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Piedmont, Missouri - Granite Quarrying in the Piedmont Area (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.)

“Piedmont.

“When the paving block industry was at its height in this district, two quarries were opened in the rhyolite north of Piedmont. Neither of these quarries has been worked during the last ten years. They were formerly operated by Eyerman and Schmaltz of St. Louis, and Sheahan Bros. They illustrate very well the character of the rhyolite (porphyry) of this district.

“The rhyolite at these two quarries is very similar, both in texture and color. It consists of a fine grained, black ground-mass through which are disseminated numerous gray and white crystals of feldspar, giving the stone a mottled appearance. These porphyritic crystals vary in size from minute white dots to those which are a half an inch in diameter. The blending of the black ground-mass with the white feldspar crystals gives the stone a grayish black color.

“The joints are very abundant in both quarries and strike in many different directions. The following is the strike of a number of the more prominent: N. 70° E., N. 33° E., N. 30° E., N. 40° W., N. and S. and N. 80° E. Many of these joints are vertical, while others are inclined at different angles. Horizontal joints having a slight dip to the south occur from three to ten feet apart.

“The frequency with which these joints occur, together with the diversity in their strike and dip, break the stone into comparatively small blocks. It is practically impossible to obtain blocks sufficiently large for either dimensional or monumental stock. The jointing greatly facilitates the quarrying of small blocks and is therefore of assistance in the manufacture of paving blocks or crushed stone. The stone for about a half an inch on either side of many of the joints is weathered to a light gray or pink.

“This stone has been used chiefly for the manufacture of paving blocks. It wears smoother and is claimed to be more slippery than the granite, and for these reasons is said to be less desirable. the rhyolite is thought to be well adapted to the manufacture of crushed stone used in macadam pavements with granitoid walks.”
Piedmont, Missouri – The Old Quarry – Lon Sanders Cañon near Piedmont, Missouri

(postcard photograph; The L. L. Cook, Co., Milwaukee; circa 1940s-1950’s; no postmark)
Piedmont (north of), Missouri - the Eyerman & Schmaltz Rhyolite Quarry (Rhyolite) (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 two miles north of Piedmont and is situated on the south side of a rhyolite knob. The quarry consists of an irregular opening having a face 150 feet east and west and 175 feet north and south. The total depth of the face is 70 feet, the floor of the quarrying having about the same slope as the hillside. At the time the quarry was inspected, it contained great quantities of broken stone suitable for crushing.”
Piedmont (near), Missouri - the Sheahan Bros Rhyolite Quarry ( Rhyolite) (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 in sec. 23, T. 29, R. 3 E., on land owned by T. A. Johnson of Piedmont. The quarry consists of an opening having an east and west face of 200 feet and a north and south face of 240 feet. The face is about thirty feet in height. The quarry contains a great quantity of spalls which, when crushed, would make an excellent road metal.”
Pierce City (south of), Missouri - the Pierce City Building Stone Company’s 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 owned by L. L. Allen and Dennis Driscoll, is located just south of the city limits. It was opened about ten years ago, chiefly to supply the local demand for building stone. It has an east and west face 500 feet long and 15 feet high. It consists of two beds, an upper of eight feet and a lower of seven feet both of which are typical Burlington limestone. The quarry is covered with a stripping of from two to four feet of clay.

“The stone in the upper bed is very coarsely crystalline and fossiliferous and has a light gray color. Suture joints occur from six inches to two feet apart. Near the upper surface, this bed contains a layer of chert nodules.

“The stone in the lower bed is very similar to that in the upper. It contains frequent suture joints and occasional chert nodules. A bed of chert occurs in the upper portion of this ledge.

“The texture of this stone is medium to fine grained. The fine and coarse particles occur in layers which are not separated by bedding or stratification planes.

“The hill, at the base of which this quarry is located, extends about 250 feet south where it is broken by a small valley parallel to the face of the quarry. There is an abundance of limestone in and near the quarry which it is intended to develop on an extensive scale.

“The company is contemplating the erection of a modern mill equipped with machinery for sawing and dressing the stone.

Laboratory Examination.

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

Specific Gravity - 2.673

Porosity - 1.239 per cent.

Ratio of Absorption -.469

Weight per cubic foot - 165. lbs.

Transverse strength - 2079.46 lbs. per sq. in.

Crushing strength

{ 11,270. lbs. per sq. in. on bed.

{ 9.325. lbs. per sq. in. on edge.

Crushing Strength of samples subjected to freezing test - 9028.7 lbs. per sq. in.

“It is interesting to note the high transverse strength of this stone, which compares favorably with that from the Carthage area. The porosity of this stone is not high, but the loss in strength resulting from the freezing and thawing test amounted to over 2,000 pounds per square inch.”
Pilot Knob, Iron County, Missouri - the Pilot Know Quarry, presented by mindat.org.

According to this web site, the location of this quarry is: “Map Reference: 37°37’9"N, 90°38’0"W.”
Plattsburg, Missouri - the Plattsburg Limestone Area (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.)

Plattsburg.

“Two quarries, known as the Attebury and the Trimble, are located near Plattsburg. These are only operated when there is a local demand for stone. All the hills in this vicinity have outcroppings of similar stone, and a number of other openings have been made by different parties for the purpose of filling special contracts. The strata belong to the Upper Coal Measures and consist mainly of limestone and shale.”
Plattsburg (near), Missouri - Lithographic Stone Quarry (from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, September 1892, Vol. V, No. IV, no page number)

New Enterprises: “ Kansas City, Mo. - There is a quarry of lithograph stone near Plattsburg.”
Plattsburg, Missouri - the Attebury 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, owned and operated by James J. Attebury, are located about three-fourths of a mile east of Plattsburg. One of these quarries has been operated about eight years, but was not being worked when inspected in 1901. The following is a section of this quarry from top to bottom:

1-2 ft. - Soil stripping.

3 ft. - Compact, fossiliferous, gray limestone. Splits into beds two to four inches in thickness, along very irregular bedding planes. Very poor stone.

2 ft. 4 in. - Compact, gray, fossiliferous limestone, splits into beds from four to six inches in thickness.

10 in. - Fossiliferous, gray limestone. This bed contains dries.

“Most of the beds in this quarry are very thin. Good rubble can only be obtained from the bottom bed.

“The second quarry, from which most of the stone is now taken, is situated near the crest of the hill, east of the house. It has a stripping of from two to five feet of broken stone and red clay, and four feet of blue shale. Underneath this are two ten-inch beds of compact, fossiliferous, dark gray limestone, which together constitute the working face of the quarry. The stone in the upper bed has been weathered to a buff color along the jointing and bedding planes. The central portion of the bed is unaltered and has a bluish gray color.

“The major joints strike N. 52° E. and N. 37° W.”
Plattsburg, Missouri - the Hawkins 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.)

“A small quarry was operated for about two years by W. H. Hawkins, near the western limits of the town, in the N.W. ¼ of the S.W. ¼, sec. 23, T. 55, R. 32 W. It has since been abandoned on account of the undesirable character of the stone.”
Plattsburg (north of), Missouri - the Trimble 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.)

