Chapter 225 — PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

(225 ILCS 705/31.08) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3108) Sec. 31.08. Doors, curtains or brattices shall be placed at such places as may be designated by the mine manager, subject to the approval of the State Mine Inspector, to conduct into the working places an amount of air sufficient …

(225 ILCS 705/31.09) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3109) Sec. 31.09. All possible care and diligence shall be exercised in the examination of working places, especially for the investigation and detection of explosive gases therein and, where found, such gas shall be removed by a specia…

(225 ILCS 705/31.10) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3110) Sec. 31.10. If the State Mine Inspector finds methane with a multi-gas detector, permissible methane detector, air analysis, or other recognized means, in the amount of 0.25% or more, in any open workings of such mine when tested …

(225 ILCS 705/31.11) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3111) Sec. 31.11. All doors used in guiding and directing the ventilating currents shall be hung and adjusted so as to close automatically. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)

(225 ILCS 705/31.13) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3113) Sec. 31.13. At all doors through which 3 or more drivers are hauling coal on any one shift, an attendant shall be employed on said shift for the purpose of opening and closing the doors when trips of cars are passing to and from t…

(225 ILCS 705/31.14) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3114) Sec. 31.14. If the State Mine Inspector finds men working without the amount of air required by this Act he shall at once notify the mine manager to increase the amount of air in accordance with the requirements of this Act. Upon …

(225 ILCS 705/31.15) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3115) Sec. 31.15. In all mines classified as gassy mines by the State Mine Inspector, it shall be compulsory to use electric lamps, and smoking shall be prohibited. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)

(225 ILCS 705/31.16) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3116) Sec. 31.16. Ventilating fans at all operating mines shall be operated continuously. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)

(225 ILCS 705/31.17) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3117) Sec. 31.17. A recording pressure gauge shall be attached to the ventilating fan at all times. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)

(225 ILCS 705/31.18) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3118) Sec. 31.18. In all mines starting operation after July 1, 1947, the ventilating fan shall be installed on the surface in a fireproof building. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)

(225 ILCS 705/31.19) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3119) Sec. 31.19. All ventilating fans shall have suitable automatic devices attached to them for the purpose of sounding an alarm when the fan stops. The alarm shall be placed so that it will be seen or heard by a responsible person. (…

(225 ILCS 705/31.20) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3120) Sec. 31.20. Ventilating fans shall be operated on a separate power circuit, independent of the mine circuit. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)

(225 ILCS 705/31.21) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3121) Sec. 31.21. When the ventilating fan at any mine fails or stops, immediate action shall be taken to cut off the electric power and withdraw the workers from the face regions of the mine. In gassy mines if the ventilation is restor…

(225 ILCS 705/31.22) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3122) Sec. 31.22. The ventilating fan shall be inspected daily. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)

(225 ILCS 705/31.23) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3123) Sec. 31.23. Booster fans may not be used in mines except by special permission from the State Mining Board. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)

(225 ILCS 705/31.24) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3124) Sec. 31.24. Blower fans with tubing may be used, if the following precautions are followed: 1. In gassy mines the blower shall be powered with a permissible unit and installed on the intake air side of the entrance to be ventilate…

(225 ILCS 705/31.25) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3125) Sec. 31.25. Doors shall be kept closed except when men or equipment are passing through the doorways. Motor crews and other persons who open doors shall see that the doors are closed before leaving them. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701…

(225 ILCS 705/31.26) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3126) Sec. 31.26. Permanent overcasts shall be constructed of incombustible material such as masonry, concrete, concrete blocks, or metal and shall be of ample area to pass the required quantity of air, and where necessary to securely t…

(225 ILCS 705/31.27) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3127) Sec. 31.27. Flame resisting brattice cloth shall be used in the construction of line brattice. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)

(225 ILCS 705/31.28) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3128) Sec. 31.28. The entrances to abandoned workings shall be posted to warn persons against entering the territory. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)

(225 ILCS 705/31.29) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3129) Sec. 31.29. In a gassy mine, all workings which are abandoned after the effective date of this Act, or the date such mine was classified a gassy mine, whichever is later, shall be sealed or ventilated. If such workings are sealed,…

(225 ILCS 705/31.30) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3130) Sec. 31.30. In mines worked by the so-called "enclosed panel system" where rooms are driven off of both sides of the panel entries and ventilated by one side of the panel as the intake airway and the other side as the return, the …

(225 ILCS 705/31.31) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3131) Sec. 31.31. In a gassy mine, air that has passed through an abandoned panel which is inaccessible for inspection, or air that has passed through a similar abandoned area which is inaccessible for inspection, or air which has been …

(225 ILCS 705/31.32) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3132) Sec. 31.32. No person shall obstruct or cause any obstruction in any air current, or leave open any door or other means provided to control the air current, or perform any act that will interfere with the air current of the mine, …

(225 ILCS 705/32.01) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3201) Sec. 32.01. The operator of every coal mine where miners are paid by the weight of their output shall provide at such mine suitable and accurate scales for the weighing of such coal. A correct record shall be kept of all coal so w…

(225 ILCS 705/32.02) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3202) Sec. 32.02. The person authorized to weigh the coal and keep the record thereof shall be a citizen of the United States or lawfully admitted for permanent residence, and shall, before entering upon his duties, make and subscribe t…

(225 ILCS 705/32.03) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3203) Sec. 32.03. The miners at work in any coal mine may employ a check weighman at their option and at their own expense, whose duty it shall be to balance the scales and see that the coal is properly weighed, and that a correct accou…

