Sec. 937. [=Owner, lessee or agent shall file map of abandoned mine
with county recorder and chief inspector of mines.=] The owner,
lessee or agent of a mine, before the pillars are drawn previous to
the abandonment of a mine, or any part thereof, shall cause to be
made a correct map of such mine, or part thereof, showing its area
and workings to the day of the abandonment; the pillars drawn
previous to abandonment; and file such map within ninety days after
the abandonment of such mine, in the office of the Recorder of the
county where such mine is located, and with the chief inspector of
mines at his office. Such map shall have attached thereto the usual
certificate of the mining engineer making it, and the mine-foreman
in charge of the underground workings of the mine, and such owner,
lessee or agent shall pay to the Recorder for filing such map, a fee
of fifty cents. (Sec. 921.)
[=Copy of map to be filed with chief inspector.=] The owner, lessee
or agent of a mine shall keep at the office thereof, open to the
inspection of the chief inspector of mines, and the district
inspector of mines, a copy of the latest map of such mine, with any
addition thereto, and shall furnish a copy thereto to the chief
inspector of mines at his office. (Sec. 904, 917, 935, 936; Penalty,
Sec. 976.)
=Precaution when approaching abandoned mine.=
Sec. 938. Whenever any working place of a mine approaches within one
hundred feet of the abandoned workings of another mine, as indicated
by an accurate survey, or while driving any working place within a
distance of one hundred feet thereof, and such abandoned, mine
cannot be explored, or when same contains fire-damp, or water which
may inundate such working place, the mine-foreman shall not permit
such working place to be advanced until a drill hole has been
extended not less than twelve feet in the center of such working
place, and a flank hole not less than twelve feet extended on each
rib, starting at the working place after taking out each cut or
crossing. Whenever the limits of the workings of an abandoned mine
are not known by actual survey, the above rule shall apply whenever
any working place approaches within one hundred and fifty feet of
the supposed limits of such abandoned mine. In addition to the
precautions provided for in this act when approaching or working
parallel with such an abandoned mine, the owner, lessee or agent
shall, upon the demand of the chief inspector or district inspector
of mines, provide competent shot firers to do the shot firing in all
the working places advancing or running parallel with such abandoned
mine; the shot firing to be done when all other workmen are out of
the mine. The chief inspector or district inspector of mines shall
order shot firers at any mine when in their judgment the safety of
property or employes require same. (103 O.L. 500.)
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