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The Aberdeen Quarry is an abandoned granite quarry in Gunnison County, Colorado.It is located along South Beaver Creek, 7 mi (11 km) south-southwest of Gunnison. [2]The Aberdeen Quarry was most active from 1889 to 1892 as it supplied granite for the construction of the Colorado State Capitol Building.
Aberdeen Quarry, an abandoned granite quarry in Gunnison County, Colorado.Its granite was used in construction of the Colorado State Capitol; Marble, Colorado, only site of Yule Marble quarrying, in the West Elk Mountains.
In the winter time, Quarry Town folk would ski down to Marble then return by holding onto an electric tram going up to the quarry (an early Colorado ski lift). Quarry Town was abandoned after the quarry closed in 1941 and today only a few scraps remain located behind the quarry fence. [5] [26] [27]
Tom Bonomi, of Quincy, knew immediately what the mysterious quarry ruins were: a cabin built in the 1930s and a post-war social club in the 1950s.
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Fastest ascent – according to the Colorado Transcript issue of September 8, 1904, the fastest ascent was disputed between David G. Dargin, climbing to top of Castle Rock in 23:55 3/5 on November 6, 1859, and Charles Wade, climbing to top of Castle Rock from starting point of Washington Avenue Bridge at Clear Creek in 23:54 1/2 around February ...
The 1981 mining permit gave the state the right to acquire the quarry site at no cost “at the end of 50 years from the date quarrying commences or 10 years after quarrying operations have ceased ...
The Dry Mesa Dinosaur Quarry is situated in southwestern Colorado, United States, near the town of Delta. Its geology forms a part of the Morrison Formation and has famously yielded a great diversity of animal remains from the Jurassic Period , among them Ceratosaurus , Supersaurus , and Torvosaurus .