Queen Mine Tours

Bisbee Queen Mine Tours is located at 478 North Dart Road in Bisbee, Arizona. Underground tours are available at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. The price for adults is $13, children ages 4 to 12 pay $5.50 and those four and under get in free of charge. Group rates and reservations can be obtained by contacting the facility directly.

The Queen Mine Tour was opened during February of 1976 by Bisbee mayor Chuck Eads in an effort to keep local miners employed. There have been over a million visitors since the opening of the mine to attract tourist and an estimated fifty thousand people take the tour annually. People from over thirty countries and all fifty states have visited the mine which takes visitors down 1500 feet on the tour.

There are twelve people working at the Queen Mine Tours each day. The mine is just one of the mines in the area that includes over 2500 miles of tunnels. Ninety miles to Tucson's southeast the mine offers the charm of a time gone by with it's various choices of outdoor recreation, arts, bird watching, culture and the area's western heritage. The area's history alone makes taking the Queen Mine Tours in Bisbee, Arizona a must for anyone in the area.