Chap. 425.—An ACT to amend and re-enact. Section 1838 and Section 1887, as
heretofore amended, of the Code of Virginia, Section 1838 being in relation
to maps of coal mines, and Section 1887 being in relation to mines to which

the chapter on mining shall apply. [H B 491]

Approved April 1, 1938

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and section eighteen hundred and
eighty-seven, as heretofore amended, of the Code of Virginia, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: :

Section 1838. The operator or agent of every coal mine shall make
or cause to be made, unless already made and filed,-an accurate map
or plan of such mine, on a scale to be stated thereon, of one hundred
to four hundred feet to the inch. Such map or plan shall show the
opening or excavations, the shafts, slopes, entries and airways, with
darts or arrows showing direction of air currents, headings, rooms,
pillars and so forth, and such portions of such mine or mines as may
have been abandoned, the general inclination of the coal strata, and
so much of the property lines and the outcrop of the coal seam of the
tract of land on which said mine is located, as may be within ‘one
thousand feet of any part of the workings of such mine. A true copy
of such map or plan shall be delivered by such operator to the inspector
to be preserved among the records of the Bureau of Labor and Industry,
but in no case shall any copy of the same be made without the consent
of the operator or his agent; and the original map, or a true copy
thereof, shall be kept by such operator at the office of the mine, and
open at all reasonable times for the examination and use of the in-
spector; and such operator shall twice within every twelve months.
to-wit: on or before the first day of February and the first day of
August of each year, while the mine is in operation, cause such mine
to be surveyed and the map thereof extended so as to accurately show
the progress of the workings, the property lines and outcrop as before
described, and shall forward the same to the division of mines, to be
kept of record, subject to the conditions hereinbetore stated.

Section 1887. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to coal
mines, and other underground mines so far as applicable; and no new
underground mine shall hereafter be opened without first giving notice
to the division of mines, and it shall be the duty of the owner of each
and every mine to notify the State Mine Inspector of the abandonment
of any mine or of the resumption of work after abandonment or dis-
continuance of work for a period exceeding thirty days, or a change
in the name of the mine or its owner, within ten days after such
abandonment, resumption or change of name of owner. Any person,
firm or corporation violating any provision of this section shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall
be fined not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars.