Cerro Gordo Union Mine Shaft Exploration
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- čas přidán 15. 09. 2018
- We are the only four people alive that have been to the bottom of this mine and who have explored it so extensively.
Thanks to the team for getting in and out safe!
Beginning video clip credits to / @kingcidtravels4621
and / @bishoprealestate1 - Jak na to + styl
The mines and camp have been recently bought. Don’t trespass please! The American Hotel had also recently burnt down due to faulty wiring from those days and are actually seeking volunteers to help restore the camp. Plan is to make it a getaway for people. Owner has a CZcams channel, GhostTownLiving
Owner better make a big investment on guns. Even watching his videos I can see several large green silver veins in the mine.
mind your own business god damnit!
@@burningcoal5705 Well, he's armed, and you'd know that if you watched his videos.
That being said, it's not hard to sneak up behind someone and dome 'em, especially when they're alone.
THAT BEING SAID, using violence to acquire the silver at Cerro Gordo would NEVER work in 2020. It may be remote, but faaar sooner than you'd be able to get a good amount of silver, people will start asking questions.
I doubt he carries a gun for personal protection from humans, likely from wild animals and the like. Raiding Cerro Gordo for artifacts or what you could carry in a day or two run would make sense, but would net no capital. Raiding Cerro Gordo for Silver, which is owned by the person who has the land rights, would be an incredible theft, especially with a care taker on the property.
@@skynat247 Being murdered for his silver is absolutely a possibility. It would take at least an hour for any police unit to help with how isolated he is. You underestimate looters. If hes my himself majority of the time its easy for him to be in the mine while someone goes through his home.
@@skynat247 No actually he and the care taker both carry. Its rare to see them without. From what i gather its for humans and the mean kitties they have up there. Not to mention they have installed motion sensors in specific areas. There are also a lot of volunteers roaming the area at any given time plus supplies being delivered. Do i think they are heavily armed? No, not by any means. But the fact that any one person is even mentioning they would rob or murder someone over a small amount of silver (like Mr. Burning Coal mentioned) is enough to say they definitely need to be armed.
Great to see it before Brent bought it. I feel like I know every nook and cranny of that mine watching all Brents videos. Wonderful guy.
Thank you for your video 😁👍
13:05 "...level 200 that's been blocked off for some reason..." There was a collapse at that level in the 1870s that buried 35 Chinese miners and they are still down there.
do you have a source for this that you could site? I would love to read into it.
@@spdfreakls1 I found this with a quick google search .... www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-oct-08-me-then8-story.html "Cerro Gordo’s deadliest mine disaster struck in the early 1870s when a cave-in killed at least eight and as many as 35 Chinese miners. They were mining in limestone below the 200-foot level and failed to shore up the tunnel with timber, former Cerro Gordo mining foreman Fred Fisher told a Times reporter in 1950. Their bodies were never recovered."
@@lordhostile wow interesting! the 200 was large. I did not know about this. thanks!
@@lordhostile I am going to release two videos tomorrow morning that show this level boarded up about 5 mins in. You will see its boarded up from the outside which is odd.
@@spdfreakls1 Was about to link to the LATimes but also Ghost Adventures... czcams.com/video/SMjCgzGdVVA/video.html
Awesome video, guys! I've been fascinated by Cerro Gordo since I stumbled upon the Ghost Town Living CZcams channel. Mad props to you guys for rappelling down to the 900 level. That had to be one hell of a workout!
I love watching this stuff but I wouldn't do this myself. Thank you so much for letting me explore with you!
Excellent professional video well documented. Enjoyed immensely ☺️👍
I've been watching the vids of the guy who bought it. Would love to go explore it and just take my chances.
yes you are correct . his channel is
Ghost Town Living
Laura Vanderbooben I wish he’d say why he bought it and what he plans.
@@roslynaubrey7766 He did say, he wants to turn it into a tourist town where you can visit and stay overnight. He wants to bring people back to explore the history.
