At least 78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was scene of a standoff
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and starving in abandoned South Africa mine
South African authorities have ome under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...
Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine
The mine has been the scene of a tense standoff between police and miners since authorities launched an operation to force ...
Alaska Public Media3d
Man dies exploring abandoned Southeast Alaska mine
A Washington state man died while exploring an abandoned mine on Prince ... looks like a 400-foot volcano, with a rope leading down from the rim to the mine shafts below. “In order to go down ...
NorthJersey.com19d
North Jersey explorer investigated abandoned NJ mines for a decade. What he learned
"Abandoned mines get a bad rep," Lopez said ... In Ringwood he scaled down the side of a cliff using an old iron stranded rope to get into an inclined shaft. He drank from a spring deep inside ...
Altoona Mirror32m
At least 100 illegal miners have died while trapped in a South African mine for months, group says
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have died of suspected starvation and dehydration after being trapped deep underground for ...
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At least 100 illegal miners have died trapped underground in South Africa, group says
They were illegally mining in an abandoned gold mine and have ... trapped underground after police removed the ropes they used to climb out of the mine. Police also cut off the miners' food ...
America Magazine24d
Destitute South Africans and migrants risk their lives in illegal mines—and are exploited by criminal gangs
Conditions are worse for abandoned mine workers who are not South African ... They risk their lives reaching unsafe shafts by rope and pulley systems—tunnels often collapse and there is the ...
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Assam mine tragedy: Stubborn water levels hinder rescue operation on fourth day
“We discovered four abandoned wells (mines) nearby. These wells ... We tried to save ourselves by grabbing ropes, motor pipes, and other objects. Eventually, we saw a basket (trolley) descending.