We Found An Abandoned Town Hidden in the Arizona Mountains.

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  • čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
  • This was probably my favorite place to explore ever. Hidden in the Arizona mountains sets Ruby, AZ the most well preserved ghost towns to exist.Also i hate that i must say this however the town was abandoned in the 40's but it was founded over 150 years ago making a 200 + year old town. So before you comment understand that.
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  • @ExplorationUnknown
    @ExplorationUnknown  Před 6 lety +439

    Just to clear up my mistake I had gotten my facts mixed up this town was founded in the 1870s and ended in 1940s sorry for the mixup.

    • @landenschaumanntropi-calpo6387
      @landenschaumanntropi-calpo6387 Před 6 lety +15

      Exploration Unknown uhh why did you use a picture of calico ghost town for your thumbnail ?

    • @mrsdahmer8
      @mrsdahmer8 Před 6 lety +17

      Not even, that readers digest book was printed in 1968!! HAHA that town is not, THAT old! Lol 😄
      (far cry from 1800's, I'd edit that part out if I were you. At least the audio if you don't want to cut any footage. Cuz, if you don't say that, then there's nothing for your audience to get disappointed about. Cuz it's really a cool old ghost town.)

    • @skipruse7209
      @skipruse7209 Před 6 lety +5

      Exploration Unknown not a very old place.

    • @bonniegarber9915
      @bonniegarber9915 Před 6 lety +19

      Heard a piano note at 10:10 from school area

    • @garyparker2969
      @garyparker2969 Před 6 lety +9

      Hey Buddy If there are No Vandalism How & Why Did The Toilets Get Smashed??? DDdduuuuhhhh!!!

  • @caseywilson2801
    @caseywilson2801 Před 6 lety +14

    Dude Ruby has never been forgotten we in Az, just didn't feel like sharing it with anyone

  • @RollnRye74
    @RollnRye74 Před 6 lety +9

    This was awesome! I was injured 27 years ago at 18 and loved exploring abandoned places. Unfortunately my injury ended that. So, THANK YOU for doing this. I really enjoy watching your videos.

  • @marykennedy1537
    @marykennedy1537 Před 6 lety +46

    Ruby, Arizona! Just visited myself a couple of weeks ago (first time). Family history there! Building next to jail....town store/post office. Bandits killed owners in 1920. First sheriff of Santa Cruz County, Sheriff White killed while transporting prisoners to prison. Thank you! Awesome Video!

    • @go-goakins1489
      @go-goakins1489 Před 5 lety +2

      Mary Kennedy it's called ruby , Arizona. Cool

  • @danielmadrid8618
    @danielmadrid8618 Před 5 lety +2

    Ruby Arizona. Where my grandfather was born and was raised in the 1930s, he moved around from different mining towns in the 1940s. so I enjoyed the video thanks for bringing back beautiful memories of my grandfather's childhood town. It'll be adventure to explore his stomping grounds, and it is not a waste land. It's a beautiful part of Arizona.

  • @vikkiklock9021
    @vikkiklock9021 Před 4 lety +9

    We’ve been there a couple of times. The long rectangle structure early in your video was the scales for the mine. The large piece of equipment laying in the ground is a refrigeration unit - that was the general store. Amazing place !

  • @bigbilllasvegas
    @bigbilllasvegas Před 6 lety +40

    I knew a nice old guy that worked for the state of Nevada. He went to old ghost towns and tended to fences, etc. He would spend the night. I asked him if he ever heard or saw anything at night. He said that he never tells this to people, but told me that he heard lots of people talking and heard piano and banjo music as clear as can be. The abandon buildings came alive at night. Old Charlie never drank, was a regular church goer . He said he just let them party and never tried to go near.

    • @esterschipper5879
      @esterschipper5879 Před 6 lety +3

      Wowww

    • @esterschipper5879
      @esterschipper5879 Před 6 lety +3

      So creepy

    • @LesDeplorables
      @LesDeplorables Před 5 lety +7

      I've had that happen when I was young at abandoned Farms, even in the daytime I could hear people working and talking but no one was around for miles

    • @gerfmon1
      @gerfmon1 Před 5 lety +1

      I guess maybe I'm not sensitive to it, but I've been in creepy abandoned places, cemeteries, even overgrown old cemeteries, sometimes at night, and I've never had a paranormal experience.

    • @LesDeplorables
      @LesDeplorables Před 5 lety +2

      @@gerfmon1 it could be your not sensitive to it. Or you just haven't had the right place and time for it. I've been in creepy old cemeteries to and never had any experience. But I have had them elsewhere. In fact, despite my experience, I would not recommend most people go look for one. That could bring some bad energies and Karma. It's better when the experience finds you

  • @MarkFunJones
    @MarkFunJones Před 6 lety +57

    The drone shots in the beginning were awesome and how cool is that staying the night in a town in the middle of nowhere with no one else there right on man

  • @Tachyon62
    @Tachyon62 Před 6 lety +34

    The pit that your buddy fell thru the surface were truck scales. You can see the pedestal in the background where the weight readings would have been taken. That is why the timbers are so heavy duty. They were meant to hold a truck or other vehicle while getting weighed

    • @Tachyon62
      @Tachyon62 Před 6 lety +4

      at 6:15 that was most likely a water pump, the big wheel would have been connected to a steam engine and the other part would be moved up and down by the cam that the large wheel would move. It could pump a fairly large amount of water. Its how they did it back in the day.

