1898 - Coalmininghistorypa.org

cxxviii MINING LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA. Off. Doc.mine foreman.A hole for shelter shall be provided at each door soas to protect said attendant from being run over by the cars whileattending to his duties, and persons employed for this purpose shallat all times remain at their post of duty during working hours:Provided, That the same person may attend two doors where the distancebetween them is not more than one hundred feet. On everyinclined plane or road in any mine where haulage is done by machineryand where a door is used, an extra door shall be providedto 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 ofstanding gas in all working places and roadways. No accumulationof explosive gas shall be allowed to exist in the worked out or abandonedparts of any mine when it is practicable to remove it, and theentrance or entrances to said worked out and abandoned places shallbe properly fenced off, and cautionary notices shall be posted uponsaid fencing to warn persons of danger.Section 2. In all mines wherein explosive gas has been generatedwithin the period of six months next preceding the passage of thisact, and also in all mines where fire-damp shall be generated, afterthe passage of this act, in sufficient quantities to be detected by theordinary safety lamp, every working place without exception andallroad ways shall be carefully examined immediately before eachshift by competent person or persons appointed by the superintendentand mine foreman for that purpose. The person or personsmaking such examination shall have received a fire boss certificateof competency required by this act, and shall use no light other thanthat enclosed in a safety lamp while making said examination. Inall cases said examination shall be begun within three hours priorto the appointed time of each shift commencing to work, and itshallbe the duty of the said fire boss at each examination to leave at theface and side of every place so examined, evidence ofAnd he shall also,his presence.at each examination, inspect the entrance or entrancesto the worked out or abandoned parts which are adjacentto the roadways and working places of the mine where fire-damp islikely to accumulate, and where danger is found to exist he shallplace a danger signal at the entrances to such places, which shall besufiicient warning for persons not to enter said place.Section 3. In any place that is being driven towards or in dangerousproximity to an abandoned mine or part of a mine suspected ofcontaining inflammable gases, or which may be inundaled withwater, bore holes shall be kept not less than twelve feet in advanceof the face, and on the sides of such working places, said side holes