Rescuers in the search for 29 New Zealand miners will drill a 6-inch hole through 500 feet of rock to allow tests for explosive gas, as the rescue operations gets under way once again. The rescue effort at a New Zealand mine that exploded Friday had…
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Mine Rescuers Test for Explosive Gas
The approval by workers who sued the city and its contractors over health damages from the rescue clears the way for payouts of at least $625 million.
Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera has arrived in the UK ahead of a European tour, as his country basks in the rescue of 33 trapped miners.
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Chilean leader’s mine rock gift for Queen
Copiapó, now basking in the rescue, was known at a darker moment in Chile’s history as the site of a murder of 16 people by an army delegation.
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Rescue May Redeem a Troubled Past for Chilean City
President Sebastian Pinera was applauded as he firmly placed a lid on the entrance to the rescue shaft at the San Jose mine in Chile.
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Lid is placed on Chile mine shaft
As the rescue capsule brought each Chilean miner to the surface, they sprang from obscurity into the global spotlight — a type of attention that they never sought.
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Crush of the spotlight awaits miners
The coverage of the rescue in Chile included ribald humor and heartfelt emotion from reporters.
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The TV Watch: Rescue on TV: Elation, Exhaustion and Elvis
Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera has described the rescue effort to bring miners to the surface as “magnificent”.
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‘A lesson of faith, unity and courage’
Coverage of the rescue of the Chilean miners.
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The Lede: Live Video and Latest Updates
The moment Chile has been waiting for has almost arrived: The first of 33 trapped miners will be hoisted up to the surface this evening, according to President Sebastian Pinera. After delays for additional tests, the rescue should begin around 9 p.m….
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Chilean Miners Almost Free
So far so good. An empty escape capsule was sent down the rescue shaft to within 40 feet of the trapped miners and successfully pulled back to the surface on Monday. “We didn’t send it (all the way) down because we could risk that someone will jump…
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Rescue Shaft Passes Safety Test
So far so good. An empty escape capsule was sent down the rescue shaft to within 40 feet of the trapped miners and successfully pulled back to the surface on Monday. “We didn’t send it (all the way) down because we could risk that someone will jump…
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Chile Rescue Shaft Passes Safety Test
It will take at least four months to rescue 33 miners trapped underground in Chile, the head of the rescue operation has said.
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Chile miner rescue will take months
It will take at least four months to rescue 33 miners trapped underground in Chile, the head of the rescue operation says.
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Long wait ahead for Chile miners
