quarrying
- present participle of quarry.
Example Sentences
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Quarrying, crushing, and grinding ultramafic rocks would cost only about $10 per ton of CO2 absorbed, Wilson and her team estimate.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 3, 2020
The cost of the stone per cubic yard delivered was: Quarrying, per cu. yd.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
Quarrying for limestone, clay and sandstone is general in most parts.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various
Quarrying, as I have said, implied cutting out and rough-hewing blocks exactly of the right dimensions for certain portions of a building or a piece of statuary.
From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Symonds, John Addington
Quarrying $20.10 $0.37 Crushing 23.75 0.39 ——— —— Total for 60 cu. yds.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
