List of Quarries & Related Businesses in Georgia & Quarry Links,
Photographs and Articles

• Tate, Pickens County, Georgia – the Geo. B. Sickels Marble Company  (Wholesale Monuments, Mausoleums & Tombs Advertisement from The Monumental News, Vol. XVIII, No. 4, April 1909, pp. 286) 

  Geo. B. Sickels Marble Company, Tate, Georgia
  Georgia Marble:  We sell at Wholesale Only – Monuments, Mausoleums & Tombs

  We do not lay claim to being the largest monumental dealers, but we are prepared to execute promptly any and all orders from the very best materials which can be used, and our workmanship is equal to any.  Ours being the only finishing plant located directly at the famous Georgia Marble Quarries, we have the best facilities for giving you the very best selection of stock.

Geo. B. Sickels Marble Company, Tate, Georgia, advertisement. We sell at Wholesale Only – Monuments, Mausoleums & Tombs.

• Tate, Pickens County, Georgia – A Georgia Marble Mine (December 1884) (Marble) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 16, Issue 12, December 1884, pg. 278. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
• Tate, Georgia – The Georgia Marble Co. (Marble) (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XI, No. 6, November, 1895, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. ix.)

  The Georgia Marble Co., Tate, Ga.

  Quarry Owners and Sole Producers of Creole, Cherokee, Etowah and Kennesaw Georgia Marble

  Satisfaction guaranteed to architects and owners in working out details, and producing results contemplated in designs. Our unlimited supply, and superior facilities, enable us to furnish material on shortest notice.

  Expert tests prove our marble to be equal, for all practical purposes, in strength to the best granites: and being perfectly non-absorbent, it is not affected by exposure in any climate, and consequently remains clean and fresh in appearance, as it will not collect and hold dirt. These features make it easily the best material, for either building or monumental purposes, now in the market.

  Visitors to Cotton States and International Exposition, Atlanta, desiring to visit quarries can take W. & A. train at 8:05 A.M., change to M. & N. G. at Marietta for Tate, arriving at 10:55 A.M., where one of The Georgia Marble Co.’s locomotives will meet train and convey visitors to quarry and return them to 3:37 P.M. train, enabling them to reach Atlanta at 6:30 p.m. Plans figured and Returned with Estimates In Twenty-Four Hours After Receipt.

• Tate, Georgia – The Georgia Marble Co. (Marble) (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to Stone, Marble, Granite, Slate, Cement, Contracting and Building, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, January, 1902, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 4.)

  The Georgia Marble Co., Tate, GA.

  Quarry Owners and sole Producers of Creole, Cherokee, Etowah and Kennesaw Georgia Marble

• Tate, Pickens County, Georgia – the Georgia Marble Company Quarry (Marble), from A Report on the Limestones and Cement Materials of North Georgia, Bulletin No. 27, by T. Poole Maynard, Ph.D., Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 1912, pp. 124.

  Plate IX. B. Quarry of the Georgia Marble Company, near Tate, Pickens County, Georgia.

• Tate, Georgia – the Georgia Marble Company  (Advertisement from Stone, an Illustrated Monthly Magazine devoted to Stone, Marble Granite, Slate, Cement, Contracting and Building, December 1903, p. 339)
  

  The Georgia Marble Co., Tate, Ga.
  Eastern Office:  Marbridge Building, New York – Western Office: Guardian Building, Cleveland, Ohio

  A recent example showing the use of Georgia Marble for structural purposes.  This is a true marble of translucent, crystalline formation, and one of the least absorbent of all stones.

  We are the sole producers of “Creole,” “Mezzotint,” “Silver Gray,” “Cherokee,” “Kennesaw,” and “Etowah” marbles.  Our quarries are equipped for getting out stock in the largest sizes for monolithic columns, statuary and other important work.

  The Cleveland Art Museum is built entirely of White George marble from the quarries of the Georgia Marble Co.

  “Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio.  Hubbell & Benes, Architects.”  (The Cleveland Art Museum is built entirely of White George marble from the quarries of the Georgia Marble Co.)  Advertisement from Stone, December 1903, p. 339

  • Tate, Georgia – the Georgia Marble Company  (Advertisement from Stone, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 7, July 1917, pp. 339)

    The Georgia Marble Co., Tate, GA.
    Eastern Office:  Marbridge Building, New York– Western Office:  Guardian Building, Cleveland, Ohio

    “…We are the sole producers of ‘Creole,’ ‘Mezzotint,’ ‘Silver Gray,’ ‘Cherokee,’ ‘Kennesaw,’ and ‘Etowah’ Marbles.  Our quarries are equipped for getting out stock in the largest sizes for monolithic columns, statuary and other important work.

    “The Cleveland Art Museum is built entirely of White Georgia Marble from the quarries….”

“Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio” (Advertisement from Stone, July 1917, pp. 339)

• Tate, Georgia – the Georgia Marble Company Monumental Catalog, circa 1920 – Memorials in Georgia Marble – Eclipse Designs & Price List, Georgia Marble Company, Tate, Georgia – circa 1920.

Front cover of “Memorials in Georgia Marble – Eclipse Designs” Georgia Marble Company, Tate, Georgia – circa 1920	Title page from “Memorials in Georgia Marble – Eclipse Designs” Georgia Marble Company, Tate, Georgia – circa 1920	The John C. Foley (1874-1917) cemetery monument – one of the many monuments in “Memorials in Georgia Marble – Eclipse Designs” Georgia Marble Company, Tate, Georgia – circa 1920

• Tate, Georgia – the Georgia Marble Company  (Article from “Developing a Great Granite Quarry,” Stone, Vol. XLI, No. 5, May 1920, pp. 225-226)

  “Statue for the Lincoln Memorial at Washington.  Sculptor: Daniel Chester French.  The statue is about twenty-two feet in height, is made in sections, and is carved in White Georgia marble from the Georgia Marble Company’s quarries at Tate, Georgia.”	“Assembling the Lincoln Statue.  Putting together the sections of the heroic figure inside of the Lincoln Memorial at Washington.”

• Tate, Georgia – The Georgia Marble Co. (Marble) (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. 3, March, 1925, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 152.)

  The Georgia Marble Co.

  Tate, Georgia

  Eastern Office, 1328 Broadway, New York

  Western Office, Monadnock Building, Chicago, Ill.

  The Colleoni in Newark, N.J.

  Copy of the Colleoni Equestrian Statue in Venice. Executed by J. Massey Rhind, Sculptor. Pedestal cut from Cherokee Georgia Marble.

  Georgia Marble is a desirable material for monumental structures, because of its natural beauty, its extreme durability and its preservation of architectural detail.

  Georgia Marble, unequalled (sic) for attractiveness of appearance and durability, has been endowed in the making with superior working qualities.

  Furthermore, it is a material which not only conveys an atmosphere of “quality”, but also expresses such desirable attributes as elegance, strength, and stability.

• Tate, Georgia – Marble Quarry of the Georgia Marble Co., Tate, Georgia (postcard photograph; early 1900s; unmailed)

  Marble Quarry of the Georgia Marble Co., Tate, Georgia

• Tate, Pickens County, Georgia – Georgia Marble Co. Quarry (colorized postcard photograph, #B863 A3; early 1900s; unmailed)

  Blocks of Marble at the Georgia Marble Co. Quarry, Tate, Georgia

• Tate, Georgia - Georgia Marble Co. Office (postcard photograph; early 1900s; unmailed)

  Georgia Marble Co. Office

• Tate, Georgia – the Georgia Marble Company Quarry (Marble) (From Yesterday, Today, and Forever: The Story of Georgia Marble, by the Georgia Marble Company, Tate, Georgia. The photographs below are used with the permission of the Georgia Marble Company.)

  "One of the Georgia Marble Company quarries. Note the huge derrick used to lift the blocks. The figures give you an idea as to the extent of the operations."

  "Here we see the blocks of Georgia marble as they are stored about the mills of the Georgia Marble Company. Thousands of such blocks are kept on hand at all times. Adequate reserve stocks of each variety of Georgia Marble are always available."

  "Illustration shows a gang saw cutting its way through a block of Georgia Marble. Over 100 gang saws are operated by the Georgia Marble Company"

  "A close-up view of the bottom of a Georgia Marble quarry shows how the blocks are severed from the compact mass of solid marble. In this photograph a very clear idea of the size of the blocks is also given."

  "In the bottom of a quarry the busy workers look like Lilliputians. Seeing this view it is easy to understand why the supply of Georgia Marble is considered practically inexhaustible."

  "Seated in the observer's seat of a speedy airplane, our photographer paid a 'flying visit' to the Georgia Marble Company. He obtained some splendid views. In addition to the size of the plants, notice the large supply of marble about all of the mills. A fourth plant, not shown here, is located at Marble Hill, Georgia." (Photograph 1: Photograph of Georgia Marble Company's plant at Nelson, Georgia; Photograph on the left: Photograph 2: Air view of Marietta Plant of the Georgia Marble Company; Photographs 3 and 4: Two views of Tate, Georgia plant."

  "Here is the answer to your question, 'How is Georgia Marble Quarries?' The channeling machine in the foreground is cutting deep into the bed of the rock. After the channel cuts are made, undercutting will loosen the blocks from the mass."

• Tate (near), Pickens County, Georgia – Georgia Marble Company Works (Marble), from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907. (This book is available on Google Books – Full View Books.)

  Plate XVIII. Works of the Georgia Marble Company, near Tate, Pickens County, Georgia. (pp. 68)

  Plate XIX. Another view of the works of the Georgia Marble Company, near Tate, Pickens County, Georgia, showing one of the quarries in the fore-ground. (pp. 70)

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