Searching For GOLD at Cerro Gordo!

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  • Опубликовано: 14 дек 2024

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  • @mongoloid3015
    @mongoloid3015 11 месяцев назад +26

    I really love seeing Dan doing collaborations with outher large RUclipsrs . He seems like such a nice guy

  • @junipersnow1
    @junipersnow1 11 месяцев назад +8

    3:13 As a Historic remodel Contractor who worked with the Co. Historic society (aka Hysterical Society lol) that tin Ceiling in the room you are in is in PRICELESS condition, very cool. thanks

  • @rayroripaugh3222
    @rayroripaugh3222 11 месяцев назад +8

    most of these old time newspaper articles were written to sell papers.

  • @imchris5000
    @imchris5000 11 месяцев назад +66

    its crazy how this project just started as an oddball air bnb spot and evolved into this

    • @SimpleGunner
      @SimpleGunner 11 месяцев назад +15

      right. i remember watching that first video of brent being like "some friends and i bought this nowhere town in cali. and i plan to go spend a few months out there, have some fun, and ride out the pandemic" were getting close to 4 years ago now on that. best wild trip ever.

    • @christopher-v9c8b
      @christopher-v9c8b 11 месяцев назад +6

      Some things were just meant to be. @@SimpleGunner

    • @joegosselin2888
      @joegosselin2888 11 месяцев назад +1

      What I remember is he was fleeing Covid as well

    • @smo-guiver8315
      @smo-guiver8315 11 месяцев назад

      He went there to escape Covid and caught gold fever instead.

    • @Mrbfgray
      @Mrbfgray 11 месяцев назад +2

      Imagine giving credence to old Yellow News articles looking to pump the local economy anyway possible. 😄 But HEY--stranger things have happened.

  • @daveschofield9448
    @daveschofield9448 11 месяцев назад +60

    Coolest thing is watching all 3 of you guys different videos. Totally not boring or rerun feeling! Great way too do it! Hope you guys do more togther! Thanks Brent Jason Dan!

    • @Methoverbitches
      @Methoverbitches 11 месяцев назад +5

      I love Jason working through it live and being a dork. My fav always haha

    • @henningerflats
      @henningerflats 11 месяцев назад

      It`s about money-grabbing.

  • @suburbanhiker5975
    @suburbanhiker5975 11 месяцев назад +12

    What a wonderful Christmas gift from you! Was not expecting an upload... YAY!

  • @Merakis100
    @Merakis100 11 месяцев назад +17

    Wewt! The real prize awaits! Cerro Gordo IS the GOLD! Nice work Brent!

  • @jimmyjimjims7483
    @jimmyjimjims7483 11 месяцев назад +6

    Remember what Elton John sang in the song Honky Cat "It's like trying to find gold in a silver mine...It's like trying to drink whiskey, ohhh, from a bottle of wine" lol

  • @MsZoedog66
    @MsZoedog66 11 месяцев назад +15

    Perfect start to xmas day = a Cerro Gordo video! Merry Xmas, Brent & Co. 🎉

  • @YourPupsBestFriendNY
    @YourPupsBestFriendNY 11 месяцев назад +29

    Honestly it's good to see bats, they are indicators of a healthy local ecosystem

  • @cjay2
    @cjay2 11 месяцев назад +3

    I can't believe how much fluorite you've got down there. That's amazing.

  • @silyrrad
    @silyrrad 11 месяцев назад +7

    I love you, your crew, and your videos. I live in SC now, but I grew up in the Mojave exploring mines, extinct volcanoes, and looking for precious rocks and fossils with my dad out there. Death Valley and Scotty's Castle were a common excursion. Your videos are pure nostalgia and take me back to the greatest memories of my youth. Merry Christmas to you! P.S. I turned my dad on to your videos and he made an excursion up to Cerro Gordo. He watches your videos now and still lives in Victorville. Can't wait to make it up there and visit your place with my kids now.

