Dedicated efforts made to save miners By ZHAO RUIXUE in Qixia, Shandong | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-01-21 07:06 Share CLOSE Rescue work continues at the Hushan gold mine in Qixia, Shandong province, where 22 miners have been trapped underground since Jan 10. WANG KAI/XINHUA Rescuers tell of the challenges faced For a time on Sunday, noisy machinery operating at a gold mine rescue site in Shandong province fell silent. After drilling a hole to a depth of more than 500 meters, workers paused to listen for any sounds coming from below ground. The Hushan gold mine in the city of Qixia was rocked by an explosion on Jan 10 that left 22 workers trapped below the surface and damaged a communications system. As a result, rescuers were initially unable to establish whether the miners were still alive.