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Lone Pine (southeast of Line Pine & northwest of Swansea), Inyo County, California – the Dolomite Mine Monument – Manual Castro, the manager of F. W. Aggregates (owner and operator of the nearby dolomite quarries once known as the Inyo Marble Quarries) donated this and other large pieces of dolomite quarried from the nearby F. W. Aggregates quarries for use as local monuments. (Photographs taken by Peggy B. Perazzo in late September 2010. More information and photographs of the Inyo Marble quarries and present-day F. W. Aggregates dolomite quarries is available in the “Inyo Dolomite/Marble Company Quarries” section of our web site.) This monument is located at the south end of the Dolomite Loop at State Route 136.)

The inscription on the plaque reads:

“In 1862 this high quality deposit of dolomitic limestone was discovered. Its remote location delayed development until 1883, when the Carson & Colorado Railroad was constructed. In 1885, Drew Haven Dunn filed a mining claim and the Inyo Marble Company began quarrying operations. The property was purchased in 1959 by Premiere Marble Products. They produced dolomite marble in several colors and its final product is widely used in Terrazzo flooring, roofing, landscaping and in swimming pool and chemical filters.

“Premiere Marble was purchased by its present owner F. W. Aggregates, in 1992 and continues operation to this day. It is the largest dolomite marble mine in the United States. A recent survey of the mines potential revealed that the dolomite deposit is approximately seven miles long and 1,400 feet deep, giving it a virtual unlimited supply for many years to come. Plant Superintendent, Manuel Castro has generously donated these large white dolomite rocks for Slim Princess Chapter’s historic plaques for the past 35 years.

“Dedicated June 17, 2006, Slim Princess Chapter 395, E. Clampus Vitus”


	Dolomite Mine Monument erected by the Slim Princess Chapter 395, E. Clampus Vitus in 2006


Plaque on the Dolomite Mine Monument (transcription above)


Close-up photographs of the Dolomite Mine monument		The Dolomite Mine Monument was created from locally quarried dolomite

Lone Pine, Inyo County, California – Mt. Whitney Cemetery – Cemetery Stones & Markers located in the Mt. Whitney Cemetery. The “Mt. Whiney Cemetery, Lone Pine, Inyo County, California – Some Cemetery Stones Created from Dolomite Quarried from Local Dolomite Quarries” section of our web site presents photographs of cemetery stones and markers located in the cemetery, some of which were created from locally-quarried dolomite. A few of the photographs of the cemetery are presented below, and you can view the rest of the photographs by clicking on the link above. Our “Inyo Dolomite/Marble Quarries Photographic Tour” presents photographs of what the dolomite quarries look like today along with some photographs of the ghost town of Dolomite and photographs of the Inyo Marble Quarry monument. (These quarries are located in the eastern foothills of the Owens Valley near Lone Pine, Inyo County; and they were known as the Inyo Marble Company quarries in the late 1800s.) Peggy B. Perazzo

Portion of the Mt. Whitney Cemetery, Lone Pine, CA

Mt. Whitney Cemetery looking
towards the Alabama Hills,
Lone Pine, CA

White dolomite
cemetery monument

Streaked white dolomite
cemetery stone

Unfinished white
cemetery stone

Grey dolomite cemetery stone

Grey unfinished dolomite
cemetery stone

Lone Pine, Inyo County, California – the Lone Pine Film Museum Monument of locally quarried dolomite. The Beverly and Jim Rogers Lone Pine Film Museum Plaque on locally quarried dolomite. Below is a transcription of the text on the plaque:

“This plaque presented to the Beverly and Jim Rogers Lone Pine Film Museum to honor Masons and Shriners who appeared in movies filmed in the Alabama Hills, Lone Pine and surrounding areas. Presented by Kerak Shrine and Inyo Mono Shrine Club. Steve Sanders, Potentate & Bob Hayner, President. October 2007.”