    • @chrischandler889
      @chrischandler889 11 месяцев назад +3

      Victorville. Hey that's where I'm from.

    • @jimcabezola3051
      @jimcabezola3051 11 месяцев назад +1

      My Mum and Dad lived in Victorville in the 1950s! I visited there in the 1990s. Nice place!

    • @chrischandler889
      @chrischandler889 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@jimcabezola3051 was a nice place***. I lived there for years but mostly Hesperia and Apple Valley. Neighbors of Victorville. Sad to say Victorville got pretty bad. I moved a few years ago to WA state.

    • @jimcabezola3051
      @jimcabezola3051 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@chrischandler889 Alas...urban decay strikes again... I lived on March AFB and visited all the places my Mum and Dad wanted me to take pictures of. That was in 1990-1993. Things have apparently changed for the worse. I'm sorry...

  • @ropinlightning
    @ropinlightning 11 месяцев назад +1

    My Dad was born in the gold mining district of Boulder, Colorado. His Dad was a mine manager/engineer of his time. Location names like, Sugarloaf, Gold Hill, and Wall Street were added to draw folks to the area. Granted there was gold in them there hills, but the handles were emphasized for a reason.
    To say the articles you were reading from were 100% accurate...? None of us were there to know for sure. Based on this video, I'd be more inclined to believe some of it was embellishment. Seeing that Dan was unable to find any gold down in the lower wash, and with that thought believing it was an honest try to find some color...;)
    Thanks for the many wonderful videos youve shared. Its been interesting to see how my family went about making ends meet similarly over in Colorado.
    Merry Christmas 🎄

  • @CaseyHandmer
    @CaseyHandmer 11 месяцев назад +1

    Easiest way to reduce labor scarcity in the old days was to plant a story or two about gold.

  • @flatbrokefrank6482
    @flatbrokefrank6482 11 месяцев назад +1

    The articles are gilding the Lilly - its enough to start a gold rush 🙂 Merry Yule Brent

  • @siggihelgireynisson1949
    @siggihelgireynisson1949 11 месяцев назад +3

    I love these videos because it shows how hard and crazy lives working in these conditions and also shows a story of the people

  • @loucatozzi7656
    @loucatozzi7656 11 месяцев назад +3

    Back in the day mine owners and landowners were very adept at placing stories of gold finds in the newspapers back east as a way to get investors to buy into their claims and as a way to get more cheap labor to come west looking for work and richs.

  • @toddmetzger
    @toddmetzger 11 месяцев назад +2

    You may not have come up with gold, but you did find some cool stuff down in the mine. It's there, keep on looking.

  • @OGRocker1
    @OGRocker1 11 месяцев назад +7

    Good to see your edit Brent, already seen the adventure from Dan and Jason's perspective. Love the collabs you all have been doing, more, more, more please. Dan and Jason may be better at finding gold, but you are a better historian. Have the merriest of Christmas's 🎄and a great New🍹 Year. .. Till the next, ...⛏⚒⛏

    • @donaldfitzgerald8950
      @donaldfitzgerald8950 11 месяцев назад +3

      Brent, I'm going to lean in the direction that it's just not relocated yet! As the historian you are, I'm sure you're familiar with this, History repeats itself.....⚒️👷🎄🤠

  • @buckshoth585
    @buckshoth585 11 месяцев назад +9

    I enjoyed watching this adventure from 3 different perspectives. You, Jason, and Dan all did a wonderful job on this one!

    • @bbk2325
      @bbk2325 11 месяцев назад

      Apologies in advance... But at minute 2 (?) into the tunnel, I feel like Jason (cage of doom, death) was panicking and wanted to bail. He held it down! YET, even after he got topside made comments that confirmed my 🤔 suspicion. I'm hoping Brent tries again.

  • @LaxoBLEACH
    @LaxoBLEACH 11 месяцев назад +21

    MERRY CHRISTMAS Brent! Hope everything is going well my friend!

