View of Daisy Hotel ruins from the kitchen window of the Powder Box Church for cover story for Country Home Magazine.

The ruins of the Arriaga House.

The ruins of the Arriaga House.

My favorite washtub tire wall.

Painters Office and old concrete stairs, Jerome, Arizona.

Creative wall after wall.

The Verde Valley, Kaibab Ridge and Jerome High School the headquarters of the Jerome Instrument Company.

Detail of  The Verde Valley, Kaibab Ridge and Jerome High School the headquarters of the Jerome Instrument Company.

Jerome Catholic Church, pews and alter.

Jerome Catholic Church, Padre statue greeter.

Jesus on the cross with stained glass window.  Jerome Catholic Church,

Graveyard cages and crosses with view of Jerome. Cages to keep coyotes from digging up the graves.

Graveyard cross with view of Jerome.

Company Hill ruined roof and the Verde Valley and Kaibab Ridge.

Ruin concrete facade and Verde Valley.

Stairway to nowhere, Jerome.

Another broken concrete staircase.

The Spirit Room Bar and "No Sniveling".

Spirit Room and Conner Hotel Exterior at sunset.

Hotel Conner and dennison of Jerome relaxing.

Conner Hotel, Spirit Room Bar, downtown Jerome.

The Daisy Hotel, Phelps Dodge Gold mine in the snow.

Gold mine, open pit and Daisy Hotel at sunrise.

Exterior arch of the Daisy.

Ruined home under an arch at the Daisy.

Interior corridor  of the Daisy ruins.

Stairway showing Spanish architecture of the ruins at the Daisy Hotel.

The "J" on Company Hill, the toer and gutted exterior of the Daisy.

Ruined interior of the Daisy.

Interior/exterior broken plaster and arched doorways.

Walls and arches.

Mining artifacts from the Historical museum .

The "Gypsy Queen" (The old whorehouse), cum somebodies home.

The "Gypsy Queen" (The old whorehouse), cum somebodies home, through a ruined wall opening.

Mining car for hauling copper ore with the old Hospital on the Hill.

The town of Jerome.

The old hospital.

decrepit garage in the snow.

House of Joy restaurant.

"In Gosd We Trust" all others pay cash.

Bathroom with kaleidoscopes.

The open pit and utility building.

Brick wall and windows of the "Dry".

Brick wall and boarded up windows of the "Dry".

The colors of Jerome.

Protecting a doorway with corrugated steel.

Barber chair vice.

Panorama of the Verde Valley from Jerome.

Red rock canyon in the "Gulch".

Mining building ruins in the open pit.

Open pit mining ruins.

The shed in B&W.

The "red shed" and fire hydrant.

Old Gas station, now home, in winter snow.

The Post Office for 86331.

Powder Box Church, now home, entry.

The upper street and stairway

Home and flag.

Downtown Jerome  Jerome Palace and Wuf Wuf.

Downtown tops on Main Street.

Made in Jerome and the Kaibab Ridge.

Homes in the snow.

Cobblestone street in the snow.

Early Springtime on Verde Street.

Deeper sunset on the Verde Valley, Kaibab Ridge and Jerome High School the headquarters of the Jerome Instrument Company.

The "Dry" Locker room for the miners coming out of the deep mine. Unused for 40 years. Shower with your cloths on, hang them in the rafters to dry, then wash your body.

The "Dry" Locker room for the miners coming out of the deep mine. Unused for 40 years.

The "Dry" Locker room for the miners coming out of the deep mine.

The "Dry" Locker room for the miners coming out of the deep mine.

The "Dry" Locker room for the miners coming out of the deep mine.

Leaning door in the  "Dry".

Washroom window in the "Dry"

The rafters in the "Dry".

Rusty boiler/heater.

Rusty conveyor rollers.

Paul and Jerry's Saloon with pool table.

Paul and Jerry's Saloon.

Paul and Jerry's Saloon window and mirror.

Men's room and stained glass.

Wooden home.

Lower end of town.

Upper part of town.

The old High School and snow.

Old High School and the Kaibab Ridge.

The amazing retaining walls of Jerome.

The amazing retaining walls of Jerome.

New walls like old walls.

Holding up highway 89A.

Stone Walls and mining cars as planters.

Red rock walls and cliffs.

The amazing retaining walls of Jerome.

Salvage walls abound.

The amazing retaining walls of Jerome.

Cliffs and rocks and trails.

All kinds of walls. A wonderful sculptural art form.

Walk and you see wall sculpture everywhere.

Rusty rustic walls.

Cactus garden iron wall.

Snow stairs and runoff diversion.