Marble Quarry Marble Colorado

The yule marble quarry is one of the largest most important marble deposits in the world.

Marble quarry marble colorado.

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. Marble quarry road is an difficult road you can hike run and mountain bike to the yule marble quarry gate. 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. In march the army corps of engineers determined that colorado stone quarries the operator of the pride of america.

1 marble quarry road marble co 81623 970 704 9002. View more property details sales history and zestimate data on zillow. Ft lot listed for sale on. Colorado stone quarries colorado yule marble quarry marble tourism association yule marble quarry.

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. 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. 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.

Tbd marble quarry rd marble co 81623 is a vacant lot listed for sale at 185 000. It remains in use today. The quarry is the main source of economy in marble and has undergone extensive openings closures and renovations since its discovery. I had forgotten this over the years and it was a welcome memory.

More information about the yule marble quarry can be found at. This is a 3 1 mile dirt road in marble co. 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.

The acres sq. Colorado stone quarries inc. Major development occurred in 1905 when col. The clean white marble deposits of the yule creek were first discovered in the late 1870 s.