45 Months Living In an Abandoned Ghost Town

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  • Опубликовано: 9 дек 2023
  • Hello there! This past month was a great one up here at Cerro Gordo! We had a lot of experts come to look for things like water, gold, and wood. We made progress on a lot of projects and even started some new ones.
    Thank you all so so much for all the support over the years. It means the world to me!
    Check out Jason at @mbmmllc and Dan at @Danhurd !
    ALSO - I wrote a book! I have been working on this for almost two years now and I am SO excited to finally announce it. I put my put my heart and soul into this thing and really dug deep on making sense of these past 3+ years living up here. The book has all sorts of new stories, insights, and history of the town. I think it’s the best content I’ve ever made.
    If you've ever got anything out of this channel, I hope you'll consider pre-ordering the book. It is a HUGE way to show support for everything going on and would mean the world to me.
    Amazon: www.amazon.com/gp/product/059...
    Barnes & Noble (Signed Copies!): bit.ly/3QrzoYb
    BooksAMillion: bit.ly/3tNaUks
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    Available in all formats - hardcover, e-book and audio: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo...
    If you do pre-order the book before Jan. 1, 2024 I have some special bonuses for you:
    - Buy 1 book and get unreleased pages from the book and an unreleased full video of some of the best mine exploration I've never shown.
    - Buy 5 books and I'll send you a signed page from the draft manuscript for you to have.
    - Buy 10 books and you'll get an invite to a VIP party / tour of Cerro Gordo, hosted by me at Cerro Gordo, in April of 2024.
    - Forward all receipts of the book to: book@cerrogordomines.com.
    For more behind the scenes photos, check out my Instagram: / brentwunderwood
    Merch! Cerro Gordo t-shirts and more: store.cerrogordomines.com/
    Mailing Address: PO Box 490, Lone Pine, CA 93545
    For shorter videos from around Cerro Gordo, check out my second channel: / @ghosttown2
    #CerroGordoAdventures #GhostTownLiving #GoldProspecting #WaterExploration #AbandonedPlaces #HistoricMines #TreasureHunt #GhostTownLife #WaterWitches #WaterDowsing #GoldHunting #CerroGordoUpdates #UrbanExploration #MiningHistory

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  • @GhostTownLiving
    @GhostTownLiving  5 месяцев назад +484

    I wrote a book! I have been working on this for almost two years now and I am SO excited to finally announce it. I put my put my heart and soul into this thing and really dug deep on making sense of these past 3+ years living up here. The book has all sorts of new stories, insights, and history of the town. I think it’s the best content I’ve ever made.
    If you've ever got anything out of this channel, I hope you'll consider pre-ordering the book. It is a HUGE way to show support for everything going on and would mean the world to me.
    Amazon: www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593578449
    Barnes & Noble (Signed Copies!): bit.ly/3QrzoYb
    BooksAMillion: bit.ly/3tNaUks
    BookShop.Org: bit.ly/3rZb5bN
    Available in all formats - hardcover, e-book and audio: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/709605/ghost-town-living-by-brent-underwood/
    If you do pre-order the book before Dec 31st, I have some special bonuses for you:
    - Buy 1 book and get unreleased pages from the book and an unreleased full video of some of the best mine exploration I've never shown.
    - Buy 5 books and I'll send you a signed page from the draft manuscript for you to have.
    - Buy 10 books and you'll get an invite to a VIP party / tour of Cerro Gordo, hosted by me at Cerro Gordo, in April of 2024.
    - Forward all receipts of the book to: book@cerrogordomines.com.

    • @FacesintheStone
      @FacesintheStone 5 месяцев назад +8

      It’s pretty cool, how you can monetize your endeavors-I’m not business savvy, so I just don’t think that way, but I don’t hate on it. I’ve been working for a year and a half to try to teach people that every single loose stone is actually and artifact- fashion by the ancient people. I learned how to see in North Carolina when they were destroying an indigenous mound, it’s not a fantastic story, because the entire town had to watch them destroy it.. but I’m trying to make something good come out of it. ❤

    • @jerrymclean8075
      @jerrymclean8075 5 месяцев назад +10

      Brent, how about a handicap ♿️ trail where a disabled person can ride a side by side! I'm one of those disabled people and I can't walk more than 20ft. I love the outdoors and I'm finding out what things work for me and other disabled people. Cerro Gordo is on my bucket list!! I love what you have done in the past 4yrs whether it was good or bad, you have come a long way!!

    • @David-gr8rh
      @David-gr8rh 5 месяцев назад +2

      Sweet brent

    • @jessevennard2640
      @jessevennard2640 5 месяцев назад +2

      You could color code your flags to have your trails branch into more difficult paths. Kinda like ski trails

    • @dkstudioart
      @dkstudioart 5 месяцев назад +4

      Just ordered my copy.

  • @Omalleypike
    @Omalleypike 5 месяцев назад +745

    I'd seriously consider what someone else mentioned a couple videos ago - the pump you have in the mine is insufficient for the distance you need to lift the water up - Swapping the pump out for a piston pump (or, overhaul the one that's already in the mine - an engine rebuilder could probably do this work!) is going to be the cheapest (and most reliable) option for you right now, especially as there aren't many people living in Cerro Gordo

    • @Sixta16
      @Sixta16 5 месяцев назад +9

      mind you afaik he had already a piston pump in the mine.

    • @Mcdyver1.
      @Mcdyver1. 5 месяцев назад +21

      High lift well pump!

    • @Omalleypike
      @Omalleypike 5 месяцев назад +8

      @@Sixta16 The only one I can recall him mentioning is the old piston pump which doesn't work right now (likely worn out and needs a full teardown and rebuild) - I think there might have been another pump (think it was centrifugal) before the current one, but it too was underpowered.

