Source: The Mining Journal
Marquette, Mi.
September 17, 1887

A Busy Place

Furst, Jacobs & Co.'s quarry at south Marquette is about the
busiest place in the city now. Over a hundred men are employ-
ed in or about the quarry, and the mill for sawing the brown~
stone is run night and day, while the force in the quarry it-
self works 2% hours every night after supper, making a pretty
long day of it. The DSS&A has recently put in a new track to
the quarry and there is now a switch at the mill and another
to the quarry itself, greatly facilitating the moving of the
stone. The old switch will be taken up as scon as the stone
piled by it for shipment has been loaded inte cars and taken
away. There is a huge mass of it yet to be shipped. Within
the last few days a new boiler has been placed in the quarry
engine house, at a cost of about $1,200, while another big
derrick has been placed in position. The outfit of the quarry
is now of the best in every particular, and the work of ship-
ping the famous Marquette stone is being pushed as never be-
fore.

 

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