Quarries in Missouri & Quarry Links, Photographs, and Articles
St. Louis – Pendergast thru Shaw

• St. Louis City, Missouri - George Pendergast Limestone Quarry located on Florence Avenue (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.)

  Location and product.

  “Pendergast, George (D, 7): - Mr. Pendergast has a quarry which is situated on Florence avenue, three or flour blocks north of Easton avenue. It is a small shallow quarry about three hundred feet long by one hundred and twenty-five wide. It was opened in 1889. The product consists of building stone, macadam, dimension stone and riprap.

  “The following section, in descending series, was obtained here:-

  Section.

  1. Loess - 4-6 feet
  2. Drift - 6 inches.
  3. Limestone, decomposing - 5 feet.
  4. Limestone, drab, lithographic - 5 inches.
  5. Limestone, brownish, numerous crystals of calcite - 8 inches.
  6. Limestone, gray, fine grained, on weathering exposes many crinoid stems - 2 feet.
  7. Limestone, light and dark gray, uniform texture - 1 foot, 10 inches.
  8. Limestone, light gray and brown, numerous calcite crystals and corals, fine grained - 4 feet, 10 inches.
  9. Limestone, gray and brown, fine grained, siliceous - 1 foot, 3 inches.
  10. Limestone, light gray, finely crystalline - 2 feet.

  Total thickness of rock - 17 feet, 0 inches.

  “The beds here dip southeasterly.”

• St. Louis, Missouri - the Pepper 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 Mr. Pepper, is located south of Potomac street along the Mississippi river bluffs. The quarry face consists of about ten feet of gray limestone. The lowest bed, which is three feet ten inches thick, is a medium grained, argillaceous, yellowish gray limestone. A few small suture joints occur in this ledge. The stone above this has a gray color and is more thinly bedded. The stripping consists of twenty feet of loess. The produce is chiefly rubble. It is worked intermittently.”

• St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri - the Henry Perkinson 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 Henry Perkinson Quarry, City of St. Louis, Saint Louis County, Limestone/Limestone, color: drab; quarry opened in 1860.

• St. Louis City, Missouri - J. E. Perkinson & Bro. Limestone Quarry located near Harrison & Grand Avenues (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.)

  Location.

  “Perkinson, J. E. & Bro., First Quarry (J, 7): - This quarry is situated near the corner of Harrison and Grand avenues. It was opened in 1870, and has been worked by the present owners for sixteen years. It is about one hundred and thirty-five feet deep. Stone for all common purposes is quarried.

  “The following section, in descending series, was obtained here: -

  Section.

  1. Loess - 40 feet.
  2. Limestone, decomposing and weathered - 10 feet.
  3. Limestone, gray, compact, in two layers - 5 feet.
  4. Limestone, in thin layers - 20 feet.
  5. Limestone, gray in two thirty-inch layers - 5.
  6. Limestone, in thin layers - 4 feet.
  7. Limestone, dark gray - 1 foot.
  8. Limestone, several layers - 10 feet.
  9. Limestone, very thin layers - 1 foot.
  10. Limestone, gray, variable texture - 6-7 feet.
  11. Limestone, gray, chert concretions, in three layers - 6 feet, 6 inches.
  12. Limestone, white, compact, uniform texture, weathers dark in places - 1 foot, 6 inches.
  13. Limestone, gray, coarsely crystalline - 3 feet, 6 inches.
  14. Limestone, light gray, compact - 1 foot, 6 inches.
  15. Limestone, white and greenish, in alternating layers which vary from ten to twenty-four inches in thickness - 5 feet, 6 inches.
  16. Limestone, light gray, compact, in three layers - 4 feet, 10 inches.

  Total thickness of rock - 86 feet, 4 inches.”

• St. Louis City, Missouri - J. E. Perkinson & Bros. - Second Quarry located at Bissel Street & Broadway (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.)

  Location.

