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What's going on: Escape shaft for trapped miners is nearly ready

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Chile Mine Collapse.JPGChile's Minister of Mining, Laurence Golborne (left) watches drill rig operator Jeff Hart, from Denver, Colorado (right), operate heavy machinery to lower steel pipes into the escape shaft as efforts continue to free the 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. Hart operated the drilling rig that punched through to the collapsed mine where the miners have been trapped since Aug. 5.

From CNN:

Copiapo, Chile -- Cheering "Viva Chile," workers early Monday completed the installation of steel tubing to reinforce the path that will be used to bring 33 trapped miners to the surface.


About 96 meters of sheet metal was put in place to line the tunnel bored four-tenths of a mile into the Earth.

The work was the final step before the extraction of the miners can begin, Mining Minister Laurence Golborne said Sunday.

If all goes according to plan, the first of the miners could be pulled from the mine by Wednesday, he said.

» Read the full story: Installation to reinforce rescue path in Chile mine complete [CNN]


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