Hiking An Infamous Abandoned Mining Tramway!
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 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.
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
I cannot describe how beautiful that view is
Stunning indeed!
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.
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 😀
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
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!!
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@@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 RUclips 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!
Thank you for sharing your adventure with all of us.
Thanks for watching!
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.
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.
The beauty is worth the effort. Thank you for taking us along.
Your Ghost Town channels give me such a “Borderlands” video game vibe. I wish there were more channels like these.
I’ve been hunting for a geologist comment that tells us what the “dinosaur back” bones are but can’t seem to find one 🤔
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.
That piece of Malachite Azurite looked nice! Some rock hounds would love to get their hands on that to turn into gems!
You truly are living a dream, the preservation of and rebuilding of the past is a calling. 💜
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!!
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.
So glad to see another video from you!
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
always nice to see a video from Cerro Gordo, keep up the good work man!
Thanks! I appreciate you checking them out.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
Cerro Gordo is so beautiful .
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.
I really want to see the ore processed in that highly suspended ore bucket on the Cerro Gordo tramway. That is the last load from back in the days of Cerro Gordo 's final days.
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!
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.
It's so depressing what California and LA has done to that lake.
the funny thing is if that lake still Existed they say that valley below would have a city and a ton of houses around the lake .
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 )
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.
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 👍
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.
These ore carriers back in the day were definitely a engineering masterpiece. Think about the amount of weight load these lines had on them when in operation. Not to mention building that in those days without semis delivering material etc.
Here is how I would had built it. May not be correct, but it is my guess. Build the top tower and run power to it first, connect a smaller cable to the ground, use the top power to drag larger cable to the top, then slowly drag materials to locations up the main cable to build the different stations. My guess. Thank you Matt for the great clip!
People were smarter, better at problem solving and way more industrious back then than people of today. Great video and stunning views!❤️
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.
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. 👍
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.
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
Brent. In your video you were wondering how those towers for the tramway got there. Here's my theory. If mules were used to pull the material up on to those mountains think about the possibility of the guys that were building them let the mules in the canyons below to pull on a snatch line with a snatch block located where the tower was to be built. And so these guys took with them snatch block pulleys and really heavy rope up to the location to tie off the snatch blocks. Then they strung the rope through the pulley on the snatch block and went back down the hill with one end tied to the material and the other end hooked up to the mules the mules went one way while the material went up the hill to the location. Now the snatch block had to be tied off to something, maybe a boulder or some other type of anker. Think about that for a moment.
Those views were outstanding! Thank you for sharing!
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 🔥🔥🔥
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.
Another interesting perspective to think about is that these tramways and everything else to do with mining here were cutting edge technologies for their time, when they were first introduced…
I hope I can describe it in a way that makes sense, but I have always had a true passion for paths and trails. Paths that have been walked for many years, paths that kids used to get to school quicker, or an old hunting trail, maybe an ATV tracks. Through all the paths and trails I see the history behind them, why they were walked and used, how many years it took to make. I don’t know, I just love them 😊
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.
Brent, You are totally right about the tramway being amazing!!! 🙂
I like the way you think about the artifacts you find, I like to think that way as well, very cool!!
I like these abandoned places where a guy had low tech stuff, but great mind's to make thing's happen. Thanks for showing us these thing's i will never get to see. G-d bless everyone.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. It was a beautiful time.
Yes!!!!! I love those clouds and need to get there to paint them sometime!
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
Incredibly beautiful. Bless you for sharing your knowledge and passion.
Thanks for sharing the Magic,Brent!
There is definitely history in artifacts! They tell a tale that’s for sure!!
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!
Brent I love your videos. On my list of People Living Their Best Life you are at the top!!
Seeing formations that used to be under water flat turned up on a 30+ degree angle and over a thousand feet above current sea level is always interesting.
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.!
Ty for taking us on your hike
The grease bucket has an interesting feature about its wire handle.
On one end the hook is rather open where it goes through the "ear" on the bucket while the other end has the loop more tightly closed.
