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 The first miner is OUT!!!
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10/13/10 04:14 AM
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Live stream on CNN ![[Linked Image]](http://www.3dflags.com/media/comps/20091020/39/3dflags-chl1-1.gif)
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 Re: The first miner is OUT!!!
[Re: kewlynx]
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10/13/10 04:18 AM
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Fox News has it live also...
Interesting commentary accompanying the effort. I wonder about the reaction when the wife and mistress meet their shared interest....
Overall, a very historic and noteworthy event...
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Re: The first miner is OUT!!!
[Re: 4x4Wire]
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10/13/10 04:27 AM
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The miners were given a choice of 3 family members they wished to have present when they stepped out of the rescue capsule, so we'll see.
http://www.walkablecommunities.org/Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. **ubi apis- ibi salus**
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Re: The first miner is OUT!!!
[Re: kewlynx]
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10/13/10 07:13 AM
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excuse me for my ignorance of the issue, but miners were trapped again?
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Re: The first miner is OUT!!!
[Re: StockRaider]
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10/13/10 07:32 AM
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Yeah. Just a small issue down in Chile where some miners were trapped sometime in July. Originally, they were not expected to be out until December. Then is was moved up to November; then now...
Interesting dynamics is that one of the trapped miners was married and had a mistress on the side. Both showed up morning the loss of their "loved one".
So, after a massive effort to drill an escape tunnel, everything is in place to bring the 40+ miners to the surface after being trapped for more than 2 months.
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Re: The first miner is OUT!!!
[Re: 4x4Wire]
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10/13/10 07:38 AM
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That's 33, plus 3 med techs that were sent down in the rescue capsule today.
As of right now, 4 are on top, and the cage is going back down again.
I just talked to a friend who is an underground miner- big 260 lb jacklegger nearly in tears. He's ecstatic.
http://www.walkablecommunities.org/Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. **ubi apis- ibi salus**
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Re: The first miner is OUT!!!
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10/13/10 04:40 PM
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They are up to 13 or 14 now. They were almost 1/2 a mile underground!
I was thinking earlier, it would be a bit weird for the last guy out. He'd have to sit down there by myself for a little while.
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Re: The first miner is OUT!!!
[Re: Mad_Scientist]
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10/13/10 05:01 PM
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Re: The first miner is OUT!!!
[Re: fstop89564]
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10/14/10 02:03 AM
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Last miner out 16:56 Alaska Std Time.
There are 3 techs (in black) correction: 4
and 2 support workers (in orange) still down in the hole; apparently they went down there sometime this morning.
70 days- the longest anyone has been trapped in a mining collapse and survived in history.
Last edited by kewlynx; 10/14/10 02:55 AM.
http://www.walkablecommunities.org/Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. **ubi apis- ibi salus**
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Re: The first miner is OUT!!!
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10/14/10 03:10 AM
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70 days- the longest anyone has been trapped in a mining collapse and survived in history. and 17 days with no contact from the outside and very little food. It is well worth a read of the rescue.
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