Colorado Marble Company

The town is the location of a historic yule marble quarry along the mountains that began operations in the late 19th century and from which the town draws its name.

Colorado marble company. First discovered in 1873 it is quarried today inside a mountain at 10 000 feet 3 050 m above sea level in contrast to most marble which is quarried from an. Marble remains a statutory town of the state of colorado today. The east side quarry started in 1904 by the strauss brothers was quarried inside whitehouse mountain. Marble is a statutory town in gunnison county colorado united states.

Colorado marble granite is family owned and operated in colorado. The population was 131 at the 2010 census. It has been used for the tomb of the unknowns as well as for parts of the lincoln memorial in. This one is a marble of metamorphosed limestone found only in the yule creek valley in the west elk mountains of colorado 2 8 miles 4 5 km southeast of the town of marble colorado.

The town of marble was first incorporated in 1899. A 100 ton block squared to 56 tons created the tomb of the unknown solider in washington d c and marble from local quarries was also used in the construction of the lincoln memorial. At colorado marble granite we offer granite countertops and quartz countertop slabs directly to homeowners builders remodelers and interior designers. Those on the west being the john osgood quarry pit type started in the early 1890s and the present day quarry started in 1905 by the colorado yule marble company inside the mountain.

The town of marble was first incorporated in 1899.