Hiking An Infamous Abandoned Mining Tramway!
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video, I take a hike along an abandoned mining tramway near Cerro Gordo! One of my favorite things in the world is aerial tramways. I love the history of them, the mystery of them.
It's been very cold and snowy in town recently, which has halted progress on many things, but I really enjoyed this reason to get out there and hike.
If you're interested in longer videos about Cerro Gordo, you can check those out on my main channel here: / ghosttownliving
Here are past tramway hikes
Salt Tram (extremely hard!!): • Hiking The Steepest Tr...
Cerro Gordo Tram (lots of artifacts!): • Treasure Hunting Along...
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for posting! Always love to see a Cerro Gordo video!
No thank you for posting the video thanks so much Brent when i watch your videos i feel like im there with you
Appreciate you sharing with us, thank you.
Thanks for taking us with you 😀🏜️☀️
Always.
One thing that always hits me when seeing these amazing feats of engineering and the reason it seems to difficult today is because in today's world we wouldn't ever do work like that in a blatantly hazardous way, I'm sure many, many men lost their lives building the amazing things we can't imagine building today.
True. And also, with modern technology and tools, the materials are accessible at a lower price, so we don't have to do it.
There are hundreds of lifts in the mountains of Austria alone...the things are simply flown up there by choppers and constructed on locations even more remote.
It's being done still...just different.
I’d say there was far more patience in those days in the sense that building went slow, with many, many hands. We often filter history through our own modern sensibilities where the hardship and patience to do these things is very foreign to us. Tons of people living hard in the mountains for months, or even years working on this.
You might be surprised to learn that no lives were lost in the construction of the much more difficult to build, nearby Saline Valley Salt Tram! Dangerous work can be done safely, if the lead construction engineers value people as much as the project.
I am a coal miners daughter and my daddy is gone bless him he loved being a minor I'm 66yrs old and this never ceases to amaze me. Thankyou from my heart Brent for bringing us with you on your adventures and discoveries
Brent, a hiking boot company should send you a pair and you can give them a true review!
I can see it now... Brent Underwood breaks record for longest zipline, creating Cerro Gordo Zipline Tours.
Let's do it!
I'm hoping for a gondola system someday, from the valley floor up to the town.
Just what I was thinking! Make a Zipline!
Funny I was thinking that...what sort of rig would work you could control your speed.. But what fun
Haha I was thinking that, or making it to where you could ride something like the old buckets up to town.
Hi Brent!
The green mineral looks more like Malachite. Chrysicolla is closer looking to Azurite but is a silicate mineral. If the morningstar mine was a gold producer it was likely quartz vein gold. If you are able to get in there look for prominent quartz veins.
The reason why you get those pronounced ridges is because you have planar formations such as shale, siltstone, etc that have been structurally deformed (going from depositional horizontal to some other azimuth/dip). Once deformed these planar formations erode on the depositional planar. What you are walking on looks and sounds like talus! Please let me know if you have any questions!
Thanks!
Can you say that again but in english lmao
Are we talking glacial deposits?
@@leechurchill1965 if I remember correctly, shallow sea bed deposits. Where it alternated every x-thousand years of dry spells.
I cannot describe how beautiful that view is
Stunning indeed!
Ive been to the salt tram way via the swansea-cerro gordo ohv route. I’ve seen the aerial tramway by the cerro gordo road. Truly, truly a treat for someone like me. I tend to make a trip out there to check in on Cerro Gordo and the surrounding towns/mines once a year. To me you’re a lifesaver for documenting these aspects. Without your efforts I would’ve lead a more dull life. Also, thank you to Brent, Cerro Gordo staff and volunteers for your efforts in the revival of Cerro Gordo!
Did you need new shoes after? Just curious 😀
You truly are living a dream, the preservation of and rebuilding of the past is a calling. 💜
Thank you for sharing your adventure with all of us.
Thanks for watching!
one day i will visit a place like this. i’ve always loved the history in old places.
I hope you do! Aerial tramways in the West are a dying breed!
@@ghosttown2 Why is this on Ghost Town 2!?? Thanks for getting back to weekly videos Brent! Really makes for a great start to Sunday for so many!!
