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Michael Herndon has published his book, Bisbee Flash
Long time miner, Michael Herndon has finally published his book, The Bisbee Flash, which has been nearly 30 years in the making.
Michael started writing stories about his mining days and his adventures along the border for the Oracle newspaper back in the 1980s. He said he wrote the book because you never hear or read about miners unless they have been involved in a cave in or other mining disaster. He wanted to show readers what it is like to be an underground hard rock miner.
“It is an unseen world,” he said.
Michael spent nearly 30 years working underground in Bisbee, the Magma Mine in San Manuel and the Oracle Ridge mine. The Bisbee Flash is a compilation of stories of Michael’s life underground in the Copper Queen mine in Bisbee, Arizona and his adventures in Southern Arizona and across the border in Sonora, Mexico. It includes tales of romance, close calls with the law, and the hard lives of the miners. There is even a ghost story about “White Boots” who was known to haunt mines including the Bisbee mine and Magma mine in San Manuel. This will be an entertaining and humorous book.
The Bisbee Flash is available on Amazon.com, at Sue & Jerry’s Trading Post in Oracle and the Tri-Community Visitors Center in Oracle. For purchases at the Visitors Center, Michael is donating $5 from the purchase price to the Center.
John Hernandez lives in Oracle. He is retired and enjoys writing and traveling. He is active in the Oracle Historical Society. He covers numerous public events, researches historical features and writes business/artist profiles.
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