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This just in, but I have a hard time believing it. 3000 miners were in a mine a one time? Whatever. I suspect it's probably more like 300, or less. Developing.
posted by Fred Mangels @ 6:16 PM
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CNN echoing the same story.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/10/03/carletonville.mine/index.html
"He said the company could evacuate the miners over the next day using a smaller cage in another shaft, but the process would be a slow one."
Sounds under control. Hopefully.
Perhaps. I just find it hard to believe there's over 3000 people down there.
Sounds like it was just the morning shift. So how many shifts?
300 is not an unbelievable number Fred. There are lots of places that don't use much technology in their operations, so if theyre using picks and shovels 3000 may very well be right on the mark.
sorry, 3000
How big is the mine? 3000 seems pretty sensational.
Exactly. If that mine's big enough to have 3000 people in it, just in one shift, I would think that would be a news item in and of itself.
Much less alarming to see they are "trapped" because an elevator has been damaged, than most mine disasters where thousands of tons of rock fall and block escape.
3,000 is normal. Get out and see the world beyond your borders sometime.
9:55 So you've visited a mine large enough to hold 3000 individuals in one shift? I'm not saying it's impossible but I'd like to see the footage of these 3000 miners being lifted to safety, that's all.
They have been rescued.
no ethiopian jokes? you can fit 3000 eithiopians in my garage......
Holy s--t, I guess 3000 skinny Africans can fit in a mine. Go figure.
This isn't a conspiracy, Fred. 9/11 was a conspiracy, but this isn't. Fred, you are fucking weird.
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