Colorado Marble — Colorado Stone Quarries
Those on the west, being the John Osgood quarry, (pit-type started in the early 1890s) and the present day quarry started in 1905 by the Colorado Yule Marble Company inside the mountain. The east side quarry, started in 1904 by the Strauss brothers, was quarried inside Whitehouse Mountain.
The Colorado Yule Marble Quarry | Aria Stone Gallery
The Colorado Yule Marble Quarry. Deep in the Upper Crystal River Valley in Colorado, just over the mountain from Aspen, lies the town of Marble – a small town with a big history. Around the 1870s, during the great Western Expansion, prospectors traveled to the area in search of gold and silver in this small Colorado town.
About Colorado Yule Marble | martincooney.com
The five grades of marble currently offered by the Yule Marble Quarry are named: Calacatta Lincoln, Calacatta Gold Extra, Calacatta Golden Classic, Statuario Colorado, and Aspen Grey.
Italians opening new portal to Yule quarry in Marble ...
Jul 22, 2012 · It is at work on the new portal and already has produced usable blocks of marble.In heavily accented English, he added, “We know the material is, ah, very nice,” as he gazed up the hillside at the new portal.The Yule marble quarry, first opened by George Yule, has been in operation off and on since its commercial possibilities were first recognized by Yule in the 1870s.Blocks of Yule marble have …
History & Projects - COLORADO STONE QUARRY
The quarry is located in the Crystal River Valley, in a town appropriately named, "Marble, Colorado - USA". The white marble called Colorado Yule marble, has been extracted from the quarry, (which covers and area of approximately 2.8 miles from North to South), ever since it was opened.
Marble Colorado - Western Mining History
Yule Marble Quarry ca. 1910. A settlement was established at Marble in the 1880s as a supply point for prospectors in the area but remained a small outpost until the late 1890s when sporadic shipments of marble started leaving the valley. It wasn’t until 1899 that the town of Marble was incorporated.
Marble, Colorado - Wikipedia
The quarry The town is the location of a historic Yule Marble quarry along the mountains that began operations in the late 19th century, and from which the town draws its name. It has been used for the Tomb of the Unknowns , as well as for parts of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. , and civic buildings in San Francisco .
Yule Old Marble Quarry - dokterdepraetere.be
Yule marble quarry ca910marble blocks are lying around all over, and some of the old marble building foundations are still intactreat columns built of marble. Read More Italians Opening New Portal To Yule Quarry In Marble
Colorado Stone Quarries - YouTube
Feb 10, 2014 · The Hystorical Quarry - La cava storica. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later.
A Brief History of Marble, be it the stone or the town ...
The Yule Marble quarry closed in 1941 as a result of declining demand and the entry of the United States into WWII. Much of the equipment and railroad was scrapped and used in the war effort. The population of Marble continued to decline…down to a population of 1 in the 1950s (schoolteacher Teresa Herman).
Yule Quarry DVD - Ron Bailey
The exterior marble in the memorial, including the columns, is all Yule Marble from the Colorado Yule Marble Quarry in Marble, Colorado, USA. This documentary covers the history of the hidden treasure of the Yule Quarry from its beginning to the modern day workings of the men, women and machines deep inside Treasure Mountain.
Colorado Stone Quarries | Marble, Colorado - YouTube
Jun 01, 2016 · In Marble, CO there is a stone quarry that has unearthed marble that has graced the Lincoln Memorial, the Tomb of the Unknowns, the Equitable Building (among other skyscrapers in …
Colorado Rocky Mountain High - Home of the Famous Yule ...
Sep 17, 2018 · I came to Marble in 1988, and was offered a stone working in the historic Colorado Yule Marble quarry in 1990. The quarry was just re-opening after being closed for 50 years...I stone it as a challenge, just outside my front door. ... a 1905 structure that had been left from the days of the old Larkin Hotel. After the hotel was torn down, only the ...
Quarry in Marble facing scrutiny from federal, state ...
2 days ago · MARBLE — Colorado Stone Quarries, the operator of Marble’s famed Yule quarry, is facing scrutiny and possible penalties from federal and state regulators after an October diesel spill that shut down operations for nearly two months. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is …
A Look Inside Colorados Stunning Marble Quarry | Aspen ...
May 01, 2016 · Having learned his trade in Carrara, where marble has been quarried since the time of ancient Rome, Mazzucchelli immediately recognized the …
Cystal Mill Mine, Devils Punchbowl, Marble, Colorado
Town of Marble: The Quarry Road, is about 4 miles long, going south out of Marble to the Yule Quarry. Turn right (if traveling east) at the fire house, which is at the only stop sign in Marble.