3000 believed Trapped In S African Gold Mine

3000 believed Trapped In S African Gold Mine

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A water pipe burst and soil in an underground shaft probably collapsed Wednesday morning, trapping about 3,000 workers in a gold mine near Johannesburg, South Africa's economic capital and gold-mining center, the workers' union said.

It was not immediately possible to get comment from the management of Harmony Gold's Elandsrand Mine in Carletonville, nor details, such about how deep down the shaft is.

The spokesman for the National Union of Mineworkers, Lesiba Seshoka, said the managers were meeting with union members.

Miners had gone down the shaft, then the water pipe burst, and they had not been heard from since about 10 a.m., he said.

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More and more we are seeing these kinds of incidents. Is it through neglect or because of uncontrollable seismic activity...

Send your prayers or positive energies to the families dealing with this situation...

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