When any well which has been drilled is to be abandoned and has passed through the excavations of any coal mine from which the minable coal has not all been removed, the person, firm or corporation owning said well shall leave in said well the casing passing through said mine from a point not less than ten feet, nor more than thirty feet below the floor of said mine, and extending above the roof of said mine at least five feet. A seasoned wooden plug shall be driven to a point at least forty feet below the floor of the mine and the hole above said plug together with the casing left in, which extends through the coal, shall be filled with cement; then a seasoned wooden plug shall be driven on the top of said casing, and the hole filled with cement for a distance of not less than twenty feet.
Interpretation—"coal bearing and coal producing township."
A coal bearing or coal producing township of any county shall be interpreted to mean any, township as a unit, in which coal is found that, is being mined, or is of such thickness as to make it likely to be mined at some future time. Any well drilled in such township, whether or not it passes through any coal, the same being barren in certain sections of such township, or the well being commenced below the line of outcrop of the coal, will nevertheless be required to be mapped and abandoned in accordance with the regulations and provisions of this section as given above, which shall apply uniformly throughout any coal bearing or coal producing township of any county.
[RELATING TO ILLUMINATING OIL FOR MINES.]
Composition of illuminating oil for use in mines.
Sec. 974. No person, firm or corporation shall compound, sell or offer for sale for illuminating purposes in any mine any oil other than oil composed of not less than eighty-two per cent, of pure animal or vegetable oil, or both, and not more than eighteen per cent, pure mineral oil. The gravity of such animal or vegetable oil shall not be less than twenty-one and one-half, and not more than twenty-two and one-half degrees Baume scale, measured by Tagliabue or other standard hydrometer, at a temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit; the gravity of such mineral oil shall not be less than thirty-four and not more than thirty-six degrees Baume scale, measured by Tagliabue or other standard hydrometer at a temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit, and the gravity of the mixture shall not exceed twenty-five degrees Baume scale measured by Tagliabue or other standard hydrometer at a temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit. Each person, firm or corporation compounding oil for illuminating purposes in any mine or mines, shall, before shipment thereof is made, securely brand, stencil or paste upon the head of each barrel or package, a label which shall have plainly printed, marked or written thereon, the name and address of the person, firm or corporation, having purchased same, the date of shipment, the percentage and the gravity in degrees Baume scale, at a temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit, of each of the component parts of animal, vegetable and mineral oil contained in the mixture, and the gravity in degrees Baume scale at a temperature sixty degrees Fahrenheit of the mixture. Each label shall have printed thereon, over the fac-simile signature of the person, firm or corporation having compounded the oil, the following: "This package contains oil for illuminating purposes in mines in the State of Ohio, and the composition thereof as shown hereon is correct." Each person, firm or corporation, manufacturing paraffine wax for illuminating purposes in any mine, or mines, shall, before shipment thereof is made, securely brand, stencil, or paste, upon the head of each barrel, box, or case, containing small packages, the name and address of the person, firm or corporation, manufacturing paraffine wax therein contained, the name and address of the person, firm or corporation, having purchased the same, and the date of shipment. And each individual package contained within each barrel, box or case, shall have plainly printed thereon the name of the product, the name and address of the manufacturer thereof, together with the melting point, fire test, and the percentage of oil and moisture of the paraffine wax herein contained. But nothing herein contained shall prohibit the manufacture, sale or use for illuminating purposes in mines in this state, of paraffine wax with melting point at from one hundred five to one hundred twenty-four degrees of heat and minimum fire test not less than three hundred degrees Fahrenheit, with not over four per cent, oil and moisture.
Acetylene gas in mines.
Sec. 974-1. It shall be lawful to use acetylene gas in lamps in mines subject to the following conditions and restrictions: First, no person or persons shall take into a mine a greater quantity of calcium carbide than will be a reasonable supply for his own lamp for one day's work. Second, no person shall deposit, or keep in his possession in a mine any calcium carbide, or refuse from calcium carbide, in anything except air-tight containers, and these containers with their contents must be taken out of the mine at the end of each day's work, or sooner, if possible. Third, no person or persons, shall be allowed to use acetylene gas in lamps where there are old or abandoned workings where large quantities of black damp or other poisonous gases are liable to accumulate until such places have been examined by a competent person and pronounced to be free from foul or poisonous atmosphere.
Other illuminants.
Sec. 974-2. No person shall use in any mine any other illuminant than those provided for in [sections 974] and [974-1] of the General Code, unless with the consent of the chief inspector of mines.