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Marble Gulch Quarry, bulk: 1909-2013

 File — Box: 39, Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS025:04.64

Scope and Contents

MapQuest map of Williams, Oregon; Hand drawn directional map to the Quarry; Letter to Merry Haydon from Richard Chaney regarding information about the Jones Quarry, dated December 26th, 2012; Notes relating to mining laws of 1866, dated July 24th, 2013; Letter to Kay Atwood and Terrance Christian from Merry Haydon regarding the Josephine County Historical Society, dated January 5th, 2013; Letter to Merry Haydon from Christian Terrance regarding mining laws in Grants Pass, dated January 11th, 2013; Letter Kay Atwood from Richard Chaney regarding the Jones Quarry, dated January 11th, 2013; Statement from H.M. Parks about the Jones Quarry; Volume 1 of The Mineral Resource of Oregon by A.N. Winchell published by The Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geology; Letter to Terrance Christian from Merry Haydon regarding the Marble Gulch Quarry, dated January 2nd, 2013; Letter to Merry Haydon from Terrance Christian regarding DOGAMI, dated January 2nd, 2013; Census information on George W. Jones; Newspaper clipping with article “Jones Bros. Operating Six-Saw Marble Plant – Have Big Ledge Blue Mottled Rock” dated July 21st, 2005; Census record for George W. Jones c. 1910; Newspaper clipping with article “Marble Quarries in Josephine” dated July 31st, 2005; Letter to Mr. Harvey from Kay Atwood regarding questions about mining indexes, dated January 1st, 2013; Internet search for the Josephine county clerk; Miscellaneous note referring to a published article; Census record for William A. Jones c. 1920; Proof of permission from the Oregon State Department of Geology to reprint information provided; Letter to Kay Atwood from Merry Haydon regarding cultural resource files and BLM geologists, dated December 26th, 2012; Mineral Surveyor Procedures Guide; Internet search about the history of the Umpqua National Forest; Letter to Kay Atwood from Janet Joyer regarding Merry Haydon’s contact information, dated December 18th, 2012; Internet research on Bettie Cougle; Internet search for map information about the Jones Marble Quarry; Excerpt from The Oregon – Bin c. April 1958; Copy of “River Mile Index Rogue River: Pacific Coast Basin Oregon” dated June 1967; Aerial map showing Crater National Forest c. 1914; Except from The Oregon Bin c. April 1958 concerning geology and mineral industries; Copy of “Structural Materials in Parts of Oregon and Washington” by N.H. Darton, published in 1909; Internet research for the Jones Marble Quarry topographical map information; Internet research for marble and stone carving: tools and techniques of ancient art; Research on Croxton Memorial Park; Written history and descriptive data pertaining to the Historic American Buildings Survey; Catalogue of cemetery stones from “From Quarry to Cemetery Monuments”; Research on marble, limestone, and sandstone; List of the stonecutters of Josephine County along with a handbook of the Oregon Metal Mines; Internet research for the legend of the Oregon marble for Washington monument

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1909-2013

Creator

Conditions Governing Use

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For fair use/educational reproduction, please provide the following credit: From the MSS 025 Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History, courtesy of Southern Oregon University Hannon Library.

Extent

From the Collection: 28 Linear Feet (52 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English