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The Unique History of the
from Past to Present |
H.B.Mellott: An Adaptable
Businessman
 In
1927, Herman Benjamin Mellott (H.B.) started a lumber
company with a World War I army surplus truck. In the late
1930s, construction of the Pennsylvania Turnpike fueled
demand for aggregates, and H.B. saw an opportunity to enter
the quarry business. When World War II lowered demand for
aggregates, H.B. quickly adapted to the changing times and
used his equipment to process coal. Within a few years,
Mellott employed over 200 people at several coal operations
in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. In 1948, H.B. placed his
son Herman Jr. in charge. |
Tragedy and Perseverance
 On
July 16, 1948, while flying from Charleston to Chicago for
an equipment show, the small plane--carrying H.B., Herman
Jr., a superintendent, and the pilot--crashed, killing all
aboard. Operations were taken over by H.B.'s widow, Amy,
and his twenty-one year old son, Paul. Amy and Paul faced
enormous challenges. H.B. died without a will or a life
insurance policy. Further, the coal industry was entering a
period of low demand and low prices. To pay estate taxes,
the coal-related properties and equipment were sold and all
efforts focused on the quarry business. To this end, H.B.
Mellott Estate, Inc. was incorporated in 1952 with Paul
Mellott in charge. |
Growth and Success in
Aggregates
In 1954, Paul Mellott continued his father's
success through adaptability when he opened a ready-mix
concrete operation at the company's home base in
Warfordsburg, PA. The following year he opened a silica
sand deposit which complemented the existing quarry and
concrete operations.
Paul's brother Forrest joined HBM in the summer of 1958, and
business boomed with the beginning of construction of the
new interstate highway system. Paul and Forrest added four
quarries to the operation in the 1960's and 70's. They
developed Beaver Creek Quarry in Hagerstown, MD in 1965, and
leased a quarry in Frederick, MD in 1966. Further quarries
were added: Hancock, MD in 1968, Rockdale Quarry of
Hagerstown in 1975, and Big Cove Tannery, PA in 1936. |
The Emergence of Portable
Crushing Plants
The third generation of Mellotts came
onboard when Paul's oldest son Paul Jr. joined Mellotts in
1974. His other sons, Herman and Brian, started full-time
the following year. The three sons were exposed to all
facets of the company and became very involved in the newest
business: custom portable contract crushing operations.
The initial venture into this type of work had been made on
various road jobs in 1966, but in 1975 Mellott began to
crush for customers in quarries with their first new
portable crushing plant. By 1977, there were four portable
plants in operation, and the business has grown over the
years to include, up to 22 plants operating in the field. |
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A Total Supplier to the Aggregates Industry
Today,
is a world-class, total supplier to the aggregates
industry. It is a family-owned and operated business that
was born from ingenuity and an extraordinary ability to
adapt to changing conditions and efficiently meet customers'
needs. |
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