Appendix A. 285 



(J)) It shall not be taken for use into the workings of the 

 mine except in a securely covered case or canister con- 

 taining not more than eight pounds of gunpowder, or 

 more than five pounds of nitro-glycerine compounds ; 



((-•) Detonators for blasting shall be kept ou the surface of the 

 ground in a covered box placed iu the powder magazine 

 and at least fifty feet h\nM the nitro-glycerine compounds ; 



{(l) No jjerson shall enter with a naked light a powder 

 magazine or any excavation in the mine where powder 

 or other explosive or inflammable substance is stored ; 



{<■) No iron or steel pricker shall be used in blasting in the 

 mine, and no iron or steel tool shall be used in tamjiing 

 or ramming, and no iron or steel pricker or tamping bar 

 shall be taken into the mine except with the permission 

 of a Wardeu or Mining Insjjector ; and 



(/) A charge which has missed tire may be drawn by a 

 copper pricker, but shall not be visited until three hours 

 have elapsed from the time of lighting the fuse of such 

 charge ; nor shall any charge be, drawn wheie nitro- 

 glycerine compounds or detonators have been used ; but 

 in no case shall an iron or steel drill be used for the 

 purpose of drawing or drilling out such charge. This 

 sub-section shall not apply to charges fired by an electric 

 current. 



(4) Every underground plane on which persons travel which is 



self-acting or worked by an engine, windlass, or gin shall be 

 provided if exceeding thirty yards in length with some proper 

 means of signalling between the stopping-places and the ends 

 of the plane, and shall be provided in every case at intervals 

 of not more than twenty yards with sufficient man-holes or 

 places of refuge ; 



(5) Every road on which persons travel undergi'ound where the 



produce of the mine in transit exceeds ten tons in any one 

 hour over any ])art thereof, and where the load is drawn by 

 a horse or other animal, shall be provided at intervals of 

 not more than one hundred yards with sufficient spaces for 

 man-holes or places of refuge, each of which spaces shall 

 be of sufficient length and of at least three feet in width 

 between the wagons running on the tram-road and the side 

 of the road ; 



(6) The top and all entrances between the top and bottom of every 



working or pumping-shaft shall be properly and securely 

 fenced or securely covered ; but this provision shall not be 

 taken to forbid the temporary removal of any fence or cover 

 for the purpose of repairs or other operations if proper 

 precautions are used ; 



(7) Every abandoned or disused shaft shall be fenced or securely 



covered in by the owner thereof and its position indicated 

 on the surface by a post or cairn of stones, or such other 

 permanent distinguishing mark as the Commissioner or 

 Warden or Mining Inspector may think sufficient ; 



(8) Where one portion of a shaft is used for the ascent and 



descent of persons by ladders or man-engine, and another 

 ptirtion of the same shaft is used for raising material, the 

 first-mentioned portion shall be cased or otherwise securel}' 

 fenced off" separate from the last-mentioned portion ; 



