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HAPPINESS is to have EVERYTHING
you NEED,
NOT the NEED to have EVERYTHING
This month’s Travel Plans:
14. March 4th Cottonwood, AZ at Verde Valley RVP (TT) x 14 nights
15. March 18th Grand Canyon Village at GC Campground X 4 nights
16. March 22nd Las Vegas at Las Vegas TT Campground X 14 nights
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3.03.2019-Queen Mine Tour
The Queen Mine is located in Bisbee, AZ. The day, as nice as it would have been on its own, was made even nicer by having Tom and Sue join us on this venture.
History of the Mine
Bisbee’s Queen Mine was one of the richest copper mines in history. The mine opened in 1877 and eventually closed when Phelps Dodge discontinued mining operations in Bisbee in the mid-1970’s. The Queen Mine opened once again as a tour for visitors in 1976, nearly 100 years after the mine originally opened.
Tourism
Today approximately 50,000 people a year visit the Queen Mine Tour to commemorate Bisbee’s prosperous mining heritage and experience what it was like working underground where temperatures are 47 degrees year-round.
Visit the Mine
To take the tour, enter the changing house, pick up your mine token, and get outfitted with your slicker, helmet and miner’s headlamp. Board the mine train and descend into the mine. Tours are conducted by miners who worked in the mines and tell their own stories from personal experiences.
915 S.Tovreaville Road
Bisbee, AZ 85603
Phone: 520-432-6000
information@bisbeeaz.gov
I did take some pictures in the mine itself, but the lighting wasn’t sufficient enough to give a decent picture. Ur tour guide was an actual miner back when the mine was open, which gave way for many short stories about life working in a mine.
This was a mockup of how a mine would be worked. Many of the workers, even our guide, was responsible for growing the mine and building the support structures to insure safety.
Carla was really ready to go digging. Everything we were, we carry with us. Everything we will be, is calling to us, from the roads not travelled yet." pjgrenier