The limestone quarry proposed for Parleys Canyon is back. Despite intense opposition from Salt Lake County residents and elected officials, proponents of the controversial aggregate mine intend to ...

New quarries could be shielded from virtually any county or municipal oversight, including the controversial open-pit limestone mine proposed for Parleys Canyon, under a bill unveiled Monday in the ...

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 ...

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MANLIUS, NY — Kinsella Quarries is seeking approval to mine another 250 acres in the town of Manlius, just east of its existing quarry. Thomas Kinsella, president of the company, said its current ...

According to my mother, my great-grandfather, Refugio Lopez, worked at removing stone from the Brackenridge Park quarry, and worked in building the San Antonio Zoo animal pits, as well as Alamo ...

It turns out that the very stones used to build the Alamo came from the San Antonio Zoo. Alamo officials on Thursday confirmed that limestone from a historic quarry that once existed at the zoo’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Limestone County Circuit Court Judge Matthew Huggins ordered a controversial Belle Mina quarry to stop operations until it meets ...

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A Georgetown neighborhood is taking a limestone quarry to court About four years ago, they began having issues with dust and noise due to heavy machinery nearby A lawsuit is now ongoing GEORGETOWN, ...

(WSVN) - At first, they feel a rumble. Then, they worry if their homes are damaged. Many residents in part of South Florida are shaking mad from blasting at nearby quarries. The Nightteam’s Kevin ...

The same travertine quarries near Rome that built St. Peter’s Basilica and the Colosseum are still being dug out today, providing the distinctive pock-marked rock to build a new generation of churches ...