Synopsis

The hills are shattered by dynamite’s blast, drills carve through solid rock faces, immense cranes haul 400,000-pound blocks from deep pits, and men labor tirelessly to extract stone from the earth. Not diamonds or gold—simply rock, the fundamental building material of civilization! Modern society would be unthinkable without it. Roads, sewers, dams, bridges, buildings, paint, glue, cosmetics, antacids, even chewing gum – all require crushed stone. We will trace the development of quarrying meth