I hope one day soon I can come visit and see all the fruits of your labor!
I’m a realist. This channel has taught me one super, incredibly important thing. Don’t give up. It sounds sooo cliche - it is - but damn, Brent, you are an inspiration. Think of what could happen if a whole community of people actually came together for one, really difficult cause. Options are endless.
exactly all this hatred can you imagine if all the ugly energy would turn to some good energy imagine how much it would prosper if it was good enery people put more energy into bad than good
I'm an architect, you have exactly the right attitude. To let them just crumble away is CRIMINAL. Good for you! You are keeping it as original in shape and form as you can, well done.
Can't wait for Brent to restore the old mine cart tracks in the background and maybe put an authentic Cerro Gordo mine cart at the end as a crown jewel of the city.
it's calm because of its location(middle of nowhere) and lack of humans. imagine once Brent opens up everything, LINES of people probably going there... that calmness may go away. but maybe, if Brent sets a limit of how many people can be there and has like a visits by reservation only type thing, it can help keep the calmness, the beauty, & peacefulness of the place
@@oldblood_eyes Brent and His partners can control the places where people can stop in Cerro Gordo, and how many people can stay at Cerro Gordo during the day as well as the nights. Plus I should have read all of your comments.
I live 3 hours south. I don't see a time when there will be lines of people going there. It is too remote for that. I'm sure there will be enough visitors to create a decent enough revenue stream, and I'll gladly be among the first to book a room, but its never going to be Disneyland. We have other functioning ghost towns in the area (Calico Ghost Town for example), which do moderate business. With permission though, I will be at any opening/public party. I've been following since month 1.
@@OrthodoxAtheist i live in the central valley. the main road to cerro gordo(not the mountain road that goes to cerro gordo) also goes to one of the many popular national parks here in California: Death Valley. if brent were to open up, advertise, fix the road that goes to cerro gordo, i can definitely see it becoming a short stop for those going to Death Valley. no one is saying it'll be a Disneyland. im just saying Brent will need to have some limitations in place to maintain that calmness
"Appreciate all the progress in your life, no matter how small." - Brent Underwood. I'll write this one down in some visible place because this hit me right in the feels. When you dream big you often forget to appreciate the process and give yourself credit for all steps that you're making towards achieving the goal. The journey is even more important than a final outcome because it is sculpting your character. So better enjoy the time that you're spending on the process because if you're not happy with steps that you need to make right now, you may be going in the wrong direction. In the end, you'll reach a place in life where maybe someone else would be happy but not particularly you. I can't wait to book a room at the American Hotel, have a beer and listen to some of your amazing stories. Bless you, Brent! I wish you the best here from Poland!
When you started talking about what makes a building the same building, I'm glad you brought up Japanese historic buildings. People talk about the past and history like a static thing, rather than every moment as we pass by. These buildings will physically change inevitably: what makes one kind of change (decay) more authentic than the other (repair)? Instead, the nature of time can be celebrated, and these symbols preserved for a continuity of experience rather than continuity of materials.
29:42 have headphone on and turn up your volume after Brent says "the hunt continues as always " I distinctly hear a female voice say "forever" then the goats make noise but definately a female says "foreverr" or something of that nature! She sounds quite well spoken too ! Does anoyone else hear this??
@@n8tiveissues821 yes! thats exactly how I heard it!!! I started doubting myself but went back again a couple of days ago to listen again & I definately hear it. Forrrevvverrrrr ✌👍🙂
@@n8tiveissues821 yes, that is the exact moment when I hear her too! It is like her voice is echoey kinda like the wind is carrying it then the goat makes a noise which is much clearer & louder!
I'm French, I live in Paris, and God knows how many people would love to be here at my place, but the heck with it : I would SO much love being close to CA so I could go and help Brent on my week ends... I hope some day I can go to Cerro Gordo, hug this crazy man so hard and spend a few days there helping out and doing a bit of underground exploration...
Yeah this dudes messed up guess he doesn’t like help been trying to go out there for months now about 10 to be exact given him my email and everything else guy never responds maybe it’s just meo
@@adamgray9634 Keep trying until You know for sure Brent says he doesn't need help. I bet if Brent saw your email, He would be trying to set up dates and times especially for free skilled labor and craftsmanship.
Paris is a shithole tbh. crime rate is ridiculous emigration rate is also to high! Im from Europe, and it’s known that paris aint the city if love anymore lmao
Salut Franz Brent ! Pareil pour moi ! 😀 J’habite au Havre, j’aime cette ville et je suis heureuse d’être au bord de la mer, mais j’aimerais pouvoir me transporter à Cerro Gordo en un claquement de doigts pour aider à la reconstruction sur mon temps libre, et faire des randonnées dans ces incroyables paysages 🤩 En revanche non merci pour l’exploration des mines, car même si c’est très intéressant d’un point de vue historique, ça me fait juste trop flipper !! 😅😅
You're asking all the right questions about architectural restoration and history. There is no right answer, but I implore you to keep asking the questions of what's important for you and the space. Some ruins should stay ruins, some buildings should continue living, some things should perish naturally.
FINALLY!!! He actually got a metal detector. As a detectorist myself, I was begging and pleading in the comment section for him to get one. Thank goodness. He’s going to find so much with that.
As someone considering the purchase of a 210 year old house in need of a lot of work, your mentality towards preserving history and interpretation of “originality” is refreshing. You’re explanation really resonated with me, thank you 🙏
Hey Brent, a VERY interesting fact about Mortimer Belshaw! His great grandparents where born in a Ireland, in County Antrim. I live in County Antrim (Belfast City, famous for the building of the Titanic, filming Game of Thrones and many more) right now and never expected to have ANY sort of connection to Cerro Gordo. The world really is such a small place.
Especially think of the trail riding that could be had. I by no means feel this is a bad venture. The biggest thing I think he needs to put in some massive water tanks and just plan on hauling water.
Once your up and running, where can I apply for a job in Cerro Gordo? I can run a home in the time the miners lived and that where married, I can be a waitress at the local watering hole.. a maid in the Hotel... I'm a Jill of all trades.. it's looking Magical. I can see it through your eyes on how it will look..❤️ thank you Brent.
I found your channel yesterday and immediately got so interested in this journey. I'm from Rome, Italy, and it never occurred to me that there could be the possibility of living and restoring one of the many ghost towns we have here. Many of them go way back to medieval times! I'm surely going to study more of my own history, while learning of yours (and maybe, someday, come visit!)
Your videos yank at my heart. My dad and stepdad were both miners, uncles and cousins too. The Sierra and the Whites have so much mining history in my family. I was raised in Bishop, and rarely missed a sunset, so I truly understand. You just can’t explain it. Enjoying your journeys with you!
I would love to come out there and donate a few days of my time! I have some carpentry skills! I would just like the experience of Cerro Gordo! Let me know if we can work something out!
