QUARRY PRODUCTS OF IOWA¹

Directory of Iowa Sandstone Quarries by Counties

by S. W. Beyer and Ira A. Williams

 

(Note: The Geological Horizon has been omitted from this list. Please see the individual county for that information.)

Clayton County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
Clayton White Sand Company	Clayton	white sand	hand work and sluice-way	white sand
E. W. & H. D. Kregel	Garnavillo
C. G. Stickfort	Garnavillo
Wm. Jones	McGregor

Clinton County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
John Sherman	Calamus

Decatur County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
William Fox	Davis City		hand work

Des Moines County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
Geo. Gibson	Danville	white to yellow	hand work
J. W. Pritchard	Danville	white to yellow	hand work
Frank Benner	Danville	white to yellow	hand work
R. O. Wilson	Danville	white to yellow	hand work

Hardin County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
Enoch Ansell	Eldora	red sandstone	hand work
Fred Berninghausen	Eldora	ferruginous	hand work	rubble and dimension
Lee B. Marks	Eldora	ferruginous	hand work	rubble
Harry Grieves	Steamboat Rock	ferruginous	hand work	rubble

Jasper County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
John Dooley	Newton	ferruginous	hand work	rubble
E. E. Lanphier	Newton	ferruginous	hand work	rubble
Daniel A. Munger	Newton	ferruginous	hand work	rubble

Jones County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
Roy Rummel	Olin

Keokuk County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
Jno. Crocker	Delta	friable	hand work	rubble

Lee County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
Chas. W. Deeds	Denmark	gray to yellow, magnesian	hand work	rubble
Peter Kelly	Keokuk	gray to yellow-brown	hand work	rubble
J. P. Kennedy	Montrose	gray to yellow-brown	hand work	rubble
Geo. E. Craig	West Point	gray to yellow-brown	hand work	rubble
H. J. Neuweg	West Point	gray to yellow-brown	hand work	rubble

Marshall County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
A. E. Judge	Marshalltown	ferruginous	hand work	rubble

Scott County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
John Kress	Buffalo	gray-white friable	hand work	rubble

Tama County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
Albert E. Coleman	Butlerville	gray-blue, argillaceous	hand work	rubble
Squire Hall	Butlerville	gray-blue, argillaceous	hand work	rubble
Fetter Hall	Garwin	gray-blue, argillaceous	hand work	rubble

Van Buren County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
Ira White & Son	Keosauqua	gray	hand work	rubble and ashlar

Webster County

Firm Name	Location of Quarry	Kind of Stone	Quarry Equip.	Products
Albee Sandstone Co.	Ft. Dodge	gray to red, variable	hand work	rubble and building
Geo. M. Kepner	Ft. Dodge	gray to red, variable	hand work	rubble and building
A. E. Harvey	Ft. Dodge	gray to red, variable	hand work	rubble and building
Ft. Dodge Sandstone Co.	Lehigh	gray to red, variable	hand work	rubble and building
J. P. Feller	Tara	gray to red, variable	hand work	rubble and building
John F. Gustafson	Evanston	gray to red, variable	hand work	rubble and building

Source

Iowa Geological Survey, Vol. XVII, Annual Report, 1906 with Accompanying Papers, Samuel Calvin, Ph.D., State Geologist, Iowa State Printer, Des Moines, Iowa, 1907.

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