Sliding jail ghost town Jerome Arizona 1983
by David Lee Guss
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Sliding jail ghost town Jerome Arizona 1983
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David Lee Guss
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Photograph - Photography
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With the Great Depression the mines closed in Jerome in 1930. Five years later Phelps Dodge bought most of the mining rights in and around the town.
Blasting was the cheapest way to get at the ore in the mountain, exploding up to 250,000 pounds of dynamite at a time. An underground railroad transported the ore to the nearby Clarkdale smelter.
"A movie theater, a pharmacy, a pool hall, a JC Penny's, and other businesses crumbled, slid downhill, and had to be dismantled. Jerome's famous 'Sliding Jail' can still be seen hundreds of feet downhill from its original location.
In 1952 Phelps Dodge left for good and the town quickly became a ghost town. 15,000 residents dwindled to maybe fifty resolute individuals and families."
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