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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

Only the entry page for the Illinois state section is available at this time on the new web site.  You will find the rest of the Illinois state page on the original web site Stone Quarries and Beyond using the links below.

Geology Resources – Illinois

“The history of limestone use in west-central Illinois extends back to the time of early European settlement, beginning in the 1830’s.  At that time, limestone was quarried as ‘dimension stone’ for use in constructing foundations for houses and other buildings.  Because the stone was readily obtainable in flat slabs and, owing to its softness, was easily dressed, it was widely used for window sills and lintels, for exterior facings and as ornamental building stone….”

  • Mississippian Burlington Limestone, I-172 Roadcut, Quincy, Illinois, USA; photos copyright by Leslie Melim.
  • Mississippian Rocks in Illinois, Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute.
  • Museum of Geology, Illinois.
  • National Geologic Map Database, presented by the United States Geologic Survey.
  • Niagara Limestone, the Forest Preserve District of Cook County (Illinois), Niagara Limestone, Nature Bulletin No. 282-A, November 11, 1967.

    There are several great limestone quarries in operation around Chicago and other areas as far away as Kankakee and Joliet today.  Some of these quarries cover hundreds of areas in area with some as much as 300 feet in depth.  In addition to these active quarries, there are many others quarries that have been abandoned, some located within Chicago, which have been filed with excavated material and refuse.

    These quarries for many years supplied limestone blocks used in the construction of buildings and sidewalks in the region.  The blocks were also used to protect the lake front.  Crushed limestone is used today to make concrete that is used in the construction of buildings, streets, sidewalks, and highways.  Farms use limestone dust to spread over their fields to help increase the fertility of the fields.

  • “Paleontology in Illinois” section of Wikipedia.
  • Palos Hills – Physical Geography (The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.)
    <http://www.d230.org/stagg/profile/palos_hills_geography.htm>

    This web site included a photograph of a former claypit, near the intersection of 111th and Southwest Highway, Worth, Cook County, Illinois, which is locally known to some as the “Worth Quarry.”

  • Rock and Mineral Clubs in Illinois, by Rock and Mineral Shows.com
  • Sequence Stratigraphy of Upper Mississippian (Meramecian-Chesterian) Strata in theIllinoisBasin, by John E. Marzolf, Associate Professor, Department of Geology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois. (photographs)  The Anna quarries are used in the study.
  • “Silurian Dolomite in Port Byron, Illinois:  A Comparison of Two Local Quarries,” Beth Johnson Abstract, Geology Department, Augustana College.   During the 19th and early 20th centuries the dolomite was extensively quarried in the area.  In this project the lithologic features and structures are compared in two closely spaced quarries in Port Byron. (This link is no longer available.)
    <http://www.augustana.edu/academics/geology/department/johnson.htm>
  • Southern Illinois University
  • St. Peter Sandstone in an Old Rock Quarry – Buffalo Rock State Park, Ottawa, Illinois. To view photographs of the quarry, visit the “Field trips to the La Salle Anticline – 1993 to 2001,” by Ellin Beltz. (This link is no longer available, although you can view the site on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.)
    <http://geologyonline.museum.state.il.us/tools/fieldtrips/trip3/index.html>

The Illinois Stone Industry

    • 1856 – The following excerpt is from the 1856 – “The Marble-Workers’ Handbook,” pg. 251:  “In Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois little pains have yet been taken to develop the mineral building materials.”
    • 1882 – The Illinois 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 – The Illinois Stone Industry, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the 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 Illinois Stone and Building Industry in 1885 (transcription), Excerpts from 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 – Illinois Stone and Building Industry in 1886 (transcription), Exerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1886 (PDF images of sections), David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining Statistics and TechnologyDepartment of the Interior, United States Geological Survey Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1887.
    • 1887 – The Illinois 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.
    • 1887 – The Illinois Quarry Industry circa 1887, “Our Building Stone Supply”(Quarrying in the United States circa 1887), by George P. Merrill, Scientific American Supplement, No. 577, January 22, 1887, & “Our Building Stone Supply” Conclusion, Scientific American Supplement, No. 578, January 29, 1887.
    • 1888 – The Illinois 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 Illinois 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 Illinois 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 Illinois 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 Illinois 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 – Illinois Stone and Building Industry in 1894, Excerpts from the Sixteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, Part IV.-Mineral Resources of the United States, 1894, Nonmetallic Products (PDF images of sections). Chapter on “Stone,” by William C. Day.
    • 1895 – The Illinois 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 Illinois 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 Illinois 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 Illinois 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 Illinois 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 Illinois 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 Illinois 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 Illinois 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 Illinois 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 Illinois 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 Illinois 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 Illinois 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 Illinois 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 Illinois Stone and Building Industry, 1908 (transcription), Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1908, Part II – Nonmetallic Products (PDF images of sections), Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1909. Excerpts from the book are from the chapters on:  1) “Stone,” by A. T. Coons, and 2) part of chapter on “Abrasive Materials,” by W. C. Phalen.
    • 1997 – Lime in 1997, by M. Michael Miller, U. S. Geological Survey  (The Marblehead Lime Company is listed as having one plant each in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan.)
    • 1994 through 2008 – The Mineral Industry of Illinois – United States Geological Survey  (1994 through 2007)
    • Chicago (near), Illinois – “The Stone Industry in the Vicinity of Chicago, Illinois,” by William C. Alden, from Contributions to Economic Geology – 1902, Bulletin 213, United States Geological Survey, 1903.
    • DiscoverySchool.com (Worldbook) – Illinois – Minerals and Mining.
      <http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozgeography/i/272380.html>
      Illinois has large deposits of limestone and sandstone in addition to other minerals.  (The above link is no longer available on the DiscoverySchool.com web site.)
    • Illinois & Michigan (I & M) Canal History – Agriculture, Industry, and the Waterways.  This site is presented by the Canal Corridor Association (the Illinois & Michigan Canal Corridor).  (The following quote is used with permission.)

      I & M Canal History

      The following are some of the subjects covered in the history section of this site: Who Was Here; Building the Canal; Cities and Towns; Environment; Agriculture, and Industry & Waterways.  The following quote is taken from the “Agriculture, Industry, and Waterways” section of this site. (The section from which the following information was taken is no longer available, you can view the site on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.)
      <http://www.canalcor.org/canalhistory.html>

      Industry

      “In digging the canal, large quantities of a magnesium-rich limestone called dolomite were exposed.  Within a few years a new industry was born, and dozens of quarries opened in Lemont, Lockport and Joliet, creating thousands of new jobs. This heavy, durable stone was easily and cheaply transported on the canal, and was used in many buildings throughout the corridor, including the Joliet Penitentiary and the Chicago Water Tower. By about 1900 the local building-stone industry was largely eclipsed when superior Indiana stone came to be favored. Today the regional stone industry produces crushed stone, used in the construction industry and for erosion control along lakes.  Quarries still operate in the corridor at McCook, Romeoville, Joliet, and Lemont.”

    • Illinois Voluntary Limestone Program Producer Information booklet, August 2011 Edition, produced by Illinois Department of Agriculture and Illinois Department of Transportation.
    • “Joliet Limestone:  The Rise and Fall of a Nineteenth Century Building Material and Its Architectural Impact on the Joliet, Illinois Area” (pdf), Quarterly Publication, Will County Historical Society, Winter, 1997, pp. 268-274.
    • Joliet-Lemont Limestone:  Preservation of an Historic Building Material.  (Information about this booklet is available on Google Books.)
    • Joliet, Illinois – About Joliet – History, presented by the Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce & Industry  (photographs and history)  Abundant limestone deposits were discovered at Joliet which created a new industry for the area.  The limestone was used in the construction of public buildings, churches, schools, and homes.  Joliet became known as “Stone City” because of its many limestone buildings.  The quarry industry provided employment for thousands of people. (The link from which this information was obtained is no longer available.)
      <http://www.jolietchamber.com/about_history.htm>
    • Limestone Quarries – “Updated limestone quarry report available from ag department,” presented by AgriNews, dated November 4, 2005.
    • Limestone Quarry Report (This article was originally published on October 11, 2007 and expired on November 1, 2007. It is provided here for archival purposes and may contain dated information.  (The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available, although it is available on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.)

      (From the web site)  “This booklet lists the limestone quarries throughout Illinois by county and then reports the quality of their agricultural limestone. Individual copies of this report are available at no charge by contacting the IL Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 19281, State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL 62794-9281 phone (217) 782-3817 or by going to their website at http://www.agr.state.il.us/news/publications.html to download an electronic copy.”

    • Mines and Mining Exhibit at the Chicago Fair  (July 1892) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 24, Issue 7, July 1892, pg. 158. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
    • The Mineral Industry of Illinois. This site is presented by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.  The material on the site is prepared under a “Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Illinois State Geological Survey for collecting information on all nonfuel minerals.”  There are several quarries listed in this chapter. Vulcan Materials Co. quarries: the Reed Quarry in western Kentucky; Michigan Limestone’s Rogers City Calcite Quarry, located in Michigan on the coast of Lake Huron; in southern Illinois the two crushed limestone quarries:  Jonesboro Quarry in Union Co. and the Cypress Quarry in Johnson Co. (The link from which the above information was obtained is no longer available, although you can view the site on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.)
      < http://dnr.state.il.us/mines/education/indus.htm>
    • The Mineral Industry of Illinois, 1994, presented by the Illinois State Geological Survey and the U. S. Geological Survey. (U. S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook) The following stone-related tables are included in the document: (1) Table 1. Nonfuel Raw Mineral Production in Illinois; (2) Table 2. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used By Producers in 1993, By Use; (3) Table 3. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used, By Kind; (4) Table 4. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used By Producers in 1993, By Use and District. (The following quarries are named in this document: Martin Marietta Aggregates quarries and Union Pacific Minerals, Inc., high-calcium limestone prospect.) [PDF]
    • The Mineral Industry of Illinois, 1995, presented by the Illinois State Geological Survey and the U. S. Geological Survey, 4 pp. (U. S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook) The following stone-related tables are included in the document: (1) Table 1. Nonfuel Raw Mineral Production in Illinois; (2) Table 2. Illinois : Crushed Stone Sold or Used By Producers in 1994, By Use; (3) Table 3. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used, By Kind; (4) Table 4. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used By Producers in 1994, By Use and District; (5) Table 5. Illinois: Construction Sand and Gravel Sold or Used In 1994, By Major Use Category; (6) Table 6. Illinois: Construction Sand and Gravel Sold or Used in 1994, By Use and District. (The following quarry was named in this document: Thornton Quarry.) [PDF]
    • The Mineral Industry of Illinois, 1996, presented by the Illinois State Geological Survey and the U. S. Geological Survey. (U. S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook) The following stone-related tables are included in the document: (1) Table 1. Nonfuel Raw Mineral Production in Illinois; (2) Table 2. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used By Producers in 1995, By Use; (3) Table 3. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used, By Kind; (4) Table 4. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used By Producers In 1995, By Use And District; (5) Table 5. Illinois: Construction Sand and Gravel Sold or Used In 1995, By Major Use Category; (6) Table 6. Illinois: Construction Sand and Gravel Sold or Used In 1995, By Use and District. (The following quarries are named in this document: Vulcan Materials Co.’s Joliet and Bollingbrook quarries and lime kilns in Cook County at their Mantero quarry in Kankakee County; Material Service Corp.’s Romeoville quarry; Elmhurst-Chicago Stone Co.’s Barbers Corner quarry; and the Marblehead Lime Co. quarry.) [PDF]
    • The Mineral Industry of Illinois, 1997, presented by the Illinois State Geological Survey and the U. S. Geological Survey. (U. S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook) The following stone-related tables are included in the document: (1) Table 1. Nonfuel Raw Mineral Production in Illinois; (2) Table 2. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used, By Kind; (3) Table 3. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold Or Used By Producers In 1996, By Use; (4) Table 4. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used By Producers in 1996, By Use and District; (5) Table 5. Illinois: Construction Sand and Gravel Sold or Used in 1996, By Major Use Category; (6) Table 6. Illinois: Construction Sand and Gravel Sold or Used in 1996, By Use and District. (The following quarries are named in this document: Vulcan Materials Co. Joliet quarry and Laraway quarry south of Joliet, and Manteno lime plant in Kankakee County and Momence quarry; and the Bedrock Stone Co. Niner Quarry.) [PDF]
    • The Mineral Industry of Illinois, 1998, presented by the Illinois State Geological Survey and the U. S. Geological Survey. (U. S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook) The following stone-related tables are included in the document: (1) Table 1. Nonfuel Raw Mineral Production in Illinois; (2) Table 2. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used, by Kind; (3) Table 3. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used by Producers in 1997, by Use; and (4) Table 4. Illinois : Crushed Stone Sold or Used By Producers in 1997, By Use and District; (5) Table 5. Illinois: Construction Sand and Gravel Sold or Used in 1997, By Major Use Category; (6) Table 6. Illinois: Construction Sand and Gravel Sold or Used In 1997, By Use and District. (The following quarries are named in this document: Vulcan Materials Co.’s distribution center in Champaign County; Vulcan Material Co.’s Reed Quarry in western Kentucky; Michigan Limestone’s Rogers City Quarry on the coast of Lake Huron in Michigan; Columbia Quarry Co.’s Jonesboro Quarry in Union County; and the Cypress Quarry in Johnson County. [PDF]
    • The Mineral Industry of Illinois, 1999, presented by the Illinois State Geological Survey and the U. S. Geological Survey. (U. S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook) The following stone-related tables are included in the document: (1) Table 1. Nonfuel Raw Mineral Production in Illinois; (2) Table 2. Illinois : Crushed Stone Sold or Used, By Kind; (3) Table 3. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used By Producers in 1998, By Use; (4) Table 4. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used By Producers in 1998, By Use and District; (5) Table 5. Illinois: Construction Sand and Gravel Sold or Used in 1998, By Major Use Category; (6) Table 6. Illinois: Construction Sand and Gravel Sold or Used in 1998, By Use and District. (The following quarries are named in this document: Conco-Western Stone Co. quarry at North Aurora in Kane County; Prairie Material Group purchased “Sheely Aggregates’ Polo property, Ogle County…north of Prairies’ cement land at Dixon ( Lee County ).” “The Mormon Church announced a plan to rebuild the temple at Nauvoo in Hancock County that was destroyed more than 150 years ago. The plan included using the same local limestone that was used in the original building. However, limestone and dolomite building stone may be shipped in from commercial operations elsewhere, due to the expense of setting up a building stone operation in an aggregate quarry or in the nearby limestone bluffs of the Mississippi River Valley, where the old building stone quarries were located.”) [PDF]
    • The Mineral Industry of Illinois, 2000, presented by the Illinois State Geological Survey and the U. S. Geological Survey. (U. S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook) The following stone-related tables are included in the document: (1) Table 1. Nonfuel Raw Mineral Production in Illinois; (2) Table 2. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used, By Kind; (3) Table 3. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used By Producers, in 1999, By Use; (4) Table 4. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used By Producers in 1999, By Use and District; (5) Table 5. Illinois: Construction Sand and Gravel Sold or Used in 1999, By Major Use Category; (6) Table 6. Illinois: Construction Sand and Gravel Sold or Used In 1999, By Use and District. (The following quarries are named in this document: Conco-Western Stone Co. dolomite quarry at North Aurora in Kane County; Material Service Corp.’s Federal Quarry in Cook County/northeastern Illinois; the Moline Consumers Co. quarries in northwestern Illinois; and Material Services’ Thornton Quarry.) [PDF]
    • The Mineral Industry of Illinois, 2001, presented by the Illinois State Geological Survey and the U. S. Geological Survey (with map). (U. S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook) The following tables are included in this document: (1) Table 1. Nonfuel Raw Mineral Production in Illinois; (2) Table 2. Illinois : Crushed Stone Sold or Used, By Kind; (3) Table 3. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used By Producers in 2000, By Use; (4) Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used By Producers in 2000, By Use and District; (5) Table 5. Illinois: Construction Sand and Gravel Sold or Used in 2000, By Major Use Category; (6) Table 6. Illinois: Construction Sand and Gravel Sold or Used in 2000, By Use and District. (The following quarries are named in this document: Elmer Larson LLC quarry near Sycamore, De Kalb County; and the Vulcan Materials Co.’s Lemont Quarry.) [PDF]
    • The Mineral Industry of Illinois, 2002, presented by the Illinois State Geological Survey and the U. S. Geological Survey (with map). (U. S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook) The Following Are Included in This Document: (1) Table 1. Nonfuel Raw Mineral Production in Illinois; (2) Table 2. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used, By Kind Includes; (3) Table 3. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used By Producers in 2001, By Use; (4) Table 4. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used By Producers in 2001, By Use and District; (5) Table 5. Illinois: Construction Sand and Gravel Sold Or Used in 2001, By Major Use. (The following quarries are named in this document: Vulcan Materials Co.’s Casey Stone Co. limestone quarry near Casey, Clark County; Downen Aggregate Group, LLC’s limestone quarry in Hardin County; Martin Marietta Aggregate’s limestone reserve previously owned by the Mississippi Lime Co.; “underground limestone mine in Village of Valmeyer in Monroe County, south of St. Louis, was converted to a business complex…”; former Columbia Quarry converted to the Rock City Business Complex; the Alby quarry in Alton, Madison County; and the planned-for-underground limestone mine beneath Bluff Springs Fen nature in Bartlett, Cook County by Bluff City materials, Inc.; ) [PDF]
    • The Mineral Industry of Illinois, 2003, presented by the Illinois State Geological Survey and the U. S. Geological Survey. (includes Illinois map) The following are included in this document: (1) Table 1. Nonfuel Raw Material Production in Illinois; (2) Table 2. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used, by Kind; (3) Table 3. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used by Producers in 2002, By Use; and (4) Table 4. Illinois: Crushed Stone Sold or Used By Producers in 2002, By Use and District. The following quarries/companies are named in the document: (1) Material Service Materials Corp.’s Thornton Quarry and (2) Vulcan Materials Co.’s Casey Quarry. [PDF]
    • Mineral Producers in Illinois – Directory of Illinois Mineral Producers and Maps of Extraction Sites, 1997, Illinois Minerals 117, by John M. Masters, Viju C. Ipe, Lisa R. Smith, and Michael Falter (Office of Mines and Minerals), Illinois State Geological Survey. (Includes chapters on Lime and Stone, Table 1. Limestone and Dolomite Products, and Figure Stone Quarries and Mines in Illinois(map). (Many Illinois stone quarries are listed in this document.)
    • Mining of Coal, Fluorite, and Limestone in Illinois, 1997, presented by the Illinois State Geological Survey. (The following quarries and stone-related entities are named in this document: Material Service Corp.’s Thornton Quarry; the Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers (IAAP); Martin Marietta Aggregates’ underground limestone quarry in the Prairie de Rocher area, Randolph County; Vulcan Materials Co.’s Casey quarry; and the Material Service’s Thornton Quarry.) (The link from which the above information was obtained is no longer available, although you can view the site on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.)
      <http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/faq/gg-faqs/GGQ23.html >
    • Niagara Limestone, Nature Bulletin No. 282-A, November 11, 1967, Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Richard B. Ogilvie, President, Roland F. Eisenbeis, Supt. of Conservation.  (The link for the information below is no longer available, although the bulletin is available on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.)

