Discover Gold King Mine Ghost Town in Jerome, Arizona: Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.
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United Verde Open-Pit Copper Mine, Jerome, Arizona. The principal ore was copper, but gold, silver, and manganese, were also mined. Unlike most copper mines in Arizona, the United Verde is hosted in a Proterozoic volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit that formed on and in ancient oceanic crust. For an excellent article on the history of mining in Jerome: History of the Verde.In 1890, it was the home of the Gold King Mine and a bustling suburb of Jerome. Astride one of the richest copper deposits in history, the Haynes Copper Company sank a shaft 1200 feet into the mountain. Though they didn’t find copper, they got even luckier and discovered gold. In 1901 it boasted a population of 301 people. Even though it was so close to Jerome, it boasted its own post office.