  “Perkinson, J. E. & Bros., Second Quarry (K, 6): - This quarry is situated near the corner of Bissell street and Broadway. Stone for all the common purposes is quarried.

  “Following is the section, in descending series, obtained here: -

  Section.

  1. Loess - 15 feet.
  2. Limestone, weathered - 5 feet.
  3. Limestone, shaly - 1 foot, 6 inches.
  4. Limestone, gray - 3 feet.
  5. Limestone, dark gray and blue, crystalline, calcite veins, flinty in places - 3 feet.
  6. Limestone, yellow and brown, changes color abruptly, cross bedded - 1 foot, 8 inches.
  7. Limestone, light and dark gray, in layers varying in thickness from twenty to thirty-six inches - 9 feet, 8 inches.
  8. Limestone, gray, in two to ten inch layers - 15 feet.
  9. Limestone, dark gray, fine grained - 4 feet.
  10. Limestone, light gray, fine grained - 1 foot.
  11. Limestone, gray, coarse grained, in four layers - 1 foot, 8 inches.
  12. Limestone, light gray, in three layers - 2 feet, 6 inches.
  13. Limestone, gray, fine grained, in two layers - 10 inches.
  14. Limestone - 1 foot, 8 inches.
  15. Limestone, in six to twelve inch layers - 15 feet.

  Total thickness of rock - 65 feet, 6 inches.”

• St. Louis, Missouri - the Perkinson Bros. 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.)

  “Three quarries, located in the northeastern part of St. Louis, are operated by this company, which is composed of J. E., R. A., and W. H. Perkinson.

  “These quarries are large rectangular sunken pits, which have been worked to a considerable depth. The stone varies somewhat in texture, color and in the thickness of the beds in the different quarries and even in the same quarry. In general, however, the stone is the same in all. The output is entirely building and broken stone.

  “The quarry at Grand avenue and Florissant street consists of a large rectangular opening, about 150 feet square. At present it is being operated on the south side, where the stone is most easily accessible. The following is a section of the quarry from top to bottom as given by Mr. Perkinson:

  15-25 ft. - Loess stripping.

  4 ft. - Heavy bed of white limestone.

  2 ft. 6 in. - Bed of gray limestone, having a sandy texture. The lower fourteen to eighteen inches is somewhat spotted in color. Similar to the bed immediately below.

  3 ft. 4 in. - Bed of fine grained, spotted dark and light gray limestone. It has a mottled appearance and on account of the difficulty with which it is worked it is known as the ‘nigger ledge.’ Splits near the middle along an irregular bedding plane.

  4 ft. - Compact, gray limestone. Splits near the middle. Contains thin calcite seams.

  14 in. - Fine grained, gray limestone. Brittle and spalls with a sharp fracture.

  3 ft. 6 in. - Compact, light gray limestone. Suture joints occur about twelve inches apart. Thin veins of calcite occur near the middle of the ledge. This stone is used mainly for piers.

  20 ft. - Very fine grained, fossiliferous, white limestone in thin beds from two to eight inches in thickness. Nodules of black flint occur near the top of the ledge. Otherwise the stone is a good building material.

  7-8 ft. - Fine grained, crystalline, yellowish gray limestone. Splits into thin beds. A suture joint occurs near the middle.

  8 ft. - Finely crystalline, gray limestone. The lower beds are heavy, while those above are thin.

  14 ft. - Fine grained, dark gray limestone, in beds from six to twelve inches in thickness. Lower three feet is dark limestone, containing small geodes. This stone is soft when quarried, but toughens by seasoning.

  3 ft. - Hard, white limestone. A good building stone.

  4 ft. 6 in. - Compact, gray limestone, containing nodules of blue flint. Used mainly for crushed stone.

  4 ft. - Fine grained, white limestone. Contains some flint.

  8 in. - Dark gray limestone. Has been used for sewer inlets and dimension stone.

  3 ft. 6 in. - Light gray limestone, in thin beds from two to six inches in thickness. Good rubble.

