Housing for the Miners

Old Mine Head

Superintendent’s Home

Stove Inside of Doorway

Old Hospital

Former Bank Vault

In January 2013, we visited Tucson Arizona. On our final day, we headed out to try to find Ruby, AZ, a ghost town we’d seen references to on the radio. It was a true adventure as we had a vague idea of its location on the Mexican border. Stopping in to ask here and there, we finally made the drive across 6 miles of passable dirt roads through cattle country to this former mining town. A caretaker collected a small fee, had us sign releases, and warned us about rattlesnakes. It was pretty cool to explore the crumbling buildings and drop a penny down the mineshaft. It was one of our better adventures.