I want a garden on the side of a mountain. Multi-level terraces that slant slightly, swales to guide the melting ice down to the reservoirs below. Hugelkultur to make food-producing privacy fences and protection from the elements. Also would make for great sledding and coverage in a snowball fight!
I love this so much! My husband and I are currently remodeling a mini farm homestead from 1952 we hope to live as self sufficient as possible. We have decided to set aside a vacation fund for when Cerro Gordo is ready for us!
It would be my dream to be able to go mountain biking there. I live in Pennsylvania where most trails go through Forests or sometimes bogs and creeks. The scenery and terrain is vastly different than what I'm used to and I would love to take it all in.
You have tons of rock. Buy some mortar and busy yourself. A castle, a great wall, a pyramid to the sun god, a foundation for a building, the possibilities are endless! Think of it, a new civilization!
Great idea. Building out of stone would be a great thing for Brent to figure out. He already has some examples that he has found of what the old miners did.
@@isdowning883 Stone does not burn and at some point he will run out of scrap lumber. As a child, my family had a barn with a stone foundation. It used piers built of four large rounded stones in a pyramid, with wood beams resting on top. It was built in the 1880's.
Brent... What else can I say? You are doing what you are meant to do. This is your calling. I really enjoy all the videos you have and the enthusiasm you give back. Your visions will come true. Keep your head down. Stay in your lane. You've got this. I'm just glad that you can take me along for the ride. So far, it has been one hellava ride. Stay positive, we are all pulling for you.
This channel was the perfect distraction in 2020 working in a supermarket seeing family twice all year as me mom going through cancer and the world going nuts.. It's 2021 my mom's beat cancer and I'm still stacking fecking shelves. much love dude.
@@juliuspronk7532 she's recovered very well thank you She had throat cancer going through treatment while the world was worrying about covid a week after she was cleared she was back at work and dating again. :)
My grandma taught me at the end of every day to look back over my day and find the smallest blessing that God gave me that day and to praise him for the small blessings. Then as I go through adding up all the small blessings they equal a big blessing I made it another day... Then I can lay my head down on my pillow peacefully knowing that I've done the best I could for that day and that tomorrow there will be more blessings if I look for them. Be blessed my friend in Jesus name... BBE 🤗
You're doing the right thing, Preserving that place for the future, and HOW you are doing it couldnt be more right in my eyes, Using the wood thats there, the Original wood as much as you can, but, with an intelligent design, new Structural wood, Old wood on top. In 5 more years, that lil town of yours, will be so Full, so complete, with campers and visitors, it will be alive again each year as they all come to visit you and that place you saved up in the hills. Well Done.
I love your idea of taking the structures apart and reusing the materials to put it back together along with stronger materials. I’m so proud of you! Please stay safe and keep in mind that you have nothing but time to do things safely. You’re the greatest asset to that town.
I adore you and I get what you’re saying about Bodie, but just a correction that arrested decay refers to maintaining it such that it doesn’t get any worse - they will just never improve anything/restore any of the structures to their original glory. Basically, attempting to stop the decay in its tracks so it remains preserved in exactly the shape it was when it became a state park in 1962 (already run down). But they aren’t going to allow it to turn to dust. But I do very much appreciate the philosophy you are taking regarding Cerro Gordo!
but i mean there is only so much you can do to maintain it until the wood cant be maintained anymore. when it gets to that point it'll be either rebuild or have it be gone forever.
I like what your doing. Lots of people have something to say but do not a single thing. Reusing and repurposing your materials keeps the integrity and story basically where it should be. Keep up the incredible story you are writing!
I have a basement full of tools from the 18th and 19th centuries for building. I would be happy to give them to you. My grandpa used them to reconstruct and build a log home and cabin in PA. I am in Maryland though. I am older and disabled so I wont be using them. I did spend a lot of summers and winters in the log home without electricity and water. I admire and understand what you are doing on a very personal level. Cheers!
BTW my grandpa moved the log home, originally built in WV in 1787. The state was tearing it down to make way for a road. He bought it, tagged each piece and trucked it all to PA where he put it back together. He has long since passed and a young couple bought it and modernized it. Better than it rotting into the countryside.
The "is it the same building" discussion reminds me of the old cliche of the man with an axe that had been in his family for generations -- and they only had to replace the handle three times and the head twice. ;)
Hey Brent I am a trucker used to be a contractor I watch your channel all the time I find your voice tone to be soothing it puts me to sleep on cold nights in this truck thank you for all you do Hey got a idea for the cabins if you run short of original wood on outside planks you could wanyescoat them
@@Watchugoton Nope. He said, "How many men came through here" which was referring to how many men came through that structure... and yes, I'm sure plenty, both ways. lol
By the end of ur videos, I find myself with an ear-to-ear grin on my face & in tears at the same time. I recall what those sunset views do to u & what the world means. It is a Perfect Circle w time impacting meaning in different ways. It rings in the true color of life, vast & exhilarating & deep. It expands emotion while maintaining perspective. ❤🎉😊
Brent I think you translate so well on your blog…. I feel its due to how comfortable you are in front of camera.. this makes the watcher feel in gaged and also comfortable in your company.. you should try and approach the travel channel…. This is exactly the content they portray and no reason not to portray your wonderful story.and thank your for sharing yourself.. it’s been a pleasure to watch 🙂🙂🙂 I’m in South Africa `East London it looks like California and shares a very similar historical path in regards to settlement and subsistence…. Will love to visit … such a long trip lol
Since the cost to build the New American Hotel you should sell a calendar with pictures and fun facts about Cerro Gordo. You could also sell amazing photos of Cerro Gordo online for people to download and use.
Hey Brent! I love the video! I have advice about your concrete problem. Since it is unlikely that you could bring concrete to the town, you could mix it on site. Since you have a whole mountain of mine tailings, which is probably quite hard rock, you could bring in a mobile separating-crushing station to extract sand for concrete. If you have the option of accumulating water, the only thing you need is cement and plenty of small concrete mixers. We have used this technique many times because it has always been cheaper and easier than transporting concrete over long distances. I hope you find my advice useful, I wish you a lot of luck and success in renovating the hotel! I wish you a Happy New Year and greetings from the mining town of Idrija Slovenia !!! GOOD LUCK!
I love your take on rebuilding and development/deconstruction. It's like improving your house for decades while you live in it. You keep to what you do. I love it.
In my humble opinion, if you use as much of the salvageable wood as possible, it is the same building. You've just repaired the existing building is all that's happened. Especially so if, where possible, you've numbered the pieces and replaced them as close to their original position as you can. Don't sweat it man. Your'e preserving history. We need more people like you.
