Quarries in Missouri & Quarry Links, Photographs, and Articles
Gratiot thru Hudson Township

• Gratiot (?), Missouri - the Harlan Quarry & Construction Co. Quarry (listed in The Mine, Quarry and Metallurgical Record of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, The Mine and Quarry News Bureau, Chicago, Ill., 1897)
• Graysboro, Missouri - Limestone Quarries at Graysboro circa 1904 (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

  Graysboro.

  “Two quarries are located near the Mississippi river at this place, both of which are operated to supply crushed stone used in the erection of the Thebes bridge, at Thebes, Illinois. The land on which the quarries is located is owned by Mr. Gray, to whom a royalty of 5 cents per cubic yard is paid.

  “The stone is obtained from the Trenton-Kimmswick formation. It is a very coarsely crystalline, light gray limestone, similar to that at Ste. Genevieve. It is fossiliferous, contains an occasional fine suture joint and occurs in thick beds. It is very pure and makes an excellent grade of quicklime.

  “The two quarries referred to above are operated respectively by C. McDonald & Co., and The Patterson Construction Co.”

• Graysboro, Missouri - The McDonald Co.’s Limestone Quarry (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

  “This quarry, which was opened in January, 1903, will probably be operated only until the completion of the Thebes bridge. It is equipped with a crushing plant, consisting of No. 3 and No. 6 Austin crushers with screens and other necessary accessories, a derrick and other quarrying appliances.

  “The face of the quarry is 150 feet long and 25 feet high. The upper sixteen feet splits into thick beds along well defined bedding planes. The stone in the lower part of the quarry is massive. Irregular cavities and large clay seams occur throughout the quarry, chiefly in the upper twelve feet. A mud seam, eight feet in width, extending to the floor was noted near the west end of the quarry.

  “Thirty men are employed and the plant has a capacity of from 600 to 700 cubic yards of crushed stone per day.”

• Graysboro, Missouri - The Patterson Construction Co.’s Limestone Quarry (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

  “This quarry joins the McDonald quarry on the west and the stone is, in all respects, similar. Clay seams are abundant, increasing considerably the expense of getting out the stone.

  “The quarry is equipped with a crushing plant, consisting of a No. 6 crusher and accessories. The stone is loaded on barges and transported to Thebes where it is used for concrete work in the Thebes bridge.”

• Greene County, Missouri - History of Greene County, Missouri, Geology & Quarries (The following excerpts arefrom Past and Present of Greene County, Missouri: Early and Recent History and Genealogical Records of Many of the Representative Citizens, Jonathan Fairbanks and Clyde Edwin Tuck, (Compiled by Fairbanks and Tuck ca. 1914, presented by the Springfield-Greene County Library.)

  Chapter 2. Geology, Location and Topography, by Edward M. Shepard, Part 1.

  Chouteau Limestone.

  “While varying structurally at different points, this formation possesses certain general lithological characteristics by which it may be easily recognized. It is, fine-grained, compact, heavily bedded, buff to yellow in color, frequently slightly arenaceous, much softer in the bed than when exposed to the air, and weathers badly, leaving the surface with deep, irregular grooves and prominent rounded ridges and points. These rocks are well exhibited along the James river, in Taylor township, where they vary from thirty to forty feet in thickness. In the north half of the county they are confined mainly to the slopes of the Sac. They are too thin to form much of an ore horizon, and their structure seems unfavorable for the accumulation of an ore body. As a building material, some of the harder, arenaceous beds would, probably, justify a more general use. The color is handsome, and presents a strong contrast to the Upper Burlington and Magnesian limestones, which are so generally used. This rock should replace some of the trimmings that are now imported at considerable expense. From a quarry which was worked many years ago on the James river, in section 32, township 29, range 20, stones were taken which stood for many years in the pillars of the old court house in Springfield, where, though long exposed to wind and weather, they continued unmarred, except by the vandalism of man.”

  Upper Burlington Limestone.

  “2nd The limestone underneath, rather coarse-grained, crystalline, soft and greyish in color, usually having white, rather soft lenticular masses of chert, from a few inches to a foot or two in diameter,. though the chert is occasionally absent. The heavy beds are the ones that form the best quarries in this horizon, and the rock in these often approaches marble in character. The middle beds range in thickness from sixty to one hundred feet....”

  “This formation is noted in the Southwest as the richest of the lead and zinc horizons. In the South, the rocks being much harder, the deposits are not so rich nor as extensive as in the Joplin and Aurora districts, this hardness being less favorable to the deposition and segregation of ore. The Upper Burlington limestone forms a good building stone and is largely sought after for that purpose in numerous quarries in and about the city of Springfield. The stone from many of the beds is susceptible of a fine polish, the upper fossiliferous layers resembling marble. The rock is very beautiful and durable, and may be seen in the Drury College chapel, the St. John Episcopal church and other buildings in Springfield. As a road material the surface chert is widely used for macadamizing, but it is neither as good nor as durable as that from the lower formations. Its soft texture causes it to break down quickly and pulverize. A very important industry is the manufacture of lime from this rock. In the vicinity of Springfield and at Ash Grove a flourishing business has been built up, and large quantities of lime are shipped.”

  Chapter 3. Economic Geology, by Edward M. Shepard, Part 1: Water--Springfield Water Supply--Mineral Waters--Building Stones--Sandstones--Limestone--Ornamental Stones--Lime--Soil--Road Material--Coal--Iron--Lead--Zinc--Copper--Silver--Gold--Petroleum--Local Mines.

  Building Stones.

  “The sandstones and limestones of Greene county furnish an abundant supply of building stones, some of them being of the highest grade.

  Sandstones.

  “Coal Measures Sandstones. - As these beds usually have a very uneven texture, and very thin bedding planes, they are little used for any purpose except foundations, chimneys, fence-walls and hearthstones.

