A Look at Collapses That Miners Have Survived
Monday, May 08, 2006
BEACONSFIELD, Australia A look at some mine collapses in which miners have survived after being trapped underground:
— February 2006: Seven Chinese miners are rescued four days after a cave-in at the Aiyou coal mine in China's northern Liaoning province.
— January 2006: Thirty-two Canadian miners rescued after 24 hours trapped in a Saskatchewan potash mine.
— July 2002: Nine miners rescued after eight days trapped in a coal mine in a northwestern province of China.
— July 2002: Nine miners rescued after being trapped more than three days in the Quecreek Mine in Pennsylvania.
— January 2000: Nine gold miners survive for four days trapped in a gold mine at the African Rainbow Minerals mine near Orkney, South Africa.
— July 1996: Three miners survive eight days in a flooded mine in southern China.
— November 1989: Sixty-six miners rescued three days after being trapped by an underground flood in a coal pit in eastern India.
— January 1983: Two Chinese miners rescued after 23 days trapped in a coal mine in northeast China.
— September 1982: Four South Korean coal miners rescued 14 days after being trapped in a cave-in 800 feet underground.
— 1968: South Korean miner survives after being trapped for 15 days.













