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(The following list of Illinois quarries is not a complete list of all of the historical quarries in the state, only the ones I have been able to locate. If you know of more historical quarries in Illinois, please contact me. Peggy B. Perazzo )
Active Quarries in Illinois (present-day), listed on Superyellowpages.com.
“Trade Changes. Charles Saxe, Albion, Ill., has bought out D. W. Graham and will continue the marble business alone.”
Alton, Illinois - Mississippi Lime Co. (Limestone Aggregates) (present-day company)
Anna, Illinois - Anna Quarries Inc. - Limestone Quarries (present-day company which specializes in aggregates), 1000 Quarry Road, Anna, IL 62906; (618) 833-5121.
Anna-Jonesboro, Illinois - the Anna Quarries (color postcard photograph, #11290-B; published by Johnston Studio, 813 Broadway, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Genuine Natural Color made by Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, N.Y.; unmailed)
The following is quoted from the postcard described above:
“Greetings from Anna-Jonesboro, Ill. - Anna Quarries adjacent to north city limits. Supplies steady payroll, has capacity of 3000 tons out-put of high grade industrial and agricultural lime-stone and hard-road stone. It is associated with the asphalt road-building plant adjoining. One of our steady industries and the many trucks that haul stone away also provide much local income.”
Argyle Hollow, Argyle Lake State Park, McDonough County, Illinois - Limestone Quarry. In the section on the history of the Argyle Lake State Park, there is a brief mention that there was once mined for "coal, clay and limestone."
Ashton, Lee County, Illinois - Stone Quarry. This site is presented by the Lee County Historical Society. Stone suitable for use in construction of building purposes was available near Ashton. The best quarry was located north of Ashton. The finest quarry is just north of the village of Ashton, which is said to be equal in quality to any in northern Illinois for building.
Batavia, Illinois - Limestone Quarries - Quarrying in Batavia (history). This historical overview of the local limestone quarrying industry is presented by the Batavia Historical Society.
Batavia, Kane County, Illinois - Batavia History including Batavia Stone Quarries Information, web site presented by Illinois Trails History and Genealogy.
Batavia, Illinois - Batavia Quarrying Industry, presented on the Batavia Historical Society web site.
Belvidere, Illinois – the Wright & Tripp Stone Quarry Co. (The following information is from the section “Limestone and Sandstone” in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to Stone, Marble, Granite, Slate, Cement, Contracting and Building, Vol. XXIV, No..1, January, 1902, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 64.)
Wright & Tripp Stone Quarry Co.
The Wright & Tripp Stone Quarry Co., of Belvidere, Ill., will install new machinery in its quarry in the spring.
Boskeydale, Jackson County, Illinois - Stone Quarries. This site is presented by Jackson County, Illinois Trails Genealogy and History. Makanda Township: Stone quarries at Boskeydale were used to supply stone for the Illinois Central Railroad. Many of the buildings in Illinois and the main building at the Southern Illinois Normal University were constructed with the stone quarried at Boskeydale. Eventually, the quarries closed.
Bridgeport, Illinois - Hardscrabble Stone Quarry & Stearns' Quarry. This site was created in cooperation with the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, Department of Planning and Development. The quarry at Hardscrabble (Bridgeport today) opened in 1833 to provide stone to improve the Chicago harbor. The name was later changed to Stearns' Quarry.
Bridgeview, Illinois - Prairie Material (Aggregates) (present-day company)
The capital stock of the Zeran Marble and Granite Works of Cairo, Ill., has been increased to $25,000.
Cave in Rock, Illinois - the Cave-In-Rock Quarry (present-day company), located about 5 mile east of Cave in Rock, Illinois; (618) 289-3262. (In 1999 operated by Martin Marietta, Aggregates, 125 Augusta Place, Suite C, Paducah, KY 42003; (270) 554-0804.)
Chicago Area, Illinois - Quarrying Stone Cutting, and Brick Making (in the Chicago Area), presented on the Encyclopedia of Chicago web site.
Chicago, Illinois – Opposed to Sky Scrapers in Chicago (The following information is from the section “Stone Trade Notes” in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to Stone, Marble, Granite, Slate, Cement, Contracting and Building, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, January, 1902, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 68.)
Opposed to Sky Scrapers in Chicago
A committee of the Common Council of Chicago reported to a recent meeting in favor of the granting of special permits for the erection of three sixteen -story structures and one fourteen -story building. The Council, by a vote of 35 to 30, refused to grant the permits and unless further relief is obtained the buildings will be limited to 132 feet, or not to exceed ten stories in height. One of the proposed buildings was the First National bank, another for the Tribune Company, and another for the Hartford Deposit Company. One of the reasons given by the aldermen for their action was that the outlying business was damaged and prices of property lowered by the congestion of business downtown.
Chicago, Illinois – A. H. Andrews & Co. (Manufacturer) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 506.)
A. H. Andrews & Co.
Established in 1865
215 Wabash Avenue, Chicago
Owners and Exclusive Mf’rs. of the justly celebrated All Steel Indestructible Andrews Perforated Steel Seats. Chairs - Enameled any desired color, or galvanized and Plated Bronze, Nickel, Brass, Antique Copper, Silver or Gold highly polished. Settees of Steel or Wood all lengths, and many styles. We furnished 3000 Lawn settees for the World’s Fair Grounds. Ours being the best to be found. We solicit correspondence touching Park, Garden, Lawn or Cemetery requirements, feeling confident of pleasing the most critical dealer or consumer. Illustrated catalogue free.
Chicago, Illinois – the Albert J. Ward Co. (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. 3, March, 1925, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp 172.)
“New Companies – Albert J. Ward Co., Fullerton Ave. Bridge, Chicago; $25,000; to quarry, cut, sell and manufacture stone, etc.”
Chicago, Illinois – American Bronze Co. (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 479.)
American Bronze Co.
Founders in Standard Copper Bronze.
Estimates Furnished for Artistic Work on Application. No Catalogue.
Office: 1411 Unity Building, Chicago. - Foundry: Grand Crossing, Ill.
(Caption under picture of statue: “Indiana” erected at Indianapolis.)
Chicago, Illinois – American Spiral Pipe Works (The following information is an advertisement in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 118.)
American Spiral Pipe Works, Box 485, Chicago, Ill.
Taylor’s Spiral Riveted Pipe
The pipe line shown in this picture is made up entirely of Taylor’s Spiral Riveted Pipe. It is installed at the plant of the New Inland Gravel Company at Hattiesburg, Miss. Taylor’s Spiral Riveted Pipe is light, strong, durable and easily installed. It is cut to exact lengths, fitted throughout the forged steel flanges or other connections and fittings as required. Send for our catalog and special net prices.
“New Companies – Art Cut Stone Corporation, 4437-39 W. Division St., Chicago; to manufacture and deal in art cut stone; Otto E. Strobel, George F. Schreiber and F. B. Burlingame.”
Chicago, Illinois – Barbee Wire & Ironworks (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 471.)
Barbee Wire & Ironworks, 44-46 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill.
(Photo caption under sketch of cemetery monument and fence: Represents a Cemetery Lot Enclosed with No. 220 Standard Fence.)
Shows 1-inch Square Posts at Corners; two No. 242 Ornamental Posts, with No. 221 Gate. Top and middle rails 1 ½ x ½ inch steel channel, bottom rails 1 ¼ x 1 ¼ inch steel angle: pickets 7-16 inch round steel, placed three inches apart; line posts 1 ¼ x 3/8 in. bar steel; 30-in ground anchorage. (It may be used without “anchorage” or coping or stone foundation.)
