The Colorado Stone Quarries above Marble aren’t what they used to be — and as far as the new owners are concerned, that’s a good thing. The rambling, cathedral-like chambers in the historic section ...

Deep in the bowels of Treasure Mountain above Marble, quarry workers are searching for a massive block of perfect white marble to replace one of the nation’s most prominent military symbols: the Tomb ...

Most early marble quarry sites in the area developed at outcroppings where the marble was on or just below the surface. Development of the marble industry was gradual and secondary to other ...

Work has resumed at the Yule Marble Quarry in Marble under new ownership, ending a 10-month closure for the historic facility that has produced stone for the Lincoln Memorial and the Tomb of the ...

Take a tour through Omya’s Middlebury marble quarry, and you are stepping millions of years into the past, to a place where intense pressure and heat created a thick layer of metamorphosed calcium ...

I visited an active quarry in the Apuan Alps of Carrara, Italy — home to the coveted Carrara marble. Located in Tuscany, Carrara marble is a $1 billion industry thanks to hard workers at the quarries.

LEE — One of Lee's older industries received a new lease on life last spring, when Nicholas L. Lucchese of Tuckahoe, N.Y., began refurbishing the marble quarry off Marble Street. Refurbishing was no ...

MARBLE — Colorado Stone Quarries, the operator of Marble’s famed Yule quarry, is facing scrutiny and possible penalties from federal and state regulators after an October diesel spill that shut down ...

When many travelers think of Vermont, towns graced by white steeples and covered bridges may come to mind. One iconic example of this is Bennington, one of Vermont's oldest towns. Another classic ...