Queen Mine Tour
Bisbee, AZ 85603
Phone: 520-432-2071
toll-free: 1-866-432-2071
Fax: 520-432-5191
Email: queenminetour@cityofbisbee.com

4 Admissions to the Queen Mine Tour in Bisbee, Arizona

It is always a cool 47 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius) underground!

Outfitted in hard hat, miner’s headlamp and a yellow slicker, thousands of Bisbee visitors descend into the Queen Mine Tour each year—heading underground and back in time. Tour guides, retired Phelps Dodge employees, lead the group 1,500 feet into the mine and recount mining days, techniques, dangers and drama. Adding a personal touch, the miner-turned-tour guides help visitors experience what it was like to work underground.

Five tours depart each day, seven days a week, from the Queen Mine Tour Building, located immediately south of Old Bisbee’s business district, off the U.S. 80 interchange.

Tours Start at:
9:00am, 10:30am, Noon, 2:00pm, 3:30pm
$13 for adults
$5.50 for ages 4-12
(taxes are included)
Children under 4 are free.
Prices subject to change
Tours last approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Reservations are suggested.
Group rates are also available for groups of 10 or more and require advanced notice of two weeks. Please call for reservations or more information.

Queen Mine Tour History

BISBEE - a name to stir the interest of mining men everywhere - has been one of the greatest copper camps the world has ever known. In almost 100 years of continuous production before the Bisbee mines closed in 1975, the local mines produced metals valued at $6.1 billion (at 1975 price) one of the largest production valuations of all the mining districts in the world. This staggering amount of wealth came from the estimated production of 8,032,352,000 lbs of copper, 2,871,786 ounces of gold, 77,162,986 ounces of silver, 304,627,600 lbs of lead and 371,945,900 lbs of zinc!

Today’s Queen Mine Tour takes visitors deep into the old workings of the famous Queen Mine where great tonnages of extremely rich copper ore was mined in the early days, catching the attention of the mining industry around the world as one of the greatest treasure troves of copper ever discovered. Taking the Queen Mine Tour is to step back through the pages of history. A melting pot of immigrant miners from the mining districts of Europe labored beneath the Mule Mountains to feed the insatiable demand for copper and electricity. The electrical age changed the World from a predominantly rural society to the industrial age, bringing with it the highest standard of living the world has ever known.
Early Bisbee Mining History

Directions from Tucson - approximately 90 miles

    Interstate 10 East to Exit 303, Highway 80 - Benson, Tombstone, Bisbee
    Highway 80 east approximately 49 miles to Bisbee
    After the tunnel, take the 2nd exit - Historic Old Bisbee exit. Exit right.
    The Queen Mine Tour driveway entrance is 50 feet straight ahead. Parking is available at the tour.

Directions from Douglas - approximately 25 miles

    Take Highway 80 West to traffic circle.
    Stay to the right and continue on Highway 80 west, to Historic Old Bisbee Exit.
    Exit to the right and take the first roadway to the left and circle under the highway.
    The Queen Mine Tour driveway entrance is on the right. Parking is available at the tour.