The rescue of hundreds of miners in a deep South African gold mine began with a camera and a note
Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...
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At least 78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was scene of a standoff
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
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Stilfontein disaster exposes scale of South Africa's illegal mining challenge
Sibanye-Stillwater is among the big gold producers in South Africa, alongside DRDGold, Harmony Gold ... There are 6000 abandoned mines in South Africa. All of those shafts that are not properly ...
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Rescuers try to free men trapped in South African gold mine with scores reported dead
The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s ... Conditions in the shafts, which are several kilometers deep, are continuing to ...
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Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine
STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ... out because the shaft is too steep.
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South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold ... mining rescue company had been dropping a small cage thousands of meters down a shaft ...
South African: Rescue efforts end at abandoned mine shaft
Authorities said that at least 78 bodies were recovered from the Stilfontein mine. A trade union federation has accused the ...