Pit & Quarry, February 2014
SAND AND GRAVEL pany to build the shoreline of his manmade pond using natural river rock But when the economy collapsed in 2008 the company shut down its mine for good leaving Greg without a means to finish his landscaping with the same beautiful natural stone he fell in love with several years earlier It was ironic how things happened Greg says I mentioned to the guy I had done some excavating and dozer work on the property and that I needed some more river rock and he said the mine that the rock came from was just sitting there idle with a current permit I realized very quickly that river rock is very expensive I was paying 1800 per dump truck for the material and considering the entrepreneur that I am I thought Ill just go take a trip up there to look at the mine The surface mine located in Speedwell Va was slightly more than five acres with about 60 percent of the rock Greg Biffle is best known for his NASCAR accomplishments having won 19 career Sprint Cup races and accrued more than 50 million in winnings over a 12 year career To Gregs left is his brother Jeff Biffle www pitandquarry com February 2014 PIT QUARRY 73
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