NEW TERRITORIAL LAWS
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Under this caption will b« published
at Intervals the new laws promulgat
ed by tha last legislature, together
with such amendments to existing laws
as constitute a vital change •*» the
meaning.
AMENDMENTS TO MINES INSPEC
TION ACT.
CHAPTER 6i*.
(S. R. 33.1
“Section 16. HOISTING OF MEN
OR MATERIALS.
(a) HOISTING ENGINEERS: That
no person addicted to the use of In
toxicating liquors or drugs, or under
the age of eighteen years, shall ho em
ployed as a hoisting engineer.
(b) HOISTING MACHINERY:
That all hoisting machinery, using
steam, electricity, air, gasoline, or hy
draulic motive power, for the purpose
of hoisting from, or lowering into,
mines of employees and materials, ex
cept shafts not exceeding three hun
dred (300) feet in depth, shall he
equipped with an indicator, said In
dicator to be placed near to, and in
clear view or hearing of, the engineer.
This Indicator must he in addition to
the marks on the rope, cable or drum.
(c) RATE OF SPEED: That it
shall he unlawful to hoist men out of,
or Inrwhr men Into a mine at a speed
greater than eight hundred (800) feet
per minute. When in running his en
gine at a speed greater than eight hun
dred (800) feet per minute, an engin
eer violates the express order of hi i
employers, he, the engineer, shall he
subject to the penalty herein provided.
<d) ROTES OR C.l LES IT&.50
FOR HOISTING: That all ropes or
cables used for hoisting purposes shall
be of approved quality and manufac
ture; provided, that in shafts and
winzes of over two hundred (200) feet
in depth, only wire ropes or cables shall
be used for hoisting purposes.
(e) CONSTRUCTION OF HEAD
FRAMES: That all head-frames,
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where are hoisted, In places wherfc
more Ilian twenty-five (25) men are
employed, shall be so constructed as
to allow at least twenty-five (25) feet
above-lhp hoist landing stage, in which
the .qage, skip or bucket can travel
freely 4b case of an over-wind. The
mine Inspector may grant permission
for the use of any head frame, erected
previous to the enactment of this law,
which does not comply with the above
conditions. This shall not apply to
placer mines.
(f) SAFETY CAGES: That it shall
be unlawful for the operator of any
mine to permit the ho-stlng or lower
ing of men in any shaft, deeper th-n
three hundred (300) feet, unless an
iron-bounnetod safety cage, equipped
with gates or doors, of aitilclent size
and strength *.u n event a man fall ng
onto the timbers, be used: provided,
however, that HKs provlsi n shall not
apply to shaf:s • • the prxass of silk
ing E. >r - cage mus. h -e overhc-'.l
liars of-Midi ,v. . ngemeni as to f .v?
every m - i o .he page n-i easy end
secure handhold. Every cage or skip
used for hoisting men must beA>rovided
with a Bnfety catch or catches of suffi
cient strength to hold the cage or skip
with its maximum load at any point
in the shaft in the event that the hoist
ing cable should break. The Inspector
must see that all cages and skips are
equipped In compliance with this para
graph, and that on all cages the safety
catches are kept well oiled and In good
working condition.
(g) HOISTING BUCKETS. GUIDES
AND CROSS HEADS: That all ver
tical shafts, more than two hundred
(200) feet in depth, from which hoist
ing of men is done hy means of buckets
must he provided with Suitable guides,
and in connection with the bucket there
must he a evoss-hend traveling upon
these guides. The height of the cross
head shall be at least one and one-half
times its width. If the cross-head
he a type that is not secured to the
hoisting rope, a stopper of a design
approved hy the mine Inspector must
be securely and rigidly fastened to the
hoisting rope at a suitable !>oint above
the rim of the bucket.
(h) PERSONS RIDING IN CAGES
OR BUCKETS: That the number of
persons permitted to ride on the deck
of a cage, In or on a skip or bucket,
shall he determined by the mine in
spector, and In no case shall more than
the number of men permitted hy the
mine inspector be allowed to ride on
the dpok of such cage or In or on such
bucket or skip. No person shall ride on
a cage or In or on a skip or bucket
when loaded with rock or ore, unless
the owner or operator of the mine shall
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have provided double deck cages, in
which case the employees may be
permitted to ride upon the deck not
occupied by such tools, timbers or
other materials.