“The quarry owned and operated by J. A. Trimble is located about one mile north of Plattsburg, in the N.E. ¼ of the S.W. ¼ of sec. 13, T. 55, R. 32 W. The face extends about 225 feet along the top of a hill, and consists of a one foot seven inch bed of very fossiliferous, gray limestone. It contains spots of iron oxide that impart a buff color to a portion of the stone. In some parts of the ledge, the fossils occur in layers, giving the stone a banded appearance. This ledge is overlain with from two to four feet of blue shale and three feet of broken limestone. The major joints strike N. 20° W. and N. 75° E.

“The quarry is only operated when there is a local demand for footing or heavy foundation stone. It has been used in the public school buildings and for sidewalks, crosswalks and curbing.”
Pleasant Gap Township, Missouri - the Diehl Quarry (Sandstone) (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 Diehl sandstone quarry was “located south of Pleasant Gap, sec 13, Pleasant Gap Township on land owned by Lloyd Diehl.”
Pleasant Hill (near), Cass County, Missouri - Limestone Quarries in the Pleasant Hill Area (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 Pleasant Hill, Cass county, there are several quarries situated on different localities which have occasionally been worked. The stone has been used principally for the construction of railroad bridges and culverts, and for local purposes. The formation belongs to the Upper Coal Measures, and consists of a number of limestone beds, some of which are oolitic and some shelly. Blocks 2 feet in thickness and of any length and breadth desired may be obtained.”
Pleasanthill, Missouri - the Earl Parker & 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)
Polk County, Missouri - the Bear Creek Quarry, (location) (from Brainy Geography)
Poplar Bluff, Missouri - the E. C. Bess (?) 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)
Port Royal (near), Missouri - Charles W. Goetz Lime Works (Limestone) (from “The Clay, Stone, Lime and Sand Industries of St. Louis City and County,” by G. E. Ladd, Assistant Geologist, in Geological Survey of Missouri, Bulletin No. 3, Supplement, Missouri, December 1890.)

Product.

“Goetz, Charles W. (73 and 75): Mr. Goetz has lime works at Bartholds valley, and at a point on the county line near Port Royal. At the former place there are two kilns and three quarries, only one of which is, however, at present worked (circa 1890). A high grade of white finishing lime is produced. The section here, presumably in St. Louis Limestone, is as follows, in descending series: -

Section.

1. Stripping - 10 feet.

2. Limestone, (analysis 61), dark gray, fine grained, hard - 4 feet, 8 inches.

3. Limestone, (analysis No. 62), light gray, fine grained, soft, fossiliferous - 3 feet.

4. Limestone, (analysis No. 63). Like No. 3 but harder - 5 feet.

Total thickness of rock - 12 feet, 8 inches.

“The works at Port Royal have been only recently started. Stone from the Trenton horizon is to be used, and two kilns are in the process of construction (circa 1890).”
Prairie du Rocher, Saint Genevieve County, Missouri - the County Limestone Quarry (historical quarry), presented by HomeTownLocator.com web site.

This web site indicates that the historical County Limestone Quarry is located in the Prairie du Rocher area of Missouri. The latitude is 38.01, the longitude is -90.07, and the elevation is 400 feet. (Links to various maps of the area are available on this web site.)
Princeton, Missouri - the Princeton Area Limestone Quarries (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.)

Princeton.

“Two quarries have been opened in the Bethany Falls limestone on the hills about two and one-half miles south of Princeton. At this place the beds are comparatively massive and the stone has been used quite extensively for bridge abutments and other heavy constructional work. The quarries are owned by Dr. F. R. Fullerton and Mr. T. W. Ballew, both of Princeton.”
Princeton (south of), Missouri - the Ballew 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 owned by T. W. Ballew and operated by Al. Phillips, is located about two miles south of Princeton on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad in the N. ½ of the N.E. ¼ of sec. 4, T. 64, R. 24 W. This quarry was opened in 1892 and has a face extending along the hill over a quarter of a mile.

“The stone is similar in most respects to that at the Fullerton quarry. The bedding planes are not continuous, the ledge splitting into rather thin beds at one point and becoming solid at others. The following is a section of this quarry from top to bottom:

10 ft. - Broken stone and soil. Stripping.

2 ft. 10 in. - Finely crystalline limestone, containing a very little brown iron oxide.

1 ft. 7 in. - Finely crystalline, dark gray limestone, containing iron oxide.

1 ft. 10 in. - Finely crystalline gray limestone.

1 ft. 4 in. - Finely crystalline, gray limestone.

“The major joints strike N. 35° E, N. 45° E. and N. 40° W.

“The quarry is equipped with a crusher, boiler, engine, etc. It is worked from March to December, during which time from ten to twelve men are employed. The stone has been used for foundations, sills, crosswalks, monument bases, concrete, macadam and bridge abutments. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad has used this stone very extensively. It has also been used in Lineville, Allerton and Seymore, Iowa, and at Union, Missouri. One hundred car loads were shipped in 1900 and a similar amount in 1901; $1.00 a perch is obtained for rubble stone.”
Princeton (south of), Missouri - the Fullerton 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 about two and one-half miles south of Princeton, in sec. 9, T. 64, R. 24 W. It has a face 300 feet long, consisting of heavily bedded Bethany Falls limestone. The following is a section from top to bottom:

10 ft. - Clay stripping.

4 ft. - Gray limestone, containing numerous spots of red iron oxide. This bed is quite porous.

4 ft. - Gray limestone. The brown iron oxide occurs in bands throughout the bed.

2 ft. - Medium grained, crystalline dark gray limestone, stained with iron oxide.

1 ft. 8 in. - Finely crystalline, light gray limestone, containing very little iron, but occasional geodes of calcite and small fossils.

“The major joints strike N. 22° E., N. 55° E. and N. 40-45° W. These joints are from ten to thirty feet apart and frequently contain from six to twelve inches of red clay.

“With the exception of the lower layer, the stone is very little affected by frost and can be quarried at any season of the year. The lowest ledge, which is the hardest and most compact in the quarry, must be seasoned before being used. The porosity of the stone decreases from the top to the bottom of the quarry.

“The red iron oxide increases in abundance from the bottom to the top of the quarry. It occurs as a fine powder filling small cavities. When exposed at the surface it washes away, leaving the stone with a pitted surface. In parts of the quarry, the two lower beds are solid, while at other places they are separate and distinct. In some parts, the entire face consists of two beds, while in other places the upper bed exhibits parting planes from fourteen to sixteen inches apart.

“The stone is quarried in large rectangular blocks which are handled with derricks. The four-foot beds are split into two foot layers as required by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad, to which the entire output of the quarry was sold in 1902.

“The quarry is equipped with a derrick and steam drills. It is 800 feet from the railroad, to which the stone is hauled by team. It is expected that, very soon, a side track will be laid from the quarry to the railroad. When this is done, the quarry, which is fifty feet above the valley, will be connected with the side track by a tramway. Twenty-five men are employed during the summer months.