Prices On No. 220 Standard Fence.
30-inch high…83 cents per foot.
36-inch high…89 cents per foot.
42-inch high…96 cents per foot.
Gate or Corner Posts, one inch square…$2.00 extra.
No. 242 Ornamental Gate or Corner Posts…4.50 extra.
No. 221 Walk Gates, each…4.00 extra.
This fence we consider our Standard or Best Fence for Cemeteries, Etc., it being neat, plain and substantial. Within the enclosure we show our Iron Fern Leaf Settee and chair; also Victoria Vase.
Chicago, Illinois – Bates Valve Bag Company (The following information is an advertisement in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 106.)
Bates Valve Bag Company
7334 South Chicago Ave., Chicago, Ill.
110 Great Portland St., London, W1, England
Bates Wire Ties Now Sell at Less Than Pre-War Basis
Write for the new prices on Bates Wire Ties – they cost you less than string – actually priced lower than during the pre-war period. If you are using the Bates System of Tying, stock up at the new prices. If you haven’t adopted the Bates System yet – Send for this Free Trial Bates Bag Tying Outfit
The Bates Free Trial Bag Tying Outfit, containing one Bates Spring Return Tying Tool and 20 each of 4, 4 ½, 5, 5 ½ and 6-inch Bates Wire Ties, will be sent you, on receipt of your signed agreement to try this Bag Tying Outfit on your work, and then, within 15 days, send $2.50 for the outfit or return the tool to us. These trial ties cost you nothing.
Chicago, Illinois – Beck & Bab (Pit & Quarry Equipment) (The following information is an advertisement in the “Used Equipment Bargains” section in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 97.)
Beck & Babb, 29 So. La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill.
For Sale or Rent
Steam Shovels - Locomotives - Draglines - Tractor and Trailers
The above list is constantly changing. No matter what your machinery requirements are, write us – we may have it.
Chicago, Illinois – C. E. Munger (Stone Dealer) (The following advertisement is from The Reporter: Devoted To The Interests of Marble and Granite Workers, Vol. XVII, No. 6, published by Nichols & Co., Chicago, Illinois, June, 1884, pp. 17.)
C. E. Munger, Wholesale Dealer in Italian & American Marble
I shall keep constantly on hand a full assortment of Italian, Rutland, Sutherland Falls and Knox Monument Stock and Headstones. Also, Italian, Rutland and Knoxville Thin Stock. I have a large supply of Italian, Rutland and Sutherland Falls Turned Urns, at the same, or a very slight advance over Eastern prices. Thanking my patrons for past favors, I still hope for a continuance of the same. Send for Price List.
Yard, Nos. 10, 12, 14 and 16 West Randolph Street,
Office No. 16, Near Randolph Street Bridge, Chicago, ILL.
Chicago, Illinois – Chas. Clements & Co. (Granite and Statuary) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 465.)
Chas. Clements & Co.,36 LaSalle Street, Chicago
Chas. Clements,
180 Tremont Street, Boston
Have You Any Orders to Place For Granite and Statuary?
If so, do not make a mistake by placing your orders before getting our prices. We are headquarters for BARRE, QUINCY, CONCORD, SCOTCH, SWEDE and PEARL GRANITE, and we are quoting very low prices. Try Us On Your Next Order.
Chicago, Illinois – Chas. H. Gall (Monument Designs) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 498.)
Chas. H. Gall, 1027 Graceland Ave., Chicago, Ill.
Original and Practical Designs. A collection of designs costing $150 or more to be executed by hand, at a minimum cost, of popular and saleable styles retailing for less than $500 on 20 separate sheets, 14 x 21, with book of sizes (3 to each job) and wholesale and retail prices in four popular granites.
Expressage paid when cash is sent with order. The cheapest and most practical Designs ever issued for the trade in general as evidenced by the many unsolicited testimonials received. Special Designs and Photographs for the trade.
(Photo caption over picture of cemetery stone: Series No. 2.)
Chicago, Illinois – Chas. H. More & Co. (Quarriers, Cutters, and Polishers) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 495.)
Chas. H. More & Co., Quarriers, Cutters and Polishers
Of the celebrated Barre and other New England Granites. Also importers of Swedish and Scotch Granites and Italian Marble Statuary. Exclusively Wholesale. Our own Barre, Swedish and Labrador Stock.
Main Office, Barre, VT.
Foreign Office, 107 Union St., Aberdeen, Scotland.
Western Office, 53 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill.
(Photo captions under two photographs in advertisement:
Exterior View of Barre Plant
Interior View of Plant at Montpelier.)
Chicago, Illinois – Chicago Electric Company (Electric Motors for Pit & Quarry Use) (The following information is an advertisement in the “Used Equipment Bargains” section in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 98.)
Chicago Electric Company, 740 West Van Buren Street, Chicago, Illinois
In Stock – Cut Prices - Electric Motors
Chicago, Illinois – Chicago Perforating Co. (The following information is an advertisement in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 106.)
Chicago Perforating Co., 2445 West 24 th Place, Chicago, Ill., Tel. Canal 1459
Perforated Metals and Screens of All Kinds
Material In Stock – Prompt Shipment
Chicago, Illinois - Chicago Quarrying & Quarry Photos, presented on the Photographs from the Chicago Daily News, 1902-1933, web site. (Scroll down to “Quarries” and “Quarrying.”)
Chicago, Ohio – Chicago Rustic Monument Co./ F. O. Cross & Co. (The following advertisement is from The Reporter: Devoted To The Interests of Marble and Granite Workers, Vol. XVII, No. 6, published by Nichols & Co., Chicago, Illinois, June, 1884, pp. 18.)
Chicago Rustic Monument Co., 341 and 343 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, ILL.
F. O. Cross & Co., Rustic Monumental Works, 341 Wabash Ave., Chicago, ILL.
We desire to call your attention to our superior stock of Rustic Monuments, Cemetery fences and Vases, Corner Posts for Cemetery Lots, Hitching Posts, and Carriage Steps. Having had thirty years’ experience in Monument business, and seeing the necessity for a new departure, originated the Rustic Monuments. This class of work is superior to other styles of Monuments as it is a work of Art, and the material used is of the best Bedford Marble. Can furnish satisfactory references as to durability of stone. Photographs, $3.00 per dozen. Send for trade prices, on board cars. Yours, very respectfully. F. O. Cross & Co.
Chicago, Illinois – Clapp, Norstrom & Riley Equipment Co. (Pit & Quarry Euipment) (The following information is an advertisement in the “Used Equipment Bargains” section in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 97.)
Clapp, Norstrom & Riley Equipment Co., 12 and 14 So. Canal St., Chicago
For Sale or Rent
Owned By Us and Sold Under Absolute - Guarantee Subject To Trial In Service - Steam Shovels - Dragline - Excavators - Locomotives - Dump Cars - Miscellaneous
Chicago, Illinois – D. H. Dickinson (Stone Dealer) (The following advertisement is from The Reporter: Devoted To The Interests of Marble and Granite Workers, Vol. XVII, No. 6, published by Nichols & Co., Chicago, Illinois, June, 1884, pp. 11 and 21.)
D. H. Dickinson
Wholesale Dealer in Italian & American Marble.
310, 312, 34 and 316 North Water Street
Office, 310, Chicago, Illinois
Both Foreign and American Marble at the Lowest Market Prices. Orders promptly filled and satisfaction guaranteed. Send for price list.
D. H. Dickinson
Wholesale Marble Dealer,
310 to 316 North Water Street, Chicago, Illinois
Turning Lathes and Saws Running Day and Night!
