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(* Please note this list does not include sand or gravel quarries.)
Mine name: Joe Chevreaux; Operator: Joe Chevreaux; Address & County: 890 Grass Valley Hwy., Auburn , CA 95603, Placer County; Phone: (916) 878-1454; Latitude: 39.03, Longitude: -121.03, and Mine location number: Map No. 432; Mineral commodity: Stone.
Mine name: Collet Rocklin Aggregates; Operator: R. C. Collet, Inc.; Address & County: P. O. Box 1146, Rocklin, CA 95677, Placer County; Phone: (916) 786-6015; Latitude: 38.80, Longitude: -121.27, and Mine location number: Map No. 430; Mineral commodity: Stone.
“Jumbo No. 1 Lode & Mill Site. Patented claims in secs. 5 and 6, T. 15 N. R. 11 E., M.D., are in the deep canyon of North Fork of American River on a limestone deposit first located by Sullivan and Linder. They sold it in 1931 to California Lime Association, a California corporation, formed for the avowed purpose of using the limestone from this deposit especially for making carbon dioxide. A large amount of stock was sold but the property was never operated.
“Dan Sullivan, one of the original locators, states the deposit is 300 feet wide at the river and stands 300 feet high. The river at this point is 2000 feet vertically below the railroad and 1 ½ miles south of it. A steep road from Towle passes about a mile away.”
"John McAninch. A deposit of verde antique marble is reported near the Butcher Ranch, on land owned by John McAninch."
“The north end of the large deposit which was productive at the Mountain Quarries in El Dorado County, extends into Placer County. The Middle Fork of American River has eroded this part of the deposit so that no such favorable conditions exist as were found on the El Dorado County side, although there may be a very substantial tonnage below the river level. This part of the deposit extends for about three-eigths of a mile from the river bed to a place on the steep canyon slope only a little above the present-Auburn-Forest Hill road. Total backs above the river are about 300 feet, but the road would prevent working all of it. It is 5 miles by road from Auburn ( Railroad Street ) station.
“The road traverses limestone for a diagonal distance of 228 feet, but the actual width of limestone underground is probably about 160 feet. It was possible to sample a continuous width of 100 feet. This is dark gray, medium-grained, compact and fairly tough limestone, containing enough organic matter to give a faint fetid odor when hammered. The following analysis was reported by Abbot A. Hanks for this sample”
Insoluble, 0.79 percent
Fe2O3 and Al2O3 , 0.59 percent
CaCO3 , 97.44 percent
MgCO3 , 0.29 percent
“Sullivan and McCormick claim is an unpatented location made by Dan Sullivan and McCormick, Alta, on the north end of the same deposit which is partially covered by the Jumbo patent. The limestone is claimed to be of good grade but is undeveloped. It lies less than a mile south of Gorge on the Southern Pacific Railroad but is 1500 feet below the tracks and is said to be 1000 feet below the nearest road which runs to Towle, 3 miles distant. Sullivan states the deposit is 200 feet wide.”
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"Rocklin is the principal granite-producing point in the Sacramento valley. The first quarry was opened in 1863, and the stone was used in construction work on the Southern (then Central) Pacific Railroad. Brigham & Hawes operated the same quarry later and took out stone for the State Capitol at Sacramento. This quarry, after changing hands several times, came into possession of Degan & Brady, who took out the stone for the Hibernia Bank and the Crocker Building, San Francisco, since the completion of which this quarry has been idle.*
(* Historical information furnished by A. W. Grindell of Rocklin.)
"The Rocklin quarries are comparatively close together. They occur on an area probably less than a mile square, on a gently rolling plain, which borders the railway and extends from 1 to 2 miles on each side to the bottom of a bluff 200 feet or more in height, which marks the border of the upland mesa.
"In most places over the quarry area the granite occurs at the surface. In some places there is a very light soil-covering, and in others the surface is covered with huge residual boulders. The stripping is very slight over the entire area.
"In going northward through Penryn and Newcastle, the Rocklin plain becomes narrower and gradually disappears in the low rounded granite hills, which become higher and more rugged as one follows the railway north and east of the Sierras.