I’m not sure if they have it in California, but in my state if a building is at least 100-150 years old, you can apply for a historical building. It gets state funding to pay for the buildings upkeep and pretty much all of the buildings needs are paid for. You should look into it.
It's so amazing to see what you're doing up there! It's also so refreshing to see someone really take time to enjoy life without always being "connected". What you're doing now has always been one of my goals in life! To live so connected to nature and history.
I'm still sniffing from the tears. The ending to this one was so beautiful, it just got to me. Please don't let any video making company steal you away, even though you have an amazing natural talent for incredible content. Makes my week, and gives me something to look forward to, as well. I wasn't even as scared as usual by the mines this time. Thank-you!!
I want you to know that during these difficult and trying times, your videos are sweet gold nuggets that appears in my timeline and never miss relaxing my brain and put a smile on my face, even if I'm on the other side of the planet, thanks Brent.
I agree, the approach being taken to Bodie is at best myopic. You and I are both envisioning generations of children experiencing history firsthand. Its a fantastic opportunity that we can give to future generations. In the case of Bodie, it's wasted, a shame. Keep up the good work and the videos, I really appreciate it.
These videos can never last long enough for me! Brent could you possibly come up with a “wish list” of items that would help you out the most that we could maybe send to you? I would love to help in any way, even if its small to help you out but want to send something useful! Thanks and keep up to great work.
It seems to me, that you have reached an inflection point in your life and time at CG. I discern a calm and a peace from you that has accepted that there will be setbacks. But now those setbacks, they won't own you like before. This is evident in you taking time for yourself, to enjoy the sunset, and to rip it up and down the road. Keep doing those things. Keep pursuing your dream, and keep living fully.
@@GhostTownLiving Same, thanks for bringing the experience to us all. I've formed a Sunday night routine where the highlight is to chill after a long week and watch your latest update. Good luck from the UK and keep up the good work dude. Such a huge project but good to see you chipping away at it slowly.
I’ll say this again ..I would trade my gold mine here in Oregon for a spot there so me and my ole man can come help you ! We really admire you and it’s our belief that you could really appreciate our skills and my sense of humor...
just call Quickrete, have them deliver a truck load of 1 ton bags or 90 yards worth, rent a mixer & water truck, call upon your fans for muscle. Boom done.
My grandfather, now 94 lived in Bodie as a child. Until recently, he enjoyed going back and telling stories to the rangers and tourists about what went on in the town. Before it was a state park, they’d go every year to metal detect for different things such as your finding. I love what you’re doing here, hope to see it one day.
As someone who grew up above 60 miles of mines (Halkyn, Wales) this absolutely fascinates me to think what was untouchable under my feet all that time. I wish I could get down there and explore one day, but I will live that experience through this channel until I figure out a way. Who knows, I may fly over and visit Cerro Gordo one day. Keep up the videos! Loving the content (even if there is a hint of envy)
Howdy Brent!! You were saying that you were having problems getting concrete up there. Find a company that has "volumetric" dry mix trucks. The can haul the dry mix to any distance as it doesn't get mixed until it gets poured. No helicopters, needed or concrete waste of redimix barrel trucks. It could be transported from Barstow without problems. Just something that you might investigate. Hugs!!!!!
Ken is right. The volumetric mixer is the way, call the Ready Mix plants in Barstow and see if they could direct you to a contractor that has a Volumetric mixer in the area. The closest I could find is in Fresno. Additionally I would investigate screening your tailing piles. You may be able to produce your own aggregate and sand for your concrete mix. If you can limit your hauling to only the cement and water you should be able to save some money. For crushing and screening you could search for a "Custom Crusher" in the area. You could call equipment rental companies and ask them if they could recommend an outfit.
Modern lights make a fantastic difference to this sort of thing. Forty years ago, when I was a teenager, I used to hunt rabbits using a light with a lead acid battery in a belt pack. It was nothing like as good as the LED head lamps I use now when I am taking out the trash, or working in the attic or basement. Even 20 years ago the HID bike light I used was only as bright, and the battery life from a battery that fitted in the bottle rack (basically pint sized) was half what I get with two 18650 batteries.
He's mad indeed, and he's going to end up getting hurt or stuck down there someday if he keeps doing that. I don't get it, what's he looking for down there? It doesn't look stable at all, and if he gets hurt or stuck it would be a terrible way to go.
Whenever I watch your videos I can honestly say I am so happy that you've found what you want to dedicate your life to, it's a rare thing to find it in life.
The sound out there , of that first snow or anytime for that matter, has got to be so incredible. Thank u Bret for giving my soul a place to rest for a moment.
I found you at about your 3 month mark. You've come a long way from the beginning and I love how much more comfortable you are in your TH-cam journey. Thanks so much for sharing your journey with us all! Stay safe, Brent.
CONCRETE SUGGESTION: have you considered putting up a temporary concrete plant on site so you wouldn’t have to haul wet concrete up the hill? A batch plant on site would let you mix as needed.
@@henrygalusha1388 I don't think it'll stop at the Hotel, over time, with maybe 500+ buildings going up in the next few years, I think it'd be a good investment
About 30 gals of water per yard of concrete, times 90 yards 2,700 gallons of water, that would weigh 20,790 lbs then you need to separate sand and rock, unless you haul that in as well, then there is the cement, 94 lbs per bag, times 5 per yard, 470 lbs, times 90 is 42,300 lbs. Sure, no problem. (rhetorically speaking of course) then mix it all up.
Man i hope Cerro Gordo gets a bunch of visitors so that this place can form back in to its original structure. It be so awsome seeing a living wild western style mining town with lights & water etc up there. & the way stuff is progressing i rly belive this could become big. Id definetly pay for a visit!
Regarding the miners cabins - I'm guessing that back in the day, when Cerro Gordo was a bustling mining town, people would build their shacks and cabins out of whatever they could lay their hands on, which would have been other, older, empty buildings - so the cabins as they are were probably repurposed at some point in the past anyway - so for my thinking, rebuilding a solid shell isn't a problem at all, as you're using the original materials to clad the buildings etc., just as they would have done over a hundred years ago.
I see the happiness of your spirit shining thru your are so blessed I wish everyone else who loves this kind of solitude could be so blessed me included to have time alone to explore and look at history that has been forgotten stay and count your blessings I have dreamed of this all my life but you are living it.
Brent I think it's amazing what you're doing. So brave of you! This isn't some other off-grid YT channel, there is a whole more to this, history, hiking, archeology almost, and you just got a good brain, it's nice to hear your thoughts in general and how you go around and through the difficulties of this challenge/new lifestyle. This place seem to have such a vibe, it makes us wanna be there! I'll sure keep on following your adventures and hope it all goes for the best! Stay safe! P.S: My fav videos so far are the hiking ones when you find old things. Mine exploring is cool but the views you show us from walking around are dope. Also renovation videos of old cabins, I dig that!
