8 billion pounds of copper came out of the original "Queen Mine"
Brenda's Tombstone gang!!
In the late 19’th century southern Arizona was a major engine of US economic growth, due to the vast deposits of minerals beneath its surface. Gold, silver, copper, zinc and other minerals were being discovered and mined at a furious pace, resulting in instant “boom towns” such as Bisbee and Tombstone. Companies such as Phelps Dodge (recently on the acquisition trail [unsuccessfully] for both Inco and Falconbridge) got their underground mining starts here. With the new wealth came the lawlessness made famous by Hollywood. Although the Hollywood versions have been embellished, the legends of Wyatt and Virgil Erp, Doc Holiday, and other famous gunfighters are founded in fact. In modern day Tombstone, Allen Street, the historical main street, is lined with plaques outlining who killed whom along each side and, the original “Boot Hill” cemetery is still being maintained. Brenda got in with the “wrong crowd” in Tombstone.
We are taking a break from our RV trip, heading to Phoenix today to leave the motor-home with a dealer for maintenance and, heading off by car to Santa Fe, Albuquerque and more northern (think snow) parts of Arizona and New Mexico. I’ll end up skiing in Vail with some Brockville buddies and Brenda will be heading to Florida to visit her parents and, wind up on a cruise with the “ski widows”. We may have an opportunity to “blog” along the auto trip but, I know that blogging from the ski trip would be a frowned upon activity. My body is very likely incapable of both skiing and blogging on the same day anyway!!!! IF….. there is no blog for the next couple of weeks, I’ll pick it back up in Phoenix in a couple of weeks.
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