Gold Prospecting & Exploring Cerro Gordo Ghost Town & Silver Mines

Join Jason, ‪@Danhurd‬ and Brent with ‪@GhostTownLiving‬ they return to the historic Cerro Gordo Ghost Town and Silver Mines on an epic quest for gold! In this thrilling sequel to Jason's previous adventure, the trio employs a variety of prospecting techniques, including metal detecting, sniping, and gold panning, to unlock the secrets hidden in the rugged terrain.
Armed with stories from old newspapers recounting tales of colossal gold nuggets unearthed from the underground workings at Cerro Gordo, the team begins their journey at an elevation of over 8500 feet! The mountains above the town reveal numerous workings to explore, including the iconic Jefferson Chimney-a structure that exposed solid galena for an astonishing 1100 vertical feet. This was the primary location for mining silver and lead at Cerro Gordo.
Following a preliminary search, Dan delves into the old mine dumps and tailings piles, hoping to discover gold and artifacts that tell the tale of Cerro Gordo's rich mining history. The team then shifts its focus to the most promising gold location-the wash below town. Here, they meticulously search bedrock cracks, crevices, and employ metal detectors to uncover the elusive gold.
Will the team strike gold in the wash? Could Cerro Gordo transition from a silver mine to a gold mine in its next life? The answers lie within the cracks and crevices of the historic landscape. Stay tuned until the end to witness the exciting discoveries and revelations as the prospectors embark on this thrilling gold-hunting adventure!
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[@masterofcents.8175]

I don’t know about everybody else, but I love it when these three guys get together. I feel like I’m watching my brothers.

[@nunyabisnass1141]

I like seeing mine operator too, all of these guys have great chemistry.

[@fj40bryan]

It’s fun watching their videos on the same subject a couple days apart. You get some differences in the story

[@scottbranch5603]

I too, love the three of them together!

[@atheistconservative6211]

It may not financially "pan out" haha sorry but yep

[@butziporsche8646]

Need Pioneer Pauly and Jeff Williams to complete

[@andregagnon7044]

Ok here is what you need to do! Jason needs to build a gold table for Cerro Gordo then have an attraction where people near by can come work their findings or people can come out and find sponge and run that to see what happens! GREAT family event!

[@ARGONUAT]

I know a certain dad and his 14-year-old son who would be over the moon to try that out!

[@trentR3437]

Add a smelting and make a coin or jewelry and it's a full circle mining experience.

[@krockpotbroccoli65]

They'll need a water source first.

[@ARGONUAT]

@@krockpotbroccoli65 Yup.

[@andregagnon7044]

@@krockpotbroccoli65 Did you see how Jason has a recirculating pond at the bottom of his machine. Once filled its good to go! Rain Barrels and a sump would be more then enough to refil the evap!

[@BlindDude]

Proper barbwire etiquette.. The first person stretches the fence open for the others. The last person then holds it open for the first.

[@skeeterbug9875]

Thanks!

[@mbmmllc]

Thank you so much!

[@devarskinnee8760]

Iron is the mother of gold,!!!

[@jefferywilson4091]

That over hanging rocks scared the crap out of me and I was just watching the video

[@huntinquincy4238]

I spent a day up there near the Jefferson chimney metal detecting and it’s amazing how much sluff has covered over the original trails. It’s almost impossible to tell exactly what it looked like with the trails and flats where the huts used to be when the mountain has claimed most of it. This video doesn’t give the steepness justice, it’s a real ankle beater!

[@paoloriente5233]

Neither the best camera can show how steep a countryside is

[@DavidAnderson-vt8iq]

You guys on your own are good. Together you're great. What a knowledge base. Thanks for the video.

[@MikeBaxterABC]

0:55 .. That's so true :) .. Great Point!!... Brent has totally acclimated to the thin oxygen at 8500 feet (ASL), the same way All the Cerro Gordo Miners would have. Meanwhile Dan and Jason, are totally used to breathing sea level air, and will really be feeling it!! :)

[@ronwade5646]

Hard hats, flash lights, oh my! 🎶 I would help!

[@ITSFUNZ]

Great Collaboration, thanks for the Awesome content 👍

[@cuoops]

It's the best when you 3 guys get together, love it!

[@jimyoungturkeycalls]

Love all three of you get together. More videos please

[@bobsch-gd6ze]

Good Morning Jason, Happy Holidays and looking forward to the episode just released :)

[@scottbranch5603]

Thank you for explaining the terminology. Still learning and I enjoy when you explain the simple things!

