Ruby
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 31.461, -111.237
Why it was abandoned
⚒️ Mines & quarries
Detected automatically from the text: Originally named Montana Camp, the town was founded in 1877 as a mining camp.
History
Ruby is a ghost town in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. It is situated near the base of Montana Peak in the Pajarita Wilderness, roughly 25 miles west of Rio Rico, and 7 miles north of the Mexico–United States border. Originally named Montana Camp, the town was founded in 1877 as a mining camp.