39 Months In A Ghost Town: A Cadaver Dog, Lost Mines, And More... 

Finding the burial sites is amazing. What better way to pay respect to the people that made the town what it is then to mark their grave and pay honor to them.

It makes me happy that three years later, you're still so enthusiastic. Even after all you've endured! It's been an honour and an absolute pleasure, to follow you on your journey! Big love from the UK. Can't wait to see the hotel finished. Good luck Brent.

Brett, one thing that probably should be considered is that when Owens Lake was drained, it probably changed the local weather patterns which resulted in more of an arid condition. Those mammoth tree stumps that you’ve found in some locations are probably signs of a wetter climate, which would also support the higher demands they had for water. I would not be surprised if the older wells prove to be currently dry. But with the growth of Owens Lake, I’m very much curious if you will begin to see an increase in the amount of rainfall, humidity, and heavier morning dew that could lead to more plant growth and the return of many of the older springs and water sources.

You are still hands down one of my storytellers ever. Half of the magic of Cerro Gordo is in how you honor it, how you share it while preserving it... you inspire so many of us! Someday, I hope I can visit.

When I watch you uncover the history of Cerro Gordo from 150 years ago, I wonder if 150 years from now people in Cerro Gordo will tell their history like: "You know this town used to be completely abandoned until about one and a half century ago, but this guy Brent buys this town and moves here from Texas. This was back in the beginning of the great pandemic of the 2020s . So he began rebuilding the town while documenting everything on something that is called a RU-vid channel. Back then VR tech had not replaced every form of entertainment, so people would watch his videos on flat screens."

As a 77 year old retiree I want to thank you for your regular videos (from day 1) that continue to feed and renew my own adventuring spirit Brent. I am excited, right along with you, for every new discovery and accomplishment, despite all the challenges and setbacks. So many possibilities still opening up! I wonder if the DNA from even one of those graves could provide any identification and information about that person and also life in Cerro Gordo. Looking forward to your next video!!! 😊🦮

As a member of the AAPI community, thank you and your team for finding the remains of our ancestors. Their names may be lost, but we honor their part in our history, which is so often forgotten.

I find it truly amazing how many people, people with very select and unique talents and/or resources come to that precious town to help. I think they also share your passion of history and establishment to perhaps 'BE' apart 'OF' that history, and that's encouraging and respectful. I will not devalue the countless hours of precious manpower it took to actually build/rebuild; Roads: Buildings; Water resources; Exploration; Etc... There is no price you can put on the love and admiration these people employ to Cerro Gordo and its surrounding areas. I admire and applaud them and you Brent for bringing history to life once again and hope you will continue this epic adventure

You are doing the right thing. Those graves need to be found, marked, and preserved

You are doing the correct thing to find “Consecrated Plots” for which a monument for the Unknown Miner can be erected with a spot for visitors to sit & pray for their souls.

I don’t know why I was recommended this. But I love it. The desert, the positivity, the determination, the stunning views. Keep up the killer work man, I wish you nothing but the best. 🌵

This is definitely an important endeavor ! The cultural importance of Chinese miners is so important . I hope find them and honor them in ways people over 100 years ago did not because of their own ignorance.

Fantastic progress on the hotel. I am hoping that Owen's Lake keeps filling and stays around for many years now.

As long as someone remembers these individuals it is another form of immorality. Thank you so much for finding them and remembering.❤️

That is so respectful and major important to make the burial sites such an important part of the redevelopment of that town!!!! AWESOME JOB!!!! It will really help you map out the land and do things where they should be done respectfully! You're doing such an awesome job!!!!!!

Hi Brent, I am in Australia and have been watching your journey pretty much from the start. I love the exploration and discoveries in your beautiful town. It's not a ghost town anymore (although there are probably many ghosts there) , as you are creating new memories and history there. Soon hundreds of people will be visiting every year, if not thousands. I would love to have a drink in the American Hotel. Good on you for investing in something that has made you happy. Cerro Gordo lives again!!

