Exploring the Historical Bisbee Mines: A Tour of Arizona's Rich Mining Legacy
Exploring the Historical Bisbee Mines: A Tour of Arizona's Rich Mining Legacy
Discover the fascinating history of the Bisbee mines in Arizona, one of the richest in the world. Discovered in 1877, these mines produced billions of dollars worth of copper, gold, silver, lead, and zinc over the years. Follow along as we explore the underground workings and see historical drills, stopes, trams, and other equipment used to extract copper, gold, silver, lead, and zinc from the earth. Learn about the mining methods used in the past and see how the ore was transported to the surface. Join us on this unforgettable journey into the heart of one of the most famous mines in the world. The mines played a significant role in the settlement of the American West, and now you can take a tour of some of the underground workings to experience the history firsthand. Join us on this journey through time as we explore the legacy of the Bisbee mines and the impact they had on the region.
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00:00 Introduction
01:30 Going Underground
07:20 Stope Mining
14:30 Timbers & Square Sets
21:55 Loading Ore Cars
32:12 Drills & Drilling
36:40 Drilling Patterns & Blasting
43:18 Mucking The Ore
53:33 Open Pit
Wow! Most people go through their whole lives without finding the any light at the end of the tunnel! Thanks for taking us along!
Very informative. A big thumbs up from me.
I’m Norwegian, dammit! I know about those ghost nuts! 🤣 Great video! Thanks for the mining history lesson!
Great tour guide
This is incredible.
Its bucket list time.
Thanks !!!
Excellent video👍👍👍👍
Hope to get there sometime for the tour
Hey, can you tell me, if I used wheel weights for my collector metal and they contained either zinc or tin. Would that change the cupellation process?
Wish this was open when I road tripped through Bisbee.
That was the most educational mine video ty,,did all those metals come out of that one big whole
I liked how you kept pointing out the Old Timber work. I’m with you bro, very nice!
Was there not too long ago. Was the mining museum open again? It was closed due to covid when I was there.
Jason, what a wonderful and educational tour that you brought to us! I was amazed at how simple the ‘work’ was, while also the most profitable and productive. I paused and read the information around the lavender pit and was surprised that I didn’t "see" the geological differences until it was pointed out. I’m not geology rich in knowledge, yet learned that I need to pay attention to the many things my eyes already pointed out (if that makes sense). Thus, I’m going to take the time and effort to appreciate what is around me. Thank you for this opportunity to learn more! Kudos to the guide as well.
I love this uncle narration. ❤️
You should have brought Brent and Dan with you on this tour
Great video thanks
Is the same Freeport that owns the Freeport mine in west Papua?
Cool tour! Thx for bringing us along for the ride!
Oh gawd, Rub me in with Vaseline and slide me down a shute! This tour was awesome! ^^
(i just thought up this one because of the Campbell mine story ^^)
yo Jason, the youtube auto translate reads that god aweful sound of the cars on the tracks as music. I guess if you were commin out of of a mine with a train full of ore…. it might sound like music…
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.
Crazy history
such kind words to hippies my ears had never heard. What a good man as the guide.
Great video! I’ve learned so much from your channel. Thank You!
So informative I really love this video thank you so much
Great job documentary
Great tour!
6:12 This is where I thought there was gonna be a stage train robbery scene from the old west like they do at six flags
Everything seemed like a well put together and informative guide. Wish there was more people taking the time to learn history in these ways. The only thing i wish is that someone would purchase some grease guns or something for those carts
AWESOME!
I love all of this mining stuff, but I could never go into these mines myself. It looks insanely risky. Imagine being down there and having the bad luck that an earthquake occurs.
Oh boy that was a long video bud…I let every darn add play!!!!!
You made some good cash on me haha.
Great adventure, thanks
not the video i was looking for, but surely the one i needed
Hey Jason, love your videos, your expertise and passion, I wish you narrated after the fact, though editing to let us know what you were observing along the travel, there was heaps the guide mentioned that I had learned through your channel,
Maybe you can do a subsequent video on your thoughts through your own narrative, I’d definitely rewatch again… Cheers legend
Hi like the mine i am in jamaica
Man, I grew up in Bisbee. That tour’s pretty much exactly as I remember it from the late 90’s. And yeah, Mayberry on acid is about right.
I have about 80$ worth of silver in a lead ingot from a failed attempt at recovering it (it was sterling and some other mixed silver before hand) and my furnace broke and I have no way to recover the silver, Any ideas on what I should do?
How did I find my way here?! I don’t know but watched the whole thing, interesting! I’ve been scuba dicing inside a giant water filled lead mine, but didn’t know anything about the process. Amazing! AMERICA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
This tour was soooo cool! Do more, do more! I love the squeeky wheels and everything!
This video is great for my kids, showing them skills and careers people had and still perform, fantastic Thanks!
Tour guides that are cracking jokes the whole time make for a fun tour
If people would wake up and realize, it is the fascist criminal scum bags in government, that are causing mining to go away in America. There is not a good justifiable reason. Because the reasons they give can be reclaimed by nature
Nothing better than a great tour guide.
Built my life around guiding fishing and whitewater trips.
I’m not an outgoing person who cares much for crowds but I am good at the things that matter, the rest developed over time.
Awesome show.
I work in the Red Chris pit mine and hope to see the new underground mine someday.
Thanks. 🖖🇨🇦✌️
This is a good video but I have to say, I will forever be indebted to you Gardner 😇you’ve changed my whole life I’ll continue to preach about your name for the world to hear you’ve saved me from a huge financial debt with just little investment in money market, thanks so much Mrs Rose Gardner
I have grown up in Montana being told the miners tricked the U.S. into troops to protect them from Indians.
Jason, You take us "Old Buzzrds" Along for unique adventures and we appreciate it. Thank You
Such an informative and funny tour, I will visit this mine one day.
Wonderful History preservation of this mine.
Thanks Jason. For me this was a pleasant experience I would never get to do and I will forever remember enjoying this.
Working conditions would’ve made death blush
Thanks Jason that was awesome