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To: Joe Hadenuf
I believe in the Idaho mine collapse in 1972 miners survived for a week or more.

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160 posted on 07/27/2002 7:58:37 PM PDT by prisoner6
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To: prisoner6
Damn, can't imagine 3 days, let alone a week.
167 posted on 07/27/2002 8:00:11 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: prisoner6
The Idaho incident you are referring to was a fire, not a collapse. 91 miners died of smoke inhalation (the fire was at the worst possible point -- right near one of the ventilation shafts -- so the giant fans used to ventilate the mine actually pushed the smoke all the way through the mine). There were two guys who survived for more than a week in a remote corner of the mine before they were rescued.

I did some on-line research and found a photo of those two guys:


852 posted on 07/27/2002 11:14:34 PM PDT by Alberta's Child
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