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"California – Serpentine. – Inexhaustible quantities of serpentine of a deep green or yellowish color occur in the region round about San Francisco, and often in such situations as to be easily available, as at the head of Market street. So far as observed none of the material is of such a quality as to render it of value for ornamental work, while its gloomy color renders it equally objectionable for purposes of general…."
“San Francisco Notes.
“The marble and granite industry has become quite an important feature of Pacific Coast business and besides the local firms, many of the large eastern concerns are represented by branch establishments carrying considerable stock.…”
“…W. H. McCormick, Geo. H. Jones, H. O. Brower, and others make up the list of representative dealers who sell the best monumental work on the coast.”
(The following companies are mentioned in the article. For more detail on these companies, see the “San Francisco Quarries” section according to the firm name.)
Jones Bros. & Co. of Boston; The Vermont Marble Company of Proctor, Vermont; W. S. Brown & Co.; Daniel Sheerin & Sons; Clarke & Lloyd; Metropolitan Marble Works, A. Paltenghi & Co., proprietors; F. A. Maestretti, proprietor of the Laurel Hill Marble Works; and W. H. McCormick, Geo. H. Jones, and H. O. Brower.
Area: 43 square miles.
Population: 506,676 (1920 census)"Surprising as it may appear at first glance, San Francisco County is listed among the mineral producing sections of the state, actual production consisting of crushed rock, sand and gravel. Small quantities of various valuable mineral substances are found here, including cinnabar, gypsum, lignite, and magnesite, none, however, in paying quantities.
"In fifty-third place, commercial production for 1919 was as follows:
(Headings for the information below are: Substance, Amount, and Value.)
Stone, miscellaneous, ---, $65,541.
(* Please note this list does not include all of the sand or gravel quarries in the City and County of San Francisco.)
(See: Benicia, Solano County, California – Patrick W. Dillon, Sandstone Quarry Benicia, Solano County, California - the Pioneer Stone Business, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California)
"Blue Rock Quarry, at corner of Twenty-sixth and Douglass streets. The stone is a hard, blue-grained, metamorphic sandstone, with a flinty fracture. All machinery has been removed, and the quarry is idle. It was formerly worked by Gray Brothers."
“San Francisco Notes.
“The marble and granite industry has become quite an important feature of Pacific Coast business and besides the local firms, many of the large eastern concerns are represented by branch establishments carrying considerable stock.
“Clarke & Lloyd, a comparatively new firm, contract for every kind of stone work, but monumental and cemetery work is their main line. The granite and marble vault of Mr. James Kitterman, in Holy Cross cemetery, was built by this firm.”
"County Jail Quarry, on Ocean avenue, between the jail and Ingleside Park. the rock is a hard, gray sandstone, and is used for macadam. It is worked intermittently by the prisoners."
“San Francisco Notes.
“The marble and granite industry has become quite an important feature of Pacific Coast business and besides the local firms, many of the large eastern concerns are represented by branch establishments carrying considerable stock.
“Daniel Sheerin & Sons is the name of another well known firm. Originally contractors for building stone work, the specialty today is monumental marble and granite, and in their large business they import a great deal of material from Europe and execute some notably fine cemetery work.”
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California - Old Stone Quarry, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Cal.
| (colorized postcard photograph, #26; published by the Ole Cal. Nov. (?) Co., San Francisco, Cal.; postmark 1943.) |  |
| (colorized postcard photograph; Pacific Novelty Co., San Francisco & Los Angeles; postmark July 12, 1928) |  |
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California - Beautiful California - The Rock Quarry, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
| (colorized postcard photograph, #3509/62750; published by Pacific Novelty Company, Publishers, San Francisco, Cal.; postmark 1909.) |  |
"Gray Brothers Quarry, at Thirtieth and Castro streets. Admission to quarry was refused."
Gray (Grey) Brothers Stone Quarry (graphic), located on Telegraph Hill circa 1910, by Hamilton Henry Dobbin. “Shelving Location: In Photo Album-vault: ** fc917.9461 A3, Vol. I, page 224 center...1 photoprint...This photograph is contained in one of two volumes by Dobbin titled "Album of San Francisco.” “Summary: Text written under photo: "Telegraph Hill 1910 Grey [sic] Brothers Stone Quarry." View shows quarry, on the east side of Telegraph Hill above Sansome, with a few frame dwellings perched on the top. This firm was responsible for numerous houses sliding down the hill. DBCN : VVV-4033 Catalog: Picture Catalog ” (from California State Library search)
“San Francisco Notes.
“The marble and granite industry has become quite an important feature of Pacific Coast business and besides the local firms, many of the large eastern concerns are represented by branch establishments carrying considerable stock.
“Jones Bros. & Co., of Boston, who are represented by Mr. John D. Allan, have the largest monumental show room in San Francisco, where a fine line of monumental work is shown both in Barre and imported granite and marble. Visitors are welcomed, but being wholesalers no retail trade is done. The reputation of the firm is fast becoming established in this part of the country.”
"Lately Street Quarry. A small quarry face at the corner of Castro and Lately streets. The rock is a hard, siliceous red and yellow chert. Idle when visited."
“San Francisco Notes.
“The marble and granite industry has become quite an important feature of Pacific Coast business and besides the local firms, many of the large eastern concerns are represented by branch establishments carrying considerable stock.
