Honduras: Search for Miners Continues

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Three miners were rescued Friday after more than two days trapped underground in a small wildcat gold mine that collapsed in southern Honduras. Eight others remained missing. A crowd of about 300 residents, volunteers and fellow miners cheered as the rescue workers brought the three miners out one by one in a rescue basket from the mouth of the mine in San Juan Arriba. Marco Túlio Artica, the local fire chief, said rescue workers had to use picks, shovels and small pneumatic drills instead of heavy machinery because of the risk of further collapses. The miners were trapped about 90 yards into the mine. It collapsed Wednesday shortly after 22 miners entered, but half were able to get out.