When it comes to limestone formed by glaciers millions of years ago, who knows or who cares about the tiny differences in color or pattern? Well, Bill Ford did. When it came down to the tiniest detail ...

SAN ANTONIO – A monumental discovery has been made in the San Antonio Zoo, confirming the exact quarry that provided the limestone to build the Alamo and solving a mystery spanning centuries. The ...

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.

Hope Works on Pindale Road has proposed a lateral extension of the Limestone Quarry to extract up to 13 million tonnes of limestone for the purpose of continued on-site cement manufacture and the ...

A research team has investigated the importance of limestone quarries for wild bee conservation. Diverse landscapes with good connectivity between quarries and calcareous grasslands proved to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The map of a quarry A map of a limestone quarry near Belle Mina in Limestone County. A judge last week placed restrictions on the ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A map showing the outline of a quarry and its relative location to a nearby town A map of a limestone quarry near Belle Mina 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 ...

The limestone quarry that the Spanish used to construct the Alamo in the 18th century was uncovered during a recent dig at the San Antonio Zoo. Crews at the zoo were excavating ahead of building a new ...