  • @toltecaz1
    @toltecaz1 Před 6 lety +41

    Ice Plant. Those are ice molds. They would fill the vat with salt brine and chill it to below freezing. Put fresh water in the molds and make big blocks of ice.

    • @marksnider9378
      @marksnider9378 Před 5 lety +1

      Tom " are you sure those guys were the ones ?

  • @carolkunde2671
    @carolkunde2671 Před 5 lety +7

    Thank you for your excellent narration of this former town. I appreciate your honesty on what you are seeing and eliminating what you believe 'might' have happened. I almost feel as though I was walking through it with you.

  • @ExplorationUnknown
    @ExplorationUnknown  Před 6 lety +171

    Thanks for watching this was one of the highlights of our roadtrip.

    • @carolinevincent3174
      @carolinevincent3174 Před 6 lety +1

      Exploration Unknown it must be soooo amazing exploring old abandonned places !!! Taking pictures, filming, and all the walking !!! From Valleyfield ( close to montreal qc )

    • @jennymoran2669
      @jennymoran2669 Před 6 lety +2

      Exploration Unknown. I really ment it
      Lv the videos . 👵🌹💗old lady uk

    • @mercyverdugo1754
      @mercyverdugo1754 Před 6 lety +4

      GREAT VIDEO!!! THANK YOU.. FAM

    • @saraflanders2543
      @saraflanders2543 Před 6 lety +4

      @Exploration Unknown, I believe there's actually a movie based on this town & mine. It's called "The Legend of Ruby Silver". I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure it's the same one. Could be worth looking into!

    • @ILoveMyCreativeSpirit
      @ILoveMyCreativeSpirit Před 6 lety +3

      Oh Jon this is an amazing video :) This is one of your best if not the best! I loved watching it. Your editing was amazing and the place is amazing. Great Job my friend!

  • @STUG82
    @STUG82 Před 5 lety +9

    the coolest part about this is the fact knowing all those buildings saw and was in the "wild west" if all those walls could talk...

  • @honeybubsakajenna
    @honeybubsakajenna Před 6 lety +24

    Incredible, just so incredible. For a town to still have standing structures that is roughly 200 plus years old, give and or take some years from used buildings from the 30’s or so is amazing. And in the desert? It’s such a harsh environment. Thanks Jon. 💜loved it. I’d so want to check this fantastic location. Have a great day. Glad Tims foot is ok, you so don’t want to mess around especially being so remote. Awesome drone shots btw. ♥️HB

    • @juliechlarson9660
      @juliechlarson9660 Před 6 lety

      What's the name?

    • @honeybubsakajenna
      @honeybubsakajenna Před 6 lety +1

      Thystaff Thywill incredibly amazing. I had no idea. TY 😊 have a good day.

    • @maxflyman5435
      @maxflyman5435 Před 6 lety +1

      Julie Chlarson, the town name? Right at the top. Ruby, AZ. Its in the southeast portion of the state, near the the Mexican Border. Lots of copper and silver, as well as a few scattered gold mines all over that area.
      Also for Honey Bubs....most of the buildings you still see standing had adobe walls, even if they were covered with wood or plaster. Natural adobe lasts forever, and has been used by the Native Americans in the area for centuries, with some of their ancient structures still standing.
      Love my State! :)

  • @7stars127
    @7stars127 Před 5 lety +5

    You and your crew are not alone.People are watching you.

  • @jesusdiaz6691
    @jesusdiaz6691 Před 6 lety +3

    I don't care if the info about that ghost town was accurate, but let me tell you i was at home on a Friday night thinking of going out but that video somehow put me in a serene mood and now I am staying home!
    😎

  • @mohrass1
    @mohrass1 Před 6 lety +11

    That place you initially called a shaft but wasn't very deep is actually a scale for weighing out trucks...the pipe sticking up was where the balance mechanism was mounted!!

  • @Kristen222009
    @Kristen222009 Před 6 lety +32

    If anyone ever tries to vandalize the place the caretaker should lock em in the jail for a day. 😂

    • @masterhutchgaming1566
      @masterhutchgaming1566 Před 6 lety +3

      Kristen222009 chain them to the trees

    • @xhamilton91x
      @xhamilton91x Před 6 lety +2

      Kristen222009 probably has his ex wife locked in there lol. I wonder if anyone has been thrown in the mine lol. Maybe someone should rope down a camera??

    • @patb9375
      @patb9375 Před 5 lety +1

      That's why the jail is locked kids pissed him off the night before.

  • @jameskelly9711
    @jameskelly9711 Před 5 lety +86

    Brother, i live in Rio Rico near this, and other ghost towns. Replace the word "found" with "followed the signs" to Ruby, Washington camp.....etc.

    • @The_Vanilla_Guerilla
      @The_Vanilla_Guerilla Před 5 lety +5

      Exactly! I too used to live in Rio Rico (1991-2003) and these towns are well known and visited. My wife and I were at Ruby as recently as 2016. My Dad and I used to ride around Washington Camp and Duquesne back in the early 90's. When I went to Calabasas, the office was still housed in the old school house. Rio Rico didn't even have a high school, we had to choose between Sahuarita and Nogales, lol.

