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Nine Utah mine rescuers injured-hospital official
17 Aug 2007 03:07:44 GMT
Source: Reuters
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 16 (Reuters) - Nine rescuers attempting to find six miners trapped in the Crandall Canyon Mine were injured in a "mountain bump," a hospital official in Utah told reporters in a televised news conference.

A mountain bump is an eruption of rock and coal under increased pressure from overhead rock as drilling removes surrounding rock and material shifts in an area of a mine.


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