Quarries in Missouri & Quarry Links, Photographs, and
Articles
St. Louis – Madden thru O’Meara
- St. Louis, Missouri - the Madden Limestone Quarry (Limestone) (The
following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by
E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri
Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)
“This quarry, which is owned and operated by Thomas Madden of Maddenville, is located just south of the old Manchester road east of Maddenville.
“The quarry has a working face of about 225 feet and has been worked into the hill 100 feet. At the time it was examined, it contained some water. The following is a description of the beds from the top to the surface of the water:
15 ft. - Loess. Stripping.
6 ft. - Fossiliferous, light gray limestone, in beds from three to four inches in thickness.
2 ft. 6 in. - Crystalline, dark colored limestone, containing flint near the top. Small calcite veins and geodes occur in the bed. The weathered surface has a sandy appearance.
1 ft. 6 in. - Fossiliferous, gray limestone, in thin beds.
2 ft. 2 in. - Heavy bed of very fossiliferous, gray limestone.
2 ft. 4 in. - Finely crystalline, compact, fossiliferous, gray limestone.
8 ft. 6 in. - Finely crystalline, fossiliferous, light gray limestone, in beds from two to six inches in thickness.
5 ft. 3 in. - Fine grained, gray limestone. Splits into beds twelve inches in thickness. Upper two feet contains calcite geodes.
5 ft. 5 in. - Granular, dark gray limestone in beds from six to twelve inches in thickness.
“The quarry is equipped with a crusher and accessories. The products are mainly building and crushed stone. The latter has been used quite extensively in macadamizing the country roads and as ballast on the Suburban Electric road.
“Mr. Madden owns another quarry on the west side of the bluffs, just south of the old Nelson Winters’ quarry, south of Maddenville. It consists of an irregular opening, about 75 feet square and 20 feet deep. Most of the stone is thinly bedded limestone and of very inferior quality. The upper six feet of limestone has a sandy texture and exhibits strong cross bedding. The thin beds of stone are very brittle and are broken badly when blasted. This quarry has been leased, temporarily, to I. L. Moss, who is getting out rip rap. Three men are employed.”
- St. Louis, Missouri – the
Marquardt Marble and Granite Company
See: H. Marquardt Marble and Granite Company above.
- St. Louis, Missouri – Matthew Park, Son & Co.
(Stone Dealer) (The
following advertisement is from The Reporter: Devoted To The Interests
of Marble and Granite Workers, Vol. XVII, No. 6, published by Nichols & Co.,
Chicago, Illinois, June, 1884, pp. 12.)
Matthew Park, Son & Co., No. 818 & 820 North Ninth Street, St. Louis, Mo.
Established in 1849 - Wholesale Marble Dealers.
We Guarantee Quarry Grades. All Orders Promptly Filled. Your Patronage Solicited. Send for our Price list.
- St. Louis, Missouri - Matthew Park’s Son & Co. (Monument Dealer) The following information is from The
Monumental News, “Trades Notes” section, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 503.
“Mr. Matthew Park of Matthew Park’s Son & Co., St. Louis, Mo., is now erecting in ‘ Chamberlain Park ’ a very fine house, which he will occupy with his family when finished. The entire front including a porch will be of random ashlar of St. Lawrence marble, and the window sills and all steps of the same material. The porch columns are of dark Barre granite. The house will be over 30 feet wide by 60 feet deep, setting back 40 feet from the pavement with a terrace of 5 steps. The parlor will be in white and gold and the lower floor will be finished in white oak, partly quarter sawed. Considerable marble work will be introduced and the house throughout will be lighted by electricity and will have all the latest improvements.”
- St. Louis, Missouri - Joseph May’s Quarry (listed in The Mine, Quarry and Metallurgical Record of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, The Mine and Quarry News Bureau, Chicago, Ill., 1897)
- St. Louis, Missouri - McCarthy Monument Co. - John H. McCarthy (Obituary) (from Monumental News Magazine, April 1938, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 167.)
