Section 453: Attempts to injure mines

Any person who, with intent to injure a mine or to obstruct the working of a mine‐
(1) unlawfully, and otherwise than by an act done underground in the course of
working an adjoining mine‐
(a) causes water to run into the mine or into any subterranean passage
communicating with the mine; or
(b) obstructs any shaft or passage of the mine; or
(2) unlawfully obstructs the working of any machine, appliance, or apparatus,
appertaining to or used with the mine, whether the thing in question is completed or
not; or
(3) unlawfully and with intent to render it useless, injures or unfastens a rope, chain, or
tackle of whatever material, which is used in the mine or upon any way or work
appertaining to or used with the mine,
is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.