"Our Marble Quarries." ("California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences," Vol. 15, No. 19, July 12, 1861, pp. 149) "It is a well known fact that we are and have been quite large importers of foreign Marble for our fireplaces, our ornamental work, and even our grave stones and monumental work. Now we can announce with satisfaction that such have been the discoveries that the purest and best, the finest and most beautiful grained marbles are easily obtained in our own State, not only enough for our own use, but to send abroad too, if needed. "The extensive marble quarries recently discovered and opened at Columbia, Tuolumne county, by P. J. Devine, who has been prospecting for the last year, has proved that we need no longer look abroad for Marble, as we have now enough in California to supply the world. "The extensive quarry of Devine & Brother, to which we refer, is a mile and a-half long, and a broad rich vein. They are now erecting a mill that will run three hundred saws, and turn out marble better and cheaper than can be imported, and thus stop all foreign competitors. Devine & Brother have done much to give an impetus to Marble work, have wrought some as fine work as has ever been shown, and done themselves honor by their great taste, genius, and enterprise. We wish them unbounded success." Peggy B. Perazzo pbperazzo@comcast.net Stone Quarries and Beyond http://quarriesandbeyond.org/ All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton AntiVirus <http://www.symantec.com/>http://www.symantec.com/ New additions to our web site will be listed on our Twitter or Facebook pages, which is open to the public. (You do not need to join Facebook to view the new additions. You only need to join Facebook if you want to receive automatic notifications of new additions.) http://www.facebook.com/StoneQuarriesAndBeyond https://twitter.com/pbperazzo