    • @tonythomas951
      @tonythomas951 Před 4 lety +2

      Agreed. I've lived in Tucson since 69' and I love the area from there to Arivaca and over to Sasabe.

    • @killianoffgrid1623
      @killianoffgrid1623 Před 3 lety +2

      I was thinking the same thing. Its literally on the map

    • @Desert_Marcupial
      @Desert_Marcupial Před 2 lety +1

      No need to be a twerp about it.

    • @smoke4824
      @smoke4824 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Desert_Marcupial twerp? I havent heard that since the 1980, how old r u

  • @j.georgealmendarez5061
    @j.georgealmendarez5061 Před 5 lety +29

    Camera man going too fast, slow down bro let us capture all the detail of things, please!

    • @jwjubee2893
      @jwjubee2893 Před 4 lety

      J. George Almendarez if you press the menu options you can control the speed playback.

    • @jimmyharrison1864
      @jimmyharrison1864 Před 4 lety +2

      I agree just a nervous mess a dude whispering . These people who know nothing but jerky home movies should not try this kind of stuff.
      I had to bail when his face shows up with the backward cap🙄 really, ? And sunglasses just to,ah, just to look hip hoppy???

    • @sammyjo8109
      @sammyjo8109 Před 4 lety +1

      Just stop the video when you want to look at something longer.

    • @CometTail
      @CometTail Před 3 lety +1

      Yes I agree way too fast. Stay on the subject longer .

  • @edwardcontreras9754
    @edwardcontreras9754 Před 6 lety +49

    Wow, Dejavu: We lived in Tucson as a Kid, We went Camping in Pena Blanca Lake, as a 10 Year Old then we drove thru some real Windy Road and My Dad Asked for Directions from this Guy that lived in a House in a Mining Town (Ruby Arizona). I now know my Dad was Quaisi-Lost, But Him being a "Dad" He was in Denial. Anyway the Guy gave my Dad Directions. That was back in the 1950's. Thanks for the Ride back in Time, Kudos on The Video Excelente! Ed the C from Cameron Park, California.

    • @jedimind5076
      @jedimind5076 Před 5 lety

      Peña Blanca was nice!! Too bad they closed it.

  • @KNGEveryday
    @KNGEveryday Před 6 lety +6

    Thank you for sharing! I really enjoy your videos that have the history with them. I think I know where you were at, and I thought it may be dust by now. I went to it in the mid 1980’s. My friends and I would spend our weekends going to ghost towns in AZ desert. I lived in Apache Junction. Your trip is bringing up wonderful memories:)

  • @taraspiritwhisperer
    @taraspiritwhisperer Před 6 lety +40

    Bham nailed the Unknown I love it. I must go here. Thank you so much for sharing

    • @ridn4s
      @ridn4s Před 6 lety +1

      Take Arizona interstate 19 south until you get to exit 12, head west about 30 minutes and you'll find it on your left hand side!

  • @Ashley-kd2su
    @Ashley-kd2su Před 5 lety +12

    So awesome. I love to get out and explore also. 😎 1870s wow. Great vlog Jon

  • @basirbaser8754
    @basirbaser8754 Před 6 lety +30

    how could it be abandoned since 1930 depression? When there is a book from 1960 in the class room.

  • @rockytop228
    @rockytop228 Před 6 lety +9

    Absolutely LOVE this Video!! The footage, the history, everything is awesome!! Congrats Jon and Tim 🎉🎊💜☮️

  • @ElementofKindness
    @ElementofKindness Před 6 lety +85

    Tall slide. Kids still had brains and common sense back then. No biggy.
    Reminds me of a documentary, where an archeologist is exploring an old cliff-dwelling indian site, and commenting how she couldn't understand how children could have possibly survived there, with 100 foor high shear drops.
    People are intellectually devolving, despite technology making us appear more intelligent.

    • @serenatwilite4005
      @serenatwilite4005 Před 6 lety +12

      They lived and learned back in those days, instead of having someone protect them from everything. They probably learned a lot quicker what not to do. A lot of other countries, like France, still raise children that way, and think it's a lot healthier for them, than making them afraid of everything.

    • @reesedaniel5835
      @reesedaniel5835 Před 6 lety +13

      No Democrat "progressive" libtards around back then to force their "political correctness" down everyones throats.

    • @solutionone3777
      @solutionone3777 Před 6 lety +6

      +Reese Daniel dam right! you could live exactly how you wanted.

    • @lesliedebois2327
      @lesliedebois2327 Před 6 lety +2

      SOLUTION ONE - "dam" a construction that beavers build.

    • @solutionone3777
      @solutionone3777 Před 6 lety

      +Leslie DeBois *beaver's*

  • @christieinaz2923
    @christieinaz2923 Před 6 lety +35

    I didn’t know you were going to be in my neck of the woods Jon. Most people are surprised by the history of Arizona. You should check The Lost Dutchman Mine in the Superstition Mountains ⛰ there was also a plane accident about 5+ years ago and everyone in the plane died when they crashed into the superstition Mountains. I could see the flames from my yard that’s how close I am to the Superstition Mountains

    • @ExplorationUnknown
      @ExplorationUnknown  Před 6 lety +5

      Yea I wanna definitely check that out next time. We went there on our road trip at the beginning of the year.

