Ruby, Arizona
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The ghost town of Ruby, Arizona was a mining camp (originally the "Montana Camp," so named because the miners were mining under Montana Peak) active from the 1870s until 1941. It is now a tourism-based ghost town. The mining started in 1870 and when the mine closed they had totaled over 3 million ounces of silver. At its peak Ruby’s had a population of 1000.
On April 11, 1912 the general store owner Julius Andrews established the post office and soon after that the town was founded. Andrews named the post office “Ruby” after his wife Lillie B. Ruby Andrews.
Ruby's attractions include the old jail and houses, the old school, hiking in the Eggshell Mountains and two lakes that are regularly stocked with fish.
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