Reclaimed Sandstone Project in Wyoming
In late 2021, we started reclaiming the stone from this old barn in central Montana. The sandstone was used on a new Jackson, WY residence. The stonework on the old barn had almost completely collapsed. The new residence, designed by Annex Architecture, is just being...
Sandstone Chapel at Mammoth in Yellowstone Park
This stone chapel was built in 1913, when the US Army managed Yellowstone from a fort in Mammoth. This sandstone was quarried by Scottish stonemasons from very nearby, between Mammoth and the Gardiner River. I haven’t seen the actual quarry yet. Nearly all of...
Cutting out a rustic hearth
This hearth was cut from a weathered and lichen-covered sandstone boulder from central Montana. Both the back and the base of the boulder were sawn off. Then the back of the boulder was notched to fit around the firebox. Looked pretty good when we...
Basalt From an Old Railroad Ballast Quarry
We’re producing basalt wall stone from an old Northern Pacific ballast quarry about 30 miles north of Yellowstone Park in Paradise Valley. The basalt flow that has been quarried here is called the Hepburn Mesa Basalt. It erupted about 2.2 million years ago and...