Clarkdale, Arizona
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Clarkdale is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The Verde River flows through the town as does Bitter Creek, an intermittent tributary of the river. According to the 2021 census, the po
Public Works Building
A slag heap in Clarkdale
Jerome, Arizona
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Jerome is a town in the Black Hills of Yavapai County in the U.S. state of Arizona. Founded in the late 19th century on Cleopatra Hill overlooking the Verde Valley, Jerome is approximately 100 miles n
Clarkdale, Arizona
…a retirement community and arts community. Clarkdale was founded in 1912 as a company smelter town by William A. Clark, for his copper mine in nearby Jerome. Clarkdale was one of the most modern mining towns in the world, including telephone, telegraph, electrical, sewer and spring water services, and was…
Cleopatra Hill and the "J", viewed from Jerome Avenue (State Route 89A)
Azurite, a copper-bearing mineral, from the United Verde Mine
Site of the United Verde open pit in 2013. The rock walls of the pit are 1.75 billion years old. Mining at this location ceased in 1953.
Old horizontal mine shaft