This piece of dolomite used for the Beverly and Jim Rogers Lone Pine Film Museum monument was donated by Manual Castro, the manager of F. W. Aggregates (owner and operator of the nearby dolomite quarries once known as the Inyo Marble Quarries), which was quarried from the nearby F. W. Aggregates quarries. (These photographs were taken by Peggy B. Perazzo in late September 2010. More information and photographs of the Inyo Marble quarries and present-day F. W. Aggregates dolomite quarries is available in the “Inyo Dolomite/Marble Company Quarries” section of our web site.)


Monument to honor Masons & Shriners at the Lone Pine Film Museum, Lone Pine, CA	Side view of the monument

Close-up photos of the monument

Lone Pine, Inyo County, California – Mt. Whitney Funeral Home Sign of locally quarried dolomite – This funeral home is located at 206 E Post Street in Lone Pine.

The piece of dolomite used for the Mt. Whitney Funeral Home sign is similar to the large pieces of dolomite donated by Manual Castro, the manager of F. W. Aggregates (owner and operator of the nearby dolomite quarries once known as the Inyo Marble Quarries), which were quarried from the nearby F. W. Aggregates quarries. (These photographs were taken by Peggy B. Perazzo in late September 2010. More information and photographs of the Inyo Marble quarries and present-day F. W. Aggregates dolomite quarries is available in the “Inyo Dolomite/Marble Company Quarries” section of our web site.)

Mt. Whitney Funeral Home – Plaque on piece of locally-quarried dolomite

Close-up of the piece of dolomite used for the Mt. Whitney Funeral Home sign
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California – Granite used for Building, Curbing, and Street Paving (Excerpts from Ninth Annual Report of The State Mineralogist For The Year Ending December 1, 1889 (pdf), California State Mining Bureau, Sacramento: California State Printing Office, 1890.

“The St. John’s Quarry, half a mile south of Victor, owned by the Hesperia Land and Water Company, of Los Angeles, furnishes a good quality of granite for building purposes. It is of a grayish-blue color, very hard and compact, straight and smooth cleavage, dresses well, and takes a fine polish. The granite formation in which it is found rises to a height of two hundred feet above the Mojave River. Stone from this quarry is used in San Francisco for building, curbing, and street paving; also in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and other cities and towns in the State. It lies in strata of great thickness. The overlying stratum has been opened for a length of seven hundred feet, and to a depth of fifty, on both the east and west sides of the ridge. The stone in the eastern development is less seamy than that in the western part, and generally of much better quality. A block recently taken from the east side workings measured nine by thirteen by sixteen feet. The strata dip easterly at an angle of 14 degrees.”
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California – Paving Blocks used in Los Angeles (Granite) (Excerpts from Ninth Annual Report of The State Mineralogist For The Year Ending December 1, 1889 (pdf), California State Mining Bureau, Sacramento: California State Printing Office, 1890.

“At Temecula Station there was lying (November 10, 1889) a considerable quantity of dressed street paving blocks of a moderately coarse-grained, light-gray granite, which is stained more or less yellowish in places by oxide of iron.

“The rock seems to be hard and durable, and splits and dresses well. It has been used for paving-blocks in Los Angeles and San Diego, all for street curbing in both those cities, and also in San Francisco. The quarry from which it comes is situated in the foothills on the southwest edge of the valley, about half a mile southeasterly from the head of Temecula Cañon....”
Los Angeles, California – Bradbury Building (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, California, State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, California, 1906.)

Brownstone (sandstone) from the Sespen Canon Brownstone Quarry (located from 5 to 6 miles from Brownstone, a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad) was used in the construction of the Bradbury Building.
Los Angeles, California - the Bryson Block - First Story and Superstructure Trimmings (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, California, State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, California, 1906.)

Brownstone (sandstone) from the Sespen Cañon Brownstone Quarry (located from 5 to 6 miles from Brownstone, a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad) was used in the construction of the first story and superstructure trimmings of the Bryson Block.
Los Angeles, California - Burdick Block - the First Story and Trimmings (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, California, State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, California, 1906.)

Brownstone (sandstone) from the Sespen Cañon Brownstone Quarry (located from 5 to 6 miles from Brownstone, a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad) was used for the first story and trimmings of the Burdick Block.
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California - the California Club (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, California, State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, California, 1906.)

