Stone Quarries Authored by: A History of South Connellsville 1976 Casparis "Caverns" (Mine) in 1931 South Connellsville also had a number of stone quarries that produced jobs for the people of the community in early years. The first quarry was opened in 1870 in the South Connellsville area. In 1965 the South Connellsville Rod and Gun Club purchased the property and now has a shooting range located in the quarry. Some of the stone mined from the quarry was used to pave Forbes Avenue in Pittsburgh and is still in use there after one hundred years. The second quarry located a mile or two above the first quarry was managed by a man named Joyce. It was commonly called "Joyce's Tipple" and was later purchased by Pete Opperman. The third quarry opened was well known and is still called by the Casparis name. Kenneth Casparis purchased the acreage where the stone was located and also the Charles Hampshire Farm in 1916 and started the Casparis Quarry. Posted: Mar 21, 1998

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