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According to this web site, the Quarry Trail provides views of two old stone quarries in the Ha Ha Tonka State Park.
“...Three miles north of Canton, Saint Louis county, the Central Marble Stone Company has recently opened a quarry in the sub-Carboniferous formation. The beds vary in thickness from a few inches to 8 feet. Considerable quantities of this stone have been quarried for bridge abutments, foundations, and for flagging. The stone has a uniform texture and gray color, but becomes darker on exposure to the atmosphere; and this may prove a defect if the discoloration does not go on uniformly. The quarries are located less than half a mile from the Saint Louis and Keokuk railroad and one mile from the Mississippi river.”
Cape Girardeau.
“The Silurian and Ordovician strata which comprise the geological formations of this county contain excellent stone for building and other constructional purposes. Shumard,* in his report on Cape Girardeau county, describes the occurrence of these strata. Mr. E. O. Ulrich of the United States Geological Survey, who is at present making extensive correlations of the Paleozoic strata throughout the central portions of the United States, has devoted considerable time to the geological succession in this State, along the Mississippi river from St. Louis south. As a result of this work Mr. Ulrich proposes using the following old and new names for the strata which occur over extensive areas in Cape Girardeau, Perry, Jefferson and St. Louis counties, and of which he will soon publish full descriptions in a paper on the Paleozoic Section in the Mississippi Valley.**
(* Page 109, footnote 1: Information sent the author in a letter January 9, 1904.)
(** Page 109, footnote 2: Geol. Surv. of Missouri, 1855 to 1871, p. 260.)
“(1) The Birdsville formation embracing the shales and sandstones and thin limestones forming the upper part of the Chester group. Name derived from Birdsville, Livingston County, Kentucky.
“(2) The Tribune limestone which is proposed for the main limestone of the Chester group above the Cypress sandstone. It occupies the interval between the Birdsville above the Cypress sandstone (= Aux Vases sandstone) beneath. The typical locality is in Crittenden county, Kentucky.
“(3) The name Cypress sandstone having been proposed by Englemann in 1868 as a geographic designation for Swallow’s ‘Ferruginous sandstone,’ is adopted in preference to the latter name Aux Vases sandstone proposed by Keyes.
“(4) The Ste. Genevieve limestone is adopted from Shumard who distinguished the formation in 1860, and described it more fully in 1873. This formation proves to be more closely related to the Chester group than to the underlying St. Louis limestone.
“(5) The St. Louis Limestone is restricted to the typical fine grained and often cherty limestone formation to which the name was originally applied.
“(6) The name Spergen Hill limestone is adopted for the oölitic and granular limestone division of the group shown beneath the St. Louis limestone at the Meramec Highlands quarry and in the equivalent beds in the quarry at Wicks station. The Bedford stone in Indiana is derived from this formation.
“(7) The Warsaw limestones (and shales) occur at the base of the group at Meramec Highlands and extend northward from that point. This, together with the overlying Spergen Hill and St. Louis limestones are embraced in a group for which I propose the name Meramec group.
“(8) The Tullahoma formation (Safford) embraces the southern equivalents of the Osage and Kinderhook groups and may be recognized as far north as Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. North of this locality and the axis that here separated the basin at this time the two groups are readily distinguishable.
“(9) In the area about Glen Park and Sulphur Springs I have further distinguished, at the base of the Kinderhook and perhaps top of the Devonian, the Sulphur Springs formation. This formation is divisible into three members, a thin sandstone (about 10 feet) at the top to which the name Bushberg sandstone may be applied; beneath this a 1 to 5-foot bed of oölitic limestone, probably early Kinderhook in age, which may be called Glen Park (oölitic) limestone; and, finally, at the base a shale, 0-15 feet thick, either earliest Kinderhook or late Devonian in age, for which no subordinate designation is proposed.
“The formations from the Tullahoma to the Birdsville, both inclusive, are fully described in Mr. Ulrich’s report on the stratigraphic geology of the lead, zinc, and fluorspar deposits of Western Kentucky (in press).
