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Explosion in Chinese coal mine kills 20, traps 17

Oct. 16, 2010 04:00 pm JST 6 Comments

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Tom DeMicke
Oct. 16, 2010 04:54 pm JST

From Chile to China. This is no doubt a dangerous job! Wow! RIP miners...

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djuice
Oct. 16, 2010 09:15 pm JST

Don't be a miner!!!

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kwatt
Oct. 16, 2010 11:08 pm JST

However they need jobs. Someone has to be one.

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Elbuda Mexicano
Oct. 16, 2010 11:21 pm JST

I hope these Chinese miners can learn from Chile, get some kind of miracle.

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Triumvere
Oct. 16, 2010 11:52 pm JST

Interesting to see what, if anything, will be the world reaction to this as compared to the Chile drama.

China had its own stunning mine rescue earlier this year, when 115 miners were pulled from a flooded mine in the northern province of Shanxi after more than a week underground. The miners survived by eating sawdust, tree bark, paper and even coal. Some strapped themselves to the walls of the shafts with their belts to avoid drowning while they slept.

I mean, this sounds increadible, but I never heard anything about it.

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bobbafett
Oct. 17, 2010 12:53 am JST

115 Chinese Miners "Rescued" Monday April 5 2010,115 Chinese miners were rescued from a collapsed mine they had been trapped in for 8 days. Their only food was bark and straw that floated in the water that had flooded the shaft they were trapped in.

In related news the Miners have returned to the mine citing better living conditions underground

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Explosion in Chinese coal mine kills 20, traps 17