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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. The Camp Bird Mine is a famous and highly productive old gold mine located between Ouray and Telluride, Colorado.
His Camp Bird Gold Mine near Ouray, Colorado was soon turning out $5,000 a day (equivalent to $183,000 in 2023) in ore. The Walsh family became very wealthy. The Walsh family became very wealthy. In a short period of time, Walsh had made a fortune totaling $3,000,000 (equivalent to $109,872,000 in 2023).
English: Gold ore from the Tertiary of Colorado, USA. (cut surface) This is a rare gold ore sample from the Camp Bird Mine in Colorado's San Juan Mountains. The rock is dominated by quartz, which is often stained grayish to blackish. Golden brassy-colored chalcopyrite (CuFeS2, iron copper sulfide) is present as small patches.
Ouray was originally a mining town. The largest and most famous mine is the Camp Bird Mine, the second-largest gold mine in Colorado, established by Thomas Walsh in 1896. [19] Even though there was an operation permit filed in 2007, the mine still remains inactive. [21]
A drone operator captured a bird’s-eye view of an abandoned coal mine in southern Wales earlier this fall.This video taken by William Oliver Wells, who said he filmed it on October 17, shows the ...
Pages in category "Gold mines in Colorado" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Camp Bird Mine; Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine; G ...
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