
September 21, 2022
The huge new up-to-date smelter at Clarkdale began operations in May of 1915 and made the old smelter at Jerome obsolete. (Courtesy photo)
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The United Verde Copper Company smelter at Jerome closed after 32 years and was relocated at Clarkdale for 35 years closing in 1950, leaving only the concentrators running until the Jerome mines closed.
By Glenda Farley
September 21, 2022