Nine workers found dead in China mine explosion Eleven others were rescued a day earlier after being trapped underground for two weeks at the gold mine in Shandong province. One person was still missing. Share Via Email | A+A A- Rescuers drill a new channel at the explosion site of a gold mine in Qixia City. (File photo | AP) By Associated Press BEIJING: Chinese rescuers have found the bodies of nine workers in a mine explosion, raising the death toll to 10, officials said Monday. Eleven others were rescued a day earlier after being trapped underground for two weeks at the gold mine in Shandong province. One person was still missing.