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| View Original: | Work progresses inside the Colorado Stone Quarries mine high above the aptly named town of Marble in Gunnison County, Colorado LCCN2015633948.tif.tiff (5441x8162) | |||
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| Keywords: Work progresses inside the Colorado Stone Quarries mine high above the aptly named town of Marble in Gunnison County, Colorado LCCN2015633948.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Founded in 1899 Marble lay below the historic Yule Marble quarry named not for Christmastide but for one of the mine's early owners Its stone considered to be of exceptional quality was used for the Tomb of the Unknowns and much of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D C as well as civic buildings in San Francisco and a skyscraper in New York City It was thought that the marble quarry had played out and the town of Marble turned into an obscure outpost of rough-hewn mountain cabins But Colorado Stone Quarries an Italian-based company found a new and rich vein and as of 2015 is producing distributing and exporting high-quality white marble Colorado's state stone once again ; Forms part of Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Credit line Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 068 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015633948 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/33900/33932a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 33932 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 33932 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Marble Colorado Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||