Miners trapped in illegal Honduran gold mine

Jul 6, 2014

Miners trapped in illegal Honduran gold mine

Matt Bracken 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun, World gold mine, Honduras, miners

Rescuers said there was little hope that eight miners trapped underground in an illegal Honduran gold mine would be found alive, as a group of local miners prepared a last-ditch attempt to save their colleagues.

Rescue workers said they had smelled foul odors coming from the mine during an operation on Friday to free three of the 11 workers trapped by a landslide at the mine in San Juan Arriba on Wednesday.

: Miners and rescue workers hold a miner, wrapped in a survival blanket, rescued from a gold mine blocked by a landslide in San Juan Arriba, outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: The relatives of a miner trapped in a gold mine affected by a landslide react during a mass in San Juan Arriba, outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: A miner rescued from a gold mine blocked by a landslide is carried into an ambulance in San Juan Arriba, outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: A miner carries a colleague to an ambulance after being rescued from a gold mine blocked by a landslide in San Juan Arriba, outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: Rescue workers carry a miner, wrapped in a survival blanket, after being rescued from a gold mine blocked by a landslide in San Juan Arriba, outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: Miners talk to colleagues standing at the entrance of a gold mine blocked by a landslide in San Juan Arriba, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: Residents pray at the site of a landslide at a gold mine in San Juan Arriba, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: Civil Protection personnel check maps to plan a rescue operation for eight miners who remain trapped at a gold mine affected by a landslide in San Juan Arriba, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: Engineer Esteban Estrada (center) explains to journalists a plan to reach the area of a gold mine affected by a landslide, where eight miners remain trapped in San Juan Arriba, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: A doctor checks a miner, rescued from a gold mine affected by a landslide, at a hospital in Choluteca, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: Miners, rescued from a gold mine affected by a landslide, lie in beds as a relative stands next to them at a hospital in Choluteca, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: A miner, rescued from a gold mine affected by a landslide, lies in bed as a relative sits next to him at a hospital in Choluteca, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: A child sits as he looks at miners and rescue workers the site of a landslide at a gold mine in San Juan Arriba, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: Firefighters and rescue workers carry stretchers with miners rescued from a gold mine blocked by a landslide in San Juan Arriba, outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: Miners and rescue workers hold a miner, wrapped in a survival blanket, rescued from a gold mine blocked by a landslide in San Juan Arriba, outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: The relative of a miner reacts after her loved one was among the three miners rescued from a gold mine blocked by a landslide in San Juan Arriba, outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: A miner is carried by paramedics after being rescued from a gold mine blocked by a landslide in San Juan Arriba, outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: Residents and rescue workers stand at the site of a landslide at a gold mine in San Juan Arriba, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: Miners walk pass maakeshift tents near the site of a landslide at a gold mine in San Juan Arriba, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: Miners and rescue workers stand at the site of a landslide at a gold mine in San Juan Arriba, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: A miner holds a torch to illuminate the area through a crack on the floor at the site of a landslide at a gold mine in San Juan Arriba, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: Relatives of trapped miners react as people pray at the site of a landslide at a gold mine in San Juan Arriba, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: Miners carry stretchers as other take cover from rain in a makeshift tent at the site of a landslide at a gold mine in San Juan Arriba, outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

: Miners and residents take cover from rain under umbrellas at the site of a landslide at a gold mine in San Juan Arriba, outskirts of Tegucigalpa. (REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera)

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