Marble Colorado Quarry

The town is the location of a historic yule marble quarry along the mountains that began operations in the late 19th century and from which the town draws its name.

Marble colorado quarry.

It has been used for the tomb of the unknowns as well as for parts of the lincoln memorial in. Marble remains a statutory town of the state of colorado today. The east side quarry started in 1904 by the strauss brothers was quarried inside whitehouse mountain. 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.

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 town of marble was first incorporated in 1899. First discovered in 1873 it is quarried underground at an elevation of 9 300 feet 2 800 m above sea level in contrast to most marble which is quarried from an open pit and at much lower elevations. It was discovered in the 1870s in the small colorado town of marble near the west elk mountains.

The quarry is the main source of economy in marble and has undergone extensive openings closures and renovations since its discovery. The east side quarry started in 1904 by the strauss brothers was quarried inside whitehouse mountain. The perfect rocky mountain vacation begins in marble colorado home of the famous crystal mill yule marble quarry and the maroon bells snowmass and ragged wilderness areas. 1 marble quarry road marble co 81623 970 704 9002.

Visit our showroom in new york city at 129w 22nd st chelsea. Yule marble 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. 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. The town is the location of a historic yule marble quarry along the mountains that began operations in the late 19th century and from which the town draws its name.

The yule marble quarry is one of the largest most important marble deposits in the world. Colorado stone quarries inc.