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Families Lash Owners for Abandoning Trapped Miners

Little hope left for six men

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 19, 2007 11:10 PM CDT

(Newser) – Angry relatives of six men missing for two weeks in a Utah mine collapse have accused owners and federal officials of quitting on the rescue effort and leaving the miners for dead. Officials conceded yesterday that the miners may never be found in the mountain,... Read full story »

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