CAMP BIRD and UPPER CAMP BIRD
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CAMP BIRD and UPPER CAMP BIRD |
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| NAME: Camp
Bird and Upper Camp Bird COUNTY: Ouray ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Snow in winter, pleasant summer. BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer |
COMMENTS:
Just outside of Ouray REMAINS: Many mining remnants and a few buildings on private property. |
| Camp Bird is named after just that, "Camp Birds", a common bird that ate many a miners lunch. When this mine was discovered by Andy Richardson, hired by Thomas Walsh, his lunch had just been eaten by the birds; hence the name Camp Bird. The Camp Bird mine site soon covered 900 acres. It eventually was the second largest gold mine in the state of Colorado. Walsh sold the property for 5.2 million in 1902. Walsh eventually purchased the "hope" diamond and later died in 1909. The mine produced between 30 and 50 million and is still producing today. Upper camp bird was where some of the other mines were located and a tramway system carried men and ore up and down. Submitted by: Todd Underwood
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