Ruby

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Located in Santa Cruz County. It was founded as a mining camp (originally the "Montana Camp," so named because the miners were mining at the foot of Montana Peak). American mining started in 1877 and when the mine closed in the 1950s they had mined gold, silver, lead, and zinc. In the 1930s, the Montana mine produced more lead and zinc that any other mine in Arizona. At its peak in the mid 1930s, Ruby had a population of about 1200.

On April 11, 1912 the mining camp's general store owner Julius Andrews established the post office. Andrews named the post office “Ruby” after his wife Lille B. Ruby Andrews, and the mining camp soon became known as Ruby.

Ruby's remaining structures include the old jail and houses, the old school.