[@WilliamRWarrenJr]

Thanks for the vicarious exercise and adventure! Looking forward to seeing more of you and Dan in 2024. Merry Christmas, and happy hunting!

[@mbmmllc]

Thank you so much!

[@chuckster6513]

Hey Jason, This is an amazing video. I love exploring the desert. Especially the old workings of some sort of mining. Finding some sort of natural treasure just makes me giddy. I grew up near San Bernardino, Calif. where I traveled over lots of desert looking for adventure. Thank you and the others for allowing us to join you via this video. Take care

[@MikeBaxterABC]

5:00 I find this entire section of the vide ...,Regarding the "Jefferson Chimney" just fascinating! the geology, and how it was formed, and the miners getting the metals out, and Brent exploring it! Everything!! :)

[@donaldfitzgerald8950]

Happy Holidays to y'all! Looks like the Prospectors Beards are conclamorating all the knowledge....what a great fabulous crew....⚒️⚖️👷🎄🤠

[@charlestosi5199]

Fascinating episode. Thanks you three.

[@carroll-w7wxv]

Thanks for bringing us along this journey with Bret and Dan!

[@MikeBaxterABC]

25:05 ...Maybe that had dug "ditch" .. was lined with long since repurposed lumber at one time? That would make it very effective!

[@lotharschiese8559]

Holly Flying Cows! 32:07 Dan he has been holding out on us, a genuine geological rock hammer mysteriously appears!

[@skeeterbug9875]

Videos so sharp, crisp, Hi Res. You boys are good and keep it exciting finding the gold. Now if you could find a way to use drones to search some of those steep hills!. Always exciting stuff presented well.

[@Smokkedandslammed]

Dan cackling after you slipped 🤣🤣🤣

[@chuxmix65]

I grew up on Cape Cod where we were told stories about "walking across the bay on schools of fish". Watching you guys chase remnants of miners who hit it big feels familiar. I wish you luck and I admire your respect for history.

[@tawnihaynie1065]

Hi Jason. Happy White Christmas from Fallon NV. 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️😎😎😎

[@mightymitts5533]

Love watching the 3 of you guys link up for a video! Would love to visit Cerro Gordo!

[@downyourtube]

Wishing you a Merry Christmas Jason. I hope you and your family have a wonderful time. Thank you for sharing your adventures with me. Stay safe!

[@billping2633]

Jason Great channel. I love all the detail you go into. Its amazing

[@Twokeeshonds]

We get Jason, Dan, and Brent today. I feel spoiled, but very happy, all at the same time. Thanks guys. What a great Christmas present.

[@lisalancastertravels]

Simply awesome! Really like the maps - it’s gives you a sense of the vastness of this mine - what a crazy cool place - so glad those bats didn’t wake up! I think you have given us a place to ride our motorcycles to and explore! But I will leave crawling into holes for you experts! I really enjoy your knowledge - nicely done!

[@rockman531]

Hey Jason, Fantastic adventure!! CG is going to keep Brent busy until he petrifies!! Definitely looking forward to seeing you run your 'gold' ore! The mailperson must love you! :) Thumbs up! Merry Christmas to you & your family!! Jim

[@tommyisditchdigger]

And now I'm going to tell you this story sitting down. Lol that made me laugh so hard. :)

[@wrxs1781]

Merry Christmas guys, and wish Brent all the luck in his prospecting endeavors.

[@OGRocker1]

Never thought there would be any crevicing going on in Cerro Gordo, Nice.. Happy holidays to Y'all, take care and stay safe!

[@majoorF]

this is really great to watch. Makes me feel like "right there with you guys"! thanks!

[@KiiaBite]

Really cool seeing you work with both Dan and Brent. Been following all 3 of you for over a year and your passion/knowledge on each of your subjects is really compelling. Thanks for taking us on the treasure hunt with you and hope there will be more of this after part 2. Off to Dan's channel now to see his side of this!

[@alanrathmacher6736]

"Gold rides the iron horse on the hanging wall". I've seen it several times, typically in I.O.C.G. deposits in AZ.

[@markp.9707]

Happy Holidays to everyone watching this channel as well as to Jason and Brent! Well done you two.

[@OGRocker1]

Happy Holidays to you and yours 🎄🎅🍹⛏⚒⛏

[@salvadordolly712]

Include Dan don't hurt his feelings he's right there

[@EWasteJILL]

Ok next time you climb the chute.... bring METAL BUCKETS WITH LIDS....and ROLL THE SAMPLES down the mountain. 😊 Whos sample rolls the furthest wins?😂😮 MERRY Christmas 🎅 🎄 💖

[@markp.9707]

@@salvadordolly712 hahahaha…posted the comment before I saw Dan. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ Merry Christmas Dan I didn’t mean to leave you out.

