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Courtesy Clarkdale Historical Society
The problems associated with smelter emission in the Verde Valley did not begin until the United Verde Mine was forced to relocate its Jerome smelter to Clarkdale, after it was discovered the mine's richest ore lay beneath the Jerome smelter.
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JEROME - The mineral wealth beneath Jerome is contained within a rare ore deposit known to geologists as a volcanogenic massive sulfide.

By Steve Ayers October 27, 2009
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