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

Ixxxvi MINING LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA. Off. Doc.
of the moving car or cars, and said space or passage-way shall always
be kept free from obstructions.
Kule 48. No miner or laborer shall run cars out of any breast or
chamber or on any gravity road unless he is a suitable person, employed
by the mine foreman for that particular work; and no person
shall be emploj-ed by any mine foreman to perform such work,
under the age of sixteen (16) years.
Rule 49. Safety holes shall be made at the bottom of all slopes
and planes and be kept free from obstruction to enable the footman
to escape readily in case of danger.
Rule 50. Safety blocks or some other device for the purpose of
preventing cars from falling into a shaft or running away on a slope
or plane, shall be placed at or near the head of every shaft, slope or
plane, and said safety blocks or other device must be maintained in
good working order.
Rule 51. No person shall travel on any gravity train while cars
are being hoisted or lowered thereon. Whenever ten (10) persons arrive
at the bottom or top of any plane on which it is necessary lor
men to travel, traffic thereon shall be suspended for a period of time
long enough to permit them to reach the top or bottom of said plane.
Rule 52. No mine cars shall be used in any mine unless the
bumpers are of sufficient length and width to keep the bodies of said
cars separated by not less than twelve (12) inches when the cars
stand on a straight level road and the bumpers touch each other.
Rule 53. It shall be the duty of the owner, operator or superintendent
of any or all coal breakers, to have them properly heated in
order to prevent injury to the health of pin-sons employed therein.
Rule 54. For the purpose of making known the rules and the provisions
of this act to all persons employed in
or about such mine or
colliery (o which (his act applies, an abstract of the act and rules
shall be posted up in legible characters in some conspicuous place
or places at or near the mine or colliery, where they may be conveniently
read by the persons employed, and so often as the same becomes
obliterated or destroyed the owner, operator or superintendent
shall cause them to be renewed wi(h all reasonable dispatch. Any
person who pulls down, injures or defaces such abstract of the act or
rules when j)Osted up in pursuance to the provisions of this act, shall
be guilt^'^
of an offense against this act.
Rule 55. No person or persons working in any coal mine or colliery
shall cut any props or timbers while the same are in position to
support the roof or sides. When it becomes necessary to remove
any of the said props or timbers for (he purpose of mining coal that
may be sup[)orted by the same, to dislodge any of the said props or
timbers, it must be done by blasting.
Rule 56. It shall not be lawful for any mine foreman or superintendent
of any mine or colliery to employ any person who is not com-