ROCKLIN (CBS13) — The last standing monument to Rocklin's quarry history is coming down. "We just lived it,"' said Paul Ruhkala, who's family has been involved with quarries and granite for more than ...

Because of its color and quality, the rock has had a variety of uses throughout the United States, including in the construction buildings in Chicago, Minneapolis, Washington D.C., and the J.C. Penney ...

As water dripped down the cold face of the granite wall, I ran my fingers over the veins of pegmatite. Farther along the trail, I traced the grooves made by chisels decades – if not several hundred ...

The Indian jasper quarry at Vera Cruz in Lehigh County is one of the larger and better preserved primitive mining quarries in the country, according to an archaeologist who has completed the first ...

NORTH LITTLE ROCK — Hiking through the former Big Rock Quarry along the Arkansas River, North Little Rock artist V.L. Cox not only got away from a busy work schedule, she said, but escaped back into ...

SPARTA -- The old-timey radio voice comes from the speaker, praising the value of Lime Crest Calcite Crystals, a single source of grit and calcium for laying hens. "Yes, that was a big product for ...

GRANITE QUARRY — Bill Feather shed a little bit of his modesty Tuesday and finally recognized that, yes, he is a part of Granite Quarry history. “I’m proud of being the first elected mayor in Granite ...