UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT


                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

                        August 20, 2001 (August 8, 2001)
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                               RUBY MINING COMPANY
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its chapter)


        Colorado                   0-7501                        81-0214117
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    (State or other           (Commission File                  (IRS Employer
    jurisdiction of                 No.)                           ID No.)
     incorporation)



           3399 Peachtree Road, NE, Suite 810, Atlanta, Georgia 30326
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)


                                  404-231-8500
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)






Item 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

         As of August 8,  2001,  the  authorized  capital  stock of Ruby  Mining
Company (the  "Company")  consists of  100,000,000  shares of common stock,  par
value  $.001 per share.  As of that  date,  20,530,748  shares of the  Company's
common stock are issued and outstanding.

         The  Company's  common  stock is  entitled to one vote per share on all
matters on which  stockholders  are entitled to vote.  The common stock does not
have cumulative  voting rights or other preemptive or subscription  rights.  The
common  stock is not  subject  to  redemption  and  carries no  subscription  or
conversion rights.  Holders of shares of the Company's common stock are entitled
to any  dividends  as may be declared by the board of  directors  out of legally
available  funds.  Shares of common stock are not subject to call,  liability or
assessment.  Upon liquidation,  dissolution or winding up of the Company,  after
required  payments to  creditors,  the assets of the Company will be divided pro
rata on a per share basis among the holders of the common stock.

         Computer  Share  Trust  Company,  Lakewood,  Colorado,  serves  as  the
transfer  agent and  registrar for the  Company's  common  stock.  The Company's
common stock is currently  traded on the  over-the-counter  bulletin board under
the symbol RUBM.





                                   SIGNATURES


         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  Registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereto duly authorized.


                                            RUBY MINING COMPANY
                                            (Registrant)


Dated: August 20, 2001                      By    /s/ Herbert C. Leeming
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                                                Herbert C. Leeming
                                                Chairman and CEO