Why Are Jeans In Abandoned Mines Worth $100,000?
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Living in an abandoned ghost town, trying to bring it back to life. Cerro Gordo was established in 1865 and went on the be the most prosperous silver mine in California's history. At it's peak, over 4,500 miners called Cerro Gordo home. Nearly $500 million worth of minerals were pulled from the hills. Law enforcement wouldn't go to Cerro Gordo and miners were expected to solve their own problems. This led to over a murder per week in it's heyday. Once the silver and water ran out, most packed up and headed out. The town has sat mostly abandoned for over 100 years. My hope is to breathe life back into this town. My goal one day is to allow more people to come and stay overnight. Restoring an abandoned ghost town with no running water is a long process with many ups and downs, but I wouldn't trade it for the world. This channel is dedicated to tracking that progress.
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In this video I am on a denim QUEST. A quest to understand why jeans from abandoned mines are worth $100,000. Along the way I take a trip to Levi Strauss to learn from the company historian, out into the desert to meet up with the "Indiana Jones" of denim collecting, and other explorers who have unearthed six figure jeans. It's a wild world and I'm diving as deep as I can. My hope is that all the knowledge helps me find a pair for myself back at Cerro Gordo! Thank you to everyone who helped this video happen: Tracey Panek, Brit Eaton, Jeremy, Max, Allen, and many more. Want more stories from Cerro Gordo and other 'ghost towns'? Join my email list — it’s where I share new discoveries, interesting history, behind-the-scenes photos, and things I don’t post anywhere else: https://cerrogordo.kit.com/ You can follow my journey on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brentwunderwood/ Cerro Gordo T-Shirts and more: https://store.cerrogordomines.com/ Mailing Address: PO Box 490, Lone Pine, CA 93545 THANK YOU!
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