THIS EPISODE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE! Brent has got it GOING ON up at CERRO GORDO! So many positive developments! Bravo, good sir! 😌😌

Brett, you are an incredible person. Young man with a very old soul, incomparable determination, and a tender heart. I respect your attention to those souls buried around Cerro Gordo. I am excited every time you update us. And I also LOVE seeing you with the animals. I love chickens & goats, but live in the suburbs, so have a cat (used to have 2 dogs, 5 cats, & a pet tarantula). I am a disabled senior & your message helps me so much. Many, many blessings.

I've never in my 41 years have wanted to visit a place more than 'Cerro Gordo'. I will make it there one day. Thank you, Brent, for refurbishing back history. In a more comfortable way. Been following since day one. Continue sir. Wish i was and am able to help. Live in DC.

Brent, no matter how hard things get, no matter how bad you feel, NO MATTER how life might get you down, you are doing the right thing to restore history. I hope one day I can make it there and meet you to shake your hand sir. I salute you.

Cerro Gordo and the Owens Lake Valley are now gems within California. Keeler and the other towns are going to benefit from Owens Lake and Cerro Gordo. It seems that all of your efforts for Cerro Gordo are having a positive effect on the entire area.

Thank you all so much for all the support over the past few years! It means the world to me and really has brought this town back to life. If you're interested in coming up and helping in any way at Cerro Gordo this summer, we'd like to host you! Here is a volunteer form if interested! forms.gle/6H9c9n12QWNnyGSD6

Cemeteries are hugely important to understanding the community that was ! Glad you highlighted it!

I can't believe it's been 3 years. I've watched since the beginning when it was so empty and I wonder if you were mad to take it on. 😊. That being said it's so frigging cool. I love watching dogs work and sad to know so many "outcasts" were just buried outside of what people then thought were "decent" people. They all deserve a memorial Going down a shaft makes me feel sick to my stomach. You're so brave or mad! 😅. Love your content one day I'd love to visit. Love from the UK 🇬🇧

Owens Lake and the view surrounding it is so beautiful. Let's hope the water stays another 100 years.

Never a dull moment at Cerro Gordo Mine...!

HELLO! My name is Melissa and I have been watching you since you uploaded "Living alone in a ghost town" or somethin' like that and I love, love love every upload, every success, every disappointment and every comeback you have shared. I have been a Patreon supporter to rebuild the hotel from the time of the disaster, to a customer purchasing nails and mugs and hoodies! Now I watch and support in any way I can because one day, I will BE THERE. Love, love, love Brent and all the people who surround and support him in his vision to preserve the past for the future!

One of the things I love about this channel is that Brett waits until he actually has something to show you before he uploads a video, rather than just posting content for the sake of it. You know you can make a coffee and watch something interesting for half an hour.

I think its absolutely wonderful that so many people are so interested in Cerro Gordo. And that so many people with diverse skills have been donating their time and effort into helping you. I can't wait to see what you have accomplished in the next 10 years.

What a beautiful site! The rebirth of Cerro Gordo AND Owens lake, magnificent! You and this amazing historic town deserve this!

Wow what an amazing and inspiring journey! When the American hotel is done I want to come and stay! I am a photographer who lives in Ireland and it is my dream to make a photo book with you showing the beauty of Cero Gordo as well as putting some of the history and the stories left behind by the people that once called this place home into print to be preserved for generations to come. What an interesting story one of distant history as well as this new wave of life in Cero Gordo which one day generations to come will look back on as we do on the miners in the 1800’s

Jesus can't believe it's been 3 years , I haven't commented in a while but I'm always watching, so amazing finding more and more history, it makes you wonder how many people are under our feet🇮🇪

