The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-03-30

Miners Dill As nndllN 'dSS'" WIN ''
inents, March -, lSS2
SECTION 1. BE 1t enacted by the people
of the State Of Illinois, represented IN the
General Assembly. That the owner or agent .
i each and every coal mine or colhery IN
rhis State employing ten men or more shall
make or cause to be made, at the discretion
If the inspector. or persons acting IN that
,apacity, an accurate map OF plan 81 INC
working of such coal mine or colhery, and
IF each and every VEN thereof, showing
the general inclination ~ the strata, 20
either with any material reflections IN the
.aid workings. and yac boundary lines 81
,aid coal mine or coliery, and deposit true
COPY If said map or plan with the Inspector
If coal mines. to be filed IN his Office, and
another true copy If said map or plan with
the recorder Of the county III which SAID
coal mine or colliery Is situated 70 he filed
m ms office both Of which said copies shall
h,. deposited as aforesaid. within three
months from the day when tins act shall 90
into effect and the original or copy 81
such map OF plan shall also be kept for IN
,pection at the office If such coal mine or
colliery and during the month If January
ii each and every year, after this act shall
W into effect the sand owner or agent shall
furnish the inspector and recorder. as af"rc-
said. with a statement and further map
or plan Of the progress of the working Of
such coal mime ur colhery continued from
The last report to the end Of the December
month lust preceding and the inspector
snail correct his map or plan Of sad work
mos in accordance with the statement and
map or plan thus furnished and when any
cal mine or collierv is worked out or aban
doned. that fact shall be reported to the in
suectur. aud the map or plan Of such coal
mine or cnlliery IN the office Of sand nspec-
W. shall re carefully corrected and vcri
utd.
Sec. ?. Whenever the owner nr agent
If any coal mine or colliery shall neglect or
refuse to furnish the said inspector and r.
order. as aforesaid with the statement.
the map or plan. or addition thereto, a.
provided III the hrst section ot this act. al
the times. and III the manner therein pro-
NIded. the said inspector Is hereby author
ized t. cause an accurate map or plan ~
the workings of such coal mne or culhyry
~ be made at the expense Of the SAID own
ar ur agent. and the cost thereof may be re-
covered bv law from SAID owner or agent.
ia the same manner as other debts. hy >uIt
Iu the name If the Inspector and for hIs
use.
Sec. 3 In all coal mines or collrrics
that are, pr have been. IN operation prior
Co. the first day IF July. in the year Of our
Lord eighteen hundred and Srventy-tWu.
ana Whiyh are worked byor through a shaft.
slope or drift. and ina which more than nj
teen miners are employed if there Is not
already an escapemrnt shaft to each ami
every said cual mine ur colliery. or a com
uuuicatiun between each and every sand
coal mine or colhery, and some other con
tlnious mine. there shall be an escaremcnt
shaft. making al least two distinct means
uf mgress and egress for all persons EN-
pluyed " permitted t. work III such coal
mime W colliery Such escapement shaft.
ur other communication with contiguous
mine as aforesaid. shall be constructed IN
connection with every vein or stratum If
coal worked in such coal mines or culleries;
and the time to he allowed for such con
structlon shall be one year for each one hun
dred feet in depth Of such escaPeInenr shaft
50 To be constructed, or fractional part
thereof And each and every such escape
nent shaft shall he separated from the
main shaft by such extent IF natural strata
Is shall secure safety To- the miners. such
distance to be left to the discretion If the
inspector or person acting IN that capacity.
And in all coal mines or cnllieries that shall
= into operation tor the first time after the
first day II July. in the year Of our Lord
eighteen hundred and seventy-tW". such
escapement shaft or other communication
with contiguous mine as aforesaid. I" he
made for the purpose aforesaid. shall he
constructed within one year after such uIIic
shall have been put into operation. where
the depth " such coal mine or c"llIerv
does not exceed one hundred feet. and IN
all coal mines that are Of greater depth
than one hundred feet there shall he al
lowed one year within which Ia construct
each hundred feet IT fractional part there
II Of such escapement Shaft. And u shall
not be lawful for the owner on agent II any
such coal mine or colliery, As aforesaid. {"
employ any person 10 work therein. "r a.
permit any person Ia % therein for the
purpose Of working, unless said owner uT
agent shall have first complied with the re-
quirements of this section. And the term
owner used in this act shall mean the
Immediate proprietor, lessee or occUIIer ~
any coal mine or cOlliery. or any part there
Of and the term agent shall mean amy
person having, on behalf Of the owner, a.
aforesaid, the care and management If any
coal mine or colliery, or any part thereof.
Sec. 4. The owner or agent Of each and
every coal mine or colliery shall provide
therefor an adequate amount Of ventila-
ton, By forcing, when practicable, the cir
culation Of pure air through to the face II
each and every working place in every such
coal mine or colliery, So that every such
coal mine or colhery shall be fit for men t.
work therein, and free from standing gas
and from danger to health and life by rea-
son Of any noxious gas. The ventilation
required by this section may be produced
by any suitable appliances, but III case
furnace shall be used for ventilating pur-
poses, il shall be built in such manner as
to prevent the communication If fire to any
part Of the works, by lining the up-cast
with incOmbustible material for a sufficient
distance up from the said furnace
Sec. 5. The owner, agent or mining
boss shall provide that bore holes shall be
kept twenty feet in advance Of the face Of
each and every working place and. if nee
essary, on both sides-when driving to
wards an abandoned mine, OF part of
mine, suspected to contain infammablc
gases, or to be inundated with water.
Sec q. The owner OF agent of every
coal mine or colliery, opened or operated
by shaft OF slope, shall provide suitable
means Of signalling between the bottom
and the top thereof, and shall also provide