Under the hills and valleys of Carroll County geologists find an odd assortment of rocks – products of earth’s complex geologic history. limestone, a sedimentary rock, is one we have in abundance.

The Bureau of Land Management has concluded there is nothing particularly special about the limestone being mined at the Mid-Continent Limestone Quarry a mile above Glenwood Springs. The decision ...

Parleys Canyon may soon be home to an open-pit limestone quarry, according to a proposal filed with Utah mining regulators this month. A recently formed LLC called Tree Farm proposes using explosives ...

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 ...

My previous concerns regarding Bill 7-38, which would direct the CHamoru Land Trust Commission to lease land at Fadian Cove, ...

ANNA, Ill. (KFVS) - A family in southern Illinois held a public auction of their farmland on Saturday, including one unique feature. According to a release, the 696-acre property, owned by the Wright ...

Alabama State Sen. Arthur Orr calls a proposed quarry in his district “a travesty.” He also believes the Limestone County Commission has the authority to stop it from being built near the Belle Mina ...

OXFORD – The Alabama Department of Environmental Management has issued a draft permit to Pillar Materials, LLC of Oxford for the development of a limestone quarry located at 2255 Highway 78 East in ...

A Limestone County judge has ordered the Alabama Department of Environmental Management to extend the public comment period about a proposed rock quarry in Belle Mina. The comment period was to have ...

A stone quarry in the San Gabriel Valley has pitted the cities of Azusa and Duarte against each another. KPCC's Molly Peterson says the fight is over the best place to mine for limestone. Vulcan ...