Marble Quarry Marble Colorado

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

Marble quarry marble colorado.

1 marble quarry road marble co 81623 970 704 9002. The clean white marble deposits of the yule creek were first discovered in the late 1870 s. This is a 3 1 mile dirt road in marble co. Channing meek with some help from the rockefellers raised 3 million to develop the colorado yule marble quarry.

View more property details sales history and zestimate data on zillow. Minor quarrying occurred between that discovery and the early 1900s. 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. More information about the yule marble quarry can be found at.

Major development occurred in 1905 when col. 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. The acres sq. 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.

The east side quarry started in 1904 by the strauss brothers was quarried inside whitehouse mountain. Colorado stone quarries inc. 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. It was discovered in the 1870s in the small colorado town of marble near the west elk mountains.

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

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. I had forgotten this over the years and it was a welcome memory. Ft lot listed for sale on. Tbd marble quarry rd marble co 81623 is a vacant lot listed for sale at 185 000.