Hotel on the Hill
by Dick Botkin
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Hotel on the Hill
Artist
Dick Botkin
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The Grand Hotel, Jerome, AZ
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In 1888, William A. Clark, who had made a fortune in mining and commercial ventures in Montana, bought the United Verde properties and, among other improvements, enlarged the smelter.[3] He also ordered construction of a narrow gauge railway, the United Verde and Pacific, to Jerome Junction, a railway transfer point 27 miles (43 km) to the west As mining of the ore expanded, Jerome's population grew from 250 in 1890 to more than 2,500 by 1900. By then the United Verde Mine had become the leading copper producer in the Arizona Territory, employing about 800 men. It has been said that the copper, gold, silver, and zinc produced by the mine over its 70-year life was worth more than $1 billion
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