Obituary Record: John H. McCarthy
“John H. McCarthy, president and treasurer of the McCarthy Monument Co., at St. Louis, Missouri, died on March 3, 1938.
“He was born in 1883. Graduating from Christian Brothers College in 1902, he continued his education at Missouri College of Mines, where he received the Mining Engineer degree in 1905. For the next two years, he was a mining engineer, working in British Columbia. He later entered the memorial field, joining his father, John H. McCarthy, Sr. At the death of his father in 1916, he became president of the firm.
“Mr. McCarthy, by his strong and pleasing personality, his sterling character and loyalty to his friends, associates and religion had acquired a wide circle of influence. His death at the height of his career is deeply regretted by all.”
- St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri - the James McGrath Quarry (Limestone) (from Report on The Building Stones of The United States, and Statistics of the Quarry Industry for 1880, by George W. Hawes, Curator of the Department of Mineralogy and Lithology at the National Museum, and by F. W. Sperr and Thomas C. Kelly, Joint production of the Census Office and the National Museum, 1883)
The following information was taken from the table entitled, “Table IV. Tables indicating the Amount and Kinds of Rock in the Different States”: The James McGrath Quarry, City of St. Louis, Saint Louis County, Limestone/Dolomite limestone, color: drab; quarry opened in 1845.
- St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri - the John McKenna Quarry (Limestone) (from Report on The Building Stones of The United States, and Statistics of the Quarry Industry for 1880, by George W. Hawes, Curator of the Department of Mineralogy and Lithology at the National Museum, and by F. W. Sperr and Thomas C. Kelly, Joint production of the Census Office and the National Museum, 1883)
The following information was taken from the table entitled, “Table IV. Tables indicating the Amount and Kinds of Rock in the Different States”: The John McKenna Quarry, City of St. Louis, Saint Louis County, Limestone/Limestone, color: drab; quarry opened in 1860.
- St. Louis, Missouri - the Meramec Highlands Company Office (Limestone) (from Stone, An Illustrated Magazine, September 1892, Vol. V, No. IV. The listing for Meramec Highlands Co. is also listed in the following issues of this magazine: (from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, November 1892, Vol. V., No. VI, pp. xxx.)
Directory of stone, Marble and Granite Producers.
Limestone: “Meramec Highlands Co., 704 N. 2d St., St. Louis, Mo.”
- St. Louis, Missouri – the Meramec Highlands Co.
Quarry (1896 Advertisement) (from Stone: An Illustrated
Magazine, December 1896, Vol. XIV, No.1, pp. ix. This advertismenet
was also published in the following editions of Stone Magazine:
January 1897, Vol. XIV, No. 2, pp. 188)
For Lease or Sale
Meramec Highlands Quarries.
St. Louis Co., MO.
Apply Marcus Bernheimer, Pres., St. Louis, Mo.
Quarries on St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad. 15 Miles From St. Louis.
Blue and White Lime Stone.
Fully developed. Ledges uncovered; well equipped with Two Channelers, Steam Drills, Two Saw Gauges, Gates Crusher, Derricks, Lidgerwood Cable Hoist, Plenty of Water, Quarrymen’s Quarters. Unlimited quantity of White Ashler (sic), Blue Steps and Sills also Blue Curbing Stone, of which St. Louis requires a continuous supply.
Meramec Highlands Co.
- St. Louis, Missouri - the Meramec Highland Company’s
Limestone Quarry (Limestone) (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)
“This quarry, which is located about one-fourth of a mile east of Meramec Station on the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad, is one of the best equipped of any of the St. Louis quarries.
“The stone in the upper portion of the face is very flinty and can only be used for rough rubble and crushing. The heavy beds in the lower portion of the quarry were at one time channeled into large mill blocks. The stone is very fossiliferous.
“The quarry has not been operated for a number of years, but was formerly equipped with channelers, steam drills, crushing plant and gang-saws. The stone was carried from the quarry to the mill by means of an overhead cable, a distance of 1,000 feet. The quarry is connected with the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad by a side track.”
