Exploring the 400 Level of Cerro Gordo's Union Mine!

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Hey guys! Here's a quick exploration of the 400 and 550 level of Cerro Gordo's Union Mine. In this video, I go down to retrieve some dynamite boxes and add them to our museum here. Each piece I'm able to add to the museum is another piece that people can enjoy. The museum keeps adding up and I'm really excited that more and more people are getting to visit!
Let me know in the comments any other quick videos you'd want to see around this abandoned 'ghost town'!

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@jhamby8773 2 жыл бұрын

Video idea - how do you stay safe in the mines? How do you not get lost? How do you know which areas are safe to explore and when to turn back?

@Tbscyanvr Жыл бұрын

Exzacto

@pressaltf4forfreevbucks179 Жыл бұрын

Those are explored mines. You can even get some gadgets to chartograph the cave, upload the data online for other people to access and safely find your way out. Not to mention, its just a mine not some catacombs. He grew up going to those mines so he probably knows them inside out

@mafic_taco7061 Жыл бұрын

Safety meter

@tfordham13 Жыл бұрын

@@pressaltf4forfreevbucks179 he didn't

@enriquegc5868 Жыл бұрын

Let me answer the question how to stay safe when exploring a mine: dont explore mines, its dangerous

@joshweinstein5345 2 жыл бұрын

No stone unturned, literally. Every artifact find is fascinating in its own way 'cause it always leads to a story - today's... the story of American dynamite companies. Love every trip you take into these mines!

@Wilson_0957 2 жыл бұрын

No stone unturned exept dynamite and blasting caps

@charlescikanovich3898 11 ай бұрын

😊

@charlescikanovich3898 11 ай бұрын

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@critter3368 2 жыл бұрын

FYI, there was also a Giant California. It was the company town for the powder plant and was located about 2 miles south of Hercules.

@jayjenkins4721 2 жыл бұрын

Man, I'm glad you're sharing this stuff because there's most likely no way I'd be down there. My heart races any time I watch you crawling through these tight or steep areas.

@LonelyPeanut 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Made me realize the amount of work required to get a simple wooden box out of there. Thank you for your dedication.

@PatricesProjects 2 жыл бұрын

Climbing around in the mines and doing all of the work that you have in Cerro Gordo must have made your body so much stronger. Thank you for taking us along on the exploration of the 400 level.

@Tclans 2 жыл бұрын

Vertigo and claustrophobia, another great video!

@darren8103 2 жыл бұрын

Love it Brent! Thank you!

@visionisscaryYTg 2 жыл бұрын

sending warm thought , thanks for the great videos🏔

@LTRMCrew 2 жыл бұрын

The ore chutes are incredibly well made with super smooth walls.

@OrganizedChaos75 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine hauling all that wood deep into the mines & building those long chutes. No pneumatic nailers, no battery powered screw guns. All by hand. Those men were a different breed back then.

@lotharschiese8559 2 жыл бұрын

@@OrganizedChaos75 What did they use to measure with and you forgot the hand saw, for timbers too. Google square set timbering, how did they lift the timbers into place.

@OrganizedChaos75 2 жыл бұрын

@@lotharschiese8559 It's hard to imagine what they went through to get the job done.

@u2cancatchme 2 жыл бұрын

Just so perfectly done, thanks

@HollywoodGraham 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you rescued the boxes and all other stuff and keep it in a museum for folks to see. Glad also that you are an adventurous sort and not afraid to explore. And very glad you video your explores.

@carolineindacityphx 2 жыл бұрын

First, it is clear the amount of effort you put in to recover artifacts. Mind blown! You literally inch up, holding the dynamite box! Second, my heart stopped when the video went dark because it is pitch black! Third, I love the little impromptu I get dibs on your motorbike conversation, as you go down the mine. 😂😂😂 I realize it is just in jest, but let's hope that scenario NEVER happens 🙏🙏🙏 Thanks for the surprise video this morning ❤️

@ericcarr1648 2 жыл бұрын

I have never given much thought into old minds until I stumbled upon your channel. Now I can't get enough. I look forward to seeing your videos every week. Thank you for the time and effort you put into making them.

@t3chninja_official 2 жыл бұрын

I think it's unanimous! We love the exploration videos of the mine! Stay safe!

@jeremygray4338 2 жыл бұрын

I love watching you explore the mine, and seeing what all they accomplished back in those days. With just the will an want to provide for their familys. It's AMAZING!!! It would be so awesome to come see it..

@budokai5904 2 жыл бұрын

Keep it up Brent! We love your passion, enthusiasm and everything you do at Cerro Gordo.

@mariagraham8752 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing Brent another great video I enjoy watching your videos.

