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One possible explanation for the story is that placer miners found gold-bearing gravels beneath an ancient lava flow at the base of Ruby
Mountain, and were actively tunneling under the old lava flow to mine the gravels. As its name suggests, Ruby Mountain is ruby-colored due to the scoriaceous tephra
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working in the area reportedly were able to work during the dark nights, due to the glow of the eruption. The article also reported that a group of people were going down from the Yukon to investigate the eruption, but no further reports were apparently made. Several recent studies, including a
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that covers much of its summit and the summer sun shining off of the ruby-red flanks of the volcano may have started the rumour. There have been no evidence of the eruption found in the region and the 19th-century report is considered uncertain.
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summary by
Edwards et al. (2003) published by the Geological Survey of Canada, have determined that Ruby Mountain was definitely not the site of a historic eruption, nor were the Cracker Creek or Volcanic Creek cones.
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Edwards, B. R.; Russell, J. K.; Anderson, R. G.; Harder, M. (2003). "Overview of
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Volcanoes of the
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216:Unknown, possible eruptions in 1898.
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409:Geol. Surv. Canada, Current Res
86:Northern Cordilleran volcanoes
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261:cinder cones at the heads of
232:Surprise Lake Volcanic Field
75:1,880 m (6,170 ft)
1080:Quaternary British Columbia
345:Volcanism of Western Canada
335:List of volcanoes in Canada
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273:November 8, 1898, eruption
1085:Cenozoic British Columbia
1060:Volcanic fields of Canada
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382:Global Volcanism Program
228:Llangorse Volcanic Field
140:British Columbia, Canada
54:British Columbia, Canada
387:Smithsonian Institution
1065:Cinder cones of Canada
377:"Atlin Volcanic Field"
804:Tom MacKay Creek Cone
234:, is a group of late-
749:Little Bear Mountain
686:Subglacial volcanoes
611:Snippaker Creek Cone
496:Cone Glacier Volcano
224:Atlin Volcanic Field
47:Atlin Volcanic Field
22:Atlin Volcanic Field
814:Tutsingale Mountain
699:Chakatah Creek Peak
656:Volcanic Creek Cone
340:Volcanism of Canada
303:Volcanic Creek Cone
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739:Klinkit Creek Peak
666:Walkout Creek Cone
596:Second Canyon Cone
501:Cracker Creek Cone
318:Llangorse Mountain
308:Cracker Creek Cone
226:, also called the
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724:Isspah Butte
704:Caribou Tuya
694:Ash Mountain
576:Outcast Hill
561:Moraine Cone
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148:Parent range
1029:Castle Rock
953:Bell-Irving
905:Heart Peaks
877:The Pyramid
872:Sphinx Dome
857:Nanook Dome
636:The Volcano
616:Source Hill
279:Gladys Lake
236:Pleistocene
171:Age of rock
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93:Coordinates
1054:Categories
958:Desolation
852:IGC Centre
834:Lava domes
819:Tuya Butte
784:South Tuya
646:Tseax Cone
631:The Saucer
621:Storm Cone
606:Sleet Cone
601:Sidas Cone
586:Ridge Cone
571:Nahta Cone
511:Exile Hill
466:Cache Hill
392:2023-06-16
356:References
251:Atlin Lake
156:(southern
1039:The Thumb
968:Mess Lake
930:West Vent
651:Twin Cone
626:Thaw Hill
546:Keda Cone
541:Kana Cone
471:Camp Hill
294:Volcanoes
194:Volcanic
131:Geography
71:Elevation
1034:The Neck
1006:Ice Peak
973:Snowshoe
506:Eve Cone
324:See also
259:basaltic
249:east of
240:Holocene
230:and the
176:Holocene
136:Location
106:133°19′W
165:Geology
103:59°41′N
81:Listing
283:Miners
948:Atlin
978:Tuya
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