This really hits home to me. Many in my family tree, including my dad, were coal miners. Dad was an underground electrician and mechanic. Had to retire early though. Coal dust can do a number on a man’s lungs.

I can only remember one accident that involved a “fall-in”. A big rock fell from the roof of the mine and crushed a man to death. Very sad.

New bore hole drilled at Utah mine finds no sign of life

(CNN) – A sixth bore hole drilled into a space where six Utah miners were thought to be trapped found that the chamber contained no space where the men could have survived, an attorney representing some of the miners’ families told CNN.

“There was zero void,” he quoted Rob Moore, vice president of Murray Energy, as telling the relatives.
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“They are going through a living hell, and it’s just heartbreaking,” King said of the miners’ families.

Source: CNN.com