They Came To Jerome: The Billion Dollar Copper Camp

About this book

This is the most comprehensive book about Jerome Arizonas history during the mining era. It chronicles the towns life from its beginnings as a copper camp in the late 1800s through its mining heyday before the Great Depression. Herbert Young was secretary to the general manager of Jeromes United Verde Copper Company and his writings draw upon 43 years of experience in the development and decline of Jeromes mining operations. This book represents its fourth reprinting due to popular demand.