@karenbransome6978 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video with an amazing history. Cerro Gordo is such a fascinating place. Stay safe and well from Surrey England xx

@singahsung712 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Brent i just love to see whatever you show us Cerro Gordo never gets boring the beauty of it along with the history is youtube gold

@richhrabusicky2194 2 жыл бұрын

Hello miss seeing your videos need to do more love to visit have a good day

@HK47Elite 2 жыл бұрын

When you are out traversing the mine you could always carry some red flags to mark any caps or sticks of dynamite left down there, potentially making removal easier down the road if you ever went that route

@lotharschiese8559 2 жыл бұрын

Spay paint an arrow on the rib?

@JohnSmith-su3ze 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea. Maybe empty a bucket of paint in any location you find of interest so it will be easier to find in the future?

@lotharschiese8559 2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-su3ze Empty a bucket of paint? Where did that brain wave come from?

@nathanz7205 2 жыл бұрын

@@lotharschiese8559 No, no... He's got it all right. We need to lower a 55 gallon drum of red paint to be able to drench the entire section of cave for 100s of feet to able to mark unexploded ordnance. This is the way.

@KenjiFox Жыл бұрын

@@lotharschiese8559 LMAO the stupid physically hurts me when I read things like that. Amazing. Brain wave indeed!

@beryckrobottom7817 2 жыл бұрын

A world lost in time, walking in the footsteps of the past. For whom the bell tolls. Wow brave man. Long way down

@MrYogurtMan24 2 жыл бұрын

NEW CAVE LORE JUST DROPPED! Heck yeah man, I love this content. Keep doin what you do brother, love the videos!

@rickdale4921 2 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate how you are preserving history, if only some people could take a page from your book, keep up the good work. Looking forward to your next episode!!!!!!

@chrishoward4546 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your hard work sir I look forward to visiting in the future thanks again!!!!!!!

@kathyzahnow8253 2 жыл бұрын

One of these days I feel that you may find those men that died down there somewhere and be able to give those families (ancestors) some closure and some peace of mind that they have been found.

@tfordham13 Жыл бұрын

I mean maybe but it's more like "I wonder what happened to my great whatever grandpa" but at least his body could be buried

@firemanfireman7228 2 жыл бұрын

Brent always a pleasure watching your videos Seeing you find things is always exciting And maybe some day a good pair of jeans keep it up bro Fireman 🔥🔥🔥

@jp_double_tap 2 жыл бұрын

That's crazy how all those tunnels were made

@TaylorHomeCare 2 жыл бұрын

I love every video you post. Short or long. Cant wait to one day come see cerro geordo

@KimberleyW 2 жыл бұрын

Yesss this is so exciting!!! Back in the mines

@JIGgameoverSAW 2 жыл бұрын

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@thomaskraemer6583 2 жыл бұрын

I definitely enjoy the loooonnnngggger videos. But I enjoy your channel so much that even the short ones are good.

@suzanne1116 2 жыл бұрын

So much fun to watch. Thank you for collecting the bits of history.

@puertoricanboy100 2 жыл бұрын

This journey is making my own journey of letting go of my roots and start a new one in the desert of AZ

@paularogers3549 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Brent. Always great to hear from you. This is so fascinating to see. The history that is below the ground is unbelievable. But believe it cause it’s there. Thanks for these wonderful videos Love it!!

@rykercollins671 2 жыл бұрын

i love these videos i can just drift off into my own little imagination as you talk about what we are seeing i wish one day i could come here absolutely amazing

@andrewdavis2230 2 жыл бұрын

I love and would love to see more of the mine great video

@joycefuller9177 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thank you for what you are doing to save history.

@jeremydiamond8824 2 жыл бұрын

Love the vlogs and adventures that go with it as always 😎👍🏻🇺🇸🦅

@sneakyindian5692 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing!

@NitrousDiecast 2 жыл бұрын

Those dynamite boxes are cool! It would be neat to have a t shirt made with the old dynamite company logos on them, especially that Giant brand!

@thatsmallrockshop 2 жыл бұрын

Funny seeing you here nitrous diecast😂

@shawnp5586 2 жыл бұрын

Hoping you see this. Good stuff. glad to see its still fun for you.

@bobbeckman3735 2 жыл бұрын

What would be really cool is a 3d scan of the mine so you could build a millimeter accurate model of the mine. Time team posted a video of them doing that with an Iron Age fugue that was pretty interesting. I don’t think the tech is that expensive. You could probably find a KZfaqr who could do it for you. Love the channel. Bob

@LouiseBurrows 2 жыл бұрын

I seem to recall the Corridor Crew scanning a section of the Union Mine already, but only a small portion.

