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Ghost city fun fact’s This my ghost city that I chose Ruby, Arizona, is an abandoned mining town. A school remains desolate after being abandoned in 1940 Ruby is a ghost town in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. It was founded as a mining town in Bear Valley, originally named Montana Camp, so named because the miners were mining at the foot of Montana Peak it is one of the best ghost towns in the American Southwest, Ruby, Arizona is a reminder of the wild West. With a mine founded in the 1870s that produced gold, silver, lead, zinc, and copper, Ruby officially became a town when it opened its first post office in 1910. The mines are now home to an enormous colony of Mexican free-tail bats. The giant cloud of bats can be seen rushing from the mine entrances at sundown during the summer. Officially abandoned in 1940, as a reminder of Ruby now reside on private land and remains one of the best western towns in the US. just a day trip away from Tucson & 4 miles shy of the border of Mexico is a rare opportunity to look back at over a century of Arizona's mining history. From a once-thriving community of 1,200 people to a modern-day ghost town, a trip to Ruby is sure to be unforgettable In the 1930s, Ruby's population was about 1,200, with 150 students attending the school. The Post Office was established in 1912, and the general store owner, then of the town named it after his dead wife From 1934 to 1937, the Montana mine was the leading lead and zinc producer in Arizona. In 1936, it was third in silver production. The mine closed in 1940, and by the end of 1941 Ruby was abandoned. Ruby is one of the two best mining ghost towns in Arizona, along with the Vulture Mine near Wickenburg.