My wife wanted to see Mount Rushmore. It was hearing and seeing the Korczak story of the Crazy Horse Monument that drove the task of "making" home. A team of 400 workers on Rushmore. The personal drilling into granite at Crazy Horse. More than doing art. It the heavy tools, logistics, planning, and sheer size of the projec. Read more here, http://crazyhorsememorial.org/about-us/carving-the-mountain/an-inside-look-at-carving-a-mountain/, accessed August 10, 2014. Photos from the Visitor Center that I visited. Part of our ten day loop through South Dakota and Nebraska.
Carefully timed series of blasts. It is remarkable. Listen to NPR, four minutes, accessed August 10, 2014.
http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=167988928&m=168417874
Also read http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102002805#p9
