Jerome State Historic Park

At the Douglas Mansion

This view of the Douglas Mansion I drew years before the installation of my drawings in etched metal. The hole in the near right is a cave-in. The next batch below is a series commissioned by Arizona State Parks. I am inordinately proud of the series and of my first major public installation..

Douglas Mansion Arizona State Historic Park

As one faces the entrance, the view of Jerome and my etched drawings are back to the left. I drew on this every day when the sun was at just the right angle to cast slantwise light to enhance each detail. "Click" on the drawing to view large.

Douglas Mansion

Front Doors

This drawing was from an old photograph. The freestanding, etched plate is placed opposite the entrance of the Douglas. The work was a labor of love.

Jerome circa 1929

Panoramas

Jerome & Mining

Jerome & Mingus

The two above and two below comprise almost 360 degrees of view from the Douglas Mansion. Their freestanding plates are situated near where I sat to draw them, around the whole perimeter. Mingus (in background) is the mountain that contains Cleopatra Hill which holds Jerome. The mining shot has the old redwood headframe in the foreground with the new one behind it. The huge building high on Cleopatra was the Montana, which burned down in the 20's. The Project included "rebuilding" it where it sat. One sees part of the mine pit between the Montana and the Little Daisy.

Verde Valley

Sunshine Hill

has some of Beal Town rebuilt. It shows mine~owners houses and tailings on Sunshine Hill, an edge of Sycamore Canyon & the San Francisco Peaks.

Highlights of this view across the Verde include the Peaks, Sedona across the way at the foot of Mogollion Rim,  Clarkdale, the smelter and slag pile, the Verde River, Tuzigoot, the old railroad cut and the Jerome Cemetary.

The next six drawings are done live from pieces of mining equipment on display at the Douglas Mansion plus how the equipment was used from historic photographs.

Drills

Ore Cart

Stamp Mill

Whim

Arrastre *

By the Douglas we see this view framing uptown Jerome in a pair of headframes. The one at left is historic and made of redwood and the one at right was built recently and used for mining in the 1990's. "Click" on the drawing to view large.

Chilean Mill

Headframes

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This is a separate, earlier installation inside the Douglas Mansion.

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