I visited Death Valley in August, before I had discovered your channel. Is it as quiet there in Cerro Gordo? That was one of the things that struck me-the dead silence out there. I remember standing on Dante’s view admiring the scenery, wondering what it would be like to live in such a place. Unbeknownst to me this man was out there doing exactly that... I’m glad I found your channel a few months back, your simple lifestyle is comforting in these troubled times. When I flip through my vacation photos of Death Valley now I can’t help but think about you and your little town. Stay safe out there, we’re counting on you to keep that dream alive.
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All types of videos!!!
Hopefully if you manage to do a livestream it should give you the option where you upload videos
Would love to see more of other structures you've found around the property!
Plant lots of grass and weeds. It will solve your water problem,which seems to be your largest stumbling block. Everything afterward will be easier with water that you can harvest locally on your own land. Most importantly it will restore the land to former glory and make the place all the more nicer to visit for your Hotel guests. I urge you to give this serious consideratioon to make the town economically viable again. :D
Maybe a good alternative option to conventional concrete would be to use concrete blocks (CMU) to build foundation...? You would still have to work out transportation of material to site but at least you don't have to deal with concrete mixing trucks etc. You would need a water source for mortar but still much less water than mixing concrete. Just a suggestion obviously the elevation and isolation of the site complicates everything but just figured it might be worth considering. Keep up the great work and awesome content! My favorite channel on the tube!
You're like the Bob Ross of Ghost Towns. You always have a little bit at the end to talk about how to better your life. So relaxing.
Who would think you could tap into the ASMR benefits from a mine tour narration? l
I know right, and with the music in the background it makes it even better
You're like the Bob Ross of people that make Bob Ross analogy comments.
Ill show myself out...
That’s brilliant! 😂
Wow i literally said today his voice is relaxing like bob ross haha
This dude should be awarded the title of Worlds Biggest Optimist. Hands down
I would agree but hybrid calisthenics is out there and I think these guys are equally optimistic and I would love to see a face off of who you s more optimistic, but yeah yer pretty much right this guy is great.
Where there's a will there's a way. Life is what we make it right?
MAJOR SAFETY TIP!! When you’re in the mines, be sure not to step on your ropes. When you do, dirt and grit can get inside the outer sheath and they can cause micro tears inside which compromises the structural integrity of the rope which can end up with it snapping on you.
This should have more likes. It's details that get you killed. Or should I say, ignoring the details.
Johnny finally wore the vest, so they are getting there. 💁🏻♂️🦺👷
Brent talking about the brothel: “How many men came....through” 😂😂😂 dying
i was looking for this comment :)
@@Bl00DY617 i also *came* here to look for it :)
Lmao
It's being hundreds of years, yet with a blacklight the whole place'll still light up like a Jackson Pollack painting...
I also as well came looking for this.
"this was the floor of the old brothel. i wonder what could be underneath the floor?" syphilis, Brent. syphilis and ancient crabs, lol.
probably not ANY coins..coins would be where the drunks wandered
Half that dust is fossilized sperm.
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Well, that's tame. In Pompeii they found aborted feotuses (however you spell it)
@@silenthills282 HAHAHAH - like Covid - WHAT IS THE SHELF LIFE?? Hope he was wearing PPE
*Please* get a respirator for when you explore the mines. Reviving a mining town doesn't mean you have to die of silicosis like a miner.
Yes, PLEASE! 100% agreement with this comment. And I saw another video that said the wife in the couple who ran Cerro Gordo before you had it died of cancer possibly brought on by drinking water there with lead in it. Take care of yourself, you've got lots to do!
good point, i hope he sees this
Dude tbh if I where up there I would just be drinking bottled water like zephyrhills and all that
No need for a respirator. Miners worked long hours and were making dust bydigging and drilling. Not the same as spending a non- digging hour so now nd then.
@@lindan2836 he’s still kicking up a lot of dust in there
“Appreciate all the progress in your life, no matter how small” needs to be your closing line for every video. Those words couldn’t be said enough!
YES!!!
I agree!
As a carpenter, avid history nerd, and as someone who works near Bodie every summer, I really appreciate all the time and effort you've put into keeping Cerro Gordo alive. I hope one day soon I can come visit and see all the fruits of your labor!
Braden, he can use your help.
I’m a realist. This channel has taught me one super, incredibly important thing. Don’t give up. It sounds sooo cliche - it is - but damn, Brent, you are an inspiration. Think of what could happen if a whole community of people actually came together for one, really difficult cause. Options are endless.
You’re not getting me into a mine though. Nope, nuh uh, naahh...
...NO.
With the direction our nation is going we all just might be doing that in the near future.
Oh wow, thank you. I really appreciate that. Comments like that help remind me the same thing when things get a bit rough.
10 Months Alone it says, and how many other people did we see in this vlog? And in earlier vlogs.
exactly all this hatred can you imagine if all the ugly energy would turn to some good energy imagine how much it would prosper if it was good enery people put more energy into bad than good
I'm an architect, you have exactly the right attitude. To let them just crumble away is CRIMINAL. Good for you! You are keeping it as original in shape and form as you can, well done.
Is it just me? But I just love the sound that those stones make when they are falling down or when walked upon!
Me too 😄
Can't wait for Brent to restore the old mine cart tracks in the background and maybe put an authentic Cerro Gordo mine cart at the end as a crown jewel of the city.
I like that
I was thinking that, too.
People could walk out there and look down on the town. Get a birds eye view of the whole place!
I cant wait for Cerro Gordo to be at a point where we all can come visit and stay. It looks so calm and beautiful.
Me and my family is hopfuly going on a trip to America after Corona. And if its opperational we migth stay here!
it's calm because of its location(middle of nowhere) and lack of humans. imagine once Brent opens up everything, LINES of people probably going there... that calmness may go away.
but maybe, if Brent sets a limit of how many people can be there and has like a visits by reservation only type thing, it can help keep the calmness, the beauty, & peacefulness of the place
@@oldblood_eyes Brent and His partners can control the places where people can stop in Cerro Gordo, and how many people can stay at Cerro Gordo during the day as well as the nights.
Plus I should have read all of your comments.
I live 3 hours south. I don't see a time when there will be lines of people going there. It is too remote for that. I'm sure there will be enough visitors to create a decent enough revenue stream, and I'll gladly be among the first to book a room, but its never going to be Disneyland. We have other functioning ghost towns in the area (Calico Ghost Town for example), which do moderate business.
With permission though, I will be at any opening/public party. I've been following since month 1.
@@OrthodoxAtheist i live in the central valley. the main road to cerro gordo(not the mountain road that goes to cerro gordo) also goes to one of the many popular national parks here in California: Death Valley. if brent were to open up, advertise, fix the road that goes to cerro gordo, i can definitely see it becoming a short stop for those going to Death Valley. no one is saying it'll be a Disneyland. im just saying Brent will need to have some limitations in place to maintain that calmness
"Appreciate all the progress in your life, no matter how small." - Brent Underwood.
