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It was originally developed by the Alaskan Marble Company in 1901 to mine white, then blue, marble deposits from the Bay of Pillars Formation often employed for\u00a0interior trim, decoration, tombstones\u00a0and some statuary. The building material product from their quarry was said to rival the best Italian Marble.<\/p>\n
After the supply of high quality marble was exhausted in 1920, the Vermont Marble Company attempted to continue the operation but it ceased operations\u00a0in 1931. Treadwell Gold Mining Company took control and began mining a molybdenum prospect at the site which continued up to the early 1940s.<\/p>\n
Today it is operated as a calcium carbonate quarry by Columbia River Carbonates. The quarried rock is crushed to 6-inch size then loaded onto barges for shipment to its processing plant at Woodland, Washington to produce ground calcium carbonate powder and slurry.<\/p>\n
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When entering\u00a0Shakan Strait and Dry Pass\u00a0from Sumner Strait to visit El Capitan Caves, one will notice a large mining operation on\u00a0Prince of Wales\u00a0Island. This mine has a long history of resource extraction. It was originally developed by the Alaskan Marble … Continue reading