Returning to Cerro Gordo After 11 Years! Brent Shows Us Around
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.พ. 2023
- Last time I visited Cerro Gordo it was a much different place. Back in 2011, the town seemed on the decline and not many people even knew it existed. Today there seems to be a boom happening again and it is thanks to new owner Brent Underwood and his dreams to build up the town, preserve history and make it destination for artists and tourists alike. Join me and my friends as we take a walking tour of Cerro Gordo California's famous Silver Mining boom town.
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Cool experience! Brent's a peach. Shalom! Blessings in your travels!
The high desert is so beautiful!
great vid the guy they were interviewing has a youtube channel lots of good stuff there also.
Brent is a legend!!!
I would think the Cerro Gordo site wasn't stripped of artifacts because the road is bad! Brent's dedication has kept the road open.
I really enjoyed your journey to Cerro Gordo,it's an amazing place that needs to be saved. BRENT is an amazing person who has a beautiful passion for the history of the place...
Thank you! Brent in person is really the same rad nice dude you seen in the videos...his efforts have really brought the town back from the brink!
@@norlanderadventurescruiser777 his videos are all documentaries. His video work is so amazing especially knowing he's just a beginner.
Brent is the best! So real ,honest, and pure at heart! His passion goes beyond anyone's I've ever seen and deserves nothing but the best I wish him the best with his hotel I want to go there when he finishes it!
@@norlanderadventurescruiser777 anyone that watches his videos knows he(Brent) is a good soul and true blue!
Been following Brent for a while. Enjoy this perspective. He is amazing.
Brent is the real deal. No frills....he is truly just trying to make Cerro Gordo history known to us all.
I'm planning on visiting in September. Can't wait to check it out!
Keeler, Lone Pine and Darwin are worth a visit while you are here.
I love Cerro Gordo and Brent. Seeing more of Keeler in this video, it reminds me of the town in the move Tremors.
Keeler is really underrated, lots of cool history, buildings and not to mention the resilient inhabitants
Tremors was filmed in the area of Lone Pine which is close by. My grandfather would drive up from Ridgecrest and worked on the movie set. I sure miss him!
Brent has gotta be one of the coolest guys on the planet, hope i get to meet him myself some day
Elaine is my friend I’ve known since the 80s spent quite a bit of time in Keiller super cool you guys ran into her She is a true hippie
No way....she was so rad.
She seemed absolutely super cool! I’d love to spend a week there just listening to her stories 😁
@@chellebean8925 Cerro Gordo Brent should interview her she has a lot of stories like a history book
The "No. 400" thing on legs with a hand crank was the fan for a blacksmiths forge.
You guys are fun. Cool video. Thanks for the tour of Cerro Gordo.
Thanks...please like and subscribe...I've got more cool content coming!
Hey Brent is awesome to bring back life into a 150year ol mining ghost town. No longer empty its coming back to life with every item he can find and several people helpin him .Thank you for keeping your dreams alive .dedication to Brent for this work
Imagine being able to find that film stock footage?
Not for it's value sack. But to bring back to Cerro Gordo.
Even find a way to regenerate the footage to play at the school house.
Would love to visit it , looks awesome, greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪
Have been following Brent's channel for awhile. It was interesting to see it as a visitor.
One of my favorite places is Cerro Gordo! I will be making a return trip up there this summer. My all time favorite was when Brent hosted the metal detecting weekend, and I along with many other people, had the opportunity to camp out there. My camp spot was just above the bunk house. Thanks for the look into the town of Keeler as well. Looks like I might be making a stop there as well.
Thanks for a great tour of cerro Gordo,I've been watching Brent for a while now , it was great to see a lot more,good work 😀
We hit the big stuff, there are still lots more little sites and buildings.
Awesome video , guys !
Much more indepth than Brent has shown ...
Great Content 👍 😊
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Great video so interesting thank you for taking your time to go up there and share this with us
Appreciate you watching!
Reminds me I want send a book or 2 for the library.
Great video! Loved seeing Keeler and the old timer - bet she has some stories to tell. I volunteered in the town and can confirm that 1) Brent is a great dude - exactly the same as you see in the videos 2) The bunk house is definitely haunted - I stayed in what was known as the "haunted room" and there were a lot of unhappy spirits in there to say the least
Nice job. Been following Brent and his magic adventure. Great overview of the site. Thanks.
Fantastic camera. Wow! Thanks for posting.
It’s on my bucket list to get up there some day.
Definitely worth the trip...plus all the other things in the region...check my video on the Reward Mine.
So much fun!
What a Great bar for the hotel!!! So excited to visit Cerro Gordo someday! You are doing an Awesome job!👍
Nice to see the 60 series Landcruiser still running and you being kind to the old girl. Still got mine in the garage but rust got the roof 😞 I follow Brent but still enjoy other people doing the tour and sharing their experience of the ghost town.
I really enjoyed this video nice to see someone else's perspective!
I enjoy this video very much!!! 😊 I love Brent and Cerro Grodo!!! ❤ I want to make a trip out there one day myself!!! 🌹
What a great video, the best I've ever seen of Cerro Gordo! Great job boys.
I am grateful! Like and subscribe please...I've got more content coming!
Excellent ❤️
Thanks for watching!
Brent is awesome
Agreed.
