Section SPS 308.04 - Definitions(1)"Department" means the department of safety and professional services.(2)"Excavation" or "workings" has the meaning given in s. 101.15(2) (a)1, Stats. Note: Section 101.15(2) (a)1, Stats., defines "excavation" or "workings" as any or all parts of a mine excavated or being excavated, including shafts, tunnels, drifts, cross cuts, raises, winzes, stopes and all other working places in a mine.
(3)"Mine" means a surface or underground opening or excavation in the earth for the purpose of extracting minerals or other materials.(4)"Mineral" has the meaning given in s. 101.15(2) (a)2, Stats. Note: Section 101.15(2) (a)2, Stats., defines "mineral" as a product recognized by standard authorities as mineral, whether metalliferous or nonmetalliferous.
(5)"Operator" means the person or firm that operates or is responsible for an excavation in the earth for the purpose of extracting minerals or other materials.(6)"Pit" means a surface opening or excavation in the earth for the purpose of extracting minerals or other materials.(7)"Quarry" means a surface opening or excavation in the earth for the purpose of extracting nonmetallic minerals or other nonmetallic materials.(8)"Shaft" has the meaning given in s. 101.15(2) (a)3, Stats.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 308.04
Cr. Register, May, 2001, No. 545, eff. 6-1-01; correction in (1) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 6, Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672. Section 101.15(2) (a)3, Stats., defines "shaft" as an opening made for mining minerals, for hoisting and lowering persons or material, or for ventilating underground workings.