A truck dumps rocks down a mine shaft in a bid to prevent flooding.
Posted on 10/28/2003 7:37:48 AM PST by presidio9
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:19 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Rescue workers have said they are within meters of reaching 13 miners missing since icy water flooded a coal mine in southern Russia five days ago.
Officials said Tuesday they hope to find the 13 men alive, assuming they reached a spot that could remain dry as the water continued to flood into the mine. There has been no contact with the miners since they became trapped Thursday.
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