They Came to Jerome Author:Hebert V. Young This is the most comprehensive book about Jerome Arizona's historyduring the mining era. It cronicles the town's life fr5om its beginnings as a coppercamp in the late 1800s through its mining heyday before the Great Depression. Herbert Young was secretary to the general manager of Jerome's United Verde Copper Company and his writtings draw upon ... more »43 years in the development and decline of Jerome's mining operations.« less