The Indian Creek Quarry in Edmonson County has plenty of asphalt rocks that were once used to pave roads.

"This was the first paving material in Kentucky," said WKU Professor of Geology, Ken Kuehn.

"There was alot of activity here for the 1st half of the 20th century before the times of hot asphalt plants for making roads", Kuehn said.

"This region around Kyrock, Kentucky literally supplied paving materials for many places in the world, such as Rio de Janeiro and Brazil, in Cuba, and even paved the Indianapolis 500 track", said WKU Professor of Geology, Michael May.

The quarry closed in the mid 90's.

"Energy and economics got to where it wasn't profitable to do this type of stuff", said Larry Glass, the owner of Larry Glass Construction.

This past September, the quarry reopened and is once again using its natural resources.

"The cost of oil and everything has brought it back to where it's very profitable to use it", said Larry Glass.

"With the price of oil and the skid resistant properties that this material holds, we think it offers a great potential for savings for contractors when they're out here paving the roads", said 9th District State Senator Richie Sanders.

Most material used by contractors today is shipped in, so this old school method used to blacktop and repair roads could now once again pave the way for the future.

"This is a local natural resource that will become increasingly important in the future", said Ken Kuehn.

"This is gonna save us some money in the future and help the local and regional economy alot more", said Michael May.

"Were all the time talking about our dependence on foreign countries for oil and stuff and we've got stuff like this laying the in the U.S. that nobody uses! To a common man it really doesn't make too much sense!", said Larry Glass.

In order to pave roads, the asphalt rocks will be crushed to sand size particles and mixed in with regular limestone and asphalt material.

This will not only save money for construction workers, but in the future the quarry will provide more jobs in Edmonson County.