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Emergency Shaft a Success; Chilean Mine Rescue Set

(Oct. 11) -- Engineers in Chile have successfully tested the capsule that will bring 33 trapped miners to the surface and can move forward with the rescue on schedule, officials said this afternoon. Chilean Mining Minister Laurence Golborne said the results of the trial run were "very promising," and he told reporters the...

Drama Above Ground as Chilean Miners Await Rescue

(Sept. 2) -- Yonni Barrios may have been feeling trapped long before a landslide sealed him inside a Chilean gold mine last month. As Barrios awaited rescue along with 32 other miners, his wife and his mistress met each other thousands of feet above, at a vigil for the men stuck in the mine. Marta Salinas, 56, says she...