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Research Resources - Colorado

Printed Sources, Online Sources, Etc.

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  • The Aberdeen Granite Quarry Near Gunnison, Colorado, Bulletin 540, by J. F. Hunter, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing office, Washington, D. C., 1914.
  • "An American Carrara: An Inexhaustible Supply of the Finest Marble in Colorado," by Rogers Dickinson, published in World's Work Magazine, October 1907, pp. 65-72. (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer on Google Book Search – Full View Books.)

  • The American Federationist, by Samuel Gompers, John McBride, American Federation of Labor, William Green, AFL-CIO, American Federation of Labor, 1915, Vol. 22. (Includes information on the Yule Marble Company, pp. 595.)

  • Analytical data base for Lincoln Memorial stone survey; Einhorn Yaffe and Prescott, Report to the National Park Service, Denver Service Center, Lakewood, Colorado, 1996 (?).

  • Biennial Report: Report of the State Railroad Commission of Colorado, published by The Commission, 1911, Vol. 2. (Includes information on Colorado Yule Marble Company/quarry.)

  • Birth of a Quarry Town: 1800s Lyons, Colorado, by Diane Goode Benedict.
  • The Black Canyon of the Gunnison Today and Yesterday, by Wallace R. Hansen, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1191, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1965. (Account of the unusual national monument near Montrose.)
  • “A Block of Marble for the Unknown Soldier’s Tomb,” Through the Ages, 1931, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 24-28.

  • British and Foreign Marbles and Other Ornamental Stones: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Specimens in the Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge, by John Watson, Sedgwick Museum, University Press, 1916, 485 pp.. (Includes information on Colorado- Yule Marble Co.)

  • Buildings of Colorado, by Thomas Jacob Noel, Oxford University Press, 1997, 669 pp., ISBN 0195090764, 9780195090765.

  • “The Case of the Buried Tombstones: A Story of Gravestone Recovery and Restoration in Colorado,” by Garry O’Hara, in the AGS Quarterly, Bulletin of the Association for Gravestone Studies, Vol. 32, No. 1 & 2, Winter & Spring 2008, pp. 7-8. (Cemeteries mentioned in article: the Denver City Cemetery, replaced by present-day Cheesman Park; the Riverside Cemetery founded in 1876; and the Fairmount Cemetery founded in 1890.)

  • The Changing Earth: Exploring Geology and Evolution, by James Stewart Monroe, Reed Wicander, Cengage Learning, 2005, 754 pp., ISBN 0495010200, 9780495010203. (Includes information on the Colorado Yule marble.)

  • Colorado, 1870-2000, revisited: the history behind the images, by Thomas J. Noel, John Fielder, Big Earth Publishing, 2001, 319 pp., ISBN 1565793897, 9781565793897. (Includes information on the Colorado Yule Marble Company quarry, pp. 132-133.)

  • “Colorado,” in Building Stones and Clays: A Handbook for Architects and Engineers, by Charles Henry Richardson, published by the author, distributed by the Syracuse University Book Store, 1917, (Colorado building stones, pp. 155-156.)

  • Colorado, A Geography, by Mel Griffiths, Lynnell Rubright, Westview Press, 1983, 325 pp., ISBN 0891585745, 9780891585749. (Includes information on the Colorado Yule marble quarry and a travertine quarry at Beulah near Canon City in Fremont County.)

  • Colorado, A Guide to the Highest State, American Guide Series, New York, Hastings House Publishers, 1941, 511 pp.

  • Colorado: A Guide to the Highest State, by Harry Hansen, Writers’ Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Colorado, published by Hastings House, 1970, 504 pp.

  • Colorado Bureau of Mines Annual Report, Denver, Colorado.
  • Colorado Gem Trails and Mineral Guide, by Richard M. Pearl, Swallow Press, rev. ed. 1965, 3rd Ed., 1971.

  • Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, by Sandra Dallas, photographs by Kendal Atchison, contributor Kendal Atchison, published by University of Oklahoma Press, 1988, 254 pp., ISBN 0806120843, 9780806120843. (Includes information on Marble, Colorado and Colorado Yule marble quarry, pp. 131-132.)

  • Colorado Magazine, by State Historical and Natural History Society of Colorado, Colorado Historical Society

    Published by State Historical Society of Colorado, State Museum., 1968, Vol. 45-46. (Includes information on the Colorado-Yule marble quarry.)

  • “Colorado Marble and Slate,” in The Chamber of Commerce Journal, Official Organ of the London Chamber of Commerce, (Incorporated), by London Chamber of Commerce, Association of Chambers of Commerce of Ireland, published by London Chamber of Commerce., 1908, Vol. 27, pp. 377. (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer on Google Book Search – Full View Books.)

  • “Colorado Marble Stone,” Arthur Lakes, Stone, 1895, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 213-222.

  • Colorado Railroads: Chronological Development, T. E. Wilkins, Boulder, Colorado, Pruett Publishing Co., 1974, 309 pp.

  • The Colorado River and John Wesley Powell, by Mary C. Rabbit, and others, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 669, 1969. (From Prairie, Peak and Plateau: "A resumé of part of Powell's work and a good discussion of the geologic history of the entire Colorado river, which begins near Grand Lake.")
  • Colorado Rockhounding, by Stephen M. Voynick, Mountain Press Publishing Co., 1994, 371 pp.

  • Colorado Scenic Guide: Northern Region, by Lee Gregory, Big Earth Publishing, 1996, 239 pp., ISBN 1555661440, 9781555661441. (Includes information on Marble, Colorado, and the Yule Marble Company/quarry, pp. 128-133.)

  • The Colorado State Capitol: History, Politics, Preservation, by Derek R. Everett, University Press of Colorado, 2005, 244 pp., ISBN 0870817906, 9780870817908.

  • Colorado Tourism, by Tova Aragon and Sarah Zaske, an unpublished paper written for the Colorado State Archives, November, 1994.

  • Colorado: United States, America, Its Mineral and Other Resources: Including a descriptive list of a large number of the principal mines; advantages of soil and climate; railway system; journey from England, by Robert Orchard Old, British and Colorado Mining Bureau, British and Colorado Mining Bureau, 1872, 95 pp. (This book is available on Google Books - Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

  • “Colorado Wooden Markers,” by James Milmoe, Markers I, pp. 56-61, Association for Gravestone Studies.

