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7 miners rescued from Idaho underground mine

Last updated Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 10:10am

MULLAN, Idaho -- Seven miners were pulled from more than a mile below the surface after an accident at a northern Idaho silver mine where two workers died in separate mishaps this year.

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers carry an injured miner out of the Qianqiu Coal Mine of Yima Coal Group in Sanmenxia City, central China's Henan Province, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Rescuers pulled seven injured miners to the surface Friday and were trying to reach 50 others trapped after a rock explosion Thursday in the coal mine, the state media reported. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhu Xiang)

4 dead, 50 missing in Chinese mining accident

Andreas Landwehr Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Last updated Friday, November 4, 2011 - 2:19pm

4 dead, 50 missing in Chinese mining accident

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BEIJING -- Four coal miners were killed in an accident in central China, while 50 were trapped, a news report said Friday.

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Jesse Tinsley, The Spokesman-Review/The Associated Press
In this Nov. 24, 2010 photo, two mine workers stand inside the Lucky Friday mine in Mullan, Idaho. The roof of the tunnel collapsed on Friday, April 15, 2011, trapping Larry Marek. Officials have not had contact with him and don't know his condition. He is a 30-year mining veteran, 12 of those years have been with Hecla. A remote-control digger has arrived, Monday, April 18, 2011, to help rescue workers advance more quickly, but progress may still be slowed by boulder-sized rocks and time-consuming safety work to shore up tunnels from further collapse.

Idaho rescuers alter search operation for miner

John Miller, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - 12:43pm

BOISE, Idaho — Rescuers trying to reach a trapped Idaho silver miner on Tuesday were forced by unstable conditions to alter their operation and are now attempting to reach him from a new direction that more than quadruples the distance they must dig to reach him.

The changes were necessary due to dangerous conditions inside the Lucky Friday Mine, said Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration spokeswoman Amy Louviere. Before, workers needed to clear through about 50 feet of the collapsed area; from the new, safer set-off point more than a mile underground, there are 225 feet left.

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Decision not to rescue man in mine shaft debated

Martin Griffith, The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 7, 2011 - 2:14pm

RENO, Nev. -- A worker plunges deep into an abandoned mine shaft. Nearly 200 feet down, video images show he is injured but still breathing, trapped by debris.

The century-old shaft, though, is extremely unstable, its walls crumbling. As one rescuer tries to descend to reach the man, he is hit by a large rock, which splits his hard-hat.

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