Dakota Granite Company
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Mountain_Wanderer
N 45° 12.519 W 096° 31.128
14T E 694845 N 5009124
Family owned operation for over 75 years.
Waymark Code: WM6D1
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 01/22/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Geologygirl
Views: 128



In The Beginning -- Dakota Granite Co. was incorporated in June 1925 as a wholesale quarrier/fabricator of Dakota Mahogany monuments. Their first payroll paid seven employees who worked at a shop and quarry six miles east of Milbank, South Dakota, in the heartland of America. By 1927, the employee roster had grown to 20 with sales topping $50,000. The following year saw the first building addition that would begin a pattern of growth that has not stopped. The company presently employs approximately 100 people. My company has used this stone to produce kitchen countertops for nearly 20 years.

Dakota Granite Company
Type of Stone/Ore mined: Dakota Mahogany Granite

Associated Web Site: Not listed

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