Rich Town Poor Town

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>New and Revised Edition 2024.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> The mines of Jerome Arizona produced billions of dollars worth of copper gold and silver. These riches supported a fabulously wealthy lifestyle-for the owners and managers. However for the proud and skilled miners and their families life was hard. In this book you will discover: - What it was like to grow up in Jerome as the son of a Mexican miner - Why men crippled in the mine were never seen on the streets of Jerome - The ghostly story behind the discovery of the richest vein of ore in Jerome - Details of mining underground in the early days - How families survived the hard times - How the mining company manager wielded the power of life death and even marriage</span></p>