Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Quarry \Quar"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quarried}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Quarrying}.]
   To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.

Source : WordNet®

quarrying
     n : the extraction of building stone or slate from an open
         surface quarry