(Prom the forest Service, IT, S. Department of Agriculture.) 



COLORADO MARBLE 



FOR LINCOLN M3MORIAL 



The white marble of which the Treat $2,000,000 Lincoln 

 memorial temple is to be built on the banks of the Potomac in Wash- 

 ington is to come from the Sopris national forest, Colorado. 



This is said to "OR the first great building in the east 

 to be constructed of this stone, known to the building trades as 

 Denver marble, though much of it has been used as an interior fin- 

 ish in public buildings* In the west a notable example of its use 

 is found in the new federal building at Denver. 



While the marble quarries are in the midst of the na- 

 tional forest, they are on private land secured under the laws by 

 which areas bearing deposits of building stone are disposed of by 

 the government. Under the lav; prospectors can locate and secure 

 title to mineral deposits on the national forests just as they can 

 on the open public domain. The marble company which owns the quar- 

 ries is a large user of national forest timber in the working of 

 its properties, situated near Marble, Colo. 



The history of the company is said to be of considerable 

 interest, as representing indomitable enterprise against difficul- 

 ties. The country in which the marble deposits occur is extremely 

 rough and precipitous, and for a long time was inaccessible because 

 of a lack of transportation facilities. Large sums had to be ex- 

 pended before the stone could be got out and brought to market. Up 

 to 1907, when the product first began to attract attention, it is 

 said that $1,200,000 had been expended in developing the property. 



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