Ruby From its Heyday in the 1930s to Ghost Town

New Mexico - Arizona Joint History Convention Las Cruces, New Mexico

12 April 2002

Tallia Pfrimmer Cahoon 520-792-0720

Ruby Papers Roadmap

Life In

Ruby Ghost

Ruby Lead and Zinc

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Bob Ring

Al Ring

Tallia Pfrimmer Cahoon

Montana Camp Gold and Silver

Walter Pfrimmer - Pipeline

Ruby - 1938

Layout of Ruby

Assay Office

Head Frame Shaft

Warehouse

Eggshell Mountain

Danger Area

Ruby Lake

White Tailings

Old Road to Nogales No longer open

New Road to Nogales Present Today

Idaho Mine

Mine Managers House (Duff House)

Bunk Houses Hospital

Cistern Scales

Dr. Woodard House

Office safe

Morton House

Cargill House

Guest/Court House

Crabtree House

Road to Arivaca 12 Miles

Main Gate

Cases Place

N

30 Miles to Nogales

Hutchinson House Eddy House

Sullys House

Tent House Area

Ruins

Ruby Mercantile

Pfrimmer House

Jail

Teachers Residences

Outdoor Toilets

School

First store & Then residence

Second Store

Tent House Area

“Snob Hill”

Tent House

“Hollywood”

Pool Hall Tent

Sovaco Lake

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Cemetery

Montana Peak Starts about here

My Home in Ruby

Floor Plan of My Ruby Home

From My Family Photo Album

Ruby Residents Gather in Front of Boarding House

Tents Were the Solution to the Population Explosion

Ruby Mercantile

Dr. Woodard’s Office and Hospital

Ruby’s Original School

Case’s Confectionary

Country Club and Pool Hall

Oh, I almost forgot . . • Church Services

- Started in 1934 / once a month - Mass and Sunday School in our schoolhouse

• Transportation - Walking – everyone - Burros – some - Automobiles – few

• Law and Order - Built jail in 1936 to handle drunks - Before that they tied drunks to trees overnight

• Memorable Natural Events - Early 1930s – Big fire in Montana Peak foothills - 1937 – Heavy snow

Leaving Ruby

How to Get to Ruby

Ruby the Ghost Town

Ruby Entrance Gate

Mill/Assay Office/Headframe/Warehouse

Ruby Lake

Tailings Pond

Mercantile

School

Hospital

Bunkhouse #1

Bunkhouse #2

Jail

Mine Manager’s House

My Old Home

Tours of Ruby

• Conducted by Pima Community College • One tour per month, September – May • Leave from Pima Community College and/or Green Valley • All Day: 8:15 am – 5:30 pm • $65 per person • Tour Director: Tallia Pfrimmer Cahoon