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 ...

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.

MARBLE, Colo. – Work is under way to drive a new portal into the seam of unique white marble at Colorado Stone Quarries, Inc., in what the quarry’s administrative manager, Kimberly Perrin, said is an ...

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QUERCETA DI SERAVEZZA, Italy (Reuters) - In 1517, Michelangelo climbed Mount Altissimo in Tuscany and found the marble of his dreams. It was, the Renaissance master wrote, "of compact grain, ...

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 ...

CARRARA, Italy — Make sure you come prepared. You need sunglasses or the bright sun reflecting off the towering white marble walls that surround you in the mountains overlooking Carrara will blind you ...

QUERCETA DI SERAVEZZA, Italy (Reuters) – In 1517, Michelangelo climbed Mount Altissimo in Tuscany and found the marble of his dreams. It was, the Renaissance master wrote, “of compact grain, ...

QUERCETA DI SERAVEZZA, Italy (Reuters) - In 1517, Michelangelo climbed Mount Altissimo in Tuscany and found the marble of his dreams. It was, the Renaissance master wrote, "of compact grain, ...

QUERCETA DI SERAVEZZA, Italy, Aug 2 (Reuters) - In 1517, Michelangelo climbed Mount Altissimo in Tuscany and found the marble of his dreams. It was, the Renaissance master wrote, "of compact grain, ...