  • Colorado Yearbook. 1918-1931, Colorado Board of Immigration.
  • Colorado Yearbook. 1918-1964, by Carl Ubbelohde, Maxine Benson, and Duane A. Smith, Boulder Co: Pruett Publishing Company, 1972. (A Colorado History)

  • “The Colorado Yule Marble,” Munsey’s Magazine, “Financial Department,” The Frank A. Munsey Company, 1912, Vol. 46, pp. 597-598. (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer on Google Book Search – Full View Books.)

  • Colorado Yule Marble: Building Stone of the Lincoln Memorial, Bulletin 2162, by Elaine S. McGee, United States Geological Survey, 1999, 43 pp. [PDF format] (A brief history of the Yule marble quarry is included in Appendix C.)

  • Colorado Yule Marble Deposit, G. W. Baine, 1936a, 35 pp. (Unpublished report on file at the National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 12795 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80225.)

  • Colorado Yule Marble Physical and Mechanical Properties, Colorado Yule Marble Company, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, 1 pp.

  • The Colorado Yule Marble Quarry: Our National Treasure, Birthplace of The Lincoln Memorial and Tomb of The Unknowns (DVD), Ron Bailey Photography, 2009. (This very informative, beautifully photographed over three-hour presentation is available on amazon.com if you are interested in obtaining a copy.)

    • Description: “In the heart of our nation, in the heart of Treasure Mountain, lies the birthplace of The Tomb of The Unknowns and The Lincoln Memorial, the historic Colorado Yule Marble Quarry: Our National Treasure. Included in this one-of-a-kind comprehensive presentation…The Final Tour of the Quarry, conducted by senior quarry employee and expert, Gary Bascom. A tour of The Working Quarry via unprecedented access to an operating quarry, narrated by Bob Collier, quarry worker. The Search for The Tomb Die Block, the only complete documentation, narrated by Ron Bailey. The History of The Marble Finishing Mill, narrated by Oscar McCollum, Jr., Marble Historian. A replica of the only surviving 1916 ‘Lincoln Memorial Edition’ of The Marble Booster Newspaper included in this Lincoln Bicentennial Edition. …and a special tribute to The Unknowns, Our National Heroes laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery, President Abraham Lincoln, & The Colorado Yule Marble Quarry. Featuring Photography by Ron Bailey, Photographer of The Tomb Restoration Project at the Colorado Yule Marble Quarry. More about this DVD is available at: Ron Bailey Photography & The Colorado Yule Marble Quarry: Our National Treasure.   Extra photos of the quarry are available in the “Extra Colorado Yule Marble Quarry Video Clips” section of the web site.

  • “Colorado Yule Marble Workers’ Strike,” in Biennial report, by Colorado. Bureau of Labor Statistics, published by The Bureau, 1911, v. 12, pp. 268-271. (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer on Google Book Search – Full View Books.)

  • Colorado’s Mountain Railroads, by R. A. LeMassena, R A Ronzio, C S Ryland, Jackson C. Thude, Smoking Stack Press, 1963.

  • The Commercial Marbles of Western Vermont, by T. N. Dale, U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 521, 1912, 170 pp.

  • Common Minerals and Rocks: Their Occurrence and Uses, Bulletin 6, by R. D. George, Denver, Colorado: Colorado State Geological Survey, The Smith-Brooks Printing Co., State Printers, 1913.

  • “Compression Tests on Oriented Specimens of Yule Marble,” H. A. Lepper, American Journal of Sciences, 1949, Vol. 247, No. 8, pp. 570-574.

  • Conserving Buildings: Guide to Techniques and Materials, by Martin E. Weaver, Frank G. Matero, Wiley, 1993, 270 pp., ISBN 0471509450, 9780471509455. (Includes information on Colorado Yule Marble.)

  • "Correlation of Colorado Yule Marble and the Other Early Paleozoic Formations on Yule Creek, Gunnison County, Colorado," by J. W. Vanderwilt and H. C. Fuller, Colorado Sci. Soc. Proc., Vol. 13, 1935, pp. 439-464.
  • The Crystal River Pictorial, by Dell McCoy and Riss Collman, 224 pp. (This book is about the Shortline railroads that ran in Colorado's Crystal River District. A look at the Colorado and Utah Railway Co., Elk Mountain Railway Co, Aspen & Western Railway Co., Crystal River Railroad Company, the Crystal River & San Juan Railway, Colorado Yule Marble Electric Tramway, and the Treasury Mountain Railway. (Subjects included are the history of the lines, freight and passenger operations, mining operations and facilities, and marble quarries.)

  • “Deformation of Yule Marble,” Part I, David Griggs and W. B. Miller, Compression and extension experiments on dry Yule marble at 10,000 atmospheres confining pressure, room temperature: Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 62, pp. 853-862.

  • “Deformation of Marble Under Tension at High Pressure,” J. R. Balsley, Jr., American Geophysical Union Transactions, 1941, Vol. 22, pp. 519-525.

  • Denver Landmarks and Historic Districts: A Pictorial Guide, by Thomas Jacob Noel, contributor Wellington Webb, University Press of Colorado, 1996, 162 pp.

  • Denver, The City Beautiful and Its Architects, 1893-1941, by Thomas Jacob Noel, Barbara Stewart Norgren

    Published by Historic Denver, Inc., 1987, 248 pp. (Includes information on Colorado Yule Marble.)

  • “The Directional Concentration of Optic Axes in Yule Marble: A Comparison of the results of petrofabric analysis and linear thermal expansion,” J. L. Rosenholtz and D. T. Smith, American Journal of Science, 1951, Vol. 249, pp. 377-384.

  • Engineering Geologic Factors of the Marble Area, Gunnison County, Colorado, MI-08, by W. P. Rogers and J. W. Rold, Colorado Geological Survey, 1972, 44 pp.

  • Exploration Frontiers of the Central and Southern Rockies, by Harry K. Veal, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, 1977, 496 pp. (Includes information on the Colorado Yule marble quarry.)

