Report of the Bureau of Mines of the Department of Internal Affairs of ...

No. 10. MINING LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA. Ixxxv
shall be dosignated by the superintendent or foreman to be at their
proper places from the time that persons begin to descend, until all
the i^ersons who may be at the bottom of said shaft or slope when
quitting work shall be hoisted. Such headman and footman shall
personally attend to
the sigmils and see that the provisions of this
act, in i'esj)ect to lowering and hoisting persons in shafts or slopes,
shall be complied with.
Rule 41. No person, excei^t the man giving the signal, shall jump
on a car, cage or gunboat after the signal to start has been given,
and if any person should enter a car, cage or gunboat in excess of
the lawful uumber the headman or footman shall notify him of the
fact and request him to get off, which request must be immediately
complied with. Any violation of this rule must be reported promptly
to the mine foreman.
Kule 42. An empty trip shall be hoisted in any shaft or slope where
the engine has been standing idle for an hour or more, before men
are hoisted or low'ered in said shafts or slopes, and no person or persons
shall ascend any shaft or slope when working on the night turn,
until one trip shall first be hoisted therein.
Kule 43. Every passage-way used by persons in any mines and
also used for transportation of coal or other material, shall be made
of sufficient width to permit persons to pass moving cars with
safety, but if
found impracticable to make any passage-way of sufficient
width, then holes of ample dimensions, and not more than one
hundred and fifty (150) feet apart, shall be made on one side of said
passage-wa}'. The said jjassage-way and safety holes shall be kept
free from obstructions and shall be well drained;
the roof and sides
of the same shall be made secure.
Kule 44. When locomotives are used in any mine their speed shall
not exceed six (G) miles per hour, and an efficient alarm shall be provided
and attached to the front end of every train of cars pushed by
a locomotive in any mine or part of a mine.
Kule 45. Locomotives propelled by steam, if using fire, shall not be
used in any passage-way which is also used as an intake air-way to
any mine or part of a mine where persons are employed, unless there
be a suffiecient quantity of air circulating therein to maintain a
healthy atmosphere.
Kule 46. No person shall couple or uncouple loaded or empty cars
while the same are in motion: Provided however, That this shall not
apply to the top or bottom men of sloi)es, ])lanes or shafts.
Rule 47. When cars are run on gravity roads by breaks or sprags,
the runner shall only ride on the rear end of the last car, and when
said cars are run by sprags, a space of not less than two (2) feet from
the body of the car shall be made on one or both sides of the tracJ-'.
wherever it may be necessarj^ for the runner to pass along the ^iid?'