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

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No. 10. MINING LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA. Ixi
ARTICLE II.
Inspectors and Inspection Districts.
Section 1. The counties of t^usqn(^lianna, Wayne, Luzerne, Lackawanna,
Carbon, kScliuylkill, Northumberland, Columbia, Lebanon and
Dauphin, or so much of tliem as may be included under the provisions
of this act, shall be divided into eight (8) inspection distriets as
follows
Section 2. First. All that portion of the Lackawanna coal field lying
northeast of East and AVest Market streets in the city of Scranton,
and of Slocum mid Drinker streets in the borough of Dunmore,
including the coal fields of Susquehanna and Wayne counties.
Second. That portion of the Lackawanna coal field in T^ckawanna
county lying southwest of East and West Market streets in the city
of Scranton, and west of Sloeuni and Drinker streets in the borough
of Dunmore.
Third. That portion of the W^yoming coal fields situated in Luzerne
county, east of and including Plains and Kingston townships.
Fourth. The renuiining portion of the Wyoming coal field west of
Plains and Kingston townships, including the city
of Wilkes-Barre
and the boroughs of Kingston and Edwardsville.
Fifth. That part of Luzerne county lying south of the Wyoming
coal field
together with Carbon county.
Sixth. That i)art of the Schuylkill coal field in Schuylkill county
lying north of the Broad Mountain and east of a meridian line
through the centre of the borough of Girardville.
Seventh. That part of the Schuylkill coal field in Schuylkill county
lying north of the Broad Mountain and west of a meridian line through
the centre of the borough of Girardville, together with Columbia,
Northumberland and Dau|)hin counties.
Eighth. All tlKit part of the Schuylkill coal field in Schuylkill
coun(y lying south of
the Mahanoy ^'a^ey, and the county of Lebauun.
Seclion .'>. In order to fill any vacancy that may occur in the office
of Insjx'ctor of Mines by reason of exj)iration of term, resignation, reujoval
for cause or from any other reason wlKitever, the judges of
the court of Lackawanna county shall appoint an examining board
for the counties of Susiiuehanna, Wayne and Tjackawanna, and the
judges of (he court of Luzerne county shall ai»point an examining
board for the counties of Sullivan, Carlxm and Luzerne, and the
judges of Schuylkill cojinty shall appoint an examining board for the
counties of Schuylkill, Northumberland, Lebanon, Columbia and
Dauphin.
Section 4. The said Board of Examiners shall be composed of
three reputable coal miners in actual practice and two reputable