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 ...
The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...
Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
South Africa gold mine - with hundreds still trapped - Death toll is expected to rise as rescuers pull out both surviors and ...
The mine has been the scene of a tense standoff between police and miners since authorities launched an operation to force ...
"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 ...
A state Department of Environmental Protection map shows three abandoned mines next to I-80 in Wharton. The area that includes Wharton, Dover, Mine Hill and Rockaway had numerous iron mines in the ...