- St. Louis, Missouri - Meramec Highlands Limestone Quarry at Dee Koestering Park, 1703 Marshall Road, Kirkwood, Missouri.
- Meramec Highlands Quarry at Dee Koestering Park Master Plan (Map) [PDF]
- “Ozark Mountain Experience: The Meramec Highlands
Quarry at Dee Koestering Park proves to be unique preservation
of St. Louis history,” By: Conor Watkins, April
24, 2003, in The Missouri Miner. (The link from
which the information below was obtained is no longer available.)
<http://media.www.missouri-miner.com/media/storage/paper426/news/2003/04/24/Features/Ozark.Mountain.Experience-425006.shtml>(This article presented a photograph and detailed history of the quarry.)
In 2003 the Meramec Highlands Quarry at Dee Koestering Park was park opened by the City of Kirkwood. The park is 9.55 acres in size. The abandoned quarry is considered the centerpiece of the park.
According to the article, this limestone quarry began operation in or before 1891. The stone quarried from the Meramec Highlands Quarry was used in the construction of the Meramec Highlands Resort buildings constructed by Marcus Bernheimer, a St. Louis businessman. “...the quarry was excavated into a hillside in what appears to be two large steps. Lower quality limestone with a high shale and chert content was quarried from the upper quarry level, mainly for use as rock fill. Higher quality rock meant for dimension stone and other uses came from the lower level of the quarry.” The Highlands Inn, a hotel, was included in the resort amongst other buildings and swimming pools. During the operation of the quarry a cave today known as Watson Cave was discovered on the property. “For its time, the quarry was state of the art. It included modern equipment for the time, including wire line saws. These saws somewhat resemble a giant band saw, as they feature a large cable, impregnated with a hard cutting material, that is driven by a pulley.”
According to the article, many existing nearby houses used stone from the Meramec Highlands Quarry.
The Meramec Highlands Resort declined after the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, and the Highlands Inn burned in 1926. The quarry area was used by local visitors for picnics until the 1940s when the streetline car that brought people to that destination was discontinued.
- “The
Meramec Highlands Quarry at Dee Koestering Park,” Missouri
Outdoors Columnist Conor Watkins, May 1, 2003, in the Features
section, in The Missouri
Miner. (The issue published the previous week introduced
the Meramec Highlands Quarry and presented the history of
Dee Koestering Park. This article describes the quarry after
Conor Watkins’ visit to the quarry with Linda Fenton,
reportedly “the person who probably did the most to
save this resource.” (The link from which
the information below was obtained is no longer available.)
<http://media.www.missouri-miner.com/media/storage/paper426/news/2003/05/01/Features/The-Meramec.Highlands.Quarry.At.Dee.Koestering.Park-429669.shtml>(This article presented a photograph and detailed history of the quarry.)
According to this article much remains of quarry including quarried blocks of stone still showing drill holes and saw cuts made from wire saws. There are two sections to the quarry, the upper and lower sections. Also located on the site is Watson Cave, “cave unearthed during the quarrying operation.”
The previous landowner’s, Mr. Ernie Koestering, house is located just above the quarry. He and his family lived there and enjoyed the quarry from 1962. According to the article, stone taken from this quarry may have been used in the construction of Mr. Koestering’s house. The city of Kirkland plans to take the house down some day. The park is named in honor of Mr. Koestering’s late wife, Delores “Dee” Koestering, who was “a nature lover and didn’t want to see the area destroyed.”
- St. Louis, Meramec Highlands, Missouri - Meramec Highlands Limestone Quarry
According to an article entitled, “Meramec Highlands has history as resort area,” by Robbi Courtaway, of the Suburban Journals, dated March 2, 2005, the old Meramec Highlands Quarry is a part of the Dee Koestering Park located at 1703 Marshall Road. There are walking trails throughout the park.
- St. Louis, Missouri – the Meramec Highlands Co.
