Operating Regulations: To Govern Coal-Mining Methods and the Safety and Welfare of Miners on Leased Lands on the Public Domain, Under the Act of February 25, 1920 (Public No; 146) (Classic Reprint) by United States Bureau of Mines (Paperback / softback, 2015)
Excerpt from Operating Regulations: To Govern Coal-Mining Methods and the Safety and Welfare of Miners on Leased Lands on the Public Domain, Under the Act of February 25, 1920 (Public No; 146) The following expressions wherever used in these regulations shall have the meaning w designated, viz: Mining supervisor. - The agent appointed by and acting for the Secretary of the Interior to supervise all the coal-mining operations under these regulations. District mining supervisor. - An agent appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to supervise coal-mining operations in one or more of the coal fields of the United States, acting under the direction of the mining supervisor. Deputy mining supervisor. - An agent appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to supervise specific coal-mining operations, acting under the direction of the mining supervisor or district mining supervisor. Lessee. - Any person or persons, partnership, association, firm, corporation, municipality, or State to whom a coal-mining lease, permit, or license is issued under the act of February 25, 1920. Leased land. - The term coal land, coal deposit, or leased tract shall mean any land or deposit owned by the United States, outside of Alaska, under lease, permit, or license in accordance with the act of February 25, 1920, for the purpose of mining coal therefrom. Coal. - The term coal shall include lignite, subbitumius, cannel, bitumius, semibitumius, semianthracite, and anthracite. Face. - The term face shall mean the advancing breast of a working place, of an entry, room, or slope. Mine. - The term mine shall mean an underground excavation and development with shafts, slopes, drifts, or tunnels for the extraction of coal with hoisting or haulage equipment and appliances for the extraction of coal, and shall embrace any and all parts of the leased land or property and mining plant, on the surface and underground, that contribute directly or indirectly to the mining or handling of coal. Said excavation may be in one or several beds of coal, provided the hoisting or haulage is through an opening or openings to the surface used in common. Stripping operation. - The term stripping or stripping operation shall mean a mining excavation or development by means of a surface pit or quarry, in which the surface or cover over the coal bed is first removed and the coal itself is excavated by scrapers, shovels, or other mechanical appliances, or by hand tools with or without preliminary blasting. Slope. - The term slope shall mean an inclined entry in a dipping coal bed or an inclined tunnel to a coal bed, the average inclination of which is less than 45 from the horizontal. Shaft. - The term shaft, when unmodified, shall mean an opening, the axis of which is approximately vertical, extending from the surface to a coal deposit; also an underground shaft between two or more levels. Inclined shaft. - The term inclined shaft shall mean a shaft which is inclined from the horizontal more than 45 . Drift. - The term drift shall mean a horizontal passageway, level, or gangway, driven from the surface outcrop in the coal bed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com