Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-02-14
VENT1LATiNG COAL MINES.
An ACT TO SECURE the HEALTH AND
SAFETY or PERSONS WORKING IN THE
BITuMiSous COAL MINES IN THIS STATE.

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INDUSTRY lhuicateu mas ucco"o
proh'apie business III our county, W.
propose 10 give our reauetS i'9'n .,'n' ...'
10 ''mo ali 'ho 1i''ornla,i1n 5,, Vear.nt t
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AN ACT providing the means ior secur
ing the health ana safety OF persons
employed IN the Dltumlhous Goa
mines oi rennsyVania'
SECTION /. Be II enacted oy the sen
ate ana House OF Representatives o.
the commonwealth oi fehnsyNahia
IN deneral Assembly mei,ahd IL Is mere
by enacted by the authority OF the
same, That the owner or agent oil every
bituminous coal mine or oolliery shalI
make, or cause to be made, within slS
months after the passage oi inns act
an accurate map or plan oi the WORK
ings OF such coal NINE OF coiliery on
scale not exceeding TWO hundred iee'
TO the inch, aud showing the bearing
ana distances, whicl Snhi' W AePt ioi
use OF the inspector III inc once AZ lh'
mine OF said coal mlne or collery th'
said owner or agent shaii cause on OF
before the lOth day oil January ID every
year, plan OF the progress OF th'
workings oi snch coai mines uuflnS 'h'
year past 10 De marked on tho orig'ha
map or plan oil inc said coai NINE o'
colliery, ana the inspector snali nave
ihe right at all times 10 nave posses
SION oil any sueh map OF pan o
the sald coal nlihe OF coillery
either at tue mines OF ms olico
TO draw copy therei'onl ior nis o"i
Econvenlence Il the owner OF agent o
any coal mine shall neglect or refuse
or from any cause iall lor Tue p'r'ou o
two months alter the tlme prescrloco
as hereby required OF u thc inspector
shall find or have reason 10 neiieV'
that any map or plan OF any coal mine
iurnlshedin pursuance OF Tue provisions
Of this net Is materially inaccurate OF
imperfect, he Is hereby authoflzeu t'
canse correct map or plan oil ih'
actual workings oi SAID coal mine TO Dc
made at the expense OF tue owner
thereof the cost oil when sha'l DC re
cOvemble from the sall owner us othei
debts are recoverable by law fro
vided, That II the map or plan whicf
he claimed TO be correct shall prove 70
have been correct, then aforesaid OK
pensos shall be paid by the said IN
spector and may be recovered from him
in like manner.
SIC. 2. 1t shall not be lawful after
six months from the passage OF this
act for the owner or agent OF any btu
minous coal mine to employ any per
son at work within SAID coal NINE, Oh
permit any person to be IN Siild Goa
mine, for the purpose oi working
therein, unless they are IN com
munication with at least two openings
separated by natural strata, OF not les'
than one hundred ana hity ieet II
BREADTH II the mine DO worked oy
shaft OF slope, and oi not less tnai
twenty four feet, iithe mine DC WORKED
| by DRIFT, and that not more than twenty
persons shall be employed IN the m'h'
at any one time untll the second open
Ing shall be reached ana mace aVaila
ble, and IN case OF furnace Vehtla,io'
being used before the second opening
, Is reached, the furnace snaii not u
placed within iorty iect OF inc Ioot q
the shail, and shall be wen secure'
from danger from hre, by orlck 0
stone walls OF sniilclent thickness, an
the mine, WINE uilVing ior anu perlec'
: ing second opening, lne owner o
: agent shall proVide ana MAINTAIN
! metal tube from the Top 10 ,he uotto'
OF the slope or SHAFT, sui'ao'y auap'e
TO the iree passage oil SOUND throuS
; which conversation may DC heiu o'
tween persons ut the potion ana u
3 the top oil the smart OF slope a'so tn
ordinary means OF slghanng 10 an
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