The Queen of the Mining Camps
This tour begins in the Historic District of Bisbee and showcases the distinct architecture of its commercial structures, along with the unique style of the residential properties, this is what industrial mining built. Few districts in the world have produced the value of minerals that came from Bisbee. Or the variety. Mining started here in 1877 and went full blast for almost a century. Copper, gold, silver, lead, zinc and almost any other metal you can name, came from Bisbee’s fabulous ore bodies. You’ll see many of the remaining artifacts of these years, and see where mining could start again.