[Western Phil]

This is a few days old, but is interesting. I was looking for details of the actual mine itself - drawings, maps, etc.

The article must be a Babelfish translation. One of the more interesting sections is: "Gomez said that the miners used for light vehicles and an excavator to dig a channel for water to get underground.

It was unclear whether the air threatened to walk."

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Damn, that must be like hell on earth. Trapped thousands of feet underground in a dark, stinking pit with other unfortunates without any way of getting out. Actually, that does sound pretty much like hell, except they have hope of getting out in a few months time...
Myself, I'd rather jump out of a plane wearing a parachute that had been packed by a chimp. I'm not one for heights, but at least it would be over sooner rather than later...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I'm guessing that the area of the mine where the were working was unaffected, and that the collapse occurred far above them, otherwise there would have been at least a few fatalities.

[proud American in Canada]

in the months can take to cut a tunnel large enough

OMG. That is horrible. If they make it, it will be a wonderful Christmas for them.