Question: Do they get paid for their time down there?
In all seriousness, I posted a very similar question here at #23 last night, and haven't received a response. I wasn't trying to be a smartass, but simply wondered how it would be addressed.
The Chilean government has seized $1.8mm dollars for their benefit from the company, which is likely to declare bankruptcy.
The miners average about $15K in wages a year, or about $7.50 an hour.
If they were paid for 24 hours a day for 150 days, it would be about $890K.
But assuming that anything besides 8 hours per weekday is double overtime, it's about $1.8mm.
The mining company said they were bankrupt - the state is paying for the rescue, supposedly.