He burned the hotel and saloon to the ground.
@@lancefar I saw that so sad. He must be feeling incredible guilt - that hotel stood for what 140 years before he took over? And less than a year on his watch it burns completely down. My heart aches for him.
Thanks for sharing this mine exploration, very interesting to see
Thanks a lot for sharing your trip underground, very interesting to watch
That was an interesting mine there for sure now and I'd loved to been able to go down there with you guy's and checked it out there too course I love to actually see them in person too have a great day now
Fascinating, more so to think back 100+ years ago when human ingenuity and bravery mined into these depths
Way to romanticize desperation...they were desperate to work.
@@marcosmota1094 Hey I'm ross I let you sleep at my house and you left poo on the toilet seat... so ur no longer allowed over, also I want my $35 I gave you to buy candles for your apartment
@@valentino5729 Look at my picture, and tell me if I'm the "Marcos Mota" whom you seek. I can count my visits to a stranger's loo on one hand, and yours ain't one of them Sorry mate.
@@valentino5729 Yup. Just looked you up on your channel. Looks like you're just a teenager....we're not contemporaries my dear sir. You're definitely confusing me with the wrong person. (PS: I'm pretty clean, so if I missed a toilet, not that it happens, I would clean it.)
@@marcosmota1094 Some people were, but a lot of mining was skilled work. People today work because they need money to live, just like people back then. Some are desperate and will do anything, some are doing their dream jobs or are quite content. That doesn't mean there's any less ingenuity or bravery involved.
Is subject of one of Rodney Dangerfield's best one liners: I once owned a gold mine... then I got divorced...my wife got the mine... and I got the shaft
Jerry reed has a good song about that. She got the gold mine (I got the shaft)
I've been following mine explorations thanks to all the you-tubers' channels. By voice, it sounds like one or two of your crew have joined up on another channel. Great to see this one. Like so many others, I'm also following the restoration of Cerro Gordo. The history lesson you shared ties in nicely with all of his videos on his work in the town. In case you haven't seen it, the current owner and another one on his team investigated the 200 level by going in at a 190 spot. That was quite interesting. Lots of blasting caps and dynamite at that level and some other artifacts. He and his team addressed the issues that you mentioned about the water. He has actual footage of water coming out the top of the shaft. While the hotel suffered a devastating fire, it will be rebuilt since he has the original plans.
Yes, mine Explorers FB page, CZcams page I co-run with Shango066. We explore together.
American Apparell guy owns cera gordo and brent is actually his video editor for his "stoiic living" channel. Years back Brent uploaded a stoiic living video accidentally. The commenters grew nervous and kept asking what the deleted video was all about? Brent said he edits video for the guy. Turns out the American Apparel guy bought cera gordo and is letting brent run the place. I love the content especially mine exploration. He just be honest and admit he doesnt own the place.
Will you send me your email? ksmith@smith-burgess.com
12:26 And today we know there is an access from the outside to the 86th level confirmed by Ghost Town Living. I wish I could explore those tunnels as well
Can you link me to this? I've explored the 86 to all the collapses. Didn't see any evidence of this.
@@spdfreakls1 czcams.com/video/lJyraaYtni4/video.html
@@spdfreakls1 there is a moment when you said there was a lot of air flow, I believe that's where they dropped down from to access level 86
@@spdfreakls1 He found the Jefferson Chimney
Head to the Ghost Town Living channel.
Liking this video. 200 foot level has 23 Body's from a collapse of the miners so the rumor goes. Be safe out there
22:10 kinda cool seeing the ore cart a year or so before heavyD helped bring it to the surface after sitting there for probably 100 years
Interesting stuff. Part time capsule, part treasure hunt. I wish the new owner well. Hated to see the hotel burn down; it was the best thing he had going in terms of his goal of making the town a nostalgic retreat. I hope he can rebuild with materials similar to those originally used.
