Re-Emerging: Colorado Quarry Relies On Traditional Equipment
In 1982, Jim Striggow moved to Colorado and bought into an existing quarrying company. Four years later, he launched Stone Wholesale Corp. as a two-man operation, and today, the company successfully operates two divisions -- one for moss rock and one for quarry stone -- as well as a new retail location, which opened this past month.
In its early days, the company served both wholesale and retail purposes. In 1996, however, Striggow sold the retail division to Pioneer Sand Co., and kept the wholesale division, for which he began supplying moss rock. Soon thereafter, the company also began quarrying Brownstone and Cherokee stone. Due to the ever-growing success of the company, a new retail location has also recently been added.