Jul. 5—The future of an active stone quarry in Jessup is up in the air after an unfavorable zoning ruling, spurred by outcry from its neighbors. Since 2005, the Savage Stone Quarry has mined a mineral called Baltimore gabbro, which is used for road beds, riprap and airport runways, by blasting apart chunks of rock […]
A large landslide at Mead’s Quarry that sent tons of rock into the South Knoxville lake and pummeled swimmers with a wall of water over the weekend likely was caused by multiple factors, including several small earthquakes. Ijams Nature Center closed Mead’s Quarry and Tharp Trace Trail while it works to bring geologists and engineers […]
GUWAHATI, India (AP) — A stone quarry collapsed Tuesday in India’s northeast due to heavy rains triggered by a tropical storm, killing 13 quarry workers, officials said, while 16 remain missing. Senior police officer Rahul Alwal said rescuers recovered the bodies of those killed from the quarry in Melthum, some 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) from […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — First responders were called out to a Nashville rock quarry Saturday night to save a base jumper. The Nashville Fire Department said units were sent to the quarry along Whites Creek Pike, where a base jumper parachuted and landed on the ledge about 150 feet from the top. 📧 Have breaking come […]
Last week, a dog was rescued from a quarry in Connecticut after having survived a 50-foot fall. In a Facebook post, the North Canaan Animal Shelter touched upon the rescue of a Terrier mix named Rippy. The pup had been lost for days and was luckily heard by a man passing the quarry. Dog rescued […]
NORTH CANAAN, Conn. (AP) — It was the barking that saved Rippy, a mutt that fell deep into a working rock quarry. After passersby and even a drone failed to locate the lost dog, rescue workers drawn to his barks rappelled down the pit’s walls and lifted him out three days after he went missing, […]
Apr. 30—Union Township residents are concerned about a proposal for rezoning that would enable the expansion of a quarry. The 290-acre quarry that borders parts of Hopewell and Chestnut streets in the township has a history of mining operations going back to the 1920s. It has been operated by H&K Group Inc., Montgomery County, since […]
A plant hire and construction company has been fined €600,000 in relation to the death of a young worker who died when he was knocked down at their quarry site. The partner of Christopher Miley (31) told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that when he kissed her and their three daughters goodbye on the morning of […]
DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — A small Limestone County community finally got to share their concerns in a long-awaited hearing over the possible building of a rock quarry there. Some who live in the town of Belle Mina Thursday evening spoke with members of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) urging them to deny two […]
VERONA – The 500-foot expanded buffer for Augusta County quarries appears to be dead. The ordinance first came before the Augusta County Board of Supervisors earlier this month. Members of the local quarry industry spoke against the ordinance at the meeting, many of them only learning about the ordinance the day before. Residents expressed frustration […]
Feb. 14—The Mower County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved a resolution that will lead to the beginning of a project at the Wanhi Yukan Trail-Grand Meadow Chert Quarry Arch & Cultural Preserve. The county has recently secured a grant from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ Regional Trail Program for $183,937 with $61,000 committed […]
LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — Residents in a small Limestone County community are continuing their fight against the possible construction of a rock quarry they say could have negative impacts on their lives. People in the town of Belle Mina have been raising concerns for months now over the quarry and their efforts to stop […]