    • @PNWwonder
      @PNWwonder 5 месяцев назад +9

      Too much lift on that pump for sure! Agree 💯

    • @americanadventureoutdoors4213
      @americanadventureoutdoors4213 5 месяцев назад +29

      Unfortunately he don’t listen to what people say in the comments. A well pump is the best bet and a cheaper fix . Part of the problem is going to be is the water coming out of that mine is quite corrosive so no mater what pump you put down there it’s Only going to last so long !

  • @Zombieslayer090
    @Zombieslayer090 5 месяцев назад +114

    "All of a sudden it will start circling in a clockwise motion". I have no idea of the science behind water dowsing but you can clearly see him move is hand in a circular motion before it starts rotation lol

    • @Boga217
      @Boga217 5 месяцев назад

      I see that movement too..what a sham..fat greasy haired snake oil salesman..like the psychics you see at random houses along the road.

    • @univercle
      @univercle 5 месяцев назад +14

      Bruhz it's clearly the power of water magic moving his hand from the force on the pendulum.

    • @fxrsniper1
      @fxrsniper1 5 месяцев назад +7

      dmba** is was a demonstration to show the process he uses

    • @learningcurve1479
      @learningcurve1479 2 месяца назад +2

      Clearly you have not used Google Maps printed and taped together

    • @MRL8770
      @MRL8770 2 месяца назад

      Nobody has an idea of the science behind it, because there isn't any. There's no water dowsing theory, no scientific articles on that matter except for ones debunking it (and one that supposedly confirmed it, but then it got debunked in another paper that explained methodological errors that were made). Ask different dowsers how it works and you will get contradictory answers.

  • @MaNNeRz91
    @MaNNeRz91 5 месяцев назад +208

    The water spirits be like "bring us the Google maps and the ruler"
    😂😂😂

    • @zubair5640
      @zubair5640 4 месяца назад +2

      😂😂😂😂😂

  • @krissy55066
    @krissy55066 5 месяцев назад +194

    Hydrogeologists would be a better investment than a dowser anyday, wishing you luck on all the projects at Cerro Gordo!

    • @xcreeperify
      @xcreeperify 4 месяца назад +24

      so.. science over some asshole who makes things up.. yes i agree.. dowsers are equal to card readers..

    • @williamdice2546
      @williamdice2546 4 месяца назад +13

      I'm in the well business and I've seen geologists pick awesome wells, but I've also seem them pick nothing but dusters while a driller with a pair of welding rods picked the best well on the property. I've also located buried wells with two copper wires. There's something to it, but I can't explain it

    • @ghostbirdlary
      @ghostbirdlary 4 месяца назад

      ​@@williamdice2546 luck and subconsciously noticing things

    • @chaz8758
      @chaz8758 4 месяца назад +13

      I was sceptical until I was shown how to do it - we were working in Jordan, our equipment never turned up to check the ground for buried objects where we needed to dig with back hoes (cables, pipes, concrete, large metal explody things (was a Jordanian Airfield that had been bombed by israel)
      Out of 10 of us three could actually find something - I had no idea what I was detecting all I knew was that at the back of my heels was something - so we would dig more coreful and with more than one banksman -
      freaked me out to start, the Jordanian Airforce we were working with thought it was witchcraft - I was using two bits of galvanised fence wire I straightened - since then I have used copper wire, welding rods, steel and aluminum round bar as well as many pieces of fence wire.
      I cant explain it, no idea what I am detecting just know that somehow it worked - when I came back to the UK we spent 20k trying to find a cable buried on the airfield - they could not, so I gave it a go and found it within 10 minutes, followed the whole length and even found it had a large coil buried at one point.
      Since then I have searched for and found buried drains, cables, water pipes - I cant explain it, just know I found them and left a few sceptics unable to explain how

    • @brendathomas7173
      @brendathomas7173 Месяц назад

      You can find underground wires or pipe with two pieces of wire. I've seen it work over and over. Why not water?

  • @shanesgettinghandy
    @shanesgettinghandy 5 месяцев назад +482

    Science FTW. Go with the hydrogeologist.

    • @benparrish9547
      @benparrish9547 5 месяцев назад +35

      Go with both and see where the overlap is

    • @dm45lm
      @dm45lm 5 месяцев назад +24

      Dowsing for water does not work the way the man in your video is showing. Liquids that are flowing underground produce a magnetic field that are parallel to their motion. Metal rods work like the needle on a compass and will try to align themselves with a magnetic field. A lot of underground water (aquifers) are like a slow moving river flowing along the bedrock toward the ocean. If there is enough water moving fast enough then dowsing rods will detect the flow.

    • @andrewalt6060
      @andrewalt6060 5 месяцев назад +119

      What? You don’t think waving a chain over a photo(!) isn’t scientific? Wait until my psychic hears about this!

    • @jimmyrivano3477
      @jimmyrivano3477 5 месяцев назад +10

      Water witchers work...
      My parents bought a 2.5 parcel in the mountains and hired a 80+ year old man who was a water witcher. He found a spot a stake it off. They then hired the well company to drill the well. The company wanted to drill in a different spot but my parents refused. so the company drill where the water witcher staked off. In about a 120 ft they hit water. once they broke through it gushed out like a fountain. The driller was amazed and said we hit a double underground stream that crossed each other and was rare.
      I used divining rods as a demonstration that they work and placed a coin in my parents hallway. The hallway was dark and you couldn't see the floor. I found the coin when I felt the rods vibrate.

    • @avidadolares
      @avidadolares 5 месяцев назад

      @@jimmyrivano3477 Right! I was playing poker once and I needed a river card of a King to win....so I said..."give me a king".. and it came on the river! I won! Therefore I have surmised that if you ask for any card you need you will get it. I mean it worked then...so it must work every time, right!

