KRS 352.110: Mines to have two openings -- Exception -- Condemnation of land for

opening.

(1) No licensee, superintendent, mine manager, or mine foreman of any mine opened

after June 16, 1972, shall permit persons to work therein unless there are to every

seam of coal worked in the mine at least two (2) separate outlets, separated by

natural strata of not less than one hundred fifty (150) feet in breadth if the mine is

worked by shaft or slope, and separated by a pillar of natural strata of not less than

two thousand (2,000) square feet if the mine is worked by drift, by which outlets

distinct means of ingress and egress are readily available to persons employed in the

mine, but it shall not be necessary for the two (2) outlets to belong to the same

mine. This subse ction does not apply to the openings of a new entry that is being

worked for the purpose of making connection between the two (2) outlets so long as

not more than twenty (20) persons are employed at one (1) time in making the

connection or driving the seco nd opening, or to any mine in which the second

opening has been rendered unavailable by reason of final robbing or removal of

pillars so long as not more than twenty (20) persons are employed therein at one (1)

time, and the workings are no farther than fi ve hundred (500) feet from the bottom

of the shaft or slope or from the drift opening.

(2) If any mine has but one (1) means of ingress or egress for persons employed therein,

and the owner does not own suitable ground for another opening, the owner may

select appropriate adjacent ground for that purpose and have it condemned pursuant

to the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky.