Jerome open pit

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.

Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.

The United Verde was a copper mine on Cleopatra Hill at Jerome, Arizona, worked from 1883 to 1953. It produced over one billion dollars in copper, gold, and silver at the prices of its time, making it one of the largest copper producers in the United States.

Underground mining shifted to open-pit operation in 1918 under James Douglas Jr., after a major underground fire and the discovery that the orebody extended close to the surface. Phelps Dodge later bought the property in 1935 and closed the mine in 1953.

The pit is private property and is not entered by the public. The standard vantage is the rim terrace at Jerome State Historic Park, set in the 1916 Douglas Mansion above the pit, which is open daily for a state-park admission.

The walls cut through Precambrian volcanic rock roughly 1.7 billion years old, with the copper hosted in a massive sulphide deposit. Visible bands include rust-red iron oxide, copper-stained greens, and pale grey ash-flow tuff.

Across its working life the United Verde and the neighbouring United Verde Extension produced more than one billion dollars in copper, gold, and silver at the prices of their day. The two mines together built and emptied the town of Jerome.

It carries well for that. The piece reads the pit the way it actually sits, terraced and stained in copper greens and iron reds. A Medium or Large with a handwritten note from the studio suits a recipient with Verde Valley roots.

The earth-bound palette of rust, oxidised copper, and grey works in Industrial, Mountain-modern, and Southwestern rooms. It also pairs well in a Maximalist arrangement with other Arizona landscape pieces.

Above a standard sofa, a single Large covers the wall on its own. For a longer console or a wider living room wall, a four-tile Mural reads as one composition. A nine-tile Mural fills a feature wall.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for vertical installations near steam or splash. The Glossy finish is meant for framed wall pieces in drier rooms.

A microfibre cloth and plain water handle ordinary dust. For kitchen or bathroom installs, the same cloth with a mild non-abrasive cleaner is enough. The colour lives in the ceramic surface and will not lift.

Yes. The Jerome open-pit piece is part of Reid Wender's Arizona series, made and hand-finished by a single studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. There is no outside licensing and no other manufacturer carries this work.