“Although the stone is now being used exclusively for bridge abutments, it is also suitable for foundations, crosswalks, retaining walls and crushed products.

Laboratory Examination.

“Chemical Analysis. - The following is a chemical analysis of a sample of stone from the lower ledge of this quarry:

Insoluble - 1.88

Fe₂O₃, A1₂O₃ -.78

CaCO₃ - 96.22

MgCO₃ - 1.01

Total - 99.89

“The above chemical analysis shows this to be very pure limestone, containing less than 4 per cent. of the usual accessory constituents.

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

Specific Gravity - 2.585 upper bed; 2.689 lower bed.

Porosity - 10.04 per cent upper bed; 4.92 per cent lower bed.

Ratio of Absorption - 4.304 upper bed; 1.923 lower bed.

Weight per cubic foot - 145.4 lbs. upper bed; 160.7 lbs lower bed.

Tensile Strength (stone from lower ledge) - 1025 lbs. per sq. in.

Tensile Strength (stone from upper ledge) - 730 lbs. per sq. in.

Transverse strength (stone from lower ledge) - 2685.02 lbs. per sq. in.

(Stone from upper ledge) - 1075.6 lbs. per sq. in.

Crushing Strength

{ 5.714 lbs. per sq. in. on bed. Upper bed.

{ 5.774 lbs. per sq. in. on edge. Upper bed.

{ 11,696 lbs. per sq. in. on bed. Lower bed.

{ 12,152 lbs. per sq. in. on edge. Lower bed.

Crushing Strength of Samples subjected to freezing and thawing test

{ 5,029 lbs. Upper bed.

{ 11,152 lbs. Lower bed.”
Princeton, Missouri - the Sams & Bowman 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)
Quitman, Missouri - N. Roberts’ 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)
Republic, Missouri - Lime Kiln (from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, May 1898, Vol. XVI, No. 6)

(pp. 538) Cement and Lime: “Republic, Mo. - Another new industry is being pushed to completion. A lime kiln with all the latest improvements will soon be in operation and promises great success. The officers are: Dr. G. B. Dorrell, president; A. D. King, vice president; O. D. Lutz, secretary; John McKnab, treasurer, and P. O. Rainey, manager.”
Republic, Missouri – Republic White Lime Company (from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XVI, No. 6, “Notes from Quarry and Shop” section, pp. 564)

“Republic Mo. - A new company is called the Republic White Lime Company. Its officers are: Dr. G. B. Darrell, president; A. D. King, vice president; O. D. Lutz, secretary; John McKnab, treasurer, and P. O. Rainey, manager. They have just begun building a plant with the very latest devices known and ultimately expect to have twelve or more kilns.
Rich Hill, Missouri - the Rich Hill Area Sandstone Quarries (Sandstone) (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 Lower Coal Measure sandstone at Rich Hill supplies the local demand for stone used in rough masonry. Two quarries, located near the northern limits of the city, are owned and operated by Robinson Bros. and Geo. Ames.”
Rich Hill, Missouri - the Ames Sandstone Quarry (Sandstone) (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 owned and operated by Geo. Ames, is located between 5th and 6th streets, near the north end of Lashbrook avenue. It consists of a small irregular opening, in which the marketable stone is covered with from seven to eleven feet of clay and thin shelly sandstone. The workable beds are from six to eight inches in thickness and have a combined thickness of three feet.

“The stone is very similar to that in the upper part of the quarry operated by Robinson Bros. It is rather soft when first quarried, but hardens upon exposure to the atmosphere. The excessive amount of stripping makes quarrying comparatively expensive.”
Rich Hill, Bates County, Missouri - the Ames Quarry, Rich Hill, Bates County, Missouri (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)
Rich Hill, Missouri - the Robinson Sandstone Quarry (Sandstone) (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 operated by C. H. and E. E. Robinson, is located west of the Missouri Pacific railroad, between 6th and 7th streets just north of Cedar street. It was opened in 1880 and has been worked intermittently since that time. It has been opened a distance of 240 feet east and west and 150 feet north and south. The following is a description of the beds from top to bottom:

4-6 ft. - Thin beds interstratified with shale and sandstone.

3 ft. - Interstratified beds of shale and sandstone from two to four inches in thickness. The sandstone is fine grained and micaceous. Contains leaf-like impressions along bedding planes. Some of these beds are used for light flagging.

1 ft. 4 in. - Light buff to gray, fine grained, micaceous sandstone. Contains numerous stratification planes, on account of which it cannot be safely laid on edge in a wall.

10 in. - Very sandy shale.

2 ft. 3 in. - Fine grained micaceous sandstone impregnated with bitumen or asphalt. The stone is cross-bedded and shelly in places.

8 ft. - Massive, fine grained, dark colored sandstone impregnated with bitumen or asphalt.

3 ft. - Stone similar to the eight foot bed above.

“The lower portion of the quarry was under water when visited.

“The bitumen contained in the sandstone in the lower part of this quarry decreases the absorption and increases the strength, making the stone more desirable for places in which there is danger of injury from alternate freezing and thawing. The one foot four inch bed splits with a straight fracture and works well in the quarry.

“The beds at the east end of the quarry dip N.E. 5°. Along the bedding planes, there are leaf-like impressions of carbonaceous material, similar to those observed in the Warrensburg quarries.

“The quarry is equipped with a hand derrick and horse power pump.”
Rich Hill, Bates County, Missouri - the Robinson 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)
Richmond (north of), Missouri - the Garner 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 owned by Fletcher Graham and operated by E. B. Farrar, is located about three-fourths of mile north of the city, in the N.E. ¼ of sec. 25, T.52, R. 22 W. This quarry was opened in 1878 and has been worked during the quarry season for the last ten years. It is situated on the crest of a hill and has an irregular face about 300 feet long.

“The rock is a finely crystalline, gray limestone occurring in thin beds separated by very irregular wavy bedding planes. The upper bed, eighteen inches thick, is a hard, brittle, dark gray limestone which is said to make a very good grade of quicklime. The stone is now used for well rock and foundations.

“At the top of the hill, east of this quarry, is a twenty-inch bed of limestone which has been worked for footing stone. It can be split into two beds of ten inches each. It is fine grained and has a bluish color. On account of the size of the blocks, it is not quarried for ordinary foundation work. The major joints strike N. 34° E. and N. 60° W.

