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2007-10-04 Africa Subsaharan

Union: 3,000 workers trapped in South African mine

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Posted by Fred 2007-10-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 LUCIANNE > no one has died, and rescue of all remining miners will likely be accomplished over another 10 hours or so. VARIOUS Netters > reports leaning to [repairable]local or specific transportation lift/system defect only.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-04 03:10|| 2007-10-04 03:10|| Front Page Top

#2 all done: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=paMine_thu05_Mine_collapse_ud&show_article=1

Posted by newc">newc 2007-10-04 05:10|| 2007-10-04 05:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Harmony Gold?

But seriously, they weren't "trapped". Their elevator broke, and it apparently took some time to get the backup exit shaft's elevator working or something. Strikes me as pretty shabby that it took so long, and the access redundancy for such a large mine was so poorly thought-out. They'd have been really screwed if something serious was going on, like a real flood or a fire.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2007-10-04 09:19|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2007-10-04 09:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Burst water pipes usually burst.

Posted by JohnnieBartlett 2007-10-04 14:54|| 2007-10-04 14:54|| Front Page Top

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