More than THREE THOUSAND miners trapped in South African Mine...!

[Barrel of Fun]

More than 3,000 stuck in SA mine

More than 3,000 workers are trapped deep underground in a South African gold mine after an accident blocked a deep shaft, officials have said.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7027122.stm

 

[hans kraay fan club]

f***ing hell. 3000.

 

[Starry]

How scary.

 

[Happy Seagull]

Rip?

 

[REDLAND]

Any one on this thread wear gold ??

well you know who to blame if you do

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Just seen that - let's hope they all get out safe.

 

[Marc]

Will they be singing Silence Is GOLDen as they lost communication?

 

[Artois]

I bet air, food and water is like GOLDdust down there.

 

[Robot Chicken]

Everything will be alright

Rescuers are slowly bringing to the surface thousands of workers trapped for hours in a South African gold mine.

More than 3,000 men became trapped 2.2km (1.4 miles) underground when a broken pipe severed power cables to a lift on Wednesday.

More than 1,000 have been freed so far from the Elandsrand mine, 80km (50 miles) west of Johannesburg.

The miners are being brought out through a small shaft, and only 75 can be hauled clear at a time.

Rescuing all 3,200 will take some time, as only 300 people can be brought to the surface every hour.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Great stuff.

 

[Artois]

So no minute's silence at the game on Saturday then?