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Good Enough Mine

Ed Schieffelin is credited for founding Tombstone, originally named Goose Flats. He had been warned that all he would find was his tombstone so in 1877 he named his first mining claim "Tombstone." A year later he filed his second claim and named it "Good Enough" poking fun at the wealth of silver he found. In total, Ed had 19 mines.

Andree De Journett, ex-mayor of Tombstone, and his wife Shirley, a geologist, acquired the Good Enough mine and opened it as a tourist attraction on March 15, 2007. They paid $2,000 for the mine and $60,000 an acre for the land above. It took six years to clear out the trash, sand, and rock and to make the mine safe enough for tours. Visitors wear hard hats as they are guided though the passages and the guide demonstrates how the dills and other equipment were used.

Above, the grounds are scattered with old equipment and small buildings. Long range plans are to further develop the above ground assets.

The mine is located a block south of the Allen, the main historic street, in Tombstone at the corner of Toughnut Street and 5th Street. Nellie Cashman Restaurant is across the street and Helldorado Stunt Show is a block west.
Directions to Tombstone: I-10 exits 303, 304, or 306, then south on Hwy 80 for 23 miles.

Hours:Daily, tours on the hour from 10-4. (Call to verify)
Phone:520-255-0552

Entry to Good Enough Mine.

Jewelry Store.

Equipment on the serface.

Hand tools used in the mine.

Some of the old equipment that is displayed on the surface.

Entrance to mine.

Entrance to mine.

This chain-link netting prevents small rocks from falling on visitors.

Shoring at left and a drill at right.

An ore car with air cylider.

Drill.

Ore in the ceiling.


Rocky mine wall.


Rocky mine wall.


Rocky mine wall.

Shoring and opening in ceiling.

Horizontal shaft.


Two examples of shoring which hold up the ceiling in a mine.


The important things about shoring is that they be strong and not fall down.

Shoring.

Location marker on soring.


Tunnels.


Tunnels.


Tunnels.


Tunnels.

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