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Saturday, August 7, 2010

Rescuers struggle to reach trapped Chile miners

Relatives wait as rescuers scramble to dig out 34 copper workers trapped inside the San Jose mine in Copiapo, northern Chile, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. Miners are trapped nearly 1,000 feet (300 meters) below ground after a tunnel caved in.
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COPIAPO, Chile, (Reuters) - Rescuers struggled on Friday to reach 34 miners trapped deep inside a small copper and gold mine in northern Chile after a cave-in, hoping miners took refuge in an underground shelter with oxygen and water. Officials had no details about those trapped on Thursday in the mine located 28 miles (45 km) from the northern...
Posted by Muhammad Usman Ali at 2:33 AM

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