The Nome daily nugget., 1915-08-07
AMENDMENTS TO MINES iNsPEc.
 TON ACT.
CHAPTER ss. lS. R. 23.l


 WATER:
 (a) That when advancing a drift, audit. level or incline toward a work Ing suspected to be filled with water. a bore hole must be kept at least ten feet in advance of the breast of the drive; and also. If necesseary, in direc- tions laterally from the course of the drive. Such additional precautionary deemed necessary by the mine in- spector. to obviate the danger of a sudden breaking through of water.
 (b) That no raise shall be allowed to approach within ten feet of any DOT ton of a wing. or a stope, in which there Is a dangerous accumulation of water.
 Co That in every mine where. in the opinion of the mine inspector, there is danger of sudden thrush of water, such additional raises, drifts, or other workings shall be constructed as are necessary to insure the escape of workmen from the lower workings; and all sumps and places for the storage of water in mines. shall be so constructed as to prevent leakage, as far as possible and insure the safety of the men working below the same.
 (d) That it shall be unlawful for any operator to impOund water wi,hin any mine. in which men are working below the water so impounded, In such s manner as to endanger the safety of such men. unless such water be i'm pounded by a dam or dams. or wall CT walls approved by the mine inspector.
 Section 20. MINORS NOT TO :;E EMPLOYED: That boys under the age of sixteen years shall not be em- ployed underground in a mine.
 "Section 2l INTOxICATED PER SONS NOT ALLOWED IN MINES: That no intoxicated person shall be allowed to enter a mine. Nor shall any intoxicated person be allowed to re- main in any mine. Nor shall any in- 
 to be taken, into any mine.
 Section 22. VISITORS: That strangers and visitors shall not be al- lowed underground in any mine, un- less accompanied by the owner. off, cial or employee deputized to accom- pany them.
 Section 23 REVELATIONS: An adequate amount of ventilation shall at all times be produced so that all mine workings and the roads to and from such workings shall be free from in such a state that a light will burn freely at all times in any working por- tion of, the mine. That all old timbers shall be. as soon as practicable. taken from the mine, and shall not be piled up and permitted to decay under ground.
 'Section 24 SIGNAL SYSTEM:
 (a) That each mine shall adopt its own set of station signals. and that such station signals shall be given be- fore the hoist or lower signals pro- vided herein; that the engineer shall not move the cage. skip or bucket un- less he understands the signal.
 tb) That the official code of signals herein provided for. and the station signals adopted or to be adopted by each mine. shall be posted at all hoist engines. In plain sight of the engineer at the collar of each shaft. and at every station-the letters or figures thereon to be not less than one- half inch in height.
 "Section 25 CODE OF SIGNALS: That the following shall be the official code of signals for underground work throughout the Territory
 bell--Hoist.
 bell--Stop. if in motion.
 belis--Lower.
 bells--Hoist men. run slow.
 slow bells-I4ower very slow
 slow bells-Hoist very slow.
 bells-Blasting signal This is n caution signal and. if the engineer is prepared to accept it, he must ack- nowledge by raising the bucket or cage a few feet, then lowering 1t again. After accepting this signal. an engineer must be prepared to hoist the men away from the blast as soon as the signal q belD is given. and must ac- cept no other signal in the meantime.
 6 bells-Skip or cage call. To be followed by the station signal, when rhe skip or cage is desired
 bells-Danger signal. Followed by the station signal. calls cage to that station. This signal takes precedence over all others. except an accepted blast signal
 Section 2s. FIRST AID TO THE INJURED: