Post Independent Citizen Telegram

Marble game may be over: Quarry cuts Unknowns block

MARBLE – With fingers crossed Wednesday, quarriers pushed over a 191-ton piece of marble and cast their first gaze at the back side of the future Tomb of the Unknowns. The huge marble block, which ...
UnchartedX on MSNOpinion

What scientists found in this quarry raises big questions

In an off limits section of the Aswan granite quarry, the cut walls outline the removal of a single stone block that may ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram

Quarry won’t hurry to replace tomb block

Rex Loesby thinks he knows why the block of marble on the 60-year-old Tomb of the Unknown Soldier cracked as the years went by. “The quarry probably had a delivery date they had to meet,” said Loesby, ...
The Business Journals

AG Stein opposes Wake Stone quarry, but won't block mining permit

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Attorney General Josh Stein won ...
Raleigh News & Observer

Wake Stone seeks to overturn state’s decision to block proposed RDU quarry near Umstead

Wake Stone Corp. is fighting the state’s decision to deny a permit for a quarry on property Raleigh-Durham International Airport owns next to Umstead State Park. The company this week asked the state ...