  “Hannibal Sandstones. - One of the building materials most extensively used inthis region is the Hannibal sandstone or "worm-eaten" rock, which is of wide-spread occurrence and easily quarried because of its even bedding. Its durability is also very great. Broken and tumbled blocks of this formation are so abundant along the slopes of its outcrops that farmers, who are among its chief users, do not find it necessary to establish quarries for the purpose of obtaining it.

  “The sandstones of the Silurian include the St. Peter and Roubidoux sandstones. As a rule, they are too soft and friable for utilization in building, and as they are usually in close proximity to the Hannibal, the latter are naturally chosen.

  Limestones.

  “Upper Burlington Limestone. - This is the most beautiful as well as the most valuable of all the building stories of this region. It is a very thick and widely distributed formation which adds to its other advantages the fact that it is most easily worked. When free from chert, the beds are massive, and blocks of unlimited size can be quarried. Coarsely sub-crystalline in structure, with marked purity of composition and homogeneity of texture, the middle beds of this rock make an unusually fine stone for all construction purposes, needing ordinarily, only a bush-hammer dressing. It has been used, with fine effect, in Drury College chapel, St. John’s Episcopal church, many private residences, the foundation walls of the local government building and the wall of the Confederate cemetery near Springfield. There are several large quarries in and near Springfield, as well as numerous places where small amounts of the rock are taken out for local purposes. While the are many small quarries throughout the county which are but roughly worked for lime or foundation rock, it is only at Phoenix that a systematic development of these beds has been undertaken.

  “Phoenix Quarries. - These quarries are located near the town of Phoenix, in the northwestern part of the county, and were opened in 1888. They are in the middle beds of the Upper Burlington limestone, and the plant is equipped for working, handling and sawing blocks of all sizes, with a quarrying capacity of eight hundred cubic feet a day.

  “Ash Grove White Lime Association Quarry. - Near the town of Ash Grove, a ledge of Upper Burlington limestone seven hundred feet long, and from twenty-two to twenty-five feet thick has been exposed, and the fact that it has no horizontal, and few vertical seams, makes it one of the finest undeveloped properties in the state. Though used at present, for the rnanufacture of lime only, it would be of great value for the production of dimension stone.

  “Chouteau Limestone. - This is another Greene, county stone that deserves a much wider use than is now accorded it. It is widely distributed in beds of uniform thickness which are easily worked, is durable, has a fine buff color and is most desirable in every way.

  “Sac Limestone. —Another evidence of the undeveloped resources inwhich this county abounds is found in the Sac limestone, a formation that contains enough silica to make it susceptible of a good polish and which, where thick enough and free from pyrites, is a fine stone for architectural purposes.

  Dolomites.

  “There are three distinct beds of these rocks, known as the Joachim, Jefferson City and Gasconade magnesian limestones, and they are worthy of a more extended knowledge and use. Most of them are of fine structure, with great beauty and durability, the exception being in the beds of the Joachim layers, which, outside of the extreme southeastern portion of the county, are too silicious and unevenly bedded to be of use for building purposes. The middle beds of the Jefferson City limestone, however, possess most desirable qualities, being the compact, fine-grained, white and heavily-bedded stone called "cotton-rock," which, though soft when first quarried, hardens with time and exposure. From a small quarry of Gasconade limestone, situated three miles northeast of Fair Grove, township 31, range 20 west, section 15, onthe south-side of the Pomme de Terre, an exceptionally beautiful building stone isobtained. A large, two-story house was constructed from it on the Adams place and the rock being white, compact, fine-grained and of homogeneous texture, might easily be taken for marble at a little distance. The durability of these dolomitic rocks is very great. A number of tombstones in the church yard near Fair Grove date back to 1840, and the inscriptions are as legible as when first carved, showing that time but serves to harden these stones. The total output of limestone in Greene county for 1912was worth $99,334.00; 1913, $79,701.00. Only six counties exceed Greene in output.

  Ornamental Stones.

  “It has been said that some of the Greene county stones already described are susceptible of a sufficient amount of polish to give them a value for ornamental purposes. In addition to these, onyx, chiefly a stalagmitic formation occurring in caverns, has been found. As far as exhibited, it contains too many flaws and irregularities of various kinds to make it of any special value, but it is possible that when the deposits are more fully explored more perfect masses may be found. The best specimens exhibited equal the so-called Mexican onyx in richness of color and marking.

  Lime.

  “The manufacture of lime has become a large and important industry in Missouri, the state ranking fifth in the United States in 1912, and the product of Greene county exceeding that of any other county in the state. Up to 1867, all the lime manufactured in southern Missouri was prepared in the rudest manner. Log heaps were built and rough blocks of limestone were thrown upon them to be burned in the simplest way, or rough stone walls sufficient to support and retain the rock were built, and the lime was burned in these temporary kilns. Such structures as these are scattered about the county, notably at the following points: on the bluff at the Pierson creek mines, near Ingram, mill; at the ford north of Doling Park, Springfield; east of Ebenezer; and at the Patterson place north of the public square, in Springfield, near the present intersection of Water and Boonville streets.

  “The first introduction of modern methods of manufacture was made by the Ash Grove White Lime Association. This company now largely controls the trade of the Southwest, shipping to Kansas, Texas, Colorado, and even to the Pacific coast. A history of this company is essentially a history of the lime industry in southwestern Missouri. In 1880, the late Gen. G. H. Nettleton, general manager of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf railroad, called the attention of Mr. J. H. Barton to the large amount and fine quality of limestone thrown out of the deep cut of the railroad west of Ash Grove, and urged the importance of establishing a lime plant on the line of this road. A car-load of the stone was shipped to the old Burns kiln, at Springfield, and burned into a fine quality of white lime. Mr. Barton immediately erected two kilns at Ash Grove and the following year Mr. W. B. Hill, of Carthage, became associated with him. Two years later Barton and Hill organized a stock company known as the Ash Grove White Lime Association, which, in addition to the nine kilns at Ash Grove, soon built several others at Everton, in an adjacent county and at Galloway, in Greene county.

