European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1977 the stars and St types Page these ragged apuan at Frt Are Alto while slashes where men have removed Marble for used to build ancient Rome Carrara Fown Story and photos by Dan Synovec stall writer Italy its Carrara is a on Industry Lown has been Bountiful with the every Hill is an undeveloped said Giovanni whose family has owned several quarries or 150 years and worked in item Tor generations he used Carrara Marble to build and it is said Hal Carrara is the Only town in the world Hal can use Marble to build its houses and cobble its men have been quarrying Marble front the rugged apuan Alps that Overlook this City for nearly the Milky Carrara Marble has Given the car Partno a a a the ancient Day is located about id Miles North of Uvo Rno at foot of the apuan which soar Yards into the deep Blue italian the rugged Moun part of the Bare the deep slashes where he stonecutters removed the the Milky ravines of Marble easily spotted from the resemble Snow we Nave found tools and drinking cups in our quarries thai were used by roman Fagaia the romans would Cut Small channels in the Stone and then put Wood and water in the the water expanded the Wood and the Wood broke the it is the same system the egyptians used Lor Ston Cut we use a wire Sand and water id Cut we Lake about ions of Marble out of the mountains a our biggest problem is removing the fit the time of my we had men who Only worked in the quarries at night to remove the he a special Drill is used to bore a Hole through the in the stonecutters made several big channels to Cut out blocks of Marble they Only a Small Hole is it takes five to six Days of tedious work to Cut a Marble Block weighing 20 to 30 Loos from the according to we Peel the Marble out of the Mountain like it is skin and we need a very Clever Man to Cut if the wire we must Start he about Iso years ago the quarries belonged to the Small and then like buying Fig Ala we have nearly 100 factories working the Stone Here in suns join their fathers in the quarries and Only leave in he said trucks and cranes have replaced the rapes and slides once used to move the Marble Down the Japan is Carraras biggest Market for but Arab countries Are buying More and to and some 19 per cent is shipped to the you have to love the Stone to slay in this we have a lot of Money in vested in the is not that wages have gone up and they arc 80 per cent of the final Cost of the we Are we find a piece of Marble and when we take it out of the Mountain it can be Worth or Noth it All depends on its natural and the Marble can break when it is re sometimes it is our fault and some times it is the a company must have two or three if one Quarry Doest work we will have another to make up the we can go As deep As we like to get Ine slow because Icse mountains Are solid tunnels Cut to rough and open into a deep Quarry above tourist examines a Marue slab which she might like in her