Quarry (1896 Advertisement) (from Stone: An Illustrated
Magazine, December 1896, Vol. XIV, No.1, pp. ix. This advertismenet
was also published in the following editions of Stone Magazine:
January 1897, Vol. XIV, No. 2, pp. 188)
- St. Louis, Missouri - the Milne & Gordon Quarry (listed in The Mine, Quarry and Metallurgical Record of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, The Mine and Quarry News Bureau, Chicago, Ill., 1897)
- St. Louis, Missouri - the Missouri Red Granite Company (from Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 4, April 1923)
“The Missouri Red Granite Company, St. Louis, $50,000. J. M. Brod, Jr., and G. F. Welsh.”
- St. Louis, Missouri - Missouri Red Granite Co. (Advertisement) (from American Stone Trade Magazine, Vol. XXVIII, No. 3, October 1927, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 25)
Wholesale Manufacturer Finished Monuments and Building Work In Missouri Red Granite
We operate our own quarries at Graniteville, Mo., and are prepared to furnish any stock for monumental and building work, also paving blocks. Send us your inquiries for estimate.
Missouri Red Granite Co., Incorporated, Arlington Ave. and Terminal Railroad, St. Louis, Mo.
- St. Louis, Missouri - Missouri Red Granite Co. (Advertisement) (from American Stone Trade Magazine, Vol. XXVIII, No. 3, October 1927, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 25)
- St. Louis City, Missouri - Patrick Mohun Limestone Quarry located atCarr Lane Avenue and Hickory Street (Limestone) (from “The Clay, Stone, Lime and Sand Industries of St. Louis City and County,” by G. E. Ladd, Assistant Geologist, in Geological Survey of Missouri, Bulletin No. 3, Supplement, Missouri, December 1890.)
Location.
“Mohun, Patrick (I, 13): - Mr. Mohun’s quarry adjoins that of Christian Piepers, and occupies about half of the same opening, which is two hundred and seven feet long and one hundred and fifty feet wide. Work is at present suspended (circa 1890).”
- St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri - Moran’s Quarry (Limestone) (from Report on The Building Stones of The United States, and Statistics of the Quarry Industry for 1880, by George W. Hawes, Curator of the Department of Mineralogy and Lithology at the National Museum, and by F. W. Sperr and Thomas C. Kelly, Joint production of the Census Office and the National Museum, 1883)
The following information was taken from the table entitled, “Table IV. Tables indicating the Amount and Kinds of Rock in the Different States”: Moran’s Quarry, City of St. Louis, Saint Louis County, Limestone/Dolomite, color: drab; quarry opened in 1875.
“The most extensive quarries in this state are located in and near the city of Saint Louis. The formation is the Saint Louis division of the sub-Carboniferous period. The extent of the quarry industry in this locality is not so much due to the superiority of the stone as to its accessibility to the Saint Louis market. A representative section of the quarries is shown at Mr. Moran’s quarry, which shows 20 feet of loose material; 20 feet of thin, shelly limestone, in layers from 3 to 8 inches in thickness; 3 feet of brownish-colored limestone, containing some chert. From this quarry a specimen of Productus marginicinctus, a very rare fossil peculiar to this group, has been obtained.
“The stone from this quarry is used for the construction of foundations and other ordinary building purposes, and for street pavements, especially for macadam. The stone from the best Saint Louis quarries is strong and durable, and is also well adapted to the manufacture of lime. Its principal use has been in the construction of foundations. The excavation has been carried at one quarry to a depth of 60 feet, but at present the quarry is not worked to a greater depth than 40 feet, 20 feet of the lower portion of the excavation being filled with water. A section at this quarry shows 8 feet of cap-rock; 8 feet of limestone in thin layers; 9 feet of limestone in layers 12, 4, and 2 inches thick, and below this is a massive, heavy bed of limestone; still lower the beds are from 1 foot to 2 feet thick, this being the most applicable for building purposes....”
