Alaska

Note: This web site, “Stone Quarries and Beyond Continues,” is a continuation of the original/legacy web site, “Stone Quarries and Beyond,” that was created over 20+ years ago by my late husband, Pat Perazzo. I can no longer add to or correct the original web site, although it will remain online as is. Future additions will be added to the new web site “Stone Quarries and Beyond Continues” and our Stone Quarries and Beyond Facebook page. Peggy B. Perazzo

Geology Resources – Alaska

Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
- Geology Publications (A few of the geology links available are listed below.)
  - Publications Search
  - Alaska’s Mineral Industry (publication)
  - Guide to Alaska’s Geologic and Mineral Information (publication)
  - Theses and Dissertations
- Alaska’s Mineral Industry
- DGGS Newsletter
AKGeology.info – “This new site will evolve from a collection of links pertaining to geology, minerals, and land records in Alaska into a integrated system which allows the user to combine this information in ways which promote minerals exploration in Alaska.”
Alaska State Minerals Information (USGS)
Alaska Geology Map Indexer (Downloadable Maps)
Alaska Resource Data Files – Summary Descriptions of Known Mineral Occurrences
Alaska Resources Library and Information Services (ARLIS)
Alaska Science Forum
- Road Cuts, Article #452, by T. Neil Davis, April 5, 1981
Alaska’s Geology & Mineral Resources (Selected Products), U. S. Geological Survey (A few of the subjects available in the “Alaska’s Geology & Mineral Resources” section are listed below.)
- Mineral Resource Assessments in Alaska
- Mines, Prospects, & Mineral Occurrences in Alaska
- Topical Studies in Mineral Resources Research in Alaska
Alaska’s U. S. Geological Survey Mineral-Resources Archive in Anchorage, Alaska – “Three Western-Mineral-Resources Archives,” by Karen Bolm, Dave Frank, and Jill L. Schneider, U. S. Geological Survey. (This article includes the history of these three archives, photographs, and contact information.)

“Meeting the challenge of balancing America ’s needs for both nonrenewable resources and a clean, healthy environment requires accurate and unbiased scientific data. The ongoing work of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists provides information crucial to the creation of sound public policies that will ensure future supplies of mineral resources while protecting the health of our Nation’s citizens. Three archives, in Anchorage, Alaska, Spokane, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona, are maintained by the USGS to help policymakers, industry leaders, government officials, elected representatives, and the general public make informed decisions on mineral issues based on accurate, up-to-date, and impartial mineral-resource information….”
The Brooks Range in northern Alaska – “Limestone: The Building Block for Tilting Brooks Range Peaks,” Article #1288, by Ned Rozell, Alaska Science Forum, June 6, 1996, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, in cooperation with the UAF research community.
Fossiliferous blue-black limestone beds in tramway cut 250 feet from wharf, Tokeen (Photograph) Wales district, Southeastern Alaska region, Alaska. 1912. Plate 10-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 682. 1920. E. F. Burchard. (Photograph on the U. S. Geological Survey Photographic Library web site.)
Geologic Map of Alaska, presented on the About.com: Geology web site.
“Geology of the Chatham Sound region, southeast Alaska and coastal British Columbia,” by G. E. Gehrels, in Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 38, No. 11, November 2001, NRC Research Press, pp. 1579-1599 on the HighBeam Research web site.
Geology of the Dry Pass Area, Southeastern Alaska, Geologic Report No. 7, by Gerald Herreid and M. A. Kaufman, Juneau, Alaska, June 1964, State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines and Minerals. (This publication includes a geologic map of the Dry Pass Area.)
John Rishel Mineral Information Center, Douglas, Alaska
Ketchikan Quadrangle – Alaska Data Resource File (Descriptions of mineral occurrences), Open-File Report 99-525, by the U. S. Geological Survey.
A Location Guide for Rockhounds, Collected by Robert C. Beste, PG, St. Louis, Missouri: Hobbitt Press, 2nd ed., December 1996, 148 pp. (Includes chapters on “Mineral Locations by State,” “Appendix and Glossary,” and “Bibliography.”)
Map Library, Alaska Department of Natural Resources.
Map of Industrial Minerals Occurrences in Alaska, Miscellaneous Publication 43, by DeAnne S. Pinney and Emily S. Duenwald, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, September 2001, 103 pp.
National Geologic Map Database, presented by the United States Geologic Survey.
Prince of Wales Island (article) – “Famous mineral localities: Green Monster Mountain Prince of Wales Island, Alaska,” in Mineralogical Record, Sep./Oct. 2004 by Douglas C. Toland, on the High Beam Research web site.
Southeastern Coastal Alaska Limestone Terrain. (The information below is excerpted from the above document. The document was presented by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.) This report was taken from a report “Limestones of the Pacific Northwest” by Edwin Hodge, industrial raw materials consultant, September 1, 1944, for the Bonneville Power Administration. Report on file at Division of Mines and Geology Library, General Administration Building, Olympia, Washington. (The online version contains many typographical errors. I have taken the liberty to correct these errors, so the following paragraph is a “corrected” version of this document quotation.) (The link from which this information was obtained is no longer available.)
<http://wwwdggs.dnr.state.ak.us/scan1/mr/text/MR191-08.PDF>Many limestone and marble deposits occur adjacent to the coast of southeastern of which more than 56 locations are noted in this report.