“Four men are employed during most of the year.”
River aux Vases, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri - the Egyptian Marble Company’s Quarry (Marble/Limestone) (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

“The quarry report of this department, published in 1904 describes marble-quarrying operations of the Egyptian Marble Co. in Ste. Genevieve County. Quarrying was started in 1892 at a location about one mile southeast of the town of River aux Vases in and near the NW ¼ of Sec. 1, T. 36 N., R. 8 E. Several small quarry openings were reported to have been made up to the time of the abandonment of the site in March 1893. The limestone worked was described as finely crystalline with narrow seams of calcite and was said to have been brittle and to require careful handling. The stone was reported to be capable of taking a fairly good polish and was used for table-tops and for interior decorative stone; but, because of the large amount of ‘unsalable stone;’ in the quarry, it was stated that ‘it cannot be worked profitably’. The following section was measured: (1, p. 196)

Clay stripping - 5 to 7 (feet thick)

Finely crystalline, mottled gray limestone - 4 (feet thick)

Red and green shale, having a variegated color and containing calcareous concretions - 6 (feet thick)

Variegated red and gray, finely crystalline, mottled marble. Very brittle - 6 (feet thick)

Finely crystalline, yellowish magnesian limestone’ - 7 (feet thick)
Rock Hill, St. Louis County, Missouri - the Heintz Limestone Quarry

(See: Rock Hill, St. Louis County, Missouri - Riverview Quarry and Materials Limestone Quarry below.)

Rock Hill, St. Louis County, Missouri - Active Pit Quarry on Rock Hill Road (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 D (Field Descriptions and Analytical Information)

“Remarks. The samples from locality D were collected from the north wall of an operating pit quarry.

“Transportation. The quarry is served by a spur of the Missouri Pacific Lines and is accessible to all-weather roads for trucking.

“Elevation. The quarry floor (in 1945) was at an elevation of approximately 370 feet. the top fo the quarry, at the level of the railroad at the northeast corner of the pit, is about 465 feet above sea level. The top of the quarry face in the south side of the quarry is at a slightly higher level than that in the northeast corner.

“Stratigraphic Position. The base of the section The beds in this quarry are all in the St. Louis formation (Mississippian). The floor of the quarry (in 1945) was estimated to lie at least 50 to 75 feet above the top of the Spergen formation, which lies immediately beneath the St. Louis formation.

“Samples. Twenty-four samples, D-5 to D-28, inclusive, were taken at this locality.

“Geologic Section. The lowest beds sampled lay approximately 5 feet above the quarry floor when the samples were taken in 1945. Approximate sea level elevations are noted in the description fo each of the rock units. The sequence, from top to bottom, is as follows. The sequence, from top to bottom, is as follows:

25. Limestone, gray; of varied texture from crystalline to dense; weathered. Elevation, 458 to 465 feet. Not sampled. - 7 feet.

24. Limestone, with thin greenish-gray shaly partings; gray, crystalline to dense; in beds 1 inch to 8 inches thick. Elevation, 455 to 458 feet. Not sampled. - 3 feet.

23. Limestone, light gray, crystalline, medium-grained. Contains Lithostrolion proliferum and cup-corals. In the upper 12 inches finer-grained, drab ‘cotton-rock’ in 1-inch to 2-inch layers is interbedded with the crystalline limestone. Elevation, 448 to 455 feet. Sample D-28 was taken at an elevation of 452 feet. Thickness, 6 ½ feet to 7 feet.

22. Limestone, dolomitic, gray, fine-grained, fossiliferous. A prominent dark-colored bed in the quarry face. Elevation, 447 to 448 feet. Sample D-27 was taken at an elevation of 448 feet. - 1 foot.

21. Limestone, somewhat cherty, gray, fine-grained, slightly shaly in upper portion. Chert in bands and nodules at an elevation of 448 feet, - 3 feet

20. Limestone, dolomitic and somewhat argillaceous, drab-gray to olive-gray, fine-grained; ‘cotton-rock’ texture; some chert in small nodules. Elevation, 443 to 444 feet. Sample D-25 was taken at an elevation of 444 feet. - 1 foot.

19.. Limestone, gray, dense to sublithographic, somewhat brecciated, fossiliferous, weathered to a light-colored whitish-gray. Elevation, 442 to 443 feet. Sample D-24 was taken at an elevation of 443 feet. - 1 foot.

18. Limestone, dark gray, medium-grained, fossiliferous; brown specks; finely clastic in appearance at base. Elevation, 440 to 442 feet. Sample D-23 was taken at an elevation of 441 feet. - 2 feet.

17. Limestone, with fine veinlets of calcite; gray, brecciated in part with fine-grained matrix enclosing dense to lithographic phenoclasts. Algal (?) nodules in lower 1 ½ feet. a ½-inch shale parting 1 foot below the top. Beds thin and thicken at places in the quarry. Elevation, 437 ½ to 440 feet. Sample D-22 was taken at an elevation of 439 feet. - 2 ½ feet.

16. Limestone, whitish-gray, lithographic. Some crystalline calcite in veinlets and free crystals. Locally, an indistinct bed 2 to 3 inches thick is set off by partings near the middle of this unit. This bed is the uppermost of 3 ledges called ‘paint rock’ by the quarrymen. Overlain by a green shale bed 1 inch to 3 inches thick. Elevation, 434 to 437 ½ feet. Sample D-21 was taken at an elevation of 436 feet. - 3 ½ feet.

15. Limestone, varied, gray, lithographic and brecciated-lithographic. Contains some siliceous areas and calcite-flled areas. At places drusy chert and small geodes with quartz and flurite were seen in the lower part of the bed. Thickness is variable around the quarry. Elevation, 430 to 434 feet. Sample D-20 was taken at an elevation of 432 feet. Thickness, 3 ½ to 6 feet. this is the middle ‘paint rock’. - 4 feet.

14. Limestone, light gray to wishish-gray, lithographic. This is the lower of the three ledges of ‘paint rock.’ Upper and lower surface is wavy and uneven, causing irregularity in thickness; finely stylolitic; some flecks of crystalline calcite. Weathered to a chalky white color. Elevation, 426 ½ to 430 feet. Sample D-19 was taken at an elevation of 428 feet. - 3 ½ feet.

13. Limestone, shaly and calcareous shale, gray to greenish-gray, compact; some chert; wavy-bedded with undulatory upper surface; beds 1/16 to ½ inch thick. Elevation, 425 ½ to 426 ½ feet. Sample D-18 was taken at an elevation of 426 feet. - 1 foot.

12. Limestone and cherty limestone, gray, fine-grained to crystalline. Chert occurs in lenses and nodules along bedding planes; some cross-bedding in the limestone. Chert averages 5 to 20 percent in the lower 10 feet, with less amounts above. Some limestone breccia near the base; some shaly partings along bedding planes. Lumped together as a unit. Elevation, 411 to 425 ½ feet. Samles were taken as follows: D-15 was taken at an elevation of 412 feet; D-16 at 419 feet; D-17 at 424 feet. - 14 ½ feet.

11. Limestone, gray, dense to sublithographic. Elevation, 410 to 411 feet. Sample D-14 was taken at an elevation of 410 ½ feet. - 1 foot.

10. Limestone, similar to No. 9 below; a single massive bed; dolomitic, light gray; ‘cotton-rock’ texture; contains a few scattered flat lenses and nodules of chert. Elevation, 404 to 410 feet. Sample D-13 was taken at an elevation of 406 feet. - 6 feet.

9. Limestone, magnesian, gray, weathered drab-gray, fine-grained to dense, with ‘cotton-rock’ appearance; incipient bedding planes 2 to 6 inches apart. Elevation, 399 to 404 feet. Sample D-12 was taken at an elevation of 402 feet. - 5 feet.

