place and keep his lamp at
least five feet distant from said explosives, and in such position
that the air current cannot convey sparks to it; and no person shall
approach nearer than five feet to any open box, keg or package
containing powder or other explosives, or within five feet of
another person handling such explosives, with a lighted lamp,
lighted pipe, or other thing containing fire.

[=Conveying of explosives.=] Blasting powder or explosives must not
be taken into or out of a mine, or moved from place to place in a
mine along any entry or haulway where there are electric wires,
while the power is on such wires, except when such powder or
explosive is conveyed in insulated cars or packages.

[=Explosives and tools on cages or stairways.=] Powder, explosives
and working tools shall not be taken down or up a hoisting shaft in
a cage when men are going down or up; nor shall they be taken down
or up a stairway used for ingress and egress of persons. (Sec. 956,
963; Penalty, Sec. 976.)

Sec. 963. [=Squibs and fuses; missed shots.=] Any workman who is
about to fire a shot with a squib, shall not shorten the fuse,
saturate it with oil, or ignite it except at the extreme end; he
shall see that all persons are out of danger from the probable
effects of such shot, and if it be a rib shot, he shall notify the
person or persons working next to him on said rib before firing said
shot, and shall take measures to prevent any one approaching by
shouting "fire" immediately before lighting the fuse.

When a squib is used and a shot misses fire, no person shall return
until five minutes shall have elapsed.

When a fuse is used and a shot misses fire, no person shall return
until one hour for each foot of fuse used shall have elapsed.

The needle used in preparing a blast shall be made of copper, and
the tamping bar shall be made of wood, or shall be tipped with at
least five inches of solid copper.

No inflammable material, or any material that may create a spark,
shall be used for tamping, and some soft material must always be
placed next to the cartridge or explosive. When it is necessary to
tamp dynamite, nothing but a wooden tamper shall be used. (Sec. 956,
962; Penalty, Sec. 976.)

=RELATING TO PERSONS NOT EMPLOYES.=

Sec. 964. [=Persons not employes of a mine.=] Persons not employes
of a mine, except those permitted by law, shall not enter such mine
or go upon the property connected therewith, unless