Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-22
BIBLE.
The Knoxville Quarries.
A Marble That Has Been in Use Fifty
Years For Monumental PWr-
poses. and shows No
signs of Decay.
Louisville Post and News

Louisville Post and News.
It is well to cay in the outset that
although the Knoxville quarries ale
situated in East Tennessee, the mar
ole referred TO in this article is not the
variegated stone used for furniture
work aud architectural purposes,
known as East Tennessee marble.
Knoxville marble is more g lid in
color, of q slightly reddish hue, very
uniform in textur9, and entirely free
from foreign substances, which in
| East Tennessee or furniture marble
permeate the whole mass in black
seams which are filled with an earthly
substance so soft as to cause the mass
to separate. II is customary for work
men to fill these seams with cement
which hardens to a degree which
adapts the marble for indoor work,
but which will not Withstand the &C.
ton of the elements. Where these
seams occur in Knoxville Or Italian
marbles, there is no difference in tex
ture, and the stone will not break
along the line of the seam. In pol
ishing stone with sand, uniformity of
texture is Indispensable, as otherwise
the sand will cut away the soft spOts
or seams. 1t is fact well established
!, |
the world the marble which best with
stands climatic changes is that which
, is quarried in the country where it is
used; thus, italian marble subjected
to the sudden changes incident to this
climate, is liable to crack or crumble,
. and is far less durable than tn lime
stone bases upon which the monu-
> ments are erected.
The stone that has been most dura.
BILE in this country, retaining its form
and resisting the disintegraIng tooth
of time to greater extent than any
other is, in all cases, that which Is
quarrled in America. The marble
7 used largely in Philadelphia for archi-
q tectural purposes is quarried in Yer
mont. The GRANTEES from Maine and
Quincy, Mass, are equally durable,
while the Scotch granite, which has
WithstOod the action of heat and cold
and moisture for centuries in Scotland
; and England, and lately introduced
I into this country, is already showing
/ signs of decay.
To fad a marble In this country sun
-, ceptible of as high q polish as Italian
marble, of pleasing color and free
r from foreign substances, has been the
: aim of all marble dealers for many
1 y
the Knoxville Quarries it was st once
| recOgn Zed as the best yet discovered
{ upon American soil for monumontal
purposes, and is now handled in large
quantities by the following we'll
Known Houses: Torreys & Co, Bos-
> ton, Mass, Aug, Taber IL Bros, New
= York City John Baird q Son, Pnila.
:, del phia; Hugh SissOn & &c.
r Baltimore; Lyman Strong 4
Sons, Cleveland c. e. Mum
ger & Co., Chicago; PIckel
Some and Marble Company, ST. LUIS
' VIM. Goodall Il Co., Cincinnati jas.
10 5. Clark & Co., Louisville, either oil
which VIII, on application. furnish
The lest under pressure and chemi-
IS Cal analysis.
le 4 certificate OF award was given il
If at the Centennial Exhibition at Phil
adeIphia for richness aud beautilu
le shades OF color and for texture auC
durability.
r, Being informed that Messrs. Jas. s
- Clark & Co., the agents Tor Knoxville
1 marble in this city, were using it ex-
It JeusIvety for monuments, Post ana
le NeaOs representative csiiet at thelI
maroIe works this morning TO ascer'
tain the opinion OF Mr.. Clark as to tht
III truth OF the claims made for the mar.
at and the extent to which il is being
,r used in this city.
Knoxville marble" said Mr.
CLARK, "has been used about Knox
y Vile for the past fifty years, and is 40
at sUluteIy impervioug 10 the weather. /
- never cracks or cfumbles. It aosorb
no moisture, and consequently neve
u furnishes; the carving remains as clea
10 and sharp to-day rs when it was frs
| -
"a as it as easily worked as Italian
marble?n
'e mot quite" said Mr.. Clerk. 81
is harder, but not brittle. A CorinthiaI
~ cap or any other intricate design Cal
- be cut in Knoxville marble as we'll q
~ in Italian marble, and statue exc
is cuted in it has the clear metallic rim!
N that is peculiar to the marble of Car
q rara."
az sea that it is sold by some OF tn
=" heaviest dealers in marble IN tn
lie United States"
ID Eyes, and that is the strongest al
gument fer it's excellence. No marbl
dealer can afford to handle inferiO
n, stone and recommend it, for Oftel
J. one year will suffice to show tn
n. worthlessness IF stone in this country
| have known costly monuments mad
y of foreign marbles and GRANTEES t
n. crack the fret season.
tn What has been your experienc
I'D with regard to the use of Knoxvill
- marble?p
III Wherever have used it," sal
be Mr.. Clark, "it has given perfect sal
isfactiou. A letter published by M
George w. r 0ss, of Knoxville, in tn
E Courier Journal, referring to the Craig
!st miles MausoIeum in Cleveland, Tenn
lis claims that the Italian marble used j
na it is furnished and disculored, whiI
the large blocks, ten or twelve fee
rs long, of Knox Vile marble are as pur
es, in color as when first placed in posi-
OF tion."
,yv "Have you met with success in il
- PRODUCING it %
n "Yes, beyond my expectations,
'er said Mr.. CLARK; "Where it is once In
ed troduced the demand increases ever
I'D year. III some places it is taking tn
place of all other stones for monumen
PURPOSES
x The house of J. s. Clark & Co. dee
:. not confine itself to Knoxville mar bl,
n0 but much of their finest work is con
Nv structed from it. They have contrib
n, uted to Cave Hill Cemetery some {
re the most artistically executed ex
ID amples of rustic work to be seen i
;, that beautiful cemetery, although full
We three.fourths of their finest work
,s- shipped to other points, where the rel
nd utation OF the house Is well estaf
- lished. Mr.. Clark graduated at one c