The Famous QUEEN Of The Copper Camps

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This is a video about the town of Bisbee Arizona. The town became famous for the rich copper ores that were mined here. In fact this town was nick named "Queen of the Copper Camps"
The town had it's share of trouble also over the years but unlike many old mine camps, this place is still very much alive with around 5000 residents and caters to visitors who are interested in it's past.

It was in the spring of 1877 Sergeant Jack Dunn, a government scout and a group of men with an Army search party from Fort Bowie are said to have staked the first claim in the region. At first this area was called Mule Gulch, but in 1880, the camp was renamed after Judge DeWitt Bisbee who was one of the financial backers of the Copper Queen Mine. Bisbee sat on one of the richest mineral deposits in the world and became famous for it's high grade copper mines. These mines produced more than 8 billion pounds of copper and nearly 3 million ounces of gold. By the early 1900s, Bisbee had a population that reached over 25,000. Bisbee would soon become known as the Queen of the Copper Camps.

At first Bisbee was rough and tough mining town much like all the rest of the old west mine camps. Drinking gambling and fighting were an everyday occurance. However in 1902 after the town became incorporated, the first ordinance passed by the city, was to ban women from saloons. Also in In 1902, the famous Coper Queen hotel was built. This hotel was a luxury hotel with over 70 rooms and is still in service today. By 1910 the town was booming with high copper prices and the mines wanted reliable family working men, so all gambling and prostitution was outlawed in the town, however there was an area called Brewery Gulch, that had saloons and shady ladies.

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