Marble Colorado Quarry Tours

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.

Marble colorado quarry tours.

Tours are rare these days so we feel extremely fortunate to have been granted access by current owner and operator colorado stone quarries inc and artistic tile. Carrara marble quarries guided tours by 4x4 vehicles with. For the last 2000 years here nature and man s work daily embrace and reject each other in order to supply the raw material for. Crjt was established in 1951 and ranks among the oldest adventure tour operations in the state.

If you are looking for a nice walk that will provide you with beautiful views of nearby historic quarries we recommend the grand lookout part of the millstone trails. It remains in use today. 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 open pit and at much lower elevations. Crystal river jeep tours is located in marble colorado where the pavement ends and the beauty begins.

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

The marble quarries enormous white wounds that open themselves along wild and abrupt slopes where small men handle gigantic stone. Visitors can experience colorado splendor like it used to be in a quiet unpretentious uncrowded setting amongst aspen groves 14 000 foot peaks clear streams evergreen forests and comfortable and hospitable lodging. Tours to the crystal mill. 1 marble quarry road marble co 81623 970 704 9002.

Rock of ages visitors center quarries factory tour. Visit our showroom in new york city at 129w 22nd st chelsea. 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. 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. Colorado stone quarries inc.