Million Dollar Stope

At 1:00 p.m. on April 21st, 1907, the "Million Dollar Stope" was created when the Good Enough Stope caved in, dropping a horse and wagon 75 feet into a gaping hole. The driver had climbed down to see why his horse had stumbled and found himself standing on the edge of the opening with his horse and wagon far below. The stope was estimated to be 300 feet long, 200 feet wide, and 100 feet high, and in places it lay only 1 to 2 feet below the surface. More than a million dollars in ore had been taken from the Good Enough in the 1880s. The horse survived and was led out through an underground passage. The "Million Dollar Stope" became a major tourist attraction for years, was filled in during the 1980s because of instability, and was one of several collapses that occurred over the years.

Tombstone, Arizona · United States