Orders Promptly Filled – Your Patronage Solicited.
All Grades Guaranteed. Thanks for Past Favors.
Finished Work Sold To The Trade Only.
If Delivered in Chicago the Advance over Quarry Prices will be 60 cents per Cubic Foot, the same as on the Rough Stock. Would Recommend The Dark Blue & Mottled Smith As having No Superior For Monumental Purposes. They take a fine polish and never fail to give satisfaction.
Though my stock on hand is always large, yet, when desired, marble, either in small or car-load lots, will be shipped from the East at Eastern prices and terms (freight to follow), and from any particular quarry from which the dealer, so ordering may have preferences.
Rutland Marble A Specialty! Send In You Orders! Our Facilities Are Unequalled!
Chicago, Illinois – D. H. Dickinson (Marble Dealer) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 480.)
D. H. Dickinson
Wholesale Dealer in American and Italian Marble.
558 to 570 N. Water St., Chicago, Ill.
All marbles produced by the Marble Co.’s of Rutland, Vt. kept in large quantities. Both Foreign and American Marble at the Lowest Market Price. Orders promptly filled and satisfaction guaranteed. Facilities for supplying finished stock not surpassed. Send for price list.
Chicago, Illinois – D. H. Dickinson (Marble Dealer) (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XI, No. 6, November, 1895, Stone Publishing Co., New York.)
D. H. Dickinson,
Wholesale Dealer in American and Italian Marble.
558 to 570 North Water Street, Chicago, Ill.
All Marbles Produced by the Marble Companies of Rutland, Vt.,
kept in large quantities.
Both Foreign and American Marbles at the Lowest Market Price. Orders promptly filled and satisfaction guaranteed. Facilities for supplying finished stock not surpassed. Send for price list.
Chicago, Illinois – the D. H. Ranck Pub. Company – the Ropp’s Commercial Calculator for Stone Dealers (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XI, No.. 6, November, 1895, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. iv.)
The D. H. Ranck Pub. Co., 358 Dearborn St., Chicago
Arithmetic for Stone Dealers.
Calculations Made Easy, Errors Avoided, Time and Labor Saved by Ropp’s Commercial Calculator. The most useful, complete and practical work on Figures ever published. Specially useful to stone, marble, granite, and state dealers and quarrymen. Nearly every problem in business already figured out. Arithmetic made so plain by original short and simple methods, that a child can comprehend it. Worth its weight in gold to young and old. Nearly half a million copies sold. Accompanied by account book, silicate slate, pocket, etc. Bound in elegant leather, pocket size.
Chicago, Illinois – E. C. Willison (Manufacturer) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 500.)
E. C. Willison,
110 Boylston St., Boston. - Manhattan Bldg., Chicago.
Aberdeen - So. Quincy - Montpelier.
We Manufacture Superior Quality of Granite and Statuary
Our Prices we guarantee to be as low as any competition can name you on the same Quality work. Ask for our prices on your Quincy, Barre, Concord, New Westerly, Scotch, Swede, Etc. 1895 Design Book will be ready about July 10th, ask for Sample Sheet.
Chicago, Illinois – Equipment Corporation of America (Pit & Quarry Equipment) (The following information is an advertisement in the “Used Equipment Bargains” section in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 98.)
Equipment Corporation of America
660 Land Title Bldg., Philadelphia – Phone, Spruce 5498
1460 Lumber Exchange Bldg., Chicago, ILL., Phone, Randolph 6586
860 Empire Bldg., Pittsburgh, Phone, Smithfield 1502
For Sale or Rent
Cranes - Hoists - Clam Shell Buckets - Derricks - Draglines - Cars - Rail and Track - Locomotives - Steam Shovels
Chicago, Illinois – F. C. Austin Manufacturing Co. (The following advertisement is from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XII, No. 1, December, 1895, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. XXXV.)
F. C. Austin Mfg. Co., Chicago, Stone Crushers.
The Austin Crusher embodies an entirely new principle, whereby weight is reduced, capacity increased, less power required and life of Crusher prolonged. WE claim (all things considered) to have the best crusher made, and court comparison. Capacity up to 300 tons per day.
“F. C. Austin Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill.
Gentlemen: - We are running one of your No. 4 Crushers crushing ‘boulders’ very fine for top dressing on street work, and are turning out over eighteen tons per hour. We use a 14-horse power traction threshing engine, which furnishes ample power.
Yours, etc. Henry Keefer, Hungtinton, Ind., May 30, 1895.
Chicago, Illinois – F. Wollmerath (Manufacturer) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 520.)
F. Wollmerath, Yards and Mills at 173-175 Clybourn Place, Chicago.
Manufacturer of Rustic Monuments in Bedford Stone.
Send Tracings for Estimates.
Chicago, Illinois – Franklin T. Brodix (Successor to Brodix & Malone), Building Stone (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. 3, March, 1925, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 132.)
Franklin T. Brodix
Successor to Brodix & Malone Building Stone
Exclusive Western Agent for:
T. R. Coughlan Co. - Mankato
Plymouth Quarries, Inc. – Seam Face & Split Face Granite; Buff Mountain Sandstone
Erie Blue Stone Ass’n. – New York Blue Stone
Brainerd, Shaler & Hall Quarries Co. – Connecticut Brownstone
Rowan County Freestone Co. – Kentucky Blue Stone
Schneider Stone Co. – Wisconsin Limestone
Briar Hill Stone Co. – St. Paul, Ind.
Sales Agent and Secretary
Star Stone Company, Quarrymen Indiana Oolitic Limestone
112 West Adams Street, Chicago, Ill.
Chicago, Illinois – Fraser & Chalmers (The following advertisement is from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XII, No. 1, December, 1895, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. xxxvi.)
Fraser & Chalmers, Chicago, Ill.
The Riedler Pump - Its Merits Recognized by the Anaconda Company
To whose representatives we have just sold a Riedler Pump, capacity 500 gallons per minute against a head of 1,000 feet. Also Riedler pumps to W. S. Stratton, Independence Mine, Colorado, Montana Mining Co., and many others.
Chicago, Illinois – Frederick P. Bagley & Co. (Stone Dealer) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 480.)
Frederick P. Bagley & Co.
Wholesale Dealers in Marble
Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois – the Gates Iron Works (The following advertisement is from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XII, No. 1, December, 1895, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. xxxvi.)
Gates Iron Works
Dept. “Q.” 650 Elston Ave., Chicago, Ills., U.S.A.
New York, 136 Liberty Street.
London, E. C., 73 A Queen Victoria St.
Butte, Montana.
City of Mexico, 8 Calle de Gante.
Gates Rock ad Ore Breaker
Over 3000 in Use Throughout The World.
Produces a more perfect cubiform material and a greater quantity in a given time per horse power used than any other crusher on earth.
Capacities up to 150 tons per hour. Nine Different Sizes. We Have Built The Largest Stone Crushing Plants in Existence. General Mining Machinery of every description. If Desired We Will Take Entire Charge of Construction. We Manufacture Everything pertaining to Plants of this Character.
Chicago, Illinois – Geo. B. Carpenter & Co. – Wire Rope (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XI, No.. 6, November, 1895, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. xxiii.)
Geo. B. Carpenter & Co., Established 1840
Wire Rope, Tackle Blocks and Hoists. Manila Rope. Differential Chain Hoists. Hoisting Winches.
Send for illustrated catalogue of cordage-blocks, etc., etc.
202-208 S. Water St., Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois – Goodman Manufacturing Company (The following information is from an advertisement in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 15.)
