KCSM Newsline October 8, 2010
the minister says one of the three rescue shafts is now 535 meters deep, less than 100 meters short of the miners' cavern. rescuers plan to install steel piping inside the shaft to reduce the risk of rock fall before pulling out the miners one by one in a rescue capsule. the installation of the piping may take up to eight days. it's possible all the miners will be brought to the surface by the end of next week. the miners have been stranded in an underground shelter since the august 5th cave-in at a mine near the northern city of co of copiapo. france's top constitutional authority...