T
he look of the family business has changed
a great deal for the Fellers of St. George,
Utah. But since 1980 there has been one
constant: rock.
Allen Feller started Feller Stone with his
brother in 1980, quarrying and gathering rocks the
world over and selling them to aquarium suppliers.
"My dad was a stonemason and a school teacher, and
he said 'let's go buy this rainbow rock quarry,' and we
started selling rock from it for building stone. In 1980
when the downturn hit, I started taking rock to Los An-
geles and selling it to aquarium stores and they asked if
I could put a hole in the rock," Feller says.
"At the time, I had a pregnant wife and a quarry loan.
So I started sandblasting holes in those rocks for fish
and it just exploded from New York to Maine and all
the way into Europe, places like Italy to Germany. We
would go to all these crazy quarries and dig this rock
EquipmentWorld.com | January 2016
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contractor of the year
|
by Wayne Grayson
|
WayneGrayson@randallreilly.com
Rock is a constant theme
with father-and-son Utah
construction company
Feller Enterprises
Year started: 2003
Number of employees: 12
Annual revenue: $4 million
Markets served: Excavation, flood
control, soil stabilization, crushing
Allen and Tyson Feller
St. George, Utah
