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FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA 37
to 200 feet deep, contains not less than five hundred billion cubic
feet of marble. Quarrying for building purposes began about
1850 but not until 1884 did the marble industry assume any com
mercial importance. About that time, when Georgia itself was
erecting a handsome Capitol building of Indiana sandstone, Geor
gia marble began to attract attention throughout the country for
its infinitely superior quality as building material, and for its
peculiar adaptability to decorative and monumental purposes.
It is now shipped to nearly every state in the Union, and to
Canada in annually increasing quantities.
Wholly or in part, Georgia marbles have been used in the con
struction of such notable and costly buildings as the Cocoran Art
Galleries, Washington, D. C.; the State Capitols of Rhode Island,
Minnesota, Kentucky and Arkansas; the United States Govern
ment Building in Boston; the New York Stock Exchange; the
Royal Bank of Canada, in both Montreal and Winnipeg; St.
Luke©s Hospital, New York; the Illinois State Memorial at Vicks-
burg; the L. & N. Passenger Station, Louisville, Ky.; and among
the many buildings in Atlanta, the Candler, Carnegie Library
and the Terminal Station.
The durability of Georgia marble has been demonstrated to
equal or exceed that of any other marble on the world©s markets.
CLAY BED. DRY BRANCH, TWIGGS COUNTY