Goodman Manufacturing Company, 48 th to 49 th Streets on Halsted, Chicago, Ill.
Pittsburgh - New York – Birmingham - St. Louis – Cincinnati – Charleston, W. VA. – Seattle - Denver
Electric Locomotives - Types: Storage Battery, Third Rail, Trolley - Unexcelled in Power, Efficiency, Durability - Send for Book 201Q
Chicago, Illinois – Gregory Electric Co. (Electrical Equipment for Pit & Quarry Use) (The following information is an advertisement in the “Used Equipment Bargains” section in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 98.)
Gregory Electric Co., 16th and Lincoln Streets, Chicago, Illinois
In business since 1893.
Would you buy a second-hand electric motor at any price: If you knew it to be as good as new? Wire us your inquiries. Second-hand Electric Motors Bought, Sold and Exchanged.
Chicago, Illinois – H. H. Scoville & Co., - Stone and Mining Machinery (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XI, No. 6, November, 1895, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. xxxix.)
H. H. Scoville & Co., 250-252-254 South Clinton Street, Chicago.
Stone and Mining Machinery Manufactured by H. H. Scoville & Co.,
Traveling Cranes, Derricks, Derrick Powers, Planers, Lathes, Wire Rope and Fittings, Rubbing Beds, Stamp Mills, Concentrating Machinery, Smelting Machinery, Lixivating Machinery, Cyanide Machinery, Rock Breakers, Engines and Boilers,
Telephone Main 4805.
Chicago, Illinois – H. W. Caldwell & Son Co. (The following information is an advertisement in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 114.)
H. W. Caldwell & Son Co.
Link-Belt Company, Owner
17th Street and Western Avenue, Chicago - 709 Main St., Dallas Texas
299 Broadway, New York
Caldwell
Bucket Elevators, Belt Conveyors, Apron Conveyors, Screw Conveyors, Gears, Sprockets, Buckets, Chain, Bearings. Send for catalog No. 45
- cost considerably less, do more work, operate at less expense and upkeep than any other similar equipment. Write us for a list of plants that are having success with our equipment and service. The Winona Sand and Gravel Company, Winona, Minn., whose plant is shown below, are getting splendid results from their two E & S shaker Screens, bought at different times.
Chicago, Illinois – The Harrington & King Perforating Co. (The following information is an advertisement in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 115.)
The Harrington & King Perforating Co., 638 N. Union Avenue, Chicago
114 Liberty Street, New York
Perforated Steel Screens of Every Description
For Stone, Gravel, Sand, Cement And All Minerals
Chicago, Illinois – Hartman Manufacturing Co. (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 506.)
Hartman Mfg. Co. - Hartman Steel Picket Fence.
Stronger than Iron. Cheaper than Wood. Handsomer than either. All Steel. One solid structure, bolted together and anchored into the ground. Thousands of miles of it in use for Cemetery purposes and always approved.
Gen’l. Western Sales Agency, 601-602 Manhattan Bldg., Chicago.
Gen’l. Eastern Sales Agency, 277 Broadway, New York.
Factories, Ellwood City, Penna.
Chicago, Illinois – Henry Struble Cut Stone Company (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. 3, March, 1925, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 139.)
Henry Struble Cut Stone Company, Producers and Fabricators of Cut Indiana Limestone
Offices:
689 Continental-Commercial Bank Bldg. - Chicago, Illinois – Bedford, Indiana
Chicago, Illinois – James B. Seaverns (The following information is an advertisement in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 106 and 108.)
James B. Seaverns, Peoples Gas Building, Chicago
Install A Seaverns Clamshell Bin Gate on Your Bin and Notice How Quick and Easy It Cuts Off
Pat. Apl. - Hundreds in use – All sizes. Manufactured by James B. Seaverns
James B. Seaverns, Peoples Gas Building, Chicago
Seaverns Balanced Shaking Screen
For producing a fine, uniform grade of product, superior to that obtained by large revolving screens. Successfully adapted to stone quarries and screening plants, where clean and uniform separation is desired. Large capacity – minimum power consumption – low upkeep, together with sturdy construction, are the merits of this screen, which is daily growing in popularity.
Manufactured by James B. Seaverns
Chicago, Illinois – the Link-Belt Machinery Co. – Link-Belt Box Water Elevator (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XI, No.. 6, November, 1895, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. xxix.)
Link-Belt Machinery Co.
Engineers, founders, Machinists, Chicago, U.S.A.
Manufacturers of the Link-Belt Box Water Elevator
Of capacities from 300 to 4,000 gallons per minute.
Most Economical Machine on Market for Quarrymen.
Send for Circular Catalog of Elevating, conveying and Power Transmitting Machinery mailed on application.
Chicago, Illinois – Macomber & Whyte Rope Co. (Wire Rope) (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to Stone, Marble, Granite, Slate, Cement, Contracting and Building, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, January, 1902, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 65.)
Macomber & Whyte Rope Co., 19-21 South Canal St., Chicago
Wire Rope - “Monarch” For Strength and Durability - Crucible and Plough Steel. We carry in stock Galvanized Crucible Steel and Galvanized Iron Rope Guys. Send For Our New Catalogue.
Chicago, Illinois – Marvin Electric Drill Company (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to Stone, Marble, Granite, Slate, Cement, Contracting and Building, Vol. XXIV, No..1, January, 1902, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 65.)
Marvin Electric Drill Company, Canastota, N.Y., U.S.A.
Marvin Elecric Rock Drill - A Practical Percussion Drill! - No Packed Joints – No Valves – No Expert Labor
Full Efficiency in Cold Weather or at High Altitudes
No Experiment – We can refer you to customers who have used them for years in preference to all others. Write for Catalogue
“The Bielhen Foundry and Machine Company, of St. Joseph , Mo., write under recent date that they are just completing the erection of the third saw gang for W. WcMillan (sic - McMillan ?) & Son, of Chicago, put up in 1897. They were then making ready for shipment three gangs to R. Robertson & Co., Detroit, Mich., who have the contract for the stone and granite work of the new Wayne county court-house. They are also building a gang for the Butler-Ryan Company, of St. Paul, who have the contract for the new Minnesota capitol. Western stone-sawing machinery is making a record, and the Bielhen gang is becoming famous the world over.”
The Monumental News, 334 Dearborn Street, Chicago.
Cuts For Advertising Purposes.
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R. J. Haight, Publisher, 334 Dearborn St., Chicago.
Duplicates of these cuts are for sale to subscribers at $1 each.
Chicago, Illinois – Nichols & Co. (The following advertisement is from The Reporter: Devoted To The Interests of Marble and Granite Workers, Vol. XVII, No. 6, published by Nichols & Co., Chicago, Illinois, June, 1884, pp. 12.)
Nichols & Co., 202 Washington Boulevard, Chicago.
Moyer’s Marble Drill. Price of Drill, $25.00. Send All Orders to Nichols & Co.
Chicago, Illinois – Nye Steam Pump and Machinery Co. (The following information is an advertisement in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 119.)
Nye Steam Pump and Machinery Co., 701-707 N. Western Ave., Chicago, Ill.
Nye Steam Pumps
Our hundreds of enthusiastic users are our best salesmen. We will gladly furnish you with a list of NYE users, who will tell you why they use Nye pumps. Write today.
Chicago, Illinois – Orton & Steinbrenner Co. (Locomotive Cranes) (The following information is an advertisement in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 35.)
Orton & Steinbrenner Co., Maine Office – Chicago, Ill. – Factory – Huntington, Ind.