      (From the web site)  “Chicago stands at the crossroads of America — the heart of the Middle West — and one of the most important natural resources upon which it depends is the Niagara limestone beneath it….”

“Years ago, these quarries supplied blocks of limestone for the buildings and sidewalks of this region. Miles and miles of such blocks protect our lake front. Today, crushed limestone is used in making the concrete that goes into the construction of buildings, streets, sidewalks and highways….”

“The coral reefs belong to the middle Silurian, – the Niagaran Series, – part of a geologic complex surrounding the Michigan Basin, and taking its name from the famous waterfall between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. It’s amazing to think that same rock underlies parts of Illinois. But it does!

“Following the Chicago fire of 1871 the need for more substantial fireproof buildings was obvious.  Stone and brick this time! Much of the stone used was a dolomite belonging to the Silurian Period.  Quarries near Joliet and Lemont produced great quantities – calling it ‘Joliet Marble’ or ‘Athens marble.’ (The famous surviving Chicago Water Tower was made of it prior to the fire). It weathers to a pleasing yellowish color, but in the process, has also been known to exfoliate – not desired by most architects! Limestone from Indiana soon replaced the local Silurian dolomite as a building stone. No peeling from it.”

  • “Quarries use limestone ‘cycles’ to predict reserves of minable rock,” from GeoNews Online, by Illinois State Geological Survey, July 1997.
  • Shelby & Moultrie Counties, Illinois – Combined History of Shelby and Moultrie Counties, Illinois – Chapter IV, Geology of Shelby and Moultrie Counties, by Prof. J. Pike, M. A., Philadelphia, 1881, presented on the “History of Moultrie County and Sullivan, Illinois web site, presented by R. Eden Martin.

    “Building Stone – The varieties of building stone are silicious limestone, argillaceous limestone, and sandstone.  The silicious limestone on Copperas creek is excellent for heavy work.  On the west side of the east fork of Little Wabash river, a great deal of sandstone has been quarried for the construction of culverts on the Illinois Central R. R.  The stone is hard and irregularly bedded, but is very durable. Good gray sandstone is quarried for two miles south-east of Shelbyville.  Some of the sandstones of this country make very good coarse grindstones.  The limestone found on Sand creek and west of the Kaskaskia river four and five miles north east of Shelbyville is superior stone for building purposes – it was used in the construction of the Shelbyville railroad bridge. The deep blue argillaceous limestone west of Robinson’s creek is very irregularly bedded….”

The following stone companies and quarries were listed in a table of distances on page 50 of the above-cited book: Davidson’s Quarry, Penitentiary, Western Stone Co. Quarry No. 9, Joliet Lime Stone Co., American Stone Co., Kearns, Prendergast & Bender, Western Stone Co. Quarry No. 7, Erickson’s Quarry, Western Stone Quarry No. 6, Western Stone Co. Quarry No. 5, Western Stone Co. Quarry No. 4, Western Stone Co. Quarry Nos. 2 and 3, Illinois Stone Co., and Western Stone Co. Quarry No. 1.

Printed, Videos, & Online Sources:

(Please note:  Some of the publications and maps below can be obtained from the Illinois State Geological Survey Publications Catalog.)

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1862 Map of Will County, Illinois, by S. H. Burhans and J. Van Vechten, Illinois:  Chicago.

1873 Combination Atlas Map of Will County, Illinois, Thompson Bros. & Burr, Illinois:  Elgin.

1897 Sanborn Map of Chicago, Vol. D., Sanborn-Perris Map Co., Illinois:  Chicago.

1976 Atlas and Plat Book, Will County, Illinois, Will County Farm Bureau, Illinois:  Joliet.

“A Modern Office Building” (Peoples Gas Building in Chicago, Illinois) in “Mine and Quarry,” Vol. V, No. 3, February 1911, pp. 463-466.  [Photo captions included in the article:  “The Peoples Gas Building, Chicago” (Illinois) (pp. 463); “One of the Rockport Granite Quarries.” (Rockport, Massachusetts)  (pp. 464);  “Sullivan Plug Drills”  (pp. 465);  “Alabama Marble Company’s quarry”  (pp. 465);  “Quarry blocks of Alabama marble” (pp. 465);  “The Marble Mill, Sylacauga, Alabama” (pp. 466)]

“Abandoned Mine and Quarry Accidents Claim Several Lives per Year.  Most of the victims are young and went to the quarry to swim or ride an ATV.”  Article by Hobart M. King, PhD. RPG, on Geology.com.

Absorption and Other Properties of Carbonate Rock Affecting Soundness of Aggregate, by Richard D. Harvey, James W. Baxter, Gordon S. Fraser, and Craig B. Smith. Reprint 1978-G, Illinois State Geological Survey, (Reprinted from Decay and Preservation of Stone: Engineering Geology Case Histories 11, Geological Society of America, pp. 7-16, 1978.)

Abstracts of Papers Dealing with Rock and Rock Products Presented at the Third Annual Mineral Industries Conference of Illinois, May 17-18, Circular 12, 1935, Illinois State Geological Survey, 8 pp.

Abstract Reports of General Session, Forum on Researches in Progress, and Symposium on Needed Researches, presented at Fourth Annual Mineral Industries Conference of Illinois, “Research on the State’s Mineral Resources and Their Utilization,” Urbana, Illinois, April 24-25, 1936 – Circular 18:  “Rock and Rock Products Sessions,” Illinois State Geological Survey, 1936, 9 pp.

“Acculturation and Transformation of Salt Lake Temple Symbols in Mormon Tombstone Art,” by George H. Shoemaker, in Markers IX, Association for Gravestone Studies, 1992.  (Illinois, Utah, USA)

Acid Etching in the Study of Limestone and Dolomites, Circular 156, by J. E. Lamar, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1950, 47 pp.

“The Adkins-Woodson Cemetery:  A Sociological Examination of Cemeteries as Community,” by Gary S. Foster and Richard L. Hummell, in Markers XII, Association for Gravestone Studies, 1995.  (Illinois, USA)

Age of the Springville Shale (Mississippian) of Southern Illinois, Circular 254, by Charles Collinson and Alan J. Scott, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1958, 12 pp.

Agricultural Limestone in Illinois in 1930-1931, Circular 2, by W. H. Voskuil, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1932, 4 pp.

Agricultural Limestone Distribution in 1932, Circular 6, by W. H. Voskuil, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1933, 4 pp.

Agricultural Limestone Distribution in 1933, Circular 8, by W. H. Voskuil, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1934, 8 pp.

Agricultural Limestone Distribution in 1934, Circular 9, by W. H. Voskuil, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1935, 7 pp.

Agricultural Limestone Distribution in 1935, Circular 13, by W. H. Voskuil and W. A. Newton, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1936, 8 pp.

Agricultural Limestone Distribution in 1936: Preliminary Report, Circular 20, by W. H. Voskuil and W. A. Newton, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1937, 9 pp

Agricultural Limestone Distribution in 1938, Preliminary Report, Circular 47, by W. H. Voskuil and G. N. Oliver, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1939, 10 pp.

Agricultural Limestone Distribution in Illinois in 1939:  Preliminary Report, Circular 61, by W. H. Voskuil and G. N. Oliver, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1940, 7 pp.

Agricultural Limestone Distribution in Illinois in 1940:  Preliminary Report, Circular 72, by W. H. Voskuil and G. N. Oliver, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1941, 9 pp

Agricultural Limestone Used in Illinois in 1941:  Preliminary Report, Circular 82, by W. H. Voskuil, D. F. Stevens, and G. N. Oliver, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1942, 10 pp.

Agricultural Limestone Resources of Illinois, Their Character and Occurrence and Methods of Examination, Circular 94, by J. E. Lamar, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1943, 33 pp.

Agricultural Limestone Used in Illinois in 1942:  Preliminary Report, Circular 96, by Walter H. Voskuil and Douglas F. Stevens, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1943, 7 pp.

Agstone Used in Illinois in 1944:  Preliminary Annual Report, Circular 119, by Walter H. Voskuil and Douglas F. Stevens, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1945, 8 pp

Agstone Used in Illinois in 1945, Circular 123, by Walter H. Voskuil and Douglas F. Stevens, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1946, 9 pp.

Agstone Used in Illinois in 1946, Circular 132, by Walter H. Voskuil, Douglas F. Stevens, and Ethel M. King, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1947, 9 pp.

“An Ancient Cemetery at the World’s Fair” (in Chicago, Illinois) from The Monumental News, September 1893.

Following are some excerpts from the article, which is available at the preceding link above:

“The burial customs of the ancient Peruvians are curiously illustrated in a section of an old graveyard which is to be seen in the Anthropological building at the World’s Fair…Not even the approximate date of their existence on the earth is known, but it must have been long centuries ago, for the graveyard of Ancon…was in existence before the Spaniards conquered Peru.

“Ancon is twenty-three miles from Lima…Three square miles of these sandy wastes are occupied by the ancient graveyard….”

“The collection of Ancon relics at the World’s Fair was made by Mr. George A. Dorsey, of the Archæological department.  It is the largest collection of the kind in existence and includes the contents of 127 graves…”

“Relics from other Peruvian and Chilean graveyards are also shown in the Anthropological building, and it is gratifying to know that this exhibit will remain as a permanent feature of the museum to be established in Chicago after the Fair….”

Annotated Selected List of Industrial Minerals Publications, Illinois Mineral Notes 25, compiled by J. E. Lamar, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1966, 16 pp.

Annual Report for 1906, Vol. 17, Illinois State Geological Survey,  624 pp.  (also included papers on the Quarry Products (Portland Cement, Iowa Limes, equipment for Stone Quarries) and the Geology of Quarry Products, Analysis of Iowa Coals, Limestones, Chalks, Clay, Shales and Marls, Building Stones and Directory of Iowa Limestone and Sandstone Quarries by County)

Annual Statistical Report, 1996, Springfield, Illinois, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Illinois Office of Mines and Minerals, 30 pp.

Annual Statistical Report, 1997, Springfield, Illinois, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Illinois Office of Mines and Minerals, 30 pp.

Annual Statistical Report, 1998, Springfield, Illinois, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Illinois Office of Mines and Minerals, 27 pp.

Annals of the Former World, by John A. McPhee, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, June 1998, 696 pp.  0-374-10520-0.  (Annals of the Former World is a colation of his four books, Basin and Range, Suspect Terrain, Rising From the Plains, and Assembling California together into one book about the epic of the Earth’s formation. “Crossing the Craton” is an essay that introduces the continent’s ancient core, underlying what is now Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska.)

Annual Review, 1997, United States Geological Survey, U. S. Department of the Interior, Mineral Industry Surveys, Illinois, 1997, 7 pp.

Annual Review, 1998a, United States Geological Survey, U. S. Department of the Interior, Mineral Industry Surveys, Illinois, 1998a, 39 pp.

Annual Review, 1998b, United States Geological Survey, U. S. Department of the Interior, Mineral Industry Surveys, Illinois, 1998b, 28 pp.

Annual Review, 1998c, United States Geological Survey, U. S. Department of the Interior, Mineral Industry Surveys, Illinois, 1998c, 9 pp.

Annual Review, 1998d, United States Geological Survey, U. S. Department of the Interior, Mineral Industry Surveys, Illinois, 1998d, 11 pp.

Annual Review, 1998e, United States Geological Survey, U. S. Department of the Interior, Mineral Industry Surveys, Illinois, 1998e, 8 pp.

Annual Review, 1998f, United States Geological Survey, U. S. Department of the Interior, Mineral Industry Surveys, Illinois, 1998f, 5 pp.

Architects Contribute to Illinois Development, Circular 117, by Joseph F. Booton, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1945 (Reprinted from Illinois Public Works, v. 2, no. 3, p. 10-15, 1944.), 6 pp.

Art Monuments, published by E. C. Willison, Boston and Chicago, 1895.   The following information is from The Monumental News, “Among Our Advertisers” section, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 517.

“The 1895 Design Book of ‘Art Monuments’ published by E. C. Willison of Boston and Chicago is an elegantly gotten up volume of monumental designs.  Mr. Willison has furnished the trade with a great many designs and has published more books of this description than any other granite manufacturer in the business and it is to his credit to say that he aims each time to create a new record.  The 1895 book contains between sixty and seventy designs of every variety of monumental work reproduced from hand-made drawings in a most artistic manner.  The designs are the work of competent monumental draftsmen who have succeeded in introducing many new and pleasing ideas into their work.  An accompanying price list gives the sizes, estimated weight and prices in Quincy, Barre, Concord and Scotch granite.  The collection is one that will be sure to please retail dealers.”

Author Index of Illinois State Geological Survey Publications through September 1995, Open File Series 1995-9, Illinois State Geological Survey, compiled by Gary B. Dreher, 1995, 23 pp.

Base Map of Illinois (Map). Published by U.S. Geological Survey, 1987. Scale, 1:500,000 or approximately 1 inch = 8 miles. Size, 32 x 54 inches. Shows county and township lines, towns, and railroads in black, rivers and lakes.

Base Map of Illinois (Map). Published by U.S. Geological Survey, 1972. Scale, 1:1,000,000 or approximately 1 inch = 16 miles. Size, 17 x 27 inches. Shows county and township lines, towns, railroads, rivers, and lakes.

Bedrock Geology Map, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Open File Series m 2000-8d, Christopher S. McGarry, Illinois State Geological Survey, 2000, Scale, 1:62,500, 29 x 48 inches. Computer- generated map.

Bedrock Geology of Bethalto Quadrangle, Madison and Macoupin Counties, Illinois, Open File Series 2003-15, by  Joseph A. Devera, Illinois State Geological Survey, 2003, Size, 44 x 36 inches, Scale, 1:24,000.

Bedrock Geology of Boone and Winnebago Counties, Illinois [map], Christopher S. McGarry, Illinois State Geological Survey, 2000, Scale, 1:100,000, Size, 25 x 33 inches.