Checked up on Brents' last channel, looks like it will be. He went to Darwin which is a few miles away and they were selling off some old sheds from same period. He's still trying to get the concrete sorted though czcams.com/video/zFygGNxmnpA/video.html
Thanks great video..Its so sad that half the town burned down...
Its so sad, that people think two of twenty+ is half
@@gbfj7683 hahahahahaha !!!!!!!
@@jacquesdeghorain3162 Woah dude, thanks for replying, I had no idea it has already been 6 months since I started watching Brent
Sad the hotel burnt down... I watch the channel about it. Ghost town living x awesome to see it all being restored and the hotel is being rebuilt
Thanks! Great vid.
Great vid guys !!
In a state known for earthquakes... No f**king way.
Great vid of history of the early days and history of today and the future Cjd wash state🇺🇸😷
Mine exploring, and documentation, the way it should be done. Well done lads.
That newer style pump is a Neptune Diaphragm Pump- We use that same model to pump Chemical in high rise buildings.
Would you happen to know if split-phase or three phase? Hard to see and wiring super sketchy, I think mines use three phase if they have electricity.
@@joehead1294 I believe the ours are 220v 1ph......the motor itself can be spec'd as needed i'm sure.
Vary cool footage
Awesome video
...but did ya sleep in it?
Haha great video guys!
How do they dig down like that? And what do they do with the excess dirt.
Very interesting.
that was shango066 nice one
Very cool
Unfortunately the hotel burnt down a few months ago😢the owners Channel is ‘ghost town living’ and IF you can please click the gofundme link in his newest video so the hotel can be built quicker 👍
Hmmm maybe not donate until we know the full story
@@peterbest8870 Yeah, better to be suspicious and stingy then trusting and giving. Asshole.
@Bru Rred Jeez, you are sad. Tuck away that trust issue you are dealing with. Are you aware that the vast majority of world population hate negative minded people like you? You dont want that. Be better.
@Bru Rred You seem a little frustrated. Poor guy.
@@gadblatz4841 Bru is right the new owner does some stupid shit, he probably caused the fire by his stupidity and he’s rich so he should pay for it himself
Hi. If you need the right band to play at your Revamp Amari a Hotel. Try the PMJ. Postmortem Jukebox. .Just an idea..Love your story's. .
Very good exploration
But the decay of this shaft had to be stopped until it to late
I'd love to see what's in that 900 level. Something about the bottom of the bottom feels foreboding yet exciting
Agreed! 16 years ago you could see it all, there were two declines from the 900 to 1100. They are collapsed now and you cant even get to the decline. There was a hoist and other items at the 900 level which i hear was the best level. The mine is in bad shape. Crumbling down as we speak.
Deathclaw lair mate😅
The new owner Ghost Town Living, recently went down to the 900 level to keep his 1 Million CZcams button as a souvenir for someone in the future. Other than that there wasn't anything significant in the 900 level when he explored. You can check out his video on the channel
This dude took RDR2 on next lvl
Love to visit
What does the pump feed water to? It's crazy that a critical piece of equipment is so inaccessible.
some plastic holding tanks, 2 or 3 maybe 1000 gallons each
@@spdfreakls1 Interesting, thanks. Still surprising a piece of equipment that might need maintenance would be so isolated! The caretaker was lucky you guys came by!
Way to spill the beans.........
Brent is an awesome guy
I looked up this video from Ghost Town Living. Thank you for making this video. Is this mine the only source of water for the town? I saw the new owner talking about getting water again to the town.
remettre l'eau en ville est un projet en marche , ça n'a rien de facile , mais Brent y arrivera ! Quand il a une idée en tête , il ne renonce jamais !!! Et l'eau est bien entendu essentielle !
I really enjoyed this explore, that’s a long way down but an even longer way up. Too bad they can’t get the hoist operational and safe so that the pumps and service piping and electrical can be repaired. I’m fascinated by the blue mineral in one of the drift pictures. Is that a copper based mineral? Beautiful colors.
the hoist will never be "safe" in its current form but i would ride it down. The cable is in great shape and so are all of the connections. the weak point is the small hydraulic pump they have on it in order to raise it.