"The granite area is many miles in length and width, but the quarries above mentioned are the only ones in the area in Placer County that have more than local importance.
"The Rocklin stone is a biotite granite, bordering on monzonite. It contains some plagioclase and a little augite, but the prevailing feldspar is orthoclase, and biotite is in excess of muscovite. Some of the orthoclase shows a zonal structure and other portions show partial disintegration, most marked in the central portions of the crystals. In places on the weathered surfaces the biotite is partially disintegrated.
"There are fifteen quarries in operation (August, 1904), and several others idle. Most of the quarries are small, employing from 3 to 10 men. The largest quarry is working 33 men, but at times employs as many as 50. Most of the small quarries are operated by Finns, Russians, and Italians. The following is a list of the operators in August, 1904, as nearly correct as could be obtained. Some of the men speak very broken English, if any at all, and a few of the names may not be spelled correctly:
(1) The Rocklin Granite Company, I. L. Delano, president, Builders' Exchange, 106 Jessie street, San Francisco; (2) Adolph Penru; (3) August Martin & Co.; (4) Band Granite Company; (5) Nikolai Naykki; (6) John Pisili; (7) Holowen & Co.; (8) A. O. Wickman; (9) John Kannasta; (10) Henry Hebuck Granite Company; (11) Pete Johnson; (12) Matt Johnson; (13) Oskar Kesti; (14) John Mantyla; and (15) Janhiala Company.
"Nos. 1 (the Rocklin Granite Co.) and 14 (John Mantyla) are the largest quarries. The Allen quarry, owned by Myers, now idle, has been quite productive in the past…."
"Much of the work in the different quarries is done by hand. The larger quarries are supplied with steam drills and surfacing and polishing machines, but in the smaller quarries the drilling, surfacing, and polishing are done by hand. There are nineteen steam-power derricks, mostly at the larger quarries, and fourteen horse-power derricks used at the smaller quarries. Blasting is carried on to some extent, but most of the stone is split with wedges, or by use of plugs and feathers. Each of the quarries has a railway spur to the quarry, all connecting with the Southern Pacific Railroad at Rocklin."
| Colorized postcard photograph; pub. exl. for F. A. Lewis, Rocklin, Cal., by I. Scheff & Bros., San Francisco, Cal., Printed in Germany; postmarked January 1908 |  |
At the time the field work was done for this report in October and November, 1915, this quarry was listed as being idle.
Adolph Penru Macadam Quarry, located at Rocklin.
“Alexson, Gabriel and Company. Formerly the Placer Granite Company. Rocklin district. Worked by G. Alexson and son and son-in-law. Owned by Gabriel Alexson, of Rockland.”
"…The largest one of the abandoned quarries is that known as the Allen Quarry, now owned by Myers. It is about 300 feet west of the property of the Rocklin Granite company. There are two other abandoned quarries of considerable extent near the south end of the area."
“Anderson Quarry. Rocklin district. Worked by O. Anderson and three sons and son-in-law. Owned by Oscar Anderson, of Rocklin.”
“Andrews-Quinn Quarry. Rocklin district. Owned and worked by Oscar Andrews, of Rocklin.”
Mine name: Big Gun Quarry; Operator: Big Gun Mining Company; Address & County: P.O. Box 1267, Rocklin, CA 95677, Placer County; Phone: (916) 624-7754; Latitude: 38.79, Longitude: -121.23, and Mine location number: Map No. 428; Mineral commodity: Stone.
At the time the field work was done for this report in October and November, 1915, this quarry was listed as being idle.
“California Granite Company. Rocklin district. Sec. 19, T. 11 N., R. 7 E., M. D. M. Eight acres owned, which includes the old Mantyla quarry. The company also leases the old Waters quarry. Equipped with a steam hoist, electric compressor and three derricks. Air hammer drills and wedges are used for splitting the blocks. The saws are in use; one a revolving wheel 7 feet in diameter, with teeth set at an angle of 26°, which will cut 48 inches to a depth of 30 inches in 46 minutes; and a California Granite Cutter consisting of steel plates ¼ inch thick, set as teeth along a horizontally moving frame. Steel shot are fed to the cutting edges of both of these saws. From 50 to 100 men are usually employed. Owned by the California Granite Company, Adolph Penru, president; A. Bocci, 518 Sharon Bldg., San Francisco, secretary, John Hall, superintendent, Rocklin. The same company is also operating a granite quarry near Porterville, Tulare county.”
