“The quarry of the Carthage Stone Company is located west of the west quarry of the Carthage Marble and White Lime Co.  It was opened in 1892 and has been operated continuously since that time. The company owns twelve acres of land.

The quarry has a south face about 500 feet long.  The stone is being quarried chiefly from the west end.  Suture joints occur in the same manner as in the other quarries.  The presence of tar seams has occasioned the quarrying of a large quantity of stone which cannot be used for the better class of buildings.  A large number of these imperfect blocks are at present piled up in the quarry.

The stone is a white, somewhat coarsely crystalline, limestone and is similar in all respects to that found in other parts of this area…. The quarry has a clay and chert stripping of from two to five feet.

This quarry is equipped with a modern mill.  The stone is quarried, dressed and cut with modern machinery, including channelers, hoists, derrick, gang-saw, engine and boilers. The company owns an electric plant and during the past nine years the quarry has been operated day and night. A portion of the stone is shipped in the rough to St. Louis where the company has a yard, at Gratiot and Theresa avenues, for cutting and dressing.”

Source:  Quarrying Industry of Missouri, Vol. 2, 1904.