The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-02-24


producing ventilation when necessary to
provide sufficient quantity of air, such as
forcing or suction fans, exhaust steam, fur
naces or other contrivances of such capacity
and power as to produce and maintain an
abundant supply of air; but in case fur
mace shall be used for ventillating purposes,
it shall be built in such n manner as to pre-
vent the communication of fire to any part
of the works by lining the upcast with in
combustible material for sufficient dis
tance up from the said furnace. All mines
generating fire damp shall be kept free
from standing gas, and every working
place shall be carefully examined every
morning with safety lamp by a competent
person or persons before any of the work
men are allowed to enter the mine and
the person making such examination shall
mark on the face on the workings the day
of the month; and in all mines whether
they generate fire damp or not, the doors
used in assisting or directing the ventilla-
ton of the mine shall be so hung and ad-
justed that they will shut of their own ac-
| cord and cannot stand open; and the owner
or agent shall employ practical inside
overseer to be called a mining boss, who
shall keep careful watch over the ventil-
lating apparatus, and the airways, travel
ing ways, pumps and timbers, also drain
age; also shall see that the miners advance
their excavations; also that all loose coal
slate and rock overhead are carefully secured
against falling in or upon the travelling
ways, and that sufficient timber of suitable
lengths and sizes is furnished for the
places where they are to be used and placed
in the working places of the miners; and
he shall measure tine ventilation at least
once week at the inlet and outlet, and
also at or near the face of all the entries,
and the measurement of air SO made shall
bo noted on blanks furnished by the mine
inspector, and on the first week day of
each month, the mining boss of each mine
shall sign one of such blanks, properly
filled, and forward the same by mail to the
mine inspector, copy of which shall be
filed at the office of the coal company, sub
ject to inspection by the miners
Section 5. No person shall knowingly be
employed as an engineer, or take charge
of any machinery or appliance whereby
men are lowered into or hoisted out of any
mine but an experienced, competent and
sober person; and no person shall ride
upon loaded wagon or cage used for hoist
ing purposes in any shaft or slope. No
young person under twelve years of age or
woman or girl Of any age shall be per-
mitted to enter any coal mine to work
therein, nor any minor under the age of
16 years unless he can read and write.
Section 6. All safety lamps used for e1-
amining coal mines shall be the property
of the owner of the mine, and shall be un-
der the charge of the agent thereof. The
term "owner" in this act shall mean the
immediate proprietor lessee, or occupier of
any coal mine or colliery, or any part there
of; and the term agent shall mean any
person having on behalf of the owner. as
aforesaid, the care and management of any
coal mine or colliery, or any part thereof
hpil -,
steam in and about coal mines and collier
les shall be kept in good order and the
owner or agent as aforesaid, shall have said
boilers examined and inspected by COM
petent boiler maker or other well qualified
person as often as once in every six months
and the result of every such examination
shall be certified in writing to the mining
inspector; and every steam boiler shall be
provided with a proper steam guage water
gauge and safety valve; and all under
ground self-acting or engine planes or
gangways on which coal cars are drawn
and persons travel shall be provided with
some proper means of signaling between
the stopping places and the ends of said
planes or gangways, and sufficient places
of refuge at the sides of such planes or
gangways shall be provided at intervals of
| not more than fifty feet apart and there
shall be cut in the side of every hosting
shaft at the bottom thereof travelling
way sufficiently high and wide to enable
persons to pass the shaft in going from one
side of the mine to the other without pass
ing over or under tho cage or hoisting ap-
paratus.
Section 8. Whenever loss of lifc or Sc
rious personal injury shall occur by reason
OF any explosion or of any accident what
soeyer IN or about any coal mine or col
licry it shall be the duty of the owner or
agent thereof to give notice to the mine
inspector and if any person is killed there
by, to the coroner of the county also, and
the inspector shall Immediately 20 to the
scene of said accident and render such as
sistance as he may deem necessary for the
safety of the men, and shall ascertain by
the testimony before the coroner or by
taking other evidence, tho cause of such
explosion or accident, and file record there
of in his Office
Section 8. In all coal mines in the State
the miners employed and working therein.
the owners OF the land or other persons inter
ested in the rental or royalty of any such
mine, shall at all proper times have full
right of access and examination of all scales
machinery or apparatus used in or about
such mine to determine the quality of coal
mined, Tor the purpose of testing the ac-
curacy OF all such scales, machinery. or an
paratus, and such land owncrs, or other
persons may designate or appoint com
potent person to act for them, who shall at
all proper times have full right of access
and examination of such scales, machinery
or apparatus, and seeing all weights and
measures of coal mined, and the accounts
kept Of the same; but not more than one
person on behalf of the land owners or other
persons in the rental or royalty Jointly.
shall have such right of access, examina-
ton and inspection of scales, weights, meas
ures and accounts at the same time. and
that such persons shall make no unneces-
sary interference with the use of such
| scales, machinery or apparatus; and tho
miners employed in any mine may, from
time to time, inspect, not oftener than once
in every month, the mine and the machin-
cry connected Herewith, and to measure the
ventiiating current, and if the owner agent
OF manager so desires, he may accom- oany
said miners by himself or two or more per
sons whom he may appoint for that pur-
pose; the owner, agent or manager shall
afford every necessary facility for making
such inspection and measurement. but the
said miners shall not in any way interrupt
or impede the work going on in the mine at
the time of such inspection and measure
ment.
Section 10. Any miners, workmen or
other person who shall Intentionally