RAYMOND — Once a year, area quarries are converted into learning sites for young and old alike as part of “Sunday at the Quarry,” hosted by BMC Aggregates. At the Raymond Quarry, the site of ...

Crystal Creek Aggregate has submitted plans to the Shasta County Planning Department that include more than doubling the size of its mining operations, eventually cutting about 500 feet up into ...

Good dolerite sources are being systematically depleted and quality aggregates produced from this igneous rock have become scarce. The result is often that quality materials have to be hauled over ...

Castle Aggregate, the company that owns the Pikeview Quarry location, said it expects the grass to cover the scar by summer 2025 as it enters the final stage of its reclamation project.

In a 2018 photo, an overview of the deep 250-foot quarry area at Swenson Granite. It is time-consuming and expensive to move things and people into and out of a 250-foot hole.