Transportation: All of the limestone deposits herein recorded lie close to tidal waters. Many of the limestones outcrop as cliffs on the shores of sheltered waters where good quarry sites may be found and safe and economical wharfage is available.

(There is a section of the report entitled, “Comparison of Composition of Limestones of Southeastern Alaska” which lists the location and description of marble and limestone found.)
Tokeen, Alaska – Photographs of Tokeen, Alaska Marble Quarries, available on the U. S. Geological Survey Photographic Library web site. (Use search window to search for “Tokeen Alaska”)

The Alaska Stone Industry

1882 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry in 1882 (transcription), Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1882, J. S. Powell, Director, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1883. Excerpts from the chapters on 1) “Structural Materials” and 2) “The Useful Minerals of the United States.”
1883 and 1884 Alaska Stone Industry (transcription), Excerpts from Mineral Resources ofthe United States – Calendar Years 1883 and 1884 (PDF images of sections), Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office,Washington, D. C., 1885.
1885 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry in 1885 (transcription), Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1885 (PDF images of sections), David T. Day, Geologist, Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1887. Excerpt from the chapter on “Structural Materials,” by H. S. Sproull.
1886 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry in 1886 (transcription), Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1886 (PDF images of sections), David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining Statistics and Technology, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1887. Excerpts from the chapter on “Structural Materials,” by William C. Day.
1887 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry, 1887, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Year 1887 (PDF images of sections), J. W. Powell, Director, David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining Statistics and Technology, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1888
1888 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry, 1888, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Year 1888 (PDF images of sections), J. W. Powell, Director, David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining Statistics and Technology, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1890
1889 and 1890 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry, 1889, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Year 1889 and 1890 (PDF images of sections), J. W. Powell, Director, David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining Statistics and Technology, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1892
1891 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry, 1891, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Year 1891 (PDF images of sections), J. W. Powell, Director David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining Statistics and Technology, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1893
1892 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry, 1892, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Year 1892 (PDF images of sections), J. W. Powell, Director, David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining Statistics and Technology, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1893
1893 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry, 1893, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Year 1893 (PDF images of sections), J. W. Powell, Director, David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining Statistics and Technology, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1894
1894 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry, 1894, Excerpts from Sixteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey (PDF images of sections), Part IV. Mineral Resources of the United States, 1894, Nonmetallic Products, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894.
1895 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry, 1895, Excerpts from Seventeenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey (PDF images of sections), Part III. Mineral Resources of the United States, 1895, Nonmetallic Products, Except Coal. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1896.
1896 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry, 1896, Excerpts from Eighteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey (PDF images of sections), Part V. Mineral Resources of the United States, 1896, Nonmetallic Products, Except Coal. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1897.
1897 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry, 1897, Excerpts from Nineteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey (PDF images of sections), Part V. Mineral Resources of the United States, 1896, Nonmetallic Products, Except Coal. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898.
1898 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry, 1898, Excerpts from Twentieth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey (PDF images of sections), Part VI. Mineral Resources of the United States, 1898, Nonmetallic Products, Except Coal and Coke. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1899.
1899 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry, 1899, Excerpts from Twenty-first Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey (PDF images of sections), Part VI. Mineral Resources of the United States, 1899, Nonmetallic Products, Except Coal and Coke. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1901.
1900 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry, 1900, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Year 1900 (PDF images of sections), Charles D. Walcott, Director, David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining and Mineral Resources, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1901
1901 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry, 1901, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Year 1901 (PDF images of sections), Charles D. Walcott, Director, David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining and Mineral Resources, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1902
1902 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry, 1902, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1902 (PDF images of sections), Charles D. Walcott, Director, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1904.
1903 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry, 1903, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1903 (PDF images of sections), Charles D. Walcott, Director Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1904.
1904 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry, 1904, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1904 (PDF images of sections), Charles D. Walcott, Director, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1905.
1905 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry, 1905, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Year 1905 (PDF images of sections), Charles D. Walcott, Director, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1906.
1906 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry, 1906, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States – Calendar Year 1906 (PDF images of sections), George Otis Smith, Director, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1907.
1907 – The Alaska Stone and Building Industry, 1907, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1907 (PDF images of sections), Part II. Nonmetallic Products, George Otis Smith, Director, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1908.
1908 – The Alaska Stone Industry, 1908 (transcription), Excerpt from Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1908 (PDF images of sections), Part II – Nonmetallic Products, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1909. Excerpts from the book from chapter on “Stone,” by A. T. Coons.
1912 – Marble Resources in Ketchikan & Wrangell Districts of Alaska – Excerpts from Marble Resources of Ketchikan and Wrangell Districts, by Ernest F. Burchard, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin No. 542-B, 1913. (This book is available on Google Books.)
1918 – Marble Resources for Alaska circa 1918 – Excerpt from Mineral Resources of the United States for 1918, Part 2 Non-Metals, R. W. Stone, Geologist in Charge, “Stone,” by G. F. Loughlin and A. T. Coons, 1921, pp. 1240. (This book is available on Google Books. )
1994 through 2009 – The Mineral Industry of Alaska–U. S. Bureau of Mines, U. S. Department of the Interior – 1994 through 2008.
2001 – Alaska’s Industrial Minerals – “An Overview of Alaska’s Industrial Minerals,” by Thomas K. Bundtzen, Pacific Rim Geological Consulting, Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, in The Geology of Western North America (Abridged Version), by JoAnne Nelson, British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Victoria, BC, Canada, 37th Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals, May 23-25, 2001, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, pp. 3-4.
2010 – Alaska Rock Quarry Potential – Rock Quarry Potential: Preliminary Investigation, State of Alaska, November 2010, Prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District, in cooperation with State of Alaska, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.
2013 – Alaska’s Mining Industry – Background, presented by the Resource Development Council. (Available on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.)
The Alaska Marble Story, by Joseph Conrad, Stone Cutter, February 19, 2014.
Alaska Mines, the University of Alaska Southeast.
Alaska Miners Association
- Economic Impact of Alaska’s Mining Industry
Alaska’s Mining Industry, the Resource Development Council.
Directory of Aggregate, Rock, and Soil Producers in Alaska, Information Circular 32 by D.S. Pinney and E. S. Duenwald, State of Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, October 2001.
The Economic Benefits of Alaska’s Mining Industry, March 2018, the McDowell Group.
Major Mines In Alaska, the Alaska Miners Association.
Alaskan Tokeen Grey Marble Quarry on Marble Island, Alaska, by Jon Fathom May 06, 2019.
The Northwest Mining Association

