Georgia Town Built on Granite. By Stuart Englert on March 4, 2010. Stuart Englert The Granite Capital of the World is Elberton, Ga., home to dozens of stone quarries, including Beaver Dam Quarry. Operating the controls on a mining crane, Melvin Allen, 55, hoists a 10-ton block of granite from the Dixie Quarry and gently places the blue-gray ...Web