Bedrock Geology of Carroll County, Illinois, Open File Series m 1997-13d, by Christopher S. McGarry, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1997, Scale, 1:62,500, Size, 26 x 44 inches.

Bedrock Geology of Prairietown Quadrangle, Madison and Macoupin Counties, Illinois, Open File Series 2003-14, by F. Brett Denny, Illinois State Geological Survey, 2003, Size, 48 x 36 inches, Scale, 1:24,000.

Bedrock Geology of the Paducah 1° x 2° Quadrangle, Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri, Bulletin 102, by W. John Nelson, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1996, 40 pp.

Bedrock Surface Topography Map, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Open File Series m 2000-8e, Christopher S. McGarry and Matthew H. Riggs, Illinois State Geological Survey, 2000, Scale, 1:62,500, 29 x 41 inches, Computer-generated map.

Bedrock Topography of Boone and Winnebago Counties, Illinois [map]: Open File Series m 2000-3, Christopher S. McGarry; modified from A. N. Stecyk, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1984. 2000. Scale, 1:100,000. Size, 22 x 23 inches.

Bedrock Topography of Carroll County, Illinois, Open File Series m 1997-13e, Christopher S. McGarry, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1997. Scale, 1:62,500, Size, 27 x 36 inches.

Bedrock Topography of Illinois, Bulletin 73, by Leland Horberg, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1950, 111 pp.

Bedrock Topography of Kane County (map), Open File Series  1990-2b, Robert C. Vaiden, B. Brandon Curry; computer cartography, Anne L. Erdmann, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1990, Scale, 1:62,500. (Supplement to C/G 1990-1)

Bedrock Topography of Lee County, Illinois, Open File Series m 1999-1d, compiled by Christopher S. McGarry, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1999, Scale, 1:62,500, Size, 30 x 46 inches.

Bedrock Geology of Lee County, Illinois, Open File Series m 1999-1e, compiled by Christopher S. McGarry, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1999, Scale, 1:62,500, Size, 30 x 55 inches

Bibliography and Index of Illinois Geology through 1965, Bulletin 92, by H. B. Willman, Jack A. Simon, Betty M. Lynch, and Virginia A. Langenheim, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1968, 373 pp.

Bibliography and Index of Illinois Geology 1966-1996, Bulletin 105, by Lynne Raymond Martin, Illinois State Geological Survey, 2001, 446 pp.

Bibliography and Index of Illinois Geology, 1979, Open File Series 1979-1, Illinois State Geological Survey, (Selected from publications indexed in GeoRef in 1979.)  Falls Church, VA:  American Geological Institute, 1980, 27 pp.

Bibliography and Index of Illinois Geology, 1980, Open File Series 1980-1,  (Selected from publications indexed in GeoRef in 1980.)  Falls Church, VA:  American Geological Institute, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1981, 46 pp.

Bibliography and Index of Illinois Geology, 1981, Open File Series  1981-1,  (Selected from publications indexed in GeoRef in 1981.)  Falls Church, VA: American Geological Institute, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1982, 58 pp.

Bibliography and Index of Illinois Geology, 1982, Open File Series 1982-1,  (Selected from publications indexed in GeoRef in 1982.)  Falls Church, VA:  American Geological Institute, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1983, 45 pp.

Bibliography and Index of Illinois Geology, 1983, Open File Series 1983-1,  (Selected from publications indexed in GeoRef in 1983.)  Falls Church, VA:  American Geological Institute, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1984, 58 pp.

Bibliography and Index of Illinois Geology, 1984, Open File Series  1984-1, (Selected from publications indexed in GeoRef in 1984.)  Falls Church, VA:  American Geological Institute, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1985, 72 pp.

Bibliography and Index of Illinois Geology, 1985, Open File Series 1985-1, (Selected from publications indexed in GeoRef in 1985.)  Falls Church, VA:  American Geological Institute, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1986, 66 pp.

Bibliography and Index of Illinois Geology, 1986, Open File Series 1986-1, (Selected from publications indexed in GeoRef in 1986.)  Falls Church, VA:  American Geological Institute, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1987, 50 pp.

Bibliography and Index of Illinois Geology, 1987, Open File Series 1987-1, Selected from publications indexed in GeoRef in 1987.)  Falls Church, VA: American Geological Institute, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1988, 49 pp.

Bibliography and Index of Illinois Geology, 1988, Open File Series 1988-1, [Selected from publications indexed in GeoRef in 1987.] Falls Church, VA:  American Geological Institute, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1989, 33 pp.

Bibliography and Index of Illinois Geology, 1989, Open File Series  1989-4,  [Selected from publications indexed in GeoRef in 1989.] Falls Church, VA: American Geological Institute, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1990, 44 pp.

Biennial Report For 1911 and 1912:  Administrative Report and Economic and Geological Papers, Bulletin 23, by F. W. DeWolf, et al, Urbana, 1917, 160 pp.  (Geological papers include: Mineral Statistics, Oil and Gas in Colchester and McComb Quadrangles, Plymouth Oil Field, Geology of LaSalle and Hennepin Quadrangles, Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Alexandrian Series in Illinois and Missouri.)

Biennial Report for 1913 and 1914, Bulletin 38, Administrative Report and Economic and Geological Papers, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1917, 161 pp.

Black and Brown Terrazzo Chips from Southern Illinois Limestones, Illinois Mineral Notes 15, by Richard D. Harvey, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1962, 7 pp.

Bruner & Lay: Manufacturers of Marble, Stone, Granite and Bricklayers’ Tools, Stone Jacks, Derricks, and Contractors’ Supplies (Catalog), Bruner & Lay, Chicago, Illinois.

The Building, Deterioration and Proposed Rebuilding of the Chicago Lakefront, Michael J. Chrzastowski, Illinois State Geological Survey, Reprint 1991-I.  (Reprinted from Shore & Beach, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 2-10, 1991.)

Building for the Centuries: Illinois, 1865 to 1898, by John H. Keiser, University of Illinois, October 1977.

“The Building Interests,” Industrial Chicago, Vol. I, Chicago:  Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1891.

Buried Bedrock Surface of Illinois (Map). Illinois State Geological Survey and U.S. Geological Survey. 1994. Scale, 1:500,000. Size, 36 x 59 inches. Black and white. Contours show bedrock surface on a base map with county and township lines. Includes inset maps: Distribution of well data and areas updated from published bedrock topography maps; Bedrock valleys; Quaternary geology; and Bedrock geology. (Illinois Map 5)

Caves of Illinois, Report of Investigation 215, J Harlen Bretz and S. E. Harris, Jr., Illinois State Geological Survey, 1961, reprinted 1966, 87 pp

“‘The Celebrated Joliet Marble Fields:  An Historical Geography of the Lower Des Plaines Valley Limestone Industry,” by Linda T. Pote, in Time and Place in Joliet:  Essays on the Geographical Evolution of the City, edited by Michael Conzen, Chicago:  University of Chicago Committee on Geographical Studies, 1988.

Cement Making Materials in the Vicinity of La Salle, Bulletin 8A, by Gilbert H. Cady. 8 p., 1 pl. Concrete Materials Produced in the Chicago District, by Ernest F. Burchard. 28 pp.   (Extract from B 8, 1908)

“The Cemeteries of Chicago:  A Phase of Land Utilization,” by William D. Pattison, in Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 45.3, September 1955.

Central Northern Illinois, Guidebook 2, by J. S. Templeton and H. B. Willman, 1952. (Tri-State Geological Society 16th Annual Field Conference, October 11-12, Dixon, Illinois.) 47 pp.

Chapel in The Sky: Knox College’s Old Main And Its Masonic Architect, by R Lance Factor, Northern Illinois University Press, December 15, 2009, ISBN-10: 0875804152, ISBN-13: 978-0875804156.  (“Factor uncovers the architectural mysteries of Knox College’s beloved Old Main. Knox College’s Old Main – a national landmark and the only extant building that was a site of the Lincoln-Douglas debates – is a campus treasure with a secret. Built in 1857, Old Main was designed by Charles Ulricson, a Swedish-born immigrant who was trained by Freemasons.  In “Chapel in the Sky,” Knox faculty member Lance Factor decodes the symbols of this beloved building and explores how an ardently anti-Mason administration came to hire Ulricson.”)

Chemical Composition of Some Deep Limestones and Dolomites in Livingston County, Illinois, Illinois Mineral Notes 20, by James W. Baxter, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1964, 5 pp.

Chemical and Physical Character of the Pennsylvanian Sandstones in Central Illinois, Circular 331, by  James C. Bradbury, Meredith E. Ostrom, and J. E. Lamar, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1962, 43 pp.

Chemistry and Technology of Lime and Limestone, by Robert Boynton, New York:  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1980.

Chicago: Rising From The Prairie, by Richard Cahan.  This book is available through the                    Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois.

Chicago:  The Garden City.   The Magnificent Parks, Boulevards, and Cemeteries, compiled and edited by Andreas Simon, Chicago: The Franz Gindele Printing Co., 1893, 237 pp.  (This book is available on Google Books for reading or downloading in PDF format.)

Chicagoland Cemeteries, Conference Guide 3, Association for Gravestone Studies,  (In addition to the more well-known Chicago cemeteries this guide also includes many unusual and interesting ethnic cemeteries which reflect the region’s diverse population.)

“Chicago’s Ethnic Cemeteries,” by Helen Sclair, in Ethnic Chicago, ed. Melvin G. Holi and Peter d’A. Jones, 1995.

Concrete Materials Produced in the Chicago District, by Ernest F. Burchard, a reprint from U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 340, 33 pages.

Crystal Chemistry and Differential Thermal Effects of Dolomite, Report of Investigation 167, W. F. Bradley, J. F. Burst, and D. L. Graf, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1953. (Reprinted from American Mineralogist, v. 38, p. 207-217, 1953.) 11 pp.

Classification of the Genevievian and Chesterian (Late Mississippian) Rocks of Illinois, Report of Investigation 216, D. H. Swann, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1963, 91 pp., 1 pl., 23 figs., glossary.

Classification of the Pennsylvanian Rocks of Illinois as of 1956, Circular 217, by Harold R. Wanless. Correlation Chart compiled by Raymond Siever, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1956.,14 pp.

Classification of the Pennsylvanian Strata of Illinois, Report of Investigation 214, R. M. Kosanke, J. A. Simon, H. R. Wanless, and H. B. Willman, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1960, 84 pp.

“Concrete Materials Produced in the Chicago District,” by E. F. Burchard, in Cement and Concrete Materials, U. S. Geological Survey, 1908, pp. 383-410.

Contributions of the Fifth Annual Mineral Industries Conference in 1937, Circular 23, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1938, 240 pp.

Contributions of the Fifth Annual Mineral Industries Conference in 1937, Circular  23D, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1938, 240 pp.

Contributions to the Stratigraphy of Illinois. The Salem Limestone, by Stuart Weller. 22 pp.;  Lower Paleozoic Stratigraphy of Southwestern Illinois, by T. E. Savage, 14 pp. Notes on Shoal Creek Limestone, by Jon Udden, Bulletin 8B, 11 pp , Illinois State Geological Survey.   (Extract from B 8, 1908)

Correlation of the “Boskydell Sandstone” and Other Sandstones Containing Marine Fossils in Southern Illinois Using Palynology of Adjacent Coal Beds, Circular 553, by Russel A. Peppers, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1993, 18 pp.

A Cross Section of Sub-Trenton Rocks from Wood County, West Virginia to Fayette County, Illinois, by W. L. Calvert, Ohio Division Geological Survey Report Inv. 48, 1963a,  33 pp.

Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, Illinois: Historical and Biographical, Volume 1, F. A. Battey & Company, 1884, pp. 821.  (Quarries discussed on pp. 99-101, 374, 443, 591-593, 626, and 804)  (This book is available on Google Books and the Internet Archive – Texts.

Davidson Brothers Marble Company of Chicago, Illinois, Chronology – Construction of the U.S. Courthouse and Post Office in San Francisco, California, & the Davidson Brothers Marble Company of Chicago, Illinois.  (In 1899, the Davidson Brothers Mable Company placed a bid for the furnishing the interior finish (marble) of the San Francisco Post Office building in San Francisco, California.  The building was constructed of what is known today as “Sierra White” granite, quarried in Raymond, Madera County, California) Stone Companies and Quarries Listed in Report of the Canal Commissioners of the State of Illinois (1836-1917), Made to the Governor December 1, 1897, Springfield, Ill., Phillips Bros. State Printers, 1898, available on Google Book Search.

Directory of Illinois Limestone and Dolomite Producers, Mineral Economics Brief 1, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1961, 21 pp.

Directory of Illinois Limestone and Dolomite Producers, Mineral Economics Brief 25, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1969, 27 pp.

Directory of Illinois Mineral Producers, Mineral Economics Brief 8, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1964, 10 pp.

Directory of Illinois Mineral Producers, Mineral Economics Brief 23, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1968, 10 pp.

Directory of Illinois Mineral Producers, Mineral Economics Brief 29, by W. L. Busch,  , Illinois State Geological Survey, 1971, 12 pp.

Directory of Illinois Mineral Producers, 1974, Illinois Mineral Notes 64, compiled by Ramesh Malhotra and Portia A. Smith. 1976, Illinois State Geological Survey, 119 pp.

Directory of Illinois Mineral Producers, 1986-1987, Illinois Mineral Notes 96, by Irma E. Samson and John M. Masters, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1987, 151 pp.

Directory of Illinois Mineral Producers 1988-1989, Illinois Mineral Notes 103, by Irma E. Samson and John M. Masters, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1990, 134 pp.

Directory of Illinois Mineral Producers 1992, Illinois Minerals 109, by Irma E. Samson and John M. Masters, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1992, 129 pp.

Directory of Illinois Mineral Producers and Maps of Extraction Sites, 1997, Illinois Minerals 117, by John M. Masters, Viju C. Ipe, Lisa R. Smith, and Michael Falter (Office of Mines and Minerals), Illinois State Geological Survey.  (Includes chapters on Lime and Stone,  Table 1 Limestone and Dolomite Products, and Figure Stone Quarries and Mines in Illinois (map).

Directory of Illinois Stone, Sand, and Gravel Producers 1983, Illinois Mineral Notes 89, by compiled by Irma Samson, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1984, 161 pp.

Directory of Illinois Stone, Sand and Gravel Producers, 1985, Illinois Mineral Notes 91, compiled by Irma Samson, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1985, 161 pp.

Display of Promising Interior and Exterior Building Stones of Northern and Western Illinois, Circular 7, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1934, 1 pp.

“Do-It-Yourself Immortality: Writing One’s Own Epitaph,” by Karl S. Guthke, in Markers XX, pp. 110-153, Association for Gravestone Studies.  (Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, USA, Crete, England, France, Italy, Germany, Samoa).

Dolomite, Limestone, Cement, and Lime Produced in Illinois in 1942:  Preliminary Report, Circular 99, by Walter H. Voskuil and Douglas F. Stevens, 1943, 7 pp.

Dolomite Resources of Boone and De Kalb Counties, Circular 379, by James C. Bradbury, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1965, 22 pp.

Dolomite Resources of Northeastern Illinois (Map) (Cook, Du Page, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties), James C. Bradbury, 1977, Scale 1:126,620, Size 48 x 35 inches. Computer plot.

Early Pennsylvanian Geology and Paleobotany of The Rock Island County, Illinois Area, Report of Investigation 37, Part I.  Geology, by R. I. Learly, Illinois State Geological Survey, Springfield:  1981, 88 pp.

Economic and Geologic Papers, Bulletin 43, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1923, 338 pp.  (“Geology and Mineral Resources of the La Harpe and Good Hope Quadrangles,” by T. E. Savage and M. L. Nebel; “Geology and Mineral Resources of the Morris Quadrangle,” by Harold E. Culver; “Geology and Mineral Resources of the Kings Quadrangle,” by J Harlen Bretz, “Geology of Northeastern Adams County,” by Louis W. Currier.)

“Economic and Surficial Geology of the Joliet Quadrangle,” Plate Number 1 in Geology and Mineral Resources of the Joliet Quadrangle, Bulletin No. 51, by D. J. Fisher, State of Illinois Department of Registration and Education, Division of the State Geological Survey, 1925.

Economical Geology of Illinois, by A. H. Worthen, Illinois State Geological Survey,  Reprinted from the original reports of the Geological Survey, with additions and emendations, 1882, 3 volumes:

Volume I, Illinois State Geological Survey, 541 pp. (Contents: Physical Features, General Principles, Surface Geology, Stratigraphical Geology, and Coal Measures, by A. H. Worthen; Geology of the Lead Region, by J. D. Whitney; Report on the Coal Fields, by A. H. Worthen; Report on the Prairies, by Leo Lesquereux; Chemical Report, by J.V.Z. Blaney; Geology of Randolph, St. Clair, Madison, and Hancock Counties, by A. H. Worthen; Geology of Hardin County, by A. H. Worthen and Henry Engelmann; Geology of Johnson, Pulaski, Massac, and Pope Counties, by Henry Engelmann; Geology of Pope, Alexander, Union, and Jackson Counties, by A. H. Worthen, Geological Survey of Illinois.)

