Quarry | Article about Quarry by The Free Dictionary
Quarry. an open-cut operation for mining coal, ores, and nonmetallic materials. In the coal industry the quarry is called a pit, and in ore mining it is sometimes referred to as a mine. The word “quarry” is also used for the excavations created by open-cut operations. In a quarry the work includes excavating, transporting, and unloading ...