“(10) The Grand Tower Limestone (Keyes, emend) contains the local representatives of the Hamilton and Onondaga limestones of the east.
“(11) The Clear Creek limestone or chert (Worthen) is the name to be applied to the extremely cherty limestone south of Wittenberg.
“(12) The Bailey limestone, from Shumard’s old locality, Bailey’s Landing, is proposed for the argillaceous limestones and shales containing the New Scotland Helderbergian faunas at Red Rock landing and above. This is practically equivalent to Safford’s Linden limestone of Tennessee.
“(13) The Bainbridge limestone embraces all the Silurian limestones beneath the preceding in the river bluffs for some miles above and below Bainbridge, Missouri. It also occurs above and below Thebes, Illinois ; nearly equivalent to Safford’s Clifton limestone of Tennessee.
“(14) The name Girardeau limestone is adopted in this amended form for the limestone described by Shumard in 1873, as the Cape Girardeau limestone.
“(15) The Thebes formation embraces three subdivisions, viz.: a sandstone in the middle with a shale above and beneath. This is an extension of the term as used by Worthen.
“(16) The Kimmswick limestone is a new name referring to the more or less crystalline limestone being quarried at Graysboro, Cape Girardeau, Glen Park, Kimmswick and other localities in southeastern Missouri. The thin bed generally found at the top, 2 to 5 feet, holding the Fernville Richmond fauna, is not included.
“(17) The Plattin limestone is a new name proposed for the fine grained limestone formation between Kimmswick and the ‘First Magnesian’ and which has generally been called either Trenton or lower Trenton. It is the local but only partial equivalent for the rocks of the Stones River group in central Kentucky and Tennessee. The formation takes its name from Plattin Creek, Jefferson county, near the mouth of which it is well exposed.
“(18) The name Joachim limestone, proposed by Winslow, is adopted for the ‘First Magnesian.’
“In the vicinity of the city of Cape Girardeau three of these formations have been quarried. Just north of the city the Thebes sandstone, which caps the hills, was in former years quarried quite extensively. Near the northwest limits of the city the Kimmswick limestone has been quarried extensively for building stone and the manufacture of quicklime. At this locality the stone takes on much more the character of marble than at Kimmswick or Glen Park and is known locally as the ‘ Cape Girardeau marble.’ It makes an excellent quicklime and is a durable and handsome building stone.
“South of the city quarries have been opened in the Plattin or Lower Trenton limestone, the stone being used for railroad ballast and buildings. Two quarries have been opened in the Bainbridge limestone, the stone being used chiefly for rip rap along the Mississippi river.
“The quarries in the vicinity of Cape Girardeau are operated by Burke Bros., Edward Hely, W. L. Kellebrew, Edward F. Regenhardt, J. C. Seiler, Wm. Regenhardt and the Cape Lime and Marble Co. The last named company is manufacturing quick lime from the Kimmswick limestone. This quarry will be described in a subsequent report on ‘Quick Lime and Cement.’”
The Granite of Cape Girardeau
“A writer in one of the newspapers at St. Joseph, Mo., says: There is a splendid quality of granite and marble in southeast Missouri, although it is not quarried to any great extent. The Cape Girardeau normal school was builded (sic) with this stone, quarried within the city limits. The contractor who erected the structure informed me that the contract ruined him financially, because of the enormous expense necessary to quarry and dress the stone. The building, however, is a beauty, and a splendid advertisement of Missouri’s building material. There are a large number of banks throughout the southeastern counties that have interior finishings of the same stone, which makes a very beautiful appearance when properly dressed and polished. In time there will be organized a company with sufficient capital to make the development of this industry profitable, but until that day our Missouri granite will be little known outside the locality in which it is produced, since it cannot be produced on a small scale with profit to the producer.”
| (color postcard photograph, #32649-B; Dexter Press, West Hyack, N. Y.; photo by Johnston Studio; published by Johnston Studio, 813 Broadway, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; mid-1900s; unmailed) |  |
“This quarry is located about ten miles north of Cape Girardeau, near the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad. It is situated on the northeast side of one of the river bluffs and has a face about 350 feet long and 60 feet high. The stone is a bluish gray, finely crystalline limestone, occurring in beds from six inches to two feet in thickness. Considerable flint occurs in nodules and layers throughout the quarry. Steam drills and derricks are used in getting out the stone, which is used chiefly for rip rap.”