  “In 1884 Mr. James H. Smith built a kiln at the junction of St. Louis and San Francisco and the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis railroads, in Springfield and sold a one-half interest to J. G. Schermerhorn. Another kiln was soon added when Mr. J. S. Atkinson purchased an interest and the Springfield White Lime Association was organized. One kiln was added in 1885, and another in 1886. In 1894, this company sold out to the Marblehead Company, of Chicago, which continues the operation of the plant with a number of new kilns.

  “The Burns kiln, discontinued many years ago, was situated east of the present site of the Marblehead kilns. It was started in 1975 and was operated until 1890. Up to 1884, one kiln supplied all the demand for lime in Springfield and vicinity.

  Road Material.

  “Material for macadamizing roads is readily obtainable throughout Greene county. The limestone and chert from the Upper Burlington limestone has, heretofore, been mainly used for this purpose. A great mistake has been made in using this material, as it is so soft that it rapidly pulverizes, and forms an impalpable dust that is very disagreeable in dry weather, and the roads are also quickly cut through by heavy teaming. The use of the hard Lower Burlington limestone and chert is strongly recommended where macadamizing is to be done. The splendid natural ridge roads on the Lower Burlington in Christian and Stone counties testify to the superior qualities of the limestone and chert of this formation for road-making purposes.

  “River Gravels. - Probably the best local material in Green county for macadamizing roads is the gravel so abundantly found in the beds of the larger streams, such as the James and Sac, and especially that part of the gravel which is derived from the breaking down of the chert of the Lower Burlington. This latter is more abundant near the headwaters of these streams in the northern and eastern parts of the county; consequently, the gravels found in these localities are much more valuable than those obtained farther to the west. For example, the best gravel for road purposes is that obtained as far west as the Galloway bridge; beyond that point, and lower down the river, it is softer and less desirable.

  “Cementing Gravels. - A fine deposit of water-worn gravel, mixed with a certain proportion of cementing clay, is found just west of the switch at Rule station, on the Chadwick branch of the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad, township 28, range 21, section 20, southwest quarter. This is probably a tertiary deposit, and is situated at an altitude of about forty feet above the James river, and about a quarter of a mile away from that stream. The bed has been exposed for about a quarter of a mile along the right of way of the railroad, and the road running south from Rule indicates its extension for nearly half a mile to the southeast. Another fine deposit of this cementing gravel is found on the Rogersville road near the Winoka Lodge property. There seems to be an inexhaustible supply of these gravels, which experiment has proved to be the best and cheapest macadamizing material accessible to the city of Springfield.”

• Greenfield, Missouri - the Hinckley Stone Co. Quarry (listed in The Mine, Quarry and Metallurgical Record of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, The Mine and Quarry News Bureau, Chicago, Ill., 1897)
• Greenfield, Missouri - Martin Hundts’ Quarry (listed in The Mine, Quarry and Metallurgical Record of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, The Mine and Quarry News Bureau, Chicago, Ill., 1897)
• Greenwood (near), Jackson County, Missouri - the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company Quarry (Limestone) (from Report on The Building Stones of The United States, and Statistics of the Quarry Industry for 1880, by George W. Hawes, Curator of the Department of Mineralogy and Lithology at the National Museum, and by F. W. Sperr and Thomas C. Kelly, Joint production of the Census Office and the National Museum, 1883)

  “Near Greenwood, Jackson county, the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company has opened a quarry, but the material is used principally for ballast, and only a small amount has been used for the construction of culverts. Oolitic limestone of the Upper Coal Measures has also been found near Greenwood, and is used for purposes of construction on the Missouri Pacific railroad. The stone is well adapted for rough masonry.”

• Hamilton, Missouri - the Hamilton Area Limestone Quarries (Limestone) (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

  “Two small quarries, known as the Rogers and the Stock, have been opened northeast of this city. They are situated at different horizons in the Upper Coal Measure strata.”

• Hamilton (northeast of), Missouri - the Rogers Limestone Quarry (Limestone) (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

  “This quarry, which is located one and one-half miles northeast of the city, is owned by Geo. Rogers and operated by John Yeager. The quarry has about three feet of soil stripping which is being removed for about 50 feet along the face. The marketable stone consists of a one to two-foot bed of limestone which is immediately underneath the soil. The stone has a grayish color and is fossiliferous and finely crystalline. It is underlain with shale. The stone is used locally for foundations.”

• Hamilton (northeast of), Missouri - the Stock Limestone Quarry (Limestone) (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

  “This quarry is located four miles northeast of Hamilton and is owned by John Stock. It is operated intermittently by John Yeager. It is situated on the south slope of a hill and has been opened 115 feet east and west. The marketable stone consists of a fifteen-inch ledge of dark blue, compact, fossiliferous limestone, which is covered with from two to three feet of stripping. It has a fine grained groundmass through which are scattered large individuals of calcite.

  “The joints are very prominent and are of assistance in quarrying. They strike N. 40°-50° E. and are from six to ten feet apart.

  “The stone breaks well with plugs and feathers. It has every appearance of being durable. It has a uniform thickness and color making excellent ashler blocks. It is also suitable for steps, caps, sills, etc. One derrick and hand tolls are used in quarrying and working the stone.”

• Hamilton, Missouri - the Ilasco Limestone Quarry & Cement Plant (present-day company) Excerpt from Missouri Mining Heritage Guide, by John R. Park, Stonerose Publishing Co., Miami, Florida, March 2005. (The following excerpted quotations are used with the permission of John R. Park, author. A photograph of the Ilasco Cement Plant is included in John Park’s book.)