  • @KLondike5
    @KLondike5 5 месяцев назад +46

    Oh that's hilarious! I have never seen the waving a charm over printed map before. Big mystery of why it starts to circle when your wrist changes motion.

    • @bjf10
      @bjf10 5 месяцев назад +16

      It really astonishes me that people believe this crap.

  • @NooberTrOlL
    @NooberTrOlL 5 месяцев назад +95

    As a fellow hydrogeologist, I can guarantee that in a fissured rock aquifer, as is the case in Cerro Gordo, you can't just figure out where to drill for water using any of the presented methods.

    • @MysteryClown
      @MysteryClown 4 месяца назад

      ruclips.net/video/EIcnCaVsYFI/видео.htmlsi=kCOVs5ziOc87dGFS

  • @kawhiie1108
    @kawhiie1108 5 месяцев назад +9

    I've said this before but I really think something like making trails for the Mountain biking community could really bring a whole new interest and revenue!

  • @ChaosPootato
    @ChaosPootato 5 месяцев назад +96

    Cool that you brought an 1800's snake oil salesman in your 1800's mine town ! Very topical

  • @MongoosePreservationSociety
    @MongoosePreservationSociety 5 месяцев назад +148

    The worst hydrogeologist is better than the best dowser.

    • @misguidedsaint3693
      @misguidedsaint3693 5 месяцев назад +19

      Honestly I thought the dowsing shit would be more of a looking at the ground conditions and taking the best guess he could have over “here’s two sticks I shout numbers at”

    • @jimmyrivano3477
      @jimmyrivano3477 5 месяцев назад +7

      Water witchers work...
      My parents bought a 2.5 parcel in the mountains and hired a 80+ year old man who was a water witcher. He found a spot a stake it off. They then hired the well company to drill the well. The company wanted to drill in a different spot but my parents refused. so the company drill where the water witcher staked off. In about a 120 ft they hit water. once they broke through it gushed out like a fountain. The driller was amazed and said we hit a double underground stream that crossed each other and was rare.
      I used divining rods as a demonstration that they work and placed a coin in my parents hallway. The hallway was dark and you couldn't see the floor. I found the coin when I felt the rods vibrate.

    • @LescherYT
      @LescherYT 5 месяцев назад

      @@jimmyrivano3477 its crooks any one of them

    • @temeria1986
      @temeria1986 5 месяцев назад

      @@jimmyrivano3477 I wish your brain would work...

  • @jessecorson5844
    @jessecorson5844 5 месяцев назад +116

    I think it's good to keep an open mind to new things - but dousing is anything but new and has been tested and proven as quackery time and time again. I love these videos - and can't wait to see the development over the coming months and years!

    • @ChrisModjeska
      @ChrisModjeska 5 месяцев назад +6

      You shouldn't reward his promoting quackery!

    • @alittlebitgone
      @alittlebitgone 4 месяца назад

      I mean.... his whole operation is an investment scam, you know that right? Dude burned down a historic landmark so he could build a tourist trap hotel in it's place too.

    • @mattkissmyasstyrants8676
      @mattkissmyasstyrants8676 4 месяца назад +5

      I can find underground moving water easily with dowsing rods. Found many drain pipes and water mains in my plumbing career.

    • @quentinmangel2265
      @quentinmangel2265 4 месяца назад +12

      yeah, i'm kinda disapointed to see such a publicity for pseudo-science on this chanel... without any regard to the hard solid proofs that "dousing" is a proven scam...

    • @michaelzorro2738
      @michaelzorro2738 4 месяца назад +1

      Wait, hold-on young man... To some individuals dousing has be LABELED, not proven a sort of act of quackery.
      However, Brent you have your professional Douser to use his skill to found water...
      Am sure he will find thee spot within 500 square feet.
      Have a Blessed New Year, in your endeavors.

  • @OneMorePutt
    @OneMorePutt 5 месяцев назад +8

    Hi Brent, I think you should place the book timecapsule under the spot where your car got stuck when you first moved to Cerro Gordo in 2020. It's an appropriate start point.

  • @danhassler6585
    @danhassler6585 5 месяцев назад +561

    I honestly didn't realize just how dumb water witches looked until this video. I didn't realize it was so blatantly made up.

    • @mktrollop1093
      @mktrollop1093 5 месяцев назад +30

      Lot of theatrics with this guy but I've seen it done plenty times and it works, a stick will do though.

    • @chrisray1567
      @chrisray1567 5 месяцев назад

      Seriously. So stupid.

    • @screekid
      @screekid 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@mktrollop1093dreamer

    • @Dale_Doe
      @Dale_Doe 5 месяцев назад +106

      When swinging direction of his wrist changed,
      The direction of the pendulum changed...in the same direction!!!
      Absolutely amazing no one noticed/said something about it.

    • @isaiahshaffer
      @isaiahshaffer 5 месяцев назад +41

      I think this guys full of it with the map thing, that’s nuts, but the witching sticks work to find water sources, I don’t know about gallons per minute but even our water company uses the sticks to find water lines over anything else and they are 100% on, it’s pretty amazing

  • @timothyboles6457
    @timothyboles6457 5 месяцев назад +241

    The water is more important than gold, perhaps even more important than the hotel, and getting the hotel weathered in, is extremely important, both to you and the town. Can't wait to see if the water exploration is successful and a good and reliable water system can be quickly built.

    • @november151956
      @november151956 5 месяцев назад +24

      If Brent wants to develop the town for hotel guests and campers he needs to get the water issue sorted out first and the road, too.