  8 ft. - Upper four and one-half feet is white limestone, while the lower three and one-half feet is a soft blue limestone. The upper portion is used for dimension stone and the lower for crushed stone.

  3 ft. - Gray limestone, in beds from four to ten inches in thickness. Very good rubble.

  4 ft. 6 in.-6 ft. - Very hard, dense limestone. In places the stone has a slight reddish tint. It has been used for manufacturing paving blocks.

  6 ft. - Gray limestone, having a slight reddish tint. Occurs in beds from six to eight inches in thickness. Used for rubble stone.

  2 ft. 6 in. - Dark limestone, having an irregular fracture.

  6 ft. - Light gray limestone, used for rough rubble.

  “This quarry is equipped with steam drills, derricks and steam hoist. All the stone is hoisted in movable wagon boxes. The output is chiefly building stone and rough rubble. Ten men are employed in the quarry.

  “The quarry located at the southwest corner of Broadway and Bissell street consists of a sunken pit 400 feet by 200 feet, with a maximum depth of 125 feet. A general section of this quarry would show the same beds as occur in the quarry on Grand avenue.

  “It is equipped with a Gates crusher No. 3, a 20-horse power engine and a 40-horse power boiler. Derrick and steam hoists are used in moving the stone.

  “The quarry at the southwest corner of Blair and Penrose streets has only recently been worked by Perkinson Bros. and was not in operation when visited. It was formerly opened along Penrose street between 20 th and Blair streets. The deep portion consists of a rectangular pit about 200 feet square.

  “The quarry has a stripping of 25 to 30 feet of loess. The rock is very similar to that in the other quarries. The equipment consists of a No. 3 Gates crusher with accessories, a 25-horse power engine, 80-horse power boiler, steam hoist and derricks.”

• St. Louis City, Missouri - Conrad Pickel Limestone Quarry located at Hickory Street & Theresa Avenue (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.)

  Location and product.

  “Pickel, Conrad (I, 13): - Mr. Pickel has a quarry which is situated on the northeast corner of Hickory street and Theresa avenue. It was opened in 1883. The product consists of macadam and building stone.

  Section.

  “The section here is about the same as that at Christian Pieper’s quarry, given below, except that the shale layer changes into shaly limestone.”

• St. Louis, Missouri - the Pickel Stone Company (Lawsuit) (from Stone Magazine, December, 1895, Vol. XII, No. 1, pp. 84)

  “Financial. “In the Mechanic’s lien suit brought by the Pickel Stone Company against Goesse & Remmers of St. Louis, Mo., for balance of the cut-stone contract for the Rialto building, there was judgment for the plaintiffs for $8,206.65 and for the defendants on their counter-claims for $65.25, leaving $8141.40 as the net judgment in favor of the plaintiff, who is also awarded a mechanic’s lien.”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Pickel Marble and Granite Company (from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, January 1898, Vol. XVI., No. 2, pp. 208)

    Notes From Quarry and Shop: “St. Louis - The Pickel Marble and Granite Company has obtained a judgment for $3,352.80 against S. L. Jones et al. for work done and material used in the Oriental Theater building.”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Pickel Marble and Granite Company (from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, June 1923, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 42. The following information was also published in the following issue of Through The Ages Magazine: May 1923, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 43; August 1923, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 42; September 1923, Vol. 1, No. 5, pp. 43; October 1923, Vol. 1, No. 6, p p. 43; November 1923, Vol. 1, No. 7, pp. 43; December 1923, Vol. 1, No. 8, pp. 43; January 1924, Vol. 1, No. 9, pp. 43; February 1924, Vol. 1, No. 10, pp. 43; April 1924, Vol. 1, No. 12, pp. 43; May 1924, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 43; June 1924, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 43; July 1924, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 43; August 1924, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 43; and September 1924, Vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 43.)