(From the web site) “Northwest Mining Association (NWMA) is a 113-year-old, 1,800 member non-profit, non-partisan trade association founded in Spokane, Washington during the early years of the Coeur d’Alene Mining District. We were soon supporting the mining industry throughout the states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington, the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, and the Yukon and Northwest Territories.”
The Southeastern Alaska Mining Industry: Historical Overview and Current Status, by John Sisk, Southeast Alaska Conservation Assessment – Chapter 9.7, 5 pp.

According to this document, “Marble was quarried from islands on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island from 1895 through 1932. Alaska marble was used in buildings from California and Nevada across the United States (Roppel 1991).”

Printed & Online Sources

“Alaska,” in The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910, pp. 472-477. (This book is available on Google Book Search for reading or downloading to your computer..)
“Alaska,” in New International Yearbook: A Compendium of the World’s Progress for the year 1910, Frank Moore Colby, editor, and Allen Leon Churchill, associate editor, 1909, pp. 19-21. (This book is available on Google Book Search for reading or downloading to your computer on Google Book Search.)
Alaska: A Guide to Alaska, Last American Frontier, by Merle Colby, Federal Writers’ Project, U.S. History Publishers, 1944, ISBN 1603540024, 9781603540025. (This book is available on Google Book Search for reading or downloading to your computer.)
Alaska Almanac, by Edward Sanford Harrison, compiled by Edward Sanford Harrison, The Harrison Publishing Company, 1909.
Alaska, An Empire in the Making, by John Jasper Underwood. Dodd, Mead and co., 1913, 440 pp. (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer on Google Book Search.) (This book includes information on marble tombstones and marble quarries, pp. 233-234.)
Alaska and Its Resources, by William Healey Dall, Lee and Shepard, 1897, 627 pp. (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer on Google Book Search.)
Alaska – City Directories, et al., of the past – available on the Anchorage Borough, Alaska GenWeb Project web site.
Alaska Facts and Symbols, by Muriel L. Dubois, Capstone Press, 2003, 24 pp., ISBN 0736822321, 9780736822329.
Alaska Historical Timeline, presented on the Anchorage Borough, Alaska GenWeb Project web site.
Alaska History: An Annotated Bibliography, by Marvin W. Falk, compiled by Marvin W. Falk, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006, 371 pp., ISBN 0313282242, 9780313282249.
Alaska in Transition: The Southeast Region, by George William Rogers, Published for Resources for the Future by Johns Hopkins Press, 1960, 384 pp.
Alaska: It’s Resources and Development, United States Natural Resources Committee, Alaska Resources Committee, B. Frank Heimtzleman and Robert Marshall, Washington: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1938. (This book is available on the Internet Archive.)
The Alaska Marble Story, by Joseph Conrad, Stone Cutter, February 19, 2014.
Alaska Native People of South Central and Upper Cook Inlet Alaska, by Colleen Mielke, presented on the Anchorage Borough, Alaska GenWeb Project web site.
Alaska, Our Beautiful Northland of Opportunity: A description of its Rivers, Mountains, Glaciers, Volcanoes, and other Beautiful and Unusual Scenic Features of the Rare Delights…: Our Beautiful Northland of Opportunity, by Agnes Rush Burr, The Page Co., 1919, 428 pp. (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer on Google Book Search.)
Alaska Railroad Corporation v. Native Village Of Eklutna, FindLaw. Court case decided: February 15, 2002.
Alaska’s Mineral Industry Reports & Alaska’s Mineral Industry Stats, Alaska Department of Natural Resources – Geological Geophysical Surveys.
“The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1913,” by A. H. Brooks, in Bulletin 592, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1914, pp. 45-74.
“The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1914,” by A. H. Brooks, in Bulletin 622, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1915, pp. 15-68.
“The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1915,” by A. H. Brooks in Bulletin 642, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1916, pp. 17-72.
“The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1916,” by A. H. Brooks, in Bulletin 662, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1917, pp. 11-62.
“The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1917,” by G. C. Martin, in Bulletin 692, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1918, pp. 11-42.
“The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1918,” by G. C. Martin, in Bulletin 712, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1919, pp. 11-52.
“The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1919,” by A. H. Brooks and G. C. Martin, in Bulletin 714, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1921, pp. 59-95.
“Alaska’s Mineral Supplies,” by A. H. Brooks, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 666-P, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, pp. 1-14.
Alaska’s Mineral Supplies, by A. H. Brooks, in Bulletin 714, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1921, pp. 5-57.
“Alaska’s Mineral Wealth,” in Our New Alaska, by Charles Hallock, Ayer Publishing, 1970, 209 pp., ISBN 0405026706, 9780405026706. (Information on Alaskan marble quarries is included in this book.)
Alaska’s Minerals as a Basis for Industry, by H. F. Bain, Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7379, 1964, 89 pp.
Alaska’s Southeast: Touring the Inside Passage, by Michelle Gurney, Globe Pequot, 2006, 315 pp., ISBN 0762738901, 9780762738908.
