Bisbee Turquoise Jewelry has been made since the early 1900's. Bisbee Turquoise jewelry can be found in old pawn and dead pawn collections, private collections, museums and in very few highend jewelry galleries today. The majority of Bisbee Turquoise Jewelry that was made in the 1900's was made by Native American jewelers in the Southwest Jewelry style. One of the largest makers of Bisbee Turquoise Jewelry in the 1900's was the Mickelson Jewelry Company who made jewelry for the Bisbee Blue store at the Lavendar pit in Bisbee, Arizona USA. The Mickelson's were relatives of Bob Matthews, the only legal miner of Bisbee Turquoise, and had a large production company in Durango, Colorado. Being the relatives and main supplier of jewelry to Matthew's jewelry store, the Mickelson's recieved most of the high end Bisbee Turquoise to come out of the mine. Durango Silver Company bought what was left of the Mickelson Bisbee Turquoise collection along with all of the equipment and designs. Today, Durango Silver Company and the Hartman's are the largest producer of Bisbee Turquoise Jewelry.