8. Limestone and chert, dark gray, fine-grained. Alower bed is 2 ½ feet thick and beds above this are 6 to 8 inches thick. Chert is tan and gray, mottled, in lenses and nodules, and is confined chiefly to lower 3 feet. Chert is 5 to 10 percent of the whole. Elevation, 395 to 399 feet. Sample D-11 was a chert-free sample taken at an elevation of 396 feet. - 4 feet.

7. Limestone, gray, fine-grained to dense; some oölites and a few fossils. Elevation, 394 to 395 feet. sample D-10 was taken from an elevation 394 ½ feet. - 1 foot.

6. Limestone, magnesian, drab-gray, fine-grained. A fairly massive bed with a suggestion of some bedding planes in lower 1 foot. Uppermost 1 foot is made up of indistinct series of 2-inch layers which are lighter gray. Elevation, 390 to 394 feet. Sample D-9 was taken at an elevation of 391 feet. - 4 feet.

5. Limestone, gray, dense to sublithographic. A few small bluish chert nodules and lenses in lower 6 inches. Elevation, 386 to 390 feet. Sample D-8 was taken at an elevation of 389 feet. - 4 feet.

4. Limestone, dolomitic and siliceous, very impure. Obvious extreme variations in silica content from place to place in the bed. Not sampled because of this pronounced variability. Elevation, 381 to 383 feet. Above this 2-foot layer lies a covered interval of 3 feet. Elevation, 383 to 386 feet. - 5 feet.

3. Limestone, gray; dense to sublithographic, but texture is variable; in uneven beds of variable thickness from 1 inch to 18 inches. At places small vugs are filled or lined with calcite or quartz and occasional fluorite crystals. Elevation, 379 to 381 feet. Sample D-7 was taken at an elevation o 380 feet. - 2 feet.

2. Limestone, dark gray, fine-grained and dense; in beds 3 to 14 inches thick; some conglomeratic limestone at base. Elevations, 376 to 379 feet. Sample D-6 was taken at an elevation of 378 feet. - 3 feet.

1. Limestone, gray, dense to fine-grained; in beds from 2 to 8 inches thick; flecked at places with crystalline calcite. Elevation, 374 to 376 feet. Sample D-5 was taken at an elevation of 375 feet. - 2 feet.

“Base of section sampled.

“Analytical Information on Limestone Samples of St. Louis Formation At Locality A.

“Chemical Analysis. The chemical analyses of the limestone samples of the St. Louis formation at Locality D are as follows:

Analysis of Samples at Locality D

Plate I. A. St. Louis limestone at Riverview Quarry & Materials Quarry, at Locality H, in Missouri River bluff, one-fourth mile north of New Halls ferry Road, St. Louis County, Missouri.

Plate I. B. St. Louis limestone in quarry at Rock Hill Quarries, at Locality D, on Rock Hill Road, Rock Hill, St. Louis County, Missouri.

Rock Hill, St. Louis County, Missouri - Riverview Quarry and Materials Limestone Quarry (AKA the Heintz 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).
Rock Hill, Missouri - the Rock Hill Quarry Photograph, presented on the New Deal Network web site.

Description on the web site: “Description: Rock Hill Quarry, leased and entirely operated by WPA for crushed and building stone.”
Rock View, Missouri - the Bienert Limestone Quarry & Crushing Plant (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.)

“Mr. G. A. Bienert of Cape Girardeau operates a crushing plant at Rock View, about ten miles south of Cape Girardeau. The quarry is opened along the west face of a bluff, south of the Cotton Belt tracks, upon land owned by the railroad.

“The quarry consists of two openings, one on either side of the crusher. The bluff rises 125 feet above the side track. The quarry has a vertical face of 60 feet and the beds dip into the hill about 10° E.

“The stone is a brittle dolomitic limestone, compact to finely crystalline. In color, it varies from a light to a very dark gray. Two beds of quartzitic sandstone, having a thickness of two feet six inches and two feet, respectively, occur at the bottom and ten feet from the bottom of the quarry.

“The stone is hauled to the crusher in carts. The entire output is broken in a No. 5 crusher and used as ballast on the ‘ Cotton Belt ’ railroad. The company has a side track to the crusher.”
Rockville, Bates County, Missouri - the Rockville 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)
Rolla, Missouri - L. A. Livesay’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)
Rolla, Missouri - the Livesay, Malcolm, & White Limestone Quarries ( Pitted Dolomite) (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.)

“John Livesay owns a quarry which joins the Murray quarry on the south, and in which the same ledge of stone is worked. The Malcolm quarry is located along the west face of a hill just north of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad south of the Murray quarry. The quarry is covered with rather heavy stripping which has resulted in its practical abandonment.

“Mr. P. White owns a quarry located south of the Malcolm quarry. It is on the south side of the hill, south of the railroad, and has been operated quite extensively in the past.

“In general, the stone from these quarries is the same, being pitted dolomite similar to that obtained at the Murray quarry. Large blocks can be quarried. The quarries are only operated when there is demand for the stone. It was used in the basement of the new Engineering building of the School of Mines at Rolla.

“When first cut and dressed it has a light gray mottled color which gradually becomes darker upon exposure to the atmosphere.

Laboratory Examination.

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

Specific Gravity - 2.801

Porosity - 13.00 per cent.

Ratio of Absorption - 5.341

Weight per cubic foot - 152.2 lbs.

Transverse strength - 851.3 lbs. per sq. in.

Tensile strength - 220.0 lbs. per sq. in.

Crushing strength

{8486.7 lbs. per sq. in. on bed.

{9161.0 lbs. per sq. in. on edge.

Crushing strength of samples subjected to freezing tests - 9323.3 lbs. per sq. in.

“Although the porosity of this stone is 13 per cent. the results of these tests seem to indicate that the stone is injured very little by alternate freezing and thawing. The high porosity in this stone is due to the small hackly cavities which it contains. Outside of these, the stone is dense and compact. This is a very clear illustration of how the porosity of a stone may not be an indication of its durability.”
Rolla, Missouri - the Murray Limestone Quarry (Pitted Dolomite) (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 owned by John Murray and operated by I. T. Petraglio, is located about one and one-half miles west of Rolla. It is situated just south of the road and has been opened 110 feet along the west face of the hill.

“The quarry face consists of six feet of heavily bedded dolomite. The stone is finely crystalline in texture and has a strongly mottled color, due to the irregular pockets of white, sugary quartz, which are disseminated throughout the gray colored stone. These pockets occur with such frequency along bedding planes as to give the stone a slightly banded appearance. Where especially abundant, they assist in capping the stone.

“The ledge splits along a natural bed through the middle of the quarry face. Large blocks varying from three to six feet in length by eight to fourteen inches in thickness are quarried. The stone works well into heavy masonry and is very durable. After long exposure the sugary quartz in the cavities at the surface weathers out, leaving the stone with a rough hackly surface. This can be seen both in the natural outcrop and in walls which have been laid for some time. One hand derrick is used in getting out the stone.”
Rolla, Missouri - the Quail Run Divers Quarry (photograph) presented on the Midwest Scuba web site.

