The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-30

furnished by the operator was substan- tially ocrrect, then the cost of the sur very map or plan caused to be made by the chief mine inspector Shall be paid by the state
 Sec. 6S. The chief mine inspector may order a survey to be made between the regular survey periods, of the workings of any coal mine and the results to be extended on the maps of the same and the copies thereof, whenever. in his judg- ment, the safety of the workmen, the support of the surface. and the conserva- ton of the property or the safety of an adjoining coal mine require it.'
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 All necessary instruments for the meas urement of air in coal mines are fur nished the mine inspectors by the state as are also the set of standards and other equipment necessary in the testing of scales. beams and other apparatus used for a just weighing of coal and other materials at the coal mines. ac- cording to the state standard of weights.
 This. by the way, is one of the import ant duties of the inspectors to examine. test and cause to be adjusted as often as occasion shall demand, all scales and other apparatus used in weighing. coal at coal mines.
 Furthermore, according to section 92 of the new laws: ''The mine inspector. miners employed in the coal mines and the owner of the land or persons inter- ested in the rental and royalty of such mines, shal at all times have full right of access to scales used at said mines. including tally sheets or tally book in which the weight of coal is kept, to examine the amount of coal mined, for the purpose of testing the accuracy thereof"
 These laws also allow the miners to furnish check weighman.
 The regulation and control of weight and measure by. the state through the office of the mine inspector. is one of the strongest points of the new laws and A radical departure from old methods such as are prevalent today in the Irwin coal field of Pennsylvania. and many other coal regions and which, it may be added, are the cause of many strike.
 Here at once is a new order of things beginning in the Alabama coal fields. A Bakers Dozen of Technical Points
 One of the duties of the Inspector Is to require that proper crosscuts De made in all room pillars at such dis tance apart as may be deemed reqni' site.
 Also he must see that all entrances to worked -out or abandoned parts oi a coal mine where explosive gas mas have accumulated shall be properly fenced off and cautionary notices posted.
 In regard to insufficient ventilation the following provision is made:
 Section AT. If at any time the chie1 mine inspector or his associates arc notified or discovered that the ventfla tion in any coal mine within the state is insufficient, the said chief mine in spector or one of his associates, sha1 proceed within five days to inves ga t, said complaint or complaints by per sonal inspection of any mine or mnes in which the quality or quantity of ail is complained of. and if on investiga ton he finds that the air in any mine i. sufficient, he shall direct the operator or operators of said mines to adop such measures for the proper ventila ton of said mine as he deems -neces. sary"
 In regard to accidents the mine inspec- tors office is kept strictly en rapport Under the ruling of section II in the mining laws immediate notice of an ac- cident whereby any person receives ser ious or fatal injury must be conveyed to tle mine inspector, and the district in- spector by the operator interested.
 The following printed blank form Is filled in in every report of accidents:
 DETAILS OF ACCIDENT. Name of employer and address .......... Name of injured person ...................