3 miners’ bodies recovered in rescue attempt of 16 trapped illegal miners

Author: Dorothy Kosich
Posted: Thursday , 25 Sep 2008

Hopes are fading for any survivors during the fifth day of rescue operations for 16 miners trapped inside a former Benguet Mining operation in the municipality of Itogon in the Philippines.

Rescuers found three bodies in a shaft about 270 feet from the tunnel opening, said Fred Jacinto of the Gold Fields Saranay Community Miners Association.

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