The tawny-colored sandstone used in the construction of the California Club was quarried from the Chatsworth Park Quarry, which was located about 1 ½ miles west of Chatsworth, a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Los Angeles, California - Cemetery Monuments and Belgian Blocks (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, California, State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, California, 1906.)

"Besides the use for paving stone, the Corona granite (quarried near Corona, Riverside County, California) is used to some extent for building stone, and in considerable quantities for monuments, in Los Angeles, Riverside, and other places in southern California. The monument dealers in the different towns nearly all speak highly of the Corona granite for monuments, thus giving it a growing reputation in that field. Its nearness to Los Angeles and Riverside also favors the use of this stone for Belgian blocks."
Los Angeles, California - the Courier Building - the Briswalter Monument (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, California, State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, California, 1906.)
- Brownstone (sandstone) from the Sespen Cañon Brownstone Quarry (located from 5 to 6 miles from Brownstone, a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad) was used in the construction of the Briswalter Monument at the Courier Building.
Los Angeles County (?), California – the Geological Station Aquarium Tanks of Serpentine (constructed prior to December 1899) (from “A California Verde Antique Quarry,” (PDF) by Prof. Charles F. Holder in Scientific American, Vol. LXXXI, No. 25, December 16, 1899, pp. 393-394. You can read this article by clicking on the link found earlier in this paragraph.)

Serpentine quarried at Empire Landing on Santa Catalina Island was used for the tanks of the Geological Station aquarium prior to the December 1899 Scientific American article.

Los Angeles, California - H. W. Hellman Building - First Two Stories. (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, California, State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, California, 1906.)

The first two stories of the building was constructed of granite taken from the Bly Bros. Stone Co. Riverside Granite.

Ill. No. 16. H. W. Hellman Building, Los Angeles. First two stories constructed of Riverside Granite. (Bly Bros. Stone Co. is printed on the photograph.)

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California – the Henne Building (From Report XV of the State Mineralogist, Mines and Mineral Resources of Portions of California, Chapters of State Mineralogist’s Report Biennial Period 1915-1916, Part IV. Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, California State Mining Bureau, 1919, pp. 465-589.)

“The dark green columns at the entrance to the Henne Building are of this material…The soft variety was supplied in slabs one inch thick f.o.b. Los Angeles, for 75 cents a running foot. The hard variety was supplied in similar slabs at the rate of $2.50 a running foot.” The sandstone used in the construction of the Henne building was taken from the Chatsworth Park Quarry, which was about 1 ½ miles west of Chatsworth station, on the Southern Pacific Railroad in Los Angeles County."
Los Angeles County, California - the Home Teaming and Transfer Company (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, California, State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, California, 1906.)

"Home Teaming and Transfer Company, Arroyo Seco, foot of Avenue 22, Los Angeles. Crushes stone used for concrete work. The plant is equipped with a rock-crusher, using steam power, and oil as fuel. Capacity of crusher, 100 tons per day."
Los Angeles, California - Lankershim Hotel

Colton Marble Works, San Bernardino County (marble) - Stone used in the Landershim Hotel in Los Angeles was taken from the Colton Marble Works Quarry. (The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, San Francisco, California, 1906.)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California – Los Angeles City Hall (constructed prior to 1899) (from “A California Verde Antique Quarry,” (PDF) by Prof. Charles F. Holder in Scientific American, Vol. LXXXI, No. 25, December 16, 1899, pp. 393-394. You can read this article by clicking on the link found earlier in this paragraph.)

“…The new city hall of Los Angeles and many of the fine buildings in that city and San Francisco are finished in (serpentine quarried at Empire Landing on Santa Catalina Island), the stone taking a rich polish, abounding in greens and yellows, grays and black….”
Los Angeles, California - the Old Chamber of Commerce Building (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, California, State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, California, 1906.)
Brownstone (sandstone) from the Sespen Cañon Brownstone Quarry (located from 5 to 6 miles from Brownstone, a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad) was used in the construction of the old Chamber of Commerce building.
Los Angeles, California - the Orphan Asylum (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, California, State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, California, 1906.)

