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Stone-breaking, the word 'stone' as popularly understood in ordinary parlance particularly when is it coupled with the word 'breaking' or 'crushing' would exclude manganese. When we speak of stone-breaking or stone-crushing normally we refer to stone in the sense of 'piece of rock' and that would exclude manganese. Employment in stone-braking or stone-crushing in tis sense would refer to quarry operations...............' (AIR 1960 SC 1068), Labour Inspector (Central) Hyderabad v. Chittapore Stone Crushing Co., AIR 1972 SC 1177 (1180): (1972) 3 SCC 605. (Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Sch. Part I, Item 8]