The diving quarry was once a stone quarry.
Rolla, Missouri - the University of Missouri-Rolla Experimental Mine (photographs, history, & mine tour) This site states that there are two small quarries on the property.
Rosati, Missouri - the Rosati Sandstone Quarries & Equipment (photographs), presented on the Rosati, Missouri, web site.
- Rosati Sandstone: Ancient building material revisited thanks to Jim DiPardo’s unique quarry, by Jim McCarty (photographs and history), in Rural Missouri, November 2001.
Rosati, Missouri - the Rosati Stone Quarry (Sandstone) - 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 Rosati Stone Quarry is included in John Park’s article.)

“...The Rosati Stone Quarry is a small dimension sandstone quarry which may be visited by appointment. Do not enter the property without prior permission. The entrance is unmarked and the quarry is not visible from entrance.

“The quarry produces stone veneer, flagstone, benches, tables, wine racks, bird baths, landscaping boulders, signage, and stone art.

“Among numerous local examples of use of the stone, the Lodge at Roaring River State Park is veneered with Rosati stone, and the Columbia Public Library in Columbia, MO is built of Missouri red granite...and Rosati stone. The entrance columns and several buildings of nearby Boys Town are faced with Rosati stone....”

“Rosati stone is produced from the 90’-100’ thick Roubidoux sandstone formation. The white sandstone (ca 99% silica) contains manganese oxides and glauconite, imparting a range of southwestern colors (reds, golds, yellows, orange, browns).”
“Rosati, Missouri Rosati Sandstone: Ancient building material revisited thanks to Jim DiPardo’s unique quarry,” by Jim McCarty, on Rural Missouri Online edition, November 2001. (photographs and history)

This article is about Jim DiPardos sandstone quarry, and there are several photographs of the quarry included with the article. Contact information for Jim DiPardo is also included.
Rosati, Missouri - Welcome to Rosati, Missouri (Includes the History of the town of Rosati and many photographs.)
Rosedale, Saint Louis County, Missouri - the Nicholas Lamb 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)

The following information was taken from the table entitled, “Table IV. Tables indicating the Amount and Kinds of Rock in the Different States”: The Nicholas Lamb Quarry, Rosedale, Saint Louis County, Limestone/Limestone, color: drab; quarry opened in 1878.
Rush Tower, Jefferson County, Missouri - Missouri Marble Quarries Company Marble Quarry (Marble) (from Stone Magazine, January 1924, Vol. XLV, No. 1, pp. 46)

New Companies: “Missouri Marble Quarries Company, Inc.; to quarry marble at Rush Tower, Jefferson County, Missouri; George J. Breaker, president, Boatmen’s Bank Building, St. Louis; other incorporators include victor Proetz, St. Louis; Henry Preuss, St. Louis, and John H. Walker, Ste. Genevieve, Mo., and Fred H. Wilson, New York City.”
Russellville, Missouri - J. A. Newbald’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)
Salisbury, Missouri – M. L. Ewald, Marble (from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, April 1897, Vol. XIV, No. 5, “Notes from Quarry and Shop” section, pp. 540)

“Salisbury, Mo. – M. L. Ewald, marble, reported to have recorded chattel mortgage for $304.”
Sarcoxie, Missouri - the Sarcoxie Missouri Lime Works (from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, December 1892, Vol. VI., No. 1, pp. 79)

Notes From the Quarry: “The Sarcoxie, Mo., Lime works have passed into new management, whereby it is expected that the output will be increased to 600 barrels per day.”
Savannah, Missouri - S. Huffman’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)
Savannah, Missouri - Ellis W. Joy, Monument Works Proprietor (from Monumental News: Marble, Granite, Stone, Bronze Sculpture, June 1922, Vol. XXXVI, No. 9, pp. 591)

“Ellis W. Joy, one of the pioneers of Andrew county and the oldest member of the Masonic fraternity in this section recently died at his residence in Savannah, Mo. Mr. Joy conducted one of the first monument works ever operated in this county. He is survived by his wife and four children.”
Savannah, Missouri - J. R. McDermott’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)
Schell City, Vernon County, Missouri - the Schell City 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)
Sedalia, Missouri - Farley Bros. Marble Shop (from Monumental News: Granite, Marble, Stone, Bronze, Sculpture, August 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, pp. 521)

“Farley Bros., sons of Edward Farley of Columbia, Mo., opened a new retail marble shop at Sedalia, Mo., August 1st, with R. E. Farley as manager.”
Sedalia, Missouri - the Great Western Marble Company

Also see: Sedalia, Missouri - the Missouri Marble and Lime Company below.
Sedalia, Missouri – the Great Western Marble Company (from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, January 1897, Vol. XIV, No. 2, pp. 90)

“The Great Western Marble Company, with a capital stock of $100,000, has been organized at Sedalia, Mo., and the Rev. P. A. Cool, formerly of Pontiac, Ill., is president, Harry Cool, secretary. The Sedalia Daily Capital says: ‘The marble lands in which the company are interested are located in the Cherokee Nation, I.T., and are said to be the richest west of the quarries of Tennessee and Georgia. The lease under which the company is incorporated embraces 8,000 acres and extends for twenty years. The supply seems to be inexhaustible, and very little of it is covered by earth deposits. At the point where the works will be opened it rises as a mountain over three hundred feet above the surface and the cost of quarrying is accordingly reduced to a minimum. The latest improved machinery has been ordered from the East, and it is the expectation to begin active operations within a month.’”
- Sedalia, Missouri – the Great Western Marble Company (from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, April 1897, Vol. XIV, No. 5, “Notes from Quarry and Shop” section, pp. 524 and 526)
  
  “Sedalia, Mo. – The Great Western Marble Company held a meeting recently in their new office in the Hoffman Building. Considerable new machinery was ordered for their quarries at Bunch, I.T., which will be put in place at once. Those interested in the quarry have known from the beginning that their investment would be a good one, and it was with much satisfaction that several good orders for marble were reported to be delivered as soon as possible. One of the largest orders was from Chicago for a front for one of the city’s famous skyscrapers.”
Sedalia, Missouri - Charles H. Heynen (from Monumental News Magazine, November 1939, Vol. 51, No. 11, pp. 512.)

The Obituary Record - C. H. Heynen

“Charles H. Heynen, aged 86 years, one of Sedalia’s pioneer business men, and long a well known resident, passed away on November 28, 1939 at the home of his son, Clyde in Sedalia, Missouri. He had been in failing health for several years and the past two years was confined to his room.

“Mr. Heynen was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., February 17, 1853. When a boy he came with his parents to reside in Cass county, Missouri. When fifteen years of age he did his first marble work in Brooklyn, New York.

“In 1869 he came to Missouri, his father being employed in railroad bridge construction. At the age of seventeen Mr. Heynen was employed by the Missouri Pacific as a section man at Pleasant Hill.