- St. Louis, Missouri - the Moses P. Johnson Machinery Co. (Advertisement) (from Mines and Minerals, A Mining and Metallurgical Journal, June, 1902, Vol. XXII, No. 11, pp. 12)
Lidgerwood Hoisting Engines for Mines
Are built to gauge on the duplicate part system - Quick Delivery Assured
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Lidgerwood Manufacturing Co.
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Scranton Supply & Machinery Co., Agents, Scranton, PA.
Moses P. Johnson Machinery Co., St. Louis, MO.
- St. Louis, Missouri - the Moss Limestone Quarry (Limestone) (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)
“This quarry, which is owned by E. R. Moss and operated by J. L. Moss, is located one-eighth of a mile north of the old Manchester road north of Maddenville.
“It consists of a rectangular sunken pit 210 feet by 100 feet. It has a face of 35 to 40 feet, one-third of which is loess stripping. The rock is a fine grained, gray limestone, which splits into beds from three to four inches in thickness. The beds are somewhat thicker at the bottom than at the top of the quarry. The major joints strike N. 20° W.
“This quarry is not being operated at present. It was formerly worked by hand, the output being used for buildings and street paving.”
- St. Louis, Missouri - the Mound City Construction Company’s Limestone Quarry (Limestone) (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)
“This quarry, which is located on Ashland avenue west of Marcus avenue, was opened in 1898. It consists of a rectangular, sunken pit 250 feet by 150 feet. The stone is essentially the same as at the Heman quarry, described on a preceding page. The quarry has a covering of thirty feet of loess.
“The equipment consists of a Gates crusher and accessories, steam drills and a cable hoist. The cable extends the entire length of the quarry and stone from any part may be moved by it. The quarry was not in operation when visited. The output has been mainly rubble and crushed stone.”
- St. Louis, Missouri - J. S. Mundy, Manufacturer, Branch
Office, 210 Washington St., St. Louis, Mo. (Advertisement) (from Stone:
An Illustrated Magazine, January 1916, Vol. XXXVII, No.
1, pp. 46. This advertisement was also published in the following
issues of Stone Magazine: February 1916, Vol. XXXVII,
No. 2, pp. 102; and March 1916, Vol. XXXVII, No. 3, pp. 158.)
J. S. Mundy – Established 1870
Manufacturer of High Class Hoisting Engines, Steam Boilers, Etc.
Of All Descriptions for Mud Dredging, Bridge Erecting, Pile Driving, Logging, Mining and Quarrying; Steam, Electric and Gasoline
Home Office: 22 to 34 Prospect Street, Newark, N.J., U.S.A.
Branch Offices
39 Cortlandt St. – Market and Randolph Sts., Chicago, Ill.
1744 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. – 391 Atlantic Ave., Boston, Mass.
327 Water St., Pittsburg, Pa. – 210 Washington St., St. Louis, Mo.
224 Water St., Norfolk, Va. – 29 First St. Portland, Oregon
28 Light St., Baltimore, Md. – 203 W. Pearl St., Cincinnati, O.
New Patent Derrick Swinging Engine – Send for New Catalogue, No. 14
- St. Louis City, Missouri - Munsen Limestone Quarry (Limestone) (from “The Clay, Stone, Lime and Sand Industries of St. Louis City and County,” by
G. E. Ladd, Assistant Geologist, in Geological Survey of Missouri, Bulletin No. 3, Supplement, Missouri, December 1890.)
Location and product.
“Munsen (52): - Mr. Munsen has a quarry in the immediate neighborhood of Mr. Doering’s, with the same railway connection. The product consists of ‘furnace rock.’ The quarry was opened in 1880. Its face is about seven hundred and fifty feet long. The stone quarried is of St. Louis Limestone.
“The following section, in descending series, was obtained: -
Section.
- Soil and residuary clay - 5 feet.
- Limestone, decomposing - 12 feet.
- Limestone, gray, fossiliferous, in several layers - 5 feet, 10 inches.
- Limestone, buff, alternately fine and coarse grained, soft, fossiliferous - 3 feet.
- Limestone, gray, crystalline - 1 foot, 10 inches.
