HALLOWELL — Two quarries with more than 200 years of history in Hallowell’s greatest industry — and a gathering place for locals — are for sale. Owner Leonard Nason Jr., 86, has owned the 78-acre ...

Editor’s note: This article, the latest in a monthly series on Vermont’s granite industry, is provided courtesy of the Vermont Granite Museum. Many of these articles are based on audio/videotaped ...

Mines eventually run dry, but the holes and caverns left behind can serve as stable frameworks for the right kind of reuse. Across the globe, limestone and salt mines and rock quarries that long ...

A rich limestone and dolomite belt crosses York County within the Piedmont Lowlands Section of the Piedmont. The area is better known to farmers as the York Valley where U.S. Route 30 runs from ...

Vail-area residents who don't want three open-pit limestone quarries in the foothills of the Santa Rita Mountains will host a forum later this month to rally more opposition. Meanwhile state officials ...

PROS Set on an expansive triple lot, this 1878 Queen Anne Victorian rests on granite stones likely cut from the nearby Quincy quarries. An arched entry is flanked by two half-moon windows on the ...

A research team has investigated the importance of limestone quarries for wild bee conservation. Diverse landscapes with good connectivity between quarries and calcareous grasslands proved to be ...