“Cape Lime & Marble Company
“...I have no information on what remains at the location of the Cape Lime & Marble Company.
“The first lime kilns, perhaps the oldest in Missouri, were erected in 1840. The lime was sold as Richards’ Cape Lime. As of 1907, one wood-fired kiln was in operation with a capacity of 80 barrels/day.
“The quarry, in the Kimmswick Limestone, extended for 450’ along the side of a hill, excavated into a highwall (sic) which reached a height of 40’. Apparently, some of the rock was sold as dimension stone as Cape Marble. Operations continued until ca 1924. This may have been one of the three Cape Marble quarries in operation in the area by Edward F. Regenhardt.”
“This quarry is located about two miles south of Cape Girardeau. The stone is used chiefly for crushing. The face of the quarry is about 600 feet in length and approximately 45 feet in height. There is practically no stripping. The following is a description of the beds from the top to the bottom:
15 ft. - Dark colored, finely crystalline limestone, occurring in beds from six inches to two feet in thickness.
3 ft. - Yellowish gray, fine grained limestone, containing small crystals of calcite. Separates into thin layers.
11 ft. - Dark gray, compact limestone, containing small crystals of calcite. The stone breaks with an irregular splintery fracture.
14 ft. - Drab to black, compact limestone. Splits into layers from two to twelve inches in thickness. Is very brittle and breaks with a conchoidal, splintery fracture.
“The quarry is equipped with a crushing plant, having a capacity of 1,000 cubic yards per day. It consists of No. 4 and No. 8 Gates crushers with the usual accessories. Power is furnished by an engine and two 100-horse power boilers. Steam drills are used and the stone is hauled to the crusher in steel cars, along the tracks which radiate to all parts of the quarry. A side track connects the plant with the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railroad.
“This is one of the most complete and best equipped crushing plants in Missouri. from April 1 st to December 31 st, 1903, 50,000 cubic yards of crushed stone was processed.”
Plate XV. Edward Hely Crushing Plant, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
“Mr. W. L. Killebrew owns and operates two quarries, one of which is located just south of the Hely quarry, and the other along the river bluffs, about nine and a half miles north of the city.
“The first quarry is situated on a hillside and has a face about 400 feet long and 40 feet high. The stone is a very fine grained, bluish black limestone, in beds from six inches to two feet in thickness. It splits readily along the bedding planes, which dip about 4” to the northwest.
“The stone breaks with a splintery fracture and is very good for railroad ballast and macadam. The heavier beds might be used for building.
“The major joints strike N. 35-40° W. The minor joints strike N. 20° E.
“All of the stone is crushed for ballast, being separated into two sizes 1 ½ inch and screenings. At present this quarry is not in operation....”
“The second quarry, which is located near Bainbridge landing, is situated along the east side of the river bluffs. It consists of two openings having a face aggregating 600 feet in length and 45 feet in height. A small ravine breaks the continuity of the quarry face, on account of which it is worked as two openings.
“The stone is a finely crystalline, bluish gray limestone. Flint nodules occur throughout the quarry. The beds are from six inches to two feet in thickness. Steam drills are used in the quarry and the stone is hauled in dump carts to the river where it is loaded on barges. It is used exclusively for rip rap along the Mississippi river.”
“...The best (informal) viewpoint of the Marquette Cement Plant is about ¼ mile north of the plant, where there is a wide area between Sprigg Street and the railroad tracks where a car may be temporarily parked. With caution, cross the road for an impressive view into the quarry through the chain-link fence. Note the conveyor over Sprigg Street carrying material from the quarry to the plant. Note also the conveyor from the plant eastward, presumably to a barge loading facility on the Mississippi. About ¼ mile south of the plant, on the north side of Sprigg Street is the Natorium, which was a bath-house provided for employees in the early years when there was a corresponding company town.