Alaska’s Southeast: Touring the Inside Passage, by Mike Miller, GPP Travel, (eleventh edition) May 13, 2008, 304 pp., ISBN-10: 0762745355, ISBN-13: 978-0762745357.
An Abridged History of Alaska, by John W. Brown, 1909. (The text of this book is available on the Internet Archive web site.)
“Beringia: The Siberia to Alaska ‘bridge’,” March 4, 2019, Quarry Magazine.
“The Building Stones and Materials of Southeastern Alaska,” by C. W. Wright, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 345b, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1908, pp. 116-126.
Chronologies of Alaska and Regional Newspapers, Alaska State Library.
“Conditions in Alaska,” in The Vermonter: A State Magazine, March 1904, pp. 233.
Curry Quarry Operations, Alaska Rails.
“Economic Developments in Southeastern Alaska,” Bulletin 259, by F. E. and C. W. Wright, in Bulletin 259, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, 1905, pp. 47-68.
“EPA reaches settlement with Alaska quarry operator for Clean Water Act violations. Agreement with Northern Alaska Contractors resolves violations of Alaska’s Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Multi-Sector General Permit.” September 15, 2020. United States Environmental Protection Agency New Release.
Fortunes from the Earth: An History of the Base and Industrial Minerals of Southeast Alaska, by Patricia Roppel, Sunflower University Press, 1991, 139 pp., ISBN 0897451368, 9780897451369.
Geographic Dictionary of Alaska, Bulletin No. 299, Series F, Geography, 52, by Marcus Baker, 2nd ed., Washington Government Printing Office, 1906.
The Geography and Geology of Alaska, A Summary of Existing Knowledge, by A. H. Brooks, with a section on climate, by Cleveland Abbe, Jr., and a topographic map and description thereof, by R. U. Goode. Professional Paper 45, 1906, 327 pp.
Geographic Dictionary of Alaska, Bulletin 299, by Marcus Baker, second edition, prepared by James McCormick, 1906, 690 pp. (This book is available on Google Book Search for reading or downloading to your computer.)
“Geography of Alaska,” in The United States Geological Survey: Its Origin, Development, Organization, and Operations, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904, pp. 33-48. (Includes map: “Map of Alaska, Showing Progress of Topographic and Geologic Surveys, 1898-1903.”)
“Geologic Survey of Alaska, by Alfred H. Brooks, U. S. Geological Survey, in Popular Science Monthly, McClure, Phillips and Co., 1906, pp. 42-54. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books.)
“The Geology and Mineral Resources of Kenai Peninsula,” by G. C. Martin, B. L. Johnson, and U.S. Grant, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 587, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1915, pp. 243.
“The Geology and Mineral Resources of Parts of Alaska Peninsula,” by W. W. Atwood, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 467, United States Geological Survey, Washington, DC., Government Printing Office, 1911, pp. 137.
“The Geology and Mineral Resources of the Nizina District, Alaska,” by F. H. Moffit and S. R. Capps, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 448, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1911, pp. 111.
“The Geology and Mineral Resources of the Solomon and Casadepaga Quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska,” by P. S. Smith, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 433, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1910, 227 pp.
“The Geology and Mineral Resources of the West Coast of Chichagof Island,” by R. M. Overbeck, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 692, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1919, pp. 91-136.
Geology of Southeast Alaska: Rock and Ice in Motion, by Harold Stowell, University of Alaska Press, March 1, 2006, 152 pp., ISBN-10: 188996381X, ISBN-13: 978-1889963815.
Geology of the Dry Pass Area, Southeastern Alaska, Geologic Report No. 7, by Gerald Herreid and M. A. Kaufman, Juneau, Alaska, June 1964, State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines and Minerals. (This publication includes a geologic map of the Dry Pass Area.)
Glimpses of Alaska, As It Was and As It Is, by Alaska territorial chamber of commerce, Chamber of Commerce, Alaska Chamber of Commerce, Alaska, The Chamber, 1938, 111 pp.
Guide to Alaska and the Yukon, ed. by Lou Jacobin, Guide to Alaska Co., Juneau, Alaska, 1956, 288 pp.
A Guide to Alaska, Last American Frontier, by Merle Colby, Macmillan Co., New York, 1939, 427 pp.
Handbook of Alaska: Its Resources, Products and Attractions, by Adolphus Washington Greely, C. Scribner, 1914, 280 pp. (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer on Google Book Search. This book includes information on Alaskan marble quarries and industry.)
History of Mines and Prospects, Ketchikan District, Prior to 1952, SR 1, by John Bufvers, Alaska Department of Natural Resources publication, 1967, 32 pp.
Inactive Production Rock Sites and Quarries, 2002 Annual Report, Kennecott Greens Creek Mining Company, August 2003.
Inactive Production Rock Sites and Quarries, 2011 Annual Report, Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company, April 15, 2012.
“Investigation of the Mineral Deposits of Seward Peninsula,” by P. S. Smith, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 345, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1908, pp. 206-250.
Juneau Township Historic Building Survey, City and Bureau of Juneau, September 1988.
The Ketchikan and Wrangell Mining Districts, Alaska, Bulletin 347, by Fred Eugene Wright and Charles Will Wright, U. S. Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, 1908. (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer on Google Book Search.) (The section on “Building Stones” includes information on the following subjects: Marble, granite, and cement, pp. 191-200.)