Photo No. 31. California Granite Quarry at Rocklin, Placer County, looking north. |
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(Copp Quarry - See the “Pacific Granite Company Quarry” entry above.)
“Delano Granite Company. Rocklin district. Sec. 20, T. 11 N., R. 7 E., M. D. M., 80 acres leased for quarry purposes. Steam hoist, 2 derricks, air compressor and hammer drills. Produce about 15,000 cubic feet of stone yearly. Costs about 50¢ per cubic foot to quarry and load on the cars. Sold for 75¢ per cubic foot laid on the cars at Rocklin. The stone is sold chiefly for building and monumental purposes. Owned by the Delano Granite Company, Inc., L. E. Delano, president, I. T. Delano, secretary, Rocklin.
| Photo No. 32. Delano Quarry, east of Rocklin, Placer county, looking southward. |  |
| Delano’s Quarry, Rocklin, Cal.(postcard photograph; early 1900s; unmailed) |  |
At the time the field work was done for this report in October and November, 1915, this quarry was listed as being idle.
“Escola, Kaivola and Tuperinan. Rocklin district. Sec. 30. T. 11 N., R. 7 E., M. D. M. quarry southeast of Rocklin, with derrick. Sell curbstone and rip-rap. The three owners do their own work.”
| Ill. No. 9. Eureka Granite Quarry at Rocklin, Placer County. |  |
At the time the field work was done for this report in October and November, 1915, this quarry was listed as being idle.
At the time the field work was done for this report in October and November, 1915, this quarry was listed as being idle.
At the time the field work was done for this report in October and November, 1915, this quarry was listed as being idle.
At the time the field work was done for this report in October and November, 1915, this quarry was listed as being idle.
(Mantyla Quarry - Also see: Rocklin District, Placer County, California – California Granite Company (contains the old Mantyla Quarry) above.
| Ill. No. 8. Mantyla’s Granite Quarry, Rocklin, Placer County. (From The Structural and Industrial Materials of California, Bulletin No. 38, California, State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, California, 1906.) |  |
At the time the field work was done for this report in October and November, 1915, this quarry was listed as being idle.
At the time the field work was done for this report in October and November, 1915, this quarry was listed as being idle.
“About three hundred yards south of the Rocklin Granite company’s quarry is another opening on similar granite, which belongs to Adolph Penru. It is 50 feet deep and about 50 feet square, and is supplied with a large derrick at the quarry and another at the cutting shed. The work is done entirely by hand.”
Adolph Penru Macadam Quarry, located at Rocklin.
“Hebrick Quarry. Rocklin district. Sec. 30, T. 11 N., R. 7 E., M. D. M. Small quarry being worked by L. Hebrick and two brothers and father. Leased by Louis Hebrick from his father.”
“Hendrickson Quarry. Rocklin district. Sec. 30, T. 11 N., R. 7 E., M. D. M. Small granodiorite quarry being worked for curbstone by the two Hendrickson brothers, a cousin and a son-in-law. Owned by Hendrickson Bros. and Company.”
“Huhtala and Kanasto Quarry. Rocklin district. Mr. Huhtala and two sons and Mr. Kanasto work a quarry on rented ground. Equipment consists of a steam hoist.”
“Oscar Kesti Quarry. Rocklin district. Sec. 19, T. 11 N., R. 7 E., M. D. M. Owned by Oscar Kesti who, with his son and one hired man, gets out curbstone and rip-rap.”
“Kesti Quarry. Rocklin district. Sec. 30, T. 11 N., R. 7 E., M. D. M. Messrs. Sam and Otto Kesti work a rented quarry. Sam Kesti also owns a quarry in the same section which he with two helpers work for curbstone and paving blocks.”
“Leed Quarry. Rocklin district. Werner Leed produces some curbing and rubble.”
