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2. Copper Queen Mine - Wikipedia

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   C. S. Fly's image of miner George Warren first appeared in Souvenir of Bisbee published in 1900. Fly's caption was, "Discoverer of the Copper Queen Mine." The presence of copper ore in the Mule Mountains of southeast Arizona may have been known as early as 1876, but the first mining claim was filed on August 2, 1877. [4]

3. Lavender Pit - Wikipedia

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   Bisbee turquoise, also known as Bisbee Blue, is amongst the finest turquoise found anywhere in the world. [2] Mining operations in the pit ended in 1974. The undeveloped Cochise deposit, located immediately north of the Lavender pit, contains an estimated 190 million tons of rock containing 0.4% acid-soluble copper, [ 3 ] which may be mined in ...

4. Copper mining in Arizona - Wikipedia

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   By 1907, the C&A was the fourth-most productive copper mine in Arizona, and ran its own smelter in Douglas, Arizona. [5] Phelps Dodge started mining the Lavender open pit in the early 1950s. [4] The Lavender pit closed in 1974. The Copper Queen mine, Bisbee's first working mine, was also its last.

5. George Warren (prospector) - Wikipedia

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   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.

6. Bisbee, Arizona - Wikipedia

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   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. The town was the site of the Bisbee Riot in 1919.

7. Why this adorable historic Arizona town is a top summer ... - AOL

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   With charming streets lined with Victorian-style architecture, a cool underground mine tour and spooky ghost encounters, Bisbee is a fun road trip. Why this adorable historic Arizona town is a top ...

8. James Douglas (businessman) - Wikipedia

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   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.

9. Paramelaconite - Wikipedia

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   Paramelaconite is a rare, black-colored copper(I,II) oxide mineral with formula Cu I 2 Cu II 2 O 3 (or Cu 4 O 3). It was discovered in the Copper Queen Mine in Bisbee, Arizona, about 1890. It was described in 1892 and more fully in 1941. Its name is derived from the Greek word for "near" and the similar mineral melaconite, now known as tenorite.