  • “Fabric Changes in Yule Marble After Deformation in Compression,” E. B. Knopf, American Journal of Sciences, 1949, Vol. 247, No. 7, pp. 433-461; No. 8, pp. 537-569 (pt.2).

  • First Annual Report, Colorado Board of Immigration, 1910.

  • The First Five Years of the Railroad Era in Colorado, E. O. Davis, Golden, Colorado, Sage Books, Inc., 1948, 214 pp.

  • Geologic Map of the Marble quadrangle, Gunnison and Pitkin Counties, Colorado, D. L. Gaskill and L. H. Godwin, U. S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-512, scale 1:24,000.

  • Fourth Biennial Report, Colorado Board of Immigration, 1919.
  • The Geologic Story of Colorado National Monument, by S. W. Lohman, Colorado and Black Canyon Natural History Association, Grand Junction, 1965.
  • The Geologic Story of the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, by W. T. Lee, United States National Park Service Publication, 1917.
  • The Geologic Story of the Uinta Mountains, by Wallace R. Hansen, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1291, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1969. (The eastern part of the this range is in Colorado.)
  • A Geologic Time Scale, by W. B. Harland, A. V. Cox, P. G. Llewellyn, C. A. G. Pickton, and R. Walters, Cambridge University Press, 1982, 131 pp.

  • “Geological, Chemical and Physical Problems in the Marble Industry,” G. W. Bain, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Transactions, 1941, Vol. 144 (Mining Geology), pp. 324-339.

  • Geological Road Logs of Colorado, by John R. Donnell (editor), Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, Denver, Colorado, 1960. (Itineraries for a number of geological trips along Colorado highways and byways.)
  • "Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Snowmass Mountain Area, Gunnison County, Colorado," by J. W. Vanderwilt, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 884, 1937, 184 pp.
  • Geology and Ore Deposits of the Front Range, Colorado, by T. S. Lovering, and E. N. Goddard, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 223, 1950. (A comprehensive study of mineral-bearing areas in the Front Range.)
  • Geology of Colorado Illustrated: Your Geologist, by Dell R. Foutz, Grand Junction, Colorado, 1994, 184 pp.
  • Geology of Dinosaur National Monument and Vicinity, Utah - Colorado, by G. E. Untermann and B. R. Untermann, Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Bulletin 42, 1954. (Detailed study of the eastern Uinta Mountains.)

  • Geology of the Industrial Rocks and Minerals, by Robert Latimer Bates, Dover Publications, 1969, 459 pp. (Includes information on Colorado Yule Marble.)

  • The Geology of the Ward Region, Boulder County, Colorado, by Philip George Worcester, Eames Bros., State Printers, 1920, 74 pp. (Includes information on a granite quarry 10 miles southeast of Aspen, pp. 27.)

  • Geology Tour of Denver's Buildings and Monuments, MI-53, by Jack A. Murphy, publisher: Denver, Colorado, Historic Denver in cooperation with Denver Museum of Natural History, 1993, 96 pp. ISBN:0914248065.

  • Getting to Know Denver: Five Fabulous Walking Tours, by Francis J. Pierson, Dennis J Gallagher, Charlotte Sqaure Press, 2006, 211 pp., ISBN 0914449206, 9780914449201.

  • Granite Cutters’ Journal, by Granite Cutters’ International Association of America, Granite Cutters’ National Union of the United States of America, published by Granite Cutters' International Association of America, 1910, Vol. 34. (Includes information on the Colorado Yule marble company quarry.) (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer on Google Book Search – Full View Books.)

  • Green Mountain Reservoir, by Aquamaps, Adler Publishing, 1991, ISBN 0930657179, 9780930657178. (Information and topographical map of Yule Marble Quarry Trail and the Skyline Mine, Map 7.)

  • Guide to Colorado Historic Places: Sites Supported by the Colorado Historical Society’s State Historical Fund, by Thomas Jacob Noel, Colorado, Colorado Historical Society, Colorado. State Historical Fund, Big Earth Publishing, 2007, 392 pp., ISBN 1565794931, 9781565794931.

  • Guide to the Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, by Perry Eberhart, Sage Books, Denver, Colorado, 1959, 479 pp.

  • Guide to the Colorado Mountains, by Randy Jacobs, Robert Ormes, contributor Robert Ormes, The Mountaineers Books, 2003, 366 pp., ISBN 0967146607, 9780967146607.

  • Guide to the Geology of Colorado, by Robert J. Weimer and John D. Haun (editors), Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, and Colorado Scientific Society, Denver, Colorado, 1960. (From Prairie, Peak and Plateau: "A concise summary of many aspects of Colorado geology, this guide includes several geological itineraries and many reference listings.")

  • Guidebook of the Western United States, by Willis Thomas Lee, Marius Robinson Campbell, Hoyt Stoddard Gale, Ralph Walter Stone, Government Printing Office, 1922, 244 pp.

  • Historic Preservation, by National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings, National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States, published by National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1995, Vol. 47.

  • History of Colorado, by Wilbur Fiske Stone, published by S. J. Clarke, 1918, Vol. 1. (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer on Google Book Search – Full View Books.)

  • A History of the Marble Operation at Marble, Colorado, Dissertation by Elizabeth Jane Snair, 1961, 100 leaves, Thesis (M. A.), University of Denver, 1961. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [96]-100) and abstract/photocopy. (Subjects: Marble industry and trade, Colorado.) (This entry is from the California Digital Library, MELVYL Catalog.)

  • History of the State of the State of Colorado Embracing accounts of the pre-historic races and their remains; the earliest Spanish, French and American explorations; the lives of the primitive hunters, trappers and traders; the commerce of the prairies; the first American settlements founded; the original discoveries of gold in the Rocky Mountains; the development of cities and towns, with the various phases of industrial and political transition, from 1858 to 1890, Vol. IV (in four volumes), by Frank Hall, Rocky Mountain Historical Company, Chicago: The Blakeley Printing Company, 1895, 631 pp. (This book is available on Google Books - Full View Books for reading or in PDF format.)

  • "Industrial Minerals of Colorado," by G. O. Argall, Jr., Colorado School of Mines Quarterly, Vol. 44, No. 2, 1949, pp. 320-338.