    The Pickel Marble and Granite Company, St. Louis, Mo., is listed in the “List of Quarries and Marble Manufacturers represented in the membership of the National Association of Marble Dealers.” H. A. Feldman is listed as the company representative.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Pickel Stone Company Yard (from Stone Magazine, April 1925, Vol. XLVI, No. 4, pp. 223)

    Art in Industry

    “While it must be admitted that there is little of the artistic element to be seen in or about a great industrial plant or industrial section of a city, yet industry furnishes the artist with a life element that cannot be found in any other scene. Perhaps the Chamber of Commerce of St. Louis, Mo., had this in mind when it offered a prize of $350 for the best painting of an industrial or commercial character. Many artists entered the competition, but the jury of award selected the painting by Mr. Tom P. Barnett, architect and artist, who chose for his subject the stone yard of the Pickel Stone Company, St. Louis, with its stock pile between supports of traveling crane and the crane above, the whole alive, pulsating, truly industrial and commercial. The painting shows the yard during winter with snow covering the stone blocks and the crispness of the air accentuated by the steam of the plant. The painting further acts as a proof of the fact that the stone industry does not go into winter quarters, but functions throughout the months once considered too cold to cut and finish stone.”
    

    Winter Scene in Yard of Pickel Stone Company, St. Louis.  Reproduced from the prize winning painting by Mr. Tom P. Barnett, architect and artist, in the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce competition for the best painting of a commercial character.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Pickel Stone Company (Advertisement), in Monumental News, June 1938, pp. 251. The advertisement below was also published in the following editions of Monumental News Magazine: March 1938, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 113; April 1938, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 163; May 1938, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 204; June 1938, Vol. 50, No. 6, pp. 251; August 1938, Vol. 50, No. 8, pp. 32: January 1939, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 25; February 1939, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 79; March 1939, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 137; April 1939, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 189; May 1939, Vol. 51, No. 5, pp. 235; June 1939, Vol. 51, No. 6, pp. 285; July 1939, Vol. 51, No. 7, pp. 321; August 1939, Vol. 51, No. 8, pp. 377; September 1939, Vol. 51, No. 9, pp. 424; October 1939, Vol. 51, No. 10, pp. 473; November 1939, Vol. 51, No. 11, pp. 508; and December 1939, Vol. 51, No. 12, pp. 566.

    

    Our Specialty - Sheahan’s Missouri Red Granite - Also Other Granites

    Sawed, Axed and Polished Slabs - Monuments - Markers - Rolls

    Also Other Granites - Wholesale Manufacturers

    Pickel Stone Co., 1320 S. Vandeventer Ave. - St. Louis,

• St. Louis City, Missouri - Christian Pieper Limestone Quarry located at Carr Lane Avenue & Hickory Street (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.)

  Location and product.

  “Pieper, Christian (I, 13): - Mr. Pieper has a quarry which is situated on the southeast corner of Carr Lane avenue and Hickory street. It was opened in 1886. The product consists of macadam and building stone.

  “The following section, in descending series, was obtained here.: -

  Section.

  1. Loess - 2 feet.
  2. Limestone, gray, decomposing, in thin beds - 1- feet.
  3. Limestone, dark gray, soft - 1 foot.
  4. Limestone, gray, fine grained, compact, in four layers - 4 feet.
  5. Limestone, dark gray, compact, in three eighteen inch layers - 4 feet, 6 inches.
  6. Shale - 1 foot, 6 inches.
  7. Limestone, gray, fine grained, jointed, three layers - 5 feet.
  8. Limestone, light gray, compact, in two twelve inch, and one thirty-six inch layer - 5 feet.

  Total thickness of rock - 31 feet, 6 inches.”

• St. Louis, Missouri - William Pickel of St. Louis (Obituary) (from Stone magazine, September 1923, Vol. XLIV, No. 9, pp. 527)

  “William Pickel, 80 years old, founder and president of the Pickel Marble and Granite Company, of St. Louis, Mo., died on July 19th, at his home in that city. Mr. Pickel was born near Coblenz, Germany, and came to America at the age of seventeen. He worked for a brother in the marble business in St. Louis, and in 1874 organized the firm that bears his name. He was one of seven brothers, all engaged in the same business. Mr. Pickel was prominent in St. Louis financial circles, being a director in several banking and Manufacturing enterprises.”

