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Archive Home > 2010 > August > 24 > For miners, a long wait a half mile deep in the earth

For miners, a long wait a half mile deep in the earth

By Mauricio Cuevas / The Bulletin
August 24, 2010

COPIAPO, Chile — Trapped nearly half a mile inside the earth and facing perhaps four months before rescue, 33 Chilean miners began accepting food, water and oxygen from above ground Monday as rescue teams worked to gauge their state of mind and brace them for the long wait ahead.

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