Volume II, Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 pp. (Contents: Geology of Perry, Jersey, Greene, and Scott, Counties, by A. H. Worthen; Geology of Washington, Clinton, Marion, and Jefferson Counties, by Henry Engelmann; Geology of Cook County, by H. M. Bannister; Geology of La Salle County, by H. C. Freeman; Geology of Calhoun, Pike, Adams, Brown, Schuyler, and Fulton Counties, by A. H. Worthen; Geology of De Kalb, Kane, Du Page, McHenry, Lake, Kendall, Morgan, Cass, Menard, Tazewell, McLean, Logan, and Mason Counties, by H. M. Bannister; Geology of Grundy, Will, Kankakee, Iroquois, Vermilion, Champaign, Ford, and Edgar Counties, by Frank H. Bradley; Geology of Henderson, Warren, Mercer, Knox, Stark, and Woodford Counties, by H. A. Green, Geological Survey of Illinois.)

Volume III, Illinois State Geological Survey, 596 pp. (Contents: Geology of Northwestern Illinois, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Carroll, Winnebago, Boone, Ogle, Lee, Whiteside, Bureau, Henry, Marshall, and Putnam Counties, by James Shaw; Geology of Rock Island County, by A. H. Worthen and James Shaw; Geology of Peoria, McDonough, Monroe, Macoupin, Sangamon, Clark, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash, Edwards, White, Hamilton, Wayne, Clay, Cumberland, Coles, Douglas, Williamson, and Franklin Counties, by A. H. Worthen; Geology of Bond, Fayette, Montgomery, Christian, Shelby, Effingham, Moultrie, Macon, and Piatt Counties, by G. C. Broadhead; geology of Gallatin, and Saline Counties, by E. T. Cox; Geology of Livingston County, by H. C. Freeman, Geological Survey of Illinois.)

Exploring the Land and Rocks of Southern Illinois:  A Geological Guide, by Stanley Edwards Harris, Southern Illinois University Press, 1977, 240 pp., ISBN: 0809307405.

Factors Favoring Expanded Underground Mining of Limestone in Illinois, RPR 1980-R,  by James W. Baxter. (Reprinted from Mining Engineering, v. 32, no. 10, October 1980, 1497–1504 pp.)

Field Genealogy:  Being the record of all of the Field family in America whose ancestors were in this country prior to 1700.  Emigrant ancestors located in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Virginia.  All descendants of the Fields of England whose ancestor, Hurbutus De la Field, was from Alsace-Lorraine. Vol. I., by Frederick Clifton Pierce, Chicago, Illinois, Historian and Genealogist, Chicago: Hammond Press, 1901, 600 pp.  (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF on Google Books.)

From Businessman to Congressman:  The Careers of Martin B. Madden, by Thomas Robert Bullard, Ph.D. Dissertation in History, The University of Chicago, 1973.

Generalized Land Surface Topography, Southern Will County: Open File Series m 1993-9a, Matthew H. Riggs, Robert J. Krumm, Curtis C. Abert, Melisa M. McLean, and E. Donald McKay, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1993. Scale, 1:100,000, Size, 18 x 27 inches. (Computer-generated map)

Generalized Surface Topography, North-Central Lake County, Open File Series m 1993-10c, Matthew H. Riggs, Curtis C. Abert, Melisa M. McLean, Robert J. Krumm and E. Donald McKay, Illinois State Geological Survey, Scale, 1:62,500, Size, 26 x 18 inches. (Computer-generated map)

Geologic Information:  Cornerstone of Land-Use Decisions, Illinois State Geological Survey Annual Report, 2000, 36 pp.

Geologic Map of Illinois (Map). H. B. Willman and others. 1967 edition. Scale, 1:500,000 or approximately 1 inch = 8 miles. Size, 40 x 56 inches. In color. Shows geologic formations; includes generalized columnar sections for southern and northern Illinois and cross sections illustrating geologic structure of the state.

Geologic Road Map of Illinois: Surface Deposits and Landscapes (Map). David A. Grimley, Barbara J. Stiff, Michael J. Andrew. 2001. Scale, 1:760,320 or one inch equals approximately 12 miles. Size, 36 x 36 inches.

The Geological Map of Illinois, Bulletin 1, by Stuart Weller, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1906, 26 pp.

The Geological Map of Illinois, Bulletin 6, by Stuart Weller. Second edition, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1907, 34 pp.

Geology, Vol. I, by Worthen and his assistants Henry Engelmann, H. C. Freeman, and H. M. Bannister, Geological Survey of Illinois, 1868.

Geology Along the Illinois Waterway:  A Basis for Environmental Planning, Circular 478, by H. B. Willman, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1973, 48 pp.

Geology and Economic Resources of the St. Peter Sandstone of Illinois, Illinois Geological Survey Bulletin 53, by J. E. Lamar, 1927.

Geology and Geography of the Galena and Elizabeth Quadrangles, Bulletin 26, by Arthur C. Trowbridge and Eugene Wesley Shaw. History of Development of Jo Daviess County, Bernard H. Schockel, Illinois State Geological Survey,  (in cooperation with U.S. Geological Survey), 1916, 233 pp.

Geology and Geography of the Wheaton Quadrangle, Bulletin 19, by Arthur C. Trowbridge, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1912, 79 pp.

Geology and Mineral Deposits of The Laharpe, Good Hope, Morris, and Kings Quadrangle and The Geology of Northeast Adams County, Bulletin 43, by T. E. Savage, et al., Urbana: 1923, 338 pp.

Geology and Mineral Resources of the Alexis Quadrangle, Bulletin 57, by Harold R. Wanless, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1929, 230 pp.

The Geology and Mineral Resources of the Avon and Canton Quadrangles, Bulletin 38B, by T. E. Savage, Illinois State Geological Survey, 68 pp.

Geology and Mineral Resources of the Beardstown, Glasford, Havana, and Vermont Quadrangles, Bulletin 82, by Harold R. Wanless, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1957, 233 pp.

Geology and Mineral Resources of the Carbondale Quadrangle, Bulletin 48, by J. E. Lamar, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1925, 172 pp.

Geology and Mineral Resources of the Carlinville Quadrangle, Bulletin 77, by John R. Ball, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1952, 110 pp.

Geology and Mineral Resources of the Dixon Quadrangle, Bulletin 49, Russell Stafford Knappen, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1926, 141 pp.

Geology and Mineral Resources of the Edgington and Milan Quadrangles, Bulletin 38C, by T. E. Savage and J. A. Udden, Illinois State Geological Survey, 96 pp.

Geology and Mineral Resources of the Equality-Shawneetown Area (Parts of Gallatin and Saline Counties), Bulletin 47, by Charles Butts, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1925, 76 pp.

Geology and Mineral Resources of The Hardin and Brussels Quadrangles (in Illinois), U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 218, by W. W. Rubey, 1952, 179 pp.

Geology and Mineral Resources of The Hennepin and La Salle Quadrangles, Bulletin 37, by G. H. Cady, Urbana: 1919.

Geology and Mineral Resources of the Herscher Quadrangle, Bulletin 55, by L. F. Athy, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1928, 120 pp.

The Geology and Mineral Resources of the Joliet Quadrangle, Bulletin 51, by D. J. Fisher, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1925, 160 pp.

Geology and Mineral Resources of the La Harpe and Good Hope Quadrangles, Bulletin 43A, by T. E. Savage and M. L. Nebel, Illinois State Geological Survey, 89 pp.   (Extract from B 43, 1922)

Geology and Mineral Resources of the Hennepin and La Salle Quadrangles, Bulletin 37, by Gilbert H. Cady, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1919, 136 pp.

Geology and Mineral Resources of the Kings Quadrangle, Bulletin 43C, by J. Harlen Bretz, Illinois State Geological Survey, 100 pp.  (Extract from B 43, 1923

Geology and Mineral Resources of the Marseilles, Ottawa, and Streator Quadrangles, by H. B. Willman and J. N. Payne, Illinois Geological Survey Bulletin 66, 1942.

Geology and Mineral Resources of the Morris Quadrangle, Bulletin 43B, by Harold E. Culver, Illinois State Geological Survey, 114 pp.  (Extract from B 43, 1922)

Geology and Minerals of the St. Louis Quadrangle in Missouri & Illinois, Bulletin 438,  by N.M. Fenneman, U. S. Geological Survey, 1911.

Geometry and Origin of Oolite Bodies in the Ste. Genevieve Limestone (Mississippian) in the Illinois Basin, by Donald D. Carr, Indiana Geological Survey Bulletin, B48, 1973, 81 pp.  (Indiana University Scholar Works Repository)

Geology and Paleontology, Vol. III,  A. H. Worthen, Director, Geological Survey of Illinois, Western Engraving Company, Springfield, Illinois, 1868, 572 pp.

Geology and Paleontology, Vol. VI, A. H. Worthen, Director, Geological Survey of Illinois, 1875, 532 pp.

Geology and Paleontology of Late Pleistocene Lake Saline, Southeastern Illinois, Circular 471, by John C. Frye, A. Byron Leonard, H. B. Willman, and H. D. Glass, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1972, 44 pp.

Geology and Petrology of the Anvil Rock Sandstone of Southern Illinois, Circular 256, by: M. E. Hopkins, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1958, 49 pp.

Geology and Petrology of the Trivoli Sandstone in the Illinois Basin, Circular 316, by Marvin J. Andresen, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1961, 31 pp.

Geology for a New Generation, Illinois State Geological Survey Annual Report, 1998, 58 pp.

Geology for Planning in Boone and Winnebago Counties, Circular 538, by Richard C. Berg, John P. Kempton, and Amy N. Stecyk with contributions by Jonathan H. Goodwin, Randall E. Hughes, John M. Masters, and Christopher J. Stohr, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1984, 69 pp.

Geology Foundation for the New Century,  Illinois State Geological Survey Annual Report, 1999, 76 pp.

Geology in and around Charleston, Illinois: Rocky Branch Conservation area & Charleston Quarry Field Trip (“A field trip guide for Rocky Branch Conservation area and Charleston Quarry, in and around Charleston, Illinois.  This field trip occurred during the 44th Biennial Convention at Charleston, IL on September 23rd, 2017.”  Download available.  The Compass:  Earth Science Journal of Sigma Gamma Epsilon.

Geology of a Rockford Quarry (Ordovician) (in the Mulford Quarry in Rockford, Illinois), by Arctodus, on Dinosaur Home.

Geology of Buda Quadrangle, Illinois, Circular 275, by Paul MacClintock, and H. B. Willman, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1959, 29 pp.

Geology of Carbonate Aggregate Resources of Illinois, Illinois Mineral Notes 87, by Jonathan H. Goodwin, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1983, 12 pp

Geology of Cement Raw Materials in Illinois, by J. E. Lamar and Richard D. Harvey. Reprint 1966-M, Illinois State Geological Survey, (Reprinted from Proceedings of the Second Forum on Geology of Industrial Minerals, Indiana Geological Survey and Indiana University Department of Geology, pp. 45-71, 1966.)

Geology of Freeport Quadrangle, Illinois, Circular 395, by F. L. Doyle, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1965, 24 pp.

Geology of Hardin County and the Adjoining Part of Pope County, Bulletin 41, by Stuart Weller, with the collaboration of Charles Butts, L. W. Currier, and R. D. Salisbury, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1920, 416 pp.

The Geology of Hardin County and the Adjoining Parts of Pope County. Parts 1, 2, 4, and 5, Bulletin 41A, by Stuart Weller, Charles Butts, L. W. Currier, and R. D. Salisbury, Illinois State Geological Survey, 172 pp.  (Extract from B 41, 1920)

Geology of La Salle and Hennepin Quadrangles, Bulletin 23B, by G. H. Cady, Illinois State Geological Survey, 15 pp.  (Extract from B 23, 1912)

Geology of Northeastern Adams County, Bulletin 43D, by Louis W. Currier, Illinois State Geological Survey, 22 pp.  (Extract from B 43, 1922)

Guide to the Geology of the Decatur Area, Macon and Christian Counties, by David L. Reinertsen et al., Field Trip Guide Leaflet 1991C, September 14, 1991, Department of Energy and Natural Resources, Illinois State Geological Survey.

Guide to The Geology of Garden of the Gods Area, Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, and Saline Counties, Illinois, by Wayne T. Frankie and Russell J. Jacobsen,  ISGS Field Trip Guidebook 2001–A/B, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, IL 2001.

Guide to The Geology of The Hardin Area, Calhoun and Greene Counties, ISGS Field Trip Guidebook 1994B, by D. L. Reinertsen, et al., Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign:  1994, 57 pp.

Guide to The Geology of the Joliet Area, Including the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie and the Des Plaines and Mazonia/Braidwood State Fish and Wildlife Areas, Will and Portions of Grundy and Kankakee Counties, Illinois, FT 2003-A, W. T. Frankie and R. S. Nelson, Geological Survey of Illinois, 2003. 100 pp.

A Guidebook to Mining In America:  Volume 2:  East (Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and farther East), by John R. Park, Stonerose Publishing Co., Miami, Florida, April, 2000,” available at Stone Publishing Company.

Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy, Bulletin 95, by H. B. Willman, Elwood Atherton, T. C. Buschbach, Charles Collinson, J. C. Frye, M. E. Hopkins, J. A. Lineback, and J. A. Simon, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1975, 261 pp.

Handbook on Limestone and Dolomite For Illinois Quarry Operators, by, John Everts Lamar, publisher: Urbana, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1967, Series: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 91.

High-Calcium, High-Reflectance Limestone Resources of Illinois, Jonathan H. Goodwin and James W. Baxter, Illinois State Geological Survey, Reprint 1981-M. (Reprinted from Geological Society of America Bulletin, pt. I, vol. 92, no. 9, pp. 621-628, September 1981.)

High-Calcium Limestone near Morris, Illinois, Report of Investigation 23., J. E. Lamar and H. B. Willman, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1931, 26 pp.

“High-Purity Dolomite in Illinois,” by H. B. Willman, State of Illinois Department of Registration and Education, Division of the State Geological Survey, Report of Investigations 90, 1943, 101 pp., 76 figs.

High-Purity Limestones in Illinois, Illinois Mineral Notes 27, by J. E. Lamar, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1966, 20 pp.

Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, edited by Newton Bateman, LL.D. and Paul Selby, A.M. and History of Kane County, Edited by Gen. John S. Wilcox, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Company, 1904, pp. 699-702.

History of Cook County, Illinois, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, by A. T. Andreas, Chicago:  A. T. Andreas, 1884.  (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format on Google Books.)

History of Illinois, by L. E. Robinson and Irving Moore, New York: American Book Company, 1909, 288 pp.

History of Illinois Mineral Industries, Educational Series 10, by H. E. Risser and R. L. Major, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1968, 30 pp.

The History of Will County, Illinois, by William Le Baron, Chicago:  William Le Baron, Jr. & Co., 1878.

History of Will County, Illinois, by August Maue, Topeka:  Historical Publishing Co., 1928.

“History rewrite:  What if Chicago’s reserves had been managed differently?,” by Kevin Yanik, January 19, 2021, Pit & Quarry.  (excerpt)  “Still, a question lingers in Mikulic’s mind:  Did Chicago have to be supplied as it is today?  Could stone still be sourced from plentiful reserves within the city if a few events throughout history went differently?”)

Horseshoe Quarry, Shawneetown Fault Zone, Illinois, by W. John Nelson, Illinois State Geological Survey, Reprint 1988-G. (Reprinted from North-Central Section of the Geological Society of America: Donald L. Biggs, [ed.], Centennial Field Guide, vol. 3, pp. 241-244, 1987.)

Igneous Intrusive Rocks in Illinois and Their Economic Significance, Report Investigation 197, by K. E. Clegg and J. C. Bradbury, Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana:  1956, 19 pp.

Illinois 1962 Mineral Production by Counties, Mineral Economics Brief 7, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1964, 8 pp.

Illinois 1963 Mineral Production by Counties, Mineral Economics Brief 9, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1965, 8 pp.

Illinois 1964 Mineral Production by Counties, Mineral Economics Brief 10, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1965, 8 pp.

Illinois and Michigan Canal:  A Contemporary Perspective in Essays and Photographs, by Jim Redd, Southern Illinois University Press, 1993, 112 pp.

