Rescue workers search for missing gold miners after Turkey landslide - Mining Engineering Online
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Pictures show a torrent of mud sweeping through the valley where the mine is located.
The workers have not been heard from since the landslide struck with hundreds of rescue personnel descending at the site.
ISTANBUL — A landslide hit a gold mine in eastern Turkey on Tuesday reportedly trapping at least nine workers underground, officials said. According to a report from The Associated Press, the landslide at the Copler mine happened at 2:30 pm near the town of Ilic in Turkey's mountainous Erzincan province. Turkey’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said nine workers had not been heard from since the landslide struck. "It is thought...