REPORTER: WHAT DO HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND THAT YOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY HAVE IN COMMON?
DORSET, VERMONT.
THAT IS WHER ALL OF THE MARBLE CAME FROM.
IT IS FROM THE COUNTRY’S OLDEST QUARRY.
BUSY POPULAR SWIMMING POOL IN SUMMER IT IS OTHERWISE QUIET, AS ARE OTHERS THAT OPERATED IN THE AREA.
ONLY ONE IS STILL ROCKING.
IT IS THE LARGEST UNDERGROUND MARBLE QUARRY IN THE WORLD.
WELCOME TO DANBY QUARRY.
THE ICONIC PILLARS OF THE U.S.
SUPREME COURT.
THAT MARBLE WAS FROM HERE.
AND WE ARE GOING IN.
SAFETY FIRST WHEN TRAVELING 1.5 MILES INTO A MOUNTAIN.
THE QUARRY MANAGER IS OUR GUIDE.
WORKERS STARTED SLICING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE STONE IN THE LATE 1800S, CHASING LAYERS OF MARBLE IN DORSET MOUNTAIN >>.
THERE WERE VEINS THAT TUNNELED THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN.
THEY MADE A WHOLE SO THEY COULD GO BACK AND WORK ON THE FLOORS.
THEY CUT OUT THE MATERIAL THEY WANT.
REPORTER: ONCE, HUNDREDS OF MEN WERE NEEDED.
NOW, BECAUSE OF THE, 12 CAN DO THE JOB.
A GALLERY SAW CUTS THE MARBLE OUT.
>> JUST BASICALLY AN OVERSIZED CHAINSAW.
IT PUTS HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CUTS IN THE WALL TO MAKE THE BLOCKS SMALLER SO WE CAN PULL THEM OUT.
REPORTER: THEY ARE THEN SLICED SMALLER.
>> THAT IS DIAMOND FRAGMENTS THAT ARE HEATED AND MELTED ONTO A SHAFT.
REPORTER: THE STONE IS FINISHED ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOMERS REQUEST.
>> RAW MATERIAL CAN BE TURNED INTO WHATEVER THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.
REPORTER: IT IS THEN SENT ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IN DEMAND BECAUSE OF ITS BEAUTY, PURE AND SIMPLE.
THE DAZZLING WHITE.
IT CAN BE FOUND IN FINE KITCHENS BUT ALSO MONUMENTS, AND MUSEUMS.
FROM INSIDE THE MOUNTAIN TO TOP OF ONE.
IT IS TIME TO EXPLORE THE VISTAS OF DORSET.
THESE PEAKS ARE RESERVED BY FARMLAND.
>> THIS IS THE VISITOR CENTER.
REPORTER: THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EXPLAINS IT IS HIKING, CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING, AND DOWNHILL.
>> WE HAVE SOME SUMMITS ON THE PROPERTY.
IT IS IN ICONIC MOUNTAIN.
REPORTER: WITH FRESH POWDER, IT IS TEMPTING.
BUT WE DECIDE ON LESS OF A DROP.
I HAVE NEVER USED SNOWSHOES BEFORE BUT I IMAGINE IT IS WALKING.
>> IT IS.
REPORTER: LET’S GO.
THEY HAVE GUIDED HIKES AND WORKSHOPS.
>> THERE ARE 30 MILES OF TRAIL AND 3200 ACRES.
EIGHT CABINS.
THEY ALL HAVE BIG WOODSTOVES.
REPORTER: THERE IS ALSO A 60 ACRE WORKING FARM >> -- WORKING FARM.
>> PIGS, SHEEP, CHICKENS.
REPORTER: GEORGE MARK FROM THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY IS TO THINK FOR THIS.
IN 1950 HE DONATED THIS AND STARTED AN ENDOWMENT TO START THE CENTER.
>> AS A NATION WE ARE RISING INTO THE DIGITAL CULTURE AND OUR MISSION HAS GROWN A LITTLE TOO REINTRODUCE PEOPLE TO THE NATURAL LANDSCAPES AND SHOWING THEM WHAT A WORKING FOREST LOOKS
LIKE.
REPORTER: POPULAR WITH SCHOOL GROUPS AND FAMILIES, THE IDEA IS TO SHOWCASE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND INSPIRE A SENSE OF STEWARDSHIP.
>> TAKEN THE SITES.
GET THE SUNSET AND