Mining laws of the state of Alabama

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Mining laws of the state of
Alabama

1911

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OF

THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA

LOS ANGELES

The RALPH D. REED LIBRARY

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DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

LOS ANGELES, CALIF.

MINING LAWS

OF THE

STATE OF ALABAMA

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MINING LAWS

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STATE OF ALABAMA

No. 493.) AN ACT (H. 431.

To regulate the mining of coal in Alabama.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of
Alabama, That there shall be appointed by the
governor of Alabama an inspector of coal mines Appointment
for each two and a half million tons of coal mined an(1 term of
in the State, or majority fraction thereof, based ^teor°sf i!
on the report of the tonnage mined for the pre-
vious years, compiled by the chief mine inspect-
or, one of whom shall be designated as chief mine
inspector and the others shall be designated as
associate mine inspectors, and one of them shall
be a mining engineer. Immediately upon the
passage of this act, the chief mine inspector and
one associate mine inspector shall be appointed
and shall hold office for three years, and as soon
as possible four associate mine inspectors shall
be appointed, two of whom shall hold office for
two years and two of whom shall hold office for
one year, and upon the expiration of their re-
spective terms of office, new appointments may
be made for terms of three years from the date
of each appointment and until his respective suc-
cessor is appointed and qualified. The object
being, hereafter to appoint as near as practicable
one-third of the inspectors each year.

Sec. 2. The salary of the chief mine inspector Salary
shall be three thousand ($3,000.00) dollars per
annum, and the salary of each of the associate
mine inspectors shall be two thousand (|2,-
000.00) dollars per annum.

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Bond may be
required.

Report to gov
ernor.

Qualifications
for chief in-
spector.

Associates.

Unlawful to
have other em
ployrnent.

Duty to ex-
amine coal
mines, etc.

Sec. 2 1-2. That the governor of this State
may require the chief mine inspector to execute
bond payable to the State of Alabama in such
sum as the governor may determine with condi-
tion that he will faithfully discharge the duties
of his office and will account for, properly dis-
tribute and pay over all funds coming into his
hands as license fees collected from applicants
for certificates from the board of examiners or
otherwise. It shall be the duty of said chief
mine inspector to report annually to the gover-
nor the amount of money received by him from
such applicants or otherwise and show the dis-
bursement thereof, and at the expiration of his
term of office, pay over any moneys in his hands
as such to his successor in office.

Sec. 3. The chief mine inspector shall be a
qualified elector and shall be a competent person,
having had at least eight years experience in the
working, ventilating and drainage of coal mines
in the State, and having a practical and scientific
knowledge of all noxious and dangerous gases
found in such mines; he must have a first class
mine foreman certificate and must be not less
than thirty years of age. The associate mine in-
spectors shall be qualified electors and each shall
possess a first class Alabama mine foreman cer-
tificate and shall have had at least five years
practical experience in coal mining and shall be
not- less than twenty-five years of age. The asso-
ciate mine inspectors shall reside at such points
convenient to their respective districts as the
chief mine inspector may designate, and the chief
mine inspector shall designate the districts. No
one shall be appointed mine inspector who, or
the wife of whom, owns and operates in whole or
in part, mining property.

Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for the chief mine
inspector or any associate mine inspector to be
otherwise employed by the State of Alabama.

Sec. 5. The mine inspectors shall give their
whole time and attention to the duties of their
offices. It shall be the duty of the mine inspect-
ors to examine all the coal mines and all the

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working places therein as far as possible, in this
State, at least every three months to see that all
the requirements of this act are strictly observed
and carried out; inspectors shall particularly ex-
amine the works and machinery belonging to any
coal mine, examine into the state of the coal
mines as to ventilation, circulation, and condi-Record of ex.
tion of air, drainage and general security; they am {nations,
shall make a record of all examinations of coal
mines, showing the date when made, the condi-
tion in which the coal mines are found, the extent
to which the laws relating to coal mines and min-
ing are .observed or violated, the progress made
in the improvements and security of life and
health sought to be secured by the provisions of
this act, number of accidents, injuries received,
or deaths in or about the coal mines, the number
of persons employed in or by each coal mine, to-
gether with all such other facts and information
of public interest concerning the condition of
coal mines, development and progress of coal
mining in this State, as they may think useful
and proper, and so much thereof as may be of
public interest to be included in their reports. A Report,
comprehensive report of each inspection of each
coal mine shall be promptly made to the superin-
tendent or operator. This report shall be on a
form provided for that purpose and compiled by
the chief mine inspector, and the board of exam-
iners. This report form may be changed by the
chief mine inspector and board of examiners from
time to time, as may seem desirable to them.

Sec. 5 1-2. It shall be the duty of said board pr0mpt in-
to have one of its members to promptly investi-vestigation of
gate all accidents in coal mines resulting in se- accidents-
rious injury or death of any person employed or
working in or about the same.

Sec. 6. That each member of said board is
hereby authorized and empowered to issue sub- ^sue°sub- t0
poenas requiring the attendance of witnesses be-poenas, etc.
fore said board or before such member thereof, to
testify under oath in any proceeding before such
board or such member, and require witnesses to
answer all proper questions propounded to them

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by said board or such member. That it is hereby
made the duty of the sheriff or constable in the
Sheriff, etc., county in which such witness may reside or be
found, to execute subpoenas issued as above pro-
vided, and that they shall each receive for their
services in executing such subpoenas the same
fees as are allowed them respectively for execut-
ing subpoenas in other cases. Any witnesses sum-
moned as above mentioned shall be entitled to the
same mileage and per diem as is now allowed by
law to such witnesses attending trials in the cir-
cuit courts. If any witness subpoenaed as above
mentioned shall fail to attend without good ex-
Failure of cuse, in accordance with the subpoena served on

witness to at- , . , ,, . ., , .., r

tend or testify. him> or shall fail to attend without good excuse,
in accordance with the subpoena served on him,
or shall fail to testify when attending, it is hereby
made the duty of said board or the member before
whom said proceedings is being had, to certify
to the failure of any witness to attend and tes-
tify, to a judge of any court of record in the coun-
ty where such proceeding is being held. It is
hereby made the duty of the judge to whom such
certificate is made to cause such witness to ap-
pear before him at a time fixed by said judge, to
show cause why he should not be punished for
contempt, and to fine or imprison such witness as
such judge may deem proper in case he is found
guilty of contempt in the premises. That the ex-
Expense, pense of executing subpoenas and the attendance
ald' of witnesses, as well as said contempt proceed-
ings, shall be paid out of any funds in the treas-
ury of the State on certificate of the chief mine
inspector, approved by the governor of the State.
Sec. 7. The chief mine inspector, shall, prior
to the assembling of the legislature, make a writ-
chtef *en rePort to the governor stating the condition
inspector. of the coal mining interests in this State with
such suggestions, statistics, and information as
may be of interest to the coal mining industry,
and the report shall be printed on the order of
the governor and paid for out of the funds of the
treasury not otherwise appropriated.

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Sec. 8. The chief mine inspector shall be fur-
nished by the State all necessary instruments furnish?1 by
for measurement of air in coal mines, and what- state.
ever apparatus the said inspector may recom-
mend.

Sec. 9. The chief mine inspector shall procure
for the State at the State's expense a full and standards,
complete set of standards and other equipment, procured 6
such as, in his opinion, are necessary in the
testing of scales, beams, and other necessary ap-
paratus to be used for a just weighing of coal
and other material at the coal mines according
to the State standard of weights; and it shall
be the duty of said inspector to examine, test
and cause to be adjusted as often as occasion de-
mands, all scales and other apparatus used in
weighing coal at coal mines.

Sec. 10. The chief mine inspector, with the
concurrence of two of the associate mine inspect-
ors, shall have power and authority to imme- oration of
diately stop the operation of any coal mine orst0pped
any part thereof in which there is sufficient gas
or dust, in the opinion of the said chief mine in-
spector and said associate inspectors, to cause
an explosion and endanger the lives of the per-
sons working therein, but work shall not be stop-
ped in any mine except where there is immediate
danger of an explosion until the operator or per-
son in charge of said mine shall have had rea-
sonable time in which to remove the danger of
such explosion. Any operator, whose mine or
any part thereof, has been stopped under this sec-
tion, may apply to the chancery court of the
county, where the mine is located for an injunc-
tion, and upon ten days notice served on the
chief mine inspector, said application for injunc-
tion shall be heard by the said chancery court,
if in session, or by the chancellor thereof, if the
court be in vacation, upon testimony received in
such manner as the chancellor may direct, pro-
vided that each party shall be entitled to have all
witnesses produced by him at the hearing exam-
ined orally before the chancellor, and the testi-
mony of each witness so examined shall be re-

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duced to writing and signed by the witness and
shall become a part of the record of the cause.
If, upon such hearing, the proof shows that such
mine or part thereof was or is wrongfully closed,
then the chancellor, or chancery court trying the
same, shall award a writ of injunction in favor of
said operator, restraining said chief mine in-
spector and associates from stopping the operat-
ion of said mine or part thereof, and revoking
the order of said chief mine inspector and asso-
ciates. The chief mine inspector, or other repre-
sentative of the State, with the consent of the
governor may employ such experts as he deems
necessary to examine the mine in question and
the compensation of such experts shall be fixed
by the governor and be paid out of the State
treasury upon the order of the governor. An
appeal by the unsuccessful party shall lie to the
supreme court of the State from any decree of
the chancellor or chancery court trying the
cause. In all such causes the chief mine in-
spector and associates shall be entitled to the ser-
vices of the solicitor prosecuting for the State
in the county where the the cause is triable, and
the governor may provide special counsel of his
selection to represent the chief mine inspector
and associates and fix the compensation of such
counsel, which shall upon the written direction
of the governor be paid out of the moneys ap-
propriated by section fifteen of this act in the
manner therein provided.