I love all of it guys
it was great you met Brent - his store and museum are truly awesome - he seems like a great guy with a fantastic mission for Cerro Gordo!n - hope you left a nice donation before you guys left for home!
The " meat grinder" is a forge blower for blowing air into a forge to get the forage hotter for the metal.
That would make sense since that building used to be the 'garage'.
Ghost towns are so fascinating!
I can't wait to head up that way in late May.
Brent, I’ll be looking forward to meeting you.
@@jimandvalstravelchannel Brent is a rad dude!
Thanks so much I mean it.
Thank you for supporting the channel!
How cool to see the wonderful vintage Toyota Land Cruiser FJ60. Please tell me more! Long time member of the TLCA.
I am a member of TLCA as well. Maybe see you in Moab in April?
probably not. I was a part of the original committee that put this incredible adventure together 25 years ago. I have done my "tour of duty" no sour grapes, more like a life time of memories. Keep me posted about more adventures coming up.@@norlanderadventurescruiser777
Love the respect given from you guy's, well done. I just subscribed.
All the books in the library, were donated by viewers.
The hand cranked (as you called it a turbo) is a bellows for black smithing, I have one myself.
This was a beautiful way to get too see Cerro Gordo from your perspectives. Oh thanks for filming the 🐐. Where were the other animals.
Taking naps :)
I would like to see a check list of people and photos that show up at your town love your TH-cam channel keep up the good work
Thx 4 sharing your adventure 😊
Thank you for watching!
Hello good Morning, hola, buenos días, Cerro gordo es un lugar que vale la pena salvar del olvido, saludos desde Puenteareas España
Hola! Thanks for watching!
Just wow...
Brent is good people, i feel bad he's alone a lot thou.
Brents good. He's good 2 other guys to help him up there. Still .
Subscribed. Cool editing.
Really appreciate it...I plan to bring in drone footage in future videos too.
@@norlanderadventurescruiser777 Can't wait.
I've followed Brent from the beginning and I don't recall him mentioning a mine collapse and men buried in it.
Check the video titled Exploring Cerro Gordo's most dangerous mine....
Go to the 60 series so cool that you’re actually went up there
Love my Land Cruiser....I''ll be in Moab in April, so there will be a video of that.
I have a white one with a 12 HT in it and I love it as well
Blower for a forge
16:08 Fill with water, add flame = steam & compressed air
I agree
Am intrigued that you are travelling in an old FJ62 Toyota Landcruiser. I didn't know that model was sold in USA
Was popular in the west, not so much in the east
Blow your mind with knowledge! Nice!😂
I got dad jokes!
That riveted tank is most likely an accumulator - a pressurized air tank to help air drills maintain pressure while consuming air. Think of it like a capacitor in electrical circuits. Once they leave the mine, can be repurposed for anything imaginable.
Nice!
it's a still....saw one just like it in Norway
👍
They should restore that pool
When it gets hot out there, it would be nice to have!
its a blacksmiths blower for a forge
@ 23:23 The string from the lamp behind you is literally swaying in the wind while you're saying there's no wind.
Ghosts.
Always wondered... What is the entrance to the right of the library for?
Good question, my guess is that is more dynamite storage
Any wordon how hes doing up there in the weather? Been a bit worried,havent seen anything.
I have not heard word, based on last years snow fall, I sure he prepared for this year.
Thanks. His post earlier this year wasnt encouraging on that score, though.
Sending best thoughtsfor sure. Thanks so much!
Well the trucks are certainly not M37s, I have one. They appear to be WC-13s. I am in the MVPA but I am not an expert on that era.
Thanks...these old trucks interest me, but there is always so much to know about them.
When are you going to finish the Hotel ??
Brent is hopes to have it done soon!
I find it very depressing ,"it's only original once" l used to really appreciate how the place was not messed with ,l have a picture of the American hotel.When the couple that had it before they didn't modify hardly anything,now nothing hasn't been dug up,burned down ,updated etc. I'll just remember it as it was
Keep in mind that history is a progression.....whatever is done today is the history of tomorrow.
He is still workin progress to bring this place back jus like it was 150years ago but no mining trucks thats the difrence . dont be saying that now you should be excited for Brent to bring life into once back then into today .?:)
@@barbaragravely920 you can't bring it back.they burned down the hotel.l don't think you have a recollection of how it was before.the people who lived there previously ,maintained it in its original state. Using cinder block ,changing locations is not a restoration,or a rendition. You or l will never see eye to eye.l will just go elsewhere.
@@dougtodd305 I understand . yes it was burned down yes it was lost after that. the way i see it it can have new life today to remember those who were lost and all the miners that were there back in the days.They had dreams to make a new life for there familys . Brent is brining back cause he has dreams to.
Be grateful someone like Brent got it. You know there were places like a Weed brand who wanted to buy the town when it was for sale. Imagine what they would have turned it into. I'm so grateful the town went to someone who truly cares about the history.
Man you look like you have lost an extreme amount of weight. I hope your health is holding up as a hermit.
Amazing if you could copy the coins then you could earn some money selling them to coin collectors and me 😊.
U didn’t need to be in 4low! Hi would b fine.
LOL, just made it easier to get up there.
The only problem with the owner is that he insists on keeping it so original..He could do so much more..!!!
So many other places have been changed, it's nice to have a place where one can step back in time.
That’s the whole appeal, he’s trying to maintain the valuable history.