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Nevada mine death: Questions on called-off rescue

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 06, 2011 | 10:31 pm

After a Nevada miner died last week after falling down an abandoned mine shaft, questions are being asked as to when the life of trapped workers trumps the safety of those being sent down to rescue them. A worker plunges...