Bisbee
[key], city (2020 pop. 4,923), seat of Cochise co., SE Ariz., near the
Mexican border; inc. 1900. It was formerly a great copper-producing center,
but mining has declined significantly. After the rich copper deposits were
discovered (c.1876), the city was built in two steep-sided canyons, Mule
Pass Gulch and Brewery Gulch. Nearby is Coronado National Memorial (see
National Parks and
Monuments, tablenational parks and monuments,
table), which commemorates the visit (1540) of Francisco
Coronado.
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