The Process: Quarry -> Fabrication Shop -> Your Project
Curious about how stone is taken from the ground and transformed into finished products? Follow along as we take a tour.....
The first step in any stone operation is to remove the stone from the ground. Any overburden of dirt is removed to reveal the stone deposit. Each quarry uses different methods to extract the stone depending upon the type of stone, the way it is formed and lays in the ground, and the end product being produced. Here are two quarries that use different quarrying methods.
The first step in any stone operation is to remove the stone from the ground. Any overburden of dirt is removed to reveal the stone deposit. Each quarry uses different methods to extract the stone depending upon the type of stone, the way it is formed and lays in the ground, and the end product being produced. Here are two quarries that use different quarrying methods.

(left) Bandera Quarry: This natural flagstone is deposited in horizontal layers of varying
thickness. Tractor mounted or walk behind saws are used to cut the layers into manageable
sizes. Each layer is lifted and removed using a skid-steer with fork attachment, then placed on
a stockpile for further processing.
thickness. Tractor mounted or walk behind saws are used to cut the layers into manageable
sizes. Each layer is lifted and removed using a skid-steer with fork attachment, then placed on
a stockpile for further processing.
The process to create cut stone pieces begins with using a large saw to cut the quarried block into slabs of the desired thickness. These slabs are further cut to size and shape by smaller saws and tools. Machine and hand routers, polishers, and other tools are used for the final shaping and finishing of each piece of cut stone.