The Good Enough Mine - Tombstone

The Good Enough mine is an actual 1870's silver mine founded by Ed Shieffelin. This gate is the site of the original find and mine entrance.

This type of drill was invented shortly before the Good Enough Mine closed.

Click on the picture below for a better view of the mine "potty" car. Use the back button on your browser to return to the blog. How would you like to have the job of rolling this portable toilet through the mine all day long, cleaning it out and making sure it was available for 100 men?

These holes represent different shafts of the mine. There were five levels in this mine. It was considered one of the safest mines to work in because of the limestone walls. The support beams are still the original logs.

The dark gray on these bolders is the unprocessed silver from inside the mine.

The men would open these cans of beans, etc. for lunch. The fact that the cans were sealed with lead; the men were working with mercury while processing the silver and they had access to liquor and hand guns might explain why Tombstone was such a rowdy place.