I think this video is one of the best yet. Your enthusiasm seeps through your voice as you tell us of new explorations, the progress of the American Hotel, and the renewal of Owen's Lake. One could call it a resurrection of the past. Are there times you wish you could travel back in time and witness for yourself the past alive again? Wonderful video, Brent. I've watched your videos since the beginning when you had to walk in the snow, in total darkness into the town. Now I see how you have grown as a person, with a firm plan as to your future and the future of Cerro Gordo. At the end of all your videos you say "Thank you for subscribing," but I want to thank you for letting us, and the world, follow along you along your journey to the future of Cerro Gordo. Thank you so very much, Brent. Never stop wondering, never stop your curiosity, never stop the adventure that is your life. I can't wait to see what is goìng to happen in your next video.

It’s nice that you’re finding the gravesites of those lost at CG. It’s fitting for them to be remembered for what they’ve accomplished or provided for CG!

Wow Brent the transformation in you over the last 3 years is amazing! When you started out you were just this guy from Texas who had a dream but didn't really have a clue how you were going to get there. I remember when I deist started watching you it was still 2020 and you were struggling with trying to do just the most basic of repairs. Then when the American hotel turned down it was like you had watched your dreams go up in flames with the hotel. Then it was like there was nothing other than trying to survive and figure out how to bring the hotel back. So many setbacks so many things that made you look like you were being beat down. Yet somehow you brought life back into Cerro Gordo. You broaden your horizons and now there is the potential to have water up there again. You look nothing like the guy we knew 3 years ago. You are a completely different person. You have become the soul of Cero Gordo and potentially for the surrounding areas. And to think it just started out as moving in for the care taker so he could be with his wife during lockdown. What started out as just a few seeks has turned into a lifetime. I hope you continue to make it great.❤

I cannot wait to see more about this, it's absolutely fascinating 😍 actually, I've been fascinated with this channel since March 2020, when it was my 40th birthday but society was closed down and I watched RU-vid on the day you released your first video. I've never missed an episode. Thanks so much Brent for 3 years and 3 months of fascination and excitement and even some tears 😢 I got a wee bit emotional seeing the progress on the American Hotel 🤭 Much love from Perth Western Australia 🤘💜🤘🇦🇺🦘

Cerro Gordo is looking really GREEN all of a sudden!

It feels like real life minecraft. Exploring, building a town and living the good life. Keep on building Brent! 🙏

Its so wonderful to see the water coming back, water bodies are so important, lots of good energy!

The algorithm hasn’t surfaced your content to me lately so it wasn’t until I checked my subscriptions feed did I stumble across your video. It’s like coming back to visit an old friend. Thank you for continuing to do hat you do and sharing it with us. Lord willin’, we’ll come visit one day.

I drove past Owen's Lake yesterday and it was so nice seeing water in that basin. I was on the far side of the lake traveling south and kept looking up at Cerro Gordo thinking about what is happening up there. I wish me and the family had time to stop by. Maybe next time!

The lake is a gift for all your hard work

Brent, I don't think you will ever know the impact you are having on so many people. I look forward to your videos so much. I told my wife after I watched this latest one, I have started unsubscribing from people that don't have a positive impact on my life because I feel better when I watch stuff like this. The world is full of so much negativity, and you are that bright shining light at the end of a long tunnel showing the world there is so much joy in history and learning. I have thought this for many years, people for the most part are good, honest, hard working, just want to be left alone, but willing to help a friend, neighbor, or even a stranger out. Your journey with Cerro Gordo proves that and so much more. So a big THANK YOU for sharing this amazing journey and adventure of a lifetime. You are not only uncovering history, but making it. Your humility and gratefulness shows in your life and of all the things you can be, one of the very best is a great role model and you my friend have achieved it.

. It's just mind blowing how that grass seed laid there all that time waiting for a drink of water. No matter how hard man tries to beat mother nature she always wins in the end.

Sure enjoyed visiting you Brent, hope you enjoyed the video we made of Cerro Gordo.

