sentences:  The small adjacent mining camp on Cleopatra Hill was named "Jerome" in honor of Eugene Jerome, who became the company secretary.United Verde built a small smelter at Jerome and constructed wagon roads from it to Prescott, the Verde Valley, and the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad depot at Ash Fork.However, transport by wagon was expensive, and in late 1884 after the price of copper had fallen by 50 percent, the company ceased all operations at the site.