Sentence examples for quarrying began from inspiring English sources

In the late 18th century, slate quarrying began to expand rapidly, most notably in north Wales.

Slate quarrying began in the hills above Tywyn in the 1830s, but although many small quarries and test levels were established, only one major quarry was developed in the region, at Bryn Eglwys, 7 mile north east of the town.

Local trees were cut down, and stone quarrying begun to provide ammunition for siege engines.

When our quarry began to appear, my first cast collapsed in the wind and sent the fish packing.

A second lock-out or strike at the Penrhyn Quarry began on 22 November 1900 and lasted for three years.

Some of its characters bear generic names like the Man and the Woman, and "The Quarry" begins and ends with images of men, one white and later one black, on the run from the unknown and the known.

It is a centre of the nation's granite quarrying, which began there after the War of 1812 and attracted Italian, Scottish, and Scandinavian stoneworkers.