The Only Marble Mine in the Caribbean

[NALs]

Recent aerial views of the only marble mine in the Caribbean on the Samana Peninsula. If you ever wonder where does all the marble comes from for government buildings in SD and even other structures built by the Dominican government such as the Eduardo Brito National Theater in SD and the Great Theater of the Cibao in Santiago; now you know. It isn't from Carrara, Italy but marble is marble.

 

[reilleyp]

It is just a short distance from Boca Diablo. The archaeologists are also near there now.

 

[JimDMcEachern]

It is just a short distance from Boca Diablo. The archaeologists are also near there now.

The grave site is near Fronton?

 

[reilleyp]

The grave site is near Fronton?

I am not sure what you mean by the gravesite. If you are referring to the archaeologists, yes, they were working a few sites before Boca Diablo and the mine. I do not think they are there now. You can get there by making the first right past the Texaco gas station onto a dirt road. Once you get to Boca Diablo you can hike to Fronton from there. Take a local guide with you.

 

[Taylor]

went there years ago, there's a big machine slowly cutting the marble, had similar vibe to a big machine on Tatooine in star wars, the machine slowing working away, a guard sleeping nearby

 

[reilleyp]

Boca Diablo marble mine - Image on Pasteboard

Las Galeras Samana

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[JD Jones]

went there years ago, there's a big machine slowly cutting the marble, had similar vibe to a big machine on Tatooine in star wars, the machine slowing working away, a guard sleeping nearby

Most of the marble from that mine is processed here in San Cristobal.

 

[JimDMcEachern]

I am not sure what you mean by the gravesite. If you are referring to the archaeologists, yes, they were working a few sites before Boca Diablo and the mine. I do not think they are there now. You can get there by making the first right past the Texaco gas station onto a dirt road. Once you get to Boca Diablo you can hike to Fronton from there. Take a local guide with you.

Thanks I have been a few times , I read there was a dig with a very old burial site , I thought it may be there when you referenced archaeologists.

 

[Joseph NY2STI]

Do they export?

 

[reilleyp]

Thanks I have been a few times , I read there was a dig with a very old burial site , I thought it may be there when you referenced archaeologists.

They have been working at several sites from El Frances to Boca Diablo. For many years, they assumed that the settlers in the area came from Puerto Rico. Near El Frances they found remains which were about 2000 years old. More recently the found bones that were 3000 years old, and this discovery is changing all of their previous assumptions. Now they are not so sure where the first settlers came from. I will try to find the videos.

 

[reilleyp]

I stand corrected. The most recent finds date them to 5500 years old.

 

[reilleyp]

I stand corrected. The most recent finds date them to 5500 years old.

https://listindiario.com/la-republica/2022/10/04/741902/restos-humanos-arcaicos-hallados-en-samana-tienen-5300-anos.html?fbclid=IwAR0VUZAJu1VxcPIM0qhTnZUexItHAVmguCLhx4GeFeHZRJhMTY_hH5ED8II

Arqueólogos que descubrieron cementerio en Samaná esperan permiso para continuar excavaciones en Cabrera

La excavación que realizan arqueólogos dominicanos cerca de la Playa Caletón de Darío, en Cabrera, provincia María Trinidad Sánchez, corresponden

www.academiadecienciasrd.org