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of entries, as found at each semiannual survey, and in rooms and entries adjacent to boundary lines between such mine and any adjoining mine or mines at points not more than three hundred feet apart; also the number of last survey station and the date of such survey on the entries, as they are represented on the map; the location of streams, rivers, lakes, dams, or any other bodies of water on the surface, with their elevations accurately and plainly marked; the location and elevation of any body of water dammed in the mine, or held back in any portion of the mine, giving the true area of said body of water, unless inaccessible before the passage of this act; the location of all bore holes penetrating the coal strata; and the location of all oil and gas wells and oil and gas pipe lines: Provided, however, For the purpose of this paragraph, the owner or owners of the oil and gas wells and the oil and gas pipe lines shall furnish, at his, their, or its own expense, to the operator of the mine on which said wells are located or lines are constructed, a survey showing the location thereof, within sixty days after the passage of this act, or within a like time after the construction or location of wells and pipe lines hereafter made.

SEC. 2. When the workings of a mine are within three hundred feet of the boundary lines between such mine and any adjoining mine or mines, application shall be made by the operator or the superintendent to the inspector for information as to the proximity of the workings of such adjoining mine or mines, and if the workings of such adjoining mine or mines are, at their nearest point, within three hundred feet of such boundary line, the inspector shall so notify the said operator or the said superintendent, who shall have such portion of the workings of said adjoining mine or mines surveyed and shown on the map of the mine first mentioned. For the purpose of making only the survey herein required, the engineer or surveyor of any mine shall have the right of entry into any adjoining mine, on the written authority of the inspector. SEC. 3. A true copy of said map shall be kept in the mine office at the mine, for the use of the mine officials and the inspector, and for the inspection (in the presence of the superintendent or the mine foreman) of any person working in said mine, whenever said person shall fear that any working place is becom ing dangerous by reason of its proximity to other workings that may contain dangerous accumulations of water or noxious gases.

SEC. 4. At least once every six months the operator or the superintendent of every mine shall cause to be shown accurately on the original map of said mine, and on the copy of the map in the mine office, all the excavations made therein during the time that has elapsed since such excavations were last shown thereon.

The operator or the superintendent, at the request of the inspector, in writ ing, shall order that any portion of any mine shall be surveyed and entered on the original map, when in the opinion of the inspector such portion of the mine is approaching accumulations of water or noxious gases. And whenever any of the workings or excavations of any mine shall be driven to their destination, it shall be the duty of the operator or the superintendent to cause the mining engineer or surveyor to check up all his previous work and notes of said mine, so that he can certify that the said map shows correctly all the excavations made therein, as he is required to do by section six of this article. SEC. 5. The operator or the superintendent of every mine shall furnish the inspector of the district with a true and correct copy of the aforesaid original map of said mine, on tracing cloth, and at the end of every six months thereafter the inspector shall return said copy to the operator or the superintendent, who shall place or cause to be placed thereon all the extensions made, and all

portions of the mine worked out or abandoned, during the preceding six months, as provided for in section four of this article, and shall forward the map to the inspector within thirty days from the time of receiving it: Provided, That in lieu of the map on tracing cloth as aforesaid, the operator or the superintendent shall have the privilege of furnishing every six months a blue print showing the complete workings of the mine to date. When more than one seam of coal is being worked in any mine, the inspector shall be provided with a separate copy of the original map on tracing cloth or a blue print of the complete workings of each seam, as provided for in this article. The copies of the maps of the several mines, as hereinbefore required to be furnished to the inspector, shall remain in the care of the inspector of the district in which said mines are situated, as official records pertaining strictly to the office of said inspector, to be transferred by him to his successor in office, and in no case shall any copy thereof be made or any information therefrom be given to any person without the consent of the operator, except as provided for in section two of this article. SEC. 6. Whenever a mine is worked-out or abandoned, the operator or the superintendent shall, within sixty days thereafter, extend the inspector's map to show clearly all the worked-out or abandoned territory, with all property and boundary lines and elevations, as required in section one of this article. The owner or the operator of the abandoned mine shall also, within sixty days after its abandonment, send to the Department of Mines a tracing of said complete original map, which shall be kept in the department as a public document. The mining engineer or surveyor shall certify that said tracing is a true and correct copy of the original map of said mine, and that the original map is a true, complete, and correct map and survey of all the excavations made in said abandoned mine.

SEC. 7. If the inspector shall have reason to believe that any map of any mine, furnished to him in pursuance of the provisions of this article, is inaccurate or imperfect, he is hereby authorized to have made a survey and a new map of said mine. The cost of said survey and map shall be recoverable from the operator as other debts are recoverable by law: Provided, however, That if the map claimed by the inspector to be inaccurate or imperfect shall be found sufficiently accurate to serve the purpose for which it is intended, then the Commonwealth shall be liable for the expense incurred in making said survey and map, which expense shall be paid by the state treasurer, upon warrant of the auditor general, issued upon the presentation of voucher approved by the chief of the department of mines.

MAPS OF MINES AND WORKINGS.

LAWS 1911, P. 954.

JUNE 15, 1911.

