QUARRY PRODUCTS OF IOWA¹

Directory of Iowa Limestone Quarries by Counties
by S. W. Beyer and Ira A. Williams

(Note: The Geological Horizon has been omitted from this list. See the individual county listings for that information.)

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Madison County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
Earlham Land Co.	Earlham	white to buff, compact limestones	steam derricks, drills and crusher plant	dimension, rubble, crushed stone
S. A. Robertson	Earlham	white to buff, compact limestones	steam derricks, drills and crusher plant	dimension, rubble, crushed stone
Henry Taylor	Earlham	white to buff, compact limestones	hand work	building, rubble
Barnett Wilson	Earlham	white to buff, compact limestones	hand work	rubble
Joel Barnett	Earlham	white to buff, compact limestones	hand work
Charles V. Brown	Earlham	white to buff, compact limestones	hand work
Mile E. Brown	Earlham	white to buff, compact limestones	hand work
F. V. Yoke	East Peru	white to buff, compact limestones	hand work	rubble, crushed stone
Benton, Applegate & Son	Winterset	white to buff, compact limestones	hand work	riprap, rubble
W. A. Hartman	Winterset	white to buff, compact limestones	hand work	riprap, rubble
H. H. Edwards	Winterset	white to buff, compact limestones	hand work
W. W. Cassidy & Co.	Winterset	white to buff, compact limestones	hand work	building, rubble, crushed stone

Mahaska County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
T. B. Resse	Given	white to earthy limestone	hand work	building, rubble, flagging
Geo. N. Russell	Oskaloosa	white to earthy limestone	hand work

Marion County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
John J. Oftus	Tracy	compact, white limestone	steam derricks, steam drills	building, rubble, macadam, riprap
Hartsham & Garden	Tracy	compact, white limestone	hand work	building, rubble, riprap

Marshall County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
LeGrand Quarry Co.	Quarry	oölite, magnesian limestone, subcrystalline limestone	steam derricks and crusher plant and air drills	dimension (rough, dressed) rubble, riprap, crushed stone

Mitchell County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
L. P. Hendrickson	Orchard	white, compact limestones to brown dolomites	hand work	building, rubble
Sims Bros.	Orchard	white, compact limestones to brown dolomites	hand work
Breener & Rice	Osage	white, compact limestones to brown dolomites	hand work
Leander D. Green	Osage	white, compact limestones to brown dolomites	hand work
W. J. Wagner	Osage	white, compact limestones to brown dolomites	hand work
Baldwin Bros.	Osage	white, compact limestones to brown dolomites	hand work

Montgomery County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
J. N. Fate	Elliott	white, compact to earthy limestones	hand work
Jas. Devine	Stennett	white, compact to earthy limestones	hand work
O. F. Remmers	Stennett	white, compact to earthy limestones	hand work
H. P. Light	Stennett	white, compact to earthy limestones	hand work
Jno. C. Penny	Stennett	white, compact to earthy limestones	hand work
H. L. Stennett	Stennett	white, compact to earthy limestones	hand work	building, rubble

Pocahontas County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
Johnson & Freeberg	Gilmore City		hand work	rubble
A. N. Bull	Gilmore City	compact, white limestone	hand work
Bull & Edgington	Gilmore City	compact, white limestone	hand work

Pottawattamie County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
John S. Woodburn	Macedonia	blue limestone	hand work

Scott County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
George W. Randall	Big Rock			building, rubble
Linwood Quarries Co.	Buffalo	argillaceous limestone	steam drills, derricks and crusher plant	crushed stone, riprap
Frank Boland	Bettendorf		hand work	building, crushed stone
Gromoll Stoll Co.	Bettendorf		steam drills, derricks and crusher plant	building, rubble, crushed stone
George W. Hutchinson	Bettendorf		hand work	building, rubble, macadam
LeClaire Stone Co.	Bettendorf	compact, white lime stone and dolomite	steam drills, derricks and crusher plants	dimension stone, rubble, crushed stone
LeClaire Stone Co.	LeClaire
Henry G. Schmidt	Davenport	coarse dolomite	hand work	building, rubble macadam
F. G. Engelhart	Dixon	coarse dolomite	hand work	building, rubble, macadam
H. Witt	Gambril	coarse dolomite	hand work	building, rubble
Morgan Orndorff	Longgrove	coarse dolomite	hand work
Rock Island Crushed Stone Co.	Buffalo	compact, argillaceous limestone	steam crusher plant, and hoist and air drills	crushed stone

Tama County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
Lester L. Houghton	Garwin	oölite limestone	hand work
C. J. Stevens	Montour	oölite limestone	hand work	building, rubble
W. F. Ward	Montour	oölite limestone	hand work	building, rubble
R. N. Greene	Douds Leando	white, hard limestone	hand work	building, rubble
Grant Hanshaw	Douds Leando	white, hard limestone	hand work	building, rubble
W. F. Salter	Douds Leando	white, hard limestone	hand work
Louis Sperbeck	Douds Leando	white, hard limestone	handwork
S. D. Fellows	Keosauqua	white, hard limestone	hand work	building, rubble
W. W. Price	Keosauqua	white, hard limestone	hand work	building, rubble
Oscar Dulin	Selma	white, hard limestone	hand work
Levi Parkins	Selma	white, hard limestone
Wm. Michael	Selma	white, hard limestone	hand work	building, rubble

Wapello County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
F. A. Venator	Chillicothe	hard, compact white limestone	hand work
Andrew Lames	Dudley	hard, compact white limestone	crusher plant	crushed stone, rubble, riprap
T. L. Stevens	Dudley	hard, compact white limestone	hand work	building, rubble, riprap
W. J. Free	Eddyville	hard, compact white limestone	hand work
J. A. Lafferty	Eddyville	hard, compact white limestone	hand work	building, rubble
C. B. Castle	Ottumwa	hard, compact white limestone	hand work
Charles Chilton	Ottumwa	hard, compact white limestone	crusher plant	building, rubble, crushed stone

Washington County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
Jas. McCreedy	Ainsworth	hard, heavily bedded, gray limestone	hand work
Moses Farber	Brighton	Fine-grained, compact limestone	hand work	rubble
Lee Morris	Brighton	Fine-grained, compact limestone	hand work	dimension, flagging, rubble, riprap
W. T. Eckels	Washington	hard, heavily bedded, gray limestone	hand work	building, rubble
William Hayes	Washington	hard, heavily bedded, gray limestone	hand work	building, rubble
J. H. Humston	Washington	hard, heavily bedded, gray limestone	hand work	building, rubble
R. C. Varney	Washington	hard, heavily bedded, gray limestone	hand work	rubble
H. Batterson & Cornwell	Westchester	hard, heavily bedded, gray limestone	hand work
A. E. Knotts	Westchester	hard, heavily bedded, gray limestone	hand work	building, rubble, crushed stone
C. C. Owen	Westchester	hard, heavily bedded, gray limestone	hand work

Webster County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
M. B. McBane	Fort Dodge	white limestone and magnesian limestone	hand work
John Quinn	Tara	white limestone and magnesian limestone	hand work

Winneshiek County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
A. W. Kramer	Castalia	soft, yellow dolomite	hand work	building, rubble

Source

Iowa Geological Survey, Vol. XVII, Annual Report, 1906 with Accompanying Papers, Samuel Calvin, Ph.D., State Geologist, Iowa State Printer, Des Moines, Iowa, 1907.

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