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Rescue for trapped West Coast miners could take days

A bid to rescue up to 27 men trapped after an explosion at a West Coast mine is being delayed by fears gas could still be present. Ref. Source 9

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Pair escape by climbing up air vent

A narrow chimney – an airway return with a ladder – was the escape route through which two men clambered to safety at the Pike River mine. Ref. Source 1

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Gasping for air, miner inched to surface

Sucking on oxygen, electrician Daniel Rockhouse slowly felt his way up the smoke-filled, darkened entrance tunnel to the mine. Ref. Source 1

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Pike River: Can they be alive?

No food, no light, no contact. Stranded more than 2.5km into a hot and stuffy mine, 29 miners are facing their fifth day underground – if they are still alive. Ref. Source 7

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It is a very very hard situation, the miners trapped are by looking at the detail of the mine displayed by the media possibly in 3 different locations.

The tough thing is not to be able to tell where the the explosion took place, however the bore hole is close to being finished. From that they will be able to test the air closer to where they think the miners are and get a idea if they have a stable living enviroment.

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Robot travels further into mine, second robot online

A Defence Force robot which broke down yesterday in the Pike River coal mine was re-started overnight and travelled another 500m into the mine this morning before running out of power. Ref. Source 5

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They have added a new robot which is also trying to get further into the mine but is hampered by the life of the battery.

They have a robot from Aust.now and that may give them an ability to advance further but is larger so may be affect by access.

They have completed the bore hole and are finding the gas to be of a level that it is still dangerous for humans to go into the enviroment for fear of setting off another explosion.

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Is it just because I don't listen to the news enough or why hasn't this gotten as much publicity as the miners in Chile got? I hope they get out seems like their going through a lot worse stuff down there.