New Sandstone Quarry to Open at Bear Gulch
A newly incorporated company plans to exploit a massive deposit of blue sandstone near the river, expecting to hire up to forty men.
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Articles for the incorporation of the Aberdeen Sandstone Company will soon be filed with the county auditor. The incorporators include L. J. Weatherwax and John C. Lind of Aberdeen, and D. W. Tyler, E. C. Portzman, and J. C. Flanders of Portland. The company aims to operate a stone quarry at Bear Gulch, about a mile and a quarter northeast of the post office. The quarry features a 30-foot-thick layer of high-grade blue sandstone with an 800-foot river frontage, making it easily accessible for shipping. Active operations are expected to begin in the spring, employing thirty to forty men.
“The quarry varies in height from fifty to 140 feet, lying in nearly a horizontal strata about thirty feet in thickness.”
The transition of Grays Harbor into an industrial hub was built on the extraction of natural resources like stone, timber, and coal. This quarry, like many industrial sites from the era, promised prosperity but left a lasting physical imprint on the local landscape.
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