Along the outer edges of the Taipei Basin can be found high quality stone. At the end of 19th century, the Qing government decided to construct the new city of Taipei. To consider the quality of the stone and the convenience of transport, the Qing government chose the andesite found in the mountains of Neihu and Dazhi. It beacme the official quarry that provided the material to build the city wall.
臺北盆地周圍盛產質地優良的石材，清末光緒年間，政府計畫興築台北府城牆，考量到石材的品質與運輸的便利性，清政府選擇了內湖及大直一帶山區所產的安山岩作為建材。這也是臺北城築城之官方採石場。
The picture shows the possible route that the stone transport from quarry to Old Taipei City.
In addition to serving as material for the city wall, Neihu stone was also widely used as building material by the general population throughout the Japanese colonial period and following World War II. After the war, since the quarry was not valuable anymore, the quarry was abandoned and gradually forgotten by the world. To celebrate the new year of 1996, people barbecued at the south of the JinMian mountain and caused the fire. The accident let the quarry been known to everyone again.
一直到日治時期及第二次世界大戰時，採石場除了提供臺北城為建材使用外，也成為民間建材的來源之一。戰後，由於採石場不再具經濟價值而荒廢而被山林所掩蓋， 漸漸被世人所遺忘。 1996年元旦在大金面山南側山腰， 因為烤肉不慎引起的火燒山， 使內湖清代採石場重見天日。
Recently, the Neihu Quarry was closed for the sake of environmental conservation. Signs of excavation are still readily visible, as is a slope specially made to slide stones down the mountain-evidence of the history of Old Taipei's construction. Due to the history of the Old Taipei City, it's the only quarry that becomes the historical relic in Taiwan.
近年來，為了保護自然生態與環境，採石場已經停止開採。現場遺留許多當年開鑿的痕跡，當年為了將石材運送至山下而特別開闢的斜坡道遺跡也還留存，成為了臺北城建城史的實證，這裡也成為了臺灣唯一一個因為與建城歷史相關而被列為古蹟的採石場。