AP: Fourth Hole Shows No Sign of Utah Miners (5th hole planned)

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Fourth Hole Shows No Sign of Utah Miners
Fourth Hole Drilled Into Mountain Shows No Sign
of 6 Miners Trapped in Utah

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Writer
HUNTINGTON, Utah Aug 19, 2007 (AP)

Rescuers banged on a drill bit and set off explosives, hoping
to elicit a response from six men trapped deep inside a
collapsed coal mine. Their efforts were met with silence again.

Rescuers found no signs of life Saturday after drilling a fourth
hole into the Crandall Canyon mine, where the men have been
trapped for nearly two weeks.

"We did not detect any signals from miners underground," said
Richard Stickler, head of the federal Mine Safety and Health
Administration.

-snip-

Despite the lack of evidence that the miners have survived
since the initial Aug. 6 collapse, Stickler said drillers would
start on a fifth hole.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3497411

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Alternate AP headline: Rescuers to Drill 5th Hole in Utah Mine

[Ian David]

1. Republican Mine Owner Plans to Play 18 Holes. n/t

[Lil Missy]

2. This whole incident is such a tragic story.

:(