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Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Significance: This quarry was worked before the Civil War, and produced a high quality marble. A stone from Gannt's Quarry was presented by the Masons of Alabama to the Washington Monument Society in 1851 and ... More

Vermont Marble Quarry, Abandoned Mine Site, Limestone Hills, 2.25 miles Northeast of Radersburg, Radersburg, Broadwater County, MT

Vermont Marble Quarry, Abandoned Mine Site, Limestone Hills, 2.25 mile...

Significance: The quarry was the only place where Meagher limestone was quarried. The gray limestone is mottled with yellowish-orange spots and was marketed as "Montana Black and Gold Marble." It was used for f... More

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Significance: This quarry was worked before the Civil War, and produced a high quality marble. A stone from Gannt's Quarry was presented by the Masons of Alabama to the Washington Monument Society in 1851 and ... More

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Significance: This quarry was worked before the Civil War, and produced a high quality marble. A stone from Gannt's Quarry was presented by the Masons of Alabama to the Washington Monument Society in 1851 and ... More

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Significance: This quarry was worked before the Civil War, and produced a high quality marble. A stone from Gannt's Quarry was presented by the Masons of Alabama to the Washington Monument Society in 1851 and ... More

Vermont Marble Quarry, Abandoned Mine Site, Limestone Hills, 2.25 miles Northeast of Radersburg, Radersburg, Broadwater County, MT

Vermont Marble Quarry, Abandoned Mine Site, Limestone Hills, 2.25 mile...

Significance: The quarry was the only place where Meagher limestone was quarried. The gray limestone is mottled with yellowish-orange spots and was marketed as "Montana Black and Gold Marble." It was used for f... More

Vermont Marble Quarry, Abandoned Mine Site, Limestone Hills, 2.25 miles Northeast of Radersburg, Radersburg, Broadwater County, MT

Vermont Marble Quarry, Abandoned Mine Site, Limestone Hills, 2.25 mile...

Significance: The quarry was the only place where Meagher limestone was quarried. The gray limestone is mottled with yellowish-orange spots and was marketed as "Montana Black and Gold Marble." It was used for f... More

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Significance: This quarry was worked before the Civil War, and produced a high quality marble. A stone from Gannt's Quarry was presented by the Masons of Alabama to the Washington Monument Society in 1851 and ... More

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Significance: This quarry was worked before the Civil War, and produced a high quality marble. A stone from Gannt's Quarry was presented by the Masons of Alabama to the Washington Monument Society in 1851 and ... More

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Significance: This quarry was worked before the Civil War, and produced a high quality marble. A stone from Gannt's Quarry was presented by the Masons of Alabama to the Washington Monument Society in 1851 and ... More

Vermont Marble Quarry, Abandoned Mine Site, Limestone Hills, 2.25 miles Northeast of Radersburg, Radersburg, Broadwater County, MT

Vermont Marble Quarry, Abandoned Mine Site, Limestone Hills, 2.25 mile...

Significance: The quarry was the only place where Meagher limestone was quarried. The gray limestone is mottled with yellowish-orange spots and was marketed as "Montana Black and Gold Marble." It was used for f... More

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Significance: This quarry was worked before the Civil War, and produced a high quality marble. A stone from Gannt's Quarry was presented by the Masons of Alabama to the Washington Monument Society in 1851 and ... More

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Significance: This quarry was worked before the Civil War, and produced a high quality marble. A stone from Gannt's Quarry was presented by the Masons of Alabama to the Washington Monument Society in 1851 and ... More

Sign for the Marble National Historic Site in Marble, Colorado Nearby, columns of marble that were once part of the Colorado-Yule Mining Company's thriving processing mill's foundation in the tiny town in Colorado's Crystal River Valley still stand

Sign for the Marble National Historic Site in Marble, Colorado Nearby,...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The mill took giant hunks of marble quarried high above, cleaned and refined them for shipment to customers, including wealthy homeown... More

Columns of marble that were once part of the Colorado-Yule Mining Company's thriving processing mill's foundation in the tiny town of Marble in Colorado's Crystal River Valley still stand at what is now a U.S. National Historic Site

Columns of marble that were once part of the Colorado-Yule Mining Comp...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The mill took giant hunks of marble quarried high above, cleaned and refined them for shipment to customers, including wealthy homeown... More