All provisions of the mining laws of this state intended for the protection of the health and safety of persons employed within or at any coal mine and for the protection of any coal mining property extend to all open-pit mines and any property used in connection therewith for the mining of underground limestone and sandstone mines, insofar as such laws are applicable thereto.
W. Va. Code § 22A-4-2
Applicability of mining laws
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 191 W. Va. 134 - Francis O. Day Co. v. Director, Division of Environmental Protection (1994)
Most recently applied in 191 W. Va. 134 - Francis O. Day Co. v. Director, Division of Environmental Protection (March 1994)
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.