“F. A. Maestretti, proprietor of the Laurel Hill Marble works, makes a specialty of importing and manufacturing foreign marble and granite monuments and tombs….”
"Lewis & Biggio Quarry; R. Biggio and Mr. Lewis, of Colma, owners. On San Jose avenue, just north of Ocean View. The rock, a blue metamorphosed sandstone, is crushed by a jaw crusher at the quarry and is used for concrete purposes. The quarry is worked intermittently."
"Maloney Quarry. Mr. Ed. Maloney, Builders' Exchange, operates a small quarry on Twin Peaks, at the corner of Seventeenth and Ashbury streets. The rock is a red jasper, and is used for macadam purposes."
“San Francisco Notes.
“The marble and granite industry has become quite an important feature of Pacific Coast business and besides the local firms, many of the large eastern concerns are represented by branch establishments carrying considerable stock.
“Another well known firm is the Metropolitan Marble Works, A. Paltenghi & Co., proprietors, who carry a large stock of granite and marble monuments, and besides do a great amount of decorative stone work in private residences. They are now building the Ivancovitch vault in Holy Cross Cemetery.”
"Ocean View Quarry, Ocean View, one block west of San Jose avenue. It is operated intermittently by the city for street repairing. The rock is a slaty shale, occurring in contorted beds."
"Quimby & Harrelson Quarry; Quimby & Harrelson, 206 Kearny street, San Francisco, owners. On Amazon street, one block off the Mission road. The rock is a gray, metamorphosed sandstone. Quimby & Harrelson have not taken out any rock for some time, but the prisoners of the county jail have quarried some for macadam."
"San Francisco Construction Company, 26 Montgomery street, operates a small quarry on Twin Peaks, on Carmel street. The rock is a red chert, is crushed in a small jaw crusher, and used for macadam."
"California - Serpentine. – Inexhaustible quantities of serpentine of a deep green or yellowish color occur in the region round about San Francisco, and often in such situations as to be easily available, as at the head of Market street. So far as observed none of the material is of such a quality as to render it of value for ornamental work, while its gloomy color renders it equally objectionable for purposes of general…."
"Simons-Fout Company, Box 153 Builders' Exchange, operates a quarry in connection with its brickyard on the Corbett road. Several faces have been opened in clearing the land for real estate purposes. Blue rock, red chert, and loose sand rock are quarried. The latter is used in making fills on the property, and the former is crushed for macadam, concrete, and rubble purposes. The crusher averages about 150 yards per day."
"Telegraph Hill Quarry; Gray Brothers, 1122 Haywards Building, owners. At the corner of Green and Sansome streets. The rock is a highly metamorphosed blue sandstone, and stands with a nearly perpendicular face about 180 feet high. The quarry has been idle for about a year, but the crushing plant is being operated with stone brought in carts from their smaller quarry, of similar rock, at the corner of Chestnut and Montgomery streets. The face of this smaller quarry is nearly 100 feet high.
"For three quarters of a mile around the foot of Telegraph Hill rock has been quarried for many years, first to fill in the bay, and at present for seawall and other concrete construction about San Francisco."
"Twin Peaks Quarries. There are numerous small quarries on the slopes of Twin Peaks, which are worked intermittently, as rock is needed in small quantities."
“San Francisco Notes.
“The marble and granite industry has become quite an important feature of Pacific Coast business and besides the local firms, many of the large eastern concerns are represented by branch establishments carrying considerable stock.
“The Vermont Marble Company, of Proctor, Vt., maintains a large branch in San Francisco. In their yards they show some 900 monuments and pieces of work of one kind and the other, and their stock of Italian marble monumental work is the largest on the coast.”
"Vulcan Quarry, at the base of Telegraph Hill, on Francisco street, between Kearny and Dupont, in the rear of the Vulcan Iron Works. George P. Wetmore & Co. quarry the rock and haul it in carts to their crushing plant on Lombard street, near Sansome. The stone is the typical blue rock, a metamorphosed sandstone, and is extensively fractured by numerous slips. It is used for rubble, macadam, and concrete purposes."
“San Francisco Notes.
“The marble and granite industry has become quite an important feature of Pacific Coast business and besides the local firms, many of the large eastern concerns are represented by branch establishments carrying considerable stock.
“W. S. Brown & Co., whose works are situated on Mission street, make a specialty of interior decorative work in marble and granite. They executed the vestibule in the new Spreckels building on Market street. The floors are of Italian and the ceiling and wainscoting in Vermont marbles. The George Schafer vault in Holy Cross cemetery, built by the firm from its own designs of California granite and Italian marbles, the ‘Marble Market’, the Hobart block and others are examples of the class of work carried out by them. They also do a large amount of cemetery work both in granite and marble.”
"George P. Wetmore Quarry. This large quarry is at the corner of Lombard and Montgomery streets. The office is at this quarry. C. A. Wetmore is superintendent. They quarry a blue and gray metamorphosed sandstone, and some altered slaty rock occurs in the slips. The face is about 100 feet high. No blasting is done. The rock is barred down, and large slips often cover the quarry floor with much broken rock. This is sledged and loaded into small skips, which are taken to the crusher by means of an aerial tramway. Rubble, macadam, and concrete rock are produced. A No. 5 Gates crusher averages about 150 yards a day.
"This firm also operates a small crushing plant at Tenth and Division streets, by using the waste rock from the stone yards of the Colusa Sandstone Company and the McGilvray Sandstone Company."
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