The quarry was not making money.
Omaha swishes a three pointer from the perimeter!
His exact words were.
The quarry was no longer profitable.
Apparently the quality of the limestone wasn't as good as some other nearby quarry operation. He said the limestone was "soft". Which is interesting because I always wondered how useful the limestone would be because I could crush most of it with my hands. I wonder what makes some limestone really fragile like that, and sometimes it's really super hard....