    • @americanadventureoutdoors4213
      @americanadventureoutdoors4213 5 месяцев назад +14

      That water out of the mine is only safe for washing . Hopefully someone has clued him in on that or hopefully he knows better .

    • @Group_Anonymous
      @Group_Anonymous 5 месяцев назад +11

      All the mining stuff is just filler material. The whole Cerro Gordo revival thing was supposed to be for corporate retreats anyways.🤑🤑🤑🤑

    • @DS-nw4eq
      @DS-nw4eq 5 месяцев назад

      He should be raising children, but he’s screwing off in an abandoned town. Goofball white boy… meanwhile the “minorities” are digging out the white women.

    • @IEchuckie
      @IEchuckie 5 месяцев назад +5

      There had to be water there at sometime. What did the miners use ?

  • @TheOriginalJadolph
    @TheOriginalJadolph 5 месяцев назад +3

    Hey Brent, big hiker here in the East Coast. One thing we love is getting up onto a ridge and following it from peak to peak, its a more risky route for the experienced hikers only, but it will give the most spectacular views

  • @cyc4usa706
    @cyc4usa706 5 месяцев назад +21

    I can somehow believe in the craziness of using divining rods on site, but the trinkets over a google map print out says it's beyond snake oil. The guy has gotten rich from luck.

    • @davidtyler-ul9vw
      @davidtyler-ul9vw 4 месяца назад

      I am a man of science. You don't get "rich from luck" either the method works or it doesn't.

  • @suburbanhiker5975
    @suburbanhiker5975 5 месяцев назад +131

    I suspect many will agree with me when I say, I sure do appreciate the time, energy, and effort you put in to making these videos. I mean, as if it's not challenging enough to do all you do with, at, and for Cerro Gordo but to document it through video and post for everybody to see, is quite the challenge... WELL DONE and THANK YOU! I hope to someday hike up there.

  • @JLCra87
    @JLCra87 5 месяцев назад +251

    I never really scoffed at the water witching or dowsing, I figured there was something to it. But the whole pendulum over a paper map and shouting numbers like the rods understand English is kinda odd to me. But either way, interesting to watch! Always a fun time watching your videos Brent!

    • @registratoreprimo9778
      @registratoreprimo9778 5 месяцев назад +20

      Lmao wtf

    • @pg_jem
      @pg_jem 5 месяцев назад +170

      The whole pendulum over paper remotely just made me completely not believe him.

    • @princessoscar3089
      @princessoscar3089 5 месяцев назад +92

      Yeah like come on, some beliefs SHOULDN'T be respected. That's how you end up indulging conspiracy theorists and shit. @@pg_jem

    • @maxbowen6482
      @maxbowen6482 5 месяцев назад +86

      yeh its a complete load of bull

    • @farmerjon.
      @farmerjon. 5 месяцев назад +42

      Right? Am I too assume he has a built in communication system with the universe within his biology? Just by having an image of a place he can connect with that area, detect different elements of nature and locate not only their 2D position on a map but also their depth?
      Or rather, that a stainless steel TIG filler rod or pendulum has these properties? What contains the element locating intelligence? What contains the listening ability for his questions, what processes his answers? Oof
      Can he extend it to other things such as cancer or tumors?

  • @peteypickles3262
    @peteypickles3262 5 месяцев назад +18

    Bravo, Brent! I'm so proud to have watched your first episodes of "Ghost Town Living" way back in 2020. I never stopped! Best channel on You Tube! It never gets old! Thanks so much for preserving history and taking us along for the ride. I WILL get to Cerro Gordo one day and visit. Congratulations on a great month and Merry Christmas!

  • @joshkleifgen6525
    @joshkleifgen6525 5 месяцев назад +13

    Love watching Dan. He runs across illegal gold riffles, and formatiins and explains all about it.

  • @claraguzman6842
    @claraguzman6842 5 месяцев назад +17

    I would go with the hydrogeologist.

  • @LOSTinS.C
    @LOSTinS.C 5 месяцев назад +186

    I think the time capsule should go inside the hotel walls. Also, it would be awesome to have an audio book version read by the man himself.

    • @Canned_Beef
      @Canned_Beef 5 месяцев назад +7

      There’s a time capsule already under the hotel

    • @rich2083
      @rich2083 5 месяцев назад

      probably for the best.... we know what happened to the walls of the last place@@Canned_Beef

    • @stephenmclendon3479
      @stephenmclendon3479 5 месяцев назад +17

      I think the best place for his time capsule of his book is in the library in the Mountain

    • @monkeybarmonkeyman
      @monkeybarmonkeyman 5 месяцев назад +2

      Only problem there is the technology may not exist to process the audio file 100 yrs from now. Archivists go nuts having to consider archiving digital technology.

    • @stephenwagener349
      @stephenwagener349 5 месяцев назад

      Agree with Hotel - even though one is already buried under, this place and the mineshaft seem to be the most emotionally connected to Brent’s ownership

  • @ghosttownguy7472
    @ghosttownguy7472 5 месяцев назад +43

    Brent, you should definitely consider using some of the reclaimed wood from Darwin for the siding on the American Hotel. It would be a great, and historically accurate way of recycling.

  • @m5wwca
    @m5wwca 4 месяца назад +7

    Hey Brent, you should make Cerro Gordo a Off Grid camping destination. I have been recently been watching some off-grid camping videos and you should consider reaching out to places like X-Overland, Epic Family Road Trip and others as an Overlanding Expedition destination, get some exposure for all of you ! Your roads in are definitely jeep worthy!!