Glad to see you showed the animals. I wondering how they were doing! Great catch-up video.

This Is One Of The Best If Not The Best Parcels Of Land To Live On, No Matter How Hard The Challenges. Just The View Is Enough To Enchant You.

Everything looks so lush and green after the snow and rains

I’ve been with this channel since the very beginning and I can say that it’s honestly breathtaking how quickly this channel has grown and I can’t wait to see where it goes from here❤

I couldn't imagine how beautiful that lake was when it was full before

The way this man looks as the world is just beautiful

It is exciting to imagine that the hardworking men who died in the pursuit of a better life has an opportunity to be honored in the renewing of the town and the telling of its history

Love all of the video, but the section with Paul and Bosco is so fascinating. I wonder when/if the bodies on the 200 level where the collapse was will ever be found? It is really interesting to think about. Cerro Gordo is so cool!

Damn near everything in this video put m in Awe!! Graveyards, new mines, the lake!!! Well done again Brent and Cerro Gordo, the rebirth is coming!!

So nice to see the lake maybe coming back. Nothing more depressing than a dried out lake.

Great video as usual Brent. It's hard to believe it's been 3 years. You are looking healthier now than you did just 18months ago. Whatever you're doing, keep it up. Side note, With all the lead and other toxic metals in those hills, I don't think I would feel safe using the ground water, unless the water was tested on a regular basis for heavy metals. Many historians believe the fall of Rome was due to their use of lead pipes delivering drinking and bathing water.

What a wonderful and informative video. I told my wife that when the hotel is done where coming for a vacation. Been with you all 3yrs.

Your doing the right thing . All graves you locate should at least have a marker . They deserved better than they got . Like Brunkow's cabin in AZ , 17 people are known to be burried around the property ..........but nobody has had the common decentcy to even mark them . That shames all of us in this century . If nothing else , to locate and mark for historical preservation .

I think it's important to acknowledge all the people who died there. You wondered about hauntings, well, it's sounds like they are all over and around you. Ground penetrating equipment will be good. You find these people, put markers down and fence off the graves so no one accidently digs them up. The hotel is looking great. The lake is awesome! Lets hope this next winter you get lots of snow and it keeps filling up. It sounds like you have so many things happening and a lot of people who are just as enthusiastic as you are to discover all the things.

In his old age Brent, will be a gold mind of knowledge, no pun intended, to the history of Cerro Gordo.

Thank you for taking us along with you on this adventure. 🤝

That is a great thing to do,is to honor the dead and find them and mark the graves. Also maybe do a memorial service for them when you have a lot of people up there. I think that would help with paranormal things happening. To honor the Chinese would really make a big difference,to show the dead Chinese that they were honored and remembered. I can’t believe that there’s no history on this it’s very important you’re right .I subscribed when you had very few subscribers in 2020 and I’m so happy with your channel and your progress. Good job Brett.

Your Animals look very healthy, & happy... Good Job, & Great Video as Always...

Thankful for your hard and dedication to bringing back CERRO GORDO. I'm a big fan of your journey ♥️♥️🐕

Suggestion: you might consider driving a shallow stake with a small red piece of plastic or cloth to temporarily mark each potential area to search further while they are fresh in your mind!

Wow! Everything around you breathes life. With your determination and hard work, you have breathed life back into this entire area. And you have a following of supporters and volunteers who want to help bring this town back to life. Thank you for this wonderful video. So much progress and the vision is within reach. Well done, Brent! I cannot wait until the next video. Until then, take care. PS: Thank you for sharing the animal updates. They are a treasure 😍🥰❤

Beautiful, thank you for sharing.

Thanks for sharing. I always enjoy watching all your videos.

He is the descendant of Thorin Oakenshield it seems, for the love he has for mines and precious stones and metals....