Brownstone (sandstone) from the Sespen Canon Brownstone Quarry (located from 5 to 6 miles from Brownstone, a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad) was used in the construction of the Orphan Asylum.
Los Angeles County, California - the Parson Macadam Plant (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, California, State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, California, 1906.)

"Parson Macadam Plant, Arroyo Seco, foot of Avenue 20, Los Angeles. A 20-horsepower gasoline engine is in use."
Los Angeles, California - Rosedale Cemetery - the Shatto Pyramid (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, California, State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, California, 1906.)

Brownstone (sandstone) from the Sespen Cañon Brownstone Quarry (located from 5 to 6 miles from Brownstone, a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad) was used in the construction of the Shatto Pyramid in the Rosedale Cemetery.
Los Angeles County, California - the San Pedro Breakwater (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, California, State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, California, 1906.)

"San Pedro Breakwater is being constructed by the California Construction company, 342 East Market street, Los Angeles, for the Federal Government, under supervision of the Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. The breakwater is to be 9000 feet long; the greatest depth below mean lower low water is 52 feet. The top of the breakwater, 20 feet wide, is 14 feet above lower low water. The accompanying sketch gives a cross-section of the structure. The sandstone for the substructure is obtained from the Chatsworth Park quarry, Los Angeles County. The granite for the substructure and the superstructure is obtained from the Declez quarry, San Bernardino County, and the Casa Blanca quarry, Riverside County. It is estimated that about 2,370,000 tons of rock will be required to make the breakwater. Under the terms of the contract 25,000 tons per month must be deposited in December, January, and February, and 35,000 tons a month during the rest of the year. The work will probably be completed in 1907. The end of the superstructure is to be of concrete blocks 40 feet square and 20 feet high, founded 3 feet below mean lower low water. (See Ill. No. 139.) (By courtesy of C. H. McKinstry, Captain, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A.)"

Ill. No. 139. San Pedro Breakwater.

Ill. No. 140. View of harbor side of San Pedro Breakwater.
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California – Sandstone Monuments Created by George Robson of the Santa Barbara Monumental Works (From Report XV of the State Mineralogist, Mines and Mineral Resources of Portions of California, Chapters of State Mineralogist’s Report Biennial Period 1915-1916, Part V. Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura counties, California State Mining Bureau, 1919.)

“Orella Estate Quarry (in Santa Barbara County), in Sec. 12, T. 5 N., R. 31 W., S. B. M. A quarry of sandstone boulders at the head of Refugio Cañon on the Santa Ynez Range, 8 miles north of Orella station on the S. P. R. R. The boulders are quarried by Geo. Robson of the Santa Barbara Monumental Works. Three carloads of this stone recently shipped to Los Angeles, was the only production recorded during the past five years. Idle.

“Bibl.: Bull. 38, p. 133.”
Los Angeles, California - the Simpson Tabernacle (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, California, State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, California, 1906.)

Granite from the Leahy & Turner Granite Quarry (formerly known as the Leahy, Storan & Rodgers quarry) was used in the construction of the Tabernacle.
Los Angeles, California - the Stimson Block (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, San Francisco, California, 1906.)

Antelope Valley Marble Quarry, Kern County (marble) - Near Neenach on south slope of the Tehachapi range. Marble used in Stimson Block, Los Angeles was taken from the Antelope Valley Marble Quarry.
Los Angeles, California (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, San Francisco, California, 1906.)
- Peerless Quarry (granite) - Stone shipped to Los Angeles for monumental use.
- Sierra Grande Quarries (granite) - Manufactured large numbers of Belgian blocks for streets in Los Angeles and supplied monumental dealers.
Los Angeles, California - the Van Nuys Hotel - Two Doorways (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, California, State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, California, 1906.)

Brownstone (sandstone) from the Sespen Cañon Brownstone Quarry (located from 5 to 6 miles from Brownstone, a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad) was for two doorways in the Van Nuys Hotel.
Los Angeles, California - the Y.M.C.A. Building - Front Façade (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, California, State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, California, 1906.)

