neer, an accurate map on a scale of not less than
one inch to four hundred feet, showing on said map the location and
number of wells as near as the same can be located, that have been
drilled, whether or not any of such wells have been previously
abandoned, or were drilled and abandoned by former operators, who
have ever held the said property for oil, gas or mining purposes.
Said map shall show the name and address of the person, firm or
corporation owning said well or wells, the county and township, the
names of the adjoining property owners, and lines of the property
operated with the distances of the wells properly measured therefrom
and checked from the section and quarter section lines, as will be
necessary for an accurate survey. The map shall show all the
engineer's notations of angles, distances, starting point, or corner
stones, together with the numbers given the respective wells, giving
a legend as to the manner in which various abandoned or producing
wells, are designated. The original map shall be retained by the
owner or his agent, and one copy filed with the industrial
commission of Ohio, division of mines, said copy showing thereon the
sworn statement of the engineer making the map that same is correct.
=Well shall not be near mine opening.=
No oil well, gas well or test well shall be drilled nearer than
three hundred feet to any opening to a mine used as a means of
ingress or egress for persons employed therein, nor nearer than one
hundred feet to any building or inflammable structure connected
therewith, and actually used as a part of the operating equipment of
said mine.
=Persons drilling oil and gas wells in coal bearing or coal
producing townships.=
Any person, firm or corporation before drilling or causing to be
drilled any oil well, gas well or test well within the limits of any
coal producing township in any county of the state of Ohio, shall
first file an application with, the industrial commission of Ohio,
division of mines, on blanks to be furnished by said commission for
such purpose, and shall show the following: The name and address of
the applicant, the proper date, location of the proposed
well--giving the name of the property owner, section number,
township and county, the number of the proposed well, and signed by
an officer or agent of such operator. No well shall be commenced
until the applicant or operator has been granted a permit, which
shall be granted by the ind
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