    • @christieinaz2923
      @christieinaz2923 Před 6 lety +3

      Exploration Unknown there are quite a few cool places to explore. There is also the birdcage saloon which I think could be up towards Tucson but I’m not ahunter percent sure but it’s extremely haunted and I imagine after the plane crash in the superstition Mountains I guess it was about 10 years back maybe less there’s gonna be a lot of residual energy there because the pilot which was the father and their children passed away on Thanksgiving. That kind of death means no real closure and possibly not knowing they have passed away It was the weirdest thing to see it happening while it’s also on the news and to see the fire 🔥

    • @christieinaz2923
      @christieinaz2923 Před 6 lety

      Anthony Sullivan I sincerely believe it exists. I will say that you are right in that there have been no records of anyone making it back alive

    • @christieinaz2923
      @christieinaz2923 Před 6 lety +4

      Anthony Sullivan The superstition Mountains are very big it’s not just one now there many many mountains so it’s quite possible that people have become lost trying to find its exact location. I am currently a little more interested in and exploration ever since the airplane that crashed there. I do believe there’s a lot of paranormal activity there

    • @theofficialdiamondlou2418
      @theofficialdiamondlou2418 Před 6 lety +4

      I'm from that area also. Moved in the early 90's. I spent many months in those mountains. It's very dangerous out there. Don't go without someone who knows the area. It's very easy to get lost. And there's only two fresh springs. If you do t know where they are. You'll be in big trouble. It's impossible to carry enough water for any real treks.
      Ok that's out of way.
      Do you know Holt automotive?? Across the highway from Autozone. May not be there anymore. I've been gone 20 years. Things change.

  • @rrho6701
    @rrho6701 Před 6 lety +14

    I calculated the mine shaft to be about 572 ft deep, based on the rock drop.

  • @heatherdickson6511
    @heatherdickson6511 Před 6 lety +19

    This is an old mining town founded by Mr.wickenburg. I live rigjt near there.

  • @grobschnittt
    @grobschnittt Před 6 lety +10

    You're supposed to yell "LOOK OUT!!!" before you go dropping anything down a shaft.

  • @lewspeedwagon6330
    @lewspeedwagon6330 Před 6 lety +5

    The wood platform you fell through was maybe a large scale of weighing ore on a vehicle...

  • @killingjoke5953
    @killingjoke5953 Před 6 lety +13

    would love to do an EVP Session in that Town..Very kool of you to share this gem. thank you

  • @HauntedRamblings
    @HauntedRamblings Před 5 lety +2

    This is a pretty awesome place..we had a slide like that at our elementary school.. It was awesome.. Glad Tim didnt go any further or get hirt worse... Thanks Jon for another awesome video!!

  • @splendidbehavior
    @splendidbehavior Před 6 lety +1

    Thanks for taking me along appreciate it man. As far as not getting it perfectly about dates as such it’s all good!💪🏻🐸🤙🏻🤙🏻

  • @floyd201149
    @floyd201149 Před 6 lety +4

    ... really appreciate the narration and the history ... and respect for the stuff still there ... blessings ...

  • @christhompson7547
    @christhompson7547 Před 6 lety +9

    Hi Jon. Made it to Ruby. The room where you left the stickers was close. It had a security steel door on it. Notice say they are opening up museum there in June or July. That room is all cleaned up. No stickers for us🙁

  • @skyym3629
    @skyym3629 Před 6 lety +12

    This town seems like the perfect staging area for the Cartel drug mules and the human smuggling coyotes.
    Thanks for the video,
    God Bless

  • @countrybumpkin339
    @countrybumpkin339 Před 6 lety +7

    I am from the UK. We don’t have this sort of history. The video is so interesting. Thank you.

    • @sugarnads
      @sugarnads Před 5 lety +5

      Country Bumpkin youre kidding right.
      Cornish mines dating to the 1700s.
      Flint mines 5000 years old.
      Roman marching camps.
      Stonefucknghenge.
      Hadrians wall.
      Every second hillock has a bronze or iron age fort at the top.
      Cant move for tripping over norman mott and bailey castles.
      Youve got more history within a mile of whereever the hell it is you live than most of america can dream of.

    • @shanniworld8310
      @shanniworld8310 Před 5 lety +1

      yeah, but you have your history of conquering and pillaging the globe, not really inventing, just stealing and re-purposing. Good thing some of you broke off and help found the great USA. Ah, but I guess we did the same to our Indians as you did yours.

    • @shonazef7351
      @shonazef7351 Před 5 lety

      Country Bumpkin lol this city wouldn’t exist without British Empire lol

    • @shanniworld8310
      @shanniworld8310 Před 5 lety +1

      @@shonazef7351 Yes it existed in spite of the British Empire, LIMEY!

    • @shanniworld8310
      @shanniworld8310 Před 5 lety

      @123 456 Yeah like Germany.

  • @roxxic3677
    @roxxic3677 Před 6 lety +6

    Their are a lot of abandon town's,cities, places, homes in the world. What a shame their are so many. All those places being left to rot away.

  • @anncarolan4105
    @anncarolan4105 Před 6 lety +6

    Great video as always, and I know this might sound silly but that town seems so sad some how, as if it is waiting for it's people to return, told you it was silly didnt i but thats the strange strong feeling i get, so please dont laugh, thank you for sharing it with us all.