Illinois As It Is:  Its History, Geography, Statistics, Constitution, Government, Finances, Climate, Plants, Animals, State of Health, Prairies, Agriculture, Cattle-Breeding, Orcharding, Cultivation of the Grape, Timber-Growing, Market-Prices, Lands and Land-Prices, Geology, Mining, Commerce, Banks, Railroads, Public Institutions, Newspapers…, by Fred Gerhard, Keen and Lee, Chicago, Illinois & Charles Desilver, Philadelphia, 1857.  (Written for potential immigrants or settlers to the state of Illinois.)

Illinois Building Stones, Report Investigation 184, by J. E. Lamar and H. B. Willman, publisher: Urbana, 1955.

Illinois:  Crossroads of a Continent, by Lois A. Carrier, University of Illinois Press, Jan. 1, 1999, 296 pp., ISBN 0252068084.  (Includes information on the Illinois limestone industry in Part 4.  New Directions, page 142 and perhaps other pages.)

Illinois Geology:  Information and Innovation, Illinois State Geological Survey Annual Report 2004, (2003-2004), Champagne, Illinois, 60 pp.

Illinois Geological Survey Annual Report 2001-2002, Illinois State Geological Survey.

Illinois Geology:  Meeting the Challenge of Change, Illinois State Geological Survey Annual Report 2003, (2003-2004), Champagne, Illinois, 40 pp.

Illinois Geology:  Science for Society, Illinois State Geological Survey Annual Report 2002, 136 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1932–A Preliminary Statistical Summary and Economic Review, Report of Investigation 28, W. H. Voskuil and Alma R. Sweeny, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1933, 66 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1933 – A Preliminary Statistical Summary and Economic Review, Report of Investigation 36, W. H. Voskuil and Alma R. Sweeny, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1934, 69 pp., 3 figs.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1935: A Preliminary Statistical and Economic Review, Report of Investigation 43, Walter H. Voskuil, Alma R. Sweeny, and W. A. Newton, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1936, 62 pp., 8 figs., 41 tables.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1936: A Preliminary Statistical Summary and Economic Review, Report of Investigation 46, Walter H. Voskuil, Alma R. Sweeny, and W. A. Newton, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1937, 65 pp., 9 figs., 53 tables.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1937, Report of Investigation 51, A Preliminary Statistical Summary and Economic Review: Walter H. Voskuil, Alma R. Sweeny, and G. N. Oliver, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1938, 51 pp., 1 fig.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1938: A Preliminary Statistical Summary and Economic Review, Report of Investigation 56, Walter H. Voskuil and G. N. Oliver, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1939, 24 pp., 3 figs.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1939, with Special Discussion of the Distribution of Coal in 1937, Report of Investigation 63, Walter H. Voskuil and G. N. Oliver, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1940, 57 pp., 9 figs., 45 tables.

“Illinois Mineral Industry in 1940” (Part I), and “Historical Summary, 1919-1939” (Part II), in Report of Investigation 74, Walter H. Voskuil and G. N. Oliver, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1941, 93 pp., 6 figs.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1941, Report of Investigation 87, Walter H. Voskuil, Douglas F. Stevens, and G. N. Oliver, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1943, 87 pp., 12 figs., 50 tables.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1942, Report of Investigation 94, Walter H. Voskuil and Douglas F. Stevens, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1944, 83 pp., 10 figs., 47 tables.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1943, Report of Investigation 101, Walter H. Voskuil and Douglas F. Stevens, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1944, 89 pp., 12 figs., 65 tables.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1944, Report of Investigation 109, Walter H. Voskuil and Douglas F. Stevens, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1945, 90 pp., 14 figs., 70 tables.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1945, Report of Investigation 121, Walter H. Voskuil, Douglas F. Stevens, and Nina T. Hamrick, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1946, 116 pp., 22 figs., 84 tables.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1946, Report of Investigation 127, Walter H. Voskuil, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1948, 123 pp., 21 figs., 85 tables.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1947, Report of Investigation 140, Walter H. Voskuil, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1949, 91 pp., 19 figs., 66 tables.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1948, Report of Investigation 147, by Walter H. Voskuil, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1950, 73 pp., 16 figs., 52 tables.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1949, Report of Investigation 150, by Walter H. Voskuil, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1951, 63 pp., 14 figs., 50 tables.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1950, Report of Investigation 158, by Walter H. Voskuil, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1952, 58 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1951 and 1952, Report of Investigation 168, Walter H. Voskuil, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1953, 52 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1953, Report of Investigation 177, Walter H. Voskuil, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1955, 42 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry 1993-1996 and a Report on Water Resources of Illinois, Illinois Minerals 119, by Viju C. Ipe, Illinois State Geological Survey, 2000, 41 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry 1996-1998, Open File Series 2003-10, by Viju C. Ipe and Subhash B. Bhagwat, Illinois Geological Survey, 29 pp.  (Includes sections on:  Mineral Industry in 1998, Stone, Cement, Lime, Figure 1. Mineral Production and Mineral Processing Plants, Figure 2.  Relative Value of Mineral Extracted, Processed, and Manufactured, 1998, Figure 18.  Illinois Districts and Counties Producing Stone, 1998, Table 1.  Production and Value of Mineral Extracted, Processed, and Manufactured into Products in Illinois, 1996-1998, Table 2.  Production of Minerals in Illinois Compared with U. S. Mineral Production, 1996-1998, Table 3.  Employment and Wages in the Illinois Mineral Industry, 1996-1998.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1945, Report Investigation 121, by W. H. Voskuil, et al., Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana:  1945, 118 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1974, Illinois Mineral Notes 66, by Ramesh Malhotra and Shirley Hallaron, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1977, 40 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1972 and Review of Preliminary Mineral Production Data for 1973, Illinois Mineral Notes 58, by Ramesh Malhotra, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1974, 54 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1973 and Review of Preliminary Mineral Production Data for 1974, Illinois Mineral Notes 62, by Ramesh Malhotra, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1975, 48 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1975 and Review of Preliminary Mineral Production Data for 1976, Illinois Mineral Notes 68, by Irma Samson and Amy Dingwell, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1977, 39 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1976 and Review of Preliminary Mineral Production Data for 1977, Illinois Mineral Notes 70, by Irma Samson and Amy G. Dingwell, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1979, 38 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1977 and Review of Preliminary Mineral Production Data for 1978, Illinois Mineral Notes 75, by Irma Samson, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1980, 36 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1978 and Review of Preliminary Mineral Production Data for 1979, Illinois Mineral Notes 79, by Irma Samson, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1981, 35 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1979/1980 and Review of Preliminary Mineral Production Data for 1981, Illinois Mineral Notes 86, by Irma Samson, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1983, 40 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1981-83 and Review of Preliminary Mineral Production Data for 1984, Illinois Mineral Notes 93, by Irma E. Samson and Subhash Bhagwat, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1985, 38 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1984 and Review of Preliminary Mineral Production Data for 1985, Illinois Mineral Notes 95, by Irma E. Samson and Subhash B. Bhagwat, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1986, 44 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1985 and Review of Preliminary Mineral Production Data for 1986, Illinois Mineral Notes 99, by Irma E. Samson, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1988, 45 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1986 and Review of Mineral Production Data for 1987, Illinois Mineral Notes 100, by Irma E. Samson, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1989, 40 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1987 and Review of Preliminary Mineral Production Data for 1988, Illinois Mineral Notes 101, by Irma E. Samson and Subhash B. Bhagwat. 1989.], Illinois State Geological Survey, 1989, 43 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1988 and Review of Preliminary Mineral Production Data for 1989, Illinois Minerals  105, by Irma E. Samson and Subhash B. Bhagwat, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1990, 43 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1989 and Review of Preliminary Mineral Production Data for 1990, Illinois Minerals  108, by Irma E. Samson, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1991, 43 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1990 and Review of Preliminary Mineral Production Data for 1991, Illinois Minerals  110, by Irma E. Samson, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1994, 1992, 43 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1991 and Review of Preliminary Mineral Production Data for 1992, Illinois Minerals  111, by Irma E. Samson, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1994, 42 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry in 1992 and Review of Preliminary Mineral Production Data for 1993, Illinois Minerals  112, by Irma E. Samson, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1994, 43 pp.

Illinois Mineral Industry 1996-1998, Open File Series 2003-10, by Viju C. Ipe and Subhash B. Bhagwat, Illinois State Geological Survey, 2003, 25 pp.

Illinois Mineral Production by Counties, Mineral Economics Brief 21, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1968, 11 pp.

Illinois Mineral Production by Counties, 1965, Mineral Economics Brief 16, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1967, 10 pp.

Illinois Mineral Production by Counties, 1967, Mineral Economics Brief 24, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1969, 11 pp.

Illinois Mineral Production by Counties, 1968, Mineral Economics Brief  27, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1970, 12 pp.

Illinois Mineral Production by Counties, 1969, Mineral Economics Brief  28, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1969, 13 pp.

Illinois Mineral Production by Counties, 1970, Illinois Mineral Notes 48, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1972, 14 pp.

Illinois Mineral Production by Counties, 1971, Illinois Mineral Notes 51, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1973, 15 pp.

Illinois’ Mineral Resources, Mapped by Geological Survey, Important in War, Circular 87, by M. M. Leighton, 1942. (Reprinted from the Blue Book of the State of Illinois, 1941-1942, p. 448-461, 1942.), Illinois State Geological Survey, 14 pp.

Industrial Minerals and Metals Publications of the Illinois State Geological Survey through December 1989, Illinois Minerals  104, by compiled by Jonathan H. Goodwin, Donald G. Mikulic, and James W. Baxter, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1990, 33 pp.

Industrial Minerals Publications of the Illinois State Geological Survey through December 1978, Illinois Mineral Notes 69, by J. E. Lamar and J. C. Bradbury, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1979, 13 pp.

Illinois-Missouri Mineral Resource Complex – A Base for Industrial Development, Circular 337, by Hubert E. Risser, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1962, 60 pp.

Illinois Natural Resources – An Industrial Development Asset, Illinois Mineral Notes 21, by Hubert E. Risser, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1964, 5 pp.

Illinois Rockhounding Location Guide & Map, by Mike Rhea, Rockhound Resource.

The Illinois State Geological Survey, 1997,  New Directions, 53 pp.

“Illinois State geology students gain field experience on course trips,” by Evan Linden, April 16, 2021, Illinois State University.

Illinois Stone Production in 1959, Illinois Mineral Notes 14, by W. L. Busch. 1961, Illinois State Geological Survey, 4 pp.

Illinois Stone Production in 1960, Mineral Economics Brief 2, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1961, 5 pp.

Illinois Surface Topography (Map), Donald E. Luman, Lisa R. Smith and Christopher C. Goldsmith. 2003. Scale, 1:500,000. Size, 36 x 54 inches.

Impact Resistance of Illinois Limestones and Dolomites, Circular 345, by Richard D. Harvey, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1963, 20 pp.

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Karst Regions of Illinois, Open File Series 1997-2, S. V. Panno, C. P. Weibel, and W. Li, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1997, 42 pp.

Karst Terrains and Carbonate Bedrock in Illinois (Map), C. Pius Weibel and Samuel V. Panno. 1997. Scale, 1:500,000. Size, 33 x 60 inches. In color. Shows caves, sinkhole areas, and areas which are predominantly carbonate bedrock on base map with township lines and U.S. highways. Includes three inset maps: Karst Regions, Structural Geology, and Drift Thickness. (Illinois Map 8)

Lake Michigan Bibliography: 1860-1988, Geological and Physical Processes, Open File Series  1989-1, Nancy Peterson Holm and Beth McArdle Morgan, Illinois State Geological Survey, December 1988, 443 pp.

Lake Michigan Bibliography: Geological and Physical Processes Update, Open File Series  1989-5, Beth McArdle Morgan and Nancy Peterson Holm, Illinois State Geological Survey, December 1989, 116 pp.

Land Surface Topography Map, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Open File Series m 2000-8a, by Matthew H. Riggs, Scott Medlin and Christopher S. McGarry, Illinois State Geological Survey, 2000, Scale, 1:62,500, 29 x 41 inches.

Landforms of Illinois (Map). 1980 edition. Scale, 1:1,000,000 or approximately 1 inch = 16 miles. Size, 17 x 27 inches. Black-line sketching shows principal relief features, county lines, and principal towns.

Late Mississippian Sandstones of Illinois, Circular 340, by P. E. Potter, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1962, 36 pp.

Lemont Centennial 1873-1973, Lemont Area Centennial Committee, 1973, 208 pp.  (Includes information on the Lemont stone quarries.)

Lemont History and Anecdotes, Sonia Kallick and Thomas Ludwig, Lemont:  School District 113, 1978.

Lightweight Aggregate from Illinois Shales, Circular 290, by W. Arthur White, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1960, 29 pp.

The Lime and Limestone Market for Sulfur Removal: Potential for 1992, Illinois Mineral Notes 90, by Subhash B. Bhagwat, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1985, 13 pp.

Limestone and Dolomite Resources of Jersey County, Illinois, Circular 448, by James W. Baxter, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1970, 26 pp.nd Metals of Illinois, Educational Series 8, by J. E. Lamar, Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana:  1965.

Industrial Minerals Produced in Illinois in 1943: Clays and Clay Products, Fluorspar, Sand, Gravel, Silica Sand, Ground Silica, Tripoli, Stone, Cement, Lime, Mineral Wool; and Agstone Used in Illinois in 1943–Preliminary Report, Circular 111, by Walter H. Voskuil and Douglas F. Stevens, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1944, 31 pp.

Industrial Minerals in Illinois:  A Key to Growth, by Dr. Subhash Bhagwat, Mineral Economist, Illinois State Geological Survey, 4 pp.

Industrial Minerals and Metals of Illinois, Educational Series 8, by J. E. Lamar, Illinois State Geological Survey Educational Series 8, 1965.  (The Project Gutenberg eBook of Industrial Minerals and Metals of Illinois, by J. E. Lamar)

Inside Illinois Mineral Resources, Educational Series 9, by J. C. Frye, Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana:  1967, 31 pp.

“Interior Marble Decoration,” in The Monumental News, August 1895.

Intrusive Breccias at Hicks Dome, Hardin County, Illinois, Circular 550, by  J. C. Bradbury and J. W. Baxter, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1992, 23 pp.

“Joliet Limestone:  The Rise and Fall of a Nineteenth Century Building Material and Its Architectural Impact on the Joliet, Illinois Area,” Quarterly Publication, Will County Historical Society, Winter, 1997, pp. 268-274.

Joliet-Lemont Limestone:  Preservation of an Historic Building Material.  This booklet is available through the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois.

Karst Regions of Illinois, Open File Series 1997-2, S. V. Panno, C. P. Weibel, and W. Li, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1997, 42 pp.

Karst Terrains and Carbonate Bedrock in Illinois (Map), C. Pius Weibel and Samuel V. Panno. 1997. Scale, 1:500,000. Size, 33 x 60 inches. In color. Shows caves, sinkhole areas, and areas which are predominantly carbonate bedrock on base map with township lines and U.S. highways. Includes three inset maps: Karst Regions, Structural Geology, and Drift Thickness. (Illinois Map 8)

Lake Michigan Bibliography: 1860-1988, Geological and Physical Processes, Open File Series  1989-1, Nancy Peterson Holm and Beth McArdle Morgan, Illinois State Geological Survey, December 1988, 443 pp.

Lake Michigan Bibliography: Geological and Physical Processes Update, Open File Series  1989-5, Beth McArdle Morgan and Nancy Peterson Holm, Illinois State Geological Survey, December 1989, 116 pp.

Land Surface Topography Map, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Open File Series m 2000-8a, by Matthew H. Riggs, Scott Medlin and Christopher S. McGarry, Illinois State Geological Survey, 2000, Scale, 1:62,500, 29 x 41 inches.

Landforms of Illinois (Map). 1980 edition. Scale, 1:1,000,000 or approximately 1 inch = 16 miles. Size, 17 x 27 inches. Black-line sketching shows principal relief features, county lines, and principal towns.

Late Mississippian Sandstones of Illinois, Circular 340, by P. E. Potter, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1962, 36 pp.

Lemont Centennial 1873-1973, Lemont Area Centennial Committee, 1973, 208 pp.  (Includes information on the Lemont stone quarries.)

Lemont History and Anecdotes, Sonia Kallick and Thomas Ludwig, Lemont:  School District 113, 1978.

Ligtweight Aggregate from Illinois Shales, Circular 290, by W. Arthur White, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1960, 29 pp.

