Photo For 10/31/2013

En route to YankeeBoy Basin is the remains of the Camp Bird Mine complex. The building in the foreground was the Mine Office. The mine was discovered by Thomas F. Walsh in 1896, and is (or was) owned by the Federal Resources Corp. The mine produced about 1.5 million troy ounces of gold, and 4 million troy ounces of silver, from 1896 to 1990. At 2009 prices, Camp Bird's production would be worth over US$1.5 billion. Walsh sold the property for US$ 5.2 million in 1902. Walsh's daughter, Evalyn Walsh McLean, later purchased the Hope Diamond. Walsh died in 1909. Camp Bird is named after the "Camp Birds", probably Rocky Mountain jays that ate many a miner's lunch.