  • @markroper9269
    @markroper9269 11 месяцев назад +2

    You and all your cool friends have a Merry Christmas!! Love the videos!! Stay fearless and safe!!

  • @berndm9743
    @berndm9743 11 месяцев назад +3

    MERRY CHRISTMAS BRENT TO YOU AND YOUR CREWS!!🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲

  • @joelefaivre3095
    @joelefaivre3095 11 месяцев назад +2

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year brent and everyone at Cerro Gordo.

  • @kangarafarmer6552
    @kangarafarmer6552 11 месяцев назад +1

    Merry christmas , l watch dan as well on his channel . Nice crossover, gold really changes things

  • @bethintexas9678
    @bethintexas9678 11 месяцев назад +2

    Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Brent!

  • @carolineindacityphx
    @carolineindacityphx 11 месяцев назад +2

    It is the hunt that makes it fun! I hope you find Gold one day, Brent! Until then, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

  • @rhondasweeney7271
    @rhondasweeney7271 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for sharing! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎉

  • @BobStoneBoi
    @BobStoneBoi 11 месяцев назад +1

    flourspar is beautiful. I worked at a flourspar mine and it comes in all different colors, and is used is many things!

  • @rg3412
    @rg3412 11 месяцев назад

    I love these collabs! Jason and Dan are some of my favorite gold prospectors and miners / RUclipsrs

  • @thisoneworks
    @thisoneworks 11 месяцев назад +2

    Dan is awesome. Glad to see these worlds collide

  • @Roe-Roe59
    @Roe-Roe59 11 месяцев назад

    Great to see you again! Merry Christmas

  • @JRGio
    @JRGio 11 месяцев назад +1

    Your channel and your town are the gold bro.

  • @annielane6018
    @annielane6018 11 месяцев назад +2

    Brent, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to yourself and your team. 🎄🍻🎶🍾🎅🕊🙏🙏🙏🙏😍

  • @paleggett1897
    @paleggett1897 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks for sharing! I’ll watch both other channel’s story of their adventures at Cerro Gordo

  • @wingtipsworld5909
    @wingtipsworld5909 11 месяцев назад +5

    Why the re upload? Is something different?

    • @pebba92
      @pebba92 11 месяцев назад +1

      For the views ?? -.-

  • @I.Live4oldcars.prospecting
    @I.Live4oldcars.prospecting 11 месяцев назад +1

    Merry Christmas Brent. Stay safe

  • @sophiehitchcox3457
    @sophiehitchcox3457 11 месяцев назад +1

    Oh fluorite 🥰 I would love some cerro gordo fluorite! My favourite crystals in my collection. Have a great Christmas, Brent 🎄 ❤

  • @keart65
    @keart65 11 месяцев назад

    When the lights were turned off and the rocks shown under the black light it looked like a photo from space. So beautiful!

  • @exploringabandonedmines
    @exploringabandonedmines 11 месяцев назад +1

    Trying to find Gold in an abandoned Silver Mine...this should be interesting! We have the same bats in the Yankee Boy mine. They are long eared Townsend's.

  • @Kurby2001
    @Kurby2001 11 месяцев назад +4

    Epic video as always Legend!
    Merry Christmas and a safe and happy new year Brother and thank you for another awesome journey of videos of life and exploration this year!
    Stay safe, stay awesome and be well :)

  • @verbikt
    @verbikt 11 месяцев назад

    love seeing Dan out here! Such a good guy!

  • @raitshots
    @raitshots 11 месяцев назад

    Be careful. In the cave, you can see where the water dissolves the rocks. The denser the rocks, the harder they are. Where the rocks are wetter, there is the bottom of the water vein. At that time there was a flood. The flood water is somewhere in the underground water storage of the catacombs. It often happens that water migrates. Gold and other materials are visible. The main water in the ground should be monitored. Also, periodically, during the water conditions above the surface of the land, it enters the caves. In the micro-cracks of the caves, the traces of the raltoves for centuries are visible. But it is interesting to learn and see geological formations. Gold reacts to the presence of mercury. Mercury was once used as a poisonous but alchemy solvent that removes impurities from gold. Currently, scanning for gold veins in some soil layers is very helpful.