I'll write this one down in some visible place because this hit me right in the feels. When you dream big you often forget to appreciate the process and give yourself credit for all steps that you're making towards achieving the goal. The journey is even more important than a final outcome because it is sculpting your character. So better enjoy the time that you're spending on the process because if you're not happy with steps that you need to make right now, you may be going in the wrong direction. In the end, you'll reach a place in life where maybe someone else would be happy but not particularly you.
I can't wait to book a room at the American Hotel, have a beer and listen to some of your amazing stories.
Bless you, Brent! I wish you the best here from Poland!
We should get it burned into a piece of wood and send it to him. Could be a cool addition to the town 👌
When you started talking about what makes a building the same building, I'm glad you brought up Japanese historic buildings. People talk about the past and history like a static thing, rather than every moment as we pass by. These buildings will physically change inevitably: what makes one kind of change (decay) more authentic than the other (repair)? Instead, the nature of time can be celebrated, and these symbols preserved for a continuity of experience rather than continuity of materials.
Ahh, the favourite time of the week for probably many people! Looking forward to watching it;D
Yeah me too
Same
Same!
Yes mate
defo with you on that
I love how Johnny is wearing the reflective vest this time, despite his reaction to it the first time
29:42 have headphone on and turn up your volume after Brent says "the hunt continues as always " I distinctly hear a female voice say "forever" then the goats make noise but definately a female says "foreverr" or something of that nature! She sounds quite well spoken too ! Does anoyone else hear this??
I heard it. In a sing-song kind of way. Spooky.
@@n8tiveissues821 yes! thats exactly how I heard it!!! I started doubting myself but went back again a couple of days ago to listen again & I definately hear it. Forrrevvverrrrr ✌👍🙂
@@JESTAz She sounds young too. I heard it just after he spoke and just before the goat bleated!
@@n8tiveissues821 yes, that is the exact moment when I hear her too! It is like her voice is echoey kinda like the wind is carrying it then the goat makes a noise which is much clearer & louder!
Everytime you get crawling around inside the mine you raise up my claustrophobia to new levels! Live the dream!
I think he's searching for an alternative route. To install a pipeline to get to the fresh water, under 700 feet.
Instead of pumping it straight up.
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We have been loving your videos. Can’t wait to see this place with our own eyes 😍
This is the crossover TH-cam needs
You guys are awesome!!
Are you guys going to Cerro Gordo to help with construction?
No way that would be absolutely insane 😮😮
Kara and Nate! Yes yes I’d love to see you up here would be so fun to watch
I'm French, I live in Paris, and God knows how many people would love to be here at my place, but the heck with it : I would SO much love being close to CA so I could go and help Brent on my week ends... I hope some day I can go to Cerro Gordo, hug this crazy man so hard and spend a few days there helping out and doing a bit of underground exploration...
Yeah this dudes messed up guess he doesn’t like help been trying to go out there for months now about 10 to be exact given him my email and everything else guy never responds maybe it’s just meo
@@adamgray9634 Keep trying until You know for sure Brent says he doesn't need help.
I bet if Brent saw your email, He would be trying to set up dates and times especially for free skilled labor and craftsmanship.
Paris is a shithole tbh. crime rate is ridiculous
emigration rate is also to high!
Im from Europe, and it’s known that paris aint the city if love anymore lmao
@@StevesBgames at some places, it still has some charm though
Salut Franz Brent ! Pareil pour moi ! 😀 J’habite au Havre, j’aime cette ville et je suis heureuse d’être au bord de la mer, mais j’aimerais pouvoir me transporter à Cerro Gordo en un claquement de doigts pour aider à la reconstruction sur mon temps libre, et faire des randonnées dans ces incroyables paysages 🤩
En revanche non merci pour l’exploration des mines, car même si c’est très intéressant d’un point de vue historique, ça me fait juste trop flipper !! 😅😅
You're asking all the right questions about architectural restoration and history. There is no right answer, but I implore you to keep asking the questions of what's important for you and the space. Some ruins should stay ruins, some buildings should continue living, some things should perish naturally.
FINALLY!!! He actually got a metal detector. As a detectorist myself, I was begging and pleading in the comment section for him to get one. Thank goodness. He’s going to find so much with that.
YESSSS! There may be a way to may a few $$ with that tool. Thanks!
nails cans and trash.
As someone considering the purchase of a 210 year old house in need of a lot of work, your mentality towards preserving history and interpretation of “originality” is refreshing. You’re explanation really resonated with me, thank you 🙏
Hey Brent, a VERY interesting fact about Mortimer Belshaw! His great grandparents where born in a Ireland, in County Antrim. I live in County Antrim (Belfast City, famous for the building of the Titanic, filming Game of Thrones and many more) right now and never expected to have ANY sort of connection to Cerro Gordo. The world really is such a small place.
neat tidbit
We share a surname 🙂
It would seem we share a surname 😀
This place would be the coolest AirBNB ever when the cabins are all set up
Especially think of the trail riding that could be had. I by no means feel this is a bad venture. The biggest thing I think he needs to put in some massive water tanks and just plan on hauling water.
Once your up and running, where can I apply for a job in Cerro Gordo? I can run a home in the time the miners lived and that where married, I can be a waitress at the local watering hole.. a maid in the Hotel... I'm a Jill of all trades.. it's looking Magical. I can see it through your eyes on how it will look..❤️ thank you Brent.
In another universe there is a pair of Denim Jeans looking for the elusive Brent the Human.
I found your channel yesterday and immediately got so interested in this journey.
I'm from Rome, Italy, and it never occurred to me that there could be the possibility of living and restoring one of the many ghost towns we have here. Many of them go way back to medieval times! I'm surely going to study more of my own history, while learning of yours (and maybe, someday, come visit!)
Buy one of your 1 euro homes!
There is More Spece - than at ROME ITALY ! Less People ?
Rome is MUCH older than most of anything in the States!
@@ddd228 You couldnt Do anything like this at ROME ITALY - without breaking The Law ! You just cant take buildings down & rebuild those !
@@holoholopainen1627 well yeah, you're right. The historic buildings here are not even for sale lol
Your videos yank at my heart. My dad and stepdad were both miners, uncles and cousins too. The Sierra and the Whites have so much mining history in my family. I was raised in Bishop, and rarely missed a sunset, so I truly understand. You just can’t explain it. Enjoying your journeys with you!
I would love to come out there and donate a few days of my time! I have some carpentry skills! I would just like the experience of Cerro Gordo! Let me know if we can work something out!
"It might look good on camera, but it looks a whole lot better in person.", I feel like that needs to be inscribed on a sign as you enter Cerro Gordo.
