Marble King

Marble King, also located in Paden City,  was the second stop of the day and proved to be a lot of fun. We learned about the process of making marbles (unfortunately their operation was down) and got to learn about how Marble King has adapted and changed in its more than 100 history.

The oven that Mable King uses to make its marbles. It was engineered by students from WVU.

While this is a picture of Wismach, they send the cullet from their factory to Marble King.

A barrel of black marbles.

Beri Fox, President of Marble King discussing how they are using marbles today and how they are keeping the age old game of shooting marbles alive.

A recent news article about the annual marble shooting competition sponsored by Marble King in New Jersey.