(I) RIDINO ON LOADED CAGE:
That no person shall ride upon any
cage, skip or bucket, that is loaded
with tools, timber, powder, or other
material except for the purpose of as
sisting in passing these through the
shaft.
(J) LOWERING ('AQE TO ROT
TOM OF SHAFT: That in no case shall
a cage, skip or bucket, or other vehicle,
be lowered directly to the bottom of a
shaft, When men are working there, but
must be stopped at least fifteen (16)
feet above the bottom until the signal
to lower further is given by one of the
men at the bottom of the shaft; pro
vided, however, that this section shall
not apply to Shafts less than fifty (50)
feet in depth.
<k) PROTECTION FROM FALL
ING MATERIAL IN SHAFT: That
persons engaged in deepening a shaft.
In which regular hoisting from any
upper level is going on, shall he pro
tected from the danger of failing ma
terial by a suitable covering, sufficient
opening in the covering being left only
for the passage of the bucket or other
conveyance used in sinking operations.
(1) BULKHEADS BETWEEN TWO
WORKING CREWS: That in shafts,
winzes or raises, where two or more
crews of men are working, one crew
above another, there shall be a bulk
head between the two crews of men,
stiong enough to stop any tools, or
other material that may fall from the
men working above, and only the cagei
Bkip or bucket compartment he let!
open. i
<m) PLUGS FOR WINDLASSES!
That windlasses and whims in use in
mines ahull be provided with suitably
plugs or other reliable devices to pre
vent running back of the bucket ojr,
other conveyance used.
(n) HOOKS FOR BUCKETS: That
no open hooks shall be used with buck
ets when hoisting, but some form of
safety or shackle hook, approved by
lit. mine inspector. ,
(o) HOISTMEN: At any mine*
where men are hoisted by mechanical,
means, a holstman. charged with the
care of such hoist, shall be kept on
duty thereat at all limes when men
are underground and he sail be charg
ed with the actual hoisting c>r the men.
"Section 17. MINE OUTLETS: ,
(a) DIVIDED SHAFTS. That at
Bvery mine where a single shaft affords
the means of Ingress and egress to the
persons employed underground, such
shaft, tf more than three hundred (300)
feet deep, shall he divided Into at least
two compartments, and one. of the com
partments shall be set aside for a lad-,
derway, which must he equipped as
hereinbefore provided. Whenever suchj
single shaft shall be covered by a
building, not absolutely fireproof, the
ladderway shall be securely bulkhead
ed at a point at least twenty-five feet
below the collar of the shaft, and he-(
low this bulkhead, if the shaft it sit
uated on a hillside, a drift shall bij(
driven to the surface; if the shaft is
situated in a level country, the drift]
shall be driven to a safe distance be
yond the walls of the building, but In
no ease less than thirty (30) feet, and
from there n raise shall he made to
the surface. This raise shall be equip
ped with ladderways, and It, together
with the drift connecting with the
main shaft, shall be kept in good re
pairs and shall afford a safe escape in
ease of Are.
(b) FIREPROOF DOORS NEAR
MOUTH OF ADIT: That every adit,
on which the mouth Is covered by a
house or building of any kind, shall be
provided with a fire-proof door, near
the mouth of the adit, that can he
closed from the outside of the building
by means of a pull wire or cable, so as
to keep the gases or combustlan from
entering the mine In the event that fire
destroys the building at the mouth' of
the adit.
(c) COVERING FOR SUMPS AND
OTHER OPENINGS: That existing
winzes, sumps, and all other openings
In the floor of & drift or stope must be
kept covered by a substantial hatcl>,
or planking, or provided with guard
rails. r
"Section 18. STATIONARY
LIGHTS:
(a) STATIONARY LIOIITS TQ BE
PROVIDED: That lights shall be
provided during wprking hours at all
stations In vertical and incline shafts
during the time while in actual use;
and a)so at all stations in levels where
hoisting or hauling Is affected by ma
chinery; and also at night at all work
ing places on the surface.
(b) NO CANDLES TO BE LEFT
BURNING: That no candles shall be
left burning In.a mine) or any part of
a mine, when the person using the
candle departs from his work for the
day.
(To be continued.)
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