Like the Disneyland Entrance plaques, that would be so awesome
It’s definitely a statement that resonates while being in that view. I envy Brent in this life of his.
I wish these were longer and more frequent. It's the TH-cam highlight of my week.
The dudes in then middle of the desert🤣
im p sure this dude has a patreon. thats one way to help get more content. if not then i dont see a point in commenting this
@@kg7219 he's not complaining, he just wanted to say how much he liked those videos
@@maelc9206 Exactly this, thanks!
SyR Gaming AGREED!! 👏👏👏
I want a garden on the side of a mountain.
Multi-level terraces that slant slightly, swales to guide the melting ice down to the reservoirs below. Hugelkultur to make food-producing privacy fences and protection from the elements. Also would make for great sledding and coverage in a snowball fight!
Yes if he terraced the land a bit in places and directed and trapped that moisture it would be a sight
@@thomassiegfried5409 That's true he has tons of tailings piles to work with for a project like that.
I love this so much! My husband and I are currently remodeling a mini farm homestead from 1952 we hope to live as self sufficient as possible. We have decided to set aside a vacation fund for when Cerro Gordo is ready for us!
You need to start mapping out all the trails you have so when you start getting visitors they can get a map and hike around.
It would be my dream to be able to go mountain biking there. I live in Pennsylvania where most trails go through Forests or sometimes bogs and creeks. The scenery and terrain is vastly different than what I'm used to and I would love to take it all in.
Yes! And he can get a proper map put together. I'd love a map of cerro Gordo on my wall!
also to show in each episode where you were in the mine... a bit of work though
Great idea!!:)
I offer to draw it for you
You have tons of rock. Buy some mortar and busy yourself. A castle, a great wall, a pyramid to the sun god, a foundation for a building, the possibilities are endless! Think of it, a new civilization!
Dreams are what life is made of! We support you 100% and love the adventures you take. 👍😎
Great idea. Building out of stone would be a great thing for Brent to figure out. He already has some examples that he has found of what the old miners did.
Put down the crack pipe
@@isdowning883 Stone does not burn and at some point he will run out of scrap lumber.
As a child, my family had a barn with a stone foundation. It used piers built of four large rounded stones in a pyramid, with wood beams resting on top. It was built in the 1880's.
@@myeflatley1150 I take back my previous reply. You’re good. Sorry for my rudeness.
You clearly have an authentic passion for Cerro Gordo. The child-like enthusiasm you have for the place is contagious.
Brent... What else can I say? You are doing what you are meant to do. This is your calling. I really enjoy all the videos you have and the enthusiasm you give back. Your visions will come true. Keep your head down. Stay in your lane. You've got this. I'm just glad that you can take me along for the ride. So far, it has been one hellava ride. Stay positive, we are all pulling for you.
This channel was the perfect distraction in 2020 working in a supermarket seeing family twice all year as me mom going through cancer and the world going nuts.. It's 2021 my mom's beat cancer and I'm still stacking fecking shelves. much love dude.
Keep your head up, it always rains before the rainbow
@@seacow4998. Shine on you crazy diamond. don't believe the bs.
I hope your mom is doing well, this is a relief for us all
@@juliuspronk7532 she's recovered very well thank you She had throat cancer going through treatment while the world was worrying about covid a week after she was cleared she was back at work and dating again. :)
@@seacow4998 right back at ya. It can't rain all the time :Eric draven :)
My grandma taught me at the end of every day to look back over my day and find the smallest blessing that God gave me that day and to praise him for the small blessings. Then as I go through adding up all the small blessings they equal a big blessing I made it another day...
Then I can lay my head down on my pillow peacefully knowing that I've done the best I could for that day and that tomorrow there will be more blessings if I look for them.
Be blessed my friend in Jesus name... BBE 🤗
Sounds like you had a great Grandma! I miss mine and you made me think of how fortunate we are to have memory's of good things!
You're doing the right thing, Preserving that place for the future, and HOW you are doing it couldnt be more right in my eyes, Using the wood thats there, the Original wood as much as you can, but, with an intelligent design, new Structural wood, Old wood on top. In 5 more years, that lil town of yours, will be so Full, so complete, with campers and visitors, it will be alive again each year as they all come to visit you and that place you saved up in the hills. Well Done.
I love your idea of taking the structures apart and reusing the materials to put it back together along with stronger materials. I’m so proud of you! Please stay safe and keep in mind that you have nothing but time to do things safely. You’re the greatest asset to that town.
Yes I agree, all of the repurposing is so incredibly inspiring.
The most interesting series on YT at the moment.
go watch larsonfarms, cole the ornstar and guys like them. Im a farmer who watches other farmers.
No bro, watch illegal freedom of shiey
Yeah am really interested in this series
I adore you and I get what you’re saying about Bodie, but just a correction that arrested decay refers to maintaining it such that it doesn’t get any worse - they will just never improve anything/restore any of the structures to their original glory. Basically, attempting to stop the decay in its tracks so it remains preserved in exactly the shape it was when it became a state park in 1962 (already run down). But they aren’t going to allow it to turn to dust.
But I do very much appreciate the philosophy you are taking regarding Cerro Gordo!
but i mean there is only so much you can do to maintain it until the wood cant be maintained anymore. when it gets to that point it'll be either rebuild or have it be gone forever.
@@oldblood_eyes yes, so they do rebuild when that happens. Just only enough so that it looks as it did in 1964.
It seems like an unrealistic strategy to me. Better to restore it and then in 100 years it will look old again but won't be falling apart.
I like what your doing. Lots of people have something to say but do not a single thing. Reusing and repurposing your materials keeps the integrity and story basically where it should be. Keep up the incredible story you are writing!
I have a basement full of tools from the 18th and 19th centuries for building. I would be happy to give them to you. My grandpa used them to reconstruct and build a log home and cabin in PA. I am in Maryland though. I am older and disabled so I wont be using them. I did spend a lot of summers and winters in the log home without electricity and water. I admire and understand what you are doing on a very personal level. Cheers!
BTW my grandpa moved the log home, originally built in WV in 1787. The state was tearing it down to make way for a road. He bought it, tagged each piece and trucked it all to PA where he put it back together. He has long since passed and a young couple bought it and modernized it. Better than it rotting into the countryside.
The "is it the same building" discussion reminds me of the old cliche of the man with an axe that had been in his family for generations -- and they only had to replace the handle three times and the head twice. ;)
In the UK we call it Trigger's broom
Search on the Ship of Theseus, it’s an old philosophical debate about this exact situation.
@@Thisiswhy1991 I was looking for this 😄👍 and for anyone who wants to know th-cam.com/video/LAh8HryVaeY/w-d-xo.html
“Think about how many men came through here.” I see what you did there.
Lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Glad I wasn’t the only one laughing
💀💀🤟🏻
How did he manage to say that with a straight face
Hey Brent I am a trucker used to be a contractor I watch your channel all the time I find your voice tone to be soothing it puts me to sleep on cold nights in this truck thank you for all you do Hey got a idea for the cabins if you run short of original wood on outside planks you could wanyescoat them
I agree with your mindset. These buildings need to be preserved and maintained for future generations.
my grandpa just went into hospice...this was exactly what i needed today. thankyou!
I'm sorry to read that about your grandpa. I hope you get to spend some time with him.
stay strong, i went through the same thing about a year ago
Did you just say: "I wonder how many men came through those cracks" Much love and respect from Durham UK.
Haha Durham town!
Came through and came in... :P
(also from Co. Durham, UK!!!)
Yup...he did. I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed that... (plenty of old mines to break into round Durham mate...Trimdon Gordo??)
Yes he did and you beat me to it.
👌🏻👍🏻🏴
@@Watchugoton Nope. He said, "How many men came through here" which was referring to how many men came through that structure... and yes, I'm sure plenty, both ways. lol
By the end of ur videos, I find myself with an ear-to-ear grin on my face & in tears at the same time. I recall what those sunset views do to u & what the world means. It is a Perfect Circle w time impacting meaning in different ways. It rings in the true color of life, vast & exhilarating & deep. It expands emotion while maintaining perspective. ❤🎉😊
Brent I think you translate so well on your blog…. I feel its due to how comfortable you are in front of camera.. this makes the watcher feel in gaged and also comfortable in your company.. you should try and approach the travel channel…. This is exactly the content they portray and no reason not to portray your wonderful story.and thank your for sharing yourself.. it’s been a pleasure to watch 🙂🙂🙂 I’m in South Africa `East London it looks like California and shares a very similar historical path in regards to settlement and subsistence…. Will love to visit … such a long trip lol
Since the cost to build the New American Hotel you should sell a calendar with pictures and fun facts about Cerro Gordo. You could also sell amazing photos of Cerro Gordo online for people to download and use.
Hey Brent! I love the video! I have advice about your concrete problem. Since it is unlikely that you could bring concrete to the town, you could mix it on site. Since you have a whole mountain of mine tailings, which is probably quite hard rock, you could bring in a mobile separating-crushing station to extract sand for concrete. If you have the option of accumulating water, the only thing you need is cement and plenty of small concrete mixers. We have used this technique many times because it has always been cheaper and easier than transporting concrete over long distances. I hope you find my advice useful, I wish you a lot of luck and success in renovating the hotel!
I wish you a Happy New Year and greetings from the mining town of Idrija Slovenia !!! GOOD LUCK!
Thank you! I'll look into all that. So cool to hear from all the way over in Slovenia!
@@GhostTownLiving Keep it up! I can't wait for the new video! ;-) See you!
I love your take on rebuilding and development/deconstruction. It's like improving your house for decades while you live in it. You keep to what you do. I love it.
Dude! Can you fly a small drone down around there for recon? Might have some safety and time saving.
In my humble opinion, if you use as much of the salvageable wood as possible, it is the same building. You've just repaired the existing building is all that's happened. Especially so if, where possible, you've numbered the pieces and replaced them as close to their original position as you can. Don't sweat it man. Your'e preserving history. We need more people like you.
Its Sunday here In NZ and that's now our favorite day as we get to catch up with Brent and his amazing adventures. Live the dream bro :)
Totally! Sunday morning and his videos are my breakfast! 😁🤟🏻
Chuuuur to that
I’m not sure if they have it in California, but in my state if a building is at least 100-150 years old, you can apply for a historical building. It gets state funding to pay for the buildings upkeep and pretty much all of the buildings needs are paid for. You should look into it.
I love to see the look of pure joy in your eyes when you are sitting on that rock talking to us all at sunset. Thanks so much.
It's so amazing to see what you're doing up there! It's also so refreshing to see someone really take time to enjoy life without always being "connected". What you're doing now has always been one of my goals in life! To live so connected to nature and history.
Yo, when he said "I hope you appreciate all the progress in your life, no matter how small" that really hit.
Brent is so wholesome
YESSSSS THATS THE WEST BRO BRO
I'm still sniffing from the tears. The ending to this one was so beautiful, it just got to me. Please don't let any video making company steal you away, even though you have an amazing natural talent for incredible content. Makes my week, and gives me something to look forward to, as well. I wasn't even as scared as usual by the mines this time. Thank-you!!
I want you to know that during these difficult and trying times, your videos are sweet gold nuggets that appears in my timeline and never miss relaxing my brain and put a smile on my face, even if I'm on the other side of the planet, thanks Brent.
I agree, the approach being taken to Bodie is at best myopic. You and I are both envisioning generations of children experiencing history firsthand. Its a fantastic opportunity that we can give to future generations. In the case of Bodie, it's wasted, a shame. Keep up the good work and the videos, I really appreciate it.
These videos can never last long enough for me! Brent could you possibly come up with a “wish list” of items that would help you out the most that we could maybe send to you? I would love to help in any way, even if its small to help you out but want to send something useful! Thanks and keep up to great work.
Great idea! I think a lot of us want to help but are not sure what is needed.
It's been cool seeing the transformation from the mild version of you at the start to the wild mountain man you have become.
It seems to me, that you have reached an inflection point in your life and time at CG. I discern a calm and a peace from you that has accepted that there will be setbacks. But now those setbacks, they won't own you like before. This is evident in you taking time for yourself, to enjoy the sunset, and to rip it up and down the road. Keep doing those things. Keep pursuing your dream, and keep living fully.
You are truly a rich man; I'd trade all to have such peace. Thankz for sharing with us. Hugs from southern Oregon, you are in our prayers.
I look forward to this every week. Thanks Brent.
That's awesome to hear. Thank you!
@@GhostTownLiving Same, thanks for bringing the experience to us all. I've formed a Sunday night routine where the highlight is to chill after a long week and watch your latest update. Good luck from the UK and keep up the good work dude. Such a huge project but good to see you chipping away at it slowly.
I’ll say this again ..I would trade my gold mine here in Oregon for a spot there so me and my ole man can come help you ! We really admire you and it’s our belief that you could really appreciate our skills and my sense of humor...
Have You found Any ?
@@holoholopainen1627 yes if you mean gold ..
This is one the deepest videos. The discussion about building decay and restoration is very thoughtful
just call Quickrete, have them deliver a truck load of 1 ton bags or 90 yards worth, rent a mixer & water truck, call upon your fans for muscle. Boom done.
My grandfather, now 94 lived in Bodie as a child. Until recently, he enjoyed going back and telling stories to the rangers and tourists about what went on in the town. Before it was a state park, they’d go every year to metal detect for different things such as your finding.
