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(19) In every working in the mine approaching a phice likely j 

 to contain a dangerous accumulation of water, boring mds 1 

 shall be kept and used for the purpose of jierf orating the \ 

 ground twenty feet in advance of, or near, or at an angle 



from such working, and no drive, gallery, or other excava- 

 tion shall be made within a dangerous distance of such J 

 accumulation of water : '■, 



(20) If the mine is, in the opinion of the Commissioner, or ' 

 Warden or Mining Inspector, liable to an inundation or ; 

 inburst of water, such additional rises, chambers, drives, j 

 and other workings, or any of them, shall be consti'ucted i 

 as may seem necessary, and as may be prescribed by the 

 Commissioner, or Warden or Mining Insjiector, for the I 

 escape of woi'kmen from the lower workings or to ensure ? 

 their safety in the mine during the period of any inundatior; 1 

 or inburst of water in the mine ; < 



{■21) Ladders, and when necessary, convenient platforms j 



connected therewith, shall be provided in each rise, jump I 



up, or passage giving access to workings at a higher level | 



in the mine ; j 



(22) In every case where vertical or overhanging ladders are ■ 

 used in connection with the shaft of any mine, securely tixed i 

 platforms shall be constructed at intervals of not more than ! 

 thirty feet from each other in such shaft ; 



(23) A printed copy of the foregoing general rules shall be 



posted in the office, and on a building or board in some . 



conspicTious place in connection with the mine ; and ! 



(24) Any manager or any person in charge of or giving ] 

 orders or directions relating to the carrying on of any | 

 mining operations in the mine, who contravenes or does j 

 not comply with any of the aforesaid general rules, shall be i 

 guilty of a breach of these Regulations, unless he proves I 

 that he had taken all reasonable means to prevent such i 

 contravention or non-compliance. j 



169. It shall not be lawful for any person to drive a tunnel Restriction to 

 within ten feet or such other distance as the Warden or Mining tuMelT 

 Inspector may aj^prove of a tunnel the property of any other person, 

 except with the consent in writing of such other jierson, or the 

 authority of the Warden or Mining Inspector and subject to such 

 conditions as the Warden or Mining Inspector may consider necessary 

 for safety and in all cases under this Regulation both the person 

 driving the new tunnel and the owner of the other tunnel shall comply 

 with such directions for ensuring safety as the Warden or Mining 

 Inspector may give. 



170. — (1) The owner, manager or person in charge of every mine Provisions as to 

 where there are underground workings, shall keep at the office at the keeping plan of 

 mine an accurate plan to scale of the workings of the mine made by a 

 certified manager or a duly qualified mining engineer, or by a surveyor, 

 showing the workings up to three months previously, and shall, on 

 demand, produce such plan at the mine to any Warden or Mining 

 Inspector and shall, if requested by any such Officer, mark on such 

 plan the progress of the workings of the mine up to the time of such 

 production, and shall allow such Officer to examine and take a copy oi- 

 tracing thereof. 



