A 60-YEAR VISION APPROACHES ITS FINAL, SUCCESSFUL CHAPTER. By Irving Materials Inc. This 1956 aerial image shows the McCordsville Quarry one year after its opening surrounded by farms, open land and the undeveloped Geist Reservoir. Every good business plan starts with a vision. And that was certainly what Irving Materials Inc. (IMI) had when it opened its aggregate mining operations in…
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No Longer a Reach
MATERIAL HANDLER’S SPEED, REACH PROVES ITS WORTH FOR LOADING BARGES AT TILCON NEW YORK’S QUARRIES. By Rick Zettler Entering a contract to supply riprap to projects along Long Island, Tilcon needed a machine with the capacity to load up to 11-ton stone at a 44-ft. reach. Driving around Tilcon’s Clinton Point quarry in New York, you will find the typical…
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TEXAS PRODUCER BUILDS ON QUALITY, ON-TIME REPUTATION WITH NEW LOADING AND HAULING EQUIPMENT. By Mark S. Kuhar When contractors in Texas, such as highly recognized, Houston-based Webber, require the best aggregate materials for their construction projects, they turn to a reliable source – Crockett Sand and Gravel (CSG) – a company that has built a solid reputation for meeting deadlines…
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KNIFE RIVER’S ST. CLOUD, MINN., OPERATION INCREASES PRODUCTION AND LOWERS COSTS FOR ITS CUSTOMERS. By Mark S. Kuhar Craig Raske is aggregate equipment manager for Knife River in St. Cloud, Minn. Craig Raske knows that his equipment is only as good as the people on the ground running it. That’s why he makes certain his operators and supervisors are not…
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BADGER MINING CORP. INSTALLS DUSTLESS LOADING SPOUTS TO STREAMLINE LOADOUT AT ITS WISCONSIN OPERATIONS. By Kevin R. Peterson Badger Mining Corp., Berlin, Wis., has been family-owned since its origin in 1949 as a small industrial sand operation near Fairwater, Wis., Currently Badger employs about 325 associates and owns three industrial sand-processing facilities in Fairwater, Taylor and Alma Center, Wis. Additionally,…
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MORRIS INC. DISCOVERS THE BENEFITS OF A BUCKET WHEEL. By Chad Hicks and Andrew Snoby The resulting jigged product is a high-quality aggregate that contains only .5 to .7 percent deleterious materials. Morris Inc. was faced with the dilemma that the aggregate dug from its South Dakota pits was unusable as mined. It is a problem experienced by many aggregate…
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN MATERIALS INVESTS IN NEW CRUSHING EQUIPMENT AND LINERS. By Mark S. Kuhar For years, Tom Smith had been satisfied with the performance of his cone liners. As general manager of Rocky Mountain Materials and Asphalt in Colorado Springs, Colo., Smith has been instrumental in growing the once-small excavation company into a highly successful asphalt and concrete powerhouse that…
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AGG1 ACADEMY & EXPO SLATED FOR NASHVILLE, AND THAT’S MUSIC TO THE INDUSTRY’S EARS. By Mark S. Kuhar The 2016 AGG1 Academy & Expo is coming up fast. The event takes place in Nashville, March 22-24, once again co-located with the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) Annual Convention and World of Asphalt Show & Conference. AGG1 is the leading…
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NEW FRONT-END LOADER DRIVES PRODUCTION FROM THE QUARRY FACE TO THE PLANT. By Mark Sprouls Martin Stone Quarries Inc. got its start in 1953 when Henry Martin leased a rocky patch near Bechtelsville, Pa. “My father, Henry Martin, started this company in 1953. When we started, we sold material by the truckload right out of the bank to farmers and…
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WHITAKER CONTRACTING GOES FROM DRONE TO STONE TO STREAMLINE STOCKPILE MEASUREMENT. By Mark S. Kuhar It’s a bird, it’s a plane . . . no, actually it is a drone. And they are becoming more and more common for use in aggregates operations. Just ask Whitaker Contracting. The Gunterville, Ala.-based company – which also includes Madison Materials – utilizes a drone…
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