@@spdfreakls1 the hoist has been serviced the bigger issue is the shift is not plumb anymore and the cage sometimes gets stuck
Amazing place Ik who lives there nkw
I was scared just because of watching this ... :-)
this guy Speed gave the investors a front row seat to their claim, before they bought it, nice guy.
What's your thoughts on the new owner going down on the 200 level? Looked like he was close to death again
Foolish in my opinion. In the video you can see the roof kinda wanting to collapse. Them rubbing against the walls squeezing through could have been the last thing they ever did. They could have went exploring and came back to see it completely sealed off.
Oh That dude is gonna stop posting videos one day and someone gonna find his body in one of these mines.
@@mojosodope45 The amount of times he goes into a mine alone and without telling anyone is insane. Obviously I don't wish ill on the guy but it's just a matter of time before something bad happens
@@MegaDargar yeah but the content that other's aren't willing to produce are the best type of content and entertainment.
@@MegaDargar So, because something is dangerous, nobody should attempt it? If mankind had never crossed rivers, climbed mountains, played with fire, mixed chemicals, eaten strange plants, hunted wild animals, tried to fly, sail the seas and a million other 'dangerous' things, none of us would be here.
yeah, the 200 level is extremely unstable and littered with old blasting caps and loose dynamite, plus several different cave in areas, which over 100 years ago, a cave in trapped 35 men, who never got out. So if you wanted to know why it was blocked off, there you go. The other levels are a hell of a lot safer to be in compared to the 200 level.
Har dere med dere gass måler?
2:47 Man it stings to see the hotel. Hope the new owner can rebuild it again.
He is trying to, getting concrete poured in the next few months
@@canadaeh996 Concrete is supposed to be done by the 15th of this month :D look out HeavyD on youtube he's the one actually doing it for brent
@@richiemeilleur8342 thanks I didn’t know, will check it out!
If anyone wants to see and learn more on this town cerro gordo watch ghost town living channel. He recently bought this town and now lives there so be aware of that.
I wish i could explore this place
You're a pleasure to listen to unlike the newest owners. The difference between a pro and a protractor...
Haha thanks?
@@spdfreakls1 You don't cry like a little girl: czcams.com/video/NQ3CWspDCzE/video.html&t=257
@@marcosmota1094 mate, thats like your living room burning down.... I'd cry too.
@@ultimatenoob8261 Back in April, I personally warned him to be careful while hiking around. I also told him that California was financially unstable. He replied and called me a *"Negative Nancy."* If one is responsible to investors, gee, maybe hire an electrician and plumber to do a thorough inspection, *before* handing over the cash. Also, listen to people with more outdoors experience. czcams.com/video/Un4Nm8CUKas/video.html
@@ultimatenoob8261 Here's another investor bringing his *kids* to a lead mine replete with chemical hazards, I don't make this shïte up: czcams.com/video/SmxwWh_jClg/video.html
This is the 3rd channel I have watched the same day of going down the shaft on. Funny one person talks in this video but his name doesn't show up. Lol
after we released this we found that 2 people had been down in the last 16 years. Its a highway now. A small group went in after us to take a water sample, then the new owner, then also whoever assisted with the water line installation that i found out about last night.
@@spdfreakls1 26.09 time on the video, that voice sounds like one on three other videos.
@@spdfreakls1 Yea, All of them went down by hoist, But You Guys( I mean Men!) did it the "Man Way"
Look I made a double entendre without going poo poo in my adult diaper.
@@spdfreakls1 the original was posted Aug 2018 they visited june 2018. there were several explorers before that when youtube was not a big thing
The 200 level was closed after the collapse in the 19th century which trapped miners who were never recovered. Did you get to meet Brent Underwood?
brent bought cerro gordo in 2020 i think ... they were there before his time
@@HerrHeckler pretty sure he owned it for 2~ years before actually living there
So sad to see the hotel after knowing how it is now.