Brownstone (sandstone) from the Sespen Cañon Brownstone Quarry (located from 5 to 6 miles from Brownstone, a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad) was used for the Front Façade of the Y.M.C.A. building.
Lotus (south of), El Dorado County, California - Basement Remnant of an Old Building (From Geologic Guidebook Along Highway 49 - Sierran Gold Belt: The Mother Lode Country, Bulletin 141, Olaf P. Jenkins, Chief, California Division of Mines, San Francisco, California, 1949. Used with permission, California Department of Conservation, California Geological Survey.)

Lotus was once called Uniontown. "...One quarter of a mile south of Lotus on the west side of the road is the basement remnant of an old building made of rough-quarried granite blocks. Two iron doors still remain as witness of the eighteen-fifties period when it was built...."

Lotus (north of), Placer County, California - Meyer's Dance Hall (From Geologic Guidebook Along Highway 49 - Sierran Gold Belt: The Mother Lode Country, Bulletin 141, Olaf P. Jenkins, Chief, California Division of Mines, San Francisco, California, 1949. Used with permission, California Department of Conservation, California Geological Survey.)

"Just above Lotus, after crossing the South Fork of the American River, about a mile and a half below the spot where James Marshall discovered gold in 1848, one sees to the left the splendid two story stone ruin of Meyer's Dance Hall and Saloon (Fig. 137). The walls are of granite fieldstone or river boulders split so as to furnish a flat facing. The corners, door and window frames are of dressed rhyolite tuff blocks. Source of this tuff was probably to the south in the vicinity of Diamond Springs. A half mile beyond on the left side of the road is a foundation built into the sidehill next to the road. It is of split granite fieldstone laid with lime mortar. About a half mile on and just past a prosperous farm, is a complex of stone foundations made of granite fieldstone laid with lime mortar. After crossing the next bridge, there may be seen along the stream terrace to the left several ruins of granite fieldstone buildings (Fig. 138)."

Fig. 137. Meyer’s Dance Hall and Saloon, just north of Lotus, DMBS Pla-H1.

Fig. 138. Stone ruins between Lotus and Pilot Hill along creek, DMBS Pla-H2.

Lowdens, Trinity County, California - Piers of the bridge that formerly crossed the Trinity River at Lowden's (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, California, State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, California, 1906.)

The limestone used in the piers of the bridge that formerly crossed the Trinity River at Lowden's was quarried from the Southern Pacific Railroad Company's limestone quarry on Brown Mountain, Trinity County, California."
Mare Island, Solano County, California – the Naval Base at Mare Island (The following information is from The Quarries (Alcatraz History), presented by the Angel Island Association.)

According to this web site, the stone used to construction the Naval base at Mare Island in 1857 was quarried on the east side of Angel Island.
Mariposa, Mariposa County, California - the Butterfly Grocery Building (From Geologic Guidebook Along Highway 49 - Sierran Gold Belt: The Mother Lode Country, Bulletin 141, Olaf P. Jenkins, Chief, California Division of Mines, San Francisco, California, 1949. Used with permission, California Department of Conservation, California Geological Survey.)

"...Of the old stone buildings, the most accessible is the present (circa 1948) Butterfly Grocery whose exposed inner walls are built of soapstone set in mud mortar. Source of the soapstone is the hillslopes immediately east of the town...."
Mariposa, Mariposa County, California - the Mariposa Jail built with Mormon Bar Granite (From Geologic Guidebook Along Highway 49 - Sierran Gold Belt: The Mother Lode Country, Bulletin 141, Olaf P. Jenkins, Chief, California Division of Mines, San Francisco, California, 1949. Used with permission, California Department of Conservation, California Geological Survey.)

"...The jail (Fig. 7) which sits on the hill at the southern end of town (Mariposa) is made of dressed granite blocks from Mormon Bar two miles south of Mariposa. This granite is significant as it comes from the intrusion which terminates the Mother Load on the south."

