# Ray, Arizona

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{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Ray, Arizona
| official_name            =
|settlement_type           = [Ghost town](/source/List_of_ghost_towns_in_Arizona)
| image_skyline            = Mesa raymine.jpg
| image_caption            = Teapot Mesa, above [Ray mine](/source/Ray_mine)
| image_map                =
| map_caption              = Location in the state of [Arizona](/source/Arizona)
| pushpin_map              = Arizona
| pushpin_label            = Ray
| pushpin_label_position   = left
| coordinates              = {{coord|33|11|00|N|110|59|51|W|region:US-AZ|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [State](/source/U.S._state)
| subdivision_name1        = [Arizona](/source/Arizona)
| subdivision_type2        = [County](/source/List_of_counties_in_Arizona)
| subdivision_name2        = [Pinal](/source/Pinal_County%2C_Arizona)
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=usgs>{{gnis|33415|Ray}}</ref>
| elevation_m              = 647
| elevation_ft             = 2123
| timezone                 = [MST](/source/Mountain_Standard_Time_Zone) (no [DST](/source/Daylight_saving_time))
| utc_offset               = -7
}}
'''Ray''' is a [ghost town](/source/ghost_town) in [Pinal County](/source/Pinal_County%2C_Arizona), [Arizona](/source/Arizona), United States; it is mostly known for the large [copper mine](/source/copper_mine) there. It was named after the nearby [Ray mine](/source/Ray_mine), which was begun by the Ray Copper Company in 1882, after the sister of one of the miners, whose name was Bullinger.<ref name=usgs />

The town of [Kearny](/source/Kearny%2C_Arizona) was founded by the [Kennecott Mining Company](/source/Kennecott_Utah_Copper_Corporation) in 1958 as a [planned community](/source/planned_community) to accommodate the populations of Ray, [Barcelona](/source/Barcelona%2C_Arizona) and [Sonora](/source/Sonora%2C_Arizona), which were about to be enveloped by Kennecott's copper mine.  Relocation to Kearny began in 1958.

The [Copper Basin Railway](/source/Copper_Basin_Railway) ran through the town.

A newspaper, the Arizona Copper Camp, was published in Ray from 1910 to 1920.<ref>[https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/nodes/view/20851, Arizona Copper Camp newspaper]</ref>

==Notable people==
* [Edward Landers Drew](/source/Edward_Landers_Drew), died during a shootout near Ray, 1911
* [Tom Graeff](/source/Tom_Graeff), actor, producer, director, born in Ray
* [Gory Guerrero](/source/Gory_Guerrero), wrestler, born in Ray
* [Jeanmarie Simpson](/source/Jeanmarie_Simpson), theatre and film artist and activist, born in Ray
<!-- * [Clay O'Brien](/source/Clay_O'Brien), child actor, World Rodeo Championships: seven (1985–89, 1992, 1994) Rodeo Hall of Fame inductee, born May 6, 1961,  in Ray
* [Kate Lyra](/source/Kate_Lyra), Brazilian actress, born in Ray. NO WP Article for these names. WP:WTAF and then provide to readers-->

==References==
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thumb|400px|none|Ray, Arizona in  1908. The old townsite was consumed by the Ray mine open pit.

==External links==
{{Commons category|Ray, Arizona}}
{{wikivoyage|Ghost towns}}
* [http://www.townofkearny.com/about.html Town of Kearny website]
* [http://www.primghar.com/rayariz/index.html Ray-Sonora-Barcelona website]

{{Pinal County, Arizona}}
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Category:Ghost towns in Arizona
Category:Former populated places in Pinal County, Arizona
Category:Company towns in Arizona
Category:Mining communities in Arizona

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