Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...
Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...
More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.
(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) Rescuer workers assist an illegal miner who has been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba ...
Workers trapped in a deep gold mine in South Africa for nearly nine months have told how they survived this time. The illegal miners at the Buffelsfontein gold mine were shut down in a mine last year ...
Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South ... said Mannas Fourie, CEO of Mine Rescue Services South Africa, the private company contracted ...
The Rescue of Hundreds of Miners in a Deep South African Gold Mine Began With a Camera and a Note CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (AP) — A specialized camera was lowered late last year into an ...