Ruby Lee Mill Site

Ruby Lee Mill Site is located in the Hexie Mountains, in the Mojave Desert. The site is within Joshua Tree National Park, in Riverside County, California. It is named after Ruby Lee Rule, who filed a lode claim for quartz in 1936.^[1]

The Ruby Lee Mill was established in 1935.^{[citation needed]} A stamp mill is used to crush ore in order to extract minerals. This mill was probably used to extract gold and silver.^{[citation needed]}

There are a number of mines in the vicinity. Water is needed in the milling process, and there is a nearby well, which is now dry. The milling machine is no longer present, but sat on a concrete foundation.

Rock at Ruby Lee
Mill foundation at Ruby Lee
Well at Ruby Lee
Building at Ruby Lee

References

^ "Report on the Validity of the Ruby Lee Lode Claim and Millsite Claim, Joshua Tree National Monument, Riverside County, California." National Park Service, 1974. https://npshistory.com/publications/jotr/ruby-lee-mine-validity-rpt.pdf

33°50′19″N 115°49′22″W / 33.83849°N 115.82276°W / 33.83849; -115.82276

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[1] "Report on the Validity of the Ruby Lee Lode Claim and Millsite Claim, Joshua Tree National Monument, Riverside County, California." National Park Service, 1974. https://npshistory.com/publications/jotr/ruby-lee-mine-validity-rpt.pdf

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