Sec. 11. Immediate notice must be conveyed to
the chief mine inspector and the inspector of the
Notice to in- proper district by the operator interested. First,
specters by whenever an accident occurs whereby any person
receives serious or fatal injury. Second, When-
ever it is intended to abandon any coal mine or
reopen any abandoned coal mines. Third. Upon
the appearance of any dangerous accumulation
of fire damp in any coal mine, whether accom-
panied by explosion or not, and upon the occur-
rence of any fire within the coal mine or on the
surface. Fourth. When the workings of any
coal mine are approaching dangerously near any

operator of
mine for cer-
tain causes.

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-abandoned coal mine, containing accumulations
of water or of gas. Fifth. Upon the accidental
closing or intended abandonment of any passage
way to an escapement cutlet. But none of the in-
formation contained in any report of accident
shall be divulged by any one of the inspectors, or
their employees, to any person except in a legal
proceeding or except it be to a member of the
family of the party injured or killed, or to a legal
representative of said party or family, and the
chief mine inspector shall require such legal rep-
resentative to file his authority therefor.

Sec. 11 1-2. It shall be the duty of said board,
whenever notified of any fatal accident or ac
dent causing serious personal injury, to any per- causing death
son employed in any coal mine in this State or or personal
any gas or dust explosions therein, to require aln:)ury'
member of said board to immediately repair to
the scene of the accident or explosion and inves-
tigate the cause of such accident or explosion and
make such orders as are necessary or proper to
secure the safety of the persons working therein.
Said board shall keep on file at its office a list of
all accidents resulting in death or serious bodily
injury to any person working in or about such
mines. Such list subject to examination as pro-
vided in section 11.

Sec. 12. Whenever the chief mine inspector
shall require it, the owner, operator, or lessee of Reports fur-
any coal mine shall send to the chief mine in- gp^tor ^s to
spector on blanks furnished by him for that pur- ventilation.
pose, a report showing the amount of ventilation
at the inlet and outlet; the amount of ventilation
at or near the last cross cut in each split, the
number of splits and the number of men and ani-
mals on each split. The report shall also include
a record of the pressure gauge readings.

Sec. 13. On or before the twenty-fifth day of Annual report
January in each year, the operator or superin-pf operator to
tendent of every coal mine shall send to the chief ^P6**01"
mine inspector a correct report, specifying with
respect to the year ending with the thirty-first of
December preceding the name of the operator and
location of offices of coal mines, and the quantity

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of coal and kind of coal mined. The report shall
be in such form and give such information re-
garding such mine as may be from time to time
required, and prescribed by the chief mine in-
spector. Blank forms for such report shall be
furnished by the chief mine inspector.

Sec. 14. The governor may remove any chief
Removal of mine inspector or associate inspector at any time
w^k or without cause, the governor shall also
have the power to fill vacancies occasioned from
any cause.

Sec. 15. The sum of twenty-five thousand
Amount ap- (f 25,000.00) dollars is appropriated out of any
propriated and money in the State treasury not otherwise ap-
purpose of. propriated for each of the years 1911, 1912, 1913
and 1914, to pay the salaries of the inspectors
and a chief clerk to be appointed by the chief
mine inspector and who shall receive a salary of
not exceeding fifteen hundred (f 1,500.00) dollars
per annum ; the necessary traveling and other
expenses incurred by the members of the board
of mine inspectors while traveling in the dis-
charge of their official duties, and for extraor-
dinary expenses at mine disasters; and for the
payment of not to exceed seventy-five ($75.00)
dollars per month for office rent of said board;
for the expense of chief or associate mine inspec-
tor in attending mine inspectors' conventions,
and for the rent or hire of a telephone at the res-
idence of each member of said board and tele-
phone at the office of said board; for postage
stamps, stationery, and for the payment of long
distance telephone and telegraph messages sent
by the members of said board when necessary
in the discharge of their official duties; also for
the purchase of all necessary apparatus usually
required in an office of that character; said ex-
penses will be paid monthly on approval by the
governor of monthly itemized statements pre-
sented to him by the chief mine inspector; and
the State auditor is authorized and directed to
draw his warrant on the State treasurer in fa-
vor of the chief mine inspector for the monthly

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expenses incurred as aforesaid, when so direct-
ed by the governor.

Sec. 17. When any agent or operator of any
mine shall refuse or fail to comply with any OP- Failure to coni-
der or direction of the chief mine inspector af-
ter the expiration of a reasonable time the chief
mine inspector may, if he deem it advisable, re-
fer the matter to the judge of probate in the
county in which the mine is located. Upon such
reference the judge of probate shall set a day for
the hearing of the same and issue citation to the
owner or operator of the mine to appear and con-
test the same if he sees proper ; said citation to be
served by the sheriff of the county at least ten
days before the day of trial. Upon the applica-
tion of either party, the judge of probate must
issue subpoena for witnesses, to be served by the
sheriff as in other cases. After hearing the case
the probate judge must render such decision as
he may deem just and equitable, from which de-
cision either party may appeal to the circuit
court within sixty days, when it shall be tried de-
novo. Prom the decision of the circuit court
either party may appeal to the supreme court
of Alabama. If no appeal is taken, the decision
shall be final and binding on said operator or
mine owner, and any mine owner or operator who
refuses to carry out the final order or determi-
nation of the case, after a reasonable time, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and must, on con-
viction be fined not more than one thousand dol-
lars.

Sec. 18. The chief mine inspector, who shall
be ex-officio chairman of the board, with a voteBord of ex~
only in case of a tie vote, or in case of the ab-
sence of one member of the board, together with
two practical miners and two operators of coal
mines, and one mining engineer (a majority of Power to ex-
whom shall act) and all members of which board nmine-
shall hold first class certificates, shall constitute
a board of examiners to examine and give certi-
ficates of fitness to persons to act as mine fore-
men, or fire bosses, in any coal mine in this State ; Fee pald by
a fee of five dollars shall be paid to the chiefappiicant.

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Compensa-
tion of ex-
aminers.

Meetings.

Appointment
and term of or
fice.

Present board
continued.

Record kept.

Rules for ex-
aminations.

Duplicate cer-
tificate fur-
nished.

mine inspector by each person examined for
mine foreman certificate and three dollars for
fire boss certificate, to be used as an examiners
fund, before examination is begun. Out of the
examiners fund there shall be paid to each mem-
ber of the board, except the chief mine inspector,
who shall serve without extra pay, four dollars
per day. Said board shall meet every six months
at the office of the chief mine inspector, and re-
main in session not longer than six days and
special meetings may be called by the chief mine
inspector and must be called at the request of
three members of the board. The members of
this board shall be appointed by the governor and
shall hold office for three years and until their
successors are appointed and qualified and as
near as possible two members shall be appointed
one year and three the succeeding year. The
present board shall remain in office until their
terms expire and the governor shall appoint the
additional members upon the passage of this act,
and other members in accordance with this sec-
tion as the terms of office of the present board
respectively expire. The chief mine inspector
shall preserve in his office a record of the meet-
ings and transactions of the board and of all cer-
tificates issued.

Sec. 19. The examinations herein provided for
shall be conducted under such rules, conditions
and regulations as the members of the board
shall deem most efficient for carrying into ef-
fect the spirit and intent of this act. Such rules,
when formulated, shall be made a part of the per-
manent record of the board, and such of them as
relate to candidates shall be published for their
information and governance prior to each exam-
ination ; they shall also be of uniform application
to all candidates.

Sec. 20. In case of the loss or destruction of
a certificate the chief mine inspector may supply
a copy thereof to the person losing same upon the
payment of fl.OO, provided, it shall be shown to
i he satisfaction of the chief mine inspector that

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the loss has actually occurred? and the loser was
the holder of such certificate.

Sec. 21. If any person, or persons shall forge
or counterfeit a certificate or knowingly make Penalty for
or cause to be made any false statement in anyjjjjj ^te~
certificate under this act or in any official copy'™
of the same, or shall urge or influence others to
do so, or shall utter or use any such false certifi-
cate or unofficial copy thereof, or shall make,
give, utter, produce, or make use of any false
declaration, representation or statement in any
such certificate or copy thereof, or any document
containing same, or make any false statement or
misrepresentation in application before examin-
ing board for any certificate he or they, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and his certificate can-
celled or annulled by the examining board.

Sec. 22. Applicants for first and second-class
mine foreman's certificates shall be at least Qualifications
twenty-three years of age, and shall have at least ^/^San^s
five years practical experience, three years of certificates.
which shall have been spent within coal mines
after having attained the age of fifteen years as
mine worker, superintendent, at or inside of any
coal mine, and shall be citizens of the United
States, and shall present an affidavit as to the
above and a certificate of good moral character
and of known temperate habits, signed by ten
reputable citizens where he resides. The said
board shall be entitled to grant certificates of
competency of two grades, namely, certificate of
the first class to persons who have had experi- ( f

once in coal mines generating gases or accumu- competency0 or
lating dust, one or both, and who shall have the two grades,
necessary qualifications to fulfill the duties of
mine foreman in such mines; and certificates of
second class to persons who give satisfactory evi-
dence of their ability to act as mine foreman in
coal mines not generating explosive gases. Any
person holding a first-class certificate of any
other State may act as mine foreman in this
State until the first meeting of the examining
board.