  • “Influence of Microclimate on the Deterioration of Historic Marble Buildings,” E. S. McGee, APT (Association for Preservation Technology) Bulletin, Vol. 23, Special Issue: Historic Structures in Contemporary Atmospheres, 1991, pp. 37-42.

  • “Investigation on the Degradation of Stones,” G. Alessandrini, T. Peruzzi, C. Manganelli Del Fe, S. Vannucci, G. Tampone, and R. Cecchi, VIII. The working effects on the Candoglia Marble: Third International Congress on Deterioration and Preservation of Stone, Venice, October 24-27, 1979, Proceedings, pp. 411-428.

  • John Fielder's Best of Colorado, by John Fielder, Big Earth Publishing, 2002, 464 pp., ISBN 156579429X, 9781565794290. (Includes information on the Yule Marble quarry, pp. 259.)

  • The Lincoln Memorial and American Life, by Christopher A. Thomas, Princeton University Press, 2002, 213 pp., ISBN 069101194X, 9780691011943. (Includes information on the Colorado Yule Marble.)

  • Lincoln Memorial Historic Documentation, Jannelle Warren-Findley, Unpublished report of work performed for the National Park Service, National capital Parks-Central, under contract PX-3000-4-1919, 26 pp.

  • Lincoln Memorial Stone Survey: Final Report to the National Park Service, Einhorn Yaffe and Prescott, Denver Service Center, Lakewood, Colorado, 285 pp.

  • “The Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.,” R. A. Cram, Henry Bacon, Architect, Architectural Record, Vol. 53, No. 297, pp. 479-508.

  • List of United States Geological Survey Geologic and Water-Supply Reports and Maps for Colorado, United State Geological Survey, 1987, 344 pp. (This list contains reports and maps published by the U.S. Geological Survey relating to the geology and mineral and water resources of Colorado for the years from 1880 to 1987.)

  • A Location Guide for Rockhounds, (PDF) Collected by Robert C. Beste, PG, St. Louis, Missouri: Hobbitt Press, 2nd ed., December 1996, 148 pp. (Includes chapters on “Mineral Locations by State,” “Appendix and Glossary,” and “Bibliography.”)

  • Marble: A Town Built on Dreams, Vol. I, by Oscar McCollum, Sundance Publications, Limited, 1992, ISBN: 0913582557. Volume I includes the Crystal River Railroad and the Carbondale-Redstone-Coalbasin region, as well as the story of the Colorado-Yule Marble Company's struggles in Marble, CO, 352 pages with 380 black and white and 50 full color views.
  • Marble: A Town Built on Dreams, Vol. II, by Oscar McCollum, Sundance Publications, Limited, 1993. Volume II includes Col. Meek's management of the marble company, coverage of the Crystal River and San Juan Railroad's trackage, as well as material on the quarrying of marble and the Colorado-Yule tramway, 352 pages with 367 black and white and 33 full color views.
  • Marble, Colorado: City of Stone, by Duane Vandenbusche and Myers Rex, publisher: Denver: Golden Bell, 1970. (History of marble industry of the United States and Marble, Colorado, named for its marble production in the early 1900's. In the third printing in May 1960, a final chapter was added by Duane Vandenbusche in which he discusses what happened during the decade between the book's initial publication in 1970 and this third printing in 1980.)
  • “The Marble Columns of the Lincoln Memorial,” J. P. Kirsch, Scientific American, Vol. 112, No. 12, p. 267.

  • “Marble Deposits of the Western United States,” in The School of Mines Quarterly, by Columbia University. School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Columbia University, 1889, Vol. 10, pp. 69-72. (Includes information on the Colorado Yule Marble.)

  • “The Marble of the Lincoln Memorial,” “whitest, prettiest, and…best”; C. A. Thomas, Washington History, 1993-94, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 42-63.

  • “Marble Quarries,” in A Guidebook to Colorado, by Eugene Parsons, published by Little, Brown, 1911, 390 pp. (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer on Google Book Search – Full View Books.)

  • “A Marble Railroad in the Colorado Rockies,” by Morrison A. Smith, in Trains, by Heinemann Staff Kalmbach Pub. Co., 1942, pp. 9. (Information is included on Colorado Yule Marble.)

  • The Materials of Sculpture, by Nicholas Penny, Yale University Press, 1993, 318 pp., ISBN 0300065817, 9780300065817. (Includes information on Colorado-Yule Marble.)

  • Messages in Stone: Colorado's Colorful Geology, edited by Vincent Matthews, Ph.D., Katie KellerLynn, and Betty Fox, Denver, Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey, 2003, 157 pp.

  • “Mine Locally, Build Globally,” Jack Murphy, Denver Museum of Natural History Museum Quarterly, Winter 1993, pp. 11.

  • Mineral Resources of Colorado, prepared under the supervision of John W. Vanderwilt, consulting geologist, State of Colorado, Mineral Resources Board, Denver; prepared by the U. S. Geological Survey, under the general supervision of W. S. Burbank; Investigations of strategic mineral resources, by W.M. Traver, Jr., 1947. 547 pp. (Summaries of mining districts, mineral deposits, construction materials, and general geology of Colorado.)
  • Mineral and Water Resources of Colorado, by United States Geological Survey In Collaboration With The Colorado Mining Industrial Development Board, Washington D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1968. 302 pp. (This is a report compiled for the United States Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs at the request of Senator Gordon Allott.)
  • Minerals of Colorado: A 100-Year Record, by Edwin B. Eckel, United States Geological Survey Bullet 114, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1961.

  • “Mines and Minerals of Colorado,” by Persifor Frazer, Jr., in Third Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, Embracing Colorado and New Mexico, Conducted under the authority of the Secretary of the Interior, by F. V. Hayden, U.S. Geologist, United States Geological Survey. 1873. (This publication is available for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format from Google Books – Full View Books.)

  • Mining in Colorado: A History of Discovery, Development and Production, by C. W. Henderson, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 138, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1926.

  • “Monumental Success,” Jon Klusmire, Colorado Business Magazine, May 1993, pp. 70-72.

  • Moon Handbooks Colorado, by Steve Knopper, Avalon Travel Publishing, 6th ed. 2006, 400 pp., ISBN 1566917018, 9781566917018.