• St. Louis, Missouri – Producers Marble Company - St. Louis Branch Office (The following advertisement is from The Reporter: Devoted To The Interests of Marble and Granite Workers, Vol. XVII, No. 6, published by Nichols & Co., Chicago, Illinois, June, 1884, pp. 14.)

  

  Producers Marble Company, St. Louis Branch

  E. H. Bradbury, Manager.

  It is simply impossible in this space to give an adequate idea of our complete stock (all under roof and Strictly Wholesale), and in a word would say, give us the opportunity and we will convince you that we give the best value for the money possible. Direct all orders to

  St. Louis Branch, Producers Marble Co., N. E. Cor. 11th & Spruce Sts., St. Louis, MO.

• St. Louis (?), Missouri - the Prospect Hill Cement Plant (aka Missouri Portland Cement Company, St. Louis Plant) 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.)

  “...The Prospect Hill Cement Plant ceased operation sometime prior to 1987. My impression is that the plant has been demolished.

  “The Prospect Hill Cement Plant was opened by the St. Louis Portland Cement Company in 1902. It was the first cement plant to begin operation in Missouri - although construction on the...Ilasco Cement Plant began a few months earlier. More recently, it was operated by the Missouri Portland Cement Company.”

• St. Louis City, Missouri - Ridemery Limestone Quarry located at Newhouse Avenue & Nineteenth Street (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.)

  Location and product.

  “Ridemeyer (L, 7): - Mr. Ridemeyer has a quarry which is about at Newhouse avenue and Nineteenth street. The quarry is about seventy-five feet square and forty-four feet deep. The product consists of rubble and macadam.

  “Following is the section here, in descending series: -

  Section.

  1. Loess - 30 feet.
  2. Limestone, irregular thin layers - 5 feet.
  3. Limestone, gray, coarsely crystalline - 2 feet, 6 inches.
  4. Limestone, gray, coarse grained - 2 feet, 6 inches.
  5. Shale - 6-10 inches.
  6. Limestone, gray, compact - 2 feet, 6 inches.
  7. Limestone, irregular thin layers - 15 feet.

  Total thickness of rock - 28 feet, 2 inches.”

• St. Louis, Missouri – Rosebrough Monument Co. (Monument Dealer) (Excerpts from “Motor Truck in the Monument Business: What Retail Monument Dealers Think of the Efficiency of Motor Transportation for Memorial Work,” article in Granite Marble & Bronze, Vol. XXXI, No. 1, January 1921, pp. 32-33d.

  “A short time ago Granite Marble & Bronze sent out a questionnaire to thousands of retail monument dealers throughout the country for information regarding the part the motor truck plays in the retail monument business….”

  “Of course, the real interest in connection with this digest is in quoting what the dealers have to say about the subject, for the sayings are many and various….”

  “Rosebrough Monument Co., St. Louis, Mo.:

  “‘We use a one-ton truck and find it a wonderful time-saver and time is money. The cost of operating it is much below our expectations. The car is equipped with pneumatic tires. They jar the truck less than solid ones. The motor truck has speeded up the retail monument business and greatly increased efficiency. It has had a tendency to put ‘pep’ into setters.’”

• St. Louis, Missouri - the Rosenbloom Monument Co. (from American Art in Stone, May 1947, Vol. XLVII, No. 5, pp. 18)

  Sons Take Over

  “Louis J. and Sol P. Rosenbloom, partners in the Rosenbloom Monument Co., St. Louis, Mo., recently announced they have taken into their firm their sons S. Eugene Rosenbloom (Louis’s son), Sam J. and Leon H. Rosenbloom (Sol’s sons) and the five will operate in partnership. Louis and Sol both hope to retire from the business as soon as possible and let the sons carry on.”