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Qualifications
of applicants
for fire boss,
certificates.

Certificates
granted.

Foreman may
serve as fire

Temporary
mine foreman

Certificates of
service.

Revocation
or cancella-
tion of cer-
tificate.

Sec. 23. Applicants for fire boss certificates
shall be at least twenty-one (21) years of age,
and shall have had at least three years practical
experience within coal mines after having at-
tained the age of fifteen years and shall be a cit-
izen of the United States and shall present an
affidavit as to the above and a certificate of good
moral character and of known temperate habits
signed by ten reputable citizens where he re-
sides. Said board shall be entitled to grant cer-
tificates of competency to persons who have had
experience in coal mines generating gases and
who shall have the necessary qualifications to
fulfill the duties of fire boss in such mines.

Sec. 24. Any one holding a first-class mine
foreman's certificate may serve as fire boss.
Whenever any exigency arises by which it is im-
possible for any operator, owner or lessee to se-
cure the immediate service of a certificated mine
foreman or fire boss he may employ any trust-
worthy and experienced man, subject to the ap-
proval of the State inspector of the district, to
act as temporary mine foreman or fire boss for a
period of not to exceed sixty days.

Sec. 25. Certificates of service may be issued
by the examining board to persons acting as fire
bosses at the time of the passage of this act and
such certificates shall entitle them to act, until
the next examination for fire bosses.

Sec. 26. The certificate of any mine foreman
or fire boss may be cancelled and revoked by the
board of examiners, whenever it shall be estab-
lished to the satisfaction of said board that the
holder thereof has become unworthy of official
endorsement by reason of violation of the law,
intemperate habits, manifest incapacity, abuse
of authority, or for other causes satisfactory to
said board; provided, that any person against
\vhom charges or complaints are made shall have
an opportunity to be heard in his own behalf.
And he shall have at least thirty days notice in
\vriting of such charges, by the chief mine inspec-
tor, and if the holder of a certificate is convicted
on the hearing of such charge or complaint, of

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violating any part of this law his certificate shall
be revoked by the board. Provided, that the chief
mine inspector after a thorough investigation,
may suspend such holder pending a meeting of
the board of examiners and its final action.

Sec. 27. No person shall act as foreman in in gaseous
any coal mine in this State generating explosive S^
gases or dust in quantities sufficient to explode certificate first
or extend an explosion unless he is in possession grade-
of a first-class certificate of conipetencv. and no rt

" ' . Other mines

person shall act as foreman in any coal mine in 8econd grade
this State which is non gaseous unless he is in may act.
possession of a first-class or second-class certifi-
cate of competency.

Sec. 28. The duties of the mine foreman may Duties f fore
be performed by the assistant mine foreman dur- man performed
ing the temporary absence of the mine foreman by assistant
for a-period not exceeding one week. temporarily.

Sec. 29. The mine foreman shall have charge
of carrying out or directing the carrying out of
his duties as prescribed in this act; and any per- to' discharge111
son who shall direct or cause a mine foreman to duties as re-
disregard the provisions of this act, shall Dequired bJ" act-
amenable in the same manner as the mine fore-
man.

Sec. 30. Whenever any entry, slope or head-
ing or other working places in any coal mine con- entry ^
tains dust which will ignite, explode or extend etc/
an explosion, it shall be the duty of the person or
corporation operating said mine to have it spray-
ed or sprinkled.

Sec. 31. Except as otherwise provided in this
act no person shall act as fire boss in any coal JJjfact as*°
mine in this State generating explosive gases un-iire boss,
less he is in possession of a certificate of compe-
tency.

Sec. 32. When gas exists in any coal mine in
quantities sufficient to ignite or explode the own- Mines in which
er, operator, lessee or agent of such mine shall j[J|ntft|JJ Ir
employ a competent fire boss whose duties shall sufficient to
be to examine every working place in the mine ignite-
before the men are permitted to enter for work.
Said fire boss shall be at some convenient place
for at least an hour each morning to inform

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Operation of
machines.

Employees to
inform fore-
man of un-
safe condi-
tion.

Examine
working place,

every man as to the state and condition of his
working place so far as gas in dangerous quan-
tities is concerned before entering. Said work
shall be carefully examined every morning with
a safety lamp by the fire boss before the work-
men are allowed to enter therein. It shall also be
the duty of the fire boss after each examination to
leave at a point at least twenty-five (25) feet
distant from the face of every slope, drift, entry,
or air course and at the neck of every room ex-
amined by him a conspicuous sign or mark indi-
cating the presence of gas in dangerous quanti-
ties discovered by him, together with a
memorandum of the date of his exami-
nation. It shall be a misdemeanor on the
part of any fire boss to fail to perform
any duty imposed on him by the provisions
of this section, and it shall be a misdemeanor for
any person to enter in or dangerously near to
any place in the mine in which he has been noti-
fied in person that gas exists in dangerous quan-
tities or dangerously near to any place where
any such sign or mark has been placed.

Sec. 34. Machine runners and helpers shall
use care while operating machines they shall
not operate a machine unless the shields are in
place, and no persons not engaged in the operat-
ing of a machine shall go near the machine while
it is in operation. They shall not move the ma-
chine except while cutting, while the cutting
chain is in motion. If they remove props which
have been placed by the miner or loader for the
security of the roof, they shall reset such props.

Sec. 35. All employees shall promptly inform
the mine foreman or his assistant qf the unsafe
condition of any working place, hauling roads or
traveling ways, or of damage to doors, brattices,
or stoppings, or of obstructions in the air pas-
sages when known to them. Every workman em-
ployed in coal mines shall examine his working
place before commencing work, and after any
stoppage of work during the shift, he shall re-
peat the examination.

MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA. 17

Sec. 36. It shall be unlawful for any miner,
workman, or other person knowingly to injure
any shaft, safety lamp, appliances, air course
or brattices or to obstruct or throw open any air Unlawful to
way or carry any open lamp or lighted pipe or|jjjure shaft>
fire in any form into any place worked by the
light of safety lamps, or within five feet of any
open powder, or to handle or disturb any part of
the hoisting machinery, or open door regulating
an air current and not close the same, or to enter
any part of a coal mine against caution, or to do
any willful act whereby the lives or health of per-
sons working in coal mines or the security of the
mine or the machinery thereof is endangered.

Sec. 37. There shall be adopted by the opera-
tor of every mine in this State special rules for
the government and operation of his mine orRules adopted
mines, covering all the work pertaining thereto SJerator**
in and outside of the same, which however, shall
not be in conflict with the provisions of the min-
ing laws of this State; such rules when establish-
ed shall be printed on card board in the Engfish
language, and shall be posted up in the drum
house, tipple or some other conspicuous place
about the mines where the same may be seen and
observed by all the employees at such mines, and
when a copy has been given an employee it shall
operate as a notice to him and shall be conclusive
of his acceptance of the contents thereof; and it
shall be the duty of each mine operator to fur-
nish a printed copy of said rules to each of his
employees.

Sec. 38. It shall be the duty of persons oper-
ating coal mines in this State to keep at a con- Props and
venient place at or near the main entrance &f SfjKj SJl6
the mine, or in the mines, a sufficient supply of raf0r. y °
props and other timbers useful for propping
therein, of suitable lengths and sizes, for those
working in such mines. It shall be the duty of
those working in said mines who need props or
other timbers to select and mark the same when
needed for propping by them, designating on
such props or timbers the place at which the

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MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA.

Openings t«
surface.

Ventilation.

same are to be delivered or give notice to the per-
son whose duty it is to deliver or have the same
delivered, of the number and kind of props or
other timbers needed and of the place at which
they are to be delivered. It shall then be the du-
ty of the operator to promptly deliver or cause
to be delivered such props or other timbers at
the place designated.

Sec. 39. In all coal mines employing twenty
or more men inside at any one time it shall be
the duty of the owner, operator, or lessee to have
and maintain at least two available openings to
the surface from each seam, or stratem of the
coal worked in such mines, said openings which
in case of slope mines, shall be separated by nat-
ural strata of not less than twenty-five feet, and
in all mines with two hundred tons or over daily
capacity all stoppings between slopes and man-
way shall be made of fire proof material. The
said openings in case of shaft mines shall be sep-
arated by not less than one hundred feet of nat-
ural strata. Both of these openings, in all cases,
shall be kept in good condition and shall be at
all times reasonably safe and convenient for en-
tering and leaving the mines; reasonable time
however, shall be given to said owner, operator
or lessee to prepare the second opening, in no
case exceeding six months from the passage of
this act, unless in the opinion of the chief mine
inspector, a longer time is required, in which
case he shall allow the additional time necessary.
The said second opening may be made through
another adjoining mine. At all points where the
passage way to the escapement shaft, or other
place of exit, is intercepted by other road ways
or entries, conspicuous sign boards shall be
placed indicating the direction it is necessary to
take in order to reach such place of exit.

Sec. 40. The operator or superintendent of
every coal mine, whether a shaft, slope or drift,
shall provide and hereafter maintain ample
means of ventilation for the circulation of air
through the main entries and all other working

MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA. 1 9

places to an extent that will dilute, carry off and
render harmless the noxious and explosive gases
generated in the mine, the same to be not less
than one hundred cubic feet per minute per man,
and five hundred cubic feet per mule or horse,
and shall be properly conducted to all working
places.