  “The Ilasco Cement Plant can be clearly seen from SR79. Remains of the older plant are visible southeast of the modern mill. Construction of the Ilasco Cement Plant, arguably the first cement plant in Missouri, was begun in 1901 by the Atlas Portland Cement Company, with a capacity of 7000 barrels/day. (The...Prospect Hill Cement Plant, although started later, began operation a few months earlier). The name ‘Ilasco’, the name of the original company town, represents the components of cement, i.e., iron, lime, aluminum, silica, calcium, and oxygen. The Ilasco Plant began operation in 1903. From 1905 to 1914, when the plant was the largest cement plant in the world, much of the production went to the building of the Panama Canal. During WW1, when the U.S. was cut off from German potassium, potassium was recovered as a byproduct. Also during WW1, the U.S. Government built a number of ships of lightweight aggregate (Haydite). All of the Haydite used in that project was Manufacted at the Ilasco plant and at the Los Angeles Pressed Brick Company in California.

  “At some point the plant was acquired by the Universal Atlas Cement Company (a division of U.S. Steel Corporation), and is currently owned by the Continental Cement Company.

  “A new cement plant was built in 1966, replacing the 16 smaller kilns of the old plant with one 622’ x 16’ coal-fired kiln. It was the second longest cement kiln in the world when built. The firebrick-lined inclined kiln revolves at a speed at 2800° F. The new plant has a capacity of 650,000 tons of cement annually, more than double the previous capacity. Presumably, the kiln is lined with Missouri firebricks....”

  “Limestone is quarried adjacent to the plant. Most of the quarry is an open pit, but there are about 10 acres of underground workings. Shale (for cement) was also formerly mined underground on the site. The limestone is reduced to gravel-size by a primary crusher and stored in silos. The (common) clay used is currently mined in Owensville, MO. 3200 tons of limestone, clay, iron ore, and other minor ingredients are converted to clinker daily. First, the ingredients are mixed and powdered in a ball mill. Then water is added, and the slurry is fed into the kiln. The process takes 2 ½ hours for the passage through the kiln.

  “Since 1986, ‘high-energy waste materials’ have been used as part of the fuel. These include liquids such as solvents, paint sludges, dry cleaning fluid, and waste oils. Dry powders and other solids are also used. (Quarry N39O 40.262’ W91° 19.666’)....”

• Hannibal (in and west of at Bear Creek), Missouri - the Hannibal Lime Company Limestone Quarries (Previously owned by the Munger Brothers) (Limestone) (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

  “These quarries, which were until recently owned and operated by Munger Brothers, are now in the possession of a stock company of which Mr. John E. Jones, Jr., is manager. This company owns and operates two quarries, the most important of which is located at Bear Creek, about five miles west of Hannibal. The other is near the southern limits of the city.

  Plate XXX. Fig 1. Mill and yards of the Hannibal Lime Company, Bear Creek, Mo.

  Plate XXX. Fig. 2. Quarry of the Hannibal Lime Company, Bear Creek, Mo.

  “The Bear Creek quarry has been operated very extensively, both for the manufacture of quicklime and for the production of building stone. The quarry has a south face extending east and west about 500 yards. The following is a description of the beds from the top to the bottom:

  30 ft. - Stripping. Thinly bedded limestone full of large chert nodules. Used for rip rap and railroad ballast.

  7 ft. 10 in. - White limestone. The upper foot of this bed, containing large cavities, is removed when quarried fro dimensional stone. Suture joints occur in this bed.

  3 ft. 6 in. - Dark buff colored limestone. Contains chert nodules and abundant crinoid remains.

  7 ft. - White crinoidal limestone. Can be capped into two or three layers.

  4 ft. 6 in. - White, crinoidal limestone.

  “The major joints strike north and south. Three minor sets strike N. 40° E., N. 15° W. and N. 55° E. These joints are from ten to fifteen feet apart, permitting the quarrying of large sized mill blocks. The layer of buff colored stone described in the section has only recently been met with in one part of the quarry. Prior to this the company had a working face of twenty-two feet.

  “Iron sulphide was not observed in the stone. The different beds have a very uniform color and texture. They are not easily capped, as the stylolitic bedding planes or suture joints are usually tight.

  “A very good grade of white building stone is obtained at this quarry. The stone is also used for sills, caps, steps and curbing. It has been used in the construction of the court house and public library, in Hannibal, as well as in numerous dwellings. A very good grade of white lime, known as the Bear Creek lime, is manufactured.

  “Steam drills and a channeler are used in quarrying the stone. Two gang-saws are used to cut it into blocks. The lime is burned in continuous kilns. At the time this quarry was inspected, the company had 80,000 cubic yards of limestone stripped ready for quarrying, which placed them in a position where they could furnish without delay almost any quantity of stone desired.

  “The stone from the small quarry, which the company operates just south of Hannibal, is not as good for building purposes as that at the Bear Creek quarry. It is used almost exclusively for the manufacture of lime.

  “None of the iron stained limestone is used in the manufacture of quicklime. The colored stone is crushed for macadam and broken for rip rap.

  “This quarry is equipped with steam drills, a Gates crusher and continuous lime-kilns. All sizes of crushed stone are manufactured. The company owns and operates a cooper shop in connection with the lime-kiln. The output is shipped mainly to Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Indian Territory.

  Laboratory Examination.

  Physical Tests. -Two-inch cubes of stone from this quarry were tested in the laboratory with the following results:

  Specific Gravity - 2.656

  Porosity - 5.031 per cent.

  Ratio of Absorption - 1.997

  Weight per cubic foot - 157.7 lbs.

  Transverse Strength - 1,745.3 lbs. per sq. in.

  Tensile strength - 744.25 lbs. per sq. in.

  Crushing strength:

  { 9286.3 lbs. per sq. in., on bed.

  { 99.15. lbs. per sq. in., on edge.

  Crushing strength of samples subjected to freezing tests - 8,975. lbs. per sq. in.

  “These tests indicate that the stone is very little, if any, affected by alternate freezing and thawing. The frozen sample tested 311.3 pounds per square inch more than those that were fresh.