@lotharschiese8559 2 жыл бұрын

There is a 3D model of the Union Mine on KZfaq

@RobertAnhalt 2 жыл бұрын

I'd be interested in using a 3D scan of the 700 level to see where it is in relation to the mountain to find the closest path out of the mountain. It's a mile of elevation above the access road, so 700 had to have gotten pretty close, and modern tools could make easy work of that.

@bobbeckman3735 2 жыл бұрын

@Yuck Foutube yes. I do.

@anothersaabstory1237 2 жыл бұрын

As a surveyor experienced in terrestrial 3D-scanning, that would be an absolutely massive job. Given the low/no light conditions and carved out rock formations, you wouldn't be able to use a faster phase-scanner that would use photo-referencing as targets, so you'd be stuck with a traditional time of flight type of scanner with round targets. Just getting targets/reference down into the tunnel for geo-referencing through the lift-shaft would be hard, especially getting further and further down. You would get massive angular error build-up from multiple short range shots etc. I'm not saying it's impossible to do, but it's a behemoth of a task given the way the mines are built. If they were built in straight and level sections it would be 10x more effective. I don't know if there's technology out there for scanning from a backpack having only an IMU as a "navigator" as you move into the mine from the lift-shaft, but it would also offer limited range in terms of how long it could track your movement with accuracy and confidence.

@robertburns3014 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to visit Cerro Gordo some day! Your enthusiasm for this "forgotten" historical community makes it seem like a really interesting place to look around in and learn about. Thanks for what you are doing to keep Cerro Gordo "on the map," so to speak!

@lauratippit8234 2 жыл бұрын

Thx u Brett for sharing all your adventures

@johnstuart8511 2 жыл бұрын

What an experience: Going through small holes, mine shafts just to bring back the history. Thank you for another awesome video. (As always, the best). Regards

@immeandering 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to come see them for myself one day! Also, that's a good workout right there! I'm exhausted just from watching it 😅

@andanssas 2 жыл бұрын

6:54 interesting that they knew their mythology well: *Atlas* was the *Giant* that *Hercules* found holding up the sky on his shoulders for more than a millennium. Hercules, a human with the strength of a giant, took the sky from Atlas while he went to get the _golden_ apples of Hesperides. So when a giant goes 🧨 mining, a human holds up the sky/ceiling and vice-versa.

@andanssas 2 жыл бұрын

An afterthought: dynamite allowed the golden vein to be found but sometimes it also made tunnels to collapse, giants could hold them up but couldn't get into the smaller ones, that's why both "species" were needed.

@s.marcus3669 2 жыл бұрын

Atlas held up the EARTH; hence the famous Ayn Rand novel: "Atlas Shrugged".

@gayle4804 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing!

@marcturmel924 2 жыл бұрын

Always fun and a little bit scary to see you explore the mine, stay safe Brent!

@MrVikingsandra 2 жыл бұрын

Another beautiful video! I live for these mine explorations. Man, it must have felt claustrophobic in there, plus the dynamite all around you! Takes guts for sure

@moonstarer55 2 жыл бұрын

I’d love to visit your township. I’m afraid the crawling around the mines wouldn’t be possible nowadays. Your enthusiasm shines thr your videos Brent. Thanks for your videos. I look forward to them. Safe trips bro

@nessy__dianesiarusmaldi 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Brent to share amazing learning video 👍 🙏🙏🙏

@GardettoJones 2 жыл бұрын

Every time I see a HERCULES dynamite box on this channel, I feel like a ton-ton strong power man! Fun exploration and interesting history lesson on dynamite companies.

@marilynrichardson340 2 жыл бұрын

My heart stopped when you went down that ore shaft!

@aDumtreeF85 2 жыл бұрын

Always love ur mine exploration’s.

@amateurhour6426 2 жыл бұрын

Cant wait to move back to Nevada in a month and go check out Cerro Gordo! Should somehow make it a long term goal to tackle at the cave in where the miners died so you can give them a proper burial. Guarantee that there are artifacts perfectly preserved where they are! Definitely looking into doing some volunteering out there and donations!

@jitterbug38 2 жыл бұрын

Much ❤ from 🇨🇦

@random22026 2 жыл бұрын

In spelunking the depths of history...every subject has its tunnels and adits! :D Amazing insights, Brent! Glad to get an update from you on your amazing, Second Channel! Will pass this on! 👏👍

@frxstythesnowmn 2 жыл бұрын

So excited to watch the video!

@analynmagdasal5041 2 жыл бұрын

So scary but at the same its fun how you explore the 400ft old mining.

@chaoticature 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine the crazy signals you’d get from a metal detector down there!

@SgtSlime365 2 жыл бұрын

Digging out the 200 level would be epic

@janielindsey3264 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this. I appreciate the work that you put into the mines . Would love to see it in person 😍 Keep up the good work .

@GarageKei 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Simple, but shows the struggle to get anything into or out of the mine.

