RUBY
RUBY
1915-1916 Alaska-Yukon Gazetteer and Business Directory
Source: R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1915-16 Alaska-Yukon gazetteer and business directory; Seattle, Wash.; Polk,
1915.
Submitted by Peggy Thompson
Pop 800. A town and p o on the Yukon River, 120 miles below Tanana. A stampede was made to this place in May, 1911, since which time gold has been discovered along Long Creek, a tributary of the Yukon, about 30 miles back from Ruby City, and also on Fox, Bear and Fourth of July Creeks, tributaries of Long Creek, and on Big Dome Creek, which heads from the same dome as Long Creek. The pay is in shallow ground, bed rock being about 15 or 18 feet down in thawed ground. Output of the camp for 1914, $750,000. Supplies are landed from the river boats at Ruby and freighted 30 miles overland to the creeks. Has catholic and Presbyterian Churches, public school, 2 saw mills, 4 general stores and a weekly newspaper, The Record-Citizen. Wells, Fargo & Co Express. Ruby Telephone Co. Weekly stage to Long City, fare $10. John W. Dunn, P M.
| Abelson Saml, clothing |
| Baggerly S, mgr Ruby Meat Co |
| Bloom R, hdwe |
| Bradshaw Ernest Rev (Presbyterian Church) |
| Carl Geo, saloon |
| Carter Dr, dentist |
| Catholic Church (Rev A Desjardins) |
| Clavau Peter, painter |
| Cribb Harry, carp |
| Day A J, agt Wells, Fargo & Co Express |
| Devane Thos, justice |
| Desjardins A Rev (Catholic Church) |
| DUNN JOHN W, Postmaster, Attorney-at-Law and Gen Mdse |
| Filbin J J, publr The Record-Citizen |
| Gifford Wm, tent, awning and flume hose mnfr |
| Good Dr, dentist |
| Haarvie A, gen mdse |
| Hill E Coke (Red Cross Drug Co), lawyer |
| Hodson Frank, looger |
| Hoffman M T Mrs, ladies furngs |
| Independent Saw Mill (S Widman) |
| Johnson & Jepson, gen mdse |
| Keys Pat, stage line |
| Light A E |
| McCahey Patk, logger |
| McLema Danl, carp |
| McNight P J, stage line |
| Mayhood Geo, billiards and cigars |
| Nimberger Arhtur, carp |
| NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO, General Merchandise |
| Presbyterian Church (Rev Ernest Bradshaw) |
| Record-Citizen The, J J Filbin publr |
| Red Cross Drug Co (E Coke Eill) |
| Reynolds E M & Co, cigars, stationery and musical mdse |
| Ruby Commercial Co, gen mdse |
| Ruby Meat Co, S Baggerly mgr |
| Ruby Public School |
| Ruby Telephone Co |
| Savory Danl, logger |
| Sickinger Martin, gen mdse |
| Simons Ed (Simons Saw Mill) |
| Simons Saw Mill (Ed Simons) |
| Slippern J A, carp |
| Smith Robt Lynn, jeweler |
| Spitz Louis, saloon |
| Thompson Theo, carp |
| Wells, Fargo & Co Express, A J Day agt |
| Wettich Shelton |
| Widman S (Independent Saw Mill) |
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