1900 - Coalmininghistorypa.org

clii MINING LAWS OP PENNSYLVANIA. Off. Doc.
coal mining practiced in the State, method of mining, ventilation,
machinery employed, structure and character of the several coal
seams operated, and of the associated strata, the circumstances and
responsibility of mine accidents, economy of coal production, coal
waste, area and exhaustion of coal territory, and such other matters
as may pertain to the general welfare of coal miners and others
connected with coal mining, and the interests of coal mine owners
and operators in this Commonwealth.
Section 6. The Chief of the Bureau of Mines shall keep in his
office a journal or record of all examinations made and work done
under his administration, and copies of all official communications,
and is hereby authorized to procure such books, instruments and
chemical or other tests as may be found necessary to the proper discharge
of his duties under this act, at the expense of the State. All
instruments, plans, books and records pertaining to the office shall
be the property of the State, and shall be delivered to his successor
in office.
Section 7. The Chief of the Bureau of Mines shall at all times
be accountable to the Secretary of Internal Affairs for the faithful
discharge of the duties imposed upon him by law, and the administration
of his office and the rules and regulations pertaining
to said Bureau shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary
of Internal Affairs, who is hereby empowered to appoint an assistant
to the Chief of the Bureau, at a salary of fourteen hundred
dollars per annum, and a messenger at a salary of three hundred
dollars per annum: And provided further, That the salaries of
the Chief of the Bureau of Mines, his assistant and the messenger,
shall be paid out of the State Treasury in the manner as other employes
of the Department of Internal Affairs are now paid. Provided,
That the Chief of said Bureau of Mines may be removed or
suspended at any time by the Secretary of Internal Affairs, when
in the opinion of said Secretary there has been a neglect of duty or a
failure to comply with the law, or the instructions of the Secretary
of Internal Affairs.
Section 8. No person who is acting as a land agent, or as manager,
viewer or agent of any mine or colliery, or who is interested
in operating any mine or colliery, shall at the same time serve as
Chief of the Bureau of Mines under the provisions of this act.
Section 9. That the mine inspectors of each district of this State
shall, within six months after the final passage and approval of
this act, deposit in the Bureau of Mines an accurate map or plan of
such coal mine, which may be on tracing muslin or sun print, drawn
to a prescribed scale; which map or plan shall show the actual location
of all openings, excavations, shafts, tunnels, slopes, planes, main