  “The Star Lime Company, the Empire Lime Company and the Waller Lime Company are engaged largely in the manufacture of quicklime. They are large producers and their quarries will be described in detail in a subsequent volume on ‘Lime and Cement.’”

• Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri - the Bear Creek Quarry (quarry location on TopoZone map)

  Bear Creek Quarry: Also see: the “Hannibal (in and west of at Bear Creek), Missouri - the Hannibal Lime Company Limestone Quarries” entry above for more information on the Bear Creek quarry.

• Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri - Business & Industry of Marion County - the Hannibal Quarries & the Hannibal Lime Company (history and photographs)

  There are several interesting links on this web site, but the sections on “The Limestone Industry of Marion County” and the “Hannibal Quarries” are of particular interest. In the “Hannibal Quarries” section, the Hannibal Lime Company is discussed and two photographs relating to the company are presented.

• Hannibal, Missouri - Alex. Chipley’s Quarry (listed in The Mine, Quarry and Metallurgical Record of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, The Mine and Quarry News Bureau, Chicago, Ill., 1897)
• Hannibal, Missouri - the Empire Lime Co. Quarry (listed in The Mine, Quarry and Metallurgical Record of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, The Mine and Quarry News Bureau, Chicago, Ill., 1897)
• Hannibal, Missouri - the Hannibal Lime Co. Quarry (listed in The Mine, Quarry and Metallurgical Record of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, The Mine and Quarry News Bureau, Chicago, Ill., 1897)
• Hannibal, Missouri - the Kastle Monument Company - Obituary for Frank J. Kastle (from Monumental News-Review Magazine, May 1949, Vol. 61, No. 5, pp. 67.)

  Frank J. Kastle

  “Frank J. Kastle, president of the Kastle Monument Company, of Hannibal, Missouri, died at his place of business of a heart attack on April 29, 1949. He had been in the monument business for eighteen years and was very well and favorably known over the state and surrounding territory, as well as in his home town.

  “Mr. Kastle was about sixty years old and was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Frank J. and Mary (Wiedeman) Kastle. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church of Hannibal, was very active in church affairs and served for many years as an usher. He was a member and Past Chancellor of Hannibal Council 907 Knights of Columbus, a member of the Elks’ Club of Hannibal. He was also affiliated with the Hannibal Chamber of Commerce, the Hannibal Garden Club and the United Commercial Travellers (sic), and took a great and helpful interest in civic and community activities. His untiring efforts in this behalf will be sorely missed by Hannibal and its organizations.

  “Ms. Kastle was beloved by all who knew him and a general favorite of the young people of his community, being lovingly called ‘Froggie’ by all the children.

  “He is survived by his widow, Clara R. Kastle, who was associated with him in the Kastle Monument Company, and who will carry on the business. He is also survived by two brothers and two sisters and other relatives.”

• Hannibal, Missouri - W. T. Owen’s Quarry (listed in The Mine, Quarry and Metallurgical Record of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, The Mine and Quarry News Bureau, Chicago, Ill., 1897)
• Hannibal, Missouri – Rock Quarry and Bluffs, Hannibal, Mo. (colorized postcard photograph; early 1900s; unmailed)

  

• Hannibal, Missouri - the Star Lime Company Quarry (listed in The Mine, Quarry and Metallurgical Record of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, The Mine and Quarry News Bureau, Chicago, Ill., 1897)
• Hannibal, Missouri - the Waller Lime Company Quarry (listed in The Mine, Quarry and Metallurgical Record of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, The Mine and Quarry News Bureau, Chicago, Ill., 1897)
• Harrisonville, Missouri - the Harrisonville Area Limestone Quarries (Limestone) (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

  “Two quarries have been operated at Harrisonville, the stone being used exclusively for local consumption. One of these is owned and operated by John Lee, and the other by A. Conger. The stone is of Upper Coal Measure age and is very much alike in both quarries.”

• Harrisonville, Missouri - the Conger Limestone Quarry (Limestone) (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

  “This quarry, which is located near the eastern limits of the city, is not being operated at present. It has a six-foot face, consisting of beds of fossiliferous limestone from two to ten inches thick. The stone is partly decomposed along the bedding planes. The principal joints strike N. 50° E. The quarry has been operated mainly to produce broken stone for macadamizing the streets of Harrisonville.”

• Harrisonville, Missouri - the Harrisonville Marble Works (from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 521)

  “Trade Changes. E. S. McNichols succeeds Simon Head as proprietor of the Harrisonville Marble Works, Harrisonville, Mo. ”

• Harrisonville, Missouri - the Lee Limestone Quarry (Limestone) (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

  “This quarry has been opened 300 feet north and south and 175 feet east and west along the crest of a gently sloping hill. It has a ten-foot face, composed of beds of fine grained, compact, gray limestone varying in thickness from two to fourteen inches, and separated from one another by thin seams of shale. The stripping consists of from one to three feet of clayey soil. The bedding planes are irregular and wavy. The stone contains dry seams along which it has been colored yellowish brown with iron oxide. Some of the layers show roundish or irregular dark spots, which give the stone a somewhat mottled appearance.

  “The major joints strike N. 50° E. and N. 45° W. They are from twenty to thirty feet apart and frequently, near the surface, they are opened and filled with clay.

  “Hand tools are used in quarrying and working the stone. Most of it is marketed in irregular blocks suitable only for rough masonry. Some of the thinner beds, although they have very rough, irregular surfaces, have been used for sidewalks.”

