Mine rescuers face dark, death with confidence
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SYLVESTER, W., Virginia  - Mike Vaught sounds about as comfortable about coal mining as you'd hope a man tasked to rescue others from deep within the earth would be.
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The death toll from a fire in several interconnected iron mines in Hebei Province has risen to 57, rescue officials said. The bodies of 49 miners killed in the fire, most of whom
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About 50 mine workers were confirmed dead and more than 100 still missing, the government said Tuesday, as toxic fumes unleashed from an explosion at a coal mine in central China slowed rescuers from entering the pit.
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Rescuers on Friday found the dead bodies  of nine miners trapped underground by a fire at a gold mine in  Eastern Siberia and continued to search for more than 20  others, officials said.
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CHENJIASHAN MINE, China The 141 miners trapped inside a mine in northern China following a gas explosion have no chance of survival and are presumed dead, a local Communist Party secretary said Monday.
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The final death toll from a coal mine explosion in central China is likely to rise from 56 to 148, as those still trapped have little chance of survival, an official in charge of work safety says.
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Relatives of six men trapped in the depths of a mountain coal mine were once content to let their mine boss speak for them.
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The rattling lift stops with a screech as a dozen men appear out of the semi-darkness. &quot;If I found another job, I would leave tomorrow,&quot; says Viorel, one of 2,500 miners in Lupeni in southern Romania.
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Hopes were fading yesterday for more than 100 coal miners missing after an explosion in a Chinese mine, as toxic fumes hindered rescuers.
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Russian rescuers brought five miners to   the surface alive on Saturday and three others climbed out on   their own after more than two days trapped in a burning gold   mine, but hopes faded for nine others still missing.
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The chances of rescuing at least 141 miners trapped inside a coal mine in China after a fierce gas explosion ripped through the underground facility Sunday are bleak, say authorities.
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Rescuers found the bodies of at least 11  miners trapped underground by a fire at a gold mine in Eastern  Siberia and searched for more than 20 missing, officials said  on Friday.
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Officials in northern China say hopes of finding more survivors of Sunday&#39;s mine blast are fading. Twenty-five bodies have been recovered and rescue workers on Monday battled thick smoke while
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The death toll in the five iron mines that caught fire Saturday morning in Shahe City in north China&#39;s Hebei Province has risen to 57, said an official with the leading group in charge of the rescue operation.
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Two miners whose jobs included watching over safety at the Sago Mine before the deadly explosion last January committed suicide in the past month.
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Eight coal miners were killed after a suspected gas explosion in a mine in southern Poland on Tuesday, and fears were growing as rescuers tried to reach 15 others trapped more than 3,000 underground.
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Rescuers express mounting fears for 86 people still missing after a gas explosion in a China coal mine killed 62.