Manual Castro, the manager of F. W. Aggregates (owner and operator of the nearby dolomite quarries once known as the Inyo Marble Company Quarries) donated this and other large pieces of dolomite quarried from the nearby F. W. Aggregates quarries for use as local monuments.  (These photographs were taken by Peggy B. and Pat Perazzo in late September 2010.) More information and photographs of the Inyo Marble quarries and present-day F. W. Aggregates dolomite quarries is available in the “Inyo Dolomite/Marble Company Quarries” section of our web site.  Information about the ghost town of Cerro Gordo is available on the “Cerro Gordo” section of Ghosttowns.com. (A transcription of the plaque is available at the bottom of this page.) Peggy B. Perazzo

“Cerro Gordo – Cerro Gordo discovered by Mexicans in 1865 was at $17,000,000, Inyo’s wealthiest mineral producer. Silver, lead, zinc, water and supplies all went by mule team, tram, the “Bessie Brady” boat across Owens Lake and Remi Nadeau mule teams to build to build the pueblo of Los Angeles. Dedicated June 14, 1980. Slim Princess Chapter No. 395, E Clampus Vitus”