O. S. Dependable Locomotives – Cranes
Employment of Cranes by Contracts Insures Greater Production
with Minimum Cost Greatly Increasing Profits
Will insure such results. Designed and built to give continuous service with least maintenance cost.
Catalog No. 18 sent on application
Chicago, Illinois – the Portage Entry Quarries Co. (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XI, No. 6, November, 1895, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. v.)
The Portage Entry Quarries Co.
Every Architect who is not acquainted with Portage Red, Brown and Variegated Sandstones. Should send for samples at once to Portage Entry Quarries Co., Security Building, Madison and Fifth Ave., Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois – Portage Entry Quarries Co. (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to Stone, Marble, Granite, Slate, Cement, Contracting and Building, Vol. XXIV, No..1, January, 1902, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 4.)
Portage Entry Quarries Co., 501-502 Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Chicago.
Every Architect Who is not acquainted with
Portage Red, Brown and Variegated Sandstones
Should send for samples at once to Portage Entry Quarries Co.
New York Office: No. 156 Fifth Avenue.
Chicago, Illinois – Producers’ Marble Company (The following advertisement is from The Reporter: Devoted To The Interests of Marble and Granite Workers, Vol. XVII, No. 6, published by Nichols & Co., Chicago, Illinois, June, 1884, pp. 17.)
Chicago Branch, Producers’ Marble Company,
Thomas A. Hall, Manager,
REMOVED TO East End Michigan St., Chicago, ILL.
Chicago, Illinois – Raymond Bros. Impact Pulverizer Co. (The following information is an advertisement in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 24.)
Raymond Bros. Impact Pulverizer Co.
1307 N. Branch St., Chicago, Ill.
Eastern Office: 50 Church Street, New York City
Western Office: 207 Boston Building, Denver
A Raymond Roller Mill equipped with Air-Separation is giving the above results in one of the most modern up-to-date Acid Phosphate Plants recently built. The Mill is a complete unit which takes the rock from storage, grinds it and delivers finished uniform material dustlessly to a storage bin set high enough to discharge into the weighing hoppers by gravity. No screens, makeshift air-separators, elevators or conveyors are required. The uniform fineness of the rock means a constant quantity of acid and less acid per ton of fertilizer produced. An investigation of Raymond Roller Mills for your work will be well worth your time.
Chicago, Illinois – Robert W. Hunt & Co. (The following information is an advertisement in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 108.)
Robert W. Hunt & Co.
Robert W. Hunt – Jno. J. Cone – D. W. McNaugher
Inspection – Tests – Consultation
Inspection of New and Second Hand Cars, Locomotives, Cranes, Dredges, Steam Shovels, Pumps, Engines and All Classes of Quarry Equipment.
New York – Pittsburgh – Chicago – St. Louis – San Francisco
Chicago, Illinois – S. Casterline (The following advertisement is from The Reporter: Devoted To The Interests of Marble and Granite Workers, Vol. XVII, No. 6, published by Nichols & Co., Chicago, Illinois, June, 1884, pp. 14.)
S. Casterline, 225 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, ILL.
Rustic Monuments and Ornamental Stone Work
Carved In The Best Bedford Marble By Skilled And Artistic Workmen. Designs Furnished to Order. - Correspondence Solicited.
Chicago, Illinois – S. G. Taylor Chain Co. (The following information is an advertisement in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 120.)
S. G. Taylor Chain Co., 138 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois
Taylor – Mesaba
Your powerful steam shovel is as dependable only as the chain with which it is equipped. Here, if anywhere, you need rugged strength and dependability. Let us show you why operators have been pinning their faith on Taylor Mesaba Chain for nearly fifty years. Sizes in stock for all shovels.
Chicago, Illinois – Sauerman Bros. (Excavating Equipment) (The following information is an advertisement in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 30.)
Sauerman Bros., 312 S. Dearborn St., Chicago
Take Your Excavating Problem to Sauerman
Both our dragline cableway excavators and bottomless power scrapers have certain advantages in common, namely, they can be operated by one man, will work over a wide radius at one setting and combine digging and conveying at one operation. Describe your proposition and we will specify the type of outfit best adapted to your use.
(Photo c aption under top photograph: Sauerman Dragline Cableway Excavator is the most economical equipment for excavating deep deposits of gravel from wet or dry pits, streams or ponds, and conveying to screening plants.)
(Photo c aption under bottom photograph: Especially well adapted to working shallow deposits or excavating gravel from hillside and a good means for rehandling sand and gravel is a Sauerman Scraper System.)
Chicago (near), Illinois - "The Stone Industry in the Vicinity of Chicago, Illinois," by William C. Alden, from Contributions to Economic Geology - 1902, Bulletin 213, United States Geological Survey, 1903.
Chicago, Illinois – the Sullivan Machinery Co. – Channelers and Gadders (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XI, No. 6, November, 1895, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. xxii.)
Sullivan Machinery Co.,
Main Office, 54-60 N. Clinton St., Chicago.
Eastern Office & Works, Claremont, N.H. Sullivan
Channelers and Gadders!
The Sullivan Carriage Channeler used on Drainage Canal.
55 Sullivan Channelers in use on Chicago Drainage Canal.
80 Sullivan Channelers in use in Vermont Marble Quarries.
27 Sulllivan Channelers in use in Southern Marble Quarries.
20 Sullivan Channelers in use in Sandstone and Limestone Quarries.
15 Sullivan Channelers in use in New York Marble Quarries.
Chicago, Illinois – Sullivan Machinery Company (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to Stone, Marble, Granite, Slate, Cement, Contracting and Building, Vol. XXIV, No..1, January, 1902, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 69.)
Sullivan Machinery Company, 135 Adams St., Chicago
Rock Drills and Quarrying Machinery - Air Compressors - Types For All Possible Requirements
Chicago, Illinois – Sullivan Machinery Co. (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. 3, March, 1925, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 185.)
Sullivan Machinery Co., 122 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago
Sullivan Double Drum Electric Portable Hoist – A single Drum Hoist is Also Built
A New Electric Hoist
Sullivan engineers have designed a new portable hoist, electric motor driven. It is similar in power, size and adaptability to the Sullivan “Turbinair” Hoists which have become so popular and both single and double drum models are available.
It’s All in the Drum
Sullivan Electric Hoists have 6 ½ H.P. motor, mounted in a tight casing inside the drum. Reduction gears and bearings are enclosed and splash oiled. All you see is the drum and clutch and brake.You can hoist a ton vertically on single line, or pull a 50-ton car on level track. The double drum hoist is compact and easy to handle for two-rope jobs such as boom derricks, scraper loading or car handling. Ask for new Bulletin No. 1076E
Chicago, Illinois – Thayer and Chandler (Manufacturers) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 479.)
Thayer and Chandler, Sole Manufacturers, 46 Madison Street, Chicago.
Fountain Air Brush
Patented May 3, 1892. Send for Descriptive Catalogue.
Used in Black and White and Color Work.
Chicago, Illinois – Thomas Elevator Co. (The following information is an advertisement in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 121.)
Thomas Elevator Co., 21 South Hoyne Avenue, Chicago, ILL.
Thomas Hoists
Steam and Electric – Single and Two-Speed Types
Designed and built to meet every requirement of the Sand, Gravel and Stone Producer.
Chicago, Illinois – W. H. Chenoweth & Son Industrial Iron Works (The following advertisement is from The Reporter: Devoted To The Interests of Marble and Granite Workers, Vol. XVII, No. 6, published by Nichols & Co., Chicago, Illinois, June, 1884, pp. 12.)
W. H. Chenoweth & Son, Industrial Iron Works, 76 & 78 W. Monroe St., Chicago, ILL.
Manufacturers of All Kinds of Iron Fencing, Window Guards, Verandas, Cemetery Fences, Roof Cresting, Outside and Inside Stairways, Jail work and all Kinds of Architectural Iron Work. Estimates Furnished Promptly On all of the above class of work. Send for Cuts and Price List.
Chicago, Illinois – W. H. K. Bennett, M. E. (The following information is an advertisement in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 29.)
W. H. K. Bennett, M. E.
Telephone Harrison 1385
20 East Jackson Blvd., Chicago
Swintek Traveling Suction Screen Nozzle loosens and agitates hardest deposits of sand and gravel. The screen opening in the chain prohibits oversize material to enter the suction pipe – provides a constant feed for the suction of the pump, thereby increasing the production of the pump, no clogging of pump runner. This cutter can be installed on any sand and gravel dredge, no special expensive boat construction required – made for 6” – 8” – 10” – 12” – 15” pumps. The increased pumping capacity will soon pay for this cutter. American Pumps manufactured by American Manganese Steel Company. Shell, side plates, runner made of manganese steel. Built for heavy duty and to resist abrasive wear of sand and gravel. Made in all sizes, 4” up to 15”.
Chicago, Illinois – Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co. – Manufacturers of Wire Rope and Cable (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XI, No.. 6, November, 1895, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 586.)
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co.
Worcester, Mass. - New York City. – Chicago.
Established 1831.
Manufacturers of Wire Rope and Cable.
Iron, Steel and Galvanized, for Hoisting and Guys. Fittings of All Kinds Attached to Ropes When Desired. Prompt Shipments from Stock. Chicago Office and Warehouse: 107 & 109 Lake Street.
Chicago, Illinois – The Webster Manufacturing Company (The following information is an advertisement in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 36.)
The Webster Mfg. Company, 4500-4560 Cortland St., Chicago
Factories – Tiffin, O., Michigan City, Ind. and Chicago Sales Offices in Principal Cities
Webster Sand and Gravel Pit Equipment
Whether in large or small gravel and sand pits, an efficient conveying and elevating system requires thorough engineering. Webster equipment is specified in sand and gravel operations of all sizes because it gives sustained, efficient service at the lowest possible cost. Webster engineers have accurate, scientific knowledge of material handling equipment and will be glad to design conveying and elevating equipment to meet your special requirements.
The Western Stone Co., of Chicago, during 1901 earned $17,794, or.0079 per cent. on its stock. In 1900 the company lost $66,459 of its surplus. President Madden announced to the stockholders that a great deal of work had been done during the year of a preparatory nature, in anticipation of its future needs. The expenditure for this work, which is now completed, has been charged to the expense of production and amounts to $125,000.
Chicago Heights, Illinois – American Manganese Steel Co. (The following information is an advertisement in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 32 and back cover.)
American Manganese Steel Co.
General Offices, Chicago Heights, Ill.
Foundries: Chicago Heights – Newcastle - Oakland
Amsco Missabe Type Dipper with Vanderhoef Front (Patented)
Here is the newest type of Missabe Dipper with Vanderhoef front – Amsco steel throughout. It is the best design ever developed, for the construction enables it to withstand extremely hard service and it will give you a maximum yardage at minimum cost. The base portions of the teeth are cast integrally, making the front far stronger and more rigid than ever before developed. In addition to this rigidity, the tooth ribs act as protecting runners or guards on the outside of the front, saving the exposed surface from wear and lengthening the life and service of the entire casting. The shape and reversible design of the points lessens the cost of the points very materially. We carry a complete line of patterns for all capacities.
American Manganese Steel Co.
General Sales Offices: 389 East Fourteenth St., Chicago Heights, Ill.
Plants: Chicago Heights – New Castle - Oakland
The name “Amsco” on a dredging pump means satisfactory service and each of the things that go to make that service satisfactory. It means construction throughout of manganese steel and consequently the highest wear-resisting qualities. It means steady production of a larger quantity of solids at the lowest cost. It means profit. At the plant of W. H. Spicer, Marseilles, Ill., an eight inch Amsco pump is delivering gravel and sand in a manner that shows clearly the advantages of Amsco “all-manganese steel” construction. Mr. Spicer states that it has given the most satisfactory kind of service since the first day it was installed. You, too, will find the Amsco to be a more desirable pump for your work. Let us show you why.
(Photo c aption under photograph: Amsco Pump in the plant of W. H. Spicer, Marseilles, Ill.)
Chicago Suburbs, Illinois - Thornton Limestone Quarry - "Thornton Quarry Rocks ISGS staff," from GeoNews Online by the Illinois State Geological Survey, July 1997.
“The Colona Stone Co., of Colona, Ill., announce that they intend to enlarge their plant at their Colona quarries this coming spring.”
"Lumbering and quarrying were major industries at Waterfall Glen. From 1860 through the 1880s, Sawmill Creek was the site of the Ward Brothers' sawmill. Elsewhere, quarrymen were busy plying their trade at three active quarries under the direction of builder and quarry owner Edwin Walker. Walker's quarries were known for their quality Lemont Limestone, or Athens Marble. The stone was a much-used construction material at the time. One of the most notable of Walker's projects was the Chicago Water Tower, built from his own limestone quarried at Waterfall Glen."
DuPage Township, Will County, Illinois - “Western Stone Company (Keepataw Site),” by Karen Poulson, Archaeological Research, Inc. [PDF]
This report thoroughly details the Keepataw site and the Western Stone Company, company president Martin B. Madden, and the limestone quarrying and processing that took place in the early 1900s in DuPage Township, Will County, Illinois, where the Keepataw site is located, and the quarry workers. At the time of the report, the owner was “Forest Preserve District of Will County.”
The following companies and quarries were also named in the report: G. A. Cossens & Co.; Oak Hill Quarry; Daggett’s quarry; Singer and Talcott Stone Co. quarry; Excelsior and Riordan Stone Company; the Steel quarry; the Davidson quarry; the Werner quarry; the Kronmeyer quarry, the Nobes quarry; Joliet area quarries; Joliet Stone Co.; Lemont area quarries; Chicago Building Stone Co.; Excelsior Stone Co.; the Chicago & Lemont Stone Co.; the Corneau Stone Co.; the Bodenschatz & Earnshaw Stone Co.; the Lockport Stone Co.; Enterprise Stone Co.; Chicago Building Stone Company trust, Crescent Stone Co. of Joliet. (There may have ben some companies or quarry names that I missed, but this is the bulk of them.) It is also mentioned that there may have been lime kilns on the property.
Western Stone Company Incorporation Papers, dated September 17, 1889, at the Archives of the Illinois Secretary of State.
Dupo, Illinois - the Columbia Quarry (present-day aggregate quarry) (photographs), presented by GW Systems.
Elmhurst, Illinois - the Lombard Area Quarries, on DuPage County Historical Museum web site.
In the industry section of the web site, it is noted that stone from the Lombard and Elmhurst provided stone for the brick and tile works.
Fulton, Illinois - Limestone Quarry changed to the present-day Heritage Canyon. From the mid-1800s to 1954 limestone was quarried in the location known today as Heritage Canyon. In 1954 the quarry was abandoned, and the area became very rundown. In 1967 the quarry was purchased and the area was preserved as much as possible. Today the area is a twelve-acre wooded structured nature walk, and this site gives further information about the history of Heritage Canyon and information as to how to visit the area today. (The above information was obtained from the City of Fulton, Illinois, web site.)