“Later he went to Kansas City where he resumed the marble carving trade. It was while in Kansas City he saw the first horse-drawn street car on its initial trip. Later he went to Joplin where he was employed in the marble trade and in 1875 came to Sedalia to make his home. At that time he was employed at the marble trade and in 1879 he and the late C. C. Clay formed a partnership in the monument business.

“In 1898 he purchased the business from Mr. Clay and operated it with his sons until about four years ago when he sold his interests to his son, Clyde Heynen.

“Mr. Heynen was married on September 5, 1878 to Miss Lola Cahill of Sedalia. To his union were born four sons, Elbe R. Heynen, William C. Heynen, Clyde Heynen and Charles D. Heynen. Charles D. passed away in 1920; William C. died in 1929 and Elbe R. passed away in 1936.

“Surviving him is his widow and one son Clyde. Seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Coulter of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Charlotte Fitterling of Kansas City.

“His sons, William C. and Charles D., were associated in the monument business during their lifetime. Clyde Heynen has been associated in business with his father for twenty-seven years.

“Mr. Heynen was a public spirited citizen and personally took exceptional interest in civic affairs.

“He was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church, for more than sixty years. Until his illness he was a faithful member of the Men’s Bible Class of the First Christian church.”
Sedalia, Missouri - the Missouri Marble and Lime Company (from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, December 1897, Vol. XVI., No. 1, pp. 94)

“Sedalia, Mo. - The Missouri Marble and Lime Company has been organized. The new company is a reorganization of the old marble company and will be incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000. The leases held by the stockholders in the old Great Western Marble Company are known to cover some of the finest marble territory in the country. The officers are as follows: President, Peter Rockwell; vice president, Cord Lujin; secretary, Charles Rockwell; treasurer, F. L. Wright, of Smithton. The directors of the concern are W. B. Lyons, A. A. Allen, Peter Rockwell, F. L. Wright, James Ringen, S. F. Shackles, Cord Lujin, C. C. Clay and W. T. Dewees.”
Sedalia (north of), Missouri - Stone Quarry on the Bothwell Lodge State Historic Site

Boothwell Lodge State Historic Site, presented by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. (located at 19349 Bothwell State Park Road Sedalia, MO 65301 )
- Prairie Bluestem - “Bothwell Lodge, Near Sedalia, MO: Life In Missouri...History And Old Stuff...,” Thursday, June 14, 2007. (history and photographs)
  
  The Bothwell Lodge was known by local residents as “the castle on the hill north of Sedalia.” According to this web site, John Homer Bothwell, a Sedalia lawyer, constructed the house in stages from 1890 to 1929. Stone quarried on the property was used for the house, outbuildings, and nature paths.
Schell City, Missouri - G. A. Miller’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)
Sedalia, Missouri - the Clay & Heynen 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)
Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri - the Sedalia Limestone 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)

“Sedalia Quarry. - The product of this quarry is used locally for foundations. The strata quarried lie at the junction of the Chouteau or Kinderhook group with the Burlington beds. The following is a section of the quarry:

Loose material - 5 feet.

Gray ferruginous limestone, in two layers - 5 feet.

Buff limestone, shading to blue below - 3 feet.

Shales - 1 to 3 feet.

Blue limestone, with chert concretions and some masses of calcite - 5 feet.

“The floor of the quarry rests on a rock similar to the lowest which has been quarried. The lowest beds are the least durable, the upper 5 feet of limestone being quite durable. These two layers belong to the Burlington group, and the beds below them to the Chouteau.”
Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri - the Sedalia Area Limestone Quarries (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)

“A number of small quarries have been worked in this vicinity. From some of these blocks 4 feet thick may be obtained, all, however, containing more or less chert concretions and masses of calcite. One of the older quarries shows much of the rock shattered by frost.”
Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri - Smith’s Quarry leased by Richard Anderson (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)

The following information was taken from the table entitled, “Table IV. Tables indicating the Amount and Kinds of Rock in the Different States”: Richard Anderson, lessee of Smith’s Quarry, Sedalia, Pettis County, Limestone/Magnesian limestone; also dolomite, color: brown and drab; quarry opened in 1866.
Shawnee Township, Missouri - the Shawnee WPA Quarries (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 Shawnee WPA quarries: “Three quarries located in sec. 9 & 10, Shawnee Township, west of Ballard off the Highway 18 curve.”
Shawnee Township, Missouri - the Underwood Quarry (Limestone) (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 Underwood quarry was “located west of Ballard just south of Highway 18, sec 12, Shawnee Township.”
Sheffield, Jackson County, Missouri – the People Stone Company (from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, January 1897, Vol. XIV, No. 2, pp. 206)

“The People Stone Company, of Sheffield, Jackson County, Missouri, filed a statement Nov. 30 of increase of capital stock from $6,000 to $15,000.”
Shell City (west of), Vernon County, Missouri - the Lime Works west of Shell City, 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.

“...The Keokuk limestone will furnish a good building stone, and material for lime-making. The out crops are so far from railroads, however, that no regularly worked quarry has been opened in them, with the exception of one on the Osage river, west of Shell City, where the stone is burned to lime.”
Shell Knob (near), Missouri - the Shell Knob Limestone Aggregate Quarry (Limestone),active quarry (photographs & location) (from Waymarking.com)
Shepherd Mountain, Iron County, Missouri - the Shepherd Mountain Porphyry Conglomerate Quarry (Porphyry Conglomerate) (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.)

“Shepherd Mt. On the southern slope of Shepherd Mountain is a small quarry in a porphyry conglomerate which grades into a coarse sandstone. From 2 to 10 feet of stripping of clay and boulders covers the rock. The stone is easily quarried and dressed, but that from this locality disintegrates very rapidly on exposure to the weather, and is practically worthless for building purposes. The output, which has been very small, has gone to Ironton to be used for foundations. Some of the steps of the Iron County courthouse are of this stone and these are very deeply worn, compared with those of limestone with which they are associated.”
Sherman Township, Cass County, Missouri - the Dale 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)
Skimore, Missouri - Jacob Conrad’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)
Skrainka, Missouri - the Skrainka Area Black Granite Quarries (Black Granite) (from A Report on Mine La Motte Sheet, including Portions of Madison, St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve Counties, by Charles Rollin Keyes, State Geologist, Missouri Geological Survey, Reports on Areal Geology (Sheets 1-4) Volume IX, 1896)

“The principal quarries of diabase are in the vicinity of Skrainka. The product is entirely paving blocks. The locality is about five miles northwest of Fredericktown (Tp. 33 N., R. VI E., Sec. 3). A dark green rock occurs here and is well exposed in a ravine at an abandoned quarry. It can be definitely traced almost to the divide to the eastward, southward for 100 yards or more, and northward for a greater distance. It is reported that the same rock was met with in a well one-fourth mile to the northeast. Branches from the main mass doubtless extend in various directions and although the exact connection has not been traced there are good evidences that some of them are either extensions of the principal one or else separate dikes. At several places along the headwaters of Frizelle branch (section 4) just west of Bald mountain, dike rocks are also very numerous. One and one-half miles south of Skrainka there are bowlders of the same rock. To all appearances there is no difference between the Skrainka diabase and that of neighboring localities.