• St. Louis, Missouri - the Ruecking & 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 located at the intersection of Gasconade and Marine streets, just west of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railroad tracks, consists of a triangular sunken pit 300 feet by 200 feet. The beds have an apparent gentle dip to the northeast. The stripping of loess, which at one time was very heavy, has been removed by the manufacture of brick. The following is a section of the quarry from top to bottom:

  15-20 ft. - Light and dark gray limestone, containing occasional flint nodules, especially in the lower part.

  5-6 ft. - Heavy bed of medium grained, yellowish gray, fossiliferous limestone. This stone contains small specks of iron oxide and contains suture joints. It has a granular texture and has the appearance of being almost oölitic.

  11 ft. - Finely crystalline, light gray limestone having a sandy texture. A bed of flint occurs two feet six inches from the top. The stone is slightly cross bedded.

  6 ft. - Medium grained, fossiliferous, crystalline, gray limestone. Splits along a beding (sic) plane two feet from the top.

  5 ft. 9 in. - A heavy bed of coarse grained, very fossiliferous, drab limestone.

  5 ft. 8 in. - Coarse to fine grained, oölitic, bluish colored limestone. From four to six inches of the stone on either side of the bedding and jointing planes has been altered to a buff color. Crossbedding is exhibited in some parts of the quarry.

  6 ft. 10 in. - Very fossiliferous, coarsely, crystalline, bluish colored limestone.

  “The bed which immediately underlies the quarry face at the northeast corner is somewhat finer grained than that which is now exposed. The upper part of this section does not appear at the east end of the quarry. The stone is being quarried mainly from the lower beds.

  “The equipment consists of a No. 3 Gates crusher with accessories, a steam hoist, engine, boiler and steam drills. Crushed stone has been shipped from this quarry into Louisiana and Texas.”

• St. Louis, Missouri - the Ruprecht 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 and operated by John Ruprecht is located on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railroad, one and a half miles south of Jefferson Barracks Station. This quarry produces furnace flux exclusively, which is shipped to St. Louis.

  “Formerly Mr. Ruprecht operated a quarry directly south of the present opening. It was abandoned on account of the poor quality of the stone for furnace flux.”

• St. Louis, Missouri – the Rush-Tower Limestone Company (from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, May 1908, Vol. XXVIII, No. 1, pp. 661)

  “The Rush-Tower Limestone Company of St. Louis, Mo., to quarry and deal in stone. Capital, $50,000. Incorporators – Frank Mize, Charles F. Busch, St. Louis ; Arthur S. Mitteberg, Webster Grove, Mo.”

• St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri - the Diederich Scharinghaus 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 Diederich Scharinghaus Quarry, City of St. Louis, Saint Louis County, Limestone/Magnesian limestone and limestone, color: drab; quarry opened in 1875.

• St. Louis, Missouri – Schneider Granite Company (from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, December 1918, Vol. XXXIX, No. 12, pp. 565)

  “The plant formerly occupied by the Schneider Granite Company, occupying an entire city block in St. Louis, and later leased to the American Car & Foundry Company, has just been sold to B. G. Brinkman, of the Lafayette-South Side Bank, St. Louis.”

• St. Louis, Missouri – T. G. Schrader, Proprietor, Artistic Monumental Marble Works (Business Card)

  Compliments of T. G. Schrader, Artistic Monumental Marble Works N.E. Cor. Blair Ave. & N. Market St.

