Queen Mine Tour

We moved to Tombstone, AZ. One of our favorite parks just outside of town, but they have a shuttle to take you in to town and bring you back.

We took a ride to Bisbee, AZ and did the Queen Mine Tour. It was a copper mine that opened in the late 1870's and closed in 1975. Now it's open for tours. It was the most productive mine in the world, 6.1 billion dollars of metals (cooper, gold, silver, lead and zinc). Our guide, Sonny worked in the mine from 1954 to 1975 when they closed the mine. His starting pay was $2.25 an hour and in 1975 it was $7.50. Here is a link to the mine site www.queenminetour.com

We hopped on a little train to ride into the mine 1500 feet. They stop a short distance in to check if everyone is okay. The guy sitting right in front of us must have been claustrophobic because he elected to get escorted out. It was a little creepy.

They dress you up in safety stuff and a little light to look around with.

Our guide, Sonny in the mine in 1975.

Peggy all ready to go.

In the mine.

All dressed up.

In was dark and a chilly 67 degrees in the mine. But it was a nice tour.

Here is the town. Houses in the hills. We did miss the turn for the mine and had to drive around in town on some really small and hilly streets to turn around. It was fun.

But now we have moved to Bandera, TX.

It's the Cowboy Capital of the World. We're in a park right in town. We can walk to all the bars and restaurants.

Our site in Bandera. This is the first site we've had grass in a long time.

You can tell you are in Texas when you can buy Prickly Pear in the store. 

On the way here, we got passed by trucks with giant wind turbine blades. They travel in packs of threes with lots of guide vehicles. They are huge.

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