Article VII - SHAFTS, SLOPES, OPENINGS AND OUTLETS
- Section 70-701 - Two openings in every mine and in each lift of mine in each seam
- Section 70-702 - Not applicable to new mine or opening new lift of a mine
- Section 70-703 - Operator to petition court for second opening on adjoining lands
- Section 70-704 - Shafts or slopes to be fitted with available appliances for escape
- Section 70-705 - Slopes with angle inclination of fifteen degrees or less-Separate traveling way must be provided
- Section 70-706 - Inflammable structures shall be two hundred feet from mine opening
- Section 70-707 - At top of each shaft and slope, intermediate lifts to be securely fenced off
- Section 70-708 - Inactive openings to be properly fenced off at entrance
- Section 70-709 - Underground entrances to inactive places to be properly fenced off
- Section 70-710 - Operator or superintendent to provide telephones
- Section 70-711 - Handrails and safety catches to be attached to cover overhead; every cage surface landing and other landings of shafts to be provided with gates controlled by shaft cage; headman and footman, provided with safety headgear
- Section 70-712 - Safety holes provided at bottom of all slopes and planes
- Section 70-713 - Safety blocks placed at head of every shaft, slope or plane
- Section 70-714 - Cage or gun-boat on slopes to be provided with protector
- Section 70-715 - Main link chain connecting rope to cage to be of best quality of iron; bridle chains to be of same quality of iron and attached to main link rope or rope socket when persons are being lowered
- Section 70-716 - Ropes, safety catches, links and chains to be examined every day and a report of the examination recorded in book; test of safety catches to be made every two months and a record made of results of tests to mine inspector
- Section 70-717 - Brake attached to every drum used for lowering or raising persons or material in any mine
- Section 70-718 - Flanges or horns to prevent rope slipping off drum to be provided and attached to drum; machines used for lowering or hoisting persons in mines to be provided with indicator
- Section 70-719 - Not more than ten persons hoisted or lowered at one time in any shaft or slope; whenever five or more persons arrive at bottom of shaft or slope they shall be hoisted
- Section 70-720 - Persons ascending or descending shaft or slope; headman or footman shall notify engineer
- Section 70-721 - Shaft or slope where persons are hoisted or lowered-Headman or footman shall be designated by superintendent at proper places
- Section 70-722 - No person except man giving signal shall jump on car, cage or gun-boat after signal start is given
- Section 70-723 - Empty trip to be hoisted in shaft or slope where engine standing idle one hour or more before men hoisted or lowered in shaft or slope
- Section 70-724 - No person shall travel on gravity plane while cars are being hoisted or lowered
- Section 70-725 - Structure to be erected over shafts which are being sunk
- Section 70-726 - Structure erected after shaft is sunk to depth of fifty feet
- Section 70-727 - Landing truck constructed to prevent material falling in shaft
- Section 70-728 - Rock and coal from shafts being sunk to be raised in bucket on cage
- Section 70-729 - Shafts being sunk to be provided with guides to within seventy-five feet from bottom
- Section 70-730 - Strata secured by casing, lining or otherwise
- Section 70-731 - Rules to apply in sinking of shafts
- Section 70-732 - Shafts abandoned after effective date of this act