Section 2 — Definitions.

22(zl)

"mine" means any excavation where any operation for the purpose of searching for or obtaining minerals has been or is being carried on and includes—

2(zl)(i) all borings, bore holes, oil wells and accessory crude conditioning plants, including the pipe conveying mineral oil within the oilfields;

2(zl)(ii) all shafts, in or adjacent to and belonging to a mine, whether in the course of being sunk or not;

2(zl)(iii) all levels and inclined planes in the course of being driven;

2(zl)(iv) all open cast workings;

2(zl)(v) all conveyors or aerial ropeways provided for bringing into or removal from a mine of minerals or other articles or for the removal of refuse therefrom;

2(zl)(vi) all adits, levels, planes, machinery, works, railways, tramways and sidings in or adjacent to and belonging to a mine;

2(zl)(vii) all protective works being carried out in or adjacent to a mine;

2(zl)(viii) all workshops and stores situated within the precincts of a mine and under the same management and used primarily for the purposes connected with that mine or a number of mines under the same management;

2(zl)(ix) all power stations, transformer sub-stations, converter stations, rectifier stations and accumulator storage stations for supplying electricity solely or mainly for the purpose of working the mine or a number of mines under the same management;

2(zl)(x) any premises for the time being used for depositing sand or other material for use in a mine or for depositing refuse from a mine or in which any operations in connection with such sand refuse or other material is being carried on, being premises exclusively occupied by the owner of the mine;

2(zl)(xi) any premises in or adjacent to and belonging to a mine on which any process ancillary to the getting, dressing or preparation for sale of minerals or coke is being carried on;

2(zl)(xii) a mine owned by the Government;

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