Godfrey (north of), Illinois - the C. M. Lohr Limestone Quarry (present-day company) (photographs)
Grafton, Illinois - the Grafton Quarry Co. Office (from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, September 1892, Vol. V., No. IV)
Directory of Stone, Marble and Granite Producers:
Sandstone: “Grafton Quarry Co., Grafton, Ill., and St. Louis, Mo.”
Hanover, Illinois - Hanover's Natural Resources - Limestone Quarries. This site is presented by ComPortOne. There are many limestone quarries in the area, and the nearest major quarry is located north of Hanover outside Elsizabeth.
“The Henry Granite and Marble Co., Henry, Ill., composed of Messrs. Devore, Fisher & Wright, are contemplating leaving Henry and going to Moline where there is apparently a much larger field.”
Illinois - the Vulcan Materials Company (present-day company) Using the Site Map/Search for this company site, you will find a listing of Vulcan Materials Company quarry sites, including those in Illinois. The company is reportedly the “largest producer of construction aggregates in the United States.”
Illinois (central) - Material Services Corp. - Aggregate Quarries in Central Illinois (present-day company)
Illinois (central) - Tuscola Quarry, photograph presented by the Illinois State Geological Survey (photograph)
Illinois (western) - Wendling Aggregate Quarries - About Wendling Quarries (present-day company - photographs), presented by Wendling Quarries, Inc.
Johnson County, Illinois - the Cypress Quarry Company Limestone Aggregate Quarry (present-day company). This quarry was mentioned in “The Mineral Industry of Illinois," presented by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Mines and Minerals.
Joliet, Illinois - Crusher Plant, stone quarry, Looking South, Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, Illinois. Preparing crushed stone for public roads.
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“Removals. J. G. Mott Granite Co. have removed from Joliet to Pontiac, Ill.”
Joliet, Illinois - Joliet-Lemont Limestone: Preservation of an Historic Building Material. This booklet is available through the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois.
Joliet, Will County, Illinois - Building Stone Quarries (Limestone). This site is presented by the Ted Cash, Co-Coordinator of the Will Co, IL USGenWeb page. The entry is from an the 1854 US Gazetteer presented on this site, and stated that near Joliet, the county seat, there were quarries that produced building stone during that time (1854).
Joliet, Illinois - Limestone Quarries near Joliet (history). The following information is information presented by Legends of America. The web site states that the limestone quarried at Romeoville was used in the construction of the Idaho Statehouse. This site states that due to the local limestone quarries, Joliet was also called “Stone City.”
Joliet, Will County, Illinois - Limestone Quarries - "Our Builders and Quarrymen, No. 1" from The Land Owner Vol 1, No 3 (March 1873) - William Alexander Steel. This material is available on a site regarding William Alexander Steel (born 1836 Blairsville, Pennsylvania - 1879 in Joliet, Illinois). The site is presented by Warren Steel. The excerpt of the book begins: "It will be interesting, to our readers to learn something of the men who have dug the material from its bed, fashioned it so deftly, and sent it to take its place in the classic facades that grace our principal streets. We cannot, therefore, more appropriately inaugurate our sketches of the great quarrymen than by presenting the accompanying portrait of one of the largest and most successful stone men in the world - Hon. W. A. Steel, of Joliet, Ill."
Joliet, Illinois - Brandon Road Quarry (now filled with water)
Kane County, Illinois - Harold Hall Building Stone Quarry Beach - Batavia Township, Kane County, Illinois. The following material is from the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois (Edited by Newton Bateman, LL.D. and Paul Selby, A.M.) and History of Kane County Edited by Gen. John S. Wilcox. Chicago; Munsell Publishing Company, 1904. If you wish more information or if you would like to see photographs of the quarry as it is today, click here. The site you will reach is presented by the Batavia Park District web site.
"Township 39, covering the half townships of Batavia and Geneva, has ever been in all its material aspects and resources, as attractive and desirable as can well be imagined. The soil is deep and very fertile; prairie and woodland could not be more conveniently alternated; the beautiful river, frequently widening to encompass many picturesque islands, holds its course almost due southward across its center; many charming spring brooks wind their way through its highly cultivated and thoroughly improved farms; and its artistic suburban lawns extending to the outflowing stream, and exhaustless quarries of the finest building stone in this part of the State, are found in many places along its banks."
Kankakee, Illinois - Haigh Quarry. This under water dive web site is presented by Paul's Scuba Diving Web Page. Today the quarry is filled with water. This web site describes the Haigh Quarry as an old quarry with depths of 25 to 30 feet deep at the north end of the quarry. The remainder of the quarry is from 50 to 60 feet deep with the southeast corner with a depth of 85 feet. If you would like to visit this quarry, the site gives directions.
La Salle, Illinois – the Marquette Manufacturing Co. (The following information is from the section “Limes and Cements” in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to Stone, Marble, Granite, Slate, Cement, Contracting and Building, Vol. XXIV, No..1, January, 1902, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 78.)
The Marquette Manufacturing Co., of La Salle, Illinois, has been organized, with a capital stock of $150,000. directors: N. W. Duncan, James H. Eckels, Michael F. Mahoney, Frank P. O’Connor and F. G. Dickinson.
Lake Forest, Illinois – The Great North of Scotland Granite Polishing Co. (The following advertisement is from The Reporter: Devoted To The Interests of Marble and Granite Workers, Vol. XVII, No. 6, published by Nichols & Co., Chicago, Illinois, June, 1884, pp. 11.)
Scotch Granite.
The Great North of Scotland Granite Polishing Co.
Monuments, Headstones, Columns, &c. Designs and Prices furnished on application
All orders promptly filled.
James Anderson, Agent, Lake Forest, ILL.
Lemont, Illinois - the Heritage Quarries Recreation Area, Lemont, Illinois. The Heritage Quarries Recreation Area adds an additional 3.8 mile trail extension to the existing Illinois & Michigan Canal trails. You can read more about the Heritage Quarries Recreation Area in the Village of Lemont brochure [PDF].
Lemont Area, Illinois - Lemont Area Stone Quarries, presented by the Lemont Area Historical Society in the “Historical Pictures” section (photographs)
Lemont, Cook County, Illinois - Brier’s Quarry (Limestone), presented by the Lemont Area Historical Society in the “Historical Pictures” section (history and photographs)
Lemont, Cook County, Illinois - Brown Quarry (Limestone), presented by the Lemont Area Historical Society in the “Historical Pictures” section (history and photographs)
Lemont, Illinois - Joliet-Lemont Limestone: Preservation of an Historic Building Material. This booklet is available through the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois.
Lemont, Cook County, Illinois - Quarry Shovel and Gravel Loading Facility, presented by the Lemont Area Historical Society in the “Historical Pictures” section (history and photographs)
Lemont, Cook County, Illinois - Western Quarry #1 (Limestone), presented by the Lemont Area Historical Society in the “Historical Pictures” section (history and photographs)
“The marble works of John Meyer, Lincoln, Ill., were closed by the sheriff on executions in favor of the German American National Bank. Liabilities about $1,000. Assets about 1,000.”
"Several stone quarries have been opened in this town, from which stone is obtained for lime burning and for building purposes. The Naperville and Oswego plank road was laid through the central part of this town. The projectors of this road thought to facilitate the communication between Oswego, Naperville and Chicago, and thereby retain the travel which would otherwise be drawn to the railroad which was being built at the same time."
Lockport, Illinois - Historic Lockport - Nearby Cream-Colored Dolomite Limestone Quarries. This site is presented by the City of Lockport. The site covers the city's history, including many photographs. Many of the buildings of Lockport are built with this stone. Mule-towed barges transported the stone to construct the Water Tower, churches and houses in Chicago.
