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6th Hole Shows No Signs of Life

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(Newser) – The last hole drilled into the collapsed Utah mine where six men are trapped yielded no hopeful sign today; the space it reached was too small to support the men, a lawyer for some of the families told the press. "The only thing they told us is there is no void where the sixth hole is; there is no space," he told the AP after a meeting with mine officials.

The families are distraught, the lawyer said, after drilling was completed this afternoon, with disappointing results. Crandall Canyon mine owners have said the sixth hole would be the last effort to rescue the miners; family members feel drilling should continue if only to retrieve their bodies.

A T-shirt showing the names of six trapped coal miners inside the Crandall Canyon Mine is seen during a fundraiser, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007, in Price, Utah. Officials extinguished nearly all hope of finding any of the six miners alive on Sunday, nearly two weeks after the men were trapped...
A T-shirt showing the names of six trapped coal miners inside the Crandall Canyon Mine is seen during a fundraiser, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007, in Price, Utah. Officials extinguished nearly all hope of finding...   (Associated Press)
Cassie Phillips, a sister of Brandon Phillips, sits in a car after talking to reporters on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, in Huntington, Utah. Brandon Phillips is one of six coal miners trapped inside the Crandall Canyon Mine. Officials said a sixth exploratory hole 1,700 feet below ground would be...
Cassie Phillips, a sister of Brandon Phillips, sits in a car after talking to reporters on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, in Huntington, Utah. Brandon Phillips is one of six coal miners trapped inside the...   (Associated Press)
A sign to mine rescuers is displayed in downtown Huntington, Utah, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007. Four holes drilled more than 1,500 feet into the mountainside have given officials limited access to the Crandall Canyon mine where six miners have been trapped nearly two weeks. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
A sign to mine rescuers is displayed in downtown Huntington, Utah, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007. Four holes drilled more than 1,500 feet into the mountainside have given officials limited access to the Crandall...   (Associated Press)
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