• Harrisonville, Cass County, Missouri - the Lee and Conger Quarry (Visit this web site for historical information on this quarry, presented on the web site entitled, Early Stone Cutters in Western Missouri, A  Research Study From Jones-Seelinger-Johannes Foundation, 2005, Poplar Heights Farm, 103 West Walnut  Street, Butler,   Missouri. (Brian Phillips - Executive Director, Terrie Jessup - Program Director, Patricia Jacobs - Research Assistant, Betty Newton - Research Assistant, Photography - Brian Phillips, Terrie Jessup, Melissa Phillips)
• Hematite (south of), Missouri - the Gray Limestone Quarry (Limestone) (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

  “This quarry is located one-fourth of a mile south of the town and is situated on the south side of a hill just west of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railroad. It was opened in 1894 by E. O. Orleans and is now owned by Mr. L. M. Gray of St. Louis and operated by John Caskanett of Hematite.

  “The quarry has been worked into the hill from twenty to forty feet and has a face 240 feet long. The stone is a typical, fine grained cotton rock, similar to that at DeSoto. When first quarried it is nearly white, but upon exposure it gradually changes to a yellowish buff color, especially along the fine stratification planes. The following is a description of the beds from top to bottom:

  1 ft. - Soil stripping.

  2 to 4 ft. - White, fine grained cotton rock. Separates into three or four beds. Stone is too soft to be used.

  3 ft. - Cotton rock can be split as desired, usually into three or four layers. The stone is rather soft and contains fine stratification planes about two inches apart.

  1 ft, 1 in. - Cotton rock, containing occasional crystals of pyrite. The stratification planes are not as abundant as in the upper beds. This bed can be capped five inches from the top. This is the strongest and best stone in the quarry.

  10 in. - Cotton rock containing fine stratification planes one to two inches apart.

  10 in. - Solid bed of cotton rock, varying somewhat in thickness. At the east end, this bed is eight inches thick.

  1 ft. - Fine grained cotton rock containing thin shaly seams, especially near the top. The upper three inches is shelly and the lower nine inches solid.

  “The major joints are not abundant. They have a general east and west strike. Near the west end of the quarry, there are minor joints which strike N. 50° W. and have a dip of 10° to the southwest. The stone is exceptionally free from dries which occasion so much waste in other quarries. They occur chiefly in the surface stone. Near the east end the stone is flinty and for this reason it is quarried chiefly at the west end.

  “Underneath the floor the stone has a bluish color, is very soft and is known locally as ‘cement rock.’ It has been used for curbing, but owing to the stratification planes it is unfit for this purpose.

  “The entire output is manufactured into sewer caps, which are shipped to St. Louis. These caps are 4 feet x 5 feet x 8 inches in size. They are dressed square and have a man-hole in the center. With each of these caps are two keystones and a sill five feet long and one foot square. A royalty of 50 cents is paid on each stone quarried. The freight rate from Hematite to St. Louis is $1.00 per stone and the price delivered in St. Louis is from $7.00 to $7.50 each. From twenty to thirty stones are produced each month.

  “Just west of this quarry is an old opening which was operated about fifteen years ago. The beds are below those in the quarry above described, and the stone is a fine grained, soft, fine cotton rock not suitable for constructional purposes.”

• Hematite, Missouri – Stone Quarries

  “Towns and Villages…(Hematite) is surrounded with excellent stone quarries, from which a vast amount of building stone is shipped to St. Louis.” (This quote was taken from “Contents of the Jefferson County portion of Goodspeed’s History Of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford, & Gasconade Counties, Missouri,” Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1888.)

• Hendrickson, Missouri - the Hendrickson Quarry (AKA Williamsville Quarry) (present-day) On mindat.org, there are photographs of stones found in the “Williamsville Quarry” (Hendrickson Quarry)
• Hermann, Missouri - George Lang’s Quarry (listed in The Mine, Quarry and Metallurgical Record of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, The Mine and Quarry News Bureau, Chicago, Ill., 1897)
• Henry County, Missouri - the Stone Industry in Henry County, Missouri, circa 1883 (history) The following information is from The History of Henry County Missouri, published 1883 by O.P. Williams & Company, excerpt from Chapter XI. Fruits and Berries - Grapes and Wines - Coal and Stone.

  Iron and Stone

  “Iron ore is also found, and there are also indications of coal oil. The iron has never been looked after or efforts made to work it, and the same may be said of coal oil. There is nothing positively known of the latter, but iron is known to exist in paying quantity.

  “Limestone may be said to be most numerous of the different rock. Sandstone is found at intervals, as is also cotton rock, fire rock, etc. There has been a fine quarry of a very handsome stone found on the farm of John Rhoads, about one and one-half miles from Montrose. The stone is a finer grade than the celebrated Warrensburg stone, and susceptible of a higher finish. It is destined to be one of the most valuable quarries of building stone in the state.

  “There are quite a number of quarries of other stone in the county, which will in the future be of great value. The demand at present is light, but as the people grow in wealth and culture, much of this fine stone will be used, both for the substantial and ornamental, the qualities of which will prove satisfactory. There is perhaps more limestone in the northern section of the county, but stone of some kind is found in almost every section. The fine quarry above spoken of, Mr. Rhoads’, is in the southwest, while south and east are the sandstone quarries. Now and then, on the hills overlooking Grand River and the Osage, some flint is found. Take it altogether there are few counties in the state better supplied with a first class article of building stone than Henry, but really there has been but little done to develop its resources in this particular. The same might be said of coal. There is a home market for from a half to three-quarters of a million bushels of coal, and beyond this, and what is supplied to the railroad, covers the extent of the mining interest. Yet there is coal enough to make it the equal, if not the leading product of the county.”

• Henry County, Missouri - the Limestone & Sandstones of Henry County, from “Notes on The Clays and Building Stones of Certain Western Central Counties Tributary to Kansas City,” by G. E. Ladd, Assistant Geologist, in Bulletin No. 5, Geological Survey of Missouri, Jefferson City, July 1891, pp. 46-86.

  Henry County. - Formations represented.

  “Henry county contains geologically Quaternary deposits, Lower and Middle Coal Measures, and Lower Carboniferous Limestone.

  The Quaternary deposits.

