gold mine

Ecuador: 4 miners trapped after tunnel collapses (AP)

October 16th, 2010

AP - A tunnel collapsed in a gold mine in southern Ecuador on Friday, trapping four miners 490 feet (150 meters) underground. Authorities said rescue efforts were under way.

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Straight-talking engineer was behind Chile rescue (AP)

October 15th, 2010

Andres Sougarret, center, the chief engineer in charge of the rescue mission of 33 trapped miners, right, and Chile's Mining Minister Laurence Golborne smiles during a joint press conference at the San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010. Sougarret, a 46-year-old mining engineer, was in charge of digging the miners out. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Three days after 33 men were sealed deep within a gold mine, Andre Sougarret was summoned by Chile’s president.


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Miners’ kin struggle with jealousy, rivalries (AP)

October 12th, 2010

Alberto Segovia, brother of trapped miner Dario Segovia, and his daughter Carla Belgica, stand at the relatives camp outside the San Jose mine, near Copiapo, Chile, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. The33 miners became trapped when the gold and copper mine collapsed on Aug. 5 and are expected to be rescued starting late Tuesday or early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)AP - The dusty curve fronting the copper and gold mine where 33 men have been trapped alive underground since early August may be called “Camp Hope.”


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33 miners in Chile are alive, but stuck for months (AP)

August 23rd, 2010

Chile's President Sebastian Pinera holds up a plastic bag containing a message, from miners trapped in a collapsed mine, that reads in Spanish 'We are ok in the refuge, the 33 miners' in Copiapo, Chile, Sunday Aug. 22, 2010. The miners have been trapped below the surface of the mine since the main access collapsed on Aug. 5 due to tons of falling rock. (AP Photo/Hector Retamal)AP - For 33 men found alive after 17 days trapped deep in a copper and gold mine, the toughest challenge now may be preserving their sanity during the months…

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