RUBY
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RUBY |
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NAME: Ruby
COUNTY: Pitkin ROADS: 4WD GRID: 5 CLIMATE: Cool summer, cold snowy winter BEST TIME TO VISIT: July and August |
COMMENTS:
From Aspen travel east on SH
82 to Lincoln Gulch Road turnoff, then follow Lincoln Gulch Road
past Grizzly Reservoir to the end of the road. Ruby is a historic
mining town. Well worth the visit. Mineralization of the area
is obvious. REMAINS: Cabins, mill, boarding house |
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Found in the late 1880's Ruby was later abandoned around the turn of the century due to transportation difficulties. Ruby was a silver mini8ng town with some lead and gold mined around there as well. Bibliography:Guide to Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, Perry Eberhart, 1959Stampede to Timberline, Muriel Sibell Wolle, 1949 Submitted by: Harold W. Johnson Ruby holds the Colorado State record for annual precipitation in 1897, 92.84 inches! |
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