- Limestone, blue to yellowish, vary grained - 3 feet, 9 inches.
- Limestone, gray, coarse grained, fossiliferous, in two layers - 1 foot, 4 inches.
- Limestone, gray, fine grained - 9 inches.
- Limestone, gray, crystalline, fossiliferous, in three layers - 10 inches.
- Limestone, gray, fine grained, brittle, fossiliferous, small chert concretions near middle - 4 feet, 10 inches.
- Limestone and shale in thin layers - 8 inches.
- Limestone, gray, fine grained, numerous small concretions of chert - 1 foot, 6 inches.
- Limestone, light gray, hard, siliceous - 7 inches.
- Limestone, light gray, soft - 1 foot, 4 inches.
- Limestone, dark gray, lithographic - 8 inches.
- Limestone and shale - 8 inches.
- Limestone, grayish to brown, coarse grained, crystalline, three layers - 3 feet, 5 inches.
- Limestone, lavender, fine grained, brittle - 1 foot, 1 inch.
- Limestone in thin layers, with shale partings, gray to lavender, fine grained - 10 inches.
- Limestone, dark gray, concretionary, in three layers - 2 feet, 9 inches.
- Limestone, light lavender, fine grained, hard and brittle - ---
- Limestone, suture joints - 3 inches.
- Limestone, light lavender, fine grained, hard and brittle, in three layers, respectively thirty, twenty-four and eight inches thick - 4 feet, 6 inches.
Total thickness of rock - 52 feet, 5 inches.”
- St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri - the J. O’Meara Quarry (Limestone) (from Report on The Building Stones of The United States, and Statistics of the Quarry Industry for 1880, by George W. Hawes, Curator of the Department of Mineralogy and Lithology at the National Museum, and by F. W. Sperr and Thomas C. Kelly, Joint production of the Census Office and the National Museum, 1883)
The following information was taken from the table entitled, “Table IV. Tables indicating the Amount and Kinds of Rock in the Different States”: The J. O’Meara Quarry, City of St. Louis, Saint Louis County, Limestone/Limestone, color: drab; quarry opened in 1845.
- St. Louis City, Missouri - John B. O’Meara - First Quarry located at Euclid and Ashland Avenues (Limestone) (from “The Clay, Stone, Lime and Sand Industries of St. Louis City and County,” by G. E. Ladd, Assistant Geologist, in Geological Survey of Missouri, Bulletin No. 3, Supplement, Missouri, December 1890.)
Location.
“O’Meara, John B., First Quarry (F, 17): - This quarry is one of three which are conducted by Mr. O’Meara. It is situated on the south side of Euclid, and on the west side of Ashland avenues. It has been worked since 1876. The product consists of dimension stone, paving, macadam, foundation stone, etc. Steam saws have been used for about five years, and at present a channeling machine is in use.
“The outline of the quarry is roughly circular at the surface, and is about four hundred yards in circumference. The following section in descending series, is exposed: -
Section.
- Stripping Loess, drift and decomposing limestone - 20 feet.
- Limestone (inaccessible) - 10 feet.
- Limestone, gray, jointed in four layers - 3 feet, 8 inches.
- Limestone, gray, lithographic, in many layers - 11 feet.
- Limestone, gray at top, growing very dark downwards, containing much chert, especially at the top - 2 feet, 6 inches.
- Limestone, gray, fine grained - 10 inches.
- Limestone, dark and light gray, concretionary - 3-5 inches.
- Limestone, gray, uniform texture, best dimension stone in quarry - 2 feet, 9 inches.
- Limestone, brownish, coarse grained, fossiliferous, several layers - 3 feet, 9 inches.
- Limestone, gray to bluish, fine grained, many layers, fossiliferous - 7 feet, 3 inches.
- Limestone, dark gray, fine grained, many layers - 7 feet, 6 inches.
- Limestone, gray, fine grained, fossiliferous, numerous cavities - 1 foot, 6 inches.
- Limestone, gray to brown, coarse grained - 1 foot.
