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Trapped China miners ask for rice porridge, sausages Al Jazeera English © Members of a rescue team work at the site of a gold mine explosion where 22 miners are trapped under... Members of a rescue team work at the site of a gold mine explosion where 22 miners are trapped underground in Qixia, in eastern China's Shandong province [AFP/China OUT] Workers trapped in a Chinese gold mine for more than nine days have received more medical and food supplies, including bandages, blankets and rice porridge, but one of the group is in a critical condition with a severe head injury, ...

Rescuers are widening a communications shaft in the hope of extracting a group of Chinese gold miners who have been trapped deep underground for 10 days in rising floodwaters, state media said Wednesday, with one critically ill and far from medical help. Eight more shafts are at various stages of drilling, two of which are intended to drain the rising floodwaters in the mine, state broadcaster CCTV reported Wednesday.

Advertisement A week after 22 Chinese gold miners went missing, a note has made it to the surface pleading that rescue efforts continue. The mining company did not report the disaster for more than 30 hours after an explosion rocked the Hushan mine near Qixia in China's Shandong province on January 10. But at least 12 were apparently alive, 600 metres from the mine's entrance, stuck under tonnes of rubble. Rescuers work to clear rubble at the mine explosion in Shandong Province last week. Credit:Xinhua via AP "Don't stop trying to reach us," the note said. "We hope the rescue continues. We ...

BEIJING (AP) — Workers trapped for more than a week in a Chinese gold mine asked for...

Chinese rescuers drilled several fresh holes Tuesday to reach at least 12 gold miners trapped underground for nine days, as dwindling food supplies and rising waters threatened their survival.