The Lime and Limestone Market for Sulfur Removal: Potential for 1992, Illinois Mineral Notes 90, by Subhash B. Bhagwat, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1985, 13 pp.

Limestone and Dolomite Resources of Jersey County, Illinois, Circular 448, by James W. Baxter, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1970, 26 pp.

Limestone Quarry Report (This article was originally published on October 11, 2007 and expired on November 1, 2007. It is provided here for archival purposes and may contain dated information.)

(From the web site)  “This booklet lists the limestone quarries throughout Illinois by county and then reports the quality of their agricultural limestone. Individual copies of this report are available at no charge by contacting the IL Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 19281, State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL 62794-9281 phone (217) 782-3817 or by going to their website at http://www.agr.state.il.us/news/publications.html to download an electronic copy.”  (Booklet updated July 2011)

Limestone Resources of Adams and Brown Counties, Illinois, Circular 512, by Jonathan H. Goodwin and Richard D. Harvey, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1980, 20 pp.

Limestone Resources of Extreme Southern Illinois, Report of Investigation 211, J. E. Lamar, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1959, 81 pp.  (Pl. 1. Alexander County; Pl. 2. Hardin County; Pl. 3. Johnson County; Pl. 4. Massac and Pulaski County; Pl. 5. Pope County; and Pl. 6. Union County.)

Limestone Resources of Illinois, Bulletin 46, by Frank Krey and J. E. Lamar, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1925, 392 pp.

Limestone Resources of Jefferson and Marion Counties, Illinois, Illinois Mineral Notes 23, by James C. Bradbury, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1965, 15 pp.

Limestone Resources of Madison County, Illinois, Circular 390, by James W. Baxter, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1965, 39 pp.

The Limestone Resources of the Pontiac-Fairbury Region, Report of Investigation 17, J. E. Lamar, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1929, 27 pp., 7 figs.

Limestone Resources of Scott County, Illinois, Circular 472, by James W. Baxter, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1972, 24 pp.

Limestone Resources of the Lower Kaskaskia Valley, Circular 346, by James C. Bradbury, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1963, 22 pp.

List of Publications, Bulletin 32, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1974, 87 pp.

List of Publications on Illinois Geology, Mineral Resources, and Mineral Industries, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1954.

Manufacturing and Wholesale Industries of Chicago, Josiah Seymour Currey, Vol. 3, Chicago: Thomas B. Poole Co., 1918, pp. 258. Available on Google Books.

Map and Directory of Illinois Mineral Industries (Map). 1930, Scale, 1:500,000 or approximately 1 inch = 8 miles. Size, 31 x 52 inches. Shows locations of oil and gas fields, boundary pits, quarries giving names and addresses of operators named on the map. Directory is arranged alphabetically by industry and by county.

Map Showing Thickness of Quaternary Deposits, Jo Daviess County, Illinois (Map), Open File Series m 2000-8c, Matthew H. Riggs and Christopher S. McGarry, Illinois State Geological Survey, 2000. Scale, 1:62,500, 29 x 41 inches, Computer-generated map.

“Marble and Granite at the World’s Fair,” in The Monumental News, November 1893, pp. 493.  (Some of the subjects mentioned in the above article include:  World’s Columbian Exposition; Barre, Vermont granite; Vermont Marble Company; Quincy, Massachusetts granite; Westerly, Rhode Island granite; Georgia; Tennessee; New South Wales granite and building and decorative stone; Canada; Mexican onyx; Italy; and the granite display by Sweden.)

Martin B. Madden, Public Servant, Edgar Weston Brent, Chicago:  Edgar Weston Brent, 1901.

Mineral Industries of Illinois (Map). 1961 edition, Scale, 1:500,000 or approximately 1 inch = 8 miles. Size, 30 x 51 inches. Shows areas underlain by coal beds and associated formations, limestone or dolomite, chert and tripoli, and Cretaceous-Tertiary clays; mining districts of fluorspar, and lead and zinc; producing oil and gas pools; coal mines; stone quarries; sand and gravel pits; and industrial plants processing or principally using natural mineral resources.

The Mineral Production of Illinois in 1906, Original Circular 2, by F. B. Van Horn. 1907, 11 pp.

The Mineral Production of Illinois in 1907, Original Circular 4, by F. B. Van Horn. 1908, 11 pp.

The Mineral Production of Illinois in 1908, Original Circular 5, by Raymond S. Blatchley, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1909, 20 pp.

Mineral Production in Illinois in 1954, Circular 206, by W. H. Voskuil and W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1955, 59 pp.

Mineral Production in Illinois in 1955, Circular 218, by W. H. Voskuil and W. L. Busch. 1956, 40 pp.

Mineral Production in Illinois in 1956, Circular 238, by W. L. Busch and W. H. Voskuil, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1957, 36 pp.

Mineral Production in Illinois in 1957, Circular 257,  W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1958, 39 pp.

Mineral Production in Illinois in 1958, Circular 279,  W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1959, 43 pp.

Mineral Production in Illinois in 1959, Circular 300, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1960, 36 pp.

Mineral Production in Illinois in 1960, Circular 327, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1962, 34 pp.

Mineral Production in Illinois in l961, Circular 341, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1962, 39 pp.

Mineral Production in Illinois in 1962, Circular 357, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1963, 44 pp.

Mineral Production in Illinois in 1963, Circular 373, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1964, 20 pp.

Mineral Production in Illinois in 1964, Circular 392, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1965, 20 pp.

Mineral Production in Illinois in 1965 and Summary of Illinois Mineral Production by Commodities, 1941-1965, Circular 407, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1966, 27 pp.

Mineral Production in Illinois in 1966, Circular 418, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1968, 23 pp.

Mineral Production in Illinois in 1967, Circular 435, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1968, 22 pp.

Mineral Production in Illinois in 1968, Circular 447, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1969, 21 pp.

Mineral Production in Illinois in 1969, Circular 455, by W. L. Busch. 1971, Illinois State Geological Survey, 22 pp.

Mineral Production in Illinois in 1970, Circular 469, W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1972, 22 pp.

Mineral Production in Illinois in 1971 and Summary of Illinois Mineral Production by Commodities, 1941-1970, Circular 477, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1973, 28 pp.

Mineral Resources and Mineral Industries of the East-Central Illinois Region, Mineral Economics Brief 15, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1967, 39 pp.

Mineral Resources and Mineral Industries of the East St. Louis Region, Illinois, Mineral Economics Brief 12, by Robert L. Major, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1966, 32 pp.

Mineral Resources and Mineral Industries of the Extreme Southern Illinois Region, Mineral Economics Brief 13, by Robert L. Major, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1966, 26 pp.

Mineral Resources and Mineral Industries of the Northeastern Illinois Region, Mineral Economics Brief 22, by Robert L. Major, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1968, 28 pp.

Mineral Resources and Mineral Industries of the Northwestern Illinois Region, Mineral Economics Brief 20, by Robert L. Major, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1967, 25 pp.

Mineral Resources and Mineral Industries of the Southeastern Illinois Region, Mineral Economics Brief 14, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1966, 36 pp.

Mineral Resources and Mineral Industries of the Western Illinois Region, Mineral Economics Brief 19, by Robert L. Major, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1967, 24 pp.

Mineral Resources of The Illinois – Kentucky Mining District. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 970, United States Geological Survey, 1976, 15 pp.

Mineral Resources and Mineral Industries of the Springfield Region, Illinois, Mineral Economics Brief 17,  by Robert L. Major, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1967, 35 pp.

Mineral Resources of Illinois in 1917 and 1918, Bulletin 38E, N. O. Barrett, Illinois State Geological Survey, 88 pp.  (Extract from B 38, 1921)

Mineralogy and Diagenesis of the Pennsylvanian Browning Sandstone on the Western Shelf of the Illinois Basin, Circular 561, by Duane M. Moore, Illinois State Geological Survey, 2003, 13 pp.

Mineralogy of Some Pennsylvanian Carbonate Rocks of Illinois, by Raymond Siever and Herbert D. Glass., Illinois State Geological Survey, Reprint 1957-H.  (Reprinted from Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 56-63, 1957.)

Minerals for Construction, by Hubert E. Risser and Robert L. Major, Illinois State Geological Survey, Reprint 1968-F.  (Reprinted from Mining Congress Journal, vol. 54, no. 2, p. 20-27, 1968.)

Minerals in the Economy of Illinois, by Thomas O. Glover and James C. Bradbury. Reprint 1978-P.  (Reprinted from Bureau of Mines State Mineral Profile 42, 10 pp., 1978.)

Minerals in the Economy of Illinois, by Thomas O. Glover and James C. Bradbury, Illinois State Geological Survey, Reprint 1979-D. (Reprinted from Bureau of Mines State Mineral Profile, 14 pp., 1979.)

“The Minerals of West-Central Illinois,” Paul L Garvin and Gene Tribbey, Mineralogical Record, August 31, 2005 20:00 EDT, Bay Ledger News Zone.  (The quotations below are from the web site.)

Location

“The minerals featured in this report were collected from five operating limestone quarries near the towns of Biggsville and Smithshire in Henderson County, Illinois, and near the towns of Dallas City, Hamilton and Plymouth in Hancock County, Illinois (Fig. 1).  Both counties are bordered on the west by the Mississippi River.  The cluster of localities will be referred to collectively as west-central Illinois (Fig. 2).

History

“The history of limestone use in west-central Illinois extends back to the time of early European settlement, beginning in the 1830’s.  At that time, limestone was quarried as ‘dimension stone’ for use in constructing foundations for houses and other buildings.  Because the stone was readily obtainable in flat slabs and, owing to its softness, was easily dressed, it was widely used for window sills and lintels, for exterior facings and as ornamental building stone….”

Mines and Minerals in Illinois: An Industrial Romance, Chicago:  Blakely-Oswald Printing, 1945?, 96 pp.

Mines, Quarries and Sand and Gravel Pits, Southern Will County (Map), Open File Series m 1993-9l, Curtis C. Abert, Robert J. Krumm, Matthew H. Riggs, Melisa M. McLean, and E. Donald McKay, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1994, Scale, 1:100,00, Size, 17 x 26 inches. (Computer- generated map.)

The Mississippi Valley Between Savanna and Davenport, Bulletin 13, by J. Ernest Carman, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1909, 96 pp.

Mississippian Limestone Resources in Fulton, McDonough, and Schuyler Counties, Illinois, Circular 370, by Richard D. Harvey, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1964, 27 pp.

New Publications. Capsule Report: Subsurface Dolomite in Lake, McHenry, and Part of Northwestern Cook Counties, Illinois Mineral Notes 4, Meredith E. Ostrom, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1956, 7 pp.

Niagaran Reef at Thornton, Illinois, by H. A. Lowenstam, Urbana:  1956, 19 pp.

Northwest-southeast Cross Section in the Illinois Basin : Open File Series  1992-3. Sparta Shelf, Southern Illinois to Rough Creek Graben, Western Kentucky: Stephen T. Whitaker, Janis D. Treworgy, Michael L. Sargent, and Martin C. Noger, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1992. (Computer plot)

“Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago” (Illinois), from The Monumental News, August 1894, pp. 383-385.

Occurrence and Distribution of Minerals in Illinois Coals, Circular 476, by C. Prasada Rao and Harold J. Gluskoter, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1973, 56 pp.

The Oolite of the Ste. Genevieve Formation, Report of Investigation 10, J. E. Lamar, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1926. (Reprinted from Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science, v. 18, p. 409-13, 1925.) 12 pp.

Paleozoic Rocks in Illinois,  Elwood Atherton, Illinois State Geological Survey, Reprint 1966-L.   (Reprinted from Stratigraphic Cross Section of Paleozoic Rocks–Colorado to New York, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, pp. 26-31, 1966.)

Papers on Industrial Minerals, Bulletin 68B, Presented on the Occasion of the Illinois Mineral Industries Conference, November 14-16, 1940, 57 pp.

Park and Cemetery:  An Illustrated Monthly Journal for those interested in the management of parks and cemeteries, R. J. Haight, Publisher, 334 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill.  Subscription $1. per year.  (The preceding advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 526.)

“The Parking Lot Cemetery” (located at the corner of Kirchoff and Plum Grove Roads in Rolling Meadows, Illinois), by Karen Kruse, in the Association For Gravestone Studies Quarterly, Vol. 32, No. 4, Fall 2008, pp. 8-9.

Past and Present Uses of Illinois Quaternary Mineral Materials, J. E. Lamar and James C. Bradbury, Illinois State Geological Survey, Reprint 1968-X.   (Reprinted from The Quaternary of Illinois: University of Illinois College of Agriculture Special Publication 14, pp. 150-156, 1968.)

Pennsylvanian Sandstones of the Eastern Interior Coal Basin, by Raymond Siever, Illinois State Geological Survey, Reprint 1957-N.  (Reprinted from Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 227-250, 1957.)

Petrography and Origin of Illinois Nodular Cherts, Circular 245, by Donald L. Biggs, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1957, 25 pp.

Petrology of Bethel Sandstone of South-Central Illinois, Report of Investigation 95, Willard D. Pye, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1944. (Reprinted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v. 28, no. 1, pp. 63-122, 1944.) 60 pp., 6 figs.

Petrology of the New Albany Shale Group (Upper Devonian and Kinderhookian in the Illinois Basin: A Preliminary Report, by R. D. Harvey, W. A. White, R. M. Cluff, J. K. Frost, and P. B. DuMontelle, Illinois State Geological Survey, Reprint 1978-F. (Reprinted from Proceedings of the First Eastern Gas Shales Symposium, Morgantown, WV, October 17-19, 1977, pp. 239-265, 1978.)

Physical Features of the Des Plaines Valley, Bulletin No. 11, by James Walter Goldthwait, Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana: University of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Journal Co., State Printers, 1909,  (This publication is available for reading on the Illinois Geological Survey web site.  There are many quarries in the Des Plaines Valley mentioned in this book; the following is a list of quarries that include locations:  (1) “bandoned quarry at the lower end of ‘Flathead’ gives a good exposure of blue shales and shaly limestones, a quarry near Elmhurst, Fred Schultz’s quarry, at Lyons; the Lyons quarry; the quarry near Crystal run, north of Joliet; “…quarries about Joliet, though none of them are of striking proportions. One appears in the northeast corner of the quarry near Grinton and Jackson streets….”; the quarry west of the village (of Lemont); “…small quarry diggings a mile east of the Plainfield road, northwest of Joliet; many quarries in the Niagara limestone, in the Des Plaines valley, near Summit, Lyons, Lemont, Eomeo, Lockport, and Joliet….The following quarries, however, exhibit features of special interest:  Elmliurst – Quarry a mile west of the station, on the north side of the Northwestern railway; Lyons – Fred Schultz’s quarry, in west part of village;  Lockport – Ravine at Dellwood park; Joliet – (a) Gorge of Sugar creek; and “Abandoned pits and quarries in the Cincinnati formation, affording many fossils, may be found close to the north bank of the old Illinois-Michigan canal, four miles west of the city, and at the west end of Flathead mound, further down the valley.”)

Physical Geography of the Evanston-Waukegan Region, Bulletin 7, by Wallace W. Atwood and James Walter Goldthwait, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1908. Reprinted 1925, 102 pp.

Pleistocene Stratigraphy of Illinois, Bulletin 94, by H. B. Willman and J. C. Frye, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1970, 204 pp.

“Poems in Stone: Tombs of Louis Henri Sullivan,” by Robert a. Wright, in Markers V, pp. 168-209, Association for Gravestone Studies.  (Illinois, Missouri, USA)

Portland Cement Resources of Illinois, Bulletin 17, by A. V. Bleininger et al., Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana: 1912, 121 pp.

“Possibilities for Calcitic Limestone Underground in Kankakee and Iroquois Counties,” by James W. Baxter.Illinois in Review of Manuscripts, Illinois Mineral Notes 5, 1957, 9 pp.

Possibilities of Production from Lime Formations Given the “Acid Test,” Circular 107, by Frederick Squires, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1944 (Reprinted from Oil Weekly, June 5, 1944.), 15 pp.

Potential Dolomite Resources of Carroll County, Illinois (Map), Open File Series m 1997-13k, Christopher S. McGarry and David A. Grimley, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1997, Scale, 1:62,500, Size, 27 x 36 inches.

Preliminary Map of Limestone Outcrops (Map), Compiled by J. E. Lamar and R. S. Shrode, 1950, Scale, 1:1,000,000 or approximately 1 inch = 16 miles. Shows areas where limestone deposits that are more than three feet thick are exposed and indicates the principal characteristics of the deposits. Computer plot.

Preliminary Report on the Economic Mineral Resources of Calhoun County, Report of Investigation 8,  J. E. Lamar, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1926, 21 pp.