  There is no city or state listed on the above business card; but in the March 1901 edition of The Dolphin, Book Number of the American Ecclesiastical Review, on Google Books – Full View Books, “T. G. Schrader & Sons” is listed as an exhibitor at the Exhibition of Ecclesiastical Art as follows:

  T. J. Schrader & Sons, Altars

  Blair Ave. and North Market Streets

  • There are also many references online to “T. G. Schrader & Sons” of St. Louis, Missouri, for the early 1900s. In the document, “ National Register of Historic Places History – Nomination Form” (PDF) for the Holy Cross Parish District dated November 7, 1979, there is another possibly relevant company name mentioned: “Conradi and Schrader.” The company name “T. G. Schrader Sons’ Marble and Granite Co.” is listed as an advertiser in the History of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis: a Condensed History of the Catholic Church in Missouri and Saint Louis, Material Progress and General Resources and Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Prominent Citizens (St. Louis, Mo.: Western Watchman Pub. Co., 1924), on the Genealogy and Local History Index web site.
  • T. G. Schrader Advertisement in The Fortnightly Review, Vol. XIV, No. 1, January 1, 1907 in Google Books – Full View Books:

• T. G. Schrader Sons – Marble and Granite Co.

  Established 1871

  Everything in the Marble Line: Monuments Statuary – Interior Marble, Tile & Mosaics – Onyx Fixtures

  N.E. Cor. Blair Ave. & N. Market St., St. Louis Mo.

• St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri - the Schrainka & Veiths 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 Schrainka & Veiths Quarry, City of St. Louis, Saint Louis County, Limestone/Limestone, color: drab; quarry opened in 1850.

• St. Louis, Missouri – Schultz Belting Company (Patent Leather Pulley Covering) (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XI, No.. 6, November, 1895, Stone Publishing Co., New York.)

  

  Schultz Belting Company, St. Louis, MO.

  Patent Sable is the Best Belting Made Rawhide Belt. Patent Leather Pulley Covering. Agents In all Principal Cities.

• St. Louis, Missouri - the Schumacher Building Stone Company (from Stone Magazine, January 1902, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, pp. 68)

  Stone Trade Notes: “The Schumacher Building Stone Company, of St. Louis, Mo., has been incorporated, with a capital stock of $130,000. Incorporators: Johannes Schumacher, W. Janisch and F. H. Lowry.”

• St. Louis, Missouri - the Shaw Marble and Tile Company (from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, January 1926, Vol. 3, No. 9, pp. 71. The same information was presented in the following issues of Throvgh The Ages Magazine: May 1923, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 43; June 1923, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 42; August 1923, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 42; September 1923, Vol. 1, No. 5, pp. 43; October 1923, Vol. 1, No. 6, pp. 43; November 1923, Vol. 1, No. 7, pp. 43; December 1923, Vol. 1, No. 8, pp. 43; January 1924, Vol. 1, No. 9, pp. 43; February 1924, Vol. 1, No. 10, pp. 43; April 1924, Vol. 1, No. 12, pp. 43; May 1924, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 43; June 1924, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 43; July 1924, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 43; August 1924, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 43; September 1924, Vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 43; July 1925, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 71; December 1925, Vol. 3, No. 8, pp. 71; April 1927, Vol. 4, No. 12, pp. 67; October 1927, Vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 65; and September 1928, Vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 67.)

  (pp. 71) The Shaw Marble and Tile Company is listed in the “List of Quarries and Marble Manufacturers Represented in the Membership of the National Association of Marble Dealers” section of this issue. A. Coerver is listed as their representative.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Shaw Marble and Tile Company - Member of the St. Louis Marble Manufacturers Credit Association and the National Association of Marble Dealers (from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, January 1932, Vol. 9, No. 9, pp. 50.)

    Miniature of a Banking Room in marble, one of eight models now on display in the Building Industries Exhibit Bureau, St. Louis.

    In a spirit of co-operation for the promotion of Marble this page has been subscribed for by the members of the St. Louis Marble Manufacturers Credit Association who are also members of the National Association of Marble Dealers, and whose names are listed below:

    In keeping with the very desirable policy of this magazine it is our intention to show from time to time installations of marble work by various members.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Shaw Marble and Tile Company (from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, January 1932, Vol. 9, No. 9, pp. 67.)

    The Shaw Marble and Tile Company is listed in the “List of Quarries and Marble Manufacturers Represented in the Membership of the National Association of Marble Dealers” section of this issue. A. Coerver is listed as their representative.