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Hopes Fade for 21 Buried in Philippine Landslide
By not in system - AOL NewsMANILA, Philippines -- Filipino rescuers who dug by hand to save people buried by a landslide were losing hope of finding 21 still missing in the disaster that killed at least three people in a remote gold mining village, officials said Saturday. One miner pulled from the mountain of mud and rocks said he's survived three landslides in and around the mines, including one that killed his brother, but he can't afford to quit his job despite the dangers. The shanties and tents where miners and some of their families slept were buried under about 100 feet (30 meters) of mud, soil, rocks and ...
Borehole Finds Open Space Where Missing Idaho Miner May Be
By not in system - AOL NewsBOISE, Idaho -- A pocket of open space behind tons of collapsed rock and debris has added some optimism to the search for a missing silver miner, despite dangerous conditions that are forcing rescuers to take a much longer route toward where he is trapped. Workers who have been digging through the boulders, twisted wires and broken concrete that collapsed inside the Lucky Friday Mine finished drilling a 2-inch-wide, 180-foot-long hole from another tunnel Tuesday, Hecla Mining Co. said in a written statement. The view from a borehole camera confirmed there is a void in the area where Larry ...
Man Dies After Falling Into Nevada Mine Shaft
By not in system - AOL NewsRENO, Nev. - A father of five children has died after falling into a Nevada mine shaft so deep and treacherous that rescuers had to abandon efforts to reach him while he was still alive, officials said Saturday. Devin Westenskow, 28, of Evanston, Wyo., worked at a geothermal drilling operation in Nevada and had gone exploring Wednesday with two friends during his off-hours when he fell 190 feet into the open shaft northeast of Reno. Video Courtesy of KSL.com His family thanked rescue workers in a prepared statement that also identified Westenskow. "We feel they did everything ...
Will Canada Export Death by Rejuvenating Its Last Asbestos Mine?
By Andrew Schneider - AOL NewsASBESTOS, Quebec -- A plan to increase production from Canada's last asbestos mine near this town named for the deadly mineral has enraged physicians and public health workers around the globe. They say the fibers from chrysotile ore, also called white asbestos, are to blame for a worldwide death count in the millions. Many experts are especially upset that the plan calls for the carcinogenic mineral to be shipped to countries where it encounters little, if any, protective restrictions on its use. Politicians, entrepreneurs and bureaucrats in Quebec insist that the chrysotile ore being mined ...
21 Workers Killed in Colombian Mine Blast
By not in system - AOL NewsSARDINATA, Colombia -- An explosion likely caused by a methane gas buildup ripped through an underground coal mine in Colombia during a shift change Wednesday, killing 21 workers, officials said. A similar fatal blast occurred at the same mine four years ago. Five of the victims died at the mine's entrance and by afternoon two bodies had been removed from the mine with another 14 left to recover, said the provincial Colombian Red Cross director, Johel Enrique Rodriguez. He told The Associated Press that rescuers had seen the rest of the bodies, which he said were covered in burns and ...
My Wish for 2011: A Just Transition to Clean Energy
By not in system - AOL NewsThis is the year that our country makes the shift from our dependence on dirty coal toward a clean-energy economy. And this is the year that coal miners will lead that just transition, making our devastated coalfields ground zero in the clean-energy boom. After speaking in more than 20 states and coalfield communities across the nation last year with my book "Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland," I have become more convinced than ever that we can bridge the fabricated divide between coal miners and coal-mining communities and environmental organizations like ...
All 29 Miners Dead After 2nd Blast at NZ Coal Mine
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News
(Nov. 24) -- All 29 miners trapped in a New Zealand coal mine are believed to be dead after a second powerful explosion ripped through the tunnels where they may have sought shelter, officials said today. This afternoon's blast, believed to be caused by a buildup of flammable methane gas over the past five days, was "horrific," Police Superintendent Gary Knowles told CNN. "No one survived." It's New Zealand's worst mining disaster in more than a century. "I was at the mine myself when this actually occurred," Knowles told the BBC. "This is one of the most tragic things I have had to do ...
Drill Breakthrough in New Zealand Mine Rescue
By not in system - AOL NewsGREYMOUTH, New Zealand (Nov. 23) -- A drilling team on Wednesday broke a narrow shaft through to the section of a New Zealand coal mine where 29 workers have been missing for almost six days, and was greeted by a blast of potentially deadly gases from inside. Officials have become increasingly pessimistic about the chances of pulling the men alive from a network of tunnels some 1 1/2 miles (2 kilometers) deep in the side of a mountain, following a powerful explosion on Friday. Nothing has been heard from the missing miners since the blast. Toxic and potentially explosive gases have kept ...
29 Escape Barefoot From Chinese Mine
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BEIJING (Nov. 22) -- Barefoot and wrapped in white quilts, 29 miners were pulled out of a Chinese coal mine Monday after being trapped by a flood and waiting a day for rescuers to pump out water. State broadcaster China Central Television showed medics leading out the miners, naked and with their eyes shielded from the light after 24 hours in darkness. Crowds of mine workers, reporters and others cheered as they were taken to ambulances. Late Monday, all 29 men were in stable condition at a hospital with no serious injuries, Xinhua reported. They may have removed their clothes because wet ...
Survivor Recounts Struggle After New Zealand Mine Blast
By not in system - AOL NewsGREYMOUTH, New Zealand (Nov. 21) -- The explosion that left 29 miners missing in New Zealand resembled "a shotgun blast, but much, much louder and more powerful," said a coal miner who was smashed into the mine wall before collapsing amid the smoky, swirling gas and dust. When he came to, Daniel Rockhouse, 24, dragged himself upright and staggered to a nearby compressed air line to breathe in fresh air and gain some strength. "I got up and there was thick white smoke everywhere - worse than a fire. I knew straight away that it was carbon monoxide," Rockhouse, whose brother Ben remains ...
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