IN FEBRUARY 1883 THE CREATION OF THE SAINT-RAPHAËL PORPHYRY QUARRY LIMITED COMPANY IS OFFICIALIZED. THE MAIN HEAD OFFICE IS IN SAINT-RAPHAËL, THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD OFFICE IS IN BRUSSELS.

The total area of the company is 40 hectares.

It then has all the equipment and accessories necessary for the operation of the operation. All real estate values are transformed into shares shared between 15 shareholders, including the mayor at the time Felix Martin. Belgian shareholders come from the region Hainaut and Brussels, the French mainly of Paris and its surroundings.

In 1899, 710 workers worked on the Dramont site, mostly Italian.

Annual production is 3,300,000 pavers, i.e. a daily production of 10,580 pavers. The pad for the pavement of the streets, and the ballast for the support of the railways, represent the bulk of production. The range is wide: the company offers 42 models of pavers. But gradually, the pavement disappears in favor of stones and gravels of different sizes that will make up the structure of new pavements.

After the Second World War, society experienced a renewed activity due to reconstruction work necessary roads and railways. But gradually, the arrival of macadam and concrete leads to a drop in production. Activity ceases definitively in 1959. Some workers will be reemployed at the neighboring quarry, Caous, still in activity. In 1967 the company sold land to HLM to build family homes.

Then she sold her land capital in 1982, for the creation of the current holiday village.