Musk spotlights old limestone mine that still processes federal retirements by hand: ‘A time warp’
Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk drew attention to a circa 1960 converted underground limestone mine in Pennsylvania his team ...
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Unlocking the archive: Do you remember the flooding in January 2005?
"It happened really fast this time and that's because of the changes with the bypass and the old (stone) quarry." A pond of water forms like a moat around the entrance of IMTS Inc. on Quarry Road ...
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Under Paris
Most surprising of all are the carrières—the old limestone quarries that fan out in a deep ... caverns and tunnels were mined for building stone. After that farmers raised mushrooms in them ...
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Wayne revamps 32-year-old law establishing rules for quarry licenses. Here's why
The measure, first unveiled in September 1992, sets new rules for the 104-year-old basalt pit owned by Braen Stone Industries. The quarry is on the east side of the township, where it straddles ...
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Five-year-old boy dies of electrocution in Neelbad
A tragic incident occurred in Neelbad on Tuesday evening, where a 5-year-old boy lost his life due to electrocution while washing his hands at a water-filled stone quarry. A broken electric wire had ...
Farmer seeks Collector’s intervention to deny permission for operation of stone quarry near his farmland
Farmer in Madurai petitions against stone quarry near agriculture land, alleging fake documents used for permissions.
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Portland stone quarry industry moves underground
One of the last opencast Portland stone quarries is switching to mining, after more than a century of production. Operator Portland Stone Firms said the move would prolong the life of Coombefield ...