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<br />Structure 8 <br />Structure 8 is a 24 b}' 30 foot wood frame scale house, oriented northwest to southeast, built <br />in 1984 or 1985. It is covered with corrugated sheet metal and waferboard siding and has a sheet <br />meta] shed roof. Sliding doors allowed vehicle access into the southwest side of the structure; only <br />one of the door remains. Double doors are present on the northeast end of the southeast side. <br />Structure 9 <br />Structure 9 is a 28 by 60 foot sheet metal storage building, oriented generally north to south, <br />built in 1984 or 1985. It has a gable roof and is constructed on a concrete foundation. A gabled pro- <br />jection extends over the entrance on the north end of the west elevation. This entrance includes a <br />top lifting garage door with a regular doorway to the right. <br />Structure l0 <br />Structure 10 is a 20 by 40 foot sheet metal storage building, oriented generally east to west, <br />built in the 1980s. It is built on a concrete foundation and has a sheet metal shed roof. Atop lifting <br />garage door is on the west erid of the south elevation and a regular door is on the east end of the <br />south elevation. <br />Structure II <br />Structure 11 is a wood frame structure on the slope immediately east of the mill foundations. <br />It was formerly used to store crushing balls for the mill. It measures about 10 by 20 feet, oriented <br />north to south, and has a corrugated sheet metal gable roof. It was likely built at the same time as <br />the mill in the 1950s or 1960s. <br />Structure l2 <br />Structure 12 is a wood frame structure built on the east edge of Imogene Creek on the south- <br />ern edge of the site. It measures about 20 by 32 feet, oriented generally east to west, has a gable <br />roof, and is entirely covered with corrugated sheet metal. It was reportedly used as a pump house <br />and was probably built in the ].950s or 1960s. <br />Structure I3 <br />Structure 13 is the remnants of three adjoining snow sheds at the exit of the Camp Bird <br />Tunnel portal. It is of wood frame, gabled roof construction and is completely covered with sheet <br />metal. The main wing of the snow shed opens to the east. The other two wings open to the north <br />and northeast. These were coiusiderably longer originally and connected the tunnel to various facili- <br />ties at the mine, including thE: crusher for the mill and the mine shop. The snow sheds were con- <br />structed in the 1970s and removed within the last few years. <br />National Register Recommendation <br />The Camp Bird Mine w•as one of the most prolific producers of gold ore and other minerals in <br />the Ouray area and the longest lived, having ceased operations in the 1986. The 14 Level of the <br />mine began to be used in the late 1890s as a milling and residential location for the mine. The Camp <br />Bird Tunnel began to be driven in 1916 and was completed in 1918, shifting all of the activities of the <br />mine to the 14 Level area. Subsequent mining, particularly from the 1950s onward, has obliterated <br />most of the evidence of the early mining era at the site. However, of the 13 standing structures iden- <br />tified at the site, 7 are from thc: early mining period. These historic buildings (Structures 1-7) are in <br />various states of repair and are of variable importance to the site. Structures 1-5 form a cluster of <br />residences constructed in 1903 that are an excellent example of residential mine structures from the <br />early twentieth century. The remaining six structures (Structures 5-13) and the mill and shop foun- <br />dations are not over 50 years age and do not qualify for consideration under the National Register <br />criteria. 5OR65 may be eligible for inclusion on the National Register under criterion a. This project <br />9 <br />