Quarry
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In mining law. An open excavation where the works are visible at the surface; a place or pit where stone, slate, marble, etc., is dug out or separated from a mass of rock.
Bainb. Mines, 2. See Marvel v. Merritt, 116 U. S. 11, 6 Sup. Ch 207, 29 In Ed. 550; Murray v. Allred, 100 Tenn. 100, 43 S. W. 355, 39 In R. A. 249, 66 Am. St Rep. 740; Ruttledge v. Kress, 17 Pa. Super. Ct 495.