In the industry section of the web site, it is noted that stone from the Lombard and Elmhurst provided stone for the brick and tile works.
“New Companies – The American Mausoleum Co. of Macomb, Ill., $60,000; W. E. Dudman, George E. Bayne and P. E. Elting. To build mausoleums and sell crypts in same.”
“Trade Changes. The partnership heretofore existing between Chas. S. Richter and Orrin D. Doland has been dissolved. Chas. A. Richter will continue the business at Springfield, Ill., and Mr. Doland will continue the branch at Macomb Ill., having bought same of the firm of Richter & Doland.”
According to this article, this quarry and others began operation in the 1880s. The people who worked the quarries were mainly Eastern European immigrants. Stone from these quarries were shipped “on the Illinois & Michigan Canal and later on the Sanitary and Ship Canal.” The article describes the acreage and production of crushed stone that the McCook-Hodgkins Quarry generated. Use the link above to read the detailed article about McCook, Illinois, and the quarries and the people who worked in the quarries.
McCook (southwest of) (a western suburbs of Chicago), Illinois - McCook Limestone Quarry (circa 1967) (From Mining and Mineral Operations in the United States: A Visitor’s Guide, by Staff, Bureau of Mines, Area Mineral Resource Offices, U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1967, pp. 26.)
“U. S. 66. - Half a mile southwest of McCook, in the western suburbs of Chicago, is the McCook limestone quarry that produces stone for concrete aggregate and highway construction. With a capacity of 1,500 tons per hour, and some of the largest and most modern equipment in the Midwest, the quarry is worth a long look as you drive by.”
Mermet Springs, Illinois - Mermet Springs Quarry in Southern Illinois. This quarry is an 8.5-acre spring-fed stone quarry. The quarry has 100 foot walls and wooded hills encompassing nearly half of its perimeter. The sheer walls are not only on the top but can be followed to depths of 120 feet. This quarry is devoted to diving and dive training. Click here for some aerial shots of the quarry as it is today.
Millstone Bluff is on the National Historical Registry. The name came about as the pioneer mills dug the stone for millstones from a small quarry on the Millstone Bluff hill. You can learn more about Millstone Bluff on the Southernmost Illinois History web site.
Mt. Carroll, Illinois - Mt. Carroll Quarry - an Aggregate Quarry of Wendling Quarries, Inc.
Mt. Morris, Illinois - Avey's Quarry at Pine Creek (postcard photograph, #1G940' Genuine photograph; C. R. Childs, Photographer, Post cards, Chicago; dated June 14, 1915.)
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Naplate, Illinois - Sandstone Quarries. At the stop at Naplate on field trips to the La Salle Anticline - 1993 to 2001, by Ellin Beltz, she notes that there are deep quarry pits visible where sandstone was extracted for the use in the glass making industry and the cemeteries.
Nauvoo, Illinois -
Nauvoo White Limestone Quarry (photograph and
history). Stone quarried from the Nauvoo Limestone
Quarry was used in the construction of the Nauvoo Illinois
Temple in Nauvoo, Illinois. (The link from which this
information was obtained in no longer available. This site
was presented by JP&G Enterprises.)
<http://www.cyber-odyssey.com/il/nauvoo/mormon_temple/temple2.htm>
North Chicago, Illinois – McKinney-Harrington Company (The following information is an advertisement in Pit and Quarry: Sand – Gravel – Stone, magazine, December 1921, pp. 113.)
McKinney-Harrington Company, North Chicago, Illinois
Portable Overlapping Steel Bucket Elevator
For handling sand, gravel, crushed stone, bulk lime, coke, ashes, as well as coal. It is designed for easy moving from one job to another, operates effectively from one position over a considerable area and may be adjusted to many angles up and down. Can be used to unload dump bottom cars from door of box car or overside of gondola car. For cuts, further particulars and prices, write: McKinney-Harrington Company, North Chicago, Illinois.
Oglesby, Illinois – Tramway at Cement Works in Oglesby, Illinois (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to Stone, Marble, Granite, Slate, Cement, Contracting and Building, Vol. XXIV, No..1, January, 1902, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 73.)
A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. of St. Louis, MO.
Branch Offices:
92 Centre Street, New York, N.Y.
137 East Lake St., Chicago, Ill.
85 Fremont St., San Francisco, Cal.
(The photograph caption on this advertisement reads:
Leschen Co.’s Tramway at Cement Works, Oglesby, Ills.)
Ottawa, La Salle, County, Illinois - Buffalo Rock State Park - St. Peter Sandstone in an Old Rock Quarry. To view photographs of the quarry, visit the "Field trips to the La Salle Anticline - 1993 to 2001," by Ellin Beltz.
“U.S. 5. - At the western edge of Ottawa is the Ottawa Silica Company silica sand facility - the Nation’s largest - located in the middle of the world-famous St. Peter Sandstone deposits. Here, in a thousand acre tract, are open pits 125 feet deep and 3,000 feet across. The material is processed in two plants at the site, and most of it is shipped by rail to points all over the United States. A wide variety of uses for silica sand have been found. A few uses are: glass manufacture, steel and foundry uses, building refractory brick, sand blasting, oil-well fracturing, abrasives, stone sawing, marble carving, filtration and chemical uses. Plants and pits may be viewed from the highway.”
“Trade Changes. Young & Lavell succeed the firm of Parker, Young & Lavell at Ottawa, Ill.”
“The corn crop in the vicinity of Paxton, Ill., never was more promising than at the present time, said Mr. N. Groetzinger, of Groetzinger & Fitzsimmons of that place, while in Chicago last month. Mr. Groetzinger embarked in the monumental business at Paxton less than two years ago and is establishing a very successful trade in monumental and building work. The firm has just completed a contract for about 5000 feet of stone flagging in the business part of the town. The sidewalk is sixteen feet wide and is laid in Bedford flags 8-ox5-oxo-4 sawed on two sides. The walks are a credit to the town and to the contractors and are proving to be of mutual benefit to all concerned.”
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania – West Leechburg Steel & Tin Plate Co. (Steel Sawblades) (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to Stone, Marble, Granite, Slate, Cement, Contracting and Building, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, January, 1902, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 65.)
West Leechburg Steel & Tin Plate Co., Pittsburg. Penna.
Steel Saw Blades - Stone and Marble Saws Carefully Straightened and Cut Square and True.
Prompt Shipment. Ordinary Sizes Constantly on hand. - Inquiries Solicited.
Pontiac, Illinois – the J. G. Mott Granite Co. (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XI, No. 6, November, 1895, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. vii.)
The J. G. Mott Granite Co.
Polished Granite Columns, of Red or Gray Granite.
Manufactured By J. G. Mott Granite Co., Pontiac, Ill.
Our Lathes turn out Columns of any dimensions not exceeding four feet in diameter and twenty feet in length. Mention STONE when writing for prices.
“Removals. J. G. Mott Granite Co. have removed from Joliet to Pontiac, Ill.”
Pontiac, Illinois – J. G. Mott Granite Co. (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to Stone, Marble, Granite, Slate, Cement, Contracting and Building, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, January, 1902, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 5.)
J. G. Mott Granite Co., Pontiac, Ills.
Polished Granite Columns of Red or Gray Granite.
Manufactured by… J. G. Mott Granite Co., Pontiac, Ills.
Our Lathes turn out Columns of any dimensions not exceeding four feet in diameter and twenty feet in length. Mention STONE when writing for prices.
Port Byron, Illinois - "Silurian