Granite Mountain Stone Design
Fact Sheet

What is Granite Mountain Stone Design?

Granite Mountain Stone Design is a retail granite showroom selling a broad range of stone products for the home or small commercial use, including countertops, bathroom vanities, flooring, entryways and fireplaces. The company is a division of Cold Spring Granite Company. Cold Spring Granite Company, established in 1898 and headquartered in Cold Spring, Minn., is one of the largest granite manufacturers in North America offering a wide variety of granite colors and finishes for commercial and memorialization needs. Cold Spring Granite Company and Granite Mountain Stone Design employs about 1250 people nationwide.

What are some granite applications on display in the retail showroom?

· Stunning granite bathroom vanities and baths with an array of custom finishes.
· Custom created kitchen countertops, including a unique island table made of 12-inch thick granite set on cedar wood legs.
· Dramatic solid granite fireplace mantles and hearths with detailed sandblasted and laser etched designs.
· One-of-a-kind fieldstone style flooring with polished granite.

History of Granite Mountain

Granite Mountain was purchased by Cold Spring Granite Company in 1951. Granite Mountain consists of Sunset Red granite. In 1885, granite from the Mountain was used for the building of the Texas State Capitol. Convict labor was contracted for the task of cutting the granite into blocks for shaping. Mule-drawn flat cars were used to haul the blocks to the dressing and shaping grounds at the quarry. A narrow gauge railroad was specially built to haul the 15,700 carloads of granite from the quarry to the Capitol building site in Austin. The Texas State Capitol is second in size only to the National Capitol. When constructed, it was said to be the seventh largest building in the world.

Where is Cold Spring Granite Company granite used?

· Texas State Capitol (Austin, Texas)
· Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum (Austin, Texas)
· Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
· The Ballpark in Arlington (Arlington, Texas)
· Doug Ah Insurance Building (Seoul, Korea)
· City for Humanitarian Services (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
· Georgia Pacific Building (Atlanta, Ga.)
· Coca Cola Building (Atlanta, Ga.)
· Wyndham Hotel (Dallas, Texas)
· Countrywide Regional Headquarters (Plano, Texas)
· Galveston, Texas seawall (Galveston, Texas)
· Cleveland Clinic (Naples, Fla.)
· U.S. Bancorp (Minneapolis, Minn.)
· El Paso Airport (El Paso, Texas)

Granite Mountain Stone Design retail showrooms:
· Lake Placid, N.Y.
· Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba, Canada
· Marble Falls, Texas

Facts about Cold Spring Granite Company

· Cold Spring Granite has 24 individual quarry and manufacturing facilities in five areas of North America:
- Cold Spring, Minn.
- Marble Falls, Texas
- Raymond, Calif.
- Lake Placid, N.Y.
- Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba, Canada

· More than 18,000 acres consist of Cold Spring Granite Company's quarries and operations.

· More than 100 different colors of stone are available from Cold Spring Granite Company and raw materials and finished products are provided to more than 20 countries.

· More than 14,000,000 gross cubic feet of material are quarried annually by the company.

· 15,000,000 square feet makes up the total slabbing capacity.

· 11,500,000 square feet makes up the polishing capacity.

· More than 50 CAM (computer-aided machines) assist in manufacturing.

· More than 350 trucks deliver raw material and ship finished goods from facilities each week.

Facts about Granite

· Granite is an igneous rock created deep within the earth from magma, cooled slowly under great pressure.
· Granite is a rock composed primarily of three different minerals. The white mineral grains found in granite are feldspar. It is the most abundant mineral found in granite. The light gray, glass-like grains are quartz, and the black, flake-like grains are biotite or black mica.
· Granite is one of the best work surface stones with very dense grain. It takes a highly polished finish, which endures even in inclement environments.

Types of Granite Finishes
· Polished
· Honed
· Thermal