@@Av-vd3wk Please don‘t spam the comments with your question… You‘ve already written the exact same thing here.
@@Elektrotechniker shut up 🤐
@@Elektrotechniker Why is this on Ghost Town 2!?? Thanks for getting back to weekly videos Brent! Really makes for a great start to Sunday for so many!! 😇😇
What a great hike…..would be cool if you could interview some people who were mining there in the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s when some of these trams were possibly still useable. They’d all be close to 100 now, but if they’re sharp like my Pa, they would have EPIC stories that should be told and recorded. Your TH-cam reach could pull these people out to tell their stories 👊🏻 🎥
Good idea
Our elderly have lots of value and experiences most would love to share! Wish our Society and Country values our seniors better!
BRENT!! I love history. I'm the type of person who wants to see proof of history and I want to know why... I always said I wish I can talk to someone from the 1800 I would ask them so many questions. I LOVE YOUR DEDICATION you have. I keep telling my husband I want to go to north Cali and Utah to go metal detecting. YOU SHOULD OF BROUGHT a metal detecter with you!!
- I saw the first tram and the view I wondered if they ever stopped and looked at a piece if heaven they worked in...
THANK YOU for everything your doing been watching since day 1 and can't wait to see your videos
The beauty is worth the effort. Thank you for taking us along.
Brent. A great hike with stunning views. I have a place in the Northern California Redwoods and have always gravitated towards woods and streams; but sharing your adventures with us has given me a new appreciation for desert landscapes, and just how much interesting discoveries exist there; not to mention that the views in your neck of the woods are second to none, and the immense open space is breathtaking. Thank you for bringing us along on another adventure.
It was my mining engineering background that initially bought me to your channel. It is the beautiful landscape and your engaging narrative that keeps me coming back to what is now my favourite youtube channel.
I am glad that you appreciate the landscape. I know so many people that just talk about how bleak such a land is and never see the beauty.
Thank you very much for sharing another adventure, Mr Brent! I wish I was there with you 🥰 Greeting from Slovakia.
@Ghost.TownTwo oh wow! I have never won anything before, thank you so much! Will text you in a minute!
This turned out to be a scam, be careful please. This account is not Mr Brent.
always nice to see a video from Cerro Gordo, keep up the good work man!
Thanks! I appreciate you checking them out.
I’ve missed hearing from you Brent and hearing of Cerro Gordo - I’m going to go back and rewatch from the beginning. Just love this channel.
Why is this on Ghost Town 2!?? Thanks for getting back to weekly videos Brent! Really makes for a great start to Sunday for so many!!
You always make me feel so happy Brent! The way you ponder, theorise, and actively immerse yourself in EVERYTHING is beyond amazing and truly inspirational 🤘🥰🤘
I agree.
So glad to see another video from you!
Thanks Brent! It amazes me to think how they were able to set all of that up so long ago, and that it still stands to this day!
I love history stuff like this...especially the how. Truly mind boggling how they built some of those structures on a rock hard cliff side. Thanks for sharing!
love your videos! thank you for it
If the topic interests you The "dinosaur's back" was probably formed from alternating soft rock and hard rock sediments. After that there were wrinkles and fractures in the rock as a result of tectonic shifts (which created the ridge) that exposed the edges of the layers as you can see in the video in different areas. The weather, wind and water caused accelerated wear of the soft layers and slow wear of the hard layers
Brent, you are doing a great job at Cerro Gordo thank you for sharing your journey with us. have a great week working on the hotel.
coming from a little island called the uk the vastness and beauty of cerro gordo is breath taking im making it my mission to visit someday your very lucky to be able to have a life that you love and enjoy the ups and downs will only make you stronger keep up the good work hope to see you soon 👍
Such interesting videos and you are a natural at narration and comments.
I previously commented on another video questioning hauling "Ore" to Keeler. I now understand that ore was processed on the Owens Lake Shore as well as at the mine site.
Back in 1965 before the Horseshoe Meadow Road I was lucky enough to see the Cottonwood Sawmill at the top of Cottonwood Canyon. 1 1/2 days of hiking for our Boy Scout Troop.
