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Quarry

Quarry. As any place, not being a mine in which persons work in getting slate, stone, coprolites or other minerals, quarries are comprised in the list of non-textile factories and workshops given in Part II. of Sched. VI. of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901. See FACTORY. They are also subjected to inspection under the Metalliferous Mines Acts by the Quarries Act, 1894. As to the fencing of Quarries, see Quarry (Fencing) Act, 1887; A.G. v. Roe, (1915) 1 Ch 235. The powers of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Board of Trade by 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 50. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Mines and Quarries.'As a noun the term 'quarry' has been defined as the spot where rock is quarried....an excavation or other place from which stone is taken by cutting, blasting or the like. It is open excavation usually for obtaining building stone, slate or limestone, Labour Inspector v. Chittapur Stone Quarrying Co. (P) Ltd., AIR 1972 SC 1177: (1972) 3 SCC 605: (1973) 1 SCR 83....


Quarrying operation

Quarrying operation, 'quarrying operations' means any operation undertaken for the purpose of winning any minor mineral and shall include erection of machinery, laying of tramways, construction of roads and other preliminary operations for the purpose of quarrying, State of Orissa v. Union of India, AIR 2001 SC 410: (2001) 1 SCC 429....


Quarry faced

Having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point said of stones...


Quarry man

A man who is engaged in quarrying stones a quarrier...


Mining lease

Mining lease, means for the purposes of the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, a lease for mining purposes, that is, the searching for, winning, working, getting, making merchantable, carrying away, or disposing of mines and minerals, or purposes connected therewith, and includes a grant or licence for mining purposes [s. 205 (1) (xiv.), ibid.].'Mining lease', according to s. 3(d) of 1948 Act, means a lease granted for the purpose of searching for, winning, working, getting, making merchantable, carrying away or disposing of minerals or for the purposes connected therewith and includes an exploring or a prospecting license. 'Mining lease', according to Rule 3(i) of 1949 Rules means a lease to mine, quarry, bore, dig and search for, win, work and carry away any mineral specified therein. s. 3(c) of 1957 Act defines 'mining lease' to mean a lease granted for the purpose of undertaking mining operations and includes a sub-lease granted for mining operations, Gujarat Pottery Works v. B.P...


Minerals

Minerals, means all substances which can be obtained from the earth by mining, digging, drilling, dredging, hydraulicking, quarrying or by any other operation and includes mineral oils. [Mines Act, 1952, s. 2(jj)]This term may include all substances of commercial value which can be got from beneath the earth, either by mining or quarrying, except common clay [Glasgow v. Farie, (1888) 13 App Cas 657], or sandstone (N.B. Ry. v. Budhill Coal and Sandstone Co., 1910 AC 116); but china clay is a mineral (G.W. Ry. v. Carpalla China Clay Co., 1910 AC 83). See also Waring v. Foden, (1932) 1 Ch 276.By the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 205 (1) (ix.), mines and minerals include any strata or seam of minerals or substances in or under any land and the powers of working and getting the same, but not an undivided share thereof.Minerals would include minor minerals unless minor minerals are expressly excluded or the context otherwise requires, D.K. Trivedi & Sons v. State of Gujarat, AIR 19...


Monmouth

Monmouth, county of, made one of the counties of England by 27 Hen. 8, c. 26. Many Acts provided that it is to be considered as part of Wales for the purposes of the Act, e.g., (English) National Insurance Act, 1911, s. 79; Welsh Church Act, 1914; (English) Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act, 1919.In the appointment, in Wales and Monmouthshire, of inspectors of coal mines, by the (English) Coal Mines Act, 1911, s. 97; of factories, bys. 23 of the (English) Factory and Workshop Act, 1891; and of quarries, bys. 2 (3) of the Quarries Act, 1894, persons having a knowledge of the Welsh language are to be preferred...


Wales

Wales. After Edward I. conquered the Welsh the line of their ancient princes was abolished, and the King of England's eldest son was created their titular prince, and the territory of Wales was then entirely annexed to the British Crown. The Act 27 Hen. 8, c. 26, confirmed by 34 & 35 Hen. 8, c. 36, gave the utmost advancement to their civil prosperity by admitting them to a thorough communion of laws with the subjects of England.By the Wales and Berwick Act, 1746 (20 Geo. 2, c. 42), it is declared that where England only is mentioned in any Act of Parliament, it shall be deemed to comprehend the dominion of Wales and town of Berwick-upon-Tweed.By 1 Wm. 4, c. 70, the jurisdiction of the Court of Great Sessions was abolished, and assizes are held in Wales as in England; and by 8 & 9 Vict. c. 11, the manner of assigning sheriffs in Wales is regulated by and assimilated to that of England.Welsh-speaking inspectors of factories, mines, and quarries are required in Wales Factories and Monmou...


chalkpit

a quarry for mining chalk...


Delf

A mine a quarry a pit dug a ditch...


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