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Southwest, Arizona

Ruby AZ

Fee-gated border ghost

Old dump ground Documented siteLicence or permit

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: eyes-only: schoolhouse, jail, mill, mine head, lakeside camp relics preserved in place.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Montana Camp lead-zinc town near the border, notorious for the 1920s Ruby Murders, privately preserved with 25 standing buildings

Privately owned, admission-run ghost town; own website and Southern Arizona Guide document the intact townsite

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Remote border-country dirt roadsMine openings, carry water

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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