Knik Arm Crossing – Final Potential Armor and Rock Quarries Technical Report, Agreement No: P 42070, Federal Project No: ACSTP-0001(277), Aksas Project No: 56047, Prepared for: Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority, Anchorage, AK 99501, Prepared by: PND Engineering, Inc., January 2006. (Includes quarry photos and map of quarries.) (“Active Quarries” listed in this report: Peters Creek – Rock Alaska; Peters Creek – Skookum Quarry; Palmer – Lucas Pit; Butte – Back Acres Quarry; Talkeetna – Curry Quarry; Spencer; Seward – 4th of July; Seward, Resurrection Creek; Valdez; Cordova/Shepard Point; Chignik/Lagoon-Indian Creek, Castle Bay; Sand Point: Knoll Quarry and Harbor Quarry; King Cove; Saint George; Dutch Harbor; Dillingham; and Cape Nome. “Undeveloped Unpermitted Quarries”: Chugiak Bay/Chug 1 near Port Graham; Iniskin Bay; Cordova/Shepard Point; and the Kodiak/Anton Larsen Pit.)
“Koniag continues a tradition of mining. From ancestors trading slate to modern quarry, Alutiiq have long history of mining, remain open to responsible exploration.” North of 60 Mining News, September 1, 2019. (the Kodiak Granite Quarry)
“The Lost Trade of Stone Cutting,” An essay by Joseph Conrad describing stone construction before gang saws or compressed air, 1800 to 1900, April 19, 2012
A Location Guide for Rockhounds, Collected by Robert C. Beste, PG, St. Louis, Missouri: Hobbitt Press, 2nd ed., December 1996, 148 pp. (Includes chapters on “Mineral Locations by State,” “Appendix and Glossary,” and “Bibliography.”)
Map of Alaska Showing Distribution of Mineral Deposits, scale 1:5,000,000; by A. H. Brooks. New editions included in United States Geological Survey Bulletins 642 and 662, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office.
Map of Industrial Minerals Occurrences in Alaska, Miscellaneous Publication 43, by DeAnne S. Pinney and Emily S. Duenwald, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, September 2001, 103 pp.
“Marble Deposits of Southeastern Alaska,” by E. F. Burchard, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 682, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, date unknown, pp. unknown. (Report in preparation in 1917.)
“Marble in Alaska,” in the Journal of the Franklin Institute, by Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa., Pergamon Press, 1902, pp. 309-310. (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer on Google Book Search.)
“Marble in Juneau, Skagway, and Sitka Districts – Topographic and Commercial Relations,” in Analyses of Rocks and Minerals from the Laboratory of the United States Geological Survey, 1880 to 1914, by Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1915, pp. 97-107. (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer on Google Book Search.)
“Marble On The Edge,” by Gary McWilliams, in Wanderlusting, 2015, published by Great Story Book Publishing. (“Marble on The Edge” is the story about Gary McWilliams’ search for his “Jupiter Marble” on Dall Island, Alaska. This book also includes accounts of his many adventures. You can learn more about Gary McWilliams, adventurer and sculptor, on his web site Stone Arts of Alaska.)
“Marble Resources of Ketchikan and Wrangell Districts,” by E. F. Burchard, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 542, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1913, pp. 52-77. (This book is available on the U. S. Geological Services web site at the link above.)
Marble Resources of Southeastern Alaska, Bulletin 682, by Ernest F. Burchard, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1920.
“Marble Resources of the Juneau, Skagway, and Sitka Districts,” by E. F. Burchard, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 592, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1914, pp. 95-107.
“The Marbles of Alaska” in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XXXVII, No. 11, November 1916, pp. 583-584. (This magazine is available on Google Book Search for reading or downloading to your computer.)
The Milepost: for Motorists, Sportsmen, Vacationists, Alaska Research Co., Anchorage, Alaska. (Annual booklet of highway maps and detailed information covering the Laska highway.)
“The Mineral Deposits of Alaska,” by A. H. Brooks, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 592, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1914, pp. 18-44.
“The Mineral Deposits of the Chitina Valley,” by F. H. Moffit, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 642, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1916, pp. 129-136.
“Mineral Deposits of Kodiak and the Neighboring Islands,” by G. C. Martin, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 542, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1913, pp. 125-136.
“Mineral Deposits of the Kotsina-Kuskulana District, With Notes on Mining in Chitina Valley,” by F. H. Moffit, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 622, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1915, pp. 103-117.
“The Mineral Deposits of the Yakataga Region,” by A. G. Maddren, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 592, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1914, pp. 119-154.
Mineral Investigations in The Ketchikan Mining District, Alaska, 1991: Prince of Wales Island and Vicinity, by Kenneth M. Maas, Jan C. Still, and Peter E. Bittenbender, U. S. Department of the Interior Manuel Lujan, Jr., Secretary Bureau of Mines T. S. Ary, Director.
Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1907, Bulletin 345, Alfred Hulse Brooks, U. S. Geological Survey, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908, 294 pp. (This book is available on Google Book Search for reading or downloading.)
Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1908, Bulletin 379, Alfred H. Brooks and Others, U. S. Geological Survey, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1909. (This book is available on Google Book Search for reading or downloading.)
Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1910, by Alfred Hulse Brooks, U. S. Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, 1911, 333 pp. (This book is available for reading or downloading on Google Book Search.)
Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1911, Bulletin 520, by Alfred H. Brooks and Others, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1912.
Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1914, Bulletin 622, by Alfred Brooks and others, U. S. Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1915. (This book is available on Google Books for reading or downloading.)
Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1919, Bulletin 714, by Alfred H. Brooks and Others, Department of Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1921.
Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1929 and Administrative Report, by Philip Sidney Smith, U. S. Geological Survey, published by U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1930, 120 pp.
The Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1939, Technology & Science U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 926A, by Philip S. Smith, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.: 1941. 107 pp.
Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1940, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 933-A, by Philip S. Smith, 1942, 102 pp.
Mineral Resources in Alaska, Report of Progress of Investigations in 1909, United States Geological Survey, Bulletin 442, by Alfred H. Brooks and Others, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1910, 432 pp.
Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1917, Bulletin 692, by G. C. Martin, et. al., United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1919. (This book is available for reading or downloading on Google Book Search.)
Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1933, by Philip Sidney Smith, Stephen Reid Capps, Ralph Tuck, John Beaver Mertie, U. S. Geological Survey, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1936, 255 pp.
Mineral Resources of Alaska, 1936: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1936, by Philip Sidney Smith, Ralph Tuck, John Beaver Mertie, John C. Reed, U. S. Geological Survey, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1939.
“Mineral Resources of the Chisana-White River District,” by S. R. Capps, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 622, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1915, pp. 189-228.
“Mineral Resources of Jack Bay District and Vicinity,” by B. L. Johnson, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 692, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1919, pp. 153-173.
“Mineral Resources of the Kantishna Region,” by S. R. Capps, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 662, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1917, pp. 279-331.
“Mineral Resources of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska,” by F. H. Moffit and R. W. Stone, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 277, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1906, 80 pp.
“Mineral Resources of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska,” by G. C. Martin, B. L. Johnson, and U. S. Grant, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 587, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1915, 243 pp.
“Mineral Resources of the Lake Clark-Iditarod Region,” by P. S. Smith, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 622, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1915, pp. 247-271.
The Mineral Resources of the Mount Wrangell District, Alaska, by W. C. Mendenhall and F. C. Schrader, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1903, 77 pp.
“Mineral Resources of the Nabesna-White River District,” by F. H. Moffit and Adolph Knopf; with a section on the Quaternary, by S. R. Capps, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 417, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1910, 64 pp.
“Mineral Resources of the Ruby-Kuskokwim Region,” by J. B. Mertie, Jr., and G. L. Harrington, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 642, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1916, pp. 228-266.
“Mineral Resources of the Upper Matanuska and Nelchina Valleys,” by G. C. Martin and J. B. Mertie, Jr., in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 592, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1914, pp. 273-300.
“Mineral Resources of the Upper Chulitna Region,” by S. R. Capps, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 692, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1919, pp. 207-232.
“Mineral Resources of the Yukon-Koyukuk Region,” by E. M. Eakin, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 592, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1914, pp. 371-384.
“Mining,” in Report of the Governor of Alaska to the Secretary of the Interior, by Alaska Governor, United States Dept. of the Interior, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1901, pp. 140-141. (This book is available for reading or downloading on Google Book Search.)
“Mining Developments in the Ketchikan Mining District,” by Theodore Chapin, in Bulletin 692, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing House, 1919, pp. 85-89.
“Mining, Once Ketchikan’s Principal Industry,” by Dave Kiffer, July 28, 2006, SitNews. Stories in The News, Ketchikan, Alaska.

