The Associated Press on MSN12d
The rescue of hundreds of miners in a deep South African gold mine began with a camera and a note
Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...
Daily Express12d
The world's deepest gold mine that plunges a staggering 2.5 miles into the Earth's surface
Running at a staggering depth of 3,891 metres down and 2,062 metres below sea level, a colossal mine in Africa is the deepest and richest gold mine in the world. Mponeng gold mine began producing ...
The Associated Press on MSN17d
Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police's 'smoke them out' tactics
The mine is one of the deepest in South Africa and is a maze of ... have been shut down to extract leftover deposits. Gold-rich South Africa has an estimated 6,000 abandoned or closed mines. The ...
The world's deepest gold mine that plunges a staggering 2.5 miles into the Earth's surface
One African country is home to the deepest gold mine in the world with staggering depths and intense temperatures.
KXAN12d
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 ... while working illegally in the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, police said last week. Authorities faced growing anger and ...
Toronto Star19d
South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police ended ... miners were trapped for months in one of the country’s deepest mines while working illegally. At least 78 miners were confirmed ...
WBOC20d
Rescuers attempt to bring out survivors among hundreds trapped in a South African mine
Rescuers were sending a cage-like structure into one of South Africa’s deepest mines on Tuesday in an attempt to bring out survivors among hundreds of illegal miners trapped underground for ...
New York Post19d
Dozens of survivors, dead pulled from abandoned South African mine as hundreds remain underground
At least 60 bodies and 92 survivors had been pulled from one of South Africa’s deepest mines since Monday in a red cagelike device lowered thousands of feet underground, police said. Police are ...
Southern Maryland News20d
Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from illegal South African mine as hundreds remain underground
At least 60 bodies and 92 survivors had been pulled from one of South Africa's deepest mines since Monday in a red cagelike structure lowered thousands of feet underground, police said.