  “The Quaternary deposits consist of occasional thin sheets of gravel and sand, of soil, residuary clays, alluvium and Loess. The two latter occur abundantly along the valleys, and what seems to be a form of Loess covers wide areas of the prairie with a thickness varying from five to twenty feet.

  The Coal Measures.

  The Middle Measures are confined to the north-western part, while the Lower Measures occupy the great central area. The Lower Measures are here, as elsewhere, the most important, economically. They are exposed to better advantage in Henry county than anywhere else in the area under consideration, but have also suffered more disturbance. They furnish various grades of clays, clay shales, coal, and a good sandstone for building purposes.”

  The Building Stones and The Stone Industries (of Henry County, Missouri) - Coal Measure sandstones chiefly used.

  “Lower Carboniferous limestones occur in the south-eastern part of the county, being represented by beds of the Burlington group. The beds here will furnish the best of material for lime making and building stone, but at present (circa 1891) they are comparatively inaccessible. The Coal Measures of Henry county furnish some excellent sandstone, but practically no limestones for building purposes. The sandstones are widely distributed. Beds in the vicinity of Clinton, and those mentioned in the sections at Gilkerson’s Ford and Jackson ’s Mill, given above, have proven good building material. They are durable and easily worked. Large blocks are obtainable in some localities. The best beds occur near the surface, and need but little stripping.

  “The stone industries have been little developed, only such operations having been entered into as was due to local demands, there being no material suitable for the shipping trade. No. quarries of sufficient importance to need special description are being worked at present (circa 1891).”

• Higginsville, Missouri - the Higginsville Area Limestone Quarries (Limestone) (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

  “Two quarries have been opened south of Higginsville, neither of which was being worked when inspected. They are owned by the August Hoefer estate and Mr. Leslie McMeekin of Warrensburg. Neither quarry has been worked extensively.”

• Higginsville, Missouri - the J. H. Brunker’s Quarry (listed in The Mine, Quarry and Metallurgical Record of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, The Mine and Quarry News Bureau, Chicago, Ill., 1897)
• Higginsville, Missouri - J. H. Burgan, Marble and Granite Monuments (Excerpt from Historical and Descriptive Review of Missouri, Vol. 1. The Central and Southwestern Sections, Kansas City : Jno. Lethem, 1891, pp. 143)

  “J. H. Burgan, Marble and Granite Monuments. -

  Can storied urn, or animated bust,

  Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath?

  Can honor’s voice provoke the silent dust,

  Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?

  “While we do not feel that an affirmative answer can be given to these questions, we do feel a melancholy pleasure in doing what we may to pay a last sad tribute to the departed dear one’s worth. How beautiful appears that cemetery, where above the grave in silent imitation of the bereft friend’s ‘lifeless statues keep, unconsciously their watch, and seem to weep.’ Mr. J. H. Burgan is Higginsville’s only dealer in marble and granite monuments. He occupies the first floor of a two-story brick building, 20 x 70, and in the upper floor of which is held the meetings of the I.O.O.F. and K. of P. lodges, to both of which Mr. Burgan belongs, and also to the Woodmen. Mr. Burgan was born in Indiana. He has resided in Higginsville ten years. He owns the building, which is North of the Merchants’ Hotel, and employs three competent workmen.”

  • Higginsville, Missouri - H. A. Burgan (from Design Hints For Memorial Craftsmen, May 1930, Vol. 6, No. 11, pp. 27)

    H. A. Burgan was listed as one of the customers of the Mount Brothers of Memphis Missouri, who sold their Air Take-off Device used in carving cemetery stones.

• Higginsville (southeast of), Missouri - the Hoefer Limestone Quarry (Limestone) (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

  “This quarry is located one and one-fourth miles southeast of Higginsville, in the N.E. ¼ of sec. 7, T. 49, R. 26 W. When visited it had been idle for some time and the soil from above had washed over the face covering the lower beds. The rock is typical Lower Coal Measure limestone. The two lower beds are the thickest, being ten and fourteen inches respectively. The other beds are from two to six inches thick and are separated from one another by irregular waving bedding planes. The limestone is compact, fine grained and fossiliferous. The color is blue, although along the bedding planes and joints it has been altered to a buff, in some places to a depth of five or six inches. The thick beds do not work well owing to small dry seams which are colored with iron.

  “The joints strike N. 40° E. and N. and S. They are from six to ten feet apart and are very important aids in quarrying. When the quarry was first opened, the beds were easily separated by a crowbar and broken into irregular blocks by sledges. As the work was carried father into the hill the beds became thicker and some blasting was required to break the stone. It is used for foundations and to some extent, in Higginsville for macadam.”

• Higginsville (southwest of), Missouri - the McMeekin Limestone Quarry (Limestone) (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

  “The quarry owned by Mr. Leslie McMeekin is located two and one-half miles southwest of the city. The opening is 100 feet long. When inspected the face was entirely covered with stripping which had washed over it since the quarry was last workd (sic). The face consists of three workable beds, six, ten and twelve inches thick. Between the two latter beds, occur from ten to eighteen inches of worthless shelly stone.

  “The stone is a very compact, dark blue, semi-crystalline limestone, which works well under the chisel and brakes with an even fracture.”

• Hine (east of), St. Louis County, Missouri - Abandoned Bluff Limestone Quarry (Limestone) (from Limestones and Dolomites in the St. Louis Area, Report of Investigations No. 5, by Norman S. Hinchey, R. B. Fisher, and W. A. Calhoun, State of Missouri Department of Business and Administration, Division of Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1947. Used with permission.) (For an explanation of the study of which this section is a part, see: St. Louis Area of Missouri - Limestones and Dolomites in the St. Louis Area (St. Louis County, Jefferson County, and Lincoln County)

  Locality M (Field Descriptions and Analytical Information)

  “Remarks. The samples taken at this locality are from the face of an abandoned quarry.

