§ 34-24-102 — Coal or other mine maps

(1) Every operator shall make a map of
the surface of the property and a map of the underground workings. Such map shall
be updated and submitted annually to the division.

(2) Each map shall be retained by the division in its permanent records. Such
records shall be available for inspection, on request, by the public. Maps filed with
the division prior to July 1, 1980, shall be made available to the public if the property
is abandoned, and such maps shall be made available to the public with permission
of the operator if the map depicts a mine which is still in production.

(3) Whenever surface features of a mine property can be shown upon such
map without obscuring its details or impairing its usefulness, a separate map need
not be made.

(4) Each map shall be made on a scale of not less than one hundred feet nor
more than five hundred feet to the inch unless a different scale is approved by the
office of active and inactive mines, and such map shall bear the name or number of
the mine, its location as to county, township, and section, the name of the company
or operator, the north point, the scale to which the map is drawn and an explanatory
legend, and the certificate of the engineer or surveyor as to the accuracy of the
map.

(5) The underground map shall be made on the same scale as the surface
map unless a different scale is approved by the office of active and inactive mines
and shall show the mine openings or excavations; the shafts, slopes, and drifts of
the mine, the connections with other mines or workings, or any other seams in the
same mine; the entries, rooms, pillars, and abandoned workings of the mine; and the
barrier pillars between adjoining properties. Each map shall show the elevation of
the mine haulageways and cross entries every five hundred feet.

Legislative History

Source: L. 88: Entire article R&RE, p. 1195, � 5, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 1935, � 27, effective July 1.