North Lanark Marble Quarries Co and Marble Bluff

In March of 1909-A marble block weighing several tons was lost in the Clyde River a few days ago. It was being hauled to Clyde Forks from the quarries of the North Lanark Marble Quarries Co., and while crossing the ice at the “Stretch” the sleigh broke through, the large block slid off tha sleigh and was deposited in about 4 feet of water. Mr. Stewart Houston of Drummond was the teamster, but he and his team luckily escaped.

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The Lanark Era
Lanark, Ontario, Canada13 Apr 1910, Wed  •  Page 1

Mr. W. H. Wylie of Almonte, (now of St. Catherines) and a few associates, secured the property and formed a company to place the output on the market which is now being done. The several shades will be known to the trade as Lanark Green, Lanark Ivy, Lanark -Heather and Lanark Buff

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The Ottawa Journal
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada19 Apr 1911, Wed  •  Page 10

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The Lanark Era
Lanark, Ontario, Canada06 Jul 1910, Wed  •  Page 1

Exploration History-Marble Bluff

Opened in the early 1900s (1909-10) by the North Lanark Granite and Marble Quarries Ltd. on a 500 ft wide marble unit. The original cut in green, serpentinized marble measured 30 x 80 ft and 12-15 ft deep but was destroyed by road construction in 1984-5. 5,000 cu ft of dimension stone blocks (3 x 3 x 6 ft) were hauled to the Clyde Forks railway station and some blocks are said to remain there (1956). 1962 : Angelstone purchased the property and in 1962-3 quarried a few blocks of serpentine marble for sampling and testing. It was given the name ‘ Lanark Green ‘. 1976 : the OGS sampled the marble : # PM 127, 128 and L5

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The Lanark Era
Lanark, Ontario, Canada25 Aug 1909, Wed  •  Page 5

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The Lanark Era
Lanark, Ontario, Canada22 Sep 1909, Wed  •  Page 5

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Guthrie Genealogy — Tatlock

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Lila Leach-James
June 30  · 

In the spring, my two friends and I visited Tatlock Marble Mine which was originally owned by my husbands Uncle Archie Guthrie (now owned by OMYA)….I collected some marble stones , big and small that the company sets out for visitors to take so I had some fun with them! I’m also displaying a marble clock that Uncle Archie made and sold or gave away as gifts! The ends of the clock are the core bits! Many of the relatives have these similar clocks!

Shauna Bennett Lemenchick
June 30  · 

That is really cool family history! This is Mom’s clock from Uncle Archie.

Don Duncan
June 30  · 

Archie gave this mantle clock to my mother Elizabeth Coxford Duncan many years ago. It sits proudly on a hall table in our condo.

Darlene MacDonald
July 1  · 

We bought this from Archie to present to our parents on their birthdays in 1990. Dad worked with Archie drilling these cores.

The Ghost Horse of Tatlock — A Faerie Tale???

What Happened to Walter Hudson? Hudson Tatlock Genealogy

Guthrie Genealogy — Tatlock

Dr. Metcalfe Guthrie Evoy

Archie Guthrie’s Notes on Lanark Mines Hall’s Mills and Cheese 1993

So What Happened to the Marble at the Tatlock Mine?

More Notations on Tatlock

Kings Warks and Cemeteries–Interesting Discoveries of Lanark County

So What Happened to the Marble at the Tatlock Mine?

They said that in the 60s there was millions of dollars in marble inside the Tatlock Mine. For more than a 100 years people have known that but for years they said that the only blue marble that was supposed in the world was right there in that very mine which was 26 miles from Perth. There are mines in Europe that are supposed to have blue marble but nothing to rival the colour of the blue sky that the Tatlock mine had.

In the 60s development was going on and they were hiring local labour. It was anticipated that the Tatlock Quarry Marble would soon be used in projects in the United States and Canada.

The marble was being taken out at that date in blocks weighing 90 to 300 tons which was the size of a small home. The huge blocks were of 12-15 tons and then trucked  to the company in Scarborough where they were then sawn into blocks by a diamond drag and polished into either pink blue or white. Sounded like a very promising business– so what happened. Now th rock formation is gleaming hill of white crumbly rock that OMYA is gradually stripping away for use as filler in things like paint, plastics, and toothpaste. The quarry is spectacular. What a pity to use such beautiful rock in such mundane ways. What happened to the dreams from the 60s?

Clipped from The Ottawa Journal,  02 Apr 1979, Mon,  REVISION,  Page 3

Isabel Fox–There are two mines – a white marble and a light blue marble mine. I believe they are presently owned by a Swiss company. My Guthrie ancestors landed on the blue marble quarry when they came to Canada. The late Lloyd Francis MP said it was the best blue marble in the world. I had a marble table made from the blue marble and the marble was shipped to Toronto for cutting and then returned to me – a treasure.

They were all taken at the Tatlock Quarry. I found them in my parents collection of pictures. I’m assuming here that my mom took these pictures. My parents were Donnie and Audrey MacDonald and my dad worked for Archie Guthrie at the time.

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Kings Warks and Cemeteries–Interesting Discoveries of Lanark County

The Mysterious Tatlock Mine