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  • August 2007

    • Rescuers Hear 'Noise' in Mine

      newser  |  Deseret News (Salt Lake)  |  Aug 15, 07 10:46 PM CDT

      Rescuers Hear 'Noise' in Mine

      Rescuers digging for men who have been trapped underground for 10 days heard noise inside the mine today, prompting crews to drill a fourth hole in the sound's direction. They described hearing 5 minutes of “noise” through seismic geophones, ignighting some hope in an otherwise-discouraging rescue effort. "There's a very good chance we may find them alive," said the mine owner.  More »

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      Utah  • rescue  • miners  • mine  • Crandall Canyon  • mine collapse  • Bob Murray  • noise

    • Officials to Drill Third Hole at Utah Mine

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Aug 12, 07 6:50 PM CDT

      Officials to Drill Third Hole at Utah Mine

      Mine officials will drill a third hole to locate six Utah miners trapped for close to a week, the AP reports. A video camera with poor lighting was lowered into a hole yesterday and found mining equipment, but no sign of the miners. Still, rescuers said they were treating the mission as a rescue and not as a recovery effort. More »

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    • Rescuers See 'Survivable Space' in Mine

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Aug 11, 07 4:40 PM CDT

      Rescuers See 'Survivable Space' in Mine

      A camera lowered into a Utah mine where six men are stranded showed a 5 1/2-foot “survivable space” today but little else, the AP reports.  Rescuers pulled out the video camera to protect it from flowing water and install another lens, hoping for a wider angle on the cavity—while another, smaller hole was being used to pump oxygen into the nearly airless mine. More »

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      Utah  • rescue  • miners  • mine  • coal mine

    • Safety Worries Hounded Miners: Source

      newser  |  CNN  |  Aug 11, 07 11:30 AM CDT

      Safety Worries Hounded Miners: Source

      The area of the Utah mine where six men are stranded was a source of worries about safety before Monday's collapse, but miners didn’t speak up for fear of losing their jobs, a source tells CNN. “I’ve never heard of that,” the mining company president said. “It's probably a rumor, and I'm not going to respond to rumors.” More »

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      Utah  • safety  • disaster  • miners  • collapse  • mine  • coal mine

    • Second Drill Penetrates Utah Mine

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Aug 11, 07 8:13 AM CDT

      Second Drill Penetrates Utah Mine

      A second drill has reached the chamber where rescuers believe six Utah miners are trapped, opening up the possibility that a video camera will reveal whether the men are alive. The new hole, wider than the first, punched through at 3am today, the AP reports, and images are expected later. Meanwhile, neighbors and loved ones held a candlelight vigil. More »

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    • No Sign of Trapped Miners

      newser  |  CNN  |  Aug 10, 07 4:48 AM CDT

      No Sign of Trapped Miners

      A microphone lowered into a Utah coal mine cavity through a 2.5-inch hole has so far picked up no signs of life from six miners believed to be trapped there. Mine Company CEO Bob Murray cautioned against interpreting the development as bad news. He said the "good news" is that the drill found the cavity. There has been no communication with the miners since Monday. More »

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      Utah  • miners  • collapse  • mine  • Bob Murray  • air

    • Rescuers 500 Feet From Miners

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Aug 9, 07 7:52 AM CDT

      Rescuers 500 Feet From Miners

      Rescue crews have drilled to within 500 feet of where the trapped Utah coal miners are thought to be. The small hole—2 1/2 inches in diameter and now down to a depth of 1,000 feet—would allow a communication line to be dropped. A larger hole—now at 100 feet—would allow food and water to be lowered down. More »

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      Utah  • rescue  • miners  • coal mine  • Bob Murray

    • Which Came First: Quake or Collapse?

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 8, 07 5:19 PM CDT

      Which Came First: Quake or Collapse?

      A cave-in method of coal extraction called “retreat mining,” recently okayed by regulators for Crandall Canyon, was more likely to have caused the Utah mine disaster than an earthquake, seismographers tell the Los Angeles Times . And they say the massive tremor was consistent with the type  “induced by underground coal mining.” It “just doesn’t look like a natural event,” one says. More »

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      earthquake  • Utah  • safety  • collapse  • mine  • Crandall Canyon  • mining

    • 'Tectonic Activity' Curbs Mine Rescue

      newser  |  CNN  |  Aug 8, 07 5:04 AM CDT

      'Tectonic Activity' Curbs Mine Rescue

      The CEO of a collapsed Utah mine claimed that ongoing “seismic and tectonic activity”  curbed yesterday’s attempts at rescuing 6 miners who remain trapped 1,500 feet underground. He told CNN that the rescue dig won't resume until this afternoon and that the miners won't be reached for at least a week, although their condition will be known in 48 to 72 hours. More »

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      earthquake  • Utah  • rescue  • miners  • collapse  • mine  • coal mine

    • Rescuers Need 3 More Days

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Aug 7, 07 1:17 PM CDT

      Rescuers Need 3 More Days

      It will be at least three more days before the six coal miners trapped underground in Utah can be reached—and even then rescuers will have only a 2-inch hole to communicate with the miners, if any survived, and give them food or air. Rescue crews are only 310 feet closer to the miners 30 hours after the cave-in, the AP reports, and more than 1,500 feet remain. More »

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    • Saving Trapped Miners Could Take Days

      newser  |  Deseret News (Salt Lake)  |  Aug 7, 07 4:31 AM CDT

      Saving Trapped Miners Could Take Days

      It could take days to reach six miners stuck 1,500 feet underground in a collapsed Utah coal mine, rescuers warned yesterday. No contact has been made with the miners, though they're believed to be trapped in a spot with adequate air and water. "Pray, pray, pray," begged the president of the company that owns the mine. More »

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    • Utah Mine Collapses, Trapping 6

      newser  |  Deseret News (Salt Lake)  |  Aug 6, 07 1:54 PM CDT

      Utah Mine Collapses, Trapping 6

      Six people are feared trapped in a coal mine in Huntington Canyon, Utah, after a possible earthquake caused a cave-in today at 2:48am. The miners were working 4 miles from the entrance when the mine collapsed an hour later; rescue teams are now within 2,500 feet of their location, federal mine safety officials tell the Deseret News . More »

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      earthquake  • Utah  • natural disaster  • miners  • collapse  • mine

  • July 2007

    • Wildfires Char the West

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 9, 07 5:39 PM CDT

      Wildfires Char the West

      The wildfires sweeping the West continued to rage today, with showers reducing the intensity of some blazes as others spread unabated. In South Dakota, cooler temperatures and rain slowed flames that had burst out of a canyon, laying waste to 30 houses and killing a homeowner. Officials in Utah blamed a fatal weekend motorcycle accident on smoke from fires nearby. More »

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      California  • Utah  • wildfires  • firefighters  • South Dakota  • rainfall

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