日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

   

'Survivable space' found in Utah mine

(AP)
Updated: 2007-08-12 09:09

HUNTINGTON, Utah - A video camera lowered into a mine where six workers have been missing for more than five days shows "survivable space," a federal official said Saturday, but attempts to signal the miners were met by silence.

The void found by a camera lowered into a new hole showed an intact ceiling over 2 1/2-feet of rubble mixed with water, said Richard Stickler, head of the Mine Safety and Health Administration.

"We do have a 5 1/2-foot void. We have not lost the space where the miners could be located," he said.

The nearly 9-inch-wide hole reached the void in the early morning darkness. Rescuers quickly shut down the drill rig and their compressors anything that could drown out signs of life from down below and rapped again and again on the drill steel in an attempt to contact the miners. Trapped miners, if they can hear the signal, are trained to respond in kind with tools or rocks.

These signals, however, were met with silence.

"It was heartbreaking," said mine geologist Mike Glasson, who was on the mountain at the time. "If they're alive and well and didn't respond ... perhaps they're injured. I don't know.

"We did not lose confidence in what we are doing up there," he added, "Not one bit."

The news further disheartened the miners' relatives, who have eagerly awaited each new development only to have their faith dashed when no word comes of the fate of their loved ones.

"I think with so much time passing we are losing hope," said Tomas Hernandez, uncle of miner Luis Hernandez, 23, although he said his nephew's wife was clinging to hers. "As a wife, she has to have hope."

The camera was then put down and encountered trouble because 10 gallons of groundwater a minute were flowing down the hole into the vast space below, Stickler said. The water, not enough to affect any survivors below, blurred one of the camera's lenses.

Nonetheless, he said, "We found survivable space."

The camera was withdrawn so a steel casing could be inserted in the well to protect the camera from the water. Getting the casing in and the camera back down was not expected to be completed until late Saturday night, Glasson said.

A smaller hole 2 1/2 inches wide that was drilled into the mine earlier was being used to pump oxygen into the void. Sampling of air in that hole had found oxygen levels too low for survival.

The two holes are 130 feet apart. The void is 1,868 feet below the drill rigs.

The men were more than three miles inside the remote mine at the time of the thunderous collapse Monday. Efforts to reach them through the horizontal main tunnels have been slowed by fallen rock and by ground movements that require extensive installation of roof and wall supports to keep rescuers safe.

Bob Murray, headof Murray Energy Corp., co-owner of the mine, said workers clearing away mounds of rubble had progressed 650 feet into a 2,000-foot tunnel that could lead to the men.

"The rescue effort itself, I am very disappointed at our pace," Murray said, asserting, however, that no mistakes had been made.

The findings from the camera were announced after officials met to inform the miners' families and show them videotape from the camera.

"It's remarkable and wonderful how they are holding up," Murray said.

The brother of missing miner Don Erickson expressed frustration at the news.

"We don't know anything," Terry Erickson said. "It's just the same stuff that's on TV. I'm getting tired of hearing it."

Authorities have said it could take about a week to reach the miners through the tunnels.

"No good news," said Maria Buenrostro, sister of miner Manuel Sanchez, 41, as she drove away from a school where families were briefed.

The mining crew also included Carlos Payan, in his 20s; Kerry Allred, 57; Brandon Phillips, 24; and Don Erickson, 50.



Top World News  
Today's Top News  
Most Commented/Read Stories in 48 Hours
主站蜘蛛池模板: 久久免费看少妇高潮A片JA | 2021年无线乱码播放高清完整 | 久久久久久久国产精品毛片 | 黄色小视频在线免费看 | 亚洲久草 | 三级色视频 | 哪里可以看免费的av | 一级一级毛片免费看 | 91华人在线视频 | 国产在线精品一区二区夜色 | 日韩在线不卡 | 亚洲精品国产自在久久出水 | 国产精品久久久久久亚洲伦理 | 天天干视频网站 | 91资源在线观看 | 久久精品视频一区二区 | 精品免费国产一区二区三区四区介绍 | 亚洲国产精品a一区 | 欧美另类视频 | 在线国产欧美 | 久久久久久国产精品mv | 91在线中文 | 精品亚洲永久免费精品 | va日本 | 日韩久久一区 | 秋霞激情 | 一级a级国产不卡毛片 | 中文线码中文高清播放中 | 国产欧美日韩 | 亚洲人天堂 | 国产精品入口免费麻豆 | 精品在线一区二区 | 日韩国产成人资源精品视频 | 成人性视频免费网站 | 日韩精品久久 | 日韩精品av一区二区三区 | 久久青青操 | 久久久久久久国产精品影院 | 日本一级成人毛片免费观看 | 日日a.v拍夜夜添久久免费 | 亚洲国产黄色 |