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Historic mining cabin and Osgood Quarry in 1930's.
It is believed the Osgood quarry was the source in the 1890's of the
marble for the Colorado capitol's floors and stairs. |
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Vintage barn and historic mining cabin in 2000's. |
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The marble quarry trail was originally built in
the early 1900's by the historic quarry operators and used as an
electric tramway for hauling marble stone into the Town of Marble.
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The marble quarry trail and Yule Creek canyon
today. |
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The old tramway in the 1930's. |
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Many iron artifacts from the
electric tramway are still in the marble cliff adjacent to the trail. |
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Historically at the footbridge location., the
quarry operated a funicular tramway, the Peavine Tramway, to haul marble
down to the trail area from the quarry. |
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The property owners' private access trestle bridge
commemorates the historic tramway's style. |
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The electric tramway bridge across the Yule Creek
in the early 1900's, with the Osgood quarry visible on the right. |
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View from the trail in the early
2000's of vintage barn and Osgood quarry rubble. |
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Remnants of Osgood Quarry access bridge. |
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Osgood Quarry access bridge remnants still visible
in Yule Creek today. |
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The historic quarry operation
load out area. |
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Located on the east side of Yule Creek today are
marble blocks mined from the historic quarry operations of the early
1900's. |
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The historic marble quarry operations used the
Yule Lode as its load out area for the electric tramway. |
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Today this former load out area has been covered
by modern debris of the active quarry operations. |
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Abandoned rubble pile slope in 1950's. |
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Active marble rubble pile early
2000's. |