“The Marquette Cement Plant was constructed in 1909-1910 by the Cape Girardeau Cement Company. It was purchased by the Marquette Cement Manufacturing Company in 1923. The plant produces over 1.2 million tons of cement annually.
“Annually, 1.7 million tons of limestone (geologically, Plattin Limestone) is mined from an adjacent quarry.
“From ca 1910 to 1950, (common) clay (a minor component of portland cement) was quarried by steam-shovel from a series of pits about 2 miles south. These are now called the Marquette Lakes...The clay was hauled to the plant, presumably over the Southeast Missouri Port Railroad, or a predecessor. The...Marquette Cement #2 Locomotive and the...Hawkeye Portland Cement Company Locomotive are two of the locomotives which hauled the clay.
“In addition to 700 tons of coal daily, the plant also uses shredded tires and specific types of hazardous wastes as fuel.
“Over 85%, of the cement produced is loaded on Mississippi River barges for shipment to various destinations in the region.
“Around the turn of the 20 th-century, Edward F. Regenhardt operated a quarry near this site, and several other quarries in the area (perhaps including the...Cape Lime & Marble Company), producing what was called Cape Marble.
“I am not certain if the visible quarry is the former Federal Quarry, or part thereof. The Federal Quarry was originally an underground mine, covering an area of about 7 acres, with rooms 100’ high. As of the early 1980s, the quarry was being converted to an open pit.
“Marquette Lakes N37° 15,114’ W89° 32,364’; Quarry N37° 16,185’ W89° 32,599’; barge loading facility N37° 16,162’ W89° 31,719’; viewpoint N37° 16,378’ W89° 32,171’; natorium N37° 16,027’ W89° 32,737’; Knox, R. et al (eds), 1988; The Lone Star Cement Plant, and the Southeast Missouri Port, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, Assoc MO Geologists Guidebook, 66p = <http://www.missourigeologists.org/EarlierGuidebooks/Guidebook1988.pdf>....”
“Mr. Regenhardt operates two quarries, one, the ‘Normal’ quarry, is located just east of the fair grounds, near the west limits of the city; and the other is located two miles south of the city; and the other is located two miles south of the city, just beyond the Killebrew quarry.
“The Normal quarry consists of a single irregular opening, 70 feet east and west and 100 feet north and south, having a maximum vertical face of 35 feet. This quarry was opened in 1901 to obtain the stone to be used in the Normal school building at Cape Girardeau.
Plate XVII. Trenton Limestone (Cape Marble). State Normal School, Cape Girardeau, Mo. “This stone is a coarsely crystalline, heavily bedded limestone, having much the appearance of marble. It is almost pure white in the bottom of the quarry, but has a faint pinkish or bluish gray tint near the surface. Fine suture joints occur from two inches to three feet apart. The stone contains small cavities, known locally as ‘sand holes.’ These are not sufficiently abundant to cause any considerable waste.
“The quarry is covered with a very light stripping of clay. Large irregular cavities and open joints, resulting from weathering, occur throughout the quarry. These are usually filled with red clay, which occasionally extends to the bottom of the quarry. These cavities and open joints make it difficult to obtain large blocks, free from the effects of weathering. It is the practice to quarry irregular blocks by hand and saw them in the mill. The stone in the upper part of the quarry is said to be harder than that deeper down. It can be sawed at an average rate of two inches per hour. The stone works nicely under the hammer, and has a pleasing appearance when used in the Normal school buildings at Cape Girardeau. An excellent grade of white lime is manufactured out of this stone.
Plate XVI. Mill at the Edward Regenhardt quarry, Cape Girardeau, Mo. “This quarry is equipped with a Wordwell channeling machine, a crushing plant and two gang-saws.
