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Chile rescue capsule lowered into shaft for tests (AP)

October 12th, 2010

Rescue workers and officials test the rescue capsule that will be used to extract the 33 trapped miners one by one at the San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile, Tuesday Oct. 12, 2010. The first of 33 trapped miners is expected to be lifted to the surface late Tuesday after surviving more than two months below ground. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)AP - Rescuers in Chile are lowering a still-empty escape capsule into the shaft that will finally provide a way out for 33 trapped miners.


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Test shows Chile mine rescue shaft works (AP)

October 11th, 2010

Patricio Sepulveda, a corporal of the police special operations unit, smiles after arriving at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. After more than two months trapped deep in the gold and copper mine, 33 miners are close to being freed and Sepulveda, who forms part of the pre-selected team of rescuers, will likely be one of the paramedics to go down the escape shaft to lead the miners to the surface. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP - The engineer leading Chilean rescue efforts says his team has successfully tested a rescue capsule nearly all the way down to where the miners are trapped.


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Escape shaft nearly reaches Chile’s trapped miners (AP)

October 8th, 2010

Elizabeth Segovia, sister of trapped miner Dario Segovia, sits a the camp where relatives wait for the rescue of the miners outside the San Jose mine, Copiapo, Chile, Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. Chile's mining minister says that just 130 feet (39 meters) remain before a drill breaks through to reach the chamber in the collapsed gold and copper mine where 33 trapped miners have waited more than two months to be rescued. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Drillers neared the lower reaches of a gold and copper mine where 33 men have been trapped for more than two months, preparing Friday for a breakthrough that…

Chile sees ‘great day’ with escape shaft near done (AP)

October 8th, 2010

A relative of one of the 33 miners trapped lights a candle during a vigil outside the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The miners have been trapped deep underground in the copper and gold mine since it collapsed on Aug. 5. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Excitement grew Friday outside the mine where 33 men have been trapped for more than two months, as a drill carving an escape shaft pushed through the final…

Chile mine engineers weigh risks of encasing shaft (AP)

October 7th, 2010

A helmet sits on a rock covered with the names of the 33 miners trapped in the collapsed San Jose mine at a camp where relatives wait for news outside the mine in Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday Oct. 6, 2010. Thirty-three miners have been trapped deep underground in the copper and gold mine since it collapsed on Aug. 5. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - It’s the nightmare scenario: The earth shifts just as a miner is being pulled to safety, jamming his escape capsule somewhere between the surface and the underground cavern…

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