Quarries and Pits and Mines (Oh My!): Why They''re ...
Jun 09, 2018· Kapowsin Quarry is a basalt quarry. Unlike a granite or marble quarry, we don''t cut rock into perfectly rectangular blocks. Instead, we break up rock deposits with dynamite. The rock is blown into large pieces, which are sorted by size. Most of the rock is broken down even more and crushed into pieces of many different sizes.