AP:
About 3,000 miners were trapped underground Wednesday when a water pipe burst and probably caused a shaft to collapse in a South African gold mine, union officials said.
An official with Harmony Gold's Elandsrand Mine near Johannesburg said company would be able to evacuate the trapped workers over the next 24 hours.
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South Africa has come a long way, actually saving black miners. In the 1970s they would have walled off the tunnel like they did in Utah.
god help them.
This should have been a banner post instead of the presidential zombie stories.
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They are able to evacuate the 3,000 trapped workers over the next 24 hours??
.....but those 6 coal miners trapped in Utah were not saved?
I hope they all get out safe.
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Ahhh, equating a situation thousands of miles away with a tragedy in our own back yard makes WHAT POINT?
This is all to be blamed on Randy Roads. She's the one touting gold investment on her Err America show, driving up the price of gold and putting the poor exploited miners at risk.
Another idiot Americunt speaks.
The only thing that bothers me more than the stupidity of your comment is the certain knowledge that several things even MORE stupid will be written today by your fellow RepubliClowns!
seeing as it looks like they will get out, ......gotta be Pres Bush's or VP Cheneys fault.Harry can we have a censure please? Harkin, Barak?
No kidding. That's horrible.
Man, I certainly hope they get out.
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First Posted: 10- 3-07 06:03 PM | Updated: 03-28-08 02:45 AM