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Mine Operation Continues With 7th Hole and Camera

Camera could reach shaft bottom by this afternoon

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(Newser) – Reversing an earlier decision, recovery efforts will continue at the Utah mine where six miners were trapped three weeks ago. A seventh hole will be drilled into the mine, and a camera will be dropped into a previously bored hole to search for signs of life. Family members requested that the new hole be drilled to the kitchen area, where the men were supposed to congregate in an emergency.

"They could be right there waiting for us to get to them," said one relative of the kitchen area. "It could be the miracle we're waiting for." A son of one of the miner's called the decision to press on a "little flicker of hope."

In this undated photo released by the Department of Labor, shown is a robot that will be lowered through a bore hole and into the Crandall Canyon Mine northwest of Huntington, Utah, in an effort to locate six trapped miners. (AP Photo/Department of Labor)
In this undated photo released by the Department of Labor, shown is a robot that will be lowered through a bore hole and into the Crandall Canyon Mine northwest of Huntington, Utah, in an effort to locate...   (Associated Press)
In this undated photo released by the Department of Labor, shown is a robot that will be lowered through a bore hole and into the Crandall Canyon Mine northwest of Huntington, Utah, in an effort to locate six trapped miners. (AP Photo/Department of Labor)
In this undated photo released by the Department of Labor, shown is a robot that will be lowered through a bore hole and into the Crandall Canyon Mine northwest of Huntington, Utah, in an effort to locate...   (Associated Press)
In this undated photo released by the Department of Labor, shown is the robot that will be lowered through a bore hole and into the Crandall Canyon Mine northwest of Huntington, Utah, in an effort to locate six trapped miners. (AP Photo/Department of Labor)
In this undated photo released by the Department of Labor, shown is the robot that will be lowered through a bore hole and into the Crandall Canyon Mine northwest of Huntington, Utah, in an effort to...   (Associated Press)
Robert Murray, chief executive of Murray Energy Corp., covers his face during an interview with the Associated Press in his office at the Crandall Canyon Mine, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, northwest of Huntington, Utah. Murray said Wednesday he is hurt by critics who say he ran an unsafe mine and...
Robert Murray, chief executive of Murray Energy Corp., covers his face during an interview with the Associated Press in his office at the Crandall Canyon Mine, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, northwest of Huntington,...   (Associated Press)
Robert Murray, chief executive of Murray Energy Corp., speaks during an interview with an Associated Press reporter in his office at the Crandall Canyon Mine, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, in Huntington, Utah. Murray said Wednesday he is hurt by critics who say he ran an unsafe mine and wasn't doing...
Robert Murray, chief executive of Murray Energy Corp., speaks during an interview with an Associated Press reporter in his office at the Crandall Canyon Mine, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, in Huntington,...   (Associated Press)
A torn sign hangs on the side of the road leading to the Crandall Canyon Mine in Huntington, Utah, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007. The latest holed drilled into the collapsed mine where six men are trapped broke through an area too small for the men to survive, a lawyer for...
A torn sign hangs on the side of the road leading to the Crandall Canyon Mine in Huntington, Utah, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007. The latest holed drilled into the collapsed mine where six men are trapped broke...   (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 family, with words of hope written on its car window for six miners trapped in the Crandall Canyon Mine, enter the Desert Edge Christian Chapel in Huntington, Utah, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Kenny Crookston)
A family, with words of hope written on its car window for six miners trapped in the Crandall Canyon Mine, enter the Desert Edge Christian Chapel in Huntington, Utah, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Kenny...   (Associated Press)
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