AN ACT requiring owners, lessees, or operators of bituminous coal or clay mines to furnish the owners or lessees of adjoining coal or clay lands with maps of the mines and workings along the division line of such coal or clay lands, and permitting the owners or lessees of such adjoining coal or clay lands to enter such mines and make surveys, and to verify the accuracy of such maps.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.:

That after the passage of this act, upon written request so to do, the owners or owner, lessee or lessees, or operator, of each bituminous coal or clay mines in this Commonwealth, shall provide, furnish, give, or lend to the owner or owners, or lessee or lessees, of adjoining coal or clay lands a true map and plat of such mines, made from actual survey, showing all rooms, headings, and workings convenient to and along the division line of such adjoining coal or clay lands; and on the neglect, failure, or refusal to comply with such written

request, or for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of such map or plat furnished in compliance with such written request, the owner or owners, or lessee or lessees, of such adjoining coal or clay lands, shall have the right to enter such mines, with or by such agents, surveyors, and assistants as shall be required for this purpose, and ascertain and verify by surveys and measurements the true condition plan, plat, and workings of such mines, convenient to and along the division line of such adjoining coal or clay lands. At least five days' notice shall be given to the operator or superintendent of such mines, before entering the same for the purpose aforesaid. The time selected for such entry and survey shall be such as shall least interfere with the active operations of such mines.

MINE BUILDINGS FIREPROOF.

INCOMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS REQUIRED.

LAWS 1911, P. 979.

JUNE 15, 1911.

AN ACT to safeguard life in the coal mines of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and to protect and preserve the property connected therewith, by providing that all inside buildings shall be constructed of incombustible material; and providing penalties for failure to comply with the terms of this act; and making a violation thereof by mine superintendents a misdemeanor.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.:

That within six months after the approval of this act, all buildings inside of any coal mine in Pennsylvania, including engine houses, pump-houses, stables, etc., shall be constructed of incombustible material, approved in writing by the chief of the department of mines: Provided, however, That the time may be extended by the chief of the department of mines for a period not exceeding six months, upon sufficient cause shown by any person, firm, or corporation, of inability to comply with the provisions of section one as to the time therein specified.

SEC. 2. Any company failing to comply with section one of this act shall be subject to a penalty of five hundred dollars, to be recoverable by the Commonwealth as debts of like amount are now by law recoverable. Any superintendent of a coal mine failing to comply with section one of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred dollars, or undergo imprisonment in the county jail for a period of ten days, or both, at the discretion of the court.

SEC. 3. The fines collected for violations of this act shall be paid to the department of mines, and the department of mines shall pay the same into the treasury of the Commonwealth.

SEC. 4. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed.

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MINE FOREMEN-EMPLOYMENT AND DUTIES.

ANTHRACITE MINES.

MINING BOSS (FOREMAN)-DUTIES.

LAWS 1869, P. 852

APRIL 12, 1869.

AN ACT for the better regulation and ventilation of mines and for the protection of the lives of the miners in the county of Schuylkill.

NOTE. Copies of Secs. 3, 4, and 9 are inserted here. The originals are also included in the act under the title Mining Operations-Anthracite Coal Mines. (See p. 599.)

SEC. 3. It shall also be the duty of said superintendents, lessees, operators, owners, mining agents and other person or persons controlling and directing the mining of anthracite coal in the county aforesaid, to select and employ one competent and qualified person for each of said mines or collieries, who shall be known as the mining boss, who shall be by them paid, and who, in addition to such other duties as he may contract to perform, shall keep a careful watch over the air-ways, the traveling ways, the timbering, and all things connected with the safety of the workmen; and also, in connection with his assistants, shall examine carefully the whole of the workings every morning before the miners enter the colliery, and shall ascertain that they be free from danger; and the workmen shall be prevented from entering any portion of the mines until such examination has been made, and the causes of danger be removed; and all entrances to any place containing dangerous gas of any kind shall be by him properly fenced off, so as to prevent access thereto.

SEC. 4. All safety lamps used in mines shall be the property of the operator or lessee of said mines, and shall be under the exclusive charge of the mining boss; and it shall be the duty of such mining boss to keep the said lamps in good order, and to provide that all doors used for assisting or in any way affecting the ventilation shall be so hung that they will close of their own accord; and the main doors in collieries, in which the inspector hereinafter named shall deem it necessary and so order, shall be provided with a boy, whose constant business shall be to guard them and prevent their being left open.

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SEC. 9. The neglect or refusal of any mining boss to perform the duties enjoined upon him by the provisions of section 4 of this act shall be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof he shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, and imprisonment at the discretion of the court trying the

same.

EMPLOYMENT OF MINING BOSS.

LAWS 1870, P. 3.

MARCH 3, 1870.

AN ACT providing for the health and safety of persons employed in coal mines.

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NOTE. Sec. 8 only of this act is inserted under this title on the theory that the mining boss is the same as a mine foreman. The body of the act is under the title Mining Operations-Anthracite Coal Mines. (See p. 601.)

SEC. 8. The better to secure the ventilation of every coal mine and colliery, and provide for the health and safety of the men employed therein, otherwise and in every respect, the owner or agent, as the case may be, in charge of

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