Photographs in this article include: (1) “Hadley smelter on Prince of Wales Island, 1904 Photographer: Harriet Hunt….” (2) “Downtown Dolomi, circa 1910 — Houses at Dolomi, Alaska….” (3) “Copper Mountain smelter, 1906 – Tram rails and smelter on Prince of Wales Island. Photographer: Harriet Hunt….” (4) “Hotel Hadley, 1905 An entire town, including this hotel, sprang up at Hadley when gold was discovered there. A few years later, it was all gone. Harriet Hunt photo….” (5) “S.S. Diamond Cement loading limestone at View Cove, 1938….” (6) “Dock and quarry at View Cove, Photographer: Otto C. Schallerer….” (7) “Bunkhouse at Sulzer mine. Photographer: Mr. Wynne….” & (8) “Schoenbar Mine – Bear Valley – Ketchika….” (9) “Colonel John Schoenbar with Toby, the hunt family dog. Photographer: Forest J. Hunt….”
“Mining in Southeastern Alaska,” by C. W. Wright, in Bulletin 379, by R. S. Tarr, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909, pp. 67-68.
“Mining in Southeastern Alaska,” by Adolph Knopf, in Bulletin 442, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1910, pp. 133-143.
“The Mining Industry in 1905,” by A. H. Brooks, in Bulletin 284, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1906, pp. 4-9.
“The Mining Industry in 1906,” by A. H. Brooks, in Bulletin 314, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1907, pp. 19-39.
“The Mining Industry in 1907,” by A. H. Brooks, in Bulletin 345, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1908, pp. 30-53.
“The Mining Industry in 1908,” by A. H. Brooks, in Bulletin 379, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909, pp. 21-62.
“The Mining Industry in 1909,” by A. H. Brooks, in Bulletin 442, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1910, pp. 20-46.
“The Mining Industry in 1910,” by A. H. Brooks, in Bulletin 480, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1911, pp. 21-42.
“The Mining Industry in 1911,” by A. H. Brooks, in Bulletin 520, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1912, pp. 19-44.
“The Mining Industry in 1912,” by A. H. Brooks, in Bulletin 542, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1913, pp. 18-51.
“Nonmetallic Deposits of Southeastern Alaska,” by C. W. Wright, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 284, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1906, pp. 54-60.
“Nonmetalliferous Mineral Resources of Southeastern Alaska,” by C. W. Wright, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 314, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1907, pp. 73-81.
Opportunity in Alaska, by George Sundborg, The Macmillan Company, 1945, 302 pp. (Includes some information on the historical Alaskan marble quarries.)
Our Northern Domain: Alaska, Picturesque, Historic and Commercial, by Nathan Haskell Dole, Boston: Dana Estes & Co., 1910, 237 pp. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading.)
“An Overview of Alaska’s Industrial Minerals,” by Thomas K. Bundtzen, Pacific Rim Geological Consulting, Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, in The Geology of Western North America (Abridged Version), by JoAnne Nelson, British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Victoria, BC, Canada, 37th Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals, May 23-25, 2001, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, pp. 3-4.
Preliminary Report on the Ketchikan Mining District, Alaska, with an introductory sketch of the geology of southeastern Alaska, Professional Paper 1, by Alfred H. Brooks, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, 1902, 120 pp. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading.)
“Prince of Wales Area Plan,” originally adopted June 1985, Revised October 1998.
- Chapter 3. Land Management Policies for Each Management Unit. (Quarries discussed include: Calder, historic site, quarry; “The Shakan-Dry Pass-Calder area was traditionally a center of the marble quarry industry, active until the onset of World War II.”; “A quarry on the east side of Marble Island; A limestone quarry, approximately two miles northeast of Edna Bay, was mined from the early part of the century until the onset of World War II.”)
“Prince of Wales Island,” in Best Places Alaska: The Locals’ Guide to the Best Lodgings, Outdoor Adventures, Sights, Shopping, and Restaurants, by Kate Ripley, Sasquatch Books, 2003, pp. 16-20, ISBN 1570613745, 9781570613746.
“Railway Routes,” by A. H. Brooks, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 284, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1906, pp. 10-17.
“Railway Routes from the Pacific Seaboard to Fairbanks, Alaska,” by A. H. Brooks, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 520, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office 1912, pp. 45-88.
Record of Vermont Marble Company’s Interest in Alaska up to and Including 1915, an old ledger located at the Ketchikan Library, according to the article “The State Capitol and Its Marble and Keeping the Capital in Juneau,” by June Allen, October 20, 2004, in Sit News online: Stones in the News, Ketchikan, Alaska. (According to the author, “The ledger includes reports of exploration, site data, competitor activity and correspondence from a ten-year period of activity.”)
Report on Progress of Investigations of the Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1905, A. H. Brooks, and others, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1906, 169 pp.
Roadside Geology of Alaska, by Cathy Connor and Daniel O’Haire, Mountain Press Publishing Company, Incorporated, April 1988, Paperback, 256 pp., ISBN: 0878422137.
Rock Quarry Potential: Preliminary Investigation, State of Alaska, November 2010, Prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District, in cooperation with State of Alaska, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.
A Selected List of United States Geological Survey Publications on Alaska, Arranged Alphabetically, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1933. 14 pp. (Issued as an appendix to the Geological Survey’s Bulletin 836.)
Southeastern Alaska’s Mineral Industry, Information Circular 7844, by Alvin Kaufman, U. S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1958, 39 pp.
“Special Reports on Building Stones of the United States for 1880,” Tenth Census, vol. 10, by George W. Hawes, George P. Merrill, and others, 1884.
“Stabler point rock quarry expands” (“…located near the Ferry Terminal in Auke Bay, according to the Juneau Empire.”) The Free Library, by Farlex.
The Stone Industries, by Oliver Bowles, New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1939, 519 pp.
Stones for Building and Decoration, by George Perkins Merrill, 3rd ed., rev. and enl., New York: J. Wiley & Sons; 1897, 3rd ed. 1908.
“The Structure and Stratigraphy of Gravina and Revillagigedo Islands, Alaska,” by Theodore Chapin, in Professional Paper 120, United States Geological survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1918, pp. 83-100.
“Talkeetna, Alaska Cemetery: Latitude 62:323N, Longitude: 150,109W,” by Peggy Jenks, in Association for Gravestone Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 3, Summer, 2007, pp. 10-11.
Tariff Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, Sixtieth Congress, By United States Congress House, Committee on Ways and Means, Government Printing Office, 1908. Item notes: v. 13-17 (“Statement of Mr. Frank C. Partridge, of Proctor, Vt.” on tariff on marble, pp. 1554-1568.)
Tariff Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, Sixth Congress, 1908-09, United States Congress, House Committee on Ways and Means, Government Printing Office, 1909. Item notes: v. 2 Schedules B-C 1908-1909 (“Brief Submitted by Mr. Frank C. Partridge, of Proctor, Vt., Representing the Marble Producers,” pp. 1252-1262)
Tariff Schedules: Hearings Before the Committee Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Oscar Wilder Underwood, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1913. (This book is available on Google Books.)
The Technology of Marble Quarrying, U. S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 106, by Oliver Bowles, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1916.
“To Build On The Past: A Foundational Database of The Vermont Marble Company Archives,” by Kaitlin Virginia Pluskota. A Thesis in Historic Preservation Presented to the Faculties of the University of Pennsylvania in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree of Master of Science in Historic Preservation, 2015.