Sec. 41. No accumulation of explosive gas Accumulation
shall be allowed to exist in the worked out or of explosive
abandoned parts of any coal mine in operation, JJJ^Jot al~
and the entrance or entrances to said worked out Fencing aban-
and abandoned places shall be properly fenced doned mines,
off, and cautionary notices shall be posted upon
said fencing to warn persons of danger.

Sec. 42. It shall be the duty of the chief mine
inspector to require that proper breaks through Breaks
be made in all room pillars at such distance through'
apart as, in the judgment of the mine inspector,
may be deemed requisite, but said breaks through
shall not be more than seventy feet apart.

Sec. 43. At all principal doorways through
which cars are hauled, an attendant shall be em^*" at

T

ployed for the purpose of opening and closing
said doors when trips or cars are passing to and
from the workings. Sufficient space shall be pro-
vided at such doorways to protect the attendants
from being injured by the cars while attending
to their duties ; provided, that in any or all coal
mines, where doors are constructed in such a
manner as to open and close automatically at-
tendants and places for shelter shall not be re-
quired.

Sec. 44. The doors used in a system for ven-
tilating or regulating the ventilation of coal
mines shall be so hung and adjusted that they when used
will close themselves, or by supplying them with** ventil"
springs or pulleys so that they cannot be left a
standing open. When ordered by the chief mine
inspector a second or emergency door shall be
provided at all points where doors are used,
said doors to be used in case of damage to the
other door. After the passage of this act no ven-
tilating fan shall be placed nearer than thirty

20

MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA.

Furnace for
ventilating in
gaseous mines
prohibited.

Regulations,
as to steam
pipes.

Insufficient
ventilation.

feet to an air shaft or air course and shall be
placed to one side of the line of such opening so
as to remove the fan from the blast of an explo-
sion, and the air duct connecting the fan with
such opening, shall be provided with self closing
explosion doors.

Sec. 45. It shall be unlawful to use a furnace
for ventilating any coal mine where explosive
gas is generated in quantities considered danger-
ous by the chief mine inspector and associate
mine inspector of the district in which such mine
is located or where there is a known probability
of cutting into explosive gas producing territory.
This section does not apply to boiler plants in
mines installed prior to the passage of this act,
unless considered dangerous by the chief mine
inspector and associate mine inspector of the dis-
trict in which such mine is located.

Sec. 46. No steam pipes through which high
pressure steam is conveyed, for the purpose of
driving pumps or other machinery, shall be per-
mitted on travelling or haulage ways, unless they
are encased in asbestos, or some other suitable
non-conducting material, or are so placed that
the radiation of heat into the atmosphere of the
coal mine will be prevented as far as practicable,
provided that after the passage of this act that
steam pipes shall be placed in the return airway
and may be without casing.

Sec. 47. If at any time the chief mine inspect-
or or his associates are notified or discovered that
the ventilation in any coal mine within the State
is insufficient, the said chief mine inspector or
one of his associates, shall proceed within five
days to investigate said complaint or complaints
by personal inspection of any mine or mines in
which the quality or quantity of air is complain-
ed of, and if on investigation he finds that the air
in any mine is insufficient, he shall direct the op-
erator or operators of said mines to adopt such
measures for the proper ventilation of said mine
as he deems necessary.

MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA. 21

Sec. 48. No person shall place refuse in or ob- c.an>t obstruct
struct any airway or break through used as anairway> eto'
airway.

Sec. 49. It shall be unlawful for any miner,, .

, i-ii r. • Unlawful to

or other person to make or build any fire in any build fire in
coal mine without the written permission of the mine,
superintendent thereof.

Sec. 50. No safety lamp shall be entrusted to
any person for use in coal mines until he has ^JtedL^o^mw
given satisfactory evidence to the mine foreman safety lamp86
that he understands the proper use thereof and
danger of tampering with the same.

Sec. 51. All safety lamps used for examining
coal mines or for working therein, shall be the safety lamps,
property of the operators, and shall be in the care, etc. of.
care of the mine foreman, his assistant or fire
boss or other competent persons, who shall fill,
trim, and examine and deliver the same locked
in a. safe condition to the men when entering the
coal mine, before each shift. A sufficient quan-
tity of extra safety lamps, but not less than®3
twenty-five per cent of those in use shall be kept
at each coal mine where methane has at any
time been generated in sufficient quantities to be
detected by the ordinary safety lamps for use in
case of emergency. It shall be the duty of every When lamp ln.
person who knows his safety lamp to be injured jured.
or defective to promptly report such fact to the
party authorized herein to receive and care for
said lamps, and it shall be the duty of that per-
son to promptly repair or report such fact to the
mine foreman.

Sec. 52. Approved safety catches shall be at-
tached to cage used for the purpose of lowering safety catches
and hoisting persons into and out of coal mines, on cages.
and must be provided with suitable sheet iron
covers, at least one-fourth inch thick and hinged
to open upward, to protect persons riding there-
on from falling objects, and also with iron bars
or rings in proper place, and sufficient number
to furnish a secure handhold for every person
permitted to ride thereon. An adequate brake Brake,
shall be attached to everv drum or machine for

22 MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA.

lowering and hoisting persons into and out of
the mine and also indicators which shall show to
the person who works the machine the position
of the cage or load in the shaft or on the road
Tubes for way. And, all shafts used for hoisting men, shall
passage of be equipped with metal tubes or pipes, suitably
adopted for. the free passage of sound, through
which conversation may be held between persons
at the top and landings of said shaft all safety
catches provided for herein shall be carefully in-
spected and properly oiled at least once a week
and shall be at all times kept in good working
condition.-

Sec. 53. The main coupling cage chain in
Test, etc., of shaft mines attached to the socket of the wire
main coupling rope may be tested by weights or otherwise to
cage chain. the satisfaction of the" mine inspector of the dis-
trict wherein the coal mine is located, and bridle
chains shall be attached to the main hoisting
rope above the socket, from the top cross piece of
the carriage or cage, so that no single chain shall
be used for lowering or hoisting persons into or
out of the mines. At all shafts used for the pur-
pose of hoisting and lowering men, the cages
shall be provided with automatic self detaching
hooks or the engines handling same shall be
equipped with an automatic stopping device to
prevent overwinding.

Sec. 54. The owner, operator or lessee of any
Requirements coal mine shall place in charge of any engines
for operation used for conveying into and hoisting out
engines, etc. ()f said coal mfae^ none l>ut a competent engin-
eer. No other persons unless authorized by the
owner, operator or lessee shall enter the engine
room, and it shall be unlawful for any person
to interfere with or intimidate the engineer in
the discharge of his duty. No person shall speak
to the engineer while the engine is in motion,
unless it be in giving signals to him, and notices
to this effect shall be posted on the door of the
engine house.

Cable ends to Sec- 55- Tne ends of all hoisting cables shall
be secured. be well secured on the drum, and have at least

MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA.

23 ^

two and a half laps of the same remain on the
drum when the cage or trip is at rest at the low-
est landing.

Sec. 56. All shafts more than 300 feet deep
from which hoisting is done by means of a bucket Guides in
must be provided with suitable guides, and in |5jJffSe°v|r
connection with the bucket there must be a cross-
head traveling upon these guides. The height
of the 'cross-head shall be at least two-thirds of
its width. If the cross-head be a type that is
not secured to the hoisting rope, a stopper must
be securely and rigidly fastened to the hoisting
rope at least seven feet above the rim of the
bucket.

Sec. 57. No open hook shall be used with aQ en hook
bucket in hoisting. Safety hooks shall be em- prohibited,
ployed.

Sec. 58. Persons engaged in deepening a shaft
in which hoisting from an upper level is going Protection of
on shall be protected from the danger of fall
ing material by a suitable covering extending
over the whole area of the shaft, sufficient open-
ings being left in the covering for the passage
of men, a bucket or other conveyance used in the
sinking operations. No hoisting shall be done in
any compartment of a shaft while repairs are
being made in that compartment, excepting such
hoisting as is necessary in order to make such
repairs.

Sec. 59. Any person riding upon any cage,
skip or bucket that is loaded with tools, timber, Regulations as
powder or other material except for the purpose
of assisting in passing such material through a
shaft or incline and then only after a special
signal has been given, shall be guilty of a viola-
tion of this act. When tools, timber or other
materials are to be lowered or hoisted in a shaft,
their ends, if projecting above the top of the
bucket, skip or other vehicle shall be securely
fastened to the hoisting rope or to the upper part
of the vehicle. This shall not apply to workmen
carrying their own tools in a shaft.

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MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA.

Timber, etc.,
not to be car-
ried on mov-
ing cage.

Cage not used
for carrying
men or mate-
rials.

Upper and
lower landing,
etc.. kept clean

Passage way
around land-
ing place.

Cable to be
used for
hoisting.

Sec. 60. No person shall carry any timber or
other materials other than tools and the day's
supplies, with him on any cage in motion, ex-
cept for use in repairing the shaft; and no one
shall ride on a cage containing a loaded car, or
on a single deck cage with an empty car. No
cage having an unstable or self dumping plat-
form shall be used for the carriage of men or
materials, unless the same is provided with some
convenient device by which said platform can
be securely locked, and unless it is so locked
whenever men or materials are being conveyed
thereon. No coal shall be hoisted in any shaft
while men are being lowered therein.

Sec. 61. The upper and lower landing at the
top of each shaft and the opening of each inter-
mediate seam from or to the shaft, shall be kept
clear and free from loose materials, and shall
be securely fenced with automatic or other gates,
so as to prevent either men or materials from
falling into the shaft.

