Jerome had a big gold mine back in the day. They had underground mining in the early days, but they eventually went to an open pit mine up the hill. They blasted so much that it loosened up the hillside and houses started sliding slowly down the hill. Half the town had to be abandoned because of that.
I just need more shovels, that's all.
In the Klondike gold rush, it was the tool suppliers who got rich, not the miners...