Preservation of an Historic Building Material:  Joliet-Lemont Limestone, by James C. Bradbury, Deborah J. Slaton, Joseph LaRue, Donald G. Mikulic, and Vincent L. Michael, Chicago:  Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois, 1988.

Proceedings of the 23rd Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals, Illinois Mineral Notes 102, by Randall E. Hughes and James C. Bradbury [eds.], Illinois State Geological Survey, 1989, 105 pp.

Progress Reports on Subsurface Studies of the Pennsylvanian System in the Illinois Basin, Report of Investigation 93, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1944. 87 pp., 5 pls., 12 figs.  (“Structure of the Millersville Limestone in the North Part of the Illinois Basin,” by Earle F. Taylor and Gilbert H. Cady; and “Pennsylvanian Key Beds of Wayne County and the Structure of the ‘Shoal Creek’ Limestone and the Herrin (No. 6) Coal Bed,” by Paul K. Sims, J. Norman Payne, and Gilbert H. Cady.)

Properties of Carbonate Rocks Affecting Soundness of Aggregate–A Progress Report, Illinois Mineral Notes 54, by R. D. Harvey, G. S. Fraser, and J. W. Baxter, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1974, 20 pp.

Quaternary deposits of Illinois (Map). Jerry A. Lineback. 1979. Scale, 1:500,000 or approximately 1 inch = 8 miles. Size, 40 x 56 inches. In color. Shows Quaternary deposits that lie at or near the land surface and loess thickness. Includes diagrammatic cross sections showing stratigraphic relationships of Wisconsinan and Illinoian units, a table of stratigraphic names, and three small maps showing bedrock geology, topography of the bedrock surface, and thickness of Pleistocene deposits.

Quaternary Deposits of Illinois (Map). revised by Ardith K. Hansel and W. Hilton Johnson. 1996. Scale, approximately 1 inch = 40 miles. 8 1/2 x 11 inches.

The Quaternary of Illinois, by J.P. Kempton, Illinois State Geological Survey, Reprint 1968-P. (Reprinted from BioScience, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 813-814, 1968.)

Recent Price and Cost Trends Relating to Stone, Sand, and Gravel Production in Illinois, Illinois Mineral Notes 10, by Hubert E. Risser, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1959, 4 pp.

Report of the Canal Commissioners of the State of Illinois (1836-1917),  Made to the Governor December 1, 1897, Springfield, Ill., Phillips Bros. State Printers, 1898.

Results of Test-Drilling of Limestone near Morris, Illinois, Circular 4, by J. E. Lamar and H. B. Willman, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1933, 6 pp.

Results of Test-Drilling of Limestone near Morris, Illinois: Supplement to Report of Investigation 23, J. E. Lamar and H. B. Willman, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1933, (ISGS Circular 4.) 6 pp.

Revised Structure Map of the Taylorville Area, Supplement to Report of Investigation 1, A. H. Bell, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1929. 4 pp.

Road Materials Resources Maps (1930-1935) (Maps), Scale, 1:62,500 or approximately 1 inch = 1 mile. County maps show sand, gravel, and limestone resources for the following counties:  Adams, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Carroll, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, De Witt, Douglas, Edgar, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Gallatin, Green, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Jasper, Jefferson, Jersey, Jo Daviess, La Salle, Lawrence, Lee, Livingston, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, Marshall, McDonough, McLean, Menard, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Piatt, Pike, Pope, Putnam, Richland, Rock Island, St. Clair, Saline, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Stark, Stephenson, Vermilion, Wabash, Warren, Washington, Wayne, White, Whiteside, Williamson, Winnebago, and Woodford.)

Rock Stratigraphy in the Illinois Pleistocene, by John C. Frye and H. B. Willman. Reprint 1970-Q, Illinois State Geological Survey, (Reprinted from 34th Annual Tri-State Field Conference Guidebook: Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, Illinois, pp. 60-64, October 3, 1970.)

The Role of Industrial Minerals in the U.S. Economy, by Subhash B. Bhagwat, Illinois State Geological Survey, Reprint 1994-A. (Reprinted from Industrial Minerals and Rocks (6th edition), Donald D. Carr, editor, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, pp. 39-43, 1994.)

Rural Historic Structural Survey of Channahon Township, Will County, Illinois, April 2009 (pdf), for Will County Land Use Department and Will County Historic Preservation Commission Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.  (topics include pp. I-47-I-55:  “Local Limestone,” “Joliet Limestone,” “Quarries in Lemont,” and “Development of Limestone Industry”)

Rural Railroads: Prelude Trails to Rails, Part I: Trails To Rails: A Story of Transportation, Progress In Illinois. Part II: Rural Railroads: Greene County, by Carlton J. Corliss and Eileen Smith Cunningham, 1956.  (The Rockbridge Quarry is mentioned.)

Salem Limestone in Southwestern Illinois, Circular 284, by James W. Baxter, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1960, 32 pp.

Sampling Limestone and Dolomite Deposits for Trace and Minor Elements, Circular 221, by J. E. Lamar and K. B. Thomson, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1956, 18 pp.

Sandstone Resources of Extreme Southern Illinois–A Preliminary Report, Report of Investigation 188,  D. L. Biggs and J. E. Lamar, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1955, 21 pp.

Selected and Annotated List of Industrial Minerals Publications of the Illinois State Geological Survey, Illinois Mineral Notes 47, by compiled by J. E. Lamar, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1972, 24 pp.

Sequence Stratigraphy of the Lower Chesterian (Mississippian) Strata of the Illinois Basin, Bulletin 107, by W. John Nelson, Langhorne B. Smith, Janis D. Treworgy, contributions by Lloyd C. Furer and Brian D. Keith, 2002, 70 pp.

Shaded Relief Map of Illinois (Map), Open File Series 1995-6, Curtis C. Abert, Scale, 1:500,00, Illinois State Geological Survey (Available as Illinois Map 6.)

Shaded Relief Map of Illinois (Map). Curtis C. Abert. 1996. Scale, 1:500,000. Size, 36 x 59 inches. Black and white. Shows Illinois relief on a base map which includes county and latitude/longitude lines. Figures showing the Physiographic divisions of Illinois, and Glaciated areas of Illinois and end moraines of the Wisconsin glacial episode are included. Six enlarged insets highlight the variation of relief. (Illinois Map 6)

Shaded Relief of Carroll County, Illinois (Map), Open File Series m 1997-13f, Christopher S. McGarry, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1997, Scale, 1:62,500, Size, 27 x 36 inches.

Shales as Source Material for Synthetic Lightweight Aggregate: Illinois Mineral Notes 9, W. A. White. New Data on a White-Burning Kaolin Clay from Pike County; Clay Resources of La Salle County, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1959, 5 pp.

Shipments of Illinois Crushed Stone, Mineral Economics Brief 11, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1966, 15 pp.

Short Papers on Geologic Subjects, Circular 170, 1951. (Reprinted from Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science, v. 43, Illinois State Geological Survey, 43 pp.  (Includes these sections:   “The Mt. Simon Sandstone in Northern Illinois,” by J. S. Templeton; and “Petrology of the Basal High-Purity Bed of the Burlington Limestone,” by Donald L. Graf.)

Siliceous Materials of Extreme Southern Illinois–Silica, Novaculite, Ganister, Calico Rock, and Chert Gravels, Report of Investigation 166, by J. E. Lamar, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1953, 39 pp.

Silurian Dolomite Isopach in Will and Southern Cook Counties, Illinois (Map), Open File Series m 1995-13f, compiled by Edward C. Smith and Melisa M. McLean, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1995. Scale, 1:100,000, Size, 34 x 27 inches.

Skyline: Chicago Series (Five Videos on Chicago’s history and architecture)  These videos are available through the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois.

Some Geological Studies Presented at the State Academy of Science in 1939, Circular 60, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1940, (Reprinted from Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science, v. 32, no. 2, 1939.) 19 pp.  (Sections include:  “Silurian Rocks of Southern Illinois,” by John R. Ball.)

Soul in the Stone:  Cemetery Art from America’s Heartland, by John Bary Brown, 232 pp.  (“This book of photographs and text covers the diverse and rich but (until now) unchronicled gravestones of the Midwest.  This book concentrates on the traditions of cemetery art in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin.”  Association For Gravestone Studies.)

Southern Illinois – Mineral Resources and Industries, Circular 152, by  Morris M. Leighton and Walter H. Voskuil, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1949, 36 pp. (Reprinted from Southern Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1949.)

Southern Illinois Novaculite and Novaculite Gravel for Making Silica Refractories, Report of Investigation 117, C. W. Parmelee and C. G. Harman, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1946, 55 pp., 29 figs., 16 tables.

Southwest-northeast Cross Section in the Illinois Basin, Open File Series  1992-2, Southeastern Flank of Ozark Dome, Missouri, to Southern Illinois: Janis D. Treworgy, Stephen T. Whitaker, and Michael L. Sargent, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1992. (Computer plot)

Spar Mountain Sandstone in Cooks Mills Area, Coles and Douglas Counties, Illinois, Circular 267,  Lester L. Whiting, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1959, 24 pp.

State of Illinois Geological Survey (Annual Report), Original Circular 3, by H. Foster Bain, 1908, 2 pp.

“Stone in Illinois,” in Stone, Vol. XLVI, No. 7, July 1925, pp. 426.  (The article begins:  “The limestone resources of Illinois are discussed in Bulletin No. 46, a volume of 390 pages, issued by the state geological survey.  The bulletin is a complete resume of the limestone deposits of the state and gives locations of quarries, which are being worked…for crushed stone for road work and lime….”  A section devoted to Illinois building stone is also included.)

“The Stone Industry in the Vicinity of Chicago, Illinois,” by W. C. Alden, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 213, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office, 1903, pp. pp. 357-360.

Stones for Building and Decoration, by George P. Merrill, 2nd ed., New York:  John Wiley & Sons, 1897.

Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Alexandrian Series in Illinois and Missouri–Part I, Bulletin 23C, by T. E. Savage, Illinois State Geological Survey, 93 pp.  (Extract from B 23, 1913)

Structural and Compositional Variations in Some Natural Dolomites,  Julian R. Goldsmith and Donald L. Graf, Illinois State Geological Survey, Reprint 1958-AA.   (Reprinted from Journal of Geology, vol. 66, no. 6, pp. 678-693, 1958.)

Structural Features in Illinois, Bulletin 100, by W. John Nelson, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1995, 144 pp.

Structural Features in Illinois: A Compendium, Circular 519, by Janis D. Treworgy, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1981, 22 pp.

Structural History of the Centralia Area, Report Investigation 172, by R. L. Brownfield, Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana:  1954, 31 pp.

Structure of Parts of Northeastern Williamson and Western Saline Counties, Report of Investigation 2, Gilbert H. Cady, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1925, 20 pp.

Studies of the Chester Series in the Illinois Basin: 1943, Circular 91,  (Reprinted from Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science, v. 35, no. 2, December 1942.), Illinois State Geological Survey, 12 pp.

Subsurface Dolomite and Limestone Resources of Grundy and Kendall Counties, Circular 230, by Meredith E. Ostrom, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1957, 25 pp.

Subsurface Stratigraphy of the Kinderhook Series in Illinois, Report of Investigation 189, L. E. Workman and Tracey Gillette, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1956, 46 pp.

Subsurface Structure of the Base of the Kinderhook-New Albany Shale in Central and Southern Illinois, Report of Investigation 92, Alfred H. Bell, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1943, 13 pp., 1 pl., 3 figs.

Subsurface Variation in the High-Calcium Dolbee Creek Limestone in Western Illinois, Illinois Mineral Notes 78, by Mark Cloos and James Baxter, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1981, 23 pp.

Summary of Illinois Mineral Industry, 1951-1959, Illinois Mineral Notes 13, by  W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1961, 4 pp.

Summary of Illinois Mineral Production by Commodities, 1941-1960, Mineral Economics Brief 4, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1962, 9 pp.

Summary of Illinois Mineral Production in 1960, Mineral Economics Brief 25, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1961, 2 pp.

Summary of Illinois Mineral Production in 1961, Mineral Economics Brief 5, by W. L. Busch, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1962, 2 pp.

Summary of the Geology of the Chicago Area, Circular 460, H. B. Willman, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1971, 77 pp.

“A Summary of the Uses of Limestone and Dolomites,” by J. E. Lamar and H. B. Willman, Illinois Geological Survey Report Inv. 49, 1938., 50 pp.

Surface Structure Map of Shelby, Effingham, and Fayette Counties, Report of Investigation 76, William A. Newton. Explanation and Summary: J. Marvin Weller and Alfred H. Bell, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1941, 21 pp., 1 pl., 2 figs.

The Technology of Marble Quarrying, U. S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 106, by Oliver Bowles, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1916.

Surface Topography of Carroll County, Illinois, Open File Series m 1997-13a, compiled by Christopher S. McGarry, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1997. Scale, 1:62,500, Size, 26 x 36 inches.

Surface Topography of McHenry County, Illinois, Open File Series m 1995-12, compiled by Melisa M. McLean, Maureen D. Kelly and Christopher S. McGarry, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1995, Scale, 1:62,500, Size, 38 x 30 inches.

Surface Topography of Will and Southern Cook Counties, Illinois, Open File Series m 1995-13a, compiled by Melisa M. McLean and Edward C. Smith, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1995, Scale, 1:100,000, 35 x 27 inches.

Surficial Deposits of Illinois, Open File Series m 2000-7, digitally adapted by Barbara J. Stiff, Illinois State Geological Survey, 2000, Scale, 1:500,000. Size, 35 x 51 inches.

Surficial Deposits of Illinois (Map). digitally adapted by Barbara J. Stiff. 2000. Scale, 1:500,000. Size, 35 x 51 inches. Color map which shows surface materials and glacial boundaries over a base with roads and towns. (OFS 2000-7)

Surficial Geology Map, Jo Daviess County, Illinois (Map), Open File Series m 2000-8b, Matthew H. Riggs, Illinois State Geological Survey, 2000, Scale, 1:62,500, 29 x 48 inches, Computer-generated map.

Thermal Expansion of Certain Illinois Limestones, Illinois Mineral Notes 24, by Richard D. Harvey, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1966, 6 pp.

Three-Dimensional Geologic Mapping: A Pilot Program for Resource and Environmental Assessment in the Villa Grove Quadrangle, Douglas County, Illinois, Bulletin 106, Zakaria Lasemi and Richard C. Berg, editors, Illinois State Geological Survey, 2001, 117 pp.

Topography of the Bedrock Surface in Will and Southern Cook Counties, Illinois, Open File Series m 1995-13b, compiled by Melisa M. McLean and Edward C. Smith, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1995, Scale, 1:100,000, 35 x 27 inches.

Topography of the Bedrock Surface, North-Central Lake County (Map), Open File Series m 1993-10d, Matthew H. Riggs, Curtis C. Abert, Melisa M. McLean, Robert J. Krumm and E. Donald McKay, Illinois State Geological Survey, Scale, 1:62,500. Size, 26 x 18 inches. (Computer-generated map)

Topography of the Bedrock Surface, Southern Will County (Map), Open File Series m 1993-9b, Curtis C. Abert, Robert J. Krumm, Matthew H. Riggs, Melisa M. McLean, and E. Donald McKay, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1993, Scale, 1:100,000. Size, 18 x 27 inches. (Computer-generated map)

Trace Elements in Illinois Pennsylvanian Limestones, Circular 243, by Meredith E. Ostrom, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1957, 34 pp.

Turbidites and Other Sandstone Bodies in the Borden Siltstone (Mississippian) in Illinois, Circular 425, by Jerry A. Lineback, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1968, 29 pp.

Typical Rocks and Minerals in Illinois, by George Ekblaw and Don Carroll, State of Illinois, Department of Registration and Education, State Board of Natural Resources and Conservation and Committee on Geological Survey, 1931, 80 pp.

Unpublished Reports on Open File. IV. Stratigraphy and Areal Geology, Circular 220, by Lois Kent, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1956, 19 pp.

Unrivaled Chicago, Chicago:  Rand, McNally & Co., 1896.

Urban Encroachment on Dolomite Resources of the Chicago Area, Illinois, RPR 1986,  Donald G. Mikulic and Jonathan H. Goodwin. (Reprinted from Proceedings of the Twentieth Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals, May 15–18, 1984, Baltimore, MD, Industrial Minerals of the Mid-Atlantic States: J. D. Glaser and J. Edwards, eds., Maryland Geological Survey Special Publication no. 2, pp. 125–131, 1985.)

Uses of Limestone and Dolomite, Circular 321,  J. E. Lamar, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1961, 41 pp.

