Section 453

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 5injures 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.