1900 - Coalmininghistorypa.org

No. 11. BUREAU OF MINES. xv
doned, the owner or operator of such coal mine or colliery shall have
the maps and plans thereof extended to include all excavations as
far as practicable, and such portions thereof as have been worked
to or near the boundary lines of adjoining properties; or any part of
the workings which is intended to be allowed to fill with water
must be surveyed in duplicate, and such surveys must practically
agree, and certified copies of the same made on tracing cloth shall
be filed with the Chief of the Bureau of Mines, which tracing shall
be a part of the records of said Bureau. The map or plan shall be
drawn to a scale of not more than one hundred feet or not less than
four hundred feet to the inch, and shall exhibit all the workings and
excavations in each and every seam of coal, and the tunnels and passages
connecting with such workings or excavations. There shall
also be shown on each map the general inclination of the strata, with
any material deflection therein in said workings or excavations, and
shall also have the tidal elevation of the top and bottom of each
shaft and slope, of tunnels, planes and gangways or main headings,
and of any other point in the mine or on the surface, when such
shall be deemed necessary by the Chief of the Bureau of Mines. The
map or plan shall show the number of the last survey station and the
date of each survey in all gangways or main headings and in the
most advanced workings. It shall also accurately show the boundary
lines of the lands of said coal mine or colliery, and the proximity
of the workings thereto; and in case any mine contains water
dammed up in any part thereof, it shall be the duty of the owner,
operator or superintendent to cause the true location of said dam
to be accurately marked on the said map or plan, together with the
tidal elevation, inclination of the strata and area of said workings
containing water. If it should be shown that the owner, operator
or superintendent has neglected or failed to comply with the foregoing
section, the party thus offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding
three months, or both at the discretion of the court.
"Or, if it shall be shown that the owner, operator, superintendent,
engineer or surveyor who lias knowingly or designedly caused or
allowed such map or plan of any Anthracite or Bituminous mine,
abandoned for any cause, when furnished to the Bureau of Mines,
to be inaccurate or false, such owner, operator, superintendent, engineer
or surveyor thus offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
five thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or
both, at the discretion of the court.