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There’s a spot just down the road from where we live that’s known locally as ‘the quarry’ – though one old timer told me it was a former Civil War salt mine – a limestone quarry seems more likely.  Not that there couldn’t have been salt here, but I can find no evidence of it.  [...]
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Empire Quarry A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building Indiana is known for its rocks. That may sound like a backhanded compliment to an outsider, but to the lo... Read Post

Image: Former landfill and limestone quarry near Montreal now being mined for its methane (by frigate on Flickr) Though it’s changing, the human species still largely lives in “disposable” societies – with the pinnacle of the life c... Read Post

Sometimes, I just have to wonder.  The butterfly and bird- frequented puddle at the ‘quarry’ down the road, which I mentioned in this post, is obviously a spring-fed puddle.  It’s there year round, rain or not.  There are springs an... Read Post