Sec. 62. -At the bottom of every shaft and at
every caging place therein, an adequate passage
way must be provided around said landing place
to serve as a traveling way by which men or ani-
mals may pass from one side of the shaft to the
other without passing under or on the cage.

Sec. 63. It shall be unlawful to use in any
coal mine included within the provisions of this
act, any rope or cable for hoisting or lowering
either man or material, when such hoisting is
done by other means than human or animal
power, unless such rope or cable shall be com-
posed of iron or steel wires, with a, factor of
safety determined as hereinafter set forth, pro-
vided, however, that such iron or steel wires may
be laid around a. hemp center. The factor of
safety of all ropes or cables shall, when install-
ed in no case be less than five and shall be calcu-
lated by dividing the breaking strength of the
rope as given in the manufacturers' published ta-
bles by the sum of the maximum load to be hoist-
ed, plus the total weight of the rope in the shaft

MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA. 25

when fully let out, plus ten per cent of such val-
ues, to take account of shock at starting and stop-
ping.

Sec. 63y2. It shall be unlawful for any mine
operator, superintendent or mine foreman to Drag on rear
haul or cause to be hauled on any slope or plane of cars-
where the grade is against the loaded cars or
trips of cars without using a drag on the rear
end of the cars or trips of cars when required
by two or more mine inspectors for the purpose
of derailing the cars or trips of cars in case they
break loose and run back. The drag may be of
heavy wrought iron or of soft steel.

Sec. 64. No driver or other person shall de- Driver not to
scend, or ascend a shaft with any horse or mule, ascend or de-
unless the said horse or mule is secured in a ^hd animal
suitable box or safely penned, and only the dfiv- only under
er in charge of said horse or mule, and such as- certain con-
sistants as he may need, shall accompany it in
any case.

Sec. 65. The owner, operator or lessee of any «.*_,, „ nf

. . A UGia.li map or

coal mine in this State, shall make or cause to mine— what
be made by a competent engineer an accurate must show,
and exact detail map of said mine showing theetc" etc<
exact position of said mines in reference to the
section line, which shall be connected with some
known boundary line of the section or subdivis-
ion of the section. Said map shall show accu-
rately the position of any branches, creeks, riv-
ers or railroads under which said mine may ex-
tend ; also as near as possible the position of any
old coal mine nearby. The location of all oil
and gas wells shall be shown on said map. Said
maps shall show all shafts, slopes, tunnels or
other openings to the surface or to the workings
of a contiguous coal mine; all excavations, en-
tries, rooms and cross-cuts; the location of the
fan and furnace and the direction of the air cur-
rents; the location of pumps, hauling, engines,
engine planes, abandoned works, fire walls and
standing water; and the boundary line of any
surface outcrop of the seam. A separate and
similar map, drawn to the same scale in all cases,

26 MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA.

shall be made of each and every seam, which
after the passage of this act, shall be worked in
any coal mine and the maps of all such seams
shall show all shafts, inclined planes or other
passage ways connecting the same. Each map
shall also show by elevation in feet and decimals
thereof the rise and dip of the seam from the
opening in either direction to the face of the
workings. Said map shall be sworn to by the
engineer making same. The map provided for
herein shall be filed with the chief mine inspect-
or during the month of January, next after open-
ing of said mine, and shall show its condition on
the first day of such January, and all new work
inside of the mine must be added to said map, or
a new map filed each year thereafter, showing
the condition of the mine on the first day of Jan-
uary of the same year, and this provision for ad-
ditions to maps shall apply to all maps which
have heretofore been filed in the office of the
chief mine inspector. Said maps shall be filed
in the office of the chief mine inspector, who
shall provide a suitable and safe place for keep-
ing them. The chief mine inspector with the ap-
proval of the board of examiners may refuse to
accept maps made by persons claiming to be
mining engineers who are not known to be such
and of good standing and character in their pro-
fession. The mine boss in charge of such mine
shall certify to the correctness of such map, to
Ihe best of his knowledge and belief, and the ad-
ditions made thereto. Said map shall be made on
a uniform scale of one hundred or two hundred
feet to the inch. The persons entitled to examine
maps, plats and records of a coal mine shall be
the owner, operator or lessee or agent of such
coal mine, the persons financially interested in
such mine; the owner, or owners, of land ad-
joining such mine; the owner or owners of land
adjacent to such mine; the owner, operator, les-
see or agent of a coal mine adjacent to such mine,
and the authorized representatives of the em-
ployees of such or the employees driving any

MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA. 27

break through liable to break into adjacent mine.
The chief mine inspector shall not permit such
maps, plans, records and papers to be removed
from his office, and shall not furnish copies there-
of to any persons except by request of the owner,
operator, lessee or agent of the mine to which
such maps, plans and records pertain. The chief
mine inspector during the first three days of
January of each year, shall forward, or cause to
be forwarded by express, or by other safe means
of transmitting at the expense of the owner, op-
erator or agent of the respective coal mines, all
maps on file in his office of mines in operation
to the chief office of the respective mine as such
chief office shall be reported to him, in order that
said map may be revised showing the condition
of the mine on the first day of January of each
year and such owner, operator or agent of each
mine in this State shall have such maps revised
during the month of January of each year, and
return the same to the office of the chief mine
inspector charges prepaid, during the said month
of January.

Sec. 66. Whenever the operator of any coal
mine shall neglect or refuse, or, for any cause Penalty for
not satisfactory to the chief mine inspector, fail failure to fur-
for the period of three months, to furnish to nish-
said inspector the map or plan of such mine, or
a copy thereof, or of the extension thereto, as
provided for in this act, such operator shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition
thereto the chief mine inspector is hereby au-
thorized to make or cause to be made, an accu-
rate map or plan of such mine at the expense of
the owner thereof; and the cost of the same may
be recovered by law from the operator in the
same manner as other debts by suit, in the name
of the chief mine inspector and for his use.

Sec. 67. If the chief mine inspector shall be-
lieve that any map or plan of any coal mine made
or furnished in pursuance of the provisions of
this act is materially incomplete, inaccurate, or
imperfect, then the chief mine inspector is here-

28 MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA.

by authorized to cause a correct survey and map
or plan of said mine to be made at the expense
of the operator thereof, the cost of which shall
be recoverable from said operator as other debts
are recoverable by law; provided, that when the
chief mine inspector shall cause a new survey
and map or plan of any such coal mine, and it
is found that the map or plan furnished by the
operator was substantially correct, then the cost
of the survey, map or plan caused to be made by
the chief mine inspector shall be paid by the
State.

Sec. 68. The chief mine inspector may order
ordered mfy fa- a survev to ^ made between the regular survey
spector. periods, of the workings of any coal mine and

the results to be extended on the maps of the
same and the copies thereof, whenever, in his
judgment, the safety of the workmen, the sup-
port of the surface, and the conservation of the
property or the safety of an adjoining coal mine
require it.

Sec. 09. When any coal mine is worked out,
or is about to be abandoned or indefinitely closed,
Final surve tne °Perator of the same shall make or cause to
when mine be made a final survey, where not already made,
worked out, of all parts of such mine and the results of the
same shall be duly extended on all maps of the
mine and copies thereof, so as to show all exca-
vations and the most advanced workings of the
mine and their exact relation to the boundary
or section lines on the surface and such aban-
doned mines shall be properly fenced off.

Sec. 70. When it is known that a place is
likely to obtain a dangerous accumulation of
Precautions gases or water, workings when approaching such
d^SeSmf oo Places, shall not exceed eight feet in width, and
account of the person, or persons, driving such place, shall
>r gas. constantly keep at a sufficient distance ahead,
not less than three yards in advance, one bore
hole near the center of the working, and one in
each corner 15 feet deep, at an angle of forty-
five degrees, at intervals of six feet. These holes
shall not be used for blasting but separate holes

MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA. 29

for blasting not over four feet deep, must be
drilled. These precautions must begin at least
100 feet from the probable source of danger.

Sec. 71. In any coal mine, or coal mines, or
parts thereof, wherein water may have been al- Lawful to tap
lowed to accumulate in large and dangerous et!p. .water in
quantities, putting in danger the adjoining or mine1011
adjacent coal mines, and the lives of the miners
working therein, and when such can be tapped
and set free and flow by its own gravity to any
point of drainage, it shall be lawful for any op-
erator or person having a mine so endangered,
with the approval of the chief mine inspector, to
proceed and remove the said danger by driving a
drift or drifts protected by bore holes as provid-
ed by this act, and in removing said danger it
shall be lawful to drive across property lines if
iteedful, provided, that all coal removed in such
driving from adjacent land shall be paid
for on the basis of 25 cents per ton of
2,000 pounds. And, it shall be unlawful Lbnltarwf"1 to
for any person to dam or in any way obstruct Sow™
the flow of water from said mine or parts there-
of, when so set on any part of its passage to point
of drainage.

Sec. 72. In no case shall the workings of any
coal mine be driven nearer than 15 feet to the i^mn on
boundary line of the coal rights of the owner workings to
of said mine, except for the purpose of establish- ^""dary line.
ing an underground communication between con-
tiguous mines, as provided for elsewhere in this
act. Provided, that by mutual consent of adja-
cent property owners, this distance may be re-
duced or eliminated entirely and provided, fur-
ther, that any operator working up to an aban-
doned coal mine may be permitted to work to his
property line if approved by the chief mine in-
spector, but in such cases proper precautions
must be taken as provided in this act.

Sec. 73. 'Whenever the owner, operator or les-
see of any land adjacent to other land on which
any coal mine is being worked, shall have reason

30

MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA.