“Liikola Quarry. Rocklin district. Ed Liikola rents a quarry and sometimes employees one man.”
“Pacific Granite Company. Rocklin district. Sec. 29, T. 11 N., R. 7 E., M. D. M. Elevation 204 feet. One mile southeast of Rocklin.
“Spur track to quarry. Own the old Copp quarry and rent the Werner Leed quarry. Equipped with steam hoist and electrically operated compressor. Hammer drills are used, with 100 lbs. air pressure, and about one foot per minute can be drilled. A specialty is made of mausoleums and building stone. About 35¢ per ton is received for rip-rap. From 6 to 8 men, all of whom are interested in the company, do their own work. Carl Ranta, president, Rocklin; Wm. Maki, secretary, Rocklin.”
| Photo No. 33. Pacific Granite Quarry, one mile southeast of Rocklin, Placer County. |  |
“Pisila and Aho Quarry. Rocklin district. Sec. 30, T. 11 N., R. 7 E., M. D. M. Equipped with steam hoist. Rented and worked by Messrs. Pisila and Aho, of Rocklin.”
R. H. Copp Granite Quarry, located at Rocklin.
"The most northern and the largest quarry in the Rocklin area is owned by the Rocklin Granite Company. Like all the other quarries in this locality, it is in a rectangular pit, sunk in the surface of the rolling plain. The opening is about 100 feet deep, 100 feet wide, and 250 feet long. The rock has a remarkably straight grain and regular cleavage. Curbing slabs, from 10 to 20 feet long, are split with surfaces almost as regular and even as those cut with saws. Numerous slabs up to 16 by 20 feet surface, and from 10 to 12 inches thick, have been removed from the quarry. These large slabs, like the smaller ones, are nearly all split from the ledge by use of plugs and feathers. The large slabs are used in construction of cemetery vaults. The quarry is well equipped with machinery for handling and dressing the stone. It is provided with large derricks and steam hoists, an overhead steam traveler in the cutting sheds, and several polishing and surfacing machines. Compressed air is used in the cutting shed for drilling and surfacing. Steam and hand drills are used. The quarry was opened in 1877 by Mr. Marine. From 1878 to 1889 it was operated by Mr. G. Griffith. Since 1889 it has been operated by the Rocklin Granite Company. It has furnished large quantities of building and ornamental stone in that time…."
| Ill. No. 10. Rocklin Granite company’s Quarry, Placer County. |  |
“Union Granite Company. Rocklin district. Sec. 30, T. 11 N., R. 7 E., M. D. M., ½ mile spur track from Rocklin. Four acres leased at 25¢ per ton royalty. Equipped with one steam hoist. Hand drills are used. Street curb and monumental stone are sold at 49¢ and 70¢ per cubic foot, respectively, at the quarry. Mat Ruhkala, manager, Rocklin.”
(Operator) Union Granite; (Address) Rocklin; (Location) Rocklin.
(Walters Quarry - See the “California Granite Company” entry above in the Rocklin District.)
(Werner Leed Quarry - See the “Pacific Granite Company Quarry” entry above.)
“Wickman Quarry. Rocklin district. Sec. 30, T. 11 N., R. 7 E., M. D. M. Owned by Oscar Wickman, who works the quarry aided by his two sons and two hired men.”
Shady Run Mining Co. Quartz Crystal Quarry, located at Shady Run, owned by John Jackson, 42 E. Main st., Stockton.
Yuba Pass, Placer County, California – the Crystal Lake Granite Quarries. I have not been able to locate this quarry(ies) yet, but in the late 1880s it was owned and operated by the Western Granite and Marble Company of San Jose, California. There was a railroad stop at Yuba Pass, which was situated between Yuba Gap and Crystal Lake. In the 1895 U. S. Atlas, the listing reads as follows: City or town name: Yuba Pass; Population: --; County: Placer; Area of State: Central; Has Post Office ? No; Has Railroad? Yes; Has Express Office? No.
On current maps, this area is located in Nevada County, just north of the Placer County.
If you have any knowledge of the Crystal Lake Granite Quarries in Placer County, please contact me. Peggy B. Perazzo
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