1900 - Coalmininghistorypa.org

cxxxvi MINING LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA. Off. Doc.
the mine inspector or mine foreman has reason to doubt the fact of
any particular boy being as old as this act requires for the service
which said boy is performing at any mine, it shall be the duty of said
mine inspector or mine foreman to report the fact to the superintendent,
giving the name of said boy, and the said superintendent shall
at once discharge the said boy.
ARTICLE XVIII.
Stretchers.
Section 1. It shall be the duty of operators or superintendents to
keep at the mouth of the drift, shaft, or slope, or at such other place
about the mine as shall be designated by the mine inspector, a
stretcher properly constructed, and a woolen and a waterproof
blanket in good condition for use in carrying away any person who
may be injured at the mine: Provided, That where more than two
hundred persons are employed two stretchers and two woolen and
two waterproof blankets shall be kept. And in mines generating
fire-damp a sufficient quantity of linseed or olive oil, bandages and
linen shall be kept in store at the mines for use in emergencies, and
bandages shall be kept at all mines.
ARTICLE XIX.
Annual Reports.
Section 1. On or before the twenty-fifth day of January in each
year the operator or superintendent of every bituminous coal mine
shall send to the mine inspector of the district in which said mine is
located a correct report, specifying with respect to the year ending
the thirty-first day of December preceding, the name of the operator
and officers of the mine and the quantity of coal mined. The report
shall be in such form and give such information regarding said mines
as may be from time to time required and prescribed by the mine
inspector of the district.
Blank forms for such reports shall be furnished
by the Commonwealth.
ARTICLE XX.
Additional Duties of Mine Foreman.
Section 1. Rule 1. The mine foreman shall attend personally to his
duties in the mine and carry out all the instructions set forth in this
act and see that the regulations prescribed for each class of workmen
under his charge are carried out in the strictest manner possible,
and see that any deviation from or infringements of any of
them are promptly adjusted.
Rule 2. He shall cause all stoppings along the airways to be properly
built.