The white stone had received a lot of publicity, but the lack of rail transportation precluded any large-scale development. ... the demand for marble declined and the quarries closed in 1941.

Sunlight casts an icy shimmer down the 200-foot white marble walls of the underground quarry, the source of stone for national monuments and uncounted tombstones. From the quarry came the ...

The tiny town in Gunnison County is home to a historic quarry -- and many artists who make their mark on the marble that gives this town its name and its fame.

A Colorado-based corporation hopes to be quarrying stone in Marble by mid-July, in time for the tiny Crystal River Valley town’s centennial. Rex Loesby, of Englewood, founder and president of Sierra ...