The official travel journal of Jerry & Ann Linebarger
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As we left Duncan, AZ and headed back to Interstate 10, beautiful mountains were everywhere.
Although we didn't have time to stop here, next time we will make time for a tour of this Willcox, AZ museum. This is Rex Allen's hometown.
A view of the main drag in Bisbee, AZ, an old mining town in southern Arizona. We came here specifically to see the town and take a mine tour.
Jerry gets outfitted with his miner's clothing just prior to the mine tour.
The Queen copper mine is owned by Phelps Dodge but leased to the city of Bisbee for tourism. It has over 800 miles of tunnels on five different levels. It yielded eight billion pounds of copper in its 100 years of operation.
Our group taking the train into the mine. It was 47 degrees in the mine.
Does this remind you of some of the old cowboy movies?
It was dark in the mine, so we had lights to help us along. Our guide is explaining the finer points of mining to us.
