We took the silver mine tour that recently opened up in Tombstone, AZ. The first thing that everyone noticed is that it is about 70 degrees and very pleasant. The air was crisp and clean. The mine shafts are ventilated so well that it only took about two hours for the dust to clear after explosives were used. This meant that the miners did not have respiratory problems.
I was looking around for spiders and other critters, but there weren't any. The mines twist and turn for hundreds of miles in the Tombstone hills. The information was nicely presented by the guide. They had some silver ore there so that we could see what it looked like. I would have passed it by. It is very dark in color. Our guide said it would take about one ton of ore to yield 14 ounces of silver.
Some of the artifacts that were uncovered during the restoration of the mine gave a glimpse of what it would have been like in the 1860s. The miners dug for silver in total darkness except for candles.
The tour lasted about an hour and was reasonably priced.
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