Tough Nut Mine
The Tough Nut Mine is a silver mine established just prior to and just outside Tombstone in Cochise County, Arizona. After an early period of operation that began in the late 19th century, the mine was closed and then reopened in the 1970s.Photo: Carleton Watkins, Public domain.
- Type: Adit
- Description: Silver mine in Cochise County, Arizona
- Also known as: “Toughnut Mine”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bird Cage Theatre and Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park.
Bird Cage Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Hawkeye58, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bird Cage Theatre was a theater in Tombstone, Arizona, United States. It operated intermittently from December 1881 to 1894. When the silver mines closed, the theatre was also closed in 1892. It was leased as a coffee shop starting in 1934. Bird Cage Theatre is situated 580 feet northeast of Tough Nut Mine.
Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park
Historic building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park is a state park of Arizona in the United States. Located in Tombstone, the park preserves the original Cochise County courthouse. Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park is situated 1,000 feet northwest of Tough Nut Mine.
Schieffelin Hall
Historic building
Photo: Marine 69-71, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schieffelin Hall is a building from the American Old West in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, the largest standing adobe structure still existent in the United States southwest. Schieffelin Hall is situated 1,200 feet north of Tough Nut Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tombstone.
Tombstone
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tombstone is a former mining town in Southeast Arizona. Along with Deadwood, South Dakota, Tombstone was America's most storied town in the wild frontier days.
Tough Nut Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Cochise County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
31.71049° or 31° 42′ 38″ northLongitude
-110.06637° or 110° 3′ 59″ westOpen location code
853FPW6M+5FOpenStreetMap ID
node 7035028372OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=aditWikidata ID
Q17026860
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In Other Languages
“Tough Nut Mine” goes by many names.
- French: “mine Tough Nut”
- French: “Mine Tough Nut”
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Highlights include Tombstone Senior Center and Shoot Out Arena.
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