Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Copper Queen Mine was a copper mine in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. Its development led to the growth of the surrounding town of Bisbee in the 1880s. Its orebody ran 23% copper, an extraordinarily high grade. [2] It was acquired by Phelps Dodge in 1885. In the early 1900s, this was the most productive copper mine in Arizona. [3]
James Walter Douglas (4 November 1837 – 25 June 1918) was a British North America born mining engineer and businessman who introduced a number of metallurgical innovations in copper mining and amassed a fortune through the copper mining industry of Bisbee, Arizona Territory and Sonora before and after the turn of the 20th century.
Bisbee, looking east, 1909 Bisbee was founded as a copper, gold, and silver mining town; topographical map from 1902. Bisbee was founded as a copper, gold, and silver mining town in 1880, and named in honor of Judge DeWitt Bisbee, one of the financial backers of the adjacent Copper Queen Mine.
English: Dr. James Douglas, expert mining engineer and president of the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company. Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo14amer (find matches) Year: c1900-(1918) Authors: American Museum of Natural History Subjects: Natural history Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
A rescue operation in Colorado to bring trapped mining tour visitors out of an underground mine was successful, seven hours after one person died and four others were injured. 12 rescued from ...
George Warren (c. 1835–1893) [1] worked as a prospector in the Tombstone and Bisbee, Arizona region during the late 19th century. He is credited with having located the body of copper ore, which later was known as the Copper Queen Mine, one of Arizona's most productive copper mines.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
A tour guide died at a Colorado gold mine after an elevator experienced a mechanical issue hundreds of feet below ground, trapping a dozen tourists for several hours, authorities said. The ...