Proceedings of
owner of ad-
jacent land has
cause to be-
lieve that
work has en-
croached on
his land.

Regulations
as to use of
gasoline and
naptha.

to believe that such mine is being so worked as
to encroach upon his land, and has been refused
by the owner, operator or manager of the mine,
permission at reasonable time to enter upon said
mine with a competent engineer for the purpose
of inspecting and surveying such mine, he may
make application under oath to the probate court
of the county in which the mine is situated, set-
ting out the facts and praying for an order that
such mine shall be surveyed. Upon the hearing
after such notice to the owner, operator or lessee
of the mine, as the court may prescribe, the court
may make an order requiring the chief mine in-
spector to employ a competent engineer to make
a survey of such mine and file such survey in
the office of the judge of probate and such survey
when filed shall be received in any court as pri-
ma facie correct. The court may at any time dur-
ing the progress of the proceedings require se-
curity for costs and may tax the costs in such
manner as may be just and equitable.

Sec. 74. No gasoline, or naptha, shall be used
in a coal mine, excepting for operating machin-
ery, blow torches, safety lamps or for operating
under the following regulations : Notice shall
be made to the chief mine inspector before in-
stalling, and the installation and operation shall
be subject to his approval. The supply tank
from which the gasoline or naptha is fed to the
engine, shall be of metal with a suitable screw
cap opening, fitted with a gasket so as to make
the tank tight and the tank kept free from leaks ;
the gasoline or naptha shall be fed from a tank
to the carburetor or mixer by metal tubes secure-
ly connected so as to reduce the possibility of
leaks to a minimum; the exhaust from the en-
gine, when discharged in the mine, must not con-
tain more than 12 volumes of carbon dioxide and
1 volume of carbon monoxide to 10,000 volumes
of air. At no time shall there be more than two
davs' supply of gasoline or naptha in the supply
tanks ; at no time shall more than one day's sup-
ply of same be taken into the mine at anv one

MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA. 31

time and at no time shall there be more than two
days' supply in the mine; including that in the
supply tank. No gasoline or naptha shall be
taken into the mine except in metallic cans,
with a screw cap opening at the top, fitted with
a suitable gasket; no package or can or the sup-
ply tank of an engine, containing gasoline or
uaptha shall be opened until ready to make the
transfer from the package or can to the supply
tank, and in transferring, a funnel shall be used
so as to avoid spilling the gasoline or naptha,
and the cap on the supply tank shall be imme-
diately closed; in no case shall the package, can,
or the supply tank, be opened with any open
light or other thing containing fire within twen-
ty-five feet of the same.

Sec. 75. The oiling or greasing of cars inside
of coal mines is strictly forbidden, unless the piling cars
place where said oil or grease is used is kept rea- ^bidden mine
sonably clean. Not more than one barrel of lu-
bricating oil shall be permitted in the mine at
any one time. No explosive oil shall be used or
taken into the mines for lighting purposes except Oils used and
when used in approved safety lamps and ilium- quantity per-

inatiug oil shall not be stored or taken into mines mjtted in

.... ,. ,, ,, mine,

in quantities exceeding five gallons. Any person

using explosive or impure oils in any coal mine
contrary to any of the provisions of this act,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor ; provided, this Penalty for
does not apply to gasoline used in gasoline en- violation,
gines or pumps, or naptha, so used.

Sec. 76. It shall be unlawful for any work-
man to fire a blast without first notifying all per- Notice must be
sons in the immediate working places of that en- &™ j^0tre
try, and without giving sufficient alarm so that
any person or persons approaching shall be
warned of danger.

Sec. 77. It shall be unlawful for any miner Hole cleanecl
to charge any hole for blasting coal before the before being
hole has been thoroughly cleaned of dust by suit- charged,
able scraper. It shall be unlawful for any min-
er to tamp any blasting hole with coal or other
inflammable material and it shall be the duty of Tamping hole.

32

MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA.

Clay, etc.
provided.

When firing
restricted — un-
lawful to fire
at other time.

When consent
of foreman
necessary to
fire shot.

Use of squibs,
etc.

Shout "fire."
Fuse must be
of sufficient
length.

When person
can return to
missed shot.

the owner, operator or lessee of any coal mine
wherein clay or other non-inflammable material
suitable for use in tamping in preparing shots
cannot be readily obtained to provide and depos-
it within said mine such material in each work-
ing heading, and such miner shall keep a suffi-
cient quantity of clay or other non-inflammable
material convenient to his working place, and in
case he has not the necessary supply of clay or
other non-inflammable material for tamping pur-
poses he shall not charge any blasting hole until
the same has been procured.

Sec. 78. At a coal mine where the firing of
shots is restricted to specific times, it shall be un-
lawful for any miner to fire a shot until the
time appointed for him to do so, and then only
in such rotation as designated.

Sec. 79. It shall be unlawful for any miner,
shot firer or workman to fire a blast in any work-
ing place which is likely to generate sudden vol-
umes of fire-damp, or where locked safety lamps
are used, except with the consent of the mine
foreman, or other competent person designated
by the mine foreman for that purpose.

Sec. 80. A miner, workman or shot firer who
is about to explode a shot with a manufactured
squib, shall not shorten the match thereof or
saturate with oil or ignite it except at the end ;
and he shall see that all persons are out of dan-
ger from the probable effects of such shots, and
whether using squibs or fuse shall take measures
to prevent anyone approaching by shouting "fire"
immediately before lighting the same.

Sec. 81. It shall be unlawful for any miner,
workman or shot firer to explode any shot with a
fuse of insufficient length to project from the
hole, when the cartridge is at the back of the hole,
and in no case less than three feet or to fire any
shot which is not tamped the full length of the
hole.

Sec. 82. No person shall return to a missed
shot, if lighted with a squib until five minutes
have elapsed from the time of lighting the same,
or if lighted with fusef until the following day ;

MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA. 33

and no person shall return to a missed shot
when the firing is done by electricity unless the
wires are disconnected from the battery or pow-
er line.

Sec. S3. Whenever a workman is about to
open a box or can containing powder or other ex-
plosive, and while handling the same, he shall Regulations
place his lamp at least five feet distant from said as to opening
explosive, and in such position that the air cur- '>owder-
rent cannot convey sparks to it, and no person
shall knowingly approach nearer than ten feet to
any open box containing an open can of powder
or other explosive with a lighted lamp, lighted
pipe, or other thing containing fire. No miner,
workman, or other person shall open any keg,
can or other container of blasting powder with
any pick, wedge, tool or in any manner except by
the means of opening of the same provided by the
manufacturer thereof, and it shall be unlawful,
and a violation of this act, for any person to
have in his possession in any mine any can or
ether container of blasting powder containing
blasting powder, which has been opened in viola-
tion of this act.

Sec. 84. Every person who has powder or
other explosive in a coal mine shall keep same in Re ulations as
a wooden box securely 'locked, with hinged lid, tokening
and said box shall be kept as far as practicable powder in
from the track ; and said powder boxes shall be mme<
kept as far as practicable from each other and
each in a secluded place, nor shall any explosive
be kept nearer than 100 feet to any working
place. All black powder or other loose blasting
material shall be carried into the mine by the
miner in a proper receptacle with a securely fas-
tened top.

Sec. 85. No blasting powder or other explo-
sives shall be stored in any coal mine and no J*°wder no* .

, ,, , *7.. ., to be stored m

workman shall have at any time more than the mine, etc-
supply allowed by the rules and regulations of
the mine, and in no case shall more than one kind
of explosives be used in any one drill hole; pro-
vided, that nothing in this section shall be con-

34

MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA.

strued to prevent the operator from taking into
the mine, under proper precautions, a sufficient
quantity of explosives for the reasonable require-
ments of such mine for the next succeeding work-
ing day.

Sec. 86. It shall be unlaAvful for any person to
Unlawful to take or nave in nis possession or under his con-
have expio- trol within any coal mine, any explosive not
sive in mine permitted in the mine by the rules of said mine.
ExpiosTv^not Sec. 87. No stocks of "blasting powder and ex-
kept in wood- plosive materials shall be kept for storage in a
en structure. WOO(jen structure.

Sec. 88. It shall be unlawful for any person
to take or have in his possession or under his
hanveWdfynamite, control within any coal mine in the State of Ala-
etc., in mine bama, any dynamite, or any other explosive
if prohibited. which may be prohibited by the rules and regula-
tions of said mine from being in said mine, un-
less such person shall first have the written con-
sent of the mine foreman or other person in
charge of the operation of said mine, which said
Exception. consent in writing shall set forth the use for
which any such dynamite or other prohibited ex-
plosives may be particularly intended.

Sec. 89. The owner or operator of each coal
mine, at which the miners are paid by weight,
owners^a11 Proyide such mines with suitable scales of
when miners standard make for the weighing of all coal, when
paid by weight, contracted for to be weighed.

Sec. 90. All coal mined in this State, contract-
ed for payment by the ton or other weight shall
Cof weighed fce weighed, and the full weight thereof shall be

and credit giv- ,., * , '

en miner, 2,000 credited to the miner of such coal, and two thou-

pounds a ton. sand pounds of coal shall constitute a ton.

Sec. 91. In all coal mines, the miners employ-
ed and working therein may furnish a check
mh<nCkmWelbh wci£nnian, who shall, at proper times, have full
furnished by Access and examination of the scales, and see
miners; duties, all measures and weights and accounts kept of
same; provided, that not more than one person
shall have such right of access, examination and
inspection of scales, measures and accounts at
the same time.

MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA. 35

Sec. 92. The mine inspector, miners employ-
ed in the coal mines and the owner of the land orPersong hav.
persons interested in the rental and royalty of ing access to
such mines, shall at all times have full right of scales> etc-
access to scales used at said mines, including tal-
ly sheets or tally book in which the weight of
coal is kept, to examine the amount of coal
mined, for the purpose of testing the accuracy
thereof.

Sec. 93. It shall be the duty of the owner, op-
erator or lessee or superintendent of each coal stretcher, etc.
mine to keep at or near the mouth of the mine, ke
or at such other place about or in the mine as
shall be designated by the chief mine inspector,
a stretcher, properly constructed, and so arrang-
ed that it may be carried on top of the mine car
without slipping, and a woolen and water proof
blanket in good condition, for use in carrying
away any person who may be injured at
the mines; and where more than 100 men are
employed two stretchers and two woolen and
water proof blankets shall be kept at or in mines
generating fire damp. A sufficient quantity of
linseed oil, olive oil or sterilized sweet oil kept
in close packages, and also carbolized vaseline,
bandages, and linen shall be kept in the store at
the mines or at such other place as would be
convenient to the mines for use in emergencies
and bandages shall be kept at all times.

Sec. 94. Any building, erected after the pas-
sage of this act, for the purpose of housing the •
hoisting engine or boilers at any shaft, shall be housing hoist-
substantially fireproof and no boiler house shall ing engine, etc.
be nearer than sixty feet to the main shaft, orto be fireproof,
opening, or to any inflammable structure con-
nected therewith.

Sec. 95. After the passage of this act, it shall
be unlawful to place a main or principal venti- to be placed in-
lating fan inside of any coal mine. side of mine-

Sec. 96. The owner, operator, lessee or agent Regulations
of a coal mine at which the live stock is kept as to stable
underground, shall observe the following: The J^ }££t un
stable or stalls shall be separated from the main der ground.

36

MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA.

Lighted pipe,
etc, not al-
lowed in
stable.

inlet and main outlet air courses by not less than
twenty feet of solid strata or a solid wall of
brick masonry not less than twelve inches in
thickness, except at two doors not more than five
feet wide, which shall be made of steel plate not
less than one-quarter of an inch in thickness and
hinged to the solid strata or masonry without
the use of wood; the ventilation for the stable
shall be taken from the main inlet air courses by
a by-pass or separate split and returned to the
main outlet air course so that the air passing the
stables will not enter the inward working places
of the mine, and arranged so that the by-pass or
split can readily be closed at both inlet and out-
let sides of the stable by steel doors described
above; the construction of the stable inside shall
be free from pine or light lumber ; shall be of
brick masonry as much as practicable, and any
timber used shall be of hardwood of a cross sec-
tion not less than three by six inches; no hay or
straw shall be taken into the mine or stable un-
less the same be compressed into compact bales,
and then only from time to time in such quantity
as will be required for two days' use; no greater
quantity of hay or straw shall be stored in the
mine or stable, and when such is taken into the
mine it shall be taken inside the stable at once;
the lights used inside the stable shall be incan-
decent electric lamps, placed so that the same
will not be injured by the stock or persons re-
quired to enter the stable, or lanterns of rail-
road type suitable for using lard or signal oil,
and only such oil shall be used therein ; all re-
fuse and waste shall promptly be removed from
the stable and mine and shall not be allowed to
accumulate. Stables constructed underground,
after the passage and approval of this act shall
be located not nearer than one hundred and fifty
feet of any opening to the mines used as a means
of ingress and egress.

Sec. 97. It shall be unlawful for any person
to take a lighted pipe or other thing containing
fire, except lanterns as provided for in the pre-

MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA. 37

ceding section into any stable in any coal mine
in this State.

Sec. 98. No person, or persons, except those
in charge of trips, superintendents, mine fore- Persons per-
inen, electricians, machinists and blacksmiths mitted to ride
and others, when required by their duty shall °
ride on haulage trips, except a special trip of
entry cars may be operated for the purpose of
taking employees into and out of the mine, when
the distance to and from their work exceeds one
mile. No person, excepting trip riders, shall
ride on loaded car or cars, and they shall ride
only the front or rear end of the trip.

Sec. 99. No other person shall be allowed to
travel on foot to or from his work on any incline [^ave^oiTI'oot,0
plane, rope or locomotive roads, when other on piane. etc.
roads are provided for that purpose. Regula-
tion concerning the installation, maintenance
and operation of electrical apparatus in coal
mines in the State of Alabama.

Sec. 100. Voltage. — Rule 1. Electrical pres-
sure or voltage referred to in these regulations is
understood to mean that measured on all ap- Regulations
paratus wires and cables installed and used un- concerning the
derground. It not only applies to voltages ineas- J^inie^ance
ured between terminals, conductors, etc., but al- Sc!,n o?aSe&-
so to the voltage measured between any one con- tricai appara-
ductor, terminal, etc., and the earth. Rule 2. tus'
Three systems of voltages are described as fol-
lows : Class 1. Low. 300 volts direct current, or
240 volts alternating current or less. Class 2.
Med. Between 300 volts and 600 volts direct cur-
rent, or 240 volts and 480 volts alternating cur-
rent. Class 3. High. 600 volts direct current or
480 volts alternating current and higher. Rule
3. No apparatus or conductors carrying a volt-
age within class three shall be allowed in or
about working places. Rule 4. Portable appar-
atus using a voltage of class three are prohibited.
Rule 5. Electrical equipments installed after
this date shall not use any voltage higher than
that in class one in or about working places.
This does not prohibit the use of voltages defin-

MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA.

ed in classes two and three (except in or about
working places) provided such apparatus is in-
stalled and maintained according to these regu-
lations. Rule 6. Power circuits entering the
mine must be protected against lightning by
lightning arresters at all points of entrance to
the mines. Rule 7. The three wire double volt-
age system having a maximum voltage within
class two may be used provided the neutral is ef-
fectively grounded and the maximum voltage be-
tween any conductor and the earth complies with
these requirements. Rule 8. The regulations
covering the installation and maintenance of con-
ductors do not apply to the grounded or return
conductor or any grounded system. Rule 9.
Trolley wires are prohibited in any part of the
mine where safety lamps are used. Rule 10.
Series arc and incandescent systems of class
three shall not be used. Rule 11. Conductors in
shafts and slopes used as traveling ways and in
escape ways shall be protected. Rule 12. Con-
ductors of voltage of class three shall be reason-
ably protected against mechanical injury and
be adequately insulated to minimize the danger
of fire and shock. Such conductors shall not be
used where they cannot be made to comply with
these regulations. Rule 13. All trolley wires
carrying a voltage of class two must be properly
shielded except where the same are at least
6% feet above top of rail. Rule 14. Signal
wires shall be run at a safe distance and where
possible placed on side of slope or heading away
from other circuits. Rule 15. A separate or
independent circuit shall be provided for shot
firing, where done by electricity from the outside.
A switch above the surface controlling all the
shot firing circuits must be kept in a locked box,
accessible only to the authorized shot firers, and
switch not closed except to fire shots after which
it must be opened and locked opened. Rule 16.
All shot firing switches shall be kept open un-
til immediately before the shots are fired. Af-
ter the shots are fired, the switches must be

MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA. 39

locked in open position. Rule 17. No lighting
on power circuits in the mines shall be used for
firing shots except in sinking shafts or rock
slopes, and then only when a special switch for
such firing circuit is provided and fixed in a lock-
ed box accessible only to the authorized shot
firers. Rule 18. Shot firing wires, shall, where
possible, be put on the side of the heading or
slope away from power and lighting circuits.
Rule 19. WThere this system is used a suitable
means of disconnecting wiring in working
places shall be provided, and kept open at all
times, when miner is working in his place. Rule
20. Oil switches only shall be used for voltages
of class three. Rule 21. Any unusual arcing,
sparking, or heating of any of the electrical
equipment shall be reported at once to the prop-
er mine officer by the attendant or any other
person having knowledge of same.

Sec. 101. No person shall erase or change a
mark or reference or monument made in connec- Erasure of
tion with measurements; change the checks on marks, etc.,
•cars ; wrongfully check a car, or do any act with Proniblted-
reference thereto with the intent to defraud.

Sec. 102. Any employee, or other person, Qnlawful to
who shall wilfully deface, pull down or destroy deface, etc.,
any notice board, danger signal, general or spe- danger sig-
cial rules or mining laws, shall be guilty of ana1' etc
misdemeanor.

Sec. 103. All persons are forbidden to med- ctrjc wireg
die or tamper in any way with any electric or not to De
signal wires in or about the mines. tampered with.

Sec. 104. Persons not emplovees of a- coal „

, ,, . . " , ., Persons not

mine shall not enter such mine unless the con- employees not

sent of the operator or his authorized represen- to.^nte^.^
tative has been secured and shall not stand onj'
the tracks or go near the machinery or other sionr
place of danger.

Sec. 106. Whoever shall, while under the in- rntoxicated
fluence of intoxicating liquor, enter any coal persons and
mine, or any of the buildings connected with the intoxicating
operation of the same, within this State, where J|j}J|{£J fj°"
miners or other workmen are employed, or who- mines, etc.

40

MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA.

Soliciting
funds pro-
hibited.

ever, shall carry intoxicating liquors into the
same, shall be deemed guilty of an offense
against this act, and upon conviction shall be
punished accordingly.

