From:
Norman Watts <Norman_Watts@zzzzzzz>
Date:
Tue, 8 Mar 2005 06:42:48 -0500
Subject:
cost of hauling stone
On Mar 7, 2005, at 9:42 PM, Pete Bracken wrote:
Quoted text begins.Norman - I know several stonemasons from Charlottesville, VA who claim
they
go to the Culpeper granite quarry often to pick through the waste
piles and
get Virginia Mist for cheap.
End of quote.
Hi Pete. The quarry used to be owned by the North Carolina Granite Corp
but now is owned by R.E.D. Graniti in Italy. The salesman for Graniti
is a guy called Steve Rousseau who lives in Quebec City. He seems to
work for several quarries there and down here. I was going to meet with
him recently to go down into the quarry to have a look but the weather
interfered. He did tell me I could get stone as you describe, and I was
going to go there with a buddy to see what we could heave in my truck,
but when I talked to the quarry manager (actually it was his wife I
think) on the phone I received different information. But all that is
neither here nor there. I have in fact seen and played with some VA
Mist and thought it would be nice to try working on. I've always really
liked granite as a stone, though I have very little experience working
on it. And for some reason I have this desire to make something larger
than in the past. But the cost makes me pause and I'm still wondering
how I can make it cheaper. At the same time, I have to put it in
perspective. The combined cost of the stone and delivery is no more
than the cost of a good road bike, let alone a fancy one, these days.
Norman Watts, Ph. D.
National Institutes of Health
50 South Drive, Rm. 1509
Bethesda, MD 20892-8025
Phone: (301) 402-3418
Fax: (301) 480-7629
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