[=Explosives kept in boxes.=] Every person who has powder or other explosives in a mine shall keep same in a wooden box, or boxes, securely locked, and said boxes shall be kept at least five feet from the track, and no two powder boxes shall be kept within twenty-five feet of each other, nor shall blasting powder and high explosives be kept in the same box, and in no case shall detonating caps be kept in a box with blasting powder or high explosives.

[=Fire must be kept from explosives.=] Whenever a workman is about to open a box, package or keg containing powder or other explosives, and while handling the same, he shall 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.=