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

No. 10. MINING LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA. cvii
last preceding secHun for (lie procuriug of a right of way ou the
surface from tlie oijeiiing of a coal mine to a public road or public
roads, upon the request in writing of fifty miners employed in the
mine or mines of such owner or operator: Provided however, That
with such request satisfactory security be deposited with the mine
owner or operator by said petitioners, being coal miners, to fully and
sulliciently pay all
costs, damages and expenses caused by such proceedings
and in paying for such right of way.
Section 3. In any mine or mines, or parts thereof, wherein water
may have been allowed to accumulate in large and dangerous quantities,
putting in danger the adjoining or adjacent 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 operator or [)erson having mines so endangered,
with the approval of the inspector of the district, to proceed
and remove the said danger by driving a drift or drifts protected
by bore holes as provided by this act, and in removing said
d.Tnger it shall be lawful to drive across property lines if needful.
And it shall be unlawful for any person to dam or in any way obstruct
the flow of any water from said mine or parts thereof, when
so set free on any part of its passage to point of drainage.
Section 4. No operator shall be permitted to mine coal within
fifty feet of any abandoned mine containing a dangerous accumulation
of water, until said danger has been removed by driving a passage
way so as to tap and drain off said water as provided for in this
act: Provided, That the thickness of the barrier pillars shall be
greater and shall be in
proportion of one foot of pillar thickness to
each one and one-quarter foot of waterhead if, in the judgment of
the engineer of the property and that of the district mine inspector,
it is necessary for the safety of the persons w^orking in the mine.
Section 5. All operators of bituminous coal mines shall keep
posted in a conspicuous place at their mines the general and special
rules embodied in and made part of this act, defining the duties of
all persons employed in or about said mine, which said rules shall
be printed in the English language, and shall also be printed in such
other language or languages as are used by any ten persons working
tkerein.
It shall be the duty of the mine inspector to furnish to the
oj)erator printed copies of such rules and such translations thereof
as are required by this section, and to certify their correctness over
hit signature. The cost thereof shall be borne by the State.
ARTICLE X.
Inspectors, Examining Boards, Et Cetera.
Section 1. The board of examiners appointed to examine candidates
for the oflSce of mine inspectors under the provisions of the act