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U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 22, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

USA Today -- Coal mine boss Bob Murray said Wednesday he is hurt by critics who say he ran an unsafe mine and wasn't doing enough to find six missing miners trapped deep underground. He said he emotionally "came apart" after a second cave-in killed three rescuers... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Aug 20, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

CNN -- Families of the trapped six miners accused those in charge of rescue effort of having "given up" on the missing men. In a statement read by a spokesman, the families urged the Utah mine's owner and federal officials to drill a hole into the mine large eno.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Aug 17, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

USA Today -- A cave-in killed three miners and injured six other men who were tunneling through a coal mine Thursday evening trying to reach six miners trapped for 11 days, mining officials said. "There was a major mountain bump," said Tammy Kikuchi, spokeswoman fo.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Aug 10, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

BBC News -- Rescuers in the US state of Utah have drilled through to a mine cavity where six miners are believed trapped, but have not yet detected any sound. The rescue crew drilled a narrow hole and lowered a microphone into the collapsed Crandall Canyon coal mi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Aug 6, 2007 @ 4:25pm neoform

USA Today -- Six miners were trapped in a coal mine Monday by a cave-in so powerful that authorities initially thought it was small earthquake. Eight hours after the underground cave-in was reported, rescuers had not had any contact with the miners and were still t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 9, 2007 @ 2:13pm neoform

BBC News -- A lightning bolt travelled down a cable and ignited the methane blast that led to the deaths of 12 miners in West Virginia last year, a US report says. The report, obtained by the Associated Press, also says methane in a sealed section was not monitore.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Aug 27, 2007 @ 8:28am neoform

MSNBC -- We believe the right thing to do is to put another hole down and try to locate these men and in discussions with MSHA that was agreed to and that is what has been done,” said Rob Moore, vice president of Murray Energy Corp. The seventh hole was being.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 23, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

CNN -- Rescuers trying to find six miners will begin boring a sixth hole down into Utah's Crandall Canyon mine Friday, and the search will stop if no signs of life are found, the coal mine's co-owner said. "This is the last hole," Bob Murray, CEO of Murray Energ.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Aug 21, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- Murray’s e-mail said the “efforts in the digging and recovering have left me such that I cannot be a good spokesman to the public media on behalf of our efforts to rescue the original six miners.” Bob Ferriter, a former federal mine safety engine.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Aug 20, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

USA Today -- The operator of the Crandall Canyon coal mine where six men are missing and three rescuers died last week delivered a grim assessment Sunday, saying "It's likely that these miners may not be found." Rob Moore, vice president of Utah Energy which operat.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Aug 17, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- Three rescuers have died and six have been injured during efforts to reach a group of coal miners trapped underground in the US state of Utah. It is thought that the rescue workers were caught in a cave-in as they tried to dig a tunnel to the spot wher.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Aug 10, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

CNN -- A microphone lowered into a narrow hole drilled into a mine cavity where six workers are believed to be trapped has detected no sound so far, officials said early Friday. There has been no communication with the six miners since Monday's mine collapse... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 9, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

USA Today -- Barring mechanical breakdown, rescue teams hope to drill two lifelines by late today or Friday to six coal miners trapped deep inside a central Utah mountain, the mine's operator said Wednesday. A 2½-inch hole was drilled to 1,000 feet by 11:30 p.m. M.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Aug 7, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

BBC News -- Rescuers in the US state of Utah are bringing in more drilling equipment to try to free six miners trapped in a collapsed coal mine since early Monday. So far there has no been no contact with the men, thought to be about 1,500 feet (457m) below the su.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Aug 7, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

USA Today -- Rescue crews were drilling into solid coal and hammering through concrete walls Monday to get to six miners in a Utah mine that collapsed and trapped the men 1,500 feet below ground. As the search efforts stretched into the night, workers were unable t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Aug 6, 2007 @ 4:38pm neoform

BBC News -- Rescue teams are working to free six miners trapped after a tunnel in a coal mine collapsed in the western US state of Utah, local authorities said. The incident is believed to have been triggered by a 4.0 magnitude quake, which struck a few miles away.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 20, 2007 @ 11:16pm neoform

CNN -- Workers on Friday found the bodies of two miners trapped when a wall section collapsed in an open-pit coal mine in western Maryland, a federal mine official said. One body was found in a backhoe the man had been operating Tuesday when the two were buri.. Read More