Any person, firm or corporation, who knowingly maintains, uses or abandons an open vertical mine shaft wherein lead, zinc or other metals have been sought or produced, without covering suitably, or surrounding such installations with protective fencing, or plugging and filling, the particular method used to be approved by the Chief Mine Inspector's Department, shall be deemed negligent as a matter of law and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned for not more than one (1) year, or both such fine and imprisonment.
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