[@bryanbuck6273]

...and now I'm going to tell you this story sitting down... 😂👍

[@1944chevytruck]

GOOD JOB!

[@whgordon6109]

Wild Man Dan...

[@ToddTalksTech]

Put on the Christmas wishlist: Heavy steel bulkhead frame for the the Omega portal, sliding metal shield to push into the adit and allow a mucker to safely open up to the timber sets. I don't blame Dan for heading to the wash!

[@Mike-METALs]

I have been watching you and Dan for a long time you guy are awesome I live by eldorado ontario the first place they struck gold in the whole province and there still gold left

[@chriscook8076]

That bush is Creosote or Greasewood. It’s pretty stout. I’ve actually used it to get my pickup unstuck by tying off to a winch. Good stuff.

[@truthwatcher1621]

Love this channel. The 3 amigos together again!

[@mdirckinck9469]

Merry Christmas to you and Fam.🇬🇧😎👍🏼

[@slickwillie9526]

Great video.

[@terrymonroe6490]

Merry Christmas and Happy New years to Jason , Brent and Dan , thank you for all the video's

[@markwoodhouse7043]

Merry Christmas 🎄! Have a great holiday and keep on the searching wherever you can!

[@samsonian]

@20:30 Geez Jason, what kinda amateurish BS is all this? Going into the high country and not preparing with a hypobaric chamber…pshaw and humbug! 😅😅 I remember when I spent a winter in Breckenridge, CO (9600ft) all the ‘good ole’ TX, OK, LA, MO etc boys that would ruin their whole vacation by going out drinking the first night and ending up with altitude sickness! Just give ‘er a couple weeks and you’ll be getting close to Brent (minus losing about 40 lbs to be the same size) for goating around Cerro Gordo! Cheers and thanks for taking us along! 🖖😎👍

[@gorillagoldhunters]

Awesome Jason!!

[@semoneg2826]

All ways look forward to hearing and seeing the jaw crusher in action.. Dan is smart the man with the pair of gloves grabs it all😁😁😁

[@RICDirector]

Thing still needs googly eyes....

[@americanadventureoutdoors4213]

A lot of times there would false reports of gold findings to help shore up more funding to keep a operation going or to even get funds to start mining . Jason , that last shaft that you guys came across and you found that brecciated zone , Ide start looking below that area , a lot of gold was found in my mining district under those zones . The gold got precipitated out of those zones through time and concentrated back up below those areas . Also if there is any sphalerite in that area you might take a closer look at that stuff 👍🏻👍🏻

[@glennbrown1961]

Dingo diggers were first developed to drop down opal mine shafts in outback Australia! Take the wheels off and the original ones went down a 800mm diameter hole! Merry Christmas!

[@Oregontrailblazin]

I pray huge Boulders DOES not come down the chutes..It would be heading for the New Hotel !!

[@waynep343]

Jason. Have you looked at building 6 foot sections of belt conveyors that could be interlocked. Only for small rubble less than 1.5" powered by small starter motors in short bursts or electric bike motors . Allowing easy movement to bagging or bucket filling areas. Perhaps using aircraft wing spar extrusions for frames. Super light super strong.

[@rossgraveley]

The 3 of you make for a interesting video hopefully you will do more in the future

[@zkhydro4985]

Hey Jason i was taught by my track coach, when you're in a low oxygen situation, exercise high altitude, breath in through your nose out through your mouth. The vessels in your nose will pick up oxygen.

[@ManMountainMetals]

Some kind of impoundment to catch some of the runoff from the storms. Rubber liner or whatever is needed. Then he could run some of those tailings

[@4seasonspix]

I LOVE this 💛 Some of my favorite mining guys pursuing various prospecting adventures all at once and trying to solve mysteries along the way 💛 Suspenseful and fun, even with no gold in the pan 💛

[@eachtemPublicSectorCrooks]

Bravo Brent!

[@sfbfriend]

The ground up there is not frozen! It's hard as F all year round. Ive metal detected Cerro Gordo in the summer and its hard pack ground. What fun you guys have, I'm jealous. However I have found gold in the muck from Jason's mine, waiting on my second box. Merry Christmas guys, thanks for the video.

[@pholdren]

Y'all standing up ABOVE the Jefferson Chimney is making my acrophobia flare up BAD

[@nicholastrawinski]

i always thought that a good place to look for gold would be the just below the narrows when the road washes out. Right about 4800 feet where the sides start to close in on you. I know its not really feasible, because restoring the road is the most important thing at the time, just saying thats the point where **checks math** 1154 acres drains through. The narrows themselves drain about 750 arces.