“The second quarry operated by Mr. Regenhardt is located about two miles south of the city on a bluff just south of the Killebrew crusher, on land leased from St. Vincent’s College. It has a face 70 feet long and about 15 feet high. The following are the thicknesses of each of the beds from top to bottom: 4 ft., 1 ft. 5 in., 1 ft. 8 in., 1 ft. 9 in., 1 ft., 1 ft. 10 in., 1 ft. 2 in., 2 ft. 4 in., 1 ft. 2 in., 1 ft. 8 in. Some of the stratification planes have a black color. Near the crossing of these planes and the joints the stone weathers more rapidly than in other parts of the quarry.
“All the stone in this quarry has the same general texture and color. It is a very fine grained, compact limestone, having a brownish black to very dark blue color. It is very hard and breaks with a sub-conchoidal fracture.
“The major joints strike N. 40°-50° W. A minor set strikes N. 55° E. These parting planes are taken advantage of in quarrying and are sufficiently far apart to permit the removal of blocks of practically any required dimensions.
“The stone has been used in the basement of the New Normal school buildings and in other structures in Cape Girardeau. The dark color of the stone is in striking contrast to the nearly white ‘ Cape marble.’”
“...The Marquette Cement #2 Locomotive is on display in Arena Park.
“The coal-fired steam-locomotive was built in 1923. It operated at the...Marquette Cement Plant, hauling (common) clay from a quarry (called the Marquette Lakes ) about 2 miles south of the plant, from 1927 until donated to the City of Cape Girardeau in 1955.”
“...The Hawkeye Portland Cement Co. Locomotive is on display in Capaha Park.
“The coal-fired steam-locomotive was built in 1931 for the Hawkeye Portland Cement Company of Des Moines, IA. In 1941 it was sold to the...Marquette Cement Plant, and was used to haul clay from a quarry (called the Marquette Lakes ) about 2 miles south of the plant. In 1955, the locomotive was donated to the City of Cape Girardeau.
“<http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=1741>”
“This quarry is located near the north limits of the city and is situated on one of the Mississippi river bluffs. The stone, which is known as the Thebes or Cape Girardeau sandstone, caps the hills along the river. The first stone used in Cape Girardeau was obtained from this formation.
“It is a yellow, fine grained sandstone which is soft when first quarried but hardens upon exposure. The formation is about fifteen feet thick and consists of beds from three feet to six feet in thickness. When used above the ground, it appears to be very durable, as shown by a dwelling house built out of it in 1853. For half a century, this building has been exposed to the weather without showing any very marked evidence of deterioration. At one time, this stone was shipped quite extensively through the extreme southeastern part of Missouri along the Mississippi river. At present very little is being quarried.
“The face of the quarry is about 600 feet long and 15 feet high. It is covered with a stripping of twenty feet of loess, on account of which, it is said to have been abandoned.”
This site is presented by Rob Lewis. The history of these quarries is covered in this site, and the material is quoted from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, published circa 1905. The quarries described on this web site are: the Edward F. Regenhardt Quarries (the Normal quarry), and the William Regenhardt Quarry.
“This quarry is located southwest of the Regenhardt quarry and consists of a face 50 feet long, in which two principal ledges, 26 and 36 inches in thickness, are worked. The stone is essentially the same as that in the Regenhardt quarry. The output is used to supply the local market.”
“T. A. VanDeGrift, secretary of the Carrollton Monumental Co., Carrollton, Mo., has resumed charge of the operation of the business, which is located on West Benton Street, with a fine display of modern monuments ready for the spring trade.”
Trade News: The Carrollton Monument Company of Carrollton, Missouri, was established in 1880 and has been operated by T. A. Vandergrift since 1917. In April 1937 he installed all new equipment, also extensively repaired the building. Intends to remodel show room and paint building this year.
“Charles Gleeson will open a marble yard in Carrollton, Mo. He has not yet definitely determined on a location.”
| (colorized postcard photograph; published by Prosser Bros., Kansas City, Mo.; printed in Germany; no postmark, early 1900s) |  |
“The Carroll County Sandstone Company, of Carrolltown, Missouri, has been incorporated, with a capital stock of $15,000, by G. D., A. T. and O. A. Kendrick and William G. Bushby.”
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