  • @rsarlls08
    @rsarlls08 Před 6 lety +41

    This place is an awesome find! If only the walls could talk imagine the tales they could tell just in the history alone.

  • @thatdellguy
    @thatdellguy Před 6 lety +15

    You should adjust your sound / microphone after the loud music plays. Your narration is very quiet.

  • @benbernal9728
    @benbernal9728 Před 4 lety +2

    Thank you for your channel we wife have never had a vacation so your channel takes us there God bless always it's breath taking

    • @pookysdad4884
      @pookysdad4884 Před 2 lety

      Take yer wife on a vacation, for God's sake. I'm dirt poor, but I still do it once a year. Out in the desert in SoCal.

  • @postaldude9655
    @postaldude9655 Před 5 lety +43

    Only reason it's still abandoned is because I'm on vacation. I'll be home soon.

    • @bryanlawless5394
      @bryanlawless5394 Před 4 lety +2

      What happened to moondog, the old caretaker?

    • @MrInnovativeEnergy
      @MrInnovativeEnergy Před 4 lety +1

      @@bryanlawless5394 Sundog I believe. Haven't been back to see him since we fixed the road a while back.

    • @kevintoth5365
      @kevintoth5365 Před 4 lety +1

      Are you still on vacation, just checking :)..??

  • @sarapaws692
    @sarapaws692 Před 6 lety +4

    No cell service, you say. Good thing Arizona will allow me to open carry....
    Great video, btw. Love the drone footage...

  • @Linda204
    @Linda204 Před 6 lety +12

    This place screams run for your life while you still have the chance 😱

    • @jamesledford7736
      @jamesledford7736 Před 5 lety

      OP mp

    • @TheWoodsmanMilling
      @TheWoodsmanMilling Před 5 lety +3

      No, it really doesn't. Old towns aren't scary

    • @marjoriegarner5369
      @marjoriegarner5369 Před 3 lety

      @@TheWoodsmanMilling this town is scary. feel very negative energy right thru the video

    • @TheWoodsmanMilling
      @TheWoodsmanMilling Před 3 lety +1

      @@marjoriegarner5369 guess you're easily scared, then. There's nothing wrong about the existence of an abandoned town.

    • @Corinthians-kjv
      @Corinthians-kjv Před 3 lety

      Good place to metal detect

  • @Tazz7859
    @Tazz7859 Před 5 lety +7

    We had slides like that in the 60's & early 70's, we used to rub them down with wax paper to slide faster & it was very fast

  • @randywestfall1679
    @randywestfall1679 Před 5 lety +8

    That hot tub tells me that it has been occupied at least in the '70s

  • @Geenoi
    @Geenoi Před 3 lety +2

    And to think, someone drove that truck there and just left it, so much history there just left unknown it drives me crazy!

  • @tomstraub1148
    @tomstraub1148 Před 6 lety +6

    Very good video. I checked the town on Google Earth, and was surprised that street view actually drove along a dirt road passed the town's entrance. Wish you added footage of the dried up lake with some ruins on and next to it, and given an explanation on what those three very large holes/craters are up top of the hills South West of the town !

  • @heros670
    @heros670 Před 5 lety +5

    Abandoned since the 30s. No way. I saw a modern looking security camera at the beginning of the video and those books were from the 60s

  • @lilithr9327
    @lilithr9327 Před 6 lety +6

    interesting to see how people lived and i could just kind of imagine how it would've been. Thank you!

  • @itscasper4787
    @itscasper4787 Před 6 lety

    I love the landscape of the american west. Its really the landscape you cant find anywhere else.

  • @lizbent5040
    @lizbent5040 Před 4 lety +1

    I found this by accident, love your video and commentary found this oddly relaxing to watch. Thank you

  • @edpardy461
    @edpardy461 Před 5 lety +3

    Here in Newfoundland , they resettled many small outports during the 1960’s . Beautiful areas worth exploring .

  • @TheSolowShow2
    @TheSolowShow2 Před 5 lety +22

    @ 9:12 I just spotted a 150 year old Chrysler 300.

    • @VAHOSS
      @VAHOSS Před 4 lety

      Yes, and the electric motors that ran the machines

  • @brittanykilgore2695
    @brittanykilgore2695 Před 6 lety +16

    When Tim dropped that rock down the shaft was AWESOME👍

  • @larrylebowski8386
    @larrylebowski8386 Před rokem

    I was there just a couple of months ago and things have changed since you made this video. The Wynn Corporation bought a huge parcel of property and built the biggest water park in Arizona. Slides, bouncy cages and water boarding fun for the whole family.

  • @jooyeon1926
    @jooyeon1926 Před 6 lety +1

    You have such a calming presence my goodness, such a breath of fresh air!

  • @RhettyforHistory
    @RhettyforHistory Před 6 lety +60

    I like that you're allowed to visit and camp in the town if you like. I think more places should do that!

    • @thra5herxb12s
      @thra5herxb12s Před 6 lety +8

      Most places might attract the wrong sort of idiots that would spray it up or burn it down.