This seems to be designed to be carried up the ladder (where the squeaky wheel gets the grease) and hung from the wire, with the handle easy to hook /unhook on one end. (but what do I know? 😐)
i think at the time the tram ways where build the land was very different . like your road was be for the rain . i sure over a 100 years the snow rain ice an wind have changes the land a lot ...
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.
That view is just amazing
Thank you for sharing your journey
Thank you for a nice hiking in the moutens
Looks like a nice mine entrance behind you at 11:13
I thought the same thing!
True! Bump this!
This is what dreams are made of 😍
As always an awesome show. Thank you for sharing with us.
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!👍
Lovely place. Thanks for showing us.
so cool that you're like a detective of this history. can't wait to visit
I watch all of your videos on ‘Ghost Town Living’. I loved this video and I’m subscribed to this channel now!
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
The mosy beautiful vistas in the world, Brent is so lucky.
I’ll nominate the steepest tram award to the former Nickleplate and Mascot mine in Hedley, BC, Canada. The old buildings clinging to the cliffs, tell the tale of courage needed to get there. 🤙
Do you have one of the best channels on RUclips so informative such a beautiful area you do it justice great photography. Thanks for your videos.
Would love to visit this place sometime. Nature unlike anything ive seen before, keep posting brent.
Beautiful scenery
2:35 you should try metal detecting this area. And any other tramway.
The entire topic was interesting, but I have to focus and comment on one thing that stood out to me. Those dinosaur-back ridges running across the hills! They didn't run length wise with the hills (and the hills were mostly rounded over where you mentioned them). The ridges were about a foot wide and a foot high except for the jagged tops of the rocks. If you told me that they were built by humans neatly stacking the rocks in rows, I would have a hard time not believing you. There are enough examples of mounds and monuments of all kinds around this world that defy explanation.
You have a fascinating area there to explore and be in charge of. It looks like you have a project that will provide you with many years of areas to explore and document. I feel that people that are following your path must be respecting your work. You are being diligent to be accurate and thorough and no one can fault your final theories about the town and its people.
One final comment. I completely agree with you that managing to install all those tramway structures must have been impossibly difficult. Thinking about how they hauled the materials down the hills; how they dug holes to put the posts into so they would be stable; and how were they able to hold the parts and pieces up in place to fasten together.
Keep up the good work and you can be proud of the outcome.
The views are stunning. The history is facinating.
Absolutely stunning views.
What a magical place.
Thank you Brent xx
What's nice about this town is that, if the people back then didn't go mining, this town wouldn't have existed, and so, YOU wouldn't be there right now, either. Only because they were there 150 years ago, you're able to be there right now. That's cool.
(The part where you mentioned "hike") If you had a roommate there, and that roommate told you, "Oh, take a hike!" You're able to say "Okay." Everyone else would be like "how dare you tell me to take a hike," but you could actually take a hike. That's also cool.
(Sends you a backpack for when you go on these hikes, so that you can collect the stuff that you find during the hike).
Beautiful video, fantastic work, amazing mountain, you have a wonderful video.
Those views are sick! Excellent! Mahalo!!
Watching this on the VR Meta Oculus Big Screen is really cool!
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.
❤️❤️❤️
I love watching the terminator line chase up the mountains here in colorado as the sun rises
I will visit your town someday and help out for awhile, looks like the heavens in your backyard. Bless you.
Amazing views up there ! Thanks for sharing. 🤙
Beautiful area! Thanks for walking and sharing it.
Thx for taking me on your hike
Shale is a sedimentary rock from a very ancient ocean floor. Talk about history! I hear you walking and the crunch of your steps, and that Tramway scaling down your mountain is built into that ancient ocean floor now high in a mountain. Isn't that some wonderful history to ponder about.
Did you notice any Marine Fossils in the Shale?
Google fossils of Cerro Gordo
With you being from Texas (as I am), you should get you some Luchesse boots!
That was beautiful ! Thanks for sharing .
How do you reply.Never done this sorry.