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The 2010 Copiapó mining accident, also known as the "Chilean mining accident", began on 5 August 2010, with a cave-in at the San José copper–gold mine, located in the Atacama Desert, 45 kilometers (28 mi) north of the regional capital of Copiapó, in northern Chile. 33 men were trapped 700 meters (2,300 ft) underground and 5 kilometers (3 mi) from the mine's entrance and were rescued after ...
The 2010 Copiapó mining accident began as a cave-in on 5 August 2010 at the San José copper-gold mine in the Atacama Desert near Copiapó, Chile. The accident left 33 men trapped 700 meters (2,300 ft) below ground who survived underground for a record 69 days.
Marco Treviño as José Henríquez, the miners' pastor, who led daily prayers within the shelter. Oscar Nunez as Yonni Barrios. Alejandro Goic as Franklin Lobos. Cristián Campos as Hurtado, a drill expert engineer; Tim Willcox as himself. Federico Luppi [7] Tenoch Huerta [7] as Carlos Mamani, a Bolivian miner who moved to Chile a decade prior ...
But on August 22 -- 17 after the miners became trapped, a drilling tool emerged from the mine with a note attached which confirmed that miners were alive. The note read: Estamos bien en el refugio ...
The miners, who are being lifted up to the surface one by one in a rescue vessel, were trapped on Aug. 5 by a collapse of 700,000 tons of rock. As of early Wednesday afternoon, more than half of ...
Book and movie deals developed in response to the accident and successful rescue. The first of several books was titled "Under the Earth: The 33 Miners that Moved the World". Another book about the saga is "33 Men, Buried Alive: The Inside Story of the Trapped Chilean Miners" by The Guardian contributor Jonathan Franklin. [44]
If a controversial piece of legislation in Chile is passed, gold mining could be brought to a halt. Couple this with a difficult situation in copper and the country could lose its luster as a ...
17 days later on August 22 the miners were found to be alive, but trapped. It was not until 69 days after the collapse on October 13, 2010, that the first miner, Florencio Ávalos, was rescued. [13] All 33 were eventually rescued. San Esteban Mining Company is considering bankruptcy. [14] San José is the only mine owned by San Esteban. [14]