MINING LANDSCAPE TOUR
More than a Century of active Mining leaves behind its remnants, though many of these are disappearing as the District's environment is cleaned up. But throughout the District, which runs for several miles, are still the remains of one of the greatest Districts of the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Some of the Mining Landscape is easy to recognize, though often hard to find, because it's tucked in among the many Hills and Valleys that make up the District. Of the dozens of Headframes that once lowered Miners deep into the Earth and brought out tons of rich Ore, only a handful remain.
The Plants that helped remove Copper and other Metals from the Ore still have their remains, as well, including a High-Tech Facility that makes use of Bacteria to assist in the removal process. Many other major artifacts can be seen in part and understood with the assistance of the Lavender Jeep Tour Guides.
The story of Copper Mining has many parts, including the ever-changing Techniques that were used over the Century of Mining, the Economics that made it possible to Mine First Underground and then in large Pit and the stories of the Miners, who often spent their entire Careers in one Mine in Bisbee.
The Lavender Jeep Tour Guides can help Visitors locate the Remote Shack that was used to guide the massive (or so they thought back in the 1960s) Haulage Trucks to the proper Shovel to make them more efficient and the Plant that dumped in old car bodies and tin cans and pulled out similarly shaped items made of Copper a few days later. And so much more than Visitor would miss if they were on their own.
The story of Bisbee's Copper Landscape is Rich with Personal Stories. It is the Story of Industrial America as it evolved with the Age of Electricity and the years of WWI, Great Depression, and WWI, and then Post-WWII Boom.
As the Mines were closing in the 1970s, a new Era dawned on America - the Age of Environmentalism. In the years since, much has been done to take a Copper District that was Pre-Environmentalism and make it conform to what have become commonplace ways of dealing with Air, Water, and Soil.
Bisbee's Mining Landscape also tells the Story of Tomorrow's Copper Mines, and the Tour takes a look at how new Mines might be developed in Bisbee and how they would be different from those of the past, while still providing a Vital Commodity.
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