AZ Mines

Freeport-McMoran Bagdad mining operation A rare look inside the Freeport-McMoran mining operation and community in Bagdad, Arizona.

Gold Mines and Ghost Towns near Wickenburg – Searching Arizona Abandoned Places If you’re looking for an off-road adventure to some abandoned places in Arizona, you’ve come to the right place. On this episode I venture into the back country near Wickenburg to see some of the old gold mines and ghost towns. What I…

#199 Historic Vulture City Mine in Arizona! This was one of the richest Gold mines in Arizona and was the reason that both the town of Wickenburg and Phoenix exist today. Be sure to visit the historic museum and learn more about the fascinating history of the area! USEFUL LINKS Home page You Tube channel…

A history of the old mining town of Jerome, Arizona Holly Firfer takes us to a billion dollar copper mining town full of history– and ghosts.

QUEEN MINE TOUR BISBEE, ARIZONA The Queen Mine is located 1 1/2 hours from Tucson Arizona and 11 miles from the Mexican border. This is probably one of the best mine tours you could take in the U.S. It’s such an awesome hour tour because of the fact you take a mine train through the…

The legacy of copper mining in Arizona Arizona produces more copper than any other state. This brief history shows how Arizona’s copper mining built a state and changed a nation.

Abandoned Arizona Mine Explored – Bradshaw Mountains We discovered an old abandoned mine while on an expedition through the Bradshaw Mountains so we checked it out. It is a pretty extensive mine with lots of cool wooden structures, ore shoots, flooded mines, ore cart rail tracks, mill site, and core samples. If you like the…

Exploring Arizona Abandoned Mines: Big Eye Mine The Big Eye Mine and its cabin remain a very popular hiking and jeeping destination in the far reaches of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge and its Castle Dome Mountains in Yuma County, Arizona. This particular video of my documentation and exploration of Arizona’s Big Eye Mine was…

Hidden Gold Mine of Lake Havasu #mining #1 This is one of the juniper mines in lake Havasu from the early 1900’s. an old gold mine in the hills. Every time I go inside an old mine I’m afraid of what may be in there… and this one made me jump. I freaked out just…

Desert Adventures Mineshaft Vail, AZ This is a private mineshaft that you can only get tours from Desert Adventures in Vail, Az.