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Another trapped miner

wallythacker Page Icon Posted 2006-01-10 7:32 PM
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I have few details as CNN is just breaking the story.

It's one man in Kentucky trapped by a collapsed roof. From what stftclmshell has mentioned about Ky drift mines and thin seams the trapped man may be in a low seam which won't make a rescue easy.

edit: It's the Maverick Mine close to Pikeville near the Virginia border.

Edited by wallythacker 2006-01-10 7:38 PM
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Yoldering Page Icon Posted 2006-01-10 7:46 PM
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This is awful! Here is what I found http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,181258,00.html
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daviddillard
daviddillard Page Icon Posted 2006-01-10 8:17 PM
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Pretty rainy here in Kentucky tonight, which doesn't help matters much.
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wallythacker Page Icon Posted 2006-01-10 10:13 PM
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Sadly to say, it was a fatality. He was 44 and operating the roof bolter when a large slip of rock crashed down on him. It appears he was re-bolting part of the main roadway outbye (futher away from) the face crew.
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