    • @inaprater3087
      @inaprater3087 Před 6 lety +9

      A lot of places used to but people would destroy them or leave their garbage so they stopped letting people on

    • @mickeymeece4892
      @mickeymeece4892 Před 6 lety

      RhettyforFun /(

    • @seanburns9416
      @seanburns9416 Před 6 lety

      RhettyforFun who's they just curious??????

    • @richardhudak685
      @richardhudak685 Před 6 lety

      RhettyforFun lo

  • @awkwardBOB
    @awkwardBOB Před 6 lety +557

    Thanks for staying clean man. I've watched other exploration videos and its the F word every other word. No need for that.

    • @Julieac100
      @Julieac100 Před 6 lety +29

      I agree. So nice to have nice clean videos to watch.

    • @sharonalbert4305
      @sharonalbert4305 Před 6 lety +27

      Yes, thank you for being clean. First time viewer.

    • @kenbritton6782
      @kenbritton6782 Před 6 lety +28

      The ones who use unnecessary profanity to decorate their speech are usually the young ones trying to sound grown up or tough.

    • @sylviakoziarski4912
      @sylviakoziarski4912 Před 6 lety +13

      I hate it when producers can't watch what they say. Swearing is not expectable unless you are an uneducated, uncouth individual. Thanks for being clean it is appreciated.

    • @debbiehensley6219
      @debbiehensley6219 Před 6 lety +12

      Awkward Bob I agree 100%

  • @4440ch
    @4440ch Před 5 lety +10

    looks to me like it was abandoned in the 60s.....the tires, Readers Digest books, basketball court, etc

    • @kevintoth5365
      @kevintoth5365 Před 4 lety

      There was a book from 1968 btw.

    • @VAHOSS
      @VAHOSS Před 4 lety +1

      And they used electric motors to run the machines

  • @yolandagonzalez-wt9bp
    @yolandagonzalez-wt9bp Před 5 lety +1

    People see out of the box and the potential what you can do with this town rebuilt and start fresh. The way they live in those days is better then now. Imagine the peace and quiet you get. With people who you love. I for one would love to live in a town like that. Don't know about you if, I ever hit the millions that the first thing, I would do.

    • @jdepape9645
      @jdepape9645 Před 5 lety

      If you win millions and decide to go, please let me know and take me with you. :)

  • @paulairola7041
    @paulairola7041 Před 4 lety +1

    About 15 miles west of Rio Rico, AZ close the Border , I'd be careful ! Of course I pack conceal carry every time I desert explore.

  • @harmonythibodeau7837
    @harmonythibodeau7837 Před 6 lety +4

    That place is absolutely amazing... I would love to visit or camp there.

  • @kayazickler3448
    @kayazickler3448 Před 5 lety +3

    its year 2019, they started in 1870, so really the town is 149 years old, but its still amazing. I would love to camp there.

    • @kayazickler3448
      @kayazickler3448 Před 5 lety

      @@tag1out ok? When i commented that the dates showed it was 149 years, and it was a joke comment any way?? Im going to bed, i dont need to take any more time on someone who doesn't understand what im even saying.

  • @SueGirling68
    @SueGirling68 Před 6 lety +7

    Daaaaaang that's a long ole way for me to go to get a sticker lol. Great video as always, thank you Jon. Btw, just sat here watching your video I actually saw 2 false black widow spiders at opposite ends of the bedroom eek. One brave Husband later and we're good xD xx

  • @feldont77
    @feldont77 Před 5 lety +1

    At the time I watched this video, you had 1.5 million views and 12k Likes. Impressive! Congrats! Keep up the good work!

  • @jocelynbeavan
    @jocelynbeavan Před 5 lety

    You had me at 20 foot water slide...I’m haunted from the past chalked boards, new trendy DIY, ya, I’m just playing...

  • @tommyhallum4207
    @tommyhallum4207 Před 6 lety +5

    They said it had been abandoned since the 30s but someone had been staying there since then for sure that engine they showed on the tires had a modern air conditioner compressor on it that look like it was from the 70's or 80's and odds are it was old when it was pulled so it was probably left there in maybe the 90s. sure I'm guessing but it definitely wouldn't have 30s.

    • @johnfalkenstine8377
      @johnfalkenstine8377 Před 5 lety +4

      Usually, there's some kind of caretaker living on site to prevent vandalism which is a huge problem. Some folks just have to break and take stuff.

    • @bryanshelton6530
      @bryanshelton6530 Před 5 lety +1

      I agree with the early 80s small block chevy with smog still on it kinda voids the ghost town part. I would say hillbilly homestead is more like it.

  • @mikemccabe7124
    @mikemccabe7124 Před 6 lety +28

    He never gave this warning so i will.. Keep in mind this is the Arizona desert so if u plan on a summer trip thru ther be aware of the temperatures cuz here in Arizona the long summers are brutal @ 115+ degrees it may not sound that bad but keep in mind that is the temp they report from the shade so keep that in mind cuz no cell signal, so medical assistance and no store or people around also u better hope ur car is ready for the heat.. the best time to visit is prob just b4 winter and just after like it looks like they did in this video

    • @donaldm4151
      @donaldm4151 Před 5 lety

      /

    • @sugarnads
      @sugarnads Před 5 lety +1

      Yep.
      Im australian. Had the pleasure of Az late spring back in 011 (say that in a genuine frontier gibberish accent). And it was HOT.
      Ive been to the red centre in the middle of summer. Felt about the same heh.
      Az is a hot sonofabitch in summer.