I signed up for your news letter and I haven't received an email or any notification for that yet. Did you cancel it? Regardless, the love you have, and continue to pour into Cerro Gordo, is inspiring and admirable. Thank you for posting your journey with this crazy and hauntingly, beautiful town. If possible, will you do more videos on the library in the future? The library is my favorite and I hope to be able to visit one day. Thank you, again. Have a blessed day, week, month, or however many years you are able to take care of the town you love so much. You are awesome, dude. Be safe!!

Love watching these updates Brent!

Always an amazing story! Thank you for sharing the adventure!

I love to see your excitement over progress and discovery. I love that Owens Lake is refilling, that mother nature is reclaiming what was always hers. Thanks for the animal update, as a catmom im always interested in how pets and other livestock are doing! All the best to you; as usual, please take care to stay safe and healthy in all aspects of life!

History is wealth, Brent what you're doing is making a wealth of knowledge and sharing it to anyone who's both interested + wants to absorb it, I appreciate and thank you for the years of adventure you've made for me, I'm hoping to visit at some time God Willing until then keep it coming.....

Bravo, just wow! This is pure inspiration!

One of my favorite videos of yours! Thank you

I'm glad that I have been watching here since day one. What a transformation .

G'day Brent, long time viewer from Brisbane, Australia here. I have some botany questions ! We see in your videos all the time pine trees around your property, before the miners got going did the area around Cerro Gordo have widespread pine/tree growth ? Did the miners mill all the timber around to facilitate the various operations ? and finally do you have any forestation plans for the future ? cheers mate !

Good on ya Brent. Most excellent adventures!!

another great video, thanks for the updates, brad and bailie

Brent have you considering bringing up free range donkeys to roam the town? It would be very fitting

Awesome video, the goats trying to eat your tripod was my favorite part of the video. Also, I find it amazing how we try to shape nature, but nature shapes us.

Thank you for giving me hope

Hope..... needed to hear that today 🙏🏻 Wonderful to see you make history out there.

You are at where you always needed to be.

Yoo I am from the Netherlands, I really like to see how you build up your own town. It’s satisfying to see everything come together. Like your vid’s, keep up the good work

I just love every single part of this adventure! Thanks for taking us all with you!

Your Journey is Fascinating! keep at it!

Brent, been watching your videos since you started this journey. Sitting here thinking after this last video. I don't think there could have been a more appropriate person to carry on the history of Cerro Gordo. Things happen and you just buckle down and push through. Not a lot of people can say the same. It is very noticeable the love you have for the former glory of this town and what it meant. Also you are doing a fine job bringing the continued journey to us viewers. Doing great my man, keep up that strong spirit.

i glad Cerro Gorod has found you and inspired... you because your videos make me happy ...it is awesome to see what you are up to ... the footage of the mountain is always amazing .. glad to see you again/..

Viewing the water coming back to Owen's Lake makes me strangely emotional. Just as life comes back to Serro Cordo, the lake comes back as well. I hope whoever is responsible for it, will make take care of the lake fully being refilled. It's beautiful

Love you’re genuine passion mate. That’s for always sharing.

I love to see what your doing and finding things in your adventures and having me rooted to the TV . Wow you love your holes to check out down there and it frightens me. Very interesting having the dog do a survey and what you found. That rock blaster was insane and hope you find those water springs. Thank you Brent for showing off your family of pets in this great video with plenty of curious information.

Stoked for you to find water for CG, it would change everything for CG !! Good luck Brent!😊

Such fascinating work; I love everything about this!!

Another fun and interesting update, thankyou take care x

Hey Brent, take Bosco to the 200level see if you find the miners that were lost. Just an idea

As my channel name suggests, I love history! And I love your passion for the history- the people, the events and now even archeology... Never stop loving our past- without it, we'll never love our future.

This was an amazing video Brent!!!! So many positive updates and excitement!!!! So thrilled you bring us along for the ride!! Thank you for all you do!!!!

THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE! EXCELLENT VIDEO AND NARRATIVE.