  • Natural History of the Boulder Area, by Hugo G. Rodeck (editor), University of Colorado Museum leaflet No. 13, 1964. (Articles on geology and biology.)
  • Natural Resources of Colorado, by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1963, 72 pp.
  • Nature as Sculpture: A Geologic Interpretation of Colorado Scenery, by Richard M. Pearl, Denver Museum of Natural History Popular Series No. 6, Revised Edition, 1956.

  • “Non-Metallic Minerals from Rocks of Lower and Middle Paleozoic Age,” Lawrence Ogden, in R. R. Berg and J. W. Rold, eds., Symposium on Lower and Middle Paleozoic Rocks of Colorado, Twelfth Field conference: Denver, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, 1961, pp. 190-194, 196.

  • “Our Great Deposits of Marble, Granite, Onyx, Lava, Lime, and Sandstone,” in Biennial report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the State of Colorado, by Colorado. Bureau of Labor Statistics, published by The Bureau, 1908, pp. 52-53.

  • Patterns Past – A Photo Essay of Marble, Colorado, Polly Holmes, Denver, CO-OP Publishers, 1991, 19 pp.

  • “Petrology of Marble,” G. W. Baine, in Mineralogist, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 3-4, 30-31; No. 3, pp. 4-6, 36-37, 1936b.

  • Physical and Chemical Tests on the Commercial Marbles of the United States, D. W. Kessler, Bureau of Standards Technologic Papers, No. 123, 1919, 54 pp.

  • Physical Properties of Typical American Rocks, J. H. Griffith, Iowa State College Engineering Experiment Station Bulletin 131, 1937, 56 pp.

  • Prairie Peak and Plateau - A Guide to the Geology of Colorado, Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 32, by John and Halka Chronic, Colorado Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado, 1972.

  • Quarterly of the Colorado School of Mines, by Colorado School of Mines, Colorado School of Mines Press, 1949, Vol. 44, Nos. 1-2. (Includes information on Colorado Yule Marble Company quarry and the terrazzo-aggregate crushing and sizing plant in the Mountain State Marble Company near Wellsville, Colorado, pp. 7-8.)

  • Real Cool Colorado Places for Curious Kids, by Diane T. Liggett, James A Mack, photographs by Diane T. Liggett, James A Mack, Big Earth Publishing, 1998, 160 pp., ISBN 1565792939, 9781565792937. (Includes information on Marble, Colorado ; Colorado Yule marble, and the marble mill.)

  • Rebel of the Rockies: A History of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, R. G. Athearn, New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1962, 395 pp. (Contains 8 maps showing the evolution of the D. & R.G. trackage.)

  • “Rebirth in the Rockies,” M. Reis, Stone World, July 1994.

  • Report of Tests of Marbles for the Lincoln Memorial Commission, Bureau of Standards, January 23, 1914, 15 pp. 1914 a. (Records of the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds, Record Group 42, National Archives.)

  • Report of the Bureau of Standards on the Crushing Tests of Eight Cubes of Colorado Yule marble Submitted by Lincoln Memorial Commission, Washington, D.C., on July 31, 1914, (1914b), (Unpublished report signed by E. B. Rosa, Acting Director, August 1, 1914.)

  • A Report on the Colorado-Yule Marble Properties, Based on examinations made in August 1914, 16 pp. (Unpublished report in Records of the office of Public Buildings and Grounds, Record Group 42, National Archives.)

  • Report of the Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor, by American Federation of Labor, 1915, Vol. 51. (Includes information on Yule Colorado Marble Company/quarry, pp. 89.)

  • “Report on Some Carbonic Acid Tests on the Weathering of Marbles and Limestones,” U. S. National Museum Proceedings, 1915, Vol. 49, No. 2108, pp. 347-349.

  • Report on the Geology of the Eastern Portion of the Uinta Mountains and a Region of Country Adjacent Thereto, by John Wesley Powell, United State Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 1876. (From Prairie, Peak and Plateau: "One of the earliest accounts of geology in Colorado, written by the explorer of the Colorado River and the father of the U. S. Geological Survey.")
  • Report to the Governor for 1910, Work of the Colorado State Board of Immigration, Colorado Board of Immigration.

  • Reports of Decisions of the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado, by Colorado Public Utilities Commission, published by The Commission, 1918, Vol. 4. (Includes information on the Colorado Yule Marble Company (quarry), pp. 469-474 – “In re. D., & W.R.R. Freight Rates – In the Matter of the Application of the Crystal River & San Juan Railroad Company to Discontinue Operations, Submitted October 15, 1917; Decided October 72, 1917.) (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer on Google Book Search – Full View Books.)

  • Roadside Geology of Colorado, Halka Chronic and Felicie Williams, Mountain Press Publishing Company, Incorporated, October 2002, Hardcover, 2nd ed., 416 pp., ISBN: 0878424474.

  • Sculpture Inside and Out: Inside and Out, by Malvina Hoffman, Bonanza Books, 1939, 330 pp. (Includes information on Colorado Yule Marble.)

  • “Some Remarkably Fine Marble Quarries in Colorado,” Arthur Lakes, Mining World, 1910, Vol. 32, pp. 609-611. (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer on Google Book Search – Full View Books.)

  • Stampede to Timberline, by Muriel Sibell Wolle, Sage Books, 1949. (From Prairie, Peak and Plateau: "An excellent account of early mining activity in the state, with many fine drawings of the early settlements.")
  • State of Colorado Bureau of Mines Annual Report of 1921. (This book includes a list of operating mines in 1919, also a list of Gold Dredges,Quarries and Clay Pits, and Mills and Smelters)

  • “The State’s Stone Quarries,” in History of Colorado, by Wilbur Fiske Stone, published by S. J. Clarke, 1918, Vol. 1, pp. 559-560. (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer on Google Book Search – Full View Books.)

  • Stone Decay and Conservation, G. G. Amoroso and V. Fassina, New York, Elsevier, 453 pp.

  • The Stone Industries, by Oliver Bowles, New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 2nd ed. 1939, 519 pp. (This book is available for reading on the Internet Archive.)

  • Stone Quarrying in Loveland's Foothills: Through the Centuries, by Nancy Ford, Loveland, Colorado: Loveland Museum & Gallery, 2002, 44 pp. (Available from the Loveland Museum/Gallery, 503 N. Lincoln Avenue, Loveland, CO 80537.)

