Chile Miner

• Chile miners sue government for 69-day ordeal

  Some 31 miners who endured 69 days trapped underground when a northern Chile mine collapsed are suing the government for negligence saying there was lack of security, one of them said.

• Stories of hope and hardship of 'Los 33'

  José Ojeda can barely sleep without the comfort of a miner nearby to confide in when dreams shake him awake. Omar Reygadas, a great-grandfather more used to comforting than being comforted, cries easily. And Edison Peña, the miner who kept himself grounded by running miles underground most days, was hospitalized last week for emotional distress.I...

• Miners' secrecy pact erodes in spotlight

  Family members of the 33 miners who were trapped for 69 days had said a special Mass on Sunday would be a chance for the miners to find closure and understanding. As one of them, Omar Reygadas, 56, left the service and walked with his family to the tent where they had lived while the men were trapped, cameramen and photographers surrounded him. His...

• Rewards for miners rescued in Chile

  The lucky ones now have more than $10,000 in the bank and a free vacation in Greece awaiting them. But for the moment, many of the family members of the 33 miners trapped under the hard volcanic rock here for more than two months seemed content to remain at Camp Hope on Thursday, tending to their tents and sweeping away the desert dust from their m...

• Fame to affect adjustments for miners

  The ordinary miners are long gone, left behind in another lifetime. The 33 men who are expected to emerge from Chile's San José Mine after more than two months trapped underground are now icons, national heroes, global media stars. And that mixed status -- celebrities as well as survivors, equal parts victors and victims -- will alter the usu...

• Chile rejoices as capsule brings 22 miners to freedom

  Each time the red, white and blue capsule rose smoothly out of the hole in the earth on Wednesday and another miner emerged safely, to applause and the waiting arms of his family, the scene replayed all around world with a joy that never seemed tired. (See Pics)By mid-afternoon here, the precarious operation to hoist to the surface 33 miners who we...

• Chile rescue mission underway

  To hugs, cheers and tears, rescuers using a missile-like escape capsule began pulling 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom at last early on Wednesday, 68 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine a half-mile underground.  (See pics)Eight men were pulled out in the first few hours of the apparently problem-free operation in the Chi...

• Javier Bardem to star in movie about Chilean miners

  Javier Bardem is lined up to star in an upcoming movie about the Chilean miners who are set to be freed after being trapped underground for 67 days.

• First ray of light reaches trapped Chile miners

  After more than two months trapped deep in a Chilean mine, 33 miners were tantalisingly close to rescue on Sunday.Drillers have completed an escape shaft, and Chile's mining minister says a video inspection shows the hole's walls are firm enough to allow the men to be hoisted out as early as Wednesday.Officials said late on Saturday that workers fi...

• Chileans hope to begin rescue of miners on Wednesday

  After more than two months trapped deep in a Chilean mine, 33 miners are enjoying Sunday tantalizingly close to rescue. Drillers have completed an escape shaft, and Chile's mining minister says a video inspection shows the hole's walls are firm enough to allow the men to be hoisted out as early as Wednesday.Officials said late Saturday that workers...

• Drill gets through to escape shaft to rescue miners

  They wept, they cheered, sirens blared and a bell at a makeshift schoolhouse rang in celebration. Mounted polices patrol the surrounding area of the San Jose mine. After nearly two months of waiting, the moment had finally arrived. At 8:05 a.m. on Saturday, here in a camp in this scorching desert, a powerful drill pierced through abrasive volcanic ...

• Weekend rescue for Chile miners?

  Before 33 trapped Chilean miners can begin their passage to the outside world, still more people will join them down below to make their journey as smooth as it can be.These men -- an elite group of three paramedics with the Chilean navy's special forces and 13 rescue experts with the state-owned mining company Codelco -- will work in shifts during...

• Chile: Rescue workers conduct rehearsal to evacuate trapped miners

  Officials in Chile conducted a rehearsal of evacuation procedures on Thursday in anticipation of the day when 33 trapped miners begin to be brought to the surface.Once above ground, the miners will be evaluated for approximately 45 minutes to an hour, before being moved by helicopter to a 'stabilisation area' where they can be reacclimatised to lif...

• Chile President sees miners rescued before Oct 15

  Chile's President Sebastian Pinera said Monday that his government is "very close" to pulling 33 trapped miners to safety and he hopes to be there in person to see the rescue before leaving on a trip to Europe.It was Sebastian Pinera who told the miners after they were found alive August 22 that they would be saved by Christmas, and his government ...

• Chile: Rescue 'capsule' for trapped miners arrives at mine

  Chilean officials said the rescue of 33 miners trapped in the San Jose mine in the Atacama desert since August 5th, could take place as early as November.Health Minister Jaime Manalich said all precautions are in place to treat the miners once they are removed from the cave where they have been living for more than fifty days.Manalich said the proc...