@robmez 2 жыл бұрын

Pleased to see you have your shine back Brent, keep well

@ddunning6207 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating!! ❤️.

@Devinnorrahs 2 жыл бұрын

its amazing to me that all the ladders and contructions are still intact. In my climate that would have all rotted and rusted away many years ago

@saltyreesescup3104 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brent, digs are cool...

@tamibrink8569 2 жыл бұрын

My kind of video! My dad would take us kids mine exploring in Bohemian mine country Oregon back in 1960's Scary fun✌️

@phillipdickinson8557 2 жыл бұрын

Brent that was great fun factsnever miss a video thank you enjoyed it.

@clintonneuhaus1818 2 жыл бұрын

That looked like a serious workout, but well worth the effort!

@lisawilson4551 2 жыл бұрын

Great finds 😀👍❤️

@enzomoya1689 2 жыл бұрын

I like this type of video Brent! There is no explanation on the meaning of life, just you climbing and getting dirty and finding cool stuff! Not that those vids are bad just that this one is quick and to the point! Keep up the great work!

@radionoakmont7756 2 жыл бұрын

very awesome finds Brent always good to discover and explore liked n shared also i look forward to one day visiting myself just to see this beautiful city of yours hope you find mroe secret pathways in the mines too.

@TechnoDan6612 2 жыл бұрын

Everything from the past has a history or story to tell keeping those artifacts safe is so important and it can help teach people about cerro gordo mines :)

@theadamdurrant 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your channel Brent. I recently went through a nervous breakdown and your videos are part of what keeps me going

@goblinwisdom 2 жыл бұрын

One foot infront of the other, you will get there.

@mjmcomputers 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@jerrypowell875 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video of a fun exploration! Stay safe.

@bigiron8831 2 жыл бұрын

Brent you are one brave man...... Stay safe out there my friend 🙏

@robertoh74 2 жыл бұрын

I seen all the dust and think how this mine has a combination of silver with lead... Would you consider a respirator? Are you able to be monitored for lead levels in your blood?

@s.marcus3669 2 жыл бұрын

Fergetaboutit; you, me and probably several hundred other youtube fans have already tried to encourage him to take more precautions....

@wf6951 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he don't give a F

@llukas0906 2 жыл бұрын

This will end badly :(

@lotharschiese8559 2 жыл бұрын

You guys are on the same wave length as myself. It's a feel good gong show.

@robertoh74 2 жыл бұрын

I use to be the same way, then I got bad pneumonia and ignored it. Now I've been wearing them since before COVID made them cool. Now you can get ones with fans to constantly circulate air like a CPAP without spending $700.

@David-dd7qe 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Love the video! Be safe

@jaceSHO 2 жыл бұрын

As always - fun being with you !!

@markwestervelt9708 2 жыл бұрын

Great job. 👍.

@Kelly-ip9nf 2 жыл бұрын

I love these vids, always so exciting 🤩

@TheStepmomCoach 3 ай бұрын

Hi Brent. My husband Bernard and I came up to see your museum today. The drive was scary, but glad we did it. I love history and didn't realize how important Cerro Gordo Mine was. I look forward in learning more from your channel and your book. Claudette

@ScottFerreira 2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of a certain KZfaq Lego Stop-motion video ;)

@kc0eks 2 жыл бұрын

I could and will watch you spend hours exploring these mines. Just wish we could clone you so we had endless exoration videos to keep my mind off reality. You are a breath of fresh life, and what inspires me about (some) humans.

@TLeeDestiny 2 жыл бұрын

Cero Gordo is definitely on my bucket list.

@MrGixxer1300r 2 жыл бұрын

great content as always. keep up the great work Brent

@ExploringCabinsandMines 2 жыл бұрын

We were at Cero Gordo 2 weeks ago loved it !! we'll be back all the way from Seattle!

@michelleross5950 2 жыл бұрын

Was I there when you were? I'm trying g to place you?

@ExploringCabinsandMines 2 жыл бұрын

@@michelleross5950 March 21 we didn't see anyone else . Here's our trip. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g66WhaWB3tyYip8.html

@stephaneauger1036 Жыл бұрын

Great video ❤thank well done ❤

@c0munguyforcaz 2 жыл бұрын

Wow amazing video!

@constantintruta6723 Жыл бұрын

I am claustrophobic just by watching him! Love the content!

@zjp692004 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to explore these mines with you. I can see myself spending days down there and not realizing it

@npvj5687 2 жыл бұрын

Cool episode 👍🏻

@janettewhite8389 2 жыл бұрын

Loved the video!

@elifusi8107 2 жыл бұрын

I’m fortunate to have an old mine near me. It’s not much but it a meet peace of history now surrounded by homes in San Diego. And so many people don’t even know it’s there.