Oklahoma Code § 45-436

Title 45. Mines And Mining: Open mine shafts - Covering - Approval - Penalties
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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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