Geocaching the Pacolet #15 "Rock Star" Traditional Cache
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Geocaching the Pacolet #15 "Rock Star"
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This cache is located at the entrance to Vulcan's Granite Quarry.
The stone industry has been important to the Pacolet area since prehistoric times. The American Indians used the local soapstone quarries long before the coming of the white Europeans. The Indians also used naturally occurring field stone to make fish traps.
The European pioneers continued this practice. They used field stone for building their chimneys, foundations for their houses and barns, to line their wells and in small dams. It was eventually discovered that under much of the Pacolet area, there was a plentiful supply of granite.
The quarrying of the granite became a commercial venture in Pacolet in 1894. Today, we do not think of many people in the Pacolet vicinity making their living as stone masons and stone cutters. However, in Pacolet, many men employed in these trades. One very visible sight of this stonework profession is in the stone walls that can be found throughout the mill village beside the sidewalks and along the roads.
Some of the granite from the quarry was used to build the South Carolina State House in Columbia. The original quarry operated until 1929 when it was closed. It did not operate again until 1950.
A merger with Vulcan Materials reinvigorated the industry as it was found that this is the largest granite deposit in the South-East.
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