Lavender Pit
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The Lavender Pit is a former open pit copper mine near Bisbee in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. It is located near the famous Copper Queen Mine. The Lavender Pit was named in honor of Harriso
Lavender Pit
A specimen of Brochantite from the Lavender Pit
A Bucyrus steam shovel starts the open pit at Bisbee, Arizona, 1918. This became the Lavender Pit
Bisbee, Arizona
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Bisbee is a city in and the county seat of Cochise County in southeastern Arizona, United States. According to the 2020 census, the population of the town was 4,923, down from 5,575 in the 2010 census
Main Street in Bisbee (2019)
Bisbee, looking east, 1909
In 1927 it sported a constellation of suburbs such as Tin Town, Bakersfield, and Halfway House. Warren was the first planned community.
Downtown Bisbee, May 1940. Photo by Russell Lee. Compare to the 1990 photo below (gallery).