I love what you’re doing here, hope to see it one day.
This is one of the best thing on the internet.
Agreed
Coast to Coast !
As someone who grew up above 60 miles of mines (Halkyn, Wales) this absolutely fascinates me to think what was untouchable under my feet all that time.
I wish I could get down there and explore one day, but I will live that experience through this channel until I figure out a way. Who knows, I may fly over and visit Cerro Gordo one day. Keep up the videos! Loving the content (even if there is a hint of envy)
Howdy Brent!! You were saying that you were having problems getting concrete up there. Find a company that has "volumetric" dry mix trucks. The can haul the dry mix to any distance as it doesn't get mixed until it gets poured. No helicopters, needed or concrete waste of redimix barrel trucks. It could be transported from Barstow without problems. Just something that you might investigate. Hugs!!!!!
Ken is right. The volumetric mixer is the way, call the Ready Mix plants in Barstow and see if they could direct you to a contractor that has a Volumetric mixer in the area. The closest I could find is in Fresno. Additionally I would investigate screening your tailing piles. You may be able to produce your own aggregate and sand for your concrete mix. If you can limit your hauling to only the cement and water you should be able to save some money. For crushing and screening you could search for a "Custom Crusher" in the area. You could call equipment rental companies and ask them if they could recommend an outfit.
@@tylerrichter4437 Brent's got all the aggregate he'll ever need up there!
I love that these aren’t scheduled and that they’re a bit longer than most TH-cam videos, it’s like a beautifully blissful surprise every time!
I just gotta say, what you're doing is like the coolest freakin thing ever!
A true legend ♥️
Modern lights make a fantastic difference to this sort of thing. Forty years ago, when I was a teenager, I used to hunt rabbits using a light with a lead acid battery in a belt pack. It was nothing like as good as the LED head lamps I use now when I am taking out the trash, or working in the attic or basement. Even 20 years ago the HID bike light I used was only as bright, and the battery life from a battery that fitted in the bottle rack (basically pint sized) was half what I get with two 18650 batteries.
"Men came through here"
Yes. Yes they did
I caught that too and got a good chuckle lol
Im glad someone else picked this up haha 👀
Im not scared and from Sacramento I bet my Dad would like to help you also..👍👍👍
"imagine how many men came through here"
Definitely in more ways than one 😉
This is a family channel
lol
😂
I hate that that was the first thing I thought too lol XD
I was thinking exactly the same thing 😂
I simply can't believe Johnny was rappelling with no gloves. He's such a madman!
Worse than no gloves, is that he let go of the rope below his descender to give a thumbs up. 🤯
He's mad indeed, and he's going to end up getting hurt or stuck down there someday if he keeps doing that. I don't get it, what's he looking for down there? It doesn't look stable at all, and if he gets hurt or stuck it would be a terrible way to go.
One day I hope to drive through this town and enjoy its great history in person thanks for another great video
Whenever I watch your videos I can honestly say I am so happy that you've found what you want to dedicate your life to, it's a rare thing to find it in life.
Can’t believe I’ve been watching these for 10 months. Can’t believe you’ve been there for 10 months. Time flies.
The sound out there , of that first snow or anytime for that matter, has got to be so incredible. Thank u Bret for giving my soul a place to rest for a moment.
What a beautiful way to say what I'm sure many of us are feeling as well!
@@sherriweibert3311 awwww lol thank u kindly just would be amazing to be there or anywhere to be in the quiet ya know
The shots of the sky and the scenery about 11 mins in was absolutely amazing! Thanks for another great video.
"It might look good on camera, but it looks a whole lot better in person."
I think that applies to all of Cerro Gordo in itself.
I found you at about your 3 month mark. You've come a long way from the beginning and I love how much more comfortable you are in your TH-cam journey. Thanks so much for sharing your journey with us all! Stay safe, Brent.
CONCRETE SUGGESTION: have you considered putting up a temporary concrete plant on site so you wouldn’t have to haul wet concrete up the hill? A batch plant on site would let you mix as needed.
Cost way to much money to set up a plant for little bit of concrete. But it's a good idea
Also there is the water problem. Anything could be done sure, but its hard up there🤷🏽♂️
@@henrygalusha1388 I don't think it'll stop at the Hotel, over time, with maybe 500+ buildings going up in the next few years, I think it'd be a good investment
About 30 gals of water per yard of concrete, times 90 yards 2,700 gallons of water, that would weigh 20,790 lbs then you need to separate sand and rock, unless you haul that in as well, then there is the cement, 94 lbs per bag, times 5 per yard, 470 lbs, times 90 is 42,300 lbs. Sure, no problem. (rhetorically speaking of course) then mix it all up.
@@jimmime One medium sized water tender. Hire them when they're not on a fire.
I've never been so happy to see an ad on a TH-cam video. Finally!
Man i hope Cerro Gordo gets a bunch of visitors so that this place can form back in to its original structure.
It be so awsome seeing a living wild western style mining town with lights & water etc up there.
& the way stuff is progressing i rly belive this could become big.
Id definetly pay for a visit!
Regarding the miners cabins - I'm guessing that back in the day, when Cerro Gordo was a bustling mining town, people would build their shacks and cabins out of whatever they could lay their hands on, which would have been other, older, empty buildings - so the cabins as they are were probably repurposed at some point in the past anyway - so for my thinking, rebuilding a solid shell isn't a problem at all, as you're using the original materials to clad the buildings etc., just as they would have done over a hundred years ago.
I see the happiness of your spirit shining thru your are so blessed I wish everyone else who loves this kind of solitude could be so blessed me included to have time alone to explore and look at history that has been forgotten stay and count your blessings I have dreamed of this all my life but you are living it.
My guess is he could use some help . What else are you doing with your life
Brent I think it's amazing what you're doing. So brave of you! This isn't some other off-grid YT channel, there is a whole more to this, history, hiking, archeology almost, and you just got a good brain, it's nice to hear your thoughts in general and how you go around and through the difficulties of this challenge/new lifestyle. This place seem to have such a vibe, it makes us wanna be there! I'll sure keep on following your adventures and hope it all goes for the best! Stay safe!
P.S: My fav videos so far are the hiking ones when you find old things. Mine exploring is cool but the views you show us from walking around are dope. Also renovation videos of old cabins, I dig that!
I visited Death Valley in August, before I had discovered your channel. Is it as quiet there in Cerro Gordo? That was one of the things that struck me-the dead silence out there. I remember standing on Dante’s view admiring the scenery, wondering what it would be like to live in such a place. Unbeknownst to me this man was out there doing exactly that...
I’m glad I found your channel a few months back, your simple lifestyle is comforting in these troubled times. When I flip through my vacation photos of Death Valley now I can’t help but think about you and your little town. Stay safe out there, we’re counting on you to keep that dream alive.