The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-11-09

ton. And it shall not be lawful for tn
owner, agent or operator of anv sue
mine as aforesaid to employ any pei
son TO work therein. or permit an
person 10 go therein for the purpose O
working except such persons as may b.
necessary to construct such an escape
ment shaft, unless the requirements 0
this section shall have first been com
piled with; and the term "Ownerr uset
| i'll this article shall mean the immedat,
| proprietor, lessee or occupant of am
Tnlnc, or any part thereof, and the tern
agent" shall mean any person having
on behalf of the owner, the care ol
management of any mine or any par
thereof: Provided, nothing in this sec
ton shall be construed TO extend the
time allowed by law for constructing
escapement shaft claws 1887, p 2I9
Sec. 4, amended
Sec. 645S. The owner, agent OF
operator of every mine. whether oper.
ated by shaft, slope or drift, shall pro
vide and maintain for every such mine
sufficient amount of ventilation, TO be
determined by the inspector, at the
rate of one hundred cubic feet of air
per man per minute, measured at the
loot OF the dOwncast, which shall be
forced and circulated to the face of
every working place throughout the
mine, so that said mine shall be free
from standing gas of whatsoever kind :;
aud in all mines where fire-damp is
generated, every working place where
such fi%e-damp is known to exist shall
be examined every morning with a
Satety lamp by competent person,
before any other persons are allowed
to enter. The ventilation required by
TINS section may be produced by any
suitable appliances, but i'm case fur
mace shall be used for ventilating pur-
poses, it shall be built in such man.
ner as to prevent the communication of
fire to any part of the works by lining
the upcast with incombustibIe material
for sufficient distance up from said
furnace. flaws 1887, p. 220, Sec, 8,
Sec 645sh. The owner, agent or
operator shall provide that bore holes
shall be kept twenty feet in advance of
the face OF each and every working
place, and, if necessary, on both sides,
when driving toward an abandoned
mine and part of mine suspected to
contain inflammable gases or TO be in
undated with water. claws 1887, D.
22O, 6, amended.)
Sec. 645SI. The owner, agent or
operator of every mine operated bv
shaft shall provide suitable means OF
between the bottom and the
top thereof, a3d shall also provide safe
means of hOisting and lowering per-
sons i'll cage covered with boiler iron,
so TO keep safe, as far as possible, per-
sons descending into and ascending out
OF said shaft; and such cage shall be
furnished with guides to conduct it Oh
slides through such shaft, with suffi-
clent break on every drum to prevent
accident in case of the giving out or
breaking of machinery; and such cage
shall be furnished with spring catches,
intended and provided, as far as pos
slble, to prevent the consequences of
OF cable breaking or the loOsening or
disconnecting of the machinery; and
no props Or rails shall be lowered in a
cage while men are descending into or
ascending out of said mine: Provided,
that the provisions of this section in
relation to covering cages with boiler
iron shall not apply to coal mines less
than one hundred (10O) feet in depth,
where the coal is raised by horse
power. No male person under the
age of twelve (l2) years, or. female of
any age, shall be permitted TO enter
any mine TO work therein nor shall
any boy under the age Of fourteen (l4)
years, unless, he can read or write. be
allowed to work in any mine. ANY
party or person neglectiDg or refusing
10 perform the duties required TO be
performed by the provisions of this
article shall be deemed guilty of q mis-
1emeanor, and punished by fine in
he discretion OF the court trying the
same, subject, however, to the limita.
ions as provided by section 645Sd of
his article. claws 1887, p. 22l, 7,
Sec. 645Sm. No owner, agent or
operator OF any mine operated by shaft
II slope shall place in charge of any
engine whereby men are lowered into
'r hoisted out of the mines, any but all
competent aud sober per-
on hot under eighteen QS) years of |
Ige; and no person shall be permitted |
o ride upon a loaded cage or wagon
lsed for hoisting purposes in any shaft |
~ slope; and in no case shall more |
han twelve (l2) persons ride on any |
age or car at one time, nor shall any /
oal be hoisted out of any mine while |
PERSONS are decending into such mine;
nd the number of persons to ascend /
'ut OF or descend into any mine on one |
age shall be determined by the in
pector; the maximum number SO
lxed shal! not be less than four nor
more than twelve, nor shall be lower.
d or hoisted more rapidly than five
hundred feet to the minute claws
SS7, p. 22l, 5 s, amended.)
Sec. 645Sn. All boilers used i'm
steam in aud about coal
mines shall be kept in good order, and
he owner, agent or operator, as afore
aid, shall have the said boiler ex-
mined and inspected by hydrostatic
'rcssure and warm water, by a COM
'etent boiler maker or other qualified
erson, as often as once every six
months, and the result of every such
shall be certified in writ
ng to the mine Inspector; and the top
4 each and every shaft, AMI the ell
rance OF each and every immediate
Working vein, shall be securely fenced
y gates properly covering and pro-
Getting such shalt and entrance thereto:
nd the entrance 10 every abandoned
lope, air Or other shaft, shall be secure.
Y fenced off; and every steam boiler
hall be provided with proper steam
augo, water gauge and safety valve;
nd all underground self-acting or
nI nj an |
oal cars are drawn and persons travel,
hall be provided with some proper
ieans of signaling between the step
ing plac, and the end of said planes
l. gangways, and sufficient places of
Lfuge ut the sides of such planes or
anyways shall be provided at inter
ais OF not more tGan twenty feet
part. claws 1887, =. 22l, 5 .,
Sec. 645SO. Whenever loss of life
+ serious personal injury shall occur
Y reason of any explosion or of any
ccldent whatsoever, in or about any
ilne, ii shall be the duty of the person
avlng charge OF such mine to report
le facts thereof without delay to the
late mine inspector, and if any person
Killed thereby, to notify the coroner
the county also, or in his absence or
liability to act, any justice of the peace
said county; and the said inspector
lall, if he deem it necessary from the
'cts reported, immediately 60 to TIE
;ene of said accident and make sup-
estions and render such assistance as
e may deem necessary for the safety
the men; and the inspector shall in,
cstlgate and ascertain the cause of
lch explosion or accident and make n
'port thereof, which he shall preserve {.