Lone Star

1910 postcard showing horse and carriage in a marl pit in Chuckatuck

L. Rose collection

Whale vertebrae found in marl pit in Chuckatuck by Harvey Saunders, who gave it to his grandson David Saunders. A Smithsonian geologist identified this artifact as 13 million years old.

Jackie Saunders photo

1955 article about whale bone found in Lone Star marl pit in Chuckatuck

L. Rose article

Arthur Joyner, operator, with Lone Star Cement locomotive - 1940s

Joyner family photo

Mud barge on Nansemond River - World War 2 era

Joyner family photo

Arthur Joyner - WW2

Joyner family photo

Lone Star employees -

Arthur Joyner family photo

Lone Star Cement Co. processing plant on Nansemond River - 1940s

Harvey Saunders’ family collection

Lone Star executives in Harvey Saunders’ back yard - 1948
Harvey is seated third from the left.

Harvey Saunders family collection

Lone Star drag line - 1960s

Vernon Gayle photo

Lone Star Cement Company employees 1940s

Saunders family collection

Lone Star drag line bucket - 1960s

Vernon Gayle photo

Loaded marl train at Lone Star marl hole in Chuckatuck 1960s

Vernon Gayle photo

Lone Star Cement Company train - 1960s

Vernon Gayle photo

Lone Star train track near marl hole - 1960s

Vernon Gayle photo

Lone Star Mining drag line, crane - 1960s

Vernon Gayle photo

Train car being loaded by Lone Star drag line - 1960s

Vernon Gayle photo

Loading bucket of drag line at Lone Star marl pit - 1960s

Vernon Gayle photo

Crane bucket being loaded at Lone Star marl pit - Chuckatuck - 1960s

Vernon Gayle photo

Lone Star train at Chuckatuck - 1960s

Vernon Gayle photo

Lone Star drag line at Chuckatuck marl hole - 1960s

Vernon Gayle photo

Loaded car of marl destined for Lone Star wash house on Nansemond River - 1860s

Vernon Gayle photo

Harvey F. Saunders’ USA Bureau of Mines Certificate of First Aid Training - 1954

Saunders’ family photo

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