Search to Go on for Trapped Utah Miners

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Associated Press

By CHELSEA J. CARTER

HUNTINGTON, Utah (AP) - Despite three weeks of drilling and digging that have revealed no signs of life from six men trapped inside a collapsed coal mine, an attorney for families of the miners said Sunday the search will continue.


Cassie Phillips, a sister of Brandon Phillips, looks down as Brandon's girlfriend Lacee Taylor speaks to reporters on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, in Huntington, Utah. Brandon Phillips is one of six coal miners trapped inside the Crandall Canyon Mine. Officials said a sixth exploratory hole 1,700 feet below ground would be drilled beginning Thursday, officials said, and Kuzar said it will be in the area where the miners were last believed to have been working. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Lawyer Colin King said federal and company officials told him and the miners' relatives that a robotic camera would be lowered into a hole drilled during previous efforts to find the men.

The camera is similar to one used to search within the wreckage of the World Trade Center in New York City after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It can take images in the darkened cavern from about 50 yards away with the help of a strong light, and has a much wider range than previous cameras used in the search efforts in part because of its ability to crawl through rubble, he said.

The announcement came a day after crews penetrated the mine with a sixth borehole, finding a debris-filled area too small for the men to survive, according to King and the Web site of the federal mine safety agency.


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[VP505]

1. Great

they need to stay at it until those miners bodies are found. If Murray is allowed to seal the mine, the real cause may never be known, and that IMO, would be wrong on so many levels.

[Demeter]

2. The Idea the Anyone Would Still Be Alive After 3 Weeks Is the Worst Scam Yet

I grieve with the bereft, but there will be no progress in any sense for anyone if facts are not faced. Accept the loss, clean up the mess, pay death costs, shut down the death trap, and jail the crooks. Hold memorial services, and stop spinning wheels.

[rocktivity]

3. At least two more bodies were created trying to recover the six

because of ANOTHER cave-in. Can't they tell that it's just too plain dangerous to keep at it? Seal the mine and invest the time and resources on bereavement and other followup efforts.

:headbang:
rocknation

[MikeNearMcChord]

5. Force Murphy to dig and search for the remains

He created the mess, let him deal with it! And divide his assets among the families of both the miners and the rescuers who died.

[Radio_Lady]

4. Agree with Demeter and Rocknation. This is a sad and wasted effort with cameras, etc.

Mining has always been and will always be a terrible and dangerous occupation.