Okla. Stat. tit. 45, § 45-503
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Mine inspectors to be furnished copies of maps
Official statutory text
The operator or superintendent of every mine shall furnish the
mine inspectors of the district in which said mine is located with a
correct copy, on tracing muslin or sunprint, of the map or plan of
said mine hereinbefore provided for, and the inspector of the
district shall at the end of each year, or twice a year, if he
requires it, return said map or plan to the proper person at any
particular mine, whose duty it shall be to place or cause to be
placed, on said map or plan all extensions and worked out or
abandoned parts of the mine during the preceding six (6) or twelve
(12) months, as the case may be, and forward the same to the
district mine inspector within thirty (30) days from the time of
receiving it. When any mine is worked out or abandoned, the
operator or superintendent shall furnish the mine inspector, within
thirty (30) days, with a correct plan of said mine on tracing muslin
or cloth, which plan shall clearly show all the worked out or
abandoned territory, together with all property and boundary lines,
elevations, and other things required by this article. The copies
of the maps or plans of the several coal and other mines in each
district, as hereinbefore required to be furnished to the mine
inspector, shall remain in the care of the inspector of the district
in which the said mines are situated, as strictly official records,
to be transferred by him to his successor in office.
mine inspectors of the district in which said mine is located with a
correct copy, on tracing muslin or sunprint, of the map or plan of
said mine hereinbefore provided for, and the inspector of the
district shall at the end of each year, or twice a year, if he
requires it, return said map or plan to the proper person at any
particular mine, whose duty it shall be to place or cause to be
placed, on said map or plan all extensions and worked out or
abandoned parts of the mine during the preceding six (6) or twelve
(12) months, as the case may be, and forward the same to the
district mine inspector within thirty (30) days from the time of
receiving it. When any mine is worked out or abandoned, the
operator or superintendent shall furnish the mine inspector, within
thirty (30) days, with a correct plan of said mine on tracing muslin
or cloth, which plan shall clearly show all the worked out or
abandoned territory, together with all property and boundary lines,
elevations, and other things required by this article. The copies
of the maps or plans of the several coal and other mines in each
district, as hereinbefore required to be furnished to the mine
inspector, shall remain in the care of the inspector of the district
in which the said mines are situated, as strictly official records,
to be transferred by him to his successor in office.
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