Visualization of Bedrock Resources in Lake County, Illinois (Map), Open File Series m 2003-12. 3-D, map compilation and interpretation by Hannes E. Leetaru, Michael L. Sargent, Matthew H. Riggs and Dennis R. Kolata, Illinois State Geological Survey, 2003, 2 map sheets (64″ x 36″).

Wedron and Mason Groups:  Lithostratigraphic Reclassification of Deposits of the Wisconsin Episode, Lake Michigan Lobe Area, Bulletin 104, by Ardith K. Hansel and W. Hilton Johnson, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1996, 116 pp.

West-East Cross Section in the Illinois Basin, Open File Series  1992-4, Ozark Dome, Missouri, to Rough Creek Graben, Western Kentucky: Michael L. Sargent, Janis D. Treworgy, and Stephen T. Whitaker, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1992.

Western Illinois, Guidebook 6, Guidebook 6, by Charles Collinson. 1964, (Tri-State Geological Society 28th Annual Field Conference, October 17-18, Quincy, Illinois.) 30 pp.

Western Stone Company Incorporation Papers, dated September 17, 1889, at the Archives of the Illinois Secretary of State.

What About Our Minerals? A Quiz Book on the Geology and Mineral Resources of Illinois, Circular 124, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1946, Reprinted 1952, 24 pp.

Working Together:  Interpreting Illinois Geology, Illinois State Geological Survey Annual Report 2001, 60 pp.

Worthen Reports, Vol. I. Geology, by A. H. Worthen and assistants J. D. Whitney, Leo Lesquereux, and Henry Engelmann, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1866. 507 pp., 11 pls. (Contents: Physical Features, General Principles, Surface Geology, Stratigraphical Geology, and Coal Measures, by A. H. Worthen; Geology of the lead region, by J. D. Whitney; Reports on the Coal Fields and on the Prairies, by Leo Lesquereux; Chemical Report, by J.V.Z. Blaney; Geology of Randolph, St. Clair, Madison, and Hancock Counties, by A. H. Worthen; Geology of Hardin County, by A. H. Worthen and Henry Engelmann; Geology of Johnson, Pulaski, Massac, and Pope Counties, by Henry Engelmann, Geological Survey of Illinois.)

Worthen Reports, Vol. II. Palaeontology, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1866, 476 pp., 50 pls., 39 text figs.  Descriptions of Vertebrates: J. S. Newberry and A. H. Worthen. Descriptions of Invertebrates: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. Descriptions of Plants: Leo Lesquereux. (Contents: Brief Introduction of the Correlation of the Bedrock Formations in the State; Descriptions and Illustrations of the Fossilized Remains of New Species of Vertebrates, Invertebrates, and Plants that Occur in the Carboniferous Formations in Illinois, Geological Survey of Illinois.)

Worthen Reports, Vol. III. Geology and Palaeontology, Illinois State Geological Survey,  1868, 581 pp., 20 pls., numerous text figs. Geology: A. H. Worthen and assistants Henry Engelmann, H. C. Freeman, and H. M. Bannister. Palaeontology: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. (Contents: Coal Measures and Lower Carboniferous Limestone, and Geology of Alexander, Union, Jackson, Perry, Jersey, Greene, and Scott Counties, by A. H. Worthen; Geology of Washington, Clinton, Marion, and Jefferson Counties, by Henry Engelmann; Geology of Cook County, by H. M. Bannister; Geology of La Salle County, by H. C. Freeman; Palaeontology of Illinois, Consisting of Descriptions and Illustrations of Invertebrate Fossils in all the Paleozoic Formations, by F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen (Insects, by S. H. Scudder); Chemical Analyses, by J.V.Z. Blaney, Geological Survey of Illinois.)

Worthen Reports, Vol. IV. Geology and Palaeontology, Illinois State Geological Survey,  1870, 513 pp., 31 pls. Geology: A. H. Worthen and assistants H. M. Bannister, Frank H. Bradley, and H. A. Green. Palaeontology: J. S. Newberry, A. H. Worthen, and Leo Lesquereux. (Contents: Geology of Calhoun, Pike, Adams, Brown, Schuyler, and Fulton Counties, by A. H. Worthen; Geology of De Kalb, Kane, Du Page, McHenry, Lake, Kendall, Morgan, Cass, Menard, Tazewell, McLean, Logan, and Mason Counties, by H. M. Bannister; Geology of Grundy, Will, Kankakee, Iroquois, Vermilion, Champaign, Edgar, and Ford Counties, by F. H. Bradley; Geology of Henderson, Warren, Mercer, Knox, Stark, and Woodford Counties, by H. A. Green; Palaeontology of Illinois, Including Descriptions and Illustrations of Vertebrate Fossils, by J. S. Newberry and A. H. Worthen, and of fossil plants, by Leo Lesquereux, Geological Survey of Illinois.)

Worthen Reports, Vol. V. Geology and Palaeontology, Illinois State Geological Survey,  1873, 622 pp., 32 pls. Geology: A. H. Worthen and James Shaw. Palaeontology: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. (Contents: Geology of Northwestern Illinois and Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Carroll, Winnebago, Boone, Ogle, Lee, Whiteside, Bureau, Henry, Marshall, and Putnam Counties, by James Shaw; Geology of Rock Island County, by A. H. Worthen and James Shaw; Geology of Peoria, McDonough, Monroe, Macoupin, and Sangamon Counties, by A. H. Worthen; Descriptions and Illustrations of Invertebrate Fossils from the Carboniferous Formations, by F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen, Geological Survey of Illinois.)

Worthen Reports, Vol. VI. Geology and Palaeontology, Illinois State Geological Survey,  1875. 538 p., 33 pls. Geology: A. H. Worthen and assistants G. C. Broadhead and E. T. Cox. Palaeontology: Orestes St. John, A. H. Worthen, and F. B. Meek. Contents: Geology of Coal Measures (Summary) and of Clark, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash, Edwards, White, Hamilton, Wayne, Clay, Cumberland, Coles, Douglas, Williamson, and Franklin Counties, by A. H. Worthen; Geology of Bond, Fayette, Montgomery, Christian, Shelby, Effingham, Moultrie, Macon, and Piatt Counties, by G. C. Broadhead; Geology of Gallatin and Saline Counties, by E. T. Cox; Geology of Livingston County, by H. C. Freeman; Descriptions and Illustration of Fossil Fishes, by Orestes St. John and A. H. Worthen; Descriptions and Illustrations of Invertebrate Fossils from the Paleozoic Formations, by A. H. Worthen and F. B. Meek. (Accompanied by a geological map of the state.), Geological Survey of Illinois.

Worthen Reports, Vol. VII. Geology and Palaeontology, Illinois State Geological Survey,  1883. 374 p., 31 pls. Geology: A. H. Worthen. Palaeontology: A. H. Worthen, Orestes St. John, and S. A. Miller. Contents: Economical Geology, by A. H. Worthen; Descriptions and Illustrations of Fossil Fishes in the Carboniferous Formations, by Orestes St. John and A. H. Worthen; Descriptions and Illustrations of Invertebrate Fossils, by A. H. Worthen and S. A. Miller, Geological Survey of Illinois.

Worthen Reports, Vol. VIII. Geology and Palaeontology, edited by Joshua Lindahl, Illinois State Geological Survey,  1890. 879 p., 78 pls. bound separately, geologic map in text volume. Geology: A. H. Worthen. Palaeontology: A. H. Worthen, Charles Wachsmuth, Frank Springer, E. O. Ulrich, and Oliver Everett. Contents: Drift Deposits of Illinois and Economic Geology, by A. H. Worthen; Descriptions and Illustrations of Fossil Invertebrates, by A. H. Worthen, of Fossil Crinoids and Blastoids, by Charles Wachsmuth and Frank Springer, and of Fossil Sponges and Fossil Bryozoa, by E. O. Ulrich and Oliver Everett; appendix consisting of Bibliography of A. H. Worthen, by N. W. Bliss and C. A. White, and General Index to the Eight Volumes, by Joshua Lindahl, Geological Survey of Illinois.

Year Book For 1906:  Administrative Report,…Illinois Fire Clays, Limestones Available as Fertilizers, Analysis of Silica Deposits, None Contributions to the Study of Coal, Stratigraphy Work in the Vicinity of East St. Louis, Geology of Calhoun County, Water Resources of the Springfield Quadrangle, Mineral Industry in 1906, Bulletin 4, H. Foster Bain, Director  Urbana:  Illinois State Geological Survey, 1907, 260 pp.

Year-Book for 1907, Bulletin 8, H. Foster Bain, Director, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1908, 391 pp.

Year-Book for 1908, Bulletin 14, by H. Foster Bain, Director, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1909, 394 pp.

Year-Book for 1909, Bulletin 16, by Frank W. DeWolf, Acting Director, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1910, 402 pp.

Year Book For 1910:  Administrative Report and Various Economic and Geologic Papers, Mineral Production in 1909 and 1910, Carlyle Oil Field, Carlinville Oil and Gas Field, Geology and Mineral Resources of The Springfield Quadrangle, Extinct Lakes in Southern and Western Illinois and Adjacent, Bulletin 20, by G. H. Cady, et al., Urbana, 1915, 165 pp.

Year Book for 1916: Administrative Report and Economic and Geological Papers: Mineral Resources of Illinois in 1916, Clay Deposits near Mountain Glen, Union County, Structure of the LaSalle Anticline,  Bulletin 36, by W. DeWolf, et al., Urbana, 1920, 188 pp.

Year Book For 1917 and 1918; Geology and Mineral Resources of 1) Edington and Milan Quadrangles, and 2) Avon And Canton Quadrangles, Bulletin 38, by F. W. DeWolf, et al., Urbana, 1922, 474 pp.

Stone Carvers, Stone Cutters, etc., Cutters in Illinois

    • Walter S. Arnold, Sculptor and Stone Carver, Chicago, Illinois  (present-day carver)  His web site has a great deal of information on historical and current issues regarding stone carvers, etc.
    • John Augustine, Marble Worker and Carver, Wilmington, Illinois – Monuments and Tombstones (late 1800s)

      John Augustine’s business card reads:

      “John Augustine MARBLE WORKER AND CARVER –– MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES, I respectfully solicit a share of your patronage, WILMINGTON, ILLINOIS”

    • Olivier Dumont, Atelier Jouvence Custom Stoneworks in Chicago, Illinois.
    • Morgan Elser, Sculptor, Delavan, Illinois. 
    • Kevin W Fehlenberg, Sculptor and Stone Carver, Original Handmade Sculpture
    • Niels Heldt Henriksen & his son, Thorvald Henriksen, Chicago, Illinois (Carver, sculptor in the Gall & Company monument shop, & architectural stone-carver and contractor, Mount Olive Monument Company  (The following is (from Manufacturing and Wholesale Industries of Chicago, Josiah Seymour Currey, vol. 3, Chicago: Thomas B. Poole Co., 1918, pp. 258-259, available on Google Books)  (For information on the Mount Olive Monument Company, please visit the Illinois List of Quarries section of our web site using the preceding link.)

      N. Heldt Henriksen

      “N. Heldt Henriksen, the founder of this important enterprise (Mount Olive Monument Company), had achieved national reputation as a sculptor and as a creator of the finest type of designs for monumental work, his talent having become noteworthy even in his boyhood, when he produced remarkable specimens of carving in wood and other material.  He was born at Aarhus, Denmark, on the 24th of January, 1869, a son of Heldt Henriksen, who was a farmer by vocation.  At the age of eighteen years Mr. Henriksen came to the United States and established his residence in Chicago, where he found employment as a stone carver, a work in which he had become specially skillful.  For a few years he held the position as carver and sculptor of the monument shops of Gall & Company, and he then determined to establish himself independently as an architectural stone-carver and contractor.  His first contract was for the production of the ornamental stone work of the city hall in Omaha, Nebraska, and he developed a substantial and prosperous contracting business, in connection with which he greatly enhanced his reputation as a professional artist in stone work.  He continued his activities as a contractor until he became associated with his brother Emanuel in founding the Mount Olive Monument Company, as noted in a preceding paragraph.  Of this company he continued the president until his death.  Among the many fine examples of the professional skill and artistry of Mr. Henriksen may be noted the great granite lions that adorn the façade of the E. J. Lehmann mausoleum, in Waldheim cemetery, Chicago; the state seal of Indiana as produced in Montello Granite and placed in the monument dedicatory of that state.  His ability as a sculptor led also to his receiving commissions for the carving of marble busts of various persons of distinction.  It is worthy of special note in this review that Niels Heldt Henriksen also designed and executed a statue of a bull buffalo and that the same has been pronounced by the highest authorities to be a wonderful and faithful reproduction.  Duplicates of this celebrated statue found a wide sale throughout the United States, and demands for the same still continue.  The size of the statue is eighteen by thirteen by seven inches, and on the design and product Mr. Henriksen was granted copyright (No. 53303, G. class) December 19, 1916, only a few days prior to his death.  He was engaged in designing and carving the artistic stone ornamentation that mark the front of the Hearst building in Chicago when he was stricken with pneumonia, the attack resulting in his death on the 29th of January, 1917.  Mr. Henriksen was a man of lofty ideals, fine mentality and noble character, – a sterling citizen who commanded unqualified popular esteem.  He was a charter member of Chicago Lodge, No. 18, Danish Brotherhood, this having been the first lodge chartered in the United States and he having thereafter shown most lively interest in the general development of the organization, which now has more than one thousand lodges in the United States.  His religious faith was that of the Lutheran church, of which his widow likewise is an earnest communicant.

“Mr. Henriksen was happily married early in life and his widow still retains her residence in Chicago.  They became the parents of seven children, and the eldest son, Jens, is now vice-president of the Mount Olive Monument Company.  The younger son, Thorvald, has inherited much of his father’s talent as a sculptor and has perfected the same through study and practical experience gained under most auspicious conditions.  He has already achieved distinction as an artist and sculptor and he devotes much of his time and attention to the designing of the finer pieces of art sculpture that are manufactured by the Mount Olive Monument Company in the filling of its most important contracts.  His honored father is an active and valued member of the Chicago Art Institute, and was widely and favorably known in the representative art circles of the United States, his fraternal alliances having included membership in the Humboldt Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and the Hesperia Lodge No. 111, A. F.  A. M.”

“Henry Miller, a Germany immigrant, made his living carving hearths, fireplace mantels, and gravestones for 19 th-century Naperville residents. Behind Miller’s shop, visitors can view the equipment used by workers who cut and hauled huge blocks out of the limestone quarries that were a major industry in mid 19th-century Naperville.” (Visit the web site above to view photographs of the Stonecarver’s Shop.)

  • Pawel Nawrocki, Carving In Stone, Inc., Chicago, Illinois.  About Pawel Nawrocki.
  • J. Pfeiffer (Stone-cutter in New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Chicago, Illinois)

    (Biography of Charles A. Pfeiffer, from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, September 1892, Vol. V, No. IV, pp. 400. A photograph of Charles A. Pfeiffer is presented as the Frontispiece of this magazine issue on pp. 365. This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books.)

    “Chas. A. Pfeiffer, the subject of our frontispiece, was born in Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern, Germany, Dec. 19, 1844, and is therefore at present in his forty-eighth year. Four years after his birth his father emigrated to America, and a year later his mother followed taking her son with her. His father was a practical stone-cutter, at which trade he readily found employment in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago, respectively, in which cities the son was given the benefits of a common school education. While yet a mere lad he assisted his father in his labors and the thorough methods acquired by the father in the mother country were gradually instilled into the mind of young Pfeiffer, who was also taught how to sketch and draw, to estimate on cut-stone work and prepare himself generally for the requirements of the trade he had adopted. Having acquired a thorough common school education, he entered a commercial college attending evening sessions. At the age of 24 he became his father’s associate in the business which had been established eight years before, and the firm name was changed to J. Pfeiffer & Son, under which title it was conducted until 1881, when it was incorporated under the laws of Missouri as the Pfeiffer Stone Co., of which Charles A. is president, with headquarters at St. Joseph, Mo. At the annual meeting of the Missouri Valley Cut-Stone Contractors’ and Quarrymen’s Association, held at Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 26, 1892, Mr. Pfeiffer was elected its president and was delegated to attend the convention of the Ohio Valley Association for the purpose of effecting relations insuring a uniformity of action relative to issues affecting cut-stone contractors generally and those of the Ohio and Missouri valleys particularly. This he accomplished to the satisfaction of both organizations.”

  • Louis Henry Sullivan – “Poems in Stone: Tombs of Louis Henri Sullivan,” by Robert a. Wright, in Markers V, pp. 168-209, Association for Gravestone Studies. (Illinois, Missouri, USA)