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]lE COLORADO A1.4GAZIIE i THE Q[: A.1tRIE5 OF THE CASTLE ROCK AR£A 11;
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<br />con°trur•ted to tLa top of the hill which rises tine humlred fret f quarry operated fo:• a short time onl}-. due to the slcall eateut of
<br />above ;I:E calla}- Boor. There was no mac•hin~ry ar'ai;abie, sc. oll the Inca rock; it was closed doter oa Julr 1°, 1b3L).°
<br />wot~k had to ba performed be Land. All of thasc things Silas There Ras sore a crew of xer'evt}~ men a'orkiug at tLe r?adgc
<br />ASadge accomplished with tLe help of R fEw rancC L•cnrs. 'fhe Quart}-, uuder.J. ~f. Larson as foreman. Thcc' mare a rollicking.
<br />Dearer and Rin Grande narrocr gaufie railr(~ad icys c,•m.trt:ctrd rou~L bunch. most]}- Sncdes whu could speak little Eo~lisb. and
<br />xhrough tLe Castle R(K~k area iu 1$71. Rvd tLe railroad mr,p rf 167 their social life centered shots. ti,e bozrdiug-Lousy, .rbrre thane
<br />shows a small siding aimed Dougeass. to^atad mt the stair :icla- seems to bare baeu a rapid orartunr is proprietors. tcaitr~scs.
<br />of.wae' '!'his siding Ras securEd tbrocgL the irtEu'•^cr :~.r ?•Ir. cad cooks until on Deeet>:h••• _8, lscl, n•e learn that "Y..). \Iazan
<br />1lfedga the; he might ship out the roc:: hrou~ht dc••cD nr .:;.ton ~ has :ialed .lIadge's boarui~,g house zr•d Is setting up `rs; crass
<br />from Lis gutty}'. Ta 1673. Le shinpe~ nc;u•;}• 1 ~UO,aaD po!t:t2c of chuck. ell art Capny- and pzuce is declared. The bo}'s are ale R'ell
<br />stpnc.° In ic7d, 7Ce stone shipped ir•:,m the Dt~:;F'.as riding .<.i:~~•.rp~ plea;i~d; esp:ciallc with tLe lady Rho w;;it; on tLe tables."•'
<br />nPar1: a X00 jc increase. Aside trek of H00 feei Lad been ooD- TCe dacs were long, the tcm'}: the ter}' iuaeiest of ma, uRl
<br />strutted to accotnmcnlate the gat cars carrciug tCa 9'auge huilo- ` labor. The men were up at fire-+Fin}', Lrrdkfast teas-served at
<br />ing stone.' ' sis, and the stone•trailt pulled nut fur ;Ire }nary}' m;lt ail hands
<br />Each succeeding year in the late seventies shor:ad en zr_:rzasE en board. at sin-shirt}•. TLe}' made the 't:o milt ro^ back from
<br />in the volume of stony removed from the quarrc, but it wac ;law the quarry to the boarding house fo.- lunch, wed Rere Lack at
<br />and tedious work, ti,e hauling of the hear}- loads cf stmle to the ; wm•k br one o'clock, not to lea-:e the yuarn• again untie sis
<br />railroad over a poor dirt rnad from the top of the mesa purred ~ o'clock i^ the eceuing. It Ras pick and store] Rork, only Laud
<br />par;ieuiarlc Cazardous. There Were no buildings et. the yttaln'• drills here uwil; when a Lole Ras drilled to a depth of ?0 feet.
<br />no facilities for Candling Gr boarding a crew of tyorkmen. black potrder was poured iu:o it. and~sa: or. TLe stone m%s~•ns
<br />In ]SSO the tow^ of Douglas teas laid out. Alt'. Madge built then set to [cork syuariug off tLe noel:: mueL of it Ras stipited
<br />a boarding Louse and by the ]ate fall of 1881 a spur from ffie rail- rough. also rubble Ras ofte^ included in the tar load to be :and
<br />road. 2.6 miles in leuglh, was completed to the top of the Afadge in "chinking-iu." The Ceacier pieces Rare leaded by de!•rick into
<br />guars-.' d depot was built be the Denier and Rio Grande Rail- Bat cars and pulled doml to file Douglas siding by- the sk,ne-;rain.
<br />road ~ and the toR'rr of Douglas assumed yuite ea industrious There Ras no [rater at tLe quart}' ; it Cad to Le packed up i^
<br />appearance. The Castle RorA Record Jounral of \oc. 9, 1551, barrels from Douglas and gran' insipid in the heat of the sun. Iu
<br />carried the follotring article: "Air. Afadge Las Lis railrozd tom- summer the beat was terrific. \Cith the thermometer SSandlni_` et
<br />plated and the cars running into the quarry, The quarry is about near the hundred mark, .corking often 10 to 30 feet below t!le
<br />two miles soutC of Castle Rook. It is a pretty sight indeed to see surface of the mesa top, surrounded o^ all sides by the glaring
<br />the engine steaming about oa top of the little mouutai^ Sce ~ stone walls of the quarry-, the men toiled, avd sweated and clLSSed
<br />Culldred feat shore the toRU.10 for $?.50 a day. Et'eu this muniScent wage was not long main-
<br />Others were gniel- to follow the lead of Silas \\'. Afadge, who twined by the company-. In October, 1931, the foreman receiced
<br />has become known as the "Father of the Lar'a Stone Industry."" orders to reduce the wages from $2.50 io $'-.00 per dap. Thirtc
<br />]1) the Devt'er avd Rio Grande Railroad Report for the year 1881, men refused to go to work that afternoon.
<br />there is listed a siding called Girardot; it was so named for the This left the Madge quarrc shol•t-Lauded until more help could
<br />owner of the ranch en which the town of Douglas was located, be secured from Dourer, the work of getting out the building
<br />who opened np a small quarrc so near the right of way- that no simte Ras slowed down reatlp, and AI r. Fitz erald who was run-
<br />spr:r from the railroad was required to get out the stone." This ring the boarding house Ras purported to "be feeling quite
<br />•F:rsr Annuol F.ryort o/ Ihr Bovrd of Dvrrlora o) fhe Denver mid x:o ~ blue."'~
<br />G:c r. dr Rcaroad ro fA< Fmrkholdr M1. Mep. ~'
<br />=f L, l.. ^Ide o' cl:. v+A~d tonn°K^. $(in rd Cosl fhe gUarrpmell $~.SO par n'aek: this Taft ALSO ;OID•
<br />+;ernud A•~n val Fryurr o) nc~ Board of Dirertvra of fhe Dinner mid Rio
<br />r.-;,:ar Ranrood lo* rAr year JF:d. ensation for six days of beery manual labor. Ou Saturdac night.
<br />`Doi err vnE P.w Gee ~.dr Rai:rood. w.:n:mt Rq•orr to tl:e NcrkAOldrra Jor p
<br />tr.r ~•rar Jml. D~ a. . : almost to a man, they donned their Sunday, mail-order suits, and
<br />vain. :b.
<br />••Cmlir Fork Cmord Jov rnol, 6[ste 8lstorlm) Foeleq~ L1bnr)'. °Cnerlr Rork Xrrord Ja+nml, Jule 1"-, 188". '
<br />W Ld., 1lfa rib 5, )8, ;. -
<br />:'Denrrr and Rio Gmidi P. a:hw d. Avrrol Report ro nc~ StorkA Oidn-s /or "/b~f. , Pec. Rt li•1.
<br />t'.r ;nor Jl:J. D~ (=- 7~ble of Qunr:r bin ncbv, °C°arlr Fork fierord Jounra t, Oct. :n. 18f 1.
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