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U.S. / NEWS Sun Aug 12, 2007 @ 12:28pm neoform

CNN -- Rescue workers trying to reach six men trapped in Utah's Crandall Canyon mine found survivable space Saturday after punching a second, wider hole into a cavity where the workers are believed to be trapped and lowering a camera, a federal official said. Bu.. 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 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 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 Sat Aug 11, 2007 @ 11:17am neoform

USA Today -- A second drill broke through early Saturday to a mine shaft where officials hope to find six trapped workers, clearing the way for a video camera to be lowered and provide the first answers to the miners' fate. Nearly 9 inches wide, the hole reached th.. Read More

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

USA Today -- The frenetic effort to drill into the presumed location of six workers trapped in a collapsed mine yielded no audible evidence of survivors early Friday. But rescuers cautioned their work isn't done and that air quality in the mine could sustain life... 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 Wed Mar 21, 2007 @ 12:38am neoform

FOX News -- A teenager who was chasing a ball at recess became trapped under a heavy concrete slab for about two hours Tuesday before emergency crews could remove it and rush him to a hospital. Robert Maust, 14, was pale and cold but otherwise in good spirits when.. Read More