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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (0) Save Email Print Reprints Rescuers struggle to reach trapped Chile miners Digg This Tweet This Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Related News SCENARIOS-Chile mine accident casts spotlight on safety Fri, Aug 6 2010 Chile mine collapse leaves around 30 trapped Fri, Aug 6 2010 UPDATE 2-Chile Congress rejects gov't mining royalty revamp Thu, Jul 8 2010 Chile offers Congress tougher mining tax reforms Wed, Jul 7 2010 Related Topics World » By Alonso Soto COPIAPO | Fri Aug 6, 2010 7:17pm EDT COPIAPO Chile (Reuters) - Rescuers struggled on Friday to reach 34 miners trapped deep inside a small copper and gold mine in northern Chile after a cave-in, hoping miners took refuge in an underground shelter with oxygen and water. Officials had no details about those trapped on Thursday in the mine located 28 miles from the northern city of Copiapo and 450 miles north of the capital, Santiago, but said they could survive for days in the shelter. Mine owner Compania Minera San Esteban Primera said it was unclear what caused the collapse at the underground mine located in Chile's arid northern Atacama region, and manager Pedro Simonevic said it took all necessary safety precautions. Distraught relatives hugged, cried, prayed and shouted angrily near the mine entrance as workers erected a plastic tent with makeshift beds for them. "There have been lots of accidents at this mine, but this is the worst," said Cristina Nunez, 26, whose husband is stuck in the mine. "It's the anguish of the wait that's hardest." The accident shut down the mine, one of three adjacent sites producing a combined 1,200 metric tons of refined copper annually. The closure is not expected to hurt copper output in Chile, the world's No.1 copper producer. Major mining accidents are uncommon in the country, because authorities keep strict controls over operations. But local union representative Felix Medina told Reuters conditions in many smaller mines in the area are precarious and Mining Minister Laurence Golborne was warned of the situation in a recent meeting. Golborne, who is returning from Ecuador, said he had sent his undersecretary and other officials to the accident site. "At the moment, we have no details on the workers' condition. We assume that conditions will allow them to be rescued soon," Golborne told Reuters. "Once the crisis is over, we are going to evaluate the causes and origins of this collapse," he added. Isabel Allende, senator for the northern Atacama region, visited the area and said Congress would investigate the incident. The region's superintendent, Ximena Matas, said the miners could have huddled in a shelter that contained oxygen and food, and believed air was flowing into the mine. She said rescuers had found several cave-ins and were trying to clear air shafts to try to reach those trapped around 7 km (4.5 miles) inside the winding mine using ropes. The trapped miners are around 900 feet underground. Rescuers have descended around 300 feet. The rescue has been slowed by the need to reinforce the tunnel to avoid further collapses. Medina said the mine employs 150 and has a recent history of accidents, with 13 fatalities on site and three deaths on the winding road to Copiapo. "This is an area with a lot of mining activity but the authorities don't have the resources for proper supervision," said the union leader. He added that the mine lacks escape routes and was closed in 2005 by workers because of bad conditions, but was reopened two years ago. "Unfortunately, we as workers expected this accident," Medina said. National emergency service ONEMI said 130 people are working on rescue efforts with five support vehicles, along with specialists for the Michilla mining company in Antofagasta, 250 miles further to the north. "The last thing we can do is lose hope," said 35-year-old carpenter Darwin Tapia, whose cousin is trapped in the mine. "We are praying heavily that we find them alive." (With reporting by Antonio De la Jara, Fabian Cambero, Brad Haynes and Molly Rosbach in Santiago and by Santiago Silva in Ecuador; Editing by Simon Gardner and Jerry Norton) World Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. 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