    • @shanniworld8310
      @shanniworld8310 Před 5 lety

      Yeah, I was thinking this too. Better have a truck and bring your own gas. Make sure you have a full tank when driving for 2 hours down that road. Make sure you have a spare. Shit, hell no. i would not go that far off the beaten path that close to the boarder. No one would ever find you.

    • @shanniworld8310
      @shanniworld8310 Před 5 lety

      Make sure you have guns and bullets. LOL Don't forget the axe, the lighter and plenty of coffee. I could not sleep here alone.

    • @gerfmon1
      @gerfmon1 Před 5 lety +1

      Watch out for rattlesnakes and that close to the border, an encounter with illegals or even drug smugglers might be possible.

  • @keyboardwarrior3454
    @keyboardwarrior3454 Před 6 lety +59

    The hills have eyes!!!👀

  • @andreweveritt5592
    @andreweveritt5592 Před 3 lety

    I camped there as a scout backing in 2003-2004. I recognized that truck, it hasn't changed at all.

  • @jeffleblanc8850
    @jeffleblanc8850 Před 5 lety +1

    That’s a good thing bats are great to have around to keep misquetoes down

  • @Car1Sagan
    @Car1Sagan Před 5 lety +11

    Just saw your note, late 1800s to 1940's looks about right. But lots there looks like 1980's stuff.

    • @joesmith701
      @joesmith701 Před 5 lety

      that's what I thought, some of the stuff looked newer than just 1940's

  • @lailamckinney9810
    @lailamckinney9810 Před 5 lety +3

    I loved the footage. You made you're own little documentary. ;)

  • @Conversationswiththecurious

    Wow that's an amazing find!! Loved it

  • @Battlestar31164
    @Battlestar31164 Před 4 lety

    A 20 foot slide! Back in a better time. Kids living their best life. Thank you for sharing the adventure. Y'all have a great channel.

  • @russelldofrane6614
    @russelldofrane6614 Před 6 lety +1

    What great place to explore! All things considered it appears to be pretty well keeped or preserved or fozen in time or whatever you want to call it. Compared to more urban exploration sites with graffiti and senseless destruction. Thanks for sharing!

  • @Stevendebyi
    @Stevendebyi Před 6 lety +6

    Wow I would love to have that old jail house door it's awesome

    • @jamesstepp9982
      @jamesstepp9982 Před 6 lety

      I want the '41 Ford dump truck. And the loader.

  • @thomaspierce2072
    @thomaspierce2072 Před 5 lety +8

    The thing your boy fell through is an old scale for trucks

  • @denisesimpson591
    @denisesimpson591 Před 6 lety +137

    Excellent, but you flash off images too soon.

  • @issahblue
    @issahblue Před 5 lety

    Me and my son watch this , this is only video exploration without saying bad words, like F word...this people are great and I salute you..guys and god bless you...I actuatualy subscribe and like .....

  • @cowgirlo99
    @cowgirlo99 Před 6 lety

    Been there but it was in the 70's and it sure has changed. thanks for the revisit it was very awesome. But when we were there there was very large lizards in there and scared us have to death. lol love the video thanks.

  • @samuelpajoa215
    @samuelpajoa215 Před 5 lety +3

    Like watching videos of old ghosts towns. Would have liked to see a old cemetery showing tombstones of towns people were buried?👍✌🇺🇸

  • @MarzNGrama
    @MarzNGrama Před 6 lety +10

    You guys should go to Canada and visit Sirdar in BC. It's just across the BC/USA border at Idaho. Very old mining town. Google it or search on CZcams.

  • @karenjohansen6544
    @karenjohansen6544 Před 6 lety +9

    You should have gone down that slide on a bike lol. Loved this video, what a fascinating place

    • @sweetk2678
      @sweetk2678 Před 6 lety

      slide on a biike,wooman got hurt doing that!!!!!! funny tho

    • @alohamd4022
      @alohamd4022 Před 6 lety +1

      Karen Johansen good one, I have that video saved for a laugh.👍😃

    • @heather368
      @heather368 Před 6 lety

      LOL !

    • @karenjohansen6544
      @karenjohansen6544 Před 6 lety

      I have too lol. Always makes me laugh.

    • @karenjohansen6544
      @karenjohansen6544 Před 6 lety +2

      It's a reference to AdamTheWoo sliding down a slide on his bike. You should watch it as it is hilarious lol. It's titled something like Great Bike Wreck, I am an idiot.

