Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Daily Telephone, October 13, 1925, p. 1. COMMENT The announcement is made in The Telephone today that the Consolidated Stone company, which is one of the largest and oldest of the Oolitic stone belt, will develop a new quarry in Bloomington district, having purchased the Borland farm west of Clear Creek for a consideration of $46,000. The Consolidated sought the finest stone in the district for its new quarry and believes it has some 40 acres of the very best "buff"-of which the new Citizens Loan & Trust company building is an example-on the Borland land. There is a growing demand for this buff stone over the United States which the quarries hereabouts can hardly fill. This buff stone is found in no other section. The Consolidated expansion is the Bloomington belt is far more than just another quarry. It is a definite gesture which tells more explicitly than can be told in words that the big expansion in the stone district can be expected in the Bloomington belt. In the past two years all of the new quarries which have been developed have been in Monroe county. Now comes the Consolidated company with its big quarries and mills at Dark Hollow and Bedford and selects a Monroe county site for its new quarry. From this quarry the Consolidated expects to take stone which cannot be excelled-a buff which is beautiful for the eye and easily worked. From Stinseville on the north to Victor on the south new quarries of this fine buff stone have recently been opened. The "blue" stone does not have the same market value of the buff, and it is easy to see that the quarries of the future will be located where the core drills tell a story of buff stone. Stone operators generally agree on two points: First, the stone industry is just really getting under way and the big development is still to come and, second, the development of the industry will be largely in Monroe county. When a new sky scraper or public building is to go up now-a-days Oolitic stone is always considered as one of the possible materials and in more instances each year it is considered the one practical material for a modern building. In many cities over the country the name of "Bedford" stone is used rather than Oolitic, and more and more it is coming to pass that Bedford stone comes from Bloomington. If the name of "Bedford" takes the glory to another city Bloomington must be satisfied with the profits. All of which means that Bloomington must grow to keep up with its stone belt, as it must also grow to keep apace with the great educational institution located here. Every few weeks The Telephone relates the story of another new mill or quarry going up in or near the city. The fact of the matter is Bloomington cannot keep from growing. It just can't help it when year by year its industries an [sic] educational institutions grow and expand in mushroom fashion. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.