< Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
BISBEE, a town of Arizona, in Cochise co., 30 miles S. of Tombstone. It is served by a branch line of the El Paso and Southwestern railroad, a feeder of the Southern Pacific, with which it connects at Benson. Its interests are mineral, chiefly copper, gold, silver, and lead. It has a public library and two hospitals. Pop. (1910) 3,266; (1920) 9,205.
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