Unlike most marble that s.
Colorado stone quarries marble co.
The clean white marble deposits of the yule creek were first discovered in the late 1870 s.
These qualities are why it has been chosen for a number of major national and state landmarks most notably the lincoln memorial.
Minor quarrying occurred between that discovery and the early 1900s.
Cbs4 it s the only active quarry in colorado that mines the state stone white marble and it s about to get bigger.
For nearly 80 years colorado quarries has been trusted to supply quality aggregate and rock throughout north america and canada.
Colorado stone quarry the yule marble quarry was opened in 1886 by geologist sylvester richardson.
The quarry is located in the crystal river valley in a town appropriately named marble colorado usa.
Major development occurred in 1905 when col.
We take pride in our reputation for providing a wide variety of hard aggregate expert sizing and timely courteous service.
Channing meek with some help from the rockefellers raised 3 million to develop the colorado yule marble quarry.
The pride of america mine perched near yule creek three miles from the town of marble as seen from the air in january.