page_title: List of historic properties in Jerome, Arizona
section_title: Copper mines
hierarchical_section_title: List of historic properties in Jerome, Arizona / Brief history / Copper mines
caption_attribution_description: English: Willian Andrews Clark
context_page_description: These historic structures are identified by the Jerome Historical Society Plaque Project. Jerome is a town in the Black Hills of Yavapai County, Arizona, founded in the late 19th century on Cleopatra Hill overlooking the Verde Valley. Jerome is located between the cities of Phoenix and Sedona. The town became a National Historic Landmark in 1967.
  Not all structures within the district qualify as historic. This is because most are owned by private owners who retain the right to demolish or change the façade of the structure for commercial reasons. According to the National Historic Landmarks Program, listing a private property as a National Historic Landmark or in the National Register does not prohibit any lawful actions which may otherwise be taken by the property owner with respect to the property.
  The Jerome Historical Society maintains the structures identified with a plaque, along with museums and special projects. Miscellaneous items related to Jerome's past history are also listed.
context_section_description: In 1880, Frederick A. Tritle, the governor of the Arizona Territory, and Frederick F. Thomas, a mining engineer, bought the mining claims from the original owners, Angus McKinnon and Morris A. Ruffner. In 1883, James A. MacDonald and Eugene Jerome joined Tritle and Thomas. They financed the mine and Jerome became the company secretary. The town was eventually named after him.
  William A. Clark bought the United Verde properties. He made improvements to the mine which included an enlarged smelter. He also had a narrow gauge railway, the United Verde & Pacific built to transfer ore from Jerome Junction (a railway transfer point ) to the west. The town of Jerome was incorporated on March 8, 1898.
  In 1914, a separate company, the United Verde Extension Mining Company (UVX), led by James S. Douglas, Jr. discovered a second ore body near Jerome that produced a bonanza. The UVX Mine, also known as the Little Daisy Mine, became profitable.
caption: William A. Clark, c. 1899.
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