Yule Marble Mine Colorado

This is a 5 mile dirt trail to yule pass 11 300 ft in the raggeds wilderness near marble co.

Yule marble mine colorado.

The clean white marble deposits of the yule creek were first discovered in the late 1870 s. Yule creek trail 2083 also called yule pass trail is a difficult trail you can hike run and horseback ride that is dog friendly. Major development occurred in 1905 when col. The quarry employed around 125 men.

Other marble companies continued to exist in the area but from then on meek s colorado yule marble company was the dominant marble concern in the crystal river valley. Workers hand polish marble slabs at the yule marble co. Yule marble was discovered in the crystal river valley in the spring of 1873 by geologist sylvester richardson. This one 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.

To get to the trailhead from carbondale travel south on highway 133 for 25 miles to the marble turnoff. According to quarry operators colorado stone quarries there are enough marble reserves in the quarries six galleries to continue mining at the current rate for more than 100 years. Marble peaked in 1914 with around 1 500 residents. The quarry is the main source of economy in marble and has undergone extensive openings closures and renovations since its discovery.

In the same year samples of the marble were taken polished and later appeared in denver but failed to generate interest. Minor quarrying occurred between that discovery and the early 1900s. At its peak the colorado yule marble company employed several hundred men at the enormous finishing mill at marble with a high percentage of them being skilled laborers from italy. It was discovered in the 1870s in the small colorado town of marble near the west elk mountains.

Channing meek with some help from the rockefellers raised 3 million to develop the colorado yule marble quarry. By the summer of 1907 marble had a new railroad marble mill and power plant but the colorado yule marble company still had not secured a major contract. The pride of america mine perched near yule creek three miles from the town of marble as seen from the air in january. George yule for whom the marble was later named was the prospector who rediscovered the marble in 1874.

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.