  • @jonsson_68
    @jonsson_68 11 месяцев назад +1

    God Jul (Merry Christmas) from Sweden..🎅🏼

  • @sofamofa3411
    @sofamofa3411 11 месяцев назад +2

    merry christmas brent, greetings from germany😊

  • @mariedriskell8752
    @mariedriskell8752 11 месяцев назад +2

    BRENT, please no more up and over....without some one with you. I love your story since I rode with you from Texas to Cera Gordo the first time. Be careful, the buddy system could save your life 😂🎉❤😅😊

  • @kimberlyyellick5791
    @kimberlyyellick5791 11 месяцев назад +1

    You have positioned yourself well for your future seems rewarding in many ways 🎄✌️a fan, Kimberly

  • @imchris5000
    @imchris5000 11 месяцев назад +4

    I have found a bunch of pieces of gold bearing quarts on the south side of death valley in the washes so its got to be coming from somewhere up high. most of if is in a very white quartz but I do have a chunk that has some iron in it. never crushed it to see how much is actually in it they look nice in my rock collection with their little flakes

  • @anubisthagod
    @anubisthagod 11 месяцев назад +4

    Brents gonna probably need a black light room up there with some of those stones on display lol

  • @facelikedog
    @facelikedog 11 месяцев назад +2

    The real gold in Cerro Gordo will be a dependable water supply. Merry Christmas.

  • @devarskinnee8760
    @devarskinnee8760 11 месяцев назад +1

    Iron is the mother of gold!!!

  • @BillyWaltman
    @BillyWaltman 11 месяцев назад +2

    You don’t upload a lot but your videos always make me happy I would love to go down that mine with someone like you who knows what there doing I’m not afraid of death but I know better to do sometimes like that myself but it’s cool to see someone like you exploring the past and the enthusiasm you have for history is so great to see I’m 17 years old I’d love to get to see some of the history you get to see it’s really cool the passion you have for showing us the history of your own personal ghost town the joy you get out of your adventures gives me second hand smiles when I watch your videos. - Billy long time subscriber on multiple accounts love to see the progress take care and stay safe

  • @mr_mongo7228
    @mr_mongo7228 11 месяцев назад

    I always enjoy your adventures in search of millions. Hopefully you strike it rich one day you deserve it putting your heart and soul into that old ghost town!

  • @josephkerley363
    @josephkerley363 11 месяцев назад

    I hope you have/had a blessed and joyful Christmas!

  • @ARGONUAT
    @ARGONUAT 11 месяцев назад +1

    So you pulled one card out of 52 here and it wasn’t the ace of spades. Sounds like there is more work to do!!! 🤩

  • @sixtoes2313
    @sixtoes2313 11 месяцев назад

    Fluorite entrance on your house. Bam; instant Christmas decoration's....Merry Christmas Folk's 🎄

  • @OldGuyAdventure
    @OldGuyAdventure 11 месяцев назад +1

    The more excellent value is you get education on what to look for, and as you travel around the property, you are better attuned to key features which could contain Gold. Take care, would be cool if you could find Gold again.

  • @ibthewink1
    @ibthewink1 11 месяцев назад +3

    So sorry you didn't find gold. Keep up the great work and HAPPY HUNTING Brent! Love the videos!

    • @mikecrooks8085
      @mikecrooks8085 11 месяцев назад

      When I was younger, I would go to many old silver/lead mining areas find where the old stamp mill was and get a few buckets of material that had accumulated around the stamps foundation. I would then take that material to a stream or water source and sluice/pan that material down. It was often way more trouble to find water than to get the stamp tailings. If there was gold, and often there was, I would save the heaviest of the black sand and smelt it down in a copula. I was often amazed how much work the old miners had done to get the stuff to the mill and then left stuff laying around that had escaped the process. Also had to watch out some of this stuff often had a lot of mercury in it, so be careful if you cook the stuff.

