[=Trolley wires.=] All trolley wires shall be carried at least six
inches outside of and parallel with the track rail on the side the
trolley wire is located. When regular height is less than six feet
six inches from top of rail, the lower side of trolley wire must not
exceed six inches from the roof or cross-timber with hangers now in
use, with hangers not to exceed twenty-five feet between centers,
and the tension sufficient to keep all wires from sagging and to
prevent trolley wheel from coming in contact with roof or
cross-timbers. All new hangers hereafter installed shall not exceed
five inches in depth from lower side of the trolley wire to the roof
or cross-timbers.
[=Wires crossing traveling ways.=] All trolley and positive feed
wires crossing places where persons or animals are required to
travel, shall be safely guarded or protected from such persons or
animals coming in contact therewith.
[=Wires opposite rooms and refuge holes.=] All trolley and positive
feed wires shall be placed on opposite side of track from refuge
holes or necks of rooms.
[=Bare wires; when not to extend into working places.=] No trolley
wire shall be extended into or maintained in any room while being
used as a working place; no trolley or feed wire shall be extended
into any entry beyond the outside corner of the last breakthrough.
[=Switches and circuit-breakers.=] Switches or circuit-breakers
shall be provided to control the current at the mine, and at all
important points in the mine.
[=Machine feed wires and insulators.=] All machine feed wires shall
be placed as near the rib and roof or cross-timbers as practicable;
the positive wire to be carried not to exceed three inches from the
rib and roof or cross-timbers, measured at the insulators, which
shall be so placed as to keep the wire at least six inches outside
of the track rail on the side the wire is located. Insulators shall
be placed not exceeding fifty feet apart, and all wires shall be
carried so that same will be not less than six inches outside of the
track rail at any point on the side the wire is located. All
positive wires shall be carried on glass or porcelain insulators, or
insulators equally efficient. All negative wires shall be carried on
suitable fixtures, and when carried in same entry as the positive
wire, shall be carried on the same side of the entry as the positive
wire, and as close to it as practicable. When machine or feed wires
are carried in same entry as trolley wire, they shall be placed on
the same side as the trolley wire, between trolley wire and rib.
Nothing in the foregoing shall require negative wires being carried
in same entry with positive wire.
[=Wires in shafts or slopes.=] When necessary to carry wires down
shafts or slopes used as travelways, the wires must be thoroughly
cased or protected, so that persons cannot be shocked therefrom.
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