    • @MysteryClown
      @MysteryClown 4 месяца назад

      ruclips.net/video/EIcnCaVsYFI/видео.htmlsi=kCOVs5ziOc87dGFS

  • @MPWEST83
    @MPWEST83 5 месяцев назад +33

    "And if you need a shortcut, try taking a hike." So many things that Brent has said over the years is exactly how I feel and what I need to hear. I've always taken hikes when I've needed to clear my head or find some clarity with some issue that I've been facing in my life, or just get myself grounded again and at one with nature once more. I have always been grateful in the moment to experience the things in nature that I have, and I consider myself very lucky to have experienced the things I have, and I look forward to the things that I will experience in the future, including visiting Cerro Gordo!

  • @joshabooth
    @joshabooth 5 месяцев назад +62

    The progress you've made in the last few years is a true testament to your drive and ambition, and the drive and ambition of those around you that are always willing to help. Despite the fire, despite the washouts, despite the struggle, you never give up. Truly, you are an inspiration and that is why I absolutely love your channel and your story. Thank you so much for making these videos and doing what you do, and thank you to everyone that helps keep the dream alive!

  • @SnoDawg
    @SnoDawg 5 месяцев назад +7

    Brent I hope you carry a Garmin In Reach with you as much as you explore on your own. One broken ankle on a rock that slips under your foot can be a real nightmare without some way to reach help. Stay safe up there, it doesn’t take much to be in real trouble.

    • @MysteryClown
      @MysteryClown 4 месяца назад

      He's not alone up there. ruclips.net/video/EIcnCaVsYFI/видео.htmlsi=kCOVs5ziOc87dGFS

  • @babyblu5247
    @babyblu5247 5 месяцев назад +25

    Dan and Brent. The collab we did not ask for but truly needed

  • @rayshideler1193
    @rayshideler1193 5 месяцев назад +190

    Great video. The hotel is looking really good. The water dowser was entertaining but my vote is for the hydrogeologist.

    • @awesomecronk7183
      @awesomecronk7183 5 месяцев назад +19

      Did you notice his hand jerk sideways a couple of times before the pendulum "suddenly" started spinning in circles?

    • @fuzzytigercat
      @fuzzytigercat 5 месяцев назад

      Water dowsing is a real thing. Anyone old knows this already because they've used it for hundreds of years before modern technology came about. It's proven science.

    • @manolisgledsodakis873
      @manolisgledsodakis873 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@awesomecronk7183 Yes, obviously, he was demonstrating what it might look like when he's actually doing it.

    • @temeria1986
      @temeria1986 5 месяцев назад +12

      @@manolisgledsodakis873 When he is ''actually'' doing it he does the same lmao, its all bs.

  • @jasongrossman9362
    @jasongrossman9362 5 месяцев назад +53

    Brent, I just wanted to let you know. Your journey at Cerro Gordo is more than you can imagine. You are just not a small part of a town or a youtube channel. You started like everyone in 2020. Doubt, fear confusion about the future. The hotel burning and being rebuilt and your many journeys over the past years and the many well place positive thoughts and shared perspectives have helped grow a community that spans the globe. A community who's lives have been touched in many ways by your channel. I have watched since you posted your first video and some day I will load my family into the car drive 4 days to say thank you and enjoy a sunset.

  • @mlc991
    @mlc991 5 месяцев назад +2

    LOL😂 A PERSON DOWSING FUNNIEST THING EVER

  • @CurtisMassey
    @CurtisMassey 5 месяцев назад +15

    I love watching Dan and Jason together, and to have them with Brent and Cerro Gordo is super awesome. I hope you guys find the Mother Lode!

  • @kalon9999
    @kalon9999 5 месяцев назад +7

    Please make sure to include the failure of the dowsed well when it doesn't produce a drop at the depth specified!

  • @ibthewink1
    @ibthewink1 5 месяцев назад +22

    I'm not an expert hiker or trail blazer, but I think it would be worth while to put a guide rope or cable on the steep or loose gravel areas of that new trail. It would be safer for anyone that want's to see that beautiful view of the valley. Keep up the fantastic work Brent. I'm hoping to be able to get to Cerro Gordo within the next couple of years. Till then, I look forward to more and more video updates!

  • @olgapisova6207
    @olgapisova6207 4 месяца назад +20

    Brent, I've started watching your channel during covid, and you never cease to amaze me with your resilience. The progress on the hotel and the town in general is great!

  • @RudyJHaluza
    @RudyJHaluza 5 месяцев назад +3

    Amazing.
    Suggesting your most cost-effective source of water is to a build a small down-stream catch basin. When a storm comes, and they will, pump some of that water into a near-by pond and swimming-hole.

    • @Wdeane1957
      @Wdeane1957 5 месяцев назад

      And catch the run-off from melting snow.
      There'd be a rain from the roofs of the buildings there that could be captured and stored in tanks too

  • @landonswrld07
    @landonswrld07 5 месяцев назад +123

    It’s crazy to watch how much progress you’ve made since 2020 the town looks great

    • @GhostTownLiving
      @GhostTownLiving  5 месяцев назад +16

      Thank you so much!

    • @MrReckless1978
      @MrReckless1978 4 месяца назад

      ruclips.net/video/EIcnCaVsYFI/видео.htmlsi=CLQ9g6E8KTqECH50

  • @garzaalex17
    @garzaalex17 5 месяцев назад +39

    Seeing the hotel take shape is very rewarding as a longtime viewer. Keep up the good work!

  • @JulieIreland
    @JulieIreland 5 месяцев назад +2

    Brent, Your videos are always so refreshing and motivating! You are truly the definition of a trail blazer and pioneer. It's been such a neat journey watching you recreate history. I can't wait to check Cerro Gordo off my bucket list!