  • @casedoumasr656
    @casedoumasr656 Před 3 lety +1

    Hello great video lots to see . Just watched wonder Hussey video just came out Nov 18 2020 the town of Ruby has changed a lot in 2 years for the good .🤔 Cjd wash state . Thank you for the show on Ruby az 👍

  • @ricochetaz3846
    @ricochetaz3846 Před 5 lety

    Hey Tim, I liked your video. Ruby's perty cool ya? Brought back some good memorys for me seeing the place. It is a very old mining camp, the spanairds were aroundthere in the 1670's? 1700 then I think around the 1870's 0r so things started to fire up around there from the gringos. I believe Ruby shut down for good about 40-41. The metals pulled outa there mostly were lead zinc, copper, silver and a little gold I was told. When I was about 10-12 years old in 69-70 my older brother would take myself and usualy a friend along with him and his girl friend in his 55 oldsmobile to cut fire wood and camp out for the night. As soon as my friend and I had the trunk packed and I mean packed with mesquite wood we would go to Ruby and or other mine shafts around there and explore. What a blast we had! We would come home with a trunk full of mesquite and an old green and white colman cooler full of rattle snakes. Found a few goodies now and then. Still have an old carbide head lamp I got outa one of those old prospects. A lotta rattlers around there. If your ever back out this way before the forest service bulldozes them all I can take you to some realy cool old gold mines if youd like. I have over 400 gold, silver and copper hard rock mines on my gps that are within a 50 mile radius of my place. I almost live in the old ghost town of pantano. Its just a stones throw from here. Any how, thanks for the blast from the past, keep on trucken, Rick in Pantano, AZ. yes the ghost town.

  • @heather368
    @heather368 Před 6 lety +51

    10:07 sounds like 3 keys being hit on a piano!

    • @blurbleblurbleblurbl
      @blurbleblurbleblurbl Před 6 lety +4

      was just gunna comment the same thing had to see if anybody else noticed!!

    • @ZTae21
      @ZTae21 Před 6 lety +1

      Heather Turner I heard it as well.

    • @debbiehensley6219
      @debbiehensley6219 Před 6 lety

      Heather Turner I heard it also.

    • @Mark_4_Now
      @Mark_4_Now Před 6 lety

      Yes, i heard a key besides his buddy in the blue shirt was probably inside when he was by the slide. As a little later his buddy in blue is outside when he's in the schoolhouse.

    • @lauriewalsh420
      @lauriewalsh420 Před 6 lety

      Yes. Def heard that

  • @masterspin7796
    @masterspin7796 Před 6 lety +6

    I don't think the file cabinet was from the 1930's and the headlights on the truck are fresh anyways still a cool video...

  • @fixit4u73
    @fixit4u73 Před 6 lety +111

    4:57.....200 year old gas grill.

    • @jeremyfowler1519
      @jeremyfowler1519 Před 6 lety +14

      Lmao. This place was prob occupied for 40-50 years after it was abandoned with teens. Bums etc using it until it was so far gone. Prob been mostly empty 30-40 years.

    • @abadyahhannah98
      @abadyahhannah98 Před 6 lety +7

      I still see those aluminum cast grills around, that's not 200 yrs old 😂

    • @jptang1701
      @jptang1701 Před 6 lety +12

      And the kerosene space heater right after that.........

    • @gt754
      @gt754 Před 6 lety +2

      Bushwacker lol

    • @davepena1194
      @davepena1194 Před 6 lety +11

      200-year-old Jacuzzi wow!!

  • @ginabizzarosghosts7831

    This place screams paranormal exploration. I could feel the activity through the video. Holy cow

  • @marcelynecross3044
    @marcelynecross3044 Před 6 lety

    This is the first Exploration Unknown video I have seen. I liked that you described the feeling (no wind) and smell of the things you investigated. Makes me feel like I was there with you. I was born in 68, before lawsuits were a thing and yes, we had 20 ft slides and I loved them, dangerous as they may have been. Thanks again, I'll check out your other videos.

  • @mcwatersd
    @mcwatersd Před 6 lety +4

    Great video. Thought I had heard that place was really haunted. The ariel shots make the buildings look more intact than what I saw in the video. Cool pkace. Keep Well❤ Keep Safe❤

  • @MF9000
    @MF9000 Před 6 lety +24

    No hot tubs in the thirties. Looks more like the place would have been abandoned in the seventies looking at some of the equipment.

    • @kellymusher6630
      @kellymusher6630 Před 6 lety +6

      MF9000, I lived not far from Ruby as a kid. Per my parent's, Ruby was an active town in the 1970's with the mines still going, not a heavy populated place. Most places in south eastern az take awhile to get to. Welcome to the real west.

    • @bud8329
      @bud8329 Před 6 lety +3

      yeah that engine looks like out of an 80's GM and the yellow loader looks like 70's or so.

    • @Thatperson2-u7u
      @Thatperson2-u7u Před 6 lety

      The book was from 68 also

    • @mavislindsey7280
      @mavislindsey7280 Před 6 lety

      MF9000 0

    • @garyrotvold5666
      @garyrotvold5666 Před 5 lety

      MF9000 Should

  • @kraigcochran9995
    @kraigcochran9995 Před 6 lety +24

    That thing that you said tim fell into was an old truck platform scale I think. The pipe and stuff sticking out of the ground would have been the place for the beam mechanism think of the scale at the doctor's office but just bigger..

    • @herbhall3830
      @herbhall3830 Před 5 lety +2

      I was gonna say the same thing! My friends junk yard has the same thing and it is a scale

  • @MamaWolf-oc2ct
    @MamaWolf-oc2ct Před 6 lety

    Bodi goast town in California is one of the best preserved towns in the United States. It is amazing and wonderful to visit.

  • @mistervacation23
    @mistervacation23 Před 5 lety +2

    In the Early 90's there was a grocery store. Worked on a ranch nearby and used to go there on occasion to use the restroom.