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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 191; in 1966, chapter 594; in 1994, chapter 28<\/a>; in 1996, chapter 774<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66755,"section_number":"45.2-726","catch_line":" Mine openings","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-726\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":66755,"section_number":"45.2-726","catch_line":" Mine openings","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-726\/"}],"permalink":{"id":223223,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84251,"identifier":"45.2-728","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/7\/6\/45.2-728","url":"\/45.2-728\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-728\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/7\/6\/45.2-728","dublin_core":{"Title":" Number of miners in openings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-728","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Until the two travel ways are made as required by \u00a7 45.2-726<\/a>, no more than 20 miners shall work underground in the mine at one time. No additional development shall be permitted until the connection is made to the second opening. In a mine in which final pillar removal operations necessitate closing the second opening, no more than 20 miners shall be permitted to work in the mine.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n NUMBER OF MINERS IN OPENINGS (\u00a7 45.2-728)\n\nUntil the two travel ways are made as required by \u00a7 45.2-726, no more than 20\nminers shall work underground in the mine at one time. No additional development\nshall be permitted until the connection is made to the second opening. In a mine\nin which final pillar removal operations necessitate closing the second opening,\nno more than 20 miners shall be permitted to work in the mine.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 45-71; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, \u00a7 45.1-94; 1994, c.\n28, \u00a7 45.1-161.164; 1996, c. 774; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}