Do you need 4wd ?
23:46 that possible Chinese symbol could be real bc there was a collapse and it trapped up to 15-30 chinese workers. Brent on Ghost town Living has talked alot about the book history of the amazing town
The water looks yucky!!
You all should share this video with the new owner and caretaker of Cerritos Gordon Brent Underwood. I wonder if he knows about the cracks in the pipes or the exploration that went on
He went down there using the hoist. Changed the pipes and the pump 2 times(ir died when the pipes frozed over wunter). I think the last pump Is still operational
🇨🇦🐢❤️
For those not in the know, the 'wonderful silver ore' is mostly lead. Trying to steal a significant amount would be impracticsl not to mention a bit silly.
Do you know any cool mines i can turn into a house?
I've driven through many of these old limestone mines and a lot of people live in them. The temperature is always perfect, but it's hard to breathe with all the dust constantly around. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2017/12/07/subtropolis-kansas-city
time to run some new 3/4" pex
PEX is not strong enough to take the head pressure of 700ft. I was not able to find any flex pipe that could take the pressure. its over 300 psi.
@@spdfreakls1 Thats a good point. I think pex is rated for 160 psi at 74 deg F. That would get you almost 370 feet but I'd probably be safe and go no more than 300 feet. You would need intermediate storage tanks and more pumps to be able to bring up water from that depth with pex. Should be fairly easy to run the numbers and determine if the cost of pex, tanks, and pumps would be more or less than 700'+ of new steel pipes.
@@Mongoswede also it get below freezing down there. robert said the pump would use to run 24/7 in order to keep the metal pipe from freezing. when the pump died (but we found out it was just the float switch in this video) the water froze and busted the metal pupe all up. same thing could happen with the flex pipe they used.
@@spdfreakls1 Pex pipe doesn't have issues with the freezing other than the water could freeze inside it...but it shouldn't burst like the metal or PVC would. I would think being underground most of the mine would hover around 50 deg F....with just the area closer to the surface being a freeze hazard.
@@spdfreakls1 Either way, curious to see what your resolution is.
Type in Sam and Coby they went to the same place and met the owner it's a very good video and watching this makes it even better!!!
Part 1: czcams.com/video/3kPsONvEc4A/video.html
Part 2: czcams.com/video/qohZ83lZuzg/video.html
Part 3 (Final Part): czcams.com/video/MLbaqBtjB1M/video.html
Why does it sound like that on the 900 level ?
Something is rubbing/touching the mic.
Would be interesting to test the water in the bottom of that mine.
it was tested about 6 months agoi
Someone lives there now
It sucks the hotel burned down
17:11 face in rock on right
Is it possible someday to safely explore the 200 level? Really intrigued by it. If yes, then how much manpower and effort is needed to clear the collapse?
hey shango
So this guy came first for all the denims?
Hahahaha yes. Got it all!
#ghosttownliving
if you look carefully you could see airpockets coming to the surface on video 18:55
i think that was a dust particle
@@thinguswingus5602 i thought so too but you can see them rise
Now some souless Ginger owns it for clicks
I see a lot of Outlast 2 reference
how are these tunnels cleared out? How are they dug out and cleared?
Dynamite, Wheel Barrows, Mine Carts, Shovels, pickaxes. On the owner's CZcams channel you see quite a lot of unused dynamite (weathered) and leftover blasting caps. There are quite a few videos of him documenting some of the mines and some of the mining tools that were left behind.
Thanks for saying. Seems like an insane amount of labour to bring in, move, install wood shoring. Nevermind the amount of trips in and out of a vertical mine entry like this. Crazy risky.
@@justincase4812 definitely was very very dangerous and labor-intensive that is for sure.
they don't clear them out after a collapse that's why they are dead ends.
Build a house around the pump help from freezing.
the 200 level colapsed with i think 30 miners inside , thats why it was blocked
I wonder if Brent has seen this!
