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<br />upon them. >[r. Brooks had his leg xnd rieht tcrist broken 2nd
<br />Was iuj:tred iutcrnal!y. \p•. l'arrul]`s bac6 and leg tcere broken.
<br />Then ccere brought into tons in the stone train and rusllr•d to
<br />Deucer- )Sr. Erooks died and ~h•. Carroll sun-it'ed, onl}' to he
<br />paralyzed fur life.='
<br />The ;:sae yu:.rries acre nearing the lieioht of their produc-
<br />tion in toe s!tmmer ni L~''. :lbovt 100 men mere employed in
<br />the lure quarries ar.d from thin}• to forts car loads of buildinc
<br />stone «rre brine shil;ne~' each d^}-. There teas au eter nideniog
<br />demand for the pru~iuct, cars being billed to Pueblo, Colorado
<br />Springs- Den['ep. Ylmaha- i'heyenne, and Eansas City. Denser was
<br />perhaps the best market, Where the stone was popular among build-
<br />ing contractors fee facades, nindotc sills and trimming, as well
<br />as foun'atiuus and garden walls.
<br />\(i~`nrttnte of a different nature overtook the O'Brien crew.
<br />The}' Led just returned to work at the quarry Saturda}' noon when
<br />smoke Was seen issuing from the boarding house roof. The}' piled
<br />into the tramnac ear and took a fast ride rlowlt the incline- but
<br />trere ab:e to sate onl}- a fen tools from the tool shed. The boarding
<br />house tca~ a complete loss. Isost of` the men losing eterythiug the}•
<br />possesse•1. escept the clothes they- n-ere wearing. The origin of
<br />;h? fire ;cas undetermined but the quarry men were inclined to
<br />cast a scspieievs eye at the mok tcho emerged from the building
<br />carrying a book and a quilt under his arm. They rather suspected
<br />that he aas indulging iv an afternuou si?stn and the 8re caught
<br />from the rhimner.='
<br />At l-oloradu springs, ou Jwtc 6, 1853, the antlers hotel, built
<br />of iata stone from the Madge quarry, was formally opened to th?
<br />public. "Gobs of wine and numerous tippling visitors were the
<br />prime Franlres of sl:e r•ccasion."=' This hotel rtes destined to be
<br />couple:~_'~ d<~;rn;'r.lby:a'e.:'_;99.
<br />7Lte _~la~_e q~:airy- ::at[ere~ another fatal ecc;deut ~n .yep:.
<br />]:i, _..r3. Tb_ :u•ne :rain :ra!, :nakivg its daily :np un .rrom
<br />P?r,;trs ro t•:e yuar-.r: t:;r: a reached the top of the me-aa a
<br />:ail e]i~~prd, allJni:e +' i• tr:.%.; to spread and give n'ay. The
<br />et;;in' train, and th? Diu: +~?re precipitated orgy a distance of
<br />`arty feet. Georg? .z. i'arks.:.t.e engineer, tray crushed to death and
<br />the t~nTt;lc :tzs hall buried .!: stru?.=°
<br />!!;:ria~ the pef•:::d ni i.''9~ to 1836 very little business teas
<br />trr.n:.acted at the quarries. Ti:Y _lladge quarry at Douglas oprucd
<br />up iur a short time in tht: ,piing of 168x. And iu August of [he
<br />tFar ]866, the O'Brien quarry- secured some business, J. \C. Totey,
<br />-1Did. )fay ]0. Idii.
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<br />=llyd.. JJIIE f, L•f 3.
<br />•S, d., ~Dt 19. IU3.
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<br />THE Qt'ARAIES OF THE C-4STLE ROC} AREA 1?I
<br />a Cltey-enne contractor, came doa-n with a crew' of tcorkmen and
<br />took out stone for the construction of a 31i•f100 church in
<br />Cheyenne: ' •
<br />Ht 1S8i, \Ir. S. \I. Corr}- of Denser leased both the Madge'
<br />and O-Brien quarn• lands- Eilas Madge had dispos?d of his in-
<br />terest iu the Douglas quarry to .~. H. Garfield in 153. R•e non
<br />~; rind the quarries referred to in :'arious reports a.s the A. Ii. Gar-
<br />( field and the Curn- quarries"
<br />d Curr}• seems to hate been an enterprising manaeer. He [rar••
<br />ele~.l about the state and secured a number of contracts for the
<br />Douglas count}• buil3irg stone. In April- iS87. be had orders for
<br />test car loads n da}- front the Douglas gt:airy, and Ete to secen
<br />from the O'Brien quarries.t° During the month of Xotember of
<br />the same yeal• •i50 car: of rock mere shipped from the tn'o quay-
<br />. ries.'0
<br />The editor of the Jt•nrrwl was glee lauding the euellenc}- of
<br />Inca stone as a building material. Haling made the statement.
<br />in a pretiut:s issue, that the Castle Rock stone nay preferred by
<br />building contractors to any- found i^ the state. the test i:~n~
<br />carried the follo•-slug item: `•The stone in the nest Wins of ;ilW
<br />capitol buiidil:c at Lincoln. Xehras;;a: is trumbliug, and the b:;il:]-
<br />ino is sinking. It is unnecessary- to Eat that the buildiu_ u'a.~~ot
<br />constructed of et•nte frmn the Castle Rock quarries. it n.,, a
<br />Ft. Collins tsodnct.''"
<br />In 1366 an3 1669 Castle P.nck .cas booming. The nen• court
<br />Loos<icas being constructed of Inca stone, and the quarries n?re
<br />getting cut on the zcerage 10 to la eye-loads of ra:k per dsc.
<br />Ill .tr"39 a yew quarry to the west of Castle Rock n'a: ones?d.
<br />Junstban Thomas of Sansas City odcned the land ar,d eu,pluyed
<br />Tr;!tt: Lars^~a as forer•~an. The A[chisnv, Topeka a::.i Sau;a F'e
<br />raih'^a8 !:o!•::.=ucte•.1 a spur 1 mile in length to the ieot of th.;
<br />mesa. Tn^ ne==• q~.:cry- ;vas knonn as th.::iau:a F.: q-,,:vey-."
<br />-. ?'!:? s;c:x Svsioe~s gate promise of hig prr~5t'to hz o;a~ie in
<br />tLr ^olniu^ ysfrs. Tneu came the panic of 1S93. The :Qadgc
<br />qua^•y :~ as efo;;cd d~nc^, not to reopsn for siz years." J. ~L. Cur. ••
<br />left for tieatt!?. biting sold his interest in the quarrits to `.~'. ti.
<br />Fare, analllr. i::.thaway of Deuter.
<br />';'l~:rnu;•it ;!.e four years folloniug the panic, Gniv t-~tc items
<br />couxr;~~ie~r lire quarries appeared in the Record Jourf,al- Iu 18;lL,
<br />= _•\ir. ii:ahatcay brought to Castle RJCk some gentlemen to sign
<br />• ~ Plora do State achool of ]floe!, Rvitdinyy Slmw o) Colors do, 18.
<br />f roatir Rook Rrcnrd !mn'n af. Apr!I 8, ]/8r,
<br />wEid., rec. -. Incr.
<br />~~ILid., FEO. 8, ]b58.
<br />' =l Did., Jul)' 16, ]eYU.
<br />'~lDtd., .a Prll 1, 1891-
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