Yule Marble Uses

Colorado yule marble was judged immeasurably superior to the others being considered and the commission decided to use it.

Yule marble uses.

This white marble is comprised of almost pure calcite grains tightly joined to give it a luminous quality. Department of the interior bruce babbitt secretary u s. And shortly after architect henry bacon loved the marble so much that he successfully urged that it was used to clad the entire exterior of the lincoln memorial which in fact gave this material it s infamous. This marble has been used for many prominent buildings.

Portals to the marble galleries of the pride of america mine can be seen in this still photo from drone footage. Quarry operators colorado stone quarries relocated yule creek in 2018 to build an access road. The yule marble quarry completed the prestigious task of sending marble to washington d c. To build the washington monument.

It was discovered in the 1870s in the small colorado town of marble near the west elk mountains. Minor quarrying occurred between that discovery and the early 1900s. One of the most notable is the lincoln memorial in washington d c built nearly 80 years ago. Groat director united states government printing office washington.

Geological survey charles g. Maciej mrotek courtesy image. The quarry is the main source of economy in marble and has undergone extensive openings closures and renovations since its discovery. Yule marble was designated the official state rock of colorado in 2004 after girl scout troop 357 of lakewood petitioned the legislature.

Major development occurred in 1905 when col. The company was awarded the contract in march 1914. First discovered in 1873 it is quarried underground at an elevation of 9 300 feet 2 800 m above sea level in contrast to most marble which is quarried from an open pit and at much lower elevations. Channing meek with some help from the rockefellers raised 3 million to develop the colorado yule marble quarry.

1999 published in the eastern region reston va. A marble deposit was reported in 1882 in gunnison county on yule creek although a. Yule marble is a marble of metamorphosed limestone found only in the yule creek valley in the west elk mountains of colorado 2 8 miles 4 5 km southeast of the town of marble colorado. It remains in use today.

The lincoln memorial had very strict requirements for its stone. Although most of the marble in the memorial appears. The colorado yule marble quarried in marble colo is a very pure white marble and it has been widely acclaimed for its quality and purity. The clean white marble deposits of the yule creek were first discovered in the late 1870 s.

Yule creek seen here in its new channel on the left side of the photo in may 2020 was diverted by quarry.