  “Location. In the NE ¼ NW ¼ sec. 31, T. 46 N., R. 5 E., St. Louis County, on the south side of the right-of-way of the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railway in an abandoned bluff quarry. This place is approximately 1 ½ miles east of Hine station.

  “Transportation. An all-weather road passes within a few yards of the abandoned quarry, as does the St. Louis-to-Kansas City line of the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railway.

  “Elevation. The floor of the abandoned quarry (base of the section sampled) is approximately 458 feet above sea level.

  “Stratigraphic Position. The base of the section in the lower part of the quarry represent the uppermost beds of the Spergen (Salem) formation (Mississippian) immediately beneath the lower part of the St. Louis formation which is exposed in the upper part of the quarry above an elevation of 477 feet.

  “Samples. Eleven samples, taken at the intervals indicated, are designated as M-1 to M-11, inclusive.

  “Geologic Section. The sequence of strata at this location, from top to bottom, is described as follows:

  10. Soil and clay, surface residuum. About 10 to 15 feet.

  9. Limestone, cherty limestone, argillaceous and dolomitic limestone; gray, buff, and brown, earthy crystalline and lithographic. Not examined in detail. ( St. Louis formation). Thickness, about 40 feet.

  8. Limestone, cherty, (argillaceous ?), buff and tan, medium-grained; chert in lenses and nodules. ( St. Louis formation). Not sampled - 3 feet.

  7. Limestone, similar to No. 5 below. Elevation, 473 to 477 feet. Sample M-11 was taken at an elevation of 476 feet, and M-10 at 474. Spergen formation - 4 feet.

  6. Limestone, siliceous, tan-gray, weathered tan, fine-grained to dense. Makes a 6-inch lens at places at top of No. 5. Elevation, 472 ½ to 473 feet. Sample M-9 was taken at an elevation of 473 feet.

  5. Limestone, buff and tan, finely granular to crystalline. Elevation, 467 ½ to 472 ½ feet. Sampled as follows: M-8 was taken at an elevation of 472 feet; M-7 at 470; and M-6 at 469 feet - 5 feet.

  4. Limestone, similar to No. 5 above. Elevation, 463 to 467 ½ feet. Sample M-5 was taken at an elevation of 467 feet, and sample M-4 at 465 feet - 4 ½ feet.

  3. Limestone, similar to No. 1 below. Elevation, 461 to 463 feet. Sample M-3 was taken at an elevation of 463 feet - 2 feet.

  2. Covered interval. Elevation, 460 to 461 feet. - 1 foot.

  1. Limestone, buff and tan, weathered to buff-gray, tan on fresh surface; granular, medium-grained, argillaceous, fossiliferous; some crystalline calcite cleavages visible. This lithology is essentially that of this entire rather uniform sequence from the quarry floor to an elevation of 477 feet. Elevation, 458 to 460 feet. Sample M-2 was taken at 459 feet, and M-1 at 458 feet. - 2 feet.

  Base of section sampled.

  Analytical Information on Limestone Samples of Spergen Formation At Locality M. The chemical analyses of Locality M.

  Analyses of Samples at Locality M.

• Hogan (near), Iron County, Missouri - the Hollman Bros. Limestone Quarry (Magnesian Limestone) (from“Notes on The Building Stones, Clays and Sands of Iron, St. Francois and Madison Counties,” by G. E. Ladd, Assistant Geologist, in Bulletin 1, Geological Survey of Missouri, Jefferson City, April 1890.)

  “Hollman Bros. In township 33 north, range 3, east, section 27, near Hogan, is a quarry in the magnesian limestone, about 70 feet long, 33 feet wide and 10 feet deep. It is on a hillside and is connected with the Iron Mountain and Southern railway by a short switch. The stone occurs in strata varying from one to fourteen inches in thickness. Its color is bluish, streaked here and there with drab or yellow. It does not dress easily. The output has been used entirely by the Iron Mountain & Southern railway, in construction of bridge abutments and culverts.”

• Hogan (near), Ironton Area, Iron County, Missouri - the Hollman Brothers Limestone Quarry (Limestone), (location & map) (from Brainy Geography)
• Holden, Missouri - S. A. Cassiday’s Quarry (listed in The Mine, Quarry and Metallurgical Record of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, The Mine and Quarry News Bureau, Chicago, Ill., 1897)
• Hornersville, Missouri - Langdon Stone Company (from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, May 1898, Vol. XVI, No. 6, pp. 544)

  “Langdon Stone Company, of Hornersville, Mo.; capital, $10,000. Incorporated by A. J. Langdon, J. H. Dunmeil, A. Hass and W. M. Cates.”

• Hotwater Corner, Missouri - the Shower’s Stone Quarry (Visit this web site for historical information on this quarry, presented on the web site entitled, Early Stone Cutters in Western Missouri, A  Research Study From Jones-Seelinger-Johannes Foundation, 2005, Poplar Heights Farm, 103 West Walnut  Street, Butler,   Missouri. (Brian Phillips - Executive Director, Terrie Jessup - Program Director, Patricia Jacobs - Research Assistant, Betty Newton - Research Assistant, Photography - Brian Phillips, Terrie Jessup, Melissa Phillips)

  The Shower’s stone quarry was “located one-half mile north of the ‘Hotwater Corner. Quarry was located on 40 acres owned by J. Showers.’”

• Hudson Township, Missouri - the Hill Quarry (Visit this web site for historical information on this quarry, presented on the web site entitled, Early Stone Cutters in Western Missouri, A  Research Study From Jones-Seelinger-Johannes Foundation, 2005, Poplar Heights Farm, 103 West Walnut  Street, Butler, Missouri. (Brian Phillips - Executive Director, Terrie Jessup - Program Director, Patricia Jacobs - Research Assistant, Betty Newton - Research Assistant, Photography - Brian Phillips, Terrie Jessup, Melissa Phillips)

  The Hill quarry was “located southeast of Hudson, sec. 23, Hudson Township on land owned by John Hill, Appleton City stone cutter.”

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