Rock millers' profits peak on pebbles' popularity. (Calico Rock Milling Inc. and Brubaker-Mann Inc.) (Company Profile) From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: November 4, 1991| Author: Tobenkin, David | COPYRIGHT 1991 CBJ, L.P. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Scenic background to some, tests of endurance for others, mountains instead are money in the bank to the folks at Calico Rock Milling Inc., a Santa Monica-based company that has turned peaks into pebbles for profit for 38 years.

The company, owned by Santa Monica-based investment firm Palisades Group, uses giant crushers to churn out 70,000 tons of rock per year that end up in driveways, roofs, gardens and a myriad of other uses across the Southland and beyond.

If ...