[=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