I was amazed at the log wagon at the top of the Canyon after miles of narrow trail.
The wood was sent down to the charcoal kilns on the west shore of the lake in a flume (13 miles )
Your Ghost Town channels give me such a “Borderlands” video game vibe. I wish there were more channels like these.
the clouds look cool, i also love nature and wildlife so i get it when you said to stop and take it all in with the nature etc.
Just when I begin to worry about you, you post another vlog! Glad you got out and hiked, prevents cabin fever. You have such a great curiosity. Enjoy these vlogs.
Geology answer on the "dinosaur back" looking rocks. Millions or billions of years ago, those were flat sedimentary rock layers (deposited by some long gone body of water). Over huge geologic time periods, the ground was pushed vertical by plate tectonics. Some layers weathered differently based on their composition, leaving the denser/stronger levels sticking up.
I like the way you think about the artifacts you find, I like to think that way as well, very cool!!
Just unbelievably cool. Those tram towers have been sitting up there for a century give or take, it’s amazing to see that some of them continue to stand even today with some of the cables are still hanging tight.
Wow wow wow.. sometimes watching your channel I just don't have the words. I can't imagine how hard those men worked how hard the mules worked! People that day were certainly not lazy!! Thank you for sharing Brent.!
Brent it's really cool seeing you out there following the tram trail Sorry you wor out your second pair of boots I did see the sharp stones out there Thanks for sharing this video Loved it
Fireman 🔥🔥🔥
jeez! are you living the life or what!? you sir are a lucky man!🙌🤘👏🤛
Brent. Thanks for the history lesson. The Hercules cable used on these tramways was made in my hometown. St Louis Mo. the Gateway to the west. The plant location was near the riverfront just north of the Gateway Arch. The location is now a parking lot but the legacy lingers on. I look forward to construction of the new hotel.
I just love your videos! I have long loved the geology and history of California, most especially the desert. I’ve made it a goal to bring my family down to visit Cerro Gordo someday. It’s just an awesome place
Absolutely stunning views.
What a magical place.
Thank you Brent xx
What an inspiring life you are living! I so wish I could join you there. But this will suffice until then! Thanks for bringing us with you and sharing your thoughts and ramblings ;)
As a side note, your editing skills have really grown since your first video on GTL. These last few have seriously been professional grade. The lighting, the audio, the picture quality-I’m really impressed. This one was stunning!
Thanks for sharing the Magic,Brent!
Enjoyed the adventure threw the tram system. Thank you for sharing your life this way. God Bless you and yours.
Lovely place. Thanks for showing us.
Those views were outstanding! Thank you for sharing!
I watch all of your videos on ‘Ghost Town Living’. I loved this video and I’m subscribed to this channel now!
Brent! your relaxing style of talking and editing are really helping me en making my life richer. So much to see and to discover! greetings from cold, windy wet Holland
Would love to visit this place sometime. Nature unlike anything ive seen before, keep posting brent.
Great video Loved the hike, the history, the beautiful scenery. Thank you for sharing. Stay safe and dry.
Incredibly beautiful. Bless you for sharing your knowledge and passion.
Great content. You have audio documented many places at and near Cerro Gordo. I truly see a book on all the material and history you have accumulated and assembled. Thank you for sharing.
The minute details of the history of that bucket is the kind of stuff I love. Like opening the door on a home that's connected to your family tree, and wondering how many of your ancestors also opened the door with that handle. It's the small things that fascinate me.
Yes!!!!! I love those clouds and need to get there to paint them sometime!
Thank you for sharing your journey
Perfect episode to watch on a rainy Monday morning whilst drinking my coffee. Good stuff as always Brent
The view once again is incredible! Keep it up!
Thanks! Will do!
Brent I love your videos. On my list of People Living Their Best Life you are at the top!!
Great treck Brent. The boots didn't last long lol. Imagine what it cost back then and the manpower needed. Cable still looks good today after years out in the elements
I wish I could join you guys mining. A very very fun adventure. Maybe if this place ever gets restored it could be true one day. Keep it up! Living the dream.
