1900 - Coalmininghistorypa.org

No. 11. MINING LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA. cxiii
same to the mine inspector within thirty days from the time of receiving'
it. The copies of the maps or plans of l lie several coal mines
of each district as hereinbefore required to be furnished to the
mine inspector shall remain in the care of the inspector of the district
in which the said mines are situated, as official records, to be
transferred by him to his successor in office; but it is provided that
in no case shall any copy of the same be made without the consent
of (he operator or his agent.
Section 4.
If any superintendent or operator of mines shall neglect
or fail to furnish to the mine inspector any copies of maps or plans
as hereinbefore required by this act, or if the mine inspector shall
believe that any map or plan of any coal mine made or furnished in
pursuance of the provisions of this act is materially inaccurate or
imperfect, then, in either case, the mine inspector is hereby authorized
to cause a correct survey and map or plan of said coal mine
to be made at the expense of the operator thereof, the cost of which
shall be recoverable from said operator as other debts are recoverable
by law: Provided, however, That if the map or plan which may
be claimed by the mine inspector to be inaccurate shall
prove to be
correct, then the Commonwealth shall be liable for the expense incurred
by the mine inspector in causing to be made said test survey
and map, and the cost thereof, ascertained by the Auditor General by
proper vouchers and satisfactory proof, shall be paid by the State
Treasurer upon warrants which the said Auditor General is
directed to draw for the same.
hereby
ARTICLE II.
Section 1. It shall not be lawful for the operator, superintendent
or mine foreman of any bituminous coal mine to employ more than
twenty persons within said coal mine, or permit more than twenty
persons to be employed therein at any one time unless they are in
communication with at least two available openings to the surface
from each seam or stratum of coal worked in such mine, exclusive of
the furnace upcast shaft or slope: But provided, That in any mine
operated by shaft or slope and ventilated by a fan, if the air shaft
shall be divided into two compartments, one of them may be used for
an air-way and the other for the purpose of egress and ingress from
and into said mine by the persons therein employed and the same
shall be considered a compliance with (he provisions of this section
hereinbefore set forth. And there shall be cut out or around the
side (if every hoisting shaft, or driven through the solid strata at the
bo((om thereof, a (raveling way not less than five feet high and
(luce feet wide to enable persons to pass the shaft in going from one
side of it
to the other without passing over or under the cage or other
hoisting apparatus.
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