Bisbee Arizona, A Mining Town

Bisbee, Arizona started around 1880 as a copper, silver and gold mining town and up until 1974 actively mined for copper. High quality turquoise was a by-product of the copper mining. Phelps Dodge was the main company that mined and it ultimately sold out to another company that holds the rights to further mining when that should happen. Today the town thrives as a tourist destination with shops and mining tours of the Queens Mine. 

Steve, Betty and Dennis

leaving the Bisbee Breakfast Club

Yes we had the Eggs Darlene
at the Bisbee Breakfast Club. It was
excellent.

Bisbee Shopping

A Bisbee Mine Inspector - Steve!

Heading down the Bisbee Queen's Mine. It will
be an 1800 foot decline

Queen's Mine ride down the shaft

A 2-sitter for the miners.
Made from a rail bin, the lucky worker
had to empty at the end of each day. Talk
about a cold seat and you had company too!

Displayed is how holes are drilled,
with dynamite insersted to blow away
rock

The Lavendar Pit Mine in Bisbee mining copper

Another view of the Lavendar Pit mine

Terracing of the Lavender Pit Mine