New Setbacks Delay Rescuers

First Posted: 03/28/08 03:44 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 01:10 PM ET

The Salt Lake Tribune:

More setbacks were reported today for efforts to rescue six miners trapped for the past 10 days in central Utah's Crandall Canyon Mine.

Richard Stickler, assistant secretary for Labor over the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, said a third bore hole had punched through to a cavity where the miners are believed to be. However, initial efforts to drop a microphone into the space failed.

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