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HISTORY
In 1991 a
partnership was formed by Gil Ogles,
Ed Gorman, and Mike
Woffard, thus beginning GEM
Dirt Sales. The company started with 20
acres of dirt along the Polecat Creek basin.
With three employees, one dump truck, one
dozer and a phone on the
fence, GEM Dirt Sales rapidly grew over the next three years. The partnership ended when Gil and Mike
took
other jobs and Ed Gorman became sole owner.
Eventually an excavator and a small office
building were added in 1996
and two more staff.
GEM Dirt
Sales continued to grow providing the best Sandy Loam dirt in the area. With the addition in 2000 of a
screener/shredder, the dirt was sifted and cleaned to become “Tulsa’s
Best Topsoil”. Area landscapers and
homeowners are encouraged
to dump leaves and grass clippings free each fall.
After the leaves compost, they are mixed with
dirt to provide a one-of-a-kind product for the Tulsa metro area. Additional land was purchased over time
to
bring the total to 75 acres.
In the
spring of 2005, GEM Dirt Sales became GEM Dirt, LLC.
With the new name came a new office building
and more staff and equipment. At
present, GEM Dirt, LLC has 10 full time employees and 2.5M in equipment
to serve
their customers. We also have 7
sub-contract
dump truck drivers and serve over 250 regular customers.
2010
brought much sadness to the employees and our customers with the
unexpected passing
of the owner, Ed Gorman. He was an
honest and upright Christian man and treated his employees and
customers with
integrity and fairness always. He is
missed daily. His father and son passed
away the year before and the daily operation of the pit fell to his
sister
Jayne Propst, with the ownership being transferred to his widow, Sandra
Gorman. We are proud to still be a family
owned small business and hope to continue serving our customers for
years to
come.
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