The Department is designated as the agency to make safety inspections in sand, sand and gravel and in quarrying operations. Any person required by this act to have a permit who engages in mining without a valid permit therefor issued pursuant to this act is guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). Each day of operation without the permit required by this act shall be deemed a separate violation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 45, § 735