Suitability of Limestone

["daedelus lanthanien" <daedeluslanthanien@zzzzzzzzzzz>]

Hello, I hope that everybody is having a good week. I have a very tough task
ahead of me. I need a few good pointers from any seasoned sawyers and
carvers out there. I have been tasked with kicking off a new stone shop
equipped with a 300 ton splitter and a CNC 48" stone saw/router. I have
access to 5 quarries in North East Wisconsin. We have good hard Limestone
with visible but tight stratification, wieghing approximately 160# a square
foot. I would like to do some profile work with this material, and possibly
carve it. Any advice would be very appreciated.

I have been very successful channeling, glutting, and pinning this stone
out, so far, and there are some beautifully straight seams coming out tight
for 12" or better. I have some quarry questions as well. Is there a better
way to approach this? Should I gang saw it when I start getting some monster
seams? Would it be suitable to mill pillars in 2 foot sections, maybe
bigger? Future seams are showing  the required dimensions for this.

The stratification in the white stone coming out is really really tight, and
I think it would make an amazing looking pillar. The polished bed cuts are
producing wondrous marbling in some pieces from the white layer also.
Another interesting layer is a fine blue/grey which polishes up on the bed
to a speckled look from spiky stratification. There is also a 12"  seam that
bears at its center a 4" porous blue layer that has no real visible
stratification. Emil told me it was caused from ancient water worms. This
layer bed cut is unique and very beautiful, I have considered making tiles
 from it.

Well I have to refresh my MSHA credentials tomorrow, yeah, I am still
struggling to find the connection between safely working in quarries and
testicular cancer. Goodnight, time to hit the sack. Sorry about that please
forgive me, I only get to sleep 4 hours a day. :P