Fig. 7. Jail, Mariposa, DMBS Mrp-H3.
Markleeville, Alpine County, California - the Alpine County Courthouse (photographs and history)

The Courthouse was designed by Frederick DeLongchamps, and the building was constructed in 1928. The light cream-colored rhyolite tuff was taken from quarries located near Silver Mountain City in Alpine County. There was enough stone quarried to build a second story onto the Courthouse, but "for financial reasons" this was not done; and the extra stone was used to build the New Webster Schoolhouse, which today houses the Alpine County Library." On this web site the full history of these two buildings is presented along with many photographs of the buildings, including detailed photographs of the stone in the buildings. (This web site is presented by the Alpine County Superior Court, State of California.)
Martinez, Contra Costa County, California - Martinez - Sandstone Buildings (From "Mines and Mineral Resources of Contra Costa County, California," California Journal of Mines and Geology, Vol. 54, No. 4, State of California, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines, San Francisco, California, October, 1958, pp. 501-583.) (Used with permission, California Department of Conservation, California Geological Survey.)

"Stone used in the buildings in the city of Martinez and in the Napa State Hospital was obtained from two quarries near Martinez; the Franklin sandstone quarry, located 3 ½ miles southwest of Martinez in Franklin Canyon and the Martinez quarry located three quarters of a mile southwest of that city. The stone is blue-gray; it is soft when quarried but hardens upon exposure."
Martinez, Contra Costa County, California - Two Buildings of Sandstone from the Franklyn Sandstone Quarry (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, California, State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, California, 1906.)

Sandstone from the Franklyn Sandstone Quarry (located 3 ½ miles southwest of Martinez, in Franklyn Canon, just east of Franklyn station, on the Santa Fe Railway) was used in the construction of two buildings in Martinez built in or before 1906.
Marysville, Yuba County, California - the Carnegie Library (from “Colusa County Sandstone Builds Some of The World’s Most Famous Buildings,” by John L. Morton, Colusa County Historian and Colusa County CAGenWeb Project Coordinator.

Many fine buildings are attributed to the McGilvray sandstone quarry located at Sites, Colusa County, California, including the Carnegie Library building in Marysville.
Menlo Park (?), San Mateo County, California - Holy Cross Cemetery - the George Schafer Vault. The following information is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 510.

“San Francisco Notes.

“The marble and granite industry has become quite an important feature of Pacific Coast business and besides the local firms, many of the large eastern concerns are represented by branch establishments carrying considerable stock.

“W. S. Brown & Co., whose works are situated on Mission street, make a specialty of interior decorative work in marble and granite…The George Schafer vault in Holy Cross cemetery, built by the firm from its own designs of California granite and Italian marbles…They also do a large amount of cemetery work both in granite and marble.”
Merced, Merced County, California - the County Jail Roof (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, California, State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, California, 1906.)

The slate used on the roof of the County Jail in Merced was taken from the Pacific Slate Company's Quarry in Mariposa County, California.
Millville, Shasta County, California - Sandstone Church This material was transcribed by Betty Loose, from the Sacramento Evening Bee, Wednesday, February 8, 1905.

“STONE MAY PROVE VALUABLE FOR FIRE PROOF BUILDINGS MILLVILLE (Shasta Co.), February 8 (1905) - A few samples of sandstone, or a lava sediment, have been brought in from South Cow Creek by Lew SMITH and await shipment to a contractor and builder at Sacramento, who will examine and determine whether he can make use of the rock for building purposes.

“About 1000 acres, containing immense quantities of this valuable rock, lie a few miles east of this place. The rock being fireproof, is especially adapted for fire-places, chimneys, etc. The church at this place is built of this rock and is a very substantial structure.

”About twenty years ago the first quarry was established about four miles from Millville by F. C. KEY, who successfully conducted the establishment about fifteen years. Chimneys, fireplaces and buildings were constructed of the rock in those days, and to-day they remain as a monument of the builder's handiwork. Key died about five years ago in the County Hospital, since which time the quarry has been abandoned….”

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	Mt. Whitney Funeral Home – Plaque on piece of locally-quarried dolomite


Close-up of the piece of dolomite used for the Mt. Whitney Funeral Home sign