  • Symposium on Lower and Middle Paleozoic Rocks of Colorado, by Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, Robert R. Berg, John W. Rold, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists. Field Conference. 12th, 1961, Twelfth Field Conference, South Central Colorado, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, 1961, 236 pp. (Includes information on Colorado, Yule marble quarry.)

  • Tariff Hearings Before the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives, Sixtieth Congress 1908-1909, by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means, Government Printing Office, 1909, Vol. 13. (Includes information on the Colorado Yule Marble Company.)

  • The Technology of Marble Quarrying, U. S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 106, by Oliver Bowles, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1916. (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer on Google Book Search – Full View Books.)

  • Tectonic and Economic Geology of Central Colorado: Guide to the Geology of Colorado, by Robert M. Hutchinson, J. K. Trimble, and John R. Hayes, 1960, pp. 132 - 144.

  • Twelfth Biennial Report of the Board of Capitol Managers to the General Assembly of the State of Colorado, December 1, 1906, Denver, Colorado, Smith-Brooks Printing Co., State Printers, 1906. (Includes information on the Colorado Yule Marble, pp. 23-24.)

  • Unique Ghost Towns and Mountain Spots, Caroline Bancroft, Boulder, Colorado, Johnson Books, 1961, 96 pp.

  • Views of Quarries and Their Product: The Colorado-Yule Marble Company, Colorado-Yule Marble Company, ca 1910.

  • Washington History: Magazine of the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., by Historical Society of Washington, D.C., published by The Society, 1993, Vol. 5-6. (Includes information on the Colorado- Yule Marble Company/quarry.)

  • Water-Supply Paper, by Geological Survey ( U.S. ), Government Printing Office, 1930, Nos. 359-361. (Includes information on the Colorado Yule Marble Co.)

  • “When the Quarry is Marble,” D. Roberts, Smithsonian, 1992, Vol. 22, No. 10, pp. 98-107.

  • “The White Marble Quarries of Colorado,” (Colorado Yule Marble Company) in Mining and Engineering World, Vol. 36, 1912, p. 761.

  • “The Woodmen of the World Monument Program,” by Ann Stott, in Markers XX, Association for Gravestone Studies, 2003, pp. vi, 1-29. (Colorado, USA)

  • The WPA Guide to 1930s Colorado, by Thomas Jacob Noel, Writers’ Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Colorado, Federal Writers Project, University Press of Kansas, 1987, 511 pp. (Includes information on Colorado Yule marble, pp. 258.)

  • Year Book of the State of Colorado, by Colorado. State Planning Commission, Colorado. State Planning Division, Colorado State Planning Division., 1947. (Includes information on Colorado Yule Marble, pp. 189.)

  • “Yule Marble,” in Compressed Air Magazine, March, 1993, pp. 6-13.

  • “Yule Marble Poor for Monuments,”The Financial World ( New York ), March 29, 1913. (Records of the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds, Record Group 42, National Archives.)

  • “Yule Marble Quarry (Hike),” Best Hikes With Children in Colorado, by Maureen Keilty, Dan Peha, contributor Dan Peha, The Mountaineers Books, 3rd ed. 2005, 260 pp., ISBN 0898869501, 9780898869507.

  • “The Yule Marble Quarry Trail,” (pp. 307-309) in Colorado on Foot, by Robert Leaman Brown, Caxton Press, 1991, 309 pp., ISBN 0870043366, 9780870043369.

  • "Yule Quarry Back in Business Again," Mining Engineering, by R. E. Loesby, 2003, pp. 16-22.

The following links are to photographs at the site of the History of the American West, 1860-1920: Photographs from the Collection of the Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library.

Copyright and Restrictions for the Denver Public Library Collection apply (for items below). Check this site for the Copyright and Restrictions made by the Denver Public Library, the owner of the original materials sited here.

General Stone Quarry Photographs from the American Memories Collection.

(For Yule Marble Quarry photographs, see section below this one.)

The following links are from the American Memory Historical Collections for the National Digital Library, Library of Congress. By using their on-site search engine and using search words such as "quarry" or "quarries" plus "colorado," (Combining the two words is important as the collection covers locations outside of the state of Colorado.) I was able to find the following photographs. I was unable to retain the links that the search generated, so I have listed the photographs I found in the search using the above words so that you can use the Search to locate these same photographs. Peggy B.Perazzo

