Marble Quarry Marble Colorado

It still holds the attraction as being a marble quary town as well as the historic site of the 100 ton that s right 100 ton solid slab of marble that was cut for the tomb or the unknowns in washington dc.

Marble quarry marble colorado.

The acres sq. I had forgotten this over the years and it was a welcome memory. The yule marble quarry is one of the largest most important marble deposits in the world. Ft lot listed for sale on.

Colorado stone quarries inc. In march the army corps of engineers determined that colorado stone quarries the operator of the pride of america. The quarry is the main source of economy in marble and has undergone extensive openings closures and renovations since its discovery. Colorado stone quarries colorado yule marble quarry marble tourism association yule marble quarry.

View more property details sales history and zestimate data on zillow. This one is a marble of metamorphosed limestone found only in the yule creek valley in the west elk mountains of colorado 2 8 miles 4 5 km southeast of the town of marble colorado. Major development occurred in 1905 when col. Marble pitkin county groups are keeping a close eye on a local marble mining company that violated the clean water act as the company prepares to submit a permit application.

Channing meek with some help from the rockefellers raised 3 million to develop the colorado yule marble quarry. I had not been to marble colorado in over 20 years and it has grown up quite a bit as have other towns in colorado. But colorado stone quarries an italian based company found a new and rich vein and as of 2015 is producing distributing and exporting high quality white marble colorado s state stone once. It was discovered in the 1870s in the small colorado town of marble near the west elk mountains.

Marble quarry road is an difficult road you can hike run and mountain bike to the yule marble quarry gate. Tbd marble quarry rd marble co 81623 is a vacant lot listed for sale at 185 000. The clean white marble deposits of the yule creek were first discovered in the late 1870 s. 1 marble quarry road marble co 81623 970 704 9002.

More information about the yule marble quarry can be found at. First discovered in 1873 it is quarried today inside a mountain at 10 000 feet 3 050 m above sea level in contrast to most marble which is quarried from an. Minor quarrying occurred between that discovery and the early 1900s. The east side quarry started in 1904 by the strauss brothers was quarried inside whitehouse mountain.