Blue Mountain Minerals

Like millions of other people, you use our products every day.

Agriculture: Limestone is an important source of calcium for the poultry and cattle industries. It is also used to correct soil acidity and as a nutrient that improves crop yields.

Environment: The power industry uses limestone to reduce sulfur emissions into the atmosphere, preventing acid rain. Limestone is also used to clean up contaminated soil.

Glass: Limestone is an essential ingrediatn in the production of glass for bottles, windows, containers, and windshiloeds.

Roofing: Asphalt roofing shingles are the most economic roofing product available today. Limestone is used as a filler in the manufactuinr process.

The land on which Blue Mountain Minerals is situated has had a long tradition of mining activity. It first began to attract gold prospectors in the spring of 1850 following the opening of placer mines at nearby Columbia in late March of that year. While the area was not as productive for placer gold as was the Columbia basin to the south, the gravel deposits, overlaying limestone bedrock, still drew a great deal of attention during the years from 1850 to 1858.