Reclaimed Historic Calumet & Hecla Cape Ann Granite back to  HOME This beautiful Emerald/Auburn/Olive/Silver/Black granite is a Reclaimed resource of the once mighty Calumet & Hecla Mining Company which was the industrial leader in Copper Mining in the late 1800's and early 1900's and employed thousands of local miners and support personnel.  When the Copper mines were closed and the immense infrastructure of buildings and industrial sites were taken down, all the steel was recycled.  No one at the time realized the potential beauty of these "Granite Mill Blocks".  These blocks of solid stone were designed into SO many of C&H's machines as giant "washers" for spreading out the incredible forces which the foundations needed to absorb.   In their rough state, they look like just giant blocks of concrete, but only a trained eye noticed their incredible value.  They literally were going to be thrown into Lake Superior as break walls!!!!  Research has placed their original quarry site to be in some of the country's first commercial granite quarry's located in the Cape Ann area of Massachusetts, namely the Rockport Granite Company.  These first quarry's only operated in the late 1800's and closed in the early 1900's, all of which are filled with water now. We are offering this Authentic/Historic Granite custom cut and polished for your home project.  Call for more info!! NO PORTION OF THIS SITE MAY BE REPRODUCED OR USED WITHOUT CONSENT FROM SUPERIOR WOODWORKS, INC. 2010