Three missing after South African gold mine collapses, trapping 87
Dozens of miners were trapped underground for several hours Friday and three remain missing following the collapse of a gold mine in northeastern South Africa.
The landslide at Lily mine’s main entrance trapped 87 workers underground, all of whom were rescued, Australia-based Vantage Goldfields (ASX:VGO) said in an e-mailed statement. However, three others who had been working on the surface at the time of the collapse could not be accounted for.
Three miners who were working on the surface at the time of the collapse remain missing.
Trapped miners were brought to the surface through ventilation shafts, the Barberton Times reported.
Mike Begg, director of operations at the mine, told the newspaper the so-called lamp room at the main entrance — the last stop where workers receive lamps and safety packs before being lowered deeper into the ground — had collapsed.
South Africa, which has several gold, platinum, diamond and coal pits, has been dogged by several mining accidents recently.
Four miners were killed in an underground fire in a platinum mine near Johannesburg last month.
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snorx
Surely you can see from their website that they de-listed from the ASX -without explanation- last year. On the site they inform that the Lily mine suffered extensive flooding in 2014 and yet they complain that the SA Mines Inspectorate closed them down for 4 days during its inspection. This is in their latest annual report for ie 2014. None of the reporting on the inspection is transparent. A crown pillar collapsed according to Reuters. Was there any seismic activity? There can be too much underground mining in an area. Their mines are crowded into an area surrounding those of Pan African Resources.