  • @jimwest6571
    @jimwest6571 5 месяцев назад +4

    I believe a lot of people are with you in wanting the HOTEL to have a ROOF before the snow flies. Hoping and praying that happens for you. Impressed by all the progress you've made on a variety of projects. We will visit you sometime in the new year. Continued good luck and positive vibes.

  • @rosiesattic29
    @rosiesattic29 5 месяцев назад +26

    My wife and I have been watching you since almost the beginning. We love your videos, and we both stop what we are doing and sit together and watch. We appreciate all the hard work you and your friends are doing. I bought a signed copy of your book I hope to surprise my wife with. I can't wait to read some each night to her. You, I guess you can say, are our "together" thing we love to do.
    Again, thank you so much 💖. Take care.

  • @jimo2665
    @jimo2665 5 месяцев назад +9

    I consider myself as open-minded but remote dowsing over a printed map ???? I'm excited about the book 👍

    • @jimmyrivano3477
      @jimmyrivano3477 5 месяцев назад

      They are into witchcraft, did you notice the young man's hoodie?

  • @davidrubin8228
    @davidrubin8228 4 месяца назад +2

    Mr. Underwood. Another excellent video. I have just put an order in for your book and look forward to reading it. I am very proud of what you have been able to accomplish and you deserve all the credit for taking Cerro Gordo probably farther in the past 4 years that what has been able to be done in the past 20. Congratulations!

  • @kermit368
    @kermit368 5 месяцев назад +2

    I would definitely listen to the geologist over the guy that can miraculously “feel” where the water is. 😂

  • @tolson-vkn
    @tolson-vkn 5 месяцев назад +23

    Remote dowsing now I've heard it all. 🦆🦆🦆

    • @youngbairn
      @youngbairn 5 месяцев назад +7

      😂 imagine thinking this is legit

    • @maxbowen6482
      @maxbowen6482 5 месяцев назад +5

      yeh what a load of crap. what is it going to do over a map haha

    • @tolson-vkn
      @tolson-vkn 5 месяцев назад +5

      Later in the episode the truth comes out that he's just clout sharking to get on Rogan. How silly.

  • @ety1221
    @ety1221 5 месяцев назад +7

    A hot tip for marking a trail is a bucket of RED Paint, paint a dot on the mountain or on a stone, it lasts a long time. A well proven technique in Norway.

  • @dannydaniels3593
    @dannydaniels3593 5 месяцев назад +2

    Hi Brent, I just want to say you probably heard it before you are a remarkable man you’re a man that’s made in gods image to restore a ghost town like you’re doing I am proud that I know you do you have a beautiful day. Hope to see you sometime. God bless.

  • @fantasticfamily5004
    @fantasticfamily5004 5 месяцев назад +3

    Brent, amazing stories. You have your own Joy that brings Satisfaction. Thank you for sharing your life and your adventures with us.👏🏼

  • @richcollins513
    @richcollins513 5 месяцев назад +30

    We love your videos Brent, they dont all have to be well planned like they all are. You could just hit record at any time and we will watch and love them all the same. Thanks for being a content creator

  • @4cats1porcupine
    @4cats1porcupine 5 месяцев назад +13

    It is so great to see the lake full of water!

  • @SprocketsandOrePockets
    @SprocketsandOrePockets 5 месяцев назад +5

    It’s snowing here in Montana and I can’t get to my mine, so watching your videos is like my supplement and something to entertain me while waiting for winter to be over, thanks Brent!

  • @TimDoscher-wj6xh
    @TimDoscher-wj6xh 5 месяцев назад +25

    Brent, as always thank you for sharing the updates, we are enjoying the journey and cheering for you!

  • @Lebis150
    @Lebis150 5 месяцев назад +3

    Its Amazing to see the progress you guys have accomplished so far since the fire. Dont panic if it snows before you get the roof on. Just sweep the snow out. It isnt like rain.
    Coming from a Canadian 😊

  • @jdaz5462
    @jdaz5462 4 месяца назад +5

    It's crazy how time flies. I can't believe it's been almost 4 years!!!

    • @MysteryClown
      @MysteryClown 4 месяца назад

      ruclips.net/video/EIcnCaVsYFI/видео.htmlsi=kCOVs5ziOc87dGFS

  • @ammon4712
    @ammon4712 5 месяцев назад +6

    A lil over a year ago I moved from my lifelong home of central Utah, where 3-4 times a week I’d take my bike and ride through the desert-y mountains which were 10 minutes from my house. I live on the east coast now, but seeing you walk through the same desert terrain mapping out the best hiking trail you can makes me the happiness your future guests will feel when they hike your trail. I miss the desert, and your videos make me feel like I’m back riding my local trails.

  • @Havasu79
    @Havasu79 5 месяцев назад +5

    There’s something magical about the Sierras. I was fortunate enough to live at 9200 ft for a couple summers at Lake Sabrina. You can almost feel the mountains growing in the still of the morning. The calm and quiet of being away from the annoying noise of a city is priceless.

  • @allenstratton5399
    @allenstratton5399 5 месяцев назад +2

    On our bucket list to come and visit. I have been following for several years now and I am excited to see in person all your hard work and dedication.

  • @Ok-vm7lg
    @Ok-vm7lg 5 месяцев назад +2

    I haven't seen your videos for six months, I'm so impressed with where you've gotten to, it's amazing ...

  • @KalenaEmrys
    @KalenaEmrys 5 месяцев назад +8

    Have you looked into building with hempcrete? It's got several traits that make it far superior to most conventional building materials. Worth looking into, guaranteed.

  • @GoldChump
    @GoldChump 5 месяцев назад +3

    I would always be working on collecting water that falls in the form of snow. A good gravity fed water tank or two with good filtration would if nothing else supplement water needs.

