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

No. 10. MINING LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA. cxxi
destruction, be shall then at once stoj) it and notify the mine foreman
immediately and give immediate warning to persons in the
mine.
Duties of Furnaeemen.
Rule 27. The furnace man must attend to his duties with regularity,
and in ease he should be likely to be off work for any reason
whatever, he must give timely notice to the mine foreman.
Rule 28. The furnace man must at all times keep a clear, brisk
fire and the fire must not be smothered with coal or slack during
working hours, nor shall he allow ashes to accumulate excessively
on or under the bars, or in the approaches to the furnace, and ashes
shall be cooled before being removed.
- Rule 29. The furnace man must promptly obey the instructions of
the mine foreman.
Rule 30.
SHAFTS AND SLOPES.
Duties of Hookers-On.
The hookers-on at the bottom of any slope shall be very
careful to see that the cars are properly coupled to a rope or chain
and that the safet^^-catch or other device is properly attached to the
car before giving the signal to the engineer.
Duties of Cagers.
Rule 31. The eager at the bottom of any shaft shall not attempt to
withdraw the car until the cage comes to rest, and when putting the
full car on the cage he must be very careful to see that the springs
or catches are properly adjusted so as to keep the car in its
proper
place before giving the signal to the engineer.
Rule 32. At every shaft or slope mine in which provision is made
in this act for lowering and hoisting persons, a headman and footman
shall be designated by the superintendent or mine foreman, who
shall be at their proper places from the time that persons begin to
descend until all the persons who may be at the bottom of said shaft
or slope, when quitting work, shall be hoisted; such headman and
footman shall personalh* attend to the signals and see that the provisions
of this act in respect to lowering or hoisting persons in shafts
or slopes shall be complied with.
Rule 33. He shall not allow any tools to be placed on the same cage
with men or boys, nor on either cage when persons are being hoisted
out of the mine, or being lowered into the mine, except when for the
purpose of rejtairing the shaft or machinery therein. The men shall
place their tools in cars provided for (hat ]»nr])ose which car, or cars,
shall be hoisted or lowered before and after the men have been
hoisted or lowered. And he shall immediately infonn the mine fore
man of any violation of this rule.