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Paul Comstock
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The National Lime & Stone Co. quarry at 2406 S. Section Line Road has operated since the late 1800s and might continue operations for another 100 years, company representatives told Delaware City Council on April 12.
The quarry is just outside the city limits, but the company representatives gave details of the quarry s operations in a presentation made at the city s request.
Council member Chris Jones said residents of the city s far west side frequently feel or hear explosions used in the quarry s open mining process. Over the summer, I started getting some phone calls and emails about people asking more and more about the blasting (at) the quarry,” Jones said. “I was thinking about it today, I think, maybe because we were all home over the summer, that maybe more people recognized the blasting. But there s concerns just about making sure what does National do per safety standards and monitoring this and tha