COLD SPRING GRANITE
CO. TRIP
The trip to Cold Spring
Granite Quarry was a success, 24 members attended. The tour began
with a short video explaining about the company ad their products.
We were able to see some equipment working various granite products.
The company processes granite from all parts of the world, mostly
Brazil and the US. The most colorful Granite comes from Brazil.
We were allowed
to go to the quarry to see how the Granite is quarried and slabbed
using wire rope and Carborundum to cut the stone. Some of the
wire ropes are several miles long to allow for faster cutting.
They were cutting a single slab for NASA that was 13 feet wide
by 40 feet long, weight 146,000 pounds. After the tour we dined
in Raymond at the deli and then took the back road to Merced,
Collecting chastolite crystals and looking at the old copper smelter
on the way.
The trip was very
successful.
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