Alaska quarries include: Gravina, quarried at Tokeen, Alaska (pp. 79); & Tokeen marble “Quarried from Tokeen quarries, marble island, Alaska….” (pp. 91)

“Tokeen,” in Alaska Journal, 7, No. 4, 1977, pp. 220-226. (This article is about a settlement at a marble quarry on Marble Island.)
Uncle Sam’s Attic: The Intimate Story of Alaska, by Mary Lee Davis, W. A. Wilde Co., Boston, Mass.: 1930, 402 pp.
“The Upper Chitina Valley,” by F. H. Moffitt, With a Description of the Igneous Rocks, by R. M. Overbeck, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 675, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office 1918, pp. 82.
“View Cove, a Limestone Quarry,” in Alaska Journal, 9, No. 2, 1979, pp. 44-48. (This article is about an abandoned settlement on Dall Island which was active in the 1930s and 1940s.)

Stone Carvers, Stone Cutters, etc.

- Joseph Conrad, Stone Cutter – “The Lost Trade of Stone Cutting,” an essay by Joseph Conrad describing stone construction before gang saws or compressed air, 1800 to 1900, April 19, 2012
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From my point of view, one of the most interesting photographs included in Joseph Conrad’s article has the following photo caption: “I have spent 5 working vacations attempting to reopen old marble quarries in Southeastern Alaska (once owned by the Vermont Marble Company). These quarries provided much of the stone used on buildings throughout the West. 60,000 blocks remain in the rain forest there on Marble Island. A pile of white marble 40 feet long, 40 feet high and 3 miles long still lies on the ground covered by thick layers of moss.”

Gary McWilliams, Marble Carver and owner of Stone Arts of Alaska, in Craig, Alaska. According to the web site, the stone sold by Stone Arts of Alaska comes from the coastal area islands of southeast Alaska. Visit the web site to view finished pieces made from the Aphrodite Marble, Jupiter Marble, Prince of Wales Greenstone, and many other Alaskan stones. Several of these stones contain fossils.

“Marble on the Edge,” by Gary McWilliams of Stone Arts of Alaska. This article is an Alaska/boat/stone/art story. It is about Gary McWilliams’ journey of discovery of Jupiter Marble in Southeast Alaska.

Stone Creations from Alaskan Stone, by Gary McWilliams of Stone Arts of Alaska. Click on the first link to view many of Gary McWilliams’ pieces/sculptures created from “Circus Conglomerate” from Prince of Wales Island; Pink Marble; Aphrodite Marble; Karheen Conglomerate; Prince of Wales Greenstone aka One Duck Greenstone; Jupiter Marble; and concretions, all found in Alaska.


Owl of Karheen Conglomerate from Alaska, Gary McWilliams	Pink Marble Sculpture from Alaska, by Gary McWilliams	Large yellow snail fossil in Aphrodite Marble from Alaska, Gary McWilliams

Gary McWilliams, Marble Carver, in Craig, Alaska, is the subject of the article, “Carving beauty: Craig man transforms rare Southeast Alaska rocks into art,” by Elizabeth Bluemink, Juneau Empire, Web posted June 29, 2006. (The link to this article is no longer available.)
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According to this article, Gary McWilliams is a sculptor and owner of Stone Arts of Alaska in Craig, Alaska. He prospects all over Alaska searching for marble to use in his sculptures including marble the Aphrodite marble deposit that he located in 1994 and named.
Gary McWilliams – “Aphrodite marble mine beautifies Southeast: the search for this colorful rock brought entrepreneur Gary McWilliams into business,” in Alaska Business Monthly, November, 2002, by Kent L. Colby, on findarticles.com. (This article includes information on the history of early Alaska marble.) (The link to this article is no longer available.)
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Judd Mullady, Marble Carver, of Haines, Alaska, is the subject of the article “Working with marble, rolling with changes,” by Tom Morphet, in the Chilkat Valley News, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 49, December 11, 2008.

According to this article, sculptor Judd Mullady has carved marble gravestones for families in Haines and Juneau. He uses local Haines marble which varies from “white, pink or green in color.”

According to the Alaska State Capitol brochure, Juddy Mullady created the sculpture “Two Alaskan Otters” from marble quarried from Haines. The sculpture is located in the ground floor lobby of the Alaska State Capitol building. (The original link to this brochure is no longer available, although you can view the brochure on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.)