- Limestone, brownish, quite soft - 1 foot, 4 inches.
- Limestone, dark gray, coarse grained, siliceous - 1 foot.
- Limestone, dark gray, with horizontal streaks of brown, fine grained - 5 feet, 8 inches.
- Limestone, gray, fine grained, concretions of chert at top - 3 feet, 8 inches.
- Limestone, dark gray, fine grained - 3 feet.
- Limestone, very dark gray, coarse grained - 5 inches.
- Limestone, gray, fine grained - 11 inches.
- Limestone, dark gray, fine grained - 7 inches.
- Limestone, gray, vary in texture from coarse to fine - 2 feet, 6 inches.
- Limestone, dull gray, coarse grained - 3 feet, 8 inches.
- Limestone, light gray, fine grained, soft, dresses to white - 3 feet, 2 inches.
- Limestone, gray, with greenish tinge, breaks into thin layers - 1 feet, 4 inches.
- Limestone, gray, coarse grained - 2 feet.
Total thickness of rock - 81 feet, 4 inches.”
- St. Louis City, Missouri - John B. O’Meara - Second
Quarry located at 25th & Montgomery Streets (Limestone) (from “The
Clay, Stone, Lime and Sand Industries of St. Louis City and County,” by
G. E. Ladd, Assistant Geologist, in Geological Survey of Missouri,
Bulletin No. 3, Supplement, Missouri, December 1890.)
Location and product.
“O’Meara, John B., Second Quarry (K, 9): - This quarry is situated at the corner of twenty-fifth and Montgomery streets, and occupies nearly a whole block. It was opened about twenty-five years ago (circa 1865). No dimension stone is quarried at present, although formerly a considerable amount of it was produced. The output is mostly paving, foundation stone and macadam. One four inch Ingersoll drill is used. Stone is hoisted from the quarry in the movable beds of wagons by derricks. The stripping varies here from a few inches to thirty feet in thickness. The upper twenty-five feet of limestone are very flinty, and are worth but little, though a few of the layers may make good curbing.”
- St. Louis City, Missouri - John B. O’Meara - Third Quarry located on Clayton Road (Limestone) (from “The Clay, Stone, Lime and Sand Industries of St. Louis City and County,” by G. E. Ladd, Assistant Geologist, in Geological Survey of Missouri, Bulletin No. 3, Supplement, Missouri, December 1890.)
Location and product.
“O’Meara, John B., Third Quarry (F, 12): - This quarry is situated at number 4400 Clayton road. The product consists mostly of curbing and paving, and a small amount of building stone. Hand drills and a derrick are used.
“The following section was made in the quarry, in descending series: -
Section.
- Loess - 40 feet.
- Limestone, decomposing - 5 feet.
- Limestone, irregular, cherty and hard layers - 5 feet.
- Limestone, in layers, varying from two to ten inches - 10-11 feet.
- Limestone, dark gray, hard, in four layers, used for curbing - 3 feet.
- Limestone, gray, hard, chert concretions, stylolites - 2 feet, 6 inches.
- Limestone, gray, fine grained, used for paving altogether - 10 inches.
- Limestone, gray, fine grained, in two layers, used for curbing - 1 foot, 6 inches.
- Limestone, gray, uniform fine texture, weathers into several layers - 2 feet, 6 inches.
Total thickness of rock - 31 feet, 4 inches.”
- St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri - the Jos. O’Meara & Brother Quarry (Limestone) (from Report on The Building Stones of The United States, and Statistics of the Quarry Industry for 1880, by George W. Hawes, Curator of the Department of Mineralogy and Lithology at the National Museum, and by F. W. Sperr and Thomas C. Kelly, Joint production of the Census Office and the National Museum, 1883)
The following information was taken from the table entitled, “Table IV. Tables indicating the Amount and Kinds of Rock in the Different States”: The Jos. O’Meara & Brother Quarry, City of St. Louis, Saint Louis County, Limestone, color: drab; quarry opened in 1875.
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