  • @ralphpatrick3071
    @ralphpatrick3071 11 месяцев назад +1

    Sounded and looked like you had a placer deposit/gravels in the 86. That’s where I’d look.

  • @feathercatcher
    @feathercatcher 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you! Great video and hope you are taking time for you. Looking forward to 2024. Merry Christmas and happy New Year!!

  • @Sean-q1k
    @Sean-q1k 11 месяцев назад

    Marry Christmas 🎄. Love the show

  • @phillipdickinson8557
    @phillipdickinson8557 11 месяцев назад

    That was so good Brent thank you Merry Christmas

  • @terrymonroe6490
    @terrymonroe6490 11 месяцев назад

    Merry Christmas and Happy New year's Brent

  • @mr.xlessscharienrealdigita4718
    @mr.xlessscharienrealdigita4718 11 месяцев назад +1

    I really like watching these videos and the questions they bring and minerals and history and adventure

  • @random22026
    @random22026 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thar's GOLD on this hyar channel! We;re RICH! We're RICH! :D Happy Holidays, Brent!

  • @pamabernathy8728
    @pamabernathy8728 11 месяцев назад

    Courageous! You SHALL find gold, I believe!

  • @dabonemarrow5337
    @dabonemarrow5337 11 месяцев назад

    Flourite comes in all kinds of colors!!! Good looking stuff!! Cerro gordo flourite!! Nice,nice,nice. Godspeed fellas

    • @dabonemarrow5337
      @dabonemarrow5337 11 месяцев назад

      I would believe the old papers!! Maybe it's just every so often or from pocket to pocket?!?! Their probly not gonna make it up!!??!! They were digging!!! Shit there's probably a shit load of silver still there!! We still need silver, plus nice specimens!! Hint,hint. Or that Cerro Gordo fluorite lots of colors!! Beautiful stuff even if the gold is from here to there!! Beautiful place in history!! Godspeed

  • @theeddorian
    @theeddorian 11 месяцев назад +1

    One odd truth is that while we tend to call rock falling from the ceiling "collapse," another, and perfectly accurate idea is that a tunnel or drift is "floating" upward through the rock like a bubble in a liquid. In the Mother lode region in California, much of the lode bearing rock is in near-vertically foliated rock. The tunnels collapse, and then rock above collapses, until over time a depression appears on the surface. When developers build subdivisions over such area, there can be dangerous, even fatal occurrences.

  • @something7542
    @something7542 11 месяцев назад +2

    I love the colabs😁

  • @CountryCampers
    @CountryCampers 11 месяцев назад

    Merry CHRISTMAS Brent!

  • @Dazza71boro
    @Dazza71boro 11 месяцев назад

    Merry Christmas from the UK 🇬🇧 Brent . 🎉

  • @realamerican911
    @realamerican911 11 месяцев назад +1

    I would buy the black light reactive rocks. They would be fun for projects.

  • @joesmith1922
    @joesmith1922 11 месяцев назад +2

    Gold and silver are almost inseparable in mineral deposits. If you find one, you're very likely to find the other.
    Merry Christmas!

  • @jaye1967
    @jaye1967 11 месяцев назад +5

    I'm guessing that's why it was a silver mine.

  • @2quintly
    @2quintly 11 месяцев назад +1

    As usual, loved every moment of the video. Sorry you didn't find anything this time, but press on.

  • @ObO-sd1xg
    @ObO-sd1xg 11 месяцев назад

    Great mood shot for the ending. Wow!

  • @richardcooksey1600
    @richardcooksey1600 11 месяцев назад +9

    Trying to find gold in a silver mine is like.....trying to drink whiskey......from a bottle of wine. Great old song.....guess its wrong.