[@michellec5273]

Happy holidays! Looks like great, exciting times!

[@VikingExploration60]

When you are looking at the pillar in the Jefferson Chimney, the lead would have been in the vein which is that white coloured band in the pillar, the miner would have chased this band of vein all the way down the 1100feet and it would have widened and narrowed throughout, the exceptional bits are as you mentioned those super wide chambers you roped into. I have good examples of big lead stopes in my photos and videos here in the UK

[@svenp6504]

What a fun place... I would love to go prospecting there.

[@jonerlandson1956]

This was a great little adventure we took...

[@drewconrad7093]

Jason, you should bring down a good rock crusher to do some of that material for Brent.

[@putrol4.2]

Nice Start to the year 👍

[@mazzg1966]

Great video...thank you!

[@devarskinnee8760]

Dans a dug addict!!!hehehe

[@megapint1626]

Go to the top of the chute. See if there is/are horizontal ditches to the chute. I think it’s to divert snow melt away from the mine.

[@whiskeyinthejar24]

You need that cool mineral scanner from your other video.

[@TenSeventeen]

Merry Christmas, Jason!

[@breezer1788]

Thank you gentlemen. Great work.

[@MrHappy-hs6sn]

You can always shake Dan's beard for gold. I bet that's where he hides the good stuff.

[@travis3732]

Happy Holidays, stay positive and strong, your great

[@sdelling1]

Good job!

[@David-rz7jj]

I was watching another video. Seen the title Cerro Gordo, I clicked. 😊 First.

[@z50king29]

Great to see and hear two experts exploring Cerro Gordo. Much better than Brent blabbering on and on in his lonely goat videos.... Thanks for making this!

[@oldguysdoingstuff6216]

When I did watch Brent I learned to turn him off before his philosophical jabber at the end. Seems an ok guy. Can't watch anymore. Dan and Jason are great. And genuine, which is important.

[@z50king29]

@@oldguysdoingstuff6216 Brent seemed different/better in this video when he wasn't the subject. I did see his bent pointer finger a few times, though

[@seanpreston3653]

Super cool, old old school on gravity useage.

[@andrewbrady3139]

I met the old guy and took the ridge rd to the left in Aug 2008. Nice old guy. Before the big Bldg burned down. A scary rd past the tram down the canyon.

[@lanelooper951]

Hey I am a subscriber that was born near Sonora CA. I was in and out of old mines as a kid. But I know the equipment you talk about 'Mucker and dingo'. Can you show these in a up coming video?

[@GickelsGaming]

2 minutes ago!? smokes, am i on time to leave a ton of comments. Love these mines! You guys have piqued my interest in mining and GOLLLLLD for two years now! Maybe one day ill go west and do something about it!

[@romeollinas511]

Muy Buenas e Interesantes Explicaciones para Exploraciones Mineras de Campo. Útiles a Mis Alummos. Abrazos de, Romeo A. Llinás, de Rep. Dominicana.

[@ericbruns888]

Good morning. Happy holidays guys. Stay safe out there.

[@williamscoggin1509]

This is good stuff!

[@johnnychimpo2636]

Gotta say im a huge fan jason! Id love to see a video of getting metals from catalytic converters. Keep the content comming sir!

[@RICDirector]

Hes got one already

[@johnnychimpo2636]

@@RICDirector link?

[@josephcormier5974]

Excellent video great content thank you for sharing this happy new year and merry Christmas six stars my friends

[@michaelhayes1678]

Yeah, a dingo would probably fit in the omega tunnel, or a hyena, a chihuahua would fit really well ;) Maybe would be good to make the tunnel entrance carefully with steel and concrete in short sections from the outside heading in. Like a modified version of "sinking a shaft?"

[@scott6252]

What is really amazing is how they were able to get all the material out of there

[@stormrunner0029]

You need to get yourself a set of those high res glasses so you can hike with both hands. A suggestion for Brent to invest in an old set of settling tanks from an oil exploitation company, and ten tankers of water to run mills and tables for a season.

[@waynep343]

Bret. Have you ask any Bat experts if there are any video cameras that could record the bats coming and going from the jefferson chimney or other passages out.

[@salvadordolly712]

Thanks for the adventure Brent. I hope you guys don't find anything significant together that's how miners disappear.❤

[@GarageKei]

now I'm gonna push the like button sitting down.

[@timothychack9276]

Looks like it was a fun project

[@hiddentruth1982]

lots of widow makers above that mine opening.