1900 - Coalmininghistorypa.org

cxviii MINING LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA. Off. Doc.
mine foreman. A hole for shelter shall be provided at each door so
as to protect said attendant from being run over by the cars while
attending to his duties, and persons employed for this purpose shall
at all times remain at their post of duty during working hours:
Provided, That the same person may attend two doors where the distance
between them is not more than one hundred feet. On every
inclined plane or road in any mine where haulage is done by machinery
and where a door is used, an extra door shall be provided
to be used in case of necessity.
ARTICLE V.
Safety Lamps, Fire Bosses,
Et Cetera.
Section 1. All mines generating fire-damp shall be kept free of
standing gas in all working places and roadways. No accumulation
of explosive gas shall be allowed to exist in the worked out or abandoned
parts of any mine when it is practicable to remove it, and the
entrance or entrances to said worked out and abandoned places shall
be properly fenced off, and cautionary notices shall be posted upon
said fencing to warn persons of danger.
Section 2. In all mines wherein explosive gas has been generated
within the period of six months next preceding the passage of this
act, and also in all mines where fire-damp shall be generated, after
the passage of this act, in sufficient quantities to be detected by the
ordinary safety lamp, every working place without exception and
all road ways shall be carefully examined immediately before each
shift by competent person or persons appointed by the superintendent
and mine foreman for that purpose. The person or persons
making such examination shall have received a fire boss certificate
of competency required by this act, and shall use no light other than
that enclosed in a safety lamp while making said examination.
all
cases said examination shall be begun within three hours prior
to the appointed time of each shift commencing to work, and it
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be the duty of the said fire boss at each examination to leave at the
face and side of every place so examined, evidence of his presence.
And he shall also, at each examination, inspect the entrance or entrances
to the worked out or abandoned parts which are adjacent
to the roadways and working places of the mine where fire-damp is
likely to accumulate, and where danger is found to exist he shall
place a danger signal at the entrances to such places, which shall be
sufficient warning for persons not to enter said place.
Section 3. In any place that is being driven towards or in dangerous
proximity to an abandoned mine or part of a mine suspected of
containing inflammable gases, or which may be inundated with
water, bore holes shall be kept not less than twelve feet in advance
of the face, and on the sides of such working places, said side holes