  • @1mmickk
    @1mmickk 11 месяцев назад +1

    I live in an area which was known for gold. 18,000 ounces passed through my cellar when it was the post office.
    The records say there was lots of gold easy pickings. Then more gold was found nearby and everyone went there.
    The facts are the gold here was down deep 30 feet pick and shovel to an old bed and tied into Ironstone and ground water killed their dreams.
    99% went broke.
    I know this because I finally found an article written by a reporter who actually went and seen with his own two eyes in the 1870s.
    So never trust what you read especially if its in a Prospectus.
    First hand accounts are all that can be relied on.
    I do plan on vacuuming the dust in the cellar as its an inch deep.

  • @Buck1954
    @Buck1954 11 месяцев назад +1

    How do you keep the poacher prospectors off your land or from boring in from outside your boundaries?

  • @pacer7682
    @pacer7682 11 месяцев назад

    Are the chimneys hand dug or are those mostly natural?

  • @nopelindoputraperkasa5869
    @nopelindoputraperkasa5869 11 месяцев назад

    Best find friends...Very creative and useful Great Greeting from Indonesian traditional gold Prospecting 🇮🇩⚒️⛏️💎🙏👍👍

  • @MikeBaxterABC
    @MikeBaxterABC 11 месяцев назад

    3:34 ... Dan could find gold, in a pothole, on a random street, in downtown New York City!!

  • @chrisfarley6662
    @chrisfarley6662 11 месяцев назад

    Didn't you release this video a month or so ago? Have you done anything with the spots the douser found?

  • @MelissaMalzahn
    @MelissaMalzahn 11 месяцев назад

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Years

  • @stevegeddes2583
    @stevegeddes2583 11 месяцев назад +1

    Merry Xmas to all at cerro Gordo

  • @darreno9874
    @darreno9874 11 месяцев назад

    Merry Christmas to all of you. God bless

  • @mattwedelich347
    @mattwedelich347 11 месяцев назад

    Merry Christmas good video Great channel and Happy New year 😊

  • @8978Marty
    @8978Marty 11 месяцев назад

    Merry Christmas Brent

  • @danielp4507
    @danielp4507 11 месяцев назад +2

    If you don't find gold you could sell batshit to recoup some of the costs 😂

  • @watertiteman
    @watertiteman 11 месяцев назад

    Was that gold in the quartz at 14:43?

  • @elizabethkincaid2236
    @elizabethkincaid2236 11 месяцев назад

    Merry Christmas my dear. Hope all is well with you 🙏 ❤️ Wishing you the best in the New Year. Always waiting for your next video. Keep up your great work, be safe.😘😊🤗🤗🇨🇦❤❤

  • @kathleenkostiuk-huguenin2197
    @kathleenkostiuk-huguenin2197 11 месяцев назад

    Happy Holidays!😊

  • @oklahomafreedom5536
    @oklahomafreedom5536 11 месяцев назад +3

    Brent might be the richest man in the world 😮, he is a great person and well deserving ❤
    Love you ❤ and everyone 💕❤

  • @DinaAmeliaKalmeta
    @DinaAmeliaKalmeta 11 месяцев назад

    Keep on LQQking for that Shiney! Aka "GOLD"
    The old timers are not going to tell you where they found the gold. Lol
    I'm sure if you keep looking you guys will find some gold!
    Thx for another great video! Keep up the good fight guys.

  • @pamelaremel7477
    @pamelaremel7477 18 дней назад

    Hopefully you'll come across some in the near future!

  • @heatherpenman636
    @heatherpenman636 11 месяцев назад

    Merry Christmas 🎄🎅 x

  • @lokomotiv-yar
    @lokomotiv-yar 11 месяцев назад

    Is the newspaper belongs to belsho?

  • @audreynunn1667
    @audreynunn1667 11 месяцев назад

    Nice to see a Texan having fun love your way

  • @alynnbeyer7868
    @alynnbeyer7868 11 месяцев назад

    The Orange glowing mineral is that Kunzite?

  • @bobwashington4176
    @bobwashington4176 11 месяцев назад

    will you sell some flourite specimens?