EXHIBIT 32


                           CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                 SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Ruby Mining Co. (the "Company") on
Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2004 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report), the
undersigned, G. Howard Collingwood, President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, and Murray D. Bradley, Jr., Chief Financial Officer, do hereby certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of our knowledge:

The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

By:   /s/  G. Howard Collingwood
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    G. Howard Collingwood
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    May 20, 2004



      /s/  Murray D. Bradley, Jr.
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    Murray D. Bradley, Jr.
    Chief Financial Officer
    May 20, 2004