Sec. 107. On and after the passage of this act
any coal mine superintendent, mine foreman, or
assistant mine foreman, or any other person or
persons, who shall receive or solicit any sum of
money, or other valuable consideration, from any
of his or their employees for the purpose of con-
tinuing in his or their employ, or for the purpose
of procuring employment, or procuring or keep-
ing working places shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction shall be subject
to a fine of not less than fifty dollars, nor more
than three hundred dollars, and shall be sentenc-
ed at hard labor for the county for not less than
six months.

Sec. 108. No woman of any age or boy under
^e age of fourteen shall be employed to work

. * . . F. J ,,. ~,

or about mines. or labor in or about any coal mine in this State.

Sec. 109. For the purpose of making known
the rules and provisions of this law to all per-
sons employed in or about coal mines, to which
this law applies, an abstract of the law and
Abstract of rules shall be furnished by the chief mine in-
law and rules spector and posted up in legible characters in

Woman and
boy under 14
Qot to work in

furnished and
posted.

Penalty for
Injuring.

Penalty for
willful neg-
lect, etc.

some conspicious place or places at or near the
mines where they may be conveniently read by
the persons employed, and so often as they be-
come obliterated or destroyed, the owner, oper-
ator, lessee or superintendent, shall cause them
to be renewed with all reasonable dispatch. Any
person who pulls down, injures, or defaces such
abstract of the law or rules when up in pursu-
ance of the provisions of this chapter, shall be
guilty of an offense against the law. The mine
rules and regulations so posted shall limit and
govern the amount and kind of explosives used
in said mine.

Sec. 110. Any willful neglect or refusal or
failure to do the things required to be done
by any section, clause or provision of this act.

MINING LAWS OF ALABAMA. 41

on the part of the person, or persons, herein re-
quired to do them, or any willful violation of
any of the provisions or requirements hereof, or
any willful attempt to obstruct or interfere with
any inspectors in the discharge of the duties
herein imposed upon him, shall be deemed a
misdemeanor, and unless herein otherwise pro-
vided punishable by a fine of not less than five
dollars or more than five hundred dollars, or
by imprisonment in the county jail for a period
not exceeding six months, one or both," at the
discretion of the court; provided that in addi-
tion to the above penalties, in case of the failure
of any operator to comply with the provisions
of this act in relation to the sinking of escape-
ment shafts and the ventilation of mines, the
State's attorney for the county in which such
failure occurs shall proceed against such opera-
tor by injunction without bond, to restrain him
from continuing to operate such mine until such
legal requirements shall have been fully compli-
ed with.

Sec. IIO1/^. The word person wheresoever Meanlng of
used in this act shall include corporation asso- word person,
ciation co-partnership or firm as well as an ac-
tual person.

Sec. 111. All laws and parts of laws, local,
general or special in conflict with the provisions Repeal,
of this act are hereby repealed.

Approved April 18th, 1911.

INDEX.

Section.

Abandoned mines 11,69

Accidents — in reference to 5%, 11-11^

Adjacent owner may inspect mines 73

Adjoining land — owners may inspect maps 65

Air: instruments for testing furnished by State 8

Air-way ; must not obstruct : 48

Annual report — Mine Operator to Chief Mine Inspector 13

Appointment of Inspectors — terms of office 1

Appropriation 15

Authority to stop operations of mines 10

Automatic Doors 44

— B—

Blast-firing 76

Blasting — when restricted _ 78

Blasting — when fire damp is generated 79

Blasting — charging holes 77

Blasting Powder — use of squibs 80

Exploding shot with fuse of insufficient length 81

Missed shots 82

Manner of handling explosives 83

Board of Examiners — meetings, etc. 18-19

Boilers — as to boiler plants in mines 45

Bond — may be required, of Chief Mine Inspector 2%

Boundaries— 15-foot limit 72

Boys under fourteen not to work in mines 108

Breaks — through 42

Chief Inspector — Must make report to Governor 7

Appointment, term 1

Salary _. 2

44 INDEX.

Section.

Qualifications 3-4

Duties 5-51/3

Powers 6-7, 10

Cable fastenings 55

Cages 52, 59

Cage chains 53

Cage regulations 60

Caution to miners 36

Clay — as to supply of for charging holes 77

Certificates . 18

Duplicate 20

Fraudulent 21

Qualifications for mine foremen 22

Qualifications for fire boss 23

Of service 25

Cancellation of 2<J

Check-weighmen — owners may employ 91

Controversies , 17

Cross-heads _ 56

Defraud— intent to 101

Drags — required 63%

Doors used in ventilating system to be self-closing 44

Dust — when sprinkling required 30

Duties of employees 35

Duties of Inspectors 5-5%

Duty of miner — as to props and timber 38

Duties of Mine Foremen 29

Duties of Machine men 34

Duties of Operator 1 11, 13

To employ competent fire boss 32

To furnish props 38

To furnish maps : 65

— E—

Examination of Mine Foremen and Fire Bosses 18

Examining Board — rules of procedure 19

Electrical regulations 100

INDEX.

45

Section.

Engineers — character of ___________ _ _______________________ 54

Engine and boiler house — location of ________________________ 94

Exploding shot ____________________________________________ 81

Explosives— possession of _________________________________ 87

Storing of ------------------------------------------ 84-85

Unlawful to have non-permissible ___ ._ _________________ 86-88

Mine rules limit and govern explosives ________________ 109

— F—

Fans — no ventilating fan to be placed near than 30 feet to

air-shaft ______________________________________________ 44,95

Fire ______________________________________________________ 49

Fire Boss — Qualifications __________________________________ 23

Examination of _____________________________________ 18

Unlawful to employ other than certificated _____________ 24

Who may act as ____________________________________ 31

Duty when gas exists in quantities ____________________ 32

Fire damp — notice as to ___________________________________ 11

Fire in stable — relating to ________________________________ 97

— G—

Gas — when exists in mines _________________________________ 32

Dangerous accumulations — precautions, etc _____________ 70

Gasoline — relating to use of ________________________________ 74

Gates at top _______________________________________________ 61

Governor may employ special counsel ______________________ 10

Governor may remove Inspectors -------------------------- 14

Governor shall appoint Board of Examiners ________ '. __________ 18

— H—

Haulage trips — persons not permitted to ride on ______________ 98

Hoisting Engineers ________________________________________ 54

Hoisting ropes ____________________________________________ 63

Hooks ____________________________________________________ 57

— I—

Inspection ________________________________________________ 5

Inspection of scales and record of weights ------------------- 92

46

INDEX.

Section.

Inspectors ; appointment of ; terms of office 1

Salaries of 2

Unlawful to be otherwise employed by State 4

Duties of 5%-6, Iiy2

Reports of 6

Authorized to summon witnesses, etc 6

Chief may stop operation of mines 10

Notices to 11

Chief Mine Inspector — report by Mine Operator to 13

Duty of — in case insufficient ventilation 47

Can require two available openings 39

Intoxicating liquors not permitted 106

Investigation of accidents 5%

Lamps 41

Lamps — safety, who shall have 50

Must be kept by operators 51

— M—

Machine men — duties of 34

Maps of coal mines 65

Penalties for failure to supply 66

Incorrect or imperfect 67

Of abandoned mines 60

Who may examine maps 65

Miners— caution to 36

Duty of in gaseous mines 32

Duty as to props and timber i 38

Mine foremen — qualification of 22

Unlawful to employ other than certificated 24

Who may act as 27

Assistant 28

Additional duties 29

— N—

Non-permissible explosives — unlawful to have 86-88

Notices — to inspectors 11

Notices — signals, etc., destroying of__. 102

INDEX. 47

Section.

Operator — required to furnish copy of rules to each employee 37

Must make annual report 13

Must keep stretchers, blankets, etc. 93

Oiling and greasing of cars in coal mines 75

Openings — two available when required by inspector 39

— p—

Penalties — for failure to supply maps 66

Penalties — general 110

Persons not employees — relating to 104

Pipes — as to steam pipes 46

Powder and Blasting 80

Manner of handling 83

Place and manner of storing 84-85

Powder and Blasting house 88

Props and other timber to be supplied by operator 38

— Q—

Qualification — fire bosses 23

Mine foremen 22

Inspectors 1-3 and 4

— R—

Reports — of inspectors 6

Of Chief Mine Inspector to Governor 7

Of accidents 11

Rules to be posted 109

Rules and regulations to be adopted by each operator 37

— S—

Safety catches, brakes and indicators to be attached to cages

in shafts 52

Safety lamps — who shall be entrusted with 50

Must be kept by operators, how kept, etc 51

Scales — adjustment of 9

Operator must provide 89

48 INDEX.

Section.

Shaft — deepening 58

Shaft bottom — passage way around 62

Signals, notices, etc.,— destroying of 102

Signal wires — tampering with 103

Spraying — when required 30

Squibs — use of 80

Stable — underground 96

Fire must not be taken into 97

Steam boilers 95

Steam pipes in hauling and traveling ways 46

Stretchers, blankets, etc., to be kept at mines 93

— T—

Tamping — unlawful to tamp holes with inflammable material 77

Trappers 43

Traveling to and from work 99

Ventilation of mines — self-closing doors required 40-41, 44

Ventilating furnace 45

Ventilation insufficient — duty of inspector 47

— W—

Water — dangerous accumulations of 70

Accumulations in large quantities may be removed 71

Weighing coal __ 1 90

Weighman — check 91

Witnesses summoned by inspectors . 6

Women not to work in mines 108

Working places to be examined 32,35

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