1900 - Coalmininghistorypa.org

No. 11. MINING LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA. cxlii
Rule 52.
No greater number of persons shall be hoisted or lowered
at any one time in any shaft than is permitted by the mine inspector,
and whenever said number of persons shall arrive at the bottom
of the shaft in which persons are regularly hoisted or lowered, they
shall be furnished with an empty cage and be. hoisted, and in cases
of emergency a less number shall be promptly hoisted. Any person
or persons crowding or pushing to get on or off the cages shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
Kule 58. Each workman, when engaged shall have his attention directed
to the general and special rules by the person employing him.
Rule 54. Workmen and all other persons are expressly forbidden
to commit any nuisance or throw into, deposit, or leave coals or dirt,
stones or other rubbish in the air way or road so as to interfere with,
pollute, or hinder the air passing into and through the mine.
Rule 55. No one, except a person duly authorized by the mine
foreman, shall have in his possession a key or other instrument for
the purpose of unlocking any safety lamp in any mine where locked
safety lamps are used.
Rule 5G. Every abandoned slope, shaft, air hole or drift shall be
properly fenced around or across its entrance.
Rule 57. No safety lamps shall be entrusted to any person for use
in mines until he has given satisfactory evidence to the mine foreman
that he understands the proper use thereof and danger of tampering
with the same.
Rule 58. No person shall ride upon or against any loaded car or
cage in any shaft or slope in or about any bituminous coal mine;
no person other than the trip runner shall be permitted to ride on
empty trips on any slope, inclined plane or dilly road, when the
speed of the cars exceeds six miles per hour. The transportation of
tools in and out of the mines shall be under the direction of the mine
foreman.
Rule 59.
No persons other than the drivers or trip runners shall
be permitted to ride on the full cars.
Rule 60. In mines where coal dust has accumulated to a dangerous
extent, care shall be exercised to prevent said dust from floating in
the atmosphere by sprinkling it
practicable.
with water, or otherwise, as far as
Rule 61. In cutting of clay veins, spars or faults in entries, or
other narrow workings going into the solid coal in mines where explosive
gases are generated in dangerous quantities, a bore hole shall
be kept not less than three feet in advance of the face of the work,
or an advance of any shot hole drilled for a blast to be fired therein.
Rule 62. The engineer placed in charge of an engine whereby persons
are hoisted out of or lowered into any mine shall be a sober
competent person, and not less than twenty-one years of age.