Camp Bird Mine

His daughter Evalyn Walsh McLean devotes several chapters to the mine in her autobiography "Father Struck It Rich".

[3] Western Colorado native David Lavender related his experiences working at the Camp Bird Mine in the 1930s in his classic memoir One Man's West.

[7] In August 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of Colorado signed an Administrative Order on Consent with Caldera Mineral Resources, which purchased the property out of bankruptcy.

The Order specifies on-site erosion control "to prevent the downstream migration of contaminated soil", with work to be accomplished in two phases.

Phase 1, the EPA’s Time-Critical Removal Action, was started in August 2017, and was scheduled for completion in October 2018.

Mill at the Camp Bird Mine, October 1940. Photograph by Russell Lee .
High-grade gold ore specimen from the mine
Chalcopyrite - Quartz specimen from the Camp Bird mine, 600' Stope, 2100' Level. Size: 5.2 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm. Click and scroll down for an enlargement.