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abandoned mine shafs along the mountains of eastern mav nav. susan powell, a mother of two young boys, vanished in december of 2009 after failing to show up for work. her husband, josh powell, is considered a person of interest, but police won't say what evidence led them to mine shafts. northbound's miguel has more. >> reporter: from the skies above the back country of eli, nevada, to the ground where investigators combed through steep rugged terrain, the search for missing mom, susan powell, winds through forgotten dirt roads, focussing on hundreds of abandoned mine shafts that pockmark this unforgiving landscape. >> they were able to clear numerous mines, and they were able to document and photograph each and every single one of those that they were able to clear. >> reporter: though police wouldn't discuss the new clues that brought them here, they did not appear to be looking for anyone that could be alive. this is a place where human bodies have been found before. >> you could be walking along the edge, and ucht to peer over,