  • "A man stands near the main mining area of probably the Pikeview Quarry near Cascade, El Paso County, Colorado." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "A miner poses on a pile of rocks near pneumatic tripod drills at a quarry possibly in Colorado. A piece of rock is ready to be hoisted by a crank with a lock snatch block nearby." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "A miner poses with a miner's candle at the entryway to a stone quarry tunnel in Colorado." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "A miner poses with a mallet and miner's candle in a stone quarry tunnel in Colorado." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "A miner poses near a tramway probably at the Pikeview Quarry near Cascade, El Paso County, Colorado. Wheelbarrows are near the tracks." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "A miner poses near probably the Peakview Quarry near Cascade, El Paso County, Colorado." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "Crushed stone storage. View of a stone storage building at a quarry in Colorado." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "Funicular to Strauss Marble Quarry. View of a funicular cable tram and ore car used to move marble between the Strauss Quarry and rail terminal, above Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado." (1912?)
  • "Granite(e) Mine (lower left) Portland Gold Mining Co. Shaft No. 2 (center horizon). View of the Granite Mine and tramway near Victor (Teller County), Colorado. A miner pushes a mine ore car on the tramway. The shafthouse of a Portland Mine is in the distance." (1895)
  • "Granite mine. View shows buildings of the Granite mine, Poverty Gulch, Teller County, Colorado." (between 1880 and 1910?)
  • Hauling marble 9300 ft above sea level - Marble, Colorado (1908 or 1909?)
  • "Main Street, Marble, Colo. Frame commercial buildings flank dirt street in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado. One in the foreground has an exterior stairway; mountains are in the background." (between 1900 and 1908?)
  • "Miners pose near an ore car at the entrance to a stone quarry tunnel in Colorado."(between 1890 and 1910)
  • "Miners pose near a wagon loaded with marble slabs and guy derrick at the Kerr Stone Company marble quarry near Howard, Fremont County, Colorado. A quarry building and tent are nearby. Light snow covers the ground." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "Miners pose near the Rawlins Grey Sandstone Quarry near Rawlins, Wyoming. One man poses on a slab of sandstone that is hoisted by a stiff leg derrick. A quarry building is nearby." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "Miners pose near a building at the Kerr Stone Company quarry near Howard, Freemont County, Colorado. A rock slab that reads: "The Kerr Stone Co. PO Box 1027 Denver, Colo. 18.0 3.0 3.0" is near a pump." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "Miners pose near the tramway and entrance to a stone quarry tunnel in Colorado." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "Rawlins grey sandstone quarries: the Kerr Marble and Stone Company. Miners pose in a sandstone quarry near Rawlins, Wyoming. The machinery includes a stiff leg derrick with crane, tripod drill, and boiler on a rail track. A quarry building is nearby." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "View from probably the Pikeview Quarry near Cascade, El Paso County, Colorado." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "View of a stone mill and tramway near a stone quarry in Colorado Stone." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "View of the end of a quarry tramway from probably the Pikeview Quarry near Cascade, El Paso County, Colorado. The tracks of the Midland Terminal Railway (MT) are nearby." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "View of a tunnel entrance at probably the Pikeview Quarry near Cascade, El Paso County, Colorado. Light snow covers the ground." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "View of the Kerr Stone Company marble quarry near Howard (Fremont County), Colorado. A portable fire box boiler is suspended by a hand powered guy derrick nearby." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "View of the Kerr Stone Company marble quarry near Howard (Fremont County), Colorado. Hand powered guy derricks and a building are nearby. Light snow covers the ground." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "View, from a distance, of a stone quarry operation in Colorado." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "Miners work in the Kerr Stone Company marble quarry near Howard (Fremont County), Colorado. Hand powered guy derricks, a building, and water tank are nearby. Light snow covers the ground." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "Miners work with pneumatic drills in a rock quarry, possibly in Colorado. A crane with a lock snatch block is prepared to hoist a piece of rock." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "Stone quarry near Morrison, Colorado." Men in suspenders and hats pose near Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, at a stone quarry. A man holds reins of a horse pulling a scoop; piles of rock are nearby. Steep, stratified sandstone is in the background." (January 30, 1893.)
  • "Strauss Quarry, surface workings of the quarry at Marble, Colorado. View of Strauss Quarry shows a revolving derrick and a horizontal drilling machine fed by compressed air lines, near Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado." (1909)

Photographs Regarding Yule Marble Quarries
(American Memories Collection)

The following links are from the American Memory Historical Collections for the National Digital Library, Library of Congress. By using their on-site search engine and using search words such as "quarry" or "quarries" plus "colorado," (Combining the two words is important as the collection covers locations outside of the state of Colorado.) The following photographs are related to the Yule Marble quarries. You could add the search word "Yule" to narrow the search down to photographs related to these quarries. I found I was unable to retain the links that the search generated, so I have listed the photographs I found in the search using the above words so that you can use the Search to locate these same photographs. Peggy B. Perazzo

