3 miners’ bodies recovered in rescue attempt of 16 trapped illegal miners
September 29th, 2008
Filed under: Mineral - Gold, Region CAR - Benguet
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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