The stone industry started much the same way all over the world and, often, still continues that same way. A laborer stumbles across some stone in a field, starts to quarry the stone and a business is born.
http://www.marble-institute.com/blog/post.cfm/the-case-for-statistics-in-the-stone-industry
http://www.marble-institute.com/blog/post.cfm/the-case-for-statistics-in-the-stone-industry