  • A core of solid statuary marble: 11 ft long, 2 3/4 in diameter, taken by diamond drill from a depth of 235 ft below the surface, showing the vastness of the deposit Quarries at Marble, Colo. (between 1910 and 1920?)
  • "At work in the quarry. Miners work with pneumatic drills on a rail track at a rock quarry near Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado." (between 1910 and 1930)
  • "Block of marble being loaded. View of a large block of marble being loaded onto a flatbed rail car, Marble (Gunnison County), Colorado." (1912)
  • "Building for storage of Colorado - Yule Marble Co's supplies for quarry, mill, etc: Marble, Colo., April. This storage building in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, is next to tracks of the Crystal River & San Juan Railroad. A cylindrical, wooden water tank is adjacent; the end of the structure is scaffolded. Tracks and snow are in the foreground, slopes are in the background." (1907)
  • "Circular saw at finishing mill of Colorado-Yule Marble Co. Marble, Colo. Men work in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, at the Colorado-Yule Marble Company finishing mill. Two squat on the sawtable by a block of stone, another operates levers. Interior wooden beams cross overhead by the circular sawblade; hoses, ropes and gears are in the background." (1913)
  • "Colo. Yule Marble Co. plant, Marble, Colo. Bird's eye view of Colorado Yule Company marble processing plant, Marble, Colorado; shows shipping and receiving area, Crystal River and San Juan Railroad siding and track by mill with box cars, caboose, and open flat cars; housing (wooden frame buildings) in Aspen grove on hillside; facility closed in 1941." 1913?
  • "Colo. Yule Marble Co. Quarries, Marble Colo. Interior view of a marble quarry at the Colorado-Yule Marble Company Quarries in Marble, Colorado; shows three channeling machines with channeling tracks on ledge and wooden timbers attached to a metal wheel (perhaps hoisting equipment)." (1913?)
  • "Colo. Yule Marble Co. quarries, Marble, Colo. Exterior view of mine buildings, adits, and quarries of Colorado Yule Marble Company, Marble, Colorado; large crane anchored by cables to quarry wall, mine tram tracks, wooden barrels atop roof, tram pulley system, wooden steps or ladder alongside quarry; marble scraps or refuse below wooden frame building; facility closed in 1941." (1913?)
  • "Colo. Yule Marble Co. quarries, Marble, Colo. View towards Colorado Yule Marble Company quarries from tramway below entrances, Marble, Colorado; wooden steps (stairway with railing) leads to upper adits and buildings; crane is anchored to quarry walls with pulley system below on tramway track; refuse or discard piles of marble are below wooden frame mine buildings; facility closed in 1941." (1913?)
  • "Colorado-Yule Marble finishing mill. Men work in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, at the Colorado - Yule Marble finishing plant. Wearing aprons, sweater and hats, they hold scrapers and sponges, and tend a block of stone supported by wooden beams. Windows line the upper interior walls of the shed, and others work in the background." (between 1908 and 1920?)
  • "Entrance Colo. Yule Marble Co. Quarries, Marble Colo. View of the entrance to the Colorado-Yule Marble Company Quarry located in Marble, Colorado; shows railroad track at center with flatcar, a standing man is dwarfed by a wooden boom, spools of cable labeled "Eschen." Wedges are driven into marble wall with propped wooden ladders." (1913?)
  • "Finishing of Cleveland Column. View of a marble column on a lathe in the Colorado-Yule Marble Company's mill near Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado." (between 1900 and 1910)
  • In the workshop, Colorado-Yule Marble Company, Marble, Colorado (between 1910 and 1917?)
  • "In the workshop, Colorado-Yule Marble Company, Marble, Colorado. work in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, in the Colorado - Yule Marble Company's mill "B". Carts of stone are on central tracks, flanked by worktables. The workers have buckets of water and handtools; lightbulbs hang from interior overhead beams, and a stove is to the side. Drive belts, pulleys and flywheels are in the background; signs read: "No Admittance Apply at Office," and "No Smoking." (between 1910 and 1917?)
  • "In the workshop, Colorado-Yule Marble Company, Marble, Colorado. Men work in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, in the Colorado- Yule Marble Company's mill "B". Carts of stone are on central tracks, flanked by worktables. The workers have buckets of water and handtools; lightbulbs hang from interior overhead beams, and a stove is to the side. Drive belts, pulleys and flywheels are in the background; signs read: "No Admittance Apply at Office," and "No Smoking." (between 1910 and 1917?)
  • "Hauling marble 9300 ft. above sea level. Near Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, the Best steam tractor pulls wagons loaded with fresh quarried stone, crossing a log bridge over the Crystal River. Cal Adams drives the conveyance; mountains are in the background." (1908 or 1909?)
  • "Marble. Men move slabs of marble along a trolley line and with a crane in the long storage and sorting yard of the Colorado Yule Marble Company Quarry, Marble, Colorado. The mill where the stone is cut and polished is adjacent." (between 1910 and 1915)
  • "Marble mill, Marble, Colo. View shows the Marble mill belonging to the Colorado Yule Marble Company in Marble (Gunnison County), Colorado. Company housing lines a street in the background." (between 1900 and 1910?)
  • "Marble, Colorado. A miner uses a pneumatic tripod drill at the Colorado Yule Marble quarry near Marble (Gunnison County), Colorado." (between 1890 and 1900)
  • "Marble, Colorado. Miners work with pneumatic drills on rail tracks at the Colorado Yule Marble quarry near Marble (Gunnison County), Colorado" (between 1890 and 1900)
  • "Marble loading facilities and electric tramway terminal at Yule Marble Co. quarry above Marble, Colorado. Men of the Yule Marble Company load numbered marble blocks on flatbed rail cars of the Treasury Mountain Railroad above Marble, Pitkin County, Colorado. A steep wood stairway leads to quarry on face of Ragged Mountain." (1912?)
  • "Marble mining. View shows mining equipment precariously aligned on an exposed vein of marble at the quarries of the Colorado Yule Marble Company, Marble (Gunnison County), Colorado." (between 1900 and 1930?)
  • "Marble quarry of the Yule Marble Co. on Yule Creek: south of Marble, Colorado. View of Yule Marble quarry in Marble, Colorado; shows buildings, a crane, and terraced slopes." (1907)
  • "Marble - Strauss Quarry of Yule Marble Co. across the valley of Yule Creek from the Yule Quarry. View of men at the Strauss Quarry in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado; also shows equipment and a rotating crane." (1912?)
  • "Marble mining. View shows men working at the quarries of the Colorado Yule Marble Company, Marble (Gunnison County), Colorado." (between 1900 and 1930?)
  • "Men drill in the huge chunks of marble, probably at the Colorado Yule Marble Company quarry, Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado. Trolley tracks are used to move equipment and blocks of marble." (between 1910 and 1912)
  • "Men move slabs of marble along a trolley line and with a crane in the long storage and sorting yard of the Colorado Yule Marble Company Quarry, Marble, Colorado. The mill where the stone is cut and polished is adjacent." (between 1910 and 1915)
  • "One mile of rails, for siding, in foreground: Property of Colorado-Yule Marble Co., Marble, Colo. Men pose at the Colorado-Yule property in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, by an engine and car of the Crystal River & San Juan Railroad. Lettered on car: "Way Car 01. Marble Line." Rail is stacked in the foreground." (April 1907)
  • "Receiving [sic] and shipping yard, Colo. Yule Marble Co., Marble, Colo. View of shipping and receiving yard for Colorado Yule Marble Company, Marble, Colorado; shows marble mill processing plant with large slabs of marble stacked next to Crystal River and San Juan Railroad siding, open box car, conveyor track or belt system; Treasury Mountain is in background right; printed identification on blocks of marble include "No.2, 7x3-8x3x3,16126" and No.4,6x5x2,1526?"; facility closed in 1941." (1913?)
  • "Sawing marble, Colo. Yule Marble Co. plant, Marble, Colo. Interior view of Colorado Yule Marble Company processing plant and mill, Marble, Colorado; shows slabs of marble ready for cutting, saw equipment and machinery, and processed or cut flat slabs of marble; facility closed in 1941." (1913?)
  • "View of a marble yard at a mill in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado." (between 1890 and 1910)
  • "View of men working at the quarries of the Colorado Yule Marble Company, Marble (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows a boiler and hoisting equipment." (between 1900 and 1930?)
  • Yule Marble Quarries (between 1900 and 1920?) Some dressed marble at the Colorado Yule Marble quarries, Marble, Colo.
  • Yule Marble finishing mill (between 1908 and 1920?)
  • "Yule-Marble finishing mill. The Colorado-Yule Marble Company's finishing mill in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado under construction; lumber and company houses are nearby. Freight cars are on the tracks of the Crystal River & San Juan Railroad near the Crystal River. The town and Beaver Lake are in the background." (between 1906 and 1909?)
  • "Yule quarry, crane and power house facilities of the Yule Marble Co.: near the head of Yule Creek, south of Marble, Colorado. View of the Yule Marble quarry, in Marble, Colorado; shows a crane, buildings, cable and pulleys, a suspended block of stone, a gondola, and men working." (1910?)

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