“A quarry at Skrainka was opened about eleven years ago (circa 1885) and worked about two years as the Skrainka & Simpson quarry. Then for a season it was operated as the Simpson quarry; after which it became the LaMotte opening. For nearly six years no work has been done. At times as many as 150 men were employed in getting out stone and making blocks which were shipped over a switch to the Belmont branch railroad. The principal quarry is now about one hundred yards long by fifty yards wide. ‘Motions’ were also opened. In the southern end of the quarry the rock has decomposed to a depth of thirty to forty feet and has left only a coarse sandy, brown colored mass, in which an occasional solid bowlder is present. Hard rock doubtless exists to the southward. On the other side of the opening the depth to hard diabase is only a few feet. It is estimated that nearly 100,000 blocks were made of this diabase. It works very easily and is gotten out with little difficulty, since joint planes are quite abundant. The supply of block stone is practically inexhaustible.

“Large diabase bowlders are found in great numbers along the county road one and one-half miles south of Skrainka. They are not decomposed and many have been worked into paving blocks. The character of the stone is almost identical with that of the Skrainka diabase.”
Skrainka (northwest of) - the Billington Granite Quarry

See: Buck Mountain, Missouri - the Hurst Granite
Skrainka (northwest of) - the Graham Granite Quarry

See: Buck Mountain, Missouri - the Hurst Granite Quarry
Skrainka (northwest of) - the Hurst Granite Quarry

See: Buck Mountain, Missouri - the Hurst Granite Quarry
Skrainka, Madison County, Missouri - the Kansas City Company Granite Quarry (Granite) (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.)

“Kansas City Company. About three miles west of Mine La Motte station at Skrainka, are some large, quarries in an outcrop of diabase, which is probably an intrusion in the granite. They are not now worked. The rock is covered with from ten to thirty feet of stripping, and has been so violently contorted and broken, that it is impossible to quarry dimension stone from it. It is fine grained, dark gray to almost black in color, splits and dresses easily, and takes an excellent polish. The effects of weathering, as exhibited in the outcrops, would lead one to the conclusion that this is not a durable stone. Efforts made to quarry it for monumental purposes failed on account of the seams above spoken of. About 2,000,000 paving blocks have been produced here to date.”
Skrainka (northwest of) - the Vandergriff Granite Quarry

See: Buck Mountain, Missouri - the Hurst Granite Quarry
South Greenfield, Missouri - the old Ash Grove Lime Company Property (from Stone Magazine, January 1926, Vol. XLVII, No. 1, pp. 47)

Marble and Granite Notes: “A syndicate of Carthage, Mo., capitalists have leased the old Ash Grove Lime Company property at South Greenfield and plan to develop the marble quarry there.”
South Greenfield (west of), Missouri - the Logan Quarry / A Carthage Stone Company Quarry (Marble/Limestone) (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

“This quarry is located one mile west of the town of South Greenfield, Dad County, Mo., in the NW ¼, Sec. 1, T. 30 N., R. 27 W., on the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. When it was visited late in 1941, no quarrying operations were going on and the two quarry openings were filled with water. The quarry had been known recently as the ‘Logan Quarry’, or as a quarry of the Carthage Stone Company.

“The limestone beds, from which the quarry stone was taken, are thought to lie in the Keokuk (or Burlington) formation, below but near the horizon of the Short Creek oolite. The Short Creek was not seen at the quarry, but its presence was noted at an apparently higher horizon, approximately one mile north of the quarry. The beds at the quarry are essentially flat lying. They were reported to contain comparatively little chert, although ‘hard flint’ was reported at a depth of about 40 feet, the approximate total depth of the east quarry. Stone was taken from two openings approximately 200 feet apart on the north side of the railroad. Each quarry was served with a derrick, and electric power was used when the quarry was last operated.

“Information supplied by Mr. Lee Robertson of South Greenfield, Mo., included statements that the quarry supplied exterior stone prior to about 1900 and that it was idle from about 1900 to 1925. Operations were resumed in 1925 and continued steadily until 1931, during which period an appreciable amount of stone was shipped. The quarry has not been operated since 1931.

“Polished specimens of the finished marble show variations of texture from coarsely crinoidal and crystalline to rather fine-grained, with larger grain sizes predominating. Narrow, ‘tight’ stylolitic bedding-planes were noted in such samples, and the marble has a warm medium gray color with a tan cast. In general appearance, the marble is not unlike some slabs from the Phenix quarry. Quarry blocks were shipped to fabricators located in various parts of the country during the period of operation between 1925 to 1931.”
- South Greenfield (west of), Missouri - the Logan Quarry - 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.)
  
  “Logan Quarry”
  
  “...I have no information on what remains at the location of the Logan Quarry.
  
  “Exterior building stone, probably from the Keokuk formation, was quarried from the Logan Quarry. The quarry apparently operated prior to 1900. Subsequently, it was reopened in 1925 and operated steadily until 1931. The stone was shipped on the adjacent St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad (now Burlington Northern & Santa Fe). Apparently, the Logan Quarry consisted of two excavations extending underground from a bluff or slope.”
Southwest Missouri - Building Stone (from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, December 1897, Vol. XVI., No. 1, pp. 90)

Notes From Quarry and Shop: “The building stone of southwest Missouri is an element of natural wealth which has until recent years been reckoned among the important resources of the country. The quantity of this material is practically inexhaustible and its quality equal to that of the best quarries of the Union. Such a public edifice as the Jasper county court house shows the splendid possibilities of this native limestone when used for building purposes.”
Southwestern Missouri - the Baird Mountain Quarry (This article from which the information below was obtained was available on The Geological Society of America web site, although it is no long accessible.)
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“Baird Mountain Quarry, southwestern Missouri,” is an article available by Thomas L. Thompson, in the Centennial Field Guide, Vol. 3, North-Central Section of the Geological Society of America, Vol. 3, pp. 173-176, Issn: 0-8137-5403-8.
Spanish Lake (northeast of), Missouri - the Emmerick 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 operated by Phillip Emmerick, is located two miles northeast of Spanish Lake. It was opened in 1878 and has been worked intermittently since that time.

“It is situated on a hillside and has a face 800 feet long and 18 ½ feet in height. The quarry has been worked into the hill a distance of 75 feet. The stone is a bluish gray, compact, fine grained limestone. The upper six feet consists of beds from one to two inches in thickness, while the lower twelve feet is a single massive ledge, which splits readily into blocks of almost any desired thickness. The stone contains occasional dries which have no fixed direction in the quarry. The stripping consists of ten feet of loess.

“The stone is used chiefly for buildings and macadam. It has been sold to some extent for rubble work.”
Sparta, ChristianCounty, Missouri - the Joe Howard Limestone Quarry (Limestone), Route 1, Sparta, Missouri; 27N, 20W, 20 Ozark. (Presented in the “Mines and Mills” section of the Christian County Missouri Transcribed Records.)

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