Drill Rigs Getting Closer to 6 Trapped Utah Miners

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HUNTINGTON, Emery County -- Officials may know the fated of six trapped miners today as drill rigs are within a few hundred feet of men who have been underground in a collapsed mine shaft for four days.

A 2 1/2 inch hole has now reached a depth of 1,440 feet early this morning, and officials said they may know within hours the fate of the miners. A larger hole, nearly 9 inches in size, has progressed 355 feet through the mountain and may reach the miners by Friday.

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Drill Rigs Getting Closer to 6 Trapped Utah Miners

However, federal Mine Safety and Health Adminstration officials said the miners may be at a deeper level than 1,500 feet. Reaching the six men through an underground route may still take six or seven days, mine officials concede.

At the Crandall Canyon Mine, the miners participating in the re...

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