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MINE UPDATE: Recovery effort continues with seventh borehole, robotic camera By Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated: 08/26/2007 02:12:55 PM MDT
Posted: 1:52 PM- Efforts to reach six men trapped in the Crandall Canyon mine renewed Sunday as federal mining officials told their families a seventh borehole is being drilled into the mine, and a robotic camera will be sent into a previously drilled area.
Officials told the families at a noon briefing that a seventh borehole is now being drilled into the so-called kitchen area of the mine where the men keep their lunches, said Colin King, an attorney representing a majority of the families.
A robotic camera like those used to look for survivors in the aftermath the September 11, 2001 destruction of the World Trade Center is now on site at the mine and will be sent into the previously drilled fourth borehole, King said.
"We're very excited about it," said King. "The families are thrilled to hear this."
The families had expected to be told that efforts to locate their loved ones were coming to an end after a sixth borehole on Saturday revealed the tunnel where the miners were last known to be working was filled to the top with rubble. Officials had not expected to find conditions capable of sustaining life, but had hoped to find some sign of the miners. ...
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