Re: 495 at Monarch

There was a limestone quarry, a marble quarry, and a copper mine at Garfield.

Salida Mail
November 25, 1892
Two cars of lime rock were shipped from Garfield Wednesday.

Salida Mail
January 26, 1894
Shipments of lime to Pueblo and Leadville have been resumed from the Garfield quarries near Salida. A number of carloads destined for Leadville passed through the yards Wednesday.

Salida Mail
November 16, 1894
The first car load of marble from the Garfield quarries came down yesterday billed for Denver.

Salida Mail
January 9, 1900
The Monarch run has been discontinued until next spring. Occasional trips will be made on this line whenever there is any freight to bring out. Monarch is snowed under and practically deserted. The Garfield Quarry is closed down for the winter and all the lime will shipped from the Otis Quarries.

Salida Record
December 1, 1916
The D&RG construction crew were in Garfield the past week rebuilding the compressor room at the Rodenburg Quarry, which was destroyed last winter by the D&RG engine going over the embankment and crushing the compressor room.

Salida Mail
January 29, 1922
The train was up Tuesday last week and did some work at both Garfield and Monarch.

D&RGW AFE 4691 1930
Date Approved 7/5/1930.
Retire tracks No. 6 and No. 8 at Garfield, Co, Monarch Branch, Salida Division.

In 1975, I hiked up to the Garfield switch back with my son and a friend, and we found all kinds of rusted equipment inside that giant gash in the mountain side.



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