In its heyday, until it closed in 1975, Queen Mine in Bisbee, was the world’s largest copper mine. It produced 2,871,786 ounces of gold, 77,162,986 ounces of silver, 8,032,352,000 pounds of copper, 304,627,600 pounds of lead, and 371,945,900 pounds of zinc. Today, visitors get a hard hat, a headlamp, and a yellow slicker and descend 1,500 feet into the bowels of the mountain through the former mine tunnels. The guides are knowledgeable retired employees of the Phelps Dodge company, which owned the mine. It is an amazing trip not only deep into the mine but also through the time, when mining was dangerous, backbreaking, and dramatic.

Address: Queen Mine Tours, 478 N Dart Rd, Bisbee, AZ 85603, Phone: 520-432-2071

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