“And I to my Motorcycle
Parked like the soul of the junkyard Restored
a bicyle fleshed With power
and tore off Up Highway 106 continually
Drunk on the wind in my mouth
Wringing the handlebar for speed
Wild to be wreckage forever”
James Dickey
This morning we climb up the hill, through Jerome proper, and to The Gold King Mine. Some days nothing will do but A damned fine junk-yard:
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison
Today’s Music: Junkyard Preachers- Highway 49
November 6 Update: My friend Nancy just did an excellent piece on Jerome on her website called Two Trails One Road. Go read it! Visit her entire site!.
Terrific photos. I’ve been to Jerome. Love the Edison quote.
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Thank you.
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wonderful photos!
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Thanks Lynz!
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loved the photos!
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Great pictures. We have been to Jerome as well. These pictures actually tell two stories: one:they make us realize how hard those that came before us had it and two: they open our eyes to how easy we have it today in comparison. I can go either way although when I see pictures such as these I immediately tend to think of how hard those times must have been.Thanks for sharing.
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The derelict machinery strewn all about Gold King, remnants of the copper mining industry, really brings your point home. While so interesting to look at and especially to photograph, operating it would have been labor intensive and often very dangerous.
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You are absolutely correct. We thought about that while living in Bisbee , AZ back in the 70s with regards the machinery we seen them use in the Open Pit mine.
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Bisbee and Jerome are very similar.
Bisbee much hotter though.
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Great collection of images 🙂 Have a lovely weekend!
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Thank you!
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Such spectacular photos, Johanna. What a collage of treasures.
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It genuinely is quite the inspiring place.
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I am blown away by this gallery… Outstanding photographs, dear Joanne… I am wishing you a great week ahead! Love and best wishes. Aquileana 😉
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Thank you so much. An excellent week for you also.
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great pictures and great tune… thank you..
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Oh boy… YOU captured Gold King Mine perfectly! And those black and whites! WHOA, Girl!
I have a fabulous folder of my junkers! Wherever we are, and we see one… I take a picture of it. So… I just now printed out some of my junkers and I am making a gallery wall ( a real one) in my office. Oh the older the better… the rustier the better! And this is the perfect song for this post!!!
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Everyone I have ever taken up to Gold King Mine just loves it.
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I may head up there tomorrow!
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