(225 ILCS 705/33.01) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3301) Sec. 33.01. The operator of every underground coal mine, every proposed underground coal mine and every underground mine to be reopened in the State shall make, or cause to be made, an accurate map or plan of such mine, drawn to a…

(225 ILCS 705/33.02) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3302) Sec. 33.02. Such map or plan shall accurately show the surface boundary lines of the coal rights pertaining to each mine, and all sections or quarter-section lines or corners within the same; the lines of town lots and streets; th…

(225 ILCS 705/33.03) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3303) Sec. 33.03. For the underground workings, said maps shall show all shafts, slopes, tunnels or other openings, or proposed openings to the surface or to the workings of a contiguous mine; all excavations, entries, rooms and crosscu…

(225 ILCS 705/33.04) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3304) Sec. 33.04. Each underground map shall show, in feet and decimals thereof, the elevation of the floor of the coal at reasonable intervals on the main entries and cross-entries from the bottom of the shaft to the face of the workin…

(225 ILCS 705/33.05) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3305) Sec. 33.05. A separate and similar map, drawn to the same scale, shall be made of each and every seam, which, after July 1, 1911, shall be worked in any mine, and the maps of all such seams shall show all shafts, inclined planes o…

(225 ILCS 705/33.06) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3306) Sec. 33.06. A separate map shall be made of the surface whenever the surface buildings, lines or objects are so numerous as to obscure the details of the mine workings if drawn upon the same sheet with them, and in such case the s…

(225 ILCS 705/33.07) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3307) Sec. 33.07. Each map shall show by profile drawing and measurements, in feet and decimals thereof, the rise and dip of the seam from the bottom of the shaft in either direction to the face of the workings. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 7…

(225 ILCS 705/33.08) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3308) Sec. 33.08. The original or true copies of all such maps shall be kept in the office at the mine, and one true copy thereof shall be furnished to the State Mine Inspector for the district in which said mine is located, and one sha…

(225 ILCS 705/33.09) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3309) Sec. 33.09. The recorder shall promptly index such map as part of the title record of the property affected. A copy of each map and extensions to the same shall be furnished by the operator to the Department and the mine rescue st…

(225 ILCS 705/33.10) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3310) Sec. 33.10. An extension of the last preceding survey of every mine in active operation shall be made once in every 12 months and the results of the survey, with the date thereof, shall be promptly and accurately entered upon the …

(225 ILCS 705/33.11) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3311) Sec. 33.11. The State Mine Inspector or the Mining Board may order a survey to be made of the workings of any mine in addition to the regular annual survey, the results to be extended on the maps of the same and copies thereof, wh…

(225 ILCS 705/33.12) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3312) Sec. 33.12. If the State Mine Inspector or the Mining Board shall believe any map required by this Act is materially inaccurate or imperfect, the State Mine Inspector or the Mining Board is authorized to make, or cause to be made,…

(225 ILCS 705/33.13) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3313) Sec. 33.13. Whenever title to any mine is transferred the transferee shall file in the office of the recorder of the county wherein the mine is located, within 30 days of the date of transfer two complete sets of maps of the mine …

(225 ILCS 705/33.14) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3314) Sec. 33.14. If an operator of any mine refuses or wilfully neglects for a period of 3 months, to furnish the State Mine Inspector, the Department, the recorder and the superintendent of the rescue stations the map or plan of such …

(225 ILCS 705/34.01) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3401) Sec. 34.01. When any coal mine is worked out or is about to be abandoned or closed indefinitely, the operator shall make a final survey of the mine. The final survey shall show the entire worked out area, and all maps shall be ext…

(225 ILCS 705/34.02) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3402) Sec. 34.02. A copy of the final map of an abandoned mine shall be delivered to the Department within 90 days after closing. The Department shall keep the final map as a public document. A copy of the final map of an abandoned mine…

(225 ILCS 705/34.03) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3403) Sec. 34.03. The shaft, slope, or drift opening into any abandoned mine shall be filled with earth or other material, or be kept permanently enclosed and sealed. The time for completion of this work shall be in the discretion of th…

(225 ILCS 705/34.03-1) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3404) Sec. 34.03-1. Whenever the Department is notified that subsidence is causing damage to surface areas overlying or in the proximity of an abandoned mine, the Mining Board shall hold a public hearing concerning the matter and publ…

(225 ILCS 705/34.03-2) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3405) Sec. 34.03-2. Nothing in Section 34.03-1 shall relieve any owner or operator otherwise legally responsible from any obligation imposed by law. (Source: P.A. 80-1.)

(225 ILCS 705/34.04) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3406) Sec. 34.04. During pillar recovery in any mine when working places approach within 50 feet of abandoned sealed workings, as shown by surveys made and certified by a competent engineer or surveyor, which may contain dangerous accum…

(225 ILCS 705/35.01) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3501) Sec. 35.01. Every person engaged in mining coal for any corporation, company, firm or individual, shall be paid in lawful money of the United States or par check for all coal mined and loaded into the mine car by such person for s…

(225 ILCS 705/35.02) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3502) Sec. 35.02. The State Mine Inspector shall ascertain whether the provisions of Section 35.01 of this Article are being complied with in his district, and if he finds that any corporation, company, firm or individual is violating t…

(225 ILCS 705/35.03) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3503) Sec. 35.03. Every corporation, company, firm or individual that violates the provisions of this Article shall be guilty of a petty offense. (Source: P.A. 77-2718.)