  • @kathysmith1180
    @kathysmith1180 5 месяцев назад +2

    I always love seeing your smiling face! Your enthusiasism is contagious.

  • @Paul_Greenwood
    @Paul_Greenwood 5 месяцев назад +1

    Well done on the book! 📕 what an a wonderful journey you’ve been on. Thanks for bringing us along for the adventure

  • @mycardamit
    @mycardamit 5 месяцев назад +14

    Been watching you from the beginning , Brent you and all your helpers are the real ROCK STARS !!!! Thank for the vids .

  • @jimmyrice598
    @jimmyrice598 Месяц назад

    Nice day. The birds are singing, wind blowing, rainbow caressing the skylines. I saw it all here, just keeps getting better each visit.

  • @phoenixx5092
    @phoenixx5092 5 месяцев назад +1

    In Australia, gold prospectors looked for vertical stratafication laced with quartz, and from there nearby searched for "deep leads" which is ancient defunct buried river beds that cut across the vertical strata and carved out gold bearing rock. They would generally begin with angled or horizontal strata and keep following along until it went vertical and bam there was the gold. Once they found that they would run it down like water table sorter thing below the crushers.

    • @michaelcheli5842
      @michaelcheli5842 5 месяцев назад

      It's amazing, the treasure trove of gold and gems that are found down under.

  • @tammybrazeau1213
    @tammybrazeau1213 5 месяцев назад +30

    Love seeing things going so well at the mine. The hotel WOW.
    You have great friends helping you.
    To another great year and a happy winter for you

    • @tammybrazeau1213
      @tammybrazeau1213 5 месяцев назад

      Let's add to this. Brent, the time capsule should be buried under the hotel or by the new well

  • @dianaburns6879
    @dianaburns6879 5 месяцев назад +18

    Brent, glad to see things progressing. Fantastic that you are always finding new ways to share your journey and making it possible for visitors to share in the adventure. Looking forward to that book!

    • @dianaburns6879
      @dianaburns6879 5 месяцев назад

      My grandson and I follow your channel without fail. We were both doing this not realizing our mutual interest Now we are looking forward to that hotel being finished so we can visit Thanks

  • @tis2day
    @tis2day 5 месяцев назад +1

    Keep up the great work and adventures into History. I have watched you from your first video. It brings so much joy into my life when I watch them and I look forward to each and every one that you post. Wish I could see all that beauty and history in-person. Love ya!

  • @OCMike
    @OCMike 5 месяцев назад +1

    Always LOVE Brent's enthusiastic Hello There! ❤❤

  • @marciaskillern6889
    @marciaskillern6889 5 месяцев назад +14

    Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. Love the history and the amazing views.

  • @northbaybassanglers1068
    @northbaybassanglers1068 5 месяцев назад +5

    Dude the hotel is huge! Coming along nicely. I still remember the first video of when you actually lived in a ghost town. You’ve brought life to that place! Far from what it used to be!

  • @bhushangaikwad5957
    @bhushangaikwad5957 5 месяцев назад +1

    Wow, what an incredible journey exploring an abandoned ghost town! Your determination and enthusiasm for discovering hidden treasures like gold and water are truly inspiring. The way you uncover the history and explore the nooks and crannies of these forgotten places is both fascinating and captivating. Keep up the amazing work, and looking forward to more thrilling adventures like this one! and please release your book to indian market as well.

  • @dune1221
    @dune1221 5 месяцев назад +2

    It's so awesome to watch how that place has progressed since you've got a hold of it

  • @katolight
    @katolight 5 месяцев назад +6

    I’ve ordered my copy early on as soon as you announced it. I am so impressed following you since you began this adventure, the things that you’ve achieved and the improvements you’ve made. I hope that you can step back a bit to realize what you’ve been able to accomplish in 4 short years. Your amazing. I have Cerro Gordo on my bucket list and hope to meet you one day. Keep up the great work! Just be safe!

  • @jackcohlman8183
    @jackcohlman8183 5 месяцев назад +3

    Brett, you are truly an inspiration to me, and I'm sure many others. I admire your commitment to you're amazing project that you have taken upon yourself with the help of others. you have outstanding perseverance!!
    It pleases me to pre-order your book. I now feel like I am just a small part of your world. I hope to visit and meet you someday.
    It is amazing that you have found your place in this world. And even more amazing that you are preserving history.
    Blessings to you and your passions!!!

  • @jameslee1485
    @jameslee1485 5 месяцев назад +1

    Love the journey you are on in this life and we all enjoy you taking us all along with this amazing effort of keeping the dreams alive of the past miners and the present historical significance of keeping Cerro Gordo in existence. Continues Success with the channel and the town of Cerro Gordo. P.S. Going to pick up a copy of your book next weekend from Barnes & Noble.

  • @steveanderson2881
    @steveanderson2881 5 месяцев назад

    Trust that guy with the rods! I've seen three guys on three different jobs. They were spot on with the water with their rods!

  • @adams.6168
    @adams.6168 5 месяцев назад +4

    Out here on the East Coast! Watching it all unfold. Good Luck Brett, the world has got your back,,,We will see Cerro Gordo one day!

  • @michaeljamesmccabe
    @michaeljamesmccabe 5 месяцев назад +5

    Great update! Some very exciting projects. Also, great shots and editing. I’d love it if the town could get some green going with the water. Crazy how much has changed for the better in the former ghost town.

  • @jillbangert1513
    @jillbangert1513 5 месяцев назад

    I’m excited for your book! I’ve been watching since a month or two into your journey, and can’t wait to read more.

  • @scottbranch5603
    @scottbranch5603 5 месяцев назад +1

    Wonderful having good friends. Lessons learned!

  • @j16m02
    @j16m02 5 месяцев назад +6

    As a science guy, I've always been skeptical, but slightly intrigued by dowsing. I gotta say though when he starts dowsing a piece of printer paper, my B.S. detector went off the charts!

  • @tammaratiffany7425
    @tammaratiffany7425 24 дня назад

    Hey Brent,
    As for water dowsing…
    My grandpa did it and found water on our farm. My dad did it when our well wasn’t marked and he needed to find it to get it worked on (out in the countryside & builder had died). I watched him work. I saw him find it. Well guys dug, & fixed our well.

  • @erics4066
    @erics4066 5 месяцев назад +7

    All the best for you & those with you, in the coming New Year!
    I'm 68, would like to visit and metal detector the area. Your story is inspiring! I'm am historian, interested in prospecting, seeing what lies just below, and what it tells us. Merry Christmas my friend(s)!

  • @TooMuchPrzc
    @TooMuchPrzc 5 месяцев назад +25

    "Remember to be grateful both in the moment and afterwards. Its hard, but if you need a short cut... Try taking a hike."
    love this closing thought Brent, it really resonated with me.
    Thank you.

  • @55VickyV
    @55VickyV 5 месяцев назад +7

    You are really making a lot of progress! A lot of things are coming together at the same time. My hope is to live long enough to see tourists going to and staying at your very real ghost town! Good luck Brent!

  • @limaechonumismatics
    @limaechonumismatics 5 месяцев назад

    Your words have a profound meaning behind them. You’re truly the type to write a book!

  • @IrishWhiskeyParanormal
    @IrishWhiskeyParanormal 5 месяцев назад

    I have been a subscriber for a few years and would strongly say that water is life and gold/silver is a luxury.

  • @Laissez-faire402
    @Laissez-faire402 5 месяцев назад +810

    Brent! Please don't trust the water dowser! He's scamming you!

    • @jimster1111
      @jimster1111 5 месяцев назад +183

      right. dowsing using a printed paper map?

    • @nicholkid
      @nicholkid 5 месяцев назад +168

      Really lost me with the 'remote' water dowsing. At least in person there's SOME possibility that it's not complete bs. A fun novelty maybe.

    • @David-gr8rh
      @David-gr8rh 5 месяцев назад +82

      Just like ghost hunters, they catch nothing and the hype is made from just being there but it's all so amazing just about anyone believes it. Human beings, cannot sense water or ghosts or gold.

    • @_BangDroid_
      @_BangDroid_ 5 месяцев назад +128

      So desperate to get on Rogan. Why? for the publicity and exposure. If he really could find water, oil, gold etc, he'd go and make himself a billionaire. Then people would pay attention. But he's acting just like every conman scammer.

    • @kenwillis8487
      @kenwillis8487 5 месяцев назад +54

      I don’t know about remote dowsing, that makes me skeptical! In person though I have personally seen it done and seen the well drilled and pumping water! I have also watched my father in law dowse and be correct every time!

  • @trudiswanson9855
    @trudiswanson9855 5 месяцев назад +4

    An official hiking trail, cool. Your guests will love it. Those views always move my senior Aussie heart. T.🐞🇦🇺

  • @WeTravelOnlyByNightAsItsSoHot
    @WeTravelOnlyByNightAsItsSoHot 5 месяцев назад +1

    I Love the Progress you have made since the beginning of this journey of just exploring the Mine. Hope to maybe visit someday.

  • @galadrhim1
    @galadrhim1 5 месяцев назад

    The most amazing thing, to me, about deserts are the people who find them beautiful. In 50 years of life, I've just never been able to think that they are.

  • @scottguenther-lee2214
    @scottguenther-lee2214 5 месяцев назад +5

    Thank you for continuing to share the positive and inspiring journey. ❤👊

  • @SimonGrant04
    @SimonGrant04 5 месяцев назад +39

    So good to see Dan there with you. His channel is awesome. Love the way RUclips brings together different people and perspectives.

    • @CJ-ep7tg
      @CJ-ep7tg 5 месяцев назад

      I'm guessing but I think they might be friends. He's from the same area and Brent went to get the bartop from him.

  • @RodolfoBellato
    @RodolfoBellato 4 месяца назад +1

    I find peace watching your videos dude! Keep it up! Thank you!

  • @daverage9224
    @daverage9224 5 месяцев назад +2

    the water dowser guy lol i hope you didn't pay for him. loving the videos Brent, i have been here since the beginning of your adventure. hopfully in the future, i will get to stay at the hotel

  • @MarkoMygun
    @MarkoMygun 5 месяцев назад +3

    Wow what a great video Brent, we can really tell that you put you heart and soul into everything you do. I really love all the drone footage to it really adds soul to your videos. You are a very lucky man and thanks for the video can't wait for the next.

  • @leesielou9783
    @leesielou9783 5 месяцев назад +5

    Wow Brent! You put so much positivity into this universe…it’s all gonna come back to you, brother. I live in mining country, at the other end of Cali (the normal part 😉). I’m excited for your journey and I hope to come visit, and soak up some of that sense of excitement, for the history, exploration in the future 🙏🏻❤️

  • @oskarroza
    @oskarroza 5 месяцев назад +7

    I love how the town progresses, well done! I haven't watched your videos for a long while and seeing the development is absolutely amazing!
    However, at the same time I cannot cope how could you fall for the person finding water by looking at a printed page of Google Maps satellite view.

    • @fxrsniper1
      @fxrsniper1 5 месяцев назад +1

      bless your heart

    • @somethingsomeonesaid6455
      @somethingsomeonesaid6455 4 месяца назад

      I cannot cope with how people dance or paint by numbers, but someone thinks its music. Feelings are hard to calculate for some. There is a math to emotion, and emotion to math. Its not that difficult.