Dozens of survivors, dead pulled from abandoned South African mine as hundreds remain underground

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working ...
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Deep in an Abandoned Gold Mine, a Toxic Legacy Lurks

YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories—This small subarctic city has a big problem. There are 237,000 metric tons of arsenic trioxide locked in the subterranean caverns of Giant Mine on the edge of ...

A Hiker Vanished in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains. She Was Later Found Dead in a Forgotten Mine.

A recent tragedy in Colorado wasn't an anomaly. From drowning in quarries to stumbling into open pits, hundreds have died in ...
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Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and feared starving in an abandoned South Africa mine

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African ...
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A South African horror story: Illegal mining standoff draws to an end

STILFONTEIN, South Africa —They look like the walking dead. Dusty men, skin and hair caked in dirt, skeletal. Some struggle to walk and collapse. They blink like moles in the harsh South African ...
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Fawn rescued from abandoned shaft at Reed Gold Mine

MIDLAND, N.C. — Midland fire units and other responders successfully rescued a fawn from an abandoned shaft at Reed Gold Mine on Thursday morning. ALSO READ: SC firefighters buck muddy creek to save ...
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Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and emaciated ...