It's very very odd if he hasn't. He must have scanned everything about the mine, and since others have been exploring it and even sharing it so easily stopped here on CZcams, it can't be that he didn't see it. What I think as someone who saw this place through Brent's videos is that him not mentioning about the previous exploration that has been made is really so so. Because he sort of sell the story of the mines being unexplored. But it's not really how it is it seems. The exploration shown here seems much more professional also, while Brent's adventure feels like amateurish.
Not so odd...I was just now recommended this video, and have been watching Brent’s clips and other abandoned mine videos for nearly a year
@@kenmccarty6229 I know, same here. But if you actually but that property, then the logical thing to do, which he has done, is to start investigating all about it. So of course searching on Google would be top on the list.
Level 200 is blocked off because it contains a portal directly connected to Oak Island.
FTW!
+1 :D
Very cool. Have you been in contact with the current owner?
I am not in contact with the new owner. I am in contact with the caretaker and have been for close to ten years. I was also in contact with the former owner for some time during the period I trenched in power over to the bunkhouse.
@@spdfreakls1 I see cool.
@@spdfreakls1 Yeah ask Brent about the jacket he claims he "found" seen hanging up in one of the previous owners days years before Brent "discovered" it. Why he makes up these stories, oh wait to gain gullible viewers. But I wish him well just quit with the fake stories
Be awesome if the lake was still there
yeah, if there was a supply of potable water there would still be a town there.....,
@@william.youare6736 there is below the town if they fix the plumbing
Know your serving history girl at the end of the bunkhouse there when it was taken
Sadly. The hotel burned down recently. (June?). I was there today...sad. i made a monetary donation. They are asking for clean up help.
The 200lvl is blocked because is collapsed on 30 miners
Did he say green pump that was not green
Rip the hitel
Hotel
The hotel burned down
tried to get to union mine
dang I bet Brent doesn't realize people have been down to the 900 level this recently when he went down their :/
He knows
Nope. Can't watch it. Too claustrophobic. Hyperventilation time.
Will they ever be able to get to the 1100 level again?
No. Not worth the time money and danger to dig out the collapses.
@@spdfreakls1 What was in there? Any photo or info
Its haunted and no worries at all in this man should have got to the spot where all those chinese miners died the china stope 35 people I think and there bodys are still down there
What validation do you have about the Chinese miners ?
@@blaneycrabbe3390 there is documentation on this tragedy not to mention a whole episode on ghost adventures
The haunting thing is just to get people interested in the town.
A giff......
The statistical elephant in the living room is not a good look- The structures were around for 1788 months but destroyed during a mere 24 months of new ownership. The difference between poor planning and "bad luck" is a fine line., and it seems the two go hand in hand up there on the mountain. Just sayin.
I saw the video from the new owner. I believe it was electrical. Probably a flaw that surfaced due to heavy use as they tried to refurbish the place. I give them props for making a go of it...but in hindsight a thorough electrical inspection before heavy use may have prevented the fire? Perhaps they did their due diligence and it was fate? Hard to tell.
I was thinking the same thing. I am a bit upset that buildings that have weathered so many years were destroyed. I have a bunch of photos of the town taken in 2009, including of course the hotel. I guess I'll never see it again! These guys are awesome going down that shaft. You couldn't pay me enough to do that. Working down there would be my version of hell....
@@katrides6792 was electrical, but was from years and years of people extending it, using thin wire, the load just heated it up and started the fire. Sad, but a lot of it was unstable and i can't help think rebuilding it was cheaper than fixing it. they paid $1.4m for this town, some big investors so i see no reason why they can't pay more rather than a go fund me page...
David Stanton It’s the millennial way to crowdfund their endeavors .... hey, I need to buy property and build a house ... hmmmm.....
@@annecaulder9495 hater
Caution: turn down your volume at 13:32 or your ears will bleed
Sorry! This is not my day job :(
the american hotel burned down