This video feels very much like a motion painting. So many great scenic shots as you make your way down the tramway. Encourages me to save for a trip down there!👍
Amazing views up there ! Thanks for sharing. 🤙
Beautiful area! Thanks for walking and sharing it.
I just love the history , but not just the history , it’s the contagious thirst for it. Was born in Cali , left and came back, and sadly planking my final exit. But I feel I’ve missed so much history . I do cherish the times as a child growing up in the foothills and discovering much of its history from long child walks with my imaginary stick gun.
Brent, You are totally right about the tramway being amazing!!! 🙂
As always an awesome show. Thank you for sharing with us.
Cerro Gordo is so beautiful .
I live in Las Vegas, almost directly on the other side of the mountains that you're looking at at the 4:00 mark. It's very surreal to think that that's what the other side of the mountains I see everyday look like LOL
That piece of Malachite Azurite looked nice! Some rock hounds would love to get their hands on that to turn into gems!
People were smarter, better at problem solving and way more industrious back then than people of today. Great video and stunning views!❤️
so cool that you're like a detective of this history. can't wait to visit
Ty for taking us on your hike
Thank you for a nice hiking in the moutens
The tram towers often carried the power and telephone lines up to the shaft sites. Definitely worth picking up those early power porcelain insulators even if broken. Rarer manufacturers including LIMA NY, Fred Locke, Thomas, New Lexington made early porcelain insulators for Western mines. Rare in collector circles.
At 12:30, looks like a broken Thomas 2-piece insulator, for around 12-15 kV.
My best hiking shoes have been the Oboz Firebrand. On my third pair in 12 years but old ones are still usable for mud runs, etc.
rule : take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints. 👍
Gorgeous views!! Thanks for sharing!
Do you have one of the best channels on TH-cam so informative such a beautiful area you do it justice great photography. Thanks for your videos.
What beautiful scenery, looks like someone just got up early in the morning and painted the sky. What scenery you must see (at times) at Cerro Gordo. The people that built and used these Ziplines must have had nerves of steel - absolutely amazing. Just love how you notice everything - the wee flower growing in the desert in December, the size of the place and you can notice that.
❤️❤️❤️
The views are stunning. The history is facinating.
Excellent!! Thanks for another great video
Loved the video, the hike, the views, the history thank you Brent taking us with you like this❤️
Beautiful video, fantastic work, amazing mountain, you have a wonderful video.
You'd probably get boots for life if you play your cards right... boot review ; ) awesome video!
Great part of history. Thanks for sharing!
There is definitely history in artifacts! They tell a tale that’s for sure!!
Thanks for the video! I’ve been missing seeing them the past several weeks. Be safe out there, Brent.
Watching this on the VR Meta Oculus Big Screen is really cool!
Old school engineering great hike beautiful scenery fantastic video thanks Brett
Thanks for another inspirational video. We have travelled across the country this winter from WV and are close to you here in southern CA. Would love to meet you some day.
Magnificent view!!
Amazing technology!
Thanks for taking us along!!
Best video in quite a while! Thanks for remembering us nature lovers!
My guy, have you considered selling any photos of Cerro Gordo? Make a calendar for sure (especially matched with the seasons; pretty snowy valley in December, post-rain lushness in the spring). I would love a giant print on my wall of a sunset from the town looking out into the valley. Silver font all around, wherever it appears.
Beautiful views for sure!! After seeing what the heavy rainfalls did to the road i am sure nothing looks the same as they did years ago! Till next time take care and be safe!! ❣❤❣
I will visit your town someday and help out for awhile, looks like the heavens in your backyard. Bless you.
So nice to hear from you! I miss getting videos of happenings.
Thank you for another outstanding video bud. I can't wait for the next one.
The mosy beautiful vistas in the world, Brent is so lucky.
As always a very enlighting video ..down one pair of boots ...thanks again Brent !
Those views are sick! Excellent! Mahalo!!
Wonderful hike. The history you share is precious.
That was beautiful ! Thanks for sharing .
How do you reply.Never done this sorry.